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|fcnry S. Sanford,
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Notar f Public and Commissioner for New York..
arrive at new milfokd, conn.
Frederick D. Beeman,
Attorney and Counselor at l,awt
Commissioner of Deeds for the State of New York.
'•men IN SEYMOUR'S BUILDING, LITCHFIELD, CONN
George A. nickox,
—attorney at Law.—
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Henry B. Graves,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
OFFISH IN SETHOUR’S'SUILtHNO, SbUTh STREET,
LITCHFIELD, C iNN
Charles O. Bclden,
Attorney at^aw.
'OFFI.e IN SEYMOUR'S BUILDING, SOUTH STREET,
LITCHFIELD, CONN
David F. Hollister,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
D, E. Bostwlck, M. 1>.
Physician and Surgeon.
ftiNOVAL.-^Dr. Rost'wick nos removed bis
Residence to the house of A. C. (Smith, South*!.
OFFICSOVERC ADAMS* STORE, LITCHFIELD, CONN.
C. M. Hooker)
Dentist,
LITCHFIELD, CONN.
jflgSBSb E. W. Blake,
i>ENTlST,
LITCHFIELD, CONN.
G. Bronson,
RESIDENT DENTIST,
SALISBURY, CONN.
William Pattoh,
Bookseller, Bookbinder. Stationer, and
General Agent for the various
Magazines, Newspapers, etc.
Arcape, watsabury,conN>
j. s. smith,
Surgeon Dentist.
DR. SMITH raapectfully lender, hi. thank* to
Hie people of Falla Village and iha adjoining
town* for i he I Ibera I pa tronage received from them
for tbrea yoara pnal, and would say that for the
better accommodation of hia cu.iorner* and the
public generally He haa permanently located him*
aalfat Falla Village where he will Mill carry on
Dentiairy in all department! in the higheat per
fection, aurgical and mechanical.
Teeth extracted with great care: decayed teeth
filled with pore gold an aa m laat for a number of
year*. Artificial teeth in«erted on pi vote or plafea
aa the caee may require from one to an entire act,
according to all the lateat improvement.;
He would ny-to thoee wishing block teeth
(with artificial gums.) that h« ha* had great ex
perience in aetting them within iha laat aix or
eight year..
All work warranted to bo done in a ffniehed
and workmanlike manner, combining durability
with heiuty.
Mr Any amount of private reference given.
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COTHREN'S HISTORY OF
Ancient Woodburj
ron mi'it rita orrtcc.
A* S. Baldwin,
Watek-Maker sad Jeweler.
ovfca aa. attcgwiTH’a mat, booth it.
jjfj. G. BATTERSON’S
KAKBIB WOkElt
Hartford, Conn.
ManomentaanJ Tombo of American end Italian
Marble, Baptismal Foma, Moral tablet*,
Urn*, Vases, Mamie*. Table tope,
Italian tile lor Floor*, Ac.
. constantly on hand or
Aaa. furnished toorddF. IMS
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f?oefirD*
For tbs Enquirer
Thoughts for the Thinker.—No. EL
MONOLOGUE TO DEATH. I.
Suggested'in ff no Haven Cemetery, and writ,
M part upon a Tombstone.
r.
Pardon me, Death, <his undesigned intrusion..
Is this thy realm 1 I came by sweets beguiled:
Duet thou keep flowers and birds T Is all delusion 7
I knsw thee erst, as one who never smiled,
ti.
Are :hesh thy bowers 7 1 had not thought to meat
thee •
Here, amid balm-scent, and in sylvan shade.
Norcan they clotho thy ghnsilinest, or cheat thee
Oskeleton, to winsome masquerade.
m.
Sadlv familiar were thy usual costume,
The winding sheet, and symbol* of decay ;
Art trying happier incarnation poethume 7
Do'st really love habiliments so gay 7
tv.
Art growing vain 7 Art emulous of praises, -
Hoping to flush thy pallor with theae huos 7
Him, with such eharms wilt fascinate,who gates?
Thy foul embract, will lift no more refuse 7
v.
How like thy serpent father, in his trailing
Through Paradise, thy guileful lurking herd;
Would'st tempt within thy fange the heart un*
quailing 7
Is thy prey sweeter, if unbleached by fear 7
VI.
We are well met. Upon this bed df rotas
Lie, if it ease thee; hearken whet I say,
But say not suppliant; for, thy shadow closes
Remorseless, soon, 1 know, upon my day.
VII.
Who can mistake thee, dreadful, ghostly feature
Of sin mitcreate, by tit* infernal King 7
Lean, hungry shape, ungorged, though ev'ry
creature,
Should Time within thy jaws, this moment fling.
Till.
I know t' ee, pitiless, to whom upflinging
Their pleading hnnds.men sue in mute despair,
And tliou, accurst, their quiv’ring h'etrt* art
wringing ;
Nor levo.nor grace,thy bloodies* bosom share'
is.
Look on me Death, me very sad, and weary ;
Me nerveless, faint: nor pride nor power I
vaunt;
Yet cannot all tliy gloom, and phahtorrit dreary,
And cannibal lust, mine inner spirit daunt.
* x.
Look on 'me eye to eye. My pulses thicken
With ebbing life ; more sluggish still its flow.
'Tis thine : thine all this fleshy heart did quicken.
Unhand my soul! Thou canst not quench' its
glow.
XI
I do not challenge thee. 1 know thv terror,
Loathe thy putrescence, darken at thv name.
Yet, bois'l me nOt thy bondslave; for, that error
Misjoying fiend, thou’lt rue in endleasshaine.
XII.
Shudder thy bone* with anger,O maligndnt 7
Or dread'at thou, prescient of swift coming
doom 7
It withers thee—that Chriat-smile ao benignant.
Pouring its light through thy sepulchral gloom,
XIII.
O mighty I by th’ Almighty Saviour vanquished,
Condemned to menial office in thy cave:
Discrow nfdU*urpcr,«erwwie,whohad languished
Else, in the hopeless thraldom of the grave.
Xtv.
Disrobe My soul! theae carnal earth-ties sever.
Lay me asleep on my Redeemer's breast.
Grateful thy coldness to life’s arid ft vet:
Almost I lavs thee, Death; 1 greet thy rest.
CtEMYDU
What I lit* For.
I live for those who love me,
Whose heart* are kind and true;
For the heaven that smilea above me,
And a waits my Spirit too;
For all homan tiea that bind me,
For the tank my God assigned me,
For the bright hopes left behind me.
And the good tbit I call do.
I live to learn their story
Whn’ve suffered for my sake;
To emulate their glory,
And follow in their wake t
Bards, patriots, martyrs, sagas,
The noble of all ages,
Whore deeds crowd History's pager,
AndTime'e great voluirs make.
1 live to bold communion
With all that is divine}
To feel there is a anion
'Twist nature’s heart and mins I
To prufit by affliction.
Reap truths from fields of fiction,
Grow wiser from conviction;
And fulfil each grand design.
I live to hail that season
By gifted minds foretold,
When men shall live by reason;
And not alone by gold i
9 When man toman united.
And every wrong thing righted,
The whole world alia!! be lighted
As Edan was of old.
1 live for those who love me,
For those who know me true;
For the heaven that entiles above me.
And awaits my spirit too:
For the cause that lucks assistance,
For the future in the distance.
And the good that 1 euude.
It is tad to think what poor company
many people are to the in selves. They
have not much confidence in tbemuulves,
or much acquaintance with tbemdulves,
or much love for themaelveu. They ear
ry about a cold • ranger with them from
morning till ova. and they are glad whoa
they dtaouas bin to bad aad sleep. Poor
MW*
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ItftsciHwjj.
. Tecumseh’8 Honir.
A correspondent of the Dei roll Free
Frees eives some interesting anecdotes of
of the great Indian wanior and prophet,
Tecumseh :
While the enemy were in full posses
sion of the country around Munfoe and
Di toil, Tecumseh. with a large band of
his waniors visited the River Rasin. The
inhabitants along that river had been
•nipped of nearly etrerjr means of ,sub
ti-tencs. Old klr. Rivaid (a Frenchman )
who was lama, and unable by bis labor
to procure a living for himself and family
bad connived to keep out of right of the
wandering bands of s tvages a pair of ox'
en, with which hi* son was able to prt
cure a scanty support for the family. It
bo happened that, while at labor with the
oxen, Tecumseh, who had come over from
Malden, met him in the road, and walk
ing up to him. aaid—
‘ My fiiend, I must have those oxen
My young men are very hungry and they
have nothing to eat. We must have the
oxen.’
Young Rivstd remonstrated. He told
the chief that if he took the oxen, his fa
ther would starve to death.
‘ Well,’ said Tecumseh, * we are the
conquerois. and everything we want i>
ours. I mur have the oxen : my peo
pie must not starve ; hut I will not he so
mean as to rob you of them. I will pat
you one hundred dollars for them, and
that is far moie than they are worth, brn
we must have them.'
Tecumseh got a while man to write an
order on the Biit:ajt Indian Agent, Col
Elliott, who was oh the river sortie dis
tance below, for the money. The ox<*n
were killed, large fries built,and the for
est wariiots were soon feasting on theii
flesh.
Young Rivard took the order to Col
Elliott, who piomplly refused to pay it,
saying—
' We are entitled to our support from
the country we conquered. 1 will nm
pay it.’
The young man, with a sorrowful heart
returned with the answer to Teoumseh,
who said—
* To morrow we will go and see/
In the morning he look young Rivard
and went to tee the Colonel. On meet
ing him, he said—
* Do you refute to pay for the okrn 1
bought ?’
* Yes,’ said the Colonel; and he rei
terated the reason for refusal.
‘I bought them,’ said the cliff, 'foi
mv yountj men. *ho ware very hungry.
I proniiaed to pay for them and they
ahull be pnid For. I have always heard
that white nations Went to war with each
other, and hot with peaceful individuals ;
ihat they did not rob and plunder poor
people. I will not.’
*VVel),’ said (lie colonel, 'I will not pay
for them.*
‘You can do as you pleats,’ said the
chief, *hut before TecumSt-h and his war
riors came to fight the bailies of the great
king, they had enough to e»t, for which
they had only lo thank the Master of life
and theik good tiflee. Their hunting
grounds supplied them with food enough;
to them they enh return.'
This great threat pioduced a sudden
change in the colonel’s mind. The de
faction of the great chief, he well knew,
would immediately withdraw all the na
tions of the red men from the British
set vice; and, without them, they were
neatly powerless on the frontier.
‘Well,’ said the colonel, ’If I must
^>ay, I will.’
’Give me hard money,’ said Tccuuueh,
‘not rag money’--trmy bills.
The colonel then counted out a hun
dred dollars in coin, and give them to
him. The chief hand*d the money to
young Rivard, and then suiJ to the colo
nel—
‘Give me one dollar mom.’
It was given 1 and banding that also to
Rivard, ba said—
'Take that, it will pay you for the time
you have lost in getting your money.’
fl^. Three Cashmere goats were ex
hibited el the State Fair in New York.
The Journal of Commerce saya of them :
It is the animal of which the Cashmere
shawls are mads, the value of which does
not depend, as many suppose, upon their
rarity, but upon the fact that the mate
rial surpasses every other like article ir
its capacity for wear. The Cashmere
goat was introduced into South Carolina
several years ago by D»et. Davis who
caught them in Arir, forty-two day’s ride
on the back of camels from Constantino
ple. They have been introduced by him
into North Carolina. Georgia, Alabama
Tenneaaee and Florida, and art mixed
with the native goat The hair of the
animal, which is pure white, is most beau
tiful. It somewhat resembles, in appear
a oca the finest portion of the fleece of
the Ghieeae sheep, a few of which were
on exhibition. It is early, soft in texture i
and brilliant in appearance. The animal
is extremely delicate ia shape, though
hardy. ^
The paSrion of enquiring riebes la or
der to support e vein expense, corrupts
tbs purse! soul.
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God Help the Rich.
"God help the lich, the poor c>tn beg.”
Such were the woids that bounded one
column in a little country paper. They
might have been written thoughtlessly,
or in a raomert of despair consequent
upon demand for "mote copy.” But
look at them ^think upon them for a mo
ment. "God help the rich.” In every
household the cry "God help the poor”
is stereotyped' We have heard it from
the breaking heart of the destitute who
kneeling, pints in cold and dai knees
with lioo'S ns dead ns the sslies on the
Heart h-“-from the lips of beauty sighing
over fiction—from the hollow chest ot I
1 avatice” clutchin|r at his money-bags.
*nd who would coin their very fletdihs.*
bones into gold—from the tholighile-s in
Sake, vtho would be charitable, ifstniva
tion could only come to their door, with
its hovel upon its back, and its m's-ry
wiitten all over it- from meek hypotxiay.
who takes from one pocket, and closing
the skinney hands of want over nothing,
-lips the base coin into the other; but
•God help the rich”—what help can they
need I
Aye! what help?—they need assis
tance from all the angels in heaven to
keep them—not fr om starvation; but
rom crime. God help them while they
watch the trembling old man, who walks
leaning upon his gold headed staff, and
whose countless riches they say, chuck
ling, shall be theirs some day. God help
hem when the dark thoughts hunger for •
ate death, for they are murderous.
God help them when reckless in wealth
they ruin the si Jo if and the fatherless.
God help them when they turn poor men
>nd women, and poor innocent babes otit
o' tlx ir homes for the shilling's rent, God
help them when they grow pompous and
purse-proud and forget their poor rela
ions. God help them when the simple
prayer, taught them perchance in pov
erty, from the lips of a holy and humble
mother, is forgotten. God help them
when they turn over the ledger leaves
•»nd cast up accounts on the Sabbath.—
God help them when they leave the arms
of virtue, and themselves thiow splendid
garments over*vice. In every by-way
«tid uncertain track of their desire*, God
help them; for they have great tempta
tions. All the world i* theirs, and some
times • a soul lor a bargain.’
Nit' or poverty nor richest Place us
| in that state—give us love, not gold love,
hut lionu.t heart-love, to smile upon us,
and the warm, clasped hand of warm,
true friends, and our dearest wish on the
cut til is consummated.— Otii>* Branch.
The Turk’s Cellar in Vienna.
In the autumn of the year 1627, when
Vienna whs so closely invested by the
Tut lot, tlmt the people were half famish
ed. t'teie in the place now cnlled “ Frei
ting,” or thereabouts, the military bake
ry lor that portion of the gnniaon which
Imd its qumters in the neighbothood.—
The bakery had to supply not only the
snldiets, but btead was made in it to be
doled out to destitute civilians by the mu
nicipal authorities ; and, as tint number
of the destitute was great, the bakers
there employed had little rest. Once in
the dead of the night while some of the
apprentices were getting their dough
ready for the ently mottling hatch, they
were alnrmed by a hollow, ghostly sound
as of spirits knocking in the eaith. The
blows were regular and quite dis'inet, end
without cessation until cockcrow. The
next night these awful sounds were again
heard, and seemed to beeome louder and
mote uigeiit hs the day dtew near; but,
with the fits' acent if morning air, they
suddenly ceased. Tbs apprentices gave
information In the town authorities; a
militoy watch was set, and the cause of
the arrange noises in tho eaith wars very
soon discovered. The enemy was under
ground ; the Turks, from ihtir camp on
the Leopoldrberg, were catrying a mine
uoder the city ; and, not knowing the
levels, bad apptoached *0 nearly lo the
su f.ee that there was but a mere erm-t
between them and the bakehouse floor.
What was t» be done? The danger
was imminent—the remedy must be
prompt and decisive. A narrow arm of
the Danube ran within a hundred yards of
the place; pick and spade wire vigorous
ly plied, and in a short time a canal wrs
cut between tire river and the bakery.
Little knew the Turks of the cold water
that could then at any time be thrown
upon theii undetlaki g. All w'as still.
The Viennese say that the hostile troops
already filled the mine, armed to l lie
teeth, and awaited only a concerted sig
nal totefl them that a proposed mid
night sttacked on the walla had diverted
the attention of the citizens. Then they
were to rush up out of the earth and
•ui price the'own. But the beeieged,fore
warned and foreaimed, suddenly threw
fhe flood gatra open and broke a way
for the water through the new canal un
der the bakehouse floor; down it went
babbling, bi-sing and gurgling into the
dark eavern, where it swept the Mussul
mans before it, and destroyed them to s
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A My was aomplafatiag that she was
approaching towards thirty. A parson
who knew she was much older, replied :
“Every day restore* you farther from
your complaint.**
Wild EtephaatS.
A parson who lots never »een # wild
elephant, cnn form no idea of Ms real
character, either mentally or physically.
The unwieldy and sleepy looking beast,
who, penned up in his <Sage in a mens'*
gerie, receives a sixpence in his trunk,
and turns around with difficulty to de
poa't it in a box ; whose mental powers
seem to be concentrated in the idea of
rece.iving buns tossed into a gaping mouth
by children’s hands; this very beast may
have come from a warlike stock. His
-i>e may have been the terror of a dis
trict. a pitil»ss highwayman, whose soul
ihi'-sted for blond ; who, lying in wait in
some thick bush, would rush upon the
unwary passer-by. and know no pleasure
greater than the act of crushing h;s vie-,
['tim to a shapeless mass beneath It is feet.
* * * I have even heard people ex
claim upon heating anecdotes of elephant
hunting, •• poor things I" Poor tilings,
indeed I 1 should like to see the very
person who tints expresses his pi'y, gos
ing with his best pace with a savage ele
phant after him. Oiva him a lawn to
run upon if he-likes, and see the elephant
gaining a foot in every yard of the ohsse,
fire in his eyes, and'fury in his headlong
charge; and would not the flying gen
tleman who lately exclaimed ‘poor thing!’
be thankful to the lucky bullet that would
save -him from destruction ? Thera are
no animals more misunderstood than ele
| phants; they are naturally savage, wary
i and rs vengeful, displaying ns great cour
age when in their wild state ae any anis
mal known. The fact of their great nat
ural sagacity renders them more danger
oils as f>tea. Even when lamed there are
many that are not safe for a stranger to
approach, and they are then only kept in
awe by the sharp driving kook of the ma
bout.
Elephants nr« gregatious, and the av
enge number in a herd is about eight,
although they frequently form bodies of
fifty and even eighty in one troop. Each
Itt-rd consist* of a very large proportion
of females, and they ate constantly met
without a single bull in their number. I
have seen some small herds formed ex
clusively of bulls, but thin is very rare.
The bull is muoh larger than the female,
and is generally mote savage. His hab
i'fc frequently induce him to prefer tioli
tudu to a gregarious life. lie then be
comes doubly vioious. He seldom stray*
many miles from cne locality, which he
haunts for mnny years. He becomes
what is termed a "rogue." He then
waylaya the natives, and In fact becomes
a scourge to the neighborhood, attacking
the inoffensive without the slightest pro
vocation, carrying destruction into the
native’s paddy-fields, and perfectly is*
giirdless of night fires or the usual pre
cautions for scaring wild bensla. The
darling pluck of these “ rogues” is only
equalled by their extreme cunning. En
dowed with that wonderful power of scent
peculiar to elephant*, lie tiavela in the
day time down the wind; thus nothing
can follow upon his track without his
knowledge. He winds his enemy, a* the
cautious hunter advances noiselessly upon
his track, and he stands with ear-t nwn
forward, tril erect, trunk thrown high in
the air, with its distended tip pointed to
the spot fiom which he winds the silent
hut approaching danger. Peifcctly mo
tionless does hr stand, like a statue in
ebony; the very essence of attention, ev
ery nerve of scent and hearing sire'ohed
to its cracking point; not a muscle moves
not a sound of a mailing hr inch against
hia rough sides ; be is a mute figure of
wild and fierce Sagerniss, Meanwhile,
the wary tracker stoops to the ground,
nnJ with a practised eye pierces the tan
gled brushwood in seaich of his colorsil
feet. Still fui liter and further he silently
creeps forward, when suddenly a cra-h
buists thiough the jungle; the moment
has arrived for the ambushed chaige and
the elephant is upon him.— Raker’s Rifle
and Hound in Ceylon,
Ever y man owe* it lo society lo be*,
come rich, for the poor m»n'fe advice is
never needed, let it be ever ao'vnluble.
The more wise one may be, the more In*
owe* it to hi* country to become wealthy.
Every addition made ton man’s fortune,
ndds ten per cent to his influence. Let a
man throw a doubloon on the counter,
and every one will want to hear it ring.
Throw a cent down, however, and ha
voice would prove no more attractive
than n poor relations.
“I’ll See that One, and Go Five
Better.”—D-, being in the West,
and short of sash, could not ’ell where lo
gel the necessary Wilmot Priviso for in
ternal improvement, but finding n widow
who had shot, one husband dead and
wc unded several others, he concluded lo
msry her, in order to get a boarding
bouse.
Shortly after the yellow garlands of
Hymen were faded, D*-ennie in one
night alighily~muggy, as the Choctaw
poets el pros it. and fonnd his new
spouse awaiting hie arrival. She pitohed
Into II—--■ like n thousrnd of bricks, and
spread bertelf like a fan tailed pigeon,
drawing a tingle barrel pistol upon D—»,
who instead of traveling polled out a re*
volver. and remarked,« gently as an
.dEolian harp:
-Mrs. D—, t see that m% hie, tad
go fire .better
From At New York Bxprmt,
The Signal Gun.
Amidst all the terrible incidents atten
dant upon tbe destruction of lb« Arctic,
which we have been receiving these few
days past, there is one that impresses us
with a feeling of nwe and admiffttion,
and shows all the woitd that the agb of
heroes is not yet al'ogether gone by.
We refer to the yonng man whose poet
of duly thiouglwut all that trying scene
was the filing off a signal gun. at inter
vals. in the hope of attracting attention
of msitii from a distance to the scene of
the disaster. While all around him were
death and despair. Ip bold relief tltete he
s ood, (like Hope herself.) with the entm
determination of «true hero, discharging
gun aft* r gua, until the gallant ship went
down beneath the waves. Here Was n
courage and a manliness,*** defiance of
denth, and an adhesion loduty, Ire might
walk over the most famous battles fields
in liis-ory to look for and not find. The
soldim who br ives the King of Terrors
ai the cannon's mouth, is animated by »
species of courage improvised for tbe oc
ciision, by the "pomp and Ciitidtaatahce’*
around him. There can be properly no
cowaids when men are drawn np in bat*
tie nit-ay, with drums beating, colors
flying, and thoughts of reward and pri*
mo'ion flitting through the brain if s
victory is to be won. Dastards dare do
anything then under such stimulants.
But the bravery of the battle field is not -
the bravery whioh was shown by ou<
young hero of the wreck. The former
is a species of unnatural couiage*>-it is of
an animal nature; but the latter Was
moral courage of the highest and noblest
kind. With his lighted match lie seemed
<o stand, on the quarter deck of that de
voted ship, hurling defiance, as it were,
in the very jatfrs of death itself. Others
we>e desperately struggling for life ; he
alone seemed to have resolved to demon
st iate how a man may die «t his post of
duty, without dieud or fear, in the midst
of horrois that would make most man
co winds. Awfully impressive, indeed—
terihly melo-dramntic—was the lest
scene of all, in which our yoiltlg hero
shone forth, wringing exclamation of ad*
milation even fiom lips that were buffet
ing tiie hungering tfaters then murmur
ing for their prey. Stuart Hollms, (for
■that was his name,) "could not be induced
to leave the ship; his post was at thd
gun. from first to last, firing signals : lie
kept firing that gun nt intervals till tbs
Nlnp went down. We saw him in fhs
very act of firing as the vessel disappear
ed heloit the waters
In Greek or Roman days, each a man
if he had not awarded him tho honor of
defication, would have had Senates de
creeing him statutes and mbnuments
every where to commemorate his d«ede,
that hi* example might not be lost Upon
posterity. His conduct is given « new
luttie,contrasted with that of tbe oarvens '
who, only anxious to save their own lives,
shut their sets to the shrieks of the help*
l*-*s women and ohildren that wars
grappling with horrors all around and
about them. Honor then, eternal honor,
to him who went down to death * con
queror of death I That noble ship had
many noble spirits on board,—but ouns
nobler than he.
lkTlie brave man is not he who fasts no fear.
For that were stupid and irrational;
But tio whose noble tout its fear subdues,
And bravsly braves the danger nature shrinks
from.''
Eiitimw
Portrait of the Osar.
There exists in Europe a man wild
weigh* Europe down. He is it once8pi
riuul Prince nnd Corporeal Lord. drSpol
and autocrat—lie i< obeyed in thy bar*
rucks nnd worshipped in the roohistery.
He gives the pa»i*otd to the farther*
nnd draws up the dogma (Or the latter.
He seta ih motion to ciush the libyities
of the continent, nn empire of sixty mill*
ions of men power. He holds these sixty
millions of men in hand, not like tosh*
but like brutes, not like utensile* tools.
In his double quality of ecclesiastic and
• tidier, heputs • uniform on their souls
as lie uniforms their bodies, and saya to '
the one, believe I as he say s to the oldie**
match I
Thin man is the supreme expression of
human might. He tortures whole nations
as he please*. With a sigh be empties
Poland into Siberia. He weaves, inter
laces, and knots the threads of the great
conspiracy of princes against men. He
has been to Home, ana there he, the
Greek Pope, exchanged the kiss of alli
ance with the Latin Pope. He towns at
Berlin, at Munich, at Dresden, at Sint
gaidt, at Vienna, as be reigns at St.
Petersburg, He is the soul of the Em
peror of Austria, abd the will of
of Prw»ei«. Germany is a mere
in bis tow. This man lesemblea, in I
Agamemnon of the Troyan war that me*
of the past are waging against the mew of
the future.—He iy the savage s
the shadow against fight, of
against high noon, la
a crow which
sceptre which
A thin/ kgim* p-im|>f
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