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In the Senate House, the sixteenth day
of December, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and fif
ty-one, and in the seventy-sixth year
followers of Austria, and carrying off and I will cover thy retreat,
one of its proud banners. This with- thing,
drawnl was the sign for the Honveds
to complete the work of death. “Kos
suth and Hungary,” was the spontane
ous shout, and the rush of the devoted
peasantry was the signal for death to
MISCELLANEOUS.
AN ACT, to Fix tub Time for the
Meeting of the Convention, elected
under the authority of an Act, enti-
tied “An Act to provide for the Ap
pointment of Deputies to a Southern
Congress; and to Call a Convention
of the people of the State.” passed in
the year of our Lord one thousand
eight-hundred and fifty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and
by the authority of the same. That the
fourth Monday in April next, he, and
the same is hereby fixed, as the time
for the assembling of the Convention
of the jieople of this State, provided for
and elected under the authority of an
Act, entitled “An Act to provide for
the appointment of Deputies to a South
ern Congress, and to call a Convention
of the jieople of this State,” passed on
the twentieth day of December, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty.
In the Senate House, the sixteenth day
of December, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred ami fifty
one, and in the seventy.sixth year of
the Sovereignty and Independence
of the United States of America.
, F. W. A llston, Pros’t. of the Senate.
Simons, Speaker House of Rep’tivea.
ofthe Sovereignty and Independence banner tas grasped bv the iron hand
of the United States of America.
R. F. W. Allston, Pres’t. ofthe Senate.
Fear no- devil, resigned to the hopelessness of
kis poverty, sit for hours with his pipe,
llie Bohemian knelt before the no- cursing the tartly divinity that should
hie chief anil prayed his forgiveness, enrich him, and wasting the moments
Kossuth moved away, called the sen- which alone could do it. ‘ As ye sow,
tinel and sjiake to him familiarly for 1 so shall ye reap,’ is as true to-day as or measure. It is lined with jiointed
several minutes. When he again re- it ever was, and he who would succeed rocks. As each car arrives at the end,
many an Austrian. The hostile com- | turned to the room, the Bohemian had | in becoming wealthy, learned or moral, ; it precipitates its passengers into an
mamler-jell mortally wounded, another disapjieared. must labor, study, watch. ' abyss. They are dashed to pieces
“ They were dashed to death at the
end of die railroad,” said the person
whom I addressed.
“You know the railroad terminates
at an abyss, which is without bottom
On the follow ing day the tri-color of,
of a Honved, whilst its bearer sank Hungary floated on the ramjiarts of
lifeless to the ground. The flying ar- Buda. The prisoners of war were
J. Simons, Speaker House of Rcp’tives. tillery of tlje Hungarians now reached liberated under the customary condi-
the scene of strife, and liefore an hour tions.
Wt- are every day reminded by the against the rocks, and their bodies are
forcible illustrations of the power of j brought up here, and placed iu coffins,
ns a warning to other passengers, hut
[From the National Police Gazette.]
AN INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF KOS-
8ITH.
The cannon thundered before the
valley of Buda, and vomited its iron
messengers into the heart of the city.
had elajised the Austrians were beaten
hack w ithin the walls of their strong
holds, leaving hundreds of their com
rades on the field of battle and in the
hands of their conquerors.
On the evening of that day Kossuth
The banner of Austria still waved on received a despatch from Gen. Klop-
R.
J.
the ramparts; the proud double eaelc
hotered above the followers of the
house of Hapshnrg. Within the walls,
all was desolation, ruin, and misery;
devoted to the cause of liberty, the
citizens dared not share the dangers of
their brethren w ithout, nor dared they
show th. ir'true sympathy, or disavow
their sympathy for the Imperialists, for
the gibbet was erected in the public
square, and from its grim arms were
already susjiended the best and bravest
of the laud. Without the walls, al
though the scythe of death had mowed
down many of the glorious defenders
! of the holy cause, all was ImMle and
1 excitement—war had become familiar
to these stern men; cannon, sword,
and musket were their (daythings, and
every countenance indicated sanguine
hope of success. Here might he seen
a motley throng of Magyars listening
attentively to an aged chief, who, in
the musical tones of their tongue, pro-
i mised early delivery from the yoke of
| tyranny; there you might see it group
of foreigners—Poles by their looks and
dress—whose stern features, unmoved
by smile or passion, betokened grave
i meditation on the topic of the day—
ka, informing him that a (dot had been
formed to assassinate him.
Two days had passed. Buda still
held out, although each hour hastened
its fall. It wag night: Kossuth had ta
ken up his quarters at a farmhouse sit
uated at a distance of two leagues
from the theatre of war. The day
had been jiroductive of various imjior-
tant events, and the noble Magyar was
completely exhausted by the onerous
duties which he had undergone. He
inhabited the ground floor, and sat near
a table iu the midst of the room, his
brow resting on his right hand. In
two rooms adjoining the one where
the Hungarian chief now sat, were
three secretaries engaged iu writing
out des|>atchcs, but tin* doors were
shut, and no communication existed be
tween them and the governor. 'Hie
night w-as dark and silent; through
the ojien windows might now and then
he heard the roar of a solitary piece of
cannon from the walls of Buda. The
tramp of horses feet, conring toward
the house at a fearful |>ncc, interrupted
the thoughts of Kossuth. He rose and
jiaced the room, nervously looking tn-
Months had passed. The star of
Hungary was visited by a cloud of
, misfortunes; Georgey had proved a
traitor, and Kossuth was an exile: the
I fortune of waj had gone against him.
chief and his followers were confined
in Shumla, undergoing the most vigor
ous treatment. They were guests por
excellence, hut in reality close prison
ers. No courtesy was extended to
them, no alleviation of their wretched
condition they exjierienced.
Kossuth was fast declining under
this load of misery, when one morning
it was announced to him that in lieu
of the soldier who had before attended
him, a foreigner, who spike his lan
guage, would lie his servant. ‘Ano
ther spy,’ thought Kossuth,‘come to
report the conversation between me
and my friends,’ hut he did not object,
firmly determined to do without the aid
of an attendant. The door opened,
and the servant came in—one look
exertion. In this city (Bath) there are
many examples of proof. We have
before us one remarkable case, where,
unaided save hy their own hands and
the friends their own energies natural
ly drew around them as their business
increased, two poor men in a very few
years amassed one of the largest for
tunes in the city. Their sliijis are in
every sea, and at home their houses
and stores line every street, and the
busy hum of scores of mechanics spak
their increasing wealth. Unable to ob
tain a liberal education, and with ta
lents no more than ordinary, they had
nothing to boast hut the determination
no one minds it, we arc so happy on
the glass railroad.”
1 can never describe the horror with
which these words insjiired me.
“ W hat is the name of the railroad ?”
I asked.
The person whom I addressed, re
plied in the same strain :
“ It is the railroad of habit. It is
easy to get into these cars, hut very
hard to get out For, once in these
cars, every one is delighted with the
soft, gliding motion. The cars move
gently! Y es, it is a railroad of habit,
and with glass wheels we are whirled
to succeed. It was not luck, hut com- j over a glass railread toward a fathom-
mnn sense which told them that a dol
lar put at interest would he worth more
at the end of the year than it would
be if exjiended for rum and segars,
military parades or dancing. It was
not lurk, hut natural accumulation of
the investment, that
made the one dollar
less abyss. In a few moments we’ll he
there, and then they’ll bring our bodies
and jiut them in coffins as a warning
to others, hut nobody will mind it, will
they ?”
“ I was choked with horror. I strug-
in a few years gled to breathe, made frantic efforts to
two dollars, the , leap from the cars, and in the struggle
was sufficient to prove him the midnight ; It was ns natural for the ‘pile’ to grow
visitor previous to the fall of Buda. as it is for grain to take root. There
‘ Thou here ?’ asked Kossuth, in sur- s was no chance about it—it must he so.
first hundred two hundred, and the awoke. I knew it was only a dream;
first ten thousand twenty thousand.— and yet, whenever I think of it, I can
see that long train of cars move gent-
| jinse.
‘ I am, to follow you to death. I
loft home and friends to sec you again
—do not east me off.
‘Stay, then,’ replied Kossuth.
From that day the condition of the
exiled chief imjiroved. Fritz, for thus
he was called by Kossuth, who never
Industry and economy were their only
aids to obtain the first few thousands;
the last few were obtained by the first.
There is nothing marvellous in all this,
nor anything which an v person of com
mon sense might not avail himself of.
ly over the glass railroad. I can see
cars far ahead, as they are turning the
bend of the road. 1 can see the dead
bodies in the coffins, clear and distinct
—on either side of the road—while the
laughing and singing of the gay and
happy passengers resound in my ears,
I only see those cold faces of the dead
AN ACT to Raise. Supplies for the
year commencing in October, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty.one.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Rejiresentatives, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same, HYiat a tax for
the sums aud in the manner hereinafter
mentioned, shall he raised and paid in
to the Public Treasury of this State f
for the use and service thereof, that is
to say: thirty-five p*r cent ad valorem
on every hundred dollars of all lands
wards the door which led to the hall.
the jiromised fall of Buda. They lis- 1 It was thrown open and a young offi- the prisoners, every comfort, including
tened, too. to the address of one of cer tendered a despatch in breathless | hooks, which the chief so much de-
thoir number, a gray warrior, whose haste. Kossuth tore it open, glanced sired. Fritz, followed him to Kutayah,
scarred face bespoke his valor on many over its contents, and as if relieved of sjiending the wages he received ns a
fields of battle; he spoke energetical-; great anxiety, sat down again, and ; spy of the Austrian government, innp-
would ask his’real name, procured, j a»d no god of Ul fortvnc can overstep
whilst feigning hitter enmity towards projicr guards erected to secure you in
possession of what
your hand upon.
It is a plain matter of fact business, w ith their glassy eyes ii|)liftcd, and their
and no god of fortune can rub it out; j frozen hands upon their shrouds.
“ It was a horrible dream!”
And the hard’s changing features
ly, reminded them of their own coun
try, which, if Hungary were hut free,
would follow its glorious example,
freed by the valiant sons of that na
tion which they now endeavored to
liberate. The name of Knsriosko,
that name, revered by all Poles, elicited
fighting
up his features,
with a smile
said:
“To-morrow, then?”
“ Y’es, your excellency, to-morrow,”
answered the young man, and retired
with a low how. In another moment
the sound of his horse’s feet was heard
from his hearers a shout of appohation. galloping up the road, and once more
Kosciusko, Kosciusko,” they cried, quiet was restored.
clenching their hands, and grasping the
granted in this State, according to ex- hilts of their swords; then they be-
isting classification heretofore estah- - came silent again, and li.-tened to their
fished; one-half cent per acre on all chief.
lands lying w ithin the Cataw ba Indian Those men formed part of the “for-
boundary, to las paid hy each grantee lorn ho|>e,” which was ordered to lead
the assault u|M>n Buda, the following 1
pliances for the happiness of its vic
tims. Of the past, he would not speak,
hut on the future he dwelt with rap
ture. He jirognosticated the early re
lease of his master, aud his brilliant
recejition in all |>arts of the world.—
Rut when at last the order ‘for the re
lease arrived, Frits became sad and de
pressed. They came to Constantino
ple, and under the proud flag of Ame
rica, he kissed once more the hand of
the chief, and said, ‘ Y’ou go to a hap
" We might give innumerable in
stances, hut leave that labor to the
reader, contenting ourself with having
called his attention to the subject.”
THE
ie n;i
or lessee of said Indian lands, until
otherwise directed by law; fifty six
cents per head on all slaves; two dol
lars on each Free Negro, Mullatto and
Mustizo, between the ages of fifteen
and fifty years; exeejit such as shall
be clearly proved to the satisfaction of
the Collector to be incapable, from
maims or otherwise, of procuring a live- ty of throwing up another work closer
morning.
There was still another group, con
sisting of staff officers, several of
whom had just returned from n breast
work, which had caused great havoc
among the ranks of the besieged.—
'Hie despatch promised the fall of
Buda on the morrow.
Again Kossuth sat at the table, rest
ing his head, and lost in profound py land now ; Fritz has done his duty,
thought. A solitary sentinel was sta- Forgive what he did to you. l are-
tioned in front of the house—(lie only
guard of Hungary’s only ho|>e.—
While Kossuth thus sat weighing in
his mind the chances of his enuntrv’s
welfare, a human face, distorted w ith
passion, suddenly ap|>eared before the
open window; it rose above the sill,
the arms and figure of a man l»ecame
well.’
Kossuth brushed away a tear which
moistened iiis eye, and shook the hand
of the Bohemian. ‘ Farewell!’ he
said, and they parted.
They were discussing the praetieahili- visible, and stealthily, like a oat, he
lihood; twenty-five cents ad valorem
on every hundred dollars of the value
of all lots, lands and buildings within
any city, town, village, or borough in
this State; sixty cents per hundred dol
lars on factorage, employments, facul
ties and professions (whether iu the pro
fession of the law, the profits to lie de
rived from costs of suit, fees or other
sources of professional income,) and on
the amount of commisions received hy
Vendue Masters and Commission
Merchants, (clergymen, schoolmasters,
schoolmisstresses, and mechanics ex
cepted;) sixty cents upon every hun
dred dollars worth of goods, wares, and
merchandise, embracing all the articles
of trade for sale, barter or exchange,
(the products of this State, and the un
manufactured products of any of the
United States or Territories thereof,
excepted,) which any person shall use
or employ as articles of trade, sale,
barter or exchange, or have in his, her
or their possessions on the first day of
January, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-two,
«ther on his, her or their capital or
on account of any person or persons,
ms agent, attorney or consignee; sixty
cents upon every hundred dollars worth
of goods, wares and merchandise, what
ever, which any transient person, not
resident in this State, shall sell or ex
pose for sale, In any house, stall or
public place; ten dollars per day for
representing, for gain and reward, any
play, comedy, tragedy, interlude or
farce, or other employment of the stage,
or any part therein, or for exhibiting
wax figures, or other shows of any kind
whatsoever, to be paid into the hands
of the Clerks of the Courts respective-
to the walls of the fortress, and many
glasses were directed towards the walls
to pick out a suitable plan. Presently
an exclamation of surprise escaped the
lips of a young Colonel, and once
more adjusting his glass, he took ano
ther look, then Sjirang up, and hasten-
he clindied up, and without noise con-
| eealed himself behind the light drajte-
ry of the window. ’Hie table was be
tween him and his victim, and he wait
ed only for the approach of the hero
to com|»lete the dreadful task which he
SI CCESS IN MERCANTILE LIFE.
The Mirror, a cleverly-conducted fo- j
lio of four, published at Bath, in the
fftate of Maine, furnishes the following
illustration of that perseverance and
industry which is generally pretty sure
to command success:
“ There is nothing more true than
that success in life is sure to follow
any well-directed efforts, which do not
clash with the a immutable laws of na
ture. ‘Luck’ is a word that has no i
place is the vocabulary of the success
had thus successfully commenced.—
Kossuth had not seen him, but an in-
ing towards his horaewhich stood near | stinctive apprehension of danger made
by, held by a soldier, he cried, “ A sor- him scan the room. The assassin
tie, gentlemen, a sortie.” The cry, j drew his dagger, prepared for moinen- ful man, and is used only hy those w ho
whieii under other circumstances and tary use, but in so doing moved the are so blind or ignorant as to be una-
among other men, would have caused , drapery. “Art thou friend or foe ?’’i hie to trace effects hack to causes.—
the greatest excitement, failed to do asked Kossuth, in German, the slight " e do not propose an argument from
so in this case. The officers moved movement not having escaped his eagle j this text to-day, hut merely w ish to pre-
GLASS RAILROAD.
“THERE WAS A MORAL IN THXT DREAM.” |
The “ Millford Bard,” during one of .
his fits of mania a potu, said :
“ It seemed to me as though I had
been suddenly aroused from my slum
bers. I looked around and found my
self in the centre of a gay and happy
crowd. The first sensation I exjieri-
enced was that of being home along
with a peculiar, gentle motion. I look
ed around and found that I was in a
long train of cars, w hich were gliding
over a railway, and seemed to he many
miles in length. It was composed of
a great many cars. Every car, open
at the top, was filled with men and
women, all gayly attired, all happy,
laughing, talking, and singing. The
peculiarly gentle motion of the cars
interested me. There was no grating,
such as we hear on a railroad. They
moved on without the least jar or
sound. This, I say, interested me. I
looked over the side, and. to my aston
ishment, found the railroad and cars
were made of glass. 'Hie glass wheels
moved over the glass rails without the
least noise or oscillation. ’lYie soft gli
ding motion produced a feeling of ex
quisite hapjtiness. I was so happy !
It seemed as if everything was at rest
within—I was full of peace.
“ While I was wondering over this
circumstance, a new sight attacted my
you have thus got and brightening eye attested the emo-
; tions which had keen aroused by the
very memory of the dream.
It was, indeed, a horrible dream. A
long train of glass ears, gliding over a
glass railway, freighted with youth,
beauty and music, while on either hand
stretched victims of yesterday—gliding
over the railway of habit, toward the
fathomless abyss.
“ There was a moral in that dream.”
Reader, are you addicted to any sin
ful habit? Break it off ere you dash
against the rocks.—Lipjiard.
“ First class in |)hilnsn|>hv, step out
—close your hooks. John Jones, how
many kingdoms iu nature?”
“ Four.”
“Name them.”
“England, Ireland, Scotland and
Wales.”
“ Pass to the next—Smith.”
“ Four—the animal, vegetable, mine
ral and kingdom come.”
“Good—Go
“ Hobbs, what is meant by the ani
mal kingdom?”
“ Lions, tigers, elephants, rhinoce
roses, hippotamuses, alligators, mon
keys, jackasses, hack drivers, and
school-masters.”
“ Very well, hut you’ll take a licking
for your last remark.”
“ Giles, what is the mineral kingdom ?
“The hull of Cnliforney.”
“Johnson, what is the vegetable
kingdom?
“Garden sarse, potatoes, carrots,
ingons, and all kinds of greens that’s
good for cooking.”
“ And what are pines, andliemlocks,
gaze. All along the railroad, on either Hn( ] e lms—ain’t they vegetables?”
quickly to their horses, and rode off in glance. There was no answer. “ Come sent the idea to our readers for them to side, within a foot ot tin
different directions to their respective ! forth, whoever thou art, thy life is safe,” discuss. There are feelings of despoil-4 'a”' lon g * m ®« °' comn*.
different directions to their resjiective , . .. • . - ,. ,
divisions. Columns began to form, continued the hero. The eurUin again j dency prevalent among mankind, whirh
squadrons of horse galloped across the
plain; the gay hussar, the heavy dra
goon, the undiscijilined hordes of mount-
etl peasantry moved quickly over the
turf, and took up their stations. Aid- man origin of the intruder,
de-camps were hurrying from post to ‘I would kill you
|K)$t, the roar of artillery became hush- ; joinder,
ed. and the hostile demonstrations on ‘And what have
the |>art of the besieged had, as it were, wouldst harm me?’ asked the Hunga- ny, crashes enterprises am! prostrates
for a moment caused hostilities to | rian. energies. It is the “ conscience that
1 am a Bohemian; my brother was
moved; it was slowly withdrawn, and
revealed the figure of the assassin.
‘ What wnuld’st thou ?’ Demanded
Kossuth, having discovered the Ger-
the consideration of the subject w ill
dissijtate, and many who believ'e them-
selves doomed to poverty and toil, by
giving earnest heed to the faith which
this tralh will create, will find them-
was the brief re- selves rising at once from the misery
j they so much fear. Fear of bad luck
I done that thou operates as a continual check on man-
of the track, were
one on either
side of the railroad, and every one con
tained n corps, dressed for burial, with
with its cold white face turned upward
to the light The sight filled me with
unutterable horror. I yelled in agony,
Imt could make no sound. The gay
throng that were around me only re
“No; sir ree—you can't cook 'em—
them’s sate logs and framing limber
“Boys, give me a jiiece of a|>|>le,
and you can have an hour’s intermis
sion, cxcejit Hobbs.”
A Word about Gardening.—No
one can he truly said to live who has
not a garden. None hut those who
cease.
The officer had not been mistaken,
for the besieged had indeqd ventured
upon a sortie. By the time the Hun
garians had taken up a position, with
out withdraw’)ng the necessary protec
tion corjis of their batteries, the enemy
had displayed a strong force, and were
fast advancing towards the foremost
fortification. The Legion Polonnaise
met them, and breaking through the
ranks of the tall grenadiers, sabred
hundreds in their fearful charge.—
Brought to a halt by the sudden un
masking of a ft
healed round,
‘ 1 am a
captured hy your men, and they tell
me that you have hanged him. A re
ward was offered for your head, and I
offered to kill you—not to get the re
ward, hut to avenge my brother.’
Y’ou have been misinformed,’ repli-
loth make cowards of us all,”
and only by taking a rational and
common-sense view of the opening
causes that change our position and af
fect our w’ell-being, are we enabled to
jirofit by them, and shake off tliechains
that our weakness aud irresolution
doubled their singing and laughter at have enjoyed it can ajipreciate the sat-
the sight of my agony, and we swept isfaction—the luxury—of sitting down
on, gliding with glass wheels over the to a table spread with the fruits of one s
glass railroad, every moment coming own planting and culture,
nearer to the bend of the road which
ed Kossuth, ‘ I bang no prisoners of | l;lTe permitted us to become enslaved
war, and those who have been captured
w
will be released when Buda is ours.—
That will be to-morrow. Go, now; 1
would ask thy name, hut will spare
thee the fear that he who thou wouldst
murder should ever be aide to hold thee
formidable battery, they up to infamy. When I speak to the
trampling to death tho ! sentinel outside, flee from this place, i
ne pi
and
aces an esti-
consigns sue-
The luck doetrine
mate on exertion,
cess to the
“ Divinity that shapes our ends,”
and makes a machine of man’s immor
tal nature. YVe have seen maky a poor
formed an angle with the road, far, far
in the distance.
“Who are those!” I cried at last,
(jointing to the dead in their coffins.
“These are the peojde who made
the trip before us,” was the reply of
one of the gayest persons near me.
“ What trip?” I asked.
“ Why, the trip we are now making.
The trip on these glass cars over this
glass railway,” was the answer.
lie along the road.
“ Why do they lie along
each one in hia coffin?” I waa — . -
swered with a whiaperand half laugh, taste a l»ove the “j>oik and beans
which froso my blood: % 1 their fathers.
A bunch of
radishes, or a few heads of lettuce ta
ken from the garden on a summer s
morning for breakfast, or a mess of
! rreen peas or sweet corn, is quite a dif-
erent affair from that brought from
market in a dying condition. How
many in the smaller cities and villages
of our country, possessing every facility
for a good garden, either through indo
lence or ignorance are deprived of this
source of comfort And how many
fanners, with most of the luxuries of
life, are content to ployl on in the even
tenor of their wav, never raising their
• “of