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THE JOURNAL.
POETRY
JUNE.
I gated upon the glorious sky
"And the green mountains round;
Avd thought, that when I came hi lie
Within the silent ground,
'T were pleasant, that in flowery June
When brooks sent up a cheerful tune,
And groves a joyous sound,
The sexton's hand, my grave to make,
The rich, green, mountain turf should break
A cell within the frczen mould,
A coffin borne through sleet,
And icy clods above it rolled,
While fierce the tempests beat—
Away will not think of these—
Blue be the sky and soft the breeze,
Earth green beneath the feet,
And be the damp mould gently prest
Into my narrow place of rest,
There, through the long, long summer hours
The golden light should lie,
And thick young herbs ar.d groups of flower.
Stand in their beauty by,
The oriole should build and tell
His love tale, close beside my cell;
The idle butterfly
Should rest him there, and there be heard
The housewife bee and hu mining bird.
And what, if cheerful shouts, at noon,
Come, from the village sent,
Or songs of maids, beneath the moon,
With fah y laughter bent.
And what if in the evening light
Betrothed lovers walk in sight
Of my lo v monument.
I would the lovely scene around
Might know no sadder sight nu. sound,
I knew, I knew I should not see
The season's glorious show,
Nor would its brightness shine for me,
Nor its wild music flow;
But if around my place of sleep,
The friends I love would come to weep,
They might not haste to go.
Sift airs and songs, and light and bloom,
Should keep them lingering by my tomb,
These to their softened hearts should bear
The thought of what has been,
And.speak Of one who cannot share
The g:Aciliess of the scene;
Whose part, in all the pomp that fills
The circuit of the summer hills,
Is—that his grave is green;
And deeply would their hearts rrjoice
To hear again this living voice..
GET MARRIEti
The editor of. the Norwich Autora asks
of his readers the very important clues •
th.n "what is the use of getting married?"
A few thoughts must give our reasons why!
all men should get married.
The great object Ot human life is happi
ness. To this end, man bends every ac
tion, and gives birth to every thought. If
he toils, he toils for the accomplishment of
this purpose only ; if he begs or bestews
favors—if he receives or administers the
blessings of fortune—if he courts popu
-1 larity, seeks for fame, or spends his whole
Hie in accumulating wealth, he has but
one grand active propelling principle with,
in him, ever prompting to thought and
deed, and that is a desk e for happiness!
~ - our being's end and aim."
Man hie social being, formed for socie
ty and intercourse, and the very elements
of his nature are opposed to a life of soli •
tude and "single blessedness." He de
lights in having one boon companion, in
whom he can confide with all the faithful
ness and freedom of his own breast. It
is therefore with a view to his social hap.
piness, for the enlargement of his domes•
tic comforts, and for the pleasure of shar-,
ing his enjoyments and cares, that he se
lects that companion from the opposite
sex. The sexes are treacherous among
themselves, but seldom to each other.
A certain writer remarks that, “mar
riage enlarges the scene of our happiness
or misery; the marriage ut love is pleas
ant, the marriagepfinterest easy, and the
marriage where both meet happy." it is
even so. But though there are cases,
where men are so blinded by the object
of their pursuit, as to overlook discrepan
cies awl disparagements which afterwards
prove vexatious--is it a reason that there
is no "use in getting married? Man has
the elements of happiness within himself,
which, when rightly exercised, never fail
to produce it. It remains with him alto
rgether to comply with the requisitions at
"ONE COUNTRY, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY."
A. W. BENEDICT PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1840.
nature, add support her institution., to
fulfill the laws of God, and effect the great
object of his own being. In complying,
however, he is assured of a happiness
which he cannot otherwise enjoy, and
which he cannot otherwise obtain. There
fore, if he values his happineis—if he is a
judicious man—if he is not selfish and
misanthropic, he will act out the princi
ples of his nature and get married. there
is no man but feels the influence of a wo
man, delights in her society, and worships,
to a certain degree, at the shrine of her
charms of personal beauty ; and brilliant
mental acquirements.
"Nature has given her an influence over
man, inure powerful, more perpetual, than
his over her; from birth to death, ha
takes help and healing from her hand, un
der all the most touching circumstances
of life ; her bosom succors him in infan
cy, soothes him in manhood, supports him
is sickness and in age. Such influence
as this, beginning at the spring of life,
and acting in all its most trying moments,
must deteriorate or improve man's char
acter—Must diminish or increase his hap.
pines!, according to the mural and intel
lectual gradation of woman. Thus, upon
her improvement in particular, depends
human improvement in general."
Setting aside individual happiness, and
all the pleasures of the social circle, the
comforts of domestic life, the cheering of
the smile and voice that greet the husband
and the father, the nature of society, ur
ges strong reasons why men should get
marled. Because human improvement,
the good of the world, depends upon wo.,
man in her proper sphere. Our first less
sons are the instructions of her lips, and
our earliest iml•ressions are taken from
her examples. Thus it is that we carry
into society her influence which extends
throughout all ranks and classes of man
kind.
Woman's influence, therefore, net only
sliels a mild and cheering lustre over the
hearts of her friends, around the fireside ut
her family, and within the narrow sphet e
in which nature has plated her, but upon
the whale world. It enters the haunts of
vice, and drags forth the victim of the
bowl, dashes it from his lips, and restores
him to reason and a virtuous life. It pi e
vents the prostitution of those qualities
which enoble, dignify, and elevate man
above all other beings.
It prevents crime in its thousand forms;
and makes man vii fume, when he would
otherwise be vicious. It carries peace
and prosperity where trouble and adver
sity would reign, and gives birth to a thou
sand pleasures that would otherwise nev
er exist.
The young man who is fond of the so
ciety of virtuous females, has a better
capital for his character, than a birth of
wealth could give him. He is looked up
on as a moral and virtuous young man,
because, generally speaking, only such
take pleasure in the refinement of female
'rake it all in all, therefore, marriage is
necessary for man's happiness, fur the
trite Formation of his character, for the
peace of his home, the comfort of his heart
the joy of his youth, and the solace of his
years.
In fine, man never becomes a member of
y until he is married. Unman led.
he is 10eked upon with distrust Ile has 1 '
nu home no abiding place, ilo anchor to
hold hiin fa.,t, but is a mere piece of float-'
wood on the great tide of time. His in
terest is not with society, farther than the
accomplishment to` some selfish 01,,i,ct is
concerned, and he r.‘res not for the wel
fare of the generations springing uparound
him, and who are to live after hum. He
becomes embittered in his feelings against
all mankind, misanthropic, par3imonious, •
morose and irascible,
To our friend of the Aurora, cud to all
young mon who are lookin; after happi
ness, we say, therefore, "GET MANNING."
If you are desirous of wealth, get mar
ried, for a wife promotes habits of indus
try and economy, and prevents a great
many unnecessary expenses w hich cannot
be avoided in single life.
If you are lookino• '
for places of distinc•
tion and honor, get married, for a good
wife will seek to advance her husbati'd in
the prosecution of all honorable purposes,
and lend hint that aid and encouragemeot
which he can derive from no other source.
If you would become a good citizen,
get married, for he is alone worthy of the
title, who is connected to the great family
of man by the ties of husband and father.
If you arc fortunate, get married, for a
good wife will increase your prosperity,
and render you ..twice blessed" in the
enjoyment of your riches.
If you are unfortunate, get married.
The cares of the wwld are lessened by
having a wife who mke, pleasure in slut.
ring ihem with you.
If you are ;n business, get married, for
the married man has his nitiol bled on his
business and his family, and is more likely
of mares.
If you are young. get married. Doctorl
Franklin advocated early marriages be
cause a man who marries young can have
the satisfaction of raising and educating
his children oefore lie dies.
GET SiAmmo—Let your plans and
purpose for future life be what they may,
die business of getting married is one that
should be attended to first, as it neither
interferes with your plans, nor prevents
their execution.
GMT MARRIED—Iive soberly, be indus
trious, engage in nothing that will deteri
orate from your character as an honest
man— a pore patriot, and a kii.d husband;
take our advice, and "with all your get
tings," 0E1: MARRIED.
From the Baltimore Patriot.
REFLECTIONS ON DEATH AND
THE GRAVE.
All must die, The monarch that sits
upon his throne and moves amid all the
splendour of a golden court, and wields
the sceptre over thousands of his fellow
men—must die. Aye, this gilded worm,
this dust cotntnanding dust, this clayed
monarch of his kindred clay must bow,
and lay his head upon the same cold pil
low on which the poorest peasant rests
his head. The grave knows nu distinc
tion. Crowns cannot bribe stern death.
Gardens as fair as Eden—kingdoms whose
poorest earth is refined •gold—all could
nut buy the crowned King one breath—
one moment--inch—or ell of time. Alas!
Alas! we are all dust ...all dust. Death
breathes on us, we scatter like sear leaves
before the w rlw ale known nu
more. Yes, my friends, you —and you—
and you—must at some to ;ore hour, soon
er or later, snake hands with death, anti ,
kiss his icy brow. The stern monarch
will return your salutation, and stamp
upon your brow his fearful seal. He'll
take you to his breast, met with the death
sweat of his countless myriads, and hug
you in his bony arms as a fund mother
does her first born babe. H•rve you ever
loved? The shiny worm shall be your
bed fellow, your sole companion, he alone
skull be your living watch, he alone grow
warm in the ashes of your heart, he alone
shall tenant this proud temple ambition,
tame and glory. This dwelling of the
never dying spirit, this throne of reason,
this altar to the Deity, shall be a habita
tion for the mu:rry—.i2htless—feasting
worm. Seven feet belle ,•11 the cold and
heavy earth, bush you and I must rest, a
banquet for the worm, devouring worm.
Hush turk se.• ye that mortal eagerly
scaling the nuoutit of fame, on the preca
rious ladder of vain ambitioul—he mounts,
he gains its loftiest sumniit; the winds
that fans the stirs, and make theta bright
er burn,'und sparkle with a deeper lustre,
sweep through his golden locks, arid bathe
his lea erish brew the maiden dews of
heaven kis shisglowing cheek. The clouds
roll on beneath him—lie feels himself a
Go,t—but ah! me, he is a worm--a
mortal, kind Heaven don't crush a worm ,
His fellow men look, wonder, and admire
—they scarce can see him, through the
mist that round him thickens, until it
bursts into a wild flame of bright—burn
ing—brilliant glory. Gloryt Glory! Alas!
, he must color down from thence, to slum
ber in the depths of dark forgetfulness—
, there is a resting place for hint, in the val
ley of oblivion Behold the beautiful
and the lovely ; they wither like the rose,
they go down to the still betkchamber
with the crawling worm. .1 he old and
I the young—the infirm mid the vigorous—
the king and the pea ,, ani— the wise man
and the toil—the freeman and the slave
--must sink beneath the clods of the val
ley, and sleep the sleep of death. Who
is there here would die and be forgotten!
yet alas! how shall posterity know us?
Will they remember the resting place of
our bones when centuries shall have pas
sed away? Where do the bones of the
Caesar's repose? Where is the dust of
the mighty of ages past? Is the resting
place of the great marked by monuments
of marble? No--they have long since
crumbled away—the dust of 'Kings and
Princes are scattered beneath our feet.
Empires have sunk into the grove. Where
are the cities of the plain?—Ninevah and
Babylon are no more. Troy'a proud ar
ches are ground into the dust. Thebes .
and Delos are covered with the sluggish.
waters of oblivion.
hell, then, seeing that all must perish,
and be forgotten ; seeing that death is in •
evitable, why should we tremble at his aps
proach 1 ally sh Usti we t u rn pale w ith
fear, when we hear the i outfit% of his us.
tale robes in the chamber of death I We
are slaves, death coniCa to set us I ree.
:Fins body is but u chain that binds the im
mortal spirit, death coi n to break that
chtoh. Emancipator of the never•dying
rout : of liberty) Dread death
Leta go down and ;look into the gravu ;
upeu the door 01 its harrow hou,e, and
draw aside the rotting shroud. Start not
it was a man, such as you are— such as
you shall be e s keep of dust,' and of tor
rolling bones. Look ye, that heap of dust
and bones was once ambition's tenement;
how low it lies !—this man in dust was
tllory's child, alas how glorious is man,
this is the end i,f all. This loathsome
earth was once the slave of love, why
comes the dainty lover here to sleep?
This the end 'of love. This heap of dust
was once the bone and sinew of a King, a
King no mere. 0 man, remember what
thou art, what thou must be; and when '
thy brother man lifts up, his arm against
thee, turn away, forbear to crush a fellow
worm. Let kindness go forth from thy
heart, and !gladden every brother man.
Let the "milk of human kindness" flow
from thy breast like a river of love. Frown
not on a brother worm, crawling in the
same path, seeking that same sunless coon
try, Darkness-,ablivion-•death!
From the Columbus [Ohio] Confederate.
Gen. Harrison in Columbus
On his way to the celebration of Fort
Meigs, this honored citizen arrived here
in the afternoon of Friday last. He left
the city at 10 o'clock next morning, ac
companied by Col. Oliver, Col. Clarkson,
Col. Todd; and Mr. Davis 4 , M r. Schenck
of Dayton. The three first named gen,
tlemen were Aids-de-camp or companions
in arms of the old hero at the siege of Fort
Meiis, to commemorate which thee now
unite with him and the thousands who are
this day assembled on the scene of their
glory.
The presence of Gen. Harrison at our
city is nut in itself remarkable. lie has
been often among us and is known to
most of us. His present relations to the
country, the ihopes and the confidence
which that country new concentrates in
him, but especially the extraordinary
means which the friends of a political ri
val employ to weaken the faith of the peo
ple in his ability and worth, do however,
impart to all that concerns hint a deep
and universal interest. It is, therefore
that •re feel assured that what we are a
bout to communicate to our readers of
Gen linallson will be to them quite as ac
ceptable as any intelligence, with which
we can occupy our columns. Particular
ly will they be gratified to know, and we
have great pleasure in certifying them of
the fact, that "the man of the people," to
wards whom are directed so many anxious
expectations, is in the enjoyment of per
fect health and, in a green old age, still
thinks and speaks and acts with the prom
titude and vigor and power which have dis
tinguished every epoch of his eventful life
The writer never has seen one of General
Harrison's years, more free from the in
firmities incident to age. The candle of
intellect with him, as with the Republican
Chief of other days, promises to "burn
bright to the socket," and his physical
energies seem almost unimpared.
Gen Harrison left Cincinnati on Thurs
day...4e arrived here—a distance of 120
miles—at 5 o'clock P. M. on Friday. He
was on his feet, receiving the culls and
congratulations of our citizens for hours
after his arrival. In the evening he re
paired ~by invitation to the Log Cabin,
where additional hundreds had congre
gated to meet this beloved and venerable
patriot. Here, with the tratkness and un
reservedness which have marked his char
acter through life, did he mingle for two
hours with the "Log Cabin boys" of the
Capitol. Long before the sun—and our
youth was astir—the General was, on the
morning of the morrow, op and out. Hay
ing breakfasted with a friend at a remote
part of the city, he was soon again sur•
rounded by the multitude of our people
who refused to be satisfied without seeing
and communing wiih him. The period of
his departure was at hand, the crowd in
' creased, it was impossible that in the brief
interval every one could be presented in
dividually to the General, and all were an
xious. to see and hear him. At the in
stance of a friend, who noticed the popu
lar solicitude, the General, from the plat
form of the door of the National Hotel,
addressed the people for an hour or more.
.Ye wish that every man in America had
heard that speech Huw would the deta•
niers of this great and good man dwindled
in their estimation into merited insigni
ficance! Huw would the slanderers who
impute to him motives which never actu- ,
ated him, and opinions which he never
held, and desigas which he never enter•
tained, the principles which he never cher
ished, and who infamously ascribe to him
imbecility and decrepitude and cowardice,
how would these slanderers been rebuked
indignantly rebuked by the righteous jud
ment of an honest and insulted people,
But as they did not and could nut hear.
—we will endeavor to possess f2,,, in o r it s
substance. We took nil notes—N e ith e r
Gen Harrison nor any other person
thou:;!:', of his making a public address
two minutes before he commenced it. It
arose out of the circumstances which sur
rounded hint at the Moment, and signally'
illustrated a qual;ty of his character to
which we have have beforq. illuded—the
[WnoLE No. 241.
ability always to say and to do exactly
what is proper to be said and done. The
reader will bear in mind, therefore, that
we profess to give him the subject matter,
`nut the style and expression of
GEN II ARRISON'S REM ARKS.. -
GEN. 11.innison said lie was greatly in.
debted to his fellow citizens of Columbus
and Franklin county, the most cordial
hospitalities had at all times been accor•
ded to him by them. So long as the time
when he was honored with the command
of the "North Western Army," and hold
his Head Quarters at Franklinton, on the.
other side of the river, it was his (Caftans
to find in the people of Franklin county.
not only good citizens, but patriots and
soldiers. Their unvarying kindness tut
him bad laid his under many previous ob
ligations, and their generous attentions on
the !present occasion he cheering and.
gratefully acknowledged.
He said he had no Intention to detain
his frieuds by making a speech—and be
did so in obedience to what he understood
it to be the desire of those whom he ad
dressed. he was not surprised that pub
lic curiosity was awakened in reference to
some things which had been lately pub ,
lished concerning him, nor was he unwil
ling to satisfy the feelings ut his fellow
citizen by such proper explanations as be
came him, in his present position before
the country. He confessed that he had
suffered deep mortification, since 'he has
been placed before the people for the high
est honor in their gift, nay, the most ex
alted station in the world, that any por
tion of his countrymen should think it sic
cessarry or expedient to abuse, slander
and vilify him. His sorrow arose not so
much from personal, dear as was to bits*
the humble reputation he had earned, ss
from public considerations. He might
draw consolation, under this species of im
jury, from the revelations of history,.
which showed that the best ot men, who:
had devoted their lives to the public ser—
vice had been the victims of traductien.
But virtue and truth are the foundations
of our ,Republican system. when these
are disregarded our free institutions must
fall, he looked, therefore, at symptoms of
detnorilization with sincere regret, as bE
tokening danger to public liberty. A part
of the political press, supporting the exts
ling administration, and certain partisans
of Mr. Van Buren, also a candidate for
that high office to which some of these
whom he addressed desired to elevate bias.
had invented and propogated many cal
umnies against him, but he proposes ors
the present occasion to speak of one only'
of the numerous perversions and slanders
which filled the columns of the newspa
pers and misrepresented his character
and conduct. lie alluded to the story of
his famous "Confidential Committee" as
they calved it. "The story goes," said
Gen Harrison "that I have not oily a
committee of conicience keepers, but that
they put me in a cage fastened with irea
bars, and keep me in that." (To one wbct
looked at his bright and speaking eye, the.
light which beamed in its rich expression,•
the smile which played upon his counten
ance, blending the lineaments of benevo
lence and firmness, who remembered also
that he was listening to the voice of a son
of old Gov. Harrison, one of "the signers"
the pupil of old "Mad Anthony;" the he
ro of Tippecanoe, the defender of Fort
Meigs, the conqueror of Proctor—the idea
of W, H. Harrison in a Cage. was irrisis
tibly ludic' ous ! When the laughter bad
subside the GeGeral proceeded.) "I have
no committee, fellow citizens; confidential
as other. It true that 1 employed my
I friend Major Gwynne to aid me in retur—
ning replies to some of the numerous quer
lions propounded to me by letters. But
to such only as any one man could answer
one as well as another. There is scarcely
a question of a political nature now agita
ting the public mind, on which I have long
since promulgated my opinions, by speech
public letters, or official acts. A large
majority of letters addressed to me pur
ported to seek my views of Abolition, U 5
States Bank, and ether matters con,:er
'ling which my views were alreatlyin pet s
session of the public. The mist suitable
answer to these, and to well-intentioned
persons the most satisf!tctory —was a ref
erence to the doraments in which my
pinions alreatl.y expressed were to be
found. Seth answers I entrust to my
well tried an Faithful friend Major Gwyn
ne. Letters requiring more particular at
tention I answer myself. Every body
w" knows Major Gwynne knows that ha
is not one whom I would employ to write;
a Politir..4 . l letter. He is a self.mado man
R soldier and a g entleman, but neither a
politician or a sc holar. I asked the ser
vice of him because he was my friend,
and I confided in him; and it was plain
“n I simple. My habit is to receive, open
and read my letters myself. Such as may
easily answered by another, I hand :el
my fi ie id, with an endursation intlicatin;
where the information sdughi ina'y bit
f Aim', as thus, "refer the writer to a
speet it at Vincennes," or, "the answer is