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THE NEW ERA.
Wlnt is it hut a Map of busy Lift' ?— Cowptr.
Norfolk"a\i> fohtsmoitii.
TUESDAY, AUOUST '2ii. IS 15.
()UR FLAG!
FREE TRADE—I.OAV DUTIES NO DEBT SE
PARATION FROM RANKS ECONOMY' RIv
TRENCI1MEVT AND STRICT ADHERENCE
TO THE CONST!! UTION.
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APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT, i
J. George Harris, Purser in the Navy of the |
United Stntes, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the I
death of Edward N. Cox.
?C7r’ Mr. Nicholas P. Trist, formerly Consul
of the United States at the Havana, has been ap
pointed Chief Clerk of the Department of State.
A FAIR OPENING,
For Gunsmiths, is presented by our friend
Spalding, who is determined to leave this section
of the country for the Far West. There is no
other Gunsmith in the place, and the opportunity
now afforded a young man with a small capital,
is seldom exceeded. Would it not he doing a
favor to some in your neighborhood to notice this. !
Seo advertisement.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
This beautiful little Church, situated on thr I
corner of Middle and London streets, in Ports-j
mouth, requires some repairs to put it in theorder ^
it should be, lor the credit of tho town, and the ;
cause which it is dedicated to sustain, and the I
Ladies, belongin'; to the Congregation, have got j
up a neat and appropriate Fete, to come off this, i
and the next three days, in the Masonic Hall, to j
which they especially invite every man who loves
to enjoy the society and company of chaste and
beautiful ladies, of whom there will be large
numbers in attendance at the Feast, during its
continuance. All the ladies in the town are, of
course, expected, married and single, and it is
well known that they never come alone. We
feel assured that the. highest hopes of the projec
tors of this Fete will he realized, and the sum
necessary he raised at once, as the object is praise- I
worthy, and must meet the approbation of all.— I
Our Norfolk beaus and belles will of course pay '
their fair friends on tlie Portsmouth side of the 1
Elizabeth a visit. Lotus all, then, help the La- I
dies roll on this ball.
THE DAILY MORNING NEWS,
The paper, published in the city of New York,
under the editorial control of Jno. L. O’Sullivan,
Esq., well known to the country as the able edi
tor of the Democratic Review, is one, of the most
able Democratic papers in the country. It comes
to ns much enlarged in size, and beautiful in ap
pearance. It is now of the largest class, and is
afforded to mail subscribers at $5 per annum. Mr.
S. is assisted in the editorial department by T.
P. Kettell, Esq., whose value as a commercial
writer is unanimously admitted. The Weekly
News is sent by mail for $1.50 per annum, a val
uable paper illustrated each with excellent Por
traits of distinguished Americans.
NOT EASILY SATISFIED.
The. Secretary of the Treasury has issued a
Circular asking for information, in Forty Queries,
as to tho bearing and operation of the present
Tariff, with a view to its reduction at the next
Congress. This Circular is roughly treated. To
show a specimen of this treatment, wo copy from
t wo papers, one Democratic, the Charleston Mer
cury, the other Clay Whig, the New York Tri
bune. To morrow we shall publish the Circular, ;
and wo trust that every one who feels competent
to enlighten tho Secretary on any of the questions
propounded will do so. We do not understand
that friendship which is continually throwing
stumbling blocks in tho way of an Administration,
that is doing all it can to lighten the burthens of
Government and taxation. We can w'ell under
stand the opposition of the Tribune, which claims
the present prosperity of the country as resulting
from the Tariff of 1842, when it is well known
that it was tho intention of tho Whig party to
have defeated the measure, for the ignoble pur
pose of crushing John Tyler, and that it was pass
ed by Democratic votes:—
From tire Mercury, Aug. *21.
THE TREASURY CIRCULAR.
We republish from the Union of Saturday the
Circular of Mr. Walker, calling f«»r information,
as it professes, touching1 the Tariff,—but as it
seems to us, asking the Manufacturers, in scasoi^
to ho prepared to make out a ease for themselvesr
The questions arp all addressed to manufacturers
and about manufactures,—as if they and their
business were the only legitimate study of the
Treasury Department, and as if the Government
hung upon their well-being. We had hoped for
a far wider range of inquiry than Mr. Walker has
allowed himself; f>r a sympathy with more in
terests than those which fixed upon ns the present
system of plunder and oppression. The Manu
facturers in 1812 were invited l>y Congress to de
vise a system of duties and they are now called
upon to say how far and how long their own work
shall continue. 'Phis does not look much like re
form, repeal or modification. There is such a
thing as Commerce, as Agriculture in the coun
try.
From the Tribune, Aug*. 22.
A SHAMEFUL FRAUD!
A list is going the rounds of forty questions pro
pounded to practical manufacturers and other hy
Mr. Secretary Walker of the Treasury Depart
ment. It would seem from what is given to the
public, that this circular is sent out to Manufactu
rers, &,c.., indiscriminately, with tho view of
collecting testimony from practical men of all sorts
of opinions, to be submitted to Congress for the
information of that body. Rut we arc assured, by
a gentleman who has recently been engaged in
visiting and procuring information from the manu
facturers of Newark, Paterson, Sec., that llic*c
Circulars arc mainly transmillc.fi to Postman
tr.rs, anil Inj them handed out to those. Manufac
turers only who arc likely to return such an
swer as Mr. II alktr ilesires ! Of one Hundred
Wing Manufactures our informant has recently
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visited, not one has received one of Mr. Walker's |
inquisitive Circulars, while the onh/ six Loco |
Ftrco Manufacturers he has found (only three of I
them American) have each been blessed with the !
Secretary’s inquiries, ami will dmibtlesss answer j
them as per margin.
Of course, we shall have a great body of 1 ,oco- j
Foco statistics, made to order, showing that the I
'Tariff ought to he upset by the next Congress.— I
Let them come! All we ask is that tin? public :
shall understand how they are not together.
BIGOTRY AND INTOLERANCE.
M e see by the following proceedings of a Mass
Meeting of the Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows, held in the Masonic lfall in the city of!
Charleston, by the authority and under the direc
tion ol thr‘ M. W. Grand Master, on Monday
evening, the I St h inst., that the Episcopal Church
have lent themselves to the work of intolerance. ;
M e can see nothing but evil to the church grow- !
ing out of tliis move, for while we desire to pay j
all due respect to the various religions sects in i
our country, we cannot but condemn, with indig
nation. every attempt of ecclesiastical bodies to
force their authority upon the minds of man. '
And we look upon this attempt to effect their oh- !
jeet over the grave with unmigitaged contempt i
and abhorrence.
Why is that the Order of Odd Fellows has i
fallen under the ban of the English Church ? Is
it because of its unceasing Christian charity, and I
consistent and continued acts of brotherly love, j
which brings the blush of shame to the cheeks of!
Christian professors in that Church ? Or do
they fear to have a disciple so near the Throne
of Grace w lmse incense may he more acceptable
to the Creator, than that which they ean offer ?
Have they forgotten the parable of the Good
Samaritan. The Order of Odd Fellows is that
good Samaritan—it is not hard to point out the
Friests and Lovitcs.
“ \\ liereas a document lias recently been pub
lished by tin* Bishop and Parochial Clergy of tin:
Protestant Episcopal Church of the city of Charles
ton, declaring “ that they will oflieiate at no fu
neral at which any subsequent religious services
shall be contemplated and whereas, it has been
generally understood that this announcement was
made in consequence of the opposition to the per
formance of the funeral service of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. Therefore, bo it
Resolved, That we cannot but regret that the i
Reverend gentlemen should have felt themselves
constrained to adopt a course of proceedure, which
has been premature, and calculated to offend the
feelings of a large portion of the entire Order, as
satisfactory arrangements might have been made
by a private and friendly conferenee with the pre
siding officers of our Institution, which course, we
feel assured, would have derogated neither
from the importance, or the dignity of the sacred !
office.
Resolved further, That while this body, de- j
dares its disposition under no circumstances to
meddle with the religious tenets of any sect, it at j
the same lime entertains an unaltered resolution |
to pursue the ancient customs and usages of the |
Order in i'.s funeral ceremonies over a deceased j
brother, and will continue to observe them when- |
ever requested so to do by the family or the next
friend ot such deceased brother.
On motion of a Brother, it was
Resolved, That the preamble and resolutions |
adopted by this meeting, be published in all the I
daily journals of this city.
PROGRESS OF ABOLITION.
\\ e see it slated in some of our exchange pa
pers that an Abolition paper on the plan, and in
the spirit ol the “ True American,” published by 1
C. M. Clay in Lexington, is shortly to he started
in Baltimore, and to be published simultaneously
in that city and Washington, by a Mr. Cary,
said to he a man of talent. What will lie the i
final result of such a move, can be seen by our
columns to-day, and how much further public in
dignation may drive men, no one can tell. We
arc no advocate for tnob law, hut if the legally
constituted authorities will not interpose to pro- j
tect the community, and abate nuisances, then
the community must defend themselves. Let the
Grand Jury of Baltimore present Mr. Cary, and j
Ins proposed publication as a nuisance, and there j
will he no necessity to resort to force hereafter.
The immediate cause of the excitement in Lex
ington. was the publication of the following para
graph in the True American, which, it will he
seen, invites the blacks to the commission of rob
bery and murder, rapine and debauchery, which i
the miserable editor attempts to explain away as 1
alluding alone to “national policy,” and that it
was the action of the “ white millions” to which
he. referred, when he pointed to the “ silver
plate,” and the “ smooth-skinned woman on the
) ottoman.’’
“Slavery, (he most unmitigated, the lowest,
basest that the world ever seen, is to be substitut
ed forever for our better, more glorious, holier
aspirations. The constitution is torn and tramp
led under foot; justice and good faith in a nation
are derided ; brute force is substituted in the place
of high moral tone; all the great principles of na
tional liberty which we inherited from our British
ancestry arc yielded tip, and \vn are left without
God or hope in the world. When the great
hearted of our land weep, and the man of reflec
tion maddens in the contemplation of our national
apostacy, there are men pursuing gain and idea
sure, who smile with contempt and indiflenco at
j their appeals. Hut, remember, ye who dwell in
marble palaces, that there are sirring arms r.ml
fiery hearts nntl iron pikes in the streets, and
panes of glass only hclwe.cn them and the silver
plate an the hoard and the smooth shinned wo
man on the ottoman. When von have mocked
at virtue, denied the agency of God in the affairs
| of men, and made rapine your honeyed faith.
tremble, for the day of retribution is at hand, and
} the masses will be avenged,”
THE SECOND'SPUING.
We have an apple tree in the garden attached
; to the house iri which we reside, that is now in
i full bloom for a second crop. Is not this singular,
for the apple ?
| NOT SAVING MUCH.
A correspondent of the Boston Post writing
j from New York, says:—“ I do not like to say
I much, hut I do think that- tho Express is about
; the silliest and meanest papei in the United
I fctater.”
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THE LAST EGG STORY HE ATEN.
Wo published lust week on the authority of a 1
Huston paper the story of an “ egg within an 1
egg.” We now have another in our exchange j
papers which heats that five to one. A woman (
in Amherst, Massachusetts, is said to have hrok- l
on a large lien’s pw, in which she found another,
and so on till five shells were broken, one within
the other. The I.owell Courier tells this story J
The Philadelphia Keystone wonders that “ war
in 18!").” was not written on one of the inside!
shells—it says it shouldn’t have been particular!
which id them. Mr. Greely pass round that hat.:
THE PRICE OF WATER.
The appraisers appointed for ascertaining the
value of the wa’.rrsnf the Croton taken for the
use of the city of New York, have given to the
owners one gross sum of $40,000. for the total!
and complete diversion of the waters of the Cro- j
ton rivet to the control of the Corporation of New '
York.
RECIPE.
Aqua Ammonia, or Spirilsof Hartshorn, is said
to he an immediate relief for the bite of a mosqui
to, sting of bees, hornets, See. Bathe the affect
ed part with the spirits.
Scraps selected for the Now Era.
THE CAPTIVE,
t'pon the barren sand,
A single captive stood ;
Around him mine, with how and brand,
The red men of the wood.
I.ilco him of old his doom ho hears,
Roek-honnd on ocean’s brim—
The chieftain’s daughter knralt in tears,
And breathed a prayer for him.
Above his brail in air.
The savage war-dub swung—
Th*' frantic girl, in wild despair,
Ilrr arms about him flung.
Then shook the warrior of the shade,
I,ike loaves on aspon limb.
Subdued hv that heroic, maid,
'Vho breathed a prayer for him.
" Unbind him !” gasped the chief;
•' P is vour king’s decree!'’
Ho ki-sed away the tears of grief,
And set the captive free !
’Tis ever thus, when in life’s storm,
Hope’s star to man grows dim,
An Angel kneels, in woman’s form,
And breathes a prayer for him.
I Ierdf.k and Scmr.i.KR.—Both in their youth
had their hearts sot tin the study of Surgery.
But Destiny said, “ N<>! there aro deeper wounds
than those of the body ; heal the deeper and
they both wrote.
Hear both sides.—“ Why, it is good to tret
drunk once in a while,” said a rummer. “ for it
cleans a fellow out.” “ Thai’s a fact, it does,” j
replied a Washingtonian, “ it. cleans him out of
house, home, money and friends.” The rummer
bolted.
PAUSE BEFORE YOU FOLLOW Ex AMPLE.—
A mule laden with salt, and an ass laden with
wool, went over a brook together. By chance
the mule’s pack became wetted, the salt melted,
and his burthen became lighter. After they had,
passed, the mule told his good fortune to the ass,
who thinking to spepd ns well, wetted his at the
next water; but bis load became the heavier, and
he broke down under it. That which kelps one
man may hinder another. E.
ANTI SLAVERY EXCITEMENT IN KEN
TUCKY.
At Lexington, Ky., on the IGth inst., a great
excitement existed relative to an article which had
appeared in Casius M. Clay’s anti-slavery paper,
the True American, which it was feared would
result in riot and bloodshed. Immediately after
the appearance of the offensive article, a meeting
of a number of citizens was held to consider the
subject, who appointed a committee who addressed
a letter to Mr. Clay, enclosing the following reso
lution. pa-'t-d by the meeting: —
“ Restnlvetl, That a committee of three he ap
pointed to wait upon Casius M. Clay, editor of
lire Trim American, and request him to discon
tinue the publication of the paper called the True !
American, as its further continuance, in our judg- !
ment, is dangerous to the peace of our community, i
and to the safety of our homes and families.”
Mr. Clay replies to this resolution and letter in
the strongest terms, from which the following is;
an extract:—
“ I say in reply to your assertion that yon are ;
a committee appointed by a respectacle portion of
the community, that it cannot he true. Traitors
to the laws and constitution cannot he deemed re
spectacle by any hut assassins, pirates and high
way robbers. Your meeting is one unknown to
the laws and constitution of rny country, it was
secret in its proceedings, its purposes, its spirit;
and its action, like its mode of existence, are
wholly unknown to or in direct violation of every
known principle of honor, religion or government, I
held sacred r»y the civilized world. I treat them
with the burning contempt of a hrave heart and
loyal citizen. 1 deny their power and defy their
action. It rnay he true that those men are excited
as yon say, whose interest it is to prey upon the
excitement and distresses of the country. What
tyrant ever failed to he excited when his unjust
power was about to be taken from his hands?
But I deny, utterly deny, and call for proof, that
there is any just ground for this agitation. In
every case of violence by the blacks since the pub
lication of my paper it lias been proven, and will
he again proven by my representatives if my life
should fail to he spared, that thero have been
special causes for action independent of, and hav
ing no relation whatever to the 7'rt/e Jlmtricun
or its doctrines. Your advice with regard to my
personal safety is worthy of the source whence it
emanated, and meets the same contempt from roe
which the purposes of yoor mission excite. Go;
tell vonr secret conclave of cowardly assassins
that C. M. Clay knows his rights and how to de
fend them.”
The original meeting received a copy of the cor ;
respondents, on re assembling after a lemporarv
adjournment, when an address and resolutions!
were adopted,on motion Mr. Waters, which wind !
op as follows:
" We assume n.it to decide for a society who
have with us a common interest; but,as a portion
of that community, recommend a general meeting I
of the people of the city of Lexington, and county !
of Fayette, to he held on Monday next, August j
18th. to concert measures for the suppression of
the farther publication of the “ abolition paper ” j
called the True American. Be it therefore
“ Resolved, That a notice be published for a
general meeting of the people of this city and^
•minty, to held on Monday, 11, A. M . at the
•mirt Imuse. to take into consideration the most
■ll'ectual stops to secure our interests from the «-f
orts of abolition fanatics and incendiaries.”
On Monday (last) this mass meeting of the
•ity of Lexington and county of Fayette was to
ip held, and when the final action was to he taken.
Ure trust the storm has been averted. Hut we
iave seen, says the Washington Union, other
otters, speculating upon the consequences. One
recount says: “The people are much excited,
tnd the next news Von may expect to hear, will
ie the demolition of C. M. Clay’s office. Ho
will doubtless fight it out to the last.”
Mr. Clay, at this stage of the affair, addressed l
the following to the people at la roe :
“ Kentuckians:—You see this attempt of these
tyrants, worse than the thirty <lcsj>n(s who lorded j
t over the once free Athens, now to enslave you. !
Men who rrgnrd law—men who regard all their 1
iberties as not to be sacrificed to a single pecu- ;
liary interest, to say the least of doubtful value— ;
overs of justice—enemies of blood—laborers of all |
•lasses—you for whom I have sacrificed so much, '
where will you he found when this battle between
iberty and slavery is to be fought ? I cannot, I
will nut, I dare not question on which side you i
will be found. It you stand by me like men, our |
country will yet be free, but if you falter now, I j
lerisli with less regret when I remember that tlto ,
people of my native State, of whom I have been j
*o proud, and whom I have loved so much, are al
ready slaves. C. M. CLAY.
“ Lexington, August 15, 18-15.”
Later.—By last evening’s mail we have the
Louisville Journal of the 1 Stli instant, which says: 1
‘ Cassius M. Clay has issued another handbill
calculated to allay excitement. It defines bis
position clearly in regard to emancipation and in
iicates a disposition on the part of Mr. Clay to
liseuss the matter in future with duo temperance.
A compromise lias no doubt been made.”
A letter in the Journal, dated on the 15th inst.,
•ays: “ During the whole forenoon of to-day the
popular excitement was very high. Many anti
•ipated that the meeting of 3. P. M.. would tear
lown the office of the True American. Clay, in
inticipation of such an attempt, made bis will,
•rmed himself, and sent to bis office (being too
uck to sit up fur any great length of time) a bed
to be occupied by him during the day.”
St11.r. Later.—\Ye learn from a gentleman
who arrived in ibis city last evening, from the
est, that Cassius M. Clay had been prevailed
>n by his friends to move with his office to Cin
cinnati, Ohio, and that a portion of his printing
materials bad already been despatched to that
place. A large concourse of persons had assem
bled, and the destruction of the. office would
have been inevitable but fur the adoption of this
course.
WASHINGTON UNION.
Extract from a letter dated
“ Washington, August 13.—The Washing
ton correspondent of the Charleston, S. C. Mer
cury, “ Nous Verrons,” is an alien ; not a nativo
nor a foreign citizen of the United States. He
was once employed as a Washington correspond
ent of the JYew Vork Herald, and dismissed by
Mr. Bennett. He is now endeavoring to injure
the publishers of the Union newspaper, for the
purpose, undoubtedly, of defeating their election
as printers to Congress, if possible. There are
many intrigues going on at the capital relative to
the congress printing, and the modus operandi of
those engaged in them is not so ingenious nor as
secret as they imagine. But intrigue will not
avail. Mr. Ritchie has conducted the Union as
well as ever a paper was conducted at Washing
ton. Me is able, honest and vigilant: and the de
mocracy of the whole country, out of congress and
in congress in my humble opinion, will sustain
him with unanimity and enthusiasm.
Yours, &.c. W.*’
The sentiment of the democracy in this sec
tion of the country is decidedly and warmly in
favor of the Union newspaper; and the friends
of the general administration hero would regard
as a serious calamity any occurrence that should
have a tendency to cripple its efficiency, or to dis
appoint the proper anticipations of its proprietors,
in the countenance they have a right to expect
Irmn the advocates and supporters of those im
portant principles and measures the Union is la
boring so wisely and powerfully to firmly estab
lish.—Poston Post.
HORRID MURDER.
On the evening of the recent election, Mr.
Thomas Crayton, who resided near Petersburg,
Pike county, was waylaid and deliberately shot
a short distance from his residence, by a man,
named Henry Clark. The circumstances that
led to this fatal result, was substantially these:—
Clark lived upon n farm belonging to, and next to
that of Mr. Crayton ; and ho being a very trou
blesome neighbor, as he had beet" else where in
the country, in the several places in which he
had lived, Mr. Crayton was desirous of getting
rid of him. With this view, he used every pos
sible means to get him off his place, but without
effect. lie finally threatened to kill Clark, and
Clark threatened to kill Crayton; and on the
morning of the election, with these feelings of
vengeance rankling in his breast, Clark, learning
while in Petersburg, that Crayton had gone to his
house for the purpose of razing it to the ground—
as the only effectual means of getting rid of him—
started in the direction of home, but stopped on
the road, and patiently awaited, in ambush, the
return of Crayton. In duo time, Mr. Crayton, on
his return, came riding by, when Clark stepped
from his hiding piano and deliberately shot him.
Crayton, though mortally wounded, succeeded in
reaching his dwelling, but was unable to get into
the house, until his wife procured the assistance
of a neignbor ; and during the night he died.
Immediately after the death of Crayton, Clark,
who had fled, was pursued and overtaken about
sixteen miles from Petersburg, on the lioonsville
road, and brought back, and is now in jail await
ing his trial.
Phis Clark, who is nearly seventy years of age,
is said to be a desperate character. Since his in
carceration, he has confessed to the commission of
three previous murders; and that there is still an
other person he would like to kill—a brother in
law of Crayton’s and then he would he perfectly
happy. He is said, by a tnan now living in Pe
tersburg, to have murdered a man in cold-blood
before he came out West, and escaped the penalty
due for the crime by slipping the knife, by which
it was committed, into the pocket of a bystander,
and then swearing he saw him do the deed. Upon
Clark’s evidence, the man was hung, whilo every
one believed Clark the murderer. That ho has
been a convict there is no doubt, as we are in
formed he is branded in the hand with tho letter
“ M.”—Vincennes Gazette, Jlug. 1 J.
Rktribotion.—The Editor of the Hartford
Patriot says lie has had a pair of new boots given
him, which were so light that they came near
making hirn a Universalist, because he received
his punishment as he went alone;!
SY BILLIN' E OR AC LES.
The following is extracted from an old edition
of Merlin’s Prophecies, supposed to have been
written about a thousand years ago, imprinted at
London, by John Hawkins, in the year 163U.
For an account of this valuable and scarce book,
see Swift’s works, vol. 2, p. 1 I t, ed. 1776.
I.
When the savage is meek and mild,
The mother shall stab her child.
IJ.
When the code shall woo the dove,
The mother and child shall cease to love.
III.
When men, like moles, work under ground,
The lion a virgin true shall wound.
IV.
When the dove and melt the lion shall firrht,
The lion shall crouch hen'ath their might.
V.
When the cock shall guard the eagle’s nest,
The shining stars shall rise in the west.
When ships above the clouds shall sail,
The lion’s strength shall surely fail.
VII,
^ hen Neptune’s back with stripes is red.
The sickly lion shall hide his head.
VIII.
IJ hen the seven and six shall make but one,
The lion’s might shall he undone.
SOLUTION.
J erse i.—'Pile settlement of America by a civ
ilized nation. is very clearly alluded to in the
lirst line. The frantic mother is Britain—Amer
ica I lie eliili!
Perse 2.—The rock is France, the dove is
America—Columbia; their onion is the epoch
when America shall cease to love Britain ; for so
I understand the prophecy, in which there is man
ifestly an equivoque, which is one of the striking
characteristics of tlie ancient oracle.
lrcvse 3.—The siege ofYorktown, where ap
proaches were carried on by working in the earth.
W e are told by Mr. Addison in his Spectator, that
a lion will not hurt a true maid—this at first spems
contradicted by the prophecy ; but it will be found
that the epoch referred to, the virgin, or Virginia,
(as North America was then called in Europe,)
shall wound the lion, viz. Britain, which shows
the precise time when the oraclo shall lie fulfilled.
/ erse 4.—Alludes to the alliance between
France and America, before whose might Great
Britain crouched.
/ erse 5.—This certainly refers to the period
when France (the cock) guarded the home of the
Americans, (the eagle’s nest,) and assisted the
States (the stars) to attain their independence:
that is to rise in the western hemisphere.
J'crsc (5.—It is very remarkable that tho pro
perties ofthe inflammable air by which balloons
first traversed the upper regions, were then first
discovered, and they are here evidently called
ships.
Verse 7.—When America’s navy covers the
sea with her red stripes, Britain’s will be hum
bled.
Verse 8.—The thirteen States first confedera
ted.
ACKNOWLEDGING A DEBT.
BY T. S. ARTHUR .
(Continued.)
Six months more rolled by, during which time
not a word was said about the old claim, al
though the debtor and creditor met every few days.
There began to he quite a marked contrast in
their appparanre. VVondfall had a cheerful, con
tented look while the whole aspect of Jacobs’ face,
apparel and all, was dejected and poor.
The business of Jacobs required him to keep a
horse and wagon, and to make frequent short
journeys into the country. In the winter time, a
roughly constructed sleigh took the place of the
wagon. So much reduced did he at length bo
j come, that it became a serious question w hether
lie would not be obliged to sell his horse, although
he might almost as well sell his tools with which
he worked as his horse.
One cold day in January, he hitched old Tom
to his sleigh, and started off with some of his
: wares for a neighboring village. In passing tho
J store of Wood fall he was hailed by its owner.
! ‘Stop Jacobs,’ cried that individual; ‘ I am
! going for a mile or two out of town, and if you
liave no objection, will keep yon company.’
‘ None in the least,’ replied Jacobs,over whoso
mind instantly spread the pleasing hope of being
able to persuade bis debtor to remember bim even
| at this late day.
Woodlall got into the sleigh witn a bright,
I cheerful face. 'They had not ridden far before ho
said—
‘I believe, Jacobs,it is most ti mo that I was
beginning to remember you. How are you get
ting along V
‘ Badly enough. If you don’t do something for
me I shall bn broke up.’
‘ Oh no—not so bad as that?’
‘ Indeed it is though. I am hardiy able to keep
soul and body together/
‘ Really, I am sorry to hear you say so. But
take courage ; times arc growing better. It won’t
he long before I shall have it in my power to make
all straight with you.’
‘ Couldn’t you do a little for me now? If it
was only a five dollar bill at a time, it would
help me very much.’
‘ Oh, yes; I can do that for you easily enough.’
4 1 thank you from my heart, Mr. Woodfall,*
replied the grateful creditor. * When shall I call
on yott ?’
‘ Almost any time.’
* Tomorrow ?’
‘ Yes, certainly.’
‘ V'ery well ; I will see yon home to-morrow.
Woodfall rode with Jacobs for a couple of miles.
I The latter promised to call for him in the even
ing as he returned home.
On the next day Jacobs went to the store of his
debtor with a cheerful spirit. He intended to
ask for fifteen or twenty dollars, to pay off a lit
tle debt in order to still retain his horse, which
j he ha*d seriously contemplated selling with a view
to get money to liquidate this very obligation,—
Woodfall smiled as he entered. Jacobs drew
him aside and asked for the sum he wanted.
‘ In about a week you shall have it. Call in a
week.’
This was said in a tone so low that the clerk,
who was in the store, could not possibly hear
it.
Disappointed, but still hoping, the creditor
waited another week, and then called in again.
‘ You will do something now, I hope, Mr
Woodfall V he said.
* 1 am sorry, but I cannot do any thing to day,’
was replied in a low voice—so low that it reachod
i no ear but the one for which it was intended.
‘ When will yon let me have a little money?
The smallest sum will be of a great use to me.’
• Very soon.’
‘ How soon ?’
• Say three or four days.’
Jacobs went away with a troubled spirit. He
I began to distrust his creditor’s intention of paying
, at all. At the end of the lime specified, ho cal
led in again upon Woodfall, determined, if possi
ble, to get him to make 3ome acknowledgement