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(rremthChitatis,Obsrvsi.l A TRANSATLANTIC tOUR-No. XIV: sJewrusn. Leek .Katrint "Udytf the LaU"-- JUh Key's CoKtUryLtck Lomond Levtn Wa- terDubsrton CattUClyd . " A tolerable carriage road now extends from Callander to within a mile of Loch Ka trine, and w bad a delightful ride of ten or twelve miles through in wild scenery, as iociated at every remarkable spot with the Lady of the Lake." The first six stanzas of that poem describe the rtogs in pursuit V . . . , . i ; - . n a l W murk m me stag, aionginis eiy "!- - ed Loch Vennachar, Loch Achray a most beautiful body of water, with a winding riv er Bowing from it-and the bridge of Turk, all named in the poem. Close to this last is ihe entrance to Glenfinlas, a tract of lonely wilderness, ten miles in extent, the scene of an ancient, tradition, on which is based the ballnVI of Glenfinlas, Scott's first serious at. tempt in poetry. Further on is Coilantogle Ford, the scene of the combat between Filz James and Roderick Dhu. There is now a bridge over the mountain stream that here comes down close to the road. How many vivid recollections of esrly youth, and of the lecp interest I took in the issue of the com bat. when the passage wns read in my hear ing by one who could appreciate its beauty, did these reman! ic seenes recall ! . A little after sunset, we teached the sol itary inn, within a mile of Loch Katrine, where the carriago road terminates. The house, which is not large, was already pret ty well filled with tourists, but we succeed ed in getting a parlor, and, in duo time, a dinner, by ourselves. When my companions had retired for ilio -night, I took out a copy of the " Lady of the Lake," which I had pur chased that morning at Stirling, end not withstanding the pedestrian feats of the day, did not l iy down the book till the poem was finished. When daylight streamed into my bed-room next morning, through many a chink in the sloninf? roof of the house, my first thought, on waking, was of a cabin on the banks of lltS lit the St. .John's, in Florida, where I had nneft 1 ml (red for a niirht. and in d in which window class was wholly unknown ; but this winnow t,'"' was wm y . reminiscence soon ga ve n ace to the mo re pleasin-r consciousnes, that 1 was n the initial ui nui j a. 1. 1 nt iiiirh nn ufnrirv ill .-,,, il.,,,,,. which her latest minstrel lias rendered at tractive) through nil time. I rose, thorough ly refreshed with sleep, and, in mind and body, in the ben possible preparation for the romantic pleasures of the day. The shrubbery around the house was glistening with dew, and filling the air with fragrance. At the breakfast table, I unexpectedly met the Rev. B. V. Noel and family, who I found, to my gratification, were to make part of the company in the excursion on the lake. After breakfast, we mustered in front of the house, about one-third of the party be ing ladies, all in exuberant spirits; and, after the usual stir and delay, set off on foot, our baggage being carried on the shoulders of Ihe boatmen. Would that I could impart to the reader something of that exhilaration with which I pressed for ward, to explore the haunts of the sweet Lady of the Lake ! Our path lay through a defile, wilder than any thing we had yet seen, called the TrO achs, that is, rough or bristled territory, the entrance to it being a narrow and crook ed pass between two runted mountains. m. . :.. -1 I.... V.M more iwiuea in pain, in wiawu. Round many a rocky pyramid, Shooting abruptly from the dull Its thunder-splintered pinnacle ; Round many an insulated mass, The native bulwarks of the pass." " Boon nature scattered, free and wild, Each plant and flower, the mountain's ohild Here eglantine embalmed the air, Hawthorn and uaxel mingled there ; The primrose pale, aud violet flower. Found m each chff a narrow bowur." " Aloft the ash and warrior oak, Cast auchor in the rifted rock, Aud higher yet the pine tree hung Its shattered trunk, and frequent Hung. Where seemed the cliffs to meet ou high, Its boughs athwart the narrowed sky. Highest of all, where white peaks glanced, Where glistening streamers waved and danced, The wanderer's eye could barely view The summer heaven's delicious blue ; So wondrous wild, the whole might seem The scenery of a fairy dream." I lingered behind the party , to enjoy, alone the wild and ruffged sublimity on which poe trv has lavished its most brilliant colors. How delightful) was'it to feel, on that lovely summer's mornine;, that I was in the midst of the very scene which had .been for. .y ears, familiar to mv fancv. while yet the possibil ity of a visit to it had not been dreamed of! From my first reading of the Lady of the Lake, there has always been a peculiar charm to my ear in that graphic description of the noble atag at length eluding the hunters, and "while evety gasp with sobs be drew," sheltering himself jn this same deep ravine. " Then, dashing ; down a darksome glen, Soon lost to bound and hunter's ken, In the deep Tremeh' wildest nook His solitary refuge took. There, while close couched, the thicket shed Cold dews apd wild flowers on his bead, He heard the baffled dogs in vain Rave through the hollow pass amain, Chiding the rocks that yelled again." .k " Formerly, there was no modi. . " egress from this narrow defile to the border of the lake, but by climbing over a precipice by a sort of ladder,, formed by the branches and roots of trees. By an easier process than that adopted by the royal hunter, we reach d the top of the precipice Where, gleaming with the setting tun, One huruiahed sheet of living gold, , Lacil Katrine lay beneath him rolled, la alt her length far winding lay, With promontory, creek, and bay, And islands, that, empurpled bright, i Floated amid the livelier light, . And mountains, that like giant stand, Te sentinel enchanted land." I beats were found for our party in two ta ,n.U.I. ...1 (!.!. niv the placid water. Presently we saw the is- land described as the retreat of the Lady of the Lake. When the poem bad render ad these sequestered spots enchanted ground, Ihe lady proprietor of this island erected on H a building, half tower, riair cottage, cor. -. responding to that whieh the poet represents .. thm residence of the OMlavWd Douglas. To the grief of romantic viitr this wm Accidentally burnt, tome jeers smco. iv. the island, a part of the shore of the lake it called "Silver Beach' from its glittering white sand and gravel. Here those whose imagination is sufficiently active, may pic ture to themselves that fairy vision, in the delineation of which the poet's art seems to rival tha sculptor's, as he describes the La dy, when startled by the hunter's bugle. With head uprated, and look intent. And eye and far adoptive beat, And lacks flung back, and lipe apart, Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood she seemed to eland, The guardian Naiad of the strand. And ne'er did Grecian clileel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form, or lovelier face !" " Her kindneea and.lier worth to spy, You need but gaze in Ellen'1 eye ; Not Katrine, m her mirror blue, Gives back the shaggy banks more true, Thao every free born glance coufessed The guileless movemeutu of her breast ; Wheiher joy danced in her dark eye," Ate. ' Father !' she cried, " the rocks around Loved to prolong the gentle sound A while she paused no answer came ' Malcolm, was thine the blast?' the name frfiss resolutely uttered fell The echoes could not catch the swell." Loch Katrine is about ten miles long. Before we had cot half way to its western extremity the clouds suddenly gathered, and for a few minutes a heavy shower of ruin brought into requisition all the umbrel las and cloaks that could be mustered This gave a little variety to the excursion, while it rather added to, thuri diminished the general good humor; and sonn the clouds dispersed, and the sun shone out ns bufor. At the landing place at the west end of the lake, a drove of shaifgy Highland po mes whs in readiness t convey our parly through ilie wild valley, five miles long, ex tending between Loch Katrine and Loch .omoiul. My friend, haviiia secured a P"- , , , III . . r .. I.;- I... I.. ....1 !, um filifkiilll 'or 113 '' I '"I . " , """" lceeu on iuuu '"' ' g.- . - ( of )(; Commentary on whlcbV already much en- I hawed the pleasure of my excursion into ' " I I ,1 the Highlands, should have this additional snurce ol interesting recollection connect ed with it. Wo were now in the heart of Roh Roy's country, the very scene of li.nlie Nicol Jar vie' in mhupa. In these wild solitudes, the appearance of the mourned party, moving s'owly mi single file along the winding path way, was exceedingly picturesque. The pedestrians, however, Cared (he best, for Ihe roughniss of the road kept the ponies most of the tune on a walk, and, just as we were in the midst of the wilderness, there came up suddenly a most furious and drenching shower, occasionina no little comic miserv, especially to those who found it difficult to ,..k il.e'ir cloaks and umbrellas available. ,. . m . . 1 me surpr se o v b nors no imvo mm 11 1110 mo- There was one rebellious little pony lh f cue for , ,0 lilne, aml ,wve taken wouhl not endure an umbn I.la near bun, and reat interest in it. the Spartan heroism with which the fair ri. j jn lrulh people seldom stop to reflect upon the tier bore the pelting of the pitiless storm, nature of arbitrary language, upon its essential the rain soaking through her bonnet, and j importance to the developernent of the intellect, plentifully moistening her dark tresses, was I or upon the wonderful process by which we grad a spectacle illustrating the sometimes close "ally advance from the power of ..anift.g sing e ' , .V 1 1 1 .1,-. obiects, to that of condensing, many of ihein into connexion between the ludicrous and the s . J of , ublime. It-must have been the sight ol 1 some pleasure parly, in similarly evil plight, that drew from a certain drunken innKerper those parts, the emphatic declaration that the weather was so had, that he was perfectly ashamed of it." Fortunately, the shower was soon over, and in due lime we reached the border of Loch Lomond. This, the largest body of water in Great Britain, is twenty-lhree miles long, and near the southern extremity five mtlus wide ; but towards the north it gradu ally diminishes in width till it becomes a narrow stream, pent up"between mountains. While waiting the arrival of the Lake steam er, we were glad to avail ourselves of half an hour s sunshine, to dry our wet garments There was a Highland but at the lauding place, into which the Indies at first has tened. but were soon driven out by the smoke. When the steamer arrived, it Was ne cessary to go out to her in a small buat ; Hnd just a3 we were making this short pas sage, there came up such a tremendous squall of wind and rain, that for a few minutes our situation was really ttanger ous. It was surprising to see how quick ly the placid lake changed its aspect, and showed only black and stormy waves, toss- Tng Tieiiea on board of which was a largeparty that had left Glasgow that morning, first pro ceeded north to the extremitv of the lake, and then passed down ils whole length. During the passage, we had rain and sun shine, in rapid alternation -were again and again driven for refuge to the cabin, and as often eagerly hastened -back - to tbe-un sheltered deck, the moment that the shower gave signs of diminution. In this way, we lost but little of the scenery, and perhaps saw it more to advantage, wild and sublime as it is, for the storm and sunshine that alternately enwrapped it. Ben Lomond, towering above the neighboring mountains, at intervals showed his bead through the driving, mist. The southern extrec 'y of the jake is studded with ;slands, general ly, like its shores, covered With dark wood. ' At the lower end of the.. Lake, omnibuses were waiting to convey us to Dunbarton, a distance of four miles, through the beau tiful vale of the Leven. We passed the bouse in which Smollett was born. Near it is an obelisk to bis memory. The recol lection of is fine nde to Leven water ad ded a charm to this ride, although the progress jf manufacturing industry has since his time obliterated some of the pas toral features of the landscape. ' At Duiibarton, we took the steamer for Glasgow. The town of Dunbarton has lit if4flf,Mterest, but the Castle (one of the fotifciief castles in Scotland) is a very re markable object. Imagine a vast isolated rock, a mile in circumference, rising al most perpendioularly to tSe height of 660 feet from a level plain,-just where the Le. vest flows isto the Clyde, surmounted by house, and batteries rlSEi ! two sharp points. As our steamer glided out of the Leveii into the uycie, t, rattier an arm of the sea than a river,; w passed nn-, mediately under the shadow oL. this stu-! pendous rock, and had ample opportunity I toc-iize on in extraordinary, aspect. 1 1 congratulated myself on having seen the English castles ueiore moss i ocuuanu ho laiior. hafiue- so meat advantage in position, if seen first, would have render ed the exterior View of the castles of Eng. land quite unsatisfactory to the eye.' On our way up the Clyde 10 Glasgow, msny Jheautiful prospects on either bank attracted attention ; but before we reached the city, the rain again set in, with evident tokens of continuance. It must have been here, I think, that i certain disconsolate tourist, nn inquiring of one of the natives whether it rained always, received for an swer, " JXa, u tnawi wime. W. C. I).. 'LAURA BR1DGMAN. This blind, deaf and mute girl, we have never been fortunate enough to see, but wa have read the successive accounts of her progress, under the care of her Pygmalion, Dr. Howe, with more than the interest of a romance. For, after all, it is not Laura Bbidgman who is most benefitted by this inner bringing to life. Pnwpero's deliv erance of Ariel from the "cloven pine,", was " worthy service" to Ariel, but it was more to Prosjwro for it gave him a spirit " To tread the ooze of the salt drop, To run upon the sharp wind of the North, To do him business in the veins o' the earth." And in the bringing of this blind mule over a threshold of knowledge to which philosophy coidd m( otherwise have relumed, we have made discov eries of what first steps lead from darkness to llio outer hunts of light. The story of the grad ual illumination of this girl's mind, we repeal, is invaluable to mental philosophy. Some of Dr. Howe's eliciting from her conversation, and me inevitable deductions which follow, are beams ol light on the nature of reason. We give below ! a few marked passages which will illustrate this : i " Nothing can show iti a more clear and forci I ble manner, than Laura's case, the difficulty to I be overcome when we learn our vernacular tongue, I and the inferiority of nrlifki.il to natural methods m the acquisition of language. l'he difficulties in the way of the deaf mule are very great; so great indeed that we may saieiy say thoy are never entirely overcome ; because, although ingenious men by. centuries of labor have built up a beautiful system by which the mutes are enabled to read, to write, and to con verse with case and with pleasure, still they must, in spite of education, remain insensible to many of the charms of conversation, and the beauties I of nlvle. both of uri86 and of verse. But' this beautiful system is addroosed entirely to ihe eye, and poor Laura hus no sight. She has a good intellect, she has been seven years under instruction ; her teachers have not been wanting in zeal and diligence, and she ha been herself untiring in her efforts, and yet she is now on the verge of womanhood, without i so much acquaintance with anguage as a com. Tins often excites I mon child ol six years old 1 ...1. .. 1 l.n...n tV. I. .a ' -, 0mel,a. Universe ! mamma ! un "The space between ibe Btamng point ol the - r - ri . . nfant and that obtained by the mature man, is immense ; but our minds aided by language which give to them wings, skim swiftly and delightedly over the whole, as the wild fowl flies from zone to zone ; while Laura is like one of inose birds thorn of its wings and dimmed to attempt tho vast distance on its weary feet. "When Laura feels any strong emotion her chest is inflated, the air is retained a moment, and then expelled with quickness and lorce. and is interrupted in its passage by the giot tis. toftpue. or Iids, thus producing a variety of interjections. The tact ot tnese oroneii buuhub will be interesting to tho philologist because they farm Hit counseling Imk, Oelwetn ine natwm tan. uuaee and iiieeci ; two things sometimes cummin- ded, but which differ widely from each other ; natural language is the tercanl 0 iie heart ; tpr.ech ... . l 1 i :J. "Pains have-been taken with Laura to sup prers her disposition to make these disagreeable objection, for although ihey may be considered as pans of natural language, it is language natu ral only to the rudest stale of socieiy in the lowest developernent. ol intellect, aim plie is to live in f society where tney would be disagree able." " Her teacher wasoneday talking with heron the subject and showing her the propriety of re. Dressing these noises, when she said, "the did not always tru not to nuke them." Miss Swift urged her reasons for wishing.jMtr.tojlojrv when Laura said, "but 1 hate very much voice r . 1 bis wag the truth of the matter ; the nervous energy which rapidly accumulated within her while sit ting still, found in this' way a partial means of es cape ; snd it was as hard for. her to rest rain it, as it is for little boys who have "very much m 01 ion in them," to sit still in-school when unoccupied; the fluid accumulates within them until it makes them uneasy, and the relieve themselves from the pressure by suddenly pushing or kicking iheir neighbors, or by some move of the body which acts like the opening of a safety valve, and leaves them quiet for a while. - She was not inclined to give up the argument entirely, snd said in her defence, " God pave rne much voice." She yielded, however, and saw the reasonableness of the request, especially as she had particular hours when she could make as much noise as she wished to do. At such times she often goes into a closet, and shutting: the door, indulges herself in a surfeit of sounds." " It seems especially desirable that Laura should never be obliged to remodel her faith -There is a moral in the story of the boy, ,who, when the microscope first revealed to him the minute and wondrous structure of one of his hairs, was surprised and pained at not finding the num ber upon it ; he had believed literally that the hairs of his head were all "numbered ;" and be ing of a shy nature, he would not ask any expla nation, but allowed his faith in the Bible to be seriously impaired. Laura can never use a mi croscope, but she will by-and-by, bring the mag nifying power of mature . judgment to bear spon all that she now take unhesitatingly from others as literal trutb ; and I would that she might al ways find the number Written upon everything on which she bad been led to look for it." " It was delightful for me to find that without sny particular direction being given te it from without, her mind naturally tended toward the causes of -things, and that after an acquaintance with the extent of human creative power, she perceived the necessity of superhuman power for the explanation of a thousand daily recurring phe- dTlTTOir HuTETS. i, tbeB H wm roamfMl . ,h iprintinjJ fje buritinjt flwer ad the ripening fruit, ,he genisi Mtti Mling minsnd tha driving anuw these, and count leas other thing which became known to her by her single sense, made her aware of a power transcending the power of man. . . . " Various causes have combined to prevent what Seemed to mo tho natural and harmonious developernent of her religious nature ; and now, like other children, she must take the consequent sesof the wise or unwise instruction of others. "During my absence, and perhaps before, some persons more zealous than discreet, snd mure desirous to make a proselyte than to keep conscientiously the promise ofoot touching upon religious topics, some such perstfrVi, talked to her of the Atonement, of the Redeemer, the Lamb of God, and of some very mystical points of mere speculative doctrine. These things were perhaps not farther beyond her comprehension than they were beyond tho comprehension of those persons who assumed to talk to her about them : but they perplexed and troubled her, because, unlike such persons she wwhed that every word should be the symbol ot some clear and definite idea. "She could not understand metaphorical lan guage ; hence the Lamb of God wa to her a bo nd fide animal, and she could not conceive why it should continue so long a lamb,' and not grow old Ike others and be called a sheep. "We sornet lines attribute the misconduct of chil dren to perversities and ill-temper, when it is oc casioned by causes over which they have no con trol, such as ind gestion, derangement of some of the bodily iuiictious augmented by particular slate of the "tmnsplu re, and other things. In such con. Unions they feel unpleasantly, and having but imperfect developernent of the moral character, and little self-control, they are unamiable and cross. Witb'adiills we follow Shakspeare's ad vice, that such " little faults proceeding from dis temper should be winked at," but children are I it t tu noticed instead of being left unobserved, and perhaps punished instead of being pitied or reasoned with, and they become sullen and sour. " Sometimes her acts and expressions furnish iheines as interesting to the poet as to the phil osopher. Un new-year's day when I was in Eu rope, she met her teacher and said, " It is new happy year day." The teacher wished her a ve ry happy new year, when she turned to the East, and stretching out her hand, said,'" I want Doc'. tor a happy new year: she then paused, and, turning to her teacher, said," but Doctor cannot know I say so." " tier ideas of beauty in material things -re ;ii incip dly connected with smoothness. A round uall is not more beautiful to her than a square box, provided they sre equally smooth. Fresh- 1 jiet-s or newness is indeed an element, but this 1 is evidently derived from the associations with new clothes, new shoes, &r. " Willi respect to long or short noses, regular i or irregular features, she has no thought ; and yet it is probable that a monstrously large nose would shock her, and that one as. short as Dr. J. Slop's would amuse her ; for on my asking how she would like a person with a nose not larger than a pea, she said it would be "funny." " She perceives symmetry of person, however, and is disnyreeably affected by any strongly mar ked departure Iroiii it. On asking her if the lit tle hump-backed girl was handsome, she said, very emphatically, " No !" Why not 7 Baid I. " Because," said she, "she is crooked ;" and she imitated the motion of the child walking, and ask ed why she could not grow like other children. She said, a lady of her acquaintance, who is very fat and ungainly, was very ugly. Why 1 said I. but she could only roply that she did not know, -fc-tb.it she was too large about the waist, and that " tier stomach came out too quick." " I asked her who was the handsomest lady 01 her acquaintance, and she replied, " but uoon mv Dressine her for her reason, she on. said that her hands were smooth, soft, and pretty. " A cane with knots on it was less pleasing to her than a smooth one ; and an irregular knobbed stick, than one with the prominences at irregu lar intervals. She has thus the rudiments ot the (esthetic sense, but, like that of other children, us developernent must depend upon education and habit She is not yetold enough to give any sat isfactory account ol her teeungs on ihe subject. " She asked ine if she ever told me about her friends at home, and commenced an account of times when she lived there. It consisted chiefly of a history of the animals she saw, and of which she wished me to tell her the names. She gave me a description ol an animal three feet high and covered w:th hair curled like a sheep, I told her il was a sheep but she said, " No, it was much hreer and could not be." Then she told me how friohtened she was when she saw her mo ther open n hair trunk because she thought that it was an animal. , " I am afraid that she may bo made vain and presumptuous by being so caressed ; and it would ue as little conanlauon to reflect that il was done by the kind and well-meant indiscretion of o h ers, as il would be to his father to know that his child had been spoiled by the over-fonduesaof its mother. " I am still more afraid that her peculiar situa tion may have a hardening effect upon her affec tions. I believe I have alluded to this before, but it cannot be too much considered by those1 who would carefully scrutinize her character. Every body can be useful or agreeable to her in some way or other, and every body tries to be so but she can be of little use to them. All exercise . kMd4y.uwarsJo,hext.ftod,a.ra ihginsejyes made better by the practice of the kindly feelings ; she i merely t lie recipient, and kind offices long re ceived are apt to be considered at last aa some thing dus to one's merit, and can be claimed as a rWht It is dillicult to rind ways in which she may have the satisfaction of being usetui to oth ers, and thus train her to habits of kinduess an til they hall become wants, without some coo trivance which elie would be sure lo perceive, and which would spoil the effect." GOOD ADVICE. Girls, beware of transient young men and never suffer the addresses of a stringer recol lect, one good steady farmer's boy, or industrious mechanic, is worth more than all ihe floating trash in the world; the allurements of adandy jack, with a gold chain about his neck, a walking stick in ii m. some Honest tailor's coat on his back, and a brainless though fancy skull, can neverr make up tha .loss of kind fathers home a gooa mother's counsel, and the society of brothers and isters. Their affections lasls-J-while that of such a young man is lost at the wane of a honey moon. How beautiful has it been asked by an emi nent writer : "Is' there to bo found a gift of heaven more precious, more worthy of our most ardent gratitude than that of possessing a family, a home where virtues, kindness and enjoyments are every day guests; where the heart and the eyes sun themselves in. a world of love, where the thooeiiis are lively and enlightened where menus not only by word but by action say to each oilier 14 Thy joy, thy Borrow, thy nope, thy prayers are mine !" Extraordinary Death- A German, living over the canal, says the Cincinnati Commercial, had one of bis back teeth, pulled out by a physi cian on Saturday morning, and, strange to sayr no ei 10 ueun 111 aooui minutes titer ine op eration. It i one of the moat remarkable facts we remember to have beard ot . . PRACTICAL JACOBINISM. ., We find in. " the United States Journal" of Saturday last the following publication, to which, and particularly to the passages which we have emphasized, we invite the special attention of our readers :' " v ' M At a meeting of the Union Demociatio AssO. ciation or Gkorostown, 1. C held in ' Odd-Fellows' 8aloon', June 6th, 1845, the fallowing pream ble and resolutions were unanimously adopted ; - "Whereas, Messrs. Phillips and Minor, two of the Inspectors ef the , Peuiteatisry of Ibis District, lately appointed by the Secretary of Stale, to whom they had been represented as unflinching snd ster ling Democrats, by their conduct la electing an a vowed and known Federal Whig to the office of Clerk of that institution, in preference to several Democratic candidates, all of whom were at least equally worthy and qualified, have forfeited the con- i fidence of the Democratic citizens of this town : Therefore, tie it 1 " Resolved, That it is with feelings of deep reirret we are constrained thus early to express our decided ditapprobttion of an official act en the part of those from whom ue had a right to expect a different re sult, and to denounce thrm, as wk hereby do, for having proved derelict aud recreant to the profes sions of their political faith and the trust reposed in them as Democrats by a Democratic Administration. " Rewired, That the course of conduct pursued by our fellow-townsman, Mr. Richard Jones, (the other inspector,) who by hit vote sustained the ap plication of a meritorious and competent Democrat for said appointment, merits and receives, as it de serves, our decided and entire approbation. " Resolved, That a copy of these proceedings be signed by the President pro tern, and Secretary of this Association, and tent to the Secretary of State, and publUhed iu the Washington Union aud United btatea Journal. "CHARLES F. SANGSTER, - - l'rcidont pro t?n. " Tiios. S. Kino, Secretary." Regarded merely as a natural consequence of the establishment of a school of politics having for its basis the maxim, borrowed from the cor rupt age of Roman hisiory, that " to the victors belong tho spoils," this insolent claim of a pet. ty office by the followers ot the lately successful party would excite merriment or ct.ntempt only, according to the disposition of the reader to de ride or to despise the follies of the day. The persons whose indignation it ought most to pro voke are those in authority in ine Government, of whom these organized juntos of "the De mocracy" undertake to demand even the most insignificant employments of the Government, on the penalty, of being "denounced" by public proclamation for any preference which may be shown by them to qualifications for office over mere clamorous pretensions 10 it. That the high officers of the Government have enough of self respect to treat as they deserve such barefaced attempts at dictation, officially addressed to them, we are willing to believe, until it shall appear to the contrary. That is, however, a matter chiefly between them and those whose couiiuued sup port is to be purchased only by a sacrifice of honor and independence, too great to be made, we should suppose, for so small a consideration. It is a fact, too familiar to our" readers for us to more than recall il to their memory, that the sanguinary atrocitiesaud dire proscriptions of ihe French revolution, so far from being at. tributable to the mass or sny considerable par tion of that great people then struggling for freedom, or even of lhie who represented them in the constituent assemblies, were exclusively chargeable to the Jacobin Clubs or Associations, by whose decisions and actions those of the constitutional snd even popular assemblies were dictated, controlled, and finally overruled, when Paris became a scene of horrors which gradual ly extended itself until it included the whole country in one wide held of moral desolation It was by these Club that proscriptions were made, followed by arrests, mock trials, and in slant executions, until, maddened with the scent of blood, and ravenous for slaughter, even these expeditious forms of law, though begun, conclu ded, and consummated in a single hour, bceame too tedious, and an indiscriminate massacre of all persons arrested on suspicion of " moral trea son" superseded all ihe mockery of law by which single murders were perpetrated. When, at the conclusion of one of these trials and convictions by ephemeral tribunals, the criminal was taken to the place of the Carousal, and executed by torch-light, the mob, le Peuple Souverain, more cruel than the most bloody despot, testified their joy by acclamation and clapping iheir nanus, which savage proof of complete gratification ihey redoubled, when his head, being severed from his body, was held up to their view by the cxeru tioner. Such were the brutalizing effbcie upon a thoughtless populace of the arts of the Jaco bins, by whom, ws learn from impartial history, Ihe walls of Paris were ai that moment covered with addresses to the People against pariicular individuals, with insinuations that the majority were infected bilh aristocracy, some of which papers were anonymous, some signed by Kobf.s fierre, the " cat-tiger" in countenance and dig position, and others by Marat, the " patriot par excellence, who was said "to love carnage like a vulture, and to delight in human sacfi flees like Moloch, God of ihe Ammonites." Hitherto spared, as We have been, by the blessing of Providence, from the horror of such scenes, what attentive obserye' has not witnes sed tho same cruelly of party spirit exhibited, in a bloodless form indeed, even in our own day, in the exultation, the literal Clapping of hands, upon the news of another unoffending head being " lopped off ' to gratify " the parly,' and. above all, in such denunciations as the above, not placarded upon the walls, as at Pa ris, but ostentatiously made more public by be ing placarded in the papers of "the party," and officially transmitted 10 the Secretary of State as much as to say, Have at your own. head Mr. Secretary, if you do, not promptly respect this missive ! We have not yet indeed witnessed that hor rible excess of party rage,, under the influence of which the Mob broke into the prison of the Abbaye, subsequently into all the other prisons of the City of Paris, massacred without diacrim ination the prisoners, many of whom had been committed dh the merest suspicion, and many at the instigation of private hate by the members of these Jacobin Clubs the body of the citi zens of Paris, paralyzed by astonishment or sub dued byJerror, remaining passive spectators of these horrible outrages, perpetrated by handfuls of individuals. As yet, we are spared such spec tacles, suggested, contrived, and executed under the direction of affiliated Clubs, differing very little in their character and principles from 'the " Democratic Associations," of whose ambition and aim the above is, for new beginners, a pro railing sample. Who can doubt that, if ihe Uni ted States had a central concentrated population te be acted upon instead of the body of the people being, aa most happily they are, spread over a great continent, and for the most part out of (he reach of perversion and eontaroiratloo , heartless demagogues and hunters of the spoils, sueh as great cities breed to what a towering height of power these "Democratic Astocia.. lions" might not aspire I' -How much reason, id fine, have ve not to n joicc, that in the diffusiveness of our popula tion, and lbs diversity of interests resulting from 1 aiivjvi mm ami ciiuiaiv, .we may teiy tor pro. tection against the most deliberate combinations of political demagogues against the lawful au. thortty of the Government, and, much more, n organized attempt by affiliated clubs or political associations (of which the Dorr rebellion miy be cited'as an example) te pull dewn the Gov. ernment itself t But it 'is not the less the doty of all good rit. izens, according to the parting injunction of ibe Father of his Country, to frown upon "all com. binations and associations, under whatever plau. sible character, with the real design to erect, control, counteract, or, awe the regular deli be. rations and action of the constituted authorities." Of this description are these "Democratic As. locations," which already undertake to dictate to the Executive his course in icgard to ap. pointmcnts to office. Wheiher established in New York or in Georgetown ; wheiher clad in flame colored apparel and with torch, light pro. cessions making night hideous, or more peacea. bly assembling in "Odd Fellows' Hail" to pass resolutions far more "odd" than the Hall they assemble in ; however innocent they may deem their own purposes-they are in danger (again using the language of the Farewell Address,) in the Bourse of time and lhingsr of becoming "po. lent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be able tu subvert the power of the people, and to usurp for themselves he reins of (Jovernment." , National Intelligencer. BANK OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. AM5MI-ANNUAL Dividend of 31 per cent, on the Capital Siock or tins Bank bus been de clmed, payable to ihe Stockholders less the (ai 0f 25 cts. on each individual sliaie at the i'llsi ipal Batik on the first Monday in July next and at ihe tranches snd Agencies nfieen 'ay thereafter. t!. DKWEY, Cashier. Raleigh. June 1 1 , 1 845. 47-2w dj-Niar, Standard and Independent 2 weeks. STATE of North Carolina CHAT. HAM COUNTY. IN EQUITY Ouioun Bill. William Terry & others. v. Robert Perry, Daniel Terry, and John and Jsmet Terry, sons of John Terv. decM. It npieuring 10 the satisfaction of the Court that the ubove'nnmed Defendants are nut resident nf ibn State. It is thereforr ordered that publication he made for 6 weeks in the Kaleigh Rrginter. that thi said i.on-resiuente (Defendmiis) dn appear l ihe next I cm of this Court to be held fur the Crmmjo! Chatham, st ihe I 'ourt House in Tilibbrngh on the 3d Monday of September next, then and there U plead, answer or demur to the TlaintihV Bill, o:hei- wise it will be taken pro eonfe.no as to ihein, nJ nearu ex pane Witness, Joseph Ramsey, Clerk of said Coort til Ulhce, Ihe 3d Mundav of March. A. D 184ft ' JOS. RAMSEY, U M. E. (Pr. Adv t6 f.2j. 47-6w ripAKUIV UF, and committed to the Jil m Q l.abarrns County, on ihe 39ih of May, a negro man, abnul 85 or 30 years of age, and savt he be Inugs to (he Estate of Pamuel Purgusnn, a hue rm ilent of the 8lntr ot Louisiana. He is abnul 5 feel 7 nr 8 inches hieh, dark comi lccled, tolerable stnot built, had nn when taken up, a mixed riatinet coal, Blue Satinet Tants, and White Furred Hat. Hi further states, that he was purchased by a Trader l'i the nah"ie of Woraark of this ISiate, from a man Iit 1 the name of Lewis Dicks, of Virginia, and rarrie 8011th and sold 10 Samuel Purgusnn. He savt hid name is REUBEN. The owner of said Negro is requested to come fur- ward, pmve property, pay charges and take him a ay, or he will be dealt with as the law directs WILLIS ELKIN8, Jailor. Concord, June 2, 1845. 45-6in tate of IV or tli Carolina. I'hath- 5 i;oun:y.-Court ot Plea and yuarler 6eion Mav Term, IS45. Elijah Clark and wife Sussn, and Pempsey JolinMin Administrator of John W. snd Francis C. Bynum, Complainants. VI. A u Justus W. Bynum Executor of the last Will and Testament of James Bvnum, deceased. Gray By- num. Thomas H. Bvniirn. Thomas Hatch and wifelcri Mary, and Ransom Ward and wife Tabby, Ue fendanta Petition far Arrnnnt and Settlement. It appearing to the aalisfaciinn of the Court, llutl Thomas Haich anil Raneom Ward and wife Tabi'Ttno are non-reidenis of this Male, it is ordered ihnt pub lication be made in the Raleigh Register for six wcfkiA a notifvine them to be and appe ir before the Justirn ofuur next Court of Pleas and Quarter Session", t be held for the Countv of Chatham at the Otm House in Pittsboro.' on the second Monday in (iu gust next, then end there to answer, plead or Jpmor, or ihe said Petition will be heard parte as to them, and Judcrmenl entered accordingly. Witness. Nathan A Ktedman, Cleik nf our will Court, at Office, the second Mondav in May. 1945. NATHAN A. BTEDMAN, C. 1! C. Tr adv. $6 62 43 6 COVXTY. Court of Pleas and Quarter Ses sions, May Term, 1845. Rich'd. F. Yarbrough, Ex'r. (Assignee) Thomas E. Yorbrough and Mary A. Yarbrough. Original Attachment. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court 'has Ihe Defendants, Thomas E. Yarbrough and Miry A Veil hmiirvh re tint inhhtt,inl1 of Ibis State; it ordered, therefore, that publication be ml' "'IHi wrens 111 me natciKii cai, , j .1 k. .i .. ..... Kor ,tw. Juried of ihnd Curt of Tleas and Quarter Sessions, at the Lou House in Nashville, on the second Mondsy at. w gust next, then and there to replevy ur PlF""'m M(j or judgment filial will be rendered again" .. the properly levied on condemned W " 'aim. ri,ri, of eaid Witness, Fbakcis M. 1 'tw. lers . Court at office, in Nashville, the Sd "1 J' 184S. FRANCIS M. WifcOK."- I r rice 01 adv. ja eaj.j r.'mTnKros s a w 17 I will el1 " & Court House In C.r.hage, Mopjs U fourth Monday ot Joiy ne,., -- .day J0.y ne,., - . it oi Lana, or so omen .oereu, .i.-conin- T.xo. do. ihe,... for the vesr 1843, and tM gent expenses of !! Ssle. ; No. Va- - Ac's Ine. Persons names- 404 .300 Josiah Cheek, S00 300 Samuel Slone, 1(10 100 Arch. Hunsucker, 80 25 William Godfrey, 100 50 Edward Wicker, 200 60 Geo. Hunsucker, sr. 140 101 lohn McDonald, 75 41 IJames Gardner, jiLAicai" - Inner Little riVrl Lick Creek j Mclnuisn jj Wot , . Buffalo "-j: Lacs - I - . f cm i Vn- i Hi jjltie 11 I )..ii oe - ld for ' Leu8h'ffM 44' May tO, 1M5. (lit Ads. f4 it '4 tr tl T dt c fr, of Wi ill an wi I be -la of ea (the khe an re i .lie re i pp. pan 1M nlti
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 20, 1845, edition 1
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