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giThis is one of the most powerful poems
we Lave ever read. It is one of which any A
mcrican author might well feel proud and is
enough itself to establish the reputation, of the
author.
From the Louisville Times.
Om tte DttttU or Henry Cl-t
BY KES. ANNA MARIA TZUQVSOS.
''No people can claim, no country can appro
priate him ; the boon of Providence to the hu
man race, his fame is eternity, and his resi
dence creation."
Peisips.
Well, "the lips on which Senates have wonder
ing hung,,'
The impress of silence eternal has 6ealed
The voice through the halls of creation that
rung,
For mortals its last thrilling anthem has peal
ed, A volume of mind, as yon azure-bound page
Of the firmament Taried" and deep in its lore.
A missal illuming the shrine of the age,
With its truth-glowing records, is closed ever
more. A star, in the zenith of Freedom that shone,
Though its glory belonged not alone to that
clime,
But o'er the broad earth as the OUjt-Itcud trma
thrown.
A light to all nations all races all time
Has waned to that viewless Empyrean vast,
Where its splendor is merged in eternity's
morn ;
Yet its trace, on the face of the Universe cast,
Shall remain as & beacon to ages unborn.
A spirit whose grandeur a continent filled,
While its shadows were flung o'er the bounds
of the sphere ;
A master whose touch-strains of eloquence thril
led That has echo-like reached Immortality's
ear
An Autocrat swaying o'er regions of thought,
A Prophet deep read in futurity's aims,
A Presence with more of divinity fraught
Than the spark from the God-head humanity
claims.
Is gone from our midst, nevermore to return ;
And Columbia, deep-clad iu the sables of woe,
Like Niobe, grief-stricken, bends o'er the urn
Where the child of her lone, of her . pride is
laid low.
There's a void in her heart, like a desolate home,
AVhence sunshine has fled with one well belo
ved face ;
Though loved ones yet linger to brighten its
. gloom,
No other such radiance may shed in. its place.
Now memory re-calls to her vision his form
In all the proud vigor of manhood arrayed,
W ith a smile on his lip of benevolence warm,
Anl a light in his eye that death only could
shade ;
As transcendant he stood in the noon of his
fame,
With the symbol of genius by Ileaven em
blazed, Flashing bright on his brew like a holocaust
flame
O'er a temple that sacred to Pallas is raised
Like that statue to which, as my thologists tell,
As to inspired Wisdom, paid homage the
crowd,
cae beholds, as if chained by some magical
spell.
Before him, the world's vast multitude bow
ed. She ponders again o'er each music-fraught word
W hose silver-toned echo remembrance hath
,ri. kept, -
au the waves in her bosom's wild ocoan are
stirred
As if by the winds of Sahara's waste swept ;
For the thought, with their melody, haunts her
toe while, .
Of that moment her bravest and truest that
tried .;
"Hen the Demon of Faction, with serpent-like
, i"e, . ' ..
Jlooei her eons to dishonor to ruin divide.
nen er hopes on their . funeral-pyre seemed
heaped, .;
'Tni"round hcr the bulwarks of Liberty reeled,
,J hlf 8Pirit the trammels of Party o'crleaded,
uer breast from the shafts of Disunion to
shield. . . -
arm was stretched forth to succour and
ui3 voice o'er the din of the tempest rose
K loud, ....... :
Aot danger, but death for her sake he would
brave;
0 hom the deep love of his being was vow-
well may she weep as she roams o'er the
track , . . ,
Where the rainbow like tints of his spirit
were shed,
Tery elory-fiush'd beam - rocollectioa brings
Is a ray from the orb of her destiney fled.
Then no praise-breathing monument raise on
Lis breast
In characters living his epitaph's traced
On the hearts of a people his counsels have blest,
But to be with their name and their greatness
effaced. '. '
His memory, enshrined on their altars, shall
burn
'Till Freedom shall cower 'neath Tyranny's
frowin
'Till her Eagle from Liberty's ej'iy shall turn,
And her stara and hcr stipes to tho dust have
gone down.
Louisville, August 4th.
Tlie Religions Test TJie Course of Par
ties I't'OIl 11.
From the New LTampshire Patriot.
The whole Federal press of the country is
now engaged in the attempt to falsify history
and to deceive a portion of the people, upon the
subject of the-religious test in the Constitution,
and the course of parties in regard to it. Even
those of this State, where the truth is so well
known, are lending their aid in this base game.
Among other equally false statements, some of
the Federal papers and speakors declare that
the test is a statuary provision which a majority
in the Legiclature can repeal at any time ; and
since the Democrats have long controlled the
Legislature, they are held responsible for the
test. It is asserted also that General Pierce
opposed the abolition of the test, in the Consti
tutional Convention. It is asserted by 6uch pa
pers as the New York Tribune and Boston Atlas
that it requires but a majority vote to adopt a
mendmeuts, and that the Democrats, having a
majority in the State are responsible for the re
tention of the test ; and numerous Federal pa
pers in this State, the AT. II. Statesman among
the rest, have given countenance to this deliber
ate falsehood. It is represented also that the
Democratic party generally have opposed, the
abolition of the test, while the Federal party
have favored it : p.nd this monstrous lie is coun
tenancej by the Federal press in this State.
These are samples of the deliberate misrepre
sentations which. tl" Fi-wi K.-wa u ami . lAalaaa
mi, oi,uiu.ucg for the purpose of prejudicing
Catholic voters agaist General Pierce and to se
cure their votes for Scott. This is the game
and object of the same papers aud men who in
1840 raided such an outcry against Mr. Van
Buren because he wrote a civil oCicial letter to
the Pope.
Now we prfrpose.biiefly to 6tate the facts in
regard to thi matter, again and to present a
little proof in con&rmation of our statements.
We do this for the information of our friends
abroad, and to counteract the false impressions
which the Federal press and politicians here are
seeki&g to make in regard to it. .
Our present Constitution was formed in 1792,
and has not since been altered. The provision
in question was in it originally ; but it has ne
ver had any practical effect ; no man has been
excluded from office by it. It provides that for
Governor, Councillors, and members of the Le
gislature, men must be "of the Protestant reli
gion ;" while all other offices are open as well
to Catholics as Protestants. Catholics may hold
the office of the United States Senator, member
of Congress, chief justice, judge, -sheriff, or
any other except Governor, Councillors, and
members of the Legislature.
No fact is better known to the people of this
State than that General Tierce has always fa
vored the abolition of this test. When the ques
tion of calling a Convention for that purpose
among others has been before them, he has
never failed to advocate it. This question has
been acted upon six or eight times since he ar
rived at the ae of manhood, and Le has every
time favored tbe calling o,f a Convention mainly
for the purpose cfafciii5ig the religious and
property tests. He spoke in favor of it, and
wrote in favor of it, and voted in favor of it.
In 1814, (the last time it was acted upon previ
ous to 1850 when a vote was obtained in its fa
vor) he made urgent appeals, to the people in
speeches at various Democratic meetings, to vote
for a Convention. This i3 a matter of history ;
the newspapers printed at the time show it.
In 1850, a Convention was called, and Gen.
Pierce was a member, of it, and was elected
President by almost a unanimous vote, only six
votes being cast against him. In that body he
spoke aad voted in favor of abolishing this test.
An amendment for that purpose was agreed to
by the Convention. Many other amendments
were made, of a very important character, and
among them was one changing the basis of rep
rcsentation in6uch a manner as to operate un
favorably to the opponents of the Democratic
party. This gave rise to long and exciting dis
cussions in the. Convention, .. and engendered
much party feeling. .While that subject Was
under consideration, the matter was freely com
mented on by the opposition papers ; and many
of them openly proclaimed, and federal members
made similar threats, that if the Convention
should agree to the proposition before it, they
would do all in their power to induce the people
to reject all amendments which the Convention
might propose. That proposition teas adopted
by the Convention, and the results was that all
the proposed amendments were rejected by the
people. This fact shows who is responsible for
defeat of the amendment abolishing the'religious
test.
That Gen. Pierce did all in his power to se
cure the adoption of that amendment, is a fact
which no mau here dare deny. But his efforts
were unavailing. The Federal and Abolition press
had prejudiced the public mind agaiust the do
iugs of the Convention ; they had proclaimed
their determination in advance to oppose the
the whole, if one objectionable proposition should
be" agreed upon ; that proposition was agreed
upon, and the whole was rejected.
The Convention met again in April, 1S51.
General Pierce, ' Judge Woodbury, and other
Democratic members insisted upon again sub
mitting to the people the amendment abolishing
the religious test. This was opposed by the
leading federal members, concealing their hos
tility to this amendment under pretence that the
Convention had no power to do anything further.
This ground was also taken by the whole Feder
al press. But Gen. Pierce and his friends suc
ceeding La prevailing on the Convention to sub
mit the question again. At the Democratic cau
cus befere the vote was taken in town meeting,
Gen. Pierce made a speech upon the subject, and
urged his political friends to vote for this amend
ment ; and iu the town meeting, while the bal
loting was going on, he address! the people in
an earnest and eloquent speech in support of
it. But the Federal press had kept up its war
fare upon the Convention, thus keeping alive
the prejudice against its whole doings ; and
this, with the excitement attendant upon the
most violently contest election that had occur
red for many years, caused the amendment to
be again rejected, a two-thirds vole being requi
red to adopt it.
Now let U3 look a little at the course of par
ties upon this questien in years past. We state
it as a fact which the files of the papers will
fully substantiate, that every Democratic paper
in the State has always urged the people to vote
for a Convention on every occasion when that
question has been before them ; and the files of
the Federal papers will show that previous to
juuv, oiio oi luese papers oppeseu ii.v-
calling of .a Convention. The lpt-tiie' theques
was submitted, previous to 1850, was-at the
Presidential election in 1811. Every Democrat
ic paper in tbe State then advocated it mainly
for the purpose of abolishing the rel'gious and
property tests ; and every Federal paper opposed
ii. The Nashua Telegraph aaid "We do not
think it worth while to incur the espense'of a
Convention, and run the risk of improving it
(the Cenetitution) at present." The Kcenc
Sentinel admitted that its political friends had
opposed a Convention three times within ten
years, as they "were unwilling to submit the re
vision of the Constitution, for trifling practical
defects, to such men" as then controlled the
State. The Exeter News Letter advised the peo
ple to "let well enough alone" that if a Con
vention was called, "they would probably mar
the Constitution in two instances where they ;
mended it in one" that it "would be as likely !
to do hurt as good" that the Constitution was
imperfect, "but we are not at all certain that
it is so bad as it would be likely to be made by
any assembly that would now be convened to
revise it." The N. II. Statesman said that the
bulk of the people were "satisfied with the Con
stitution as it is" that if it was revised "some
very obnoxious features" would be incorporated
into it, and that "this consideration, in connec
tion with the cost of the .Convention, and the
necessity of the publication of an entire , new
code of laws, will cause the people to be ex
cee Jiugly cautious in their vote" upon the ques
tion. These are well known as among the old
est and most influential of the Federal papers
of the State, and the remarks we have quoted
are but samples of what was said by the whole
of them against the calling of a Convention to
revise the Constitution. ,
At that time, as we have before stated, the
Democratic ticket3 forjthe whole State were prin
ted, by the advice of General Tierce, in favor
of a Convention. This wa3 denounced by the
whole Federal press as "diction" an attempt
to force the people to vote for a Convention, and
they called upon the peoplejto resist this attempt
to dictate to them in the matter, thus directly
appealing to them to vote against a Convention.
The Patriot then said : "We speak the univer
sal sense of the Democratic pavty when we
denounce the provisions alluded to a3 violative,
grossly and deeply, of the plainest and most in
controvertible rights which are asserted in the
Bill of Bights." In another article the Patriot
said: "We believe we can say with truth , that
there is not an intelligent member of die Demo
cratic party in the State, who is not in favor of
a revision." Every other D'enaocratic naper was
equally as earnest in favor of a revision. And
such was the difference between the two parties
then ; the press of each truly reflected the sen
timents of their respective parties.'
When the time approached for the submission
of the question to the people again,' the Demo
cratic State Convention, (October 18th,. 1849,)
unanimously adopted the following resolution :
Resolved, That we are in favor of a , revision
and amendment of our State Constitution to
such an extent at least as will' free it from reli
gious tests, property qualifications, and all other
illiberal and anti-republican features.
As bclore remarked, a Convention waa held
in 1850, and amendment abolishing the religious
test, with numerous others of a very imp ortant
character, was submitted to the people for their
approval at the annual election in March, 1851.
This was the period of the Atwood difficulty
which eraa-ased he.wholo..attention of tho peo
ple ; and this, together with the prejudice exci
ted against the doings of the Convention by the
whole together, as the Federal papers and some
of their members of the Convention had threat
ened ishould be the case. As an indication of
the political character of the votes agaiust
the amendment, it jnay be stated that CO towns J
gave majorities m favor of the amendment abol.
ishing tho riligious lest ; of which 45 gave plu
ralities for the Democratic candidate for Gover
nor, while only 13 give pluralities for the Fed
eral candidate ; and 04 gave clear majorties for
the Democrats over all others, while only 9 gave
majorities ftr the Federal candidate.
The vote on the snne "questions in 1851 pre
sents a similar result 77 towns then gave ma
jor ties for nbolhkisg the religious test. Of
these, 04 gave pluralities for the Democratic
candidate for Governor, while but 23 gave plu
ralities for the Federal candidate ; and 52 gave
clear majorities for . the Democratic candidate
over all others, while 13 gave majorities for the
Federal candidate. ,
The facts which we have thus briefly presen
ted, 6how conclusively that Gen. Pierce is in no
degree responsibilities for the the existence of
the religious test in cur Constitution, as he has
always favorad its abjiticn and done all in Lis
power to effect it. I'hey show also that the
Democratic party, by their papers, their leading
men.'J their speakers and their State Conven
tion, have long fatored the abolition of
that test, and it was tirough their efforts that a
Convention was at last called and an amendment
abolishing that test was laid before the people
for their approval. Tley show also that for a
long series of years the Federal papers opposed
every proposition to call a Convention to abolish
this test ; that when one was at last called, those
Tir " ""TT80 f their lcdlnr men threaten
ed tiC II a tcrum uuicr tuivuiimcui j muuv
they would do all in their power to defeat all a
mendmeats ; that such an amendment was made
and the defeat of all the proposed amendments
followed,' according to the threat above given.
They slow that the Federal papers and
their leading members of the Convention oppo
sed the tubmission of the amendment abolish
ing the ielijrious test, a second time to the peo
ple ; wlilo General Pierce and other Democrats
favored (t. And they show that, both times
when the amendment was voted upon, more than
three tines as many Democratic towns, as of
Federal towns, gave majorities in favor of abol
ishing tie religious test. These are fact3 which
cannot e disputed, and upon them we are wil
ling thai all intelligent meu shall base their
opinions as to the degree of responsibility which
belongs to the Democratic party for the existence
of this icst.
A.K03IA5TCE OF REAL L.IFE.
Margaret Fuller,
Ther? are few of our readers who have en
tirely forgotten the sad wreck and attcndantloss
of life cf the ship ''Elizabeth," at Firo Island.
Among the victims was Margaret Fuller (Mad
ame Ossoli,) and her "Memoirs," as since pub
lished, embody the details of a truly eventful,
romantic and tragic history. Margaret Fuller
was born at Cambridgcport, Mass., in 1810.
Her father was a lawyer, and discovering the
extraordinary capacity of his daughter, ho edu
cated her himself, and in fact crammed her with
learning. She was a strange girl and a stran
ger woman ; full of passionate attachments and
wild impulses. On the sudden death cf her
father, her difficulties and duties became at once
distinct and oppressing. Sho went out as a
teacher, and also became a writer. While Mi.cs
Martineau was in America, she formed a close
intimacy with that lady, and in 1S39 she or
ganized a scries of Conversational Classes of the
Ladies of Boston. Subsequently, in 18-11, she
became a regular contributor to the New York
Tribune, and afterwards visited Europe. She
evidently supposed that she would become dis
tinguished for genius and influence. The fol
lowing passage from her journal is significant
upon this point :
"A noble career is yet before me, if I can be
unimpeded by care3. . I have given almost all
my young energies to personal relations ; but,
at present, I feel inclined to impel the general
stream of thought Let my nearest friends al
so wish that I should now take share in more
public life."
In August,. 1817, she'had an interview with
Mazzini, and became one of his most enthusias
tic admirers.. . At Rome the romance of her life
commenced. While attending St. Peter's she
forthe first time met the individual who after
wards became her htfsbaud, the Marquis Ossoli.
Her story is thus told : ... ,
- Sbe proposed to her companions that some
place in the church should be designated, where
after the services, they should meet; she being
inclined, as was always her custom in St. I e
ter's, to wander alone among the different chap
When, at leagth, she saw that the crowd!
els.
j was disappearing, she returned to the place ae-
signed, but could not find her party. In some
perplexity, she walked about with hcr glass
carefully examining each grout. Presently, a
young man of gentlemanly address cam up to
her, and begged, if she were seeking any one,
that he might 'be permitted to assist her; and
together they continued the search tBrough all
parts of the church. At last, it became evident
beyond a doubt, that hcr party could no longer
Le there, and, as it was then quite late, the
crowd all gone, they went out into the piazza
to find a carriage, iu which she might go Lome.
In the piazza, in front of St. Peter's generally
may be found many carriages ; but, owing to
the de-lay they Lad made, there were then none,
and Hargaxet was compelled to wulk with her
stranger friend, the long distance between the
Vatican and the Corso. At this tim3 she had
little command cf the language for conversation
al purposes, and their words wero few, though
enough to create in each a desire for further
knowledge and acquaintance. At hcr door,
they parted, and Margaret, finding Lcr frieuc'
already at home, related the adventure. This
chance meeting at vesj-er scrvica in St. Peter's
prepared the way for many interviews ; and it
was before Margaret's departure for Venice,
Milan, and Coino, that Ossoli first offered her
Lis hand aud was refused."
"Our meeting," writes Martraret, "was slnsru-
lar, fateful. Very soon he offered me his hand
through life; but I never dreamed I should take
it. I loved him. and felt very unhappy to
leave him. But the connexion sermed so every
way unfit, I did not hesitate a moment He,
however, thought I should return to him, and I
did." They were married writes a friend to
whom the secret was confided in December,
1847, soon after as I think, though I am not
positive the death of the old Marquia Ossoli.
Her husband was a liberal,and was sooa in
duced by the revolution in Italy, to seek safety
in flight. He naturally turned Lis thoughts to
wards the United States, the birthplace of his
wife. They repaired to Florence, and soon af-
chant ship, the llI-i'ated'EIIiab'eln". 3
"Beware of the sea," had been a singular
prophecy, given to Ossoli when a toy by a fortune-teller,
aad this was the firet ship he La
ever set his foot on. am absurd
ly fearful," she writes, "and various omens
have combined to give me a dark feeling. I am
become indeed a miserable coward, r the sake
of Angelino. I fear heat and cold, fear the voy
age, fear biting poverty. I hope I 6hall not bo
forced to be as brave for Lim, as I have for my
self, and that if I succeed to rear him, he will
be neather a weak nor a bad man. But I love
hka too much ! In case of mishap, I shall per
ish with my husband aud my child, and we may
be transferred to some happier state."
Everything went amiss on this homo voyage.
The captain sickened and died of confluent
small-pox in its most malignant form. Tho dis
ease then seized Angelino, the child, whose life
was despaired of for awhile. He recovered,
however, and at last the coast of America was
reached. On the very eve of the passengers,
going on shore, a heavy gale arose. The Eliz
abeth struck on Fire-Island Beach :
At the first jar, the passengers, knowiDg but
too well its fatal import, sprang from their
berths. Then came the cry of "cut away," fol
lowed by the crash of falling timbers, and the
thunder of the seas, as they broke across the
deck. In a moment more the cabin skylight
was dashed in pieces by the breakers, and the
spray, pouring down like a cataract, put out tho
lights, while the cabin door was wrenched from
its fastenings, and the waves swept in and out.
One scream, one only, was heard from Marga
ret's stateroom ; and Sumner and Mrs. Hasty,
meeting in the cabin, clasped Lands, with these
few but touching words : "Wo must die,"
"Let us die calmly then." "I hope so, Mr3.
Hasty." It was in the gray dusk, and amid the
awful tumult, that the companions in misfor
tune met Tho sida of tho cabin to the leeward
had already settled under water ; and furniture,
trunks, and fragments of the skylight were floa
ting j0 and fro ; while the inclined position of
the floor made it difficult to stand ; and every
sea as it broko over tho bulwarks, splashed in
through the open roof. The windward cabin
walls, however, still yielded partial shelter, and
against it, seated side by side, half leaning back
wards, with feet braced upon the long table,
they awaited what next should come. At first
Nino, alarmed at the uproar, the darkness, and
the rushing wratc-r, while shivering with tho wet,
cried passionately ; but soon his mother, wrap
ping him in such garments as were at hand, and
folding him to her bosom, sang him to sleep.
Celeste too was in an agony of terror, till Osso
li, with soothing words and a long and fervent
prayer, restored her to 6elf control and trust
Then calmly they rested, side by side, exchan
ging kindly partings and sending messages to
friends, if any should survive to be their bear
er. We must pass over the harrowing details of
the last night and subsequent morning , the.pro
jects the deliberations and the rescue of one
or two of tho ftltle company. Enough to say,
that no plan or proposition to sav her would
induce Margaret to be parted from her husband
or her child. The rest may be quickly told :
"It was now past three o'clock, and as, witk
tho rising tide, the gale.wellei once more to Ua
former violence, the remnants of the tarqu fact
yielded to the rcsistlets waves. The cabiu wei;t
by the board, the after-parts broke up, fcU the
stern settled out of eight. Soon, too, tLc fore
castle was filled with water, and the hepless lit
tle band were driven to the deck, whore they
clustered round the foremast. Presently, even
this frail euppost was loosened from the -Lull,
and rose and fell with every billow. It was
plain to all that the fiual moment drew swiftly
nigh. Of the four scaincn who stiU stood bv tit
passengers, three wero as efficient as any among
the crew of the Elizabeth. These were tho
steward, carpenter, and cook. The fourth wa
an eld sailor, who broken down by hardship aud
sickness, was going home to die. These men
were once again persuadiag Margaret, Ousoli,
and Celeste, to try the planks, which they held
ready in the lee of the ehip, and the steward, by
whom Nino was so much beloved, had juat taken
the little fellow in his arms, with tho pledge
that ho would save him or die, when a aea
struck the forecastle, and the foreniat-t fell, car
rying with it the deck and all upou it. The
steward and Angelino were washed upon the
beach, both dead, though warm, some twenty
minutes after. The cook and carpenter wers
thrown far upon ths foremast, and saved tham
selves by swimming. Celesc and Ossoli equgLt
for a moment by the rigging, but the next wave
6waliowcd them up. Margaret sank at once.
When last seen 6ho had been seated at thefoot
of the foremast, etill clad in her white night
dress, with her hair fallen loo6e upon her shoul
ders. It was over that twelve hours' commu
nion, faco to face, with Death I It was over !
and the prayer was granted, "that Ossoli Ange
lino, and I, may o together, and that tho an
guish may bo Lrief "
Thus 6adly ended the pilgrimage of one whose
life from hcr cradle to her grave was passed in
fever, yearning, and storm !
Major Jack Boyd was one of the earliest set
tlers in this vicinity. The Major, barring his
propersity to take anything in the eating lino
urjon which he could lay his hands, was a c!eTer,
genteel fellow. Having repeatedly, while keep
ing a boarding house, robbed his neighbors of
their edibles, his penchant was finally cured in
the following manner. Early one morning tho
Major shoulder his rifle and after walking a
short distance, suceeded iu "bringing down" a
fine, fat young deer, which he dressed ia tho
most approved manner, and affixed to the branch
es of a beach tree, after w hich he renewed his
pursuit of a game. A young man named Kib,
who had frequently been the Major's victim,
having witnessed the Major's operations, deter
mined to trick him. Taking down the deer, he
concealed it, aad after a brief hunt, succeeded iu
capturing a wolf, which he dressed and substi
tuted in the place of the deer. He then went to'
town to await tho Major's return. A short
time afterwards tho Major was seen coming
with his fine, young deer on his shoulder. His
boarders were promised a nice dinner that day.
Noon arrived, fulfilling tho Major's promise of
as he termed it a " nice young de:r." The
Major served up splendid slices of the "young
animal" tho boarcfers complained of its strenth
and tenacity but he had no suspicion. Tho
meal finished, the Major came to the front door,
smacked his lips, and congratulated his friend.
Kib then told the story the boarders groaned
the Major colored, swore denied it, threatened
but that was tho end of his operations upon his
neighbors. Dayton (Ohio) Item.
Tlie Schoolmaster aud bis Pupils.
"Joseph, where is Africa?"
"On the map, eir."
"I mean, Joseph, in what continent ths
Eastern or the Western continent !"
iWell, tho land of Africa is in ths'Egitorn
continent, but the people, sir aro all of 'em
down South."
"Africa, you blockhead !'
"Well, sir, it hasn't got any ; it uTcr Lad
any."
"How do the African people livo!"'
"By drawing."
"Drawing w hat water !"
"No sir, by drawing their breath 1"
"Sit down, Joseph t"
Thomas, what is the equator !" .
"Why, sir, it's a horizontal pole running per
pendicular through the m aginations, of astrono
mers and old geographers."
"Go to your scat, Thomas. William Stlggs,
what do you mean by an eclipse J"
"An eclipse is a thing as appears when tho
moon gits on a bust, and runs agin the sun ;
consequently the sun blacks the moon's faco."
"Class is dismissed-
gs.A fellow stole a wood saw, and on trial
told the Judge he only took if in a joke.
"How far did you carry it ?" aeked tho
Judge.
. "Two miles," answered the prisoner.
"That's carrying tho joke too far," remarked
the Judge, and the prisoner was committed for
further examination.
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