>P('M T!IK X\riOXVI. INTKI.I.KJKNl'KH.
AX ATl’KAliTO inSTOUY.—Xo. III.
Voiii. c: Veiiioo.' when thy ni:ul)le walls
Are lovol with the wiitcrs, tliiMP sluill be
A or' of N.".tii'iis >'or tliy sunken halls,
loll.I !:tinoiit the swooiiiiijr seal
If 1. n Morthoni uiiii'li'ror, wt'cp lV>r thcc,
\\ h;it sliruhl tliv s"ns lio? Any thing l>nt wi'cp.
SwitrorlTind, “the first Cru?adir^ army set j jmirnHl has
out, oonij)iiscd t)t volunteers, m
jireat part t'roiu 1’raiu‘o; in lOlH) they made
themselves masters of Jerusuleiii and the
neijrlihorin^^conutry.” “At different times,
after tsltorter or longer intervals, during the
i course of the hvo followinjr centuries, em-
j perors, kinirs, hishops, dukes, and counts
announced the hucccss of the
Whig party, in the Congressional elections
of North (’arolina, as the success of the
“ruion ticket.” lie has not only fallen
into a mistiike, hut he has done us grie"\-
ous injustice in supposing and .seeming to
intimate, that we look upon the Whig par
ty as the I’nioii party t.f the South, and
LAMARTINE’S OPINION OF NArOLEON.
In li.iniartine’s new work on the ilesto-
nition he portrays the Emperor Napoleon
as perhaps never Frenchman before has
depicted that extraordinary man, at one
time so eniphatically siiid literally the it/o/
of the whole people of Franco. We are
soniewliat curious to know how siu h si“n-
a SI.,.j I""" ■.i.e . „.T xAr,„,K..N I.n; n,K KK.VNCK .N,.
lie waxc."; fhi' i ‘ xi •, *: i ’> time, hut twcTity tim»'s tlu^ t\\ ejitic.h, that , . i
St of ages, have not j ‘ -ind it was from they only are unionists who seek ti» pre-1 lie h-ft freedom chained, equally com-
(icictv was hri'ken np; and
this spcll-hound mis-
iiniizy, that real .‘JCK-ial
•>s were t»> he restored.
A'iMii(‘(> stdl exist
i.' n.it Iniri'.'d under tlio
(if tlie (h'si'Vt, the !n.-
covcreil her niius: n«>r nee.l th
exclaim, “Wht're on« c stood \ ciuci.'
tiavi'llerl Voii'lcr is dimly „
on t)i(> silent hon>s of the Adriatic. \\ lure | Y,,*' h/'tl,c' ll.-ivetian reces.^es that law
arehersl.ips.^ {Icr c..niM.rr.v. Her throng-|
ing population.' \\ hcrv. _ j,
Were a cum].-tent pen cmplovi-d, and ■ ;i,re foundation was
that fora l.m- lil.;, on a historical c.iapai-, remarkable fall things
i>un lu.tu. cu tj.e lulancy »i^.fure age, and , ^ i;,.public- that ever ex^ste.l in
decr.T''‘'l'‘-‘'/ mdividual niru and nations, ^-ontinut
flu* rrsult ni >iuh a
traveller | -
I this chaos, anu from
’ ' taken n ligious p
they only are unionists who seek to pre-1 lie lelt Iree.iom cnameu, cpiai.y com-
serve the ("onstitutioii unimpaired, and : promised by posthumous institutions, feu
thev only disunionists who disregard and ' dalism parodied, without ])ower to exist,
trample upon its limitations of Federal an-; human consciencr rC'S(dd, philosop,iy pre-
thority. i scribcd, prejudices encouragel, the human
“It is a luirles(iue to c:ill the W'hig par-j niiud diminislied, instruction materialized
wvuiUl culliiute a rellev'tor, ni.(.cssary to
all v.ho have hinaan comhict to .-tnily, to
ciircft, or to t-niiliol. it rciiiiiii'.-' but a
i'Ursoi \' reading ot lii.-'tory todi.'-co\er that
tlie very same virtues an.i vices, the same
wis\ioui and tolly, which laa.ke or uuir in
jirivate life, ojterate to produce like eflccts
in affairs of (iovcranii lit, with an enormous
diil’creacc in aiaount of evil in the latter
t-.ie. as reaching t>a greater or less extent
the whole couiniunity.
In pr 'cc'S of analogy it would be found
that ii') f'llv ever committed, through in
dividual vii e or inipro\ idence, but could
be more t!ian ]>;ira!leKd in coninianities,
and in nations too.
Hela'ld the rei kless course ot tlu* Heir
I.fa fortune, aniassetl by industry, hones-
tv. c;ire, and long years of life and toil I
JJehoM him contemning all tht* thrift and
the forecast ^lf hi> ancestors; travelling \\ ith
heeilless h:\>te headlong to ruia; e- inpelled
in the end to abandon to straiigt'is his al
ready dismanth'il mansion, and the lin>ad
lands by which it is siirrounileii! I^xtend
the view t.: the conduct and action of Na
tions. and a p.iralh 1 to this ] irture may
be found in ‘'Vcry page ttf lii^ti ry.
If such a work as we have suggested
Were eompiled, ."lid aeecssible to every
lioi'.cst iiKiniror after truth, tlic cxperie\;:e
bcijueatlu'd i.y one generation to its snc-
ce.>^s.>rs would nut be wholly lo>t, even
t;io:i_h f-r t;ie pie>t‘nt disivganied. The
] i;.- ' ef-I!. !i a v,oi k '.V "il ! .ilfiand in ’.\-
;.u i'l..‘S of tl;e III ,.~t liuuiii’ailver.-ity.
j'Twaucetl i'\ file ih ter;'r:!tinj- liitoxieatiuU
uf •'Ucccss. 'l lie nio-T c\a\tj.‘d interi >ts of
Nations W'Mild I'e .-hiiwn to dejn nd on the
vt ry .anu jirinci]>le a> tlu' •^ucce-i' or th'*
f.,ilure in life > f the nio-* hum’ le in>li\id-
n.il. In ."'i-cietie.', tiie family in which
liarni' iiy and p'T'evering iiaioii of action
] 'vvail, sel l'ini falls, and alwa\' d '^*-rves
fu prosper. S > in I ii'.iu 'tit'. in unitv
t!‘,t'i-e is >trenuth: in di.'Uait n tL. i\ canii.'t
tad t > be Weak..!•>. . di>"ider, and eventual
iiii-ery. I‘r"dii!-e the c'-nditi>n.'. and c iU'c
and ctl'e, t will b'llow.
\\'e haVL ah''ady fiintlv shown what It
aly v:as. and wliat Italy is—and whit
IVance was. and what-Frainv is; aU'I why
the cue country has become covered with
lirokeii fragnii nts of u nm-c glurioas pr">-
]>erity. and the other has >tniLr_'!ed tri-
\unphantly. and thr'Uirh ccntnrie>, ti> over
come b.irharisin; to reu;;ite in-r ud ■ f dis
locating tlie I’rovinci? of a iii"t .'jiletulitl
part el tiic earth s >uif.ice; t > give ti a
people >pc;tkin_f a coiiiiiinM l;;iiL'ii;;ire the
kin«!ri-vl ailvaiitage of a eenmi'-n (iovern-
111.lit.
V»’e now leav rl: ■ >. :1 e-f Fraiiec to vi>it
aii''tluT theatre of human vici."ltude, in
wliieh similar can-"-j have produce,i hke
i fleets. iJetwe -n I'niuce an.l (li’riaanv
1>r i]ier. and iji th" liiL'h cr'iwn i.f 'fn*r;d
We^tenl Kur. p
pine vail, y- fV'
the eh
'Vat>
tie
ioiiiitaili> '1 iiie 1
and tile l^anniie
oil;' h!:u :’i'ei| .111.1
1. iig:!i. h.'t’.V: ..'11 til- I,:ik(
'■‘ii.'t.ince, wall a widii
1 Al
ii i-her
the l;h iiie. the lii.ine.
•Mvad.' a eoiuitrv of
an 1 11
whi. h ti'.w
= !
-■•■\- n'v ni;i- in
of (Iciieva and
if sevelltv miles.
i-oiiipnsing all are;i of aoout thirteen th.Mi-
>,iiid si|iiar(! mile'. '1 his coniparativelv
c miine I mountain and lake reirion, ren
dered sublime l>y the Alpine ci-,'t'. was
til',- HcK'- tia of aueicnt, ;in>l is the .''wit-
'/ •rlaiid of mod- rn a_fe>: a laud wherein
Natun- h.i' a-'iiiiied in r lie -t .-tviii and
iiiip'-'niu' i‘':itiires. and wie r^’m .\Ian has
acte.i > .111.- of in.- il roic .>i eues.
( in thi-ir i:ioiuit tin tl,,.
(i ;ll..-('elts, or lii 't known iiih.datant'of
11 Ivi iia. emerge.l in: . h;>r.iric:d li_dit by
'I*'
ini^ru
tlifir casi:;:! c tnii' xittTi wirh
'Icutijiies. or i nils. Thi'i w:l> jKit. h. w-
ever, until within the lir.-t ceuim v l>ef>re
the 'hn-'tian ei.i, and in (.in', .pteiicc o|’
tile military opeiati..n> of .iuiiu ( ;o^ar,
!'V wh'.iii they were partially sui.jeete.i.
II - I'lee ] to a K 111.111 piuviiice l.v 'I'ii.erins,
luo!.; or le^' ngiilly -u'oj cted to lli.nie un
til tli.-extinetioa of that ;n\>t, rioii.> ^iii-
J'ire, H dvetia partook in the v.:rioii> vici>-
sifudes ot its history. ('hri'iiaiii*y wi-;
one ellect ot lloiuaii domination, iiut the
country of Helvetia, ol.scare, only conr-.s
into view caMially, and during the iir.-t live
hiindrcd y-ars of the Cliristiun ora its iiis-
tory is almost a blank. Involveil in the
■pu
Kurojn ; an 1, more strange
' to c\i.'>t. Li t not the reader hastily mis-
t take iiiehoate eh'meiit> tor .■structure. J he
idea of ti /hiJill/,/,c was not even exeited; it
folh'Wi'd as a coiiseiii'“iU‘e in tlu* course ot
events.
Ibit, defeetive as was the ducal lorui of
iXovi'raaieiit under the lioii.si'ot /aringen,
when eoniparcd with modem ideas, it was
iiod' ubt th-bi'st which existed in Kiirojie,
when in I r\ S, fnr,'t~, ami ( ntn-
ini^ili n firmed with Znrir/i the first mu
tual di fensive Kague which eventuat 'il in
that public .''O renowned iii alter ages
under the naiiu' of .'Switzerland, trum tlu‘
canton of Sehwitz.
It ought to i'-e carefully observed that it
wa.s fioin the s:inie ehaiii of events came
the lust lbd\etie leanie, and that rose
als.t to imperial power Kodo Ipli. (’ou'it of
1 lajisl'iirg. th(‘anee.'tor ot the yet e\i.'ting
Imperial 11 'Use ..f Austria, the inhabi-
t;.nts of (he imp-rial ttiw n>. and free lands
of H-. ivetia sought the protection ot Uo-
tioljih ar:iiiit till' ii'diility. and gave t(' his
••«ran.l-iri!s the best iufaalry then in the
world.
H.irni 'Uy d.i.l n >t long endure between
IbMhvlph and his Swi> allies; war and
peace foUcwe.I until the death of Iv'dolph
in l‘il>l, and the atteiiij't of his son ainl
succ' r.'' r, Albert, t • seiiin-o the Hnrghers
of I ri. Sehw itz and I’iit‘rwa!den toehange
their dfpendeiiee on tlu' Fnipire. and come
under tnedirict authoritv of the lunjieror.
Tiii jii-oduci 'l s 111!.- years of ;lis.-.>iit.'iit.—
'i’h ■ .''wi.-';, .-I-, we 111 IV now «-all them, re-
fu.'.'d. ;iiiil on.* fal.'i- luea.-are al'UT aiiolher
widened the I reaeh through lotiT. Im-
pi .'i.il pride blinded the Impi rial ('ouncil,
;iiii! inii:."tie.‘, einl'itteri d bv coiiN'iiipt, in-
dii' ed t!ie tVi-e .''\vi>' to llv to open I'esi.'t-
aaee, wiiieli ofeoin-e led to in h pend. nee.
Th-'ie is U" d ‘u’'t of the g ni val faet.
but ( \ ideii.lv niueh of f iblc in the leeord
of inei.leiit^ whieli 1-d to till- formati'’ii of
the ll'dv. lie union. In one re-peet. whieh
we caniii't pa." iiniiofie.-l, t!ie pliilo- 'phy
of hi.'toiy wa' remark.ibly 'n'tain. 1 in
both tile at epoch.I f Ilel\. t;c hi'tory.
Fr.'in rile iin a-ion of tli.' countrv bv •> n-
blis ('av'-ir to the ('olif'ederacv ^ I.■■!(»'' :
thirte. II and a !; df eclituries h:id jias'cd a-
way, and fi'.ai th.- rci-n of (";iarh nl.:::ne
Ii\ t- e.-ni ur;. > lla.l -iap'e.l. No ade.pl.Ue
belli-lit be ^'ailie-i hy hi.'toric:d 'tlldv.
with..ut the 'cale of time.
e are n.nv t.» p. n the :_d.>ri>>n- a;/e of
Swi.'s bi'^oiy. and t . ...e, , th.'Ugh faintly,
how in,my ( cnturie.' it io>t t.» reach inde-
lieiideii.-e. and h"\v much of ?d 1 and
tiiue ha> been t-\i»-nded to maintuin that
iiidi-iH-nd -nee.
KKiiM TH.-: Hli llMft.M) Wl'Ki.
Till-: niSTNloN TK’KKT.
(Ireat i,» the a^'oiiy. ].rof..nn.l th.- oii-
>f,-rii:ir;oTi ..f a fnild.p-d Lo.-,.f when,
instead "f flr.t ->!f-!.a] ti-e.l a].pellatinii of
Heia.'i-rat—'.vha h ha.- 1 e,-n worih anv m »-
m-y t > h;ni—he .-.ud lcnly find' th-- public
g;vin_' him. of his own a-cor.l, wli.it hi'
'"111 iii'-st .-li'ii.-r-^. an unp *pu!ar iiami-; tli.it
of n:.'iniioni>t. fbr in>f.inc.*. Sm h i- the
ili.'tre.'S e.xhihite I I y one of our e. .temno-
r.iriiin tui- 'ubj iiiieil j.ar.iL'raph:
e (ilrve tliat th‘- W a.'hiiii.''ff'n I -
nion. tie- Ua hm-.iid l'.n|uirer. an i t>;her
Deiiioera'ie i rint- North of thi>. h ive aii-
n-iunei-.l tli,’ •■1';.; ,n t'l k'-t" i iri-n. rallv
.'U;-i-'-S'{iil l->r «- in tiii .'^late. Now,
wil l. Wi' ha\e to j-( pe.it lo]- I'l,. t\Veu;i.-f]i
tlllie 1>, tiltlt f/tl -'l tit'f ftif f /1 SH ;t 11 tft I tit
/ nft/1tm; and we inii't expre-s oiir
suriT!'' - that we are compelled to make
thi'« assurance to fr;en 1-, nieniber'i of oar
own jMi fy. '1 he l*(-moerats eh-cti d to
(’ongr‘ s iVoMi this State, are h'thr rnioii
men tli.in tin; higs who have been (dei-t-
id; they are so tor the simple reason that
th'-y .- -ek to pre>erve the I niou (iv-(irilittf
h) t/n- 'iiii^tiiiit.'nii—the I'nion which our
lath'-rs estalili'lied, and th‘ iiih/ Fnion
worth 111 lintainiiiir or preserving.
h’i/i‘ii//i I A'. ^) Sill)nldrtl.
Tho sorrows of that l.ocofoco moralist,
Werther—the atflictions of .Job when tor-
nieiitcd by hi> friends ami .-scolded by his
sji'iu.se— h id’s 7'i isfin—tht‘ Flegiac poets
geiu’rallv ^’ouiiL'S ^\ii//if Thniif/its—
Hlair’s a fit It—llervey's Miliuititii\>i rr-
i)i'nii till' 'I'l^iiilm—l)o(ldriilge on Ih'iitli—
the lamentations of the pious Hoyt and
long distracted i rank .'doiiarchy, it was the LroIly Ibitler over the want of stated
nor indeed until in the n igii of Charle-
niairne that Helvetia a.'.'Umt-d a. distinct
1-rovincial po.sitioii. (,’ivilization advaii(-el,
ai. l, shielded by luouutain walls, the peo-
Jih; have ever since maintained a li.-tinct
ii.«ti.»uali;y. 1,1 the division of the Carlo-
viiigian eiiifiirc Helvetia fell into the (!cr-
nian part, and sh.-ire.] its forluiii:.s through
four or live ccntuiii's of ch-mge.
-\s time adva.iiccd, so new -aiises of ac
tion arose and made themselves \isible.
\ ino.-it active and in.diioiis agency rose
iniperceptibly, and, until (he preticnt time
lias not cea-^.-d to opeiaUi with varying
power on the de,-tinies of .''ontheni Knrope.
T!ie mi.ldle of the eleventh century ar
rived—an age not .«o rude as is generally
.-iippo-ed, but \i ilcnt; warlike without mil
itary discipline; tyrannical without order,
and*conseiuently neither the Imperial nor
}‘a[i:>l power (hdined. in the midst of this
slate of political (haos two men ro.sc up,
each ill his way calcul.ited to augment the
turbulence and fan the ilamt-s of war.—
i^f)pe Gregory V'll, or Hildebrand, elected
I’ojie in li>73, and tlio German Emperor,
Henry IV, con temporary, were the expo
nents of their age, as far Italy and Ger
many was coiKernel. lleurv was, strange
...any ...,y I i./ti.,I,,;Hcf ,‘.7.'.:;^;,^,::
jireachiiig at Sandy Hill; nay, all the trib-
vdations of the nio.'t woeful saints atid
nioiinifal martyrs, down to that man of
gri f, tiie jiathctie Martin Van Diiren,
when he wrote, in his party distress, tho.>ic
affecting wor-ls, “our sufferings t\s intolera-
bh;”—never exceeded this burst from an
overehargeil heart I
He t-omfoited, unhajipy brother! This
world is all a fleeting .show. Hon’t let it
go too hard with you. 'J'his is but a vale
of tears, at best; and the righfems have a
sad time of it. Man was made to mourn.
Ah to thinking yon Hisunionists, 'ti.s a ve
ry natural mistake. Voii see that your
own friends ot “the Washington (’nioti
and other 1>
with “all
ty the I’nion party.
“What .sort of I'nion party is that which
has to mount the back of I'reesoilism eve
rywhere at the North to get along at ;ill;
and which is almt'st everywhen-* repulnit-
ed at tlu' South; which aids free.soilism in
cessantly in its war uj>oii thi> ('on.'tituiimi,
and pours out unceasing detrai tion and
obltMjiiv upi'ii the Southern tlefenders of
that instrument; which is impotent as well
to eurli the North in its war uji.'n the 1’-
iiioii, as to rally the South to its support.’*
I’d'.'lit I nioii-s;iviours indeed are they,
w lui art.' iinabh’ tii*stand upon their own
le^s anvwherc; and who scru]>le n-'t to call
to th ir siip]iort all the incendiary lactions
and destrmtive :igencies which the lan.l
cont:uus. The notion (.f the big party s
.saving the Fiiion, is as pn’posteroiis as the
means they adopt for accomjilishing the
work. It h:is got to be like tlu'ir Nation
al H.ink b.intling—“an obsolete idea. 1 he
pn ft’Usion which tln'V e.vhiliit on this
Score is bt'come a subject ot joke and deri
sion. “'I’hey are rnioii-s:n iours in the
.s.ime si'iise in which the Knight of Li
.M ancha was w rong-reilri s.'-er, clun'sing the
modes of itVeetiug their object with as
much sro^acitv, and a- unerringly dama-
giie.: and abusing what they pretend to
assi>t; the difl'crcnce being, only that It-
was more tool th.-iii kiiavf.”
'i'o this polite intim.ition that tlieW hig."
ai'' more knaves than f-'ii's, w>- might 1 i-
pardone.i for n jilying that the other side
are -,i ha] jiv eombinati''U ot both. Hut
will s.-iv nothing o illiberal :ind so
Wh-il h-ive y.iu done with your ni;itiner'.
iiei.hbor':' Keep a (i\il tongue in y.nir
he.nl, at lea.'t, if you keep nothing li-e
there.
Hut the Kiii|uir. r denies the “s -ft ini-
jie;u hiin-nt " of tlu* Staii.lai.b It says it
has ii'-'er stated tli:it th.- ticket which ha>
sut-( C(-de.) in .V'-rth ’;‘r"l n.i was .-i iii n”
tieket; that it do» not look on the Whig
party a' the rid.-ii p.;itv of the S.'Uth; nor
upon the d. fe ,t--.l (h ill 'clatic cainlidates ( t
N >rtli Carolina a» di-uni .ni.'t.-. W»-ll: '.i
be it. Hut the Kuijuiier''' pinion .in'lu li
a jioint can have no wi iLdit. alter the tact
h;*.' been ih nioli't -atcl J ll.vr it .-'.W't KiU!
rr~ i.iKK rt l.I, i iir, iii t h Kia\ei la iwt.i.N
rMiiM-T AM» I'l'IMuM'l; it call
■M-t iio (ii'iiinion in ,'lr. Seiidon’.' F.;r. W(ll
.\ i ires-;, th -ai:h a- fidl of it a> an t-_'g •'
of meat ; soliH-tinie,' a.I.lied. i
if the Sr.-m.iard and Ki!.|uir r .in’t I's-
tin-j'ui'li betw- -n -^ueh, their .'^tat.-s can.
And. imh-ed, what i> the u-e of b. in:r a
1 iiioii III in, if one e.-m't tdl a rnioni-r
fr an a I»i>aiiioni''!' H w can the Kinpn-
rer 1 e 'lire of it- own or any I dy 11'-
I /(.’ n ' ;;!. when it 1.- .-o totally in the dark
as f.i what that i.-’.'
In the LTo'!*!, stea.lfa>-f. oM-fi-hione.j
N .rtli State, th. y don’t dt fim- rnioni'in.
as the ."^taiidard and {h- l-';ejUT'-r .ilid .^ir.
S. .Idon do, wiili a Calhonn ijuirk. ’I'hev
don’t jil.it aLT iin'f tin- rni.’ii. dcn'iiinee the
r .iii].r 'iiii'e, side with .''ece«.'i..n, and .-fill
l-"'k "11 tin III.'* l\ — a> I nil Tii't'; nor }>re-
tell.l a gre;it Ze.-d f.r till ('oll.'titutioli. like
SoiitlH’arolin.i, when thi-y want to n\er-
thr.iw tie- conteih-rac\ . 'I ht-V L'o. there,
/"/- //(/• / n Its it i., ;ind intend to ^talld
b\ it. 'I'hey Went f>r the (’..ni] romi'e, ;i'
tli*‘ gre.lt means of re.'t.iriliL' a irelieial ^oo.l
under't.indin^ and of -.eeuring the observ
ance of Southern rigiit.-: they think it has
already ac-eoiiijili.-hcd, to a great ext«'!it,
th' -e iiol le. iu^t, w'.'e and jiatriotie ]>ur-
jioM s, and th,.t ail the ri 't will be spee.iily
and la,'t:n;_dy ace 'mpli'lu'd. if we meet,
with a m.iiilv contidi-nee and good w ill, tlu-
r.'tiirnin;i eood will ot our ort-thren.
They think that, at any ivent, tbi ir
faith anil tin ir duty are pledged t.» tho.>ie
bnthri'ii and to the I iiioii ot our f.ithers,
to earrv out that ('ompromi.^e, in all its
parts and in all it' principles; and that if
it i> to be violati'd, the North shall have
no excuse for that violation, such as .^Ir.
Seddon and his party here, the .'Standard
and it frii nd.' there, are const.intly su]i-
plyiiig, by ileiuiuiieiiig the N' rth and tin-
(’om]iroinisc. In .North Carolina, when
they see candidates doing these thing.s—
candidates espet-ially who did in ('ornrress
their utmost to defeat the Coni]iromi.H—
and tho.se candidates, though trying to
make the Comproini.se odiou.-' liy treating
it as oppressive ami degrading to the South,
come forward to them in a cainass and
.solemnly as.-ure them that they are nothing
like Disunionist.s—nay, are rather tlu* be.'t
I’nion men in the wurld—why, old North
Carolina, you .>^ee—a v,>ry simple-hearted,
[(lain, unpretending, ipiiet dame, too old-•
fashioned to couijindieml the subtle South
(’arcdina logic by which it is made clear
that the best of all Fnionists is a Disu-
nionist—the old dame, we .siy, looks sharp-
ly, with a single glatici', into the face of
such a candi.late, and, coollv performing '■
that expri'.ssive gesticulation by which a
lad is desired to inform one whether his
mother knows or not that he is out, sets
him down, mentally, for still worse than
she had taken him to be.
All (iiis, now, i.s very jirimitive, stupid,
wronr-headed; and must greatly puzzle
aiid concentrated iii the pure scii*nces alone,
sehool.s (-(inverted into barracks, literature
degraded by censorship, or humbled by
baseness, national representation perverted,
eleetion abolished, the arts enslaved, coiii-
nierei' (hstroved, credit annihihited, n.ivi-
gation siijipresseil, international liatri'd r‘-
vived, the peopk- oppre.'-.'cd, or enroHi-il in
the army, jiayiiig in blood or taxes flu*
ambition of an une«iualled soldier, but
covering with the great name of I'lance
the (-ontrailictions of the age, the mi'^erie-'
and dt-gradaiion ot the lountry. 1 his is
the louii-di'il This is the iiiaiil—;i num
the s«'a, 'and of the battle liolfl—out of liis
( Icment in his own palace, and a stranger
even in hi.s own empire. Such was at
this period the profile, the bust, and the
external physiognomy ot Napoleou,
A I'AINFUL CASE.
An accoutif of a recent trial at the Old
Hailey, in London, liord, Chief Justice
'I’indal, jiresiding:
(Jeorge Hammond, a ])ortrait painter,
was placed at the bar, to lu; tried on an
indii-tmcnt found against him by the grand
jury for wilful murder, with malice afore
thought, of (icorge IJaldwin, a rope dancer
and a mountebank. 'J’he })risoncr was a
man of middle height, but slender fortn.
His eyes were blue and mild. His whole
bearing gave cvidt*ncc of suhduel salm*ss
and melaiK-holy resignation. He was foi-
ANf KbT^CTTONl^lTTS'ft CFAf.'
One of the greatest electioneerers of the
age is a !Mr. Daniel R, Russell, a candi
date for Auditor, in 31issis.ippi. Ilis mode
of electioneering i.s to deal with the “sov
ereigns” with the most blunt frankness—
discarding every particle of blarneying
humbug. The following sketch of a late
sjieech delivered by him, must have jmz-
zlei] his o[iponent to reply:
CStikUt’Tin'M: I rise—but
there’s no use of telling you that, you know aii'd conseom-nce^^^ wl 'S
I am up, as well as I do. I am a modest '
FATT and Fanty
On last Saturday evcninj; ti,^. ^
bound for the several plac^..;
shore were crowded by huiifir/'
suit of pleasure and ]iuro air p
went to see their wives, } a '
daughters, and lovers fl,(.ir
and several unfortunate l.ii.nb
neith(,-r wives, daughters, n,,,.
went with tlie foriorn hoji.; ,,j
the first point in that h,ip|,v
'lU:
once in a
lifetime, to bh-.'S ev.-
man—very—but I have never lo.st a pic- ^dam, with the po.ssesM.j,, •
ayune by it in my life—being scarce com- ’We have only to do, how, vjr
modify among candidates, f thought I I oiie anioiig the crowd--a w.-U {
would nu*ntion it, for fear if I didn’t, you J ^ons of New Orlaans—a jn,,,, ’
never would iit'ar it. i jigination and ardent tempi r-,m,'
Camlidates are generally considered ns to r.a-
1 r .V • 1 \ • » fnsf/ftres, Ijiit tlirv are nut, tlu»v are the ! • ^
ag,-, l.a.1 ;. s..lt V...C,. .,..1 1' » , v,„. l.y
ap,cc a,.d ..,a„„r.- I,.„e tost t., y„„r fa.,.ily,'what's
flu* jirospect fur crops, and 1 am the
his being a man of distinruishi*d educa
tion in spite of the jioverty of his dn
politest man there is in the State. Davy
()n beinr called on t^i iiTejid, flu* I'li.-'.Mj- /I 1 *i I*. I
, . ^ , (,iockett says, the politest man he ever
er admitted that he did kill Haldwin, ami , ,* , * i • i *
, , , , , ... , I , .saw, when lie asked a man to arink, turn-
lie dell ored the aet, addiiii.f, however, tliat , . • i i * u -1*1-1
, . • , ,• I . 1 *‘d his balk so that he niielit drink as
on las .soul and c'»n.scieiice he dnt not he-; , , , i t 1 ^ .^1 * n 1 1
. I much as he idea.sed. 1 beat that all hol-
1 hereupon, a )urv . , . * , * 1 • i * •
low 1 give a man a chance to drniK twice
lieve himself guilty, J liereupon, a jur>
was I'lupannelh'd to try the jirisoin r.—
The indictment was then read to the jury,
and the aet of killing Ik ing admitted, the
vernuiciif rested their case, and the pris-
iii'tead of a revolution!—a man instead of ; yner was i-alled upon for iiis delciice.
an ep.H-liI—a man inste;id ol a nation. | 'i'he jirisoiier thi-n addicsscd himself to
lit.' .'M’ce a(-!!i,-(\ (
(’u'-.-r :a
hi 'tyle
.-iloii ; i^
hi- I .
;ind Cl ■
i-
th
Nothing around him but his shadow,
making ,'tt lile flu* eighteenth ct-ntury, :ib-
sorbed and conceiitratcd in himself alone.
l\‘isonal glory will be always s]>"keu ol a>
characterizing tlu* age of N.ipoleon; but it
will m'ver merit the praise bestow»‘d iijion
that of Augustus, of Charh inagne, and of_
jjouis NI\. 'I'liere is no agt*; tlii-re is on
ly a n.iiiie; and this name signilies nothing
to humanity but himself.
F.il^e in institutions, for he retrograded;
false in policy, l.ir he dehaM-t.1; talx* in
inoiaN. tor lu“ (-orriiptt-d; false in ei\iliza-
tioii lor he oppn-s.-'t-d; fal.'i* in diploiii.icV,
f r he i>'il:!te I—he was only trm* in war;
f ir la .'bed t.a r.-iits of human blood. Hut
wh.it can we then allosv him':' His indi-
\iiiiial L'oiiius was L'reat". but it was the
i:ctiiu> of materi.di-III. Hi- inteiligi-iice
was vast and i-h ar. but it w.is the inti lli-
lie.* of c.llelll ltion. He c..Hilled, he
wi.jhe.1. he Jiiea.'ur‘d; but he !• It not; he
I y.- 1 ti t; he sviiiji.ithised with none; he
A.,..' a 't itr.e r;;t!i. r th in a man. 'I'l. -re-,
in lav hi' inf* riority t.i Alexauih r and to
('a*'.ir; he n -embhd more the 11 iiiuil.al
I f the Ari.'toer:i-v. I'ew men h.ivi- thus
belli moulded, and niotihle.l cold. All
was '. lid. III thing gii'lu d fath, ii; th it
miud uothiuiX wa> move.I. lIis uietallie
nature wa~ t. lt i veii in his style. He wa',
jierhap-;. the greatest writer of human
'!a(-hi,-(V(-l. M uch snfiei ior to
.•lei-oUnt of his c.;mp:ligll'.
i.' n>'t the w..tt-n exiues-ion
i.' the ai-ti.iii. K'l-ry '.eiit* nee in
1'. I to 'pe.ik, the eounftrp.it
' r iiiipi ■-"! ‘ii ot'thi f;.i t. 'l ie ri
ll- ith. r a h tt. r, a s-.un.l, or a ( ol..r
wa'te.i bt :\\-. n the I'ai-t al.d tl.i- Wold, ; Jld
the W'lrd i- hiiii'cU. Hi' phra'- 'i-fini-i'.*,
but 'trie k I tf with ornament, recall th .'C
t nil ' when Haja/.i : and Ch irh ma-_'Ui-. not
knowing h"W t.>w; tc their n inn ' at the
boft III *.f th«;r iiiiji. ri.d a« t'. dipp- d t::eir
h.-ind' in ink aii.l bloo.l. ;ind ;ipp!i.-d t'lcni
w ith .-ill th> ir arlieul.iti' iis iiiipres-eil ujd.n
tin ] ari limeiit. It wa> not the 'ign.-itiire:
it wflu* h.-iiid it'* If of th'-lu-ro thus fix-
t-d «-aii!e>tly b-f .r«* the e_\ .and .'e., h
Wen- tl . pages of li!' campii^ns dictated
bv .\.ip:-leon—the \ery soul of movement,
of ai-tiou ami of c.-nibiit.
This fame, widt h lon'fituted hi' monil-
itv. his coii'i-iriu-e, and hir> priiieijile, he
III- rifetl. by his nature and hi' talent',
tl 'in war ainl from glory; and In- h.-i' cov
en 1 with it the name of France. France,
oblit;e.i t.i aeei-pt the odium of his f_\ranny
ami hi' rniies, sli.iuhl also accept his trlo-
rv with a st rious gratitude, .''he (-aniiot
.St jiarate In r name from liis, with uit les-
.'eiiing it; bir it is ( i|ually im rnstt'il with
hi' gieafiuss a“ with his fault. Slu wi.'h-
k1 tor reiiiiWii, and he has given it to her;
but what she priuciji.dly owes to him is
the cell 1 rity 'he h.is t:;iiiu-d in flit* world.
II1. I'OilTbAlT l.N b"!!.
’I he I'.uipire had luadi- h;m oM bi'l’on*
his t.mc. Gratilietl ambition, s.itiatei!
priile, the th liirhts of a palace, a luxurious
falde, a voluptuous -oueh, vouthl’iil wives,
comjilai.'ant mi>frt s.s(-s, long vijfils, sleeji-
Ic'.' nights, divid(-d ln-twcv-n labor and
festive pleasure, the habit of constant riil-
fhe (ourt ami lury:—
“.My Ijoni, ’ :>aiil he, “my justifii-atien
is to b(* buiiiil in a rvxital td flie fa-ts.—
'i hree years ago 1 lost a daughft r, tlu 11
four yi-ars if agi*, tin* sob* ineinori.il left of
my beloved wife w hom it had ph-.ised (iod
to recall to himself. I lo^t her, but I did
not see her die, as I had seen her mother
die. She tli.'ajipeare.l—'he was stolen
from me. She was r charming i-hihl, ami
but for her 1 had nobotly in the w-ald to
love UK*. Geiilieuien, what 1 have salter
ed cannot be dc.'cribcd—you canm t com-
pn heiul if. I have ex|n-ii.i(-d in aiiverti'-
111'j: aiitl fruitle.'S si-aiches every thing I
pos.'ess(-t|—furnitun*. iiietiires, even to my
elotiies. .\ll ha\e been .old. I’or three
ye.irs. and on biot. 1 have s u.ght for my
( hil'i, in all the ( iiie.' ;ind all the villag .'
in the three kiniid. ii;s. A' 'oon as by
jain'iug porti’ait-- 1 had suceeetU-tl in
gaining a little nionev. I returned to Lon
don to rt-e. ninieiice niy ad\i-rtis. nieiit' in
the new,'p ip.-r. At length on the 1 Itli
of Apiil last, 1 el'os.sed the .''ill;tliiicM cat-
tii* iuaiki’t. In the leiifn- "1 the m.uki-t
a troupe of nioiin'ebank' w t-re p-'i t'orming
their f--at'. .\niong tliein a t hihl wa'
turning on it' lu-ad, it' ]■ g.' in the air, and
its head .'Upjiorted by a haibenl. A r.iy
fr.'in the .'.'111 of it' nitifher niu-;t at fh.-it
ni 'inent h,i\e pelletr.,t. il my own, for me
to ha\(* rt-t-.>..fuize.| niv ehihl in fh.it eon.ji-
fioii. If w.is my p.i'r chdd. 11-i'niotiier
w. iiel jieib.ips h.tVo j n-i'pitat' 1 her-t It
ft Wart!.' her. ami loeke.l herst-lf in ht-r
arni'. A'^f 'r me, a veil j».i.''e.l o\er niv
eyes. 1 threw ui_\'-il' upoli tin chit f >if
the rojt -daiit-ei'. I kliow not h>iw if wa;s
I habitually tr.-ntle, evt n to Wi-;iklies'.
s. izcil him by hi.- el 'tlu 1 raised him in
flu- air. then da'ln-d him to the ground—
then air.iin. IL wa- (h-.al. .\tterward.'
—••These are
I \V e.'li \ ou
look w ith fa-
•I Ji.inloi; y.iu.
I n-p' iifeil what I hail done. .\t fir- nio-
nit-iit I regr. tted that I was laily aMe t.i
kill but one.”
Lord (’liief Jii.'tit-e I’lmial.
iitif Chri'ti.-in '.-ntinieiit'. I
cxpet-f tlu* court aiitl jury to
vor on your d. feiiee. or (iod t
if yon (-annof f.>ri:i\i r'
1‘risom r.—••! know, my h.rd, wlnt will
be vour jnib_'inent, aii'l th.if of the jury,
but God h.i> already j.ardnmd; I f.-el it in
my heart. ^’ou know not—I knew not
tilt n—the wh lie extent of evil that ni.*n
h.iti d.iiie me. ht'ii s..me eoinp,i''ion.-ite
peopjt* brought iiie my child, .'he was no
longer pun ami angtlieas firmerlv. she
was corrupfetl. ^lot-ly aial s.lul—her nian-
iier, her l.ii!-_'iiage. infimou*; like tho.'c of
the jieople with whom she ha.l been liv
ing. She tliil not recognize me, an.l I no
longer rei-opiixt'tl her my>elf. l>o yon
comprehend now!' 'I'li.it iii.iii hatl r'lblietl
me of the 1 ivi* and soiil of my t-biltl. An I
1—1 have kille l him but oiiee. ’
Fon 111:111—“.^ly Lord, we ha\e ;igreid
in our vi-rilict. ”
(’hii-f dU'tice.—“1 umh rst.-iml yon. gt'u-
tlemeii, but the l.iw nnist t.-ike it' (-oiirse.
I must suia up the case, and then you will
refin* to deliberate.”
The chief justice having summed up the
ca.se, the jury retired, and in an instant
ing which made liim corjaileiit—all t«'n- after ri-turned in the court with the ver-
led to dc.uleu his limbs and enervate his ilict, ‘•Not (Juiltv.”
faculties. An early obesitv overloade.l
him with flesh. Iiis cheeks, fornu'rlv
.'freak.-d with niusv les, iind liollowt-il bv
the wtirking of genius, were broad, full,
and overhunging, like tlio.se of Othoin the
Itom.-in medals of the empire. .Vn ‘.\cess
of bile mingling with the bloiKl, gave a
yellow tint to tliO .'kin, which at a ilistance
looked like a varni.'h of pah* gidd on his
countenance. His lips still preservevi th«*ir
(Jri'cian outline and sfeatlv ;jrace, passiiiir
On the (list barge of Hammond, tlu* she-
rifV was obligivl to surrouiul him with an
escort. The cnwd of women and men
wMs immense. 'The women were deter
mined to carry him oft in triumph. The
crowd followftl him all the way to his
lodgings \vith deafening shoutsand huzzas.
The Albany Knickerbocker givt's us an
account of a wonderful dog belonginir to
one cd’ its carriers. The carrier f’i*ll sick.
if he wishes, for 1 not only turn around,
//Ilf li/mt 1111/ ri/ia. I am not only the j»o-
litest man but the best electiom*ercr—you
ought to ,'ee me shaking hand with the
variations, the pump handle, ami jietidu-
liiin, the (ro.'S-cut, and wiggle-waggle; I
understand tli^' .science perfectly, and if
any of the county candidates wish iiistruc-
tiiais, thty mu>t call on me.
Fellow-i'itizens, i was born—if I hadn’t
be-n 1 wtaihln’c have been a candidate,
but 1 am going to tell you wlu-re—’twas
not in ."Missi.'sijipi, but ’tw.-is on the right
sith* of the m*gro line; yet that’s no com
pliment, as the negroi.> are mostly born
on the same side. I startid in the world
as poor as a church-iiiou.se. yet I caiue
honestly by my poverty, for I inherited it;
ami if 1 ilitl start j.oor, no man can t s-iy
but that 1 h ive held my own remarkably
w(dl.
Camliilates g(*nerallv tell you—if vnu
think they an* (|iialitied, \'c. Now I don’t
a.'k your thoughts, I ask vourvott-s. \\ hv
tlieii-’s nothing to thiiik of, except to watcli
;ind .see that Swan’s name is not on \our
tit-kef, if so, f/iiii/,- to seratt h it off • aid jnit
mine on. I am certain that I am coui].(*-
tent, b>r who h id laight to know be’ti-r
tl.aii 1 do/—nobody. I will allow that
Swan i> flu- lust Amlit'>r in the Statt-; that
is, till 1 am elei-tcd—then jH-rliajt.s it's not
]>ii {K-r for me to say any thing more. Vet
an hoiu.'t Uian, 1 am bound to .'uv, that
1 b» lieve it’> a grievous sin ttj hitJe anv
thing from my flllow-citizeii'’, therefore,
.'IV tli.it it’s my jirivate c.jiinion, jiubliclv
expn sscd, that I 11 make tin' best Auditor
eVt r in the I uited States.
’Ti' n- t fir hon.ir I wi^h to be Auditor,
for ;n my own c> iinty I was of^'ored an of-
liee which wa'all honor—(’oroner—which
I rv'pi cttiilly ileeliiietl. The *\uditor's of-
iiee is w rth some S.>,UUd a year, and I am
in for it like a thousand of brick. To show
my gtiodn'*s of heart, I’JJ make this ofler
to my (ompt-tifor. 1 am sure of being
( lei-ted. and he will lose somethiiiir bv the
caina' therefore I am willing to divi le
i-ijually with him. and make these two ot
ters. 1 II take the salary, and he may
h.-ive tile honi r: or he may liave the honor,
aiul I 11 take th*' salary.
In the Way of honors 1 have r.-ceived
emaigli to .satisfy mt* for lift*. I went out
to Mexico, (.at pork and be.-ms—slept in
the r:iin and inutl, and swallowed every
thing exee]>t live M. xicaiis. V. bm I was
ordered to “go,” I went. “Charge,” 1
chargrd. “And break for the chajiarull,”
ytai bad bettt-r believe 1 beat a (juarter nag
m tloiiig nil/ tiufy.
My ct'inpctitor, Sw.-in, is a bird of gol.len
jiliiiiiage, who h:!S been swimming f.ir the
la.'t f.'iir ve.-irs in the Auditor's pon'l, at
a ytar. I am for rot.ition. I want
to rotate him ut, and to rotate myself in.
llieres jileiity of room for him to twiiu
outside of that pond—therefore jn'p in
your voft*s for me—1 11 jk-ji him out, and
jKiji r.iysi'lf in.
I am for a division of labor. Swan savs
he has to work all tin* tiiiu' with liis iiose
thiwn ujioii flu* public grindstone. Four
years nm.'t have grouml it to a jn'nf.—
Foor fellow, the jmblie ought not to insist
on having the h.indle of his mug grouml
r/i ini ojr. I have a large, fnll-gr^wn and
well-blown nosse, red as a beet anl tousxh
as Sole-leather. I rush to the post of duty.
I ofier it up as a sacrifice. I clap it on the
grindstone. l-\ llow-eitizcns, grind away
—griml till 1 /to/hr run^\ ami that'll be
some time first, for I’ll hang like griiu
death to a dead African.
I'ime’s is mo.'t out. V\'ell 1 like to for
got to tell you my name. Its Daniel, for
short I)an. Not a haiid.'^omo name, for
my parents were poor people, who lived
where the ipiality appnipriated all the nice
names, therefore they had to take what
was h-ft and divide around amu\g us—
but it’s as handsome as I am 1{. Rus-
st*l. ilemciuber every one of you that it’s
not Swan.
1 am sure to be elected, so one and all.
visit to a wife and soni'* luil}':
dren, at Riloxi. A latly on
ceived from him that polii„ ,
which every gentleman i.' htmi,,!.
one of the sex when unpr .f.,:
other words, when her iiK.fli^.^*
know she’s out. They sat i ■.
the ‘geards,’ and each sj.t>k,. .;
ties of nature; but we re--r»t t
th(* gentleman did not alhidi- j;,.
distant manner, to the fact ifl^;.
wife. ‘How this fn*sh brcezi* r-,
vered pulse and invigorates th, f, .
marked the gentleman, ‘uii] ^v' •
of beauty lie al tivi* anti ar.iu;,!
bo;it dashes thn ugh the w,,i.r;:
mt>onlight nij:ht, cha'in*_r rli..
sim*ss away, ami bnngiiijr sw..t .
ing reflections. Sec that ^1. vi
lingers in the wesfern ht.r.zi.n,
and water seem to meet; iji.,., :.
tray to the mind the gh.ri.,;;, ,
youth, which point to tin* (iim
the future and cn-.ite an iu),:.fi;
nection befwt-cn earth an.l L.,-: .
the track of our prt^gii". H' •
biam up- n the suilV.ee of the 1 k-
tlie agitated waters .'tili spaik:. .;;
a> if the galaxy was tiaiisf. rp ;
cool dejiihs. At early m.irui:, •
the w hite he,-ith bebm* ;i.' frii,.,, ■
and the sun shining throi|;_rh tji, .
ca>ts their shatlows uj.ou tl.c i„'.
fancy deims it Naturt '> luiir. r.
silver, and w ith her peifiiia.«
round it. An.l when at evt-iiii,-.
should seek the shad-iws of :]
a >weet little deuny Li’ad i' -ii,. .
cry bough, you will feel that tij.:
notes conie with fn-^her Lla.ii,.--
iieart than the volujituous s\\i-;i ■ •
if music.”
(>ur hero stoppeil ht-rc f r ;
breath; and a sweet sii.ile n .;i ..
thanked him for his etfort't.. j., -
this moment a fellow of .-ath r
se>sing ajipearance, stepped up t •
ami desired her to prepare t.. i
they were nearing the .'le.r.-,
not; but cast a look of .'ileiit 'liiM. .
our p'letic gentleman, who w:.-
into a jjerfeet fit f>f surprise ;-.ii i
seration. The boat reached
at Pass Christian, the lady an i v ■
ing]y rough companion weiir .
our hero, who had been watefijiiL'i
exit, turned away wirh a siuh. ;ii!,
mined as the boat left the wiiarf. ■
his seiitinu-nt and sorrow in a bv,
lep. It h.id ijuite a coolini: ami a_
efiect; but wlu-11 he souirht his j
p.iy the har-kee]ier, it was not t.i I
Ho sto.id mute for a moment:
memory of all that hud passed
ing upi>n him, and slapping 1.
breecheS'pock. t, he cried; ••b ,
by ! I felt her leaniii,: .
as 1 spoke of the connection i -1\\
on ami earth.’
The purse contaiiu'd wltliiii a f w
of ninety dollars. V\'e leariud ti.
fnim the hero of it, and con.'idt r' ■
too good to let it pass nnn. tic.'.!.
A'. O. /'■
oiu' in a list of six hundr(*tl. At the door i eome ilown to dackson, after the election
of all s\d)scribers who had not paid for , —s^top at the Auditor’s office—the latch
their papt*r for a length of time, the dog ; string always hangs out—enter without
was lieanl to howll 'I his is a most intel- ' knocking—take off your things and make
such ingenious I nionists as our twci in-1 head. Rut it was beginning to yiebl; and
jured cotemporaries. Rut, foolish and he im-iined it often on hi.s'biva.*t; while
imoeratic }iriuts” encourage “‘‘rrow-miuded us all this is, it is really so. | cro.«sinr his arms like Frederick II -in
tlie idea, an-1 in common “ ” ' •■ ’ ' -
easily fnmi a smile to a menace. His solid j il‘‘livor the pa-
bony chin forrm* 1 an appropriate base for ■ w,-is to ftdlo'v the
his *fcatun*s. His nose was but a line, j stopped at the door of each sub-
thiii ainl transpan-ut. The paleness of iwagged his tail, never missing ' gre.it and small, short and tall, when you
his cheeks g.-ive greater brilliancy to the
blue of his «*yes. His biok was searching,
unsteady as a wav(*ring flauu*—an emblem
of impiietuth*. His fon“ln*atl seemed lo
have widem^il, from tlie scantiness of his
thin black hair, which was falling from
the moisture of continual thought. It
might be said that his head, naturally’
small, hail increa.sed in sizi* to give ample
'(-ope h(*tween his temph's b>r tlie machin
ery and combinations of a mind, every
thought of which was an emjiin*.
'I'he map of the worhl .seeuietl to have
been em rusted fni the orb of th:it reflective
ligent and useful animal.
T/ie 1//-Jji»i1,'imj llorm'—Pun that
irns nn Jnke.—A Fremlimau, iie:ir the
(i'anada lino, in Vermont, sold a horse to
his Yankee neighbor, which he recom
mended as b(*iiiir a very .Muiiid, serviceable
yourself at luMue.
[Dan crawfished out of the stand, bobbino-
his heail like a tip-up, amitl the cheers
for “Dan, “,V Dam Russel,” and “Vttuu”-
Daw Cnx-kett.” °
(’ilF.r.sp.-s.
Two men were seated at a f;.i !
\ille, drinking ale and eatinir i-.-:i .
chec.‘;e. Their eoiiversatitu ut
turneil ujion large chee.se.
“That was a very bir_'i* eh'. >■ ; *
to Andrew Jacksi n,” .'altl oia-.
“^es, it Weighed nine hu:; ir- ' ;
and upwards,” aU'Wereil the o.i,,;
A young gentleni.iu who v,; - •
reading a newsji.-ijicr in the .s.iiiir,
^uired—
“How much ditl you say. s’ : '
“Nine hundred and upward.'. -
the other.
“That is about half as large;i-'
niy father makes in this couutv. ^
young man’s reply; “his cliec.-t ' .
average two tlmusand pound'. '
“Two thtiu.s.ind poundsl ’ exei '
Strangers, in perfect astonishta-iit.
how does he manage a dairv c:.
making such an enormous cli'i'
ijuired both simultaneouslv.
“Very easy.” replied the yoii’-'
“he has an extensive trough lea'iii;:
the side of a large hill on his j'V
half down there is an immen.o '
cows are milked in the tr^iugli ■.
.same runs int(j thi.s reservoir, almu'
die way on the side of the hill.”
Leaving the .stranger to diire-1 ■
scription, the \oung mau coollv I.ii'i
the papi'rs and walked off. I’roscii'.
landlord stepped in.
“Do you know that younu iii.ni
* the room a few minutes sincei.' iii
one of the strangers,
j es, sir, ’ said the landlord, •'li'
I sou vtf a dairy owner in this cmiiitv
i “\\ hat is his chamcter for truth
racity?” imjuired the strangers
\ W.O.. : • • 1 1 jiiiiuireu me srranL'ers.
' bette
exhort tin
crca- I *^“1 t”'n see no hope of altering the
tM'ii ami the rest of mankind,” persist in dcjilorable as it is, we can do nothing
regarding the Whig.s, and the Whigs only,
as the rnion party. For our part^we.scc
no help f(.r it, uiul think your best way
will be, to h(*ar it like a philosopher.
'I here is still one comfort left you: mis
ery loves company; and your yoke-fellow
attitude and gesture which he ajipcared to
aflcct. Tnable iiny longer to seduce his
r for our melancholy fri(*nds than to courtiers and his .‘loldiers bv the charm of
rt them to arm their dcfler.sonian bo-1 y„„(l,jt was evident he wished to fa.sei-
with at hri.'tian resignati.m, or .-*ek . nate them by the rough, iiensive and tlis-
con.solation in another branch of their doc-! dainful character of himself—of his model
trn.es and turn Mllibusters. | in his latter days. He mouhled himself,
^ ^ have to be their next | as it were, into the stature of reflection
tl '1v * i r North Caro- before hi., droops, who gave him the nick-
witlTl ' ‘tness the groan j nor \ irginia that they are friends cf name of Fuf/,,,- riiniuihtfvJ. He as.sumed
with which it answers yours, as if to say, 1...1 i,...*— x-... .. I . . J
Wt write, olj write me h11! that I nmy jt.in
of civil order; Gregory, of the pajiaj power
It was an age of prcp;irafion, of violent ex
citement. Maukiiitl seemed to have no
}*ettled htjine. I his uuset(b*d state of hu-
iiitin tlHiu^ht anti aspn-ati..n was no mo
mentary condition ol ih’imI. *‘ln lh(*year
jOlMi, i..iys l.:irdiiei' in hii lli'tory of
lhat di.scoiiHolate paper replies, with
the most tragical indignation, as follows,
niiieh after (In* manner ot itn old contribu
tor Hrutus, when he exclaimed that virtue
was }iut H name:
“()ur reHi>ectcd contemporary and coad
jutor i-i initttakcu iu declaring that thi«
tl.i» |-,,io,.: », ,|,eyl,a.U..|levtrj^ '>f Snmct!,ing lou.-h,
tneinU ol I ri.flo, anil eavage iu his u.ovoD.cnts reveal-
ed his STiuthern and in.sular origin. The
man of the Mcditeranean broke out con
stantly through the Frenchman. His na
ture too great ami powerful for the j»art
he had to play, overflowed on all occasions.
He boro no rc.semblance to any man a-
round him. Superior and altogether dif
ferent, he was au offspring of the sun, of
Cuba and of Fillibuster freedom: Let
flu in go—’twill be so consi.stent and so
patriotic an arrangement—for the .scce.s-
sion of South Carolina and the annexation
of Cuba!
Blunlin of «// /;///(/>!,
Fwi sole at tiiis Ofiice
1 • *1 r 1 • * • , r - ' J J'M* liv T J Hi: ‘‘I no\-ov
animal, in .spite of his unpreposs(*ssing ap- ; he was j.ut into an omnibus with a dozen 1 , 11 1
liearance. lo every ni(|uiry of tlu* buyer persons, of whf.m he did not know a sin- 1‘m •
re.specting the iuahties of the horse, the ; crU, one. Turning a corner shortiy after ' -xsk'ng y.Mi, '
frenchman gave a favorable reply—but how*ver, the omnibus wa«. uixct ' “ \nd has been t... -
” .said he, “1 found theni all out ” ! Uxanutactures cIhhm •
‘ '.dairy in this county which av-m-’
‘ I am exp(*cted to go for slavery,
can t. —,/. A*, (iiili/iitijs.
Yes, vou (fo
always commenced his coimnendation with then
the (lepreciatory remark—“He’s not hmk '
ver good.”
The Yankee, caring little for the looks
of the hoi.'-ie, of which be could judge for
himsi-lf, without the fellow's a.ssistance,
and bi'ing fully persuaded, after umuite
examination, lhat Ihe beast was worfluthe
moderate sum asketl for him, made his
purchase and took him home.
A few days afterwards he returned to
the seller, in high dudgeon, and declared
that he had been cheated in the (quality of
the horse.
“Vat is lie nuittaire?’' stiid the French
man,
'^latter. Haul the \ ankeo, “matter e»
nongh—the horse Oan’t see',-^he is as
bliml as a hat!”
“Ah! ’ said the Frenchman, “Vat I vaa
tell you.'* I vas tell you he vas not look
ver goinl—he (jar, I (bui’t know if he look
at (ill! ’—Jiosfon J*os(,
T
you do cant; and you have been
canting a long time, you old* hypocrite.
J*reittU(\
thousand pounds.’
“I don’t know any thing ah’'-'
weight of hi^cheese,” answered tb-
lord, “but I know that his tiM
at the bottom of the hill two '
_ I which are driven the whole year ruu' •
-1 1 uzzler.—In taking the census in one i *1*^ w hey whiih runs from thi.'
ot the west«.*rn towns, the enumerator
found in one the papers, under the head
“Occupation (SlC.” the entry “Zooker,”
carried out opposite the name of a young
child. He inijuired the meaning of the
entry, and received the following solution
of the enigma from the mother of the
child: “Awl that’s my checl! He hath’n
h-ft oft’ cooking (sufkmg) oet, zo thut’g e»
occypation.”
Markiufj Ai'ertlsemeiifs,—The Postmas
ter General has decided that a mark drawn
orcr an advertisement iy a newspaper, doeg
not subject it to letter postage.
press.
ill you be so kind as tt> orJi;
horses,” fjuietly remarked the travn*
-.4 Youn^ Avahtnche from th •S-"'
The Boston Times says it learii? t''
reliable source that a luni{> of hail " '
ing tu'O hunih-el and aevtuUa^
fell near Dover, N. IL, on the
The masH w'ag observed at a con-'iil'’ '
elevation before it descended, uiul i’'-''
no little alarm among a nunibt ri't ]'^.
It fortunately fell in a bog, and Ji^l ' ■.
er damage than to throw up
upon all who were in the vicinify.
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