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From the Philadelphia Saturday Courier.
BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT.
Messrs. Editors: The following lines were sug
gested by an occurrence which was mentioned in the
Boston American, as happening ‘ to a little daughter
of N. A. Thomson, Esq., of that city.”
A child one day while playing,
Descried a butterfly,
Who teem'd intent on staying,
And hover’d closely by.
With colours rich and varying,
And wings with gold enfraught,
It yet remain’d as sharing
The joy its presence brought.
It still return’d its winging,
Tho’ placed without the pane
To where tho child was singing,
And hovered there again.
At length it quick alighted
Upon her iorehcad fair,
(YVho, nut the least affrighted,
Was pleased to have it there.)
Then off it lightly darted,
As soon was lost to sight,
Thus from its playmate parted,
The beautiful still bright.
Eut like a snow-drop falling,
The little one soon lay,
This messenger seem’d calling
The gentle one away.
And, oh! when she was dying,
Outside her wintiow frame,
That insect bright came flying,
To visit her again.
Thus while her life was fleeting,
No more on earth to roam,
It came as with a greeting,
To wing her spirit home.
As once in Spring’s sweet hour,
A chrysalis this lay,
Chang’d by Almighty pow’r,
To sport in Summer’s ray,
Thus in a world of sorrow
Tho earthly garb she wore,
But joyful on the morrow,
She lived an angel pure.
For now her soul's expanded.
And soars for ever free,
Above securely landed,
With Jesus safe to be.
AMARIXTUEA.
DOMESTIC "ASIDE Si”
OR, TRUTH IN PARENTHESIS.
I really take it very kind,
This visit, Mrs. Skinner!
I have not seen you such an age,
(The wretch has come to dinner.)
Your daughters, too, what loves of girls,
What heads for painters’ easels!
Come here and kiss the infant, dears,
(And give it, perhaps the measles.)
Your charming boys I see are home,
From Rev. Mr. Russell’s j
’Twas very kind to bring them both,
(What boots for my new Brussels )
What, little Clara left at borne!
Well, flow, I call that shabby;
1 should have loved to kiss her too,
(A flabby, dabby, baby.)
And Mr. S., I hope he’s well;
Ah! though he lives so handy,
He never now drops in to sup,
(The better for my brandy.)
0-
Come, take a seat, I long to hear
About Matilda's marriage ;
You’ve come, of course, to spend the day,
(I’m thankful there’s no carriage.)
What! must you go' next time, l hope,
You’ll give ute longer measure,
Nay, 1 shall see you down t!.o stairs,
(With much uncommon plcasuie )
Good bye, goo J bye remember all,
Next time you'll take your dinners;
(Now, David, mind l'ui not at home,
In future, to the Skinners ')
DEMOCRATIC BANNER - TREE TRADE; LOW DUTIES; NO DEBT; SEPARATION FRONT BANKS; ECONOMY; RETRENCHMENT;
AND A STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE CONSTITUTION.— Jf. C. CALHOU.Y.
The Mother of a Soldier.
When the news reached England from
India, announcing the temporary disas
ter which befell the English troops pt
Seringapatam, in which conflict the cel
ebrated Sir David Baird was made a
prisoner, it was stated that 7 ippoo Saib
had caused all the prisoners of distinction
to be coupled in chains with the vilest
and dirtiest Sepoy malefactors, by way of
punishment and degradation. The intel
ligence roused John Bull, from the Court
to the Pot House. Sir David Baird !
the gallant soldier, always conspicuous
and foremost in the fight always dis
tinguished, and. until then, always fortu
nate he to be chained to a dirty Sapoy !
to go and come with him like a Siamese
twin! was too much for John Bull’s tern
■per to submit to; and thousands were
ready to flock to the army and go to India
to resent the insult. A gentleman of kind
feelings, lately himself from Calcutta,
and who knew Sir David in India, and
entertained for him the kindest personal
regard, inquired if Sir David had near
relations living, and was (oldthat his wid
owed mother was living in the highlands
of Scotland. Away posted this kind
hearted gentleman to the north, for the
express purpose of anticipating the news,
and to break it as consolingly as possible
to the poor aged mother; and, as he in
tended soon returning to India, bethought
it would lie gratifying to Sir David,
should they meet, to receive direct tidings
thus from his mother.
On approaching the place of residence
of the old lady, and inquiring his way
thither, he.met several persons who had
been boys together with Sir David, and
they all had some anecdote to relate of;
"Davie Baird,” regarding his younger
days —and all agreed pretty nearly in |
describing him as ‘a hand-in-hand, rough
hitting chiel ,’ who had black’d more eyes
and smash’d more noses among his com- j
panions than usual —and they all re
membered him well —and though regret-;
ting, were not at all astonished, to liear
that lie was in trouble.
On reaching the humble residence of
old .Mrs. Baird, the stranger courteously
inquired of a tall, masculine woman at
the door, if “Mrs. Baird, the mother of
Gen. Sir David Baird, resided there,” and
was answered that she was that person.
Ile then told the object of his visit said
he had the honor of knowing her illustri
ous son —and continued, by gentle ap
proaches, to relate to her the misfortune
that had befallen him. She at first ex
pressed great surprise to hear of his be
ing made a prisoner and not kilt —and
then inquired if he had not hurt a great
many in the fight before he was captured.
“O, bless you, yes, madam—the des
patch is filled with acts of his gallantry,”
was the reply —and then continued (as
he knew the particulars would in time
reach her) to break as gently as possible
the fact ot Sir David being chained to a
dirty Sepoy.
On reaching this part of the story, he
saw ihe good old ladymelting intofeelings
of maternal tenderness, which brought
tears into her eyes, and, with a choked ut
terance, he could scarcely proceed. But
he had said enough —he had at last
touched (though as gently as he possibly
could do it) that tender chord, which,
however actuated by time or distance,
still sends forth a responsive sound, awa
kening all the sympathies of our nature.
He felt it, though no blond of his was
there. How much keener must the mo
ther feel it! He was just gathering all
his faculties to meet the anguish in lan
guage of the softest condolence, when
the poor old lady, drawing a deep sigh,
exclaimed with all a mother’s tenderness
"Ah ! mon, how I pity from my heart,
the poor, poor creature who is tied fast to
our Davie !! ” American.
Elissa railcs,lUe youu; laiy who was edu.
cased.
“She is a very higlhy educated young
ladv. n
‘-Indeed ! she is ?”
“Certainly : you speak as though you
had not discovered it!”
“I had not, it is true. But wish to do
her justice.”
“She has attended schools all her days,
and the best schools too; and she has had
the best of private teachers. She is a
splendid singer, and she plays admirably j
on the piano, harp and guitar; she reads
Latin, Greek, German, French, and Ital
ian, and speaks French as well as if it
were her native language. And then in
botany, and chemistry, and geology, and
conchology, and every thing of the sort,
she is perfectly at home in all the hard
names; and she has studied all kinds of
philosophy, and I don’t know what else.
Geography, and Arithmetic, and Gram
mar, and such children’s studies, I sup
pose she learnt with her A B C’s ; but I
have heard her say she never liktd them,
and has nearly forgotten what she learned
of them.”
‘ She must have acquired an immense
amount of knowledge, if she understands
all these matters as you suppose she does.
What use does she make of these splen
did attainments?”
“Use! you do not think she received
this education that she might support her
self? She is not obliged to teach for a
living.”
MACON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1543.
"Oh, no, I am aware that she is not ob
liged to earn her daily bread ; she has a
father who is amply able to support her
in the finest style. Still, can she be of no
use to any one ? Is she under no obliga
tion to be useful ?”
“Surely you would not have such an
accomplished girl become a drudge ?”
“No—but 1 would have her share her
mother’s care in housekeeping, and bring
some of her vast acquirements into exer
cise, in amusing and teaching her young
brothers and sisters. Do not frown
she may teach them with a sister’s tact
and affection, without enacting or super
ceding the school mistress, though she
would be most honorably employed, if
she to them took the place of teacher. I
wonld have her to lay herself out to en
tertain her wear)’, care-worn father, and
show him how a rich, highly cultivated
mind, joined with a daughter’s affection,
can repay the expenditures he has made
on her account, i would have her to ex
pend the treasures of her rich mind and
her winning graces, upon older brothers,
so as to make home the most delightful
scene to which they can turn. She fills
a large place in society. Here, too, I
would have her turn her talent to a good
account. Such a young lady may be a
potent auxiliary to a good cause, and a
no less powerful opposer to a bad one.”
“Well, 1 am sure that Miss Miles never
dreamed of any of these modes of use
fulness, as you call them. She is satis
fied with shining.”
"Then I fear there is too much cause
for my doubt whether she is educated.”
“What a consummate erudition!”
"She has. no doubt, learned many things.
But is affection and gratitude to her
friends exercised? Is her conscience ac
tive 1 Is benevolence one of her govern
ing principles ? Has she a knowledge of
human nature, and of the world as it is ?
Has she been trained to an aptness in
using the adva itages she possesses for the
benefit and happiness of others ? Has she
learned to repress selfishness, and to yield
her wisnes and conveniences to others ?
Docs she live for the future and for God ?
If these are not her aims, she is but very
partially educated.”
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XVhat's in the Wind ?
The Philadelphia United States Ga
zette, a paper in the first ranks of the
Whig press, has a chapter on “ Political
Movements,” which lias a very squally
aspect. It notices tho withdrawal of
Mr. Webster from the Cabinet—and then
says, that as he must see “that there is
not the least chance for Mr. Tyler,” why
he must have “ his eye on a Whig, or
one that will be called a Whig, and this
candidate will, of course, not be Ilenry
Clay.” The United States Gazette hints
that some machinery is at work to super
cede Mr. Clay just as he was put aside
at Harrisburg in 1839 and that there
is still “a set of politicians whose great
object is to defeat Mr. Clay. They are
more inveterate than Van Buren men, and
more dangerous because they assume the
name of Whig. This clique is now just
as busy as it was four years ago. They
have been occupied, (or that portion of
th m that still retains its hostility to Mr.
Clay, has been occupied,) in preparing
another candidate upon whom to make a
demonstration, just as they presented
General Scott, in 1839. They find it
wholly impracticable to lean on poor Mr.
Tyler, and they have invoked the name
of John McLean.” The Gazette predicts,
“ from certain signs obvious to a close
observer, that in a few weeks the name
of John McLean will be presented as a
real candidate for the Presidency, sus
tained ill first by ihe remnants of the New
York clique, which made a sialking horse
of the manly form of Scott, behind which
to shoot at Clay;” and it charges Mr.
Webster with “ encouraging this move
ment.” We pretend not to know (says
the Gazette) who is behind the curtain to
receive the nomination that is to fall be
tween the two, (Clay and Scott,) but we
unhesitatingly say that the friends of Mr.
Clay are in full recollection of what was
done in December, 1539, and we are now
I hinting at what is in progress for May,
| 1844.” But this is too bad! that Mr.
i Clay should be sent again to “mending
his fences” yet no politician knows
| better the force of the maxim, “ many a
slip between the cup and the lip!”
Richmond Enquirer.
Good Advice.
Q.uit your pillow, and go about your
business, if you have any it is the first
injunction ; if not, seek some. Let the
sun’s first rays shine upon your head in
the morning, and you shall not want a
good hat to defend you from its scorching
rays at noon. Earn your breakfast be
fore you eat it, and the sheriff shall not
deprive you of your supper. Pursue
your calling with diligence, and your
creditors shall not interrupt you. Be
temperate and your physician shall look
in vain lor your name on his day-book.
If you have a small farm, or a trade that
will support your family, and add a hun
| dred dollars a year to your capit 1, be
j contented, and neve tun yourself bald
| in pursuit of State-script and water lots
in the West
Pursuant to an inti nation in our last, we lay be
fore tho public the introductory remarks, and a por
tion of tho Constitution, &c , of the Franklin Lodge
of Odd Fellows of this city, and are pleased with
the op|K>rtunity of contribjling our share in giving
publicity to the existence in Macon of so praise-wor
thy and benevolent an institution.
11 Odd fellows, quotha: they’re odd enom in excel'
lence,” Ot.n Pi.aY.
It is the glory of nations, as it is of in
dividual's, to increase in wisdom and vir
tue as they advance in age, and to con
duct their concerns, not so much by the
result of abstract reasoning as by the dic
tates of experience. This sentiment will
be illustrated by considering the feelings
and principles which guide our commun
ity, as well as the important and happy
effects, whether general or domestic, that
have already flowed, and will forever
flow from its institutions.
Our origin is not of yesterday. Mon
uments and memorials of our Order, have
existed from time immemorial ; varied
indeed by the exigencies of circumstan
ces, or the limited diffusion of knowledge
in remote ages; yet ever preserving the
essential characteristics of benevolence
and good feeling—union of kind thoughts
and generous actions. The same great
object has actuated noble minds at all pe
riods of time and in all countries. It
was this which inspired the chivalrous
Templars and other kindred band s :, who
in the season of feudal darkness, seem to
have caught a ray of light divine, guiding
them to liberality of principles and prac
tice, far beyond the spirit of their age.
They performed their mission and passed
away, leaving the records of their glory
to stimulate and warn succeeding gene
rations.
Born under happier auspices, and no
longer compelled to resist arbitrary ag
gression, their followers in after ages
gradually converted the institutions, by
means of which they had so gallantly
defended the lights of man, into one of
more general benevolence and charity,
and flung abroad the banner of Friend
ship, Love, and Truth.
Our name, which we are fully aware
has been a serious objection to many up
right, high-minded and moral men, who
might have become both useful and or
namental members of the Order, was
adopted in times when the hand of power
pressed heavily on all associations ealeu
lated to unite the oppressed people, and
acquaint them with their real torce.—
Shielded, however, by the apparent insig
nificance of its pretensions, our society
silently pursued its benevolent course,
pouring the oil of consolation into many
a wound, and offering to all that gentle
sympathy which is dearest to the heart;
until we* now behold it spreading over
the greater part of enlightened Europe,
and diffusing its tender influence through
every State of our Union.
The question is often asked, why do
we preserve the solemn secrecy of our
rites and meetings ? To those who are
acquainted with the respectable standard
of personal character required in our
members, the answer may appear unne
cessary ; but there are honest men in ev
ery community, who attach the charac
ter of wrong to all concealment; to such
we reply, that from the earliest periods
they have descended to us thus protect
ed; and should not both Justice and
Charity lead to the supposition, that
where so large a class of your fellow
men are interested, there must be some
thing good. ‘Concealment.’says a Bro-
‘is as often resorted to, to guard a
treasure as to shield a crime. Is earth
prodigal of all her wealth upon the sur
face? Does the diamond gleam upon
the common highway ? Are all the-vir
tues and duties of Tile, paraded forth for
the public gaze ? Is there no lurking vi
olet in the green lanes of life, that only
betrays its presence by its perfume ? Is
there no secret in the very heart on which
you trustfully rely ?
•* Slant] frre anJ fast,
And judje us tty no morn than that you know
Ingenuously, anil by tho right laid line
Os Truth."
Ours is a system of organized benevo
lence, untainted by selfish aims. The sick
among our brethren are not abandoned
to the cold hand of public charity. They
are visited, and their wants provided for,
out of funds which they themselves have
contributed to raise,and which in time of
need they can honorably claim.
The friendless and desolate receive
from us, not pecuniary relief alone, but
personal and brotherly attention ; nor do
our dutics-terminate with life itself. We
are pledged to perform, If necessary, the
last solemn sendees of humanity, and to
consign the remains of a departed brother,
with respectful decency to our mother
earth.
Nor do we exercise less fraternal soli
ciiude for the. living; we arc enjoined to
watch over each other even in the ordi
nary intercourse of society; warning a
brother who wanders from the path of
honor or rectitude; and exerting every’
effort to recall him.
By rigidly prohibiting religious or po
litical controversy iu our meetings, we
also banish the most fruitful subjects of
dissension, while we strongly inculcate
brotherly love and Christian toleration to
wards all.
In faith anil hope the worltl will disagree,
But all mankind’s concern is charily:
AH must be salsa that thwart this one great erul,
And all of God, that bless mankind, or mend.
Such feelings, such conduct can only
emanate from the noblest, the most un
corrupted and steady principles; from
principles founded on the immutable laws
of virtue, the criterion of whose excel
lence has been unerring experience.
Odd Fellows.
The fraternity in Boston, were addres
sed on Friday evening last, by Rev. Mr.
Maffit. The Boston Dee, in speaking of
the address says:
He adverted to the history and charac
ter of the order dated its origin far
back, at the time of the invasion of Ger
many, by the Goths and Vandals spoke
of its decline, its subsequent revival
the change of its character, from a mili
tary order to one devoted to philanthropic
purposes. lie stated that Odd Fellow
ship first made its appearance in this
country in 1819, when a member of the
fraternity made a call through the news
papers for all belonging to the Order io
meet at a given time and place. Five
only, answered ihe call. Since that time
the Order has gone on increasing, till it
now numbers about twenty thousand.—
The character given of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows by the orator, was
certainly a good one. It was devoted to
the cause of humanity < hristian frend
ship, brotherly love, truth and honor
to relieve the widow and tho orphan,
smooth the couch of sickness, and pay to
the dead the lost tributes of respect and
honor. He dilated with much beauty ol
language and pathos, on the beneficial
effects produced by such a "band of bro
thers.”
He then spoke of some of the objections
made to the < bder. on the ground of its
being a secret society. Said that some
charged it with being but a modification
of Free Masonry. This he flatly denied
—he had dived into the mysteries of
both—they were entirely dissimilar
but he stood there before God and man, a
champion for both ! The reason, (the
speaker gave us to understand) wny Udd
Fellowship was cemented by mystic
signs, secret ceremonies and symbols al
rites, was on account of the imperfections
of poor human nature, which required
that it-; weakness should be flattered in
order that its better qualities might be
brought into action.
A society might be formed openly and
without disguise, for philanthropic purpo
ses ; but would it last ? would it be per
petuated from age to age? would its
power of doing good be so extended ?
From our own experience of the wisdom
of the human heart, we answer it would
not. It was wisdom in the founders of
this Order, and showed knowledge of
human nature, to invest it with the charm
of mystery, and throw around it other at
tractions than the mere object its institu
tion is calculated to produce. He is wise
who studies all the stops of the human
organ, and can so play upon them as to
make them di cotirse heavenly music.
General Jackson at the Hermitage.
A letter writer in the Batavia Times,
gives the following account of an inter
view with Gen. Jackson :
I had a grertcr desire to visit General
Jackson at the Hermitage than to study
Nashville, and took the opportunity upon
a delightful morning, to ride out to his
plantation. The distance from Nashville
is eleven miles, over a McAdamized road,
passing through a beautiful rolling coun
try. The Hermitage is in full view from
the main road, though in approaching it
you take a lateral road at an accute angle
for some 80 rods, which brings you di-
rectly before the General’s mansion ; the
grounds in front are spacious, and adorn
ed with various forest trees, locusts and
shrubbery the house itself is built of
brick, two stories high, with a wing on
either side of the main part, which has a
double porch running its entire length,
constructed in good taste, and altogether
a handsome building. At the time of my
arrival the General was in the garden,
and by the servant who ushered me into
the parlor, I sent him my card. In a few
moments I saw him coining towards me
through the hall, unaccompanied, resting
both hands upon a long stick, which sup
ported his steps; his figure was bent, and
he walked with slow and difficult steps.
I went forward to meet him, and was re
ceived with the dignity and kindness so
peculiarly winning in a person of his
years and celebrity. I shall cut short
the description of the interview —to me
it was a melancholy pleasure, so feeble
was the old man and so difficult his utter
ance ; there were none others present.
He showed me the pistols of General
Washington and his own sword. 1
thought his eyes brightened as he pointed
my attention to them, llis adopted son
and future heir was absent with his wife,
and I saw no one except servants in the
house besides the old General. The
sands of his life are nearly spent the
passing of a few more stm-i will see him
gathered to the silence of the tomb, and
the stranger of Nashville will rideout to
look at the grave of him whose existence
wiil be but “ in history, and »he hearts of
his countrymen."
w a. &c. 7j:o:.rr3xr -pupushers I NO. 4.
The Learned Professions,
It is surprising how many young men
of our country aim at being Lawyers,
and Doctors, not to speak of Divines.
To occupy that position which a man
ambitious of fulfilling his duties to his
country, would naturally feel, such a one
should calculate the chances of success
i open to him before he launches his for
tunes, for good and evil, upon the vortex
1 of human life.
j Success in any honorable pursuit de
i velopes the character of every individual,
who can'generally, by deserving, com
mand success, but if he rushes without
talent into any profession or trade, or
even with talent, into one too much
crowded to authorize him to hope for suc
cessful competition with those who have
preceded him, he had much better have
turned to some other pursuit wherein his
energies might have been properly de
veloped, and the country which he in
habits, receive the full benefit of his labor
and exertion in administering to the gen
eral weal.
We are aware that some who seek to
embark in the learned professions think
it beneath them to become apprentices to
a trade.
How preposterous, how ridiculous, as
if the mind does not constitute the man—
and energy of character in any calling
he may undertake, command success.
The mechanic, whether carpenter or
mason, who frames and fashions the
stately edifice ; the shipwright, who knits
together by his sinewy arm, the propor
tions of the beautiful vessel, which is to
extort the admiration of his fellow men,
Le'.s a glow of pleasure when she glides
peacefully into her native element, and
with swelling canvass skims like a bird
the surface of the ocean wave.
The blacksmith, (he shoemaker, nay,
all trades are honorable. “Would that
we had been a printer” has more than
once burst from our lips, for circumstan
ces made us discard law and all its quib
bles for that vocation, which is ours. Not
that wc do not deem the legal profession
honorable. W hen not made to pander
to the worst passions of the human heart,
it is highly honorable. Besides it is gen
erally the path of ambition, for in it pub
lic speaking, which charms the multitude,
becomes an every day employment, and
he who can witch the ear with studied
or natural eloquence, is generally popu
lar.
As we implied before, Ihe man exalts
the calling, not the calling the nmn. A
young friend of ours says that he wishes
to build a ship. Let the ruling passion
of youth be matured by encouragement,
and ere long, Georgia may produce her
Lckford, or his successor, in this beauti
ful branch of the mechanic art. Sav.
Republican.
At the late sitting of the French Acad
emy of Sciences, a paper on insanity
was read by its author, M. Moreau, one of
the physicians at Bicetro. The chief ob
ject of this pamphlet is to recommend the
adoption in France, as regards pauper lu
natics, of the plan resorted to in Belgium.
M. Moreau states that in the village of
Gheel, in that there is a colony
of not less than 700 lunatics, who are
treated upon so admirable a system that
they are perfectly harmless, and live and
lalior with the same inhabitants, whose
habits they acquire, and to which they
become so attached,that when cured,they
are frequently unwilling to quit tho
place. These lunatics are made useful
in agriculture and manufactures,and con
sequently their'cost is small as compared
with that of ordinary lunatic asylums.
The origin of this colony dates so far
back as the sixth century, and is another
verification of the old adage, that there is
nothing new under the sun. The mode
of treating the lunatics at Hanwell, near
London, was considered when first put
into practice, as a novelty, and yet it is
nothing but the Ghecl practice imper
fectly carried out. It is only surprising
that this improved mode of treatment
should have been deferred so long in
England ; and it is now evident that it is
capable of great execution in its applica
tion. Within the last few years only, in
that country, medical men have ascertain
ed the possibility of so classing and occu
pying lunatics as to render even the most
violent of them comparatively tranquil,
and thus facilitating tin curative process.
For chains, whips and other means of
correction, kindness and intelligence on
the part of the keepers have been substi
tuted, not only at Hanwell, but also at tho
Bethlehem Asylum.
Savannah River.
The remarks of our Cone pondent
“Observer,” in rel tion to the obstruc
tions in the liver are worthy of consider
ation. We understand the Commission
ers til Pilotage have tendered their resig
nations to the Mayor and Council, in
consequence of some interference on the
part of that body with their appropriate
duties, but as we are not acquainted with
the particulars, we fori ear to say more.
The subject of the obstructions in our
river is one that must have an important
bearing upon the future welfare of tho
city, and we doubt not it will receive at
tention from those whose duty it is to look
to it.