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WARING Sc. PRITCJHARD, Proprietors. "
xotiiixg is lost.
Nothiag is lost ; the drop of dew
Wh.ch trembles on tl.e leaf or flower
Is but exhausted to fall anew
In summer's thui.dr shower,
Perchance to shine within the bow
That fronts the sun at fall of day;
IVrchance to sparkle in the flow
Of mountains far away.
.Nothing is lost; the tiniest seed
By wild birds born, or breezes blown,
1 i.uls sometiiing suited to its need,
Wherein 'tis sown and grown,
The language of some household song,
The perfume of some cherished flower,
Though gone from outward sense, belonj
T memory's after hour.
f-o with our words ; or harsh or kiud,
Uttered they are not all forgot ;
They leave their influence on ihe mind,
Pass on, hut perish not !
S with our deeds ; for good or ill,
They have their power scarce understood;
Then let us see our better will
To make them rife with good !
I'iaus in Diawoad.
i is sometimes instructive, nnd al nil times in
le resting, to learn something l I be eccentricities,
lading ami lot bin of remarkable persona. Sack
traits farm I he most attractive -ind sa lien's points
,. I biographical works; they may be called th
toloring of literary portraiture, nni brine endow,
rd Willi an individual vitality, are found to linger
It.ntie.Nt in I be memory ol the general readers.
Hiving gathered together a number of these
personal anecdotes, we propose io p is-; away
gossipping, and not wholly an unprofitable, hull
h 'ir in r lating them to nur readers.
I: is painful to reflect upon the inordinate vani
tv which cbarxcterises many illustrious lives.
Winn Civs i r brcaire bald, he constantly wore the
laurel-wreath a ilk which are ate him rrpresen'ed
on medal, in the hopa of Concealing the defect ;
and Ccero's egmi-oi was so great, thai be even
C3ap"Srd a Latin hi x under in his own praise :
Oil tort un itam natam me Console Roman.
(.Oh fortaaate Home when 1 was born b r consul !)
a line which elicited the just sarcasms of Juvenal.
Queen t!izabeth left three thousand different dress
s in her arardrohe whin abe died; and. during
many yiars ol the latter part of her lile, would
rtol suffer a iouinggls in tier preserce, for fear
llal .-he should perceive the ravages of time upon
Iter countenance. Maecenas, the- most egregious
l classic exquisites, is astd to have w i- Id. d the
llomaa Empire with rings on his finders. The
vanity of Beuvenum Cellini is too well known to
MeeiJ repetition, Sir Walter Raleigh was, per
haps the groati s: heati on record. His shoes, on
rourl days, were so o.ugeously adorned with pre
cious si. 'lies as to h ive exceeded six thousand
guineas in value; and he had a s-.i- of aimour. of
tolid kilver, wi h j wi led swt.rd and belt, ihe worth
of which was almost incalculable. The reat
1) scar tes was very particular about his wi"s, and
alaraya kept four m l is dn esiug clow I , a piece
ol vanity in which he was imitated by Sir Rich
ard Steele, who in vi-r expended has than forty
guineas upon one of his large Mack periwigs.
Mozart, Whose; light hair was ol a fine quality,
uore it very I tig and fl .wing down between his
shoulders uitfa a tie of colored ribbon confining
it at the seek. Poor G-kiamiths innocent dandv
ism, and the story nl his peach-blossom cont, are
alaansl provei b:a'. Pope's self-love was so greal
that according to Johnson, lie "had been fl ittered
till he ihongbl himself ooe of the moving powers
in the s stem of life." Allan Ramsay's egotism
was excessive. On one occasion, lie modestly
lvd prec-d' nee of I'etcr the Great, in estimating
llicir comparative importance with the public :
' But baud (hold) proud Car,' he say,"! wanda
diflear (exchange) fameP Napoleon was vain
f his ama foot. Stlva'or Rosa eras once heard
to compare himself with Raphael and Michael
Angelo, calling the former dry, and the latter
coarse; and Raphael, again, was j-alous of the
fame and skill of .Michael Angelo. Hogarth's his
torical paintings, which were bad equalled, in
bis own opinion, those of ihe old masters. Sir
Peter Lely's vanity was so well known, that a
a mischievous wi'. resolving to try what amount
of flattery he wuld b Ieve, ldd him one day that
if the Author ol Mankind emld have h id ihe hen
cut of his (Ivlv) opinions upon beauty, we
should all have been materially benefitted in point
of personal appearance; to which the painter em
phatically r plied : ' Tore Gtt, s ire, I believe
you're rii;h'." II j irdo, :he Italian pcet, ascribed
so liili an importance to his poe'ry, that when be
had invented a auitabte name for one of his heroes
he set the bells tinging in the village. Kotaobue
was o vain and euioo, thai he could endure
nothing celebrated to be sear him, though it were
but a picture or a statue : and even Lima nine,
the loftiest an. I li nest ol French poets, robs his
rearming pages of half their beauty by the inor
dinate self-praise of his W iSS me Uta ries Rosseau
has been called "the self-torturing egotist and
Lord Hymn's fife has been called one continued
niece of egotism from beginning to end. lie nan
vain of his genius, his rank, his misanthropy, and
even of Iris trices ; and he was particularly proud
of his nood ri Jinn and of his handsome hands.
Penurious ntse, unh ippdy, has been too com
monly associated with learning and lame. Cato,
the c.-nsor, on his return from Spain, was so par
simonious that be sold !;is field-horse, to s.ive the
expanse of conveying the animal .by sea to Italy.
A ttilius Regu1tt, at the period of his greatest g!o
ry in Awtca, entreated permission to return boasa
to the management of his estate, which consisted
hut of seven acres, alleging thai his servant's had
been defrauding bun of certain agricultural imple
ments und that he was anxious to look after his
ifiirs. L"rd Dicon is a melancholy instance ol
the dominion obtained by avarice ov r a ureal
mint!. Among artists, Notekns and Nortbcote
were proverbially penurious. Swift, in his old
;e, was avaricious, and had an absolute terror
of visitors. "When his friends of either sex carne
to him in expectation of a dinner, his custom was
la give ev -ry one a shilling that they might please
'aesaselves wi'h their provision. Of the great
hike of M wlb trough, it is said by M.iciuliy. thai
'bis splendid qualitiej were mtnghd with allov of
Ihe most 3Jf j.j kind,
S ZlnZ T 'V,,e errS ,findo,g-
Ckjcra-.es. 1 lato, Agathon, Aristophanes and others
ol ihe most celebrated Greeks, drank wine Io.
j 6 x lf,lu says, in nis o .
indium, inai Socrates Kept sober longer th m any.
Tiberius was so much adiieted to this vice, that
he h id frequently to he carried from ik r....
. . s sj . i ,
House. Lato was loud ol the bottle. B.-n Jonsoii
delighted in copious draughts o! Canary wine, and
even c .Hrived to have a oipe of ihat liauur add. d
io dm yearly pension a poet-laureate. I h fine
intellect oi uoleriage was clouded over by ibis un- He would also walkout it, the dewy fields at night
happy propensity. Montaigne indulged ... sherry. I or mornir.g without shoes or stockings Shelly
I he utbeWtse unexceptionable morliy ol A t- took an unaccauutable delight in floating Iktla na
disou was stained by th one error. Sir K. cloud per boats on any piece of water he chanced to be
Steele, Fielding, and Sierne shared the prevailing oe.r. Th-r ,,,,.,.1 ..n n -,,. 4 i u
taste liir h.nl rl n i b ...r .. ..
D I
... i ....... . v .1 3 no eACeo.
ri Was Do excel)-
..on to the rule Churchh.ll wa8 a very int. mpa-
U,IVJ g a luuicrous iminor-
tau.y to the sairisi s love ol porter by representing
.. . . , " o
nun in ine cnaracier o a near with n ..t n.
irritability by the use of wines, despite the entree-
flf'C rt tils x Cioi . t: c I I 1.... I -
.. . ... " ci--i u ait.-u ins Iir'Iliai
r tl'ltV I ;i - w i . . r . r . , . . t . 1... . I
ov .J ' ' I IIIO I'll V Oil. I.I S Kill r I til i I I' I i in.
o o
; ,c -l'3 g.aic.uoy ui ins leuers oi some
sweaimeeta with which he had been supplied ;
and after his release, he relates with delight the
: good things that were provided lor him by his pa
j iron, the Duke ol Mantau ' the bread and fruit,
, the fish and flesh, th- wines, sharp and brisk, a.id
, the confections Pope, who was somewhat of an
ppicuie when staying at the house ol Lord Uu
Imgbrofce, would lie in bjd for days toe-ether, uu-
less fie heard there were to be stewed lampreys
lor dinner, when h would forthwith aiise, and
make his appearance at lable. Dr. Jonson had u
voracious likinj; for a lee of mutton. 4 Vl inv
Aunt Ford's,' he said, ' I ale so much of a leg
0
muilim, ihat she used to talk ol it.'
A etiileill III
. . . , . . w
iii.n.i ' ... i ...... ......1.1... I. J
von,o nt.jou llilll IO il llisn Ol new uuucv aiiu
clouted cream, of which he partook so enormous
i . i i . , .
,jr, .u. HMcmenamcr was aiarmcu.
Quin, the famous actor, has been known to
travel from London to Bath, for the mere Bake ol
dining upon u John Dory. Dr. Parr, in a priva'e
letter, cuii .ess s to tus passionate love of hoi boil-
ed
obsters, with a profusion of shrimp-sauce.
, ..in lly was I r many years a vegetarian ; and in ; lulion of the South, the Abolitionists are of opin- ; take an entrenched camp, linked by terrihh- for
j the notes to his earliesi edition of Queen Mab, j ion lhat Ibe end sanctifies the means, and they j tresses, and an army for garrison in it, hear,
p aha with enthusiasm of a d nner ol 'greens, po- hold nothing dishonorable or immoral that orom-I hear, 1 and new armies pouring into your flank
latoca, and in mips.1 Ariosto wasexces-iv. ly feud
01 turnips. i!e. tie ;asi, una oi wnait-ver was near
est lo htm, often begiiung with the bread upo:. the
: labia before the other dishes came. Being visited
one day by a stranger, he devoured all the dinner
that was provided lor both j and when afterwards
censured lor his impoliteness, only observed thai
'the gentleman should have taken care of himself.'
Handel ale enormously ; Dr. Kitchener relates ol
him, that whenever he dined at a tavern, he or
dered dinner lor three. On being told lhat all
was ready as soon as the company should arrive,
he would exclaim ; ' D n priug up de dinner prrs
tissimo, de uompany !' Lord Byron's lavor
i is dish was and bacon : and though he never
could i at it without suffering from an attack of in
digestion, he bad not always sufficient courage to
resisi ihe temptation. Ltlunde, the great Prench
astronomer, would eat spiders as a ieinfa J.in
n;r us delighted in chocolate; and it was he who
bestowed upon it its generic name of Theoorovia,
or ' food of the g ds." runlenelle deemed straw.
berries the mo-i delicious eating in the woild ; and
during his las) illness, used to exclaim constantly :
' If I can but reach the season of strawberries V
The amusements ol remarkable persons have
been various and often tcecntrie. The great
Cayln wou'd frequently wrap himself in his cloak
and hasten lo places where montebanks resorted ;
and this was his chief relaxation from the intensi
ty id" study. Spinoza delighted lo set spiders
fighting, and would laugh immoderately at heboid
ing i h ir msec' warfare. Cardinal Richelieu used
lo seek o mu--emeni in violent ex -rcise, and was
found by De Graromnn! jumping with his servant,
to see which could I- ap if)'- highest. The greal
logician, Samuel (Ji irk, was equally fond ofsich
salutary interludes to hia hour- of meditation, and
has been discovered leaping over chairs and tables
O ice observing ihe approach of a pedant, he said :
"Now we mti-t leave off, f i r a fool is coming in?"
The learned Peiavius used to twirl his chair round
and round for five minutes, tit the end of every I wo
hours. Tycho Brahe diverted himself with pol
ishing glass-s for spectacles. Paley, the author
of NUural Theology wme so much given lo ang
ling that he had his portrait painted with a rod and
line in his hand. Louis XVI., of sad memory,
amused himself w ith lock-making. Salvator Rosa
used to perform in extempore cometli-s, and take
lho character of a naontebanb. in the streets of
Rome. Anthony Magliabecchi, tho lamous libra-
run to the Duke' of Tuscany, look a great interest
in the solders tint thronged his a par men's : an!
while sitting amongst his mountains of hooks,
would caution his visitors not to hurt his spiders !
Mos. s Mendelssohn, surnamed the Jewish S ocrates,
would sometimes seek relief from too much th uht
in atauding at his window ami co-toting ihe tiles
on his neighbors roof. Thomas War. on, ihe po
etical antMIU iry, us d to associate with the school
hovs, while visiting his brother. Dr. J. W arlon.
Campbell says : When rngged with them in
some culinary occupation, and when alarmed by
the sudden approach of the master, be Ins been
known In hide himself in the dirk coiner ol a
kitchen, and lias been dragged from thence by ihe
doctor, who had taken him for some great hoy.
Cow per kept hares and made bird cages.
Dr. Johnmn w as so fond of his cat. thai he
would go out himsetl to buy oysters lor Puss, be
cause his servant was too proud lo du s . GtBtbu
k'-pt a tamo siiak. but b red dogs. Ariosto de
lighted in gardening; but he destroyed ail he
planted by turning up the mould lo see if the seeds
were germinating. Thomson had Ins garden al
Richmond, respecting which the old story of how
he ate peaches off the trees with his hinds in Ins
pockets is related. Gibbon was ,i laay man. C d-
nri.l.rn tv.- folrr to ttil from mOmtlS tlil night
threading the dreamy m izs of his ow n
Gray said thai lie wished to be always
min
rius
i
on
' sofa", reading eternal now novels of Crebullon
'. and Ifarivaux. Peaton, the eminent scholar, di- d
from sheer micttvi y; he rose late, and w hen lie
hid risen, sit down to his hooks and pipers. A
woman who waited up n him in his 1 'dgmgs, s iid
lhat ha would lie a-bed and be fed i'l : poon.
I Contrary examples to tint ol Sir Waiter Sc itt v ho
j wrote all his finest works before breakfast.
I To raiurn to ihe recreations of celebrated per-
I os. Oliver Cromwell is aaid to have som-lim s j
! et .;,b. i.;.- j ,.j , 1
man V bluff with his daughters and attendants.-
; M-nrv Uuaifre delighted to
go about in disguise
J r-i -
among the peasantry. Charles IPs mot inno
cent amusement consisted in feeding the ducks in
St. Jame'a Park, and in rearing nurnliers ol those
beautiful sp.nuls that si!l bear bis name. Beeth
oven would splash in cold water at all tim 's in the
day, till his chamber wss swamred. and ihe water
oozed through the flooring to ihe rooms beneath
. - . . . . ' .
I vil-.wh h ;i a i. l.... I......
I which has often l.ornt. Kla iU, ll.., I .1
, a aD, anecdote related of lorn-rat her too good,
i we fear, to be tru
which says, that being on
; day beside the Sc
rpectioe, and bavins no oilier pa-
1 : i .. i. . ... . ...
pei in ma pocaei wnerewnn to indulge his pas
- -
! bill for fifty pounds into 'he desired shape, launch
.. . 1
S I Or S I.IHltll . IIIIT hn r. n .. .1 .1 .. I, ..
1 J i ... !... i. '. d i
f j iiiue era f i upon na vovntr, Wfitcned its
steady progress with paternal anxiety, and finally
i went over and received it in safety at the opposite
side. '
The Future.
All the appearances of the political heavens in
dicate rather a stoimy season during the nest two
years. The rise of the Know Nothing organiza
tion, and the consequent disbanding of ihe old whig
parly, has given a mighty impulse to the Aboli
Uonists, who now wield an influence in the country
infinitely surpassing any former period. With
mis NtLcssuin oi power, iney nave groan more
boid and darini'. until ibev aie well nih nreo.neH
1 1 . : . i ,
! 1, t,,L-r. lb-,' final olor. ,t hi.., .ill ,I,,,Im.. .1... i .
i nutui, win uiasuivv ine w.iiua
I 1
ol the Union. I ideed, there is much cause to up
pre!,, ud :hi'- t lie dissolution of the Union is a de-
sideratum for which all the aboli.icr.ists of the
j country are s'riving. Their hatred to slavery is
so great ihat they cannot tolerate a governmant
! whose Constitutions recognizes ihe lawfulness
; one man being held in bondage by another
long with iheir intense hatred of the peculiar insti-
ises in .he slightest degree to advance t! eir ulti- j
in lie aims.
Unfoi tuneately for the peace of ihe e untry,
ihere are loo many men in the land who aspire io
official station without a quality 10 commend them
lo popular favor. Such men are to be found in
ail scions of the country, ami, until recently,
more or lc.-s m every party, r oriunately, ihe ' and Crimean air, as the Russians fell under I ur
Democratic party is now lred irom their blighting j kish bullets and Danubian fever. Not one out of
presence. '1 hey are the selfish, designing dema- five of your braves, immolated in vain, shall see
gogues, without political conscience, without poii- j Albion or -Gallia as 'in.' Ib-ar, hear
ueal character, without political morality or prin
ciples. They htng on loose!) to th" outskirts of
the dominant parly, Mid ar gif'ed with that ver
satility oj tilent, that enables iln-m lo change iheir
Iront as often as the- fickle goddess. Fortune turns
her wheel and elevates or d- presses one party or
anoiher.
li is to the presence of th- se men among us,
lhat we must look for that augmentation of in ll u -
e ico w h cli the Abolitionists have obtauvd within
tie past lew years. lhat (action was tl gnificant
"
and impotent for good or evil, until ths K. Noth-
ings made their appearance. This specious, pre-
teutious and deceptive movement, ctuuhi all ihe
floating politician-, such as we h oe described, who
were drilling about upon the surface of American
politics. A party composed of such materia
w tild not long H' gleet lo maiie loving overtures
to the A hoi i tin, i sis, and we so n see these worthies
iueu loir- iner, in an iiimr.c.t oitensive auu Je-
i . i . y i
f' llsH (
Bul one of the hih contracting parlies
was too deeply versed in political strategy for
the others. The Abolitionists played lln-ir cards
with consummate skill, and secured nearly till the
offices winch the coalition had the power to lies
low. Senator alter Senator was elected, Coii
trressmaa after Congressman was nominated, and,
wi'h scarcely an exception, were of the Abolition
stripe. 1 bus hv a wicked and unholy cotnoma
(ion of huckstering politicians, were the halls of
the Federal L"gisiature filled with foes of the
South, and enemies to the peace and good order
of society.
Whatever of agitation the country may witness
in the next Congress, whatever of bub mess and
contention may spring up between the two sec
tions of ibe country, by means of ih ab'diMonists,
may be fairly chargeable to the K. N. movement.
Nor is it any answer lo this to siy that ihe
Philadelphia Convention divorced the pirty from
iti uneuiiiil wedlock with the Abolitionists. For,
admitting that to be true, (and we concede it only
t- snow wic ausurui y oi tie argumeni.; ura oi-
vorce hi k placo too late to ellecl any practical
good. i ne misctitei tiau aireauy u"t n cousuuiai
i d. The Iruil ()' the marriage had appeared in
the world, and was already grown to a stature that
r nder d him dangerous it) -he highest interests of
ilia confederacy. Young Sam, the bastard, had
b'-rn brought forth, chris'eu-d, n-ared to a vigor
ous youth, and was already boasting of the war-
'I. I " 1 L 1 I . 1 . 1 . .....
fare he would wage against the own rs rf woolly
head, in the Congress of the United States. An 1,
in addition, it may b objected In the divorce, thai
ll was t jucnsu tkoro, and not a vini ulo matfimo
ui. It was a partial separation for mutual con
venience and aecommodalion, and not a complete
abrogation of ihn marriage i i - - . An I the marital
rights, duties, liabilities, and obligations continue
int. u
ict and is binding in forci and effect as th y
ever were.
1 ii aii cUe. :hau the uame, the union
exi-ts as completely and perfectly now as al any
former period. Though living apart, the g. d y
couple aid and ab-l each other in every plan and
enterprise, !i ivu lh same Iriends, and join to eru-h
a com in a enemy.
It is lh:s consideration an I none other, that fills
us with uneasiness and apprehension. ciiner
faction, alone and uu ud- d by the other, is unable
to rooe with the suiv nor I ,rces ol the f)em oc ra
cy. bu' ac'tn
in concert, th- y m v not only d
feat us in the halls of Congress, but fill the land
with disorder, from one en I to th- other.
The tutt'e wi! begin n -xt winter when th
Congrco. a-semhic-1. The fust effort will be in
rep al lho act repealing the Miss -on i Comprom s".
and ii successful. I ha Fugitive Slave Law prill be
tie- nXl question r.ns d. Upon lse issues, and
i in that place, ihe D mocratic party will triumph as
' heretofore.
The struggle will then he transferred to a na-
Ban
tional battle held in the canvass lor the Presiden
cy. What the issue of thai contest will he, it is no
easy matter to tell. We should derpur of ihe j
country hut for an unwavering trut m the hones
ty and intelligence of Lh masses. The self-pois-
ea, Hm.st. uiteiiigetl', p.-op'" glorious people
cannot ue induced to jeopard Hie Union, !t onci
meir eyes are opened. J hey can, and we trust
that they will, defeat the Abolitionists and iebke
fandtics of every stripe and of every degree.
They only can do it, or, as surely as ibe day of
trial comes, we shall have the K. N.'s and Aboli
tionists united to defeat ihe candidate who shall he
named by the Democracy in connection with ibe
Presidency.
We do not speak of the Know Nothings, of ihe
jNordi as contra-dislingui.-bed from the Aboli'ion
isis. That would he nbsiird in this connection.
! VV allude to Southern Know Nothings, and we
establisn all that we allege concerning ihetn, by
I r.-inif
to hints which have been thrown out.;
even
here in Virgin! i. It has been sail io ad- j
, that if the contest for the Presidency b ,
vane
narrowed dor to the Democracy and the Aboli
tionists, in that even!, Demoeats need hope lor no
assistance from Southern Know Nothings. Such
language from two of ihe leading opposition journ-
bis in ireinia, neens no comment. 11 nespeaita a
political profligacy and a depth ol haired to the
....... . ..I i
Democratic party, which it had not entered into
our heart to conceive of, and which, more, than
anything we have seen in any quarter, makes us
regard with anxious forebodings, the luture that
is so speedily becoming the present.
II ichmoml Enquirer.
Kossuth on the Wak. Mr. Bright, during a
. ., u j.., . r .1 A ,u
i n uciii nucruu uu hit; uiiiuuui ui 1 1 it. wui, nuu in
i
expedition to the Crimea, quoted the following
passage from a speech made by Kossuth, at Ghs
gow, on the 5ih of July, jut after ii began
to be rumored that an attempt was to be made to
take Seb istopol :
" I don't think you can take Sebastopol by sea.
Ii would cost sacrifices which you neither can af-
ford nor risk. And as to lak'mg it by land, to
sad rear and you in the pi tins of the Crimen,
with almost no cavalry to resist them hear,
hear, that is S';cli an undertaking to succeed in
which more forces are necessary than England
and France can ever unite in lhat quarter for such
an aim. You will be beilcn; rememher mu word.
oyr braves will full in vain under Russian bullets
M r. Bright added that :
" If one of the old prophets had arisen in your
midst, speaking under the direct inspiration ol
Heaven, he could not more exactly hive pointed !
; out the desparate expedition which you weie a- j
: bout io undertake, or the frightful disasters which :
j you were entailing upon your country." i
' The explanation ,'s daubiless lo be found in t?ie ,
J fact that, in addition to a clear and unbiassed judg- ,
ment, Kossuth had a more thorough and complete
knowledge ol the country to be invaded, th;tn any ;
- 1 - 1
other man in England.
j - j
1 Vol Fobgot Mi:." A uood joke is told, at !
the expense of one id our church going citizt ns, 1
who is the fa'her of an interesting family of chil-
dren, and among ihem a bright-eyed boy number- j
inu lour or fiv" summers, the pet of ihe household, 1
and unanimously voted t he d rolles t little mischief j
alive. the hero of A mi and Inkermanti from bis broth
On Saturday night he had been bribed to keep : ers ia arms and after watching in silenc , or rath
peace and retire to bed an hour earlier than usual, rr during the salute of another 19 gun, 'hunder
wnh the promise that, on the morrow, he might go j ed by a bat'ery of our Horse Artillery, the coffin
with the family lo church. On Sunday morning ' was lowered into a boa I nnd conveyed tr h man
it was found inconvenient to put the youngster of-war. which it had to he passed, in order thai it
through tin; regular course of washing and dress i might b' agun lw red into th small CarSiloc,
trig necessary lor his proper appearance at the j when the mourners separated, and t bought fully
sanctuary, and the family slipped off without him. rr turned to their c;mp in front.
TheV had not, however, more than become c un-
j foriably seated in their pew, when in walked ihe
youngster, with nothing on but a night wrapper and
! a cloth cap.
j " You forgot nie," said he, in a tone loud cn
, ouh lo be heard all over the church,
j The feelings of the parents can b- more easily
imagined than described.
Lafayette (lul.) Journal.
Senator Benj.-tmln vs. The It. s.
Tha Hon. Judah I. Benjamin, Whig U. States
Senator from Louisiana has b en addressed by
I -Old Whig" friends, in a letter .to which he has
; repnea i lengui, yumg im iew o. me pre-,,,
political aspect ol all his. He regards inn only
a ,t rs ii
safety of the South to lie in a sectional organ iza
lion by which a united front c-m be opposed to the
aggressions of .Northern fanaticism. As to the K.
Nothings, be s iys :
The Whigs ol Louisiana, or four flahs of ihem
have been seduced into joining an org miz ti m,
which, al-hough calling iiself the American pariy,
h-.s rio claim to the name of a pirty at all. It is
a tn re association for the purpose ol infl lencing.
not the mcasuies by which the public good is to be
attained, but the men by whom the offices are to
be fill'd. Oi! what a wretch-d fill from th
proud traditions ol the gallant Whigs of the old n
lime ;
Although entirely unnecessary to recapitulate
the often urged objections agiinat this new orgui-
. 'nation, I will state succinctly thai I sm opposed to
h ir principles.
B--cause ihey are anti republican i:i refusing c
qu it piditical rights to ail Amsricau ci'izen.
B cause they violate ihe spirit, if not ihe v ry
letter of the Cons ituuon by th" proscription ol
j citizens on i lie ground of their religious belief.
Because ihey are retrogresion toward tn er
rors of the dark -a-o-s in lendin" towird a union
ol Church and State, a union equilly dangeroui to
civil and religious liberty. !
Because they present isu-'s addressed to the
p-fSions and pr.jidices of ihe p -opb-, and lhu i
tend to divert tle-ir attenrum from tbotm Mghe i
sni.j -cts over which it is their du;y to k-ep c ,.se
'-ss watch.
Recaus-, above all. they infriniTe that priceless
privilege of a freeman, l ha nght of" iud- p u l n' i
personal action, guiOed by independent persmia!
j
idj;em' nl.
D.pirtuicof Litrd stasias' Remain
He force Sbistopol, July 'J. The commence
ment ol tint ceremony of psying the lust honors
to the mortal remains of tlio late Commander-in-Chief
took place m the evening, and of course,
excited more than ordinary interest. The nr-
rai.gemeuts were described in 'fie General Ord
As early as lo o'clock batteries of artitlerj were i their lovers. After the old man retired to :e '.
to be seen parading, and an hour afterwards die ' ihe girls would hang a sheet out l the window,
infantry which were to perform part of the cere- ' and ibe beau would s. izu hold of it. atid with the
moiiy, were proceeding to headquarters, and at 1 assistance of his lady love, who lugged lustily a
half pasi ihree, p. in., all were assembled, and the j hove, would thus gain nn enirance. ll wi Iihji
pr ce-i us were completed. The mass of ur.i- I p' ned that one evening the go Is hung out ihi r-lurl
f.rms of every description French, Sardinians. i(M eaily, for the old gentleman by some ill wind
'Pinks, and our own was very brilliant. At 4j W!l3 neciden ally an mud ihe corner, f.nd spying
p, in. ihe e ffin was brought out the lens-, and a sle-et, colli i not cot jeeluic ihe meaning of its
Salute ot 10 gnus fired as the processien moved being l here ; so he ewught hold and endc.ivorrd
forward. A squadron of lancers led the way. fol- ; ' pu" " down ; the git's ab e supposing it to bo
lowed hv some French Gendarmerie; then a baV- ! ""' b-jans. b-gm to hoist, ud did not
lerv o rreiieh Aril erv. fol (infer! hv n ino. bo.
uy oi i oou or i,ouu rrencn uuiraslers ; tie n our
own Morse Artillery immediately preceded ihe
I i i s " 1 1 wy i r-
enrrig whieh Carried lho coffin, and was suppor- ! the sheet, down came th" old gentleman on ihn
ted by ihe a Tied eammanders, Generals ! lissier ' hard ground, exdocating one shoulder, which con
and Li M irmora, Dinar Pacha, and tieneral ird him lhat Io make old maids of his dnugh
Simpson. I tt rs was a ma ter not so easily accomplished, and
It appears mos strange to se a Mussulman la-
kinjr niri in a Christian ceremony, or what was.
j t u events, the commencement of one, although
0!hers than the actual companions in arms of tin j
dreeaspd will attend th last rites. Th proees- '
sioii nj eh sed by general officers, and their slafi'-i I
and an officer from each regiment in the Crimea, i
In consequence of ihe army being under arms at
th :;rri" of the cr mony, the number of specta- j
tors was small and cosnried to the few civillians i
from Bilaklava, and mhers connected with the
shipping. Three infin'rv lands were brigaded.
and played tha "Dead M ireli la Saul" as the pro
cession matched off, and bands were stationed at
intervals along lha lino during entire route. The
Royal Sappers and Miners wen- the first body of
in-ii who line,! the road ; next came the Guards,
and then -, the reg-rm-i.ts of our army in success
sion, imtil we reached ift; French headquarters.
At this point the greater number of our cavalry
were assenibl. d, and the bands of the 10th litis,
sirs and I2di Lmeers were hrigad-d. A battery
of th" French Artill'-ry fired ii .salute ns the cor
lege approached, and ibis compliment was repeat
ed tit many points afti m auls The road was now
occupied by French troops wi'h iheir fine hands,
at intervals, in the same mariner a by our own at
the commencement the only difference observa
ble being thai the French stood with their arms !
presented instead of reversed, as is the custom j
with us, and their mu.-ic was of a different char- j
ac'er.
N ar the French headquirt rs was also drawn '
up a fine body of I Sardinian Lancers. It was ap- j
preaching sun st when we arrived at Kazatch
Bay, nnd this was certainly the most picturesque !
par! of the scene. The w eather throughout, had !
been most delightful, a nice breeze rendering the
atmosphere comparatively coo!. The dust caused
hv ihe tramp of so many horses had been very !
disagreeable, hut on appro. ching ihe bay we i
fotin 1 it so thickly studded wi'h chipping, with j
yards crossed, thai it looked like a Loudon dock,
and ihe whole scene sp-ih d as if changed by
magic, an.) that the rennins of ihe departed great
were already received in hi-; native country. I he I
Royal Marines, w ho lint d lh npproaeh to the pier I
rd' embarkation, wearing their white undress jack- j
els. Dresented a next soldierlike and neal auoear-
ance, and contract, d vividly i'h our own dusty
uniforms. At Ibe pier were drawn up some of
the noble! specimens of the Ri iti-h tar, in !hj
eb-anest dresses, with their heads uncovered. '
Th" na v -i I a of hot iii-s he re received ihe body of
Wei Humes to Order.
Tim! Tun Dolon !' sho.ited I he mister of Kil
dare House, at lie lop ol t, von;...
1 II re, your honor,' was lim's r.-nly from be
low, and in a m m nf :t hoek
red hair,
IC-
Co. up lined by an in
son tattle p'i vsiotrnom v and
an u 1 4 no v p r . ui
1 Tun, tjuick ; s i
ihe V ill ige and hire
with a youtiT; c ild.
never intu ) tiie prin
4 Soi r i a one of
ap.t hv 1 in r!i presence,
lie i h n'se ,11 id nd ! d nvn to
it,,, r, ..,,,. ., . ...... c... i
tit
I . . ' '.Ml 1, ,OU V.,111 II .11
! II
! hi i ng her bom-
w ith y
UU .
sill t tie master.
koo i s ho I'll get, yer lion-
or, re urnerj i on.
Whit ! not a woai in in the village that has a
young c'titld ?' ask. d Mr. O'Connor.
- I 1 1 i on -, siv n y -r presence, si.-nc-s blessed
Fa'her M inirty wis c tiled t.j heaven two long
years 'ii". w is
' Wa 1 1 .sli ;! we
- reply.
oil shall we i
io?'
e.
claimed the master, wringing bis hands.
1 W hy, wh it s the ri itter with ye V cried Tim.
'The doctor s.ys, t'uit if we don't g-t a wet
nurse this night my infant heir is d omed.'
0!i, sliy djdo'i ye - iy so ?' returned Tim, I'll
find ve one imna igeily.'
In a few minu es a terrible nprar was beard
below, and Mrs. M ri ir'y. the nurse in ordinary,
rush:d m ihe parlor shrieking out
M iriii r ye liibm! honoa-mAt-dbiou ! to ye,
Tim I) deu. ! t ev." ; abnno!'
4 What ii . ! r h iv. n in the matter ?' demand I
tl;- os'oi;wed mash r, 'what does .ill l his mean a
such a lini : !
Thai plVgrd Ton, yer honor,' replied the
in'ur.u e J d on -, - hit plavgard Tim, dated to call
imc out, and wh n I wasa'l mindin' him, be catch
er in - by th- h els and souees me entirely.'
() i ! aurraw astrtsw ! th- md reserve y,
ye ti f ft I the world !
Wh., you scoundrel,' exclaimed Mr, O'f'oii
nor. seiz ng him by t he collar, "how d ire you ?'
Bless er honor,' said Tun, 'and ter honor
beaui nl i'.dv, and yer honor's iliegar.t j wel of ,
baby, that bant die at all al all, I vvas jist inak
in' a wot n-.irs-; ov her sure ; if you wmi a weit.r I
on-, jis say the worrud, aud I'll full th but up !
th(
top.
a IOIU, I in' ! in. Pllt'Mliri TP
I splendor of a h ppy fortune in its own grease.
Col
f t . , n jnooa I i 1 u a hli M r r i 1 I V A r v t I i t. e - '
Elirifosavs Istcibkxt, A laughable incident
ncrurtod recen'ly, the circum?tanc-s d which are
as follow : An old g' li'lem .o laru.'-r, w ho had
i.m band soma d Uglitejra, wa a cautiu of his
ch irge, that be WOwld 0o p'Ttnit tin m li Keep lire
comji iuy nf J iUog men. However, they adopted
the f.dl iwiiig ejcpedit Ht to i njoy the company t
i discover tlie niisiHKe tin ine otu m iii neau was
evei Hi i tiie winnow siii, wnu on" oi tnem ex-
.1
. . i ii i . r . ft. . ..
claimed Oh, Lord! 'lis dad!" and letting j;o
; undrawing .11 furl her opposition fo Ihur keeping
I company, he was soon a luiher-in law
Wifat SoCTHEBJi Mkn Havk Donk.-
A wri-
ter in the Washingum Union s:i)s
These seven millions ol wbitemen at the S.mtli
are, politically considered, unqtieeiiouably meio
arlvanc d than any oilier portion of nur people,
and centuries in advance el Kumpp. They havu
investigated the whole BU'ject of political and so
cial and individual rights unre deeply ond more
ihorotiehtv, and understand them more elcrlv
j than any ether aeveu millions of men or lho face
of the earth. Thsy are the suthors, the propa-
gandisis, ihe very apostles of the democratic creed.
I'hev ere the founders of our political system, and
; in ail our party contests Inve been invariably,
and without exception, the advocates and leaders
of the largest liberty and tho most unbounded free
dom in trade, in currency; in short, in every
thing that enlarged the sphere- of individual inde
pendence or w idem d ibe circle of democratic idea-;
' and yet, wonderful and strange, indeed, these Men
these Louiheru democrats, loese Washington and
J. Il' r-ons and JacksonS, of the Sou'h, who for
seventy years hav.- h d Ihe vanguard of demrcra
j cy in the New World, a repaid lo be, and believed
to be, themselves the enemies of freedom, and
; have been all this time the oppressors of millions
of slaves! What a stupendous contradiction, or
w hat a stiinriiduus delusion !
Arab Oddities. An Arab, entering a house,
r(,,nnves his shoes but not his hat. He mounts
norsu upon lne rjgn side while the wife milks
lhl.ir C,)WS UDOH the left eidn. With him tlio ni.ilit
o) pUI , mfl u.ud, while its head is madw its
hp.d His be.d must bn wrntipd nn warm even
I a
j summer, while his feet may Well cm.ugh go
naked in winier. livery article of merchandize
which is liquid he weighs, but measures wheat,
barley and a few other articles. lie reads and
writes from riuht to left but fiirurel are read from
et to rtffht. He eats almost nothing at breakfast.
k..i .,m mm.li for dinner but mftmr tUc worb of
(IUUII1 IJ IIIUVII 'Ol 0llllll wio uiim oo It
(he day is done, sits down to a hot meal swim.
mu,K ;;) 0j, or, better yet. boiled butu-r. His sons
-,.,u l.i. k..i it.,. rm..l if ih hnimn w.,ii nil
his lordship 's done, lie rides his donkey when
travelling, his wile walking behind. He laughs
at the idea of walking in the street with his wife,
or of ever vacating his seat for a woman. He
kuows no use for chairs, tables, knives, or even
spoons, unless they are wooden ones. Bedstead.",
buteaus and fire-places may be put in the same
category. Il he is an artisan, he do s his work
sitting, perhaps using his to 6 to hold what his
hands are engaged upon. Drinks cold wn'cr liku
a sponge, but never bathes in it, unless his lion a
be on ihe sea shore. Is rarely seen drunk too
seldom speaks the truth is deficient in affection
for his kindred has little curiosity and no imita
tion no wish to improve his mind no desire to
surround himself we h ihe comlorls ol life.
Daniki. Wansraa on Rntviotaos Fkuchum.
' It seems to he 'fie American destiny, the mission
which has been entreated to as here on th'i shore
ol the Atlantic, the conception and the greal
du'y to which we are born, lo show that all sects
and all denominations, professing re verence for the
authority of ihe author of our being, and heliul
in his revelations, may safely bo tolerated without
prejudice either to our religion or our liberties. .
Wc are Protestants generally peaking, but you
all know that there presides ut the head ol the
Supr me Judicature ol the United States a Uomati
Catholic : and no man. I suppose through the
whole (Jutted States, im-'gines ih it the Judicature
is h ss safe ; and the udmirate n of public justice
is le-s respectable or less secure?, because the
Chief Justin of United States, bus been, and is, a
firm ndben nt of that religion and so it is in every
department d society among us.
' ii both houses ol Congress, in all public offi.
cos, we proceed on ihe idea that a man's religious
behel it a m.iter above human law, that il is a
q testiou to bo settled between bun and his Maker,
because he is responVds lo n uie but bn Maker
for adopting or rejecting revealed (ruth.
nd here is h.- great distinction which is some
times overlook, d, in N-w England, the glorious
inheritance of iha sons of the Pdgiims.
Men for iheir religious sentimrni arc accoun
table to ti j and to G I only.'
Ad ihe Chinese grocers urn sage philosopher
of the school of Coiiluci' Us ; ihey aru i specially
friend-, ol tinulh, and p que theinselvis on the ir
raproachable purity of their maeendi and they
never ssrll a hrribiitg caudle aiihout accompany -Ug
it w ith some precept of lofiy wisdom fcuited to
'.he occasion. M adam", area i your candle.
The honest man as Con'uciu-, loves th light;
it is only hateful io thse wiuaie iuleii'ions am
evil. M .d. moselle. hcrt is your penny woith oi
,o p. Ttie str.Jina of 'he S'-ul, unl.ko ihoe ol
littca. CcU n vcr be estracted. M msieur, (btf
the p'ckb'd b rriug which you ask -d for. Who.
a ing i', renv mber ihe saying d our grea phi .
sop ier: iv tsdoin is like brine, imo whjcb a in m
dipi lumscll thil he tnay live forever.
The iprhmtcs are snbsidtng in N- a Cbrlrana,