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VOLUME XI.
CADIZ, HARRISON COUNTY, OHIO, MAY 8, 1811.
NUMBER 7.
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POETICAL.
A Gkm. We think the following owns as pure a lus
tre and sparkles with as delicate and cquisite a grac
as any thing ever wrought from the exhaustlessdaimond
mine of Ireland's Bard. It glitters through the soul like
a sudden flash of sunlight across the eye:
To a L;nl y.
Oh, could we do with this world of ours,
As thou dost with thy garden bowers,
Ueject the weeds and keep the flowers,
What a heaven on earth wo'd make it !
So bright a dwelling should be our own,
So warranted lree from sigh or frown,
That angels soon would be coming down,
By the week or mouth to take it.
Like those gay flies that wing through air,
And in themselves u lustre bear,
A stock of light, still ready there,
Whenever they wish to use it;
So, in this world I'd make lor thee
Our hearts should all like fire-flies be,
And the 2asu of wit and poesy
Break forth whenever we choose it.
While every joy that glads our sphere
Hath still some shadow hovering near,
In this new world of ours, my dear,
Such shadows will all be omitted :
Unless they're like that graceful one,
Which, when thou'rt dancing in the sun.
Still near thee, leaves a charm upon
Each spot where it hath flitted !
CLAY'S SOLILOQUY:
NOT HAMLET'S.
BY CHEEKS.
To be. or not to be. that is the question :
Whether next " Fourth of March " shall see me seated,
With all due pomp and circumstance, upon
The Presidential chair; or the base rout
Of the Loco Focos Bhull defeat my purposes?
To hit to miss no more ; Aye, if we hit,
To end this curs'd incertitude, these doubts
We coons are heirs to 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To hit to miss;
To miss perchance the " spaiWay, there's the rub;
For in the loss of them whatche may come,
When we have shuffled off this 'lection's coil,
Must give us pause : There's the respect
That makes calamity of standing thus
A candidate with coons ; for who could bear
The whips and scorns of time, the Locos' sneer,
The honest man's contempt, the bitter pangs
Of a seared conscience, rousing from its dumps
The insolence of wurkhw, and the spurns
Defeated coons must of the Locos take
When he himself might his quietus make
With three gin-cocktails? Who would be the fool,
To grunt and sweat under this knavish life,
But that the thought of gaining the election
(That unreach'd goal for whose attainment, twice
I've strove with might and main) braces the will
And makes me hope 'gainst hope, it may be so:
Thus interest does make rascals of us all,
And thus the native hue ol 'Patriotism
Is sickled o'er with narrow selfishness;
And measures of great moment of the State,
With this regard, their currents turn away,
And lose the name of action.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Execution of (ol. llayne.
Among the distinguished men who tell vic
tims in the war of the American Revolution, was
Col. Isaac Haytie of South Carolina; a man, who,
by the amiability of character and higher senti
monts of honor, and uprightness, had secured the
good will and affection of all who knew him. lie
had a wife and six children, the eldest a boy
thirteen years of ago. His wife, to whom ho was
tenderly attached, fell a victim to disease un
event hastened, not improbably, by the inconve
niences and sufferings incident to a slate of war,
in Which the whole liunily largely participated
Col. II. himself was taken prisoner by the British
forces, and in a short time was executed on the
gallows, under circumstances calculated to ex
cite tho deepest commiseration. A great num
ber of persons, both English and American, in
terceded for his life: the ladies of Charleston sign
ed a petition in his behalf; his motherless children
were presented on their bended knees as humble
suitors for their beloved father, but all m vain
During tho imprisonment of the father, his eldest
son was permitted to stay with him in prison
Beholding his only surviving parent, for whom he
felt tho deepest affection, loaded with irons and
condemned to die, ho was overwhelmed with con
sternation and sorrow. The wretched father en
deavored to console him by reminding him that
tho unavailing grief of his son tended only to in
crease his own misery, that ho came into this
world merely to die, and that ho could even re
ioice that his troubles were so near at an end.
' "To-morrow," said he, "I set out for immortal
ity; you will accompany mo to tho place ot exe
cution ; and when I am dead, take my body and
bury it by the side of your mothor. The youth
here fell on his father's neck, crying, "Oh my
lather, my lather, I will die lor you, 1 will die
with you."
Col. llayne, as ho was loaded with irons, was
unable to return tho embrace of his son, and more
ly said to him in reply, "Livo my son, live to-hon
or God by a good life; live to servo your country;
and live to take care of your brother and little
sisters."
Tho next morning, proceeds the narrativo of
ineso distressing events, vol. llayne was conduc
ted to tho place of execution. His son accom
panied him. Soon as they came in sight of the
gallows, tho fathor strengthened himself and said
"Now, my son, show yourself a man. That tree
is the boundary of my life, und all my life's sor
rows. Beyond that the wicked cease from trou
bling and tho weary are at rest. Don't lay too
much at heart our separation it will bo but short.
To-day 1 dio, and you, my son, though but young
must soon follow me."
"Yes, my fathor," replied the broken-hearted
youth, "I shall shortly follow you ; for indoed I
feel that I cannot live long." , And his melancho
ly anticipation was fulfilled in a manner more
dreadful than is implied in the nicro extinction of
life. On Bceing his father in tho hands of tho
executioner, and then struggling in the halter, ho
stood liko one transfixed and motionless with hor-
m... , . 1 1 1
never wept mow. He died uisjne, ana in nis
last moments often called on his lather in terms
that brought tears from the hardest hearts.
Fcmule Homily nn Ornament.
The ladies of Japan gild their teeth, and those
of the Indies paint them red. Tho pearl of teeth
must be died black to be beautiful in Guzerat.
In Greenland tho Indies color their faces with
blue and yellow. However fresh the complex
ion of.a Muscovite may be, she would think
herself very ugly if she was not plastered over
with paint.
lhe Chinese must have their feet as diminu
tive as those of the she goat's, and to render
them thus their youth is passed in torture. In
ancient Persia an aquiline nose was always
thought worthy of the crown ; and if there was
any competition between two princes, tho peo
ple generally went by this criterion ot Majesty.
In sonic countries the mothers break the noses
of their children, and others press the head be
tween two boards, that it may become square.
The modern Persians have a strong aversion
fo red hair, the Turks, on the contrary, are
warm admirers of it. In China, small round
eyes are liked, and the girls are continually
plucking their eyebrows that they may be thin
and Ions.
The Turkish women dip a gold brush in the
tincture of a black drug, which they pass over
their eyebrows; it is too visible by day, bul
looks shining by night; they tinge liner nails
with a rose color. An African beauty must
have small eyes, thick lips, a large Hat nose
and a skin beautifully black. The Emperor
of Monoinotapa would not' change his amiable
negrcss lor the most brilliant European beauty.
An ornament for the nose appears to us per
fectly unnecessary. The Peruvians, however,
think otherwise, and they hang oil it a weighty
ring, the thickness of which is proportioned to
the rank of their husbands. The custom of bo
ring it, as our ladies do their eats, is very com
mon in several nations. Through the perfora
tion arc hung various materials gold, stones,
a single, and sometimes a great number of gold
rings.
Ncstorian Weddings.
A wedding among the Nestoiiaus occupies two
or three hours. When matters are all arranged
the principal ofliciator, assisted by various otlie
priests and deacons, reads the prayers and long
portions of Scripture, such as the account of
Abraham's sending afier Rebecca lor his son
Isaac; Jacob's serving for Rachel, and all the
oilier venerable Scripture authorities that enter
into the marriage service : the whole of which
would, doubtless, be more interesting, if not
more instructive, were it not read in an unknown
tongue. The bride remains veiled in one cor
ner of the room, until the time comes for the
pat ties to join hands. Then several of the wo
men catch hold of the bride and pull her, by
main strength, half across the room tow aid her
intended husband, and several men, at the same
time, seize tho bridegroom, who is, at first,
equally resolute in his modest resistance, but fi
nally yields and advances towards the bride.
When Mar Yohanuan was in New York, a cler
gyman, with whom ho passed a Sabbath, had an
application to marry a couple, at his dwelling,
a lew moments belore the bell rung for. a thud
meeting. He porfoimcd the ceremony in the
Bishops presence, with all duo solemnity, of
course, but in a formula so comprehensive and
brief, that he occupied, besides his short prayer,
about one minute and a half. Mar Yohannon,
remembering the Nestorian marriage service, by
wny of contrast, humorously asked, "Do you
marry people on railroads too?"
Bathing in the Dead Sea.
Tho correspondent of tho New York Ameri
can gives me lollowmg notice ot a visit to this
standing problem in the natural history of the
Holy Land, lhe gentlemen of the party had
determined to test the reported buoyancy of the
water by personal experience.
They state, that where the water was five
feet deep, they were so buoyed up that they
could touch the bottom with the points ot their
toes. Advancing to whore the water was six
inches deeper, tlieir feet were suddenly taken
I under them, and they were thrown ;n a horizon
tal position under the surtaco of tho water.
They could not maintain a perpendicular position
without using some effort. They then swam to
where the water was extremely deep, and endea
vored to sink, which they found impossible, even
with some effort, to do. They could walk in the
water equally as well as on the land, with their
heads entirely above tho surface. I hey found
that tliey could sit and converse as easy as on
a divan. A strong brcezo came on from the
south, and with it a heavy swell. They descri
bed the sensation produced by this riding on the
sea, without a vessel or a plank under them, as
very singular. One ot them had never before
ventured beyond his depth in water; while here
he was enabled, without tho least sense of dan
ger, to go to any distance from the land. They
became convinced that what had been said re
specting the great specific gravity and buoyancy
ot the water ot the Dea Sea is entirely correct.
Literary furiosi y.
Tho following letter was addressed by William
Shakspearc to Anno Hathaway, afterward his
wile, inclosing a lock of his hair plaited:
Dearest Anna As thou hast alwes found me
to myo words most trowe, soo thou shalt see
I have strictlye kepto myo promyse. I pray you
perfume this mye lock with thy balmyo kisses
for thonno indeed shall kynges themselves bowe
aud prayo to ltte. 1 dono assuro tho noe rude
hando hath knottedo itte, thy Willie's hand hath
done the work; noythero the gyldeddo bauble
that envyronnc8 tho heedo Majestye, noo, norre
honoures most woightio would give mo halfe the
joye as dydde thyse my lytlle worko fore thee.
The feelings thatto dyddo nearesto approache
unto itte was that which commeth nygheste unto
Oodc, meek and gonllo charyte; tore thatte vir
tue, O, Anno, doe I love, doe I cherishe thee
irino mye heart, forre thou arte as a tall ccdarrc
strechchyne forthe its branches and succoringe
the small plantes from nyppings wineterre, or tho
boysterrotiH wyndes Farewelle! to-morrow bye
times 1 .wille see thee; tillo thonno, odow'o,
sweoto love. , ;
Thynne everre, Wm. Siiaksfeahe.
.Ann Hatha way,
Sept. tlioNyntb, 1589.
ror. J ill than, proceeds tue narration, no nau
wept incessantly, but as soon as he saw that sight,
the fountain of his tear3 was staunched, and he
Abyssinian Marriages.
In Shoa, a girl is reckoned according to the
value of her property; and tho heiress to a house,
a field, and a bedstead, is certain to add a hus
band to her list before many summers have shown
over head. Marriage is generally concluded by
the parties declaring, before witness, " upon the
life of a King," that they intend to live happily
together; and the property of each being produ
ced, is carefully appraised. A mule, or an ass,
a dollar, a shield, and a sheaf of spears on one
side, are noted against the lady's stock of wheat,
cotton, or household gear; aud the bargain being
struck, the elTecis become joint for the time, un
til some domestic difference results in either la
king up their own and departing to seek a new
mate.
Matrimony is, however, occasionally solemn
ized by the church, in a manner somewhat similar
to the observance of a more civilized land; the
contracting parties swearing to take each other
for life, in wealth or in poverty, in sickness or
in health, and afterwards ratifying the ceremony
by partaking together of the holy sacrament, and
by an oath on the despots life. But this fast
binding is not relished by the inhabitants of.
Shoa, and it is of very rare occurrence. To the
extent of his means, every subject follows the
example set by the Monarch, who has five hun
dred wives.
Hie Greatest Men from the Ranks of
Industry.
In early life, David kept his father's sheep;
his was a life of industry; and though foolish
men think it degrading to perform any useful la
bor, yet in the eyes of wise men industry is trnlv
honorable, aud the most useful man is the happi
est. A life of laboi is man's natural condition.
anu me most lavorablc to mental health and bod
ily vigor. Bishop Hall says " Sweet is the
destiny of nil trades, whether of the brow or of
tho mind. God never allowed any man to do
nothing. " From the ranks of industry has the
worlds greatest men been taken. Rome was
more than once saved by a man who was sent
for from the plough. Moses had been keeping
sheep for more than forty years before he came
forth as the deliverer of Israel. The Apostles
were chosen from amongst the hardy and labori
ous fishermen. From whence I infer that when
God has any great work to perform, he selects as
his instruments those who, by their previous oc
cupation, have acquired habits of industry, skill,
and perseverance; and that, in every department
of society, they are the most honorable who earn
their own living by their own labor.
Illinois Ciiiost Story.
We learn from the Charleston (Coles co.)
Courier, that there has been a great excitement
in that usually peaceful town. Somebody saw a
ghost while night walking, which told him that
threo murders had been committed at a certain
house; and that the bodies had been thrown into
n .l.:K 1 1 1 'II 1 .
a nun, iin;ii iiuu uuun nnea up. a com
pany collected and commenced disembowel
ling the old well. One ilnv's u-nrt n-!ia ,L.n
and the bone of a hog had been found, which
nan come into tue worm tor the purpose of
having its throat cut. The workmen hav-
ing left, some mischieveous wag diopped ii
to me pu ttio Dones ot an Indian which had
been found in the neighborhood, and which
had been preserved by some men curious in such
matters. The digging was resumed in the mor
ning, and these bones were raised, to the sur
prise, and to the perfect astonishment and hor
ror of all present with the exception of said
wag. Arrests were immediately talked off af
fidavits were about to be got up when the facts
leaked out, and the good folks at Charleston had
not finished laughing at each other at the last
dates.
Sin Walter Scott's Advice to his So.
Read, my dear Charles, that which is most use
ful. Man only differs from birds and boasts be
cause ho has tho means of availing himself of the
knowledge acquired by his predecessors. The
swallow builds tho same nest which its" father
and mother built, and the sparrow does not im
prove by the experience of its parents. The son
of the learned pig, if it had one, would be a mere
brute, fit only to make bacon of. It is not so
with the human race. Our ancestors lived in
caves and wigwams, where we construct palaces
for the rich, and comfortable dwellings for the
poor; and why is this-- -but because our eyo is
enameci to iook uacK upon tho past, to improve
upon our ancestors' improvements, and to avoid
their errors? This can only be done by study
ing uisiory, anu comparing it with passing
events.
The way Quarrels Begin. The first germs
of a majority of the disunions of mankind are
generally sown by misconception, wrong inter
pretations of conduct hazarded, very probably,
at moments of ill-humor and the whisperings
and suggestions of suspicions, aroused, perhaps,
witnout any cause, lhe mutual .coldness of
ten turns at first upon paltry trifles: this feeling
is then strengthened by absurd reports and stalc-
mcnts; the ellccts of accident augment tho evil.
At last tho false pride of neither party will give
way ; each must hist see the other humbled ; and
thus, those, perhaps who were completely adap
ted to mutually esteem anu treasuro each other,
ana possessed the means ot rentlennir to one
another essential services, part from each other's
company m aversion. And does a mere trifle
for everything earthly and tomporal is such
merit being tho cause for rendering mutually our
lives so bitter in every way?
Short Sentences from Good Thinkers.
Moderation is the silken string runniiif throu'di
the pearl chain of all virtues.
A mother-in-law's sermon seldom takes well
with an audience of daughters-in-law.
Pastime, liko wine, is poison in the niorninr.
Ho that is proud of the rustling of his silks,
nice a mau-man, laughs attno rustling of his fet
ters. God is better lodged in the heart than in great
edifices.
Emulation looks out for merits, that she may
exalt herself by a victory. Envy spies out blem
ishes, that she may lower another by defeat.
Histories make men wise poets witty math
ematics, subtle natural philosophy, dccp--mor-als,
grave logic and rhetoric, uble to contend.
That man has too high an opinion of himsolf
that,isfonly afraid of thunder and earthquakes.
Losses aro insufferable to those who are not
accustomed to lose. '
Thoso who prctond to know moro than others.
arc sometimes moro ignorant than those who
pretend to know nothing. Boston rost.
Ge.v. Pakz, the President of Yenczetila, is per
haps the most remarkable man now living in
South America. The revolution found him a
simple Llanero, or herdsman on tho vast plains in
the South of Venezeula, ignorant of the very al
phabet, and as simple and superstitious as any
around him. He was a grown man when he en
tered a corps of irregular cavalry, as a privato
lancer. He soon distinguished himself by his
address and reckless bravery, attracted the at
tention of Bolivar, was rapidly promoted, and in a
few years found himself commander of the horse.
As such by an authorized charge at the battle of
Carabobo, he gained the day, and set the seal of
his military reputation. He is now the Execu
tive Chief of the most hopeful of the South Amer
ican Republic with the highest reputation for
wisdom as a statesman and moderation as a pol
itician with manners and address that would grace
any Court in Europe. He has remedied the de
fect of an early education, or rather the want of
education. He has not only read much, but is
one of the best writers of his country.
Good Thoughts on Education. The follow
ing brief but beautiful passage occurs in a late
article of Frazier's Magazine : " Education does
not commence with the alphabet. It begins
with a mother's looks with a father's nod of ap
probation, or a sign of reproof with a sister's
gentle pressure of the hand, or a brother's noble
act of forbearance with handfulls of flowers in
green and daisy meadows with birds' nests ad
mired but not touched with creeping ants, and
almost imperceptible emmets with humming
bees and glass bee-hives with pleasant walks
in shady lanes and with thoughts directed in
sweet and kind tones and words to nature, to
beauty, to acts of oonevolenco, to deeds of vir-
vue, and to the sense ot all good, to God him
self." LrxuRixs op Montezuma. This Mexican
monarch, who was put to death, indulged in
great profusion. He had a multitude of wives,
he never put on the same apparel a second time,
but gave it away to his attendants; his meals the
emperor took alone. The well-matted floor of
a large saloon was covered with hundreds of
dishes. Frequently his steward indicated those
which he preferred, and were kept hot by means
of dialing dishes. The Royal bill of fare, besides
domestic animals, game from the distant forests,
and fish which the day before were swimming in
the Gulf of Mexico! They were dressed in
manifold ways, for tho Aztec artists had pene
trated deep into the mysteries of culinary sci
ence. Anecdote. An innkeeper in England reques
ted of Lord Wellington to permit him to place
his portrait over tho door of his house, which was
hitherto known as tho sign of the ass; his lord
ship having consented, the new sign wa3 hung
up in due form, but a knowing one in the same
line of business, hoisted the old sign over his
door; and the sign of the ass being a well
known stopping place, travellers poured into the
new establishment, to the great regret and mor
tification of the Wellington host, who, to prevent
utter desertion, wrote under the portrait of the
noble duke," This is the real ass. "
Nice old Ladies. The nice old lady in Vir
ginia who scrubbed through lhe floor anil fell
into the kitchen cellar, is but one among the ve
ry nice ladies with which our country abounds.
We have heard of a good old hidy in New Jersey
who whitewashed all the wood she burnt; and
another in Connecticut who used three times
a day to scour the nose of her lap dog, to keep
him from soiling the dish out of which he ate his
meals; the same old lady took her food through
a napkin ring, to keep it from coining in contact
with her lips.
The Girls. They thiuk of Hymen, and can't
help sighing. When their lovers forsake them,
they can't help crying. They sit at the window,
and can't help spying. To get each a beau,
they can't help glying. At the mirror, they can't
help twisting, and turning, and lacing, and tying.
They screw up their corsets, bring on the con
sumption, and they can't help dying.
Mental Food. The facilities of the mind are
nourished liko organs of the body by proper
food. Each have their own appropriate food
both require food but the great difficulty in
educating the mind, is the choico of proper
food. In choosing food for the body, there is
often great difficulty but how much more in
preparing food for the mind. Education Maga
zine. A lady in Cleveland has had an operation per
formed on her big toe, when in a magnetic sleep.
She had the nail extracted which had grown
down into her toe. The spectators were convin
ced of tho value of magnetism, in toe-toe.
The Mississippi River at this place is now
about threo feet below the high water mark of
last Spring, and as near as we can learn is on a
stand; consequently wo may expect a considera
ble fall, as from the last accounts tho upper rivers
were not very high. Vicksburgh Whig 15.
Too Fast. One day or othor we may look for
some great accident in pushing locomotives to
the extent of their speed. The distance from
London to Bristol is 118 miles, and yet wonder
ful to relate, if it be true, tho Great Western lo
comotive passed over that distance in one hour
and a half! It is like flying.
Ne,u) Jersey. A bill to punish seduction as a
crime, passed tho New Jersey Council.
Hon. Jas. Buchanan is talked of at Washing
toil as the successor of Judge Baldwin.
(7-Wo aro pleased to learn from tho Pitts
burgh papers that our friend A. W. Loomis, Esq.
has returned to that city from New Orleans,
much improved in health and appearance.
PROSCRIPTION. Damn it! Howhenicks
'em!" This was Clay's exclamation, on Boeing
a long list of removals of democrats from office
by Gen. Harrison, it marks the temper of the
man, and hispaity.
Now, hear what tho Boston A tins says:
" It is but about a year, and the whigs will
have entire possession of the government. Then
we shall expoct to see all the offices the
collectorships, the post offices, tho navy agencies
and all others filled with men who have been
sincere, and unwavering advocates of the car
dinal principles of the whig party.
A CAPITAL SATIRE!
The following proceedings of a whig cooivcn
tion are rich, decidedly! But the most solemn
whig meeting we ever witnessed was nothing but
a farce and burlesque! There is just about as
much good sense in lhe croaking of a frog, or
the braying of a jack-ass, as there is in the spout
ingsofcoon orators! Read and laugh.
Ed. Sentinel.
Great AVIiijj
Meeting: in the DiMiial
Mivani?.
Pursuant to public notice, a tremendous, stu
pendous, and overwhelming mass meet ing of quad
rupeds convened at Drummond's pond, in the
Great Dismal swamp, on the 1st of April, 1844,
at which "that same old coon" presided ; and Bull
Buflaloe, esq., was appointed secretary. The
meeting having been daily organized, General
Opossum rose, amidst a burst of applause that
blew down several cypress trees, and delivered
a speech which was taken down in short hand ex
pressly for the Globe, by one of our subscribers,
who lives at the Great Bridge, and sent to us by
a foot express. No other paper has any notes of
the speech,
"Fellow Citizens! A great crisis has arrived.
(Applause.) The time is come when we, who
have been deprived of our ancient nnd inalien
able rights, under pretence of being irrational an
imals, incapable of self-government are impera
tively called upon to make one great effort to re
claim our original standing among those exclu
sive pretenders to tho possession of reason.
(Loud Applause.) Fellow-Citizens, whoever a
mong you has heard of .'Esop's Fables can not be
ignorant that all the quadrupeds were formerly
not only possessed of reason, but likewise the
gift of speech, (Cheers:) and that they still re
tain both is undeniable, although it must be con
fessed they speak a language too learned and
abstruse to be comprehended by the ignorant and
unlettered. (Hearlhear!) Fellow-Citizens, we
have been greatly oppressed by the two-legged
race of animals; and, as 1 before stated, the pe
riods for asserting our equality, not to say our su
periority, is at length come. Every dog has his
day Uowl wow! wow hear 1 1 sav everv doff
has his day, and so has every cat, (mew, mew,
hear!) and so has every 'coon, weasel, cow, bear,
horse, jackass, rat, mouse, bull-frog, and alligator.'
(Long, loud, and reiterated bursts of applause
from all quaiters, which drowned the voice of
the speaker, who paused a while, overcome by
the iulensity of his feelings; then, bowing low to
the audience proceeded.)
"Fellow-Citizens, this is an ngo of revival, pro
gress, and devclopement. The period is at hand,
(tremendous cheering.) nay, tho period has arri
ved, when we are about to make one great ef
fort to resume our original rights, and our abori
ginal weight in the scale of rational beings. Yes,
tcllow-citizcns, a prophet has arisen in the slash
es of Hanover, (stupendous croaking among the.
frogs,) who not only preaches, but pract'scs, the
true doctrines of equality ; and who is determined
to free us from our yokes, lowing among the
oxen, chains, and all those absurd and oppres
sive restrictions imposed upon us by tnat proud
ovorboaring animal who litis the insolence to as
sert that two logs aro better than four; yet, at the
same time, acknowledges our superiority by imi.
tatmg us 111 nis whiskers. (Great laughter among
tho Bufl'iloes.) Animated by the most ex ilted
feeling of universal philanthropic, this distin
guished individual has resolved in his boundless
mind that we yes, we shall yes, fellow-citizens
shall be reinstated in our ancient inalienable
right of perfect equality with these two-legged
usurpers. (Prodigious applause.) Yes, fellow-!
citizens, the ox shall no longer wenr the voke;
(great bellowing among the oxen ;) the horse shall
be as tree as thoso which ercwlnle scampered un
molested over the prairies ofllie Wcat; (greet
neighing amongthe horses ;) the sheep shall we:u
Ins own wool; (ba-a-a hear!) the dog sli.-.ll be
his own master; (bow! wow! wow! hoar, hear:)
the bear shall 110 longer live by sucking h.s paws
in the .winter; (great dancing among the bears;)
the buffaloes cease to le hunted on those plains
which were theirs from time immemorial: (great
bujjuloc dance;) the opossums to which class I
have the honor to belong shall no longer carry
their young in their pouches, but have muses to
bear them in their arms wherever they go; (here
the ''possums run up the gum tree in fine style, and
cut diecrs capers;) and, tcllow-citizcns, that large
and respectable class ot animals, winch may be
said to be neither fish, flesh, or fowl, (most espe
cially tho respectable bull frogs,) shall be ficed
from the persecutions of little dirty-faced boys,
when they pop their heads out of the slashes;
(stupendous croaking of the frogs, in which some
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j uw luaus jomeu ;) nay, luuow-ciiizens, ine
coons ay, tho very coons those hithcrio de
spised, contemptible, worthless animals, without
strength, couragc,or honesty (io-c the speaker
was called to order by the chairman, "that same
old coon.)
I say fellow-citizens, those hitherto filthy, dis
gusting, and worthless animals called coons"
Here tho chairman rose in great agitation, and
said, "Really, General Opossum, I cannot sit riuiet
and hear my constituents (that respectable class
ot animals which has lately been selected as most
worthy of associating with the great universal
whig party) abused in this shameful manner. You
must sit do wn or keep a civil tongue in your head."
"Hoar me out, hear me out, Mr. Chairman,"
replied General Opossum. "I am paying you a
great compliment, if you did but know it. I say,
tellow-citizens; those thieving, midnight plunder
ers, thoso dirty ill-begotten, ill-conditioned, base,
cowardly, ill-natured end contemptible nnunuls
are about about did I say? have already been
elevatod to an equality- -equality did I say? to a
superiority over tho boasted exclusive posses
sors of leason, by being selected as emblems, rep
resentatives, and tuielancs ot the habits, nanners
aud principles of tho great universal whig party,
wnicu possesses all the uoceucy and all tho tal
ents. They arc, unless I greatly deceive myself
destined, ere long, to lake a prominent stand in
that party, and come in for a full share of the
loaves and fishes. I will detain you no longer,
iellow-citizcns, than merely to add that, instead
of being hunted by tho raco of two-legged ty
rants nay, even by their slaves these dirty,
thieving, cowardly, yet highly respectable animals,
will, boyond alt doubt, be- rostorcd to their natu
ral, inalienable right of robbinc tho farmor at
pleasure, in reward for heir prodigious and deci
sive agency in maintaining tho ascendency of the
great universal whig party. (Lons, loud, stu
pendous, and everlasting cheering from thecoons;
who, not being able to sustain themselves, scatter
ed off to rob a few neighboring henroosts.)
Tho chairman then rose to explain the object
of tho meeting. "The great question, fellow
citizens, which you have been called here to
decide, is, whether it be proper and expedient
now to appoint delegates to the whig Balti
more coonvention, for designating a candidate for
the Presidency. What say you, fellow- citizens
ay or no? Hurrah! go ahead, my boys."
The proposition was carried by acclamation,
and delegates were accordingly selected from
each species of animals; though there was some
discussion as to admitting the rats to be repre
sented, they, like Mr. (Billy) Rives, not having
as yet defined their position. I hey are all, to a
beast, pledged to vote for " that same old coon,"
under penalty of being set down as locofocos.
Tho meeting then adjourned sine die, after the
orator had sung " Possum up a gum tree," " the
frog he would a courting go," "I here was an
old coon ate com with a spoon," and thebuffalocs
had treated the company to a dance.
THAT SAME OLD COON,
his ' Chairman.
Bull Buffaloe, Secretary,
mark.
UATIIEItlfttiS A'D GOSSirPIIVOS.
" A sntfpper up of unconsidered trifles."
At an election held in Canada on the 16lh
tiiPt., for a member of Parliament, a serious riot
took place, to suppress which the military was
callct. out.
Among the Mexicans it is the fashion to in
noculate themselves with the poison of the rat
tlesnake, which renders them safo from the bita
of all venomous animals.
It is said that Gen. Thompson, our late Minis
ter to Mexico, brings home with him the consent
of the Mexican Government to tho Annexation
of Texas.
Win. D. Merrick, Senator from Maryland,
whose term expires on the 4th of March next,
declines a re-election.
A man, 05 years of age has been discharged,
cured, from the Pennsylvania lunatic asylem,
who had been crazed 25 years.
About 100 emigrants who lately came out hero
from Europe, roturned home, a few days after
they landed, in the packet ship Monongahela.
The British anti-slavery society havo issued a
circular to ministers of churches in London aud
the neighborhood, calling upon them to sign a
momoria I to the American churches against sla
very. The memorial came in the Acadia. '
Senator Benton has returned with his family
at Washington. g
Tho President was very ill, during the early
part of la.st week.
A groat Roman Lawyer, being once asked
what work might lie thaio on a holy day replied,
'That which if left undone w ould occasion mis
chief.' It is staled that a daughter of Major General
.Scott lias taken the white veil, at the Convent in. .
Georgetown, D. C.
A very heavy slorm visited Philadelphia on
the 25th inst. which did much damage to the
shipping.
Dixon II. Lewis has been appointed a Sena
tor fiom Alabama 111 place ol Urn. R. King, ro
gncd. Mr. Lewis is at present a member o
the house.
How an old maid always eyes a single gentle
man ! She looks at him just as she does a dog in
dogs days- -wondering whether ho intends to
bite. Lou. Dime.
Mr. Wirt, tho watchman, who was shot by
Moore in the late Congressional hubbub at Wash
ington, is lying dangeicusly ill. He is a poor
man with a large family.
Tho New York Commercial Advertiser
a lady of that city had a tooth extracted a few
days ago while in tho mesmeric stale, without
mamtesting the least pain. lhe lady was mag
netized by her husband, and the tooth was drawn
by a dentist.
A book was printed during the timo of Crom- .
well, with the following title. "Eggs, of Charity,
layed by the chickens of the Covenant, nnd boil
ed with the water of Divine Love. Take ye and
eat.' 3
The Mormons of Nauvoo recently lynched a
poor negro for refusing to tell what in all proba
bility he knew nothing about. Shameful.
According to all accounts, the wheat fields in
.Michigan never looked better at this season of
the year than they do now.
I wish to introduce a bill for tho destruction
of worms, said tho woodpecker member, in a
stump speech.
Two thirds of (he Bar in Philadelphia havo
3igncd a petition in favor of George M. Dallas's
appointment to tho vacancy created by thedoath '
of Judge Baldwin.
The remains of Judge Baldwin have been ta
ken to Washington City for interment.
A great amount of business has been done on
tho canals of Now York, this season greater
than was ever done on them before. '
'We havo proved an alibi by five witnesses,'
said a lawyer in the Criminal Court yesterday.
'Yes, I am ready to admit,' said the opposing
counsel, 'that you have proved a lie by five of
your witnesses!' Pic.
Southern Morals. Tho Charleston papers ad-.
vertisc, under the head of "South Carolina against
Georgia," a gram, match of chicken fights, for.
.$1000 a side. . . .
Depravity. A boy, 13 years of age, named
Augustus Ralston, was brought before the May
or of Philadelphia, on Tuesday, and committed
to prison for using violence to, and uttering hor
rid imprecations against his mother while lying
on her death bed. '. - ' ' ; , " f
Coon Argumens.X party of Whigs In Tip
pecanoo township, Ga., at a late meeting, let off
tho following sally of public humor, -"Resolved,
That Henry Clay is the tallest coon, and tho lon
gest tail, tho most rings round it, and (ho bright
est onos, toc; of any other coon 8) all the Amer
ican diggings.". " : ; ':
Irish BiocnArHV. An Irish writer thus con
cludes a biography: "This extraordinary man
has left no children behind Jiim, except his
brother who wag hilled at thesame time. "
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