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"T Vol, XVII, BR ATTLEBORO, Vt, WEDNESDAY. i, . - , MARCH '2, 1853, ' aT" L., No, 21, THE D.KJIOCllAT IS rUllMSHED KVEnt WEDNESDAY MOIl.NINO, BY GEO, W. NICJI.OIS. dffico No. 0 Granito How, oppdsllo tho Stage House. Terms othc Now .Volume, 1652-3. To druses Sl,00.jf pnld wlthlnlha vcarj 12 1-2 cents wilt bo ndded if,tinj(inont is delayed Loyond ttio yenr. Tho snmo-nmouht will .bo deducted wlicn payments nro mndo strictly larvdVynKo. Club? of not'loss than fivo. jinid nt onco In ndrnncc.,SI.95. Hfnglo,.I.itPrf'mn!t!l,,l vauco orratlslactory relcrenco given. Village subscfibcrs who have their papers leftnttliclr doors 52,0a per annum, pnyablo nt tho end of the year. H'orAltytVindliam County Democrat.) To MrdmlWfs K. A", lilanrhard of mitingham, on the death of a child. llitllo Homer lias passed away, Too lovely far lor cartli ; Hushed is the muio of liis voice , Around thy social hearth. Tlimo dovc-liko eyes, bo blight and fair, . Jv'o more will look on thee; That cherished form now sleeps in death, , His face no more yc sec. That homo, onco brightened by hU smile, . How chceiless now and lono! Tluit vacant sent, how oft, ala, H prompts the silent inoanl Weep no't for me, inv mother dear,' "Methinks I hear him say, Will you not come to that blest land? Mother, sister, come away. Oil, I am happy now, dear mother, The nngels with mc stay; Yet father, mother, sister dear, "Will miss mo night and day.' AVhltinglmin.A't. S. AV. II. l'rom tho l'nmily Circle nml I'nrlor Annual. Fcitialu 5;lin :Uiosi. IVo. II. iiy nhlson siznn, nsq. In our article on this subject in tho Dpccmbcr num ber, our remarks wore devoted cntirelyttS the training of the body, which, as wo conceive, lies at the foun dation of all human education. The bodv is to tho mind what the frame-work of the slcamcr, and its boil er and fuel, are to the engine. This can not make a singio revolution, ur servo any vaiuamu purpose, with out a frame-work to sustain it, and steam to impart propulsion, nor can tho mind, in our present stale, give token of its high original, without bodily health and strength. Cast a glauco over the catalogue of our mental gi ants of the present clay our leading speakers and thinkers, in the pulpit, senate, and lecture-room, and we will find them, every one, having a vigorous body as well as mind. Many men can think with a com paratively slender constitution , but they can not, as speakers and :ictor3, move mankind and electrify the world. He who would do moro for the world than merely to exert an occasional gleam of genius, should' lay tho strong and deep foundation of his power in a sound well educated body. Then ho will havo lho vital force requisite to sustain the mind in long and, vigorous action, and realize tho hopes himself and his friends cherished in tho development of his mental na ture. If this bo trno of men, with how much more force can tho principle be applied to lho education of females, whoss habits, wo regret to say, have been moro widely warped by fashion and false custom, in respect to health and education, than those of the oth er sex. AVe have promised to speak uf mental education, and in doing, so we remark, first, that as lho continu ... I , ... T . I 1 ed education of tho body is necessary, that of the mind j bhould be conducted in such a manner, and w ith such speed only as comports with health. Tho female' temperament is usually more active, and tho mind more susceptible, than tlioso of tho male. Consequent ly females usually learn l.isler, become excited by mc ; which you cherish still. The whole day passes thus; praise bestowed upon their excellences in scholarship, you ,avc not the hcajrt to tell the story of yourtroub and hence the extra exertion of the nervous system, ic's, and the superinduced sedentary habit which still clos- Ten days after, you nro walking towards lho old .. .. . .... .. i !... .1...!.. ' c ' or application to sumy involves, snaucrs uiuir cousii- f homestead with such feelings as it never called up bo tutious at a very early age. Your fat, awkward, red- forc. J ,,u ,ayS ,,( boyhood there were trium- faced girl, who loves the bracing breezes, fun and frolic in the open air, more than books, is not likely to be injured by the above influences. At sixteen her mind will ripen and expand, and at twenty she will be a good scholar. lint the liltlo, delicate, suscepti bio gill, with thin, sharp features, expanded forehead largo, intelligent blue eyes, with a strong endowment would one day greet the old acquaintances of boyhood ; uf tho love of approbation, is lho very one to be driv- yoU have regaled yourself on the jaunty manner with en almost to madness in mental activity. Sho bends wlilcli you would meet the old Doctor llidlow, and tho soul and body over her books, becomes a prodigy in patronizing air with which you would address the education, and her friends, misguided teacher, and all, pretty, bluo-cyed Madge. lavish praises upon her educational superiority, which It is lalo in the afternoon when you come in sight only serves to inllamo her brain, and add fuel to that f ti,c iau sycamorcs that shade your homo ; you shud ifirc which is cosuining her vitality and preparing her der now lest you meet any ono you onco knew. Tho for the tomb. Not in school only docs sho struggle first grief ofyoulh seeks little sympathy of companions; on in tho mental pathway, sho is not only permit- it lies with a sensitive man, hound within the narrow ed but encouraged lo take her books home, to con her csi circle of the heart. They only who hold the key lessons late and early ; or if she is permitted a mo- to its innermost recesses can speak consolation. Years incnt's rcspito from her books, it is to be shown up in ' will make a change as the summer grows fiercely hot, company as an intellectual pet, and lo listen to adula-1 t,e balminess of the violet banks of spring i3 lost in tho tious of her great achievements and her mental bril- odors or a thousand flowers tho heart, as it gains in liancy. Such gifted, hot-house plants arc regarded ' ago, loses freshness and wins breadth, as tho special favorites of heaven, and if they be so, ' Throw a pebble into the brook, in its course, and is it strange that the maxim found believers, that ,iic agitation is terrible, and the ripples chase madly "Those whom tho gods love, die young V" their narrow banks ; throw in a pebble when the brook AA'o need not say that such children should bo held has become a river, and you sec a few circles widen back in mental exercise, nor that they arc the very ' ing, until thoy are lost in the gentle, every day mur- ones who aro always crowded onward, by approval and encouragement at least, if not by direct require- neni. iiioy win crovvu memseivcs, n u uo nor oono mi .mi i.i l 1 1. t . i uy jiatuii.uiiu luauimi x nc jii ujn-i uuuiau la lu jmiuig; luuiiitij , a tun ituiuius uic uij niy lit tuu incntal, and promote physical activity. I trees. Tho mother's windows where at such a sea- This, wo aro avvaro, is a picturo of ono class of , son as this, it was your custom to sec her watching constitutions, but it unfortunately is a very large class, 1 your play, is shut, and the blinds closed over it. The and a class that Ave aro particularly anxious to save honey-suckle which grew much, has flung itsbranch from lho errors of education, to save from derange- cs carelessly, and the spiders havo hung tlioir foul nets Incn't uf constitution, and from lho grave. And in upon its tendrils. hine cases in ten of precocious nervous and mental dc-j And she who mado lhat so dear to your boyhood, vclopmcnt, it can bo done. Educate their bodies first , so real to your aftor years, btanding amid all tho and continually, and their ininds secondarily, as thoy flights of your youthful ambition, and your cares, (for can bear it, and we might then sec genius enthroned as on a pedestal ot granite, to bless tho world with Its heat and light, to a lipo old age. AA'hat a sad fact, that the brightest and best of our females mustl bo blighted and sent lo early gravos by misdirected education ! Another error in female education, is that which cultivates tho showy and a'slhoticfacullics of the mind, and leaves tho more solid, common-sense elements uu - developed. Elegant accomplishments, that glitter and dazzle, arc placed in lho foreground of femalo eulturo, as if their only errand in life wa3 to be placed in a Social conservatory, as wo do a raro flower, to bloom m the soil atmosphere ofpcrpetual admiration. Jienco drawing, painting, dancing, frcncii, music, botany, uiujinuiuji iiLuuiu-Muuv, muss, uiiu .i ustiwM iuuiiu ui 1 .1. 1... 11. 1 . ladyism, constitute tho bulk of the popular idea of a finished female education. Do females lack reasoning power? If to, then givo them no scientific study that demands it. Is sho made up entirely of tho literary faculties, with imitation, ideality, apptobativencss, and the social qualities? If so, givo her a fashionable education, and you will call tlioso faculties into activ ity, and almost no other. Indeed, sho will be but half developed, and that half which makes her weak, helpless, and dependent ; u tinsel ornament, rather than a calm, earnest, common-sense companion, coun selor, and helpmate for man. As woman is now educated, she is taught to bo a creature of imptilso and sympathy, an elegant toy. AA'o sec no good reason why sho should not bo endow ed with sound, consecutive, reasoning power, for if any being on earth needs wisdom, judgment, reflection, and a well-disciplined intellect combined with strong affection, and elevated refinement .ofitasto. and feellnc' Tris!fig'vW! which is to control tho church, stato, and the business world in tho next generation. Let females ho taught chemistry j for who, inoro than tlioso who compound tho food of tho world, need it. Let them study physiology, for they have tho charge of the clothing, feeding, and health uf tho world. Tlioso who have the caro of tho ventilation, tho warming and regimen ot nur homes, can nut bo too well vensed in those sciences which alone can fur nish tho bride with just qualifications for tlioso impor lant responsibilities. We arc aware that thiity years' experience will teach many of the lessons of domestic economy, but we would have all science bearing on cvory-day life taught to girls, so that when they launch forth for themselves on the sea oi lifa thoy may have the chart and compass nf a correct education to guide their course to a successful life-voyage, why should a person be a iiieume learning mc laws that govern Health, and umy luaru uy sau experience now to conuuci mo phys ical and moral management of tho young when they have grandchildren to exercise that knowledge upon ? Knovvledgo is better lale than never in coming, but we would not have it deferred until a generation of men tal and physical constitutions are ruined, and ono half a generation are made tenants of short graves. hot females bo well instructed in arithmetic, math ematics, and natural philosophy, book-keeping, domes tic economy, and history, with logic and metaphysics, for who, moro than a mother, needs all the solid stores of learning and thought Vmaiiuge afairiilyaiid 'fill her stations in society ! Give her these, for she has talent to apprcciato and use them ; her true sphero do mands their exercise, and sho will cease to bo deemed a frivolous, fitful, useless butterfly. It is a wonder that her education has not spoiled her. If alio were not the better half of creation, sho could not have en dured so much bad management, and still bo deemed worthy of adoration. X Itrokoii IIuiiio. UY IK. M.VIlVEL. It is Nelly's own fair hand, yet sadly blotted blot ted with her tears, and with yours. "It's all over, dear, dear Clarence! Oh! how I wish you were here to mourn with us ! I can hardly now believe that our poor mother is indeed dead. For a week she had been failing every day ; but on Saturday we thought her much better. 1 told her I felt sum sho would livo to sec you again. 'I shall never see him again, Nelly,' said she, bursting into tears." Ah, Clarcnco, where is your youthful prido and strength now ! with only that frail paper to annoy you crushed in your grasp ! "Sho sent for our father, and taking his hand in hers, she told him she was dying. 1 am glad you did not see his grief. 1 was kneeling besido her and sho UUt her hand upon mY head and let it rest jhnmJl" moment, whilu her lips moved as if sho woro weeping. 'Kis3 mc, Nelly,' said sho, growing fainter, 'kiss mo again for Clarence.' A littlo while after, she died." For a long time you remain with only that letter and your thuughts for company. You pace up and down your chamber; again you seat Yourself, and lay vour head upon lho table, enfeebled by tho very grief pliant thoughts of gladness and pride willi which, when grown to tho stature of manhood, you would come back to that liltlo town of your birth. As you have bent with dreamy resolution over tho task of lho cloister life, sweet thoughts have flocked on you of tho proud step, and prudent heart, with which vou nitir of its life You draw vour hat over your eyes, as you walk ; lovvaru mai laminar unor ; u.e yaru issiic.u ; mo uigui . i.i.i .t i .i i. i . .i .. .. thoy fcccin peltry now; and your doubts, anxieties, and weaknesses ol heart liko tho light of your hopes burning over thero, under the shadow of tho syeamorc, a holy beacon, by whoso guidauco you always camo to a sweet haven, and to a refuge from all your toils, is gono gone lorever. Tho father is hero, indeed, beloved, respected, es- teemed ; but the boyish heart, whose old life is now , reviving, leans more readily, more kindly, into tho void whore once beat tho heart of a mother, ! "Clarence !" "Nelly !'' , There aro no other words : but you feel her tears as the kis3 of welcome is given. AA'ith your hand i joined in her's, you walk down tho space into the old laminar nail j not with tho jaunty collego step, not iviuiuhj picau uipiiou on y our iu uiiig iiiuiuiuuu , on , 1 .. .1 .' e. .1 . nothing of this ! Quictlv. tnceklv feclinor vour own heart shattered. ( your mind as feeblo as a boy's audyourpurposcs noth- ing, and worso than nothing with n proud feeling, you fling your arm around the form of lhat gentle sis. ter tho pride of a protector the feeling "I will caro for you now, dear Nelly !" that is all, And even that, proud as it is, brings weakness. Vou sit down together on the lounge, Nelly buries hor faco in her hand, sobbing. her more fond- I'linm is n hrieltpt in thn rnrnprnflho rhnrh. chirn- . . , , . , , ,.' ng very loudly ; it seems as if nothing clso wefcliv ing-only Nelly, Clarence, and thd ndisy cricket,- Ynur nves fa 1 on tho cha r w lbrd Sho used to s ift it , ..!. .i It 1 iAfW.f, 19 urawii uj wiih iuu suuiu uuiu ius uur, uusiuu uw lire. I. JfTnm'.er.n1 SoouKGlarenciUiaNi critig lidrscll ; and there is a sweet now. And sitting thcro besido you, sho all of tho day, and of tho honr, and how and of her last prayer, and how happy sho "And did sho leavo no message for mo. "Not to forget us, Clarcnco ; but you co "lliank you Nelly; but was thcro noil "Yes, Clarence-; to meet her ono day !' You only press her hand Presently your father comes irt. Ho greets you with far more than his usual cordiality. He keeps your hand a long tiinn, looking in your faco as if ho were reading traces of some resemblances that had never struck him before. The father is ono nf those calm, impassic men, who show liltlo upon the surface, and whoso feelings you have always thought cold. Hut now there is a trcin ulousncss in his tones that you never remember obscr- vinir hpfiirp. Hn Rprms conscious nf k liimsnlf. ntul .,! l,;.ir -,,.1 forbears talking, lie goes to his old scat, and after gazing at you a liltlo while with lho same steadfast' ness as at first, leans foiward and buries his face in his hands. j I' rim tint i-nr mnvrtftnt inii inn o I'limrmt h i nml a love for him that you have never known till then. A.wl in nf.nr vnn vvlw,,, nfn.ri nr ,rinl nnmn , jwu,iuiu wiium juur mutisms, ny,u3 iu u ruiugu in mai shattered homo, you will recall that stooping imago ot the father, with his head bowed, and from timo to time trclnblo convulsively with grief, and feel that i c thcro remains yet by the household fires a kindred love and a kindrcd'sorruV ! Nelly steals away from you gently, and slopping across lho room, lays her hand upon his shoulder with a touch that says as plain as words could say "AVo aro here father." And ho rouses himsolf, passes bis arm around her, looks in her faco fondly, draws her to him and prints a kiss on her forehead. Nell, wo must love each other now more than ever." Nelly's iips tremble, but sho cannot answer ; a tear or two go streaming down her cheek. You approach them, and your father takes your hand again with a firm grasp, looks at you thought- tuny, drops Irs eyes upon lho fire, and for llmrn i'b '. t.ion ilT.t w I Ot fc JIIWIMtJIlt t - , : Z. , ' " ,1,,,,uu"u mm m Tiil- Impatience and Dnsr-.un or Youno Lrrr AAre c intcmplato with much amusement the numbers, of wotihy, middle-aged individuals, cheerful, respect- able authors, or hard-working men of business mer ry old bachelors, or happy fathers of families all of whom were in their youth tho wretchedest of mortals, tailing perpetually of 'misery' and 'self destruction. It seems most ridiculous now, but it was awfully real at the timo. It is no mure than a phase of the mind which almost every one goes through, (excipt those worthies untroubled with any brains at all who gen- others, whose spirits must meet and endure this bittei "Dear Nolly," and your arm clasps her more fond- ordcal, they should bo dealt with tenderly, and homo ! d scaiccly served to show us tho path. Aro went , tended southward, towards the north ? Why, Sir, the with patiently until lho trouble ends. It is the 1 chatting along, talking over lho news of the evening, j Honorable Senator from Michigan is in favor of exten finer portion of all finer natures; tho restless want, Hector running on beforo us, when I saw a pair of sion and annexation. So am I. But, Sir, I am in the vacuo aspiring, tho perpetually striving for per- eyes glare upon us from the edge of tho swamp, with favor of having n little extension northward. fectiunin poetic dreamings Idle love fancies, incon-1 Hc crccn, bright light emitted by the oyes of a cat. It is a veiy remarkablo fact in our history, Mr. slant as air, each seeking after something diviner or "Did you seo those terrible eyes, Moodio ?" and I , President, that whenever wo have made a treaty that more beautiful, which is never found ; in knowledge, clung, trembling, to his arm. related to our northern boundaries, wo have always or in the frenzied dissipation of pleasure, all alike nndinrr i nothiiiL'. until the oulv truth of life seems to be that bitterest ono of Solomon, the Preacher, 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity!1 This is, perhaps, the story of every human mind in which bhiucs ono spark of the fire of genius ; tho story's beginning, but thank God! not necessarily its end. Many a great strong spirit has passed and all can pass out oi the cloudy void into a clear day. Shakespeare, who must onco have felt, or ho could not have painted vnunc Hamlet reached nt last the summit whcro in ilm universal uoet wo lose all traces of the individual man : and he wno once wrote i lie sorrows oi vv en - zcr,' lived to be tho great Goethe, who, from ll.e lofty calm of ci"hty-two years, could look back on what was, as near as any human life could bo, 4 perfect and ... .rr,i ri i. .r fulfilled existence. The Head of the Family. Beautiful Experiment. It has long been known to Physiologists, says lho jY. Y. Uerordcr, that ccr- tain coloring matters, if 'administered to animals with ihe.ir f.md. nossnssed thn nronortv .,f entering intn i!m system and tinging lho bones. In this way tho bones j My heart beat audibly ; a cold perspiration was that it vvas ours, and which was so palpably ours that of swine have been tinned purple by madder, and in- .streaming down my faco, but I neither shrieked nor at- we could not negotiate it away sold it to Great Brit stances aro recorded of other animals being similarly tempted to run. I don'U know how Moodie got me ain, who at the lime she bought it of us wanted it just affected. No attempt, however, was made to lurii nvcr the creek. One of my feet got into the water, fur a military road between her provinces on the At- this beautiful discovery lo account until lately, when Mons. ItouLiN, speculated on what might be tho con- i sequences of administering colored food to silk worms I just before thoy began spinning their cocoons. His , first experiments wero conducted with indigo, which he mixed in certain portions of the mulberry leaves serving the worms for food. Tho result of this treat I mcnt was successful ; he obtained blue cocoons. Pro secuting still further his experiments lie sought a red ioWing lnaUor capaWe of beilg cate Uy Bilk worm3 without injury resulting. He had some difficulty in findinrr such a coloring matter at first, but oventnallv nliM.tPd nnnn thn lii,.,, rhlm Rmnll ,.r,in. ,,f il.ii. r,lr,t lmvinn- Iipp-, ml.lp.l ,., mnllwrrv I.,.., the silk worms "consumed the mixture and produced'! red silk. In this manner the experimenter who is still prosecuting his researches, hopes to obtain silk as sccrctod by the worm of many other colors. "Heaven save me from my friends," if such thev ,0311 themselves ; men who will walk into the legis lativo halls, & loo far gono in inebriation to stand up-' right without the aid of their desks, will make the! i .i ...-. . i ... ' law mai is 10 govern me ana my Household. How long, O ! how long, is woman to rest satisfied ith such rulers? How long will she fold her hands id say, "we have rights enough !" is it not strange wi an Mrs Bloomer, that our women cannot see where they stand ? The Whig will not willingly allow his owl, hrnthnr to lwrtsiMn f,,r l.im ,T i. XLn . tnminiRiiorii hi litis i t I Viiti. 'TM.n Tn.nr.nr.t would repudiate his own lather if be wero a Whirr. Neitber would feel that their rights or interests were , safe for ono moment in the hands of the other. And , yet these two great parties turn to us with scorn upon so we1 iiieir iipsaiiu contempt in their hearts, becauso . . . . - . fear longer to trust tlioso who have made such miser- 1 ablo failures in IpnUl.uinrr inil rnr whiin j thoy are themselves, many of them, becoming aware j of their insufficiency, and aro crying out to us, "help or wo pensn." in tno cause ot Common bchools, ol T. I. ..I-' CV.I 1., ., I Temporanco, Anti-Slavery, Agriculture, ihey aro .ii uiu muw ui U.U1HU1UM ui-uuuia, ui pravinir our aid, 'Ihey have more for us to do than WO ara rcadv to nfirfnrm--nlv tlmv tnnt hnis ilm job." But how long will it tako our women, who pay their fees as members of societies, and voto their TV 'tea and nnf. In 1n-n.ii t i ,. . . . . fofoleTuT fc ir!: fclt h'thcir tnm .li;... r -i . .u,uu '11- 1 .B...ijr ui unaracicr tncir Humanity, r their womanhood to lm nA , .i.t their sclf-constituted law-givers ?-Afr.,'W 0. fiVirr.. " i , ., " f l -: ... i -f SCENE IN THE BAOKWOOHH dinner til. Crop. TlierO Was but OIlO bllllot. and a rlmrrrn nr Ub of buck-shot, in the hollse; butMoodio started to ill wood with tho single bullet in his pun, followed bja littlo terrier dog that bolongcd to John E . Od Jenny was busy at the wash-tub, hut the moment slqsaw her master running tip the clearing, and knew tiff cause, sho left her work, and Enatching up the t'tying knife, ran after him. that in caso lho bear ' , . , '"iV "c,m' " .om". uo ,1,ero ' . i ..i .i i I. . . . "jocip ino masiuer. r muing nor snocs lncommo- dd her, she (lung them off, in order to run faster. Aj'ew minutes after, came the report of the gun, and Ilieard Moodio hallo to E , who was cutting sjkes for a fenco in the wood. I hardly thought it pMblo that ho could have killed the bear but I ran i t ! T' iax.. . " Tho children weio all excite- "lm 1110 Slglll 01 UIC U13CK monster, DurilC tvn the clearing upon two poles, increased tu tho , Tc.sl ucmonstrations ofjoy Moodieand 1 John were rying tlio prize, and old Jenny, brandishing her ving-knile, followed in tho rear. I'ho rest of tho .evening was spent in skinning and u rrua:r;t 1 1 1 wt.-Sl. oam 1.2 3Da barrel with excellent meat, in flavor resembling Lf, while the short grain and juicy nature of lho sh n-avc to it tho tenderness of mutton, this was qito a Godsend, and lasted us until wo were ablo to kll two large, fat hogs, in lho fall, j A few nights after, Mnodie and I encountered the rntc of Mrs. Druin, while returning from a visit lo tnilia, in the depth of tho wood. jAVo bad been invited to meet our friend's father aid mother, who had come up on a short visit to the winds ; and the evening passed away so pleasantly flat it was near midnight before the little party of I i iends separated. The moon was down. T he wood I . , UrOUClt which we had to return, was very dark; the Vround bom low and swampy, and the trees thick tnd tall. There was, in particular, ono very ugly sjot, where a small creek crossed tho road. '1 his crifck could only bo passed by font-passengers scram 'typr over a fallen tree, which, in a dark night, was nolvcry easy 10 linu. iiicggcuu wrenm .ur. m bul no torch could be found. Emilia laughed at my fen s ; still, knowing what a coward I was in the bush of might, slic found up about an inch of candlo, which win all that remained from tho evening's cntertain- mtiit. I his sho put into an oiu laiucrn. 'It will not last you long ; but it will carry you ov-r tho croak." j i was so'itary red spark in lho intense surrounding darkness, ... .. . . "What eyes ?" said ho, leigning ignorance, "it's 'It's' , " nark to see any thing, ino iignt is nearly gone irK UJ SOU uliy llllllg. .IJIU Jllll IS liuauv llliu and, if you don't quicken your pace, and cross the trco beforo it goes out, you will, perhaps, get your feet wet by falling into tho creek." j "Good heavens! I saw them again ; and do just look at the dog." ilcclor stopped suddenly, and stretching himself, along the ground, his nose resting between his fore- paws, began to vvhino and tremble. Presently he ran back to us, and crept untier our icei. rno cvacKing of branches, and heavy tread of some largo animal, cnnniin r. men nn. up i sounded close beside us. , Moodio turned the open lantern m tho direction 1 1"r,im whence the sounds came, and shouted as loud as 1 could, at tho same timo endeavoring to urge for- ward the fear-stricken dog, whoso cowardico vvas on ly equalled by my own. Just at that critical moment the wick of the candlo nickered a moment in the socKet, and expired. v o SvTWleft, in perfect darkness, alono with tho boar for such wo supposed the animal to be. but, expecting, as i am every inuuieui, iu uu uevour- cd by master Bruin, that was a tiling of no conse- qnence. My husband was laughing at my fears, and every now and then ho turned towards ourcompanion, who continued following us at no great distance, and cave him an encouraging shout. Glad enough was I . - . ... .... . when I saw tho cleam of tho light from our liltlo cab- l , i ft I Wm I . . " . mini, II1B SlUUinnra. . Mn tvft .'!...,.. v-;.. i . i 'I .:rm sad Binilq'".. " T . ' T1 17:7T 7 tells vou ui , ' "CSB mlslrIies. t'rovldenco watch-. P"n p.vnminatioit, that tho poor an - timolv cflbrt AVIiv n'm ,,.,Br ft. " uiviy ..iiuuui lutiii. ijlKO 1110 WlUOW'S CTII1S0 otl inuriany Hurt. wlintn l, I i . , . ... , , i ' nil. mn... ,i i. ... . l !,, :j .1 . . . . ... ""c'o ""u a teal and vital lnlerosl. and w hero , No" ?" ! " " sunerc, to -"- . not tone ,- the dnnrer is nnt remote and contingent, but whern it w ;r r r Vr-z J :u .. "ays w,,ho,ii z z:z: , j rr., "i: u acK ',co or " is cl"s a' ". n.i wi,eh, 0 ie kit it once In .ingelSe)","TV """." - n'rn gnn. Aji" ; iaeriy cow. war with Great Dritain' We havo felt snmnhlnn f ?, r. .!T r8..,,n ' i.eat-l.cia at the edge of I " ' mum prelerod veal ; there s , ho evih of the con.ieui.v of Canada ,,., ,ni wuou, very uusny employed in liclninu to harvest J""' as uunoar calls lier.sa o. and nun linir 1 in window shine out among the trees; and, the mo- Our title to that territory, I suppose nobody will deny, ment I got within the clearing, I ran, without stop- unless he means to deny the Polk and Monroe (loo ping until 1 vvas safely within the house. John was trina. Our title In lhat was clear and indispensable. silling up for us, nursing uonam. no listened will, great interest to our adventure with the bear, and thoucht that Bruin was very good to let us escape without one affectionato hug. "Perhaps it would have been otherwise had ho known, Moodio, that you had not only killed his good lady, but were uining sumptuously on uercarcass ov- ery day," Tho bear was determined to have something in re- turn for tho loss of his wifn. Several nights after this, our slumbers wero disturbed, about midnight, by tn awful yell, and old Jenny shook violently at our chamber door. . . . . . .i ... "Masther, masther, near ! uet up wm you tins , mpment, or tho boar will destroy tho Cattlo intiroly." Half asleep, Moodie sprang from his bed, seized llis. I gim, and ran out. I threw my large cloak round me, I ..ruck a light, and followed him to the door. The moment .1 e la ter was unclosed, sdme calves that wo ' ..... ' ' ! ..j i .i, i, ,v,n fniw- ! j 1 7l - . i . l . 1 m - r. 1 1. 1 1 v.-! r. iTi 1 1 1 nil 1 ti rr ! .Wn .h hill nrcd bv tho bear. Jt vvas a laughable sceno, as shown by that paltry tallow saddlo. Moodio, in his night-shirt, taking aim ' at somethinr? in the darkness, surrounded by tho ter rilied animnl,, old Jennvr. with a larce knife in her hand. holdinT on to lho while skirts of her master's 1 .,,,mnn, iro l,..l pnn.mh in frlirhton awav j all' the wild heasts in tho bush ' stalo of nudity. herself almost in A "Ocb. maisther. dear ! don't timpt tho ill-coiidiunn wen. maisuiur, ueur : uuu i iiim. iiiuni-tuiiun"". edcrathur wid charging too near; think of the Wife, and the childer. tetme come at the ramaging uasie, ' nn I'll cil.1r il.o L-nifn Into llin heart of him." Moodio fired. The bear retreated up the clearing with a low growl. Moodio and Jenny pursued him ?y, but it was too dark Jo discern any object ! a msinnro. J, tor my part, stood ill ll.n hnrn b,r I.. lane hinir until thn to., ., i ., p, g ' ,e'.rs "n down my checks, at.thc tails carried cracofullv If' f VT V?" ,? careu gracolully on n level with tho r backs, nn Ihoy stared nt mo and il,n linit -:;... - . jiu .iPiuiuBiiuicni. j r, -t , "' , "u G""" Ji" 1 chincr at you." Moodio and Jenny now returned from the pursuit of lho bear. E fastened all the cattle into lho back yard, close to tho house. Uy daylight he and Moodio had started in chase of liruin, whom they tracked some way into tho bush ; but here ho entire ly escaped their search. ChIki ami Cniimin. From the Dilate in the Senate on Tuesday, Jan. 10, on Cass' Cuba llesolution. Mil. Hale. AA'hile, therefore, wo arc looking with such anxious eyes at Cuba, while wo aio speculating upon pbssible and rertoto contingencies of how that portion uf our commerce is to bo affected which finds ils way to lho Gulf uf Mexico and lho mouth of the Mississippi Hiver I say whilo we are looking at these possible and rcmoto conlingincics in relation to the island of Cuba, I ask those gentlemen wild live on tho northern coast tlioso irentl ho waked up in the night by the sound of British can non, on JJritish shores if,iti iinuuu.fiUv.vii, .UJIIUUIOI how tho naval and military resources of Canada, in caso wo have a cidission with the British Government, may effect tho position, and the safety and the pros perity of that vast community which borders those lakes and those waters which divide between us and Canada! Is it not as well to intimate to Great Brit ain that sho shall not sell Canada? Sho may say she ha3 nil idea ol it. 1 do not know that. She has nev er been offered a hundred millions of dollars for it, and it will be time enough, 1 tliink, to sit down m salely ty and security under the impression that Great Brit ain will upon no consideration part with Canada, when sho has refused a hundred million dollars for it. At least, would it not bo well, while wo are serving no tices on all the world of what we mean and of what wo intend, to pick out somebody that, in tho event an ticipated, will bo very likely to be our antagonists? I havo not time, Mr. President, to go into the de tails and statistics of these in?asuiT.s, by showing what tho intimate and exact slate of our commercial rela tions with theso people is, hut it is very groat and very vast ; and I ihink that whilu we arc declaring lo Spain what we will and what we will not submit to in relation to Cuba, it is timo to look North a Utile, and ask lho citizuns of Now Yoik, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, lllinors, AA'isconsin. and all these Slates and Michigan, yes, 1 like to have forgotten Michigan, Laughter I appeal to the citizens of all those Slates, 1 - . ........ m. in in.i.irni.iiitiu i oi mai vvaicinui vigilance mat lias been so ireely ex- cut on, ami wiicn we nave negotiated a treaty relative If "ill cnuuibin uuiiiniaijca "i; liatu ltlun UN. 1UW that may bo accidental probably it is entirely so. , Laughter. But. Sir, there i3 ono thing that must bo said of it it is a remarkable coincidence, very. Laughter. I was saying that it was a remarkable fact in regard to all our negotiations concerning teriitorics, that whenever they related to Northern territory wo gave up, and to Southern territory wo took. And I will , mane anoincr remarn in reierence in muse wno are , so continually looking at the military aspect of these linnet. rtir. vn;ii inn villi ki.ii mil Tinri n inn nin .1". C !!!. . ... . i ,,7. - ; ,, , of Maine for? AA hat did Great Britain want of it? She did not want to colonize it. Sho only wanted a military road only wanted lho means of annoying una uiMiiiuj in iiuiuui tdi, u Honour uimu ivua ucuu- I diet between the two nations ; and we, in the oxer- ciso of that Christian meekness, I suppose, which be - comes a onristian pcopio, sum out our own territory ' on this side of tho St. Iivvrenco, lo which every de- I partinent oi mis uovcrnmoni vvas pledged to maintain lanuu unu udiuua, .u ,un, u mviccici nau uuuu a time to maintain tho Monroe doctrinee, I thirlk that vvas a good ono. ! But lhat is not tho whole history of the North. The North is a largo country, Mr. President, although it docs not make much noise on this llrfor, it a large ti . i ... . t r m country. But how was it on tho Oregon question ? vv en, wmu oiu we m, . o gau, ure nriiain mrco hundred thousand square miles of our indisputable ler- ntory for the very purpose of colonization. Now.ac- , cording to tho doctrines wo hare had pro cording to tho doctrines wo hare had proclaimed this morning, if Mexico or any other country on earth tint has possessions on this continent, had undertaken mocii uuu.uuu iuji" huhoui uuhih n iu na.u I ueen a caU33 f u'ar "a l'1(3 Vnrt f ''l0 United Slates against the country that bought it. But, Sir, wo did not sell it ; we aro clear of that wo only gavo it to Great Britain. I Then, onco more, in reference to the Islands that lie off the coast we just gave Great Britain Aran- . J .1... ....i. r iV.rt coiiver s isianu, which cuiiuuauua mo uiuum ui mu OroRon Illvor. That is the history of t try, so fir as the North i the negotiations of this conn - is concerned, in reference to " v . , territory ; and I say now to the people ot the or.n and representatives of the North, that your commerce lies infinitely moro at the marcy of Great Britain to- ' dav than it would if G real Britain owned every one I of the AA'est India Islands, and vvas without her pos- sessions nttho North. And I wonder whv theso Den - tlenifJii who aro eo fdnd of looking at pur interest southward do not look at the Bahamas; I understand , front these gentlemen who are convorsant with the , matter that those islauds are situated in such a posi- , lion as more effectually to command tno commerce oi flnrihlipnn Spa and the Gulf of Mexico than even Cuba itself, and that tho courso of navigation is such as to bring tho commerce that goes into these seas . .. .. . . ..i. .i i. o , , - . . . . . . through them more dircctiy-tiiat is, wuniri inoeam u iv xw ri n V 77 t . sell the Uahamas i. I A Senator. And Jaroiica Ilr. Hale. And Jamaica. Imagination ran hard cohceivo What this country would bo what an nra -u'"-'-"0 wuai mis country w of internal hnn,,,m,. -... "M "l,on "I1"' ,i t.,.,.i-.;..A V.i.. rngress, and of pros- coritinent If' the Caiia- T"e "'" """ P pon tho nlirili. Avhfo iini- jq to (j,(g 0( country. "Why, Sir, it would lessen thn ndbteslilel, of half if Slates. It is in this view that I want to call tho attention of the Senate and the country and tho people to our relations with Canada hs well as Cuba. Why aro wo going olf tho contin'tint vviiy aro wo going abroad why arc wo going lo the islands of th'o'sea, whcii right here at our own doors, in our very midst there is a country lhat jiossessos tho means of annoying you infinitely moro than Cuba over can ? I, Sir, will not put myself in a position by which I may be sub jceled lo the suspicion of intimating that it is because Great Britain has more moans and nbilily to defend her possessions than Spain has. It must bo some thing else. AA'o are not so much of tho bully and braggart that wo may presume upon the weakness of a nation lo tell them that thoy shall not do a thing, when we darn not tell another nation stronger thaii that, that sho shall nnl do a like thing which would injure us infinitely more. Mr. President, the Honorable Senator from Mich igan says wo have reached an epoch in our history; AA'cll, Sir, I have heard of epoch before. Let mo Jackson; and a young man who was present at the parly was full of indignation at the deed, and de nounccd it as at war with every principle of our Gov ernment, and one that would be likely to overthrow it. A sagacious old gentleman who was there threw cold watcf on thn subject. Tho young man raid, "Sir, I consider this lho very crisis of our experiment." The old man replied, "I have been living in crises all my life." AA'cll, Sir, that is just the way with ihislcountry. AA'o havo bpon living in an epoch from tlicbeginning of tho Government, and I think wo thay bo denominated as a people of epochs. Latigll tcr.J They c'(ime upon us every day and every hour. AA'liy, Sir, the epoch of to-d.iy will bo succeeded by tho epoch of to-morrow, and ono will mako about as much impression as the other. The Honorable Senator from Michigan ltas found food Tor his reniarkjs in some comments which ho has seen in a Buffalo newspaper. 1 don:t read newspa pers, Sir, and lhat i3 the reason why 1 don't make sd many of these visionary speeches as a great many pcoplo do. Laughter. That is tho reason, too, why my rcniatks are always so practical. Laugh ter. But there vvas ono remark which foil from him that pained me. All tho rest I was gratified at, lie says there is no people (in the globo lhat evinces such a wdnt of patriotism' as this people. iAiKras'TTr5-frritrrP-arfr -wits no country where there wero so many persons, unfortu nately, who eviuced a want of patriotism. Mr. ILvLCc-Thcrc was no country on the face of tho globe where there were so many pooplo that c vinccd a waut of patriotism ns this courTtrvftdy' con fess I do not see tho difi'eicnce ; but ililionorablo Senator does, and therefore I will givo hinifthe full credit of it. But I think that, Mi cooler moments, when the impulses of warm blood have subsided, and tho reflection of maturity comes to that Senator, he will regret that remark, laughter, because it is an imputation upon tho motives of our fellow-citizens which I think he Will not indulge. This is a coutitry whcro freedom of opinion is tol erated to a very great, and, as sumo gentlemen Ihinkj to an alarming extent. It is a country where free- dom of opinion finds vent in freedom (if words to a very remarKauio exioni, as we nave uau niusiraieu to-day ; and it would not he astonishing if, in a conn try of free thought and free speech, there should at times bo sentiments uttered not at all in accordance with lho opinions of the majority as to what patriot ism may require. But I think that a discreet degree o'f candor and charity will induce ns all to do credit to those who differ from us ; and iT thoy do not think i as we do, wo may at least, if wo cannot with candor, vvitn cnaniy ueneve mai aiiuougn uiuy uo not seo ai wo do, they aro yot nono tho less friends of their , country, truo, just anu patriotic I have one vvord moro tp say and when I use the term "vvord," I use it in tho Pickwickian sense laughter in the eense ill which it is used in the Son ate, giving it the meaning which I bolieve a distin guished friend of ours now no longer in this body a Senator from Mississipi iMr. Footo gave to tho word. I havo a, word to sr.y about ihe destiny of thd country, about which so much has been said. Tho honorable Senator from Michigan qualifies it, and 1 says ho will not speak of manifest destiny, but ho i " i i i. . . savs ho don t want to circumscrmo it. vv o want room ; thero is hardly room enough for us; tho coun try is too narrow. AA'ith the Atlantic, on one side, aiid the Pacific on the oilier, and ihe Gulf of Mexico for a wash-basin, the domain is wilier circumscribed for such a progressive peoplo as we are. Sir, 1 dis sent from that sentiment. I do not think that our progress should bo in getting moro tonitory, uhtil wo havo improved what we nave got. 1 uo not iiunic that our desires shuuld be to get moro peoplo, until we cducatd, improve and refine our own ayo, Sir, until we giro to those of them who aro homelets, homes from the vast and immense territory which wo now possess. And wo don't want any rrloro territo ry. Our business and our mission are at home. It is to improvo upon our own advantages ; it is to ad vance; it is to elevate and ameliorate the condition of mankind ; it is to show the despots of the old world Lv tli nraodoil reaulta wlilolt aro lo follow from'tha i experiment which wo aro making, that tho instilu- tions under which we live are those lhat are mostem- : ., .......... . ... ,.,t.. t man. and subserve the great pu pesos of soc.a and civilized society. That u it. It is by the arts of peace, by the multiplication of means of internal communication by railroads and canals, by commcrcei 1 bv education, by the general diffusion of information, j and by an me means which uur auumnim wiuianu power give us, mat we are ooing wnai wo can to demonstrate to tho woild that, so far a3 the great purposes of tho Creator may be understood in the cre sltion of man and placing him on this globo to work out the great experiment of human probation, hero j are embodied and hero are enneontrated the most fa- vorablo circumstances for that experiment which tho world has over seen. AAro are not to bo tho knight errants of tho world1, to go abroad over the continents of the earth and tho islands of the sea, proclaiming tho Gospel of our lib erty, and fulminitinrr tho penalty of our sword against