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" For the Iredell Expre." 1 "
1 Joycm mlDgle with s throng, 1 '
Where life teemi like fq W .l draAiT
I hear the wUdriogVotee eroteg, i-.'";-' ..',.,
. And grain meet a tnaWrieg gleam,
fit firtetrl3hi ort ;ery tnicB,
: lAeibeei!httingValeiKlhHl, t
' Vet UU I e!ghtho' brililj the Kene, I
Mj (ancy jauute brigjiusr tilU .j. :
' ' t itand beglde a crystal itream, " i
, Where naiada sport III F!tcy ray, .
. Aed oft In MflSPt j farewell gUm,
jEttMptttrcd list tJ nature't Iny :
t3vt YtcwIoR earth' wild, gorgeon accnea.
My ipirit breathca ft toitvleaa aigh, .
And on life's can Tana Ciintlj gU-awe
A aliad'wy ray, like tutiK-t'i dye.
..-,.... -'!.:,,..',..
I climb the muant-u'uU rsggrd hijfbt,
And io iu aolitude sublime',
. Illumed by Luna's lialo'ed litrlit,
I iew beneath our favored clime,
Or gata upon ,et jier'al siace,
Where starry Wconn glow on high,
Or some lone constellation trace.
Which wakens memory's mournful sigh.
I sit lmlow'red by leaf aad vine, '
A pupil of the mighty dead,
.'And homage yli-ld at genius' slnlne.
Ba king in bexins of liglit they're shed ;
' Aitd I am .happy yet oft 1
)ratnyn eve's deep, thoipphtfnl hours,
When tephyrs britlie thjeir lyric sigh,
Of truer Wif, of Cideleaia tow'rs.
AsheTitlc, April 4, 110. I LIXETTE.'
For the "IredelJ Exprern."
"Tis Sweet to be Remembered.
LUOLA.
i 'Tie sweet to be remi'liWed,
When we an- far awiiy."'
So sanir a gfntle muid.-n
'Neath evening's stnriit ray ;
And a shadow rested lightly '
Cnon her forehead fair;
For her spirit sogt h;IIiKhlauds
And met its KuiiUeil tlier.
And now when eTen'm( f tileth
We miss that jifyoui Itrn n.
For the minstrel maiden singeth
In her own halls again,
But echo cauuhl your biukic
As it was floating hy
And round our ingle. Helen,
Will never let it die.
And tho' 'tis saddnned-lsoftened,
Still an it o'er me soe-r;
I wonder if the angel's Ring
A sweeter song than yours. .
And when their heavenly1 music
" Shall 041 upon my ear.
Unchanged 1 11 listen, Helen,
Thy joyous notes to hear.
By Jlttpieat. ' i
FAKE-WELL, FARE-WELL.
Farewell, farewell,. lo all lcIow,
My Savior chIIh. and I muet go,
I launch my hark upon the eea.
This. land ia not the land for me.
I find the winding paths of tin
A rupgl way to tnivel in ;
lieyond the swelling floods. I see , ,
The land my Savior bought for me.
FarcM-ell my frieiuta, I cannot 6tay,
The land I pee ia far away;
.Where Chr'mt is not, I cannot be, ,
Tliia land is not the land for me. .
Praise be to Goclwho rules on high.
Where Angels sing kind so will I,
Where Angels bow and bend the knee,
O that'fl the land, the land for ine.
No night is theriv 'tis always day,
j Where God will wipe all tears away,
There parting ne'er inoro will be,
0 that's the land, the lanJ for ipe ;
Where kindred spirits neet again,
Secure from porrow; ein and pain.
They feast on pleasnres full and free,
O that'B the land, the land for me.
Toor pinners, there will you not po( ?
There 'p room enough tor you, I know ;
Our phip is fltronj: our pnesage free;
0 thafs the laiK the land for me.
' If vou'll not go, I'll; part with thee,
I'm bound that happy land to see ;
With Christ, my Lord. I poon shall be
O Heaven's the happy Land for me.
Terrible Fight on Board the Ship Nor
way!'' The 6hip Norway of New York,
when five days out,, on her passage
from Macao to Havana, with 1,000
coolies, was the scene of a terrible mu
tiny, in which 30 coolies were killed
and 90 wounded. -The fight lasted
from 6 p. m , till daylight next morn
ing. when the coolies yielded.
CaDt. Maior had. hV wife 'ancl two
daughters, and also a lady passenger
on board. The lady passenger died
of fright and her cliild expired soon
afterwards. ,
Ten Millions for lower California.
It appears by the instructions given
by Mr. McLane, comraunicatctj to jhe
U. S. Senate by the . President, that
the Minister is authorlzeflto ,ofler
810,000,000 for. Lower , California,
and the right-of way, from the Rio
Grande to Mazatlan, and from- Arizo
na to Quaymas. But thenegptiation
fell. through. Ten millions would have
helped Juarez very much, but'it is pro
bable that he feared to place himself
in the position before the nation of
,parting wjth Mexican territory. -
Liberal Bequest. !
Mr. "William Enston, for many years
a large 'deater in, furniture it Charles
ton, died" vern suddenly -on Friday
morning last. Mr.jE. . was a native of
England; but cami to America in
early childhood.. By habits of strict
industry, he became one of the weal
thiest citizens of CKarlestoh and has
died possessed of a, property of about
3,000,000. Being, childless' he has
left his wife a life interest ,in the es-
btellpemis.
tate, and one or. two .annuities to re- of all, w'as to'see'the deatn ot.the toe-i- .- f ' l,.s rnw., Bnw' VUS" ifl'V?, irvw ,r fFrWW.'lttJiJy1
latives. Upon the death of these nar-lcbrfd Henrf Clarlfou should" have - Groundless Charsmj , JlfarJestoarMUSoujlvn jman futilavkM. tWM$MvbWm
ties, the entire estate, exception aBoutTseen iumwiiK his;Bac Anst yon-L , .y$e&?pHf act upon h fpnvard on,fthe. plattorm. p the tena5j jds londyif 13 WiflPWftSS TMtm ffiWWSfi 1?$)J rjtt'jf
30,O00rreyeTff ta5,tnty'ECnaV- alrl- A Pfer01 m Wk o.veab.(tru fra
lesten, In trust ' forjcliaritablr a name;, fellow out fis landj hehasnogrottfid. wilb .oneexception.rwe rjruch feir DjufKcM fiefttine, ; tucky. i ln &.p&ikgAf&tb4Bk
' .ljcaajgle at feaena Vista. I
BY GEORQB LltPARD.
tt was.near the setting of the un,
when the Men of ! Palo Alto, Resaca
de laJPalma,f and ' Monterey, saw the
cloudy come.'down ion the last charge
of Buena Vista, that a scene, worthy
of the' Jays of Washing toni. closed the
day in glory." - '. t .
Do you behold that dar.k ravine,
dep sunken between these precipitous
bajijiks ? Here no sunlight comes, for
these walls of rock wrap thp pass in
eternal twilight. Withered Jrees grow
between the masses of granite, -and
scattered stones make the bed of the
ravine uncertain and difficult for the
t)fead." ' ' 'l- '' ' '
i' Hark ! That cry, that rusli like a
mountain torrent barsting its barriers,
and quick as the lightning flashes
from darkness, the dismal ravine is
bathed in red battle light. From its
northern extremity, a confused band
of lexicaus, an army in itself coine
yelling along the pass. treading one
another down as they fly, their ban
ners,, spears, horses and men tossed
together in inextricable confusion.
Jiy thousands they . rush into the
shadows of the pass, their dark faces
reddened by the sheeted blaze of mus
quetry. The caverns of the ravine
send backfthc roar of the panic, and
the. grey rocks are washed by their
blood.
But the little band who pursues this
army ! Who are they ? You may
see in their firm heroic ranks, the vol
unteer costume of Illinois and Ken
tucky. At their head, urging his men
with shouts, rides. the gallant M'Kce,
by his side young Henry Clay, that
broad forehead, which reminds you of
his lather, bathed in the glare as his
sword quivers on high ere it falls to
kill. There, too,' a , wild figure, red
with his own blood and the blood of
Mexican foes, his uniform rent in tat
ters, his arms bared to the shoulders,
striking terrible blows with his good
sword Hardin of Illinois coipes gal
lantly forward. .'
The small, but iron band, hurl the
Mexicans from the heights into the
ravine, and follow up the chase, far
down into the eternal twilight of that
mountain pass.
Look ! As their musquetry streams
its steady blaze, you would think that
one ceaseless sheet of liehtnina bathed
these rock's in flame !
Over the Mexican?, man and horse,
hurled back in mad disorder, the Am-i
ericans dash on their way, never heed
ins the overwhelming numbers of their
foes, never heeding the palpitating
form3 beneath their feet, with bayo
net, and rifle, and sword, they press
steadily on, their well-known, banner
streaming evermore overhead
. The howl of Jthe dying war-horse-
hark i-r Does it not chill yqur blood
to hear it? The bubbling cry -of the
wounded man, with' the horse's hoof
upon his mouth, trampling his face in
to a hideous wreck does it not sicken
pour soul to hear it ?
A hundred yards or more, into the
pass the Americans have penetrated,
when-suddenly a young Mexican, rush
ing back upon their ranks seizes the
fallen flag of Annahuac, and dashes
to his death !
To see him, young and beardless, a
very boy, rush with his cotintry'sflag,
with his bared breast, upon that line
of sharp steel it was a siht to stir
cowards into manhood, and it shot into
the Mexican hearts like an electric
flame.
Even in their panic stricken dtsor
der, they1 turned ; by hundreds thev
grasped tijeir arms, and rolled in one
long wavelof lance and bayonet upon
the foe. Woe to the brave men o
Illinois and Kentucky now ! Locke
in that deadly pass, a wall of infuria
ted Mexicans-between them and that
wall of rocks above their .heads
through every aperture amojig th
cliffs, the blaze of musquets pouring
showerof bullets in their faces where
ever they turned, the long and deadly
lance poised at their throats it was
moment to think once of Home and
die!
- Those who survived that fearful mo
ment, tell with shudderirig triumph o
the deeds of the three heroes- M--K.ee,
Hardin and Clay. -f 1
' M'Kee, you,r see him yonder, with
his shattered sword dripping blood, he
endeavors to ward off the aim of those
deadly lances, and fights ort his knees
when he can stand np longer, and then
tlife combatants close over him and yon
see him no more. ' ' J :
Hardin, "rose from a heap of slaugh
tered foes, his face streaming from its
hideous lance woandsr and waved a
Mexican flag; in triumph, as hrs life I
blood' crushes in a torrent over lus mus
cular form. . ' Thaiinstanlfbe fulllight
ar iorm. Aria,ti"a"u ug'1
battle was' upon his mangled fage.
lenT flinging ' the captured fl.g to a
ot
Then
DlOllier SOlUlClj UCfliiumvu .unv n
to Wpi1 a. memorial of BUeha'Vista !
Myrwife!' '' "pttas'hislasrjvords
UpoW'hU- baredeisttbtory of
ten knees? ushed, atid thehor's hoofs
trampled him into the hlirfbf dead,
Bnf4mnif.'sVd arid vCt most ffloriOUS i lmrd' ,-f s.. . -4 etected t.f,9.,-X5 4Jt "u cat
- I - . Jr. -.i-- ..- a, ti & ttervn& & mi t&& i tz -fTi! trt"1 tsJ l 9si4r ?Siey --fti gtiij?z-k tz&li "fi.!SiJ4l a mYsssijL
to fillJitSjevcry .vein, and dart a dead-
re irpm. his , eyes !
At that momeut. he looked like the
vau.uio.u-,.4 . - -yA - -.4
" For. hi. brow, high and retreating,
with the .bloodr clotted, hair ,wa
Hack frpmjts outline, wis swoolen
' ' t i i ' . -i
every vein, as .tnougn ms soui
from.it, fire she . fled , forever,
set," brows knit, hand firm a ci
hismcn fighting round him he dashed j
into the Mexicans, until jiis sword ;was
wet, his arni weary- with blood, u ,r
C i
iviMn until liia ewfivn rsQ
At Ja-st, with his thigh splintered by
a .ball,' he gathered. his - proud form tQ j otherwise go Republican. It is cer
its full height, and fell. ILsface ashy ' in th nQ wcr umlcr lieaven can
with interne agony, he badelusxom-., prevent the vote 0f. Pennsylvania be
rades to'leave him, there to die. That . tn th. Tpniirii.:ni,n MTi:,i.,t
ravine should "be the bed of his glory.
But gatheririg round him "ja guard
of breasts ahd steel while two of their
number bore him tenderly along
these men of Kentucky fought round
their fallen hero, and a3 retreating
stepby stephey launched their swords
nd baToiiets into the faces ot the toe,
they said with every blow 4 Henry
Jlay V u
It was. wonderful 'to see how that
name nerved their arms, and called a
smile to the face of the dying hero.
lew it would have made the heart ot
the old man of Ashland throb, to have
leard his name", yelled as a battle cry,
down the shadows of that lonely pass!
Along the ravine, and up this nar
row path t The hero bleeds as they
bear him on, and bracks the way with
lis .blood. . Faster and thicker the
Mexicans swarm they see the circle
,i round the. fallen man, even his pale
e, uplifted as a smile crosses its fa
g lineaments, and like a pack of
ves scenting the frozen traveler at
dead of night, they come howling up
the rocks, ami charge the devoted band
with one dense mass of bayonets. .
. Up and on I The light shines, yon
der, on the topmost rocks of the rav-
ne. It is the light of the setting sun.
Old Taylor's .eve" is upon that rock,
md there we will fight our way, and
die in the bid nianV sight !
It was a. .murderous way, that path
up the steep bank of,tji0 ravine ! Lit
tered with dead,, slippery with blood.
t grew blacker- every "moment with
Mexicans. and the defenders of the
wounded hero," fell one by one, into
the chasm yawning ajl around.
At last they reached the Jilit, the
swords and ..bayonets. glitter in sight of
the contending armies, and the bloody
contest roars towards the topmost
rock. ,
.Then it was, that gathering up his
dy in g f ram e a rmed with supc rna t u ra 1
vigor- young ,tlay started from the
arms of hi supporters, and stood with
outstretched hands, in the light of the
tinf sun. It was a glorious sight
which he saw there, amid the rolling
battle clouds; Santa Anna's formida
ble array hur.lcd back into the ravine
and gorge, by Taylor's little band.
But a more glorious thing it was to
ee that.. dying man, standing for the
lat time, in thelightot that sun, which
never shall rise for
him ;ig;iin
"Leave me!" he shrieked, as he
fell back on the soil 'I must die' and
I will die here ! Peril your lives no
longer for, me. j Go ! There is work
for you yonder !'
The Mexicans crowding on hungry
for blood. Evert as he.-spoke, their
bayonets, glisteningby hundreds, were
levelled at tUe throats of the devoted
band.; By the mere force of their
overwhelming numbers, they crushed
them back from the side of the dying
Clay.
Otily one lingered ; a bravejman,
who had known the 1 chivalric 'Soldier,
and loved him long ; he stood there,
and covered as he was with blood,
heard those last words:
' Tell mi father how I died, and
give him these pistols " ', !
Lifting his ashy face into light, he
turned his eves upon his comrade f
face placed the pistols in his hand
and fell .back to his death.
That comrade, with the pistols in
his grasp, fought his way alone to the
topmost rock of the path, and only
onee looked back. . 4 tie saw a qinvcr-
ing forirt, Canopied by bayonets he
saw those outstretched Jiands rap
; pi ing with points of steel he saw a
pale face lifted jonce m the light, ami
then darkness rushed upon the life of
young Henry -'Clay. ;
T College Dialogue.
(A Freshman meets a Senior in the
College Hall.)
' Freshman. "Will you
tell me,
sir. is Isbcrates difficult !"
Senior. vWelf l tbdieyelt wasjnt
to me : -. . -
'.' (Much relleved.----' I'm glad eof
that, tor oyxt ciass are going io luKen
a . y-i r. r
"" S.(reflecting)-r" Let me see, what
JjAsurpriseor -vjtreeK j ; , , s
S:7slill uncertain.1' Is Greek the
my
SL ihlTdoubti removed W" OK well
language Witb the tunny? uttte crooicea
letteref,.-:..'w -q -I
F. (:istounde.V " Certainly V
' 4 Mity- oPtttjsp
. While our Democratic-? friends i in ( tMtef A SH V-rte laHMrfkl IlaiSmAf
Georgia, and elsewhefe in the Scuth,??
are deriding the idea of the forrrortibh ! N1')? not get fjd- lelifd.,
nf n tlMFd nnrtv. we, Ipnm 1,of f1jne one onnarea , apd twenty-sei'cni his hands, and.hastcninxr'.ta MaJelain-1 1 h.mZlM&tX.tti iv;
vmg TCnrthrr, rmftfrata in ".Wi;nrr. votsVecause !f here 13 no hone (he-,L her cast himself i unofi the'-teil-Sti". ili-Jarf JnrfhiTK.milrl.li p
mbTh of - the ;Douglaa.:nh4 WiPTWm-.. cenitg? Viiou.thawt ttDS'fififflilafwf-4haTft(ei-.
sone I Dou-laSlchool, are urging it on,.whilelW
'Ps (the Republicans gireitlh'dBhouh??!0 eWfatic tnomine, onss i shall :Wae&ft, uncnarif aide rUdbiclelfoieOiiUW
rcleot. rt-0 i.ttpr f-w- j "-i,,,,.- r ithat nomaieeTw DoogTas.-..Beat hire see, that he uirht relief at th
tBBheiui ahii;,r "tn.-tol, ti, yk.i...
ot power,: wnue tne - democrats hope
it will enable them to? get a plurality
an snnTP "Nni'thHrn Statps' vrhtr-K- nrvtivf
r. , . , is .
unless the- Union ptffty can. The
Candidate that carries- Pennsylvania
will, in all probability, be elected, and
we have a strong assurance that,' the
Union party, if it act prudently, may.
control that State. ,
Besides the selfishness of the Dem
ocratic party, which leads it to desire
the formation of a Union party, in
the hope it may be of advantage to the
Democracy, Ave are charitable enough
to think that a great many Democrats
wouhlT:eally prefer a good, sound,
Constitutional man to a Republican.
If they cannot get their first choice
(a regular Democrat) they are willing
to take a Union iman, as their second
choice. - r
We have frequently heard South
erners declare that the whole South
should unite upon the Charleston nom
inee. But no sensible man hopes such
a thing, unless that nominee be a
sound Southern man, upon a sound
'platform: Even then it might be im
politic, o attempt to unite the South
on him, for the reason that it would
evidence to the North a determination
upon our part to make a strictly sec
tional fight, which would almost cer
tainly insure the election of a Repub
lican. We are not sure that such pol
icy might not lUtimately resultjin great
advantage to the Union inenf of -the
South. For, upon the election of a
Republican, the issue of Disunion will
be tendered by the ultra ouihern
Democrats, and : upon that ..Issue we
feel very confident the Union men
could carry the State elections in ev
ery Southern State. It is true, .that
in such an event we must rui the risk
of having a revolution precipitated by
a-minority, and that we prefer to a
voitl. Notwithstanding our confidence "in
the ultimate"-triumph of the Union
men, in case the issue above mention
ed is' tendered, we sincerely deplore
the election of a Republican,, and are
unwilling to see the experiment made,
merely for the sake of party success.
If the Union movement do not, go on,
if we are to unite on the Charleston
nominee, we shall thus almost certain
ly defeat him, according to our judg
ment ; and we really see no disposi
tion on the part of t-he Southern Dem
ocracy to ask the Opposition to -a union;
In fact, it were certainly best, for thcm
to have the Union party formed, pro
vided only'it had just strength enpugh
to be defeated in every Southern State.
lhey would have thus gained all they
desire, the one hundred and twenty
Southern; Electoral votes, and have
better Jiope of getting Northern Elec
toral votes, than if the aspect ot the
fight were, more decidedly sectional.
Judge Douglas is "decidedly objec
tionable to the South, but it is held
by his friends that lie can carry her
one bundled and twenty votes, under
the plea of Douglas or Union, and that
his personal influence is absolutely es
sential toi carry Northern votes and
this influence can not and will not be
potentially exercised, unless he be the
nominee. This is very convincing
reasoning.., The Democracy is un-
fit , y
doubtedly in a great strait ; it is go
ing head-flong to its own execution
and it. really has "wo chanet" to elect
its candidate. Even if Douglas be the
nominee, and admitting that he can
carry all the South, he is not then cer
tain of ani election. He will need thirty-two
more yotes, and where shall he
get them V California and . Oregon
would give him seven, andj his person
al influence would probably secure 11-;
1'mois but he would then lack fourteen;
teen, and, even should he get Indiana
which is certainly Jis doubtful .as any
other State, he would still be behind
uy one voce. - .
,Buf the pommation ot Douglas be
ing so distasteful to the .South, the
Uniou candidate would, certainly de
feat him iQ. at least-some of the South
ern States, if the Lmoneamlidate.be,
as now determined on, a Southern
man on a sound. platform, and thus the;
election tnut go to the House .Once
there. the, Union candidate ?raust be
come theP'resident. or there, will, be
none., ,(,Reallylwe have strong Jiopes
that all , the Southern . States ivouldj
rote for .a..goud Southern .man against
i DQugrasr--we ., certainl y think , tbeyJ
u?ught, and. jhcjy.o: ao.ru;jrmca,
dcteated Iriilniiore, is. now to be jraisea
jig'atttn. .j)rcrtjc.nnje', anjl.
.witkyeryi, gooxl. reason. Douglas, ,h
I tlie .strongest mnand, he.CjUintbe
lM Cjwres0p.-,and ;he; witftld , never jng-bQard g'takinslTiorisaiiteefiMegs-
j pr TndiaimcvertMf he could caTY$ of.thi wine ciip t v.HegajableJlcbt
. thqni for" tiny "but hiin'self. So gentle T for. nxoney ; hp dronk,c V .froraT-lio've
i men, Kinu democratic lricnus wc.iiavQ : ot sjrong unnk :
got you", where you can neither "back,
IJOI SOUilll, II
1 -
j 'n'wif.u . 'i'-juj".-uii'v"'. - ; 1110 t ; x Jtirespectamnry rwitmrf iliBetnrdr por
this time, ; ' ; , made -use' of them To help him drWn ltionof the Stabhdahomanskwof
jjm, uiv v.ou,"uiuiivii.ii uniuii ju 1 1 j
is a fixed fact, it is a necessity of the ;
times, and the "emergency is such that i.
i t is really fast becoming the only par-
ty which irrc iiuuoies 01 ine xiuies win :
leave for honest men, and patriots seek
ing the establishment of principles';
The Union party will nominate a South
ern man, sound but moderate, and pn
a sound but not u'tra platform, ahd
we -shall make the fight, if Douglas be
the Charleston nominee, to c;irry eve
ry Southern State, Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, which carries the elec
tion without a resort to the House.
But, if we cannot carry the eectiop
in the Colleges, no man will deny, un
der the circumstances supposed, 'our
ability to carry the election to the
House, and then we shall elect our
man. Between Douglas and a South
ern Union man, every Southern State
will finally be compelled in the House
.1 TT 1-'.. !'
to take the L
nion eand'date, and th'.: !
s necessary to an elec-!
two other votes necessary
tion will be finally got from Oregon
and California. Even if we get only
one State in the Colleges we shall e
lect our President, and it only remains
for the Southern Democracy to deter
mine whether' the election shall go to
the House or not. The. Democratic
candidate has no possible chance, and,
Southern Democrats, you have got to
choose between the Union candidate
and the Republican it is narrowed
down to that. How do you like' tho
phytic you gave us in 185G? Augus
ta Chronicle J5, Sentinel.
S. S Prentiss.
Professor J. II. Ingraham, who -now-prefixes
'Reverend" to his name, has
lately been contributing some sketch?
es to" the Augusta (Ga.) Field. In the
course of them he describes a visit to
the grave of S. S. Prentiss, at Natchez,
nnd thus explains the secret of the
unhappy life of that remarkable man:
"Emerging from a romantic dell, we
came -upon" a high road, which led us
to a small brick enclosed cemetery,
half hidden' by shrubbery. We had
inquired for Prentiss' grave, and we
were told we could find it within this
quiet enclosure, wherein three or four
ancient looking, moss-grown tombs
were visible, half obscured byr vines.
The iron gate was locked. I climbed
it, and making my way through mat
ted grass and tangled creeps, stood
before the upright slab of white mar
ble which marked tho resting place of
the great orator. I bared my head
in the presence of the mighty deed ;
for, with all his infirmities, Prentiss
was the peer xf the greatest intellects
of his age. Justice lias not yet been
done to his noble character. His er
rors are referable to his physical in
firmity. He was lame very Inmc,
and had been so from his birth. When
he grew to boyhood, sensitive, and
talented, and ambitious, he keenly felt
his lameness, and wept over a defor
mity which, in his own mind, degrad
ed him in the presence of his school
mates. Early he learned to taste the
bitterness of an ambitious and lofty
spirit feeling physical inferiority, while
he was proudly conscious of intetlectu-
1 superiority, hen he -became a
man, his painful sensitiveness as to his
lameness led him to exclude himself
from all, female society. Under the
cloud of his morbid feelings, he fancied
woman scorned him. lie felt hum
bled and degraded in her presence.
The barb thus, rankled ever m his
heart. He did not know till long af-.
terward when a lovely woman, gave
him her heart and hand, that a true
woman is interested more by the splen
dor; of mind in. man tlmn symmetry, oi
person that beautiful women , look
rather to the intellect, and are. daz
zled bv it, no-matter how plain the
.casket. . t,. I ' . . ,
r For thirteen, years of his earlier
manhood he refused introluction to
lalies. Such was..thc.sensiUTnessj5l;
hutpifouduure,; die well. knew his
own intellectual powers, ao knowtn..
jtlkem , hoi despised more and more b
'.. C... l.v4- oml Vul io f tfta'T 'ill IIt1i
UUIUI UUUV. AUU VVHV UU, UII YfV
11 Otb-.
ers did. let ins lcwaswonaeriuii
, -'- " i ' i TT . 1 1 i- 1 - ii.l
rvas bjeautiful.: ...His powers; of cpnveiT
sat,nwer&vmpe
a: . 1 . 1 rkl.
ahle. yetkeonstan Uy, feeding., upon ;
-lianjtsome nfiis. siieu wa. sige a-M-inat cMy.,,--ivepiia,ciy Ha&l fnreiffrr rJV
-noble and iwawiia.outlittej HUsmiIejy''reDreentediaiLth idausitlTerexii-? -AiiP
pwft morpMi emouoiwiMj,uepieu fiu;; wee uy apumiq mecie.pnei-
felt file felt.(lijcet fpmeAiighty ar4 j byyille iJiDWjliligularJyr-apTtiate
Is. . a. A. n. r - . 1 :
pressure' f 'da
m
prgy tlught, TbeJ
- i:. -I. w. . t
1 cucti 1011. xuvy uruuiy lor,. Eepjuai
thirst ; he to quench the firet" of
thought ! He despised thero 5ot
one dared to take, a facijliarity. - feith
turn, xic who spoKe to mm llghlly
ui nis lameness, as uniorgiyen yy
torevermore ! v 1.
who wui .fling. thCstoilM:
urn
will condemn I ' llio ian JdgeSfimy
who wasnevcr'iu his place tfli at
mind c.iri ,'c.oncciv-e of the. intellectual
and moral torture of this' proud,hril-
Uant genius, ''cennjj; through life hlitingi
his own form, and shunning, for firs,
irons greatest ana nest gilt tonan,
for a sense of self-degradation irf two
man's presence ? " : ' . '' :
' No, justice has not' been dope" tp
this great and Wonderful TOan.rHe
was uhdei-btood! by but a feV of f his
nearest friends never by his 5h0onJ
compaiiions. They fancied hetlwas
such an ohe as ! themselves, Wlieji' he
towered above Hiem like aprhieand
despised them Hike a god. '
' John Bell. 6f Tennessee. : :- t
This distinguished chanipionis-6f the
Union party is the choice of a ffrge
: i .1. . o; - i1.".".!' "'tS.
majority oi uie otaies ior ine i'esi-
dency. He is one of the gfcateji' of
i . ' . -. ' , .1... .a- '
our living statesmen: lie lias gjjwp
gray in the service of his countryand
from the first heur that he'entered'tire
councils of the "nation he fia$; treen.it,
man of mark. r Iri the Nashviil'e!fdis.-
trict he defeated Fclix'Grundy nf th
height of his "popularity bafkd; ly
fail the. influence- of General Jutiksou
ticket. - The vieteran RTtchSe, ltUe
no uu u ior i ne i:u(vr, j i irijj lojfiai
Richmond Enqinrcr, profu)uhcedhira,.
at that early 'day,' the most ' pressing
young man jn lAraencn auu prrohe-.
sied that" he" would Tive to be Presi
dent. ..' " The lifJUfs are. fast enhde-;
ring the dny" when his 'propheefwill
be fulfilled, and: hen a m:tn?of'Stei
ling Jjbhesty- first-'rate ability aft! xhi
valrous honor,"; will reclaim thelong
lost dignity of that high office'. ' ,
His history frona the date of hisf first
entry into public affairs 'down tp,the
present time, is the history of his'S&uiv.
try. He has been no time-serv no
trimmer 'of his political sails 't& atch
the popular breeze. He has .worship
ped principle marc than popufciHty,
and several times an his life it has been';
his v fortune to stand almosjt alcfiie in
the advocacy of what he thbirghtTight.
He voted against the repeal of the
Missouri Restriction when it required
nen e of the hi'ghltest order to dt it.
The South fatally deluded; Vas al
most upanimous for it ; but thiSjUnion
could not shake the firm purpose pi"
' his soul.": Had hi warnHigTO,icbeen
heard and heeded, there would have
been noBlaek Republican partyX JIiid
his views prevailed, the nefarioTjs5h)C
trme of stiuatter-sovereignty lwbuld
never have been inaugurated, and The
latitude; of 3b:i0. would have rentincd
forever the compromise Jine. There
would have been no attempt tb (push
slavery north oi n, nor ot irustrating
the wishes of the tlouth-'.n;. thule
The Government and people, it rea
sonable to prepurhe, would haf$rlieen.
at this day - united in -the - botids, of
peace and1 hap!piness. -- But tha voice
of John Bell wis drowned in thefioarsef
shout for repeal; ;and;tbe" wioifore
bodings of his" cultivated and rlpgulsi
ted mind were denied and defied;.
- oikmuu nic iaininor' viiT:rm.ioii
in
l wt
uuuiiimitt 'unii- yj - ine i i rbnieu.upuie , wjjejicjratt in 1 CMC d.$r$fx,t but,l(d tP
conflict' will be no merogame ofpush- C'ijnccUcuU jL ijDWjnIn pre
pin... On the contrary, it wilKlie liVer
the wars ofdlomeT'sf arid'OsstaijV hc-J Was tried and acquTtte4on7aVfe:ta'rge
rees. ajrd nobly will iie iHy lof Tvjtcheraft; irgUS WtOZC like
ces, andpour them Ul;ee!& m
aJf noints-ol theeneiuv- ihMCoun-i. ifr7ri rd 1719 A tAt
try, by his election, will be rested tp'vcj Jpur
its pristinc vigpis aiwl hpnoi-arnl hon- iiQnS of itchcraftTnthecpraesIthir-
esty pnee mord bClprd -ofi fie i.s
Reminiscences of the Mariiage fSvRW 6:PJf?scd alav fin
" "-:- rvuizv: s- :.-n
ryiCl.avw in w i)rle.a.tfn'd pro
' 4-Ka 1 9li ,t. !jr nvminn r.
in, lt.111 iHHa(,U (. AWUIU 'I VI VIM U'
v i gree.oi interest Jwotn
. 1 " T." ' . : 1.
l moni, eprcjsefi ttiyisapi-eadf
; ucen-egnjiieRue,p
' 1 ' 1 1 ' j- . . ' . J l.J.TfW ,1
hJIjrdjn, Esq -hp. aelecal mtU JrV i v-T ---'7 f ' ,
ghtorIr? Clatrljtr-
moitladmtredf beMef the Statea-
L.Cd. -Hariswast nferelrant.iAnli ft
Mche-OT,lmtlearlyhtfKtfhlof
. i - m. f j
characterizetl thoptenbesfitbfe West.
aino, prouii tnli hnJti'ant pfmiSld.A)f
iuAUittvo'tinUwc Itewddiflg,
ierefore,:wa"ar Utnptu&oi Wfliirjin
vitations -vrm rik-jfi n.'n-f fd flee?.
i . . - . .7.1.
the bride's. father jwa&l thrdngedrwrth
guests from the gayestyoutbv tri ?tho
gi avestage; The. vfeitorr Vaiied; in
xjpsiume-as mnchas insytaTssHon
est tanbark-dyed homttpnn wasJthere
blushing beside, thegaudy Eupean
fribbcries pf laced CoatSj rufflesiahd
srrfalUwortlg.' s 3. i
Veneiabl coupleIhaveiiauied
hod not ieen each orherfor ar lone lie-
i'iod, until their late.' meetings I'hey
rejca I leu jne- incidenta. ptj thcrtwedding, ,
and revived- memories oiV.frienda and
cpm panioni among the jargrcoropany
there ga tueved together, sonrepkwliom
had died ia. richea an (LhoqorsV others
in- digrace or desUtutioji-r-alLfctl'ere
gone! Sixty, years had sweptalld'tit
thenwelves from theti-placea among
the living."- ia$rW '
The First American Witches.
i Salem has enjoyed Aki., reputation
.r i. .i .i 4 ... ,
pi uemgoe rnotner pi Atftenca;asiTitcti
cvaft. But jtlus is an. historlcaertor, 4
a,. was shpwnby Mr .IlppUna in a
lecture : lef ore dheNcwrjrlitXIUtori
cal , Society last, week, sia
. -.-;--The firstlegal enactment iPnho
subject of wiiehcraft vtij thi$icpuntry,
9ppears;toJi.a'Ye-leenade'.btMa.
lylai.d Assmbryi.ia.-liBotri tW a
opted, tji English K8ta(ute nathe
subjects wIur;l(i9, Iry landdjreetH
kprovide4 fpTf 'punifehjngwitli tdetth.
P'veryjljlasphemyand idolatry in
1G4.1 ,t ihe;T Massachuselts'v laere
prpmulgatedi pi'Qyiding that w'itchcraft
,h8ujd be. punished wlQ deailiu UkI
UlarjdfQl loweduiir lOili Wew
Jersey aVout;th4$tlme Dlawat'o in
17p0,South purolina jn -1710 restor-
I ing the statute of, James the F.rsfcjind
Pennsylvania -on fter.;.i;'lleij4aws
of South. Carolina -on thej eubjefl re-
mainejdi pjiiwhe,. Statute", IRookimntiJ
loJ7.- Delaware adopted the- statute
of James the First, in ,17 Hf be
lieved that iTitchcraft-ejjisted preyjoua '
to 16Q4r'5 ? -TheJIebrew jnptttwa
'th.e.more women, the aptewitpQcraft,'
but his idea was, that .'.tbeywefe no
lenger .pid jand .wrinkled abdandes
but 'young, and gayand lovely crea
tures.' . Connecticut, he believer-had
fromaG41 to 1697ttwepty-cne trials
for witchcraft, lthpugha Jarge-quantity
of jthe State archives, containing
th authentic -,4.$taii$, are c4e$.yd.
Massachiasettstpunii.hedTjitehmft in
1(548. An "anecdote is told ,joQ one
John Bradstfeet, whospl.cadqd gujlty,
but the. Court knew him.4o.be -89 no
torious a liarlhat he vWas acquitted.
Laughter .,,rrt,cpnnegtion4Wilji, tho
.Salcm witchcraft, U slwuld befimem-
i T "r' . .i. W -! '1
uL-icu. iijui, xu vicucva nierc werejjuve
hundred . witches consu'rfloxj, by tho
flames within three months ; tEatfour
tcen.houscs in England furnUhed four
teen victims to the .-flames.Bd'Uhat
"the Sal em horrors li a ve bceaxlJcWa tl y
1cmexcitemet2."at " iepgtfi criticising
the "paft of Cotton ifather, anjd.f the
witnesss whoseieMimpnj wasiven
in jbrjQ hundred and. thirjty cases? most-.
Ty'aaiii t, their indjviduarotgets of
hatitd. Up io Ihc'rs noitraee
pfjiny'law in .ewVorK' as-Jtn Ttitch
craft, and when itl;dl appear it was
CPi"ifindJt.dihiEj) on
ojoug, xsianu jquiv puxjiiristuction.
nothiog tpj'do . 'Willi 7 the- DufchV "In
i i)iz oarah 1ibolft., was
jiccuscil
- 1 ty. tj oexecutjcqsi iFreeuTOrecQrfderan-
-Mtie euoieci. ui meinooj oi iiiseover.
tSw tl
AuntSty tew iw .tryu Sfiaiia-young
" bacltt-vrdajscirbua1y: com-
j piij)ucio.j xtejias kyQX6r on nis
pheadi 0aiiieMs, chit'Md on
hijihaWsZwroahiaIegs(ajXjd doe-
tented cport febis tootjog cdock as
dun U pwce4; i u d ,o j j .
ratr, ana tne comparatively -nma iorm
of Hieaeinsioriti Wmte&l Col-
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