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BY WILLIAM S. JONES.
CHItimCLE & SENTINEL.
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ArwaJto published »t tfcfi &*4 hiaalml to waiter lb«n
At the Mowing»atsg, nnmil/:
Daily Pafm, if Met by mal, $7 par Annum.
Tw-Wiklt Pipk, 4 44 *
TEEMS OF AD?EETISIIG.
Is WrnLT,—&«Yanty fiYo mo to par *quara (10 Uses or
lin) tor tho first lnjartiso, and fifty Mnts for sash subse
quent insertion.
* S2OO REWARD!
RAJIAWAY OR STOLIi.W from ths snbscri--.
l/«r, in Oglethorpe county, (ia, en Monday
night the 29th .March last, my negro boy
alt-i* ALEXANDER, nineteen years old, yellow coi-i
plexlon, chuuke/ built, walks with bis toet inclined inward
ly, marked by the email j*»t, and wore off who® he left a
waJnui-«lJ*-d wool hat. I will girt S9O reward for the boy,
or hi* confinement in any safe Jail eo thet I can get him ;
or reward for the boy and the person who Molt him,
if i»f-i It u, end proof sufficient to convict him.
NOTICK TO JAILORS.—Jailor* ere requested to regard
the f/'>oripiion of the boy, end not his mere statement as
t- > hie >wner, as he may sod probably will attempt to do
c* Ivc th‘ jn. Any information concerning ths boy
wiH be Hb '.tliy rewarded and thankhdly recelfed. My
reeiden c is in Oglethorpe county Georgia, and my Pr>wt
CRUcc lirookliac, Madison co. Ga.
mayls wd ARCfIKR GRIFFITH.
STOP THE VILLAIN.
KAHAWAY from the Bubwri»>«r # on ths fith p*
Inst., (after having knocked hie young master
down with ;tn axe, fracturing hie skull considerably,
and leaving him. as he supposed, dead) a bright mu- Az.
latto (nearly white) Roy, About 21 years old, named HEN
RY, chunky built, about 5 feet $ inches high, with light
sandy or brown hair, rather coarse and bushy, and inclined
to curl a little, gray eyes, eheeks freenently flush, and le
much given to smoking ; has on his left hand, just where
the forefinger leaves it, a large ecer from a knife; hie loft
h g, also, has a large senr from a burn, the leader of the
ham having been considerably drawn, so thet the left leg
is a Little more erooked than the other. Beth lep are in
clined to knock-knee. He ie of a lively turn, and can do a
little at dreeing plank and putting up weatherboarding,
and may attempt to pass himself as a carpenter, and will,
no doubt, try to pass as a white or free man, under the
name of MATHEWS. It Is confidently hoped and believed
that the public, and especially every rather, will take seme
interest in apprehending and bringing to Justice so daring
a villiun.
A liberal compensation will be given for his apprehen
sion and delivery in any Jail eo that 1 get him.
PITT S. MILNER.
Bnrnesviilc, Feb. 16,18fii. fc2o-6m
r *r The Tri-weekly Havaanah Republican and Colum
bus Enquirer will please copy for two months. P. 1. M.
NOTICH.
AYKD, on the 11th of May Inst., two
H Mare MULES, one a Sorrel, three years old
thl>i Spring; the other a iilaek, three years old Vs ‘vG
this (tyring; teilsshaved. The said If tiles were
nurchnsed of Thomas Duckworth, of Kentucky. Any in
formation respecting thsin will be thankfully received.
D. N. PASS.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN, from the Subscriber, near Raytown,
on Thursday, the 19th Inst., a Ray IIOItHR, y
with a Idaw face, six or seven years old, paces under the
saddle, and ie quite gentle, lately graveled in the left hind
foot, rather on the instdo of the hoof, main considerably
worn where the collar works No other marks recollect
ed The above reward will be paid for the delivery of
seid Horn! at Raytown.
my2if-wtf Wn.MAM DURHAM.
tsr U II fi MS GUN SI GUNS!
On Jfclntoth street, Uco doorw frtvn Georgia Railroad
« Bank.
TENT REI'EIVED, per steamer Africa, the largest
ff and best assortment of SNOLISn OUNB ever effer
td in till* city, comprising every variety, from London and
RlrniingiiHm makers, at the lowest raise for cash.
Double and Mingle barrelled GUNS, ell slsee and prices.
A firm aißuriuKMjt of Sngle and Double Barrelled GtJNB
for boys.
RIVLK& and Double GUNS, of my own make, one herrol
Rifle and the other Shot, a flue article for hunting deer and
Turkics.
Colt .’, Allen’s, and other RBVOLVHRB; also Single bar
relled, ). If Cocking and Rifle PISTOLS, cast steel barrels.
Common Pistols, all kinds ; Psrcusslon CAPS, of Wester
ly Richard'*, Cox's water proof, Walker’s and G. D. French,
itnd Military Cape.
A gi eat variety of Powder FLASKS, Shot BELTS, and
Game RAGH, of the finest Patterns.
Aim. Wash Rods, Drinking Flasks and Oups, Nipple
Wrenches, Pocket Compasses, Borsw Drivers, fine large
hunt in n Horns, and everything in the Sporting line.
Being a practical Gun Maker myself, and having these
guns wade to my order, expressly for this market, persons
buying will get a much better articles than is told at the Hard
ware rhoros, and at equally low prices, and all warrant
ed to shoot welt.
Powder and Shot, Wholesale and Retell, all varieties.
N. JL—RIFLES made to order, and all kinds of Repair
ing nud rc-BtocklngGUNfl, done in the beet manner and
warranted. 010-ly B. 11. ROGERS.
reuben man
ATEB WHIRL.
CAUTION.-«Havins been informed that a certain per
son named Haiti), is vending a Water Wheel upon
whieh the water is conducted by means of a spirial scroll, as
upon Reuben Rich’s “Patent Centre Vent,” we hereby notißr
and caution the public, that we will prosecute, In all In
stances, for any evasion or lnfrlugemeut nnon said patent,
both the maker and party using, and will be thankful far
any information referring us to parties thus trespassing.
GINDRAT A 00.
Montgomery, Ala., June 11, 18150. . jo2l-tf
THE COM
PAN Y’B IRON WORKS.
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
MAiMFAI "IT lIK, in superior style, Ilorixontal and
Upright STEAM ENGINES,, of all sixes ; Steam
BOILERS ; LOCOMOTIVES ; Cast Iron WATER WHEELS;
Sugar MILLS ; haw and Grist Mill IRONS, of every varie
ty, (including 1 lexis’s continuous feet for Saw Mills;) En
gine ami Hand LATHES; Iron and Braes CASTINGS, of all
kinds, Ac., Ac.
All orders filled with despatch. t
apttl GINDRAT A CO.
IMPORTANT TO HULL OWNERS AND MANU
FAOTUKERS.
Vnrtmllat in Wltl*r Whrsl*.
TIIK hl llHt lllllHllH are sole agents for making and
vending the Imat Water Wheel iu the world, known as
Vandewaters Water Wheel« We challenge the World to
produce Us equal. It bos Wit recently been Introduced to
the public, and found to be far in advance of all other
wheels, both in power and economy In water, every drop be
ing effective, end none wasted. This Wheel ie not in the
leust affected by back water. As we prefer them being
placed below tali water in every instance, consequently we
get every inch of head; they being entirely of cast Iron,
simple of construction, arc nut liabls to get out of order,
and are more durable than any wheel now In use. We
have recently put one in operation for George Schley,
I*l., at his BeivUle cotton factory, to whom we would give
reference. See certificate annexed.
All orders for Wheels or Territorial Righto, will meet with
• Attention by addressing the subscribers.
JAGGER, TREADWELL A PERRY.
Albany, Now York.
Or ft their Agent, J. J. Kinmi, Augusta.
[omTirtcim]
Auoista, Oa., March 24, ISM.
Jaggor, Tfeadwcll A Perry—Gentlemen :~~l have the
gratification of informing yrni that your Yandewater Wheel
wua suecrtsafUlly put iu operation at my fhotory last week,
and it worked to perfection. Its simplicity, durability, and
utuformity of speed, ure recommendations alone; but above
all, it* highest enoomluui is the small quantity of water it
takes a« compared with Other wheels. I have been using
one of Reuben Rich's Centre Vent Wheels, of three feet
and a half diameter, ami eleven inch bucket, the discharge
opening* measuring 4i"' inches. 1 displaced that and put
In one of yours of six foet diameter, with dtooharg# open
ings measuring 270 inches, aad your wheel run the same
amount of machinery that die Rich Wheel had driven, and
there win a difference In favor of yours es eight inches in
the depth of water to the Udt race. 1 feel no hesitation in
rtfcomtuendiag your wheel to all manufacturers and mill
owners, believing it to the greatest wheel of the age. Wish
ing you •uecesa in the introducton of eo valuable an Im
provement, l main&rery respectfully, yours, Ao.
inhJti wly GBO mil gQIILBY.
IMPORTANT TO MANUFACTURERS.
rpii;: HI lISUUIULKI are prepared to supply aQ
JL kinu't of
CO'il'ON AND WOOLEN MACHINERY,
of * MMrim' quality, SllAFTlNtf and MUX OBAKIXO,
with Impru.ed Coupllnf aud l'ull.ya, Self-Olllnf llani«ra
<whicli Kqulr* idlll’S 0 11 1 y one. In li™. monlh.V, LOOMS,
of . gr.ai variety ol I’nll.riu, for Fancy and Twilled Good.,
from On# to K ylit.-r' ittuttloa; alto, for l’lain Ooodn, capa
-1,1. of runnlnr from ISO u lTOploka per minute.
Tliev aa-e enaWwl, front tintir .xten«iT« improY«ment«, *o
produce YARN'S and HOODS, iritk comiairatiTety little
labor ; and all Manufacturer., befor. nurchaeing thtar Ma
chlnerr, will do well to yl.lt Philadelphia and yidniijr,
whara they cause# the Machinery wish all the late.l ttu
prcrei'tcui., in ftiH apd succeeaful oiwationi «r they can
he ref«rre>t to Facloriea In altuoat erery btete South and
YYaat, hy ad.draa.mi a liua So tha (tubacribera.
ALFKBD JKNKS * SON,
Feb. lIS9. fel.vty Brdeaburg, near I‘hiladeiuhla.
N. 11. Plana or Facloriaa, with tha hatetion of Maoninrry,
the almplewt method of driTing, and calculation of .peed,
furul.-li.d r, of cliargea wly
AOGUSXA FRENCH BUUH ItILL STONE MANU
FACTOItr.
Til K yubu.Tib«r, thankful for tha Idnd patronage herdofore
extefoletl to the lute tlrm of SvatmMaa * \Yma.no, would
twwN'tfallv itif.nu Ins friends and tha puhUo, that ha contin
ues' to eN N ,;e orders for hia well known Warranted French
BI'RK MILL «»ery dtwiral'le siaa, at the totresl
pete ar,l sbortem m>Uoe, He also furnishes
BMtI'UF and COLOONK STOXfts,
F.MIT MAO ill Mb', Os various patterna,
l OLTINii CLOTHS, of tha bwt brand,
CKMKNT, for Mill use.
Aad fT.rv other article neemwry In a M3L
Atw>, f,u Planter,, small GKJM' hULUt to attach to Kin
Hoars.
AH orders promptly attended to.
YTM. R. SCinKOT.R,
jalS wtf Surviving partnffr of Schimier A Wigand.
NOTICE.
■\\-11.1, 51K sold, on the 2sth day of JUNE next, at
1 1 Cclar Town, in lVlk county, the Town Lots in said
county. Cr.ar Town is situated in a healthy and fertile
Yalley, 1* mi'.es ssutth of Home, and directly on the ooutem
pla'vl Rad. ad, ft.xu Rome to Jaeks,mville, Ala. Those
slc-iring healtlyr locations, anti to reside In the vicinity of
*ood he’’'- '*, as well as busiu.es men, would do well to .t
--,l »>..l,'s:t.r. bale to continue from day to day liU the
1, a tsold, or a suthoiency to .newer the demands of the
lilt} - Terras ou the day.
.vu-o.’-n MONDAY, tlte tifth day of JULY, the building
of the Court lloues will be let oft to tbe loweet bidder.
Douc by order of Court, May ITUt, ISSa.
WOODSON HUBBARD, J. I. C.
AUNF.R DARDEN, .1,1. C.
MARTIN AYRES, J. 1. C.
mySO-td WILU AM 111 TCIUXHS, J. I, C.
j 'OK s A LK,—
< Stilt tihds. BACON;
s' •• SCOAR:
BbO bids. WHISKEY;
ltai ** FLOUR;
In Store and for sale, on 4 and 5 months time, with approv
ed security. jej-wtf JQHN KERR,
NOTICE
A IX PKRSOYS are hereby warneti not to trade for
either of too promissory NOTES given by me to Har
rison Musgrove, or bearer, or order, for One Thousand and
isUty-two lbiiiart each, date! on the loth Oct., ISM, and
In, . able with interest front date, one and two years there
*(■ ■ r j shall uot )Nty said notes, aa the consideration for
which they wetv given has failed.
JOHN D. WATKINS.
Athens, May Slat. ISM. JeS wS
DISSOLITTION OF COPARTNERSHIP.
rIK COPAHTNERriHIP heretofore eximing under
the firm of KKKRS A HOPE, in this City, and of
KERRS, HOPE A CO., in New York, has been dissolved by
the <ic.th of ANDREW KERR, and by mutual consent es
the surviving partners. The business of the Copartnership
■will be settled by either of the subscribers, who will sign the
name of the fluu hi hquidntiea. JOHN KERR,
JAMES HOPE,
JOHN HOPE,
Survivors.
t>V Notice it given, that debts due KERRS A HOPE,
unless pa;,!, cr satisfactorily arranged during the present
Spriug, mitt ueceaaorlly, and mtkout any exception be
at in suit. mhll-dSAwam
Au »«»TI.TtKAL IMPUt- g-r
MI.NTS.—The undersigned are
sos WCttving frum the mauuf&ctur- ' *
ers at Uie North, and will keep con- flfenißßßSKßfc
ateßtly on hat'd a terw wsortment of the best AORICUL
TURAL IMPLKMFNTB to tw had in New York er New
Kngland, or this.city, aod adapted to Southern Husbandry,
which they will sell tow tor cash.
. _ CARMICHAEL A BEAN.
Augusta, (toorgis.
NOTICE.
ALL PKIIhONS are hereby torewaraed trading for
four Promissory NOTES, of Thirty Dollars each dated
January S, ISM; signed by me, and mada payable to Elia.
W. Wiggins, aod due tha lint day of January next, at the
consideration for which said Notes war. given is uv.iv t*
fail; hence, the purchaser trill buy a tow suit.
BENJAMIN AYER.
JhahingfUto C. S. Bold, Butko «•, 9*. myil-wS
1 1852. PROSPECTUS 1852.
OF THB
wmw
X, FOR 3852.
Dr. DAXIIL LEE, j fi. REDXOSD,
PhahT- >y»Ta-NT Ecirom.
TEEKB.-OKZ DOLLAR A YEAR IK ADVANCE.
Tns SomiißN Cpi-tivat-jk iaiosucsi every month,
and ia exeiuaively devoted 1« Agriculture, Horti
cul' ire, Floriculture, Domenticau2 F'arm Economy,
Til luge end Husbandry, the Breeding and Katang
of Domestic Animals, Poultry and Bees, and tha
general routine of Southern Plamico and Fanning.
• The ne*.v volume for 1b.12, will be leaned on a royal
octavo aheet of Vi pacer, with NEW TYPE. FI f< f
PAPER, ASiJ BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS!
It will contain a much greater amaunt *f Mattel
then heretofore—will discuss s greater variety of
topics, and wiii be in every respect tux h hot Aghi
coltcual I’atsii in tui Sodth ! and equal t« say ia
the Union!
Friends of Southern Agrleultnre!!
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in the Cotton Growing .States, exclusively devoted
to the interests of the Planter; and as it has ever
boon an earnest and .consistent advocate of those
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and sustained it thus lar, your cordial and generous
support wili still be continued.
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Stock Kaisers, NrKeSETiiEN, and ail connected in
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plea*- e forward them ns early as possible.
;Vf*All bills of specie payi.no Banks reecivod at
par—and all money sent by mail will be at our
risk.
W. S. JONES, Publisher.
Augusta, Oa., January 1, 1852.
BANK OF ST. MARY S.
A CARD.
Mr. Newton St. John, if the Jinn of fa. John,
I’ower» it Vo., Mobile.
Sm: —A Bill, died by you in the Court of Chan
cery of the Southern Chancery Division of Alaba-
against John G. Winter and others, having
been published in Mobile, I presume with your
knowledge and consent, 1 feel satisfied in addres
sing you thus publicly.
Had you sought merely recovery of the Bank of
St, Mary's, (though tile publication of such a
statement, purely might by still further
depreciating the "notes of the Bank, and affecting
the credit of those endeavoring to redeem them
mjure the holders of the Mils,) it might not have
been necessary for me to have addressed you per
sonally ; but where that was only a secondary mo
tive, and your prime objeetthe destruction of the
reputation of individuals—where you manifest
such unusual haste to “bear false witness against
your noiglibor,” it becomes iny imperative duty,
and in justice to all concerned, but for pressure of
business growing out of the misfortunes of the
Bank, and a necessary absence of a fortnight,
this duty would have bees performed at an earlier
day.
I shall refer only, and as briefly as possible, tft
those allegations of your bill which most manifest
your intention, (and your rsselute determination
to secure, at ail /. izofh, undue Iffnl action,) ami
which arc wholly irrovalent to the subject mattor
of your complaint, and iu opposition to yoar tu’orn
statements, give fade, which will bu proven on
trisl.
You evtar that the 30,000 dollar check was pur
chased of the Bank of St. Mary *, upon tho pro
mises and assurances of the officers of the Bank
that it should be promptly mot as it became due.
This you swear, without any qualification ; yet you
could not Fnotc this to be true, because you were
not in Columbus at tho time of li.e purchase oi
the draft; and tho Jaet I assert to be precisely
«o rovorse! and your own acting agent, who pnr
issod it, substantiates my assertion; bis counter
itnlSMsn/ utterly discrediting your I'-r taily on this
point. He will prove that no such assurances or
promise* ware given, nor nny aiiniiai', or any that
eemtd hate been tnitUiken for them ! You mrenr
that subsequent to the failure of the Hank, an or
dar was sent bv Winter & Co., to their agent in
Mobile, to purchase the notes a; a depreciated value.
Thie ia indeed a aerioue charge, and should not
have bean made without the necessary proof to
substantiate it, and is, I most solemnly aver, en
tirely destitute ot any approach to truth. Winter
& Co., or any member of the firm, never, within
my knowledge, sent an order to their agent, or to
any other person : never purchased in Mobile or
elsewhere, directly or indirectly, since the sus
pension, or (that i know of) beforo it, the notes of
the Batik of Ht. Mary’s at a greater rate of discount
than that current for the best Georgia and South
Carolina notes ; nud so fur from this being “the
obvious policy of ssid firm,” tboir policy hss been
and is directly the reverse.
You swear that Winter & Co., have acquired
lands, houses, &e., by the iasuo of the Bank of St.
Marys, “suffering the bill holders to hear tho loss,
and keeping the property and profits to themselves.
That lands, houses, &c., havo been purchased by
Winter & Co., is the only truth in tho statement.
That they purchased them for the purpose you in
dicate, oven you should have hesitated to swear 1
• It is a f.ict, (which I have, I think, a right to pre
sume you, as an interested party, knew,) that im
mediately alter my return from Columbus, (on the
Monday "following the Friday on which the Jinnk
suspended, and prior to any knowledge on my
part of your intention or action,) I tendered to
Mr. John Henley, of this eity, one of tho owners
of the protested draft, (through a member of his
firm,) real eetato in Montgomery, at such as third
parlies might determine to lie its cash value,
which proposition was declined. Yet in the face
of this f»ct, tho public are left to believe that
Winter & Co. “keep the property and profits to
themselves, and sutler the creditors to hear the
loss !" Arrangements are now being made to se
cure all tho bill holder* against any loss, by a salo
of land*, housos and other property, and your oath
implying a oontrnrv intention is on record !
It!» not trno, as "you depose, “that hundreds of
thousands of dollars of the bills of the Bank of
St. Mary's bare been issued in Montgomery, for
the first time, by Winter A Co.” liven were this
a (hot, yon could not personally know it. You
might have stated it as a matter of beliof, but by
what clairvoyant process did you arrive at a knmd
edje of what you depose to bo s fact ? Men gen
erally believowhat they hum ; you soem to reverse
thisnrocoss, and know all that youAefie.c. I have
heard of men who relied on their imaginations for
thotr facts ; is not yours a oaso in point 1
It cannot be true, as you aver, that it was gen
erally understood that any transactions required
with tho Bank might bo transacted with Winter
<ft Co., unless the community “generally” are as
easily satisfied as to “ facts” .is Mr. St. John, who
cannot oven swear correctly as to tho fact of the
residence of one of tho parties; although it woe
unoi the q/fctlanU of the non-reeidence of one of them
that he procured an attachment to be issued ! But
I will not follow yon further through your bill;
doubtless yon are much more disgusted by your
allegations'than oven I can bo. Thu injury thoy
may have dope those whom they were designed to
ntTeot, is but temporary; that which they will in
flict upon Ton, will stick like Sinbad'i “ Old Man
ofthe Sea.’’
Surely if no malevolent feeling animated you,
the offer made to Mr. John llenloy, which would
have amply secured von, and which gave you, in
fact, without litigation, all that you can obtain by
it, should have been accepted, when you would
have avoided tho anxiety, the loss of temper and
of reputation, the ill feeling and the wear and tear
of conscience—and the last must be no unimpor
tant item.
It is difficult to find anv solution to your conduct
in not acceding to the offer of property st rash val
uation, excopt in somo miserable feclingof person
al animosity, or in a dismay so wild at the pros-
Cect of loss as to unfit you for sober thought and
usinoss transactions. 1 know, however, that in
some men there exist* such a propensity to the
commission of wrong, that, incapable of a gener
ous sentimeut or act, as the inevitable result of
thoir nature, they suspect every other person of a
baseness equal to their own. If innocence is un
suspicious, guilt is ever on the alert, and malice
crouches impatient for a victim—
“ At the pantiig hound In summer,
When he scents the stately deer,”
eager to fasten his fangs on tho first whom misfor
tune may assail.
But you have hastened too fast in the gratifica
tion of your malevolence. You have underrated
too much the valuo of truth, and have sworn so
recklessly as evontoiujureyourcar.se. Hatred is
often as blind as justice is represented, and tails
tts often from its strength as its weakness. Yon have
overdone the matter entirely, and certainly are en
titled to a reputation for swearing at whi- h “ our
army in Flanders” would be panic stricken.
Whan Shy lock lost his ducats and daughter ir
retrievably,"the unfortunate old fogy's rage and la
mentations excited only derision and contouipt;
but that was consequent upon his pretitwe reputa
tion. That which will visit vow will be tii6 result
ofthe “ greatness you have achieved.”
I regret more than you do that the draft f the
Bank was protestedit is a matter of profound
mortificaton to all whose names are connected
with the Bank that it should have been tjarced to
suspend. But as these arc exigencies to which
allengagd in extended operations are liable, and
which certainly have more than once occurred with
out any imputation of unfairness or design being
attributed, and as there have been no circumstan
ces attending this misfortune, either previous to
or following it, to justify such suspicions in any
hsnoroUe mind, I cannot permit tho publieatiou in
a newspaper of so gross a libel to pass unnoticed,
even though sworn to in a Bill of Chancery by
you.
Iu conclusion, ■ ir, it is hoped, and as remarka
ble as it may seem, perhaps, to you, really believed
that those aguiust whom your very commendable
attacks have been directed will survive them, and
that even were they far more vigorous l they may
not, aa evidently designed, rob them ot their good
name, uor impair iheir ability to pay every credit
or ofthe Bunk of St. Mary's," dollar for dollar.—
leaving you, therefore, in" tho moat unenviable of
all company— yovr own —and with unrivalled
claims to the character of a “swift witness,” (in a
ease of your own at least,! I, “ more in sorrow
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From the Ea'jle <£ Enquirer.
THE PARIAH, bvl TIMtXU suits.
“ As il she sere a part of the wrecks cast out by the
wave*, an t left to corruption and decay, the girl we had
followed, itTsl on the river’s brink in the midst of this
night-picture, lonely and still, looking down Into tha water.”
Dark lay the sullen scene,
Like a foul plague-spot slowly deepening
In Nature 1 ! bosom. Dim and drearily
The din of mingled multitudes came np
From the close, crowded city, yet thi* .pot
Was lonely as the grave, and through the chill
And melancholy waste, the river wound
As a dud earthworm through a sepulchre.
In vaulte I easiness rose the storming sky.
And the triM winds like poisoned birds of prey,
Flew shrieking round the impenetrable gloom,
Tiiat barred the blnck horizon, while afar
The thunder's hollow warning crept along
I he troubled night sky, and the stars were hid
Close iu their cloudy caverns. Desolate
A low street with its crumbling tenements
Lay by the river’s margin; ou the brink
The rank grass nodded—poison-weeds held up
Their livid rhahees, and baneful leaves
B|>otted as with s lepro«y. Above,
Rose the rude battlements, and rareward walls
Os a deserted citadel, and o'er
The turbid waters stretched a ruined bridge
Like a huge, mouldering skeleton, its lamp
Burned a low, lurid beacon, and the light
Writhed like a serpent on the inky flooJ
That murmured through the arches.
* Cowering
'Mid the dank foliage, and shiny stones
As if iD misery to stifle shame,
Crouched tbe poor Pariah. Betrayed—alone,
Lost utterly—yet strangely beautiful
As fr me wan, wildered blossom hanging on
The liaggard brow of Koiu ! Wondrous fair
Tiic slender lingers clenching hopelessly
At the polluted plants, all wild tlte cloud
Os raven lre.se* from the forehead flung,
Bank the despairing eye, as if to hide
Within its own deep Carkness, from the light’s
Insulting sneer. Bhe shuddered when Hie hash
Os the far lightning fed athwart her brow,
As if it were a demon’s kiss, and wiien
The keen and icy wind struck sharply through
Her white and faded bosom, the would start
With a ijuick agony, as though the bt-ak
Os a fierce vulture fastened on her heart.
To her the present was a drea-y realm
Peopled with dreams of horrof; —to the past
She dared not now return, for Bin and Shame,
Two gaunt-eyed sentinels stood frowningly
Beside the portal;—and the future, ah !
Its very thought was insupportable.
She looked a moment to the starless sky,
Its thunder-voice rebuked her for the glance—
Bhe heard the sullen sounding waters dash
On the old dungeon-walls, then fall again
From the rude stone-work, like the troubled stream
Os her affections wasted on a heart.
That cast it off with scorn;—she saw the tide
Sweep swiftly through the bridge’s eaverned arcb,
And to her gaic it seemed the gate of Death
Barred by a flaming serpent’s hideous coil.
Her heart was broken—not a liojie illumined
Its shattered chambers, and existence seemed
One mighty multitude of mocking eyes,
And hissing tongues that stung her sullied soul
To madness. From her unclosed lips arose
The moan of an unspoken prayer—a name
Bhe called as softly as our spirits breathe
Os one the Lord had taken, yet ’twas his
Who robbed tile soul-shrine of the costly pear!
To steep It in a cup of bitterness
And unavailing tears. Then upward rose
O'er the wild wailing winds the wilder cry
Os human agony—a whilo arm broke
The serpent barrier, then sunk beneath
The blackened archway—and the haunted shore
Was blank and lone 1 #
Thus perished the betrayed;—
The tempter, deep betrayer, murderer,
Btood witli unblushing front, and haughty eye
Amid the circles of the proud and g iy.
Men took his hand, and highborn i!...:uty bowed,
To list his flatteries, unheeding all
A Bister's ruined name, and broken heart,
And lone, cold slumber where the waters moaa
Iler requelni. oh 1 woman, woman, where
Is thy true pride of spirit? wherefore sleeps
Thy smile of withering scorn—thy lightning glanee
Os honest indignation ? Pity weeps,
And soft-eyed Charily—and Honor Imwa
His noble brow to hide its burning blush,
And blinded Justice pointing scornfully,
Flings tliec her taunting whisper, “Shame— shame— shame.”
Oh 1 inany-visaged inconsistency,
Where are thy “ principles ?” ’Tis vain, and worse
Than vain, this hollow prate of “ rights ” and “ wrongs,”
When “ wrongs "like these are suffered, while the “ rights "
Anq power to crush the fiend-destroyer, lies
All uuexerted, when the privilege
Is woman’s own to do it, and to point
The erring victim to that Blessed One
Who spake to such au one in tones of love,
" <Jo damrjhtcr, tin no more!"
Persian Customs.
V’ e find in tlte N. Y . Times tho following ex
tract of a private letter from un American gentle
man residing in Persia, with tho accompanying
translations from a Porsian newspaper, which will
be found interesting and instructive an to some of
tho customs of that ancient country:
Oroomiah, Tuesday, Fob. 8, 1832.
* * Tho following extracts translated from a
Persian newspaper, editod by an English gentleman
ill the employ of the Persian Government, may bo
of some interest to you. You may like to sue how
things are done in this “ Lund of the Sun.” lam
sure you willsiiv, “Howunlike Republican Amer
en!” But suoli have been the customs in Persia,
probably from tho time of Cyrus down. .
A few months ago, tho King ejected from office
tho Prime Minister, who has stood at the helm of
State since tho present reign commenced, and ho
is now a prisoner in an obscure town remote from
the capital. Ho was charged with no crime. It ia
said that he begged His Majesty to disclose tho
reason why he wits disgraced - , and tho royal reply
was; “ I have no fault to find with your policy,
but I dislike your person !”
The “ College of Sciences,” is a new thing in Per
sia. It is ono of tho signs ofthe times in the East.
Large sums of money liavo been expendod by the
Government iu erecting buildings, and in obtain
ing teachers. The toneliors are Austrians. It is
supposed that they wero employed rather than
English, French or Russians, from a jealousy of
tho influence of thoso powerful States’ in the in
ternal affairs of the Kingdom. The plan was form
ed by the lato Minister. Most truly yonrs.
Extract from a Persian newspaper,printed at Tehran,
date, 2d of Rabid-accl, ( January , 1852.)
[translation.]
On Saturday, tho 22d of ifpt month, (Safar,) His
August Majesty, in order to manifest the abund
ance of his regard and favor for Jlis Excellency
tho Grand Vizier, high in runk, exalted in dignitv,
of permanent glory , the hope of the State, and the
confidence ofthe king, condescended to visit him
at his house.
From tho ice-houso of Khan Mnrvce to tho house
of the Grand Vizier, merchants and honerablo meu
formed a lino ou one side of the way—and on the
other, magistrates and old men, "all clothed in
shawls and gold-cloth, who offered sacrifices,
(slaughtered animals,) and presented dishes of
candy.
On the passage of tho royal cortege bv the house
ofMcerza Mohammed Khan, chief ofthe body
guard, and a noble servant of the king—the above
named caused the following presents and sacrifi
ces to pass before the royal view, viz: one cash
mere shawl, SIOO in gold, ono dish of candy, and
five sheep, (slaughtered in the rot h1 presence.)
On passing the house of Meerza Fazluhah, broth
er ofthe Grand Vizier, the following presents and
sacrifices wore made to his Ilia Majesty, viz: one
enshmero shawl, SIOO in gold, one dish" of candy,
and five sheep. •
On passing the house "of Mohammed Yoostif
Khan, high in dignity and the companion ofgreat
ness and glory, and the nephew ofthe Grand Vi
zier, the following presents and sacrifices were
made, viz: ono cashmere shawl, SIOO in gold, ono
dish of candy, and five sheep.
On tho passage of the auspicious star-liko cor
tege by the house of the exalted Meerza Fathullah,
nephew of the Grand Vizier, and chief Secretary in
the Department of War, presents and sacrifices
were ntadeas above.
On the arrival of the royal cortege at the entrance
court of the mansion ot' the Grand Vizier, rioh
gold cloths and costly stuffs of various kinds were
spread from that place to the public brlooh, a dis
tance of about four hundred paces, under his Maj
esty's feet, and twenty sheep were slaughtered as
a sacrifice. On tho arrival of llis Majesty at the
public hall of tho Grand Vizier, Meerza Mohamred
Sa.lik and Meerza Fathaly Khan, companions of
greatness and glory, Secretaries of His Exeelloney,
passed tho following present* before the royal
view, viz: two cashmereshawis, S2OO in gold, and
two dishes of candv.
Afterwards tho Grand Vizier himself made the
following presents in the public saloon, viz: One
Cashmere shawl, rose-figured; SSOO in gold, one
dish of candy, and 19 copper waiters of confection
ery. In the passages to the public saloon, and
in the first and seeoud private apartments to the
inside of the garden, vases of fiowers were arrang
ed, and wooden waiters of confectionery were
placed, and at the Frangee Hat, (a summer house
so called from its shape]) which is situated in tho
middle ofthe garden, fruits and flowers were ar
ranged. Here the following presents were made,
viz: Guo Cashmore shawl, SSOO in gold, and one
dish of candy.
As his august Majesty entered the private apart
ments of the family, flowers and fruits were ar
ranged in great profusion around tho fountain and
iu all parts of the grounds. Here the following
presents and sacrifices were made, viz: One Cash
mere shawl. S3OO in gold and five sheep.
While his Majesty was in the Harem, Meerza
Karim Khan, exaitod in rank, son of ths Grand
Vizier, .v’mse glory is enduring, made ths follow
ing ptesents, viz.: A manuscript volume, in the
ham? writing of the deceased Mccr Amad; the
works of Hafiz, iuthe hand writing of Meer Aly,
and r. manuscript of Aga Mohammed Aly Sharazi.
Afterwards the royal cortege returned, passing
through the Shimran Gate. In passiug the red
denees of the high in’diguity, companions of great
ness and glory, Jaffnr Koolv Khan, brother of the
Grand Vizier, and Abbas Kody Khan. General of
the Caxvcen regiments, and cousin of the Grand
Vizier, they presented tho following, viz: the for
mer, one cashmere shaw l, SSO in gold, one dish
of candy; tha latter, S4O in gold and one dish of
candy. ,
The lofty indignity, Mahommed Shape, and the
exalted in rank, Meerza Kaheem, body-servant to
liis Majesty, whose residence* were passed "by the
stariike auspicious cortege, had the felicity of ap
pearing in the rovnl presence, and the honor of ma
king presents. His August Majesty passed out at
the Sariurau Gate, and returned by the State Gate
to the Imperial palace.
The following is another extract from tha same
TT a former number of this journal it was pub
lished, that the lofty disposition of the compre
hensive mind of his august Majesty, the king of
kings, was to this effect, that complete system
should be established, in the instructions in the
college of sciences; and that in every science skill
ful professors should be employed "and eeenpied
in tueservice ofthe State. Therefore, by the roy
al command, which must be obeyed, fio'ehiiJreu,
intelligent andcapable. ofthe families ofthe nobles,
grandees, and pillar* of the kingdom, have been
and are to be, selected to bo instructed by profes
sors It being the royal intention, that this busi
ness’ should be well "planned and arranged. On
the sth of the month [Safer,] liis Majesty with his
pure mind, condescended to visit the above-named
college for the purpose of inspecting its order and
system Meerza Mahommed Aly Kb am. Minister
of Foreign Affair*, high in rank and near the king,
and YzizKhan, Chief-Adjutant in the army, exalt
ed in dignitv, and some other* of the nobles of the
court, who tad the honor of being in the august
presence, wore houored by a royal address and
order, aceordiugthe rank and employment of each
one, relative to the regulation of the business ot
the College, and instruction in it.
After inspecting the College of Ssctenccs, the roy
al cortege returned, and passed out of the eitv by
the Government Gate. AsaduUah Khan, an hon
ored servant of the king, and Master of the Horse,
caused to pass in His Majesty* view five hundred
and sixty-six mares from the royal- pastures. The
mares and their colts passed before the royal eye,
fat and in excellent order, and the above-named
noble servant of His Majesty, was the rfripient of
the Imperial favor and approbation, and the herds
men who had performed good service were the
recipients of valuable presents.
The failure of a large cotton-spinning house at
Moscow, with liabilities estimated as high M £6OO
- sterling, has been reported.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1852.
I Marriages in the East.
Mr. Guegoet M. Worteblt, auative of Beyioof,
i is delivering a coarse of lectures in,Brooklyn, on
Syria. The subject ot tho seoond leetfire was
“ Marriages in the East,” of which the N. York
Tones makes the following abstract:
“ After a few introductory remarks, the lecturer
eemmeuced hv saying that marriages in the East
are considered the most brilliant eras in a man’s
life—an event to whieh the young man looks for
ward with no small share of impatience, as upon
it he builds hi* hopes of limited happiness, so
much so that the heartiest congratulations yon can
offer a young man, or the wannest manner of re
turning "him thanks for any favor or kindness con
ferred by him, is to w#i him an eariy marriage.
In thanking parents who mav have sons for any
favor conferred upon them, the heartiest manner
of expressing your sentiments is to wish them the
happiness of outliving tho marriages of their sons.
No compliments are paid to the daughters—they
being considered inferior to the sous, so much so
that the cold return for any kindness rendered by
a young lady is to wislt a speedy marriage to her
brothers, or if she has not these, to any of her
unmarried male relatives, while of her no notice
is taken. This custom does not, however, exist in
Beyroot, and other large towns, where European
and missionary influence ha* told much on the
inhabitants, frliile contrasting auch place* where
no European influence exists, with where it
docs, it is strange to note how quiet the Easterns
are, and what quick strides civilization is taking
among them.
To return to the snbject—the ceremony of the
wedding generally lasts three or four days, viz:
from Thursday afternoon till early on Monday
morning. Formerly it lasted a fortnight or more",
during which time the bridegroom, sr liis father in
officio, used to send the bridal sweetmeats to their
friends. Now the bridegroom’s friends come to
liis house and help themselves. In the interval,
the greatest sumptucusness and luxury are display
ed by all parties, according to their condition, and
meu, by decking themselves in jewelry, whiob, in
litany cases, is borrowed.
The ladies and gontlcmen never aseociate to
gether, and therefore each house has two reception
rooms. Many houses have two doors for the dif
ferent sexes, so that the ladies coming in from the
streets enveloped in their white Eigaror covering,
which wraps them tip from head to foot, cannot be
seen by the men. The veil whieh tha women use
is transparent enough to allow them to see through
it, but in retrru they cannot he scan. Tha Syrians
arc particularly modest, and ou the other" hand
very jealous.
At these festivities everybody shouts and chat
ters, confusedly. While the men have tlieir musi
cians, the women have their songstresses and
dancing girls, to enliven them. Wines, preserves,
and oriental sweetmeats are supplied in abundance
by the bridegroom and bride, whobeeome stewards
for the time, and consider the Arab proverb true,
that “ The more they eat, tho more they drink, the
more they show their attachment to "the lord of
the feast.” Both men and women smoko during
the festivities. The ladies usually smoke the
Argyle, the smoke of which is drawn by a long
tube through water, thus not only cooling it before
it reaches the mouth, hut alsopurifving it. When
any person enters the room, all persons salute him
and urge upon him their seat*. Before Syria was
conquered by ibraham Pasha of Egypt, and when
tho infiuenoe of the Janissaries—who were after
wards destroyed by Sultan Mahmoud—still pre
vailed, the bridegroom was ohiigod to pay a cer
tain tax to tiie Govenior of the district, and to
give presents to their friends, iu order that these
last might escort the bridal party in the streets,
and guard the house of the bridegroom from the
intrusion of Janissaries, who came in and demanded
presents.
If the wedded pair be not of the same sect of
Christians, there is trouble—this often stands iu
the way of the marriage ever being fulfilled. For
instance, a pair of the two orders of Roman
Catholics, viz: Naronite and Greek Catholic, both
of which admit the supremacy ©f the Pope, cannot
be united without a license from the Bisliops, hut
a Greek orthodox cannot marry either of the
above. There is groat animosity existing between
thoso two churches, and marriages between them
are generally avoided, and more so in Mount
Lebanon, where the clan rivalry still exists. No
dowry is exacted with their wives, who only
bring with them clothes, jewels, house furniture,
according to tlieir position in life; but mv marry
ing, they do not loso their inheritance, ifhe share
inherited by a female is about one-third of what a
male gets.
. Marriages in the East are arranged between the
parents; in nine case* out of ten, the parties to
lie joined have nover seen each other, and know
nothing about the arrangements whon made. The
manner of selecting life-partners is ns follows :
Tho mother, seeing a person to whom she would
like to marry her daughter or son, sends her hus
band to make the preliminary arrangements. On
betrothing, tho young man sends jewels, &e., and.
it is on tho value of these gifts that the parents of
tho girl rogulato tlieir gifts to the daughter. If tlte
gentleman wishes to break the engagement, he
can do so, but loses the preseuts. if the lady
breaks the engagement, she returns the presents
two-fold. Should the interested parties ever, by
chance, see each other in their lifetime, they must
not after they are betrothed. This custom "is fast
falling off among the Christians of Syria—while
amongst tho Chiefs of Mount Lebanon, the cus
toms are rigidly maintained; and by the Turks in
general. With the latter, it is so much in force,
that even tho bridegroom’s father, old as lie may
he, is not allowed to see the betrothed of his son.
A divorce with the Turks is a very easy thing; the
slightest caprieo of tho husband is sufficient, A
Turkish wedding present* curious peculiarities.
Tho Preteudaut, and the parents of the girl, in the
presence of the Cadi and the Mufti,make the bar
gain. Tho Pretendant is obliged to pay the sum
agreed upon, which is called the cash va’luo of the
wife, on account of its being paid in advance,
which serves for her maintenance when divorced.
As soon as the word divorce is pronounced, the
wife immediately voils her face; and if she is
pregnant, she must be delivered at her father’s
house; the child, when two years old, is returned
to the father. The Turk is allowed to have as
many wives as lie chooses to buy. A Turk can
divorce his wife, and marry her again thrice,
which is often the case.
During the wedding-days at the brides’ house,
the friends of the bride assemble, dve her hands
with Henna, visit the hath, which takes half a day;
on their return home, the bride is dressed like a
doll—she is seated cross-legged on a raised cush
ion, with her eyes closed, her hands upon her
knees, and in this awkward position she sits till
all have retired from tbe room. Once in the course
of the evening she is placed on a pair of patterns,
nbout ten inches high, supported r>,v two friends,
when' she makes a slight inclination towards a
dance, tho company clap tlieir hands and shout,
and all the ladies tako their turn at dancing.
On tiie eve of marriage the bridegroom sends
ono hundred and fifty of his relatives to accompa
ny the brido to church. On arriving at her fa
ther’s house she is demanded, and the company sit
down and smoke while she is being prepared. The
bride in going to church is aceotnpnnicd by as
many women as the bridegroom sent men. The
party call on the parents for a blossing and con
sent and proceed to church on horseback—rose
water ia springlod on the bridal party from the
windows of various houses—presents are distribu
ted among the lower orders. The procession never
pauses before a hath nor returns by any of the
streets through whieh they passed in going to the
church, it being considered as a bad ©men. When
the ceremony is performed the married couple do
not return together,. The bride is taken to the
bridegroom's house. v When tbe husband enters
the bride’s room, accompanied by his god-father,
she uncovers her face, and as a token of submis
sion to him kisses his hand.
In Aleppo the veil i* taken off with a sword; at
other places by th* hand, and also by the bridgroom
standing on a lofty place and removing the veil as
the bride passes under his arm. This denotes
that the woman is considered an inferior, and the
man takes no pains to hide it front her, but on the
contrary shows his absolute authority, and then
henceforth sho must obey and have no will but
liis.
These marriages are generally happy, or as hap
py as illiterate people can be. "When this ceremo
ny is completed, the usual compliment* are paid
and the ceremony is complete.
Show and Us*.— I This is callad a utilitarian age;
but to ns it seems fast degenerating into an age of
trumpery and tinsel. Superfieial display, at the
expense of oomfort, and on the “ Canal street
plan,” is one of its characteristics. Flimsy fabrics,
cheap and showy—tho attenuated ghosts of the
rich brocades and heavy padusoys of our great
grandmothers, and like them in nothing but the
patterns, which seem too heavy for such tissue
paper stuffs to carry—are now "worn by hundreds
of “ young ladies,’’"who, had they lived a century
ago, would have been content to wear homespun
six days of the week, and dimity stuff, or jaconet
on Sundays. Rich silks are still made, still worn;
but as tho ambitious many cannot submit to be
eclipsed by the wealthy few, trashy imitations are
provided at prices suited to the purses of Eve’s
portionless daughters. All the best products of
the loom are duplicated,orrathersimniated,which
bear the same relation to tbe authentic articles as
a reflection does to the solid substance which it
represent*. Blanket* are made almost without
wool, cottons principally out of starch; cloth out
of woollen rags, and silk handkerchief* iu part
out of cotton. The spider is said to have sug
gested the idea of texile fabric*, and modern man
ufactures seem to be bent npon reducing them to
the flimsineas of the cobweb. They have reached
a point of attenuation which leaves nothing farther
to be accomplished in that way, unless niaehinerv
should be invented for spinning and weaving mist
and moonshine.
Look at the gliscningchairs, tables, bureaus. Ac.,
in tho ready-made furniture stores. Yet they are
mere shams U-carcase • of green pine, covered with
a thin mahogany cnrlicle, which will crack and peel
off like the skin of Bornum's negro, before they
have been in use six months.
Whole blocks of houses are built on the. same
cheap plan, with unseasoned beams and joists,
poor bricks, and ivor.-e mortar. It is lucky that
some ot them are built in blocks. They help to
keep each other np. We would recommend as
suitable inscriptions for tho showy fronts of eertai:
rows of houses that have attracted our attention
during a wearisome hunt for a new home, such
phrases as “union is strength,” and “united we
stand, divided we fall.” It is well that earth
quakes do not occur in these latitudes. A vigo
rous trembler would shake many a brick-thick,
sand-eemented house, with all the modern im
provements” into smithereens.
Our ancestors were less selfish than the people of
this generation. They took thought for their d»-
scendeDta ; but the Paul Groutis’n money-grubber*
of the age of snecedmneums. refuse to confer a
favor that cannot be reciprocated, and supercilious
ly demanding “what ha* posterity ever done for
tis!” grasp only at the immediate and almighty
doligr.
It is a pity that onr modem real estate owners
have not a modicnm of the ambition of the great
builders of old—Cheops for instance, or the Ninc
vites—some of whose dwellings have recently “turn
ed up” nearly as good as new. The only dis'.inct’on
between the builders of N. York and those of Nine
vah is that the former bnild, “for a day.” whereas
the latter build for “all time.” The probability is,
however, that a larger sum is demanded for" one
year’s use of one of oar ephemeral tenements, than
"would have purchased a substantial mansion, war
ranted to hit a couple of thousand years, in the
day* of Jonah.— XoaM's Sunday Times.
Wheeling Bridge Case. —Final opinion*of the
Court. In the U. S. Supreme Court,"at Washing
ton, yesterday. Judge McLean delivered the opin
ion of the court in this important case, as follows :
1. That no change will be allowed in the decree
of the court, unless it will provide a safe and con
venient passage, at all times, for boats having
chimney* 80 feet from the water. 2. The conn
will not sanction cither es the plans proposed, but
if the defendants can make a draw, not less than
two hundred feet wide, in the western bridge, and
make the channel equally safe and convenient ts
the eastern channel was before the erection of the
suspension bridge, and remove ail other obetrae
tions from it, they may try the experiment at their
own risk and responsibility. 8. That the decree
heretofore rendered shall tie recorded, and, unless
the obstruction to navigation be removed or ade
quately remedied on or before the Ist of February
next, the bridge shall be abated. The defendant*
are ordered to pay the costs, amounting to about
fifteen thousand dollars. Judges Daniel* and
Taney dissented.— JSaltmon Sun,
From the Eapl. and Knquirer.
“ AMELIA.”
ar l. vuoiSiA smith.
Winds, upon your mystic flight.
Laden with tht smite and tear,
Btay your pinions, soft and light.
O’er a loved one, on her eter:
Breathe upon her snowy brow,
Kiss the lashes folded deep,
Over living splendors now
Curtained in eternal sleep.
Waters, on your hidden path,
Wending to the Southern main,
Lull the murmurs of your wrath
To a gentle, sighing strain:
Faintly let your music flow
Rolling with the restless tide.
Wait the heart that slumber, low
By the lonely river-side.
Blossoms, brightening the way
Os the lovely to the tomb,
Fair as yon, this child of day
Faded ere your early bloom:
Softly droop upon her breast,
lightly let your leaflets wave.
O’er tlte placid, dreamless rest
(it the gifted'in her grave.
Clouds, that iu your shining sweep
Up the azure zenitb roll,
And with crystal shadows keep
Veiled, the swift-ascending soul:
Ope the folds, that we of earth
Way, ere erery link be riven.
Catch one beam i f parting worth,
Ire it pass the gates of Heaven.
Btars, upon your burning march, —
Crested armaments of light,
# Passing the triumphal arch,
And the purple plains of Night:
Baw ys in your flaming race,
Aught ts her who tore ! you h*re—
lingered she in angel grace,
Over auy golden sphere ?
Spirits, on that radiant road,
Leading up the jeweled skies,
To the mercy-seat of (tod,
Wreathed with immortalities;
last your pinions upward rosru,
Bear her to the yisstoj rc«f—
'■ Waiting in ner spirits home,
’Mid the mansions of the blest.
Children of tbe “ Wreath snd Lyre,"
Where upon life’s dizzy steep,
Burns the spirit’s quenchless fire,
Where its echoes never sleep :
Tidings of her triumph tell
To the earth, and sea, and sky,
l.ike an organ’s gathering swell,
Bing of one—“ not born to die
A I’arson In Petticoat*.
Rev. Miss Antoinette L. Brown, a graduate from
the Theological School at Oberlin, Ohio, was re
.ccived at the Melodcon, yesterday afternoon, by a
crowded congregation, assembled to listen to a
discourse from her on St. Paul’* doctrine that wo
men should keep silence in the churches.
The Reverend but youthful maidon was conduct
ed to the pulpit by Rev. Theodore Barker; he,
however, did not sit beside hor, but took a seat
witli the congregation, leaving the young diviuo to
conduct the services herself, alone.
The dear preacher is apparently twenty-one
years of age. She is slender and genteel in form
and pretty in feature, with a fine expressive face.
Sho wore glossy black hair, neatly arrayed, a
close fitting, high necked dress that became her
vastly and altogether she made a favorable impres
sion upon the audieucoby her modest deportment
and her prettv face, u* well as by her chaste lan
guage and logical discourse. If she were to remain
in tiie city and would accept of some loud call,
there would be a powerful revival among our young
men, and hundreds would come under tho "influ
ence of tho preached word, who [now pass the
hours of the Bab bath in idle and vain pursuits.
After a voluntary on tho organ, the preachor
arose very quietly, and gracefully folded her hands
in prayer. From this performance it was very
easy to discover a theological education. Tlte
prayer had the good old Puritanical twang about
it. It was a perfect daguerrotype of a prayer wo
hare hoard scores of times in our Sunday School
days, by a good old piotta North End Baptist dea
con, who would always then, and does now com
mence his invocation by thanking God he had es
tablished a church on the earth.
After the prayor, the young elergywoman read
the XIV chap. Ist Corinthians (there was no choir)
ina peculiarly soft, mellifluous voice. Her reading
was very correct, clear, and distinct. She then an
nounced her text from tho 84th and 85th verses of
the chapter sho had read :
“Let your women keep?i!ea ce in the churches ; for it is
uot permitted unto them to speak ; but they are command
ed to be under obedience, as aBo saitli the Lord.”
“And if they will learn anything, let them ask their hus
bands at home; for it is a shame for women to speak in the
church.”
Hor bold stand iu thus taking the great theologi
cal bugbear ofSt. Paul by the horns, was admira
bly sustained throughout her whole discourse.
She took the position that St. Paul had bad com
mentators, andlkat his language and meaning had
been very much distorted by divines, who, from
prejudice and education, had prejudged the ques
tion, and commented on the’text to bring it to
meet their views. Had ahe been born a man, she
said, she might possibly have thought as they do;
but thank God, she was bom on the other side of
the question. To illustrate this sentiment she told
n feeling and impressive fable of a hear who pass
ing down Broadway one day, saw a picture of a
hunter drawing out his knife reeking with the
blood of his shaggy victim. Ah, ha! thought the
bear, if 1 was an artist 1 could give Ijuite a different
view of this subject.
Tiie Preacher contended that St. Paul nevor for
bado women t» speak in the churches in the senso
that commentators contend fur. Site was forbid
den to speak or talk unless site does teach. This
was illustrated by the context. Had St. Paul ao
forbidden, he would have gone contrary to God’s
own word, who has said, “I will pour out my spirit
npon you, and your eons and daughters shall
prophecy.”
The enchanting divine was particularly severe
npon Professor Stewart and Dr. Samuel* Hanson
Cox, who had said that tiie reason of Paul’s prohi
bition was found in the fact of tho universal gulli
bility and silliness of women. Dr. Cox’s ideas of
womanhood, sh* thought, might bo drawn from
his recollections of liis mother.
The Reverend charmer paid a handsome compli
ment to the gallantry of St. Paul. lie was, though
much abused ami slandored, the most polite of. all
the Apostles, and was Jar ahead, in the social quali
ties and high appreciation of woman’s character,
of any of his flippant commentators, either past
or present.
The discourse was ably written, handsomely de
livered and well received.
Mrs. Folsom was present, of course. After the
lectnro, she regretted that she had notan opportu
nity to speak from the text. She would have il
lustrated it differently. Awagwhohcard her la
mentation, suggested that she should comtneneo a
lecture right off, on the principles of the new let
ter just discovered. “ AVluit is that ?” asked
Ahby. “Why, let’er rip, to bo sure.” Abby
was no sneli a woman, and decliningtho invitation,
sho pursued her way, while tho congregation dis
persed to their several homes.— Boston' Herald.
Tho Boston Journal, mentions a curious old
volume lately received iu tiiat city from Mr. Ste
vens. It is a very curious treatise on Genealogy,
in Latin by John Andrco. The work was printed
at Nuremburg, by Frederick Creuszncr, about the
year 1474. This was only thirty years after tho
invention of metal type. Tito work is illustrated
by two large wood cuts, representing genealogical
trees, one of which shows the various degrees of
consanguinity, and tho other those of affinity.
The paper on which this book is printed is very
thick and firm, and is much whiter than is gene
rally found in books published a century or two
later. The type used is the old gothic or blaok
letter, among which various signs of contraction
arc interspersed, which together give the pages a
very quaint appearance. These signs were so
frequent, and the abbreviations so numerous in
the works of tho early printers, that they greatly
increase the difficulty of reading them; aiid accor
ding to Disraeli, a treatise was actually written on
the art of reading a printed book—nud this ad
dressed to the learned ! The initial letter of each
chapter had been left blank in printing, tor the,
purpose of being afterwards illuminated by hand,
which has been done. Besides this the work bears
other marks of the scrioe illuminator, upon every
page. It is said that soon after the invention of
printing, a law was enacted that some portion of
each printed work should be done by the illumina
tors and scribes, to that the large body of persons
who had heretofore gained a livelihood by those
employments, should" not be entirely deprived of
their means of subsistence. The work of Andree
is probably the earliest printed book upon a gene
alogical subject ; and there is great propriety in
placing it, as Mr. Stevens has done, in tho library
of the only societv in this country whoso object i»
to aid genealogical pursuits.
Liaut. Osborne, a member of ouc of the British
Arctic Expeditions, has argued before the Geo
graphical Society of London upon the existence of
tiie great Polar Ocean. His theory is announced
for what it may he worth as follows:
He said that in Wellington Channel he had ob
served an immense number of whales running ont
from under the ice, a proof that they had been to
water and come to water, for every one knew they
must have room to blow. He further said that
there was almost a constant flight of ducks and
geese from the northward, another proof of open
water in that direction, since these bird* found
food only in such water. lie added that it was his
deliberate opinion, from observations made on the
spot, that these whales passed up Wellington Chan
nel into a northern sea. In reference to'the abun
dance of animal life, in the latitude of this sup
posed polar sea, lie remarked that, while on the
southern sido of Lancaster Sound, he never saw
enough to feed his dog. Melville Island, one hun
dred and fifty miles to the northward, abounded in
deer and musk oxen. It was thus clear, he con
tinued, that animal life did not depend on latitude;
but iuereased, if anything, after pa-sing the seven
tieth degree. Moreover, whilo in Baffin’s Bay, the
tide made for the southward, coming from the At
lantic ; in Barrow’s Straits it made for the north
ward, which could oniy be explained on the hy
pothesis of a sea in that direction.
A Novel Dm. —The Eddy ville (Ky.) Teleprayh
publishes the following :
Two yonng bloods of our city becoming offend
ed at some imaginary insult, a challenge was passed
and accepted, as bota thought nothing but blood
conld wash out the insnit. The terms on which
the challenge wero accepted were these, that they
should meet at Dr. N.’s office and he bled until one
or the other should be satisfied. They accordingly
met, and the Doctor epened a vein, for them.
They bled until both becoming extremely weak,
and "looking as white as their own linen, pronoun
ced themselves satisfied. So ends thi* bloody af
fair.
A Carrier Pigeon at Sea.— I The brir Dettmnr,
whieh arrived at Philadelphia, reports that on the
voyage, date and locality not stated, bat some
where beyond the Golf stream, a bird flew aboard
the vessel, and lighted on tho shoulder of one of
the men. It had around its neck a bit of tape, bear
ing the name, etc., of the brig Marie, sailing from
Martinquc for Havre, and u request that notice
might be given one of the newspapers that all were
well onboard. Thehirdfiew offas soon a* the mes
sage was taken from its neck. Lloyd’s List re
ports the same vessel as having arrived at Havre
from Martinqae on the 81st of March, just two
days after the above message was dispatched.
Jeffrey’s reconciliation to Mi*s Joanna Baillie,
whom he had offended by his criticisms of her
plays, is mentioned at an event which afforded
him great satisfaction. He says she is the prettiest,
best dressed, kindest, happiest and most entire
beauty of fourscore that has been seen since the
flood. _
A Secret Worth Knowing.— Boil three or four
onions with a pint of water. Then with a gilding
brush go over your glasses and frames, and rest as
sured that the liies will not light on the article
washed. Thi! maybe need without apprehension,
and it will not do the least injury to the frames.—
Sen-port Mercury.
A party of Hungarians have reached Cineinnatti
on route "for Missouri to purchase a tract of land
to settle upon and cultivate. The party i* in
charge of Cflpt. Gratzy, and they have sufficient
means to purchase 10,000 acres of land, and the
necessary agricultural implement*for cultivation,
and to stock the same, ,
ITINI.
An old joker, who never yielded the palm t©
any ono in feeling a knotty yarn, was pnt to hi*
trumps at hearing a traveler state that he ono*
saw a brick house placed upon runners and drawn
up a hill to a more favorable location some half a
mile distant. “ What do you think of that, Uncle
Ethief?” said tho bystanders. “O, fudge,” said
the old man, “ I once saw a two-»tory licusedown
cast, drawn by oxen three mile*.” A deadsilonoe
ensued; the old-man evidently had the worst of it,
and he saw it. Gathering all hi* energies, ho bit
off a hugo piece of pigtail byway of gaining time
for thought; “ they drawed the stone house,” said
the old man—(ejecting a qusnti’y of tobacco jnico
towards tho fire-place,) “ but that waru’t the
worst of the job; arter they’d dun tiiat, they
went back and drawed the cellar.” The strangor
gave in.
Hiram Powers.— A statement is going tho
rounds of the American pres*, that an ingenious
and novel invention of great mechanical impor
tance, has been lately made by Hiram Powers. I
have recently had tho. pleasure of exstnining the
article, which is the manufecturo of files by ma
chinery ; and tho process, like all great inventions
is equally remarkable for simplicity and efficiency.
The steel is of extremely high temperature, and
the file of greater thinness than ordinary ; and per
forated throughout with small round hole* which
let the fillings through. Powers’ inventive genius
is as remarkable as tho exquisite tosto and truth
which characterize his works of art.— Gist's Adser
tiser.
Inctrlxtion. —lnstruct your eon well, or others
will instruct him ill. No child goes altogether un
taught. Send him to tho school of wisdom, or ho
will go himself to tho rival academy kept by the
lady with tho cap and bells. There is always
teaching going on of some sort—just as ia fields,
vegetation is nevor idle.
The first wires of tho electric telegraph have
been laid down at Berne, in Switzerland.
Virginia annually producos 45,000 hlids. of to
bacco, valued at $5,000,000.
A Prague Journal states that on the 8d ult.,
Kossuth’* mother and sixteen of bis relatives pass
through that city on thsir way to England,
Long Train. —A train passed over the Erie Rail
Road on the 25th nit., over a quarter of a mile in
length, and paying a freight of $3,118.80.
The Prince of Scliwnrsburg Sondcrhauson has
published a decree divorcing his wife “by virtue
of his sovereign plentitnde of power.”
Connt Domidoff, ono ofthe richest Russian no
blemen, lias arrived in Romo, from Florence, to
present the Pope#with a cross in malichito, value
80,000 franca, about SOOOO, extracted from his Si
berian mines.
Private letters received in New York from Lon
don say that effort* arc no w being made to negoti
ate a£l ,000 sterling loan for tho Illinois Central
Railroad. Railway bonds are in request for conti
nental investment.
Lady Franklin has addressed a long letter to the
President ot the United States thanking him for
the interest this country has ta!?on in the soarch
for hor husband, and stating her grounds of hope
that the unfortunate Arctic navigators are not lost.
Extraordinary Lonsenity and Fecundity. —A
Canada paper records the death of Mr. Charles
Bouelte, of lierthior, at the advauoed ago of 106.
Ho was ntaried to three wives by whom he had 60
children. He leaves to deplore his loss 43 chil
dren 66 grand-children, 16 great grand-ehildron,
28 nephews, 70 grand-nephews, and 18 great grand
nephews.
Reduction or Fare. —lt is stated that passengers
are now carried from Cleveland to Philadelphia,
by tho Ohio and Pennsylvania and Central Rail
Road, for eleven dollars, the- price charged from
Pittsburg to Philadelpliia. This is caused by the
competition with the Dunkirk route to the East.
Longevity. —The Carroll (La.) Watchman chron
cles the death at Lake Providence, on tho 28th ult. of
a free negro named Caviar, aged about 110 years.
Tho old man was a native of Africa, but had livod
nearly a century in America. He was a servant to
ono of Washington’s guard dnring tho revolution
ary war, and passed through the whole of that
struggle. Cassar had seen “Massa Gincral Wash
ington,” and Greene, and Marion. Ho apoke of
the revolutionary struggle as “Washington’s war,”
and revered and preserved tho memories of tho
heroes of ’76 with a more zealous tenacity than is
evinced by many men of different hue in “our
day and generation.”
The emigration to California is having disas
trous effect upon the Western fanners. Ronts are
fulling, and labor advancing. Landlords are now
looking for tenants, instead of tenants for farms,
as heretofore.
Somebody says : “A baby, laughing in its
dreams is conversing with tho angels.” Perhaps
so—and wo have so*n them crying in tlieir waking
hours as though they wore having a spat with the
old cloven-hoofed individual.
Brunei, the great civil engineer, is now engaged in
erecting a tabular bridge on the plan designed by
Fairbairn nnd adopted by Stephenson, except that
he suspends his main tubo with chaina. Tho new
bridge crosses the river Wyo in England, and
when completed will bo 610 feet in length and of
four spans, three a little over 100 feet each in length
and one 809 feet tho three small ones rest u j?ou
iron piers, filled with concroto and supporting cast
iron girders. Tho large one, whieh is nine feet in
diameter, is to bo suspended on chains. Tlte huge
tube is built on Iron cylinders whieh have been ,
sunk by un exhausting process of a peculiar nature
invented by Dr. Potts.
New Machinery for Silk Printing. The
Messrs. Cowpor & Applcgarth, of Surrey, near
Loadoti, builders of the London Times printing
machine, have perfected and patented a new cylin
drical machine for the printing of silks. We un
derstand that Messrs. John nnd James Smith of
Langley, Cheshire, are equipping a new and exten
sive new work with thsso machines, which will
completely supplant the old method of hand print
ing by blocks.
During the year 1851, no loss than 524 children
were born on shipbsard before reaching New York.
The survey of the route of the Memphis and
Louisville railroad, has been commenced by the
Engineers.
We learn from the Boston papers that among
the persons upon the platform at Faneuil Hall, on
Saturday 22d ult., during tha speech of Mr. Web
ster, was the venerable Dr. Morse, of Watertown,
now in his ninety-fifth year. He was on* of the
Vice Presidents at the Webster meeting in Boston
some months ago.
GreatFisiiing. —Hon H. W. Ellsworth, late U.S.
Minister to Sweden, and S. S. Hale, Esq., together
with a couple of other gentlemen, caught in the
Peconic Bay, on the 24th nit., in two hours and
five minutca, eight hundred and sixty-two porgies !
some of which weighed three pounds and a half.
A gentleman of Galena, who recently came across,
the plains, states that large numbers of emigrants,
who had started for California overland, were re
turning in consoquence of the bad state of the
roads.
If yon would make a yonng lady “hate churn
ing,” teach her to play the piano—would you stock
her with “nerves,” tell her that it’s “low” to do
house work.
Every man cherishes in his heart some object—
same shrine at which his adoration is paid, un
known to his fellow mortals—unknown to all save
his God.
The Artesian well at Charleston has been sunk
to the depth of near 1,000 feet, at an expense of
$50,000. It is to be carried 200 feet deeper, unless
water, (sach as will gush out at the top) i» sooner
found.
The Spiritual Telegraph—a weekly paper, just
started in New York, to advocate the Rochester
Rapping nonsense—contain* a communication
from an Arabian Patriarch, who has been lying
in hi* grave some seven years, and another “ mes
sage” from the soul of a Chinese Mandarin. The
Arab says he is having “a good time” in the land
of spirits, bnt the Chinaman i* evidently not so well
off. He misses his Bchea.
. There is no safer protection against burglars
than to feed your baby before going to bed with
green apples. It will begin crying before mid
night, and it is equally certain that it can’t be stop
ped before morning.
Poetic. —A Western editor, in speaking of a
dandy’s dickey, says, “it was scented and torn
like a south wind after passing through a fence
made of thorn bushes.”
A country editor somewhere or other, ha* lately
expressed himself in the following bold and fearless
manner: The principles of my party are as pro
gressive as the eternal rock of Gibraltar.
Family Jars.— Emily M. Bennett, whose worser
half posted her in the newspapers, and then ran
away with another woman, contrary to the statute
in such cases provided, comes out in the Woon
socket Patriot after this wise:
“ As no one would have trusted him for as much
as a peck of meal, I therefore forbid any person or
persons trusting him on my account, a* I sh*ll pay
no debts of his contracting after this date. I have
worked to support him in gambling and laziness a*
long as I mean to, although should he die soon, I
will pay his funeral charge with pleasure.”
Somebody says there are too reasons why yon
should not interrupt at) editor when he is writing.
One is, it is apt to pnt him out—the other is, you
might get pnt ont yourself, especially if he has’got
thick boot* on.
Messrs. J. A. Whipple and W. D. Jones, of Bos
ton, have invented* process by which Daguerreo
types can be transferred in the most perfect man
ner to paper.
The New York Times says: The import trade
for May, at this port, amounts for three weeks to
$5,426,000. Last year the whole month, exclusive
of specie, $10,586,000. The psoapect is that the
failing off loi the months will be full 20 per csia
JOHN THOMPSON’S DAUGHTER.
, Tlte following clever parody on Campbell's bal
lad #r “Lord Ellin’s Daughter," 'we clip from a
Virginia paper. —.South Carolinian.
A fellow near Kentucky’s clime,
Cries “ Boatman, he do not tarry,
And I'll give thee a silver dime,
To row us o’er the ferry.”
“ Now. who would cross the Ohio,
This dark and stormy water ?”
“ O, I am this young lady’s beau,
And she John Thompson’s daughter.
“ We’re fled before her father’s spits
With great precipitation,
And should he find us here to-night,
I’d lose my reputation.
“They’ve missed the girl and parse beside^
His horsemen hard have pressed me,
Aad who will cheer my bonuy bride
If yet they shall arrest mo?”
Out spoke the boatmen then in time,
“ You shad not fail, don’t fear it;
I’ll go, not for your silver dime,
But for your manly spirit.
And by my word, the bonny bird,
In dinger shall not tarry,
For though a storm is coming os,
I’ll row you o’er the ferry."
By this the wind more fiercely roee,
The Boat was at the landing,
Aad with the drenching rain tlieir clothes
Grew wet where they wero standing.
But still, as wilder rose the wind,
And as the night grew drearer,
Just back apiece came the police,
Their trampling sounded nearer.
“ O haste thee, haste!” the lady cries,
It's.anything but funny,
HI leave the light of loving eyes,
But not my father’s money!
And still they hurried in the fac#
Os wind and rain unsparing;
John Thompson reached the landing place,
His wrath was turned to swearing. I
For by the lightning’s angry flash,
Hiachfld ha did disoovar;
One lovely hand held all his cash,
And one was round her lover!
“ Come back, come back,” he ortod, in wee,
Across tho stormy water;
“ But leave the purac! and you may go,
My daughter, O my daughter.
’Twas vain ; they reached the other shore,
(Such dooms ths Fates assign tu,)
The gold he piled went with kit child,
And he was left there, minus.
Is the Universe Inhabited 1
A very interesting and instructive Lecture was
delivered before tho Murray Institute in Balti
more, sometime since, by Mr. Gbohok Waterman,
of that city. Tho lecturer went into an ablo and
ingenious argument to prove that the whole Uni
verse—wot this earth merely, but tho ontire oroa
tion of planets, suns and stars —is inhabited by
intelligent beings. Wo condense tho following
sketch of his remarks from tho Baltimore Daily
Sews :
Mr. Waterman commenced by alluding to tho
number of small stars, barely visible to tho oyo, in
the firmament, and inquiring for wliat probable
purpose they wore created f Exocpt being tho
gems whieh adorn the brow of night, they are of
uttlo or no benefit to us. This is more emphati
cally true of thoso whoßo existence is ascertained
to us by the telosoope only. To tho millions of
earth tlieir existoneo is a nononity. Yet we can
not suppose that they exist in vain. The All-wiso
Creator lias called them into being for *omo wise
purpose. What is that pnrpose ? We may never
know with absolute oortuinty in this world ; but
wo may arrivo at a strong degree of probability in
the subject. Tho earth would appoar much less
at thoir distance from us than they do. As tho
earth is inhabited, why then may they not have
been created for the residence, likewise, of intelli
gent beings 1 Tho probabilities ure strongly in fa
vor of this supposition.
First, from analogy. —Every point in this world
is not only occupied, but crowded with inhabi
tants. Millions people a single drop of water. Not
only is this true at tho present time, but it ever
has been so. The strata of tho earth are tlio co
metaries of eternity ! Many species of rook seem
little else than the aggregate skeletons of past
ageß. This is true of the chalk formations ol En
gland, of the limestone of this country, and many
others. Some of these remains are exceedingly
email; according to the discoveries of Ehrenborg,
a single cubic inch of rottenstone contains tho
remains of forty-threo thousand millions of ani
mals ! Somo portions of tho chalk formations
contain animals so minute that it would require
sixty-four millions of millions to cemposo a onbic
inch ! Why should we suppose the earth to be so
crowded and othor worlds left desolato ?
Second—From the great capacity of othor worlds
for sustaining inhabitants. The earth’s surface
contains two hundred millions of square miles.
One fourth of this is land. Mars, on the other
hand, lias threo-fourths of its sttrfaco land. Ta
king these two as specimens, and supposing one
half of the aggregate surface* of tho membors of
tho solar system to be land, they would bo capable
of sustaining a population sixty-four thousand
times greater than that of tho earth. From the '
investigations of the Herschols, Macder, and other c
eminent astronomers, it would seem that tho solar
system is but a unit in a cluster of suns, number
ing not less, probably, than twenty millions. Somo
of these suns are much larger than our own, other*
less. Taking our sun as tlio representative of tho .
entire number, and attributing an equal capacity of .
sustaining population to each of these suns, or so
lar systems, and wo liavo ono hundred and twenty
eight millions of millions of millions as the possi- 1
ble population of our stellar cluster. We are ac- .
quamted with the existence of nbout throo ,
thousand of these stellar clusters. Under the sup
positions already made, this would give us room
:or a population three thousand oight hundred nnd -
forty millions of millions of times greater than
that of the earth. To form some idea of theso 1
numbers, lot us suppose all these beings brought
together in one place, and each individual to occn
py a space two feet square on whieh to stand. The (
earth’s population would require ono hundred and
forty-four square miles on which to stand ; the J
solar system nine millions ; our cluster eighteen
hundred millions of millions, or nine times the 1
entire surface of tho earth ; nnd tho known crea
tion nearly five and a half millions es millions of 1
millions.
Third—From the fact that all manifest tho wis
dom of God. “For thy glory they are, and were
created.” To be productive of a revenue of glory,
they must be seen and appreciated. This could .
not be done by more visiters. In illustrating this 1
part of this subject, the lecturer alluded to the im
mense magnitude of sbmo of theso worlds. Thus, J
tho sun is so large that were wo to suppose a railroad
extending around bis equator, a tram of car* run- ,
ning at tho rato of twenty miles an hour, without .
stopping, would require sixteen years to make the ,
journey. Again, suppose Jive minutes to be dc
votod to tho survey of every landscape of ono hun
dred square miles of the sun’s surface, and no !
time spent in passing from one landscape to tho
other, it would require more than 37 yoars to view ,
the whole. What time, then, asked tho lecturer, ,
would be sufficient to investigate tho minutite of ,
each ? and this is hut ono world out of sixty J
thousand millions.
Fourth—From intimations in tho Bible. Wo j
there learn that there are innumerable boings non
residents of the earth. A distinction is mado he- .
tween saint and angel. The latter are somo times
designated as thrones, dominions, principalities, .
powers, d-c.; implying distinct governments and ,
distinct provinces. Where are these provinces
situated if thoy ho not these innumerable worlds ?
This idea, moreover, scctns confirmed by the greut
teacher, who speaks of one of these Bp’irits, though ,
fallen, as the Prince of this world. ,
A still stronger inference is deductible from tho
18th verse of Isaiah, 45th chapter, whieh is in the ’
following remarkable words : “For thus saith tho ’
Lord that created the Heavens; God himself that ,
formed the earth and*mado it; ho established it;
lie created it not in vain; he formed, it to be inhabit- j
ed; lam the Lord;” Ac. Hero the heavenly orbs
are distinctly associated with the earth ; and of the e
earth he says, ho created it not in vain ; he formed
it to be inhabited. Th "inference is that the earth ‘
would have been creatod in vain bad it not been *
formed to bo inhabited; and if so, tho worlds also j
with which it is In this verse associated. :
Is there not here a chain of circumstantial evi- *
dence sufficient to warrant tho conclusion that the ;
Universe, in its broadest sense, is inhabited ? !
Philanthropic Socftties.
The late recurrence of tho period for holding in
the city of New York the Anniversary Meetings
of various Religious and Philanthropic associations
has brought forth the Hsual yearly exhibits of the
extent of their laudable operations in the cause of
benevolence and humanity. On the occasion of
these assemblies, says a New York paper, “intel
lect and wealth from all parts of the country centre
here, bound on missions, not of selfish aggrandise
ment or pecuniary accumulation, but spurred by
the impulse of duty, and receiving reward in the
consciousness of doing good. We may not, in all
instances, perfectly agree that the modes adopted
are the best, but wo feel assured that they are
prompted by earnest and honest motives. These
conventions furnish the evidenco of what has
been accomplished by the various benevolent com
binations, through the exertions of their individ
ual members, during the year. They aim at re
forms and ameliorations, at home and abroad.
They circle the globo with their benignant influ
ence. They send the Scriptures id cargoes to dis
tant lands, and circulate them freely through por
tions of our own. They educate self-sacrificing
men, and send them on errands of mercy to tho
uneducated and heathen. The scattered Jews;
the superstitions and wandering seamen ; the in
temperate and the oppressed ; tne blind, the deaf,
the dumb; the vicious, the licentious, the ignorant,
are all brought within the sphere of their influence.
Efforts, continuous, persevering, immense ; time
and money in uncounted quantities; energies,
and intellects, and hearts of the first order are
employed in the great work of improving and ad
vancing the condition of humanity over the world.”
The following are the revenues for the year of
the several Societies mentioned in the table :
American Bible Society $308,744 9!
Home Missionary Society 160,0112 24
Female Guardian Society 15,490 81
National Temperance Society 5,000 05
American Tract Society 342,358 92
Centra! American Education Society.. 86.240 10
New York State Colonization Society.. 21,088 43
American Seamen’s Friend Bocicty.... 23,660 68
American and Foreign Christian Union. 56,649 91
N. York and American Sunday School
Uni0n.............. 198,846 44
American Board of Com. For. Missions. 211,062 54
$1,874,699 43
Creditable as is the foregoing exhibit of the liber
ahty and humanity of the ago, yet it is stated by
the “Golden Rule,” a respectable weekly paper
published in the city of New York, that the reve
nue for the present year of OM-FdUnot' AitoHck
titm, “which quietly attemptato carry out the sim
ple creed upon which it is founded, ‘to visit the
sick, to bury the dead, to comfort the widow, and
the orphan,’” exceeds in amount the
aggregate of all the above associations, constituting
it “the leading and unapproachable Benevolent in
stitution of the day.” The fact is a remarkable
one, and speaks well for the energy and efficiency
with which the Odd-Fellows’ Association is con
ducted. Its revenue last year, as shown by the
official returns, was $1,316,227.
The Padncah Democrat thus detail* a few inci
dents in the life of a fast man of the present day
and generation. Dr. Havne, the notorious swind
ler and bigamist, ran off from New Orleans on the
19th of February last, arrived at Cincinnatii on the
10th of March, married Mrs. Ilowe on the 18th, left
her on the 19tb, and after visiting St. Louis, Nash
villc, and other places, arrived at Paducah on the
3d of April, courted and engaged himself on the
4th and sth was married on the 11th, left here on
the 14th was ™rrc s ted at Clarksville on the I.6th,
brought back on the l«th, was put on lug trial on
th. found guilty on the 28th, sentenced on
the first of to the Penitentiary on the
2d reached theiWn the 4th, and was put to spin
ning hemp on the sth. Thus in 25 days he mar
ried two wives, travelled some 1,590 miles, told
4 000 lice, and in 20 days more was arrested, tried,
eonvicted, and lodged in the State prison.
The father of President Fillmore, it is said, is a
Methodist preacher, and is at thia rime presiding
elder in • conference district in New Yorg.
VOL. LXVI.—NEW SERIES VOL. XVI.-NO. 23.
Front Havana and Key West.
By tho arrival of the steamer Isabel at Charles
a ton, we huvo dates from Havana to tho 28th, and
Key West to the 30th ult. Wo cull tho following
items of intelligence from tho Charleston Sews:
Key West, May 80, 1862.
The wrecking sloop I’lmno, Walker, master,
from tho reef, arrived hero a few days since, hav
ing on board two seamen of the crew of tho bark
Fairmount, whieh vessel was run into and sunk by
a ship, name unknown, about the 20th inst, whilo
on her voyage ffomCioufucgos (Cuba) to Philadel
phia, with a cargo of Molasses. This sad accident
occurred about 8 o’clock in tho evening, and it is
supposed that all on board of tho Fairmount have
perished, except tho men who are here, and who
wero miraculously saved on one of the hatches,
and tho chief mate, who, it is thought succeeded
in getting on board of the ship. This is a lamenta
ble affair, and 1 am inclined to think is attributa
ble to gross ignorance, or a want of a good look
out on hoard of both vessels.
The wrecked mariners are now In the Marino
Hospital, where every attention is bestowed upon
them, and our kind nnd churitublo citizens have
contributed liberally to relievo tlieir distress.
Yours, tic., ’ (!.
Havana, May 28, 1852.
Tho activity noted in our Sugar market, iu our
last report of 14th inst., lias continued, and the ad
vance wo advised in prices ha* boon fully sustained
nnd in many instances higher prices have been
paid for parcels; whites have also felt thoinfluonoo
of this stato of tilings; nnd nothing approaching
to decent color can be had under ottr quotations,
whiob w* continue ; remarking, that higher prices
are frequently paithfor parcels to complete Invoices,
or for desirable lots. The only largo salo wo hoar
of, is 2500 boxos nssortod, on privato terms. We
quota prices as follows:
Whites, old trains., Bto B]*; do. Derosno train s.
9){ to 10; Yellow fioretes 7to 7)4', do. line, 6; ]to
I 7; Yellow, common to good, 6 to6>j ; Browns b)4
to 6 ; Cuouruchos, sto 5)4 ; Museovadoos, sto 0.
The stock on hand ’• e estimate at 150,0(10 boxes.
Molasses is still held at 2 rls. and that prico is
paid here, while at tho windward, some sales are
made at 1% rls.
Coffee w o continue to qnoto as in our last, and
hoar of no sales exeept by retail.
Cigars continue in steady nnd nctivo demand at
full prices. Exports sinco our last reached 9500
mils.
Tobacco—Very little has boon done. Evory
thing that comes to market, ia stored nnd hold for
higher pricos. In the absenco of any transactions,
however, wo continue quotations as in our last.
Freights have not boon very active during tlio
laat few wooks. Five vessols havo been taken for
Cowes at £2 6s, ono at £2 10s, and one at £2. Throe
vessels have been taken for Remedies and New
York at $7J£, $7, and $6% for hlids. Bugnr, with
11 rls. for boxes to make stowage, and 2)4 to $3 per
hhd. tor Molasses on deck.
In Exchange the transactions liavo again been
very considerable during tho past two weeks, tho
last aaics havo been 10)/to 11 per cent. prom, on
London ; 8 per cent, discount on Paris; nud 1)/ to
2 per cent, discount on Boston and New York.
Wo clip tho following additional items from tho
Courier.
Havana at the departure of tlio Isnbol was
healthy. Everything was quiet, although on her
ajrival ou the 26th ult. considerable anxiety was
manifested, we understand, nnd tlio conduct of tho
Government iu immediately sending out all tho
ships of war on a cruise, clearly indicated that the
Spanish emissaries in this country had again been
endeavoring to foist on tho Cuban authorities tho
belief that "another invasion was contemplated.
Our own countrymen, however, in Havana smile at
these apprehensions, being well aw'are that they who
send these reports to th© Government would bu
without employment wero they not to create them
—in short, Othello's occupation would bo gone
with many Spaniards in the United Statos, were
the authorities to bo perfectly satisfied that they
had no reason to dread an invasion, llonco tlieir
emissaries ou this side remit no exertion and tax
ingenuity to the utmost to convince tlieir employers
that tho greatest vigilance is requisite, and that
were they not on tho alort the lUtibusteros would
take the island by surprise, and that it is only to
be attributed to tlieir unceasing watchfulness that
an attempt has not been mado before this. The
Consuls, however, of her Catholic Majesty at the
various sea ports, who are highly respectable and
intelligent gentlemen, should disabuse the minds
ot tho authorities of the suspicions they ontortnin
relative to this country. Tho fate of tho Lopez
Expedition will not be readily erased from the
minds of our citizens, and sow even ol the most
recklesß, now could be found to rashly hazard an
invasion, unless thoy were fully satisfied that tho
Island was in open revolt, nnd tho inhabitants
ready to receive them as thoir co-laborers in an
attempt to Revolutionize tlte existing government.
W o perccivo from the Diario de la Marina ofthe
80th ult., that at nine o’clock ou tho provious
morning, two boatß from tlio French hermaphrodite
brig L’lrma arrived at Havana, bringing Capt.
Fause, her commander, and six of tlio crew, who
reported that their vessel, which was bound from
New Orleans to Senegal, had been wrecked in a
fog at 2 o’clock on the morning of the 19th' ult., on
Cayo Ropalo, and 'that none of tho cargo, which
consisted of tobacco, lumber, &c., had been saved.
Further particulars relative to the Loss of the barque
Fain-mount, of Philadelphia.
Gents : —Through the politeness of Dr. Jones,
an Hospital Physician, I was permitted yesterday
to oonverso with youug Leojatld Guignard, ono of
the young men saved, who, in French, informed
me that he was au apprentice, and was in churtre
of Capt. William Whitney, nnd that tho said
barque (Fairmount) left tho port of Cienfuogos,
Cnba, on tiie loth May, with a fall cargo of Mo
lasses, bound directly to the port of Philadelphia ;
and tiiat on the evening of the 21st inst., at about
of 8 o'clock, P. M., whilst heading S. 8. W., was
run into by a ship name unknown, who headed
about N N. E., before they came in contact.
The Fairmouut’s officers seeing that they would
come in collision, sot a signal and hailed tho stran
fer, but he took no hoed—on he canto, struck the
’airmonnt forward of foremast, carrying away
masts, yards, bow-sprit; and she commenced
settling immediately, and in less than ton minutes
disappeared. My informant, who had secured a
knife to cut away the fasts of a boat, was carried
down with the vessel, but being a good swimmer,
succeeded in extricating himself, nnd fortunately
scoured a piece of flouting timber. Tlio officers,
crew, &c., anlomitcd in nil to eleven souls, includ
ing a Spanish lady passenger, lie thinks that at
the time of this disaster, had tho strange ship
launched her boats and made any efforts by calling
and holding out lights, that they could have saved
all hands, who lma not gono down in the barquo.
Capt. Whitney, the steward, “ John McKenzie, a
native of Demnrara,” and two seamen and our in
formant, met ono another in the water, each trying
to take care of himself. Onr informant, with Mc-
Kenzie, succeeded in getting together, nnd in
securing their two pieces of plunk with a small
cross piece, and then agreed both to hold on to
the last.
Saturday morning, still at the mercy of the
waves, discovered Capt. Whitney afloat on a ladder
with a sort of signal iu his hand, and all at once
ho disappeared. Kept floating about all Saturday
22, and night, and on Sunday morning to their
great delight, although weak and much bruised by
chafing on tho lumber, they espied a settlement on
an Island near Key Vacas, amt commenced touch
ing bottom, consisting of rocks and mud; and tit
the same time saw a sail, or something that they
took for a vessel approaching, whieh proved to be
tho sloop Plume, of Key West, who launohed tlieir
boat and rescued both of them. Yonng Guignard
was so far gono that ho had to bo lifted oarefully—
this was on Sunday, 23d May, at about 10 A. M.—
They received all the attentions on board, and on
thoir arrival hero wero immediately conveyed to
the Marine Hospital, where all attention was be
stowed ; Guignard is still there, and getting better
of his bruises. McKenzie, who was not so badly
bruised, left yesterduy for New York, having sliip-
Bcd in the United Statos ©utter Crawford, Captain
oste. Guignard thinks tiiat tlio first mate, two
seamen and tho cook, wero saved by tho strangers.
lie heard orders to pass the lady passenger, but
does not know any further, as at that time all was
confusion, and our informant was carried away by
a wave. Young Leopold Guignard is a native of
Havre, (France,) and nrrivod at Philadelphia in
tho French brig Napoleon, (of Havre,) some threo
months ago, and joined the lost barque Fairmount.
He is improving very fast, is quite young, and
talks little or no English, and seems desirous to
return to Philadelphia, wltoro he has friends; he
will go on as soon as he la strong enough. This
is all that ia known of tlio ill-fated barquo Fair
mount. J. A. T.
Another Arctic Expedition.— The Now York
Commercial Advertiser statos that Mr. GrinneU's
ship Advance has been thoroughly overhauled in
the sectional dock, and one is now ready for sea.
It is said that Mr. Geo. Peabody, the wealthy
American banker of London, lias expressed his
readiness to co-operate with Mr. Grinncl in start
ing another Arctic expedition from this port by
authorising drafts to be made upon him for SIO,OOO
toward that purpose and if the Government can
spare the requisite officers and men, numbers being
ready to volunteer, if permitted, there is every
reason to believe that the Advance and Rescue
may sail once more on tlicir voyage of peril and
mercy, as there is still hopo that the fute of the
missing navigators may be ascertained.
New Expedition to the South Seas.—The
British ship-of-wur Herald, Capt. H. Mangles
Denham, and the armed steam tender Torch,
Lieut. ChimmOj sailed from Woolwich, England,
on the 12th ultimo lor the South Seas, to proceed
byway of Sydney, and not around Cape Horn.
The London Illustrated News says that they go
to the South Pacific to survey and explore all the
islands between Australia and Valparaiso, und
particularly the Fecjee islands, and adds :
“ Although Capt. Cook and several other navi
gators havo touched at these groups, and marked
their position on their charts, yet very little is
known respecting them, further than that many of
them are surrounded with coral reefs, the land
exceedingly fertile, and the climate suiubiious ;
and also that tho natives aro addicted to canni
balism. Tlio Herald, although a frigate, carries
but six thirty-two pound carronadcs and four long i
guns. The Torch has ono long thirty-two pound
pivot gun, capable of being trained in every diree- I
tion, whilst, to prevent the natives boarding from I
their canoes, she will be completely enclosed with
nettings. The experienced officer who has been
entrusted with the command of til is expedition is
already distinguished by his love of scientific re
search, his skill in maritime surveying and con
struction of charts. Lieut. Cbimmo is also an
officer of considerable scientific attainments, Mr.
McGillivray, tho well-known nature ist, has been
appointed to tho Herald, to take charge of the
department of natural history; and Mr. 8. O.
Wilson has been appointed artist, to make draw
ings of any object* in those islands likely to prove
interesting, and for which purpose bo lias been
supplied with a photographic apparatus. The me
dical o/Boera have been selected for their taste and
zeal in natural history ; aud in short tho Herald
and Torch have b6eu fitted and equipped in the
most efficient manner for the long period of from
five to seven years.”
The Japan Expedition.—' The Now York Courier
of Friday says:
In chronicling the recent demonstration of re
spect to the officers of the Dutch national vessel
now in our port, it may not be inappropriate to
announco, that so far from the Dutch Governments
having remonstrated with tho Government of the
United States against its purposed expedition to
Japan, it has very cordially approved of the obioct
of that expedition, and expressed its earnest hope
that the expedition may be successful in opening
the Ports of Japan to the commerce of ull nat ions
and as asylums for all who may seek thorn in dis
tress. Nor is this all. Not only do the Dutch
cheerfully look upon the destruction of their mono
polv, but they have forwarded to our Government
all the charts, memoirs, surveys, statistical reports,
“*•’ 10 their possession, for the use of tiie
expedition about to sail for Japan under the diree- i
tion of Commodore Perry.
The cold weather has had a very hackward ten- i
dency on the crops in Louisiana and Mississippi, 1
and «q tu aa w« can Jwu, throughout th« South, i
KBATS 0. ». •TIAIW.
I.
The fairest of all flowers bend first
• Before the seething wind,
And gentle buds, which dews hare nurst
Bear not a breath unkiud; *
325 b °v rn ’ thou ****** of oar race;
8o died, if death could aught like th«« eflhee.
ii.
An exhalation of the early dawu •
Dev on the May-blown rose; '
A shadow Uoating o’er a lawn,
When the day’s eyelids close ;
Os all things brief, and beautiful, and rare.
Thy life was like—they slept in mirror there.
Hi.
The mellowness of children’s dreams •
Fond eyes that first smiled love; *
The music of green meadow streams.
Leaping from hills above;
Like all these memories of the awakened oast
Lpon my heart thy fragraut soul is cast. *
IT.
The trampled flower leaves, ere it dice.
A perfume breath behind ;
The swan sings sweetest when it sighs
Its life upon the wind ; *
go thou vert trampled in this world of onrs.
And singing died, more odorous than all flowsrs.
T.
Would that the gods, thou young and fair
Had giv.n thee less of song, *
Or more of strength, to rise and bear
Thy keeuest sense of wrong j
That thou hadst been a lion In thy will
And laughed at scorn until lie sting grew still,
Thy'Yery name Is as rhyme,
O’er full of honeyed sweets;
And maidens fair, In summer tims,
Still sing of gentle Kiifs,
Whose shadow, like the trembling lry, wears*
Its way oe’r bowers, and smiles from oottsgs ears*.
TO.
The majesty of regal kings,
Trophies Imperial • •
Os Sphynx and Argonauts with wings.
liuw suddenly they fall I
Thou nrt not marblo, which must needs d«eay
But hold's! o’er such a wide and boundless sway
vm.
Gentlest and fairest, if my song
Could pierce through death’s doll ear
Or Home's cold marble were leee strong!
Thou might's! some Irlbute hear;
• £ u ‘,' vlu “ * re ,rihul '* unto thee, whole hour
Outlives thy life In splendor and In power I
Ginkhal Washington’s Awsaiianob.— We And
in tlie Courricr des Estate b’nis a fragment es a
Journal of M. De Broglie, written in 1788, in
whioh the personal appeurauco and manners of .
\\ sshingtou are described ns they appeared to a
Frenchman—
llio General is about forty-nine yen™ of ace;
ho is large, finely made, very well proportioned!
lira figure is muuh more pleueing than the portrait#
represent it.- lie wa« line looking until within
about three years; and, although those who have
been constantly with him since that time say that
he seems to them to have grown old fast, it is un
deniable that ti\o General is still i'roah and aotivo
as a young man.
14.- • « .
» , phyaiognomy is pleasant and opon: his od
r areaa ia cold, though polite: his pensive eve is
s more attentive than sparkling; hut. his aspect is
3 kind, noble and composed, ilo maintains iu his
3 private deportment, mat polite and attentive de
-9 oeuoy which sutistios all, and that resorved dignity
1 which does not ott'ond. He is the enemy of
3 ostentation and vain glory. His character is *l
- ways equal; ho uover manifests tiie best humor:
t modest even to humility, he sceius not to estimate
> himscli duly; he receives with good grace the
5 dclerenco paid to him. but rather shuns than
1 courts it. His society is agreeable and pleasing.
i Always serious, never constrained; always simple
j -always lice and affable, without being familiar
' i , rajpect which he inspires never becomes pnin
• fid. He talks littlo, in general, and in a very low
; tunc ol i voice, but lie is so attentive to what is
< said to him, that you are satisfied that ho under
: stands you, mid are almost willing to disponse with
I a reply. This ooiiduot has often been of advan
-1 luge to him in various circumstances : no one has
more oceusion than ho to use ciroumspoction, and
to weigh his words. 1 ’
1 . g. . .
Characters of Greet Men.
conversation was neither gay nor bril-
Hanto was oither taciturn or satirioal.
Butler was silent or biting.
Gray seldom talked or smiled.
company!* UUd Were Vory “ bsent -telnded in
Milton was unsociable, and oven irritate when
pjessed into couversatiou. wuen
Kirwau, though copious and’eloquent in pnbllo
coursm o*’ 0 *’ WUS Inottß ‘'° und dull in dis
\irgil was heavy in conversation.
seen, but thon ho was the model of poetry. J
convSon. * W “ m ° r ° Ü B rco “ bl ° th “ n bia
huinor'suturnhic midrcseTvcd*' 0 "* “ nd duU ’ WB
Descartes wus silent in mixed company
Comuihe m oouvorsutiod was so insipid that ho
corroctlv tha 1 t‘ I l' VOarybe- » Uc did uot »I> e “k
correctly that language es whioh ho was such a
master. “
ilen. Jonson used to sit silent in company and
*uck his wiucb and their humors.
ceticism° y W<lS Bt * d ’ Bodttt *> ail< l wrapped up in as
s, ie, d ii i 8 ? n . W - as B? od ,company with hia intimate
friends, but in mixed company he preserved hia
dignity by astiff and reserved silenco.
Junius was so modest that lie could scarcely
speak upon the most common subjeot without a
suffusion es blushes. J
Fox in conversation neverflngged; his anima
tion and variety were inexhaustible.
Dr. Bontly was loquacious.
Grotius was talkative. «
poor°Poh ith Wr ° te Uk ° an angeI ' Bnd talkod lik «
Burko was eminently entertaining enthusiastic.
and interesting in oonversation. 8
Gurrsn was a convivial deity ; he soared into
every region and was at home in all.
i,«nm,ut C n d r? ttdeda P* Ila * 1)0 d *d a torpedo;but
lie could talk like running water.
Dr. Johnson wrote monotonously and ponder
ously, but 111 oonvorsutiou liis words were close and
sinewy j and if ins pistol missed lire, ho knooked
down his antagonist with the but of it
and°orSi?ality. OOUVOrSBt * 0n Was follof BOUtoneM
Leigli I lunt has boon well termed thelphiloeo
plior of I lope, aud likened to a ploasant stream in
conversation.
Carlyle doubts, objects, and constantly demurs.
Juslior Ames was a powerful and effective orator
and nottho less distinguished in the social eirole.
Ho possessed a fluent language, a vivid fancy, and
a well stored memory. *
[Prom the Eagle anil Enquirer.]
ULAMA.
ur L. VIKOISIA SMITH.
In Ceylon, there Is a bird which the natives call Ulamt.
: hempn-hlrd. Its screams strongly resemble the
shrieks of a human being In severe bodily agony; and Its
> cries (they say,) Invariably portend misfortune and death.
j Wherefore through the gloom of midnight.
‘ Comes this wnrnlng fierce and fell.
Startling nil the lonely echoes,
hike a weird, unearthly knell f
, Wherefore steals this fearful shadow
, From Its dark, polluted lulr,—
Wlmt portends this blasting presence.
Slowly sweeping through the air t
Woo to thee, —thou pale, young stranoer
For that warning floating by * ’
On the haunted air of midnight
Is the dread Ulama's cry
Anri the dim, mysterW phantom,
With Its voice of gtwetly i, atc ’
Beura to thee tU«> »o!emn mens an*
Os thy fate. ®
f Ah ! it h* th an eye of terror.
Ap«J a wing of heavy gloom,
And its call in like a moaning
t»T,*a Wr !? beyond the tomb:
j!! .* , tho ,“ kri ‘hat eye of madnesa
With Its glances striking fast
i T*®? w Min thy shuddering spirit.
Aa the cry came wailing past!
’ Uke the harbinger of horror.
Unce it cowered at my side,—
’Twas the morn when Mardlita
Should have been my wedded bride.
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Yet the bride I waa to wed,
1 In her gorgeous, gemmed palanquin,
t “lept the slumber of the dead.
Hast thy heart grown old and weary
In the beauty of thy prime ?
Or thy youthful soul been sullied
i R y the messengers of crime ?
Be it grief, or guilt, which cast that.
On the distant, Indian shore,
Here a spell of death detains thee,
f Thou “halt leave us—nevermore?
Soft the rosy light of morning
Bnone upon that coral stran j.
: But the stranger had dep .trted,
> To the silent, shadowy land.
I i A l° L J’n >£,, “ TR,A?i -- Tll « Fairfax (Va.,) News
has tho following account of an extraordinary faat:
Mr. John Hhield, who is now in his ninety-sec
ond year, started from itis residence in this county
on tlio morning of the 4th inst., and walked all the
i way to Alexandria the same day the distance be
i injf foil iignUtn milu. On the following Tuesday
lie left Alexandria on hie return, and after walking
’ upwards ofn mile, ho discovered that he liad for
[ gotten a package belonging to hirn ; lie wae there
fore obliged to retrace his steps, and, after securing
, the missing parcel he again commenced hia jour
, ney, and reuchcd this place early the same evening,
j All things considered, this ‘ round trip’ of our ven
erable fellow-citizen is one of the most remarkably
feats on record.”
Marriaoe Kxtkaobdinarv.— At Floyd’s Fork.
Jefferson county, Ky., on the 16tli ult. by the Rev-
Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Thomas Stafford waa mar
ried to Folly Gobon. The bride is nineteen, and
the bridegroom seventy-seven years of age’ He
weighs some 800 pounds, and is so fat as scarcely
to be able to walk, and when in bed raisoa himaelf
or turns oyer, by means of pullies fastened to the
cctlfcg. Be came to Louisville in a wagon to Dro-
I cure the license, and on his return waa met hv thA
young bride at Sam Lewis’s*.Uh t of the
road, w here the parson joined them, and the cere-
wagon ’ Bn<l th * 7 rod *
UNBB w. D. siuaanzs, rag.
i.
When last the April-bloom was flinging
Sweet odors on the air of spring,
IJ _o.isirs thy voice was ringing,
Where thou didst with the red-bird sing;
Again the April-bloom Is flinging
Sweet odors on the sir of spring,
But now in Heaven thy voice is ringing,
w here thou dost with the Angela sing.
it.
When the last maple bud was swelling
When last the crocus bloomed below’
My heart to thine Its love was telling - *
Thy soul with mine kept ebb and V w .
Again the maple-bud is swelling, *
Again the crocus blooms below •_
In Heaven thy heart its love Is telling.
But still our souls keep ebb and side.
Socialism.— The real object of Socialism ia to
depress and not to elevat i tie social standard—to
bringdown distinguished grer.ruee» to the level
of irremediable inferiority. This ia what is really
meant by the changes which are continually rung
upon those cabalistic words, “liberty and equality."
It is not often, however, (says the Boston Journal )
that so frank an acknowledgment of this designls
tnado ns is contair.sd in the following paragraph
from tho New York Tribune:
“Great men do a deal of harm. They have
bedevilled the world from the beginning. W»
used to regret that the term of human life is BO
short. We hove grown wiser, and rejoice that
people di» so soon. Great men I What do great
men do hut mischief? There is here and uiera
an exception, but the history of this country and
all countries hear us out in the declaration that tho
principal public acta of the greatest men have bean
pre-eminently mieoluevoun, ’