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BY 0. W. HOLMES.
j saw him once before,
Ab he passed by the door,
And again
The pavement stones resound
As he loiters o'er the ground
t With Iiia cane.
They say that in his prime,
Ere the pruning knife of Time
Cut him down,
Not a better man was found,
By the crier on his round
Through the town.
But now he walks the streets,
But he looksat all he -meets
' So forlorn ,
And he shakes his feeble head,
That it'scem's ae if he said
They are gone.'
The mossy marbles rest
On the lips that he has press'd
Jh their bloom ;
And the names he loved to hear
Have been carved for many a year
On the tomb.
My old grandma has eaid
Poor old lady she is dead
Long ago,
That he had a lloman noec,
And his cheek was like a rose
In the snow.
But now his nose is thin,
And it rests upon his chin,
Like a staff; -And
a crook is in his .back,
And a melancholy crack
In his laugh.
I know it is a sin
For me to sit and grin
At him here,
But the old three-cornerM hat
And the breeches and all thai
: , Are so queer!
And if I should live to be
The last leaf upon the tree
In the spring
Let them smile as I do now
At the old foreaked bough
Where I cling.
! THE WIFE.
't needs not guilt -to break a husband's
ixt the absence of content, the mutterings
plecn, and untidy dress and cheerless come,
forbidding scrowl and deserted hearth ;
se and 'Other nameless neglects, withjout a
ie among them haTe harrowed tb the
:k the heart of many a man, and planted
e, peyona tne reach, oi cure, the germ ot
tk despair. Oh ! may woman before that,
J sight arrives, dwell on the recollections o
ith: and cherish the idea of that tuneful
e, awake and keep alive the promises she
ti kindly gave; and though she may be
injured, not tne injuring one me iorgoi
inot the lorgettui wue -a nappy allusion
fic hour of love a kindly welcome
ortable home a smile of love to banish
lie words a kiss of peace to pardon al
past, and the hardest heart tht ever,lock-
tsclf within the breast of selfish man, wil
m-to her charms, bid her live, as she had
id, her years in matchless bliss loved.
IV .'' ' . .. - . i '
jc. and content tne soother ot the sor-
W heart -the source of comfort, and the
fgof joy.
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1 x ENGLISH CREDIT. J
Iie Comeercial Crisis. To that class of
sman among us who hold that govern?
,t ought to constitute itself the regulator
the industry of a nation under the pretext
protection, and the regulator of its pa
;urrencv through the agency of a great
al money power, the present financial
iy of the most opulent country in the
.d oners a most instructive lesson and
I solemn warning. English commerce
t.hnglish industry seem-tto be fast a p
:hing a dead lock. English credjit is
.mg to its centre. The merchant, with
j warehouses crowded with merchandise,
with the most incontestable securities in
anus, cannot nna tne means ot paying
ptes as they mature, and sees imminent
ruptcy staring him in the face.
. i this complexion have come at last the
"ierce and the industry of England-Uhe
xnal home of the system of protection
rernment interference in monetary af-
.nd in the regulation of capital and of
ry. now empnatic a condemnation
he present state of things in England
mce upon that artificial restrictive sys-
( which she has clung so tenaciously
it of which much of her present1
ca-
( has grown ! Union .
ROM AN'S INFLUENCE.
e the olive tree said to fertilize the
sur-
yfi "ng soil there are some few minfeter-
u
g:els in female cruise among us all, and
?ur paths, who sweetly serve to cheer
orn life. Our amusements are insipid
Vey contribute to them ; our efforts of
ihibition feeble, unless they appla.ud ,
fi valueless, unless they share them,
ire, too, some rude spirits in the wcjrld,
Joldcr nature female influence admiira
tcs to refine and temper; and perhaps
extreme eulogium of the peof, tlhaf
that influence, many a man had bken
3 indeed !" ' The concurrence of both
"I h
s .necessary to the perfection of our
- to the existence of it. Alan may
----'mj , uuia uiiiau is u iso re-
m ui3.kc up harmony,
Y raD(,ma," said a lit-
jje .r!PI,ed the old dame, "and
nj1 N. i iiat because he's never
joined the youngster.
y'k - , t'rora the Sunday Mercury.
SHORT PATENT SERMONS;
'- ' J BY DOW, JR. . .
The following will serve as a text to my
present discourse:
Naked as from the earth e came, "
And entered life at first ;
t JJalced we to the earth return,
And mi with kindred dusk
My hearers--It has beeri truly said that we
bring nothing into the world with us, and can
take nothing oilt of it when we absauatulate.
Of course, then, we own nothing nothing
belongs to us : but all we have is a loan from
Providence; , Therefore, certain philosonhers
will say, you have no right to claim anything
as your own : the earth was made, not for
nuv iEs4ividmil. but for the rauHitede f and1
unve jysi as guoa a- ngnt to mis or inat piece
of land as you have. . Now this kind of rea
soning may apply very well to beasts and
brutes ; but it is the climax of nonsense) to en
deavor to bring it to bear upon civilizationl
Keep what you have got and get what you
can honestly, of course is the true practi
cal doctrine. But, according to the spirit of
the text, you came naked into the world, and
naked you must go out of it So why take
ye too much thought as tohow ye shall be
clothed ? You can't take anv baoae with
you when you travel into eternity ; and you
will have to jshed even your coats and petti
coats before you start upon your journey.
God clothes the beasts of the forest, the fowls
of the air, and the flowers of the field : but he
has left you, my friends to tog yourselves to
see that you are properly protected from the
winter's cold, and sheltered from the sum
mer's heat I doubt though, whether he
ever intended you to wear stays, bustles
and padding, to the disparagement of nature
and her works. JNo. brethren, I . believe in
the plain, simple, neat and straight-up-and-down
Quaker style of dress no deforming
1 superfluities nor fashionable enormities. Let
vour communications be yea, yea. and nay,
nay; and your clothes correspond with your
conversation. Perhaps, then, -you may ask
why 1 don't go about looking like a big, over
grown, locomotmg toadstool. This is nobus:
in ess of yours. If I am weak enough to be
led astray by the wicked customs of the world
it is no reason that you should follow suit,
advise you to trump and take the trick.
My dear friends it is the inner beincr only
that is worth bestowing extra pains upon.
Uarnish the mind with the unfading flowers
oi loveliness decorate the heart with ever
greens of virtue and morality array the soiil
in the spotless garments of integrity and pie
ty, and you will command-respect wherever
you go. even though your outward ' appear
ance should fail in comparison with a that of
a weather damaged scarecrow, bo mote
be! ?
it
CUBA.
This noble Island, - which now belongs to
imbecile Spain, is attracting a good deal of at
tention as well in this country as in Europe.
Most persons seem to agree on one thing. It
cannot much longer remain a dependency of
the mother country ; and another thing seems,
to be pretty well settled in the United States '
it must not pass into the hands of any Euro
Dean nower. For one, we would like to see
it an independent Republic. The people of
Cuba, themselves, from every thing we can Mr. Clay further asserts that the immediate
learn, would prefer becoming a State of the cause of hostilities was the order of the Pre
Amerieah Union to any other destiny. The sident for the removal of the army under Gen.
following, which we find in a late leading N. Taylor from Corpus Chnsti to a point oppo
Orleans paper, will be read with interest in site Matamoras, subsequently known, as Fort
connection with this subject : Brown. We believe this order was in cpn-
" The P atria of yesterday announces that formitywith the suggestion and wish of Gen.
it is informed, through a respectable source j Taylor, but however this may be, it, was no
that a new Spanish journal will, in the course doubt by order of the President. The merit
of a very short time, be, established in this ci- of this order we cannot now discuss, but it
ty, "dedicated exclusively to advocate the was the obvious duty of our government to
emancipation of the Island of Cuba, and its cover the whole territory, alleged to be annex
annexation to the United States." One of the ed, with its protection, at a moment when it
two principal editors will come hither from was threatened with Mexican outrage. It is
Havana, wherethe sum of $10,000 is already also a fact worthy of notice, that our army
available for this new enterprise ; the other is was met in its march on the banks of the little
already in the United States, and if not now Colorado by a party of Mexican cavalry, and
in New Orleans will soon be here. With re- threatened with annihilation if it ventured to
gard to its introduction into Cuba, in anticipa- cross the stream. This formidable party, how
ton of the hostility of Gen. O'Donnell, it is sta- ever, prudently fled upon witnessing the de
ted that the persons interested have so well es- termination of the American troops to carry
tablished relations there, that there will be no out the old Crockett system of going ahead.
difficulty in distributing 5000 copies of the But what business had the Mexican cavalry
paper among the inhabitants of the Island." there? This was an act of Mexico there
, . .TnrTTr be no doubt a.bout that, and if hosti)ities
lYiJiAlJU l JViurM Anon x.
Mnstnnrr" of the Delta." writes, on the
1 3th October, from Mexico, of a plan, under
the auspices of Parades, of the King of the
French to place the JJuke Ot Montpensier on
the throne of Mexico, if she will produce the
signatures of 3,000 landholders, pledging
themselves to support the measure. He says :
" A paper 10 mat eueci is now m circulation
r.A AVfirv effort hemar madft nn tho nt nf;to
M "1 I
friends to accomplish the object Nearly the
wnoie cnurcn are giving u meir power to car-
ry it successfully through, looking upon it as
the only means of perpetuatipg the interests
and innuence oi tne ecclesiastical hod v
u A great many of the Centralists, of wealth f 0 nis own pafrty, are most decidedly opposed
and strength, who have heretofore opposed to Mr. Clay's proposition to abandon our con
the measure with decision and energy on- quest id Mexico. The New York Courier,
ceiving their power and place to be among commenting on the speech, isr not disposed to
the things, that were, honino- hv th r,Z co so far with him as to give trp all the Mexi-
incut uc uwe io regain a portion of what
iuev uavo josi, are not onlv coinridin w,'fK
it, but are lending it their undivided aid r,d
mtiuence. Also. some of tho renot;,,
and those of a neutral temperament in politics
have yielded to th nmlt r .
" The main body of h otinn fo San-
ta Anna are busy com-hmW nfT th elements
of their forces to avert the threatened blow,
and retain the advantages eained over their
DOlltica arivPTfnp - ThAu are very seriou-
V alarmed tvrti rflprinr.-ft to the neW mOV
ments. and we are led to .beheve that they
are doubtful of success against their w
coK!:,: TTrnon also" has a fetter'
from a gentleman in Vera Cruz, disclosing a
similar project, in wait." .w.-..w
the English figure most prominently.
From the Baltimore Sun.
. MR, CLAY.::- M
We have bsea Ereatlv surprised to find Mr,
Clay in, the poatioa he has assumed by his
recent speeca on ics war wun Mexico, r e
expecteo to nna mm amenng wun me auinin-
ed with an afikir a so much national im
portance, but certainly were not prepared for
the ultra and studiously antinational senti
ments he has thought it proper and expedient
to promulgate.. It may savor of presumption
on our part to ray, that we differ with Mr.
Clay, but as we happen to live in a country
in which every citizen is not only at liberty to
entertain but to express his opinions, we take
this occasion to say a word : or two upon the
subject Presuming that the resolutions off-
acttimpunvmff-thttB hate'been1 transmitted
to us with tolerable accuracy from the other
side of the mountains, we shall do no injustice
under such a qualification, by referring to one
or two of the questions at issue.
Mr. Ciav savs. that the primary cause ot
the was the annexation of Texas. This fact
standing alone, is unimportant. It may or
may not be true. But when the speaker de
duces therefrom the right to charge falsehood
upon those who declared by their vote that the
war existed by the act of Mexico, it is an al-
i . .i i ; a a 1
legation oi me original wrong as agamsi me
United States in assenting to the annexation
of Texas, and casts upon us, not only the re
sponsibility but the implied odium ot the
primary cause. Now. for the sake of the
argument let us admit that the primary cause
was the annexation of Texas, -then we main
tain, upon the very principle on which our
revolutionary war was fought, and our inde
pendence effected, that this war existed by the
act of Mexico. It crew out of the obstinacy,
insolence, intolerance and fatuity of the Mexi
can character ; and had the nrst act of hostiliy
been ours, the gross provocation would have
amply lustihed it, according to all the rules
,. .... .
of nations by which war is ever justified.
How stands the fact?
Texas had then fought her revolutionary
war, and' her independence had been ac
knowledged by the( United States and Eng
land and France, and possibly several other
nations. England was negotiatingwith the
Texan Government, as that of a free and in
dependent nation. International treaties were
in existence, and Texas stood before the world
a distinct republic. This recognition of her
independence was either with or without
meaning. It was a substantive thing, and its
effect was to secure to her the rights of nations,
and the sympathies of the most potent gov
jCrnments with her in the exercise of those
rights, as against the whole world. After
such a recognition of Texan independence,
one of the obvious rights of Texas as an inde
pendent nation was to annex herself with the
United States, or to become a colonial depen
dency of the British erown. Now, while the
latter was not contemplated, the former was.
and carried into execution. Mexico thereupon
directs the fury of her jealousy against the
United States, hurls at us an insolent defiance,
and finally meets our army upon territory
which she holds to be in dispute, and attempts
to intercept our .way. And we are told that
the primary cause of the war was the annex
ation of Texas, and therefore the war was not
the act of Mexico. This is the very error of
the moon.
naa commenced there, we suppose it would
nave e W the act of Mexico. Yet the
fme th8 ?one "Pon this disputed terri
tory under the immediate command nt ih
Mexican General Arista, at Palo Alto and
Kesaca de la Palma. The "occasion" of hos
tilities was the order of the President, says
Mr. Clay. Yes : and unon the same nrincinle
the "occasion" of hostilities at Monterey was
4U . I r ! 1 n-a -a
" oraer oi general l aylor : and the occa-
s,lon ofnostl.mies at (Vera Cruz and throughout
"uu' Xlirc iviejuuaii uauiuu, was ue
r of Gen- ScotL '
Tbe opinions of the independent press, as
iar as we have seen, and some ot those devotea
can territory. UWI ' JO lwl "W1U"5
to uaiirorma, ai icci.
" "Considering the extent of our commerce
in the Pacific, all parties unite in opinion that
a port on that side of the continent is absolutely
necessary ; and under existing circumstances
the deling of the country generally" Wi Be
averse to the surrender ot the whole of Colifor-
nia ;; in our judgment suth surrender is not
necessaYv is not demanded by public senti
ment and will not be acceded to by the
people." v . .
1e Washington Union says:'-
; "It is a direct attack upon high and impor
tant interests of this country intereststhe
mcalcuTable mfrgnittrde of which increases and
expands in exact proportion to the comprehen
siveness of statesmanship with? wicfr they are
viewedto oppose the accprisition ot strch $
ered andjfpirkett to by the distinguished states
msniir?iifelvMi the : sketch of his speech
our grasp, and mu"lA
demanded mfr.&m
tne wsses wnicn we have bom t . . "
these .nositions. thVrpfnrp " nS
V t; . 7. i o ; wuig partv
nmnts itself in ntrprf rnmnciflnn u J
f w- -yJ uie nin-hoc
of the American people. Yet, considering
the whole past and present attitudes of the
wnigs m reiauon to the war, and the war
policy, it is not easy to see how they could in
any way avoid these perilous issues, without
tne saennces oi all party consistencv. Mr
Clay, as a whig statesman, found these issues
prepared oeiore hand and lorced upon him bv
iL. 1.1. !!! : . - . J
me wuuie course 0i nis pany. i? or the sure
and signal defeat which these issues brin
wun mem wneneyer mey snail be tried before
the people, Mr. Clav himself cannot fairlv b
held by his friends to be individually responsi-
The Neid York Sun iays s.
"Politicians m8V COnniVP AT mm Im an1
tremble as they will Wilmot Provisos, Abo
lition and disruntion of the TTninn
the tremendous sbout of the American people:
"Mexico musi not-shall not be abandoned P
The destiny of Mexico is now in the hands
of the people, and the next election turning
upon this point, not all the powers of earth
can alter their decision. Their determination
is made and neither Henry Clay nor the
combined politicians of the Union can avert
it" ; -1 - ." , :,j
The New York Herald says 5 ; ' '
"Is it possible that any man pretendino- to
be a statesman, claiming to be an Ameriain,
and willing to stand by his country, can come
forward and calmly propose that all these ad
vantagesall this! blood and treasure that
all these fruits should be abandoned and
thrown away, andj that we should call back
our armies, evacuate the country, and retire
to our own borders without exacting indemni
ty for the past and security for the future ?
We do not believe there is a frartinn nf:th
people of this country that would sanction such
a couise oi acuon pn the part of their Govern
ment, their President or Congress."
The New York True Sun says:
"Mr. Clay proposes that we should call
hom? oimforces, pocket our long list of losses
and spoliations, abandon a part of Texas, and
give up the contest. In this he will have but
few supporters, o bring about such a state
of things the magic of his name will be wholly
incompetent" . ' , 1
The Philadelphia Ledger says:
"With the highest respect for Mr. Clay's
talents, we have no high estimate for his po-
!::l 'a r 1 . tt , ?
nuai saguiiji unit loresigm. ne is oenina
the asre.
-
"Peace without indemnity ! ; Will the
country submit to that ? Will it sacrifice so
much of its precious blood, and throw away
so many millions of money, for nothing?
Will it tfjj other nations that they can always
insult aid plunder, it with impunity, because
they caa always rply, for aid, upon one of its
parties ? Will it reject as worthless weeds,
the laurels won at Palo Altoj Monterey, BUena
Vista, Cerro Gordo, Churubusco, Mexico?
In supporting thatl both Mr. Webster and Mr.
Clay have grieviously mistaken their Country
men. io more territory ! Do they expect
to confine the indomitable Ansrlo Saxon by
artificial boundaries? Do they believe that
he will stand still tinder resolutions? Let Mr.
Webster go back to Plymouth, and Mr. Clay
to uaniel tsoone. And then let them return
through the progress since made and , ask
themselves where the race shall stop. No
more territory ! As well might he say to the
Uhio, mo more flowing.' "
The Philadelphia Bulletin says t
uli Mr. Clay really advocates the abandon
ment of all our conquests, and that without
any indemnification for the expenses of the
war. he trill find few but very few; to support
him. Such a proposition would rend the whig
party into two bitterly hostile factions, and
that without conciliating for him the abolition
ists er even' the Wilmot Proviso men."
The tones of Henry Clay's voice have
scarcely ceased ringing from the political plat
format Lexington! yet their sound has vibrated
over the Union, scattering confusion througn
the great political! party of which he has been
cauea tne emDoaimeni. ana creauug asiuij
nipnt nmnno- tVi intp.llifrent masses of Amen
v nanna rtf oil Uarfips His sneech is the
political death-knell of millions who pinned
their faith to his skirts, but who at length have
found him abandoning his country in iuc
proudest and mof perilous moment of her
destiny, and advocating a policy that would
brinff her peerless' nam? to dishonor and I con
tempt st the nations of the worlds
ThPte is themost iDtense solicitade, id the
PuUir mind, for the speech which Mr Chy
deHyered Kington on Saturday. Ifthat
snpprh- as a wnoie, reamo -.7"7: '
j
. i U k.. voieorl ft Spt-
MP'Mi question!-?
It is jrenerally believed here that it has t
tfed the presidential qtiestion-so 6r at least
as one candidate i concerned and he .3 Mn
CZ stock s not only below par, btrt
oeynd Aehoperf rede p.fonin the market
i . tnlonrnnniC SKtiLUU liao iuiuxu,
Tn a nohticai pomi yi .."ri i j i
111 a UU" . f i Ya.tn.ir trot.
ne nas ass " j- AVpr u
tl
. rr ,1 ino in RlTtV
e our qiiii , r - . r. rir -
ttie tnenT ui iuc "j rl"rv
l, r ; plpCtlOn. Ill UiC.WW" ovrubu
ne csm now whigs are in favor
Swar, he af find hipber
or proseCUimg . -krM.t,i ;
diminished. N. li rue
- Tlav's speech and resolutions, present
lvlr. iy . r 7 . aoftWieitT tact
fa. Wed (rreat astbnishnrenf in this.com
Hi&opisition to aBandorr aB the
.ynta&s ira-hiftd Ot fee war to
ZuP 6a.iforSa aid Mh sMesJ of theio
I.;APTnnitv for the fuernSed in the ope-
J3 -rp bemnmrrtf to be considered the
vtmTi3 of a mind oppressed with feafTs;
of misfortimc. Amon the demrjfc'rats, sucfa a;
same
feelme" is 1" "S. g. party me
amougr the great ma f -Tayea'' oesiaes
stragglers .iSIoorCS lndePeents and
. 1111 wv I . A I . - .
proclaim'cdsle poiicy now
ivWii.. 11 Iay wlU become nr,;.i
ome national
sus to
6lco' y,me People. It S
be too violently ormosed t
ext Con
seerjas to vis to
peopleV feelings' to seemed ap
tion. National Whig. approba-
gram of the
THE TRIUMPH of; INTELLECT,
BY URIAH B. JUDAtt, ESQ. -
- What is its earthly victory ? Press on f ' :
for it hath tempted angels. Yet press on!
UsJdr it fJiall make yeu mighty among men ;
And from the splendor of your lofty thoughts,
Ye shall look down on monarchs. Oh, press on
. For the high ones and powerful shall come.
To do you reverence ; and the beautiful
Will know the purer language of your brow,
And read it like a talisman of love !
Press on t" for it is godlike to unloose
The spirit, and forget yourself in thought:
1 N. P. Willis.
What can surpass the power of intellect ?
Riches maybe acquired by untiring exertions
and unceasing industry in the daily pursuit
of a profitable calling, but intellect is a god-
iixe gut oi xieaven to man. and elevates him
o a position a little lower than that of ane-els
around the throne of the ever-living God.
tJehold how rapidly it lifts up its possessor
to a dazzling eminence ! No matter how ob
scure may be his origin, or how insignificant
tne Diooa which is "the standard of the man,"
he can from the pinnacled fame "look down
on monarchs."
- The Triumph of Intellect ! Like the im
mortality of the soul,t will survive long after
the gold of the miser betmeth dross. !ame
has twined around the gifted brows of the po
ets and orators of olden times a chaplet of glo
ries, and although generations have come and
gone, it has lost none of its pristine freshness.
Was it not splendor . of talents that caused
Demosthenes to subdue the defects of nature
and surmount the obstacles of birth ? It may
be asked, what but'his pursuasive eloquence
gave the Athenian power to shake the throne
of Macedon, quell the proud spirit of Phillip,
and palsy the schemes of Alexander ?
The Triumph of Intellect ! How thickly
are the pages of History adorned with the
bright names of those, , who rising Antseus-
like above every impediment that obstructed
their onward progress, have finally obtained
the brightest laurels an.d4enjoyed the purest
honors ! It was mind that caused Roger Sher
man, to tbro.wjlpwn.tJasJast and hammer for
the pen and book, and exchange the " bench "
for one of the loftiest seats among the champ
ions of freedom. It was the force of intellect
that raised up the sage Franklin from desti
tution, and placed him Upon the fltfOT of Con
gress : and, more tnan this, it threw around
his brow an imperishable wreath ?of glory,
and he stood before the world the greatest
philosopher of the age. ,
The Triumph of Intellect I Aft the mosi
magnificent names that grace the annals o
History, have sprang from comparative obscu
rity to reflect eternal honor upon the land of
their nativity. It was the intellect of Wash
ington1 that gave to -Columbia a conspicuous
stand among the nations of the earth. It was
the wisdom of Jefferson that penned for this
Republic the most lucid document on record.
What but the genius of Fulton has crowded
our noble rivers with irinumerabfe'" floating
palaces?" What but the mighty talents of
Clinton opened the waters ol the canai, max
this, oUr " Empire State," might be enriched
thereby 1
The Triumph of Intellect ! "Let us wftnder
back to the time of our struggle for liberty, to
ascertain if the consilmate eloquence of Patrick
Henry was of no avail ! What but earthly
victory" of mind caused the name of great
Caesar to stand against the world, and placed
the brilliant fame of Napoleon on the page of
History 1 Perchance thoti sayest it was brave
ry on the field of tattle. Art thou of Rome
and sayest thou that the mind of thy illustri
ous countryman planned not his many victo
ries ? Art thou- ol France, and sayest tnou
that the intellect of thy greatest General never
developed itself in the cabinet? " Honi soil qui
mal y pense." Art thou of this land of liberty,
and sayest thou that the " Pater patria " dis-
nlaved no intellectual superiority ? Art thou
of Engfand, and sayest thou that the memory
of the "Bard of Avon" is not revered through
out the dominions oC" rfer Most Gracious
Majesty ?" Art thou of Scotland, and sayest
thou that ; the "author of Waverly "T never
manifested the power of intellect ? Art thou
of Italy-the land of pOetry and song and
knowest thou not that the piide of thy count
ry was the talented Tasso 7 Art thou of Ger
many, and knowest thott not that the dbU pro
ductions of Goethe adorned the fiterature of
thy "fader land ?" Art thou of unhappy Ire
land, and sayest thou' that the unrivalled elo
quence of the lamented Robert Emmet is not
recognized throtfgh every county of the "Em
erald Isle?" . ;
. The Triumvh of Intellect ! It made the
author of "IHiad'" the mbst celebrated. of the
ancient poets, conferred upon Herodotus a
high rank as a historian, created Hippocrates
the father of physic, and Draco the most cel
ebrated lawgiver of Athens. Was it not
brightness of parts that raised bolon to the
government of his country Was it not
genius that hid the deform i lie? of Esop! who
although but a slave, and enduted the hari
ships of servitude was master oi a mighty; in
tellect. And what but the extensive knowl
edge of Conftrcius made Him everywhere
known f
The Triumph of intellect! Why it took
Cincinnatusfrom the plough as he was tilling1
the soil, and advanced Hint to the" dignity of
oonsui, at tne age ot four score years. It
gave to' Pythagoras the title of philospher,
that he might astonish thte world by great dis?
coveries iff asfirohomv aad' rnathematics: It
mUtfe the eforetrt Cicero5 one of then'osf ecl
ebrated men of antiquity, and whether we re
gard him as an orator, a" statesman, Or a phi
losopher, . : . . '. v',-- ... -
'His -wi?rlom and his honest fame
Thrtwigh all the cbuntry raised his name,'
The Triumph of Intellect ! Ye cap view i
from the gentle Atlantic, to the ever flowing
streams of the mighty Pacific. By it Cia$-:
' j - o-
commanded " the applause of listening Sena
u'ujun, vv eDster. iienton ana vv rifrnt. nave
tors
lock
urougn it alone Willis, Jaryant, lai
Sprague, Wilcox, Percival and Morris,
nown . khe" naines of Wirt, Irving, Cooper,
nWln S,d -BancT6ftf-.nd enrolled the
D:imas' lwer' James Disraeli
ana bue. on tVio .ii -r r V
lecHw106 hail ,the Slorious Pft' Pf intel
fii 5 1 r m,an alone has ils triumphs been
limited, for it has graced the brow of Hemnr.s,
-I. , . ouu ; lame,
.uuu, morion, iageworth, Sigoi
pi:o3, jm du ry, UUs and Daso ri.
"s"ii ii? HJttucuuaie io ueuneaia tac
4 . L -C m tl .''. fi i .1
liwmpavj. xnienea man its Deautv and sub
limity. Behold with what facility the learn-"
ed advocate expounds the Jaws of the lah'd,"
and by rapid flashes of eloquence restores to
the captive his liberty! mark ye the noble
sentiments of the sacred preachers, as they
wend their way to the Eternal's throne! hie
thee to the capital and note the " purer -lan
guage of one who has presided over the des
tinies of millions of freemen ! seest thou a ven
erable form bending beneath the weiVht of
fou r score years ? Air I 'tis 'th e " old man
eloquent " occupying the attention of th-2
l-fouse;" he has "the floor," and is deter
mined to mdke a coup de main to abolish slave-'
'Tresi? oil t for it is godlike to unloose
The spirit, and forget yourself in thonght.".
The Triumph of Intellect ! America would
never have been discoveied but for the stu-
penduousmind of one Christophe Columbe:
Uod speed the man of talents, that his course
like the eagle may be onward and upward ;
dazzling, piercing and massive be his intel
lect; for by it he can evidence his high origin
and glorify the image of his Maker.
Say, Avhat rere History, so wise and old
Jlhd Science, that reads the sky, s
Or how could Musifc it sweetness et ore,
Or Fancy and Fiction their treasures pour,
l Or what were Poesy?s heaven-taught lore,-.
' Should the pen its aid deny ? ,
SKEETER NETS.
A correspondent of the Sf. Louis Reveille
says, the, other evening wg were strolling la-'
zuy along through the market, andj hearing
a 'stout, raw-boned countrj-man, sitting on a
Vwirrat naar hie nrn rrri'n frriifnhfinff tft r i Yy 1 1
as he scratched his tanned visage, we Came
to a stand and made readv for a talk. I
MUsqmtoes troublesome I" jnquircu wc. .
" Some, answered our Inend on the bar
rel " That thar tavern "pointing to one
opposite " vvhar I put las nite, kontains a
few, and they do nibble pretty tree, sartin.'"
f ' You ought to have made the landlord
give you a net, my friend," was our ncxt;
whereupon the " sovereign " ro.se from' his
V 1 H ,1 ...net I aI MrA.nA rf 4li r fn! I A.i.iwr
Uailcl Uliu naa ucuvulu vji tut; hjhw iiij
phillippic against that useful article of bed
room furniture :
" Efyou mean skeeler nets stranger, they
o!r't uriirtli clmrl.-o T crnt tiirtr in with fhf?n -
things once, but it can't be done again, no
way: I had heered of skeeters aioro 1 cum
liAra a-nA nnc anrnin' li rrf7 rrli t mvn . hohinl
my wagin cursin' the nature of a place whar
such things was hatched, when I seed a sign
XiaillII UUl BlVCtlti lltlO IUI - SUIt i
splurges into the shop and bought a -pair on
em .. ' ; . .
f Well, I got into-, the darndest place fur
them bugs you ever seed or tho t ni. 1 just
settled thar fu respite and speculashunj ftir,"
fres I, "they can't hurt me no how -Vm load
ed, primed and- cocked, just read3' to' go off,
and look out. skeeters, for I'm aTter yot? fast.
" ?Vrcll, jest to crrt the matter sh6rt, the try-
in' time is come at last. . I thought it Was too
square to hold, rm (for the cend war just as
big a5the mouth.) but the maker orter know:-
r 1 av j i :.J l . -.U
stump of a candle, andlays down in as near
tt. a etata AflniVi' did in rrnrden. nfore ho
r a-a I at-, -x at r IT -v OT n ltd I I'l I I M I HIT V I I II
got tuck in, as any specimen oi numan naiur
could. , V
"They didn't trouble rhe at first, but
byfti-by they come at me strong. 1 Bite, ses I,
and sing over it like an Ingin ; bite and b
darned : I'll have you afore long- I'll clare
you clean cut uf this secshun, Tike Saint Vat-
rif rA iVa ennlrps in Frnnrp I I?nt thrv
come at me too, fast ; I swar, stranger, thar
head, .whaT one of them hadn't sot his-self to
work-so I had to go to filin'; d we had it-han? .
for some time, but the skeeters got' a Fitt'Ie the
Best of me .that nite The wust was to cuwypf,
for l got up in the mornin' swelled so that I'd
grow'd most too big for my britches ; and
thinkin' bow I'd make the children ring off th5
thpm in the net. and when I cilfn to
look, that warn't out One in" it, and he got fi-.
way f So my old 'oman jest cut the darned
thing up, and made Sunday frocks out of .'em.
u They may do down; here stranger,- wha
the skeeters are tamer, but they won't do up'
in ourdiggins-ourn are toonoin'.and I-wouldn't
sleep in a room whar them things was sotr
no how !."
A lady ' entering a room Where a "fiiend of
her's sat reading, she pleasantly inquired -"what
book he as: so .attentively engaged
with ;" to which he repned that he was read-
mg M Watts on the Mind." inaet-u i j
turned the rad, "then you might better reiigti
the task, for a dish of chat; for, believe me, it
is so intricate and various a subject, that 't
will be an endless undertaking to read what s
orrtnemmo. :
v.l.iTro rpiin no;e"1 11,1 ,
"uv'k'; "innuired for some new dook
" v AnA lVpr to consult tne iaiaiu"-tccl-is
that afashionab'c r r
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