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Jllaving a general assortment of large, elegant, plain and orna menial Type, we are prepared to execute evciy description of Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, Notes, Blank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms, AT THE OFFICE OF THE JTcffcrcouiati Republican. Tfse cad Mariner. BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE. Sleep on sleep on above thy corpse The winds their Sabbath keep, The wave is round thee and thy breast Heaves with the heaving deep. O'er thee, mild eve her beauty flings, And there the white gull lifts her wings ; And the blue halcyon loves to lave Her plumage in the holy wave. Sleep on no willow o'er thee bends With melancholy air, , "No violet springs, nor dewy rose Its soul of love lays bare ; But there the sea-flower, bright and youngj Is sweetly o'er thy slumbers flung, And, like a weeping mourner fair, The pale flag hangs its tresses there. Sleep on sleep on the glittering depths Of ocean's coral waves . Are thy bright urn thy requiem, The music of its waves ; The purple gems for ever burn, In fadeless beauty, round thy urn! -And, pure and deep as infant love The blue sea rolls its waves above. Sleep on sleep on the fearful wrath Of mingling cloud and deep, May leave its wild and stormy track Above thy place of sleep. But, when the wave has sunk to rest, As now 'twill murmur o'er thy breast ; And the bright victims of the sea, Perchance, will make their home with thee; Tleep on thy corpse is far away, But love bewails thee yet, For thee the heart-rung'sigh is breathed, And lovely eyes are wet; And she, thy young and beauteous bride; Her thoughts are hovering by thy side As oft she turns to view with tears The Eden of departed years. The Mexican correspondent of the New York Courier and Inquirer tells the following : " I have a good joke for you, and although it is inter larded with a good many-oaths, yet I must tell it or die. Immediately after the seige of Vera Cruz, Col. K. was walking along the streets when a jparot, seeing him coming, screeched out ''Great (God Almighty ! here comes the Americans ! run ! run if" The Colonel entered the house to take a look at the. creature, and as he left it screeched out, with a mpst knowing look at the family, ' any one hurt.?" jluwas too much for the' Col , who re (turned. and bought the parot. The vara avis was .unfortunately drowned by theupsetting of a boat. J.glY.e the anecdote .as a slight exemplification of ,the fear id which .we-were held by the Mexicans. No doubt the cunning bird everv day of the seige .had heard .similar .expressions ; the bursting of.the .shells must often have caused the inquiry, "any one hurt ?" Breaking the Pledge. In a certain " Ladies' Moral Reform Society," existing not many miles from the banks of the ICennebeC, the members were obliged to sign a pledge not to il m up," as it is termed, or do any thing else that might be supposed to have a ten dency, hoivever remote, to immorality. One even- ing as the President was calling over tlie nnes, i to know. whether each member had knot tire obli- gatiou, a beautiful and highly respectable young lady burst into tears, and on being questioned as to the cause, said silo feared she" had broken 'the pledge. Why, what have you done V asked the President. " Oh," sobbed the young lady, " Dr. B. kissed me the other night, when he waited on me home from meeting." Oh, well, that is noth ing very bad," said the President ; . his kissing you does not make out that you broke lite pledge." " Oh, but that isn l't the worst of it," replied the conscientious young lady, I fated him back " 1 From (he Boston Daily Advertiser. Organization of Labor. We have heard much and read something about the Organization of Labor, without getting a very exact idea of what was intended by n, and certainly without having seen any prac ucaoio scnonie lor carrying the theory inio practice. Bui we have it now in full detail. The Commission of the French Provisional Government, at the head of which is the cele brated reformer, M. Louis Blanc, has given lus plan to the world, and defended it in a pub lic discussion against the doubts and the fears ol his colleagues, less sanguine and enthusias ic than himself. It is certainly a novel and a bold one. It will unquestionably unite in its favor the Jazy, the imbecile, and the least hon eat portion of the community, but we have strong doubts whether even ihese could be persuaded to follow out the plan long enough lo make a fair experiment of its value. We propose to give our readers a view of this scheme for the Organization of Labor, and endeavor to ascertain how it will work in prac tice. It is obvious thai ihere is no need of any revolution in the United Slates for its introduc tion here ; nor can ihere be any objection on the part of any one to sUch an organization by thoe persons who choose to carry on their la bor in the manner proposed. Nbr did the prac ticability of this scheme necessarily require a revolution in France. There, as here, labor was free. A man might work or not work at his pleasure, taking the consequences of his in dustry or his idleness. He might ask for his labor any compensation he deemed it to be worth. That was the laborer's .privilege. But ihe employer might arail himself of his labor or refuse to engage him. That was iho em plb'yer's libeny. Of course, it takes two to make a bargain. All lhat Government had to do in such a case was, afier the bargain is con cluded by the mutual consent of the parties, to enforce upon each of them the faithful perfor mance of it. Now with the exception that M. Blanc proposes to do by force of ihe power of i u- . u- f .t 1 1 the Stale that which, the world over, is a por- lion of the personal liberty of freemen, we see: J, . rv ! no reason why an experiment of his organiza-i .1 O non of labor may not be made any where in. BnMon or Parts by whomsoever feels inclined to te:t its advantages. To be sure, M Blanc starts with the propo sition that the State is bound to find work and wages for every man lhat is unable to find Work for nimsell : and though it is not so nominated -in the bond, he means no doubt every woman also. Such an organization would very soon become one great infirmary of imbeciles under another name, avoided by the Honest and proud ly independent, and filled by the idle, profligate, and incompetent. In Massachusetts each city and town finds work and wages for every body who cannot find them for himself, and organi zes ihe labor of such establishments as are re quired fur this purpose at the expense of those who can and do, by their ingenuity and indus try, support themselves. In this part of ihe theory, therefore we see nothing new, except that in France these establishments are lo be called workshops of associated labor, while here they are called almshouses or houses of re for-0 mat ion. It is but justice, however, to M. Blanc lo say ihat he treats them as great manufactories of profitable product, equal or superior to those existing establishments where the aristocratic capitalist eats up the industry of the humble operative, and thai he proposes to divide those large profits in a manner more equitable and just, upon a principle of perfect equality. Lei us Me, then, how this is to be done. To do so the more satifactonly, we propose noi lo examine the theory as it is plausibly exhib ited in his programme, but to make an applica tion of it to some particular establishments, and we ?hall ask leave of our friend of Oak Hall a clothing establishment in the city of Boston to borrow our illustration from his prosperous emporium", because he has made it familiar to the purchasers of clothing all over the United States. First, then,. M. Blanc proposes to buy the whole concern at a price to be settled of course by arbitration, and to pay for it by an issue of government paper at five per cent, interest per annum, which, however, is only to be paid when one quarter pari of the nett profits shall enable the Government so to do. The proprietor having hitherto employed two hundred wirk people, men, women, and chil dren, these are the people who are to continue I i - . . t m their usual dunes it ihey please, ana wnose ?aPor ,s oe ""' '"e new piau. 'J'lioir first step is to assemble and choose a director, because it is the first principle of the system ifiai iney are to train under iheir own officers. A wo never heard of any complaints against t.he enterprising head of the establish ment, we presume he would have a unanimous vote. Thus far things are pretty much as jhey were. la now for ihe books. The two hun dred operatives are found o have received two hundred dollars per day, in sums from three dol lars 10 fifty cents, according to the services each, 43 iibo p reuder inn is evidently a- gainst equality .and conirary to the new order of things. It is to be organized differently on ihe. principle of fraternity. Two htindred dol lars is lo be paid for labor to two hundred per sons, and, of course each individual isMo have one dollar per day. Here begins the improve ment, to iho. great joy of the majority ; the stvfceper, the porier, the seamstresses, and all that. class lhat before had deemed it a piece of good fortune lo be employed at ail. The first consequence of the new organization is proba bly that our old friend, the former master of the establishment, to whose enterprise, s,kill, and judgment it owes its reputation, sees fit lo re sign. 'I he book-keeper, the cashier, the ltrst cutler, and may be the second, follow his. exam ple. But no matter ; ihere are plenty of candi dates remaining among those who formerly had only four and sixpence a day. Well, the work goes on : clothes are made and sold : jievv stock is purchased for cash, if there be, any, or on credit, if any body is willing to trust the: concern, and possibly for a month or two there may be money enough in the till every Satur day night to pay ihe laborers their stated sala ries. iI. Blanc, we believe, thinks about thir ty cents per day is enough for his laborers ; but on ihe American soil labor is a more pro ductive plant, and we have estimated Us aver age at over three times the Paris rate. According to,, his calculation there is to be created by the labor thus organized a great profit on the capiial employed ; and to ensure the certainly of this result, and to induce men who are inclined to be idle not to weste their time, a great post is to be erected in ihe work shop, bearing a flag with this' insciption, "Eve ry Lazy Person isa Thief." UW me lie p ol tnis scare-crow, wnicti won d , - , , , i , - , , be something like that in which the robin built ,. 0 .. ij. , , i his nesi, great profits would be derived at Oak ,, 6 .- r ..... Hall, add these profits are to be divided into! four pans. Afier the payment of wages, interest on the capital at five per cent., cost of support and ma terial for the workshop, one quarter part of the income is to be reserved as a sinking fund to t,aJ uu ,,ItJ ucui cuuiracieu uy me vovernmeni J , . , J . pay off the debt contracted by ihc'Government f ?. , . , . ., , , . P is to form a lund to be distributed on charity to ,, r , . . , -, , infirm i r nr..-,r l'.lt.,r..-.i w. I ......... nLl., u ., I r J he oiher two parts are to form separate c i c r r l . , lunus ol reserve. One of them to be -united wnn n iUi rfrii rmiinnii I mm -ill iiihor fcrkrial nous of the same trade or business, is in be di "ill II Ml r . , M i , . i nuuu ui iuoiiiLfOti in on annual cptauiiaiiuiciiia. .ri . - , . . , ,. any uuier jfeai capiiai. o uave uau an xi- 1 fie other quarter is to be mined to a like J , fc - , . , . u r ii i r mencan theatrical company 'aud an American contribution from all similar associations of or- , , , i c ... ... , , , circus, (both have now left us, the first some ganized labor, o; all trades and employments, ' v x . ' . -,, , , iii. i u 'jtime since) and our amusements billiards, and so divided as to equalize the general profits ,, ,P, it i hp iviwiiM fiiiTiiriiiTi ii T riisr rrm m c mp nnn or deficiency, or loss in any one branch of busi nave tn '7 no mario Tin rnm I rt rv.,. ... . i , . - r I mm i f the more successful. Ihe control of these t , . , i , - , , r uinds is to be placed in the hands of two coun - , r , 1 . ,,,-, cils ol administration nominated by the Stale. i It is obvious that before these sums can be distributed ihey must be acquired. They are: the supposed profits of buMiiess. They are creations nereioiore matte by the talents, ihe iino from shrubs and trees, and'the grass be mdustry, the enterprise of those who have di-jRlns ,0 Mart up in the meadows. 1 am u.ld that reeled such establishments, and, when that in- Spring here is a season of enchantment, and one tellectual and moral power is wanting, will no!maywe believe it, since the Autumn is so more exist man tne spinuies ol a cotton mill j will lurn when the great water-wheel is at I W f rest- ... w g again m;o oujjpuauu J grtlll,.- tion at Oak Hall. The new Director may buy cloth more or less fit for ihe purpose, and the new cutler may shape the garment, not perhaps in the same taste and fashion as his predeces sor, but still about as good as his neighbors. The new book-keeper too is pretty good of his sort ; but this wijl hardly do. He must be very good, or he is good lor nothing, ihe confu sion in his accounts will throw everv thin" in to the wind. On him depends the adjusting of the nice balances of ihoso four contingent funds, which, heretofore called Charity; are now to go by the popular term Fraternity. There is some doubt too whether lhat great post and ban ner that denounces the idler as a thief, will prevent a disposition to laziness, which hither to nothing but a personal interest has been a ble to overcome. We should apprehend lhat under such an ad ministration the splendid establishment of Oak Hall, which has hitherto flourished like a deep rooted and mighty oak of the forest, would shrink into the minuteness of the acorn from which it sprung. But, if such would be the fatal result of a clothing establishment, dealing with articles which are necessaries of life, how would 11 be with those who thrive only by means of fash ion, taste, and luxury, and which from one-third of all the occupation of labor in civilized life, with the exception of agriculture and the culti vation of the soil. But, as the agricultural interest is the lar gest, and employs. heflgreaiest number of hu man huings, 11 most demands this reform, if re form there be. What would our farmers nay to a copartnership in thin organization of labor, with the population first of their village and then of tlie Siale ? What would our merchants say to fitting out a ship on this new principle, and who would be pastenger jvhere the cook might be captain and the cabin boy cook 1 What say our enterprising mechanics to build ing houses m such copartnership, and whom could they build them for? The system militated against the great prin ciples, of human nature. Without muscular labor noe nterprise can succeed; but none can succeed by muscular labor alone. What we call chance, luck, accident, enter very largely into the des tiny of human life. It is the effort and object of all systems to control, and in some degree equalize ihom. But the power to do o is not inherent in physical force. It is accomplish ed, if al all, by mental as well as corporeal exertion by the joint agency of the intellec tual powers, the moral faculties, and bodily strength. Interesting Sketches of Mexican Life and Country. Several graphic description of Mexican, life, character and country, have emanated from the pens of American citizens in Mexico. A tran script of some of them maybe interesting to most readers The variety of temperature in Mexico has been compared with lhat in the immense empire of Russia. On the tops of the Mexican mountains, it is as cold as in Siberia. Vera Cruz is always hoi. Jalapa is ever tem perate and bland, hardly changing twenty de grees Fahrenheit, in a whole year. Puebla is higher, colder, and more changeable ; yel never uncomfortably cold, unless when visiied by high winds from the Gulf. The city of Mexico is still higher, and in the winter the nnMant nlrrlifa mnl:o irp nnrl aftr &urirt f i - , 1 1 .u u i .u i u I winds are cold, though during the day there is , . . , f. rf almost always a bright warm sun. One writer , . , T r i i . i n I savs that on the loth of January last the Pasco was thronged with equestrians and carriages, the ladies dressed an at the operas, and the gentlemen without overcoats, and the weather as warm as a fair day in October, in Philadel- ; phia. It was several weeks after, before a sprinkle of rain or a cloudy sky isited the val- , o . - at ! ley of Mexico. Such is a winter m Mexico. I have been, (says a writer) solong in Mexico , , J u ,n, thai u seems like home almost. Ihere are 1 ; so many Lnglish, berman, f rench and Amer- lean residents hero, bedes the large number of . . , - . 7 , , , American officers and citizens, that in the hotels , , li- ,m 1 bles N. Orleans or New York. The habils of , these are the sams as in our own cities, and from i ICSC dll force of circumstances, the city seems much a I . i jit u 1 A is a fine cricket club, composed entirely of for l ...-. it i.rl nnlnn I ItT ftf I1 n rt ! I l' )l m n ti rirtrl r. i ciiici 3---IU iiiuii'uu v ui jjjii"iioiiiiicii aiiu uc , fore the cold weather set in, we used to have i , c- i o j u u I a match everv Sunday Sunday being here' 1 , . ,-, , I r fi u i i the holiday ol the week. But ol late there has , a u n u -it ' J . w ueun nu '"ni aiiu uieic w in uu nunc? nil March, when the Spring will be in full bloom, wi,h endless imnhies of flowers. The I Winter is now in its wane, and buds are star- rich a:,a lne Winter so mild. A naval officer, rir,n.. ,n iU u.,k?n,,ir. TT; fvn, T'.i-. .u a,' .u:... tt..:.. r 'p... TTIIUII IU ItSl U QOIJIIIIUII U IIIUIIj IIUIII 1 Uvl- j pan River, Mexico, describes the country as a lilt, Y rlKllillulllll l.lllllll. lllllll US' i)erect njUOII. He SaVS You never, in all your dream of fancies, pic tured to yourself as perfect a paradise as this country. The river is never disturbed but by gentle and cooling zephyrs, and meanders through a country over which reigns a perpetual spring. The land is rich and ferule, yielding of some things two crops, of others three a year. The common productions of the soil, almost without cultivation, are corn, sugar cane, tobac co, and wheat. The articles abounding in a bundance, without cultivation, are dyewoods such as log-wood and vanilla beans, oranges, pineapples, bananas, and a thousand olher de licious fruits and luxuries. Papeta, the hemp plant of.this country, and far superior to Man illa, grows wild all over the country. Deer, wild turkeys, partridges, wild hogs and cattle, are numerous in fact, nature has done every thing for this country, and man nothing. If you could induce from four lo five hundred families to emigrate here, they would be more happy and wealthy in one year than they would he in any part of the United Slates in four or five. The land is held here in common ;nd any person, by paying $25 to ihe municipal authorities, can take up as much land as he can work, and hold 11 during his own lifetime, and his children can do the same. You can also enter a pre-emption, and keep the land, by purchasing from Government at the rate of a bout ten cents an acre. If ths country was in the possession, or I should say a pari of the United Stales, with l's natural passes, the dif ficulty of access, and the vast resources which would soon developd themselves, it would be come, in a few years the most wealthy and powerful nation on earth. It only requires to be inhabited by a free and enlightened com munity. The production of the vantlla bean alone (and it can only be raised here) would produce more wealth in thts province than i made in ihe whole states of Nhm York, Penn sylvania, and Virginia, combined. 'Every thing at present is wtld, beautiful and abundant. In rny most dreamy imagination, 1 never pi-tur-il myself so beautiful a country ; nor could I give you, by the most excited or lively descrip tion, the least idea of this paradise. Of society in Mexico, ilns wriier thinks that one fault with correspondents is lhat ihty wasio loo mush foolscap in describing soirees, bnlU, masques, el cetera. The materials fur ihe. descriptions, he says, are ofieu drawn from lancyrand the descriptions themselves yfeatly exaggerated. The large majority of respecta ble Mexican citizens keep their doors closed, and generally remain at home in the evening. The Americans and Mexicans do not mix so cially, though the rigid formality which at first existed is wearing away. In a year or twd the prejudice will subside. There are o many Mexican families whoso grief, caused by Wife terrible loss of life in the baitle6 has not yet subsided, and before they can mix socially with the Americans, there must sufficient, time elapso for blossoms lo grow over the graves of relatives and friends who fell in defence of the city. Profane Sweariaigf. " To swear is neither brave, polite nor wise ; You would not swear upon the bed of death Reflect your Maker now could stop your breath !" Brother S : and myself were entertain- ed during the Convention week, at the houses of a medical gentleman, eminent in his profes sion, but addicted, it was said, to profanity in ordinary conversation. Without a premonition, no suspicion of so blame-worthy a practice could have arisen in our minds for no real Christian ever showed guests greater courtesy, or seemed further from profanen'ess than our gentlemanaly host. He did not even annoy us withjady-like minctngs, ptming forth ilm buddings of profanity in 'la me !' 'good gra cious !' and the like. But on Sunday night, our conversation taking a religious lurn, and the subject of profane swearing was incidentally named, when I could, noi resist the temptation of drawing a bow at a, venture, and so I said : 'Doctor, we leave you to-morrow ; and be assured we are very grateful to Mrs. D and yourself; but may I say dear air, we h&ve: been disappointed here V Disappoinied !' 'Yes, sir, but most agreeably ' 'In what way, Mr. C V 'Will you pardon me, if I say we -were mis informed, and may I name it ?' 'Yes, sir, say what, you wish.' Well, my dear sir, we weie lold that Dr. D was not guarded in.hU language but surely you are misrepresented-- Sir,f interrupted he, 'I do honor yon for your candor yet sir, 1 regret to say, you have not been misinformed. I. do, and perhaps habitually use profame language ; but sir, can you think I ivould swear before religious people, and one of ihom a clergyman V Tears stood in my eyes, (the frank-hearied-ness of a gentleman always start tnem,) as I tookjjlis hand and replied: My dear sir you amaze us. Can it be lhat Dr. D , so courteous and so intelligent a ' I J. 1 r - .1 r .1. ,,rt! ijicaici i.evereuce jor us man tor 1110 ncra ' Timing it. . A minister in the Highlands of Scotland found one of his parishioners intoxicated. The next day he called to reprove him for it. ' i is very wrong to get drunk,' said the parson. 'I ken that,' said ihe guilty person, 4but then I dinna drink as meikle as you do !' 'What, sir! How is that? Why, gin it please ye, dinna ye aye take a glass o' whiskey and wa ter afier dinner V 'Why yes, Jemmy, surely I lake a little whiskey aftef dinner merely to aid digestion.' 'And djnna ye lake a glass 0' whis key toddy every night before ye gang to bed V 'Yes, to be sure, I jqst take a little toddy at night to help me 10 sleep !' 'Well,' continued the parishioner, 'that's jist forieen glasses a week, and about CO every monh. I only get paid off once a month, an" then if I'd lake sixty glasses, il wad make me ded drutffor a week ; now ye see the only difference is, ye time it beiier than I do !' The Genesee Farmer says tha' a pounded onion will immediately relieve the pain occa sioned by a scald or burn. Judge Persham, of Maine, (as the story goes) was trying a case of Felony ; and while in tho delivery of his prosy and tedious charge, the jury and counsel fell " fast asleep !" The sher iff having charge of the culprit, was likewise seen lo nodi Aspeciator who was awakp,no (icing the universal nodding' and apprehending an escape, exclaimed," Wake the sheriff!" " Never mind," said the judgn, who whs some thing of a wag, "the officers nny havH tht-if nap out, for the prisoner is fast aoicup uUo !" II t
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