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VOL. XXXV
MILLEDGEV1LLE. TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1844.
ry.IiV.in tho county where the letters toetnmnatary, of Adininl
' m or Oasrlisnship, may have been granted, first fivUfSIXT
Htffl notice thereof,in oneofthe publicfaaettesof this State, and
tiurlud it impetuously into the middle of the road.
‘Let us to our horses bucks. Me says they are
sending them ; lei us speed after to deliver them.
Wo may overtake them yol.’
‘And what can you do ; three boys ?’ said the old
‘‘‘ Vsor at thfCu.rt-hOK.fi.whrrr.urh .'.In. .r.to t,« hold. soldier.
""" . ‘ We ‘ C ? n « lp “ 51 d ‘> one tiling,’ replied Durand ;
* RsliMl* iSa D-blorl •ndCr»dilur> of mu Eatate nmtbepuhUahed ‘wo can die for them, But no, we will do more;
f *iilMUil!il!ppiiMtio«will boinsd.to th. Court ofOrdinary r a i ,ve raise men by the way. You can bring five
5 ! ou u lm,t ‘""’ M ?r er,s n,Ki ,/ ou -
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C«e. k. «..i.u.i..d.Si,., tlichorses! Quick,boy, quick ! Loso not a min.
lit I! V
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fsaalrameats, •mlessotherwise ordered
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RK»IH TANCKS BY MAIL—“A postmsstor may enclose monet
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third person,and frauktlio letter, if writtouby himself.”— AmosKen
Jail r. MO
^ POETICAL. ^
ON 80LITUDE.
Oh, tell me where a mortal may,
From every eye bin cares nee lude,
Care not to hear what others say,
Is it or not in solditude ?
Where may be tears of aorrow abed,
Indulge in grief and none intrude,
Or mourn hie years so awiftly sped,]
Is it or not in solitude ?
Where can the heart in quiet rest,
Which disappointments have imbued,
With hitter anguish,soul depress'd,
Is it, or notin solitude?
Or him that went his pleasures round,
Yet none would find them to delude,
When scnrcelj transient good was found,
Would he resort to solitude ?
Methinks 'tin only when the thought,
With calmness has the past review’d.
Seen not one pleasure dearly bought,
It can delight in solitude f
’Tin when to God the contrite heart,
To youth true virtue has accrued.
Its all doth cheerfully impart,
That peace is found in solitude ?
*Tis only when the soul can meet.
(Faith and repentance is prelude,}
Forgiveness at its Saviour’s feet,
That joy is (elt in solitude ?
Hope for the Best.
Oh, why should we ever be shading
Moments of pleasure with pain ?
Though the rose we have cherished be lading
Tims will bring other roses again !
Though Fate may our destinies sever—
Though for a brief season deprest—
Trusting in Provibence ever,
Still—let u» hope for the beat.
There’s a star evt* burning above us,
Still shining for happier days ;
There’s a spirit that ever will love us.
Beaming beyond that star’s rays! ^
Though for a time we may suffer.
Clasp this deep truth to thy breast—
Trusting in Providence ever—
Come tehat there may—it is best !
[FROM THE BALTIMORE PATRIOT.]
Mr.Editor:—A gentleman yesterday, on hearing of the
otnination of Polk and Dallas, by tbelocofoco National Con-
entiou, “perpetrated” the following “rhymes
F.
A WHIG SONG.
Tone—“Ota Dan Tucker.”
Calhoun, Buchanan, Johnson,Cass,
The Locos say may go to grass,
And so they give us Polk and Dallas,
Thut Whigs may sond them to the gallows.
liurra for Clay and FrelinghuyRen,
The days our own; ’tis past surmisin’.
Their own true friends they would dishearten,
And clip’t the wings of poor old Martin ;
To oatls of“justice" they prov’d callous,
‘ timin’d poor Polk and P
Hurrah for Clay,&c.
The people say ’tis not surprisin’
We go for Clay oncf Frehnnuysen ;
The ship ofstnte needs no such ballast
As James K; Polk and George M. Dallas.
Hurra for Clay,' &c.
The Locos swore they’d have no Mat’s,
’Twas James K. Polk and George 5
Hurra for Clay,&c.
MISCELLANEOUS.
TIIE rnitEE FAIR GIRLS OF CASTEL-
JALOUX.
AN INCIDENT IN THE WARS OF TIIE LEAGUE.
•I am with you. Durand” cried Muuvicrs.
‘And I !’ exclaimed Bonteville.
‘And I loo !’ suid thn old soldier. ‘Fuitli, I like
you, young mao ! give mo your band.’
‘And piuy who may you bn, good sir?’ asked
Bouteville. ‘Livery urm is something, and yours
seems a good slout one.’
‘It is,’ replied the other. But, you want to know
w’ho 1 am ; I am the Capiuin of Castel-Jaloux.—
Meet me in three hours in tho woods by Captieux,
and we cun do. Bring all the men you can with
you, and above all, as many aiquobusicrs as cun be
found.’
Durand was about to reply by offering thanks,
but the slout soldier waved bis hand, excluiming,
‘No words ! deeds, young gentleman, if you pluuse,’
and springing on his horse, be rode away, leaving
thorn to burry through the neighboring villages in
search of help in their groat enterprise No man
failed in exertion and no man was behind the
hour; but about twenty minutes* after three o’,
clock they rode out together from the little town of
Captieux, with about forty horses and arquebusiers
at their back, and proud they were of their num-
ber.—They soon left the vineyards behind, as well
as the gardens of the town, and entered upon a
track of sandy ground, covered with heath, and long
straggling grass, and stunted bushes with here and
there a little wood of low trees, which seemed to
to have been dwarfed, by a tyrannical east wind,
which reigned in that country without any houses
of parliament, or any other kind of houses to op
pose the abuse of its power.
They were now in the Landes of Captieux, as
the place was called, and they looked round for
the Captain of Castel jaloux, but they looked round
in vain, and they rode on further and further in the
plain, till suddenly a single horseman was seen ad
vancing towards them.
‘Why, heuven and earth ! he has come alone !’
cried Durand.
‘Well, we ure forty good men and true !’ an-
swered Mauviers, who was always on the hopeful
side of every question, and that is surely enough to
deal wilh a handful of Dux and Bayonne.’
•I would rather be sure, when the life of a dear
lady is at stake,” answered Durand, ‘but we must
do our best; and remember, Mauviers, it will be
time for you to say we have enough, when you have
set Kate free.’
‘Quick ! quick !’ cried the Captain of Castle-
jaloux riding up, ‘or we shall be too late. Do you
not see them wending away there V and he point
ed with his hand to a spot at about throe miles dis
tance in the plain where some object was seen mov
ing slowly along, which might have boen a train of
cars for all that his hearers could tell.
‘How many are there of them V asked Dur
and.
‘Twenty light horse from Dax,’replied tho cap.
tain, and sixty-seven from Bayonne, and in all fif
ty arquebusiers.’
The countenance of Mauviers and Boutville fell,
but Durand put his spurs to his horse’s flanks, tho
rest followed, the Captain of Castel-ialoux led, and
took upon him at onoe, us an old and experienced
soldier, the command of the troop. What between
trotting and galloping they soon gained so much
upon the onemy that they wero observed, and a
small party faced aboutjapparentlv expecting to be
attacked in flank.
‘Shall we charge ?’ asked Durand.
‘Not yet,’replied tho Captain of Castel.jaloux,
wo must have the advantage of tho ground,’and he
halted his men for a moment.
The other party moved on ; somewhat hurrying
their pace and two horse litters were seen in the
midst of their files—doubtless containing the fair
uin of Custei-juliiux, addressing the larger part)
of prisoners.
‘We ure,’ replied the man.
‘Are you of Dax ?
The general reply was ‘Yes.’
‘Well, then,’ continued the stern old soldier
•ihc men of Bayonne refused to be butchers, even
by the orders of u king on tho day of St. Bartholo
mew. The men of Dax wallowed in the blood ol
fellow countrymen and fellow Christians. This is
iho day of retribution. Give back lo the men ol
Dayoniio their arms and horses, and let them tell
in Ihcir own city the difference which the Captain ol
Castel-jalonx makes between soidiers and butchers.
Kneel down, nten of Dax, for this hour is your
lust.’
Douiltc Deslandes sprang forward, readied the!
stern soldier’s side and clasped his knee, exclaim
ing, ‘Oh, spare them ! spare them.’
‘If 1 do not pul every matt of litem to death, may
God do so to me and more likewise !’ cried the
Cuptain of Castel-jaloux. ‘Take her away, Du
rand, 1 Ituvc sworn it.’
Durand threw his arm round her, and gently
drew iter away to a considerable distance from tiie mny j (j 0 | lenr£ | ?
scene. A volley of lire arms, a fearful yell, a;td |
groans more fearful still, made them built pause j
suddenly. Tho groans and shrieks continued fori
u moment or two, and then all was silont.
Tho next duy a party of about a hundred twenty
horse entered the Caslul-jaluux winding up from
the Gers, and in the midst of it were two horse
litters open, round which, with waving hats and
joyful faces, crowded many a kindred heart, for ti
dings had been sent on lo the families of Laussnc
and Deslandes that the three fair girls who, it had
been supposed, would that very morning he given
over to the handsof the executioner, had been res-
cued by the Captain of Custel-jaloux and throe gal.
lant gentlemen of Audi. But it required many a
day to obliterate from the memory ofDunine Des
landes the terrible scenes that followed her deliver,
ance, and not till Iter hand was clasped before the
altar in that of Charles Durand did she regain fully
that cheerful spirit which had brightened her youth
and continued lo pour sunshine througn her hus
band’s home.
[from tiie geneva (n. y.) couttir.il. J
AS INCIDENT.
THK LABOKINU MAN’S SPEECH!
‘■In conclusion, then, Mr. President, who are
these aristocrats who walk upon their Turkey car
pels and ride in llteir splendid coaches, and whose
purses nre bursting with untold gold, wrung f-om
the hard toil honest, uncomplaining industry?—
Who, 1 say, u‘‘e those rich nabobs, that they should
call upon us, tho poor men of the country, to be
taxed to swell the profits of the lordly manufactur
ers ?”
The occasion was a political meeting ; the orator
a quandum Federalist, of Columbia eounly, N. Y.,
prominent in the ranks of Locofucoism ; the au
dience chiefly hard-working men from uu adjoining
manufactory. The sentiment was received with a
burst ol applause, amid which the orutor sat down.
‘Mr. President,”exclaimed a voice in a note so
distinct and peculiar, as at once to draw tiie eyes
of all to the speaker—(a slender matt wilh a thin
and intellectual aspect, plain but neatly clad)
NO- 38.
oir to pay for foreign goods, as ulso the activity Ol’
lltut capital by embarking it in manufacturing en
terprise, anil thus circulating it through the country.
As employment is it pour man's only capital, it
surely stands linn in liund to curry it to lltc best
market.”
Here the speaker ceased. His observations were
received in silence, mid the meeting quietly dis
persed, without noiso or any further remark.
t Stump Spbaki.no in Akkansas.—About nine
o clock the voters, numbering near one hundred,
presented themselves, and u round shouldered,
shock-Imired man arose, and addressed them as fol
lows :
1'eller Citizens—This nre a day far the people of
Wolf’s Mouth, and 1 (nought say. ifl warn’! modest,
that our carnal ontranchastnen, (that’s a hard word,
hut 1 got through with it !) depends on our hetero
genous exertions ! Bill Sciilpiu are our candidale,
and Jack Jonties swears that lie’s bound to shoot
overy man that don’t vote for him ! Feller citizens
. Hill UU. IIBUIIJ .laui Mr. _ ■ ■
President, I nm one of those oppressed poor men, to | ^ 1,1 B 0111 lo slulu ‘ mv speech with quotation from
whom tiie orator lias referred, and I desire to speak, j , szen ]’ l ' ,u celebrated lulin ci ickct, when ho atl-
iy I be heard ?’ dressed tho Carthageuions and Rocky mountain cods
Leave being granted, he proceeded as follows : j ul ^ ull ' u °f Cow.pens ! Look out !—I'm
‘Some writer has remarked, that there is no J comm —cock your rifles and be ready!—“Kill yo
man so humble, but that his life, faithfully reported, I burule “» tll<! immaculate feller said, when he
will afford some useful moral; and as an ounce of j 8°I sll |bbed in the bock in the House oflteprensen.
experience is worth a pound of theory, even my life lallves •
may no! ho without its use. 1 am by trade a weav
er. Six years since, l was employed in a manu
factory in Rhode Island. My employers were hon
est and intelligent, though wealthv men. They
paid me fair but nothigh wages. These wages,
however, wero punctually pnid ; und my expori-
enco has taught me that a dollar in hand is worth
twelve shillings in promises. 1 was industrious and
frugal, and therefore contented and hnppy. My
wages sufficed not only for my support, but also to
accumulate a small surplus. I was pleased wilh
Long and loud were the shouts of tho orator’s
party, and it was with difficulty silence could bo
maintained, until at last the opposing speaker
mounted the stump, lie commenced in tiie follow,
ing classical manner:
Feller Citiz'its : There arnt no one sknerod in
this crowd ? I’m not afflicted like Charley Cuplivcr,
with the disease Kplurubus ununt ! ‘‘Tempt us lu-
git,” by the concordat and evacuating nabob, of
Jerusalem ? Old Jim Grimes thought he’d frighten
me with his Greek ! but I can put in the big licks
BYG. F. R. JAMES.
There is a gny little town in the sunny land of
Guynne, perched upon the top of a high, solitary
hill, covered with views from the foot nearly to the
summit; andiat the base there is still an old stone
house, with a large stable behind, and a sort of
verandah before it,all verdant with leaves and tea.
drils. Under the same porch, in the month of Au.
gust, 157—, sat two gay looking young men, with
another of a somewhat less cheerful aspect stand
ing by llteir side, listening to their conversation,
and sometimes joining therein, but not speaking
much ; though the others from time to time, strove
to tease him into sharing their own merriment, by
many a jest and many a laugh.
‘Well, I will go too, if the horses are fed,’ said
he at length, a9 he finished a bunch of raisins and
a slice of broad, with which he had been refreshing
himself.
‘l’uolt! you are in such a Itasle, Durand,’ said
one of the others ; ‘I am going to have another
bottle.’
‘Well, I cannot be easy,’answered he, ‘till I hear
more. They are a treacherous set al Dax.’
•Nonsense, nonsense ;’ replied the tltird ; ‘the
gny girls will all come back safe and merry us
three spring larks. Thun 1 will have Kate.’
‘And I will have Madelaine,’ said the second of
ihoso sealed ; ‘and then there will bo lighthearted
little Donine left; but she will never give her pret.
ly little brown hand to this dismal gentleman, if
there be a merrier within the Gurroune—will she,
master cavalier?’
Hie lust words were addressed to*an elderly
mnn, with a somewhat rusty cuirass on his shoul.
uer, and a heavy sword by his side, who had come
out of the inn and paused for a moment near them,
while a boy ran lo fetch his horse.
•I do not know whom you lullt of,’ answered the
old soldier.
‘Ol whom but the throe prolty girls of Castel-
Juluux,’ replied the young genllomutt j Catharine
and Mttdeluiito de Caussnc, und their cousin, Do
nnie Deslandes.’
'You will none nf you have either of them,’
swered their new companion in a sharp and impa
tient tone,
‘At.d pray why not, sir?’ demanded Durand,
turning upon him suddenly.
‘Because, young gentleman,’ nnswerod tho old
S'lMlor, ‘they are destined to u sterner bridegroom
~‘ mear > deuth. Have you not hoard that tho peo-
|> o ol Dtx, who dipped llteir hands so deep in the
eluod of St. Bartholomew's day, have seized them
m llteir unclo’s house, and knowing well the sen.
'ence pronounced upon them fur heresy by tho pur-
•uiitciti of Uoreluaux, uro sending them thither for
execution.’
‘1 told you so!’ cried Durand, clasping his hands
together; while the two others gazed in dumb as.
totusliment. ‘But this is no lime lo sit drinking
tere ;’ and snatching the bottle from die table ; he
prisoners.
•1 would fain charge,’ repeated Durand.
‘Obey orders,’ answered the Castol-jaloux, and
slowly following, they let the enemy pass one of the
low woods. They themselves advanced cautious
ly but as soon as they had left the trees on the
right Durand, whose eyes were fixed on tho ad.
versaries, saw a sudden movoment among them,
and remarked an extraordinary acceleration of
their speed. At the same moment the Captain of
Caslel-jaloux raised his drawn sword high in the
air; and there was the sound of the galloping of
horses on the right. Durand looked round, and be.
held a stout body of men-at-arms coming rapidly
up.
‘Who have we itere ?’ exclaimed Manvors.
‘The company of Castel-jaloux,’ replied the Cap
tain ; ‘and now wo have litem ! 1 wish they were
not so neur that other wood, but we must do our
devoir. On gentlemen, for the honor of France,
and the deliverance of your ladies !’
Thus saying, the old soldier put spurs to his
horse : the men at arms from Castel-jaloux spread
out in what was called in those days haye upon
the right, and down the whole line bore upon the
enemy, who had just time to throw their arque.
busiers into a little copse, lo gall the advance of the
Protestant horse, and to form llteir cavalry into
battalion, before llteir pursuers were upon them.—
Every man of tho troops of Castel jaloux, however,
was veteran in arms ; the citizens of Dax and
Bayonne, ulthough the former were as ftorce as
bloodhounds, wero little competent lo resist tho old
and skilful soldiers to whom they were opposed.—
Their first line was overthrown in a moment; and
cleaving their way through by side of tho Captain
ofCastel jaloux, Durand grasped the leader of the
men of Dax by the throat, and with a pistol ut his
car forced him lo surrender. The rest threw
down llteir arms, and arquebusiers, surrounded in
the copse, yielded after having fired one volley.
The first by tho side of the filters was young
Durand ; he looked into one and then into tho o-
tlicr, lore away the curtains, und held out his open
arms. A beautiful brown girl, from whoso glow,
ing cheek even sorrow and fear ol death had not
been able to clitise away the warm tint of the soutli,
sprung forth—and Donine Deslandes wept upon Ins
bosom.
•Culm, calm, my Donine,’ cried Durand ; ‘yent
are safo ; they are conquered.’
But oven ns’ he spoke, the loud stern voice of the
Cnptuin of Castel jaloux was heurd exclaiming :
•‘Lot the men Bayonne separate from the men of
Dux. Arquebusiers, clinrgo your pieces !”
Botli Donine and Durand turned round and gnz.
cd. Al u little distance, in front ortlte wood dis-
armed and dismounted from meir horses, stood two
bodies of prisoners, about thirty in one party, and n
much larger number in tiie other. Iho old sol
dier, with a stern and bitter countenance, rode
from one to the other, while the Protestant men.at
arms und arquebusiers, with tho exception of three
or four geiillemeni who had come us volunteers,
wero druwtt up in line on tho left.
•Are you all of Bayonne t* demanded the Cap-
Tiie Albatross.—This noble bird, which may
be said to constitute the head of the gull family, is,
in body, about the 9tzo of a common goose ; but lo
enable it to undertake the extraordinary flights,
which often carry it hundreds of leagues from any
place except the billows foaming under its rapid
course, it is provided with wings of great length
and power. With these, which often measure as
much as twelve feet from tip to tip; it glides in
search of prey over boundless tracts, often, it is said
sleeping even whilst soaring over the waters. In
satiable and voracious in appelile, it is always era.
ving and never satisfied, Not content with feed
ing on tiie inhabitants of the deep, it preys indis
criminately on everything which it comes across.
The smaller aquatic birdsare not freefrom its great
voracity, which is not unfrequently the means of
its capture and destruction. A piece of pork or
suet, fixed on a small hook, and allowed lo drag
by a long line in the wake of the vessel, often proves
a temptation too strong to be resisted : the greody
bird stoops oil his prey, swallows the bait, and then,
with distended wings, is towed on board, and soon
stands tottering on deck amidst his exulting captors,
who trequenlily employ, with similar success, the
same devico to ensnare the smaller pintado, or
Capo pigeon. The immense power of the wing of
the albatross enables it to cleave the air with the
greatest facility and a motion peculiar to itself; its
widely extended pinions, without any perceptible
volition, carry it rapidly from the extreme vetgo of
the horizon ; whilst its gliding and graceful move
ments appear to be extended with perfect easo, and
to be under the most complete control, whether
quietly floating in tlte calmest atmosphere, or riding
the furious blast of tlte hurricane. Another pecu.
iiarity of the albatross is the shape of the bill, which
has many of the characteristics belonging to a bird
of prey. It is six inches in length, extending at
first in a straight line, and then, sweeping Into a
curve,terminates in a most Terminable hooked point.
With this peculiarity of tlte eagle and falcon it has
the webbed feet, divested of claws, so clearly an
attribute of tho aquatic tribe, and^which, with its
enormous breadth of wing, appear to mark it as tho
exclusive occupant of llte cloud and the wave, of
the raging blast or heaving billow ; for no sooner
does it set foot on the vessel’s deck than it loses all
majesty of appearance and grace of motion, stag,
gers awkwardly, like a lubberly landsman, into the
lee scuppers, and, similar to tho lutter under idem
tical circumstances, seeks relief by tho same means
that follow tho application of an emetic !—Colonel
Napier's Wild Sports.
my condition, and looked forward with well-groun- | ]]n U P’* 0 0,1 as mucb a g°ny as he ever heard of!
ded hope to a happy future. About this time, a ! p . ‘‘ Sailta Parissima Block, Island
speaker came among us wlto used arguments pre- j J. V 1 ” 1 •* lK "hLex taglionis !” “Historiu Sacre ! ’and
oioollf pi mil ft *• lA llmoo nrY\r,l/Mtnr) lli!« ! ‘luUCCl ©t IjfOUlinX J** VV |)Qt t)(JCS ill© fuilOW lllillk
of himself now 7” He’s a travelling synngoguo ; but
be can't catch mo with his high felulin words!
Vote fur Tom Creasy, lie’s a horse and so am 1!—
Eccosignum!” “Adinilo!” De jure and dutn spire,
spere, Hurrah for Torn Cressey !”
Wo stood at Woll’s Mouth for nearly three
hours, and had the satisfaction of seeing Creasy
elected ; all through tho superior learning of tho
last speaker.
State’s Evidence.—A good story is told of Geo.
White, a notorious thief in Massachusetts. He
was once arraigned for horse stealing, when it was
supposed that lie was connected with an extensive
band, which was laying contributions on all lltc
stables round. White was offered large induce
ments to roveal his associates, all of which lie de
clined, until mi assurance from the court was ob.
tained that ho should bo discharged if he would
turn on his comrades. The jury returned a ver
dict of “not guilty” when ho was called upon for his
promised revelations. “I shall be fuithful to rr,y
word,” said he, “understand that the devil is the
only accomplice I over had—we have been a great
while in parlnership—you have acquitted mo, and
you may hang him if you can catch him.”
We may all search far before we find more wis
dom in less space than is contained in the following
apothegms:
Ho is a fool that cannot bo angry, but lie is a
wise man wlto will not.
He who perishes in a needless danger is tlte de
vil’s martyr.
’Tis wit to pick a lock and steal a itorsc, but it is
wisdom to let litem alone.
Love thy neighbor, yet pull not down thy licdgo.
Think !—speak all all you think I This is the
code of iiuluro’s law ; violate not, but aid the inof.
fensivo will of every sensitive being.
Tlte coin llte most current among mankind is
flattery, tho only benefit of which is, that by bear-
ng what we are not, we may be instructed what
we ought not to be.
A Heart.—What a curious thing a heart is ;
ain’t it yourg ludy ? There is as much difference
in hearts as in fttces. A woman's heart is a sa
cred thing, and full of purity. How proud a man
ought to be, to have it placed in his keeping—to
have a pr«lly girl love him so well that she will give
it to him, and tell him that she loves him more than
any other. Isn't it curious ladies ? We might say
of a Itoart as the old lady did of the first rabbit she
oversaw. “La, how very funny it is.—Knickcr•
bocke.r
Idleness.—It is a mistake to imagine, that only
violent passions, such as ambition and love, can
triumph over the rest- Idleness, languid as she is,
often masters them all; she indeed influences all
uttr designs and actions, and insensibly consumes
and doslroys both passions and virtues.
Pretty Good Travelling.—Morse’s Magnetic
Telegraph conveys intelligence with speed ul the
rate of 288 thousand miles in a single second,
cisely similar to these employed this evening. His
views were novel, ingenious and striking. We
were captivated with his theory. Before, we
thought ourselves happy : wo now began to think
ourselves miserable. The exchange, for me. was a
bad one ; (for who would prefer misery and discon-
lent lo happiness und peace ?) but I was too eager
in tlte pursuit of the theory lo regard its consc.
qucnces.
“He told ns that tho distinctions of wealth and
poverty were merely artificial, having their foun.
datiun in the superior wickedness or weakness of
mankind, and wholly unsupported by reason or
justice; that we wero all alike God’s children, nnd
therefore alike entitled to share in his bounty ; that
the entire structure of society was wrong and need
ed reform ; that wealth, as at present employed,
was merely an engine of oppression; and that the
main object of its possessor was to grind the face
of the poor. We were fascinated with these
views, and began lo conduct accordingly. Our
work began to bo slighted and our employers be
gan to complain. Matters ran from bad to worse,
until finally a general combination of operatives (I
being at the head) suspended the works. We were
all of us discharged, others were employed, and in
about four days the mills were again in active oper
ation. I now for the first time discovered that a
theory reduced to practice has its practical results;
that though it may afford amusement for tho fancy,
it neithor clothes a man’s hack nor fills his stomach;
and that as the best way of judging of a tree is by
its fruit, so tlte best wav of judging of a theory is
by its practical Directs. I formerly know myself
.happy, I now found myself miserable. I formerly
was laying up money ; 1 now was as rapidly spend,
ing it. So far, I certainly had not changed for the
better.
“In a short time, my surplus became exhausted ;
and as my name bad become somewhat prominent
as a reformer, I found it difficult to got work from
any employer, as all alike fearod my influence und
example. Poverty now stared me in tho face ;
and though Necessity he a hard school, fools, as it
is said, will learn in no otlior. I determined to
profit (if possible) by my experience, and set my
self to considet the present condition and <ts caus
es. I now remembered that tho speaker whose ar.
gumeut had cuplivatcd my fancy, practiced upon a
different theory from that lie preached ; that though
ho denounced wealth, no one was more obsequious
to tho rich, he never would touch the cause of a
poor man unless his fee (he was u lawyer) was paid
in advance. 1 hence concluded that a man’s acts
are best test of bis principles, and that when we
find a man pl eaching one thing und practising an
other, we may reasonably distrust both his doctrino
and his sincerity, lit my own particular, my theo.
ry had operated disastrously. It had reduced ntc
from comfort to want, and had filled me with dis.
content, envy and jealousy towards my more favor,
eil neighbors.
“VVliut Imd happened to mo might reasonably
happen lo all; und a theory followed by such ef
fects might fairly be pronounced unsound or not, I
reflected thut it wus folly for me lo sacrifice my mo
ney, independence, and comfort, substantial advun.
tages, for a mere idea, the vague conception of an
other’s brain. We have heard my friends, llte rich
denounced, but why denounce the rich ? Suppose
MR. DALLAS.
We commend to the readers consideirtBoo the
following condensed sketch of Mr. Dail*e? politi
cal history and votes. According to the euuidenl
of the Locofocos, Mr. D. ie an out and out Fedor*
alist.
[from THE PHILADELPHIA FORUM.]
ChtonoloKy without Comment.
PREFACE.
A lay 30, 1844.—Resolution of the Baltimore
Convention which nominated Polk und Dallai:
“Resolved, That Congress has no power to char*
ter a National Bank : that wc believe such an in
stitution one of deadly hostility to the best inter
ests of the country ; dangerous lo our Republican
institutions and tiie liberties of the people, calcula
ted to pluce llte business of the country within the
control of a concentrated money power, and abora
tlte laws and will of the people.
chapter t.
Mr. Dallas and a Bank of the United States,
IN TIIE SENATE OF THE UNITED 8TATBS.
Monday, Jan. 9, 1832.—Mr. Dallas preeented
the memorial of tha Bank of the United Statee,
praying for a Re-charter, and said “he could not
but feel strongly impressed by the recollection that
the Legislature of Pennsylvania recently and in
elleet unanimously had recommended the re-char
ter of the Bunk. Ho became there a willing as
lie was virtually an instructed Agent in promoting
to tho extent of his ability, an object which howev
er dangerously timid its introduction might seem,
was in itself entitled to every consideration and fa,
ii. Part
(deo Register of Debates. Vol. viii.
l, p. DO.
Jan. 20,1832.—Mr. Benton asked leave to in
troduce a Resolution to declare the Branch-draft*
of the Bank of the United Slates illegal. Mr. Dal.
lus replied in favor of tho Bank, and said : “To
mo the Bank of the United Slates is nothing but a
bank, u more bank, enucted under the influence
llte purest motives for admirable purposes.” On
grunting leave tho yeas were 16, nays 25, Dallaa
voting against grunting Mr. Benton leave.
Feb. 8, 1832.—Mr. Dallas made another speech
in favor of tho Bank and in reply to Mr. Benton.
March 13,1832.—Mr. Dallas, from the Select
Committee, reported a bill to renew the charter of
the Bunk of the Uoiled Slates.
May 23. 1832.—iMr. Dallas made his speech in
I'uvor of the Bunk us constitutional and expedient.
Mr. Webster followed on the same side, and on
the ‘20iit of May, Mr. Benton replied to Messrs.
Webster and Dallas.
May 26,1832.—Mr. Webster moved an amend,
ment to make the puymenl of Bonus more gradual
and easier to the Bunk; Mr. Benton opposed it.
it was carried 32 lo 10, Mr. Dullas voting for it.
May 29. 1832.—An amendment wus adopted,
to strike out the pending amendment, which requir*
od the ussenl of the Stales lo the establishment of
branches ; yeas 28, nays 18. Mr. Dallas voted for
Degrading Habit of Swearing,—It is not easy
to perceive what honor or credit is connected with
swearing! Does any mail receive a promotion he.
cause he is a notable blusterer? Or does nuv mutt
advance to dignity becauso lie is expert al swear-
ing? No! Low must be the character which
such impertinence will not degrade. Inexcusable,
therefore, must be the practice which has neithor
reason or passion to support it. Tlte drunkard lias I Rejected, 10 to 35; Yeas—Benton. Bibb, Ellis,
his cups, the lecher his mistress, the satirest his re. 'Haynes, Hill, Kane, Marcy, Moore und White,
venge, tho ambitious mnn bis preferments, the mis. j Nays—Cluy, Dallas, Frelinghuysen, &c.
er Ilia gold : but llto common swearer has nothing; | June 2. 1832.—Mr. Benton’s amendment lo
he is a fool at largo ; sells his sou) for tmughl, and t strike out tho exclusive privilege of the Bank re-
dtudges the devil’s service gratis. Swearing is ' jeeted ; yeas 16—Benton, Grundy, &c ; nays 26,
void of all plea. It is not tho native offspring of 'Dallas, Webster, Clay, Frelinghuysen, fyc.
June 1, 1832.—An amendment wus pending lo
tax the brunches, u proposition was made by Mr.
Sprague, to strike it out and distribute the bonua
uinonglliH Stules ; agreed to, 20 to 18. Mr. Dal
las voting fur ll ; Mr. Benton uguinst it.
Same day.— Mr. Bibb oflered tin amendment to
limit the Bank rate of interest to 5 per cent; Re
jected 20 to 25. Yeas—Benton, Grundy, Sic.;
Nays—Dallas, Webster, Frelinghuysen &c.
Also—Ait amendment to abolish proxy voting
the soul nor interwoven with the texture of tho bo
dy, nor in any way allied lo our frame. For, ns n
great man (Tillotson) expresses it, “though some
men pour out oaths as thoqgii they were natural,
yet no man was ever born of a swearing oouslilu.
tion.” But it is a cuslom, a low nnd pallry cus
tom, picked up by luw and paltry spirits, who have
not sense of honor, no regard fordoconcy : hut uro
forced to substitute some rhapsody of nonsense to
supply tho vacancy of good sense, lienee the sil
liness of those wlto have adopted it.—Itco. Dr. La-
monl.
Limf. for Horses and Cattle.—A writer in tlte
American Farmer recommends the giving of small
quantities oflimelohotses and cattle, as a preventive
and cure for bots and murrain. Having u sick
Itorse whiett lie wus unable to cure by other means,
lie gave him a table-spoon-full ol lime slacked, three
limes a week in Itis feed. After two weeks, tlte
horse passed off bots in large quantities, and recov
ered. Buts put into lime died in forty-eight hours.
Ho feeds it to cattle by mixing it with their salt,
und allowing them always lo have free access to it.
Since lie adopted this course be lias lost no animal
by murrain, though ho lost many before.
The Largest Flower.— In 1818, Doctor Ar.
nold discovered in the island of Sumatra, a flower
which he named the llafllesia Arnoldi, and which
an author has called with justice, ‘-the magnificent
Titian of llte vcgetublo kingdom." The human
mind indeed lias never conceived such a flower ; the i; outing against it
circumference of the full expanded flower is nine Ii Mr. Knight nr
feet; its nectarium calculated to hold nine pints ;
tiie pistils are as lure as cows’ horns, and the entire
weigh! of the blossom computed to be fifteen pounds.
—Fenny Magazine.
j Same day.—Benton’s amendment to forbid for.
eignors bolding slock in the bank. Rejected, Mr.
Dallas voting against it.
Same duy.—Benton’s amendment, asserting lia
bility of stockholders, rejected Mr. Dallas voting
against it.
Same day.—Benton’s amendment forbidding the
issue of any currency by tiie Bank not redeemable
in specie—Mr. Benton said he offered this lo test
whether it was intended to make the Bank a specie
paying Bank or not Rejected, 17 to 27—Mr. Dallas
voting against it.
Same day.—Mr. Marcy’s amending reserving
tho right of repeal oi tlte Bank Charter to Con
gress—rejected, 15 to 29. Mr. Dullas voting against
it.
Same duy,—Tazewell’s amendment to shorten
llte term of the Clmrlor from 15 yeurs to 10 ; Dal
las earnestly opposed it saying, ‘‘That the Banlc
heretofore hud done no mischief, and could not
hereafter,” and that “in his opinion nothing was so
weak, so contemptibly weuk as a moneyed corpora,
tion.” Mr. Clay and Webster sustained Mr. Dal
las. it wus rejected 20 to 27—Mr. Dailas voting
against it.
June 5, 1832.—Amendment to strikeout the
bonus und limit the rate of interest to 5 per cent.
It w as rejected 18 to 25. Mr. Dullas voting against
it.
June 6,1832.—Tho Bank Bonus in Mr. Dallas’
hill being @160,000, Mr. Marcy moved to increase
it lo 625,000. Rejected 10 lo 36. Mr. Dallas
Cellars.—Soo that your cullur is thoroughly
cleansed and whitewashed. Let every thing of a
vegetable description likely to rot and generate un.
wholesome gases, or disagreeable influences, be ut
onco removed. Old vegetables inasluloofpu-
you or I, by prudence or industry, (as well we may,) ! ,resunoe '. as " “? brine and casks impreg-
attain lo independence; are we, tlicrcforo lo be , nalct * wllb vegetable or unimal inutleis. are dele,
stigmatized as aristocrats ? Or, suppose we leave ! !" oua tu l,ca ' 11 ' Bnd « llou , ld be , « once cleared out
our properly to our children; are they lo bo pro-! Hie bottom ofthe cellar should bo carefully scraped
scribed? And should we, who want employment, j ant l*ts surface covered with fresh lime in order to
proclaim war against the rich, who ulone can give j uvo,c ' l ‘ ,e generation of had gases, as well as to pro-
it to us ? Suppose all were as needy as ourselves ?. ve,, p ' hose disagreeable odors consequent upon
who is to employ us?—and if no man employ U s, con ' inot * air *
where is our breud ? But why denounced the tar- „ n , . . .. , .
iff? It increases the supply ; bow, then, can it R .‘ c " AND . P . oon —. Il « >'”l^.bln tl.at a soc.oly
raiso the price ? It increases employment and the ! ?. un l on « . 8uba,sl » n ". d •"■'•V ul lls mombern lo
wages of labor ; how then, cat. it injure the labor. ,lve 1,llu " l! ? s ’ a,ld e,, J7 a111 , l, ° easu
or? If you have no tariff, the rich will- buy what- ’■ uro lla '>' ca " l "™ n - w ' llluul al ll ' e
ever want abroad, nnd employ foreigners; ifyon ‘ 1 ". ne .« | ru ' , f t | u,udc : s of lo , lliaku 6 oud
have a tariff they will buy w hat they want al home.! 11,18 da(cc, -' vd ! comlescond lo be qu.le the rev--
1 1 .i . and by use an
by use and patience injure llteir bodies to wot It
forollteis and themselves besides.—Mudevifie,
“Pa,” suid an inquisitive urchin,"where do the
fashions come ?" “From town” replied llte frilier.
“Where do they get’em from at town, pa ?”‘Front
Philadelphia.” “And where do the Philadelphia
folks get’em ?”—From—frutn—from Paris I rock,
on.” “Where do the Paris folks get’em from, pa?”
persisted the little fellow. “Strait from the d—l!
go to bed you luroicnlin’ little rascul !”
and employ you. Which of the two do you pro.
fer?
"Next to God, man’s fust duty is to Itis family,
and a nation’s firstduty to itself. Let the Ameri-
cun Government look out for American people, und
leave the English Government lo take cure of tlte
English people. Wo, my friends practising in.
dustry, and frugality,should remember a few plain
maxims, nnd cannot well fail tube prosperous. We
should remember—
“1. To judge of public men by tlte effects of their
measures, not their professions. If the people J Hardening Wood.—By means of a preparation,
have thriven under llteir administration, and there exhausting air, and then infusing sulphate of
has boen no corruption, extravagances, ot- public j iron or ot | ier substances into the pores 0 r wood for
debt, it may be well enough to try them again ; but ra ilronds. it is suid tlte wood has been rendered so
if the people have not thriven under their measures ( llai( j llia , l)|8 ir0|1 ot - „ car | pnvi , s
no trace
the people would he fools to try them again; for, after more than a year’auso of this “metallic" wood,
what has happened once may happen twice ; what
is bred in tlte bone will show itself in the flesh ; and
a man’s calling himself a Democrat don’t inukc
him one.
2. That it is more prudent to let well enough
alone ; and though ten shillings per duy is better
titan six shillings, yet that six shillings per duy
is better limn nothing.
‘3. Finally, we should remember tlmt employ, de
pends upon tlte amount of capital and activity with
which it moves ; and that a tariff increases the
amount of tho capital by preventing its being drawn
Ignorance.—It is impossible to moke people un
derstand llteir ignorance ; for it nequires know,
ledge to perceive il, bath ii not,—Bishoji Taylor,
A dividend of six and a quarter per cent, for tho
lust six months, has been declared by the Savannah
Insurance and Trust Company.
0^7'Cltty Clubs uro being formed in New Ilump-
shire—springs in llte desert, cases in the Xuhuiucf
our national politics ?
f Mr. Knight moved to increase it to 350,000. Re-
jcch d 20 to 27. Mr. Dallas voting against it.
i Mr. Seymour moved to increase it to 200,000.
j Rejected 20 lo 27. Mr. Dallus voting against it.
I Mr. Dickerson of N. J. moved lo increase it to
1250,000. Rejected 20 to 27. Mr. Dullas voting
j against it.
| Fmully 200,000 wore agreed to, Mr. Dallas, Mr.
, Webster voting for it.
I Same duy.—Mr. Marcy’s amendment reserving
j right to tlm Stales lo lux, rejected 22 to 25 ; Mr.
1 Du I lus and his friends voting against it.
\ Same duy.—Mr. Forsyth’s amendment to limit
Bank interest to 5 per cent, ugaitt rejected, 21 to
I 20 ; M r. Dallas voting against it.
Same duy.—Mr. While’s amendment to require
the Bunk lo pay 3 per cent, interest on surplus
public Jeposiles, rejected 23 to 24 ; Mr. Dallas wo/*
ing uguinst it.
Same dtui.—Mr. Benton’s motion to refer th*
Bill to the Secretary of the Treasury (Gen. Jack,
son’s) to report on it; rejected. Mr. Dallas voting
uguinst il.
June I), 1832.—Mr. Grundy moved llte indefi-
nite postponement of the bill; lost, 20 to 24, Mr.
Dallas voting against it.
Same duy.—Bunk bill ordered to third reading
25 to 20 ; Mr. Dallas voting for it.
June 11,1832.—Bunk bill finally passed, 28 to
20; Mr. Dallus voting for il. Nnys—Benton,
Bibb, Brown, Dickerson, Dudley E'lis, Forsyth,
Grundy, Kano, Iluync, Hill, King, Mangum, Mar-
cy, Mi h r, Moore,Tazewell, Troup, Tyler While.
July 18, 1832.—Andrew Jackson voted the
Bank of the United States as unconstitutional and
inexpedient.
The next day, the veto was considered in the
Senate, Mr. Webster commencing the debate, su*.
t lining the Bunk bill, and opposing llte views ofthe
President. Speaking of the message, lie said—"It
wantonly attacks w hole classes of people for the
purpose of turning uguinst them the prejudices of
oilier clusscs. It finds no topic too exciting for
use, no passion too inflammable for its uddress and
solicitation.”
July 13,1832.—Mr. Uetitou spoke in favor of
the veto, and a vote was taken un the passage of
tnu Bank charter ill spile of the veto, and Mr. Dalits
voted for the bill and uguinst the VETO.
July 21, 1832.—Town Meeting in Pltiladelphi*.
at which Daniel Groves was President; Charles J.
Jack, E-q., uffered the following resolution :
Resolved, That in the veto of President Jack-
son, lie has shown an utter contempt of the unani
mous voice of Pennsylvania, expressed through her
