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gay*-sr."-1 > POETRY. - ..; ; -. , - ., The Betrothed. . ^Vhen were frc^, Vhen eo other cl?lmed the dutv wopld yield to tl.eo; * ti?41-wroed thee?faRd I-won thee? bleit futd teen ray fate I Bat Uvy be*nty hath andono rne? 'y't?Nr ?j?3wsiWt?.Yx o ,1Fot to oiieTrty to Ww^" flighted " ' m . With afaltefing lip nnd pal glands our cruel sires unitsd, Hearts were deemed of alight avail! ts>??' *Thus my yonth's bright mora o'ersliaded, ' Thus betrothed to wealth and state, All Loyc's own sweet prospect^ faded, 89 I have found thee?but too late I r''>*: Uke the fawh tliat finds the fountain With the arrow in his breast; v' Or like light upon the mountain Where t]i? snow must ever rest, ^ v I hare found thee?but forget me! f rpn leei.wnaniia await; ' "Oh! 'fcU madness to have met theo? ' 'To hfcvo found tli^e?but too late I r . ,MISOELLA NY. [FOB TOE INDEPENDENT FRES&] Fame. At^tilings throughout tlio extended range of existence<bear the luminous impress of death and .revivification. Time, from its l> 0 - ~ : earliest dawn, has been one ceasless, varied # ' . scene of revolutions. And a glance at the ruins of former greatness is sufficient to v demonstrate the' \itter transientness of all efforts arising from a terrestrial origin. The f? mightiest achievements of genius in days of . yore, though numbered among the wonders of |he world, are fast crumbling to their basee or "have entirely perished away. Many ^ . ^ohderful cities, with their high and impenetrable walls surrounding towering battlenp .-ttientH, a vast area and a numerous popula xion, Dave no longer a place, save in names > <3nSreloped in sublimity and hallowed by classical associations. The most magnificent structures of art in Kgypt, and Greece, "'and Palestine, those lands of sweet, familiar . > sound, are all rapidly falling by the corrosive i.' j?ower of ages. And in whatever direction , .' i. ?V.~ .11?4:?l.~ 1. 1 il? 1?ii- - ? ura oiwiinuu in; luniuu iuu gruai iruui coilepieuously appears, "raortalia facta peribunt" The vegetation, which annually mantles, adorns and beautifies the earth, perfumes the.air, with fragrant, wafting odors, and de-i, lights and nourishes the living, rises by the potency of genial rays and falls before the r- wintry blasts. The rippling, roaring streams, and lovely volleys, and majestic, burning mountains, with all the scenery in nature, will be erased at some epoch in the unexplored future. And even old earth and ocean, yea,* all the myriads of worlds- small or great* that rest or roll in unlimited apace. ^ w ' i \' * ^ ' roust pass through a fiery ordeal, the crucible of Deity. Man, bearing the image of his exalted Creator, almost endowed with <divipity, and far surpassing the most wou<drous works in creation's ample bounds, y* -must lay aside his inipunity, put off nil his tnnrfnlitv. he Mn mnlra liia nn?fon/io into other and higher spheres. Bat there :? a principle, deeply fixed in the human Iieart, 'which-causes htm to fear the realities ... '.iot'. ihie dread beyond, and hedtate at the per ? nlow voyagey witbits upknown breakers and. ft# nmtned difficulties. It is the strong desire , to win distinction, that, when lie will be ^compelled to bpw in passive submission to the, laws of jns'being and bid a final adieu .!idtto th4ajtre on which he bas acted, bo Drtltl^WI IA IbftVA ? .? w ?v?fw Mvumu tiiin au uil?fh5a career' deep,audjn4eli^ ^footprint* -upon the bad da of .time," ? : ^'fifing, lowing name, an imperishable Hire in the affections ond rcZmtotfyfac* of mankind, is undoubtedly an t ;T - . J ... a ve!7 esscnt,al universally provalent could not4i$veorigin) ted of itael& no* by the seir.i-oinnipotet force of hnbit If fhrough the flight < ages and by the complicated m?chii*ery < *oei?ty, this element haa been thwarted froi its,proper channel, and mreativ ncrverte from , its tme character, It does not by an means amount'to an argument on aecoun of which its source is to 'be: question?* Were this 'the!l^^y^T?aaie logic wont reasonably doom everything thatpertainst man, t nd eveii tnan himself, to k doubtfi source, an uncertain origin. For atthislaf era, in these - latter times, where is it. thf degenei-acy has not ilapped n raven wing c rolled a blighting wave ? The love of fame is the strongest passio of the soul. "It lies at"{heTpmulatlon "oTa Mm rofth an/1 fKon OM ' ? L- - vuu WUCJ a IV UVTVIU^CU IU prOpUITIO td Ha-quality atid intensity. ^.n in con so able melancholy may "enshroud "its victim with horrors beyond conception, bend th lordly head, and paralyze a hegft, nobli generous, refined. Hope may cheer and ii vigorate tho lonely exile bound by the chair of a dismal, doleful dungeon. " And an ,ut sanctified ambition may lure its blind det otees away in untrodden, slippery path blast their fondest anticipations, and sin them to everlasting destruction. But th aesire lor unfading renov/B, like tbo caln unfathomcd current, is JgOgssantly movin with strength untold.' ' Iti. springs ever nerve to the utmost" tensi#", animates an prepares the mind fpr. its Noblest conflicts Few indeed would brave danger's storms t perform great exploits for their own eaketheir intrinsic worth?if they wer^nev< to be made known to a fellow creature. 33i with the tantalizing diadem, the bright ga land of fame for a reward, "nil martalibr ardui est" The soldier then, can-, wit! firm step and unmailed front, march into tli /Iin fltwl cmnl-n nT Ko^Ia ? - w?..w?v V*. ytiirVJVf TFJJC1U UUUUI^ HIT, ficial thunders roar and arrows "barbed wit fire*' lly and fell so thick and fast ' ha t eclipse the 6un. It was to gain this desin bio prize, that Ekotostratus acted the has incendiary, and Emfedcelks, the lunatic in stead of philosopher, by leaping delibei ately into the ignited caverns of yawninj hideous Etna. However great an influenc might have be4n -exerted -by a fine an PTAlirnSn/v rrnnJua ?A?T/?1 ? *? w.wt.uiug ^muoj iujai ^uiu nuu i\ cumuii nion with tlie Muses in their Parnassea home, still another component part was r< quired to constitute a sufficient incentive ft that admirable epic to emanate from th Mantuan bard. Nor was Maconides can less concerning what was to come after hin if he had been, though all modern facilitu and improvements had been at his con mand, hewould'ntft, irfth bo great -pfolixit; have sung,, in such rapturous erichnntin strains "the wrath of Peleu'b son" and tl mysterious, incredible wanderings of tb distinguished desfceudant of Laertes. An he, no doubt, when his labors were ende< felt, that by,the .admirably dfrawnxiharketei of Ajax and Ulysses, Achilles and II oil's great hero, he bad given an impetus I his name, that, would secure for it an unii terrnptea patftagedown to the last con dor of time. The tfro'flrst- among orator who n&nl no'Wntirtmi caf^>elf&56tiB, woul never have Died such extranordiwlry e*e tions fur a mere momentary triumph. Th one diligent pur^oqd.hia studies under tu complUbok ^t^ywjjth tyo# fea ful conscquencea, and contrary to pruder admonition. The other in some seclude grotto prepared hiin^df for the doKvoiy ,< the grand ^?te orMt^"4u*d proved to ( com: fhg^lndolent' yo'wthj"*^)cfy.mcet omnia The moet facetious of the Latin satirists, an the tb conclusion of a rolumo of odes; in earl ii^ th'ua;eiofcip^ { ' r^ "Exegi monumontum ?re psrreptnua, i- wonderfully astonishing bns boen the inh it lectuai advancement! And it can not \ >f known by any computation what part of rf is attribatable to the spirit of craulatio n The tropbiee. of others than Mjltiadi d bare brouelit on sJecbless niirKta abd "Kam ... ? * . ip -- ?:t y reformatiopa. And the brilliant lights, sta it of the first magnitude, whicfct have arise I. upon the horizon of, art and science at J literature, serve at all times to guide and it o spire those who are seeking to obtain a pror il position in the bright constellation. Ar :e he whose mind is tip imbued with selffshne it that he does not love to dwell inadmirin, >r as far as is just, the true greatness of othei may rest well assured that he ba? .nothiti n of the kind in hitnselC Annihilate tl It - * - it neaven-Dorn principle, and improvement* wl n cease, patriotism die, and tlio performani 1* of duty will indeed be an iutoleratle taa 9 But if kept under proper restrictions, it wi e always exert a healthful influence upon tl 8? destinies of inexperienced youtb, and eve i- of all mankind. It is not possible, in col '8 sideratiou of different circumstances, for e1 ory one to take the tide "at the flood," an reach the liighest meed of fame, yot in evei ^ grade of "beings, there will be a few, wli k will excel all others and challenge a pr 0 found respect. History is fertile in illusti 1 ' ' -> uus examples, tuat are strong in conUrroi g tion of these declarations. But we ha\ y one in the great expounder of our Constiti d tion, and another in the defender of 01 ' rights. ? Webbtek rose as with giant-like gfan< ~ eur, proudly burst asunder the bonds thi Jr faiu would' have held him down, and stam] cd his name upon the ago in which he live r~ and associated it with the renown of liisb 13 loved country. And when his exptfnsh ^ soul was called to perform nobler aotion 10 and contemplate the grander scenes of l" holier sphere, the intelligence darted ov< ^ land and sen, upon the lightning's wipg, pr< O v.. .1-- *i? ? ? ? uy liio munuera momentum. *11 l" breezes ever since have been wafting his ei 0 logics throughout the Unionj from the lij l' and hearts of the merest tyro in eloquen< up to those of the "matchless Cuoate >? And who can estimate what good will I 0 realized by the present and future generatioi ^ from the many virtues of the greatest or l" tor aud statesman of the nineteenth century Near six thousand yeare, and this, bror )r wuuuvui, wiiu us great suDiimities, we! e required in the production of a Washix* ton. He stands the first among mortal *. a "colossus of timo," and enjoys the riche ^ and purest of earthly glory. Several Freedom's bohs live in history, but he abkl in the affections of Iiib countrymen. The '' deeds may be eventually forgotten, but I |e will increase in splendor and in virtuo u i(J til both hemispheres are thoroughly revol j tionized, and Liberty holds undivided awn j Then let his children, r nation - of freeme ' rear his monument. tn nfcioa *?. f tho' lovely daughters of the South do lion to his menjory and themselves, by savit ^ from desecration tho holy ground which oo ^ tains the renting place of him whoso nan belongs to America?to Uberty1?to tl 5 wofw. I T v f. But fame also hag 4ta abuses; . Tho l0 who cannot succeed by lawful means, oft< resort'to an v.. however iJiof wi r. answer their purposes. Thousands, who hai it no higher aim than, to amass perishing pe Id will enter the tlrteshholds of tho Unfortuttal jf rob tlie pitiless orphan, and strongthop; t! jl de^omng rtUig.of poverty. Othe^oflf contracted desires, and with tnore favoral d opportunities, hay? generated clouds of d ie VaptaUoft, and Jeft wide-spread donation i tlieir^tniiii; T^nn^le^n^oatchis^^ ' - inir the nraise-worthv precedents of Nui and Au???i>, d grade fteirwfojecto and.e hftost the resource* of their ' gorernhwote^ lB accomplish thejr Igrsotte: end*. 'Aixxjt , . , ' ]"! y'm. ;l wrenching from impotent Spain tho .fairest ye je^tel in lier cRsket, the: b'emitiful island ol iji Cfubft. Europe is in a violent turmoil, the p. Bon, of the, North is marching down his hoet.and making ready for .the complete ,j annihilation of Turkey, and the finest oars vies in the world arc majestically riding the Sn eeas and buffeting billows to preser ve the id balance of power.' * x','; ^ The possession; and enjoyment iof&mG :t| are capable only of a temporary duration; id and when subjected to (he proper analysis, n % wift ^.fonod^ 8ftvor^t?ongly(ofiyanity. gt He, yrho.has scaled all jte heights and sound^ -ed even that lower, deep "beneath- its lowest ig .depths, cannot personally ' realifco from it iC more than a brief, consciousness of prt-e Willi nence. ? Its pleasures never can find -thbir ;e way to decaying mortality in the dark r.hflm |c. bewof deat)i4,?fofc.stkew.flothingf not*even ill-the most ^ Went convulsions of the universe, ie wilt eye heard aftttnothing jieod^eave in tholoua 'ertfbning sound of the A rollji. angel'- ? The immortal spirit' will v. havabu. -ipducgnjenttorovisltittformer d habitation.and museover that which wae y instrumental in riveting it to the. founda[0 tiona .of the profotmdest hell, to bo tortured d- forever by "floods and whirlwinds' of temi pestuoui .firo." -"And whflt are all! the a- crqwnflj pnd conquests, and victories of earth, re when contrasted with. the < extatic and peri petual bliea of 'Heaven ? The great lubo'ra)r tory- of nature is too poor to affortl a comrwmoan.1 . WIia %?fSll oV???a - ? i-1 nni ojj.uu, )t lllUUtQUli [Q 3. give a thought to aught that - transpired in at this probationary state, when once admitted pi .into a.oelestial home to dwell in the compaj. n^ofthepure, the holy; the redeemed? The e. honors and blessings of fame will be forgotro icn, as if submerged under oblivion's heavy 8( waves,-when the enraptured soul shall be a pavilioned by the rAhibow'coVcringa: of the er great royal palace, and imparadised fast by th? (hrope. of Jehovah. '. r There It shall con)0 tinde tp increase in happine^ befteatU the full-orbed splendor pf the Sun. of Righteous ->s ncss, until Eternity rocks on its base. >0 "Lovely BoicerGa., June, 1854. 'in . T. K: L. >0 POLITICAL. as . . : n- The President's Message. r? The great length of this document iprcid eludes tbo possibility of its appearanco in re the Press under presetit circumstances. We a- therefort copy n very accurate synopsis oi 1b, it prepared by the editors o^the Charleston st Courier ir- . of FOBEIGK RELATIONS. eg On tliia interesting subject, the duty and policy of the country arc stilted- in a brid . exposition, and enforcement' of the.' general 1,8 rUleo that ba?e long l>een recognized. The n- spirit and tenor of the Monroe ;dootrine are 11- clearly inculcated, as.not onlv noc?s?jirv fm ? the best interests of tlio country, but .aajuan fcified byanalogylto the. European system ' of balance of power. . ft Our aystemy however, is essentially one oi or defcncc and conservative Security?not 01 ?g offence drinterfereiJCO. The increasing- exn tent of intercourse and Of oonltherciaf conno nections may make-the.^^fplicatioij of tfie f doctrine more difficult,; but only enhances itl propriety: - This difficulty is owing in ' great, part to d proper dWi m6e ination between commercial fetid ' political rtJi&obk.reason able grounds fQr attribut i ng offensive ?T or intertnjda^ purines United If, reference to its miHtary^and naval cstablishte, incuts, forbids ?uch a supposition. '> lv "' Tho f<3tvftoh*l?xjp?iTUioiT oftfiU^ country, ^ ^ wi^i - (toftttist In ** * w< ^1-?WW5*W4;.?** : QMif.it >*3r , pressed his wilHrigue8st& accede. ' . Tho King of PnMsJp also assents, bu&j ; the proposal of a new gpiiditidn,, viz-:t renunciation of privateering. Such an'l ' ticle4would manifestly operate to.the bene of all powere having l^ge naval establis nients in proportion to their-bomnlerd i| marine, and the extent of their 'commerci exposure; hut it would as clearly be dat meotal to any powers having & large tfi widely extended commerce with a email n vy, in which condition W& arc found. T1 Inexpediency of ail accession to this pr pos6d condition by. the United States is j J * - gueu earnestly?ii< wouiu oe .equivalent an obligation and solemn compact to fore/ resort to volunteers on land in war. T1 particular state of our relations with oth powers is next adverted to, . , ; GREAT BRITAIN. ... T(ie legislation necessaryto the full ai faithful execution of the late Treaty of Ret procitv in fisheries, is strongly recortihien ed. 'The treaty is now ih opergtion as f as can be without the aid of Congress, ai | it ia recouimdhded to refund the duties th have accrued since its commencement, f th? want of power to suspend the law. -- There is pending'a difference in rega . to our boundary line on the North Facif , which has already caused difficulties betwe citizens and local authorities of the t\ Governments near that site. The dispu relates to the boundary line of Washiogti Territory, and a commission is recommen ed. The indications are encouraging for i amicable arrangement, which could also i elude the right of navigation on the Colui bia, as now vested in the Hudson Bay Coi pany. P IVAHVAi With tills countf^, pur fimt diplomat ally, and generally our steadiest friend tc we have had occasional, but slight interru (tons amity and courtesy. The case tlie French Consul at San Francisco, h i .been settled, it is believed, to thesatisfactii of all. The later, and apparently moresc ous, case, of the supposed iudignity offer to Mr. Soule, is briefly mentioned, in refi ring to the fid) correspondence to be subm 1 ted with tho message. BPAIN. iV The condition of this counter, agitat i by a revolution that liaB just been appeaa* h6s offered" hb opportunity to buif new mi uter for securing any definite rccultB. O relations, therefore, stand apparently -ii changed since the last message, but it hoped that the present government will ' found*, in some respects, more accessil tnan its predecessor. DENMARK. Negotiations are still continued to relie ' American shipping from the exactions the Sound dues. This claim, only rests u i on special conventional provisions, and r > on general maxims. As the existing cc Vention with Denmark is 'supposed to ei barrass and prejudice in 8ome points the f settlement of the question on broad prin pies, it is proposed to give notice of abrog tion after one vear. as reouired. '?f. ' * ' ' x ~ JAPAN. The management and control of tl?e li 1 expedition are highly commended in gen | "al terms.' The treaty resulting from this < podition awaits but ratifications and anxil ry. legislation, to open that distant empire our growing,commerce. . . MEXICO. ; p. Numerous jjrounds; of difference?chie , ip. private chums and griov^nces-^are al ' unsettled. and have beeri jcept so, in con J' quenco of tho dSturbed Conditionoft! j country internally, and in despite of the u wearied of forts of our representative the Tbe conatitutional authority and powers i lie .jgoveroment:-have [been employed vi itariily to perform our stipulations with'tii country, and to secure its exposed frontie and yrrth oarnplete wuloete, except in t\ i cases, whioh nro vf/ell known, .. Ti?P commMaipn for'loeating tie new li provided by tlie, treaty qF December, 181 has been organized' Juid ttio Wor&haSco; 1 M f " t&S AHSRIOIN 'iff AYES'.> with the Argentine OoirfSlei tion and -the Republics of UrHgoay a Paraguay have secured toJ? adrsotageoi ly.the n^vigatioa oC the*Bfo deJaftPla And it* tributaries ft is hoped the sar ^jW*?SU folio* tho nefcotuta** i progress x?ttcerni6g the AnWzon. * 'ofiwrfcACMHitWffS' f { r' At present thtftwtand' Aartek?*ste i miAtMiirm hrfufflAti ntir Pi* !>n : Tbe. .Treasury Report, is-marred to fotW V he fulf information -on tho ijpportanU 'subjecty#\3jf Vu \r- of the Federal 'finances. The total reygptyffi?0gaS fit for thelaatfiscal yearwas $73,54&Vf0^a$d h- tli? corresponding expendUures-^fch^lve' < h1 of the public debt? were*51,018,249;'.' al v The payments on . account of - the publio ri debt,including interest and ^ id ed ^24,830,280.^0 teTanco in Tn|a8ury at- J, . ^ ft- tllA ? ? w?t?ui?niuciucu> yi ui? jrtajr s ir- yea* uuder existing law? tyre* all ordjjjary to demands'Will reach $12,000,06?. The pub50 lie debt outstanding on the 20Ji Jfov. was ae $44,975,456, in different issues of Stock. er redeemable through a range of" fourteen years. The public debt overdue,-but not presented for payment^, eijuate $133jl7fl. id It is recommended to continue the. system - '* si- of applying the surplus, as far as pra<&ca)w<j d- under financial conditions, to cancelling |lie > ar public debt by anticipfttive redemption of , id Stocks. It is also strongly recommende^-?fe*>1 m. 10 rcauco the annual surplus by }oweriajfj^P">. v; or the duties to a standard corresponding with " the demands of a just administration. Reve- ^ rd nue and not protection being now the eatab- # " ic, fished principle in regulation of tbe duty-^* en \jaws, it will not be found'difficult to agreer .' vo *tin details. - >te It ia stated that within the fouKyeaTs 5n next preceding, the 4th Marcl>,1858-=-tliat d- is, throughout tho period of the Drecedincr '' - ( 4 M : ?O in term of administration?the treasury n" defrauded to tho amount $198,000 atJ.be ' , ^ n* four ports of Oswego, Toledo, Sandusky n" and Milwaukie." It was found difficult to detect these frauds, in consequence of tho abstraction of books and papers by retiring officers.; New provisions of law are recom ?? mended, requiring tho hooks and tecorda of P* officers to be left in their proper depositories, under adequate penalties. The treasurer^ r113 report, it is said, furnishes ample illustration. > of tho financial security and. prosperity of t the country, and of the saliitary operation e(l of the independent treasury system. A . INDIAN AFFAIKB. . '' * The experience of tho Year- furni*T?e* many painful reasons in favor of atflncrease , in the military force allotted^ the frontier defences. The frontier settlers "hare suffered ' much, and largo bodies of emigrants havo in" been massaored. Tho army jbw done H? Ul* duty nobly and displayed its. characteristic -*5 7" gallantry,' bnt ;?o increase fa imperatively ,18 demanded. r ri;': . THE . ARMT. - V " V " The increased nar aHowwl fw ll>? last sessioj* for the rank and file, lias resulted favorably, not only in facilitating enlist- / inent, but in providing a better class of recnrits. Additional provisions of a similar Pi character are reccommendcd fori o^oers. .. 10 Ad increase also of two regfiincnla of inCint- ^ i ,D" rv and two of rnonnted men, ? urged as the least increase adequate to existing emer-' n. geneies. ' . 'j-- v - . . " j Changes in organization and arrangement * ' ' are'also proposed, sodi as a devolution pf staff* duties, on officers detached froro the regiments concerned. An,exteusiot^of.tfi& it? range of seTeetion, or a modification of*iBoer present parctice of promotion 'hr senioritT * ?- aud ft retired list in- As to Artillery, thoro?gh refonn^Sifl'brto conization is proposed, invoMn^ a eliange t ? * ; frorti regiments to corps, according tolbattoricB, and to actual artillery, outfit. Muci* **' g- of tbe force now nominally ratetl as nirti!- *" ] tJII lery,hnslong-be^u practically?OtdWy"a? 8* In&ntry. ' Vjjjk lat [' " THK MAVT. '' ^ ^ in- The angmentatio? ef Um^ *&* Ka?not re. kopt pace with the denutad^ - ? Wfej& of tending ^ tixpansiotf^of area aud maritime . >tr interests. j no .^pprenuco Byaiem is eartat neatly, proposed.for public veasels of W$r. '"-^c rs> : Tie numerous nod tragical tatftitcts ?f^2?&8 vo raai^e di?a^|8, crowded together ?3, bio seamen is- sensibly i?j8 n?: some connection with the to. After all thstJina bet^ doi^^^t^s^^,r:^