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WATCH. WORDS. .
a area roe NC.
tTt are liin?. we era d f
la a fsd aad aft tlaae;
i eg e. ees telling,
Te be livwg W tib'ira. t
flail! tbe waVi$esofaat.oes,
Cof Sd Magog, to Ike fra)
II irki bill ewsadeth ia craatioe'e
GiMftiaf f i latter day. -WiH
y e'ey l"r-! will ye dally,
, Witt jHr wn ', with jour suae! . 4
Cp! II ia Jabovah s rsryl
Gad's (ti aria bath steel ef tbiae.
Hark, the Ht) will ye fold year
Faith-clad ikn U Iy lot kj
Vp. 0 P. dreWSf eeUie.1
K r!d art charging to Ida shock.
Worlds are charging Heave a behrddingj
Tha bast but aa liour la fi;lil;
ft-w Ilia biatnn'd erea enfj .ng,
, Oa, tight enwarJ, for lk fight
IVbai a' ill bag Ik dreamy sltiaabcrf
' ,th aa lima fufiJIm" playt
rcailia, aaddaaca, aaJ part aambra,
fUtiit Ibaod muat rk to da.
F ar aali apara lb warldling'a Ualiter;
Tbiot ambition, trairpla Ibou!
Tbaa ikall fi id Ion j berfaDer
Ta ba nara Ibaa tpia ibca wa.
i 0u! ict all tba aoal vitbia yoa,
rr lha tralb'a aaba (a abroad!
Strikcl lei avery act ra and aiaaar
Tall aoagta-tall for God!
blaog leadctb many aial;
Chril kia far, bia (ml aaea;
Bat akcol onr leajatred caall,
Rar aa J ia gaard ara bia aoaa!
eatcd la bUab, ta waver never;
Ctoat'J, btptiaeJ anJ bam again,
4ara la ba Cbriat'a aoldicra ever,
Ob, for Cbriat at laaat ba ncn,
t'turcamra.
Frrxa Chaabara Bdiobarg Journal.
THRILLING NARRATIVE.
KMilXABLB COSDICT OF A LITTLE OIIL.
Tba foUaiof extnorjimry act mtt
jxtformaJ kj child in Lyont nat long
ajo, aeeofdinf lot cunitntnUl pa par.
At onfortunxt aniaan, lha father oft
faoilft wit deprited of work by the de
(irataed aute of hia trade, during the
whol winter. It wa with great difli
euiiy ihal he eoulJ get a rooriel -of food
pnt and then, far hit fatnitlied wife and
children. Thin; grew worie and worte
with him, and at length, on attempting to
rit one morning for the purpose of g)
jng out aa usual, in quest of employment,
he fell back in a fainting condition beside
liit wife, who had already been ronfined
ti htr bed bf illness fur two months.
The poor man Ml hime!f ill and his
sirength entirety gone. He had two
hoys yet in mere childhood, and one girl
abuut 12 or 13 years old. Fur a long
time the whole charge el the household
bad fallen on iliis girl. She had tended
the sick bed of hr mother, and had
watched ocr Iter little broihera with
mire thin parenlil eare. Now when the
U'her too was taken ill, there seemed lo
lc nut a vestige of hye in the family,
except in the exertions that might be
ni by her, young as ahe was.
The first thought of ihe little girl wss
to seek for wotk proportioned to her
trength. But lhat the family might not
starve in the meantime, she reiolved to
o to one of the houses of charity where
f tod was given oat, she had heard, to the
pour and needy. The person t' whim
ahe addressed hme'f, accordingly in
airihed her name in the lit of applicants,
and told her to come back again in a day
or two, when the cue would hav been
drlbcrated upon. Alas during this de
liberation hrr parents and brothers would
startcl The cirl stated this, bui was in-
rmed that the lormalitica mentioned
were indispensable. She cane again in-1
to the street, and, almost agonized by the
knottld! hn amiouslf ahe was rx
peeted with bread at home, she resolcd
to ak charity from pwicngers in Xhe
Vtiblic ways.
No one heeded the mu'eat. unobtru
sive appeal of her outstretched hind.
Her heatrt was too full to permit her to
speak. Could any one have seen the
t'rturing anxiety that fillfd her breast,
she must have been pitied and relieved.
As the esse stood, it is no perhaps, sur
prising that some tude being menaced
her with the police. She was frighten
ed. Shivering with cold and crying bit
icrly; ahe flel homewards1. When she
raoiin-eil the stairs and opened the door.
the first word she heard wss the cries of
her brothers lor aomething ta eat breail".
She saw her father soothing and aupport
ing her fainting mVther, ami hesrd him
a .y Bread', ahe dies for the want of
tood."
I have no bread." cried the poorgul,
with anguish in her tones.
The cry of disappointment and despair
which came at these words from her fa
UNION, THE
d Md tW li recall
bat ahe bad .aid. and eoneeal the truth.
-1 har, uol a Jelf h- egeUime(,t
M oat I will have it immediately. hart
gea the b.ker the eooQey, he as serf
lag aoa rich people, and he told me to
vail or comeback. I came to kll that it
woolJ soon be here.
After these words, without waiting for
a reply, she left ibe hoase g,ia. A
Aooghl lad catered ber bead, and nad
dened by the distresses of those she loved
SO dearly, she had iotlaataneautl ,!,..
ed to poi it ioto execution. She ran from
one atreetlo another, till the saw a ba
ker'e shop in which there appeared lo be
bo nervnn, and then, suinmonia kII k.
determination, she entered, lifted a loaf,
and fled! The shopkeeper saw her from
behind. He ecH Inodly.ran out after
her, and pointed her out to the neor.le
passing by.. Tbe gid ran on. She wss
porsaed, and finally a man aeized the loaf
wlich ahe carried. Tba oMeet of bee
desire taken away, she had no motive to
proceed, sad was seized at once. Thee
conveyed her towsrds the office; a crowd
ae usual hating gathered in attendance.
The poor girt threw around her despair
ing glancea, which seemed lo seek aoaa
favorable object from whom to ak mer
cy. At last, when she had been brought
to the court of the police See, and wss
in waiting for the order lo en'er. sha saw
bfore her a little girl of her own age,
who appeared to- look on her with a
glance full of kindness and compassion.
unuer me impulse of the moment, still
thinking of her family, she whispered to
the stranger the cause of her act of theft.
" Father and mother, and my two bro
thers are dj ing fur the want of bread!"
aid ahe.
- Where!" asked the little ritl snx-
ioosly.
Roe , No. 10. . She
had only time to add the name of her pa
tents to this communication, when she
wse eartied in before the commissary of
the police.
Jtleanwhile, the poor family at home
suffered all the miseries of suspense.
Fears of their chil l's eafety, were added
to the other efil'rtione of the parents.
At length they heard footsteps ascending
the stairs. An eager cry of hope wis oi
tercd hy all the for unfortunates, but
alas! a stranger appeared in the place of
their own little one. Yet the stranger
appeared to then like an angel. Her
cbecka had a beautiful bloom, and long
flaxen hair fell ia curls upon hrr shoul
dere. She brought to them bread, and a
email basket of other provisions. " Your
girt, she said, " will not be back per.
haps to-tlsy; but keep up your spirits,
sea what she hss sent you." After these
encouraging words, the young messenger
uf good put into the hinds of the father
five francs, and then turning around to
cast a Itiek of pity and satisfaction on the
poor family, who were overcome with
emotion, she disappeared.
The history of these five frsncs is the
most remarkable part of this affair. This
little benevolent fairy wss, (it is almost
unnecessary to say.) the same pitying
sperlator v. ho had been addressed by the
abstractor of the loaf at the police office.
As toon as she had heard what was said
there, she had gone a way. 'resolved lo
take some meat to the poor family. Hut
she remembered that her mamma was
from hone lhatdty, and was at a loss
how to procure money or food, until hc
bethought herself of a resource of a
strange kind. She recollected a hair
dresser, who lived near her moiher'a
house, whit knew her family. He often
commended her beautiful hair, and told
her to come lo him whenever she wished
to have it cut, and he would give her a
hitiis.lore for it- This ued to make her
proud and pleated, but she now thought
of it in a different way. In order to pro
cure money for the assistance of a star
ing family, ahe went straight to the hair
dresser's, put him in mind of his promise
and ofTeted io let him cut o(T her pretty
locks for what he thought them worth.
Naturally surprised by such an appli
cation, the hair dresser, who was a kind
and intelligent man, made inquiry into
ihe cause of his young friend's visit.
Her secret was eily drawn from her,
and it caused the hairdresser almost to
shed tears of pleasure. He feigned lo
comply with the conditiona proposed,
and gave the bargained fifteen francs,
promising to c me ami ciaini ni purcuseo j
at aome future day. The little girl then
bought provisions, got a basket, and set
out on her errand of mercy. Hut before
she returned, the hair dresser had gone
to her mother's, lound tht lady at home,
and related to her the whole circumstance.
So that when the possessor of the golden
tresses came back she was gratified by
being received in the open arms of her
blessed snd praising parent.
. When the story was told at tha police
office by the hair-dresser, the abstractor
. . . l k. avvs sasara
of the loaf was visneu oy
punishment. The singular ctrcumMan
res connected with the case, raised ma
i.y friends totheartiz.n and ";'n,1:
and he was soon testored to health and
comlori.
Spend the day well and tbou wilt, re
joice at night. .
CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS-THE GUARDIANS OF
TIICnSD.1V, JXAHCII 4, 1S11.
I WISH I WERE HE.
Mix THtrt fAcra is mi ur or rnra
FOLK.
I wish I were hrl said Peter Polk,
as he saw the en of a rich neighbor rid
ing gaily by, while Prler was trudging on
foot. Peter at this period was about lea
yesrs of age, a good boy, a tolerable
scholar, of a kind, willing, and obliging
deposition. But Peter could scarcely
look upon tha Hjperioreorofone of those
around him, without sometimes sighing
that his own fortune was so humble.
Now, ihoueht Peter, howdelifhifiil
it woolJ ba for me, instead of trudging
.t . - . j
T' . . 09 t00t 10 "ool. ride
V 11 7 V I"? -D,M P0"' 1
should not be tired when I trot there, and
cou
Id learn gre.i deal o.oia. With
b ihooghta Peter s head was 6!!ed as
such
he trudged along How he ahould love
a dear little pony, and how he could ride
11, ana a thousand other aucb childish
. ,
ranctes. onul be got quite aad and alto
.nk t" 1 J ( 1" ,0' I
w...Hw a 00 wish 1 were ner ex-'
claimed Peter. At the aarae moment
turning a aodden corner in the mad, he
discovered tbe young gentleman quite
dead. Tbe poney had ran away with
him. It had thrown him off. and in fall-!
ing. he had fractured Lis akull and pro-
duced instant death. Surveying thisssd
spectacle, reicr seriously thought thst Is
was better off as he was, and trudging
the rrmainder of Lis walk for that and
many other daye without wishing for a
ponr . . - .
I wish I were he!' astd Peter Polk,
as at the age of twenty-three ha left his
uicnuanuoiu icnoomsie. uicnara jones. ;
a ney nati coin commencea Business
at the same time, about three years pre
vtously to thie exclamation. Peter work
ed hard sod indefatigably. He had a
tolerable share of custom, and thie bad
enabled him to furnish two rooms in ex
ceeding comfortable atyle against the
lime he might find a rib to make his
bones complete. Rut Richard had far
outstripped him. lie had taken a whole
house, and furnished it splendidly. He
was always flush of money, and if any
party of pleasure was proposed, Richard
would form one and spend his cash free
ly, while if Peter went, which was very
rarely, he was compelled lo be exceeding
ly economical, which made him appear
very mean. Peter could not make out
how it was. Ricbsrd did not seem to
have so much business as he had, and
must unquestionably ha was out half so
attentive.
It chanced that Peter had at one time
a large order to execute; and requiring
aome caih to complete it, ha proceeded
10 Richard who advanced him fifty dol
lars on hie note. He executed the order,
got paid, and took op lis bst to proceed
to Richard to pay him.
What a lucky ftllow ho is, cried Pe
ter, lo be able" to serve an old school
fellow. Oh, I wish I were he!'
Just as he uttered this exclamation a
public officer entered and requested Pe
ter to- accompany him to tha police of
file, stating that he had a warrant for his
apprehension. Pcier was thunderstruck,
lie had done no one wrong thai he was
aware of. In vain lie aked upon what
charge he was arrested. The officer was
silcn', snd thus they proceeded together
10 the police. Pe er underwent a private
examination as 10 where he got a 20
note which was proved lo be a counterfeit
and traced 10 him. Peter stated of Rich
ard Jones, l.is friend. He was then more
rigorously examined as to his connection
with that individu .1, a:id he stated all he
knew, how he had helped htm, and hnw
ho added, I ofteu wished I were he!
Young man,' said the magistrate, I
believe you. You shall now see the
man whose situation you a much envy.'
Peter was now conducted along galle
ties and winding staircases to an isolated
builJing which contained a long row of
cells. Two doors securing one of these
were unlocked, snd Peter confronted its
tenantRichard Jones. He was one of
a gang of forgers, and confessed to lend
ing the identical bill to Peter which was
traced to him. Peter, as he left the drea
ry abode of crime, thanked God hearti
ly that he wis not Richard Jones, and
returned to his humble tenement with
roost heartfelt gratitude for all the bless
ings he possessed.
I wish I were he!' exclaimed Peter
two years after the last event. It seem
cd somehow or other lhat Peter's expe
rience had gone for nought, and he could
not get rid of his wishing. let ne nad
perhaps more occasion to indulge in this
wish' than at any former period. The
occasiou was this:
Peter had long been enamored of a ve-
. . aa
ry pretty, and wiiai was aim oetter, 01 a
verv eo u eirl, out some now or outer ne
did not make much advance. He was
always kindly received and warmly wel
comed, and the young lady's brother, as
well as her father and mother, were de
cidedly partial to him. Whether it was
his modesty, or that he believed he was
not beloved sgain,eertain it ia that he had
never spoken of love, except with his
eyes, and that delicious awkwardness so
amusine to a disinterested spectator that
alwava embarrasses a modeat lover. It
was thought, too, that Ann bad returned
lis glance Jin kind, but be was loo nod
eat to perceive it, and aa eaaidenty mod
esty eouI3 do no more, affairs were like
ly io remain in thta way till both parties
died, or what ia more likely, till the idy
got tired of waiting, whea an incident oc
curred that eaued tba exclamation we
have wrrtro down.
An excursion op the river wss propos
ed, in which muaieand dancing were to
be t'ie feature. Aon and her brother
and several young men who visited the
bi'oss were of the party, and Peter had
anticipated much pleasure in going, bote
job for an excellent costomer, that ws
ia be executed immeiliaielf. prevented
kU . Tlie following eveeing.
!h m.i n.r.r,t.. MAn. -i,-I.
ed the trip. He spake in terms ol eo
,uey of the beauty of Anntold how of.
ten he bad danced with her, and how ahe
bad given him a flower, which be pro
uunj auu imcu, inn
for ever for ber sake.
duced and kissed, and said ba would keep
Peter ded ' falis '
spirit unusual forh iff,: in ihe mean lima
he felt that it wss true; but he hoped thai
ihe other would resent bia words, that
be might have the pleasure of giving him
j a good thrashing. Tbe young man only
Ianhe.l.
I wish I were be! sighed Peter, as
he left the group. 1
The next day the young fellow came
into Peter'a atore, and produced a leiur
written in a faint womanish looking
hsnd and asked him triumphantly wheth
lerhe would believe him then. The letter
Vead thus:
Dear Mr. Muggins 1 have heard of
tbe remarks you made about my flower.
:nil of your expressions in tegsrd to my
sell. I cannot see you alone in the day
time, but if yon will come this evening,
and clap y onr hands three times under my
chamber window, I wilt endeavor tore
ward yon aa you deserve. : Excuse my
not signing my name for fear 'of acci
dent." . '
Peter was thunderstruck. It wis evi
dent that Ann loved M uggina there
could be no doubi ol it. Peter sighed
and fell aa if be could do no work, and
as if be did not care whether be ever
worked sgsin or not. At an early hour
he shut op his atore and wsndered out in
a restless spirit, deternaned to see the re
suit of tbe interview.
He remembered that Ann's chamber
window wis at the back of the house
Whit lover does not know the resting
place of hia mistress, and invoke bless
ings on ber head the faint illumination
of iu window tells him ahe is retiring to
sleep, as he tel'eves, under the erperiul
guardianship of her sister angels. Al the
brk of the house whete was situated
Ann's chamber window, waa a long gar
den, at ihe bottom of which wis a neat
arbor, snd in the middle a fish pond,
which, in the moonl'ght, looked Ike a
aheet of silver. It is tery beautiful,'
thought Peter, 'but it ia nothing to me.'
Peter esconced himself in the arbor.
and about half an hour kfterwards he saw
cautiously entering the garden his rival.
He was highly elated in anticipation ol
his comma happy interview.
1 wish I were be, sighed Peter, as
Muggins passed him and advanced under
the window. 1 do wish I were he,' he
again exclaimed, as the three taps were
given.
Instantly the window was raised, and
a voice exclaimed Is that you?
Yes, it is I, Muggins.' was the reply.
Peter felt ss if heaven and earth were
annihilated and chaos was come again.
When lo! from the window came no la
dy: but a $ack ofjtourf with which ihe
highly scanted Mr. Muggins snd his ve
ry best suit or dress War were uierauy
covered. Before he could get the minute
narticles from his eyes, three stout fel
lows issued from ihe house, seized him
nd hurrying him along, plunged him head
and ear into the fish pond.
There, coxcomb, that is what you un
serve, cried a voice which Peter recog
nised to be Ann s brother s.
Museins did not wait 10 hold conver
sation, but scrambled out, like a dug with
his tail between his legs,and sneaked off!
in double quick time. Peter was asto
nished. It was inexplicable. He thought
he must be dreaming. He was not the
only astonished person. The ridiculous
figure or the retreating muggins excited
the risible faculties of Ami's brother to
such a degree that he could not stand, Wit
holding both his sides, reeled into the ar
bor and deposited himself in Peter's lap.
A mutual explanation ensued. Mug-
eins had stolen Ihe flower which Ann had
dropped and supposed site nau 1051. tien
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brother had heard ihe impudent lying;
boaei of the gift, and had determined to be
revenged. He wrote the note of ap
pointment in a hand as much as possible
like Ann's. Tbe result has been told.
But the brothel did not s op there, ho
sounded Peter aa to his affection for his
sister, and heard as he supposed, that it
was unbounded. 1 hey entered the house
together, and wi'h aweet confusion when
the brother remembered he hsd forgot
something, and Ann and Peter were left
alone toghter, Peter stammered in Ann'a
lovinb eara his long passion.
Peter became a happy husband, and
never since tueie three suflicieat warn-
OUR LIBERTY.
inga fcas bo been kaon ta wih him
self any other peraa than bis avi pro
per aelf.
I Temperanet Storf. Tba Oalti
more Clipper relates a pleaaant anec
dote la relation to a TrtBptraacc
p!edge, thus:
A terj beaotiful y r.urr tad on
the) Putct, not lone; since, signed hrr
name to a temperance pledge, one ar
lirleofwhirb prabibitrd her icreiv
lug Ibe tjfedionatt attention of aiy
young gentleman wLo waa in any way
given lo intemperance. II bspjcnrd
lhat Ibe tender-hearted camtrl bad.
at the very time she put ber name to
tba paper, a brav with bom abc was
well pleased, but who, unfortunately,
(acccrd!g t report) took occasion,
ally a teelU too much. The maiden
aa therefore under tbe painful necrs
sity of addressing hrr fondly loved
or e a polite note, stating her ntuation,
tbe nature uf tie p'edgr she had taken,
and tbe alter impossibility of hrrevtr
receiving bis attention at a lover. 1
love you aa purely aa ever. waa tbe
language tif tbe itntr, but my word
baa gone forth, and honor bids oe
respond to jocr Lindneaa only in the
light or a friend.' Ihe young -man
found himself perfectly subdued. Tba
wori'a I Iov you as purely as ever,'
were too potent. Determined not to
forfeit aucb devoted affection, he
sought the rarliest opportunity to be
come a temperance advocate himself,
signed the pledge, and is now a mem
ber. of the Washington Temperance
Society. Young love's dream with
them has already brightened into an
gagement, and is w t understand, short
ly ti ba consummated in matrimony.
Powerful and beautiful is thy Influ
ence, Oh, woman.'
Tlistonstquenct of7emperanee.Tl,
Dublin Mercantile Advertiser says lhat
the manufacture of epirita in Ireland was
less by three millions five hundred thou
sand gallons, in the year ending the IGMi
of October, ihsn in the preceding year,
ending on tha same date. Tha conse
quent loss io reenoe is close upon five'
hundred thousand pounds sterling, or
more closely, 14G0.G60 16s. 6J.
And whst a glorious gain thie has been
to the pcoi men and their fam'tUea, who.
untiUhe past year, have spent pearly all
their earnings for drink, which is alike
detriment."! 10 mind and body. Another
Dublin paper says: To such sn extent
baa crima diminihed in Dublin, within
the last twelve months, lhat Stniihfield '
penitentiary has been closed up by order
of the Privy Council.
Who would have predicted, two yeara
ago, that Ireland would present an exam
pie of temperance to the rest of the world.
notion journal.
EDITORIAL DUTIES.
There is no question of public im
port which cannot be argued without
a recourse to personalities, on Ihe pari
of the conductors of the press, and
when Ibeydo aufT. r individual hostil
ities or ill regulated passions lo man
ifest ahemsrUes in this way, it is, to
our mind, an impri tinrnce and an if.
dignity offered to the reader.
The editor baa higher functions to
perform his office, we trtis', is of a
loMer grade than that or a prize
fighter. He d rs not enter tbe arena
either to receive or to iiifl ct personal
injuries. He degrade himself and
demoralises those w ho are around him
if he descends to the pugilist; and
metl.inks that it manifests a mistaken
zeal forhiscaase to assume the bear
ing of a tiger to rll who cross his
path. lie neither gains proselytes to
his doctrines nor consideration lor
himself, by thus mistaking the path of
duty.
The aim of the newspaper press
of that portion or it at least w hich es
pouses certain tenets, or desires tn
guard the public mind from error and
deception should be to convince.
Neither personalities nor violence
ever produce conviction. Men are
not to be abused or to be kicked into
faith in a'ny opinions whatever. They
may be led by argument, but the aus
tere blow, the violent gesture, and
the angry abusive tongue defeat the
. .. . r Hma. utiit unutil fain ad
IIUI If'IBV W,
,,- Kditurial quarrels, there-
fore, and that fierceness and vindic
tiveness of tone which are too Cotn
mn atnonr, journalists, answer no
other end than that of injuring those
wno conduct the press, and cause the
press itself to bo looked upoa with
both aversion and distrust.
, Pennrylvanian.
When a man owns himself to be in an
error, he doee not but tell you in other
words that he is wiser than he waa.
A man that does the best he can, does
Jail lhat he ahould do.
Ufa. 1061?.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
The chairman f tbe CtfsaaTuue oe
Foreign Affaire tsked leave ia make a
report in t fertne to the homing of the
steamboat Caroline, and tbe imeiaisi
meal of McLel. Tbe report exeiied 1
etueh interest, and on the rail of several
saeatbers wae ordered to be read.
Tbe report evsaplsine of the British
Minister at Wahigta. aad of hie idea-
ufvieg tbe terms of rebellion with piracy
of hia drfeaee of ih right to destroy-
nroprny auacneo 10 001 aoti ei en
acknowledgment that tba Carolina wss
bnrnt opon our shores under orders from
Great Britain of bia remaik that it wsa
quite notorious thai MeLeod bad been
improperly iatprianed. iie.
1 be peculiar relationship between the
Government and lit Stales waa explained
for the purpose of shewing that tbe State
of New York baa peculiar jurisdiction
over ibe matter sf the imprisonment of
Mcleod. - ; -
Tbe Committee aay that ihey deem it
daogernoe for the Executive to interfere
in reference 10 Melmf, and ihey further
say that they would sot have discussed
aa international question at aucn lengtn
if the demand for the release ol McLend
bad not come Iron tbe accredited organ
of the British Government ia this country.
The close of the report discloses ia a
manner calculated 10 create some feting
at home, tbe condition of foreign effort
both at home at.d abroad. The report, -ss
soon aa read, became diba'ealle.
Mr. GRANGER of N. Y. spoke upon
ihe report, and the remaik created some
feeling in tbe Houae, that he considered
the Report almost equal to a Declaration
of War with Great Britain. As one of -
the Committee en Foreign Relatione, be
fell called upoa to state that he had dissent
ed from the report. It waa sgretd to by
a bare tnajoity of the Committee. lie
did not agree with the report for the
reason that it discussed matter foreign to
the subject referred lo the Committee on
Foreign Affairs. One subject only bad
been referred to that Committer, viz. ihe
Coireepondence between the Driiish Min
ister and the Secretsry of Slate, trotting
001 ol ihe burning of the Caroline and the
imprisonment of McLeod. Instead of
confining their action io this subject, they
had reported generally in reference lo the
affairs at iasua between this Government
snd Great Britain. The effect of the
report was such lhat the Government of
Great Britain might at once lake iasua
unnn it. It was calcuUttd o to aUtva
the eountry, already inflamed, by sending
fonh a tire brand.
Mr. Granger spoke abhr and eoollr, 1
expressing the hope that the House would -not
second the efforts of the committee in
an attempt to create a panic. $
After Mr. Granger , bad concluded, a
motion was aubioitted to lay the repot t oa
lha labia and have it printed.
The motion waa divided, and the re
port laid upon ll:e table. Tha motion 10
print became debatable the llouae, 110
10 4 it reiuwins; iw iruiw
Mr. PICKENSreplied to Mr. Granger,
snd with an effort to be ae vera and winy.
The member front New York, he said,
had come into the Houne wiih a set speech,
and had aung lo the tune of a popular
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not long since had a voice for war, ae he
thought, but now hia courage had oozed
out at hie fingers ends. In regard lo the
Report before the House, it was truv ha.
it had bean adopted by a bare majority of
lha Committee. Such waa the tact, and
he stated it with regret, but the authorship
a. . II l,
waa 111s, soieiy ami unauviseuiy, anu ne
was resdy 10 abide by it. He considered
it the reverse of a war report, and no
more than a manly vindication of Ameri
can rights, and lhat the effect would be
pacific rather than belligerent.
Mr. GRANGER aaid in reply to the
first remarks of Mr. Prkens. that it waa
true his voice might not be so dulcet and
! sonorous as that of tha member from
South Carolina, and if it was of the bag.
pipe twang, the reason was lhat he bad
noi so many pipes lo fill as the member
who had spoken. I cannot fill my bsg
with as much wind as he can. Mr.
Pickens oul-stentors Steotor in voice, and '
tears a passion 10 tatters" whenever he
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tiouse atme prompt ana nappy rrjomuer
lo a not very dignified allusion 3 '
Mr. Grsnger wss still more pointed in
reply to the other allusions of the mem
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ucr. li waa uuv iii, v vi.u a. in.
with great tenacity, and regarded it with
all the fondness and attachment of one
who fell its Value; and had he been like
the gentleman from Sooth Carolina,
"born insensible to fear," ha might
have placed a leaa value upon life than ha
did. The born insensible to fear,"
was a remark original with Mr. Pickens,
and the allusion to it was very happy.
and again excited laughter. Other mat
tera were spoken ofby Mr. uranger, and
the discussion continued.
at. mill!) iarm r1ainil raf lha P.
port also, atfd spoke of the fact that there
waa a divided feeling in tha Committee
on Foreign Relationa in regard to tha
controversy at issue between ua and Great
Britain. Batons aubjeet hadbeen re
ferred to tha Committee, and many had
been discussed by it and reported upea to