Huntingdon Journal

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VOL. 18.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1853.
NO. 34.
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To Our "Mutilated Flag."
"At one oftho banquets given to Mrs. Har¬ riet B. StOKO, in Ediaburp;, Scotland, alio (nn Amorican womnn) shared in thefoslivitioa while the American Flag was displayed in a terribly mutilated condition—haviug tho stars withoul the atripcs." .
ninah, blu.sh, thon proud dishonored Flag,
For once forgot thy birth. The stars havo pnrled wilh tho stripes, '" And thou should'st droop to eartn. Tho fatal brcoie that's round thoe now,
Will never lot theo wave, The rery ftir a traitor broalhes
la doEidly as tho grave.
A foreign power may well dorido
Tho lantl she calls her own, Wlien she can frown on "Freedom's signs."
For flatt'ry from a throno. She caught the laiiit from ARifOLo's breath,
In paasing o'or thc eoa. And through hcr vcin.^ the poison ran,
Tilt aho despised the Free.
There's scarce a man that Ond has left
So far removed from Tloaven, But to hi.s soul some noble life,
Some lovc of home ia given : Bnt when hc hoars hia country's praise;
Will feci a warmer glow. Will share ttio fortunes of hor frionda—
And spurn hcr every foe.
The Tory Pirale while he moves
A seourge upon tho deep, And watches every distant ship
He hopea lo win and keep. Will faller when his native flag
Floats from the mnat-hcail high. And to hia heart will come tho scenes
Of brighter years gone by.
But Woman, she who all hor life
Has waiched young Freedom's Ught, And seen her sl.^r3 come one by one
From out tho gloom of iiieht. She, she could soe Columbia's flag
Abused by touch profano. And yet frora handa ao soiled ond bnso
Can tske hor sordid gain.
And she can yield hcr pnrchnaed sighs
For thoso that yet arc free. Bosido tho "pauper hordes" that Uve
In dens of misery. Thev breathe thc damp and sulphurous air,
Th.it earth would cast away, Thov know no God, no Hoj.c, no Hoaven,
They see no light of day.
0, wouW thnt those dear banner folds,
Wilh half their glory shorn. Could onco descend the cavorn liomos,
Whore "Britlsh Slave.s" nrc born. Then woutd onr Geniua linger there,
To guard her holy prize. And stranger lips would bloss tho flag
A daughter can despise.
li2[]§(S!l!lo!Lia'i!llS©(DS.
Little Folks at Home.
Han your experienco in watching the devel¬ opment of thoao flowers of etornily never in¬ formed you Hint tho child'.^ yenr of all other.a riclicfit in graces of body and miud is the fflh? Mine hns; I well remeinber how oflen, when my- boy waa at that age, thc clear look of Ihe large, round eyes, lhat seemed to mirror heav¬ en, and llio fow simple words from the frank . lips, told like ft rebuke upon some Ught word or not of the parent. And now his sister has poached tliat most  inlcrcsling  period, so  rich
with lessons worth reading. . Wo live in tho comitry, and our ncighhor- Riood is measured by milos, not "blocks." Ono winter evcuing, not long ago, while tlie family wore, as nsual, gathered around tho contro la- lite, ft neighbor drove up, and, entering soon with hearty fricndlinoss, had Kitty on his knee. "Como Kitty,"' said ho, "won't you go homo nnd livo witli me?" Tho cbild looked up in his faee; the goldon curls felt backward to her shoutdera; and her deep blue eyes mot his as sho an.awerod ;
"God gave me this house." The tone was simple ns the wortls, and the silvery voico was childhood's; yct for a mo¬ ment tho sounds seoined as if wafted from a far-olTworld wliero angels only dwell. A uhadow—uo, not a shadow, bul n sober bright¬ ness, OS of someiliing profound nnd holy, was cast ovor tho modllative mood oftho dwellers in "this houao;" and every heart within it swell¬ ed with grotitudo for the groat Ood's gift.
Kitty still calls my daily trip into town "go¬ ing dow-n-town," as wlion wo lived "uptown." The other day, sho was silting alono with mo in ttie library, nud as usual, on my knee, when, after ft moment's reflection, sho threw the brigtitncaa ofhor Idue oyos into mine, and saidi "Do you ever get time to say your prayers down-town, papa ?" "Heaven IjIcss ttio child! No 1 no I Too little time is taken in tho tur¬ moil of "down-town" for breathing a prayer to heaven for ila blessings on our work 1"
Not long since, I nas on a visit to a sister, wlio»« Kows is ntati* joyoiu by th» pr«senc» of
ttiree hriglit eyed "wee things," whoso unceas- sing ehfttler makes sweet household mosie. I arrived in tlie early evening, just in tiino lo liear their sweet good-nighl; and in ttie morning with the lark I heard their frolic voicos. I was soon among Ihcm. It was one of thoso gor¬ geous autumnal mornings which sometimes kiss the fading Ijrow of Oclober. As I descen¬ ded to tho parlor, "How do you do, uncle ?" was tho uniled cry; wticn n dear littlo girt, of four smiting summers, caught me t>y the hand, and hanging fondly thereby, raised hcr bright eyes, and, wilh a half tearful expression, said: "I am so sorry, uncle, lhat you slaid so long in your room!" "Why, my dear t" said I. "0 doar, it's all gone now 1" sho replied, "but I tlo wish you tiad beon up early, for the morning mado the sky look ao beautiful when tho night wenl lo hed I"
A friend lold me lhe following as having oc¬ currod under tier own oye; and woll does it it- tiistrale that false dignity wtiich is too often as¬ sumed try tlioso who wear ttie vesture of the pulpit, in their inlercourse with the pooplo of their charge:
Doorbell rings. The Rev. Mr. is in¬ lroduced to the family-room, where three clilld- ron arc busily engaged at play, snuggled in tho cornor of tlie room, tlie niolhcr diligently en¬ gaged in sewing. Sho rises lo meet, "tho minister," ftiid saliiles hira; while he, with lof ty, cold, repulsive dignity, nays: Good morn¬ ing, Mrs. , ore yon well to-day 7"    And
03 dignifiedly takes his seat. After a few mo¬ ments pause, he says, in the same unbentling, unfamiliar manner; '-1 trust, madam, that you hove heen well sinco I saw you tast?" "Thank you, sir, quite well." A brief pause. "I hopo your family tiave been, and nre, in health 7" "Well, I thank you, aside from tho ordinary siekneas of chiidrcn." Anothor pause. "I trust Itiat you have found consolation and re¬ joicing since my last visit ?" ctc. And thus passed oway some ton or Iifteen minutes; the childron all tho while having suspended tlieir play with a kind of indescribable foar, which cliildren only can took; first glancing wonder- iug at each otlior, and inquiringly at thc moth¬ er. Rising to deparl, with the samo unrcliix- ing dignity, the clergyman said; *'I  leave  my
blessing with you and your family, Mrs. ,
ond wilt bid you good morning." Hardly had the door closed wlion a little boy of four years, ran towarda his mothor, ftnd clinging tigtilly to hor dress, raiaed his oyos inquiringly, and wilh all thc simpto carneslncss of ft child, said: "Mamma, mamma, was dat Dod?" I thoughi the question conveyed a raost important lesson, and one so plnin that none could miaundor- stand or misinlerpret it, coming as it did from ttie lips of innocent childhood.
in Iho lioantil-..l ._ii._, .e ,\.„ SI.~'>«n.1.^"-i-. v used to visil ft venerable 'Virginia gentleman of tho otdeu time. His housc was Uio abode of gonial hospitality and refined opulence; ond surrounded by his children ond grandchiltlrcn, I nover saw a raoro perfect picture of domestic tiappinosa.
It wns Mr. P'a. custom to colt his little grandson to his sido morning and evening, nnd on his bended kncca, ond wilh his littlo hands clasped and raised to heaven, teach liim to ut¬ ter tlie simplo prayers appropriate to lisping in¬ fancy. One morning tlie good old gentleman ventured lo instruct him iu ttio Lord's prayer; ho had advanced most successfully aa far as thc petition, "Give us this day our daily brend,' when lillle Witlio looked up, his eyo sparkling wilh onimatitin and dclighl, exclaimed: "01 ganpa, put some bittter nn it t" Even tho gra¬ vity of my venerable friond yielded to this as¬ sault.
I know of 0 family very strict in religious observoncos—evening proyer, groce before meat, ctc. On n roceut absonce of the por¬ cnts, grandma—who makes no pretence to piety—presided at tho loa table.   Observing
tho 'silence.    Mary C , a very   tiny giri,
wtiisporod, "Grandma, I con soy grocc." Per¬ mission being givon, littlo Mary put hor bauds together, closetl hor eyes, nnd with on oir of great sanctity ond grovity, repeated tho fol¬ lowing:—
"Now I toy me down to sloop, I proy tho Lord my aoul to keep,
An Exquisite Story.
BT LAMERTIKK.
In lhe tribe of Ncggdch thcro was a horse wliose fame was spreod far and near, ond a Be¬ douin of anotlier tribe, by uome Dohor, desir¬ ed exiremely lo possess il. Having olfered in vaiu his camels for it and tiis wtiole wealth, he hit ot length u]ion the following device, by wliich he hoped lo goin ttie object of hia desire. Hc resolved to stain his face witti thn juice of an hcrti, to clothe liimself in rogs, to tie hia tegs and nock together, so as to opjioor tike a lame beggar. Thua equipped ho went to wait for Nal)cr, the owner of Uie horae, whom lie knew was to pass that way. When tie saw Nabcr approaching on his beautiful sleed, he cried out in a weak voice, "Iam a poor stranger; for three days I liave been unable to move from this spot to seek for food. I am dying; help mc, and heoven will reword you." The Bedouin kindly ofl'ered to loke him up on his horse nnd carry tiim tiome, but the rogue replied : "I con¬ not rise; I havo no strength toft." Naber, touch¬ ed witti pity, dismounted, ted his horse to the spot, and, wilh groot diflicully, set the seeming beggar on its bock. But no sooner did Dahcr feel himselfin ttie saddlo than tie galloped olf, catling out as he did so: "It ia I, Daher. I have got the hor.sc, and am olf with il." Naber called aftor tiim to stop and liaten. Certain of not boing pursued, ho lurned, ond holtod, ot a short diatance from Naber, who wos ormed wilh a spoor, "'i'ou hovo takeii my tiorao.— Since lieaven lias willed il, I wish you joy of it; but I do conjure you nevor to tell any ono how you obiained it." "And why not?" said D.a- her. "Because," aaid the noblo Arab, "onoth¬ er man miglit be roally itl nnd men wouhl fear lo help tiim. You woutd tie the cause of many refusing to perform an actof cliarity for fear of being duped os I have boon." Struck with shame ot thoae words, Doher wos silent for o momeni, then, springing from the horae, relurn¬ ed it lo lis owner, embracing Iiim. Nabcr made tiim occompany tiim to his lent, where tticy spent o few days together, and bocame faat frionds for life.
If I should dio boforo I woke,
I pray tlie Lord my soul to lake."
Knickerbocker.
Twenty Three Years in the Water-Found at Last.
Some twenly-three  yoars ogo—in the year 1830—a man named Mr. McCloy wos missing from the neighborhood of Mr. Hunter's quar¬ ries, Marblo  IIoll, about five mites below this borough.   He was, at the time of tlio Occident, obout si.xty years of ago.   It woa supposed that during Iho night he had missed  his  wny, and fatten in one of the quarries tliat had not been worked for some time previous, which contain¬ ed water to the depth of about seventy feet.— Ilepealod  otlempts wero made to rocovor the body,  ond whole days together wore spent in grappling for liim but oll without success, until the ofl'ort was finally abandoned. Itwas thought thai he might havo floated under thc lodge lliat jutted oul, and so matters remained until quile rocenlly.   This quarry boing about to ho usod again, some weeks since on efi'ort woa mado lo pump the wotor out, in whieh they finally suc¬ ceeded last week; ond towards the cloae of tho week tho skeleton oflhis man wns discovered. Tho water is very eold all tho yoar round, and it was  tliouglit  petrification had   takon place, hut such was not Ihe  case.    However,  about nine years after the acoidout, a lorge quantity of slone Ml in, nnd that may have slruck ond moiigled him.   He was found to bo n complete skeleton—notliing   but the hones lofl.   The shocs wcrc os perfoct as they wero twenty-thrco years ngo; tlio slrings by which ttiey wore tied were ns readily  undone as though it had just happened.   In tho shoos was a portion of flesh i the buttons of tiia vest were taid as regulariy whoro  thoy tiad roltcil off as though they had boon plocetl thcro.    A vory ofl"onsivo  afltuvia arose, oa if decomposition hod juat commenced. "The remains wero  Imiidel ovor to his  friends for inierinent.—,\'"m''rc'K'il Herald,
marshfield.
A correapondent oftho Boaton Daily Advor- tistir gives on intCToaling occount of a roccnt visit to the form of Mr. Webster, from wliicli we eopy the following extract:
"Kvery thing ot the house of Mar.ahfield ia jii't aa Mr. Webster left it. There is no one living ill the liouso except the ono or two ser¬ vants who take core of it, but it doea not hove thc desolate air ofa vacant estatdiahmont.— Ono almoat expccls to soe aome of the family como  fonvard  to give  tho   cordiat welcome
whir.K «lu-t»v9 fi-rAofpH   yitiilnrs tliorp-     We went
Ihrougli thc houae. ^ e paused a few momenta in silence iu the room iu which the great slalesman breathed his last. We soatod our- aclvca in the boautiful library, tho shelves of wliich are alill loaded with hooks, and the walls adorned wilti the well-known piclurea.
"The farm is carried on undor tho same su¬ perintendence and in the same manner as for¬ merlv, the gener.al diroclions ond auppllca be¬ ing furnished tiy Mr. Pnigc, in behalf of tlio trustees. It is thought imporlant lo oacerlain wtietlicr it wilt suatnin itself, and how much in¬ come, if any, can bc ro.ilized from il. It thus jircsenls tho same general appeoronce os for¬ merly.
"Wo walked ocross part of tlie eatole to the grave. It lies, oa you know, just at the edge of Ihe old burying ground, whero repose Ihe remaina of aomo of thc old pilgrims, on o ri¬ sing ground which overlooks thc ocean. Tho mound of earth which covers the lomb boors a slob of inorlilo willi tho simple inscription "Daxiei. Wku.steu." In front arc small mon¬ uments to Mr. Webator's first wile, and the childron,
"Two other nionumonls, onc with the nomos of two of Mr. Webater'a children who died in infancy, and two of Mr. Fletcher Web¬ ster's childron, and the olhor witli the epitopli wtiich tie direcled for himsolf, ore ready, and it is expected that Ihey would be set up to¬ day or to-morrow. All these Ihinga -aero cith¬ er arranged by Webster himself, or, sinco hia decease, in aecordance wilh his own specific directiona. Tho cpilapti has been engraved upon tlie marble, line for line, precisely in ac¬ cordance with his request. Tho difficulty at- tending nn exact compliance wilh Iho direc¬ tiona is thc reason why tho complotion of the monument has beon delayed hitherto."
Searching for a Loat Child.
The Mt, Pleasant (Iowa) papers give long accounta ofa search foro tost child which re¬ cently took place in that county. It is stated that the child of Mr. and Mrs. Boach, who live two miles south of Hillsboro', and seven miles aonth of Salem, in Loe eounty, had been tost tlie evening before, and woa thon missing. The child must be looked after, waa tho ready re¬ sponse ofevery one, and forlhwith 40 or50 per¬ aona were ready for tho search, and on the way to Mr. Beach's. There they learned that 100 persons had been out all day in au iuelfectiial seorch. ArrongcmeuLa were mode for on early commancement oflhe hunt next morning; and long beforo day, tlie tolling of thc .Seminory bell worned Ihe people of thoir duly to Iheir neigh¬ bors in sore distress. Thore wore many sleep- loss eyea that night, and early dawn found hun¬ dreds of people ofall classes, on thenlert. The girt about fi years old, ond witli a twin brother nnd anothor child, hod gone to a neighbor's houae,shewns ob.served lo climb a gorden fence, ond lingored behind, while her cnmpanions went home and reported thot llieir sister would be olong soon. That wos the last seen ofhor. On Sunday, oa we have stated, ttio general search was commencod, A line woa formed with mon bul 10 feet oport, and woodtond ond prairie searched by more than 500 men, but not'. trace oflhe losl child could be found.— But they did not despair. They resolved to conlinue thc search on Monday morning with increased numhora. Monday oame, and the country for milea around was hunted over, and still without aucceas. Agoin they resolved lo devoie themselves to the work nexl day. Tues¬ day found theso good neighbors again at their lask. A hollow squaro waa formed from five to aix milcs in diameler, moking Mr. Bcoch'a liouso the centre of tho aquare, ond up lo 12 o'clock, no tidings of the tost ono. But then whon two miles from Mr. Bench's, ond exaclly opposite from where it had heen Iaat seen, in on atmosl impenetrable thicket, Mr. F. A. Mc¬ Elroy, of Salem, w.aa the firaltocatchagtimp.ae oftho child'a dreaa as it made inlo the hru.ah a few stops from him. A moment moro, not- wittistandingheraltempled flight ond resistance, ho held tho child in hia arma. Sho was found nenr a pool of water, whoro sho had paaacd the night. Being osked how she slept at nighl, .she replied, "I juat .slept ou the ground, with¬ out anylhing to cover wilh." She was verv much reduced, ond had a vocant took in her eyes. For four daya ahe had lioen without anything locat. Hundredsofpeoptoaasemblod. as tho nows spread, al the house, ond the feet- ingand excitement was intense to see tho lost nne who was thus providentially restored lo tier parenta. Rev. Joseph Cooper returned tb<uil,-. fo ihn mt^u-"'   ' ' ' ° """'' "iiiilnesa
ona tlien thoy soiiarated.
An Extraordinary Han. David Wilson, on old Revolutionary soldier, and a native of New Jersey, died, after o very short iUncss, in Dearborn counly, Indiana, in August, lai'i, aged onc hundrod and seven years two monihs and   len days.    He had, al difi'eront periods of his lifo, five wives, ond, ot the timo of his death was the  fattier of  forty- seven children!    Wliilst residing in Pennsyl¬ vonia, neor thc old Redstone Fort, hia wife gave birlh to fivo cliildren in cloven moiithsl    This exlroordinory mon, when in  his one hundred ond fourth year, mowed onc wcok lor Eaq. Pen- dellon, of Hamilton  county,  Ohio, nhout two milos from Cincinnati, during which ho mowed ono acre per day of heovy tiiuottiy gross.   He woa oboul five feel six Inches in height.    His frame was not supported by ribs, aa the frames of ordinary mon oro, but an  apparently solid aheet of bono supplied their place.    He could hold up tlia tiands in o vcrticle position and re¬ ceive 0 blow from tho fist of o powerful man on thc talerial poriion of his body wilh inconveni¬ once.   He served throughout Itio entire revolu¬ tion, under 'Wushiiigton ; waa engagod iu moat of tho Indian wara sinoo, and wos Iho compan¬ ion of Marion and Rogers, ontl of mony other distinguished and cariy pioneui-s ofour weslern and soutlicrn wilds,   Our readers may rest as¬ sured that this slalemenl is eori-ocl, as wo re¬ ceived it fl-om Mr. .\loxnndcr Wilson, of Norlli Madison, who ia Ihe forly-fifth child oflhe sub¬ ject  of this paragraph.—Madison Banner, Ju¬ ly 10th.
|ii^ Think Iwforo vou i,\,ra\i.
The Dead Wife.
In comparison witli the loaa of a wifo, alt other bereavcmcnta are Irlllca. Tho wife I she who filla so largo a apace in tho domeatio hea¬ ven ; she who is so busied, so unwoary—bitter, bitter ia Itie tcara that fall upon her clav.— You sland bcsido her gravo and think of the past; il soems an amboicniored palhw.ay, where there tho sun shono ipon bcnutiful flow¬ ers, and the alors hung glilhring overticad.—- Fain would the sout linger here. No Ihoriia are remembered above tha sweol d.-iy, save tliose your own hond may Imvo unwillingly plonlod. Hcr noble, tendoihoarl ties open tn your inmost siglit. You link of her oa all gentleness, all beauty, and urily. But sho ia dead I The dear head ihalio often laid upon ynur bosoin. now resls upon |)itlow of cloy.— The hands that minisleredao untiringly are folded, white and cold, bieath the gloomv portals. The hearl wlioso lery beat measur¬ ed au elerniiy of lovo, ties ider your feet.— .•Vud there is no white arm .-or your shoulder now; no speaking faco lo tot up in the eyes of love; no Ircmbling lips to nrmur—"Oh it ia ,10 and!" Thero is so strain a hush in evory room I No smile to greet n ot night-fall— and tti3 clock ticks and sties and ticks I—it wos swoet music whon ahocould hear it I— Now it aeems lo knell only lo hours through which you w.atched thc shows gathered up¬ on tier swccl fai!e. But m.T n lalp it totleth of joys paal, sorrowa shnJ, and beautiful words and deeds rcgistcretlbovo. You feel that the grave cannot keehor. You know that she is in ft happier wd, but feel that sho is often by your side, mngel-preaencc— Cherish theso emotions:—ty will moke you happier. Let her holy preice bo as a charm to keep you from cvil. Inl ncw and pleas¬ ant conneclioiis, give her nace in your heart. Never forgot what sho hasen to you—that sho hos loved you.    Bo loir ofhor memory.
From the Cincinnali Oosclte.
'Wliat the French 'Wear, and hotr they wear it.
The Froncli regord ttie Americon peoplo in much the aame light na they do they do ttie "outaide borborions" of the for olfi.slauda of the sca; for llioy assert that they find an equally good market with each fiir the sale of rich and gaudy articlea of manufacture. Thus a large proporlion of the ailk looms of Lyons nre con- alantty employed in the manufiicturo of gaudy tissues for Ihe North American market; while the finest and most costly stylos of the cloths ond cosaimeroa of Elboufand Sedan find no¬ where ao ready a customer as tho Uniicd States. Tho Paria merchant sometimea com¬ plains when aaked for a fine piece of gooda, in which his slock is deficient, that all those styles are carried off al higher prices than he can af ford to give, by the American importing ngenta. When on American, on entering a tailoring ea- tobliahmcnt in Parris, announces, in reply lo tho polite interrngolory whicli ia aometimea put to hira, thc name of hia country, he is very opt lo he soluted wilh o brooder smite and a great¬ er convexity of tho apine than tho cilizens of olher countries, followed by the remark, "then you wanl to seo the best goods we've got."— The moral conveyed by theso facls should not be forgotten. Tho fact is, we ore a nalion of of envious, money-making spendttiifta; and in the absence to titles, and thoso claas distinc¬ tions univeraally recognised in Europe, en. deovour, tiy gaudy disploy, lo place ourselves in odvance of eoch other in the world's apprc- cintion. Our counlry olfera the curious anoma¬ ly of possessing more oriatocrala, and at the aame time more republicana, than ony nation in exialence. It ia the arislocracy of broad¬ cloth, brown free-stone fronta and fast horses.
From the facl that Amorica derives its fasb¬ iona from Paris, one naturally orrivcs here wilh the ideo that ho will aoo ot once in tho slreela of tho bost dreaaod pooplo in the world. He is quite aaloni.shod to find how far he has been decoived. Ho sees much; very much teas of fine goods in the street, particularly on the mon, ond he sees a much grenlcr voriely of style, both in London ond Paris, thon in the large Americon ciiics. Tho latest alylo ia con¬ finod lo a very few persons comparatively—few in comporlaon lo thepopulation,and fewin com¬ parison to the number of persons wlio conform to the changes of fashion in the large citiea of America. Outaide of that limiled number one could nol decide what waa tho reigning stylo Itioy are ao diversified. Ono causo of this di versity ia, that no peoplo pay so much alton tion to contrasts of person oa tho Fronch; while anolher very powerful one is, lhat money is leaa equally distributed Ihon with ua, ond fewer peraona con afford to conform to tlie fre-
Olorions Uncertainsf the Law.
A tau^linble illustratiof the heading of tliia article occurred in Hlil laiely, as will be soen by the fiillowing front! Peoria Newa : Mr. B. was oul buntinjith his rifle, and crossing tlie field of Mr. ( Frenchman, C.'s large dog attacled him savly, whilo C. slood looliiug on, without atlenig to call off his dog; B. golling out of pace shot the dog, and he fell apparenlly dc C, in high dud¬ geon, forthwith gol out a-rani, and had B. arrested for killiug his dtswore to the kil¬ ling, and was eorroboralti Iwo ofhis neigh¬ bors, who wore preaent at shooting.
The Magistrate fined B dollara, and costs, which ouiouulod to abouU more; B. paid the fine and coats—and i the parlies got home from ttic trial, Ihi; had come home also, ond was not killed, then got a war¬ rant ogoinst tho Fronchiand hia two osso. cioles for perjury, in swe," B. had kilted thc dog. Thoy wore frighleand mado peocc with B.| paid him back Itonty dollars, and leu raoro for his troubte - no trial was had; oud a-lien the parlies in-d home from the last suit, to 1 Iho dog wiud. Imagino tho "feelings" of the Frencl nnd his party.— Ttie Frenchman saya, "lool my (tog—hc die—1 swear—and dam osurrcels himself By gar I find I swear bi setlle for him - th?n ray do^ die by gar Te ','*
changes must take place in France; it ia a na¬ tional rharactcrislic, which is ground so doep inlo ft Frenchman's exialence, that ila influ¬ ence runs through every nclion of his life, lo bo arrested only at his religion, ond evon to that he holda not too tenacioualy. So ttiat, in somo measuie to corapenante for the frequent change which is required, the French have ac¬ quired tho liabit of weaving a coaraer quality of cloth than that which their manufacturera send lo our counlry. The Kmperor of France wears every day coarser cloth than nine-tenths of tho "down-Iowa" clorks of tho Americon cilies.
In Poria, howovcr, every one but the work¬ man engaged at his work, looks neot. I om inclined lo believe that it is this general neat appearance which haa induced other notions to borrow their fashions from Paria. Certain¬ ly, for elegance ond appropriate nosa, tho French styles do not equal the English or American modifications. It ia eaay to recoir- niao ft New York or London man in the airecls of Paria by his back. The Parisians osk noth¬ ing raore thon to see a man's back to know whether he is English or Amerieon, provided ho bo a frosh arrival, and carrioa with him thc ctolhea which ho broughl from home.
Another reason why wc endeavour to follow the French atyle is, thot the Fronch people car¬ ry their clothea with such infinite grace, giving lo the most unnatural ond outof laste slyles an oasy elegance thnt our more awkward peo¬ ple cnnnot approach in ony atyle which thoy m.iy chooae lo odopt. It is rare to see a French fop,lhat i3,what we understand by a fop. There are plenty of men who p,\v as much at¬ tention to their clothes as with us, but their manner, when carrying Ihem, don't advertise thoir thoughts. It ia amuaing to loolc ot our very young men whon they get on their first Paris outfit; o thing which soon takea ploce, unforluuolely for thom, for tho longer a man slays here, tho raore simply he drcasca. I do think the moat ludicrous sight a raon ean seo in Paris, ia a freshly arrived boy-aristocrat try¬ ing lo bc grocefut iu one of Duaouloy's best out-fits—for our genuino "blood" won't go to o shop that ia not patrouised by tho Emperor.— If American fathers woutd givo their sons, whora Ihey sond here, onc or two gond suilai and then limit the amounl ot aupplies ol "my bonkcra," until through Iho medium of thoir eyes Ihoy hod teamed a tittle gnod sense, they would confer a favour on the boy and llioir purse at the samo limo. Although I havo boen horo a year, nnd have grown perfectly oc- custoracd lo Ihc dross, o well-mnde Araericon auit, (American mado clothes are alwoys mo¬ dified from the French,) whonevcr I encounter il, stitt strikes mc as the most beautilul, the most reasonable, and the most tasteful; nnd their is no reason why tho American people, who leod iu so many things, and aro destined to lend in ao many more, ahouid not invent a dresa oftheir own, which, by their great travel¬ ling propensities, would soon become univer¬ sal. It is time tbat the American people ceaa¬ ed to run oroiy after European fashions. It ia well to remeinber, too, lhat few French coats ore made woll; it is all a rago for a brief sea- aeaaou for a slyU and not (or fit. At tho pres¬ ent moment, if the skirts of a eoat scarcely cov
opening for tho hand, it ia a'jfltcicnt, nu mat tor what tho cul may bo olherwilo. It is a great absurdity for a aenstble people to endeav our lo follow such fashions as those, with tho sincerity and gravily which our people do. • The women of Paris dress with much more taste, gonerally, than tho mon. They study conlrasl more, and undersland that part of the art of dressing bcllcr perhapa than any other people. Thoy seem to be slaves only lo Ihi stylo of bonnci—on article in which the French certninly excel. Their bonnets are olways tosty and piquant, The Fronch women do not put so mucli monoy on their lincks as either English or Amorican womon, tiut they arrange itlo bettor advanlage. They are rather too fnnd of velvet trimmings and jewelry; but oth er wife they dress admiralily, and much more reasonably than the men. Two slylea. howev¬ er, no worn tiy the bnn tem in Paris, I Ihink witl find littlo favour in America. They are the manteou, called Talmas, oud o kind of silk for dresaoa wilh ehftngcoblc, fanciful-shoped stripes running nround the skirt in place of flounces, genorally of a Ughl brick-dust colour on black ailk. The bonnets are round, very smoll, and reach forward only to the middle of tho head—somewhere in the region of venera¬ tion. Like the men, the women carry thera- selves so gracefully lhat thoy seem not con¬ scious of it wlien extravagantly drcsaod.
A habil prevails in Frnnce in regord to the dreas ofyoung unmarried ladies in tho wealthi¬ er clasaea, so entirely different from our own system thol il is worthy of menlion. All young ladios, lill the day of thoir marriage, must dress plainly and cheaply; they musl not, oven in company, wear jowelry, flounces or ribbons to any extont. The mothor may carry inlo com¬ pany ten timea the value that tier daughter con. And it ia oatonishing how tho old women of France do dreaa. Ono might very well take their modoslly-dreasod daughtora at thoir aide for o family instructress or o favorilo scrvont Nol only must the doughters dreaa plainly and modestly, bul they must never movo oul of sight of their molhora or chapcroncs, nor speok to a gentleman without permission, until they are married; then custom allows them to make up for lost time, and so for as I hnve boen ablo to observe, they do moke il up with a vengeance. Tho study of thc faaliions is very npt In bocomo at onco a inauia with them, and unless they ore gratified lo the extent of their deairea, the husband very often becomca a auCforor in more ways than one. A Frencliman, however, ean not resist the facinalions of a French woman, and he gonoroily yietda lo oll her wiahea, if he even aacrificos hia happincaa in other particu lara. A moro indopeadcnt, exocting, diploma¬ tic, showy roco of married women cannot bo found.   The young women are units in society.
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country tiavo boen much more favoured by na¬ ture Itian tlio men. The persons of the men in Paris are, for the moat part, of a middlo stature, slighlly built, rather small-boned than thin, wilh smaU regular features, fino eyes nnd picturesque heada, Ihough not of lhe bold m.a3- culiiio description which bolonga to the norlh¬ ern nations. Thoy are generally sallow, wilh dark hair and bonrd—very seldom fuir, whilo red tiair ia scarcely ever seen. Tho faces of the womon reacmble much the men; they have ular features, dark tiair and magnificent eyes. They carry their heads high, look inde¬ pendont, inleresling, (not beautiful,) are cxcoa- sively polite, and make the most agreeablo ao¬ cioty one can find. They are generally bru- nctls, and havo but littlo color furniahed by na¬ ture, nor is ort so often resorted to supply tbia deficiency as in some countries. They are of middlo slaliiro, exceedingly woll formed, and graceful in all their actions. Their forms ore very much better than thc mon, and betler than the English or American women, but they tack tho modest hcauly of face which charac¬ lcrizes tho American and Englisli ladies. Tho Fronch pooplo admit the facl thomselves, that America possesses inoro beautiful women than ony other counlry, while Ihey complain oftheir shapes, and cold, reserved monnera. Where on Amorican girl wins tho affections of a mon by her silent, modest beauty, a French womnn docs il wilh tier eyes and her tonguo. A blush in Paria ia as rare as a snow-alorra, and certain¬ ly lliere is no placo where they ought lo occur so often.
Tho Emperor and Empress, whenever they oppear in public, unless il bo on slale occasions, are olways dreesod plain—a la bourgeois, and the people like it. An cxtrovogantly dreasod man ol thc Emperor's bolt is sure to be ridicu¬ led. Ono is surprised, just now, lo meet ao many plaia-tooking persons in coronollcd car¬ riages in tho slroets of Paris. It is to bo hoped Ihot the examplo of the Emperor, whom oil ackuowledgo lo bo thc perfection of a gentle¬ man in his manner and hia dreas, wilt exert a good influence in curing Iho unlimited extra- vngoncoa of Pariaian orlisls in cloth. Thc cuslom of modifying after the Loudon slyle, has been growing considerobly lotely; ond ia not nl all uncommon lo sco a fashionable Frenohraan carrying a long-waisled paletot. Mi AUI.
The Dannbian Prinoipalities.
The Principalities, white retaining their ii- dependonce and sovereignty, placed themsotre* ondcr Ihe sur.erainty of the Porte—Watlachii in 1-160 and Moldavia in l.llS; and thoy enga¬ ged tn pay the Porto a tributo, nn conditioii that tho Porte .sliould defend them by hor arma ngainst any foreijrn aggression. Subseqnenlty, in the cnurse ofthe last century, Ruasia hegaa to introduce iuto bor treatiea with the Porta aome claiisej concerning Wallachia anil Mol¬ davia: at first, in order to stipulate in the trea¬ tv of Kainardji for a right of intercession in their favor; and afterwards in order to take, in thc trealy of Adrianople, the title of gnarantea of thoae Principalities. Ruaaia aaaninotl for the first limo the title of protector, in tho pre¬ amble of tho organic regulations which aha caused to he drawn up for Moldavia and Wal¬ lachia during their occupation by her troop* from 1828 lo 1834. It reaulls clearly from theae treatiea that Ru.saia'a righl to intorfera in tho diaputea ofthe Principalities with tho Ports ia limited aolely to the caae of Ihe Principali¬ tioa making the demand of inference, adamaml which they have never made; anil, besides, treaties to which tho principalities have not hoen conlracling parties cannot havo any ob¬ ligatory force for thom. Ai to tho neutrality and inviolability of their territory, they bar* been repoatodly recognised by all the great powera, not excepting Raasia; and even, accor* ding to the Convention ofthe Balta-Liman. tha Ruaaian armies can only occupy the Principal¬ ilica aimuttancnualy with the Turkish troops, for tho purpoae of restoring order, ifit ahoald Iiappon to be dialurbed. Neverthelesa, thesa Principalilica have often been considered as an integral poriion of the Ottoman Empire, as Rua¬ sia now regnrds Ihem. In fact, the laat diplo¬ matic documents wliii?h have emanated from St. Petersburg slato, that aa Ruaaia has no» been oblo lo brinu the Porte to reason by pa¬ cific waya. she wilt give ordera to her troops to croaa tho Pnilh, nnd will occupy the Principal¬ itioa. in order to have material guaranleeaun¬ lil ahe con obtain frora Turkey the moral guar, rantecs set fiirth in Prince Menschikoff's note.
The inhobitnnts of the Prlncipalltiea are da- soended from the Roman legions led into Da- cia and Traian. Thoy call themselves Rou- mans, and their language, which much resem¬ bles Ilalian, is derived, like that languago, from the Latin. Their oriirin, thoir recolleetiona, their lendencies, everything attaches them to the nations of civilized Europe. To tho Rus¬ sinna, on the contrary, they have no similitude; their nationality, race, lan;'uage, historical tra- ditions, ond monners, oll separate them from the Russians. Tlicy have no connexions, not evon commercial relationa, wilh the Ruasiana. Even their church is nol thc same. The Ron- mana possesa a nntional nnd 'independent church; they possess liturgiea and aacred booka in the Rouman tonguo; and tliey regard tha Ruasiana as schismatics, because they recog¬ nize tho Czar as their spirilual chief.
The population of thoso Principalities, amounting lo 4,000,000 or 4,500,0000 inhabi¬ tanta; lhe great exlent of ttieir lerritory, which could cosily aupport three times their popula¬ tion; tho richness and varieiy of the produc* oftheir soil; thoir situation, between the Car¬ pathians and the Danube, which renders them powerful bulwarks both for Auatria nnd TurkeT; all these concur to givo them real and consid. orable imrortanco both in commercial and pa- litical rcspeels.
These countries, rich in natural produco,and deficient bolh in capital and manufacture*, would become a produclive outlet for Britiaii capital and industry, and would soon attain a hiirh degree of prosperilv; if thev could enjor in full security the righls which thev derive from tboir treaties with the Porte. And the Princi¬ palitioa ardently desire to aeo themselves placed, as well oa Turkey, under the collective protto- tion ofthe great Powers.—tonrfon Popar.
Hon. Edward Eyerett.
Few, if any, whn are famiUarwilh the career of this dislinguished aon of Massachusolts, wilt dissent frora Iho justice ofthe following tributo to his lalenis and worth, which is laken from the N. Y. Mirror, Mr. Everett is not only a man of undoubled geniua, nnd highlv cultiva¬ ted mind, but an eminent statesman and sin¬ cere palriol:
"Edward Everett's career has boen marked, nnd aa men say, fortunate. But hc nwes nolh¬ ing to accident. He ia not a chance man.— Hia flower, frora tho bud, lias been aclf nurtur¬ ed, selfdovcloped. He hna wrought his own forlunoa. As a scholar he is ripe. In alt the elegancies and rcfinenienta of literature ho has no superior. With the story of the pa.st nges— of men. nations and governments—he is a fam¬ iliar, tte is ft philosopher, gathering wisdom from their errors; a poet, weaving his own glo¬ rious web from their romanca; a statesman, j heeding their lessons ; an oraior, glowing wilh fires kindled from their heroic, ttsfir snt^time. I
Our Foreign Debt
Near the eloae of the laat session of Congrea* tho Sonato adopted a resolution requiring th* Secretary of the Treasury lo ascertain and ra- pnit to tho Senaie ot the opening of tho natt Congress " tho aggregate amount of S'tOte, county, railroad, canat. and other corporation bonds, stocks, or other evidence of debt held ia Europe or other foreign eountriea on the 30tl« of June, 1853, apecifying, so far ns the iam* can bo ascertained, the amount of each of th* abovo descriptions of bonds and alocka."
Pursuant to this resolution, the Secretary of tho Treasury has issued a circular lo all tha in¬ corporatcd companies in the Union, from whieh we make tho following exlracl:
In order to enable.me lo comply, so far u practicable, with the above resolution, I -will b* obliged to you if you wilt communicole to thi* Deparlment—
lsl. The auihorized amount of capiial alock of your conipany, the amount actually paitl in, and lhe ainriunl, so well as ean be ascertained, hold bv foreigners, residing bevond tho boundi of the United States, on Iho .10th June, 185S.
2d. The whole amount of bonds, if any, ii¬ sued by your company, and the p.-irticular amount, so welt as can bo ascertained, heltl by foreigners, residinff bevond the boundg of th* United Statea, on the SOlh June, 1853.
Tho ftnswera to these questions, if given wilh even toleratilc accuracy, wiU reveal a fund of inforinalion of incalcutahto imporiance. Ai present all the information which we have about our indebtodueas to foreign capitalists is alto¬ gether conjectural, and two men of eqnal cip»- rience and judgment might differ ten million* from each other in estimating ils amount.— The value of this inquiry might have be«n greolly enhanced if il had embraced the amount of indebtedness ono, two, or three yeara back, ao as lo have given a standard of comporiaoa by whicii to estimate the increase of foreign capital within thc year or scries of yeara. If Mr. Secretary Guthrie could hit upon some plan by which this apeoies of information could b« furnished lo thc country annually, il would bs of infinile service, and docs not at preseni seem lo us at oil impracllcoble. The first experiment now making, wc have no doubt, wilt be found of so much Interest as to lead to its annual ra- pelition, unleas aome solf operating avstem is devised.—-N'cKi Tork Post.
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IA> Ono ofthe moat celebraled members of thc Paris bar was consulted tho other day by a voung practitioner, npon an obat?ure point of low. *I cannol give you a positive answer, young mon," replied the advocate! '-I hava pleaded nnce ono way, artd and once tha other, and I gained my suit each time ."
M0- An Irishman in distress asked a gentle¬ man for relief. He was repulsed with 'go to h—11.' Fat looked at him in such a way as to fix his aitonlion, and then replied : "God blee* yer honor for vonr civility, (or yer the first gin- tleman that's invited raa to his father's hoosa since I kim til Amertky 1"
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