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TBS WIDOWED SWORD.
POETRY OF TIIE WAR.
They have sent me the sword that my brave boy
wore,
On the field of his young renown—
On the last red field, where his fate was sealed,
Ami the suuot his days went down.
Away with tears
d hat are blinding me so ;
There are joy in hisyears,
1 hough Lis young head be low ;
And 111 gaze with'a solemn delight evermore,
On tue sworn that my brave boy wore.
i'was for freedom and home that Igive him away
Like the sous of his race of okl;
And though, aged and gray, 1 am childless this
day-
lie is dearer, a thousand fold.
There’s glory above him
To hallow his name—
A land that will lot e bini
Who died for its fame;
And a solace wifi shine, when my old heart is sore,
Round the btvonl that my brave boy wore.
All so noble, so true—Low they stood how they
fell
In the battle, the plague, and the cold;
On, as bravely and well as e’er story could tell
Of the flower of the heroes of old.
Like a Sword through the foe
Was that fearful attack
That so bright ere the blow
Comes so bloodily back ;
And, foremost among them, his colors he bore
And here is the Sword that my brave boy wore.
It was kind of his comrades, v6 know not how
kind;
It is more than the Indies to me ;
Ve know not how kind and how steadfast of mind
1 no soldier to sorrow can be.
They knew well how lonely—
How grievously wrung,
Is the heart that its only
Love loses so young.
And they closed h.s dark eye when the battle was
o'er,
And sent his old father the Sword that he wore.
Mi
From the Baltimore Ametican.
Oral'on !»y 1 he Hon, Edward Everelt on the Life
and CInrafier of Giti. Georse WV.sIiinslon.
After a brief introduction, Mr. Everett
obsetved that he coubl not but be sensible
to the difficulty of the task he had under
taken. On the decease of Washington in
1799, on the recommendation of Congress
eulogies were deliver! on the 22(1 of Febru
ary next following, by a great number of
the most distinguished sneakers and writ
ers; at Boston by one of tlio most gifted sons
of Massachusetts, Fisher Antes. Several of
these performances had passed into the lit-
eialure of the country aud were familiar
to all. On other occasions the life and
character t^f Washington had been fre-
([uently discussed. An address on this
subject was delivered by Mr. Webster at
the city of Washington in 1S32, a master] \
performance u and it was admirably treat
ed hy Mr. A\ mtlirop, then Speaker of the
House of Representatives, on laying the
corner-stone ot the’ National Moujiment at
W as’uington. The more obvious and ap
propriate topics of a discourse on this great
theme; a narrative of his life and a dicus-
sion of bis principles and policy—bad
been exhausted iu the performances al
luded to. Mr. Everett would not at
tempt to say over in other words what had
already been said so well by his distin
guished predecessors but would endeavor
to take a somewhat different view of the
subject, and after alluding to the particular
occasion of the evening, would offer some
reflections upon the relation of Washinton,
not merely to the United States but to the
age in which lie lived, and then attempt to
indicate the true nature anil moral found
ation of his greatness.
After some further remarks of a personal
character, Mr. Everett remarked that the
occasion was one of more than ordinary in
terest. It was the completion of a century
since General Washington’s first appear
ance upon the important action of life.—
The seven year’s war had not then been
declared in Europe, but hostilities had
been carried ou for two years upon the
inland frontiers of the British colonies
in America. Washington had already
greatly’ distinguished himself. He was
preserved by a manifest Providence at
Braddock’s defeat, and young as he was,
had become tbe subject of public interest
and anticipation. He came with one or
two brother officers to consult Governor
Shirley upon a question of rank and the
general arrangements of the war. He was
then twenty-four years old. a model of
manly vigor, grace and beauty. Ills sec-
oug visit was on the IStb March, 1770, tbe
day after the evacuation of Boston by the
British army, when Washington entered
the city as commander-in-chief of the forces
of the American Union. He came for the
third time on the 2f>th of October, T789, as
first President of the United States, unan
imously chosen in the hearts of the peo
ple, in advance not merely of the constitu
tional forms of election, lmt ofthe poor ma
chinery of caucuses and conventions, by
which, in later times, it lias been found
convenient to relieve the people from the
trouble, of choosing their rulers. The re
lation of Washington to the country at these
three visits was briefly alluded to.
He would not award all the praise to
Washington for there, were those in his
day who contributed to the success of his
wonderful career, among whom Maryland’s
own Carroll was one of Lite most honored.
There were two especially important days
in the life of Washington, one of which was
the 23d of December 17S3, when at Annap
olis he lesigned his commission, and the
other the 30th of April 17S9, in New York,
in presence of the newly organized Con
gress and the Legislature of that State, he
stepped forth aud took from Chancellor
Livingston the oath to support the Consti
tution and laws ofthe United States. He
would tiiat voice could now speak down
from Heaven words of reconciliation and
bind the North and South by one indisso
luble bond of Constitutional union.
The speaker then quoted a remark of
Lord brougham, that Washington was
‘•the greatest man'of our own or any age
adding that it the first part of this remark
was true, the last must be equally so, inas
much as the period dating from the com
mencement of the last century was un
questionably the richest in great events,
great names, aud the general progress of
intelligence, in the history of the world.—
fo illustrate this remark, and show that
M ashington was not like Alfred and
Charlemagne, a bright light shining in a
dark age, but the principal ornament of an
age in almost every respect the most dis
tinguished, a rapid survey was taken
by tbe speaker of what may he called the
age of A', ashington, commencing with the
eighteenth century. The entrance of 15ns-
sia into tbe European system—the founda
tion of the British Em jure in the East—tin*
commeucemeht of the great Australian sys
tem—the colonization and civilization of
Africa—the downfall of feudalism, the es
tablishment of tbe liberty of speech auil
tbe press—fhe development of journalism
—the growth of manufactures—the appli
cations ofthe steam engine—the progress
of science, and of the great moral enter
prises of (be age, were alluded to in this
connection. 'Of all the great names con
nected with these events, although many
shone with brightness, each in its particu
lar sphere, AV r ashington, Ly general admis
sion, on the whole, outshone them all —
This position was further illustrated by a
comparison of A\ r ashington, individually,
with the three persons who in tliis period,
have received the designation of “great,”
viz : Peter the great of Russia, Frederick
the Second of Prussia, and Napoleon.
The speaker observed, however, that
though AYasbington was great in an age
of’gieat men, his greatness was not borrow
ed or reflected, but original. In common
with his distinguished associates, lie deriv
ed but little aid in the formation of his
character and the grandeur of Lis course
from the preceding century. In this re
spect his position was widely different fioin
that of the men of ibis age, who are so
amply furnished with examples and illus
trations of every kind, from the revolution
ary ami constitutional period. 'T here was
no Washington in the seventeenth centu
ry on the model of whom the Washington
of the eighteenth could form himself.—
“There was none in America, there was
none in Europe ; there was none in the
modern world, there was none in the an
cient. I cast my eye (said Mr. Everett)
along the far-stretching galleries of history;
1 behold with admiration the statues ofthe
great and good with which they are adorn
ed—Hampden, Alfred, Cato, Epaminondas
—hut I see no other AYasbington.”
Mr. Everett then passed to tlie inquiry
in what the true greatness of AVasliington
consists," and admitted that he found it dif
ficult to furnish an answer to the question
which fully satisfied his own conceptions.
After all the usual points of a great char
acter were enumerated, there was still
something in"AVasliington that escaped an
alysis, as there was an indescribable charm
in his portraits by Stuart, imparling an in
terest to them, but which it was not easy
to refer to its precise source.
There could, however, be no doubt that
the essence and strength of AA'asLing-
ton’s character lay in two things ; first, in
his possession, in a due proportion, each in
tbe golden mean, of all the powers and
qualities required for the useful and hon
orable discharge of the duties of life ; and
second, in tlie pure morality which lay at
the foundation. In reference to the first
point the speaker maintained that the ab
sence of dazzling traits which strike the im
agination, so far from needing an apology,
was in reality one of the chief excellencies
of the character of AVasliington. They
are in reality defects, and would impair the
beauty of a well-balanced character. Such
a character also includes the sober and lit
tle popular qualities—such as prudence,
justice, common sense—which, although by
far the most useful qualities in a public
man, neither win applause nor strike the
imagination. They place their possessor,
however, in harmony with the great pow-
eis which govern the universe, material
and moral; which, the higher we rise in
the scale of being, are tbe more charac
terized by quiet equilibrium and silent
energy.
But the pure morality of AA'ashiugton’s
character was the most important feature,
and Mr. Everett declared it to be bis deci
ded conviction, “that it was an important
part ot the design of I’rovidencc, in raising
up \Vashington to be tbe leader of the ie
volutionary struggle, and afterwards the
first President of tlie United States, to set
before tlie people of America, iu the morn
ing of their national existence, a living ex
ample to prove that armies may be best con
ducted, just wars most successfully fought,
and governments most ably and honorably
administered by men of sound moral prin
ciple ; to tench m gifted and aspiring indi
viduals, and the parties they lead, that,
though a lumbicu crooked paths may con
duct to temporary success, the one plain
and straight path of public and private vir
tue can alone lead to a pure and lasting
fame aud tbe blessings of posterity.”
The speaker then glanced at the course
of AA f ashington in a moral point of view,
beginning with his nurture as‘a good boy,’
by a mother worthy to be named with the
noblest matrons of “Rome and Israel,” on
through the various stages of his career ;
and asked whether the judgment of
mankind was so depiaved that they
would withhold their admiration from such
a man and bestow it on men like Alexander,
Caesar and Marlborough ;—whose charac
ters and conduct were briefly passed in re
view ? In this connexion Mr. Everett de-1
scribed Blenheim Castle, the splendid pal- j
ace creeled to perpetuate the fame of Marl- j
borough, compared with Mount A"eruon,the j
modest home of "Washington, and contrast-' 1
od the opposite feelings which they awa- j
ken in the mind of the observer. Bosses- !
sing all tbe lovely traits of character tlie
love of the people mounted into veneration, j
-and reverance melted again into love.
In drawing bis address to a close, Mr.
Everett quoted the language of Hamilton
in his general orders communicating the j
tidings of AVasliington’s decease, to the (
army in 1799, that the “ voice of praise ;
would in vain endeavor to exalt a name, i
uravilied in the lists of true glory ;” and he
spoke of tbe { rivilege enjoyed by America, j
in the first generation of her national exis- j
tence of being permitted, in exchange for f
tbe bright examples she had inherited from j
other countries and ages, to give back a j
name by acknowledgment brighter than *
them all. He quoted the remark of Charles j
James Fox, that “a character of virtues so'
happily tempered hy one another, and so
wholly unalloyed by any vice as AVasb-
iugton’s, was hardly to he found in histo
ry.” lie referred also to the account giv
en by Mr. King in 1797, of the veneration
in which the name of Washington was held
in England, notwithstanding his leading
agency in depriving her of a great colonial
empire; and also to the honors paid to his
memory in Paris by order of Napoleon in
1800, when a pompuous ceremonial was
had in the Inralides and a eulogy pro
nounced by Fontanes. He remarked on
tbcd.fferent result that might have been
expected to the revolutions ofthe last gen
eration in the Spanish and Portugese pos
sessions on this continent, in Spain, Italy,
Greece and Germany, had they been led
by n.en like Washington.
Finally, .Air. Everett observed that it
was peculiarly incumbent on the citizens of
America, as depositaries of the fame aud
memory ot A\ ashington,to follow his advice
and obey his counsels, especially as con
tained in his Farewell Address. The most
important of his exhortations was that
which enjoined the preservation of the Un
ion. This was the thought and care which
lay nearest to his heart; and it depends
on this whether the U nited States shall be
broken up into a group of independent
military governments, wasting each other
in perpetual border wars, or remain a great
powerful, and prosperous confederate re
public. If ever bis parting counsels, on
this head, should be forgotten on that day
it may truly be said that AA'ashington had
lived in vain. Such a calamity, however,
tlie speaker exclaimed, should never be
permitted to take place, while tbe memory
of tlie glorious days and deeds ofthe revo
lution remained ; aud least of all should its
possibility be admitted on tlie birth-day of
Washington, when in every part of the
country, from the North to the South, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, tributes of at
fectioif and respect are simultaneously paid
to bis name.
A Revolutionary Incident.—The se
cond volume of Irving’s life of AVashington
has just been published. From it we cull
tbe following anecdote. At the time Gen.
AA'ashington had bis head-quarters in
Cambridge :
A large party of Virginia riflemen, who
had recently arrived iu camp, were stroll
ing about Cambridge, and viewing the col
legiate buildings,now turned into barracks.
Their lialf-Indian equipments, and fringed
and ruffied hunting garbs, provoked the
merriment of some troops from Marblehead,
chiefly fishermen and sailors, who thought
nothing equal to the round jacket and
trowsers. A bantering ensued between
them. There was snow upon the ground
and snowballs began to fly when jokes
were wanting. Tbe parties waxed warm
with the contest. They closed and came
to blows; both sides were reinforced and
in a little while at least a thousand were
at fisticuffs, and there was a tumult in the
camp worthy of the days of Homer. “At
this juncture,” writes our informant,“AVasli
ington made liis appearance, whether by
accident or design i never knew. I saw
none of his aids with him ; his black ser
vant was just behind him mounted. He
(brew the bridle of his own horse into his ser
vant’s hands, sprang from his seat, rushed
into the thickest of the melee, seized two
tall brawny riflemen by tbe throat, keep
ing them at arm’s length, talking to aud
shaking them.”
As they were from his own province, he
may have felt peculiarly responsible for their
good conduct; they were engaged, too, in
one of tilose sectional brawls which were
his especial abhorrence ; his reprimand,
must therefore, have been a vehement one.
lie was commanding in bis serenest mo
ments, but irresistable in his bursts of in
dignation. Oil tbe present occasion, we
are told, his appearance and stiynig-hand-
ed rebuke put an instant end to tbe tumult.
The combatants dispersed in all directions,
and in less than three minutes none re
mained on tbe ground but tbe two he had
collared.
A Spoonful of stuffing.—“Will vou
take some dressing with the white meat,
Air. Penfeather ?” said my landlady to
me at dinner to day. “There’s no such
thing in the turkey ma’am;” quoth I ; "af
ter dinner I'll tell you the literal significa
tion of the substitute which mock deli
cacy uses now-a-days for the good old-
fashioned word, stuffing
So when dinner was over I brought
down my Johnson’s Dictionary, and read
as follows: ‘Vi/^r/i^-Relishing ingredients
put. into meat. Dressing—The the appli
cation made to a. sore.” “Webster,”—said
I, warming with philological enthusiasm,—
“in whose quarto so many etymological
abominations find refuge, admits a supple
mentary definition of dressing, as "the
stuffing of fowls, pigs, Ike.;” but bis princi
pal definitions of tbe words are : “That
which is used as an application to a wound
or sore. That which is used in preparing
land for a crop, Ac., AVorcester, of
whom we read so much in tbe newspapers,
agrees with tlie elder lexicographers in
limiting the meaning of “dressing” to these
last named unpleasant significations.
The good lady was astounded. “Mad
am,” continued I, impressively, “allow me
to express tbe hope that the word stuffing
may henceforth be used at you table to
designate tbe very excellent compound
with which you have to day regaled me;
and now I think of it. I'll write a note to
the Transcript on the .absurdity of those
over-nice persons who in their verbal deli
cacy strain at a gnat and swallow a cam
el.”
And I beg leave to intimate to the num
erous iriends with whom T shall have tbe
pleasure of dining during tbe poultry sea
son, that they need not trouble themselves
to askmetotake “dressing"stuffing is good
enough for Your old-fashioned friend,
ABRAHAM PENFEATHER.
for an apple, hut not finding one readily,
a potato was substituted, and the crowd ad
journed from the bar-room to the yard ad
joining the barn.
“Measure off twenty paces,” said AA'ads-
wortli.
The distance was paced. Grogan took
his place, with his cap off and potato on
bis head, when Wadsworth deliberately
raised his rifle, drew a fine shot on the po
tato, ami discharged bis piece at arms
length! No one expected that he would
do it, and for a moment consternation was
depicted on the countenances o all th j by
standers, until Grogan, putting his hand
to bis bead, said in an agonizing tone, “Am
I dead ? Is there any blood ]”
It was found that Grogan was not dead,
but that the potato had been cut in twain
and that no blood had been drawn, though
a ridge about the size of a person’s finger
bad been raised on tbe topot his bead by
tbe force of the ball.
Grogan who did not think that AA'ads-
worth would fire, was seriously alarmed for
a few minutes afterwards, as he believed
his skull was split. He says that if any
smart shots want to practice shooting pota
toes off a person’s bead, they must find
some one besides him to be their target.
The following piece of daring sport is
related in tbe Albany Transcript:
The feat in shooting performed by Tell,
in|sbootiug an apple off the head of his son,
has been told over and over again, and is
as familiar as household words, was a won
derful piece of execution, close calculation
and great daring. Something similar was
attempted and successfully perfmmed in
the village of Pittstown, Rensselaer county,
about a week since. The circumstance was
related as follows :
There had been a turkey shooting, at
which several “crack shots” had assisted ;
afier the shooting was over, the crowd ad
journed to the tavern; numerous drinks
were called for and put out of sight, aud
the whole party somewhat elated, com
menced talking about AA iliiam Tell, when
one of the party, by name Horace H.
Wadsworth, remarked that he was as
good a shot as ever Tell was, and, said he,
“find me a man, and I’ll prove it,” where
upon Alonzo Grogan stepped forward and
said, “I’m the man for you to practice up
on.” “Very well,” said W., “get me an
apple and I’ll try it.
From the Louisville (Ivy.) Courier of March 10.
Dentil of the Oldest Inhabitant.
Louisville has lost by death her oldest
inhabitant. Yesterday died “Old Ben
Duke,” as lie has been styled from time
immemorial, at the age o lone hundred and
ten years eight months and three days!
The deceased was a man of color and a
native of Maryland, from which State he
emigrated when Kentucky was a complete
wilderness aud our city but a mere outpost
on tlie frontier. Ail of those who were
then residing in this section ofthe State
have long since passed away, with tlie for
est, the aborigines, and the savage graudt-
ure of untamed Nature. Old Ben, how
ever, survived more than two generations,
and witnessed tlie progress of Louisville
from tbe felling of the first tree in Bear
grass A alley to tbe attainment of her pre
sent commanding position among the cit
ies of the nation. He was many years a
resident of Virginia, and at the age of thir
ty entered tlie service of AVashiugton, of
whom ho retained the liveliest recollec
tions, always being happy when be could
relate to young listeners tbe story of bis
compaigning with tbe Father of the Coun
try. With Revolutionary incidents he
was abundantly supplied, and often fought
his battles over, proud ofthe part be had ta
ken in freeing the country, although but a
man of color himself.
His death was without a pang or a mo
ment’s sickness. Indeed, he had never
known disease or a doctor, and on Satur
day, tlie day previous to his decease, he
was out upon the streets as usual. He
was an honest upright man, a member ol
the Baptist church, and known to be a de
vout Christian. Yesterday morning there
was prayer meeting at his residence, and
after the service he walked to the door. Then
lie became suddenly faint. His son, ob
serving that he was about to fall, ran to
liis aid, aud assisted him up stairs to bed.
lie lay quietly for a few moments anil then
peacefully expired. Thus the lamp of his
life, which had burned so long and so
brightly, vanished into darkness, with
scarcely a moment’s warning.
So protracted a life could not, of course,
be without many and strange incidents.
\A’e have beard him narrate these, and al
ways with the greatest pleasure. Ben.
Duke was originally a slave, but the en
tire race of his owners 1ms become extinct,
and lie has been a free man for a long
time. Of late years lie sustained himself
by selling wood, driving a small one-horse
wagon about the city. His features were
somewhat of tbe Indian cast ; his form
manly and imposing, though slightly bent
with age, and his beard and hair very long
aud white.
The of President Taylor’s Death.
A correspondent of the Cleveland Her
ald was riding in the cars a lew days
since, and reports a conversation which
passed between the Hon. Thomas Ewing
and some one else. Rather a trespass on
private property, we think, but what
Ewing said of thedeath of Gen. Taylor is
very interesting, and as it has already
been in type, hereit is : #
“ I was at the President's house on the
third of July,” he said”—Gen. Taylor had
just received an invitation to attend the
celebration ou the following day, and hear
a speech lit Senator Foote. Though Air.
Foote was a member of the opposition par
ty, lie was a gentleman, and tlie President
felt disposed to show him all the respect
possible. He did not, however, immedi
ately conclude to accept the invitation.
“ Having taken my leave, I had not yet
reached the street ou my return, when a
messenger overtook me to say that the
President would attend the celebration,
and desired that I should accompany
him.
“ Seats were assigned us in tlie shade of
the •AVashiugton Monument. Foote made
a good speech, of reasonable length, and
sat down. It was then announced that
the ceremony of the presentation ofad lock
by the District of Columbia, would take
place immediately, at the opposite side of
the Monument. The presentation speech
woull be made by AA’alter Jones, on the
part of tiic District, and the reply would be
given by Air. Seaton, in behalf of tbe Mon
ument Association. The President asked
me if the speeches would probably be
short. As I knew both the speakers to be
men of few words and many thoughts, Ire-
plied that the exercises would certainly be
brief. Accordingly, the President conclu
ded to remain, and we repaired to the other
side of the Alonument.
“Air. Jones made a speech, which was
brief, and to the point, and sat down. Air.
Seaton then arose and said that lie was
gratified to be able to announce that Mr.
0. bad consented to make the speech in
reply to Mr. Jones. I at once concluded
that we were dead men. I knew tbe pro
posed speaker, aud was certain that we
were doomed to hear a long speech. £ en
deavored to persuade tbe President to re
tire, but lie was unwilling to do so. We
endured the intense heat tor an hour and
a hall before this speech was done. The
President went home wearied by the
lenght of the exercises, and suffering from
long exposure to the heat. In the evening
I heard that he was violently ill. I re
paired to the Mansion, and urged the fam
ily to call a physician immediately. But
the President was unwilling that this
should be done. I then induced the fami-
Search was made j ly physician to call, as a friend, and re-
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quest to see Gen. Taylor. But the sick
man refused to see him. On the following
afternoon I called again, aud as the Presi
dent desired to see me, I was admitted to
his room. He was lying on a sofa, appa
rently destitute of pain, and very cheer
ful. He desired to hear the news, and I
told him of as many agreeable circumstan
ces as I could. AV hen I left his room, af
ter an hour's conversation, I was quite con
fident that be would soon be well. I very
soon beard, however, that bis disease bad
returned with reuewed violence, and that
he was suffering with intense agony. I
hastened to the telegraph office, to send
for iiisson-in law, Dr.AA'ood,a skilful physi
cian of Baltimore. The despatch could
not be sent that night, so that the doctor
did not arrive until the next evening—too
late to be of any avail. The President
failed rapidly, and expired, in a short time.
I shall ever belive that his death may be
traced to tbe last long spaech, which was
made on tlie Fourth of July. Such an
effect was, of course, not intended by tbe
Speaker. This is an iustaftce of murder
without malice.
“ I immediately handed in my resigna
tion toMr. Fillmore, to take effect in a few
days!” _ ______
Giving and Receiving Presents.—A
judicious correspondent (a lady, evident
ly.) ofthe New-York Home Journal, says
*tbat this matter of ladies giving and re
ceiving presents, is a subject upon which
many of the sex have never bestowed a
thought, upon which many more are in er
ror, and which few, perhaps, view in just
tbe right light; and tbe writer proceeds to
say wliat follows ;
I thiuk it a safe rule for every young
lady to adopt—never to lay herself under
pecuniary obligations to an unmarried
man, not connected with her by tbe tii s of
blood or family, for any gift whatever,
except tlie very fitting, appropriate and
emblematic one of a boquet of flowers.
AVhatever may be the relations of the par
ties to .each other at the time of giving and
receiving the preseut, circumstances may
subsequently occur which will make it ex
tremely awkward and unpleasant to the
lady to remain under obligations, and
equally impossible for her to cancel the
obligations in any way. Indeed, I think a
lady of native refinement, delicacy and
proper self-respect, will always be unwill
ing to incur pecuniary indebtedness under
any circumstances, and tbe consciousness
of being deeply indebted to any other than
a dear friend, for any gift or favor, is never
agreeable.
Ladies—and very young ladies, espe
cially—often incur improper obligations,
by allowing gentlemen to pay their travel
ing or other expenses, when they are acci
dentally thrown upon the protection of the
gentleman. In such a case, no man of The
world, acquainted with the usages of good
society, will oblige a lady to remain in bis
debt by refusing to accept payment from
her. It often happens, however, that men
of generous impulses, and even well-bred
men will decline being remunerated. Un
der such circumstances, from a mistaken
idea of the requirements of politeness, a la
dy should, invariably, insist upon his receiv
ing the price of her ticket, even at the
risk of offending the gentleman. 1 have
known instances in which bailies have been
obliged to incur obligations of this kind to
the very persons, of all others, to whom
they would least wish to be indebted ; and,
on the other band, in which gcrtlemen have
been draAvn into an expense for those, of
all others, for whom they would be least
willing to make any pecuniary sacrifice.
The English Bible.—The Dublin Re
view, a Roman Catholic publication, lias
tbe following in reference to the Protestant
version of the English Bible :
“ Who will say that the beauty and
marvelous English of the protestant Bible
is not one of the great strong holds of her-
this country f It lives on the ear
like music that can never be forgotten—
like the sound of a ehoreh bell which a
convert hardly knows how lie can forego.
Its felicities seem to be almost things rather
than more words. It is a part of the mt
tional mind, and the anchor of national
seriousness. The memory of the dead
passes into it. The potent traditions of
childhood are stereotyped in its verses.
The dower of all tlie gifts and trials of a
man is hidden beneath its wordsi It is
the representative of his best moments,
and all that there fta3 been abottt him of
soft, and gentle, and poor, and penitent,
and good, speaks- to him for ever out of
the English Bible. It is his sacred thing,
which doubt lias never dimmed, and con
troversy never soiled. In the length and
breadth of tbola-nd there is not a Protes
tant with one spark of righteousness about
him, whose spiritual biography is not in his
Saxon Bible.”
The Shortest AATay.—Some twelve
years ago, Napoleon, (Indiana) was cele
brated for two things—one forthe •arousing
propensities of its- citizens, and the other
for tbe great number of cross roads in its
vicinity. It appears that an Eastern col
lector had stopped at Dayton to speud tbe
night and gain some information rsspect-
ing bis future course. Dbring the evening
lie became acquainted with an old drover,
who appeared well posted as to-the geog
raphy of tbe country-, and the collector
thought he might as well inquire in regard
to the best routes to different points to
which he was destined.
“I wish to go to Greenfield,” said the
collector ; “now which, is the shortest
way i”
“AA'ell, sir,” said the drovar, “you bad
better go to Napoleon and take the-road
leading nearly north.”
The traveller noted it down.
“AA'ell, sir if I wished to go to Edin
burgh ?”
“Then go- to Napoleon, and take the
road west.”
“A\ r ell. if I wished to go to Vernon ?”
“Go to Napoleon, and take tbe road
southwest.”
“Or to Indianapolis added the Elec
tor, eyeing the drover closely, and think
ing he was being imposed on.
“Go to Napoleon and take tlie road
northwest.”
The collector looked at Lis note book ;
every direction had Napoleon on it;
began to feel his mejtle rise, and he turn
ed once more to the drover with—
“Suppose, I wanted to go tp the devil ?”
The drover never smiled, but scratched
his head, and after a moment’s hesitation
said :
“Well, dear sir, I don’t know of any
shorter road you could take than to go to
Napoleon.”
One of the best “ssUs” of the season was
recently practised wi Cook, tlie editor of
the Ni&a Republican. A isw day* since
he gracioulv favored a rady correspondent
a«<l published a little poem designed as a
reprimand to dilatory beaux. The poem
is-sigiied “Oitsorca.” Reverse the signature
aud you have AorosLc r take the hint and
rend down the pa»ui aud yon have “plain
as printing.” “D, fl. v’uok is the Prince of
Asses.”—-Chatft...on Courier,
From the New-York Obsern r.
The "S'Jiith-ritle licw of Shivfty,
This testimony from Africa aud the Chec-
taw Nation, ought to make, some impres
sion even on prejudiced minds. AA'e have
two letters from Missionaries ofthe. Amer
ican Board, speaking of this hook. They
were received within a few days of each
other. One is from Rev. E. J. Fierce Ga
boon Mission. He says :
“ Doubtless you hear from many parts
of the country, and it may be from different
parts of the world, but I will venture to
say not from many parts of Africa. I
think, at times, my companion, (Rev. J.
Best) and myself arc ready to exclaim
“AA ould tnat all Africa were at the South.”
AYnnld that villages and tribes of these
poor people could be induced to emigrate
to onrHoatheru country, and be placed un
der t.-ie influences which tlie slaves enjoy.
My hi t»ther thinks that he would sooner
run the risk of a good or a bad master,
anti be a slave at tbe South, than to be as
one ot these heathen people. He refers,
when lie thus speaks, both to his temporal
and eternal welfare. If the North and
the South would only work together in
love, and adept the plan of colonizing this
part of the country with free blacks front
the North and freed men from the South,
and the colored man at home, how
good it would be. AA'e Binst change our
manner and tone with regard to tbe South,
and study ways Jo accomplish it. May the
Lord make that book the instrument of do
ing much to effect this change.”
The other letter is from Rev. Gyms
Kingsbury,-D. D., Choctaw Nation. "He
says :
“Four days ago, the ‘South Side A'iew
of Slavery’ fell into my bands. I have
read it with great interest I had before
seen some of the remarks of reviews, par-
ticularly in February (18-7(1) No. of the
New EnglamleT. The book will be read and
will be doing its errand of jut-lice, of truth,
and of mercy, after those reviews have
passed into oblivion. The spirit in which
the book is written, will commend it to
every unprejudiced mind.
I bad formed my opinions relative to
slavery from careful observation, and the
experience of almost forty years in the
midst of it. I have become no more re
conciled to the evils of Slavery, but I am
satisfied that war friends at the North are
generally in the wrong. This book lias
greatly strengthened and confirmed inv
impressions. I feel that I and my breth
ren are in good company. AA'e are with
good men and strong mea on tliis subject.
I have admired the heavenly wisdom
which guided tbe Apostles in tiie instruc
tions they have given, for the guidance
of ministers and Tnissionnries whose lot
may have been cast in a slavcholding
community. AA’ith the writer of tliis book,
I have regarded it as a clear evidence of
their inspiration. Good can be done to
masters and slaves in no other way. The
relative duties of masters and servants are
what we have to deal with, and not the
particular relation they sustain to each
other.
Often La’-'e I desired to see tbe subject
placed in a correct point of view before the
Ohristian public. This book meets mv
wishes. The writer deserves the thanks
of tbe country for what be has done; and
I doniit nrtmany will yet come to appreci
ate his labors. It is calculated to do good
in every section of our country, and I am
desirous it should be read extensively both
North and South.
Mr. Gales in the llonse of Sfprtsenhilivc*.-
A correspondent of tlie New iork Com
mercial tells us the following pleasant iu
eident :
A* matter of business Lad induced Jo
seph. Gales, Esq., to visit the Capitol. He
was accompanied by a young gentleman,
arid 1 presume it r.is his first visit daring
the present session of Congress. I hap
pened to be present when, in tbe course of
iiis walk, be entered the Hall of Represen
tatives. It was, perhaps, half an Lour be
fore tlie House was called to order, and
(here was the usual hum of talking and
laughing voices. But the moment his pres
ence was observed, the remark, “There’s
Air. Gales,” went the entire round, and a
general silence prevailed. Those who
were personally acquainted with Mr.
Gales went forward to shake him by the
band, and tilose who were unknown to
him begged to he introduced. One
honorable member went off to inform
tlie Speaker of the unexpected visit
or, and that gentleman came forward
to present his compliment-;, so that in a
short time there was quite a crowd assem
bled around tlie venerable editor. His
step was firm as ever, and most dignified,
and as he appeared uncovered, (wherein he
unintentionally set a grotl example to ma
ny of tlio^a who surrounded him,) it re
quired only a slight effort of the fancy to
imagine that the earlier times of the Re
public had returned. Simple as was this
incident, it was to my mind full of inter
est. It illustrated, iu a Leautiful manner,
tlie power of an exalted character. AYben
men like Mr. Gales command the love, the
respect and admiration of all parties, there
is no great danger that folly and fanati
cism v ill ruin the country. It is now not
far fr»m half a century since Air. Gales
and Air. Seaton became identified'with the
National Intelligencer, aad 1 think it aiav
be sail ly said of them that bo two men in the
land have done so sinli intellectual work
as they, and of the journal, that it is one of
the most elevated aud influential of t ie
age. So intimately associated are tin se
men with the history oi‘ this Government,,
that Lt is a’most impossible fur tat inhere of
Congressto discuss any gr^at question aris
ing ottt-af our past history, without turning
over the pages of that journal. A number of
the earlier Residents,ii local history is to bo
believed,did not deem it beneath their dig-
nit.v to ca:i at the office ot the National In
telligencer for the purpose of consulting its
editors; aud few personages in times past
have been more familiar with Um staircase
leading to their respective sanctums than
such men a? AYebster, Ciay, Calhoun, Ad*
anis, Gallatin, and many others.
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