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" VOLUME X VII. ~ " CAI^DEN^" SQU1^-CAE(3^^^ TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1856.' NUMBER ] Sdofd ftoftrg. ? - ? THE JEWISH PILGRIM. Vi Are these the ancient holy hills i * TVhero angels walked of old ? Is this the land our story fills With glory not yet cold ? Por I have passed by many a shrine,/ O'er many a land and sea, But still, 0! promised Palestine, My dreams nave been of thee. I see thy mountain cedars green, Thy valleys fresh and fair. With summers bright as they Jiave been, J When Israel's hbrae was -there; TW o'er thee sword and time have past, 'And Ci^ sto (>eseent shone,' And heavily the chain hath prest, But thou art still our own! H Thine are the wandering race that go UnWest through Isvory land, ; Whose blood hath stained the polar snow, And quenched the desert sand, ' And thine the homeless hearts that turn i\ From all earth's shrines to thee, : \ With their lone faith for ages borne ! In sleepless memory. ? ' For thrones are fallen?nations gone, : | \ ' Befdre the inarch of time, ^ ? I And where tho ocean rolled alone-. Are forests in their pritne. ' ^ Since Gentile plouglishares marred the brow, Of Zion's holy hill? t . Whero aro the Roman eagles now? *, Yet Judan wanders atiU. . - .** mi And hath sbg wandered thus iu vaiu, . A pilgrim.of the past ? ' - , " B No ! long deferred her hope bath betn, ?? - ^ vr^jdtTer differences of opinipn tuny prevail "fcnorfier pwi;?>ll will agree that Mr. Brooks, B hi* casti?ftM?'? of Sumner, has given to the. ' Bblic, Noith stud South, a spell of very intense 5~ ejsitemetrt. "Newspapers an'd orMos%1sft^rek'tciled their genius at iTie thvme,.-fab#' * * tfcisin has mingled its "sluieks *6<r>we<loa)^" r vith the -pitiable Weatings of?4?t?oV Sfoiirief-V*; . ijlle whole*# or, has been-most oppot arte. In tii first place, Mc. Brook$ hfl#aequ?r< F, tliiough'* " eft the-State and South ^'a .-wider xyruhirily'. tftn speeches and.vtftesin Cdhgre^ >$u.W ever . rfve givetr hiqi. ' lie has,iro^i tl^e first, con <1]cted himseffcwith gootf fasta,*?200fl judgment, 1*A rrnnd snirit IIis letter 'to.-the-Senate, his. Jeteh in Court, aiulyfiniilly, his effort in the mouse, have aU'bfett'chHraeterifcer. I?y these Jualities. He will be feceiyojd by'bis cornti faency with open arms, am) isept i triumph pack, to confront, and, if need be, \* trust, to [punish, the enemies and calumniators of his State and the South. W In the next place, it has contributed greatly Ro the union of Southern men in Congress.? We do not remember any act width has been I so generally and heartily npprr/\'ed, from MaInland to Texas, as Mr. Sumner's castigation; (and unanimity of sentiment in the people has\ re-acted upon their representatives in Washington. On the other hand, the furious denunciations in every quarter of the North have developed the same feeling of unanimity ainong Northern representatives; and the result is, that the lines of sectionalism have been drawn deeper than ever before to the disgust of party hacks, and the satisfaction of true men in the South. We rejoice at any event which makes common cause at the South, find foreshadows her destiny as a, separate and independent people. It has also contributed to a more complete vindication of the Revolutionary fame and history of South Carolina, than was ever befo?e made in Congress. The discussion has not only exposed the I'alae assumptions of the North of superioiity duringthe Revolution, but convicted them, by every kind of testimony, even that of r* ?unineties-;. IUCVlj;c ** nnifiu-bwii - . cupidity, and cowardice. It has shown that Sumner,and Woodruff "?d Cnntiin*, and B'?rlidgame, are liot the degenerate sons of noble aires, hut lite true and lineal descendants of the braggart* and cowards of ibp Revolution ^ 'h# speeches of M*ssfs. Butler and Evans, and, fjnajl^, the complete and conclusive speech pf Mr. Rejtt, the conclusion of which we sliuil publish to morroy, commend, for the persual of the North, fasts tvhjcb put to Bhame their impudent assumptions, But Sumner, and his champions in ti e House Messrs. Pennington, Burlingome, Comins, and Woodruff, will cherish no very pleasant memories of tl\p affair. The former is dead lin the esteem of every man not a p<>|tiQ<m, Worth and South. He has been personally krnnded, morally disgraced, and po jtically Lxposed, as a wilful falsifier of truth in the Senate. We cannot believe that any amount of fanatical sympathy or party clap-trap, can save such a inasi from the living death of infamy and detestation which he so well merits.? Wherever manhood is prized and truth admired, tKe name of Charles Sumner will descend upon IXjKthe lips of men, from father to son, as the perMMIfcct synonjme of cowardice and baseness.? such be the end of every calumniator of ?K Jouth Carolina ! ! And what of Sumner's champions, those ?a!orous knights, who pranced so gallantly on plain, and, like the army in Plunders, "sworo terribly?" At the sound of the trumpet, they dashed into the ring,and, at the appearance of the foe, dashed out again. Like their great protoype in the Senate, their courage exhausted itself in Cmpty blustering, and, like him, i they have been branded with the mark of infamy. Fit champions of New Edgland fanaticism! Fit slanderers of South Carolina! Whither had fled the spirit of Bunker's Hill, upon the i shadow of w hich all New England has been living for three quarters of h century, that i among "11 her rampant representatives there j could not be found one to redeem it from dishonor.* - , J But this case of Mr. Brooks has brought out i another fact, to which we cannot shut our eves, i A merely personal quarrel has been elevated > into nil the importance of a sectional question, and u-veu an Impulse to fanalisor .unknown bar i fore. It has furnished a pretext for another i and more palpubable exhibition of the tendencies of the Government towards lawlessness ! and absolutism. A majority the House 'of i Representatives sustain Mr^-Ssmner in his i abuse of the privilege of. debaf^ while it also h holds the rod of punishmettt -over the ?iti&en~ i who hesitates to violate bit,p^vate confidences . or refuses to tura spy arid tuformer. What Ih-COiliVs o f republican government-?what/of ih I lie liberties of the ciljxert,* wjfen a majority,fa iViiijibMsJuKirrps^suciir tyionnicnl powers! {jfo < right.^et^er pfrsoftal.or political, is safe in the kis jriujj 4>f a Government like this. U *< wants onljJ. thr^dtiker "to trample, in like^nfcn- ; upr.M^s^aifesfait pfell as indiyuju;ftsf and po jfc capTichftis, unpSo&J fr6llgj4-\i?ilj."vlt Go vernhter.tj~*o t i o? to and frobv 'iie madhour, submission l> i which, tfist^acKof fkircnasiife forbearance, only * UtvitesJuftiicm otdra'gVnnJ humiliation. , Si, v** V .'* . ' t?hwle*ton "Courier. iL* Lv?" V " v LX^eHxo FiiEs oufix}yJ3<^SEa.?Ift-J8^6,.Wr' S^ioe cojnmufiioated k> the Transactions of the EitU^Rolp^caL Societj-Tbe^'m^ns of excluding' bu-- fii>i** a rcxjTu -wiib enclosed windows, by ig ' he oj>en>n? dfcuqh-windbwsVilli a net rpade ot v? tike vr Jigpt coTo'red-ihread, with fticsh.es r bd4j^ /r-mo^iW^pieter^- Nuw, there*. ?kh&? foy gjtfl oWtmfe^lh^terfe^tothe eptrairet of . senate ngjssh.* being not .merely fto pa^s jfcrougb ^fthe^anfedqidjj^ijcaBs^ue^tly both as to4h? free admisioo- " of airland Jtere y?i*vp??eu<?HyV io thqji tf the, windofes - .were e3>?ioyi^^tke-flies bbiog jjselvfle^itnpl/fFom cd.a^iioi i?.4b&t the lightJootecs^Hg *. yfo'y}rpw$tey?j$'^r if there b?vi t$>i^J?l? i p! . e [j ^gentllrnan' who had seen it roioj,ted in I lie irbn.a.Mery tiijuir' of CamaWoh or ?n Verna. A )mssageLn^crodottts, h??lc ii. chap. 95, records that thefi-iiefinen i^Rls'time were similarly protected from ghats. ' Wen asleep, by covering* themselves with their casHpg nets, through the meshes of which the gnats would not pass. Thu3 Herodotus is *4ff correct rn this .passage as Geoffrey St. HHairs sHnwed lihn let bo in the history, oLa bird (GJia~nA~in? Fntin/irii* nf Hnftsplouial tnkirif (hi? '""" ? v 1?.-/ -o gijats out of tlie mouth pf the crocodile, wbtCtr was .deemed a mere fable until confirmed by the evidence of StHilaire when in Egypt. Timb's Things Not Generally Known. - ??. ... - "No Gentleman,"?Mr. Burlingnnte,?M* . C. from Massachusets, may be a "smart" man? but he is neither h m it nor a prudent one,?else, . in a Fourth of July oraliop at Cambridge,? he never would have expressed" himself with so much bad taste, as the Boston Atlas reports thus; ! ul'iwe it to yo.u.to explaiuwhy I am away from W,'sfunglon. I was called upon to go to New H wnpshire, the native State of that President who has^sVnitten the breast'of his mother, and there to do' what I Cupid to bring about a jubilee day fur our country* 1 had not even time to pack up my trunk. My friends found a South Carolinian, whom thty -supposed to be as far from me as an anybody, and who was willing to pair off. [Voices?"Was,it Brooks!" -Was it Keitt?''] .No, 110; it was a gentleman." " Now.?neither Brooks nor Keitt may be gentlemen,? but is it "gen tlemanly" for a mem??f Congress,? Mr. BurlUigame,?tc say so, thus, behind their backs,?just for the sake of creating a sensation in the crowd,?at home? New York Express. \ .. Wiiat our E.nkmiks.. arr Doing.?Gerrit Smith, the Abolitionist, liasjust pledged himself to give 81,500 a month for the .next twelve months, to ail in ej-tablishing Freedom in Kansas. He gave, but a short lime since, at the Kansas relief meeting in Albany, $3,000.? Prmr t<> that, he had sent about 81,000 to the liohton Emigrant Committee. Out of his own funds, he subsequently equipped a Madison County Company, of one hundred picked snen and paid their expenses to Kansas. At Syracuse he subscribed $10,000 for Abolition purposes, 840,000- This is the tribute of one man's mere hostility to the spread Of Southern institutions, Wc wish we could point to a Southern man who, recognising Kansas as the battle-ground of the South?as the place where, of all others, W6 are to determine w hether we will l?ld our posjtoti by power or henceforth exist by the iliercy of our enemies?we wish we could name a Southern man who had given as much for the safety of his section as this fanatic for the triumph of liis,? Charleston Mercury, CtviLiTV.?The editor of the Kichirond Dis patch never penned a more truthful paragraph than the following, which we liinj iu the t'dilo rial column of yesterday's issue; ^ "This js a cheap commodity, and highly useful to all persons engaged in trade and business. Nothing is lost by a kind word or a pleasant _ wi...... SID 110 eVCU IU Ui? IlUlllUICSb IIIUIV IUUU1 M UCIUA3, on the contrary, gruffness, and a harsh, repulsive manner, often drive people and their friends from a place of business which they would otherwise patronize, and inako them resolve not to darken tho door again." % ' Hone*! Dan. T Manj years ago, a youpg man, 21 years of Tl age, and whom 1 will call Daniel, was hired to the j work on a farm by Mr. Wallace, a man of ,oou- and siderable note as a farmer in Massachusetts Vice Mr. Wallt.ee hail a daughter and a hired girl, ? ! both about 18 years of age; and Daniel, being the of a steady turn, was not palliative enough to Spea Buit their fancy;' and after trying various plans Thoi and tricks without successr, to (as they said) his f raise his ideas, they caught a large frog, and it ha put it into Daniel's bid. On going to bed he Ame soon discovered the whereabouts of his bed- nod fellow , and pitched his frogskip out of the win- brill dow, and never afterwards betrayed the least sign of knowledge in regard to the joke. elect About a fortnight afterwards, Daniel fontti a Stot< lot of cbesnul burrs, nearly us sharp as ihe (Faj thistle; apd contrived ito deposite nearly half vote ? peck in the girls' bed;,and after the girls date went to their room until bad time to undress, was be took a candle,-went to the door and rattled mHj< the latch, when the girls put out their light Vvhie and jumped into bed, and sucli a squalling was he v never hoard before. Daniel now opened the maj< door andjstood in it wfth light in hand. ' the ^. "Dah,:^rment^ your picture; I wish you to o werh as far fe^ypnd the lighthouse as you are on this side,' fta3d*jttfcey. ? cdii "Wby, whaTayhf mutter! have you any frogs dpsp there!" said Dan.-.-t|S^ ? ed t< "Dan, if you dpn'tsfhl ;he door and clair p0\V out, I will'Jafl Mrs. continued MSs was Suke^. , thr?j "I will cull ser myself if you wish." sakl tees (ip. *" ^ * *' * > was " 'jDanier," sr.id;Anna WulUce^'if you will wer< shflPtlie door nnd grf biicfe.tathirt^c-hen, theria' r?>d?! slj.nl I' fc* t? more-tricks or jokes put upon-you purs by jjs, for ^i.x uionthj at. letist." m | (..rat Daniel, thinking he^ lisd punished ihe girls arou enough, *hyt"rbe doornrfd. left; tH^rn. A. few vor; moments after Ihis, Sukey (air. s onCto light her 0fll '. fthoufBl'vpn had foil a* 1 o bed, Sa^ ey' bv n aid M?. Woffcce. ; " -0 fafesy utade no reply, "bit lookbd^UggeiriM t$*| Dan, and qiU'cKJ^returned. -After this scrape c'our tbe'trirla put no- more jokes or. t.-icks upon jDtll). pMr. He v^s a steady, Itiithfal roan?saved eTvefj^ ut<>r i dollar ?Mas, earnings, an^six pears 'from-thagtT-belit time^wne'd ajrood farm,-. married ~Arin a Igeet^tyftvAS tbrqjo years first selectman ofctSfj. is al loin? which he afterwards- repi-esented - hT IMmfog S tarsl at u re. ^1| J'.foto OF Cj'FscibrcE^?Our -'reader* g?nerl&y rofnumHTYtlie case of Sidney.' VSfjfc \ the ifuert^friig aiid pious jjp^hg t!eyUI^.who>iMU^raIijrted himself _ with ismdyid ufcoift -l/est ciflzrms,-that he iu-'Ciretj Uutl ted with a tiooir chaiof jprfe-j ei"ar:< ? lot jMifiie- months, hotfhe mnr>ag0?$8j elildraU jb'fiiirts ib eapture !h??h jn the appro ^ hemtion that he was being poisued he-travel- u led nearly the wh&Je eoqntry, sometime^ f , he says, in the very cars with tin >?e hunting for him; and after nearly two j ears of this u?hap|iy life, went tojSt. Paol/Mitajtieaota." Worn ,.1P out with dread, he wenUtfthe !Kf*r$hal of ifie , Territory-Van'd toH.his case, arMil-. Jtaked to he V arretted- Thooffieer "reirtowtiTfteH; told "hint , he had rio authority to make ah arrest; thalthe .. affair was forgotten, and if he meant to make , hisremc^o^ f^anythingi he t>ed better ?? set to w^xjt aftd;eart^he m|g^)f4ie bad crim- < utally got'hpd fipeplrsdtid #91"% Bank arid . . those he Jswindled; tliat would be belief eve [!? 1 ry wn v 1 ra?gningi|to ffie 'ffcn ifentiaefc* Bot Hhtv'ard ^^ft^nie^jfQ'bo arrested;The offieer w ro t? tfi:tbi^eity, and a requisition was ' procured", np'oh ;\vfcch he was btought^Jiere on- " . Thursday afternoohl believe an indictment 11 is poudiiig ngau^lMii for th,eilaroeny. ,n?s P. S.~ VVe learft ihat Howard yras aent to a,)<* ?' ? ' lit"'. . /?at o the penitentiary, on Saturday, lor two years. He plead guilty ?Indianapolis \Ind.) Sentinel l".e ,*a i* \ witc v^', bloc M?. E?ooK8.r-lJh? victory "oif yesterday, in the' Hod* 8*11^ is. with Preston 5. Brooks, ^ whore speech on tbq-fcreasion is destined to be ene) re^iby'millions. 'As .terrible as that was upon those who-Had been dealing with the grave ques- ^ t lion of liiw-and right only to make out of it partisan.capital at the expense of every manly ^ ^ and piorr^ct senlitnent?and his exposure of that ^ purpose on the part of many of his assailants causdd,$very general and visible blanching of cheeks on the part of the Repub! cans?the dig- ^ nity of his bearing and the power of his rea to.11 lioning eclipBed it. He made it perfectly plaiir er,n that the majority had voltd to expel him only ^or' for polidntl effect; overstepping the bounds of f? f their authority, and aiding and abetting dastardly conduct on the part of some, only to the 1,1' end of eoiu|ta?sing n political rcnult foreign to s".u him they suaghi to victimize. ... w:t We hearthat, anticipating this result, heplaced re(* his resignation of his seat in the House some ben days ago in the hands of friends, to be transmitted 'lav to the Governor of South Carolina on the instant veri the telegarph carries thither information of what l',e occurred yesterday in the House. The election deu to supply the vacancy thus created will take place 8aK in the course of next week. We predict for him a re election without a dissenting vote, and a I triumphal progress on his return to South Caro- ing It ?''III... Via twill tvonrl tlfi WDU fr/1I' 11112!) VV U JIIICI Tt C |;iCOUIl'Q law nail nvuv HIW w mm j ..v. to day. He docs but his duly to himself and lod{ Lift coiiKtitutents in appealing to them from the he partisan judgment of the House. Their action wh< upon the question of his re election will open the old c.ye3 of those of "lie North who are cheating them- so i selves into the bellf'fthat tlioy mu go on with up: the work ofaboliiioiiiziog the Government with- old cutstirrji.g up a feeling and determination in the ehil action "f ilte Union thus assailed, that must mo inevitably result in theseparntim. oftheBOvereigu ing Slates of the present North American confed- boh eiacy, unless wiser and more patriotic councils prevail in the minds "f the great mass of the northern public.? W'ashwjton Star. , William M. Bukwell, Esq..?Thig gentle- cgv roan, formerly the editor of the 'A merican Or wit gan at Washington, is out in a letter annoucing sne hit-, intention to support Mr. Buchanan for the ser Presidency. Having been electe^l to tho Vir- the ginia Legislature last fall by tiie. American ot 1 party, he also announces that ho lias forwarded not his resignation to the Governor. gra ' he Hon. ionn C. Breckinridge. tie Louisville Courier of^jhe 7th speaks in following glowing terms" of the character talents of the Democratic nominee for the Presidency: 3ut what shajl we say of our candidate for Vice Presidency? Is it necessary that we k to Kentuckians of John C. Breckinridge? jgh young in years and political experience ante has gone forth among the people, until ,s become commensurate with the whole srican Continent. In politics he has known efeat. His career has been one scries of iant triumphs. 5ome seven or eight years ago, he was fed by an overwhelming majority to the jJLegislature, from Mr. Clay's own county etta,) then Whig by some six hundred In i *^t l m nntimmned himself a enndi. for Congress in the Ashland district, which Whig In from fifteen to eigliteen hundred iritv; and after an exciting canvass, in li Gen. Leslie Cnmhs was his opponent, ra? elected by from six to seven hundred )rity. In 1858 he was again a candidate", Whigs having biought out Gov, Letcher ppose him, The canvass was the bitterest ever witnessi this State. The Whigs fought with the/ era?ion of madmen. They were determin> redeem tile Ashland District, if human er could ^accomplish it. Every appliance brought into itqoisition. Money was wn broadcast over the District?commitwere appointed?evcrv county and precinct polled. The first orators in the party ; sent to canvass the different counties. They i and spoke both night arid day, and in hine and rain. But the young Kentucky or was invincible. The people rallied ind his st ndaid, and upheld it with a ferind ei thusfasm unparalleled in the history te nation. ?John C. Breckinridge was again ted to Congress from the Asbland District early Beven hundred majority. This Congressional career it h needless n?w peak. It is known to the country, and the itrjr approves it. Asa far-seeing statesman, Rropltinrirlirp hoc hut few annals. As an ora ir> tbe true sense of tbe term, we honestly 5T6 that 'he stands without a peer in the iriean forum; while his private character X>ve reproach, and bn hearing that of an aaf*i?enttfckjr gentleman. His persona) Airily and exalted woYth wilP'aud' 'to the u^tlnef tbe tipket irt thjs Sta'te^-at least Ithoi^ap'cf votes. * V * * ,^ y*.". *" - ^ ' . ? " rnocb to piucun?* a bust*of ^ w&s Really apprised to find ocbymqiprial or representation of the great overerTo GfenoS. After visiting Florence Ri)ibefand much fesoarch, lie found whatfesired in the'Cainpidoglio injhe latter city, learned that, with the exception of one at ties, no other existed in Italy. After some unity, lie succeeded in getting permission ava if cast taken from it, and he hai the faction of having at his consulate ihe only i of CQlumbus in Genoa. He has forward. ifirviaNew York to Columbia, as a present be l?ibftry ol the South Carolina College, ill be a: great acquisition, and Mr. Nerbe It desertes tbe thanks of all Invers'of patsm And the arts for bis successful effort in matter." 7hen the Emperor Napoleon III, undertook last trip to Augres, he took particular .pains lauire which ol the inundated districts were ibited by the.most violent of his opponents, forthwith betook himself to the places indid, attended only by the Bishop and Prefeet of" Department. Here be mingled familiarly i men who be knew were thirsting for bis id, and when he got into a*b6at to visit the leof ruin, In selected hw boatmen from among roost avowed and fanatical of his Btftublican uies. The uttercontciupt oidangertnusmanied produced a Complete reaction in the minds he people, and persons who bad been his srest opponents ever since the inauguration, is dynasty, wero the first t<* rend the air with shouts of Five T Empeteur. > i gentleman was going out in liis carriage uakesonic calls with his wife,, when, discovg that he bad left bis visiting cards, lie oriel his footman, recently come into service, ;o to the mantel piece in his sitting room bring the cards that ho should see there, ^servant dirKns lie was directed, and otr ted the gentleman, sending in his footman h curds wherever the "not at home" occur, As those were numerous, he turned to the rant with the question: "How many cards e you left?" "Well sir,' said the footman y innocently, "there's the king of spades, six of hearts, and the ace of clubs." 'The ce!" exclaimed his master. ''Tint's gone" i John." luMBOLOT.?Heine liked to relate the followlittle incident: Returning home one evening n his cabinet dc lecture, and ascending to his giogs, Faubourg Perssonniere, auquatrienne, was met on the landing place by his wife, - iniii Kim in n inn# of renroach. that a very \J VVIU II* It ?W..V w. - - - f gentleman had called, and that she had been sorry for him, because of his having climbed so high to no purpose. Heine looked at the, gentleman's card. "Be easy about that, my Id," he said* "this gentleman has ascended re formidable heights than those of our lodga!" It was the card of Alexander Von Humdt. ' * ? ^llQ Noah grew grey preacmng (epeiuauvc. stood useless for years a huge laughingck for the scoffer's wit; it stood till it was rered with the rnerks of age, and its builders h the contempt of the worki; and many a er hud those tnon to hear, as pointing to the eue heavpn above and an empty ark below, question was put, "Where is the promise >U coming?" Most patient God! Then, as v thou wert slow to punish?"waiting to be cioos."? Outhrip, 0 < k ' . / , i n The Statue of Washington, No event iti the celebration of the birth day of the Republic will equal in importance or interest, the unveiling of the Statue of Wash ington and its presentation to the City of New York. Washington iieeds.no monument; nay ijwre,? tiie erection of monuments to him is absurd, almost an affront to the country and to the world ; but the erection of statues ill his honor is a very different matter. The two things are supposed by many persons to be almost identical in their meaning, at least, if not in their form ; but this is ii great mistake.? Monuments and statues are not more palpably unlike in their forms tban tbey are radically different in tbeir object and?so to speak? their idea. A monument is erected to perpetuate the memory of an event or person : but a statue is a tribute from Art to Worth and Genius, and honor paid, which when duly paid, honors therpajer. In primitive, times a stone is set up to mark and keep in memory an event, as for instance Jacob and Labat), t<> he a witness of the covenant between them. More cultivated people can do little better than to hew the stone into some symmetrical form, such as an obelisk or a pillar. In the Bunker Hill Monument we have a fine specimen ol the monument pure and simple legitimately used. That there was a battle of Bunker Ilill would never have been forgotten bufwith the destruction of the literature of America and England; but the place and the date might, in the lapse of ages, have been forgotten, had not this obelisk been erected, to tell to the w orld through all time, that then and there took place the first great notable struggle for American independence. To erect a monument like this to Washington, is, plainly, a work of the absurdest supererroguiipn ; and thus that ridiculous struc ture at W ashington ia doubly ridiculous,? ridiculous both in itself arid in its purpose*,? ridiculous ab ovo. But as to statues of Washington, there should he one at least in every prfticipa) city in the land \ and it is a shame to Near Yo#k that until now sbe has not paid this honor to the Father of his Country. That she has been relieved of that shame is chieBy, we might say entirely due to the taste, the. public spirit, and the exertiens of*one among her most esteemed citizens?Colonel James Lee. . Mr. Lee has been bent on achieving what he will tn-mnrrnw so siireessfnliv have achieved.' for six y fears post. He L&s been.often rebuffed, bu( never discouraged, ^nd now be fa as Ibe pleasure 'bf'being able, with the aid of several* gen tiemen wJ?o have, with a spirit kindred to fatsiown, 'responded to fiis appeals,, to prefect 4a .the ' citizenspf.New*x^ptk. one of Jtfo ffa^ealwploa. jaI.bropte' A^^|^^he>O^^V^" ^ .y . |"our rMdefe^s [ countryma^M/>;I^K^row^ ? Statue cf Washingtbn, it witf jjjgjgL 'monument' of his ! skill and - due appreciation of the eharacter oi his great' subject. It. represents Washington | on horseback r and MV Browne, with very good judgement, lias-given us agroup expressive of dignity and plalid power, although it} equestrian statues we -look for striking sction. The figure is seated at perfect ease, and the horse is slopping at a quiet walk. Washington's noble bead is finely modelled, the resemblnnce being chiefly to Houdon's bust, modified somewhat, however, by Stewart's portrait. The horse is a noble, animal,?a fine, stal wart, intelligent, high bred creature, wo/thy ol bis rider; but Mr. Browne has not been tempted into aiiy of tliat equestrian foppishness by whicb ari exaggerated air gf blood and mettle is so often given to horses in statues anipiclures, His group has thegreafest merit which it could have,?faithfulness in spirit aod form to tyolt its competent parts. By a?eingular, and we ore assured, a mere .accident, the remodelling of this statue wai commeqced'on the 22d February, 1862; I la model wtfk.completed in the autumn of 1655 and the Casting made at the Chfoopee KobndfJP near Springfield, Massachusetts, in- June o the present year." It .does great .credit to tha foundry, and especially to Mr,. -Langton, tb< Superintendent, who watched over it at-thi time when the metal was poured into the mould under afarminir circumstances, with a devotioi quite heroic. The bronze is of a very beautifu quality, although some persons will find it lightc than they expected; but time and the weathe will darken it. Our readers may like to know that the metal is composed of copper?88 parts tin, 9 parts; zinc, 2 parts; lead, 1 part. Tlr statue stunds at the junction of Broadway nn< Fourth Avenue, near Union square, facinj southward ? the best position for it in tho city Its cost is thirty thousand dollars,.which, fo the encouragement of art, and the honor of tit city, could not have been more judiciously c.\ pen doff. The inauguration of the Statue form the principal feature in the. city programtnm for the celebration of the 4th of July. Flowers for Great Britain.?An evidenc of the facil.ties of intercourse between this countr and Great Britain, presented byTthe-steamsbi lines, was afforded by the last trip of the Persu A gentleman of Brooklyn, who takes considerabl interest in floriculture, bad a beautiful boque prepared for the purpose of presenting to a frieni and commercial correspondent in Liverpool c similar taste. This was boxed and prepared fo the voyage. A lotted has been received froi Liverpool which states that the flowers came t hand apparently as fresh and fragrant as if the had been gathered only the day previous, an remained in good condition for a full week aftc their reception.?New York Commercial. Warning to Slaveholders.?A gentlema of this tow n, says the Charlottesville AdvocAt had one of his servants to runaway last Mot! tiny, arid having strong reason to suspect the ho had been carried off by some of the Circti Company which performed here on Friday an Saturday of lost week, he sent in pursuit of th negro. At Orange Court House his messengr overtook the Circus Company and found th negro in tho employment of one of the ham belonging to the Company. Where such o| portunities of escape are held out to slaves, tli community cannot bo too guarded in prolactin their property, b) keeping n watchful eye upc such men. S I 1 A Young Matt'i Characters No young man who has a just sense;. pTA!^;, own value will sport with his own A watchful regard to his character in youth will lie of in conceivable valhe tobiwrtt1 all the remaining years of hfc fife. When ed to deviate from strict propriety of diFptHt' ment he should ask himself, "Can I afford (fck? Can I endure hereafter to look back OB-tkM*^ 1 It is of amazing worth to a young man ttr 3 have a pure mind;: for this b the foundation of a pure character. The mind, in order fo-be -It kept pure, must be employed in topkf of '?M thought which are themselves lovely, chastened, and elevating. Thus the mind hftfhihv itk own power the selection* of its thciSwajedfintrf. itation. If youth only knew how durable and how dismal is the injury produced by tk* indulgence of degraded* thonghfcj?if (bey only realized how frightful were theinocal depravr> . ^ ties which a cherished habit of loose imagmw tion produces on the soul?rhey would eta* / them as the bite of a serpent The power of books to excite lite imagination i%?<a fearful element of mom! death when employed in tW service of vice. The cultivation of an amiable, elevated^ and! " glowing heart, alive to all the beautieeofMature and all the snblimitiea of truth, invigorates the intellect, gives to the will independence o? ; haser passions, and to the affections that power 4 of adhesion to whatever i9 pure, and gootf, arrrf ! grand, which is adapted to lead out lbs whole nature of man into those scenes of action and impression by which its energies may be mpat appropriately employed, and by whieb its high destination may be most effectually reached. The opportunities of exciting these (acuities ^ in benevolent and self denying efforts for (few welfare of our tellow men, are so many and) great that it h really worth while to lira The heart that is truly evangelical ly benevolent, may luxuriate in an age like this. The prom*. isesofGod are iuoxpreaslbly rich, the-mam tendencies of fhings so manifestly in- accor; dance with them, the extent of moral influence ] is so great, and the effects of Ha employment , so visible, that whoever aspires after bencYoleot action and reaches forth for tbingl,. that remain for us, to the true dignity of hisnature tan find free scope for hit intellect, and inspiring themes for the heart. * self poese^d k|, soetAj^^^^o speiak and act, ^_ r (n every instance-as he wdild'tbifoth^^eh^ do ud to hirn. He is constantly thinking not indeed how he "taay giv8 plea?hre to others for the mere r* . sense of pleasing, WhStyr he can show res peel for others?rhow he may avoid hurting their feet ings. 'When he is in society he scrnpnioosiy ascertains the position and relation of every oof ^ , with whom he is brought into contact, that be may give to each his dae honor, bia properpoei- y- tion. He studies how he may avoid teaching in - ? conversation upon any subject which may needlessly hurt their feelings, bow he may abstaia. from any allusion which may call up a disagreeaf ble or offensive association. A gentleman never alludes to, never even appear! conscious Of any . pereotutLdefttU bodily deformity, inferiority of talent, of v^u^, of repotatioo,. iy the persons in whose society he is piaeed. He never assumes my to himself?-never rididoea, never , 8n eers, never boasts, never makes a disj! day of bis own power, or rank or advantages?such as is , imp^L^h^^oie or ,sarcasm, or abase?as he I never Uiupiges in nnoiis, or tncas, or lucimauot** s which may be offensive to others. \ A Dex of Thibves,?The most astounding f discoveries have been made between three or t four weeks past, of the existence of a large and. i well organized band of thieves and robbers, i who baring their head quarters at or oearvihe , Gap, in. Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, hare i extended their operations over several States I and have their agents and accomplice in New r York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware r and Maryland, and perhaps in other States heir sides. These discoveries were made, it seerotf, by i; the Philadelphia police, through the revelations e of a notorious horse thief named Yonng, who I recently fell into their clutches* Die whole 5 matter has been kept as secret as possible, in . order that they might capture as many of the r gang as they could lay thoir hnnds upon. We c understand that about twenty of them hare al; ready been takep inco custody, aod that the s officers are actively engaged in the pursuit of e others, in various parts of the country. .* Among the nuinhcr already arrested is a dentist of Camden, N. J., a lawyer of Lancaster; a reputed Methodist local preacher, of Lancaster or Ohese ter county; a Quaker, or an individual wearing y the Quaker garb, and several others who hate P held a'respectable position in society. Several ' individuals in this county are implicated, end e the police are on their track. " H . Elkton (Md) Democrat. u ^ ^ _ ^ Tnfc Crops iy St^ Lakort Parish.? tw n Opoloasas Patriot, 8# Saturday the 5th met, ' " reports a glorious newer of ?b hours duration 0 on W edncsday Lj&and saw# j . It came top mfyhowev^for the erops. AU t chance for ean^^lpven there will not bo realized more, than jfeeJve or fifteen hundred hogs^ heads, probably# the whole parish. Com \ I and cotton wi|i4h> better but nothing like* a n reasonable yield.tan be anticipated, the gran' ^ e worm having proved unusally destructive. Fruit - A i- are slowly beginningjo show themselves, with' it a slight sprinkling of gaiden vegetables, hardly', itlivorth mentioning. f* ' a-' ~ 6 A statue of Washington has been made from >r sheet copper by a coppersmith of )New Tork !? city with a hami. ?r. : >*- i > P __ }. * ie There are twenty one thousand pianos made ? in the United States each verff"; afibrtftnj^ einploy men t to upwards of three fhousaft^ fire .. hundred woiknteu. *' V* ' r ' JJ