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VOL. Ill
NUMBER 43
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To lier ulii> Fndcrstandcth II
1 did love thee
I could love
Be no.v ns thou wert,
In feelings the
But cru we did
With ardor more trup.
This heart could heat, no»
And I gave it
thee again,
I have oft heard it said
That " Time and the hour.".
But
1
Love'« soul thrilling power,
And still would
Wert thou
thick,
of yore,
But al is ! oh, how chang'd !
J can love thee
s—not long since.
When thy young bosom beat,
With a rapture unknown,
pure hearts, that meet,
That flourish thro' joy.
Ti
And tuke root in the soil.
That, so
Nor its tempests despoil.
J left Hier, in love,
I left ll
From guilt
d fi I
guiU',
Wiih I
I find thee—1
.
to rope. ^
ay
For wrecked
And broken thy vo»v.
re thy cha
1 part not in anger.
!
Though I love thee no mo
For lliy lies it's fond affection
■; h
url chuog'd—«uch a change !
How
When I think wli
thou
w—F
veil !
And n
-th
the New York Tribune.
Fr
Sonnet—To John ({ulncy Adams.
Invi
! New England's pride !
h doii'
'■hie old
A 1th
h tl.v »lav of life he well
Yet I
lit the gin
of thv setti
As in it
With the Id
In that
tried
tern conflict wh
thy sands of life are whollv
is graven thei
thv youth begun;
And,
Thv in
de.
ics I
I
during Time doth hold his flight.
id History's page
of light.
Tli
rirtues shall he
Alv
shall tell, in churartc
Of !»
•Hk wai
thou 8
d Sage,
of Right—
I, Orator.
Avn An*.
«Jifâtpccitanni.
Tau Rt:i\t:u
*" All Imt the rites, a wife!
A wedded heart—*
Although
1.I.-.I hand !
Reflet
Tin. Win:.
" Drive
* the residence of-,"
said a fashionably dressed y
be entered a coach, in front of a spacious
dwelling, in the city of London.
Crack went the whip—and away rolled
the equipage, thundering in its
the reverberated sound of the wheels, over
the paved streets, was lost in the distance
The carriage halted at the door of the Hon.
Mr. H-s, a member of Parliament.—
The occupant stepped out—rung the bell
violently, and was \
brilliantly lighted. It was a spacious apart
ment. Huge chandeliers spread their light
•er the scene—costly furniture and splen
did mirrors, added to its beauty, while a
sic, soft and harmonious,might
be beard at intervals, from a group of Itnl
end of the
shurod into :
musicians, stationed at
It was a Soiree night. Lords, ladies,
gentlemen, courtiers and soldiers, might be
seen, moving about the apartment, amusing
themselves, with sallies of wit and repart.
in the whispering those " soft nothings,"
which are echoed on such occasions— anon,
the music swelled into a livelier measure,
and the molly throng, joined in the mazes
of the cotillion or " tripped it," in the vo
Laltz. It was a brilliant affair.—
Dresses, of the most fantastic hue, and
fashion—characters from the regal pri
the swarthy clown, all joined in the festivi
ties of the night. Here stalked the "crook'd
back tyrant," with his arms folded a lu
Kean, while the "love sick Romeo," pour
ed forth his orisons, at tho shrine of bis
ladye love,
station for the philosophic prince!" musing
the uncertainty of life, or
groaning under bis potations of champaigne,
while fat Jack Falstaff swaggered about in
his fancied greatness. A pretty flower girl,
whose eves shone like two precious gems,
was offering her daisies, for sale, while a
Harlequin was performing bis mad panks,
to " a large and fashionable audience."—
Strong was the tide of fashion, that heaved
and swelled throughout the department, and
many a face of hitherto settled gravity, re
laxed with a stnilc.
In walked Sir 1)-, bowing low to one,
and nodding to another, 'till a female dress
ed in the garb of a nun, encountered him m
his path.
"Fair stranger," said she, addressing
him, "why do I find you, in a scene like
this ?"
" To get a glance of that form, which
modesty has enveloped in a cloak," replied
Sii*D——.
Sir D-was a man of rank. He had
wealth abundant—gay,fashionable and hand
some, ho had made innumerable conquests.
He was aman of the world. Marriage was
not his ambition. He had a more unholy
object. The lady whom he now addressed,
was not unknown to him. He had seen
her, acknowledged her charms, and resolv
ed to make her a victim of his uuholy de
sires.
lupti
•as Hamlet (what n
There
perchance
It is astonishing, to what degradation hu
man nature may be subjected. Sir I)
was a man of talent and education. lie had
fame and honor. He had called forth
the plaudits of the House, by his eloquence,
when the memorable question of * * *
was first introduced into Parliament,
was received in the highest ranks of society
—his acquaintance was courted, and he
a leader to the ton. Yet he wt
Many a young heart had been robbed of its
virgin purity, by his libertinism, lilighted
hopes—unreunited love, agony and despair,
he had left in his train, but he
Wealth can do much. It commands respect,
it elevates its possessor—without it you are
nothing. The joke or anecdote of a poor
man, is pointless—put it into the mouth of
a Marquis, and lo ! what bril
liant wit! wfint sparkling humor!
cumstances alter cases, saith the proverb.—
Truly they do.
Sophia C
1k*
a villain.
rich.—
Duke,
as the daughter of a
a para
gon of beauty. Hcuuty was not her only
attraction. She bad a mind deeply stored
with valuable information—an intellect of
rarest value. So much the greater triumph
lor Sir 1).
-proud tradesman. She wr
pt.
I shall not follow him through lib
of infamy. He attempted her virtue.—
Promises of marriage—golden hopes—high
rank—enviable greatness—he was success
ful !
career
I *
It was »Spring ! Tho gloomy winter had
passed, and the cold northern breezes
felt no more.
Lightly danced the hours of the virtuous
and the happy,
cd the butter-flies of fashion from their
abodes, and Regent street was lined with ex
quisites. Vehicles of all kinds and shapes
whirled through the giddy metropolis, and
smiling faces were mostly visible. In the
purlieus of the city, Spring was c
! made manifest. Trees and fields
The w
bad rule;
ven
vere ns
suming thei
shod its invigorating influence
ard, and all natura scorned
gic spoil. Delightful *
sun
or the
fool its ma
son ! Who doth
s ? The lusty yeoman
soliold cares," and treads
tho green fields with re-animated stop. The
gay residents of the City bask in tho sun
shine of thv
not
v smiles. Spring, how delight
Ail!
Sophia C -, was alone.
She sat by
an April morning. Like
that lirkh: man tlx. 1 icx.-1ucd.ai: as
smile—;
the
inflow,
isliefl
llh
, drenched in
ire pleasures of memory, to
those whose lives have hern well spent.
Damning to those who have run the career
ars. Sweet ;
a
of guih.
8lie bad
been happy. Hope sung
h
ntes of gladness in her ear, and
fancy hallowed the scene. She had seen
. She had fallen in love with
So handsome in his person—so whi
rs—so formed for nil that
Sir 1)
ning in his m:
was virtuous in life.
The despoiler rame —she was happy
She was deceived.—
Pause ye, who trust to the deceitful smiles
—the soft melodious tones—the
'I of the fashionable beau ! Drink
not of the flatterer's cup !
ympnthct
Ruin, dcstruc
, madness, despair and death are there.
Tt
•h not the fatal draught of bitterness
visible trn the countenance
of Sophia C
. It wt
î of plea
•y had recalled the long, long
guilt had robbed her of her purity,
"vents of her life were before her fancy.
Suddenly a
at the thought of her
past,
:ir dimmed her eye
present degradation,
miles of the youthful;
but oh ! bow saddening, when changed to
a
■ beautiful are the s
Sophia C
cut down by the blasts of winter.
the wrecks of what she
A high forehead—a nose inclining
Id—long, dark hushes oi
as like a lovely flower
There
! had been.
the
•er eyes
that sparkled like dew drops—flowing
ringlets on either side of that bewitching
face, and a form exquisitely
the remnants of the
peerless Mise
( '
n
The spring w;
passed,
cheerle
again, they had rolled
Sophia C
leaf— worse. Imbued with
gone ! 'I he summer bad
Dlcak autumn and the still *
winter had
•ceded. Again and
ard in their course,
had faded—even like the
al princi
ples—of a nature too tender for the scorns
and buffetings of the world, her mind had
become diseased. Reason failed her—she
became a Maniac.
Reader ! pause, ere this brief sketch be
hurried to oblivion, If thou art a female—
young, guileless and innocent, let not the
seductive
ilea of the wealthy lure y
the brink of that abyss, where perished
Sophia C-. Hundreds have been
wrecked by those who give the word of
promise to our ear, and break it to our hope.
Let not the gaudy tinsel of wealth, the
smiles of the artful, the persuasive i
rank delud^you. It is like the delusive
charm of tftfe adder. It lures but to destroy !
to
of
.—It is 6&id this distinguished
in a playful mood, wiote the
in himself;
Broc
individual lately, i
following epitaph a
"Here,reader, turn your weeping eyes,
My fate an useful moral teaches :
The hole in which my body lies
contu
-half my speeches."
Would
The Governor General of Canada is past recove
ry. Dropsy ha«
by his medical attendants.
in, and he has been given up
HOYS AND GIRLS.
The limes have indeed sadly changed.
One entire portion of human lile is struck
now babyhood or manhood.—
convcrsative state—[we do
not speak politically.] Once there were
intermediate 6tatcs of boyhood—a barefoot
ed and bean-porridge eating stale—a spell
ing and cyphering period—when there were
boys to do the chores and go errands—
when apprentice indentures were in fashion
and the line between boyhood and manhood
i suit." Hut
. Tim child
t. It
There i
well defined by the " freed ik
such things
steps out of bis diaper and frock into
" long tailed
He exchanges the nipple fur the cigar—
" Aile of the present generation lias ever
a real, bona fide, ** nine day old** pot
of bran-porridge. Noah Webster's spell
ing book is crowded out ol school by high
w orks on Philosophy and Metaphysics.—
There are no apprentices now. Young
take a few lessons, on the trade they
p for theinäelves. John
Willet was right as a •• genera! principle,"
though he
there
," and calfskin bools.
N
fancy, and set
Tong in that " particular
Hut the present generation is as desti
tute of girls as of boys. It is either baby
lady—nursery or parlor. The mother
tends her infant or waits upon her daughter.
Instead of spinning flax for their father's
shirts, they reel silk for the ladies' fair; and
instead of knitting stockings and mendings
trowsers for their brothers, they work lace
and make stays lor themselves. The mo
ther milks, churns, washes and iron«, and
the young ladies read novels, dress, make
and receive calls. They make parties in
stead of puddings, and cool by the book
rather than from knowledge.
We should he delighted to see a gencra
looks, actions,
d dress—we should then hope for
health and strength, industry and sobriety,
frugality atid economy, prosperity and
happiness.
\\ e go for protection to this class of our
munity. Every father should impose
a tar ill', one that should amount
prohibition,
able follies into the family, lie should
protect and enforce borne industry. He
and his wife and children should enter into
a " Home League*' on this subject. This
is the tariH that will restore confidence.—
This is the bank that will freely discount
8iiinT8ver"vniptnu. j-— «
is
lie
of
lion ol bovs ami girls—i
of
entire
the introduction ol lashion
dc
AMERICAN COURTSHIP.
This must be an everlasting fine country,
beyond all doubt, for the folks have nothin
to do hut ride about and talk politics,
winter, when the ground is covered with
snow, what grand times they have a slnyin
re mashes with the gals,
the ice, or goin to quiltin fro
ic of nice, long winter evenings, and then
a drivin home home more like mad by moon
light. Natur made that season on ptirpose
for courtin. A little, tidy serumptous look
in slay, a real clipper of a horse, a string of
bells as long as a string of inions round bis
neck, and a sprig on his back, lookin for all
the world like a bunch of apples broke of at
gatherin time,and a sweetheart alongside, all
filed
lookin right into you, and the other talkin
at you—is e'en almost enough to drive one
•ing, taring, distracted inad with pleasure,
aintit? And then the dear critters say the
bells makes such a din there 's no hcarin
one's self speak ; so they put their pretty
talk,
't help looking right
at them instead of the horses, anil then wliap
you both go capsized iyito a snow-drift to
gether, shins, cushions, and all. And then
to see the little critter shake herself
she gets up, like a duck landin from a pond,
chattorin away all the time like a canary
bird,and you a liaw-hawin with pleasure, is
fun alive, y
feller gets led
afore lie knows where be bees .—Sinn Slick.
or these lie
p but her eyes and lips —the
little
talk, talk, till i
gs up close to your face, :
.
hen
y depend. In this way
to offer himself as a I
A Nick Distinction. —A gay sister
one of the churches i
cently called to task for having indulged in
fat fit-r acted as
of
the
f dancing.
is
her eunsel be ft
the deacons, and propoun
«led the following questions,
to hear music, oris it any sin lo jum[ *
Certainly not, the deacon replied! Where
in consists the sin of dancing? the father
asked. To which the deacon replied, it
consists in jumping up to the time of mus c.
At this stage of the proceedings, the young
lady begged leave, to introduce the testi
mony of her musician« and companions,
who testified that she never kept time, and
could not any way she could fix it. Where
upon she was triumphantly acquitted
P "P r
a
It
the
this
No Intercourse. —The Whig members
of the Legislature of Indiana, have formal
ly agreed to hold no personal intercourse
with the traitor to that parly who gave the
election of Senator to Ilannegan. His
fellow Senators withdrew their seat« from
in the Senate Chamber, aud
miltees.
nd hi
ill not sit with him
iow building a steamer
be called the "Hurry of
The Cincinnati.
200 feet keel.
with
the West." She will go «-head !
distributed last year by
Department, to the widows
of 8800
The
the New York Fi
and orphuns of deceased fire
and
delivered by tlic
8t."V*lentinc's
Fifteen thousand letters w
York City Despatch Post,
I has
f
day."
ZWatonrc üqmöUcau.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1848?
(£7* Hon. Richard H. Bayard, and Hon. Geo. B.
thanks for valuable public
Rodney will
documents.
"I*
Courts,
The Levy Court adjourned
Friday last. The
sitting at New Castle. We
understand the attendance is very large.
Orphans' C
Flue Sheep.
.Mr. Phillip Kcybold, a gentleman who has_
tributod to agricultural enterprise in this «tato, hi*
lieen for a ibqgtlays j
fine sheep tc
bold i
transporting some
thi Philadelphia market. Mr. Key
ed for the fine stock lie rai
cultivated farm—end is a
hearted Delawarean.
his richly
sample of
The Lady's lluoli.
Mr. Hanson Hannan, Agent, has placed upon
table the Laly's Book for March—a v
number of tliis nacelle
i'ii
Magazine. The contribu*
v ladies i;:ul gentlemen of the highest order of
talents, and the '
of this number
perior quality. The engravings
sisting of the •• Emigrant's Daughter''
läge Church.'' The first article by Profe.
is a very interesting talc. T. 8. Arthur Esq. has an
article entitled " Following the Fashions," which is
of thi
beautiful, con
and the " Vil
Frost
ries, this gentler
noted for composing. The other contributors
Mrs. 8. J. IIp!c, Mis
C. Hall, Mrs. C. Lei
Leslie, N. P. Willis. Mrs. 8.
Hcntz, &c. &c. Copies
lie procured at this office.
Hr. H
his subscribers
request«
of Mis» Leslie's Magazine, that the non
them i
of
toned by the injury sustained by the
plates. A small edition was worked olf and distrib
uted—the others
•ill he printed
plates
be made.
National Ci
l ent Ion.
We
lers
the whig National Conventi
d that the question of " when shall
for tho nomination
of candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presi
l*e held" h
dc
lot yet been decided. We there*
fore respectfully invite the whigs of the union to as
semble in the City of Wilmington, in the State of
Delaware, as a central, convc
place. It is located ii
id suitable
is true a whig State
there
.ft.PftO'
Rail Road ro
between Haiti mo
•I fro
the
<1 Philadelphia,
former and two from the latter place—is the place
r, health
being chosen
incut. It has cv
the mcmlters Loin cv
cordially greeted and received. It
great
fluence. Wo invite the attention of
this subject, and tender to them a
the
of the general gov
y necessary accommodation, and
• the
lion would bo
rould be in a
) I
jved from
idue extraneous in.
whig breth
dial in
«mhle here,
them they \v :l l»e received a;
ivhcr
id treated
brethren.
Fnf ultimate.
mil there was a child he
Wo
city ii few da.'« ugo withoi
mation of its qiouth is very imperfect—it has fin
gers protruding from it« shoulders mid is a singular
looking being.
ideate
in this j
lose. Tlte fo
Full Particular» of' tlic Forgery on
tlic Hank of'Smyrna,
the Bonk of 8myi
A forged clieci
for $550,
the Southwark Bank in Philudcl
was p
phi«, and there cashed. The check was sent to
•Smyrna for payment, and the forgery was discovered*
The cashier of tho Smyrna Bank suspecting a |»er
i:>hbourhood, wrote a letter to the
Southwark linnk and then despatched a runner to
Dover where tho'surnrrlcd ..orson was; th. runner 1
. ii î., î î . ,i ...
found him in the Hotel and instantly recognized him; ;
calling him aside he stated his business and the man i
appeared much alarmed and said, " For (Jod's sake ;
sny nothing about it here, and I will go to Pliila- 1
delphia and compromise the nflhir." He \v
Philadelphia and agreed to give his
amount for uo months, with his brother-in-law lor
in that
î
lote for the
endor
He again went to Dover aecomponied by officer
Hums of 8oulhwark, but could not get the aliove
mentioned endorse/. Officer Burns had him in
stantly arrested «nd lodged
is William Gilbert, and he was a school-master m
Smyrna. Hitherto lie has had an unhlcmishcd repu
tation, and always ltccn noted
Dover jail. His n
honest and up
right man.
Hull's Funeral.
The funeral of the brave old Coihmodore took
place on Tuesday last. We learn by the Philadel
phia papers that every thing was conducted in the
Iwst style. The military turned oi
numbers and l«oke»l exceedingly well ; they
under the command of (Jen. Cadwallader. The
ftjneral service was performed by the Rev. Mr. Mor
of St. James* of which church the deceased \va»
a mendier. As the funeral passed through the
reels most of the «tores and private dwellings were
closed ; the side-walks were lined with observers—
It was a mournful day, and every one seemed to feel
the loss sustained by-out .country in the death o*
this great and good
in large
Bisliop Griswold.
The Right Rev. Bishop Griswold
Saturday. His.funeral w
•erv large
Boston
and the service was beautiful aud solemn. Thus he
I has passed away—the "lamented overseer of the
f church."
Tyler Nominated In New Jersey.
At a meeting of the Loco Focos in the Court
of Virginia was
House in Trenton, John Tt
nominated for tlic
Presidency. This is quite
unfortunate circumstance for the L
in differ
ent sections of
country, where the prêt wo« have
of the
B.
been labouring
zealously to keep him
party. We cannot help thinking there muât be
little intrigue about this somewhat mysterious n
ination, and when
reflect upon circumstances
which have taken place within a few months this
singular determination of the mass meeting
ridiculous and absurd. No doubt tliis
nation was made by a few leading men, who
for the " spoils of otHce'' and who
master for the Ixincfit derived from the " loaves and
fishes.'' W « cannot belie»« that thopeople of, Nçw
Jersey, of any jtarty, would
hi*
their
descend so much as
not fee John Tyler for the next Presidency. But
John Tv 1er
re another term without appear
ing more foolish in the eves of honest men than he
w stands? Can he say, as he has said about other
great principles, that during the great campaign op
1840, the whigs did
acknowledge the
■stem, and place it upon their banners for all to
what they did profess and what they wanted.—
Yes, after all this, we believe John Tyl
elected again and is using his best exertions to
of
eks to lie
xin in the White House another
i. But will
is
he lie elected ? Tho idea is absurd.
The Madisonian of the 18th inst. holds the fol
lowing language:—"An United States Bank is an
"obsolete idea"—a sub-treasury.
The Exchequer is a feasible scheme, and i
lion, we have
intolerable one
opera.
doubt, will be a practicable one."
There was a rumour from Washington a few
weeks ago that the Exchequer
id Sub-Treasury
id made in such a manner that
rould be united.
it would pass Cong
untrue if the above is official, and
Jones
But that rumour proves
doubt John
of
suited John Tyler before he published the
aliovc paragraphs. The Madisonian and. («lotie are
" dead enemies" and every day the respective editors
fill their columns about each other. The Tyler
dynasty
stands "solitary and' alone." Even
the corporal's guard falter before they act, excepting
Mr Cushing, and he has high hopes to move among
the " teas and porcelain ware" of China, with a
fat" salary from the very lean pocket of " Uncle
of
Retrenchment and Reform.
lion. Mr. Arnold the gallant, fearless
d inde
pendent whig Representative to Congres s, fr o
Tei uicm itov ut lûoffüi »jxil fila Vivat r«tr«wdima
" Bill" through tfic House of Representatives, with
Mr. McKcn
idmcnt, whereby (if passed
by the Senate) two millions will lie saved annually
pleased to observe our truly Republican Re
TIm*
W
ive Mr. Rodney voted for the Bill.
1>
is a great W big measure of relief which every
pocket must feel. W'e have
nute will pass it. Mr. Clayton and Mr. Bayard the
able Senators of Delaware, will of course go for it
a
doub
Whig 8c
It will relieve the people of two millions of
will be gratifying
far as
the people of Delaw
whig Congress ean do it, the
We ask in candor,
dollar with all their
Hafrisonian principles of 1R40.
when did loco focos
loud professions !
j
Stale Debt«
A communication in the London Morning Herald
calls public aUcu
l Jnited States
Uon to the great debt some of the
•c British subjects, and urges the
British government to lend their aid and try
• tlic money.
P
"A
regard to I
her den
'■To obtain, thcref»
ica," he says, " w
I I
, when she hesitated to
nd she is
lake goo»l
with
d her sister republics at this inomrn
, this desirable end, I would
suggest that public meetings should he
London, and addresses
both Ho
of Parliu
got up without delay. Let my Lord Ashbur
ton, as the head of the Barings, (through whose in
1 flu ™" llles< ' ««"tritiu. wrre fimtal on tho
public,) he invited to take the initiative here, and nf
; tenvords in his place in the II
i rendering an urrouut of his rco
; w >ll be responded to by cvci
1 '* l)U * ,L '
î
y creditor beyond u
III Trouble.
The Philadelphia Lite
y Institute held a Con
on Saturday evening.—
Phil
cert in ll
Chinese Salo(
;»ul the best
the very best price. They expected that
$700, hut alas !
counted it only amounted to
written contracts
the amoupt of $400. Here
would
the appeals made by the members of
ong them, and said they could
Mi the performers had to submit
Tlu-y.",
the receipts would reach $600
when tho money
$540. and they had entered i
with the j»erformers
s indeed trouble. Home of the
sical talent, then i
the institut**, be
is stated in the contract,
divided the $240
!—of et
insisted on having the s
However the
do
iv al.—T he editors
Ei
Fr.«
Boston,
the evening of the 13th
the Penilierton House, by invitation of the
f,
Mass., feasted gloriously
host. Mr. Buckingham of the Courier presided,
assisted by Mr. Whclden of the Aurora. Every in
dividual present gave a
the merits of them, when it is known they all c
from editors. It l»eing the eve of St. Valentine, the
lady editress of the Transcript, a very fine lady,
highly complimented in a
editor of the Bulletin. Of course i
reason and a flow of soul."
and every one
j" I-'"
bv the bachelor
ff«'
a " feast of
Mount Ætxa. —The eruptions of Mount Ætna
prolonged beyond the period at which tlic
perienced persons expected them
from Palermo, dated the 12th of December, says
that on tlic 6th the flow of lava
extend 10 miles.
cease. A let
ascertained ^
Marriage Is a lottery.
Two young men in Boston resolved to put the
aliovc sentiment in practice and show how Iteautifu
the illustration would eventually he. They placed
themselves up a* two prizes against which they were
four hundred ami ninety-eight blanks. Tickets 05 J
s each. It
" As the wav
As the wind comes, when forests are rended."
All the tickets w
tefy could be drawn, the two prize» were arrested
und confined in Jail for the violation of the lottery
law. We pity the poor girls ! these
he presumed tlte girls
stranded
sold, but before the lot
such hard
Bn inc* Ai.hkiit.—T he royal preservers at Wind
, Prince Albert, Sir Robert Peel, Lord 8tanley
and ttieHllfqmfc of Ormonde, bugged, ; n less than
t« o hours, the enormous quantity of 25Ü head,
sisting of pheasants, partridges and rabbits. Albert
brought down himself the extraordinary number of
149. Certainly he is a very good gunner.
When Washington took leave of Lafayette, at th®
close of the Ameri
Revolution, his parting words
apprenticeship to Iil>
were—" You have
. .1
erty in America, no\y go
yourself."
Fr
A SI GY.
The Charleston Mercury has hoisted the follow,
i3" banner: ,
Fo
■ President rf the United Statt»,
JOHN C. CALHOUN,
the decision of a l)e
Dkmocr
Subject
die Convention
IU
Fr
Trade; I
Dulie
oiny ; Relr
tho Cons
No Debt; Reperation
iclinicnt ; sud a
ution .—John C.
strict adherer
('alhoun.
Johnson. —The Hero of tho Thousand
Island-*,who lias been residing in Buchanan county,
Iowa, lately was attacked by u band of lawless ruf
, who destroyed his property, scourged him,
and sent him, together with his daughter, out of
the county, uttendrd by an armed guard, during
the most s
B
weither of the seas
Tho ea
of the rouifli treatment is not stated.-—
r of the d--pred.it>rs are confined in IownCily,
g tli fir tri d. Hill Johnson and his daugh
in attendance at the Capitu! ns witnesses.
Fo
published in the Charles
on board the United States Brig
Dolphio, January 26th, on her arrival eff Vera
that the Commander in-Chicf the
Mexican squadron relumed her Commander any
communication with the American Consul ut
Cumpcachy, and that in consequence he had pro
the above place in order to obtain trom
er, General Thompson, at Mexico, ins
instruction whfthqr at *11 hazard« to attempt a
communication wjh the ConstfT; or whether he
should return with the vessel under his command
at P
.—A 1
Merc ury, dated
eded
*c >1 I.
Kendall, in his Santa Fo Sketches, siys, during
the night wu sp
r ibcc died in on
Suticillo a
med Lar
'.s. When first discov
orning,the body of the man was per
il Copt Ochoi asked Dr. Whittaker,
to examine him, and
of the
ercrl in the
fuctly cold, hi
our surgeon,
" dead enough to bury /"
if he
Tn* People Moving.— A lirge meeting of the
c tiz. n« of Adams County, Pennsylvania, without
distinction of party, was held
the 14th ult., at which
fuvor of the plun proposed by the Don. Win. Cost
Johnson f«»r the relief of the States, without a dis
Gettysburg,
solution.s w
Tho N. O. Tropic says the S.indwich
Chief who wai
»at at table with other
board a steamboat between New
os«cnger?
<\ xNc
look lodgings at the first hotel in New Orleans, and
dined at the public table with three
hundred gonllcuien.
II .
count of his color,
f.
Ml ,
rendering
Ho not hackv
other«. When you do a good deed, tho satisfac
tion you feel, more tlun doubly r a pays you for
yonr trouble. If the rich but knew the luxury of
doing gond, they would save their heirs a gre.it
deal of vexation and anger, and he remembered
with grateful afteclion while slumbering in the
dust.
eof the Djlrgntrs appoint.
ate in thu National Conv
attend the Convention ; but ec
all laboring in a Chrittian
Cl
cd by the Whig S
repr
Wo kno
that
arc delegated
tin it is that
A poor little, pofi hearted, good natured friend of
ourr, who has got a furious »cold of a wife, with a
double-edged sword of a tongue, applied to us the
other day, with tear? in his eves, to know if she
coutdn
ecuted and punished, und
Trying concealed weapons !
the
he p
law again?
»>f New
Judge Oakly, ol tho Superior Co
York, lias discharged from custody (»enrgo B.War
charged with being
spiracy, for the
pired, and
, one of the apprenti
cd in the Somers'
ihat his term of sort ice hid
legal
riiown for his detention.
Harbadors.— Several extensive mercantile fail,
urea have recently taken place al Rarbadoes—one
(which had continued the names of an old firm)
has liabilities to tho amount of 830 000; Deep
embarrassments of a house in Dcmerara, arising
out of a transaction wherein too much confidence
war plated in othera is also reported.
A BrAUTirui. Reply.—A married woman of the
Indians made this bcnutifiil reply to a
whom she mot in the wood?, and who implo
red her to love and look on him.
"Oulamou, toy hu-band," said she, "is
my eyes, and hinders me from seeing you."
A Description or a Bachelor —A shirt liosoin
without a collar—hinds in his br-eches pockets—
mbrella in a dry day, followed by a barber
an like his shadow—and always
inquiring the price of a sixpence worth of rope."
Rfxrr.
ton Mail, has advertised the loss of his favorite
green »ilk umbrella, and offers a reward for its ro.
covery.
Shiwu
be.
f,
cott
aud wash»*
Insanity. —The editor of the Bos*
Dr. Hagan, the wcll-kn
burg Sentinel has returned from hi« European
tour, and resumed Ids editorial duties,
The publishers of "Quarles Quickens'" English
Notes for G.-ncnl Circulation have i-sued a second
edition of 10,000. What the dicken» will Bo*
say to that ?
Dr. Cogswell, of the Theological Institute of
Connecticut, has published " A Treatise on th«
Necessity of Capital Punishment,"
Editor of theVjcks-