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TH1E deep tones of the iron sentinel of the grand Cathedral of St.' ark's sounded heavi ly on the midnight air, as a number of figures, clad in the guise oi monks, noiselessly wend. ed their way towards the western gate of the city.- A firm resolve was written on their frownin-g features, and a wild, nalig nant fire shotie from their flashing eyes. They had nearly reached the gate of the city, when they paused before an old dilapi dated building, and made a low signal. It was soon answered from within, and, after the drawing back of bolts, the door slowly opened, while the party of monks entered; and then the door closed behind' them with a dull sound. They followed their guide into a long hall, and throwing back their cowls, seated them selves around a large oaken table, while one, who appeared to lie the leader, drew a roll -of achuidit rom under his gown and laid i on the table..: *-ed@EkdigOttosnot here f" he. asked, in a harshton'; ;nelfflygara Vtn persot wu sat opposite to him. " I know not, Faust," returned the other; yet I fear his absence bodes no good to our cause, " he added in a deep, meaning tone. " What mean you, Bohren f Think you he dare say aught of our lea~gue ." - I think he has a secret, that if it were revealed, would cause us to tremble for our safety." " Yet he dare not betray us, Bohren, for he too well remembers the oath." "Think you, Rudolf Otto fears man?" It were well that Ito should, Bohren !" " Perchance it were ; yet I too well know Otto's fearless spirits, aid Arnaud of Au is his enemy ; for it was but a year since he murdered his aged sire, and Rudolf swore to be revenged." A signal from *ithout interrupted the conversation, atd in a few mtiutes a Vounag tman, whose fine features had beetn darkenetd by the sun of some twenty summners, enter ed the hall and seated himself at the table. " You are late, Otto," spoke the leader monk, turning towards5 the comner. 'ITrue, Faust ; vet I am in time for busi ness," returned the youth, and his lips quiv ored with some strong emotion. "Right! Otto, you are," rejoined Bohren and now, Faust, let us hear oh the plan of' attack." "Silence, then," retarned the lender monik, while he glanced suspiciously at thme youth and his friend Bohren. " We are to n'eet here to-mo'rrowv eve ; and, wh'len midnight steals over the city, Arnand is to join us, with one thousand .Austriatn troops, and ere dawn Wesen ceases to be in the power of Glaris." These words were received with cheers by all, except by Otto and his friends. A deep tmeaning smile rested on the fine fea. tures of' the youth, and he gazed pityingly on Faust's stern visage. AI'ter again tatking the oath to remain true, they separated, each to return to his home. Otto and his friend took a different course from the rest, and were soon standing by the lake at the foot of the city. " Now I would hear of your success, friend," said the youth, smiling fondly on Bohren. "I have collected five hundred of' the peasants who are ready to enter the city .at an hour's warning ;" returned the monk while a smile of satislaction passed over 1w ,dsrk visage. "It is well, then, faithful Bohren. W< shall soon be saved, and Arnaud of Au .dies; yet did Faust speak of my absentic ,last eve ! " He did, Rudolf'; and I also spok~e of secret you possessed." ." And what did lie say in reply ?" * ' That von dare not betray them,~" Th'ey "need tiot fear, Bohren ; the oat] iis sacred-and I would r.ot have themn di. by my means." " Yet at what hour will you meet us. * An hour before vespers." " Adieu, then, Otto, I will be at the wes tern gate." "It is well, Bohren, farewell! I wi meet yomu there," retuitned the yomuth ; an< drawing his eowvl over his face, he agai entered the city. It was near the sunset hour, and the go of day was slowly disappearing in tIb gorgeously piled .up clouds that overhun the proud city of W~essen, while the mig! queen hung like a silver crescent in the deej -er azure of the heavens, as if; by the so effulgence of her silvery rays, to add moi beauty to the scene. In a deep recess of his chateas, was the aged Baron, Walter Compte, reclining on a couch, with his form half hidden by the heavy folds of the costly drapery. A trou bled expression rested on his noble features, and the shade of sadness that played over his brow waxed darker. Rising from the couch, he arranged his slightly disordered dress, and turning to a window he gazed vacantly out into the street. - " Ah, father, then are all my young hopes thus to be crushed I" These words were spoken by a young girl of scarce fifteen summers, and her dark lustious orbs were bent imploringly on the stern face of her fattier. . p "Why those tears, Ada I" asked the Baron; while a smile, for a moment, pass. ed over his face. " Know you not, father, that I love anoth er ?" replied the fair girl, throwing her long tresses back from her pale brow. " Who, pray child I" " One who is worthy of our regard." "And who may that be, Ada I" "Rudolf Otto, our preserver." The peasant youth I" "The same, father." "Then would. you disgrace our noble race, child, by wedding Rudolf Otto I " Yet, father, do we not owe Rudolf much 1" For what child ?" "Diu he not rescue us from the banditti on the mountains I" " True, he did, Ada; and I would not for get the generous act, for ho saved our lives at the peril of his own; yet Ada, I would have you give your hand to Arnaud of Au." "Father, wouid you have me to give my hand to one I can not love I" " Never! father. I would sooner enter a convent, and live the secluded life of a nun, than wed one I could not love." "Yet Arnaud is brave and noble." "Did lie not slay Radolf's father." "That was in time of war child." "Yet it was a cruel deed." "'Think not so hard of Arnaud, Ada, but judge him less harshly." "I will try for your sake, father," return. ed the fair girl; and, imprinting a. kiss on the brow of the Baron, she glided from the room. Twilight gave way to darker night, as the familiar form of Rudolf Otto might have been seen wending his way towards the western gate of the city. He was differently dressed than on thi preceding night, he was clad in the humble guise of a peasart,.while ionto mete ojust toiie nurr r is aged sire. A firm resolve was stamped n his fine features, and a wild fire shot front his e) es. He was soon at the gate of the city, and had not long to wait ere his faith ul frieiid, Bohren, was at his side. " I have waited for you with reluctance, Otto." " Why, Bohren !" asked the youth, smiling fondly on his friend. " The Austrians have already entered the citv." " Then have they been apprised of our scheme !" - They have, Rudolf; and, ere. an hour, they will make the attack," said Bohren, in an excited tone. Yet, thanks to the H1oly Virgin, they know not the conspirator's secret, Bohren." And that secret- " l this, Bohren; heneath the house, where they are to meet, arc deposited fifty kegs of~ powder, and at a moment's warning, they can be launched into eternity.'' " Then let us hasten ere they make the attack." "lThey will not sally forth at this early hour Bohren." " Yet I was informed so by the spy." " Think you he can be trusted, Biohren !" "I c..uld not doubt his word, Otto, for he is a noble fellow." " Then it were better to be expeditious, Bohren. Are the men ready !" " They but await your orders, Otto." " Then let the report of my carbine be the signal fo'r the attack." " Are the citizens apprised of our scheme ?" "'lThey are, Bohren, and are ready to " T1hen all will be well, Otto." " True, Bohren, Wesent shall yet be say ed. You can guide the men as near the city as possible without being seen by any of the conspirators, while I hasten on and apply the match." " Not so, Rudolf; you can guide the troops, I light the train ; and if I fall, you will bie more comtentLit to htead the charge." "Alt ! no, faithful Bohren ; it shall ntever be said of Rudolf Otto that he enadangered the life of his truest friend to shield his own." " Yet think of the fair Ada, Rudolf; how she wvould mourn you loss, if you should fall." " Fear not, kind Bohren ; heaven will pro. teet me." " Alt! Rudolf, I would not have one so noble die by the hands of the hated Aus. trians; vet I could not deny you, Otto," sobbed the aged man, while tears coursed over his weather-roughed features. " Dry your tears, kind Bohren, for they nguman me, and wve have a duty to perform," returned Otto, in a conciliatory tone. The faithful Bohren, with a deep drawn, sigrh, turned from the place to join his men, while Otto hastenied to fire the train. The night crept on apace, as still Walte: Comte remained in the deep recess, lost in a pleasing reverie, when the stunning report ol the explosion broke upon his ears, followec by the clash of steel and the cry of " t. " Heavents, there is a revolt !" gasped th< Baron, drawing his sword, and hasteninj from the room. " Ada, muy ehild, may th< dHoly Virgin protect you!" he cried, as ti fair girl hastened to his side. gEra the young girl had time to speak iArnaud rushed intto the hall with a party o .his men, having lelt the others at the coun feil house ; and erc the Baron could defeni h limself, lie was struck to the floor by one o the soldiers. "Qh ! spare my aged father-!" sobbed Ada, throwing her arms around- her father's neck. "Respect age, Roaz; and, as to the Ba. ron, his time on earth is short, for that blow was dealt by a strong arm!" rejoined Ar. naud, while a fiendish smile rested on his dark visage. " Take the girl, my men, and we will return," he added, pointing towards Ada. " Oh! let me remain with my aged fa ther!" cried the fair girl, struggling to free herself from the rough grasp of the soldiers. - " Cease your cries, pretty one, for Rudolf Otto is now no more!" " Murderer! receive your reward !" soun ded on the rulfian's ears like a kneel; and the next instant the heavy sword descended, cleaving his skull. For a moment the heavy body swayed to and fro, and fell heavily on the marble'floor; the soul of Arnaud of An had fled to God, who gave it, and Rudolf Otto, had perform ed his vow. All the Austrians, except those who per ished in the council house, were taken pri soners, and Weson was saved. Not long after, the fair Ada was united to Rudolf Otto, with the free consent of the Baron. who soon recovered from.his wounds, and lived happily with the peasant boy, now Count Otto. Faust, and the other conspirators, were killed by the explosion, while the faithful Bohren was knighted for his ardent zeal. in saving Wesen.-Waverly Magazine. - TnE "Givs oF Go."-Ve cut the fol. t lowing paragraph from an able and interest. a ing article in the Albany Daily State Reg. b ster, on a passage in the minority report of 1 Mr. Crosby to the Senate of New York: " But are these intoxicating drinks "the a ifts of God 1" We deny it. We affirm tI hat in all the world-nay, in all the uni- a erse of God, there is not a lake, a river, treamlet, or a fountain, of intoxicating a rinks. There is no such a thing in nature. s, Water, God has everywhere given, s'iread tl t al oye thbe world, sent it down from the d louds,:sent it bubbling up from the earth, h nade it journey in ceaseless activity in rills, a nd streams, and great rivers, towards the tl cean. He has,. wherever man can live, it iven it to him at his very door, but intoxica. ing drinks he has provided no where on the s hee of the whole earth. That " gift," woa- % her "good" or evil, is not the gift of God, h ut the invention that has desroyed more al ives; dissolved more homes, occasioned diore a rro;%'v and anguish, than war,- pestilnaen ndfamine comkned.. olicy to deprive men of itrI 'drit 1y gislative enactment, but to call intoxica ing drinks the " Good gift of God" is an, buse of terms, and a burning reproach ti gainst the benevolence and holy attributes f the Diety." A TRAVELLER in England, observing a easant at work, and seeing he was taking it emarkably easy, said " My friend, you do not appear to sweat , Why, no master, six shillings a week in't sweating wages." c A WAG was one day speaking of two of ais acquaintances who had gone west, where new comers were usually attacked the first d eason, with the agne, and said he. "Neither of these two men will be afflic ted." "Why not ?" inquired a bystander. " Because," was the reply', " one of themr s too lazy to shake, and the other won't I shake unless lhe gets pay for it." - The best arts of human qualities are the tenderness and delicacy of feeling in little matters, the desire to sooth and please others, the minute of the social virtues. Some ridi ule these feminine attributes, which are left out of many men's nature; but I have known the brave, the intellectual, the elo quent, possess these gentle qualities; the braggart, the weak, never! Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions \VORI.D's FAIR 1N PanIts.-The Paris correspondent of the Newv York Times says: "A deputation of commercial men and manufacturers waited on the Emperor, recen tly, to ask whether the great Exhibition, apotinted for 1854, would take place, not withstanding the war, Louis Napoleon repli ed most decidedly in the aiflirmxative. He also promised to have the Exhibition Palace made half as large again as was originally intendd, and intimated that the war could not, in any case, be of great duration." TuE VOLUNTEER CoUNSEL.-The St. Louis Mornting Herald of the 6th inst. says that Hon. John J. Crittenden, on visiting the National Medical Conivention in session in that city, on the 5th inst., was actually hissed out of it by that distinguished body of men. This is one of the most withering rebukes Mr, C. has received since the trial of Ward-and one that he will remember to his dying day. TuHE " Do-NoT H INGs."-A soCiety called the " Do-Nothings" has been formed in New Bedford. There are several hundred in that city who approve its principles, but are too lazy to join. A~OTHE.R SIIIWwRECK.-The steamer Washington reached quaraa1tine at New" York on Saturday night. Sae brings 240 passengers and a full cargo. The Washington also brings the passen gers and crew, about five hundred souls, taken from the ship Winchester, bound from Liverpool to Boston. She was wrecked in the frightful gale of the 16th of A pril and had been in a crippled condition, kept from sinking by constant labor at the pumps. The Washington fell in with her on the 2d instant, and notwithstanding the prevalence of a heavy gale, succeeded in rescuing all the passengers and crew. fThe Winchester went down in thirty minutes after the last of the crew left her. She belonged to Boston, and had a valua ble cargo. She sailud from Livergaol on the 9th of April. Recollections of th e s on. John p :0 d Mr. Powers in a ie itten to a friend d in the United States Florence, is said to have made the foo g statement re garding the bust of Mr. oun: " have no bst in o tudio which at. traets so' much attertia 'Calhoun's if I except the ideiil eff& 3have said that a it would pa fdralst fBrutus. One said, " I should'iiot'l 6! be judged by t hat man, unless mi i ," a good." An' ather said, f* Heis- .e siern man; but rood and am'iblei '.n ", stniding." Nei her of thesekew t Wuit was." Of. all the pubI; e temorary with c fr. C.alhoun, it so cha e that I knew him est. Myffirst eqeliatu "Ifwitlh him dates jack as fa! as 1i;32. ait.Columbia, n- Suth earoli to;; :i e Was on a brief isit duringLthesiis Sate[egisla ure. He was then o swiyto Washing on, from Fort Hill dnce in Pen on Disirit. - At thathdin lificdtiij ran very high. I was deemd by r alhoun andhis iends-to:.be; a cosititugbai S8tates-right emedy, to he applied iiajmn last resort, to' heck the unconstitutionallegislation of an rresponsible majority:;in.Qungress. We found Mr. Calhoun; at the interview 9 eferred to, plainly- in MplY dressed, and uite unpretending in iis manners. He was rank and accessible uJiintercourse ; yet arnest and animated -p' 'conversation. He ben wore a blue dresc Aith gilt buttons, nd dark colored pan vest, which had eer so well worn onh rare, as to give iem externally a rath seedy" look. The next time we sw Mr. Calhoun was t Washington, in 1836 He was then in he Senate, and as inut- ous aind as active s ever. H e then stood veryhigh as a forcible and rgumentative debater . heard him on veral occasions, and wias impressed with ie earnestness of'hisinanner, close logical eductions,"and the iese irevity with which is ideas ivere expressed. There was no ttempt at rhetori[lornament, nor was iere a waste of 'wrc-i. Tiiere was noth. ig sacrifced to t ais use'to. be gained y the use of rounded ptiods or of empty, )uinds "conveyed utifully selected ords, destitute ofideas Every sentence a uttered abounded in bhought,,or in.ideas ;rictly applicable t Itiesubject'in debate. nd was sexpressed-isd tgt.h-ubef f stnani......he -s ecu rrta ,ere better when delivere hen written. We did not meet Mr. Calhoun again un. I the called session of 1841, in Tyler's Ad. iinistration. We found him in opposition > Mr. Clay on the question of a national ank, and occupying, as usual, strong ground a the democratic side of politics. We were at this time frequently in his pany, and had frequent conversations 'ith him. We had then just returned from visit to Europe. He asked many ques. ons about England. He said that the in. rease of pauperism and'the necessity for s relief, was proof to him that the people r iere over taxed, and that those who had espoiled them were compelled to return , portion of the money, to mantain them, or save them from starvation. It cannot be denied that Mr. Calhoun was a -mbitious and at times, no doubt, indulged e easonable hopes of one day rteaching thet residency ; but his oper.rupture with Gen- b akson, planned and fanenited by another i, es scrupulOus aspirants together with the e uiium which selfish polioal partisans at- ti emted to fix upon the 4ctrine of nullifica-. c ion, had the effect (so iduch the worse for ti he country) of disapponting his views in a hat direction. fi Notwithstanding his 'rilliant services in he cabinet of Mr. T'yle, to which he had o een reluctantly on lain iart called, and his a rent agency in securing the annexation of ti I'exas, instead of recei:Ig the nomination ii af the Democratic part in 1844, he was n verlooked, and James i Polk, greatly his te inferior in every respeeg was taken up and b lected, and mainly onbe strength of Mr. u Calhoun's annexation nnasures. M. Polk, at his inauuiration, found Mr. Calhoun in office, andworked down to a a bed of sickness. After. good deal of insin- tI cerity displayed on theart of Mr. Polk to. v wards Mr. Calhoun an his friends, whom g he led to believe at outime that Mr. Cal- "' houn would be retaine in Office, to corn plete the great work oaunexation, as well d as important reforms e had commenced tI and partially accomphed in his depart- ti mnt, and which wouhiequire some months td of additional labor to falh up, (after which tc he himself proposed tretire,} he was dis- 5 missed, and Mr. Buchan installed in hisli place. I It was at this period'e cal led to see Mr. c Calhoun. He had fai'lly, bonorably and usefully devoted thirty forty years of 1his l life to the service of I country. He was f now reduced by illnefrom over exertion,W and had just been disarged by Mr. Polk, 0" ad apparently deseri by the country at v large. It is at sucb dncture that we can vi best judge of a man'sge gretatness of soul. d On entering his ra we found him sit. ting up in an arm chj and cheerful, but hi wasted and thin. HlulgedI in no rep~in- a ings, in no censure ofir. Polk's course, noa complaints of the p s ingratitude. P Our conversation ohat occasion I shall never forget, and shabroceed to give it in hi some detail. d His face was turneD the direction of a he nort~ern window, thear subdued light of th wvhich I' .zminated hifatures. His eyes, te naturally of a large ce blue, beamed with so great brilliancy and ~ligence. I sat ra- a ther at one side and ment of him, which tli gave me a sort of fulbfile view of his fea- w, tre. After some eo conversation he bc alluded to the Texas stio. e: Ho said that manyieulties had presen. cc ted themselves. Thoiglish had evident. w in, ig;mmd with the'xan authorities to pt revent annexation. They had also tamper. I with Mexico, and he had rceived evi ances through a party in Mexico, that they ad proposed negotiations for, the purchase f California, all of which designs "I labor He had ben called from private retire ient to All the office of Secretary of State, nd it was only after repeated solicitations, Dmbined with a sense of duty to the coun y, that he had consented to accept the flice. He however expressed a want of Dnfidence in professional politicians, and onsidered that their corruption and time .rving intrigues for office and spoils, would ontinually tend to mislead the people. "The time is past," said he, " when men iall be elevated by the people for their mg services or talents. The scramble for lunder is becoming worse every year. The salousies of offic-seeking conhatants will iduce them to compromise on either second ite civilians, or incompetent military men. 'he time, I fear, is past, when the country to be ruled by truly great, experienced, nd patriotic men. - "We have two extremes to apprehend nder our form of government, centralization n the.one hand, and anarchy on the other; oth leading by different roads to the same aol, monarchy, or to the one man power. 'he impossibility of filling important offices, xcept with second rate men, of easy princi. les, is an evidence of the press in favor of narchy; while the continual encroachments iade upon State rights by the will of a .ongressional' majority, indicates a corres onding progress in favor of centralization n antagonistic principle to all permanent berty. We thus find that both priciples re active, e'ven at this early stage of our tepublic. Neither can be successfully eached and maintained for any great length I time, without ending in monarchy, or in central government. "1I think it likely that the days have gone y when men of great statesmanship and atriotism are to fill the. executive office. 'he election of Mr. Polk commences a new ra for the country, the - results of which I annot look forward: to -with satisfaction. ['he fear is, that the people will become assive to the intrigues of political 'conven ions, composed chieflj of men intent only pon personal aggradizement, or the :acquisi. ion of spoils, .at the.. expense of the people ir their govern ment. A system 'of political uggligg.iiaving its orgin in. New. York, has >ecome wide spread. in-its influence. They vill.clamorfor any man -who promises to lipens enifprl h andatanothor ome new, b oifiidt Fqmdafilii-dio-RII dol, or dispenser of official patronage." At this stage of his remarks a torch light irocession passed through the street, nearly inder his window, shouting and cheering as t went, in honor of Polk. " Do you hear hat," said he. " That same collection of en will, four years hence, shout just as ustily for a new incumbent, though perhaps aferior to Polk himself. People accuse me f ambition, and say that my greatest aim to be the President, I state frankly to ou, what the people and especially the poli. icians would never believe if publicly an ounced,-l would not turn over my hand a be President, unless some greater danger r threatened calamity to the country could y my instrumentality alone be averted. A ian who seeks to have his name go down nd stand well with posterity, must not sa rifice to the temporary appilause of the multi 2de, which from its inability, produced by iased or fleeting excitement or passion, is iapablo of duly appreciating what it would ondemn or praise; but rather resign himself >the discharge of his highest duties to his ountry, to human happiness, to liberty, and > his God ; and leave the reward to the just nd enlightened praise of men who shall llow him in after ages. " Most men who have advanced to more r less distinction among their fellow-beings, re too prone to court the popular breeze, to 'im by its course, or to change when it shifts s direction, vainly hoping to base a perma nt and just fame on the foundation of no imporary applause, which is as frequently estowed upon unjust men and measures, as pn the soundest policy ; and the most 'ise, disinterested and patriotic motives. "My rule of life has been to do right, or all times to be governed in my actions by e most scrupulous and conscientious con, tions of duty, and without the slighest re :ird to the popularity or unpopularity of y course. I never entertained a thought hether my course would either please or splase my constituents. I presumed that ey gave me their confidence from a convid an of my honesty; and whenever I failed give satisfaction, they wvould, as they ought do, discontinue my services. I feel deeply nsible of the long and resposible trust they ve reposed in me, which, dzuring a public e of over thirty years, has never been anged or withdrawvn." Hre his eyes flashed with renewed ani ation, and his cheeks had become flushed am his excited conversatinn. Col. Benton, ho had followed up his illiberal attacks up Mr. Calhoun with much personal bitter. s, had a short time previously made a alent assault upon him, in a speech he had livered in the Senate on the annexation of exas. I asked Mr. Calhoun if he intended reply to it. He said, not at all; that he d made it a point never to notice personal tacks; that silence towards those guilty of rsonal vituperation was the best means of saring them. When honorable attacks were made upon apolitical views or principles, in which he emed the interest of the country concerned felt it to be his duty to vindicate thiem to utmost of his power. " It was not for nporary applause men should act. Per nal contest and triumph were too much of gladiatorial character from which neither a victor nor the 'vanquished could retire th proper self respect, and nothing could gained for the country, A man wvhose aracter could not stand alone against arse personal abuse, wol scarcely be orthi defending. No man ublic life can rsa st.ric.tly honest co *ientions and patriotic course, looking to the future bear ing of principles on the welfare and happiness of the people, without having the masses of those people alternately with him and against hiu. The great error in popular judgment is, to decide solely upon grounds of the temporary expediency of public meas ures; and after subsequent experience has proved their fallacy, they too often repent of their course when it is too late. " It requires more than Roman firmness and disinterested patriotism to stand out for the right, in diret opposition to the tempora. ry popular outcry of moment, and time-ser ving politicians, who seize upon such occa sions to obtain an elevation to which their talents could never raise them. Yet, the cause of truth and justice is eternal; and will regain its sway, when the honest man will be recalled from exile, and may be as much over praised by the people as his pre vious integrity was undervalued, and to this excess of praise he should be as insensible, as to unmerited censure. When such a man is thus restored, the temporary expedientist will sink into oblivion. " Constitutional libertf will suffer the greatest danger from anarchy, which can never long endure anywhere. The people will become alarmed for their personal safety, and intinctively seek security beneath the despotic sway of the first bold and daring man who may seize upon the reigns of Gov ernment. It is by yielding implicit obedience right or wrong, to the temporary excitements and demands of the people, that States are overthrown. "Our present and only safety is to be found in the inviolable preservation of State rights, and in a rigid adherence to the Con stitution. So long as State rights can be preserved, so will centralization be preven ted; and so long as the Constitution,,in iti strictly defined limits, is adhered to, so 1onl will the dark spirit of anarchy be stayed. do not consider our Constitution perfect. 1i contains some serious defects, the contempla tion of which greatly excites my fears foi the future. Yet, it is the. best under thI circumstances, that probably -could hai been formed. I feel confdent that, had it patriotic founders been in possesion .ofl ou present experience, or could they. have fore seen the strained construction many of'it less clear provision werdo Le exposed to theywould have.nsde tlheinstrument mor .perfect: And,-ab6ve llthe barepossibilit; that an interested majority would or couli be ih4uced, to vote for measuesin coni i widithereservd rightsof theStates,-wol have been thoroughly and effectually guarde " Tbu- saynur you--iavetraveneu France I" I replied that I had. "What do vo think of the state of her present government ? (That of Louis Phillippe.) I replied that, f ron observations in the provinces of France, or ag ricultural districts, I thought the people wer capable, under favorable circumstances, o maintaining a Republic, but that in Paris though the people were more enlightened yet with them there existed greater corrup tion, and also greater devotion- to centraliza tion." " My dear sir," said Mr, Calhoun, "if the French overthrow Louis Phillippe, which . think they will do, they will have much trou ble, and not perceive their mistake until it ih too late. Whenever they again try a Re public, they will probably run into anarchy from which the people will seek protectior under an Imperial Dictator, or Usurper, whc will seize upon the government and find his support in the usual accessories of despotisn the chief of which will be military force My fears for the establishment of permanenl liberty ini Europe, rest on the ignorance o the people. It is only a people enlightenet by education, and instructed in sound politi cal principles, wvho are prepared to sustair constitutional liIberty. Education must pre. ede tall successful efforts to build up s permanent republic. When an ignorant people ha'iI for a re. public, they-only seek for a change. And when they have obtained it; they have only gained a nam d for a novelty, which is doomed to pass into ainareby on the ono hand, or in to despotism on the other. France can nie. ver be free until she educates her people, and decentralizes her government. Paris must cease to be France, and her powver must be distributed among the people of the depart ments." " Have you no hope of seeing liberty established on the continent?" I in uired. " None," he replied, " in this gene ration. There wvill be frequent outbreaks and bloody struggles; but until the people ire better educated in regard to their politi sl rights and duties, those effohrts wvill only orge newv chains for them. T1he Govern iments of Europe are all more or less military :entralizations; the sword being made to xecute their decrees. When, or how, pop lar and useful education is to be introduced, s mor than I can see or foretell." It may be remarked, that this conversa bvas held in the spring of 1845, and anterior ;o the revolution of 1848 in Europe. I recollect afterwards reading the debate n the Senate in 1848, when a resolution wvas ntroduceed instructing our minister in France ir. Rives) to recognise the new, or provi iional government, and to congratulate Franee on the establishment of a republic, Mr. Calhoun made a speech in opposition to t, on the ground that the recognition would >e premature, and that we had better wvait o witness the results likely to flow from this 1udden change ; and in the course of his re narks, he stated his belief, that there wmas eat danger of the people running into an treby, Irom which they would fly for pro ection to the government ot a dictator," 3e was taken to task by some of the san. tuine and progressive public men for his ardiness, and taunted for his."masterly inac, ivity." M1r. Calhoun did not live to see ~ouis Napoleon crowned Emperor of France d the Republic scattered to the winds; et never wvas prophecy more truly fulfilled. Mr. Calhoun always gave conversations R ~rave and use il turn and was alwvays ready o give atnd se5 information, H is conversa ion was often",arnest and animated but nev r frivlous. He never indulged in light jest. or admirer inahim.g;gmmo words, nor the slig it'tw(in ever appeared in h All his aims were. a looked to the hoiiriajIppe the American people..,' Dun bles over the world.m41in1ou-.A, with, or knowledge otenb small, we never ado.,0 Among all the pu'blinen;'who at Washington, be.ws pure. He once asked ,ieh life I considered most haorab A al and literary cultivtioInm r1: thou-ght liberty was the.usiavo a certain extent, he satdti he considered eire,%A% without unusual weaIl t could be enjoyed. He d in 1850. At one time a a m citizens of NewYor B0113 for him to visit the "it hospitality. In conversatod him that he would meet..a and that it might be wellfc him to aecept it. - I kew'*. had graduated atYaleCoU urged to revisit it at p he had never returnaednott He had never visited Cindna W His habits was to pass Washington. to-his kht i dleton Districts a- d Mr lie duties. In reply to my remrkaA New York, he shoo- hW that' it would afford hiMF S visit that city, as wel*-as ozhfPI vided'he could be left alole with friendsof his own-: oosi entirely free 4nd unretinedj a movements.: 'St he did nosa to the hads ofasrtfcom men,-appointed to.lead hiii, i at by the -multitae, rop curiosity, than by an n esteem or sympattiy had abstained from I country,. The happie been.spent oir w-i.arm. without regretad ' ;without pleasde, 'Calhoun.,, I have never held any e. 'warts Mr. Calhoono Gdvernment, at all' ,' slightest pblitica , 'My admirationiud ~~d~i 11thespontaneons sei perior talents, true, pa lds, ff . Vwasiv' w iy 6, 1854, DEATH OF AN OLD P iNTaiin.,It is with sinedre regret that we annoqunce this -mor* ning the death of Mr. E, C. Coundell, which occurred rather suddenly lst evenin about seven o'clock. Mr. Conneell hap been for some yearsan old member of the Typographical frater-' nity of this city, and at one time was fore. man of the composing room of this journaCr and afterwards filled the same responsible situation in the offlice of one of our Savan nah contemporaries. For the last few years, however, he has been in business as a Book and Job Printer in this city. Mr. Councell for some time has been i4 declining health, and was to have sailed this dg in the Tennessee for Baltimore, in the hope that his native air-having been bork on the Eastern shore of Maryland-migh be of service to him. As a practical Printer, Mr. Couneell had few superiors, by the craft and all who knew him was much respected.-Char. Courier, 16th inst. HYXENIAIz I~sTRCTo,-Somehody ad. vertises for agents to sell a work entitled. " Hymenial Instructor." A contemporary adds," the best hymienial instructor we know of is a young widow. What she don't know there is no use learning." . A LADr asked a silly Scotobhman how it. happened that the Scots who came out of their own country were, generally speaking, men of more abilities than those who remain, ed at home, " Oh, madam," said he, "the reason is obt. vious. At every outlet there are persona stationed to examine all who pass, that for tbe honor of the country no one be permitt. edl to leave it who is not a man of under-j standing. "'Then," said she, "I suppose yomr lord. ship was smuiggled." AN Irish Judge said when addressing ~ prisoner convicted of murder-" Yoqr are to be hanged and I hope 'twill be a warning to you." _________ " Wxr is the letter D. like a ring 1" said a. young lady to her accepted, one day. The gen, tteman, like the generality of the sex in such-a~ situation, was as dull as a hammer. "Seeause," adde4 the lady, with a very mod.' est look at the picture at the other end of the' room, " because we can't be wed without It." Two or A FixuL.-" How well he plays for one so young," said Mrs. Partington, as the or4 gan boy and his monkey performed near heS door; " and how much his little brother looks' like him, to be sure 1 THF, 1IETGuT or His ASBIT;oN.-One of our" exchanges tells of a lazy genius up his way,: who being asked, as he lay sunning himself pa the grass, what was the height of his amhitign,. replied: " To mparry a rich idow dafs go;a, cough," _________ 'L CIAPa Livis.-The Jeffersonville Adsscate, of Tazewell county, Va., gives the prices ecurt rent in that town as follows; Saeone 9 a 1Ole" cents; eggs 9j cents; flour (per bblI4 *$,50f" dried apples 75 cents: dried peaches $1 a 1,M per bus; corn 50 cents. COUNTERFEIT one dellae' bills id te pdi East Tennessee are ip eitplti .Ge. Ior's portrait on the'tjlht endi isvery impiirfect and several other ji lerfgstjess whikh cua t