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?f - <* *. % v' ##V0L 1. ^ ^ \ ^ (^i>j:|;\YI 111^ *H )RNINfY MAY 4, .1855. ^ "" m 51 ., Clje ^tttttjurtt (Enttflirisf, ? A KEFLEX OF POPULAR EVENTS. s>0 wj^ ? ,; E0,T0R AN0 proprietor. l 60, payable iipfcdvnnce ; $2 if delayed. CLUBS of FIVE- and upwards Si, the money \b every instance t^> aocomjJWly the order. AtiVERTISRMENTS ineerted eonepicxioaely at the rates of 76 oents nor square of ? lines, and 26 Cents for eaoh subsequent insertion. Contracts for yearly advertising inado reasonable. {or. r. riioa * brothers, printers.] iMftfei, foetal. ^ Ibc of if^ilr. BY LONGFBLLOW. ; A. Yorru light,-hnj?rt<<l and content, I wander thrfflQgp tho world: Hero, Arab-like, is pitched my tent. And strnighfcPgain is furled. Yet oft I dream that once a wife, jg>. I Close in my heart was locked; 1 And in tho swset repose of life, A blessod child I rocked.1 I wake! Away that dream?away! i Too long did it remain 1 i " So long that both by night and day It' orer comes ngnin. I The end liaa over in mv thouirht: To a grove, bo cold nnd deop, , The mothor beautiful was brought; * Then dropped the child aalcep. Jv But now the dream is wholly o'er, 1 bathe mine oyes and see. And wander through the world onec more, A^'outh so light and free. Two locks?and they are wondrous fair? J Left me that vision mild; Thebrowni^juoui the mother's hair, The blotjNPpf'from the child. And when I sec that look of gold, Pale'grows the eveniiig ro^;, And whence dork lock I behold, < ft I wff h that I wero dead. , <0ueri|-?utj Itncij. 9 I qfnil (J S i 0 e Jr. 1 ~ *1 MY FRIEND'S HTO^r. I "But, really, Mrs. Robinson is a very excel- i lent lady. JYoi? certainly must have givon x * her some cause of offence." My friend laughed. "You are right," he < said: "she i?, as you say, a very excellent 1 Judy, and I am as sincerely sorry for having I offended her as a inan can be; but I did o? < fend her a good .many years ago, and irre j coverably sank in her estimation. Mrs. Rob inson has never forgotten the offence, and I t verily believe never will forgive it On my j woro.I am sorry, but it cannot be helped." ] "And the^offence I" "Was' a very innocent one on my part, I . assure yon ; though I can scarcely Ahink of < it now without a blush at mv^ suporlative 1 simplicity. It taught me a lesson though." 1 "Which was?" 1 "Never to aocept a gentleman's invitation < to a family qhjner. sf |l tell you all about < it," said jpj&fricnd t and forthwith he tola the following' tale: I In was several years ago, as I told you, f and I had been some days iu London?a place, by the way, that I nato like poison. 1 had business to transact with Robinson, and called at bis office about noon. : v "I dine at two precisely," said ho, when our business was concluded, "and if you'll look in and take dinner with us quite in a IP* family way?" x Now Robinson, you knovr, is an old frifMj v of our family 1 and that, one might, have said was sufficient warrant for his invitation Moreover, I had been paying him monarch .? aud that, perhaps might have been cooridorcd a second warrant. And at tho : vk of these, Mr. and MBfe. Robinson had ApHWn week, only the summer beforo, at my fathers I house in the oouflurv. white thev had hecn.4 ftith his nceiJrtarned hospitaUiy; iio, taking all things into o>ti*i<lcrnti9|| f *?? W*nk enough to clinch the inviutffer v withi acceptance, l>efoB|J knew what I was ? tfan^h^Lhat l^hod^ot refused ; for the truth . in, I w&jt huyngry at the time, and had planned to aifep at once from -Pokinaou's office to certain dining rooms in the < itv Now, if there is one {adeeming feature in Uendou, it consist^ initfc facilities for eating and jrinking. The i&j beau ideal of tliu^ ifc to bo attained, only in & London dining Jw*1 14011,1 caro-,^aA/9ttdP*yti,ink of iU>,? hut for gafljpffwjwd well1 I cerediSfy, iuSAon dining *ome against all the WtM. W It happeneCtlUt oWknt day T had pl;m* J ifi'; . ^la ncd my dinner to a fraction?-where to dine, what box to occuppv, whatjuiut to fix upon, whui. vegetable, what pudding, wknt cheese. T^fad deferred rending the morning paper that I might look at it there at my leisure. I had foreordained my afternoon engagements Also. And all thisl wns weak enough, as I said before, to set aside, to oblige friend friend llobinaon, by taking a family dinner Well, as I left his office the church cliflH opposite struck one, and I had an lioitr^up41 on my hands. I had a call to mid? tjnfp$r three miles away ; hut to go tht^Hg^^Kfr turn punctually to Robiujmii'a nt nrpoiH?lt' ww Am tl.? J l J' VMV tliu IjUVPVlUlfcgWp'lJWi | no resource but saunter awuV^^^HBftpas { hour tbut intervened. I passed my dining rooms with a sigh of ' resignation, stared in at tbo shop windows walked down to Cbeapsidc, entered ?St. Paul's Churchyard, looked up. at the dock, apd found that a quarter of An hour bad barely been copsutned. To while away the succeeding half hour, I passed up the steps, and entered the north door of the cathedral, deposited the demanded two-pence in the out-stretched hand of the junior, and sauntered among the monuments?timing my proceedings so well, that on retracing my steps and reaching the door of Robinson's private residence, the clock was on the point of striking two. "So far, well," I thought; "I shall not be accused of keeping the family dinner waitiug at all events ; though I dare say my friend Robinson is got in by this time, lie said two precisely, I remember." And I boldly rang the bell. "Mr. Robinson is.in, I suppose?" I asked i of the servant who answered the summons. "No, sir,. he is not at ho(ne." "Oh, ho sobfl will be in, I dare say ; he said jie should bo at homo by two. Is Mrs. Rohiiaon within f' "lea, sir. What name, sir ?" And idter these formalities were duly gone flfequg'h witb,l was ushered into a small parNBfcpd informed that Mrs. Robinson would jpfc^wn" directly. * VW1, I sat and sat, and couid not avoid bearing a hurrying aud skurrying along the passages, up stairs, and down stairs, and , for anytliingl know, in nay lady's chamber. At length, after a quarter of uu hour's delay, during which time I had beon^nervously fidgeting about and longing every moment to hear friend Robinson's ring of the bell, and foot in the passage?thodoor slowly opened, and iu walked Mrs. Robinson. She bad evidently?or rather as I guessed, though rightly?been caught in dishabille, and haaJUcon occupied ever since my arrival in setth4Tfter?elf to rights, or whatever else tire IndWwVnny call it. ' Of course, this did not tend to make tne welcome, though, to do the lady justice, ihe was too well bred to show any particular j iigns of displeasure. On the contrary, indeed, she received me with tolerable cordiality?was glad to see tne and so forth?inquired how long I had L?een in Londou, how friends were in the country, how long a stay I intended making, md all that sort of thing. "This is all very well, thought I, "but it ?ays nothing About dinner, and I am half famished. What canRobruson mean by not keeping his appointment 1" hive minutes, perhaps?and perhaps teu ?passed in this .sort of talk ; and the lady, 1 could perceive, began to grow might fidgety. "Ten to one," thought I, "Mrs. Robinion was on the point of serving up the family dinner as I camo in, and she is afraid of the rest being ovor done, or some other catastrophe of like nature. How shall 1 manage it to set her feet and hands nt liberty, and her heart at rest ?M "Hope I am not detaining you madam ?" I stammered at last fof want of something better to say. "If you trill allow me, I will take up a book and amuse myself till?" My lady could scarcely repress a start of astonishment, which plainly said, what on earth does the man mean f 8he did not say this verbaly, however, fagat supplied its place with "Did you wish see Mr. Robinson particularly ?" .dirk.? ?? .i ? ? * * t? iiy, my near umuam, i replied .with a faint attempt at a smile. "I certainly did expSfct to see Mr. Robinson ; he told ine that two o'clock precisely was bis dinner hour." This time thero was no disguising her reaj feelings?Mr. Robinson's brow darkened liko midnight. It was plan enough now?what I had only surmised before?that Mr. Robinson had not thought it' necessary to give his lady due-notice of his oxpccted guest. Perhaps ho had forgotten the lovilatiou he himself had given two hours before. Most likely so, 1 thought, for tire hands of a dial on the mantel were pointing to half past two, and no |4r. Robinson. . . n "I am afraid, my dear madam," I said i "that thore has been some slight mistake. Mr. Robinson certainly asked me to dino with him at two o'dtirtkg hut perhaps it is not convenient. And M he probably has been detained"?and I arose and mil my band onsmy hat* I had better left.this unsaid ; it put the eaping stone^on my forfeiture of Mrs., Robinson's good graces. Nobody-lifcee to have the countenanae mad faithfblly at ah tiroes. / uRfaV, don't think of such a thing as leaving,* RobiiWa axel aimed with a gripi Mpile. ^Oft happy to see yon at on^Hpoor A * a. table. I daro say Mr. Robinson will be in ; soon ; most likely, ;is you nay, be boa boen i detained in his o'flnxj; ho often is. Perhaps} you willbe so kind as to excuse me for a few j minutes. Mr. Robinson won't bo long, I am , sure." And without waiting for a reply, the | lady disappeared more hnstw than site had entered the parlor. m3 * {' Tbiuks I to myself, "rlortJs a pretty ir.?#i! m I could but make my .exit unseen, ! I blushed to my finders* end . tiTl iWy lairly tinglod. "Hang nil family | < dinners, and the men who invito their friends to thorn !" I unconsciously ejaculated, ns I rosoijed myself in a mood of desperate resigniffllon. i JWoud Robinson's house was not a very < raj^c one, and it was not lone before T heard i Phctly enough, tho opening and shutting 1 of doors, not over and abovo gently. The I street door was opened too and phut, opened and shut again; hut not by Mr. Robinson.? Soon afterwards, from the region below, I 1 fancied I board tho sounds of fizzing and fry- 1 ing,or something akin to it. Then in the din- ] ingroom adjoining the parlor in which I sat? < not a Couch of roses, by any means?<-1 he^rd ] the croaking of an uplifted table flap, the < rattling of plates, the clattering of knives, ,1 forks and spoo?Br and tho jingling of glass- i oa. i "Come," thought I; "it will be all right i at last. But that Robinson?where can thei' man have got to ?" j i Thanks be praised 1 the door boll rinrrt i at last?a tbud, sharp ring, which none but the master of tho house is privileged, to give t ?and enter Mr. Robinson. ! "Ha, vou have been hero before me, I i see," said he, trying, as it struck me, to look i unconcerned; "I have been detained, but, J bettor late than never;" and he.applied his 1 hand to the bell. * "Tell you mistress tbat I am coine in, Sa- '< rah," said he, when tho girl entered, fiery red in the face. "Dinner is ready, T suppose ?" "Mistress says I am to tell you that it will i i bo ready in a quarter of an hour, sir," said the damsel. * i "Bless nie 1 Docs your miflress know i what timer it is!" exclaimed Mr. Robinson, ' looking at his watch, which, as well as the 1 dial, pointed to a quarter of three. Mistress wants to see you, sir, for a Thin- 1 ute, if you please," continued the girl, evading her master's question, as altogether beside tho mark. I Mr. Robinson was obedient to tho Bum- i mens, ami disappeared. It is no use?if people will talk loud, it's absurd in them to expect other people will | put their fingers to their ears. I told you | lust now that friend Robinson's house was , not a large one. And it was a very sonor- j ous one. Now, there circumstances put to- gethcr, will exonerate nie from the charge of f listening?which I did not. Tho fact is, I ] could not help hearing? ( First., a gentle murmuring in a female | voice, from"some place below stairs?sounding very much like a remonstrance, but the < import of which I could not, and I did not ( particularly wish to make out; though I ) might possibly guess at it. ' 1 To this succeeded fin impatient MPsha'.v! Nonsense I" in the gruff, though subdued tones of friend Robinson?"An old frioud, J too ; how was 1 to help it f" , Then came again the murmuring iu somo- ; what louder, and moro emj)hatic accents, in which I could distinguish the words? , "Nothing but the cold shoulder?very , thoughtless and provoking 1" , Presently Mr. Robinson returned pretend- 1 ing to look mightj' unconcerned, but plainly | enough ruffled and ill at case?the sinner ; and desperate as I bad becauvo I oould but be nmnsed with his blank and wofnl countenance. Happily the longest lane lias a turning; and just as the dial pointed to a quarter past three, the lady once more made her appearance.. with the welcome intelligence that dinner was on the table. Now, then, for Mr. Robinson's family dinner, thought I. Ahem 1 But really, after all, it was a good externKreeortof dinner; and if Mrs. Robinson , d only tnken it easy, and spiced it with good temper, it would have been an enjoyable one. It was evidently hurriedly made up ; -fc dish of slices of cold shoulder of mutton?the cold shoulder ; a dish of veal cutlet which, no doubt, were hanging in the butcher's shop an hour pr^iously, but now nicely oeoked; a dish of mashed potatoes beautifully brown; a fruit tart, probably from the nearest pastry cook-1* shop; but no harm in that, I should Impe ; a newly crusty loaf, and a good Cheshire cheese ; a bottle of ale, from the tavern around the corner, perhaps; and a bottlo of wine from rvoonisons cellar. But whnt availed it that I put on a cheer-' fnl countenance, and determinate!y set about the business of the tablo, with a jojood apnetite, asking no questions for conscience yake, and exerted ray powers of conversation to chnrngi^away tho frigid j>olUefc|fc of Mr> Robiuson; and the uar lence of her lord and master. It was plain, even then, that I had offend ?d tho lady boyomi hone of renlody. l not or knew the mystery or that family dinnoi exactly ;"~but I had reason to euapqet thofr ??| my arrivaMQi lady had .already diped?-at I any rate, she took caiff tq eat no" part of oaf' \ait! family dinner; but sat lilco a dummy the while it wh3 devoured by the husband and his friend. Prob.ably,slio was in the middle of house cleaning, or an ironing, or an exchange of servant*; or she'had fixed on that day tor a shopping excursion, or a visiting excursion, and did not liko to be put off from it. She might have expected her husband to dine ?at an eating house, m 1 should have been too happy to navo dined. In short, it was evident enough that my intrusion was eminently inconvenient; and that I was looked upon as an incumbrance, ami aa a spy upon the "nakedness of the laud." "s:,. ti - ? -r- \?~ > >!>? tMiiiuouu^ i |>VHOIIIII pilM^IIlg, ineffectually, Isucconabed to the force of cir;mms.tances, subsided into sullen silence, And so the dinner concluded ; and the lady, wit!) much ceremonious politeness, which might have been spared, withdrew. The atmosphere cleared a little after that, rhewine and biscuits were tolerable; and the lines on Robinson's face relaxed and softened. Nevertheless, be was by no means perfectly at ease. He had Committed an act of gross impropriety, and ho had not heard the last of it yet. However, he faihtly hoped (he said so, the hypocrite !) that I would lake collec with Mrs. Robinson before 1 left; mid looked amazingly relieved when I pleaded business as a reason for leaving his table abruptly. Tf r. ? i--i- ?j r i i i . ??c?o in-.inj ?i?o uuwk, :uiu l naa tost the best part of a day, whenturned from bis door. I did not see Mrs. Robinson before I left; once or twice since then I have met her {"but die looks darkly on me, and I understand sho speaks of me in mysteriously reserved tones. I see Robinson every time I go to London, which is twice a year; but ho has never asked me again to a family dinner. He may do it safely, but perhaps ho is not nware of this. Well, but," said I, "1 don't see " "Lton't you ?" interposed my friend, raising nis cyobrows; "then I'll enlighten you. Y<>u are a young fellow," said lie, "and I shall bo an old 0110 soon, if I livo long en ough; and take lids bit of advice?never fuind tho philosophy of it, buUtake it: never accept a gentleman's invitation to a f.ttuily dinner, if you can help it; and secondly being a married man yourself, novor t invite, your frielul to a family dinner, without your wife's knowledge and consent. And there's good morality for home for you. Take it, and make you what like of it." First Stri-to Ruin.?"My first step to ruin," exclaimed a wretched youth, as he tossed from side to side on his straw bed in ono corner of his prison-house, "was going idling on the Sabbath. I knew it was wrong, uiy mother taught l>o better; my lister taught me better; my Riblo taught me jotter; but I would heed none of them. 1 lid not think it would come to this! I am mdone ! I am lost! What a warning "in the above lines to ?abbtth break ens! The w anton de-ecreation jf that holy day, may be looked upon as a light thing, by a thoughtless and frivolous young man ; but it is not so. God, iu his Wofli and in his Providence, makes it n serious matter. Itis more corrupting to the heart thau many supposed It seems to lead directly away from God ; and consequently to crime, with a strange facility! Just watch the, course of the habitual sabbuth scorucr, and, you will most likely ?eo him come to some bad end. Perhaps he becomes an infidel, and "says in hi* heart, inero is no Uo<lKewiiro of tho lirst step to ruin 1" An Editor's Rawche.?A letter from Nov/ BrnunfeU, Texas, to the Galveston News, dated February 22d, says: I paid a visit yesterday to the ranche of O. W. Kendall, Esq., of the New Orleans Picayune, and found him busily making improvements on the beautiful site ho has elected for his future home. Ho has already built a good substantial stone house, commanding atinoview of the surrounding country, which extends for miles through a romantic region, interspersed with wild scenery ?>f the finest character. His chief attention has been directed U> the raising of s'ueep, in which he has succeeded well since his removal to tho valley of the Com si. His stock is the linest 1 have seen in Texas, being ooniposod mostly of pure-blooded Meritioe?, which produco tue finest and moat costly wool. A ronxo wife remonstrated with her spendthrift husband upoti bis conduct, lie took up a New'^eslamont, and pointing to the t"Xt, "TWHKmy love," said be, "{ am like the prodlffirs son, I will reform by-andby." MGuegs3roSy there's something in the text will euh me too; I thiuk, until you reform, it will bo ns well for me to "arise and go to my father," and off sho started accordingly. r - - ? fi.. "Pom j? ?r? kf a journey round dis world liao a cat's tail ?" "Well, I- doean'i adzactly see any sendblance twixt the two ms Well den, I spec I'll have to tell you ?bektso it am fur to de eend oh lit'* "Well, den, spoeo by some onacoountable aarkurasUnoe de caPi tail .should axklontly jaIMMdd ?" "Why, in dat case, it wotlldn I jk & 'Stotmstmg ftlisrellnmj.' | lb c The Havana correspondent of the New' York Express gives the last scene in the life ; of Pinto, who was sentenced to bo garroted It say?: May God have niercv on his soul. "This rooming, at 7 o'clock, Pinto was garc|gd. Is there not enough of horror nnd mi$ry in this fact alone, to make one's very soul turn faint ? I feel so worn by contending feelings of nity, sympathy, disgust nnd downright dread, that I shrink from a description \ of* t!io Ktcl'idinuy tt-uifAilv wlilrli thic nmrn i. , ?~?-*e> " "to?? -* , mgs-fcun has looked upon. Until yesterday morning no certain I knowledge had boon received as to the sentence of this man who lias so long been the centre of public interest?in fact, until an early hour, Pinto himself was not certain as I to his fate, lie listened with perfect equan| iroity to the reading of thefatnl paper which I bade him prepare ere twenty four hours had j parsed for that dread change from life to j death, from time to eternity. Calmly lie followed liis guard to tho chapel iu the "Real | prcsido," and there lie passed many hours in prayer and confession. Let us hope that those prayers were not unanswered by tho Ruler of all things'. I am no lover of the horrid narratives which aieso often offered to the public of tho last hours of a criminal. Let us then ; drop a veil over those last sacred hours, and | let us leave the prisoner untif we shall meet j him on his last walk?to the scaffold. It is a beautiful morning, and the bright j sun looks down upon a dense crowd of 15,j 000 people, assembled in one compact mass in the largo arena around the "Punto." The I crowd is very silent?very composed. In I the midst of this mass of human beings is a liirfrrt ariwi ktsoaa Kurrnimdhior llin ?a? (Thirl It is not always neocssnry that-tifitfb should be embodied. It is nil suflicienf if it hover spiritually around?if, like the sound of bells, it float with earnest friendliness through the sir. A man cannot properly be said to live tUl he rejoices in the well-being of others. ' % Piety is not an end, but a means, through ' the purest repose of tiro spirit, to attain the highest culture. . Wherefore it may be remarked that those who pursue piety as ao end and aim, aro mostly hypocrites. A duty discharged still seems n debt, for no on? can satisfy himself. Tht greatest esteem which an antho.r can I express for the public is, never to bring forth * by a large body of soldiers. There is a sudden nervous movement in that human mass. What is the cause' The cathedral bell is striking seven o'clock. At the first stroke the procession of death moves from the Punto towards the garrolo. How solemn ! The criminal is an old man ; he is dressed in flowing robes of white ?his priests are by his side, and whisper words of consolation in his ear, pointing to that future now so near, where alone there is to be found mercy for liiin. llis step is slow but Arm, and a sad smile is on his face as his eye for a moment rests on that mighty crowd. He reaches the scaffold?he mcunts ?each step brings him nearer to his ifod ! lie calmly seats himself in that chair of death, the fatal colnr is placed around his neck?he leans forward one moment?'tis j for one more word to his confessor?perhaps a last "adois" to those dear ones ho is to see no more?ho leans back, and * * Pinto is no more. May Heaven have mercy upon him. The Spanish garroto is thus described : "The victim being placed upon a stool, with a post behind, to which is affixed an iron collar with a screw ; this collar is made to clasp the neck of the victim, and drawn tighter by means of the screw, until life becomes extinct. t-tOK Goethe's TiJqxIto3. Goethe (says the Christian Spiritualists.) nowhere richer or more peculiar than iu his aphorisms and smaller poem#. In the former. he usually presents one side cf some important truth, or hits, with unerring aim, some prevailing error or folly. The trans lation from the German is bv G. E. Brown well. How sliall we learn to know ourselves ? I by rellection ? Never. Only through action. Strive to do thy duty ; then shalt thou know whAt is in thee. But what is thy duly I That which is before thee?the task of the day. In the works of men, as ig those of nature, ainis anil intentions are specially to be rogarded. Botanists have a division of plants which they name "Incompleteone may also say thai Iber* are incomplete men ;sucb are those whose inward longing and striving aro cut in proportion to their powers of action and execution. Incessant activity, of what kihdjjweyer, leads at lust to bankiuntov of health/^ that which it expects, hut what he himself with that degree of culture native and foreign to which ho lias attained, discerns to be right and useful. It is l>y no means easy for people to understand one another, even with the best will and intentions ; but to tUeso must bo added ill-will, that disturbs everything. Life, as common as it loojtfs, as readily as it seems to settle down into the commonplace and quotidian, stiil cherishes in secret ^ higher aims, and is ever quietly looking around lor the means of attaining them. It is rquch easier to discern error than to find the truth ; the former lvincr on the snv face, is readily perceived?tfio Tatter reposes in depth, whence not eveay one can cJw her forth. As from habit, one looks at a watch which no longer goes, so turns the eye to those of befjuty, from which love no longer looksout to us. Beauty is a revelation of the inmost lws of nature, which without her niediatio#0nust ever have bec-ii concealed from us. Music, in its best sense, is less dependent upon novelty ; yea, the older it is, the more accustomed vno is to it, the greater is it# effect. , . .<.* -* "" k? ; , !?> ??? [From tlie M urfrccsborough N. C. Gazette. ] ?\ o ID 9 n i ? hi. - At this time u strife is going on in tho United States between Romanism and fts friends on the one side, and Prowsiant&m on the other. We arc aware that sqinc who are now advocating the claims bf the Roman Catholic Church will object to a discrimination between thciri and Protestants, but there is no intermediate ground. A warfare is going on between ltomauisis and Protestants, and though a man may appeal to tlio culture of a Protestant mother?though ho may loudly protest that all his predilections * are for the causo of Protestantism-?if his voice is for Romanism, if he pleads for it, can ho be regarded as a Protestant ? What avnileth professions when every action of the man is against them 1 Reader, what would you think of an Kditor's Protestantism, who would appeal to the powers that be to silence a eotcmpotary because bo writes an article against the evils of Romanism ? What a thorough contempt should we feel for any man who, feeling his consequence, thinks by his ipse dixit to deter one from the free and independent expression of thought. Wo assail no one, .but ho who lifts his arm, nerves himself and strikes "for the claims of Popery, inflicts n wound on -i Protestantism. The war is actually - going ? on : it is a rentou. Iwiifoox ..Aia:-.! v_-? , _ vvm |/unuci4* iwuinan* istn and protestantism. Can any man, who lues a particle of love for Potostanrism, heai- late as to what course ho should pursue ? Can any nnin doubt for a moment under which flag he should march, when not only our religious immunities arothreatened with invasion ; hut, wheu the civil liberties of our land, bequeathed to us by the hallowed blood of our revolutionary sires, are trampled in the dust aiui despised. There is no such thing as separating the religious from tho political assumptions of Popery. It strikes at the conscience of its deluded followers, fetters the mind and lends the man i? willing captive?a slave tq act, or to be acted upon, at the mere ontfon nf *. pampered and licentious priestcraft. In or- 4 der the more effectually to do this, it does as certainly contend for political supremacy as for universal dominion in religious affairs ; and the only reason llio Pope has not commanded political homage here as yet, is because he dares not do it, lest he should fail in plans of proselyting the land. But tho arrogant presumption of that church cannot ho denid. It lias been too short a time that a native boru American has had his life endangered because-he. would not take off his hat when meeting tho Bishop in procession. We would not dony them either civile or religious liberties. Hero wo have a vast extent of territory, stretching from tho Atlantic to tho Pncilic?hero they may como and worship God or Baal as they may prefer; f*? ! sing psalms, keep mass and carry on All their ridiculous tom-foolerics, and we would say disturb them not; but when, they grow restless of those privileges, when they demand the right of our conscience and mpiire to teach us the meaning of liberty, we should meet them at the threshold. All who bold dear the liberties of our country, should do it. It becomes us nil to east aside cverv triv* ial consideration, to cast off all projudiqe, and to look at this matter calmly and dispassionately. Itom^ri-uvis ? curse to any land. It mattlrs'TKit Bow fragsnt the broezo thai floats from ipountain to valley?it matters not how rich the land in gUitinritrg ore ?it matters not whether wide spread bar:, of calm*rolling riveiw man out the land, wherever Romanism f>reva1c% the trail ofjthe serpent is seen?there-ih^ tree of liberty !" ' withers?there the flowers of virtue never bloom, and tyranny, licentiousness and | misery reign supreme. I * ' "Night threw her mantle o'er the world i and pin'd it with a ?tnr." lieohledly tasty. ? w asn't slm ? *? 4