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Y-tfrgytfii-? a &$.-' d&OShMwfalRS- .- ?-,. SSniVtoricnlijgociey - 4 C' V S I I w- SOL. MILLER, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF DONIPHAN COUNTY. Our Motto: "Talk for Home, Fight for Home, Patronize Home." SUBSCRIPTION, S2.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. VOLUME XXV.-NUMBER 44. 1 TROY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1882. WHOLE jSUMBER, 1,292. flit? (Din Jail II i.-i. I tA rt El. I & T- I ' ... ii .r- u I I K i '& Lh" , II 5. t n ft V? W 0Jk p?fcr f Ik i fr U' (SMtc Itate. OUT WEST. it hauus c. uiarlix. Coder tha forest, of iu snows nalad'en. Ji.nl kimiae bark tbe nervous kiss ofSpriag. I ait and dream of courtly knight ana miwrn. And old world poup euconipassiiir, King. Oat of bsr wiatry sleep tbe earth it wsllofc And birds and uoera carol ber reTeillej O'er at and West the rvnoioa prumlse breaUji, Vrealhee tbe first whisper cf tbeir holiday. Without, the miabty f-irros of thJajTs prunetal Ktand aU untenanted f insioea'a tvbea ; Witbia, fujr tnind shape iiU-tarca mediaTal, With pencil fashioned furtli in otber globes. Tb mcc"t miners share mj board and pillow, And by tbe raup-ftn ala- trelr lawless sou But at a bound my thought o'emdes tba billow. And breasts tba sItodje autf bj a Cifbt aa tron. What do I here aroonr. the warto raasa. Wbk h ter learned to tna tbeir era DJ While by in j aide Nature's mde army J-. Another world atiU claim mc for brr child. In Tals I ply tbc axe In paaa or clearing! In rain I fill ma with tbe n a fettered air; Still to my eysa are otber area a appaarioc. bUll my Leart hearkens tbe low Twice of Care. Amour, or ranks do woman rotnes to barm os. And sow us diaoord for our hands to reap; No wilea or Jar allore na or alarm na. Or wankm with tbe mighty arm of alorp. Tt bere, for nr. tbon-b brart anl will are matter, Aa atronz aa iron and a calm aa Deatn. Tbe will will waTt-r and tha beart beat faatar. Toocbed by tbe Dtrnury of a wemaa'a breath. WTiT are ye here, rode frllowi of my labor, Tbu ootlawMl from tbe bound f woman "a reign ! Head I. beneath the swart hu of my twibbwr, Anotber aUiry vf auotber pain I She uid ebe lored me and one day abe left me. Without a warning and without awenl; Ofjaat and fat ore at a blew bereft m : Tbe ranee tuujiokrs, and tbe plea nnbearu. 2bind me honor, and high bop before ma A life of rarueet and a name of worth ; Ilrr glamour abLtbe bright delaaton o'er me; ller preaence kept tbe promiae of toy birth. Tbeu fell the blow, and jiaat and fatore ablrrred, Juatata fairy bnger'a heartlea touch j Atnl front tbe lxKHtajre of a be delirt-rrd. I Uogbed that 1 had trotted OTennoeh. Laughed! and tbe who of that hollow laarbtrr Kino in my beart with one eternal knell; And tbe alow years which rolled tbeir burden after. With all tbe burden ran Dot crash tbe apelL Tinea of tbe Sierras, spread yoor mantle round ma. And bide me from tbe past, untrodden West ! O! that tbe free lauds and free souls which bound me. Could break the fetters of my prisoned btrat lo vain, iursin Not tbe dii-Mias ocean. With aJl ita storms, one memory ran drown j While tbe veied phantom of a lost devotion. Still la tbe tortured bosom dies not down. t?p and W work Tbe Western Spring Invitee me. And freedom calls me forth among the free? But no t Nor w ork nor freedom litre del tgbt me , Tbe Kaatern bondage fall again on me. Select J&'totu. THE END OF THE "WOEIiD. Laat year, junt Itefore the rartiival, there was a rrport in HuiirlMjurs, that the world was com ing to an end. Dr. Zaehariai Piper, of Col mar, tirt ppreatt thin tliftagrt-vahle news; it wa mjio ken of in thrAaweJcanracr, in the I'trrct CArja fiaa, and in fifty other journals. Zatharias liK-rhad calculated that a romet would descend from the nkie on Shrove Tues day, having a tail formed of hoiliuj venter, one lnuidriHl and fit e million mil en in length, melt the hnoiv on the highest tnountaiut wither th tree, and Imni up tverjlMMly. A learned man named l'opinot had -written from Taris to nay, that there, was no doubt the romet would come, lint that its tail rronld m eoutiKMed of Mich light vajHirt as to causa no one the lcat inconvenience; that ieopIe might go uu quietly with their bnstnesa ; that he would anawer for evcrj thing. This assurance allayed much alarm. Hut unfortunately, there lived at Huuebourg, iuthe liftle street of the Tlire Jug7 an old wool-Kpinner named laria Finck. Mie la a lit tle. )alrt withered uld woman, coerI with wrinkle-, whom jKsiple go and con ku It on the most delicate and imjHirtant aflairaof life. She lives iu a low room, the ceiling of which it deco rated with painted eggs, rl and blue stripes, gilded nuts, and a thousand other fanciful ol JectH. She tlreasei herself up in old finery, and lire on ecAaadc, which two things give her great authority iuthe neighliorhood. Maria Kinck, iuntead of appn ing of good M. Iopiuot,N ojiin-. ion, declaretl herself to be on the side of Zatha rias riper, and kept saying: "Ilecoinerted and pray; rejM-nt of your iu and give to the church, for the end of the world if at haiyl the -mi iat IiamlP At the furthest end of her room wan a picture of hell, to which people were going down by a )tath all fwiwn with roM. Xone of them iweined to have a suspicion about the place to which this road wan leading them; they were dancing along, Rome with bottle in their hands, some with hams, other with at rings of sausages. A -workman, with ribbons flying front his hat, was jdaytng the clarionet, to amuse them on their Tvay. Sune were kissing their partners, aud all 1hcte poor wretches were heedley approach ing the pit full of flames, into which already the foremost were falling, their arms extended, and I heir legs iu the air. So most of the people of Hunebourg agreed that they would have no carnival, hut speud Shrove Tuesday in at is of repentance. Never had such a thing lrtt heard ofrhefore. The Ad jutant anil Captain, as well as the non-commi-hioned officers in the gam-ton at llnnebonrg, were quite in despair. All the preparations fur the fete the decorations of the great hall of the mayoralty, with moss and trophies of arms; the stage raised for the orchestra; the beer, liA, and birJto:t ordered for refreshments in short, all their arrangements were t lie of no use, since the young ladies of the town would no longer hear a word about dancing. But with all this, tlmw uwwt distressed and disappointed were Dauiel Spitz, the Secretary of the Mayor; Jerome Itcrtha, the postmaster's son; Dorjardin, the tax collector; aud I. A week Itefore, we had gone to Strasbourg on pur pose tt buy ourselves fancy costumes. Cncle Tobias had given me fifty francs out of his own pocket, so that I need spare nothing. I, there fore, had chosen for myself, at Mademoiselle J)ardenals the crstumeof a clown. This con sists of a kind of shirt, with wide folds and long sleeves, trimmed with onion-shaped buttons as Itig as one's fiat, which are set so cIon from the throat down to the knees, as to rattle against ach other. A little black skull-cap is to be worn on the head, and the fare whitened with Hour. Provided one had along nose, and deep, sunken eyes, the e fleet is admirable. Dnrjardin, because of his fat paunch, had chosen a Turkish costume, embroidered up all the seams; Spitz, the dress of 1'iincli. made of a thousand pieces of red, green, and yellow stuff as hump in front, one behind, and a great gen Urme s hat, to lie worn on the back of Ids head; nothing could lie better. Jerome Ilertha was to lie a savage, and was tobat a plume of parrot's feathers. We felt sure beforehand, that all the voung girls would leave the soldiers to hae us as their partners. And after having spent all this money, was it not enensh to set one a-minst the whole hnman race, to see everything goto the deuce, all through the stnpidity of an old mad woman, or of Zacharias I'l'ier " At last Shrove Tuesilay arrived: the sky was lieavy with snow. One looked right and left, tip and down n comet was t be eeen. The girls aU seemed lie wildered. Otfran the young lellows to the houses of their cousins, aunts, and godmothers, saying. Yon see now that old mother Kinck is mad, and that there's no en whatever in yonr notions alout the comet. 1 comets ever come in the winter? Itathey not nlways chww the vintage timet Well, well, you mut now decide there's still time, etc. Tbe soldiers, en their side, went into the kitchens, and talked. to the maid-servants, ex horting them, and loading them with reproach es. Many people began to pluck up courage. The old men and women went arm in arm to see the decorations of tbe great hall of the mayoral ty; the stars made sabres, and the little tricol ored flags between the windows excited nuircr ail admiration. Then people's minds began to change; they remembered that it was Mtnne Tuesday. Suddenly all the young ladies made haste to get their smart petticoats out of their cupboards, and to wax their shoes. By ten o'clock, the great.ball of the mayoralty was fnll of people; we bad carried the day; there was not a single girl in Huneltourg who did not answer to the calk The clarionets, the tromboties, the big drums, resounded; the lights sparkled in the windows, the country dances weni merrily; thewaltzers whirled around mad ly; the vunug men and girls were in a state of wild enjoyment; the old grandmothers, seated against the walls, were laughing heartily. At the refreshment counters, people were shoving each other about ; the drinks could not lie furn ished quick enough, and father Zimmerman, who had a contract for the supply, might boast of feathering his nest well that night. Those who had taken rather toomnch, legan to stumble down the staircase. The snow kept constantly falling. Uncle Tobias bad given me the house key, so that I might go borne when I liked. Till two o'clock, I did not miss a single altz,but by that time I had had enough; tbe Kfreshinents were getting into niv held. I started on my way for tbe street Saint Sylvester, fr"1 ,V , "K iar w' ami reasoning witn EK? ? t--iluyi talked on in this way tarn h.rru W ,bTf'n uTX", nJ1 ".u",l I " Jt Boincta almost knocked me down ; I felt my hair al ready shriveling up, and I said to myself: "It is the comet! Zacharias Piper was right V And, without knowing what I was doing, I ran to the mayoralty, climbed up the stairs, upsetting those who were coming down, and cried out in a terrified voice: "The comet! the comet f The dance was at its merriest; the big drum was thundering; the young fellows were stamp ing their feet ; the girls looked as red as flop pies ; but when my oice was heard in the room, crying: The comet I the cometr there was a pre found silence, and every one turned pale. Sergeant Dnchene, dartiug toward the door, seized hold of me, put his hand over my mouth, and said: "Are yoa madf Hold yonr tongue, will yon V lint I, staggering backwards, kept repeating. in a tone of despair: The comet! tbe conietP Immediately a thundering of foot-steps wa to lie heard down the staircase; every one rushed out, the women groaning indeed the uproar was fearful. In a few minutes the room was quite empty. Dnchene left me, and, lieing ex hausted, I leaned'on a window sill, and watch ed tbe people running up the street; thenl went off. ton, mad with despair. On the steps outside, a numlier of people were seated, and were conversing to each other. One said: "I have been a uhnrcr;" another, I have used false" weights;" auother, "I have cheated at cards." They were all talking together, and from time to time they interrupted themselvea to err for mercy. Amonir them I recoenized the old baker, Fevre, and Mother I-atiritz; they were striking their breasts, and looking erfrct ly miserable. Hut I did not pay much attention to all these ; things, for I had sins enough of my own to think 01. I soon caught up to thoe who were running to the fountain. There it was terrible Indeed, to hear the groanings. Kvery one saw immedi ately that it was really n comet: and as fur me, I thought that it had already doubled in size. It seemed to lie darting ont lightniugs, and the profound blackness of the night made it apiear as red as blood. Tbe crowd kwpt repeating, in a voice of lamentation : "It is finished! it is finished! we are lost!" The women called on Saint Joseph, Saint Christopher, Saint Nicholas in short, all the saints in the calendar. At this moment, every siu Iliad ever committed seemed to cornel fore my mind, and I felt a horror of myself. I trembled from head to foet, as I thought that we were now going to lie burnt. On his crutch es, close by uie, was the old leggar, Italthazar. "When you are are in heaven, joit will remem ber me will 3 ou not P I said to him. He replied, sobbing: "I am a great sinner my self, Monsieur Christian; I have lieen deceiving the parish for these thirty years, from the loe of idleness, for I am not as lame as you think." "And as for me, Balthazar," I went on, "I am the greatest criminal in Iluneboiirg We were almost weeping in each other's arras. We had all len on onr knreti there for a itnar terof an hour, when Sergeaut Dnchene arrived, quite out of breath. He had run first to the ar senal, and seeinguothtng down there, canto back by the street of the Capuchins. Well, said he, "what made you cry out I ' Then, jiercciving the comet: "Thunder alive" exclaimed he, "w list is that V "It is the cud of the world, Sergeant," said Halthazar. Dncheiio drew his sabre, aud gliding against the, wall, exclaimed: "Forward! What do I care for it? 111 recon noitre. Kvery one admired his courage; as for me, I was quite carried away by his audacity, aud de termed to follow him. Wn went along slowly, staring at the comet, which ketit increasing is- iblyin size,asifi.t wemtnuelling millionsnf nines every second. At last we arrived at the comer of tbe old convent of the Capnthins. The comet now ai peared to mount up; the more we advanced the more it mounted; we wereobliged torsi- our heads; at last Dnchene bad quite to lend his neck backward and look atia'ght up into the air. I was a few steps further oif, and wn look ing at the comet a little sideways. I was con sidering within myself if it were prudent to go any further, when suddenly the Sergeant s ots ped. and said in a low voice: "Good heavens! it is a street lantern!'' "ThelaDtern! I exclaimed, running forward; "can it Ie sot" I looked up, quite wonderstruck. It was in deed the old lantern of the Capuchin Con, cut. It is not usually lit, liecanse there have lieeu no monks there since 1CH, and Wcause the- jiihabi tants of Huuebourg generally go to lied with the cocks and hens; but on this night, the watchmen, Iturrhus, forseeing that there would lie a good many tipy eople aliout, Ik fore h w ent to bed himself charitably t bought he would put a caudle in the uld lantern, so as t pre, cut eople from tumbling into the ditch, which goea along bj the old cloisters. We could now clear ly distinguish the lantern lotwien the branches of the trees. The snuff of the candle was as thick as one's thumb, aud when there was a lit tle gust of wind, the snuff caught tin, aud threw out, as it were, flashes of lightning, and this was what seemed to move forwaid like a comet. When I aaw all this, I was just going to call out to let the rest of the people know, when the sergeant sMpped me, saying: "Hold your tonge! If it were known that we had made a charge at a lantern, we should Ik finely laughed at. Listen to me. Attention!" He unhooked the rusty chain; the lantern fell, making a tremendous noise. After this, off we ran. The next morning, there was a report that tho comet had been distinguished through the prayersof Maria Kind.; m, from that day she was looked on e en as more of a saint than lc fore. THE DEATH OF MR. JAMES. BUI .fya Docs the Oallnw t'p in Gatd Mb ape. Wc ate unco more pained to aunouuee the death of Hon. Jease James. We speak of him as Hon. Jesse James because it is possible be may not be dead jet, and we should not desire anv personalities raked up in case he should be still at large. The regular semi-annual death of Jesse James has been a cau for national sorrow for some time. His obituary has leen written secnor eight times, by tha faltering hand that pens these lines, and we are still young. Death has marked Mr. James for its own a good many times, nnd now he has again leeu butchered, to make a Missouri holiday. The soil from Maine to California, has been drench ed with his gore, and the green grass waves above his ashes, in eery portion of onr great laud. No man has erishetl from the fact of the earth so ubiqnitiously as Mr. James, and no American citizen has yielded up his young life under such varied and iecnliar circumstances. Lay him down where the bobolink blossoms on the sweet potato l ins, aud plant him in the valley where the pecan waves. Horn of humble and obscure a rents, be rapid ly rose to the proud eminence of America's lead ing thief and murderer. When death marled him for his victim the last time, ho was as prom inent a man as Henry Ward Itcecheror Itov-oe Conkling. His geiiins took a different shoot, it is true, but he won a name as a plnnderer which throws -the proud achievements of onr modern bank cashiers back into cold and clammy obliv ion. iVath has once more stilled the pntse of a man who, were it uot for his little eccentricities as a human butcher and fraud larceny counois- l seur, would have made au elegant humorist or statesman. Had he been less an enthusiast, and less radi cal as a murderer, he might have shone ia the beat society. Had he pleaded emotional insan ity the first time he got np a surprise funeral, instead of making an outlaw of himself, he might now be alive, loved aud respected. lint he was ignoraut of the law, and thought that when a mau murdered all the first-class passen gers on a train, he would be dealt harshly with and ostracised. That is where he committed a grave error. He went on front bad to worse, and bst all respect for himself. Yellow fever and the James boys have been a great scourge to this couutry. The mortality from these combined diseases has been frightful. Now that Jesse is dead ouce more, we feci hope ful that the country can be populated without serious delay. Heretofore it has been an ni-hill job, and snch men as Dr. Haywood have felt at times as thongh they would sink down with dis couragement. Hut now there is hope again. The jellsw fever is snMncd. aud Jesse Jsmes aais reclines on his bier. The census should show a rapid advance in the next livs yean, and boom in a way that will make other nations sick. JUII Aye Iloeateratg. Henry Clay and Whist. Henry Clay's favorite recreation for many years was a gams of whit, to which at one time lie was passionately addieted, not for the stakes tmt for the distraction and excitement of the game. Mr. Winthmp says that there is a tradi tion that wheuCIay was tisitinglloaUm in 1?1, and lodging at the old Exchange coffee house, on Congress Street, a servant rushed into the parlor where he was at the whiat table with a few nentlemen of the old school, and announced that the hotel was on fire. "Oh, there will be time enongh, I think, said Mr. Clav, "to fin ish oar game; aud finish it they did 'before the hotel burned down. A similar tradition was current in Washington, at a later period, that, while Mr. Clay was Speaker, he and his friends had spent a whole night at cants, and were still going on with tbeir game, when tbe Lonr was close at hand for the opening of the morning session of Congress. "Wait a few xmnutsa, gen tlemen, said Mr. Clay, "and ITI wash my hands and face, and run down to the House and call John Taylor to the chair, and then I will come back, aud we will have another rubber. .V. 3. Trioasc. -Ta CincinnaMan is on hand when there's a one-cent subscription paper (names to be pub lished) going around, but he is too good to pay Tula grain gambling debts. This it why Chicago mourns. Cearfrr JounaJ, Ipftrilancmtf. APBH. PAY. The fulowlfl poem, says tbe Huston Tntucript. U fe taiiiwtojvrsotia between ibeaxeaoffortT and aixty.aait was in "The American First Bunk. compiled by K. John Pierpout. wblrb waathefaTerile reader In bifb and ejatn mar scboUsfroml-tato laOO. The writer of tba pwem u not known. It originally appeared in JOarlw $ 3ta$a row, in liet hi a review of a volume of poetry by the au thor of "Ellen Fitiarthnr." Wo start It aain on its tea. els, commending tbe piece to all lor era of beastif id poetry. J AM day the low banc r loads hare dropt Their carnenl faUneM dawn -. All dsy that suit, gray mist hatb wrapt Hill, valley, cruTaand Uiwb. There has not been a sound to-day. To break tbe calm of nature ; Xor Motion. I might almost say. Of life, or liviecrtature; Of wiTtae bough, or warbling bird. Or cattle faintlv biw in; I could bare balfbetieTed I heard Tbe leaiea and blossoms growing. I sUMtd to bear I lure it well Tbe rain's eontiaaooa sound ; Small drops, bat thick and fast they fell, Down straight into tbe ground j Fur leafy thMkneea is not yet EartU a naked breast to screen. Though eTery dripping bra b is set With shouts of tender green. Sura, sine I lucked, at early morn. Those bonersurhle buds liars awt-IIed t double growth ; that tborn Hatb pat forth larger studs. That hlac'a cleaving -vaes bare burst, 1 be niUk-wbite fluwrrs revealing; Even now, ntwin my rnen first Metblnks tbeir swreta are stealing. Tbe very earth, tbe steamy air. Is all with frarrance nfe' Ami grace and brant v every w hero Are dashing into life. Down, down 1 hey come tints fruitful storss! Thane earth nJiciD; drops ! A momentary deluge pours. Then tbms, decreajM-a, stops. And ere tbe diaipWa on the stream Have circled out of eight, Lo! from tbe West a parting gleam Hreaks forth of amber hght. PLANETS IK APKIL. Saturn is evening star, and deserves a high position on the list during the mouth, as it is his last apiearance among his jieers. He is rap idly approaching conjunction with tho sun, and will In; so near him at the close of the month, that he will fade into invisibility, setting only alMMit ten minutes later than the sun. This planet closes his present course) as eeningstar with a charming farewell exhibition. It comes off in the early evening hours of the 19th, when he is in conjunction with Venus, who is just emerging from her seclusion in the sun's all powerful rays. The meet ingoftwnof the larger planets is always au interesting event, but in this ca-se a little flight of the imagination may endow the planets with a kind of consciousness, as if the most magnificent member of the plan etary brotherhood, as he made his exit from tho evening sky, paused to congratulate the fairest of thn stars ou the grand event of the transit, which is to close her present career of evening star, aud vastly increase her importance in the eyes of terrestrial observers. The conjunction, or nearest jMiiut of approach, occurs at 1! o'clock, on the afternoon of the UMii, Saturn passing nearly two degree south of Venus. If tlw weather lie fatnrable, the two planets will make a lovely picture on the twilight sky. Saturn sets, ou that evening, aliout a iptarter lwfore rUiMock, Venus five minutes later, and both planets about an hour after sunset. At tli time of tho conjunction, Saturn must be looked for about t wo and three-quarters degrees, and Venus about four and a half degrees north of the sun set i mint. Iloth planets are one hour, or fifteen degrees, east of the sun. An ojera-glas, a spy glass, or a small telescotie, will greatly aid the nn practiced observer in picking up the planets, for they are too near the sun, and too far from the earth to be wen, under the most favorable conditions, as to size nnd lustre. Saturn passes the meridian now about ii o'clock; at the clo.se of the mouth, aliout eighteen minutes after noon day. He sets at a quarter before U o'clock; at the end of the month, he sets at eight minutes after 7 o'clock. Neptune is evening star, and draws nearer to Saturn as they travel on the same path to con junction, passing the meridian now eleven min utes after him, while ou the last day of tho month there is only four minutes difference iu the time of transit. It would seem as if the farther off tbe planets were, the longer would be the synodic period. Hut the reverse proves to lie the case, and it must be rt-mcmliered that in all observations of the planets, tho earth is constantly moving and complicating tho pro cess. Tho three important asjiects of the suieri or or outer planets, iuclnding Mars and the four giants of the system, are conjunction, opposi tion, and quadrature. Xeptuue, the most dis tant planet, requires the shortest time to com plete a synodic revolution, or pass from conjunc tion ronud to conjunction again. Neptune seems to complete the whole circuit of the heavens in about three hundred and sixty-seven days, so luat HIt easy to keep the run of his conjunction, thai of the present year occurring two days later than that of last year, and so on. His apparent movement among the stars Is ery different from his real movement round the sun, for it takes him one hundred aud sixtv-fie years to complete a single revolution. As lie was not discovered till 140, he has completed only about one-fifth of his course since he became a known memler of the system. On the tilst, Neptune and Venus are iu conjunction, Neptune lieing aliout a degree and a half south of Venus. The conjunction can not lo seen, as the far away plauet is never visible to tho unaided eye, and is too distant, at present, to be favorably si tna ted for telescopic observation. The event is chiefly interesting as a proof that Saturn and Neptnne are apparently very near each other, Venus passing the former on the 19th, and the latter ou the 21st. Neptune now sets a few min utes after 11 o'clock ; at the close of the mouth, he sets at a quarter after 7 o'clock. Jupiter is evening star, and the third on the list of planets clustering near tho sun, though he stands first in brilliancy among his brother planets. He is travelling northward more rap idly than Saturn and Neptune, aud seems to lag behind them, passing the meridian more than an hour later, at the end of the month. He will continue to lie a Iieautiful object in the April sky, shining without a rival in the west, with some of the most Iieautiful constellation, clus ters and stars in the heavens to War him com pany. The Pleiades, the snjierb Orion, the glowing Siriiis are his attendants on the south west; Castor and Pollux, and the dimly-shining Clanet Mars hang aliore him ; Procyoti and Aide arati are not far away. On the whole glitter ing concave, no more eligible locality could be choMcn than the one where the Irince of Planets holds his court. During the fall and winter, Jupiter has been admirably situated, not only to marshal the starry hosts, but also to show his superiority in color and size over the bright stars in his vicinity. Nearly twelve years must pass before be sweeps ronud to the same position again among the stars, and twenty years must complete their slow circuit before Jupiter and Satnrn again pass each other, on the celestial road. Jupiter sets, on the first of the month, at 10 o'clock; at the end of the month, he sets aliout twenty minutes before 9 o'clock. Mars is evening star, and follows Jupiter, le ingthd fourth planet travelling towards con junction. He appears to travel more slowly than bis brother planets, tne iernM or ins synodic revolution greatly exceeding theirs. It takes him alont seven hundred and eighty days to move from conjunction to conjunction again. The earth, therefore, make two revolutions round the sun, and then requires fifty days more to bring her to the point where she will lie in a straight line with the sun and Mars. Two years and two months must be added for subsequent conjunctions or opposition, anil in this way the planet may lie easily identified. There is but one event of interest on the record of Mars dur ing the month. He reaches his qnadrature with the suu on the 1st. This is the half-way lions lietween opposition and conjunction, being nine ty degrees, or a quarter of a circle, from each of these mints. At quadrature, ho is on the merid ian abont G o'clock, and w ill therefore have com menced his descent to the west before it is dark enough for him to become visible. He is in the sign Cancer, and not very far from Castor and Pollux. Mars sets now a few minutes liefure two o'clock in tbe morning; at the end of the month, at a quarter before one o'clock. Uranus is evening star, and the fifth and last on the list of planets moviug tqwards conjunc tion. He still retains his interest for observers, as an object of telescopic and naked-eye re search, for he has just passed perihelion, and has not yet advanced very far from opposition. Those observers who have access to star maps or charts can mark his position, and then find the corresponding place among the stars. It is necessary to know his right ascension and declination to find his place on the map, for these, in matters celestial, are as important as latitude and longitude in matters terrestrial. On the 1st, his right ascension is 11 h. 17m., and his declination C iS north. He will be found as a little star of the sixth magnitude, in the const ellatieri Leo, west of Itegulca, and abont the same distance south-east of Dcnebola, the two brightest stars of the constellation. A tele scope will quickly prove his existence to the ob server, for he immediately develops a disc of a sea-green tint, and is a beautiful object when thus brought to view. His position changes slightly during the month. Uranus sets now a few minutes before 5 o'clock in the morning; at tha end of the menth, he sets about 3 o'clock. Mercury is morning star, and worthy of no tice for little else except the fact that he is the sole representative or the solar family in tbe morning sky, for he is too near the son to be visible during the month, excepting, perhaps, on the first few days. He, like Venus, is an in ferior or inner planet, and his chief aspect are superior and inferior conjunction, and eastern and western elongation. His synodic iieriod Is one hundred and fifteen days, aud in this short time he passes through his many phases. He is moving from his western elongation to hU su perior conjunction, when he will pass to the eastern side of the tan, and become CTenlng star. He rises now about 5 o'clock ; at the end of the mouth, he rises nearly at the same time. Venns is evening star, and thongh we place her last on the list, she far transcends in pres ent Importance every member of the planetary family. The other plauets are all travelling from the earth and clustering near the suu, while she alone is emerging from his rays and approaching the earth at a pace that will soon make her the most beautiful star in the heav ens. She U moving or oscillating in a straight line eastward from the sun, which she will con tinue to do until she reaches her greatest eastern elongatiou, iu September. Any observer can verify her course. ue is now a small, tmiuani star, to Ik: looked for soon after sunset, aud a)ont four aud a half degrees north of the sun set point, and an hour, or fifteen degrees, east of the suu. Every evening she will be seen a little longer above the horizon, and a little farther eastward of the sun. She commences this month a succession of conjunctions with the other planets, which will charmingly diver sify her progress, fur as she is moving eastward, aud five other planets are moving westward, she must pass near them on her path. Ou the 19th she is in conjunction with Satnrn, and ou the 21st with Neptune. . We have already called attention to these conjunctions. Venu acts now a feve minutes after 7 o'clock; attheclooof the month, she sets about a quarter after eVp'cIock. The "April moon fulls on the 4th. She holds the most honorable position on the yearly list, being the first full moon that occurs after the vernal eqniuox, aud thus determining the time when Easter Suuday shall fall, aud ruling con sequently the movable fasts and feast of the church. The ucw moon, ou the 17th. com meaces her cotino with a brilliant record. Ou the Irth, one day after her change, she is iu con junction with three planets, Venus. Saturn and Neptnne, on the same evening. It is ditEcult to we so yong a moon, for the crescent is but a slender thread. Put it is possible; if the even i3g be exceptionally clear, the crescent will Is found alxiut two degrees north of Venus, and three and a half degrees north of Saturn. The most Iieautiful exhibition of the month, aud one that will be plainly visible, will occur on the 19th, when the two-days old crescent will be very near Jupiter, passing forty miuutesofa degree north of him. Moon and planet will be als-ive the horizon till after 9 o'clock, aud the celestial picture will lie fair to see. A season of planetary activity, after a long lull, is commencing. Conjunctions of plauets with each other, with the sun aud with the moou, will now be frequent on the dial plate that marks the restless movements of the sun and his family of worlds. The moon rauks first among the actors ou the April sky, for she pays her respects to three planets, Venus, Saturn and Neptune, on the samo evening, and will charm every beholder as she hangs her bright crescent near the brighter Jupiter ou another occasion. Venns couitueuces her charming role by passing near Saturn and Neptnne. Saturn, "iScptune aud Jupiter cluster closely near the sun, and six planets play the role of eveniug stars. Uut tho noteworthy feature of the month is the grand combination of planet in the sign Taurus, for Jupiter, Saturn, Neptnne, Venus, and the moon, are all found there together during a portion of Tiienmntn. lue meeting or so many celestial dignitaries foreshadows events of unusual inter est, and students of the heavens will not lack employment, if they follow the track of theso wanderers among the stars. rrvrtdemrr JvMrmtl, 1 a i a i a , , . THE OLD STORY OF FORT MEIGS. Lexixutox, Kv.. October 23, Il. To the Editor of the Commercial; As the siege of Fort Meigs was in Ohio during the war of It?!, I send ouaery iuterestiug old letter giving a full account of tbe siege, and the death of Colonel William Dudley, a ho had command of a Kentucky Kegiment finder Oeii eral Oreen Clay, father of C. M. Clay. The letter was written by Felix Foster, a soldier who was from Clark County, Kentucky. Dur ing the slimmer of IrtTi, I found it at the house of Ilenj. IVttite, of this County. I wish you t give it a pLicc in your columns. Truly your friend, Sam'L M. Dcxcax. FoktMejgsi, Mayfi, 1313. My Dear TJxclk: I write to inform you and alt my friends iu Clark that we whipped h 1 out of tho Jlritish and Indians on yesterday. Fort Meigs, as I told you in a former letter, is situated on the sontb-cait side of the Miami, and at the foot of the rapids of thnt stream. It it a rough, octagonal iticlosirre. Villi ?jhi or nine mocK-nouse picketed with timber ami com pletely surrounded by ditches, aud to garrison uncli a place required almut 2,0 men. It was commence! on the 1st of February, by General Harrison. The snow was deep upou the ground, and the weather extremely cold, and although most of us were raw recruits, and unaccustomed to such severe exposure, we went to wsrk with zeal and activity, and we noou comnletcd the stockade. Hut I have only time to tell 3011 f inengni. tin me uignt 01 tne ir-tn of April, the llritish and Iadtans commenced the bom bardment of our camp from the high bank of luomcr, un uieiu wt opeueu uiion mem from the fort, which, to somn extent, checked the progress of the work. On the morning of tne .hi tne enemy, tintier a Heavy ami somewhat fatal fire from the gnns of tho fort, raised and adjusted their cannon; at the same time their Indian allies crossed oer to the south-eastern side of the river. Ou the morning of the 1st of May the enemy's batteries were -preparing to bombard our whole encampment. Hy this time, and through the energy ot our brate General, we had finished a grand traverse or wall ten feet high, on the most elevated ground, through the middle of the cam 11, calculated to deceive as well as ward off the sunt of the enemy's guns. General Harrison, in erson, came among 11s and gave orders for all the tents in front to lw instantly removed to the rear, which was effect ed in a few minutes, and the prospect of can nonading our lines, which but a moment before had excited the skill of our eueiny, was now entirely lied, and in its place nothing was to lie seen but an immense pile of earth and brush wood, which completely hid our whole force from the euemy. The enemy commenced firing, and continued all day, and even until 10 o'clock in the night. We at the same time gave them a terrible) lire from two eight ecu -pounders. On the 4th, the enemy's fire was renewed, but to little purpose. Late at night, onr brave Major Trimble and Captain Ollviu, with great peril to themselves, reached the fort in a skiff, with news that 1,00(1 Kentnckians under General Green Clay would would arrive by davlight on the river. On yesterday, the fth,our" General immediately devised the plan of raising the siege, which you will learn before this reach es yon. An express was sent off with instruc tions to General Clay that he should land 50U men 011 the north side of the river, who were to attack and destroy tho batteries of the euemy on that side, and then return to their boat and cross over to the fort. The remainder of the Kentnckians were to land on the south side of the river, and fight their ways back to the fort through the Indians. It was no doubt the de sign of General Harrison, while the troops on the north side of the river were attacking the , cannon of the enemy, and those on the south were fighting their way to the fort, to send out a detachment to destroy the batteries on the south side of the river. The brave Colonel Wil liam Dudley, who was too brave, landed with 0J men at the jwint designated, aud immedi ately attacked the enemy's batteries in three columns, he leading the right, aud Major Shel by, annther brave man, leading the left. After inarching abont half way to the batteries we were ordered to advance in a run, until our rear was cleared. In the execution, the brave Major Shelby discovered some Indians iu the bushes, who were fired upon by the little connuaud, led by Captain Leslie Combs, nf Lexington, and Galbreth; Colonel Dudley believing his left col umn to be hotly engaged, marched with two Mhcr companies to its support; the rapidity with which onr heroic Shelby advanced in exe cution of the order, brought us to the battery, where we remained until the enemy, who were eating breakfast, with their arms stacked, ral lied and drove us away. The enemy got their first information of our approach from the fire between Captain Combs aud tbe Indians, and the loud hallooing of our men npon the sight of the red-coaled devils and their Indian allies. The brave Colonel Dudley was killed, and about two hundred of his men got over the river safe ly to the fort. The Indians attacked with great fury Colonel Bos well, who charged them with the bayonet, and drove the yellow scoundrels into the woods. We lost a great many brave officers; Captain McColloch was killed, also Colonel Dndley. The British demanded our surrender, bnt of course this was declined; we were victorious, but it had cost us dearly. Tri vatc Benjamin Barnes we found near the river, dead, and his scalp taken. I write in the midst of many interruptions. , I hope you will look er t he hnrry in which I write, en tho head of an old barrel. Truly your friend, Feux Forrxit. A LEVEiHcADcn Meiucal Kxpekt. The following, in a murder trial at Newark. N. J., bow a medical expert with a level head: Graves defence before the Court was insanity. Dr. William O'Gonuan, a leading physician of Newark, testified that, in his opinion, tbe pris onor was of sound mind. Abncr Kaliach, Graves lawyer, asked : "Do yon believe in insanity at alL Doctor V "Not, said Dr. O'Gartnan, "in the insanity that begins when a man baa his- finger on the trigger, and ends when he has shot his victim." Some of Sherman soldiers, in their march through Georgia, took General Kobin son's pocket-book, but overlooked a twenty-dollar gold piece, which he stooped and stuck into the ground in his garden. He mbsennently had tho site dug over to recover the coin, but failed. Only a month ago it was found at last, near the spot where it had been buried seventeen years. Sf-EAKixa of the Jackson revival, who Is to wear the old genilctnan'a boots t If it U to be one of our Northern Democratic friends, there must be tome tall growing done betwixt this and 18S4. AtUnU CentHUtiom. HARRY CLAY. What, hot U aI onr Ship of State, I hrar no more the voice late With Tr'reedom'a mission, brave and high. On roughest wave, 'neatb darkest sky. Oat-ringing like a trnmnet blast. In peril's boor till danger psrd ' With Freedom's rubsra at the forei "Where stays onr Unluo'a Cocnuedre f What bo! tbe eye that witched the hand; That ket oar kt-el from rock and strand ; That never slumbered. wbQe the gale Ifeld roaring buffet with the sail t That aaw the waters, near and far; That marked tbe comnasa and the star; Why Hashes forth that eye no morel Where sisepa oar Untuo a Commodate t What, bo ! are tide and tempest dead I Are rocks but gray mbtta overhead I And danger, brace, a phantom form A shadow of the strand and storm That mariners laay pace the deck. And piloU sleep, imv dream of wreck 1 Is ucran calm from shore to shore I Else, where our Union a Commodore 1 What, ho! he stays, nor aleepe but rest. And marks bow well tbe stoat ship breasts Tbe surging waves, and bellowing skies. Si trim and taut, at length, the ittt. Obedient to ber helm and chart. Bearing rich freight from every mart; 1IU work complete the peril o'er lie rests our Union'a Commodore t What ho! bays hip, hip. Up. harrah! H ealth. honor, famo. to Harrv Clav I Who forty years tba deck baa trod, True to his country and bis tied ; jus rotura nailing to ine mat. Till surf, and storm, and rack are pat; lie nobly rests now tutl I o'er Uud bless oar I'nWn's Conituodere ! CLAY AND JACKSON. Crreepsdenr Telling ! TrTtiwrle ls KOeet Keesmellliallara II rt ween l hern Suspicions A fleet in a; Cml llww a MeasalUsjal II r prt Niirrcrf hp Old Hickory, .tear tbe Clo-e rilLMfc. Col. noberr, r. Dechcrt, of the Board of Mana gers of the uewly organized Cotumouwealtlt Club, has in his possession, as a portion of the correspondence of the lata Henry D. Gilpin, for Iircseutation to that organization, au autograph etter of Andrew Jackson and several others, in including one from Henry Clay, in relation to his intercourse with his great rival at a time when they were bitter political autagouists, and both struggling for the control of the couutry. Col. William Chambers, of St. Louis, but for merly of Louisville, Ky., addressed a letter, da ted March i, 144, to Gen. Jackson, in which he says: I have long since determined to Inform you of a fact in the secret history of the times gone by. It is this: In 131 I went from Washiuirtou Citv to Philadelphia, where I had a letter of recom mendation to Mr. Thomas Hulut, who then resid ed on Chestnut street. He informed me that when Mr. John C. Calhoun and his purtv iu South Carolina were organizing the militia in that State to resist the execution of the laws of the United States, his Hului) business 'called him to Kuglaud, when iu conversation with the British Minister, lie informed him that Mr. Cal houn and his party had a secret agent in Kug laud, negotiating with the Cabinet of St. James to send afiect to aid them iu their revolutionary movements, aim mat xney nan ueciineu engag ing iu it. You see, I have this fact direct from Mr. Hulm, who stated that he had it direct from the British Minister of that day, and if it lies fact, as I have no doubt it is it goes to show how far Mr. Calhoun's ambition would ha.e carried him; and I have no doubt it had its i nil 11 euce on the movements of the party. The Brit ish Minister might have replied to them that he had one war with you, and did not wish to liave another. 31 r. Hulm spoke of this fact in the presence of his family as oneof the imprudent movement of that rarty, aid enjoined no secre cy on me. Mr. Thomas Hulm was at that time esteemed one of the largest capitalists of Phila delphia. He has a large interest in the Louis ville Caual stock. I think he is still living and wealthy. Ho is an Englishman. OLT HICKOKV AITEILHOHK TACTS Gen. Jackson was evidently desirous of oli taiuing accurate information upon the subject, as the following letter, addressed to Amos Ken dall, of Washington, shows: llKRMtTA'.r:, April 2C, lMt. My Dear Sir: Iu my last, I advised you of a letter I had re csived from Col. William Chambers, formerly of Louisville, Ky., now of-St. Louis, Mo., disclosing the information Jie bad received from Mr. Hulm, ii f Philadelphia, relative to the iiullifier of'th M'titu Having sent a secret agent to ureal jin tain to obtain aid in carrying into effect their designs agaiust the Union. Since I wroto you I have not heard from Col. Chamliers, but reading again his letter, his object iu writing must have been to make known to me tho fact that I might ojitalu from Mr. Hulut, of Philadelphia, in wri ting, the fact as couiiuiiuicated to him. From my dcbilitit'd state, and not believing that 1 can remain much longer here lwlow, and be lieviDg that a tiiuo may arise when the fact as stated by Col. Chambers may be useful to our country, I have concluded to enclose to you, which 1 now do. Col. Chambers letter, that "yu. may, through Mr. Gilpin, obtain from Mr. Hulm a statement in writing of the fact as stated by Col. Chambers, and have Cot. Chambers letter and Mr. Hulm's statement filed with my papers for your use, if 3-011 think proper to use them at any time, or that they may bo used hereafter, should it become necessary hereafter to recur to the subject of nullification. Should this be the, case, the facts stated if verified by Mr. Hnlni, if living, may be of great importance to show the object of these nultifiers in their wicked plans to destroy the Uuion. Obtaining the statement of Mr. Hulm can do no harm, even if not use I in the history of those times now. It may be use ful to our country in after times, and through Mr. Gilpin, Mr, Hulm's statement verifying the fact as detailed by Col. Chamliers cau be ob tained. My health Is very bad, my affliction aud de bility increasing, aud unless a change for the better, I cannot hope to live long. My little household all unite with me in best wishes to you and your amiable family. Sinrerely your friend, Amirkw Jackso.v. Amos Kendall, Esq. 1. S. The people West will feel great solici tude for the annexation of Texas. This will de stroy Clay, even in Kentucky. Butler, I am as. siired, by the lest informed, will be elected by a large majority. Two-thirds of the Whigs iu Kentncky are in favor of annexation. Surely the Democracy will pass the tan ft bill now before it rises The foregoing letters reached Mr. Gilpin through C.J. Ingersull, who in sending them writes: WA-nixnTO.v, May S, Ml. Dear Slit: Mr. Kendall by note desiring me to consider the two letters herewith strictly cirufidcntial, aks me to send them to yon. I have always thunght it probable that Coop er and Tnmbull, perhaps others like them, were dealing with England, but I can hardly believe that Calhoun did. Weare on the eve of the greatest English cri sis this couutry has ever bad. Trnly yours, C. J. iNiJKItXlIJL. Among Mr. Gilpin's letters there is nothing to show that Col. Chambers'' statement was veri fied. CLAY AND JACKtvoN. Henry Clay's letter relative to Gen. Jackson was addressed to J. S. Johnston, at Washington, from Hancock, Jld., October 17, 1.7. It reads as follows: Dear Sir: Prior to my departure from the city I promised to give an account of my ac quaintance and personal intercourse with Gen. Jackson. Detained here by an indisposition, which I hope will be slight, I avail myself of the leisure which is thus a (lorded me to fulfill my promise. Before the year 1S15 1 did not personally know Gen. Jackson. My acquaintance with him was made in tbe fall of that year, at the city of Wash ington. We separated with favorable Impres sions towanl each other, and he promised to pass a week of the ensusug summer at my house in Kentucky. He was prevented from executing that intention, and wrote me a letter of regret on the occasion. again saw him in Washing ton during the session of Congress at which tbe debate on the Seminole war took place. He ar. rived iu the midst of the debate, and after I had pronounced, bnt before the publication of tha first speech which I delivered upon that subject. To evince that I was, not actuated by personal eumity towanl him in the oniuions and senti ments which I had expressed to tbe House of Representatives, I waived the ceremony of the first call, to which, as Speaker of the House, I was entitled, and visited him In the first in stance. My visit was not returned, and, unless it was at a distance, I have no recollection of again seeing Gen. Jackson during that session, nor until the summer of lilT. In that so turner Pnsidaut Monroe performed his Western tour, and he was attended in Kentncky by Gen. Jack son. When they were at Lexington, the place of my residence, I was absent on my return from Louisiana. They called, as I afterwards learnt, pu Mrs. CIsv, at my bouse, and partook of some little refreshmenU. I was compelled, fjom the low state of the river, to leave the steamboat at the mouth of the Cumberland, and to proceed thence by land to Lexington. On my way thith er, sitting one July morning at the door of a ta vern in the little Tillage of Lebanon, near Green River, in Kentucky, where I had breakfasted, the approach of General Jackson and his suite was announced. Ashe ascended the steps on which I was seated reading. I rose from my seat and sainted him in the most respectful manner. He hurried by me, slightly inclining his bead, and rapidly nttcring "How do you do, Or," en tered tli tavern. Some of his suits pauaed and converted with me some time, giving me the first intelligence I had received fur several weeks of my family. After remaining a short time at the door, I entered tho front room to get my hat and take something .to drink. There I perreU cd General Jackson sitting and reading a newspapor, from which he did sot appear to take his eye. After remaining In tho room a few minutes I left it, without speaking or being spo ken to liy the General, and reauntcd my Journey heme. A.V AMICABLE MEETING. I saw no more of General Jackson until the aesston In Congress of IM, the firt of the two sessions in which he served in the Senate. Ear ly in the session I was visited by the greater part of the Teenessee delgation'(all I think, but General Cocke and Mr. Eaton) in a body for the express purpose, as they state!, of produc ing a reconciliation between General Jackson ami myself. I gave them in snlistance the pre ceding account of my relations and intercourse with him. Tbey stated that when we met at Lebanon t bey had been in funned thatthe Gener al was lalmring under a complaint which ren- uereu necessary a quick: retirement. I remarkeu that tb opinions that I expressed iu the Semi nole debate were sincerely entertained both at that iieriod and at the present time, but that they were opinions relating altogether to pub lic affairs, and as they did uot then neither did they now appear to me to render it necessary that there should be any hostility Iwtween us. On my part there had been no such feeling; and, couseoueutlv. there was no obstacle with me to prevent a reiectfiil and courteous intercourse? I Iiey stated that such exactly was Uen. Jack sou's feeling, and that it was proposed that we should meet, and without adverting to tbapa&t exebauge friendly salutations aud be ou terms of amicable intercourse for tbe future. For the purpose of producing a meeting lietween us, the Tennessee delegation (all of whom except Mr. Eaton aud Gen. Jackson, I liclievc, boarded at Mrs. CI a 1 ton's, on Capitol Hill) gave a dinner, at which we both attended, shook bands anil sat at dinner together. I think Mr. Senator White (then a Commissioner under the Florida treaty) was also of the party. I retired early, and was followed to the door by Gen. Jackson and Mr. Eaton, aud as their carriage and mine were loth iu waiting they insisted that I should take a scat with them, which I did, and they set me down at my door. After this we mutually dined with each other at our rcspcrti. lodgings. Among others I recollect that the President of the United States and the Vice President were of the party at Gen. Jackson's. Early iu'the session of 1&U-5 Gen. Jackson called at my lodgings and left a visiting card. Shortly after I ret timed the visit, and I was nu tter the impression that I did not find hint at home, but as I hae leeii since told that I saw him at his lodgings, it is quite probable my iin-pres-sion was erroneous I saw but littleof Geu. Jackson during that session. I have no recol lection of meeting him any when- but at public places and ou public ccasioiis with the excep tion of the birthday dinner iriveti by theltusstau Minister (the iMth of December, lei I) in honor of the Emperor Alexander. A 41'KSTIOS OF 1XIEKXAL IUI'RoVEMILVT. It was ou that occasion that the only allusion occurred that ever was made within nay recollec tion, by me, to the approaching Presidential election, in presence 01 teu. Jackson, ami mat happened iu this way: A group of some six or seven gentleman, of whom General Jackson aud myself were tnor were standing aud conversing ou the subject of internal improvements, just lie fore dinner was announced, I obsened in the hearing of the company, but dircctiug myself principally tthe General, "If you should lo elected President, I hop- the cau so will flourish nnderyour administration." To which he an swered that it was a question merely of how much revenue could be appropriated to the ol-jec-t. It has leeti said, in a quarter not entitled to much resjM'ct. that prior to my departure from Kentucky, in NoemIier, 1"?JI, for Washington City, I addressed a letter to (Jen. Jackson, invi ting him to join me 111 the contemplated journey to tho metropolis I do not Udieve I wrote any such letter, but it is as Impossible as it is unim portant. I heard a few days Ik fore I left Lex ington that Geu. Jackson was to pass that way. We had lieen reconciled the preceding fall. It was therefore a matter of regret with me that my duties as Seaker, requiring puuctual atten dance, prevented my rcmaing at home to extend to Geu. Jackson that hospitality which I should have taken pleasure iu dispensing. Bnt, most certainly, there was nothing at that time iu the stateof "onr relations to prevent us from travel ing in company. At that time I certainly did not know the result of the Presidential electiou In the twenty-four States although 1 did uot doubt what it was iu my own State. There turns had not come in. Equally unfounded is the assertion, emanating from the same quarter, that I crossed Pennsyl vania Avenue to express to General Jackson my congratulation oiuevte he had obtained. Such, my dear sir, is a true aud faithful, if te dious narrative of the material incidents of my acquaintance and intercourse with Gen. Jack son. Your own desire to iossess It will. I hope. excuse the latter quality. I am as ever cordially your friend, 11. Cur. April Flowers. Livers of spring flowers says Mr. William Trimble, iu The AfsdVsf, will find this mouth mot of our species of violets in bloom. The most natural divioiou of the genus is into two parts or sub-genera, one including the stemles or aean Icsceut species, the other the leafy-stemmed or caulescent vpecies The common blue violet, Viola Cucullatta, illustrates the former, and the pansy, Viola tricolor, the latter. In the one case the flowers proceed from the axils of the leaves bnt tbe leaf insertions are so crow ded that both flowers and leaves seem to have tbeir origin at or lelow the surface of the soil, while in the other case there is a conspicu ous leafy stem also producing tbe flowers in the axils an frequently having inte modes over an inch iu length. The bird's-foot violet, V. iedat:i, aliouudson serpentine barrens aud elsewhere in sterile ground. It is acaulescent, has deeply cleft leaves and large showy fiowets, with much variation as to color, usually some shade ot blue, but occasionally white. Much more common, but often with the last occurs the arrow-leaved violet, V, sagittata. the lluwers of which are commonly of a rich purple. The ronnd-Ieavcd violet, V. rotundifolia, is acaulescent, has small, shining, pale-green leaves when In llower, which afterward lurrrase three or fourfold in size. Tho flowers are small, on short scapes, the petals yellow, marked with brown lines Bryant's beautiful little poem, 'The Yellow Violet has reference to this species and not to V. pubes cens a many supi-ose. The marsh marigold, Caltha Palustris, is one of the showy early flowers on account f Its large yellow sepals. It may lie found growing in moist low gronnds, or often in shallow slug gish streams. The spring ls-anty, Claytouia Vir ginica, furnishes some interesting points for 0I1 servation, such as time of opening, the regular position of the stamens thru and later, the) num ler of times it reoiensf and its misles of fertili zation. Some other flowers of this mouth are the wild ginger, Asartuu Cauadens; iiiiy wort, Obolaria Virgiuica; wind-tloner, Tbalic tnuii Anemonoides:vtral of the genus Katitiu cnlus; mouse-ear, Anteitaru Plantaginifolia; dog-teethed violet, Erythrouiuin America mini, and many more. c Recalling- Lincoln's Death. The following curious dispatches, never before printed, were sent by Mr. Stanton to the Hon. Edwards Pierrepont aliout a month after the as sassination of Mr. Lincoln. They are interes ting as evidence of a very different phase of rx ci tement in Washington at that time from any which has been caused by the attempts 011 the life of President Garfield: I. War Deaktmext. May 12, 1-Ci, KfcOT. r. m. To the Hon. Edwards PierrejMint, New York: I have written to-night to retain you and Cutting and Brady, or any one else you may desire to have associated with yon, to prosecute Horace Greeley and the owners of the Trihnme, for Gree ley's persistent efforts the last four weeks to in cite assassins to finish their work by murdering me. Please give the matter your immediate at tention on receiving the letter, and secure copies of all tbe Trioasfs printed since the night of the President murder, and get the names of the owners I propose to prosecute criminally and also by civil suit, for I shall not allow them to have me murdered and escape responsibility without a struggle for life on my part. Enwi.vM. Staxto.v. it. War Dxpartmext, May 13, &3D p. M. To the Hon. Edwards Pierrepont and the Hon. F. B. Cutting, New York: I have proof of express personal malice against roe by Greeley, ami be lieve I can establish a combination lwtween him and others which may end in accomplishing my death, as it didagaintsMr. Lincoln and Mr. Sew ard. This is my reason for distinguishing his case from others of general vituperation. Edwin M. Stanton1. The second telegram was sent in reply to one which contained au intimation that it might le at least indiscreet to make such an arrest as the one suggested by Mr. Stanton. A Time tor Old axi Yocxo to Tm.x. One reason given by a Democratic paper for "a change" is that tbe young men In the Hepubli can party take their political creed, like their chatechlsm, from the fathers and that a Demo cratic succession would make them examine Into the claims of iiarties There can be no doubt that, if the Democrats should cut cp as foolishly when they got Into power as they have acted most of tbe time tbey have' been out of power, tbe young men, and tho old ones, too. would be set to thinking. Whether this would accrue to tbe permanent advantage of the party that Is cow so anxious for a trial doea not appear to lie so clear. Hottom Herald. A Tramp Defixed. A male person over six teen years of ago (not a blind person), going about from place to place and asking or subsis ting on ehairity, or who is without ascertainable means of legitimate subsistence, shall be deemed a tramp. IVrssoaf LtgUUtgre. Thk deepest well in tbe world is at Buda Testh, Hnngary. It has a depth ef 300 feet over three-fifth of a mile. These are four grandchildren of General Brad dock, tba victim of tha historic defeat, Bring In Jefferson County Fla. HENRY CLAY. st LinguE is rxxrnrf. With Tolceaad mien of stem c-ntrI, lie stood aaM tbe crest and preoj. And words sf fire burst from hi soaL Like lizbtniozs fnra tbe tciupe-4cIood His htsb aad d-tbl-P themes were crowned With sbry of bis proies born; And (loom and mm darkle frown-!. 1 uti" ini ota uMia vi wrain ana s Hat be f tone tbe fire, the M4. The rhatum.a sf Tie OtatrVf rijbt j His beraiaz eye is dint ami robL And mat hi rolce t rociotis ntl-bt. Oh. do! sWmntc his tiniuralL Can startle t,rsat-a tfcrir thrwos Ab1 on tbe bssrts of Nta iaII, it ore awful ikan Ma htiu- tou.es! The hnpulee that bis spirit rate To human Th-m-M's wild, stnnuv sea. Will beare aut thrill thriKt-b evrry wits Ufthal'tireat llrep" rtrreaUy; AbJ tb allelrrliDf alOMwpbere. With wbieb is blent his breath of flame. Will atsitut witb CMl-tMe ili- aoJ rlmix. ItVSVtrm atsl calm. Lis vmVo ami name. Ilia word, tbat like a laxe-bhi-.t, Ent ran- aluo the (S ret tan shore, Ab1 er tbe boary Amirs pawiL, WW 4ill Ho; un fmetrt wore Orrat LiHertv will cstrh tbe S)nnK Atat start to newer, brighter IitV, Aavl eofBBion fnxn earth's Bttuust bound', -Her ehiblren to tbe glorious strife! Uonaubereil Mlrim o'er tbe ware, la tbe far aces yrt t l- Will fume W kavrl beIe bis raTe. Awl call him 'M.h--t of tbe Free'" Tls holier cnmuJ. that bly beil. la whirh bis noaltIrn; furra is laid. Than field m here Ulw-m bs hW J'-Uf ber brukra bstlb-bUJc. Wbwuvw, In Dsnnr s fearful boar. When all aruuml is wild and ilaik. Sbsllfnard. with olceand armor power. Oar Freedom's enase rated ark Witb fttrb ken beatts. II. i-J, to Thee. ltraealb wb"e frt the star are dust. We bow, ami aA tbat TbM wilt be. Through eiery ilL our stay ami trust HZNBY CLAY. Wcalwarth's RcTS..IerlUN-Fll of Charm iw A-arrsfalr. I-ong John Wentwiirth lectured in Chicago, recently, on the men he knew iu Cmiirrcis. ami said much that was interesting. We quote that part relating to Henry Clay, nhirh is Miigularly inin. uen, aim manning: I Merged with hint but one Cougrevi, but that ww almost a continuous one. the fir.t t-estiou extending to September 3, 1."J. And he died while I was out of Congrev, as al-i did Webster and lien ton. My opportunities f.r an intimate pepuuial acquaintance with Mr. Clay were great er than with thox of all the others, nit hough they cmered a shorter ln-riod of time. My room was near his, and I passed his parlor to reach it. 1 1t.1t at the same table, and often walked to and from the Capitol in hi company. Kvery one walked, in tho-e days. We had neither bone rars nor omnibuse. I can rememler of no one who kept a private carriage, except John Quin cy Adams, aud he had but one Imp. HKXUYCLAV Henry Clay was a great admirer of minds. Whilst either of the oiher three would erovtIie street to avoid mc, C lay would crovs the street to meet one. lie resided at the National Holrl, whilst the other three re-ided at private hou-nt. In his walks. Clay would ipiukeii or slacken his pace for company. He aeemetl .eroiiaIIy nc nnaiuted with almost every on-, and he took it fur granted that linot evtry one knew him. Seldom did any body of men route out iu the eeuing with a musical baud that Mr. Clay wis not serrnadetl, and lie was ready for a "short speech to aeud the nien hom-with a hurrah. I never knew men with a band of mu.ic to call for either of the others. The lalmrers of Wash ington were principally dacs, hired from Vir ginia and Maryland. Mr. Clay knew tho most of them, and would say: 'How is my old friend, yonr master, nnd his good lady ? Don't forget to "ho them my bent re-ranls. A c: oftentimes sending special messages, as if be had visited all I lie plantation in the region. He came over to the House of Kenrescntatives much nfteuer than all the others. When one of the others visited us. it was evident that he came for a siiecial purpose. Hut Clay seemed to come, on ceneral account, to nave a goon, social chat with such memWrs as he mijiht meet. The landlord at the National Hotel took great plea-air in exhih- iiiug 10 arrangers wnat ne callel Jlr. Clay's atorercwiu. in hi .cellar. JlnrulnuU mu hun dred tif his friends did not wem to enjoy any Inxnry, unless they could make him a partici pant. I used t. sts iM-ef, mutton, game, fruits, wines and liquors, and they did imt come in small quantities. The landlord at dinner would tell ir. Clay wli.it was coming from bis tore rootn, mid who cMit it. Clay would divide it up among thegue-ts, and tell what he knew- about the donor, and then dicoutc generally upon his obligation to bis friend, and his inability to comp.'iiate them. My firxt glat of Cincinnati chamiaguc came t me in this wav from Mr. Clay. The landlord said to Mr. Clay: Do yon know how fast your store-room isincreas ing upon you P Says Mr. Clay: "What is the most needing attention V Says the landtard: That champagne wine from Cincinnati has never lieen acknowledged. I thought you had better test it firt. ow, says Clay to Sen. ator John M. Itcrricii, of Georgia, who, as the senior United States Senator, sat next to him, "I am going to test your free-trade notion. This country, if possible, onght to produce all it consumes. My friend at Cincinnati has ex pended a great deal of money to tent the prac ticability of making thU country a wine-producing country. I want to know," if he fiinii.-h-e-s us with a moderately giHxl article, why he should not he 1m encouraged by his Government through the tariff, until the experiment of mak ing native wines as good as imported oiies shall lie fully tried." The wine arrived before th" answer was gitcit. He ordered it passed, not only to every one of his own table, but alio at the other table, with th Mentiment: Kti couragemeut to American Enterprise. Aa the wine was Wing drank, Mr. Clay became very animated In describing the undeveloped re sources of this country, aud iu urging men to relieve it from any dewndence upon foieigu countries. J'rrsoim'who had never heard Mr. Clay before, Wcame mi infatuated with Iim eaniestnesii and the-ebMUetice of his language, that they moved their chairs to him, and the crowd became no deiiKo around him tbat he atig gested an adjournment to the ladir parlor, where he held a levee for alxiut an hour, and no free-trader cared to mar the harmony nf tbe oe cannm. It was his general custom to enter the ; ladies parlor, directly after dinner, and pass I about an hour hi wieial conversation. These : occasions became quite celebrated aa the let means ol meeting jir. i;iay socially. In tins way did h daily exhibit the variety of his knowledge, the exnhcraiice of his imagination, the elegance of his conversation, and the grace fulness of his man tiers. Asstrangeia would Ihi introduced, the name of the residence would revive some associations of interest to Mr. Clay, ill on which lie would discourse. lie seemed to know something about almost every place in the country, and every prominent family. He had a remarkable faculty of withdrawing grace fully from his company, and yet not break it np. Oftentimes, b would patroni7ingly bring for ward some man, and say: ".Vow, ladies and gentlemen. I am going to leave yoti in the hands of my old friend, who is better capaph-of enter taining you than I am; and then he would tell something of interest cwuccrnir.g him, and with draw. Sometimes be would break out in a style like this: "What will th good jieopleof Kentncky say to my neglecting public business for such occasions aa thlsf I uinst go to tny work, and meet yon to-morrow. The newspa jiers will abusn me if they can have an opimrtn nity to say that I fell short in ruypublic duties. Then, with encomiums upon the j people of Ken tucky, for their long-continued confidence, lie would retire. When Iip tleeacd it neecsary to make an ar gumentative speech, "or what is generally called a set speech, he had his books piled into a car riage, and with hia servant went just over tbe Maryland line to the plantation of Hon. Charles 1L Calvert, and there remained in privacy until he was ready to addretM the Senate. Mr. Cal vert was one nf the wealthiest men and leading agriculturists in the State of Maryland. Mr. Clay's room was Uon the ground floor, npon the back side of the house, and opened upon a large portico, from which there was magnificent scenery, as attractive a place as a retired states man could desire, and the freedom nf the planta tion was his, with all its numerous servant, coming and going, arriving and returning, as he pleased. Mr. Clay's room there gives noto riety to the establishment to this day. Few strangers at Washington in the summertime fail to visit j t. It has ever been the obfect of tbe Proprietor to keen tbe room as he left it. There are his easy chair, dressinggown and si 1 pliers, um ma mx or argumentative apeeenea were not what gave him character. lie was not like Mr. Calhoun, when he made an nninter rupted speech In the Senate, nor like Webster In the Supreme Court room. It was for his forensic or disputative talents tbat be was dU tinguiabed above all other men. Although the Senate and tba galleries would always be filled when it was announced tbat Mr. Clay was to speak, yet It was' always with the expectation and hope that some one would interrupt him, and a grand Intellectual sparring exposition would take place. Of all men whom I ever heard, I never knew one who could endore so much interruption and discuss so many side issues, and yet finish hU speech with the entire facts and tbe entire line of argument marked ont In his mind from the beginning, as Mr. Clay. Could tbe enemies of Mr. Clay have formed a combination never to interrupt him, nor be interrupted by him, they would have deprived him of much ef his Senatorial gbiry. The liest speeches of Calhoun, Webster andiSen ton'were well considered, and read now much as when delivered. Nut so with Mr. Clay's best speeches. They were' unpremeditated, and aa much a surprise to himself to his audience. Short-hand reporting had not then reached Ita present condition. Thus, Clay must suffer, with posterity incapable of bearing tbe varietl in tonations of his ever-pleaing voice, or of seeing his gesticnlation-s his rising npon his toes, his stamp of the f.iot, his march down the aisles until hia long fingers would almost touch tho President's desk, and Ids R-ickward tread to his seat, all the while speaking: h'iadiake of tin head, his dangling hair, and his audience in the galleries rising and leaning over as if to catch every syllable. As an impromptu, cut-aud-thrust debater, always ready, never thrown front his guard, where is "touretpial ,.f Henry Clay It was In the role of a compromiser that he appeared to the greatest advantage, comlmtting the extremists of theXorjlh and tho extremists of the South, and the organization of the Terri torirs acquired by the Mexican war, when Con gress aat uninterruptedly from the first Monda of December, ld4'J, to September A 1330, gavo him an opjwirtnnity to display his talents in tbat reganl. trying to find some satisfactory middle ground for adjustment. A stranger, at tuiiei, would har thought he was at war with tin whole Senate, there lieing uo one to take his part. Hut he never lost his courage or his hope After one of his days of severe conflict, he took his seat at the diuncr table without saying a word to an one of n. Senator Herricn" said Mr. Clay, why don't m speak f Are -,u angry at every bydyP 'That is just It, sas Mr. Clay. I can not say that I am angry at any one in particular. 1 think I am angry at everyone. Jlen? is onr country upon the very verge of a civil war. which every one pretends to be anxious to avoid, yet every one wants hu own way, irrespective of the interests and wish es of others. And when I sat down to the table the thought struck me that around me were gathered men representing different extreme-, who have influence enongh to settle the rutin matter. Come, gentlemen, go to my parlor after dinner, and let me lock ott all 111. and I. remaining outside, will agree to present anv plan of conciliation that you may agree upon to the Senate, ami advocate it. Here is Jndgo Conrad, of Xew Orleans. Jndge Ilerrien, of Gco gia, Wentworth, from Chicago, and s ho went on namiug us all as his special committee. Imr we did not meet. About this time, a comnn ft of the prominent citizens of Iloston, iuteretdet) 10 manufacturing, met him in the public parlor and solicited his aid in securing more fivoraiitn legislation npon the tariff, lb-fore a Ian;r min ber of people, he broke out iu this wav Io talk to me alsnit the tariff, when it ts dotibtni whether we liae any country, do and see $onr Massachusetts delegation, ait. nrj. them to a aside their H-ctbnial jealousies, to era cxa.. v ating the South, and to cultivate a spirit i peace. Save your country, and then talk at-i j our tariff. The IUwtou gentlemen w.-r shocked. They did not expect anrli a reception, and were bold to say so to some of Mr. t lav lient friends. The next day, as be cnterco m.-dining-room, he saw them fitting at a t :" ) themselves, and, taking a seat hy them, he th- spoke: 'I feel greatly encouraged by this dav s pnceediugs. We have hail M-rral favorable test votes, and it Imiks as if ne had all the rx tremistsat bay. Stay a few days, and moUiiv some of the fauatics in your Maviachiiettt detc gatioti, I tut, if you iiiu-a go, leave all votirpa jiersiti my parlor, and use it as your headqtitr ters to write out what you desire of me. Iet this tmuble once le settled, and your industries shall 1m brought to the 11104 pro-penms coudi tiou. Then tin Ibiston gentlemen received a shock of another kind, and joti could hear them saying: "Was there ever such another wan " With what zeal does he advocate every cause he embraces V One day ho entered the diniug room, smiling, with a letter in his baud, and some one said "'Tell us what pleases you w, Mr. Clay, and let us all join with joii. Mr. Clay responded: I know m: will langh if I do, and th laugh will 1 at my eifien.. You know all Keuturkiaiis have a pusMou for fast horses,and I ronfr that I am among tho (orvmotnf them 111 thisresjH'ct and my children have inherited the passion This letter in from my son, and ho informs me that his favorite colt, put upon the track for the first time, has won the race." Then lie de scribed the colt, and gave u a very entertain ing dissertation upon the Kuglith race-hnrso and lus tiescemiants in America, describing the uhm4 noted importations and races. The present condition of the emancipated slave brings vividly to my mind some of th most einieat of his table and parlor comer-m tiotis. What are you going to do with tin slaves when emancipated f was the primary ijueiition with him. I need not tell you how earnest a supporter of the Colonization Soclet he was. HeHuccet:drd ex-President James Mad 1011 as President, and held tho office to his death. He was for purchasing slaves and trans jMirtiiig them directly to lalieria. Could he but near to-day the difficulties encountered between the whites ami blacks in deciding their relative political positions, there would come t!o prompt remark: "Did I not tell vouwiF Colonization was the only practical remedy. Mr. Clay had a large aud expensive farmh and he keenly felt his iovrrty. while he lost no opportunity of cxprrnsing bis gratitude to friends, known and unknown, fur all kinds of favors. The day njion which Mr. Webster made his celebrated speech, iu March, lc.V', be was highly rtilogizinir it at dinner, when some one asked him if he did not think Mr. Wehsteri tit 11 uence had been greatly impaired by his allow ing rertain wealthy men in Massachusetts to settle an annuity upon him for abandoning his practice In the Courts, so as to devote more ti un to public affairs. Mr. Clay responded "In view of the manner in which my note was pant at a bank in Kentucky, I do not think 1 ought to speak upon that subject. With difficult had I raised the money to pay tho interest, when I went to the bank to ak a renewal. The rasbier told me I had no note there, I nd.eK him what had become of it, and he said he was instructed to answer no questions. And never have I been able to find out who paid it; but turning to Judge Conrad, nf New Orleans, be said: "Judge, I always supposed you hal something to do with that matter. To which he responded t "Whether I or any one Te had anything to do with the matter, you will never know." Mr. Clay then said: Iti view of mv many niqioiients, I am as thankful for the seen cy as the money; but, when 1 am free from pub- jig J ue, j am going to insist upon knowing win were such benefactors, When some one said "Mr. Clay, your friends will never let yon be free fnnn imblie life; "In that view, centlemcu, said be, "liear witness to my inexpresaible grat ltude to my friend , not only for their favorf but for their manner of bestowing it; adding that there was but one unpleasant thing about it that it was the only present that he bad ever received that he could nt divide with las friends. Here Judge Conrad observed Thai need not tmuble yon, as yoti had literally d Tided the proceeds before you cave the nate." "Von are right, says Clay; ''the note was giv en principally to take up the paper of friends which I had indorsed." Mr. Clay felt great indignation at the uomlna tiou of General Taylor for President, ar.d did not care before whom he manifested it. He de clared, on one dinner occasion, that he had not only been defeated at tho Whig National Con ventinn, bnt had been betrayed In the houe of hia friends. Turning to in, he said; "You Democrats have a better way of doing such things. You would never have allowed a can didate of my strength to lie thus stricken down. You wonld have compromised npon some new man. That would have satisfied me. 1 have no unkinduessfor those who went to the con vention to support General Taylor; but there were some sent then to support mo who voted for him at first; others who went for him at tbe second ballot, and others on the third. I ilo not see how I can ever forgive sneb men." He was never recognized at the White House as a friend of the Taylor Administration; nor did be care to be. Daring the last hoars of the Thirty-first Con gress, In 31 arch, l&l, the ultra-Sonthern Sena tors were talking against time lo defeat tbe House Kiver and Harbor Dill. Karly In the morning, Mr. Clay made an appeal to Its friends to refrain from all debate, aanu to dispense with all other business until it was disponed of. I watched it all day, and until the close of th session, at 12 o'clock at night, never missing Mr. Clay from the Senate. During the last hour, our friends were asked to give way, to permit the IJght-houso bill to pass. Then, for the last time, did I hear in the Senate the voice of Henry Clay, and It was probably the laat time he ever did speak there with the earnestness of his best lays. He said: "One single nWrvation, Mr. IYcshlent: I hope this country will take notice with what facility, with what unanimity, the power to regulate commerce on the seaboard is exercised, and what opposition is made to the exercise of the same power In the valley of the Mississippi." He immediately took his hat, stepped to au extreme back teat, and placed it upou liis head. Thinking it a case of inadvertence, I spoke t him npon the subject, and loud enough formo-4 to hear, bespoke: "I know where my hat !, and It la time that all the friends of Western commerce put their hats upon their heads and prepare themselves to go before the people to expose tbe course pursued by a factious minori ty of tbe Senate." After we all had reached the hotel, he hail a short levee in the parlor, when he declared he was longing to have some of tbe factionista allude to his hat, when he would have fired a bombshell into their ranks whirh would have satisfied them that they were not the men to talk to him of legislative manners or decorum. He went with na U New York, to return homo by Havana and New Orleans. As the Tcsstl was about to sail, members of Congress and their families then in New York called to bid him "farewell." A he had never been to Chi cago, we suggested that, in some of his journeys to Washington, he make a toor of the lakes. Itecnrring to the last scenes in tbe Senate, be said: "I never go where the Constitution does not go. I must travel by salt water until we can make our Western harbors aad rivers con stitutional, and obtain for them the deserved ap propriations. I saw Mr. Clay no more I was not in the next Congress which he attended, too nnch broken down in health to participate iu its proceedings, dying Jane 2J, 18j2, two "years and a quarter afUr"3lr. Calhoan; ftnd iatzr months before Mr. Webster. Lake Calhouirho r.""! WikSsB rCV?wn- '"""'"aisMsa WsffsQSSTJ