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WRITTEN KOH TIIB INDEPENDENT I'HKS-S.
DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
"Upon this," continues Arrian, "the soldiers
became tagur to 6ee him; som<: to see him once
more nlivr, others because it'wns reported tliat
lie was already dead,and a suspicion had arisen
that liir? death was concealed by the chief officers
of the guard?but the anxiety, as I think,
from sorrow and solicitude for their king ; they
'therefore forced their way into his chamber.
As the men parsed I113 couch in eucccssion, lie
although tpcechless greeted them individually,
by raitting his head with difficulty and by the
^expression of his eyes."
Storm warriors pass before their chief,
And tears bedim their eyes ;
'those watriers now are filled with grief,
For lo! their leader dies.
llis conquering equadrons once he lead,
And victory crowned the fight;
Before bis host whole armies fled,
And trembling owned his might.
His banners waved 'mid Scythian bdows
Aud o'er Gedrosian sands.
Anil where the nonie iimjus nowa, i
He lend his veteran bunds.
But Macedon ! thy hero now
Ko more will draw his blade.
Death's dews are falling on bis brow
Aud visions from him fade.
That eagle eye will glance no more
Along bis columns closed,
Nor flash defiance as of yore,
On hostile ranks opposed.
His war steed now will neigh in vain
llis rider lying low.
For he'll ne'er mount that steed again,
Aud charge upon the foe.
And yet, his is a deathless name,
JLiiving ironi uire iu a^e,
Conspicuous on the scroll of fame,
And bright on historj-'s page.
Sleep on, thou dauntless hero sleep,
A king still in the grave,
^That tho* earth's storms should o'er thee
1 sweep,
'fliev cannot \rake th? brave.
.--.BKVILLK, C. 11., S. C.
WHEN OTHEB FRIENDS.
"When other friends are round thee,
And other hearts are thine ;
When other bays have crowned thee,
More fresh and green than mine?
Then think how sad and lonely,
This doating heart will be;
"Which, while it throbs, throbs only,
Beloved one, for thee.
Yet do not think I doubt thee,
I know thj' truth remains ;
I would not live without thee
For all the world contains.
Thou art the star that guides me
Alone life's troubled sea :
And whate*er fate betides mo,
This heart still turns to thee.
WASHINGTON AT MOUNT VERNON.
HY WASHINGTON IRVING.
[A chapter fitom the new and concluding, volumes
of "The Life of Washington,'* from the
press of C. I'. I'ntnain.]
Washington at Mount Vernon?influx of strange
faces?Loterfiicc Lnciu?Miss Kelht Curtis?
Washington * counsel in Jmvc Matter*?a Romantic
Episode?Return of George Washington
La Fayette.
Ilis official career being terminated,
"Washington set off for Mount Vernon accompanied
by Mrs Washington, her granddaughter
Miss Nelly Curtis, and George
Washington Lafayette, with his preceptors.
Of the enthusiastic devotion manifested
toward him wherever he passed, he takes,
the following brief and characteristic notice
: "The attentions we met with on our
journey wero very flattering, and to some
whose minds are differently formed from
mino u/aiiU liotrn linnn litrvViltf vaUqKa/I
UJIIIVf 'IUUIU UHf V WUVII a J M \J I IOII W\< I
but I avoid in evrey instance where I bad
any previous notice of the intention, and
could, by earnest entreaties, prevail, all
parade and escorts."
lie is at last at Mount Vernon, tbat haven
of repose to which he had so often
turned a wishful eye, throughout bis agitated
and anxiouB life, and where he trusted
to pass quietly and serenely the remainder
of ins days. Ho finds himself, however,
"in the situation of a new beginner; almost
every thing about him required coniderable
repairs, and a house is immediately to be
built for t'ue reception and safe keeping of
bis military, civil and private papers.1'
"In a word," writes he, *1 am already surrounded
by joiners, masons and and painters,
and such is my anxiety to be out of
tfhetr hands, that I have scarcely a room to
jmt a friend into, or to sit in myself, without
the music of hammers and the odoriferous
scent of paint."
Still he is at Mount Vernon, and as the
spring opens the rural beauties of the country
exert tbeir sweetening influence. Id a letter
to bis friend Oliver Wolcott, who, as
Secretary of the Treasury, was still acting
on "the great theatre," be advert* but briefly
to publio affairs. "For myself adds
he, exultingly, "having turned aside from
the broad walks of political into the narrow
paths of private life, I shall leave it with
those whose duty it it to consider subjeota of
thia sort, and as every good oitizen ought to
do, conform to whstsoever the ruling powers
shall decide. To make and sell a little
flour annually, to repair houses going fast
to ruin, to build one for the security of my
papers of a publio nature, and amuse myself
in agricultural and rural pursuits, will
coastitaU employment for the few years I
1
have to remain on this* terestrial globo. If,
also, I could now and then meet the friends
I esteem, it would fill theiuoasuro and add
zest to my enjoyments; but, if ever this
happens,it must bo under my own vine and
fig-tree, as I do not think it probable that I
shall bo beyond twenty miles from them."
And again, to another friend he indulges
in pleading anticipations; "Retired from
noise myself and the responsibility attached
to public employment, mv hours will crlide
sinoothely on. My best wishes, however, for
tbc prosperity of our country will always
have tho first place in inythoughts; while lo
repair buildings and to cultivate my farms,
which require close attention, will occupy
the few years, perhaps days, I inay be a sojourner
here, as I am now in the sixty-fifth
year of my peregrination through life.,,
A letter to his friend James McIIenry,
Secretray of War, furnishes a picture of his
every-day life. "I am indebted to you,"
writes he, "for several unacknowledged
letters; but never mind that; go on as if
you had answers. You arc at the source of
information, and can find many things to
relate, while I have nothing to say that
rnilld eithflr inform nr nmnsn a Kpr>r/>f?rt7
of War in Philadelphia. I might tell that
I begin my diurnal course with the sun ;
that, if my hirelings are not in their places
at that time; I send messages of sorrow fur
their indisposition ; that, having put these
wheels in motion, I examine the state of
things further; that the more they are
probed the deeper I find the wounds which
my buildings have sustained, by an abscnce
and neglect of eight years, that, by the
time I have accomplished these matters
breakfast (a litlle after seven o'clock, about
the time I presume you are taking leave of
Mrs.McIIenry) is ready; that, this beingover'
I mount my horse and ride round inv farms,
which employs me until it is time to dress
for dinner, at which I rarely miss seeing
strange faces, come, as they say, out of respect
to me. Pray, would not the word
curiosity answer as well? And how different
this from having a few social friends at
a cheerful board ! The usual time of sitting
at table, a walk, and tea brings me
within the dawn of candle light; previous
to which, if not prevented by company, I
resolve that, as soon as the glimmering
taper supplies the placo of the great luminary,
I will retire I* my writing table and
acknowledge the letters I have received ; bnt
when the lights are brought I feel tired and
disinclined to engage in this work, conceiving
that the next night will do as well.
The. next night comes, and with it the same
cause for postponement, and 60 on. Having
given you the history of a day, it will
serve for a year, and I am persuaded, you
will not require a second edition of it. Bnt
it may strike you that in this detail no
mention is made of any portion of time alloted
for reading. The remark woirld be
just, fori have not looked into a book since
I came home : nor shall I be able to do it
until I have discharged my workmen : prob
ably not before the nights grow longer when
possibly I may bo lookiDg in Dooms-day
Book."
In his solitary ride9 about Mount Vernon
and its woodlands, fond and melancholy
thoughts would occasionally sadden the
landscape as his mind reverted to past times
and early associates. In a letter to Mrs. S.
Fairfax, now in England, he writes. "It is
a matter of sore regret when I cast my eyes
towards Belvoir, which I often do, to reflect
that the former inhabitants of it, with
whom we have lived in 6uch harmony and
friendship, no longer reside there, and the
ruins only can be viewed as the mementoes
of former pleasures."
The influx of strange faces alluded to in
the letter to Mr. McHenry, soon became
overwhelming, and Washington felt the necessity
of having some one at band to relieve
him from a part of the self-imposed duties
of Virginia hospitality.
With this view he bethought him of his
nephew, Lawrence Lewis, the same who bad
gained favor with bim by volunteering in
the Western expedition, and accompanying
General Knox as aid-de-camp. He accordingly
addressed a letter to bim in which he
writes: "Whenever it is convenient to you
to make this place your home, I shall be
-1..11 * ? *
gittu w ueo you. - - - AS DOIQ JOUr
aunt and I are in the decline of life, and
regular in our habit*, especially in our bout*
of rising and going to bed, I require aorae
persons (fit and proper) to ease me of the
trouble of entertaining company, particu*
larly of nights, as it is my inclination to retire
(and unless prevented by very particu
Jar company, I always do retire,) either to
bed or to my study soon after candle-light.
In taking those duties (which hospitality
obliges one to bestow on company) off my
bands, it*would render me a very acceptable
service. *
In consequence of this invitation, Lawrence
thenceforward became an occasional
inmate at Mount Vernon. The place at
this tire* po?fed attractioo#for the gay as
well aa aa the grave, and was often enlivened
by young company. One griat attraction
MB. I*tUr.
w?3 Miss Nelly Curtis, Mrs. Washington's
grand daughter, who with her brother
George W. P. Curtis, liad been adopted by
the General at their father,s death, when
they were quito children, and brought up
by him with tho most affclionate care,
lie was fond of children, especially girls;
as to boys, with all his spirit of command,
he found them at times somewhat unmanageable.
I can govern men, would he say,
but I cannot govern boys. Miss Nellio had
grown up under tho special eyo of her
grandmother, to whom she was devotedly
attached: and who was nnrtii-nlur in nnfnr/
ing her observance of all her lessons, as
well as insttucting licr in tho nils of housekeeping.
She was a great favorite with the
General ; whom,.as we havefore observed,
she delighted with her whims and sprightly
sallies, ofien overcoming his habitual
gravity, and surprising him into a hearty
laugh.
She was now maturing into a lovely and
attractive woman, and the attention she received
began to awaken some solicitude in
the General's mind. This is evinced in a
half sportive letter of advice written to her
during a temporary absence from Mount
Vernon, when she was about to make her
first appearance at a ball at Georgetown. It
is curious as a specimen 01 Washington's
counsel in love matters. It would appear
that Miss Nelly, to allay his solicitude, had
already, in her correspondence, professed
"a perfect apathy toward the youth of the
present day, and a determination never to
give herself a moments uneasiness on account
of any of them." Washington doubt
ed the firmness of her resolves. "Men and
women," writes he,'"feel the same inclination
towards each other now that they have
always done, and which they will continue
to do, until there is a new order of things ;
and you as others have done, may find that
the passions of your sex are easier raised
than allayed. Do not, therefore, boast too
soon, nor too strongly of your insensibility*
* * * Love is said to ho an involuntary
passion, and it is, therefore, contended
that it cannot be resisted. This is true
in part only, for like all tiling;* else, when
nourished and supplied plentifully with aliment,
it is rapid in its progress ; but let
these he withdrawn, and it may he stifled
in its birth, or much stinted in its growth.
* * * Although wo cannot avoid
first impressions, we may assuredly place
them under guard. * * * When the
fire is beginning to kindle, and your heart
grows warm propound these questions to it.
Who is this invader ? Have I a competent
knowledge of him? Is he a man of
good character ? A man of sense i For,
uu iisauiuu, a suiimuiu woin.in can novel' uo
happy with a fool. What has been his
walk in life ? * * * Is his fortune
sufficient to maintain mo in tho manner I
have been accustomed to live, and as my sisters
do live ? And is he one to whom iny
friends can have no reasonable objection ?
If all these interrogatories can be satisfactorily
answered, there will remain but one
more to be asked; that, however, is an important
one. Have I sufficient ground to
conclude that bis affection are engaged by
me? Without this the heart of sensibility
will struggle against a passion that is not
reciprocated."'*
The sage counsels of Washington and
it., .f ir: vr.ii ?
I tuo auai>e|.>uuju iceiiuga ui miss neiiy were
soon brought to the t?st by the residence of
Lawrence Lewis at Mount Vernon. A
strong attachment for her grew up on bis
part, or perhaps already existed, and was
strengthened by daily intercourse. It was
favorably viewed by bis uncle. Whethei
it was fully reciprocated was uncertain. A
formidable rival to Lewis appeared in the
young Carroll of Carrollton, who had jusl
returned from Europe, adorned with the
graces of foreign travel, and whose suil
was countenanced by Mrs. Washington
These were among the poetic days of Mounl
Vernon, when its halls echoed to the trend
of lovers. They were halcyon days with
Miss Nelly, as she herself declared, in attei
years, to a lady from whom we have the
Btory: "I was young and romantic then,'
said she, "and fond of wandering by moonlight
in the woods of Mount Vernon
Grandmama thought it wrong and unsafe,
and scolded and coaxed me into a promise
that I would not wander in the woods agair
unaccompanied. But was missing on<
evening, and was brought home from the
interdicted woods to the drawing-room
where the General was walking up ape
down with his hands behind him, as wai
his wont. Grandmama seated in her greal
arm-chair, oponed a severe reproof."
Poor Miss Nelly was reminded of hei
promise, and taxed with her delinquency
She knew that she had done wrong?ad
raitted her fault, and essayed no excuse
but, when there was a slight pause, movec
to retire from the room. 8he was jns
shutting the door when she overheard tbi
General attempting, in a low voice, to inter
cede in her behalf. "My dear," observe*
be, "I would say no more?perbape ?h
was not alone."
f Letter to Vm. Heath, Writing 1W.
His intercession stopped Miss Nelly in
her retreat. Slio reopened the door and
advanced lip to the General with a firm
step. "Sir," said she, "you brought me up
i lo speak the truth, and when I told grand!
mania I was alone, L hope you believed I
tons alone."
The (Jener.il made one of his most magnanimous
bows. "My child," replied he, "I
beg your pardon."
We will anticipate dates, and observe
that the romantic episode of Miss Nelly
Curtis terminated to the general's satisfaction
; she became the happy wile of Lawrence
Lewis, as will bo recorded in a future
page.
Early ill the autumn. Washington ha<l
I been relieved from his constant solicitude
I about the fortunes of La Fayette. Letters
| received by George W. La Fayette from
; friends in Hamburg informed the youth that
I bis father and family had been liberated
; from Olmutz and were on their way to Paris
with the intention of embarking for America.
George was disposed to sail for Franco
immediately, eager to embrace bis parents
and sisters in the first moments of their re
lease. Washington urged him to defer his
departure until be should receive letters
from the prisoners themselves, lest they
should cross the ocean in different directions
at the same time, and pass each other,
which would be a great shock to both parties.
George, however, was not to be persuaded,
and "I could not with-hold my asj
sent," writes Washigton, ulo the gratification
of his wishes, to flv to the arms of
those whom he holds most dear."
George atul his tutor, Mr. Frestel, sailed
j from New York on the 2Glh October,
j Washington writes from Mount Vernon to
i La Fayette. "This letter, I hope and ex|
pect, will be presented to you by your son,
who is highly deserving of such parents as
you and your amiaoe lady.
"He can relate much hotter than I can
describe, my participation in your sufferings,
my Holiude for your relief, the measures ]
adopted, thoiiorh ineffectual, to facilitate
3*011 r liberation from an unjust and crue
imprisonment, an<l the joy I expected at tin
nows of i(s accomplishment. I shall hastor
therefore, to congratulate yon, and bo as
surod that no one can do it with more cor
! diality, with more sincerity, or with greatei
affection on the restoration of that liberty
which every act of yor.r life entitles you t(
the enjoyment of; and I hope I may add
to the uninterrupted possession of your es
tates, and the confidence of your country.'
The account of which George \V. Lr
Fayette had received of the prisoners of 01
mutz was premature. It did not take placi
until the 19th of September' nor was it un
til in the following month of February thn
the happy meeting took pluce betweei
George and his family, whom ho found re
siding in the chateau of n relative in IIol
stein.
Advice to Young Mex.?Socrates di?
not urge friends to enter early upon publii
employments, but first to take pains for at
tainment of the knowledge necessary fo
their sscces? in them.
Are you stepping on the threshold c
life ? Secure a good moral character. Willi
out virtue you cannot bo respected ; with
out integrity vou cau never rise to distinc
tion and honor.
Be careful lest a too warm desire of dis
tinclion should deceive you into pursuit
that may cover you with shame by 6ettini
your incapacities and slender abilities i
full light.
People who have the rashness to go int
stations without proper authority and th
requisite preparation for the service, not or
ly involve others in loss, but subject there
selves to ridicule.
The tricky, deceitful, and dishonest ar
rarely prosperous ; for when confidence i
withdrawn, poverty is likely to follow.
The shortest and surest way to live wit
honor in the world, is to be in reality win
we appear to be.
When once n concealment or deceit bf
been practiced in matters where all shoul
be fair and open as the day, confidence ca
never be restored, any more than you ca
restore the white bloom to the grape c
plum that you have once pressed in yoi
hand.
Error is the cause of many miseries, th
corrupt principle that has produced evil i
tbe world ; 'tis this which begets and ohe
I ishes in our souls all the evils that afflicts u
} and wo cnn 'never expect to gain true an
j solid happiness but by a serious endeavc
to avoid it! Falsehood is not only one <
. the, most humiliating vices, but sooner <
later it is most certain to lead to most ser
out crimes.
Industry, well directed, will give a ma
[ a competency in a few years. The greate
t industry misapplied is useless.
9 "Short calls are the best," as the fly sail
j when be lit on the store pipe,
8 A. woman with no friends can't be expcc
fd to enjoy a comfortable smoke. for al
hasn't got any to-back-tr,
SHEEP?THEIH EARLY INTRODUCTION.
The first sheep introduced into Ameiiea,
of which we have any record, were brought
from Kugland ?.o Jamestown, Virginia, in
1009. In 1048, the number increased to
.'3,000. In the early part of the lant century,
they throve, well atfd bore good fleece;
but wool-raising was suffered to decline,
owing to the losses sustained by tearing oil
the wool by bushes and briars.
Sheep were introduced info tlio plantations
of Masschusetts Hay prior to 1033.
as mention is made of keeping them on the
islands in the harbor, to protect them from
the Indians and wolves. They were introduced
into Nantucket in 1GG0, at the time
of the first settlement by the proprietors.
The first sheep introduced into this Stale,
v.... r\.* t.
. vvr t ail ViMIUIllUII^K, WIIU WTUIC
about the year 1G50, wero brought from
Holland in 1G25; others wero brought
from Zealand at Tuxul to ltens&elaerkwick
in 1030. Hut little progress was mn<Je on
the Hudson for many years, in consequent:*1
of the ravages committed by dogs and
wolves. In 1G43, there were not over sixteen
sheep in the colony. In 1G50, they
were so scaree that an animal bearing wool
wii* vkjiiii uuin cigiu 10 icn dollars.
Tlie first Spanish sheep introduced into
this country, of which we have any account'
were sent by M. Dellossert, a banker in Paris,
and arrived at Philadelphia, in the ship
Benjamin Franklin, on tho lOih of July,
1801. Owing to a long and boisterous
passage, out of the four bucks shipped only
. one lived to reach this country.
The introduction of Merino sheep into
the United States formed an era from which
wo may date much of our thrift and prosperity.
Chancellor Livingston, of thi.state
foresaw at an early period the immense
advantages that would result to our
. country from the introduction, and sent
from Spain, in 1802, two couplets of se,
lect Spanish Merino sheep; and to him be
longs the honor of one of the earliest iin
c?..K- *i? i? i.: if ' * ?
|nill<UIUII?* OUUM|ll?llll V? UJ IIIIIJ^UII IAJIO
, nel Ilumfrey, Gen Darby, Consul Jarvis
| and others, the country was supplied witli
, Merino sheep. It was not, however, unti
, some seven or eight years after their first
introduction, that their importance begat
. to be appreciated. A mania for sbeep thet:
r commenced, bcarcely excelled by the Mo
r rus multicuulies speculation at a later pe
j riod. As much as Si,000, and in some in
stances Si,500, was paid for a single buck
. In 1810 or, 12, Bake well sheep wen
' nrsi introduced on Liong island, l?v J Moma
i Lax, an Englishman, and by the late Chris
. lopher Dunn, of Albany. In 1814, Mr
3 Dunn obtained a buck of the same breed
. which was captured by 0110 of our priva
t, teers from an English vessel on her way t<
i Canada. Since the war of 1812, ninnj
. importations, by different individuals, havi
. taken placc in all the parts of the country
Among the early importers of South
Down sheep were the late Jonh II Powell
^ of Philadelphia ; Francis Rotch, Otsegi
u county, N. Y., Sidney llawes, who emi
* grated to this country in 1832, and settlei
r on "Three Ilills Farm," near Albany
Messrs. Brentnal and Wait Orange countj
I N. Y.. and more recently. L. (i. Morris
'* Fordham, N. Y., J. C. Taylor, New Jei
'* scy; and Samuel Tborne, Washington
Hollow, Duchess county N. Y., who, will
commendable liberty, without regorJ to e*
' pense, haB imported some of the choices
8 specimens of this valuable breed that couli
5 be procured in England.
D Tlie Downs imported by Mr. llawes ii
1832, came in the possession of tlie write
0 with the farm, in 1835. We bred fror
0 them several years, and found there a vali
'* ble breed. Their mutton ip of the choiec^
kind, and always commands the higliet
price, although from the properties of tb
? sheep it can be produced at the least cos
18 By their activity and vigor, both of muscl
and constiution, they are fitted to encoui
h ... ?= ?..ii ?i ? !.
twi c?i?j uiiucuij'f ai wen vv/ cuuuic luo CJ
lt treaijb of heat and cold.
In Great Britain, tbe South Downs stan
18 at the bead of the short-wooled Bhee]
^ They were once confined to a small distru
" in Sussex, but for the last forty or fift
n years have been rising in favor, and on hi
>r ly lands of tbe second-rate fertility bav
>r proved themselves superior to all oth<
breeds. In .several countries of Englan
0 they have driven out the old kinds; bein
D hardy, quick stock, good nurses, fatfenin
r* kindly, and, when fat, bringing the highes
8* price in market. They are cultivated raoi
^ particularly for their mutton, which, f<
)T quality, takes precedence of all other
u Their early maturity and extreme aptitud
" to take on flesh, render them peculiar!
l* valuable for this purpose. The ewes ai
proliflo breeders and good nurses. Tbe
n lire quite dpcile in their habits, and, thoug
5t industrious feeders, exhibit little dispositic
to rove.
j \ sheep possessed of suoh qualities tpu
. of course be e*oeedingly valuable in di
(riots in the vicinity of markets. Accori
l> ingly, they have been introduced into evei
ie pvt of tbe British dominions, and itp^oi
e4 Into this ?t{d other countries,
J''rotn lit" AVie Orleans I'icaynue.
ONE VICTIM MORE.
Among the items which make up tin*
daily newspaper list of casualties, was found
a short lime ago, a notice of the death, in
Canada East of one Jem Steele, from "starvation
and cold." Under this brief annoucemcnt
lies a story and a moral.
What took Jem Steele to Canada ? And
why did he perish there, in this miserable
way ?
lie was a native of a clime farther S'oulli.
lie was born under the fervid sun of a cot
ton planting State of the Union; and his
constitution was adapted to, and had been
trained to the temperatuie of South Carolina,
where the very winters are soft and
balmy. lie was unfitted to bear tho eltil
I ling rigors of the snowy North, lie would
I shrink and shiver , under the keen bhist of
! what they revel in there, as the pleasant
] days of spring. The icy winter pinched ui>
his muscles and froze his Hood? Canada
was no place for him?a child of tho sunm
South. How came he there to die?
lie perished?of negleel as well as cold,
lie was starved among inhospitable strangers.
IIow was this?
lie came of a race unused, if even capable,
to take care of themselves, lie had
never known what it was to seek labor fur
himself or to take care of himself. He
knew nothing of the work to bo done in
that alien region, if he could have got anything
to do. From his infancy he had been
reared to absolute dependence on the direction
of others, to absolute reliance on theii
thought fulness for what lie should do,
and what he should have. Superior intelligence
directed his habits, where they were
most productive, and charged itself witli
his maintainance. Whatever else troubleil
j him, it was neither cold nor hunger. In
MUMiess aim in neaiin lie was provnled loi
? nursed and fed and clothed?and in hi?
ago there was a home for him. It is tnu
he was subject to restraints, hut it was ti
tho will of those who maintained arc
cared for him and had an interest ii
| his well being. In that genial climate h<
I was secure at least of shelter and food.
He was beguiled into quitting it in pur
, suit of phantoms with which a cruel philati
! | thropy lured him from his natural home anc
. ' State. He escaped from this condition o
bondage sometime in 185G. The Nev
j York Journals record his arrival there?tin
i ! futile attempt to have him returned tu hi
, j master?the snccessful evasion in his favo
, i by the New York Abolitonists of the fngi
, I live slave law, and the eiger and juhilnn
j haste with which they despatched him 01
tho "underground railroad1' into Canad.i
Their mission was then over. They ha<
} emancipated a slave, had robbed a slav
f owner of his property ; they had succeedec
in baffling the execution of tho law. I
was enough. They returned to their homes
with complacent thoughts perhaps of th
new evidence they had given of their ze?
3 as propagandists of freedom, and the nei
? ?r i? 1 i ?i -? < - i ?
nuiuiiL nicy iiau luruwu ai mo ueicnaui
j slaveholder.
But which of them burdened his min
with a care for the future of Jem Steele
. Which of them reflected beforehand wher
*1
.. Jem Steele was going and what was to b<
? come of hira ? what work he was fitted fc
[j in the sterile country to which they wer
sending him ? who was to take care thi
t he should get it, or find a sustenance ft
j hfra while he was waiting for it, or who
he should fail ? Did one of them reflet
n how helpless this deluded fugitive wf
t ?how utterly ignorant he was of where li
n was going or what was to befall himwhat
vague longings forsomething he coul
;t not comprehend they had conjured up i
i his imnrrinAlinn ) Riir#?lu n droadlhl /liani
It O J - I
e pointment must fallow, and tins is tl
t responsibility of the ?vil? which shoul
le come upon bim ! They lured bim froi
. quiet and plenty, to become a wanderer, a
outcast, they took the helpless wretch froi
all upon whom he had a claim ; nnd ni
j caring to burden themselves with the ru
^ tody of what had been wiled into the
^ power, they put it away, as something i
be hurried out of eight as offensive, an
^ dismissed from the thoughts as a case ha]
pily got rid of.
But il could not always be kept out i
j sight. It comes up for judgment. A fe
months after, the journal*, not moralizing <
g hunting for (acts with which to discredit
? mock philanthropy or a confessed hypoci
By, note the end of this enterprise for conve
ting a Southern slave into a Northern fre
>r man. What is left of Jem Steels is soil
8? '
squalid remains flung into a pauper's grai
He died in Canada, of "starvation and cold
J Tbe announcement should strike a eh
upon every man of all who helped to tal
^ him from his sunny home, and fling him
his death among their Northern snows at
pittilesa men. The gaunt skeleton of po
Steele should haunt their dreams, as a p?
5t petual punishment fqf pruel and cantii
* fanaticism.
W* ??
7 The Boeton Banks now hold over sev
*' millon of dollar* in ooio, and ihp amount
increasing,
THE RIVER OF LITE.
Blood is the mighty livt-r of lift?, tlio
mysterious center of chemical and vita!
actions as wonderful as they are ili<!?ible,
soliciting our intention no lo.-s hy tie?
many problems it presents to speculative
ingenuity, that by the practical conclusions
to which tluso speculations lead. It is a
torrent impetuously rudiinix through every
part of the body, earning, by an elaborate
net-work of vessels, which in the course of
twelve months, convey to the various (issues
not less than three thousand pounds
weight of nutritive material, and conveyed
from the various tissues three thousand
pounds weight of wasb*. At every moment
of our li v. 9 tl ercaiv neatly t<-n pounds
ot tins mint msiiing in on? continuous
thobbing stream, front tin? heart tlitmtgii
lite great arteries, which branch :md hratt'-h
like a tree, the vessel- lit-coming smaller anil
smal'cr as they stibi!i\>tle, till lltcv ate invisible
tc the naked ev\ mkI then tin*v ate
called c a pi! I a ri e s, (11 a i r -1 i 1; e vessels,) ahlioti^'t
iltey are no more to be compared to liairs,
than hairs are with cables.
These vessels form a net wotlc liner than
the finest lace?so fine, imbw-il, that if \m;
pierce the surface at almost any part with
ilie point of a nee?l!e, we open oncoflhem,
and let. mil its blond. Tn these. vessels llm
blood yields some of its nutrient material",
ane receives in exchange some of the wasted
products of tissue; tlms modified, tlio
stream continues its rapid course back to
. tlie lieart, through a system of veins, whidi
. commences in the myriad of capillaries
which form tlvti termination of the arteries.
. The veins, instead of subdividing like tlio
, arteries, become gradually less and and li*s?
, numerous, their twigs entering, brandies,
I and tlieir brandies entering tilinks, until
, they reach the lieart. Xo soom-r has the
r blood poured into the heart from the vein*
than it rushes through the lungs, and from
. hack again to the heart and arteries, thus
t completing the circle, or circulation.
I This wonderful stream", constantly circti^
lating, occupies the very centre of the vital
organism, midway between the functions of
nutrition and excretion, feeding and stimula;
ting the organs into activity, and removing
from them all their useless material. In its
I torrent, upward of forty ?1 ifl'eicul substances
are hurried a long; it carries ga?ses, it car
| ties salt.?it even carries metals and soapr !
Millions of organized cells float in its liquid ;
and of these cells, which by some are considered
organized entities, twenty millions
are said to die at every pulse of the heart,
' to be replaced by other miliions. The iron
I which it washes onward can he separated.
i Professor Berard used to exhibit a lump of
|# |
I I it In his lecture room?nav, ono ingenious
j Frenchman has suggested that coins should
I | be struck from the metal extracted from the
i blood of great men.
; i Hni-'q tup \fnnv A pi-pnt 'p*n.' Wn !*?*.* .
*1 - ' ' X..I i unit.
el?It lias always been a favorite prejudice
d i that the weather is influenced in some tnariv
j nor by tlie moon. The moon can La supe
posed to act on the earth only in one of
three ways, namely : by the light which it
(1 reflects, by its attradtion, or by an emana?
j tion of some unknown kind. Now, the light
e of the moon does not amount to tlio ono
3- hundred thousandth part of lhat of the sun,
>r and the heat it excites is so small as to be
e altogether inappreciable by the most doliit
r.ate instruments, or the best devised exper>r
iincnt. No effect can be attiibuted, theren
fore to the moon's light. With regard to
jt the attraction to the moon, wo tee its influence
on the atmosphere : but tlu-re ia tnlrorv
le' into ucco'ii t tlio small specific gravity of
? I atmospheric nir in comparison with water,
Id ) and the consequent sinallness of tbo mass
n of matter to be accumulated upon, it is
3- readily perceived that this influence must
ie also to extremely feeble. As to the reId
maining suppositions, tlmt the moon may
m act on the atmosphere by some obscure cutin
anation, it is sufficient proof to the contrary,
m that no meteoroligical observations that
?t have yet been made afford the slightest
s- traces of any such connection between the
ir earth and its sattellitc.
A Mormon Bi8Uoi>'b H akbm.?In searching
the house of Bishop Johnson, charged
^ with murder, at Salt Lake, Utah, the United'1
States, officials were not able to dwooYiir i
0 the Bishop, bnt found therein his ten wtves./^
w Four of these wive# are sisters, aod>,tb?
or - -
uiouujib umi ueiues, ana 00 fcn? befcjdaa
f these, two sisters out of one family, and
1 also a mother and her daughter. This
r poligamy with a ver>gence.
30 Look upon every day as the nhofe of life*,
re. not merely as a section, and enjoy the prea1"
ent, without .Wishing, thnm^li, haate," tq, ;
ill spring on to another sectiom now lying be- V.
10 fore thee.
to Provoking.?^To dream tli'at you hava W
1(* lots of money, and then wake up a^d find fljb',
or yourself an editor. %f
>r- . ?1?
,ff An irritable man lies like a hedgehog
* rolled up the wrong way,"fermenting M
*Hh h?s Qwp pnotles. jH
" : . .JWBBpjH
en <*I?m particularly pneasy on this polnlp. xv ?
is m the fly said, whettl}*boy stqok hica #' n '"I
ttarod ' J