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Volume 5?no. 10. Abbeville c. n, south Carolina, Friday morning, august 21, m - . wHOi^lrviBmki' ' ^
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MISCELLANY.
A model Bandit.
Tlie Parisians quote various whimsicalities of
n certain Lord H , an English nobleman,
now dead who figured for a long time in the
ftaloons ofTaris as one of the most honorable
representatives of English eccentricity. Tra I
veiling once in Italy, at a date when tfie ban- .
djtti?who, whatever skeptics may any, have i
never entirely disappeared?were in full' activity,
Jx>rd II?r?ventured one day, nlqtac in a
postchase upon n road of very bad repute, not j
having even his body-servant, whom he lr?tj :
Rent elsewhere on an errand, lie did not j
Jcnotf that the soldiery \rerc nt this time on a i
vigorous bunt through the region, an?l was !
none the less tranquil for his ignorance ; when !
suddenly thero sprang towards the carriage,
from a thickety-a inan whose picturesque dress :
tofi^ clearly indicated his profession. Lord j
if- took a pistol and a cool aim at the bri- ,
grand, who slioutcd :
"Mercy, 1 was not attaching Vou ; I surrcn- '
der. I am pursued. Save me !"
The galloping of Jforscs was heard at no
groat distance.' The nobleman thought it j
quite piquont thufc-a bandit should solicit a j
tra Tellers protection on the highway ; the con- j
lidence touched him; the simpliciiy amused i
Jiim. -v- {
* "So be it," said he; "jump on tlie seat; ,
iiij ciuab ni uuuu y uu, uiiu uruw mis uu|) 1
over your eyes."
The soldiers appeared. "Have you seen a I
man running this way?a bandit we are after V |
.vllfey asked.
. +';< Die traveler made a sign in the negative ;
the poslillioit?always on cood terms with banditti,
artd.o(ten ylieir accomplice?was careful
not to betray the aeeret; so the pursuers went
T&n.
?*'Ah, my lord,-you lia^e saved my life. But j
for yOpr mercy, I should have beeu hung."
"Tl??n you have committed many efpnes ?"
"No bflia ones. But I auk nothing better
JM.han a chance to be an honest-, man. Would
you take me into your service f" ?
This proposition, which would have made ?n
ordinary traveler jump, was favorably- receive?%tl
ie eccentric Englishman. 1 should like
40 mo," he answered ; "vou interested me."
"Thank*, my lord. It is agreed, tlien f
You will take ino for your servant !"
* "jo,-J have one ; and, really, L don't very
wafrlknoxy what place to . give you. T have
butane vacant; 1 Mc just discharged luy
steward." c *
-Why I"
v .-ffHe robbed inc."
Wretcl^" ..
,Ttjm word pronounced by tliat man, pleased
Clfc.pdble lord, lie left Italy witli bis new retainer,
ybo established himself entirety in the
' matter's good graces, llo was such apt irresistible
oddity to give a bandit a pUc?w trust
"\ The rich Englishman thought it cferemely
original to'give the keys of his. caali and the
' X*e?fe of. >i?pw?ey matters tea roan who bad
been tv stripping travellm on lh<
, %*yi { bdt^whot is^more exQfjlidinary, lie
.tvher'er hail oeeasion to repent it: for tlie ex
bandit, wrought to eotliusitem by so prodifcfous
mark of confiMlce, persisted in the
jgOod resolutions whieS the Englishman had
to b? iin(kre. Far from continuing hi*
former trade-in the proalftoue situation of
tt#Wa*d, be become t- model oikprobity, disinterestedness,
aud delicacy, and bis nobl^ was'
ter'f ?>rtufle prospered in bis royal care. VJjjflP?1
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* "emMH Akrcpotu.?Campbell's T.Ives, of the'
CftieflaMiose of Knglvid, just puWisuei, con'*Bbu
some amusing tones. .One is of ifmamtg
'MM^ vho bad the-qgtutOit>n of being a very
fmamidoot fritow, bptiJ^oee memory was afKj
?, ^WjBn Mak* He b?$en aapeeeh with ' the uo
. client wbo.appears by me?my Lord
Ufeferattonste elieut." TM Chief Justice
? & tfoft, encouraging tdhe. "You
8**1 J? far the Court is quite with
people [>J <Un^
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gcrous eloquence." His Lordahip answered,
"My impartiality as a judge calls on me to say.
sir, that in accusing you or that, they do you
great injustice." A very tedious l>:Aliop have
yawned during liis own speech, Lord Ellenborough
cxclaiined ; "Come, come, the fellow c
shows symptoms of taste; bntjthis is encroach* ' t
ing on our province." Soon after he was mado
Chief Justice he removed to a splendid mansion
in St. James' Square. To give an idea of 0
its size to an old lawyer of Chancery Lane, he J
snid, "Sir, if you let off a picce of audianco in \
the hall, the report is not heard in the bed- v
rooms." I
ty The following lines Were written liv tlip I C
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late Governor lleid, of Florida, on ft voyage li
from tliie city to St, Augustine, Florida, in the 0
steamer Caledonia. They Irnve been furnished r
us for publication by ft lady, and may be ioter- .
esting to those wiio know the Savannah river, ''
and knew the writer when a citizen of Augusta, v
Citron. & iSen. ;j
O speed the well, my bonny boat t
And hasten to the sea.
My cares and I are all afloat! r
And would not tarried be; t
On, by Fort Moor's high chalky blufT, <
]$ej*ond the Point?Farewell, li
To where the waters fmm so rough,
And boil in little Hell. c
Away with noi*e and smoke ;
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By willow-swamps nnd brake,
To wlierc our wheels with steady strike, g
Glide o'er Jfeshmans lake ! ^
Awny! Poor Robin?Tiger's Leap, _
And Hnjer Stager's shore? g
Away?away?away we sweep,
And ne'er shall see tliem more! ],
Farewell, ye tangled woods of gloom, i]
U|inn Aii'ditna/t side: Ii
The wild birds haunt?the serpents home, r
Where the Cayman woes his bride 1 C
The wander with no lightsome heart, o
And thoughts he may not tell ; ti
From the wintlinn i-ini1!- ninet >"< ' ?'
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Without n kind farewell. To-morrow,
xrc shall onwnid speed? a
Scone changing afterscenc :
We follow wlicre our fortunes lead,
To fiim'd St. Angus!ine,
Where I he stars of heaven hum brighter, j.
And the Orange grove aregreen ;
When the heavy heart heaU lighter ^
For famed St. Augustine I i
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And welcome the hcacon lower i<
Upon its sen-girt mound? jJ
The waves that dash tlic skies that lower ti
O'er Calyloga'* .sound? a
Thrice welcome the sweet young moon, u
That lights this little bay,
And music's voice that s->ft, and goon j:
vuii viiudu rcgri'M away. O
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A Picture of Bachelor Ijife. ^
At a class-meeting at the recent Com- ^
mcncement of Yale College, Mr- James C. v
Rice, of New York, responded to the toast, e
"The wives present and future of the Class," |,
in a very humorous stylo. The following t.
extract from his remarks will be read with c
interest by sufferers : j,
Wlial is more miserable, Mr. Chairman, g
and I appeal to you, Sir, as one who is n
Mill in the '"'bonds of iniquity and the gall t|
of bitterness," than the life of a self-sacrifi- f,
cing, persevering, liberally educated bach- 8|
o1..r ? T..II ot. ?r .K~ ?
V.w. ? A VII KIV| Oil, ui IIIQ IUI9CIIC3 mill ^
sufferings of the various conditions and for- c
tunes of life ; tell tne how the soldier leaves j,
his happy home and dies unshrouded in ?
some foreign land ; how the sailor, who has (|
wreathed a hundred 6torms, at length finds q
a water}'grave ; how the weary traveller e
sinks exhausted on Sahara's sands or in t|
Alpine snows; hut, O y . ?rood fates, who 3
preside over the destini' men, Clot ho. j(
Lnchesis and Atlrop? id ye, O benuti- f,
ful Graces, Aglaia, Euplirosyno and Thalia, |,
and ye, also, bright goddesses, Venus, Juno f
nnd Minerva, have, have mercy upon us t,
and deliver us from the life, the death, ?
il e - i? i. t-_ t =
auu uic c>|>cviniiuns VI N IWCIIt'lOr ! |,
I beg, of you, my fellow classmates, to (|
leave tlio table for a few moments, and ^
accompany me to the wexisting place%r of u
a bachelor. You behold here no tasty (|
garden with rich variegated flowers, no ?
love bowers clad with woodbine and ivy,
no meandering walks fringed with rose ^
edges, no wife to entertain you with the | '
kind w&da of welcome, no children to "
climb up and prattle on your knee, and no '
bird to punctuate the too lively talk with .w
song, but rather on all sides the wretched- J
ness oftf?ingle blessednews." Go with me J
to this room. Oil, "confusion worse con- ^
founded f' IVlions of unfiled newspapers, ^
piled upon cases of unarranged books, magazines
and manu*criDts lost like the tinfounrl f
books of Livy in llie dust of ages. Cast
your eyes on tlio mnntlepiece, nnd It s
yourself in inexplicable confusion ; see his
chairs tottering on their last legs, as if too
weak to stand up by or far themselves ; "
feel of bis bard bed, from which each morn- 11
ing lie rises mapped all over into a checker- r
board by the impressions of the cord c
through the unevenly spread mattress. Go c
with mc to this bnreau; hero are twelve j
shirts which look as if they would like to
get free and shift for themselves; there is ^
not aboaom among them but obat opens to f
you ij? troubles, not a wristband well enough .
ever to go out into the world with its broken
conutitution?not a- collar so aristojcrntic
but that iMJfeetm entirely broken (
'ts 'on8f landing advomflie*. But j
loCKon theJgiclielor himself. See liisper- |
forated stockings holding upt his heels to j
ridicule?hi* torn sli peers disinheriting and j
burning oat of doors his toes?his panta- .
loons trying'tor get tip a meeting on nc- 1
count of-their rents and to be off before detection.
, ;
Why, Sir, you may Ull me of fernm- ,
?wt wires more fretful than the Xantippo ,
ofSocrate*?of curtain U*jiw?i run.
dk>?*ingwhe*?, \
coroes to his betf-^of "o. ,
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[From the Virginia Seiitiiu-1.] pe
A Reminisence.?Clay and Calhoun.
Did IIeniiv Clay Swear??A. New wi
fork correspondent of the Charleston Mer- de
:ury, speaking of Harper's Magazine for So
\pril, uays : Mi
' I note in the Editor's Drawer, nmong ag
i variety of interesting anecdotes, one of a : f: c
>assage between Mr. Clay and Calhoun, in j soi
vhich a little veibial inaccuracy occurs, sel
vhich somewhat lessons the ofleet of the be
niter's retort. When Mr. Clay said, "The tri
[entlemnn has gone over to llio enemy," uti
ic tuuiumuu,' anu i icavc il to tunc to ' In
'inclose his motive," (lie nnswer of Mr. ! ap
Calhoun, as wo remembered it, was "Un- pr
urtunatelv for the Senator of Kentucky, w;
i lien he went over to the enemy, ho did sel
lot leave it to time to disclose hi a ino- I er
ive." | t v
"The impulsive speech of Mr. Clay, on ; ih
ceciving this retort, has been omitted by j ha
he editor. lie said, so/to voce, but sufii- ! of
iently loud for thoso immediately about j nc
dm,striking his bosom at the same time, i pc
A clear hit, by !"' It was, indeed ; "tl
ine of the most exquisite of retorts?the j 15'
nore happy, as so prompt, so clean, so en- i be
irelv willlill tb?i ?:irliiiini?iit:irv r?r.-ir?ri?? i..? /#>
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?nothing coarse, rude, vulgar?but n |?r
rnceful trust of liis polished rnpiet, casting |>r
ff the enemy's foil, nwd following up the pr
dvantage by a direct tiust into the bo- ta
otn." piThe
writer of these lines, then a yoiit1 ,
iad the privilege of hearing; in 18U7, the | ha
ebate referred to in the above ;?nnd it j in
as ever since been 0110 of the most vivid j of
ecollections. Too ardent and inexperien- ed
cd then to realize how men could hold sp
pinions contrary to those lie had been S<
uiglit to consider orthodox , Henry Clay
ras to him the impersonation of evil, pli
^nd JohnC. Calhouu, just tlien coming ' ar;
gain to the Democratic party, 011 the sub ; of
reasuiy question, he had h>"g since ; sh
ppn nhicarilivl in ltlnir's iwiht llm Wucli- !
, ? " i-r-'i ? iigtoii
(Ilobe, by which all good Demo- j gr
rats were then expected to square their a i
lith?as John Cataliuc Calhoun. Such be
'ere the preconceived prejudices with j be
/Inch the writer listened to that remarka- i wt
le debate but ween these two orators. At lie
it conclusion his prejudices were gone to j bo
lie winds, and he felt a thrill of pride that tin
lie councils of his country were dignified j tin
nd guided by such brilliant geniuses and dii
nngnificeut men. j foi
The struggle between the two chain- : ge
lions was no holyday pastime. The blows Tl
xchangcd were such as only giants coilhl all
ivo, and such as only giants could withstand, eo
'he contest was like that described by ph
lilton between the superhuman spirits, wl
dio plucked up hills for missiles, but found j St
veil such weapons unavailing. Mr. Clay j in:
ift oft" in n fdl'CI'Ii we llioimlit. must, <-vi- ' ad
?bly crush Mr. Calhoun. He spoke of the fit
ontcst which for years, Mr. Calhoun and ' m<
Imself ha J side by side hecn waging a- ; pr<
yinst the "usurpation," uf tliat extraordi- j tin
ary man. General Jackson. lie told how I bh
le "boding fancies," of "my quondam !
iend" could,in the various stages of that , ne
Iruggle, see nothing but gloom in the fu- shi
lire?nothing but tremendous and fast- th
oming disasters to the country. The w
lows which lie struidc were in consequence, ; sy;
iven with the energy of dispair, rather wi
lian the animation of hope, lie, Mr. , ad
Jlay, had preferred to look upon the bright- j Tli
stsideof tilings. He hail even sought, in ; tin
leir many interviews and consultations, to j wl
ilminister comfort to his gallant comrade ; no
i) arms?but like Racliael of *>ld, be re- ! ce<
iend tn lw> rnmfnrlpfl. Kin>l fnrliinos ! mil
owever.had smiled upon their good cause. ; tlx
'Ue battle was bravely fought. The vie- j lin
>ry whs already won," mid was in their tin
rasp. The patriotic heart was beating , his
igh ; rejoicings began to swell up all over , po
le Ian J. The consummation long labored j an
?r had been almost reached. Executive mi
surpation was under the frowin of an in- | Su
ignant people?and the country was al- pu
lost sate. an
Where now was his gallant friend from
louth Carolina ? Where was he in this d'<
loment of triumph, when a fciv more brave !
fforts would have finished tlio work in 1 ed
diich for years he had been toiling? Was wl
e exchanging congratulations with his ! hn
omr.-.des ? Was iie cheering on his fol- j du
jwersf AJas ! no. Instead of the proud , up
Hltle cry which he was wont to utter, find- ! eh
lenly lie sounded a retreat ! In that mih- ty
tiuious, that long-prayed-for, that critical i or;
noinent, he called to his legions, and hade ! pc
hem retreat from tho field ! Aye, more ; |
?he bade them follow him to the enemy ! ; ?
He,-Mr. Clay, heard the news with deep ' 11,
ilarni. lie well knew the commanding s|,
ind tho deserved influence of tlie gentle- tj,
nan. lie knew the multitudes that followid
him as faithfully, as clan ever followed tit
ihieftan, and he trembled lest tjio weaken- pr
:d ranks of the Whig army, should no
onger be able to cope with the disciplined u
ind strengthened forces of the Admiuistra- or
ion. lie iiad waited therefore with much Df
inxiely to see tho extent of the defection. tli
Hie rolling of the retreat-drum finally
:eascd ;?the-dust raised by tho retiring
iquadrons cleared away?the company led (j
by the gentleman from South Carolina,
became visible. "Ho himself, tir, constituted
horse, foot, and dragoon! In the fff
anguage of his Jate principal opponent ^
jut bow bis most distinguslic^ ally, fCol. w
teon] "he went over sol ita ry and ft- w
lone f' Jle went- oyer, sir, and left it to |a
posterity to discover his motives." Mr.
J lay then tovk op Mr. Calhoun's Edge IIill ^
letter, wherein he assigned . th<? reason ' for ,
iiis fihsruTB*t?f relations i on? of .
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i t liim!
Mr. Clay spoke at so much length, iu
ill great deliberation throughout. II
c|> sonorous voice rang thorough tl
mate chamber ; not n whisper was los
uch of the time while speaking he Ieani
ainst tho partition separating the llf
>m the lobby?anil often he would wa
ine distance from lii? i.?.<
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f to a pinch of snuff from some ?enatoi
x. When lio introduced nny printed e
nets into his remarks, he would call u
hi.'* colleague, Mr. Crittenden, to relent
in by reading it. Commanding in h
pearanco throughout, his dignity n
oached the sublime when describing tl
nrfare which had been wagd upon hin
If. After giving a narrative of the eai
differences, and their adjustment, b
een Gen. Jackson and himself, he told
e last final dislike which Gen. Jacks(
id conceived of him ni-mvin<? ~
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the discovery that lie, Mr. Clay, cou
?t be cnjolled or used for (?en. J.'s pr
iscs.?"Then it was," said Mr. Cla
liat they let loose their d-o-g-s upon m<
it though for twenty years the war h
en unceasing, I yet stand here this d.i
(awed, wwbent, vh terrified /" As I
unounced the last three words, it is ii
?sible to conceive n nobler fignre (
ouder bearing than that presented by Ii
II, manly form, erect even beyond tl
rpendicular ; and his lofty, defiant ere
While Mr. Clay was speaking, Mr. C\ un
was generally in motion,?walkii
uch of the time in the lobby in the re
the presiding officer's chair. lie liste
attentively, hut did not interrupt tl
eaker. When Mr. Clay concluded tl
;nate adjourned.
Two weeks afterwards Mr. Calhoun i
ied. lie had studied and arranged Ii
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^ui.ivnb , ?ui*? in? jraiu?av w;iv> a siren
light. He reviewed his political caree
owed how the eh irges of inconsistent
brought against him by weak mim
ew in Cael, out of his very consistency
consistency which would abandon pari
fore principle. He said he had alwa;
en ready to co-operate with those wl
>uld act with him, in achieving a pu
: good ; that such an object was on
nd of party union which lie recognised
lit with this view he had co-operated wil
e Whigs, with the majority of whom 1
sagreed on important political quest io
the purpose of hreaknig down the da
rous usurpations of executive pow<
tat object was now accomplised, and tl
iance ended with its purpose. Furth
-operation with the Whigs would I
icing them in power, instal principles I
lich he had ever been opposed, for il
utes Rights portion of the Whigs, b
j the weaker wing, could not expect tl
vailtnnrps nf I'ii'lnrv In intiro tn tl,a lum
o#? **; J *" *MV wv
of their principle?. This was what I
;ant by Unit remark in which the Senate
ompted from within sees a longing aft?
b vile spoils of oflice, instead of a laud
1 patriotic sentiment !
Mr. Calhoun next explained his co
ction with the sub-treasury system. I
owed that lie had always favored it
e true, constitutional expedient ; tli
hen Gen Jackt-on had recommended tl
item ofdepositesin the Stato Bunks, li
th about'ftliirty other Congressmen, Im
vocated the cub-treasury in preferenc
le State Hanks had since been tried, ai
2 result was such, that the very pnr
iic.li then advocated that, system, and <1
unced him for opposing it, now renou
i it themselves and recommended tl
b-treastiry scheme as a substitute. Was I
ereforc to abandon a measure which- I
d always advocated ! Was he to rcjie
aid now proffered ? Was Iro to qt
i own ground because -those who bad o
pud liiin, have found out tlieir mistal
d come to his side ? Was he thus
ike war against a correct principh
ch a course might suit the mere unscr
lous part)* man, but it did not becon
honest statesman. It might coinpo
ith Mr. Clay's sense of public duty, but
J not suit hiife - \
Having concluded his defence, ho poin
it thus : "So, sir, tho arrow of calumi
lich the Senator has hur'cd at me, fa
irmlcss nt my feet. I stump it in tl
ist wiih a-c o r-n ! 1 do more. I pick
?. I burl it back ! What tho Senat<
arges me with, ha himself has been gui
of. He once "went over" on a m?i
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NUIU UttTlBIUII' Ullt I1KI HUt K'JIVO 1L
stcrity to discover his motives."
Mr. Calliuiin, while speaking, maintain*
stern attitude, mid Mood in the aisle I
e side s>( his deck. Ilis gesture w
ort'nfWinervotis, and chiefly with tl
;ht hand. Hi* articulation wan rapi
it not fo iiiiH'hso as to bogtnt all iitd
ictL as we had Itcen led to expect. JJ
enunciation of some words, was faulty
whit" for example, lie pronounced "pin
is keen eye was unwaveringly fastened ti
i Mr. Clay, who sat on ?Che opposite si
the Chnmbcr, and to him rather than
_ n i__ < .? _ n i - _ ?
e speaker 01 me oenaie ue aauresaeu i
r remarks
Ik-tween Mr. Calhoun'* ^ferrous fl??hin
cctric oratory, and the calm magnified!
' Mr. Clay's elocution, the difference w
\ great ns that betwpen the flow of Ninj
\ and that of the Amazon ; hut each h
% powerful charm, and no listener coi
isb that either was- other than what
as. To Mr. Clay, one listened with 1<
tigue ;?he would bo delightod iodt
itli mngnificont bursts, and charmed Vtj
ii witchery of von# aod actios, but nw
ixed above his strength'. Ha w*t oondi
a?inSs&uessi z
| was quick-step marching, to the music ol
id the>biigleaud the drum.
is While M?\ Calhoun was delivering his
le speech Mr. Clay sat at his desk, and wore
it. an easy, careless air ; occasionally conver?d
sing with those arouAd him, and listening
ill without seeming to listen. But it wan
Ik plain ton careful observer that his unconn
cern was only assumed and professional ;
'? j tor Wlfen some nliaft was hurled, keener
x- { than llie rest,*of that unceasing vol ley sped
j>- j against him bf*ihe unerring and giant arm
re of his antagonist, the veil of difference was
is too thin to conceal the sensibility which
p- showed that it found its mark.
le "NVhen Mr. Calhoun uittfred the retort
n- above quoted, his attitude and bearing were
li- a study for nn artis* The curling hp aucl
e- the scowling countenance gave expression
of to a contemptuous disdain which ho could
)ti not utter nor we describe, as he stamped
ut "into the dust with s-c-o r-nV tho itnngiiin
Id ry arrow of calumny which Mr. Clay had
ir- shot, at him, but which had spent itself in
y, its flight. And as he suited the action tc
} ! tho word, the dust rose from the floor, and
ns the Senate chamber rang beneath th<
iy, fierce energy ofhis tread. Then when he
lie "pirkod it up" and "hurled it back" with ?
n- gesture equally vigorous and appropriate tc
ur mai action, one could almost see the pois
ii? oned missile as it flew back to its source
lie If Mr. Clay had been clothed in the arinoi
st. of Ahab, the shaft would have found a joint
d- through which to enter, lie quivered m
ig he felt the smart and the shock ; but we d(
?r not think he made the exclamation attribu
n- ted to him in the paragraph quoted at tlu
lie head of this sketch. We at least, hear*
lie and saw nothing of it. He seized his per
?a pen with a long and apparently untrim
e- ed top,?and commenced writing as if Ink
ih ing notes.
in This was perhaps an artifice?if so, i
r; was not skillfully, because too, suddenly
y, done. Perhaps it was an unconscious act
Is, As he wrote, the large play of the uppei
? end of his quill indicated that he might be
ty loosely scribbling, so to sneak, rather thai
ys no'ing down the words which were burninj
to into liis llesh, and which no note was ne
l?- ces?nry to fasten for ever in his memory,
ly Wlion Mr. Calhoun concluded, Mr. Claj
I ; immediately rejoined. lie rose under ai
lli excitement, Mich as he had at no time hat
ic manifested in his first speech, like a sL-d
ns wart warrior not weakened or dismayed
n- but goaded and smarting from wound?
sr. which he hat now permitted to avenge
te lie commenced by saving that when In
er whs assailed?when his career was calle<
?y under review,?it did not take him two o
lo three weeks.of long searches and mid
te night toil to prepare his defence. lie stoo<
e- ever ready, arrayed as he was in the pano
io ply of conscious integrity, to vindicate liii
c- fair name against all assaults from whntevei
te quarter, lie continued in a speech, tin
>r, conclusion of which we were not privileg
sr ed to hear, but which grive great satisfac
a- tiou to his admirers.
n. Odds and Bads.
[e Women's Conventions are always crow
fis ded, and Dr. John-w>n give tho true rea
at son. People,, flock to hear a womai
i .... I. 1 -?tl ? -
1C ' #% nuc |irvnuilOT well, UU1
!Ct because she preaches anyhow ; just as the]
id go to see a dog walk on his hind leg:
;e. though he does not walk on thetn' near sc
id ! well as a man.
ly The improving man mr?y start in lift
e- with a great stock of conucit. bat it graw
n- less and less aifiis knowledge increases.
may gairi knowledge by reading
'? but you must separate the wlieat from th
ie chatt'by thinking.
Time is the most precious, and yet the
11 most brittle jewel we have. It is what eve
P" ry man bids largely for, when he wants it
but squanders it awav wheu he urets it.
CO ' ?
, j The other day an old lady rushed int
u. the garden in search of her daughter, 01
|)e being told tbat the yonng lady bad gon
irt there with n "rake."
it "Marriage resembles a pair of shears,
says Sydney Smith, "so joined that the;
,t. cannot be separated, often tuoving in , v>p
iy posite directions, yet always punishing am
ll8 one'Vho comes between them.
10 A certain Dutch scholar was said to b
it so long nosed tbat he wiped out with hi
>r nose halfof what be wrote with his pen
il- A pity that many authon have^hot nosgs
n-1 twice as long as tbat of the Dutchman.
I ?
to I "No one Wuuld take you for wliat yoi
nro ** Ifualiinria.I imiiflont in o iln<
!w,v1 ? V" ?
or two ago, to"R would-be dandy, who lia<
jy.! more hair tL^tn brains. "Why asked Joe
as "ltecauae U>ey don't see your ears.**
lie The man who wrestled with adversitj
d, wore out his silk stockings and got worsted
|?" Tiiey who drink away their estates drinl
* the tears of their widows and the blood o
' j, their impoverished children.
* 44 \V bat k the shape oft kiss i" 44 Ron i*
^ I suppose." Not exactly?it is a lipticfele
to lie who marries beauty only, is like ;
nli buyer of cheap furniturs-^-the varnish tba
caught UiopyeWiU not endure the fires id
b]nxe'- ' .
ice Tho papers aro.braffgingf of an inventio
'as by wiiicli leather can Iw tanned in ten inin
p. utoa. We have seeothe human hide, how
M(| ever, taiined in1 tf*e. Some schoolmaster
,U can do it in leas tli*p two.
it Wlien great people are in dtgtross tliei
M* are apt to receive very, liberal proffers of aa
?d siataito9 from little ones. Ah, what s&atll
jjh do ? CxcW/ned a horse in . a quagmvn
rer ifcke hold of-my tail, squeaked* ponrvpou
JO- little inouee^ ^ ^ .
, . > * :
^ ' j, %*
To My Children. j
Could my imprisoned spirit rise j
i Aud journey upward to the skies t
i On light untiring wing, '
Listening to the thrilling strains l
That sweep the wide celestial plains _ *1
1 While brightest seraphs sing, 1>
My throbbing, swelling, struggling heart j(
Iu fitting language could impart, r
I- By inspiration blest, 8
The deep emotions of my soul ^ (
Which raging rise and wildly roll ,
i Within my surging breast. <
Then with electric pen I'd write, 1
In burning^ words of deathless light, '
Thy mother's matftbless worth?
' A cheering Beacon, beaming bright 1
* On virtueys pure, refulgent height,
To light thy path on earth.
I'd lend theo to the holy shrine, <
| The gushing fount of Love Divine, <
i At which she humbly bent, 1
t Owning tho Savior's spotless sway <
I The only guide to endless day
> Iii boundless mercy sent.
I'd bid tliec ecck joy and love
1 ller precious visits from above,
With <Icep nflfection fraught; ,
With grateful hearts to 6eize the prize
" Of Revelation from the skies, * ? |
By angel mission taught. " I
* But. sincc the fleshly fetters bind I
> My shackled soul and enptive mind J
Poor prisoners below,
* In immortal words.1 must indite, 1
1 With mortal pen must tamely write
1 The thoughts that brightly glow.
Ashamed of One's Business.
It was a blemish on the otherwise noble
1 character of Sir Walter Scott that he was at
' heart ashamed >of his business. 'Enjoying
* a reputation in Knglish lecture second only r
to that of Sliakspeare, he yet Beeretly bc'
lieved a duke, and much the more a prince,
to be a better man than himself, and wor- '
5 shiped them accordingly. The ambition 'of 1
his life was to found a family. For tliira
purpose he toiled to acquire acre after acre ; 1
' for this- purpose he became a partner with
J his booksellers; for this purpose he acceptI
ed a baronetage; Haltered a royal de'
I bauchce, nnd defended more than ono flagi?
i tious public act. Part of this had its ori''
j gin in the natural cast of his* mind, and
* j part was nourished by his study of medie1
| val and knightly literature. Alas, he paid
j the penalty for his weakness. I Lis son
' | learned to blush amidst Ins aristocratic fcl'
I low-officers that his father had labored for 1
j his bread as an author; he himself became
' ; a bankrupt in his old ago, and now though
* scarcely a generation has elapsed since his
r death, his name no longer reigns at Abbott'
sford, his baronetage is extinct, and his i
dreams of country or family destroyed forever.
* There are thousand?, even in this country,
ashamed of their business, and wit^*.
Ie*s excuse than Scott. For in England
. the law recognizes (^hereditary landed arisn
tocrary, so that a certain social sanction is
f given to the prejudice existing against''now
p men." lJut Imre wo have no governing
s class, the descendants of conq^efjars, to
knoot nf oiivltf Immlrail pauki nf on/1
f UV/IKIV VI V IMIIIUI vvi jvnio VI |<VIIIIV?II niiu
social suprenjgcy. ^Oii ilia- contrary, there
. is not a millionaire in America who is not
, either die architect of his own wealth or ilie
soft of one 'who was. Not by nightly ra^
b/l'onest labor, have
' fhe^dpi^^hat exist here been . accutptiTaf I
- tfid. No the United States canflobk
down J(W*?-another/* beneath him, dtt
' grounds similar to those which induce lpn?{
descended English nobles, to dqpgiee. a
parvenu ; for here are" Mnew,mijir;n since
even thuse who hnve been. tfenUbi??t the
0 longest differ from the poorest only by bav^
1 ing possessed riches for a generation phw8."'*
e A wiseman will laugh at the folly wlijob induces
event he oldest families in England
W fn iiLim a nn^riarilr Ai>d? aIIiam
IV viaiui n au|/va ivi n * W?W? uiuciO| VCWW*Q
y nil claims a com matrices tor in Noah, and
k because virtue and merit,;bot birth or^kiltb,
f are the true standards by which to judge a
citi.:en ; but how mu^Ii the mo e nroi.fl
e appears the claim of ono American to be
s | cuitaidcred better than aootlter <#n tfie score
i of wealth and family, when all alike are Wit
* men of yesterday.
t Instead of being ashamed of one'a busi:
riess ohe should be proud of if, "Nevot
i despiso your bread and butter, says an-old
j i adngo ; and the words Bliould be adapted rta
h text by every young mrfn beginning life.
The first duty of an adult citjggn isto be independent
of others, and this nobodg ^cai#
^ become who does not earn sufficient for *
livelihood. Whatever work is honest is 4>'?
: so honorable. Society demands different
f sorts of handicraft and other nrocal*#b?,
jub^as a machine requires ievqrs," 5e*xrt*,
& fulcrnins,.wheels, Ac.; .and heacse ?-black.
0. smith or piowmnn is just as notary to the
s oormnon weal as a j^wyer or . doctor, aqd^ (
t therefore, need be none the raore 'aahnmed 1
e of his calling. be idkv indeed* even if
one is ricli, is to play the part of cau*elc?s
n appendage to Ihe Stato, and conductive ^
neither to,the physical, infellcfetaal nbr mort r
al bcaUUr .XK all the shame of midex?*tr
j dety, one bf the greatest is^he worfliij^of
we*imy auu uiitfu uruiie*, ytuw un?^wuuur
j irer.^t^U Uie^^^^p^ng a mat^fof
Growth of MachinoryT
Tis n curievis chafUdlr in -$od?fai
Ira growth of the machine shdp.
lundrcd years ago, Uoget,~J5#con eiptajp?t;~
bo procession oftli?.eqot^?xee, ^h^ eoo^ .
[uent necessity of the* reform" of_ 4JSi?^ lar,
measured the length of iae" ye<ttV^Tb:- * ,
ented gunpcr*d?r^juul J$rtounced
ooliing from his lofty??eTV^ver .tivJk " '
ies IfilooursJ/Hhat.itt'aobihea can tte ' co'i-, & e
Iftintp^ to rlrivo hiato ?onMI? ?'? ? '
? -- V U.V..V "1""'J TUWPV . 9
galley of rowers could dQ; jpofr wo0W
ie d &$?tVmg l>ut a pilot to Bte&^thcSii.
Jarriages also might be constructed fe? ?,
move an incredible speed .witifont tb'A,.?$?0:
>f any atiimal. Finally ft woiiM wiAkT'fci'.v
impossible to make machines, wliieh* by*'
weans of a suit of wings, ?houV3 fly ie thf
air in the manner of birds." But ?
:ret slept with Uacon. The six liutttired*^
pears- have nbt yet fulfiHed his wol\K ^^6 '
centuries ago, the sawing 6? tiftlber ?
Jonc by hand ; the carriage wheels rarf4b * ' '
wooden axles ; the land w.natilleJby m
en plows. Apd it was to* little* puijjose
lhat they had pit coal, or that Tooths Were
improved, unless Watt an<t.Stephenson had *
taught them to \5prk/oroe-pflh>p? end^W* ?
er looms by #tcami The great were "
all taken within the lastTinntTi&l -years. The
"Life of Sir liobert Peel," jAdic^tffMtftVcfti^ . *
er day, the model EngH8hm?n>Y6^prop^tl)i: "' ?,
lias for a frontispiece s growhjteot the Bpin?--i> .
mng jenny^hich wove the Lis for* "
tunes, llurdgreaves irtvfented the ppijining-^
jenny, and died in ibe wqrkbonse. ArKwrighUmprojaJ
tlkeMnvention^ ftoa^Uie-'taiftchiue
dispensed witlw the work, flfvB$}(?? *
nl An . ,1. Ji. ji. _~V3
liivu y iuuv tojuiic r^iiuiigi wuiu ?amsw? htugu
work as one hundred-ho} dona tjefafftV- Tbo,
loom improved further. But tti f trtiri'
would sometimes strike fotfj^rtges, andjfoSfbine
against the nVdstereyniMj,
30, much fear was left lest the tHIde jioMJ
be drawn by these interroptionB, and tbir%|tfr? "*
iJQatiouof thespimrers to DelgUirftflod ,V
United States. :* >4
Iron atid steal are rerypb^dientr Wlfejjjffi \
er it were no? ffossible to- ngpko o spJWMt/
that would nlfFtehel, nor i0mterr nor H
nor strikti for irflges, nor ejtfwarate t4 wMv&
solicitations- of the masters, affcer a .mob and
riot atStodyfiridge, Mr. llob^rt^ofMjM'^A.
ter, under! oQ^'to/Chafie
low, instead of tba^q^^rrel^ome fellpjifr^Gcd; ,
bad made. A Tier a fewXri^h ho succeeded,
and, in* 1830, procured ? t?jlwt"foritls self
acting inulo ; n creation thefttetight: laill
wvncrs, and "destined," titty *?s-*.
tore order amon? the fiidaatncyM ?
a machine requiring only a chfldVhand to1' *
piece llio broken yarns. A* Ar|c?rrign(^f^. .
destroyed domestic spintitng, bo '
troyed the fadfary spinner. * *Tlia%o*^f^^l' ; '
mnchiuery in Great Britain In .
been computed to be eqJJalto' 800,000,090',
men, one man Wing able, by the aki o^ r'
Btenm, to do the work wlgch t%quired^!50'
men to accomplish- fifty year* ngp, ?Shti.
production liAs been coman^nsuratv England
already had* this laborious rae^ 1
soil, wood, coal, iron and favorable ^lmihte/.
Eight hundred tears ago, comt^ereo -Jiiwi\
made it rich,"and it was reco^tft
la nit; ncucdb ui mi ?^yp uviiMrii.
The'Normnn historians recite,Ibid^^foB^L, *
Willftm carried jwith him Into Nojdj/rtydj^'.
from ICngjHud more gold JWttf
h.iil eve^befoKo been'iiS ' 1
to1 tlnV MrtMy and trRdq^f^ : * '
stream, with its"
working night and
amassing pf property, mfs
tire?.' the m&?r <>fjjieTf?tbin^t/ '. v"
yearn: The steam .pig? ft ;is ^dded'H^ef population
at>d the. equivalent o? :fonr OlT
five England* Forty thotfaand
6j$er6d inLloycflr list. YU? ytycl off-j
hnS gAne'ott. from * 4,000,0(^0 ~Mfftflp'ii.r* ^
the titVi'e of the' Stimrts,. tl^. 43^^,000 is>
1 ; . .
X draftiffif n?j!J? iiJte . *
frro s*kT to cei&pot* Jbe Shmijifi nWoj&j* '
of: com mere*, jo *1848, !$>$ lirTnfrrTt t>'
tilcne^fur ono yenr. The"
nil gWng mncWoery' roaks v
rtE
Stenm twines fcVta i^aUiii, jitf
enftily ?a U bttFhU Waw,c?^^ ^jjy irg|infe^ . \
can clothe single m6untaiD?^ijl^^^3ray
iTKifeu nvuia uiwm AlWbJ*"' fifilf Tff'IWTIl
rf '^'r -'?; ? y^K ^' i ^^^J^S/j^SBgSB^^f^WmCjJBf^ ** 4j^9
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