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C R ^ S t U IN KMINIINUI MOHAWK VALLEY BEOISTER. t h e WA.H w EOTiOS'Es The the em m to he fiAat. The long Vfl- Tiuao of Europe and tj?e generoHS cynse- tnionces spi-inging therefmm, will, in nil probal)ility, ceHSfi. For sevevnl centuries Europe Inis not enjoyed such n protmefed peuee, as froio the conrdusion of the Napo leonic wa* this time. The wavs of (Spain, Ita' h-euee, Turkey, Poland and Himgarj »carried on npiui the out'- skit’ta o f - oiiean civiliscatimi as concen trated in Germany, Fmnoo and England. In tlidSQ eoiintries progroas in the main was steadily onward, If libavfd ideas fail ed to shape fiociety to the extent o f the rvishes of ardent philanthvopisls, tliero was nnipiestionalily a distinct tulvanco in arts iind iuimauitiea slowly through the centu ries. But in regard to the war now burst ing forth, neeuidiiig ».< ])rasimt appoavau* CCS, (he etui and utijeet seem equally oh- aeure as airoftiugcivili.^aliou and pvogrees—• progrtws t'veu viewed subject, as it has been, to (eiupurary reacliou, But t)m in terests of tlie laboring and prodmUlvo class es will surely bo sacriticed in suuli a (mu test ; tmd bow is the war to bo eudod as regards balances of political power I While, eeniiotnies Itav'o been applied to the arts of })fueo, tliey have not been want ing to tlto arts of duslriiclioii: if a railway eurries oivibaits, it can equally carry sol diers; if steamboats boar business men and pleasure soi-kers, (Jiey can uiptally transport regiimnfl.s anil lln iv arms. Ku, too, ihosHin s ing.muiry that has made .sin gle saws uud plows tie (be wuvk of Jiuiny saws and jilovvs of foituer rude construc tion, has improvisl the ariiis of defence and lt.•!,trne.riou to an equal ilegivo in their tor- rihlo tuiiebiuery. The i^tnitegetieal movo- jijonts of large bodies are also vastly fae.ili- lated over former operaiiotis in that way. The infantry does nut (sarry on its back hueb heavy burdens as it oiieo did, and moves with a rapidity nnkinnvn to tlte wars of tbu early part of this eeiitury. ft is liesides, arineil with rilles reaching with <bmdly preei.bon further than once the tird- nance eould send its sixty times heavier balls. Till) held artillery, instead of being e.lmined to tbi) slow step ulGlie loot soliUer, is, moiiiiled on trains, rivalling tbo cavalry in speed, hilt Hot lo.-dng thereby steadilH'.sS aird prucision of aim, (Hinllagmtiuii anU (loath are. poured out with uiio shot in va rious ways and sbtipes: shells, bombs in cendiary rockets mu now niori'destnietiv(i- ly than over a part and ))tircel of the game. On ibo son, too, tbu means of ruin ai'e itruuuiisely iiu‘iva.se(l. Vessels running against winds ami waves, wi(b a rapidity deuUled eliiiuerieiil when Najtuluon and (ho Institule jamnoiirici-il I’ltlton a (bvainer and a c.barlattm ; vessels loaded, too, with arms uninvciited during lliu revulutioiiai'y and imperial eras ; with Paixban guns bur ling proJeetile.s of imriKin.se si/o to immeiisu disttuiees, a single one of wbieb is sullieietit to destroy the largest imin-of-w ar, or eriisb tbo ruLiks and walls of a t’orU'css, All tboso tvlinomonts of a einli,jed epoch will now Servo and supjiovt the dire action of savage-liko Imtes betwixt colossal nations. 'I'liat nation wbieb eun saerillco must heaps of human bodies and inhuman gold will earry oil' tbu gory prizo of trimtipli. In tbo great battles of tlio lirst Jiftcuii years of oureeiitiuy it was caleiilated U)at scarcely ouu single musket-sbot in two Jmndi'et) took effect. i'Acii the lire of ar- lillory was not more surely direetod. Na- jiuleon numrioiiH battles in which tin* Erencli ordnaucu (iivd one hundred llums- and shots. In the present state of pei'fce- tign in Ibv-arms of ev(*ry kind, few shots in cumparisou with those lost in former years may be inetfeetual. The iidnd is a[i- pallud at (be waste of liuniau life which will thus occur on aea and on bind. Not less mournful, how ever, will be tlie influence of a prolonged and general war on the state of soeioty. Extertnination and poverty materially, and man morally, will tie brought back to rival tbo flercest of brute eveatiun, and the simcks of individ uality and dignity vvbicli begin to vuirm the bosoms ot (be iimsHcs wdl be evtin- guisbed. All lofty aspirations w illiiesus pended; for wins always inqiuverisit tlio popidarm ind, and sink it into abject ignu- ranco and servility, and their results are to create the vilest bero-worsbip in wbicii atolid generations wallow, dead to the c.idls of elevating genius. Whole nations ilnw become tbu despised tools of individual pride and iimbition, styled captain or sov ereign— not that snel) a ebaracter is grefit, but that myriads of men are small. Wars, in fuel., alone rear despots. W ithout them, all men would be free. Neither castes in jVsia, n o r serfe in Europe, nor native slaves in Africir, and their derivatives in America, could exist without wavs. When huge Murder bares bov arm and strikes down the strung men of a watiun, the utbers, and e.ltieriy tbe woraon, become slaves. The Anujvioan savage, with whom war is tbo ride atid peace tlio exception, treats woman as a slave; and tbo bowl for annexation and war in (bn United Wtates comes from timong tbu masters of slaves. In the big war upon which Europe now verges, wo see havoc and tears and desola tion ; but its promises of popnlar wealth ' and solf-rolianco, and bonce of liberty, where are they I — Y. Tribune, ------ ---------------------------- A ttempt to B beax ,T ati ..-—A practical demonstration of tbe insecurity and weak ness of the Albany Jail was shown by a ^sorter, conttned therein, on Baturday last, lie opened bis cell door with bis finger- putting it in between tlie look and tbe wall, and pnsbing back tbe bolt there being suf ficient space for him to do so. ile^was then put into what was considered one of tbe most secure calls in tlie jail—with a aixteen inch brick wall on one side and a yard thioknoss of wall on tbe otbar side,— By the aid of a handle of a bucket, in the short space of about two boui’s and a half, he made a hole through a sixteen inchhriok wall of snffiojent size to enable him to get his head through and see down m m the object beneath him, hut not sufifoient to iadmili his body to pass through, Be had thus m accomplished the work when he wasdetseted! There is a shed running .alcmg the north end wall # ^ |M l , which le onT? 13 feet below where the hole Wis made; so thst, if he had been ancoeiiftilin wttingout, ha would have found but little diljfiwTty in reaching the ground. The night the prisoner What he had been aboukwhen herepM thathehad^attempt-. ed fe gain hit liberty-Huat what any pei^ m n would do in his powd»i,» Be waa re- w o ^ t d i i u j t h e r c ^ H i i h d aifirlot Wit<jh C|f Wfg a'H im 8 i»4w, aiA iioii ao, x s a r. of AArtiPtMog t Ch|!_CocnwK for one year, * - - ^20 M biwrtcr \ O ho «(i|gftrp, “ one iiiHertion, for eaoU mill ' 15 (K) Q QO 50 05 glM S fsIasis ” I hb U koisteb will 1)0 f(ir«W(0(l ,tq off 4£3r Ativnerflon spnrtina ns ten finl«cyiljci'a, ftcemn- panjb'ff th'< \Ifl recelvQ Olio copy extra._________ (TIIW POETHV OV MAHCII. Tbo country just now iircsoiits a drear and ilusnliito aspect. ,Of all Ibo monlbs of the year, March la over tbo riido.st and most un- pluiiaaut; and ibis year especially it scorns dotermined to abate nothing IVom tbo odium of its reputation. It crept in upon ns with an a.spect mild, almost, as that of gentle M ay; iind tlio ilrafc Inilf of its allotted rsign Wiia fruitful of brightest simsbino, and a lialmy, limeing air. Jack Frost relaxed liis icy grasp from tbe rills and brooks of tbo field, and tliey began to leap and dance on to assist the larger streams in releasing themselves, too, from bis frigid embrace. Tbo bills peeped forth from beneath their snowy covering— tlien tbe glad fields liared their bosoms to tlie genial sun, and tbo long, vvbite lines that lay along tlie fences, and grow fuiiitor day af ter day, were nil that remained of \ Winter, lingering in tbu lap of Hpriiig.” But it was March, prov'erbially false and boisterous March, who ruled the ‘ Oierk of the weiitber,’ and spread out this inviting Imt delusive prospect; and woe to tbo ‘early robin’ and tlie ‘biugliing brook’ tlnU put tlieir faith in Huoli a prince! Tlieir juvnuituro glee Avas of sbort diiriilion, and hoitoav and silence again seal iqi tlieir niiisio and merri ment as in (bo heart of winter, bike llie cunning animal aa I uc I i jirojecls its slimy tongue, ami again smjdeiily witlulraws it la den with the gathered (lies—so Atiircb lots deeoytul from tlieir retreats Uie early liarbin- ger.s of Hpring, to puiiisb tlieir temerity by vldliug iqam tliom tbo vengeance of bis sinofliered Avmtli. From Ids dream of gen tleness, be awakens into a storm of (.erritic fury, iiml signalizes tbo event by sneb freaks iiiidd steeples, chimneys^and bonse-tops, as jiiizzle the memory of tl?b ‘tfifiost inlmbitiuiL’ to Iind a parallel. An aspect more congenial to bis tastes and habits, is Huddonly given to bis reign, and the lields and streams again w ear tbo dreary asiieet o f Avinter, AAViiy oti' Its far as the eye reaches, a sheet of snow is spread out before } (nl, and on every side, light, fleecy don da are driven about fiercely before darker o n es; niul even the friendly rays of tlio sun Aviiidi occasionally struggle tliroiigli the diilling atmosphere, baA'e a ]>iile and sickly line, and seem to have no ofieet amid tbe surronniling lileiiku'osB. On each corner of (be streets, tbuAvhjrlinggiistsof Aviml niid snow (uit yon sharply in tbe face, and yon lem'b i/our hut, as a mark of politenosa avo .supliose, (.0 the iimiaiilo Montli wbicb gives birth to tboatorm, At night yon are lulled into sleep by the creaking of signs, the riU- tling of sbntters, and tlio dismal Avbistlo of tbe Avirid around every corner, and (brongli every c.rovico of your bonsu; and if yon are not startled from your slmnlior by the fear ful cry of tiro, perhaps you may steal a short oblivion from tjio dreary sceuu Avitbont, Aj'’, klardt ie ti dreary and desolate montli. Even tbo associations wbiob glvo to /toweits peculiar diiirms, and Avbiob, tliongb ‘over so bninblo,’are said to givo to it an attractive- nes superior to ail other ‘pliice.s,’ aro almost poAverloss AA'lien aao ' reflect that that Giome’ must bravo tbo rigors and cliangus of a cli mate under Avliiob even tbo niost vigorous constitution must give Aviiy. It annoys and nettles ns, we must confess, amid experiences siidt ns wa have desorihed, to rand of the ‘ blooming floAvers,’ tbo ‘ lilossoming fruit- trees,’ tbo singing birds,’ ami tbo bixiiriotis vegatntion, wbioit give beauty and gladness to other, and not very remote, portions of ojir country. Witli the piercing blasts of March sAvoeping over fields and streams drear and lifeless as an everlasting dosort, and chill ing tlio life-cnrronfe wbicli courses tbrongb our A'eins, we confess to a feeling of onvy ns wo think of tbo ‘balmy breezes,’ and tbo mild and gonial atmosplioro of tbo ‘ sunny Bontb.’ Jjnngination cot\)nros up in tbo dis tance a bright and boautiftil sky, a vocal woodland, and agonoronsoartb starting into luxurious life Us fruits and floweas; but tbo fanoiod picture brings no relief to tbo gloomy aspect of tbopre.sonfc reality, for, \ Wiio C 4 U iiohi a wild qf ffro in Iffs Imncl, WI i H q (Iramingot tlio frosty Clmieasiis?\ Bnt. let ns console onrsoh'es, if wo can, Avilli tbo snro promise of “ tbo good time coming.” Tbo days of tbo tyrant kfarcb are mimbored 5 and wbile a bnartfolt gratitude Avjll witness tbo ‘decline and fall’ of bia rig orous rule, lot ns bopo that April, with all its proverbial ficklenoss, will deal more gen tly with its tried and complaining snbjoots, E aojno .— Tbe beauty of racing, os an in' Mocentand harmless amusement, was ad mirably illnstrated on Monday evening in this village. Two men in sleighs, approach ing tbe Tillage troiu the Blver, took it intd their noddles to bead oaob other off, and so put their nags to their best speed, each de termined to drive into town first, Op they came at a most fearM rate, passing the ca nal bridge abreast, and, if possiWa, inoreas- Ing their speed as they went down the yoad- way into eamd street, Bnt here onr iporfe- men suddenly saw that the road took a short which one of Bjem saWy aeflomplisb- ed; bnt the others haTiii| ‘«tha. outside of the described boo large a elrol#, and bringing np against some posts, was laid out sprawling upon the Mdewalk, amid barysls of lime, s}efgh-ho¥ dm- He got up in seeson to see Jba ^ of his horses dh>ap|)^nf eround then^toofieir; and havtag aa^’aped with out »«ih ihJwyt rnar hy tbaleseon. HaBsa|i| sfigh^ siMt antlrely eovered by IfAINB r,AW, Sow p are have aM aino T iw n tlast— ifths (Jammyr (WHata it. Tbe mighty strngghli tb get the thing upon the Statnto book, lias been ended by tlie flucccssfiil ao- complialnnent o’f tho feat; and wbether all parties are satisfiedor not, it is f/tors, and now tbo equally important point remains to bo determined—can i t bo k ept there ? This, of course, is doubted on the one hand, anil af firmed with equal conftdonco on the o th e r ; and it is highly probable that this question will he a prominent element in the n ext can vass for tlie clootion of Members to tho Tog- islatnro, The final decision o f tho Oommit- too of Ocmforenco has fixed upon Docomhor na tlio time when the Law is to go into offbet. The warmest friends of the nieasnro in (ho Kmiso, who wore most anxious for tbodoajg- nallon of an eavller day, wore constrained to flccopt Becombor, IVom a Avoll-groninled fear that nnlosa tlioy did so tliey Avonld jeopard the passage of the bill; and tlioy Ibongbt it bettor to defny “ the good tliiiy corning'’ for a foAv montlis, tluin to po.stponoifc Indefinite ly, if not altogctbor, We shall not Jiare imdoBtuko to argue tbo qnc.slioi)i AvlieUipr this Euw will reiilizo the expectations of its friends or not. It 1ms been fully discussed during its passage tbvo' tbo Lcgjislatnro, and Ave Imve no doubt our renders are familiar Avitli tbo argnmoiUs for and against tbo mousnro. Wo may bo ]ier- mittud, iioAVever, to saj'. Unit if tbo bill is (lemanded by the publio intorchta and by popular senUmont, it is dilfionlt to conceive lioAV Us friends can recom'ile it witli duty to dolbr the great blessing until after anotb- er election. If avo avovo alloAvud to doubt the siiiiccrity of those Avbo voted for. tbe measure, Avt.) should suspect (hat it Avns a trick of covert; enemies to alloAV anotlior des- poralo ctfurt to bo niiido to sccnro its ropual ere (ho nieasnro could be fairly tried, and tlie opposition reconciled to Iks stringent provis ions. Tlio (ir,s(, attempt to eiilbrcu tbo biAV Avill of course arouse tho AVor.se Ibrins of ro- sis(aiu*c wbiob tbo minislers of it Ai'ill Ims’o to oneuiiiUer; ami it. is reasonable to antic- ifinto tlliat tbu materials of a speciou.s argn- niuiitlii favor of its repeal Avill bo found in false rumors and exaggerated statuineiita about iLlio tinio o f tbo niectbig of tbo Legis lature, And if tbo oppiKsitioii sbonld Hiicce.e(l at tbo election in cnriying it.s point, a fair (rial of tbo LaAV will nf course bo out of tlie i|nchtiii)ti, Tbo date of its repeal will follow too closely njion tbo date Avbon it Avont into We rejieat, llmt if tbu linv is tbe good tiling Avliicb its friumis claim, the peoplo AVore en titled to its bonolits nt 11 s curly a day ns iio.s- sible, and iit a lime Aviton tbe siniillest jaissi- blo amount of saerillco is demanded from tliosa ongagod in tbo (.rafiic. And tliat tinio scorns to ns to bo in tbo siting, Avlien now lenses aro entered upon, ami tbo stock of dealers is generally exbansted, |^ \ T o friends making inqnirio.s in refor- oneo (0 tbo terms upon Avliich avo a \ ill fijr- jiisb itlio Jh'iihkr lo dnlis of ten or more, we reply, Unit avo cannot possible depart from Uiose avo biivo offered—that Is, eleven copies of tlio paper, for Ten Dollars, Avberc tbe cash nccomjianies Uio order. The price at AvIiicb AVO publish and IbvAviml Uio jmper, is so loAV that it AA'oiild bo ruinous to make a larger reduction Umn (bis, oven wbere tbe elnb is increasud to tAventy; ami avo cimnul; doubt that a little refieotion, and an examin ation of tbe paper, Avill eonvincotlie major ity (Ilf our readers that these terms are ex- tremiely lilieral, We trust our friends Avill not weary in Avdl-doing, lint Avill contimie to exert (hcmsolvos in our helnilf. To (be citizens of onr villngo avo tender onr tlmnks for tbe cbeerfulness and alacrity Avltb AvIiich tbey are encouraging onr enterprise, and sbiill relax no ofiorts to merit Uieir siibstun- lial iiindness. Hngciintciidcnt of SeUnoU> Onr convictions are decidcclly in favor of tbo Bill noAV pending before tbe Lcgislatnre, separating tbe oflices of Secretary of Btato and Hqporintendoiitof Ucbools. The di ver sified and complex intovests of onr Ootnmon Sebool system, demand for its general snpor- vision and management tbe undivided atten tion of a capable and efficient officer; and we liave nover been able to poi’celvo any necessary connection bofcAveen tbo duties of U io ofihios proposod to bo soparatod. Tbo fact that the important matters pertaining to tboi ono have almost Invariably boon com mitted to tbo bands of Popntio.s, ivbo never feel tbo roaponslbility, nor bring to Uio 0 x 0 - oiition of tboir trust tbo oapaoity, Avbicli generally belong to tlioir principals, is snfil-' oiont ovldoncQ of tbo necessity of tbo'estab- lisbmont o f an ofllce with iridopondont and oxchisivo fimctions in reforimoo to a snbjeot of snoli magnitude. And tlnsofilco, in view of tbo interests Involved, would bo one o f tbe most im p o rtant and honorable in tbo Btate, and could only bo wortlnly filled by tlm strongest and best cultivated minds in onr midst, There are in the State something lik$ twelve thonsamlsohools distriots and Sohool Honses, These are justly onr pride and boast I and whatever will tend to iTicrease their effiejency, and extend their beneficiont infinenoe abonld n o t long be matle to^ await thft sanction of the legislature, The eleo- tlon of a State Superintendent of Schools, wbicb, according to tbe Bill now pending, wpnld pome off in Ajiril, wo h ave no donht would reanlt in the olmioe o f an ofiloer qnal- ifled fpr the poaiHen; and that i t would in- fm m w vigor into our ayatem o f education, by the eonfeotton of ahniee, and the ipeedy introdnotion of needed refonmi, we are •qeiUy QOAfidint. L e t n« h i i e the law, then, and the new olfiotn elected, that the heneilte of the ohanfi may b t fWt a« early aapoeiihla. ISir Ear, J. If, toonak, of Syraonee— A jpAT qv'v'fm , A resolntion woe passed by tbe Senate of this State on tho IfUt insfc,, requesting the Oomptroller to report to that body tbe ain’t of money paid to Hon. SAnvonoE, Omman, Lieut, Govenor, ft’om Uie Stb day of Jiffy l8Di3, to the fllst d ay of December, inclusive. In pursuance o f this rcsolutiou a report was made tbo dotaffs of Avhioh sboAv, th a t the of fice o f Liont, Govenor, Is .a far more lucra tive QTie than lioncst peoplo have heretofore heen led to snpposQ. It appears from the report that during the time Bpeoifiod, that gentleman received from Uio Treiisnry qf the State, as compensation for bis services, tbo largo sum of $0,29(1, as f o l l o w s a s Member of tbo Oanal Board $ 2270 , ; ns I ’rosldont of tbo Sonato, $1,071, and ns (lommissioner of the Laml Ofilco, $(t‘iO, These amomits Include a cliargo of $11,420, or (.weiily charges of $171 each, for 11,400 miles of “ which sooms to have lieun necessary to ourffffo him 1.0 attend upon tbe frequent sitlings of (bo Oanal Board, the Oourt of Inipeaclmiont, &o,— They also embrneo an item of $908 for tbir- ty-tAVo days ntteiidanco upon the latter, and 070 miles “ (ravul\ at 110 cts., to enable liiin to runi‘b Uio HC(3Jio of Mr, Mather’s tribnla- tions, during Ids fiimons trial for “ a ’Uara- ffunce and corruption.” A largo numlior of onr rcudors will learn Aviili regret that J ames BL'II amieton , Esq,, ono of our most respected and Auffned citizoiis, has just taken bis luavo of this vjl- Ingo and gone to N oav York, Avitb the pros- ]i(i(>t of a peniiiuicnt location in Unit Oity.— Mr. IT. has for many years been a vusidont of tiffs town, nml by bis uniform kindness, ami bis intclligonco, integrity nml guiioral use fulness, bad Avon a cirelo of warm Oiemls, such a few men can luin.s(; nml Avliercs er bis futuru lot may bo east, bo eurries Avitb liini Uio respect and good Avislies of all Avlio 011 - joyec] the jdeiisui'u of Idsne(|uainliviU‘o. His liimily for Uio pre.sent roiimins \sitb ns. Wo invito Uio iitteiilion of our read ers to tbo iiuAV uriielo of Blacking av I i I c I i is iidvoHised in aiioUier colnmii, mnniiliicUired by Mr. E. 0. Baziml, ami for side at tbo sbop of J. B, Jobnsim, It is an e.\e.ellent artielo, and deserves patl'oiiiigo. B^iy^niir avkiuiwledgnioms iiredue. ( o .T as , A i ' i . in , K hi )., furiiiiportuut pubic. docimieiit.s, (];^/\ffs AVo are ready to go lo pre.-.s, leiirii by a lolegrapbic dispnleh in ilio /fm i- inff JmtvHiil, Unit a duel was foilgbt yester day morning, belweunkir. dutUiig, Meiiiber of (kjiigi-e.ss iVoni N oa ) York, mid Mr. Bivek- enridge, Avlffch resulted in tbo deiiUi of tlie former, Tlio dillleuKy originated in a.sharp jier.. Ill debat'o in rel’ereiieo (o tbo ('011140 of Air, G, on (bo Nebraska bill, during wbic'b Uiero AViis mueh excUemuiit ill (bo Hoihe, ami n mculing AV 11 .S iinlieipaled. AViisliiiiglon aviw full of rumors yesterday morniiig, Uio latest of Avlijoh giwn by Uio Journal is (lint a du el AViTs fought, but UiiU no daiigor amis douo to ojtlior piivlN. Tbo Aiiirsluds in Uio dis- (ri(‘t AAmro searching for tbu partie.s to arre.st them. ('iiuuNOMi(iai,u. ,]oiiu.N.Ai.. - April. Fowler k Wells, W’ atk M' i > hi { .Ioirax.(T,, and Herald of Rfr(inii.s, saiim Tiieae cxeelleut pulilirations reacii ns as vegidaiT}' ns tlie return of Uio muntlis, and are as laseparalileas Uie Himeso Twins. One in neatness of typograiiliicul njipcanmee, in tho aliility Avhieli tlmy bring In bear iipuri Hiibjeets i»l‘ vibil iinportnuce to limniiiiily, nml ill fea • - ■ ............ larlessiiesa nml devoUoii to tlio imlilo w'ork tliey ami a knmvledge of Iiavo iindevtalicri, tliey go logetiier into ever, meat ami a knmvledge i are deemed of tbe lem family wbere meiilid unprovi f|f, op W ifllpwl^ iVIPTOg, 41tpFll BWl, HirivMMifel Clhnipl^ In thii Gjve him ftl» 0 d the laAva of life and lu funiiliar, can so iniirli really valimldo matter ) jc found at sii Bimill a price, a.s in tlic.se twin pnblicaliniw. tty the way, wo notice tbiit tbe AfesHrs, (fowlers uxtuiisive Oaliinet baa been removed to llOS IJrondwny. G iuuams ’ AtACAZixi!.—Among the cmilribiiUirs to tbe April immber of • Gralmm,' are sneh wrilers ns Heailloy, Jolm 0. Baxe, .lames lliissell Lowell, Donald Alitebell, Onrojlno Clieesebro', 15. Anna l.ewis, ami many otliers of less fame Imt eriunl }(roinise. Need say tlmt it is a Hiqmiw mimlicr ? \ {Jeorgo MYffi- ington,\ by the fiist named writer, miieassis m mter- est, and tbe (liustiationa nve exceedingly approjiriate, life-llko and ((umitiful. The \ Lite of Brig. Gen. l.aey\ also well repays pcnesHl, ‘ Graham is improving, and Is now iiiuleiiiiihly in advance of ‘Harper.’ Ar.qoiioT, AnuTim C onstitvtion op M.vn.—By Bd- ward L. Yminnins. New Yorlc, Fowler and Wells. This is n popular selentille. nceount of the cltcmical history mid properllcx of Alcohol, and its lending of- fecte upon Uie lieuUtiy constitution, illn.strated liy a iy Rolored chemical chart. Its tyjiography Is nmisually neat,its stylo plain and comprehensive, and its nrgmnonU cnnclnslvo. Wo cannot see Imwnny Bipiq man can road this (wok, and contlnno to nso a bevorago, so clearly shown to bo most destnictivo of all that is beantifnl and onnohllng hi Urn hnmau ehurnu- If it conld bo placed In Uio luuida of ovory man, and Itn ndmonitiona Avem read ami properly heeded, all Malno IrfiwB would bo a dead letter in tho statuto hook, for there would ho no occasion for their onforce- LAmas' N ational MAQAzwpr-O, .T, Peterson, PliiJo' delphia. Tho April number of this publication has been re ceived, and ahonndsin attractions Iwth for tho oyoand tho mind, “ Isaao and llohpoca” Is a beantifnl lino en graving 5 and tbo Fashion Plato, and nnmorons Ulns- tnfflona of Ladies' nscfnl and fancy neodio-wovk, can hardly fall to please tho fair reader. Tho tales, poetry &e., are from tho pens of some of tho host American Wfltenij and come quite up to tho high standard of Peterson. ¥jilSlplda^ J‘G oa » inj !,--T. S, Arthur is Co,, Thoro Is no magaslno in tho country whiohjnow iiccessfully hleis|i|lm nseffd with tho cntorWntng— the solid with till gay and llvely-4hi 10 nseffd with tho cntorWntng— „ ly and llvely-4han Arthur's.— There la always something to fostnict as well as amuse Tiwo IS always sometmng to mstnictaawoii iiaannise; and evarything which could pffbnd against refinoment, is oaraftilly axclnded, Tha April mimbop amply sns.- tRini p Ip this rpmark} for, bpidos being beantiffdly and proftiply emballlsbed, Its limfof pictures are mm Hfeta pplljf ifimetiva and Interptlng. jjpognfMr,'' «o. new xorw, ms wiw * w soiioff, Frffnris has Hffs mw novel fer liile, and wa donbt m* ffm mlmtieni of thk class of literMore will find it lYen m pe inUnstlnf than th* prariop works of this w^pimthor, Tin toddeola aie based npoB one of hm mostf«mnrlf«bl| Trials in the whols rwis of |hi- |liihU»iiiiim4i|istoiy,Mid HlPtratp, with thrilling ifihntilM Hmm diprdiiNr toomnohnimnQir- enipsfenfill irideps) fe disposing of ihf livp and lihsftjrnf iwrftIfeirweB, [For the Jfohawk Talley ffoglater.I HIKAIPPlIilU 0*1 npvfvo Ai'gnovents In of Hio Nc1u’»sr«pi A Si.AVR nuBNun TO Puirn.—A mob was collected together and a Lynch Conrt was held to determine wiiut Avaa be.'jt to bo done wHb a nogro Avlm bad Imnn\ denco to raise his hatid against a Avldte roan. The Lynch Gonrt decided that ho should be burned at tbo Btake, A Natchez paper, the Free Trader, giving an acemmt of It, sans the negro was taken and diariicd to a tree, iminodiately on the banks of tho Hl.'i.ffi^liipi, on what is ciillod Union Point, Faggots were tlien collected and piled nrmmd him, toAvidch imappearm) (pilto indiffcredl., When ff)o AViirlc was completed, ho Avas asked wliat ho had to say. He t lien Avarnud all to Uiko example of idm, and asked Uie pniyera of all nronnil. He tlien called Cor n drink of water, Avbieh Avna handed him j he drank it and said : \ Now set lira 1 I am ready to go in peace.\ Tlio torches AV'cre liglitcd and placed at llm piio, aa Iiidi was Hoon Ignited. Ho Avatclied unmoved Uio cuffing (lame, that grew nn- U1 it began to ciilAvIne i(.Hulf iirmiml anil (lx upon bis body, mid Hum liuecnt rm-Ui niCMof agony, palnlnl to Uio car liegging huido ono In bloAv ids brains mit, at llm Hiuno lime straggling with aliimsl Hopeffuimmi Ktrengih until tlm filaiilo with which Urn clialn was fahleiiod tn Uiu U'cQ { not being avc U Hccnred) drew out and bo iuaped from U>e borning pile. At tlmt moment (lie sliarp ringing of several rilias were huiuil, and the body of the negro fell a corpse on tlm groond. Ho was jilckcd lip some tw'o or tliree, and agnlii Un-own into tlm (Iro and consumed, nut a vestige lemaiimd to hliow lliat Hiicli a being ever csi.sted. Nearly four Uioiisand slave,s wurn collected IVom Uio jiliintnlums in Urn neigbhorliood to Avitness this scene, Nmnerons s)icecbes av ere made by tlm magistroles and ministers of religion, to Urn largo concourse of hluves, Avurning tliem, and telling tlium tlmt Urn game fate awaited them if tliey should prove rebellious lo tlmir ovvimrs,— Times tj Feb. •iih, Thu nbovo ])ni’agrajily,i and also an- otliur giving an account of Ura raipturo and lli^rig alive of aFiigiiivo Slave, in one of tho SouUicrn iStnlcs, attu ' nut long sinco ljublishud in many of onr Nortlmni papoi’s, and, (IS far ns I luivo siion, Avitbout a Avord of commout. IlasNortbern sentiment boe.omu so cal lous ]jy tbo fmquont, reoital of such horrid ernolticH, ms to read lliom vvitbont tlio blood curdling in tlieir veins, or arousing them to a Avurd of condemnation t Or has tbe burly visago of Jolm 0. (Jallmnn, and (lie moniicing attitudes of bis chivalrous South Onroliuii folloAvers, so friglituiied tbom out of (heir siiiiHws, (liat (licy bland, like alamb in (be jiresenee o f a Lion, so jiariffyzcd Avitb fear llmt they dure not open (heir moiUlis 'i! I cannot believe tliatsneli n slate of things exists. Pnrlisims, demiigugues, and oflieo seekem, so lung ns mieli n oumHo Atill sub serve tlieir scllisli ends, Avill avoid it ]uiblio e.\presbion of l,lieirsen(inien(s upon tliosnb- jue(of Hliive.vy ; but, (ImukOod, tlieru are sonui bold eliampioiis o f Jlunian Fiei'dom, \ a 1 io cannot be frighleited at the slide and nonsensical tlireiit of dissoJiUion of (belJu- ioii, and Avliube moral seimibiliLies eun not lie .so deadened ns (o remain inseUbiblu to (lie Hiifforings and depredalioii of so many millions of (heir fellow beings, \Vu have a (Sowiird, a ,Siiiniior, a JInlo, u Jlenry Wb.ml Beecher, and otliors, who are doing valiaiU. service in behalf of the tSliive. Bnt lo the shame of hnnmn imUirc, Ave have nmii}', even among ns at the North, av I io contend fur the mural right of Shivery, and endeav or lo hnse (he foundation of (heir false and inluimau (lieories, upon tho Bible. But I do not projKise a lengthy disens- siun of (be morils of (he (Shivery (jiie.slioii. The above piivagrujilis are nrgumenls siilii- eientl^\ strong in llieni.si'lves (o condemn the whole system. But we Avill be (old (.bat (bese lire exeeplioiis (o (he gi iieial rule, that .such eases are of very unfrcquenl euvreiiee, and (but (he perpetrators are pun- i.shed. It is true, lliese Ihings may not lie legalized liy jiosiliAC eTmctmeiUs, hut tiiey are tho naliiral re.snl(sof (ho acemsed sys- (ein. Oases of burning t|ljives alive, of bunting tlnmi doAvn Avitli half fami.slied dog.s, of maiming by cropjiin^^ie eal's, of brand ing (hem Avilb liut irons, and of \\liipiiing diem to death vvidi bmulredsof stripes, are not nneommon, and are seldom inmished Tho sljtvo can in no case bo a Avitness a- giiiiist bis masler, nor would the master lie hkely to call in his Avhi(e neighbor to Avit- noss liis fiendisb acts of cruelly, in order that lie might bo a Avitness against him. A ibousand slaves m ay witness tho murder of one of Ibeir felloAVsby tbe master, and dare n o t lo open tbeir montlis iti remon strance—nor 1)0 nlloAved to testify to (be liiot in a conrtof Justice. The burning nlivo of this slave in tbo presence of “ magistrates\ and “ ministers of the gospel,” looking with |n'(WS compla- ooncy at the Avritbings and contortions of tbe miserable being, ns tbe Ibimus curl around, and devour bis manacled limbs, is a fine nrgnment in favor of the Inumme, pious, infiuenco of the system upon the pnb- lie Rontimont. And for what )ms this poor, doAvn-trodden, degraded object, to suflbr such torm ent? laiiiffhandfftalneil with (be blood of b is fellow man ? H a s b e applied tbo Incendiary torch to bis neighbors dwell ing? 0 n o ! bo Ima mised Ids hand ayninst a white man! 0 i Beautiful, lovely, pious institution of F bee A mebioa ! But admitting, for the occasion, tbo sys tem of slavery to be morally and legally just, lot us examine t)je et^edieneyoi it by ft personal application of its natumlrosults, to Mr, Douglas, and that redoubtable obampi- on of liberty, John Mitcbel, Imagine yonrsolfi Mr, Dowglas, obainod to a sturdy oak, whose roots take deep bold of ft soil d edicated, b y tbe blood of our lath- ers to t h e sbrine of Wberty, with ft bfttf cord of very nice feggofe ^11*34 with mocbanloal aconraoy around, yowr naked limbs, AYbat peculiarly enlivening seiisationiocoupyyonr attention a« y o u see tlie teroh applied to the pile, and wateb tbe progress of tbe fiames as they weave and curl so gracetblly a n d beautifully toward H e a v j ^ ^ n d now, aa tbey n e w and begin to l i t ^ f your llesb, and entwine tbem selvei so affectionately around y o u r lim b i i How now doyou like slaveiy? Is your m ind now occupied in b aming a bill of abominations to extondtbo bounds of slavery t Bnt Hark I listen to tbe sweet sounds of orackling fnggots, end frying, blazing llcsb; no, no, dont writhe, and scroocb, and implore yony friends to blow out your brains! Bear it patiently; perebanee you may have been of late exposed to tbe rays of a Sontborn sun, and been tanned a shade darker than your ueigltbor, .Ferbaps you have ramd your hand in defence, against tbe attacks of vio lence. Komemlier tills is a free country! and yon sbonld n ot have a d a rker skintban Avc; if you do, w'ohave a to your ser vices for life, to crop y o u r ears, o r b rand you Avitb a hot iron so that Ave can identify yon if you should be so presumptuous ns to escape from our power. Or if yoit raise your hand in defense, wo have a right ns a m ailer of puW/o good, to m ast you alive. Ami novA', Mr, Jolm Mitcbel, imiigino yourself ovurtalcgii in youv (light from (be boiulage imposed upon you for “ misiiig your band\ to defend yourself and country IVuin tbe wrongs of the oppressor. Im ag ine yourself, after delivering up your p a role, pursued by a pack of blood bounds, and ovorlaken. Let us imagine your feol- ing.s as these blood-tliirsty auimala, shut up and starved for ilny.s, to make them more ferocious, seize yon by tbe limbs wbicb are doing yon siicb essential sVi’iee In assisting you to regain your liberty, Dont kick the pour brute, be Ims bad no food fur tbe last forty-eight hours, and m ust needs by this time bo quite Inmgiy. How do tbes(j long canines feel as they enter tbo calf of yoiir log ? And now, ns another seizes you by the tbroal— d ont hollo, or m ake any resist ance— you lire 11 runaway Iiisbmnn, and AVu h ave a riyht to .set tho dogs on yon,— ■But hero comes the .Folico, post hasti', and drives away the d o g s ; and iiotwithstand- ing yuur flesh has been mangled and torn, yt(U foul qiiilii relieved, no doubt, (.0 escape with your life. Bnt yon are a runaukty Irishman, and have piit ns to the trouble, of cluKsing yon, and in order to (eiieb you bet ter than to run uAvay again, ami also fur the anHiS(‘iiR-iit of (lie tiling, wo Avill jn.st “ lake}uiir hide off.\ VVe will tear off (he, foAV rags (lut dogs have left, ami eom- mmicu (qierations. And now us wo eum- Uioiico at (be chin ami draw (be keen <idge downward 'over your tbroal, and chest, ami down to youv foot, a \ hat nn agreeiihlo seii- wition it produce,s! Ami as yon jieel iqi (lie skin each way (iimlasyou are. iin frishnmn, Avhie.h iTiii have no biisi)ieb,s to )(c, vve sluill nut bo very carofol in (he uperutiun, sous we get yon skinned,) hoAV docs it (cel ?— But AVU have now iigoud hohl and A\e Avill .strip off your skin like a hutcher skitiriing a calf. Wluit are your rellcclions ns you lie njion the gruiimi, eidirely domidiul of your skin, with six ruslle,ss blood-hoiimls ’-oiuly at the command of tlieir huuiane master’s nod to devour yon i W e admit tiuit slavery, in all its aspects, morally and legally, is right. Bill; do you now think it expedient ^ Do you uuav Avant a “ jilanta- tion AVell stocked with negroes I). H.K. [Furtiui Muliiuvk I'lillej Itegifiler.] 'J'HK yTA'l’K, That light of freedom too would bo witb<* dniAVn, Bnt when the moriffng fiawnod, they to tbff strife Retm'fled| ®d censed pi^t tjll proud Britain’^ •ought 5 Where once in majesty the forest rose, Frond cities, vast in grandeur, reai' tboir beads. - < ■ Seareli tbo broad continent, from shore to shore,— Ouv bold metropolis unrivaled stamB. A royal Fiffaco graces now lior streets, Whoso orystal dome, far reaclffng to tbo cbmds, ) Has drawn tbo wond’ring gaze of count- s drawn loss (brongs, within Its world in ir big prffb i spaoions courts, and soo inhffatnre revealed I '0 vioAV tiffs Bti'iictpro We gaze A living Avorl With gloAving And^(^d\iM bont, “ Long live tbo Empiro Hho bobls the key of tvndo; lior gate.s she And till) coirimorcinl world is nsborod in. Flags (Voni (ill iinilons stream in azure space— .From Europe proud to oceon’s distant isle. Her ling inscribed, “ A t peace with alltho AA'orld,\ Moves unmolested Avheresoe’er she Avills, Noble ritiite, tliou’rt Avorthy of thy rank t (Science on thee with mild eft'nlgence beams; 'I’lmt liill so rugged once to te.mlor tread, Now Himioth and placid seems; for science's Jins elmngud the Avaj^side thorn to fragrant lloAvors, TbeAveary youth with choicest SAveets to olieer:— While cool and gushing streams on ovory Froin Wisdom’s fountain, briglit in ceaseless Lures the young nsiiiiwit Avith pleasing draughts. High on its 3 crowds Below, Aviird to tlie prize, jiivenly homo enma (urts ill early day. 1; bund at her pure > the seeiLs of pux’ost trutli aro i r i ’n I saw a forest, vast in je-iinnl nnijesl}', Uprciiriiig to (.luisky its noble head, And by (lie (Veoborii iiir of lienveri liimicd. With (icAVs aud coidoiis slioAvors relre.slied, B grcAV so greiil ill la-iglit so strong in poAVer, Tlmt like the tree of old t.lie liirds from skies Hemote in its deep slmdoAv Hhelter sought. But ’moiig tho Ireon I suAV one hiyhor rise, WliicU stood, inelbought., like some prumi monarch forth, Before Avliom all the re.st obei.simeo nmde. E’en (Ims onr glorious Union staml.s A vast conclave of giant, foresi: trees ; While thronging to its shades from distant climes, As bird on rapid wing—tlio AAo-onged, op- ](russed. And fos tbe nobler tvoo, far to the North Bolmid onr Empii'cBtafo, nmjeslic (pmon, liecoiving homage from tier si-stor queens. (She in her might nml jioAvor exulting stimds, Wiiile beauty, gruiuleiir deep, Hiffffimity, . iry native feature have imiirosseil, lior verdant mends, and dewy lawns, irm’riog streams, and gushing rills, ..... , , lid, smiling lakes as mirrova spread For Avaving trc(,)s, and leaves, and tiny floAV- ers, Her graceful, Avlnding rivers whoso strong Aro sooldng over for extondodffpaoo, In fadolesB linos is rarest beauty stamped, Jliore’s grandeur in her noble foreali wilds As standing in the 8paci.Qns arch of licaven Mute Avorsbippers in Nature’s temple vast-— N oav a)] erect as if inrev’rence deep—- N oav lovidy bond tboir bends in homage meet, Tlien eitvp tlieir bands and murmur fortli their praise, And tOAv’ripg up, huge monuments of poAV* Nobility of oartb, bor mountains rear . Majestio ’gainst tbo sky tlmir monarcb forms, But gazing still on tlmso w.e feel tlm air Y ibrato; like to tlm thunder’s distant roll Gomes to our ears Niagara’s voioo. Empire Ontavaot! we have n u t aeon thee yot, Though much we long. Metbinks cenffd we but gaze Hpon tby dashing spray and restive waves— toAv’ring crags, and beaten rocks, aye 'tifn, Tby sublime endowments, awc?strimk we’d stand— Fearfhg, y et longing to approach tby throne, Till on the spray we’d see the bow of peace ' boihsoexcolleii' ;nd, ftvt pleased m on feeble man, ■n.5 brigbt Waving in air to anxious onrivds below Invito them onward, iqiAva Kelig'ion from her heavi To dwoll witbiu thy court Our fa tiler’s reverent blirino: Tlieir fatliers, too, tho sanmiueek, homage And Avliiie t 'fake root and ll(jnri.ffi in thy broad domain— 'Iby glm-y will rcmiiiti, and brighter groAA’’, 'fill lliruncH, proud umpires, and the Avorld (leclino. Youth of the Eiujiire State, to you sho Her ri.sing glory prompfo you too to ri«e. Draw iiiwjdj'iilion from heir boanlie,s rare, Ami from her grimdeur u.spimtions liigh, (St;rive Avliilo the nuiru of life AvUh sunny In ghiiliie.-is heams, 0,ymith of Enqiire (bale, Htrive ^pqp, Heliold upon her Burnibhed 1 ii.scri),eil (,lie noBlc, all-insjiiring Avord—■ “ F.v'ivl.bior I’’ lot tlii,s yum-moUi) bo— Write i( upon }<mr souls in faclolosaliiio.s. List (o i(s prumii(ing,s high—to glory rise, ffiiould Bullied hope,s AVi(;B direful btenines.s disappointment’s sBiides dark intervene, ipwiird then, till gloaming forth as took upward Briglil, radiant star, the light from Heaven Benins on I liy sinking soul—(hen onward, onl 'Ihu Eiypire (State gained not her glory in a Bnek i.ln-ongh the vistn ofliev years wo gaze—- (ingarnished streams and forests wild appear, liay iVom his chamByr hursts not proudly forlli, But lirsi upon Ibo di.slan( mountain lop One liny niy appears, anoibcr soon, • And (lii)s, ray nl'ler raj , un(;il the world All light, (lay then in glory’s ushered in. Ho witli (lie human mind; one gloAving tllUllglll, Itnpres.riun makes, another added, then, Tliuiiglit after tliought, as links in golden Till gloA) ing mind so glorious Becomes, Tlm!; ill its godlike ’presence all !hing,s B oaa \. Oas(. (;u (lie Avintl each weigiit that lends to hold Yonr spirit liiick—iiress onward to the goal. Be. wort.hy of the. noble Blate tliat calls You hers—Be wort.liy of tlio sacred trust Avill jdaco Avitliin yonr untried H(.rive, tor j’oiii 4 olvc,s, ymir cinmlry, and your God. Tlien when you’ve passed aAvaj', your mis sion dono, Upon lier shores yonr name she’ll write, In lines that waves of time can ne’er effiice. Fort I’luia (rieniinnry, Febniary 20,1851. J’umbiiMENT OF MtmnEU.— A bill has been in(rui|nc(iil into (he Fenn.sylvaniaLog- iblatnre whioh )irmides (liat,wlmu a person is cuiivieted of tnuidei' in the first degree, he shall, if the jury convic(.ing agree K.)ro- cominend him to the mercy of (lie court, bcA sentenced to solitary confinement for life, and that no person thus soiffeiiccd sliaU he pardoned or released from prison, except liy a concurrent vecorcled vole of two-thirds of all the membtjrs elected to each House of (.1)0 Oeiicrtd Assembly, and approved by the G^vmrnor. Tho bill also provides that, “ on conviction of any crime thus punish able, bo shall bo tbovenpon deemed with respect to nil contracts, to tbo bond of iimt- rimoiijq to all rigbts, of property, and to nil civil rigbts and relations of wbnt natiu’o so ever, dead in all respects, ns if bis actual decease b ad taken pbrno a t (be time of sucb ivictiop,’’ in buy- D ismandi ’ or . M psicetb ,— An agent is ... tbo eastern cities busily engaged in 1 ing up old muskets. The object is known, b n t they are sent to New Y'ork.—• One rumor is, that they am intended for Onba—another that they are designed for ( 1 th e spray we’d see tb e bow o f pet Insoribod, sbowing th a t tbon, so excellent “ I majesty, sublimity i ” ' ’ ) look with gracious .......................... Nor does the Empire State no scenes pre sent Dear to tbe glowing, pafriotis sonl For many links 6f Tyranny’s dark chain ■Wore .severed here. E'en now we fioera to From ftn^ of northern lake, mho Portray ed in glo^lngpbarftdrbrs we Tieondarogft, Grown roint, Niagara, lb 9bdle«s tpem'ry, Saratoga fives; Her plains sent forth a strife so desperate, Tbit e’en fhe sun withdrew his gaseffom cidi^, *Oiir fathers this no token deemed Europe—-and a third that tliey are destin- for Mexico. Certain it is that a largo r bare already been purobased,— agents have teen sept into tlm inte rior of Fennsylvania and other States with u similar ol^eot, Tho money is promptly ptiid on deliveiy, and very good prices are obtained, 1 NnwanApBii,,—“ I am poor and oan hardly afi'ord it, yet J take a newspaper for my obildren,” was tbe exelaraation of an honest, hard-working man, on being asked if he bad ft newspftpen W ould that ftll fathers did the same, and thus plftoe before Gmir ohildfen a good newspaper, which would create m interest for reading andaftbrd the yonng a sowree of enjoyment rwhioh in f t t e yew f they will recur to with pleasure, i f pftrents Instead o f giving their children a finarfer to virit each traveling show, wogld invest Ihn roon- cy in sifoscrihlng fo r » newspaper, they would confer a SBbsfeniiial feym on thp ^ child andtbem»elves,'->0,
