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I iio hope that every considerate | not here of so many failures in our country- vanity hut .to experience years of intsfor-.
rhiiitv feta oi * ji'ioj; girt H'iiu ►poydji herding in »&oiofy, a nil thi>y wuu)4>
liardly-uarued moans noon umjeopssary ! Had moro to iulercstf them at homo with
finery, U'nis is a word to the working! their husuands and children—rWt wunid
women.
mind will remember
constitutes tho lady
that line, attire never
or the gentleman.—
The most woithless characters attire their
bodies with exquisite taste. When 1 first
came to New York, 1 was sufficiently sim
ple to lelieve that every elegantly dressed
woman 1 saw on Broadway Were virtuous
women, but a verv line old married geutlo-
—there would he many more quiet, hearts,
tune.; Adversity »u<l care have faded
causes
disagree;
many men and their
and I think 1 can
1
ii' lei in the'Same nouve with
one day, in conversation at
man wh V h
myself, said
dinner, that he was almost disgusted with
married ladies dressing so showily. 1 in
quired whereloie.
Well,” said he, “ I will tell you, mad-
for dress
wives to
venture a little farther in woman s charac
ter than even that, d es alas ! this inordi
nate love of display has lead many a wo-
m.pu astr.ij from the paths of virtue.
Since'this has caused women tobe faith
less, all pure women should not encourage
a tiling which may become a source of des
truction to her sex. How inconsistent it is
in females to encourage an evil that has
brought their sex to shame and degradation.
at, Almost every pretty woman, and I if all women who spend their *im
those so handsomely dressed that one.
meets on Broadway, are improper charac
ters—so,” e luiiuued he, “ 1 think that res
pectable ladies should dress very plainly
on the street.
I was perfectly thunderstruck at this
rentaik, but upon hearing others verify the,
assertion, have come to liie conclusion that
the plainer a woman dresses for the street
the more she is to be. admired.
am sure a man would never choose a
al
tering and making handsome clothing were
devoted to books, bow many bright stars
would we see shining where we now meet
dark spots interspersed over the sun of
existence—whose lives are of no nu re con
sequence in the world than il they had
never existed. They pass on through life
a a phantom, leaving no trace.
How pleasant it is to be in the society
of ladies who can entertain their visitors
agreeably. Is it not delightful to the its-
wiio on Uroadway, if he is to know no j tencr to sit under the sound of a voice
more of her than what he sees on the street, j whose mind is well cultivated, whose im-
llut in the country there are many gentle j agination is brilliant, and whose head is
men who become fascinated with their | absorbed with God and nature ?
wives at public places, and they feel quite j Such characters can tell us of the truths
sure yf marrying a virtuous woman, al- j of the Bible—they can direct our minds to
though they might never hear a word from 1 the adventures of the Apostles, and Christ
the day they met her until the hour that j himself. They can-tell us of the snow-
found them together at the altar. | capped Alps, azure lakes, waterfalls and
In country places we know who people j beauties of various countries. They can
are when we see them and hear the name. '
flat the reu ier must allow me to assert the j
fact, til at it is not so in cities, more partic- j
ularly in the great city of Ne w York.
Tims, the more astounding it is to me to I
see well-bred, refined, intelligent ladies so j
much devoted to their external appearance, j
Shakspeare savs, Mind is man. to which I j
add, also woman ; and a female is possess ;
direct our mind to the superiorities of a So
crates, a Tamerlane, a Demosthenes, a
Longinus and a Quintilian—they can’im-
p.irt knowledge from later history. From
SU
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N
ed of this gem of
why not as a sca
lps we can learn.
w should not a lady become more in
tercsting in society were she to pass some
of her leisure hours in the perusal of such
books as would improve her immortal
mind ? Would not this be more beneficial
sible woman put her foot down upon ex- j than to devote her self’ to the sole occupa-
travagauee in dress I SShow to tue poor j tion of 'decoration her body, that is but
that the external is nothing in comparison | made to perishf .What avail her fine leatli
with the intrinsic. I ers.
We, meet so many nonentities, equipped | her
as fluttering butterflies, they come lortfi j her
sometimes from a low degraded eatterpil j ion>
Jar, but ulcer soaring awhile it-iiii their
golden tinted wings, they turn into the
slow woolly room again—such characters
are sufficient to deter a sensible woman
when her uncultivated mind may lead
ti: maxe some remark that will render
ridiculous in the eyes of her cmnpan-
Dear women,
minds, and not
endeavor to improve your
remain sunshine insects,
who pass away with the season that gave
them birth. There would be many liap-
fiom wishing to appear m an attire too j py
There
other extravagances besi
late 1
ltsbands
to to
din
u | like Christian women, putting on the on
it j inent of a meek and quiet spirit—a
cuart
that of diess. An ambitious woman ea
find various means of spending any amouu
of money. Her household furniture is
sometimes a source of great trouble to her.
Uke visits her friend, airs. ; tins lady s
carpets are much more elegant than her
own, the curtains are a rich velvet,
the sofas and ornaments are veiy su
porior to lier own. This will never do.
'The pooi husband must give ins wife sev
eral hundred dollars to refurnish the hou&e
in an elegant a manner as that of Airs.
The table also must be furni.-bed in the
most extravagant manner. After a while
we hear of another failure—the elegant es-j good
taldishnient is closed, creditors annoy him, j have fallen far short
tils wile, perhaps, tantalizes—he becomes! has destined her.
despairing, and finishes his weak career by
a wicked suicide.
and fathers if women would
eason, and abolish their iuordi-
: for dress, and adorn themselves
o rna-
ui d
be what the Apostle Paul said they should
be.
Such characters as alary, who used
the costly ointment to anoint the feet of
Jesus, because she loved her Lord and
j Master. Yfio might hear and see many
acts from females, if they
w o u i
Id
not be such slaves to external appearau-
CCS.
Many hours might be p; s ed in jvisit
ing the poor and afflicted. Many gar
ments might be made for tbe orphans, and
much good might be accomplished by wo
men. She was created for a wise and
bough many of the sex
of what her Creator
pnrpose-
bYho would not sympathise with a man
thus injured by the woman fie had taken
for a [helpmeet, to comfort him m health,
and console him in sickness. Uut, aias|!
poor soul she with her extravagance, has
caused him to take his own life.
Oh, woman ! let it not he said of our sex,! know that so much misery has grown out
that we are so inconsistent, and su incun- j of this thirst for stylo. \\ hen i hear wo
biderate. Think of a beloved husband, i met
ii' you are possessed of such a treasure.
t*
Let y< u children also be jyour jewels,
and ea-. senseless emulation irom your
minds, so long as you are happy ui your
homes.
Every female who has a devoted com
panion is olesaed beyond measure—when
a man is a man, he is|tlie noblest of God's
creation, lie made man in hisowu image,
and he lias placed in his breast a 1 heart to
love and cherish his wife. Although there
are many masculines who do not possess
these noble qualities,yet, I reiterate, when
a man is a man, lie is the noblest ot God’s
creation.
It is full ti lie that women become less
extravagant. These hard times, and the
pressure for money, does not seem to abate
Lie extravagance of some woman, not in
the least. There .are sumo ladies w hose
husbands cannot, in this panic, obtain suf
ficient money to regularly discharge their
board-bills ; but the new silks, shawls,
cloaks and bonnets must be forthcoming,
and the landlady is left to t,inter for her
lights.
I am sorry to admit that my sex are so
blind to their ow n interests, as to he so
completely duped by vanity. That is tho
reason that we here so much gossiping in
society. Ladies who have nothing to do
but uress themselves, and call upon each
other, are very apt to talk too much.—
From mere idleness and empty head in coo,
rather than evil hearts, they repeat all the
little stories they have heard—
‘•They tell the tale.
The tale by telling grows.
Aid each one adds
To what, ii^knows.”
until,
the reputation of some
perchance
poor woman is blasted by lief own sex.
Too often these i’tows, who Traduce oth
ers, are far more reprehensible in conduct
and principle than those w
light to vilify. Snell idle w
standard for gosr-Q, is inv
the world. If they would
their leisure hours at home, ;
of some beneficial volume.
ho in they dc-
omeu are the
experience of
pass some of
perusal
Lad \
tin
as tli l
Jane Grey and many others, they would
find less occasion for -idle gossip. A gen
tleman once called upon Lady Jane, and
found her rending Plato. He was surpris
ed to find a lady so young so devoted to
literature. He inquired why she was no:
out hunting with her parents.
“Because I better enjoy my books,”
said she. “Some people know not wliat is
real pleasure. All, save the knowledge
that 1 derive from -books, is of but little
consequence to me.”
Here is an example for women to follow'.
This noble womafl, who was beheaded by
the cruel Mary, was a paragon of perfection;
she met a hard fate.
I would to Heaven there were more
guch women in these latter days. A Ger
man, once, while traveling in France, call
ed upon all persons who were eminent for
their talents. Among the number was | induced to pen this sketch on woman’s ex*
Madame Dacier, one among the most 1 ile- j travagancc.
vary women in France. He presented her There are thousand considerate ladies
a book, and desired her to therein trail J w ho will agree with the writer—ot this she
scribe her name. 'I his sue refused to do. i f 1 .j^ quite sure. Believing this to be the
Talented persons should never be vain— ( case, f will close tins article by saying to
ratlu-r let them be humbly giateiul to God \ th e women abandon extravagance, and
thmk of those vou-love ; they should be
that it hath pleased him to number tue hi |
ojjg Ills gif leu ones. Lut toe Goim.tu .
j..si i s»> strenuously that she hastily 1
e light uo a pen, ami tiaceJ her name un-
t\ ■, a vi-rse from Sophocles, implying that
silence is w oman’s groate.it omaiuoin.
If u ir American wuiut-u would adopt this
for their motto, there would be less gossip
ami much more happiness. This thirst i fionU many a fair check, tbe rose tinge of
health, and bowed many a mauiy form be
neath the weight of their oppressive bur
den. Unfeeling as the world is, they have
been left, no matter of what merit, to toil
almost in vain, amidst the glitter of wealth
and the sunbeams df surrounding prosperi
ty. Many minds are so gently and deli
cately constituted, that they yield easily
to the wintry blasts of disappointment and
the blight of faded expectations. While
this may show that they have hearts of
keen sensibilities and refined emotions,
it proves also, that physically and mental
ly, they are not constituted to buffet the
angry waves of fortune, or have cultivated
and strung to an undue extent those deli
cate cords of soul which yield melody to
the breath of happiness, and wail to that
of misfortune and sorrow.
While it is pleasing to see any ouc of
the emblems of sensibility under danger,
difficulty and misfortune, it is admirable to
show a true heart, a sustaining energy, an
unconquerable spirit. He who displays
energy, in adversity is lar more certain of
receiving the subtantial sympathy and en
couragement of the world than he who
sinks under the way of tho tempest.
The man who defies the rage of the
storin, who looks upon its approach with
an unblinking and steadfast eye, whose
spirit never yields through the body may
be crushed to the grave, is apt to excite
admiration and sympathy, and may tri
uinph over apparently insuperable ditficul-
eulties and dangers. But the proud spirit
of a man should rise in dignity an unbrok
en strength, though, adversity and pover
ty and neglect should surrouud it—though
even human love should falter in its idola
try.
“Heaven helps those who help them
selves.” But heaven will help those who
do right. Integrity, energy, and a proper
dependence upon the Supreme ruler of the
world will give the talisman of success,"
and scatter disappointments, misanthropy,
and despondency, like mists before the
morning sun.
If then the spring flowers of hope have
seemed to wither along your path, if antic
ipated success and triumphs have vanish
ed, as summer-night dreams, take courage,
look up, depend not upon vain hopes and
fruitless lamentations hut upon integrity
and energy ; for they are linked with the
most, valuable gilts of fortune. If they
fail to bring success they cannot fail to
bestow the consoling consciousness of‘ hav
ing deserved it.
South Carolina in Arms and in Arts.
This is the subject of an address deliv
ered before the Polytechnic and Calliopean
Society of the Citadel Academy, by (Japt.
J. 1*. Thomas, which we find reported al
length in the Courier. The subject is
well chosen, and handled in a skillful man
ner. We regret that the greatly reduced
foice in our office prevents us from giving the
whole of this address, which possesses pe
culiar interest, from the circumstances un
der which it was delivered.
In opening, the speaker says that “the
fame of a Commonwealth (apart from its
religious sense) is based upon the produc
tions of the pen and the achievements of
the swoul.” lie then appeals to the record
to see what has been accomplished for
Smith Carolina in each of these depart
ments ; and after a rapid glance at the
well known and stirring events connected
with the first settlement of the State and
the war of the Revolution, he deems it ne
cessary only to refer to her long list of dis
tinguished military men, from Marion to
Butler, and her battle fields, from Cow
pens and Eutaw, to those which received
the blood of her sons in Mexico, to bear
witness to her military pre-eminence.
The speaker then passes to the milder,
but not less pleasing branch of this sub
jeet, the character of our State in the
aspect of letters. After stating that the
literature of the State is in its infancy,
and the literature of a comparatively new
community, and, therefore, to be rightly
judged rather by its promises than by
its actual performances, he passes in re
view the more prominent works that mark
the literary and scientific progress of the
State. In the departments of history,
poetry, philosophy, and the fine arts, the
long array of names whose productions,
different in kind, but each possessing its
distinct excellences, have shed such un
dying lustre upon the name of Carolina,
seems conclusively to prove that in arts as
well as in arms, the Palmetto State can
confidently claim a high position.
In the pulpit, too as well as at the
bar, in her press, ami her medical facul
ty, tiie State occupies a position of ac
knowledged eminence. And it may justly
be allirined that few States have been served
by so able and so pure a body of states
men. The names of the mighty dead
rise in glorious array triumphantly to
prove this position ; and the speaker
might well have added, that the men of
the present day have proved themselves
the tnen for the emergency, and are wor
thily upholding the principles bequeathed
to them by Rutledge, Lowndes, Calhoun,
and their illustrious compeers.
After thus referring to tho past history
and present position of Carolina, the speak
k cr addesses the members of the Society as
soldiers and as students, reminding tlieiu-
that with the combined instrumentalities of
the pen and sword, the student soldier
may make his career useful to himself,Iiou-
oralde to his country, and acceptable to
God, closing with the following admoni
tion :
“To those of your number who are soon
to leave the academic ranks for the crowd
ed march without, these suggestions apply
with peculiar force. Should the time or
inclinations lead them to military employ
incuts, let them act upon the lofty princi
ple that arms is not intrinsically inconsis
tent with arts, and virtue, and piety. Let
them receive the lesson of history, which
is hut ‘philosophy teaching by example,’
and thus learn who are the genuine victors
in (his world's strife. Alexander, Caesar
and Napoleon arc styled the world’s great
conquerors, and Washington and Have
lock are regarded second rate Generals.—
But contrast tiieir latter end with that of
the brilliant trio. Alexander died in a
drunken debauch ; Caesar fell at the base
of l\impey’s statue, ‘which all the while
ran bloodand Napoleon expired
amid an elemental storm, the problem of
the luture unsolved ; while W ashington
died ‘content’ amid the tranquil shades of
Mount Vernon, and Havelock’s soul left
India’s burning sands pure and serene,
and bearing the impress of humauity’s
last and grandest triumph.
“Be admonished, gentlemen, by this
striking antithesis, and, in my behalf, ac
cept this closing proposition : That there
is no better fight than the one we make up
on the unseen battle-field within our bo-
I fervently hope that we shall see less
extravagance in the rising generation—
and minds whose brilliancy may shine
from the first magnitude. When the world
may teem with new beauties as we pass
on through life, each one doing our duty
toward our fellow being. Who would tol
crate extravagance in women wuile we
on” in such vivacious talk over
the fashions, I often wonder if they- know
upon what continent they live, or the cap
ital of their native state. Ii they are in
formed upon these points, it may be set
down as a wonder.
Books arc the last companions sought by
such a set of weak-brained mortals. I
hope to be excused should my language
seem severe on the gentler sex. I do not
thin'; tha* Hannah Mooie, or Mrs. i nans,
or any of our later writers were eve. card
to gossip over the fashions.
In mv estimation a woman sinks direct
ly sue becomes absorbed in dilution and
■■av attire. But when a woman i beard
to speak of the poor, visit the sick, tefend
the character ot her sex, pity the afflicted,
then she should be admired ; then she imi
tates the women of old times. Sarah call
ed Abraham, lord, and Martha was a do
luesl'ie woman, who endeavored to make a
family happy,
If the married and siuig’c ladies in these
days wore like those of antiquity, we
should see more happiness existing in lain
ilitis than we now do. There would he
many happy husbands, who now sit around
a gambling table, or seek the club to drov, u
domestic troubles in dissipation. Yes, even
those (Icmis of infamy are patronised by
men whose wives have driven them thith
er. O, woman ! how inconsistent are you
iu tantalizing a husband for means to make
a show in the woiKI, which is of so lit
tle consequence to your domestic happi
ness.
It inav be hoped that the ladies of this
country will suppress the thirst tor gran-
dare that they cannot afford to enjoy. If
people are rich, they are authorized to sur
round themselves with all that is bcautilul
in art an 1 nature, although it would show
pure minds and souls to aid the poor with
the means they have in such abundance.
Yet we can excuse the surroundings of the
rich
i hope the la
Jer over these lines, and view society as
it is • and sec if they do not find these
word$ tiue. ’
I would be the last woman on earth who
would detract from my sex her due merit,
for we need much to Le said iu our favor.
Vet, 1 am conscientious, and write what I
hear and see passing through life.—
There are many writers who pass on
through lite, making but little show—they
are like bees, busy about many flowers,
gathering honey, and depositing it in their
hives. Our minds become well stored at
the expense ot other people.
Nothing has an,used me more than to be
in an assembly where there they knew not
that 1 handled the pen. Many have been
tiie hours of enjoyment to me to sit and
boar the ladies gossip who were strangers
to my occupation*.
Now, mv lady friend, you must excuse
me if I have been too severe on my sex.
It is to accomplish good that I have been
dies of America will pou-
your husbands and children. Thus the
blessing of Heaven may rest upon you—and
when death shall call VOU to the future
world, your spirits may be transplanted he- | sums, ami that there are no successes more
voud the gates <>i Farad i.-o, where dwell j ennobling than those we win over tempta
ilre pure, uu l win re Angola shall bo thy , lion’s serried ranks aud evil's llmmgiug
companions forever. ,co.trains.
mstieal BjvU.
Tha following deserved tribpiu to i)m
patriot-statesman, lffesident i&vis, »e
clip from the Bangor [Maine.J Uniou., of
iust. The Union is a Irlgh-toiied and
spirited journal, scrupulous in its its adhe
rence to facts, calm iu its judgement, aud
fearless and unflinching in its advocacy of
truth aud right. It merits the countenance
and support of every Southern man, for its
hold ami manly vindication of the South,
iu the course she has pursued.
The Whig of yesterday endorses the
suggestion that the Trustees of Bowdoin
College should expunge from their records
the official vote by which the honorary
degree of L. L. D. was conferred upon Hon.
Jefferson Davis. And the Whig thus
adds: ‘‘A traitor to his country' should
not remain thus honored by a Northern
College.”
No language can express the loathing
that every brave and honorable man must
feel for those contemptible and sneaking
cowards who could for a moment entertain
or recommend such an idea as that con
tained in the Wiiig. This recommenda
tion is of a perfect piece with black repub
licau warfare. That man whom they can
not meet in argument, they seek to bring
under the ban of the religious and literary
community. Wliat mine dastardly act
than to creep within the sacred precincts
of a college to stab the character of a man
whose character is unblemished before the
world.
Jefferson Davis a traitor! Where is
the man in the Union who has dared tu
say this in his presence ? No brave man
could say it; no coward dared to say it.
What statesman, in the whole history
of America, lias lived a purer or more up
right life than lie! Apply to the survivors
of Buena Vista, and ask them if Jefferson
Davis is a traitor ? Nobly and gloriously
did he and his command peril their lives
on that bloody field, and by valor unequal
ed in the history of hard fought fights, save
a wearied army from destruction. “No !
No!” would be their unanimous response,
“Jefferson Davis is no traitor ! ”
Clay and Calhoun.—III Ii is speech on
the 25th ultimo, before the Richmond Con
vention, ex Governor Wise thus apostro
phises Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun :
“Oh, my God, sir, I could weep ! I can
not look at you without seeing near yon
those two sculptured figures in contrast.—
I wish I could speak of Henry Clay as I
want to speak of him, without being misun
derstood. I knew him, and knew him
well. Ho has gone, and I would say noth
ing of him but what is good. Ami there
is ouc good thing I can say of him, and
when 1 look at that marble I am reminded
of it. lie was game, ho was indomitable,
be was uplifted, and bis steppings were
stately steppings, lie, that mighty man.
tried compromise, and compromise and com
promise, until lie won exalted fame, and
the name of tho “Great Pacificator.” Hen
ry Clay, I invoke your shade. If you
had life now and was standing in this hall
on your native soil, Henry Clay, 1 invoke
your shade to know what would be your
exclamation, your apostrophe of compro
mise! Alas! alas! the work has crumbled
into tbe ruins like the ship of State, for
which he labored in vain.
“And in contrast with that of Henry
Clay, another image rises before my mind,
distinct and indelible as marble—tiie im
age of John C. Calhoun, of that man who
was ambitious above other men, who sought
the President as Newton sought an observ
atory—he did not want it without his tel
escape—that man, of whom a Georgian
has said, that lie was like Michael Ange
lo's dome in the Heavens, without tho
scaffolding of thought. The other day,
when a South Carolinian was pleading at
this bar, referred to that marble image, 1
looked at tbe stern, severe, unbending, un
yielding countenance, and my manhood
gave way, and 1 W'ept to think of him.
lie was a prophet and more than a proph
et. 11c foretold the events, iu the midst
of which we are now to live. He knew
tho use of words ; lie knew that words were
not shadows but things. The giaut con
test, the more than Gladiatorial struggles
which took place between these two men,
between whose marble images you and I,
sir, sit hear to-day, furnish in one sense a
type of the national crisis in which yon
aud I are this day involved. And now the
pen of the present is to record an answer
to the question ; ;.n indelible answer.—
Whose efforts have told on the side of er
ror, and whose efforts have told on the side
of truth ? From one came a hopeful effort
to save by compromise ; the other sternly
told you to stand by your lights as the on
ly staunch, stern, immovable position that
would save you.”
A Beautiful Extract.
The following extract is from a letter
which was written upon the death of a
child :
It went in tho morning—a bright and
radieut morning—many went yesterday,
more to-day, and there are dews shed for
tbe departure of to-morrow. And can it he
wondered that pleasant summer mornings
should beguile them into going? Is it a
marvel they do not wait for the burden
and the noon, but follow the lark and her
songs over the ruin of the rainbow f That
those words so beautiful, they should make
so true, and “joy cometii in the morning?”
Going in the morning! A glorious
morning ! when the sky L all beauty, and
the world is all bliss, ere the dews have
gone to Heaven or the stars have gone to
God, when the birds are singing, and the
cools winds are blowing, and the flowers
are out that will be shut at noon ; and the
clouds that are never rent in rain, aud the
shadows inlaid with crimson lie away in
the west.
We have sometimes seen a little coffin,
like a casket of jewels, all alone by itself
in a huge hearse, melancholy with plumes,
and gloomy as a frown, and we have
thought, not so, should we accompany
those a little way who go in the morning.
We have wondered why they did not take
the little coffin in the carriage with them,
and lay it gently upon their laps, the
sleeper there lulled to slumber without a
bosom or a cradle. We have wondered
what there was for tears to such a going—
in tiie early morning from home to home
like fair, white doves with drowny wings
emerging from neither night and fluttering
for an entrance at the windows of Heaven.
Never yet has there been a hand wanting
to take the wandrer ill, aud shut out the
darkness of the storm.
Upon those little faces, it never seemed
to us, that death could place its great seal;
there is no thought of the charuul house iu
these young listeners to that invitation,
whose acceptance we are bound not to for
bid ; then there should be morning songs
and not sighs ; fresh flowers aud not badg
es of tffouruiiig; uo tears or clouds, hut
bright dews and bright dawnings together.
Fold up the white robe; lay aside the
fotgotteu toy ; smooth the little impressed
pillow, and gently smile as you think of
the garment, of the harp of gold, and of
the fair brow within its diadem of light;
smile as you think that uo years can make
that memory old. Au eternal, guilelem
uialUima uKruii Hktt (if
Pai‘i*duii for tho tminiMg at u friend ff^ui
homo. A
Here the glad lips would quiver with
angifisli ; the bright curls grow grizzled
and gray i tue youug he. rt weary aud old ;
but there ehangclcssas the stars,and young
as the last new morning.
The poet tells of a green bough rent by
the tempest from the tree, and swept rude
ly along the hi east of ail angry river, and
a mother bird with cries of grief fluttering
beside it, for her nest and nestlings were
there. Oh! better be wafted away from
earth, than thus they should drift around
the world ill storm.
When children turn immortal we should
write :
“Goxk is thk morning
And there is no night there.”
Catitai, Joke.—A military company
in full uniform was called out sonic time
since by the Sheriff of Worcester county,
Md., to capture a pungy, which was tak
ing oysters against the law. The com-
r*-Hiw tin. Mt>tsiu.y. Ap< ti 1 &
AtTUU 13, Isfii.
i hruiigljoiU the whole ot Friday night the va
rious uioi tar hattciies cont lined ilieir iron rain up
on Fort Sumter. At an early hour on Saturday
morning the gnn batteries, * hirli had been silent
during tiie daikuess of the night, reopened tlieii
lire. About seven o’clock Fort Sumter vigorously
returned their compliments. The (Juinniing’s
Point Batteries were uninjured by any shots which
had been tired against them, bad not effected any
thing like a breach, although battering considera
bly, and to the depth of a foot, the pancoupee on
the South-east corner. Major Anderson devoted
liis atteutiou to the Sullivan’s Island batteries,
Fort Moultrie especially, and the Floating Battery.
Forty rounds of hot shot were poured into him
from Fort Moultrie, and tills fire was returned by
a rapid and heavy connouade from the sea-girl
tortress, riddling the quarters. In tiie emphatic
language ot an otiieer, "the quarters were knocked
to he—i, but nobody hurt.”
During the morning, thirty or forty successive
shots, from Sumter, were tired at the Dahlgreu
battery, occasioning so much danger to the men
at the gun, that Capt. Hamilton temporarily re
moved them. The floating battery, commanded
by Capt. Hamilton, and iu charge of Lieutenants
Yates and Harleston, in their turn received appro
priate attention. Twelve indentations art visible
—one ball going through the edge of the roofs,
lodged in the sand, producing a slight contusion
patty in a liatteaii, proceeded to (lie con
flict. The captain of a pnngy went below,} on tke bead of a private. The four gun battery,
got out a stove pipe, mounted it ill cannon , commanded by Lieut. X alentine, and Capt. Hal
. i ,iii i -i , lonquist s very effective mortar batterv, were car-
style over the bulwarks, and standing at Iie *? ly attcllded t0 . n,s> ni.,1 tt.iin,,
one end with a big chunk of charcoal,
lighted and sparkling. The moment was
critical, with every advantage on tbe side
of the captain of the pungy, who straight
ened up at armes length and prepared to
apply the forth. Simultaneously as be
thrust the ebuttk of fire into tbe end of tbe
stove pipe, tbe military jumped, overboard,
and such a “sloshing about” and diving
was never witnessed in the waters of Wor
cester.
It is needless to add that while the mili
tary were under water, the captain of the
pungy hoisted sail, and hid farewell to the
waters of Maryland, and that since this
marvelous adventure the military company
aforesaid, for behaving so gallantly have
been called the “Stove Pipe luvincihles ”
We learu that Capt. Halloti-
i|uist was covered with dirt spattered upon Hi in by
Anderson’s fire ; no damage, however, was done to
a single mail, otticer or private anywhere, and all
performed their duties with the same spirit and
alacrity. Butlers mixed battery, beyond the
Moultrie House, was also busy, and was respond
ed to now aud then. Tiie mortar batteries at Fort
John son, under command of Captain James and
Lieutenant Gibbes, worked steadily and efficiently
attracting au occasional shot from their frowning
antagonist.
At ten minutes after eight A. M. a thick smoke
was seen issuing from the southern portion of Fort
Sumter’s barracks ; the ffumes broke out visible
to tbe eye. At times tbe tire appeared to be al
most extinguished, and then again would list-.—
Whilst it was in progress, two explosions occurred
front tlio fall of shells among the service magazines
or combustibles of the Fort. The concentrated
lire of all the batteries were steadily kept up, the
progress of the flames continued, and all the quar
ters were involved iu conflagration ; a dense cloud
of black smoke issued.
The tire from Fort Sumter became irregular and
weak; towards midday it almost entirely ceased.
Still the flag, and shot and shell fell regularly
and steadily upon tbe beleagured fortress.
At noon, on Friday, during the heat of tbe eu
gagement, Maj. Anderson made a signal of distress
tJ tl»e men-of-war lying off'of our bar, and on Sat
urday again, w hile under fire from all the batte-
| ries. aud troubled with the heat and smoke of the
j burning barrack, again lowered the flag of the Uni
ted States, as a signal for assistance to liis naval
allies , the ships were only from three to live miles
off, the day was bright and clear, the water smooth.
Bur. discretion was the better part of valor. The
northern officers in command, having been so care
fully selected, for their fidelity to their section and
superior trustworthiness in a hostile crusade
against the South, were unwilling to incur the risk
ol running their ships into the harbor, and engag
ing our batteries. They thought it prudent not to
attempt reinforcements in launches. The soldiers
of Abolitionism were left their fate, without an at
tempt to relieve their perilous condition. Their
idle allies had the pleasure of seeing them strike
their colors to the Confederate States. They are
commendable for their gallati’ry, and we trust
that these brave mariners will receive a suitable
commendation from thei no es- gallant J ickson
the Second and his magnanimous Cabinet.
At a quarter to one o'clock the ilag of the United
States on Fort Sumter went dow n with its staff'.—
For some twenty minutes no flag appealed above
i‘Vl, they looked »> Jli. tui£aa,a uu j .
with tkeor oxhaustiou J 2
Wb"U the tiro was at its greatest bei„l lt
Anderson stated that the oulv eiamicr'ia ur '" f
they could breathe was by lying tiat
ground within the ease mates, with their f- l * e
the earth, while added to the danger, ■*£**]* ,0
casiuual explosion of the piles „f shells *"t,
for service at different points within the fo'-
It is to the fact that so few men were iu th r
tifieatiou, that is due the preservation of |it P VM‘
Anderson himself staU-d that leu] there he
hundred more, not less than one half of the*" tW °
have bet n killed, owing to the absence of
room, under the circumstances, for their ^"pr
As it was, their provisions would have r,i vt .
in two days more, when au unconditional an" 0,11
der would have necessarily resulted. ' ,urret1 '
He also remarked that yesterday was one n f
proudest days of his life, for while he had .. 7 f ■
o.ed to do liis duty, as an officer, he had ' Iu '‘‘* v y
tie- life ol a fellow being.
The interview
ed a
sU
Influence ok Trees upon Climate.—
Jocliim Fredrick Saliouw, Professor ol
Botany at Copenhagen, speaks as fol
lows of tiie influence of forests upon the
atmosphere :
“AYe find the most evident signs of it in
the torrid zone. The forests increase the
rain and moisture and produce springs and
running streams. Tracts destitute of woods
become very strongly heated, the air above
them ascends perpendicular, and (.fans pre
vents tlie clouds from sinking, and the
constant winds, (trade winds or monsoons.)
where they can blow uninterruptedly
over large surfaces, do not allow the trans
ition of vapors into the form of drops.—
In the torests, on the contrary, the clothed
soil does not become so heated, and, he
sides, the evaporation from the trees fa
vors cooling; therefore, when the currents! comnmndabie for 'their
of air loaded with vapors reach the forests,
they meet with that which condenses them
and change into rain. Since, moreover,
evaporation of the earth goes on more slow
ly beneath the trees, and since these also
evaporate very copiously in a hot climate,; the Fort. Col L. T. Wigfdl,accompanied by pri
the atmospheie in those forests has a high vate H. Gourdun Young, of tlie Faimetto Guard,
degree ol WmidUy. Urn groot hurnirli,/,.
the same time producing many springs ilIg U p his S w or d with a white handkerchief tied
and streams. ’ ; upon it. Before they reached the Fort, however,
j the United States flag accompanied by a white flag,
Virtue.—The creations of the sculptor] ll ^ .?.!* l *‘ e n ) in P art ’ which Col. Wigfah
did not see. ihe Sullivan’s Island batteries, not
may moulder in tiie dust—the wealth of
the bard may wither—the throne of the
conqueror may he shivered by au opposing
perceiving the boat, continued their tire upon tbe
United Slates flag—the boat approached the wharf.
Col. Wigfall having entered the Fort, called for
power into atoms—the fame of the warrior Major Anderson and stated that he was Aid-de
,„„v no longer be hymned W ^
mg minstrel , but \ ntne, that winch iial- j that, as no flag was flying, lie had come to claim
lows tha cottage and sheds a glory around j a surrender in the name of liis chief. He replied
the palace, shall never decay. It is cele- 1 f° ^ ie enquiry, what terms would be granted, stat-
1 ,i I... „ ...I. r ,( r> , l :» ... ! i‘ig that Major Anderson could not make his own
bra ted by the angels of God- t is written . ter " IUSj but t J hat GenerilI Beauregard, a soldier and
on the pi! la is of heaven anil reflected down a gentleman, knew how to treat a gallant enemy.
to earth. Tiie rock-breaker who possesses Major Anderson must leave tbe details of the sur-
it, is more noble than tiie intriguing rel ‘fl e r t0 General Beauregard. Major Anderson
statesman. I would rather be in liis place a ?"* d p l n ° f f. urr ® ud « r , to Beau 1 re ? ard ’
_ . , . . . - 1 in tlie name of the Confederate States, aud at one
1 would rather have tbe inward glory o’clock and five minutes struck the United States
with which tbe poor man is crowned, than flag which had been standing in company with the
overshadow tbe world with martial ban- white flag. Ihe Sullivan’s Island batteries ceas-
n e.rs. I would not exchange his lot for ti.e f 10 rep ° rt t0
reputation of a Raphael—the inspiration Soon after [he United State , fiag first cisappettr
oi a 13} ion the eloquence of a Mirabeau, ed, three Aids-de-Camp had been despatched from
or tbe intellect of a Bacon. I may be des- headquarters: but Col. Wigfall had anticipated
pised here—but if I possess it, then shall Capt. Lee and Colonels Miles and Pryor.
V°,rr r ", b r "r al1 "'t' 1 : 0 *» lhy
shall tiemblc in their seciet places, as they accompanied by Colonel Charles Alston, was sent
behold the heavens rolled together as a with authority to arrange the terms given. These
scroll. were to Ihe following effect:
t ___ All proper facilities will be afforded for the re-
, moval of Maj. Anderson aud command, together,
L. i.oov ox Gov MrDoXAi.li.—A eulogy on with conipan ^ arins alld propmt y, and all private
the life, character aud public services ot the late er ty. r * J 1
Gov. C. J. McDonald, will be delivered at this q'| ie flag which lie has upheld so long, and with
place, on , aturday the 20th inst., by the Hon. much fortitiulo. nmler the most trvincr cir-
pl
llenry R. Jackson, of Savannah. Judge Jack-
son lias been selected for this duty by the Com-
so much fortitude, under the most trying cir
cumstauces may be saluted by him on taking it
mitte.e appointed at a public meeting of the citi
zens of Cobb county, in December last. Many,
Maj. Anderson is allowed to determine the pre
cise time of yielding up the post, and is permit-
no doubt, from a distance, will be induced to at- . , _ , -■ - . - , - ,.- ,
tend, and from the acknowledged ability of tbe JJ n *° hy sea or Ja,ld > accord,u & 10 hls elec -
speaker, with the known merits of the distinguish- | At Major Jones returned to Fort. Sumter,
ed subject, may safely piomise themselves a rich , ;md fina , arra J' nt8 aild ternls were definitely
treat.
Papers iu tbe State will please notice.
T Marietta Ad corate.
The Old School Presbyterian General Assembly
meets at Philadelphia on the Ifitli of May. The
“Revised Book of Discipline” will be presented
probably for final action, aud the magnitude of the
questions concerned will doubtless elicit a thor- walls, but that the quarters are complely desfroy-
oiigli discussion. A professor is to be elected for ed, notwithstanding the Palmetto Fire Company
Princeton, and another to fill the chair of Dr. Rice was despatched to put out the tire. The quarters
at Chicago. It is at present a general wish through- on J riday caught three times, and extinguished by
out the Church to avoid a discussion of the slave- by the soldiers ; on Saturday this was impossible,
ry question. Whether this is possible the future : At onetime the smoke within the Fort was so dis
will show. Other matters, such as the lawfulness that the men in the casemates were constrained
of the private administration of the Lord’s Supper, to piace their mouths to the floor tor breathing.
fixed.
We understand that a detachment of regulars
from Sullivan’s Island, and a detachment of Major
DeSauiseure’s command from Morris’s Island, have
been detailed by Col. Ripley to occupy the cap
tured fort.
We learn that Fort Sumter is uninjured in its
capacity for defence, no breach being made iu the
Ukv u
between Major And.-rson i
informant was not a long one, aud con*^,.,.
many interesting incidents connected win, v' T
Sumter, which belong to the memorable ocr ^
must for tbe present remain unknown. C * S ** B -
During tbe evening, a boat arrived at \r
Island from one of the Northern vessels ;•
offing, bearing a Lieutenant and a flag 0 f
bis object beiug to arrange for the evacu.ui!)
tiie soldiers with their property. }{,. a ] >0 ‘ uu 01
ihe commanding officer at that point
moils,) that hostilities would not take nU . l ’ •
th- uight. The matter was r.fern d toGe’uj^f
Meanwhile Major Anderson had himself m
a h it t to th.- latter officer, requesting that
amship Catawba should beat the wharf of Vo
Sumter at nine o’clock this (Sunday) morning
She accordingly proceeded to this destinaT^ „
the hour designated, since which time further
cur, cnees have not tram-pi;ed to us.
In the terms of capiiulation.it was allowed tn
Major Anderson to salute his flag, and it Was ,
haps, expected that lie would fire the usual cornu’ 1
ment ot twenty-one guns; but reaching tlut num
ber, he still went on to fire, and the aiViirthens ‘
was that he might exhibit ti.e discourtesy „f UU 1
beniig thirty-four. But be continued stiU tin
up tj Q tr . v > and then slow!/ lowering iii s fl a „ H
shouts from assembled thousands upon the sHor.a
and the steamers, and every species of water erait
announced that the authority of the late Unit.d
States upon the last foot of Carolina's soil s 1
nally withdrawn. “
It had been noticed, that the firing of the seven
teeutli gun, there was tbe sound as of two report.
and the impression was that two <nrns had L
fired together ; but, as the party, re embarkin',
were oil their way tolort Sumter, they were i,j,’
by a boat, which announced that one of the eason*
had exploded, aud made the earnest request that
the boat wonid return to Sullivan's Island for tire
engne, from the apprehension that the mags**
might be in danger. This obtained, the p»nr
again started lor the Fort, aud made their en
trance.
The walls of the internal structure, rootless
bare, blackened, and perforated by shot and -hell
hung in fragments, and seemed in instant readh
ness to totter down. Near the centre of the pa
rade ground was the hurried grave of one who had
fallen fioin the recent casualty. To the left of thi-
entrance w as a man w ho seemed to be at the verm?
of death.^ in the ruins to the right there was an
other. The shattered flag staff', pierced bv fonr
balls, lay spawling on the ground. The parade
ground was strewn w ith fragments of shell and of
ihe dilapidated buildings. At ieast four guns were
dismounted on the ramparts, and every step of tin-
way was impeded by portions of the broken struc-
ture
Shortly after the arrival, the garrison marched
out, and were received on board the Isabel; whk-h
however, Irom the condition of the tide, was tum
ble to move off, and it was a somewhat unpleasant
circumstance that Major Anderson and his caor
liiand should have been made unwilling sjwctatui-
ot the exultation inspiried by their defeat.
Ot those suffering irom the casualty we have
mentioned, one was killed upon the spot: t»„
were wounded, it is supposed mortally, and wvr.
left tor medical treatment; and two others badir
wouuded, also, at their earnest solicitation, were
carried off.
Colonel Ripley was put in command. The&-
pertinents of the service necessary to bring th-
1‘ort to order were distributed. The men were pre
paring such rude appliances for comfort as the
dreary place admitted of; and as at twilight,we
steamed off for the city, of those standing upon
the ledge around the base of the Fort, the last:
be seen was the venerable Fdmund Ruffin, of Vir
ginia, with canteen and blankets strapped njwnh;-
shoulder, seemed to be submitting with exemplary
complacency to the experience of a volunteer.
will probably come up for discussion.
Female Vou xteers.—The Holly Spring llcr-
Major Anderson has expressed admiration and
surprise at the perfection of practice by onr bat
teries. He was almost entirely prevented, by this
cause, from usiug his barbette guns. But for tiie
aid learns that the county of Chickasaw , Miss., i , m ro ue
has tc, companies of volunteer soldiers readv to ,a,,c ^ ot b ‘ 8 Q'H'' a,lJ ll \ elir consequent ability
companies
bo mustered into the service of the State,
that, in addition to tlies.
It adds
to retire within tiie casemates, destruction of life
must have been frightful. Thus protected, they
“The county has a regularly-officered and drilled , w V r °"' ly * wounded T n T ^ * d ' " e
company of young ladies who have pledged them- ' '"‘^r-staudfour casemates and hve barbette guns
selves, in the event tint the men are called illt0 * a ve been dismounted hy our guns. W e also learn
service, to protect their homes and families during : lllat . Anders0 " “ nd D; * VIS e Q
their absence, and see that farms are properly cuf- Passed their opunon, that had they been allowed
tivated, and full crops raised not only for the sup- us ? t, 1 ' eir l lu,1,d, ; ed a .» d twenty-eight four poun-
port of the county, but of the army of Mississippi.” j ders “ .^'betto, bearing upon the non battery,
1 • ! they might have destroyed it. 1 he accurate fire
' I of die rifle cannon was very annoying, and materi
The number of Army applicants dinnnislicth not, | a l|y assisted in the defence of Morris’ Island, aud
and some taint idea of the earnestness ot thesedis- | in battering the South-east nail,
ciples of Mars and tl.eir general prospects for sue- j T ,, e battle of Fort Suni(er is a ina ,. ve i 01ls affair
cess may be gathered from con,par,sou shortly in- [ m tbe b i 0 odlessiiess of an engagement of thirty-
shtuted. I hey are like, says a friend who is very . hoiirs and a . ha!f . lt ; 9 ^y the merciful
happy id his illustrations, the people who gathered j of God . But t0 n0 Luluan ag i nde s engaged
in the business is greater praise due than to those
happy iu his illustrations, the people
around the pool of Siloain, (the Secretary of War’s
office.) waiting for some to trouble the water, and
who generally retire without being relieved. One
of the newspapers says that fifty thousand appli
cations for army positions have been filed.
Lijieral Hostilities.—The State of South
Carolina has paid for the first seizure of property
made by the State after the act of secession, the
amount being for a cargo of cement shipped by
IJclafield «fc Baxter, ofthis city upon the order of
Col. Foster, of the United States Engineer Corps,
and intended for repairs at Fort Moultrie. The
vessel arrived at Charleston the. very day Major
Anderson took possession of Fort Sumter, and was
immediately seized and held by order of Governor
Pickens. In a very handsome manner, after cor
respondence, Gov. Pickens lias now assunimcd tbe
further responsibility of relieving both the United
States Government and (lie shippers in this citv.
by forwarding a draft in New York funds, which
has been duly honored and paid.—.V. Y. Express.
The Loudon Times of the 18th of March, iu re
marking upon President Lincoln's inaugural mes
sage, asks:
Would it not be better to recognize at once the
formation of the Southern Confederacy, and to
think a little less of Constitutional powers and de
corums which can end in nothing but civil War,
and a little more on negotiation and arrangement,
by which alone that civil war can be averted ? It
would be an intelligible course were the President
to say that he is going to negotiate for peace, or
that he is going to enforce a return to the Union
by arms; but to say that he is going to exercise
the powers of the Constitution, ignoring altogether
the fact of Soeesaiou, m to make war certain, while
(.sitting off’any opportunity for negotiation.
who conceived and planted our defences, and who
have erected them in so faithful and substantial a
manner. To these causes—the admirable efficien
cy of our defensive preparations, and the hand
some manner in which the guns have been used
to annoy and cripple the enemy—is the woudertul,
unprecedented result due.
We have not, and do not pretend to do justice
to the officers and men engaged in the combat.—
YVc feel our incompetence to do it—a task of ne
cessary discrimination, delicacy and difficulty.—
Many, wc know, are worthy of notice, will receive
at the proper hands, whom we, through our igno
rance, have not named in our very imperfect notes.
They, its well as the public, must excuse such un
intentional shortcomings.
The Scene at Fort Sumter.—An officer who visit
ed the Fort soon after the terms of evacuation
were made, states that the scenes there presented
is bey on 1 conception. Without, the walls have
the appearance, at a distance, of having been cov
ered with au immense number of brick poultices
spattered in every direction. This is the shatter
ing effect of the shot. Within, the entire Fort
wore an aspect as if the hand of the destroying an
gel bad swept ruthlessly by and left not a solitary
object to relieve the general desolation- The
blackened walls of the officers’ and soldiers’ quar
ters wore yet smoking, ashes and embers met tiie
eyes at every turn, while the shot and shell which
had beeu rained upon the stronghold lay in great
quantities upon all portions of the parade ground.
The appearance of both Maj. Anderson, his offi
cers aud the men, indicated the terrible nature of
the ordeal from which thay had just emerged —
Deprived of sleep for many hours, fatigued with
then' labors at the gnus, and prostrated by their
battle with an element which waged beyond eon
For the Southern Recorder.
GOD DEFENDETH THE RIGHT!
BV MRP. I*L DOPE.
Georgians ! arouse will ye cowardly slumber,
\\ bile through our land the war tocsiu resnnnd-
Say, shall the foemen. our comrades outnumber,
Whilst one true heart with lifes’ current re
bounds ?
Up ! hark the call ringeth shrill through our val
leys,
On, to the rescue, for freedom we fight:
Firm and unyielding, iu desperate sallies,
Trusting in Him, who defendeth owr right!
Long have we yielded to Northern Aggression.
Y'ield we no more, as bold freemen we .stand;
Shame to submit to a tyrants oppression.
Rally for truth and our dear native land.
Up in the name of God! wait we no longer,
Now m the moment to do or to die;
Fighting for freedom, each heart shall grow
stronger,
None be so craven to tremble or fly!
Onward, brave spirits with patriot devotion,
Shrink not from your duty though death he yonr
meed,—
He who still ruleth the battles commotion,
Sure, snail protect in the hour ofyour need.
Charge on the foe with > ach death dealing coinmr:
Long, have they held onr loved land, iu despite.
Grievous our wrongs, aud still gathering in voluui' •
God who beholds them defendeth our right.
Mothers! repress ye the tears that are springing,
Give your dear sous, to the help of the brave:
Hark! from the seaboard the tocsin is ringing,
Help for our country from foemen to save!
Brothers, go joiu them in holy communion,
Trusting in Him, in whose arm lies our strength
Fight for your hone-s, and our dear Southern
Union,
Sure with His help ye shall conquer at length-
Round tbe home altar, the dear ones are kneehcr
Ferventlv breathing fond prayers for your weal
By the lone hearthstone, tears silently stealing.
All the deep love of their bosoms reveal.
But though each heart with keen anguish is riven-
Ne’er shall they tremble or quail with dismay-
With woman’s devotion, each loved one is give--
Conquer or perish, but never give way!
Spread our fair flag, to the breezes of heaven,
Wide to the winds, let each fold be unfurled:
Moruing and noon, and mid shadows of even,
Proud, let it float to the gaze of tin- world.
Brothers, remember that banner floats o er y®*>
Never in shame, must its stars be laid low:
Onward, brave hearts to the conflict before you.
Triumph or death iu the ranks of the toe!
God of our Father’s who ever hast aided,
All who strive nobly, watch over our arms :
Tyrants have scorned, ;uid our weakness upbraid'
Strong let ns be ami-1 battle alarms.
Up in tbe name of God ! stalwart and strong 111 "-
Strike, for your homes iu the power ol J'"°
might;
Slaves we can never be, dally no longer,
God whom we trust, defend us our i>g' hI ■
Sparta, April 17,186L
Tar First Disumiosist.-Oh the 1st
ry.1850, Senator Hale, of New Hampshire, ,r ..
ed two petitions from Isaac Jeffries am* <*“ , ;a j
sens of Pennsylvania, and John E.
others, praying that “some plan might t>e u ^
for the dissolution of the American L nion.
Webster, of Massachusetts, was anspanng ^,
denunciation of the petitilions, aud suggeste . g
there should have been a preamble to -
these words : (fr4 <,
“Gentlemen, members of Congress:
at the commencement of the session, yon ‘"' B ' e fli
of you took your solemn oaths, in the P res **7 B iJ
God, and on the Holy Evangelists,that y ou
support the Constitution of the United States (i)
therefore, we pray you to take immediate s' p
Uniou and overthrow tbe to
break np tbe Uniou and overthrow
ti.jn as soon as you can "
ti*
Yet this petition reeeiveJ thrcevetQ-
question of its reception, nz : Ju * u .L vjik;
Now Hampshire. William H Seward of Ne* * t
an.] Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio, the last twoL-»«*
officers.