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0L. BILLEB, EDITOR 1XD PUBLISHER. -
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION.
terms $2.io per muw, a ADT1XCS.
VOLUME II. NUMBER 27. j ;
WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS,- THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1858.
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Thaw taper finrm aiar hara eftei atnyed;
TWHtaajaa, whieh htt fcr ceatoriet Wen raate,
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HVa oiiitk aad aiotic r-ipned tritbio her wallts
fv'ut the watted aiaay a pleataot hoar,
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Tar hrouhiag ttataa aad the tpeakin bait .
Of iB tbtir jraca aad heaaty hara boea "raft,
Aad doaw tad toot hare rranibled ialo doit,
ftare thr freed toali mortal pritoa hsft.
Akhaaih the rock for aiaay aget hid
That heaua raia from the li(lit of day,
h aareelr fcelt, Uke Eti-pt't Pjramid,
Theia-ar of deeay.
Thi raulii; taabean fall" anaa the ana-,
. let eaaaot well the iry chaia oT death;
Tat rrphyr't winf U fiiaaias thy dark brow,
at thea tit reeklett of itt balmy trrath.
IThra jor brkl empire ia that leathern Urea it,
rrrbapt the waadered by the Nile'a feeea thore,
Aad anted apon bit billow! when at red,
Of hiteaed la their roar.
la cliUknod'. hoar, tha aiairea liltle tlionjla,
rTVa Kle to herald all itt ehartaa mreil,
rt mttchlett form by ttranen woo Id be beafht,
Aad made the therae of ar an errin tale.
Wbra the brt tramp thall animate tike tomb,
An.l call the .lead from oot the ea and earth.
Maiden thr apirit will itt doit rereme,
Far from thy place of birth.'
THE OLD PREACHER;
OR,
THE TRAITOR AND PATRIOT.
Fifty jars ago a terrible storm shook
the city of London. At the dead of the
Bight, rvlin the storm was at its highest,
m n-il minister, liring near the suburbs
of tlu city, wa arousetl bj an earnest
oj for lirl. Lookiug from hi windorr,
1m bcheM a rmle man, clad in the coarse
Attire of tli sweeper of the pablic streets.
It t fetr moments, while the rain came
town in torrents, and the Moriu growled
abore, the preacher leaning on the arm of
'hf otavengcr, threaded hia way through
the .lark nuburbs. ,
Tliat very day a strange old man had
f J'm speechless in front of the scaven
g' rude home. Tho good-hearted
jtreH-sweeper had taken him in, laid
I'lm on his own bed he had not spoken
ud now he was dying.
Tlii, was the story of the rough man.
And now, through dark alleys, among
niwable tenements, that seem to topple
Iowa upon their heads, into the loneliest
al dreariest suburbs they pass that
white-haired minister and his-guide. At
' ia a narrow conrt, and up a flight of
tort that creaked benoatk their tread,
then into the death room. .
was in truth a miserable place.
A glimmering light stood on a broken
,r-. There were the rough walls, there
loliUry garret window, with the rain
g through the rags and straw, which
tnffed the broken panes and there amid
vY ?f wIJ siles tho ma11 TliM''
kim SMms tke stranSer witn
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one corner, on the coarse straw of i
"Sged bed, lay the dying man. He
bat hlf dressed hi8 legs were con
"W y military boote. .
o Aged preacher drew near and look
2 "Pon him. And he looked throb
roty01 might death-watch
l,c5"g in the shattered wall.
U m of a strong man, grown
' With CAre. mnra rfiar. orr
eDrWr face that yon might laok
v,to' na yet wear in yonr memory
Li ns bend over the bed and
Aat face.
4 bold fnpAo.J 4 l. .
kU between the brows long locks
fr?r nir, sprinkled with gray lips
jo ,t 7qmrenng as though they
'-toVrh9 tvu from the life of the man
tta,? ,. two ,rS' e" i-ul, burning,
W uUZ WM ,otnsthinrr o terribla in
UtiC?Tsomething so full of nnnttra-
0, , "TM.M- naspe-kable despair that
Lnf l ""f ,er ,Urte,i in horror.
TK these Btrontr nns are clutch
tatu ; j aD' -ir-the death sweat
a i. v . ' UU lM C0I- trow tne
Tk a.1"1
:, rhrb!-thro'-t tit
- V i ? ,n the 8n"ered wall.
"oald yoa ii, jn ft, faitll of ,
Christian 7" faltered the preacher, as he
uneis tDere on the dark floor. . . ,
Tho white. lips of the death stricken
man trembled bat made no aonnd.
Then, with the agony ot death upon
him, he rose into a sitting posture. For
hi urst nine, ne spoke :
"Christian J" he echoed 'in that deep
luurj wuicu inruieu me preacuer-Xo tue
Heart, "will that faith give mo back my
honor 7 1 Lome with me with , me far,
far oveV the water. Mia I. "We are there!
This is my native borne. .Yonder is the
church in which I knelt in childhood
yonder the green on which I sported when
. I -T.. .1 a .i 1 .i
jjua auuiuer nag man tnat wav
ed when I was a child. And listen, old
man ; were I to pass this street as I pass
ed when but a child, tho verv babes in
their cradles would raise their tiny hands
and enrso me. The graves in yonder
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cnurcDyaru wonia shrink from my foot
steps, and yonder flag would stain a bap
tism of blood npon my heart."
That was an awful death-bed. The
minister has watched the " Ixst night,"
with a hundred convicts in their cells,
and yet never beheld a scene as terrible as
this.
Suddenly the dying man arose. lie
tottered along the floor. With those
white fingers, whose nails re blue with
the death-chill, he opened the valine. lie
showed his military coat trimmed with
silver, an old parchment, a piece of cloth
that looked like the wreck of a battle
flag. v
"Look ye, priest, this faded coat is
spotted with my blood !" he cried, as old
memories seemed stirring at his heart.
This is the coat I wore when I planted
the banner of the stars on Ticonderoga.
That bullet hole was pierced in the fight
at Quebec ; now I am a let me whis
per in yoiTr ear.
"Now, help me, priest," he said in a
voice growing suddenly tremtilons ; "help
me put on this coat of blue and silver.
For yon sac," and a ghastly smile came
over-his face, "there is no one to wipe the
cold drops from my brow ; no wile, no
child I must meet death alone; but I
will meet him, as I met him in battle,
without fear."
While he stood arraying himself in
that worm-eaten coat of blue' and silver,
the good preacher spoke to him of faith
in Jesus. Yes, of that great faith which
pierces the clouds of human guilt, and
rolls them back from the face of God.
"Faith !" echoed the strange man, who
stood there erect, with the death-light in
his eye. "Faith ! can it give mo back
my honor ? Look, ye, priest, there over
the waves, sits George Washington, tell
ing to his comrades the pleasant story of
tho eight years' war there in his royal
hall sits George of England bewailing iu
his idiotic voice the loss of his colonies.
And here am I I who was the first to
raise the flag of freedom, the first to strike
the blow against that King here am I,
dying like a dog 1"
The awe-stricken preacher started back
from the look of the dying man while
throb throb throb beat the death-
watch in the shattered wall.
"Hush ! silence along tho line there !'
he muttered, in that wild, absent tone, as
thongh speaking to the dead ; "silonco
along the lines ! Hark, yon. Montgomery,
we will meet there in victory or death !
Hist ! silence, my men, not a whisper, as
you move up those steep rocks 1 Now on,
my boys, now on I ilan ot tuo wilder
ness, we will gain the town. Now op
with the banner nf tho stars ; tip with
the flair of freedom, though tha night is
dark and the snow falls I Now now "
shrieked the death-stricken man. towering
there in the blue uniform, with his clench
ed hands waving in the air" now, nowl
One blow, and Quebec is ours I
And look. His eyes grew glassy. With
that word on his lips, he stands there
ah ! what a hideous picture or despair,
erect, livid, ghastly 1 There for a moment,
and then he falls I He is dead 1 Ah ?
look at that proud form, thrown cold and
stiff npon the damp floor. In that glassy
eye there lingers even yet, horrible energy,
a sublimity of despair. '
- Who is this strange man, dying here
alone in this rude garret, this man, who,
in all his crime, still treasured np his blue
uniform and faded flag 7
Who is this being of terrible remorse ?
This man, whose memories link some
thing of heaven and more of hell ? ' - .
Let ns look at that parchment and the
flag.
The old minister unrolls that faded
flag. It was a blue banner gleaming with
thirteen stars.
He unrolls that parchment It is a
Colonel's commission in the Continental
Army, .-addressed Besbdict Arsold !
And there, in that rude hut, while the
death-watch throbbed like a heart in the
shattered wall unknown, nnwept, in all
the bitterness of desolation, lay the corpse
of that patriot and traitor.
Oh, that onr own trne Washington had
been there, to sever that good right arm
from the corpse, and while the dichonred
body rotted into dust, to bring home that
good right arm, and embalm it among
the holiest memories of the past.
For that right arm had struck many a
gallant blow for freedom,' yonder at Ti
coadeioga, at Quebec, Champlain, and
Baratoga that arm yonder, beneath the
snow-white mountain, on the ekep silence
of the dead, first raised into sight the
banner of the Stars. .
It ws daring the renowned expedition
throngh the wilderness to Quebec, that
Arnold eacamped for two or three days
beside the River of the Dead, near a snow
white mountain, which rose ia lovsly
grandeur over all other mountains, into
the autumnal hi v. A sin Ha soldier as
cended the mountain: with the. Lope of
Deholding irm Us summit the rocks and
spires of Quebec. Whet he cam down
Arnold took from hU Lreosl. wlnr .'fnr
four days in privation and danger he had
carriou it, a blue wanner ; gleaming with
thirteen star. Ha raided it intn tJia lio-Vrt
and for . the , first, time., the Continental
iMnner Boated over the soIUades of the
Dead River.. This iy & fact attested L
history and corroborated by tradition.
WASHUTGT05 CROSSING- THE
DELAWARE. .
DT r-EBA r-MlTU. :
Daft and rbjomy wat the boor,
Aad Freedom 't Sret burnt low;
For twenty day, bad Wathiajleo
etreated Iron the foe;
And bit wearr wilier,' feet were bare, -
At ha Bed acrott the DeMaware.
tlearta were iailief tlmtrb ilia hutd, .
Aad patriot bloo-1 ran cold;
The stricken army trar-e retain'J
Two thootaad men. all told;
While tho Britiih arm, gleamed every wbera,
From the HnJtoa to tha Delaware. .
Cold and atormy name tha ni-ht
The gr-?at Chief rooted bit meat
"Now, np, brave comradei, op, ami ttrikn
For Freedom once agia; .
For the lion ileepeth in hit lair.
On the left bank of tha Delaware."
By tho darMing rirer't tiJe,
Beneath a wintry tky.
From that weak band, forlorn anal few,
Went np the patriot cry:
"O, rand of Free.loas, ne'er detpatr!
Well die, or croat the Delaware!"
now tha ttrong onrt (lathed Uw Ice,
Amid the tempoatt roar!
Aad how tlie trampet voice of Knot
Still cheer them to the thore! m
' ' That in tho freeainf midnight nir,
Tbeto brave heart! ewtaed the Delaware. ,
In the morning-, erey nnd dim,'
The thotxt of battle rote; -Tlie
Chief led back hit reliant men,
With a Uiooinnd eaptirn loot;
- Whila Trenton thook with cannon's blare,
That told the newt e'rr the Delaware.
Nickxames. It frequently happens
that certain States and cities, instead of
being refereed to by their proper names,
are indicated in some other wav. Tims
we have :
Virginia, the "Old Dominion."
Massachusetts, the "Bay State."
Rhode Island, "Little IUiody."
New York, "Empire State."
New Hampshire,. "Granite State."
Vermont, ther"Grcen Mountain State."
Connecticut,' the Land of Steady
Habits."
Pennsylvania, the "Keystone State."
North Carolina, "Old North State."
South Carolina, the "Palmetto State."
Ohio, the "Buckeye State."
Michigan, the "Wolverine State."
Missouri, tlie "Puke State."
Indiana, the "Hoosier State."
Illinois, the "Sucker State." '
Iowa, the 'Hawkeyo State."
Florida, the "Peninsular State."
So, alo, we have:
Now York City, the " Metropolis of
America," the "Commercial Empori
um." and "Gotham." '
' Boston, the "Modern Athens," and the
"Literary Emporium." !
Philadelphia, the "City of Brotherly
Love," "City of Penn," and the ." Qua
ker City." . -
Baltimore, the "Monumental City," .
Cincinnati, the "Queen City." "Queen
of the West," and Porkopolis,"
New Orleans, the "Crescent City."
Washington, the "CHy of Magnificent
Distances." - ,"'
Chicago, the "Garden City." .
Detroit, the "Citv of the Straits."
Cleveland, the "Forest City."
Hew Haven, the "City of Elms."
Richmond. (Ind.,) the "Quaker City
of the Wet,"
Lafayette, the "Star City."
Indianapolis, the "Railroad City."
.' fit. Lonis. the "Mound City."
Keokuk, the "Gate City." - ' -
It is reported that Jehn Glancy Jones,
the worst beaten man in Pennsylvania for
Congress, has been appointed Minister to
Austria. .The President takes. ;careof
-those whom the people repudiate, and the
people take care of those whom the Pres
ident repudiates. Clevt. PlaindeaUr.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, Democratic
organ, copies tha above and says :
That role does not seem to have worked
well in your case, as yon have been repu
diated by both the President and the peo
ple. This is really cruel. The Cincinnati
Postmaster ought to have some little
mercy on his beheaded brother of the
Plaindealer. Columbui Journal. .
. The National Intelligencer regale its
readers, aa a piece of very early news,
with the speech of one of onr Senators
on Kansas, delivered last March. No
wonder that the Washington journals
require aid from Congress to eke out their
sickly existence, and still less wonder that
in a pinch the Administration can always
command their services and their praise.
Tlie Illinois Register says that the
Richmond South has finally come oct
in favor of the re-election of Judge Dou
glas to the Senate. So there is another
"Richmond" , in the field. We venture
to predict, however, that no Richmond
North will ever come out in hia favor.
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Gen. ' Jackson'i Birth Place. South
. Carolina T.-Virginia.
' The -claim of Major - Davenport that
Gen. Jackson was bora : in Virginia, is
refuted by the Lancaster (S. C.) Ledger,
which shows that he was a native of that
district -Wequoter
The family of Jackson was Scotch,
and emigrated, at an early period, to the
north of Ireland. Andrew Jackson, the
father of General! Jack-ion, with bis eons,
Hugh and Robert, left Jreland and landed
in Charleston; in. 1765, and removed to
tho Waxhaws, Lancaster District, S. C,
there to reside. Major Robert Crawford,
with others of the Crawford family, came
over with him, and likewise settled in the
Waxhaws. Andrew Jackson died shortly
after hia arrival in this country, and just
before the birth of his son Andrew. 1 he
latter was born on the 15th day of March,
1707.
Tho Jacksons were in rather indigent
circumntaiiees ; but Major Crawford, a
wealthy man, was, through the marriage
of ono of his brothers with the sister of
Andrew Jackson's (Sr.,) wife, somewhat
a lamily connection, and was the hrm
and undeviating friend of the Jacksons.
From the best information we can gather,
the mother of Gen. Jackson had left the
place where her husband first settled, and
was, at the time of the birth of her son
Andrew, living on a place belonging to
Major Crawford, and very near to his
place of residence. In a very short time
after that evnt the birth of Andrew
M.ijor Crawford took her to his own house,
and it was her home nml her death.
Major Crawford took good care of his
protege ; and was repaid by a filial affec
tion that diod only when tho old hero
himself ceased to exist. The descendants
of Major Crawford are numorous, aud tho
tradition of the family as to the birth
place of Jackson is as we have above
stated. ' There are numerous relations of
Geu. Jackson now living in this district
some of them second cousins and the
tradition among them is that Gen. Jack
son was born in the Waxhaws. ' The
tradition is not vague and uncertain ; it
is positive, direct ; and is founded npon
information hauded down from parents to
thoir children. There are men and wo
men now here, and many of them, who
have conversed with persons of undoubted
veracitv, who wero present at the birth of
Oon. Jackson, borno of thoso who were
present were near rolatives, aad gave some
years ago their testimony to. tho Tact that
their distinguished kinsman was born in
the Waxhaws. AH the above can be
verified, if necessary, by men and women
among ns of unquestioned character.
Tho Ledger further states that Martin
P. Crawford. Esq., the grandson of Maj.
Robert Crawford, is now the owner of an
old negro Woman who was a playmate of
Jackson's in early childhood. Phillis is
npwardsof ninety years old, and can point
the exact spot on which stood the house
in which Gen. Jackson was born.
Great Evests in 1858. L The Re
vival of Religion, the most extensive and
thorough ever experienced in the United
States. '
2. The triumph of the American
Tract Society, tho greatest moral victory
of truth over error achieved since the
Reformation of Martin Luther.
3. The successful completion of the
Electric Telegraph from Europe to Amer
ica, the greatest work of human perseve
re nco and enterprise.
4. The opening of China to the com
merce of the world, and free toleration of
the Christian religion throughout the Em
pire, i . . s- '
'' Tho late Postmaster at Quincy, His.,
who was a warm friend of Senator Dou
glas, and was told that if he did not give
np Douglas he must give np his office,. is
said to have used the following eloquent
language:
.'. "Mr. Buchanan may go to h 1 with
his d d old post office, if ha he don't
like ray Democracy !"
Mr. Buchanan removed the gentleman's
head.
The Cincinnati Enquirer complains
that the defeat of the Democratic- ticket
in Jefferson County was caused by a story
put in circulation by the Repolicans, that
President Buchanan had signed a bill
making tmoolh quarters only worth twen
ty cents. We incline to think there was
truth in the story after all ; for whoa he
signed the English bill, the "quarters "
of a good many- Democratic Congress
men in Pennsylvania vers mot worth a
red. .! '
The Vincennes Gazette says that a
memorial is being circulated and is being
artjtnnvsvlw airiuvl in Ohio. Dravinz the
Legislature to Uke steps for relieving that
State of the incubus oi iree negroes, oy
sending them back to ths land of their
f,,ih,r XV fear that if this were strict
ly carried ont. most of the negroes would
be sent South.- ' - . --.'
' Parson Brownlow. of the Knexville
Whig, says : "In all personal and polit-
,.t enarrora. T Will Uk tht tOUTtt that
suits tne, without consulting any one, and
hnLl' Vnwno'f mmonsible for the conse-
Quenecs"" We recommend a course of ,
. . i i -
sprouts as liReiy to no mm more gooa
than anything else. ; '
The Washington States (Douglas or
gan.) records with great demonstrations
of satisfaction, the entire coincidence be
tween Jefferson Davis and Senator Dou
glas, on the Slavery question- Can the
States say as much for their coincidence
on the next Presidential question?
A Grist from Prentice.
. Mr, Douglas is to be pitied. He is
perfectly furious against Mr. Buchanan,
bnt dares not abuse him. To use a com
parison more strong thsn delicate, he is
uke a Scotchman that s got the itch and
no finger nails to scratch with.
In Sweden, a man who is seen fonr
times drunk is deprived of a vote at elec
tions. In some of our large cities this
rale is reversed, a drunken man is made
to vote four times. -
On the evening of the 17th of Septem
ber, the day of the departure of the last
mail from Salt Lake, thirteen births were
reported in Elder Kimball's family. We
think that Brigham must be getting jeal
ous. "He may well tremble for his su
premacy among the Utah women.
Mirabeao said that silence was the most
eloquent lesson that can be given by sub
jects to their rulers. We are not dispos
ed to question the general truth of this
apothegm, but w? think the lond talk of
Pennsylvania last week had its eloquence
as well as force. '
The Cincinnati Times says the " pre
vailing epidemic now raging in this pity
is the thirst for strong drink." We pre
sume the rye faces occasioned by the re
sults of the election have struck in.
The majority against the Democracy
in Ohio, according to the returns, is about
3U.UUU, and in Pennsylvania 6U.U00
The Democracy seem to be thanking God
that it is no greater.
The Sonthern Democratic papers are
as witty over the elections as brevity can
make them. They dispatch them in two
or three lines, thinking the least said the
soonest mended.
The editor of the New York Observer
glorifies Mr. Buchanan for having walked
two miles to church on Sunday. We
suppose the old gentleman's carriage or
buggy was in use, and he was too parsi
monious to hire one.
The St. Louis Republican thinks that
Air. Lincoln selection would cause dismay
in more than one-half of the States of the
Union. Probably it would cause dismay
in all the States of the Union in fact
wherever Locofocos are to be found.
The "Pennsylvania Dutch," of Berks
County, have a highly appreciative opin
ion of Glancy Jones. Ono of them said,
"it is von shame if Mishter Shones be not
elected, for he is the Committee of the
Shairman of Mean Ways I"
New Candidate fob the Presidency.
A German Sunday paper, published in
New i ork, suggests Morrissey as a prop
er candidate for the Presidency in 18GU
The editor insists that no one in Congress
then woold be so audacious as to refuse
the appropriation of money, or to oppose
the measures of the Administration ; for
who would like to fight eleven rounds
with His LxceMency, the President, to
have his head and breast smashed ? The
United States would then have a strong
Government He says :
"Morrissey, Esq.," is also a "self-made"
man. The Rough-Skins, Blood-Tubs,
Mackerel Boys, Dead-Ribbits, Plog-Ug-lies,
and ether patriotic associations and
clubs, having already opened the campaign
at Long Point, Canada, where Morrissey
used striking arguments against his op
ponent, Heenan, Esq. The following
ticket is suggested for the Cabinet :
For Secretary of State Yankee Sulli
van, Esq.
For Secretary of the Treasury Dad
Cunningham, Esq.
' For Secretary of War Tom Hyer,
Esq.
For Secretary of the Navy John
Dobson, Esq.
For Postmaster General Billy Mulli
gan, Esq.
For Secretary of the Interior Benicia
Boy, Esq.
For Indian Affairs Awful Gardner,
Esq.
James G. Jameson, nephew of ex
President Pierce, cut his throat with a
razor, and (lied, in Boston, on Thursday.
Exchange.
We really do not think there was suf
ficient reason for the young man to cot
his throat. - He might have removed to
a foreign country, where his relationship
to ex-President Pierce would never have
been known. Lou. Jour.
At tha Fourth of Jul v celebration, held
at Lexington, the following toast was
offered :
"Hoeps and TijlU Pants the unqual
ified representatives of financial extremes.
May the charms of the ladies be as bound
less as their skirts ; and may tne genu
never get as tight as their breeches."
The Charleston News saTS the South
has but one thing to do, and that is to
prepare at once for a boutnern Lonieuer
acy, and decisively proceed to form it.
At the assembling of Congress, ia a few
weak, let the Southern members convene
in open meeting, plant their feet, and an
nounce the determination.
A Pbksidbhtial Ticket. The Indi
ana American, a paper devotod. as we
find in the title page, "to sound morals,
pore temperance, and rare fun," raises as
its candid ites tor the next t-resnieniiai
race, the names of John C. Fremont and
John W. Forney. -
A gentleman recently inquired of Gov.
Harris, of Tennessee, when be intended
to appoint a day for Thanksgiving. "I'd
like to know what tha d 1 the Demo
crats have got to thank God for this year,"
was the melancholy response.
ROSALIE VASE.
1 mot bar wbca had and when hie nam were tare,
AW tho rents of the morning by white la the air;
A terapk-lika child en the aoana ofprinr,
. With a heart fen of flea, kke a bird on the wing;
And bar aweet, nanny nyo wat a charm against pain,
For a vision nf gladaeaa was Bosalio Vano.
I met her when aatnr wan fragrant with Sowars .
And the gtory afSemmer encircled the bo wen
With a wreath aa her brow', aad a taniWee her bp,
L.ke a daw-lighted flower l bee krree to tip;
For Eros haJ honnJ her a briJo ia kit train,
1 And the fairest and rarest was Raaalin Van.
I tnat ker when learns that the wild Summer rare, '
Had buM like mist aa tha foaio -covered ware
The angels had whispered, aweet ultra, w. come!
Aad the trnaat ham Uearea went back te ber home.
Thn Winter pasaad ever, aad never again
Shall I see thea anj lorn thee, sweet Rosalia Vane.
A Good letter. .
The following letter from the "gallant
narry of the West," the old Whig
leader, the practical American Statesman,
has recently been published, for the first
time. It was written during the depress
ed times of John Tyler's administration,
but is equally applicable to thd present
circumstances of tho nation :
"Ashland, 6th April, 1843.
Dr. ah Sib : I received your favor and
concur with yon in al1 that you have said
about the ills of the country and the
causes of them. They originated at
Washington, and the remedy ought to
come from the samo place ; but, during
the present administration, wo are not
allowed to hope for one. In the mean
time, the only alternative left to tho peo
ple is in their industry, economy and fru
gality. Tho savings of one family, in
the course of a year are not much; bnt
when seventeen millions of people are all
at the same time practicing economy, the
aggregate of their savings in that time is
immense. Tho people being unable to
consume foreign commodities, the impor
tations are small, and specie U flowing
into tho country through all its great in
lets. The effect will bo to augment the
circulation both of specie and of bank
notes redeemable in specio ; and I think
in the course of the year we shall begin
to feel the salutary influence of this state
of things.
I thank yon for your invitation to visit
Illinois ; bnt I regret that 1 caunot prom
ise myself that satisfaction.
With great regard, I am yours truly,
II. CLAY.
James .Walcott, Esq.
The New York Times says that Wen
dell, of the Union, declares himself in
favor of Douglas. Ho says "be i. mak
ing money by publishing the attacks npon
him, but disclaims any responsibility
therefor." We should like to know who
paid him, and whether Douglas did it to
cheat the voters of Illinois into a belief
that he is honest in breaking with the
Administration.
' The Washington Union has discovered
"a strange political phenomenon," to
wit : that "a large class of naturalized
citizens have gone over to help tho Re
publicans 1" If the Union were to look
at the signs hereabouts, it would- also
discover another stranire political phe
nomenon, to wit : that a large class of
un-naturalized citizens had gone over to
help the Douglasites.
How We Look is Greek. A life of
Washington ha just made its appearance
at Athens, Greece. They make shocking
work with our names. Washington is
rendered Ouasigslon; Hancock is Agkok;
Bunker Hill, Eo.monlon Eongler ; and
old Gov. Dinwiddie figures in the classic
language of Homer, Demosthenes and
Plato as Dioktles Dinouiddes.
Hon. William Monl corner v. of Penn
sylvania, whose position has hitherto been
regardeJ as equivocal, has recently, in a
public speech, expressed his nnstuity to
tha Administration in very bitter terms.
declaring himself to be of the Douglas
nchnnl in oolitics. nis lost act of fealty
to Old Buck was sending him a barrel of
rye whiskey.
Prettt Good. One of the defeated
Democratic candidates in Boston was
asked the morning after the election, the
question, "how do yon feel 7" " Feel."
. .,.., nes - i . t -
be replied, "wny, x leei jo a a wjppo
Lazarns did when be was licked by the
dogs 1" No more questions were asked.
A Donzlas Chicago orator. F. C.
Slirrman. onened rich, as follows : "For
the sake of facilitating bnsinesa. I hove
in a few remarks;" and on a different oc
casion he said he had "built a subterra
nean vault in the garret of the Sherman
House, lor a wine cellar.
Tha Tan ITanta Union States that the
laborers who were imported into Indian
apolis to vote the old line ticket, and
nramUAl cmnlovment on the Government
building, have brought suit against the
contractor, and are determinec to maxe
him redeem hia pledge.
The Louisville Journal is guilty of the
following: . ' '
s Wa f.ll rtVtit bad at first about the
. . W .W.W - y
election of Dooglaa, but. when we saw
how much worse the Adminiatration felt,
w) became marvellonsly comforted."
A Tennesswe paper has hoisted the
names of Hon. John Bell, of Tennessee,
for President. nd Washington Hunt, of
New York, for Vice President.
A Wisconsin Board of Education re
cently resolved "to erect a bnflding large
enough to accommodate five hundred stu
dents three ftories high."
Ho w to Build an Ice-Houie. .'
'
Elhtob Oaio Fabmeb. Dear Sir t
About the first of last January, I cowcltK
ded to put up icsf for summer use. ILav-j
ing no ice house, 5o., and being not ac
qnainted with the usual way of building, -I
conferred with my old friend Ohio Far
mer, a veteran in wisdom, if not in years
with whom my acquaintance extends back
to his first exit into the world of thought,
and found him well posted on the subject,
as always I find him on any subject rela
ting to our profession. Although he gavs
me not any plan just suited to my time
and means, yet, he gave me more : prin
ciple that guided me in building' on a
plan of my own, for which I like bin
better.
Having a barn unoccupied, I measured
off a room 12 feet square in tire North
West corner. My friend informed me?
that tho bottom should be fixed to let the)
water drain immediately off, that comes
from thn ice, hence I put rails down on
the ground, there being no floor, and cov
ered them two fvet with sawdust, which
filled up to the top of the sills ; then I
put boards on and covered them six inch
so with sawdust, so that tho ico should
settle alike, and not make vacuums in nry
pile of ice. Again, air must not be ad
mitted at the bottom ; if it is, nothing
can keep tha ico from melting ; so I pat.
the scantling forming my inside walls, on
which were nailed inch boards, 12 inches
from the inside of the barn boards, filh'ng' -
the space with sawdust. Height of wail
six feet. The roof of the ice house should
not be very near the ice, hence I left, all
open np to the roof of the bam, and took,
the ice out at the top. Having an icer
house completed, . which two men will
make in two days, with team, if sawdust
or spent tan bark is near, I proceeded to
procure my ice. Myself and man cut tha
ice in one day, and slid it on shore, where)'
we let it remain till the water was all
frozen that was dripping from it. I drew
it to my barn and piled it upon the floor.
It being cold weather, I did not pack i it
away into the ice honse till a fortnight,
had passed, during which time' it became
very transparent. I pnt a course over1
the bottom, ami filled the cracks with ice,
and then laid another course, and so on
till my room was filled. Whan filled, I
covered the top conrse one foot deep with
sawdust, stamped it down, and when the
ice was wanted, removed just enongh
sawdust to take ont as much ice as need-'
ed. Dnrinir Summer, when the ice melt
ed on the side I filled up with- sawdust,
and stamped it down closely. Wo took
ice out every day and sometimes four or
five times in a day, and have quite a quan
tity on hand now. A correspondent of
my friend says, no one should expect te
keep ice unless he puts- ct a cubic of 12
feet, or 1728 solid feet My pile was 610,
solid feet.
Yours truly. M. D. Eyibist, '-',
Macedonia Depot. '
How to Bcrs Coau Nine out of ten
who attempt to burn coaLjn a stove, wast.
about as much coal as is necessary to be .
consumed for the obtaining of all the heat
desirable. Observe the following simple
rales, snggsted by a cotemporary, and
few who adopt the burning of coal will
return te wood fires. We will suppose
the stove cleaned out.
First. To make a coal fire, pot in
donble handful ef shavings, or nse kind
ling wood instead. Pill the earthen cav
ity (if the stove has one.) nearly full of
chunks of dry wood ; say four or six
inches in length. On the top put aboat a
dozen lump ef egg coal. In tea minutes
add about twenty fumps more xf coal..
As soon as the wood has burned out, fill '
the cavity half to tw'e-thirds full of coal.'
Tbe fire will be a good one. The coaT
will, by these directions, become thorough-'
ly ignited. . .... ,
Skcond. Never fill a store more than ,
half or two-thirds ' full of coal even in
the coldest weather. '
This. When the fire is low, never
shake the grate or dsstrub the ashes ;-btt
add from ten to fifteen small lumps pf
coal, and set tlie d ran gut open... When
these are heated through and somewhat .
igniteiL sdd tbe amount Mcessary for a
new fire but do not dutorb the ashes yet
Let the draught be open half an boor,;
Now hhake ont the ashes. Tbe coal will
be thoroughly ignited, and will keep tkef
stove at high treat from six to twelve
hours, according to the coldness of tltfP
weather. : . i
.FocBTD-For very cold weather af-r
ter the fire is made, according to rale first .
and third, add every hour about twelve
or twenty lamps of coaL Yoa will find,
that the ashes mads each hour will be ia '
about that ratio. Harrisbury Viion ond
Patriot. n
: : a.'".
Tainted Meat can be entirety freed of.
its disagreeable taxte, if when boiling, a
piece of charred, or burnt stick be kept
in the pot A piece of charcoal is as
good. . . , .
An honest Irishman being asked how
many children be hail, answered that be
had three sons, and each of them had a
sister. . ,- ... ..
Qtjere TIow many daughters had he?
OurrMirr fob Cbam. Simmer ox '
marrow over tbe fire, and afterwards strain '
it through a piece of muslin into galli-.
pots. When cold, rub the part aSected.