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L PwAient Judge lion. William Elwell.
Proth'y and Cl'It of Court Jchso Colonmn,
ivesutur od Recorder John U. iroezo.
' (Allen Mann,
Commisaionere John F. Fowler,
' ". 1 Montgomery Cole
Bnenff Samuel Snyder.
Treiiurcr John J. Stiles.
( Daniel Snyder,
Auditors L. B Runert,
(John r. iinnnan.
Commiwioiier'a Clerk Wm. Krickbaum.
Commimiioner'ii A ttnniov K. H. Little.
Mercantile Apnrainer Cai)t. Geo. W. Utt
IMstriot Attroney Milton M. Traugb,
Coroner William J. Ikclcr.
County Superintendent Chas. 0. Hailloy,
Anscsors Internal Kevenuo H. 1'. tlarlc,
" ' , J Jolin Thomas,
' Assistant Assessor
' Collector Benjamin
S. II. Dicmcr,
J. II. Ikeler,
J. 8. Woods.
'. llartman.
EV STOVE AND TIN SHOP.
ON MA1V8TRBP.T. (NEARLY OProStTO
"- MILLER'S eTUKB.) BLOOMdUUK J, PA.
THB wdoriifnail lm J ul Sited up. Mid opened
bii nan
; ;"8TOTB AKI TIX MIIOP,
Mo lbl place. wrn he li prepared lo niek up new
xrt ,v AHn di vii tinui in m iiiiv. biiu uu ,o.air
li with nealueae and dlmiilch. uuon Hie mni rea.
aoaable urnia. He alio kecpa on hand STOVB4 nl
varloua paiierna and aiylea. ulueti lie will mil upaa
lerma lu euii ourcnaiere.
Give hi a. ill. lleiaafo4 raecbanie, and do
ervlnt of ft u'ibllc patronaie.
" JACOB METZ.
Bloomibnrf , Sepl. 9, 13T.0. ly.
pLASTER FOR SALE.
The aaderaigiied la about flltiuf op a
atthePENN PI'RNACE MIM S. aid tilll
oftTTlo
Iho public ONK IIU.NDUKU TUNS HESV
IVovia colia While Plaster
prepnrcd ready far uae In quantities to anil purchaa
era, ut auy time from the nut of March next.
j. a. McVlNCII.
Cmawini. Jnn.53, 1RU7.
JOOT AND SHOE SHOP.
. OSCAR P. G1RT0X,
Re.peetfullyliiftirme the public that ha
pared to manufacture) all kiuda of
la nowCpre-
BOOTS AND SHOES,
at the L 0 WEST IlssiLle Friccs ;
r abort notice and In Ilia very ben and latval atylet
Mr. Girloo, ( la well-known in llloouiKbure,) ha
liad many retire of aueeeaiful expiri nre with a rep
utation for good work, integrity and honorable deal
lug iiiimirpuaaed.
sr I'lnre '( bualnaaa on Rnutli E'it Corner of
Hl.-iin and Iron rtrceta, over J. K.Girton'a Plorv.
uioiiuiabura. iv, iam am-
J.'OIIKS HOTEL,
i:0. W. MAEGER, Proprlelor.
Ttto ibnv well-known liotnl lim recinlty under
titw laditul etimiycg in It iitinnml rrniitfm;nt,
iiti ii pmjiriflor minnunct to lonuur cii'lom
til tlii Iravolliny puitlic thnt hi accmuinuilutionq
fur tltw roiitlitrtnf bii gucMs urn iiecond tnnoiintii
llic counlry. iitte will nlwjtyt bo found nip
piiori. not out) wttli lubniantint rmii, but with at
Id si Jt)licncl of thv tKaiti. Hi wine itkil llqunri
((!irtt Mint pHilir hsverHito kunwu m McHtnrj.j
)iin:hatrti direct from tlio iiitMnrtinv huir, arn en
lirly uiiro. and fro frrm at I pnivonout drue. .!
U t hunk fill fr libnral patrunngt) initio (.tut, and
WUI cmiuiiuo 10 ueiurve n in uie luiuro.
GKUUUiS W, MAUUCA.
Juiu 13. ISflil-if, -
JjACHLNE AND REPAIR SHOP,
TUG undrrsisned would most resDerlfully an
nollnce to the public (i-lierally, lf.nl he la pr'iereil
In execute all kinds of MACHINKHY, at J').-i.l'!l
HIIAItPLC' FuUNDHY.ia Bluomiburf. where be
cm always be fnuud ready to do all kmda of repair-
tut. Including TUresbiug ajui nines, anu in snort, an
kind ol Fermine L'leiisils, ALSO, 'I'UKMMJ AND
FlTlNo. up or CAKTI.U ANO .w auiiinbhv
tloue on 'short notice, in a Rood woikuiuuiiku mun
iur, upon tue most reasouaulv terms.
Ilia lo
ioag eaporieuce in the business, aa foremnn In
ion of Lewis H. Maus of thi. 9iae. for over
nine years, warrants him in saMng that ho can give
entire eatlaiacUsn to ill who inu favor him with
neir wor.
GEORGE IIASBERT.
Bloomsburg, Nov. SI. 1S06.
FALLON UOUSK.
rpnv.
aubscrlber having purchased Ilia 'Fallon
X. House," In
LOCK H Vr:., ta ,
properly of E. W. Dignny. Esq., would any to the
riunus oi mo uouse, ins acquaintances, ami the pub
lie generally, that he Iniinda to "keep a Hoi sr.,
with the accouimodatluns and enmforta of a lloosi,
nu ouiuoiy soiicim uieir patronege.
1. OITEXKIRK.
Lata of the Madison House, Philadelphia.
. Lock llaveu, Hoc, xii, IMOU.
jyjlSS LIZZIE PETERMAN,
Would annminea to Ilia ladlea nl lllonmsburgand
the public generally, that she haa Just received from
the eaateru ci'les her
Slirmg; and Suuimer
'' Ptockaf
MILLINERY GOODS,
v conaiating or ail article a usually found In oral class
' . Millinery Stores. Her goods are of Ilia beat quality
l and among the most handsome and cheapest in the
Pihrket Call and examine theiu for yourselves.
Nobody should purchase elsewhere before examin
ing Mian Felerinau'a atock ot gooda. Bonneia made
to order, on the shortest notice, or repaired,
Bton on Main street. 3d di.or below the store of
Mendehhall Rupert.
flloomiburg, May I, iSdS. if,
NEW TOBACCO STORE.
5 ' H. H. HUNSBERGER, -Main
Street, below the "American House,"
BLOOMSEUBIJ, LPA,.
Where he kaepe on hand, and furnishes to the home
nd count' trade, at Philadelphia (loweat) prices,
FIXE t IT. AND PLUG TOBACCOS,' ,.
DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED CIGAR all kmda ol
SMOKING TOBACCO,
Snuffs, Meerschaum and Briar Wood flpcs, andall
ajtclles pertaining to his trade,
ITT" Those ,mtj rstatil dealers In eigara and chaw
Ing tobacco, would do well lo gtie him a call, in
stead ol sending to the cities for every article they
needor purchasing of thesa country padlara.
'jtoveabar Sl.ISU8.-3ui.
f?rIlUQS, DRUGS, DRUGS. : . -
, "Tare Ms dldnes, at John (, M oyer's Dreg Slots
,rner of Mail and Market Streeta. A good
:f. ,
if
'wa, Palnta. Oil a fnd Varnlsbos, always oa
- -A will be sold cheaper Ihaa at any other
ere la lews. -
QUALITY GUARANTEED.
Hptloaa carefully sompounded it Moysr's
laid Jayi
W'a Tm
and Jaynaa Medicines aoid it Moyer'a Drug
aSoaUiif Syrap
cdS (l Meyer's Drag
, y ggaiMs faisal Ulilni, sill as Moysfs
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,. ; For the Democrat. l l"
HARVEST III MS.
BY RAVEN. "
God of the harvest now we lift.
Oar hearts to Thoe in Kratcful praise,
For every good and needful gift,
That crowns the measure of our days.
The Sensons in tlioir annual round,
Combine the cnodncss of thy hand,
While each with its own blewiugs crowned,
Each Messes us, at thy command.
The seed we east into the dust,
Committed to thy cracious care.
We wait with patient, hopeful trubt,
liU we rihall reap the golden ear.
Nor l ave our patient hopes boon vain,
Thin N'jtson thou hast designed to bless,
With warming Sun and moistniug rain,
And grunted us a large increase.
With faith we watched the growing blade,
With hope we saw (he blossoms come,
Rejoicing in the sheaves we made,
iuaukuod,wu rc brought the harvest borne
Tints may thy goodness ever rest,
Upon our wide extended land,
And we so richly, fully blest,
r I I . I. ,, ,-, 1
J ii iiuuiuiu miui, wouiu own ny uanu,
Stillwater, July 20, 1807.
A MOJHESTO UP THE RL VOLI TION
Biannsicrlpt of Thomas JctTcr.
sou, IVevcr Krtbi Pub-
llNhed.
i:is
tutu ncmi.
The following curiuns paper is copied
verbatim from a mnnuKsript of Mr, Joflfer-
on, which a coiroppondent in the interior
of the Stato has put into our Lands, with
the privilege of retaining it for a few days
that any of our readors who may desiro to
see the handwriting of tho author of the
Declaration of Independence may bo grati
fied with a dgt of the paper itself. The
well-known chirography of Mr. JefTursoti
made tamuiar to tho world by the numcr
oes facsimiles of the f rBt draft of the Dec
laration, taken in coimcotion with the inter
nal evidence which this manuscript bears of
having come from his linnd, renders any
argument about its genuineness superfluous
His rccollocticns of Mr. Henry, and the
view which he presents of 1im character,
although somewhat startling and at variance
with the cherished and traditionary repula
tionof tho great orator, n'ro far to valuable
to be suppressed, and form a contribution
to history which it is strange has been so
long with held. They will be read, especially
those portions derogatory to Mr. Henry as
a man of personal integrity, with some
caution. Thero arcstatemcDts in this piper
tho accuracy of which we very much ques
tion, and in relation to which we shall in a
day or two take ail oppoitunity of stating
our views. Ine paper, However, whether
as evidence trustworthy or not, is a great
curiosity : , .-
31 y acquaintance with M r. Henry com
menced in the winter of 1759-CO. On my
way to the College I passed the Xmas holi
days at Col. Dandridge's, in Hanover, to
whom Mr. Henry was a near neighbor.
During the festivity of the season I met
him in sooioty every day, and wo became
well acquainted, although I was much his
junior, being then in but my 17th year and
he a married man The spring following
he came to W'msb'g to obtain a license as
a lawyer, and he called on meat College.
He told me ho had been reading law only
6 weeks. ' Two of tho examiners, however,
Peyton and John Randolph, men of great
facility of temper, signed his license with
as much roluotunoe as their - dispositions
would permit them to show. Mi. Wythe
absolutely refused also Rob. 0. Nicholas re
fused at first biii on repeated importunities
aud promises of future reading, e signed.
These facts I had afterwards from the gentle
men themselves, the two Randolphs ac
knowledging hi was very ignorant of law,
but that they perceived bim to M a young
man of genius and did not doubt he would
so soon qualify himself, ' :
tie wss some time alter eicctea a repre
sentative of the County of Hanover, and
brought himself into publio notice on the
fbllowiug occasion, which, I think, took
place in 1 7C2, or a year sooner or later, The
gentlemen of this country had, at that time,
become deeply involved in that state of in
debtedness which has since ended in so
gennral. a crush of their fortune, the
Speaker was also . Treasurer, an officer al
ways chosen by the Assembly. He was an'
excellent man, liberal, friendly andrich. He
had bsen drawn in to lend on his own aoet
peatiunuof aoosy W rswuof this de
scription, and especially those who were of
the Assembly. ' He used freely for this pur
pose the public money, confiding for its ro
placement in his own means nnd the securi
ties he had taken oh thofio loans. About
this time, however, he became sensiblo that
his deficit to the publio wns become so enor
mous as that a discovery must soon take
place, for as yotthe publio had no suspicion
of it. He devised, therefore, with his
friends in the Assembly a plan for a publio
loan office to a certain amount, from which
monies might be lent on publio count, and
on good landed security, to individuals. This
was accordingly brought forward in the
House of Burgesses, and, had it succeeded,
the debts due to Robinson on these loans
would havo been transferred to the public,
and bis deficit thus completely covered.
This state of things, however, was not yet
known ; but Mr. Homy attacked the scheme
on other general grounds in that stylo of
bold, grand and overwhelming eloquence
for which he became so justly oolebrated
afterwards. ' lie carried with him all tho
members of tho upper counties, and left
minority, composed mainly of the aristoc
racy of the couutry. From this time his
popularity swelled apace, and, dying
about 4 years after, bis deficit was brought
to light, and discovered tho truo object oi
the proposition.
The neit great occasion on which he sig
nalized himself was that which may be con
sidcrcd as tlio dawn of tho Jlcvoln. in
March, 1774. The British Parliament had
passed resolns. preparatory to the levyhig a
revenue on the colonies by a stamp tax. The
Virginia Assembly, at their next session,
prepared and sent to England very elaborate
represents tions, addressed, in separate forms,
to the King, Lords and Commons, against
the right to impose such taxes. ' The famous
Stamp Act was, however, passed in Jan
17C5, and in tho session of the Virginia
Assembly of May following Mr. Henry in.
troduced the celebrated resolutions of that
date. These were drawn by Gcorgo John
son, a lawyer of the Northern Neck, a very
able, logical ond correct speakers. Mr,
Henry moved aud Johnston seconded those
resolutions successively. They were opposed
by Randolph, Pendleton, Nicholas, Wythe
and all the old members whose inSucnco in
tho House had till then been unbroken,
They did it, not from anyquostion of our
rights, but on the ground that the same sen'
tiiuents had been, at their preceding session
expressed in' a more conciliatory form, to
which the answers were not yet received.
But torrents of sublime eloquence from Mr.
Henry, Lacked by the solid reasoniug of
Johnston, prevailed. The last, however,
and strongest resolution was carried bnt by
a single vote. The debate on it was most
blooJy. I was then but a student and was
listening at thedoor of the lobby (for as yet
there was no gallery) when Peyton Randolph
lifter the vote, camo oat of the House and
quid, as he entered the lobby : "By God I
would have given five hundred guineas for
a single vote." For us this would have di
vided the House, the vote of the Speaker
would have rejected the resolution. Mr,
Henry left town that evening, and the next
morning before tho meeting of tho House 1
saw Peter Randolph, then of the Council,
but who had formerly been Clerk to the
House, for an Lour or two at the Clerk's
table searching tho old journals for a pre
cedent while he was clerk of a resolution of
tho House erased from the journals Ly a
subsequent order of the House. Whether
he found it or not I do not remember ; but
when the Ilonso met a motion was made
and carried to erase that resolution ; and
there being at (hut day but one printer and
he entirely under the ccutrcl of tho Gover
nor, I do not know that this resolution ever
appeared in print' I write this from mem
ory, but the impression made on me at the
timo was such as to fix the facts indelibly in
my mind. . ';
I came into tho Legislature as a burgess
for Albemario in the winter of 1708-9, on
the accession of L'd Bototourt to tho gov
ernment, and about nine years after Mr.
Henry had entered on the stage of publio
life. Tho exact conformity of our political
opinions strengthened our friendship, and,
indeed, the old leadors of the House being
substantially firm wo hud not after this any
differences of opinion in tho II- of B. on
matters of principle, though sometimes on
matters of form. We were dissolved by
Ld. Botetourt at pur first session, but all
were re-elected. There being no divisions
among us, occasions beoame very rare for
the display of Mr. H.'s eloquence. Inordi
nary business he was a very inefficient mem.
bcr. no could not draw a bill on the most
simple subject which would boar legal criti
cism, or even the ordinary criticism which
looks to the correctness of style and idea;
for, indeed, thero was no accuracy of idea
in his head. - nis imagination was copious,
poetical, sublime, bnt vague also. He said
the strongest things in the finest language,
but without logic, without arrangement,
desultorily, , This appeared eminently and
in a mortifying degree in the first session of
the first Congress, which met in September,
1774, Mr, Henry and Richard Henry Lee
took at.onoe the lead in that assembly, and
by the high style of their eloquence were,
in the first days of the session, looked up to
as pnW NisVr pare. A petition to the
King, an address to the people or Great
Britain, and a memorial to the people of
British America wore agreed to be drawn
Lee, nenry and others were appointed for
the first, and Lee, Livingston and Jay for
the two last. rThe splendor of their debut
occasioned Mr. Henry to be . designated by
his oommittee to draw the petition to the
King, with which . they wore charged, and
Mr.' Leo was charged, with the address to
tho people of England. The last was first
reported. On loading it every countenance
fell and a dead silence ensued for many nun
utes. ' At length, it was laid on the tablo for
perusal and consideration till the next day,
when first ono member, and then another,
aroso, and paying some faint compliments
to tho com position; observed that there wore
still certain considerations not cxprosscd in
it which should properly find a place in if
At length Mr. Livingston, (the Governor
of N. J.,) a member of the committee, rose
and observed that a friend of his had been
sketching what he had thought mightc$e
proper for such an address, from which ho
thought some paragraphs might bo advan
tageously introduced into tho draught pro
posed; and ho road nn address which-Mr
Jay had prepared, de lene esse, 3. jtwcrev.
There was but one'SGAtifhent of admiration,
The address was recommitted .for amend
mcnt, and Mr. Jay's draught reported and
adopted with scarce any alternation.. ' These
facts were stated to me by Mr. . Pendleton
and Col. Harrison, of our own delegation,
(except that Col. Harrison ascribed tho
draught to Oov'r. Livingston,) and were
afterwards confirmed to mo .by Gov'r Liv
ingston ; and I will presently mention an
anecdote couformativo of them, from Mr.
Jay and R. II. L. themselves.
Air. Henry's draught of a petition to tho
King was equally unsuccessful and was re-
committed for amendment. Mr. - John
Dickinson was added to the committee, and
a now draught prepared by him was passed.
The occasion of my learning from Mr. Jay
that he was the author of the address to the
poople of Gr. Britain requires explanation
by a statement of some preceding circunv
stances. The 2d session of the 1st Congress
met, on their own adjournment, in May,
1775. Peyton Randolph was their 1 rem
dent ' In the meantime Ld. North's con
ciliatory proposition came over to be laid by
the Governors bofore their Legislatures.
Ld. Dunmore accordingly called that of Vir
ginia to meet in June. J his obliged 1',
Randolph, as Speaker, to return. Our
other old members being at Congress, he
pressed me to draw the answer to Ld. North's
proposition. I accordingly did so, and it
passed with a little softening of sonio ex
prcssions for which the times were not yet
ripe, and wire-drawing and weakening oth
ers to satisfy individuals. I had been ap
pointed to go op to congress in place of
Peyton Randolph, s,nd proceeded immedi
ately, charged with presenting this answer
to Congress. As it was the first which bad
been given, and the tone of it was strong,
the members were pleased with it, hoping
it would have a good effect on the answers
of the other State. A committee which
had been appointed to prepare a declaration
to be published by Gen. Washington on his
arrival at the army, having reported one,
it was recommitted, aud Dickinson and my
self added to the committee. Oa tho ad
journment of the House, happening to go
out with Govr. Livingston, ono of the com
mittee, I expressed to bim my hopo he
would draw the declaration. He modestly
excused himself aud expressed his winh that
I would do it. But, urging him with con
siderable importunity, bo at length said :
"you and I, hir, are but new acquaintances;
what can have excited so earnest a desire
on your part that I should bo the draughts
man?" "Why sir," said I, "I have been
informed you drew the address to the people
Great Britain. I think it the first compo
sition in tho English language ; and, there
fore, am anxious this declaration should be
prepared by the same pen." He replied,
"tnatl might have been misinformed on
that subject." A few days after, being in
conversation with K. II. Leo, in Congress
Hall, a little before the meeting of the
House, Mr. Jay observing us, camo up, and
taking R. H. Lee by a button on tho coat,
said to him pretty sternly: "I. understand,
sir, that you informed this gentleman that
the address to the people of Great Britain
presented to the committee by me, was
drawn by Govr. Livingston." The fact was
that the committee having consisted of only
Lee, Livingston, who was fother-in-law of
Jay, and Jay him; elf, and Leo's draught
having been rejected, and Jay's approved so
unequivocally, his suspicions naturMty Tell
on Lee as author of the report, and the
rather, as they daily had much sparring in
Congress, Loo being firm in the revolution
ary measures, and Jay hanging hoavily on
their, rear, : I immediately stopped Mr.
Jay, and assured him that, though I had
indeed been so informed, it was not by Mr.
Lee, whom I had never heard utter a word
on the subjeot. . i " "
, I found Mr. Henry to be a silent and al
most unmcddling member of Congress. On
the original opening of that body, while
general grievances were the topic, ho was
in his element,- and captivated all by bis
bold and splendid cloquehoe. But as soon
as they came to specifio matters, to sober
reasoning and solid argumentation, he had
the good sense to preceive that his decla
mation, however excellent io its propper
place, had no weight at all in such an assem
bly as that, of cool-headed, reflecting, Judi
cious men. He ceased, therefore, in a
great measure, to take any part ia the business-
He seemed, indeed, very tired of the
place, and wonderfully relieved, by appoint
ment of the Virginia Convention to be Col
of their first regiment, he was permitted to
leave Congress about the last of July.. How
he aoquitted himself of his military eommand
will be better known from others. He was
relieved from this positioti again by being
appointed Governor Oa the first orjpniraaofi.
of the government. After my service as his
successor in the samo office, my appointment
to Congress in 17S5, mission to Europe in
'84 and appoiutmcut in the new government
in '89 kept us so far apart that I bad no
further persoual knowledge of him.
Mr. Henry began his career with very
little property. lie aeted, as I have under
stood, as barkeeper in the tavern at Hano
ver fl. H. ftrsome time, He married very
young, sottled, I believe, at a place called
tho Roundabout in Louisa, got credit tor
some little store of merchandize, but very
soon failed. From this he turned his views
to the law, for the acquisition or practice of
which, however, ho was too lazy. Whenev
er the courts were closed for the winter ses
sion ho would mako up a party of poor
hunters of his neighborhood, would go off
with them to tao piny woods of Fluvanna
and pass woeks in hunting deer, of. which
he was passionately fond, sleeping under a
tent, before a firo, wearing tho samo shirt
tbo whole time," and covering all the dirt of
his dress with a hunting-shirt. He nover
undertook to draw plaedings if bo could
avoid it, or to manage- that part of a cause
and very unwillingly engaged but as au as
sistant to speak in tho cause. Aud the fee
was an indcspcnsiblc preliminary, observing
to the applicant that ho kept no accounts,
never putting pen to paper, which was true.
His powers over a jury were so irrcsistablo
that Vie received great fees for Lis services,
and had tho reputation of being insatiable
in money. After about ten years practice
in the County Courts ho came to the Genl.
Court, where, however, being totally unquali
Ded for anything but mcro jury causes, ho
dovoted himself to these and chiefly to the
criminal business. From these poor devils
it was always understood that he squeezed
exorbitant fees of $50, $100 and $200.
lrom this source he mado his great profits,
and they were said to be great. His other
business, exclusive of the crimnal, would
never, I am sure, pay tho cxpCnces of his
attendance. He now purchased from Mr.
Lomax the valuable estate on the waters of
Smith's River, to which he aftorwards re
moved. The burchasc was on long credit
and finally paid in depreciated paper, not
worth oak leaves. About the close of tho
war ho engaged in tho Yazoo speculation,
and bought up a great deal of depreciated
paper at 2s. and 2s. 6d. in tho pound to pay
for it. At the olose of the war many of us
wished to Tcopcn all accounts -which had
been paid in depreciated money, and havo
them settled by the ecalo of depreciation.
But on this he frowned most indignantly,
and, knowing the general indisposition of
the Legislature, it was considered hopeless
to attempt it with such an opponent at their
head as Henry. I bclievo he never distin
guished himself so much as on the similar
qucstiou of British debts in the caso of
Jones and Walker. He had exerted a de
gree of interest in that case totally foreign
to his character, and not ouly seemed, but
had mado himself really, learned ou the
subject. Another of the great occasions on
which he exhibited examples of eloquence
such as probably had never been exceeded
was on the question of adopting the new
Conslitution in 1783. To this he was most
violently opposed, as is well known : aud
after this adoption Le continued hostile to
it, expressing more than any other man in
the United States his thorough contompt aud
hatred of General Washington. From be
ing tho vilest of all anti-Federalists, howevor
ho was brought over to tbe new Constitution
by his Yazoo speculation, before mentioned.
Tho Georgia Legislature having deolaired
that transaction fraudulent and void, the
depreciated paper which be bad bought up
to pay for the Yazoo purchase was likely to
remain on bis bands worth nothing. But
H.iui u to a s 1 undi ng system came most oppor
tunely tu bis relief and suddenly raised his
paper from 2s. Cd. lo 27s. Cd. tho ponnd.
Uauiiltou pecame now his idol, and aban
doning the Republican advocates of 'the
Constitution, the Federal government on
Federal principles became his political creed,
Gen. Washington Mattered him by an ap
pointment to a mission to Spain, which be
declined; and by proposing to him the
office of Secretary of State, on tho most ear
nest solicitation of General Henry Lee, who
pledged himself that Henry should not ao-
ceept it For General Washington knew
that be was entirely unqualified for it, and
moreover that bis self-esteem had never
suffered him to aot as second to any 'mM
on earth, I had tlis fact from information,
but that of the mission to Spain, is of my
Own knowledge, because,' after my retiring
from the office of State, General Washington
passed the papers tu Mr. Heny through my
hands, Mr.' Henry s apostacy sunk him to
nothing in tho estimation of his country.
He lost at onoe all the influence which Fed
eralism had hoped, by cajoling bim, to
transfer with him' to himsolf; and a man
who,' through a long and active life, had
been the idol of bis country beyond any one
that ever lived, descended to the grave with
less than its indifference, and Terrified the
saying of the philosopher', that no man must
be called happy till he is dead. Philadel
phia Age. ,
' 1x9" A forlorn printer's devil says thus
plaintively : 'When Susie's arms her dog
imprison, I always wish my neck was his'n ;
how often would I atop and turn, to
get a pat from hands like hem, and when
sne kisses Towser a nose. U don't l wish
that I were those.
r I wan ttmsu '
't Bl.No reflecting Individual can fail to see
that fifty two visits In a year of a carefully
MnduetT newspaper, ' intelligent, correct
elevated in its tone, and withal, interesting
in its oo n tints,, must exert a great and
blessed influence upon dojasatio lift aid
kapjjitMM -- . -. - ;
" ' " 'AKIN.
. . . ; BT BATABD TATI.0B. , - j . .-
Littlo one, come to my kneel '
Hark how the rain is pouring '' '
Over the roof, in tbe pitch-black n'gbt, 1
.- And the wind in tbe woods a roaring I
nush, my darling, and listen.
Then psy for the story with kisses; "
Father was lost in the pitch -black night,
In just such a storm as this is I .
Held up on the lonely mountains,
Whore the wild men watched and waited ;
Wolves in the forest, and bears in the bush,
And I on my path bclatod.
The rain and tbe night together
Came down, and tho wind came after, '
Bending the props of the pine troo roof,
And snapping many a rafter,
I crept along in tho darkness,
Stunned, and bruised, and blinded
Crept to a fir with thick-sot bonghs,
Aud a sheltering rock behind it.
There, from the blowing and raining
Crouching, I sought to hide me ;
Something rustled, two green eyes sbone,
And a wolf lay down beside me.
Little one, be not frightened, . '
I and the wolf together.
Side by side, through tbe long, long night,
Hid fioni the awful weather. .
His wet fur pressed against me ;
Each of us warmed the other ,
Each of ns felt, in the stormy dark,
' That beast and man was brother.
And when the falling forest . - ,
No longer crashed in warning,
Each of us went from our hiding-place
' Forth in the wild, wet morning.
Darling, kiss me payment I
Hark how tho wind is roaring ;
Father's house is a better place
When the stormy rain is pouring I
Sagacity of the Bear.
Sever anecdotes related to me by our
guide concerning the habits of the black
bear, would seem to entitle bjm to a higher
position in the scale of animal instinct and
sagacity than that of almost any other quad
ruped. For instance," he said that before
making his bed to lie down, the animal in
variubly goes several hundred yards with
the wind, at a' distance from bis track.
Should an enemy now come upon his track,
he must approach him with the wind ; and
with the bear's keen sense of smell, ho is
almost certain to be made, aware of his pres
ence, and has time to escape before he !b
himself seen. He also states that, when
pursued, the bear sometimes takes refuge
in cares in the earth or rocks, where the
hunter often endeavors, by making a smoke
at the entrance, to force him out ; but it not
unfrequcntly happens that, instead of com
ing out when the smoke becomes too op.
pressivo, ho very deliberately advances to
the fire, and with his fore-feet beats upon it
unti) it is extinguished ; then retreats into
the cave. This, be assured me, ho had of
ten seen.
Although these statements would seem to
endow Bruin with something more than
mere annual instinct, and evince a concep
tion of the connection between cause aud ef
fect, yet auothcr anecdote which was rcla-
tea to me wouiu go to prove ttis curious
quadruped one of tho most stupid fellows in
the brute creation. My informant says tbut
when tbe bear cannot be driven out of tho
cave by smcke, it sometimes become nec
essary for the hunter to take his rifle, end
with a torch to enter the cavern in search of
bim. One would snpposo this a very haz
ardous undertaking, and that tbe animal
would soon eject the presumptuous intruder,
but on the contrary, as soon as he sees the
light approaching, he sits upright on his
haunches, and with his fore-paws covers his
face and cves nd remains in this position
until the light is removed. Thus the hun
ter is enabled to approach as close as he de
sires without danger, and taking deadly aim
with his faithful rifle, poor Bruin is slain,
These facts have been stated to me by three
different Indians, in whose veracity I have
much confidence, and I have no doubt are
strictly true. - ,
Lying in Bed. It is often a question
among people who are unacquainted with
the anatomy end physiology of men, whether
lying with bead exaltod or level with the
body, is the most wholesome. Most, con
sulting their own ease on this point, argue
in favor of that which they prefer. Now,
although many delight in bolstering up their
heads at night, and sleep soundly without
injury, yet we declare it to be a dangerous
habit. The vessels in which the blood pass
es from the heart to the head are always
lessened in their cavities when the bead is
resting in bed higher than the body ; there
fore, in all diseases attended with fever, the
head should be pretty nearly on a level with
the body; and people ought to acustom
themselves to sleep thus, and avoid danger,
Abdica! Journal ' ,
' KB- Two school teachers in Indiana fell
out and had a fight ' A great crowd was, of
course, the necessary consequence. A ner
vous individual came up, in breathless ex
citement, and inquired of a wag the cause.
"Why," said he, "they fell out about spel
ling the word 'bird.' One said it wm
"byrd,'. and the other oonteoded it was
"burd."' ,-, ,,
An Irishmen had left his native
country, and sought an asylum in America
because it was a land of liberty, wu attack
ed ou his first arrival, in December, by a
furious mastiff- He stooped to piok up a
stont to defend himself, bnt the stone was
frozen fast By my soul,' says Pat. what
a twits country, where the dogs are 1st loose
nd tl ttonea tiad tut,'. . .. , .
- ' Accident of (speech,
Pat has long labored under the imputa
tion of making more "accidents" with the
tongue than any of bis fellow mortals, but
it can bo very readily shown that the "bull"
is not necessarily indigenous to Irish soil.
A Frenchman named Callon, who died la
Paris not msny years ago,' was remarkable
for a bovine tendency. There is a letter
of bis in existence as follows ': "My dear
friend: I left my knife at your lodgings yes
terday. Pray send it to me if you find it
Yours, Callon.'. P. 8. -Never mind send
ing the knifo I have found it"
Thoro is a note to bis wife, which he sent
home with a basket of provisions, the post
script to which read : "You will find my
latter at the bottom of tbe basket. If you
should fail to do so, let me know as soon as
possible,"
It is said of this same cliaracter that on
one occasion he took a lighted taper to find
bis way down stairs without acoident, and
after getting down brought it back with
thanks, leaving himsolf at tho top of tho
stairs in the dark as at first.
A lady once asked tho Abbe de Matig
non how old he was. "Why, I am only
thirty-two," said he, "but I count myself
thirty-throe, because a littlo boy was born
a year before I was aud died, evidently
keeping me back a whole year Ly aooi
dent" It was a Scotch woman who said that the
butcher of her town only killed half of a
beast at a time.
It was a dutohman who said a pig had no
ear marks except a short tail ; and it was a
British Magistrate who, being told by a
vagabond that he was not married, respond
ed, "That's a good thing for your wife,"
At a prayer meeting in New Hampshire,
a worthy layman spoke of a poor boy whose
father was a drunkard and whose mother
was a widow.
At a negro ball in lieu, of "Not transfer
able" on the tickets, a notice was posted
over the door, "No gentleman admitted un.
less he comes hissclf."
An American lecturer of note anlamnlw
said ono evoning. "Parents, vou hava chil.
drcu, or if you have not, your daughters
may nave.
A Western editor once wrote : "A ear
respondent asks whother the battle of Wa
terloo occurred before or after the com
mencement of the Christian era. We an
swer it did."
Those two observing men. ono of whom
said he had always noticed, that when ho
lived through the month of May, bo lived
through the year, and the other of whom
said at a wedding he had remarked that
more women than men had been married
thatyesr, were neither of them Irishmen.
"Wake up, Solomon!"
"Wake up, Solomon. It's time to get
up," shoutod young Harry to bis sluggish
brother one fine July morning, as be lump
ed gaily out of bed, and began dressing.
"What time is it?" yawned Solomon.
"Nearly six," replied his brother ; "sni
mind, Sol., wo start at seven,"
"It's too early to get up yet," said Solo
mon. '! I'll snooze till a quarter to seven."
So the luzy fellow turned round, aud wu
soou fast asleep again. When he awoke his
room looked very full of sunshine. The
house was very quiet, too, and rubbing his
eyes, he muttered,
"I wonder if it is seven o'clock yet ?"
Crawling out of bed, he dressed himself
and went down stairs. There was nobody in
tho parlor, nobody in the sitting room, no
body in tbe dining room. :
"What can bo the matter?" thought Sol,
omon, as he rang the bell for the maid to
bring him his breakfast
- "Where are they all?" ho asked, assooa
as she appeared.
"Gone to the city," replied the maiden.
"They started two hours ago'"
"Why, what time is it?"
"Nine o'clock." . .
"Nine o'clock ! But why didn't they call
me ?"
"You were called at six o'clock, and
wouldn't get up. Your father would'nt
have you called again. He said h would
teach you a lesson." ., '
"It's too bad I" cried Solomon, dropping
his head upon tbe table and bursting into!
tears.
It was too bad that the lazy boy did not
learn the lessen of that morning so as to
turn over a new leaf in the book of life. I
am sorry t say he did not He loved sleep.
He hated work. He wu the slave of lazy
habits, and is to this dsy.
What sort of a man will Solomon Slow
coach be? Well, if he don't die of idle
ness before ha becomes a man, he will ba
shiftless good-for-nothing fellow. Ha
won't have any knowledge, because he is .
too lazy to atuiy ; nor any money, because .
he is too lacy to work nor any good char
aoter, because he is too lazy to conquer him-
self ' . , .;.;'
Wake up, Solomon 1 Wake up, my dear
bo'! Shake off the chains that are upon
you! . If you don't wake up you, will soon
be a Inst boy. Wake up, Solomon, wake)
up I If yon don't, you will make shipwreck
of your life. . ;
k9 'Conductor,' said aa over dressed
dandy, the other day, ia an omnibus, 'do
not procrastinate, but urge you equina
motive power to tbe greatest vsloaso, ftr I
uvaaaangagemantiatMeityat a eutea
hoar, which I must fulfil or expire. ' 'Jem,'
shouted th conductor to tho driver, 'push
along. Here' a lunatic inside, marmf
away like mii
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