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-????1 POETRY. THE SONGsT OF"YQRET Ala*! the good old songu of yoro Have gone quite out of date? Surptvscd by "Old Virginia's Shoro," And the "North Oar'linn State." No more are heard the pleasing notes Of "fiftmlnflr 4*) ?? " wu vu^u IUC IVJ C| But turn you where you may, you'll hear "Sussannali don't you cry." To sing the song of "Homo, Sweet Home," A girl could not bo led; But ask her for somo "favorite tuno," Sho'll strike up "Uncle Ned;" Then finish off with "Buffalo Gals," Or clso with "Duarost Mac;" Forgetting that sno ever knew Some moro heart-breathing lay. Oh, give to me the songs of yore, That come warm from the heart; That makes each pulse throb with delight, And VliH (lin m.?o!Aiia >??-' ~-v- ? W OUU I. Sing me the. songs of "Hours (hat were'" I'll crave not what belongs, "To the list of "nigger"?pshaw! I mean Of fashionable songs. OUR PRESIDENTS. First stands the lofty Washington, That noble great, immortal one; The elder Adams next we boo, And Jefferson comes number three; Then Madison is fourth you know, The fifth one on the list Monroo; The sixth an Adams comes again, And Jackson seventh in the ir.iim Van Buron eighth upon the line, And IIarri?on counts number nine; The tenth is Tyler in his turn, And F">lk eleventh, m we learn; The twelfth is Taylor, people say; The next we'll learn some future day. arise*: txISiStir ~~ SrEECII OF LOT DOOLITTLE. OH THE BILL FOK THE rBOTECTIO.V OF IIE.V-B006TS I Mistur Speaker?I've sot here in my | seat and hecred the opponents of this i great noshunl measure, nnd expectorate j again it, till I am party n gh busted with i indignant commotions of my lacerated sensibilities. Mistur Speaker, are it possible that men can be so infatuated ns to vote again this bill? Mistur Speaker, allow me to pictur to your excited and denuded imagination some of the heart rendincr evils which nri :o fWww ? ?* 1 of purtection to hen-roosts, in my vicini- j tv, among ray constituents. Mistur j Speaker, we will suppose it to be the j awful and melancholy hour of midnight ; ?all natur am hushed in deep repose? | the solemn wind softly moans through , the waving branches of the trees, and nought is heered to break the solemn- I choly stillness, save an occasional grunt from the hog pen! I will now carry ' your imagination to that devoted hen- ' house. Behold its peaceful and happy ! inmates gen'lv declining in balmy slum- | bers on thei- elevated and nvvesiic roosts! Look fit. t.llf nrri'A nml 11 1 t > >nvi icimiiuiiunnu nignly respect-ible roosVr, a* lie keen his silent vigils with patience and unmitigated watchfulness over those innocent, helpless, and virtuous hens and pullets! i Ju3t let your eyes glance around and hehold that dignified and matronal hen, who watches with tender solicitude and paternal congratulation over those little juvenile chickens, who crowd around j their respectful projenitor, and nestle under her circumambient wings. Now, I ask, Mister Speaker, am there to lm found a wrctch so lost and abandoned, as will , enter that peaceful and lmppy abode, and tear those interesting little biddies, from their agonized and heart broken parents ? Mistur Speaker, I answer in thunder tones there am! Arc thar anything so mean and sneaking as such a robbery? No, thar are not. You may search the wide universe from the natives who repose in solitary grandeur and j superlative majesty under thn /.f r ? v" I the tall cedars that grow upon the tops of the Ilimmaleh mountains in the valley cf Joscpliat, down to the degraded and barbarous savages who re.-;pose in obscurity in their miserable wigwams on the rock of Gibraltar in the Gulf of Mexico, and then you will be so much puzzled to find anything so mean, as you would to see the artli revolve around the sun once j in twenty-four hours without the aid of a | wiowope. Mistur Speaker, I feel that I have said enough on this Bubject to convince the most obstinate member, of the unapproaohable necessity of a law which shall forever and everlastingly put a atop to those faiol proceedings, find I proposethat every convicted offender shall suffer the penalty of the law, as follow*: For the flint ofTence he sh;.*ll be obliged to suck twelve rotten eggs, with no salt on 'cm. For the second ofTence li shall be obliged tr set on twenty rotten eggs, until he hatcnes 'em. Mistur Speaker, all I want, is for every member to act on this subject according* to his conscientiousness. Let him do I this and he will be remembered everlastingly by a grateful posterity. Mister Speaker, I've done.?Whore's my hat? lilA ? _v<v<|wuii ^Riuiemnn, according to I the Boston Post's report, here donned his ' Mialcd-cap, and sat dov/n apparently much exhautied. # ' 0 1 1 * ' ETIQUETTE FOR GENTLEMEN. In the column of the National Intelligencer devoted to notes on New Pooks, we find the following chapter from a now work on etiquette: in mc intercourse ol sociul lite the importance of little things is very great. Trifles ore capable of expressing a greater degree both of regard and disregard than larger actions. If you are attentive in trivial affairs it is said your regard extends even to the smallest considerations; if you are neglectful in light and unimportant matters, it is observed that you have not enough respcct to be civil even in the minutest concerns. That person who j picked up the hat of Mr. Madison at the flight of Bladensburg exhibited an abase- j 1 ? i ? I ilium, yji na.Mury wnicn 11 wouia nave ucen | I difficult to e/ceed ; and that minister who j J refused to take up Napoleon's when he dropped it in the council chamber ns a ; test of the consideration he was held in, displayed n thoroughness of indifference which assured the Emperor that his fate was sealed. We shall here set down, without order or connexion, somo points of ctinnctte nro.f?SSnrv tn Iinnwn find nrnclicoil Kv J v. , . V him who would be well bred in manner. At an evening party you should make j a point of going all around the room, af ter you have saluted the lady of the louse, ! and bowing to every lady with whom you are acquainted. If, al.-o, in any public room, or place of exhibition, you see any person whom you know, you should go and speak to them. If you meet ladies or gentlemen whom you do not know at a morning visit or a small evening party, where you sit next 10 them and arc brought into contact with them, converse with them with tho. j same readiness and case as if you hud known them nil your life. Moreover, if, ; in walking with one whom you are acquainted with, there arc others in the j group whom you do not know, you should address them precisely on the same terms on which you speak to your friend. On such an occasion the topics should be wholly free from embarrassment. A shy ; or awkward demeanor towards strangers ! u *\ 1. ~ I HI Dlll-ll IJU^lllUU 13 IliU VUlli'llI II1?II tV U1 UUU not familiar with the great world. If you are presented to n lady at an evening party you should cull upon her soon after. At an evening party never put a tea cup, wine glass, glass of water, or cup of , lemonade back upon the same waiter' from which you took it. That waiter will ! be handed to others, and it will be disa- I greeable to them to survey an array of j half empty cups and glasses, and perhaps | inconvenient to distinguish which are fresh and which have been u^ed. Another waiter, in every respectable house, follows the first one, for the purpose of receiving the cups and glasses witli which persons have done, and upon it alone should they be placed. When the servants are engaged in handing ten or doing other special s-.in ice, you should not withdraw any of them | from that duty by sending (hem from (he I room for an) thing elso?as for a gl;iss j ~ V in.:. ; wi niubi) u Iiiutu U1 ICC. I I11S IS particularly important at a small party, where there are few servants; and where their absence will be more inconvenient. If, in walking, you meet a friend, accompanied by one whom you do not know, speak to both. Also, if you arc j walking with a friend who speaks to a friend, whom you are not acquainted with, i you should speak to the person : and with | as much respect and ease as if you knew the party. If you meet a man whom you have met. frequently before, who knows your name, and whose name you know, it is polite to salute him. At dinner, there should not be much conversation during the first course, while the meats are receiving attention. At least, during that season the remarks which are made should be biief and quiet, and not upon earnest or exciting topics. Lon?c stories should be avoided, for the listeners have other organs than the ear, which they arc wishing to exercise at that time. At a later part of the entertainment, discourse is agreeable. If you arc at a small party where tea iii made in the room, you should not enter into conversation with the lady who presides at the table, and you should not draw your chair close to her. She has need of all her attention in arranging and preparing the tea-waiters, and she also requires room for bur arms. "\Vhcn you take coffee, tea or soup at tabic, you should make no noise in sup ping, nor otncr unnftturnl smackings of the mouth, for this is decidedly vulgar. o George Buckhart of Harlan county, (Ky.,) 13 one hundred and fou>'t?xiyt years old, and lives in a hollow sycamore ? tree. < Health of the Atlantic Cities.?The j deaths in Philadelphia for the past week ( were 13 8?of which 13 were by consump- , tion, and 3 by cholera asphyxia. j The deaths in Boston for the were 77?-of Which 17 were by consump- ] tion, and 10 by scarlet fevers. , The deaths in New-York for the past , wctfk were 270?of which 40 were by ( con?umption, and 20 by cholera. , NEW WORK ON THE MEXICAN WAIL H. Judge Moorre, Esq. has prepared, and now has in the course of publication, to be issued from the Press of Nixon, in Charleston, a new work on the Mexican war. It will be ready for delivery to subscribers by the first of August next. \Ye have not examined th-.* manuscript of Mr. Moore, but entertain great confidence that bis work will prove an agreeable and instructive one. We had the pleasure of receiving several letters from him whilst he was in Mexico as a Private in the Palmetto Regiment, and his talents as a writer were richly displayed in the fine descriptions of the events of which he wrote. Mr. Moore, we venture to say, has not neglected the lesser and more retired pn' -sof the grand drama in which he acted a part, but his pnges will be found replete with descriptions of man- ' ncrs and habits of the' Mexicans, as well 1 as with the more exciting topics of mar- ! chos, sieges and battles. Mr. Moore is a native citizen of Greenville, and a man of talents. We wish 1 great success to his work. It must oc- i cur to many as something remarkable, that Greenville District has had two citizens Ministers Plenipotentiary to Mexico, and two who have wiitten books of great celebrity already on that country, and now Mr. Moore will be the third author on Mexico who hails a?*& citizen of G rcenville. We wish that he may eclipse the fame of both his predecessors, (the Hon. J. R. Poinsett and Gen. W. Thompson,) eminent as they are, and wake up, after llis J100U i? mililiclmrl o.-x. ^M>/?iauvvi) OUUl^ 1UW1 V<4? I Byron did) and find himself famous, nor fail in a more substantial reward than glory. The time hns passed when it can be said that glory alone is the reward of genius, and that those who deserve it pcorn all meaner things.? Greenville Mountaineer. AS IT SHOULD BE. The French in Rome.?A correspondent' of the Herald, writing from Rome, gives ' an account of the release of the French: prisoners of war, and the subsequent frn- | ternal escort that was given them. The j French had their swords returned to j them, an'J were conducted into the town j to a collation. Some of them expressed j themselves with a good deal of feeling, J nil ^ ? 1 uuu u?i uviu u;nij;iCU'/ij' ulCSllUltt'U. UlIR. Ave*antio shook hands with most, and thcv were embraced by many of the Italian officers. In a short time, General Avczzanno went with his staff to join them in the Corso, where the French soldiers were collected, and in friendly conversation with crowds of Romans, some of whom were offering them cigars, some giving bread, and others taking them to drink wine. It was delightful to see with what good-will and alacrity the Romans responded to the generous and noble in tiuiuim ui nit government, i nc military band played the Marseilles, ard then a Frenchman, who bad a good deal of eloquence and writes for some of the French papers, was requested by the officers to address the people from the bal- I cony of the restaurant; and he thanked j mem, in the mo3t expressive terms, for the noble conduct shown to his fellow countrymen, and he was received with most rapturous applause from the people, and cries of " Vive la Republic Romoine /" from the French soldiers in the street. The late prisoners were then conducted in procession, most of them arm in arm with Romans, to the gates of the city : but as thev nnr.spil K" ?I "J ? wuy went in of their own accord, and, before the grand altar, knelt down and swore never to serve again against the Itoman republic. [/*Vom the JBaltiviore Alexandria, June 5?G p. m. Much cxcitement prevails here this evening, originating in the recent division of the members of the Methodist. Episcopal Church on the subject of slavery, and the organization of two official bodies. This aft?rnoon the only church of that denomination, in the city, was taken possession of by the officers of that pprtion of the church officiating with the cnurch south, who clnim to be the legal representatives of the Methodist Episcopal Church and entitled to the building. The question will d ubtless be thrown into court fur adjudication. B. f Accident at Niagara Falls.?A distressing accident, is stated to have occurred at tho Falls of Niagara, a few days ago, in conseriucnce of three men attempting,to CVO<U? f.VlA rtvor in n olrlfi" As they ncared the middle of the river, the gttscrer.t which at present is unusually fwpid in consequence of the projection of the coffer dams on cither Bide, speedily overpowered their efforts to resist it, and rising, aa if to view the inevitable death before them, they w.ve swept, stern on into the rapids. Their boat, tossing from one rock to another, in a few momenta was seen to capsize ; the men rose, clinging to the gunwales, and were hurried >n, until an opposing rock daahed the boat into fragment*. Two disappeared ?b wnuc; tne vuwr wi? m'cn or?<5t, the v&ttr to his knee*, but in a moment af- i er hu was hurled down and seen no ] nore. i INDIAN CORN. In the raising of Indian corn, some experiments htuo been made which have produced singular results. Mr. Fowler of Ohio, planted n hnlf acre of ground with throe different kinds of com?half ncre of China, half acre of yclow gourd seed, half acre of white flint. The result of the crop was seventy-three and a half ousneis ol shelled corn from the China, mty-six and a half of the white Hint, nnd fifty-four from the gourd seed. The result was beyond anything before raised in Northern Ohio, and so much in favor of the China corn, that he has ever)' year since planted it When he commenced with this corn, it was a flint com, from seven years' use, it has become so closely allied to gourd seed that the kernel is very much dented, nnd the cars from 12 to 'JO rows; the same remarks hold good in relation to the Hint. From sixteen years' cultivation and acquaintance, it seems to bear no similarity to its species sixteen years ago: it was then an eight rowed flint corn; it is now some sixteen to twenty rows gourd seed; which demonstrates the fact that thi; climate changes the species of corn from one kind to that of an other.?Pittsburg Visiter. Pcnrarrr t v*fo%f tT). > >.vuaii?a.<ia? 1.1 II1B JDUlt'ltVAKU. A Gloucester (Eng.) paper says: "There is a lad in a brickyard who walks, or rather inns, over a space of ground equal to sixty miles daily. Nor is the space travelled, by any means, the most arduous portion of his task ; for he has to c?\rry, during thirty miles of his journey, a mould or hod, containing wet clay, weighing together more than 12 lbs., and for the other thirty miles he has to carry back the empty mould, weighing 4 lbs.. and he has stoop and pick up the mould 110 less than six thousand times ! What is the gatJwnng of a hundred stones in a single TfMir, compared to the unintermitting exertion of this poor overworked boy, whose labor in running, stooping, and lifting, is continued for eighteen hours in succession, during which time he removes upwards of twenfour tons of wet clay ? Prodigious as all this npnears, we have the authority of the boy s employer, that the fact is literally as stated above, and further, that it is not a solitary performance, but has been done for five successive days during the present week. The daily earnings by this amount of labor are stated to be half-ci-croum /" Fatal Casualty.?About *ix o'clock on Saturday, a distressing casualty occurrcd upon the steamer Chnthnm in our river. Messrs. William II. Guglc and James Poince were together in the cabin of the boat, when the former, taking up a riflo standing in a comcr for the purpose of examining it, not Knowing that it was loaded or cocked, accidentally discharged ilo it-- 1---J -r .1 ? .. ii.i v-v?iii^hio iiuu tuu iicuu oi me inner, killing him instantly. We learn that tho same rifle had been snapped several times during the morning ana had not gone off, and that under all the circumstances not the sligh est reproach attaches to Mr. G ugle. 11 has been with him one of those great misfortunes which sometimes befall men, but for which they are not accountable. The verdict of the Inquest was of course?death by accident.?Savannah Georgian. STOPPING NEWSPAPERS. A class of conceited, touchy people, who stops a newspaper on account of any petty paragraph that displeases them, are cleverly ridiculed by an exchange as r~n nn- - ? i ? * * iwiiuwa. anc pnruoie snou.a oc kept before the people: "A certain man hit his toe agninst a pebble stone and fell headlong to the ground, lie was vexed, and under the influence of anger and acti*.*e self-sufficieney, he kicked old mother earth right saucily. With imperturbable gravity, he looked to see, 'the vast globe itself dissolved' and co uo to nought. But tho earth remained, and only his poor foot woo ?** * mt_? ...? iiijuiuu iii uiu i ih IUUIUT. 1111S IS the way of man. An article appears in the newspaper touching him in a weak place, ana straightway ho sends word to stop his paper. With great self-complacency, he looks on to see a crush, wnen the object of his spleen shall cease to be. Poor fool, he has only hit his own toe Hgamsi a world trmt does not perceptibly feel the shock, and injures, to no extent, any one hut himself. Troops to tub Rio OnANDE.?Tho President of tho United Suites has it is stated, ordered troops to proceed forth-with to the Rio Grande, to protect the inhabitants from the Indians, who, it will be recollected, have committed a number of murders and robberies in that section of country. Atrocious Muntmi.*?The Charleston Mercury of Monday last, says: "James Morrison, a watchman at the West Point Mills, on the Southwestern border of the city, was murdered on Saturday night last." Ui - 'j! ' b A nhocmaker may be cousidercd ua entirely done up who is compelled to pawn his boot tree?, for he has then evidently rom^ to his fat flogs, it I j Ninety Thousand. Land Warrants have j been issued to soldiers who served in tho Mexican war, giving away to them as a bounty thirteen million eight hundred thousand acres. Estimating the value of this land at one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre, we have an aggregate^ of seventeen million two hundred and thirty thousand dollars. Europe in 1849.?Our regular Paru correspondent in a private note relating to some little matters of business, drojw the following remarks: "This /ear will, I think, be more eventful and extraordinary in Europe than the last. Your commercial relations may be more and more disturbed. Never were the destinies of France more uncertain.?Jour. Com. A Great 9tatk.?Horace Greely, writing from Ohio, says that fifty years o^o the first white settlement was made in I Ohio. She now litis a population of two millions, nnd before the close of the prcsj ent century, according to the present rate ofincrea.se, will have ten millions. Threefourths of Ohio is yet a forest. Her min! oral resources are untouched, and manufactures in their infancy. "John," said his master to a man one day, "they really say that ycur wife beats you. Is it true?" "Yoy !" drawled John, with the most provoking coolness. "What do you mean by that, you lout ? A great thumping fellow like you, ns strong as a steam engine or an elephant, to let a little woman like your wife thrasli you! What a blockhead you must be !' "Whoy, wlioy," was the patient reply, "it pleases her, and it does me no hurt." . \ Calves Heads and Ox tails are in Eng land considered as delicacies; and if our butchers would save them for sale, they would be certain never to lose money, as they would then make both ends meat. Number of of emigrants arrived at Boston week before last, was one thousand two hundred and ninety-five. Not cholera Hick, nor cholora dead; . Dut from tLo flight of cholera Hod. Tho Virginia Legislature, alarmed at their own fears have adjourned to tho Warrenton Springs. ^ Democratic Review. GREATLY REDUCED PRICE, From 86 to $3 per annum. Enlargement of the Number by one-fifth the reading matter. SINGLE COPY TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. rROSrrerVS OF THE TWENTY-rOURTU YOLl'MK. The Twenty-fourth Volume of the Democratic Review t>roceed9 to its read ers under different auspices from those which have smiled upon its progress hitherto. New arrangement have become necessary, internally, as well as renewed exertions to promote its welfare externally. The unfortunate divisions of the party have resulted in a reverse more severe than any that has been experienced tor many terms. The outgoing administration leaves the country in every position ?politically, territorially, commercially and financially, more renowned, more ex lenaea, more prosperous, nnd in liigncr credit than it had ever beforo attained-? The prosperity which pervades the country, and the glory that surroundc flaJ? are mainly, it not entirely, due to those sound principles clearly recognised by an American public, and carried to their fulfilment through the steady loyalty of the Democratic Party. That schisms have been created hv signing men, aa dangerous to party ascendency as to national welfare, affords additional reasons for more rigorous exertions, the cultivation of a spirit of forbearance, nnd that self sacrificing patriotism which has for so long a period been a distinguishing feature of- democracy.-? For whatever of evil ma spring from federal ascendancy, those who defeated the democratic party by heartless desertion in its hour of trial must be held accountsII i < - * ? -J Die ; nnu wo doubt not that November, 1852, will witness a retribution that will be more terrible to false friends than to open foes. The accustomed features of the Review will be continued, including Jforlraits and Biographies of dUlingwtfwt Democrats?men whose patriotic principles and steadiness of purpose have wot* the confidcnce of the people, We have to remind our readers that the low terms on which, we ffunrish the lie view makes it indispeiuable that the navment. nf -1?' 1 ** f J OMUIIIU i>e in advanck ; and that the expenditure incurred to improve the work can he met only by iho prompt remittance of subscriptions. N. B.?All communications will hereafter be addressed to the Editor, office of the Democratic Review, 170 Broadway, New York. ' THOS. PMINTICEKMTKLt. ? -W. ij --- Look at thia! m f - ? a us urm 01 rnomp?oi\?i&?th Having twn dissolved, th<*$ ie<i?bt?d to it wi$; do well to coil and settle with V B M KEim May 18, 1840. 1 it