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ii tvTOCKATIC PRINCIPLES POITJT TILE WAT , VEEN THEY
CEASE TO LEAD, "WE CEASE TO FOLLOW."
VOLUME VIII.
EBENSBURG, TIIIRSDIY, MARCH 18, 1852.
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attainment'?, and cnpr.Ua of r.t
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attstv connected with tac-tr dearest liiteresis. I
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Jscbovl utrocturs uiuv eat.i.ifth uerman Schools
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uaacr tae Leuimou sc.iooi law, or cau-;e Herman
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ar.i Er.trhsa to bz tau-l.t in t:e same schoo., t
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ted ia their own lunuae, their wishes shou'd
Lo gratified. T'ao directors iiave exclusive juris
diction over this vt an I from their decision
upon it there is no appeal, tue fcupennten lant ;
, . , , ' ... , . . .
tivinz only the rower lo advise. It the voice ot
the people is not re.-pecied by thcra the only
TemeJy is to elect persons who will respect it.
A.l acts, tr j arts oi acts, rotative to comsr.cn
certain district- to three. All those and s'.mih.r
acts aro repealed, find every district must elect
lix directors in the ia aimer provided by lav.-.
A tax leilo ; by tl.o vcics f br-j than four
directors is illegal and collections cannot be en
forced.
Ia cases where the Constable refuses to r
. :
e-
i v e , t 4t i, l i
five the duplicate from trie lreahv.rer, the lat-
. . . . ,, , t ,o-,f ;. i
;r may appoint some other person, to coLcct it, ;
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ao may or not be a resident of tue uistrict, an I '
va . , , . r ;
aa saouid require security from the person so !
Appointed, but ho is not required to do so. lt (
ho docs not take security he is personally re- !
iJCiasiblc for any loss ihat may be sustained. ;
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Collectors must pay over the tax collected by
tiieai to the poison w ho is Treasurer r.t the time j
payment is made. j
The Treasurer is required to pay all orders J
u?on him which are regularly drawn and signed
T the Frejideut Sand ecretary of the School
Board, if suiheient funds are in his hands. lie
bas no right to go behind tho order to require J
hether it was drawn for a legal purpose
If the President and Secretary draw an order
without the authority of the Board they are guil
y of a laisleiueauor, and if the board direct an
crier to he drawn for any other than a legiti
mate purpose they subject themselves to indict
ment. At the annual settlement, or soon thereafter,
A Treasurer must pay over the balance of
aool money in Lis hands to his successor in
'2ce.
hia a misdemeanor in office for a collector to
PrcLa.e warrants, for which he is indictable.
P'oard of directors can compel him to
faJ the tax collected by him in the same funds
or ln legal currency) he collects, and no other
C'JUTiC meet the approbation of the Depart
ment. fcciiool directors have the abstract ri-ht to
.JCl W.ars to go to either of the schools
"itliin the dis-
net of their residence, if they go
tta". W this
rigat or power should not be ar-
wtrari!
y exercised. V here a scholar can be
rrt 0.
"yre convo,. .. . . , . , . ....
jj . -winy u(.-CL,moaate.i m an adjoining
- r'Ct tua directors should mako such arruae-
&ch ' , as is P1'0'1''11-''-1 fur in section eleven of the
t!K, ' auJ tlllS uo'lj!j S J 14 s t0 sub-districts,
uga in the latter case the diree'ers are not
' ea to make the arrangement designated
T, Iaw' but they fchould do
Tier
lo so.
re 13 not. and cannot b n nenernl tind
.oq f down iu reSarJ t0 tliC uistribu
4r Sih01 fuad3 umouS sub-districts, The
n; pt:igh& cr reutirgcf th ncce5ery
, , , ! niiutiiiy appropriaieu oy me oircctors witn me
h cuse German to bo taugnt. tny should i . , ,
, , . , , , , view to keep the sciioois ol their districts, and
consult the wishes of tae People of tlit.r u: trict ; , ,. . . ,. . , .
, ,. , . , , : oi the sao-uistr.cts within its bounds, in opcra-
is tbu reg-.r.l, at.d .i arv tv.n--:der.is...e ii'uubcr . , .
, . , . ; t;oa as near as may be, an cquai length of time.
.:hools, passe 1 rrevious to April 7th lSl'J, which ! ono sc!i0ol and the second at least two.
are incou,isteutwith or arc supplied by the act h' lhe s-holfcr? wtru of ual rAjc 'lt woul1 co I
of that d a-, uro repealed. Some acts previous i twent dollar3 Per month to teach the j
to that date reJuced the number of directors in i of tU fir3t aai fort Jwllars Pcr Iuouth to
number of school bouses for their entire district,
an J for " all necessary expenses of fuel and re
pairs," out of the general fund of the district,
(and this duty is not in any manner changed or
avoided by the formation of sub-districts,) and
they- ure also required by law to appropriate a
SLiQjccnt sum of money to each sub-district to
keep all its schools (such number as is necessary
to accommodate all the scholars.) in operation
'not less than three months" in each school
year. Alter Laving made proper provisions for
doing these things, the distribution of the bal
ance of the funds in their possession is left en-
j tire'y to the discretion, judgement and integrity
j of the directors. It is certainly their plain duty
to make the distribution in a inanntr"that i3just
j to all the sub-districis, showing special favor to
! none, but they are the judges of what isjustaud
j proper. Tor any mal-appropriations of school
i funds they are indictable, but the Department
I has no power to punish them.
; The directors of some districts appropriate a
! pro rata, share, according to the number of schol
ars, to eacn suo-distnct. ihis plan of distribu
tion may be a very good one in many instances,
if the re'pairotueuta of the law before mentioned
are lirst fulfilled, but will not answer as a gener
al ru'.o. A sub-district of thirty scholars may
! require a teacher of superior attainments, one
whvse services cannot bo obtained for less than
;s-.;y) thirty dollars per month, while another
haing u' :y dollars might be as well cared for
and its school suliieieutiy taught for (say) twen
ty dollars per month, depeuding upon the attain
ments of the scholars. The wants of sub-dis
tricts must be considered in the distribution of
the school funds and not merely the number of
pcholars.
It is manifestly wrong for the School Directors
i to appropriate a sufficient amount of money to
.... , , .
0:10 sub-aistriet to keep its schools m operation
. , , , ..
six, eight or ten months, whne to another a sum
, i
baieiv suLucient to keep its schools open three
' 5 . .
months is npM'orriatcd Money can only be
Tue amount of tax paid by any neighborhood
! or bub-district should not be permitted to inilu-
ence the amount of school funds appropriated to
i each school or sub-district to the least possible
, . . ,
extent. A sub-district containing only twenty
. J J
:ho?ars m;y pay a tax of fifty dollars, while an-
other having one hundred scholars may pay on
i i,- tl,. ti, r.t ..-,..1.7
j teach thoso of the second. Under these cireum
i stdLOe.5, the directors should appropriate twenty
j dollars per month to the former and forty dol
' lars to the latter.
Vi alio such circumstances exist there can bo
i no general rule to regulate the distribution of
school funds to sub-districts, and such distribu-
'
tlons can only be properly made by the Directors
J 1 1 J J
by complying with the requirement of the law
J 1 J 1
and then distributing the balance of the funds
,
in such manner as to be no positive injustice to
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TUf State Lunatic Asylum.
AVe have been favored with a copy of tho
First Annual lleport of the Board of Trustees
of the State Lunatic Asylum. The Institution
w as opened on the last of October last. Since
that time, all Buitable cases that offered have
been promptly received. The wards specially
appropriated to the violent and noisy, are atill
unfinished, and on this account, it has been ne-
cessary thus far, to restrict the admissions to
those forms of disease that could with propriety
and safe ty be accomodated in tho main building.
The board for patients supported by their friends,
has been fixed at three dollars per week. The
price charged to counties and townships for
their indigent insano is $2 per week. The
Trustees say
"There are at the present time in the State
peniflntiarics and ia the different jails of the
Commonwealth, a considerable number of in
sane, alleged criminals who ought to be
transferred to the State hospital as soon as its
buildings are completed. There arc also in
these institutions a few, who, from their pecu
liarly dangerous character, and the utter hope
lessness of benefitting them by treatment, can
never with propriety become inmates of the
hospital. To protect the community and the
ordinary insane from the dangerous propensi
ties of these individuals, it would be necessary
to introduce into our wards, intended for the
treatment cf disease, all tho most repulsive
features of a prison, or that a separate building,
having strictly a prison character, should be
erected upon the grounds. Some legislation
will be required before any of these cases can
be admitted, and some inodo of proceeding
should be adopted which will prevent any but
proper cases being received from these sources.
To Pennsylvania belongs the high honor of
having just a century ago, established the first
institution for the euro and treatment of the
insane in America. That original provision,
and all subsequent t it up to the opening of the )
State hospital, were the offspring of the efforts
of her benevolent and public spirited citizens,
and were endowed by their own private means,
almost w ithout any aid from the public treasury.
Although the regulations then made for the ad
mission and custody of patients Lave given grca
satisfaction, and tended in a high degree to
promote the best interests of the insane, and
been recognised on many important occasions
as based on "the great law of humanity,"
still it may be worthy of consideration, whether
now, that a State provision is being made for
those thus afflicted, it may not be espedicnt to
have a revision of the various laws on the sub
ject, and the legal relations of the insane plain
ly established by special legislative enactments
which, while securing to patients the inestima
ble advantages of prompt and judicious treat
ment, and alfording a full guarantee that no le
gal right has been trilled with, will, at the same
time, protect those to whose care they are com
mitted, from unjust and vexatious proceedings
for a proper performance of their onerous du
ties. The board of trueteea cannct refrain from se
conding the judicious remrrks of the superin
tendent, in reference to the importance of the
early treatment of tLe insane, and also to urge
upon the friends of the patients the necessity
of a steady perseverance in such a course, as
long as there seems to be any prospect of their
recovery. No argument can bo required at this
day to prove the great saving it must be to the
community, promptly to submit every case of
insanity to a liberal system of treatment, which,
in a few mouths, is sure to restore a large por
portion to health and society, instead of, by
neglect and ill treatment, confirming a malady,
which, more than all others, makes the sufferer,
and often those dependent on him, a burden to
their friends or the public for life."
From October 6 to December 31, as we learn
from the Report of the Supcrindent, thirty-seven
patients were admitted, of whom theuty-four
were males, and thirteen females. The duration
of insanity before admission, uu near as it could
be ascertained, was
Less than one year 17
Two years, 2
Three " 3
Four " 4
Five " g
Six " i
Ten g
Twelve "
Sixteen
Tha causes, far aeerrind, were as
follow 8:
Ml.
2
8
FemalM.
1
1
I
1
111 health,
Domestic trouble,
Grief,
Milltrism,
Excessive study, i
Disappointment, J
Over-exertion,
Epilepsy, f
Intemperance, i
Religious excitement, l
Fucrperal,
Unknown, n
111 treatment, i
Soml Com-Jt!ion.
Married,.
Widowed, j
Single, ia
2
C
1
6
Tho following tabic will h0w the oocupationa
of those admitted :
Males,
Sailor, 1
Student, 1
Farmers, 8
Tailors, g
Laborers, 2
Apprentice, 1
Brickmaker, 1
Cooper, l
Lumberman, 1
Umbrella maker 1
Dyer, 1
None, l
Females.
VTifa of Carpertcr, 1
" Farmer, 1
' Chairmaker, 1
Lawytr,
Miller,
Blacksmith,
Shoemaker,
Teachr,
"one,
Dr. Curwcn, the Superintendent, says that
insanity, according to the best authorities, is a
deranged manifestation of the mental and moral
faculties, caused by a disorder of the organs, by
means of which the faculties act. He therefore
thinks that tho earlier remedied measures are
applied, the sooner, in all probability, -will such
derangements be corrected and removed. lie
adds
"An impression is very generally prevalent
in certain classes of the community that a- few
weeks' hospital treatment is sufficient to eJect a
decided change or restoration in any ease, bo
matter how long it may have existed ; and dis
appointment and dissatisfaction are expressed
by friends if this result be not perceived. To
this impression we would oppose the recorded
and oft-repeated result of observation and ex
perience, that insanity is a disorder which re
quires considerable time before any decided ef
fect is produced by any system of treatment ;
that under the most favorable auspices, and the
most judicious system, very few cases entirely
recover in less than from three to six months ;
that, in every case, the amendment is very gra
dual, and that the longer a case exists, the lees
probability will there be of restoration."
Ancient Lilcninr..
The art of writing, we are assured Mr
iGliddon, is of very remote antiouitv. Tt
'existence before history had a being. The older
portions oi tue Bible were coniDiled from Tit nrn
ancient documents. The book of Job, for ex
ample, was an Arabian production, and compo
sed among a literary people. This is evident
Iv&Ef these expressions, "Oh, tbat my words
wre written ! Oh, that they were jointed in a
book!" He undoubtedly meant engraved like
the Chinese works, not by modern typograph
ers. Again: "My desire is that my "adversary
had written a book." Long before Moses was
bora, written chronicles and the sublimest poe-
iry were extant.
"7he Book of Genesis is divided into two per
fect!; separate histories. The jlrtt fart is an
accointof the creation, and the general histo
ry oi mankind up to the building of the Tower
of BabeL The second part is the history of A
braliam and his descendants." Swedenborg and
Dr. Lamb, from whom Mr. Gliddon made this
quotition, divide this book at precisely the same
point, and include ten chapters and nine verses
of tie eleventh, in the first part.
But fanaticism, accident, and casualties have
destroyed the great mass cf ancient literary
productions. We can allude to "the various in
stances of the annihilation of ancient archives
in Asia Minor, Greece and Syria;" the destruc
tion of tie rtolomaic Library, also of the Al
exandrian collection ; the destruction of the
Chinese innals by the Tartars, and likewise of
the Indian and Central Asiatic libraries by other
hordes of the same nation ; the Turkish devas
tations, the perishing of Tyrian literature at
the conquest by Alexander, and of Rome annals
w hen Brennus entered that city ; the contlgra
tion of Phoenician manuscripts by Marius at
Carthage, and of the Hebrew archives by Titus
Vespasian. "Mahomed Ali has permitted tho
destruction', of more historical legends in forty
years than had been compassed by eighteen cen
turies of Roman, Byzantian, Arab, or Ottoman,
misrule." The history of Ilecateus, and the
annalg of Manctho, Berosus, and Eratosthenes
ro loot, all nut a few inutillated fragments. So
are slso the records of a still earlier period,
"save such as Champollion has pointed out on
the monuments and papyri of Egypt." That
there was a vast number of books is shown by
the enumeration now extant. At the date of
525, B. C. above twenty thousand volumes were
"in constant, universal and popular use among
the inhabitants cf Egypt, the productions of a
Saphis, Atholti, JVtcho and 1'ctoairii, all Egyp
tian Fharaoks; no less than of priests and other
philosophers, who lived, nearly all of them,
ages before Moees." Poems, especially epics,
were common, and Homor, who visited that
country eight hundred years before our present
era, stands charged by the Egyptian poet Nau
cratis, "with gl eaning from Egyptian bards the
ideas which, with such sublimity of thought
and diction, he perpetuated in hi3 Iliad and
Odyssey.
But the original documents are lost forever ;
the glories of ancient Nile have perished ; and
the prediction of.the Hermetic books is fulfilled:
"Oh, Egypt ! Egypt ! the time will come, when
instead of a pure religion and a pure belief,
thou shalt possees nothing bat ridiculous fables
incredible to posterity ; and nothing 6hall re
main to thee but wordt tnjraven on Hones tho
only monument that will attest thy piety."
The Chaldeans from whom the Hebrews ori
ginated were literary at a very early period.
Their astronomical observations dateasfar back
as 2234, B. C, or seven hundred years before
Moees "Yet Diodorus distinctly avers that the
Babylonians learned astronomy from the Egyp
tians, 'being themselves an Egyptian eolofiy."'
Mesopotamia also was at that snme time tribu
tary to Fharaonic rule. "Berosus gives a Chal
dean history of the ten antediluvian generations,
that differs but in names from the Hebrew ac
count." To isuthrus (or Noah) he gives the
credit of compiling the memoirs of the proceed
ing ages. Many centuries must have elapsed
before those nations could possess the requisite
mental discipline to enable them to attain such
perfection in ecience and letters. But itshouldjbe
noted that these dates extend back to the popu
lar era of the Flood, without alluding to any
such catastrophe ! A significant omission.
Mr. Gliddon himself remarks : "I cannot re
concile with scriptural chronology, however ex
tended, the lapse of time adequate for the rude
uninslmcted savage to acquire among the myri
ads of progressive steps towards civilization,
the art of u-riting, whether by symbolic or alpha
betic signs. Writing may be forever vnnecessary
to vast tribes of human beings who are far
above the savage in the scale of civilization, and
would, assuredly, not havo been the art which
for many generations, a savage community
would strive to acquire, or to which their first
efforts would be directed. Centuries would
elapse before the hypothetical savage could reach
that wonderful process, attested by Egyptian
monuments, still erect on Nilotic shores, whose
construction precedes Abraham by unnumbered
generations." He therefore concludes that
civilization was not attained at first by long ages
or discipline ; but was of heavenly origin.
Grecian philosophy as well as poetry grew
roin me Egyptian stock. The sages of Hellas
resorted to that country for those lessons which
at home they reproduced in their writings, made
sacred in their mysteries, and taught in their
schools. All the world went thither. Solon,
tho "wisest of mankind," was a student in
Egypt. "The Egyptians had intercoursa with
Hindostan, the Spice Islands, and China, long
before that period." Their ships doubled the
Cape of Good Hope ; and they made other im
portant explorations.
The discovery of America must undoubtedly
be placed to their credit. We admit the testi
mony of the Norwegian aud Icelandic skalds,
who have chronicled in their agas the adven
tures of Eric, who some nine centuries ajo
sailed to a country west of Greenland and go
ing down its coast found a region heavily cov
ered with forest, and spent a winter where there
was no enow. R.unic characters on New-England
rocks have also shown that this land has
been visited by the bold Scandinavian. Colum
bus spent a season ia Iceland before ha projec
ted the discovery of the western continent.
But we are now dealing with a remcta antiquity.
Authors have appealed to the religious cere
monies of the Aztecs and Peruvians to prove
that their origin was similar to that ef the
Phenicians and other Oriental nations. In so
cial customs and reSned civilization they did
not contrast very unfavorably with their Span
ish conquerors. But we suypose that another
circumstance precludes this hypothesis. The
Egyptians, Phenicians, Carthagenians, Persians
and other ancient people were of the Caucasian
race ; which was not the case with the Southern
aborigines.
Plato relates that Solon was informed by Son
chis, an Egpptian priest, "of the existence of
the Alluntic Isles; which Sonohlsiaii wero lar
ger than Africa asd Aia u.iiTkD." He return
ing home the Athenian t!tmtzi wroto a poem
in which he mad mention of the "vast island,
which had sunk into the Atlantic Ocean." Anglo-American,
X. C. Eevosifory.
WuhKington'M Courtship aud Marriage.
Beautifully situated on the banks of the Fa
munkey, is the mansion known ea " tt White
House." It stands on the elte ef the one in
which Washington was married. Trom Custis's
Life of Mrs. Martha Washington, we extract the
account of his courtship and marriage :
It was in 1758 that Washington, attired in a
military undress, and attended by a body ser
vant, tall and vtilitaire as bin chief, croeitjJ the
ferry called the William's, over the Pamuukey, a
branch of the York River. On the boat touch
ing the southern or New Kent aide, the soldier's
progress was arrested by cna of those persona
ges who give the beau ideal of the Virginia
gentlemen of the old regime, the very eoul of
kindness and hospitality. It was in vain the
soldier urged his business at Williamsburg, im
portant communications to the governor, &.c.
Mr. Chambcrlayne, on whose domaine the rai'i
taire had just landed, would hear of no excuse.
Col. AVashington was a name and character so
dear to all Virginians, that his passing by one of
the castles of Virginia, without calling and par
taking of the hospitalities of the host, was en
tirely out of the question. The colonel, however,
did not surrender at discretion, but stoutly
maintained his ground till Chamberlayne, bring
ing up his reserve, in the intimation that he
would introduce his friend lo a young and char
ming widow, then beneath his roof, the soldier
capitulated, on condition that he should dine
only dine and then, by pressing his charger
and borrowing of the night, he would reach
Williamsburg before his excellency could shake
off his morning slumbers. Orders were accord
ingly issued to Bishop, the colonel's body ser
vant and faithful follower, who, together with
the English charger, had been bequeathed by
the dying Braddock to Major Washington, on
the famed and fated field of Monongahela. Bish
oy, bred in the school of European discipline,
raised hia hand to hia'cap, as much as to say,
"Your orders ehall be obeyed."
Tho colonel now proceeded to the mansion,
and was introduced to various gutsts, (for when
was a Virginia domicil of the olden time without
guests 1) and, above all, to the charming widow.
Tradition relates that they were mutually pleased,
on this, their first interview nor is it remarka
ble ; they were of an ago when iniiressions are
strongest. The lady was fair to behold, of fasci
nating manners, and fplendidly endowed with
worldly benefits. The hero was fresh from his
early fields, redolent of fame, and with a form
on w hich " every god did seem to set his seal, to
give the world assurance of a man."
The morning passed pleasantly away, evening
came, with Bishop, true to his orders and firm at
his post, holding the favorite charger with one
band, while the other was waiting to offer the
ready stirrup. The sun sunk in the horizon,
and yet the colonel appeared not. "Twa3
strange, 'twas passing strange;" surely he was
not want to be a single moment behind his ap
pointments for he was the most punctual of.all
men.
Meantime, the host enjoyed the ecene of the
veteran at the gate, while the colonel was so
agreeably employed in the parlor : and proclai
ming that no visitor ever left Lis heme at eiins??,
4" .i . .
his military guest was, without much dlfScuIty.
persuaded to order Bishcp to put up the horse
for the night. The sun rode high in the Leavens
the ensuing day, when the enamored soldier
pressed with Lis spur his ehrrjtrs side, and
speeded on hia way to the seat of government,
where, having dispatched Lis public business, he
retraced Lis steps, end, at the White Iloute, the
engagement took place, with preparations for
marriage.
And much hath the biographer heard of that
marriage, from the gray-haired domestics who
waited at the board where love made the feast
and Washington the guest. And rare and high
was the revelry at that palmy period cf Virginia's
festal age ; fur many were gathered to that mar-
riage, of the good, the great, the gifted, and tht
with joyous acclamations, hailed ia Virginia's
youthful hero a happy and prosperous bride- -groom.
"And so you remember when Cel. WasLicgtoa
came a courting cf your young mistress!" said
the biographer to old Cully, ia'fcia Luridxeth
year. " Ay, master, that I do, replied the an
cient family scr ant, who had lived q see five
KnrLici-a ; "great times, sir, great times shall,
never see the like again !" And Washington
looked something like a man a proper man
hey, Cuffey ?"
"Never seed the like, sir never the UXe of
him, though I Lve seta many ia my day se
tall, so straight! and then he sat oa a horso and
rede with uch an air ! Ah, air, be was like no
one else. Many of the grandest gentlemen, ia
the gold lace, were at the wedding; but none
looked like the mun himself."
Strong, indeed, must have been the impression'
which the person end manner of Washington
made upon the 'rude, untutored mind" cf thia
i poor negro, since the lapse of thrce-qutrtcrs of
j a century Lad not sufficed to efface it. ;
j The precise date of the marriage the biogra
j pher has been unable to discover, having ia vain
j searched among the records of the vestry of St.
j Peter's church, New Kent, cf which Itha Kevd
j Mr. Munsen, a Cambridge scholar, was thareo- .
j tor, and performed the ceremony, it is bclievod.
about 175D. A short time after their marriage.
Colonel and Mrs. Washington removed to MctHit
erncn, cn me roiorcac, ai.d permanently eot-
tica mere.
"ibis unton," says Sparks, -wan in every ra
sped leacitous. It continued forty years. To
her iutimate acquaintances and to ihe nation, the
shuracter of Mrs. Washir.gt-.-n vts ever a theme
ef pra.se. Aifatle fcn J courteous, eiea:-u:ry ia
her deportment, remarkable for deeds of chuity
and piety, unosiertatlcus, and witheut vanity,
she adorned by her domestic virtues the sphere
cf private life, and filled with dignity every sta
tion in which she was f h.ccd."
Previous to his acqea:i.tance w ith Mrs. Cujtia,
Washington Lad been pleased with other ladies.
The author above quoted cn this point says, ihet
in 175G, "While in New Yerk, he was lo'dei
and kindly entertained at the house of Mr. Bev
erly Robinson, between whom ani himself an
intimacy of friendship subsisted, which, indeed,
continued without change, till severed by their
opposite fortunes twenty years afterwards in the
revolution. It happened that Mis-s Mary rhiiJIps,
a sister of Mrs. Robinson, r.nd a young lady of
rare accomplishments, was an inmate in tie fa
mily. TLe channs of this lady made a deep im
piession upon the heart of the Viig:i ia colonel.
He went to Boston, returned, and was again
welcomed to the hospitality cf Mr. Robinson.
He lingered there till duty called him awv ; but
he was careful to intrust Lis secret to a conii
dentif.l friend, whose letters kept him Informed
of every important event. In a few monthe
intelligence came, that a rival w as ia the field,
and that the consequences could not be answered
for, if he delayed to renew his visits to New
York. Whether time, the bust'e of a camp, or
the scenes of war had moderated his adm'raticu,
or whether he despaired of success, is net
known. He never saw tho lady again till she
was married to that same rival, Captain Morris,
hia former associate ia arms, and one of Brad
dock's aids-de-cf.mp.
" He had before felt the influence cf tho ten
der pa?sion. At the age of seventeen, he was
smitten by the graces of a fair one, whom he
called a 'lowland beauty,' and whose praises he
recorded in glowing strains, while wandering
with his surveyor's compass among the Allegha
ny mountains. Oa that occasion he wrote de
sponding letters to a friend, and indicted plain- ,
tivo verses, but never ventured to reveal hi
emotions to the lady who was unconsciously t!
tu
cause of his pains."
Mr. Buchanan in Maryland.
The State Capital Gazette, a sound and relia
ble Democratic paper published nt Anr.anol,
Md., has iu its issue of Wednesday last, a very
able communication in fav-jr of Mr. Dachau an
for President. Tho writer says :
" The people of tho South with remarkable
unanimity, havo fixed their hopes upon thia
gentleman. Mr. B. In the National Conven
tion, which will soon assemble at Baltimore, ho
will receive, it is believe..!, the undivided Tote of
every Southern State with the exception, per
haps, of our rwn. "
And the writer goes on to fay that he has verv
strong hopes that Maryland will cast her vofe
in the National Ccnv?ntion for Mr. Buchanan.
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