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TALFOURD.
Ere the war-clouds, darkly closing,
Shudder to the rending flash,
Ere a world holds breath to listen
To tho opening thunder crash :
Her, from yonder scat of judgment,
Word of peace the true the best
Ah ! the noble words are stifled,
And. a noble heart hath rest.
Dead ! he BTiouldfiavc did hereafter !
Tinve liad come for such a word,
When the day of fight was over,
And the triumph bells were heard.
.Statesman Minister of Justict:
Friend of all who needed friend,
Poet might ye not have tarried,
Seen our conflict to an end ?
Had the Statesman marked liid nation,
Check and crush invading might ;
Had the upright judge, rejoicing.
Watched the victory of the right.
Had tho oppress 'd, one's friend lichcld us
- Raise the Weak dash down the strong,
Then, perchance, the poet's utterance,
Had awaked in glowing song.
Other was Umj dread decretal,
Life and Death obey their Lord,
And the golden lowl is broken.
And unloosed the 6ilver cord.
In tho very hour when duty
To her dearest task was wed,
Pleading for tho poor and needy,
Yalfoirrd's gentle spirit fled.
What la left to tlioso who mourn hint ?
Whtn tho last Fad rite is pakl,
When but not with hopeless sorrow,
Earth iu earth is humbly laid.
Call hia imago from tho marble,
Ijet the rich memorial tell
flow he learned the love we bore him,
Tliat we loved him long and well.
f iet it speak of kindliest nature,
Of the large, yet subtle mind.
Of heart all overflowing
With affection for his kind..
.Speak ofhoaor, trust and frankness,
)f a hand preventing need.
And of whisper from the giver.
Making bounty rich indeed.
Then record how ho undaunted.
Fought through faction's wild turmoil,
tt'o uphold the thinker'n title
To the earning of his toil,
flow long cant and 6olfish cunning
Barred his onward course in vain.
Till ho felled and chaintd the plunderers
Of the labor of the brain.
Sjwk of eloquence beguiling
.Foes themselves to own its sway.
Rich with many en sncient jewel.
Touched with Art's all kindling rny.
Then Inscribe his poet honors
Nay, that record bo his own :
Little recks true bards of memory.
Tasking with a sculptured stone.
Ir licet. Battle's higual,
Sullen booms o'er sea and plain.
Wake yo at that fatal summons,
Fabled choosers of the slaiu !
Who, beside our red-cross banner,
Falls, its foremost champion there.
Flinging down a life, and winning
Name that time himself shall ppai c i
Gallant heart ! But happier, nobler,
flold the doom 'twas his to meet,
Who, declaring Heaven's own mcssiige,
Died upon the judgment-seat.
On his liphat holy lesson,
All his life had taught, he cried.
" Help the Bumble lselp the needy
Help with love." So TaHourd died !
Japan opened.
Sdlisfactory Result of Cominthlore Perry's Visit
Three Parts Opeved to AmcrkanTrtvic Arce
tnci to Furnish Cofd to American Steamers
InUftsting Narrative JJcUiiUd Account of Com
vuxiQTt Perry's Second Visit.
Site Susquehanna arrived at Hong Kong from
Japan on the 21 April, bringing the gratifying
intelligence that Commodore Perry had succeed
ed In the objects of his mission in a manner that
will confer honor on his country and enduring
feme on fcimself. The precise Terms of a Com
nercW Treaty had not been definitely arranged
hen the Susnuchanna left the Yedo on the 24lh
of March ;bu enough had been done to establish
ft fritndlj feeling between the two countries, xne
OTeninz of three or more ports to the Commerce
of AmerU and tho furnishinc of Coals for the
BteMnnnt motr lu rnnRulaml as matters Settled.
and Captain Adams held himself in readiness to
proeed in tho Saratoga to bear the intelligence
to W Government at Washington.
We ace enabled to furnish our readers with &
4ellhsd narrative of the Trrrl:n!rs in Jattan.
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fjtoffl wJc& H will be seen that nothing could
have been better of more fortunate than the course
pursued by Commodore Pkhry. Indeed we feel
pretty certain that the most sk'lful diplomatist
in Europe ccnld not have brought matters to so
speedy, pacific, and successful an issue. Com
modore Perry was known as a brave an well as
accomplished seaman, but it wnslhoticht be had
rather a propensity for frihling, which indeed,
with such means at his disposal, and such people
to deal with as the Jaj.anc.se were igr.orantly pre
sumed to be, was deemed inevitable by most
people, though, as our pages show, not by every
one. Here however he has disappointed the
world , and not a few in his squadron ;
but he has done what we did not do i:i China,
and it was not expected any one cculd accom
plish in Japan, he ha.i peacefully and aiuicably
opened it to the intercourse of his countrymen,
without fil ing a shot or using a angry word.
Commodore Perry, in the Sufquchannn, left
the harbor of Hong Kong, on the 14th of Janua
ry, accompanied hy the PovhcUnn and the Mis
sissippi, the sailing vessels VutithJia, Soit'h map
ion, Supplif and Lain "Ion. having some time le
fore proceeded to the rendezvous at Naj akiang
in Loo Choo, where the squadron met on lhc21st
of January. Nothing cf importance occuml at
Loo Choo lcyo-id visiting the capital, .Shuidi,
with the temples and forts, and admiring, as
others have done, the picturesque and surpassing
ly licautiful sccr.c-y of the island.
The sailing vessels were despatched f-r Japan
ou the last day of January, under command cf j v.oik which extended from the shore to the hall,
Captain Abbot, the steamships following en 7th end which shut cut the public gaze. Between 11
February, and along with the tloop Scn-lojn from nnd 12 o'clock, the marines having been muster
Shanghre, joining the sailing vessels in the waters j ed by Mavor Zeilin, and the sailors by Lieutenant
cf Japan on the 12th, without accident beyond j Ingram, the whole in twenty-nine boats under
the temporary grounding cf the Muccdj.iiaii,
which was lightened and speedily got oil". The
whole squadron then proceeded and anchored in
the bay of Yed , pausing Uraga, where !a.st year
the interview and the delivery of the President's
Letter took jilaoe. A few small forts, mounting
ten or twelve guns each, were observed, but made
no hostile demonstrations. Iloats were net al
lowed to conic alongside until the vessels had ta
ken their stations, and then Government officers
wtre directed to the Po'.chat m, (to which the
Commodore's flag had been removed,) where they
had an interview on the loth with the Commo
dore and Captain Adams, to whom, after the ex
change of compliments, the Japanese staled that
in a few days a rpecial high cfllcer would lie sent
to Yedo fo meet theCoir.incdorc and arranrc eve
rything in a curteous, frank, and friendly man
ner ; bat they objected that the vessels had come
too far up, and recommended their re'urn to
Ura!, where the Emperor desired the meeting
should 1 held as before; and that point tliey
considerod us of more importance than talking
about the weather, whMi subject would serin to
be the pis-aller of conversation in Japan as in all
the rest of the world. Wc believe this was near
ly all that passed during the first interview, avid
the deputation took leave in good humor, which
grew to merriment, upon Captain Adam.? sugges
ting, thr.t instead of returning to Uraga, perhaps
more favorable anchorage uiiht be found high r
up, and nearer the capital, which wo;;ld also to
be Bent from Yedo. will as in cccorcancc with
the customs of other nations.
The followirg day (11th) another interview
was held on board the Pvuhnt.m, when the Ja
panese renewed their urccn.:y r.bout tne meeting
licing held at Uraga, where on the previous occa
sion everything had passed m so amirab.e and
pleasant a manner, and to which the Commodore
had said he would return. Finding that t raga
was still objected to, they then proposed Kama-
kura, where the Mare-hmiau had got ashore, and
which they held to lx; a much more convenient
place than Kanagawa, between the present an
chorage and Yedo, r.s suggested by Dr. S. L.
Williams. But after much talk on the subject,
the Japanese at length left it to the Commodore
to select a. place for the interview, .before taking
leave, the deputation ail it tne snips nceueu
water or provision.1?, boats would be tent with
supplies ; but they were told that, except w&Ur,
nothing else was likely to be required.
After mature consideration, Commodore Perry-
decided to send Cajtain Adams in the Vanrfxlia
to meet the Governor ol the Province of I' raga.
Captain Adams was there informed by the Go
vernor that everything was ready for considering
the terms of a treaty between Jajian and the !
United States, and if the Commodore (or, as nc
was termed, the Admiral) would come to Urawi,
it would be conrlmhd btfore the going dawn of the
run. It is supposed, however, thtit what was
here meant bv a treaty, was a favorauic reply
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the KmVcct. Rut Captain Adams reiterated, that
the Commodore would not come to Uraga, where
he had found the anchora-o to be indifferent, but i that Com. Perry was fully satisfied on all points, Ucrr Riehler was pleased with this reply, and j He -a-ked his tostcr-.all.er to a.i.a.u c ui... iw o
would meet the Japanese Commissioners at Yo- 1 suggested by him, which wc again presume were i still more with the boy's innocent, handsome j hundred dollars, which he did w ith great readi
kohama,. off the present anchorage cf the flag- in accordance with Mr. Secretary Webster's letter face , ne-ss ; and the business prosper., so well that in
thip, ten to twenty miles from Uraga. Captain
Adams rejoined the squadron on the 2-ith Feb
ruary, and the following day the Japanese of
ficers visited the flag-ship to settle the jdacc of
meeting; when tho Commodore, among other
things, told them that, having been entrusted
with so many ships, which wore seventeen thou
sand miles from home, he was reasonable anxious
about their safety, and experience had proved to
him that Uraga did not offer so secure anchorage
as where they now lay. Some discussion ensued,
but finally it was arrangcol tLat the meeting
should bo held at Y'okohama.
Fdevcn days afterwards tho meeting too'.; place,
and in the interval, entertainments were inter
changed by the American and Jaj-anese officers.
At One of two given by Capt. Ruchanan, the Go
vernor of Uraga, as we have seen in Keying and
Other high Chinese officials, at once fell in with
foreign observances in toasting and speechifying.
Captain Buchanan proposed the health of the
Em-crcr cf Japan, which wits drunk stancUcg
"with all the honors," and was acknowledged by
the Governors ef Uraga, who in return similarly
proposed the health of the President of the Unit
ed States. The Japanese took their liquor freely,
especially champagne and liquors, greatly ad
miring the glassware that contained them; and
expressed a hope that the time was at hand when
they would be at liberty to yisit foreign countries
in-Steamcr-s and ships of three masts.
l,t was during this interval that an officer of
the squadron approached Yedo, and if he did not
actually enter it, at least was near enough to
judge of iLs appearance, and to ascertain, what,
however, we believe a surveying party had- done
before, that close to the shore there is five f t
homs water, so that it can bo approached by
large ships. The city i in the form of increscent,
and. starjs on an extensive plain with a magnifi
deut l ack-ground of the mountains and wooded
country ; but it seems to possess no striking pub
lic building,?, while the dwelling-houses are ge-
J no-rally of one story, and, therefore, present no
thing imposing in their appearance, except their
vast numbers and space they occupy. The po
pulation of the capital lias, however, been great
ly exaggerated, for though it is certainly great ;
the Japanese officers themselves placed Yedo
third among the cities in the world. Iondon, they
suid, being the" first ,and Paris the second.
On the Slh, the preparations were completed
for the reception of the Commodore, who, by the
bye, insisted upon the removal of the screen-
command of Captain Buchanan, who conveyed
the cortege to. the shore, an I waited the arrival of
the Commodore and suite, consisting of Captain
Adams, the Secretary, Mr. O. II. Perry, and the
interpreters, Dr. S. W. Williams and Mr. J. L.
C. Portman, who landed about noon, under a sa
lute of seventeen guns from ths Macedonian, the
men on the boats standing up, and the officers on
shore being u2,ewcrcd. The procession then mov
ed forward, the band 'laying '-Hail Columbia"
and the "President's March."
Oji entering the hall, the Commodore was re
ceived by four Commissioners, appointed for the
purjiose. They were ;
llrrt Hayasiii, with the title of Daipuku no
K'lmn, or Prince Councillor.
Keco..d Tno, Prince of Tsus-sima, (the group
of inlands lying lctwcon Corea and Jajan.)
Third It.L'MA, Prince of MimasaLi, (a piin
ciprlity lying wc::t of Miaco.)
bi'iVA Ui-on'O, second assistant cf the Hoard
of Revenue.
The parly leing seated, the fing of Japan was
run uj5 on board (he Powhatan, and saluted with
twenty-one guns from the launches, after which
another salute of seventeen guns was given to
the Japanese High Commissioner, who through
the interpreter presented his comjilimcnts and
welcome to Use Commodore and his officers, and
particularly inquired about the heaUh of the for
mer. At a sign given, the servants in attendance
brought in laqucrcd stands with tea and saki,
sweetmeats and other conserves, and jilaced one
beside each officer. The regalement seems to
have been much the same as thit which in China
generally precedes tho transaction of business
with foreign ollicials ; and while it was going on
there was time to take a note of the place of
meeting. The hall, which had been run up with
great celerity, was about fifty feet long, fortj
wide, and twelve high, and surrounded. with mag
nificent japonicaa, sonic of thorn, thirty feet in
height, und in full bloom. Seats and tables about
two feet high, covered with red cloth, extended
the whole length of the apai tmcnt. The floor
was covered with white mats about three feet
long by two wide ; and the place was heatel by
highly ornamented braziers jlaced eJi beautilul
Japan stands. The pillars supporting the erec
tion were ornamented with purple crajc, and the I
walls were richly adorned with paintings of birds
and flowers. The hall was situated about five
hundred yards from the landing place,' and was
commended by the ships, whioh lay with their
broadsides to it. Several native artists were
present taking skrjrhcs of the strangers.
The refreshment being-over, the Commodore
and his personal staff were conducted by the Ja
panose Commissioners, into another room in the
rear, tlic entrance to wnicn was covere-u wien
pnrjilc crape. Thp conference lasted three hours,
and was carried on through the Dutch language,
which the Japanese iuterjretcrs and Mr. Port
man, the Commodore's clerk, sjioke fluently. A
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VOrV lllVOraulC OilSWCr WUS K1VC11 IU U1C 1 11-
j dent's letter, wuicii we presume was in terms a
repetition of President . illmore's, and it is stated
of instructions to Coin. Aulick, accompanying
the first letter to the Emperor. A draft Treaty,
in English, Dutch, Chinese and Japanese was put
inf o the h?nds of the Jarancsc Commissioners.
who said that it would receive due consideration,
but the old Emperor had died since Commodore
Perry was thcrelast 3'ear. and his successor was
a 3-oung man, who would require to consult his
Council liefore coming to a determination ; and
the Commodoro was reminded that Japanese did
not act with the same rapidity as xmcricansdid,
which was thus illustrated : Should several Ja- any kind of food." j this time. Three years alter, he was iaUen as a
jifiiusc meet tugiiher, desiring to visit the Amc- j It is quite cus-omary for beggars by trade to 1 partnci by his Unelactor with a thitdof.be pro
ricun ships, one would tay : "It is a beautiful j contrive tales like this ; and this hardens many , fits.
morning !" to which another would add : "How a heart against the claims of genuine want. Eut j Soon an iaM'IIous d'.scase cast Heir Richter on
t'leartant it is !" Then a third would re-milk, i this time the merchant trusted the boy's honest c bed of sickness, nnd kept him for two years
"Thcro is not then a wave to be seen upon the
wiilc-r," at length a fourth would suggest
Come,
let ns go and see the ships."
Thct the preliminaries of a treaty would be
rett'ed during tho present visit wa3. however,
more than probable. Its leading provisions, it
is said, will be the opening of three or more of
tho ports of Japan to the commerce cf the L'nited
States, and securing supplies of coals for the
steamers of that country. In other resjects, the
treaty, yncludcd or proposed, is understood to
be nearly a coui4erpart of that with China, ex
cejt, it is said, that the Japanese objected to a
clause admitting all other countries tn ths same
privileges as America ; not like the Chinese, y
whom, and not hy Sir ll.in.y Pottinger, as is ge
nerally ssipposcd, the privileges of the English
Treaty were extended to all foreign countries.
Tho Japanese wouhr manifest mere sagacity, and
save themselves from incalculable vexation, were
they to eVtermiue on allowing other natious (o
enjoy the same immunities as America, and no
other, modeling all future treaties on precisely
the same tonus. Cut nothing can 1 as yet ci-r-tainly
known on the subject, for thvStisqTichanr.a,
having been placed at the disposal of Mr. Mc
Lane, the Minister to China, and being under
orders to be in Hong Kong in the beginning of
April, was despatched on the morning of ihc2 M
March," the very da' a conference was to have
been held for tho iurposc oi considering the
treaty.
Four days after the interview, the presents
were interchanged, time having been required to
erect j.laces f r their reception. Those for the
Ef-ij-cror, consisted of, among other things :
A Railway with Steam IViginc An Electric
Telecranh A Surf Boat
A Life Ik tat A Print-'
ing Press A fine Lorgnette A set of Audubon's
American Ornithology, splendidly lxund Plates
cf Amcrkan Indians Maps of dii'erent Stales
of America Agricultural Implements, with all
the modern improvements A piece of Cloth A
bale cf Cotton A Stove RiHes, I'islols, and
Swords Champaigne, Cordials, and American
AYhisk-c-y.
And for the Empress, (presuming there is one.)
A Telescope A Ijorgnettc in a gilded case A
Lady's Toilet Pox, gilded A scarlet Yalvet
I)rcss A changeable Silk Dress, flowered A
splendid Robe Audubon S Illustrated Works
A handsome set of china A Mantelpiece clock
A Parlor Stove A box of fine wines A lx of
Perfumery A box of Fancy Soaj s.
Of the other presents, perhaps the one most
valued was acojiy of Wob-'cr's complete Diction
ary to one cf the Imperial interpreters. To the
high officers were given books, r:fie3, iistols,
swords, win os, cloths, maps, stoves, clocks, and
cordials, the last of which they fully ajq-.rcciatcd.
aruLas regards clocks, when it was projosed to
bring an-"engineer from shipboard to set them
ogoing. the Japanese said, there was no occasion
for that, for they had cloek-mr.kcrs in Yedo who
understood them perfectly. They were curious
to know, however, about Ericsson's calorie en
gine, of which they had heard, but, from the
Commodore at any rate, we susiect, they would
not receive a very favorable opinion of its j.racti
cal utility.
Whalcver n.ay be thought of some of the other
presents, the Railway and the Telegraph, at
which the world at "the time was disposed to
laugh, were hajpy hits. The Rail is only about
three hundred yards in on", but biing formed in
a circle, the carriage can be driven at the ra!c cf
forty miles or more. Just at first the Jajanese
were chary of venturing into the car, but after a
j single trial, there was much good humored com
petition for places. The Tele-graph still more
astonished them, but they will speedily under
stand it, and may possibly by this time be hiving
down the wires for themselves.
Tlia Honest Beggar Eoy.
FROM TUE GERMAN".
A joor boy about ten years ago entered the
warehouse of a rich man, Samuel Richter, in
Dantzic, and asked the book -keeper for alms.
You will get nothing here," grumbled the
man, without raising his head from the book ;
"be off."
Weeping bitterly, the boy glided towards the
door, at the nlomoiit that Ilerr Richter entered.
" AYhat i3 the matter here ?" he asked, turn
ing to the book-keeper.
. A worthless beggar boy," was the man's an
swer, and he scarcely looked up from his work.
In the mean time Ilerr Richter glanced to
wards the boy. and remarked that when close to
the door he picked up .something from the ground.
" Ha, my little lad, what is that you picked
up ?" he cried.
The weeping boy turned and showed him a
needle.
" And what, will you do w ith it V akcd the
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: " 1 win sew up tue nS ones.
-iuivou are noi osuume-u, saiu ne, in .(iiKimr-jiui uuu - ........
; kind though serious tone, " you so young and ' ready acquired the sum of five hundred dollars,
j hearty to beg. Can you not work ?" j Without giving up his Irade in fax, he now traf-
" Ah, my dear sir, replied the boy, " I do not : ficked in linen goods ; and the two combined
I know how ; and I am too little yet to -thresh or
j fell wcod. My father died about three weeks
j ago, and my poor mother and little brothers have
eaten nothing these two days. Then I ran out
; in anguish and begged for bread. Butdas a
j single peasant only gave me yesterday a piece of
broad; since then I have not t.tcn a moricl of
face. Ho thrust hi3 hand into his pocket, drew
forth a piece of money, and said :
" There is half a dollar ; go to the baker's and
with half the money buy bread for yourself,
I j our mother and your brothers ; but bring back
J the other half tome."
The boy took the monc and ran joyfully away,
" Well," said the surly book Veepr.r, be will !
laugh in his sleeve and never come hnek again." :
Who knows ?" rejdied Ilerr Ri hter ; and !
as he spoke he beheld the boy running quickly j
with a loaf of bread in one hai:d and some mo- j
ncy in tho other.
"There, good 5,ir," l.c c;kd, almost breath
less, " there is the rist of the mont-y."
Thf-n. being very hungry, he begged at once
for a knife to cut otra p:.eee of bread. The book
keejier reached him in silence his j-ocket knife.
The lad cut off a slice in great baste, and was
about to take a bit of it. Put suddenly he be
thought himself laid the bread aside, and folding
his tnii:;, rhiarscd a silent j. raver ; then he fell
to his meal with a hearty appetite.
The merchant was moved by thw boj"3 unuf
fcclcd jiicty. He inquired afitr his family and
home, and learned from his simjile narrative that
his father had lived in a village about four miies
distant f.-otn Dautzic, where he owned a small
house and farm, hut his house had been burnt
to the ground, and much Mckuess in his family
bad 1
had comiM'l'od him to sell his farm. 1-1
then hired himself out to a lkh iiciglihur ; but
before three weeks were at an end he died b;uk
en down by grief end excessive toil. Aud now
his mother," whom sorrow had thrown upon a
led of i ;i:c.s, was with her lour children suf
fering the bit 1 1 rest poverty. Ilcthc eldest, had
resolved to sfok for assistance, and had gone
from village to village, then had struck into the
highway ; knd at last, having begged every
where in vain, had come (o Dantzic.
The merchant's heart was touched, lie had
but one child, and the boy apj-carcd to him as a
draft at sight, which Providcncs had drawn upon
him as a test ef his gratitude.
' Listen, my son,' be began ; have you really
a wish to learn ?
4 Oh, yes, I have indeed,' cried the loy : 1
have read the catechism already, and I should
know a good tleal more, but at home I had al
ways my little brothers to carry, for my mother
was sick in bed.
HeiT Richter immediately formed his resolu
tion. ' Well, then,' said he, ' if you'aro a good and
honest nnd industrious ly, I will take care of
you. Yen shall k'arn, have meat, and drink
andclolhing, and in time earn something besides.
Then yeiu can support your mother and brothers
also.' "
'1 he Ly's eyes flashed with joy. Rut in a
moment ho cast them to (he ground again, and
sofily said, ' my mother all the Lile has nothing
to cat."
At this moment, as if sent hy Pro vidence, an
inhabitant of the boy's native village entered
Ilcrr Richter 's house. This man confirmed the
lad's story, aud willingly consented to carry the
molh-r tidings of her son Gottlieb, and food, and
a small sum of money jfrom the merchant. At
the same time Ilerr Richter directed his lxk
kecper to write a letter to the pastor of the vil-
! Inge, commending the widow to Lis care, with
an additional sum enclosed to the poor family,
and promising further assistance.
As soon as this was done, Ilerr Richler fur
nished the boy wi th decent clothes, and at noon
led him to his wife, whom he accuractly inform
ed of little Gottlieb's story, and of the j.lnns
which he had formed for him. The gcod woman
readily promised her best assistance in the latter,
and she faithfully kcj.t her word.
During the next four years Gottlieb attended
the schoeihs of the gre-at commercial city ; then
his faithful foster-father tcok him into his count
ing room to educate him for business.
Here, as well as there, at the' writing-desk ns
well as at the school bench, the rij cning youth
disjdayed himself, not only by bis natural ca
j acity, but by the faithful industry with which
lie exercised it. With all this, his heart retain
ed its native innocc'ce. Of his weekly allow
ance, he sent the half regularly to his mother,
until she died, after having survived two of his
brothers. She had passed the last years of her
life not in wealth, it is true, but bv the aid of the
i noble Richter, and of hw faithful son, in a cou
! dition above wsr.t.
Af.er the death of his dearly beloved mother,
there w as no dear friend Ml in Gottlieb in the
world, except his benefactor. Out of love to him,
he liocamc on active zealous merchant-
I lie began by applying the superfluity of his
i allow ancc, which he could now dispose cf at his
pleasure, to a-trade in Hamburg quills. When
j by care and jirudencc ha bad gained a hundred
; and twenty dollars; ithapjxncd that be found
: in his native village a considerable quantity of
i -.1 U .V...!, rv d. and -fill to
,:,ifUT..u .-j
; oc nau a. a .euMM.ao.e , . .,e.
j made him in a coupleof years a thousand dollars
j richer.
i This happened during the customary five years
' of clerkship: at the end of that joriod, Gottlieb
j continued to serve his Unefactor for five years
more, with industoy, skill and fidelity ; then he
took the pluee of the book-keeper, who died almt
confined to his couch
Gottlieb, redoubling his
j exertions, became the soul of the wnoie uisme.xs.
Ilcrr Richler closed his cyc3 in death in the six-
, ty-sixlh year of his r.gc.
i la the year it-, ten yca.s
I Gottlieb-Rein owned three larjre sh'r ; ' "
care of Providence seemed especially to watcn
over the interests of their owner. He married
the daughter of his Ik nefactor.
It is but n few ycaja since tLu e.bild of poverty,
of honesty, industry, and of misfortune, passed
away m fence from tins world.
Mark the jicrfect man and Ixjhold the ujp-
right ; for the end of that man is pca-o.
Tlio Americans ia Japan Exciting
SCCI103.
A correspondent of the New York Times,
6ays :
" lk fore the interview broke up, the CommQr
dore mentioned", that ho proposed to give his
oflieers leave to go on shore for recreation. To
this, no great rejection was made; snd we be
lieve, that within r. few days afterwards, several
of the officers were iaking exercise on bhore.
Rev. E. C. P.itringrr, the Chaplain, made several
excursions among the villages and corn-fields,
which la.t, he found in high cultivation. The
houses were generally thatched, but those ot
the better sort wcri covered with tilw, having
yars an small gardens within enclosures.
1 he F 'flowing dny, the sane gcatleinan, llna
ingthejooplo neither unfriindly nor indisposed
to reecie liim, and having obtained have to got
em shore, determined to visit two large cities
some tnih-s off, called Kanagawa and Rosacea,
ami with that iew crossed an arm of the bay,
which shortened the dUtaucc by several wiles.
He then proceeded thro ugh Kauawaga, supposed
to contain from one to two hundred thousand in
habitants ; and from the immense crowds that
poured out everywhere to see the 6lrangt-r, there
can be no doubt of the population, beinj; very
great. Tho crowds, however, caused no incon
venience or impediment, fr on a wave of the haod
from the Japanese c'JVials who accompanied Mr.
Dittingcr, the jicoplo cleared a jassage ; and af
terwards, a messenger having boon Bent forward
for the juirposc, the people packed themselves at
the sides of the houses, and left the centre of th
streets clear for Ihe stranger. He entered Borne
cf the houses, which ho found primitive in their
furniture and arrangements ; but. compared
w ith other Oriental dwellings of tho 6ame clasa,
neat, clen, and camCrtable. In soino oi Ihean
he observed clocks cf Japanese manufacture.
Ho also visited several temples, which though
smaller than in China, have more gilding on Ihehr
walls, aud ornaments on their idols, and gener
ally are in better order. The priests as veil as
the pcrqde were distinguished for their courtesy.
The cities thus visited were not only very exten
sive, (estimated to be six miles long,) but vrith
wide well-forme fell r ts. Kasacca is from fif
teen to twenty miies distant, hy land, from the
ships; and Mr. Clttinger being thus ntcessarily
long absent, sonic anxiety was felt about him.
Ashe was returning, a Japanese officer put into
his hands an order from the Commodore for all
officers to return ou board, and shortly after
wards a courier ,u;untrd on a splendid black
horse, delivered a similar dispatch, and finding
it was uruleTslood ond acted on urned round,
end galloped back again to rejort tho ajproach
of tho American officer, who concluded his jonr
nay by torch-light, and found on lys arrivalhit
everything that had occurred had leen noted,
even the number of butlers on Lis coat Los born
recorded.
How thoy Account for it-
Tho Freeman's Journal, (ho Catholic paper in
New York, referring to the recent disturbances
in that city, attributed, whether truly or not
every reader is as able to jndgo as we are, to the
Know Nothings," makes the following singular
statement. The Journal says:
It is not a sentiment of Native Americanism
that is at the bottom of these disturbances.
Their promoters arc'liJstly Englishmen and Irisl
prolcstanls. This is an ascertained fact Wc
have, moreover, goo 1 grounds for cur assertion,
that these fireijn r,crvant3 of England ere in th
pt:y t f f'-c ;."& Ccreonment. WIk pays the
fare of the row dies that pass, at every chance o.f
a riot, from Philadelphia to New York, and from
New York to Philadelphia T There is evidence
in existence thnt in 141, a British official fur
nished (he money to the rioters for their paoage
to and fro, ami for their st r rices ! .
It is but the other day that new evidence of
this fact camo to onr knowledge. A Catholic
gentleman of Cuba afforded protection, aid and
comfort to an outcast of Ncwork,in that is
land, nt tho close of his wretched existence. Tl
miserable mw, on His eleath bod acknowledged
to lhi gentleman that he had pa-sao-d for & Na
tive American, iiut tiiat iio was an i.ngiisman
horn. Ilo said farther that be had boon a promo
ter of the Nativist riots in Philadelphia, and that
he had Icon pail by a British official for Lis cx
penscs, and f.r his services in getting up faction
and riot. The American symjiathy for th? Re
peal movement had alarmed England at that time
and she saw the advantago of dividing tho Amer
ican sentiment. The growing Bcntiinetnt of hos
tility to England at the present time, in this
country, is a causo of far greater uneasiness to
the British government. The long lugubrious
loaders of the Lo.kIoh 7"ir.. is asutlk-int proof
of this. To creato & pro-LiigisA Pty m Amer
ica would be worth a million of pound to Ore at
Britain, even if itwereo.nly enough to diitraet
and divide our national feeling and action.
Here, vie feel certain in the source and origip of
of this new anli-Irish and anti-Catholic excite
ment. IU principle is British gold. American
sentiment is against the atritation. The more
announcement o.f tliii fact Rliou'.d be enough to
make every Irishman, an J every American, ab-
eiir. roio i t these eatricr.r.Ks. n. i-h;-
lishmen end Iri.sh protectants to run to the end
of their rope, and btrg themselves. Uve tho
w ork of repressing the in to the authorities ol our
C' This is already tho method that til Irishmen
w ho are ral!y Catholics have taken. It ii a clear
cae that American feeling is not interested, or it
w ould not he necessary for Pritisli Consuls to
drum up recruits from so far off as Philadelphia,
to raise a mob of two thouband ia Brooklyn.
Eoually certain is it that the Irish Catholic com-
mum I
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