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oi" "Labor.
The following is that portion, cf Mr. Cuc'aan
v.i'i fj.eech in the U. S. Senate, iu January,
1S10, &u the Independent Treasury, which has
ti'ea so much and frequently misrepresented
ly the Whigs :
"Eat the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Clav)
leaves no stone unturned. He says that the-
fr;enis of the Independent Treasury desire tj j
sMblisu au exclusive metallic currency, as tho j
"""u au uca.uigj lurougaout me LUion;
tuJftiso, to redvtca the wagss cf the poor man's
labors so that the rich employe may be enabled
tu seli his manufactures at a lower price. Now, ;
.r, l deny the correctness cf both these propo- I hundred aud sixty-five broken hanks to which I
i tions, and, in the firs: place, I, for one, am j have referred? Certainly it was not the keen
rut m fiver of estaolishiug au exclusive metal- and wary speculator, who snuffs danger from
to currency fur the people of this country. I j afar. If you were to make tho search, you
desire to see the banks greatly reduced in uum- i would find more broken bank notes in the cot
Ut; and would, if 1 coull, confine their accom- 1 tage3 of the laboring poor thau any where else.
mvJatious to such loans or discounts, tor limited i And these miserable shin-plasters, whore are
r"i ) Is, to the commercial, manufacturing, and i they ? After the revulsion of 187, laborers
t'il.ng classes of the community, as the ordi- ' wero glad to obtain employment on any terms;
tiry course of their business might render j and they received it npon the express condition
n-eesaury. 1 never wish to see farmers and that they should accept this worthless trash in
a?cLan;cs and professional men tempted by the 1 payment. Sir, an entire suppression of all
fic.hty of obtaining bunk loans for long periods, j bank notes of a lower denomination than the
to abandon their own proper aud useful aud value of one week's wages of the laboring man
respectable spheres, and rush into wild and ; is absolutely necessary for Lis protection. He
titravagant speculation. 1 would, if I could, ought always to receive his wages in gold and
riJically reform the present banking system, so : silver. Of all men on the earth, tho laborer is
3 to confine it within such limits as to prevent most interested in having a sound aud stable
ture suspensions of specie payments; and ' currency.
w t:iout exception, I would instantly deprivo j All other circumstances being equal, I agree
and every bank of its charter, which with the Senator from Kentucky that that coun
MulJ again suspend. Establish these or miu- j try is most prosperous, where labor command
reforms, and give us a real specie basis for j the highest wages. 1 do not, however, mean by
"Piiper circulation, by increasing the deuom- I the terms "highest wages," the greatest uomi-i-auouof
banknotes first to ten, and afterwards i nal amouut. During tho Kevolutionury war,
l'j twenty dollars, and I shall then be the friend I one day's work commanded a hundred dollars
Lr't the enemy of banks. I know that the exist- j of continental paper; but this would scarcely
of banks and the circulation of bank paper j have purchased a breakfast. The more proper
-re so identified with the habits of our people j expression would be, to say that, that Country
- mij cannot be abolished, even if this wero ;
-i'ULle. To reform, and not t dcsinw
motto. To confine them to their appropriate
j, .
- , uu 10 prevent tnem irom nunisterm
tOt' I
J2 iq..It of wild and reckless sneculatinn 'lv !
i J J
tj be d'S1"Ut l0aUS issues' is a11 wuicu 0 uSbt
tuccJ3 liUt B 1 tlia11 Sa" If exl,cri"
Iroveit t0 be impossible, to enjoy j
,f 2 which well regulated banks would
la , at tlje sani time, continuing to
iriT Vhich tLe Wild excesses of tlie
J'i.t banks have hitherto entailed upon the
try, then I should consider it the lesser evil
la-cr" . tLCm aUSetLer- W to State Legis-
tLat? Sh - l tl'eir duty' 1 d DOt LcUeYe
' tvcr become necessary to decide on
?eU" UUmiUtiVe
Ktu"6 U.lso cl'ged by the Senator from
i,e" Wltl1 a dtsire to reduce the wages of
urmeaUr.maUS labr' We have becu oftc
!s soiuttrriinuns n our 8idc of the Louse- 11
Scuu-or -nCW Under tbe 8un' to Lear tho
10 vai"n'i lU fri0nJs attribute to us a desire
of'tL We'lllhy nnufacturcr, at the ex
.;., m, ; lab"-ing man aud the mechanic.
12 tLe tl '7'' 1 re'peci the lah(ring man. Labor
tCf "l0n f tL WCaltL f eVCry couatr 5
5P;ct) b J"ec lulJorers of the North deserve re-
ce lht'ir l'rohity aud their intelli-
.v.wm iuui i tnouia uo tliem
all the rminlnoii .1 .1
CB1.
jrin-, lnost consideration for the
titutfo man From thc veiy nature of. our
:hhS' Whe(;l of frtuneis constantly
i-iv ,? Td produciuS such mutations in pro
comc t tLe WealtLy U1n of to-day may be
a'th l0&r laLorer &f to-morrow. Truly
wuu takes to itself wings and "flies
lHrg frtune rarely lasts beyond the
third generation, even if it endure 80 long. We
must all know instances of individuals obliged
to labor for their daily bread, whose grand
fathers were men of fortune. The reenlar mo-
cess of society would almost seem to consist of
the efforts of one class to dissipate the fortunes
which they have inherited, whilst another class,
by their industry and economy, are regularly
rising to wealth. We have all, therefore, a
common interest, as it is our common duty, to
protect the rights of the laboring man; and if
I believed for a moment that this bill would
prove injurious to him, it should meet my un
qualified opposition.
Although this bill will not have as great an
influence, as I could desire, yet, as far us it
goes, it will benefit the laboring mau as much,
and probably more, than any other class of
society. What is it he ought most to desire?
Constant employment, regular wages, aud uni
form reasonable prices for the necessaries and
comforts of life which he requires. Now, sir,
what Liis been his condition under our system
of expansions and contraction ? lie has suffered
more by them thaii any other class of society.
The rate cf his wages is fixed and known; aud
they are the last to rise with the increasing
expansion, and the first to ."all when the corres
ponding revulsion occurs. lie still continues"
t j receive his djllar per day, whilst the price
of every article wh.ch ha consumes is rapidly
rising, lie is at length uade to feel that, al
though he nominally earns p.3 much, or even
more than he did foi mer'y, yet, I'r-. m tSe in
creased prices of til 'Le neeess-u-ies'of life, he
cannot support his fiu.ily. Hence the strikes
for higher wages, ud the uneasy and cocking
feelings which have at difi.-rcut periods, existed
unions; the laboring classes. Lut the expansion
at length reaches the exploring point, and what
dues the laboring ian now suffer? lie is for
a season thrown out of employment altogether.
Our manufactures s.re suspended; our public
works re stopped; our.piiva.te enterprises of
di lit rent kinds, are abandoned ; and, whilst
osiers r.re a.Lle to weather the storm, he can
scarcely ootaLi tho ntiutus of bare subsistence.
Agai;:, sir, v.ho, do you iuiipose, held the
greater part of the worthless paper of. the one
i most prosperous where labor commands the
greatest reward, where one day's labor will pro
cure not the greatest nominal amount of depre
ciated enrwiifiv. lint nwit nf tlin nnntu-i f .m.l
' iv j uim
comforts i,f life. If. (!ir-n.fi-o vnn' vI.a..i,i !..
" ' J-VKM. . I U U I U J 1 LI
somc degree, reduce the nominal price paid for
IuLor by reducing the amount of your bank is-
sues within reasonable aud safe limits, and es-
tablishing a metallic basis for your paper circu
lation, would this injure the loborer? Certainly
not; because the prices of all the necessaries
and comforts of life .are reduced in the same
proportion, and he will be able to purchase
more of them for one dollar in a sound state of
the currency, thau he could have done,, in the
days of extravagant expansion, for a dollar and
a quarter. So far from injuring, it will greatly
benefit the laboring man. . It will insure to him
constant employment and regular prices, paid
iu a sound currency, which, of nil thiags, he
ought most to desire; and it will save him from
being involved in ruin by a recurrence of thoso
periodical expansions and contractions of tho
currency, which have hitherto convulsed the
country. . ,
. Tho sound state of the currency will have
another most happy effect upon the laboring
man. lie will receive , his wages in gold and
silver; and this will induce Lim to lay up, for
future use, such a portion of them as he can
spare, after satisfying Lis immediate wants.
This he will not do at present, because he
knows not whether thc trash which he is now
compelled to receive as money, will continue to
be of nny value a week or a month hereafter.
A knowledge of this fact tends to banish econ
omy from his dwelling, and induces him to
expend all Jus wages as rapidly as possible, lest
they may become worthless on his hands."
EBENSBIIM, TIIMAY, JiSOJRY 22, 1852.
J' rem UIIsoh's Tales 0 the JJordcrs.
THE SOLDIER'S RETI KX
Seven or eight years ago, I was travelling be
tween Ikrwick. and Selkirk, and, having started
at the crowing of the cock, I had left IVIelros
before four in the afternoon. On arriving at
Abbotsford, I perceived a Highland soldier, ap
parently fatigued as myself, leaning upon a
walking stick, and gazing intently on the fairy
palace of the magician, whose wand is since
broken, but hose magic still remains. I am
uo particular disciple of Lavatcr's, yet the man
carried his soul upon his face, and we were
friends at the first glance. He wore a plain
Highland' bonnet, and a coarse gray coat, but
toned to the throat. His dres bespoke him to
belong only to the ranks, but there was a digni
ty in his manner, and a fire, a glowing language
iu his eyes, worthy of a chieflian. His height
might exceed five feet nine, and his age about
thirty. The traces of nianly beauty were still
upon his cheeks, but the sun of a western hemis
phere had tinged them with a sallow hue, and
imprinted untimely furrows.
Our conversation related chiefly to the scenery
around us, and we had pleasantly journeyed to
gether two or three miles, when we arrived at a
little sequestered burial ground by the way side,
near which there was neither church nor dwel
ling. Its low wall vns thinly covered with turf,
and we sat down to rest. My con.i.anion became
silent and melancholy, aai his eyes wandered
anxiously among the graves.
"Here," said he, -'sleep some of my father's
children, who died in infancy."
He picked up :i. small stone from the ground,
and throwing it gently about ten yards, " that,"
added he, " i- the very spot. Hut, thank Clod !
no grave-stone, has becu raised during my. ab
sence. Iti-j a token I shad find my parents
living and," continue 1 he, wi:h a s.gh, "mny
I also find their, love. It is Uard, sir, when the
heart of a parent turned against his own
child." . . " " . .
lie dropped his head upon hu breast for a few
moments, and wa siin?, and hastily raising his
fore-fifigsr to 'his eyes, seemed to dash away r
solitary tear. Tlteu 'turning to me, he con
tinued . . .
l'ou may ; think sir, this is weakness, in a
soldier; but human hearts beat beneath a red
coat. ' My father, whose name is Campbell, and
-who was brought from Argyleshire, is a wealthy
farmer in this neighborhood. Twelve years ago,
I loved a being gentle as summer moon. AVc
were children together, and she grew iu beauty
on my sight, as the star of evening steals into
1 glory through the twilight. But she was poor
; and portionless, the daughter of a mean shepherd,
J aud our attachment offended my father. He
( commanded me to leave her forever. I could
not, and he commanded me to leave Ids house.
' I wandered, I knew not, and I cared not whither.
Hut I will not detain you with my history. In
my utmost need, I met a sergeant of the forty
second, who was then upon the recruiting ser
vice, and in a few weeks I joined the regiment
of proud hearts. I was at Brussels when the
wolf and thc raven sang at midnight through the
strceis. It was a herald of glory and death.
There were three Highland regiments of us
three joined in one joined in rivalry, in love,
and iu purpose ; aVJ, thank Fate ! I was preseut
when the Scots Grays, flying to our iiid, raised
the electric shout, 'Scotland forever!' ' "Scot
land forever !' returned our tnrtancd clansmen;
'Scotland forever!' revcrbated as from the hearts
we had left behiud us, and 'Scotland forever!'
re-echoed Victory! Heavens," added he, start
ing to his feet, and grasping his staff, as the
enthusiasm of the past came gushing back upon
his soul, " to have joined in that shout was to
have lived an eternity in the vibration of a pen
dulum." In a few moments, the animated soul that gave
eloquence to his tongue, drew itself back into
thc chambers of humanity, and resuming his
scat upon the low Avail, he continned "I left
my own regiment with the prospect of promotion,
and have since served in thc West Indies, but
have heard nothing of my father nothing of my
mother nothing of her I Jove !"
While he was speaking, the grave digger, with
a pickaxe and spade over his shoulder, entered
the ground. He approached within a few yards
of where we sat. He measured off a narrow
piece of earth it encircled the little stone that
the soldier had thrown to mark out the burial
place of his family. Convulsions rushed over
the features of my companion. He shivered ;
he grasped my arm ; his lips quivered ; Lis
breathing became short and loud ; thc cold sweat
etood trickling from his temples ; he sprang over
the wall; he rushed toward the spot,
" Man!" he cried in agony, " whose grave is
that?" ...
"Hoot! awa wi' ye," said the grave digger,
starting back at his manner, "what ua' away
is that to gliff a body ?, Arc ye daft!"
"Answer me I" cried the soldier, seizing his,
hand " whose grave whose grave is that?"
" Mercy me !" replied the man of death, "ye
are surely out of your head; it's an auld body
they ca'd Adam Campbell's grave ; now are ye
anything the wiser for speeriu ?"
"My father!" cried my comrade, as I np-
H
. . U1S nanus togetner,
he bent his head upon my shoulder, and wept
aloud.
I will not dwell upon the painful scene. Du
ring his absence, adversity had given the fortune
of Lis father to the wind, and he bad -died in fen
humble cottage, unlaiaenttd by tie friends of
prosperity. . . ... .
At the request of my fellow traveller, I accom
panied Lim to the house of mourning. Two or
three poor cottagers sat around the fire. The
coffin, with the lid open, lay across the table
near the window. A few white hairs fell over
the white face of the deceased, which seemed to
articulate clearly that he died from sorrow rather
than from age. The son pressed his lips to his
father's cheek. He groaned in spirit and was
troubled. He raised his head iu agony, and, in
a voice almost inarticulate with grief, exclaimed
inquiringly, "My Mother!"
The wondering peasants started to their feet,
and in silence, pointed to a lowly bed. He
hastened forward he" fell pn his knees by the
bed-side."
"My mother ! O, my mother !" he exclaimed,
" do you too leave me I am your own son
your own Willie; Lave you, too, forgotten me,
mother?"
She, too, lay upon her death bed, and the tide
of life was fast ebbing; but the remembered
voice of her beloved son drove it back for a
moment. She opened her eyes ske attempted
to raise her feeble hands, and they fell upon his
head. She spoke; he alone knew the words
that she uttered they seemed accents of min
gled anguish of joy and of blessing. Per seve-
; ral minutes Le bent over the bed and wept bit-
j terly. He held her withered hand in Lis: he
started; and the Land beheld was still and
jlifeless! '
j He wept no longer; Le gazed from the dead
; kody of his father to that of Lis mother; Lis
I eyes wandered wildly from, one to the other, he
I smote his hand upon his brow, and threw him -
se'f npou a chair, while misery transfixed him,
as if a thunderbolt had entered Lis soul.
1 will not give a description of the melancnoly
funeral and the solitary mourner. The father's
obsequies- were delayed, and the son laid both
his parents in the same grave.
Several months passed away before I gained
information respecting the sequel of my little
story. After his parents were laid in the dust,
Vt'illiam Campbell, with a sad and anxious heart.
made inquiry after Jeanie Leslie, tLe object of
his cany afiecUons, to wLout we Lave alluded,
For several weeks his search was fruitless; but
at lengtn ne icarneu mat property had been leit
her father by a distant relative, and that he now
resided somewhere in Dumfrieshire.
In the same garb which I have already de
scribed, the soldier set out upon his journey.
With little difficulty he discovered the house.
It resembled such as are occupied by the higher
class of farmers. The front door stood open.
He knocked, but no one answered. He ap-
proached along the passage he heard voices in ncr form is fragile and slender, and her move
an apartment ou Lis right agaiu Le knoeked, j meuts and attitudes are very graceful. TLere is
but was unheeded, die entered uninvited. A a natural ease in Ler step which is charming,
group was standing in the middle of the floor, j Xeither Ler legs nor feet have anything rewarka
and among them a minister, commencing the . Uo about thenu Her leg is rather common, aud
marriaee service of the Church of Scotland. The
bride Lung her Lead sorrowfully, and tears were
stealing dowu her checks she was his own Jea
nie Leslie. Tho clergyman paused. : The bride's
father stepped forward angrily, and enquired,
"What do you want, sir?" but instantly recog
nizing his features, he seized Lim by the breast,
and in a voice Lalf choked witL passion, contin
ued "Sorrow tak' ye for a scoundrel! What
bro't ye Lere, an the mair especially at a time
like this ? Sir, I say Willie Campbell, get out
o' my house, an' never darken my door again
wi' your ne'er-do-well countenance."
A sudden shriek followed the mention of his
name, and Jeauio Leslie fell into the arms of
her bridesmaid.
'Teace, Mr. Let lie," said the soldier, pushing
the old man aside, "since matters arc thus I
will only stop to say farewell for auld laug
syne ; you cannot deny me that."
He passed towards thc object of Lis young
love. She spoke not, she moved not ; Le took
Ler Land, but sbe seemed unconscious of what
he did. And, as Le again gazed npon her beau
tiful countenance, absence became as a dream
upon Ler face. The very language he had ac
quired since their separation was set aside,
Nature triumphed over art, and Le addressed
Ler in the accents in which he Lad first breathed
love, and won her heart.
"Jeanie," said Le pressing Ler Land between
Lis "it's a sair thing to say farewell, but at
present I maun to say it. This is a scene I nev
er expected to witness ; for oh, Jeanie ! I could
have trusted to your truth and to your love, as
the farmer trusts to seedtime aud Lurvest, and
is not disappointed. OL, Jeanie, woman ! this
is like separating thc flesh from the bones, and
burning the marrow ! But yo maun be aniiher's
now farewell ! farewell !'
"No, no ! my ain Willie !" the exclaimed, re
covering from the agony of stupefaction, "my
hand is still free, and my heart has ever been
yours save, Willie, save me I" and fchc threw
herself into his arms.
Thc bridegroom looked from one to another,
nnx'loring them to commence an attack upon the
intruder, but Le looked in Tain. The father
again seized the old graycoat of the soldier, and
almost rending it in twain, discovered, under
neath, to the astonished company, the richly
laced uniform of a British officer. He dropped
the fragment of the outer garment in wonder,
and at the same time dropping his wrath, he
exclained, "Mr. Campbell or what are you?
will you explain yourself!"
A few words explained all. The bridegroom
a wealthy middle-aged man, without a heart,
left thc house, gnashing his teeth. Badly as
our military honors are conferred, merit is not
always overlooked, even in this country, where
money is everything, and the ' Scottish soldier
Lad obtained the promotion Le deserved.
Jcanie's joy was like a dream of Heaven. In
a few weeks she gave her hand to Capt. Camp
bell, of His Majesty's Bcgiment of Infan
try, to whom long years before, the had given
her young heart.
First Appearance cr Ioia Montez,
on tiie Aiiierlcim Singe.
The New York Courier and Enquirer, in no
ticing the first appearance of the renowned Lola
Montcz, at the Broadway Theatre, on Monday
night, says:
" Though the audience was large, It was net
at all brilliant, owing to the almost entire absence
of ladies; the appearance of the house being
rather that presented at a political me&Ung, than
a theatrical entertainment. She was received
with vociferous arplavse upon Ler first appear
ance, bnt succeeded in arousing no mtrks of
' TCIT "rar7n admiration t:ur:i: the performance,
! As a daneer she Las not much merit, and webe-
! Lve Las never achieved muck reputation. Her
j person 13 slight almost to racagerness; her eyes
j and rr vtry fine, and the expression of her
i face TC17 seductive."
1 Webb is, no doubt, induced towrite thus
! slightingly of Lolc, on account of L;r hostility
to Austria and frici.J slip fcr perfect liberty.
The llernU of last evening, thus discourecs on
the same subject: .
" In a few minutes she made her appearance
011 the staircase, representing a winding path
down a mountain, when she was greeted with
tremendous applause. She remained on the
spot for some time, courtesying low to thc audi
ence, who continued to applaud Ler for beveral
minutes. She then, descended irracefully, and
j on reachiDg the stage, was received with another
burst of applause, which the again acknowledged
wjth a lady -like bow. She was neatly dressed
, a3 a Tyrolean; she looked very thin and cirbsh
far younger than she is; in fact, not more
than sixteen years. She ha3 an uncommon face ;
it is of an aristocratic mould, and mein, and
there is something fascinating in the expression.
But she is not so very beautiful after alL Her
eye is a fine blue, which is set off by beautifully
arched brows; but Ler mouth is by no means
pretty. Her chin and neck, however, are fine.
Ler foot certainly neither andalusian or diminu
tive. The colored engravings iu tLe shop win
dows are not like Ler. SLe is not so en Ion point
or so fleshy as they represent her.
. "The whole performance lasted exactly 40
minutes, and just concluded at 9 o'clock. Lcn
tLe curium fell, she was cal!ed for with great
vehemence, and on coming in front, was re-
I ceivod with great cheeriug. She said in a
weak voice, and rather foreign accent, pronoun-
ciug the article 'the' as 'de' 'Ladies and gen
tlemen 1 thank you from the bottom of my
heart for the very kind reception you have given
me, a poor stranger, in your- ao&Ie land.' She
then withdrew.
" Her dances were short and simple, and she
performed nothing that could be called a feat.'
.None of these performances were her pecu
liar Spanish dances, in which she excels.
As a datiseuse, she is decidedly inferior to Cerito,
Madame Augusta, and others, but there is a
nameless grace of nature about Ler person and
movements, wLicL, with Ler history, gives her
au attraction that a better artist could not couii
mand, but which, however, is not destined to be
very lasting."
Tlie Safe oriVilliam Ienn.
The editor of the Cincinnati Nonpareil has had
the gratification of beholding a dilapidated spe
cimen, in the shape of an iron safe,' that edip
ses all the antiquities that ever before come urje
der his supervision. It passed through that oit
the other day on its way to St. Louis, at which,
place tho antiquity is to receive a prominent lo
cution in the Museum. This identical safe is
the veritable one that Win. Pcim brought from
England, and it was on the ground where he
treated with thc Dele ware tribe of Indians on
the Delcware. The safe is singulary and inge
niously constructed, and contains several com
partineuts which, bo says, would puzxle the in
genuity of any person in this age to ascertain
their whereabouts. The name of Wm. I'enn
is prominently carved upen one of the inward
plates, the letters carved in an awkward form.
NUMBER Id.'
The High Ocstiny of our Country
Upon this point we find someth
ing very ap.
pbcable in tbe language of Mr. Justice McLean.
wuo in a cnarge delivered to the United State
9
urand Jury for the District of Ohio. 1838
reference to the then recent enterprise by cit
in
lzens of the United States against tLe British
possesions in Canada, said :
"The great principles of our republican insti
tutions cannot be propagated by the sword
This can be done by moral force, not physical. '
"If we desire the political regeneration of op
pressed nations, we must show them the simpli
city, the grandeur and freedom of our own Gov
ernment. We must recommend it to the intelli
gence and virtue of other nations by its elevated
and enlightened action, its purity, its justice,
and the protection it affords to all its citizens,
and the liberty they enjoy. '
"And if, in this respect, we shall be faithful
to the LigL bequests of our fathers, to ourselves,
and to posterity, we shall do more to liberalize
other Governments, and emancipate their sub
jects, than could be accomplished by millions of
bayonets.
"TLis moral power is what tyrants Lave most
cause to dread. It addresses itself , to" '.tho
thoughts and judgments of men. No ph vsical
force can arrest its progress. Its approaches
are unseen, Lut its consequences are deeply
Jfelt. It enters garrisons most strongly forti-
neu, ; ana operates m thc palaces of kings and
emperors.
"We should cLerisb tLis power as essential to
the preservation of our own Goyernment ; and as
the most eEcient means of ameliorating the po
litical condition of our race. ; And ibis can only
be done by a reverence for the laws, and by th
exercise of aa elevated patriotism." . 4
TIic Cflilo Frozen Over. .
Intense as the cold was in this neighborhood,
a few days ago, its severity was paralled at th
same time in oilier localities. .
At Cincinuatti the Ohio was frozen over" tho
ico oelng tnlclier than it lias been known to bo
for years. We learn from one of the papers of
that city, that drays, wagons and cattle crossed
daily, .the novelty of the scene attracting large
numbers of spectators, to view it. Ou Sunday
a week it is estimated that twenty thousand
people crossed upon the ice. In tbe midst of
the cold enjoyment a scene occurred which is
alluded to as follows by tLe Commercial:
"At a time when a vast concourse had assem
bled upon the ice, a gorge which had for some
time swelled th" water above it, gave way,' and
the frost bound bridge sunk to the surface of tha
water with a tremendous crash. Terror" was
depicted on every coutenance. The arms of
wives were instinctively thrown around their
husbands, and the arms of modest maidens on
this momentuous occasiom, were thrown around
the stalwart forms of their gallants perhaps for
the first time. Some of the gentlemen recipro
cated the embrace, while others as much fright
ened as their fair companions, sought safety in
flight. The ladies not wishing thus to be deser
ted in the time of need, caught hold of the skirts
of their gallant's coats, as they fled for life, and
more than one 'dein foin" fellow was seen
streaking Lis way up Walnut street, minus a
cloak or the tail of bis coat. Son, however, it
was found that, the danger was ouly imaginary
numerous jests were passed upon the unlucky
who deserted their "heart's idols" in the mo
ment of danger, and the unfortunate ladies ad
monished to choose husbands and gallants that
would str.nd by them in storm as well as sun
shine. - -
One of the leading Government papers
of Prussia contains a long article on the growth
of the United States, and the danger which this
gigantic republic threatens to the monarchical
countries of Europe. According to the writer,
we Lave already millions in reserve, and a large
fleet ready to pounce down upo& Europe at the
first favorable moment. The article- warns the
nations of the danger,, and advises them to watch
carefully the conduct of our Consuls, and Am
bassadors, aad,if necessary to send tliem out of
tbeh? country. It suggests that the Euxopaans
should keep on thc defensive. A Bremen paper
replies to this iu capital style. The Editor says
that the chief danger to Europe is to be looked
for from the side of California The United
States think first of annexing all the islands of
the ocean, then China, and after stopping in Si
beria to release the prisoners, to overthrow
Russia and so on through. Europe. The article
in the Prussian paper- was too absurd to be an
swered in any cthar- way than in a joke, and tha
Bremen writer, did it up as it deserved.
A Small Great Spy Glass.
We sec U ftated in some fore'gn paper?, that
a spy glass has been exhibited in London of no
greater diawetcr than a walnut, yet so power
ful that the lineaments f a person's face can be
read - by it a-t-the distance of a mile and half.
It weighs only one and a half ounces,. ad can
easily be carried in tbe pocket of a gentleman's
vest. We Lupa bouiq of our opticians- u ill go to
work and construct lik telescopes, 1 sa that we
may have the pleasure of carrying ucbhandy
instrument continually abut eas rersn.