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h` The Bed, While and Hine.”
0 Columbia, the gem of the ocean,
The home of the brave and the free;
The shrine of each patriot's devotion,
A world offers horiage to thee.
Thy mandates make heroes assemble,
When Liberty's form stands in view,
Thy banners make tyranny tremble,
When borne by the BED, WHITE and Btu.
When war winged its wide desolation,
And threaten'd the land to deform,
The ark then of freedom's foundation,
Columbia road safe through the storm.
With her garlands of vict'ry around her,
When so proudly she bore her brave crew,
With her flog proudly floating before her,
The boast of the nen, WRITE and SLUE.
The wine cup, the wine cup bring hither,
And fill you it true to the brim,
May the wreaths they haVe won never dither,
Nor the star of their glory grow dim.
May the eervice united ne'er sever,
But they to their colors prove true;
The Army and Navy forever;
Three cheers for the non. WIIITE end CLUE.
A CAPITAL STORY.
ne opuit of the nmes has an ddtnirable story
Felled "The Big Bear of Arkansan." We take a
fragment showing that small musquitoea would be
no use in Arkansaw," and setting forth the merits
of a certain dog.
" Where did all that happen l" asked a c y nical
looking Hoosier.
Happen! happened in Arkansaw ; where else
Could it have happened, but in the creation State—
the finishing up country; a State where the aile
runs in the center of the 'arch, and government
gives you a title to every inch of it. Then its airs,
just breathe them, and they will make you snort
like a horse. It's a State without a fault, it is."
„ Excepting musquitoce,” cried the Hoosier.
Well, stranger, except them, for it ar a fact
that they nr ratherenormus, and do push themselves
In somewhat troublesome. But stronger, they neva
stick twice in one place, and give them a fair chance
for a few months, and you will get as much above
them as an alligator. They can't hurt my feelings,
for they lay under the skin, and I never knew but
one cam of injury resulting from them, and that was
ii,Yankee ; they take worse to foreigners any how,
den they do on the natives. But thd'tvay they
used that fellow!—then he supper-a-ted, as the doc
tor called it, until he was as raw as beef ; then ho
took the ager, owing to the warm weather, and finally
he took a steamboat and left the coui*ry. He was
the only man that ever took musquitoes to hied
that I know of. But musquit6es is natur, and /
never find fault with her; if they ar large, Arkan
saw is largo, her varmints and her rivers ar large,
and small musquitoes would be no more use in Ar
kansaw, than preaching would be in a cane-break."
This knock down argument in labor of the dos
quitoes used the Hoosier up, and the logician start
ed on a new track to explain how numerous beam
were in his digging,' where he represented them
to be about as plenty as blackberries or a little plen
tifuller.'
Upon the utterance of this assertion, a timid little
man near me inquired if the bears in Arkansas ever
attacked the settlers in number..
No,' said our hero, warming, no, stranger, for
You see it arn't the natur of bare to go in drove.; but
file way they aquance about in pairs and single in
difying. An then the way I hunt them—the old
black meals krio* the crick of my gun, es well all
they know a pig'. They diow thin fit
our parte, it frightens them so; they do take the
noire dreadfully, poor things. That gun of mine
is • perfect epidemic among bare—if not watched
it will go off as quick on a warm scent as my dog
towieknife will ; and then the dog, whew ! why
ihe fellow thinks the world in full of her, he finds
them so easy. It's lucky he don't talk as well a.
think, for with his natural modesty, if he should
suddenly learn how much he is acknowledged to be
ahead of all other doge in the universe, he would
be astonished to death in two minute.'
We have only room for another extract which
gives his account of the lamella of the Arkansan
bear, and of the noil of the creation State,' where
'planting in dangerous.'
What season of the year do your hunts take
place!' inquired a gentlemanly foreigner, who,
Vent certain peculiarities of hie baggage, i suspected
to be an Englishman on some hunting expedition,
probably at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.
The season for hunting, stranger,' said the man
of Arkansaw, 'is generally all the year round, and
the hunts lake place about as regular. I road in
history that varmints have their fat attd lean season.
That is not the case in Arkansaw, feeding as they
do upon the spontaneous productions of the site,
they have one continued fat season the year Muria
—though in the winter things in this way is a little
snore greasy than in summer, I must admit. For
that reason, bars run with us in warm weather, but
in winter they only waddle. Fat! fat! it's an en
emy to speed—it tames every thing thet has plenty
of it. I have seen wild turkeys from its influence
ae gentle as chickens. Run a bar in this fat condi
tion, and the way it improves the critter for eating
is amnia', it sorter mixes the ile up with the meat,
until you can't tell t' other from which—l've done
this often.
recollect one pretty morning in particular, of
putting an old he fellow on the stretch, and consid
ering the weight he carried, he run well. But the
dogs soon tired him down, and when I came up
With him, ho was in a beautiful sweat, I might say
fever, and then to see his tongue sticking out of his
mouth a feet, and his cheeks so fat that ho couldn't
look cross. In this fix I blazed away at him, and
pitch me naked into a briar patch, if thesteam didn't
come out of the bullet hole, about ten feet in a
straight line. The fellow, I reckon, was made on
the high preseure system, the lead sort of burst his
biler.
That celunati cf steam was rather curious, or else
the bear n;ust have been warm,' observed the for
eigner with a laugh.
Stranger, an you obserVe, That bar was Warm,
and the blowing off of the steam showed it, and
also how hard the varmint had been run. I have
no doubt if he had kept on two miles further, his
insides would have been stewed arid I cipect to
meet a varmint yet Of extra bottom, who will run
hitriself into a skinful of bar's grease; much unlike
lier things have happened.'
Where abouta aro those bears so aburideitt
enquired the foreigner with increasing interest.
Why, stranger, they inhabit the neighborhood
of my settlement, ono of the prettiest places on Old
Mississippi—a perfect location and no mistake—a
place that had sdrne defects until the river made a
'ctit-oft' of the shirt tail bend,' anal that remedied
...bin on the oda° of 010
river—a great advantage in wet weather, as you can
roll d barrel of whiskey into my yard in high water
as easy ds fulling off a log; it's a great improve;
ment, as toting it by hand, in a jag, as I used to do,
evaporated it too fast, and it became expensive.
Just stop with me, stranger, a month or two, or a
year if you like, and you will appreciate my place.
I .n give you plenty to eat—for besides hog and
hominy, you can have bar ham and bar sausages—
and a mattress of bar skins to sleep on, and wild
cat skin pulled of hull and stuffed with corn shucks
for a pillow. That bed would put you to sleep if
you had the reumatica in every joint in your body;
I call that ar bed a guides. Then look at my land,
the government ain't got another such a piece of
land to dispose of. Such timber, and such bottom
land, vois , you can't preserve any thing natural you
plant in it; dritesi you pluck it young, things tbar
will grow out of shape so quick. I once planted
in these digging a few potatoes and beets, and after
that an ox team couldn't have kept them from grow
ing. About that time I went off to Old Kentuck
on business, and did not hear from things for three
riYoriths, When I gambled on a fellow who had stop
ped at my place with an idea of buying me out.—
' How did you like things?' Pretty well,' said
he, the cabiri is convenient, and the timber land
is geed, but the bottom land is not Worth the first
red cent." Why,' said I. ''Cause it's foil of stumps
and Indian m'otinda,' said Pe, 'did if can't he clear
ed. Levi, said them ar cedar stumps or only
beets, and thorn Cr Indian mounds is tater hills. As
I expected, tho crop was overgrown and useless,
the site is iob rich, and planting in Arkansas Is don
gerons. I had a good sited cow killed in Writ inMe
bottom find the old thief stole an ear . Of Coin, and
took it down where she slept at night to ;
she left a grain or two on thigrotind, and lay dean
en thorn ; before morning the corn shot up, and the
percussion killed her dead. I don't intend to plant
any more; nstur intended Arkansas for a hunting
gronied,and I go cceordin' to hatni.'
Oneumbers—Tellow Bug.
I have always been successful in pro.
tecting my cucumbers from the so iped bug,
by making little balls of clay, dipping
theta in turpentine, and setting one in
every hill : [though by the way, my ..hills'
are always hollows, or at least plains;] or
more expetlii:ouslj by dropping a little of
the essential M . ! about the plants. In the
latter case, care must be taken not to let
any of the oil come in contact with the
young cucumbers, as they will be inevita
bly tlistroyed by it. So long as the odor of
the turpentine is preceptible, the plants
are secured from insect depredation,
when the quantity of the spirits of turpen
tine used, has been too small, and the hot
weather has dissipated it, I have once or
twice dipped the balls the second time. I
have often thought of planting a bunch of
mint or pennyroyal in the midst of my cu•
cumber beds, es a substitute for the oil of
turpentine, but have never executed the
task. Perhaps some one will be curious
enough to act upon the suggestion and re.
port.
IaUV:FXZYLIX:r(MU:XE)T E , UDeri.o VW,uaceix aC),, aE1341(113.,
M~aaao:
nome account, geographical and statiatical, of the
Mexican republic may be of interest at this time.
Our relations with that country are likely to render
a preliniinary knoWledge of its condition and gen
griphy especially useftil.
The natural features of Mexico are outlined with
great boldness. As the peninsula between the
Gulf and the Pacific narrows towards the isthmus,
the land rises into riionntaihs and mountain eleva:.
lions, all bearing traces of volcanic origin. The
city of Mexico stands 7,400 feet above the level of
the Gulf. Yet the city itself seems to be in a vol
ley; fin it is encircled by mountains and is situated
in a vast plain of alluvial formation.
The territory of the republic extends from latitude
fifteen South to forty-two degrees North. In point
of position no country is more advantageously sit
uated—for, it commands both oceans, looking to
wards Europe and Asia; it is connected by the
Gulf and the Mississippi with every part of North
America, and to the Southern portion of the Con
tinent it has every facility of approach on either
coast. The route of commerce which is one day
to unite the Atlantic and the Pacific and to bring
Europe and the East into approximation ; which is
to leave Cape Horn toils storms and concentrate the
trade of the world in central A merica—must pass
through the territory of the Mexican Republic.
The configuration of the country gives to Mexico
almost every variety of climate—tropical on the
coast—temperate on the elevated table lands—
chilled with perpetual snow on the mountain sum
mits. The qualities of its soil are equally various,
It produces the growths of numerous latitudes, and
etch is the fertility of its vallies that with industry
and skillful cultivation it could be made the richest
country in the world. Those regions which are
made barren by rugged mountains, more than com
pensate for their agricultural pciverty by the tees
afires of gdld arid diver imbedded in their bosom.
the population of Mexico is supposed to range
from eight to nine millions. Of these More than li
two fifths are of the /Milan race. Those of our
Santa Fe traders who have gone into the interior
towards the city of Mexico, speak of large and pop
, ulous towns, with fine edifices along the route.
Chihuahua, Zacatecas, San Louie Potosi—these
and other towns, some having twenty thousond its
. habitants, are found neer ibe mining districts or in
the rich valleys of the interior. Far yeirs Past, the
northern frostier has been subject to the inroads of
the Comanches, who, sweeping suddenly down, on
swift horses, devastate the country, and then with
their blunder make a speedy retreat. The unwar
i like character of the Mexitabs in shown by the im
puniiy with which theca Minders Carry on theft
forays—outrages which they dare not attempt on
the Texan settlements since the severe lessons they
have received from Texan rifles. After passing
the frontier of the northern departments, the Meal.
can country presents an aspect of good cultivation.
Farms, plantations, villages and towns are seen,
with all the usual accompainments of rural life in
a well peopled district.
To the city of Mexico the approach is ascending
from every direction. That capital elands, crown
ing, as it were; the magnificent region of Which it
is the centre and eulminating point. ft is nearly
Micitviy between Vera Cruz on the Gulf and Aca
pulco on the Pacific. Travellers speak in glowing
terms of its splendid and imposing aspect. "Mex
ico is undoubted one of the finest cities ever built
by Europeans in either hemisphere," says Hum
boldt, " with the exception of Petersburg, Berlin,
Philadelphia, and some quarters of Westminster."
The imposing appearance of this Spanish-built
city seems to have made strong impression on Hum
boldt; for he recurs to it more than once. "From
a singular coincidence of circumstances," he says,
"I have seen successively, within a very short space
of time, Lima, Mexico, Philadelphia, Washington,
Paris, Rome, Naples, and the largest cities of Ger
many. By comparing together impressions Which
follow in rapid succession, we are enabled to rectify
any opinion which we may have too easily adopted.
Not Withstanding sucli Unavoidable comparisons, of
which several, one would tsink, must haVe preyed
disadvantageons for the capital of Mexico, it fuis
left a recollection of grandeur which I principally
attribute to the majestic character of its situation
and to the surrounding scenery."
The approach to Mexico when the city first ap
pears to th'e he:yeller, With its magnificent valley,
and its grand rampart of mountains enclosing it like
a battlemented wall or series of barriers, is said to
present one of the most sublime spectacles in the
world. Our fellow-townsman, Mr. Mayer, who
resided in Mexico in 1841 and 1842, says, " I have
seen the Simplon, the Splchgen, the view from
Rhigi, the wide and winding Rhine,' and the pros
pect fro th Vesuvius over the loiely bay of Naples,
iis indolent waves sleeping in the Warm sunshine
of their purple bed—but none of these scenes com
pare with the valley of Mexico. They want some
of the elements of grandeur, all of which are gaih
ered hero."
The population of the city of Mexico is estima
ted at some two li'andred thousand. It hoe numer
ous public edifices, some of which are massive and
magnificient, squares, acqueducts, wide and spacious
streets. Formerly there , was great wealth its this
city, but the many revolutions and distractions to
which Mexico has been subject have tended to abate
somewhat from the splendor of living and style in
which many used to indulge. Forced loans by the
Government are sometimes the consequence of too
great a display of individual wealth. The Gov.
immerse, indeed, or rather the want of a Govern.
inent, is the greatest misfortune that aiilicts Mexico.
Under the visitation of this calamity her natural
advantages are of no avail; her vast resources are
profitless; she pines in pdverty amidst the teeming
riches of her mines. Without extending this im
perfect sketch further at present we may take occa
sion soon to refer to Mexico in view,of the hostile
relations now existing between that country and
ours.—Doll. American.
A Glance Along Penfisilsnnia
Avenue.
J. Q. ADAmit, CALHOUN, BENTON, (hg. SCOTT,
JpsEs AND GEN. To*nom.—
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is
The Washingtoncorrespondent of the Journal i
of COMmerce furnishes the following description of
a glance along Pennsylvania Avenbe
If a man would see some amusing variety of hu
man life and manners, let him walk deliberately
along this national thorotighfare froni the balffloi
to the President's, and he will be likely to be grat
ified. If he descends Capitol Hill at I 1 o'clock,
after crossing the Tiber at its foot, he will see the
morning train of cars from linltimore discharging
their crowd of passengers on the side walk, amid
the cries and struggles of hackmen, eager for cus
tom, little caring how they accommodate passen•
gets, if they can get their money; and not seldom
imposing on those who are willing to give whatever
they choose to ask. One of the first things a stran
ger thinks of, if ha is so fortunate as to escape the
clutches of these men, is, as he walks along the
avenue, and sees all sorts of people hurrying along,
which of these are groat men ? if lie lets his fan
cy loose into the field of conjecture, he will prob.
ably commit some amusing mistakes. There comes 1
a tall, well dressed man, who seems to possess a
certain air of dignity--he must be one of the great
men. 'No,' remarks a bettor informed friend,. that
is a gambler, who go' his living by preying on his
kind. He is 0 Worthiess fellow.' He has scarcely
finished the sentence, when an old gentleman pass
es with a shuffling gait, taking no particular notice
of any one, but frequently noticed by others as he
hastens in the directidn of the Capitol. That is
I John Q. Adams, who in all weathers walks the
long distance from his house near the Court End"
of the town to his seat in the Representatives' Hill.
The stranger, if be has novel Seen him before, is
absorbed in the contemplathin of-one of whom he
has sa often heard. But his revery is sooti inter
rupted by a whisper from liis companion, *FM Chita
his attention to a man rather above the megiuM
height, his square torus dressed in black, and dis
covering a slight stoop in his shoulders, which are
crowned with a head of iron gray hair, and in that
head a large, dMk, bright, restless eye, that has
al
ready taken notice of you. - .Not recogniling you,
he ,passes on, his body see-sawing to the right and
left, somewhat after the manner of a boat skulking
across the stream. And it must be admitted the
gentlemen baa often been found, politically speak
ing, crossing the current. Ho has recently done it
to some purpose. It is John C. Calhoun.
Now behold that dignified-looking gentleman
walking slowly around the corner, where the avenue
joins 4th street. He has just come down from C.
Oireet, wbere his fanfily, to whorl he is 'intently at
inched, has long lived, and which is his home,
though ho is a Senator from a distant State. His
person is broad and well proportioned—his height
manly, if not the tallest; and he moves reong with
a measured, almost martial pace; his countenance
marked with firmness and decision. If he recog
nizes a friend, he bows to him with an air of polite
respect, whatever be his rank in life, or his 'limbic-
lion in the political world. The sound of his voice
is not to be mistaken. It is deep, almost sepulchral,
but not unpleasant. He has gained his political
eminence by long and industrious labor. And it
may, perhaps, with truth be said, there is but ono
office which he has not, or might not have load
in his power to refuse, the Presidency. I need
scarcely name Colonel Benton, the oldest Senator
in the 6harnt'eri:
If the visitor Weals his walk to the vicinity of
the War Department, he will be certain at a par
defiler hour of the day, to see a tall and majestic
iorM in . the Ordinary dress of a citizen, measuring
the gro'uad wilt an racy and semi-rapid movement,
and nn air that seethe to compel you to say, this
must be a man of distinction. ".!) - ou are right. It
is Major General Winfield Scott. His very name
has a martial sound. And he is es mi.:ch
g:iished for hie Wei: bred courtesy, as his deeds of
gallant daring for his kindness to a little child, as
his noble bearing on the battle field. f have seen
him in his golden epaulette and plumed bat in the
midst of the court, bend down to speak gentle words
to a little boy that ettracted,hieettention. Thie to
the man, who, if taken up by a great party, would
go into the Preaidemial chair with flying colors.—
there are words associated with his name which
would act like a charm upon the American people,
kindling a flame of enthusiasm that would consamo
all effectual opposition.
About the same time may be seen entering at a
quick pace the east door of the War Departmerit,
form less tall, but of good military height, and
light and graceful in its movements. If you can
get a good view of his face, you will find it endow
ed with an amiable expression , ; and if you bear .
him talk you will be surprised st the sweetness of
his voice. This is Roger Jones, the Adjutant Gen
eral of the Army, who is said to be unsurpassed
for the elegance of his horsemanship, as he was
distinguished for his gallantry in the last war.
There goes a stouter looking man, whose head,
time is painting" with his favorite color, and who in
this long and piping time of Peace has not forgotten
that it is the duty of a soldier to stand up straight.
An honest, soldierly look he has—and it will never
be altered while Gen. Towson moves among the
living. Long may it be before the roar of such
cannon as his shall again contend with the thun
ders of Niagara. lie is the Paymaster General.
The following anecdote connected with the
decisive battle of the 9th, is too good to be omitted;
"The bottle commenced by heavy cannonading''
on both sides. Gen. Taylor, in passing his lines,
accosted Capt. May, of the 2d dragoons, and told
him—. Your regiment lins never dole anything
Yet--you must take that battery.' He aaitl nothing,
but turned to the command and said— , we must
take that battery—follow!'—He made a charge
With, three cOmpanies—ut least with the remainder
of three companies--supported by the 5111 end Silt
regiments of infantry. They cleared the breast
work, rude over the battery, wheeled, and came
through the enemy's line, whilst the fire of the in
fantry was so deadly in its effects as to carry all be
fore it. Captain May made a cut at on officer as
he clmrged through; on his return lie found him
standing between the wheela Of a cannon, fighting
like a hero. He ordered him to sunender. Ho
risked him if lie was an officer? Capt. May ans
wered m the affirinative, when he presented: hie
sword, remarking—' y - ou receive lien. Vega a pris
oner of War:, Capt. May gave him in charge to
one of his sergeants, who had lost his horse in the
charge. ordering him to conduct him to Gen. Taylor
out of the line.'
Capt. May's attack is spoken of as being one of
those splendid efforts which would have adorned
the brightest feather of the plume of Murat, in the
pa!miest days of his glory. It cost him 18 110fAeF,
with a few of the gallant riders. The victory, says
the extra from which we copy, entirely belongs to
the United States army, no volunteers having ar
rived in time to share in the honors of the day. It
will convince our country, that Went Point afford
the material of exhibiting the courage and bravery
of the American soldiers.
I trust we will hear no more of dismounting our
gallant dragoons; the affair of the flth shows them
to be the arteries of our defence,
Lake Supimior Copper.
The developemente of the copper mines on Lake
Superior are most extraordinary, and bid fair to ex
cel anything the world ever raw. They are not
only rich in copper hut in Silver alsci, and will
hereafter dotibtless supply a large quantity of that
precious metal. The following account of Ores
lately arrived at Detroit, we ccifiy train the Adver
tiser of that city, of May 10th.
er
Conrwit itiaimbeet Detroit arrived
yesteaday (Sunday) from Sault Bt. Maria, having
on board ninety barrels of copper and silver ore,
from the Cliff vein, belonging to the Pittsburg and
Boston Company, on location No. 5. The weiglit
of th;•ore is twerity tons; what will Go its proiluct
cannot of course be listown, until rifler its reduction
at the great establishment of Dr.,Hays, at Roxbury,.
to which place it is consigned. Fifty-four tons
more of the same ore, from the same vein, has bem
brought down, and is now on its way to Buffalo
by vessel; and we understand that the same Com
pany have out at this vein 1,000 tons more, which
will be shipped as fast as casks can be obtained to
pack it in. A new trade is now opening through
this channel with Lake Stiperior, and is likely to
give empliiyment to a considerabr; poitioti of our
shipping, while a new and steady market is cpen
ed among the laborers and miners of that country
for the produce of Michigan. The developements
of the present winter by the working companies '
on rewena Point, without a single exception, have
established the fact, that for copper, silver, lead and
iron, this district of country in likely to distance all
the other mining companies' of the world; and that
the expectations of the most sanguine will be more
than realized. 'rho passage by the Legislature on
Saturday, of the bill to regulate mining associations
will be of essential service to the persons eugngad
in this great enterprise, and we doubt not that with
, the aid of the heavy capitalists from abroad who
win now embark in it, the whole country will be
thoroughly explored, and in a few ; ears our State
become one of the meat productive in minerals in
the Union. In any event, Michigan will reap a
rich harvest from the large accession thus made to
her population, and the expenditura of the (are
stun of money requisite (ci o thorough examination
of that country.
Since the above was written, the Franklin arrived
With fifty tons more of the same ore, including two
masses of native copper and silver, weighing the
one, about 1200 lbs., the other about 2,000. These
masses were filled with silver injected into the cop
per, and are the richest specimens yet brought from
Lake Superior. We learn that the shipments of
the remaining ore on the bank will be made with
all possible despatch.
Where is &od
The Superintendent of a Sunday School, die ,
coursing with the children, asked, among other
things—' Where is God ?" One of the oldest boys
answered, In Heaven." The teacher not appear
ing satisfied with this reply, repeated the enquiry,
when a lad yoUnger than the other, answered,
"Every' where." Requiring still further explana
tion, the question was again put: Where is God ?"
When a third boy celled out, " God is here." The
views of the euperintendant were now met; and he
endeavored to impress upon the minds of the chil
dren, the important truth, that " Goal's every where ;
God is in Heaven ; God is here."
Oh may this thought possess my !vent.
Where'er I rove; where'er I rest ;
Nor let my weaker passions dare,
Consent to sin—for God is there.
A drama.--:flul Journeymen Primer , 01 . 1'itt.•
burgh have turned out fur higher %voice.
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The Brave Man.
There is nothing which a truly brave and pew
vering man may not accomplish. Heat arid cold,
mountain and teas, atoren and sunshine, are like to
hint, when he is bent upon his object. He pushes
ahead—never tiring or fainting—until his proud de.
sign is achieved.
..VVhether it he riches or honor,
he permits no obstacle to impede hi. progress. The
historics of all distinguished above their fellow men.
And you, young man, if determined in your course,
whatever end you may have in view, shall be res•
petted and honored. Never permit your energrei
tq slumber, but be ever active in whatever field you
choose to labor. ..To log—to stop, to doubt—t,
hang your head in fear, will prove disastrous to
yoUr best interests.
To move along in doubt and fear,
And tremble at the shades of even—
What is it, but a tomb to rear,
And stealing to it, turn from lieivenr
The reason so Many turn out miserable tools—
without ambition, life, or wealth even—is, their hetr
of courage and their fear of the world. What has
an honest .nan, or a map of virtue and integrity to
fear? All are but shadows that look dark and for
boding before you—and (bean vanish before the
light of truth and generous ambition. Let nothing
stay your progress when you know you are in the
right path—nothing but the strong arm of-death
Theo you will accomplish your bright expectations,
while
Shadows fly,
And hors beam beauteous from afar—
A sea of glory fill the sky.
0,1 - • A certain Judge, Meeting a minister mounted
on a very tine horse, said to some gentlemen why
were with him: "Do you see what a fine hares
that priest has I should like to track a joke with
him." "Doctor, said hots the minister, " You do
e±4nipje ef,..YOur great Master, who
humbly contented himself with riding on an as, "
"Indeed," returned the minister, " that was any M.
tentiun : but of late so many asses have been made
judges, that A PEI& Minister, though ever so willing,
cal': hardly ever find one to ride on'"
co The Baptist Register tells a good thing. A.
A loafing vagabond called at house in a neighboring
town to Concord, ono .9unday, and begged for.some
cider. The lapy refused to , give him any, • and he
reminded her of the on quoted remark, that she
, might entertain en angel unawares. • . .
"Yea," sold the lady, c' but angels don't go about
drinking cider oh 6imilay."
Lr.tonwaymvs• os tut GREEN MouNrstms,--,
We learn frotri the,Bradford, Vt., protector, and
the Middlebury Galaxy, that a highway robbery
was recently committed on a young man and his
sister, who were travelling. from Bethel over the.
Green Mountains. They wero met by one or two
armed men, in disguise, who came from the woods,
and presenting a pistol, demanded their money.—
Having secured what the gentleman had, the trav
ellers were ordered bock towards Bethel, and the
robbeis then,milde their escape to the woods. The
neighbors were aeon aroused, and succeeded at
length in,overtaking and, capturing two men,armed
with dirks and four pistols, and painled and dis
guised. They have been lodged in the Middlebury.
jail to await their trial. One of them is judged to
be an American, about 95 years old, the other is a,
foreigner, about 35 years of age. Both appear to
have been recently from sea.
itsrieT eon Tue GALLANT 151.. to.—A t a meet,
ing of the officers of the lat Division. New York
Artillery, in that city, on Monday afternoon, n rei—
°lntim' was offered by Gen. Storms, and carried
with,one voice, that the thanks of the division he
tendered to General Taylor, for his courage and
akin, in defending his country, and that the mum:
badge of mouraing Ire worn by the officers for
thirty days, in memory of Major. Ringgold, and
the other officers who had fallen...,The meeting
then adjourned with three chrers for Gen. Taylor
and his Army.
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A TENDER WT. Maunsey, of Chelsea
College, was apt to quarrel with his wife. Return
ing from Fulham, he was oyertakep by ,a derrible
storm. A return hearse came up, going to, Chelsea.
" Any port in a storm."—The Doctor crops in with
the pall , atid,.plurnee for hie, companions. The
hearse etoppgd at his door ; his lady. looked out.
Who have you gat there, coachman?'
The Doctor, madam.' ,•.
Well, !honk heaven forgranting me resignation!
eo theponr man's gone to his long home at last:
. Thank you my love,' said the Doctor, getting
out of the hearse, for your kind regard for my
safety.",
The Knickerbocker says that at a wedding
the other day, 11.. .justice who performed themtarr,
rings ceremony said to the bridegroorn, " Will you
have this woman to be your wedded wife to
which he answered with a smile ,ort,hia lip peculiar
to " one of the ho-boys," „ I won't have nobody
else!" The reply of his bride to the kindred query
was not leen specific and characteristic "Will you
take this man to be your lawful husband ? ' said the
justice; tp which she responded, with breathless
haste, " Yes Sir-ree !"
The Vicksburgh, (Mi..) Sentinel of the 14th
inat., etates that Col. Pitchlyn, the Chocktaw Chief,
now in that city, has declared his determination to
raise 5,000 warriors of his nation, and oiler their
aervices to the government to march across Texas
against Mexico.