,
•: -• [From the .31erandria Gazette.] •
• - WIT--GOOD, NATURE—HAPPY HITS.
I,N THE. NORTH CAROJUNA LEGISLATURE.
On the introduction of Mr. Rayner's
Resolution of •Instruttions 'in the House of
Coniimons the question, being on whit day
..they' should be taken up and . considered,
the Wings insisted that they should be di's
' .poseil. of at an early day: One or tivo Votes
• having heen taken on the more•distant days,
- in Which the Varv . - party. - was in_ the rear,
:several gentleman complained of oppres
- sign.* 'Among others, Mr—Caldwell, froth.
• Mecklenburg; and Dr.. Wilcox, from Hali
fax, spoke•upon the subjectond asked what
.-effiet, the., ReSolutiens '",expected to
. bavel -- Oniti:Of'•ilie gentlemen ; saidflat - the - .
t{-)sejla4 beenprepare - d-for them in a Caiicus,
and •he ..sep ß eeedWas-Lto be forced 'down,
their thr j oatenolens tolens. TO this, Mr.
• lonesir.ofltriwarf;teplied,that he was . sor
ry to - seethe gentlernekon. 4 the other . side
exhibit so.inneh nausea at the dOoe, which
the said had been prepared for them. They.
• 'forgot how they.serired us,` ir,' four years
• - ago. They :forget with what4roinptness
and •epergy-they administered the . dose 'of'
•_ Instructions prepared in like manner by a
caucus. - -Yes sir,:they,on that Occasion,
not only mimic us swallow their physic in
• Spite.of "lamentations here and elsewhere,"
but ,they kneed it down spoon and all._ But,
sir, we have, happily.. changed places.' We
are the.doetorS• now, and .they .are the pa
lients,-----We-thianleTgive-thern:their—own7
physic out ofaheir own spoon.- One of
_the,
- gentlemen_ said,.that this. dose had been pre=
pared for them,
,in a caucus. He is right,
! li r.. We have mixqL up this- potion with
-. • great care,', from the Very . best ingredient:Bi-,
• 'according. to 'the most approved recipe, and
I can tell them. they have to take-it just as
• it has been Prepared: •We mead to admit
• no dilutions, no adulterations: so 'they may
as well swallow it aVonce Without making
Pny more_wry faces.,. I commend it to the
.gentlemen; no doubt it will be "good for
their.-wholesome. _ '.,• •
DocTOrt WlL'cox:--.1 - am • very_ 'much
• 'obliged tOthe gentlemanfroni'•• Rowan, kir,
himereffuidonsideration of our case: But
.1 did not know before that he was a physi-
Cian. - •
• _ -Mn. JONES.,-Mr.- Speaker, lan no truck
Doctor, 'Mine are political pills.. They are..
better than 'l3randreth!s, and just such as I
think:Our ; :.Senators and their.party - Tin — ithis:
House stand -in need of.. I know it `will - go'
- hard with- the _gentleman fro`in--llalitax- to
: -- tike his. share of this , medicine: but - he must
take it. -:-But we - are askdd what, effect we
suppose' 'this physid willJtave__upOnZour.
Senators ? -I, for
. .one - V.answer, 1.d0.' not
• knoW. ..I - am aware, ttint Our patiehts'ard- a
good deal constipated, and hard to move.--
Nor dd I very much care as to .the effect it
may have. Ili this particular, I shall adopt
• the anagram which-a London wag stuck - do
the door of a - Certaiif Doctor ISAAC LETSOM,
who - used to sign himself "I, L'etsom." -
. _
. • "when folks they dOes get sick,'
I physics, bleeils-anil sweats 'em ; .
it; after.that, they_choose_lo_clic=... .
Why, verily.
I.LETS •
For my own.part; Inever. believed in._ the
• magical effect of instructions. I believe
.we. have a right to give our opinions upon.
all and every subject of a general character.
. I believe more over, - that we have a right
to make known .these opinions to our,Sen
:Mors in GongreSk in any, form we may
think respectful, whether as commands, re
, -quests, or .simply as-our -wishes.
understanding,-•-however, as we have—no
power to enforce our 'will, it is,at least a
mere *request. But I understand' that .our
Oonators- fell bound to obey the will of the
Legislature or resign.... If . they-will obey,
sir, I, for one -will rejoice.. If, on the Other
hand, their principles - compel them . t 4 re
willbe their misfortune, not our
fault. . But i is a•misfortune over which 1
/3 h all not wee'p. It is not the legitimate ef
tlree-titW
Eli=
Choose to die ;
Whv veril I lam 'em
On another day, after three -or four
speeches - had-.been delivered - against the
resolutions, in which a good, deal hail_heen
d - abou t - Altellicutisigteney - cf7ther-W higs7,
• in giving instructions to,.the Senators . in
-
--Congresi r after havihgeorutanmed- the doc
trine:— ,
a geod - dealsaid
here abbut `deserting our principles:' We
have been asked. 'Where are your prin
ciples?' Where are .your conscience?
Who are they that dare call us to account.
• . for doing this f act? ' Sir, they are the very
men who have'dpne 'this thing themselves,
and they' hold that it.is right. They have
. ilriien•one• faithful and able Senator from
--OuiterVice_by this mean's; and
_whether we
be-right•or wrong in our course, we are not
'• answerable to them,forit., Mr. Speaker, I
_ puss illustrate our_poSition on this subject
by relating-an incident that occurred in the.,
Tory war of - the, Revolution, ;You hitie
heard of the celebrated John Cleaireland.—
• North:: Carolina has 'never done justice to
"that man's "famo - My friend froiii
- - Mr. -Hoke; (Van Buren man the' he be;) in
proposingto-name_his new_eo_unttaCterthis
• "ueglected,_;pitrint,-hiii*
andd, d. proper : spirit. Clemieland' was a
gettUine, hotel- and- tlieroyO g oing .
I.yvieh marever be able to say
• • as much , for his namesake, the gentleman's
new' county. • He was one of those . gallant
thatfirsttUrned beek . the tide of Brit
".-4.lsh slominatinti by the battle of King's tnoun
.ltaln.„ , lie had an impedinient In his speech,
.
,affil,:., .stutterers that -. ever P. have
Atitown, he was hasty in privet- and
"Impiger, iracutulus, inexorabilis, ricer," I
If !day be•pertriittid to quote a free ,tr,aits
lotion, Sir, I , t 1 ink it will as well bespeak
our 'Hero' es the'original. (Leave,- leave,-
baring resounded' through the Hall.) I will
me you; rendition.of-that" Scot
, Off, wortliy, costno'Comyne BradN'vardine.
• ".k fiery - etter-cap, a fractious chid;
," ' aigieger,atul as stieve as steel."
Cleaveland'lived•in a tory neighborhood,
and while he wr canipaigning, these',
, desperadoes titie to depredate upon him
greagy. ~ ,,They would steal his, horses,
- -2--thiiiiibtfiltia_esttle,_andiburoWfenees and
bbfitc•uses_.: A. , party of them headed by a
one Bill flarrieon, went so , .far as to
40$ his ovetteer to death fo,r chideevoring 1
- to
, pretet7 — hiii — employeeti - -property.
0,,,, k,....r0n uner of 4is eriine was somewhat Decu-.
_ .._ _..
liar.. They took their victim to a"steeP hill
side; and placing him onn log, fastened:the
end of a grape vine around his neck, and
the other over the prong of a stooping.dog
wood. When they had thus arranged it ;
one of the party went up - to the= hill, and
rushing head forentoSt against their captive;
I hurried him off. into:eternity.. JOhn : Doss
Was the name of-_the seeker. Now,-John
Cleaveland, was not the 'man to put up 'Willi
all these:injuries, and the day'of retribution
was near at hand. : Harrison, the ringlead
or' in all these outrages, shortly afterwards.
felliiito. Cleaveland's hands. He was an
ingenious mechanic, whom Cleaveland had
often einplOyed, - ( in more.peaceful days, and
had done him.__many .favors; and the rb - -,
rnembraneer:oltheSe - things was - Vno - mean's
-calculated' to mitigate the offender's:doom.
Aacornpanied by his -favorite servant Bill,
and one other individual, without speaking
a word, Cleaveland carried'his prisoner to
-the same dogwood on - which he had. hanged
poor Doss. Here, was dangling the very
grap&vilie, which - _ho had used: on the for
iniir..occasion.', . Without more to do,' he'
piaCed the noose over the ether's-neck and
placed him on the log. 'Yon will not hang,
me Colonel.'. at length faintly observed the
trembling wretch:- c`Can - you give me any
reason why -Lshotild-notAlo-it-sakt-the-,---
other.`Xottkiiow_La m A uselid_man'inth is.-
neighb - orhood!' saiihHarrison,. 'and
,cannot
well be spared; I have tno - reetVer, sdiScoVe-r
-ed the secret of perpetual: motion and :if I
am put 'to death', the world will lose the
benefit of my,diseovery. , Besides' this', I
have heard you curse Bryant. and Fanning
for putting.prisoners to death. Where are
:yourprincipleS.' ,If7iere is ?lot& tonsciencill
that,you are about to*.exeeute vengeance on
me, your former friend and..neighborr--:
\ L
'Wherels : iy.colfsciencet_L_Where are, my .
horses and; attlewhere :me my :fences
and' barn—an Where: is poor - JaCk - Doss?
Fore God.: I will 'do this deed:and - ins - tiff
- Myself :to - - Gc1:1. 4-td ',nay eou - iitry-IPIn • up'
:th hille" - - - -mut - but-hinr - oir - - - tiwto - g :-. B ill ; - I'll
show him per.pe tual mcitiont" s-b -. • . -
• So, Sir, will we, deal with that : party;
- which •harought havoc:and ruin upon our
,countiy... They have` destroyed our cur
reneythek- have_ squandered our public
-land=4ltey have per's'ecuted and - driven :bun:
talented and conscientious Whigs by laying .
snares- for - their - consciences'.,_ They - have
put in -•the liaise and needy to • pillage the
public Money. Tlfey -have - marred : and
digfigtitatlic=foltlififljecort of:the - Senate:l - -
In a -word, sir, they have- put.--th-torch-._=to -
the' Tomiiplrof Liberty ; and as--0111.Cfeave
loa paid—Fore God--we--Will do-this-deed--
and kstify ourserves to God and - otfr:eektin-. •
try ;- we will hang thenfon'ilicir oWn-dog=.
wood: we will give them a:small'spediinen
of perpetual motion." • - , • - . . _ •
.. . ,
Pt may be.properto add that Mr. Jones,
the author of the above really good things,
is: the editor of the Carolina- Watchman,•
and-also-the-author' of --''Cousin Sally Dil
liard," over which, doubtless, all Our rea
ders,'more than once, have laughed heath
. , . ......_.
1.f.3 - ' - ' •-- • '
- ,
ENERG,Y,QF CHARACTER
Energy of character is the philosopher's
stone of this life, and should be engraved
upon every
. heart„ It is that which has
peopled the temple Oflartietlfat which
has filled, the historic .- pages 'with :_great
names and the-civil-and military 'World
that which . has brought a race from- barba
rianism,.drawn the veil from' science, and
developed the wondrous powers-Of nature.
It Makes men great. and..makee men rich.
First or lagt; it brings suceess VVithout•it,
-Webster would have been a New Hamp
shire lawyer—Toni V.Wing, a buckeye salt
boiler—an_d_Ren
printer.
..Withotit it, Demostheness would
- h - ave ---- emmitiere - d — otiToThis grave, afa
.cinnatus, died a _common .soldier. Shake
peare. would have been shot for poaching.
ng_tap.e..____Rosededivedzsell,
ing . beer 'by the small'—and Bonaparte
have gone Out of the world a Corsican
it, each-one has not)only done
,Trnitelt -- giiiiirfo — r - liiiiieWmilehifortis . day
ma.generation,,butmucli_for-the world In,
-the-past,-the-present,and• future
.Energy of eharacter -- - - Will do the same'
thing for any man in a small way that it
, has done for' theSe:" Give the lawyer ever=
rgy of, character, and lid will succeed.at the
j bar-, without taleuL the secret. by
which the merchant, the artist, the.scholar,
and the mechanic, arrive at distinction and
Wealth.' If they fall once,
they try again;'
no contrarywirids.bear them down ;,..or, if
down, they . will not stay down. The man
who has' energy of character - will risoitin
• spite Of fortunes and in Spite'of opposition.
- Give - a man energy, and he is a made man,
-put him where You- willond-surround -him
; by What_y_on_will.,___l.4 is.this - faet.that . giv_mi
I us confideiriee that the,American.people will
I '
rise from their present_ depression as soon
I as the _blest over that threw theen
down.- In defiance of-sub-treasuries, sus
pensions, bad - currency, -.and., every- *other
evil-that -malice-'and- ignorance cawifix,upon_
them ) the;-people of :this" country hare:en-
J clrgy enough for Use and to' proepei. ; He
whliiveg - up - in -- despair;- - amt - Mits'away:the
sheets .11 . 1tis-cadrass because, ho finds cen
tral,' witil9 in his'' passage, is brit a poor
navigator , -7 -- -Louisville Ga.' •
- . ,
Anurienn 'elotsid murder' e . ll-thidei
sanclimk of Mexica4-....duthoritigs—The
.Ness
,t,31,4_;_,, We have
seen a letter nibironsed
't o ‘° ' , l of Our most
respectable commercial hotises , . 7 L
from the Coast , of Me fromico,t, tAiis city,,
unanubted
authority, which states that M. Latrob., N ,
the American' Consul
,for Laguna De. Ter
minas, died a days previoue; from blows
rec'ejtred, from a negro at:linguae. (under
- tianctit,s,n of one, - .of - their Justices,) and afte l r
being-most . cruelly •treated;'he was seat to:
a dunkeon,Nhere he remained three nights
with condemtod criminals, from whence
he sueceeded'in escaping with his lady to
a mill between that and Campea
chy, where', he-died. of his wounds. His
lady had gone nri'to Catopeachyoind an or
der from the old Judge had followed her to,
bring her
, bgok to Laguna, to..anevirer th - e
charges against her hushand.".
"RENTS enormous." as the loafert
isia.When-lialcitled at hid bleecheert
g tft.e,A,*.x:t2.6,T:c..7ll:tv.4.lCtfi:,:.4:4lc:Z'_,MT-VoitiTil.lol--r.:,-,
• •
• NEAI. MALONE.'
AN IRISH STORY. • • -
. We .find. in a late nurnbefof Wahlie'S-Se- .
lect Circulating Library, a curious and emu
.comic story, :by the above . title..
Neal Malone is repreeented,altniglity little
fellow, a tailor by trade, full tit.fight and ex , -
eellent heroism, as' were his .brothers :and
all his fathers and forefathers before
*Blit Neal pined -for a fight. He had long'
'attended. all the pined,
holyday Mehra-
Lions; , inatiltlng ..any and every body:that
• - - dame iii his way, in order to get a fight.-•
But no body would fight poor Neal. _Every!
.body acknowledged his superior proweSs,
so the forlern would have 'to go houie
sighing, and-: deelaritiethat-he-was - otting .
"blue moulded for' Want of a bating !"-
would purpoiely sew pantaloon legs on to
coat-bodies. for sleeves, and. sleeves on to
pantaloons, and make, coats to button up the
back,' in order- to . insult. the customers, that
he might . get a fight out of some of them;
but it all would not do. Nobody could be
provolted%to fight the high-mettled, but ho
nest little Neal Malone. At-last he grew
nearly, anidlot-1M would mope for days
togethei, refusini4o do any work. at all, or
scarcely to recognize even his nearest rela L
tivesand_all,-he•-•Would--exclairrri - b - vedifse
he was'l?lee moulded for want ola bating!"r----- One - day - , - Mc - o" . Conner, the schail-mas
ter,.23v.hO was a Married man;•andrin eonic-L
-quenee of his marriage to his.partieular wife,.
-was a mere skeleton of skin and bones, af
ter *listening - 'to Neal's 'bitter complaints,
asked him why he did not get' married ?
Neal took the,bint and . fell•in -love forthwith.
He became more cheerful. He 'waived to
court, and marry if he 'could, the . • Butcher's
daughter, a strapping wench, the teribr of
-
her-whole family. w The field was his own.
'He had, no competitor.
The fair
. ton of flesh!, agreed to become
ii--.6w It 0' Connor, - hOWever,' chided - 'his
friend, - - - for his fears - misgave him.
'Look
.Neal,' .Said- the .school
master., solemnly: -` I am at this •theinent,
and have been for the' last fifteen years,. a
living 'cue - do:against matrimony. I - do not
think that eartkposSesses such a.luxury-as.
a single, solitary life. 'Neal, the monks of
_old_ were happy--ment- .they-were
-all'-fat
chins:; and; '•
you that all fattneat : are in general-happy;
Care cannot eMirtiliim so readily 'as at
a, thin man ; before. it •-gets throtigh: the
which' thcy~•
treacherous to its original 'purpose, joins
the cheerful spirits -it meets-in the system,_
•antl -dances about -in the, heart in all the
. madness of mirth . ; iv:if:like a sincere occle.,l
siustic, who comes to lecture - a clever .1 . 911
low against drinking,. but who: forgctsz_bls_l
lecture : over-his:cups.;• andis - -laid-under-thtt I
table,with such success, that be . ..either:never!
*nes to finish hisleatire, or, comes often
to be. laid under the table./ LoOk at- Med
Neal;-how wasted, fleshless and miserable
I stand before you. • You know heovr,my I
garments have shrunk' in, , and-what a solid
man I was before 'Marriage. Neal, pause,
I beieeclf you ;..otherwis - o - ymt --- utati - d - liStrolig
chance. of beComing a - nonentity like_ my
self.'
Neal, - however, got married ; far, said
he
,t4 ,- Q'Coriner, 'I can't think that yoted
be "so unreasonable as to expect that - any_
of the Malones:should pass out of the world
without either bein g bate or married:-' Qn
several occasions, afterwards, he essayed
to. go to the fair, and to - other places, of jor
and merry-making, whereupon scenes be
tiWeen man and wife ensued, which always
ended . in Neal's quietly sitting dowq,...tp his
occupation, far from being'blue moulded]
for want of a bating.'
The story concl
Neal now turned himself, like many a ,
- Sage - in - similar - eirmilbtances, to pluto - sTo: ,-
pliy; that is to say, he began to shake his ,
head uplbil _principle, after the, manner of
the schOolmaster, • He would Wed:have
prefeiled the bottle upon principle, but
there . was -no 'getting , 'at the ' bottle except
through the wife, and-it.so •happened . that
I,Y - th - e - tinie - ille - aCliell him, there was little
consolation left in ft. Neal bore allkin si
le4c,e,, his friend often told, him, was a
proof of wisdoni.
Soon after this, - Neal . one,.evening tinet
Mr. O'Connor upon• a plank which crossed
the river. This plank - Was onlya foiit in
breadth, so that uo two individuals could
pass each ' , other upon it . . • Wd cannot find
words in:which to express- the dismay of
both,-on finding that rimy absolutely glided
past one another witber.4 collision. Both
paused, and surveyed each other solemnly;
but the astonishment was all on the side of
Mr, OTonnor. •
Neal,' said the school-master, I con,
jure you to speak,_that may-be-assured
you live.' . • •
—. The ghost ofTl - ,blusi: crossed the church
yard visage of the taibr. • Oh,' he, ex
claimed, why did you 'kmpt me to marry
a wife!'
Neal,' Said his friend;,' answer me in
the most soleron_mannsr_tqssible,--throw
into your countenance all - tl gravity you
can asSurne--speak-asif y A were- untler
the" hands of the hangman, iith the ro,p'e
about your neck, for the quiestko,
a trying one which I °am abokt6 l --
put.
Are you still 'blue miilded,for ant of a
bating ?" •
The ..tailor collected himself-to - a k e a
reply; he 'put ono : leg. outs but al how
dwindled He opened his waistco
lapPedit round him, until he looked e a
weasel' on hie hind legs. He then r e d
himself up on his tip-toe, andiln: an 113 ;
whieper replied, pea not blue inou -
e'd for want of a batine
The sehool-master shook his hocd in hie
"n - akiserable -Manner, hut alas! .he soon
perceivekthat 'the, Was : 46-- gt eat ': an
at 7 7 - shaking , the head' cc',hi . : -. 1 ., 4 e1f
was " 11 2','"Ole 46:4 ; .that.'..there . Was" a "oda'
initous'icflaeMbuu —a delicacy, of shake' in
the tailor's vibrations, g a ve. to his
own nod; a very. commonplace: character. -'
The - next day the , ,tailer, 'took up'--hie
clothes, and from time to time- eontiuued'to
adjust them to the dikkensions of his shrink.-
1110 - :persurliella - lartgar - Strutted - as - he
was. wont:to do ; he no :longer , carried, a
cudgel as if he • Wisheil,to...wage - ti univarsal,
! battle With 'mankind. , . /te *i.a now' a mar.
tied Oneakirigettild ,witk doward
he creep along as . - if every
.step I brought ',him nearer to the gallo,W.s..
Theschbol-Master's march of :misery was .
- fai•Slowei• than Neel's; the latter - distanced
him. Before . three .yearo had Tarised; he
had slkfunk up so much, he could not
walk abroad of,a windy day , without . carry
in . g, weights in
- his pocket to keep him firm
on the earth, which he once trod with the
Step of a ghost.. In' two 'years:more his
friends, could not distinguii3h - from' Alm' his
Own shadoW;a-circumstance which was-of t
great inconvenience to'him.. Several grasp- -
.ed at the hand of the shadow instead of his;
and, one man .wad near paying it five and
sixperice fur making a .pair
_of small clothes.
Neal it is ' undecei
trouble, buf.eaididly, admitted teat he was
not able• to earry• hotneahe money:: -
'This, -however, could not always.last...---
Though still alive, he was to all intents and .
purposes- imperceptible:- •He - could' w
only be heard; he was reduced to.a More
essence—the very echo of human existence.
It is true, the school-master . asserted that
he occasionally caught passing glimpses, of
him; but that was because he-had been him
self nearly spiritualized by.;affliction, and
.his visual ray purged in; the furnace of do.
inestietribulation.;. - lltatid - by, Deal's — v - Zice
lessened, .got _fainter-and -more- indistinct;
until at length•nothing but a doubtft&mur
mur Could he teard;:whieh-ultiniately could;
scarcely be distinguished from a, riliging iu
the ears.' • • ;
Such
. was the Uwful. and.mysteriptis fat.e.
of •the tailor,' . Who, es - a hero, could not of
course, die; he - .Merely dissolved likean
icicle, wasted into immateriality, .nd'finally
inelted,a - way beyond the.perception of mo
ral sense. Mr. IYConnor is kill living,
and.- once..inore".in - the _ fulnesi - Taf - .perfect
health and strength.' His wife, however,
we may ag..well hint, has ..been. dead - more
thaul two •
years: - 7 1
AN. ANECDOTE—IN - POINT.
Extract from an able speech of Mi. Um=
durwood, Jan. 16, 1839*, on a motion "for
an inquiry into. the defalcations of. Public
Olicers) -
--- "The conduct of the...lale_rind--prasent
arlifiirristrations . in-respect to-Watkins ; and
- the. - host of defaulters . ,:temitds
,nre
occurrence-in the far west. L.will tell the
-story, - lnit conceal -the.names of the inirty.
Pity shields Meat from presentation'to•pub
-1110tstritiohlitiaanLW1likwas:perPetual-::
ly extolling his owo virtues,, and 'decrying
those 'of - other people, arid - who 'Was — Midi/a
- a1l7" - conccalment," accotding.. to his re-.
peated avowals; Was passing on way
'horite after funnin g down.the noblest'buck
in the forest, f 3 7. a little cortifield.of 4 - neigh:
boy, remotely situated from the. dwelling :
;house Ylis son' and - dogs wcte along,.
Much fatigued, by
.thc.;.recent chase. The
old nian
'di,novered in . the.field a'aingle hog
.
_ a _ run t_. - n ga - g - -,; , , 4 , - ,it 7 -litiralting- down the
stalks and eating the cern. - .1 - 1 - 6 -- inOriediare
ly swore " by_ the Eternal," Oat_ be never
could witness. such a sight without feeling
the_strongest..indignation against.the.guilty
- brute ' 'and he instantly ordered his son to.
•
set the dogs on, declaring At the moment,
that if they tore him to pieces it would be
a good thing,, inasmuch as by such tnea'ns
the neighborhood. might get clear of , a bad
breed Of togs. The boy obeyed, and the
'dogs reluctantly engaged in the less . noble
work; and being the more furious and -sa
saga. in eonsequence :Of fatigue, mangled
the 'animal until his - life. was in danger.---
The youth', not wholly destitute of corn
-passion, even towards a hog,- at length
i,seized and threw him over the fence, and
;called off the (logs. The old man said it
- was useless to - go round the fence to, stop
- thT '.b lesson
iIIM
se — holes, as fie was certain the .
avould_etrectually_teach_the_liog_never—
enter there again; So they went on home
without repairing the_ fence, taking care,
f . hewever, to pass by the owner of field
-to-let-him-know-huwAind-and-neighborly
they had been in turning the hogs out
long- afterwards, the old map, his son
-andstlogs-wero-going-by-the same - field, and
in kinstead of one, they discovered a large
. gang of hogs of all Sizes, variously engaged.
Some were - breakbak down the stalks, and
cracking the corn with voracious appetites;
some,- apparently -surfeitedr were- moping
at the heels of those stimulated by hunger,
and a goodly number had husks and fodder
in their mouths, some frisking, and others
deliberately marching
-to the pannels of the
fence, there to make themselves
s pleasant
beds with the ' spoils.' As the - old Iran
saw what was going on at a distance; he
said to his sop, ' Now, my'boy, our dogs
shall have sport.' Indeed, the pro7e - p - ect of
a',,gefieral uproar, fighting, and the .conl
minglement of shouting c yel ping, and squal
ling in a neighbor's cornfield,'was a scene
-by-no-means-disagreeable-to-the old-man's
taste. Ile therefore mounted the fence
with, alacrity, intending to post himself and
witness the feats of his son and
_the dogs
while 'sitting on a rail.' But he no soon
er straddled the rider than his aspect sud
tlen),y__ ehanged—Hei_turped to his_son ' ;
I . i . limbing'up behind him, and said, " Whyl
these are_my hogs,;" — The boy - gazed - in
silence a moment, and then with an : arch
look, replied, " As, I live,'tis true I but 1
reckon tho', I, - must dog hem a' little."—
The old man leeke."sobet second thought,"
and after a minute's gaze; he said, "Per
haps, my son, it would, have been better for
the owner '
of the corn, if we had' lopped
tho holei,tlhe otherday. `We broke down
a good - deal. of corn, and did - mischief in
getting out a•single runt with dogs, and - ,we
shall not leaVe a stalk standing if s . we serve
iet in
gang i
that way. I' know too,'
cewill . not - lik - eiti for I have
she could not bear to
t a i k n e h e r ;0 6 r r eAk aY .'w.tie ears - that geen ;
cogs of, and leave yeb3„, lb,
of the corn .think, if be . finds out fore : take the i
grive the
h of do not treat our hogs - ltke , t
.Q5O
F.
trVoeltl:ll7lleSt3:.t P/ S hO Nyl , ifiltie t
peopiel. The old. man put pus . fore .fi . ng,,r 1
and departed with the dogs te. adenee.--;-..
TBet,--nnfortunately-for hie _reputation,..te,
upon his lip, gave his son a significant look,
had not.rnore,than., got out of. eight of the
field; _whes . ,_hc:l4et The owner-on h
to . Theif Contereation vas Very briefi
se the old ."ma0 . ,e414 be *so' lo:A tium: , —,
,i
h a *sty
i_`v~cLhim_with_som
Mil
Ills ion was Tound in the 'field tolling and
coaxing the .hogs to a :gip. The:cirennit
•stances were so plain that the owner of the,
corn ever told the stOryThaVo - folated,and
no one doubted its truth." • -
MY MOTHER' S GRAVE.
rementher vividly the circumstances of
her. departure. Consumption hail:already
done its powerful -work. ',Unrike many who
are sinitten_witli this disease, she preferred'
in the bosom of her .fathily. 'Why
shotild the stag, pierced to the heart in its
own thickets seek refuge in the deeper
glades, to bleed to death? It is a wrong
idea this, of searching in a land of Strangers
:for health which is ` - elean gene foreycr.!-:
How many. are thus yearly cut dowip in We
midst of Their wanderings !. In some deso
late charriber, they lie in 'the agonies ,of .
death. NC soft hand_ presses theii brow;
familiaice . whispers in the ear; no
cherished friend perfornis their funeral ob
sequies.., Death is indeed bitte, under such
circumstances, being without its usual alle
viations. It is a sweet consolation to die
at.home: • • -
"On some fond breast the parting; soul relieW
—Snme L- pions drops the eloAng tye requires;
Even from tiietninh the coieo of nUture cries,
Even in Our asheS live their L wonted fires."
There is something dreadfiil, yet beautiful,
nr consumption; It. conies stealing on so
softly and so silently: It *comes too, in th.e
garb of : Mockery and deception, and clothes
its victims in, beautiful garments Jos the
grave. The hectic flush, the snowy brow,.
_th&-brilliantfeye4Htvito-pould--believe -that
-these were death's pretnisors, the signet Of
the conqueror! It invests the patient with ..
a preternatural
_patience and sweetness 'un
der suffering ;: keeping 'alive, at
,_the the sante
time,,inlier_ breast the- ifluSion cif
Even in her moments of keenest Buttering,
-she looks forward rn - days of rettifiling . flap,
piness; and while. the ,-worm *is Jor-ever
preying at the core, and her gender form
becomes each day more feeble . and .attettn
ate, she liairs''b - eford tier a gilded prospect,
and theininfl'and spirits area-buoyant with
the thought. `But when the final struggle
has at last commenced, hOw sublime is the
- spectacle - t: To behold - the inimdrtal -mind
tranquil,:and
waxing -brighter and brigl4'er l the'
.tenement that contains it ;shut, a.poor flesh- .
Jess skeleton; to behold the eye beaMing,
Wit ding ffeltiiiiird_t e - cl 4
of its, affection, until the 'soul-at-last burst- .
'Charnel - vault -- has - -.fOo loft ,
donfined it, takei otic triumphant hound.--
Then is the . body still - andi silent. The
feather is tihrulfled by the breath and .the.
glass- retains its '.polish;- for: dust has re
turned_ to dust again, and the . spirit Onto
.
.God-whil-tave it. . •
• IC-was a tempestuous night. •The 'rain
poured -down -in torrents. -- The - lightnilig
gleamed luridly. At midnight I entered
the apartments - . A- solitary taper gleamed,
'.dismally on 'the hearth. The forms ofthose
in the i romaa p pedfed.lik.e.igloomy shadaw s,-
to and fro. A stifled sob, and the
ticking of a watch - on .the table; wore the
enly sounds; and they etrtiek like a barbed
arrow to my 'heart, 'I observed her hand
beaconing. Her head - was raised with pil
lows. - A smile shot from her glazing eye._ .
She essayed: to 'speak; - down my
"head with eagerness, to catch thelast7his
perings of her voice. There was a pause.
She made a signal to those about her to re- .
press their emotions, .as they, valued her
last' tegaex. The sobs ceased, the groans
were scarcely audible, and the tear stood
still upon the cheek of the mourner. "Ah! '
that.is - kind," she *be, n in a voice as Soft ,
''as music. Nature must have her cotitne..
t=he-fountaia , Of-grief-were--toolulh—They
burst the , barriers w hich prUdence would
have lain erected, and poured — fo — rth .in a
torrent, sweeping all before them. A cry,
.apart=
meat. .She cast back • a-look•of sorrowf4l
reproach. • . • -- - - ----
the couch. A- pdroxysrn of
coughing siezed her. She writhed for a
:Moment ..in,.. convulsive agonies, and then
fell back upon. the pilloiv. A gleam 'of
lighting • bright, dazzling, appalling, 'shot
- through — thre — ndstfferit: — Stie — T - vaii - E4151 -
"Ixt us praY!"„exclaimed the reverend
pastor; ant with one accord the assembly
knelt; while -t,the noon of night, he offer
ed 'up a. fervent prayer. It was short but
clothe() in the poetielaiiknage of the scrip
tures. It spoke of .the silver cord being
loosed, and the golden bowl being broken.
it was finished. 'We arose from our knees,
cast one look_at the emaciated-form of the.,
departed, and left the
_ - .erbocker. •
7 - SALMAGUNDL -
- lawyer W. while entering his cold bed
in a cold winter night, exclaimed, "of :all.
ways of getting a living, the 'Worst a man
could folio*, would be going about town
in such nights as this and gelling into bed
mayn% I goiandplay_ horse to- .
day ?' child,, you must stay-in the
house."Now,' look here, mann, if you
don't let me, I'll go amfcatch-the measles:
I know, a big boy that's got 'em prime
A termagant told herapouse that she be-•
lieved he, was related to the devil ;-"iinly
by mairiage,' was his reply.
I A gentleman met a ,sick friend, in she
street. 'Ah,' iaid•he, ' 'you walk .slowr
'Yes, but I'm going fast.,
A young Amortise at a politiCal festieat
gave the 'Following toast: 'The Ladies, We
admire Went, because of their beauty': res...
pect them', because - of:their virtue: adore
them 'because , qif their:: intelligence :' and
love them; beeause we' can't help it:'
'We' n rn in the Midst of a revolutioil,!, as
lie man said vliesi - he was caught' in the
wheel - cif n steamboat. . •
.
tkione.—olligh-heeled boots and a
itom mind's eye; the plainest
.
m
' • rld, hung
out - in ca
• • e
Rub
sign-l>,,
tals,wtoii
itoia to. r t
theca' over• with 'cheese,
fourliiingxy,,mice nibble,thet
,ort,wo. If the mice will do.
remedy will be efficient. •
LAiT,§P Fli(iM EUROPE.
By thqitriiial of t.6 . 1i aaet ship Duchess:
of. Qtleans, Captain: Richardson,' the N.. Y.
Commercial has received Paris papers to
the. evening of the' Oth of February, inclu:
These papers contain London dateS
to the evening of the•7th.... -
~ • , •
The rtiost.tinportant' intelligence by this
arrival is from Belgium. The•:King had
prorogued thedhambers till- tl.e 4th of March,-
but we find-no staterrient of the reason why.
.The Polish General,. Skrzyneeki,•,cele
brated in the last stiiiggle Of the'PoleS fur
freedom, had been appointed to a command
in the Belgium. army; 'and in conseqiienee
of thiS the Prussian and Austrian ambassa=
- dors - :bad — demanded - their -•- pi - i - SSpiiiiiir — The
Birssels correspondent of the Paris. Temps
says, in relation to this movement, That
Previous to the demanding of their pass.;'
ports
.by 'the Prussian and Austrian ambas--
sadors at 'Brussels, the latterof,tfiese diplo
inatists presented to the minister' for'foreigit
affairs 'a note. from. Prince' Metternich, ift
•Whielithe.escape of Gen. Skrzy-fieelti, from
Prague, is .considered as haring been Made
with the co-operation of the Belgian govern-,
ment, and together with his admission.
into _the--ardiy, is : sty-led-a 'liostile demon
•
St - ration- aga ns ustria.- 2 , The teums - ci f the •
note are said to have. been. strong , and me
naeing„..antl.the Prussii'in• ambassador
supported it,tleinanded consequence - his
passpert- at the same time, •
A letter fromßrussels states Tat o tthe Bel
.
giati charges at Vienna and Berlin had been
called Heine; and that the King refiise&an
andielice.of leave 'to the Austrian timbassa-•
to•his -departure. ••: .
'rho two ambassadors I.ft BrusSels the
Gth of •Febrfiary. • • , . • .• •
The - Belgian` ,gOieriecet waS• mjltiug
preparations for '• war.. Netice.
mitiliMie - d'fiom the War that the go
vernment was ready tcr make large purcha-
ses of liorsee;- and thii notice wfis issued
in consequence-of,therefilsal-of the Tiffs- ,
siaw;governMent to allow the uportation
of horses,-3,009 having becii expected. by
the Belgian government from, that kingdom.
One of the first aets'of, the French Minis-,
try,-after
dissolution of the Cltamber,lwas to dismiss
M. Persil from, the mastership of the mint,
forvolitical opposition,•• -
Both parties,:eir rather all parties, were
making great 'efforts - fol. victory, in the ap
proaithing_eleettans. : -_ •
B R.I'I'ISII PARLIAMENT.,
. •
-.1.1._ T_lte_. - de.bate:zo n-lire:-iattl ress7inlanswer--to
the royal speech, was regtuned in_the_llMise
- cif - Vont - mons; on the tith." Previously - , hew - -
ever, numbers of petitions for the repeal4f
the corn laws were presentetL. _•. •• -
.:-
.'' Mr.- Hume gave - notiee•-of a bill to extend
- the franelti§e 'to hAtisehold still'rage.' • ----
The debate on the addrets turned firston
the affairs of_ liolland. and Belgium. .Mr..
O'Connell, denounced the _prodeedingti-of
the five powers,' .mil. hoped. the Belgians
would not submit._ He.made. a savage at
tack on Lord . Brougham, in return , for one
upon himself, made by-that noble lord the'
- daylieffire.. lii the courseof his remarks,
Mr. O'Connell said Lord Brougham united
the offices of judge and court jester; and
put forth sundry other gentle sayings ; said
he was the terror of clients and the ridicule
.of___the...bat,_&e...,&e: ..-Tbc-.1 - Ic7n.,member.
- was - .ealled to order f - tina- then went on to
say - that theperson he ellthled to was an
obscure slanderer—the sycophant "of one
monarch, and slanderer of anothercalling
bidself the friend of the people, but really
an enemy of the thr'one, &e: i . ", 1-
Lord Palmertson 'made a lon eXplana
/`
don about Belgium and 'ljolland, vintlica-
thlgr the acts of the apve v Ewers', &c. . . •
--Sit-RI-Peel-inquire vitat-zottrse-the2min
? p
isters intended to pt rs,ue regarding:Canada.
. : Lord- J. Ityase answered that the tia
-pers-betoryAite-- govern ment - were-of -two
kintls,..one .referred to•the late disturbances
.in-Caula;-the-other-was-the-report-which
they:Earl of Durham had communicated,
'bearing on the constitution and social state
-of-11-pp era - n(I=LO we remind 6 - . ---- ThaOlottizr
men t was'of considerable length, and drawn
up in a- most Comprehensive - manner.: ' It
had been Ida before the gOyernment only
three days ago, audit had not yet been de
.termined_how-ta.tlispOse.of,it.-:-Most-cer-
tainly a measure in reference, to: Canada
Would speedily betprodueetl. . (Hear.) , •
Sir Robert Peel also. inquired about the
proceedings in India, and,Sir 'John
,lleb.
}Muse said the papers relating thereto would
be placed before the House...:.
The .address in answer to the speeCh was
carried up, ROM both 'lenses,: no..the 7 . -
There is no intelligence of any moment
from Spain ; except, that Don 'Carloi has
been forced, by the' remonstrances of the .
foreigtifeabirietop'abandejt7the,-#avage-sysd
tem_on. w_hich he has lately_earried_on_the_.
war.' The . Moderate - generals, Villareal', '
-Zariateguy And. others, who had' been dis
graced,have been:-re-called-into - sertiee
those who ' were in" favor'of buttihery.iinve ,
resigned—and ._ atm:we t -4, the-:sangniinary
Cabrera. has been .ordered to slay. no more
iiiisoners.
million, for repairs; an'
FROM MAINE. - ' t..w. o "Main . lin es •
• Another resolution was passed in the
The Eastern advices continue ta - be of a same manner, in favor of the Union Canal
pacific character, the war fever ',lieVitig:4oo;ooo . dollars, and 30;000 dollars for the
ceased to rage, apparently every where but! Danville and Pottsville Rail Road.. 'They
in the House of "Assembly. • ' , We give such are both now , in Senate.' •
eitracts from, the Bostonf papers as have; Senate bill relative telhe Trenton iadl
any .interest. • : Road passed third reading. •
Correspondence of the BostonArornitag Post, l' Hill reported by Mr. - Chandler, ter,i, -
,
• Atroteri, March 19, 1839., - crease the capital ; stock of the 'Philadelpltm ,
"Grim visaged' war -has smoothed her ' Loan Ccirriliany to 5,000,000 dollars.
wrinkled frent”:4l little of late, in this nuari ' , •
ter. yheaspectefpffairs touching - the N.I IMPORTANT, FROM WISCONSIN.
E. boundary dispute, is - not altogether so; . The Legislature met at Madistm on the 224
'bellicose as it seemed to, be a few weeks` ult. The Governor delivered his Message,
sinee. Things hoWeierreniain nearly in whieh_tcnichaaning other things; 'the soli
slat. Our troops retain peaaiable and un- jectt ef the „Winnebago Indians. ..11 Mid
disputed ppssession of the Arooifooli'coun- cipated from sundry indications that there,
try, while Sit-John Harvey cententi will be difficulty this spring; as they are.
self with the oecupatine of ' the Tohique determined not to 'leave the country at the
(within her Majeaty'S'unqUekioned do- time stipulated - in 'the treaty.. They
,are
minions) by a Military three of about 125 - making hostile preparations, The darer
men. He has alio, it is said, tWareginaents nor recommends Mat , the' War Departnient
nuarteredit_another..poinvlewerAlownbeimpiediately,memoriainitlier arms and
The resolution which Passed"theSenate ammunition, and for , five companies of Dra
(6thorising_the_Gereinooe_withdraW the; , goons; " . _The : .Governor will take the re
forms zhenever ,latified-.that he iestile,;liponsibility, in case of emergency; of lei
ements'are
,to apprehended eing'.vohiteteer compardes;',which".he
' will
truswiek . 4 disetts=l)Mad in • Denim, for the .protention
PENN'A LEGISLATURE.
HARRISIJURO, March:22, 1839.
Mr. PouLi3oN,—Senate.--4he Commit ,-
tee . appointed to audit the.aecounts of the
fate Board, of Canal Coutmiseionors, in re.—
pairing the 'Huntingdon Canal break, were
empowered to send for - persons and papers,
on motion of Mr. Brotin.
Mr. Fraley, from the Committee to
'whom. was referred a memorial of Mr.
Stehlmeyer, on the subject of a newsy steno
of finance, reported that the petienel have
leave to withdraw _ his petition.
The bill to pay the Volunteers was dis
cussed by" Mr. Williams, in conclusion, and
by Mr. Pearson. A strenographer is em
ployed in taking down all these speeches.
They will form the best , history of the re
bellion of. December last, and in. future
times will be quoted, and referred to, by the
historian.. _ •
liouse.—The Appropriation Bill was
negatived on.,,the question_of transcribing.
The following is the ,vote:— • - •
'YEAS—Messrs. Beaty, Bruner,Butler,
earothers,-Chandler, Colt, Cox, rabb; J.
Cunningham, S. Cunningham, Diller,
Ehrman, - Evans, Fisher, Funk, Gratz, .
Hegins, - Hill of Weatmoreland, Hinchman,
Hoge,-Hinehins„-Kendig, - Laverty, - Love, —
M'Dowek Mortimer,, M.orton, Morrison,'
Nesbitt, Park,. Penniihan, Purviake,_Ram
say, Sheriff, G. R'.;..Stnitti, T. S. Smith„
Spackman„Sprott, Stroheeker, Sturdevam a
Watts, Wilcox, Work-43. -
NAYS—Messrs. Anderson, .A - ntli!ews;
Brittain, Brodhead, Carpenter„ 'Cassel,
Coolbaugh,Currey, Crispin,Dare, Fegely,
Field, Flenniken., Foster, _Gorgas, Hamlin,
Helffenstein„B.,G. Herr, J. Herr, Heston,
Dill of Berks, James, Jones, Keim, ;err *
Kettlewell, Kintzle„, Konigmacher, Long,
Longaker, Loy, M'Claran, Mtlwee„
- KinWtry; - Montelitts, Penrose, Pray, Rpy
nolds, Richardson, Ritter, Roberts,. Ryan,
Schooner, _Shearer, 'Smith of; Franklin,
Snowden, Walborn, - Woodburn, Yosf,'
Zeilin-52. • - • • . •
This result, was:unexpected. It destroys :
the : prospect of a bill this session—Ahnugh
afreffort;to re-consider, will be .made to
present:state of the finences,. and in. _
respects not well appropriated: - •
Afterninin Session.-;—Bills found:to form
a District Court in Erie and Venantn,_atul_ := _:
to Widen - Broad street.
from the overnor .was: receiCe - C.b — y_ . the_
_" •
halids - of the Secretary. _of, the" -Common -
Wealth; nominating' James Thompson, - ..
Judge of the new District Court in
the counties - of:,Erie:and Crawford, a court .
• formed •byan act of the Legislitture,,patisedi .
yesterday. Mr. Thompson is a gentleman. .
of - some - legal ability, and was-president of
the famous - Wolland'Mtiblenberg Corii'en
tion-when it separated.. - an; the occasion_ "
lie"took 'two sidos.—He adjcidened the Con
vention eine die after an- exhortation or
brotherly kindneas, and on the nibYrow as
sisted-as-preSident-ininominating—Georgo-----;
Wolf. His conduct then showed little de
cision
of character, but it is to be hoped as.
a Judge that he will be able to decide wet
side or the other.
. • The Executive nomination of John N.
Cunninghaor was - unanimously - confirmed:
• Thdt_otAlmon_ll,_Reatl_was considered,-
and then postponed until the extra session.
Mr. Pearson moved for'this postponement,.
and that he . fiiii one was not satisfied with
the character of the .nomitiee either 'as a
lawyer„ or citizen.
He considered moral qualifications im-.
portant in ajudge, as well ~as legal. 'Ur i
Heed, he said, had no very I reat claim to.
eit er, actor mg to report. lie had look
ed-in-vain-for- his—name-in-the-reproe,of-_---
decisions. ' - -
Mr.Praley, that Mr. R. was d,
political lawyer, of such political princildea
He
should vote fOr time for consideration. The .
vote-op-p_estponemealsteoduLyeas,l7.-xtriyik,=
16:7There ie a report.,here that`the-nomi-. "
natton was rejected, but it\ is
_not trite.
lies over.
The bill to pay the-volunteers was then.
.taken up, and the committee of the whole
- WairgdiliaSTd - byl.%lG - PWaiiio - n - drur - M v.. -
Penrose who was particularly eloquent.. He - •
fairly excoriated the new Senator froth Lyl. •
coming, Mr. Parsons. I have rarely. seen
such ,a picture of misery as wait, the little
- gentleman-during hissuffering.
He was unfortunate in attacking Mr.
Penrose as a triator to his parff, 'while he •
himself; as proved by a file of a National
Republican. newspaper, _was: a:- favored -
member of the National Repubfican - party
The debate Will be continued. " : . • '
Hou.se.—The appropriation bill got up by
- Mr. -- Flenikerf yesterday, after Ibn-defeat - of
the bill, as a joint resolution, was taken up,,
and the gag of the. Previous qUestiOn appli
ed to it at once.
It thua_paased througli ,liithout - any al
teration. -It appropriataa 3,145,000 dollar*.
asapermauent loan at 5 per cent.; One
like amount for the.
E