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CORSICANA, NAVARRO COUNTY, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 29, 1856.
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paid at the excitation of ax mouths,
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made to those who advertise by the
Pbofbssiobal and Business Cards
re,one year, $1800; six months, $7 £0;
months, $5 00; 2 sqnares, one fear,
$1800; six months, $12 00 ; 4hreemonths,
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ery.as we keep no regular hwok account.
- : List of A gents.
Mr. B. D. Gerreft is our agent for this coun-
Hid A. Rocker, New Kentuck, Johnson )
■ r t co., Texas. $
€34®. M. Hegan, &sq. Mnskete and Taos,
Augustus Barry,Dresden, Navarro co. Texas
yym. R. Hudson Esq., Milford, Ellis county
Bnrford & Good, Dallas, Dallas Co. Texas.
1. T. Rayel, Kaufman, Texas.
Hon. Win. H. Martin, Athens, Henderson e
JL A. Reeves Esq., Palestine *
Hon. R. K. Gaston, Mound Prairie, "
W«. M. Peek, Fairfield, . u
Jos. & Ben. Tyus, Springfield.
Jas. D. Nelms, Hillsooro,
flfftm p* A, Powell. Covington Texas
John P. Irving, Planters P.O. Atlala co. Miss.
T. L. Thompson esq, Kosciusko, " " "
jQf. S. G. Loughridge, Garlandsville, Jasper
county, Mississippi
Johnson co., Tex
B FHawkins, Waxahachie, Ellis co., Tex
" Hart, Eajlfe Hillaboro, HH1 co., Tex
** Parsons t E a.. Ward v ille Texas,
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, H.-B. Hampton, Esq., GonzalesTexas,
$E3f* The following letter addressed to us
by our ftiendsjJoihpton & Strother of Gal-
veston, is of so mti$j interest to the citizens
of Navarro and adjoining counties, we give it
entire.
Our cttizens here have a fair understand-
ing how they may secure the assistance of
steamers in getting off their produce and re-
ceiving supplies. At present we give away
one sixth of a eofton erop to get it to market.
Let it be known thfifr#§smersland in Navarro,
and the thousands of oxen now pulling thro'
mud and waterJ^^ve Us in bearing off our,
find employment ^n breaking up more lands
&c.
Galveston, Feb. 8.1866. >
To J. R. Loughridge of Corsicana.
Dear Sir:—Believing it to be the interest
of the mercantile and planting community of
yours and the adjoining counties for steam-
boats to run to some point above the
month of Richland creek. We have used
our best efforts to induce some,steamer to try
a trip,; and can now promise those inter-
ested that if a sufficient freight is offered, we
have the promise of a boat to go as high as
Wild Cat Bluff—your landing, or to Huoyan's
Landing. We think to Wild Cat the first trip,
would be-thc better plan, as that is obove all
the bad creeks and bottoms, with a high ridg e
road to Waxahachie, Muskete, Dallas and
the country generally."
Now if yon desire it, the plan is for your
merchants and planters to have their orders
here, with instructions to their agents to hold
on, and ship one steamer to that point, or to
any point above Richland creek, that a steamer
may put up for, Jt is useless to expect a
steamer to go there without freight; it don't
pay, and they will not go without pay. The
policy is to get a steamer to make one trip;
after that, you will have no difficulty when
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permanently located in Corsicana,
his services to the public in the
on the East Side Public Square.
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permanently located in sai
_ oodl-oflfers bis amices Jo the
®oblieSnathe practic® of medicine.
* ,43*Offieeat the residence of CoL E. Root,
be may at all times be found, ex-
rofessionally absent. .
loamy, Jan. 26th, 1856.—7: ly.
^ wiiujbi Croft,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
' CORSICANA,
^Natabro' cotjhty, Texas.
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practice In the counties of Kauf
g irrot Limestone, Freestone
, Hill, andtn *he Supreme
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Alexander Beaton,
ATTORNEY AT L AW,
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^etaera I L and A gent,
" CORSICANA, Navarro Co., Texas.
rH.T. attend the Courts of the 13th Ju-
dicial District. He will also attend to
locating, buying, and selling of Land;
*"'• r0f pftents ; theexamination and
ing o/titles, &c.; pay taxes and re-
t ands. Particular attention to the col-
lection of claims, and all money collected,
punctually paid over to the proper parties.
1 Sept. 16, 1864-3-ly. . -
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j. wtatt
MARTIN & W¥ATT,
and Counsellors at Law.
"ILL punctually attend to all business
entrusted to their care. They will
not, however, consider themselves employed
atil their fee is secured. Address
' G. L. MARTIN,
' T. J WYATT,
Corsica ha, Navarro county Texas.-15-ly
w. B Xebleff,
lti«riey b4 I'Omscttor atrfciw,
CORSICANA, Navarro County, Texas,
'ILL attend to all business entrusted to
hha in the District Courts of Navarro,
Hill, Freestone, limestone, Falls, Loon,
Robertson, and Ellis counties. Also act as
il Land Agent, in selling land and per-
I land titles.
16,1854-13-ly.
■ymr--" €. M. WOKtER,
Attorney at Law and Land Agent,
CORSICANA, Texas.
YX7ILL attend promptly to any business
T f entrusted to his care. Business in the
general Land Office or other Departments of
the Government, attended to in person, if nes
al valuable tracts ef land for sale.
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A. 8. BIRDSOHC,
itttraex aid C «ns«Ilor at La*,
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General Land tlyeot,
Corsicana. JUavarro County, Texas.
fILL attend promptly to all business en-
trusted to his care, in the 9th and 13th
judidal districts; will locate, buy, sell and
r taxes upon laud and complete titles &c.—
stbe secured before he will consid
...... The European News.
Rumors of peace are still rife upon the
arrival of eyery steamer from Europe,
but a careful perusal of our foreign files of
of journals and art attentive sSudy of the
tendencies of powers at war, as well as
the indications of public opinion, do nol
appear to juSHfy any very sanguine indul-
fence" of the belief that peace is about to
be concluded. '
A pamphlet, attributed to Bonaparte, the
present Emperor of Franee, advocating the
propriety o{ submitting to a Congress ol
Europeaq iIoverfetg::3 t\e que^'jans at
Russia, for its arl^tram^nt*, has excited
some attention, and elicited from the Brit,
ish dress much indignant condemnation
and acrimonionious comment, apparently
not unreasonable, seeing, as the London
Times strongly puts it,* that the beggarly
scoundrels who fill nineitenths of the
thrones of Europe are nothing but the
mere pensioners,the subsidised satraps of
Russia, or are in opinion so dependent
upon Muscovite despotism for the "main-
enance of their own as to be completely
at the disposal of that power for any pur-
pose she may contemplate, or any crime
it may suit her policy or ambition to cojiin
mit. If, therefore, the Congress sugges-
tion be' the seheme of the French Emper-
or, it wiii be significant of 'his determina-
tion to unite bis fortunes" te those of the
hoary tyrannies of the Eurepean courts,
and hasten the present war to a termina-
tion, to prevent its becoming, in all fea-
tures, a popular movement against arbi-
trary government if not royal rule, to which,
in England at least, it is fast drifting.
Napoleon has hitherto sailed gloriously
before the wiod of popular success, but if
he really contemplates any such move as
the pamphlet adumbrates, we incline to
the belief that his career will be as short
as his end will be inglorious. Neither in
Fraflce, Italy, or Germany, is the popular
mind ready for acquiesce in the schemes
riockett's Death.
Colonel v"/ickett, surrounded and close*
!y pursued V" a number of Mexicans, re-
treated in' np. Church, and stationed him*
self himself"' a niche in the corner, fel
ling then. " they approached. When
some eigl, tea of them were laid be-
fore him, ing of awe seemed to seize,
hold of the Hants. One of them who
could spci .ittle .broken English, prob«
ably prefo ' the single honrr of cap-
turing ■= % specimen yf American
va'; ^ his "dear master,"
rr' ^tior." * A
freights are offered, nd the water m per- jl]f timr opptessorS; ~a~" >ad
oil one b, another year. The shippers of] belter (ake 6cad how he from ^
ill AAnnhoo anil 1 • . r w*■ i . /. A
from ^
the eneim.
In a voice y
"surrender1
. . '?e d;iried obcflisled.as^ Cathoiig school and
...1 as it pierced tbatoTTte
Navarro, Ellis, Dallas and Hill counties, will
look to J some point above the m outh of Rich-
Und, as the shipping point, for I believe it is a
conceded point, with all those acquainted
with the Trinity, that it is as susceptable of
navigation above as below . Pine Bluff. It
we&ti&ake but a short time for freight enough
to accanmlate here to induce a steamer if
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W e feel great interest in seeing the resources
of your beautiful country developed ; we look
upon it now as our home, and the country
from which we expect to receive in a few
years, the largest part of our patronage, and
we pledge to the citiz ens that, nothing on onr
part shall be spared for its benefit, but we
must have their coop eration to accomplish
much.;
We have no doubt but we will take Bfs for-
Wild Cat-Bluff in one month, or six weeks
at farthest (water permiting). So send on
your o rdere and instructions.
Our last liverpool dates show a decided im-
provement in the cotton market, say i to f c
to 8f and middling cotton, 8^ to 9 e. The
better feeling abroad was to some extent based
upon the peace prospect.
No Speaker elected up to lasfdates. We
have, another mail tomorrow , and should the
Speaker be chosen, we will add a P. S.
Inform us how much cotton is, or will be
at Wild Cat, and at your place close by.
Hoping you may soon hear the steam whis-
tle above Richland, ^
We are Respectfully
COMPTON & STROTHER.
P.S.
Banks elected Spoaker by one,—on the
plurality vote. ' f
Cotton firm at fuller figures.
COMPTON k STBOTHEB.
Telegraph News.
A Battle in Kansas—Several Persons
Killed.
Weston, Mo., Jan.,; 19.—-A battle
was fought Futnight between the Pro-SIa-
very and Anti-Slavery parties at the town*
of Easton, HT
were killed atfflT wounded on both side
It is said that the Abolitionists made the
first aback. It is supposed that the diffi -
culty grew out of the election of the 15th
December, and it fs feared that the war
has again commenced.
additional kansas news.
The Kicapoo Kansas Pioneer In giving
the particulars of the late battle at Easton,
says that the fight was commenced by a
company of'Abolitionists from Lawrence,
beaded by a man named Brown (!) The
loss of t|ie pro-slavery party was one man
killed And several wounded. The Aboli-,
tionists suffered the most, there being
several of their parly killed and qnite a
number wounded. Great excitement
prevails. The Cickapoo Rangers and a
large number of other persons have left
for Easton..
Capf. Elijah fiarrnum, of Danbury, Con.,
was sitting in his wagon, conversing with
a gentleman in the road, when a pedlar
rose up suddenly from the roadside, with a
pack upon his shoulder, which made Mr.
B.'s horse give a sudden start, throwing
him violently out of the wagon and ruptur-
ing a blood-vessel; he died in ten min-
utes.
policy of resting upon popular favor for sup
port, else his end may be more ignomin-
ious than that of any of his race or nam",
unless, indeed, he manages to escapa from
the vengeance of an indignant people, as
Charles the Tenth and Louis Philiittpe
did, by an inglorious flight, amid the exe-
crations of the people.
The Xvar has reached a point, in truths
- eirecctoirntra^ paS«*r<r OKTwirtH-rse
control*>f both the Britisd aristocracy a.id
Napoleon Bonaparte, and however perfidi
iously PaJmerston and his corrupt associ*
ates may be inclined to act or Bonaparte
to intrigue, the sixty-five millions of intel-
ligent people who inhabit the countries
cursed by such rule will have much to say
upon the subject before a Congress of Eu-
ropean despots is clothed with authority
to terminate it for them.
For ourselves, we have no peace ap-
prehensions* From the fir6t we have
maintained that the war against the atro-
cious despotism of Russia was a popular
war, and whether Bonaparte aftd the Brit
ish assistocracy were carried away by the
hatred and detestation of the people of
their nations of Muscovite aggression on,
and opprt3si< n of, weak neighboring na-
tionalities, or rashly-committed th^ir Gov.
ernments to the war without perceiving
its inevitable consequences, is now oi
little practical moment, inasmuch us the
world |ias seen how promptly, sincrely
and patriotically the people responded to
the demands upon them tor its prosecu-
tion, and how patiently they have submit>
ted to the mortifications and sufferings
its miserable condnct entailed upon them,
Whether, therefore, peace be patched
up at the seeming . successful scheming of
Napoleon, secretly, perhaps, stimulated
thereto by the British aristocracy or hos.
tilities be prolonged, one thing is quite
certain, the nakedness of monarchia! and
aristocratic systems has been exposed,
and the French and British people have
had demonstrated to them how little real-
ly it is possible for them to obtain or to
accomplish when their blood and their
treasure are squandered to sustain pam-
pered imbecility and to prolong the rule
of those who are neither influenced by
Wiiv DO Sn BEF PutL THE III WOOL.—
"On this subject/a correspondent of the
Beaton Cultiv&tui says :—One reasoh is,
- Jaijjga in toa snwll
vatds, the jeat,.causing an irritation of the
skin. Theagain if ;bey are kept poor
and filthy without salt they will pull their
wool. They should be provided with a
warm, wettiittered shed to go to at night,
with a box nailed ap in a corner one foot
from the floor, that will hold half a bushel:
then fiii it with sait and sulphur, at the
rate of three pound* of sulphur to the bush-
el, and replenish i as occasion requires.
Fill your box when the sheep first come
to the barn in the fall. Always feed them
in boxes in the yird on early cut hay,
with a little .straw'occasion ally. They do
best when ?ed in i cool place.
~ Vj «w i lu"4 honorable eofilhnw,; W
«* *"*•«* aoi ie,eraI I patriotic impulses, and whose only^bK
tion and pride is to waste the substance,'
spill thy blood and dishonor the millions
whon^ a hard fate has subjected to their
infamous control. France and England
will,..if a Congress of Kings i j to determ-
ine between them and Russia, soon reai->
ize their degraded and dishonored position
before-the world, and should peace be
restored under such auspices, will then
have ample leisnre to determine the mon-
ey valtie of upstart Emperors, and Kings
and aristocrats by divine right arbiters of
the destinies of millions.—Delta.
Julius Levy, of San Francisco, convict-
ed of smuggling segar3. and sentenced to
one year's imprisonment and a iliit of five
hundred dollars, has been pardoned by the
President.' flo has been in jail about
three months. One reason for his' par-
don, was that the government had no suit-
able prison in'San Francisco in which to
confine bun.
seemed to be transfixed,
thunder, Crockett answered,
No! I am an American,"
and as he s| oke he sent a ball through the
paralized fot. He appeared for a mo-
ment like a|j wounded tiger, strengthened
and buoyed1!by every additional wound;
now hewing them down with his well-
tried swords-next dealing death with his
fire-arm^, fHis person was literally
drenched w^h his own blood ; his strength
must soon yjield to its losses. Yet such
physical ps^er wrought to the highest de-
gree of excitement can perform incredible
prodigies. /This was the last consentrated
energy of | powerful man, aroused, 'ani-
mated, and.;guided by one of the noblest
attributes of man—love of liberty. He
knew tor what hi3 life was about to sacri.
ficed ; that devastation and butchery would
follow the footsteps of his heartless foes,
that he wotjki be sacrificed to satiate the
decrees of the conqueror; and feeling the
holy inspiration—of a dying patriot, he
fought manful'y till the loss of blood and
the approadi of death stopped his up rais-
ed arm. His rifle was broken to piece?,
his pistols-to the floor, and nothing but
his faithful sword was left. In the agony
o{ death, with a terrible grasp, he brought
his last wetpon upon the head of the near-
est assailant, and fell victoriously across
his body44*the arms of death. In this
Corner of the church there were twetn/-
six dead Mexicans, and no other Ameri-
can havisg fought or fallen at that point, it
is considered buyond all reasonable d#iibt
that all of them fell by the hand of Tenn-
essee's favorite son !
It is stated that General Almonte, the
Mexican Minister, Will not proceed to
London as Ambassador. He will return
to Mexico, where parties said to bo hold-
ing influential positions design elevatnig
him to the Presidency of that republic.—
Our last accounts from Mexico gave a da-
pi S able picture of the condition of affairs
Gen. Comonfort, however, had just forced out to him,r "Hollo, John, bring that
I now find it neck or noth.-
Nbck or Nothing.—Foole, dining a
the h*use of Mrs. Thrale, found nothing
to hi^Hking, and set in Expectation <,f
something better coming up. A neck of
mutton being the last thing; he 1 cfused it,
as he had the other dishes. As the ser-
vant wes, taking it, however, understandv
ing th^t there was nothing more, he calK'
assumed the post vacated +>y Alvarez by
and it remains therefore to be seen
whether he will quietly submit to be
thrust aside by Ahnonto and his partisans.
St. Mary's College, at Dayton, Ohio,
_ _ monas>4
ery, was Totally desFroye<r""«ft _«ne
ult., by fire, with all the furniture and part
of. the library, It belonged to Rev. Mr.
Myers, and was uninsured.
A man named Willis has on exhibition
at New Haven, a machine which he
claims to ba the solution of the perpetual
motion problem. The Palladium' says
"it certainly goes, #nd tbere is no chance,
afa anybody has yet discovered, of its being
moved By any extranes or concealed force.'
The editor of'the Montcalm, Mich.
Reflector, has lately seen the watch which
the lamented Andre offered to William*.
Paulding, and Van Wert, after his arrest.
It is very old, has many peculiarities, and
has the inscriptions—"John Andre, 1774.'
Waily Masonj keeper of a porter-house
in New York<iied on Monday "of a heart
disease, superinduced by a beating he re-
ceived eighteen months ago from the late
William Poole and others.''
nack again !
ing;'
POETRY,
A Love Token.'
Maine now boasts of owning a fleet of
merchant vessels valued at fifty millions of
dollars, and greater than the commercial
marine of any of the- European poweis,
Great Britain alone excepted.
A dreadful mirder was committed on
Sunday evening, near New Brunswick,
N. J , the victim being the eldest son of
Patrick Henry, one of the Aim-house
Governors. T|« body was found lying
with head and shoulders immersed in wa-
ter, at a spot cadi'd Sandy Point, with the
head bruised aid the throat cut from ear
to ear. A ma) named Fox, residing at
New BrunswUk, has been arrested as the
murderer, 06 a coroner's verdict.
Staggers in Sheep and Hogs.—S.
Puarr, in tit# Valley Farmer, says that he
had a sow vhich took this complaint, and
rutin round and fell over, seemingly in the
agonies of death, her muscles being con-
tracted andher snout drawn back. While
she lay ir that situation he took out his
knife andj.ul her gums. She bled about
half a pintnstid in less than twenty min-
utes she g up and walked off as well as
ever.' Allure rest of his hogs he cured
the same wiy.
He says le has tried the same remedy
for sheep, vitb the same success. He
nk it necessary to cut the
■1. [f the blood veins are
— 'lie bleeJ-og v - J
The enterprise of constructing a raiK
read across the Isthmus of Florida, so as
to bring the Gulf and Atlantic ports Into
more immediate -J'.-.-. -i«#*
~ - ^r ^..Ycour?e!is progress,^
successfully. Three hundred men are
employed on the road.
I-Will remind you of words yon have spoken
How fondly may never be told, -J4J ">
( Yes, yes, yes, yes, how fondly may never-
be told.)
In the day when I thought your affections
Like mine everlasting would be,
Althousb yoa may fly from reflection^
This still will remind you of ia?e yfes ie,,
Althottgh yon look carelessly on it;.
And cast it aside with disdain,
You will one day look fondly upon it,.
And sigh for your lover again.
Yes yes &c
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Yoa will press to your heart the last token*.
Of one you will never more see,
And then 'twill remind yon of me.
Yesyes <f-c
Yoa will think of me when I'm sleeping,
In the grave where my fore fathers sleeps
When past js ray seasons of keeping,
Oh! it grieves me to think you will weep,
f . . will weep.
Judge Wells, and anti-liquorslaw detn^
ocrat, has been elected and inaugurated as
Governor of Maine. In his message to
the Legislature Judge Walls recommends
the licensing of the sale of liquor, in place
of the prohibitory system.
m ^ • c ^ IMP B ff
u I may be asked ,
I am far the Dissolution of the 'Xfm&i S
answer, never, netef."—Hehbt Clay.
You ask me when I'd rend the scroll' -
Our father's names are written o'er.
When I would see our flag unroll
Its mingled stars and stripes: ho inore f-
When with a worse than felon hand,
Dr felon counsels, I would sever
mi
Return of EsitchaNts.—The New
York Courier says, that, coutrary vfo the
expectations which had been formed in
view of the large decrease of foreigners
seeking our shores, the number who have
returned to their native countries, during
the past year, is not large in proportion
to the number who returned the year pre
vious, taking into consideration the imi-
gration of the two years. The largest fal-
ling off of imigration is of Germans, and
fewer of that nationality are returning than
ofother great countries.
does not
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Cu'
cur®.
M'lle. R
[Ier first p.
hel had arrived at Havana,
rformance was to. take place
on the 29th '?ut lhere were rumors
afloat that ie would not perform al all,
011 accounW- ^er health, and would remain
inactive onP8 island for the ensuing three
monthts.
Captain Abel De Forest, soldier of
the Revolution, died at Bingliampton on
the 24th, aged H4 years and 8 months.
He was, for u time, Captain oi a West fn>
dia vessel, and he who afterwards became
Commodore Hall wa« one of his hand#. ,
It is stat^ in a letter from London,
from an unu;ua"y responsible source, that
the British government, anticipating a dev
mand from tur Government for the recall
of Mr. Cr^Ppt0I* nip(iitate transferring
him to spmo°{her diplomatic station, as in
the case of^r 1 -anry Bulwer sent thith-
er fro'n S^ir>. Sir George Ousley is
named as Mt- Ciampton's successor.
The Cii#pa 10 which so much interest
is attached, U considerably larger than the
Str>.t« of Massachusetts. It contains a ge.
©graphical i,arface of upward* of nine
thousands square miles; its climate is
mild and sett fertile. It has about 200-
000 iiihabiiiists-
There's uP knowing what we will find
in California yet. The last thinpr is a vein
fifteen fee| Wide, of soap—a genuine ar-
ticle and iio mistake, and it is a fixed fact.
A SENTIMENTAL FOSSIL.
What is your name? My name is Norval
on the GrampianhiHs."
Where did you come from.
"I came from the happy land.
Where care is unknown."
Where are you lodgeing now ?
"Ldrempt I dwelt in marble halls"
Where are you going to ?
"Far, far o,er hilt and dell"
W*hat is your occupation 1
Some love to roam"
Are you married?
"Long time ago Polly pat the kettle on1'
When were you married ?
"Twas twelve one star light night"
I ever shall remember." ,
How many children have you ?
"There's Doll and Moll and Kate and—-
What is your wife's name ?
"O, ho. I never mention it."
Did your wife oppose your leaving her ?
"She weot not when we parted*"
In what condition did you leave her ?
"A rose tree in full bearing"
Is your family well provided for?
"A little farm well tilled."
Did your wife drive you off?
_"Oh Sublime was the warning,"
" nvnai aro-j>mr - i(q say to you Jhat in-
duced you to slope ?
"Come.rest in this bosom.'*
Was your wife good look ing'
"She wore a wreath of roses."
Did your wife treat you badly ?
"Oft-in the stilly night."
When you announced your attention of
emigrating what did your wife say?—
"Oh dear what can the matter be ?"
And what did you reply ?
"Sweet Kitty Clover don't botheji, me
so."
Where did you last sec her?
Near the lake where drooped the wil-
low"
What did she say to you when you
were in the act of leaving?
"A place in thy memory dearest."
Do rou still love her ?
"Tis said that absence conquers love.1'
What are your possessions 1
" The harp that once thro' Tara's
halls-"
What do you propose to do with it ?
"1 will haug my harp on a willow tree.'
I low do you expect to make your liv-
ing?"
Rise in the morn,
Sound the horn,
For Cuba and for Oregon."
Lanswer, never* never, never.
Think ye that I could brook to see
The banher I have lov&so Idtijf,
Borne piecemeal oe'r the distant sea; ;
Torn, trampled by a frenzied throng ;
Divided, measured, parceled oat j
Tamely surrendered up forever,
To gratify: a soulless root
Of traitors 1 Never, never,- never! ',
Give up this land to lawless might,
. .To selfish fraud and villain sway ;
Obscure those hopes with endless night
That now are rising like the day.;
Write one more page of burning shame!
To prove the useless vain endeavor
Our race from ruinjo reclaim,
And close the volume ! Never, never ?
On yonder loneand lovely steep.
The sculptor's art, the builder's power,
A landmark o'er the soldier's sleep,
Have reared a lofty funeral tower.
There it will stand until the river
That rolls beneath shall eease to fiow,'
Aye> 'till that hill itself shall quiver
With nature's .last convulsive throe.
Upon that colnmn's marble base,
That shaft that spars into the sky,
There still is room enough to trace
. The countless millions yet to die;
And I would cover all Uf height
And breadth before that hour of shame'
Till space should fail whereon to write
Even the initials of a name.*
Dissolve the Union ? mar, remove
The last asylum that is known ;
Where patriots find a brother's love,
And truth a shelter from a throne;'
Give up the hopes of high renown,
The legacy our fathers wil.'d ;
Tear our victorious eagles dovvn •
Before their mission is fulfiU'd ?
Dissolve the Union 2 whilst the earth
Has ye t a tyrant to be slain:
J^urTreeflom "Tints iutrh.
And'give the world to bonds againT~
Dissolve the Union ! God" of heaven I
We know too well how much it cost i
A million bosoms shall be riven V
Before one golden link is lost.
Nav, spread aloft our banner folds
High as the heavens they retiernhkj
That every race this planet holds
Beneath their shadow may assemble f
And with the rainbow's dazzling pride,
Or clouds that bum along the skies;
Inscribe upon its jnargin wide,
Hope, Freedom, Usios, Compromise.'
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♦Mr. Clay's very words lis He pointed to the
monumenf that stands upon the height near
Frankfort above the slain of Ruena Vista,
including the remains of ha own son. *
Annecdote op Dk. Bvles.—This fa-
imous Boston punster occasionally met
more than his match, (in two senses.}—
A lady whom he had long courted unsuc-
cessJully, married a gentleman by the
name of Quincy. "So, madam," said the
unsuccessful suitor, on meeting her after*
wards, k;it appears you prefer a Quincy to
Byies." "Yes, tor if there had been any-
thing Worse than Mies, God wo&id bava
afflicted Job with them."
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