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VIEALTYEXECUTED AT THE GAZETTE OFFICE.
T ‘a Town Meeting of the town of New-
Canaan. legally warned and held for that
purpose on the 20th day oflanuary. A..D. 1840,
the following By-Laws were passed, viz:
“ That all horses be excluded frotii going at
large on the public highways.
“ That all neat cattle be excluded from going
at large on the public highways in this town,
except one to each family.
“ That the-fees for impounding swine going at
large on the public highways be 25 cents each,
otie-half to’ be paid to the pound-keeper. 8nd the
other lialfto him who shall impound the same.
“ That the fees for impounding horses and
meat cattle going at large on the public highways,
be 25 cents each, one-lialfto the pound-keeper.
and the other half to him who shall impound
the same.” Certified by
Just-zait SILLIMAN, Town Clerk-
New Canaan. Jan. 20. 1840. 4111
7* $100 REWARD. _
A REWARD of $100 will be paid fortlie
recovery ofthe body of Mr. JESSE COM-
srocx. (late Clerk of Steamboat Lexington.)
and giving information of the same in the New
York papers. He was aged 20 years, ab int 5
feet 2 or 3 inch 5‘ in height, rather thick set,
light complexion and light hair. with a high
forehead.‘ His dress consisted of a black frock
coat, dark mixed pantaloons and figured woolen
vest. a cotton shirt marked J. C. or name in full.
andknit lamb’s wool under shirt. cotton draw-
ers and stockings. He had on his person It small
gold watch with a short gold chain.
Jan. 16. 10
A LIBERAL REWARD
ILL be paid by the subscribers forthe re-
covery, and delivery in this city. of the
body of Mr. ALI-tioitso MASON. Of hlouccsler.
Mass.. a passenger on boardihe Steamer Lex
ington. lieuce for Stonington, He was about50
years of age, feel 9 Qt’ IDCIIES ll) llffilghl, \'.(-,3-
ry stontand athletic in his person. very bald.
large long bushy brown whiskers and haingrey.
eves. has a remarkably wltite and perfect set (it
{Ee[h_ He was clad in dark Jtnderclutlies. a
heavy dart; pilot cloth evercoat or su-rtout, and
fur cap. He took charge of a heavy letter en-
closing some family letters. directed, to " M r. E.
D. Brigham, Mass.. Chandler. Howilfd 5.5 C0-
13oston"—andywill withonttloubt have_otlici' pa-
pers which may identify his person.
IVIASON dz. 'l‘iio.\iPso.v, 156 South st.
New York. Jan. 17th. 1840. 3'10
DENTAL NOTICE.
POETRY.
OUR OWN FIRE SIDE.
Our own fire side! our own fire side!
\Vith love and friendship crowned;
From Music's spell there never fell
So magical a bound;
It charms the soul injoy or pain.
; Let wealor woe betide.
Oh there's balm in that bewitching strain,
Our own, our own fire side!
K6-
\Vhen tossed upon life's troubled wave,
_ Orgluied by fortutie‘s wile;
\Vhen death in battle strife we brave.
Theprize is woman's smile. V
\Vheie'er our thotiglits may seem to rove, "
\Vitli her they all abide.
The hope, the home of life is_love—-.-
Our own. our own fire side!
In vain, in vain ambition blind
May haunt the splendid dome,
The heart to happiness inclined
Seeks nature’s palace, home;
’Tis there Earth’s purest joys we prove,
Found nowhere else allied;
Oh! sing once more that strain, sweet love,
Our own, our own fire side 9
_.For the Normal]: Gazette.
ENIGMA.
I am composed of fourteen letters.
My 1 8 12 413 9 is a small animal.
My 8 9 6 is a female's name. 1'
My 12 8 4 is a quadrupcd.
My 4 5 14 is a metal.
My 8 3 2 10 5 2 is an Eastern country.
My 14 8 1 13 is necessary for every thing.
My 1 5, 9 13 is often very valuable.
My 10 11 3 12 was Vice President ofthe U. S,
My 4 13 2 is an India plant.
My 4 2 4 I3 3 is acoinmon name ofa vegetable.
My 8 3 2 12 S4 is an Eastern tnountain.
My 7 5 14 4 9 13 3 is one who deals in wines.
My 1 2 514 48 9 is to support.
My whole is in a situation sought for by many
in this nation. ‘
_ A solution is reqtiested.
M. K. ‘W.
MISCELLANY.
The Poetry of Nature.--—The writer of
a fine article on Cowper in the Biblical Re-
pository, (a son of the Rev. Dr. Cox.) ar-
gues strongly for poetry, in the general
sense of the word, and thinks a great mis-
take is now-a-days made, by very many per-
sons. and especially by clergymen, who dis-
parage the utility of it. He illustrates his
meaning by the following beautiful pic-
ture:
“ When .the world came fair from the
hand of its Creator-—the green earth, the
beautiful and the bright; spinningand sleep-
ing on its axle, and wheeling through the
deep heaven, ever lighted in its trackless
round by its little satellite lamp—-what was
it b.tt Jehovah’s embodiment, of all the glori
ous ideal, which we call Poetry? It had
no blight, no stain. The lion couched barin-
lessiri the shady thicket: and the Leopard
dallied with the fawn. There was pointing
all around_; in the rich soil, pranked with a
thousand flowers; in the tall trees with their
living grecness; in the vine that entwined
them, lovely and graceful in its spiral beau-
ty, and in the bright cluster that shone out
from. its canopy of leaves. There were blos-
soms perfuming in the shrubbery, and fruits
of all golden rind, that glittered in the
OCT. A. HILL, tha'-kful forthe patronage
he has received in his profession during
12 months past, in Norwalk, begs leave to iti-
form tne public, that he still.continues a few
doors west ofthe Bridge, in Burrall’s Buildings,
where he will be happy at any time to see hi-s
friends, and answer all their calls in Dental
Surgery.
Inc-orruptible teeth inserted from one to a
full set. Also, teeth cleansed. separated. ex-
tracted, &c., and all those diseases of the teeth
attended to,'wliic.li,if stifi‘ei-ed to continue, are
roductivc of so much mischief. -*
‘Refcrenc'es.—Emery Biesell, M. D.;~ J. D.
M‘Lean, M. D.; Hon. Thomas B. Butler;
Hon. Benjamin lsaacs, Norwalk. Nehemiah
Perry, M. D. Ridgefield. R.‘ B. Botsford. M.
D.; Doct. D. P. Knapp. Danbury. Duct.
William
Witter, M. D. Williamantie, Ct. ‘ 1
November 20. 1839.
F O R G I N G
OF ALL KINDS.
. THE Subscriber having ta-
‘ - - ken the shop just north of the
Bridge, on the river side. is
prepared to execute all orders
.,-.» in hisline with promtness. Ma-
king and repairing machinery. either iron or
steel, will be attended to b.y experienced .work-
men. Shoeing. horses and "oxen, will be done
{or one dollar per head. A share of pablic fa-
vor is solicited. DAVID F.u.coNim.
I 1
Norwalk. ‘Jan. 7. 1840.
r
' - «annuity
SADDLE‘ AND HARNESS MAKING.
HE'subscriber. thankful for past favors,’is
still ready to furnish the public with all or-
dent in his-line. He intends keeping constantly
on hand a general assortment of Saddles, Har-
nesses, Bridles, Martiagales, Valiees, Trunks.
Whips, Spurs, Buffalo Robes, and Harness
Ti-immings—and by. strict attention to his busi-
ness. solicits a share of the-public patronage.’
-N. B-.’ -Repairing done in the best manner
and at the shortest notice. .
‘ Riciuiin S. PENROYER.
branches. ‘The graces of all seasons were
there woven into one—The blue sky was a
bove unclouded; and beneath was the clear
water, ever more beautiful for reflecting the
eternal smile of heaven.
And there was mu-si_c from the fountain
and the grove. The brooklets that brawled
on their way to the four rivers, warblcd in
their pebly bed, and flowed with melodious
mnrmers The happy birds sung anthems
all the day. from choir and antiphori, which
the wild wood made. There were. matins
for the lark to celebrate; all fouls sting ves-
pers; and then came on the solemn vigil,
there was still an anthem from “ one--the
livelong night.” The very beasts sent forth
a song of joy from their coverts, for the
lion’s roar was not yet for his prey; and the
horse neighed not among trumpets.‘
And there was sculpture besides. Amid
all this scene of beauty walked forth the
lords ofthe domains, erect and tall; in such
symmetry oflimb and joint, as God alone
cotild conceive—-compared with which the
poet’s dream is vague. and all the perfection
that was ever warmed to life from the cold
marble, scarce better than deformity. How
they went forth in glory-—that first imperi-
al pair! How happy was their lotl The
world their home, and all lovely things their
heritage! In all around them they beheld
f3 the present God, and knew that God, their
father. The wood bent down its frultage to.
t_heir toilless hands, and they plucked it as
the good gift of their heavenly friend. The
fountain sprang up at their feet; " twas the
ceaseless flow of their maker's love.” When
the shadows of evening came down on the
landscape, the stars were in heaven, and the
moon. So, ever about them was theveye
that never slumbers nor sleeps. _ In the mor-
ning watch came up the daylight, and the
sun; the mists rose like incense fro_m_the.
pleasant valleys. and with it they joined
their voj¢es_ as they awoke with the world
around them. High noon came on. and
still the shining scorched not; a few short
hours, and the shadows were_stretclied out
on-"the face of tho eattlt; but still it was “ a
pleasant thing to behold the sun,” and they
knew it was the eternal light of their father's
Nonrallt, Feb. 1, 1840. 12
ycounten_ane_¢, For the-sake of eluciidatitig
, g -
[some dogma ofthe schools we may consume
years in looking at nature, if we will but
take'the learned names Zoolog-ists, Entomo-
logists or Astronomers. Poets are mere
idlcrs. But a man shall gape all hislife at
Aldebaran, through sheet brass and lenses,
and is a philoso _lier forsooth ; scientific, and
mightily to be praised. To blachen paper
with cyphers about eclipses; and with an-
gles and triangles about distances and ele-
‘ vations; to dissect bugs and impale them
learnedly on pins; or to embalrn the pre-
cious carcasc of an antedeluvian tree-toad, or
to let ‘loose more odorons gasses from a
lamp ofearth, then there. were restive winds
in the bag of Ulysses. This is sciencc—this
the triumph of g-enius—-this the march of
mindl But tell of nature’s glories in num-
bers; to live ejziculating; to immortalize
the soul's emotions; to express their tumult
or theirctilm in varying verse; to mirror
the spirit of man to itself: to lead that spi-rit
up to Nature’s God-—this is the foppery of
song——the dance of words—-the waste of
of life! Such is the practical opinion of
many a philosopher of one day, who with
the‘Rail-road Journal in his hand, and spec-
tacles on his nose, rejoices that Science is
steaming it along smooth tracks, while ‘Poe-
try is completely run ashore, and fast going
to decay.” 9
_A romantic case of villiztny is related in
the N. O. Picayune of the 25th u_lt., as hav-
ing recently occured in this city. The facts
are given as follows;
A short time since a gentleman and his
wife arrived in this city, and put up‘ at one
of our fashionable boarding ,houses.. The
utmost connubial harmony seemed to exist be-
tween‘them,i'which throws the more interest
and iiiystery over the circumstances that fol-
low. The husband soon after his arrival
was called from the city on business, and
anticipating an immediate return, the wife
remained behind. " Her beauty was of that
luxurious order rather appertaining to the ro-
bust than the sylph-like._ Her figure bespoke
health, her countenance innocence. Some
days rolled by, and no intelligence was re-
ceived from the husband. At length a stran-
ger called at the boardinghouse, bringing a
letter to the anxious wife from her absent
partner. The letter represented to the
lady that her husband, being detained by the
business which took’ him away, wishedher
to come to him immediately under the pro-
tection of the bearer. Her preparations
were accordingly made, her own and her
liusband’s baggage safely packed and con-
vcved to the steamboat, and the lady "departed
with the supposed friend of her husband—
This is the lastknown of the laly, the bag-
gage, or bearer of the letter.
A day or two since the husband returned.
and hastened to embrace his wife at the board-
ing house where he had left her. No open
arms were there to receive him, no glance
of affection, no gentle caress, no baggage.-
He of course was told the circunistances con-
nected with his lady's departure. He had
written no letter, he had commissioned no
friend, and his distress may be conceived by
those who know thejoys ofdomestic life, and
those en_d.-;aring‘ties which bind together
man and wife, "
Rentarlcablc Case.-—The Amesbury Trans-
cript relates the following distressing cir-
cumstances under which a Miss Lucy Har-
ringtomformerly a resident én'Ame-sbury,
sick three years and a half, and confined to
her bed two years and five months. Seve-
rnl months previous to her death, her right
hip was dislocated by a contraction of the
muscles, while she was sleeping quietly in
bed. Immediately after this event, her bones
began to break, and before her death, they
had broken 19 times or more, in different
parts of her body. At first her ribs, then
her collar bones, and then her lower limbs.
her under jaw, and the bones'of her hands
and foot. Their breaking was sometimes
attended with a noise, and at others not; and
was always preceded and followed by the
most acute pain. The ends of the broken
bones would sometimes for a day or two,
grate together on being moved. Upon a
post mortem examination, not a sound bone
was found. All were so softened as to be
easily cut with a knife. \Vhcn her bones
began to break, the muscles of her lower
limbs so contracted that ‘they lay directly
across her stomach and bowels. In this po-
sition she remaincd until her death, Her
body was so contracted" that at one titfib she
measured as she lay in bed only two feet and
four inches. She gradually lost all strength
in her limbs, until she could only move
slightly the end's of her fingers. She was
43. years of age. -
A Hard Hit.—Judge White, in his long
and admirable letter to the Tennessee Legis-
lature, resigning his seat in the Senate, points
out with great force the difference between
his- own political creed and that of the Le-
gislature, and adds-:
“In England, this would be the common
contest between the prerogative of the crown
and the privileges of the people. Those
maintaining your side would be called 'l‘o-
ries, those maintaining mine would be called
Whigs. Here, it is a contest between the
patronage of the President and the right of
suffrage of the people. I will not at present
give those who maintain your creed any
name—you may give those who maintain
mine, any one yoti choose. -‘Names are no-
thing with me.’ My motto is, ‘principles in.
preference to men ;’ while I sometimes think
that of some-of my opponents. ougnhrto be,
‘ men without principles,’ though I would be
sorry to intima-t‘c~that‘such' a motto--would
,suit your honorable body. -
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' THE DEATH sen.
“ The tongues of.dying men,
.E.iiforcc attctiiion like deep harmony."
blttzfi‘-spears.
‘ Iti~ -is sad, but yet instructive, to_._ ltijngpr
around the couches of the dying an t,e
dead. There we catch a plug of that sor-
row which all are doomed to feel; and there
remember that all the ho es and tears of life,
. _ P
tnqpt be cpiowded !mto(pne short 39!]?! l M’-hp;
pa mg re ection. an must we re. us
this eye glance feobleand be veiled in death's
noiseless slumbcrs .7 1\~1ust’this warm blood
seek the heart for the last time, and most
this eloquent glow on my-clieck fade away in
the dimncss of the tomb’! Are there no
pleasant landscapes, nor green islands upon
ivihicli to recline’ the spirit fainting; on Jor-
dan_’s dark billows? Oh! shall worm, the
death sheet, and the senseless earth alone.
meet me in the life to, come? \’Vho shall
answer?‘ The tomb may not. Six thou-
sand years have borne witness to its silence.
But list, 0 man, “to that (livinity which stirs
within thcel” Does it tell thee nothing of
joyslto comet Does it reveal no gleaming
of. a reviver of life-—-no echo of angelic song
-énu harping of redeemed spirits in untroub-
led realms .7 Or, rather, does it not tell thee
of golden landscapes, elevated-and expan-
sive-—-of lovely temples and burni_n_g spirits—_—
of. tiiifading diamonds, and of a pleasant
rchltn, where no sorrows may come over us
like the coldness of Alpine streams. If it
docsnot, tremble; for more terrible than the
cold pulselt-ss vapors of the tomb will be
thy destiny!
"Ge’n‘cra.l Harrison.-—'1‘he celebrated John
Holmes, .who served with Gen. Harrison,
both in the Senate and House of Represent-
tatives of the U. S. has the following pas-
sage in reply to a letter ofinquiry from Mos-
es Carlton: ,
Youinquire my opinion of Gen. Harris-
on. His military uicrit is a matter or histo-
ry--thc achievements of his youth in defence
of the frontier against a savage foe, and par-
ticitlarly at the battle of the Miami of the
Lake, under the gallant \Vayne, you have
long since known. His victories at Tippe-
canoe, Fort Meigs and the Thames, arc fam-
iliar, for they are comparatively recent ex-
ploits. His ofiicial duties while Governor of
the North \Vestcrn Territory, are less
known, but suffice it to say he had his ap-
pointment undcr President Jefferson, and
though the office might have been lucrative
to him, his duty to the public and his faith-
ful application of the national funds were. so
punctually performed, that he acquired noth-
ing for himself _
';.He was always liberal and brave, and as
successful as brave, and I do him no more
than ‘justice when I say, _that at the close of
the last we 1‘, no American officer stood high-
er than Gen. Harrison. Col. Johnson, who
served under him andis nowVice President of
the U. S. has repeatedly given him his
character, and I know he is too honorable
to take it back. I
But my personal acquaintance with Gen.
Harrison as a statesman \Ve were mem-
bers together in the House of Representi-
tives of the U. S. from l8l7 to i820, and in
the Senate from 1825 to 18:30 inclusive, and
were on intimate terms.
Gen. Harrison is a scholar and a gentle-
man——a.s itvcll as :1 soldier and statesmau.—-
Few men in the U. S. are better versed in
military science and history. As a speaker
his voice and articulations are clear and dis-
lecemly died in C°""l5h- N- H- She “'85 tinét, his diction is pure and classical and
his eloquence persuasive and impi'essivc.—-
He stood high as Representative and Senator,
and on millitary subjects he wascspecially
instructive and edifying.
Asa man and a citizen, his character is
unexceptic-noble. He is liberal, kind and
humane. Instances of his kindness to his
soldiers, and his commiseratiou for the de-
fenceless inhabitants of the frontier, when ex-
osed to the merciless savages, might be
mentioned truly interesting and affecting.
Sure I am, were General Harrison as well
known here as he is at home, no man whold
be more popular or better loved". _ _
Thougla he has been long and high in
public life, he is comparatively ppor, having
not only applied faithfully the publ_t.c,_funds
with which he was entrusted, to publicuses.
but having expended much of his own
fortune to relieve the distresses of his coun-
trymeri.
Resources of the I'Vest.-—'I‘he geological
survey of the mineral regions belonging to
the U. States, has led to some new and im-
portant discoveries. The exploring party
have returned to New Harmony, Indiana.
The Disseminator ofthe 12th Dec. saysthat
‘the exact boundary line of the lead region
has been. ascertained, and the geological for-
mation in which alone lead occurs, have
been made where no diggings have hereto-
fore been attcmpted——and some of these are
exceedingly rich and render the tracts in
which they occur of great value. In one
locality, hitherto unnoticed, the lead was col-
lccted strewed on the surface, so pure that
it was readily run into bullets on the spot.
These valuable discoveries will repay three
or four times over, the entire cost of the ex-
pedition."
’ A magnificent collection of geological and
mineralogical specimens has been made and
forwarded to VVashington city. It is con-
tained in 60 or 70 boxes, and embraces four
or five thousand specimens.—Ba.lt. Pat-riot.
gt proof of filial A_fl'ect-i'on.—A inarg.
swearing the peace agaiiist three of his sons,
thus concluded his a_ffidavit;. "and this’ de-
ponen-t further saith, that"tlt'e only one of his
children who. showed! hiiro any "real filial fif-
fectioii wa-s his youngest son Lary, fowl‘ 7136'
lncver struck“ Iii-w w/tan. /L6 we-sf_"dowu-.”
Y, FEBRUARY 26, I84-0-._
--..a q_—-. 7
LET'l‘ER_ on THE" non. J. c. CLARK,
Of New York, to his Constituents, on the
necessity of qflicient Political Action
arid 0.rgauz'z_a.tio7t.
A political campaign more important to the
ascendancy of republican principles, and the
great and vital interests of the country, has
never opened upon the Ainerican people.
VVe are contending not only for- the preser-
vation of our free institutions, but for the
bread with which to feed our wives and child-
ren, The unholy war which the adminis-
-tration has waged and is now waging against
the domestic institutions and the currency of
the people, liasproduocd not only bankrupt-
cy and rttin to thousands of" otir industrious
and enterprising citizens, but tlireatens in the
utter destruction of the values of all sorts of
property, a general and wide spread desola-
tion. No onecan claim exeinptinn from the
all-pervading calamity. The prudent and
wary share a common fate with the improvi-
deut and rec-ltlcss. Investments made with
cautious regard to moderate income, are
swept away by the sameresistless torrent,
which prostratcs the air-built castles of the
visionary sprculaitor. The accumulation of
years cf patient toil and honest industry, re-
served for the maintenance of our families,
the education of our children, and for the
comfortable support of declining life, are
buried beneath the avalanche of iiiisshapcd
projects, and ill-digested government experi-
ments. Iti all the departnients of industry
reign the gloom and silence of the grave.
What is the heart-tending spectacle pr-cscnt-
ed to otir view? Agriculture without its re-
ward, mauufacttirers suspended, commerce
crippled, credit destroyed, confidence annihi-
lated, a beggarcd populatioii and a bankrupt
govcriirnent. Where, btit a few short yea rs
since, smiled joy and plenty, are now seen
destitution and wrctchcdness. Tum, which
way it may, the eye ofthe patriot rests on ob-
jects full of painful contrasts with the past.
This rich heritage, earned by the toil and
blood ofour fathers, and so recently radiant
with life and vigor and beauty, now presents
scenes of untimely disease and premature dc-
cay; scenes of political corruption and offi-
cial profiigacy, of contempt of law and or-
der, and ofdisregard of official and constitu-
tional obligation, of industry paralyzed, of
fortune; ruined, of prospects blighted, of
hopes crushed, of want and wretchedness,
over which the good man and the christian
patriot weeps in anguish, and minglcs with
his tears a fervent prayer for deliverance
from_ the hatids of the destroyers. That as-
piration, warm from the bosom of piety and _
patriotism, W8 doubt not, has ascended to
Heaven, and entered the ear of Him who
guarded our national infancy. and who has
thus far watched over us for good. In the
person of the renowned citizen soldier, whose ,
place is the world, and whose fame belongs
to eternity, He achieved the triumph of our
liberty. In the person of another equally
brave, pure and patriotic citizen soldier, will
He decree its preservation. Amid the cheer-
lcss waste of our couri_try’s desolation, amid
the deep and murky gloom, in which she is
enveloped, robbed of every thing but hope,
shall we not rally “ once more to the breach,”
and snatch her from the grasp of the spoil-
crs .7 Have we “ lost the breed of noble
bloods .3” Are there no Brutuses remaining,
ready to strike for liberty ? Shall we long-
er tamcly, ignobly crouch at the feet of our
tyrants, and coiitiiiue their degraded, abject
vasszils? Forbid it honor! Forbid it pa-
triotism!
What can be done to save ourselves and
the country from impending ruin, must be
done speedily. \Vhat.wc have heard ema-
nating frotn Loco-Foco agrarian meetings,
is at this moment unblusliingly heralded to
the world from the Senate of the U. States,
by the admirers of a miserable and degraded
\Vest India colony, under 'the dominion of
priest-ridden, enslaved, liard-money Spain
The hard-money policy of this wrctchcd—
rotten appendage, of a still more wretched
and rotten monarchy, is held tip to the free
laborers and farmers of this young and once
glorious Republic, as worthy of imitation,
on theground that it will reduce the prices
of labor and produtctio-us to the level of a col-
ony of inendicants and slaw s. The Ameri-
can operative is told that, to enable the rich
capitalist and menu facturer to compete with
foreign fabrics in distant marlrets, he must be
content with wages barely sufficient for his
animal existence, Air exclusive specie cir-
culation, not only for the Gotvemtiient, but
for the People, is the cherished policy ofthis
administration-. It proposes to. strike from
being, more than one-half of our circulating
medium, producing a. most ruinous decline
of prices, as well of labor, as of real and
personal estate.
Thus are held up to our admi~ratit._n, the
cncrvated and corrupt Governments of the
Old World; and this yet_in~.'aut nation. full
of enterprise, abounding in all the elements
of wealth and greatness; rich in present
possession, and looking joyously to the fu-
ture, is destined, under the fatal policy of
visionary experimentalists, to a rctrogadc
march to, the ages of darkness and barbarism.
A Sub-'1‘reasn ry Government Bank, through
the instrumentality of which, Mr. Van Bu-
ren will board in his strong boxes :1 great
portion ofthe specie ofthe country, and sub-
ject the people to a dependence. on his will
for a circulating mediuni—for a measure of
value for all their labor, property and pro-
ductions-—is to be the last ofa series of mea-
sures begnn in folly, and ending in madness.
The American People might, with better
grace, submit to the disastrous measures of
the Executive. could they forget the means
by which theyare accomplished. _ They are
the results of-the most grarceless 305‘ £0m1Pi
union of antagonist principles and? warring
politicians that ever shocked the morals of
any country. The ultra Democracy of the
North is to close aitiaizce with the _Nl1ll.1.fi.¢P¢.’-'
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it THE‘ ' is izi'n‘ofr:;c5v1-: It not--rs
smofih.
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"W °i_ihe S'0ttlh..to perfect the degradation
and Film. of the Republic. The once proud
133819. which 1llllll’.'l'lGl‘ eyrie in the branch-
.-s of thetowenug palmetto, is-nestling with
the “- foul and unclean birds”. which "dese-
ctfate the palace and the Capitol. The once,
proud. high-mettled and ehivalrous Soiitbron,
IS on his knees, worshiping. at the shrine‘ of’
power ; crtnging and fawning-at the feet of‘
hpn who, a. few short years since, deiiounc-.d,
him as tvtraitor, and would gladly have con-
signed him to a halter. The modern Cata-
line,_ as he was comrnonly styled by the Ex‘-
ecutive organ, was not immortalized b‘ A
demonstration of those public honors which
are usually decreed to unsuccessful rebellion,
For this immunity, he is not indebted toil
want of disposition in the “Northern man
with Southern principles," to pass his memo-
l'_V to posterity tainted with dishonor. Tish
"beter [art of valor” «prevailed. He
the proclamation, penned, probably, by him
who boasted of the consummation of his’ glo-
ry in the service of the chief, who in the tan-'
guage or one ofthe members of the new
coalition, " had trampled on the liberties -of
his country,” and thus reading, took counsel
from the suggestions of prudence and discre-
tion. And now, what a revolting eithibitioil
is presented to the astonished g. ze ofa cheat-A
cd and power-ridden people! Men of dla-.
metrically opposite_ principlesapd sympte-.
thics—" the very anti podes in political geogs
raphy-.-the negative and positive poles-ofthe’
other a war of extermination”-have sadden-
y rushed into mutual embrace, and clubbtdl
their counsels, to ride into power overs. mu.-
tilated Constitution and an impoverished
country.
\Vhut can we hope from this cold, heart-
lcss, unfceling admi'uistt'ation?- To it, we-
have appeared and appealed—-and appealed.....;
in vain. The cries of distress fall on thtr
marble car ofthetenant of the ‘place, with-’
out cmotion._ The groans olP.families, of“
tvidotvhood and orphanage, bcggared by his
destructive policy, are music to his callous-2
senscs. To the oud and earnest calls for re-
lief, tvaftcd on every breeze, from a broken:
down and di.-pirited people, the doors of ther-
American Tuilleries, are hermetically clos-
ed. To his sympathy, the appeals of suffer-
ing and distress, are addressed» in vai_n.-—-
What ca res he that the only remaining: -bedi
of the lone mother, cast‘, by his policy, on-an»
unleeling world, without employiiientu is:
snatched from under her, to satisfy the crav-
ings qf some griping Sh._v_lock’l He‘ rcposed:
oti cushions of down ininitvtalry of Eastern.
magnificence. ‘What though-. she pines for
food, and inoistens her scanty meal with
droughts from the neighboring brook 2 He
riots in every luxury which can tempt the-
palate, and quaffs the goblet “ red with the‘-
Tuscan grape.” What though infancy and
helplessness, driven, by his measures, from a-._
quiet and liappyhome, seek some wretchedl
novel to shelter them from the storm? be ac-
cupies a palace outvieing Oriental splendor,
and one which royalty might court, \Vhat
though the hardy sons of the forest and this
field, toil and sweat "from early dawn to
dusky eve,” to gather a, few ence (made
less valuable by his experiments ,. to. atiatairi
their half fauiished wives and: babes I It
moves him not. With a daily income of 80
dollars, paid in an appreciated gold and _sil-
vet‘ currency, he " mocks at their calamity,”_
and plays the stoic» in his. poorly earned
wreath. _
And now the inquiry is. what can be done
to place the country oti the high eminence
of its recent prosperity and glory! The pa-'
triot and philanthropist, with deep soli-
citude, repeat the inquiriry, what _ can be
ddnel The answer isat hand. Diffuse cor-.
rect iutelligence amongthe people,-c malts
them to known the causes of the evils with
ivliich they are indicted, and they will apply,
the remedy. Point out to them the authors
oftlieir calamities, and they will not be tar-.
dy to inflict the merited punishment. ,
To those, then, who appily bare_,garo§,~
any thing from the general wreck, and wlio,
mo appeal. Let me conjure you, ofthe; lit-
tle,to give something towardstheenlighten-_‘
ing of the public mind. With. proper and
wcll-directed. cfforts to this eiiutll, the ‘admin-
istration. of the government; may be transfer-
red to pure and pazttritotic hands. Shall we
omit any honorable exertion calculated to
produce a result so highly auspicious ‘to the.
welfare‘ and. honor of the count-r.y2 Em.-pry
one must feel deeply the ifm-portanjce o_f_ _ke,_-pf.
ing up, at the Capitol, a spirited} and pr-ud_ent-
ly conducted pr-per..ad-vacating t.-he Repub-
lican doctrines of the Oppos'tti.oi), _§l1d_u1g
just claims of Gen. Harrison to the afftqc-_
tions and support of the people. The times"
require a journal abou.nd.ing in j,udjcious’ancl‘
earnest appeals to those» (‘and their name is
Legion) who are honest ihquirers after truth.
Give them l-i-glit, for ivhic.-ht they are impa-
and honest press, and they will swell the
ranks of those who are ‘now battling fog
their country. * * _' "‘ ’."
\Ve have to-_ contend with an ac,t_i-i'z‘e.‘povv:;
erful, and‘ unscrupulous oppositionipress.
papers, sustained not only by indi\',id,ti,’al apd,
ofiicial patronage, but by a'corrii_pliot1'_ft-tndg.
assessed and levied on the ,s<ili;:.t'i,ies of the of-
traetions, in all the forms that l:_0¢Q_‘fi_§_§_l'g{°_,
,ge;iuity and malice can suggest, willi ‘isiatl
'us. These be prom'ptly'8D¢§QD¢¢f¢§
and repelltd. The people‘ Wish, atone mi-
nute _,information of the Patriot S,oldier—-our:
‘candidate for the Presidenvy-aof,bis vi‘-rtues
.of his talents, and e.£;his.g'allant and-signa
iservice; I Thit-:y‘Sb0lJl{%' beigratified’. -' The_V--
’s_o disastrous‘ to their prosperity and the hope,
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seek to retain wh;t.i'little they may have, -let -
tient,through the medium of an intelligerip
i
this city, with a circulation. of sotrifé'_~_],5,0'Q_ll .
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political magnet, hitherto waging with each I
fice-holders. Falsehood, scurniility. 'aiijdff‘-doe" -
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‘should be acquainted with the1¢dIIf¢_'8.- ori-.9 1,,
ginating. with this reclttleas and corrupt-dds _
_ministi-ation, which have produced results’-
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