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rjr-I.Oii.lev. and disoUysd adrertmements will be
tarred price and-a -half, and lare cuts two prices
rfihloe rates ..f advertisinit. Other Dot pro-
liied for, chrjblo in conformity with the above rate.
ova Jon m:itirnr.T,
OriU, re-emly boen noted u; wita the latest stylr-.. :
r toe. and we re now prepar.sl t di a 1 kin.ls tif J..D ;
ZSCwU as Hks. l'.Lukuts Cimalar., liiiw. c-rd. ;
Posters, rnolin il.in'i in i.iwy-o..iorj wim ,
BMH"' n(MJ.al;n.
proontll' attfiid.-.t to.
Or lcr.4 thankfully riv.wl and
Addr-. llof.i.ovr AT A '.
K.-r tbe 1'alladiuia
IIOPKIVS
31 AUTIIA
A BALLAD Of INMAXA
from Ibe kitrhen, Martha Hjr.Un, a he stood therr gij,-,., to eti'ect that exclusion, are, it) my opia
txhli'itkl alon, the turnpike, with her haad ion. the most important movements " wl.ich
atwive her eyej; ' have enlgvd the public mind since the Kovo-
ffbr alonjf the distant hill-iio her yearlinj heifer Ju;,,;,
Ani W gra.i U gmwing with a mtty tigtu ot'. Th extension of Slnvery over the new Ter
weei. riiories would prove f.tra! to their prosperity;
All the air i full of noi-, for there i'nt any a-h.wt,
And the boy with turned up paulaloooi art waiirg in
the pr...;
Blithely fri.lt unnumbered chicken", cackling, for thy
rannot lau.Tii;
Where the airy uininit brighten, nimbly U-p tbs hoi"
-a!f.
Gentle eye t,f Martha II ipkin-t tell mi wherefore do ye
pa'
0 the land thnt being furrowed for Ihe planting of
the m.'iin-r
Tt'.l me tieri-foro ilown the Tiliiy, ye have tra'ed the
turnpike way,
far beyond the eattle-pature, and the hri"k-yrd w
lU rlar '
AB: We ur.c-wpfHi Tree ni:iT oiow.ra, ma iutj iir - y i 11
mumi hi.i9 ,
. . ,, ,i i . i
ffilh the tear oi amber dropping from the washing on '
ths lini':
freckled rhrok wouhl arrest tr.e spread ol !avery, en r-
Little reeketh .Martha Hopkins of ths tal-M cf enrin ; sist the power of combination now embodied
the pcak. ! to make it embrace the continent from ocean
Wken the numuirr'a burning oltie en tbe scanty har (0 ocean.
Ph.hu'w.uTh'.dam.n on horseback riding down th.. The repealing clause of the Kansas bill is
turnpik rol; ' predicated on the nullity of the clause in the
Many litnM .he saw him turning, looking backward institution which ifives to Congress the pow
quite forlorn, 1 ... 1 i ? .i rn
m amid bw tears she left him. in tbe shadow of the er "to make regulations respecting the fern-
baru. ; lories" of the United States. Yet nothing is
Ere th supporting u or, ha had psod the kiln of ( clearer in the history of our Government than
fcrw". , ! that this phrase, giving power to Contrress "lo
Crossed the rnshinr i ollow Biver, nd had forded nuite , , . . .i n .
. k 1 m.ake regulations respecting the lerritones.
Aodbi Hit-boat IdaIwi taken, at the time for pork ;
With the traitors of tha Wabash, to th wharf at New
am Dean",
Uneans.
hor ha 1
h" haod
Therefore watches Martha Hopkins, holding in
Wk th. sound of disunt footstep, soetn, e.aotty like
X-Cr.fv-pip.r.tt.Bs not a door behind her
la . -.ndth0.toep,p,r.,t..,,notador beh.nd her
the pans.
Bat she seems to hear the rattle of his letting down tbe
I
Wh.oth.bu -.eyes free has btosiomrl, and your unsle
plants bis corn, j
bis tow.
M.lltb bells of Indiaua usher iu the wedding morn.
H has pictured his telatious, ea--h in Suud.iy hat aud
4k.'"i! . j . .,, ,
abb Bethinks he II got a carna-e, and they 11 spend a
dsyiii town;
will f ive,
lil down to
.., . "'"o". 'x " ciunori iv
issildown to the first breakfast, in th cabin where I
they'll Iiyo.
1.
Teaderryes of Martha II jpkins, what ha got you .n
such scrapi?
Tis a tar that falls t i g'ittr on ths ruff! of licr cape.
Ahllh.eye ol love nt.vy brighten, to b- certaiu what i;
sees.
Obs man looks much Pks an utie.-, whoa bull hidden bv
th. tne.
But her eager eyes rekindle sho forjits the pies u id ;
bmd. 1 i
Assh. sms a mn on hors-b.v-k. round the corner of the i
w.
Sow ti ..Ml... ...... . .V. U 1 v.
iair: i
IT:.., .. i
.. . - ...... . , v ,. w j -mj j.il "ur i
s.i orr. horse that cnop. ns J in Ji 'ktin"s self i
:cnop. tis j ..in Ji'kson s self i
s aer-i
!
A- I.v
r. . t s i . ,
- - . -' ' v. a.tvAtmi 1 in
,., . I I . .1. ... I J- i , . I "''
i.s i ;krtK. ri.. ixii iiitvt a i : : n. .an i
IKjira e. .-,!. i p , ... . i- .... I... f . - ..
Cochran, Missionaries of the English Mis-
-ou ciHircn Society, was taken sick.
c.vn.t;.; rxf" : , i
j-u ii.is
.....vs.! uue oi .iissloiiHries visp.eu torn, atul
bservia, Rlhl., I,-; I,- ,V, n;!
l.i.kii . , .,-" "'c v"it0
inei, i;e sa;j;
"Jack, you have a friend there; I am glad
t we that, I lH,pe To;l fiaj j.0lHi froT1 it
ly by the delegations of eight States out of
Ottrasees she men on horsebaek, coming down the turn- .
Vgh. .twelve.
Hill tiwfeouio not as John Jackson, sheransoeit well, It Was passed by the Unanimous vote of all
enough; the Sutes by the Congress of 1 787, which sat
wtuih knows tb sober trotting of the sorrel borsa he , . ,
tWjs i cotemperaneously with the Convention form-
Aikcjiigt along at leisure, with bis head down, like a ing the Constitution , and that Constitution
'"J"- , gave Congress the power "to make regulations
Sis would know him "mid a thousand, by bis houia-madr respecting the Territories," and moreover af-
Bhir,awhi;hwJrblu. woii,,n,.u,h as farmer, firm the validity of "the engagements enter
wear i a' west; ed into before the adoption of the Constitu-
th Vail' "f h" t"",,r4' D 1 his iJlo "hi h w j tion." by the confederation one of which
By a'bUuket which was taken for that parpow from the engagements was that made by the regulation
bed. . excluding Slavery from the Territories. Thus
Xoneliks he the yoko of hickory on the unbroken o can the Congress of the c onfederation and the
throw. Constitution united in givinga double sanction
Soae amid his father's cor a 6 -Id uilitehiu the sp.-vle , , .T,i :
sad hoe. j to the exelus.on.
Aaialalltho apple-cult. ns, few indeed the men are The first exerted the power of enacting
?,n . . . . . , . . . . . , i Mr. Jefferson's interdict of Slavery in the Ter-
Toat ean dneo w.th bun the polka, ton -h wi'.h him the ,, , , , . , , IT . ... J , ,
Ti.lin. ' , ritories then htldby the L nited States, to which
H.ha. ,d to Marth U ipkins and sh. thinks she hears j1 bas previously given an impressive sanction
him now, i by adding. " I Ins regulation shall be an ar.i-
lersh knows as well as can be. that be mjant to keep cle ot Compact." ttc: and the Cnivni ion
r t.7 r: V-'S" .ff s-iow!riesw;.h his property, oi whatever
Tl;i,u:.. .- . . "v.a me de
-j sj- aiM. l ii imii ii st-i rv oi rv.viis i, t .
IU Ills
is ern iciateJ han 1. an 1 wuh miU
VWit a t.; 7 r. : . mises notwunsxar.aing. can iiaruiy retuse it.
1 1 1, I C!,teu'i,,ce "J-"Th sir. It WM on a:lIieS;4 l1n of th,. Mexic in ter
'l went f . U eWVl m Wl,en we ritories that Mr. Calhoun asserted this priuci-
bn'hSti'fi1 UmTUeh' a"ofteQ . beginning widi the era of the Declaration of
uuntot what it told roe. Last year I went r..7 - f.. -t ..i... ;. ....
Z?M ?." otr where 1 remamJed two1
"onihs. v7 t ,;-4 rT ,Jea lwo
"wns. hen I was halt may back oyer the
wBins, v, hen I was half may back oer th
Rt. I remembered that I had left my Bib!
tVihinJ
me - I directly turned around, and!
i Bin )... k m-J" if ... . V; !
' v cantJ bef vrTHoul Tl th '
loaad it again, and ever since that time '
X kas be
en near mv breast. An. I
aht thai 1 should l,.v. ,h- Kl-. . - consutuaonal rawer of Congress to pass laws
"Brie.J with m-.- K t I l j ti T. , , VT, proscribing and regulating the domestic insti- tendered Dy me Administration.
I hI bX V- k t h ,f i u i 'nC f ,he . Territories of the Un- e recea! of the repealing clau of
i3ditmtT., i . ,, b""" ion. A3 tne opiiiim of those eminent statesmen ! ransas met paramount in tne impending
Whi'st'.rt " i S r e who hold lhat Congress is invested with no test for the Presidency, all will be re
ni.t ns-akin thus h .ft..r,,;r.t,.rM- ... .. -. u ' no , .. - .-
lr his cou Mr an I wl'sn Ii h 1 it i i r,-".VUl ulnorKy lo VsU;e "P"1 th subject I n been lost lo tree institutions, by
nkdownurnhisp,i;owenurely.xhaus- Tion of th
W. Md aooa .f er died and went to his re- M.sUur U nu ! ' e t?n f ;
Ireu!. the grace of M.Zl?
.blVi;mr
i to make men wise unto salvation.
- - -
atCABLE Dtscormr v;: ct u
refDs i r "rr"r,-,:i "wiAuur-
w., ,"i'- ,' Ut J6"' -pe'nent- .
MVi S Pho-'
Proit.ce all the variety of V Z i f !
variety Ol Colors found in :
,. - . ueen enabled
natnts. . , . iouoti in.
L it? v'nf.n !,the most dlc iots. as well '
he brilliant lustre of rock chrv at II' " 1 1
a. "Aver and eold Pree-.
TUB rjLCGLT: Of RllVEHY
Letter from Franc P. Blair.
Silver Spbiso, Md.. Dec. 12. 1855.
To MeSSrS. DaNlfcL 11
Goodlde and Lewis
Clephasx. Corresponding Committee of
the Republican Association of Washingion
City, D. C t
Gentlemen: Having relinquished politi
cal employment, and. to aroid encountering
again its aiixie.ie. addieel myself loenunrv
h!e, I am constrained to dec-une your invi.a-
. . . . TK-Dubilcan A
ssi ;:n ion of
J . f . . .
W ashir.g'on City, al hough temp el by
tlx.'
hnnor Ot lieeumm lis presiding iiiun-r.
I feel it mr duty to say. that in the m:ti:i I
concur in (lie aims Ol lh Asoci;i 'inti. lo
exc!tile biavery from the Territories of the
L'ni ed Sfa'es, and to rebuke the vi'.lition of
the L'omprirnises which were ma le to stand
up as covenants b t ween the Slave and Free
but the greatest calamity to 'je apprehenue I
from it i- the destruction of th Confederacv,
on which the wtl'ire of th whole cotintiv
reroses. Kerv conquest of this elmen. of
d:cord, w i.h-li 1h
oufr.cn threatened thedls-
sohrion f the U
in. increases the da:i-rcr.
Kverv surrend'-r of I lie Kiee States itivite
i:i-
va- i.-.n.
The cause which vour organization i inten
ded to promote may well diaw to its support
' men of all parties. Differences on questions
, of policy, on coiistru'ionai construction, of
-. - . . . ... ,
modes ot admutistratton, may well be mcr 'ed
to unite men who be!ieV that nt
tiling but
concert of action upon tlie j.art of tr.v.--e w
10
was meant ti give it the power to exclude
,',, -ri,' , "... .-. i . i
-m c . i
S there shall he neither slavery nor in- i
vXntaru servitude in an ot the Sl,,te" laid
.nr. .ie tier son s resolution oi o 4. nc nr. i
off in the Western Territory, was subsequent- !
lv renewed in the Congress of 1785, which
lhat tJlh re he KrtU:ltt
itf eomnaet 1
and it was so voted unauimous-
,
guaranteed tins "engagement, entered into
uuitT the Confederation, by declaim ' it "val-
iJ," iinJ employed the same term, "regula-
tion of the. Territories," to transmit the pow-
er here exerted to future Con gresses. In tlie
, - -
face ot llus history and the letter of the Coii-
s i onion granting me power ;o maue re u.a-
tiotis itihemed ti. p'spec i:ig the Territories
of the United S ates, the a ithors of the Kan
sas Nebraska bill deny the constitutionality
of nil tlie regulations which excluded Slavery
from t!-.e Territories, and set at nau-dit all the
precelents that con ;irm them which have fol-
loweil in uninu rnip ed succeio:i.
roni t
fo'ind s! !on n f ihe ( i. j .-rn m,. .. t
ti . .1 t
lliat o'her clause pi the Constitution, em-
P,,v'Vr:ng Congress tj piss huvs to I .re yen
inti migra.ion or impor.a.uo ot staves alter
I COS. bitows til- 1-xJd purpose uf ; -v fout. i-
mvo. bi.ov s lo-.- nxeu purpose ol ti e
. ... . I
o 10 . ? . 1
ers cl our L aijii to itmtt ti e increase of this
ers ct O'lr I tiOtl to
. :i 'c
evil. ine con e justice wai an iti;
on.
a-ini1.) r.r"Aii ij Sri ii I !.. .
titia pianter, w.:o
sh'.ves i i Cub.i
from oringmg them t)
t
oii; and to remove this oh-
ict.ou to the increase of Sl.svery within t. e
I L mon. rt'id i'I.mi Air;.1! fo u-.r
' . . l :.e uou,i:i.i
v. , i 1
maae oy tue new act, me
m i l., hv t i..
rtiieru nulii tiers
'. , J ." i . , i
are a.reaJycaieu upon by the ou, hern a
lies
lend their ai
and
ceria.
. v
oSe w r.o
! embrace Mr. Calliouti'j, docttine, as stated bv
Mr. Douglas, that "every ciiix-. n has an in.i-
lienable right
to move into any of the Teriito-
k'.n t or
1 bt.s ! ,1 I !n II... I irt.'l li:i...t ...S .. .n. nn.i
. . . -
. -.i . ... . r .
.,.ma ... ,K
an
d 1 So ).
ilr Douglas
thus sums up the posijon taken and the re-
sut: r t
Under this section, as in the ease
j. .j
- "' - rua su Mexico and Utah, it isa i,
disT-J Pt whether Slavery is prohibited ,
-, ..
tu ,i: .; ...
counTv bv valid (inirme-iL
, ine decision ot this question involves th.e
the doctrine lhat ihe Constitution Vf
r ;. S-.t- .,.- .
...... . . - -
. V. " " 7 77 .
nes wun nis property, oi wnaitver k
description, aud to ludd and enjoy th
under the sanction of the law. You.
i:i.
Your com- .
n, ' lhc.mlves called upon to
n'r ini. il, J,...... f tl,-.
( enter into the discussion of thecontruverlati .
t . B
q " 1 h7 lnrwi,e the- Mnle ?v
sues which produced the agitaUon. the sec- .
Uonal strife, and the fearful struggle of I S50."
; From ih'u it rp pears that the Cbmpromt.s- ve tutelage of she I-raoeraey of the cvan
' es uf 18J and 1S5 irirolved thequetion of trTt as ended that of Mr. Calhoun, and his
j the validity of the law of Mexico excluding j proselytes, who took the peculiar charge of the
Slavery from the newly -ceded Mexican, terri- j "Suite Rights" purty. it hey sank, under the
tory, and the law of our own Congress exciu-
ding it from that north of the line of 35 deg. j
,ij mm. Mr. Ujaglas uosnmitte-. report re-1
: commetideJ that ax j
"Congress deemed it wise and prudent to i
refrain from deciding the matters in cortrover-i
:v, then, cither bv affirming or repealing the !
.u v.. wt.v. ,
ing or repealing the
Mexican laws, or bv an act declaratory of the j
true intent ot tlie Uousu .u l jii. a id Hie extent i
ot Hie. proteu'iou atl-rdeJ oy it to slave prop-1
ertv in the Territories, so your Committee are j
no', nr-'nared now to recommend a departure.
irom the course pursue l on ttiat nteniurauie ;
iKti-a-ion. cither by afKrmintj or repealing th
ighth section of the Misu;iri Act. or by any
act declaratoi-r of thf rnaninir of Constitu
tion in respect to the lal points in dispute.'
These prissa s are quoted to show that the
sues made hv Mr. Calhoun, as to the two
Compromises of 182 and 1G5. wer ex
prvssjv left open for judicial decision by thty
Committee, who, neverthe'ess, swept away,
bv hcUu'6 subsequently aid-d to ti etr bill,
not only the Missouri Compromise of
tjut
nit
ulso th" Corr-iiroiitiss nf 1!
juclsed the Mexican laws '
wli!-!) I;-!t
ting
ich V
sia-
verv i'l "h cfdI Territories, an J v
s-t". Clrtv, Bntoti and all the leading lights of
ti"? S"i (wt hthe exception ol Mr. V :u
houii ) protiuunce.i vti'.i 1 and ati eli"vctU!l !
strict ion.
This repoal was the adoption of Mr. Cal
houn's iHii'tfyttig doctrine ;. fr'i'ii.t p. The
power o. Congress to make laws c-x.-mdtng ; tt histe o e; 'curcau po.ttsciHtis, whos? ap
' Slavery forever fr-.-m its Ten itorv as s't-?h, ' petites are their principles. Incumbents and
: was defiled, and all the Territories were open- j cxpee'auts of ofneos and digtii.ies, claim a
i cd to Slavery on the ground of the "iitaliera- I sort of patent rig, it i:i tho m.tchiue of Gov
:bl right" of every ci'izn'-to move into any ? eminent, to create a Democracy adapted to
of the Territories w it!i his property, of what-1 their purposes. Their innovations in the
t soever kind or description; aud the law ot ;
or description, a:rl tl.e law 01 .
-ereignv was superadded, and ;
for ti.e sovereignty of the United j
the public domain. Thus fell, a i
1 squatter so-
substituted fo
ates over the public domain. 1 t.us leti. a i
' the dictation of Mr Atchinson, supported by , skill of the operators.
i the coalition effected between the Whigs and j The telegraph wires and the Cineinna'i
'' Democrats of the Sntth, under the pressure Convention are to bring all the mas'crly com
' and through the intrigues of the tiu'.lif.ers, Mr. binatiotis of the Administration in con'act
1 Jefferson's noble principle, endeared to the "ith the masses at the appointed time. But
'country both for its moral grandeur and po 1 will the wires work? Undoubtedly the peo
ilitical wisdom. It is the first thought uttered! pe. far and wile, will have their instructions
: in the Declaration of Independence; and to j from the operators; but the response will prob
; the denunciation of the King of Great Brit-1 ably bo a thunderbolt to those who have viol.a-
; aiti for the crime of bringing Slavery to our t
shores, it adds, as the deepest ngorar at! ton. :
-
that "hc has P" his negative for sup-
PlnS evry legislative attempt to prohibit
ori," etra"' vxacratMi commerce.
The first legislative a- empt to restrain tl
progress of the nnsidnef which the King -
ie i
of I
(Jreat Britain visited upon tliis country, was!
i Mr. Jefferson's resolution excluding slavery'
I from the territory of the. United States in'
J 1 784 the next was that introduced by Rufus j
j King in 178o the third that of Nathan Dine ;
'in 1787 all receiving the vo'e of two-thirds j
! of the Confederacy, and the last the unani-i
tnous vote.
i The fourth movement was that of the Con-1
I vention, in the Coustitution itself, providing!
against the importation of slaves after IGOtt, '
declaring th.e binding validity of the engage-;
ments entered by the Congress of the Con-!
i federacy on the government of the United
S ates, to exclude it from the Territory, and
securing to the i ivertimont tlie power of ma- '
king similar provision for f.i'ure acqusi -::s ;
of territory. The fitVn reguhttioti to restrain ,
the progress of slavery was that of the Com-'
promise of 18j the sixth that of 1 35 J. '
prom
I is remarkable that although these great
measures had their origin with the Democrat-
ie leaders. Federal and Whig leaders of great
is' renown united in their support. The con
stitutiona! provisions on the subject had the
unanimous suffrage of all The illustrious men
in the Convention who framed the- Constitu
tion of fie United S ates; and from th.? si'c ice
on the subject in the Conventions called to
ra ify the Constitu ion, i. may be we'll pre
sumed that these also were unanimous their
approval of what ha I been done under the
eonreiieraev ami the new v onstitution to p
strain the introduction and limit the extension '
of slavery. And mur not rnen of ail
ail partie?
now u
:i'e to restore what l!:e p.-friots of a!l!pan.v. Slt
pari
es, during
:1
seventy
trove rn merit, contuputed to estsoiis.i?
i he work of restoration is simi le and easy,
if the men who abhor the late innovation on
the long-sett'e 1 pcicv oi tn.; na'ion
can to
ces o:i
iau.sed to rehmisns'i xn.iv ci.ietvr
t ranil rv top:
id giv e
their nrd'ed
vote- .
iti ;l:e r.rx'. Prt-.-identia!
' ton, for
some i
nan vv;
cat -.city, udeli
y :i'l ci.'U; ag-j can
issii,. wi ijii the
reli-'d iiiiii t:i i-fis..
present Admii
i". Th.e con":-
ti a! ajiratio!i
at the polls, in
w ill ,-nd it. S
s'.r.a ; on :;as mat
t 1 a grown cut
to o.mt:
: Preside
i he decision o; t!,-j reop.ic
choositig a chief mag'e'm'.v,
ritois vv.ll f i.-i'v con'.jilv when
tr.e :;a. ion's dim-iti i
is Pacie i by ;,.e i rt.-l
iITifil l-...vcr a:
r
the f ti ure. wl.ic
i patro'iage, a;t i hopes ot
aui.ni ate tlte leading mi in
bers of the body.
The Administration has staked itself on
the support of the party of privilege
lass
interest which makes iua unit. It confides
in the success which lias crowned the Oiigar-
,.l,i- ; !... lO' 1 VV..l.l -. 1 ., .l
...i i.iii.. ...... ii is. iu seiuieu ls Lri-
;.o. i .rv- .m . , :
ii.ip:t.s ...j iii.t miii, jiyniiie a'i'a conriuor. i
ti.. v-i i j , .. .. ",
xiie nigs, sua j-'emocrais oi ine . outn are
a combination to carry into the next Presi
dency some candidate absolute in maintaining
.1 " I!. . .1 .1 . 1- ... . - ?
yJT , ' c, whM; "
nullifies the principle of the Ordinance, the
provisions ot the Constitution made to give
them ettect. ana ail the comr
mmnmmiui a-l.i.l.
----- - .. s
lc" maf 'n P J them w.tl,
-ianv, v.a.-.B w a aia nv .-V' 11V1I3 '4 Hit? 1 1 .
If the majority favorable to the policy bailt
up w ith our Governmeat will unite, accept the
and
the
con-
stored that
opening
.172 IS 50 bein" '
rVorf
f?h."
-rv. on which it can legally intrude; and Mr.
a , i.; ... , k r 1 ,
s j .
'wi,;,i, it,: ,:n tit ti.
"-"."""V" " v-u-u,
,V'
c- Ti s t- ii-? .' i I
give effect to South Carolina nullification. b 1
paraiyxed by Uie Trown of an indignant na-.
tion mi.Ut.v.ni,...l.,.i..ri; , ...
Uon, maJe potent br an honest and firm Ex-:
And there will end the career of these gea-
tleroea who arrogate, to themseWea the excla-
.
universal convieuon mat ineir zeal tor b ate
rights was an ardent pision lo reach political
F ?r. at tne nasarj ot ex.:nguisn:ng m ts
blood of the pejk the wise and free insti-
tutions it had cos. so much ioes:ablih.
Cur innovating Democrats, who put under
a- . . , i
ot the representative principle; who violate
fo "e repreentati-e principle; who violate
the known will of tiu-ir constituents; who
worn meir instruct ions u retire tn wrong
tliey have commuteJ; who reply to the suffra
ges that eoii.lemu,their conduct, that thev are
not Democratic saffrfig; who, in the pleni
tude of their inability, read out. of the Demo
cratic party Ma , New Hampshire. Connec
ticut, Xv York. I'ennsv ivania, Ohio, Indi
ana. Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin an.i I.a,
hec.-ni.e ti.ev will not submit to the will of
ese, their representa ives, w ho have set up
a test which must wer xclude Msa..-husetts.
v erinont and Rhode Island tr-m its rnfks;
who hav bt :err iaway rights secured to
them all by compacts will soon 1,-arn t'tiat
Democracy does :iv: reside in the organizt
tton of iuti iguers, but in the mass of ti.e peo
ple. It is the glory of our great Republic that
i;s De.mocracv sprifigs up fim the soil and
!hu
i.vs in the fresh air of our wide spread
coup : v; ana ii.nt r.s ncli r.arvet, imrmrimg
':ci!.!i. streiigth. and spirit to our whde sys
tem, is gath.ercd annually at t:ie polls. The
1 .lernccracv w.'.tcti js tcd
n ca icuscs and
eabh.ets is a sore of . hot b-:d sjveies, M'.i'e j to-
macainery are contrivances to renew their
iacunery a;e rua.m auces to renew ineir
privileges for new terms, and the people are
tho euhjeets who are to bo used in it to pay
tribute for this privilege, and take nride in the
'-num.; lor tins pnvi
ted their l ights, spurned their lemonstrances.
and, as a consequence, have arrayed brother
... . - .
from tne U.ttercnt sectionsof the L n.on to shed
each odier s b.ood, in civil war, on the plains
I of Kansas.
Yotirs, Respectfully,
F. P. BLAIR.
The History ol" Table Forks.
Forks as we learn from a recent article in
Chamber's Journal, were first introduced in to
England in IGuS, by Thomas Cor ate, a trav
eler, who Lad seen them used in Italy, lie
published a book in lty 1, in which he asser
ted lhat the custom'was not known in France.
Switzerland, or Germany. "The reason of
this curiosity is, he savs, because the Ita!ian
can not
bv any means i ndure to have
his
.1
tot'e. .:ea will
are not nl.i.-;
.t
i- f
igers seeing a:i rneii s fingers
ean." Corvate had at fsrt but
few discijiles, and received th.e s'juhriquet cf
Furcifer, or Fork B j uer. The custom work
ed its way very slowly into genera! u ?. In
iovj2. forty i.a: s i i . f.c. L.s uo-r - sd a com
parative rarity. ilavliti, i.i his Cosmogiaphv
'--itig o. toe v. .oii-.-e. uec:;te.i tt:a manner
in which they used chop sticks, and said;
f I e.,, ....... .1
t lie use oi surer torks w.th us by some of
our
spruce
up ot 1 re, came
from hence into Itnlv and thence into Em
Tliis s'ory is devoid of probability.
In Fiance, at the close of the sixteenth cen
tury, forks were used at Court, but they were
entirely new, and had not found their way in
to Sweden. In Italy, th y were first known
ab v.t: the end of the fif cnth century. It ij
be'ieved that the ancient Greeks and Romans
used their fingers in ihe transit of food from
plate to mouth, all articles of food being cut
into small bits before thev were served nn.
Dr. Johnson says that thirty years before
his visi:to Scotiau I, when a highland com-
to ntc-it, t!
ie men out the
ties!
i into sniaii pieces tor ti.e wontea, w!io
with titeir lingers c-siivercd it to
-ir niout.is.
Lieu en ant General G. R. Ainsiie, who lived
much in Franc' after the peace of 1315, as
ser'i j that l e r.atl stcu it e iittro.iuedoa of
knives and f.rks r.j that ciuntry.
Market Piiick fc-. f.v-tD-jMX'
.p. Uishop Timo.v. of Dtiffid .
e f'la'i inven" 1 by Fore Lko g
I, RED
! is adoj,',
, for in-' :
v ing the fin
mm v:v:?s
Bi-hop Tim
Church,
y ; ok
:td to ii
e pe, .tp
Pi:
r b;
ve 1
..Ti-
Oik,
T;
. and !
l-'-enrsi
I Is
t. nui-ctl
from stn
the pe. r
vvillin:
b it the
tl at the
Ch'iich
retrain
.-b -it
cares mo;
mo::i v
an
n s ab tit their
ri!.!v, an d bishop l imc n. it:
i,r
t" name o! tt.e
CI uirch. is frvv t
consvnt that ti.e pei
i may
sin, ptovi i
the cas.nis o-i'v furtt.eomin '
in a recent pastora; icier ins pas proc.a.rn -d
as foil w st
'On Sunday nr-xt. or any day mrire appro
priate for that purpose, each pastor shall re-
i . .. ii..i 1
eei v.
donations eith
liecttou in the
i i i. - -. i.i .
church, or by vi-ra'iMi. .as might he consid
i
ereu r.
lost proper. And accoram" to the
power invested in us, we grant absolution for
forty days to any one, who from zeal for th.e
holy Catholic unity, and for the embellish
ment of the house of God, and to the honor
of the holy St. Joseph, will contribute one
shilling or more."
For the exceeding'y moderate snm of one
shilling, it seems that the pious ehristian mem
b -rs of Bishop T's. diocese, are graciously
permitted to sin to their heart's content du
ring the space of forty days. Is'nt it cheap
dog cheap? Who would not purchase per
mission to indulge his rassions or appetites
to saliet". for that contemD'iblv small Sum
and then to feel that all ihe sin attaching
thereto was forgiven even before the offences j
"t "c??,"ed7 Murdor' !"7 shlIiD! !
?' y", of,1frn,s for
;
U..
teedsngij uberai in ti.ese ia.ter days, to have
icuuixu mc iiisikct i'l t ivri ciu iu SUCH JOW .
.rates: v e do not know now much crime
. . , - 7. s v,lu.0
? u' may or
cover, according to the tariff fixed by
ihi mntk .kn-h- hn?Af v; "
c ineed that lhe w an who put forth tbe
. . . r . "n i
u . u.. - i ,
virjc ufw.aiuaftiju 9 a u uijjuaiririii s C na ri-
tan, and for every shUling that be pockets in
this enterprise, deserves to be indicted for
awitallnl
rr the Fa:u.iim.
Home Si.tca'V. 3-
You will spend this evening with me. will
you not?" said Mrs. A., to her husband, as
she looked pleadingly iuto his face, am so
loutly ; when you aie gone the house seems so
tirtary, ana the hours tall so slowly away
w hen you ar-gone."
Wfll, now, Clara, this is always ihe way,
always complaining ever hunting up some
j -? " - t
excuse. I wish you would not always
excuse. I wih You would not aiwavs be a
child. 1 I av c business down town that
must
b'! attended to," rf:urred Mr. A., sharply, as
he hastily closed tl- door alter him, leaving
his young wile alone with her owu sad
thoughts.
Always bu-iness, business r.ver a mo
ment to sp:ii- for me, and the big t-ars cours
ed ejch other down her cheek, as she thought
of the joyous time when he she so fondiv
loved, and to whom she. had given all the i to him that a protiacd sourse in that dirvc
wcalth of lur young aud loving heart, was turn will uhima idy tesult in the loss of both
never better content than when by her side. fame and funds. The propriety of this pre
listt riiiig to her gentle voice, or breatl.ing into caution) y suggestion, is two obvious to re
lief willing ear sweet words of love and ten- qui;e c xpUna ion.
derness. Bat. a!a! how changed! A few fleet Who nhi ll J.lt rrtcuncies occurrirp in tke
ing months have passed, and now, instead ol Dix'ri.t dire.tcrx.'.ij t
seeking I.Hppttiess in tie sooie'v of the gca le In t'A. ab-ence of all specific Provi.-ion in
being Wiiom Ice has taketi to travel wi h i nn
through life's pilgrimage, or around hN o n
fireside. On any little pretext of husine-s, l.e
sp"n Is his evenings talking po!i ies, passing
rude jokes, or perchance a game of chess with
his friends.
With a crushing weight fell the hitter words
on the heart of the voting wii'e. from htm she
Iovd
a.i a woman s
U!lll
ad
Sid'v site thought of her childhood's lionn
l ow tenderly si c had been loved how kind
!y cared for. joyous as a bird, light hearted,
and free from care, lie found her. wooed and
won her l,e, and now the first harsh words
tL.at fell itpon her heart, was from the hps of
her husband.
Ye who would crush the young and gentle,
go down in'o ihe dep'hs of her breaking
In art, and learn hs agony. Try the magic of
kind words, and exercise that care for her
comfort and happiness which you did in days
of yore treat her as a companion and equal,
not merely ns a servant to cook vour meals,
mend your clothes, or darn the holes in your
' stocking, and see if the light does pot return 1
to her eye, elasticity to her step, and the joy
' oasness that won your you'hful heart. A vir
tuous woman is a ciown to her husband
th.-trly she woos him with b!is in her smile.
To cease from his toil, and be hapoy aw hi!
. . .
wuispenng wooingiy come 10 my Power go solely to .Va'e and 1 ownsmp elections, which
not in search of the phantom of power hon- seems to be the most natural construction,
or and wealth are illusory happiness dwells then the people of a district legitimately ex
in the temple of hom . Home should be t!.6 , press their pieference in the claim of said offi
E len around which the beautiful flowers of Ccr, either by ballot or a va wee vote, and
affection should ever entwine, and out of the validkyof said election cannot be success
whieh should bo cast every root of bitterness ; fully q.jvhmfcd. on lhat ground, other pro
She may have faults, and serious ones, loo, ' ccedings?,b4tn rf'gular. That either of these
but how much better wh re two are joined in ' modes of voting would bo considered legal
marriage, that, in all tenderness and affection and in no way impairing the lawfulness of
they strive to corn ct each other's faults, and
a mutual solicitude for each otlur'S happiness
will ensure success. MINNIE.
Girls! Read this. Men who are worth
having, want real, substantia! women for their
wives. A bundle of gewgaws, bound with a
string of lla's and quavers, sprinkled wi ll
cologne and set in a carmine sauctr this is
no he!p for a man who expects to laise a i'am
i'y of bovs and girls on vegetables, bp-ad and
meat. Ti.e p: t:.o and lace frame are good m
their places; and ribbands, fiills and tinsel
mav be allowed under proper circumstances,
but they are not digestible as a diet, nor will
thev answer as a covering in the place of bed
blankets. ,wiut as the i.ica may sc. m to
Ma, both dinner and be I blankets a'e t.eces-
s.irv to domestic hupiiaess. Life has i s
realities as well as fane;..-; bat you make it
ail a matter of decoration psrncmbeiing the
tassels and curtains, bat forgetting t.i lied-,
st ad. Suppose a young man of goo 1 sense,
and of cour?e good prospects, to be Ixking
for a wire, what chance have you to be cho
sen? You may cap him or Iran him or catch
him: but how unci belter to make it an ob-
ject for him to ea ch you. Render yourself
worthy of catching, and you will need no
shrewd mother or managing brothers lo help
, you find a markt-1
From t!i hiii.ma K"pablican.
DfiPABTMEXT OF PfBLIC 1 SSl'RVCrlON,
I lsPIANAl'oLlS. DeC. 11. )
Gtntirmcn rf the Tr-diara Pre.:
Will you do me the kindness, and the peo
ple ti.e favor to publish the decisions and
, comments on the following questions that
have been submitvd to this Department from
. various port ions cf ti.e S"a'e for soluioi:?
Toev 1 ave been so frequen ly repca'ed tl at it
seems desirsbh that the answers should be
more gener.-.i'v knows, and thus forestall a
. repvti ion of l.e inquiries:
Can tcrj'tfrs tj'iolijird to instru-t only in
crtiftijranhy. re dire, teritirj and arithmetic
? l-tfitUj emjliyd'
Toe frame rs of t!ie law evidently con'em-
rl.a'ci c.i-es in which it would be desirable
nay, even necessary, if there be a school for last preparaiions before attempting to pene
the season, to emp!.iv teachers with les liter a- trate ihe interminable fioxen North. These
ry qualifications than section 147 specifies. arrangements completed, the party started
It less qualifications will meet the present
wants of a given Cistnc: (the pupil- being
young or l.lUe advance i in their studies, and
they request the township trustees, in the
manner prescribed in the ICo.h section of the
Revised tx;riool Law, to employ for said (lis
trict a teacher competent to teach only the
aforesaid lew branches, and if, with a full
knowledge of that deficiency, the people still
press their suit, then the end of tbe law for
' them is met, and their wishes may be legally
gratified, in accordance with ihe spirit and let-
ter of section 105 and 107 of the aforesaid
; law.
1 The State Standard of the literary qualif-
! cations of teachers is fully and distinctly va-
ted in section 1 49, but sections 105 and 107
; were intended to give the people of a district
1 ' .t ro-i V "l i P ort rvf s te vsl'l n ir tr dnrMiin tf t '
suit ihe ex?wnoi. of th.?r in sn.'r.n
' !. - 3 - . - . . ' 6
year. It i occasionally desiraUe on account
of the advanced progress of pupils in some
Cities, to have iosUneUo n in supple-
menury stads not embraced m said F-
gramme, so, also, n is equally important that
1 1 . a
people in other districts, wishing, for ob-
' Vioas reasoos, only the Srt firur branches lo
TIOBi reasons, obit tue Drt
' De taug
Uught in their school for airiven rear
UhouU have their rru-rsne rafied. when
i' . .
Slatu.e.
nown in the way indicated in tbe
I consider sections 105 and 107 as a sliding
scale, authorized to fc j used by parties desir-'
ing it, on presentation of a petition ia the
manner aforesaid Howerer undesirable the'
sliding uiftca process may be, vet 1 see noth-
i:, tI,e SAij scr'ions limning the directum
t..j U.e course. The petv.ioners themselves
must be the judges of what will best uit their
circumsLa:icrs at U;e iime.
The quesiiou is therefore answered in the af
firmauve.
It may be proper t add. by way of pracli-
ohI emmen'arv. let the Examiner s'a e dis-
tincilv in the certificate the specific studios.
and that it i granted on ratition of the people
of the district, and therefore exonera:es the
Ti ustt es and the Commonwealth from all ctn-
Ure in the premises, nd consequently is
valid only for one term and in that loealhv.-
I'his wdi operate as a stimulant to their am
bition to reach tin- S a e standard, for the in
dhi lual can teach only in O've place, and that
"o , lor one single sessjou, without fresh ex
amination and renewal fee, it will readily seem
;l.e t'a ue in run' of u failure to elect, or fill
vacancies ocea-ioned by death, removal or re
signa ion. w e are left eutiiely to inferential
tight. On ti e principle that a vacancy occur
ring in an infi rior ofliee, is filled by the prox
imate superior in its appropriate department,
we should conclude that the Township Trus
tees possessed the auihorhy lo till all vacan
cies in the oftice of District Director. They
are aathoi itced by the Revised Siatutes, Vol.
I. Chp. HO. Sec 8. to fill all vacancies,
however oecuriing, in the office of Township
Cit-rk and Ti asurer, and it would be but a
I iair and legit itr.a'e ini'eience that it would al-
so be their province to do the like in "refer-
en co to the said director, lie oeing a mere
mitiis'eiial officer, a local assistant in the edu
cational department of their township duties.
The uppropria'.e reply, therefore, to the afore
otid enquiry, seems to be, the Township
Trustees.
dj a district director Le choten by ballot?
The proper olu'iou of this question in-
volves the inquiry whether a district, as de- j
i;ne-t oy llie school law, is a corporation in
such a tense as to bring the claim of its only
officer, as to the mode of election, under the
provision of the Constitution that declares ' all
elections by the people shall be by ballot."
If that Provision of the Constitution refers
the election, is a natural and legitimate deduc
tion from the fact lhat the statute itself ex
pressly tolerates some irregularity in the no
tice required to be giveu of a meeting in ihe
absence ol frau 1; see sec. 1U-J. If the fra
mers of the Constitution did not embrace
a School District in th 3 scope of their vision,
when they prescribed to ihe peop.le and their
Legislative Representatives their respective
modes of vo ing, then we may conclude that
the will of the sovereigns in their primary
ime'ings. cani.o' be thwarted by the mere
circtinis ance that said wdl was expressed by a
viva v ice v o.e. and not by ballot.
The conclusion, therefore, is that either
measure is htwtnl. and that the validity of the
, j.(..tion d.s not d. peud on the exclusive use
. t , ,.,'.,
Your, truly.
CALEB MILLS,
Superintendent.
The Dfatii or Sir Jons Fkasklin Ascer
tai.nku We find it. ihe Minnesota Pioneer
and Deniociat a report ot the discoveries of an
exploring party sent out by li e Brit sh Gov-
emment, to obtain additional information, if
possible, of the fate of Sir John Franklin's
party , to that brought back by Dr. Hae. The
pany was under ihe charge of James Green
tewart, a chtet tiader ol ine nuason I5av
. . , .-.it r
Company, and Mr. James Anderson, another
employee of ihe Company. The party start
from tne Carhon House, in 54 deg. North lat
itude, on the 7ih of February, 1U55. and pro
ceeded to Fort Chippewa, at the head of Lake
Athabasen, in U i u-Je 50 degree, where ihey
arrived intlte 5 h of March. Here they re
mained until the 26. h of May. making boats
nd preparing to go to the Arctic sea by wa
ter, wien i hey resumed Ineir journey down
the Peie river, and on the 3U-.1 of May arri
ved at Fort Resolution, which is situated on
an island ia Slave Lake, about latitude 61
deg. North.
At Fort Resolution, the party was joined by
Mr. Anderson, who. with Mr. Sewart, had
been nppoin'ed to the command of the expe
di ion. Here another delay was made for the
purpose of re-orgat.izat on, and making the
out on tie 22d day of June for the heal of
Great Fish liver, or as it is known on the
map, Black river, in lat rude about 6 1 deg.
North. Thence they followed the eour of
ihe stream to the Arctic ocean. Mr. Stewart
represents the navigation of this river asex-
ceedingly dangerous toeing obstructed by
over luU difficult rapids. Over all these,
however, wiih nt!iing more substantial than
birch bark canoes, they passed in safety and
arrived at its mouth.on the 3Jih of July,
Here they met with Esquimaux, who cor-
rtborated the reports of Dr. Rae. and direct-
ed them to Montreal Island, a short distance
from the mouth of Black river, as .tie spot
where, according to their instruct -as, they
were to commence minute exploration. From
this time until the 9ib of August, the party
immvo in.dii.ttnj.ai!v Kn ir .rH in fcS-are.heS on tb
isUnrl th ma n Und. between 67 detr.
. . - ., . .-. j. .-
and 63 deg. North latitude. We ci,otr-
capital peril, escaped, and privations
enSured by the brave band while seeking to
b..J . .P"
ished oo those desolate shores. Three tiroes
they provkdentiahy -escaped being nipped,
as Mr. Stewart expressed it. or crushed be-
'tween moving mountains of ice.
At last on Montreal Island, where tnair
explorations t-ommeooaa. tney Ioand snow-
.. shoes, known to be of English make, with tbe
name of Dr. Stanley, who was surgeon of Sir
John Franklin's ship, the Erubus,cul in them
by a knife. Afterwards they found on tbe
same Island a boat belonging to the Franklin
expedition." with the name Terror" still dis-
tinctly vifible. A piece of this boat contain-
ing this name was brought along with him by
; Mr. Stewart. Among the Esquimaux were
found iron kettles, corresponding in shape and
isixe with those furnished the Franklin expedi
! tion. and bearing the mark of the British Gov
ernment, Other articles known to have be
; longed to the expedition, were obtained from
, the Esquimaux, and brought by the party for
j deposit with the British Government. JSo
; todies, however, were found, or traces of
a.-:y. The report of the Esquimaux ss, that
one man died on Montreal IsUnd.and that the
balance of the party wandered on the be.-vc'u
of the main lnd opposite, until, worn out by
fatigue and starvation, they, one by one, laid
themselves down and died too.
The Esquimaux reported further that In
d'ans far to the nouh of them who had seen
the ships of Franklin's party, and visited
them, slated that they had both been crushed
between the icebergs. Mr. S.ewart took es
pecial pains to ascertain whether the partv
had come to their death by fair means or foul.
But to every inquiry, the Esquimaux protest
ed that they had died of starvation.
Tlie party began their return journey on
the S h of Augnst. and reached St. Paul on
the 1 Hh inst.. which place Mr. Stewart left ou
the !2ih for the Hudson Biy head quarters at
Lucheve. Canada, to make his report.
The Pioneer says no traces were found by
the Esquimaux lo indicate thai even iu their
last extremity they had forgotten their man
hood, and preyed on one anotheo."
CiMviriONsiiir or . Woman's! Kioiits First,
h mever, let us copy funny story of a bride's re
penting at the altar, on rvahiing accidentally that
she was about to make over all hr money, as well
as her loveliness to her bridegroom:
In the parish of Blackawton, Devonshire, lives
i a thrifty widow, who carries on a farm sucoessful
; ly, and who, although nearly fifty, is not yet invin
, cib'.e to Ihe arrows of Cupid. She has been
! wood and won by a stalwart yeoman, a widower
named Not lie. and one day last week the happy
I couple repaired to Blackawton churck, for the pnr
j pose of hein joined together in holv matrimony,
j The ofTici&tiiifr elertryman iuformed the worthy
pair that he desired to say a fer words to tbeni
before he tied the indissoluble knot which wonlJ
bind them together for better or for worse, so Ion":
as they live. With much eloquence he discoursed
on the solemnity and the deep import of the mar
riage state of its duties ami privileges and of
its vast influence tor good or for evil en the future
career of those vko entered into holy bonds, and
ihen he ven tared to inquire if the brida had had
the worldly wisdom to secure nnto herself, or her
children, what she possessed of world's jroods, be
cause, if she had not, the performance of the mar
riage ceremony would make both her and all she
possessed, tbe lawful property of her wedded hus
band! He counselled her to reflect on this, and
pause ere too late. Whether the bridegroom's
tongue was stilted by the surprise consequent on
tliis lawyer-like conduct of the parson, is tot
known, but certain it is that bis intended wife re
fused to lieeome his bride, and they returned to
the farmstead as they left it not man and wife.
The affair bas created quite an excitement in thn
neighborhood.
A nd here is what the Hon. Mrs. Norton, the
handsomest woman in England (we used to spree
with most men in thinking, twenty years ago,) says
on another branch of the subject:
"And thus it is thnt this legal fiction of the non
existencj of married women sits as a enrso npnn
married and single alike. It taints from firxt to
lust, the stream of their life, and Heaven only
knows what a crop of misery is the rank result
As society is at present constituted, women are
educated not to do, but to suffer. In some classes
self-support is a reproach, not only to the self-sustaining
worker herself, but to all who belong to
her. Society decrees that she shall be non-exint-eut
that she shall depeud, perhaps iipon"charity
jrmdjringly bestowed that she shall live in a state
of penurivus idleness, useless, querulous, anhap
Vi And from red miming to the dewy fall.
Folding her lift less hands, pursue no kirn at all.
But outwardly be what tbe world is pleased to
call a ludy. lu other classes tbe curse works more
grievously. O.ir peasant girls are not trained for
labor. Suciety does not encourage them to labor.
Tticy reach the dangerous age of incipient woman
hood, ill educated, unskilled, aimless, useless fir,
indeed, for notbirg, and if Ct, seeing nothing to
employ their fitness. They are not trained to
make good wives they are not trained for inde
pendent employment, and there ia little indepea.
dent employment for them, if tbey were. There
is nothing sadder in human life than this. And
'here is no greater question than that of Woman's
Work.'
Dimkxsiosi or tub America Lakes
The la est measurement of our fresh water
eas is as follows!
Tne greatest lengtli of Lake Superior is
435 miles; the greatest breadth, 16J mites;
mean depth 933 feet; elevation 6 19 feet; area
1 32.000 square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Michigan is
30" mites; its greatest brealth 103 miles;
i mean depth DDO feet; elevation 537 feet; area
J 23.000 rquare miles.
The greatest length of Lake Huron is 300
j miles; its greatest breadth 169 miles; mean
ideplh 8 JO feet; elevation 574 feet; area 20,
i 00U square miles.
i The grea'est length of Lake Erie is 250
I miles; its greatest breadth is 80 miles; iu
I mean depth is 284 feet; elevation 555 feet;
i area 6,iXK square miles.
j The length of Lake Ontario is 180 miles;
tits greatest breadth is 5 miles; its mean
i depth is 573 feet; elevation 2GS feet; aea6;
;000 square miles.
j The total length of all five lakes is 1,545
j miles, covering an area altogether of upward
i of 90,hOO square miles.
1 A MiLt.ro or lies r.f mr. Field Tho
pres nt struggle between Russia and her en
emies, has drawn off a millioa of men from
the avocations and pastimes of peace, who
.are now engaged in tbe bloody business of
, butchering each other, A circular printed
Jat Vienna, estimates the Allied forces at 333,
! OOO men, end this does not include the naval
forces of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azaff.
I which will probably fooi up another item of
i at least fifty thousand men.
j On the other hand, liassia has about 233,
: 000 men the Crimea, and 470.000 stationed
1 at other points within its vast Empire, which,
j together with tbe allied foiee. make over a
j million of men employed in the fisn dish
1 business of destroying human life! What a
j horrible scene for a phUanidaropist to eonte-n-
plate! """ - . '
i .' M " -
j irlt a father in Turkey refuses his daugh
ter to a lover, and tbe lover kills himself in
consequence, the father is liable to the charge
of murder!
j 9It was a pertinent and forcible saying of
i Nap!oen, that a handsome woman pleaaes the
eye, bat a good woman pleases tbe heart. Ta
' on is a jewel tbe other a treasure.