r,V '-'Aluia CO. :
' Two 'Dei t tu nn.l 1'imr Crnr per annum in
adra:i ",ir'I I.),: : wi'.U'i )cir. (
JuV, j - ;if r w.Il Ik! fonlinacd crt t uttl.c o
lion oi liif! PuLh.her, tmld eli nrrcurap a arc p.a'j'.
. A'Jrr(li .cm-ts wtj t-r inwrtrd at O.xs Potxia
per nquu.ro of ten linen or Icsx, for the Prttia-urtiun,
and Twkstt.fjvi: (V.xti for tacV contlaaance.
The ntiailyr cf incrn drsircil frrjt bo marked
on llir u trin.tir tl.ij aJvLrtii-cincct will be couUri ti
ed till furb J, and charged .KrordliijtyJ Cmrt Of.
dcra u ii he cl'arcd iw nty.fifcc j4r cent extra. ' -
BlOdRAPIlY.
Lite and
HE N
la the month
Clay," having prh
Jeans, where ones
T
OF THE
tibJIc
OP
L4 protectiua. - Even n vv( bomjbra
of them arc abc to mainthin, in distant
kcts, successful
ugn nianu.factiirrs.v
By illicit wijl be seen
Services
IW;
IY C L AY. .
hf December. 1842. Mr.
tto bu-kinesp in New.Or.
of Ms married daughters'
resides, visited llia city, stopping at Natch
ez and other placij on hi rdute. He w:osj higlier du ics, lib beiitves
every where received by thu People with constant mvss of our
fc-'ie'i rn I tu i!iminuii"ii!,'lhi ,X iw.! . - I .... . . i' " '
...v.. . ........ ... .tw ...vr .j 1 li.il. jHJ Jt MJUUI
hffectionjns hid ntivcr before. bien bestowed
liflon any American excrpl Washington, j .
On hU return iiomcwnrd from Louisiana
ally, t!; ; uV.!;. uLLli It imposes are lower
than thoc i-, tQ oct 0f 1832. An J without
- f ;
rc ii no dj tiger here.
founded on I he "rat.
,!...-
1 irJVDpuitfjn, tiwt the
after of i Iiihrrariri. is
if; ing fact that our manufactures' have now
.1 t I ! .... t . . i1 -
iJKen ueep root.. In tlitii- infancy, thoy need
cd a greater rneasuro of protection : but.' ns
they grawndkUvaqccf lhc-y acquire sirengtli
and slab, hiy, opd cotiseduemly, vill rent
that, so far fr
competition vith
that Mr.
require
branches
nrir
rival fur
discinlirliri. On the next tfay i.o .?.s to
receive I.!? tJ.a c::?iz c, t' 2 1:?:rr,
House.1 The AdvcrtUer cf tUo 2oth ?nvs:
utinUihiilisi.Iarilj, il ivulIJ ( sjy tint 14 "Mr. Cay, re arc placed WaoJij fo'uirg
uan llieprousior., in itho main,; nro tvise
and proper. ' jAhcre bej any excecior ' dj
feet hi it, (of jvhieh" I Invo uotj the means
here of judging,) tliey duht ta U .correct
ed.
Clay is in
:ng the present Tariff; and
w contenhpluing
tint the
about the midd'o
j;resi conlintr
b!agcaoft!io prop;
"1dm. At Mobile,
rnd nt Vicksburg,
f February, 1843, hU pro
!Iy impeded by vast assm.
!e to meet nod welcome
on tho 2d
on tho 20th
of 1 February,
of i February,
on immense conedtirsc of citifRs collected to
oiler the tribute ofjthcir gralitue and respect.
The. lion. S. S, PJentis3" nddrcsse l him, on
tho latter occasionL in thaKstraih of tlucnt aud
impissioned eloquence foe which that young
miJ gnlfit orator la ni.sttnujsitcj'I. 1
capital of -4-tippi , Mr.
welcomed " by the - largest
emblid.m tl.e Stato.v At
Mfuinhi-;, Tciinesiee. croMiil.s of citizens from
lt i u aisemoi'.-u to icnuer
4ite it--j"cts, to Itjui; on
kiitCbt .v-mf'ii!eh-)nv)ion ol
ilterest. . 'J'iius
At Jackson, thq
U!ay was met and!
ruticourse eve'r na
liie Miffni!! ii.i' ri
. . i
hint tin it'
nii'l listen to t!tr
their country's h
, ii liuiuitctj v.-i
fifty, with m ro t
returned J in -1um
... . . ','!
land, Mtr,l. r(s s' rui
m 'with Jri-emoho ol
hi hoinestealt. 1
Ivirly in April
of Itis frl low riti.
invr ard'v
mt:d on
at Ij:-xirdion
ic aJdrcssel
n.s in t!it: C
U-val! p
Vi"mI.
; bv'on
u n t jui
in;n'i lb
hint and 1
. upon !iim
. t!it S.ulh
U I! lUt
Would. Ill
the niitumh of 1 ir? ;I
Citmiiuttt e. in
were poured in u
sl a tnu! I ill; Je o
niul aside i'lotii it.
ihe.so lelte'rs m'.t
in'ly laboiious.
believe, lhfc first t.
f li his reply to a
, in the collide of his rt:-
'lrd, in yppropri.-ito Ian.
tli.'ii'ihji.s whicli IrVil been pid to
le hoMom which had luii n slioweccd
irties durin!i;ii late trip to
In his
ih route.' Mr.
an a c mq'tijioi s tropuie.,
i.dth undVpji'iis,1 to Aih.
was begiimitiL?; to fringe
I iiiks that vVMved around
a large budy
irl-I Liuso vtrd
Ln icrslvt d i.ut .Air. Llav
to tlui sijj':Ji.L:isl during
miner anu
rajjid and
maj:u!actUrei tends
ever to dkiiinish insteadl
necessity jt udeiJedly potecthe duties.
never was in favor of a
i. - 1H I
own langiragfl, ie bolievefe.'that tho Ileve.
r J.. .. ,. . r ' i , . .
wu iiuur m vj-(iueru lovernmeni snouni ut
of incrcasin! the
He
ligh tariii In his
r
derived from tlje foreign imports toi tho ex.
.elusion ofdlree taxes, and the proceeds oi
the sale ofPubtic Lands ; and that !no more
reveuue.sli'juld be levied tUau is necessary to
an cconoinica! qdminiatralion of the!1 Govern
ment; but1 that ijn lew inlt such discrimina-
7. i . ...
in-.ide as k v ill 'aliord modert
lions ou;!i
to bj
we;s.
ni; these q
ey of Fort i:n 1
iNotwiihtitand;
eal declarations
made to misrepresent Mr
V.
ate auu leasohiillu protection to American in
terets afjmitist the rival and 'prohibitory padi
Favello
gird to thc,Tat"il
anv oxcuVe for
jt-et among persons- claid
iTue Vhis ilt
, . I j ! ' ! jj .
some time b
Clay reiprjilin-
on his: wayjiio or
I5y the foll.'jwin
will be see't that I
sentiments In re"
Icar aud'.tincquivo
the ottd'mpt is frequently
Clav1
s vitnvs in re-
there is njo longer
ignorancp upon his sub
line to be inttlli
Couniv, ii'irninia;
o 1
emuer, 164.5, wrote to Mr.
them with a visit
I im to Pivoi
ri'tu-rn fro n North Carolina.
extracts ft
ic is. far fi
am -to Mr.
The trcachervy if title
w inch yoi
rtifyin ib us as
!!
of our Republic,
1 1
if
lo jit tters lVom
' - the, count rv
csiin him to
ing President, to
of jut incfeignatiin, is mq
Americans.
fi Considering the: youth
anu the virtuoifs and illustrious men who have
(iileJ the oliijc Lf Ciiief ilagistrati. of the
Ujnijn, it is 'painfu! in the extreme to' behold
mdonmenl' of all
ii
llioner, of duty and df fideli-
om tus i'eply, it
oni diuisin; his
pi I!
l.yler:. j.
men, ot sine act
alluJo in terms
sl:cli an cxi.up!e J)f utter ub
i He ol). lira ' ir
is oi
tl! Hut, far f,o:
ilc to thro
us into a stat
despondent
it
buuht. to
lnnuoier
. sect io as
)U him, iel;!i
p! ice?, bo'jl'i ttr his routv J Anjerican freeina i to redou
ernmeut
l it nas
The taskliiisLf ri living to
alone haytf been excet d
North Cuhlina was, we
. ii; . ! . .
fro oi ;hin a visit.
of
claim
cvvnuiii;U'ojo!'
l allowint that dvfcradini
(ill Zens
Raleigh, dbted 10th J.ily, 1S13, hj; consents
to piy a visit, -Koino timo in tno course )t uif
next spi-ing to tblt Stale, wjiich W.ts' "the"
Ifidcpcndetjce el thj C lo-
imong the Ijxst U; abandon
Union. 1
mi'-? r-if'A' . .1 ' IjI
I'oni Mr. uav on tne suo.
first to declare the
liieSj and will be
the supporj of. the
Several jotters
jeel of the Tariti
i tier of 1343.
plicU and u
his views,
tern, 1813,
Esq., Of GuWgiay asking lii3.,.;ipiiinms.in rc-
gixrd to thd ProtJctive policy of 1832i h$
writes:
ppcartd, during tho sum- iviien he is nfarop
Not bins could ha I morel ex-
dihan'tlib cx.m'Uion of
reply, dated 13ih jSptem-
to a litter from F. S. Krunson'i
The sum and
Bubstancoiof what, I con.
ccivo to be tho jruo policy I of the United
rescuing his Gov
hands into whicl
t:n,--., j; . i , ;
f Againtj Mr
sary. I Io iil! so
anu nmtusl t tie sea
Our efforts Jlsould
who first sjJjiiced
tiiose. who, utter n
now affect to
association ;
iJcntifieatioi
Tyler no e
m retire i
Ts ofall h
be direct
with
ind then
.iving won
shrink from tl
those who aft
them, am
ialin to t
i
vantage the whole Ipatronasp
mcnt.-unjuMly upbraid us v
measures, ijie adootion of w
ed by his pern ly and thcir
support of huii."1 j
In December, 1813, Mr.
in fine health, and promises to "Jive yet many
years, the benefactor . end tho due cf his
country.11 .
Oj the Cth, March, ho left Mobile for Mont
gomcry," Columbus," Gar, r Macon. and- other
intermediate cities on his route, followed by
the Ix'sl hopes of tho people for .his health,
prosperity and elevation to the Cliicf Magis
tracy of the -Republic in Novembcr':ncxt.
; One of the most cheering evidences i of the
wide-spread reaction in; the public mnd in la
vor. of Mr, Clay mnr bi found in the fetter of
the Hon". William C Rives. U. Stat&j Seu
alor from Virginia , dated January lst, 1811,
and ttddrcsscd to Colonel Edmund Fontaine,
of Hanover Coun;y. j In this manly and elo
quent letter, Mr. Rives jstates the grounds of
his; preference for Mr. (CIay over Mr. Van
Buren as a candidate; for the. Presidency in
plain and forcible terms!, Tho following pas
sages cannot be made too familiar to the pec
p!e of the United States :i
j' Could any thing infijict a deeper wound
on the cause of Republican tnstitutioh$ than
such a spectacle of levity -and instability on
the p-irt of the constituent body as would be
exhibited in the restoration of Mr. Van Bu(
icn, after the overwhelming condemnation of
his Administration pronounced by the almost
unanimous electoral voice of the country but
three short years ago ? j Would it not render
popular Government a by. word and taunt1
among the Nations ? j i
jM-lHs impossible for any reflecting man to
contemplate the actual and prospective condi
tion of the count ry without seeing in ii already
l i r !' 1 1 i. J
the i germ of new .difficulties and troubles,
which may in their approaching development,
agitate our glorious Unujm to its centre, i The
Oregon and Texas qbcVion in our foreign
relations ; at home, aideikicnt revenue, vkh
al its oril inary sources jprcsscd up to their
farthest rofuciccdimit, land some of them,
thcrti is reason to apprehend, beyond ; the
Tariff controversy re-opened, with all the
conflicting, interests and passions which never
fail to bo awakened iby it ; and added to
these, the rekindled fire of the Abolition ex
citement each and all of them are questions
which carry in their bosom the fearful ele
ments of civil discord
ud intestine strife.
The worst and most dangerous aspect they
present is, that all of thctn bring into imrne
diac and opposing arraj'i, if. not into angry
nntl hostile collision, the! sectional interests
and feelings of the difltrent gCQgraphical di.
visions of the Confederacy. Whose, at such
a moment, is iheimaster-jspirit that may have
power to still the rising! : tempest ; befoie it
sweeps with '.destructive fiiry over the fucc of
: of apajhy . and
sli inula tcjj every
!e hi3 enclries in
rem the
accidental
KCl'tlOll is
mi pore
y fall-
ncccs-
ith the contempt
morablo mncn.
k'd ana in St those
M'o filed bv him;
him to tlW ir uses
fairs again required his presence in New.Or-
on his ltpute to
that city by the same testimonials of 'popular
attachment that had . signal
e contat
er tns
linatin"
complete
. I T
at the rjioment
seir exchisive ad-
of the ciovcrn-
th the faii urc of
iich was pevcnt-
countcnahcc and
' .
Clay's private af-
of the preceding year j and:, during his resi
r
deilce in the great Southern Mefropol
in
aspect io a; Tariff, may j jo brief
In contormity w-ih tlie principle
in the Icomnromlse AcL I think',
zens oi an parties pcemeu io uuuo
him Imnnr - s Rpfofrv hi drnTrtnro. ll
ii . i ... ! 1 ' 1 ,
.normcai ana noncst .uun.ui.-w v. .... nfihcttmocrat z Whiaa
from duties, imposed on fujeign impotts.-
- And I Ucliqvc lha , in establishing a Tariff of
those duties, such a discrimination ought tp
le madc,a will i jcidcntallyjjj afford j reasona
Lie protection to our natioac interests. j
I thinlJ there is no danger of a high Tar-
d his journey
iff being cvjr established ; that of 1823 wa
eminently Idcserwng that ipenomination. v
.was not iadongrrjss when jt'lpasscdji and dioj
not vole for it ; bit wilii its tiislorjr and with
tho circumsltanccs! whiab gavp birth to it, I
am well acquainted. , They were highly dis
creditable" to American "legislation and i
hope; for its honor j will never be again re
;-pcatd.i;:,:;;;;.;;;
1 - ' After my return lo Congress' in 18311
v my efforts were directed to' the modification
and reduction of the rates of, duty contained
in the act of 1623, The act of 1SU2, greatly
'wvW,,! on.! r-no-lified thcii : and lha act of
1833, commonly; called ths Compromise Act j
"ctill farther . rcdJ:cJ and 'modified- them.'
' The act which v.Uzz'l at the Extra Session of
1 ' 1 , "which I t'jjrlcd, was contmed tlo me
MnS, l h-i rci-TjcJ nv scatirr the
- ic v, hen the act of 1 8 12 passed. .: Gcner-
holding ill session
citi-
doing
State
of Lou-
Sat the
H
lt.tjv, k.i.v.. .,.;w
timi, formed in procession, the 23 J jCDruo
ry, 1844, and marchedlo the St. Charles Ho
tel,1 where he wasjstaymg, td tender their re
ii'"-. : . .1 L.l :
enpets. MIS reniV io wieir LuuiosiaaMw; tuu
gratulations was brief but toj the point:
You call for a speech irbm me, Hiy fel-
should
speech,
our yet happy Union ?j or!
hopeless, and impossible
mandini; jicnius 'to ri'do
direct the storm? To. preside over the des
lines of a jrrcat
at Republ
ic
should this prove
whose the com.
the whirlwind and
.i::.':":ll:.:;i;ul'::.
Twilight po.sscs cl.ai:..s fjr the lover of
solitude if a commur.ja v.ith cnes own
thoihts may to censldercd s jlituJe rr.J I
have ever mada i: the period of lonely ram
bles. Orj one occasion, not many years since,
I, was led (I knbv not by what) to the door of
a cottagejin a "jTry small street in pur city,
where rest-Jed" 5tn elderly widow, a dang.ter
nnd blster-m-la - composing her little fire,
side circle.- 'Considering j self privileged
by a slight acqiain'slnco;".! entered f for the
formalitieit ofje fashlouable -are 4jot-ob.
served by the hulfible, though honest poari and
friends are ever'!- ; uti!y welcome to a place
at their fireside. . 1 ; arly in aiitumiK.but
the weather r.ot cj'J, aud a few embers
bi-r.ed upon tlie hearth; "-The matron told me
I. 1
that her widowed sister-in-law had not yet
returned from her -evening visit to the grave
of .her husband who had been brought home
a Corpse a lew days previous and she request
ed me to remain a short time. The piesence
consolation to! th6 be.
is the dwelling from
i has recently taken a loved one.
I had not sat lonj; before the widow enter.
cii. fcne was .bcautitut. cven thoufili sorrow
, o ... i.
of a friend is ever a
reaved, folr gloomy
which deat
had driven from her checks ihe flush of the
T ' . ' . . . - . .
rose. , .uut a lew montns nau elapsou since
she had given her affections to the man she
now mourned.;' A strange wildncss Deamed
from her eyes, end o piteous smile! phtyed
upon her cjuntenance, as slio sat down by
my side, a
ictim of insanity.
" I thoufjht you wc uld come1 sajid
gazing wiluJy into my face; " they to!
you wouiu iioi mey saiu you nau us
distant land!, but did not believe !
don't vou speak to fnel? You have forgotten
-. i i 1 , " i i ' i
Oh! why did you go away and leave
she?
d me
ed in a
Why
me.
me V
She pause
fire as thoug
liercvelid I'd r a moment and then fell-r
Come c
d ! and cast her eves upon the
i musing. A tear trembled upon
l'i.:n s I-
The gret r.;
liament rive" r.
re:: to r. :m at t!
gcncrrl ccrrV.: p. cf r.rv It is r rarka. ' cd
cares w!
and I;:...
of v.-r !
or fo!!r
cd. . ..
r: i r i.o.v
. re e;'
U
In I
: ci
net!
an-
nd it
loser to thej fire, my hush
is cold very cold! You do not remember
youi Clara ; but I am happy now -oh J yes, I
am hnovv bpcadsc vou! are witli me again
v'ou'U not leave me 1 know vou will not!"
Thus incc
answered on
delusion. I
swelled with
so beautiful
oaks of the
liercntjy did she talk, but no one
attempted, to lure her from her
looked upbn iier and my heart
sarrow, at the sight of a form
, I have seen the tall
: '! I
from the ground hy a
whirlwind, without a- sigh ; but I have-wept
when the fi
tender stem
ind lovely
brest torn
hgrant rosn xvas ! riven from it
by autumn
wind;
I have ga:
upon the rc nains of a friend I lovedi have
wept over hi 5 coiling and turned away o for
get him-; bu; when I contemplated thtj shut
tered mind of the being bi fore mc when i
viewed that once beautiful flower now ilovclv
i- i iii,'.
iuc-r-contending with the
and in d linger of being
ground colorless and life
were overcome. 1 cou
in its pallid,
of afiliction,
t rated to th'd
my feelings
in a crisis of such
complicated i difficulty and peril, calls! for
something more than jthcj arts of the mere
party politician, tit demands the highest mor
al and intellectual; qual'itiek of the slalcsnan
courager self-possession, elevation of charac
ter and elevation 'of views: a nobleness and ! lunger, aud in the midst
gcjncrosity of nature tljat attracts confidence',
and can inspire enthusiasm ; the spirit of per
suasion and the spirit of command combined.
Let the annals of the country ,in some of i the
darkest moments j whicMv have ever lowered
urjon its fortunes, b4 -consulted," and they
will answer whether Henry Clav or Mar
storm
pros-
d not
were
ldw.cltizens:! It is not proper that i
ma k a sncccluand I will nQl make a
ri. i,: t ,nitf sni tri vou Vou are. engaged
in a ood cause, an honest dause, a blorious
cause : tho principles which you are' kidvoca-
ling tend loathe ad vanccmem of the prpsperj.
... AftK TtrnubUc and JtciUuUvou that from
all qwriersfrom ihe. farthest corners of
Mains I t the extremes point oj luisvzna, w
fl'cf Vie times are propitious, and, not a
speck obscures ihe horizon: Go on,! then !
Go aiieadVV ' . i : -1
- Onthe23;h February," Mr Clay roaebed
Mobile on his way to Nortel Carolina, AU
though it was the Sabbath ; and of tourse no
rivi' ceremonies denoted .tht? welcome i which
u"s swelling in every bosom, yet the wharves
were Hned with" a dense, nnd innumerable
tin Van Buhen ii the 'man .for such a cri-
-7:- ''vi ' . : i :
Of such paramount Interest have been jtlie
dejtails of Mr. Clay's public caivcr thai I we
have but little room to bestow upon his private
and professional history j honorable as iti has5
been to him. We have alluded lo hio eatly
successes at the bar, but space fails us in -the
attempt to supply even jan imperfect sketch of
his numerous triumphant efforts in the sphere
of his profession. ': Owjng to the more popu;
lar character of his political labors, he has not
enjoyed, out of the boundary of the Supreme
Court, half the reputation which was his due
as1 a jurist of extensive attainments i and pro-
touhu w!ilv- -'Bat we have been assured bv
rJ Justice Story that he was regarded, by
LChief JusticeMarshall as second to no lawyer
in the country in these! respects. His argu
ments always evinced f great reflection, and
often great erudition ; and they were of that
elevated and liberal character, whicheXcl.u
ded every aid of narrovy or pettifogging, cast.
We must content ourself with a mere . refer
ence to this deartpmenl of Mr. Clay's history;
referring the reader to the report and records
of the United Slates Courts for information in
regard to it. ' : ; r V '
weep, ' for the very fopnis of sorrow
dried up by excess of sympathy. 1 coiild not
endure the pain of so melancholy a spectacle
of her incoherences
part. " Wl
he caught hold of my arm.'
lou are not coirig again.
bu go -oh,
I arose to in
s
now can y
-I know vou never wi
ave had a
will not. 1
away I shall
not. Olt, wi
To ihi
s ve
ry day, do
strange incident of that
on I opened the door
saiq sac,
do not leave me now
I ' ;. I :''.,: .1
1 return I know you
dream, and if you go
not see you again i Know: l wi
1 vou not stav with me?11
I tore mysplf from her determined grasp;
and hurried back to my lodgings; and Inever
saw her again.
I meditate' upon the
Inhdit i and freniifni 1 w
"--IT- J
do I awake from a dreamy sleep, imagining
that I hear he r voice begging her husband not
to leave her , and though her Henry Inever
came back to relieve jfoer disordered mind,
she was soon! called to join' him in abetter
world, ' J j - - ,
i : Where the wicked cease from troub'irij
i And tlie weary' are at rest. . , ; i -
The old lady, of the! cottage still, dwells
there, and to; all her visitors repeats the sad
Sac savs often at
I " Did you ever - go to the military ball I11
asked a lisping maid the other night of-an
old veteran of Jackson's army of 1815.. u No,
my dear," said the old soldier ; (t I once had a
military ball to come to meand what d ye
think! it took mv leg oH.V. At mention of
that word ' leg" the belle fainted, of course.
j - An Irish counscller, being questioned byva
Judge, to know for whom he was concerr
replied, " I am concerned for the nlniiff. but
throng, eager to qatch a glimpse of lijm as he am cyigfoyed by the defcnomV , ; 1
story I have liust related,
twilight she imagines that the" spirit of her
Clara returns to her fireside: and the whist-
ling of the winds through the crevices of her
doors she turns into' plaintive moans of j grief.
I have since jfrequenlly sat -in that chimney
corner ana reliectcu upon me mystenesioi ane
female heart- so confiding, so tender, and so
lovely . even amid thcwiihering blasts of ad-
versity Although a tender blossom, itiis un-
fading; for when riven with sorrow, it Inever
fails to bestow its fragments of love. -' ;
Earth's blossoms thrive not in the shade,
--y ; : Unb?cstbj gentle showers from heaven
But that swreet fiow'r, by kindness made
To bud and bloom, will never fade, '' -r
; f And freiely are its odors given"' . . ' -: :
tl.r.t nt!o:r.! c!:irj? rf i:rort?.:ee Irs
occurred d Trie" the n"ct vcar, Sain is tin
cr.'y exception, yet even that h tr.er rmirl
than rial. Ona factioT h displaced -cmtli-er;
- Ii is the change of a Cabinet; The con
stitution has remained the throne has been
unshaken. Lparteroa bold .nnuTCigorous
officer tias Lecu displaced ; Narvaoz, a bold
and vigorous oflicer,has been raised almost
to an' equal elevation. The-Queen , in pros
pect, has become the Queen in -possession.
Old machinery moves on the ;old principle,
but with a new - manager, -.-Tho; old. gilded
coach of royalty is drawn by ihq same sinews,
and attended by the same liveries. . The hand
that liolds the whip and the reins U changed
voilil out. - , ' - . . - -
. FranceJs colonizing, talking of commer
cial treaties, frightening ihe Bey of -Tunis,
and . marching " and ' countermarching , in
Algiers." She was doing the same a -twelve
month ago. Nothing is changed Louis Phil
ippe in still guarded by battaIlionsj";-gendar
mesj makes speeches of the most royal geno
ra'Uics at the beginning pf the session ,and
is rejoiced when Iv can leavo Paris and its
badauds behind him and retire to his .gardons
at Neuilly ; promises the. world peace j and
takes j;arc that the Parisians shall cot? break
itj surrounds his capital with chains , of for
tresses that would powder tne Faubourg Sr.
Antonicj into the dust of its own lancs and
would 'extinguish the region of Porte Cdcheres
at the Arsl volley. M. vGuizot is master of
ihe chambers: M. Odillion Barrott i3 in hope,
less opposition M Thiers isjwviting a history
which jwill be as angry j . volalilo and. short
lived as his own administration: and Mi Lam
artinc is selling with his fingers in his mouth,
and his-eyes turned backward to ihe Tiiilcries.
But alii this was the same twelve months ago.
Nothing is changed, but the number, of
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the year. The almanac is the only girout
i Austria has slept -Her only sign of life is
an; occasional start in her sleeps a cry in
which he name of Italy is' distinguishable,
a shudder when the Russian, bear seems to
w all; across her dreams,and a smile whcn$he
murmurs the name . Hungarian liberty.
Price Metternich sits beside j her and f rocks
her cradle: if she yawns; he wraps' her up
again, i'ocks and sings her to sleep. ' He is
the most experienced nurse in Europe-; bui
he was (the si me twelvemonths ago. Austria
grows corpulent in tho quietest manner of any
Government of Europe. But nothingxdse is
changed. s .
lllussla is hunting desereits; dungeoning
smugglers and squeezing the Jews. But all
t!us she has been doing for the lew half cen
tury. She-hag been conquering deserts of
rock, provinces of sand,T and ftiountains of
snow.- Her Emperor; the most active of
mankind, is building fleets in the Baltic,
which tie ice shuts up during a six months1
winter, and which ihe worm rots luring the
year; Ho sends an army into Circassia which
nqver returns; builds fortresses which are al
ways taken; and published a- new and infalli
ble plan of campaign which regularly fails.
He has the most showy, guard in Europe,
supplies Petersburg with the best opera; and
lifs down every night in his boots, and sleeps
with pisjlols under his pillow, i Bul this is rou
tine. During the last twelve months the Em
peror has changed nothing but his pantaloons,'
and the Emperor is Russia. , .t
. Portugal is a wine h use: a guingctte cf the
south ; an ill-ordered cafe, with yellow vis
aged wiliters, and nothing more. The house
U kepi by the same family j the same royal
sign hangs-over the ddjr, and the Wine is
neither better nor worse. The English Min-
! ' " j - .'!, - - 'it- ' . '
ister has attempted to lower -the price, and
raise ihe quantity but as this was unprece
dented, and as Portugal has long continued to
sell US' wine '.which" other nations of Europe
would drink;she threatens us with tho loss of
I ' . .. .." : 1 " ' -.
custom. : JohnUull. listens in terror, anil: test
Portugarshould have a single vintage' on her
liands, he takes it at lier own terms. But this
has been done by John Bull for the lust : hun-
dred years. Nothing is changed in Port u-
There is tourhing sweetness in a t:.i!,efJ
tears when lley nil u;nn the fee i f her dy "
ing babe,J whuh r.o tye lcLU withe;.: im.
bibing its infiueuce". f Upoii such h.?i!!j',ved -ground
ih-j To; i i.f rf.ir:!v i1... . nn'.
proach. Infidelity Us If i iihr.t, and for- -
wi-uia m iwimiiigs, una uere woman uispiays
not her wcaknes, b-t her sjtrcr. '.h ; ii is that
strength of attaclun-. nt, which c-u never, to itj
full intensity te ioalii-.ed. It ois pert. : ;l, .
dependent upon t climate no 'charge ; L-t""'
alike in storiii
of Turning, A ! '
going down to the v.
the shadow of death
noiisnovvs no Mia
tho morning-and
'on he 6.ehU child t
' .K ally, will wc'p when
ids fully come: over him j '
and as the last parting knel talis on jlas carj
l. .1 ' i. it i .' .1-1 ! . ' J i - 0 . . :'- i
ue inny say -'i gi uewn y uc-grave oi my j t
son mourning." Bm ho liurry : of-business:- -calls
him m way ; the jtcar It wipedj-from hls
eye, and if, when he tOrns to his fireside, the;
vacancy in his family eirch ejnirius liim of 'v.
his loss, the" succeeding day blunts' the pol.
nancy of his grief, until at length it finds' no
permanent seat in ;h!is breast. -Not io ' with : '
her who has borne a!nu nou'ri$hed the Render
blossom. lt lives inltlje hejart v wheVe;:it waa
first entwined, in theldreanrjin g hours of nigliU
She sees-its playful piirth dr hears jits; plain.
tivo cries, the seeks! it 'in
goes to 'the grave to vcjpt!crev "j
Some of tho Hciiiitivis of Tyranny.
During the reign ! of J Putjertho FirstfOzar .
of Russia, iit was thb custom of that tyrant
a . I .1 . . I . . t Vl .. J- 1 . J I. :
io puuisu muse uoojes woo uiienueo imuj uy -
an imperial order lliat they should becOmo
fools' i from vvhich moineiltj tie" unfortunate
victim however gjdowed! withiutt llecfVjn
stantly became . the Ullgh'mg tockof;tho
whole.pouh ; he bald tjhe privilege luf saying
every tiling he chose! , at, thej peril, however,' of
being kicked or, hori?. whipped, wiljioijt, dar.
ing to. offer any sbrt of retaliation every
thin? he did was ridiailJd. "hii .comhlainta
treated as4eststuiid ids sa 'casms. sneered at
and commented,, on; . as marvellous proofs of r
understanding in a fool, '. .'he Empress Anna .
surpassed this abominable :ruclty ; but some, ;
limes mmgieu in nejr praeuecs so inuwi uuui.
ty; that it was impossible notlo be" entertained.
Oucd t ho (Iccrccd jthat a certain Prince G
should become a heni to! tarnish him; for somo -
trifling misdemeanor, and ior this purpose she
ordered a large b:,sket, s'tuffed with 'straw
and hollowed into a nest, kvith a quantity - of
eggs instdeJ to be pjaccu cbnsptcuouiily in one
of the principal rooms at Court. Tbe Pj-inco
was condemnetl, on pain of death, to sit upon
this nest; dndrencered l.imsclf tx the. last
degree ridiculous bv imicaling the cackling'
of a hen.
Tltc (iravc kf IMcsbcI Icoa
The St ' Louis New Era, in. the course of
a sensible article, uggcs.tng,to the people of
Kentucky and Missouri the propriety of erect
ing a monument to the memory of Daniel
Boone, says'that (l the celebrated"! pioneer
inrdsthip, and innu
s; died int they car
after a life jjf incredible
merable perilous aefventur
1824, near jthe old Cha rente village j ittVwJiat
is now AVarren coimty, ;arid was buried about"
a mile from the town of
Marthasville." Hi
rrnl
wifej the first white! woman who entered Ket p"
lucky, is buried byihis side. p SeveraLof ihe
uiu - suuiei o ui . - .iiipswui l uu ujuvu nil ( itiw
same spot, " and Ithj giave.yard ha 'groC:i .
over .with a thicket of briars scvieruf feet 1
high; and almost impend ruble. . The travt
ler passes by the spot, an J never knows liM i
there lies buried one of In most Monderful
men that ever, exittcd in our countjy; FoJ
many vears;ther6 was not even a tomb: stoutf
to mark the gravtji; b.utja few years. agp sij.
very aged settler of St. Ch jrles county j named.
Jonathan Bryan With his own hands cut si'
rough tomb stone about Iwo fect high, an)
placed it at the I ead of tlje grave .of'Danje
Boonf-and ;ihat is the oi ly monument that
has ever been crcctjed to his rm moryLK . . !
, 14 -H' 'i
'Time. When ye phyk or hibor", or sleep"
dance, or smay, tne sun posietn anu tne sanv
runs. : Iti all the actions that a. man rlerforms;
soma part of, his -tfe -paslseth." Wei die with -aVing
that for, which only! one biidirig Kfe w3j'
granted:- ; Nay; though ve do nothing, Time,
idleness as In employment. "' 'An hour of vice,
is as long as Vri hour of virtu4 ; but ihe 3iffe
rence'whicli Allows upotl good 'action's isin
r..i .i i ciii-' ! - 'Pk .rl tKrt'iiTK
Prussians ploughing her sandy soil, naviga
ting herj shallow rivers, and- speculating-on
being made a great commercial nation -with
buf'a-'; single port in her dominions. s She
maintains an army large enough for the guar
dianship of Europe, for the ' protection of a
wrir,i.w rtf Ion mllllnna nfi cniila Rtin . 1Q
11.1 I J Ul V.1J lllUIY"- ""M'-' I - ----- . ..j-- r- - J- j
honest. ibrave and lovah but foolish m nt-ltt diminishes' our 'time hfcre, yet u n;s UP "
' V -"'I. - t - .- -
tempting to manufaOturc any ;th:4g ' beyond i pleasure for ' elerfnty ; arid will recompense
toothpicks.' Knives'and sc3sors"aro beyond
her power they ouJit to ba beyond her am
bition. By rreat effort she ..rhav- nroduce a"
' . o .- . , ,
pUchforkybu; no' chance of fortune wilt; ever
".The Mesmeric State. " Were v0u ever cnana ner lo proauce a scyiue. , xeiMie ufS,
in the Mesmeric stale 1" !said h lier ir, wasting tier time, inougm, auu uiiwer-
HI.tV - i 1:,,'. -I ' . ' ". . .Iff
trees on lhi3 extravagant nopo lor tne i3si iu
ty years.1 In Prussia nothing has changed ex.?
cept the "maids of honour., k. . :. " ' ; :
" Pi'Wu.ti.- Holland. Switzerland is - it of
anv imnartance to anv livin-r L?ing whether
they have c: have r.ot changed? , Whlbthe
line cf hattl-3 . Lhfp .remain: at' anchor, who
science, to a fiatboatr00sicr.
I tievcrhvas," syA thorlloosief. rl
hail from the -j ;0f Indiana: myself, 'but I
have h Vcd six years in the Iowa Territory."
- -" Apollo strikes, the lyre," as the vocalist
said when h caned n lawyer. - : :
what it takcth awny with a plentiful cturn at.
last. When wc trade with virtue, wo do not;
buypleasurd, with- expense of;timcj; so it ia
not so, much a copsumuig ,oi,uine v??
change. Time is h ship' which never .ancho rs ;
w;hi!eI am aboard, I better' do 'those thing
that may advantage my janiing than practico,
i. v.o'.ion fj-iv UimniitmRnt.ivliprt t
5UV.H UJ 111"" . s , . . j : -
come to the shore; ' ' -' ' .
lt My spectea urea re n, saiu a. Yen3ra.u:a
hieL:edam de" dat V-iects nufiin", for c?r
aint gneto,be,dj:appii;pd;jr'i ; -