Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, March 26, 1859, Image 1
SLffiOirE? POETRY, ?;
The Mocking Bird- w
IIV JI IXiK MKKK. IV
From the vulo. what music ringing e
Fills tlie l)o.xi)ni'of the niglii :
On t lie Aon ho, cntr?hcc?l lling:??? (.'
Spells of witchery anddelight! <?i
O'er magnolia, lime iiikI codar.
From yon locust top it swells, t<
J.ike (lie chant of srrcnailef,
Or the rhyme of .silver IhiIIi* ! ,,
Listen! Mcmvrt, listen to it!
Sweeter soumls were never liennl ; "
'Tin the song'of that wiM poet? jMiiumic
ami minstrel"?MneltSinr l'.lvil
- ? >(
Sec liini, swinging in liin glory,
On von bending limb, ,s
fnrrollitig liii* itmormm Hot v. "
l.ikc xnmb wild criwmlcf'H hymn ! tt
Now it faints in lone* d?jllol<?iia 'I
As tin* Arel low vow a of love ! ti
Now it breaks In swells capricious, tl
All tIn* moonlight valo above ! ii
Listen ! dearest, ete, ,1
AVIiv is't lints, this sylvan Pctrnrch j
1'iinrs nil night Ills serenade ?
'Tis for sotn'c proud woodland I.aura,
His snd minttclH arc all made;
lint lie cliHtiuus tKfW Ids measure? '
lla<lncs-< huliling from his month? "
,1 est. ami jllie. ami mimic pleasure?7
Winged Anacreoti of the Syiith ! ] ^
Listen! dearest, ete. 1 J1
llinl of music, wit itn<1 glmlncss,
Troiibivloiir of sunny clime,
Disenclmnter ol' nil smliu'ss-?
Would tliinc art were in my rhymes,
O'er tlio lienrt (lint's bonlinjr liy nic,
I woulil wcnvirii siicll tlivinc ;
Is tlicr? nujzlit. she could deny inc.
Drinking in such struins as tliinc ?
Listen! dourest, etc.
. . 1 .
PQUTIQAL.
Tho Presidential Question.
The l.ite .session of Congress has hud :ui ,
important effect upon tho coming Preside ntiiil
canvass. It hns modi tied the calculations
of both political parties ami has .seriously
damaged tin; prospects of tho Democracy.
Nothing, indeed, could be more
disastrous than tho rcMtlts of the session 1
unoii that section of the Doiiiiwmtin nu tf 1
. . , - , ; - I ! (|
whicU is identified with Mr. Huchamm's i ,
Administration. The President himself ; v
is as powerless and us friendless as win* j <
(icncral Pierce,?far more so, indeed, for !
whatever may have been his political iulir- 'J
initios, Uener.tl Pierce way a warm-hearted ! '
gentleman, true to his friends, anil able to j |
retain tlien* reppeet and personal regard 1 \
won when lie could not gratify their polit- ' o
ical aspirations, Mr. Buchanan " sot up ! 0
jfor himself" in every respect, personal and j 1
political, when lie became President. Ills | 1
oldest and most devoted friends were the 1 0
moil first discarded ;?his most virulent I
and unscrupulous defaiyers bccainc his con- 1 n
(idants ond most cherished counsellors.? j i
And politically his chief anxiety seems to I
linvo boon to mislead the party, do violence c
to its most cherished principles, for-swear |
fill his own professions, and dig an impns- t
?;thlo gulf between the Democratic Party |
wnd the popular, sympathy. t
Extravagant expenditure, national bank- a
ruptoy, an attempt to saddle the country s
witb an enormous debt, the break-down of '
the Postal service, and the prev'uding influence
of corruption in the Executive Do- |
pavtineiits, arc, among the legacies bequeath- t
oil to tint Democratic 1'artv by the Administration
during the late Motion gf (Anigresy. v.
lU'CU'ly fiutbiesflness t<> the principle <>l ,,
popular sovereignty might possibly have
losf somethingojf its inlliiciii o. bujt t?ji" the i
now issue raised by the spcciai rcprcsonhi- u
tiyoH of tile Prc8iqoll]t in the Senate d>iring ^
the KuiihiW debate just before the adjoin n- 'i
i?ei)f. It was thou distinctly announced
thnttlic Democratic Party must take ground ?
in favor of Congressional intervention for ^
the protection of?laveryin the Territories.
Mir. Mil son j of Virginia, laid this down (is j
imperative upon any man who expected ^
the Charleston iiimniuitinii Mr I r1,.u I .
naitl, wiiut every man dTcouinioiiacijsc, must
know to be tnio. tlMitnot a siiijifo Northern. .
\V extern or Middle !Stat<1 can be carried '
Upon such n platform an tl|iit, lie mi<rlit
have gpn?; further :?flic IVjinocrntiu J'urty n
cannot be kept together upon any suvb j
platform ;?and if the National OoUVguttou tl
at Charleston nliaH adopt it, the National
1 >enioerr<;y will be reor^anizc.d npon tlie -(|
)ki8ia of ropufar Sovereignty, and will out- ;l
vote tfiV> " regulars" three to ono in every j
Nofthorn Mtato.' ThejnsurrectionuTy move- ()
moat of I8JK wo**!-1 be repoatcd nndet ev- t
?ry pdsMjblv and with a muoh (|
greater cnuncc oi siiocuk". c
Almost. cvory prominent politician in
"Washington cxjfpcts a nomination for the j(
}'re?i(lcm'v una this wan tin roiwyn why >
the 1'ronijent wjj? compelled to go into tlie *
shades of tlie I'utont-onice to find u nuccctf- 0
?or |'or the Ntc Postmaster^!c?j;ral. No
politician would rtak his pojNiJurit\, a j,
J'londuntial carttfidato, by undertaking, the
duties of an office, tbo disbursements of j
m which were to bo largely curtailed. 31 r. J
liilchdniH) i# undoubtedly hoping for a re
I...* ?* - il^I 11-1 * "
aunmmbiviif? mil' uui> uvim ?nu u< j
lus office-holders consider*, it t?fccew??y to f
pretend to bo for him. p(
Senator IIiMittr wilt Im) a vorjr fi?rmtd?l?le .
'uiiiUdatc?#trons in' fthiHy. liv '
like equipoise of mind nnd uhurnctor, nnd in
jmo Rnncftt ponve^tttisin of JjU opinions.? '*
Jtfs? adhesion to the PrcklflArt Iw* Ihfnmul ^
iitt in nn uori v rtnarrtd with <j?r. Wine, whtrh h
in VtrgkiM'. ftjirt, con*<jqur<r?tIv.atCliarieUnn.
S?oi*otary Obh nnrl V ft*IVoddoiU
Xircvkcnriilge iiio b<Mh in poniti<*n ?
to coinnmixl Mroii)( nupport for tho ntuniiwv- '*
tio?f(Vn<l Imlf-u-tloxcn othrrg arc hnplftg tc* '?
bo con^Klcrol Available. A vorjr influential S
i<>v<?mt5nt has vcv'Cntly boYm started, prinei- I
nilv in tliis City, in favor of' .Mr. Guthrie, !
on. I'lerco'x Sfi'i-rtncy df .the Treasury, i
hoso imputation f..r intl'^rUy, it is thoii^lit, |
iav lui of especial ourvico uiulcr existing
ireiilustimci s.
It is not at nil unlikely thnt tlie Charleston
onventl ui may ho in tho liamls of the Northrn
Pemolinev, ami that they will feci it to '
e not only right, hut absolutely lieeessnry,
> take tl)e veins into limit* own lin?wl.,_
(ate the party upon llie Popular sovceijr. ly
luif'Oia ??r iiikI mmmusli' Senator Hi a- !
Iih for the Presidency, if hu, they would
roluihly nominate Mr. Stephens, ?>r (Icnrgia, I
?r Vice-President. an?l would consider theiu- ,
elves as thus quite prepared f<-r anv rebcb
oils movement whien tfio nltraists of a few j
mi I hern States tuijiht initiate. If the ehoiee
hall clearly lie l>ot\vco1t a Northern and i
Southern rebellion, it is very easy to see 1
liat the hitler will be much the least disas- j
rons to the party. If, on duo consideration, j
lie South should acquiesce in such a ticket, j
s prospects of success would be very formb
able.
The Republican*. have lield tlie von'agc '
round throughout the session. They have j
cell responsible for notliini! and have vet
ecu able t<> control almost everything. Tltcy j
ave been saved fiom tlie conseoucnces of.
fioir own ultraisnis bv tlie indenondoiu-e of !
nine of their own number, who nave saved
Item the odium ofsncritieing tho country to ,
1*11 tl anship. a? they hit\e once or twIvc been
a danger of doing, and tlie general tone of
heir leader*, has been manly, .statesman like '
ml wise. Mr. Sew anl's chalices of the nom* '
nation have greatly improved. lie stands ;
0 nrc-eniinciiily at tho head of the party,
ml is en conspicuously designated as its lea- j
ler by his talents, services and experience, ;
hat he cannot be set aside or passed by with i
ut nn exhibition of cowntdicC and injustice {
1 Well would greatly impair the umralc of'
lie iiiirtir iiinl !tu i.i-..-i- 11.. I. ? '
.i ;
ulisted the active ami inveterate ho8tdity of
nrge clas>e-i of people, mainly ii. liis own
Stale, ami lias been distrusted as too radical
it many ul'tliu fundamental questions uf the
lav.
lint tliO<t> misgivings bavc been softened
cry iniicli within tlio past few years, and !
night yield entirely to tlio pressure of such a ,
lecessity of choosing as the coming canvass |
nay present. It is to lie borne in mind, also.
Iiat the conflicting claims which will follow
lis being passed by would involve difficulties
[tlile as serious as could be created by his
Diminution. The question of availability
kill, to a very great extent, control the avion
of the lloiiublicjm !>?? <!>?
L'oling i? growing with tlio party ihnt Mr. S.
nay bo after all us available as iinvother canlidato.
Tlio main difficulty will be to find a
andidato from a Southern State; fur Yice'residont
on the snino ticket?and tlio Party
^ill scarcely consent to go through another
an vans, with both nominee* from one section
f the Union. It is perlmpt> not impossible
hat Mr. Crittemlon would accept tlio noinilation
for V ice-l'iosidcnt, under Mr. >Scrnrd
: such n combination would have the
IcincntK of groat popular strength.
lriL^ i\
ii wic I'lMiiticrui* arc unw.se enough to !
foniinnte n Southern mini, or nnv man stand- |
ng up >n tlie new intervontioii-fot-Sluver\ |
ilatforin. Mr. Seward's nomination may ho j
onsidcrcd certain, and his election highly !
tropnhlc. If they take Douglas, or auvman
adding frankly and openly his position on
he Slavery question, tliry may Compel the
Icpuhlicans to make some other selection or
otake large risks in the chnvass, It is not
t all unlikely, however, that they may eonider
boldness the bent policy. Valor is ofon
the better part of discretion.?-V J' Tiiin.i.
" S MO K'PJ 11 n ' Pk it- M a-n i: n t. "?The
vinckerhockcr Magazine is responsible for
he following:
One pleasant Sunday, in fihe-^ow, a
talwart Hiirhhiiid.mrin ontcroil n ilnnr<tr>in
- ; -e'
v apothecary's shop, mul said:
' I lave ye nny spirits or nlcohol? All
lie shop# arc closed, and oanna j^ct? qnai^li
"(iloiilivta or Isljiy; 1 in sair tliirsty Caunu
o h'io uic a wco Uroi)'u'i&nivtlliu" warm-|
*
It really seemed a hard ea.se; and the i
(Oq?! hearted apothecary helped him to
(hat he supposed to he a common stiff horn j
>f pure spirit ofjdchohol. The man drank |
t ult, giye him one wiiil look; up road hi.* j
wo liHiitlp over tlio ahhouiimd portion of i
ii? person, niul immediately vacated the'
ireiiiises. The npotheenry was fftartled; |
1 what was tin? nmttor?" IIo took the vesoi
fVpiH wliicli ho lind jKinrcd the devour- j
ng fluid, and found that ho had given the I
nun, in inifltake. a bumper of ii?p\ufurUs! .
lo wan half frightened to death. The '
tnii had left his hut behind him, and the |
pothccnry, hare-headed, rushed out with j
t in his hand, his hair flying in the wind,
nd made hot pursuit after the fugitive.-?
int.ho was hopelexrtly gone. What a life
f anxiety the poor fellow lived for some
liree months ! lie wax afraid to onon the
I I
rtily newspapers, Ie*t ho should hoc rc? j
oraed themyetethws and melancholy death ;
f hii victim in the public streets. At
iipprth, filtt fear, j??vrev?r, di<;d nway.Hithinu
Wi,rt heard from the missing suflprr,
nuiii'KUc month* fium the over.t, when,
neKunduy movnin<r, who should walk iu>
the shop, but tl?c idontical individual
: i cj
" Ilavoypu ?ot," fcaid lie to tlie n.^toiidu-d.
njMttlieynry, " have you tfot any-inure !
f that liquor you .sold jjio the lust time J
ras hnrp? it' you hove, ^ivo mc t\ horn,
never touted anything; like it. It went
i??ht to ihe npojt. Why, it lasted nie n t
>rtuiirht. No reduction about that lluUutthcnpothocary
contorted hiniHelftliijt
f?ic nv (living ins rcturnoU customer a 1
lusn ot pnr<) fpiritn, mid his old hut, which
o had loft tho time hoforo.
Lcxak Itr.Acx.?an avtrmiotver to a
riaiht-oyoJr giH. when talking of rninhmv*:
MM y?m etor *c? a Iiiumt bow1, mi**?" " I
?vo ikhjii hcaux by muoTui^lit. if that's what
ou incAu," w?a tho ?ly rfj(iiti<hr,
From tho Washington Stuton, .Miirrli 11.
Anti-Slavery Legislation's?the Passim
South.
It is rcntnvliitble that the<rontlcrticn wl
nrc 8o sensitive in regard to tlio spcoultiti
HitnctiniiH of slavery in tin; Turl'ttorlwi) i
not exhibit greater zeal in rexirtttiUec to a
jrfWHionfl "f ft palpable ami practical flu
nclftr. Is it ilint theiv energies are expe
?!.? .1:. 1* :
??v v? III Iin VI ir\ unnuii \it a lilt'lupn^K'Ml
insomuch that they have no thought 1
questions ef the gravest import hml t
most pressing urgency ? Wc applaud t
patriotism which starts nt the shadow
attack, hut we distrust its fidelity when
fails to repel actual aggression.
Although it be the absurdest idea in t
world that Congress may over he broug
to legislate for the establishment of slave
in the Territories, yet while the South
supposed to have a right to such iutcrvt
tint), We must commend the fidelity of the
who refuse to surrender even a barren sa
guard. The inexplicable circumstance
this: why do not the champions of (\
gregional intervention propose an appli
tion of the principle for the protection
slavery in Kansas'/ It is not that Kan
nits simply promuiteu tnc introduction
shivery, but by net of tho Legislature 1
positively abolished slavery in the Terri
vv. Tlio case asserts the principle of "si|U
ter sovereignity" in the most offensive sin
wild employs it for the confiscation of Hon
em property. Why is there no attempt
invoke the action of Congress against t
enormous injustice?
lint this is n<>I the only invasion of Hot
ern rights that has been consuninintoil \vi
in fhe la*t few months. Mere is an
struct of a bill which has been cuacted
more than one Northern State, a nil wh
is now pending ill tho Legislature of N'
Vork. [Wo quote from tlie Tribune
" The Personal Liberty bill, now pel
ing before our State Legislature at Albin
appears to have been drawn with great c
1 ..I. : 11 t? 1 I' ?- .
nun r*r\ 111. II lliin HIUI UIIJITIN 111 VltlW.
The first is to prevent any person holdi
any oflice or spceial authority tunlor I
hnvs of this State, whether civil or inili
ry, from taking any share or part whntc1
in the official execution of the acts of (\
gvess for the surrender of fugitives from
bor. This object is embraced in' the s
tions of the bill, from the Oth to thu 1 j
inclusive.
The second object of the hill, carried <
in the thirteenth section, is to secure to
residents in this State a defence, at pub
expense, against any attempt that may
made to carry them ouf of the State, uiu
the claim that thev are. fu?iti\*ps lYniii n
or States, bound to labor under the la
thereof. The third objoct of the bill is
secure to all persons so clai' rd the pri
lego of n jury trial, upon the point whetl
or imt they are fugitives from labor, lial
under the Constitution of the I'nited Stat
to be removed out of the State. The foui
object is totally to prohibit the holding
any person in this State as fl slave, or I
exercise over any person therein of a
right of property, either by sale, pnrchn
delivery, or otherwise. We might, p
Imps, add, as a fifth object of the bill, (
.1 ..iu ?
? iiivuv uinip i'?<1111.-1/ <111 > uuiiuv vii
( ion which mi<rht attach to it in con
piehec of the obiter dicta of some of (
judges in tlx: Dred Scott ??nsc?the out
rl<jht of this State of Now York to admit
citizens persons of African descent."
Is it possible to conceive a more insi
ing aggression upon the right# of tlid Son
or a more detiant denial of the obligate
of the constitutional compact? The p
..- on in the Federal Constitution whl
stipulates for the return of fugitive Slav
is set at nought with every circumstance
traitorous insubordination. The COnfl
between the paramount authority of I
Federal government ami the power of t
Stiito is precipitated with a deliberate p
pose of denying the South legal protect!
of Its property. The judgment Of the J
prenic Court is divided, and the nation
Congress within its legitimate sphere n
litied?and this is done by the J*c<ri?I:?ti
of a .State which professes aftll to be a uie
her of the confederacy.
Is no step to be taken in vindication
the C'onstitui 'on? Is the South to endi
these wrongs and indignities without
much as a remonstrance ' The time v
when all the power of the Union was invi
cd to subdue resistance to an act of Fed
nl IimmkImIiiilk ivhii-li :> Hiivi?r?5mi
o~" ; * ; {I'v%"vN
notincecl uifconstitutionm. Will nothi
be done tn chastise tbc iiiHVtbordinutiO)i
States which openly renounce tho cblij
lions of the Constitution for the nvow
purpose of muniling the rijzhtK of tl.o Sout
Matrimoni.u, JJkoKKn.vak.-^riic Now Y<
correspondent of tho Dultimoro Sun relu
tho following;
"A en?c of" matrimonii^ l>rokern<?o" w
! Potuthto Sopttjtnq i'ourfc v??terdity. It i
iiH thnt a inn 11 nmiHid Nc'ills huo<I nnotl
named Ci'ooko. and his wife Ann, to mm
tho sum of $l,4M)0. The pluiutift" nllc;
tiiAf the lady. before hor mui'riii^e, prou:
ed him $1,000 if |m> would procure her a h
linniis in accordance with which ho hit
njvornl yontlonmii to tho lr.lv, (>no
wlmm ?|iu acuoptcd. and is uu>v licrhu^hai
She refused to haud over.the VPOJ*, howov
and hence,tho prcHC?tJict*ion>"
HttMK'Ona wan tclline nu iri*hniim tl
wmiobody had en Jon, ten Jaucont of.
oreom ; whercnpon I'nt whuok Win Imid.
44 Ao you don't MicvtilW' Wtttyrtfeliiw
tiod, rut anxworetJ : 4* 1 in'tate in ilic 4i?a
but got iu tbc suuccjh."
Torrifio Storm on the Pacific.
m N.vutiow Mscai'k or r. s. 'f?
I Tim San rraneliko papers.of the IHtli uU<,
have the following account of the storm cnij0
Countered by the ."steamship I'uclc Sam,
with ">00 troops on board, under Colonel
Hoffman, destined fov the Colorado :
"* Tlio I ."nolo Sum left our harbor at S o!i0'
clock yesterday morning, in tlio face of a
f?lrong head wind, which continued to io|,e
crease in strength tili Hi o'clock at night,
. when it had become so terrific, and tlio sea
ran ?o high, (lint it became evident the
It ,U 1:? :
..HI UIIII'I mil Mil' III Ik Willltmii IH'IIIU
relieved of the large amount of freight
which encumbered hev upper ducks, and
,f i rendered her tnp-hettvv. Accordingly or's
' dors were given that :i11 hands should go to
work throwing overboard everything on the
Ml" Upper decks, sind as there were .">00 nieti
on* hoard, a busy scene was presented,
though not all wo\(ld work. Sonic were
ls I listless and indifferent ; ot tiers were praying
some swearing, and suine said it was no use
L'11*, tn di> anything?the vessel must founder?
their lives were not worth two cents a piece.
ss,!* The sea was running mountains high, and
wave after wave broke over her, to the
">* 1 .MW iw.flI ..11 .i?i- '*?
in I w. V.M.im:, i.ii
tu" | thu tiicii wort; as wot :is they conlil he, niu]
( this in i\ fierce colli wind, which, driving
1 V?* 1 throusrh their soaked jiarments, in: do nuui\
I think it was the cuMest we.'tther thov
! cvi-r felt.
I There wore about 40 tons of barley or
' the upper deck, and that was sobit tosaet
tth 1 oVerboard. The pack saddles and apnivjo:
th- j for perhaps 401) mules followed. TImm
nl>- wont a laruo number of barrels of provis
by ions. Tllrii went l,f>00 sacks of conl, wliiel
'eli was in the forecastle and weighed down tli<
ew Ijow of t!ie boat, so that the seas swept ii
and threatened to put out tlie tires,
nd- Tin ?ro were 200 mules on tlie upper deek.
uy, but it would have required li\e or six men t<
u*ro j^et each iiniinal ovorlioavd, mid. in ease of n
lurch, till these men would have been in dan;
jrer of going over too: so onlv a few?not
. " i more than half a dozen?of the mules wen
' ] thrown over. Hut nothing else was spared.
l"" | spars, marine tackle?ovon (lio valuable
ror trunks and carpet bag* of the oftiecra ntul
m- ! passengers. wore nil sacrificed. Tlio value
la. I of tlic property thrown overboard i* not
l!0. ' known, hut it is nuppirted liy R'uno pcreom
lf. on btmrd to amount porlur s to SfoO.QUO.
1 At 11J o'clock, all tlie fouso stuff on the
upper docks hail licon eleafod ?>(F, find the
tut i vessel moved easier, and at midnighttho win*1
ill slacked. Tho captain then turned the steu
|j(. mcr about and made for port, where she ar
|)C rived this morutiig as alroaay stated.
h-r A New York Sellth
A ire.utlouuin who came oafisciiirer bv one
nvs of the .steamers yesterday,I'urnislujd us witli
to the following:?On Saturday last, just be
vi- fore the steamer left New York for thit
ier port, our friend S , of llhodo Island,
ilo, who wasbound to Montgomery, Ala., was
es, met by a well dressed man on board one ol
itli the steamers, who, after learning his desof
tinatioli, said his name was li, O. Austin,
lie | mul remni'kud that, ho wiis a merchant do
ny I ing business just below Montgomery, A1. .,
se, j whither be was now about returning b\
er- i same steamer, haying been on to New Yorl
he to buy goods which were on board. Oui
pi- i friends congratulated themselves that t-bey
? %. i i - i *1.? >*
I imu iwuuvi . 'V ^uwvi turn ji.i n^V , UIIU UIIM1<?UI
he ; they should have u good time. After i
ire i little familiar conversation, Mr. Austii
said lie must have; some segar.8 to ,sinol;c or
the wav, ami invited S?1 to take r
dt- walk just up in Washington street, where
th, he would find the article ho wanted. At'
><>.? ter turning the corner into Washington
ro- street, they met an acquaintance of Mr
ich Austin, who was introduced to our friend
cs, .James M. Davidson, a wholesale merchant
of in that city. Said Austin:! was just goict
iug up to 3*our ofliee to settle that hill: did
he you'sec to Mnditior my tnink down to flu
he | steamer? Yes, said Pnvid.wtj, I sent it by
Ul'- tlui Kv press over 20 minutes nj_'o; did you
Ion not.got it' No. We'll it must bo there
hi- very soon. Now, about that bill, said Ausof
tin; 1 am in a good deal of a hurry. So
ill- saying, ho handed I), a S2U0 bill, and
U'e showed him more of the same sort in hi*
m- | jioeket. S<?id Uavidsou, 1 cannot chanu'c
j it hero, but will do it at my ollice. Ausof
tin replied that lit! was in <;rent hr.ste, a?
ire I the steamer would soon be oft", and turn
?Q i ii??i ro our iikmhi r??-?-?, y>Kikil it he
fun eould not change it. Xof I Coiinot said
>k- 1 havo not so uiuoh money with inc.?or
I tow lmieii huv.o you? w?id Austfu. About
ro- sixty dollars, mid S? ??. Now. if you
ijcj will let mo have sixty dollars, 1 will hand
of it back to ; m iiinncniatctv on our return
ra. tq tlio stouui.v. Well, sold S- .what
c(] I liifvo is in cold, nud I sliould not like t(i
h? let it fro, without tfold in return All
rid'llf ?'?!(? VllSitlll I Will mvwlnnn If ? ? !<
irk ' ?* r"'wxi "
gold <18 tfoon ?? I yet to my trunk on the
,ch steamer. With t!iis understanding our
friond S let Austin have sixty dol'<V<
hu's, with which Austin paid Ufr. Davidson,
Mv and bidding him good bye, the two friends
l01' Htai'tod on their return to the steainor. Oil
their way, said Austin, I want to call in
jjj. hero n umjueut, iihtl.wiU bo very much
tin- oldigod if von jyst step on ?nd about
ro- aiy trunk,,L(uit it is attended tot; it iy market'
< d " H. (). A>i -1in." < )ur friend N
"pndily consented, mj<J came to th^ ?.teaui
or* er,looked on the wliurf, in the eafts, urid
in the baggage-room, but saw no trunk, nol
ini h*?K ho hi? particular friend, MlvAiu
ice tin, I lo rtwirf. ?9 InmaWatcd tho'rmenr?ci?ofY
nt- anf aluiust ??hdirf?d to toll ^jAtio
rftl menr iiK. jt will **dy ahfr\n wl>l*t
nit- mntft fool 1 w;is." - Sujo ?y??/< ^ V.Vi.
<<pnt>fcwJm>
NapoleonVOld GuardrrtK
KlN.ll. I'llAUlIK AT M ITKIII.OO.
Xanaleon's Old (iiianl grained l>y thoir |
man) instances of ilosiK'nito bravery 1111 im? i
tnormlity iii history : t> 11 Mieir prand crown- j
in^ act was their desperate charge at Water*
loo, wliioli lias few parallels in ancient ??r I
modern warfare. 'J'licy fought for their |
adored Kinpofor, and to retrieve the evil for- 1
j tlines of the liny, and tln?v felt us though to !
do ho would m'cure tlieni imniortnl glory and 1
j eternal bliss tit the \\? j 1?1 of spirits.
i The most granitic Hnu Mlrrtng neenunt- of
I that lust fearfhl ntid futtll tftrnggln that \VC
i have seen 5* from a rocontly published French
! work. It reads like war its?oll:
J " During the day lite artillery of Il?e<?imi<I
under Drouet ?naii.ttai tied its old renown,
and tint guai'd hud frequently been lueful it|
self to restore (he battle in various part* of
the field, ami always with success. The Knj
gli>h wen; fi?-1 becoming exhausted ; ?ttd in
I an hour would, doubtless. hnve been forced
into u disastrous defeat, but for the timely
aid of Blutuher. lint wlten they unv hint
with his .lO.OOii Prussians approaching their
I courage revived, while Napoleon was filled
with amazement. A beaten e.aentv about to
form a junction with the Allies, whilo 0touch
v. who had lll?en llbsn.nt to tlmm io
1 check, WI1H nil wlioro tl> III? SCOII. Alits?! win1!
plans a single inefficient command can over'
throw.
1 " In a moment Xapoicon saw that lie eonM
nut sustain tin* attack <>1" so many fresh
troops ifoncc allowed to form a junction with
the allied forces, ami he doterinlnt$<l to stake
hi.s late on one hold east ; ami endeavored to
1 pieroo the allied centre with one hulil charge
! of the old (Jnnrd, and thus to throw himself
! between the two armies. For this purpose
j the Imperial Guard was culled up and divi|
iled into two immense columns, which were
t'? meet the British centre. Those under
1 | Keille no sooner entered the fire than it dis
: appeared like nlist. The other was given to
i j Ncy, and the order given to advance. Xapo>
i ! >< 11 !ici'iinii?iiiiicil llifin ii:irl i.f rI <? w ? v
, tlie slope ami halting for a low moments in
| a hollow, addressed them in si few worth. lie
j told (hem the buttle rested upon them, ami
; that he relied on their valor, tried in so many
' i fields." " Vive l'ijinpereur !" answered him,
1 , with n .shout that was heard above the tluin'
i dor of artillery.
The whole eoutiuent.il struggle exhibited
nosulilimcr spectacle than the last effort of
I Napoleon to save hi* sinking empire. The
j ' greatest military skill and energy the world
( over possessed hud been taxed to tlio utmost
' I during the day. Tlio intense anxiety with
' j which lie watched the advance of that column
1 I the terrible suspense he endured when the
smoke of battle wrapped it from sight, ami
the utter despair of liis groat heart w lien the
curtail) lilted over u fugiti e arniy. ami the
despairing shriek rang not. " The guard
recoils ! 'i'lio guard recoils ! makes us for
a moment forgot all the carnage in m nipathy
for his distress.
"The old-Oilard Colt tlifi pressure of the
immense responsibility, and resolved not to
' | prove unworthy of the great trust committed
1 to it. Nothing could bo more imposing than
its movement to the assault. It had never
i recoiled before a human foe, and the allied
i forces beheld with its /Inn, steady advance
i to the final charge. l\?r a moment the batt
terie.s stonned ulavinir and the firinir i>i>nsr
along the British fines, as without the heatin;*
(if a drum or a bugle note to direr their
1 steady courage, they moved in dead silcneo
ovor tlioCeKi. Thulr trend was like muffled
i thunder, while the dazzling helmets ol'tho
- cuirassiers Hashed long streams of light be.
hind the dark and torrilde body that swept
. in one uti-wng mass along. Tlio stern i)rouot
was there amid his guns r.nd on every brow
was written the unalterable resolution to eon^
(jueror die. The next moment the artillery,
i and the head ft" that gallant column seemed
i to sink into the earth. Hunk after rank wont
I down, yet they neither stopped not- faltered.
, Dissolving Ki(Uadrons and whole butluHiuns
| disappearing one after another in the dOstruo
tivo lire a (levied not their steady courage,?
The ranks closed up as before and,ea:di trcad
trig over his fallen tfomrndc pressed unflinchingly
'in.
, "'riu! horse which X?y rode. fell under
! him, ami scarcely li.nl lie mounted another
' Indole it also .--auk to the earth, and ?<> au!
other nnd another, until five in succession
I iia<l heon hint from under him. Then, with
j his di'Awu t?a'ire ho marched sternly ut tin;
! hea l of his column. In vain did iliy artili
lory hurl its storm of iroii into the living
inns*. Up to the very niu/.'/lo they pressed,
and driving thu very artillery men from their
( pieces, pushed on through tfie Kn^|i?h lines,
lint just hk the victory ^coined won, a fill' oI
soldiers who had lain flat on the ground, he
I inn i a low riM^c m cnrui, vunueuiy ruse ami
j | oured ii volley into their very faces. Ani
other ivntl another followed until olio broad
i sln ot i f flame rolle I <?n their bosom*, antl in
siii-Ii a fu tvfl and uuexpeete I (lo\v that thov
, ?tadored before it. liofuru the (Joard had
time to rally ami advance, a heavy column of
inOintry fell on ita left Hank, in close and
deftdlv Volleys, causing it, in Its unsettled
i-tate, to swerve totlie right. At thatinstnlit
a whole brigade of cavalry thumlored yn the
tight Hank, and penotratcd where cavalry
had never gone before.
" Tho intrepid Dourfct could have lmrne
i up under the unexpected fire from soldier*
1 ',vhum they did not see. and would have rvdled
back the ipfAntry that had charged its.left
flank, hut the cm airy finished the rifafthlcr
iiiiowiin h iii'jjt un*i iictn imiiiH'iiiurny inrowR,
. ? ml broke tliv slmkou mnkrt before thry hud
tinio {o ref.irtn ond tho c;?^los of that hitherto
uivnicihie Ounril were " pushed biiekwivvd
d ?wn tho slope." It whs then the nruiv
1 od with despair shrlekod odl: " l'lrts O'ohrd
rocotU 1 tho (lu.ird rccoilx!" turned nml Ocd
in (JUmmy, To ?vu tho tin mil iu wmfasiort
\\> . HV^,-tluog U>ey hud never heen licfore.
iiuil it froze 6\;crv heart with terror.
tfuikbTTHcrtfiw ref'nved to fly ; Viillyirtj* iVein
thoii1 di*>ftfdar %Hcy formed two* immemUspurn'so>'t)ijrht
battalUous, nin) turned tieroe
>7 tmi mi; i'iiui|i\t iuih mnv Misicoi me
I Hthcr.-c tiilo ot rid^o. Vol* n long lime tlioj
?ttfod wyl lot tlio a&niiuii bitfl# p{iiw
? chair r.ttiUH, dimluinitig u> turn thyiv back* t??
luov ht.-l, iti jlto ik ii-1 < ! yliuao v>}um*
lions fought like ;t li. III. To C) 01 V C"hln\?flfl
of tbi? eiiAm<H> jMnrt-iTdfcr. lie trfltod, Tlir
Oitfml suvfoinlort ." and villi
lii* hi*t
to to the 'Jittrd, Iip fill u k> Vshutu
I'cntli t.iivcrscl these ei.^ht liattnlliona with tl
Mich t\i;ii 1 f > th it t'l <v * > > ? 'Iwhi'lltvl ' .'.$9
iiw'uv tn t\Vn, which turno'l in helplens daring
mi thf nvorsvhelining number tlif\b i>r?sseu
their retiring tiiotsiops.
" Iittft of till, Lut u single liiittaHion, tlio Vfij
ilohrM ??(' (In; coluinu of jrrunite ill Murongo.
wa? loft. Into 111im Napoleon flung iiimuoji'i fl
Cuinhronne. it? hrave ennininniler, saw witll g
terror the Kmperor in his tr.iil keeping, lid fl
was hot HtrujrgHng lor victory : lib W(i* in*
i tent milv on simwinjr how the ()nur<l ehotlhl
j 'lie. jVnjH-oftohin/ tho I'mperor, ho cried , f
j out-?." Uetirn?-?l?i you not sue that death hna
iin need of y?>u ?" and closing mournfully vet
j sternly nrouml their expiring osi^lo*. thoso
hearts Iiitl Napoleon itu eternal ailiou, and
i flingiii}; themselves upon tlio eneiny woro
i soon piled with the cnesny nt their feet. ?l;ai
j jrreater in its own defeat than any other corps t
j of. men in gaining ik victory, the Ohl Guard
' pureed off the i?tag<\ itml tlio curtain dropped ,)
j tipoit its strange career."
I.'nion ot-' Kuanck AM> I0N(IJ.\M>.?
I The Kn^lish papr-rs publish tlio details ot*
j tlio project of Mr. Charles Boyd, tor I ns- 'i
I tinji Kngluud and France by a gigantic tub* jular
bridge across the. channel between <
Dover and I'ape (iritiez, the nearest point*
| of the opposite co.ists. In order to afford
I a ii:ihs:i(/'i> for vessels of tln> l:ir?rnsf. size fhi?
1 bridge would rest on one side on the Cliffrf
i of Dover, and on llio other on the (Miffs of
Cape (Jrinez, the French abutments being
raised one hundred and fifty-three fccO
higher than the Knglish, to couipcnsnte fot*
the difference of elevation of the Cliffs.?
The bridge would be supported by ono
i hundred and ninety towers, at a dihtaueu
I of five hundred feet apart; each having
a liirht to snide vessels at ni lit, and au
J alarm bell for a warning in fogs.
The jrvciit depth of the channel, on tlio
' lino proposed, is one hundred and eightyj
.-ix foot The bridge would have two or
i more raihva-s, wliioh, it is estimated, could
j he traversed in twenty minutes; and it
would l?e so built as to admit tho light of
day, being lighted ;;t njgbt by gas. lu orj
der to prevent all fears of invasion, the pro|
jeetor proposes that each end of the bridgo
J shall be commanded by a strong battery.?
The towers, which would be one hundred
feet in diameter and two hundred and sixj
ty feet high, would rest on colossal bases,
I ti I'/in 11 111111 ia< < 1 (/wif u/nifi iln u f t li<> Itnilititi
OV un. IA.UVIII,
! one hundred nut) lit)3' feet square at the top
| ?rising to n height of forty uliovo the water
j ?formed of blocks of granite united by
' iron bars. The elevation of the tops of the
' towers would thus bo throe hundred feet
above the surface of the water. Mr. Hoyd
estimutes the utmost possible cost of tho
bridge at ?30,008,000} but thinks it could
I be built for half that sum, and that thcr
! whole, cost would be reimbursed to the com;
pany in eight years. Tliis project seems
i to promise much better success than that
| of Mr. (lamond, wlio proposes to build a
a 1 1 , 1 1 i .. . 4 r 1..
1111111*1 UIHUT ijk ummm'i iii a guat ui uuiy
.C^uoo.OOJ.-- i; >/,<//. a lobe.
New Paius Senoor, ov a(ki>icink.?
A correspondent of tho Loudon Timet*
gives the following outlines of a magnificent
enterprise now under consideration at
I'uris :
" Tho groat wine market which joins tho
Garden of I'hints on the East, covering a
space of eight or ten acres, is to be removed
to Mercy, and n new School of .Medicine
and Pharmacy built in its stend. To thes<r
will bo united tho School of I'isseotion, aud
freoleeturo rooms.the anatomical museumsand
the library, The whole will be joined
i to the Garden of i'juuU, so that all tjio
! uhovu .schools will bo brought into eloeo
ioiit:ivl with tin* .schools of llotany, Mineralogy,
(Jcologv, Zoology, Natural Ilisiory
j ami (Comparative Anatomy. Such an ex!
tent of sehools ami museums as will ho tlicro
j united will ho unnjuiilled in the worhl, and
will form one of tho loading curio?Uie? of
Paris. Living animnls of every climo and
i description ; plants, noxious and innoxious,
J medicinal ami non-medicinal, of every variety,
from the magnolia of the Carolina:}
: to tlio cedar of Lebanon ; the great Cuvicr
I museum of natural history ; the Dupuytrcn
i museum of the Kaeulty of Modieino; and
the extensive miimralogienl and geological
collections of the (Jardcn of Plants, will all
he united iu one space of tldrty acre? of
ground. The new project rs to cost twen?fy-seven
million lYaites, and \\ill require
five voais for its execution." * . ,
| * ?
i Inri.t'KXCK oK Mt sir.?Xnn.-loon. ?<
1 ly tlio mo?t e<?i??ununale commit mlor thnt ev'
fir the sword, who l?y hi* tactics out:
gcm'rale.d iiil Hntopp. hiul n strict rojrnrd to
i pieces which wove pltiyod l>v the soldiers on
p:irtic??i\v occasion*. Certain tunes wflro
; prohibited; other* used only under p cental
i ciycunstance's. and others iikmI onlv for mh".
Klml (jlntr^e, nshtVned, jUsrhnpH, onlv to let
tuose with 11 fWefYtfd-ohrn* ; si ml it is stated,
oti ntrtkir * the famous p:is?rtj?ft of the Alps,
tinder elictnnMtinces the m?*<t Appnllng iind
:* it,,. -i
MICIIMIUI, II 11"; B?MUIVI-? III Ulll" IIVMIHifll
in their ntnri'b, lie ordered tin' bii^lors to
>Allit(l theiV liveliest note."; and tftho<rl?>tnc)ft
was so fxrent i?< to hrti>H the flvinv to doinl
halt? jlio.\y.hulc LftU* were ovdeml to jieitl
forth Mid cKntges to 1 nllle, whlub never Irt'l*
ed to Mat tlreut over the most fovrtiidnlito
dlftknWio.*.
/ir * * * ?
Y&Y.Khfo^p.?iSiHWfamMMun n (here.
Is n? julveRhvlrtfftl of n horpe, tulh d Iff*- +
, fore 5T?gkmr|e Khvfdt, which horse, vn
I lit*1 nffoiujed, hi'H lrf*?n the tww of enn?M
ftrfitilo rxntthm'-nt nn<l t-pvynlatmn. 11c win
taken up nt (JivliHM'n rvtry, with wddto
ami IpruUe. a,ml t'? y< t no , ojic hut* callcl
tfyr Uiin. The UotP?, W ?t?id to lo worth 1t
W $200, and <Wh not behnir in tho
1 iVeiffnootl' Tt tfc th< Ofcht that' the rl
w.'i's ft nhtf tluit lii'trnl r.riit*
. dewl. ? 1 {'Mil '"v
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