"WE GO WHE5E DEHOCEATIC PEIKCIPLE3 POINT THE WAY; WHEN THEY CEASE TO LEAD, W3 CEASE TO FOLLOW TOM VIII. EBENSBDRG, TIIDRSDAT, MiRSII 25, 1852. )) T E II 31 S, Xhe XOVXTAEY SEXTJXEL" is publish ed every Thurs-lay morning, at One Dollar and IViy Cent Per "11'um paid in advance or within three mouths ; after three mouths Two Dollars will be charged. So subscription will bo taken for a shorter period than six months ; and no paper will be Jiseoutiuued until all arrearages are paid. A failure to notify a discontinuance at the expira tion of the term subscribed for, will be consid ered as a new c ugagement. ADVERT1SEMEXTS will be inserted at the following rates: T0 cents per 4aare for the first insertion; 75 cents for two insertions; 1 for three insertions ; and 2o cents per square for everv subsequent insertion. A liberal reduc tion made to those who advertise by the year. advertisements handed in must have the proper number of insertions marked thereon, or they will be published until forbidden, and charged in accordance with the above terms. jm,All letters and communications u. wiuiu tention must be post paid. A. J. R11E1 . at A Pkm of Btauty Power. j which almost invariably descends from an illus- We find in the St. Louis Republican the fol- j trious ancestry, marked all their intercourse lowing eminently beautiful and powerful lines ; The humiliations through which the nobles had from'the pen of "the remarkable young poetess : passed, had not diminished the conclusiveness of this citv who is adding to her great lame by j their tastes. The other circles were composed every new effort of her genius. -Louisville Jour- nil. The Orphan Dream ofFaiut. i loomed within mvstlf to live. I saw fen in my childhood, that the heart's bright buds Withered and fa do 1 at the touch. I turned FrMin all life's empty, heartless mockeries. And wept my grief's away on Nature's breast. To me was given the deep and earnest lovo nf hoi v solitude. I strayed alone Bt rock and fctream and through the forest ' depths, And found a 6wct t and dear companionship In every sight and sound that greeted me In all my wayward wanderings. I Ir arr.e 1 G.ad mu.sic from the lark's free, gtshing sung, And my heart's sad and uiouinLV.l i:instre.sy Found sweet interpretation hi thj low And gentle wailings of the stricken dove. My spirit rocked upon the swinging tops Of the tall oaks; it danced upon the waves That leaped in lurht and muic or in wrath I'fon the shore ; it rode upon the winds, Soft whispering to the softly whimpering leaves, ! Or pealing like some deep-toned instrument ; Through the green banners ol tae wood; it i sailed i Upon thc cloud ? that floated beantifa! Or dark with tempest; and it wandered off At eve to hold its joyous revelry With all the thousand spirit shapes that bathed Their purple plumage in the rosy waves Flooding the sunset. My dear .Mother's smile, Caught by the stars from IMen, sweetly sheno In their pure light on my uplifted C3es, And her soft w ords of cheer came to my soul On every gale of morn, aud noon, and eve, And holy midnight. I was happy then, Aye, happy, my lost Mother was in Heaven, But Nature was my Mother on the earth, And both seemed o'er to love me well. At length There came a change Thc maddening dream of fame, The wish tn shhip a ninrrr earth's rroudest. .took ros-ess'ion of my soul. No more 1 loved ; The voice of birds, the shouting of thc stream, I And the green surging of the woods. I bowed ; In seeming admiration of the throng And felt my cheek burn and my pulses leap To the vilo breath of those I could but hate Within my secret soul. The sneering thought That started fiercely upward from H13' heart Brightened to smiles upon my lips, my braiu Grew dizzy and the tear was in my eye If with rude hand my epirit's chords were jarred ily those I sought to spurn beneath my feet. I wildly struggled for the world's applause, But trembled at the faintest word of blame As 'twere the voice of destiny. I won The laurel crown, and with exulting heart I felt its thrilling pressure on my brow ; But ah! a breath of poison from the crowd Passed o'er its blooming leaves, and nought re mained But duBt upon my temples. A bright name Was tny soul's idol, but a feeble blow From hands unworthy, shattered and cnet down That wildly worshipped idol from its elirina Forever and forever. Now, alas ! Joy, love, hope, pride, ambition, are all dead Within niv breast. I sniilo in bitterness To think w ith what a madness of my soul I sought a worthless bauble. Like a gleam Of moonlight from the mountain, or a flash Of an expiring meteor from the deep Or the red glow of sunset from the west, That dream of fame has vanished from my life, And now I feel no pang of vain regret That it has perished .thus. Bat I look beck "ith tears and sighs on the departed years nea breeze and billow chanted to my soul -heir morning hymn and evening psalm ; when soft And beautiful night's silver crescent shone t-pon my spirit, and when all the stars cre to my eyes God's living poetry M'T1 bj IIi3 haud "P0" the sky's bluc 6cro11' h .1 am twice an orphan, for alas ! y inothr Nature now is dead to me. T OIISVILLE, 1SG0. MATTIE. A Arj,ESTicE'B A;wR. A mechanic, who ePt a cumber of apprentices, and whose w ife a not possessed of,the beauty of Helen, was Twy strict in meal time devotion. It happened -cue day at dinner time, that the husband was Wnt: the lady looking round and seeing no ne a the table to say grace, she thus addressed fcrself to the oldest Apprentice " John, since master is abseAt I believe jou must supply it place." 1 thank you madam," says John, ' tad rather leep with the bova." Josephine, "The Star of npoleon." EY EtV. JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. The facinatiou of Josephine's personal ad dress, drew multitudes of friends around her, and her society was ever courted. As time sof tened the poignancy of her past sorrows, she mingled more and more in the circles of that metropolis ever devoted to gaiety. The terrible convulsions, cf the times had thrown the whole fabric of society into confusion. Great efforts were now made to revive the festivities of for mer dnys. Two centers" of society were natu rally formed. The first included that in which Josephine moved. It was composed of those J remains of the ancient nobility, who had re turned to Paris with the fragments of their fa milies and their shattered fortunes. Rigid economy was necessary to keep up an appear ance of elegance. But that polish of manners oi nicrcnants ana banners ; wno naa acquired 1 opulence in the midst of the confiscations and ; st'.ruis of revolution. The pession for display j was prominent in all their assemblies, as is ne- cessarily the case with those whose passport to J distinction is wealth. ; At the theatres and places of public festivity j there were presented studied memorials of the j scenes of horror through which all had recently j passed. One of the most fashionable and bril- liaut assemblies then known in Paris, wa3 cal- ; led The Ball of the "Victims." Nooac was ad i niitted to this assembly, who had not lost some . near relative by the gu.llotine. The most fash j ioaable style of dressing the hair, was joccose ' ly called "a la guillotine." The hair was arran i ge l in the manner in w hich it had been adjusted ' by the executioner, for the unimpeded operation J of the axe. I Josephine, a young widow with beauty, grace, ; intelligence and property, was sure to attract attention, and to meet with admirers who would sect her hand. A ucw :Rsurrcct5on hv thc p0pUlace of Paris . . '5va3a-- t-lls tllne planned against the convention. The exasperated people were again to march J upon the Tuiileries. I tremo consternation The members were in ex- The mob could brine; tens of thousands against them, well armed with i muskets and heavy artillery. There were but ! five hundred regular troops, with which to resist the onset. Menou, the officer in command, ac ; knowledged his inability to meet the crisis, and j surrendered Lis power to Barras. lie immedi ately, ns by a Huddon thought exclaimed "I I know the man who can defend us. It la a little , Corsic.au, who dares do anything, and isperfect I ly reckless of consequences." I The little Corsican, Napoleon Bonararte, the day star of whose famo was just beginning to rise over thc smouldering ruins of Toulon, was presented to the Convention. His fragile form W:1S am0bt feminine in its proportions, but an eagle eye calmly reposed in his pallid and emaci ated countenance. He bad been severely tick, and the Convention looked with amazement up on this feeble youth, as the one presentod to rescue them from their peril. The President looked upon him doubtingly and Eaid, "Arc you willing to undertake our de fence ?" "Yes !"' was the calm, laconic reply. "But arc you aware of the magnitude of tha unacrtaking : j "I am in the habit of accompliehing that j which I undertake," was the imperturbable re- eponse. From that moment his authority was estab lished. Every member of tho Convention felt the mysterious fascination of his master mind. Barras surrendered the whole command into his hands. He instantly called in all the national forces which were around Paris, and disposed fifty pieces of heavy artillery under the com mand of Murat, so as to rake all the avenues of the Convention. Iliscaka and almost super human energy sought no repoBe that night. The delay of but a few moments weuld have placed this very park of artillery, which secured its victory, in the hands of the insurgents. When the morning dawned, the Tuiileries, as if by magic, had'assumed the aspect of a forfitied camp. The little Corsican was calmly awaiting the onset, as secure of triumph as if the victory were already achieved. . But in every cpuarter of Taris, during the night, the insurgents had been mustering their forces, and the mutterings of the approaching storm were dismally echoed through thestieets of the metropolis. Above thirty thousand men, all well armed with muskets and artillery, in regular military array, and under experienced generals, came pouring down upon the feeble band which surrounded ihe.Convention. Will. the little Cortdcau darj to fire upon the people ? Will this pale and slender youth, who had hardly yet entered upon the period of man hood, dare to delugo the pavement of Paris with the blood of her own citizens ? Will he venture upon a conflict so unequal, when failure is his certain death ? Napoleon with his colorless Check, his flash- ing eye, and his air of mysterious melancholy, stood in Bilence, as the gathering thousands crowded down uponLhn. He offered no parley he uttered not a word of warning, he condescen ded to no threats. The insurgents, believing that he would not dare to fire upon them, ad vanced within fifty yards of his masked battery, when he opened his columns, and the voice of Napoleon was for the first time heard in, the streets of Taris. The thunder of Ids tones was preceded by the lightning's bolt. A general discharge of grape-shot, from guns loaded to their muzzles, covered the ground with the dead ,and the dying. No mortal could withstaud such a conflict. Thc advancing foe wavered for an instant, and then with the utmost consternation took to flight. Napoleon commanded immedi ately the most rapid discharge of blank cartrid ges. Peal upon peal with their loud reverbera tions deafened the city, and added wings to the flight of the terror-stricken crowd. But a few moments elapsed, ere not even a solitary strag gler could be seen in the streets. The little Corsican, pale and calm, stood with folded arms as if no events of any moment had occurred, During the whole day, however, the conflict con tinued in different parts of the city, but before nightfall the insurgents were everywhere entire ly disconifiited. Keal I.. lie A lift at IIsbnncld. The following is one of the best things that we have met with for a long time. Wc fear, moreover, that it contains more truth than poe try, although of course, there are exceptions. The author evidently has had some experience in the matrimonial line, and while this sketch is true to life in many particulars, it is quite possible that the other side would also furnish a very amusing and instructive picture. Will not some of our correspondents try a hand at it ? Al'ST HETTY OX JIATKIMOXY. Now, girls, said Aunt Hetty, put dows your embroidery and worsted work, do something 3?nsible, and stop building air-castles, and talk ing of lovers and honey moons ; it makes me sick, it's perfectly antimonial. Love i3 a farce matrimony is a humbug ; husbands are do mestic Napoleons, Neroes, Alexanders, sighing for ether hearts to conquer after they are sure of yours. The honey moon is short-lived as a lucifer Jaatch ; after that you may wear your wedding dress at the wash-tub, and your night cap to meeting, and your husband wouldn't j know it. You may pick up your Jo wn pocket j handkerchief, help yourself to a chair, and split j your gown across the back reicMng over the j table to get a piece of butter, while he is laying j in his breakfast as if it was the last meal he j should eat this side of Jordan; when he gets j through he wiil aid your digestion, (while you are sipping your first cup of coffee,) by inqui ring what you'll have for dinner, whether the col d lamb was all ate yesterday ; if the charcoal is all out, and what you gave for the last green tea you bought. Then he gets up from the ta- , ble, lights his cigar with thc last evening's pa per that you have not had a chance to read ; gives you aheadache for the afternoon, and just as his coat tail vanishing threugh the door, apo logises for not doing "that errand" for you yes terday thinks it doubtful if he eando it to-day "ao pressed uith business." Hear of him at 1 1 o'clock, taking an ice-cream with some ladies at Vinton's whilo you are at home new lining his coat-sleeves. Children by the ears all day? can't got out to take the air, feel as crazy as a fly in a druiu ; husband comes heme at night' nods a lIiow d'ye 'do, Pan," boxes Charley's care, stands little Fanny in the corner, sits down in the easiest chair in th warmest comer, puts his feet up over thc grate, shutting out all the fire, while the baby's pug-noso grows bluc with the cold ; reads the newspaper all to him self, solaces hi3 inner man .with a hot cup -of tea, and just as you are laboring under the halluci nation that he will ask you to take a mouthful of fresh air with Lim, he puts ou his dressing gowaand slippers, and begins to reckon up fam ily expenses ! after which he lies down on thc sofa, and you keep time with your needle, while he snores till 'J o'clock. Next morning ask him to leave you "a little money," he looks at you as if to be sure that you arc in your right mind, draws a sigh long enough and strong enougli to inflate a pair of bellows, and asks jou "what you want with it, and if half a dollar won't do.' Gracious king ! as if those little shoes, and stockings, and petticoats could be had for half a dollar I Oh, girls ! set your affections ou cats, poodles, parrots or lap-dogs but let matrimony alone. It's the hardest way on earth of getting a living you never know when your work is done up. Think of carrying eight or nine chil dren through the measles, chicken-pox, rash, mumps, and scarlet fever, some of 'cm twice over; makes my sides ache to think of it. Oh, you may scrimp and save, and twist and turn, and dig and delve, and economise and die, and your husband will marry again, and take what you have saved to dress his second wife with, and she'll take your portrait for a fire-hoard, aud but what's the use of talking ? I'll war rant every one of you'll try it, the first chance you get ; ..there's a sort of bewitchment about it somehow I wish one half of the world warn't fools, and t'other half idiots, I do. Oh, dear .! ; Olive Branch. JiiJimy Malier on Kostuth, England and Ireland. Almost every man, women, and child in this country knows or has heard of Jimmy Maher, Gen. Jackson's publio gardener, and still tho public gardener at the Capitol. Mr. Clay said last winter, in the Senate, that Jimmy's appoint ment i.'-ras one of the best appointments Gen. Jacksoa eve? madc," and undoubtedly it was. Xuere are no public grc-cia in the L'Icn so well ti.i.cA cure of as those at the CapUol of the Nation. At the late dinner in Washington, given to the Irish Delegation, Jimmy made the fj'dovirg characteristic and patriotic reply to a toast from the Hon. Mr, Thompson : Mr. President, ! am extremely gratified at the exhibition which is here presented to the Ameri can people, of w hich I am a naturalized citizen, and I feel myself greatly honored by the allusion ) to my humble Lame in relation to the land of my birth, and my fidelity to the land of my adoption and my love. Nothing inspires my heart with mcic filial devotion to thc great principle of re publicanism which is the cause of Old Ireland than that which has been exhibited by my adopted fellow -citizens of Baltimore, in thc cause of those who are now in exile, for manfully sus taining the great principles of humanity the right to govern thernselvas. I ask you, gentle men, what claim has Gov. Kossuth upon U.e who spilt their blood in defence of American principles before thc wall3 of Quebec Montgom ery and Ids associates? No people are more inti mately associated with the progress of the Amor- ican government than adopted Irishmen and their descendants. Who was Andrew Jackson? He of their flesh. My father was a captain in the Irish rebellion of 170S a rebellion for political rights and I hope I may yet live to bo a gener al under the broad banner of our stars and stripes, against that government which, by its course -of policy, has depopulated thc land of my birth. Had 1 the command of fifty thousand men, composed of Irish soldiers, and American brigadiers, I would never draw a sword in de fence of British principles. If such a principle was infused into our political system as the uni ting of the arms of Great Britain with those of my adopted country, the first battle that would be fought would be within their own camp, be cause united Irishmen never can have any confi dence in British professions for republicanism, i to long as she excerciscs a tyranny agrinst those who have won for her all of her national glory and honor. What did the British government call the united Irish iulT'JS? Rebels; whom they hung without judge or jury. What did they call the Americans in 177G? Rebels; and said, "nevermind, we will yet bring thorn to subjec tion" " We will give them gun-powder tea, And make them rue the day they cried out liberty" Honey and gall are not concomitants , the bit ter and sweet we cannot swallow. Take away from Great Britain thejlrieh soldiery and the produce of her populotion, where would she be ? Just where she ought to be " Down, Dcrry Down ."' Mr. President, I have been a close watcher of public opinion in this land of my adoption, and I franltly say give me the " Uuian" as it is, and the " Union" newspaper for its freedom of opin ion and its independence as a press, "note and forever, om and inseparable." I have said more than I intended, and I will conclude by offering the following sentiment: The Offsprings of 1776 and 170S Young America and Young Ireland? Grafted together like the green gauge plum united and insepar able. The fruit May it never prove palatable tt.rheir enemies. shaup jorcixc;. Many years ago, a young man, twenty-one years of age, and whom I will call Daniel, was hired to a farm by Mr. W , a man of consider able note as a fanner, in Massachusetts. Mr. W had a daughter and a hired girl both about eighteen years of age, and Daniel being of stea dy turn, was not talkative enough to suit their fancy, and after trying various plans and tricks, without success to as they said raise his ide as, they caught .a large frog and put it into Daniel's bed. On going to bed, he soon discov ered the whereabouts of his fourlegged bed fel low, and pitched his frogship out of the window, and never afterwards betrayed the least sign of knowledge in regard to the joke. About a month afterwards, Daniel found a lot of chesnut burs, pearly as sharp as thistles, and contrived to deposit nearly half a peck in the girls' bed, andjifter they went to their bed room and had undressed, he took a candle, went to .the loor aud rattled the hitch, when the girls put out their light and jumped into bed, and such a squalling was seldom heard or seen be fore. Paniel now opened the door, "and stood in it with light in hand. "Dan, torment your picture; I wish you were as far beyond the light house as you are on this estate ior term 01 ten years, iroia lt.u ursi .u- 1 wno prei-jr tiic uem-jcrauc poucv, anu mean l j wa3 the son. of an Irishman, ond lus name was a I , , , . . , i . , t. .-! i 1 , ; gust next, and keep the same in as good repair i toV; the Democratic ticket, sec fit to meet, by terror to John Bcll, and all the lulls that infest . . . . - , , t i t . . as when received, and pay for the first year ! their delegates, at Baltimore, simply as Demo- Luropc wao are this day doing all they can to 0Q0 . f..f lLo sec&ni 85o,000 ; for the ! Crts, without regard to any other party dis absorbhbertyandpeetuatedespotism. Kvery thinl fur each SUcceeding ' tiuctions, or party organizations, or party names Irishman loves Lis principles and venerates I113 . , , , ; , x , e T.. . .,n 1 1 year one million of dollars the payments to whaUvcr, th success of the Democracy would utiui ., y . l v ij c i' 1 vi luvu (". i T. . .1 ' 1 ' I . . i 1 "9 side," suid Suky. "Why, what is the matter? Lave ycu any frogs hera ?" said Dan. "Dan, if you don't shut the door and clear out I will aclUn Mrs. V' ," continued Suky. "Daniel," stid Anna W , "'if you Trill shut the door nd o back to the kitchen, there shall b no moTi tricks r jokes put upon you by us for p x .--ontbs at least." Daniel thinking he had punished .do gms enougn, stmt tne uoor ami lett. A. lew moments after this Suky came out to light ber candle. "I thought you had gone to bed, Suky I" said Mrs. W , Suky make no reply, but looked daggers at Dan, and quickly returned. After this scrape the girls put no jokes upon Dn. Ue was a steady, faithful man saved every dollar of his earnings, and ix years from th-t time wwned a good furm, married Anna W , and was three years after elected first selectman cf the town, which he afterwards represented in the Sute Le gislature. Tlie r c w PropnsUlo'i to Lease lie I' n- lie Works. Last week we alladod to a proposition about being made to lease the Public Works, and we hv e since read the following petition from the trans porters which is intndd to effsct tLt object. The amount might, perhaps, be larger, an d better agreement might be made, however, ws give thc memorial publicity so that the pccple can read and reflect on the policy of leading the state impronievents : "The undersigned citizens of Philadelphia, submit the following proposition to leaso the finished lines of Canals and Railroads of the . C ... . P !.. . - 1 , .1 - ... 1? 1 be made monthly, nd .secured by the deposit j Bn sure. Th only hope of the Whigs is m of $100,000 in State Bonds. They further pro- the action of those Democrats who may be led pose to epxend, in addition the above payments, j te take part in an attempt to supersede the Dem $300,000 towards the improvement of the Phi- J ocratic organization by some other of a sectional ladelphia and Columbia Railroad during the i character, or else to interpolate into the Demo term of the lease, and also to double the cana city of the locks on the Delaware Division of Pe:msylvfj.ia Canal ; and, GixjLe comjleti'V1 of thc road to avoid the Inclined Planes of the Al legheny Tortage Railroad, to pay tight per cent per annum on the monies hereafter appropriated and expended toward the construction thereof. "TLc-y also further propose to pay seven per cent per annum on $1,300,000, on the comple tion of the North Branch Canal, and its connec tion with the Chemung Canal in the State of New York and they pray .the Legislature tv enact a law authorizing a contract to be made with the undersigned, or their associates, in ac cordance with the terms of this proposition. The memorial is signed by E. G. Dutihl, Hen ry Graelf, John Bingham, Jacob Dock, J. K. Morehead, Israel Painter, George W. Harris, Wm. Findley Leech, Thoma? S. Clarke, Jeremi ah Butler, J. B. Moorthead, Wm. B. Foster. Northern Oregon. Attention has lately been attracted to the re gion of country north of Columbia river, Oregon, about Puget's Sound. It is described as a beau tiful country, of alternate prairie and timber land. It is stated that a Dr. Yannauuen is ta king out a colony of 300 German families from Pennsylvania, to settle on the Jo'aalls, in the best part of this region. Several "cities" have also been laid out, and a brilliant account is given of the whole country and its resources. The country immediately on the Sound, on the East side, is covered with heavy timber. Of the Western side near thc Pacific coast, but little is known. Ii is confidently predicted that rich deposits of gold exist in the Olympus range of mountains. The Straits of Juan de Fuca are nowhere less than fifteen miles wide. Some 7o miles to the Southward of the Straits, is Adnii raltj' Inlet, one of the best harbors in the world, about 100 miles in length, everywhere deep, and here it is anticipated, the third city in Oregon will be founded. An immense quantity of tim ber surrounds thc harbor, "sufiicient to lumber up the markets of California, the Sandwich Isl ands, Japan and China, for all time to come." This point is nearer to Japan and China than any other Pacific port ; and it is thought may ultimately become the head quarters of the American whaling fleet. Anecdote of tlie Revolution. Cel. Williams, a delegate to Congress from Connecticut, after having signed the Declaration of Independence, said to one of his companions: "If we are defeated in our struggle for Inde pendence, the day's wouk will make iiau work for me. I have held a commission in thc rebel army; I have written for the rebel newspaper : I am the sou-in-lawof a rebel Governor, and now I have affixed my name to this rebel Declaration. My sins arc therefore too great to be pardoned by our royal master ! I then must be hanged." The other gentleman answered: " I believe that my case is not so desperate, for I have had no connection with thc army, nor can it be proved that heretofore I have written or done anything obnoxious to the mother coun- trv. Thc immediate and prompt reply was : sir, you dtterre to be hngfd .'" ' then. Slgns Tor 1S34. The people of thi3 country have never re-elected a Whig President. They Lave never elected two V," big administra tions in succession. They have no" put into power Democratic governors in twenty-six States out of thirty-one, leaving Whig governors to five States. They have elected Democratic legislatures in twenty three Slates, leaving Whig legislatures in eight 2talC3. They have a l?rge Democratic ro.ijority in both housec cf Congress, prepared to maintain sub stantially as it now is the existing Democratic legislative policy cf the country. It i3 stated that, under the apportionment of electoral votes among the States by the new cen sus, the Democratic candidate receiving the votes vf the States carried by the Democracy in 18 IS would be elected. Since that time the Demo crats Lava fully carried New York, Pennsylva nia, New Jersey, Rhode Inland, and Delaware; in thc gubernatorial election, Maryland, North Cro!ira, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Con necticut ; iiiid ia congressional election, Tennes see all of which States voted for Gen. Taylor. Meantime the Whigs have carried, even in the gubernatorial election, no single State in the Union w hich ave a Democratic majority in lSi-3 except Wisconsin, which is now regarded as I furcdy Demo.'ratc in 1So2 An offset to this loss 13 alo given by the admission of Caliloriua, which 13 al Democratic. That the Democratic party, therefore, v. ill triumph in thw coming presidential canvass ap- I pears to be just as certain as that it will contiu- ; ue to es.ut as a national orsanization. If the s j cratic creed some new issue. To uiviue and conquer is the policy of the Whigs to unite aud b-2 procf r.gair.s: as salts is the duty of the Dem ocrats. Thus, in Loufiana, General Downs has been beaten because the Democrats were divided and thus it will be in every other quarter of the Union where similar divisions are permitted to tell at the ballot-bos. So true is this that it is almost a definition of Whiggery to say that it is whatever divides Democracy. Washington Union. TUe Illustrious farmer. Custis, in his " Recollections of Gen. Wash ington," draws the follow ingportruit f theillus trious farmer ; "Taney to yourself a fine noble looking old cavalier, well mounted, sitting firm and erect in his saddle, the personification of power, mellow ed yet not impaired by time, the equipments cf his steed all proper and in perfect order, his clothes plain, and those of a gentleman, a broad brimmed white hat, with a small gold buckle in front, a riding switch cut from the forest, entire ly unattended ; and thus you have Washington on his farm, in his last days at Mount Vernon. " His rides ou his extensive estates would bo from eight to twelve or fourteen miles ; he usu ally moved at a moderate pace, passing through his fields, and inspecting every thing; but when behind time, thc most punctual man would dis play the horsemanship of his better days, and a hard gallop bring him up to time, so that tho sound cf his horse's hoofs and the first dinner bell should be heard together at a quarter to -i o'clock. VARIETIES. We laughed heartily at the reply said to have been given bv a little boy ia Loudon, to the following question asked him by a gentleman " What occupation does your father pursue for a living?" He auswered with great simplicity "he is a dreadful accident maker Sir, for the Newspapers." A friend in California writes to us that they have firc-llies so large in that interesting State that they use them to cook by. They hang their kettles on their hinder legs, which are Lent for the purpose, like pot-hooks. Great country that. "John," said the schoolmaster," you will soon be a man, and will Have to uo uasiuess- what do you suppose you wul Uo wuen you i to write letters, unless you learn to spell bettt . havo ter?" "Oh, sir, I shall put easy words in them. Our time is like our money. AVhen we change a "ninea, the shillings escape as things of Muall account : when we break a day by idleness in the morning the rest of the hours lose their im portance in our eyes. "Pa, how long docs the Lo.gis'.at.ire sit?" " Three or four months my, son." " W hy, what a set of geese they must be ; our geese sit onl y five weeks 1" It is getting late, my sou, I think you had better retire." The old lady that used to dry her clothes w ith the equinoctial line, lias gone to Grteuhn-d Lj get thc north polo to draw cistern water with. A beautiful oriental proverb runs thns: "With lime and patience, tho mulberry leaf be comes satin." Rather Poollsh. Two young ladies hating each other en account of a gentleman who dots not care a fig fn- Cither of the m. ' I
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