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" VOLUME X VII. ~ " CAI^DEN^" SQU1^-CAE(3^^^ TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1856.' NUMBER ]
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THE JEWISH PILGRIM.
Vi Are these the ancient holy hills
i * TVhero angels walked of old ?
Is this the land our story fills
With glory not yet cold ?
Por I have passed by many a shrine,/
O'er many a land and sea,
But still, 0! promised Palestine,
My dreams nave been of thee.
I see thy mountain cedars green,
Thy valleys fresh and fair.
With summers bright as they Jiave been, J
When Israel's hbrae was -there;
TW o'er thee sword and time have past,
'And Ci^ sto (>eseent shone,'
And heavily the chain hath prest,
But thou art still our own!
H Thine are the wandering race that go
UnWest through Isvory land, ;
Whose blood hath stained the polar snow,
And quenched the desert sand,
' And thine the homeless hearts that turn
i\ From all earth's shrines to thee,
: \ With their lone faith for ages borne
! In sleepless memory.
? ' For thrones are fallen?nations gone, :
| \ ' Befdre the inarch of time, ^ ?
I And where tho ocean rolled alone-.
Are forests in their pritne. ' ^
Since Gentile plouglishares marred the brow,
Of Zion's holy hill?
t . Whero aro the Roman eagles now? *,
Yet Judan wanders atiU. . - .**
mi And hath sbg wandered thus iu vaiu,
. A pilgrim.of the past ? ' - , "
B No ! long deferred her hope bath betn,
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^ vr^jdtTer differences of opinipn tuny prevail
"fcnorfier pwi;?>ll will agree that Mr. Brooks,
B hi* casti?ftM?'? of Sumner, has given to the. '
Bblic, Noith stud South, a spell of very intense
5~ ejsitemetrt. "Newspapers an'd orMos%1sft^rek'tciled
their genius at iTie thvme,.-fab#' *
* tfcisin has mingled its "sluieks *6<r>we<loa)^" r
vith the -pitiable Weatings of?4?t?oV Sfoiirief-V*;
. ijlle whole*# or, has been-most oppot arte. In
tii first place, Mc. Brook$ hfl#aequ?r< F, tliiough'*
" eft the-State and South ^'a .-wider xyruhirily'.
tftn speeches and.vtftesin Cdhgre^ >$u.W ever .
rfve givetr hiqi. ' lie has,iro^i tl^e first, con
<1]cted himseffcwith gootf fasta,*?200fl judgment,
1*A rrnnd snirit IIis letter 'to.-the-Senate, his.
Jeteh in Court, aiulyfiniilly, his effort in the
mouse, have aU'bfett'chHraeterifcer. I?y these
Jualities. He will be feceiyojd by'bis cornti
faency with open arms, am) isept i triumph
pack, to confront, and, if need be, \* trust, to
[punish, the enemies and calumniators of his
State and the South.
W In the next place, it has contributed greatly
Ro the union of Southern men in Congress.?
We do not remember any act width has been
I so generally and heartily npprr/\'ed, from MaInland
to Texas, as Mr. Sumner's castigation;
(and unanimity of sentiment in the people has\
re-acted upon their representatives in Washington.
On the other hand, the furious denunciations
in every quarter of the North have
developed the same feeling of unanimity ainong
Northern representatives; and the result
is, that the lines of sectionalism have been
drawn deeper than ever before to the disgust
of party hacks, and the satisfaction of true
men in the South. We rejoice at any event
which makes common cause at the South, find
foreshadows her destiny as a, separate and independent
people.
It has also contributed to a more complete
vindication of the Revolutionary fame and history
of South Carolina, than was ever befo?e
made in Congress. The discussion has not only
exposed the I'alae assumptions of the North of
superioiity duringthe Revolution, but convicted
them, by every kind of testimony, even that of
r* ?unineties-;.
IUCVlj;c ** nnifiu-bwii - .
cupidity, and cowardice. It has shown that
Sumner,and Woodruff "?d Cnntiin*, and B'?rlidgame,
are liot the degenerate sons of noble
aires, hut lite true and lineal descendants of
the braggart* and cowards of ibp Revolution
^ 'h# speeches of M*ssfs. Butler and Evans,
and, fjnajl^, the complete and conclusive speech
pf Mr. Rejtt, the conclusion of which we sliuil
publish to morroy, commend, for the persual
of the North, fasts tvhjcb put to Bhame their
impudent assumptions,
But Sumner, and his champions in ti e House
Messrs. Pennington, Burlingome, Comins,
and Woodruff, will cherish no very pleasant
memories of tl\p affair. The former is dead
lin the esteem of every man not a p<>|tiQ<m,
Worth and South. He has been personally
krnnded, morally disgraced, and po jtically
Lxposed, as a wilful falsifier of truth in the Senate.
We cannot believe that any amount of
fanatical sympathy or party clap-trap, can save
such a inasi from the living death of infamy
and detestation which he so well merits.?
Wherever manhood is prized and truth admired,
tKe name of Charles Sumner will descend upon
IXjKthe lips of men, from father to son, as the perMMIfcct
synonjme of cowardice and baseness.?
such be the end of every calumniator of
?K Jouth Carolina !
! And what of Sumner's champions, those
?a!orous knights, who pranced so gallantly on
plain, and, like the army in Plunders, "sworo
terribly?" At the sound of the trumpet, they
dashed into the ring,and, at the appearance of
the foe, dashed out again. Like their great
protoype in the Senate, their courage exhausted
itself in Cmpty blustering, and, like him, i
they have been branded with the mark of infamy.
Fit champions of New Edgland fanaticism!
Fit slanderers of South Carolina! Whither
had fled the spirit of Bunker's Hill, upon the i
shadow of w hich all New England has been
living for three quarters of h century, that i
among "11 her rampant representatives there j
could not be found one to redeem it from dishonor.*
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But this case of Mr. Brooks has brought out i
another fact, to which we cannot shut our eves, i
A merely personal quarrel has been elevated >
into nil the importance of a sectional question,
and u-veu an Impulse to fanalisor .unknown bar i
fore. It has furnished a pretext for another i
and more palpubable exhibition of the tendencies
of the Government towards lawlessness !
and absolutism. A majority the House 'of i
Representatives sustain Mr^-Ssmner in his i
abuse of the privilege of. debaf^ while it also h
holds the rod of punishmettt -over the ?iti&en~ i
who hesitates to violate bit,p^vate confidences .
or refuses to tura spy arid tuformer. What
Ih-COiliVs o f republican government-?what/of ih
I lie liberties of the ciljxert,* wjfen a majority,fa
iViiijibMsJuKirrps^suciir tyionnicnl powers! {jfo <
right.^et^er pfrsoftal.or political, is safe in
the kis jriujj 4>f a Government like this. U *<
wants onljJ. thr^dtiker "to trample, in like^nfcn- ;
upr.M^s^aifesfait pfell as indiyuju;ftsf and po
jfc capTichftis, unpSo&J
fr6llgj4-\i?ilj."vlt Go vernhter.tj~*o t i
o? to and frobv
'iie madhour, submission l> i
which, tfist^acKof fkircnasiife forbearance, only *
UtvitesJuftiicm otdra'gVnnJ humiliation. , Si,
v** V .'* . ' t?hwle*ton "Courier.
iL* Lv?" V " v
LX^eHxo FiiEs oufix}yJ3<^SEa.?Ift-J8^6,.Wr'
S^ioe cojnmufiioated k> the Transactions of the
EitU^Rolp^caL Societj-Tbe^'m^ns of excluding'
bu-- fii>i** a rcxjTu -wiib enclosed windows, by
ig ' he oj>en>n? dfcuqh-windbwsVilli a net
rpade ot v? tike vr Jigpt coTo'red-ihread, with fticsh.es r
bd4j^ /r-mo^iW^pieter^- Nuw, there*. ?kh&?
foy gjtfl oWtmfe^lh^terfe^tothe eptrairet of .
senate ngjssh.* being not .merely
fto pa^s jfcrougb ^fthe^anfedqidjj^ijcaBs^ue^tly
both as to4h? free admisioo- "
of airland Jtere y?i*vp??eu<?HyV io
thqji tf the, windofes - .were
e3>?ioyi^^tke-flies bbiog jjselvfle^itnpl/fFom
cd.a^iioi i?.4b&t the lightJootecs^Hg *.
yfo'y}rpw$tey?j$'^r if there b?vi t$>i^J?l? i
p! . e [j ^gentllrnan'
who had seen it roioj,ted in I lie irbn.a.Mery tiijuir'
of CamaWoh or ?n Verna. A )mssageLn^crodottts,
h??lc ii. chap. 95, records that thefi-iiefinen
i^Rls'time were similarly protected from ghats. '
Wen asleep, by covering* themselves with their
casHpg nets, through the meshes of which the
gnats would not pass. Thu3 Herodotus is *4ff
correct rn this .passage as Geoffrey St. HHairs
sHnwed lihn let bo in the history, oLa bird (GJia~nA~in?
Fntin/irii* nf Hnftsplouial tnkirif (hi?
'""" ? v 1?.-/ -o
gijats out of tlie mouth pf the crocodile, wbtCtr
was .deemed a mere fable until confirmed by the
evidence of StHilaire when in Egypt.
Timb's Things Not Generally Known.
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"No Gentleman,"?Mr. Burlingnnte,?M* .
C. from Massachusets, may be a "smart" man?
but he is neither h m it nor a prudent one,?else, .
in a Fourth of July oraliop at Cambridge,? he
never would have expressed" himself with so
much bad taste, as the Boston Atlas reports
thus; !
ul'iwe it to yo.u.to explaiuwhy I am away
from W,'sfunglon. I was called upon to go to
New H wnpshire, the native State of that President
who has^sVnitten the breast'of his mother,
and there to do' what I Cupid to bring about a
jubilee day fur our country* 1 had not even
time to pack up my trunk. My friends found
a South Carolinian, whom thty -supposed to be
as far from me as an anybody, and who was
willing to pair off. [Voices?"Was,it Brooks!"
-Was it Keitt?''] .No, 110; it was a gentleman."
"
Now.?neither Brooks nor Keitt may be
gentlemen,? but is it "gen tlemanly" for a mem??f
Congress,? Mr. BurlUigame,?tc say so,
thus, behind their backs,?just for the sake of
creating a sensation in the crowd,?at home?
New York Express.
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Wiiat our E.nkmiks.. arr Doing.?Gerrit
Smith, the Abolitionist, liasjust pledged himself
to give 81,500 a month for the .next twelve
months, to ail in ej-tablishing Freedom in Kansas.
He gave, but a short lime since, at the
Kansas relief meeting in Albany, $3,000.?
Prmr t<> that, he had sent about 81,000 to the
liohton Emigrant Committee. Out of his own
funds, he subsequently equipped a Madison
County Company, of one hundred picked snen
and paid their expenses to Kansas. At Syracuse
he subscribed $10,000 for Abolition purposes,
840,000- This is the tribute of one
man's mere hostility to the spread Of Southern
institutions,
Wc wish we could point to a Southern man
who, recognising Kansas as the battle-ground
of the South?as the place where, of all others,
W6 are to determine w hether we will l?ld our
posjtoti by power or henceforth exist by the
iliercy of our enemies?we wish we could
name a Southern man who had given as much
for the safety of his section as this fanatic for
the triumph of liis,? Charleston Mercury,
CtviLiTV.?The editor of the Kichirond Dis
patch never penned a more truthful paragraph
than the following, which we liinj iu the t'dilo
rial column of yesterday's issue; ^
"This js a cheap commodity, and highly useful
to all persons engaged in trade and business.
Nothing is lost by a kind word or a pleasant
_ wi......
SID 110 eVCU IU Ui? IlUlllUICSb IIIUIV IUUU1 M UCIUA3,
on the contrary, gruffness, and a harsh, repulsive
manner, often drive people and their friends
from a place of business which they would otherwise
patronize, and inako them resolve not to
darken tho door again."
%
' Hone*! Dan. T
Manj years ago, a youpg man, 21 years of Tl
age, and whom 1 will call Daniel, was hired to the j
work on a farm by Mr. Wallace, a man of ,oou- and
siderable note as a farmer in Massachusetts Vice
Mr. Wallt.ee hail a daughter and a hired girl, ? !
both about 18 years of age; and Daniel, being the
of a steady turn, was not palliative enough to Spea
Buit their fancy;' and after trying various plans Thoi
and tricks without successr, to (as they said) his f
raise his ideas, they caught a large frog, and it ha
put it into Daniel's bid. On going to bed he Ame
soon discovered the whereabouts of his bed- nod
fellow , and pitched his frogskip out of the win- brill
dow, and never afterwards betrayed the least
sign of knowledge in regard to the joke. elect
About a fortnight afterwards, Daniel fontti a Stot<
lot of cbesnul burrs, nearly us sharp as ihe (Faj
thistle; apd contrived ito deposite nearly half vote
? peck in the girls' bed;,and after the girls date
went to their room until bad time to undress, was
be took a candle,-went to the door and rattled mHj<
the latch, when the girls put out their light Vvhie
and jumped into bed, and sucli a squalling was he v
never hoard before. Daniel now opened the maj<
door andjstood in it wfth light in hand. ' the
^. "Dah,:^rment^ your picture; I wish you to o
werh as far fe^ypnd the lighthouse as you are on
this side,' fta3d*jttfcey. ? cdii
"Wby, whaTayhf mutter! have you any frogs dpsp
there!" said Dan.-.-t|S^ ? ed t<
"Dan, if you dpn'tsfhl ;he door and clair p0\V
out, I will'Jafl Mrs. continued MSs was
Suke^. , thr?j
"I will cull ser myself if you wish." sakl tees
(ip. *" ^ * *' * > was
" 'jDanier," sr.id;Anna WulUce^'if you will wer<
shflPtlie door nnd grf biicfe.tathirt^c-hen, theria' r?>d?!
slj.nl I' fc* t? more-tricks or jokes put upon-you purs
by jjs, for ^i.x uionthj at. letist." m | (..rat
Daniel, thinking he^ lisd punished ihe girls arou
enough, *hyt"rbe doornrfd. left; tH^rn. A. few vor;
moments after Ihis, Sukey (air. s onCto light her 0fll
'. fthoufBl'vpn had foil a* 1 o bed, Sa^ ey' bv n
aid M?. Woffcce. ; " -0
fafesy utade no reply, "bit lookbd^UggeiriM t$*|
Dan, and qiU'cKJ^returned. -After this scrape c'our
tbe'trirla put no- more jokes or. t.-icks upon jDtll). pMr.
He v^s a steady, Itiithfal roan?saved eTvefj^ ut<>r i
dollar ?Mas, earnings, an^six pears 'from-thagtT-belit
time^wne'd ajrood farm,-. married ~Arin a
Igeet^tyftvAS tbrqjo years first selectman ofctSfj. is al
loin? which he afterwards- repi-esented - hT IMmfog
S tarsl at u re. ^1|
J'.foto OF Cj'FscibrcE^?Our -'reader*
g?nerl&y rofnumHTYtlie case of Sidney.' VSfjfc \
the ifuert^friig aiid pious jjp^hg
t!eyUI^.who>iMU^raIijrted himself _ with ismdyid
ufcoift -l/est ciflzrms,-that he iu-'Ciretj
Uutl ted with a tiooir chaiof jprfe-j
ei"ar:< ? lot jMifiie- months, hotfhe mnr>ag0?$8j
elildraU jb'fiiirts ib eapture !h??h jn the appro ^
hemtion that he was being poisued he-travel- u
led nearly the wh&Je eoqntry, sometime^ f ,
he says, in the very cars with tin >?e hunting
for him; and after nearly two j ears of this u?hap|iy
life, went tojSt. Paol/Mitajtieaota." Worn ,.1P
out with dread, he wenUtfthe !Kf*r$hal of ifie ,
Territory-Van'd toH.his case, arMil-. Jtaked to he V
arretted- Thooffieer "reirtowtiTfteH; told "hint ,
he had rio authority to make ah arrest; thalthe ..
affair was forgotten, and if he meant to make ,
hisremc^o^ f^anythingi he t>ed better ??
set to w^xjt aftd;eart^he m|g^)f4ie bad crim- <
utally got'hpd fipeplrsdtid #91"% Bank arid . .
those he Jswindled; tliat would be belief eve [!? 1
ry wn v 1 ra?gningi|to ffie 'ffcn ifentiaefc* Bot
Hhtv'ard ^^ft^nie^jfQ'bo arrested;The
offieer w ro t? tfi:tbi^eity, and a requisition was '
procured", np'oh ;\vfcch he was btought^Jiere on- " .
Thursday afternoohl believe an indictment 11
is poudiiig ngau^lMii for th,eilaroeny. ,n?s
P. S.~ VVe learft ihat Howard yras aent to a,)<*
?' ? ' lit"'. . /?at o
the penitentiary, on Saturday, lor two years.
He plead guilty ?Indianapolis \Ind.) Sentinel l".e
,*a i* \ witc
v^', bloc
M?. E?ooK8.r-lJh? victory "oif yesterday, in
the' Hod* 8*11^ is. with Preston 5. Brooks, ^
whore speech on tbq-fcreasion is destined to be ene)
re^iby'millions. 'As .terrible as that was upon
those who-Had been dealing with the grave ques- ^ t
lion of liiw-and right only to make out of it
partisan.capital at the expense of every manly ^ ^
and piorr^ct senlitnent?and his exposure of that ^
purpose on the part of many of his assailants
causdd,$very general and visible blanching of
cheeks on the part of the Repub! cans?the dig- ^
nity of his bearing and the power of his rea to.11
lioning eclipBed it. He made it perfectly plaiir er,n
that the majority had voltd to expel him only ^or'
for polidntl effect; overstepping the bounds of f? f
their authority, and aiding and abetting dastardly
conduct on the part of some, only to the 1,1'
end of eoiu|ta?sing n political rcnult foreign to s".u
him they suaghi to victimize. ... w:t
We hearthat, anticipating this result, heplaced re(*
his resignation of his seat in the House some ben
days ago in the hands of friends, to be transmitted 'lav
to the Governor of South Carolina on the instant veri
the telegarph carries thither information of what l',e
occurred yesterday in the House. The election deu
to supply the vacancy thus created will take place 8aK
in the course of next week. We predict for him
a re election without a dissenting vote, and a I
triumphal progress on his return to South Caro- ing
It ?''III... Via twill tvonrl tlfi WDU fr/1I'
11112!) VV U JIIICI Tt C |;iCOUIl'Q law nail nvuv HIW w mm j ..v.
to day. He docs but his duly to himself and lod{
Lift coiiKtitutents in appealing to them from the he
partisan judgment of the House. Their action wh<
upon the question of his re election will open the old
c.ye3 of those of "lie North who are cheating them- so i
selves into the bellf'fthat tlioy mu go on with up:
the work ofaboliiioiiiziog the Government with- old
cutstirrji.g up a feeling and determination in the ehil
action "f ilte Union thus assailed, that must mo
inevitably result in theseparntim. oftheBOvereigu ing
Slates of the present North American confed- boh
eiacy, unless wiser and more patriotic councils
prevail in the minds "f the great mass of the
northern public.? W'ashwjton Star. ,
William M. Bukwell, Esq..?Thig gentle- cgv
roan, formerly the editor of the 'A merican Or wit
gan at Washington, is out in a letter annoucing sne
hit-, intention to support Mr. Buchanan for the ser
Presidency. Having been electe^l to tho Vir- the
ginia Legislature last fall by tiie. American ot 1
party, he also announces that ho lias forwarded not
his resignation to the Governor. gra
'
he Hon. ionn C. Breckinridge.
tie Louisville Courier of^jhe 7th speaks in
following glowing terms" of the character
talents of the Democratic nominee for the
Presidency:
3ut what shajl we say of our candidate for
Vice Presidency? Is it necessary that we
k to Kentuckians of John C. Breckinridge?
jgh young in years and political experience
ante has gone forth among the people, until
,s become commensurate with the whole
srican Continent. In politics he has known
efeat. His career has been one scries of
iant triumphs.
5ome seven or eight years ago, he was
fed by an overwhelming majority to the
jJLegislature, from Mr. Clay's own county
etta,) then Whig by some six hundred
In i *^t l m nntimmned himself a enndi.
for Congress in the Ashland district, which
Whig In from fifteen to eigliteen hundred
iritv; and after an exciting canvass, in
li Gen. Leslie Cnmhs was his opponent,
ra? elected by from six to seven hundred
)rity. In 1858 he was again a candidate",
Whigs having biought out Gov, Letcher
ppose him,
The canvass was the bitterest ever witnessi
this State. The Whigs fought with the/
era?ion of madmen. They were determin>
redeem tile Ashland District, if human
er could ^accomplish it. Every appliance
brought into itqoisition. Money was
wn broadcast over the District?commitwere
appointed?evcrv county and precinct
polled. The first orators in the party
; sent to canvass the different counties. They
i and spoke both night arid day, and in
hine and rain. But the young Kentucky
or was invincible. The people rallied
ind his st ndaid, and upheld it with a ferind
ei thusfasm unparalleled in the history
te nation. ?John C. Breckinridge was again
ted to Congress from the Asbland District
early Beven hundred majority.
This Congressional career it h needless n?w
peak. It is known to the country, and the
itrjr approves it. Asa far-seeing statesman,
Rropltinrirlirp hoc hut few annals. As an ora
ir> tbe true sense of tbe term, we honestly
5T6 that 'he stands without a peer in the
iriean forum; while his private character
X>ve reproach, and bn hearing that of an
aaf*i?enttfckjr gentleman. His persona)
Airily and exalted woYth wilP'aud' 'to the
u^tlnef tbe tipket irt thjs Sta'te^-at least
Ithoi^ap'cf votes. * V
* * ,^ y*.". *" - ^ ' . ? "
rnocb to piucun?* a bust*of
^ w&s Really apprised to find
ocbymqiprial or representation of the great
overerTo GfenoS. After visiting Florence
Ri)ibefand much fesoarch, lie found whatfesired
in the'Cainpidoglio injhe latter city,
learned that, with the exception of one at
ties, no other existed in Italy. After some
unity, lie succeeded in getting permission
ava if cast taken from it, and he hai the
faction of having at his consulate ihe only
i of CQlumbus in Genoa. He has forward.
ifirviaNew York to Columbia, as a present
be l?ibftry ol the South Carolina College,
ill be a: great acquisition, and Mr. Nerbe
It desertes tbe thanks of all Invers'of patsm
And the arts for bis successful effort in
matter."
7hen the Emperor Napoleon III, undertook
last trip to Augres, he took particular .pains
lauire which ol the inundated districts were
ibited by the.most violent of his opponents,
forthwith betook himself to the places indid,
attended only by the Bishop and Prefeet of"
Department. Here be mingled familiarly
i men who be knew were thirsting for bis
id, and when he got into a*b6at to visit the
leof ruin, In selected hw boatmen from among
roost avowed and fanatical of his Btftublican
uies. The uttercontciupt oidangertnusmanied
produced a Complete reaction in the minds
he people, and persons who bad been his
srest opponents ever since the inauguration,
is dynasty, wero the first t<* rend the air with
shouts of Five T Empeteur. >
i gentleman was going out in liis carriage
uakesonic calls with his wife,, when, discovg
that he bad left bis visiting cards, lie oriel
his footman, recently come into service,
;o to the mantel piece in his sitting room
bring the cards that ho should see there,
^servant dirKns lie was directed, and otr
ted the gentleman, sending in his footman
h curds wherever the "not at home" occur,
As those were numerous, he turned to the
rant with the question: "How many cards
e you left?" "Well sir,' said the footman
y innocently, "there's the king of spades,
six of hearts, and the ace of clubs." 'The
ce!" exclaimed his master. ''Tint's gone"
i John."
luMBOLOT.?Heine liked to relate the followlittle
incident: Returning home one evening
n his cabinet dc lecture, and ascending to his
giogs, Faubourg Perssonniere, auquatrienne,
was met on the landing place by his wife,
- iniii Kim in n inn# of renroach. that a very
\J VVIU II* It ?W..V w. - - - f
gentleman had called, and that she had been
sorry for him, because of his having climbed
so high to no purpose. Heine looked at the,
gentleman's card. "Be easy about that, my
Id," he said* "this gentleman has ascended
re formidable heights than those of our lodga!"
It was the card of Alexander Von Humdt.
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Noah grew grey preacmng (epeiuauvc.
stood useless for years a huge laughingck
for the scoffer's wit; it stood till it was
rered with the rnerks of age, and its builders
h the contempt of the worki; and many a
er hud those tnon to hear, as pointing to the
eue heavpn above and an empty ark below,
question was put, "Where is the promise
>U coming?" Most patient God! Then, as
v thou wert slow to punish?"waiting to be
cioos."? Outhrip,
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The Statue of Washington,
No event iti the celebration of the birth day
of the Republic will equal in importance or
interest, the unveiling of the Statue of Wash
ington and its presentation to the City of New
York. Washington iieeds.no monument; nay
ijwre,? tiie erection of monuments to him is
absurd, almost an affront to the country and to
the world ; but the erection of statues ill his
honor is a very different matter. The two
things are supposed by many persons to be almost
identical in their meaning, at least, if not
in their form ; but this is ii great mistake.?
Monuments and statues are not more palpably
unlike in their forms tban tbey are radically
different in tbeir object and?so to speak?
their idea. A monument is erected to perpetuate
the memory of an event or person : but a
statue is a tribute from Art to Worth and
Genius, and honor paid, which when duly paid,
honors therpajer. In primitive, times a stone
is set up to mark and keep in memory an event,
as for instance Jacob and Labat), t<> he a witness
of the covenant between them. More
cultivated people can do little better than to
hew the stone into some symmetrical form,
such as an obelisk or a pillar. In the Bunker
Hill Monument we have a fine specimen ol the
monument pure and simple legitimately used.
That there was a battle of Bunker Ilill would
never have been forgotten bufwith the destruction
of the literature of America and England;
but the place and the date might, in the lapse
of ages, have been forgotten, had not this obelisk
been erected, to tell to the w orld through
all time, that then and there took place the first
great notable struggle for American independence.
To erect a monument like this to Washington,
is, plainly, a work of the absurdest supererroguiipn
; and thus that ridiculous struc
ture at W ashington ia doubly ridiculous,?
ridiculous both in itself arid in its purpose*,?
ridiculous ab ovo. But as to statues of Washington,
there should he one at least in every
prfticipa) city in the land \ and it is a shame to
Near Yo#k that until now sbe has not paid this
honor to the Father of his Country. That she
has been relieved of that shame is chieBy, we
might say entirely due to the taste, the. public
spirit, and the exertiens of*one among her most
esteemed citizens?Colonel James Lee. . Mr.
Lee has been bent on achieving what he will
tn-mnrrnw so siireessfnliv have achieved.' for
six y fears post. He L&s been.often rebuffed, bu(
never discouraged, ^nd now be fa as Ibe pleasure
'bf'being able, with the aid of several* gen tiemen
wJ?o have, with a spirit kindred to fatsiown,
'responded to fiis appeals,, to prefect 4a .the
' citizenspf.New*x^ptk. one of Jtfo ffa^ealwploa.
jaI.bropte' A^^|^^he>O^^V^" ^ .y .
|"our rMdefe^s
[ countryma^M/>;I^K^row^ ? Statue
cf Washingtbn, it witf jjjgjgL 'monument' of his
! skill and - due appreciation of the eharacter oi
his great' subject. It. represents Washington
| on horseback r and MV Browne, with very
good judgement, lias-given us agroup expressive
of dignity and plalid power, although it}
equestrian statues we -look for striking sction.
The figure is seated at perfect ease, and the
horse is slopping at a quiet walk. Washington's
noble bead is finely modelled, the resemblnnce
being chiefly to Houdon's bust, modified
somewhat, however, by Stewart's portrait.
The horse is a noble, animal,?a fine, stal
wart, intelligent, high bred creature, wo/thy ol
bis rider; but Mr. Browne has not been tempted
into aiiy of tliat equestrian foppishness by
whicb ari exaggerated air gf blood and mettle
is so often given to horses in statues anipiclures,
His group has thegreafest merit which it could
have,?faithfulness in spirit aod form to tyolt
its competent parts.
By a?eingular, and we ore assured, a mere
.accident, the remodelling of this statue wai
commeqced'on the 22d February, 1862; I la
model wtfk.completed in the autumn of 1655
and the Casting made at the Chfoopee KobndfJP
near Springfield, Massachusetts, in- June o
the present year." It .does great .credit to tha
foundry, and especially to Mr,. -Langton, tb<
Superintendent, who watched over it at-thi
time when the metal was poured into the mould
under afarminir circumstances, with a devotioi
quite heroic. The bronze is of a very beautifu
quality, although some persons will find it lightc
than they expected; but time and the weathe
will darken it. Our readers may like to know
that the metal is composed of copper?88 parts
tin, 9 parts; zinc, 2 parts; lead, 1 part. Tlr
statue stunds at the junction of Broadway nn<
Fourth Avenue, near Union square, facinj
southward ? the best position for it in tho city
Its cost is thirty thousand dollars,.which, fo
the encouragement of art, and the honor of tit
city, could not have been more judiciously c.\
pen doff. The inauguration of the Statue form
the principal feature in the. city programtnm
for the celebration of the 4th of July.
Flowers for Great Britain.?An evidenc
of the facil.ties of intercourse between this countr
and Great Britain, presented byTthe-steamsbi
lines, was afforded by the last trip of the Persu
A gentleman of Brooklyn, who takes considerabl
interest in floriculture, bad a beautiful boque
prepared for the purpose of presenting to a frieni
and commercial correspondent in Liverpool c
similar taste. This was boxed and prepared fo
the voyage. A lotted has been received froi
Liverpool which states that the flowers came t
hand apparently as fresh and fragrant as if the
had been gathered only the day previous, an
remained in good condition for a full week aftc
their reception.?New York Commercial.
Warning to Slaveholders.?A gentlema
of this tow n, says the Charlottesville AdvocAt
had one of his servants to runaway last Mot!
tiny, arid having strong reason to suspect the
ho had been carried off by some of the Circti
Company which performed here on Friday an
Saturday of lost week, he sent in pursuit of th
negro. At Orange Court House his messengr
overtook the Circus Company and found th
negro in tho employment of one of the ham
belonging to the Company. Where such o|
portunities of escape are held out to slaves, tli
community cannot bo too guarded in prolactin
their property, b) keeping n watchful eye upc
such men.
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A Young Matt'i Characters
No young man who has a just sense;. pTA!^;,
own value will sport with his own
A watchful regard to his character in
youth will lie of in conceivable valhe tobiwrtt1
all the remaining years of hfc fife. When
ed to deviate from strict propriety of diFptHt'
ment he should ask himself, "Can I afford (fck?
Can I endure hereafter to look back OB-tkM*^ 1
It is of amazing worth to a young man ttr 3
have a pure mind;: for this b the foundation of
a pure character. The mind, in order fo-be -It
kept pure, must be employed in topkf of '?M
thought which are themselves lovely, chastened,
and elevating. Thus the mind hftfhihv itk
own power the selection* of its thciSwajedfintrf.
itation. If youth only knew how durable
and how dismal is the injury produced by tk*
indulgence of degraded* thonghfcj?if (bey only
realized how frightful were theinocal depravr> . ^
ties which a cherished habit of loose imagmw
tion produces on the soul?rhey would eta* /
them as the bite of a serpent The power of
books to excite lite imagination i%?<a fearful
element of mom! death when employed in tW
service of vice.
The cultivation of an amiable, elevated^ and! "
glowing heart, alive to all the beautieeofMature
and all the snblimitiea of truth, invigorates the
intellect, gives to the will independence o? ;
haser passions, and to the affections that power 4
of adhesion to whatever i9 pure, and gootf, arrrf
! grand, which is adapted to lead out lbs whole
nature of man into those scenes of action and
impression by which its energies may be mpat
appropriately employed, and by whieb its high
destination may be most effectually reached.
The opportunities of exciting these (acuities ^
in benevolent and self denying efforts for (few
welfare of our tellow men, are so many and)
great that it h really worth while to lira The
heart that is truly evangelical ly benevolent,
may luxuriate in an age like this. The prom*.
isesofGod are iuoxpreaslbly rich, the-mam
tendencies of fhings so manifestly in- accor;
dance with them, the extent of moral influence
] is so great, and the effects of Ha employment
, so visible, that whoever aspires after bencYoleot
action and reaches forth for tbingl,. that
remain for us, to the true dignity of hisnature
tan find free scope for hit intellect, and
inspiring themes for the heart.
* self poese^d k|, soetAj^^^^o speiak and act, ^_
r (n every instance-as he wdild'tbifoth^^eh^
do ud to hirn. He is constantly thinking not indeed
how he "taay giv8 plea?hre to others for the mere r*
. sense of pleasing, WhStyr he can show res peel
for others?rhow he may avoid hurting their feet
ings. 'When he is in society he scrnpnioosiy
ascertains the position and relation of every oof ^
, with whom he is brought into contact, that be
may give to each his dae honor, bia properpoei- y- tion.
He studies how he may avoid teaching in - ?
conversation upon any subject which may needlessly
hurt their feelings, bow he may abstaia.
from any allusion which may call up a disagreeaf
ble or offensive association. A gentleman never
alludes to, never even appear! conscious Of any
. pereotutLdefttU bodily deformity, inferiority of
talent, of v^u^, of repotatioo,. iy the persons in
whose society he is piaeed. He never assumes
my to himself?-never rididoea, never
, 8n eers, never boasts, never makes a disj! day of bis
own power, or rank or advantages?such as is
, imp^L^h^^oie or ,sarcasm, or abase?as he
I never Uiupiges in nnoiis, or tncas, or lucimauot**
s which may be offensive to others.
\ A Dex of Thibves,?The most astounding
f discoveries have been made between three or
t four weeks past, of the existence of a large and.
i well organized band of thieves and robbers,
i who baring their head quarters at or oearvihe
, Gap, in. Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, hare
i extended their operations over several States
I and have their agents and accomplice in New
r York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
r and Maryland, and perhaps in other States heir
sides. These discoveries were made, it seerotf, by
i; the Philadelphia police, through the revelations
e of a notorious horse thief named Yonng, who
I recently fell into their clutches* Die whole
5 matter has been kept as secret as possible, in
. order that they might capture as many of the
r gang as they could lay thoir hnnds upon. We
c understand that about twenty of them hare al;
ready been takep inco custody, aod that the
s officers are actively engaged in the pursuit of
e others, in various parts of the country. .* Among
the nuinhcr already arrested is a dentist of Camden,
N. J., a lawyer of Lancaster; a reputed
Methodist local preacher, of Lancaster or Ohese
ter county; a Quaker, or an individual wearing
y the Quaker garb, and several others who hate
P held a'respectable position in society. Several
' individuals in this county are implicated, end
e the police are on their track. "
H . Elkton (Md) Democrat.
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^ Tnfc Crops iy St^ Lakort Parish.? tw
n Opoloasas Patriot, 8# Saturday the 5th met, '
" reports a glorious newer of ?b hours duration
0 on W edncsday Lj&and saw#
j . It came top mfyhowev^for the erops. AU t
chance for ean^^lpven there will not bo realized
more, than jfeeJve or fifteen hundred hogs^
heads, probably# the whole parish. Com \ I
and cotton wi|i4h> better but nothing like* a
n reasonable yield.tan be anticipated, the gran' ^
e worm having proved unusally destructive. Fruit - A
i- are slowly beginningjo show themselves, with'
it a slight sprinkling of gaiden vegetables, hardly',
itlivorth mentioning. f* '
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6 A statue of Washington has been made from
>r sheet copper by a coppersmith of )New Tork
!? city with a hami. ?r. : >*- i >
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ie There are twenty one thousand pianos made ?
in the United States each verff"; afibrtftnj^ einploy
men t to upwards of three fhousaft^ fire ..
hundred woiknteu. *' V* ' r
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