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\£i 1 /amity 30nratrft Jo jMmtal BY JOHN W. BURKE, Editor and Proprietor. ^ulifo, ritatart, anrasrawb, 3florktfe, /orrign unit fmnrstit Mm, fa. *^BE JUST AND FEAR NOT.” VOL. IV. OASSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1852. TWO DOLLARS, per annum, in advance. NO. 17. The standard, 18 PUBLISHED EVLHY THURSDAY, AT CA88VH1I1E, OA. Office.—S. W. Comer of the Public Square. Terms.—Two dollars a-ycar, in advance, or Three dollars at the end of the year. No paper discontinued, except at the op tion of the editor, until all arrearages are paid. Miscellaneous advertisements inserted at /'$ 1 per square, for the first insertion, and 50 ■ cents for each weekly continuance. Legal advertisements published at the usual Tates. Advertisements not marked, will be pub lished until forbid, and charged accordingly. Letters on business must be addressed, post paid, to the editor. ADVERTISEMENTS. Have yoti rallecl at (be Bosk Store Yet i mm If you have not, jUstatep in, ADVERTISEMENTS. To Teachers and Parents. T HE undersigned would call the atten tion of Teachers ahd Parents -to his ex tensive stock of School and Classical Books, which he will sell on good terms for cash. Among other Works, he hag on hand: Anthon’s Series of Classical Books. Cooper’s Virgii. Ainsworth’s Dictionary. 1 tonnegan’s Greek Lexicon. Grove’s “ “ Jacob’s Latin Reader. “ Greek Reader. Gracca Majors. •• Minora. Homer’s llliad. Xenophen. Cicero de Watore. Livy. Greek Testament. “ Grammars. Mitchell’s, Smith’s, Olney’s and Wool “ridge’s Schdol Geographies. Smith s, Brown’s, Kirkhams’g Murray’s, and Grcenleaf s Grammars. Smith’s, Emerson’s Pike’s, Smiley's and Daboll's Arithmetics. Walker’s und Webster's Dictionaries. Porter’s Grigg & Elliott's New York and English Readers. Olmstcad’s School Astronomy. Parker’s, Olmstead’s, Comstock’s, Jones, “and Miss Swift’s Philosophies. Comstock’s and Jones' Chemistry. Lovell’s U. S. and Young Speaker. £ Frost’s American “ —-Rfoulam npdUHgiilNffl 1 ) aiaij«, Copy Books, ana everything usually kept in'a Book Store. Orders from a distance prompt ly attended to. JNO W. BURKE, Agent. Cassville, April 22, 1852. Burke has fixed up a very neat little Store, and bis on hand many very good, interesting, amusing, sci entific, instructive and entertaining Just received: Maurice Tierney, by Chas. Lever. The Don Made., by Dumas. Don Quixote. Guy Fawkes. Illustrated. Tower of London, “ The Creole, a tale of the late war of 1812 and ’14, by Joseph B. Cobb of Mississippi. Jane Eyre, by Currer BelL Pictorial Life of Jack Sheppard. Sketches in Ireland. The Scalp Hunters. Margaret Cecil. Ravenscliffe. Florence Sackville. Wife's Sister. Head Of {he Family. The Maid of the Canal. Arabian Nights. Percival Keene, by Maryatt, The Parricide, by Reynolds. Vallntine Vox, the Ventriloquist. Gulliver’s Travels. Also, in substantial bindings, and at low rates, The complete works of Washington Irving. History of the Mexican War, by Frost. Trumbull’s Indian Wan. Cooper’s Naval History. “General viewdf the world. Reflburn, by Heman Melville. McCauley and Hume’s History eff Eng land. '[April 2Sd, 1852. The Poor laa’i^Gnvf. BT ELIZA. COOK. No sable pall, no waving plume— No thousand torch-lights illume; No Editing glance, no hearty tear. Is seen to faU upqnthe bier, There is not one of kindred clay To watch the coffin on its Wjjy; -No mortal form, no human breast, Cares where the pauper’s bones may rest. VALUABLE BOOKS, TUST received at the Cherokee Book “J Store,” the following, and many others: Pickett's History of Alabama, Georgia “and Mississippi, 2 vols. Garland's life of Randolph, 2 vols. Hume's England, 6 vols. Wirt’s Patrick Henry. Thrilling Incidents of the Wars of the “United States. Pictorial History of the United States. Greece, Turkey. Russia, fcc. Kendall’s Santa Fe Expedition. Georgia Scenes, by Longstreel. McKenzie's 5000 Receipts. Free Mason’s Monitor. History of Religious Denominations. Abbott's Histories of Hannibal, Xerxes, £c Gunn’s Domestic Medicine. American Lawyer and Form Book. Watson’s Institutes, 2 vols. Wesley’s Sermon's 2 vols. Village Sermons, by Rev. Geo. Border. Buck’s Theological Dictionary. April 15. For sale low for cash. Light Literature. Rena, by Mrs. Caroline Lee Hents. Lady Felicia. Seven Brothers of Wyoming. Darien. Poor Jack." Montezuma, the Serf. Life of Jno. A. Murrell. ** “ Joseph T. Hare. * “ Col. Monroe Edwards. Young Chevalier, and many others too numerous to mention, just received, and for «ale low for cash at the Cherokee Book Store, [April 15. STANDARD POETS T HE poetical works of Cowper, Pope, Hemans, Moore, Thompson, Pollock, JOssian, Howitt Cook, London, Milton, Young, Bryan, Shakspeare and Tapper; bound in beautiful style, just received and lor sale at the Cherokee Book Store. April 25. FAMILY MEDICINES* Iron SALE AT THE CKEBOKEE BOOK STORE. rpOWNSEND’3 Sarsaparilla. Paregorie. JL. Comstock s Vermifuge. Juno Cordial. Opodeldoc. Judsons's Cherry and Lung wort- Pepsin. Pain-Killer, Acoustic OO, Thompson’s Eye Water, Hive Svrup, Bal- uam Coparia, Tooth Ache Drops, Nerve and Bone Liniment, Longley’a Indian Pauacea, Carlton’s Founder Ointment, British Oil, Condition Powders, Oil of Spike, Godfrev's Cordial, Bateman’s Drops, Wistars’ Wild Cherry, Laudanum, No. B, fta, fee. Cassville, April 22, 1852. THE LATEST FOREIGN NEWS! JUST received at the “Cherokee Book Store,” the following, among many- other valuable Books: The works of Jno. C. Calhoun, Vol. 1. Golden Christmas, by W. G. Simms. A Tour in Europe, by a Southern man. Mackey’s Masonic Lexicon, new‘edition. The Masonic Trestle board. The new Masonic Vocalist. Sterne’s works. Orders received for any work published in the Union. Cassville, April 26, 1852. But one deep mourner follows thee, Whose grief outlives the funeral prayer; He does not sigh—he does not weep— But will not leave the sodless heap. ’Tis he who was the poor man’s mate,’ And made him more content with fate, The mongrel dog that shared his crust Is all that stands beside his dost. He bends his listening head as fhnngl. He thought to hear a voice below; He pines to miss that voice so kind, And wonders why he’s left behind. The stm goes down, the night is come— He needs no food, he seeks nO hoftte; But, stretched upon the dreamless bed. With doleful howl calls back the dead. Look Here! Y OU can get Stationery of every kind very cheap for cash at the “ Cherokee Book Store.” Paper of all kinds, pens, int, envelopes, wafers, penholders, india rubber, slates, pencils, drawing materials, &c. &c-, always on-hand. ■ rnswi'Hsj iiffri7-26rld53r — The cry is still they Come! jyOW receiving at the Cherokee Book Store, Cassville, the following Books: Bascom’s Sermons; Cobb's Digest, in 1 and in 2 Vols. Georgia Reports—2 complete setts. ■“ '“ voL 10, several copies. Ewell’s Medical Companion. Sterne’s works. Five «ditiens of Sbdkspeare and Byron. Cuitan and his Co temporaries. Irish Rebellion, &c. Call and examine our stock. JNO. W. BURKE, Agent. May 6, 1852. A CARD. J OHN A. ERWIN respectfully’announces that he is jost receiving and opening at his old stand direct from New York, the largest and most complete stock of Goods he has ever before opened in this market, to which be earnestly invites the attention of all his old friends and customers, and the public generally. Prices he guarantees shall please purchasers, being assured that no one can offer greater inducements. Please call and examine. The following inpart eomppse his rtock Dry Goods of almost everyvarietyv Hard ware and Cutlery. Boots, 8ho6*, S^ldlery, Drugs and Medicines, Hots, Caps, Straw Goods, Read-made Clothing, ; umbrellas, Parasols, Books, Stationery, Fancy Hoods, Crockery, Sugar, Coffee. Salt, lion N ails, Ac. JOHN A ERWIN. Cassville* March 18th, 1£52. . The pasting gaze may coldly dwell On all that polished marble tell; For temples built on church-yard earth Are claimed by riches more than worth. But who would mark, with undimmed-eyes, The -mourning dog that starves -and dies? Who would not ask—wise would “not crave Such love and faith to guard his grave ? * Cjjt ftonj-frlltr. A Gandrr Pnllinr. a TeSkeiiee ITOlr. Reader, do you know What a gander-pul ling is ? If you do not, it is quite as well that you should form some idea of the sourc es of pleasure to the purely vulgar and “un cultivated nature. Man is undoubtedly a beast, unless you contrive some process for making him agentleman; and there is Uo question but that, he has a natural appetite for recreation and jrteaSUre, if .you do not contrive for him such as will “not be w&ac- without does not protect him .from£severe sore-throat within. His voice becomeAoarse from streaming: and, long before hf head is fairly off, he has lost those’hicer 'sensibil ities which teach him exactly how the event took place. The beating and bolting of the horses? the emptying of the saddles, the All ures of the <« pullers,” the screams and wild wing flapping of the bird—these constitute ihe glory of the entertainment; every point in the tilting being watchecTwith eager anx iety, and announced withscreams and yells from the multitude, which form no bailech-, oes to the cries of the goose. So much for the sport in general. It had been some time in progress, When Nettles and Jones Barry drew nigh. The moment the latter beheld the scene, he at once de clared himself the foam to take the gander's head. Nettles was very far from an adven ture which promised fun; the more particu larly as his companion, if not absolutely drunk, was, as theyplirase it in Mississippi, in a state of betweenity,” i. e. neither drunk nor sober. A dozen had already tried their hands without success; but, evidently, to the perfeet disquiet of the gander. There he swung aloft; his wings’flapping furious ly kt intervals, and, every now and then, 'his tbroat .pouring forth a sharp sudden scream, the moment he became conscious of a horse in motion. Barry fixed his eyes up on the shining neck, and shook his hands at the bird, the fingers spreading out like claws, as he cried to the victim : u Here’s the claws that’ll have you off, my beauty ! You're shining there for me! Who goes a V against Jones Barty ? Who, I say ? Let him show himself, and be !” It is to the credit of Nettles that, though willing to“see the full, he Would not suffer his companion-to be fleeced. He interposed, that his bets should be trifles only, though, in this friendly interposition, he incurred the denunciation of the person whom he sav ed. Already had he paid for his << matricu lation,” little Logan Whitesides was dis patched for “Glaucus;” for, though fud- ceptable to the Deity, the devil will moHf Burg, «« that he'll take the gander. Ladies’ Dress Geods. A FINE ASSORTMENT of Ladies’ Dress Goods, comprising all the latest styles of Muslins, Lawns, Ginghams. Benges, Tissues, Ac. Very handsome printed Lawns at 12$ emits, at ' Patton & Trimble’s. Adairsville; April 14, 1852. Wavebly novels. O NE SETT ONLY of the splendid bott^ord edition of Wtvcrfy, or Wl Seott's Novels—for sale at the Cherokee Book Store. ' April *2.1851. Ab. alter Musical Instruments. TTIOUNS, Flutes, Accordeoas, Ac., on W hand, or ordered at short notice, at the Cherokee Book Store. [April 22 G OOD Apple Vinegar, for sale by - W JNO. A. ERWIN. SO. MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. ASBURY HULL, Presided, C. F- McOA Y. AcbsortT^ - ^ALBON CHASE, sZreturp. - flYHE undersigned, Agent e< the Southern A Mutual Insurance Co. for Cass ro. will take risks oo Houses, Fssriuttfre,Slmi,qfGu>ds. fir; aUo insurance on the lire* fa3?* eonrr u -• JKO-^r^RKB. CHAS.O. X AETIVDALE. Gtavi.NUU. V, 0. MARTINDALE & CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IK Groceries, Wines & Liquors, NO. 88, BAST-BAY STRKRT, COOKES VKXDCa SAUCE, Cluriesfon, 8. C. 27“ PERSONS ordering Goods from t_ by letter, are assured that they will be as faithfully served as if they were present to select for themselves; and by rnpcn ming to this assarance, we hope to gate the confidence of all who deni with us. Jnn 15,1812- 49—6m. Carriage Manufactory. ^ MODE. GEO. V WE detire to roll tfre atten tion of the Public to the new Carriage Manufactory, lotted at W. old stand, on Broad street, opposite the Depot nad -jast below the Hillbam House, where giesTw^m fo^iriBbe dorocttLTsboi*- eist notice, in die neatest style, and with the beat materials. - .We pledge ourselves to giro general Utisfortion. as oar workmen are inferior to none in the Stale. Come and judge for yourselves. WM T. PRICE A CO. March II, 1952—If. liberally provide him with such as will make the man acceptable only to himself. Gan der-pulling, accordingly, is one of those sports which a cunning dertil has contrived to gratify a human beast. It appeals to his skill, his agility, and strength; and is there fore in some degree grateful to his pride: but, as it exercises these qualities at the ex pense of his humanity, it is only a medium by which his better qualities are employed as agents for his worse nature. Gander pulling has been described as a sort of tour nament on horseback; the only difference is that the.kaiight has a goose for his opponent, instead of a person like himself. The man is mounted on horsebaek while the goose is mounted Upon poles. These or saplings, are thrust firmly into the ground, some twelve feet apart; but they are united by a cord at the top, which hangs loosely, while, pen dent from the extremity, the living gander is fastened by the legs. Here swings his head, hanging downwards just above the path, between the two saplins, and just high enough to be within reach of the man on horseback. The achievement of the rider is to run his horse, at full speed at the bird, and grasping him by the neck, to wring his head off as he passes on. This is not so easy a performance. The neck of the gander has been previously stripped of all its feathers, and has then been thickly coated with grease or oiL Nothing can be made more slippery; and, shining and warm in the sun, (ha glit tering neck of the unhappy bird looks like that of a young boa, for the first time prac tising from the bough, under which ke ex- Rects the rabbit cr the rat to glide. To in crease the difficulty of the exploit, and to prevent any unfair-delay in the approach of the assailant, four men are stationed, armed with flails of hickory, on each side of the track, and at proper intervals. These, as the horse approaches, lay their hickories np- on his flanks; and so unmercifully, as not only to make him go headlong forward, but frequently to make him bolt the track in or der to escape Such unfriendly treatment.— The course is laid onion the interior of a circle some two hundred feet in diameter: which circuit the rider mnst neeemarily mnke before reaching the gome, steeling from a post which is properly wateksd by Beds not expected to go at full speed except when within twenty yards of thhgama. Thus guarded, the victhn is not Hy decapitated. It is only the expe- roemcn,and the experienced^ can poaribly died, -Barry was not prepared to employ the Fair Geraldine,” his favdtrrite, for such ignoble purposes. Hurrah ljif Jones Barry!” said Ben Burg; « he ain't too proud to jine ill the pleasures of the poor man J” 1‘ He’s jest drunk enough for any sort of pleasure, poor or rich,” was the comment of Lazy Jake Owens. “4’H lay yob a quarter, Jake,” said dearor. Young beginners, who look on the NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. ' * StrVa Omcxf.lA.R.R.I Atlanta, Ga! Feb. *8,1852. J A LL produce or tncrchandhri mnst he for . km from (be Depot fi) dris city, it impoerible to keep the 4*Mk; many km the saddle, where thqy succeed in paaaiqg hrumfh the saplings without die stow, they other foil mtegether in grasping the gome, Which keqn a constant fluttering an or, they And it impossible to retain thaw «nip,nt foil *eed, upon the gromf arid 8a at length eoeapes, makes Urn feel exoato- frrifct totcemlNrtabk Uhik it lmto The til That’ll be because he's near kin to him, then.” « If hb does,” says s third, <« it’ll be owing to his liquor. He couldn’t do it sober.” ’ “ Shall we go a quarter on him 7” said Burg; a conscientious feeling prompting him to vindicate, to his extent, the ability of a person from whom he had contrived to bor row a couple of half eagles but a few hours before. “ Make it a half, Burg.” “ D-o-n-e!” said the latter, rather slow ly- The vulgar look with respect, even while they Sneer, at the doings of those above them in fortune or position. It was the for tune of Jones Barry to provoke a sensation always among this class of people. They watched and waited his movements. The gander obtained a brief respite, while the boy went for'« Glancus”—settled down into a drooping quiet, and hushed for a period his screams. Our sprightly little gipsy was not long before lie appeared with the horse. He was ready saddled and bridled for the heat and it was with more ambition than agility that our hero contrived to vault into his seat. Then it was that the uproar grew. ««Hurrah for Barry P* cried Nettles at the top of his voice. «• Who goes a picayune against Barry ?” “ Done, with you, ’Squire Nettles.” << And here's another! He's no mere the chap to take off a gander's head than Lam to put it on P’ “ Hurrah for the captain P’ cried Burg. << Yon may hurrah till your throat aches, but that gooee Will never catch that gander was the unseemly echo of Lacy Jake Owens. A hundred voices joined in the shouting. The boys rolled, and roared, and tumbled, throwing the dust up fiftv feet in the air, as the knight of. the goose prepared to make his passage at arms. The men with the flails did not need to use. their hickories. Barry came on at full speed, and, amidst shouts of .congratulation, ke kept his horse steadfast -along the track, and through the saplings, from whose united tops the gander was sus pended.' .The bird flounced and shrieked, flapping his wings with immense violence. Barry, dropping his bridle in his excitement threw up both hands and grasped, not the goose, hut the rope by which it was suspend ed. The hone passed instantly from under him, and, for a moment, he hung in the air, the wings of the gander playing the devil’s tettea rather rapidly upon his face, breast, the «b- and shoulders. It was for an instant, how- cord, calculated tosustai goose only, broke under double weight, and fown came the pair together, the gaader up permost. Never had such a scene been wit nessed before, in the whole annals of gander puling; even from the first dawn of its dis- “ our European ancestors. The shouts of merriment: aamt toned upon the republicans, the earth in conmhnahft aome elappsd their hands and shouted ;whik at thair guns, to tin great self on our luckless adventurer for all the assaults be had kimself sustained. His wings had been busy, from the first moment of their encounter and fall, to that when the parties irere'separated, ahd Chiefly'upon the face of our hero. His cheeks were scraped rather than scratched; his nose and mouth were bleeding. His shirt bosom was equal ly tort find toned, ahd hfs hair was lifted in as much disorder as was Job’s, when he beheld the vision of the night. Nettles to his relief, and had his face washed, While little Logan Whitesides ran after and recovered the horse <■ Glancus.” Ludicrous as had’been the scene, and much beyond any that the fonltitnde had expected, they were still, Wow that 4he first burst of merriment was CvOr, in no mode to lose their usual foil. The gander was re-hoisted, newly greased, and set aloft, screaming with new disquiet as he rose in the air. There were twenty gallant youngsters all ready to undertake the feat at which Barry had so ingloriously failed; but a proper courtesy required that he should be permitted to recovcr-his laur els. But when the thing Was “proposed to him, he shook his head. He had not quite recovered from the unavoidable confusion of. ideas which resulted from the twofold influ ence of the cognac and the concussion. << No, I think not,” said he. << Goose, eh! Netties; we've had dinner.” Such was the seemingly inconsequential reply; in which, however, Netties detected the latent moan ing. ««Yes,” said he, «« ahd site very heartily, both of us; why should we Wafnt the goose ?” “ Shall we go, Tom?” asked-Barzy, sober ing by degrees, and feeling fatheer shame faced. “ No!” said the other; « here’s Meredith’s wagon. He keeps good liquor; Ve’H take a consoler.” And they went aside together to the Wagon, where they both obtained an ap ple-toddy, the saccharine property being de rived from the best mountaih hohey, while the apple-brahdy was. as good as ever filled up the comrows at election time. Barry felt better after the beverage, and the two returned to the gander-tournament together. The game was already’ resumed ahd in full blast. Three at four assailants had been baffled. But they usually came up a second and a third time to the scratch. The only discouraging circumstance which finally ar rested their efforts being the repeated charges for new entries. Hie gander was one of for tunate fates; his owner was delighted to perceive that the ihstihets the bird ena bled him to anriripate the moment of danger, and to exercise his most rapid movements, just as the grasp was made upon his neck. He eluded several fingers; but some clutched him, and the « scrag” paid severely from the jerk which followed, even though it finally slipped from the gripe of the ehemy. But his voice was suffering, aud his action was greatly diminished. It was then that Net tles found himself plucked by the sleeve, and drawn aside by ottr gipsy boy, Logan White- sides. « Well, what npw, Logan ?” *« Why, Squire, ef you’ll only ax the cap per to let me ride < G keens’ at the gander, Fm a thimking I can ease off that head thar, ef'twas never done afore.” • Nettles found it no difficult matter to per suade Barry, and almost the next assailant of the goose was our urchin. He certainly looked less like one to << case off the head” than those who. bad proceeded him. He was the smallest of all the adventurers; tode squat, With, a stoop, doubling up like a frog j or monkey on the leap. But if he lacked in size, he Was possessed of rate agillity. He was all wire and Spring; and, a Tact not generally known, he had been trained to the sport in another county, and when mnch younger. His ability in riding we have al ready seen. Nettles was a judge of boys as well as horses. << Who covers an X against little Logan Whitesides 7* “ HI do the same,” cried Lazy Jake Ow ens, and there Were other customers foe sim ilar amounts. Nettles soon found that he had nearly a hundred upon the fate of the gander. It was not long in suspense. Go ahead, Logan !” was the cry of Net tles. The boy obeyed hjm. The boys rushed after their hero with a shout. He himself tiieuted, and tiie descending flails of the men of hickory scarcely grazed the haunches of the fleetly-harrying « Glancus.” In a mo ment, he had readied the foot of the scaffold from the top of which hang the victim.— Hie bird uttered tremendous screams, and flapped his wings wide und heavily. Then con Id-the gipsy boy be seen to crouch, then to shoot Upwards like an arrow, and the next moment he was through the saplings, bear ing aloft the head, windpipe, and all of the gander but his body;—the segregated throat continuing to pour scream upon scream Con vulsively, as the urchin waved the head of tha bird in triumph over his own. The Add ■hook with the uproar of rejoicing, and Lit- tla Logan Whitesides promised to become the hereof tha county. Be wow not a little m more solid coin thaw praises. He too had his beto abroad, and was calling in his fips awd picayunes, his Kite and quarters, from a considerable spues around him, while Net tles, with equal satisfaction, was reminding sundry ef his wrighboure of a certain hand- aoeto letter ef the alphabet W%aae /oris imii /nnrirs. Drath of Amriia, It is with no ordinary sorrow that we re cord the death of Mrs. Amelia B. Welby, the celebrated poetess, Ain the Sd irfet, at Louis ville, ’Ey. It was our good fortune to know this gift ed lady long and intimately. Otir ’acquain tance with her commenced prior to the pub- licatioh of any of those poems which have since rendered her name a’ffifiiiliar household word in the land. She wAs then an <« AprH- hearted thing” of some -Sixteen 'summers—a gay and joyotw creature—and little did those in familiar intercourse with her, imagine thatXhe would ever accomplish more than the ordinary destiny of her sex. We well remember with what donbts and fears she sent her first song to the senior Editor of the Louisville Journal—himself dhe of the most gifted poets our country boasts of—and with what pleasure welcomed her firstling clothed in the ‘dignity of print.’ Encouraged by the discriminating praise of one so distinguished in the world of letters, she was induced to continue these publications. In the lan guage of her early friend, «poem followed poem in rapid succession, each one teeming with fresh wild thoughts, expressed in vers es of the most delicious harmony.” At that period she was almost entirely un acquainted with even the literature of her own country, but her name became at once one of its proudest ornaments: and notwith standing she had read but vei“y few of the great masters of sohg, she was at once ad mitted Into the •« inner temple” as one of the Worthiest votaries. Melody after melody gushed from the heart of the minstrel-girl, and wild, simple and incultivated though they were, they found a response in every heart attuned to the melodies of nature.— She was not long and weary years in winning her way to favor and fame. They came to her almost unbidden if not uncared for.— The light of her glorious poetry was at once recognized as that of true inspiration—it at once ovth’flowed the land—scattering its sHn- shine into««shady places”—giving its beau ty to the grass, its glory to the flower.” She touched her harp, anil its strains, now sweet as the “music of the spheres,” “how joyous as the song of birds in <« forests wide,” and at times melancholy as the sighings of the wind through the forest of pines, Weire ’feceiVtd with delight by thousands of admirers. Her home became the resort of many of the most distinguished in literature and art in the conntiy. Pilgrimages were made from afar to that Mecca.of Song. The << l City of the Falls” was not visited by strangers who did not wish to see the ministrel girl, the ihelody of whose harp had reached their ears in distant lands. Tributes of admiration in verse and prose poured in from almost every quarter—all wore eager to do honor to one Extract from a School, »Y THE n*V. J. MITCHIU. J It appears that Ood has endowed certain orders of his creatures with-what is called liberty,’ ‘freedom of the will,’ or ‘Voluntary choice,’ and permits the free exercise of his powers. Before them are good and evil. It is for them to choose, which they prefer.— On the side of good are God, the holy . angels and good men. On the side of evil, Sataii, the demons, and bad men. To a certain ex tent, evil, Satan and demons are permitted to tempt'or try mea; befog tried, those that resist and overcome, are to be crowned with glory and honor. Thus, life and death, heaven and hell, God and Satan are beforo ns, and in the free exercise of the highest principle of our nature we are called upon to ‘choose whom we will serve.’ The noblest exercise of the liberty of choice is ours.. -On the one hand ardpersobal holiness, happiness, eternal life, angels heaven, atid God him self. These shall be ours forever. On tlie'btlier hand are personal sinfulness, misery, he&, demons, and Satan; and those who yield themselves to, and remain under the power and dottifoatidhs of these must be unblest, even forever. God, in liis matchless goodness tiiid kriS- dom, might thus have left the matter with us for our choice; but he has done still more. To us sinners is presented a Saviour, through whose merits and righteousness we may, if we choose, be delivered from all the effects of the sinful choice we have already 'fhade, und “the cdhsequenccs thereof. He commands us <1 to resist the devil,’ and in accordance with bur trirt free will ahd Volition, he prom ises that aid and assistance by which we may become conquerors, over sin and death, and Satan and Hell. Now In the name of that nature which God has made the glory of man, we ask what more can be asked or ex pected of God to do for man. If man wifi not Of his own free choice accept of pardon, and holiness and heaven—and God sliowlA, by any means whatever contrary to hu choice, compel him to enter the society Of heaven, his moral nature would thus be de- ’ stroyed, his liberty trampled upon,, and man would be but a puppet in the hands of 'Al- r • mighty Fower, and the enpacity for the en joyment ef holiness and hcaVen wotrld thus be blasted forever. Such must be the result of any and every system of universal Salva tion which does away with the motive tO and . necessity for a choice between God and Satan, heaven and hell; and attempts to provide a salvation by which man, without such loyal choice, unchanged, unregenerated, unwill- fngly “ is dragged into HeavOn To ebannt forced hallelujahs To him he hates.”—Milton. In compassion to such a doctrine, go un worthy of God and degrading to man, how beautifully harmonious and exalting is that whohaddonesomuch honor to the literature sy9t em of foith which our holy religion lutfifokslf stunned and UmagU; of her country. WO remember befog present one evening when surrounded by some of the first poets and wits of the day. Ole Bull was presented to her. He improvised his admiration of her in one of his most beauti ful tributes: it was from the great interpreter of melody to one of the most gifted children of song. For several years she has ceased publishing her poems, but we learn has con tinued writing, and leaves behind her large number of songs which we hope will be published shortly. She is now, We be lieve, Universally acknowledged as one of the first women of the land—her productions are known and admired wherever the land’s lan guage is known. Alas! that harp, upon whose melody thou sands hung entranced, is hashed forever—its last music note has died upon the air! That star whose bright light, wandering down from its far home to the dim mists of earth, beaconed so many on their lone pilgrimage, has faded into the Sky, and like the “ lost Pleiad,” will be seen no more! She is gone home, as the Moraii ms write it in their beautiful epitaphs. And surely if ever there was a spirit of earth prepared for that home, it was hers. Kind, amiable and gentle, she was a devoted wife, a warm hearted friend, performing well all the min istration of life allotted to her, and in pass ing from the earth leaves behind her friends who will cherish her memory, and keep fresh in their recolloctiod her many virtues excel lcneies.—JV. O. Crescent. draws from the living fountains of truth, by which life and. death are set before us in the gospel of Christ. Bony, too, wan in akigh siato ef exal- totiou, for was it not Us I 1 jonfin. of |«toa« employed i the United State* to !H The Krasoi. At a pow-wow of Indians, recently, on Co lombia river, the Subject of white women's .* bustles? Was discussed by chiefs, squaws, and medicine men. One squaw took a bag of feathers, tied it behiniFher, and imitated the pale-face women walk with them on— A warrior guessed it was to eacth insects. Another thought it had something to do with the perspiration. At last the old doctor— the medicine man, from whose decision there ie so appeal gave signal for silence, and said that « the white Women did not have so good forms as thwlndian women, and that the white mea were Very fond of good forms, aad the white women Wore these bags to make foe white men think # they were Well formed.” He then sat down amid repeated gtunte. i Universal Catholicoa. Mr. A. takes a glass of brandy and Water, or some other alcoholic stimulant, beqanse his doctor has recommended him to takfra“ little. Mr. B. because his doctor orders him ft<&, and he hates quackery. Mr. C. takes a drop because he’s wet. Mr. 1ft. because lies dry.. Mr. E. because he feels something rising in his stomach. Mr. F. because he feels a kind of sinhin^ in his stomach. Mr. G. because he’s going to see a friend off to Oregon. Mr. H. because he's got a friend come home from California. Mr. L because he’s so hot. Mr. K. because heis so cold. Mr. L. because he’s got a pain in his head. Mr. hi. because he’s got a pain in his side. Mr. N. because he's got a pain in his back* Mr. 0. because he's got , a pain in his chest. Mr. P. because he's got a pain all over hinr. Mr. Q. because he feels light and happy. Mr. R. because he feels heavy and miser able. Mr. S. because he’s married. Mr. T. because he isn't. Mr. V. because he likes to see his friends around him. Mr. li. because he's got no friends, and enjoys * glass by himself.. Mr. X. because his ancle left him a iega- «?•: .*/ f ' ... Mr. Y“. because his aunt cut him off with out a shilling. Mr. Z. (Wo should be .happy to ihform ouf readers what Mr. Z.’s reasons are for drink ing, but on putting Xhe’question to him, he teas f&rmd to be too drunk to ansuter !) , The report of the marriage oT the labour of Austria with the Princess Sde- aia, of Saxony, is gaining ground in the couri circles. The Ldtoerans of Illinois are making arrangements to establish % College and Theolgienl Seminary at Springfleld, for whlfeh #87,000 have already been secured. Nervous Gektlemaw.—> Don’t jott think, Robert, your’e going so fast down lull is very likely to make the horse faU ?' Robert—< Lor* bless yer, no, sir! I never throwed a ass down in my life, ’except once; and that was one frosty moonlight night just such a night as this it was; as I was a driviu’ a gent as misfit be you from the eta* tion, when I throwed down this worry am, to this werry identical place.’ jAD* The bareges worn by the ladies this season, are covered with small chequers, to double linn of pink, bine, or green. The of the drtmet made of this material