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> POETRY.
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The Betrothed.
. ^Vhen were frc^,
Vhen eo other cl?lmed the dutv
wopld yield to tl.eo;
* ti?41-wroed thee?faRd I-won thee?
bleit futd teen ray fate I
Bat Uvy be*nty hath andono rne?
'y't?Nr ?j?3wsiWt?.Yx o
,1Fot to oiieTrty to Ww^" flighted " '
m . With afaltefing lip nnd pal
glands our cruel sires unitsd,
Hearts were deemed of alight avail!
ts>??' *Thus my yonth's bright mora o'ersliaded,
' Thus betrothed to wealth and state,
All Loyc's own sweet prospect^ faded,
89 I have found thee?but too late I
r''>*: Uke the fawh tliat finds the fountain
With the arrow in his breast;
v' Or like light upon the mountain
Where t]i? snow must ever rest,
^ v I hare found thee?but forget me!
f rpn leei.wnaniia await;
' "Oh! 'fcU madness to have met theo?
' 'To hfcvo found tli^e?but too late I
r . ,MISOELLA NY.
[FOB TOE INDEPENDENT FRES&]
Fame.
At^tilings throughout tlio extended range
of existence<bear the luminous impress of
death and .revivification. Time, from its
l> 0 - ~
: earliest dawn, has been one ceasless, varied
# ' . scene of revolutions. And a glance at the
ruins of former greatness is sufficient to
v demonstrate the' \itter transientness of all
efforts arising from a terrestrial origin. The
f? mightiest achievements of genius in days of
. yore, though numbered among the wonders
of |he world, are fast crumbling to their basee
or "have entirely perished away. Many
^ . ^ohderful cities, with their high and impenetrable
walls surrounding towering battlenp
.-ttientH, a vast area and a numerous popula
xion, Dave no longer a place, save in names
> <3nSreloped in sublimity and hallowed by
classical associations. The most magnificent
structures of art in Kgypt, and Greece,
"'and Palestine, those lands of sweet, familiar
. > sound, are all rapidly falling by the corrosive
i.' j?ower of ages. And in whatever direction ,
.' i. ?V.~ .11?4:?l.~ 1. 1 il? 1?ii- - ?
ura oiwiinuu in; luniuu iuu gruai iruui coilepieuously
appears, "raortalia facta peribunt"
The vegetation, which annually mantles,
adorns and beautifies the earth, perfumes
the.air, with fragrant, wafting odors, and de-i,
lights and nourishes the living, rises by the
potency of genial rays and falls before the
r- wintry blasts. The rippling, roaring streams,
and lovely volleys, and majestic, burning
mountains, with all the scenery in nature,
will be erased at some epoch in the unexplored
future. And even old earth and
ocean, yea,* all the myriads of worlds- small
or great* that rest or roll in unlimited apace.
^ w ' i \' * ^ '
roust pass through a fiery ordeal, the crucible
of Deity. Man, bearing the image of
his exalted Creator, almost endowed with
<divipity, and far surpassing the most wou<drous
works in creation's ample bounds,
y* -must lay aside his inipunity, put off nil his
tnnrfnlitv. he Mn mnlra liia nn?fon/io
into other and higher spheres. Bat there
:? a principle, deeply fixed in the human
Iieart, 'which-causes htm to fear the realities
... '.iot'. ihie dread beyond, and hedtate at the per ?
nlow voyagey witbits upknown breakers and.
ft# nmtned difficulties. It is the strong desire
, to win distinction, that, when lie will be
^compelled to bpw in passive submission to
the, laws of jns'being and bid a final adieu
.!idtto th4ajtre on which he bas acted, bo
Drtltl^WI IA IbftVA ? .?
w ?v?fw Mvumu tiiin au uil?fh5a
career' deep,audjn4eli^
^footprint* -upon the bad da of .time,"
? : ^'fifing, lowing name, an imperishable
Hire in the affections ond rcZmtotfyfac*
of mankind, is undoubtedly an
t ;T - . J ...
a ve!7 esscnt,al
universally provalent could not4i$veorigin)
ted of itael& no* by the seir.i-oinnipotet
force of hnbit If fhrough the flight <
ages and by the complicated m?chii*ery <
*oei?ty, this element haa been thwarted froi
its,proper channel, and mreativ ncrverte
from , its tme character, It does not by an
means amount'to an argument on aecoun
of which its source is to 'be: question?*
Were this 'the!l^^y^T?aaie logic wont
reasonably doom everything thatpertainst
man, t nd eveii tnan himself, to k doubtfi
source, an uncertain origin. For atthislaf
era, in these - latter times, where is it. thf
degenei-acy has not ilapped n raven wing c
rolled a blighting wave ?
The love of fame is the strongest passio
of the soul. "It lies at"{heTpmulatlon "oTa
Mm rofth an/1 fKon OM ' ? L- -
vuu WUCJ a IV UVTVIU^CU IU prOpUITIO
td Ha-quality atid intensity. ^.n in con so
able melancholy may "enshroud "its victim
with horrors beyond conception, bend th
lordly head, and paralyze a hegft, nobli
generous, refined. Hope may cheer and ii
vigorate tho lonely exile bound by the chair
of a dismal, doleful dungeon. " And an ,ut
sanctified ambition may lure its blind det
otees away in untrodden, slippery path
blast their fondest anticipations, and sin
them to everlasting destruction. But th
aesire lor unfading renov/B, like tbo caln
unfathomcd current, is JgOgssantly movin
with strength untold.' ' Iti. springs ever
nerve to the utmost" tensi#", animates an
prepares the mind fpr. its Noblest conflicts
Few indeed would brave danger's storms t
perform great exploits for their own eaketheir
intrinsic worth?if they wer^nev<
to be made known to a fellow creature. 33i
with the tantalizing diadem, the bright ga
land of fame for a reward, "nil martalibr
ardui est" The soldier then, can-, wit!
firm step and unmailed front, march into tli
/Iin fltwl cmnl-n nT Ko^Ia ?
- w?..w?v V*. ytiirVJVf TFJJC1U UUUUI^ HIT,
ficial thunders roar and arrows "barbed wit
fire*' lly and fell so thick and fast ' ha t
eclipse the 6un. It was to gain this desin
bio prize, that Ekotostratus acted the has
incendiary, and Emfedcelks, the lunatic in
stead of philosopher, by leaping delibei
ately into the ignited caverns of yawninj
hideous Etna. However great an influenc
might have be4n -exerted -by a fine an
PTAlirnSn/v rrnnJua ?A?T/?1 ? *?
w.wt.uiug ^muoj iujai ^uiu nuu i\ cumuii
nion with tlie Muses in their Parnassea
home, still another component part was r<
quired to constitute a sufficient incentive ft
that admirable epic to emanate from th
Mantuan bard. Nor was Maconides can
less concerning what was to come after hin
if he had been, though all modern facilitu
and improvements had been at his con
mand, hewould'ntft, irfth bo great -pfolixit;
have sung,, in such rapturous erichnntin
strains "the wrath of Peleu'b son" and tl
mysterious, incredible wanderings of tb
distinguished desfceudant of Laertes. An
he, no doubt, when his labors were ende<
felt, that by,the .admirably dfrawnxiharketei
of Ajax and Ulysses, Achilles and II
oil's great hero, he bad given an impetus I
his name, that, would secure for it an unii
terrnptea patftagedown to the last con
dor of time. The tfro'flrst- among orator
who n&nl no'Wntirtmi caf^>elf&56tiB, woul
never have Died such extranordiwlry e*e
tions fur a mere momentary triumph. Th
one diligent pur^oqd.hia studies under tu
complUbok ^t^ywjjth tyo# fea
ful conscquencea, and contrary to pruder
admonition. The other in some seclude
grotto prepared hiin^df for the doKvoiy ,<
the grand ^?te orMt^"4u*d proved to (
com: fhg^lndolent' yo'wthj"*^)cfy.mcet omnia
The moet facetious of the Latin satirists, an
the tb
conclusion of a rolumo of odes; in earl
ii^ th'ua;eiofcip^ { ' r^
"Exegi monumontum ?re psrreptnua,
i- wonderfully astonishing bns boen the inh
it lectuai advancement! And it can not \
>f known by any computation what part of
rf is attribatable to the spirit of craulatio
n The tropbiee. of others than Mjltiadi
d bare brouelit on sJecbless niirKta abd "Kam
... ? * . ip -- ?:t
y reformatiopa. And the brilliant lights, sta
it of the first magnitude, whicfct have arise
I. upon the horizon of, art and science at
J literature, serve at all times to guide and it
o spire those who are seeking to obtain a pror
il position in the bright constellation. Ar
:e he whose mind is tip imbued with selffshne
it that he does not love to dwell inadmirin,
>r as far as is just, the true greatness of othei
may rest well assured that he ba? .nothiti
n of the kind in hitnselC Annihilate tl
It - * -
it neaven-Dorn principle, and improvement* wl
n cease, patriotism die, and tlio performani
1* of duty will indeed be an iutoleratle taa
9 But if kept under proper restrictions, it wi
e always exert a healthful influence upon tl
8? destinies of inexperienced youtb, and eve
i- of all mankind. It is not possible, in col
'8 sideratiou of different circumstances, for e1
ory one to take the tide "at the flood," an
reach the liighest meed of fame, yot in evei
^ grade of "beings, there will be a few, wli
k will excel all others and challenge a pr
0 found respect. History is fertile in illusti
1 ' '
-> uus examples, tuat are strong in conUrroi
g tion of these declarations. But we ha\
y one in the great expounder of our Constiti
d tion, and another in the defender of 01
' rights.
? Webbtek rose as with giant-like gfan<
~ eur, proudly burst asunder the bonds thi
Jr faiu would' have held him down, and stam]
cd his name upon the ago in which he live
r~ and associated it with the renown of liisb
13 loved country. And when his exptfnsh
^ soul was called to perform nobler aotion
10 and contemplate the grander scenes of
l" holier sphere, the intelligence darted ov<
^ land and sen, upon the lightning's wipg, pr<
O v.. .1-- *i? ? ? ?
uy liio munuera momentum. *11
l" breezes ever since have been wafting his ei
0 logics throughout the Unionj from the lij
l' and hearts of the merest tyro in eloquen<
up to those of the "matchless Cuoate
>? And who can estimate what good will I
0 realized by the present and future generatioi
^ from the many virtues of the greatest or
l" tor aud statesman of the nineteenth century
Near six thousand yeare, and this, bror
)r wuuuvui, wiiu us great suDiimities, we!
e required in the production of a Washix*
ton. He stands the first among mortal
*. a "colossus of timo," and enjoys the riche
^ and purest of earthly glory. Several
Freedom's bohs live in history, but he abkl
in the affections of Iiib countrymen. The
'' deeds may be eventually forgotten, but I
|e will increase in splendor and in virtuo u
i(J til both hemispheres are thoroughly revol
j tionized, and Liberty holds undivided awn
j Then let his children, r nation - of freeme
' rear his monument. tn nfcioa *?.
f tho' lovely daughters of the South do lion
to his menjory and themselves, by savit
^ from desecration tho holy ground which oo
^ tains the renting place of him whoso nan
belongs to America?to Uberty1?to tl
5 wofw. I T v
f. But fame also hag 4ta abuses; . Tho
l0 who cannot succeed by lawful means, oft<
resort'to an v.. however iJiof wi
r. answer their purposes. Thousands, who hai
it no higher aim than, to amass perishing pe
Id will enter the tlrteshholds of tho Unfortuttal
jf rob tlie pitiless orphan, and strongthop; t!
jl de^omng rtUig.of poverty. Othe^oflf
contracted desires, and with tnore favoral
d opportunities, hay? generated clouds of d
ie VaptaUoft, and Jeft wide-spread donation i
tlieir^tniiii; T^nn^le^n^oatchis^^
' - inir the nraise-worthv precedents of Nui
and Au???i>, d grade fteirwfojecto and.e
hftost the resource* of their ' gorernhwote^
lB accomplish thejr Igrsotte: end*. 'Aixxjt
, . , ' ]"! y'm. ;l
wrenching from impotent Spain tho .fairest
ye je^tel in lier cRsket, the: b'emitiful island ol
iji Cfubft. Europe is in a violent turmoil, the
p. Bon, of the, North is marching down his
hoet.and making ready for .the complete
,j annihilation of Turkey, and the finest oars
vies in the world arc majestically riding the
Sn eeas and buffeting billows to preser ve the
id balance of power.' *
x','; ^ The possession; and enjoyment iof&mG
:t| are capable only of a temporary duration;
id and when subjected to (he proper analysis,
n % wift ^.fonod^ 8ftvor^t?ongly(ofiyanity.
gt He, yrho.has scaled all jte heights and sound^
-ed even that lower, deep "beneath- its lowest
ig .depths, cannot personally ' realifco from it
iC more than a brief, consciousness of prt-e Willi
nence. ? Its pleasures never can find -thbir
;e way to decaying mortality in the dark r.hflm
|c. bewof deat)i4,?fofc.stkew.flothingf not*even
ill-the most ^ Went convulsions of the universe,
ie wilt eye heard aftttnothing jieod^eave
in tholoua 'ertfbning sound of the A rollji.
angel'- ? The immortal spirit' will
v. havabu. -ipducgnjenttorovisltittformer
d habitation.and museover that which wae
y instrumental in riveting it to the. founda[0
tiona .of the profotmdest hell, to bo tortured
d- forever by "floods and whirlwinds' of temi
pestuoui .firo." -"And whflt are all! the
a- crqwnflj pnd conquests, and victories of earth,
re when contrasted with. the < extatic and peri
petual bliea of 'Heaven ? The great lubo'ra)r
tory- of nature is too poor to affortl a comrwmoan.1
. WIia %?fSll oV???a - ? i-1
nni ojj.uu, )t lllUUtQUli [Q
3. give a thought to aught that - transpired in
at this probationary state, when once admitted
pi .into a.oelestial home to dwell in the compaj.
n^ofthepure, the holy; the redeemed? The
e. honors and blessings of fame will be forgotro
icn, as if submerged under oblivion's heavy
8( waves,-when the enraptured soul shall be
a pavilioned by the rAhibow'coVcringa: of the
er great royal palace, and imparadised fast by
th? (hrope. of Jehovah. '. r There It shall con)0
tinde tp increase in happine^ befteatU the
full-orbed splendor pf the Sun. of Righteous
->s ncss, until Eternity rocks on its base.
>0 "Lovely BoicerGa., June, 1854.
'in . T. K: L.
>0 POLITICAL.
as . . :
n- The President's Message.
r? The great length of this document iprcid
eludes tbo possibility of its appearanco in
re the Press under presetit circumstances. We
a- therefort copy n very accurate synopsis oi
1b, it prepared by the editors o^the Charleston
st Courier ir- .
of FOBEIGK RELATIONS.
eg On tliia interesting subject, the duty and
policy of the country arc stilted- in a brid
. exposition, and enforcement' of the.' general
1,8 rUleo that ba?e long l>een recognized. The
n- spirit and tenor of the Monroe ;dootrine are
11- clearly inculcated, as.not onlv noc?s?jirv fm
? the best interests of tlio country, but .aajuan
fcified byanalogylto the. European system
' of balance of power. . ft
Our aystemy however, is essentially one oi
or defcncc and conservative Security?not 01
?g offence drinterfereiJCO. The increasing- exn
tent of intercourse and Of oonltherciaf conno
nections may make-the.^^fplicatioij of tfie
f doctrine more difficult,; but only enhances
itl propriety: - This difficulty is owing in
' great, part to d proper dWi m6e
ination between commercial fetid ' political
rtJi&obk.reason
able grounds fQr attribut i ng offensive
?T or intertnjda^ purines United
If, reference to its miHtary^and naval cstablishte,
incuts, forbids ?uch a supposition. '>
lv "' Tho f<3tvftoh*l?xjp?iTUioiT oftfiU^ country,
^ ^ wi^i - (toftttist
In ** *
w< ^1-?WW5*W4;.?** : QMif.it >*3r
, pressed his wilHrigue8st& accede.
' . Tho King of PnMsJp also assents, bu&j
; the proposal of a new gpiiditidn,, viz-:t
renunciation of privateering. Such an'l
' ticle4would manifestly operate to.the bene
of all powere having l^ge naval establis
nients in proportion to their-bomnlerd
i| marine, and the extent of their 'commerci
exposure; hut it would as clearly be dat
meotal to any powers having & large tfi
widely extended commerce with a email n
vy, in which condition W& arc found. T1
Inexpediency of ail accession to this pr
pos6d condition by. the United States is j
J * -
gueu earnestly?ii< wouiu oe .equivalent
an obligation and solemn compact to fore/
resort to volunteers on land in war. T1
particular state of our relations with oth
powers is next adverted to,
. , ; GREAT BRITAIN.
... T(ie legislation necessaryto the full ai
faithful execution of the late Treaty of Ret
procitv in fisheries, is strongly recortihien
ed. 'The treaty is now ih opergtion as f
as can be without the aid of Congress, ai
| it ia recouimdhded to refund the duties th
have accrued since its commencement, f
th? want of power to suspend the law.
-- There is pending'a difference in rega
. to our boundary line on the North Facif
, which has already caused difficulties betwe
citizens and local authorities of the t\
Governments near that site. The dispu
relates to the boundary line of Washiogti
Territory, and a commission is recommen
ed. The indications are encouraging for i
amicable arrangement, which could also i
elude the right of navigation on the Colui
bia, as now vested in the Hudson Bay Coi
pany.
P IVAHVAi
With tills countf^, pur fimt diplomat
ally, and generally our steadiest friend tc
we have had occasional, but slight interru
(tons amity and courtesy. The case
tlie French Consul at San Francisco, h
i .been settled, it is believed, to thesatisfactii
of all. The later, and apparently moresc
ous, case, of the supposed iudignity offer
to Mr. Soule, is briefly mentioned, in refi
ring to the fid) correspondence to be subm
1 ted with tho message.
BPAIN.
iV The condition of this counter, agitat
i by a revolution that liaB just been appeaa*
h6s offered" hb opportunity to buif new mi
uter for securing any definite rccultB. O
relations, therefore, stand apparently -ii
changed since the last message, but it
hoped that the present government will
' found*, in some respects, more accessil
tnan its predecessor.
DENMARK.
Negotiations are still continued to relie
' American shipping from the exactions
the Sound dues. This claim, only rests u
i on special conventional provisions, and r
> on general maxims. As the existing cc
Vention with Denmark is 'supposed to ei
barrass and prejudice in 8ome points the f
settlement of the question on broad prin
pies, it is proposed to give notice of abrog
tion after one vear. as reouired.
'?f. ' * ' ' x ~
JAPAN.
The management and control of tl?e li
1 expedition are highly commended in gen
| "al terms.' The treaty resulting from this <
podition awaits but ratifications and anxil
ry. legislation, to open that distant empire
our growing,commerce. .
. MEXICO. ;
p. Numerous jjrounds; of difference?chie
, ip. private chums and griov^nces-^are al
' unsettled. and have beeri jcept so, in con
J' quenco of tho dSturbed Conditionoft!
j country internally, and in despite of the u
wearied of forts of our representative the
Tbe conatitutional authority and powers
i lie .jgoveroment:-have [been employed vi
itariily to perform our stipulations with'tii
country, and to secure its exposed frontie
and yrrth oarnplete wuloete, except in t\
i cases, whioh nro vf/ell known,
.. Ti?P commMaipn for'loeating tie new li
provided by tlie, treaty qF December, 181
has been organized' Juid ttio Wor&haSco;
1 M
f " t&S AHSRIOIN 'iff AYES'.>
with the Argentine OoirfSlei
tion and -the Republics of UrHgoay a
Paraguay have secured toJ? adrsotageoi
ly.the n^vigatioa oC the*Bfo deJaftPla
And it* tributaries ft is hoped the sar
^jW*?SU folio* tho nefcotuta**
i progress x?ttcerni6g the AnWzon.
* 'ofiwrfcACMHitWffS' f
{ r' At present thtftwtand' Aartek?*ste
i miAtMiirm hrfufflAti ntir Pi*
!>n : Tbe. .Treasury Report, is-marred to fotW V
he fulf information -on tho ijpportanU 'subjecty#\3jf Vu
\r- of the Federal 'finances. The total reygptyffi?0gaS
fit for thelaatfiscal yearwas $73,54&Vf0^a$d
h- tli? corresponding expendUures-^fch^lve' <
h1 of the public debt? were*51,018,249;'.'
al v The payments on . account of - the publio ri
debt,including interest and ^
id ed ^24,830,280.^0 teTanco in Tn|a8ury at- J, . ^
ft- tllA ?
? w?t?ui?niuciucu> yi ui? jrtajr
s
ir- yea* uuder existing law? tyre* all ordjjjary
to demands'Will reach $12,000,06?. The pub50
lie debt outstanding on the 20Ji Jfov. was
ae $44,975,456, in different issues of Stock.
er redeemable through a range of" fourteen
years. The public debt overdue,-but not
presented for payment^, eijuate $133jl7fl.
id It is recommended to continue the. system - '*
si- of applying the surplus, as far as pra<&ca)w<j
d- under financial conditions, to cancelling |lie >
ar public debt by anticipfttive redemption of ,
id Stocks. It is also strongly recommende^-?fe*>1
m. 10 rcauco the annual surplus by }oweriajfj^P">. v;
or the duties to a standard corresponding with "
the demands of a just administration. Reve- ^
rd nue and not protection being now the eatab- # "
ic, fished principle in regulation of tbe duty-^*
en \jaws, it will not be found'difficult to agreer .'
vo *tin details. -
>te It ia stated that within the fouKyeaTs
5n next preceding, the 4th Marcl>,1858-=-tliat
d- is, throughout tho period of the Drecedincr ''
- ( 4 M : ?O
in term of administration?the treasury
n" defrauded to tho amount $198,000 atJ.be ' , ^
n* four ports of Oswego, Toledo, Sandusky
n" and Milwaukie." It was found difficult to
detect these frauds, in consequence of tho
abstraction of books and papers by retiring
officers.; New provisions of law are recom ??
mended, requiring tho hooks and tecorda of
P* officers to be left in their proper depositories,
under adequate penalties. The treasurer^ r113
report, it is said, furnishes ample illustration. >
of tho financial security and. prosperity of t
the country, and of the saliitary operation
e(l of the independent treasury system.
A . INDIAN AFFAIKB. . '' *
The experience of tho Year- furni*T?e*
many painful reasons in favor of atflncrease
, in the military force allotted^ the frontier
defences. The frontier settlers "hare suffered
' much, and largo bodies of emigrants havo
in" been massaored. Tho army jbw done H?
Ul* duty nobly and displayed its. characteristic -*5
7" gallantry,' bnt ;?o increase fa imperatively
,18 demanded. r ri;': .
THE . ARMT. - V " V "
The increased nar aHowwl fw ll>?
last sessioj* for the rank and file, lias resulted
favorably, not only in facilitating enlist- /
inent, but in providing a better class of recnrits.
Additional provisions of a similar
Pi character are reccommendcd fori o^oers. ..
10 Ad increase also of two regfiincnla of inCint- ^ i
,D" rv and two of rnonnted men, ? urged as
the least increase adequate to existing emer-'
n. geneies. ' . 'j-- v - . . " j
Changes in organization and arrangement *
' ' are'also proposed, sodi as a devolution pf
staff* duties, on officers detached froro the
regiments concerned. An,exteusiot^of.tfi&
it? range of seTeetion, or a modification of*iBoer
present parctice of promotion 'hr senioritT *
?- aud ft retired list
in- As to Artillery, thoro?gh refonn^Sifl'brto
conization is proposed, invoMn^ a eliange t ? * ;
frorti regiments to corps, according tolbattoricB,
and to actual artillery, outfit. Muci* **'
g- of tbe force now nominally ratetl as nirti!- *" ]
tJII lery,hnslong-be^u practically?OtdWy"a?
8* In&ntry. ' Vjjjk
lat [' " THK MAVT. '' ^ ^
in- The angmentatio? ef Um^ *&* Ka?not
re. kopt pace with the denutad^ - ? Wfej&
of tending ^ tixpansiotf^of area aud maritime .
>tr interests. j no .^pprenuco Byaiem is eartat
neatly, proposed.for public veasels of W$r. '"-^c
rs> : Tie numerous nod tragical tatftitcts ?f^2?&8
vo raai^e di?a^|8, crowded together
?3, bio seamen is- sensibly i?j8
n?: some connection with the
to. After all thstJina bet^ doi^^^t^s^^,r:^