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Oh toll me not I am twloved,
, . Alas, it was a dream
Thai shed across my spirits light
Its bright yet withering gleam.
Tou do not know you cannot feel
" Bow deep the wounds your light
words make
Wounds which, once given, nought can
.' r heal,
I . Or ease my anguished bosom ache,
Oh'bid me not to quell the love
That rushes through my veins,
J3ut bid the lute send forth no more
; Its sweet yet mad'cing strains.
But when you win another heart,
That's gay and wild and free,
Do not then crush it with such scorn
t As you have given to me.
Bome'on despair's dark ocean,
Drown'd in its surging swell,
Then know that I have loved thee,
Not wisely but too well.
IRENE.
EWINGTON, Jan 1st, 1851.
O, Come Not Yet.
Tb Mental Apostrophe of a braly wife to her
intempertte, brutalized, absent Husband.
O, come not yet! so calm ii home
v without thee,
.. No longer now thine absence makes
. me mourn;
For while thy vices cling like chains
. about thee,
' I cannot, must not, pray for thy re
' - turn.
, ; Then come not yet!
O, come not yet! Though crowds
. , should chide thy staying;
. Heed, heed them not. Thy presence
, once was dear;
But now, no grief attends thy long de
' laying;
L No wife, child, friend, ' could wish to
see thee here.
t ' :". Then come not yet!
O, come not yet! Once did I watch thy
coming,
As evening shadows stretched o'er
- i j.ii.
moor ana ueu;
When the wild bee had ceased its busy
.. bumming, 1
'-- And silence bung o'er all things like
a spell. ' ;: ...
ir !-;.;.. . O, come not yet! .
But now I watch not Eyes with weep-
ing,- mourning
. Though beaming . once are now
grown dim and dull;
tint oh I I fear thy once again returning
" Would swell my cup or agony too
lull. '
; ""Then come not yetl
O, come not yet from thy fax distant
j.;--, dwelling! .
Wake not the tenants of this peaceful
; nest;
Here the rude tempest now no longer
" '' swelling . 1 ," "'.
" tel them enjoy their calm and holy
Xs- " Test. '- i:; '
'' - O, come not yet!
BOSTON, Sept., 1850 HELEN.
" Medical Discotekt. Our mous
tached Iriends will be glad to learn
that the London National and Mili
tary .Gazette has made the discovery
that the wearing' ftP moustaches is
conducive to health. It affirms that
the moustaches, acting as a part of
the breathing apparatus, absorb the
cold of the air before it enters the
nostrils, and are consequently a pre
servative' against " consumption.
Hence it Mollows,"-according to the
Gazette, ' that the regiments which
wear moustaches are much less sub
ject ihan 'ihe1 others to diseases of
th'e chest-MO.fig.1 ' :
,In our la5fWBTniltled -to say, that
JlrV" Harailtop ; our' jailor,' acting as
special deputy. X, Sr' Marshal, arrested
a; counterfeiter named -Yns.g at the
toonm of Big Sandy, Ky- and lodged
bim In jail here last week. His trial
will Brtog:Wrn efhe CT. S.
Court Ka.
WHISKEY INSURRECTION.
Through the politeness of a friend
we have been furnished with a copy of
the following address, on the subject of
the Whiskey Ixssbbectior, delivered
a few years ago before the members of
the Mount Pleasant Temperance Socie
ty, Westmoreland county, Pennsylva
nia, by the Bon. John Lobctgier. We
have no doubt it will be acceptable to
many of our readers as furnishing them
with some facts and incidents, by a per
son who was an eye-witness and, in
some degree, an actor, in one of those
scenes of madness and misrule that
sometimes take possession of whole
communities as well as individuals.
' Judge Lobingier, though verging ft it
towards ninety years of age, is still, we
are happy to learn, a hale, active man,
TeneraD'e fr nis oe ad esteemed and
beloved oy all who know bim, for the
urbanity of his manners and the integ
rity of his life. Gasper Take and
Pmluf Kkagak, Esqs., mentioned in
the narrative, have both died since the
delivering of the address. Gasper
Tarr in about the seventy-fifth year of
his age, and Phillip Reagan at the very
advanced age of one hundred and seven
years:
ADDRESS.
Ladies and gentlemen: I rise before
you this evening to respond to a call,
lately made on me, by the managers
of this society, to give you my re
collections of the Western, or what
is called the Whiskey Insurrection, in
the year 1794. In doing so, I shall
have to depend almost entirely on
my own memory, having no docu
ments to which to refer. I have.
however, lately had a conference on
the subject with Gasper Tarr and
Philip Reagan, Esqrs., of this neigh
borhood, whose recollections aided
me considerably in some of the oc
currences. Before I proceed with
my narrative, I will give vou a short
account of the first settlement of
this part of Pennsylvania, with ihe
manners, customs and habits which
the settlers acquired under the pecu
liar circumstances in which they
were placed. The settlement com
menced about the year 1769. The
whole country at that ime was an
entire wilderness, covered by a heavy
growth of timber. The settlement
progressed apd improved till the year
1776, when the revolutionary war
broke out, and which continued till
the year 1783. During that period.
many of therrontiennhabitants we
driven from their dwellings by the
hostile, savage Indians, borne lost
their lives, and some returned to the
other side of the mountains, from
whence they had come. Others,
not willing to give up their settle
ments, erected temporary forts and
block-houses, into which they occa
sionally fled, when apprehensive of
anger. Ihe men went out in com
panies to work their little fields of
corn, with their guns on their shoul
ders, placing part of themselves as
sentinels round the fields, whilst the
ther part was at work, for fear of
an attack from the Indians. In this
perilous situation, they suffered many
privations, until peace was restored
in 1783. After that period many of
the old inhabitants returned, with in
creased numbers of immigrants, and
the country improved so rapidly as
soon 6 supply the inhabitants with
abundance of every kind of provi
sions. Unfortunately about this
time, or a little before, they began to
convert their surplus grain into whis
key; this was the more an evil, as they
nsed the whiskey principally amongst
themselves. From the great demand
for it, it was the principal article of
trade, and became a kind of stan
dard of value, for other articles; and
the man that had plenty of whiskey
in those times, was regarded by his
fellow citizens by nearly in the same
ght as a man is now, who has more
money than his neighbors. I am as
tonished when I look back, and reflect
on the quantities ot it that were con
sumed, and how profusely, and how
universally it was used. It was the
medicine for almost every disease,
and was a constant beverage wher
ever people met together, whether
to assist each other in labor or amuse
ment At military trainings, at elec
tions, funerals and weddings; at rais
ing log buildings, at los rolling?.
grubbing frolicks, chopping frolirks,
in narvest holds and at corn huskings,
in short, wherever the people met,
and whatever they met to do, they
must have whiskey. Owing to the
perilous times through which they
had passed, and from the very nature
of the employments in a new coun
try, the people had got into the habit
of doing almost all their ordinary
labor, In companies; and these were
a kind of convivial meetings, that
greatly fostered whiskey drinking;
in short the tastom liad. become sot
a
if
of
he
to
universal, that a man was considered
churlish or mean, that did not treat
his neighbors to a dram whenever an
opportunity offered. The country
remained in this state till about the
year 1791 when Congress laid a
duty or excise of four pence per gal
lon on all distilled spirits. The long
war with England, had greatly ex
hausted the public treasury, and this
was thought to be a tax that would
assist the revenue with as little injury
to the citizens, as any other that
could be devised. The people, how
ever, would not submit to it. They
considered it a great oppression, and
tyranical beyond endurance.
What, said they, shall we who, with
in twenty years, have successfully
contended with Great bntam, on
account of a tax on tea, now sub
mit to be taxed for whiskey! When
the excise officers came round to
collect the duty, they were every
where hissed at and insulted, and
threatened to be tarred and feather
ed, if they persisted in executing
their office; other officers were sent,
and were treated in the same manner.
Some few of the citizens recommen
ded submission to the laws, and that
they should petition Congress for a
redress of grievances, but they were
disregarded. Ihe popular frenzy
was such that a man who talked
either of submission or moderation,
was in great danger of getting his
person abused or his house burned
Public meetings were held in differ
ent sections of the country, and in
flammatory speeches made, and liber
ty poles raised, with such devices on
them as these: "Liberty and no ex
cise;" "United we stand, divided we
fall;" "No asylum for cowards or
traitors."
ihus a very great excitement
was raised, and a large majority
were willing to go any length in op
posing the collection of the tax.
Whilst affairs remained in this situa
lion, government sent out three in
fluential commissioners, to the
several disaffected counties, in order
to persuade the citizens to submit to
the law; the excitement, however,
was so high that they would not
hear the commissioners, and scarcely
desisted from insulting them. They
were plainly inlormed by the com
missioners, that the law neither
could be nor would be repealed, so
long as the citizens resisted it, and
that the dignity and stability of the
government, required that it should
enforce obedience to the laws by the
strong arm, if nothing else would do.
The effect of this menace was, that
general convention of the citizens
was called, to consider whether ther
would submit to the law, or resist it
The delegates assembled at Brad
dock's fields, or Parkinson's ferry in
the early part of the summer of 1794.
The majority of the convention pas
sed resolutions, that the several ex
cise officers should immediately be
brought in by a strong force, and
that their commissions should be ta
ken from them, and a promise extor
ted from them, that they would not
again act in that capacity, and that
any resistance-was made by them,
they should be burned out of house
and home. Thus this affair was fast
drawing to a crisis.
ihe insurgents, by a numerous
body of armed men, made their first
attack on the dwelling house of Gen
erai rveviiie, the excise omcer in
Washington county. JNeviiie was
aware of their coming, and had pre
pared an armed force to defend him
self. He warned them to desist, or
he would fire on them. They ad
vanced, however, and Captain M'
Farlan was shot dead. . The assail
ants retired, and, a day or two af
terward, returned to resume the at
tack. Neville, in the meantime, had
abandoned the house, and the assail
ants meeting with no resistance,
set fire to it and burned it down.
The next movement was made
against Philip Reagan, the deputy
excise officer in Westmoreland coun
ty. The attack was made in the
night by a numerous body of men;
Keagan expected to be attacked, and
had prepared himself with a number
guns, and one or two men. The
firing commenced from the house,
and the assailants fired at it for some
time, without effect on either side.
The insurgents then set fire to Rea
gan's barn, which they burned down,
and retired for that time. In the
course of a day or two after, the
assailants, with a force of one hun
dred and fifty men, returned to re
new the attack. After some parley
ing, Reagan, rather than shed blood,
proposed to capitulate with them,
provided they wonld do it on honor
able terms, and give him assurance
that they would neither abuse bis
person nor destroy bis property; and
would agree, on his part, to give
op his commission, and never again
act as an exciseman. -1 These stip-
ulations wereigreed to, reduced to,
of
on
in
or
this
writing,' and signed by the parties.
Reagan then opened nis door, and
came out with a keg of whiskey, and
treated ' them all. In a short time,
however, after the whiskey was
drunk, some of thenT began to mur
mur, and to say that the old rascal
was let j 5' too easy, and that he
ought to be set up as a target to be !
shot at; some were lor tarring and
feathering him, but others took his
part, and said he had acted manfully,
and that after capitulating with him,
they ' were bound by every-thing
sacred, to treat him honorably. At
length they got to fighting amongst
themselves. After this it was pro
posed and carried, tlTdl Reagan
should be Court-martialed, and that
they"woa!d march off; "Tight away,
to Ben. WellsYoTFayeita county,
the excise officer there, and citeb
him and try him and Reagan both
together. They set out accordingly,
taking Reagan along, but when they
arrived at Wells' house, he was not
there, so they set fire to it and burn
ed it down, with all its contents.
They left an ambush near the ruins,
in order, if they could, to seize Wells.
Next morning he was taken, but du
ring the night, as Reagan had escaped,
and Wells was very submissive with
them, thev let him off without fur
ther molestation.
ihe next attack was made on
Captain Webster, of Stoystown, the
excise officer for Somerset county,
by a company of about one hundred
and fifty men, from , Westmoreland.
They took his commission from him,
and made him promise never again
to act as a collector of excise. An
attempt was made by some of the
party, to fire his hay-stacks, but it
was prevented, by others of them,
before any injury was done. They
marched off homeward, taking
Webster a few miles along with
them, and seeing him very submis
sive, thev ordered him to mount a
stump, and repeat his promise, never
again to act as a collector of excise,
and to hurrah three times for Tom
the Tinker, after which they dismis
sed him. This Tom the Tinkei,
was a new God added to Mythology
at this time, and was supposed to
preside over whiskey-stills, and still
houses. Whoever hurrahed stoutly
for Tom the Tinker, was tf unques
tionable loyalty with the whiskey
boys; whilst those who would not
were branded as traitors to this new
Deity, and to their country.
Now, fellow citizens! I presume
that many of you may wish to know
what part I took in that unhappy
affair. I confess frankly thai it was
with reluctance, I remained a neutral
spectator. Had it not been for the
good advice of my venerable father,
whose counsel I followed, rather
than my own inclination, I should
most likely have taken an active part,
with those that were outraging the
laws of their country. Through his
instrumentality, I was fortunately
saved from a course of conduct, that
must, on reflection, forever after,
have given me uneasiness. It was
shortly before this time, that the
Jacobin spirit had overthrown the
French government, and drenched
the nation in' blood; and many good
and reflecting men began to fear,
that under the spurious names of
de.-nocracy' and -liberty, the same
evil spirit was about to take posses
sion of our people. Affairs had now
arrived at such a crisis, that either
the government or the people must
submit, and for the government to
have done so," under the circumstan
ces, would have been an end of the
government' Nothing now could
restore order, but the strong arm of
the nation. The President called
out the Militia from the eastern
part of Pennsylvania,' Jersey,
Maryland and Virginia. Upwards
five thousand men, consisting of
infantry, cavalry, and a tew com
panies of artillery, promptly obeyed
the call of the President. The Penn
sylvania and Jersey troops, came up
through Somerset, and halted in three
divisions on- this side of the chestnut
ridge. Th 'advance division came
to where this town now stands;
the second division, encamped on
Colonel Bonnet's farm, and the rear
division, remained at Lobingier's
Mills. They remained in their en
campments for the space of about
eight days; "during which time, the
cavalry, conducted by the excise-officers,
were obt scouring the country
search of - whiskey boys. - But
chiefly all those who had taken an
active part in the late insurrectionary
movements, had either Bed, or secre
ted themselves, so, that Jew could be
found; I believe not more than one
two. The part of the army in
neighborhood, then struck their
tents, and marched to the forks of
Yough, In. Washington county,
where they were met by the Mary-
and. and, Virginia troops, who had
come.ap throngh Cumberland and
a
is
is
of
To
isn
in
in
on
at
he
Uniontown. Whilst there a few
more of the insurgents were taken.
The precise number 1 do not remem
ber, but I think about fifteen.
A proclamation was then Issued
calling on all persons, (a few names
only excepted,) to come forward at a
certain time and place, and accept of
a general amnesty, for all past offen
ces. This was generally acceded to
by those who had taken an active
part, in the late illegal movements.
The commanding officers having
now full assurance that the citizens
would submit to the laws, and no
longer resist the collectors, proposed
to the citizens, that, if one or more
militia companies, in each county,
would pledge themselves to the gov
ernment, to support the constitution
and laws, when called upon, they
would remove the army from
amongst them. This proposition
was gladly acceded" to; for the citi
zens were heartily tired of the army;
and the army, officers and men,
were very anxious to return home.
I do not remember how many
companies pledged themselves to
support the laws, but one of the
Westmoreland companies that did so,
I had the honor of commanding my
self. The army came here, to the
best ol my recollection, some time
in Oc'.ober, 1794, and left about the
latter end of November. ' The excise
officers resumed their duties, and
met with no further opposition.
Ihe prisoners were taken to rhila
delphia, which was then the seat of
the general government, under the
administration of President Wash
ington, and there in order to expose
them, and mortify their feelings.
they were marched through some o!
the principal streets, with white pa
pers stuck upon their hats. They
were afterward tried in the Federal
Court: two only were convicted
and senteuced to be hanged, the one
(or treason, and the other for inter
cepting and breaking open the Un
ted States Mail, for the purpose of
ascertaining what steps government
were about to take relative to the
laws. The others were acquitted
and those convicted were pardoned
and discharged. Thus ended this
folly and madness, into which the
citizens had been led by a few hot
beaded, aspiring, political dem
gogues, who had raised their spirits
to such a height, as at one time to
threaten ruin to the country.
Tis Hard. When a mother lo
ses her first born, it reminds us of
little bud torn rudely trom the pa
rent stem. The flower droops its
beautiful head, and bedews with its
newly gathered crystals the stricken
one. Uh! what asony gushes lorth
with every exclamation, as the moth
er gently parts from the cold pale
forehead, the clustering curls; as she
presses those sweet lips, vieing with
marble in whiteness, and marks the
yet unsunken oval of the cheek. Af
ter she has heard each clod fall with
dull heavy sound upon the dea
one's narrow tenement, and finds i
dismal echo in her heart, how dreary
seems the home, which was enliven
ed but a few short days before by her
hrst-born s prattle. Turn where
she will, some little thing reminds
her, oh, how forcibly, of the lost one
In that hour of anguish, how sweet
the consolation of Religion.
she is a Christian mother, her knee
bent in prayer to Him, who doeth
everything well; and as her heart
gradually unburthened of its heavy
load she feels less the sting of an
guish, and more the peace of mind
which alone He can bestow. Moth
er, in the hour of affliction, fly onto
the fcaviour.
Tns Richest Family u Ejcolasd.
The wealthiest family in England is
certainly that of the Arkwrights
the cotton-mill owners. The head
the house died a little time ago,
and the personal property be ex
changed for the narrow accommoda
tions ol the coma was sworn to be
over five millions sterling say $25.'
000,000.
"How awful mutt tbr summons be. Oh druth
bim that is t rase in hit possessions.'
COCHTEBFBIT SPANISH CoiMS.
Thompson's Bank Note Reporter cau
tions the public against receiving Span-
stiver coins, opantso dollars are
circulation which are such excellent
counterfeits that the ordinary tests with
acids are of no avail. They are of cop
tnicici v coelea with silver, and can
only be detected by filing. . .
a
Escaped. A person giving his
name S3 Wm. L. Carr, was arrested
Louisville a few days since, char
ged with forging Botes and receiving
money from various banks tn this
State, to the amount of fifteen thous
and dollar t. ' Carr was brought up
the Telegraph No. 2, and while
this landing, was permitted to en
ter his state room alone. Of course,
has not been heard of since. ' Six
thoosand dollars was found opon his
person Cin. Com.
ill J "
the
was
A Congress Speech.
During the second session of what
Is known in history as the "Coon
Congress," floods of light were pour
ed on the land of "Buncombe, from
the reservoir of Congressional wis
dom! Being young and fuU'af fire,
wa were determined to contribute
our, humble mito towards the ad
vancement of. the literary, political
and miscellaneous knowledge of the
age! (The person who writes, is
Mr. H. M. Wattrson, formerly a
member of Congress from Tennes
see, now editor of the Nashville
Union. It was on the 2J dav of
July, 1S42, (we like to be particular
in dates,) that Gen. Robert L. Caru
thers paid his respects to "Bun
combe" in a very able speech.
Whilst we were listening to the
thunder of his eloquence, wa felt a
reply crawling all over us, and the
moment we heard the word "Amen,'
or its equivalent, we sprang to our
feet and saf J,-" to- a stentorian voice,
T C 1 W XT i , .
.ur. cpeaKer. ixever siimi -we
forget the Speaker's response, for it
sunk deep into our affections. "The
gentleman from Tennessee has the
floor." Finding that we had drawn
a prize, we just rolled up our sleeves,
spit on our hands, and pitched into
Whiggery for about one hourl
When our terrible labors were con
cluded, we f o u u d our physical
strength nearly exhausted, and
down we went to Pettibone's at
that day a restaurant in the base
ment of the Capitol for medicine
That day and night we took some
twelve or fifteen doses! The conse
quence was, that we got up next
morning with a most intolerable
headache! In looking over the
morning papers we discovered a
sketch of our remarks in the House
the day before. Although they were
accurate as far as reported, they
were not as lull as we desired.
About th'13 time we met with our
colleague and much beloved friend,
Aaron V. Brown. "Look here,"
said we, "You have it in your power
to do me a great favor." "What is
thatr replied he. "You heard my
reply to Gen. Caruthers on yester
day now take this paper (handing
him a morning's Globe,) and write
out my speech at lengtff' "Certain
ly, certainly, sir. I will attend to It
with pleasure," was his kind re
sponse. taithful to his promise he
did it up "Drown" we franked It
to our constituents and that was
the last we thought of it until our
eves fell on the above paragraph
Ihursday last being Ihanksgiving
day, we lound time, and deemed it
- . .
a suitable occasion, to give the
speech referred to a re-perusal. It
is headed, Speech of Mr. Watterson,
of Tennessee, on the Veto Message;
delivered in the House of Representa
tives. '
Perhaps our readers would now
like to hear our pinion of it. We
give it with frankness. As written,
it is about such a speech as sillier
men than Solomon would be most
heartily ashamed of, and which
would reflect but little credit on a
boy of more than eighteen years of
age, much less a member of Con
gress, Nashville Union
Bocntt Land Law. Amendment
Proposed. Jurlgo Sutherlnnd has re
cently recommended that the land boun
ty act should b so amended as to give
to each person who was out in the pub
lic service during the Indian wars, or
the war of 1812, one hundred and six
ty acrea of land. He says that xoldicrs
who were enlisted about the close of
the Mexican war, and who were at Fort
Mifflin, when peace was proclaimed
received 1 60 acres, or one hundred
dollars in scrip. Some of thsse recruits
were not in service more than a month,
and yet got the 160 acres of land, lie
thinks, therefore," and justly, that the
grant of 40 acres, (at the Government
estimate of 15 dollars.) for three months'
service, is entirely too small to be given
the Government to either a soldier or
soldier s widow, and where it is to be
divided among minor children, is not
worth the trouble and cost of the appli
cation.
Boiler of ths Aitolo Norway.
The immense boiler of the Anglo Nor.
man, which was hurled out of the boat,
was of the following dimensions: 3U
feet long, 16 wide, and Si high, and
weighed 68,618 pounds, or about 30
tons. N. O. Pie.. 17th, .
Duties asd Bullion iir Caufobitia
The total amount of duties paid into the
custom house at san Francisco during
month or Uctober, was e 170,551
Amount of Bullion exported from Oc
tober 30 to November 14, 8 1, 562,4 17,
Previouslr exported t2I,899,388. To-
$23,461,807. Amount of bullion
entered inwards during the same period
t20,000. Previously entered
134.000. ' Total 12,1 54,000. -
in
the
The wife of the late Prof. John W.
Webster. has been presented with a fine
house 'in Ash street, which she will in
future occupy with her daughters. ' -
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rout
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Advices from Texas to the 13th.bav
been received. .The Indians continued
to commit, murder and robbacMaA
wagon train of Lewis & Qooni.was
attacked by them, plundered,' four per
sons attached to, it murdered -aui thee
others woundecL. , 1
, A considerable portion ot th emi
gration to the State is finding its way to
the west'- The Victoria Advocate says
a number of strangers are in that town
looking for homes. - ,
Wild Cat, tdb Sbwxolb Cmti
We see that a reward of ten thousand
dollars hss been offered ly theeminole
agfnt for the apprehension of some
hundred and fifty or two hundred slaves
who have beea taken from the Creek:
and Seminole nations by the celebrated
Wild Cat. The aection in which, the
Seminnles have been located does not
seem to present a proper field for his en
terprising genius. Having surveyed
the country as far as Mexico, he found
no elligible field until he passed over
into the territories of that Republic
He found the people unwarlike and suf
fering under the terrible depredations
of the Camanchee. He offered to nn-
tect them from the incursions of the
Camanches and Apaches on coalition
of having a portion of their territory al-N
lotted to him and his followers, for a
residence. This proposition was readl
Iy accepted by the provincial authorities,
though it has met the disapproval of the
Supremo Government of Mexico.
Wild Cat has now returned, to lead a
large portion of his nation to these new
settlements. Should Wild Cat return,
the prospect of a similar state of. things
on his frontier would be to him Irresisti
ble. The advantage of a position with
in the limits of Mexico, to which he
might retreat without fear of pursuit,
and the ease and facility with which he
could execute bis predatory incursions
across our prairies have been properly
appreciated by him. p
A Congress Speech. " Old Ironsides."
proposition ,hts been made to
convert the frigate Constitution
"Old Ironsides" as the sailors, call
her into a receiving ship at Boston.
We sincerely hope the desecration
will not be permitted. What, turn
that glorious frigate, whese flag has
"braved the battle and the breeze"
for more than half a century; whose
quarter-deck has been trod by Preble,
nun and Stewart in moments of
victory; whose planks are yet stain
ed with the blood of the brave tars
who died at her batteries; turn her
Into an Ignoble receiving ship?
Never! There is as little occasion
for the profanation, as patriotism in
the suggestion. The Constitution
was thoroughly repainted, only two
years ago, and is good for another
half century; moreover she is one of
the fastest ships in the navy. Let us
keep her as a talisman of victory,
the glorious old frigate that has never
been beaten. What a thrill of proud
associations her name awakensl '
"Out of the sounding sea, - "
With a flag of stars and a row of steel, '
'Mid the tempests scowl aod the battle- -,
The (Teat ship of the free f "
Phil. Bulletin.
A Ffiexd to tub Ujuo.f. "Oh,
don't do that till I am dead? The
Atlanta (Ga.) Republic sayst
On the day of tho meeting of the
secessionists at Kingston, a revolu
tionary soldier returned to his resi
dence in Cobb county, on the rail
rood, though his eyes were so dim
that he could not very well see.-
He was told that they were trying
to get the people to dissolve or
secede from the Union, Whereupon,
he drooped his withered face, and
seemed to be in deep distress for one
or two minutes, after1 which he rais
ed his head, and, with a faltering
voice, said, "Oh, don't do that till I
am dead!" While he uttered these
words, the large tiars chased each
other down his way-worn cheeks'.
He was told that a great number of
men would try to prevent them, to
which he replied, "Don't let them do
that till I am deadl"
4 r I
Thb Wat StoriwGrow as thet
Travel, On Friday last fire was
put under the boilers of the CottorJ
Mill, to try the draft of the new
stack and the movement of the en
cine. The superintendent, and en
gineer were surprised. to find a new
stack draw so, well, and were rela
ting to each other, the difficulties
they had frequently encountered inJ
forcings draft through new stacks.'
One said to the other that rmwdef
had to be burned in the. chimney to4
induce a draft. - A crowd of by-stan-
ders - heard the words "powder,"
"stack," and "boilers," and imagined.
some fiendish villain had put pawdecs
the boilers to blow op the concent.
One started down town and spread
terrible news, and in an Jiouf ifce'
story had assumed such consistence,'
it was positively, asserted "that'.
three barrels ofd powder, were found
under the boilers,, when the engineer
went. to fire rip."-JZa.- risburg Union.
is computed that 5,000 "persene oar-
the past season on the overland
to Catfornia. ' 1