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Ot
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T E It DI s .
ORIGINAL,
Songs to L • • • •
PART SECOND
I've sung that I would ne'er forget thee,
Until this constant heart of mine,
Upon whose shrine supreme I've set thee,
Has ceased to throb in death's cold shrine
And this is true, if aught on earth,—
If faith, if love, it heaven be true!
If e'er the soaritn; soul gave birth
To hopes e'en death cannot subdue
For I have lived on shattered beams
Of mem'ry, darted from the past—
On cherished scenes of bliss, whose gleams
Devotion's spell have o'er me cast.
And oil, when 'mid earth's heartless minions,
Without a kindred to my breast,
Memory, with fond love's trembling pinions,
Hies to thine image—there to rest.
I've given my love—my life—for broken
Day-dreams ; I've vainly sacrificed
My heart, without response or token,
To tell that it is not despised.
Can the soul lose forever thus ?
Without a hope to rest upon ?
To give its flow an impetus
O'er doubt, to soar to faith's high throne?
I blame thee not, if thy heart tells thee
°
Thy spirit is not like my own,
That *tw!ll nohmingtc 1)0 ,repels me—
To prove lite's bitterness alone:
The spirit cannot be controlled ;
The elements of earth and sky—
Eternal ;Ives, yet untold— •
Are mingled '‘vith its destiny.
The world U:Mild mock—but I must feel
The panes; the tear, despair's deep sigh,
If, for thy pi!y, I'd 'reveal -
The secret of my agony.
No! I am proud! I have a soul
That bends to none beneath the sky!
That spurns the power of earth's control,
And strives to conquer stilly!
HARP OF THE MOUNTAIN
et •
Pennsylvania College.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1 VISIT TO THE STAVE MARKET OF
• CONsTANTINOPLE.
Such is the title of a most interesting paper in
a late number of Chamber's Edinburg Journal ;
whi. h gives a graphic account of a visit made to
the mart of female slaves, in Constantinople, as
recently as May, IS4 5 ; —together with general
views of the system, its causes. and the probabili-
ties and poSsib•lities of its extinction. For tlieFe
portions we have not space to spare, but the "visit"
itself we recommend t . the reader :
"At length we reached the place of our
destination. It was a long low building,
forming a (filar° of considerable size.—
We moue ed a few unsteady dirty steps,
and found ourselves on a large wooden
platform, running the whole length of the
building. It was divided into pens, shut
in by wooden railings, in which were con
fined the black slaves ; whilst through the
open doors leading into •the house itself,
we could distinguish the. veiled forms of the 1
white women grouped behind the wooden
creens. On benches, so placed as to coin
! mand a view of both, were seated the buy
ers, for the--most part heavy, ill-looking
Turks, dressed in the hideous costume in- I
troduced by the late Sultan, and occupied
as usual in smoking, though the, quick
glance of their calm, piercing eyes, seemed
to take in every thing around in complete
detail. The sellers stood before them,
vociferating and gesticulating in the true 1
oriental manner. The court below, which
we were to visit aftewards, was filled with !
all the less valuable part of this human
merchandise, consisting of those afflicted
with any infirmity, very aged persons, and
young children. It was some time before
we comprehended the scene, in all its de
tails ; it is not to he wondered at that -we
were stupified in witnessing such a sight on
EUropean ground. At length we approach
ed one of the pens, determined to examine,
to the fullest extent,lnto all that was re
volting and horrible in this market of hu
man life. It was-filled with young Cir
cassian women, some of whom were re
markably handsome. They were seated
close together on the ground, seemingly in
an attitude of listless despondency, with' ;
their long white garments flowing round
them.
"AS we came up, they fixed their large
dark eyes upon us, and I certainly never
met a gaze of more unutterable sadness.—
!Nile conviction thrilled through me; as
my eyes met theirs, that these unfortunate
beings are not, as modern philanthropists
would have us believe, utterly unconscious
of, and incapable of fooling- the dishonor
and wretchedness of their fate. I felt, as
I stood before them, arid encountered their
soft melancholy glance, that they looked
on me as the free and - happy stranger
come to gaze on them in- their infamy and
their misery. Presently the slave trader,
to whom the poor creatures belonged,eame
Up, followed by a- tall phlegmatic looking
Turk, with the unmeaning features and
coarse corpulency- wIA.:I - 1 are so character
iStic of this nation. 'The merchant ad
vaticed,•tind seizing one of the slaves by
the arm, forced her to-standup before this .
personage, who, it
_appeared, wished to
buy her. He looked pt her. fora few Min
utes from .head to foot, while her master
descanted on her .merits ; then he placed
one hand on the back of her neck, whilst
GEI V IVSBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9. 7 , 1846
Far the "Star and Banner."
rociing
he jerked her head rudely with.the other,l Ire3TAN• REATNESS.—When the funeral
io .
as to force her to open her mouth, that !service - for Louis XIV. was performing,
id!inight examine her teeth ; he roughly the church was hung in black,' a magnifi
handled her neck and arms, to ascertain if cent mausoleum was raised over the bier.
the flesh were firm ; and, in short, the cx- the- edifice was filled with trophies, and
amination Was such, that I do •not hesitate other memorials of the monarch's past glo
to declare have seen a horse or a dog ries; daylight was excluded, but innocent
more tenderly treated under !similar cir- tapers supplied its place, and the ceremony
ctnstances. After all, the decision was ! was attended by the most illustrious- per,
unfavorable, for the Turk turned away with sonages:of the realm. Massilon ascended
a contemptuous movement of the head, and the pulpit. contemplated in silence for SOlllO
the sla,ye-dealer, in a rage, thrust back the time the scene before hint, then raised his
unfordinate creature, who sunk down trem- arms to heaven, looked down, and slowly
tiling amongst her companions in misery: said, in a solemn and subdued tone.---- ; "My
"Neither my friend nor I had uttered a brethren, Cod only is Great." With one
word during this scene; we stood silent impulse, all the auditory rose from their
.side by side, and mechanically followed seats, and reverently bowed to the altar.
our guide, who led us into the,,adjohung en-' !I • ,
nrOT A BAD Her. —Vapixec vs. EngliNh.
closure. Here we became witnesses to a
—The Vicksburg Intelligencer recalls the
sale that was just about to be completed.
story of;a quiet but enthusiastic Yankee
A most interesting-group presented itself'
"wise, some years since, was travelling in a
before •us ; two young' female slaves, both .
with pleasing countenances, stops! together stage coach with two Englishmen, who an
closely embraced, the arm of the one round ,toyed him very much by running down
every thing they saw in the century, and
the neck of the other; their attitude, as
freely determining tiiftevcry thing in Eng
pointing them out at once as sisters.
well as the strong likeness between them,
y land was deeidedi.auperior. Jonathan
B
their side was an African slave-dealer, in bore-it, but impatietly. After some time
whose ferocious countenance it seemed im-
a thunder storm broke over them, the hor
possible to discern a trace of human feeling; sec dashed off in alarm, and the English
he was armed with a large heavy st i c k , men were nearly dead with fright, when
with which he drove them to and fro, liter- suddenly a bolt of lightning struck the two
fly like a herd of animals. Three or four near horses, killing them instantly, and ar-
T ur k s were discussing, with cons id era bl e resting the stage, which, in the stldden
animation;the•priee of a beautiful woman.: Plunges of the leaders b ws upset. Jona
but the b •
argam had been struck . jest before than was the first to conie,out, as the Eng
we came in,: - and-one7of the party, a stout, l
with fear, he exclaimed : tslnnen - crawled out,' badly hurt, , and lalf
,
good-lookihg man, - was paying down the dead
money. ,When this was completed, with • "There, gaul darn :ye, have ye any better
an imperious movement of the hand, he thunder than that in England?"
motioned his newly pifrehased slave to fol
low hini. It was the youngest
_and the
most timid" of the two sisters whom he had
selected; nothing could have been more!
painful than to watch the intense, the ter
rified anxiety, with which both had follow
ed the progress of the sale; and now it
was concluded, and they knew that the mo
ment of separation was at arrived, she
whose fate had been scaled, disengaged
herself, and turning round, placed her two
hands oil her. sister's shoulders, with afirm
grasp, and gazed in her eyes.
Not words, not tears, could hare expres
sed one half of the mute, unutterable des
pair that dwelt in that long heart-rending
gaze. It were hard to say which face was
most eloquent of misery : but the Turk was
impatient: he clapped his hands to - (retnei'.
This was a well-known signal. A t ' slight
tremor shook the frame of the young slave ;
her arms fell powerless at •her, side, and
she turned to follow her master. The
voiceless but agonized farewell was over.
In another moment we could just distin
guish her slender figure threading its way
through the crowd, in company with the
other slaves belonging to the Turk.. Her
sister had hid herself behind her compan
ions, and now sat on the ground. her head
stink upOn her folded arms. Our guide
would have led us into another pen, but
W?e had seen enough ; we hurried through
the various groups till we reached the open
court; then for the first time we addressed
each other, and the same words burst si
multaneously from the lips of both—"C'est
infante !"
"But I have heard," I said, willing to
relieve myself from the painful oppression
this sight had caused; "that these poor
slaves are brought up to this situation from
their infancy, and, knowing nothing else,
do not feel their degradation or their mis
ery."
"Let us ask Joseph," said my friend,
shaking his head incredulously ; "he is an
intelligent person and can doubtless initiate
us into the mysteries of the slave-trade."
"Are these wretched creatures born in cap
tivity ?" he asked addressing the guide ; "or
if not, how are they procured ?"
-"Very easily, monsieur," said Joseph,
composedly. "None of these arc born
slaves, and ,t,lley are all procured in the
same manner. Any paella who wishes an
addition to his establishment, mans a ves
sel with a well-armed crew, and sends it
over to Circassia. .They go on. shore,
penetrate some little distance into the coun
try, attack the first quiet village they come
to, burn it to the ground if they meet any
resistance; and carry °Wall the women and
children. They throw them in a heap in-,
to the hold of the ship, and bring them tb
Constantinople. The pasha chooses what
he thinks fit for himself, and then sends the
rest to the' slave-market. Some of the
more extensive slave dealers often under
takt;.- such expeditions on. their own ac—
count."
"But after they arc bought they are
well treated, are they not ?" I asked.
"In many eases they are. It depends
entirely owthe temper of the master: he
has the power of life and death over them ;
and at all events the bastinado is always
more or less in tile."
"And what is the fate of the children who
arc brought in such numbers. into • the
world in consequence of this most infa
mous system ?" asked my friend.
"They are sold as slaves," said Joseph.
"Do you mean to say that they sell their
own flesh and blood ?", I exclaimed.
"Certainly they•d& They can acknowl
ledge them, and give them their freedom if
alb . ) , choose, but they never do. - They
have the children of their wives to provide
for, and, that is enough."
We asked, no more questions, for we
had heard quite sufficient.
Revolve 4.,y-eur_mi n d what you have last been
• BREACH OF PROMISE.—AIIOther of these
, cases was tried at the Essex county (New
York) Circuit, a week or two since. The
parties were Fanny L. Orley and Rod
erick C. Phipphin, olCrowapoint. The
courtship had' been three years in progress
and Mr. Phipphin had uttered the fatal
word. Nay, more. He bOrrowed a &l
iar of Fanny's brother-in-law "to pay the
marriage fee," and - • the same night he went
to St. Lawrence county; 'where, without
the loss of time, he married another- WO
man., The jury gave 'a verdict of $lOO
damages. •
1306TS.AND SHOES Is MASSACHUSETTS.—
The shoe basiness anro—' w ee the lead-
In the old Bay. Waite. We
learn from the statistical tables recently
published by the Secretary of the Common
wealth', that 20,890,312 pairs of boots and
shoes were produred there last year, val
ued at $14,798 ; 140. There are employ
ed in the business .15,897 peisons, of whom
upwards of 18,000 are females.
FOREIGN.
Arrival of the Steamer Cambria.
Great change in the Commercial Policy of Great
Britain—Sir Robert reel in favor of a total Re
peal of the Corn Laws—Great excitement in
England —Meeting of Parliatnent—Pacific feel
ing.evinced towards the United States—Mr. Pa
kenham's Refusal of the 49th degree not appro
ved by his government—Speeches of Sir Rob
ert Peel, Mr. Hume, and Lord John Russell,'
Reception of the War Speeches.in Congress—
Difficulty between Mr. King, the American .Min
ister and Mr. Guizot—The latter's reply to the
President's charge of an interference in the af
fairs of,Tcxas, &a.
The news by the arrival of the Cambria
was expressed by the U. S. Gazette front
Boston to Philadelphia several hours
.in
advance of all its coiemporaries—having
reached the latter city on Thursday even
ing the 19th inst.
The news is of the most important and
gratifying kind. Parliament had assem
bled, and the Queen's speech, as well as
the tone of the Press, with regard to) the
United States, is of the most pacific char
acter. Both Sir Robert Peel and Lord
John Russell sdisapproved of the course
pursued by Mr. Pakenham on the Oregon
question, in refusing the offer of Mr. Bu
chanan, without consulting his government.
Expressions of regret are made on all hands,
that the difficulties between the two coun
tries about Oregon are yet unsettled.
Sir Robert Peel has annouced an im
portant and radical modification of the Corn.
Laws, which has produced an immense
sensation throughout England.
Mr. Secretary Walker's Report on the
Tariff had been communicatedto the Brit
ish Govrnment long before it was made
known even to the proper committee of the
United States House of Representatives.
The new pOliCy of. the United States,
as indicated in the report of the Secretary
Of the Treasury, has coMmanded much at
tention in the British Parliament. Sir
Robert Peel spoke highly ofthe report iii
the great speech in which he introduced
the new Tariff; and subsequently, at the
request of Lord Montcagle, the Govern
ment consented to reprint the document,
- and place it on the table of both houses of
Parliament—an honor which was pr 47
bly never aivardcd to tiny similar docu
ment before. All these facts prate the
desire which the .British Government has
to make her future relations with the-Uni
ted States as-amicable and as business-like
as possible. 1 . . .
From Wilmer and Smith's European Timer.
4 • •
The steamship Cambria,. commanded
by our excellent and esteemed friend Capt:
Juditinsoakea out to-day the most import
ant and gratifying intelligence that, ever left
the shores of. Great Britain. Si—rlOliert.
Peel, England's powerful and brilliant Min
ister—has developed his future, commer
cial policy. ; It is at once simple and com
prehensive ; and, under its operations, the
exchange of commodities between this
country (England) and the United States
! will be carried to an extent, and will be
MU Wally productive of advantages, greater,
to quote not irreverently the words of the
sacred volume, "than eye ha's yet seen or
the heart conceived." The new scheme
embraces, with a 101 l sense of their impor-:
tance, the principles of free-trade—repudi
ates all protection for commerce, manufac
tures and agriculture ; admits corn duty
free at the end of three years, with a scale in
the interim, which Willgprobably oscillate
between four and six shillings per quarter,
(eight bushels,) and at once admits Indian
corn and buckwheat free of all duty what-
To the details of this great measure
we earnestly entreat the attention of o .
commercial readers. - Great Britain at the
,present o:toment is in a blaze of excite
ment; men talk and think of nothing else ;
they have set their hearts upon securing
the great fiscal scheme for the regenera=
tion of the country,-which the' Premier has
laid before Parliament; and they desire to
curtail the period fixed for the total extinc
tion of the corn laws. The friends of peace
and progression on this side of the--water
hope—earnestly and sincerely hope—that
the new policy will bind Atnerica to us by
the ties of amity, brotherhood, and inter
rest, and
.that the miserable squabbling
about a barren :waste Av - illgi;e way to more
liberal, civilized, and comprehensive - views.
The immediate effects of the new tariff,
on the most prominent articles of American
exports, we have noticed elsewhere. Alto
gether; the snbject, in its various phases,
is most important that ever crossed the
Atlantic since the introduction of ocean
navigation ; and all that is now wanting is
for the government and people of the Uni
ted States r 6 meet us in a kindred spirit,
and, in the true spirit of commerce and of
friendship; 'forget Ihe'pa6t, and run a gen-'
erous race of mutual happiness and pros
perity for. the future.
In a word, the new scheme is es near
an approximation to the principles of free
trade as can be safely consistent with the
policy- of a country which has its credit to
support and the interest of an overwhel
ming national debt to pay; Sir Robert
Peel has ack nowledgeattle principle that du-.
ties ought to be laid lor revenue and not for
protection, and his future policy, it is clear,
will be directed to that end. But it would
be too much to assume that he can carry
out the new course of action on which he
has now entered, without a desperate strug
gle, with the powerful interests which be
lieve themselves to be jeoparded. The
protectionists are boiling with fury, and the
language recently held in the House of
Lords by •the Dukes of Richmond and:
Buckingham indicates the fierce passions
which sway the breasts of British landlords
towards the most clear-headed practical
statesman of the age. Agriculture, they say,
cannot exist without protection; but Peel
says it must exist without it at the end of
three years.
Thus arrayed, the hostile forces face
each other with scowling front, and in
the centre stands Peel looking bravely on,
preserving a placid dignity in the midst of
Ale onslaught from either party.
In the House of Commons the Premier
is omnipotent, and, however furiously the
war must rage out of doors, it is believed
that he will be enabled to carry his tariff
by a majority ot eighty—certainly by more
than fifty. When matters come to a crisis,
and the free-traders in the popular branch
of the Legislature have to decide between
sacrificing Peel and hii plans, they will be
come, it is believed, less crotchety and
more practical.
Looking at the queqion, then, in every
point of view, taking into account the Ares
' ent position of parties, the advent of a new
election, the flush of triumph
,which man
ties the cheeks of the free-traders, the gloom
and anger which reign in the faces of the
protectionists—viewing the state of the
registry, the condition of the food market,
our relations with the U. States, the ab
sence of an excitement except on the ques
tion of free-trade—we arrive at the conclu
sion not only that Sir Robert Peel will pass
ltis new Tariff triumphantly, but that he
will do so at the present Parliament.
THE QUEEN'S . SPEECH.
Opening. of Parliament.—On Thursday
the 22d day of January, Parliament was
opened by the Queen in person. The roy
al procession left Buckingham Palace soon
after two o'clock, and arrived at the House
of Lords soon after. •
Her Majesty having passed through the
royal gallery, which was much crowded,
entered the. House of Lords, and,.after the
usual formalities delivered the royal speech
in which die following paragraph occurs :
, s j‘„l . regret that the conflicting claims of
Great Britain and the United States in re
spect of-the territory on the Northwestern
coast of 'America, although they have 'been
made the subject of repeated negotiation,
still remained (insetted. You may be as
sured that no effort, consistent with na
tional honor, shall be wanting on my part
to bring this question to an early and .peuce=
ful termination,"
The following paragraph from the same
speech,indicates* that the Queen sympathi
zes with, Sic Hobert in his new meavures:
4 , .1 recommend you to take into your
early consideratiOn whether-the prinetplei,
On which you: have acted may' not with,
adillfiNte be yet more sitsnsi).ely applied,
I WHOLE NO. 830.
whether it may not be in your power, after
a careful review existing duties upon nra,.
ny articles, the proddce or, manufactures
of other countries, to make such further•
reductions and remissions as may tend to
insure the continuance of the greatbeneflts
to which I have adverted, and by enlarging
our commercial intercourse, to strengthen
the bonds of amity with foreign 'sowers.
Any measures which you may adopt foref
fecting these great objects, will; I am con
vinced, be accompanied by such : precau-.
bons as shall prevent permanent loss to the :
revenue, or injurious results to any of this.
great interests of the country.
I have full reliance on your-just and ditty
passionate consideration of matters so deep
ly affecting the public welfare. It is my
earnest prayer with the blessings of Divine
Providence on your councils, you may be
enabled. to promote friendly feelings bo
,sween different classes of my subjects, pro
vide additional security for the continu- , ...4
ance of peace, and_ to maintain -content
ment and happiness at home, by increas
ing the comforts ofthe great body of my,
people.
The Queen emphasized 'portions of.
the speech which referred to the continu
ance of peace and to the reduction of the
tariff."
---In-the-House of Commons on the :first
night of the session, the ministerial and op. ,
position leaders both Yolunteerod- explana
tions on the circumstimccs which led to
the late ministerial crisis. These . expla
nations now belong to history. Their in
terest is merged in the still greater plena
for the future which the financial scheMe
of the Premier has developed.
Peel, it would.seem, supported, by two
or three °rids celleagues, wished to open.
the ports for the admission of Corn, duty :
free, when the potatoe disease becetne a
' harming. The majority of the Cabinet , op-
posed his views, and finding their differen
ces only widened by discussion, they went
in a body to the Isle of Wight, where the
Queen was then staying, and placed their
resignation in her hands. •Tbesubsequent
results are patent to the world.. To Lord
John Russell was confided the task of. for
ming a Cabinet, wliich broke doirn through
the difference between Lords Grey and
PalinerSton.
00n a subsequent night howeVer the Duke
of ratted upon the Duke of Wel
lington to supply : hio--,crbtua,
faced thelequest hy asking whether.the
hero of a hundred fights had received her
Majesty's permission to do so. The Doke,.
with the frankness and promptness which
mark his conduct, immediately •launched
into . a history of theaffair. It was,a very
different. story. from that of his oily and ap
pearance-loving colleague at, the head, of
the government. The Cabinet differed
about the Corn-laws, and resigned. The
Duke disliked the repeal of these lawS,hut,
he disliked a difference in the Cabinet more.
'l', preserve unaniinity of opinion he wag
ready to sacrifice any law—to give up any
pet scheme.
Accordingly, when the Whigs, through
divided councils, broke down, Sir Robert
Peel wrote to the Duke, who was in the
country at the time, telling him that he
would meet Parliament alone if necessary,
and propose a repeal of the corn laws.—
The Duke immediately gave in_his adhe
sion, and highly praised the "pluck" of hie ,
right honorable friend in coming to such a
determination; it was what he would have
done himself under the pressure of 'tirnilar
circumstances.
ENGLAND AND THE U. STATES.
- In the House of Commons on Jab.
Sir Robert'Peel, in reply to some obser- ".
vations of Mr. Hume upon the Queen's
speech, remarked that he had no hesitation
in announcing the sincere desire Of lig_
Majesty's government, for the interests of
i Great Britain, for the interests of the U.
States, and for the interests of the civilized
world, to continue to strain every effort.
which is consistent with national honor,
for,the • purpose of amicably terminating
those disputes. He thought it Would be
the greatest tnisfornine if a contest 'about
the Oregon between two such powers as
England and the U. States, could not, by
the exercise of.moderation and good sense
be brought to a perfectly ' honorable and
satisfactory conclusion. (,sheers.)
The. Oregon and River Plate Questions.
—Lord John Russell saidlie wieitetabout
to allude to those subjects which had been
before the House last night, but there were
two questions in that part of the speech
from the throne which related to our for
eign relations, which he- wished fortomo
explanation upon. First, with regard to
the Oregon question. Me entirely partic
ipated in the feelings of the right honora
ble gentleman, both that peace with the U.
States was most desirable; and that we
ought-to do nothing that was inconsistent
with the honor of this country.
But certain statements had- been put
forth in America, and reported to have been
made to the Congress of the U. States,
which made it dem:dile . that-some expla
nation should' be given upon the subject.
He had thought that the Presidentor the
U. 'States had last year made di3ClaratiOn's '
to Cougress on this "Object whtch Ittle -
not Conformable with 'the
lized countries; or to the friendly . felittloits
of the two 'States but it , 'filottld, 4pritlek•
however that a -posilion
mise had proposition
been niAde from the 'l/17esideUtto •
he; Majesty's GoVerntnent,:iiiidlietteitit
John Russell) conceived thetAhitt:
lion had ellangedihe-itatirotdit'
Tie proposition -Welt iiitightqmg •