Weekly Reveille, Volume 1, Number 33, Vevay, Switzerland County, 2 February 1854 — Page 1

THE WEEKLY REVEILLE.

VOLUME I.

THE WEEKLY REVEILLE,

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Poetical.

Footsteps of, Angels. XT LONOrZLLOW.

"When the hours of day are numbered. And the voices of the night Wake the belter soul that slumbered. To a holy calm delight;

Ere Ibe evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight, Dance upon the parlor wall.

Then the forms of the deported Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit me occe more.

He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longing for the strife. By the roadside fell and perished. Weary with the march of life.

Then, the holy ones and weekly, Who the cause of suffering bare. Folded their pale hands so meekly, Spoke with us on earth no inure.

And'with them the being beauteous, l( Who unto mj youth was given, '‘More than all things else to lore me. And is now a saint in Heaven.

Wjlh n slow and noiseless foolsicp. Comes the messenger divine. Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine.

And she sits and gazes at me, With those deep and tender eyes Like the stars, so atill and saint-tike. Looking downward froth the skies.

Uttered not, yet comprehended, is the spirits welcome prayer, Soft rebukes in blessings blended, Breathing from her Ups of air.

0, though oft depressed and lonely, All my feats are laid aside, If I but remember only Such as these have lived and died.

HJigcelltmctms.

(From America's Own. A LifflßA; Or, Popping; tlie Question. BV MRS. C. It. CRISWELL. “Love is ever the theme."

She waa not alone. The room was Warmed by a glowing coal fire, and lighted by a n asiral lamp on the center table, where books and pictures lay scattered. She was not alone. Opposite her was a young man, seated on a sofa—she waa reclining on the rocking-chair. They were conversing on some general topic, but their voices were tow and soft, as Shakspeare says: "Like lovers tongues by night,"

And they were lovers too, 1 wilt tell you, gentle reader. They were lovers, but although they were perfectly aware of the fact, their luogues bad never spoken as much. The- eyes—the eloquent, aouU breathing eyes, told the tale as plainly as .eyes could speak.

. "In one soft took what language lives!" And, reader don't you.believe (hat,

"The fancy weak the tongue may speak.

Bit EVES AtiOSI THE HEAET.”

Almira was not JjaintifoUbul ihe was interesting, fascinating— and Alphose was manly and hindeome, ;whli the bright black eyes of an eagle.- :No wonder they loved each other—no wonder that the electric glances of each thrilled' to the throbbing heart of the other—-no wonder their soft low (ones mingled into melodious concord. There! I think that is written according to the roost appro red rules of romance.

Lore! and what is hve? Some say it is a Hrange, uhdcfinable, unuterabla feeling; painful yet aweet; delightful yet excruciating, powerful yet weakening; a burning throbbing, trembling thrilling sen* ration, coursing madly through the veins —snd, according to my ideas—though I confess I know tilila of the subject—making pcifecl simpletons of ihe unlucky ones who chance to catch the disease.

' However, to my story: As plainly as two pair of dark eyes could speak, they said, *•! love you—l lore yon!" But Alpbose didn't think that was qniie sufficient, and 1 suppose that Almira was pretty much of the same opinion—as Ac hegun to ponder on the beat and easiest way of la popping the question.” Now, the young gentleman qras qqlprally modest,

ami on such a trying occasion as this, of course he fell rather queer, anil afraid to say “will you hare me! I*—But," 1 *—But," he said to himself, “the deed must be donenow or never.’*

- Alphose rose from the so r a and liking a small gilt bible from die cenlerlable, drew a chair to the side of Almira and spoke these words:

“Take this bifale—and tell me whicij you think the greatest oath, to say *1 swear by this book I love you,’ or *1 a wear by this book I’ll have you!'* Almira, with trembling lips and drooping eyelids, immediately replied, softly and sweetly, “/ at oearby tkh book I'll have you!'* There was nothing mote to be said, on ealher side—but there immediately followed a itiaa, full five minutes long.

"Along, long kiss—a kiss of youth and love." So be it.

[From the London Times, Tbc United Slates.

Year after year, as the President of the United Stales addresses the vast coramuniiy which has selected him their temporary chief, he seems to hare the grandest opportunity that can fall to lot of ruler or statesman. So, at least, it has been for some yeais, and under circumstances that, with small interruptions have lasted, and seem likely to last, for some time. It is the uniform, task of the President to tell hU fellow-cluians, whit, united, they iU know, for even their children are taught it—the alraostuolimiied capacity of their comment, their population, their commerce, their revenue, their constitution, their national enterprise and skill, and whatever else may contribute to a great empire. The (acts are so patent, the contrast with the Slates of the Old World so obvious, and the prospect so inspiring, that the simplest language becomes grand under so mighty a theme. Mighty, indeed, it is fur all those material purposes that constitute the chief labor of statesmen in this material sphere. “Ours,” says the President, in the Message which haa just arrived, “is almost, if not absolutely, the solitary Power of Christendom haring a surplus revenue. drawn immediately from imposts on commerce.” While that is the stale of American finance, the population of the United States, we are told, is doubling every quarter of a century, and there is little reason to doubt that it will long continue in that ratio. As much as ten million acres are every year brought into the market, and added to-the area of enterprise. To crown all, the disputes that have hitherto threatened the peace and integrity of the Union, have lately given way to reasonable compromise; and the President assures us, though on this point the wish may be father to the thought, that the people of the Republic have en tered into “a new league of amity and of mutual confidence and support.”

J The States have increased from thirteen Ito thirty-one; embryo States ere rising .in the newly acquired territorie; roads land postal communications are projected no longer from city to city, but from ocean to ocean; and the only difficulty is that of meeting the first and simplest demands of so prosperous and so advancing a people. The one severe drawback upon the almost preternatural prosperity and growth, Is the pestilence which has ravaged the chief southern city of the Union. The President disposes of this on the very threshold of his Message with'" the suitable comment, that "it I* well that a conscious* | • ness of rapid advancement and increasing strength be habitually associated with an | abiding sense of dependence upon Him who holds in His hands the destiny ol men and ot nations.” Happy indeed, I the ruler who has no. other dark cloud in the sky, no other flaw in the system, no other devastating sore in the commonweal to point to, and who may congratulate his fellow-citizens that, whatever their troui hies, they are in the hand of the Almighty, land not of any man! I The finance of the Union is that particular feature of this prosperity which | will be roost appreciated by the deeply indebted and heavily burdened Slates of the Old World. “The revenue of the country,” says the President, “levied almost insensibly to the tax-payer, gees on from year to year, increasing beyond the interests or the prospective wants of the j Government.” ■ How incredible this must sound, we will not say on the shores of the Ousphorui, or in the effete kingdoms ,of the Iberian Peninsula, hut in any one jof our Eurepcan empires! Yet it is fully borne out by the figures of the case. A t | fi)j<]‘umrper las) year, there was a balance

VEVAY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2; 1854.

of more than fourteen million dollars in the Treasury, and, as the revenue of the ensuing year was over sixty one millions, while the expenditure was only between forty three and forty four millions, last Midsummer the surplus exceeded thirtytwo millions. What was to be done with this fabulous abundance! It was a real difficulty. In Europe the fortunate Government that came in for such r windfall would immediately have, set about a new chain nf fortresses, nr a fleet of war •team ere*, or the Invasion of a neighboring country.

Happily for the United States, such are not the first thoughts there suggested by an unusual accumulation of treasure. — '‘This fact of an increasing surplus in the Treasury,’* says the President, “became the subject of anxious consideration at a very early period of my administration, and the path of duly in regard to it seems to me obvious and clear, viz: first to apply the surplus revenue to the discharge of the public debt, so far as it could judiciously be done; and, secondly, to devise means for the gradual raduction of the revenue to the standard of the public exigencies.” As to the former of these objects, the President slates that the debt of the United Slates has been reduced by nearly thirteen million dollars—that is, from sixty-nine millions to fifty-six, since the 4th of last March. As to the latter, it is recommended to revise the tariff, by reducing the duties on certain articles, and "to add to the free list any other articles now taxed, and especially such as enter into manufactures, and are not largely,'or at all, produced in the United Stales."

Other and more common modes of employing the surplus find a place even in a President’s Message. It is found necessary to bring the navy more into proportion with the foreign commerce of the Union; to increase the reguta. army, as a nucleus for the volunteers who are always reckoned upon in the hour of need; and to commence or complete some extensive public works, Neveriheless.it is confidently expected that in a very few years the Union will have wiped away its debt, ami, if it has. (he forbearance to abstain from war on the first provocation, it may go far to solve the problem whether it is possible for a great nation to exist without taxes.

Recollection or Gen. Jackson.

On the 4th of March, 1837, Martin Van Burcn took the oath of office, and Jackson retired forever from the arena of public life. Having fully accomplished every objedt fur his country which he sought in the Presidental chair—having, as an Advocate, a Judge, a General, a Senator, and as Chief Magistrate, ’'filled the measure of his country’s glory,** he retired, in feeble health to the quiet, sweet, sad shades of the Hermitage, to await, in faith and hope, the hour when God would allow him to rejoin the sainted society of his long departed Kachel in the blest bowers above. r

In the aulum of this year, (1837,/ the session of the Tennessee annual ence, was sitting in the city of Nashville. Jackson had never witnessed the session of the conference, and desired to do so before he died. The Tennessee conference is composed of about' one hundred and fifty ministers, many of whom are distinguished, for talents and education. At the lime set for the visit of the venerable sage and hero, he entered the conference attended by a committee, leaning upon the arm of that noble benefactor H. K. W. Hill, now of sew Orleans, who presented him to the Bishop, and the conference.

After such a bow of recognition as only Jackson could make, he turned to the Dishop in the chair and said: "Rcverned and venerable sir, allow me to say to you 1 hail this as one of the most sublimely impressive and spirit-stirring occasions of my whole life. It has given me a more intensely affecting view of the wisdom, strength and adaptness of your noble aelf-sacraficing. apostolic itinerancy, than I had ever before conceived, high as libs ever been my opinion of yaur cheap, «impie. laborious, organizations. Permit me, sir, to say to you and this army ol Christ's ambassadors,*'—Here as he cast his piercing blue eyes over the Confer* ence, they caught the recognizing glance of the Ter* Cornelius Evans. The speech was forgotten. Captain Evans rose front his seal. General Jackson pressed towards him—instantly the old soldiers were in each others embraces weeping for joy, and the whole Conference flood* cd with tears. Evans was one of the bold and hard

mountaineers who came with Jackson to the wilds of Alabama, to 6ghl the Indiana after the terrible slaughter at Fort Mims. He was captain of a company from the •■War Trace" Fork of Cumberland river; as brave a spirit as the^Genets!; and was wounded in the ever memorable battle of Talladega, and sent home as it was believed, to die,—Twenty-four vears passed away, during which the General sup* posed the intrepid Captain waa dead. But he had lived in the mountains of Tennessee. poor*and flhknown. till, late m life, having forsaken (he bitter paths of sin, the Son of Mary had made him a soldier of the Cross.

Twenty-four years had made great changes in the General as well as the Captain. Both had exchanged the delusive pleasures of sin for the religion of the people, of God; and the general was now a staid and exemplary Presbyterian, and the Captain a useful and zealous itinerant Methodist preacher. Both of them laid aside the follies and ambition of this life, had left the things that were behind, and were pressing hard fora higher and brighter prize than earth can give. They who had so nobly arid successfully fought the enemies of their country, were now fighting the good fight Of faith in view of the crown of eternal life. All were sorry-to miss the glorious old hero’s well begun speech, but glad to see and Teel the meeting of the two .war worn soldiers, and hear their tearful anti glad recognition after.so long'a separation. Jackson never forgot the features of one of his vaUient soldiers, or failed to recognize the features of ah. old friend. At the close of the Conference Evans went from Nashville to the Hermitage, where he spent several days; and from that time fmward he rode a finer horse, and wore finer clothes than the soldier preacher from .War Trace had been accustomed 10.

The Era in which Job Livcd.

The time of Job’a existence less remote than his situation and manners. It is involved iu the highest antiquiy. We must unrol the records of time beyond alt other history, except the brief accounts-contained in the early chapters of the Book of Genesis. Not only had the Roman empire nnt arisen, the Roman city could not have been founded, but even those Etrurian kings, whose tombs after being closed ftbtn all human sight since a thousand years before the Christian era, have recently disclosed their crowned and sceptred tenants, to glitter a moment, and vanish into dust—even these had not yet learrfed to sway the scepter, nr their subjects lo delve the virgin soil. The Grecian states were as yet unsettled by Petops in the'south, or .(be wandering Pelasgi from the north. The Egyptian monarchy, and its mighty rivals in Nineveh and Babylon, the .warlike children of Ham, did alone divide the empire of the Eajij'for Persia aMd Medea had not yet risen in jo No great stale had been for mediro ere d. family- of Shorn; but petty lungisTuled in Canaan, and over the free tribes of the East; who wandered lar and wide for pasture and merchandise, without limit or restaint, oyer ■■ yet unin* closed regions between the Nile ap'd Euphrates, the Caspian Sea anil Persian Gulf. The pyramids had probably not yet reared their all-enduring summits; and only the sun-burned masses of Babylon, am) the scorched marbles of Nineveh or Calah, remain to remind us of those mighty nations which were cotemporary with the patriarch Job,

The Women of Genoa.

We are impressed strongly with the beauty and dress of the females of Genoa. Light in frame, with dark hair and eyes, so finely proportioned, they seemed, in the gloaming of the day, rather to float than to walk before you. ■ They wear no bonnets —3 bonnet is a sure sign of » foreigner. The (head!) dress of muslin folded across the top of tho head, elegantly pinned to the hair, and gracefully falling around the neck-and over the shoulders in tho form of a shawl. Their ear rings arc usually large and elegant. - Their countenances are bt illjant and expressive, and although singular-in dress and appearance, you remember only their taste and elegance. We saw no female dieas in Furope that we desired to see introduced into onr country; save that of the ladies of Genoa, On the evening of a warm summer’s day, it would be cool, raodeit and excedingly graceful.— JTmean,

A lawyer on his death-bed, willed the whole of his property to the lunatic asylum, saying lie desired it should go to the same class of persons he look it fr*m.

Lights and Emblems of masonry.

nr j. f. ad«cs. x. D.

The three great lights in Masonry are the Holy Bible, Square, aad Compass. From reason and revelation, fountains open to all, we draw our healing doctrine. In the study of our own nature, citcum* stances and destiny, there is one book whose sacred dictates demand our implicit confidence. Its divine authority, its faithful maxims, its transcendent excellencies, require our veneration, faith obedience. We should examine its discoveries with seriousness, and acquiesce in its decisions with delight. In every thing connected with our moral and religious character, we should yield to the. Bible without reluctance, and follow this great light of Masonry with cheerful submission. Let it be the' rule and guide of our faith, for the grand principles of revelation are therein contained/ Let us also attentively examine the pictures they exhibit of human nature, and faithfully compare them with all the 'circumstances of real life.

The Square emblematically represents Integrity of mind, aud teaches us to square our actions. Honor and excellence of character must be founded on persona) integrity. The roost sptended em. bellishments of character, without (his foundation, resemble an edifice built on the sand. Jts exterior aspect may be attractive, and its style magnificent, but its inmates are exposed to immediate danger; and the next tempest; (hat assails (heir dwelling may bury them in its ruins.

No man can deserve estimation whose temper is ungovernable, whose sentiments are oppressive, whose friendships are changeable, and the''fidelity of whose en-| gagemenla depends on the impnlae of his passions.—Whoever indulges in the baneful qualities that lead him to trample on the rights of others, or delight in that de-portment,-which is manifested towards himself, he would pronounce unjust, is evidently not acting on (he sqttare , which literally means, “Do. uolo mhers as you would they should do unto you.” The Compass emphatically inculcates' economy. It leaches us a great moral lesson, U recommends us to circumscribe our means within due'bounds; not recklessly to waste our substance, and then to infringe on the rights of others. It enjoins us to be frugal; not to spend every cent we earn, so as to be deprived of the great satisfaction of assisting a leli6w» creature, and more especially a brother Mason in distress, Also, youth being (he season of labor, while tt is’yet day we must provide for the future, ere the night overtakes us, so that when old age creeps on, and the spirit is broken, and the limba are no longer able to perform their offices, we be not thrown on the cold unfeeling world, without food and without raiment.

Furthermore, this third great light, and significant emblem, warns us against tyranny of our passions, which it directs us (o' curb and restrain; alwaya being the master, never the stave of them.

Origin ol Texts.

The taking of a text seems to have originated with Ezra, who, accompanied by several Lerites, in a pnblio congregation, of men and women ascended a pulpit, opened the book of (he law, and after addressing a prayer to the Deity lowhich the people said "amen,” read the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. Previous to that time, the patriarchs delivered In public assemblies either prophecies or moral ■ tnsliuction lor the edification of the people. It was not until* the return of the Jews from Babylonish captivity, during-which period they had almost lost the language in which the Pentateuch was written, that it became nec. essary to explain as well as to read scriptures to them—a practice adopted by Ezra and since universally followed. In latter times the book of Moses was thus read in the synagogue every Sabbath. To this custom rur < Savior confirmed and in a Synagogue at Nazareth read passages from the Prophet Isaiah; then closing the book returned it to the priest, and preached from the text. The custom which now prevails all over the Christian world, was interrupted in the dark ages, when the ethics of.Aristotle were lead in many churches on Sunday, instead of the Holy Scriptures.

O tT Antony, being deserted by Cleopatra, sought a voluntary death by falling on his sword; and she, to frustrate the design of Oclavinus, of carrying her to Home in chains,- applied an -asp to her breast'.

NUMBER 33.

The Dutch Widower.

‘Mine frbw was no belter as she or to be till sbust peforo the diet; then she was to good as before,* remarked Mr. Vanderhorn to his neighbor* ' •Your wife was an amiable woman, and you do great injustice to her memo* ry,’ said Swartz. ■

‘Veil, rot you know to much about mine frow for 1 *

*1 was not intimately acquainted with her, but I am tars that all her acquaintin' cet losed her. 1

‘ Vol righl had they to lore her* Hay be you—-—* •May be what!* •May be you lored mine trow too* . ‘Why do you apeak so sirangelyl*

‘Vy Ton day a pig ugly man, shost like yoo, came into oar house and kissed mine frow right before her face/ 'Were you present at the lime!! ‘To pe sure I tos/ ‘Well, what did yon do!* *1 kicked him tight beh'md-his pack/ •Did he resent Itl* '

• Vtw; he proke me and (e looking glass and all le rest ot te crockery, in le house, •cepl (e feathered bed, into won lam smash'/ •What did you do then!’

•Then I .cried murder! murder! and I called for te shudge, and te shnry, and le police office and te constable to come, and he rood awav/

‘Do you iatotxd to ma , «W\ liking such unwarrantable liberties with the companion of your bosom! 1 . •Me no chaige you noltmg for it now, because she pe dead and perried/ *1 will not allow you to make such in* sinuaiions. You are an old tyrant, and everybody said you were glad when your wife died/.

•Everybody pe von lam liar/ •I saw no symptoms of sorrow/* •Me felt more wusht tan if roy pest cow has died/

•Your cowl What a comparison!’ •She vos a great loss—a heavy loss—for she vos so pig as dal,: f»preading„ot)t, his arms.J and she weigned more tan two Imodred pound#/- * •Look out old man or yoo will see trouble. 1 doobt if your wife was ever kissed by any man a/ler her marriage. At all events', you must apologize for what you have said about me/

*Vol is potogizel* ‘You must beg my patdon and say you are sorry; if you do not, I will enter a complaint against you and hare you'arrested.' .

•I pe sorry ten.! •Sorry for w hail* •Sorry you kissed mine frow.’

•Yon incorrigible'idiot! That is not what you must say, for 1 never did such a thing in my life.* •Must Isay that you pe sorry that yoa never did such a thing!'. •No—yod mast take back what yoa

have said.'

While the Dutchman was in this dilemma hia friend Hans Hambergher come along, and finally succeeded in reconciling. the parties, when the trio adjourned to a neighboring oyster saloon.

Santa Anna.

A correspondent of the New Orleans Delta, writing from Vera Croz under the date of the 7th inst, makes the following statements with reference to Santa Anna, and two other men of distinction in Met*

ICOJ . ■ SanJi AnnaVpoirer is increasing to all ippcareDces.ahd probably in reality, from day to are filled with new "adheaionV' to,lhe present .plan or ••plglformi’* Some' over-zealous. adherents —imitating ’.he example of obscure tillage paper ain the United State*, who are anxious to be the first to hoist the name of a new candidate for the Presidency—insist upon it, that nothing less than the conferring of the title of Emperor upon him, cm prove their sen*e of what he deserves of his country. Meanwhile, the recipient of these honors is paying one of the penalties of greatness. He lives in' constant apprehension of attempts upon his life by poison—cats nothing but that which a faithful and devoted sister prepares and sends to him, carefully locked up in a covered tray. It is said that at his own banquets he dare not eat.

‘Uneaiy rettc the bead that wean a crown' The Genera] Lombardina, dead, ia suspected to have been poitoned, and the French physician who attended him during hit fatal illness has befn arrested, Gen. Alverez, called the chief of the PintOi t or Painted people, who has been quite a thorn in the aide of Santa Anna, as well as other Mexican rulers, has been completly pacified and won over to tho present Government by judicious and conciliatory measures, among .other things the bestowal upon him thi Grand Croas of the order of Gaudalupe.