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JHteceltenj?*
FROM TH* GERMAN OE SCHOKKE.
Thrift; or* nothin? is Useless.
John Schmid was an old soldier with a wood
en leg: ho wai so poor that for soma years he
•was obliged to solicit alms front door to door
in tho villages near to that in which he lived,
which was situated on the lake of Constance.
Now, however, old John Schmid sits at ease in
liis arm-chair; he is in independent circum
stances ; yet few people guess how lie came
by his wealth. One affirms that he discovered
n secret treasure; others have gone so far as
to hint that lie made a compact with the Evil
Ono. When such hints are dropped in my
presence, I fail not to reprove the speakers. I
know better the means by which tho old sol
dier go! rich, and I will tell you how it was.
John Schmid had three sons, whom he had
brought up well in spite of his poveity; for lie
not only furnished them with good advice, but
with a good example, and suffered many pri
vations that lie might send them to school.—
Ono morning in spring, as the old man was di
viding amongst them the bread which was to
break their fust, he said, “ My children, you
are now old enough to gain your own liveli
hood ; but you must not beg while there are
other mean* of obtaining it—that would be ta
king bread out of the mouths of those who want
it more than you Pierre,” he continued, turn
ing to the eldest, “you are fourteen years old,
and have sharp eyes—use them to seek em
ployment. You, Gabriel, though a yearyoung
er, have strong arms—use them to work.—
You, George, though only eleven, have stout
legs—profit by them.”
** But what,” exclaimed the three boys at
once, “ wou'd you have us to do?”
John Schmid nnswered, “ I know that you
have neither land to cultivate, wood to fell, nor
flocks to tend ; but there are many things that
are thrown away as useloss, but which, with a
little industry, may be collected and made pro
fitable. By and by I will show you how.—
Do not spend the money which you will earn
in obedience to yoqr wants, but economise it
for the necessities of tho future, be it ever so
little. Could you save only a batz a day, each
would amass at the end of the year twenty-four
florins.”
Upon this, John Schmid set about showing
his sons how they might earn their bread.—
He desired them to go in different directions
to collect the following articles : first, bones,
tho largest of which they could sell to the turn
ers, who made them into various useful and
ornamental articles, while the smaller were re
quired by farmers for manure. Secondly,
pieces of broken glass, to be disposed of to the
glass-workers for recasting. As it was spring,
lie charged them to get together all the rose
leaves and elder-blossoms which fell in their
way, and for which apothecaries give good pri
ces. lie a'so reminded his sons, that by a lit
tle inquiry the chemists would point out what
other plants and roots they required. Uphol
sterers would purchase cows’ hair, saddlers,
coach-makers, and chair-makers, horso lia r.—
Besides these articles, he mentioned rags for
paper-makers, bristles for brush manufacturers,
quills, pins, hedge-wood, bird-weed and several
other things which might be turned into money
with no other trouble than that of seeking out
and collecting them.
The sons did as they were desired, under
the guidance of their father. During the
spring and summer they collected and sold with
such success, that their profits daily augment
ed.
When autumn came, they sought things of
a different kind. Whenever they could obtain
permission, they gathered wild fruits, some of
which could be made into vinegar and other
usofnl articles. From the woods they obtain
ed quantities of acorns and the seeds of other
species of trees, for which they obtained a good
price, sometimes from foresters, at others from
grain dealers. They also got together heaps
of horse ehesnuts, and took them to the mill to
be ground. The miller thought they wero go
ing to eat this bitter flour, and made himself
merry at the expense of their curious taste ;
but John Schmid’s sons let him laugh, and took
their horse-chcsnut flour to the book-binders,
card-board makers, and other* who make uso
of paste, the glutinousness of which it increases.
Immediately after a warm shower, the young
Schmids sought for mushrooms, which they
disposed of to the epicures of the neighborhood.
Having saved a quantity of birch-twigs, rush
es and osiers, tho old man and his sons occu
pied the winter months in making brooms, chair-
bottom* and baskets, so that their cottage ap
peared both like a warehouse and a work- hop.
In this way the spring returned, and old John
Schmid thoaght it advisable to see what had
been gained during the year. On opening the
box in which the cash was deposited, be found
that each of his three sons hud contributed
more than a batz a day of savings, for the mo
ney box contained 104 ffoiins urid 33 kreut-
zers. At the sight of the hoard the sons were
delighted, for they had never before seen so
large a sum at once. John Schmid immediate.
Iy carried the money to a wholesale tradesman
in a largo town, and deposited it with him ul in
terest.
John Schmid now no longer a beggar, cm.
ployed himself solely in helping his sons to sell
off the merchandise they collected. This went
on for four years, at the end of which the fami
ly had amassed 614 florins! As- however,
their riches increased, the young men grew
independent in their manners, and disputed
amongst themselves: one accusing the other
of not working hard enough, of selling too
cheaply, or of extravagance in treating himself
to a cup of wine rather too often. Poor old
Schmid! do all he could, he was unable on
some occasions to settle these discussions.—
Nothing seemed likely to cure the evil but se
paration ; and addressing his sons, he said—
“ Take each of you one hundred florins, and
seek your fortunes in the world ; industry and
economy always prosper. The rest of the
capital shall remain in the hands of the bank
er, in case that any unforseen misfortune should
fall on any of us so as to need it. But while it
remains untouched, the interest will be added
to the principal.” To this the young men
agreed ; and taking each his apportion' d sum,
bade adieu to their father. They took their de
parture, each in a different direction. Pierre
went eastward, Gabriel westward, and George
towards the south. John Schmid grieved to
part with his children; but he knew it was for
their good, and bore his regrets in silence.
Years rolled on. John Schmid grew old and
weak, but ha would not touch a kreutzer of his
sons’ capital. At length he fell ill; and some
of his neighbors, pitying Ids lonely state, sent
him relief; others declared they had poor
enough of their own to support, and though he
had lived in their village for twenty-one years,
threatened to send him away as a stranger.—
Upon this old John wrote to the merchant who
hold the money, saying, “ Send tne three hun
dred florins of the capital I deposited in your
hands ; for I am aged and weak, and for four
teen years I have not heard of my children.—
Doubtless they are dead. It will not be long
ere I follow them to the grave.”
The honest merchant promptly replied to
tho old man’s demand. “ I return you,” he
wrote, “ tho sum you ask. The balance re
maining is perhaps greater than you imagine.—
It has increased, little by little, to more than
1000.”
When the moneyarrived, the peasants stared
with wonder, and declared that John Schmid
must be a conjurer. But the old man himself,
in spite of his riches, was unhappy. He wish
ed to join his sons, whom he thought to be no
more. He would often exclaim, “ I shall die
in solitude ; no son is left to close my eyes.”—
However, he recovered his illness, and it was
destined that he should not die alone.
One Sunday evening, ho was seated with
other peasants under a linden tree, when a ser
vant on horse-back rode up and inquired if any
ono could direct him to the cottage of John
Schmid ? Tho villagers, full of astonishment,
replied, “ You need not seek him in his house,
for he is hero.” As they stared and whisper
ed enquiries to one another as to what was to
come noxt, two handsome carriages entered the
village, and stopped before old Schmid’s door.
Three well dressed gentlemen and two ladies
descended from the coaches, and as old John
made his appearance threw themselves succes
sively into his arms. “ My dear father,” said
the eldest, ** can it be possible that you have
forgotten us? Iam Pierre. I have become a
wholesale grocer at Varsovie, in Poland, and
this lady is my wife.” Then the second spoke:
“ I am your son Gabriel, and also bring you a
daughter-in-law. I, too, reside at Varsovie,
and deal in corn.”
Presently tjie third son came forward.—
“ I,” he said, “am George. I have recently
returned from India, where I made a fortune
bv commerce. Seeing by the Gazettes that my
brothers were in Poland, I joined them, and
we all agreed to travel hither to seek, you, and
to make you happy for the rest of our life.”—
Poor John Schmid was quite overcome, and
shed tears. He invoked blessings on his chil
dren. “ To you,” exclaimed one of them, “ we
owe all our good fortune. Had you not taught
us that nothing, be it ever so despised, is use
less—had you not made us industrious, perse
vering, and economical, we should still have
been mendicants ”
Tho rest of John Schmid’s lifo was spent in
happiness, for one or another of Ins sons always
remained with him. The money, which had
accumulated during their long absence, was
drawn from the merchants in whose hands it
had so much increased, and employed in build
ing a school for the gratuitous education of poor
children.
To those who, like me, were aware of tho
means by which the Schmids grew rich, their
rise in the world is known to be the certain re
sult of integrity, industry, and perseverance in
turning to account things generally considered
useless. Spite, however, of all I can urge, one
or two of the more prejudiced villagers shrug
their shoulders when John Schmid’s name is
mentioned, and insinuate that he must have
mate a compact with a certain nameless per
son.
fectly fair distribution of the respective motives.
Perhaps she did not feel easy till she knew
that a kind Providence bad not added to gene
ral poverty individual wrong. Certain it was,
she seemed rather pleased with her speculations:
for when I arose from a stooping posture, final
ly, wholly disencumbered of cloth, 1 noticed
mischievous shadows playing about the corn
ers of her mouth. It was the moment I had
determined to direct her eye to some astonish
ing circumstance out of the window. But the
young lady spoke at the critical moment. -Mr.
Douglass,’ she observed, you have got a migh
ty small chance of legs there.
Men seldom have any notion of their own
powers. I never made any pretensions to
skill in “ground and lofty tumbling ;” blit it is
strictly true, I cleared at one bound, the open
apace, planted myself on the centre of the bed,
and was buried in the blankets in a twinkling.
This story of Judge Douglass has suggested
to Field, of the St. Louis “Reveille,” the fol
lowing udventure of a Missouri politician :
The “gentleman from Illinois,” is not the on
ly gentleman whoso legs have led him into em
barrassment ! A political friend of ours,
equally happy in his manners, if not in his par
ty, among the Missouri constituency, found
himself, while canvassing the Slate, last sum
mer, for Congress, in even a more peculiar per
plexing predicament than the Illinois Judge.
There is a spot in the south western part of
this State known as the Fiery Fork of Honey
Rud ! a delicious locality, no doubt, as the
run of“honev” is of courso accompanied by u
corresponding flow of “milk” and a mixture of
milk and honey, or, at any rate, honey and
“peach” is the evidence of sublunary content
ment, every place where they have preaching!
“Honey Run” is further christianized by the
presence of an extremely hospitable family,
whose mansion, comprising one apartment—
neither more nor less—is renowned for being
never shut against the traveller, and so our
friend found it during the chill morning air, at
the expense of a rheumatism in bis shoulder,
its numerous unaffected cracks and spaces
clearly showing, that dropping the latch was a
useless formality. Tho venerable host and
hostess, in their one apartment, usually enjoy
the society of two sons, fou. daughters, sundry
dogs and “niggers” and as many lodgers as
may deem it prudent to risk the somewhat
equivocal allotment of sleeping partners. On
the night in question, our friend, after a hear
ty supper of ham and eggs, and a canvass of
Fiery Forkers. the old lady having pointed
out his bed, felt very weary, and only looked
for an opportunity “to turn” though the mus-
quetoes were trumping all sorts of wrath, and
no net appeared to bar them. The dogs flung
themselves along the flo-ir, or again rose, rest
lessly, and sought the door step; the niggers
stuck their feet in the yet warm ashes; the old
man stripped, unscrupulously, and sought his
•share of the one collapsed looking pillow, and
sons, cavalierly, followed his example leav
ing tlie old woman, “gals” and stranger,
to settle any question of delicacy that might
arise.
The candidate yawned, looked at his bed,
wont to the door, looked at the daughters
finally in downright recklessness, seating him
self upon the downy and pulling off his coat.
Well, he pulled off his coat, and he folded hU
coat, and then he yawned, and then he whis
tled, and then he called the old lady’s atten
tion to the fact, that it would never do to sleep
in his muddy trowsers; and then he undid his
vest, and then he whistled again, and then
suddenly, an idea of her lodger’s possible em
barrassment seemed to flash upon the old wo
man, and she cried—
“Gals, jest turn your backs round ’till the
stranger gets into bed.”
The backs were turned, and the stranger did
get into bed in less than no time, when the
hostess again spoke.
“Reckon, stranger, as you ainl used to us,
you’d better kiver up till the gals undress had’nt
you?”
The nymphs were soon stowed away, for
there were neither bustles to unhitch, nor cor
sets to unlace, when their mamma, evidently
anxious not to smother her guest, considerably
relieved him :
“You can unkiver now stanger; I’m married
folks, you ain’t afeard of me I reckon!
The stranger happened to be married folks
himself; he unkivered and turned his back
with true connubial indifference, as far ns
the ancient lady was concerned, but with
regard to the gals, lie declares that his half
raised curiosity inspired the most tormenting
dreams of mermaids that he ever expcrinccd.
could, and I walked into dinner completely cu
red. 1 have seen ladies in this country, whilst
suffering under such malady', appear with a wa
fer stuck on each temple, which, I presume, was
only a milder way than my friend the captain
employed of driving off this tormenter.—Lxc.
journal/
From the N• Y. Spirit of the Times.
Wc published a week or two since, a most
amusing story of one Judge Douglass, of Illi
nois, in which that gentleman, having accept
ed the hospitality of a large family, occupying
a single room, was obliged to undress and
'hop into bod,” in the presence of a young la
dy. This young lady the Judge describes as
a •• Venus in linsey-woolsey—plump os a pige-
and smooth ns a persimmon.” The Judge
was hunself, “a small man physically speaking”
and the idea of going to bed before the young
lady—a modest, sensiblo girl, who from habit,
thought nothing of the circumstance—turned
Ins head topsy-turvy. The idea of pulling off
his boots before her was death, and as to doff
ing his other fixing, he s.nd he would sooner
have taken off his legs with a hand-saw! At
length the tremendous crisis approached. The*
Judge had partially undressed, entrenched be
hind a chair, which offered no more protection
from “the enemy,” than the rounds of a ladder.
Then lie had a dead open space of ten feet be-
w«>er. the chair and the bed—a sort of Bridge
of Lodia passage, as he describes it, which he
was forced to make, exposed to a cruel raking
fire, fore and aft! The Judge proceeds:
“Body, limbs, and head, selling up business
on one hundred and seven and a half wounds,
all told, of flesh, blood and bones, cannot, in
dividually or collectively, set up nnv very os
tentatious pretensions. 1 believe the young
lady must have been settling in her mind'some
philosophical point on that head.. Perhaps her
sense of justice wished to assure itself of a per-
Amusing freak of an insane person as rela
ted by Dr. Earle, of the Bioomingdale Asylum,
in the January number of the Journal oflnsun-
ity :
' An insane lady, in the middle age oflife, a
peaceable, quiet creature, with a heart overflow
ing with * the milk of human kindness,’ occupi
ed a room in tho asylum. She had a birge
quarto Bible, which, when she was not reading
from it, lay upon the table. One morning 1
was somewhat surprised on finding her seated
in an urm-cliair, the table in her lap and the
Bible on the floor. Asking her the cause of
this new arrangement she told me that • the ta
ble was so tired with holding the Bible, that
she was tending it.' for the purpose of giving
it some relief. This process was often repeat
ed afterwards, and the benevolence which
prompted it soon extended to the bedstead, to
which she frequently gave opportunities of
rest, by holding up for hours in succession tho
corners of the bed, and the superincumbent clo
thing. This may appear like burlesque or car
icature but is not intended as such; for truly,
if ever an act of kindness was induced by the
pure spirit of affection, I behevo such was the
fact with those just related.”
On, Buys.—The Fort Wayne (Ia.j Times
and Press has an excellent chapter on the boys
of that town; of which the annexed paragraph
may not be altogether inapplicable to boys and
parents in most other towns.
It does appear as though all parental re
straint and authority were removed from the
youth of the present day, at nve or six years of
ago t and they were permitted to run at loose
ends from that time on. It is no uncommon
thing in our streets, to hear boys, from eight to
sixteen years ofage,cursing and swearing oaths
and imprecations that would choke a pirate.—
We know plenty of such boys, and yet this
community is raising money—and some of these
very boys’ parents contribute to the fund—to
send the other side of the globe to convert the
heathen! Benevolent, indeed!—Better begin
at our own firesides.”
Political Tendencies.
The people of Pennsylvania have always been
disposed to encourage manufactures. This is j ^ *
natural, their facilities for manufacturing being
eminent. Their feftile soil can supply with
food and raw materials a numerous artisan pop
ulation, at home and abroad. Their mineral
wealth is inexhaustible, and one portion of it,
coal, furnishes a boundless supply of moving
power, cheaper than water power, all things bo
ing considered. Their artisan skill is a match
for any competition, the manufactures of Phi
ladelphia, from the ship to the horse-shoe, ha
ving long been known as the best in the Uni
on. Considering these things, we cannot won
der at Pennsylvania for adopting the long pre
valent error concerning protection, and joining
with Massachusetts in support of monopolies.
But we ask Pennsylvanians to consider that
protection and monopoly are very different,
and that the legislative restraint does not al
ways afford the best protection. We also ask
them, before they support anv longer the mo
nopolizing corporations of Massachusetts, to
scan tho objects of the corporators and the in
evitable tendencies of their police. Pennsvl-
vanians, mining coal and making iron, very
naturally seek protection against foreign com
petition. And the manufacturing oligarchies
of Massachusetts, seeking monopoly in wealth
and political power, grant the request of Penn
sylvania, in consideration of their voles. Let
Pennsylvanians be careful lest they “buy gold
too dear,” pay too much for a whistle.”
The monopolists of Massachusetts need no white—23,
protection against foreign competition. Yet
this forei. n competition is the only thing against
which they demand it. Even the British man
ufacturers of cotton admit that thoy cannot meet
tho Americans in foreign markets; and the A-
merican manufacturersof cotton tell us that they
sell their fabrics in British markets, and even
c'otlio the British armies in India. And they
also toll us that the British manufacturers, to
meet them in foreign markets, counterfeit their
stamps and marks, and sell British fabrics as
American.* The anecdote told by an agent of
the Russian Government is an admirable com
rnentary upon this.
Being sent to England to examine its mills,
for the purpose of introducing the greatest im
provements of machinery into Russia, he found
American stamps upon the fabrics of all that
he visited; and being told ihat this was done
because American fabrics were preferred to
British in foreign markets, he said that the U
States, and not England, was the proper field
for him to explore in search of improvements
in machinery. If these facts be admitted, and
they are indisputable, the whole theory of
protection, as a shield against foreign compe
tition, is exploded. The American manufac
turers need it not, and are quite sagacious e
nnugh to perceive that it is dispensable. Why,
then, do they so pertinaciously demend it?—
“There hangs a tale.”
Profit! Profit! Profit! “Associated wealth
is the dynasty of modern States;” corruption
has displaced force, and gold rules instead of
the sword. What now sways the destinies of
Europe? The money power. Who bold and
wield it ? The Rothschilds and Barings.—
What is the basis of the oligarchy that roles the
British empire, and keeps tho world in distur
bance ? Money! Money! Money! Accumula
tion of wenlih is the oligarchy that rules Mas
sachusetts, and through it New England; and
high protection, affording high profits, is the in
strument of that accumulation. And why do
they seek this accumulation? As an instru
ment of political, ns well as social power; as a
family provision that shall “stand them instead
of tho perpetuities of the world.” Th.e laws of
Massachusetts forbidding primogeniture and
entails, a substitute as sought in corporations.
What is the object of any great capitalist wlio
has accumulated millions as the commission
merchant of manufacturing corporations?—
Would he be the magistrate of the State ?—
Would he reach the Federal Senate ? A for
eign mission ? The Vice Presidency? The
Presidency ? A banker once aspired to it in
the Middle States, and expected to reach it
through the money power. Why, then, may
not a manufacturing corporator in another State
aspire to it through the same power. And
would he monopolize the honor and profit of
public station for his sons, sons in-law,nepnevvs,
cousins? Despotism is equally rapacious a-
mong all monopolists. We assail no man,
cast no personal reflections. We merely paint
abstractions, and can find men enough any
where whom they will suit as portraits.
We ask Pennsylvanians to look upon such
pictures, and then ask themselves if they will
consent to be the instruments of tho system.
Philadelphia Ledger.
they vviil do so with unsurpassed ardor and una
liimity. The Oregon question is not embar
rassed by any fears among ourselves, as to ter
ritorial extension, nor by any charge against us,
on the part of other nations, of aggrandizement,
for the territory is already entirely our own by
treaty; and all the Valuable portion of it is
so completely within the lines of our northern
and southern boundaries, as they run west
ward, that it would require a brazen face indeed
our right. Neither is it affected by
the slavery controversy, for the whole of the
territory is, by nature, law and consent, given
up to freedom. While the Oregon question is
thus clear of these and other difficulties, which
have somewhat encumbered Texas, it is not
second to that measure in magnitude or impor
tance. It is immense in extent; fertile in soil;
finely watered ; stretches from the' Rocky
mountains to the Pa -ific Ocean ; and is the key
to the trade of those vast worlds which in Eu
rope are called Eastern, but which,-as “the
star of Empire” is fixed in the American con
stellation, \v ill become Western. The prosper
ity which will, through this door, open upon our
country is boundless ; alike beyond the reach
of the mind or the imagination. Wo cannot
be mistaken then, in our belief that the popular
sentimenPwill demand with resistless energy,
the cessation of the Joint Occupation with
Great Britain ; the immediate organization of a
Territorial Government; and the use of all
Constitutional means to open, through that
channel, the conimercp of Asia.
The yeas and nays in the Senate last Mon
day, on the motion to take up the Oregon bill
for consideration, were as follows :
Yeas—Messrs Allen, Ashley. Atchison. Atherton, Bag-
by, Ber.ton, Breeze, Buchanan, Colquitt, Dickinson, Dix,
Fairfield, fiannegan. Haywood, Lewis, Semple, Sevier,
Stu»ge»io. Tappan, Walker, Woodbury—21.
Nays—Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Bayard, BsTien,
Choate, Clayton, Crittenden, Dayton* 12van». Foster, Fran
cis, Huger; Huntington, Jarnegan, Johnson, McDuffie. Man- i
gum : Miller, Morehead, Fhelps, Porter, Simraens, Up ham,
celebrate, in uuos
From the Wathington Globe.
General Jack on’s Birthday.
Last Saturday, 15th of March, 1815, the '
anniversary of the birth-day of Andrew J a
son, some of the friends of the glorious ]J
chieftain agreed to meet at Coleman’s Hot-]
mtatious cotnmunings, u fay
■tens the deepest feel’ing, -V
gratitude in the breasts of Americans. g 6 e ,
rai Louisianians were there, and, side bv
sat General Armstrong and Major Davezac *'
Mr. Breedlove gave the first toast—“Andre*
Jackson : May he live many years, to gladde
the hearts of his steadfast friends !” NcTi **
mult of applause saluted this t oa st. The ass^
ciutions it brought to ihe mind of all p re ^°|
were too strong for the lips to express—tber
filled the heart and remained in its sanctuary
Mr. Kennedy filled his glass, and said; “Tb'
is in remembrance of that Old Sword* undo]
him to whose safe-keeping the Hero has intr-s
ted it.” Loud cheers saluted this homage paid
to the veteran soldier who had so wofl deserved
to become the guardian of that national treaj
ure. Mr. Morse, one of the members of C03
gress for the Stale of Louisiana, rose, andsp 0 ' h -,
as follows : “My friends, let us not, on this o c .
;
Singular cure for the Headache I had a
violent headache, which the captain undertook
to cure, and he certainfy succeeded. J-J e made
me sit down, seized hold of my caput, and,
placing a thumb on each of my temporal arte
ries, pressed them in such a way as to almost
slop the whole circulation of my blood. He
j then directed me to heave as long n 3 igh a* I
Oregon.
To the true American—he who is so not
merely in name, or because it is accidentally
his birthplace or home—the omission of the
Senate to act upon the Oregon question, must
enuso sincere regret. There was no subject
of a more momentous character, or more vital
ly affecting ihe prosperity of our country be
fore Congress, at its recent session ; although
seldom, if ever, have so many matters of high
interest awaited, at any given time, the action of
that body. Nor cun we restrain the expression
of our sorrow that upon the motion to take up
the bill from the House, the South Carolina
Senators leA the Demociatic ranks, reducing
them to twenty-one, which was also the exact
number of Whig Senators present, und, by vo
ting with these latter, gave them the victory—
Indeed it requires nil that high respect which
we feel for the eloquence of McDuffie, and the
accomplishments of Huger, to reconcile us at
all to their extraordinary course. It surely
was not right; neither was it exactly just to
wards that largo portion of the Democracy, who
regard this measure with intense anxiety, and
many of whom had, with some sacrifice of fee
ling, if not of sentiment, acquiesced in or sup
ported a measure deemed of vital importance to
their own section, by the South Carolina Sena
tors, as well us by South Carolina’s most bril
liant statesman. Those, who so circumstanced,
had stood in solid phalanx with South Carolina,
and achieved tho Annexation ofTexas, did not
anticipate that South Carolina’s representatives
would so speedily break that phalanx, and de
liver them, powerless, to their opponents.
But thanks to the union of the Democracy,
the Annexation ofTexas has been accomplish
ed ; and not even the dose of Tyler gall, which
has been dashed into the cup of joy a delighted
people were drinking, can suffice to neutralize
their gladness. That question, therefore, be
ing removed fr >m further political agitation,
leaves the Democracy entirely free to rally for
Oregon* the first, and most deserving object
of their efforts. And wo venture to say that
From the New York Weekly Plebeian.
The Oregon Territory—Jcffmoii’j Opinions—
ISnil KouiIk and .Magnetic Telegraphs have
AunihilninJ Time.
Since the Whig papers have perceived that
their suggestions in favor of an independent na
tion in the Oregon Territory meets with un
qualified disfavor among the masses, they are
now trying to screen themselves behind the
great name of Jefferson, whose wonderful pow
er over his countrymen is that grateful homage
which the people render to the memory of a
great benefactor.
It seems then that Jefferson, in a private con
versation in 1818, (twenty-six years since) ex
pressed the opinion that though Oregon should
be occupied by our people and our institutions,
it was so far distant it would be as well for us
and them that they should form a distinct gov
ernment. He is said to have remarked that
should we embrace the whole of Oregon in our
confederacy, “ the extent would be altogether
too great for one government ?” These nmy
hare been his opinions at that time, but notions
of extent and distance are entirely modified by
radical change in inter-communication between
the distant sections of a country. Such a
cnnnge has taken place. Railways and the
locomotive have completely overturned all
opinions of the past, founded upon the future.—
It is well known that regions which were once
a great way off, are now very near. Oregon
is in 1845 no more distant than the Missouri
territory was in 1818. The iiou horse will
perform his journey from New York to the
Columbia River in ihe space of ten days.—
While, in 181S, it would take twice that time
to go as fir as Nebraska; Such is the extra
ordinary revolution which the introduction of
railways have exerted upon far-separated coun
tries. As vast as is the extent of our country,
they draw our utmost limits together as if it
were but one Suite, Is it not but a few years
since that Buffalo was as distant from New
York as Wisconsin is now ? In truth, events
are hourly proving that so long as the steam
boat & the railway march onward with our pop
ulation, our confederacy cannot spread too far.
But were we still limited to common turn
pikes, where the maximum speed is about
five miles per hour, and which would have
made Oregon, even when all the country along
the route is settled, at least six weeks journey
from tho Adamic States, it might be another
question, whether our confederacy would not
then be too extended ; but the days of turn
pikes have passed. Even steamboats are out
stripped. The iron horse, which labor never
wearies—whose muscles never relax from
burning heat or intense cold—never restive un
der the lash, hut completely obedient to man’s
will—and almost with the certainty of the sun
itself, runs his twenty miles per hour, both night
and flay, is now ihe ruling Spirit of the Age.—
It is his untiring race which makes thousands
of miles seem ns so many hundreds. Distance
is thus modified by improvements since 1S18,
which then, did not enter even tin. far-reaching
mind of Jtfferson.
In 1S25, the celebrated South Pass of the
Rocky Mountains was discovered, along which
a wheeled carriage passed over the mountains
or rather through this gorge to the Columbia
River. This discovery, unknown in 1818, is
of no ordinary' importance, us it is now con
sidered the feasible route for a Railway from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. The route of Lew
is and Clark over the Rocky Mountains, was so
rugged and r ally terrific, that to those unac-
qu doted with any otner road, it must have
seemed as if nature had placed an insurmounta
ble barrier between the plains of Missouri and
Oregon.
Still later, and more wonderful, we have the
magnetic Telegraph, which in the lightning-
like velocity of its communication, passes even
all dreams of the past. When established, as
in time it assuredly will be, between New
York and the Oregon—daily, the dwellers on
the Hudson will gather around the Telegraph
stations to hear the daily business and news of
Ibeir brethren 3000 miles distant, on the shores
of the Pacific. Who will then say that Ore
gon is too lar distant, to bo included within the
Union of our Confederacy? That these will
be realities in time, who can doubt who lias
followed the advance of the past? Buffalo is
now within eighteen hours’ journey of Alba
ny—whereas but ten years since it took five
times that space.
Science has not yet developed its full trea
sures. As man seeks her depths be finds more
and more of that practical wisdom which en
larges his power over n.attf r.
As great as the improvements have been du
ring the last twenty-five years, who can say
that we have touched the limits ? In this coun
try, 30 miles per hour is the maximum of rail
road speed. In England it is £0. Will not
these rates be introduced in our country ?—
Most assuredly they will. He who iliinks oth
erwise dues not understand the genius or char
acter of our people. The Oregon, instead of
ten days’ journey, will then be only five days
from the city of New York. These are no
dreams, but simply tlie far extended results of
casion, while honoring the chief under w| 10Sc
auspices the memorable campaign of Or lea/
was achieved, forget one who stood by his 3 ;j e
during the whole of that memorablo contes;-
one, too, who first set in motion tlie ball which
rolling over twenty States readied at last th*
Senate, and decided the remitting of the ini,
quitous fine imposed on a hero, as a protest c f
private malice against national gratitude.” A.i
eyes were now turned towards Major Davezac
vvho, after struggling to subdue the strong eme!
Moris called forth by this unexpected tributt
paid to his military and civic toils—address^
the gentlemen who had assembled around him
with a vehemence of unpremeditated eloquence'
similar to the democrats of New York, and no
less so to those of Louisiana, who have so often
applauded his impassioned extemporaneoM
speeches, both at the bar and on tlie hustings.
We have taken no notes of the Major’s response
and we know that it were useless to ask him to
write what he uttered without premeditation
ar.d cannot remember. When freedom
spires—when the mime of Jackson animates
him—he is but an- instrument resounding with
melodies, called forth by a power which heCQ
neither resist nor control. The voice of ihe
orator, subdued by strong emotions, was nt fin!
tremulous; and yet, when lie described hi* par-
ting from the chief whom he loves with filial
devotion, the panting breath, the glowiar
cheeks, the eye suffused with tears, were more
eloquent in praise of the speaker than the hod.
eat cheers. But when he alluded to theevena
which had changed into the fruition of happy
realities tlie hopes of the aged warrior—trhea
he described his own long pilgrimage, during
the Inst campaign, in which he served (we use
his own words) “ as one of the aids of the peo
ple, in battles no less fata' to the nation, bad
they proved disastrous—no less glorious in tbw
triumphant results—than those in which it wai
his fortune to serve, in'the same capacity, under •
the command of the victorious hero of Orleans’
—the Major’s voice was as strong as when,
mingled with the shouts of twenty-thousand
democrats, it rolled down the hills which encir
cle Wheeling, bearing to the Ohio the names of
“Polk ancf Dai I us!” “ I was at Baltimore, 0
Mr. Davezac exclaimed, “when we planied the
young hickory twig ia Monument Square. Oh!
how fast it grew ! A sapling then : but whe: .
I saw it, a few months afier. it had become the
mainmast of the giant linc-of jiuttle ship—:ht
United States !”
We d<> not profess to be versed in the pre
cepts of that eloquence which is taught by ire:
who never ottered a sentence which went tn
the heart, and therefore we will not say dial
Maj or Davezac is eloquent- But, if to mah
captive the attention of his bearers—if to touch, j
now the chords of the softer sympathies of the
mind, and then, changing suddenly the lyre for j
the trumpet, to kindle with its fiercest bias', all
the warlike passions—if to please the learned ’]
by happy allusions to classic lore,, and, at tin j
same lime, Yo delight all, young and old, w.d) ij
images and illustrations drawn from everyday J
life—be evidences of the highest powers 0:
oratory, then, indeed, the voice of an oraW
was beard last Saturday evening. Speakic; ]
of Tex 13, the theme of tlie major’s sixty speed* H
es during the late canvass, he exclaimed :
“ There are craven hearts, I have been to'-',1
that would have refused the boon of an ernpirr ,
tendered to this great republic to completely
giant frontiers, lest the accepting of it sltouti
load to a war : a war, they said, to be dreaJei
by a nation having no army, no leader to mute:
tlie great commanders of European nations. -
No leader! They' forget, ungrateful niSV
that Jackson still lives. Alt ! if Marshal SsK
borne in a litter, could gain Fontenoy, on wli ,:
fiald of battle could Americans be conquer"--
if, borne in tlie arms of freemen, Jacksnc
should breathe into all hearts the auspicious
contagion of his undying energies ? No army
Even if the hero were dead, go to the Hrrrci*
luge, ye men of little faith ! Go! ask for tha:
old cocked hat; it is there ; take it; raiss'.i
on the t<<p of a long hickory' pole! One bn* 1
dred thousand American horsemen, rally! 11 !
round that national standard, will tread do* 5
Europe s or Mexico’s mercenaries like tk
grass of the Texian prairies.”
“ What reason have we to fear a third ' KV ‘
we, tlie conquerors of two wars ? In lBff-
an army of 16,000 veteran soldiers landed*-
the most vulnerable point of the republic-''
They came flashed with hopes of glorv i" 11
conquest. Conquest, indeed! The vain boaC
( rs, they’ could not conquers grave for tbeirsh 1
I hey asked their sepulture as a boon—as a bX®
it was granted by the victorious Jackson.
“A word now, ere we part, about that
sword. It is in the keeping of one who"-
never allow a stain to attach to it. This i J i!
it should be. The Greeks did loot adjudg s ^ f
arms of Achilles to the brutal strength and val-j
of Ajax. They bestowed them, as the merit?-
reward of Ulysses, wise in council, daring*
action. Let but the drum beat to arms. an "'
leaping from thescabburd, tlie warriors ol A® ( '
rica will see the welj-tried blado again gk*®
like a meteor in the front of victorious bait!*', j
“ And now, gentlemen, I offer this—a s* n , (
ment ? a feeling.? No! my knowledge of l,) '
present, my oracles of the future : .
“Jackson: Alive, loved, venerated: by •
patriot, ihe grateful, the brave; dead, io 1 ® 13 '
tal in the pages of our glorious annals- ’
* The swerd worn by General Jackson in his
and recently given by him, at the Hermitage,
Armstrong.
IJea^ 1
It appears from a report recently
the Committee on Naval Affairs to the *
of Representatives, that from the year C
IS40 eighty vessels were lost by explore,
Steamboilers, and that sev^n hundred and
ty persons were killed, and two bundre
nineiy-six wounded by these disasters. j
the same period of time, ten years, twent)*'
**’ ------ v - | . ¥ . Jtfj I
actual improvements in daily use among our .vessels were destroyed by fire, and two hu* 1 '
peopb. : and fifty lives lost.
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