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WASHINGTON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1856.
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FOKEIQN 1SVL0KBUB OS THE POLITICAL
POWER OF FOEEIGN VOTES. .
NO. IV.
In article No 3, we treated of the corrup-
tion of officials occupying high places in the
government; of their base truckling to this
foreign power, as also of the action of the
Revolutionary League. Yet, monstrous as
may appear their iniquitous proceedings,
there we still darker pages in the political
history of foreign influence and power to be
revealed. It is Well known, that in March
1854, the free Germans of Jjouisville, Ken-
tucky, held a convention, adopting a plat-
form and certain resolutions. We have the
platform and resolutions in full, but will
only extract from them the more prominent
tetares.
The first article of the platform begins
with the old song of the slavery question
and treats it after this manner: We deem
the sudden abolition of slavery, neither pos-
aible nor advisable. But we, as republicans
and men, demand that the further exten-
sion of slavery be not constant'y "urged,
whilst not a single step is taken for its ex-
We demand that at length, real
yriitij so often
boasted of, to remove the evil; that in par-
ticular slavery be excluded from, all new
territories, indiscriminately and forever,
which measure, Congress is completely en-
titled to pass according to the Constitu-
tion." Now will the anti-American party
deny that there is danger in these demands ?
It has Wen a profession of the Democracy
that the state govermáent, and it alone has
'the right of legislation uport ihc subject of
slavery, it being simply and wholly á State
institution. Yet these Germans, with a
pompous solei&niiy, (being Democrats also,)
proclaim the reverse'. Will the Anties, with
these manifestations before them, affiliate
with them, or force them with their " max-
ims of absolute Monarchies" from their
midst 7 These " dear foreigners,'' with the
" sweet German accent and rich Irish
brogue" have eaten át their tables; have
camped with them, and slept with them ;
they have fought under the same banner;
have bled for them and wé hope Uiay die
for them hi November. Then how is it pos-
i for thein to tear ássunder the fraternal
ley canntit, Will not. diare cot do it.
Bowels anti-Republican^ hówetér anti-
Democratic J however antágohistic lb the
principles of dor government and inimical
to our institutions, they Constitute an im-
mense elective power, and Democracy band-
Mi aa it is by the rt cohesive power if pub
lie plunder," and having an eye single to
the destribution of the spoils, dare not sever
their connection with the foreign elements
hf their political power.
The Atüetícab doctrine is directly opposed
to thiá fóreigñ influence; drive it from our
midstj expel it from our shofes, that its
jmj ncit warp and bias the direc-
tion of legislation, in8 render it a " hetero-
geneous, incoherent, destracted mass." Yet
forther, ** Wé hold the Sabbath laws, thanks-
giving days, prayer in Congress and Legis
lature, the oath upon the Bible, the intro-
duction of the Bible in the free schools, the
of Atheists from legal rights, &c.,
il an open violation of human rights as well
aa the constitution, and demand their remo-
tal" Great God! Are Americans to be
«old in this enlightened day, in the freest
under the influence of institutions the
liberal, yea, is the vestibule of the
1 of God's religion and free-
dom, the forma and ceremonies derived
foam oi high, and retaaledto us amid the
; of Sinai, that the institutions es-
[ by the savior of men, aad sancti-
fcd by the Mood of Oidvery, are to be
wnetat from ua and trampled beneath the
foot1 of foreign unbounded licentiousness;
that the altar of the most high is to be con
verted into a temple for the worship of al-
most pagan idolitry? We venture to as-
sert, that there is not an American heart
ficom one extent of the country to another,
that would not fire with indignation at the
matate of things ; yet,
calmly, oooUy and dispassion-
ately, to redact apon the atarte of things that
of this German association de-
are we
tending; yes, whither are we tending 7 Our
political institutions are threatened; our re-
ligious faith is in danger; our social conven-
tionalities and all are. jeopardised, yet we
dare oppose no obstacle to the rush of the
giant wave that must overwhelm us; we
dare not invest ourselves with an impreg-
nable defence against the insidious wiles of
this political Pollyphemous that threatens
to devour us, but wraping the mantle of se-
curity around us we sit supinely gazing in
the heavens.
We next come to consider their "mea-
sures for the welfare of the people." A
body of foreigners with all their " maxims
of absolute Monarchies," or their new con-
ceived idea of liberty—an "unrestrained
licentiousnesssetting themselves up in the
heart of a Republic, and arogating to them-
selves the right to propose and demand the
adoption of foreign measures for the wel-
fare of the people. Was ever anything so
presumptions; so monstrous; so anti-Re-
publican? "We consider, as foremost of
such measures, the free cession %f public
lands to all settlers, &c." Here we have an
organization of foreigners coming among us,
as they profess, from an inherent love of lib-
erty, from no other motive whatever, but
an ardent, burning, and enthusiastic love
of liberty—and. demanding as a right a por-
tion of the public domain. Are the Anties
prepared to admit such rights, or admitting
them, will they dare to lob the public of its
property to reward the " inherent love" of
liberty of an organization of Germans whose
forefathers (the dastard Hessians) hired
themselves to another foreign power for
about thirty five dollars per annum, to mur-
der our revolutionary sires 1 They claim
them; they receive them with outstretched
arms ; with them they have fought; with
them voted, and it would be monstrous in-
gratitude not to reward their fidelity, a in-
gratitude that Democracy is never unmind-
ful of when an element of strength is to be
conciliated.
Again, "4. Constitutional Questions.—
Considering, as we do, the American Con-
stitution as the best now in existence, we
yet think it neither perfect nor unimproved.
In particular, we hold the following amend-
ments and additions likewiáe acceptable for
the State Constitution, as timely and proper
means to check the prevailing corruption to
wit:
" 1. All elections, without any exception,
should issue directly from the people.
"2. Any eligible citizen of any State may
be elected as member of Congress by the
citizens of any other State, and likewise may
any eligible denizen of any county be elect-
ed by the citizens of any other county for a
member of the State Legislature.
"3. Any representative and officer may.
at any time, be recalled by the majority of
his constituents, and replaced by another.
" 5. Free Tréde.—We decidedlv profess
the principle of free trade, and will support
it in all cases where it may be carried
through Without disadvantage to the peo-
ple, dnd when reciprocity is accorded by the
other side.
" 6. Foreign Policy.—The policy of neu-
trality must cease to be an article of our
creed, and ought, to be abandoned soon, as
contrary to the interests of North . America.
The rights of American citizen^ and immi-
grants having declared thejr intention to
become citizens, must the more energetically
be protected in foreign countries, since every
American appears to monarchical apd,des-
pótica! governments as a representative of
revolution against despotism, and this repub-
lic ought to honor this point of view as the
only one worthy and legitimate.
"7. Rights of Women.—The Declara-
tion of Independence says that' All men are
born equal, and endowed with inalienable
rights, and to these, belong life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness.', We repeatedly
adopt this principlev and are of the opinion
that women, toó, are among 'all men.'
" $. Rights of Free Persons.—In the free
States, the color of the skin cannot justify a
difference of legal rightsi There are not
born two men of equal color, but Still less,
two men of tmequal rights.
" §. Penal Laws.—It is our cipinioii, that
all penal laws can only have the purpose of
correction, but never the absurd purpose of
expiation. We, therefore, consider the pen-
alty of death, which excludes the possibility
of correction, to be as irrational as barbar-
our."
A universal free trade system, among
other things is to be adopted, in the remod-
lingof the Constitution, by this organization
of Germans,when the startling fact is before
the people, that a single administration of
of the government with its present Demo-
crat  extravagance, would bankrupt the
country, drain the treasury and entail upon
us every species of distress and embarrass-
ment With a yearly expenditure of up-
wards of $75,000,000, form what source pos-
sibly, in such an emergency could the reve-
nue be derived 1
The United States are to aboliallsh neu-
trality laws, and for the reason that they
are contrary to the interests of the country.
To give a loose rep to these revolutionary
spirits,, we presóme, and for no other rea
son, for we cannot see what interest the
abandonment of the policy of neutrality can
subserve. UA11 mea are born equal, and
endowed with certain inalienable rights, and
to these, belong life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness." In this doctrine of the de-
claration of independence, they fully concur,.
but " we" contend that all women are in-
cluded in the words "all men." Would
these Germans set up in our midst, a wo-
man's right system, and in establishing a
precedent, pervert the language of the de-
claration of independence 1 Yerily it seems
so.
We now come to a portion of their plat-
form, that must intimately interest the peo-
ple of the South, and in which we trust the
Anties may find something to árouse them
to a true sense of the existing evil.
In the 6th section, it is contended that free
negroes are entitled to all the privileges and
legal rights belonging to the whites, and
that a difference in the color of the skin
shall constitute no legal barrier to their as-
serting, obtaining and maintaining their
rights. Will, wo ask again, any person in
the South, American or Anti, contend that
there is nothing in all this dangerous to in-
stitutions, peculiarly Southern ? And will
not Southern men join with us in putting
down this power that springing up in o*r
midst dares openly to proclaim antagod'sm
to institutions of our country for whicli eve-
ry man South would willingly lay down his
life?
litr the Washington American.
NO. II.
It will be seen by the extracts below,
what the effects of Disunion would be on the
Northern States. To tbcm it will be dis-
astrous and rdinous—to us prosperity in
every department of business. If the fanat-
ical North will rush on to their ruin, let it
be so; tbey have no one to blame for it but
themselves. We have no objection to pros-
perity %nd wealth even at their expense.
For us to enrich a people—to make them
prosperous at our own expense, and then to
be villified and abused in every possible
shape, does it not show a great forbearance
that we have put up with their insolence so
long ? And yet there are those amongst us
who are still for continuing the connection
even to our utter ruin. How long will
Southern men submit to the present state
of things can only be determined by time.
We think, however that the dawn of a
better state of things is at band—that our
people are beginning to see that a continu-
ance of the Union under present circum-
stances cannot be long. The election of
Fremont would certainly hasten dissolution,
and would have the effect of uniting the
South. There are other circumstances that
may happen without his election that would
have the same tendency, and which we pro-
pose in the next number to point out.
Let the reader calmly consider the ex
tracts given below ; let him ponder well on
our condition; the result we hope will be,
that a dissolution of the Union will be ad-
vantageous to us in every respect. . (
Fellow-citizens of Texas! how much long
cr do you intend to remain tributaries to
Northern Capitalists 7 Shall we not unite
with onr Southern brethren, ánd at once put
an end to a Union that bears so heavily
upon us—a Union that is all for the bene
fit of one section at the expense and ruin of
the other ! R. F
EFFECTS ON NORTHERN TRADE.
" The population of the Northern nonrslave-
holding States, by the census of 1850, yras
18,434.922. 3 he population of the slave-
holding Slates by the same census was 9,
654,656.. At this time, under the system of
free trade, which the- Constitution secures
among the different ¡States of the. Union.
Northern ports have almost a monopoly o.f
the import trade. 1 he vast impact traffic
of New York has raised her to the first
place among American cities in population
and wealth and placed her in the front rank
of the cities of the world! The imports of
the United States in the year ending, June
1st, 1855, were $261,382^60 dollars,in value.
Of this amount about $160.000,000 was re-
ceived at the port of New Yorlc, while the
imports into the Southern ports amounted
to only $53,400,000. To show the disas-
trous effect of disunion upon this fertile
source of Northern wealth requires a short
and simple calculation^ .
," In the first place it. is evident tjiat the
imports necessary to supply the wants of
the Southern States, will be received at
Southern ports. This market will therefore
be. lost to the .Northern importer..,, He
could not compete with the Southern import-
er in the face of the Abolition of all duties on
foreign manufactured goods, which would
be the first act of the Southern States.—
All persons even superficially versed in the
science of political economy, know that the
imports of a country are pud by its exports.
The tremendous imports of foreign goods in-
to NOrthérh ports, ire paid for by exporte of
domestic produce.' By examining the official
returns for the last commercial year, we
find that the exports of the domestic pro-
ducts of thé United States amounted, upval-
ue, to 8249,708,553. Of thiff amount $53,-
956,418 was in specie, leáying $192,752,133
of merchandise exported in payment for
$232,943,667 of imports, the amount enter-
ed for consumption; $28,441,293 of foreign
goods re-exported, being deducted, in this
calculation, from the total importation. Of
the imports about $180,000,000 was im-
ported into Northern ports. A further ex-
amination of the export returns, shows that
the value of exports from Southern ports
during the same year, was $106,734,258.—
Thus from Maryland $10,395,984; Virginia,
$4.379,982; N. Carolina, $433(878; South
Carolina, $12,700,250; Georgia, $7,543,-
519; Flerida $1,503,594; Alabama, $14-
270,565; Louisiana, $54,367,672; Texas,
$916.961, The amount exported from
Northers ports, exclusive of specie, was
therefore about $86,000,000, in payment for
an importation of $170,000,000, leaving a
deficit of one hundred million dollars, as a
ballauce of trade against Northern ports in
one year. In this aspect of the case the
comparison between union and disunion will
stand as follows .*
cnion.
Imports at Northern ports, $180,000,000
(Of which $160,000,000 at New York)
Exports at Northern poruts, 80,000.000
Total
'$268,000,000
disunion.
Imports at Northern ports. $80,000,000
(Of which $70,000,000 at New York,)
Exports at Northern ports, 80,000.000
Total,
$160,000,000
another view.
But a closer analysis will show a still
more striking disparity. By reference to
the export tables of the last year, we find
tbat the exports of the principle articles of
.Southern production were as follows:
Cotton,
Tobacco,
Sugar and Hemp,
Spirits and Molasses,
Rice,
Spirits Turpentine,
Tar, Pitch, Ac.,
Flour, Wheat, &c., about,
Corn Meal,
$88,143.844
14,712.548
400,000
1,448!280
1,717,953
1,137,152
1,849,456
3,000,000
5,500,000
$117,909,153
A full statement would probably bring the
amount up to $120,000 000, thus leaving on-
ly about $70,000,000,for the Northern States
to pay for $180,000,000 of exports.
Above, our readers will find secession
article, No. 2, from our esteemed but we fear
wofully misguided correspondent " R. F."—
In No. 2, as in No. 1, "R. F." endeavors to
show to the people of the South, that the
fact of the North having grown rich at our
expense is a sufficient reason why the South
should secede from the Union. Now we re-
gard such a reason as no reason at all; for
we confidently believe that the South would
long since have grown rich at the expense of
the North, if it could have so managed, and
our correspondent shrewdly intimates that
he for one would have no objection to such a
transposition. Would lwK. then arrogate
to the South the privilege of growing rich at
the expensa of our northern bretbern, and
deny tbcm an equal chance to prosper at our
cost 1 We cannot believe him of such a dis
position; yet the context of No. 2. must lead
to such deductions; and well knowing the
sagacity of our correspondent we wonder
that he should argue from such premises,—
•' If the fanatical north will rush on to their
ruin, let it be so; they have no one to blame
but themselves." Certainly not; and here
again he entraps himself, for the testimony
produced to show that the North in its blind-
ed and rash policy has determined to drive
us to the wall, under his handling, turns
States evidence and proves' conclusively, that
in as much as their political faith is, as "air,
thin air," save so far as it is concurrent with
their manufacturing and commercial inter-
ests, the ideá is ridiculously absurd that she
will sacrifice the advantages already acquir-
ed to a sectional political feeling, and we re-
fer R. F. to his own extracts for the proof
of our position. ...it
Again our Correspondent regards it as
black and villanous ingratitude in the North
to enrich herself at our expense, then vilify
and abuse abuse us, so do we; but it is not
for us to inform R. F. that while we may
charge upon ths North the starting of so
vile a war of crimination and recrimination,
the South has nevertheless, waged it quite
as recklessly. For none of the reasons then
deducted by our correspondent, can we de-
rive the shadow of p necessity fbr disunion
and until R. F. makes it plain that there is
an urgent necessity, we will adhere to the
Union the whole Union, and nothing but the
Union and the Constitution. ¡ ,We love the
Union and our glorious old Constitution
with a love akin to adoration;' not wholly
for the blessings it secures to ue and to,pos-
terity; but because they are the handiwork
of the patriots of other days,and were reared
amid the bloody enactments of our struggle
for liberty! That no paric;dal hand may ap-
ply the torch to this Palladium of our lib-
erties is our first and shall be our latest
prayer!
"IS THAT THUNDER 1"
So ásk the startled Anti-Americans—is
that thunder 7 Aha! you hear it, do you ?
A brief week or two agone, says an ex-
change, and the despondent friends of Amer-
icanism were admost ready to lay «(own their
arms in despair, before the joint assault of
foreign and home-born foe! Hope even was
failing them! What do wé hear now 7
" Is it thunder 7" ,
Yes ? it was even so I Dispirited, wór ,
beaten down at all points, even some of our
veterans wavered and shook.
The mighty adverse host looking so impos-
ing in its massive heterogeneousness! in its
variety of interests, its diversity of dialects,
complexions and standards f It was like the
host of Senachaxeb ere the Angel of death
passed over and breathed upon it—
" Che A eyrian cune down like a wolf on the fold,
And bis cohort  were (learning in purple and gold,
And the sheen of his spears was lQte stars on tne sea.
When the blue wave rolla lightly o'er deep Galilee P
But a night—almost—brought to the
enemies of Americanism, as to the sleeping
Assyrian horde, dismay and destruction—
" Like the leaves of the forert, when eammcr is green,
That host, with their banner at suoset were seen ;
Like the leaves of the forest, when autumn has blown,
That host, on the morrow, lay wither'd and strown!
Aye 1 " a night" has swept from them
'scores of thousands of Foreign and Catho-
lic votes, in the North and West, and car-
ried them to Fremont—" a night'' has set
the Anti-American Senato by the ears, on
most important questions—and in the midst
of their confusion and dismay, the clear,
manly, distinct tones of Fillmore ring forth
from New York, and Newburg, and
are echoed and re-echoed from the hills
of the whole country, pledging him in em-
phatic utterances to the constitution and the
Union—bringing hope and joy to a great
people, and sending Black Republicanism
and foreignism to their caves!
" Is that thunder ?"
Not exactly! It is the voice of the
people, in the North, South, East and West,
responding to the.patriotic tones of Millard
Fillmore—" the CONSTITUTION and
the UNION !"'—Eagle and Enquirer.
JCSTThe following letter from our friend
McDade will be read with interest by our
citizens. It was not intended for publica-
tion, but we do so on account of the interes-
ting matter which it contains:
Austin, Aug., 27,1856.
Ddar Wash : I have this moment heard
that the Legislature had passed the bill to
extend the time for your railroad charter.
In the first placee, I introduced a bill, ex-
tending your charter, until the Galveston,
Houston & Red River Railroad was con-
structed to the Navisoto. One year to com-
mence from then and five years to complete)
and it passed the Senate, and your charter
would have been the best one in the State
for it had all the privileges it wanted, it
could have went any where, got all the ben-
efits of the bonus, land bonus and every
thing else. ..
Well the House of Representatives saw
proper to pass a substitute for my bill, con-
fining you to the main trunk, and cut off all
branching privileges, and compels you to
intersect the G. H. & R. It. Railroad at the
Navisoto. The Harrisburg people done it,
and they have worked to defeat all projects
for the advancement of our county, in the
way of internal improvements. Your road
will get half the benefits of the loan, and the
full land bonus—so construed here; which
will enable you to build your road very ea-
sy, and I hope you will save your charter
this time. One spade full of dirt would
have saved you, your charter before. It has
the same provision as to time the first Se-
nate's bill had. s (
We h|ye passed a supplemental River
bill, reserving to the Brazos river $50,000
had we not done so, we would not have got-
ten a cent; for, already bonds are filed here,
to the amount of $200,000 for the Bayous
and Bays, which was never contemplated in
the original bill; we have opened the Paci-
fic reserve; repealed all pre-emptiOn pay
now in force; refused to adopt the revised
satutes and civil proceednre; adopted the
penal code, which work, was 1 believe, pro-
posed by j. Willie. , We have done a great
deal of Legislation, perhaps too much; but
one thing is certain, the money is all appro
priated. We have passed bills establishing
asylums for Lunatics, Deaf Dumb and Blind;
also, passed a bill locating the State Uni-
versity between Brazos and .Triñity not
above 32 deg. north latitude. You will see
by the papers what, we have done and are
doing. Yours, truly, ;>
. ,., M'DADE.
pudding, and is more expensive, and a great
deal better. I say this is plum pudding,
sir!" and my pretty wife's brow Gushed with
excitement! . .
"My love, my sweet, my dear love," ex-
claimed we, soothingly,do not get angry.
I'm sure its very good, if it is bread pud-
ding." ,
" You, mean, low wretch," fiercely replied
my wife, in a higher tone,—" You Ruow it is
plum pudding."
" Then, ma'am, it is meanly put together
and so badly burned, that the devil himself
wouldn't know it. I tell you, ma'am, most
distinctly and emphatically, and I will not
be contradicted, that it is bread pudding, and
the meanest kind at that."
" It is plum punding," shrieked my wife,
as she buried a glass of claret in our face,
the glasa itself tapping the claret from our
nose. . .. ,
"Bread pudding," grasped we, pluck to
the last, aud grasping a roasted chicken by
the leg."
" Plum pudding!" rose above the din as
we had a distinct perception of feeling two
plates smash across our head.
" Bread pudding!" we groaned in a rage,
as the chicken left our hand, and flying with
swift wings across the table lauded in mad-
am's bosom. v J
"Plum pudding!" responded the war cry
from the enemy, as the gravy dish took us
where we had deposited the first part of
our dinner, and a plate of beats landed upon
our white vest.
" Bread pudding forever," shouted we in
defiance, dodging the soup tureen, and fall-
ing beneath its contents. .
"Pjfum pudding," yelled the aimablc
spouse, as noticing our misfortune, she de-
termined to keep us down by piling upon
our head the dishes, with no gentle hand.—
Then in rapid succession followed the war
cries. " Plum pudding' F' she shrieked with
every dish.
"Bread pudding!" in smothered tones,
came up from the pile in reply. Then it
was " Plum pudding!" in rapid snccession,
the last cry growing feebler, till just as I
can distinctly recollect, it had grown to
whisper. " Plum pudding!" resounded like
thunder followed by a tremendous crash,
as my wife leaped upon th6 pile with her
delicate feet, and commenced jumping up
and down—when, thank heaven, we awoke,
and thus saved our life. We shall never
dream on wedding cake again—that is the
moral.
ument to the memory of the departed patri-
ot and warrior, but the people of the land
which he helped to free will cherish his ma-
ny virtueswith filial tenderness aad af-
fection.
In 1854 his remains were taken from the
place where they were first deposited—a
highway having been laid out their—and re-
moved some fifty or sixty rods distant.
As we stand by the grave of the Baron,
amid the tall trees of the forest, standing
like so many sentinels around,.the following
touching and appropriate lines oí the poct^
came clustering to our mcmoryj if
"So sleep the brave, who sink to.ret:
With all their country'  hepof* bleat. 
When spring, with dewy fingers cold,'
Item rus to deck llie hallowed mould,
lie there shall find a sweeter sod
Than his tired feet have ever trod.'
There lionorcomcs,a pilgrim gray,
To deck the mould that wraps their clay,
And freedom for a while repair " *
To dwell a weeping hermit títere."
Illume (jy. y.) He,¡Unci
For the Washington American.
AK EDITOE'S DKEAM.
á bashelor out VTest, who had received
from the fair hand of a bride, a piece of wed-
ding cake to dream on, thus gives the result
of his experience:
We put it under our pillow, shut our eyes
as sweetly as an infant, and blessed with an
easy conscienco, soon snored prodigiously,—
The god of dreams gently touched us, and
lo! in fancy we were married ! Never was
a little editor so happy. It was " my love,"
"dearéstj" "sweetest,'' ringing in our ears
every moment. Oh! that the dream had
broken qff here. But no, some evil genius,
put it into the head of our ducky to have
pudding for dinner, just to please her lord.
In a hungry dream we sat down to din-
ner. Well, the pudding moment arrived,
and a huge slice almost obscured from sight
the plate before us.
"My dear," said we fondly, "did you make
this?" -
" Yes, love, ain't it nice ?" ,. .
" Glorious—the best bread pudding 1 ever
tasted in my life." r .
"Plum" pudding, ducky," suggested my
wife. ■ i . ;
" O, no, dearest, bread pudding. I always
was foad of 'em."
" Call that bread pudding?" exclaimed
my wife, while her lips slightly curled with
comtempt. ,
"Certainly, my dear—reckon I've had
enough at the Sherwood house to know •
bread pudding, my love, by all means."
•< Husband, this is really too bad—plum
pudding is twice as hard to make as bread
THE GRAVE OF STEUBEN.
About 5 miles from the village of Steuben
and in the town of that name, is the grave
of Baron de Steuben. In a five acre wood
land, on a hill, and fenced in, so that the field
cannot enter, quietly rest the remains of the
Prussian patriot and hero. The grave is
right in. the middle of the wood, and was
once covered by a monument—a plain slab
with the following inscription: " Major Gen-
eral Frederick William Augustus. Baron de
Steuben." We visited the grave a few days
since, and found the monument tumbled
down, and things going to ruin and decay
It was an unpleasant sight to stand by the
grave of that great man and tbinü how neg-
gligent our country had been of her heroes.
There in the wild woods, far from the city's
crowd, and by the " fair forest stream," re-
mains of a. gallant patriot, with nothing but
a ruined mass of mortar and stones to mark
bis resting place.
. Baron Steuben was Aid-de-Camp to the
King of Prussia—he was receiving a salary
of about $5.000 a year at the time of our
revolutionary struggle—his sympaties were
enlisted in behalf of the infant colony, and
he left his home and situation to serve in
the American cause, and take the lead of our
armies. He was an able general and an ex-
perienced tactician; and rendered invaluable
service to our country. Soon after the close
of the war, Steuben retired to private life,
and for seven years endeavored in vaia to
prevail on Congress to remunerate him for
his services. At length he received a salary
of $2,500 a year, only half of that which he
had relinquished thirteen years before to
risk all in her service. He located himself
on the farm, and in the townsnip where he
died, given him by the State of New York.
He cleared of sixty acres of land, erected a
log house, and sat down for the remainder
of his life. With his trusty servants and a
few friends, who still clung to him with
more than filial affection, he watched the
current of his years drift peacefully away,
without a.sigh for the splendors of royalty
he had left behind him in the old werld.
A tree near the spot where his house stood,
was a favorite of his, and under that, tree in
summer, he used to pass many of his hours.
He expressed a wish to be buried, when he
died, under the tree where he had so often
rested while living. On the 25th day of
November, 1797, he was struck with paral-
ysis, and lived but three days afterwards.—
He directed, just before his death, that he
should be buried,in his military clock, with
the star of honor, which he always wore,
placed on his breast. His weeping servants
and a few rustic neighbors, formed the pro-
cession to his solitary place of burial; and
there in the solitary woods. " with his mili-
tary cloak around him," and the star flash-
ing on his breast, they laid the old warrior
down to rest. He sleeps well beneath the
soil he helped to free.
His stormy career was over, and he who
had passéd his life on the battle-field had not
a flag to droop over his hearse, or a soldier
to discharge a farewell shot o'er his grave.
A nation seems to have blotted him out from
its memory, and left him to die alono, for-
gotten and unhonored. A " Republic may
prove ungrateful," and refuse to erect a mon-
KEMAKKABT.E ACCIDENT AT THE BLUE
E1DGE TUNNEL.
A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun,
writing from Staunton, Va., on the 14tb,
says:
A remarkable occurrence toot place at
the Blue Ridge tunnel last night. The ihird
set of workmen were engaged in digging as
usual, when one of them (Fat. Flagan) no- 
ticed that the texture jol* the rock beffre
him changed suddenly from hard to, Aft
and that the soft was wet. Shortly after-
wards a stream of water issii<y] from a&ari-
fice he had made. This was succeeded'by
a heavy rumbling sound "like.the cars."
which so frightened the hands that thoyiall
made for the o per air, .Well waait for Ihbm
they did so. , The sound continued to giwir
louder for some minutes, till a crash was
heard, and immediately a vast streapi of
water rolled out of the tunnel. ■
An eye-witness says that the head of the
stream was at least ten feet high and
that it swept carts and. barrows before
it like chaff. ¿ The stream continued to pour
a perfect river till 12 o'clock, when it gradu-
ally subsided, and was low'enongh at 3 P.
M. to allow us to make a hasty survey of
its cause. It seems that there is. in the mid-
dle of the mountain, an immense cavern or
pocket, in which water from the melting
snow.has been deposited for years, and .that
the line of the tiinnel. taps this caveVn near
its centre. The cavern is of immense ex-
tent, and will save the State a good deal of
money,- since nature has opened a road
through near three hundred feet of solid
rock. This wiU expedite tho completion of
the tunnel greatly; in fact, I would not bo
surprised if daylight shines through th*
mountain to-day.
Complaining.—Xeal the au tbor. of ik
Charcoal Sketches, thus, admirably tain
off that class of people who arc never so
happy as whon they are making them-
selves miserable: "How are yon. Trepid
How do you feel to-day, Mr Trépid?"
A great deal worse than J was, thanfc
ye; most dead I'm obliged to you; I'm al-
ways worse than I was, and I dont think
I ever was any ¿better. I'm very, sore
anyhow, I,m not going to be any bettor-'
and for the future you may always know
I'm worse, without asking any questions
for the questions make me worse, if no-
thing else does." , " -"l-
Why Trepid, what's the matter with
you?"
"Nothing, I tell you, in particular, but
but a great deal is the matter With me
in general; and that's the danger, be-
cause we don't know what it is. That" 
what kill's people, when they cant tell
what it is; that's what's killing me. My
great—graud father died of it and so will
I. The Doctor's don't know; tjiey cant
tell; they say I'm well enough, when I'ot
bad enough, and so there's no help. I'm
going off some of these days right after
piy grand—father, dying of nothing
in particular, but every thing in geuer
al. That's what finishes our folks."
     • -
Freaks of tue iwsane.-Old i)r. Rush,
of Philadelphia, used to relate a singular
instance of monomania in a patient J
the Philadelphia Hospital. Ho took
into his head that he was a painter, i
resolutely refused for a long time, thoi o
possessing fine organs ofspeech, to utter
a word. The doctor one day entered hi*
apartment, and found him sketohiog on
a slip of paper a really very beautiful
rose: for he had by long practice aoqired
muoh skill in the art pictorial, and was
very proud of the accomplishment.
One day a thought struck Dr. Bush
that he would surprise bim into voice by
dispraising his labors, and he resolved to
"You aré painting a very handsome
cabbage there, my friend," he observed to?
the maniae.
"Cabbage!?—good gracious, oil gentle-
man!—does that look like a cabbage?
Why, sir, you are a fool! That's a rose,
and it is a good one tool"
It was not long before the patient wa 
well. His train of silent thought was
broken, and he returned home.
Evading an Ordinance.—There is as
ordinance in the city of Syracuse* New
York, prohibiting the ringing of dinner
bells in the streets, to call
from the cars. A hotel keener
evaded the ordinance by hangi:
bell inside the saloon, which
violently, while a boy stood at
door, swinging a ponderous beH with  o
clappcr.
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