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POETICAL
THE BLIND HIlIDE.
The following pin m ilctivi'a iin otipinlmnn r« ninncr of
real life, thr* hcmmicoI wl-irli is in one of our iiiiilliinci conntioa.
A voting Indv of groat beauty nml nccoinpliplitn« a nH was mill-
<!e„|v dop rived. by nil iiitlumatioii. ol'tlie ^enue nl'«iihi. Nrv-
rrthelens, iinUtMitl ol oinking, under oo lionvy n iliopmoatinn,
into liotlesonros ami mrlnndioly, with nn nriinirinhle spirit
nlio rotaiiiPii her rli cifiilnooo. timl r'ontiniiod nil her former
purouitu.ao far no tho privation would nllow. 5?lu» continued
to piny, nine, walk, tint! even lido out on horseback—preserv
ing:! Iirioli* mind, nmiJst her darkness, nml u happy cmiiitoii-
mice. Soon nfier*urds u gentleman returned from nbroudi
who hnil been the coinpaiiioii of her ciiiidlmod—mid her lover
in hi*boyhood. Touched with the nohln spirit with which
she Lure her calamity, nml still retaining hi* old attachment
to her, U<4 nlVercd his heart ami hand for her acceptance—ill
spite of the urgent couneel of his friend*, and even the renioii-
MruticcK of the lady lieiself. Hut he rmmined firm t<» his pur-
j>ose", ami lUe verses w ere coinjiosud, as il addressed by him to
hi* blind bride;—
Thou seest me not,my own dear bride;
Vet bright thy smile, mv Esperunce,
Ami when we. sported side by mile
Or mingled in our playmates dance—
Til v step, ns then, is light and free,
Thy stirrup firm and fearless still;
Such power abides in constancy,
Of faith and hope, ami steadfast will.
I lov’d thee then, my heart’s first joy,
1 love thee now, and tenfold more,
Than when the sadden'd stripling hoy,
l.pft thee and thine,and England’* shore.
One lingering gaze behind I east!
The young eye watched me from the hill:
O had i deemed that look thy last!
Uut here thou nri,und dearer still.
Thy mind’s n kingdom all my own,
And like the lark, in morning air,
Thv playful voice, whose minstrel tone
Cun charm away my every care,
Th" peace which pure high thought* impart,
The scents, the sound ol jocund Earth,
Arc thine—nml more than all, a heart
That heats for thee and feci* thy worth.
What though alike unmnrk’d by thee,
The moonbeam mid the noontide ray,
’Ti* mind, and heart,nml converse free,
Turn gloom to joy, nml night today,
Then cheer thee, love; where’er wego;
.My step, iny thought shall wait on thine;
Thy spirit tried in weal and wo.
My Esperume, shall strengthen mine.
I'.uglith Paper.
I WOULD NOT LEAVE TIIEE NOW.
And did’st thou in our infant hours—
(Pure us the gems ol dew
Which glitter’d on the open’d tlow’rs
That met our morning view .)
Hehohl me with a kindred love,
To such as fteraph’* vow,
Oh ! think not 1 would recreant prove—
1 would not leave thee now.
Thou need's! not think I can forget,
Those days of early youth,
Jtlornny spot where we have met,
8ac.rcd to love and truth :
Not 'till mine eyes in death shall close
My soul will ere allow,
Kogetlnliics* of days like those—
1 would not leave thee now.
’Ti* true the hand of Time has pass'd
And wither’d many a flown.
Hut line the sweetest and the best,
Still blooms within its bower.
That one lenicinbeiuiice ol llice,
Hear us thy polished brow :
And treusur’d shall it ever la —
1 would not leave line now.
The fair, the beautiful I've seen,
And knelt not at their shrine ;
Tor thoughts ol thee would intervene,
And homage—all—was thine.
Nor would I teach my heart to love,
Nor to another bow —
My heart none other could approve—
1 would not leave thee now.
That faithful enardiau I would he,
l>n life's uncertain sea ;
A ml still whene’er I hen.I the knee
Hrentlielurth a prayer for thee :
That thou supremely blest maybe—
And need I tell thee how
With deep and lioirMelt piety—
i would not leave thee now.
March 8,1 CM.
VOL. WAV
thosts Wi’io il»o soiiimfs ol iNuturu—up; liu.-diotjss
of the uniamed forest—the youth of the world, vir
gin yet ol empires! These are iho wastes of elTelt
civilization—the sad sterility that succeeds over-
culture—the imbecility of ago worn out by its ou t.
greatness! And as uo last is stern and terrihl.
and soul depressing—so was tho first lovely and
gay and spirit.stirring, and full of hope and puumsc.
There was a vigor, a glorious, liaidy hold vitality
about those old hard days, that, despite ilieir rude
ness, their want of delicacy, their lerocity at times
in my thoughts present a beautiful contrast to the
ellemiimte and characterless debility of our boasted
nineteenth century. Virtues were then hold, it
crimes were uiroen.u*! There were uo gentlemen
and ladies in those days! No! they were men and
women. I'oor vulgar wretches, they wore content.
cd to be nietj and women! and right hold men they
were! ami very, very women ! Conceive u lady — I
mean a modern lady—aye! if you will a republican
lady—a thing ol'tournures and nunawlerirs, a crea
ture redolent a\’ mousseline and patchouli, the mo
ther of a itegulus, or the approving matron of n
iirulus, Fancy—fancy a lady C cciin!
It was a clear, culm, cold autumnal day—cold
for the shores of stud.right Italy—-the wide rich
woods that covered all the bibs and half the chain
puigne country were dyed in the rich evanescent
hues that tell of coming winter. The harvest all
were reaped—the vintage was all gathered, but
not boused witli the blithe harvest home; nor press
ed in the* foaming vats with the rejoicing chorus of
laris are shot from those dark orbs so cold of yore
ii.d haughty ! 1*0 ! the high-crested Lucumo, to
whom she Sings her jests, iut oxicuied with his fan-
d conquest, strains every nervu to please. ! Lo !
now she pals (lie fronlet of nis M.pmb gray charger,
admires tiic bosses of his bridle, admires the leop
ard skin Ihi.i forms his simple housings! Set;!
see.! she has vaulted to his buck, and sits queen-
like there, while the proud boast tosses his crest,
ami champs his bit of gold, as If vet prouder of his
lair burthen. Her comrades follow her example
--they are all mounted—they* all gra*p the reins,
ili at «t signal from their leader wheel their proud
steeds into array—“L'» ! m -n of Tuscany, and
knights o| Lmum ! litter are we, the girls of Koine,
to he the guards of Porsenu thn.n ve puissant war
riors !”
Loud laughed tho joyous youths, loud shouted
they—‘‘Hide ! Ride! ye virgrn warriors! Ride;
forth, ye guards of Porsenu—but no—-yo dure
not !”
•‘Dare we not?—Dare we: not?” answered
Ctcelia. “We who are Rc.majns ! Tell me what
Romans dare not P
“Bravely said, beauteous Clmlin,” answered ihe
knight whose chargor she bad mounted—‘'that
would hnve told well once—but it is too late now
to tulk of Roman during, when not a blow is strick
en even in your behalf!"
“Hark to the braggart, sisters," she exclaimed,
“hark to the braggart—follow me, girls, and we
will show them tliut Romans at least (hire to ride!’ 1
TUESDAY, API, IL 2, Is I t.
“ J lie True Interests of the Laboring 3Itiu»”
We have heretofore she aii by tin exhibition
prices how unfounded and idle is the clamour, j.
up by tlie? Locolocos ami Free Tinders, about alii
.:d burdens impos .1 upon tin- labor of the country l.v I and uli exp,
the W nig Turif). It bus been proved that Ihe j which hath
industrial classes to wiiomurc coi.tiu.it.
1\0 27-
Ancient J)i:.MAGnutJi:s.—**ls there any tiling
whereol it may Im >aid, see this is new ! Ii hath
imen already ol <>, I lime which was before us.”—
Thus spoke ihe wise man three thousand years ago
u : since has shown that tin; thing
u is that which shall be. Wo are
dy address- | brought into this train of reflection by glancing in.
ed the most violent appeals against rxorbitunt taxa- i to the history of some of the turbulent 'days of the
tion 9 have, in reality paid i.j s*—that is, exchanged j Ailieuian Deinoe.raev— everv page of which shows
^mailer amount of the proceeds of labor—for ail (
ihe staple articles of their consumption since the ,
Act o| 1812 began to allect them than ever tie v did
before. And while this is demonstrated by the price ,
currents—it is true also that those engaged in ev-
cry species of production are more able to give a
that ignorant demagogues and noisy il .tti
the p**opie have been much the same in no ages i
tile wnrl I.
Nor were the demagogues of the nnci* nts h
subjects lor the lush of satire than the moderus.-
Ai istop'.aucs, in one ol ins comedies, introduces
Kvoc! ISvoe! Liber!” Joy! joy to me god Bacciius! j and with the words she shook her rein, and put ttie
the god who unbinds the heart and sets it free from proud horse to his speed and w heeled him to and
sorrow! fro amid the crowded ranks, with all Iter sister
For the first time since Romo had been n city, ( captives following in her train—now they swept
were iter fields harvested by hostile swords, he
abundant vineyards a prey to the rude spoiler—tor
the first time had her hardy sons been shut up with
in their rampant fastnesses, thanking their strong
walls and the broad river that swept round them
for that security which they were wont to owe to
the square shield and the short broadsword, to the
stout pillum and the stouter arm that wielded it!—
The Tiber had saved Rome; und lead not saved but
for Horatius and iiis fires! Bridgeless it now roll
ed and free between the Roman city and the great
Latin camp! And on liiis was triumph, and loud
mirth, and revelry, and song and feasting—and
on that shame and despair, and suent sorrow; wail
ing and wo and famine!
Rome’s bravest chiefs were penned up in the
walls to perish ingluriously without a blow—for the
base commons had revolted, had refused to lilt
lance, or buckle brand, or m ister in their centuries
at trumpet call to buttle. Rome’s fairest maids
were captives, hostages imsely yielded to tho insult
ing foe—Cioeliu, the pride, the beauty, the boast
of Rome, and fifty more, the flower of the patrician
houses! And how should Rome go forty to battle
when at the first lance burled, the first biu\v stride
en, all these must perish or endure worse outrage/
And yet—and yet so vast was the patriotism, so
high the national pride ol those patrician bouses—
they offered, knowing the consequences to those
dearer to them than life—they ottered to lead on for
Rome, regardless of their own, their children’s
doom—they offered, and had followers been found
they had not been found wanting.
The sun was at its height, the sky cloudless—
the Latin camp flaunting with bravery of banners,
gieaming with symphonies of joyous music—Rome
sad and stern und wasting day by day—that the
old Turquin had already begun to count the
hours that should elapse ere those rebellious gates
would open to ro-udmit their exhiied Sover
eigns.
Lars Porsena, the king, rode forth in bis ivory
car, inlaid with beaten gold, reining bis snow-
white chargers, as if he were a god, down the green
slope from the Pimtorian gate of his tinge cump to
tho clear river’s bunk, .vie»ro first hud stood the
Sublicinn bridge now prostrate—forth he rode in
insulting pomp. Two and two went the Latin
heralds hi the van—two bv two followed the Btrus-
olf into the plain, now they dashed straight toward
the river, now they wheeled at a word like to a
flock of circling swallows, and drove back at full
speed toward the chariot Lars Porsenu, and now
they halted all a breast, orderly as a line of war
riors, in front of his tail car, and at a sign from
Clmlin all saluted tin? victorious monarch, while the
plain rang with plaudits, and Pe rsona smiled gently
at their grace, and the proud Tarqvnns looked on
in wonder, so strange was me demeanor of the
maidens, so indecorous and unromun. Once more
they broke otf into single files—ten files of five
girls each—and, wheeling once again through the
lumuiluous and applauding ranks, they gained the
open plain. “One morn feat now !” cried Cladin,
waving her hand aloft—“Hurrah! girls, for the
Tiber—lor Rome ! for Rome, hurrah !”—and
down the steep hillside they dashed amain, and over
the green meadow at its base—and on lo the ah-
rubt and c'itly bank of the broad fordless river!—
Her words were heard through all the Latin host,
so trumpet-like and clear did she peal forth her sil
very accent*. and down rushed one and all, archer
and spearman Lucumo and slave, in hot und des
perate pursuit. King Porsenu lushed out his fiery
coursers, and they responded lo the scourge, and
thundered down the lull precipitate—Sextus spur
rt;d out, und Ancus ! they only mounted of the La
tins !
But vain—vain was the clmsc and fruitless
Ciu-'iiu has reached the brim, and lashing her fierce
charger with bur loosened rein, plunged headlong
—darkly the yellow stream closed over her—hut
instant she rose buoyant—she stemmed the wheel
ing tide, sitting the wars cod gallantly—she js half
way to safety—one by one, in they drove—not
girl feared or faltered—one by one, up they rose
with their rich locks disheveled and their while gnr
moots dripping. False Sextus reached the hank
—lie spurred his steed ns though lie would have
followed, but oil the very verge ins base heart failed
bim, lie drew upon bis bridle hard and halted.—
Curses ! a thousand curses on his head !—he brand
ishos his javelin, he hurls H—the ponderous missile
hurtles as it cleaves its way through the autumnal
air—within a foot of Ciafiu’s head it gleams—ii
falls—it is buried in the shuddering waters.— Lo !
they have pushed thestream—they >i .tin iiit um ph
up the sleep hank—serene scorn on mo uulllod
bettor price tor every llmig they consume tl an they prominent personage who is ei delivering to per
wore two years ago, when the duties under me sua le a ^oinmou sausage-maker lochau^u hs oc-
Revenue land were reduced lo their lowest point, cupution und turn statesman. The Inner chamc-
That is the way in which the Whig Policy “taxes” ter according to Le Clerc, was intended as a satire
{be people ! ft has brought about a slate of tilings upon Cieon. 'Plus Cleon was an Athenian tanner,
in which Labor receives bettor rewards for its pro- , but a man of talents, gifted with a degree of coarse
ductiou.aml gives out a lower price lor the articles | eloquence p .puiar with the people. He became,
of it* consumption. The vast majority of prudent, i however, a voty troublesome orator, and an enemy
industrious, and enterprising laboring men Jtave en- 1 to the best men of the country, lie no\«:r gave
to rod upon the present year in better circumstances, the least evidence of sincerity or of love of coun-
uncl with fur brighter prospects than they have over tryAet by directing a zeal for the people’s welfare
enjoyed since the Destructive System of Vuii Bu- that w as false, and living at open variance wiili Ihe
leu went into complete operation. Senate and better classes, he made himsejfu person
One ot the assumptions of Loco Fofoism now, ns of importance,
heretofore, is to erect itself into u sort of exiiisive As already mentioned. Aristopbaims introduces n
friend of the laboring classes; and wo find repeat- snusage-maker, whom a p Jiticinu is endeavoring
edly in its organs articles of exactly the -same vein to pmsuulo to turn his attention to matte > oi
as that which appeared in “the VJnion” some day* State.
ago under tho head wiiie.h we have prefixed to those i Tin? man, surprised at the proposal, inquires
remarks. ' why ho should laugh at a poor fellow who hail nov
ibe aim .'emus to be to array one Class against 1 er employed iii* thoughts or his time in any thuor
another, as if in such u country as this tln re could but making sausages,
bo any uaturil hostility'or any real distinction be- | To w hicli tlie otlnT replies :
*B :hold all these ranks of people; you shall l.e
tween (hern—a country in which all tm? r.dihuvc
been Comparatively poor and the poor may one day
lend.-r and chief
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MISCELLANEOUS.
[from ghaiiam’s magazine.]
CLtELIA ;
I'll E VIRGIN HOSTAGE.
BV HENRY WM. HERBERT.
Author 4ff “ Uiitmcoml the Hover," “Cromirt lt, 4fC.
In those days, as old Livy writes, there were
vast solitudes and mighty woods in all those regions.
The city, which was destined in after days to
overshadow a conquered world by the terror of her
cngle wing-, was inv.it but a small town, built upon
two of the .Noven hills which K eiicoulpUs.sed within
its mighty circuits a century or two later than the
period to which my narrative relates. That peri
od wus to Rome as the lHih and 1 lilt centuries
are lo France und England, the debateuble, and
a> it were, the disputed frontier between the realms
of fuel and fubie—the epoch of romance, of poetry.
<*f action, as opposed to that of words, in either—
and ns in the latter times knight errantry and the
chivulresque attach nil eyes, so in the former do
heroism uu<i the old heroism and the old heroic pro
sent tueiusclvos in the most brilliuut and attractive
lights.
The gossiping old garrulous historians of those
days, Heaven’s blessing on their credulous sim
plicity! revel in thuir descriptions of these worth-
)c.s; they tell us not only what tlu-y did, hut how
they looked, and wlml clothes they wore, and what
they said, and all about them, and uow-n-days
coinu a whole tribe of learned Cloths and (Surma-
liana, and tell us that we must uni believe one word
about the old familiar friends of our school day—
—that there was no such wolf as suckled Komi)
Ins, und no such horse as carried C'urtius into In
gulf, and no such woman us Lucretin, no such a
veuger as the older Brutus. But, on the other
hand, ‘wiiere ignorance is bliss ’tin folly to be wise!’
und is it not bliss to believe, to luxuriate ill the
belief, that those glowing portraits in “Livy’s pic
tured page” are real likenesses of real men and
women! is it not, therefore wisdom!
There wen;, llien, in tho»o days vast solitudes
and mighty woods, where, if thing* go on much
longer us they hu\e been of late years doing, there
seem* every pro-pret that there will lie vast soli
tudes again—hi the vicinity of Rome—the empn s-
ami “Niube of Nation*!’ But mark the contrast;
can augurs—his lictors stulked behind him, proud Latins! Ve gods ! with wintam.r of joyous
of their rod.hound axes—old Turquin sut beside
tho king, with hair snow-white, ami snow-white
beard, and eyebrows, all armed from head to heel,
with his crown on his casque und the eagle sceptre
in his right hand. Sextus und Ancus rode beside
him, full of exulting hope. Daily rode forth that
pageant. Down they swept lo verge of that
sacred river ; and •.hen loud rang tlie uugural trum
pets, loud pealed the heralds’ summons ; ami there
were disyluved to yearning eyes of mourning mo
thers, to the indignant gaze of stem, heroic sires,
to the false-hearted commons—those fifty virgin
hostages ! Wo ! wo for Rome. Ami then, uye !
then to vex their patrician lords, then would the
commons h ive submitted to the tyrant, ?o tin* ravish-
er, then would they have cast open their gates to
the proud king, have bowed their enfranchised neck-
under tho yoke of slavery—for what know they, or
cared, of liberty and virtue ! Whut was it to the
crouching, f iwuing artisan whether a king or con
sul sat on the curule chaii, so bread was cheap,
and wages high, and holydays nml pageants fre.
quent ? Nothing. They would have yielded—
but there were men yet within the walls—brave
men though half heart broken—who would have
seen Rome sink unmoved into the pit of Tartarus,
and .-uuk with it themselves triumphant, rather
thun loose one bar or tm n one holt to admit any
king, unless became a captive, lo tread th j sneed
way up to the capital in fettered pageantry—thuuc •
to the block to die ! Aye! and without those wul.s
there were womeii-.young. lovely, delicate, and tei -
der woman,who,rather than those gates should have
unclosed, would have endured the worst extremity
i»f ill—who would have suffered as Luc re tin and a-
Lucretiu died ! Such has the force, the ad-con-
qticriiig force, in the heroic ages, over the simple,
uuliquo Roman heart,of that first virtue, wi’lumt
which no oilier can exist, the iudomitab’o love of
country.
Behind that train of maidens, who daily were
marched down,each in her spoilt 1
her virgin fillers, to aggravate the sorrows, ami try
the stubbornness ol’the boleiigurcd Romans, there
wns drawn out a troop of fifty Latin knights, the
bravest and the noblest of Forsetm’s court, the
guard of honor of tho hostages, each answerable
with his head for the safekeeping of one noble dam
sol—und, sooth to say, noble was their deport
ment, noldo their treatment of the captive •
damsels. There were, it is true, none of the hecks
ami bows, none of the honeyed words und flower; d
Courtesies of the false modern days, there was none
of their hollowness !—But there was grave deco
rum ami self-respecting honor! So that each otic
of those patrician maidens looked lo tho Latin
knight who was her gourd as her protector like
wise !
Tnc insulting pomp was ended—back sped the
proud procession—hut now those youthful knights
dismounted from their war-steed*.and walked friend
ly witli their lovely captive*.—Now the proccs-
sion lialiod at the Pitotnriau gate, it was perhaps
a mile from the river bank* and on the ulter priests
made sacrifice to the great gods in gratitude for
Rome half conquered—•and Hie while tlie maids nre
toying—av«\ positively toying with the gny Latin
youths! (’an this he' Roman virtue !—This the
austere and proud decorum, w hich must not even
be suspected, of R« man maid or matron? What
will und flippant words full from the lips of C colia.
whilom so dignified and stately—wlml soft eye
uiiutiou Rome rushes from her gates, to greet
her rescued daughters, to hail the virgin hostage.
Arabian Hohseulalkus.— \\ non a boat load ot
horses arrives fresh from the Persian Gulf, liothin*j
can exceed the excitement produced among tlie ra
ciug members of the Bomb iy Society, witn tiiut ot
tiic hunting portion of the world generally who may
chance to bu lor tlie lime at the presidency. Tin?
buses, Inmi having been stowed closely together,
much as the poor Africuus are described to be on
board a slaver, witli itttie food, less water, und no
exercise, lose ali their beauty of appearance, and
are commonly reduced to mere bone ami muscle;
tho experienced eye, however, judges better ol
them in this state, round ness of form being quite
unnecessary for snowing the real power or symme
try of a hig'i caste. A rub ; therefore, as soon as the
••uow” discharges its cargo, the sporting men bur-
ry to the s’nb'es, and make an immediate selection,
frequently paying three or four hundred pounds for
whut to an tiiiskillul eye might seem hut the dis
eased frame.wmk ol a horse. After this the Arab
dealers exert all their skid to pass ofTat the beat
prices tho nags that are considered unworthy to
contest the glories ofeiihcr tho turf or the “jungle-
aide." and this they etlect with admirable jokey-
snip. Bring ull excellent rider*, (for clinging to a
horse seems not a matter of acquit cnuuit hut of nu
lure w itn an Arab, like a sixth sense, a servant ol
the stables will llmg hiniaelt on the bare back of the
most vicious animal in hi* master’s possession, par*
hups, und with tangled locks and garments wildly
flowing, gallop him backwards and forwards, while
the uninitiated and imped - lor purchaser wondering-
ly looks on, convinced that tho heavy shouldered,
hatchet headed, zobra-striped brute before him
must he the perfection of higii caste and fine tem
per to be so managed witli a single.rope bridle and
tlie spur of u lure heel, und in this spirit the denier
persuades his victim lo give u large sum for a horse
robe each j|j I Bin! runs away with him the first time he mounts
him, and kicks him otf tlie second. The deluded
purchaser seldom likes to acknowledge this, and the
dcttier, therefore, hears no more of him ; the dupe
of his skill Im-tens tlie ill conditioned animal with
a friend and. as “doing business,” as it is called, is
a great amusement among thc/oung men of India,
tne mutter is soon arranged, and tho original pur
chaser g ’t* rid of tlie hoi sejfor perhaps a clever po
ny. “Mackintosh,” und a dozen or two of pule ale,
mid after all, when in experienced bands tlie horse
• fit'ii turns out a valuable, mid earns great reputa
tion.—Bombay in 184(1.—Asiatic Mag.
ho ri di—a country in w hich every laborer how
humble may soon become a capitalist, uud even a
proprietor of laud, for our rich and boundless west
with all its fertile acres is before him. Tiic indus
trious classes have too much intelligence and virtue
to be caught I v such devices. They know espe
cially that wli !*• the Loco Foco war upon the en d-
it, tlu; estaldis imcnis. and the moneyed institutions
of the country brought wretchedness and ruin upon
those whose families depended on their dai
ly labor for their daily bread, the big policy on
(tie contrary has lifted them up f rom that state of
prostration and misery. They >eo bv pruelictii
effects ol the one Whig measure—tin; Taritf-—that
that they are as much interested in its preservation
as any other put i of tho community—as much as
manufacturers, bunker*, merchants, and other cap
itulists against whom the Loco Foe os are striving
to array them. They will reply to such appeals
w itli the lohlc sentiment of a mechanic on a simi
lar occasion. 1 lo protested against the conduct of
those w'hnnro in the habit of mlJrcs.tiiig violent ap
peals to laboring men against other classes of soci
ety as if they had no ties of sympathy or connec
tion with them—above all, us if they bad not know!- t\, i in is wholly go
edge ami spirit enough to take care of their ow n pure, tiic immoral.*
interests, but wore reduced to a state of perpetual *But how’ inquired the
pupilage,and needed ihe ulficious assistance of these
self-constituted guardians !
“In (be name of Heaven” exclaimed the lu»e Mr.
Legure, in his eloquent speech against the Sub-
Treasury Bill, in reply to sumo one w ho had tried
to array Labor against Capital, **w by should any one
study to pervert the natural good sense and kind v
feelings of this noble umI moral people, to infuse in
to thuir minds a sullen envy towards one another,
instead of that generous emulation which every
thing in their situation is fitted to inspire—to
breathe into them tlu* spirit of Cain, muttering deep
•nurses und meditating desperate revenge against
•his brother, because the smoke of his sacrifice had
•ascended to Heaven before ins own !”
In connection withthis subject wo take occasion
r to cull pub!«! attention to the last admirable Whig
of “Junius" entitled “Labor ami Capital.” We
commend ii especially to the Clay Chubs and other
associations. A copy ought to be in tlie baud ol
every w orking man in the State, h presents in a
lucid style, a large collection of facts and reason.
I tie
n. You
; hand
shall
ol
'Wm). I ?*.snys the satisngo.maker.
’Yes you shall do it. Get upon this table w here
you make vour puddings, and look about you. I to
you see in that scene the custom-house and all
those ships that are ladou there with menhmu i><• /*
'• s '» o lliem! \os,’ said the sausnge-iiiakor.—
•What then ?’
'Why ail those things shall l.esohl by you. Tim*
oracle says you shall be a very great man.*’
'll iw should that be, for Heaven’s sake ?* cried
tlie fellow- ‘How sliou d I be, n great man, ilia*
a id but it pudding shaker f*
•Because,' said lie, ‘you are bold and wicked.’
'But I think mV'eil'unw orlby of greatness,’ said
tlu? sausag'-milker.
What does that signify'!' answered tin; other.
‘I to you think yourself a good or it bad man ?’
‘N iy, for that matter, I am bad enoiign.’
•I w ish you joy,'replied the other, *nuu will find
yourself so much the better qualified when vuu
come to (io bu-iuess ; for our commonwealth lias
i. .tiling now to do with men of learning and pr. ‘hi
lled by the ignorant, the lin
go maker, is it pos
sible that l should gov< rn the people V
‘Witli all the ease in tho world,* answered the
o’her. *J)o only what von are ti-ed to do—mix. jam-
hie, disturb, and. confound all matters ; feign and
invent anything to pieuse and delude the rublno.—
\ on haven false tongue and u mischievous under*
'landing , you have all the qualities that our repub
lic wuntsnt ibis time and all that arc necessary to
make you a great man.’
’Tims ttio reader will perceive that the trade of
the demngoguo is a very old one. ‘No man’ buys
Socrates, ‘without having studied his piofessiun.
makes siloes ; and men do not measure tiie eiiitii
without some acquaintance with geometry but it
is now in the United States as it was in Athens of
oid,‘all ot us tee! our competence, without eith
er theory or practice, t »llu* management of a gr.ut
State.—-Y. V. Com. Adv.
A Portrait.
it repo
I use
roleas ri
ingsestablishing the following principal propositions hum that a breeze
—That the re ation of Labor to Capital is that ol virgin check
the agent to the instrument, tnc hand to the tool.
Thathdittr is the original, fundamental, and vital
power of thu Social State ; that, in a free country
itke ours, it i* the; great potential agent ut tho bod)
politic; tlut it is tlie most dignified of all pursuits,
whether we regar I tin; design of God, oi its proper
position inn Rep ihlicni community; that tin; vital
Love smiletfou her dimpled lip*,
•pen brow; it pluyeii in the pro-
i ngif.il s of darkest yet sunniest nu.
hi lilt from her delicate and
in «i 11 its teiuiunios, niui-
I in her low melodious voice; in ali its kind
nesses, its unsuspecting truth, love colored even
tnought; in all its symotry and glorious womanhood
love swelled the swan-likt; neck an 1 moulded the
rounded limb.
She was just the kind of person th:.t takes the
judgement by storm; wl»*.tb«*r gov or grn\e, there
The School-Mint res* Abroad.
‘Now close your book, Bob/ *»id the Mother*
and Aiec give me yours. Put your hand down,
tui n from the fire and look up at me dears.*
‘Wjiut is the capital of Russia.*
‘The Birman Empire/ said Alec, with unheeita.
ling confidence.
i l»e Bailie sea, cried Boh,’ rmulouB and ardent.
Wait—not so fust, let me see, my dear*, which
of you nre right.
Mrs. Thomson appealed immediately to her
book, after a long private communication with
winch, she emphatically pronounced them both
wrong.
‘Give us a chance mother,* said Bob, in a weed,
hug tone, (Bub knew his mother's weakness,
them’s the hard words. [ don’t know how it is but I
n-ver can remember them. Just tell us half the
s) liable—oli, do now , please.’
•Oh, 1 know now !’ cried Alec, ‘its something
w ith a G in it,’
‘ Think of the apostles dears. What are tho
names of the apostles V
‘d 11 .V J tin;re’® Moses, began Bob, counting on
bis fingers, ‘and there’s Sunimywell, and there’s
Aaron’s and Noah’s ark.
•On, I know now !* cried A lor ngnin—(Alec was
the bright boy of the family.) ‘It’s Peter,—Peter’s
tlie capital of Russia.”
‘No, not quite, my dear, try again.*
‘Puui,* half murmured Robert, with a reckless
hope of proving right.
“No, Peter’s right; hut there’s something else,
— W hut has your father been taking down the beds
for ?
There was a solemn silence, and the three indus
trious sisters blushed the slightest blush that could
he raised on a maiden’s cheek.
•To rub that stuff of}* the walls,’ eaid tho ready
Abe.
•Yes but what was it to kill V atrked the instruc
tress.
•The fleas,’said Bobv
‘Worse than that, dear.’
‘Uu. 1 know now,’ shrieked Alec for the third
time ; ‘Petersburg’s the capital of Russia.’
L'ttickwooifs Max.
I' ui.nch Courtships.—A husband and wife have
a sou out:.and.twenty or two nnd-twentv years of
ag.*, whoiii the) wish to see suitably married. An
other husband and w ife have a daughter, somewhat?
) twinger, whom they ulsn wish to see “settled in
file. ’ The former mention to some friend that
tm ) wi-.ii to set* their son married, naming the sum
t ie) mean to give him as hi* portion, nnd intimating
that Hit:) will be Imppy if their friend should be
ante in a lew woks, to tell them of any friend of his
wuo lias a daughter whom he wishes to see married,
and w ho can give tho same sum with her. The pa
rent-. ui im; young lady make the saint; communi-
uti m to some friend in reference to her. Tho
li'ienu ol tiic family, in either case, then runs over
in iiis own mind the names of all the families in the
s ‘»me viati >n of life, with whom he is intimate.
L eut'uuly the, former meets with some father who
is 'tiling to give his daughter the same amount ns
his hit-nils are willing to give with their sou. IIo
commences the negotiation bv remarking, ‘*1 have
a liiend who has a sou. aged so-,and -so, who wishes
to so - nun married, and is willing to give him a cer
tain sum as iiis portion. You have u-.duughtcru
lew \ ,urs younger, (or of the same age, as the case
may u-.) I thmk if you are disposed to give a simi
lar tor one with your daughter, that a very suitable
and mutually advantageous match might be made
between the parties." If the other agrees, which
is almost invariably the case, it is immediately ar
ranged th.it the pireiils ol the two young persons
lucuiselu s. >iiau meet some early evening nl the
hou.'.e ol some friend, in order that tho young gen-
lleman and indy may mm* how they like each other,
before any farther >ti*|>-» are taken in tlie matter.
They are both informed of thu object for which
they are to meet, and are asked to endeavor to
make tiieroe ves as agreeable as possible. 'They
accordingly meet, are iutioduced to ouch other us
persons whom their parents art; desirous, if agreea
ble to themselves, ot seeing united, because they
conceive the mutch woo’d prove conducive to their
mutual huppiness. A lew words puss between
lliem of a very vague ami general character, and
not having the slightest relerer.ee to the circum
stances in reference to which they have been
brought together. 'The company breaks up. nud
tuo young persons, on their return home, are re-
spec!ivi Iv u.sked by their parents how they liked tho
proposed “parti.” A ii answer, intimating willing
ness lo enter into the matrimonial state, is usually
returned by each. The answer of the one is com
municate I to tue other. The young gentleman
then visits the young iutly ut her parents’ house two
or three linin'! hul nLvuysm the. presence of her
mother or some elderly tcmale relation. A day is
appoint'd for the marriage, which usually talus
piuec in a lew weeks. The bridegroom, for such
lie may now virtually lie considered, must still ob-
.s'-rvo th** greatest formality towards his intended
wile, not ••von 'aking ;he liberty of giving her a kiss
,i s iv pad. link-, s ii* has prpvioufily obtained the
const nt of her mamma, or thu matronly relative
was so charming and irresistible a grace about her.
Sue seemed bom not only to captivate the giddy,
but to turn the bead of the sign. In her arch
*.nile, tin* pretty toss of her head, the liaif'hy»ic*s,
naif fn' 'loin of her w inning way*, it was as if Na
ture had made her to ; flight one heart and tormen’
ali others.
'The French .Mode
’rencii mode of'.inhibition
me ii t ioiieil in my “genen
f Paris, that when a F
ml. lie U'uuiiy dues so won both bauds, and witli
cordiality which is not often witnessed in this
uutry. I should, however, have added, that the
bands
Headache.—Food taken into tho stomach of
weak digestion, immediately before retiring lo rest,
lodges there during the greater part of the night ve.
ry little altered ; tnus acting as an irretant for so
many hour* on an organ already too sensitive. Can
wo wonder that the patient Miould aw ake in the
morning with a lienduch ! But frequently happen*
that thu change the food has undergone during
sleep, i* not merely imperfect ill kind, hut unwhole
some likewise m its nature, and tlie crudity gener
ated by the morbid process usually abounds with
acidity.— Dr. Hume Wtathnrhead on Diet.
Mexico contain* about T.tHHUlOO inhabitants.
Of these o.ily 1.000,000 art? white* 4.000,000 are
Indians, the rest Africans, Mestizo*, Arc- Out of
these 7.000.000, only 097,478 of ull classes can
read and write.
power of moneyed Capital lies in the arm of Labor;
that the value of the foitticr depends entirely on the
latter; that Labor is tiic most respectable of nil oc
cupations,and in a fieu state isciitit ed to m:y actuaiN
wields a controlling political iniUience; that a great
political heresy, in regard to the true posiiiouof L i
bor, has fora longtime prevailed in the council* of
our Government, and had a destructive ami fatal in
fluence on tiic prosperity of the country, vVc. A c;.
Jephtiiah’.s Daughter.—It is astonishing how
little has been w ritieu or spoken upon that n»<»^t
exalted of uli sacrifices every made by mere mor
tals, which is recorded in the eleventh chapter oi
Judges. 'The. divine historian has not even given
us the name of the fair victim. Jephthah, return
ing from the. slaughter of twenty citie*, and tho
complete conquest of the enemy of Israel, rashly
vowed that whatsoever should conic forth of tin*
doors of his house to meet him, sliomd surely be
the Lord's, and should he sacrificed with fire ! His
daughter, an only daughter* for slit; is cinphuticul.
ly called “tno daughter of Jephthah. the Gileadite,’’
indeed an only chi! i, gay in a,l tnc loveliness of
youth and beauty, ami animated to enthusiasm by
the prospect of her brave lather’s approaching
triumph, curno out to meet him with timbercls and
with dances, unconscious of the awful doom to
which she was destined ! When, in uii the agon)
of regret und sorrow, he announced (<> her the vow
widen lie deemed irrevocable, how dignified hei
composure, how unparalleled her heroism ! She
resorted to no sophistical evasions to avert the blow
that impended over her; scarcely condescending
lo express regret for untimely late. My father, il |,usinr
thou bust opened thy mouth unto the Lord,* do to
mu according to that which hath proceeded out ol
thy mouth ; forasmuch us the Lord hath taken
vengeance for thee of thine enemies, oven of the Original Occupation oi
children of Ammon, Ad she requested was, that ‘Thiers, me 'real ex-minister
herself nnd the companions of infantile pleasures t ;M . j as t revolution in France,
might he permitud to wander for two months iqo • director of new 'ptipe
tlie lonely mountains, to prepare herself for u death iwtionei. H
v ho lias the
N. 1\ W
i'einpernuc
care ut her.—Paris and its People.
Salutation.— Tin
different from our.*,
;ru 1 remarks ou the penplt
nchmun shakes von by t'o
ids*
French only shn
Formerly the moth; of salutation among the men
as well as tiie women, was to kiss cacn other m
both checks. 'This practice has, however, fallei
into almost miiviu'sal diseiietudu among the mi-w
though it everywhere prevails among the women
When tw o gentlemen meet tin; practice now is o
content themselves with raising their hats to eacli
oilier and making a lew buvv. The same mode ol
salutation ink* s place when limy
Ii is well tor uii Englishman w h>
.sum to visit Fiance should remt
is sure to feel very awkard nnd c
ho thrusts out Ins hand ton gentleman or lady and
finds there is no response. 1 know uu Englishman
wito, unacquainted with the customs of France,
was in the habit of tin listing his fist into every
one’s hand whom he chanced to meet with, and
the result was, that he hut! the shaking part of the
s iis much to himself as if he hud been deal-
ing witii tins bundle ot Aldgute pump.
Paris and its People.
i to part.
-? foHio
i-d when
iMJNKNT Men.—
veu years neTore
s a poor hoy, and
it the ofijee of the Cuusli-
ifterwaids supplied the; editor** chair
more g oriuu.s than that ol the most celebrated hero |,. r j uu j|k- popuatr mind to revolt, and finniiv i on-
ut ancient or of modern ago*. Compared writ mhuicd to m;at Louis Bhillippe on the throne ot
flits, limy t,ill.,,*! thu I -.tel >ucrifi '<- ol Ipllli’iilij, (' \ |,i„oi-il imn r.f in |Mi*sev.ioii ol ilk
a sturv. iiidumi «liicli from lliu siluoco »l Homer, |,oi i i.j.i of l’w,i(tiiac. Guizot, mo piein tn minis
who cool I neitlier liavo forBollen nor tlo-pined mi i,. r , t|„, ol'lliu Juiirnul oi llehais. The
incident »o suited to hi, taste, and »u eii|mblo ol n rt .,n ljr.liinu wan formerly a ir|>orter in the Lon.
i we ought to
ga id
embellishing his poe
together Inluilou*.
Sweet .simplicity of the patriarchal ages, onno-
bled by self-devotion more sublime limn that of
Co lorus or Curtius ! It i* the business ot a soldier
and a king to die in the field of bailie, but what
could a poor rural girl loci of martial enthusiasm
or expect of 1'uiu re fame J—Casket %
Constant occupation prevent* temptation and bo
don Chi<
toisli were ulsi
ley tlie into lit
ter.
ughum und Sir Janie* Me In.
reporters to tiie Time*. Macau
:i.sh Secretary ol War, was a pun
New Life Preservers.—Somebody in Cincin
nati bus nive.itcd a life presci ver, of u novel de.
script ion. Every cliuir in tho cabin ol a steam
boat is rendered eap.ihu* of sustaining seven or
goi. cumuaiinoiit; und commit u Urn l.uc |irih»u- eighqmr-.m. in ilia wuicr. Thu inventor ha. .t>
pher’. .tune.
cured a |iuluu|.
Iiis .jivus the lulkiwiiiy him lo tho
advocates :
iverlonlii'd fruitier in tho enp of tom.
1 (inaiicr, llint in: oirr toil tlu• jilrmalU invention of
| Kis-IM . In thu C'nii'-r nl my reading 1 liavclalluii
| in witii thu historical fn«t, iliai when wine was
1 |iruhihiird hv law lo llm women ol ancient Rnmc,
nin e n i Hives had llm rinhi of aacerliiitiiiij', by
i tastill*' llm hits of lliidr sisters ami cousins, whuthur
tlie forbidden lii|nor had passed in. Tho invcsli-
I o.itions i f this lip police, il is said, were pushed
with a rif-or and vi^dunue highly creditable lo Iho
; zeal of Iho republic, and for n lime iiilemperanee
tt islaiilv Kissed uway. Siihsiifpie.iillv, ftimnle in-
mx'i.-aiioii heeamu I isiiiomihle again. (Icnipernnco
si- cs iiulaitlislaiidiiig !) and Siintca (in Ids Epis-
1 loin-) is thu. severe upon llm Homan lutlies; i'Tueir
maimers have ultogelher changed, though llicir
faces are as captivating ns ever. 1 hey make a
hoasl oflhuir exploits in drinking.* They will sit
tit! 11e11 the nigin with Ilieir glass in Ilieir hands.
. a.i .eiieikg the men, ami often outdoing them."—
Now, hv restoring the much abused nnd perverted
kiss to ils oii"inal mission, and making of it the
snored apmtle ol impiiry that il was originally de.
signed for, ii strikes me that the temperance com.
mini., s would have, many more “uctive members,*'
| and llu- eunsu would assuredly grow on public fa.
tor. I submit llm hint lo tiiut admiral enthusiast
Mis. Child.
AmkiUca.n tSniiKi' lIcsiiANDitv.—According to
■ reee.nl enlevilatiolis, there al present 34,000,000
| ol sneep in the l.iined Slates; oxhibitingan increase
! of upward, of 5,000.000 during ihe lust five years.
■ These animals, ut a moderate and rnnsonalile com.
] puinlimi, urn worth at least $70,000,000. 1 ha
annual nmouiil oi tviiul. is estimated ut 90,000,000
iiis, worth about 40.000.000. Of tiie whole num-
tier of slump iii the (J. S. New York own* nearly
une-lhird.
A Hint.—-lleroliect, sir,’ said a tavern keeper
In a gentleman who wnsuhout leaving hi. house
wi’.hiiiit paving -reckoning’'—recollect, sir, if you
wise your purse, von diiin’l null it out /icrc.
A ii exchange paper, under Iho head of *'Good
Advice,” advises young men to ‘wrap themselves
up in tii< ir own virtue.” Many uV them would
freeze to death mis winter, if they had no warmer
covering.
Sentiment “Behold, my Flora, how glorioui Na.
lure limits iii her bloom ! The iree. are filled blos
soms, the wood is dressed in ila green livery, and ihe
plain is carpeted with grass and fluwera.”
“Yes, Cln ries, I was thinking of the same tiling.
These dowers are dandelions, onu when they arc gath
ered and put mio a pot with a piece of^good fat pork,
they make the heat greens in the world.”