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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.
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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
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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.
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