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A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS.
By C. C. Moore.
'Twas the nijrht before Christmas, when all thro'
the house
Not a creature was stirring1, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with
care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nesiled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sug?rplums danced through their
heads;
And mama in 'kerchief, and I in my cap.
Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap:
When out on the lawn there arose stu-h a clatter,
1 sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash;
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow.
Gave the lustre of mid-day to o!jeci9 below.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature, sleigh and eitflu tiny rein-deer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and call'd them by
name:
'Now, Dasher! "flow, Dancer; now, Irancer! now,
Vixen!
On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Dunderand Blixon
To the ti p of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now, dash away, dash away, dash away all!"
As leaves that before the wild hurricane fly.
When they meet with an obstacle mount to the
sky,
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew.
With the sleigh full of toys & St. Nicholas too.
And then in a twinkling 1 heard sn the roof.
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof;
As I drew in my head and was turning around.
Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a
boundi
He was drest all in fur, from his liead to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and
soot;
A bundle of toys he had flunnr on h'.s bcc.
And he look'd like a pedlar just opening his pack.
His eyes how they twinkled! his dimples, how
merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his no-e like a cherry;
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow;
And the beard on his chin was as white as the
snow.
The stump of a pipe he held tirht in his teeth.
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and a little round bellv.
That shook, when he laughed, like a bowl full of J
jelly.
He was chubby and plump; a right jolly old elf;
And I laughed when I saw him,Th spite of myself.
A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dreads
He spoke not a word but went straight to his
work,
And filled all the stockings: then turned with a
jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
He sprung to his sleigh, to his team gave a whis
tle, And away they all flew like the down of athistlet
Cut I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sijrlit,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good
night!"
THE PRESIDENCY.
(fpln reply to a letter addressed to
him by the Hon. Mahlon Dickerson of
New Jersey, Gen. Cass has returned the
following answer:
New York, December Qth, 1S42.
My Dear Sir: I have received your let
ter of this day and have no difficulty in
g'vinga prompt and unequivocal answer lo
the questions you present to me.
I am a member of the Democratic parly,
and have been so from my youth. I was
first called into public life by Mr Jefferson,
thirty-six years ogo and am a firm believ
er in the principles laid down by him.
f rom the faith as taught and received in
his day, I have never swerved, a single in
stant. Somuch for my general sentiments.
Wiih respect to a national bank, I think
the feelings and experience of the country
have decided against it, and that no such
msiitution should be chartered by the gen
eral government.
1 will add, that my residence in France,
and a careful observation of the sta'eol that
Ration, have satisfied me that, while a due
degree of credit is highly useful in the bu
stness concerns of a country, a sound specie
basis is essential to its permanent prosperi
xy With great regard,
1 am, dear sit, truly yours.
LEVY. CASS.
Hon. Mahlon Dickerson.
From the Globe.
LETTER FROM . COL. IJENTON.
Washington City, Bee. 9, 1842.
IV t 111 o- n-
iiesn uiair ot uives. A movement
of some of my friends in Missouri, which
wa ,ntended a a mere compliment to me.
an( mere expression of their individual
opinions has brought upon me a great de:il
of trouble in the shade Of a cloud of letters
from all parts of the Union, calling upon
... ... . , v
"to 'e my potion in relation to
the next Presidency." The number of
tn se letters puts it out of my power to
answer them ; and, not to answer, misfit
seem to admit the conclusions which they
imply; and, to make a definition of
my
irjOSIIirm ic n iK n,r .ko.
I iv-i u. unit, iuai
I cannot do I
never change my position, and, therefore,
never have lojind it, or define it. 1 leave
it to my conduct to tell what I am, and if
h it is not sufficient, I do not think the use
of phrases will help the matter. I am no
political enigma, and need no solutions on
the presidential oncstion or anv nthpr
, . ' , T - - - " J
'"j '"uti'i'i siiuvvu me io oe lor ii r. i
Van Hnren for the presidency, and agi:is' j
myself for any place whatever, except the!
one i h ue: anri with this i nchir.it i, in 1
hope my correspondents in all pirt of the
Union will he satisfied, and will consider
their inquires fully answered.
Yours respectfully,
THOMAS H. BKNTON.
MK. VAN RUUEN'S LETTER.
We find in the Pennsylvania!!, a letter
from Mr. Van Huren, written to Mr. Hen
ry Horn, in answer to a letter asking .Mr.
Van Huren whet her he was to be consider
ed among the number fiom which the
democratic party might select a candidate
fr 'he Presidency; some doubts upon that
point having arisen from his letter to the
Missouri Legislature.
We publish it as an interesting document,
and as shewing the ?pirit of harmony
and good feeling which exist', and which
it is to be hoped will be diffused through
the democratic party:
Kinderhook, Aou. 26, 1S42.
My Dear Sir: I have received your
friendly letter, and do most sincerely re
ciprocate your congratulations on the sub
ject of the recent elections. The results,
great and gratifying as they certainly are,
do nevertheless not exceed what those who
place a just confidence in the people of this
country had a right to expect accelerated,
it is true, in point of time, by a natural
and strong desire to wipe off the temporary
stigma affixed to iheir character by the ap
parent success of last year's buffoon ry.
Your observations in regard to the Pres
idency are ofthe same friendly and disin
terested character, by which votir whole
political intercourse with me has been (lis-;
tinguished. There is nothing personal to
myself, in respect to which I am more an
xious than to be distinctly understood up-
on all points by my political friends, :1Md
this I endeavored to accomplish upon the.
particular point to which you jefer, by my
letter io tne iMissouri L,egisia:ure. l can-jno idea of its being published, and as I
not at the instant conveniently refer to thaC wrote it in haste, there may he errors both
document, but am quite sure that what I in grammar and spelling which may need
am about to say will not vary much from correction; still, as you say, it may be use
the subs'ance of it. No one can be more fu for information to the public. Having
deeply sensible than I am, how far the lion-j the greatest confidence in your judgment,
ors and favors which have from time to time j the permission you ask is freely given to
been conferred upon me by my political iy0u. I never put to paper any thing but
friends, have already exceeded my deserts; what are my matured opinions,
and nothing can be more certain than the' As to the allusions made to my Message
satisfaction and cordiality with which I ! to Congress, had I strength, I would give
will, if then alive, be found to acquiesce in j yon the full outlines oi that project, if Con
ine selection they may make ol their next
candidate for the Presidency.
In making their choice, considerations of
mere personal favor will, I trust, as 1 am
sure they ought, be entirely laid out of
view, and that individual taken whose se
lection shall, under all circumstances, be
deemed most likely to ensure success tot'-e
principles ofthe Democratic party. That
is the great end to be accomplished, and to
reach it all subordinate considerations
must be disregarded. That I lost my elec
tion in consequence of my efforts to sus
tain those principles according to my un
derstanding of ihem, will scarcely be de
nied at this day, by any one, whether a
political friend or opponent. It is, never
theless, with unfeigned sincerity that I a
sure you, that so far from putting foi ward
that defeat as a ground of present favor, 1
look back upon my course in the perform
ance ofthe duties of that period duties
which seemed to me alike plain and impera
tive with feelings and recollections which,
regardless of the personal consequences
that ensued, afford me more real atisfac
tion than 1 have derived from any of the
previous events of my political life, diver
sified and interesting as they are known to
have been.
Whilst such are the lights in which the
subject is regarded by me, and whilst 1
shall most assuredly never take a single
step with a view to be made a candidate, I
have, at the same time, not said what you
inform me some have understood me to
say, that 1 would decline the performance
of any public duty to the execution of
I which the people of the United States
should think fit to call me, and which shall
fiot he inconsistent with the station I have
already held through their favor.
In regard to the proper time for action in
this matter, I do not know that I cart add
any thing to what was expressed in my
Missouri letter. . Nor have I found reason
to clnnge the opinions therein advanced
h may, I think, be safely assumed, that the
Democracy of the nation will name its can-
ili'taie lor this high office in abundant sea
son tor the next election, and that, too in a
manner best calculated to meet the feel
ings, secure the harmony, and cement the
s'rength of that great and patriotic party.
Endeavors to forestall their action, of the
character you refer to, may indeed be
made, but they should not be permitted to
discourage those who desire a fair and full
exp-ession ofthe popular will; for if expe
rience has made any thing clear in our poli
tics, it is 'he certainty with which peisonal
or premature efforts in that direction will
be discountenanced and ultimately discom
fited by ihe Democracy.
Thy Presidency, above all others, seems
to be a place which they determine shall
wait th ir free will offering, and in respect
to which they will neither allow them-
Ives to be assailed by personal importuni
ties, nor permit their selection to be has
tened or impeded by exparte arrange
ments. When the proper period for ma
king choice of a candidate shall in their
judgment have arrived, they will do so;
and b assured, my dear sir, that those, il
ny such there be, who, unwilling to Wait
their movements, are found to have made
Uiems -Ives busy in promoting personal as
pirations, however elevated their positions
in other respects, will be least likely to be
made the depository of confidence and fa
vor. Such has ever been the action of the
Democratic mind, and by the uniformity
of its adoption in respect to one of the
most important of the subjects submitted
to their supervision, the people of the Uni
ted Stales have added to the many proofs
they have given of their capacity for self
government. 1 am, dear Sir, very respectfully, your
friend and obedient servant,
M. VAN 13 U REN.
Henry Horn, Esq.
Gen. Jackson upon the Exchequer
scheme. The Cincinnati Enquirer con
tains a correspondence between the Old
Hero, and his ancient friend, Moses Daw
son, Esq. on the subject of the Exchequer.
The correspondence is not of late date; it
was commenced in 1S41, soon after Mr.
Tyler's plan of Finance was published in
'his message. Air. D. h;is recently aske
i permission of the General to publish tin
correspondence to which he has assented
jn the folio win" letter,
Hermitage. Nov 24, 1842,
My e'ear Sir: Your letter of the lSlh in
s,anl has been received, in which vou ask
permission to publish my letter, or extracts
from it. to which vou refer. I have no
'copy of that letter, and when written, had
gross had made the call on me. But why
the call was not made upon me, Congress
was well aware of my opinion of the con
stitutional powers of Congress in their le
gislaiion for the District, and of the States,
with regard to chartering banks. I will
give you a concise and hasty view of that
opinion: That the power of Congress over
the District, was equal to that of the States
over their respective limits, and that nei
ther had the constitutional power to char
ier banks of paper isues that the only
power in this respect was to charter banks
based upon a specie basis, and of deposite
and exchange. The States having resign
ed to the General Government the sove
reign power to coin money, regulate the
value thereof, &c. &c. and prohibited them
selves from issuing bills of credit, or to
make any thing a tender , in payment of
debts but gold and silver coin hence the
reserved rights of the States contained no
power to charter banks with power to issue
bills of credit. 1 ask, what is a bank bill
but a bill of credit? The charter allows
them to issue three dollars in paper for one
of specie three five dollar bills are issued
1 go to the bank with one of them 1
draw out five dollars in specie 1 ask, what
the two other fives represent! They an
swer, nothing but Credit. These were vveli
known by Congress to be my opinions,
therefore ny project was not called for.
Many committees representing banks cad
ed upon me whilst in the Executive Chair,
to know if 1 would approve a charter upoi.
other terms than based upon a specie basis,
my answer already was, that I would ap
prove no charter; therefore, none was pre
sented to me.
I am, and ever have been, opposed to all
kind of Government paper .currency, let it
be derived from Exchequer, or otherwise.
If the paper is the real representative of
specie, why not pay the debts in sp -cie,
and let the specie circulate in the hands of
the laboring and prdducing clashes? Then
i he dealings between the merchant- and the
laborer will be in specie: and the mer
chant, by making a deposit, can get a bill
on any part ofthe Union. Where then is
the tise of a paper currencv? Neither the
merchant nor laborer wants it. The mer
chant wants a bill; not a bank or exche
quer bill; but upon a banker where he
lays in his goods: as in Germany.
It is one of the greatest humbugs ever
attempted to be imposed upon the people,
thai there is not specie enough in tin
world to answer all the necessary wants ol
I he community. Look at Cuba. There is
no paper there. Shut out from circulation
all paper, and spec e will fl w in upon lis
as a tide; but never will flow to any coun
try that has a p:tper currency, which will
always depreciate. A national paper cui-
rency is a great curse to any people, and a
particular curse to the labor of a country,
for its depreciation always falls upon theii
labor. But with these hints I must close,
being exhausted I am greatly debilitated
and remain your friend.
ANDREW JACKSON.
Moses Dawson, E-q.
A SHORT PATENT SERMON.
At the particular reques' of the Editor
ofthe Norwich Aurora, 1 will preach, on
this occasion, from the following text:
"Fret not thy gizzard."
My hearers Fortitude, patience, and
perseverance, are the only team horses ca
pible of dragging the lumbe'iug car of
man's hopes through the marsh of misfor
tune. Fretting, flinching, cursing, or
swearing, can no more extricate one from
difficulty, than a silly shad can release it
self from the fisherman's net by idle flap
ping and floundering. When a man finds
himself in the midst of the thoins and bri
ars of trouble, the only way for him is to
step cautiously and feel for his road through
them with the utmost care; but if he fret,
fluster and bluster, he is sure lo effect no
thing more than lacerate his bosom and tear
his ttowsers. When he perceives that his
feelings are beginning to ferment, through
iiritation, he ought to keep a Small airhole
open lo his heart, not only to admit the
pure oxygen of reason, but also to allow
ihe gas of excitement to escape by degrees
else he might burst his bar rel of forbear
ance, and lose in a moment some of the
swee'est of life's cider.
My friends when your cobweb fabrics
of anticipation are swept avxay by the
storms of ill fortune, there is no more use
in fretting your gizzard about it, than
there is in a young female victim of seduc
tion Lining tu suck tne liagmeiitsot virtue
together with the tears of lencntance. To
fret ami cha'e about trifles. t n render
school boy when hist miiia ed into the
mysteries of a flannel shirt, is as nonsensi
cal as it is useless. Maintain your ground
manfully against the assaults of petty ills,
and in due time you will not mind them
half as much as ihe buzz of an October
muquito; otherwise you will probably
learn bv experience, that there is such a
thing as rubbing a pimple till you produceUhow a' cold winter. Woodcocks hve
jan ulcer. In the hour of adversity for as j been shot this year as early as the Hh of
sistance, call upon fortitude that bold ( September If the oak bears much mast
nvmpn ot ne rocw, unose dauntless spirit
hears the healing storm, and bitter winds
that howl around her whose breast heaves
the bursting wave and v ho hears the
dread tlmndt r with a soul unshaken as a
carpet in a lawyer's office. Yes, my
friends, instead of fretting your gizzards
when a boding cloud skins the hor izon oL
your hopes, you ought to have philosophy
ibout you to know tint, although the com
ing shower may wet your jacket, it ren
lers the earth fiuitful and bountifully con
tributes to your wants and necessities. Sa
tan himself, when he was kicked out of
heaven into the legions of darkness and
woe. was too much of a man to whine and
fret at his f.tte. He bore it like a hero, and
consoled himself with the reflection, that it
were "better to reign in hell than serve in
heaven." Exercise patience, and the thick
mist of ill fortune that bedims your future
prospects will disperse the sooner; push
ahead with perseverance, unmindful of tri
fling annoyances, and every bud in your
bosoms that thieatens to disclose a this'le,
will bloom like a rose; but this woirying
and fretting when circumstances clash with
one's lond desires, is like brushing a bea
ver against-ihe nap; the more )ou attempt
to smooth it, the rougher it grows.
My friends I am almost induced to be
iieve, that some people instead of being sup
plied with hearts, have nothing but giz
zards filled with grit and gravel. The
ppear to have just dined upon pebbles and
.ron filings; and are always laboriog under
ihe influence of indigestion. Nothing goe.
l ight with them every thing is wrong.
The milk of mercy sours Upon" the stomach
they turn up their ugly noses at'thd
seesof Milv jiion they spit in the hand
of charily spam friendly solicitude drta1
care no more fof Soft snip or sympathy
th;ui a (l .g d..c for" a dollar - All hey wish
is to be allow. d the privilege of fretting un
disJurhi'd by 'riend or foe-tinrhe(?ked by
fear and unswayed by favof. They fret'
lor f.-ar :he morrow may not be brighter
tha:i gold-n t -lay -they fret because oth
ers arf clv Crful and contented with their
lot- ii. d they o tentimes fret merely be:;
cause thev can find nothing of importance
to fret, about. Let them goon fretting till
thev have arrived at the end of life's jour
ney, and I am inclined to think ihey will
eventudly fin 1 that they have fretted to no.
purpose. There is nd doubt bit they,
would fi id fault with the arrangements of(
heaven, were; they allowed to enter and
thus go on fn tting from everlasting to ev
erlasting ,s for mei I put up with the
heating and tumblings of this mortal exist
ence as d tie' ly as a feather bed; and t
irut the mosf of you, my worthy hearers.
ac hlesse I with the same happy dispusi-
t to l.
You off man! If you find an occasional,
bramble oT disappointment in the blossom
fringed path of youth, "fret not thy giz
zard" for, whatever is. is undoubtedly
for the best. If your patents endeavor to.
t est t ain you from paddling in the putrid,
po'ds of iniqM ty, or forbid your travelling
the road that icads to lum shop and ruirii
' fr-tnotthv gizzard." If you discover
tho-ns amid the roses of love a few bit'er
Iter." at the h ittom of pleasures sparkling
cup if the s ason of manhood brings with,
it ii iitaiig solitude and anxiety, and time,
tumbles a cart load of care at your door,
HYet or,' thv gizzard;" for all your grum
bling wi.i have no more effect than p ti
lio iing Congress to have eternity widened.
Look, my friends, Upon the bright Mde
of everything, and fancy that you are hap
py wfie'her you are really so or not. Wheit
the hatchet teeth of trouble encompass ihe
heart, keep as quiet as circumstances will
permit, for the more you writhe and twist,
the more sharply ybU are pricked. Al
ways try to keep the lamp of hope burning,
in ihe dark dungeons of your bosom, and
the demons of doubt will never haunt them.
Face every ill with the boldness of a li,r,:
bear up with christian Fortitude beneath,
the burden of affliction; be merciful, kind
and benevolent to your fellow creatures;
and angels of light and loveliness will vol
unteer to act as your pioneers through the,
untracked and unbounded wilderness of
the future. So mote it be! Dow, Jr.
-$
j9 Gaf,d Speculation. The New Or
leans Crescent City says: We yesterday
saw one of the marshals of the United
States Court knock off to the highest bid
der ihe undivided third of a plantation con
taining 300 acres of land and the improve
ments thereon, situated in Washington co.
Miiss:ppi, f"f the sum of ?3l. It wa$
sold some few years since For $27,000.
The sal wri bona fide, and a gentleman of
i this city, who knew the value of the prop
erty, Was the purchaser.
Signs of a Hard Winter Birds that
change countries at certain seasons, if they
come yearly, fhow the temper of Ihe
weather, according to the country whence
they come, as in the autumn, woodcocks
fieldfares, snipes, &c if they come early.
! it proneS'icates a long and hard wimer.
if he same have been observed of hips and
haws whic h were never known in greater
LhonrLmc, Rtrminvhrnn JMiiertixpr.
Curing Heef and Pork. The follow
ing receipt for curing beef or pork U said
to be the very bet ndw in Use. H is giv
en bv the editor ofthe Germantown Tele-
! graph, who remarks that if this mode ho
once irie I. it Will be USed again In prefer
ence to all others. The receipt iS as fol
lows:
To 1 gallon of water, take 1 1-2 lb. salt
1 2 lb. sugar; 12 oz saltpetre. In this ra
tio the pickle to be1 increased to any quan-
ity desired. Let these he boiled together
until all the dirt from the salt and sugur,
(which will not be a little.) rises to the top
and is skimmed off. Then throw it into a
large tub to cool, and when perfectly coldj
pour il over your beef oi pui k; to remain
in the usual time, say four or five weeks.
The meat must be well covered with th
pickle, and sh uild not he put down for at,
ieast two days after killing, during which
time it should be slightly sprinkled with
saltpetre.
Good Farming. Samho. youf
naMer a good farmer?" "Oh yes, masa
fuss rate farmer he makes two crop? m
ne. year.' How is that, Sajnbo?; hy
ie ell al! his hay in.de fall and make.' mo
,ey once; den in de spring he sell decides
,f de cattle dat die for waut qf de haj, and
i.nake money twice.' t . ; .