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J0 S E P H I N E.
The story of Napoleon's repudation of
his gentle Empress has been told a hun
dred times, but never with itore grace
and pathos than by Mr. Abbott in the fill
lowitng, which we copy from his recently
published life of Josephiie.
At length the fatal dav arrived for the
an1notinceitelt to Joseplinte. It was the
last day of November, 1ISO. The Etmt
peror and Empress ditted at Fontaitibleau
alone. Sie seemied to have had a pre.
sentment that her doom was sealed, for
that day site had been in hcr retired apart.
itment weeping bitterly. As the dinner
hour approached, she ithed her swollen
eyes and tried to regaitin lier conposure.
They sat down at the table inl sileice.
Napoleon (lid not speak. Josephitne could
not trust her voice to utter a word.
Neither ate a iouthful. Course after
course was brought in and removed un
touched. A tmrtal paleiess revealed the
Sanmusb of. -eaz, hear . oleonJn Jis
rently uneonscio~tly, struck the edge of
his glass with his ktife, while lost inl
thooght. A more ttehancholv meal pro
bablv was never witnessed. The attend
ants around the table seemaed to catch the
inifection, aid moved softly and silenly ill
the discharge or their duties as if they
,vere in the chamber of the dead. At
last the ceremony (of diinier was over, the
attendants were dlisnissed, and Napoleon,
iising and closin-g the doior with his own
hanld, was left alone with Josephine. An
other mnoment of nost patininl sili-nce en
-sued, when the Emperor, liale as death,
and trembling in every nerve, approacled
the Empress. lie took her haa(d, placed
it u pon his heart, anl in fiat tering a ccets,
said, " Josephine ! mty own good Jose
paine ! you kiow how I have loved you.
it is to you alone that I owe the only few
niomtents of happiness I have known in
the world. Josephine, iv destin v is
stronger than tmly Will. My dearest :dl'ec.
tiots miust yield to the interests or France."
Josephine's brain reeled ; her b'ood
ceased to circulate; she faitted, anI fell
lifeless upon the Iloor. Napoleon, alarmt
ed, threw' open the door, of the saloon,
and called for help. Attendants fronm the
ante-rootm imtmediately enitered. Napo
leotn took a tapter from the matntel, atnd
uttering n ot a word, but patle atnd trenm
blingi, motioned to the Count de Beaumnont
to tatke the Empress in his armis. Site
was still unconscious of everything, but
begatn to murbinnr, ini totnes of anguish,
" Oh, no ! you cantnot surely dot it. You
would not kill me." The Emperor led
thie way, through a dark patssaige, to the
private staircase, which contducted to the
apartment of the Empress. Tihe agita
tion of Napoleon seemed tiow to increase.
He uttered some incoherent sentences
about a violent nervous attack ; anid find
ing the stairs too steep and narrow for
the Countt de Beaumonit to beair the boudy
of the htelpless Josephine unassisted, lie
gave the light to an attendanit, anid, sup.
porting her limbs himself, thtey reached
the door of tier bed.roomn. Napioleoni then
disnmissing his miale attendants, anad layiig
Josephtitie upon her b~ed, rang for her
waitiing womani. lie hiutig over her with
an cxprcssion of the maost iintense a ffectiont
and anxiety utntil site began to revive.
But the ttoment consciousness seemed
returning, lie left thne roomi. Napoleon
did not even throwv himself upona his bed
that night. le paced the floor utitil the
dawn of the morning. Thie royal sur
geon, Corvisart, passed the night at the
bed-sided of the Empress. Every houir
the restless, yet uinreleittintg Emperor,
called at hier door to inquire conicernting
her situation. " Ott recoverinig fromt my
swVoon," says Josep~hinet, " I perceived that
Corvisart was in attendance,atnd myv poor
daughtter Ilortense, weepittg over me.
No ! no! I caninot descriibe time horror of
my situationi during that ntight! Even the
interest he1 affected to take ittnamy suffe~r
ings seemedl to me additiotnal crtuelty.
Oh ! how much reason had I to dread be.
coming an Empress !"
A fortnight nowl ptassedl away, dttring
wlhiii Knoleon and JIoseishine saw but
little o~ each other. During this tim
there occurred the anniversary of th
coronation, and of the victery of Auster
litz. Paris was filled with rejoicing. Th
bells rang their merriest peals. The me
tropolis was refulgent with illuminations
in these festivities Josephine was con
pelled to appear. She knew that the
sovereigns aud princes then assembled ir
Paris were informed of her approaching
disirace. In all these sounds of triumpl
she heiard the knell of her own doom
And thonh a careful observer would havc
detected indications in her moistened eyea
and her palled cheek, of the secret wo<
which was consuming her heart, her ha
hitual afTlability and grace never, in pub
lie, for one moment forsook her. Ilor
tense, lanuzid and sorrow stricken, was
with her mother.
Eut enie was summoned from Italv. I
hastened to l'aris, and his first intervieu~
was witlh his mother. From her saloo:
he went directly to the cabinet of Napo
leoni, and inquired of the Emperor if he
had decided to obtain a divorce from the
Empress. Napoleon, who was very
strongly attached to Eugene, made no
reply, but pressed his hand as an expres.
sion that it was so.' Eugene immediately
dropped the hand of the Emperor, and
said
"Sire, in that case, permit me to with
draw from Your service."
"i ulw ?" exclaimed Napoleon, looking
g
upon him sadly ; " will you, Eugene, my
adopted son, leave me?"
Yes, sire," Eugene replied firmly;
the son of her who is no longer Em
Press can not reinn viceroy. I will fol
low miy mother into her retreat.. She
muti-it now fiind lier consolation in her
children."
Napoleon was not without feelings.
Tears filled his eves. In a mournful voice,
tremulous with emotion, lie replied,
"Eugene, you know the stern necessity
which compels this measure, and will you
forsake me ? Who, then, should I have
for a sont, the object of my desires and
preserver of my interests, who would
watch over the-child when I am absent?
If I die, who will prove to him a father ?
Who will bring him up? Who is to make
a ian of him ?"
-Egenes.waiadeeply...Ifted.ud,.taz
conversed a long time together. The
noble Josephine, ever sacrificing ter own
reelings to promote the happiness of
others, urged her son to remain the friend
of Napoleon. " The Emperor," she said,
is vour benefactor-your more than fa
ther, to whom you're indebted for every
thiing-and to whom, therefore, you owe
loindless obedience."
The fital day for the consummation of
the divorce at fength arrived. It was the
15th of December, 1809. Napoleon had
asseibled all the Kings, Princes, and
Princesses who were members of the im
perial fanilv, and also the most illustrious
otheers of the empire, in the grand saloon
of the 'Iilleries. Every individual pre.
seti was oppressed with the melancholy
granideir of the occasion.
At length the mourtiful silence was in
terrupted by the opening of a side.door
and the eitrance of *Josepihine. The
palor o' death was upon her brow, and
the submission of despair nerved her into
a temporary cahniess. She was leaning
upon the armn of Hortense, who, not pos
sessing the fortitude of her mother, was
ettirely unable to control her feelings.
The sympathetic dlaughter, immediately
upon etntering inito the roomi, burst into
tears, and cotiinued sobbing most con
vulsivelv d urintg the whole remaining
scene. *The assembly respectfully arose
upon01 the entrance of Josephine, and all
were moovedl to tears. With that grace
whlich ever distinguished her mnovetments,
shte adhvantcedl silently to the seat provided
for her. Sitting down and leaninig tier
forehead upon her hiand, site listened to
the reading of the amct of~ separationi. No
thitng disturbed the sepulebral- silence of
the scene but tihe convulsive sobbings of
Hortetise, blendinig with the mou rnfulI
tones of the reader's voice. Eugenie, in
the meantime, pale and tremnbling as ani
aspen leaf, has taken a position by the
side of his mother. Silent tears were
trickling down the checks of the Empress.
As sooni as the reading of the act of
searation wats fintished, Josephinie, for a
moment, piressed her hanidkerchief to hter
weeping eves, anid then, risinig, in clear
and- musical, but tremulous tones, pro.
iounced the oath of acceptance. She
theni sat dlown, took the penl, and affixed
ter signature to thme deed which sontdered
the (dearest hiopes and the fondest tiem
which human hearts can feel. Poot
Eugene could endure this anguish nc
loger. His brain reeled, his heart ceasec
to beat, and lhe fell lifeless upon the floor
Josepine andl l{ortense retired with thi
affectionate son and brother. It was
fit timng termnination of this mournful bu
sublime tragedy.*
But the anguish of the damy was niot ye
closed. Josephine, half deliriu wvill
grief, had anoiher scenme still more painfu
to pass through in takinig a final adien o
him who had been her hiushiumd. Sh<
remained in her chamber, in hleart-rending
speechless grief, util the hour arrived it
which Napoleon usually retired for thu
night. The empJeror, restless and wvretch
ed, lnd just placed himself in .the bet
from which he had ejected his most fait
ful and devoted wife, and the attenda
was on the point of leaving the roof
When the private door of his chamb
was slowly opened, and Josephine trei
blingly entered. Her eyes were swoll
with grief, her hair disheveled, and sl
appeared in all the dishabille of unutter
ble anguish. She tottered into the midd
of the room, and approached the be<
then, irresolutely stopping, she buried h
face in her hands, and burst into a flo<
of tears. A feeling of delicacy seem
for a moment to have arrested her stel
-a consciousness that she had now r
right to enter the chamber of Napoleot
but in another moment all the Pent-I
love of her heart burst florth, and, florge
ting everything i ithe fullness of her ai
guish, she threw herself upon the bei
clasped Napoleon's neck in her arms, ni
excl aiming, " My husband ! my husband
sobbed as though her heart were breal
ing. The imperial spirit of Napoleo
was for the moment entirely vanquishe4
and lie also wept almost convulsivel;
He assured Josephine of his love-of h
ardent and undying love. In every wa
he tried to soothe and comfort her, anl
for some time they remained locked i
each other's embrace. The attendai
was dismissed, and for an hour they cor
tinned together in this last private intei
view. Josephine, then, in the experienc
of an intensity of anguish which fe1
hearts have ever known, parted foreyc
from the husband she had so long, s
fondly, so faitlifully loved.
HINTS TO AMoTinS.-If vonu wish t,
cultivate a gossipping, meddling, cons(
rious, spirit in your children, be stir
when they come home from church,
visit, or any oiher place where yott d
not accompany them, to ply them witi
questions concering what everybod;
wore, how everybody looked, and wha
everybody said and did-and if you fin
anything ill all this to censure, always d
it in their hearing. You may rest as
sured, if you puiue a course of thi
kind, they will not return to you unhaden
ed with intelligence; and rather than i
should be uninteresting, they will b
degrees, learn to embelish in such
manner as shall 'not fail to call forth re
the spirit of curiomty-which is so earla
visible in children, .tnd which, if righmtl
directed may be made the instrument 4;
enriching and enlarging their minds-:
vehicle of mischief, Wiich shall serv<
only to narrow them.
Wurr A WirE Smiouia Br.-Burns
tihe poet, in one of his letters, set forti
the followinug as tIhe true qualifications 0
a good wifie.: " The scale of gond wife
ship I divide into ten parts: Good na
ture, four ; gnod sense, two ; wit, one
personal charms, viz: a sweet fiee, elo
quent eyes, fine limbs. graceful carriag
(I would add a fine waist too, but that i
soon spoilt, you know',) all these, one
and for the other gualities belonging tc
or attended on, a wife, snch as fortune
connexions, education, -(l mean educa
tion extraordinary,) familv blood, &c,
divide the two remiaininhg degrees aion,
them as you please, ~oly remember, tha
all these minor proportions must be ex
pressed by frautions, for there is not at
one of them in the aforesaid scale enti
ItIed to thme dignity of an integer.
BUsiNEss PICrURE.-A -new penn,
paer the Sun, just started in Cincinnat
gives the following picture of the busi
ness of the city:
hlere, on the landing, lying- Eide b,
side, are steamboats which have com
from Pennsylvania, Vi rginiia, Kentuck j
Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, TFe
nessee, Iowa, A rkainsas, Mississipp~
Louisiana! Old States and new Statei
slave States and free States, Norther
States and Southern States, are all hier<
lying quietly together, in the friendl
embraces of Commeinrce. But, look agaim
from what countries came these cargoe
of merchandise and produce? Is it uti
0one and the same country ? H~ere ar
the products of the AIlleghanies, the gral
of Ohio, the salt of Virginia, the tobacc
of Kentucky, the lead of Missiouri, th
iron of Tennessee, the cotton of Missii
sippi and A rkainsas, the sngar and m<
lasses of Louisiana, anid the rice of th
Carolinias ! And, what are there returi
ed for them? lBacon for the negroe
sugar mills for the planter, bread for th
nmnufacturers, oil and lard for all cout
tries. Can the most active imaginatic
conceive of more elements of consolid:
tion in natural interests, atnd of ferver
pa~triotismi in al peopile ?
I-IE IIAD H-II.-A hiosier from tI
W~est wvas standing on thme steps5 of U1
Tremonit Hlouse' the other day, whlen
wag, who had somehow obtained .an i
Itroduction to him, stepped up to the ye
danit chap, and with a very imnpressis
flourish, asked him:
"My dear sir-ahem-what is the ph;
sical, moral and intelleetnal condition
the great country from which you camnei
The fellow scratched his head a mn
mont as if puzledh, and then broke out
if lie had perfectly understood the con
Ipreheonsive interrogatory:
"Wal," said lie, " as far as hearud frot
I hobliee it's coming itn ntt fair!I"
h- Thriling Incident et Ocean Life.
ut Our noble ship lay.at anchor in the
" Bay of Tangier, a. rtified town in the
er extreme north-west o Africa. The day
n- had been extremely niild, with a gentle
n breeze sweeping to. the north-ward and
ie west-ward ; but along toward the close
a- of the afternoon tWe sea breeze died
le away, and one of thse sultry, evenlike
atmospheric breadigs camte from the
erreat sunburnt . Sahara. Half an hour
before sundown . captain gave the
d cheering order for- 'Wboatswain to call
S the hands to go in A mming, and in less
o than five minutes the forms of our tars
1 were seen leaping from the lower yard.
V One of the studdid-g sails had been
t lowered into the water, with its corners
suspended from thewnain yard arm and
the swinging.boomi nd into these most
of th - . vimmers mde their way. Among
thos, who seemed tq lie enjoying the
sport most heartily were two of the boys,
n Tim Wallace and Fred Fairbanks,. the
latter of whom ias the son of our old
- gunner; and in a laughing mood they
s st:Lrted out from thestudding sail on a
Y race.
d There wvas.a loud tinging shout of joy
on their lips as they darted through the
it water like jishes. lie surface of the
sea was as smooth; a glass, though its
bosom rose in lon-b eavy swells from
e the Atlantic.
' The vessel was oored with a long
r sweep from both cal s and the buoy on
0 the star-board quait where it rose and
fell with the lazy s I like a drunken
1man. T'iowards- >uoy the two lads
.nmade their way,. r Fairbanks taking
e tie lead ; but wl. Athey were within
about tweity of_ ty fathoms of the
buoy, Tim shot ih -and promised to
win the race.' Th'd 'ser watched
the progress with., stdegree of -pride,
and whie he saw: md'ibp behind, he
, leaped from the po and was upon the
point of urgin'g hinI Iby-a shout, when
a cry reached his4 that-made him start
as if he had lieen ek with a cannon
. ball.
t A shark! a came forth from
the captain of t -sleand, at the
i sound of thepe' -i weris, the .men
r- r - .. - .e
length, a sharp wake was seen in the
water, where the back of the monster
r wLs visible. His courso was for the
boys.
For a moment the gunmer stood like
o:ne bereft of sense, but- on the next lie
shouted at the top of -his voice for the
1 boys to turn, bit the little fellows heard
hiii not-stoutly the swimmers strove for
the goal, all unconscious of the bloody
death spirit that hovered so near them.
- Their merry laugh still rang over the
water, 1d' at length they touched the
buoy together.
Oh, what drops of agony started from
'the brow of our gunner. A boat had
put ofl, but Fairbanks knew that it could
not reach the boys in season, and every
moment lie expected to see the monster
sink from sight; then lie knew that all
hope would be gone. At this moment a
cry reached the ship that went through
every heart like a stream of fire-the
, boys had discovered their enemy.
.The cry started old Fairbanks to his
senses, andl quicker than thought lhe
sprang to the quarter-deck. The guns
y were all loaded and shiotted fore and aft,
i, and none knewv their temper hetter than lie.
- With steady hand, made strong by a
sudden hope, the old . gunnier seized a
y priming wire, and picked the entridge of
e one of the quarter guns; he took from
', his pocket a percussion wafer, and set it
1-in its plaice, and set the hammer of the
i, paen lock. With a giant's strength the
a, old man swayed the breech of the heavy
n gun in its bearing, and then seizing the
a string of the lock, lhe stood back and
y watched for the next swell that would
:brinig the shark in range. He hiad aimed
s the piece some distance ahead of his
t mark, but-yet a little moment would set
e tle his hopes anid fears.
" Every breath wvas hushed, and every
0 heart in that old ship beat painfully. The
e boat was yet some distance from the
bovs, while the horrid sea monster was
fearfully necar. Suddenly the air awoke
e by the roar of the heavy gun, and as the
Sold man knewv his shot wvas gone, lie sank
b back upon the combing of the hatch, and
e coverig his face with his hands, as if
'afraid to see the result of hi's owvn efforts,
n' for if lie had failed he knew that his boy
-was lost.
itFor a moment after the report of the
gun had (lied away upon the air, there
e was a dead silence, but as the dense
e smoke arose from the surface of the
a wvater, there was, at first, a low murmur
a. breaking from the lips of the men-that
r- murmur grew louder and stronger, until
-e it swelled to a joyous, deafninmg shout.
The old gunner sprung to his feet aiid
-gazed ofl' on thme water, and the first
a thing that met his view w~as the hinge
!" arcass of the shark floating with his
>- white belly up, a mangled, lifeless mass.
as n a few moments the boat reached the
1 daring swimmers, and half dead wvith
fright they were brought on board. The
a, T1he old mian clasped his boy in his arms,
nd then. overcom'c by the nowerful ex
citement, he leaned upon the gun for sup
port.
I have seen men in all phases of ex
citement and suspense, but never have I
seen three human beings more overcome
by thrilling emotions, than on that starling
moment, when they first knew the effect
of our gunner's shot.
-.9.
From the Albany (Ga.) Patriot.
The Tenadency of the Govern
nicit.
Every friend of his country who has
watched the course of the Government
of the Union must deplore its. rapid
downward tendency to consolidation.
Let an unsophisticated man read the Con
stitution of the Untied States, and then
examine the operations of the Govern
i ment as it is now carried on in all its
departments. It is doubtful if lie would
recognize that Government as the one
intended to be established by that Con.
stitution. The simplicity, economy and
wisdon of th'e one, would contrast
strangely with the growing complexity,
extravagance, and sovereign pretensions
of the other. He would look in vain in
the Constitution for powers which have
been assumed and exercised by the Ex
ecutive and by Congress. Where is the
authority for constructing railroads clear
ing rivers, legislating for or against par.
ticular classes of industry, granting do
nations, creating offices not conteulplated
by the Constitution, purchasing political
partisans by fat jobs, prolonging the ses
sion of Congress at the expense of the
Treasury for partisan or personal ends
&c. &c. , These are violations of the
letter and spirit of the constitution.
Again, every powegranted in the con
stitution is made the pretext for the ex
ercise of other and unnecessary powers.
As an instance, take that clause of the
1st Art. 2d. Sec. of the constitution
which provides for numbering the in
habitants of each State-for the purpose
of ascertaining the number of Represen
tatives to which they are entitled. " The
actual enumeration (of the inhabitants,)
shall be made within three years after the
1st meeting of the Congress of the United
States and within every subsequent term
of ten years, in ,isch nanner as they
:ghtl. la*Jw directV'. -Who -could- have
ever be claimed under it to collect statis
tical information concerning all the indus
trial affiirs of the people, and to manu
facture books, the printing of which will
cost near a million of dollars; yet such is
the fact; and so it is with other powers
-the simple original is nearly lost in the
mass of new powers which are the ofl.
spring of forced construction and unwise
precedent.
But we need not particularise ; every
one will acknowledge that the Govern
ment is rapidly increasing its powers by
absorption from the legitimate rights of
the States and the people. It ir not sur
prising that an annual revenue of more
than fifty millions of dollars, expended
as it now is, at the discretion of the
President or of Congress, without regard
to the strict provisions of the constitu
tion, should assemble the selfishly ambi
tions by the corrupt of all parties who
would sell their country or their souls for
place and power, which would bring
them money or political distinction., it
is not strange that such men are con
stantly engaged in the effort to foist men
into powver who believe that the constitu
tion can be stretched like India Rubber
to meet their wishes, anid wiho can be
used for their own selfish purposes. But
it is strange that the people, in whose
hands the power of reforming the evils
rests, should submit to thenm quietly. The
Treasury, that nowv overflowing fountain
of political corruption, is the coinied
sweet of thme peoples' brows. It is your
money which is being squandered, and
the officers who thus manage it, are
creatures of your owvn creation. But
the money consideration is a small one
when compared with the effect which is
being produced in virtually changing the
structure of the Government from a
limited Government of confederated sov
ereign State, to a practically, umlimited
power. For this you are responsible to
posterity. You received from your fath
ers a pure government, and it is your duty
to preserve it wijth vigilance, and tranus
mit it pure to 3-our children.
How can the Government be restored
to its proper sphere-its original purity ?
There is but one sure process-the peo
pe must learn their own rights and -duties
they must understand the letter and spirit
of the constitution-and then require
from all their public servants, fro'm the
highest to the lowest, a strict nnfiinch
ing adherence to it. This will bring the
Generl Government back to its proper
sphere, whilst it will restore to the
States their proper rights and sover
eignty.
Rrcui.-" You seem animated by this
fine autumn scene, my dear Annie," said
a lover.
"No," said she, "I never shall be
Anicmaled until I be your wife," and
he gave her such a kiss that Jemimna
vowed she thought somebody hiad hit
against thme barn door with thme heel of a
wL shoe it made snehl a noise.
From the Southern Press.
"Light in Massachusetts."
A few weeks since the New York Jour.
nal of Commerce contained an editorial,
exultingly copied into the Southern sub
mission papers commencing thus:
" LIGHT IN MlAsSACHUSETTs.-For the
first time in a number of years, so our
recollection serves us, the Massachusetts
house of representatives has exhibited a
slight measure of conservatism on the sub
ject of slavery, or rather of the fugitive
slave law."
We exposed the fadlacy of this state
ment, and hypocricy of the pietended
change of sentiment, and, as usual, were
abused roundly for it by the "rejoicing
acquiescents." If there is "Light in
Massachnsetts" it is the baleful glare of a
conflagration, not the blessed light of
ldawn. The fiery cross never sped more
swiftly, nor gave surer tidings of coming
conflict, than the ominous " blue lights"
of abolition on the North-Eastern border.
While Southern watchmen slumber, a
cry of warning and alarm rises from the
North. They see the tide rising which is
destined to overwhelm them with the
South in a common ruin, and call on the
South to avert it by being true to herself.
We quoted, a few days since, a mourn
ful admission from the New York Herald
of the growing strength of abolition sen
timent at the North.
A more startling proof has just been
given by the Massachusetts legislature,
which passed the act effectually nullifying
the Fugitive Slave law. The Boston Post
faithful among the false, thus truly char.
acterises this most insulting and uncon
stitutional act. The one man power, the
veto of the governor, alone can prevent
the consummation o' this outrage.
MASSACIsETTS NULLIFICATIoN.-A
majority of three in the legislature have
actually succeeded in passing the law
which authorises any petty justice of the
peace to issue a habeas corpus to a con
stable to take the person of a fugitive
slave under arrest out of the custody of
the United States Marshal. This is a
declaration of war against the Union. It
is bold nullification ; and those who enact
such a law, must be prepared to enforce
it at the point. of the bayonet; for they
,must know that the United 'S aeneve
tice of the peace.
We deeply regret this act of legislation.
It strikes a direct blow at the Union.
There is yet a conservative power that
may save the commonwealth from this
dishonor, and we trust it will be exercised.
A WARNIY.-Mr. Hale, in the United
States Senste, on Friday, very boldly de
fined the position of the free-soil demo
crats on the compromise question. He
says that if the democrats at Baltimore
make the fugitive slave law a stick of
timber in their platform, they may look
out for the revival of the Buffalo party
and a Bufftlo ticket for 1852, which will
leave the democratic candidates as high
and'dry as in 1818, and by the same
operation. *
ASSIGYMENT OF LAxn WARRANTs.
The omission to give any form for a
power of attorney in the published regu
lations for the assignment of land war
rants, under the recent act of Congress,
led to inquiry being made to the General
Land Office at Washington, whlen the
following form of a p)ower of attorney
and also directions for its execution,
were communicated to the writer. T1hey
will be of service all over the country :
FORM OF A POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these present, that I
(here insert the namec of the wearrantee,)
of the county of--and State of--,
do hereby constitute and appoint-of
--my true and lawful attorney, for me,
and in my name, to sell and - conivey the
within land wiarrant, No. -, for -
acres of land, which issued under the act
of September, 1850.
Signed in presence of
The acknowvledgment of this power of
attorney must be taken and certified in
the same manner as the acknowledgments
of the sales of the wvarrant or certificate
of location before prescribed, and must
also be endorsed on the wvarrant.
INDEPE.NDENCE DEFINED.--A lWes
tern editor lately offered his hat as a
prize for the best essay on Independence.
The followving obtained the prize:i
"National independence is easier im-j
ngined than described ; personal indepen-|
dence consists emphatically in being
situated in a clean shirt, drawvers, socks,
and a nicely blacked pair of boots, wvith
at least a dollar and a half, and a clean
cambric in your poeiket ; all on Sunday
morning, with your wife on one arm and
your own babe on the other, visiting
your own church to sit under the minis
try of your own preacher, in blissful ex
pectation of doing your own snoozing in
your own pew, wherein no one dare ven
ture to nudge you with his elbow, or
tickle your nose wvith a straw.
A VERY stringent bill against free ne
roes has been reported in the Virginia
Legislature, the enforcement of' which
wil drive them out of the State.
KNOXVILLE AND - CHIARILsTO RAU,
ROAD.-We understand that the commis
sioners have opened the books for sub
scription to this road and a number of our
most influential and wealthy citizens have
subscribed a large amount of stock to
this Railroad, and as soon as a sufficient
amount of stock is taken so as to comply
with the charter, they intend to organise
the company. This charter was granted
by our last Legislature, The route the
road is contemplated to run is from this
place via Rabun Gap, We are pleased
to see our citizens moving in this great
improvement. We know of no road that
would be of more importanceto the peo
pie of East Tennessee and those of
Charleston than the early completion of
this road. The compleiion of this road
will put us in direct communication with
Charleston.
We have no doubt but what this road
will soon be built, and then a road fronil
this place to connect with some road in
Kentucky, will put Charleston in a drect
line from this place to Cineinnatti
Knoxville Plebian.
LAXD WARANTS AND TE IloM
STEAD BILL-Thompson's Bank Note
Reporter says:
" The passage of the Hfomesfead big
through the House of Representatves by
a large majority will probably preeipitafe
on the market an overstock of warraora,
while, at the same time, the demand wil
probably fall off-hence all dealers will
hold up, and prices may be afflecte. We
do not believe that the Senate wif ad1
upon the House bill at this sessioni buE
Washington legislation is very uncertaing
and it may be pushed through. Weqnote
warrants as being worth about as f wevs,
not saying whether we shall buy or seH
at these figures: 160 acre warrants,81.25'.
80 acre warrants, $65; 40 acre wawants,
$32 14.
PLA-x RoAvs,-The success of near
ly every plank road enterprise,,. financibiP
ly, encourages the undertaking of others..
This success is universaL We know of
no plank road that does not pay.. a laW
per centage, whileaveynyaepa
planking over their tracks in compliance
with the public demand.-Po'keepsie Amt.
the State as my sovereign, and deeply
grateful for the many favors and honors
she has conferred upon me, I bow to her
declared will, and make way for those;.
who, with hearts less sad, and judgment.
DEAF AND DLMB AsYLUMs.-The whole'
number of these institutions in the worli,.
Dr. Peet says, is 1,915-of which 18 are'
in Great Britain; 44 in France; 11 in,
[taly ; 10 in Switzerland, 10 in Austria;'
35 in Prussia; 6 in Wurtemberg and
Baden; 18 in Saxony, Hanover and the
other German States; 4 in the Germano
free cities; 10 in Belgium and Holland;:
5 in Denmark, Sweden and Norway; 3
in Russia and Poland; 13 in the Unitedi
States of America; 1 in Canaia and;%
in Asia.
CLOSE SHAVING.-A JuStice Of t30'
Peaco was called on for the payment o
a bill of 75 cents, for the sweeping of hib=
chimneys. Upon presenting the blli, the
squire asked him if he would sweat tro'
the account. The mani replied, "yes,- if'
required." The squire immediately swore
him and handed him fifty cents. "Stop
squire," said the man "you are miistien'
in the amount, 'tis seventy-five- eents.'
"I know," returned the squire, "bob li
can't swvear you for nothing."
WORT MENT~oNING-The Rome N3uitev'
er says: "Georgia bears off the palla' in
three things-poultry raising-pigeon' raims
ing and strawberry culture. DJ.. 3'atty,,f
Floyd,hlasa greater variety of fewlk tlin~a ay
other person in the United States; Col.]!w.
son, of Richmond, the greatest variaty of
pigeons, while Col. Peabody,. of Museegee,
leaves all and singular the rest et the stiaw
berry amateurs at an immeasra13e distanee
behind him. We do not mnean that these-ave'
all our State can brag of, but forthe mikeof
modesty, we must not boast o toe anny
things at one time.
IHnT in one thing becomes y'eM
nary towards right in everythig; tll
transition is not distant fromi the feelMg
which tells us that wve shoeld do rio han
to no man, to that which tella us that we
should do good to all men.
A deaf and dumb person1being asked
to give his idea of forgiveness took bis
pencil and wrote ; " It is the sweetness
which flowers yield when trampled upon."
IT is singular how pious new clothes
make people. For a month after the
Misses Flirts get new Mantillas, they are
at church three times a day. Should the
women paint heaven, the walls wvould be.
all festooned with French bonnets and
brocade satin.
A YoUNG MAN without money is like
a steamboat without fuel. He can't go
ahend. Among the ladies he is like the
moon on a cloudy night. He can't uhine.