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ED. A. BUEHLER, EDITOR' AND' I;ROPRIF.TOI2
VOL. XVL-4 G. i
POETRY.
•TILE PRINTER.
IIT A UtJUSTUS 1. 11. Pt:GANG'S
Herald of mightiest thought ! whose 1)0%N-cc un
rolhi .
Fefore the world the shadows of men's Fouls!
Even like that OceareArchitect, whose toil
From soundless depths upheaves the rock-bound
And, all unseen amid the piles that rise
Upon the wave—in voiceless labor dies—
Even thus, 0 builder of the rocks of * thought !
Unnoted still art thou, amid what thou bast
tvrought !
Proud is thy sphere, 0 toiler for the mind!
To spread the (sternal life-feast of mankind!
'Tis at thy word, unswerving in its power.
The omnipotent raEss o'er-rules tlth changing
hour!
By thee, its iron,acctots wake the song
01 - Taith—to oear its leaping heart along!
By thee it speaks for man, and %wars with crime:.
/ Throws forth its warning voice, and sways the
varying times
Mightiest of in.trurnents—for weal or wo—
A nation's greatness, or its overthrow !
Not with the might of monarchs workeSt thou,
That sway to-day, to-morrow humbly bow!
Not with the might of edicts, that the words
Of man may model as his will accords!
Their work is finished, and their great results
Cease with the beating of their actors' pulse!
But thine is absolute—for good dr ill.
-Eternally, itS-"powermust save __.
Let but one thought, from out the womb of Time.
Leap to the PRESS henceforth, nor sky, nor
Nor land nor sea, nor king nor serf, can stay
Its cause, or cru,ll it in its on‘vard Way!
It is. and sir ALL he. till the henvcns shall roll
'Together in a rant and flaming scroll—
And nn that scroll, in words of - living lire,
nail blaze that thought—till Time itself erpire
I AVONDEIt tVIIT
press'd my band, I can't tell 'tvliy—
I'm 'sure I wonder why he did it
And then I heard-0, such a sigh! .
As quite alarmed me for a minute.
I wonder why lie pressed My hand—
I wonder why lie sighed so gadly—
, I'm sure if I could understand
The cause, I 'would remove it gladly!
Ire told me he hail lost his heart,
Ahl whispered something about "hope!"
I wonder why it did depart—
Or why hearts ever de elope—
I'm sure it' I his heart had been,
Ineverwould have left his side,
But stayed i happy, jo3.ous
And lov'd the place till I had died!
I'LL TELL YOU WHY
BY ONE WHO KNOWS.
I'll tell.you wiry he press'd your hand,
11l tell you why he sighed so sadly,
That you the cause may understand,
And, as you say. remove it gladly.
L I
There is wr n the human breast,
That seldo sleeps, a tender ° passion ;
-Love is its name, and when expressed
(Though now 'tis somewhat out o I\shion.)
Put seldom fails to paint the cheek `..
Of Beauty- with a crimson color ;
l l
For Love right eloquent will speak,
Do what you will the flame to smother. ,
That your bright smiles and sparkling eye,
Like Sol, have warmed this tender feeling,
Is plain from that impassioned sigh,.
That blush that flies true love's concealing !
MISCELLANEOUS.
'Uhe Lost Child in the llresi.
A correspondent of the St. Louis Weekly Ga
zctte gives the following account of a hunt lhr
lost child in one of the thinly peopled neighbor
hoods of the West,:
About ten'ocloek in the morning, was
beard a loud shout at the gate—"llo ! Mr..
W.,14,0 !" "What's wanting ?"- "O'Lar
ry's 'boy is lost—little Johnny !" This
was enough to secure a father's aid ; and
on he rode to shout the same at every door
he passed.' Little Johnny, said I, and my
heart burst forth at the very sound. He
was a fair and lovely child, - Johnny, and
had a gentle affeetionate ;moiler, with an
ardent and sacrificing love vv luelr few Illoth
erB ever feel. llis lather was a bold hunter
—hi; horses and hounds and rifle had more
of hid heart than all the world besides ;
but little Johnny nestled there ; indeed he
was a great pet with the neihgbors, and \VOII
more caresses and more symfmthy than
all the rest of the children together.
Such appeals are always sovereign ;
but few, perhaps have ever met with a more,
quick or general response—every body'
turned out—the news flew like lightning ;
and men and boys for ten miles around
came in to assist in the search, while wo
men and children were running to and fro,
and hailing every passer -by, to learn the
progress of the work. Never before, I
ma . y,dare say, was there sell a neighbor
ly union as now pervaded this motley
mass- 7 the same gush of sympathy, the
same fearful apprehension, and the same
images of death and woe pervaded every
Route mid fieurt. It seemed as if one o vast
Omni of gloom enwrapped the region round,
from which shone out in • lurid glare, and
to which every eye was turned, and every
pulse beat trim—the lost child !
Little Johnny was about four years old
)hr had been out in the livid, with his fatil=
er and' the black man, who were harvest-
ing corn—had filled his little bag withroasfr( , From the United States Gazette.
ing ears, and started for home about two
THE PARSON'S DII ER,
o'clock, r. m. On returning at night they
aseertained,llllA L the child had never been The hest way to prove any thing is to
... It was nearly dark, but the alarm give practical..proof of its excellence, and
was given, and Some fifteen or twenty neigh- ' show by evidence taken from itsello-that
r
hors took their horns and commenced the the warm expressions of I4vorable regard ?
search. The corn, where he was first arc duly and truly warranted. Now we
seen, was the first object, of course ; here' had . a mind very strongly to praise the
they took single rows, and scoured the ' Knickerbocker fir this month, hitt we have
field in vain. , They then scattered tlmnigh I so often done this, that we think it In tit right
the wood ; the father frantic, often calling [now to give chapter and paragraph, to
out in a voice of thunder, "110 ! John—ho F prove that we did not speak without just
John-0, John !" Then, fearing the boy cause.
might be alarmed and afraid to answer, he There have beiin published in it a series
would soften down into the gentle, wining; of papers entitled "Mv Uncle, the Parson,,"
tone' of the fireside—"Johnny,JJAnny, my written with a quiet -but sparkling humor,
dear, fitther's come." that strongly reminds the reader of Wash-
It was a cloudy evening ; and though, ington Irving. In the last leaf' from the
perhaps, he had-never "bowed the knee be- life of "My Uncle, the Parson," occurs a
fore Jehovah's awful throne," he prayed description of a Dinner which will make
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the Lord it in ig,ht not rain that night. The the reader's Mouth_ water. - The worthy
-1 air was (lamp and chilly ; so that, if the_)
Minister has left his home in an interior i
child were alive, with his bare feet and town of Massachusetts . , to go to Boston, !
light jacket, he must be suffering cruelly and as the days in which he "moved and
front cold. But the wolves ! ah, this was had his being," were considerably previous
the fear, tlfiis the terror which all f e lt, to the introduction of Steamboats and Rail
none dated to breathe. A wolf had roads, he was content to use his snug chaise I
been prowling around the 'premises—in- as a means of 'conveyance—the boy Tom
. ~
deed theyacross had a common path the acting as driver.
prairie—and the point where several be- -On the road there was a itostelrie, at
sides myself had heard the cries of distress, which the parson was expneted, the good
- wage," a famous haunt for them ; even in the 4 landlady of' which in honor of her distin
midst of their anxious search, a dis tint I unshed guest placed ` all the stores of her lar
o•owl w . b . tild now and then liiirst on the 1 der at his service. The - allvent of two far
ear,
,picturing forth the deft, the cubs, the tiers, travellers also, gave her some anxie.
- 'ty -as. to wharshd - Shcitilif prdvide for them
' to eat until the polite invitation of the 1 ar
son to dine with him eased her mind.
The invitation was accepted, and being
seated at the table, due attention was paid
to the first course, consisting of a pair of i
boiled fowls, a piece of pork, and a soft, I
well boiled cabbage, placed altogether in the
deep concave of an earthen dish—around!
the broad margiti of which were arranged )
in lanelfulvariety and color, beats, carrots,
parsnipS, turnips and potatoes = so thor
oughly and precisely cooked, that The cra
ving or critical appetite could find nothing
to object to. ...,
This done, the second course was to be.
'attended to and the manner in which it was
discussed, we leaye the narrator to tell,
quoting- previously "My Uncle's" impres
sions concerning his dinner acquaintances.
"They were two of ir: class that forms.
the pride of New England ; and dm , :
well be the boast of any' country. • : • -. ,
earth. Men of order, and of truth, H , • .
of purpose, men of intelligence'; me ,•..! , .
Lion ; yeoman of Massachusetts ; fr.
ers of that stern and rugged, but surely
not unpropitious soil—if health and strength
of body ; if tranquil and condensed, yet
irrepressible energy of mind, which is with
them the--almost invariable concomitant of.
physical force and laborious exertion, can
in any degree be considered as tendencies
of climate or of nurture.
They had 'incased themselves out of the
long blue striped homespun frock that,
when upon the road, had covered each
from neck to uncle, and having made free
use of the pump at which their cattle also
had been refreshed, came into the parlor
with their brows and cheeks still wet with
the vigorous ablution they had undergone.
They entered like proprietors ; and would
have had the same hearing if the Inn had
been the palace of the Caesars ; and yet
there was nothing in their manner either
rude or obtrusive. Calm, bard featured,
swarthy, athletic men, "they reminded me
as I rose to accost them," said my Uncle
the Parson, "of Ajax the Less, and Ajax
Telamon."
' The dogs were veft - eager in the field, eS
pecially wolf dogs. Winder, one of the
best, would run no other trail. ()'Larry
knew this, and watched with most intense
anxiety his every move. Ile scents—lie
scents—he runs—"Oh, God, lie's got my
boy !" lie leaps front his horse, he sees
die fdotplint of his own dear Johnny in
the gopher hill liy-his=sitte—helracks
to the wood, and off' from Winder's trail—
an,
now he breathes again.
The search was continued till midnight,
when a part thought it best to relieve their
horses, and wait for daylight to begin a
fresh. But the father, with three of his
hunting friends, who had resolved not to
cat or sleep till they had found the boy,
still kept on—sometimes riding, and sonic
times walking—calling and shouting, if
for no other purpose than to-keep the
wolves at bay. At length they stationed
themselves within hearing distance of each
other, and sat down to protect the child, or
rush to his rescue, in case they should hear
him attacked, to watch until the morning.
At early - .dawn, abiintQlfty new horse
men arrived, and the search commenced
anew. The , field was examined for the
track, which was pursued with some doubt
as he - had been there three successive (lays.
On tracing the path which led towards the
‘viilf woods, the imprints of Johnny's lit
tle feet were again discovered, as he ap
pnared to be running, and the mark of his
bag dragged along by his side. Here the
father's anguish gushed anew, as thefears
of the preceding night were justified and
corroborated. They now agreed to take
' a station of about fifteen rods abreast, go
up one side of the branch and down the
other, till the whole surface of the exten
sive area farther 'than he could possibly
have travelled, had been explored. They
had completed one side and were returning,
when the signal was given—Johnny was
found! The noisy shouting, and repeated
peals of the hunters' winding horns, soon
grouped the solemn cavalcade.
But O'Larry, though foremost in the
hunt, fell back at the first note of the sum
moning horn, nor did lie speak a word, or
seareoly breathed, till lie snatched his own
true Johnny from the arms of his delighted
bearer, and pressed him with a frantic fond
ness to his now bursting heart. The dear
boy was found about two miles from home,
in a thicket of hazel, picking filberts with
his lingo(' corn still on his arm. Ile look
ed bright and happy, and when asked
where he was going, said lie was going
home, but it was so j'ar. He said he
hadn7t seen any body, but he heard some
ono call him, and that he was afraid; that
he ran till lie was very tired, and then he
laid
.his head down on his bag, and cried--
that while lie was crying lie saw 'a big ear
riage go by with candles in it, (the 'thunder
and lightning;) and then it grew very dark,
:indite asked God to take care of little John
ny, and went to,sleep. lie seetned'amazed
to see so many around him', and all so glad
to see him.
RESCUED FROM THE GRAVE.—The New
buryport Advertiser says that a Mr. Short
lately slipped from a wagon, and it was sup
posed died soon afterwards, hot while prep
arations were- making for his interment,
and the corpse placed iii the coffin, the doe:
tor, discovering that the glass in the Coffin
lid was somewhat covered with vapor, took
his handkerchief for the purpose of remo
ving it ; hut finding that it proceeded from
the inside of the glass,
..he at once pro
nounced the man alive, and be was taken
from his "nprrow house,". awl is now as
well as ever he was in his life !
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—The Sullivan
Whig says, that on Tuesday lasi a young
fellow at Burlingham, Pa., was handling
a gun in Mr. Abbott's bar-room, when it,
aceidentiv discharged, and the contents en
tered the arm'and side of MisS Ilarpiet Ab
bott, youngesVdaughter of thti landlord, an
amiable and accomplished young girl of 17,
who lingered until Thursday morning,
when, death put an end to her sufferings. ,
GETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1846.
And now for the second course :
I have endeavored, gentle reader, by this
not i mtierti nent, indulgence of my thoughts,
to give time to the good people of the
sanded parlor, to accomplish without inter
ruption all that they had to do with the first
dish at the hospitalago of Ipswieh ; and
behold you now the advantage of your kind
and patient listening ! I fere are fresh hot
plates, fresh knives and forks, the same
noiseless attendance of the lithe and beau
tiful. Rebecca, and a faultless haunch of
wcther mutton, that lies, glowing and
blushing at the sound .of the praises that
are bestowed4won it ; swelling out: its fair
proportions Loa circumference full one third
greater than it was when the ardent beanis
of the hickory lire first glanced upon its al
most colorless surface, and of whose
-warn - I'th and constancy- it nod brings us
a remembrance of such a lively 'pink and
brown.
Aly Uncle, accustomed as,he was to ex
cellent specimens of whaLhas been called
Parson's meal, paused for a moment to re-
ganhit with the complacency. it _seemed to
challenge, before the gravy welled out from
its first incision. 'Froth the knuckel bone •
to the last joint of the queue, from ,the
Pope's Eye to Queen Elizabeth's bone,
tacit preferable and available slice to be cut
transversely or venison wise, each tendon,
layer of fat, and intricacy of sweetness,
was as apparent to his unpractised eve, as
if marked.dut before him upon a diagram.
He availed himself of his knowledge for the
benefit of his companions at once while the
mutton was hot, as coukteously as if they
had been his home guests, and-listened to
their repeated praise as if the fare had been
furnished from a Clock of his own. But at
his own second slice he sent Jim to the!
ocket of the chaise Ibr a bottle of Worces
tershire'Sauce ; and finding it hardly warm I
enough for so raw a day, produced -a small
sized phial with gilt edges and glass' stop
per• that coma to us generally from Smyr
na with Attar of roses, but which was now
"FEARLESS AND FREE."
filled with Cayenne pepper that he used as
a reinforcement.
The two farmers were attentive to all
his movements.. The add; tion of the sauce,
when there was such a full supply of gra
vy of the dish, seemed to them to be a mere
superfluity ; hut the. exploring genius of
Ajax:Telamon.was irresistibly excited by
the pepper, a condiment drat was altogeth
er 10.tw to him ; and perceiving that the ef
fect Was;',lilleful and appertizing,
sir," said he, ''would von have the good
ness to let me taste a little of your red SALT 1"
"With pleasure," replied the Parson ;
"but I must apprise you that it is pepper
and not salt; pepper of the strongest force,
that 11, received hOlll a friend in the tropics,
and"- said he, handing it to him, "a very
few grains go a great way."
&half derisive glance at the size of my.
Uncle and then at his own portly figure
-seemed to-intimate that he - thought thucau.: -
tion very little worthy of notice by ,a man
of his cuhieular inches. lie rapped the
bottle on the side as lie had seen the par
son, to loosen tho grains of this fiery stim
ulate, applied, it in the same way hut with
out the same caution to his gravy, and
used it freely with his meat.
The pepper was not long in making his
acquaintance, but he resisted manffilly the
first intimations of this Morita' assailant;
hemmed stoutly and repeatedly, as if he
were determined to maintain his ground ;
his face then became
,scarlet ; an unnatu
ral warmth look Jipssession of his frame;
the tonsils of his throat lie - an to swell ;m
his eyes glistened, he dashed away a tear
from his obstructed sight, spread abroad
his arms like Sampson groping for the re
maining pillars of the Temple of Gaza, and
rose in an- agony of distress and pain un
imaginable to him in his dreams before.—
His first note was that of the great brindled
bull in his own cattle yard tit home. The
word ROAR does no justice whatever to the
sound..
Fortunately - he did not cough. My lin
die, much concerned at the incident, re-
Commended him to allay the pungency
‘vith a-glass of water. lie caught at the
word. lie endeavored to Say, " Will that
put it out 1" and making for a huge stone
jug that had just been replenished, he
raised it boldly to his lips, mid took a
draught that, had its contents been more .
~ :ongth and breadth and
zlrt: Htvc won from Bacchus
,i.' le as soon he could lir
' Lint s sake, does my
olazi2
“No,” said the other with imperturbable
coolness, but it smokes consumedly Hiram;
I tell you.
Another jar of water seemed to reassure
hint of his safety against his internal com
bustion ; and his powers ofspecch in some
measure returning, and with them-his en
tire sell-possession, lie strode in front of
my Uncle and accosted hint : "Do you
know, Mister, that I took you fur a Par
son 1"
"0 you be, be you ? And do you think
it is any how consistent with your calling
to travel about the country in this here
way carrying Hell-Fire in your breeches'
pocket I"
Befcre the war, says the Nautical Mag
azine, Capt. Garden and the Macedonian
'were at Norfolk ; Decatur was there too
Mid a warm intimacy soon joined in friend
ship two kindred hearts. While discuss
ing naval affairs one day, Garden said :
"Decatur, your ships are good enough,
and you are a. clever set of fellows; but
what practice have you in wars ? There's
the rub. One of these days we wll prob
ably have a brush together, and if I catch
your ship at sea, I will knock her into a
cocked hat, Stephen."
"Will you!" said Decatur; “I will bet
you a hart on it.".
The bet was agreed on, and the conver
sation changed. But a few months elapsed
ert the war that had been threatening, com
menced, and the two captains, 'by some
singular coincidence, met. The results of
the action are known. Captain Carden,
on going on board the United States, was
received by a Lieutenant at the gangway t
to whom he tendered his sword.
"Not to inc . :Air," said the officer, "but
to the Captain."
"And where is the Captain?" said the
embarrassqd Englishman.
"lie is standing aft, there ; that is the
gentleman, sir, in a tarpaulin hat and round
jacket."
Carden went aft—and his feelings on
meeting, under such circumstances, his
old friend, maw be imagined. As he of
fered his sword to Decatur, the officer said:
"No Carden, I never take the - sword of
a brave man—you have fought gallantly.
qut" said he, laying his hands on the oth
er's shoulder, "I. will lake that hat, my
dear fellow."
In transferring- to the United States the
suite of Capt. Carden, a tine band was in
cluded. In the afiernoon, when dinner
was announced in the cabin, Capt. Car
den said to Decatur:—
“Those musicians are very skillful, and
I have always had them on 'deck while at
(linnet.” •
"Very well, said Decatur, "we will have
them up." ' .
The band was ordered on deck to play,
and Com. Decatur . was asked what .air lie
would like to' hear.
I.e,t them play Brittanula Rides thb
Wave," said hwwith -a sly laugh.
NA VAL AN ECDOTE
A TEA-PARTY INCIDENT.
Standing one evening at the table of a
fashionable tea-party, got up in aid of some
charitable institution in our city, I was
gradually pushed along by the fair guests
and their beaux, until I found Myself op
posite, not only a magnificent cake, hut a
most bewitching pair of eyes. I looked a
, cross the cake, and the owner of these orbs
shut at me a flash which I, in my widest
admiration, was forced to dodge. The
signal was given and the company attack
'ed the good things with vigor, but as for
Imyself, the bright-eyed beauty" opposite
was food enough for me, and I commenced
familiarizing my- own peepers to the glan
ces of hers. She at first laughed, then
pouted, and at length looked angry. I drew
off my survillance and , she looked pleased.
A gentleman of my acquaintance having ad
dressed her familiarly, I . seized on him
and requested an introdnetion : lie granted
it, and I bowed in lowly homage to the
beauty. The gentleman with her, resign
ed the beauty to my care while he searched
for her , sister, that they miglit leave togeth
er, and I was left alone to promenade in
company with the bright eyes and the ow
ner.
"Allow• me to carry your mufr," saidl
most persuasively ; "this room is so warm
it must be an ineumbrance.7 •
"No, no said she, in evident alarm,
and biting her 'pretty lip at same time.
"Why," thinks I, "site cannot suspect
that I wish-to. Btel it," and- resolved to
Convince her orniy-IfoneStY, I reaelied for
the mull' and insisted , upon carrying it. I
had hold of one cud and she the other, to
which she held most tightly; but my gal
lantry triumphed, and pulling it from her,.
out dropped a slice of pound - cake, four
dough nuts, two jumbles, and an orange! I
need not say I was horrified at the effect
of my gallant efibrt. I picked part of them
up, hurriedly, and handed them and the
muff to her. The perspiration was roll
ing down myface in a stream, and pntting
my hand into my coat pocket, I pulled out
my linen cambric handkerchief, when out
of its white folds dropped half a chicken!
In my fit of abstraction at the table,- some
wag had carefully rolled it up in my hand
kerchief, and placed it in my pocket:—
the cause of my fair partner's confusion at
the table was-produced by thinking I had
seen her MUFF the pound cake. She laugh
ed heartily at my chicken, and we, mutu
ally agreed to keep quiet about extra pick
ing.—Reveille. „ - •
THE PRINTER
The Printer is the most curious being
living. He-may 'have a Bank and Quoins
and yet not be worth a cent—have small
caps and have neither wife nor children.
Others may run fast but he gets along
swiftest by setting fast. He may be ma
king impressions without eloiluence—may
use the lie without offending, and be tell
ing the truth; while others cannot stand
while they set, he can set standing, and
even do both at the same time ; have
,to
use furniture, and yet own no dwelling—
make, put away pi, and never see a pie,
much less cat it, during life; be a human
being and a Rat at the same time; may
press a great deal, and not ask a favor;—
nay handle .a s'moting-iron and know noth
ing about a cannon, gun or pistol; he may
move the lever that moves the world, and
yet he as far from moving, the globe as a
hog with his nose under his mole hilt;
spread sheets without being a liousew•ife;
lie may lay his form on.a bed, and yet be
obliged to sleep on the bare floor; use the
dagger (t) without shedding- blood, and
from the earth handle stars (%. 4 '); he may
be of a rolling disposition, and never de
sire to travel ; he may have a sheep's foot,
and not be deformed ; never be without a
case, and know nothing about law or phys
ic; be always correcting his errors, and
growing worse every day; have embraces
-without ever having the arms o f
a lass around him ; distribute the metalic
all around him daily, and yet-be as unchar
itable as the veriest miser; have his form
locked up, and yet be free from jail, watch
house or any other confinement;- his office
may have a hell in it, and not be such a
bad place after all ; he may be plagued by
the devil and be 'a elitist ian of the bestkind.
And what is stranger still—be he honest
or dishonest, rich or poor, big or little,
drunk or sober, industrious or lazy, lie al
ways stands up to his business.
MEAstEs.—The Northampton. (Mass.)
Courier states that this disease is now very
prevalent at Easthampton. In a school
in the north 'disttjet of the town, a few
days since, out of 35 scholars 30 were
sick at one time. We observe among the
deaths in the Courier that of Mrs. Phelps,
at - Easthampton, on the 14th, who is said
to have left eight children, only one of
whom was able to attend her funeral—all
the others being sick with the measles.
CAPITAL. PUNISIIMENT.-A bill has pass
ed the House of Representatives of Indi
ana, by
: a vote of 03 to 20, that gives to the
Jury, ih. cases of capital crimes, a discre
tionary power of finding that the prisoner
be placed at solitary confinement in the
States Prison fur life, r that lie be hung.
Jo ex QUINCY ADAMS.--111eady life pro
lessot of Elocution, sulisequently, Envoy,
United States Senator, Foreign Minister,
j Secretary of State President - of the United
States, and lastly a Cungressionat Her.
resentutive. - •
TERMS--TWO POLLARS Pf;ft ANrm.]
WHOLE O. 826
FOREIGN.
Inaportant News from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP
HIBERNIA,
TWENTY-THREE DAR LATER
Resignation of Lord John Russell—Sir
Robert Peel and his Ministry Restored
—Reception of the Presided..? Message
, —Opinions of the Press—The New
Ministry-11'ms decidedly Pacific--
T isit of the Emperor if Russia to the
Pope—The Markets,
- The steamer was detained by a series of
unfavorable weather, having arrived at Bos
ton on Friday morning, after a passage of
18 days. She brings advices from Lon
don to the evening of the 3d instant, Liver--
pool- to the 4th, Dublin 3d, Havre and Par
is to the - 2i1. -
The amount of the information is that
Lord John Russel sought to form a Minis
try of Whig members opposed to the Corn
Laws, but in looking about he found him
self wholly unable to obtain support, and
was compelled to request the Queen of
England to restore the direction of the
Government to .the hands of Sir Robert
Peel. This was done at once, and Sir
Robert resumes the Premiership with many
of his old colleagues.-
The cheep in affairs may be regarded
as favorable to the cause of Peace, inas
much -as Lord- -John •RuSsell's—minis-:
try, supposed Co be hostile to Ibis couniry,
has retired. The news, is thereforeoleci
dedly pacific, and the character of the ceni•
mercial news shoWs it to be . so.
The President's Message had been re
ceived, but its effect was only to stiffen
the cotton market, and renew the general
feeling that Peace may be maintained.—
The tone of the London Times in corn-
menting upon it, is entirely free from bit-
terness, and there is an evident inclination
towards the better and peaceful side of the
question.
Re-instatement of the Peel Ministry.—
The Whigs have - utterly failed to forma
Cabinet, and Sir Robert Peel and. his col
leagues, with tisro exceptions, are reinsta
ted. The Whigs, in their failure to carry
on the government, received very little.
sympathy from the British .public, while
the return of the Peel administration.has
been the cause elan immediate reaction in
aill the branches of business. .The money
market at once became easier, stocks rose,
and a general feeling of confidence was
given by all classes. '.The Whig Cabinet
was in all respects the old Melbourne.
Ministry over again, and its successful
re-organization was only prevented by
the obstinacy of the Lord Grey, who
refused to join it. Lord Palmerston was
made Secretary of Foreign At airs. 4 Wil
mer and Smith remarks :
"That the blow was unlooked for in the
quarter from which it proceeded, seems un
deniable; but that a cause, in itself appa
rently so trifling, sbould have broken up a
Cabinet, and produced results so momen
tous, • shows clearly enough that the em
bryo ministers had ~not their hearts in the
work. They must have deeply felt the
responsibility, he perilousness, nay, the
utter hopelessness of the task, when the
opinion of a single Member was sufficient
to snuff the experiment out of existence.,
Lord John Russell was held to be a bold
man when he accepted office in the face of
a hostile majority in both houses of Pa ia
ment ; but, having consented to do so, so
inglorious a termination savors of the weak
and ridiculous.
When Lord John Russell threw up his
card there was no alternative but to send
for Peel, and the most extraordinary move
in - this drama of Cabinet making is, that he
felt as little apparent hesitation in resuming
his old office, as he evinced promptness
in throwing it up. His resumption imme
diately made itself felt in,every branch of
trade. Confidence wliA had been sliaU•
tered by the railway panic, became para
lyzed when it was known that Peel was
out; the markets fell, the fundS sunk, bn-
siness was suspended, and a gloom, a mist,
hung over the commercial and trading
world. , These evils are fast subsiding with
the causes which called them into exist-
' Upwards of ten days have elapsed since
it became known that Peel was again I're
tnier, and every day has shown improved
symtoms in the produce, share, money and
other markets. This change appears the
more extraordinary from the filet that his
future policy is as nitwit a matter of slice
illation as the new comet—even more - un-
defined, ,undeveloped. Nobody knows
what Peel will do, but every one has con
fidence in Peel—a singular proof of the
hold which one powerful mind has over
the sympathies and prospects of millions
of people.
,The London, Examiner witti-
ly observes . , in reference to the prevailing
feeling, "The benV of the present june
ture is, that nobody knows what Sir Rob
ert Peet is going to do, and yet every body
is satisfied that he is the man to do nobody
knows what."
The Cabinet resumes - power with 'its
perdonnel but slightly altered. Changes
there have been, but they are few, 'and
with one exception, unimportant.
Nothing definite will, in all probability, --,
be known until the meeting of Padiiiip - ont.
Every precaution will be taken- t0.)70,0t
the secrets of klik Cabinet from ookt4-otti x .
as they did when the London 'rimeitOtr;
lished them a . mouth ago. That prentatafe
issight into official accruts led; them is Vie.