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CAZENQVIA.NEW-YtoK) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1845. No, 45. !MbMMm<Gowty Whig, IS.PUBLISHED,, EVERY WEDNESDAY, ; BY f.g. BflllLIPS, Corner of-Albany St., and the Public Square. P ( 0.3ETRY. .. • ^ JT H r -w^o»orn.Lowr. • I» wt i- ft Hie enui >nil sllmi ttfgfit-*— Seven hundred yean and fifiy-thrta \ Mid Home been growing up in might, • ' ' • And nn«v„wa*.qtteen ofland and «ea t No sound vr'jfi.beqrd.of clashing wars— -Pfce brooded o'er'the hushed domain : Apollo,'Pallaa, Jovei and Murif \Held'tinlliatiirh'd their ancient reign, T—' -Iinhe^aolenin-rnidnight>-'' l • .J .Centuries ago 1 *T«y«s in the cajm and silenHiightl : - The Senator of haughty Rome . Irhrn'tient urged hid channt'a flight, • From lordly revel rolling'homel \I^iuliipnantTTCrreiirgleBniinjcraivelr^- Hit breast with thoughts of boundless sway. What recked the Roman what befell A paltry, province far away, , In the solemn midnight, Centuries ago I -WlthlnrthM -nrnVihr.e fir away . Wcntplodding home a heavy boor; A streak of light before him lay, ' - ——yallen-thrdwgh-«-ii«lf'iiRiit : alalile ilium, Acrnis his path, He paused, for nnoght Told what wan going on within; How'keen i)ie alar?! hM onlv thought; The air how ealgt, and cnfd, and thin, Jn the aolemn raTdmglft, \\\ Centuriea ago 1 Oh. strange iniliflerenijef—lovv and highs * Drowsed over common joys and cores; \\The'eafih-was HtilHnit=kn<*w-n«t-=whyH The world wa« liatening unawares! How calm-a moment may precede One thai shall thrill the world for ever! To thai still moment none Would heed, fail's doom was linked, no more to sever, In the solemn midnight, ~~ Centuries ago 1 - It is the calm and xott-mn night I A thousand hells ring out, and throw Their joyous peala abroad; and smile \Th^'ajWw^hanuedand holy now! 'ThrlnighTflial «*T7m shame ha!) warp, \-Tn-il-a-happv-oamc is given; ' ' The Te«^_Ba .ite,_ _' There stood, in its little greed vase,. ortv light eboqy stand, in the window of the draw ing roomT The rich satin curtains, with their costly fringes, swept .down on either side of it, and around it glittered every rare and fan ciful trifle which wealth can offer to luxury, and yet that, simple rose was the fairest of Hem all. So pure' it looked, its white leaves just touched ;wjth that delicious-creamy-tint peculiar, to its jtina ;, us cup so itilf, so per fect ; its head ^4mdio |^a^lUt-^ere-sinkJngJ- and melting away in its own richness—oh ! when, did ever man make anything to equal the living perfect- flower 1 But the sunlight that streamed through the window revealed something fairer than the rqse^r-ayouBg lady Teclinirrp'on~an ottoman, wno was thus addressed by her livelier coua- in.—J -X -aay,-:cousio,JLJia3re.-l»een__lhinkiBg i what-yon are to do with your pet \rbsewhen you go to New York, as to our consternation determined to do ; you know For in'that stable lay, new-born, The peaceful Prince of earth and heaven, In the solemn midnight, Centuriea ago! | How TO BS MisEKABts^—Sit at the win-1 dow and look over the ^way to your neighbor's excellent mansion, which he has recently built and paid for, and sigh out, ' O that 1 was a rich man!' ^ | r Get angry^vith your \neignBor and think you.have not a. friend in the world. Shed a tear.or two and take a walk in the burial ground,: continually saving to. yourself:— \. When shall I be. buried here V ,t Sign a note for a friend and never forget yonr-ltindness; and every hour in the.day whisper to yourself: 'I wonder if he will ever rjay that note V c Think every body means to cheat yoa.— Closely examine every bill you take, and doubt its being genuine.till you have put the owner to a great deal of trouble. Believe every riinepence passed-you is a sixpence crossed, andejpress your doubts about your getting rid of it if you should venture to take Put confidence in nobody, and believe ev ery man you trade with to be a rogue, o Never accommodate, if you can .possiblyf help it. Never visit the sick or afflicted,) and never,.give a farthing to assist the poor, Buy as cheap as you can, and screw down to the lowest mill. Grind the faces, and the hearts of the unfortunate. ^ -\•Brood.ove.r your .misfortunes—your lack of talents, and believe that at no very distant dairyou will come, to want. Let .the work- htfuse be ever iffyour mind, with all the hor rors of distress, and poverty Then you -«vill be miserable toyour heart's content—if we mny so t >peak—sick at heart •nd at variance with all the world. Nothing wiJi.pbeer or enepurnge—.you-^nothing wif throw-a gleam o £.aunsDJrie or a ray of warmth into your .hearts. AUiwiU. be as cheerless as •• MONEY vs. MESMERISM.—We understand that.a couple of enterprising mesraerizers met with quite a mishap at their exhibition in this place on Wednesday night last. At. one point of th,eir experiments/ they under took to mesmerize the arm-of-the suhject, —(who was one.oLour town'boys,) and appa rently fixed it upon the wall; whereupon abmethingLO.f this sort occurred : Mes'r.—(to the boy.) Take down your arm, Sir. Boy—I ca'nt -MeSVi —^Pn fh« nndfcncf The young « 1 «-iiTm-i«-»?\'g»>f f, ' t rri- Will .some gen- MISCELLANEOUS.^ you for making such a tasteful little Cap for it.' , ^ . « Well, Kate, I think the loot of perfect freshness, the verdure of heart, which ,her d.ee'ds of kindness had left wherever she had passed. Thus much said, our reffders need on are _^ferjnined to do : you kn^wit^ ^ would be a sad pity to leave it with snefanr 1 Mvas -a-verj^siiiWl ^S6 ^r^ig4ned=b; scatter-brain as I am. I love flo\Vets indeed, one window. There was no carpet i that is, J 'like a regular boquet, cutofl* and tied up, to carry to a party; but as to all this tending and fussing, which isneedful to keep them growing, I havejno gifts in that line.V ~~*~Make yourself easy \aTTo \thal7Kate ^\Taiti' Florence, with a smile ; ' I have no inten- tion of.calling upon ^our talents ; I havejn jpi^ asylum in view Tor myTavorite, Oh, then you know just what I was g6- tng to snj', Mrs. Marshall, 1 presume, has been speaking to you ? she was here ^yester day, and I was quite pathetic upon the sub ject, telling her the loss your favorite would sustain, and so forth ; and she said how de lighted she would be to have it in her green- house, it is iti-sueh=«-^fino^steter-so^ful4^of buds. I told her I knew yoti would like to give it to her, you are so fond of Mrs. Mar shall, you know.' * Now, Kate, I am sorry, but I have other wise engaged it.' delight with- which-the-pootiffother regarded no-heip. in jSnishing.my story for themselves, Eer baby, in its new dress andxapjwassome- • ! : thing'qujte worth creating jl do believe she A- Row CASE .—On Wednesday morning could not have'felt more.grateful if I had a red-faced, spare man, with a couple of sent her a barrel of flour.' gashes on his nose, short, stiff black hair . ' Well, I never thought before of giving J sticking out all over his head, dressedjin a any thing to the poor but what they really | very seedy black coat of fashionable make) needed - , and I have always-been willing to and pantaloons that had once been drab col- do that when I could without going far out of ored, but were now sadly torn and^drahbled my wny.» \* . with ntud—with the remains of straps still 'Well,' cousin, if our heavenly Father odher.mg tondly to lllelf bUHUllts mid seem Igave Id'HiTufter this uiude,-we-8hould-have-rlng-to nsk-each othpr. if it werft only coarse, shapeless piles of provisions ly ing about the world, instead of all this beau tiful variety of trees, and fruits, B .nd flowers.' ' Weji, well, cousin, I suppose you are right L but have mercy on 'my podr head ; it is too small to \BoloT\ so - many net? ideas at once—so go on your own way ;' and the lit- tle-lady-began-practising^a-waltzing step-be- fore'the glass with great satisfaction. • • » • • mates here. J • Oh, it is only one of my odd fancies.* * But do tell me, Florence.' ' Well, cousin, you know the little pale girl To whom you \pive sewing ? J ' Whut < Imlp Mnry Stephens. ? How ab on the floor ; there was a clean but coarsely-cover ed bed in one-corner; a cupboard with a few dishes, and plates in the other; a chest of drawers; and before the- window stood a smal^cheTry-standrqflite^TieTVfTrmlHndeed -it-l was the only article in the room that seeme'd so. A\ pale sickly-lookrng-womnii-of-about-for- ty was leaning back in her rocking chair, her eyes closed, and her lips compressed as if in pain. She rocked backward and forward a |Tew minutes\ prwsed'heTlprndTipon'her eyes, and then languidly resumed -her fine stitch ing, on which she had been busy since mor ning. The door opened, and a slender little git! \f-nhr>nt twelve years of age entered\ her large blue eyes dilated and radiant with delight, ss she bore in the vase with the rose tree in it. ' Oh ! see, mother, see I Here \is one in o _ o full bloom nnd two moro half out, and ever Who'can it bB ^to^-yau-faavango-fciv.- irrti--[-«o-many -morg pretty buda peepinrr out of the I green-leaves.' The poor wotnan's faie brightened as she- looked, first on the rose, and then on her sickly child, on whose face she had not seen so bright a color for months.. . ' God bless her / ' she exclaimed uncon meet again—Was arraigned before the Re corder upon an affidavit charging him with having beaten a female at the house of his wife, and having maltreated other parties. Recorder Genois mildly said to him— 'W&r- ren, you are - -brought- before me again for fighting and getting drunk, and I shall be again obl?ged~to commit you. ' Well, sir,' said Warren, trembling in his brojrans from the effects of liquor and cold, f know its the same old bad business sir ; fmr^oTir^itT - ^slr^t tre=d firflrFl li^t drink, l ^m-goirfg -off Saturday to sea, and perhaps that'll better me.' ' Vou hove made that promise and broken it, too often,' replied the Recorder ; ' you dislike wnter too much to keep if. \ If you must get drunk, why do you gp toyour\p6Wwife ,\whTrstnves-to-eaTni a living, and maltreat her V ' Well, sir,' said Warren, looking at the Recorder, with a tear in his eyes,' I—I must see tny chil dren ! But I see it 's no use ; you 've got the affidavits against me, but I must ask a favor of your honor—I hope ^you won't refuse me ; let it be the Parish prison this time, and not the ibork-hmise. Send me before the Crimi nal Court and let me be tried by a jury of my country—and let 'em convict me if they -wUlnnH I 'll rrn In jnil ; hilt Mr. Ri ^m-drr— Frrm lh« True Amdem . An appeal, to all the Followers of Christ In (ho American Union. To oil the adherents of the Christian religion. Catholic and proicslifut, in the America;) Union, the writer of this article- would respectfully rep resent,- tlist he is but a single individual oniiiiu- hle pretensions, struggling with honest zenl for ilie liberties of his country nnd the common rights of mankind. He sets u|i no claims to pit- ty or purity of life, hut whilst he is himself suh ject to all the infirmities of our common nature, he believes in'nn omnipotent and benevolent Gou,.ovcr-rn|ing the universe by fixed nnd eicr- I Inws. He helievea that mnn'a greales'l hap- U lltlV I'&tu pincss ronsiais in a wise Mrirt nWrvnnri; iiPnll jhe loiva .IHlu U of his being, moral, ment^iI, ond physical, whicTi nrc nest set forth in- the CrUtinu code of ethics. He believes that the Christian religion is the truest basis of, justice, mercy,' truth and happiness known n mong men. As a politician especially does he regard Christian morality as the sole hnsis of no tional nnd constitutional liberty. He believes that the liberty of conscience was the antecedent of civil liberty, and that to Christianity did our lathers owe the emigration Truiii -the-QId-Wortil anrl our national independence in the New. lie believes Mint there is now a crisis in the affairs olU.nr nation which cnlls for the united efforts to save us \from dishonor aud-\ [and he drew himself up proudly for a mo ment]— -I wasn't born for a work-house.' The Recorder complied with his wishj-and committed him, fn default of security, for his nppeara.nceTit court. Hts-«tory^a-aoon-toldT A Juchtrxari'a_ _son^ gifted with more than ordinary talents—fit ted by education to-be an ornament to so ciety—the husband of a pretty and amiable woman ; all went well for some time; but oTnll good ruin. Slavery is our great national sin, and must be destroyed or .we are lost. From a small cloud not larger than n man's hand it has overspread the whole Heaven. Three millions of our ll-llow [-men, oJL^ifnur .religion be nnUt fiihle) children of the same Father, are heliTTn aTwdTiire aervi.\ (tide and the most unqualified despotism. By n strange oversight or self-avenging criminality o(\| our fathers, an nnthrepablicnn, unequal, sham representation has given the slaveocrucy a con centrated power, which subjects the additional fifteen millions of white*, of this nation lo the enprice nnd-rule of some three hundred qndjifhj thousand Slaveholders.' They monopolize the principal offices of honor and p^ofitv co.ntrol our foreign relations\ nnd internal policy of economi cal progress. They have forced us into unjust wnrs—national had faijh—and n large and un- l'hi'y-huve surd, Florence ! This is just another of your motherly old-maidish ways, dressing dolls for poor children, making bonnets, and knit ting socks for all the little dirty babies in the neighborhood. I do believe you have made more calls in those'two vile ill-smelling_akjat leys behind our house, than ever you have in Chesnut St. thoughfyou know every body is half dying to see* you ; and ndw, to crown all, you must give this choice little bijou to a seampstress.girl, when one of your most in timate friends, in your own class, would val ue it so, highly. \What in the world can people'' in their circumstances want with flowers?\ ' ' : '\' \' '* Just the same as I do,' replied Florence, calmly. Have yoii_haliced_that the\ little girl never comes here withbut looking wist fully at the opening buds ? And don't you remember, the other morning she aslred me so prettily if I would let her mother come and see it, she was so fond of flowers V 4 But, Florence, only think of this rare flower standing on a table with ham, eggs, cheese and flour, and stifled on that close lit tle room where Mrs. Stephens and her daugh ter manage lo wash, iron and codk.' * Well, Kat^, and if I were obliged to live in-one-coarse room, and wash, and iron, and as' you say ? if I had to \spend every moment of my time in toil, with no prospect from my window but a brick wall and a dir ty lane, such a flower as this would be untold enjoyment to me.' ' Pshaw, Florence ; all sentiment ! Poor people have no time to be sentimental. Be sides I don't believe it will grow with them ; it is a green-house flower, and used to deli cate living.* —'-Oh, as to that, a flower never—inquires whether its owner is rich or poor ; and Mrs. Stephens, whatever else she has < not, has sunshine of as good quality as this that streams throngh our window. The beautiful -things-ihat God makes are'his gifts to all a- like. You will see that ray fair rose\ will .be as well and cheerful in Mrs. Stephens' room he took \o drink arj^pj^ descend^ to his (j^^S? SSW^ZSl as in ours.' « Well ,»after all ,\Ti6w -odd I tleman be so good as to request him to take it down ? A Spectator—(frran ironical tone.) Take down your atm, Johnny. \ Boy—I can't sir. ] Mes 'r— If any, gentleman will put down a half dollar near-Jhe_subject, if he is able to pick jf np he may have it; and I will return the money;' ' \ \— (Here a gentleman put down a half a dol lar, and two others a quarter each.] m \ Mes 'r. —Now, : Sir, pick up the money and \ you may hate it. Johnny »t°oped down r pocketed the cash, and walked off in triumph. He was unraes- •merized.— Providence Gazette.' A TART BBM.Y.—A lady who presumed ta nitike tome observation, while a physician was;recommending her husband to a better »Mld T waiuiolH_hy ihi> doctor ihai-if some wo- nien-.w«reto t be admitted there, their tongue* would rnuke pariidiae a purgatory. 1 And. if apjjip, phyiicians, , > replied the Jndy,. • were to-] lie admitted there), they would make it a. do ten.' . When on& gives to poor people, one wants to give them something useful —a bushel of potatoes', \ ham, and such things.' Why, certainly, potntoes and. ham must be supplied ; but,' having ministered to the first and most craving .wants, why not* odd any other little pleasures or gratifications we may have- it in -our power to bestow ? JLj. know there are many of the poor who have fine.feeling and a keen sense of the beauti- ful. whichTuaTs out and dies because they are too hard pressed to procure it any gratify Poor Mrs. Stephens, lor example,.! know she would' enjoy birds, and flowers, You should have-seen- graC eful gentleman called nndJVlary felt when I room t0 f or t he makingg of si cation. she would' enjoy and music as much as 1 do. I have seen her eye light up as she looked upon these things in our drawing-room, and yet no one beauti- fulthing can she command. From., necessi ty, her rootti, her clothing, all she has, must be coarse and plain. \ T ' ,J *\ the almost rapture she ofTeted them my rose.' ' Dear me !\ all this may be true, but I ne ver thought of it before. I never thought that these hardworking people hacUrhy ideas of taste.' * Thetf'wby do you see the geranium-orl :rose so -carefully nursed in the^ old cracked teapot in the poorest room, or the morning- glory planted in a box, and twined about the window ! Do not these show that the hu man heart yearns for the beautiful in all draTskrof lifgi -Yotr ^ememberT-^CaW-hojyJj^ \\\\\v «\>rl' our washer-woman sat upjtt whole night, af ter a'hard day's work, to make her first baby a pretry -dre8s to be. baptized in.' - ' Yes, and I remember 'how 1 laughed at scioujIyT ' \ ' Miss Florence—yes, I knew you would feol so, mother. \ \Doe* it\ not • make your head feel better to see such a beautiful flow er t Now, you will not look so longingly the flowers in the market, for we have a rose that is handsomer than any of them.— Why, it seems to me it is worth as much to us as our whole little garden used to be.— Only see how many buds there are .' Just count tbem : and only smell the flower !•-- Now, where gh»lLn-n,«pt it tip,' And Mary- skipped about, placing her flower first in one position and then another, and walking off to see\the effect, till her mother gently rer minded her-that the rose tree could not pre serve its beauty without sun light. Ohjres, truly,' said Mary j ' well, then, it must be placed here on our new stand.— How glad 1 am that we have such a hand some new stand for it; it will look so much better.' And Mrs. Stephens laid down her work, and folded a piece of Newspaper, on which the treasure was duly deposited. There,' said Mnry, watching the arrange ment eagerly*. 1 That will do—no, for it does not show both the opening buds No lit tle more; there, that is right;' and then Ma ry walked around to view the rose in various positions, after which she urged her mother to go with her to the outsfde, and see how it looked there. ' How kind it was in Miss Florence to think of giving this to us,' said Mary; * Though she had done so much for us, and given us so many things, yet this seems the best.of all, because it seems as if she thought of us, and knew just how, we felt; and so few do that, you know mother.' •What-a bright nfternoon .this little gift rmade in that little room. How muGh faster Mary's fingers flew the livelong day, as she sat sowing by .h£r__mfither ; and* Mrs. Ste vens, in the happiness of her child, 'almost forgot she had a headache, and thought, as^ she sipped her evening cup of tea, that she felt stronger than she had done for some time. \ That rose ! its sweet' influence died not with the' first day. \Through all the long cold winter, the watching, tending, cherish ing that flower.-awakened a thousand pleas ant trains of thought, that beguiled the same ness and weariness of life. Every day the fair growing thing putforth some fresh beau ty—a leaf, a bud, n new' shoot—and con stantly awakened fresh enjoyment in its pos sessors. As it stood in the window, the passer-by would sometimes stop and gaze, attracted by its beauty, and then proud and happy was Mary; .nor did even the serious .present degraded position. His wife, stri ving to keep herself and chTlHren iromsTnT^' vation, takes in washing and does anything for an honest living; but as often as he can, when influenced by this demon Rum, he makes a descent upon her, and with her scanty means, wrung from her by force, he repairs again to the groggery, and ultimately brings up at the Recorder's office.— N. O. Picayune. DOMESTIC ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.—A scene of tearful interest was enacted on Friday before Judge Vnuderpoct. A respectable young man, a cabinet-tnakeE hi Norfolk street, appeared tu answer a writ in habeas corpus. He was ue'eom- pa hied by his son, a very handsome and well dressed boy about seven years of age, upon whom he evidently doted. The mother, n good looking woman, was present, and had procured the writ for the purpose ofobtaitiing custody of the child, as illegitimate, and thus under our laws belong ing to the mother. It appears that about eight or nine years ago the father and mother became acquainted in Switzerland, in the Canton of Bus- zle, where' she resided. '1 hey loved, but he be ing n German waa compelled by the laws of Can ton, before marrying, to give security that his children should never become a public charge. He applied to the father of the.gi.ii, who relus\- ed to become his security, and they could not be legally united. Agrcenhly to the \usage ofjhat country, however, they pledged themselves\ to each other nnd lived together as man ond wife. The mnn finally left Switzerland lor New York, the little hoy in question being about a year old. He promised to write for the hoy and his mother, which he did; but she could not then leave her. .mother, and only arrived here with their boy in Ortober of last year—to find that the father, des pairing of her coining, had married another.— She resigned the child to his care and sought employment ns a tencher—eventually farming an acquaintance with a substantial dairy-man on Long Island, who (being first made Acquainted with her whole history) mnrried her, and con sented to adopt the boy a« his own. The child, however, had become attached to his father, who jjvas passionately fbnd of him, and refused to give him up—hence the writ of habeas corpus. The Judge^of-coursedecided that llie-cuslody of the child (he being illegitimate) belonged to the mother, unless '-t become a public charge. The scene on the surrender of the child waa thrilling and painful in the extreme. The boy scream ed nnd clung convulsively to Ids father nnd refus ed to listen to the endearmenta of hit mother— while the unhappy father appeared almost heart broken. He contended that the child being his and baptized in his name, h»< had. a right lo it, andinttmnted that he would not give him up.— Finally, however,\he nnd hia friends departed, leaving the child with its mother, who at length succeeded in parliallv-quicting his sobs and tak ing himjBway.— Tribune. ncrcsBnry expenditure of rnnneyr violated time aficr lime the National and State ©institutions. They have Uampled under foot all the cardinal principles of our inherited liberty —freedom of the press—liberty nf speech —trial by jury—the habeas corpus and that clause of 4he-€«nB(1tu4inn which-guua to the citizens of the several Stalea the rights and privileges of citizens.of each State. They have murdered our citizens—imprisoned our seamen—and deni ed us all redress in the courts of national judica* •Busted h.V °H nations, civilized, find fjvage, till The lawsofThot Siuie*\require seat vacant, ns recent misfortune has deprived him of the necessary competence. The Providence Journal 'snys : ' Do vou hear this Democrats ? A member of the Le- gilature of South Carolina—the very Gibral tar of Democracy, compelled' to resigp his seat for the want of a property qualification ! South Carolina, of nftThe Stotes-tn-the-Pn- - ion ! South Carolina, which is so democrat ic as not to return a single Whig member to khfl -1-.sgiisliymTftJ—GmwH \ rphollign bgjjg? up4here-? Cannot Tammany Hall give the down-trodden' people of that Stnte some aid\? Resolutions are cheap, nnd eloquence plenty, and promised cost nothing. There is no excuse for the silence of Tammany HalM The sarcasm of the Providence Journal is richly deserved. Professions of superior de mocracy nro usually in nn inxerae ratio to the fact. Of all 'Democratic' States South Car olina is the most so. She surpasses even New Hampshire, where there is a religious test established by the constitution. Not a member of the Carolina Legislature is Whig. Her Whig Senator Preston, although shed ding lustre upon his Stato by his character and talent, has been' driven from the public councils.' She has carried Stall 1 lights-tu lire— verge of treason-^ nay further. And yet, notwithstanding her \\exceeding ' Democracy,' what do we sve ? A member''' of her legislature had the misfortune to lose his prppprty nndjjpa^ therefore d'iveil from his seat .*• Is this, that' BuperTontv\bf man\\\ over his accidents' concerning which that egreglousjdemocrat Marcus Morton was wont to discourse 1 Democracy, indeed ! In New Hampshire Roman Catholic citi zens are excluded from office. And yet next ATI this have we home, In nTn^nnTiirnDTT!r |-rtrSoTith- Cnrolinar -New—Hampshire paragon of ' democracy \ ite. But little did Florence think, when she bestowed the gift, that there twined about it an invisible /threadlubat..reached far and brightly into the web of her destiny. One col3 \aftenroon in early spring, a tall \at the lowly pay tor tne makin of some linen by the inmates. He was a stranger and a way farer, recomme'nded through the charity of sbme of Mrs. Stephens' patrons. A< he turned to go.^his eye rested admiringly on the rose tree J and he stopped tg gaze at it 1 How beautifuTy said he. 4 Yes,' said little Mary,,* andif was given to us by a lady as sWeet and as beautiful as that is.' \ A short time after, Florence .received a Teller in a hand-writing that made her trem- life spent in France, she had^well learned to know that writing~ThisJetter told that he was living, that he had traced her, even as a hidden streamlet _rnay be traced by. the $5£» It seems, says the Galveston News, that ^ Gen. Houston acknowledges that he did write to and'eare-worn widow notice' -with itidiffer -fthTrBrrrrahr-chn^ \\\\\\ ence this tribute to the beauty Tu*Thwrtavor4the-Rlier-expedition was Jinniitlmrtoed hy th.e government, and that the British charge did, in consequence of thai letter, communicate that fact to the government'of Mexico, thus placing our countrymen in the position of outlaws. The CJJulian.fitatea_Uiat Qen. Houston has written a long letter, which will Blinrlfy appear; explitiia- tor/ of his w'fiole course in relation to the Mier prisoners. #3» Counterfeit half eagles are in circulation in Charleston, S. C, find' made to represent gold coin. The pieces are a silver quarter nf a dollar, of American cuinage, of the isaue of 1843, which had, by a galvanic process, been mode to bear the appearance of-a half eagle. Those in the habit ofhandling gold would be easily deceived, anil there can. be ..little doubt there is nerval quantity in circulation. The quarter thus oper ated updn, had under the eagle 25c, the figure 2 nnd tho letter c were'filed ofi\ leaving the figure 5 standing alone. The legitimate half eagle haa in the same place 5 D LEGISLATIVE IwntrsraT.—The Legislature of r*»\'h-Ci t t 1 H 'tl\n Hj\ llr npd on Mppday thi'_ggil L after- transacting all necessary business, having been less than a month in session. They passed resolutions in favor of a Branch of the U. S. Mint at Charleston.^- iTOW forbearance, or tame snfwerviency, till remon Rtrohce la regarded aa rntnmnl, and it lifts be. J come the common law nf the lam), in all the J -Slaves-States, to murder in cold Mood, ntgl in n calm and \dignified manner,\ any American freeman who has the spirit to exercise thfenn- stilulionnljind natural, and inalienable rights of free thought nnd manly utterance 1 Now in the name of that religion which teach es us to love our mighbor as ouruelf— lo do un to others as we would have others should do un to us—to break every yoke and let the oppressed go free,—we pray every follower of Christ to hear testimony againat this crime against man and God; which fills our souls with cruelty nnd crime—stains our hands wit'i blood—and over throws every principle of national and constitu tional liberty, fiir which the good and great- smiled patriots of all ages laid down their Uvea, and for which our fathers suffered, bled, and died. We pray you to Bet your faces against all tlwae professed followers of Christ, who bwrffjr| him in the house ef their friends, mid make God out the founder of no institution which causes the-mnst refined, enlightened, and \respectable men\ in the Stale of Kentucky, where Slavery cr.isro in its most modified nnd lenient suprema cy, lo roise the Muck and bloody flag of \deal! to liberty jif Speech and the Press!\ We pra\y you in the name of lihei ty—our coun try—our common humanity—and the God ol'all, who is no tesycclor of persons—to come to nur help! We know that in 1770 the prpvera of the Church went up 1'roin the closet,, the altar, and from the fit -Id of liatile to Ihc Greut Arbiter of the destinies of war; we believe that a time of| equal danger and nuful responsibility is nt hand; and we now ask llialthe prayersoi\the universal Church be uttered in the cause of Liberty mice more. And na we believe that it is not only nur duty lo pray hullo oci, we respect fully auhmit for your serious consideration the following sugges tions : 1st. That all ministers of religion, all over (he Union, either in their sermons or in tln-ir prayers once on every Sabbath solemnly warn their Jiear- cra against the special tin of Sherry, 2d- That in all ri-ligious joiinnil -i a column be devoted to Slavery—its economical statistics— and to moral remonstrance. 3.1. Timlin all addresses nf religious bod lea, nral or written, when moral cnndiirt is touched upon, that a solemn nnd ipeoial denunciation of J Slavey he\ made. 4th. In the exercise nf the elective franchise,- that each Christian will honestly endeavor so to use that great rind responsible privik'gc as by all honorable,, just nnd constitutional jaeans. lo des troy Slavery in this notion. 1 We suggest Willi great diffidence for the con^ sideratinn of Christians a Board nf Home JUit <toi(frfhumlrd as follows:—A common treasury -sustained by all Reels of Christians, lobe locat ed in the cily of New-York. From this shall \ie Mtsinined, at fiiir wages, as many missionn- riesJn tlieTRime Suites, ns the funds oflhe Socie ty, or the imeresla thereof, when invested in kind—nnd the glory of God, we pray question each one Win own couseiew let it he said that our country called on us for help, in great wo, nnd none heeded her voioe! We ask nil the friendsof Cons'iiutional Liber ty, ond pure Christianity, to give the above an- insertion in their Religious and Political Journals —a reqiust never before made hv u*. - C. M CL.VY . Lexington. Ky. Dec* Sth, 18 -15. HEAR THIS, DEMOCRATS !—Mr. Strobart, of-the South Carolina legislature, nl the late meeting, communicated to the Speaker the intelligence that though fully qualified fit ±Ji^\iimn-nf;tii^ olpcijrfn,, by thn posspssin the necessary property qualification, which he dei'ins his WTint do we see in rftrr own-State ? -Tho- undivided ' democracy' fighting Tat the re tention of a properly qualification for voting! Truly, this name which our opponents as sume is but a ' stop thief cry, meaning the contrary of*\vhatit says.— Hoc/tester Am. • Tlio Convention. From an able article in tho Seneca Falls' Cotirhr, in relation to the revision of the Constitution, we make the following extract: A great reduction of the power and pat ronage of the Governor, is also loudly de manded by tho people, and to this end u largo number of offices now filled by the Ex ecutive, ought to be made elective by (he People. There are mnriy who nre in favor of the election of nil officers by the People ; even the Judges of our Courts; and although once opposed to the last nntned proposition, we are now pretty well satisfied that tho peonlo can select theitjovvn judges, about ns well as the Governor can for them. Many matters wholly of local interest -nnd importance, which now devolveupon the Le- 'grsinture, might be transacted' with much greater facility, nnd with more wisdo 'in he icft to be acted upon by the Boards of Su pervisors in the different Counties, or by the People of the towns themselves. A division of tlic State into single DU- tricts for tho election of Senators unci Mem bers of Assembly \has been proposed, and seems generally to meet with favor. It is proposed also, to moke the sessions or the Legislature biennial instead of annual, thus lessening tho expenses of legislation, and putting an end to one of the greatest evils of the present day—over legislation. - There is also a vast mujorny of the Peo ple nf the State in favor of extending to all its citizens, no matter whether the color of their skin be white or black, an equal parti cipation in the exercise of tho elective frnn* chise. At pnesent no colored man can vote, . unless he owns personal or real estate to the value of two hundred and fifty dollars. This - restriction is unwise, ami-republican, anti democratic, aristocratic and oppressive in all its features. We have full faith that it .will be abolished. True, the Loeofocos of New- York city, not only oppose such.an abroga- }-tion-oCthis_odious restriction, but /tape de~ dared in favor of excluding from (Tie prici- Tegfof voting even the small immhr now en titled to that prirt/cge. Ti cannot be, howey-_' er, that such, views can by nny chnnce pre vail. Universal suffrage is the great deside ratum of the present age. It Is that for which all true friends of humanity nTe~every where sighing, and it^cannot-be that the intelligent • - , T , i _ BILflJIKK, uiiu lb UUUDVl'UC UlUl IIIC Jllie-|lfl£l~[|t stocks, will sustain. 1. Let an equal number or /.,°„ m °' f „ fTJ v „ . •„„„ ° eich sect represented be elected, s. Let the freemen of of N. York will much longer nl- niiii,slers living in Slave States be preferred if J hey can be procured. S. Let them beinsiruct- ed never in Rpeak of Slavery in the presence^of Dhicks or slaves. 4. Lei them for the p'resent'be confined to the Stales of Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky Let tliem he instructed hi preach in the comities where there are the fewest slaves.— 5. Lei them he men of ability nnd, though nnt fanniicnf, self sacrificing and well vetoed in the l»>li!icaJ nnd economical hearings of slavery as well as in Us moral influences, so that they may be able to show the non-alave-holder, howSlnve- ry impoverishes his family—excludes ihem from schools, churches, the h'nnnrs of the Slate anil the general advantages jif civilisation We believe that a scheme of this kind would do infinite good. There could be'no pretext for violence vn the part nf Slave-lioUterc, because the Blacks would never hear. It would arouse a generous shame in lhe bosoms of our own Clergy and fnrce many m tuuke sacrifices in the cause of Religion and Liberty. NHIW once more in greal yearning ol spirit for the liberty of our country— the happiness of man^ low so odious a restriction upon its free exer cise to remain a'partqfjhe fundamental law. Dflhe State. IMPORTANT DECISION,—The General Court of Virginia has decided—twelve judges to three—in the Parkersburgh kidnapping case, that the jurisdiction of the Stute of Virginia extends to the actual, water 'line of the Ohio River, at tho \particular time of any 'occur rence. This line, of course, is not fixed, but shifts according to the rise- or fall of «ater. If >this line be agreed upon, the offence charged upon \the Parkersburgh prisoners will come within the jurisdiction of Virginia. 0O~ A gentleman in London who has missed hollies of Wine Ironi his cellar, finding lhat an aperture had been made in the WJIJI- aufficii'tiiiy large lo-ndmit-an-nwii-aiid-haiiuVpUccd-a ral.frap— close to the hole, and next morning he tound s~?>me human skin and a ponion^of the nail of a £/lger ^vlilS• wine has not been touched since.
