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POETRY.
ENGLAND.
BY JESSE E. DOW.
There's blood upon the jewelled sword,
And shame upon thy crown;
Pollution marks thy belted lord,
And sin thy churchman's gown;
And from the islands of the sea
The groan of millions'curses thee. i
Thy masses in their hovels pine, j
Or curse thee, while they toil,
Thy nobles, of illustrious line,
Like vampires, suck thy soil;
And now, proud 'mistress of the sea,'
The meanest wretch gives food to thee!
A queen upon a throne of gold?
A parliament of drones?
A nation's voice that's bought and sold,
While every cottage groans;
An army o'er the wide world spread,
To gather garments from the dead.
A bird of prey!?with bloody beak
Now feeding on its young,
Now going forth, with hellish shriekT j
;?mg meaning uim?s~gTfl3Tig;
Proud scavenger of land and sea,
Avenging Heaven has noted thee!
Disturber of Creation's peace!?
Destroyer of the laws!?
When will your march of murder cca6e!
When will your legions pause!
When mail-clad men shall make your grave
- - ? u'avp.
By Javan's towers aim ui? u ?
But hark! a cry for vengeance rings
From Indus and the Nile;
It thunders death to Europe's kings,
And starts in Albion's isle;
That power whose flag is never furled?
Whose morning drum beats round the world.
Proud boaster! know that deeds of blood?
Of broken faith and shame?
Have made thee mistress of the flood,
And magnified thy name:
And think how Rome, the mighty, sank
When rolled the Northern avalanche.
Well may'st thou stand, when nations wheel
Their cannon to'ards thy throne!
But when thy starving millions feel
A foe in thee alone,
Not throne, nor lords, nor martial power,
Can stand the onset of that hour!
A BALLAD.
BY THE HON, MRS. NORTON.
I do not love thee?no, I do not love thee:
And yet, when thou art absent I am sad,
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And envy ee'n Uie origin oiue eivy auutc
Whose quiet stars may see thee and be glad.
I do not love thee?yet, when thou art gone,
1 hate the sound, though those who speak be
dear,
Which breaks the lingering echo of the tone.
Thy voice of music leaves upon my ear.
I do not love thee?yet I know not why,
Whate'er thou dost, 6eems 6till well done to
me;
And often, in my solitude, 16igh,
That those I do love are not more like thee.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Perseverance will Triumph.?The
man who is perpetually hesitating which
of two things he will do first, will do neither.
The inan who resolves, but suffers
his resolution to be changed by the first
counter-suggestion of a friend, who fluctuates
from opinion to opinion, from plan
-?- I. . _
to plan, and veers like a weatner-cuciv, ?u
every point of the compass, with every
caprice that blows, can never accomplish
anything great or useful. Instead of being
progressive in any thing, he will be at
best stationary, and more probably retrogadeinall.
It is only the man who first
consults wisely then resolves firmly, and
then executes his purpose with inflexible
perseverance, undismayed by those petty
difficulties which daunt a weaker spirit,
advance to eminence in any line.
, Let us take by way of illustration* the
case of a student. He commences the
'study of the dead languages, but presently
a friend comes and tells him that be is
wasting bis time, and that instead of obsolete
words.be had much better employ
' himself in acquiring new ideas. He changes
his plan and sets to work at the mathematics.
Then comes another friend, who
asks'him with a grave ann sapient face,
whether he intends to become h professor
in a college; because if he docs not, he is
misemploying his lime, and that for the
business ot life, common arithmetic is
enough of mnthcmetical science. He
throws up hisEuclid and addresses hirn
J..I in ,'|.
sen 10 some inner siuuj, v?i>i?-h ih
is ag:iin relinquished on some equally wise
suggestion; &. thus his life is spent in changing
his plan's. You cannot but perceive
the folly of this course; and the worst effect
of it is the fixing on your mind a hab-,
it of indecision, sufficient of itself to blast
the fairest prospects, Wow take your
course wisely but firmly; and having taken
it, hold up -n it with heroic resolution
and the Alps.and Pyrenees will bend before
you?the whole empire of learning
will lie nt your feet, while those who set
out with you, but stopped to change their
plans, are yet employed in the very unprofitable
business of changing their plans.
Letyour motto be perseverance. Practice
upon it and you will be convinced of its
value by the distinguished eminence to
which it will conduct you.
7 Mob in Louisville, Ky.?The dis!
graceful mob which broke out at Cincinati,
has extended to Louisville. We copy
the following from the Louisville Advertiser
of the 13th ir.st.
Riot.?Much alarm was causd in this city
on me receipt mi mc nrw? nuu? vuk iuuu
yesterday morning. The fact of the des- i
trurtion of the banking house of the i
Miami Exporting Company, of which Mr. i
Lo ugce was understood to he principal
manager, and his exchange office, directed
attention to tlie establishment of Lou<ree I
and Moore, ('LouisvilleSavings BiuK'fon
the corner of Wall and Water streets in
this city. J
It appears that Mr, Moore, in anticipa- '
yesterday morning, and concealed him- 1
self also. The doors not being open at 1
the usual business hour, increased the <
interest felt, and a crowd soon assemble- I
ed. But little excitement existed?nearly i
all being more spectators who came to see <
what was to be done. There were l
several, however, gathered round the i
doors, who appeared bent on mischief. i
At a few minutes past ten* a shutter was
forced from one of the windows, when a
rush followed. The window was soon 1
demolished?several sprang inside?open- 1
ed the doors, when the crowd rushed in,
and soon, books, letters, papers, chairs,
' !_ iK.onilip contents of the 1
lames, in iuki, m*?
office were flying into the streets amidst 1
shouts of the mob.
No eflbrt was made to arrest these 1
proceedings, until Mr. Turner, our gallant
and efficient City Marshal, arrived, who ,
got into the office and commenced tumuling
the principal rioters into the street.
Being aided by Messrs. Colgan Coske, j
and others, the room was soon cleard, and .
quiet, in a great degree; restored.
We have not ascertained whether the
papers destroyed were of value, but we ,
presume not, as such were doubtless removed
with the funds. The entire loss
cannot be great.
We are persuadedPthat, had Mr. Moore
opened his office at the usual hour, and attended
to his business in the ordinary
way, there would have been but little excitement
and no violence. A run might
have been expected under the circumstan.
ces, but the fear of being called upon to
redeem his paper, ought not to have dri
I.:? nryst. We have reason
veil mill Hiw y ?
to believe that he had bad advice from j
Cincinnati!
But notwithstanding his ill-advised
course, there was no excuse for the outrage
committed bythemob. Wecancon*
ceive of but few cases in which a resort
to mob-law can be excused, or even tolarated,
in a civilized community; and this
certainly is not one of them, This transaction
is a disgrace to the city, and ought
to tix the mark of public scorn "on all
engaged in it. We hope they will be
brought to punishment. Give us any
kind of law but mob law.
The horrible punishment of crurifiction
is still practised in some Mahomedan
countries. The unfortunate victims often
live in torture for many days. All the
characters of antiquity, who are lauded in
history, indulged in this superlatively
barbarous practice. Alexander, Caesar,
Augustus, Titus, all tho Roman Emperors,
and the Mahomedan conquerors often
crucified their hundreds, anil even thousands
at a time, arid women were not exempt
from this fate.
It is stated in the pepars that an address
signed by 60,000 names, which are Daniel
O'Connell, and Father Matthew, the Apostle
of Temperance, has been .forwarded
from Ireland to this country, calling upon
all Irishmen to make common cause with
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the Abolitionists* A negro wasrthcbearer
of the paper, which, it is said, will soon be
published. Most of the poor Irishmen
who signed the paper are in a much more
wretched condition than the rnostr dagradcd
class of the negroes upon whom they
waste 60 much sympathy* .They would
be vastly gainers if they could make an
exchange of positnin with our"b!flcks, taking
their sooty skins, bondage: and all.?
Negro slovery-is perfect liberty compared
will) the torturing servitude of the.Irish
peasantry, imposed by that.inflexible'taskm-ister,
Necessity. Intfeedf some of our
Northern brethren would be great-gainers
by a amrilab exchange. They serve
harder masters than most of our slaves.?
But their bliss 'consists in their ignorance,
and it would be a pity to disturb its
delusions^ - - Virginian.
Courting.?A lawyer, whom we knew
well, did his-courting off-hand. He had
got a good practice and a high reputation,
as we'll for what his noddle contained
of Coke and Blackslone, as for being an
eccentric chip in ell his ways, doings and
sayings. His eccentricity got him in die
notion it was'nf'meet that woman should
be alone:" and so of a delightful summer's
eve?when the roses smiled and the cowslips
laughed, Sunday evening too, mind
ye, gentle reader, that
"Delightful hour of'witching love"? .
he caught up his hat and was seen asend
ing the steps of a collage beside the hill 1
where tripped . *"
A lovely damsel Iright and fair.1*
She opened thfrdoor, as he politely asked, ,
'is the Chief Justice within?" "No/sir," i
said the pretty one, "but will-be shortly.". ]
"Ah, that's no matter/' said the Counsellor,
as he was curtsied within the door, "I ,
[lid not come to see the father, my client |
is interested only in the testimony of the
[laughter My client,madam, owns, the ,
mansion you see from yonder, and: the !
pith of his suit is to ascertain il you would j
'" """ '"ij l>0 M..O" ,
tress. I'll call next Sabnth evening for
your answer." " Why. sir, it won'i be necessary
to suspend thje suit* I% think
your client,s case is fiVmnled in justice, |
u.n. IJn, talbei N
las been 21 years upon the bench, it would (
ie derorous to see if his opinion does not (
ionjirm mine-" "Certainly, madam,"said .
he lawyar, as ihe father entered the apart- ;
nenr. It is needless to say that the full
Court did not reverse the decision?and
die happy pair signed the bond and went |
ntn poatcssion in four weeks from that
night.
1
Affecting Very!?A romantic lady, with
llic scribbling mania strong upon her, made j
i fashionable lour some time since, of
which she wrote an account, and from
which we make the following extract as ?
an illustration of the sublimity ridicul- ,
bus in writing. Describing a storm to t
which she was exposed on board a vessel, ,
she says: _ t
"In spite ofearnest solicitations to the s
contrary, I persisted upon remaining up- 1
on deck' although the tempest had nowincreased
to so frightful a hurricane' that
it was not without great difficulty I could
?hold vp my parasol." j
If the following be nnt paddy, all over, 1
then wo will submit to the consequences. 1
Blarney.?A bright morning to your ,
fair face, Mistress Murphy.
Well, a good morning John.
Odd Mistress Murphy, whiniver I see !
a shiny, Iiish mornin, like this, it puts me
in mind of the ould counthry and ov the 1
time when I lived wid your fadther, (rest 1
his sow!,) a dacinter, man never dhrew,
breath, an sorra a poor ereather ever passed
his doors widoul a bite or a sup.
Troth he "was John.
Mistress Murphy, (pulling a flask outof j
his pocket,) would ye thrust me for a half
pint till I go down to the wharf, and may
the devil fly away wi' the roof of me jacket,
but I'll pay pay ye before the sun goes to
bed?
Fire burn the dhrap, John, tell ye pay |
me for the half pint ye got yistherday.
Mistress Murphy, (emphatically,) I I
know, yer modthcr, an'she was an ould 1
hod-carrier and yer fadther a dhirty wash- I
erwoman, and I seed him hauled wi' six 1
roarin1 big bulls to the gallows ye ould
u?~ , . . '
John sloped in double quick time and a ]
pewter beer mug rattled wraihfuily across i
the pavement. '>
. i
"If a handsome face is a letter of re- ('
commendation, as Queen Elizabeth used to ]
say, the next thing which catches attention <
whpn we know nothing of internal qualities,
is the manner of behaviour."
Politeness is the counterpart of real
?nr ui Inist is to it as nnner
^uwuuwoa) wi u? ? - .. t t
currency is to sterling gold. 'Whoever
will cultivate true benevolence of heart,
and soundness of principle, will never be
much at a loss for essentia) politeness.
Case of the. Rev. Mr. Van Zant.
i- This popular and accomplished clergy*
I man, who has been for years the pride and
boast of Rochester and of Western New
York, has been convicted by a jury?certainly
not prejudiced against him?of the
seduction of a lovely young female of his
congregation.
Viewed in its proper light, this is'one of
the most terrible events that has occurred
if. this country. Here was a man, pledg- .
cd and sworn to a holy life. Every Sabbath
he stood the vicegerent of God, the
mediator of man, at the alter?there, and
at the bedside of the dying he administer- i
ed the holiest rites of our religion. He 1
was the favorite clergyman at marriage 1
ceremonies, and administered the forms i
of the church to those who swore truth Li
anil constancy to each oilier. For such
a man as this to be guilty of such an of- 1
fence is terrible?it conies over the minds 1
of the community like a blasting curse?a '
moral desolation. In the moral world, it <
has the same efiect, as a great defalcation I
in the financial; but how much more dread- i
full ^ <
As virtue, honor, reputation, character. <
purity, peace of mind, are beyond all j
price?cannot be reckoned in dollars and
cents?cannot be bought though often sold, *
so is this crime* of which Mr, Van Zanl f
was convicted, worse than that for which '
so miry are imprisoned, outlawed, (lis- 11
franchised, and confined among felons in J
the State prison. ^ j
We do not wish to enter into an ah- <
struct argument respecting this crime, i.
which the law punishes in pecuniary damages?we
will not here enter into the force s
of ShoJIy's argument, that it is no crime; f
or Walker's?but we may say that '
the case of Van Zantis a warning to the i
clergy, especially such as arc fat, young, 1
t?nd handsome, fond of good company, t
rich wine, and have a church full of fine a
women?a warning to all gOOil mothers,
not to let wolves in shepp's clothing pull i
the wool over their eyes?and especially, ^
most especially to all young and pretty I
girls, to be very careful how they go to t
v.ounar clergyman's soirees, gel books out I
)f their libraries, and allow them to hug c
and kiss them in the bright moonlight.? <'
In every way it is a caution. 1
N. Y". Aurora. t
Mr. Van Zandtwasan Epiacopal Minis- v
^4XuU^*,wffrgTab)mIIted the ae^-1
lis own hnuSe, about, 2 o'clock Irr^fut jf- -f
.ernoon; all his family, with the exception I
>f his wife, being at home. Both the girl a
tnd her sister testified that he had taken ?
mproperliberties with them. t
I
The Best Letter.?"Jane, what let- k
or in the alphabet do you like best?" d
"Well, I don't like to say, Mr. Snobbs." g
"Pooh, nonsense?tell right ont, Jane.
Which do you like best?" c
"Well (l)lushing and dropping her eyes) n
! like yon (u)the best." f
/
A knowing one.?"Have you voted?"
isked a political drummer of a loafer who v
vaa hanging round the polls, as he thrust c
i ticket into his hand. "No, 1 havn't, b
ind I don't mean to, that's more, till the |(
hird day, about sundown. Nobody q
ihakes hards with me or treats after I h
lave voted. You don't catch me." t|
When at the'close of the Revolutionary ~
War the American army was disbanded, t]
he officers gave'a dinner in New York to (j
Washington, their beloved Commander- ^
n-chief. .When called upon for a toast he (|
?ave following; j"The
American Soldier of Freedom? c
\Ia\d he at all times receive a good and r
dentiful rnrion! And when he has finish- ?
;d his tour of duty ou earth, may he pitch t
lis tent,in the Elysian fields, and there s
eceive his reward from the right hand of
he God of battles!" '
Babies by the Million.?It would be a *
jtiriotis sight to see all the white babies in
1 (1
he United States, under 5 years old to- j
jelher, they would make a pretty little collection
of 2,400,000. What a squall there *
vould be, should they all be spanked at
die same time, and what a heap of sugar
plums it would take to quiet them.
They have had a bit of a religious riot in Bos- '
ton. The Post, of Thursday, thus alludes to it: !i
Disgraceful.?We are mortified to state that s
the church where Elder Knapp has preaciied I
for the last two evenings, has been surrounded |,
by a tumultuous crowd of men and boys who v
have annoyed the congregation while entering
and departing from the building, by hisses and
other riotous conduct. On Tuesday evening1,
several of the mob were taken to the watch- 1
liouse, and more were arrested last night. The 1
number assembled last evening must have r
imounted to nearly two thousand, and it was 'J
utterly impossible for the police to control them. 0
Such scenes are gross outrages upon the rights
j{ those who go to hear M. Kuapp, and should
oe prevented if there be power to do it in .our v
:ity government. 11
y From
th" Southern Planter.
THE COW. 1
How much a certain supply of good 1
milk conduces to the comfort of a family: D
how much inconvenience is occasioned J
the good wife by the failure of the cow 1
.'to come up," or any other accident *
which deprives her of this necessary ad- <
? ii? v.... ,
<1 ilion to her cuJinary stores: now mwn
it happens that all the art of the milk- 1
maid fails to extract the necessary supply
front the dozen miserable looking cutlJc
I
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7. - -v " V.7 . - - ? .
she is seht to dretol . "What a contrast '&
does stirh n scene present to one we late\f
'witnessed. We-were invit^jt to call
and sec a cow belonging to ca poor mart
in this neighborhood, to whose farmer**
she was the chief means:of. support. Wfi
railed about milking time, nntl-f'Uiid thrff
beautiful animal J^eH hoUs^(l1' Wll.fr(!t
well curried, and in the art of beiflg. well
milked. Tlie rich streams that was
ihg from her generous bag would baW
more than sufficed to supply the wants of
anyone fafriWy, nnd was certainly greater
in amount than that obtained from a whole'
plantation of cows that we hav"?^!e?-n.?
Why will any body, who dpes'not intend
:o sell milk or btiller' keep nuiretfhan
wo cows? - One good one is generally
sufficient. It is not necessary to.urge the
.'OiivenienCe and economy of keeping one v *
rood cow welt, instead of a half dozen. ?
udifferent ones badly. We believe the".
rommuniij' are well aware of the diffej;?nce.
But the truth isi the cattle j,u ims
egiou, generally, are so indifferent'-'(hat
l is a difficult matter to get one gdud cow j-^
ind with us importation^^jSf&)ut of the v
juestion. What is left then but thfrt our
armers should pursue the course jointed
it by us on a former occasion/ viz; by se- '
ecling the best of'pur natfveeioek^nd
udicious crossing, build up a good stork.
>f our own. The man who will- early '
urn his attention to this matter will findhfs
iccount in it. A native or acclimatedlock,
every thing else equal, iS-'Vorrb * A
ifty per cent, more than a foreign one.-ri
In hundred jrows per annum may be sold
n the city "Of Richmond, alone,"at' one'
lundred dollaVs a piece, if they are of
he quality that may well be produced in
i few years by proper attention.
The Ayrshire we incline to believe the \
* - ? - * e Ti 1_
>esl cross for the naii?e cattle 01 r.asiern .
/irgiitja, and the importation of a good
>uil would, we think, amply remunerate
he importer, provided, hd: would <?afcLU\?; ;
ate to Use his services in raising a stuckf*.,..
f milch cows for this market. When ihe
haracterof such stock fame to be esla'b- \
islied, and the iarmer knew where For one
Kindred dollars he could get o covr that, ?vveil
fed anil attended to, would supply^^<%e
lafT"Fy" wilh milfr and Kjitlor ura
?t some time,-greeter th^n the_suj>j^A~
?or this ptirposelhe river farms bMoware
dmirably adapted; for they have this, ?d
antage, that whilst this stork can-be
ransported above, not only with impunity,mt
with actaal advantage, it is a. well
mown fact that cattle cannot be brought
lown from the upper country, without the
;reatest risk. That
our friehds may the better judge jfe
>f those outward and'visible signs?-that
nark a good milch cow, we subjuin the
ollowing article from the "Tennessee
igriculturistt" ' >
"If we ever rightly appreciate the cow, *
ve will understand the secrefof breeding
attleof one shape for milk, another for
eef, and still a third for oJcen. We will
sarn the milch cow must ha*e light fore-t
uarters and brisket, thin neck, delicate
end, soft silky coat, wide hips, and thin >
highs: while the best animal for beef,
as a short thick head and neck, hear
uarters, round barrel and shortlegs; btit'V
fie ox is longer in me iimo, ooay, ana in*
eed in all his proportions.
Vhen breeding domestic animals isre-'
uced to a science, the different breedf
or the milker, beef and ox, will be disj
ussed with the greatest gravity, and the
>aiticular structure of each will be conidered
indispensable. Not only so, but * *
fie proper management of cattle in each
tate of their growth will be lboked ujjoh
s a matter of more importance than the
ttention now given to the racer in each
ear of its growth. When we esteem the
ow as wc should, we will have her winter
[tiarters, in point of comfort, next to the
umilv dwelling; and we will learn that
ivery currying is at least as serviceable
o the cow as the horse. The proof that
ve do not nut'a proper estimate upon the
:ow, requires no other argument than the
act, that not one farmer perhaps in fifty
ias even a comfortable shelter or wholeome
winter food for cattle. In Tennessee,
we have enough of the improved
>reeds, and we trust a sufficiency fif
mowledge to commence improving. If
ve, as farmers, study our own comfort
nd interest, we will produce breeds of
sattle more valuable than any yet in exigence,
and the prices heretofore given for
he best short-horned Durham, will be no
norc than a 'starting bid' for them.?rhere
is no doubt in the world, a race
?f cows may be made which will giv? a
lushel of milk each per day, and could
ve imagine an adequate price for an aniual
of this description?" 4
Internal Improvements,
i" WILL receive proposals for completingtHe an
- * ? * o.-a ?: l
" linished pari oi Koau acruaa ouiucu wwanip,
it Vance's Ferry, according to the plain of Gen.
f. W. Cantey'a contract, until tho third day of
February next, at which time I will attend on the
,vork to perfect the contract for tho same. All
sommunications addressed to me officially* and sent,
>ostuge paid, to Cedar Shoal Post Office, Chrrfter
District, will be attended to until the 25th Jannery.
J. G. KELL, S:ipt. Public Works,
Jan. 13.
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