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Vigil an c
is THE
p r i c e o f Liberty."
VOL. 1.
PANOLA, MI.', SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1845.
NO. 2.
know the puritans who from .their youth
upwards, arc familiar with all they did
and dared all that they" suffered and
accomplished? Never as the poet says
or sings, can they v"
Mail Arrangements,
Tb.Mijirro.ri t!ir,'j:! tenor to twine
i,1 Snt inJsy 9 at 12 o clo'k noon, an 1 ueparu
-rest unsug,
White liberty shall find a tongue,
and least of all, by those who are of
heir hlood. , '
The sor vices in ihe Church were most
imposing. The opening ode wa no less
appropriate thun exciting. It gave as it
were, a glimpse. of the Pilgrim band,
as they came o'er the dark rolling sea,
and as they stood forth afterwards, all
perils past, a beacon-light hung amid the
records of men ; -and prepared each lis-
1 o'clock the same days.
at
t,viiSis nt
The Mad t:ot vx;oru airnts u "t'"'-'-dvrr-veninS',
at 7 o'clock, an 1 departs Tuesday
mr'rnia s t 7 o'clock.
The Mail from 'arrollton, arrives Thursday
t?9.V,aSi at 7 o'clock, and departs on Monday
BOiniugi at 5 o'clock. ' . "
Tb? Md f )r rarrollto; elcsis on Sunday eve-n-,ratS
o'clock.
The Mil fr Oxford closes on Monti ny evc-
Tbs Ms 1 f r Memphis closes on Tosseay's
t iJ ifurJays at 12 o'clock noon.
roR r::iioLi tiic kingdom of
GOD IS WITHIN YOU.
Br. II. W. VoaTLAND.
riig'im to the heavenly city,
(tropin wildred on thy way;
Look not to the outward landmark.
List not whatt.ie blind guides ay.
For long years thoo ha-tbeen etking,
Some no'.v idol found each day;
All thatdezzlsd, all that flittered,
liureil thee i';rm the path away.
On the o itwnrr. world relying,
Parthly uvasin 0 d oj wonldstheap;
Titl'3.1 frien Is and lofty honors
Lull t'.jy higher hoped to lsep.
Thr: art stored with worldly wisdom,
All the lore ol books is thins,
An I witoin thy stitoly mansion,
Drigh;iy npirkle wit and wine.
Ki.My dro p te silken curtains,
iioanrl thfje liih and mirrored halls;
And on mo-My I'trs.a.i caipetsr
t-ila.itiy ny pro id ?lp tall-).
Not ;he frs.itis winds ofhearen
I 'ares too roughly fan thy bror,
Nor the aj'irniji's bies-id sunbeams
l inga thy cheek vviu raoay giu. -
Yet 'rnidst all these oitward riche,
Has thy heart no void co.ifet
Whinpering, thoflgh each wf .h be grtnt
JStill, oh st-Il I am not blessed:
And when happy, careless children,
Lured thee with their winning ways,
Thou hadet sighed in vain contrition,
Givo me back those golden days.
IlaUt thou stooped to learn their lvson
Truthfal preachers they had toid
Thoa thy kingdom hadst forsaken,
Tho.t bait thy own birthtigntaold.
ThTj art heir to vast possession,
Up ani bo d'.y claim thina ownt
S Z2 the cio-.v.t t.im wait thy wearing.
Lea? at 0,12a i i:u thy th.one.
Lcok uit to Eon-.e clov.t'y rr.ausion,
'iMong the planets far aay;
Tiun no; ;o the d istant tV.tare,
Let thy hj aven bt-gin to-day.
V'hcn thy stroj d;rf", sovil bath conquered,
U hf.t tr-.e j..i;n Ijss fair and clear,
Vt'hsa ti oj a;t prepared f r heaven,
'ih)j w.It fini t..ai heaven is here.
-a wreath for them
Mo so dea:hles3 than the diadem.
Doctor Lyinan Deether then offered
a solmn prayer to the God of our fathers
And 4 Lt ti the line heroic song af Mrs.
llemensl How, as Driffield poured it
forth, did the blood quicken, and etitlu-
i siasm thrill. W c lclt, us he utterep in
alear artiiculation and with manful har
mony its noble . .nuiments, as if every
man and woman would involuntarily
catch up the last strain, aud echo back
its breathing words, as, the thought of
all who knew iScwFngland, or the his
tory of its early settlement.
Aye, call it holy ground,
The soil whera hrt they trod
They Uavo left unstained wnat theie they
lo-iad 1
Freedom 10 worship God!
The selection from the scripture was
made by the Rev. J. Cleavelaud, and it
was wisely and happily done. - Another
ode, and then the anniversary address
by the Rev. J. 11. Parkins was deliver'd.
'The subject was the character of the
Pilgrims. Of this address we shall say
nothing, as we learn a copy will be-ask-eil
lor publication. When Mr. Perkins
had concluded, the-following hymn to
the tuue ol Old Hundred, was sung by
the whole audience.
Hail, Pilgrim lV.hers of oor race!
Wiih graceful hearw year toils we t ace;
'Twill find us bending o'er your urns.
Jehovah's Arm prepared the road;
The heathen vanished at his nod :
He gave His vine a lasting root;
He loads His goodly boughs with fruit.
Now peace and troth the gladsome lay,
. Smil es in our skies and cheers the day ;
Ynd a new Lmbire's 'splendent wheels,
Iloll o'tr the tops of western hills.
Hail, Filgrim Fathers of our race:
Wilth grajefol hearts your toils we trace;
Oft as thi3 votive day returns,
'Twill find a-i bending o'er yonr urns-
Cin. Gaz.
PILGRIM ANNIVERSARY.
lay was celebrated as the votive
day of the Descendants of the Pilgrims
.Mare than two centuries have elapsed
eincothis Puritan Band settled in New
England. Small as they were in num
bers, and limited in resources, they yet
had power enough to plant freedom on
oar soil as enduring as its foundations.
A reck in the wilderness was their first
rtsting place; the vally and hill were
tWir temple; but braved perils of sea
and land to escape an iron bondage and
C3tabli&h themselves in a pure reli-g-ous
liberty. They did both.. Meet is
it. then, that on this anniversary day
their sons and daughters should gather
together, and do honor to the men and
women.
Who to life's noblest'end . .."..
Gave up life's noblest powers,
And bade tha legacy dsscead,
Down, down to us and ours.
And joyously was the anulvcrsary of
the landing of the Pilgrims, celebrated
tn our city yestodny. The men of New
England, felt, and showed, too. that they
felt, that glow of pride and enthusiasm
which lights up the soul when commem
moratinc the eood deeds of great men.
The Puri'ans sleep. Hut their stern de
fence of right their deep faith their
love of freedom, their devotion to God
their high inbred determination to ele
vate man these virtues, and the spirit
.they breached, still lives, and proclaims
to ms, -snd to -all. No stranger
C(v-y'piithout; reverencing
iviargaret and the Minister.
A SCOTCH 6TURy; BY LAURIS TODD. .
I spent a month in London 1833.
During this period, I was engaged eve
rv. night, Sundays excepted, o srntc
rlub. society, conversazione, or dinner
nartv" Among the latter from the peer
to the peasant. On one occasion I dined
at Lord B-; there were twelve at
the table, and six servants, in splendid
uniform, to wail upon ihem. 1 put on
mv 'leet black, and went into the car
afluiir. I had
riujt; 10 inw iiuj.
nt hinh life.' orevt-
got a iew ginv -.-p," - . ! iter's
ous to this j so that 1 ielt some connuencc
in myself. The mistress of -the feast
sat at the head of the table, and on her
right ent a young'lady, a Miss C ,
at the right of whom I was seated, while
trx. fidest aauiiter of the family, a fine
young lad of -fieventeeti, sat at my
rihthaud. So I sat between the two
When I looked at; the servants with
their powderedV head and clot neb o.
scarlet at the vessels of gold and sil
vc, jars of china; and platters of glass,
al ,he lords and ladies, the sirs and
counts, at the room, the seats, sofas, ot
tomans and footstools ; -which- far out
shone what I had read of Eastern luxu
ry and splendor, and whose gass lamps
and chandalierssent forth a blaze more
brilliant than a winters sun I. thought
this was rather going aneaa 01 any
thine of the sort I had yet, seen, and
Wasafraid I might make some'blunder ;
however, 1 was resolved to rnamtain
my confidence, and make myself per
iectly at home, like my worthy coun
tryman, Sir Andrew .Wyle, atabaj gt v
. . .1 n..i,n8 nf Dashingweil, in
en.Dy iue r'vuv-- - - -
Miss, said 1, 1 have been ut some fine
parties in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Liv
erpool, but this is carrying the-joke a
little beyond any thing I have be ore
seen;I am afraid I may go wrong, as I
aril something like the old woman in
Scotland who went to dine with the min
ister; so if 1 blunder, you must help mo
along. ,
To this she readily consented. But
what of the old lady iu Scotland ? said
she. ' . . .
I have heard my falher, I replied re
late the story, 6ome fifty years ago. It
happend in the parish where he lived.
'.-She was much surprised, to hear
lhat he, my father, then lived in his
ninety-first year.
On a certain market day I continued,
Margaret ths wife of a neighbor farm
er, in addition to her load of hens,
geese, &c, brought a small basket of
eggs as a present to the minister
Having sold offher load of sundries, she
wends her way to the parsonage. After
inquiring how he, the wife, and aw the
bairns ,did she says:
I have brought ye two or three fresh
eggs, for the gude wife to help in mak
ing her youi bannock. (Christmas
cakes.)
The eggs were kindly-received, and
it being dinner hour, she was invited to
ston and take her kail, (soup.)
Nay, nay, says Margaret 1 dinnaken
hu to behave at great folks tables.
Oh, never mind said tho Minister,
just do as ye see we do.
Margaret was finally persuaded and
sat down at the dinner table. It so
happend lhat the minister was old and
well stricken with age, and had besides,
received a stroke ofthe palsy. In con
veying the spoon from the dish to hhs
lips, the arm being unsteady, the soup
was apt to spiil ; therefore to prevent
damage from befalling his clothes, it
was his custom to fasten ony end ofthe
tablecloth :o tho too of hi waistcoat, just
under tha chin. Margaret, who hat! sat
al the opposite corner of ihe table watch-
inr'TirTnOTTrrrrTrTrfTrnrrr the 'other't rul of
the table cloth to her home-spun shawl,
1 nniler her chin. She was attentive to
every move. The minister deposited
a quantity of mustard on the edge of his
plate, and Margaret not observing this
fugal exactly, carried the spoon to her
mouth. The mustard soon began to op
erate on the ol factory nerves. She had
never seen mustard before, and did not
know what it meant. She thought she
was bewitched. To expectorate on the
car"pet would be a sin. She was almost
crazy with pain. Just al this moment,
the girl coming . in "with some clean
plates, opened ihe door near Vhich Mar
garet sat. Margaret at once sn rang for
the door, upset the poor girl, plates and
all, and swept the fahle of all its contents
the crash of which added speed to her
flight. Making two steps at once in de
scending the stairs, the minister being
first at the other end of the table cloth
was compelled to follow as fast as his
tottering limbs could move. He held on
fast ,lo the bannisters until the pins
were torn away, when off flew Marga
ret who never again darkened the min-
pathy with the happiness of those a
round us- It bespeaks the disposition
of benevolence and it creates it. When
men assemble, accordingly, for the pur
pose of general happiness, or joy they
exhibit to the thoughtful eye one ofthe
most pleasing appearances of their orig-"
inal character. They leave behind
them for a time, the faults of their sta
tion and the asperities of their temper;
they forget the secret views and tire
selfish purposes of their ordinary life,
and mingle with the crowrj around them
with no other view than to receive and
communicate happiness, t is a specta
cle which it is impossible to observe
without emotion; and while the virtuous
man rejoices at lhat evidence-which it
affords ofthe benevolent constitution of
his nature, tire pious man is apt to bless
the benevolence of lhat God who thus
makes the wilderness and the solitary
place be glad, and whose wisdom ren
ders even the hours of amusement sub
servient to the cause of virtue. It is
not, therefore, the use of the innocent
amusements oflife which is dangerous,
hut the abuse of them; it is not when
they are occasionally, but when they
are constantly pursued; when ihe love
of amusement degenerates into a pass
ion; and when from being an occasional
indulgence, it becomes a habitual de
sire. Alison.
ing hair from his own head, and hand
ing it over towards Sherman.
"May it please the honorable Court,'
retorted Sherman, "I didVt say bris
ties." '. ' . y ' ' . ' . i -
Totich us gently, Time.'
By Barry Cornwall.
This beautiful prayer must have been
breathed by Barry Cornwall's' heart,
while sitting at his quiet fireside, look
ing to the face of his sweet wife, and
rocking the cradle of his "golden tres
sed" Adelaide. ib.
Touch us gently. Time:
Let us glide down thy stream
Gently as we sometimes glide
Through a quiet dream!
Humble voyagers are we,
Husband, wife, and children three:
One is lost an angel fled
To the azure overhead!
Touch us gsntiy, Time:
We've tiot proud nor soaring wings
Our ambition, our content,
Lies in little things.
Humble voyagers are we,
O'er life's dim, unsounded sea,
Seeking only some calm ciimo:
Touch us gently, gentle Time!
HOW TO DIE AN EASY DE - TH
A gf-sal many essays have been writ
ten on the easiest mode of bringing to
an end this animal life of ours. One
r ft ' .1 f
is m lavor 01 nangmg, uuuurcr 01
drowning, aud a third thinks a bullet
through the heart will produce the least
sutTerinfr. But we have an easier road
to death than either. Although the ob
ject may not be so soon accomplished,
still it is as effectual, for thousands have
tried it. We will give you the receipt:
Take several strong cords, fasten them
arouud the waist as tight as you can
bear it, and let them remain a day or
two. Gradually tighten the cords; per-
uvere nntil you-Lutly. Kaa ihe appear
ance of an hour glass. our health
will gradually decline; you will feel
faint and languid, cannot endure work'
and will probably have the dyspepsia,
liver complaint, and be exceedingly
troubled with nervousness. No matter;
the work of death will be gradually go
ing on, and belore many months con
sumption will bo seated, and you will
die so easy n death, that your parting
breath will be hardly peiceptible. If
however you wish to commit suicide in
a shorter lime, wear ihin shoesand mus
lin dresses in cold ahd damp weather.
We ha'3 never known this receipt to
fail, and it has been tried in a thousand
itistances. Portland Tribune.
The Mind and the body.
Few know thedemands made the ima
ginaton on those who are at once its
masters nd its victims. Its exercise is
so feverish and so exciting; the cheek
burns, the pulse beat3 aloud, ihe whele
frame trembles with eagerness during
the Drofiress of composition. For the
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time you are what you create. The ex
haustion of this process is not felt till
some other species ofexertion makes its
demand on the already overwrought
frame; the overstrained nerves bfgin
to discover that they hove been wound
to the utmost. There is no strength left
to bear life's other emotions.
Moreover, there is a time when ever y
writer asks himself, has he not follow'd
ihe shadow, not the substance! that his
noblest hopes, his most earnest aspir
ations, have been given those who kuow
not what the gift shall cost.
Fame eeemsafar off, and cold sunshine;
and the eaeer readiness of th ought,
which formed in the slightest thing
matter for some graceful fancy, which
at once sprang into music, seems cold
and dead within us.
There are times when the poet mar
vels how he ever wrote, and leels as
if he never ccu'.d write again. Alas!
it is this world's worst curse, that the
body predominates over the mind.
A bit of pleasantry "My dear sir,
t have bad news of our mutual friend
Smith, who bears a reputation for piety
"Hallo, boy,jake those fistg out of -
your pockets; it's against the law to
carry concealed weapons in this state."
Rumors of. War. - War by the" Uni
ted States is becoming a familiar idea.
The greatest of alllrhoral evils is pre
sented to the public mind as not only a
possible, but a probable sequence ofthe
impetuous, selfish, and unwarrantable
course of the Federal Government
We are to rush into a war, at the bidding
of an accidental President, for the spec.
ial interests of a political cabal, and a
company of pecuniary speculators. .
.We are to insult a weak rreighborv
bully a friendly Power, drive a well-
disposed ally into a hostile position: and
all '-this with peculiar professions of
peace-loving and humanuy, on me ups
ofthe man who stands in the attitude of
the nations chief representative. WToiitd
to Heaven that the men who, talk so
glibly of war, could be impressed the
first into the service, with the first note
of preparation! Would that thev could
be arrayed in.the front ranks to receive
the first onset of the enemy to fall the
first victims to the barbarous appeal to
arms, which the teachings 6f Christiaa
ity, the experience of the world, and the
spirit of the age hold in abhorrence! .
Would that the severance from home
and kindred, the privations ofthe camp
the hardships of the march, the anguish
of wounds, the terrors of death, might
be theirs, ifany one's! Justice could
she always prevail, would make tho
men who urge a resort to carnage and
rapine, to secure the aims of national or
personal avarice or ambition, the first to
feel the pangs which they invoke on
others. War! Do we count its cost its
pains, its horrors, its atrocity, when we
tolerate the suggestion of such a calam
ity? North American.
door.
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. . . to th'one in whicn 1
the next squai . - - . f
was .hen partaking of-London hospual-
Uv -1 soon found that Miss C -was
a mteiligent inortal, and found myself at
home with her at' once.
Amusements.
It were, unjust and ungrateful to con
ceive that the amusements of life are al
together- forbidden by its beneficent
author. - They serve, on the contrary
important purposes inv the economy of
life, and are,destined to produce impor
tant effects both upon our happiness and
character. They are "the wells'of de
sert;" the kind resting places in which
toil may relax, in which the weary spir
it may recover its tone, and when' ihe
despondbg mind, may reasiume its
strength and its hopes They are in
another view, of some importance to the
dignity ofindividual character. In ev
rv thing we call amusement there is
llv snrne'disnlav of taste and of
k'CUVil WJ 1 w - -
imagination i some elevation of the mind
from mere annual indulgence, or the
ko.ns! of sensual desire. Even-- m
UL-w- , -
Legal ah surdities . Maj. Noah thus
"shows up" the: absurdities of some, of
our legal technicalities:
-Why cannot we simplify the lan
guage of the land why not banish its
old black letter Vandalism? Sir I give
yoii this orange, and I do give it should
not that declaration and transfer be
deemed an absolute con v eyance? Yet
to make it perfectly legal it should run
thus: - . ' "
kl give you all and singular my es
tate and interests, right, title and cleim
and advantage of and in that orange,
with the rind, skin juice, pulp and pips,
to bite cut, suck or otherwise eat the
same, or give the same away, as full
and effectually asl, said A. B., am now
entitled to bite, cut, stick, or eat the said
orange or give the same away, with or
without its rind, sliin, juice," pulp,' arid
pips, any thing heretofore or hereinaf
ter, or in other deed or deeds, instrument
or instruments, ot whatever nature or
kind soever,' tb. the' contrary in anywise
notwithstanding;" with much more of
the same effect. NeaPs Gazette.
and ever thing that isgood."
"Have your1
"I have, indeed."
"What has he been doing? robbing
the poor's box? or filing a bill in bank
ruptcy?"
"No. no, no, no.11
"Worse!" "Yes, he's been beating h'13 wife."
"Thewretch! When, how?"
"Last night, he beat her al back
gammon Noalfs Messenger.
A Question without an Answer
A liind of rustical worthies were con
vened around the fire in a village tav
ern. The blacksmith, the barber, the
contstable, and the schoolmaster was
there. After they had guzzled and
smoked to their heart's content, and
when all the current topics ofthe day
had been exhausted, the schoolmaster
proposed a new kind of game, to releivo
the monotony of the evening. Each
one wasto propose a puzzle tohis neigh
bors, and whoever should propose a
question which he himself could not
solve, was to pay the reckoning for the
whole. The idea pleased: and the
schoolmaster, by virtue of his station
called on Dick Dolt, whom most folks
thought ar fooiy and a Tetv knew for a
knave 10 put the first question. Neigh
bors; said Dick, drawling, and looking -
ineffably stupid, "youv'e seen where
squirrels dig their holes: can any of you
tell why they don't throw out any dirt?
This was a poser; and after long cogi
tation, even the master, was obliged to
give it up. It now devolved upon Dick
to explain. The reason is, said Dick;
that the first begin at the bottom of tho
hole. Stop, stop, cried the pedagogue,
startled out of all his prudence and pro
priety, by so monstrous an assertion,
pray how does tbe squirrel get t he re?
Ah master, replied the delighted Dick,
grinning, that's the question cf your
own wise asking. You're in for the
liquor.
THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AND THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT.
On Miss Anne Bread.
" Toast any girl but her," said Ned,
"With every other flutter?
I'll be conten ted with Anna Bread,
And wo'nt have any but her.
One Jay . a master took one of his
slaves to task foT a violation of duty.
During the flogging, he besouht his mas
ter to stop one minute" lay by de whip
one little moment do, please!", , "What
do you want," demanded he. Th ne
gro verry piously raised his eyes and
hands to heaven and devovtly said. "Le'
tss look to the Lord and be dismissed."
. Some years ago Roger Sherman and
Perry Smith of Connecticut, were op
posed to each other as advocates injin
important case before a court of justice.
the scenes of relaxation, therfore? they Smith opened the; case with a violent and
' - " .1 j: : f.!:!li'iiMHo nr-iict Shprmhn'a nnlili-
have a tendency to preserve the digni
ty of human character, and to fill up
the vacant and ungarded hours of life
with 'occupat ions, iunocent at least, J f
noj virtuous. But their principal effect
perhaps i3 upon the 'social character of
nian. W hehever amusement-is sought,
is in the society of our . "brethren: - and
whenever it is found", it is in , our sym-
fco'ish tirade against Sherman's politi
cal character. Sherman rose, and very
composedly remarked shall not dis
cuss .politics wiihMr Smith before this
court, but I am perfectly willing to
argue questions of law, to chop logie,
or even to split hairs with him.''
"Split that, then," said Smith, at the
sarne-iiine pulling a short, roug'h-look-
- FOURTH OF JULY. ..
Commadore M. Perry, "ofthe Macedo
donian, has written a letter to theSecre-
lary ofthe Navy,' dated July 4th, 13.44,
at sea, r lat, 00 deg. 00 min., long. 00
deg. OO min. He fired 2f guns on the
equator a little after noon on lhat day;
and then ran due west until he reached
the spot where the meridian of Green
whichiniersctslhe equate r, when he fired
thirteen guns more. wf he Commadore
.stales, that during his cruise his ship
has passed over ihe verry spot where
she was captured from the British, by
Commadore Decatur, thirty two years
Cmtcealed Weavons.A- boy, Who
had his fists in his pockets, was accost:
ed by his master in the following wan-
This seems to us to bo more fit head
ing than the usual one of- "the
United States and Mexico " for a notice
of the Message wnich the President or
the United States yesterday transacted
to both Houses of Congress; for,certain
ly, if ever there was a case in which ,
the Executive ofthe United States was
acting with perfect independence of pop
ular sentiment and popular feeling, it
is in the manner as well, as the matter
of its late proceedings towards the Gov
ernment of Mexico. There is, in fact
so far as the independent press of the ;
country affords any indication of it, but
one opinion, and that opinion indecisive
ly against the late action cf the Gov.
ernment upon the subject. . -
.As long ago as Friday last a rumor
prevailed through this city that a War
Message was to be forthwith sent to
Congress by the president Neither
House being in session on Satuarday
rumor postponed the dire explosion of
Presidential wrath until Monday. On
Monday it seemed to be generally un
derstood that a Message of some sort
was to be sent in on Tuesday at furthest,
in connexien with the despatches known
to have been brought here by Mr.
Gree.i , tho United States Secretary of
Legation to Mexico'. The Message
was "not sent in however, until yesterday.,-;-.
v:: ' -. ,';.;
in each House the reading ofthe Mes
sage was heard in the midst of pro .
found silence "on the par t of the Mem
bers; and,' by both Houses, without.
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