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delicious for food, Lri fact he
has everything that U in the
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mention.
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THE FATE OF BIACGREGOR,
KY JAMES HOGG.
"Macgrceor, Macgrecor. rtinernbcr our foemen:
The moon rises broad from the brow of Ben-Lo-
mond;
TIic clans are inpatient, and chide tliy delay ;
Arise! let us bound to Glen-Lyon away."
Stern scowled tlj JIacgregor ; then silent and
sullen,
II5 turned Lis red eye to the biaesof Strathfillan;
"Go, Malcolm,to slecp,let the clans be dismissed;
Tlie Campbells this night for Macgregor must
rest."
"Macgregor, Hacgregcr, our ttouts have been
Three days, round the hills of Jl'Xabnn l Glen
Lyon ;
Of riding and running such tidings they bear,
We must meet them at home, else they'll quickly
be here."
".The Campbell may come, as his promises
bind him,
And haughty il"Nal,with his giants behind him;
This night 1 am bound to relinquish the fray,
And do what it freezes my vitals to say.
Forgive me, dear brother, this horror of mind ;
Thou know'at iu the s-trife I was never behind,
Nor ever receded a fot from the van,
( r blenched at the ire or the prowess of man.
'ut 'vo sworn by the cross, by my God, and rny
q!1
An oath which I cannot, and dare not recall
Kre the shadows of midnight tall east from the
pile,
To meet with a spirit this night in Glen-Gyle.
"Last night in my chamber, all thoughtful and
lone,
1 t ailed to remembrance some deedo I had done,
When entered a lady with visage sc wan,
And looks such as never were lastf ued on man.
1 knew hor, O brother! I knew liev full well!
i ( )f that once fair dame such a tale. I could tell
! As would thrill thy bo'.d hcrt ; but how long
sue remained
So racked was my spirit, my bosom bo pained,
1 knew not but ages fctmed short to the while
Th ugh.prolfcrcd the llighlaniis,nay,all the green
iale.
With length of existence no roan can enjoy,
T i II I' III fit!,?!!!- 1 1 n wl i-n-i r.iv.foi' 1 I ir T
I 'l'he thrice-threatenol pangs of last night to forego
I Macgregor would dive to the anansions below,
t Despairing and mad, to futurity blind,
I The present to shun, and w.ir.e respite to find,
' I swore, ere the shadow it U east of the pile,
j To meet her alone by the brook of Glen-Gyle.
' "She ti-I.l iae, and larned my chilled heart to
a stone,
The g'or" and name of Miogregor verr gone :
That tho pine, w hieh had :-hou for ages a bright
halo
Afar on the mountaiusof Highland Glen-Falo,
j Shf'iild wither and fall ere the tujn of yon moon,
: Sinit through by the canker of hated Cohpihoun:
That a f ast i n Jlacgregors each dav should be
common,
r- .1 1 tr it 1
For rears, to the eigles vi Lennox and Lomond
1 "A iarting embrace, iu one m;mtnt, she gave:
(- Her breath was a finnai.e, her liosi rn a grave!
I Then Hitting eiiiHv e, she said, with a frown,
j 'The mighty ilacgiegor shail 3-et be my own !' "
! '"Macgregor, Ihy fircif s are wild as the wind ;
j The I'.icams of the night have disordered thy
mind.
Come, buckle thy panoply march to the field
Sec, brother, how hacked are thy helmet and
shild !
Ay, that was M'X!, in the height of his pride,
When the lions of D -chart stood linn by his side.
This niht the proud chief his presumption shall
1 u ;
Iiiso, brother, these chinks in his heart-blood
will glue !
Thy phantasies frightful shall flit on the wing.
When loud with thy bugle Glen-Lyon shall ring"
Like glimpoo of the moon through the utorm of
the night,
ilacgrcgor's red eye shed odc sparkle ol light :
It faded it darkened ho shuddered he sigh
ed, "Xo ! not for the universe !' low he replied-
Away went Macgregor, but went not alone;
To watch the dread rendezvous, Malcolm has
gone.
They oared the broad Lomond,so still and serene!
And deep in her bosom, how awful the scene !
O'er mountains inverted the blue waters curled,
And rocked them on kkics of a far nether world.
All silent they went, for the time was ap
proaching ;
The moon the blue zenith already was touching ;
Xo foot was abroad on the forest or hill,
Xo sound but the lullaby sang by the rill ;
Young Malcolm at distance stood crouching the
while,
Macgregor fctood lone by the brook of Glen-Gyle.
Few minutes had passed, ere they spied on the
stream
A fikiff tailing light, where a lady did seem ;
Her iail was the web of the gossamer's loom,
The glowworm Ler wakelight, the rainbow her
boom ;
A dim raj-less beam was her prow and her mast,
Like wold-fire at midnight, that glares on the
waste.
Though rough was the rirer with rock aud cas
Xo torrent, no rock, Ler velocity taid ;
She wimpled the water to weather and lee,
And hcaTed as if borne by the waves of the sea.
Mute Xature was roused in tho bounds of the
gh?n ;
The wild deer of Gairtney abandoned his den,
Fled panting away over river and isle,
Xor once turned his eye u the brook of Glen-Gyle.
The fox fled in terror, the eagle awoke,
As slumbering he dozed iu the shelve of the rock;
Astonished, to hide in the moonbeam he flew,
And screamed the night heaven till lost in the
blue.
Young Malooim beheld the pale lady approach,
The chieftain salute her, and i-hriuk from her
touch.
lie saw tho Macgregor kneel dowu on the plain,
As begging fur something he could not obtain ;
She raised him indignant, deridtd his stay.
Then boro him on board, set her sail , and away,
Though fast the red bark down the river did
glide,
Yet faster ran Malcolm adown ly its side ;
'Macgregor ! Macgregor!" he bitterty cried ;
"Macgregor! Macgregor!" the echoes replied.
He ruck at the lady, but, strange though it
seem.
His sword only fell on the rocks and tho stream :
But the groans from the boat, that atceuded
amain,
Were groans from a bosom iu liorror and pain.
They reached the dark labe, and bore lightly
away ;
Macgregor is vanished forever and aye!
The Knsician's Marriage.
After having passed the summer in visit
ing the principle towns in Germany, the cel
ebrated pianist LLszt arrived at Prague in
October 1S4G.
The day after lie came, his apartmeDt was
entered by a stranger au old man whose ap
pearance indicated misery and suffering. The
great musician received him with a cordiali
ty which he would not, perhaps, have shown
to a nobleman. Encouraged by his kindness
his vis itor said, "I come to you ,sir, as a
brother. Excuse me if I take this title, not
withstanding the distance that devides us; but
formerly 1 could boast some skill in playing
the piano, and giving instructions I gained a
comfortable livelihood. Now I am old, fee
ble, burdened with a large family, aud des
titute of pupils. I lire at Nuremburg. but I
came to Prague to seek to recover the rem
nant of a smail property which belonged to
my ancestors. Although nominally success
ful, the expense of a long litigation has more
than swallowed up the trifling sum I recov
ered. To-morrow I set out tor home pen
niless." "And you have come to me? You have
done well, and I thauk you for this proof of
your esteem. To assist a brother professor
is to me more than a duty it is a pleasure
Artists should have their purse in common;
and if fortune neglects some iu order to treat
others better than they deserve, it only makes
it more necessary to preserve the equilibrium
by fraternal kiuuness. That is my system; so
don't speak tf gratitude, fori feci that I only
discharge a debt."
As he uttered these generous words, Liszt
opened a drawer iu his writing-case, and
j started when he saw that his usual depository
jor nis monoy contained nut three ducats,
lie summoned his servant.
'Where is the money':" he asked.
"There, tir," replied the man, pointing to
the open drawer,
"ihere! Why, there is scarcely anything:"
"1 know it, sir. If you please to remem
Ler, I told you yesterdy that the cash was
nearly exhausted,"
"Yfju see my dear brother,".said Liszt.smi
ling, " that, lor the moment, I am no rich
er than yon. Bui that does not trouble me. I
have credit, and I can make money start from
the kej-s of my piano. However, as you are
in haste to leave Prague and return home,
you shall not be delayed by my present want
of fnnds."
So saying, he opened another drawer, and
taking out a splendid medalion. cave it tn
the old man, "There," said he. "that will
do. It was a present made me by the Empe
ror of Austria his own portrait, set in di
monds. The painting is nothing remarkable
but the stones are fine, Take them and dis
pose of them aud whatever they bring shall
be yours."
The old musician tried in vain to decline
so rich a gift. Liszt would not hear of a re
fusal, aud the poor mau at length withdrew,
invoking the choicest blessings of Heaven on
his generous benefactor. He then repaired to
the shop of the principle jeweler in the city,
in order to sell the dimonds Seeing a mis
erably dressed man anxious to dispose of wag
nificient jewels with whose value he appeared
unacquainted, the master of the shop very
naturally suspected his honesty; and while ap
pearing to examine the dimonds with close at
tention, he whispered a few words in the ear
of one of his assistants The latter went out,
and speedily returned, accompanied by sev
eral soldiers of poliece, who arrested the un
happy artist, in spite of his protestations of
innocence,
"You must first come to prison," the v said:
"afterwards you can give an explanation to
the magistrate."
The prisoner wrote a few lines to his bene
factor, imploring his assistance. Liszt has
tened to the jeweller.
"Sir," said he, "you have caused the ar
rest of an innocent man. Come with me
immediately, and let us have him released.
He is the lawful owner of the jewels in ques
tion, for I gave them to him."
"But, sir," asked the merchant, "who are
vow .
Mj name is Lkzt."
4,I don't know any rich man of that
name."
'That may be; jet I atn tolerably vrell
..T 1 ' , Territories should be at liberty to form their
Are yoi aware that these diamonds are ! own institutions iu their own way subject on
worth six thousand florins that is to eav. I lv tn th W,MfM e .i.
about five thousand guineas, or twelve thous-
andtrancsr
-So much the better for him on whom I
have bestowed them.
J)r 1U "lucr VIuae suca 3 Psent, you
must be very wealthy
"My actual fortune consists of three du
cats." N
" Then you arc a magician ?"
"By no meatus ; and yet, by just tnovin"
my fingor3,' I iftS'obcaiu as much Djoncy as I
wish." J
"You must be a magician !"
"If you choose, I'll disclose to you the
magic I employ."
Liszt had scan a piar.0 in the parlor behind
the shop, lie Opitd it, and ran his ners
j over the keys ; then, seized by sudden iuspi-
ration, he improvised one of those soul-touch-
lug syrar.aomes peculiar to himself.
As he sounded the first chords, a beauti
ful young girl entered the room. While the
Hiclody continued, she remained speechless
and immovable , then, as the last note died
away, she cried, with irresistible enthusiasm,
"Bravo. Liszt j 'tis woudrous !"
"Dost thou know him, then, my daughter?"
asked the jeweller.
"This is the first time I have had the plea
sure of seeing or hearing him," replied
she ; "but I know that none living, save
Liszt, could draw such sounds from the
piano."
Expressed with grace and modesty, by a
youug person of remarkable beauty, this ad
miration could not fail to be more than flat
tering to the artist. However, after making
his best acknowledgments, Liszt withdrew,
in order to deliver the prisoner, and was ac
companied by the jeweller.
Grieved at his mistake, the worthy merchant
sought to repair it by inviting the two musi
cians to supper. Tiie honors of the table
were done by bis amiable daughter, who ap
peared no less touched at the generosity of
Liszt than astonished at his talent.
That night the musicians of the city sere
naded their illustrious brother. The next day
the nobles and most distinguished inhabitants
of Prague presented themselves at his door.
They entreated him to give some concerts,
leaving it to himself to fix any sum he pleased
as a remuneration, Then the jeweller per
ceived that talent, even in a pecuniary light,
J may be more valuable than the most precious
diamonds. Liszt continued to go to his house,
and. to the merchant's great joy, he perceived
tnat his daughter was the cause of these visits.
He began to love the company of the musi
cian, uud the lair girl, his only child, certain
ly did not hate it.
One morning, the jeweller ; coining to the
! point with German frankness, said to Liszt:
"Ilow do you liice my daughter ?"
"She is au angel !"
"What do you think cf marriage ?"'
"I think so well of it, that 1 have the great
est possible inclination to try it."
"What would jou say to a fortune of throe
milliou francs ?"
. "I would willingly accept it." '
"Weil, we understand each other. My
daughter pleases you, 3 0U please my daugh
ter. Her fortune is reaJy : be my son-in-law
"
"With all my heart."
The marriage was celebrated the following
week.
And this, according to the chronicles of
Prague is a true account of the marria
the great and good pianist, Lis.
of
SPEECH OF HOI. J. L. DAWSON,
In tlie Democratic State Convention.
Mr. Dawson, ou taking the chair, addres
sed tlie Convention as follows :
Iu taking the seat which your partiality
has assigned, to preside over your delibera
tions, 1 must return you my hearty acknowl
edgements lor the honor doue me by your se
lection. The occasiou is cue of no ordinary
importance ; and iroin the number of tried
men from every part of the Commonwealth,
who I see arounu me, I doubt not that your
action will be fully up to the line ol a com
mon duty.
It is also the occasion for mutual congrat
ulations, as this is the lirst Convention of
Democrats which has assembled at the Capi
tal since the election of the present Chief
Magistrate of the State. (Applause.) Elec
ted ;y a majority of most flattering magni
tude, he has, in that election, the seal of ap
probation of his past acts, and au earnest of
a warm support in the new career upon which
he has just entered, simultaneously with the
inauguration of new constitutional reforms,
providing additional guaranties for the rights
of property and lor ilie gradual and certain
extinguishment of the State debt, and effec
tual security against similar improvidence iu
the future-
In addition to the regular nominations, in
which, 1 trust, all will be well and for the
best iaterests of the party, it is proper that
we should give some decided expression upon
the one question which, more than any oth
er, is now agitating the country. (Applause)
This Kansas question which events have
in some degree complicated, and which, for
partizau purposes, has become involved iu
perplexity until, to the imaginations ol many,
it seems fraught with portentious evils is xu
tact a simple and plain one,
It is to be remembered that this Govern
ment ia not a pure Democracy, such as exis
ted in ancient times. It is a Government of
written law. It is. in form and in fact, a
representative republic, me popular will is I would unite every section. As growin" al
ever ascertained and embodied into law thro' 1 most exclusively the great staple whiclTen
the legal action of the Representative. There ters so largely mto the consumption of every
can bo no liberty without law. portion of the world, &he would then betus-
lt was incontestably the principle of the taiued iu the eujoy ment of her institution by
11- rrta .
act of 1S54, ergamEincr the Territories of
Kansas aud Nebraska, (for which I had the
honor of votirT that- v. V,
J It ia also a fact, which no one will venture to
deny, that in pursuance of legitimate author-
j ity, a convention of delegates was elected to
j frame a Constitution of Kansas, under which
j by regvuar Proceedings on the part of Con
gress, it was to be admitted "as a sovereign
St:4te into the National Confederacy. The
members of that convention were electod by
the people with a full knowledge of their sen
timents upon this and all public questions in
volved in the case, and especially in reference
to the introduction or exclusion of slavery, as
one of the domestic institutions of the new
State. Now, dees it at all affect the validity
of those proceedings, that when the people
were afforded an opportunity, by the only au
thority legalh- competent to do so, of deter
mining by their own votes the political com
plexion of the convection, and so of the char
acter of the constitution to be formed by them
that a portion of the people, for whatever
purpose choose to absent themselves from the
polls, and allow to their adversaries the vic
tory ? The convention so elected was still a
legal convention ; the constitution adopted by
that convention was a legal constitution ; and
ifperchauce it embodies the views of a mi
nority, it was the fault of the majority who
voluntarily absented themselves from the post
of duty, to allow another sentiment to prevail.
Surely their negligence or wilful direlection
of public duty is no reason why others eho'd
fail to meet the question manfully and deci
sively. But why fchould it be insisted on as so es
sential in the case of Kansas aloce, that the
whole constitution should have been submit
ted to a vote of the people, when the practice
as settled by precedent, shows the point to be
one wholly of discretion. There is nothing
in the terms of the Kansas and Nebraska
law. nor in the Cincinnatti Platform, nor iu
the act of the Kansas Legislature, authori
zing the election of a convention which ex
acts such Bubmissiou. The proposition is an
after thought, and the test a tew one. (Great
applause.) What is there in the case of
Kansas which requires a different rule fiom
that which was applied iu the case of Ver
mont, of Kentucky, of Tennessee, of Mis
souri, of Indiana, of Arkansas, of Ohio ? Is
a punctilious compliance with her caprices
due to the rebellious attitude which she has
occupied towards the Federal Government,
from the time of the formation of the Terri
tory dowu to the present moment ? Although
I and I have no doubt, all of you would
have preferred, with the President, iu his
Annual Message, that the whole cont-titution
should have been submitted to a popular vote
we must still regard the action of the conven
tion as the legal expression of a sovereign
people. Non-intervention popular sover
eignty forbids enquiring beyond that express-ion
. Such inquiry would" be a palpable
usurpation of authority a virtual condemna
tion of the great principle which the Democ
racy has struggled to establish.
As a practical question, then, what have
the people of l'ennsj Ivania to do with it, ex
cept, to insist upou its speedy settlement, to
uphold, sustain and approve the course of the
National Administration, its patriotic deter
ujiuution to accept the constitutiou, so as to
entitle Kansas to a prompt admission into the
family of States ?
There is ene other point which I will no
tice in connection with this subject; and that
is, thut the admission of Kansas even with
au ol jectionable constitutiou by no means
lixes permanently the character of her insti
tutions ; but, on the contrary, it withdraws
her from the national arena, in which, as the
President has said, she has occupicd too much
attention, to the prejudice of the best inter
ests of the country ; and it will give her the
separate and independent cxisteuce and cr" an
izatiouof a sovereigu State. It is the Lest
enabling act that can be passed by Cougress.
Let this be done, aud Kansas, in her sov
ereign capacity, which invests her with the
right at once and without delaying until
1804 to retain or abolish slavery proceed
to strike out the obnoxious provision. This
will give peace and security to Kansas, peace
to ihe whole country, and stability to the
National Administration.
Gentlemen, the integrity of the Democratic
party, the memory of its former triumphs and
glories demand that we should stand firm and
united ia urging its speedy settlement.
(Applause) There never wad a time, in my
opimou, when it was more the duty of the
citizen to look before him and around him, to
examine the security of he ground upon
which he stands, and whither his pathway
directs him. The occasion may be momen
tary It is not to be disguised that their is
a party iu the North, as well aa in the South,
who consider the dissolution of tho Union as
the sovereign remedy for every real or imagi
nary grievance. Let W3 suppose for a moment
that the Tjiiion were destroyed, and that an
East and West line marked the limits of free
and slave territory from the Atlantic to the
liocky Mountains. By this arrangement,
the subject of slavery souh of the dividing
line forever passes from the control of the
North. Iu this condition of things the South
would have a community of interest which
would render her a unit upou every question
of vital iiinmrf tif nnrl I ImciKia
that she could form a new ami stable overnl
ment in a month's time. The idea so popu
lar in the North that the South is dependent
upon the North for protection of slavery,
would then be found to be a delusive one.
Whatever the evils of the institution may be.
within her own limits a common interest
England and France ; perhaps the other
European powers. If cotton is not indispen
sable to the manufacturing prosperity of
New England, it certainly is to that of Great
Britain ; nay, it is indispensable to her domes
tic tranquilit-, Take away the cotton man
ufacturers of England, her myriads of opera
tives thrown out of employment and rendered
destitute, are from necessity ready to grasp
the sword of revolution. English statesmen
understand this well, and are ready to guard
against it, when occasion requires, by giving
j detection to the cotton growing interest.
They would, ia a moment, unite with the
slave power to protect this great interest
The only hostility which England has to
the American people, h to our Republican
example. Our close approximation to her
soil by means of the triumphs of steam upon
the ocean, with our vast commercial inter
course, and intimate social relations, spread
iug Democratic ideas, though the mighty
agency of the press, excites throughout her
population a continued inquiry and restless
anxiety for enlarged privileges and Repub
lican institutions. This disturbs the quiet of
her Ministry, and the security of the Crown.
She struggles to ward off the blow, and to stay
the great progressive movement by the dissol
ution of the Union. She hopes to see this
effected though the agitation of the slavery
question. This accomplished a treaty of peace
and alliance would at once follow with the
Southern section This would suit England
while it would be fatal to us. The Young
American would eo longer instruct by exam
ple Her power- and glory would be gone
forever, and the patriot left to mourn over
the melancholy catastrophe.
Nor would the line of separation deprive
the South of any advantages of locomotion,
or transportation which she now enjoys.
Cast your eye over the map of the State, and
jou see that every river west of the Hudson
to the Bio Grande has its outlet to the Atlan
tic and the Gulf of Mexico through slave ter
ritory. On the other hand, in the event of the dis
solution of the Union, what would be the po
sition of the North? Could sheas readily
unite iu the Constitution of a new Govern
ment? There ar? numerous rnnc..;.
1 uuaiutl P UUU3
I which forbid the idea. An inseparable bar
rier to the formation of a common government
would present itself in the want of fellowship
which would be found to exist between the
States of New England, and those of the Ohio
valley, and of the upper 31ississippi The
New England character, intellectual and
learned as it is confessed to be. by its cons
tant inclination to novelty in polities, morals
and religion, aud to its morbid love of isms,
has. ever since the landing of the Maj-flower
invested it with a peculiarity rendering it
alien fioui the tastes of its more Southern
neighbors. Then what will be the proportion
of inllaence assigned to New England in the
new government ? Would her six littla
States coniprisinjr altogether . rorritn..i
'!lcb'lu- poyuiauuu no greater than that
Pennsylvania be allowed represprtnti'nn
of
by
twelve Senators? Or would Lot Pennsylvani'
1 X- A- 1 .1 ...
acu .ew ioik, and the rest, insist that
Senators would be the fair allcttment of
New Eudand?
two
all
Then again, how will you reconcile the in
terests of New England, whi;h is n anifactur
ing, with the coLuoeicai interests of New
York, and the agricultural interests of tho
West. ? While the former will be anxious
for huh duties for protection, the latter will
be eager for free trade. Before embarking
on such a "sea of troubles" as that prospect
discloses it may be the part of true wisdom to
ascertain whether the evils of the present sys
tem may not betolerable, or whether, indeed
they are aught more than the creatures of injl
agination released irom the wholesome
truiuts of reason ; whether they are not
offspring of reckless ambition, of narrow
res
tho and
selhsa motives and contracted views, alike
unpatriotic, and destitute of every quality of
statesmanship.
But assume that the organization could be
made complete, what man of reflection will
say that any security can be found in any im
aginary boundary, such aa Masnn sn T;
line y Border conflicts would bo inevitable
finally embroiling the adjoining States in dead
ly strife, teaching again the lesson ho often
taught by history, that the love of battle and
of conquest will prevail over civil organization.
The pursuits of peace, the simplicity of our
republieau habits and example, will then bo
at an end. Our commerce, our manufactures
the great hue of our public works, comprint
ing the system of our national development
and all tho monuments of our national clorr
would decline and perish.
For our encouragement a ad guidance in,
reference to this Kansas subject, we are nofc
without precedent, . The past is fraught with,
instruction. It will be remembered that
when, a few years ago. the attempt was made
to attach the "Wihuot Proviso" to all future
Territorial governments, the timid and nerve
less hesitated, faltered, and many precipitate
ly abandoned the National standard, wbose
colors they had hitherto assisted to support.
A similar stampede once occurred among tho
elemocratic members of the Legislature, wnea
the question regarded the removal f the
charter of the Bank of the United Stares.
Then the timid and nerveless abaiidoeei tb
pest of duty, and at once vanished from their
places in the public esteem.
Again the same wavering was exhibked
In the Convention, which, in 1S54, met here
for the nomination of Governor. That Con
vention failed to endorse th principle of tho
Kansas Nebraska bill, adjourned premature
ly, aud with a hurried step to escape the im
aginary danger. In all these cases it hn
been seen that tho Democratic party sustain
ed no permanent low. Contending alwavl
for principle and law, with a firm and deter
mined xtep, it marched steadily forward
without a stop or stager, to tho accomplish!
of its purpose. It is the party of freedom
and of progress Thi3 review may sugget
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