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. - T! . v. J'.* *V.~ *'? " v/-v * "3 . ". ? pw^prfT-v.' * 7" v ?tf' ' '> *?????- <v ? v : * - v- i v. . ?\ 0+ \ * .. \ : ;">* y * *. *.. ' ,: ./ %;. ' "$ ,, . >* - -v/"1 ;*-v - ?;. * ' IK ISMffi IS fUlllf! II IS 131 ? : ' 7r - , 7-7rJ / , % , j. ~rr~7^ : 4 ** ' , "To tliine own ?elf bo true, mid i.l mast follow, as lite night tlio .day, (lion ruit'sf Btot lltru be false to any man.1' IJY ROH'T. A. THOMPSON. IMUKtiNS COUHT HOUSE, F. (\ SAT UK DAY, JULY 11, 18.17. VOL. VIII. NO. 52. ml^or\m pok?ry, The Sunny South. I1Y h. VlluflNIA KtKNCH. ? KnowVl tlipvi the Land" where the Rummer ia Queen, Ami her royal profusion enriches the scene, Till earth is ennobled in Iter emerald dyes And "royal emblaxonary glows on the skies? "NVhera tn? *ignet of liveliness over Im^ shown. And the spirit o( .Beauty established hei thiono i , Hast Sought ovor sunny 6ayiufnnlw, the wood Willi its arches Titanic?its deep folitude, Where bland breete# curl over emerald billows Of slow-swaying foliage, nnd under the willows The fuwn nestles down mid the feathpry ferh, And tlio wild lilly holds up her delicate urn f Ha?t joined.in the melody swooping aloDg With it waving of plumage, a gushing of song Where the bob-o-link warbles, tlio oriolo'sings, .And the mocking-bird, mndrigni "gleefully ring*. "Where the stately magnolia the woydfaml p?rfumbs. And the paraquet flutters his rich-tinted plumes ? Hast looked on the hill-side tho south wind hast kifcsed, With bold breath uplifting its veiling of mi<t? Or soft-shodowed vistas lit up by (he glesims wi guttering snn??i)ine, anil Iht flashing stVuame r Where fcweet waters on tliu coralinG shore Jiike the tiiurinurv of love, fr<>m the lips we adore." Fort TH? KEOWKK OUUKIKR. Constitutionality of the Maine Liq^uorLaw HBPI.Y TO " VBKITAS.'' Mr. Editor: From your issue of the 1 Olh May, wo porouive that "Veritas," true to promise, has administered to us his f,JoSu nf ?... '? A-J ?r v.. |/iii ui/Kim \fi hujtji. (kuu, iroin the cffoct which his no* ' inediciuo hns h?d upon us, wo have oon>o to tho conclusion unless .hi# Materia Msdiea'contains a more potont remedy than this, for tho eradication "fanaticism, anti-13ibleisin.intpmpi-rate torn peafance,11 ifeo., ?feo., th.it all his boasted modical skill will prove ineffectual and futile. Hut seriously and truly, wo are somowhat disappointed ; for we hud supposed. from hi? warning us in advance of his tci* rifio onslaught that possibly it might, bo? as this is an ago of wonders?tlial ho ha<) through the ingcin it" of his very fettile wul giganUu intellect, mado a j\ow discovery, and would bo nblo to offer ai least as much as one argument. which might have the appearance of favoring I ho cause which he has iho unenvied liouor of ndvo eating. lint it now nppenrs that. wo were most cgregiously mistaken; for instead of his meeting our arguments with reason, Iip li:i3 chosen quite a different kind of weapon with which to baiter down our position, and ha* commenced his bloodless attack by bold ntod arrogant assertions based upon the tottering foundation of his own belief, presuming as jl would seem that no man " with three grains of common sense" would dare Jiny*?.tho hardihood lo question nu unerring nn oracle fib belief, lie tells his rohders at tho outlet thai we play eel tlrtj "sophist" in our reply to his first nitwile, in onh?r il)nl wo might enlist their fueling# on our aide. But thank God for directing our course in choosing a ?;U?s0 which does not require being bolstered up with deception and falsehood lo enable it lo stand. No, ^Veritas," we have the exquisite pleasuro of being in possession of nil approving conscience, which whimpers us hweot consolation ijiat we aro right?that we are?-though in a feeble manner it he-; pleading the ttauso of poor suffering humanity, and wo would not exchange this for all the sensual and moipentitry pleasures which all the ill-gotten, blood-stained honors mid spoils of "i'lincic Alcohol" could possibly a (lord. Consequently wo are not In bo diverted froni onr purpose, or driven from cm position by your opprobiuin/ Yon can hurl forth your snrcaritjcal darts, wo heed thom not; wo havo on rho impenetrable breastplate of right, wo fc'ar them not; and in addition to this wo are safely ensconced behind tho impregnablo breastwoik of Truth, am' ihcjr linfiii us not. And fru had much .rather be called a "fanatic" for advocating truth and right than to be ono ill reality in cad*'svatiilg error and wrong. But to his arguments or rather assertions, lie sava ho did not charge any ono with want of sense, but only said he did not befifitoe there was a man iti tho United Slates ' ^vii4? ftjbree grains of common fpftso, except ^ouMsefl* ill At over dreain't (much less psed) ihjU tlw of tho Constitution which guaranties J{e1ig<ou? liberty, had any refer <ebco to liqwQr in any shape. He says that is evjdeat were excepted and all oth? ??*, aa lte did not Uelieve there wa? any. certainly; J/thi? cannot be inker. pa '.ao apology, it U very nothing and pnlP|..g to the wounded fcnd lacerated feelings, l|o, did not <;hnrge t?<* with uxunl flf wnM, but hvdid and doeg yet i^npoaeh bur yeraeUy, at be4oe? not believ-e any o?o lias used this clause fyr any euch purpose] /\n wo say, How,''Veritas,M we asiwirt in the lupst positive Utripp that there are men H ivliowo an mDolt superior to you in intclleotual*eodow!i)uuts as tho meridian snn in f totfiemoRtiusigiiirtpQnlglwr-yoM) At tdtfhi,. who bavo ii) ibh liquor question used this yary clause of the Constitution. wit to ^p iiift tf/K? his r&ttlurw -that halo charged men with vMint of ^onso, iq aaying th^l Vo jwere certain tno .clause rcfurfod to |>?? no Hp. ifae aqlyoot. *? >. * * v ? Now uroRsk tlift rfltfflflr lr? nf.Ma. h flfT'l 9po K crtn 4jsco/er ntw proof ifcU <htoo4 t&mfyifrmjlrfrl ityVfcy&lMip charged men with want of sense. Not one 1 iola OHj) wo perceive except what attaches S to bin belief. lie first doos not believe any " oi>o has tided this clause for the J)urupee we c Bay. IIo secondly believes, nnd believes i only?unless be verifies bis belief by his 1 belief?wo have charged men wilh want of 1 seiir-e. in Raying we are eer-lain ibe aforesaid r e.lau?e ha* 110 reference to the question tin i c der consideration. Co.nsenUenlly, it will 11 be perceived that by his belief against our " affirmation, be establishes I bo truth of this * proposition and "calls upon au intelligent , public to believe nnd receive it ns such be- t cause forsooth be believes it. Wonder if '1 ho has nrrived to the same degree of per- 11 taction in matters of belief ns tbo Pope of I Koine and lavs claim to infallibility, if so, , wonder if Ida practice is in unison with his belief. Will you, "Veritns," concede us tho same modest claim which you so superciliously assume tO'yourself Of course, wo are as much entitled 10 H as you are, as wo I are both mortal. If you do, you will at once perceive into what glaring inconsistencies, gross absurdities, to say nothing o' . I iho daring impiety your claim involves you ; for you will agree that touching the rv.?. ? .vii|?'>.<,|nv ifimciuuii tun uvnein mu mam- ; etrically opposed, they must of necessity bo 1 antagonistic print*!pi*;?*, Jiod cannot possibly ( harmonize, yot according to your mode of j establishing tVuth they do hasmonize; for i whatever a man believes is tljo truth. Cot)- 11 sequently yon render an impossibility pos- | si bio. When will wonder* ccasc ? \ .".Veritas" endeavors to make the reader believe that the manufacturer of ardent i spirits is no moro cnlpablo than aio the 1 growers of grain, raisers of stoek, bo* * cause, savs ho, "It is n fact admitted that j (ii)t Hour is death to mrU dyspeptic per- c sons; and according i. medical authors. 1 millions die short of three score and ten f (the ago allotted man) from intemperance J in eating." ( .... ? ? j i ' on, uif |'M |!<iit!u ipsnow irorn i i these same medical authors also, tliat this I kind of reasoning is iho vory quintessence of fallacy?"sophistry" without alloy. Dut even "Common Sense," if aucompanied by j ex per i??qoo mid obst-rvaljoti will prove to the contrary. It scarcely heeds so much as a denial to refute it. Dread is tho staff of life. Man is necessarily compelled by the very laws of his being?:by tho inllexi ble, unchangeable laws of nature and of nature's God, to cat bread, cither in a wholesomo or an unwholesome form, or else die. The laws which govern his life cause liiril to.crayo food, lie can cat and satisfy | tho cravings of nature, or in oilier words, his appetite ; and .prudence dictates that ho j should take food in that form which experience has shown to be most nut vicious or conducive to health." If ho will not tal<c lit hi tlii* form, he must abide the evil con; 1 j sequences. No\V, can as much bo said of ? | ardent spirits ? By no means. There is | no nntricious form in which it can possibly I betaken; for-pervert Scripture, deny sci- 1 once, question your own senses, or argue ' as you may, we reiterate the assertion that ( there is not it particle of nutriment in a i million gallons of alcohol.', and we intend i to prove tliis to your toolh before dismiss- J ing this point, by the very highest kind of 1 authority - by the most veracious and coin t . TheCo me thousands of the mo*t respec- ' table, intelligent, conscicntious, veracious , and virtuous citizens?-and not ft few ofilic ' most pious?in ev.ofy Si ate. in oitr Union who wilj make no scrup)<) in telliijg you i that they know froin'oxpcrieneo that a man I in health is no inoro necessitated to tnke J alcoholic drink* into hi* stomach than ho ( istoiake arsenic,; and that nature in n i normal or.unperverled statd no' rftftre' rfc; ? ijuni'8 or craves o)ie limn it does the ! lliit, ohjl'fftK 'V.m'uhs," th'oie persons itre ultra or tuili Uiblo tempt-ranec faiiat.ics, tboy nro wiso above what is written. I do not belivo thoir word." Yes nntl there ?ro pome " old foggfes" wlio fire most lamentably ignorant of the import of "what is written" nnil we fenr culpably m? too; for we nro inclined (o bolieve they might take off those ?ii(ht-perverting glasses of prejudice fjoni their mental optics by which they might b? enabled to sfec things iiNtiioy roally nro. Hut aft" Veritas" is " to tlw death opposed" to any thing emanating from a >' fanatic" wo will call uponhisown witnesses whom he h?eendeavored to inAke teslify a jainst ns. JLv? us call upon the i */.;< ~...II^..I i.i i ?-? vhiim u rviVKilllV MlVlllUni *tui?w iuiu ilchf wiirv j they will testify in thiscftse, rid the first whom. . wo put upon the atmxl in Dr. Mushey nn eminent J American physiologist. Hear what hi? nays "that i alcohol in poison to our organization is evident t from observation. What in poison I U Is that sutv . stance in whatever form it may be which when applied to r. living surface dtaCuncerta life's healthy movements; such ApoWon in alcohol;saeh ( tn all its forms; mix it as yo\i may. It is never I digested and converted into nourishment. Hoar ] that " Veritas.'' IrviijctlibU. wo learn, and of iour*e cannot impart any nutulioua properties to . the system.' Does it grata upon your ear like Iho 1 ravings of ' fauntip," What else do you testify < in this caso Doctof. do you think a health i needs aPcohol. " A fitwJUvy laboring man needs i .1.^1 it \ i'.l J 1- -1- - }?w jiivim, iimn lie iicch? MTPUiiii', turrusivt' eublimat* or opium.' Will yW pl6as? take the t ttand Dr. Q. A. I.ku aik!' (ell 119 what aro the ' opinion* of medical writers generally respecting t th? puiocnou* 'properties or qualities of alcohol, j " I will fir. snu I prrr.imo I /im ?a(Ufy you go ( thi* point In ft vary feW M-ofiK" " All writers on J/itieria tfedk'n now rank alcohol Among Die ' BWjri pow<ffu! and fatal narcotic vegetable poie- J on*," The iiuxt iijhw whom overall la Dr. Samjj- J ki. K?|i.|y, He #ay?, "We should not admty the , popular reasonings iu anplirshla horo. that the , ffhUft bt ft tiling t? 110 argument ngiyn'st Its v??.A- 4 All \im itrnrdcM ajrtrU* {that in a* a boveratfn) J Wan a6wA," " AnOthvr unfounded ?wn., lion" is < it" VWifiM^ A p?(\n who cdfW (lifting H* ftU i? ? pot temperate, neither ia one who drintia nothing , tcniptf-rrtln, Ynor prwni.ie* ?re truo but your torer < once la fnW, As wolVrniglU youijtttl# of. Iioneftj i ' ; pwcnHty or tompoiate thievhig a* to^fiJh V-' UlttU* Ukiny ftOMull ty) iUow bid tentjvcrt^pet^iul J " 7 . *. ' * . i. J.: -m . :?>? et its resume tlic work of deposing these medical ;entlemcn. Hear Dr. Ciikyne of London; "They ro most liko Opium in their nature and like arso lie in tlioif < leteripfas" effects." Dr. Fuank deItircn "theii tendency ?veri trhm used m?dcrat?hf h to ituhice disease.premature old age ami death )r. Ivikk Rays"meo who were never considered ntemperate by daily drinking iiave often shoretied lift- mure than tieeiiti/ years ; and that tlie expectable us* of this poison has killed more than Irtmkenness itself." Dr. Aiokx h'stifies thus on every organ they touch ardent spirit* operate 18 a poison. * * * To a man in lealth there is no such a thing as a temperate use <f spirits. In any quantity tliey are an enemy of he human Constitution. Their influence upon he physical organs is unfavorable to health.? They produce weakness ad not strength; sickness iml not health ; death and not life." Dr. SkWa.u. ays, "dyspepsia, jaundice, emaciation, corpuence, dropue^, ulcers, rhumatism, gout, tremors, n^n?criu, cporpsy, pnisy, leuiargy, ipoph'jcy, melancholy, madness. delirium tremens mil premature old age compost* but a small cnlangu? of diseases produced by alcoholic drinka.-' 3ut why enlarge! The number of Physicians vhrtue nafnes could lien ducod nil testifying as hose above have, is all ott innumerable, and we reifture.the assertion that there is not one cither n tho United State#, or in Kuropo or any where ilse who?e testimony is worth having who would lot. were he Interrogated upon this subject testify ubMantially the same llnng. We care not of vital school.of medicine ho might he. whether of be Allopathic, the I'hysiopathic. tho Homeopathc, tho Hydropathic or tlio-Kclectic; for howeVnr I... ,wll,.. r .1 -line ... ......v-.v-nvo ui >ut;?u tiiuvruiiv iiiiii conilicung henries nf medicine may disagree in practice as t respccts giving n nick nirtn a poison to make hint fell, vet tliey nil ngroo that a poison will make l well man sick. Ami consequently each school ouchessubstantially *l?c same doctrine respectng alcohol, to wit: tliat no one can use it as a leverage without injuring hcnlth. The reader will bejir lit mind that '?Veri(as" has ndircctly disputed the proposition that there is* ml a particle of nutriment in a million gallons of ilcohol; and directly the two propositions that iloohol is a poison and the man who uses it as r HJTurngois not temperate, Now it will be pcrejved that in his contradicting those propositions hut he has not only impeachcd ??ur word, hut that tftliewole lenrneii scientific medical world; that n his enthusiasm for this monster of iniquity io virtually gives the most learned experienced Chemists, Physiologists and Physicians the lie.? lence we perceive that it is " Vc.itns," "the nunmined fanner' against the combined knowledge >f the medical world. Now we do-not wish to be inderstood as disparaging the farmer, far be it rom us. The)- nre tho very bono and sinew of ountry's prosperity?the strong and Invincible udwark oi her l.iws and institution??the mighty ipd iinpreguablo fortress of her liberties. They iv$as a class generally freer from tho tyrhnical hackles of prejudice than aro the Ictirned profusions, and consequently they aro more open to :o?viction?ready to receive new truths at any ime.nnd therefore reform is one of their distinrnishin^ characteristic-'. They aro a? a clafs rendj ma wmmg to jenu n helping htfnd in carrying.out !ny reform which promises to bts conducive-to the >rospoi ity of their country. Hut alas for "Veri" he is completely enveloped in tlac thick fogs if antiquity?"old foggy S lu the. very core. Unlike i great many of bis reformatory brethren, he is iudeavoring with a z nl worthy of a better cause o stop, yea roll hack the case of reform. He is ipp<">suig the penco, safety and prosperity of his iwn State, by objecting and opposing the cnuctni nt of a law which would reuuee tl. itylendar if crime threo fourth^ substitute viri.i and inlustry for vice tind indolence, pence atj.i plenty "or strife and want, leave our prisons anil poor muses aluio*t tenant less and curtail,tho expense* f Htate annually $36,000. Quite an enviable josition indeed. il.Ti tbeie is another death which the maftufaourerof ardent spirits inflict* upon his customers ivhich in as rrigfth worse than the first as the soul 8 worth more than the body. This in the Ian* Juagc of holy writ is termed' tbo second death? lie death of ill's foul. Iillt sava " Vi>ri?;m" llin tnimiiflirln >..?? >ur?6&ble w'r.i tliU. It is ch.ugcsble to thfcir 'own uppctite which ulwaye craves that which is oibidden." Now sir, according to your doctrine the Old Serpent himself was os innocent nn a Ininb in be (uiling old Mother Kve and causing her nnd Adun to out the Forbidden Fruit, fcjfttnn could have eplied to the Almighty with about as much propriety as you do-~you should not pass any curse jpoti inu. I am not iit tha least toblamo for Adam ukI tivo'a eating the fruit, it U nil churg**nble to .'heir appetite which always craves that which is 'oj bidden. 'iTierefore Mono of Uxj guilt is ntti ill' ituble tonio. Now Satan knew w)iat would be lie inevitable result of Adam and Bvu'a purtakng of ?be fruit tltal it would involve their whole in death temporal and wtevria1, you (now the Kftiuo from experience, observation and he teaching* of llh) Bible, respecting ?hc drinking tf ardent spirits with the exception thut all who irink spirits do not dio temporally and eternally 'rom lira eft'ccls. But respecting your prop>siion it is precisely (ho smite. To make it plain yon know that the drinking of ardent spirits has ilsvayetn every ago in whiehit has boon prnctU;d among all nations produced drunkards. Yon tnoW that there aro comparatively speaking but few drunkard? who ever reform if they can obtain liquor. You alio know that drunkards can tliu atlA r*tt li/tilAv Oo J* - * ? ' - I o HV|UV/I in ivug lis 11/ in IVWMie, It natters nol how low they imvd fallen, if :h?y have money j for to procure this you knew, Is the express purpose for which it * made. Now, you know as tt rospects hiit elanft, that (heir lives are, a<i it were, daced in the hands of the distiller. Tlx-y *ave either life or death to bestow, and Hernttl at that; for you know that the Hi-1 ile declares no drunkard ahull enter the Kingdom of Ood. And you know too or Might, to know, that the same Bible, that L*ook from which you quote so fluently and "iiiui.'htly, say? : "Woo unto him that tfivkiK !.*!? hAi..ld Vls^l. ti' ? .a 7 . nu iinuoi^iiuui uimn, pimesi inv ooilo to him anil naketh him druplferi,"' &c. \nd yet you will Ijj the face of all this afIrni ybu teach no other doctrine than that aught in tho Uiblo. Your meaning tho' s about this; you teach no other doctrine hart that taught in the Biblo, you being the nierprotor. Now, there is no! ft Religious Jonomination umtor. tho b?o.#d canopy of Uoavon, whether. orthodox or heterodox, *ho will not. ftfllfin llin namn Nnui vaii sssisot shjft the retpomiUinty by saying our nitentjoo is* not to kill any one, mjith j temporally uor otornally, but \vb??t(>vor ilse may be ypur raotivo, there isoiy thing jbrtfon, (hat momy is the prtQcipnl ono.-^ Suppose for inj?tw>re, you svora a inHijotucnier of ihfi "liquid poison"-~a#? you may w fof taifjju'wo' feiiow?and you wero to ^ put up a dollar for a shooting target, and directly within the range and reach of your balls, there wore multitudes of drunkards. You commence firing al tho dollar, every p lire cuts down a drunkard, you keep firmer o . at the dollar but shooting down tho drunk- ii aids, each shot telling upon their very life's ti blood. You see then) fall, but keep on fir- u ing. Now, we ask. are t/ou innocent? If b no', what is your crime ? A^k tin; beriflved wives and children of your victory.? tl ; Ask your own conscience what you are, by tl what you do, or at least help do. Now, d j (iod has established a universal, an invarin- a , ble, and an inevitable connection between t t "<*l? niAimfu/'f urinrr .if n ??! . " I . ? wi Iiivtcui rjiir ii*i Ull me v3 ono hand, and the taking away of drunk- n nrd'a lives on tho other hand, which is pre- rr wisely the same as wo have supposed be- Y iween your filing at the dollar and shoot- V I ing down the drunkards. Now, put this p and that together, and draw your own con- rl elusions. True, you fire at tho dollar, but ft you know every shot penetrates tho very n vitals of drunkards, and sends their guilty V Bonis to thai plaee, "Where the worm di u 0th not, and the fire is not quene.hed."? d ti.:- ? 1 : > - liua v>u miuw is lurusung' me com steel in- e to tho very vitals of the manufacturers mid p Venders, hut it is nothing hut the naked ti steel of truth, sharpened by the immutable o laws of nature, and nature's God, and s thrust homo by tho strong arm of/act and o reason. ti [?Kn SECOND PAGE.] 0 The Mob in Memphis, Tennessee. " I The Memphis, Tennesse\ pnpeis have an a account of the murder of John Kverson, a 1 pump maker, and highly respectable citizen 1 of that place by John Abel, a crumbier, and " Hie excited scenes that followed it. The Bulletin sn)'s: " They were sensed in front of thrt Worsh >m " House, nnd it is not known by those who " Were near that any angry words passed be* (Ween ihem. The first thing that occurred which attracted attention was Abel rising e and shooting Mr. Emerson. He shot him '' through the heart, pnd he fell upon the '' pavement and died almost instantly, without f speaking a word. Abel endeavored to make hie escape, but ho was soon arrested and " taken to lhe prison, " III n fpw tnnmnnls nflnr lin troo V n large and infuri ted crowd nssembjed, first upon the ground where the bloody deed was " gomndtlod, and then proceeded to the jail ' with the view of taking nnd linn^ing him ^ immediately ; nnd had not the crowd been c checked by several ginilem?*n who took an '! active part in trying to quiet it, they would moat certainly have hung him. The crowd l' wasuddressed by Mayor Douglaasandothers, ^ who urged them to deliberate and consider 11 before proceeding further int.uch imimpor- l( (ant move. The crowd was veiy large, J' numbei ing bet ween two and three thousand '' citizens, who were verv cr rentlv excited and J n J ~ I """" I u much enraged? Finally a committee of fif- " (y persons h as appointed to gtwrd the jiil, 11 and Bee that Able did not escape, and the l' meeting adjourned lo meet at Coui i Square, '' at half past 3 o'clock in theevenitig; the ? committee was appointed arid the meeting v dispersed. At about eictht o'clork the crowd com- . menced assembling nl Exchange f3uildin<>, " and that spacious hall was soon crowded to ' 'overflowing. There were between 4.000 t: and 5,000 persons in and surrounding the c hall. The greatest excitement pervaded the n viijmv v-iyn ui The meeting was organised hy calling ll Dr. J. 0. Ilollund to tho, Ciuiir, aficr which ' h jury of six from each ward, wiis selected '! to act upon the onae. They were duly se. fl lectod from our heat and mo*l prudent oili- (' /.ens; and after hring empanneled. witnesses were brought befo'ts i'utni and thyi< evi " deuce in the case taksn. The. evidence, by ? those who s.?w tlio (ttftt'UHy, wis vcrv H strong, and exei'.ed great indignation among " the crowd. " After hearing nil the witnesses that could s' bo found, and each of their .siutmner.is were v fully sustained by the others, the jury re- * ureu mid were nuoui an nonr nnu a liaii " considering the case. They were divided in their opinion ns to (ho verdict, twenty-six ll being in favor of leaving his cnse to take its P regular couraoat hnr', it being in their opin- * inn such n plain and palpahle case of mur- 81 dor in the first degree, while twelve were t( for taking out the prisoner and hanging him forthwith. pl The report of ihe jury wn$ submitted to " the assembly, and about thre<i-fourths of the J" crowd sustained the noiiort of the twejve. '' Thn ciowd was greatly pxcited and had ' they been headed bv a lender, thoir purposo " Bnl having ;;c larger, th? ?rnwd ,r soon nftei4 its Adjournment, dispersed. resolutions we>e ndoptad, ordfrlnjfr Ahel'a l' falhor oat of the city ort ppnuhy of donth, 'l nnd nil the other gamblers then in Memphis. ^ How wk look in Okkkk.?A life of sj Washington hna just rondo its appearance t| at Athens, Greece. Thnt noble'people ap- s< predate full)', as Ihey havo reason lo do, J,; our Lfrcnt struggle for liberty, nnd special- g ly the character* of the revolutionary he- ^ roes, but thoy mnke shocking work with I f.heir n<iRn?n. Wellington is rendered Ova- S x!(/kton ; Hancock, Agkok; Hijhk?T Hill, h Jlonnoiiion ]>oiu//ier / >tud old (iov. Hitiwid- ' dw ticforvH, iti ihe clonic langui^o. of Ho- ci nit-r, iiii<l Plat6, piocktlbs i! VinouiJdto. j>; j ,What (? the difference between a.young ?' girl and- nn*otcf h??. ? Merely onefVf tim*-'- f" 1 fflM llic ollwr hits fell. y ^ * ? * 4 . , * From the Now York Journal of Commerce. Reminiscences. It to snmeti'.ifft useful t> recur to the a&t. There we find history, and it is full i f lessons. We have a histo< v, not ancient 1 ulecd, Hut mote interesting than mere tin qnity. Anil it bi longs to the whole conn- \ V. Therefore it is to us a bond of union, j i is '<ome\vhat different from the commerial ligament, which may stronger, but ?o historical bond is nobler. Never did j difference between a narrow-minded emngogue and a larg?*-heai ted statesman, 1 pprar more striking than in the instance of | wo Massachusetts Senators, Webster and umner. iti< known Unit while Sumner nved of Bunker Hill arid oilier fi-lds in ilie lost sopliomoi icul manner, nil to glorify the 'ankees, who (lid not need his priori ication, Webster, in li's gieat speech, with n sim* licity infinitely above the arts of a fulsome miotic, while vindicating the North, paid ill justice to the South, which Sumer denied, adding ridicule to falsehood.? Vebster drew a splendid picture of the ; nited array of the North and South,"shoul- | er to shoulder," allowing lo all the meritd commendation. Sumner could not exarid his mind, seared and wilted by the re of Abolitionism, to the comprehension f Southern valor and Southern statesmanhip. We denounce this illiheralitv. It is ne of the worst and most menacing feaures of the times. Instead of this, we tight to be continually exchanging pleasnt recollections with the South. Sumner nd his co-calumniators ought to dispose of )p infamy of Church. Tryon and Arnold, oMnMhey dei?' out their slanders against l)? South, ihn. produced no traitors. Tlio South had a brilliant list, hoi!) of rnnior* and statesman. Lot us glance at First, there was Gates, the conqueror I Saratoga, an adopted son of Viiginia.? 'here was Col. Henry Lee, usually called light-horse Harry," because he commandd a partisan corps of gallant and thorough rcc' Virginia horsemen, that not only cx ibited a kind of ubiquity in annoying the nemy on liis marches, and aurpiising him i encampments, but conducted with disi iguished bravery and efficiency in drawn utiles. Henry Lee, according to the some hut fanciful statements of Irving, w.s the dii of the'Mowland beauty," who whs NVas.lv lgton's first love, but married Mr. L?*e.? Slighter still is the name of General )hii'ioI Morenn, iho hardy veteran, who onld do and dure anything in war; a man f few word <, hi*t of many and efficient j eeds ; the moat useful officer in practice j kn t Biirtfat I ? . -i i .... OI.I .vu UIIUM II II9IIIIIVIII1I , IIIWIIVH iirent, yet ever cautious ^certain of victory i every because exerting every nerve j obtain it; approached, while a prisoner, y a splendid offer in the British service, ut spurning it with dashing indignation.? Je was as skillful in retreat before a superior jrce, as he was mighty in contending with n equal foe. I lis dust is mingled with le soil of Virginia among that of many of is brave liflemen, who never knew defeat, r if they did, made dei at aa good as a ietory. Col. Davie, of North Carolina, was the ivorite of Greene, and eminently suoces>ful i the Southern campaign. Marion and Sumler wore the pride of South Carolina, ver active, vigilant, Relf-denyiftg, and sue e safe I, alarming and distracting (lie enemy t unexpected points, ni.d at unseasonable moments ; not ambitious of the blaze of vieDry, as at Vorlttown and Saratoga, but eating the foe in practical detail, constantpini proving the aspect of affairs, and fro uently creating hope in the very bosom of spair. Nor should we forget the giillant iol, William Washington, of i he dragoons, 11 offshoot of the Same stock us ins illusjtii us namesake, of impetuous valor in fretrcni actions. in which he dtdigbted, while v mniicni'inirn* In ..uaiiI > - ?"> I... ? M.....VV V 11#^ w ??? wni r? OUJM iU'l I'M ? ' ? lit" ? ii\% of immense service to Greene. So idt) wus Col. ( llio II. Willintns, of Maryland,?ho threw himself between OornwHllrs and rrei-ne, and by lingular vigilance and skill, fived the army from being overwhelmed. How often was the dreadful crisis of des uciion averted by ihe cautious, Kabnm olicy of such men ns Washington nnd Ireune. It wns not by great mid dreadful ingle bullies, like those of Pa via and Wait loo, that the empire of liberty on this Vo?lpm Continent was decided, but by a srios of masterly measures of defence, mor land physical, aH'converging-to one dim* *sult. In Kurope, the conquefct of n city >. the ruin ?f the 3?nte to which it belongs, tut lhough the British held our four metipoittnn cities, Boston, New YOik, Philaelphia nnd Charleston, it wrts of little utlj inte n<e to them. Tliey nfver conquered te people, aAy more than (hey compK-r<-d >e United Smtes when in 1814 they held h Cupitol, and burned the Senate house, igain, Oi>l. Howard, of Maryland, a nv?n F smalj stature, hut of great and mighty f>irit, f6ught so admirably at the Cowpens, mt after the victory, Morgnn, six fefct high, sized him in his arms, hugged him, and >nded him with eulogies lor his brltli-int ullrtiitries in a content that had no imimr ' ? "" r >nt. prospective influence on the campaign. Finally. Gen. Smillwood, of the stune late, did wonders South and Noith with is "old Maryland 'lino," and Kukwryd'ti Uluc llvn'rt Chickens," as his hi\tinlu?n wrts dh*d. They fouglH for N?w Yp. k, for ?e Ngrth.na bravely as for^lfe tffruth. \Ve rq reaping the fruits f ilicir toils wounds, r)d sacrifices, whloh w*r? for llio Union.-clus he jiMt U; their jnfftnorieg, and thnyki! for in blessings il;oy 4^?^uiu"*d.t?r uju fojuAVO Washington omitted ftotn tW x * ? canvnsB, as a figure familiar tu all. Lot his mighty nhadw appal ihe. man who would whisper ticason lo the Union ! TiIk A'ti.antio Caulk.?The completion of 1,250 miles (ono half) of this (,'able for tlio Submarine Atlantic Tolftgrapb by Messrs. Newall it Co. was cth-buited at tbeir works, iiirlcQiiliend, yesterday, by .1 dinner jjiven to about GOO of their .workmen, \vill_i their wives and families. Mefcsr*. Newall* contract lias been executed wltb great speed and punctuality. On the 19th of November last they tendered either for half ortbo whole of tlio cablo, to bo finished by tho 30tb of June. Tlio tender for the half wna accepted in tho December following, and Mcssi . Xewall, who had taken one "of tho transit sheds attached to the ]5iikenhend docks, at onco set to work to provide th? necessary machinery, all of which had to bo created for tho occasion. The wiic wa? supplied to Messrs No Wall l>y the own wire drawers, Messrs. Richard, Johnson it Co., of Manchester, who completed their task by* tho 1st of June. Messrs. Xewall commenced spinning tho cable on the lSth of February, and proceeded without interrupt-' until Monday last, tb? 8th of Juno, l,2o0 miles (onediau of tho wholo cable) wore completed. Tho cable consists oF a strand of copper wire covered ilirce tares with gutta percha. The gutta percha is oowed from end to end with spun yarn,and covered with 18 strand* of seven wires each. There are thus 25,000 mi lea of strand, composed of seven times that quantity of wire, being a total of 175,000 miles of wire. The process of spinning occupied 80 days, 2.500 miles of wire being used per day, and 350 hands being employed. Tho spun yarn was also made by Messrs. Newall upon the pame promises, 100 machines for this purpose being ranged in one of the tipper floors of tho works. The cable is now lying in four liurr/i I. OO ? ~ w.o y. itun -ci mov in uinuieier una ti feet high, nil voncly for being shipped. It will bo transferred, probably to-day, intosmall vessels, and thenco on board the Niagara, which is expected to arrive at tho mouth of tho river early next week, Tlio weight of the cable averages one ton per mile ; and it is to be laid by Hie process patented by Mr. Newall, and adopted in the Black Sea (passing the wiro through a hollow cone) which prevents twisting. \ London Times. A no nv A mm vi s.?A bear rarely exceeds 20 years; a do? lives '20 years; a wolf 20; a fqx 11 or 10; lions are longlived. Pornpey lived lo lh? age of 70. Tho average of cats is 14 years ; a squirrel and hare 7 or 8 years ; rabbits 7. Eleohanti have been known to live to the great age of 400 yea>?. When Alexander the Great had conquered on? Porus, King of India, ho took a gieat elephant which had fought very valiantly for the king, named him Ajax, and dedicated liirn to the sun, and let him go with this inscription?" Alexandei, the son of Jupi'er, had dedicated Ajax to the Sun." This K'ephant was found 354 years after. Pigs have been known to live to thft age of .TO years ; the rhinoceros to 20. A horse has been known to live to the age of 02, but- averages 20 to 25. Cain?-ls sometimes Jive to the ago of 100. Slags aro lony lived. Sheep seldom exceed the nge of JO. Cows live about 15 years.; Olivier Annsidnrs il. ninlmKIn iv..>i ... 1. v ? iifiim piriijriiiiH'ii live to the age of a 1000. The dolphin and porpr.Ues attain the age r.f 30. An eagle djed .'it Vienna nt the age of J 00. Swans hnvo been known to live 300 years. Mr. Mattertor) has the skeleton of a owiin I hat attained 'he age of 200 years Pelicans nro long lived. A tortoiso has been kiv>wn to live to the age of 107.* OowmoF.8 JXttotVIVC8?Tub Skasox sV.t In.?The New Oileans Crescent of a recent Uh If, snya. The first genuine cowhiding ease of tho present summer csimo m?T o?.uIokI.... ><"' -v. ? J noon in the viciniiy of Hercules and Euterpe ?trecta. Il was an open air exhibition, freu I > till, nnd consequently created an excitemenl rather unprecedented in that quiet purl of town. The cowhider was somebody's uncle, and the cowbidee was Gomebody's lover?a middle-aged gemlemun nnd a young gentleman. Ti.e old one met tbo ypiinfl1 one, nnd at oiicp drew bis cow hide upon him. nnd gave him several shni p cuts ; tbo young one doubled a corner and heeled it down th? street, the old one hot after him. and .at last tltc latter caught up, got his giupples. on the runaway\? collar and finished the excitoment by giving himasec<''3d and moat unmercif ul cow hiding. There Was, as we have already intimated, n lady in Ihe case. The yonng man a bossbuilder, waited upon a nice, pretty girl, r.iere to the old nv?n, who is connected with a benevolent institution up town. The old man approved the conning, as the young man was good looking and had a gycvd occupation and a good reputation so far a* be knew. Lately, hbweyer,. the. old man was astonished to discover thai his would-be nephew wad married had a rtife living from whom he had separated. The old mnn voiy nftiurmiy "bjicd -r-?nd lie cooled oiT vriih u cowhjue, n? wbovf. *" " - ? "Thiol's Dkiix I)Good!1VA backwoodsm?n nnti his sweetheart, ilir other day, linppeiud to be in ii diuj^Mtore In??, when n pnty culled for ?w<d drunk wod'i w?t?f.'-? nmk-w Ws didn't know what-it but imdeu|i his mind to try it, and after drink mg a giH>8 01 uia coonngUn?J, liu turned to the Tudy and rcmnrki J, 8m) that's douj'd yoii I ,u tjy JoU'V^oh ht?y yon ' "ffi -jffltj ftf'' , * *V * ,J_