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A. o. Williamson, ^editor. 5c ff^e fo god, fo fafa Off^ 1° ^^ ^W T. J. HOLT Oii V^ 3 ^^ From Godey’s Lady’s Book. Life’s Seasons. BY RICHARD COE. There is a Spring time of the heart— Tis found in infancy— When on its mother’s breast the babe First smiles in dimpled glee: When like the bud upon the stem, Its life is but begun, And pearly tear drops flee the eyes, As shadows flee the sun! Tlib^ is a Summer iF thY'?/ea^t‘ lUv Tis found in early youth— When life is full of joyousness, Of innocence arid truth : When clouds but seldom intervena To mark the sky so bright. And all is but a fairy scene Of exquisite delight! There is an Autumn of tho heart-.-• Tis found in riper age— When sorrow’s a familiar thing, And grief an heritage : When shadows thick and dark come o’er The beauty of the sky, And by their dim obscurity, Foretell some danger nigh ! There is a Winter of the heart— Tis found in latter years— When life is full of bitterness, Of vain regretful tears ; When stormy winds and chilling blasts Blow with so fierce a breath, That we would fain s‘ek shelter in The anchorage of Death ! I rate hand at some of the lighter parts of her husband’s business ; and her efforts to lighten his toil, and compensate by increased exer- : tion for his daily diminishing capacity for j labor, were unwearying and incessant. I Never have I seen a more gentle, thought j ful tenderness, than was displayed by that j young wife towards, her suffering aid some times not quite evenly-tempered partner, who, however, let me add, appeared to reciprocate truthfully-her affection ; all the more so, per haps,, that he knew their time together upon i earth was already shrunk.to a brief span.— In my opinion, Ellen.Irwin was a handsome, j even an elegant young person : this, however, ^ i" SY'™.* -J. ^-c., -n^•.ter of taste- f'ut np one could deny that the gentle kindness, the beaming compassion, that irradiated her fea lures as she tended the fast-sinking invalid, rendered her at such time absolutely beauti ful—angelized her, to use an expression of my wife’s, with whom she was a prime favor ite. I was self-debating for about the twen- itieth time one evening, where it was 1 had ; formerly seen her, with' that sad, mournful i lock of hers ; for seen her I was sure I had, [and not long since either. It was late; I I had just returned home ; my wife was in the sick-room, and I had entered it with two or three oranges. “Oh, now I remember,” I suddenly exclaimed, just above my breath; “the picture in Mr. Renshawe’s room ! — What a remarkable coincidence!” A low. chuckling laugh, close to my elbow, Whene’er the Autumn of the heart Shall cloud our lives with gloom, And Winter’s cold and chilling blasts Remind us of tho tomb : If we but act our parts aright On time’s uncertain shore. Our souls may know in purer climes, A Summer evermore ! IpmllMtt^ StecoiIecli®M8 ®f a ^©lic® Officer, caused me to turn quickly towards the door. iJust within the threshold stood Mr. Ren- [shawe, looking like a white stone image, [rather than a living man, but for the fierce I sparkling of his strangely" gleaming e^es, and j the mocking, triumphant curl of his lips.— “ You, too, have at last observed if, then?” j he muttered, faintly echoing the under tone [in which I spoke: “ I have known the truth I for many weeks.” The manner, the expres pion, not tho words, quite startled me. At the same moment, a cry of women rang through the room, and I immediately seized Mr. Renshawe by the- arm, and drew him forcibly away, for there was that in his coun- tenance which should not meet the eyes of a I dying .map. high spirits. The physician was punctual ; I tapped at the .sitting-room door,, and was desired to come in. ' Mr. Renshawe was seated at a. table with some papers before him. evidently determined to appear cool and indifferent. He could not, however, repress a start of surprise, almost of terror, at the sight of the physician, and a paleness, follow ed by a hectic flush, passed quickly over his countenance. I observed, too, that the per trait was turned toward the wall. By a strong effort, Mr. Renshawe regained his simulated composure, and in reply to Dr; Garland’s professional inquiry, as to the slate of his health, said, with a forced laugh: “ My friend Waters has, I suppose, been a- musing you with the absurd story that made him stare so last night. It was exceedingly droll, I must say, although many persons, otherwise acute enough, cannot, except upon reflection, comprehend a jest. There was John Kemble, the tragedian, for instance, who ”- “ Nevermind John Kemble, my dear sir,” interrupted Dr. Garland. “Do, pray, fell us the story over again. 1 lovean amusing jest.” Mr. Renshawe hesitated for an instant, and then said with reserve, almost dignity of manner : “ I do not know, sir”—his face, by the way, was determinedly averted from the cool, searching gaze of the physician—“ I do not know, sir, that I am obliged to find you amusement ; and as your presence here was not invited, I shall be obliged by your leaving the room as quickly as may be.” “ Certainly—-certainly, sir. I am exceed ingly sorry to'have intruded, but I am sure but for my near preset is really such nonsense. Thirtee ago, I was only about nine years ofu “ You persist, then, g woman, in this cruel deception! J, top, that I have suffered; the days A, the nights of horror, since, that feament when I beheld you dragged, a corpse, from the water, and they told rwere dead!'’ “ Dead! Gracious g?, ihawe, don’t go on in tbiing way ! was never dragged out pnd, nor sup posed to be dead — never quite fright en one.” “ Then you and I, thrice-accursed Bed of Augusi, Io21, go for water at Low field, The following narrative relates more to The following narrative relates more to! “ What were you sayin'--? What truth medical than to criminal history ; but as the ; have you known for weeks?” I asked, as soon affair came in some degree under my notice as we had reached his sitting-room. as a public officer, I have thought it might I Before he could .answer, another wailing not be altogether out of place in these slight [sound ascended from the sick room. Light- outlines of police experience. Sirauge and ■ n L' g leaped from Renshawe’s lustrous, dila unaccountable as it may appear, its general bed eyes, and the exulting laugh again, but truth will hardly be questioned by those who louder, burst from his lips. “Ha! ha !” he have had opportunities of observing the fan- fiercely exclaimed. “I know that cry ! It is tastic delusions which haunt and dominate Death’s!—Death’s! Thrice blessed Death, you will permit me to have a peep at this wonderful portrait.” Renshawe sprang impulsively forward to prevent the doctor reaching it. He was too late; and Dr. Garland, turning sharply round with the painting in his hand, literally trans fixed him in an attitude of surprise and con- sternatinn. Like the ancient mariner, he he’d him by his glittering eye, but the. spell was not an enduring one. “ Truly,” re marked Dr. Garland, as he found the mes meric influence he had exerted beginning to fail, “ not so very bad a chance resemblance; especially about the eyes and mouth ” “ This is very extraordinary conduct,” broke in Mr- Renshawe; “ and I must again request that you will both leave the room.” It was useless to persist, and we almost I immediately went away. “ Your impression, ; Mr. M ateis,’ said the physician as he was leaving the house, “is, I dare say, the true one; but he is on his guard now, and it will the human brain in certain places of mortal whom I have so often ignorantly cursed! fa -.^ki^ ^yok-L^ 'mean by i^is wild talk, Road, not far from the (urupiko-gate. My ; \ s vVhat can you inducement tcco so, was partly the cheapness , friend?” I replied in as unconcerned and and neatness of the accommodation, partly that the landlord’s maternal uncle, Mr. Ox ley, was slightly known to me. Henry Ren shawe I knew by reputation only, he having left Yorkshire ten or eleven years before, and even that knowledge was slight and vague. quieting a tone as I could immediately as sume. “ Come, sit down : I was asking the meaning of your strange words below, just now.” j “The meaning of my words? You know - . . , j , as well as I do. Look there!” I-bad heard that a tragical event had cast a • ... At the „„;„,[„„ ? Well?” deep shadow over his after life; Inai he ha 1 u you seen t ^ e or ig in al, n he went on been for some months the ramate of a private wiih Some exciip(1 , onB and gestures.— lunatic asylum ; and that some persons be. „ n crosse , d me hke a flash o f| igh!n m g . Still, tiered his brain had'never thoroughly recov-■ she ^ no( know me k js ered its originally healthy action. In this .. sure she does not! But I am changed, no opinion, both my wife and myself very soon [ doub ,_ sadly changed!” he added, dejectedly, concurred; and yet I am not sure that we could have given a satisfaclory reason for | such belief. He was,it is true, usually kind [ i as he locked in a miror. and gentle, even to the verge of simplicity, but his general mode of expressing himself i and conducting business was quite coherent and sensible; although, in spite of his re- signed cheerfulness of tone and manner, it was at times quite evident, that whatever the mental hurt he had received, it had left a rankling, perhaps remorseful, sting behind. A small, well-executed portrait in his silting room suggested a conjecture of the nature of the calamity which had befallen him. It was that of a fair, middle ’eyed, very young woman, but of a pensive, almost mournful cast of features, as if the coming event, brief ly recorded in the lower right hand corner of the painting, had already, during life and health, cast its projecting shadow over her. That brief record was this: “ Laura Har greaves, born 1804; drowned 1821.” No direct allusion to the picture ever passed his lips, in my hearing, although, from being able to chat together of Yorkshire scenes and times, we speedily became excellent friends. Still, there were not wanting, from lime to time, significant indications, though difficult to place in evidence, that the fire of insanity had not been wholly quenched, but still smouldered and glowed beneath the habit- hardened crust which concealed it from the careless or casual observer. Exciting cir- “ Cun you mean that I have seen Laura Hargreaves here ?” I stammered, thorough ly bewildered. “She who was drowned'ten or eleven years ago?” “ To be sure—-to.be sure ! It was so.be lieved, I admit, by everybody—by myself, and the belief drove me mad! Anti yet, 1 now remember, when at times 1 was calm— when the pale face, blind staring eyes, and dripping- hair, ceased for a while to pursue and haunt me, the low, sweet voice and gen tle face came back, and I knew she lived, though all denied it. But look, it is her very image !” he added fiercely, his glaring eyes flashing from (he portrait to my face alter nately. “ Whose image ?” “ Whose image! Why, Mrs. Irwin’s, to be sure. You yourself admitted it just now.” I was so confounded that for several minutes I remained stupidly and silently staring at the man. At length I said: “ Well, there Is a likeness, though not so great as I im- . agined” I “It is false!” he broke in furiously. “It • is her very, self.” 1 “ We’ll talk of that to-morrow. You are very-long my arrival in [ wt^netropolis, unfortunately kindled those brief wild sparkles into a furious and con suming flame. Mr. Renshawe was in fair circumstances— that is, his income, derived from funded pro perty alone, was nearly £300 a year; but his habits were close, thrifty, almost miserly, j istered bv its occupant when truth, virtue, honor, and ability, were his atlenoants; and xhibimd, in his own person and con duct, lira example of tho fafafafafa was the chief obstacle to Mrs. Ifafa in fafafafafafa^bfaglorifa toleration of bis addressee; and ne»t, • j . of 0 , jr name and liile-that he rara. bribe her into compliance by a Pfafa ^ fafafa cached to a party,.the Prevent [ - of Hailed States, discharging . ■ bre! ! j n - duties and obligations of Ira trust as a patriot | beiwPen _ and a statesman, an I not as a partisan, Ha had thrown the child’s bat into ths r>’ e L and his motive in thus acting appeared to the first place, he has e have been a double one. because he thought the boy s likeness to hi restore, her son. But be could not l’° fa''. cd accountable for Iris actions. - 1 Mr Rem he murmured brokenly, “that . kAfal -I was partly sell cherished, or of the Evil _ 1 observed tho likeness long before, but it was not till the—the husband was oy- - tened itself upon my 1 I Or '.nd that the 7th ing, that the idea fa aching -brain furg-ve me- But the 21 leu.— Lau- RESOLUTIONS. Therefore, Resolved, That as Mir.i..— Moes, aommericing life 1 poor boy, ollowinS »P at, fa^raq^eEloC ibo causa cukatb ret^ the deadly, sudden, j^.-ilo between 1 of course that " Jess pL- . him and me, accidenlapset 1 But I I long regre> -eh , - - - for (!ia bnsl know how it is: it is thist-nd ihe mem- cipitate, though „ o ibert>. Mr. ones he recalls, that the supers as well . h the deadly, sudden ;ife bet Mrs. Irwin screamed, istepped sharp ly into the room. The of the lunatic was on the child’s throatloosed it some what roughly, throwing iff with a force (hat brought him to thmod. He rose quickly, glared at me wger-like feroci ty, and then darted out ie room- The affair had become serious the same night I posted a letter to Yorks, informing Mr. Oxley of what had occu; and suggesting ihe propriety of his innately coming to London. Measures werso taken for se curing Mrs. Irwin and Ison from moles tation. But the cunning of icy is not easily baffled. On returning hothe fourth even ing after the despatch oiy letter, 1 found the house and immedianeighborhood in the wildest confusion. own wife was in hysterics; Mrs. Irwin, las told by half a dozen fongues at once, a dying ; and the resented as endeavoring to obtain the advam of the Ecst-of sit Ling to deprive them of a portlet, of their just political power of attempting to attain the ' Legislature, that we may tax the La. • expend the money for our own Nbthing is further from the truth. W e wnl Irricet our brethren- of the East in Conven- K in the-line spirit which ^" the salite oiaie, anu whose interest should be identicat We wil , labor -th them fi,r Ike^efi ^ “ X1^ exr fa- we raoiPtlcd ra o fatice to themh Le' «- - e * ^ examined on (he journals, and it wnl 63 found that Western members have voted the appropriations vements in tho Sera them bolb branches the exhibiting that integrity and ability n ■ Sv/since cl.araelerized lbs career; by the same to the national council®, fafa fa continued by their the ever memorable twenty.seventh Congress, fafafaraf voice of the man of the Committee of Ways and M (here bv bis unwearied devotion during ? fafasfasion on record, by his firmness, —- tion and ability, mainly conlnfad lo the. pas g of that bill which rescued- the down-trodden Indus, try and bleeding interests of the country, and in fa-fa fess.™, -^afafa ! between the contending elements of I iho force of bis character and his (position reconciled antagonists, ’ ceg 3 o f fed With General Taylor, he shored the success called by Preface to FILLMORE MEETING IN N. ^ K .fa trust in the p high fame, era , maintain! g defending the Cchstltu- in lh e list of whom we recognise upholding p^ervn^ fay of Jra leading most mffanfa j the rights of "^ ^ wo.king Whigs of New Y ork. ; llbroad ; w ,lira ng-from all men the fay-first district of N« w ! "‘ ton ' ! fa^fafanlrymon astl.ol ss ^faSfa fafafa fafafa sfacy in 1652. . . . J chi fan far hearty cooperation and Resolutions were read . h . s lr - iam p lttin t.eleclion. . . .. " - ran of the New York 1 TI al th s Mtnmur-uy Ira adopted byt^ meeting by voice in the n I now, when detractatior? has ceasco, Afaii ^r.r.' cr ^ > r? 11 — 1 Oxley had died some five weeks praylous.y. This ! found from Renshawe s will, where it was recited as a reason that, having tit relative alive for whom herared bis pro pertv was bequeathed to Guy s jo sp c , ebarged-with £109 a year to Men Irwin, as long as she lived 'unwarned. I he docu ment was perfectly coherent ; and, although written during the heigh, of Ins fa^fa contained not a word respfcimg the identity of the youthful widow and the Laura whose sad fate had first unsettled the testators reason. The Now York papers contain ran account of (he prochediogs of a a erning of the fnends of Mr. Fillmore as a candidal? for the I re sidency., hold in New Yo,k on The meeting was presided over by. 1 _•-— . Lord. E-q., assisted b y fa hundred V ice was the general conviction^hough the riv- | er had been dragged to no irpose—the poor frightful cause of all waiv'd little George Twin, a favorite with e.# body, had in so^e unaccountable mano^fallen into the river Lea, and been drov^- This, al least, child’s b'ack beaver hat id feather having been discovered floated tlhe bat k, a con siderable way down the s^am. The body, it was thought, had been urried out into the Thames by the force of th current. A terrible suspicion- janced across my , mind. “ Where is Mr. Ifnshawe?” I asked. Nobody knew. He had ot been seen sirico five o’clock—about the time, I soon ascer tained, that the child was uissed. I had the house cleared as quickly as possible of the numerous gossips that crowded it, and thSn sought a conference with Doctor Garland, the treasury without then 8 ? be in the face of those charted with, hostility to the Fast not otetend to deny that crimination crimination may prafae, in Pfafa °(''fa an alienation of feeling between tho two sections of the State. Let fafajfa fa by meeting together NOW, an. 1 on the tiller ot patriotism, all "fa The mode of amending 1 he Const.lura,o 7 the Legislalnre, is, of all ihmgs, to be avoided . bv the East-if an amendment is lo ne made bectfae a cindidare for Governor, advow- fait is elected. .Amendments are made in Fhat case, by a bare majority of vo.es, and having in Dre West a lar 8 e . , Itotxs will be forced through he Sgisliture, arid the East will be even-. U emirdy prostrate. Constitutions era formed to protect fat^E.4 a= fa fafarfa the riohis of all, is to Beaten the Con. bands' of designing SuXm'of ifaomrayrran, invoking l d Iet lhe people; free from Lord, Esq Presidents, a acted in bis-great Xrn^nl,”- is the doet.ino H the « mg,. Are the Democrats afraid toijtrtw . You may depend upon tn? " ' "s’ its duty, and more than irhas ever none, fore, in Augusi n8, “^g gTERN WHIG... Ijsnn and Women now-a-days- Somebody is reporting for the Boston fa ” who is a very sensible old cove. .The folkrai- is bis opinion of the present gene- be prudent to w M it for a fresh outbreak be- fore acting decisively; more espacially as the hallucination appears to be quite a harm- iisu ters Went "ui; pr e >f'y muco us usd* > t^f ....... t seven or eight weeks, Except that^r. Refb^^e. The physician ' ions pointed the shawe manifested in 7?h aversion towards same way as mine; b^kiy'^/clined comrnit- myself personalis, and at last served me with i^g himself to my HGNy’ ^, and I was left to a written notice to quit at the end of the term act according to my ownffliscretion. I was' previously stipulated for. There was still some time.to that ; and in the meanwhile, I caused a strict watch to be set as far as was practicable, without exciting observation, up on our landlord’s words and acts. Ellen Irwin’s first tumult of grief subsided, the next and pressing question related to her own and infant son's subsistence. An elder- ill, over excited, and must go to bed. I hear Dr. Garland’s voice below : he sh.all come to you.” “ No—no-no !” be almost screamed.— “Send me no doctors! But I’ll go to bed since You wish it; but no doctors! Not for the world !” • As he spoke, he shrank cower- ingly backwards, out of the room ; his waver unquiet eyes fixed upon mine as long ds we remained within view of each other : and a moment afterwards 1 heard him dart into his chamber, and bolt and double-lock the door. It was plain that lunacy, but partially sub- His personal apnearance was neat and gen- . , , - ■ r Uemanly, but be kept no servant. A char, ^ed, had resumed Us former mastery over woman came once a day to arrange his chamber, and perform other household work, and he usually dined, very simply, at a coffee house or tavern. His house, with the excep tion of a silting and bed-room, was occupied by lodgers; amongst these was a pale, weak ly-looking young man, of the name of Irwin. He was suffering from pulmonary consump tion— a disease induced, I was informed, by his careless folly in remaining in his wet the unfortunate gentleman. But what an ex traordinary delusion! I took a candle, and examined the picture with renewed curiosity. The address tha Hon. Mr. Beelira [Senate, n^d were . of the New York but one enerath n Faded bras he ! I wonder they don’t ml For what with the extravagance and clothes, after having assisted during the greater part of-the night at a la'rge fire at a- coach-factory. His trade was in gold and silver lace work —bullion for epaulettes, and so on ; and as he had a good connection with several West-end establishments, his business appeared to be a thriving one; so much so, that he usually employed several assistants of both sexes. He occupied the first floor, and a workshop at the end of the garden.— His ‘ wife, a pretty featured, well-formed, graceful young woman, of not more than two or three-and twenty, was, they told me, the daughter of a schoolmaster, and certainly had been gently and carefully nurtured.— They had one child, a sprightly,curly-haired, bright.eyed boy, nearly four years old. The wife, Ellen Irwin, was reputed to be a first- ■ - - They were as follows: I July, 18.50, an in sc rut able r-WicIebe T moved the ruler elected by the people, the nation was consoled by a thorough knowl edge of the ability, integrity, patriotism, [ good-fur.nothingness of men and women now. . 1 a.days, where is all to end !. of the Pilgrims” Could see new to such matters at That time—Unfortu nately so, as it proved, or the affair might have had a less painful issue. Tomlins and I remained up, waiting for the return of Mr. Renshawe ; and as the j long, slow hours limped past, the night si lence, only broken by the dull moaning and occasionally spasmodic screams of poor Mrs. ly man of the name of Tomlins was engaged Irwin,! grew very much excited. The pro longed absence of Mr. Renshawe confirmed as foreman; and it. was hoped the business might be still carried on with sufficient pro fit. Mr. Renshawe’s manner, though at times indicative of considerable nervous ir ritability, was kind and respectful to the young widow; and I began to hope that the delusion he had for a while labored under had finally passed away. The hope-was a fallacious one. We were sitting at tea on a Sunday evening, when Mrs. Irwin, pale and trembling with fright and nervous agitation, came hastily in with, her little boy in her hand. I correctly divined what had occurred. In reply to my hurried my impressions of bis guilt, and I deter mined to tax him with it, and lake him into custody the instant he appeared. It was questioning, t.he astounded young matron told me in substance, (hat within, the last two or three days Mr. Renshawe’s strange behavior and disjointed talk had both bewildered and alarmed her. He Vaguely intimated that she, Ellen Irwin, was really Laura somebody else ;—that she had kept company with him, Mr. Renshawe, in Yorkshire, before she knew poor George—with many other strange things he muttered rather than spoke* out’; and especially that it was owing to her son reminding her continually of his father, that two in the morning before he did so ; and the nervous fumbling, for full ten minutes, with his latch key, before he could open the door, quite prepared me for the spectre-like aspect he presented on entering. He had met somebody, it afterwards appeared, who had assured him that the mother of the drowned child was either dead or dying.— He never drank, I knew, but he staggered as if intoxicated; and after he had with dif ficulty reached the head of the stairs, in re ply to my question as to where he had been, he could only stutter, with white trem bling lips: “ It—it—cannot be—be true— that Lau—that Mrs. Irwin is—dying?” “ Quite true, Mr. Renshawe,” I very im prudently replied, and in much too loud a tone, for we were but a few paces from Mrs. Irwin’s bed room door. “ And if, as I sus pect, the child has been drowned by you, you will have before long two murders on your head.” she pretended not to have known Mr. Rep- ’ A choking, bubbling noise came from the shawe twelve or thirteen years ago. “ In wretched man’s throat, and his shaking.fiog- short,” added the young woman, with tears and blushes, “ he is utterly crazed; for he asked me just now to marry him — which I would not do for the Indies—and is gone away in a passion to find a paper that will prove, he says, I am that other Laura some thing.” There was something so ludicrous in all this, however vexations and insulting under the circumstances—the recent death of the husband, and the young widow’s unprotected state—that neither of us could forbear laugh ing at the conclusion of Mrs. Irwin’s story. It struck me, too, that Renshawe had con ceived a real and ardent passion for the very comely and interesting person before us — first prompted, no doubt, by her accidental likeness to the portrait ; and that some men- I ers vainly-strove to loosen his neck lie. At [the same moment, I heard a noise, as of [struggling, in the bed room, and the nurse’s voice in eager remonstrance. I instantly made a movement towards Mr. Renshawe, with a view to loosen his cravat — his fea tures being frightfully cQnviilspjff and to get him out of the way as^mck’y as possible, for I guessed what was about to happen — when he, mistaking m^ intention, started back, turned half round,*and found himself confronted by Mrs. Irwin, her pale features and white night dress dabbled with b'ood, in consequence of a partial dis'urbance of the bandages in struggling with (he nurse—a terrify ing ghastly sight, even to me ; to him, truth, and statesmanship of bis distinguished successor. Called thus unexpectedly to the Chief Magistracy, he found himself beset with difficulties of an extraordinary charac ter. The whole land was rent with civil dissensions and differing opinions, not only as between opposing parties, but also each of the great political divisions—severed by intestine conflicts—all referring to the same all-absorbing question. The great leader of our party, who may with propriety he called its father, had enunciated a mode of settle ment, and aided by Webs’ter and other lead ing spirits of the Whig party, having the hearty co-operation of Cass, and other dis tinguished members of "the Oppositron, they agreed substantially upon the plan of Henry Clay. During the life time of Gen.Taylor, all the antagonisms of the various parties cordially united in opposition to the mode of adjustment known to history as “ The Com promise of 1850.” It was well known that : the Vice President gave to that Compromise | his cordial assent and consistent support.— j Succeeding to the Presidency at that critical I period when collision between the forces of a foreign State and the army of the Uni ted States was’ impending, involving in its consequences, as was solemnly believed by good men every where, the existence of the Union, Millard Fillmore, passing thus to duties the most responsible, whose weight he felt to be almost crushing, calling round him able and upright statesmen concurring in his views, manifesting his own desire to 1 have these questions settled immediately, yet i declaring before God and man that he would ! maintain the Constitution and execute the laws, by the use of every means confided to him by virtue of his high office—under these circumstances the Compromise passed, and, instantly approved, became the law of the the land. The effect, produced was; as an ticipated, blessed. . It removed from the arena of partisan and political strife the question of slavery, a forced issue, which not even the extrernest abolitionist, nor yet the most ultra secessionist, can make ger- mam to the great charter of our liberties.— It restored the representatives of the people 'utterly overwhelming and scarcely needing j her frenzied execrations on the murderer- of ashamed, soaks Iha shaker of obscurity, whan *1)4^ wor)d but VEKEESISS 1 ' W .7Tw£?S ther their ambition nor falsehood can more avail . ■ ,.,...,.. their utterers, tho notion turns to him as its chief, “ ^ed to be the fashion for boys io and best benefactor. VVe, the friends of Millard apprentices- till they la.rnt their trade; but Fillmore, may well express our proud thanks to 1 now they ate all BOSSES3 ! They ain’t no Henry day, who thus, sanctifies our choice with j b now , 3 days! They set . up for them- his hearty aud unreserved approval, bestowed upon . ' ‘ ‘ , , 7 i . - > ’ 1 i : selves as soon as they are weaned — know one whom, he says, “has been tried, and found true, . — ■ faithful, honest, and conscientious.” [ enough sight more than their fathers tod Resolved, 'ihatas in 1851-we expressed the voice grandfathers—ycu can’t tell them anything. . ofthis city, when more than 40,000 of our citr- —they know it all! Their fathers sweated zens solemnly endorsed the Compromi-e, and in. ! and tugged j,, (he corn field al the laif of a plough, or else over an anvil ; but they can’t voked the aid of our representatives then to effect its passage, so now we reaffirm our devotion to the great National Whig Parly of principle, and de clare cur intention to abide by, and maintain, to the best of our. ability, the Union, the Constitution, and the laws—each and every part o’f them; and we here proclaim that, through weal or wo, we will continue in this faith always—which should know no belief in any section of our broad and happy land. doit! They are all top grand to dirty their fingers! They must wear fine cloth, and shirt'collars up to their ears — ba made into lawyers; larn doctoring ; set themselves up as preachers, telling us we ought to do this or that ; or else get behind a counter to mea- Spoechi s were delivered on the occasion f ure off ribbin and tape! Srpart woik for by the Hon. Humphrey Marshall; the Hou. two-fisted men! Men, did I say? They Meredith P. Gentry, and the Hon. James ain’t worth mor’n half men.’ I f we go on Brooks. The Chinese- building, in which : ? 1 this rate the race will rOn out by another the meeting was held, being packed to its generation—we shan’t have nothing left, but utmost capacity, some thousands of persons 8 mixture of coxcomb and monkey? I ho organized outside, and called the Hon. J. Phillips Phoenix to the Chair, and were ad dressed by the veteran-Joseph Hoxie, Esq., and subsequently by Messrs. Brooks and women too* are no better—it is just even— they are brought up, good-for-nothing undqr the sun, but to be put in a buffet! When I was a boy, it wasn’t so — the spinning-wheel stood in the corner ! They were put’lo work Gentry: , At the mention of Henry Cliy the cheer- [ as soon as they could walk; they«didn I have no nursery-maid to run after (hem; their ing was enthusiastic. Several of tho most prominent Clay men were present, and joined in the demonstration for Mr. Fillmore. From the Fayetteville Observer. THE PROSPECT. mother’s wasn’t ashamed to tend their own babies! They could sew a patch and rock I the cradle besides. The. gals were.good for i something in those times, they could spin and | weave wool and linen, linsey-woolsey, red 1 and blue, and wear it, too, after it was done ! It gives us pleasure to present our readers They could eat bean-porridge with a pewter- wiih the following communication from one [ spoon, and they were enough sight happier, of the most distinguished and influential a()d better suited, than the gals are now, Whigs in Western North Carolina, and to. w pb their silk gowns, their French meases, express our own well settled conviction, that the writer has not overstated the liberal and fraternal feeling .which animates the people of that part of the State. The approval of the proceedings of the late Whig Convention is uniyersal — (with the Whigs, wemean.) East and West, peo ple and presses, all unite in the-expression of gratification, and in determination faithful ly and fully to do their duty in redeeming the the State Itcan be done, and it will be done. To the Editors of the Observer: As a VV hig, and a North Carolinian, I can- to more legilimale pursuits, directing their; immediate attention to the vital interests of, not withhold the expression of my gratifica- the people before neglected. Millard Fill, tion at the result of the labors of the Whig more found in his own breast and in Ihe.hearls . Convention, lately held al Raleigh. Rhe and silver forks; yawning and moping about; silly pale-faced things, with nothing iodo! SET them to work! Put them at it early ! Idleness is the Devil’s foreman ; and no charn is so strong as the iron of habit! Wafa was nobody’s fo’bl.I can tell you ! He knew what was what! Folks don’t standstill here in in this world, they are going one way or t’other. If they.ain’t drawing the sled up hill, theyffl be sliding down ! Adam was a farmer, and Eve had’nt no “ Irish gal,” nor “ nigger wench,” to wait upon her! What do these popinjay’s say to that? Ashamed of- the old folk’s I’ll warrant! Adam wasn’t no body— Eve wans’t nobody, they know it all! . But they can’t work—they are so deli- It certainly bore a strong resemblance to Mrs. Irwin ; the brow, curling hair, the pen sive fairness of complexion, were the s .me; but it was scarce more girlish, more youth ful, than the young matron was now, and the original, had she lived, would have been by ! this time approaching to thirty years of age. I went softly down stairs and found, as I feared, that George Irwin was gone. My wife came weeping out of the death chamber, accompanied by Dr. Garland, to whom I forthwith related what had just taken place. He listened with at'ention and interest; and after some sage observations upon the strange fancies which now and then take possession i of the minds of monomaniacs, agreed to see Mr. Renshawe at ten the next morning. I was not required upon duty till eleven, and if it were in the-physician’s opinion desirable, I was to write,at once to the patient’s uncle, Mr. Oxley. Mr. Renshawe was, I heard, stirring be fore seven o’clock, and the charwoman in tai flaw or other caused him to confound her .her child, to deprive him utterly of all re- with the Laura who had in early life excited maining sense and strength. He suddenly the same emotion in his mind. reeled, threw his arms wildly into the air, Laughable as the matter was in one sense, and before I could stretch forth my hand to there was—and the fair widow had noticed save him, fell heavily backwards from the it as well as myself—a serious, menacing "edge of the steep stairs, where he was stand- expression in the man’s eye not to be trifled ing, to the bottom. Tomlins and I hastened with; and at her earnest request, we accom-. to his assistance, lifted him up, and as we panied her to her own apartment; to which did so, a jet of blood gushed from his mouth : Renshawe had threatened soon to return.— he had likewise received a terrible wound VVe bad not been a minute in (he room, when I near the right temple, from which the life his hurried step was heard approaching, and life stream issued copiously. of lhe masses of his country men his reward." resolutions adopted by that body present a Every eve in the Union.was turned to him- platform of National and State policy on He possessed the confidence and the regard ! which not only every Whig in the State can of bis fellow citizens generally. Publicsen- [stand, but one upon which, to my own per- timenl entered to the support of his Adminis- | sonal ■ knowledge, istration, not only in all the domestic affairs r A ’ of the country — affecting its industry, its commerce at home and with the outer world, the improvement of our rivers and harbors, (he diffusion of knowledge, and the peace and quiet which he ardently, desired should be restored to every section of thexJoion— but in all its foreign relations he preserved , many democrats will be found in August next. Should Fi lmore be the candidate selected by the Whig Balti- more Convention, he will be supported warmly and z lously by every true. W big,and many true Democrats, in North Carolina. cate—they are What, has made them weakly? Send off your cham bermaids, your cooks, your washerwomen; and set your own gals about it! It made smart women of their grandmothers,.and if the old blood ain’t run out, they’ll bo good for something.yet. - It used to be the fashion to be honect; if a man got in debt, he , tried to pay ; if he i didn’t public opinion set a mark upon him ; The question with regard to amendments but it ain’t so now ; he tries not to pay ; to the Constitution is placed upon the true cheat and steal; (for what better is it Mrs. Waters and I stepped hastily into an adjoining closet, where we could hear and partly see all that passed. Renshawe’s speech trembled with fervency and anger as he broke al once into the subject with which his disordered brain was reeling! VVe got him to bed. Dr. Garland and a neighboring surgeon were soon with us, and prompt remedies were applied. It. was a the dignity of his country, he caused her citizens and their rights to be respected in every quarter of the globe ; and while thus; Eastern portion of the State. zealously watching the interests of our peo- 'fruitless labor. Day had scarcely dawned I before he heard from the physician’s lips' ple, he was equally just in maintaining pur [that life within him was swiftly ebbing to its i relative duties towards other nations. In all “You will not dare to say, will you, that close. He was perfectly conscious and col-l (he relations of life, public and private, he you do not remember this song—that these [ lected. Happily there was no stain of mur- has secured the esteem of good men by pur- pencil marks in the margin were not made by you thirteen years ago ?” he menacingly ejaculated. “I know nothing about this song, Mr. formed me, he had taken his breakfast as Renshawe,” rejoined the young woman, with usual, and appeared to be in cheerful, almost | more spirit than she might have exhibited der on his soul; he had merely enticed the child away, and placed him, under an inge nious pretence, with an acquaintance at Camden Town ; and by this time both he and his mother were standing, awe-struck and weeping, by Henry Renshawe’s death bed. suing unfalteringly a just and upright course, without guile, stain, or reproach, that.has advanced him continually, grade by grade, to the highest station known to the Republic. He has dignified and elevated the office, by proving conclusively thnt it was best admin- and only Republican ground. It must be 1 stealing ?) and the one that can cheat the borne in mind, too, that the Convention was fastest is. the bust fellow? It is ar-toii- composed of delegates principally from the ishing how slippery these fallows are ! Slip The re were through the smallest holes — doot ’ m;:kf#eio no delegates from the extreme West ; and , more, of it than a weasel ! Jud as s-. n this noble conduct of our Eastern Whig bre [ think of catching a fi a napping as one -of ihren will not fail to bind us to them with them! They drive fast teams, wi h ii’ bit stiff stronger ties. VVe look upon it as a di- or curb; buy all they can.; pay far ^ fade rect offer upon their part to meet us in the as possible; pocket all t'--ey .ca:: cn ; - ; • n only spirit in which Constitutions can be [ fail ; make a smash ; snap their at formed or amended—in the spirit of Com- their creditors; goto Car.forty, or togRrs; promise. [nobody knows where; and begin agmr. ! — Upon this Convention question, studious! Good gracious, if some of these u ..-..■•.■•■•- had efforts have been-made to misrepresent the lived forty years ago, tfa \ d have clapped state of feeling in the West. VVe are rep./ them in prison and shaved they heads'.
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