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Tfte noosie? find lb SlarasSifelf BY M AJ-." JO'S' J ORES. JDF ITfEYi LLE.' It's verjrrefreiihing in these d;-.ys of progress,, after rattiiu over ihe count ry for days a'ndn'ghts at the rate of twenty miles a hcur in a railroad car with your mouih full of du-t nnd snmke, and wiili ich everlastin clatter in your ears that you can't hast yourself think, to iiil into. a gid old-fashioned stage coach. Tneie' soirve'btng sociable and friendly in stage coach travellin, so different lrum liie bustle and confusion of a raj! road, whar people are whirled along 'aLm bang to eternal smash," I ke they was so many bales and boxes of dry goods and groceries, without so much as a chance of seein whar they're gwine, or of takin any interest iti ther fellow EufTbrcre. I love to hear the pop oft ha whip, and the interestiri conversation br iween the driver and his horse?; and I like the constant variation in t he motion of the stage, theTatile over the s'ones, ihe stillness of the drag through the hea vy sand, the lunging and pitching into the ruts and gullies., the Vow pull up the steep hills, the rush dwn ss:n, and the pplashin of the horse's feet, and the wheels in the water and mud. And Ihen one has time to see the country, to :unt the rails in the pannels of the fences and the wimmin and children at the doors, to notice the appearance of the crps and th condition of the stock on the farms, and now and then to say a word to the people on the road side. All these things are pleasant after a long voyage on the railroad. But what's '.-till more agreeable bout stage-coach tra veiling, is that we have a oppoutunity of makin the acquaintance of our fellow passengers, and of conversin with 'em, or studJyin ther interestin traits of char, acter, which, from the striken contrast they often present, never fail to amuso if they don't interest our minds. When 1 was down South last fall, I had a pretty fair specimen of a stage ride from W'arrenfon to Milledgevilfe, in Georgia. The ro.-.d wasn't the best in the world, and did'nt run through the moat interestin part of the State, but we had a good team, a good stage, and a first rate driver, and the company was jes; about as good a one as could be jumped up for sich a occasion. Ther was nine of us, besides the driver, and I don't believe ther ever was a crowd of the same number that presented a grea ter variety ol character. Ther was a old gentleman in bhek, with b;g round spectacles and a gold headed cane, a dandy gambler, with more gold chains about him than would hang him, a old Hardshell preacher, as they call 'em out in Georgia, with the biggest mouth and the uglies teeth 1 ever seed, a circus clown, whose breath smelled strong e nuflfof lickcr to upset the stagp, a cross old maid, as ugly as a tar bucke', a bu tiful young lady with n pair of the pret tyest bnght' eyes, a drover from Indiany, what was gwine to New Orleans to git a army contract for beef, and myself. For a while nobody didn't have much to say. The young lady put her green veil over her face and leaned her head back in the corner; the old maid sot up strait, and looked as sharp as a steel trap; the old gentleman drummed his fingers on his cane, and looked out of the winder; the circus man tried to look interestin; the gimbler went to tdeep; the preacher looked solemn, and the hoosier stuck his head out of the winder to look .1 the cattle what we passed ev ry now and then. 'This aint no great stock country," ses he to the old gentleman with the cane. "No, sir," ses the old gentleman. Trier's very little grazing here, and the range is pretty much wore out-" Then ther was nothing sed agin lor sometime. Bimeby the hoosier open ed agin: "It's the d st place f ir simmon- tree9 and turkey buzzards I ever did see'.' The old gentleman with the cane didn't say nothing; and the preacher gave a long groan. The young lady smiled through her veil, snid the old maid snapped her eye? and looked side at the-speaker. "Don't make mt.ch beef hrre, I reck on," ses the hoosier. "No," ses the old gentb-man. "Well, I don't see how in ihe h 11 they all manage to git along in a country whnr thar ain't no rang -, :u:l they don't make no beef. A man ain't considered worth a cuss in Indiany what hasn't "ot his brand on a hundred bed." "Yours t a great beef country, 1 be lieve," ees the eld gemleman. Hell, Sir, it ain't nnthin else. A man that's got sense euuff to fader his own cow-bell uiih us ain't in no danger of stnrvin. I'm gwine down to Orleans I j see if I ca.Vi git a conn act out of (J,,. deSrfmto t-ed the boys what's been licken them infernal Mexicans o bad. 1 spose you've seed them cursed Iih " hat's been in the pipers abut the In diany boys at l?ony Visty." "I've rend some accou it o li.e b tit!--." pes the old gentleman, "that didn't give n very flam ring acco.-i.t of the conduct of some of our troops.'1 With that, the Ii-.di.iut man went into a full explanation of theaff i nrd, gun,, warmed up aw he wmii i.L.i.g, Leyun t os and wr like I,j bean through dozen cuMaigiHi hr.navK The idd preacher listened to him with cvidont igns odi.pf3uret iw'istin and groanin til b couidnt stand it ho longer. "My iriHiid," ses be. "you must ex coe oe, but your conversation would be a ore.u deal more iiilere'in to uie and I'm sure it would please the company much beiier if you wouldn't swear so terribly. It's very wrong to swear, and I hope you'd have respect lor our fee'in, if you bamt do respect lor your flatter. If the hoosier had been struck: with thunder and lightnin, he couldn't been more completely tuck aback. He shut h:s .nouth right in the middle of ivhat he was say m, and looked at the preacher, while ,hii face got as red as lire. "Swenrin." sea the old preacher, "is a terrible bid pructiee, and ther ain't no use in it, no bow. The Bible ses, swear nut at all, and 1 'spose you know the commandments about sweariu?' The hoosier didn't open his mouth. 1 know," ses the old preacher, "that great many people swear without think in, and some people don't blieve the Bi- And then he went to preach a leg ul;r sermon agin stearin, and to quote Scripture liko he had' the whole Bible by heart. In the course of his argymeot, he undertook to prove the scriptures to be true, and told us all about the mira cles and prophecys, and ther fulfillment. The old gentleman with the cane tuck a part in tlie conveisation, and the hoo sier listened, without ever opening his mouth. "I've just heard of a gentleman," ses the preacher, "what's been to the Holy Land, and went over the IJible country. Its astonishin to hear what wonderful things he has seed. Ho was at Sodom and Gornorrow, and seed the place whar Lot's wife fell!" "Ah?" ses the old gentleman with the cane. "Ye," ses the preacher, "he went to the very spot, and what's the remarka blest thing of all, he seed the pillar of salt what she was turned into!" " Is it possible!" ses the old gentle man. The hoosier's countenance brightened up, and his mouth opened wide. "Ye3, Sir; he seed the salt standin thar to this day." "What!" ses the hoosier, "real, gene wine, good salt ?" "Yes, sir, a pillar of salt, jest as it was when t h 1 1 wicked woman was pun ished for her disobedience." AH but the gambler who was snoozin in the corner ol the coach, looked at the preacher, the hoosier with an expics sion ol countenance that plainly told that his mind was powerfully convicted of a important fact. "Right out in the open air ?" he axed. "Yes standin right in the open field, whar she fell." " Well, Sir, all I've got to say is, if she'd dropped in uur parts, the cattle would a licktd htr vp long ago" The Preacher raised both hts hands at sich an irreverent remark, and the old gentleman laughed himself into a fit of the asmetics, what he didn't git over till we got to the next change of horses. The hoosier had played the mischief with the gravity of the whole party; e ven the old maid bad to put her hanker chief to her face, and the young lady's eyes was tided with leirs for half a hour afterwards. The old preacher hadn't another word to say on the subject, but whenever we cum to any place or passed any body on the road, the circus man was certain to ask what was the price of salt. A Soap Plant. Lieut. Washington A. Hartlett, U.S. N , recently presented the New York Farmer's Club with two bulbs of the Amole or Soap plant of California. The bulbs are used through out California for washing everv de scription of clothing, in cold running water. In using them as soap, the wo men cut off the roots from the bulb?, arid rub them on the clothes, and a rich and strong lather is formed which clean ses most thoroughly. To propagate the plant, the bulba are set in a moist rich soil, and grow most luxuriantly in the soft bottoms of valleys or bordering runt.in- breams, g( the world here" afer, is t gr .w i own Soap, just like our Yatikve hrmers grow Onions, and we expect to ee ihe article sold bv bunches instead of by cakes. We re commend the Farmer's Club of New York to grow it extensively, for the Hmpire State will have ,se for it in washing nut the po'incal indecencies, originatinj fm.n a iiic I 'he IJarribur- neisaiid ins. Sjuth Ciroliniun. Mistake. A s.ory is t-!d of a good merchant of Mr.U e we knew him well which we believe to be true, lie was de3,.!y -mmeis-rd in cotton specula lion. At a meeting of ,m church, he was un-vpcetedlv tailed upon to fill the regular minister's place. He gave out the hymn read ii and when repeat v g the page jiM before singing, he said Hymn on pa'e 36 !,)ng staple. The C'i:refT if fi.jiltl not aii.,A fv r "s -- - ii, ii, niiiin' mg hi o :cup.iii..n and his anxictv, not vrn ,hrt sicredues.1 of the place" could reHtmi.1 .ike ,, staple long metre. W i.i a Mindet! Forever after, ihe good man wjm always caped "lou si. pie.'' Uvit ville E.t. . pi o m tht R donond firpu Hi ca n. TMiAPD LEAF. B Y-CEN. .AVAL O. BUTLER. c We are not aare that these verses have erer btfore been published. . Tbey were suggested to Gen. B. while walking in one of the Washington avenuas with Alt. Stuart of Virginia, by a leaf fluttering in their path. .Dearer to me the faded leaf That pines in yellow Autumn's bower, ' Far dearer than the springing flower 1 luve to see it mount on high And tracd it through tlm yielding sky. It pciars me to that moment brief, IVliea boine ea plumeless wings of wind, The soul shall leave its rlay behind. And ripe above this world of grief Like yellow aulmn's faded leaf. Yes, little wanderer of the air, Proud man with thee may well compare! Like thee, he blooms his little hour, Inhales tl.e zephyr, drinks the shower Like thee,; he buasts his summer prime And decks him in the robes of time! Like thee, when cumes the autumn blast, His leafy honors too are cast'. ' Like thee, he leaves his stem behind To juurney on the viewless wind. ' Frail traveller through the trackless air, Like thee he goes he knows not where Yet hope still cheers his untried road And Faith, untiring, trusts to CJod. IRELAND. The distractions in Ireland had re ceived a renewed impulse from the con viction of Mitchell, the editor of the U nited Irishman. lie was found guilty of high ' treason after -a stormy trial, conduci'etPwith great acrimony on both sides. His sentence is transportation for fourteen years, and the place of punishment the Hulks in Bermuda. The trial was protracted and stormy, but a packed jury, a perjured Sheriff, and a hireling for a Judge prevailed at last. The counsel for Mitchell defied the tyrant to his face, and that nobis man himself told the Court that he had been condemned by a "packed jury'" a jury. -'not empannelled by a Sheriff, but by a juggler." Soon after sentence was pronounced upon him, be was ta ken put'fof Newgate,, surrounded by troops, andjiurried off to the convict ship. His bauds and right leg were heavily manacled,, and fastened to each other by a ponderous iron chain. One of ihe turnkeys bore bis fonvict dress on board ihe ship. Just before the ves sel sailed, his wife and four linle chil. dren called at Newgate to take their 1 isi farewell. The scene was harrowing to the last degree. Subdued by the presence of his wife and bis artless chil dren, the stern Republican at length gave way, in a flood of tears. England did this deed ! England the pioneer of Christianity the land of Bi bles the mother of Constitutions secu ring liberty of speech ! It has been sol emnly adjudged felony in Enghnd to denounce a corrupt Government, and to take steps to give noiionhood and life to Ireland ! But where were the men of Ireland when this champion of ineus was taken torth from their midst in chains, and sent to pine with felons ? The lima had not come, say they. But when wilf it come ? Better that a whole nation should rush at once into the jaws of carnage, than to submit to despotism such as this. A Knowing Chap. In one of our barber shops the other evening, ihe boy of tho broom brush was casually told that Daniel Webster once gave a bar ber's boy five dollars for brushing bis coat. Well," replied the boy, " a man trho sells so manu diri ford it." J Puns, -It has been well said that punning, like mocking, is catching. One Cook, an incorrigible English pun ster, being asked whure Ole Bull came from, said " from Cowes.' " Yes," said a more hardened punning sinner, "and when he wa3 dining lately at Ox ford, a cockney present observed : Did you heifer see a better calcer ?" "Bridget Burns, come and repeat your lesson. Purse the word kiss." "I never like to pass it I lake it when it nomes." "What number is kiss ?" "Any number you please, si1." "In what case will you put it ?" "I like to have it in the possessive case." "That'll do; you'll be a woman be fore brother. CoJ Green of the Boston Post, reccn tly gave ihe following nitty toast: IVxas She flogged her'faiher before she was ofage and then married a man sixty years older than herself. A maiden lady of forty, in reply to the ironical question why she did not enter into the holy state of matrimony, aaid : " Why by waitirg, I may get one of tho best of husbands ; and if 1 ot n bad one, I glial have reason to rejoice ;hat I have not lonj to live with him." M 1 1 1 a r a F i 1 1 na o ro & Abolition. , We re indebted to the Richmond Enquirer fo't some disclosures in regard to Aldiard P. FiJlinorei which we ear neatly commet.d to the frea voter of North Caiolina. 'On Thursday, the 1 lih of December, 1838, .Mr. Athenon of New Hampshire a Democrat, intro Juced a series of re solutions rnio th House of representa tive?, in regard to the right cf theSouth." Among ihese were the following : 2d. Resolved,. That petitions for the abolition of slavery in the District "of Columbia and the territories of the Uni ted States and against the removal of slaves from one State to another, are a part ofa plan ol operations set on foot to affect the institution ol slaverv in the several States, and thus jndir jcily t de stroy that institution within their limits. 3d. Resolved, That Congress has no right to do that indirectly which it can not do directly, and that the agitation of the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia, or the teiritories, as a means and with the view of disturbing or over throwing that institution. in. the seteral States, is against the true spirit and meaning of the Constitution, infringe ment of the rights of the States affected and a breach of the : public faith upon which they entered into the confedera tion. 4th. Resolved, That the constitution rests on the broad principles of equality among the members of tins confederacy, :md that Congress in the exercise of its acknowledged powers has no right to discriminate between the institutions of one portion of the State and another, with a view of abolishing tho one and promoting the other. - 5th. Resolved therefore, That all at tempts on the part of Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia , or the territories, or to prohibit the Remo val of slaves from State to State or dis criminate between the institutions of one portion of the confederacy and another with the view aforesaid, are in violation of the constitution and destructive t f the fundamental principle on which tho u nion of these States rests, and beyond the jurUdiction of Congress; nnd'that every petition, memorial resolution, pro posiiion or paper, touching or relating in any way or to any extent whatever to slavery as aforesaid or the abolition thereof, shall, on the pesentation thereof, without any further action, thereon be laid upon the table without being deba ted, printed, or referred. Against each and all of these Resolu tions, singly and collectively, is the vote of MILLARD FILLMORE, recorded in the negative, in company wi'.h Adams, Slade, Giddings and others. So speaks tho record. And )et we are told by the orgin of the Federal party in this Slate, that he is a sound and s.ife man. in whom nil conliJenco can be placed, in the event Gen. 'Fay br, fjf c Ircted should die. The federal leaders in this State pro fess to have learned some wisdom in the selection of candidates for the second oflice in the gift of the peop'e, by their experience in 18 iO 41. But if this is the best they can do, God knows they are desperately blind or desperately wicked. Just like them. A writer in the Washington Union,nys n visiting Gen. Cass, at his boarding house, after the nomination, be found his room grace fully festooned with wreaths of flowers, and surrounded with boquets. Upon inquiry, he found that this was the spon taneous tribute ofcongratulation rffered by the ladies of the house (Tvler's Ho tel) immediately on hearing of his nomi nation. Washington, June, 10. Congress has not yet acted on anv proposition looking to the state of things which are to follow the termination of the war. The Senate has not voted on the House proposition, to repeal the provision which renders it the duty of the President to discharge, at the end of the war one of the Major Generals of tin regular army. It is extraordinary that they have so long delayed a measure which will relieve (he 'President from the discharge ofa peremptory and pain lul duty. It may be urged, indeed, thai the PhiladelphiaConvenMen have settled the question, by nominating one of the Major Generals to the Presidency ; and it is believed thit General Taylor, as a matter of good taste, to say nothing of public duty, will resign his commission, so soon as he shall accept, if accept be may, the nomination for the Presidency. It has been thought improper, even for a Senator expecting to te elected Presi dent, to remain in the Senate, and Mr. Clay, Mr Calhoun, and Mr Cass retired from that body on tiiat account. It was understood ibat if Justice M'Lean or Woodbury had been nominated, either of ihem would have immediately resigned his seat on the bench. The measure for retaining in the ser vice the officers and men of all the tempo rary corps, untii they can be withdrawn and disbanded, also originated with the House, and lags in ihe Senate. The SenatorJ say, however, that they will pi.a the bill as it came from the House, and bring' in a sr-pate bill t give each officer and man'c!ubandejJhrc'rror,ih8 Much interest U felt here1 iifih9'Uti of the major; paymaster and surceoni-rjl4 l. n. .J , j .vmoicu m uie army, at ihe recomretidaiion of theAdjutant Ger.2l wly-ibughtii necessary f6 appoint tn ddilionat Major to each tegnaetil.w Thes? ofticerawere promoted without their knowlcrfgo and consent, acd whiU tbey were in Mexico, and mu.i en mi -r the service, by the terraa of the exiiuW law, unless they be continued by a peVrr- cial aet. The Adjutant General wiU I recommend ihe retention of Am nfiKa v- . . ten" regiments, and aUo of the fficeti -'i-ubove referred to.., ' ION. ' r Political The Democratic Ratified tioa Meeting at N. York oq Monday e-W vening, in ihe Park, it said to have been ta numerous. John M. Hradshaw nreiU. i . ded. and a moo it nihprs SvnutnM Hril. nucii ouu i uuic auuicea ino assem . bly. -A Clay meeting was held I he. same evening at the, Broadway House, at which Matthew L.Daviu presided, and Horace t.reeley, Dudley belden. and o; thers spoke. Measures were adonted to have a Mass Meetting of the friends f" of Mr Clay, at some future day.-N The following letter, from Gen Cast himself, is a sufficient refutation of the calumny of federalism; - "v" r 1 ' New York, Dec. 17. 1842. f ' My Dear Sir: 1 have received your let1 -ter oi" this day. and 1 have no difhcultv h giving a prompt and unequivocal answer to tne quesiiQiis you preseni to me. lam a member of the democratic party and have been so from my 'youth. i was nrst called into puoiic Me oy -ft Jefferson, thirty-six year9 ago, and am n firm hp.lipvr in thn nrinoiotes laid down by him. From the faith as.taught and received in this day, 1 have never swerved a single instant. . i-; - With great regird, I am, dear air, t truly yours, LEWIS CASS. ; ; Hon Mahlon D.ckerson." '' ? -f..." ' From the North Caroliu.1 Standard. Many of the opponents of Flonal S if frnge are in the habit of spying tht any man wno aesires : vote lor a Senator - -can do so, because he c;iu easily pur-" chase ti freehold. A pretty argument; ' truly ! Is a ndn-freelndder invited-1 'i: btnj a right to vote? Buy it vf whom , , v ny, oi i inn land-holder; but jut lethiin buy it, and Ibeu of course h' ran oi.. The free white men of ihe. State,' wh pay their taxes and perform military du) ty, cannot aflrdoo KiUxpKnsi.y and they demand that the. Constitutions X be so amended as to place them on a le 7 ve! with iho' free holders.- Tnis de mnnd the opponents of Equal Suffrage will he co noelled, sooner or later, it liavch ten to and grant. Galvanic Spectacles. Mr J S Pdine optician, ol Worcester, Mas., has in vented something new in the way of t'poctacla. lie lias constructed that pan of ihe bows holding the glasses, ami; the bridge, of two mctais, v;z: silver and1 zinc anc' lie is confident of ha vjng thus' achieved an importtnt improvement by an uninterrupted fl iw of electricity, which he believes invigorates the eyeti. and actually relieves them" from a world of small physicial annoy ancej,indepen dently of" wanting vision. By touching the tip of the tongue on the uose piece) , an unmistakeuble sensation it produced, and a fl-isli of light is instantly percepti ble. Mr Paine thir;ks tint he feel V cool current constantly passing by the orbits, while the glasses are worn Like a genuine ankee, he secures n patent, of course; and if the discovery eq jals his expectations, the millions of sj'ect.ide wearers of a!! countries' will soon begm to pay tribute fo New-En gland ingenuity. Tho subject is. one that should command the attention of physicians, since a new province for ex ploratiou is exposed to vicw.MedicaV and Surgical Journal. Laying the Corner Stone of the Washington Monument. The Commit iee of Arrangements, at Washington, for this great national event, on the 4 h of July next, have resolved to invite the Hon. Lewis Cas., Major Geru Zachary Taylor. Mjor General William O. But. ler, aiid the Hon. Millard Fillmore, tr be present on the occasion. They also inform the public that those controlling rail roads, steam boats, and stages, have been requesied to reduce the faro tothose who visit Washington to take part in or. witness the ceremonies, and they doubt not the request will be complied with. Ibid. . Depression in Iron Business. Thtt Z Boston Traveller says, contract! for Kail Koad iron delivered in Boston, duty and all charges paid, can be made in l England, at 820 per ton a price' which effectually closes the Rolling mills in -New England. ..The mill at Wareham in this State, having furnished that rriado upon contracts, stopped lnsi week, and T those upon the Milt Darn and South Bos. V ton, must etop when their old 'contracts' "V are fulfilled. Nothing hor of $70 per ton will pay the manufacturer oCr-Usul ; Boad iron, in this country, and inaav:. j declare $75 to leave but Mile profit. "-"TTT"
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