Terre-Haute Journal, Volume 4, Number 19, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 February 1852 — Page 1

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WILLIAM MOOBE & WM. E. McLEAN, PROPRIETORS AND PUBLISHERS.

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SPEECH OF COMMODORE STOCSTON. ti i-jidtn* itlfi wfc^ WlKBIWO*! J*». ?tll, lttt Mr. O «ri» wor^i tbst the Seaele sew take |*Utjoepwyiaf «w«ht rsotoratfosof fieggtef to tboaavy

are reapecUa man whose back has been eoored at a whipping-post! Into what depth of contempt doea auoh punishment sink it* viciimat And here is one cf the worst evils of the system-—it destroys those feeling* of respect and kindnees whioh officers ought to entertain for the *aflors under their command. Butthia i* onlyootof the WMetevils of the system—it destroys the fastings of regard and respect whioh sailors should anMrtabt (br their elBoen. T%» tnith is there ia no relation #f amotion and regard between them—the one i* the opnraaaor the ether is the oppr«sed, who u»ay fear or hate, but neither loves nor respects his tyrant. The worst government on earth is that of filar—the belt that of love and affection these sentiments* by the law of our nature, must he mutual eeniiments Bonaparte wat tho idol of the soldier because the aoldier was his idol tbey loted him because they WMOOcd he lotwl theot There is nothing that g«Uaat men will not do or sufffcr f» aoommander whon they kv*—diiSoulUes and dangers and even death have no horrors (br suoh men. In groat bsttlse wbere theoontest has beondoubtfeU tbooe *ddiers hate always fought most desperate whose do* votion to their ootomattaer was the greatest. It has always bean ooosidered AS an extensive e)e» oeiit in the oharaeter of auoh suooessftil commanders. that they poeeeeetfee ooafidenoe and affcotkM of thorns under th^r oomaaandi but what oonfi^ dense or regard oan be expected under th# government of the iaehl But more than thts the f^ishmat destroys the sailot's own self-iwpool. "hat has honor, pride and satislaction, to tk tffl a nan vlo may be, at the o^prioe of motb#« Mil|Miad 10 iaiunous pantshm«&t! wont In now* oeeea, a thousand times, than deadk. Can noblaness of eentiaa«nt or IwMfoMe pride of ofeareoier dw*B wity one #hoee vety wueoU hashwM aando i^ totverunkr the taaht Oan he leegeomdwe tosohie oountqr, whoee iawe de«rMie hisato thtt level o» a brute? This infamous torture now oaly mnaas ss a leaf on the ytfttf Aagfa^Saawnhblory. The whipping post* wlisse Ae worst vegtams osodko expiate their oftnao, ha» been disoarded from sooiety tue worst otfhnooe in o«r State p«i»* wu, are no longer ponished by Ae bah. WhyaB ihist Why at* these punishments nw utJonXi ed if dmmtl nKn of a barbarous agef It la becauM fat Kght of abetter day has dawned—* fab*cattSttfceprwptsof theOosjwIol ISMt&m*

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Mr. Stockton said—The subject of this memorial in my judgment, ia equal in wbiohsrill likely oocupvtb® attention rfCwpHi, It mm therefore I nwiwhtw ppaneoted«tb«t It micht lis over. ThowoawwiaUpot* thntihla#r«. senied for (be Mttfidinibn of the fleonib, nothing lee* than the whole foundation of oar ami struotnre, Ihe human material bywhich your ships are worked f»d your battles fougbl, your go»* lev•lied and their ihundere pototrf af your foea.— Goodships, well boilt, weft ringed and ftiBy gtiip p«dt are magnificent and pertSot wwoimen*of human science sad art batunUaa aey are manned by gMd m«n4heY will owl only to bmttmm pmm to your enemiee. if you do not deeire to build ehtpa fgf yott rnwat then w#w§ wortham. The dHlhrcnae beMreen witofala ae mil ti the difference between other cfaeeae of different nations—-there is as maoh difference bo« HTMO American aailors in oat whaliog and floating servioe, and sailor* of other nations, as there is between the raw Eorooean emigrant and the sturdy too of one of our rrontior pioneers. The emigrant will almost starts, while the pioneer Is buildin* bit log house, enclosing hisoprn-field, and king himself an independent and useful man. I am of Ihe opinion that the oation whose servtoe is supplied with the best common sailors will excel in naval warfare as well as in ill maritime parsuiU. 1 am further of the opinion that in sensibility, education, oourage and industry* our eailora, in the whaling and coasting service, exoel thoae of all other nation*. I am furthermore of opinion that the superiority of the American sailors has decided the battle in our favor in many a bloody conflict, whan* without that superiority, it might have been otherwise. I desire to secure and preserve that superiority—to that end and for humanity'* aake I am utterly and irreconcilably opposed to the use of the la*h in the navy or anywhere else. The longest and most arduous voya#ea are made in the merchant servico, without the use of the la»h ln the Polar seas, among the icebergs of the Arctic and Antarctic oceans, the intrepid New Englander pursues his gigantic game and hurls his harpoon, and after a throe yearTs vdysge, returns with the oily spoils of his adventurous navigation—but he owes none of his success, his patient •nduraneo, his exemplary discipline and indefatigable industry to the guardian ministration of the lash. To «ay that men who can make such voyages and an*. dure suoh hardships without the inQiotton of the infamous lash is a lifrel. Is their nature changed the moment they step on board of a national vessel Are they lsss men, less Americans* as loon as the custody of the Amerioan fleg «r th% naltoMi honor is antrusted to their keeping? No» eir, is a libel I do not mean to Use tho word in an onenstve tense. It is one of those inconsiderate, thoughtless opinions, which mankind seem to think they have a perfect right to express in regard to sailors. It is not long *inoe 1 had a conversation on this subject with a gentleman who had for several years, commanded fine ships in th| merchant service, but who is an honorable, an active man of business, in one or our large cities: and to whose integrity, generosity and humanity11 would entrust anybody but but a sailor. After he had hoard my tiewe, he itistantly replied—"Why you ssem to treat them like human being*." The theory that our n#vy oannot be governed, and that our natk»nal ship* cannot ba navigable without the use of the lash, seems to be founded on that Ads# idea that sailors aro not men—not American citiaens—have not the ootnmon feelings, aympathiea and humble impulses 01 our Anglo-Amorioan rae*. I do not wonder when I Iqpk back on the past history of th« sailor at the prevalenoe of this idea, His life ha* been a life of nttional I will not *ay of systematic degradation the offioer* who command him, the oldest bratest and best, have been acouitomed from their boyhood to eee die sailor lashed about the thip's deck like a brute. He who by tho laws of the service in whioh he is engaged is treated or liable to be treated like a brute,.soon comes to be thought of, as at never found wanting, least hut little better than a brute. Who in social

Hf hsve ameliorated ottr law*-* is boeaaab ebeietyfcaamado tho &eo»«iy tiveaB.be ottght not be dilated of antpulitian

ribe, and the blood shoo Id bo made J® run down from bis back-bone to his beds but it i« onjy the sailor for whoar* this punishment js reserved. Wnut, O Senators,fc the American—ssllor that hois—to be treated woiiso than a dogl Ho has been- ssy companion for mm than century, tjhrough oalms and stonns, privstions, juBerinn hunger—in peace snd in war. .1 nave lived with bim, side by side, by son and tndd. 1 ha#e soon him 00 the Western Ooian, whew thene was no night lo teil htednods Hwwe seen him «moM the Vfest India iriands, in ebase of pirates, with bis parched tongue hanging almost out of his mouth I ftaw com b^pt on the Afltoa, surrounded try pestflewial disesso have onoamped wkh htm on the California Mountains--l have aeon the rsys of morning play on bis carbine and boarding-pike—1 have aeon him march 150 through the enemy's country on mountains, and through rivers—I have seen him with nO sboes on hut thoeeof oanvas, made by his owo^ hands, and with noproviouMM but what he took ftoin_wo enemy—1 have soon him go into the Bio^San wnbriel and drag his guns after him in tbe face of a galling fire from a desperate foe—and finally I have laid beside him on the cold ground when ice has formed on We baaed—his heart has best close to mine—I ottght to know hian—I do know bim—and this day, before the Assembled Senate of the Republic! 1 atand up to speak in his behalf. I hope be will find an abler advocate—1 am sure he will find suoh on this floor, but, neverthelees, hear mo. American aailors, an a olsss, have iovid their dountry as^wcll and have dono more for poaoo aod war, than any eiber equal number of citizens. Passing by for a moment their antecedent glorious achievements, let me remind you that he has recently gained for hi* country an empire which has added to to country renown and gr«tne*s, and perhsps, saved his fellow oitizens from universal bankruptcy aind ruin—and what has his country done for himt When the fighting was over, the battles won, the conquests achiered, ybu iient a band of Mormonsto CalifbmiSi to drive hint lb his ship and rob him of his glory. You refused to give him bounty lands, trhicb you gave tho soldier his comrade {tabling by his side. You Have neglected to give him even jour thanks and ritore, to cap the climax of his country's ingratitude, those memorialist* would have him scourged. They would soourge him for drunkenness, when they

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ftofearii wiii go down tho annals of Whoatruck the tot blow that humbled the Bari»ry flag, wl^oh for a hundred yeara had heen.the terror of Cliristendom, drove it from the Mediterranean, and put an ond to the infomous tribute it bad been accustomed to exaot? It waa tbe Anwiioaa sailor and the name of Dooatur aMl hia gallant oonpaniona wiilbe as lasting as monumental brass, in your war of 1813, when your arms on shore were covered with disaster—when Winchester had been defeated—when ihe army of the Northwest had sumndored—and %pha® tho jjfcaosn of ^sojpon* donoy hmig like a otoud ovtr tho iawi, who Usst roht the fires ot natiooal glory, and made the welkin ring with shouts oi viotoryf It waa the American nIt, and the Man of nil and the CoaitftutloowiH beiememberod islew as wo l««lM aay^ng wwth ismsaahsTtagv us nw nnwB

The wand of Mexican prowuaa waa broken o® the Rio Grande—the vud of British invincibuiiy waa broken whan %i flag of the 3uerri«p« oamo

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body. What is the answer given by *11 ihose who seek to restore this reiki of bsrbsHsm to fee Nav^T Why. they tell Us they intend only foappiy thiasys ten of pwauteiettt to seamett~-we intend only to flog *aikrs. That it quite true—it is only aailom who are to be treated like brutes. No man wbo --r— hears me would permit his dog to be thus treated. He glories shoe Id ^subi«y^to pttn There is no spot on the Ittbtts&e globe known to [ignominious and brutal. If I had tha power^oaeh me srhereaman would be ptfosltted to eehte%po«i

•VBili PM.flNPVy 'wMM "OTHi •WWWm for a navy. SUM* that dny*tha navy haa ita national eaoutehocm, hut has

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put their bo.n to bit mouth—they would Mourge him for inatteoUon to his duty, when injustice and wrong has made him for an instant discontented and eullen. Shame! sharaef You would soourge him while living, and when dead, consign him to* felon's grave. That I may not bo supposed to have drawn upon my fanoy, or to have exa^eraied his country's inhumanity, I will read some doouorients (Extracts were then road showing the farge number of sailor* who am bwried in pri*dtt eemeteries.) To whom in time of peaoo Is ontrilated the lives of the thouaanda who traverse the ocean? Whose energy and skill, and hardy self-denying toil, oarrie* the production* of your soil through the world, and brings baok the rich return 1 it t* th* American seilor-4y his superior qualities ss a man bo has enabled you to rival in oommerOO the boasted mistress of the ooean. Where if the ooast or harbor in tho world accessible to human Ohterprise'to whioh he has hot carried your flag.— (tli bovtll is no Mao***,' servloe tie is neoeessriiy an isolated beingt be knows no oomforts of homo and fife and ^dtss he roape no golden rewards for the increase of treasure which he brings to you. When on shore he la amongst strangers, and friendless. When worn out. he is scarcely provided for—making ma ny rioh ha Bvaa and dies poor—carrying the gifts of oivilisation snd the gcep^ througbout the world, ho is trsated as an outoast from tne nwrcy of both. But look to your history, that part of it whioh dil World knows by hoart, and you will find in its brightest page the glorious achievements of the American asilor. Whatever hie country has done to disgraee hint and break bis spirits* he has never disgraood her—ho has always been ready to servo her—ho ha* always served her faithfully —he has often toon weighed in tne balance, and never found wanting. Ttie only fault ever found wilh.hJm is that he sometimes fights ahead of his wders—the world has no match for him. Man for man he aaks no odd*, and he oaraa for no odds, when tho cause of humanity or the glory of his oountry oalts him to the light. Who in the days of our revolution oarriwi your flag into tho vefy ohops of the British Channel, boarded the bon |n den. and awoke the eoho of old Albion's hills by hb 0««•, »4 U» Iji- jr«"re.ow. •... p»wl^ «aphf It Ml DM AIMRIEU «Jlor-Ml in -j JODGMMI, ab^Uk th. 1-b, MM OF Jota PWL }»M AWL tk. BM HM*M «WL HI ««"H KY

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though a Roman o»xea,hisuKeni hue ®e«i scourged. ShaH an Asserioan oitfceU tte scourgedT Forbid it God—husnaroty forbid i»! For my own part, I would rather see the nney aibolished, and the stars and the stripe* buried*, srith. *b«r glory, in the depths of the ocean, than thai these who woo

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the minds of Senators such a lettsb^of national pride and hnman sympathy, that they would, with one voice, demand diat the memorial which aeeks to rob the Amerioan seilorof hisrights as an Amer ican freeman, should be thrown tMider your table, and trampled beneath your feet. Tbo object of our l^islation for our tosmao sbouid bofco elevate them as a class, and sol. to degrade OKU). Ip proportion as you do this, and, teacfctbo saSo^to respect hiaaself, yott will brit^ him to tho perfonnawje of hi* duty with cheerfulness and alMfity you beat apsi to his patriotism by showing bin* that he red and respeetsd by his oountry, and preaent-

M« vwvm, #a*oiewt... r, officers of the nsvy hare fallen into error in suppos ing that sailors are more Influenced by their wara than amotions. They do not rightly appreciate his ohazacter^ltiilf they wouW take mare paina to think for him, keep bim out of tranptation, attend to his wants, see that he was fairly and justly dealt by, acid propejly to consider the fair allowances which ought to be made for him, they would find it much Ie»difficult to ettforoe discipline, to gain hie tianfr dsnoo, and .find him: more tractable.' it isnot by the severity at discipims, n, much as by a firm, just and generous government, that he is to be controlled. It hi #0 atno^g men eyefywherev^Again, in the training and governing these men, who are to fight your battles, and faoe every danger #ith courage, their fear should seldom be appealed tow You ought not to oultivsto the emotions which make men cowards, and teach them habitually shrink frorti the fears of personal suffering. True beroistn ia an intellectual quality. Degrsde a man by infamous, punishfnetit, which destroys his per^ sonal honor and sel/-respeot, and you do all that human ingenuity can to make him cowardly.,. He utterly dissented from the doctrine that the navy could want to be governed by the lash. Bad min may be in the navy as elsewheresr1 Itwai the ssme in the army 4 the lash .was not etnployed there. lt was as easy to find milder punishment for the navy as for the army and if" this did not answer, drive the offenders from the navy. He pursued this part fof some time? All reforms #ero opposed by those who exeroised the powerlo be curtaaed. For this MsdnJM thought the opinion of oflioersof the navy ought to be received with qtjuoh allow^pof. The lash was used only foe petty offences, which he enumerated! Drunkenness was the principal. The government fbrr.fehed the fiquor, •and if nA got drank on- his allowance, the government itself wap responaible, and the sailor ought not lobe flogged. Flogging would never prevent drunkenness. i|e ha4, while commanding a vessel, executed and permitted the law of iheTash, and he noped he had all other laws of the siarvkio. Thore waa a great difference between tho^ftosition of a law-maker and one whose duty required him to execute -the lawa. But I, para very little for the details of th^s argument, and wtQ not detain the Senate longer in relation to them. There is one broad proposition upon which I stand* It is this—that an Amerioan sailor ia an American citixen, and that no American «itinen ahall, with my oonaent, be aubjaeted- to thi* infamotfl punishment. Placing myself upon this

I am prepared for any consequences.

Wt9 the navy. Whon I apeak of the navjr, I mean the tailor i* w^l at thi offioer. Tho? are all my follow-citixens acid yours, and oome what may, my voice will ever be raised against a punishsnent whioh degradm my countrymen to the level of a brute, and destroys all that ia worth living for— personal honor and self-respect. Reference had^ been made by the memorialists 10 tho example of the British government. With what propriety such an appeal is made by the oitixena of a free repubUoan government to the institutions of a monarchy, let other* determiM. But, sir, I am iiot aware that the BritisK Parliament ha# ever, by statute, axpreeely authorized the uae of the lash. There is no doubt that it is used in the naVy of Great Britain, and haa heen used since the reaiorationrof the .monsrohy, under the Stuarts. He then examined the British legislstion on the subject, contending it was never expressly san$jjpned by statute, as it had Iwen in this country.* Iter other, remarks, he paid, one Word more, and 1 have done. We hoar agood deal of the delinquencies of afulora. There are delinquencies of officers aa woH aa aailors, who ought not to be there. If you d«Mre to prepare the navy exigenciea of war—if you uesirs 10 preserve

must abolish tho wiuor ratkm% Xou must after tne whole systeas of the recruiting service. In.

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aailor. The bone and sinew of the na ooounoD aailor. .1fo« require the eommandlng intellec! of scientific oifioeR to direct them, and you faquira good ahip* hut, after ail, tfea oemmon sailor is th* working povor whioh enablae Aa «^»uia and tba ahip to fain laurala—for tha wocka, and loil*, «sd figUa tte ah^ and portion aaho i* wipwioror iw&qw, will both* •eia of the o^a^aad ahi^^^r, in aU the tniia of ohaiafttnr vUoH

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*Tfc^ibtlowlc1f remarks, wtIkh wtt eli^ firolft W (i^aAa»e^e&,laike aipi^aleo o^one of tho oldest e^omtn tke State:' We rtoom itsd the reading 0? to all out yoong Mends who fitleod us a»:publish thoir mtrrlsge notteel^^'

^We wore |tiHied the other day why tedding oake WttfNMMt-Cs odfitt^s^ We made^s very poUts reply, aa weLaiemys* dofioladies wkicb was oosatisfootOQr to her that she wished the "rest of rmmkind" to kfiow the reason, and asked us to publish.themflLthe fil^t (4sce, editors and ministers hare peodBar pirivileges in wedding times—both bavin a gundrai and unramlMod right of attending all ^leanng.itho oake. and kissing the pretty

In aiMf0 f«croaohments on ancient^ rights, customs, and pnviie^est this has never been disputed or circumscribed. But while they enjoy ee, they too are brought under certain

.rioLi «.j»d, JfaROlfMttU#' v-4 "i "i! We find in Blackwood, lor November, a description of tho appearance and habits of Louis Nspoleon taken from the letter of the German Professor Stahr, whioh ie at this time, interesting: 1 stood near enough to see him well and never did. I behold a mere, unmeaning countenance.— An unwholesome gray^hrown is its prevailing tint. Of likeness i|ie jjrei^ empe^of, thejc scsurc^jr

He la naturally good tempered1 and harmless, and |yr no means wiihout ability but be la tainted with the moral corruption of all European societies, Italian, French and English. He has the paftraifare t^ Oie drawingroom eduoatioh of alt nations. Still ho is not devoid of sense, nor of a certain goodneas of disposition^ He oan weep, unaffe^edly weep, over a touching1 oase of wretchedness and misery, and he willingly shows olemenoy, when adtea even to political opponent*. But no relianoe oan ho plaeo upon him. In a word, hi* character ie that of a woman. A# a result of his wandering and adventurous existence, he appears to-dsy aa a German, to-morrow .as a Frenchman, and the day after as an Englishman or Italian. He is whol ly withoat fixed principles, and without moral stay If anyone representsto him the immorality of an aot, he wHI laugh and say—what is that to met" But the very next day you ahall find him« much oppressed with moral scruples sa any German oandidate. He has th« physical courage of hie usual bodily strength corporis robot* tlolde ftrmt supported by a faialist b^ief in his stan snd Ihis bsheC which has aoqoired inereaeed etrsngth by his onUnary vipisntuas*. of fortune, blinds MAR to hi* real poeition, and renders him deaf to the warning voice of his few honest friends. In this reapeet, his mother, who unceasingly stimulated his aanbaioofdid him n»uoh h«w»r Ferse«ally he i* modest and unassutiHfig, but he is madly won of hts name and of its kgitimate claims. That

t^e obanga 4iu»,«too* bt* youOi baa hoon ahogether toe gt«aL Nevartheiessbe is much lees ihe tool of others than might bo supposed Be has a way ofbalf-olosing hialiireipreaaive Ughl-blue eye*, which he baa adopted to prevent persona from read••.ifir thoughts, Hb ^sfcief delusion is fb«t the in. sm* anny tt unoonditionaUy devoted «o hi».j|riMata

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Uarities of fte ssilor may be, bo ki still a man, with ali the impnlaee, wiriNM, and hopes of a msn and if there is one trait more peculiar fo him than iuiff frntHntlfr pUituda»^8e never rar avwy ww, nBwm^Mwywnipmwion^i forgota a ktndnoss, and wpuid ts^e his hoiift out of the privileges granted |p him by attending in ^erhis bosom to save a friend. believe that many son. Under such circumsunces, right, jusuco, and custom demsnd that a liberal portion of the

to publwh aH weddings,

without foe or reward, except what is Contributed by the libotalitioa of the parties or by his attendanoe at Ae time and place. But ss he has business for ~eve*y 'hour^ he ie frequontiy oompdledtofomgo

eake should bo forwtfded to hirit, leaving him to

ai "But," inquires a pretty girl who is in hope»sliii wfll be married in a few weeks,."how much oaks ought to bp sent to the editor?" This is easily answered. In the first place, where they have no eake a! the weddings, they should never send any to the editorf and this is tho universal practioe.— if they are too poor, and if their mothers are too atingy with the sugar, tq have O^M, WO don't expect, And never get any, and we invariably take pur pay in sucn cases, io a liberal amou sympathy for their situatiohs.

But if they have but one cake, we are always content, and all editors riiould^ be, with a. -piec*.— It is unreasonable to ask more, undersuoh ciroumstahce^, and all editors understand it.

In some instances we have had forwarded to Us a whole basket foil, enough to last a family a week. This is ai speoiee of e»ravagsnoe we would oppose, if we had the moral firmness, but as we have not, we have concluded to let them try It till thdy •ee the folly of it. We find the most sensible— those who bhsnd'practical prudence with practioal liberality—psndto the editor one ohke. Those that have done thii, we havo noticed in our long experience, have prospered better^in the world, enjoyed better health, were better neighbors, had prettier children, and having a good conscience, their tritopmuraiof* tMinfi -f

We eeUom ever annoonde die presentation of caka with the wedding notioe, leaving it to our readers tp presurae that aU well-bred persons «end the cake If it ware generally notioed, it would be thereby exposing the poverty or penurlousness of tbose who dld not. We 'never feel alighted wheh it oomes not. Notwithstanding a soil of melancholy comes over us, that in this enlightened day there are yet fpme who aro so lost to courtesies and pro prietias of ufe alto forget the printer^

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that it ft -aa

andUitia not, ft we|fba Aoiatierdown

a aparei

burte wn* thin *0 long as he oiimhed the ladder

laalmrttl rn« out, that &t tmd ambito moo« date thrown a# ia afibrd fo ifea

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but l^e fotirth had nothlng in particular except a funnjrway Asking his heid. Thej tfiriHed In a- post oaneb, and while on the fe»t stage, after each .was made merry.with hps neighbors infirmity, tbfy agreeii at pvery ha-'t nj place to affect tho same singularity. .When they oame to br«sVfast they «rere aR to «|ultit—and language cannot mareas bow adsnirahly lis? eq^ed —foc^iey wfcut tb a dsgre^beyond Ae superlative, at dinnef they all sppeajrei to have a oorx l^, and and theiratumping about made more diversion, than thev had done at breakfast. At tea they were all deaf -but at trtfpper which was st the *^np** it DMw, cash man resumed his oharaoter. the b«ter to p% ip,^e fcroe th^y had cqooerted among them- .. v-.-1

When they were ready to go to bed, Cibbcr cried out to-thoWiSmt tllMt-ysa foHowl Hal^'ootiny t*»th*W* Hx*

Teeth,sir!"^aid the «tan f'-r's™ utya,,teeth, sir. Unscrew lh^t fjrejind ^ify

^ttt was no sOoner -done 4h*u a second

called out— 1 /ft "Hers you! take out my aye.'l it "5 »Sir?V faid ihe waiter vyour eye!"

uYes

my eye. Cqme here you stupid dog. Pull tfp Ihit eyetttf, ind it will dome out as eaay as phf.g

THis done a tbkd out—''Here you rsaoall take off my j* s. This he d:a #1th less reluctance, being apprised thftt it was cork, and also conceiving that it would be his last job. He waa however mistaken the fourth watched his opportunity, whilst the frightened waiter was surveying with.rueful oounteuanoe tho eye, leeth, and leg, lying on tho table, cried in a frightful hollow voice— *'C$rflo here, sir—take off tny head.'*

Turning round and aeeing the man's head sha-

riKDiv taae kins like mandarin'i on a^himouy peice iie dartamount of

out

"Here is a 'model huaband,' that would satisfy tho atoutest adyooate of woman's right*' at the late Masaobuaetts Conevntion. Ire never takes the' newspaper and read* it before Mrs. Smith has had time to run over the advertisement, death, marriages, dto. He always gets into hod first on oold night*, to take off the chill for hi* wife. If the children in thi» holt room rtream in the night, he dont expeot hia wife to take an open eir bath to find out what is the matter. Ho has been known to wear Mr*. SmithV night cap, while in bed. to ntaketbo baby think it w«r *t»s mottier!*1 Wo wtmdec if ladies love such lords' a#thial"

Governor Morris, if we may judge by the festl-

afforded by hi* treatment orhls will, rtiust have truly been the "model hu^ond.^ He was not one of your modern skinflints, wbo out* off a wife's inheritance if she happens to marry again not he. Quite the contrary .In his will, made a short time before his death, after settling upon his wife a liberal allowance, he saya: "and in ease my wife should marry, I give her six hundred dol-. lars more per annum, to defray the increased expend atu re which may attend the connection."

LOLA MottTia.-rKt seom* that Lola Monies hss a

Sbodruiirrored,trouble

deal of with her agents. One of them, is walked Into her dressing room Unlri-I vited, and received Ids peasport on the spot. Irt fact, as far ae we can learo, all her sej«?tam*s ha been smiuen by her charms aod attempted to mske love to heir. One she objected to because his arithmetic was unsatisfactory, another on account of his soiled tineo. and several because tltoy did not come up to her id#a« of perfection in maaaerv, education^ and appearance.. We presume shed id not come to this pountry to pick Up Iov«a. Her ha^B Ifr to make money and to live down prejudioe a^d show that she has been misrepresented. Be this as it may the individuals who havf ^tempted, to get up a "natural attachment'' have so far found the reciprocity, entails on their own side, tier pocket is more accessible than her heart to the petitkm* of indigent knights erraot—IY. Y, UtapMing*Stat* 'Nk*

SriaiT RsrnRoa.—Hie Mount Yemort Tune* relates tbe most authentic case of ^spirit rapping*" tm record. The '^nedium" wssalady whose husba«d bad beM in the habit of visiting a certain grocery in the place, nnd tbeiw spanding moch of bi* time and the subektence of tbe family in aomtnonication with tho "spifiu" of the placc. The huiy bore tbo evil rHD *fo«tearMK)a ceased tolje a virtue,' wheaf.on« evening of week before laet, she look a club, prowoded to ibe grocery, demolished att the bottles, decanter*, jugs ana g!as*e* of the concern, and, on departing, detnotigbod the front window alao. '**"&

I IHpm HMP. WW It —1,1 mi nil jf111"1 I""1"11'.1"*""* Who ever hoard of n^t «nn MI'W^edKor ofiho (If T^ Jotrmi?*ow in manj^Boaa- Fr»«a,aay*In btslait

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deal of biimd msny sioah.^ Pm»M anifiiud wiih •jwkr.hon*

deal of brand many lo*h Dow* maiaaiiaiipwltl and «^«kdyo mm#*** jpi of

h*"

Gtva a man a ltundNu we%ht Irind of CUshloB for bis bones, lumpiho «Hbnat

TbemcOee of LM»I» Napolnon's will "HI iljiflaiinn nf the maxim, rrilbaek th* whoek

of revdsulon- It will put out fires end crush the spirit of freedom aH Over Europe. There is no bopo ftirSwifzetiand or Sardini.and Ictfithsn WMO for fiuogary. Tho people of Pmsmn, Bdginm, wbo ohuiaed instalfments of liberty from tMr mcmnrahs, will or may ha raqnirad In yioM tbanr' hootu «s-? .'''flfrtilri ill' In' mm

the room and after tumbling down atairs,

he ran madly aboul the house as if terrified out or his senses. ..». .j'7 ,• t*-* y" a ,1

REV". Ma. MAQOOJS.—The Boston mail gives tho following brief biography of this distingused divioof who has figured somewhat in the Forfest case: (Ie is a native of tho State ofNew Hampshire, and served a regular apretitioeship to a stone mason.— Alter ho had attained his majority, he worked at hie trade as a journeyman several years, and was accounted a very good and industrlons fellow.— After while he dropped the trowel joined the church "on the Canal street plan,"—and like the Mr. Primroae, went to preachiog the gospel We do not know where he first "dispensed tho word to the penitent but be made his first debut in Ha verhilL Ho:ttnt appearod at Richmond, V*.,m which plaoe ho introduced himself to Mr, irorest as one of his xpluntary friends and admirers. An acquaintance thut formed, had something 01 novelty if not romance oonneoted with it, and* on tho part of the actorwa* indulged, whilW it wa*| most seduously courted and ouitivated by the par-

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i. Maa. PA»Taefo».r—'Don't pui sroc lover's torn* nnd sighs,* any* Mrs. Psrwgtao^ t^her netoe 'Is* him tell you that yoo have Hps Tika strawberries and oiwnm and tion, and oyaa

rim and »dche«ksiaw ta#i» l&san aste«Mk,lMt SMiiAmfs of flwitt trader tead. tondor

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of PdwiM) has five sinca I9SI, and wjtt

mar#.'

Senator DoWntr, df Ijouisuan in his address to the Senate on the lOthr inat. on the Compromise question, .Ipol^' an antagonist poeition to that maintained by meet of bis southern brethren, and,* claimad tbatthe Fugitive Stavg Law had boen enforoed, and that California was admitted oonstitu-

The Territorial bilU. he considered, wore,

advantageous to the South. Utah and New Mex-, ico were open to slavery. If 30—3U had been adop- ,4: ted, there would have bean more than 26,000 square mifos leas of terriwry open to slavery.

In replying at length to Mr. Rhett, of South Carolina he denied ihe right of accession. No right existed but that of revolution. He defended Gen. Jackson's proclamation, the charaoter and speeches of Edwaru Liviugfilon, and supported all his posi-t lions by reading extracts from foimer speeches of Jackson, JeiTerson, Madison, and a great giany others.-^-Cin. Enq, efei-R -t-', ?•,. ..

AM£KICA3 Gt^iCS.—Th? Washington Telegraph remarks that Harrison Wjnans left Baltimore a few years ago a paor boy, bui with an Improved mind, aequired at a oountry school, wilh genius, ambition and unterprise. lie worked his way in Burope t» the be ad of the mechiwists and engineers, and became a leading contractor for the great railroad betwvon Moscow and S'. Petorsbupgjn. 400 miles long. He haa inado over #1.0OO$£M. On his return to Paris he married a talented, amiable nnd beautiful lady and'Will Soon build a cage for her, io the SHS shape of a villa for all kiade of mechanics, and a park of three acres beautifully ornamented, where rioh and ttoor may feaat their eyes on indigenous plants ana rare exotics. 1I0 goes once more Russia, tofil oontract with the Umperor on pubhe works, by which ho will bring 9600,000 in gold for his mental labors.

GbVltattAit^HtmT, of New York, recommends In hia annual mewge, that every capital oonviotion I

|«r III® be subjeoted to review -by the judges of the Supreme Court. .it would give the conviction the advantage of a deliberate consideration. and|% relieve the Executive of one of the most painful re-^, sponsibilities of his office,

Tits WOSW»% FAIR JTT Niw YO«K —Tho BUILD-^, i?ig designed for this purpose by Sir J. Paxton, is about 000 feri biig. and HO wide in three alsles\ the roofs are sloping and slntied and have timber» principals, wliich would require construction.-— Tbpros are lurreis at the angles, and pl^r»t a it|iv' tamps surrounded the whole. $

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He was courting a young l.tuy of some a!trac-^» lions atid sbmethhig of a fortune in tho bargain.$?: Alter a liberal arrangement had been made for thep young lady by the father, Mr. Mewens having taken' particular' fancy to a little brown mare, demanded*, that it should be thrown into the bargain and '!ponf a positive refusal tbe match was broken off.

After a couple of years tbe parlies accidentally met st a country ball. Mr. Mewens was quito willing to renew the engagement the lady uppear3d not to have the a'ightest recollection of him, ?s "What name, sir!" ahe enquired. "Mewens," he replied. I had thn honor of ing niy addresses to you about two yeais ago/'

I remember a person of thut nHine," she id, "who paid his addresses to my father's brown

woateni ai i., *.•!»» a After Burke had finished his cxtruonlitnrv «piech against Warren Hasting, friend of the latter wrote th* following impromptu whioh can hardlyy* b#?#urpassed. ,@f $ Oft bnve I wondered Iriuli grsnnd .*

No wnimov* rrplile ever yet w«» found J| fiSas Jkj nocrrt jitniHl« revwhHi In ftatlira's work— 1**?. ». Jhs ssrodM

orsals a MtfaasJ

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meeting, appointed! a committee to prepare a memorial to Congress in favor of a construction, by the I-niied Status, of a canal around the falls of the Ohio River, At l^guisville, o{ suffioicnt capacity,. to admit the p%s*agc of the brgest class of ateamboats navigating that riser. Th«y nUo appropria-^ tod tlOO to sustain the Ooean Telegraph line to Breakwater.

A mart'with a red-faoo, and looking rather shabby called at a house in the oountry on Sunday, and asked for a drink of cider, Tha good lady of tbe house refused, telling film she would not. His urged, telling her thit some persons had entertain«d angftli unaware*. Y0st**aid sha,

itt'lAj

a felrd*ys smcc, bought a fimdlv

A coroner's ^ry^baviiig srt on 'the body of young isdy who bad bang herself, c#n*tt\ue(ic» of a disappointment^n love, returned a verdict,

Died by tbe visitation of Cupid.'

ifSfv 4a«ght«r, why do voo Wk at tftia «0n so. moOhf* i»qui^M a mother of her daughter-a yoyng lady Jaaiewering bar *hrtaab year **Why,sM, they s«y th«fE iaaman i§ it, waa

Itdftor otttwelt'saya fn^os winr ooeaai* fmm sfoeteitf of iiminci, hevtng »t»ai«*aMo#e«f hcing J^cfadu l^^oH'tfttethefellwe's name.

41know

but angels ilou'l go About drinking on Sunday.'.-j

When the cold wind blows take care of your iiote, that il doesn't got ffOga, and wrap up your toes in warm woollen Hose. Tho above we suppose was written prose, by some ono whoknows^ ^h|j.fl|ct of goM»nova

''O Psdrly. my boy!' exclaimed* an Irishman at Boer island, he throw his arn.s around an obi acquaintance, "it's g'a«l I am io see you.' The embrace not being returned, the fridnd explained by saying4ha£both of ht» arms had been blown off while blasting rocki.

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An frls^tahore* plunged into the river and hauled cni a getYtleman who was aoouloiitally drowning. for doing,whioh tho person rewarded htm wjjir a«i»p«fce. 1 'Weft/said the dripping oilier, seeing Pat doubtful p»u«y 'nint yoti sati^df l)o fau thfnkp 3r«'U oeght to have morel' W •Ocli,' answesd the por»r ftdlow, looking hard at man whom It* had saved, am overpJtjd.'

mm years ego. r*Wi*dio*t suidenf *$« had paid 4itof* sitention to billiards ibao anatomy, being broUghi before a|rofes*or tor e*Jwau»tion, the |ottowing ^nations and rej»Ue» were passed •Wbat would you do first in case a man wa*: Wow* up hy gonpowderf *f ahottld wsit until he ca»» down.?' *WeB» sir, if I ebould knock you down for that impertinent reply, what muscles woulili put in mo*. tiont* •'Fhe fieitors and extensora of the right arm: for 4 *iwuld ftaor you iaimodisirly

that

well,' said I'at4no mat"

ter for ih# hug, g|va u* your hand jmy boyP