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. PRIZE iDmiEfS.
!Rt ». n. oi.ivrlf u|.
%poktn tjr Mr. Etender.
(Thro ThrepU lint, upon M« fnr-lwllt ntgr,
I>i*plty<4ia mimic scene the Jtacclnx c«c,
Tho’ rede the attempt, to view tlw novel light,
Crowd! ratter rush’d and listM U with delight i
IWh front the tale * ready moral draws.
And, clicrring, crowns the r«*uy with npplonw.
Ttmr si rides along with awlfr untiring trrod,
O'er storied martMe and unconscious dead—
(hroMratcs the trophk-d rolnnm In Its turn,
And at ul plural hast, and cnnaecrutod’nm ••
Citlea note finird, sink Into alow decay.
And name, nnd plare—all; all have paw'd aw ay ;
K« mark la left to guWe n» to the -.[»*;
frudlilnn tell*, "II ira*"—'Time, “It la not."
Aw mourns her lUvoritr works oVnhrown, dt-thced.
By Phidias modcl’d, or Apelles traced—
Highs Ver her tott.-rrog Temples, falling Towers,
IJtvertrh Fanes, nnd desolated Bowerat
While stent Oppression fears his trim throne,
Where Talent liv’d, nltd Genius had its home—
Ptanips his mail’d foot on the devoted strand,
Aral dooms to deepest nlglil, the rlasalr land-,
"Bat Time, whoer cockering tenth nil else destroys—
Who Auto on griei, and hatninrls oB onr Joy*,—
Who sweeps unsparing to the eommnn grave,
The good, Us’ wise, the henutifnt, the hrave —
Xsuives srm, the llmoia—carh stsveedlng nge, ;
A fcrlghu-r Mae on mfinory’s fadlug page.
Jang may It live, Air ofiVprlne of the mind.
Thy Genius (holer'd, and by Tnsle refined— ;
Tnmetfof Its f.iulls, anti ehastened In its lows,
Seek no rude rihnldjesl lo raise applou-r,—
Breathe no loose thought the shrinking enr f oflend-w
Totnodrsi merit and to worth the friend:—
So shall ii rise, a pare and holy Same,
To light youth's Kiel to virtue and vi f one;
FROM LONDON.
The ship Sovereign Arrived nt Ncw-
York wli the Hint uit. bringing London
vln ten lo (he BMh.
The sales oft'otlon nt Liverpool,on Ihe
Dili of Dec. were 1200 bags—l Ith, «T(K>
7mgs, nnd on'the ‘JOth, about 1500 bugs.
A letter from Tapis (via London)
speaks oflbe litilure of (hothouse ofTtßi-f
lU.t fc Co.
. The trial of of France
•Vtonimcitced +n lire Chamber of Peers,
■do'tire lOh of December.
Air. Molicltr.P Den. Doliglierty is ap
pointed |tO the Chief Justiceship of (he
Common Fiona in Irelnnd.
The Duchess do Horri has taken o
house in London. Marshal llounnont
iis with Charles X. at llolyrood House.
A letter from Leeds says that Ihe wool
4en trade is rather dull, ns in usual at the
approach of Christmas, bat that no win
ter is recollected in which the working
classes have been bettor employed either
in the woollen or atiilf business.
•; Prince George of Cambridge is now
flamed for Ihe crown of Belgium, and
the hand of a French princess.
The fortifications of Paris and Lynns
Were progressing, but tho revolution in
-Poland and tliaUirhnuees In Pnistin will,
prevent any necessity for their use. Hus
ain and Prussia anti Austria have enough,
to do at homo.
UEVOLIJTION IX POLAND.
Him, i\, Dee. H. •
The following iletails are given from
jPohuid. ’flic pupils nt the Military
School at Warsaw assembled at dinner,
thought proper to toast several man ilis ”
tlugutsbed In Polish History nnd espe
cially Kosciusco. Constantino being in -
formed of this by spies, ordered an ex
amination, and nltho’ no criminal inten
tion was discovered he directed the young
mon to he severely punished. This with
Mile other nets of violence!, exasperated
the public.
The young men rose in n body, nnd
having been joined by the ell mens force*)
their way through the troops towards the
residence of the Grand Duke, half a mile
from Warsaw. Many Bussian officers
fell under Ihe blow s of Polish vengeance
mill Consttnltinc only escaped py a bach
passage.
The movement immediately spread lo
the country, which wu« soon in anus for
(he assistance of -ounti'yiuon in
Warsaw. A pr government
was organized, ui oth Dee. all
was quiet.
'Fhc following is itnu.. tVorsaw, Dee,.
The snhjiiinetl proelnmnlion was
issued by Ihe Grand Duke Constantine,
previous to -his dopnrtnre :
1 grant permission to tlm Polish troops
■tvho remained faithful near my person to
(he Inst moment to rejoin their comrades.
I am setting out with imperial troops to
proceed to a distance (rom tho capital,
anil I hope from Polish good faith that
they will not bo ha trussed in their move
ments to reach tho empire. 1 likewise fo
eominend all the establishments, proper
ty, and individuals to the protection of the
Polish nation, nnd place them under It
safe guard tiro most aaerv-d.
(Signed) CONSTANTINE.
‘‘Upon tho return of the Polish regi
ments of Warsaw, they were received
by th:* whole capital with acclamations.
N o idea can bo funned of tho enthusiasm
■displayed on this occasion. The com
motion has found the warmest sympa
thy among the nobles and the iuhabi.
touts of all classes. Tho jveople are
tahiag nrtos in aM directions to Ry to the
sif’dmir of Warsaw, as was the casein
the French departments ns soon us the
revolution at Paris was known."
The Government, the composition of
which has been several times partially
changed, consists, to-day of the follow
ing persons:—Prince Avium Cxartory
ski; the celebrated poet Neiinecwie*;
the Senators Koehunowski mid Dom
(mnvski. Gen. Count Pnc; and the. De
puties Lelewell nnd Ostrowski.
v' Princtj Luberhi and .11. Ostrowski
"hvill set out to-day us deputies to Ht. IV
ier>hurgli..
The Diet is suinmoned.tol' the iSlh of
tkleptonih.
,* ' c ‘ ‘ tVi''a thu Aflos l?il, O.v.
WchflVO MWvnl the Paris papers of
Thursday. They contain n curious drum-..
Stic political scene, which Is snid to have
been kitted at Milan. A conspiracy, on
a grant! scale, was organized in that city
against UC Austrian authorities. The
rnm|iir(|m Were assembled in the pit
at the th^|ilt|> ( jmd there at ti certain sig
nal, the IrtMWri Mttloii was to have broken
out. rang, Ihe curtain rose
ti|o etage crowded with
I Atjptrioa soldiers ; their muskets pointed
110 the pit. Every door beset, and the
astonished revolutionists were arrested
to a man in the very scene of the conspir
acy, and conducted to tho fortress of
fSpiclbcroJ .
« The French government proceeds in
its exertions to -suppress the license ol
the liberty of the press. Placards of a
political nature arc forbidden by an ex
press ordonnnnee, nnd bill stickers plac
ed under the survillinncc of the police.
Prussia.—lt is stated that a revolution
commenced in Prussia. An insurrec
tion of which the details arc not ycl
known, has undoubtedly taken place at
Koiiingshurg.
The King learned the revolt of \\ or
snw, tc the disturbances at Koningsburg,
perhaps at tire same moment. 5)0,(WO
troops are innndtitig on Luveinhurg; an
army advances toward Poland (Posen,)
and more troops are requested in the an
cient capital of the Kingdom.
The Journal du Commerce snys—“lt
i« asserted that after a very animated dis
cussion in the council of ministers, couri
ers were despatched to the French Am
bassadors at Heflin, Vienna nnd Lon
don, with instruction to declare to the
- three powers, that in case Prussia or
Austria, should join Kiissia, hi endeavor
ing to reduce Poland to subjection.
France would consider such intervention
as a declaration of war."
The Temps contains the following—
“we are assured that M. de Peyroimet
; has weitt-eii to Charles X. to request him,
if he be condemned, not to take any steps
for obtaining his pardon. It is also said
, that lie has declared lo the ex-King, that
none of the accused would plead in their
delence the refusal which they made lo
coneur in the coups d’etat which hud
been first suggested hy Charles X. but
it would become bis dignity nnd his situ
ution to make known himself tho truth
on this subject
In the House of Commons Dec. 17lli,
the second rending of the-bill fixing the,
duties on American produce imported
to Ihe British \V. I. Islands was post
, pntietllo I Vhrunry Uth —Belgium alluirs
i were mticlt as before. There were -i’ll-'
inoVs ft’oiu Hpnin and Portugal, ’but no
thing important, which could be called
, news.
1
from the IT. S. Ti-lt-grnpM, Jan. 11.
CONG HESS*.
In the Senate, on SKMh inst. Ihe Chair
nnnoiineetl a metnorinl from sundry in
- habit unis of Philuilelpldn, praying fur
a reduction of the duties on iron ; and it
i was referred toil select committee, con
sisting of Messrs. Hat.nk, Dickkkson,
Ki.no, Hf.li., and TtLKit. A nietnoriul
was also presenteil hy the President,
- from snmlry citizens of New Jci’sey,
complaining of the Idgh tlulies on articles
used in ship building, and praying for
their reduction. A debate ensued on Ihe
motion of Mr. Dickerson to refer this
memorial to the Committee on Miimifuc.
tares, nud the motion of Mr. Havni-i lo
refer it to the Committee on Commerce;
in which the first motion was advocated
by Messrs, Dickv.uson and Foot; nnd op
, posed hy Messrs. Hatxk, Ui.'Ton.Woou-,
mini. Kino, anti riu-tnnu. The hoar of
i. twelve o’clock having arrived, the me
morial was, on motion of Mr. Wnusrun.
laid on live table.
The hill reported by Mr. *' • ’ of S.
Carolina, from the Committee «u. die Ju
diciary, to repeal the Sloth section of the
Judicial act, subjecting the ’decrees or
judgements of Stale Courts to the revision
of the Wnpromo Court of the United Slates
wns the first business taken up in the
House. Mr. Crawford called for the
previous question upon it; nnd the cull
being sustained, Ihe main question was
’ put, and the hill was upon a division by
' yeas nnd nays, rejected, hy a vote of 1117
' to 51. '('he resolution introduced hy Mr.
Il irM B, "for the reduction of duties ou
* brown sugar imported into the 1 1 . Mates,
was, upon the motion of .Mr. Wurrn, ol
■ Louisiana, [mstponed until Wednesday
! next.
Fr.'iti tlii- Otmrlc-lou Smitli- ru Pulrtnl, Jnn. Vt
1 Copy Right. —The Bill before Congress
amending the law of'Copy Bights, pro
*’ vides for fit*- extension of the term to SJW
1 years, to living authors, with a farther
1 right of I t years to their descendants.
. Now, why should the-absurd prejudice
that the nuthor is not entitled to Ihe fee of
his intellretunl property he’emhodled in
’ n law oft he American A-’otigress? Where
* is the distinclion between a right nequir
’ ctl hy physical and mental exertion!—
Why should the fruits of intollocTual la
-1 hour not deseeml in perpetuity ’to the
* children t>f an author ns well us the Ae
‘ qnisitionsof mere meehunlenl industry!
* Society has no right to exact an eqnivn
’ lent like this for tho protection it alfords
* to tho properly of an author.
The reasoning by wldc’h the vhstine
tion between bodily nnd mental labour is
supported, la leg;* lu t‘Hff oil this subject,
■’ is unsound. Knowledge is not promol
' cd by fixing a limit of lime to the rights
of authorship. The incentives %o exer
tion would he increased under the legal
- assurance that our descendants would
I enjoy the benefits of oar labours, whnt
* ever line of life or .exertion they might
1 take. We are satisfied it is all ussaiup
■ lion that society is benefited by the liitii
- tat ion in question. There would be no
want of gootl books, if renders are dis
‘ posed to pay for them. Their niallipli
' cation Would In* in the ratio of the de
* inand. On the contrary, genius would
■ be tasked to undertake more useful foils
under a different arrangement. Thestim
r alas of the love of kindred would he su
’ perudded to the loftier motive of the tlc
■ sire of distinction, ,Tlie instincts of N’a
■ lure would hnvc the same free play in
; increasing the amount of social power
■ in this departmental'exertion, that they
* have in every other.
Why should the knowledge which is
> embodied in books be subject to n differ
ent arrangement to what obtains for
other kinds of intelligence?. Is there not
a vast amount of information afloat in
the world by which the wealth, the com
fort, the power and the luxury of socie
’ ty are increased, which cannot be aepnra
ted from practical shill, ami which aug
ments with social Wants ? Are the vari
ous Combinations of mind, by which the
pursuits of the Merchant, the Lawyer
and the Physician are directed, subject
to a different natural luw to the associa
tions which guide Ihe mental operations
i oflhe author! The whole stock of our
■ improvements fall within the classiticn
i tion of mental labour, whatever name or
awn
form they mny take- Now does the
ninount of the information that cannot (
Ami its way into books— cannot (
1)0 separated from the experimental of- ,
’ forte With which it m combined, increase
the slower by leaving the natural affec
tions their whole swing and impulse to |
r .guide and im|>el us forward in the Vath
"of improvement? Wo should say that |
knowledge of every kind would ntigmcbt
In n greater ratio if that which is embodi- ,
ed in books were left to the stimulus of ,
i this principle, nided by the love of future
renown and tho passion for present dis
■ Unction.
i
From the federal Union, IVh. ,
THE NEXT PBEHIDEVg AND VICE
( PBEHIDENT. *
i In our Inst, we stated thnt Andbbw
I Jackson had been regularly announced ’
-for re-election to the Presidency. In
our columns to-day will ho found an nr- j
l tide from the Globe on thnt subject. The
■ question is therefore settled, thnt be will
he supported for thnt ollice, and the issue j
• is scarcely doubtful.
With regard to the Vice Presidency, j
• the public mind seems not to he so well
• settled. We perceive thnt some vague
• conjectures ore ulloat, thnt Air. tJruwlbrd
. will be put in nomination. We havei
i not the smallest expectation thnt this will ,
he done. At home, where Mr. Craw- '
lord is best known, it is notorious that
1 he is not qualified lor the discharge id an |
, office so arduous mid important.-—The >
i time Ims been, when his powersol body
I uml mind were fully adequate to such a
I station. Hut the revolutions offlinehave !
r wrought in him what it efleets in nil
> things physical and moral. The very '
1 attempts that have been made, during
I tbc few pnst years of Mr. ('rawlord’s
life, to buoy him up in public opinion
i from certain indications of remaining in
tellectual vigor is conclusive evidence
, that his friends are convinced of the deep
; inroads made in his constitution.' We
1 do not say -Oiese tilings in the spirit ol
- iinkinduess. Mr. t’rawlbrd is not a gen
• llcnlan'towards whom we could, at this
- l period of life, entertain feelings ofasper
• ity- *
1 Wc are at a loss IrT determine wheth
er Air. Crow lord's friends would serious
ly consent to his nomination. Wc re
gard the rumors oft ho day as the eflects
of one of those vague hopes growing out
of the chances of (lie political game, It
. is well known thnt there is a rupture {lie
,, tween the President and Vice-President.
I Tho issue of censure dr no censure, of’Gen
erul Jtiekson's conduct in the Seminole
campaign, soemsto hove been made up
j ns between Air. Crawford and Air. Cnl
houn. Air. Crawford having been yiew
' ed at that day us an aspirant for the'Prc
! sidentinl Chair, it was natural that lie
should have been regarded us the Oeti
. end’s enemy in the Cabinet. The nc-
A tivity anil violence of Air. Cobh, then
representative in Congress, against the
, General nnd his well known devotion to
, Air. Crawford,gnvegreat strength to the
j suspicion.—llecent developments having
pointed to Air. Calhoun ns the General's
Cabinet prosecutor, the friends of Air.
I* Craw-ford .have .probably seized the oc
. cusiim us n fnvornblc*<me«*o (brwnnlkla
pretensions, il not with the expectation of
Ids own elevation, perhaps with the joint
hope that some accession may be made
to their cause from tho ebulitions of the
. political elements.
|. 'lbP're'fs another reflection that imlu
, cos us to suppose there is no Ibaiula-
H tion for the serious belief that be will be
. nominated. Would tho IHciuls of Air.
B Crawford, If they believe him I.) he what
I lie once was. consent that he should till
„ a station secondary to the mail he for
incrly opposed ? If they should, it would
7 confirm us in one or two —ei-
Ihcr thnt they were conscious of Air.
Crawford's inadequacy at the time of
, opposing (ion. Jackson for the Prcsi-
J- dency, that they are willing that lie
~ should he at tlds time dignified by an of
• lice for which (hey think him really in
competent. Perhaps it would eoiiArm
both these opinions,
1 Hal there is a still better reason to
doubt that Air. i'rawi’ord can he nomina-
led. Would the Jackson parly be doing
r justice to themselves and their counlry
t by nominating the very man, who delea
p ted his first election ?—and Unit too,
C when there is no change of circuiiistnii
■ ces which would render the choice hon-
L> oralde to the party or beaeficiid to the
country—but rather the reverse. We
have ever believed that Central Jack
son was an honest, independent man—
that he was Kis own Dictator—but should
he sanction such nmmiiinilion.we should
be induced to believe that he was under
| the influctice of advisers, who had the
promotion of individuals more at heart,
9 than the General's reputation, or the good
of their country-.
I'rom il»p Joiirnnl ni’ljaw,
’ Wc take pleasure in publishing the
j following interesting ease, lor which.
. we tender our thanks, .
I Nkw-Yobk. 21th \ov. IWW.
.1 lx “the Journal of I,aw,” No. 1(1. for
- the fourth Wednesday in November, 1
t observe an article headed, A'nrroir
- Erciipt ” giving an necount of a young
- limn s indictment and trial, for passing
i> u counterfeit hnnk note.
I will relate a case, somewhat similar.
- which came under my observation.
- Nearly thirty years ago. being n Juror.
I ut court, where n man was indicted uml
s tried, for passing a counterfeit note of
- the Alanhnttnu Hank, tho prosecution
- had progressed, mid to nil appearance
- the man was guilty of passing the note,
- knowing it to he a counterfeit; Air. I>.
i I), the president of the bank, wilh his
r nnine on the bill, one of tho witnesses.
I testifying, thnt. to the host of his judge
ment, it was n forgery. At this juncture
• of the prosecution, the cashier of tho
- hnnk, Air. H. it. with his name also on
p the hill, was put to the stand, and, willi
l oat the least hesitation, pronounced tho
i bill to lie a good one K saying, 1- if the
- court und jury have any doubts, send the
- bill to the bank, nnd I will exchange it.”
- If it Imd not been fur this Inst witness,
- this poor man would have been doomed
- to suffer the punishment of the slate pris
■ on, for a long series of years, It is one
r instance among many, to impress on a
t Court nnd jury, how necessary it is to
■ investigate cases of criminal prosecution,
s with the most scrupulous cure and in
i’ tegrily. You may make what use you
- please of tho foregoing.
r Vo«rs, truly, T 6-
From lli« Waahlngion Ololis.
“ 7Vie world it governed ton much. I his
compresensive sentence Wc hove •elec
ted -ns oar motto. It is n text upon which
volumes might be written.
Wlmt is the only legitimate object of
government ? 7b protect men in the pursuit
of happiness. The bnman race is full of pas
sion and dishonesty. Without govern
ment, none would lie safe in their per
sons. or would enjoy the frails of their
labor, unmolested. The weak woold be
the victims of the strong, und the world
would be fall of violence and crime.
| Jut. all that mankind ask or need from
government, is protection. They do not
establish government to direct, much less
to force them into the rood oi happiness.
That they ran much better And them
selves. It is in the free indulgence of
their opinions, the unrestrained exercise
of their religious rights, the choice of their
pursuits, nnd the disposition of their pro
perty, according to their own will, that
human happiness consists. It is neces
sary to have enough of government to
punish the criminal, force the dishonest
to comply with their contracts, and re
pel foreign invasion. There must ho
men enough in public service to accom
plish these objects, ami the people must
he taxed enough to support them.
Hut what has been the general char
acter nnd practice of government? It
has endeavored to control opinion, to
force all men into the same religious ob
servances, to compel them to abandon
liie pursuits of their choice, A follow oth
ers, A to take their properly A shed then
blood in enforcing these abuses of power
A violations of right. It seems to have
been a prevailing opinion thnt society
could not be maintained without fraud or
force, or both. The people have been
dazzled with splendid thrones, surroun
ded by tilled nobles nnd mitred bishops.
They have been made to believe, that
their own safety depended on iiiajii
taiuing, nt whatever eosl, and with
whatever danger, order* of nobility and
church establishments. To these were
added standing armies, ready to repress
any effort 'which the people, driven to
desperation by their oppressions, might -
make to break their chains. (
Hut this is not all. Alankind Were made
to bleed and pay for the personal quar
rels mid ambitions views of their rulers.,
Il Is impossible that the people of one
nation can have any interest in carry
ing war nnd desolation among the
people of another. On the contrary,
they siilli’r nnd are impoverished them
selves in the very net of bringing pover
ty and misery upon their neighbors. \V e
have seen the armies of enlightened-nit
lions within u lew years, carrying war
into other countries, not because the peo
ple of the invading nation hud any thing
to apprehend from the Invaded, hut be
cause their rulers considered themselves
in danger. They feared that the suc
cessful iittemptsoflho people in another
country to reform the abuses of govern
ment and reduce it to its proper func
tions would rouse tlieir.subjects tolikeef-'
forts.
The Tinted Slates are hot free from
too mueli government. The slate gov
ernments, though parity itself compared
With most others, still govtrn too mwh.
They have .'too nunjb legislation, nnd ina
ny of their establishments arc too large
nnd too expensive. Hut this evil is more
apparent in the general government. If
there he n government on earth whose
duties arc merely to protect, it is that of
the United miller the present con
slitution. Nor does its protecting pow
er, except in u very limited degree, ex
tend to n protection of individuals hi their
personal rights, and rights of properly ; 1
that is lell to the stales. It merely pro
tects individuals troin a violation of con
tracts hy the stales in their legislation :,
but its chief objects and dirties are the
protection of the stales from foreign in
vasion and intestine war. To furnish il
with means, it lias been clothed with
power to raise armies and navies, regu
late commerce and levy such taxes ns
may be necessary to sup|vort uml pay
those whom it employs as its instruments
Hut When it turns its power inwardly,
endeavors to change the relations be
tween man und man, or between stale
and state, forces men out of one employ
ment into another by its legislation, taxes
the poor to create monopolies in the rich,
and uses its unnecessary and oppressive
exactions to buy over sections ofcotinlry
to the support of ptirtleuhir men. at the
smile time accumulating to itself undue
influence and power, it is attempting to
govern 100 notch mi'll requires reform.
How happy it would he tbr mankind,
if government would coniine Itself to pro
lection, and permit every man to follow
the pursuit of his choice, mid enjoy the
proceeds of his labor! Discontent, wars,
and revolutions would cense been Use
there would be no ground of complaint.
1 Inw happy Would it he for America,
il'lliis government would abandon all its
splendid schemes, and think only of'pro
teeling the states in the exercise of their
just powers without inlerft*i’encc with
tfcS pursuits of the people! No breeze
would wall u murmur; each man being
lel\ to pursue happiness in his own cho
sen path all would be busting enterprise
and smiling content; our people from
every section of the Union, would meet
as brothers; the people of each State
would attend to their own appropriate
concerns; and the halls of our Capitol
would cease to ring with angry recrimin
ations, Our .Union would last us long
us our world; fur no one could And a
pretext for dissolving it. It might em
brace the continent without endangering
its existence. The people would never
think of overturning a government which
should he felt only in its blessings.
It is governing too much which destroys
governments. Who would rush, with
out cause or provocation, from prosper
ous and undisturbed rejmse, to eiii! war
and anarchy ! Alen do not brave dan
ger nnd dentil to rid themselves of bless
ings, but of curses. When their protec
tor becomes their oppressor and his
chains enn no longer be borne, the people
bury their tyrants and
themselves in a common ruin.
So it is with oar tied era I Government
and our States. So long as our Union is
felt only in its blessings, the States can
never wish its destruction.—Should any
of the Stale authorities, from passion or
ambition, dure make such an attempt
they would instantly he disarmed by a
happy people. Hut whenever this gov
ernment, by its armies or its laws, endea
vors to change the mutual relation bo
twceijtho testates, or ijiturfcrv in theirin
tcrnal roflrrrns, discontents nnd mur- t
mure will ensue, find the safety of the i
Union be endangered. We firmly believe )
that this Government will conic to an '
end, ifend it must, in wicked attempts h> J
govern ton much. . 1
By tlic firmness of the President, the J
career of the Government in that pa* l ]
has been arrested. With a disinterested c
devotion to the true interests of the eoun- I
try, which cannot he too highly nppre- [
cinted or too much admired, he easts j
from him tho means of concentrating a 1
corrupt influence in his own bonds or I
those of his successors. He appeals to i
the people to sny whether they will have 1
a pure government, which shall confine r
itself to its proper duties, protecting all <
In their favorite pursuits, exacting from «
the people only tlic necessary menus 01, t
its own support, nnd returning all snr
plusfigo to the States; or n scene of wide
spread abuse, corruption, injustice, mur
muring, and possible insurrection, Cii il
war and disunion. ,
MW
• Prom llic Journal nf Low*
A XABKOW ESCAPE. i
In the ndininistrotion of criminal jus- ,
lice, we arc informed, that the following j
circumstances occurred. A young man ,
had been arrested, mi the charge ol |
knowingly passing a counterfeit hank |
note—the grand jury had found a true ,
hill against him—and he was placed on j
his trial. The evidence in support of ,
the prosecution was strong; the note* ,
had been passed in away to create sus- ,
pieioti; the prisoner's explanations were ,
embarrassed and unsatisfactory; nnd |
little doubt seemed to remain of his con
viction : The evidence was elosed ex
cepting the examination of a clerk ofthe
hank, on which the forgery was suppos
ed to have been committed, for the pur
pose ofnhowiirg that the note was spu
rious. THvrourt were detained a short
time, he at length arrived, the note was
placed in his hands, he examined it
carefully, and proiumucvd it guild. The
accused was of course immediately ae
quitted,
'Prom Mrs. Ware’* Alognzlnc.
FEMAIiE EDUCATION.
A young lady may excel in speaking
i Trench and Italian; may repeat a few
passages’from flic volume of extracts;
piny like a professor, and sing like a sy
ren ; have her dressing-room decorated
with her own ’drawing tables, stands,
flowerpots, screens and cabinets; tiny, 1
she may dance like Meniphronia herself
nnd yet wc shall insist Mint sho may have 1
been very Madly educated. lam far
from meaning to set no value whatever
on liny or all of these qualifications: they
are nil of them elegant, and many oftheni
iciul ft»«ie perfecting-of a polite educa
tion. These things, in their measure
and degree may In; done; hut there are
others which should not be left undone.
.Many th ugs are hceo.ning, hut “one
thing isiieedfuk*’ Besides, ns the world
seems to he fully apprised of the value of
whatever tends to embellish life, (here is ;
less occasion here, to insist on its impor
tance. But, though a well-bred young
lady may lawfully learn .lost ofthe fash-’
, lonahle arts, yet, let me ask, does il
seem to he the true end of education, to
make women of fashion dancers, singers,
, players, painters, actresses, seul|dors,
gilders, vnrnishcre, engravers, anil cni
. broiderers? .Most men are commonly
destined to some profession, nlul their
minds are consequently, turned each to
its respective object. Would It not be
strange if they were called out to exercise
, their profession,or set up their trade with
only a little general knowledge ofthe
trades and professions of all oHter men.
without any previous definite npplictrtion
to their on n peculiar calling 1 The pro- 1
Cession of ladies, to which the bent oflhcir
iiislrnctioii should lie turned, is that of
daughters, wives, mot hers,nnd mistresses
of families. They should he, therefore,
trained willi n view to these several con
ditions nnd he tarnished with ideas, and
prinei|>les, nnd qualifications, and habits,
ready to he applied and appropriated ns
occasion may demand, to each of these
respective situations. Though the arts,
which merely embellish life, must claim
admiration, when a man of sense comes
to marry, it is a companion whom he
' wants, and not an artist. It is not mere
ly a creature who can paint and play, nnd
sing, and draw, and dress and dance;
it is a bring who can comfort and coun
sel him ;*r>iie who can fvnson, nnd reflect,
and (eel, and judge, amt discourse, nnd
discriminate; one who can assist him in
his affairs, lighten his cares soothe his
sorrows, purify his joys, strengthen his '
principles, and educate hi* children.
—Such is the wcJn in who is lit for a
| wife, a mother, anil a mistress of a fami
ly.
AX I it I Sit DEFENCE.
Bome years ago. Mr. Hoyle (who con
ducted n satirical paper at Fork, railed
•’The Freeholder j came in contact with
■ otic ofthe City tdierilfs at the theatre.
He snlfcrcd so much from this collision,
that lie brought Hoyle to trial for the as
sault. Juries at that time, were not •
the most unprejudiced in Ireland, and u
■ “corporation jury'’ were not in the habit
1 ol leaning to the side of hi.n r/ when an
1 enemy oi the "ascendency" was brought
beneath their justice. Hoyle had written
■ some severe things against the cor
i poration. and his conviction, on almost
any grounds, was anticipated by his
foes, and feared by his friends. The tri
' id came on before one of the Judges at
the Assize. After many challenges, ami
miii'li ilillieidly, Ihe jury were empannel
leil. Mr. O Connell, the lending counsel
at the Munster bar in criminal cases, was
retained for hy Mr. Hoyle. The evidence
1 bore strongly against Ids client, although
it was admitted that the assault might
have been accidental; and, O'Connell,
declining to call, rehatting evidence, spoke
at some length in reply to the prosecu
tion. Finding that Ids appeal to Justice
made little apparent way into the hearts
of h Cork corporation jury, ho sudtle“iy
adopted the language of irony, m 4tl t .J„.
eluded in (he follow fug abru*:; manner
“Gentlemen, I remember a (‘rial, at Clon
mel, ol a poor mail op a charge of mur
dev; a hetuitilulcoseciroireumstuiitialevi
dencc;like x\ hut you have just now tteurd
was made up against him. The prison
er's life seemed to hung |>y u single hair,
w hen tlic ease against him closed. He
requested leave to cull a witness, and to i
e court,produced oft
—— l * ■ ■ ■ ■■■Jit.ij
the table the man alleged to have hecnß
murdered. Perhaps, to uso u plirnsol
you all understand, he had been only I
•kilt.’ The jinlgc instantly desired tbs I *
jury to send down their verdict. After I
a little pause, the foreman handed inn I
little slip of paper, with the awful word I =
•guilty' written onit. The judge, in utter I
astonishment, exclaimed—Why the nine I '
has not been murdered ! how can tin-1 c : „
prisoner he guilty V ‘Oh, my lord, - re. I
plied the foreman, ‘that may be; but if I .'
lie did not kill the man he stole niy I t>l "'
bny mare three years age!’ So, gentle. I n ‘ c
men (concluded O’Connell,) yon must I
find .Mr. Boyle guilty : for though he ,|jj I
not assault the sheriff, snre he libelled tlic I
corporation!” The jury, who had laagli I ,f
ed at the anecdote, were shamed into jot. I ~
ticc, and Boyle was acquited. I
—*•«... I R
PBEJIIDICES, I
'flic following forcible and heautifiiMe I p f
linentinnofprejudice,lsascrllnnlhy Hugh I
Worthington, a late English divine. t n I
the celebrated Dr. Price; “Prejudice may I
he compared to a misty morning in Octo-1
her; a man goes forth to an eminence, I >
nnd he sees atthc summitof n neighbour I
ing hill a figure, apparently of gigantic I Ta
statue, for such tho imperfect medium I lK
through which he is viewed Would make I it
him appear: he goes lor ward n few steps. I !v
nnd tlic figure advances towards him; I
the size lessens as they approach; limy I
draw still nearer, and the exlraordiuary I
nppenraiieeis gradually, but sensibly di- I J
ministied; at last they meet, and perhaps I
the person he hud taken for a inutister I
pro.es to he his own brother.” I
I
IjORD UlttOVt I (J
The following passage is from a IcttSf I <«
addressed hy Lord to Lady Bv.ion, but I oi
not sent: ■ K
‘•Wo both made a bitter nn'stnUe—but I ](
now it is over rmd irrevocably so. For*
at thirty three on my part, and a few I ,
years loss- mi yours, (he habits and I *
thoughts are genornfly so formed astir I !
admit of no modification—and as ire cuuhi I 1'
ml agree when i/eiHiger, we could with I
dilliealty do so now-. I say all this. he. I J
cause I own to you (hat. not withstanding I
every thing. I considered our rc-uniou I
ns not impossible fur inure than a year I
after (he separation—but then I gave up I ,
the hope entirely and forever. • • * * I
For my own part. lam violent, bat not I *,
muii'ciutnl, for only frfch provocations cun I ‘
awaken my resentment. To you, who I 1
are colder and more concentrated, I Would I i
just hint that yon may sometimes mis- I i
take the death of a cold anger for dignity, I r
and a Vnrst feeling for duty. I assure you I ,
that I law you note (whatever I may I
have done) no resentment whatever: I
Kemcmher, that if you hare injured mein I
aught, this forgiveness is something— I
anil that if/ have injured you,it is something I
more still. &ifit be true,as the moralists I ;
say, (hat the most Oticmliag are the least I ,
forgiving. Whether the oflenee bus liecn I
solely on my side—or rirlprocal —or on I
yours chiefly, I have censed to reflect up- I
on any hot two things, viz : that you ur'f I
the mother of my Hvibl, and that wc shall I
never meet again. . I
I
ANECDOTE OF BUB NS. I
limns Was one day at a entile markol I
lield in a town in Cumherland, and in the I
hustle that prevails on these oecusioas I
be lost sight of some of his respected I
“cr.mies. He pushed to a tavern, open- I
oil the room of every door, and merely I
looked in till at last lie came to one in I
which three .lolly Cumberland tdailej I
were enjoying themselves. As he with- I
drew his head, one of them shunted, I
“Come in Johnny Peep.” Haras obeyed I
(ho call, sontrel hiiiiselfnt the table, amt' I
in a short time was the lilt* and soul of I
the party. In the course of their merrh I
meal, it was proposeil that each should I
write n stanza of poetry, |uit it with half I
a crown behiw (he enndlesliek with this I
sli|M)latinii, that the best phet was to have I
his ImWcrown returned, while the other I
three were to lie expended to treat tU< I
party. What the rttliere wrote has now I
sunk into oblivion, hut the stanza of the I
Ayahireploughman ran as follows: I
Itm* am I i.tlmny IVt;, ; I
1 munv li.rrc slirrp, I
Ad»l ll,,*sr Oirrc ?hi<x> htuv iur‘; 1
u 1
Wiil i«i> fiie Uivir Hi.ti', 1
A«il so Filmy Oos I
A roar of laughter followed, and while B
the palm of victory was unanimously vo- I
ted to Haras, one of the Englishmen cv- I
elaiinixl, “In God’s mime who are you'!” I
An explanation ensued, mid the happy I
party did not separate the same day (licjf I
met. I
I
THE INTELLECT.. |
One proof of the superior apJ iw!{< |
pendent exeelleiiee of this lofty endptx I
meat, may be found in the fuel that tin* I
brute creation have got (he senses in far I
greater perihelion than man, nfid yet |
llieir external knowledge is a blank in
comparison with his, A raven can seen I
his prey at a distance ufaiaiiy leagues: at
hog can smell a trutlle that is buried mi
ller t!ie earth—an eagle can see nil oh
ject with distinctness at the distance of .
several miles; the fall of a leaf cannot es
eapethe ear of a sleeping hare; the poly*
pus, says Dinner'll, is capable of percelv*
iag light itself hy its finest touch; —most
quadrupeds are enabled to distinguish
more accurately between wholesome ului
poisonous herbs than the most accom
plished and laborious botanist; and yet
by bis intellect alone, man is able to Irk
ainph over the comparative delit ieney of
his senses, and with inferior modes of ae
qniring knowledge to rise to that plodj
gioqs superiority which lie possesses.-^
Tales of the Sense*.
fnoM an knoi.ish r ipr.^.
ViLc.iu Eiir«one.
That lenses are n|.^ lcforolWyfl!)J . s )jt v
cause a lease lor *00(1 ycure would create
a frrehoM.
* deeds exeeutcil sou Sunday ore
'.old. 3
That in order ta iksiaherit an hoir-ot-
Inw, it is necessary (ogive him u shilling
by the wili. for that otherwise lie would
be ealiAicdto tho whole property,
'That a ftincrol pas-sing over any pluco
makes it a puMic highway.
That the body of a' debtor may bo ta
ken in execution after his death.
That a lima, marrying a woman who
is in debt, if he lake her from tjje hands of
tlic priest, clothed only in her shift, wiji
not bo liable for hey