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IIkavkiJ affords a full supply,
WhatsVr our want's may be;
There wa may live and never die,
Throughout eternity.
Ten thousand forms of endless joy
Pervades its whole extent,
> Jfo enemy can there decoy,
Or make us discontent.
There sin and sorrow are no more,
No tear can Btoin the eye:
No brow of care, no heart is sore,
No pain above the sky.
"With friends we there shall reunite,
And bask in God's own love,
His praise Bhull be our whole delight,
Throughout its blissful grove.
The thought this bliss shall always last,
Will double nil my joy;
Millions of ages shall have past
Yet still 'tis endleea joy. E.
For the Southern Enterprise.
fteto ilea's
Tub old yenr with nil its j >ys and sorrows ,
has rolled into ??.! *? J?
? ""-j, niiu wr-uujr wo are
called upon to remember, that the day of
(jftace, through which we have been spared,
is now consumed?that the season of Mercy
for which omr Great Physician plead in our
names lastNew Year, is spent, past recall.
Let us call ourselves to account while we
liave space for relloction. Have we accepted
the f/ood that has been so kindly and perseveringly
held out to us these past months!
Have wo received the proffered grace and
allowed the "continual dew of Ilis blessing"
to come in and soften and vivify our hearts ?
How many of us have made any sacrifice
the past twelve-month for the sake of a good
cause! How many of us have relieved with
timely aud considerate aid God's special
pensioners?the poor? How many of us
have denied ourselvos 6f one dainty or lux
ury that we might contribute somewhat
more to the comfort and sustenanco of our:
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unweared teachers, who so untiringly be-1 ,
seech us every Lord's day to hearken to the
glad tidings of the Gospel of Peace?Or.thati 1
the courts of His sanctuary may be bccomingly
builded and adorned, to tha
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His narao among all people ?
Not one, not even the best of us CAn an-!
awer all this satisfactorily and honestly to '
his secret heart. Truly, wo arc all gone out i,
of the way. Let us all, tliereforo, in view i
of our own w eajuiess, have true charity each 11
for his brother,, ami with contrite heart and
deep humility this day commence anew to ('
strive to do aright. 'Tis a fitting time to ,
reflect and resolve in these calm hours, before |1
we are tairiy launched into the hurry of iifo i
this New Year. To all 4vho thus resolve!
and thtis strive, and who will believe the '
W /comfortable assurance of our Savior, " My i,
words shall not -pass away," the rcmein- i
iLranoe of theao sweet words of promise can- i
not fall -to-bring largest comfort in the dark 1
hours of trial. " For a small moment in a '
little wrath,thid my face from thee; but .'
with everlasting kindness will I have mercy t
* ion thee," saith the Lord, thy Redeemer. i
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CiiBBRroLNKBfl.?Doee it not seem sin go- 1
Jar that cheerfulness is placed among the re- ,
/pusitea tor ^ood housekeeping? But it f
is of far more importance than you would at ,
first view irnagiue. What matters it to a j
brother or husband, if the house be ever so
ncat,qptke meals punctually or well prepared, (
if the distress of it is fretful and fault-huding ,
-fever discontented and ooinplaming. The J
outside <4 such a house is efer the moet at- <
tractive to him^ and.yif and every excuse ,
will be made for absenting himself; and the ,
pje^of business or engagements writhe made ,
to her who is doomed to pass her hours need- {
lewy io solitude. ,
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In JMstorirol Jfkctrl).
[From Ballou's Pictorial.]
Jtie dJDtf e\s Scb ice.
DV Mn6. CAltOLlXR A. BOL'LE.
Tall, bold, dark ami frowning was the
outline of tlio old caMlc, as looinihg uj>
against tho gray skv of a winter twilight, it
tirst met tho gaze of the illustrious man who
had been condemned to a fettered life. And
as the drawbridge* was lowered behind his
alow and weary steps, mid the ma*uvo doors
swung to again when ho had crossed tho
threshold, lie felt that he was indeed immured
forever, that it was idlo to cherish the
jKiinful hope of escape, that his dungeon was
U living rrruro
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The first night spent in Ins lonely cell
seemed an eternity in length; In vain *lid
he toss upon his slone-like bed, and strive
to sleep; while his passionate paces between
his narrow walls only tore knd bruised his'fect
and fatigued his limbs, without bringing 011
nught of that wholesome weariness which
dims the eye and 'benumbs the feelings.
Never seemed sunlight so beautiful to liiin,
not oven when abroad of a summer's morn
I10 had watched its golden tides Hood the
broad landscape that lay like pictured beauty
before his vision, as did that first faint
ray that streamed in through the grated
window, and played amid tho furrows which
anxiety had drawn upon his brow us with
the rude touch of the torturing iron. Like
the finger of Divinity writing there a choice
and beautiful blessing, seemed that sunbeam,
that 0110, stray, gold-colored ray from the
fetterless world without. The pride and the
majesty of his manhood camo back to the
captive, hiq soul grew large and strong within
him, his dungeon walls seemed to expand,
its roof bore not down with that suffocating
weight that had been hOeh an agony to bear,
his pallet had a feathery lightness, his pitcher
of water seemed a crystal spring, his crust
of bread the marrow of life. God was with
him still. Ilia mind and heart, all that makes
tho true man, was free as tho singing bird of
the forest, and though the door that had
closed so harshly upon hitu should never
swing open again, though the bolt that had
grated so wildly should never be withdrawn,
he was a captive ouly in name. More like
royality, sitting in purple robes, to bo ministered
unto, than aught else, seemed bo to
the jailor, when a few hours later bo appeared
to replenish the scanty table. He could
not divine the cause of the sudden and mighty
change ; he could hardly realize that the
lofty and commanding form which now
seeniod so proudly to tower al>ovo him, was 1
the same bowed and trembling one that ho j
had half dragged thither a weary burden hut,
the night before, lie did not know that (lod
had spoken to the soul that stood enshrined
in that human form, and that the breath
which clung to every word was the breath
of life. Nay, he knew naught of this ; hut
lie felt that there waa a majesty about him
as new as it was strange, as sublime as it
was new.
Well was it for the illustrious prisoner
that his soul had grown so strong. Never
elpe could he have endured tho severe and
rigorous treatment which was continually imposed
upon liirn, Never else could he have endured
the separation from his young and beautiful
wife, that faint delicate creature that had
slept in bis bosom like a flower 011 a sun-lit
hank, or a bird in a hidden nest, tilting his
heart withN the fragrance and music of
snnimer. Little thought ho of tho many
dangers and toils to which she had subjected
liorself, in pleading with his stem judges
lor a home in that old, stern castle. Little j
thought he that she was pciiHing life to gain
access to him, not only that she might clioer |
his lonely hours with tho sweet companion-1
ship of her lovinur heart, but H AVIhA tutmA
stratagem that should carry him once again
r>ut into the rude worhl, out under the Lluc
sky, And to freedom of Ihnb ao well as freedom
of m>ui.
iiut nover yet (ii4^ron bolts or oaken doors:
or grated windows resist forever woman's
will. Never yet was heart so stern, but
that nt s<wie moment it would have a kiddy
mood. And through months passed on ere
ihe gained her way, l*?r patient daily and
nightly toil was at iftgth successful, and
>no sunnjT morn in spring-time, when the
greeting sunbeam had showed a broader,
brighter light, the door of the dungeon
twang open, and the companion of his life
find labors, pale and thin with weariness and
tare, but with a spiritual loveliness that
made her seem nmost angelic in appearance,
tppeared before Ins astonished sight, ami ere
ae could press his brow to know whether jt
irere not the phantasy of a rapturous dream,
the fell on his bosom, wound her soft arms
ibout bim, and whispered, M thine, thine?
iiey conld not keep me from thee."
One* immured beside him, the same love
hut bad sued to long and truly for that ami,
ret blessed privilege, becamo earnest in en*
leavers to set him froe. Thoy had friends
mough outside the euttle walls to l>ear him
it oAoo to a pl*c#of safety, but within thero
were none but cold, calhnis-hcArtvd guards,
whom she dared not attempt to bribe, leahu
Jiscovery should' sentence them to a deeper
ind darker cell.
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But one da*, wben months of weary waiting
bad gone by, she obtained permission of
the jailor to examine ft large chest of boohs
and linen belonging to themselves, the key
of which had been cutm-ted to his care.?
ITc tarried by her side as .she drew from?it
one and another Article, I'll he-was"salidjcd
that nothing had been smuggled into it that
could cither aid to soothe or liberate them,
and then went his way, without tho lei>st
idea that through her mind had flushed a
thought of freedom.
At night-fall, when ho drew the holt, with
matron-like anxiety upon her brow, she begged
be would obtain' leavo for her to send
to a friend just outside the oasllo gates, and
have her take charge for a while of her chest
of linen, for though, and she sadly smiled as
she spoke the words, its owner grew white
shut up within a dungeon, that* grew grnv
and yellow, and would soon be ruined. It
was sosimnle a ro.inoaf ir. ..
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that it was granted witliovxt- the leaat ado,
and early tlie ne?<t morning, (lie oaken client
was borne away,?borne away, not with linen
in it to xvhiten 111 tilt1 dew and sun.-hino,
j hot with mouldering volumes, but with a
i human form, crouched almost out of shape,
I tlx thin while hands pressing conclusively
j its beating heart, lest its wild, loud pukes
I should eelio forth, its pale lips pressed with
I frantic motion to the tiny breathing npcr!
tures which luul been drilled with painful
toil. . 1 ', '
j Who may picture forth the weary hours
I of that long, lonely day, as tlio captive wife
1011 licnded knees and with streaming eyes
poured forth to Heaven her pfnycrs of love,
or who may tell how anxiously her bosom
throbbed lost the jailor should discern her
falsehood, and ascertain that the roll of linen
covered up so carefully on the couch and called
her sick and almost dying husband, was
but a ruse to hide bis flight- till she could feel
that he was wife. "The heart kuowetli its
own bitterness hers had a gal!, no drop of
which can be expressed hi words.
Yet proudly did shedeinoan herself, when
at length the story came to light, so proudly
and yet so womanly, that the stern judges,
who, when first they heard the talc, conIdemncd
her wjthout a trial to an imprkonj
from
>np !iauTTTea TrofTiiihDuvU, relented oflhcir
harsh decree, and gave her not only the freedom
"which she-enhed. but a laurel wreath,
whibh will 1)0 fresh and green so long as the
name of wifo is a cherished and a hoiy word.
I b c Choice Of ll)fqi)C(j.
A child waft walking in a shady green
wood, by the banks of a murmuring stream.
Two anggls appeared to him, as ho played
with the sunny llowers tliatgrcw at bis feet.
Said one.?
'I am tho Angel of I/ifo.'
! 4lf thou wilt come with with me,' said tho
j Angel of Death, as ho folded his snow-white
I wings,'to my homo around the Utrono of
I God, and dwoll, tho Saviourwili give tiieo a
g )ldeu crown of everlasting life, and a licavJen
tuned harp.'
Then the Angel of Lifo said, with a smile
i of heayen-horn beauty?
'If tliou congest with mo, I can hut give
tho groveling things of earth i cannot
i guard tlics? from vice, as my twin brother, the
I Angel of Death; hut if thou goest with him,
beyond the glorious stars, whero nil is love,
! sin nor vice will never stain thy soul. "Wilt
thou go 1'
'T will go with thee, Death Angel,' said
the child.
'Glory he to God!' cried both the Angels.
Then the Angel of Death look tho soul of
tlm innncpiitdiilil nn<l .1!ooim.4u<-u.I '
? miiu V*IKIIwi i?o uim
the silvery clouds, but the body of the child
remained on earth to bo unite'd with the
body at the resurrection.
Glory bo to God! Glory bo to G<>d!'
cried the sainted choir of the Lord, as the
Angel of Death thruatopcu the golden gates
of heaven, and laid the untarnished soul of
the child at the feet of the Almighty.
The inotho- wept and murmured at the
death ot her only child. 'Why woepest lltou V
inquired the guardian Angel of the Threshold,
of the mother. ?
'My ohild is dead !' responded the mother.
'Then weep not,' said the Angel, 'for when
I gaze up toward* Heaven, 1 see thy son
walking by the svtcet running waters of the
Itiver of life, which j?roce<fd?:th from the Almighty's
throne, singing praises to God. Is
it not far better that he should l>e there than
here V
"Yes,' the mother answered, and she bowed
Iter head, ceased her murmuring and said
meekly? , )
"Lord, not my will, but thine be done."
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oouni) and lmstanoe.?An .editorial paragraph
in the New York Juuf$M of Commerce,
Rays that Ebcuezer Snell, who in now
living in the tojrn of Amherst, Ma?Hachu-,
setts, lizard tho firinjjj^t th^battle of Hunker!
Llill, when he was lri'Outmnington, Massa-j
chusetta, one hundred miles di*dant therefrom,
in a direct line, during the revolutionary
war. A negro who was lying on the
ground near him, lieard the booming of the
guns, and said tuero was War somewhere, for
he heard the cannons. Ifoell j?ut his ear to
the ground And beard tbo' firing distinctly,
and for u long time. ?
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y o i p Eictiop.
sxetch or EDGAH A. poe.
It was a weary tale to tell how often lie
i repented and wcw forgiven ; how ho passed
from tho editorship of ouo mntrnzine to another;
how lie went from city, to city, and
state to state?an energetic, aspiring, sanguine
brilliant man-?boaringtbo curse of irresolution?never
constant hut to the serine
' live atid dangerous besetments of dissipation
and profligacy; how friends advised him
and publishers remonstrated; how, at one
time, he had conquered his propensity so as
, to call himself in a letter to a friend, a model
; ot tenij>emnco and virtue; ami how at another
ho forfeited the high occupation (cdi'
tor) which wns tho sole dependence of his
1 family, by frequent relapses into his former
deaeolulo. habits; how he committed under
the excitement of intoxication, faults aud excesses
that were unpardonable ; how lie forfeile<l
tho esteem ot the public, even whilst
1 his talents commanded admiration; how he
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succeeded in bringing many literary speculations
into life, which his vicious habits and
! inattention to business murdered in their
{youth; how he became a contirmcd inebriate,
with only now and then a fitful hour or
so with which to throw oll'on paper tho vn;
garics of a mind rich with learning and inii
aginative fancies ; how bis young and benutiful
wife died, broken hearted, and how lie
! became so reduced in appearanco as no long*
j er to be able to make bis appearance among
his friend*; how his wife's mother,constant
| to his fallen fortunes, and anxious to conceal
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his vices, went witli ins manuscript from
oCicc to office, and from publisher to publisher,
in search of means to support him ;
how, for a little while he shook oli the lethj
orgy of intoxiention, and appeared in the
ira}, aristocratic and wealthy circles of New
, York city; how he was caressed,and admir|
ed, lcted and congratulated by the beauty,
fashion, and elite; how the efforts of his
magic pen and touring genius were sought I
by rival publishers; how lie was engaged I
J to Ihj married the second timo to an acoom-1
j plished, wealthy and beauti/ul young lady;
I and how the engagement was finally broken
j oft' through his return to his pernicious
i habits, it was a weary, melancholy tale indeed.
The versatile, unhappy scones of Edgar
A. l'oe's life were soon to close?snapped
rudely asunder hy his own hand ? lie had
partly recovered from his dangerous courses,
| and was engaged in delivering lectures in
' different towns. They were unanimously
attended; and it was with something like
renewed confidence that the ardent friends
of tho distinguished lecturer watched his
; conduct, which was now distinguished l?y
| extreme sobriety. Tie even appeared to
have renewed his vigor and youth, and it
was with pleasure and delight that his friends
and acquaintances received him into their
; society and homes again. %\.t the brilliant
parties given at the houses of generous ac
i nuaintances?at which ho was the lion of
the evening?Mr. I've met with a refined and
lovdy woman, whom ho had formerly known.
Their friendship was renewed, an attachment
was reciprocal, and thev wero'on<??i/ed to 1.
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married. Every thing seemed to promise
well j^the dawn of the bolter day appeared,
. and the wishful reformation so long coining,
' seemed to have Come at hist! lint it was
' not to be. On a sunny afternoon in Octo!
ber, 1810, he started to fulfil a literary engagement,
and prepare for his marriage.?
lie arrived in Baltimore, where he gave his
luggage to a porter, with instructions to carj
ry it to the railroad depot. In an hour he
would set out for Philadelphia. ' But he
' would just take a glass before he started?
for refreshment sake?that's all. Uli, fatal
hour! In the gorgeous drinking saloon lie
met some of his old acquaintances a;nl associates
who invited him to join them in a
social glass. In a moment all his good resolutions?home,
duty, honor, and intended
bride were forgotten; ere liie uigiii had i
mantled the earth with her dark canopy,
he waaju a state of beastly intoxication, insanity
ensued; he was taken to tiie hospital
and the next morning lie died a miserable,
raving maniac. Poor, unfortunate, misguided
creature! llo w;is thirty-live years old
when litis last scene of his life's tragedy was
emu-tod. i
Kind reader, this is no fancy sketch oft
drapery or fiction. No single Circumstance
here related nor a solitary event here recorded,
hut happened to Edgar Allen Poe, the
Editor, Critic, and Poet, one of the most
popular and brilliant writers in America.?
Northern Organ.
Pmtmtus and other consumers of paper
may naturally expect a gr4nt rise in the
price of- that article, for people in those hard
ihms will ho oompelled to wear rags instead
of selling tbctn.
A l>rnus mercer, recommending a piece
of silk to a lady for q, ?own, said? *
*Madam, it will wear forever and mako a
petiioMH afterwards.'
Acknowledging the Corn.-^Crying 'Oh !'
In a crotoa.
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IY 12, 1855.
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b v alfred f. b v r x e t t.
JTabd Times is now on every lip.
Ami 'breathed from every topguo ;
The Banks ore cursod by oue ami all,
Th4 aged and the young.
The movcknnt 1ms to close his doors,
And throw his ledger by ; !' '<
SucJj times he vows were never seen,
By any mortal eye.
The shopmen quit the eounter's side,
For easterners are few,
The times are now so very "tight"
It makes them all look "blue
The citizen in vain essays
To make more than his bread ;
A pound of -which he now ilectni-ee
Won't weijt) it pound of bread!
There's not n day but pome one fails,
Some house that goes to smash ;
And names that, once stood high on "Change,"
Are cut for want, of Cash.
Those whom we thought were millionaires,
And rich in shares and stocks.
Their "Million heirs" now disappoint;
They fail and leave no "Hocks."
"Hard times! hard times! Was ever seen
Such times as hard as these?"
This is the erv front morn till night,
In which each cue agrees.
Aroiuedy I think I've found,
Sav, how do you think 'twill do?
"Pull otf your coat, roll up youmleeves,
And work these hard times through !"
Cincinnati Dollar Times.
JLqOiesinlfabqoq.
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You encounter a lady whom you have
never seen before, coming from her own
house, from a church, or a shop, and about
to step into Iter volantc ; you doff your hat,
preseut your hand, conduct her to Iter sent,
she thanks you graciously, and both of you
go your ways, feeling the happier for the
service rendered ami the acknowledgement
made. A lady in Havana takes every proffered
courtesy, and thanks you for it. She
does not stalk up to your seat in public places,
and with sulky doggednesa, silently demand
that you should give up to her what
you have paid for and secured, and after you
h'uvo given it, take no more notice of you
than if you were a cur which had hocn driven
from her path. She does not, if you offer
your arm to assist her, shrink within herself,
and look at you as if you were a leper
or a branded felon, because you have never
l>een "introduced." If 'she be pretty and
you tell her so, she thanks you for admiring
her, and I have yet to learn that this disposition
on her part lessens her pleasure in receiving
attention and admiration, of yours,
in giving it.
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The temples at Scinoda, Japan, chiellv
li...i .? i :A.n? - < .i
i him/, arc uuuuimiiiy siiuuicu 111 uie suburbs.
Tbe entrance of llicin leads generally
through rows of elegant trees and wild
eamelias. There aro large, plain structures,
with high 'peaked roof, resembling the hous-'
us pictured in Chinese porcelain. (11 the
space immediately in front is a large bull for
summoning the faithful, a stone reservoir of
liolv water, and several roughly hewn stone
idols. The doorway is omairtentcd with curious
looking dragons ami other animals carved
in wood. I'pon entering there is notli-1
ingspecial about the building worth noting,
the naked t^des and'exposed rafters having
a gloomy Appearance. Tho altar is the only
objoet that attracts attention? It so much
resembles the lioiuam Catholic thai L need
not describe it. Somo of the idols on these i
altars are so similar to thoso 1 linvo seen in I
Italy that if they were mutually translated ;
I doubt whether either set of worshippers
would discover tho change. The priests !
count beads, shave their heads and wear
:?pologoU9 robes, and the service is attended i
hv the ringing of hells, the lighting of can-1
dies, and tiio burning of incense. In fact,
except that the cross is nowhere to he seen,'
ouo could easily imagine himself within a!
Human Catholic place of worship. During
tlie eeventeenth century Christianity was introduced
by the Jesuits, and tor a time made
mi * ii/i . i.,.f *1... ...nil - a
iu v?n> ^ im.w inuiiKiiuiminuiated
by success, became haughty and j?rcsutnptious,
and beginning to interfere in jiolitics
and govern incut, brought about a violent
persecution, ho deadly a hatred waa conceived
against the Portuguese that in the
spaeo of forty years tliey and tlieir religion
were completely extirpated. Even to thin
day in certain parts of the pmpire, tho custoni
of trampling on the cross is annually
celebrated. To Mich a pitch were. the Japanese
exasperaUd that none of the Koinish
ceremonial was permitted to survive.
Now the resemblance in the outward
forms of tho two religions, as I have mentioned
above, is strikingly remarkable, and
is sin interesting fact in reference to the priority
of tho ceremonies of tho Church of
ltorae, as it is still undetciihinod whether
they originated with herself or were borrow
ed from Pagans. Groat liberty of conscience;
exists. .Every Japanese lma a right to pro.
teas whatever faith he please.-., provided onl*,
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it 1>0 not Christianity. Religious scots arc*
said to be its numerous a* they art iu the
United States. 'J ho chief among tbeui are
the Sititoo or Buddhist, the former being the
old national faith of (lie country, and as ,
resented by the Mikado or smr&uid Empapor,
w^io is thought, io be the liu<j;i1 <k*>cen<)auL
of the gods. They have some vague "notions
of the immortality of the soul and of,a future
state of rewards and punishments. Buddhism,
the most widely ditVused religion of India,
is supposed to have been introduced
about the Gth century. Its principal 'tenet
is the Meteinsychosis or transmigration of
the soul. Tho Buddhists believe that tho
spirits of tho departed enter iuto the bodies
of animals, and there remain' passing 'from
one animal to another, until their; sins op
earth being purged away, they are received
into the realms of everlasting happiness.-?
They abstain from animal food, and llieic
priests art* under a vow of celibacy,, Tlio
great majority of the temples arc Buddhist.
In addition to thc>e, there are sects of philosophers
who bold the morality of Cnnfn.
cius in grcid estimation. Tire whole tenor
of their doctrine is to.rcnder mankind viituous
in this life. They endeavor to preserve
a good conscience, inculcate lilial affection
and a due obedience to the laws of
their sovereign. All these different, faiths
have become so mingled and blended togeLh- *
e>-, and their doctrines have so penetrated
each other, that scarcely any religion preserves
its original purity. , , *\Cor.
of Journal of Commerce.
q i I) o u r) i) r\ d $ e 1) f o p.
'1 u~ favorite weapon of attack by the Benton
party on Mr. Atchison, in Missouri has
always been his attachment to Mr. C'alhoim,
and his firm adherence to tho cause of tho
South. To stigmatise, him as a Nullitier
and a Secessionist, and to put these charges
forward, in every imaginable fonn of abusivo
and.scurrilous epithet, have constituted tho
great resource of the lb-nton party in they
I contest with him. A correspondent of the
St. Louis Republican makes the following
pungent retort to these malignant attack?.
It involves an indirect' inquiry into (lie
j public career of Mr. Benton, which that vonI
nmKln ?nvli*Ia-? I 4 ,m 1 "
v..?v.w |/?/iinv?n Miiiimi is nut jiKeiy i'") ui*
vor; v"It
is well known that Mr. Calhoun, during
his life, characterised immy of the*
"fused" gang now engaged in blackening
and reviling his memory, in a vefy plain
manner, described their union, or "fusion.'*
..us i\ mero interested 4<cohcsionn for purposes
of "public plunder!" He knew that .
those men aspersed his motives, and slander- *
ed his objects, namely, to obtain -contract*,
jobs and cdTUe.s! Hmio one or nnotber'of
tlietn grasped for everything, from the public
printing down to the furnishing of necessaries
for the army and navy, lie despised
the whole of fheso bruits erf ftiny, and attacked
and exposed theni without iho'tdightest
regard to tlie injury their nialiojorta
tusks might intlict upon himself, lie knew,
but disregarded, their inlluence with poliliciana.
Mr. Calhoun lived and died an ,
honest man. llis soul abhorred treachery
and deceit. Not even those whose speculations
lie thwarted and exposed, charged him
with dishonesty, or with a desire to plunder'
the treasury to benefit himself or to enjit-h
his children. - - * * 1 * "
1 le never was guilty of charging and
obtaining large sums of money in payment
lor using his influcnco wfth Departments (t>
favor large claims; he never was guilty of
intluencing for money Boards ul't lotnmissirtn
ers, when they were noting upon large
claims for money; ho never udvLqd,.?fM?
tlio indictgicnt'ol* Dr. Gardiner, the tfoUlm- *
ous procurement and destthctiun' of papers
in Lbo State i H'partimiRvlf which might, if
undertroved, prove n eli nl guilty as the
said (iaWiner, and place his attorney in a
scandalous position; he never toadied to
Companies to pay members of his f.unilv
10,000 or 12,000 under the pretend^jjjfcat,
they could usefully and beneficially engrbre
in the business of lobhv jewmfs
grOOO^ Ills HCVlT, <iaU;! lob.)",'
agent before Oongi\*s?fiViporlinetly rItawiu</
both report and hiil hi favor of lIk? claim
for wliich ho had boon retained; he never
oncd?fur less for a series of yjnrs, aclAcl,
for inon.-y, as a Claim Ageht before ,He
Department, nor beforo the still morsd?j#r>dant
Jlurcaus and to crown all?Mr. Calhoun,
when old, and (hrrrrouhdcd l>v enemies,
had thb courage to have defiantly offered
the.ni un opportunity to prove tl?c tiHtli '
of charges against him before a Committee 1
of Congress, had they dared to have natde
any,instO;ul of holding bnck and putting them
in the altitude of seeming to attack an ohl
man?he did not thus quell investigation.
One of our exchanges, in noticing the lecture
of a blind man, any* he spoke far t\vo
hours and did not reti r to his hote* during
the whole time. Wonderful institution, that I
mdh.
4-Fatuk?," said a juvenile to his paternal
guaixlism, who liad the had habit of nlternatihiffroin
piety to profanity, '*1 do think you
otfcht to stop psayiug or ^wearing?1 don't
jjtaire which."
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