The Texas State Times (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 3, 1854 Page: 1 of 2
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' Bfrrr £>r th« isv.^r's vWiof:
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a# tho lij>«, jitf-MTJ;
; *uni;-—>.• '
aw -t fifte
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Bat ?S«:isf fea*« % ;i«_
Tt* not iraat the f-o. T>-. ^
WhemrtP w* grasp Cto j- rvfc-
V/* 5i4w nj^V
Tfce te of frieoAsjfi^'?
In die w«ni fmofe Kfirr;--J
"Flip meUitr shading feH h t.f r
To ifcaWt witH cares ir:i -;ri
Breafeaifato' her w®?, 'cr
For SA 2<jye«i oae'i firture >:
So coH ^iifceu.'^no "fatewei;
Wit} (n iirt •cho'kttt? ligii ..
Tint tj deepest sob of *nru'-'i
•japw-« thee, bor. 'fifc-Qti
G( w*tdi lie pale ami d„-ing ->t
Wijea tbe ffrmr* h** at ;t .•
Wiwe Ao Vt>w is «>M as !.!se
Asfi «b wertd a p*%slzg 4tv i
And tiielaW. pres jtiro ••>( the
The l k of thrrfoaiog ere,
V«W «-hai the he-wt Bigfet (tad.
A long and last- "Gwti-tfveV
HIS HOUSE, OJIATK, GRAVE ANli JONUStKJJT.
On the swamit that comn:
chanting view the mansion w
Jefferson when he hadweukhr-
his cultivated tasteg. The ho
feet long, and a poeufiax fori
portion. Ton enter a whita;
"which was once adorned with
which he had selected with a
in the high places of the oarth
pass ob to the spacious dvsu*
with polished iniaidifoor, thee
■ry, and study, and parlor.
fl'ght of stairs, not wide ano
than one to walk np ar a tin
find the chamber whee he a!
4tb of July, 1826. The bed
cose, the end of which contal
pieces, and oi this was thrown
on vhieh he iaid himself to d
the giooaaiesi plac?—that dead
that I wits ever in; there was the i
gathering of thoughts drowded
other, and each claiming to be
emotion for the Iioursnqi spat.
of liberty and rovohuiona—ef
^reatneaa and Story—of phil
of religion, and -infidelity, Sfid
hereafter, cif the so alas a
straggling with the. fetters,
tway with them into the dark
untried future, to the present*
finite, in whom the wisdom of
angel? is lost as a drop that. tails
ocean—before whom the soul of the
ly shrinks away, and fuw& t
human glory and the fig-leavi
ophy=to be no coverniyg *"
the Holy One searches the ,
thoughts as these pressed z5e
in the chamber whence the
son fled to judgment.
, The mansion is now owned by Capt.
Levy, and is falling irto decay; it Uras
I sold, together with ail ihis
Llefferson baring died insolvent, ibnost
[the only relie left of a man whose name
|5 i.ltf ti§©d with his country'i In^aQr^M
■ a de^^e^atSoraiTiS
ideut, is a bust of nfkaire, w hiqh stands
here a tutelar divinity jf tl>is deserted,
dilapidated house.
As you ascend the mountain yon pass
an enclosure, without & gfiie,i'that con-
tains the grave of .fefierscn t tnd a more
neglected, wretched barial p!a<je.yen will
seek in vain. If Campbcili ;^|t man had
been b\iried there, he w>a!d notfcave been
less cared for.
The wife of JeiFerson, ti>rr from Mm
hy death ten years after thoj - early mar-
riahe lies here.
"A granite obelisk, battered mush by
pilgrims, but without na me or epetaph, is
doubtless the monument of Je!*"
was here placed by executor^
panel on which was to be v .si
epitaph he wrote for himself
inserted in the stone. I wa.*
lying, with the iron g teS
the enclosgre, on the banks
where they were landed, a
man has troublek himself io
reach their destinatio®.—•iV.ijJ1
tervrf.
Love.
With maa, love is never a
such mtensky and sscciftrity at
mar>. She is a creature of
existing only in the outpo«rifj^-
rwtbies of her emotioiw. even
the WOTHij. no
into Black-
testhe
or
make 0
leather
the classes of
Portrait.
cal wi-i- My friend and I Were«ne afternoon at
in Gc^att the exhibition of thepaintings of the Ro;
less fee al Academy, which had jttst beea open*
died for the s«sison. Wwis, %rtimatcly, a
ons lile rainy day, and th^ rooms were not o1
philos- crowded,s.4therefore we conM for once:
tie wri- nage to get near enough tp any a
lar picture that took onr fancy.
sadden my friend fle^" p*erij
m room, as though he ficeivi
invisible mechanic*! or human impulse
from behind, or w s es&ping the ap-
preaching ^hyskigBdmy ® a pressing
creditor. As I was tightly hooked mto
Itis arm, there was no help for me to
fjtlow as rapidly in the same direction,
: althpngh iR our flight we cleare<l the ga-
! of ping crowd right and left befoife us. Ere
h for : I could reeover from my surj>rise, or de-
golden mand the cause of the extraonlinaiy pro-
the wine of eeeding, toy friend solved the mystery
t never cheer by pointing to the portrait of a young
"n will never | lady. " Did you ever, Harry, now, in
days, and j your lifetime?"
in their shoe \ "What? eh! Yes, it's very
wiH charm | but—*
University | " Do not bat me. _ It's pacfectly Gre-
K-1 cian.-. Look .at these-'japs, tie dtfr^ J«w-
| ^ is ! big locks, the W*utifa^yiwytcxwiT, the
wefld for the mysterious darkness of the [rounded breast. 16 she hot lovely—per-
next. 'He ftts not j^ft his like behind— j^ection, I say ?"
John Wrlson was somewhat of a scamp ; "Well, she is rather pretty," I an-
•see a libel on herself thus publicly ex- his own
re sel-
e any
tibey once
CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, ,
at r ™ %\
m
goo^
np more, i$pd Christopher North has i
changed " df i
in bb early days, and famous for his gal- j swered in a low voice, and h l| ashamed
lafttry and devotion to the fur sex. Wal- | at die open expression of ec^taey'of m;
• Savage Landor.
itrrel. described 1
with whom he had a
him as . * ,
teach
toman
stood
Jefer-
Mtt
qoirtA
1 Tnaued in the, foAtoh by the of Uith,
And whiffing liis cigar through obessy teeth."
whieh must be admitted to die a yery jug*
gestive pertHajtfr®.; i$ _
of his genius was in the ^dl^^tal
and it was quite e^ident that fe be'
Iris mission to be somewhat like Words-
worth's, that of a descri
tivtf poet. It must be
•"Isleof Bmbs" is an exi ,
gant and graceftd poem, sparkling with
an imagery almost Oriental in its profuSe
splendor, and very gentle and - sweet in
many portions, though giving little prom-
ise of the robust strength and passionate
fire whieh were latent in the author. He
had not yet found ont the path n
he ShoOll walk. A
one which led np to the iSpdaHds—-to the
region of nrist and sbdv&i, .*h«Nre one
eouH be free of mountain solitnde, and
understand his Qod. ? Ift after life be trod
that path, arid nonehave understood bet-
ter the rapture of the lulls, and the un-
speakable beauty which floods the
like a moutain torrent, w3d,
strong and bMitiffal, amid the, lonely
Highlands of Scotland, . Like MacGre-
gor, he Was never hii^elf sawe when his
foot was on his nai^ve heather.
Indeed, one of the chief characteris-
tics of- 'Wilson's mature writings is their
intense nationality. He knew BrOiland
by heart. She had not-a lake, a moun-
tain, or a dreary moor, with which, he
was not familiar. Ac drank of the in-
spiration of her glorioiffi history, and of
her glorious Glenlivet, also; for Kit
North loved his glass. He knew the peo-
ple well—their passions, their sorrows
and their hopes. Though a staunch To-
•rid anjonwan
nrTlrx ^ m
Scottism which is now the basis of Lord
Eglington's party, in which romance and
reality, the heroic and .the practical, are
very strangely combined. He was a true
patriot, though a bad politician. Noth-
in^ can be finer than his appreciation of
the noble traits of his countrymen—their
courage, their energy and abiding domes-
tic affection; while nothingcould be more
tender than his sympathies with their sor-
rows, and tearfoi regrets at their disap-
tments. No hand rested ^nore liuht-
the head which was bowed
;h none could be cleftch-
against the^ron
the knafe^ A
friend, whieh began to attract
tention.
" Do yon think that is, fro J2b ?"
"Can't, say." _ . -v ;
" You know that I'm a sworn bache-
lor?". •' r'"* ' 5s* v
"Tut, man, let's see the*fet k>gue.—
Here it is. ^No. 78. Portrait of Miss
Ellen Trotman.'"
" 'Tis a pretty name, is it not?" .
Well, I can't eay^Frederisk—Matter
of taste. But let us look «t the land-
scape." : This demand, howet$f ^ Xhad to
make t least twenty times, for my fi-iend
stood opposite that portrait) is though
transfixed for at leaat three qk^fera of sai
hour, unti4 n<*t h*$g willinfio lose my
dinner at the ela% or have ihe doors of
the place closed a^n, me, I made a last
vigorous effoj-t mceedei in tearing
the lover away from his canvtss enehant-
r^ss, Bat he^.was ieally a ^retty affair,
W&-
retumed to his hotel, and passed the ^e*
of the day in dressing. It wai
tjvely the first time I had ever seen
attempt the elegant, though, to say
truth, he was well fitted to play the
part, beSig a fine, nay, a handsome man,
and xt>t more than thirty. "At the ap-
pointed time bis relative arrived, and
•they departed together. They had not
hgen gt m? more than an hour, and 1 was
deep Iti the perusal of a work on partial
and mental hallucination, when I
was inttrraptedby my friend's well-known
step. \ heard Mm aseend the stairs aiid
give ortbrs io be galled it six the next
morning.
" What is the matter now?" I inquired,
as he entered. ' ' , ' f J
"Why, it's all wrong. Mr. Trotman
and his aster left for Manchester this ve-
ry morniig, but the train starts at seven.
You will go, of course."
Here was a pretty position. I certain-
ly was unvilling to leave the victim to tKe
guidance of his own recklessness. He
might be off in a tangent to Dublin. Hav
re, the s«uth of France, or. tjie North
Pole. But what would thtf^club say?—
.Whftt wotid- every body say," when they*
heard first of "our wild-goose chase, and
then of the upshot of it ? And what that
might be, it"was impossible to foresee—
even marriage itself—horrible. I would
only at length consent to go on one con-
dition, that we should retern in three
days at farthest; this I insisted upon,
not with the remotest hope of its fulfil-
ment. For the first time in his life, I do
believe my friend was Hp before the sun;
and be was ill at ease bSfore he saw me
preparing for departure, ourselves in the
train, and at length in Mancheifcer. We
had scaifeely entered our hotel, when my
agreeable companion again deserted me.
In tfrd hdtms he returned with a joyful
countenance, "I have caught her at last,"
he exclaimed as he entered, ''• she is here.
Here he expressed his hps with exalta-
tion, " J hastejseen "
"No! her brother; and he, I assure
you, is an excellent fellow—jiist one after
yonr own heart; and what^do you think,
our Liverpool merchant is all powerful in
that quarter^—the letter of recommend:
posed to the world.
After thisr cmtbut^ and my endeavor-
ing to console him with the possibility of
his being able to obtain a copy of the por-
trait nharrwmt, to minister to his mind
v>f love, if lie could not obtain ,a living
portrait, we lapsed into a tolerably taci-
turn state of existence; and one' would
have supposed that some sudden fall of
two siblings a ton in W ellsemPrnd over-
whelmed the
great coal exporter-
fSri&'ti ,.
take up with things
dom see that the v
adequate apology for
vented |t both die idea and its patrons.
The thoughtless public goes on in enjoy-
ment of the addition to its knowledge
and power, scarcely aware ef the names
of the men who have conferred upon it so
great an obligation. And when the%ext
my new idea arises, it has §R go through pre-
friendipjpp' ' i cisely the same ordeal, because the terror
The company continued to pour in, and I of nuking a wrong admission always ex-
we conld hear from the music which reach-1 ceeds the hope of verification in any par-
ed us, that dancin.g"had commenced at! ticular icase. Thjisv it is, that from thf
the rear of the house. , j mqutli of babes" Providence sends so
Of a sudden, Mr. Trotma* again ap- j much of what blesses mankind, while the
peared before us. i wisdom of the sages*i^ turned to foolish-
" I realty-hope/' said he. "that youjness.—ffoux'eJtold trorcht,
will enter a little into the gaiety of the j ,w* r
evening. Come with me into the room j ' *,*0' tato Tempt^tteA^'
wliere they are dancme; mv sister isnow ! the spring ot 184^,, we chanced to
disengaged for tbepextdanw, and I shall; be" spending a few daysjn • beautiful in-
monotonons ' incidents qf
stepped into the room
be able to find a partn<s£for vwit friend, j Country town in Pennsylvania. R
Harry gaveu look (^4e^f>
and to relieve as from
" I envy you for youi- happiness,r" said
I,,in a whisjSer, and'with a certain mah-
sarMaeCfen tirat^hp shouid*<fo the, . ,, ... , r
full amount of pennance for his folly. - -Among the prisoners m the box, we
We were led quickly through the crow- , a ' . tender years, whose sad
ded rooms into the ball rdo ® Ofasud- anfl pensive countenance caused him to
those ^rhi< ^ «nite ordinary friends. We
w«e. both bachelors, ^ind had withstood
the brnnt of many a worldly conflict, and
th6 wiles o^many a coquette in defence
of celibacy; and it was! only the week be-
fore that, he assured ipe that no woman
had ever made an imprtssiQn on his heart
which lasted two hourssafter he had left
her. presence, tl was tpo mueh; it was
like a noble ship which, havifcg crossed
thai ocean through storm! and tempest, is
wrecked within sight of ler intended ha-
ven upon an insignificant shoal.
When the next morning I dropped in
upon my friend, I found him still raving
about the beauty on canvas, and chanting
to his heart's deair& porttait charmmt.
I remonstrated and attempted to reason
-and King with him, to laugh at him, hut ha was un-
We «en-
6irig, nay, every heavenl
ae aucriacedior her affr-ctioas
ism,
m his a^i
like him more I
He isbeaBy snbliriie in his fierce
r, when he fling# up a. CJeckney
ling to his gods; " but is exquis-
iteiy tender when ho touches tthe " sin-
less child," or murnmrs his deep grief
near the cottage o£a dying peasant—a
leave the sunny home of ber
tbe protecting roof of lier km-lied,
the counsels of hei sn-e, the.
vfice of that mother on vh-
hea i has been pillowed, fori
hag clung to in her of
plieity, do ail that. wom n
sisteatly -with honour, and t
^aro t«e svm of the maa she idolizes.
He that would fi/rs.-.kie x. woman,
these testnn^uiee of affeifticn, is tcto
a -.aiBn jo be called a man. Thewath
of H«aven wiB pui-«je hiia, tha
Cian- js wptffi Jiiy bror-., and th"? cnr*« if
with map -5 to hiia aev«? 3
jwrp<)tual misri /; •'"ber iiesnat w^t
i?i npoahfe initio a; 'hesbrtrae-.-
tiii from boaine. :he *'!p ef andiWj,
or the parnii# £ wetlA wffl
,t Scotch roci
le, and withapei
tious tears in *
We could
have only s
one has read
topher North^
so ftflie is
on hhj works. Si
sun-
fountain of plen-
ns" of Chris-
to read them;
a long comment
a style of more
voluptuous richness known amongst men,
and never fid a freer pen flash through
tie pages of periodical literaJtare. He
was unquestionably the finest essayist of
his time, arid the most robust arid fearless
critic. The old Greek poets rarely f<ri|ld
a keener interpreter, while no hand so
unmercifully-dissected the shams and im-
postors of hj time. His pen had the
~ a scaihei when necessary, and
e very vitals of the nnfortan-
aro poetaster win- Uappeiset
unr>n his table. Somotiinc
w:-s too «evore, ana yii tjciU-i. ..
C Viglj A kjuitSi' who jwotessed waig |
tics. Edinburg has lost in, him oue
Ber noblest eons. He was almost the last
which matrimony was followed by family
quarrels and petticoat government. It
was void and of no effect. I recalled to
his mind the fate of our former club
friends; how Thompson.did not dare stay
out beyond eleven at night since he had
been-married; how Smith had received,
by his own confession, at least a dozen
curtain lectures', and the honeymoon was
scarcely more than over. In fact, I ran
through a whole catalogue of matrimonial
woes which had attended our joint ac-
quaintances to endeavor to dissuade him
from his idea; even calling into aid the
° ' position of Bobinson with thirteen
. My friend was crazy; more, he
was in love. Had he a broken limb it
might Hfcve been mended; a broken bone
will knit together in nine dap. Had Tie
his skull, it might have been fixed
trepanning. There was, however, one
ion* he was entranced only with a
portrait. This was a happy difference be-
tween falling In love with a jittle witch of
flesh and blood. The portrait could not
talk; it could not |ake his arm of a moon-
light evening and walk out of every body's
hearing; it could not receivd long letters
and write long, answers—in a word, it
could neit^pr marry nor be gi ren in mar
riage. But stop) might he pot seek out
the original. Ah! what a blow to my
bachelor speculations. And when he
•spring up exclaiming, "I urn off Ijgthe
exhibition," and inviting me tro aeco:
ny him, I felt certain that some evil
would yet come of it, and left him truly
miserable.
Some three weeks passed away, am
had less of my friends coippany than
usual, for he spent all his morn: _
lounging about die dreadful exhibition,
and as much of that time as he could,
without being too much remarked, before
No. 73. One morning he arrived at my
apartments almost out of bi
a highly excited state.
T wnrd h«> vfOai ned,—-
I-am going to he
for expert-*"
?*■
e ge. an in-
w'lh any
of prospwity, or appar ?:t objsct:
tiimi, kt me teH .jroar. 'ileric. as I
ly to be a good & &t> -.-r, he insis-! Mil'wa a«d Taywr.
ted upon my cqmif£gternj£ur to a ball. t! of.th* feentiou. and
~tidb fflto&etr^ en in honor oi.
would yon
Production to a
wholft' «•?> * HO l
stea-ift navijjr.r 'uil
look sadly out of place among the har
dened criminals by wjiom he was surroun-
ded. Close by the Box, and manifesting
the greatest interest in the prmeedings,
sat a tearful woman, whose "anxious
glance from the Judge to the boy, left
t it was.kis mo-
j ther. We turned with sadness from the
! scene to .inquire of the prisoner and
| learned he was accused of stealing money.
The case was soon commenced, and
by the interest manifested by that large
crowd, we found that our heart was not
theonly one in which sympathy for the lad
existed. How we .pitied him. The bright
smile had vanished from his face aad
now it more expressed (ho cares of tie
aged. His young sister—a bright ey«l
girl—had gained admission to his side,
and cheered him with the whisper of hope.
But that sweet voice whieh before caused
his hearfcto bound with happiness, added
only to the giief his shame had brought
upon him. , 4
The pro^feffs of the case acquainted
us with the circumstances of the loss, the
extent o#which was but a dime—no more!
The lad's employer, a wealthyt and un-
;d manufacttfrer, haffriwde use of
v;st#y'*'Of j!¥ ;*®r what he called testing the boy's
ihoMfty." It was placed #&eire, from its
x W • t.\i mem;r^^itien> tke* d worfd eTnecessity
den our host stopped, a young lady was
before him. Could it be possible? Yes,
there indeed sat the living- portrait—
young and lovely, even more beautiful
than she had been depicted by the artist.
Mv friend glanced at me in triumph.— 1 -
The ritetter was soon explained : the Miss ! no r°®m "°ubt
Trotman we had first been introduced-to " * ~ —*
was the honored maiden aunt of oar host,
and the ydkag lady his sister.
The conclusion of this affair may be
briefly narrated. My friend found Miss
Trotman, M as fascinating in mind
n she was lovely in person. She was
but twenty, and just returned fi ">m e chool,
and her iiffectione in every way free and
nntrammelled. He explained to Mr.
Trotman the whole circumstance of his
infatuation—his real position was an in-
dependent gentleman. life. W&tman 'vas
pleased to express his approval, and hiv-
ing assiduously gone throagh thg iieces-
sary forms of courtship, my friend H r-
ry at length found himself really posse ts-
ed of Ae affections of his ideal, and he
soon afterwards became the oyi for
1 Ye e f the beautiful portrait., 4
l orcljn Wars or Ur^at Brfttulm,
Sixcu the Conquest* of ^usn Bv
Wilmasi or Normandy is
We have prepared for the Hsraid the
statement below; which will doubtka* in-
terest oar readers at this tttte. Btaides
the numerous domestic wan between
England, S^otlond, Wales and Ireland,
Great Britain^has been engaged in. the'
following wars Vith frocign nations:
Ynr.
War with France 1116
VmK Tinw.
reacc
I(U9
raneo
is not
A-correspondent of the New .Velwt:!
Oelta, eridentlr fomiliar with the snbjcvt
npon which he writes, says:
'There is sookewhat moi* than a • I-.m..-
of *nxiety" in the British public - ^ ^
present, and, great as the(snob*ac i C'CL
n«J enthusiasm may be, when eml>arbi!g
regiment - uh(^rl their Wateri- io' -i.:-
sciwea flag!!, and departing flteet at>.
greeted "with '• nrit^mji, i-ulcs the '< 3 v«ij,"
the true mind of Engird
as to the result of the hi
now commenced to be played]^
land and France are tQ be |>tg
What, if France shoulB b^p
light, and a general scramble i
and its trimmings take place '* iT
France shbuld change partnmk an.V pia v
the game with liussia against
Africa, from C^.' s-j;--
and from Egypi '.<*■
les? gad the "Mf l>
a French aad K<j ■
The general treaty of peace or Rys-
wick between England, Germany Hol-
land, and Spain on the one part, and
France on the other, was signed by the
to ■ ~i
g .man
1 tinople
2 the pillars
v . terra nean
^lake?.. •.
. -> j. Nations, - like g&mhlacs. and uniikt
' * • thieves', are gorecp^ by no prin -iplc -y>f
^ j1 honor; and when t-he's'iake is hi? -m-:
% Lit it Hcttk their while, ttffcy will • t • ;iL ■'
r, I blerig and.slip" equal tothetkos: adroit
g ^ professor.
8 An Epglish eduor wrote, 4 £
since, in thaso words, or. zhttilK la ihis
Wis)' iaffcr
sense: " There is an
the people in
stration against Russia,
'shade of anxiety.'" At
the government of England
rdetnon-
e tiraA,
stren^t non-
ministers of these Powers, at the Palace ] i g its sea-board defences, arid incn'asin;
of Ryswick, near the Hague, in Helhtnd | its local militia. Are these fecr; an
sgue,
It concluded this
commemorated
of tbe tirst r'Xjwri
his house, which is to be.f;i^- vn in honor of i ments, desorteil it: tbe former from a*- \ lessen, an«t
his stfte^B birthday.' Hi. " ' " " 1 ' ^ -
day! only think of &iat!
danced about the room, as tm n
; see it, and least suspect the trap. A day
r Vl
]
intoxicated with tbesu'
"Oh, by the by, he ex^!ai??ied,
you are to go too." 1 mention? I
future brother-in-law that I haa a friend,
whom I did not like to leave, and he in-
sisted upon my bringing you. I express-
ed to the exporter of coals, with perhaps
no Very good grace—my obligations for
his kindness." The whole of the after-
noon mv friend was in the highest "spirits.
s'ster s inrtii- i price, the latter from want of peenniary {;100' not ^
lad hers ho I means. Abandoned by men of
he was! tionj jtfwisf taken up by tbe reectianies
r 3.d - mwtor to his mertifiea-
rev found tbe coin
tencb ed. An oth c r
object was sained.
aa\
paPint *
his
A simple present for
--o J bWJir Ji Y> uj: wy iuc iucvu«wir.> ' ty r > - ^
hi scheme, j Sjffli^ston and Bell, mvJ by them pushed \ sister was pnrcimeed with it. ; . ^ ^
September 20th 1698.
last war. The event is
by ja pyramidal momancnt at that place.
The great modern and expansive ware
of GTeat Britain have been as follows: 1
War of the succession with France,
Spain, fcc., commenced May, 1702, and
closed in March, 1713, lor the peace of
Ctreoht: duration, eleven years. The
most important stipulations in this treaty,
were the security of the Protestant suc-
cession in England, the disuniting of the
French and Spanish crowns, and the en-
largement of die British colonies in
\merica.
War with Spain, December 1710, to
tfte peaee of 1721t duration of war over
tap years, - i ■: * ^ ¥''
War with Spain. October, 1729, te tbe
peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, April 30,1748:
duration of war, eight years and six
lyonths.
Ww with France, March, 1744, dosed
also by the Hfeeatr of Alx-h
April 20, 1748: duration of
Th"e Seven Years "War. with France,
from June 9, 1766, to the peace of Paris,
forgot
0 my j -shec a foreigne:
on a certain
c ol-f'.'ualJ r •' 3%csc ejNnuvstaBees were sustained by I acquired t. auada,
jwar, Great!
priates the
tie Scotch
gteam-eiigii'e
this was the fact,} giv es tbe yvun
nairv Jaeuary. 1762, ch
pt-ace of Febraarv.
preparations for a naval attack by Rus-
sia '( Certainly not; for the fleets tb:.t
power are held in check by the combined
fleets of England and France. Of what,
then, is "perfide Albion" afraid^ Is it
not of France, the beloved coui't:y of
tbe great Napoleon, the prisoaer "f St.
Helena, and the now prosperous t upire
of Napoleon the Wise? How :r?$ny
months is it since u the sea-girt isle" >
trembling at the probaSMty .nf a Krt-cch
invasion?—since the coast defences were
ttrengthened, and the
into camt) in order to 1
^French army?
coast defe!
Man:' r. Ui
od
not run into years since such thin/ v - r.
Have Frenchmen no memorire ?—and
do
terioo
tkair history, and
■-Hepubiic ! % pajBsbaenk - His
irst trul;
Even then, fenr
when he was to be introduced to No. 78,
Everything has happily, or perhaps un-
happily, an end, as the case may be. So; steamer afloat in the old world. Then,
likewise nine o'clock that evening brought
round the period of our departure to the
house of Mr. Trotman, or rather I should
from the moral obscurities of those hum-
ble mechanics, come forth pretensions
and claims ridiculously ignoring all that
War with Utt Caned Stan[
f to the nce of Paris,
j coaKl ser many tears ^. svnsp&tbv "for : >*®iber SO- I7S2: Duration on warcft.
Ithe lad, Lis widowed mother, and. his i eight years.
taithfal sisrei-But then- all} Wa- w'ttfe Franee. Febr>iary 1".
dry 'nolrj- i«-.d none looked as -.1" they ) teacc-or raris. January 20, IV
cared for, or expectcit .~'ight else but e *n-1 of war, .ibc>ct three years,
viclion. The accuser sat in a onspic- {
ioos place, smiling as if in fiend iikc i.
ultatdon over (he misery he had brought
address had great | «Vaf w th
of the West the "glory 0/ the'WiroN I ^1lp0Q &3i V'h° iU ^fore* 11
realizing the invention.
years passed without bringing any Briton
■V'i-i ■f,n" ffnl tj prnr-filri
mason, Bell, who accordingly becomes
entitled to the glory of setting the first
say mansion, for it was evidently the Miller and Taylor had done, and de-
abode of a man of considerable wealth, tracting immensely from such merits as
is
u ^of her Titan breed; for DeQmncy is
gfwsyfrom his earty infat^tion. It f. ****&■ °/
* ^1,«««.
scilne nay ebar.e . an-1 vcars^ long, nrith-
^r§;g. m^liagerh.c years, steal swa the
nit: thy ftbfek uf fc-nuty, the rtrins
; af' a breaking iv^ari cinn n
niai^'t: the njemorits of febat ; "kf
.^Si4of;be obliterates.froa- ',hf
bei*& anew with ride, and
e: tie spirit
f e- * '
; Ttcr
. tzs* Miscaac.v.-—Aboat ten
-eminent hnsiriMS ffttt in
H3sited a i&tt^r, awftaining
• adostmtf U $16,000,
i N. Yort, di
g b«en me^iveA
ea by due s^oa
5 roaght W tk aotiiie ^ the
who km*
• tf:3f
: ■" : Cv, ?•
t
^i^safe aoeiJiamjEU as.fi>4: ir
L" ■: i' at- J fijiauciai ins'-ita !
i. ■ aiar> who iunv' !- '
and in
I could
The street was crowded with carriage.^,
and we did not reach the door without
some difficulty and considerably too long
a detention for my friend, who I halt
drove into a fit of desperation, by just
hinting at the bare possibility of the young
lady being engaged, or as desperately in
love with some dashing young man, as he
was with her. We arrived at last, the
rooms were brilliant with the splendors of
art and dazzling with the loveliness of
nature. Nothing was wanting in luxury
or in elegance. Mjfe friend hastened
through the rooms, dragging me after
him, until he reached the spot where our
host was. The introduction was an agree-
able one, and showed me immediately
that my friend rightly estimated Mr.
Trotman as a finished man of the workL
" By the by," he exclaimed, " you are
aware that our little soiree is given on ac-
count of the birth-day of Miss Trotman,
will you allow me to introduce you to her ?
She is very Ultimate with the family of
your relation at Liverpool."
The object of my friend's existence for
the last three months was now within his
rteach; he bowed and acquiesced with de-
light. I followed him; poor fellow^he
was in a dreadful state of excitement#
then felt how sincere must be tips
ideal attachment, which he had so wildly
■ed. . We approached a small cir-
cle ; the ladjy of the house was manifest-
ly there.
"Which is Miss Trotman? " said Har-
ry to our host, in anaxcited tone.
" That lady in the very centre of the iopportunity of making t
circle, with her back to us. But come, dreds, and hundreds into
they themselves really had in the case.
And, after all, both of them were al-
lowed to die in comparative indigence,
only Bell being allowed a trifling pen-
sion by the Trustees of the Clyde Navi-
gation. Miller in 1815, having exhausted
his fortune by ." improvements" and ex-
periments. It has been stated by his
son, that he had spent fully £30,000 in
projects of a purely pnblic nature, inclu-
ding steam navigation; and yet we know,
tlat not one penny of requital was ever
r«ndcred to him or any of his family for
tiis outlay. Taylor died in depressed
circumstances in 1824, leaving a widow
vith some daughters, and to these poor
gentlewomen the nation has generously
swarded a pension of fifty pounds a year!'
"he ocean is now overspread with large
iteamers, no voyage being apparently*
beyond their capabilities. Their effect
ii quickening and extending; the eom-
Derce is wonderful beyond description.
Th'e prospects of even nautical warfare,
hive, been wholly changed by this superb
iivention. How curious to trace back
is genealoy through them uddled chan-
iels of Symington and Bell, to the ama-
eur gentlemen mechanicians, Miller and
Baylor, who conducted their experiments
n something like obBeurity and amidst
be pity, rather than the admiration, of
heir compeers! Where were all the
educated engineers ef England during
:hose twenty-three years between 1788
and 1811? Where were the intelligent
millionaires, who had here such a glorious
ns into hnn-
ands? It
I
Peace to the dust of Kit
>soolfind "recreations'" >jno
fe mountains and raUeji
,—Delta.
'
■A thiV afternoift ' ' I t a-,
witn me.
mime of common sense,
w say "
do, Frederick; I have
heard thatE Den—dear Trotman is there,
I knew, the street and number; there can
bene' mistake."
"And do yon intend to call upon her
with no othet introduction than yonr own
should
nam
impudence? Tins
have expected, even
you now, as yon
than
you
.your
mj^s
Si* Lkavk8 its Mark.—Mr. Gough,
in a lecture before the Tonne MenV
Christian Association of lionaon, dis-
coursing upon the corrupting influences of
bad associates, allnded to thS inevitable
penalty of mental suffering which every
transgsessor incurs. "What you learn
from bad habits and in bad society,"
stid he, "you will never for it, audit
will be a lasting pa;ig :e y^.n. I tell yon,
in all sincerity, nit >«-jhe excitement
of a speech, ret-iv. I ^ *n'M c onfess, and ^ ^ ^
have confessed bejC'}4,- '•) ,d. i wooitf (ffto} hiding that nothing could restrain my
my ri^t hand -to-ni^it, if! could f rget iT-iend, I consented to bear him company,
tiiat which I have le; -f-1 "n ?-#i«i'ietytfn t - 'nope that my guardian care might
■■■Ml When we
Oh! yon need not go on; I antici-
pate what yon, intend to say. I have
heard it aH so often that I have it all by
heart. The train leaves at three, we have
no time to lose. Just send dovn your
portmanteau, and I will hear all you have
got to say upon the road. I will, upon
my word, if I do not go to sleep tis I did
the last time; and if yon succeed in con-
vincing me, e route, whjp, the next train
' np brings us to town '
let fife introduce you ?
■ What a fairy hand! " exclaimed my a i
eiT fool am in—her
pv< ence;my whole frame is agitated'
witn emotion. i'
" Miss Trotman, I have much pleasur*?
in introducing a friendj,"
At the sound of these words, the lady
turned round suddenly. Could'itf be ?—
No ! What imposition; ^vhat deception
Why, Miss Trotman was a woman of—[
cant say what. She might have been ol J
enough to be the mother of my friend.—
It was true, there were tbe same linear
meats as the wretched painter had giver,
bat they had been heightened to beaut/
by his flattering pencil; there was also
tne same figane, here somewhat dried anft
flat—in the portrait it was round and full.
The likeneS&^^Ul not be denied. Per-
haps, what;ri§g|i*be understood under tl e
upon that poor but once happy trio.
We felt that there was but little hope
for the boy; and the youthful appearance
of the attorney who had volunteered bis
defence, gave no encouragement—as we
learned that it was the young man's
maiden plea his first address. He ap-
peared greatly confused and reached to
a. desk near him, from which he took the
Bible that bad been used to solemnize
the testimony. This movement was re-
ceived with general laughter and taunting
remarks—among which we heard a fellow
close by ns say, " He forgets where he is.
Thinking to take hold of some ponderous
law book, he-has made a misatke and got
the Bible.
The remark made the young attorney
flush with anger, and turning his flashing
eye upon the andience, he convinced
them that it was no mistake, saying,
"Justice needs no other book." His
confusion was changed instantly, he was
as calm as the sober Judge on the bench.
The Bible was opened, and every eye
was upon him, as he quietly and leisure-
ly turned over the leaves. Amidst a
breathless silence, he read to the jury this
Lead us not into ten>ptati«n."
felt our heart throb at the sound
wQj-ds. The tfttdieaee looked at
other without speaking—and the
Jurymen mutely exchanged glances, as
the appropriate quotation carried its mor-
al to their hearts. Then followed an
address whose influence was like magic.—
We saw thegoiity accuser leave the room
i|a fear c^t personal violence—-the mother
smiled again—and before its conclusion
there was not an eye in the Court that
Was not moist. The speech, affecting to
appears that even James "WSjitt nevAr f> ^lthat.jJ^gree which caused tears, held its
term.
ig likeness, very! My
a T M«M" ft™
ixit-, «C'. nos. *4 bit
t.t:-4iS vtl'>nS :wh
furt- ira, x ■
"iv reft
h.rnrtrel %>TOVR n
;4>;'.of siftgk. 1
Todg?d tad- :*
j Von may pray
--•t.
1 - •*.;; oL
j On • f>i' 1L0 loat::
.-.•ate, ".'bo *:i:i r
Ltly •
■Aj_2i'ter ' •
" ^rcb,
in-
friend caught my hand in a convulsive
clutch; he could scarcely m'ake the re-
quired bow, and he turned away abrupt-
ly, to the astonishment of all, as though
he was shot. If he had not been my
dear friend, I felt that I must have gav«
way in a.fit of lapghfor as the gross ab-
surdity of the YifflOle affair flashed across
me; bn i tiixSim to •n3Tst^-
Jjcyiilil to b:s won'.) ' "
the api-u.
n,
.,i"
ver^ naj^-
f,,.
*4 >{fen
ottr ku
ft
-j.-r. -lar' avowing bin- 0
?nd' f>ter> as he wish;"
e w«pft:<ptl.:tty seatel .
olves, my friend pr,-
st- of r-. al indignation,
i1-ty of the nrtist, an
-1 V-TTRSfi ">f}0 00Tii
A 'A.
SavoraDii
ne
tDiiilg >'flS
c; *vwuui in aocietyj
raw means, and seems to
way only by a kind of miracle-
indebted, amongst ns, to a man a-
antthat he could not spell his ow
These facts provoke us to some
considerations on the kind of per
whom the public is usually mdebr
great discoveries and inventi
benefits sMdorit ^me fr««a
stand in high awl assured places i-
ence and art. It is rather the ci
teristic of such perso^^o 'treat col
not with actual hostility, all new 1
Most generally, we see a new idea
forth from some obscure source. .
poor, unpatronized man breaks his )
a«d his heart upon it, struggling in
to get it admitted in respectable quar
ters. In time out of the elevated and
and enlightened classes, a few men, not
without intelligence, but with little rep-
utation for wisdom—possessing candor,
which their neighbors call ereduUty
open their ears to it, think there i? some-
thing in it, and for vears have tbe tnen-
"«aoK«r>^>tor>0ty of ft-trM!*£?::;: in..? riJi?-
. ' m or }'?■-,i i •tad-C-y fai ls
iiid *> -so much wny
With tbe grt-dt mass of th=. nnbh-\ that the
ie.iders ot science and rbioltj of tho'igbt
are compelled to ov.n tl t it U not the j.
turn bag they once i-eiiered H to be. The , uiey o
ti j. elty t!wn tascc." tlie high place, it is.! tt kee
:Mii]e 1 to. Moan^.Ui^e the originate;''litov a-
4*?'*^ Tl i \ '-.''ItV r C'f thf; ; d'it
was necessary to
verdict of the jut v
#Not gtiltyj'
they passed like a
and those
came from
thrill
•me
n.c ;
l<ml ■
min 1
spell bound.
) i little time that
::i.;i:-;-:;1fe-foelbre the
could bejgaraed. was a period of o~eat
anxiety arttL's&Sgemje. Bnt when the
whispering
happy wo:
the F<
of etecitfbitr from.
cr's first plea was a
one. lie was soon the favo-
rite, and now represents his district in
r.he councils of Commonwoalth. The
ad has never ceased his grateful remem-
brances; and we, by the affecting scene
erein attested to deseribe, have often
rented to think how manifold greater
< the cririie of the tempter^ than of the
' ngted.
f^hea'yv e incident, narrated by a cor-
r pondeiit
o?<;ur«il in
r* ■ 'vy<-!!t?>jol attorney" alluded to,
iifie sucis a brilliant debut, was
•K •. tkel now one of the airiest
.^•snc*«(tdRil lawyers in that ju-
>r several years he rep-'
->? Anthur's Home Gazette,
the Court of Harrisburg.—
who
-la,
j A* "
IIV-
popoiar
War with Spain. April 17, 1T8(
> by treaty of Pari®. June 20, IT
iiur-ridon of war, aboot tttrec- vears,
War with Holland. 0--iere!>cr 2, i'
Treaty of peace
1788: Daration of war, 1 to«r two year
It will be observed that during yf*-
ter part of the American Revolutionary
war, whieh was closed by the treaty of
Paris, England was at war with America,
France, Spain aad Holland.
War with France, during the French
Revolution, from February 1, 1793, to
to the peace of Amiens, March 27,1802.
Duration of war nine years.
War with France, and her allies, under
Napoleon Bonaparte, from April
1802, to the treaty of Paris
eleven years. '£ggflp^Ab, 'S
Warag&inst Napoleoa, on his return
from Slba, in March, 1815, finally closed
by tho battle of Waterloo, June 18,1815.
Wat with the United
June 18, 1812, to the peace of
December 24, 1814: Duration of war,
two year8 and six months. , '
In tbe war against Napoleon, the
great Powers of Europe leagued some-
times with, and sometimes against^ Great
Britain. Russia leagued with France
and Austria at the peaee of Rilsit, in
July, 1807, against Great Britain, but
that league only lasted about five yaws,
and there was no conflict between tbe
arm^ of England and Rnssia. They be-
they forget that the black pal: < Vv <
too hangs over the brilliant p^gee of
i the fahv -
Englishman stupidly asserts that V, ©Sting?
ton conqafered at Waterloo?
When the English regiments skn<t fu: 3*
in line with the Krene h battalions. gainst
Russia, what will be the feelingN of tlv;
FrenA soldiers when the dram b -u.-. ana
the flags are wmved by English ri-
bearer«,with 'Waterloo' inscribed thereca?
These are tbe quostioas asked, tv '?■ tthn-
tw, by the Aberieens. the Der "VS. iifi<1
the thinking maa of Eni^aod, -
eeaerat question a sngg^ted:
~e trast a peaj ^ho It. . *
eaase to hite ag, wounda.*-'
bsen. and still are, in th^*|g|p$
pr*? The answer can be ". af
one way: We cannot tnn*t Cz- m.—
- Wy viUs$ek 'i*d obtain the fffc-ei
-:-l**r amb&icm un<i
- Tli ucc. tfte "• t dcef"ai3.v;irf^*=r
sFt deepening into night.
There lies Constantinople, as jn c£-
coveted Sy I7«s-ia as New Orion
• by the United States, and is as a.
.; to Rnssis ■?« tW score? < f
, j and of her eeaafien : -7 ~ - '
« *as
*e yfears in wlur,
and sixty4.wo years in peace, previous to
the close of the war with France in 1815,
since when the general peace has lasted
thirty nine vears, nearly. In tbe war of
1688, England spent thirtv-six million
sterling; in the war of the Spanish suc-
ceseion sixty-tw<f mtlliorisf in the Spanish,
war, fifty-four millions; the Seven Years
war, one hnndred 'sad twelve millions: in
the American Revolutionary -pot
hundred, and tti;rty-ai.v millions; in the
wny-bf the French Revolution, four hun-
dred and sixty-four^ millions; and in the
war against Napoleon, one thousand one
hundred and fifty-nine millions; tints
proving a total expenditure for war, in
one hundred and twenty-seven years,
(from the English Evolution in 1668, to
the downfall of I^ipTdeon in 1815^
two thousand and twenty-three millions of
pounds sterling. M. de Prade estimates
thejoss cfHfo t y the French forces in the
six * campaigns of the Peninsula war,
(Spain ami Portugal) at six hundred
thousand men. The loss sustained by the
Spaniards and their allies was pw^Wy
asjjpefct, making the total destruction of
huma n beings in the Peninsula war alone,
about one million two hnndred thousand.
Tbe British conquests in India commenced
in 1757, and'continued at various times
down to the annexation ef the Ponjaub or
country of the Sikhs to the British Crown,
in March, 1849. lie .war with China com-
menced in 1840, tad continued to the
T-eritv—
slu'
WtU bare Uonstact:-
There lies Syria and Egypt, as v nch
coveted by France as California and
Texas were, and Cuba now is, by the
United States, and are as nece.-sarv to-
France on the scores of enlarged cctc-
aritfefher general prosperity
power.
most and win have %rpt and
a^e of Napoieiri's hftsd
settles the gaam.
I may he a Wt- prupltet* thai I hope
in God tjpt r am not—and I will venture
to proph^y that tbe fleets a$d trcops of
Toolon are teadk r partant per hi Syfft,
and to sail for F^yr.v tL-m they si-e to
aMnmcnce a bone fide, campaign in alli-
ance with £ngi*r:~?.
There wffl net be a gan fire<I against
Russia by tiit eomoinrd forays of Franco
and Englaaj?
St. Lot?is St'TKL, April 26,1854.
peace of August 29,1842, when a treaty pane
was signed on board the. 'Cornwall!* ship
of Htr. bv tho British and fW«<V
ConditionalLlgi^latiok.-The- liiclv *
mond Enquirer, speaking in reference to
the modern plan of submitting laws to the
people for ratification after they ihad btien
passed by the legislate*®, says vpry traiy
that tbe practice "is an invention of mo-
dern times," sad is as bss« in it- origin
as it is Virions in its t-. ndenc-. Bcfon
public men bttan to. lose the virtues of
iependeflcfc tbey did not
the respond idlifieS of
spirit of demagoguetMB is
?nal courage as te jonyirin
patriotisid^pjf when men begf n l>i 1
~ the St;tte snhfJi-fiinate
ividual .^f^randisuaent.
•grtity ar « tnar.iiness of
character wlp-ii sfcvink not from the res
spon«ilrilitiea<'.!',*><: <1 ■ - m-e*
begamto eyH iing tlie
just responsftiility of tb^. pesSti^r , ityi
then for ti^Jrst. time wis
expedient ^ i-aaditiOijal ,iepsk^£>r*- ^
he ngat. XnepSfi j? send-
to the peoplc ft • ratfsjcisiion
tl e feeble iJ-Jiii. r^-tiefinite
iyfc'ators -pro-
or ws, ana t the sn.mc
stand by t'^/gnless they
could get en cjdor«sne;:^4/ tb-.-irj
fvom the people. , The cm".
about to an end. sm<v ... ^
decided thsl laws nasw^ traa*-
mels are nricongtkuticna'i ,ar.d
every wher^ condemn
and half-finished iegWatltT
A g entleman witose
k wvUblished, dee'
rod freta'a.^M
day with tLi-^i
ere must W jk
the
w DWv
; v'!\ C.
St.-, a
--SMttirc. ■
•tsc -Sia;-
:,vnlv h'
id was sun- , mwmners
Senate ot
=: now the
r>i'i£0>
rt--- for
f^at iiii.
they go ro the eiUar.—7>.
S Writern ed'fo:
;«iye:
J f.«r, aft# feitrifcg 10 hi
{A ftji.ri' mtfn bv ihc"s&H =•¥
k\
readers- a-i-iim*.
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lusi
onion, a?
; Urowc. of N. "?
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