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ileged question."

honest knowledge-seekers, who pretend to (t

have been edified by my former communi- «L

cations to your invaluable paper, sincerely

the elegant language of the Troubadors

has given the name of "Vive Bagatelle,"

the literal Anglice of which is no more nor

less than "d—Humbug"—I say that a

workman and disciple in that sublime ser

vice, as earnest and zealous as myself, will

certainly be pardoned for indulging the

modest hope, that every unprejudiced man

who did read them, was not only benefited

'bv their perusal, but even became a convert as sincere and' enthusiastic as myself.

Every day, however, additions are being

made to our population new comers are

settling down in our midst, who are probably

unacquainted with the subject of those es

says. For the benefit of such, with your

^permission, Sir, I will briefly state, that for

.many years past the country, and particularly our county, has been desolated by

a indescribably-horrible evil both to the bodies social and politic that the evil arose from exooe^ivo indulgence in the

consumption of Sourkrout as a beverage:

that careless alike of age, sex, or caste, the abomination annually slew its hundreds

and thousands and had absolutely risen to

such a pitch that-the whole nation

forth and whittled to the nicest point, my

trusty gray goose quill, and, as the public

Trho witnessed the rencontre will bear me

witness, plunged into a combat with the monster. The same public, with a spirit

of accomodation which does it infinite honor and nie but pure justice, will testify,

also, that I brought to the combat a skill in the use of my weapon, a Gunterial

knowledge of the enemy, and a La Manchan courage and discretion, seldom, if ever, rivalled in this sub'.imary sphere. There

is no self-laudation in this, Sir,—none

whatever

With these preliminaries, Sir, I most humbly beg your pardon for proceeding

to the point—that i-, the gratification of my enquiring friends.

I would say to them, as a reason for my

mache ihu morning Hector strode to the combat with Achilles, I had taken the cross

of the holy cause upon me foi dur.n the

•v„»

Is there one kroat manufactory "in the land?

j^|v For the Review ion of the culture of the cabbage raav

MJEMRST EDITORS:—Suffer me, for the be attributed to Cholera. But it is a benefit of the public, to occupy a small falsehood. The honor is justly mine. space in your columns. In concession- .. Yive Bagatelle and Bologna! al phrase, Sir, I desire to speak to a priv- ,rr Your'.-, sine die,

Jlepeated inquiries have been made as There is nothing wrong, I hope, to my present whereabouts. A great many

It not to b= supposed for an instant rnoGilESSITE.

that any person lesident in our -yye

county at the time of then pu ica.ion, John A. Bioss, Esq., at S}'cafailed to read those interesting articles more

and an earnest disciple and zealous work- published in full in the Republican Setilinel man in the divine science of the immortal'of that place: Dr. Tomas \V. Rorback,—a science to which I The present age is one of boundless ac

was

Trar." Happily for me, happtly for my vestigation. It calls the past to account country, happily for generations unborn, and treats hoary opinions as if they were the straggle lasted but for a brief period.! yesterday growth. !No reverence ... drives it back. ]No great name terrifies it. This result may be attributed to mv cnergv, Up. ,• ..i ]The foundation of what seems most settled skill, valor, wisdom and fortune The must be explored. Men forget the limits gods fought with me, as formerly they of their powers. They question the infi- ,, fought Against Porsenna. e/ii, I'idi,

Like the father of his country, with the metaphysics, they would even catch glimpconclusion of thc war, I concluded with as

s*-'s

#»t. .• -it i. bo lied spiri.s and make them disclose the little ostentation as possible, to go back to ,. secrets of that undiscovered country—that the snadv retirements of mv rural abode bourne from whence we have been accuson the banks of the smoothly-flowing totned to think no traveler returns. Sugar Creek. The truth is, 1 love "the!" big wars that make ambition virtue", but! Mr. Ediot, the reronaut, in a letter giving an account of his ascension from Bal1 Jove virtue and hate Sourkrout more, iimore' thus speaks of the appearance of la the enjoyment of my justly meri'ed i*e- carch from a balloon: oown, these the autumnal days of my life "I don't know that I ever hinted heretopass gentlv away. Should anv hero-wor- fore that the aeronaut may well be the most shipper, actuated by laudable curiosity to

^BUGHUM BAGPILLS.

tjfyjng the generous public, that the

ers

to 'Andrew J. Snyder," and the

ers

threatened with utter annihilation. This spirit of this railroad age, we drive it IVwas my subject. Fearless of consequence sistlessly forward on the car of time. This and defiant of public opinion, I boldly drew

voluntary departure into temporary oblivion, that, when I sharpened my weapon and ":VVre "'l'0*1 "ot

bade adieu to my numerous family, who saw me enter the fearful contest With feelings very like those of the virtuous Andro-

to Dietrich Cabbage," are now

N r€S3j A N

wonder why I have discontinued them. combined volume by the Harper's." B. B.

JU be speedily issued in a

the following extract from the

the 4th of July. The address is

tivi'y—the energies of the masses of mankind are thoroughly aroused. Nations are literally running to and fro, and knowledge is being increased. Survey our own State, and wonder when we think that but yesterday, these beautiful prairies were the home of the red man, and were in fact and in truth, the "unshorn fields, the gardens of the Desert." Now how changed. The prairie flowers no longer "waste their sweetness on the Desert air," but gratify hundreds and thousands of civilized beings wish their fragrance and perfume. The wigwam of the savage has given place to the dwelling of civilized man. His terrific warwhoop has died away, and in its place is heard the hum of industry and the lowing of herds. The hunting grounds of the aborigines are covered with golden corn and waving grain, and cattle upon a thousand prairies, "stretching in airy undulations far away." The adventurous plowshare of the husbandmen throws upward lo the gaze of the sun the accumulated richness of centuries. The locomotive coursing from one end of the State to the other, its voice heralding the near approach of coming millions. Representatives from almost every nation under the sun, have already taken up their abode among us, bringing with them their peculiarities of speech—their long formed habits, and an intense love of freedom. Our whole State

to improvement, and catching the

true a our C0111ni0n

world.

.|VCSi it Isolds nothing too sacred for in-

l'1e

unsearchable, with an audacious

self-reliance." Not content with exploring (nature and solving abstruse problems in

supernatural cad back disem-

&ClP:'Crt' n'an H^out

HI-'- earth. Philosophy imposes the truth UD«U behold my face or enjoy my conversation,

desire to see mc. he ha but call at my house ijon

—anybody can direct him where it is or restial basin, the deeper part ot which is, stand by while 1 am on my usual evening directly under one's feet. As we r.scend, equestrian excursion fur I sav with priJe°

the esml1 bencath

that in that memorable Sourkrout-war, I -.i* n. i-

won oays, which 1 nar )aiher than sleep on. stretching away further rd tni her to a In conclusion. I ask. Sir, has not Sour- 'line that, at the highest elevation, seems to. lirout as a beverage been utterlv put away?

'o.unduy of the

but tW vie 0 lhe from lU

LI-*, i«'o

countiy and the

Observe how science has become a universal mechanician. Science no longy leads a hermit's life in tht*^oislers of the monk, or within the walls of a college.— Instead of dwelling in seclusion and letirement it finds a home in the farm house and mechanic's cottage—drives the locomotive or holds the helm of the floating palace— sows the crops and reaps them winnows the grain and carries it to market—puts its price on the printed page, and sends back the news thereof to the prairie farmer, on the wings of the 'forked lightnin It has become an engine of mighty power, opening up for our investigation witli more than the power of Archimides, the whole pysical world, and making it submissive to the! wants and needs of man. Now, if ever, is the command of God being obeyed, to subdue (he eatth, and have dominion over everything that moveth upon the earth. A distinguished writer says that "science has, hurst all bounds and is aiming to compreh?nd the universe. There is no province

!NV

™E-

a in a a

Above

social pro

gress, of arts, and institutions of govern-] ment and political economy, proposing as its great end the alleviation of all human burdens, the weal of all the members of thc human race. Thought frees the old bounds to which men used to confine thern-

,^yA.

balloon is that of an immer.-e ter-

seems to rrc-dt—actu-1

atly to sink awav, while thc !i -."igradu-

ady

and graceiuny hits a diverged nope,

Thus,

lhe ccron ,U

1 l.

., an equal distance between the vast blue,1 Has thc evil a champwa anywhere?

Some may indiviouslv say that the suppres- jpanded terr«stial basin below."

upon a clear day

U^cn,k'd

con( arc abovCj lhe eqnaljr

GE.V. CASS ON SELF-GOVERNMENT. It is gratifying to witness with what fi

delity this distinguished patriot and cham

pion of State-rights adheres to his cherished maxim of the right of the people to govern themselves. In "the sere and yellffw leaf of life," he is more devoted, if possible, than at any former period, to the.Constitu-

tion and laws of his country. In a letter

4th of July, afeflndependence Hall, he uses

the following language:

Ever true to the principles of our parly, appearances indicate that the democracy of Pennsylvania may be soon called upon a.gain to prove their devotion to its duties by strenuous exertions, and by a unity of council and of action which, disregarding all other differences, will find at once its triumph and its reward in the maintenance of the great political doctrines which we believe essential to the prosperity of our country, and to the permanence of our confederation. And I cannot but express the hope that win the great American principle—the great human principle, indeed— the right of all men to legislate for themselves upon every question of internal administration—is assailed an condemned on this side of the Atlantic, that the democracy of Pennsylvania will march to its support as firmly and unitedly as did their revolutionary fathers when a similar effort was made on the other side of the Atlantic, and England sought to rule her colonies by the sam pretences, claiming that her Pailiameni had the right of legislation in all cases whatsoever, over distant regions, as it is now claimed that Congress has the same right of oppression over our felluwcitizens living in remote Territories. As to pretexts !o justify acts of arbitrary assumption, the world is full of them but whether they come in the guise of philanthrophy, or in any other shape which 'hey nre fertile in assuming, they are equally to be condemned and repudiated.

The only safe principle is the principle of self-government. Give to those to whom I

Mr. Jefferson, we may well ask, if men in

the Territories are unfit to govern them-

selves, have they found angels in Congress j,

in the shape of men to govern them? It cannot bo that such an assumption, so contrary to all we have done and claimed, can be sanctioned by the people of this country. Far from the democracy be such an act,of tyranny and political suicide.

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient. servant, LEWIS CASS.

GETTING IXTO SOCIETY.—The Philadelphia Ledger, in a very sensible ar icle. speaking of the Americans who do all they can to nourish a feeling of social estate, in this country, which they call "society/' says "It is principally with the female sex that this mania rages. A young man marries a half educated girl, both being, perhaps, not worth a thousand dollars. In time, partly by good luck, and partly by good management, thc husband amasses a fortune. Now, all at once, the wife, hither'o anxious only for money to bring up their children properly, and to smoo'h their old age, begin to talk about "position." But, ins'ead of seeking that position, by cultivating the mind and manners, she thinks to obtain it bv securing admi-pion

into this, or that set of arhitary exclusives. To be invited to Mrs. Flummary's balls, or to have Mrs. Pretension on her visiting list, is what the deluded woman believes to be gelling into "society." What slight she endures, what meanness she descends to, what iti'rigues sin: undertakes in order

achieve these ends! She follows Mrs. Po-

tiphar to Newport, and takes a box at the

coachman into livery, hires a French nurse. for her children, and purchases a pew nti

she knows'all these siHy people, that she i!

has obtained a "j-osi ion," that she has got!

into "society." And yet she is, perhaps,

•r less selfish or less polite at heart. Jni

A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER-^DEVOTED TO POLITICS, NEWS, MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE, MECHANIC ARTS, &(!."" V»

VOLUME -VI VCRAWFORDSVlLLEf MONTGOMERY COUNTY,1ND., JULY 22, 1854. NO 2.

the slave of envy, and altogether

less worthy than when she was cur.pHra-

worthv than when he was cur.para- J-'

tivelv or,^aud when she thought more of

her husband and family than of getting into "societv."

pression of vice. Compulsory virtue leads to no moral progress. 1 would rather see f.ll mankind {jrutik by choice, than one man sober on compulsion. WJT. NORTH.

and at

belong the rights and the responsibility, the' national standard, to be composed of the power to provide for them. lo vary the ernblcmalical representations of our language, but to retain the sentiment of'

a/lHro.crtrl .i •, Jby his wife and a number of young ladies, with the thermometer at 90 degrees. wi:hauaiessecl to a committee in the citv ofi .v.- ?i and was nrst hoisted over the Hal! or the out water and the ordinary conveniences 1 hi.aoelphia, by whom he had been invi- H-.use of Representatives on the 13i.li of and comforts of life, we are of opinion thfit. ted to participate in the celebration of the April, 1818, at 2 o'clock P. M. the sight would appall his stout heart and

cutc lt ori) tu be !lc

ffl ,g,

rig

just as illiterate, as mean, and as vu'gar as ever for the French dinners do not make' minsters of J(-sus Christ would her le tru more the slave of envy, and altogether.

she is of en more hard to her servants. P^"P

5!ne

nlroducUon ot R{:W t0

old 1,1 ,n

lfcer t,ur word of ,n,

nrT)'''00,t

111

011 1 111

liberty is 8. more s,cred tiling than the sup- I go to el.uich, and my pastor instead of

THE GREAT WEST.—Il'inois would mr-ke pair, for I shall die for want of something

iwco.lhnd, or Per'ug--l. »nd equ.-.is Belgium, arid llim c-ruoifi. on Sur.dav, we will j|

ses, then 1 cry out in my anguish and iis-

40, and Minnesota GtA such -Uiti'S rts Rhode to eat.—Could vo'i not put. in a word for thr^w-ir'.*^ two emigrant cars off tl.e Inland. Mi.-s uri is larger tharf ail New me, and thc thousands wr.o feel just as I track, kdiin

England. Ohio exceeds either inland, or do, thai if our Minister v.-iil preach Christ niore,

ifcotland and S-\i:z iT. nd together.—Mis- th.-nk him, and excuse him from u!l other iure souri is more ti.rfn half so la'-ge as Italy, topics, till we get t"o heaven? and larger than Denmaik, Idolland, Belgium and Switzerland. Missouri and Iliinoi

are larger than England, Scotland, Ireland lected President of the Cleave!nad and To- of Canton, by some returned Chines from and Wales ledo Railroad Cahforala.

TIIE AMERICAN FLAG. EMIGRANT TRAVEL. Under the head of 'Reminiscences of the -'We think, if the German or Irish EmiPresent Century' in the National Intelii- grant could only forsee the sufferings, oxgencer, in Septensber last, we mentioned posures, and wrongs that await him in this the fact that the first national flag of the free country, few would muster the courpresent design, adopted in 1818, WHS made age to leave their native land, filled with under the direction of the gallant Cap'airi oppression though it iv he, to encounter Reid, who commanded the privateer Gen. them. If thev could only catch a g'impse Armstrong. It was designed by Captain of one train of Emigrant cars, stowed full

for every new State, thus giving the signi- in collision, or ran off the tra-.*k. and lives ficant meaning to the flsymbolically expressed, of E Pluribus Unum". This des'gn of ipt. Reid's was adopted in commki.ee. but the bill did not pass until the next Congress, in 1818. ipt. Reid also recommended the committee to establish a

(1 in thc four ll

follows: the stars at the

p, in the left hand corner, the eagle in

|)t hand corner, with the godefess of

liberty under the stars, and the stripes under the eagle the standard to be hoisted over the ha!!s of Congress, and on our ships of war, navy yards, and other places, wln visited by the President and o.her dignitaries. lie also desired to make a distinction between the flags worn by our

J£ST We copy the following from the New York Obsi rver, an excellent and or-!

thodox religious newspaper. We

me pre

the evangeiical pulpit has lost its power it

national ves-els and those ot the merchant I reason why emigrants should die bv sufmen. by simply arranging the stars in parallel lines in the union for naval service, and forming tlu-m in one great star in the union for the merchant service. Captain Reid al.-o proposed to adopt a national cockade npon our flag, instead of t.lie black English cockade which onr oUlcers now

wear but these dei-igns did r.ot succeed now to be wise and in ad your ge-.-before the liqencer.

com ini ttee.—Xational Intel

com

end it to the champions of political

is lust because is lo^mg pightof iu ol.K'ct. ... 0 ., ti,„ „,,t ,i ou'd You know the effect ot that Book and its aim. he cultivation ot the mtel-

hearers above the plain and sin pie gospel ,,

ot Christ, hermons are with manv

persons

^ord of man not as means of grace,

and a ,ds (lt

^|vMUon. but as intellectual .^

opera behind Mrs. Dash. She puts her re.^ous typ-cs or the grat ver stood beside the couch of a dviug 'cation of taste, intellect, and imagination,

the Church of the Rev Mr. Cream Cheese. I Poachers Bye-and-bye she flatters herself, because!!111'' ,'f

Sunday,

it must be confessed of them are, by their tboralion, and the

!CS

cariIS so l0

ll thxx be il kind

n,ine

em:eIves

^lung their

them, and are training

of amateur hearers

to re

w'"'° 'I:":

tn lcs tl

•»-i

h' house in ISew ork, to suffocation, of men, women and children.

We are glad to have it in our power to- make him hesitate in entering upon a long day to give our readers some additional and perilous journey in search of a newparticulars, which have never before been home published. f?: „. There is on the part "f Kailroad rnana.Previous to the adoption of the present g-e'rs, the.r rovisions for "r importing the flag by Congress, the number of stripes in emigrant, a marked and grievous inhumnnthe old flag had been increased to eighteen, ity, which is unbecoming this cnligh'ened according lo the number of States admitted and humane age. They are crammed and into the Union, thus destroying she beauty huddled together in close, comfortless cars, and perspicuity of the flag, and while this like so many cattle, and tlw-n transported order was pre.served in some, others con- at the pleasure and convenience of the othtained but nine stripes, as fancy dictated, er business of the road—exposed to privaOn the admission of Indiana into the Union, tion—disease and death. This is al! wrong, in 181G, Mr. Peter II. Wenduver, of New The Emigrant should be provided with York, offered a resolution 'that a committee passage in comfortable—not gorgeous—and be appointed to inquire into the expediencv well ventilated cars. For this he should of altering the flag of the United States.', be charged a fair price—whieh, if saved A committee was appointed, who reported from the harpies who hover about him to a bill on the 3d January, 1817, but it was rob hi- purse, he could .-.fiord to pay, and not acted upon. While the committee had thus lie could pass through the conn'ry with the matter under consideration, Mr. Wend-! his family unexposed to the ravages of disover called on Captain Reid. who wa-. in ease engendered by exposure and noglect. Washington at the time, and requested, Railroads succeed in securing about any him to form a design of our flag, so as to price fur business that the cupidity of their represent the increase of the States without! management dictates, and thev could do so destroying its dis inctive character, as the in regard to emigrants, if they would prr$ committee wen about to increase the stars vile even comfort in return. This matter and stripes to the whole number of States. Cap:. Reid recommended thijt the stripes be reduced to the original number of 1:3 States, and to form the number of stars representing the number of States into one great star in the Union* adding one star

is entirely in their hands, and the railroads should be held responsible just as strictly for sickness or the loss of life incurred through their improper management or the bad ventilation of their emigrant cars, as though through care'e-snevs the trains came

and limbs were saciificeii as a consequence. Again, we say, that public opinion and legislation should reach and remedy this evil, for it is past ali endurance.

The Albany Express, in referring to this matter says: "Some of our Western lines of Railroad greatly increase these evils under which the emigrant suffers the accommodations are in some instances confined and miserable dens. We see i: just ,-tated in a Chicago piper that live dead persons! were taken out of an emigrant, train on itsl arrival at that place, and twelve or fifteen others in a shocking state of debility, occasioned by the suli'ocating closeness an I heati of the cars. Who is responsible for tiii.s! loss of life, we are unable to sav but some-! where there is a great fault which demands! an immediate reine !v. There is no more!

focation on a train of cars than any other people. The occurn nee we hare lm-mion-ed demands invi stigation. Chea ing and robbing an emigrant is bad enough, but to suffocate him is still worse."—Bail'. Ex.

DR.A'JTTRRL ArosTRoniK TO THE BIBLE.— I

tiug get understanding. And especially v.culd I urge upon j'our heart-bound, soul-j wrap', attentiou, that Book upon whi'-h all feelings are concentrated, all opinions which enlightens the judgement, while it!

"'be .-entiments, and soothes the im

liallon 111 s0n

reaching in this vicinity sweet songs'er of Israel." That Book, Rev. John Angel James says which g!^e )ou a faithlul in^ignt in.o ..ar "It is my sail and serious belief that,

!U1

1 a ur.on the heart: it puriiie.s its thou di's

lect the advancement ot knowledge, in the v, and sanctilie-? its toy it nerves and stren ill-1 p:e.-ent day, are lilting both preachers and rt-r i" ,i i-i ens it for sorrows and mishaps of

-when these shall have ended, and the twi-i

,i light of death is spreading its dew damp

I no longer heard as the word of God, but ». 'o! upon the wasting features, breaks upon

upon

'o^t have some

tneir journey heavenward,

tneir journey

P""

sin

^er, such as 1 am, head and

ears in business and politics, in trade and travel 'or a week, thank trod for Sunday,

.AiMv for then I am sure to be disturbed with

THE MJITXE LAW.—It is my opinion that nothing of the sort till Monday but when

giving me the gospel, sen o# up a hash of the editori-.ls of the Tribune, tlie Times or the Post, and so thinks to feed my starving soul wi'h his half-backed notions of poii-

upon the harp of the

eonaeciates its character in

s|irm

N.v.-li as tli-: ker tooth of Time can nyv-.-r ton-).." I

life:

and

ist glad throb the bright and s'ream-1 ight of eternity's mo, ning. Oh! h.ave

saint, when

'•Without a 'V

A olianpe of featnrc a shade.1 srnilo, "Jlc truve his liiiini to thtt .stern i.ie--ctiirer. And a a glad cliiM scc k.s his f.itlior's ar:ri:,

Went limine.''

Then, you have seen the conscn'ed influence of this

Book.

nn 1

thur.stmg

Would you know its

name? It is the Bo of Bjoks its author (iod its theme, Heaven, Kti rnity. The

blc? Read it, search it. L-t it be first

i,f. vi.ur libr.n v, and first

upon in the affections of your heart. .Search the! .Scripture-, for in 'hem ye think ye have eternal life, and thev are they which testi of me. Oh! if there be sublinvty in the contemplaiion of God—if there be anyfivng ennobling and purrifying in the revelation of man's s-dvation, search the Scrip'ures,

f()r l!leV AVQ l!]ev

things.

^vhich tes.i all' these

BUFFALO, Ju'y 7:h.

The Express train which left die suspen

b.-ilge last night on the Great West-

K^lroad, ran over a horse near Thor-

seven and woundim' severely

par',

of whom are not expected to

first class rasseD^ero were not

j» (f-'y The C'nina papers state that gold

(£7-Hon.'Samuel F. Vinton has been c- discoveries have been made in the vicinity

Qi /-.i "f'

vfl

1 OUwIVfc YOJ it EVE.lIIIiS. An excellent story is tol.l us of thef elder Kean by one who .tfas aft ardent admirer of him when living, and an enthusiastic eulogist of him now he is dead:

As thc great actor sat alonfe one dny in his room, in a Philadelphia hotel,, tvitH his tavonte books around him, and a bottle of the best cogniac by his side, rtri old friend of his, who was now an enthusiastic exponent in the cause of temperance entered the roonl, and quietly seated himself by Mr. Ke^in, with a melancholy but determined countenance, spoke to this effect "Mr. Kean you have an enemy "S:r?" ejaculated the great tragedian "Yes, sir, you have arid he is a terrible one. He is following close upon yoti. Each day he is strengthening his prepara'ory measures for your destruction. Day and night he is near you, and vcrv soonhe will strike a sure blow." Mr. K. in an agi'/ited manner replied "I don't know what you mean, sir: I never in my life injured any man. An enemy, sir? Who is lie?" "There!"' njoined his frien 1, pointing to the bottle, and in the same voico exclaimed, "let me dash him to pieces." As he was about to se'Ze the unknown enemy, Mr. Kean, his countenance rekind^i: ling with a happy thought, and pressing' the bottle to his heart, exel timed in a quick and agitated manner: Hold! the "good: book" teaches us to forgive our enemies!"'

A DISGRACEFUL AFFAIR.—The Marietta Republican gives the following account of

demonstration of fanatic foolery at the. Marietta College: «.

On the evening of the 3d, the students were requested by some one to remain af-. ter the exercises closed, whLh a part of hem did. The object of the meeting was to pass anti-Nebra.ska resolutions—to declare again-t self-government—and have the college bell tolled on the anniversary.: of American Independence! Accordingly,

on the morning of the Fourth, when all was j"V among the good citizens of thiscitv, the American jlag teas suspended fit half ma at Iron) the college cupola, and the' hell tolled, showing that they had lost ail respect for themselves and h.\e for ourglorious l.'uion if indeed they ever filt such no:i..ns -fc

The profi ssors of colleges arc generally^ a class of men who have little or r.o inter

course with their fellow-men, and whose

opinions are formed from what they read'' in books. Their constant aim is, and always lias been, to infuse into the students

under thiiir pupilage an ennlitv to popular.: -ovcreignty and apnjudice again-t demo

cratic institutions. It is true, it is notoftm we see these bigots going to the length of

suspending the American flag at half hiast and tolling the bells of their atistocialic•

nurseries on the Fourth of July but it exemplifies the fact that their hatred of popular rights induces them even to look with

lings of discontent upon the principles

of ihe Declaration of Independence.—X. A. Lrdarr.

.)()» ADvir

"Tlie Whig papers are saying that "the Nebraska bill has split the democratic partv." Onr advice to them is, that they keep their fingers out of the crack."—. Xew Haven lii-ysiir.

We con-ider that advice kind and considerate. Those who imagine they see a split in the democratic patty, should keep their lingers out of the crack, or they willbe very apt to get caught, iin the five Indians did who iwtd taken a white man prisoner. He promised logo with them peaceably if thev would first help him split a log he was driving a wedge into. They all cl 'pp'-d their lingers in this crack and pulled each way, when the white man* knocked the wedge cut and 'had them all.'

A few disappointed office-seekers are' trying to drive a wedge into the democratic party, and split it. If our whig friend* can tind a perceptible crack yet, we advice tin to be cautious about putting their fin-'i rs into it.—The wedge will soon be

O O knocked out. The democratic party is too tough and well sea-oned to be split and those who try to do it will no: succeed Il is thc party of the people, and of the con-, stitution. and it must no", be destroyed.— J'ittgbyrqh Post.

£-f/~ It is said that the abolitioni-ts are aboui to s- r. for their dearly beloved brother, George Thompson, of England, to assist them in carrying the ensuing elections' ag-unst the deruoc»'.icy' Tif «inp -on c-sme to this country on a lecturing tour a few: years ago, and was received by the a bolt-? tionists with open aims, notwithstanding he at that moment held a seat in the British.' Parliament,

jCiT The Louisville Courier says "th^t Mr. ilrobc" a Lcuisan planter, reached that city a few days since, with his family, fiom the continent of Europe. Desirous of going home in great a'vle, he offered ."3 1,530 for the exclusive use of the lHdi--s' cabin of tlie s'eamer Echpse on her downward trip, E-.iling in this, he engaged the whole of the '.adies cabin on tl.e Chancellor, for about one thousand dollars. Hi- party numbers sevea

(£r The Board of Health of New York/ refuse to give daily mortality report