BY DAVID OVER.
LETTER FIIDAI ifilJOlt I)OW.\!.\G.
To Uncle Jo-ycw Downing, Post Master
at down East, in the
. State of Jtinhif
.floorJ the Sch(:ci;er Tr:o Pclhc,
Jt rjuk-T in-: if. of S:a;.hj licuk. January 21,
Drill Lnclk Joshga : I Lave jest got
back frout Washington, where I have been
for the last fortnight watehia the old ship
of S.ate layin tu in a sort of three-cornered
gale of wi'id. This gale struck her the
'A3 1 of December, and threw h*r all aback
and ihe gale holds on yet-tight as t ver, and
there sue has been layiti now sovea weeks,
head to the wind, rolling and pitchin, and
imsu't gained ahead a rod. I've seen rough
times in the Two Follies, and lonir gales of
wind, hurrykanes and, whirlpool, and all
sorts of weather, but this is the first time
i've seen a craft layin to again a three- j
cornered gale fot two months upon a stretch,
ia a eir 'pphi sen wer: e than the Gulf Stream j
in a thunder-storm. But don't yoa be
frightened, Uncle Joshua; she won't go
down, bat wbl lire through il, an 1 go on:
hot voyu-3 by-au-by :.ll right. Our old
ship of State is a stanch craft; she is built
of the very best .-tuff and put together in
tbo strongest maimer; and there Wi a spar
nor :t plauk nor a timber-bead in her but
what is as sound as a nut. Sue's the best
ship in the.world, and the Two Follies 1.
next. So you needn't ba afeard that any ■
sea will over swamp her; and if ever she j
should to its danger of ruunia • ashoie or on
the breakers by the an cabbies and fool in of
, 1
her officers, sue . got a crew that wnl tasc
care of her.
You know; Uncle, I've been saiiin round
Cuba nnd up the Gulf a good while, trying i
to carry ouMho :• -us of our Congress a;
Ostend and At-K'-U. ppel, to take Cuba
because our country couldn't get along
without it, and so it-preservation, you know,
is the Sr.-t law of outer. Wg should got
through that job long ago if our Cabinet
hadn't Lacked out about it, 1 uovyr exact
ly understood the houif difficulty ; but I'm
sura there was some hard shuffling some- '
where, lte aji
backia and Sllio in the tleuic Department
was what bothered Us, an 1 pretty likely has
upset tba business. First, ihe IF. as De- .
parturent toil us to go ahead and fix up ou r
Ostend matter she lest way we could. Bu l
as soon as i and Mr. Buchanan and Mr.
Uocln , and the rest of us in the Foreign
Gove; nmcuf, had got things well under'
way, and was about ready to take Cuba, the i
llouie Departfueut turned ,'ght round and
lit agiu u j , tooth and ntil. As I sai l
afore, I cculdu't accwani. for this home 1
difficult'.' aud the sudden turn-abaut of tin?
Home Department, unless they was afeard
wo should got the most of the credit of takin
Cuba; snd may be I, or Mr. Buchanan, or
Air. Sooley, or Mr. Mason, or Mr. Sickles,
or Mr. .Sanders might get to be President 1
by it. Cat such a thought never entered !
myher.d, ..iu I can pledge myself the same
for all the rest. We was to work cut if"!- '
for tlse country's good, and nefhin cl.se. !
Aud for the Home Department to get :
jealous of uar>d turn again in in that vay
was <*rne! and onkind. It grieves me every
time I think of i". for I think like the good
l)r. Wat.'-; v.L re he suv, ,
How pleasant " is tn sc ;
lircrthr -n an-1 friend* net- t
1 sent dog>n',-hps to Omars! Pier?about i
it more than three months a go, hut never
got any are v er. And finally I got tired
ho! tn ou out tliere alone. and hearin all the
time that the Home Department k ,t
stopping nil tl. reinforcements from cont:n<r
oyt to help ;nt; to I up helm and beaded
the Two Foil is,i for Dow ri'my. hi. When
we got along it: the latitude of New Y; rk
that terrible OtL of January storm overtook
us, and * just made out to weather ihe
gale and got inside of Study Hook ami I
come 11 anker. The pilots come aboard
kui f.eated us very kind.
'l'Uein Mew iUrk pilots arc clover fellow.',
' ! ey brought us Ws of newspapers, firvrn
which 1 Iparnt what, nad been gniu on fr>r '
,w © months patft. Yfo.eu tlscy sec the
Duwniugvtlle meltiia was aboard, and
..urgent Joel at the isfad of 'oiu urcssrd up i
uniform, one of the pilots* took ujf to"
one side and whispered to me that betvbuid
adviro me as a friend not tu go up to g<" e, v
-* ork, for if wi> did the Two Follies wyis a!'
gone goose. "
"Ilowro! ' days I; "wfi.it do yoa
"I menu," says he, "that Mr. Mellon,,
Die District Attorney, will nab her tu less
than no time, and couidetnii her for a 6!li
buster vessel, and you'll all be put in prison
*ad trtedfor violatrn the neutrality laws."
•'L .t'fihd do it," ®ays I, "if he dares.
*Ve av: at v...,'; for the govermueut. Oue
c \ttne !,ja all-beoa.iUjJer. taa diraotiori and ,
aiv.ee r-f Con *res- ." •
'"irl .-truember right," aays he,"Cmgress
""" ; l! 1 * 'sioo when the Two Fallioe .
'■ )r 'hv 'A est ledia stark u. lion
A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Folitics, the Arts, Sciences, Agricalture, &c M &e—Terms: Two Dollars per annum.
then, could ycu be under the direction of
| Congress?"
"I mean the Ostend Congress," savs I,
j "and it makes no diSforaneo which, one's
! as good as 'tothcr."
"Well,""says he, "vou'il find it makes no
. difference wh ioli when sou get to New York.
Tho District Attorney is death on every
vessel that has tho least smell of guupow
! der, or has acy thing aboard that bears any
: i ; ken"SS to a musket. Fie ha- a moaster
ktiww scent for gtinpowder: lie often smells
it aboard vessels wi'Jre there isn't a bit nor
grain, and it all turns to be only b>ige
' water."
"If that's the ease," says I, "I'H leave
! the Tso Fullics at anker here, and I'll be
i off to Washington and see how the land
lays.'
j So I called up Cant. Jumper, the sailing
master, and told him too keep things ad
snug and tight while I was gone, and I
told Sargent. Joel to take good care of the
j nier.,artd I'd try if possible to be back in a
' fort rv glit.
When I got *o Washington I thought I
would j -st run in a few minutes end see bow
Congress was getting along first. I had
let trty bean! grow pretty Dug, and was
| dressed so different from wh it I used to
that I didn't feci afeard of anybody's
knowing me; so I went right into the Repre
! sen Vi tives' chamber took'a sect in ti.
1 rtu'derv. Business seemed to be "ding on
i <-
' brisk and lively. • A man was s'ahungap
! in front an 1 reading off, in a good loud
voice, Banks 10"', Richardson To, Fuller
31, Pennington 5, scattering 4. Then I
went cut and went into tb- Sonne. But
tliere Lusinfe-ss seemed to be very dull, i
coi itin't find out as any thing was doing.
1 Some wis reading toe r.ew--y p ns, and some
was talking a little and sotae was setting
as calm ami quiet a- so many bears i.i th-jlr
winter den with ti dir i to do but suck their
I paw.-. I soo.i got tire I c<f th ; , an 1 went
back into the House ag.tin. i had b"t ie-t
got seated in t!:e gallery vrh.rci the mnn in
i front got Up and re *<l c.fF ngin. Banks 103,
; |i:cj;,m;dsosi "3, EwE,gt_.iAl, Feriftiu2U4--i,.
! fcattering 4.
1 turned round aad whispered to the man
who sot next to me, and, Bay 1 "'Tints just
the same tunc they had when i was iu Lere
half an hour ago."
"Exactly," says he; "they don't play but
goo st.no, and that hasn't to variations."'
I "A'.-IL, what upcu airt'a -are they doing!"
says I.
"Oh, they lira choosing a Speaker," s'lys
he.
I "Choosing a Speakerl" says I. "For
gruobus s.tko, how long dotfs it take 'em to
do th i'?"
"I can't bavti the .slightest idea how
long'" .-ays he. "They've been at U now
about six weeks, and if they continue to gain
j ns fast as they have since they begun, I
! <rne-s it might take 'eia pretty near freni
July to etainity."
"If that's the case," ssy l,"I'll clear
' out, for I can't wait so long as thai.!' So
I Imrr:oat and made tracks Btrjsigbt far
the White House* I rung to tlm door and
servant let me in. I to}J hiui I wanted to
■ • e the Pre-ident. Do said, very well, tb e
Pi '-ident was in his private room, and Ira
win Id take my card to him. I told him bs
; m'ght go and tell Oiiierul Pivree that an
oltl triond of his and a felJow-Boldier in the
Mexican War wanted to see him. Preseit'ly
Le come back and asked n:e to walk up. I
foumi the President alone, walking back
and forth across the room, and looking-kind
of riled and very resolute. It made me
fliiuk of Old Hiekorv when l.e used to get
hi- dancer up about Biddie's bank, aud walk
tiie floor all day and lay awake all nigiib
't, tuning how he c- al l unset St.. The Giui
rsi knew me as Soon as I went into the ryom,
in spite of my beard, and shook hands with
nu and said bj was very giad to see me.
"U eli now, Gmera!," savs I, "1 want to
come right to the pint the first tliliarj. I've
left thi Two Potties at uuker down to Suidy
; liook,nnd I want to knoW 'right up and
Jtfwa ir she's to lvj nabbed or not. You
know Low 'lis, Giuei-a,j you know we went
i out in good faith urtdi r iho orders of tho
Ostecd Congress; nud you kaow the Lipoid
litjverf.uMit uaok-eJus up in tiro beginning
of 1 if: but iOw you've turned. again us,-nod
1 understand you've b en seizing and over
hauling every vessel all along shore that
lum its b#Hfifrit pin ted towards or
Central America; and I was told ill the
Two I'jllieS wdat up to York AbcM'be eat -
vod tbe flam ; BISK; Now, I want to know
bow we stand that' ail. If you dont want
tbe help of tbe Two Follies there's enough
that does; and if you don't give her a clear
passport out and in, ahe'll be off pretty j
quiok where she can find better friends."
-Why. my dear Major," mid tbu Presi
dent, r.nd the tours almost come iut j his
eyw; u Hsjr dear Major," ruya he. "you ruis
uiiderstooi tuo entirely. You and the 'llwo
Follies hav'nt got a better friend in the
world thau law. Ihe tact is, Ive heen
very much tr.cd ever since that Ostend
Congress Business. It wade p. good deal
of hard feeling in my Cabinet, and as tilings
work we waaobliircd to couie out again it.
.And then wo had to make a show of sticking
up very strong for the neutrality law-- and
that's why we seized so many vessels. Bat
you needn't give yourself the least uneaoi
oess about the Two Poiiies. 1 pledge you
the honor of the Executive that she shan't
be touched. And besides linin a good
deal of trouble now all routqi.ainl [want yen
and the Two R liVs to stick by me; for, it'
you don't I don't know who will - "
"Agreed," say- I, "cuffsaid; that's talk
ing right up to the mark. Give us your
hand Gineni;: I'll stick by you is close a- 1
did by my oul friend, Giiwral Jackson.—
N .iw, what do you want me to do?"
"Well, Major," siys he, "I'vfi got a
good many ticklish jobs on hand that 1
don't hurd'v know whit to do with, no:
I * ,
' which to take hob: on first. V>c know
there.-' a Democratic Convention to meet at
Citi innnt: to make the noininations for the
next term." [Here tho Pre-idcat gat up
and locked the door, and iot down elosc to
me and talked low.) "The main'question
i-, bow to bring thing- tn Lear on that Ot>n-
Viii'i ii so as to no.he the nomination go
right. M.vrcy wan'sit, and Biekanati wants
it, and Wise winds it, and Dickinson wants
j i', and'reraps Cass too, though lie says he
dont, and i don't know hew many others,
' all good Democrats, you know; but we can't
all have it: so you see I've got a hard team
ito poll again-t. As for Douglas, I think
he'll go for me, if I'll ro for htm after
wards. The Cabinet an l I hare brcn tryia
to got things road v before the n<>iim:tion to
give life Adtnini?;ration the credit* df being
the MnarfOtst ar. l spuuki-'-st Administration
iwe ever hi!. Wc want, if passible, to go
a IP He' ahead of Jackson. Yon kuow
we've already Wowed Gray Town to atom.-.
We've .struck a heavy blow to knock off the
, Dani.-t} bsfiitSt'-l .dues, ibid s|\aiFhe fead? for
tHWiflflP'l l '!WJU!w'fti I' Ii:
We'v- g'-r a r..u-in arthqunke kiadling up
between us -irt'l England, which will bejest
the filing if wc can touch it off at the right
thin'. But yoa know these things soine
thues take fire too soon and do mischief l-ntb
side-. I feci a little oncasy about this, and
wish tlvnt stupid (' 'Ogress would ever ge l
ctgenised so as to take part of the respon
sibility. Then we've got a quarrel brewiu,
' too with Cel. Y/alker. out there in Nicar-
a'gay. ami have refu-e! to receive Col.
French al l.i- M'ni-ter. if Walk, r U o mm'i
to resent ic as a ft national insult, we arc
ready tor him. Yvc than't give bnclt a
hair. Now, Major, what do yon think of
the chances for the nomination! '
"Wal, General," say-1, "I think if you
manage right you'll per it. I'll do what I
can for you, any how."
The Gineral .-book my hand, and got up
and walked the floor. Says he, "The
graatest difficulty now is with this confoun
ded, biiff-neekcd, stupid Congress. Th y
won't organise—that is, the House won't
nad they seem determined to ihfowi a
damper on the Adniuiistrati ni semehuw or
other. Here they've been foofia away tljcir
time six weeks and letting the whole coun
try hmg by eye-lids— war arid all. I had
to keen my mes-agc oil baud a month and
let it almost spile je.-t hecauso the House
wasn't organized. At last I happened to
Rink it was a good chance for me take the
responsibility. So I let drive, and fired my
message right in among 'em. It made
quite a fluttyrin among 'em. Some was
quite wratliy; hut I didn't care for that. I
meant let. 'em know I'd show 'cm a touch of
. old Hickory if thev didn't mind how they
carried B..ii. But here 'tis now goiu on t.vo
| months, and every thing is at a dead stx-i
because tho House won't eh6ose n Speaker.
YYe can't have any certainty of gcltim*
enough money to keep the Govorniueci a
gotu till we get a Speaker, r.ud all our
plans is iu danger of being knocked in tie;
head. Notv, Major, I wish you would shy
found among the Members a day or two aud
i see if you can't bring matters to a p iutq I
Jort't much care who is Speaker, if thuy'tl
only organize."
So I went round among the Member.- two
.or three days and did my best. I found euf
i ill very stiff, and the lpbby members tycra
I stiffe-st of any. TLc third day I went iiuek
: to the President agin and gays be, "Weli,
M.ijor, how does it stand now? Dae.s things
look auy more encouraging?''
"A lyctle grain." says I, "but not much."
"Well, bow is it!" says ho.
Says 1, -'lt is, Banks 105, Richards :>u,
73, Fuller 31, Pennington 5, soaUerriug
3. "
"But that's the same old tune," says he;
1 "jest the same that's been for the last a:x
. weeks."
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1856.
! "X<>," says I, "you mistake. Don't you
' see the scattering has fall off one? Isn't
| ii.it a leetle encouraging?"
The Preside nS looked iHeupointed.—
i said lie, "That's a very small straw for a
i drowuin man to catch at. But how do
thev talk? Do they grow any morej lia
| hie?
"Weil, the Fuller men seemed to be the .
most pliable,'' says 1, "of any of 'cm.— i
TtiV.- -a: was perfectly vs il;in:j and. j
ready to at any tune, and tho oiuy
difficui.y was thi Banks men and the it.cn- j
ardson men standing out so stalbori:.''
"What do our true Democratic frienus,;
the llichardson men, say?'' said the Prcsi
, dent.
Says I, "They say tlicyil stand there and |
light till the crack of doom before they"!' j
allow the Black Republicans to get the up- ;
per hand."
"Weil that's good spunk,'' said the Pre- i
sident; '•but the worst of it is this business
will crack my Administration sometime j
before the crack of doom. Well, how do
the Burks man talk? Is there auy hope
from that quarter?''
"They say they are in no hurry," says I.
olhey had as leave vote, as do any thing
else. They've got inouey enough and cau
stand it, and.they'll stick where they are
till ta -v -tirve the Atbuitifinitiiiu out. '
'J'iie Preside at jumped up, ant] I must say j
he looked more like Old Hickory than I j
ever see him before. Says he,"Major Dow
ning, this will never do; we must have a j
Speaker, by book or crook. Can't you j
contrive any way to bring this business j
about?"
■'Well," aavs J, "there is one way 1 j
think the business may be done; and I don't i
km w out it's the las: chance: and that is,
fur me logo and bring the Two Polilcs.
round her guns to bear on the Capitol. Then,
send in word ml give 'cm one boor to or
ganize. If they don't do it, tbeu letter j
the iitnjse down about their ears, or mareh |
in the J/owriiugvilie meiitia and drive ,'etu j
out, as old Cro|i.w>gi did the liquip Farli- j
men:. M --* 1 - -- •
Tna President stood a minute in a deep !
study. At last ho said, "Well, Major, a j
desperate disease sometimes needs a des
pot ate remedy* If you think you are right,
go afi nd/'
So here I an. Uncle Joshua, aboard the 1
Two Pollies. I jest striped to write this |
account to you, and si al! now up anker j
ami make all sail for the Potomac. And if |
things is no better when I get their you may j
cxp-yt inhere thunder.
i remain your loving nephow,
MAJOR JACK DOWNING. S
i
* * trr > n p ys v *p?
I. d ■/ t .k/ -"V. . *-> .
The tune of Yankee Poodlo is said to '
hare ben composed by I)r. Shaekburg.
attached to the British army, in 1755, when
the troops of the Northern Colonies march
ed into Alhanj, preparatory tc the attack
on the French posts at Niagara eud Fron- ;
tcriac. The Itabilnu'nts of these recruits !
presented a strange contrast to the orderly
appointments of the English soldierly, and
thb music to which they inarched was as
antiquated and outre as their uniforms.--
fU;.t:-kburg, who po-essed some musical
knowh tgp, composed a tunc for the new
comers, which he told thciu was one of the
most ci !clir. 'ed of tho.-e in use by the army j
To the great of the British, the j
provitirialu accepted the gift, and "Yankee I
Dooule" became very popular among j
them.
The tunc was not original with Shack- J
burg, as it has been traced back to the tim" j
of Charles J., in England. In the tcigti of j
his son we find it an easy accompaniment to j
a little song on a famous lady of easy vir- I
tue of that date, which has been perpt tna- j
ted as a nursery rhyme—
Lucy I/oeket lost her pocket,
Kitty Fiaticr bimi it.
Nothing in it, nothing in it,
But the bijiiiug ar-jnud it. j
A Utile inter we have tlta first appear- I
rm.ee of tftat redoubtable personage, Yankee i
Dii'a.io. lie seems even at-that early siago J
of his career to have .altowu the duramens- j
tic that of making the umst of ! iu- <
self— j
Yankee Doodle came to town
Upon h lvintish pony,
lie stutfk a leather in his hat,
And called him Macaroni.
It is not impossible, however, ihnt Yau- j
ken Doodle may be from Holland. A ssug
in use among the laborer*, who, in the har
vest time, migrate fro*"' Germany to the
Bow I'oritfrtesy where they receive for their
work as uiuiiE butter-nnjk as they can think
and a tenth-of the graiu secured by their
exertions, has this burden
Ya liker didt-l, tiondc! down
Didcl, dudel laater,
Y&nke vtver, voover vowa,
Botermilk ami Tautker.
That is. buttermilk and a tenth
1 his song our informant has heard re" j
peated by a native of '.hat country, who had .
often listened to it_at harvest time in his
youth.
The precise date when
Father and I went down to camp
cannot, we fear, be fixed with accuracy, but
i as 'he tune was aung at Banker Hill, uuv ,
. lie assumed to have been in 1755.
Oar copy pf tire words ij from u broad
j fU a of-'opags, Ballads, c. i
purenaseil t rooi a ballad printer and f.eiler I
; in Boston in 1813, made by Latah Thomas,
i The variations and additional stansas in the j
: notes are from a version given in Farmer
.mi Moore's Historical Collections of New i
Hampshire, iiL 157.
i'iUE VALUE'S lIETUIIN F1i052
Father and I went down ic. c.rcp
Along with Captain G >cuhig,
j And there wo set, the men and hoys,
As thick as hasty pudifr,-.
i * |
i
C!:crus —Yankee Doodle, keep it tip,
Yankee Doodle, dandy,
Mind the mnsi • and the step.
And with the go-Is h, L.-nJy.
And there we sec a thensjud men.
As : icii as 'Scuire DtriJ;
And what they wasted every day
I isli it could be saved.
The 'lass-s they eat every da . .
VTau'.i keen a house a
I They have as much that, I'll bo bonr.A,
They eat it when the're a mlod to., ■
And there we see a swamping gur..
I.arge as a log of maple,
Upon a deuced little cart,
A load for filth -r's cattle.
I
And every tie;o hey shoot it of.
It t .kes ah, rn t,:' pow ler,
And makes a n-fise like father's gua.
Only a nation louder.
1 went s mjji. to one myself.
A , Miak'saimierpinnin^,
i
| An 1 Tat lit? r weiA :ia nigh agnin,
I thought ike dace was in him.
j ; V,; ,
i Cousin grow o bold.
I tUAughkbo v.-ouii h\e eoeW 1t... ,
It scared me so, I shrinked it off,
And hong by father's pocket.
"
And Captain Davis had a gun,
lie kind of o! pt his hand oti't,
\nd stuck a crooked stabbing iron
Upon the liUlbru 1 ou't.
| And t ero I see a pumpkin shell
As Ligas mother's basin;
, Ami every ti-.;e they touched it off,
Thev scampered like the nation.
i
i
i see.a little carrel, too
The heads were pj; '< eof 1 e \thr, i
| They knocked upon't w.th little clubs,
And called the folk's together.
! ' !
! And there was Cftp'ain Washington,
And gentle flks abort birn.
| They say he's grown so fcrnal proud,
He will not ride witbuat 'cm-
Ho got him on his meeting clothes,
Upon asia; ping stallion,
lie set the world along in rows.
In hundreds and in millions.
i The flaming ribbons in bis hat,
They looked so tearing fir.u, afc,
I wanted peskily to get,
To give to my Jemiunh.
I see another snarl of roan
A digging graves they told roe,
So tatnal long, ro tarn*! deep,
They 'teuded th -y should hold roe.
j j
It scar'd me so., I booVd it off,
N T o rstop "d as I rotr.em her, ,
I Nor turn'd a'ootit. till I got hor;.'.
Lock'd upia re other'* chamber
I D f ityclciacfcs, CyrfopetJf ? o'\im~rUsH Lituratu.rr.
i Leaf from 'lisl^ry.
i
I' T e publish'belhw an article froiu tLe
j LouLvtlle Journal, on an j
rical episode. It treats ef matters t'ut •
In ve often been alluucd to iu recent noHmic j
delates aud wiitiugs, in wbieb Ibe Routdu- j
ists invariably distort tie real facts of j
tbo case, in'order to advance tbeir owp j
ends':
"It was about Stepbun Luugton that, the 1
quarcl between the inLmous Jubn uud j
Pope Innoceut began. John vvisliu 'to ap- j
point John de Gray' Arch bishop of Cau- |
tcibury; tli'o Pope hppointed Stepbenliatjg- ,
ton. \\ ben John inade war Upon Ins barons, j
iu 1213, Ijaugton opposed Lim with firm
ness. The king and the arcTibflthop mot at
Winchester,kissed and made friends—Bang
tori having no confidence in John, and !
John hating him as the cause df all bis j
kingly troubles. When John undertook to j
make war upon France, the Karons n-lu- '
srd to assisC Lim, because Magna Cfiarta
Wa? r.ot secured. From the island of Jer
sey, John, finding l;nuself? unsupported, ie
turued in ngc to Northampton. Hero
Bington caught up tvitn him, and the pre
late said:
"These barbnrious measures ara in viola
tion of yonr oaths; your vassals mustatand
tc the judgment of tbeir peers, aud not he
' wantonly harassed by unuß. Tbe king w-V j
| furioua, but bo had a lough character in
Langton to deal with. He was insensible to .
i tear. While John was furious, Long! on ,
j hastened to Loo ion, and at a see on <1 meet- j
: ingot' the barons, on the 25tii of August, I
he read Henry the First's liberal character, ;
j and after inducing the barons to approve it
j provisions, Langton made tbcur swear to be j
true to each other and to conqoer or die in :
; support of their liberties. On? iifout't af- r
! ter, a new Papal legatee arrived, Cardinal
Nicholas, and found John warring against!
! the character of Henry. The trcacbcrou* ,
! king bowed in homage to the P*'pe, paid
j fifteen thousand marks to the legate, and '
promised fifty thousand to the bishops.—
! Tbe court of Rome at once joined Juhu in ;
, all his outrages, aided hiut in warring a- ;
gainst tie liberties of England, and weut
| hand in band with one of the meanest, low- j
i ei, most treacherous and ferocious tyrants
, that ever wore a crown.
| Hut Archbishop Langton was true to the
j cause of liberty, even after Pope Innocent i
, Lad abandoned everytlung connected with i
1 ..
j it. Latxgfon was the life and soul of the 1
1 cause of .Magna Cliarta. lie was to that i
i causa what Samuel Adams was in that cause }
•of Aaieri un liberty. He could be no ither j
itUunidatuiffior cajoled. When at the feast i
' of Kpijdiapy, tha barons waited cti John |
. and demanded'- uu answer, lie wished to put 1
j tlteui off until Easter, utrd they grantee the '
• j respite on couditicn that Cardinal Ltnglot. j
j wouid be one of the king's sureties that he j
i would do justice to their demands. Aftei :
; ho got rid of the. barons, John attempted to j
i court the Lburch by yielding certain privi-,i
I lege* to it. li.it Stephen Langton was un
j flinching to the cause of liberty. lauocent j
; wrote aa insolent letter to Langton, in which j
the Papacy expressed itself Lu unmistakable \
terms .that it would support John l ight o 1
wrong, licit neither kingly power nor pa
pal •]."> uin.ou ever caused Cardinal Laagtoo
! to swerve for single mouit at from the cause
of freedom,
j Yfecu Jo'un attempted to uieefc the bn
frww-ritb *n wrtoy nf 'fttreijn imrrconrrfftfc?'
and bishop Puufulpb urged Langtoii to cx
oomiuuuicate the barons, according to or
ders from Rome, Langton turned the tables
and threatened to excoiumuuicatc John's
: aruiv uules* it dispersed, which act it speedi- :
ly performed. The spirit sad firmness of j
■ Langton crushed John, and o.i tbe 15th of '
- June, 1214, at Ruunytuoad, John signed !
i the charter. Tbe barons looked to Lang- f
ton as the life of the whole work, and while !
j they held Loudon, they coufidod the Slower j
itc the fidelity and courage of Langton. He j
j lived for twenty-four years iu the enjoyment
'of tiio iibortica he had thus secured. Pope
Innocent was as busy with his excommuni
cations of Magna Charta aud its friends a s
Johu was in his butcheries and assass.ua" ;
i tions, but the ferocious, treacherous, brutal
I / ' !
John aud his fiia-, Achates Pope, lunc- j
; cent, died without being able to overturn
the character of English liberty. Should !
J saab a mat! as Stephen Langton, who never
in his priestly office and high oeciesiasUenl
! honors forgot what was due to freedom, bo I
t iost to the memory of honest and true men?
While liberty has a votary on the earth, j
Stephen Langwm'.s name shonld be held in !
i honor, aiuid the execration* that belong to
| king . Johu cf England aud Pope In- j
i nouent cf the* Roman Catholic llierar- j
1 city.
; THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
The news received by the Arabia is un- j
• doubtcdly.important,but to rightly estimate |
j tha real tstent of that importance, we tnust j
wait for advices Ly the next steamer, and
I perhaps, even, for those by the steamer sue.
{ ceediug that. The acceptance by Russia
| of the Austrian terui3 as a bus is of
' Hon may mean a great deal, a- very lit.ie
■ aud perhaps nothing at all—it may be the
[ premonition of an early peace, or merely i
muvo iu the complicated gameof'iip'omacj". j
Looking at the astuteness wuicU usually |
j
characterises tne pari icy of Russia, hpr
readiness to gain tijueby ncg'vtiatiou, . ev£n
v.;hen already decided ou the p>iat at which
a pretext for,.disagreement is to beTounU,
wo are rather inclined to look dislcustfuHy
upon the announcement that Las csyittd
such animated espectala-us- ot peace su
EugiauJ. Tbe intimation that the accept
ance of the terms proposed had bsen forced
upon Russia by the determined attitude cf
Austria in recalling her representatives fiqui
St. Petersburg, aud preparing to sock the
armed co-operation of the Germanic diet,
docs pot toouj eiimprchensioa increase the I
probability that Russia really iulottds bring
j lag the war to a, close. The idea of < o'.lu
! l ion between the cabinets of Vienna and St.
Petersburg has become too settled to fee
easily removed, aud even in the most reso
lute altitude the 'former m.'-y assume, there
will remain the suspicion that some reserva
tion is intended by which at the most eritisoal j
moment Austria will bt found exerting -.11
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| hot influence on the side of Russia. There
is a want of dufiultenc.ss, also, in the terms
in which the acceptance of the Cxar is an
nounced, that mus;, until dispelled hv more
! complete details, increase the uoubt as t<>
i the real estimate to be placed upon thu
| importance of the event. An ncccptamo
of the t.-ruis p e.'u r 1 as a la-is of nego la
j tiou, may tueau uot an uorescrvbd intention
: to accept the terms ihemsei yjja as a final
| stittlifitieW of " sJfffieukkes, leaving aiiuar
poias only fur future arrangement, !iot
ineivly t wi.iiogoes to so:/;o the opportunit ;
i for a renewal of negotiations. Of course i:
:LU be tho at use in which Russia annouiKcs
! the intention, the actual j-rc- : pct cf p-iam
■ is in no degree ajwmeel.
We do not design by these r- in irks tn
| detract from J;he real haps: tuuee of the ad
vices by the Arabm. There are an abur.-
i dance of cogmnt reasons why Russia may b •
-viiiiug to accept peace upon terms the t
touch BO lightly her pre-.tigeuud powers#
those offered by the allies, and for the cause
i of humanity and progress it must be lmppd
i that it is her sine :ro desire to do so. If en
- the orrs hand she has not been conquered or
j humiliated by her opponent.*, yet on the
j other the fact has been abundantly do
, mosstratr l that in the face of the powerful
j coalition formed against her she cannot ct
i pevt to aa-oomplish tho purposes wLlel;
! originated the war. The allies also pown
i fully feel the j.vcsßure of causes that must.
{ induce ti eni to seek for peace anil to throw
!uo unnecessary obstacles in tie way of
securing it. These reacting influeaces may
j be sufficiently weighty to render both irarties
i earnest in their efforts at conciliation, and
give to the diplonutie cotUereticos that
j to..st ensne a unity of purpose which will
i quickly b.uiih a war that already beet:
i heavily felt ami threatens so much ill ti. ">
j fttrury;
j The ceamess of peace wi'l suggest queg
i tions as to the iuflucnue it will exert, if
: actually cono'aded, upoo our own iutcrosts
in vie w of the unsettle J reUtions we hoi i
; with Givat iiritsiin. The immediate afeet.
: wfr TJitT feaMPSbhr- enrtttutJe, would be t j
confirm the Paimerstoti ministry in power,
and to reijdcr it more tenacious ia maintain
ing its position toaaid.s thus euuntry. —
I Against this unfavorable iufluecce wc may
properly piaee tho unwillingness f the mass
jof the people cf England to engage in a
i , cw war, whilst tho sacrifices and iKirthfens
1 of one just so fresh in sh-iv
j rentetnbraoce. To ibis general uawiliitig
i ness there mn*t also bo added the special
'unpopularity of a war with this coon*: •,
!the real in--' I'/iii arc * of the cansesexcitt.--;
to br-stility, and tire variety und v ;-hf of
the uraAtal 'relation of interest :lv must
always arspese 'he two eonnrrita towards
t!*c i.i;.'ntetisticeof peace. Thcseate catEcs
. that would be strongly felt la England, n: J
must' taakc li-er j a use, even when r-ativ
j armed for the conflict, and with a l i the a lvi'i
-1 tfge of already organized armies and dt>-cn-
I gaged ileers at her coinmacd, l -v'-r- ■.he
' irretrievably eommittel herselfto'bostilhi".
with a people who arc her test ami mo.--;
! scrvi eible friends in peace, an ? in v irhiv.-,
twice piovtw. tnetr anility to defy h-r jvwer
| and defeat oljccte.— Baltimore, .'Tmt.cun.
ROMISII PRISt N.i.
Tl-.e American Ear/- puh'dho? v York,
i Pa.,on the 28th ulto., cot.t ii: :, ,
i iug startling aUEOunce'im f
Frcin the very best in.'o .. ; -v ■ 1
i that wo are about havl g an -t'l
i BCNKXEY affair, but tho eircrut- tar - :..a
j of such a sature that a stati m- 5# of ;! >
| particulars would perhaps defrrt flic efforts
now making for ths rc-leasv f the lady in
question. The young lady is very well
| kemn by many persons in York coungv.
| and although she is.confirm! Tii a Roman
' Caihobc I'eitiaio prison, sTc'hls •voccAlc-l
in letting tbe world wifl ut know *li;i
desired freedom. Wo da.on f, at this
lime, fisitieulariza farther, fur we very w -il
know that a knowledge of the person would
at any rato cause !:c: i-'emv "me rereevsj to
other quarters, if ret eudsng&r her I f .
In duo season we thall /pal. lie a full ac
cpunt.
'•Ilovr do yott do, Mr. Printer, I waat r.
Sunday school Iwmtt; priftb-l wc artryo
ing t bev a tarin' forth jtt'v 06l<ibr*ai.ou
attq our rchco! Wsr.t# a h&nuet-.
So you 4r- What do Kyiiut
I on it?"
Wal, I doc': knaw; w crt Jo have 1
tcxt of strip:ur, on f, I r -cUon?''
"That's u .good idrs.—Si'fcqn ,-hail it
be."
'•.Why. I thought this wouKi he ae ftmd
an atty —-lis -ut you aro right, (hett go a
boac!,' '
C7- k Tbi tdnuw'i jw cut fvi tii an "Obic
paper: ' : NuJtis is he ft; R; G veil tbat.flov
jiurj-cn is jfeVtnifted to take .EiwklSt#
Ehe kind out i f Mi NYcods Mi liogs Mm>
Live. l/jok outte!