Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1860-04-21

              t.ii .If --rr--i--iV rt ISM Mil IIIIHlijlieH lei ISWlteaWllSSi ll'r II '"I! " '"rr-"- II V T If I - 11 frr ' I 111 fl k- b , , ,.. . - - ' a c r i' ". I. 1 vol: vi. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1860. NO. 24. 1 f t ' ' , , .' ' '' ' ' ' ' ' ' ''. l-J - ' ' ' , ' - V 11 1 ! j V A -r TOPE GIlfcGOKV ASjrmii 4EAlt , .;!,',, :; .. thee, Hugo Bon Cumpagno was ono of the gayest of the gay children of the south. Jlo had archness and vivacity a bright eye and ready tongue. He was the favo rit& of I he neighbor, hood, and was predestined by the monk who taught bim Latin, to make a great figure in the world. Hugo had formed a close friendship with a youth about 'his own age, iho son "of a Gardner ; in all respects his inferior 'save in that plastic 'tiua'lit'y '6'f 'temper that moulded itself to the will of others, and which by its docility made, very frequently, a far deeper impression on those who knew himi than the more apt and vivacious qualities of his patronizing companion. HoweVer.the two lads Wore firm friends, and in the day-dream of boy-hood, ere the warm impulses of our nature become chilled in the school of selfishness era in our progress through .the world, we imperceptibly imbibe so great a portion ol its clay the youths had but one hopo, saw but one fortune for both. Wealth, if they gained any, was to bo shared equally by them hon. ors, if thoy came, must be participated by ei tbcr. So dreamt they in the delicious time bf youth, So lived they in one of the loveliest Bpotsin Italy, at a village some few miles roih Bologna. The world as yet lay before them, on uudiscoveted cotinlry ) they saw it, as the great navig'atrjr in bis dreams, the dis tant yet unkjjowaland : a halo of glory was about it it was rick in fruitij and flowers, and spicy forests and mines pfgold. , At length the lima arrived whori this ro mantic region was to be explored. Hugo was logo into the world. At the period of which We write, the church was the surost road to honor : and Hugo, as we before implied, had that keen and subtle temporamont, and udti ring perseverance, and that aptitude) for book- iearning, which in those days were consider. ed the indispensable requisites for one who, in ostensibly devoting himself to God, sought to braspat temporal sway : and who, as he bow 'ed wiih a seeming inward reveranca to the Cross, leered with a miser's eyo at Mamirldn and his heaps. Hugo was devoted to the 'church J ho quitted his nativo village, and grown beyond childish years, and having cast aside "all childish things," he became a monk; and in his function pored over that awful Volume, so blotted with cr;me, so stained with tears, so confused, so scrawled with error mystery of mysteries the human hoart.- Thus he labored, all his thoughts and feolinps attuned to one purpose worldly ambition. His home, his relatives; tho companions of his voutb. the scenes o f his boyhood all, all were orgotten tho monk had killed the man "Well, Hugo," said Luigi. with a saddened ,ir "tomorrow you quit us, tomorrow you . leave the village, and the saints alone know, if we shall ever meet again." "Meet again, Luigi, and why not ? you will come and see me ; I shall soraolimes come hero. We shall see one another often very Waft." ' Ye3see one another I But yon will only be to me as the ghost of a friend !" "The ghdst Of a friend 1 Can I ever forget Luigi niy' early play-mate the Mother of my heart, though riot of rriy blood 1 trust me I shall ever love you." . "A monk love I a rrfonfe rJas neither parents nOr friends !" 'No he loves with an equat affection, ail mankind !" "Aye-and only with all, must Luigi talfo nis share. Forewcll, Hugo, and the Virgin bless you ;" and Luigi turnod away with ill-concealed emotion,' and endeavored to proceed with his work. Hugo was likewise sensibly affected by the sine'ero passion of bis friend. And let not tho reader too? hastily condemn the scene as weak and puerile hitherto Luigi, although be had knowV and conceded to the superiority Of Hugo, yot felt proud of tho excellence that tract cast its favor upon himself. He now saw in ft the e'atrse of scpara-tlon; he now felt that Ire wis the humble uigi, the gardener, dcStinod to eat from his daily toil and that II ago, bis earliest and his dhoicest friend', was to be severed from him fb pursue a path.it might bo, of glory and renown. Luigi continued at bis work; "What are you going to plant thero, Lui-V' asked Hugo. "A pear tree;' and it is said to be of a rare' kind." "Stay, let me helriyoo,1' rejoined Hugo; and approaching Loigi, he' assisted him Jh plantirg the jcung shrub1,' for1 it' was little moro. Whilst thus employed they uttered m aAhl nanh Atavr BnmKffl nifttllfft the future, and for the time, Hugo felt that be could give up all hopes of the power and splendor promised to him in bis dreams, and equally vain, as the visions of the night that he could forego all temporaJrpomp, all spirit ual pomp, all spiritual dominion, rather than wound the honest heart beside bim. For a moment the geniusofthe place seemed to ask bim "Why not abide here in the home, of (by father why, pant for the commerce of the world, 'as the heart panteth aftefthe ' Water brooks.' " Ere the young tree stood sappflrt-ed by the earth, this feeling had subsided, as t bad never risen, and Hugo stodff' again, about to say farewell to Luigi, who lorfked at him with a look of mingled sorrow'and distrust."Luigi," exclaimed Hugo; with a ' sodtien animation, "let tbiftrce be as covenant be tween us. As it stands, it is no unapt type of vouf friend. The rich earth Is bw it roots.and the' 'de will lie upon Its branches; with the blessing of the saints, it may put forth swelling buds and leaves, and rich and odorous fruit and men may pluck refreshing sweetness frtrrl its boughs, atfd "rejoice beneath their shade. So-' It' may gro'tf up,' and so may Itadorn lhiillal HbirdothMstain It;-- and, Luigi, it may be that it may pino and shrink, arid never put forth one g'reon loaf or blight may eat its buds, and ennkor gnaw its heart, and so, cutdojrn, it may be cost upon the fire, and so may perish. Thus stands4 your friend: I sb'afl bo planted in the 'church Luigi, in that soil, rich with the flesh and blood of saints heaven may rain its dow upon mo, and I may put forth glorious fruit and, Loigi, (the voice of tho speaker became sllchtlv tremulous) these hopes may bo a melancholy mockery of my fate for I may perish, unknown, unbonorcd, and unregretted. I know not how to account for . it, my m.nd is possessed W a sudden superstition I feel, and it is an odd, perhaps an unchristian fancy that this tree will be tho symbol of my destiny; if it flourish, I shall prosper; if it ladei Hugo will decay too. ' But, however it may be, Luigi, the hearts of youth shall, in their friendship, be the hearts of our old age. And though wo shall meet, yes often meet, yet here I promise, that there is no time so dis tant, no state so high, that even though, part' ing horo as youtns, wo never mtoi dui as groy-hcaded mon that here embracing in this humble garden, we next encountered in the Halls of kings I give my solenin word that you shall be to me the samo Luigi, I the same Hugo." Luigi grasped tho hand of the speaker Heaven prosper you, Hugo and forget not your friends Remember, remember tho pear treo." Hugo rluitted his rjatcrnal home; years passed on, and whilst Luigi, a happy and con tented man, tilled his ground and propped his Infes. and saw his ruddv ofTsprine flourish i . . ..... t 1.1' . A,. around him wnust ne onjoyecrmo greai gut of Paradise, "a country life," and lived in an atmosphere of sincerity and sweetness, Hugo was toiling through the devious path of church craft, a childless mnn. Ho was a politician and a priest then moro than ever, twin-flow' er3 uport ono stock he had advanced in dig. nity, and had almost within his grasp, that bright reality, the shadow of which had shone like a star upon his tido of life, and tempted him to ford all depths, to dare all dangers, to hold all toil as naught, And Luigi lived on, and becarno an old man. His children's children frolicked under tho shadow of the pear tree, which shot -up1 and spread out, as though some spirit were specially chargtid to tend it. "Ha!" cried Luigi, " 'tis a rare crop; two of hi3 granchildren, perched in tho boughs, plucked tho fruit, and threw it into the laps of their little sisters, who piled it in tw(J largo baskets "'tis a rare crop;" repeat ad Luigi, "and if Hugo bear but half as much there aro few richer among the brotherhood Ho said a4 this tree flourished, so shall ho prosper; he was a truo prophet;' though 'tis well ho loft something behind to inform me of his increasing greathcss--i seems 1 should nover have known it from himself." Hugo had, shortly after his departure, forgotten his friend, who iioweVer, continued to tread the same humblo, happy path, In which hn hud at first set out; lie had rio thing to disquiet him, to losses; ho family afflictions the dove, peaco, had always nestled in his Cot and it was not until the old man was bend ing downwards to the grave, that misfortune threatened his hearthstone. A mnn of hitrh birth and immense wealth bad built a magnificent palazzo in the neigh borhood of Luigi's cottage. This man was nnnnnctod bv marriaso. with the lamily of " w - - lldgo. He was purso proud and desputia making Of hU gold a sword against the poor One day, it was his arrogant whim that th cottaco of the eardeucr intorferred with th beatrty Of the prospect from the palazzo. It was altriost instantly conveyed to Luigi, that be must seel? another abode, as the land on which "the hous'o was built; together with the gardens, belonging" to his potent neighbor, were to be devoted to Other purposes. 1 be intelligence fcl! with a heavy1 Blow upon the old man. To leave the cottage- tne roof un dor which himself, his fathers, were borii to quit his gardens, his trees, things which, neit to his own children, beloved with a yearning affection the verv thoucht of it appeared to him afcind of death. He refused to quit h remorgtrutcd implored; it was no avail the cottage interfered with tho prospect One ovenmg the old man, half-bewildered had returned from a fruilloss journey to the palazzo. He sat down in bis garden,1 and looked with swimming eyes upon his mirth ful children (heedless pretty ones, whoso very happiness gives a deeper melancholy to house of sorrow;) shocked and wounded by tho tyranny of bis landlord, he glanced Hugo's fear Tree (for so be always called it.V The old mn leapt from his seat h resolution was'tiken he would go to Rome he would, as a last hope, strive to Ond some part of his boyish playmate Hugo, in the wrinkled, politic churchman. All things vera noon' ordered for hid rournt v. and he quitted the cottage, beaiirigVith bltn a small basket, filled with tha finest pears' plucked front' Hugo's tree. Luigi arrived ' irt Koine and now, with a sinking heart, now with sinking' heart, how with a confidence based on honest nride. be sought the presence of the Holy' Father. Appearing before the ser vants 'of his UoliriiWS, LvJgi asked for an dience of.Misser Hugo Boh Compagnol When reminded ol tilts unbecoming familiari ty, Luigi replied,' that be knew"' not Pope Gregory XIII,"but was a dear friend of H go's, and therefore demanded to see his torn panion, not caring; he said,-" to trouble tte Pope. . To this Luigi dbjAiriately adhered, contin oally urging, with great earnestness, that be should be admitted to the prescribe of bis ear ly comrade. There was a simplicity in the old man's Winner that forbnci won upon the inions of theKreat: and the strange demand of Luigi boing reported to his Holiness, he was with eroat 'ceremony ushered before the soveroien Pontiff before the man who was courted by emperors, flattered by kings. All tired, and the rustio and God's vicar upon oarth wore Confronted. How chamred. since the friend's bad lost rnotl Then they were, at least in fortunes, almost equal. Now, one was bent beneath the load of empireworshipped as one only little lower than the aneels-.-the triple ..rnwn nnnn hi head... SL Peter's kevs with- in his hand. What has the noor eardenor to show acainst these ?-a basket of pears! "Now, my son," said Pope Gregory, "you sought Hutu Bon amoae-no-vou find him in Gregory the Thirteenth. What ask you a o - a u i . at his hands?" Justice, most holy father--just fee, and no favor." "Speak." "I made with another, in my time of youth, mutual compact of kindness and protection we vowed thac which evor should , prosper in his fortune, should .servo and assist the oth er.", "It was a Christian promise, Well; Stand you in need of succor?" Most grievously oppression has come up on me in my old age." IIAnil f.innfl fnvcnlr AO itaii in vmii. nttaA Have you witnesses of tho compact of which ou speak?" "fe3--this basket of pears!" "We planted tho treo on which they grew Lot this treo be a covonant between us"--- were tho words of my companion. He and the troe have flourished; for forty years that treo hath never failed; for every year it hath brought forth a crop of luscious fruit and I ! haVe sat beneath that tree and wondered how it could be so bountiful to me, when he rho helped lo plant it, he who was bending be neath his honors and his wealth, had forgot ten to send the even a single pear, Lugi Luigi," exclaimed the pontm, and with a face crimsoned with blushes, ho threw uis arms aooui mo rusixi xneir grcj ra entranco bearing a stag on a pole. They dis-lay on each oUierS sMder. Thus they con- d of their burdeni and asking for whiskey, tinued for some moments,' and then Luigi, stooping to the basket, presented a pear to Gregory; he took it,' and looking at it, burst Into tears. Luigi kept his cottage. a ruuiLous siruATioN." Audubon, gives, in his "Ornithological Bi ography," the following account of a situation of peril, in which he was once placed a posi tion which our readers will admit, was suffi ciently exciting to affect tho nerves of any On my return (he says) from' the X'ppor M one of the wide prairies which, in that portion of tho United states, vary the appearance o the country. The weather Was flno, and all around me was as fresh and blooming as if it had just issued from the bosoro of Nature. My knapsack, my gun and my dog, wero all I had for baeeace aod company. The track which I followed was only an old Indian trail, and as darkness overshadowed tho prairie, I Celt some desire to reach at least a copso, in which I might lie down to rest. Tho night hnnLa irnVn cti irWfninrr nvnr ami around me .........i ..). ..,.! f thi,oilno which forced lUtt food, and the distant v. i. .i. , I, .w t .u...w .v,.;. -V iK. .tin. nf ,h n. , , ianu. . . tJ:J. -j .ii'i' if,'i-i.inalnka ...u .-. ...... fire light attracted my eye.' I moved towards it full of confidence that it p'rocecd'od from the camp of some wandering Iudiahs. 1 was mis- taken.. I discovered by Us glaro that it was from the hearth of a small log cabin, and that a tall fieure passed and repassed bet weed it and me, as if busily engaged in household ar- isngement. , I reached the spotj ana presenica myseii ai tho door, asked tho tall figure which proved to bo a woman, if I might tako shelter under her roof for the night. Her voice was gruff, and' her attire negligently thrown about her. She answered in the affirmative. I walked in, took a wooden stool, and quietly seated myself by the fire. The next object that at tracted mv attention was a finely formed young Indian," icstitg; his head between bis hands, with'his elbows on his knees. A long bow rested against the log wall near hiin while a quantity or arrows and two or three rtCoon skins lay at bis feat. Ho moved not he apparently breathed not. Accustomed to the habits ot the Indian, ana knowing that fhe pay little attention w me approach of civilized strangers, (a circum- stance which in some countries, is considered as evincing tho apathy of their character,; addressed him in French, a languago not un- frequently partially known to the PoP'a o' that neichberhooa. lie raisea nis uoaa yum- ted to one of his eyes with his .fingor.and gave me a significant glance with the other. The fact was, that an hour before this, as he was in tliie act of discharging an arrow at a racoon in the top'of a tree, the arrow had split upon the cord, and sprung back with such violence into his right eye as to destroy it forever., ' r r Feeling lungry, Tinquired what sort of implements w vuo ,u"..B i " ' - fare I could expect. ' uc a thing as a bed proceeded, well pleased, towards the settle-could not be seen, many ' largo untanned bear ments. aiid buffalo hides lay piled in'a" corner. I During upwards'of twenty-five years, whon drew my time piece from my breast ahdf told my wanderings'extended to all parts of our the woman it was late and that I was fatigued, country,' this wis the only time at which my S6e had espied my watch, the richness of Ifs'waS in danger from roy follow creatures-w'bich'seemed to operate on her feelings' with In.eod, so little risk do travellers run in th9 electrio quickness." She told me that there United plates that no one born there ever was plenty of venisonaod jerked buffalo meat, dreams of M'y to be encountered on the road; arid that oV'rSmovin'g the ashes I should find and I can only account for this occurrence, by a cake. . But roy watch had struck her fancy, supposing thai the inhabitants ol tho cabin inj hot curiosity had to be gratified by'ao were not Americans. ' immediate sight of it. I took off the gold chain thaU secured it around . roy; necK ana presented it to her. She was all ecstacy, spoke of its beauty, asked m its valuo, and put the chain around her brawny necK, saying how happy the possession or sucn a watcn would make her. . Thoughtless, and, as 1 tan cied myself in so quiet a spot, secure, I paid little attention to Dcr.taiK ana movemenis. i helped my dog to a good supper of venison, and was not long in satisryin,' me oemamis of my own appetite. U ho Indian arose irom his seat QS 11 111 extreme suuoring. ue patsec nd re-passea me soverai limes, ana ono Pinched m8 on th8 sidc 80 violently that the Paln nearly Drougnt lortn an exclamation or nSa-- , loosed ai mm. uis eye me6 ra.ne; but his look was so forbidding that it struck a chill into the moro horvous part.of my sys tem. He again scaled himself, drew his butcher knife from its greasy scabbord, exam ined its, edge, as .1 would that of a razor sus pected dull, replaced it,; and again taking his tomahawk from his back, filled the pipe of it with tobacco, and sent me expressive glances whenever our hostess chanced to have her back towards us. Never, till that moment, had my senses been awakened to the danger which I now suspected to be about me. I returned glauco lor clanco W ith my companion, and rested well assured that whatever enemies I might have he was not among thoir number, I asked tho woman for my watch, wound it up, and under pretepco of wishing to see how the weather might be on the morrow took up my gun and walked out of the cabin. I slipped a ball into each barrel, scraped the edges of my flints, renowed the priming, and returning to the hut, gave a favorable account 0I mv observations. I took a few bear skins iado a pallet of them, and calling my faithfu dog to my side, lay down, with my gun close to mv bodv. and in a few moments was, to all appearances, fast asleep. A short time had elapsed, when somo . hoard from tne Cjrncr of my j)yeB j saw two atniotje youths making their Imlned themselves freely to it. Observing me and tho wounded Indian, they asked who I was, and why that rajcal, (meaning the In. dian, who they knew understood not a word of English) was in the house. The mother for so she pro7eij to be bade tn'enV 6peak loss loudly, mado mention of my watch, and took them to a cornor, whero a conversation took place, tho purport of which it required little shrewdness in me to guess, I tnn:ed mv doe Gently, no inoveu nis laii Lj will) indescribable pleasure I saw his Cno evns alternately fixed on mo,, and raised towardg tij0 tjjo jn tho corner, I felt that he Indian Changed a last glanco withne The lads had caton and drunk themselves into such a condition that I already looked on them as liora da eombat; and the frequent visits of tho whiskey bottle to the ugly mouth of their dame, I hoped would soon reduce her to a like stato. Judge of roy astonishment reader, when I saw this incarnate fiend take a' largo carving knife and go lo the gnndstom to whet its" edge. I saw her pour water on the turnin? machine and watched her work - - ins away wiiu iaLuSi"o.i"- til the cold sweat covered every part of my body, in spite or my Doay, in spue oi my ue termination to defend myself to the last. Her task finished, she walked to the reeling sons, ... ., i ...... u: n and said, "inerevnaiii Beuieuim. ...,,!. ,!,,! kiu yon-, ana ium ,Ur vUD j turned my gun lock silently, touched my faithful companion, and lay ready to start u ai)d snoot tn0 first who might attempt my flf) qn0 m0inent was fast approaching, and .. !ffilt m:ht have boen my last in this worjd) ,'ad not Providence made preparations r0 my rcscu'a. AH was" ready. f . . - . advancing slowly, probably contemplating tho best way of dis patching me, while her sons should bo enega cod with the Indian. I was several times on iheevo of raising and shooting her on the spot but she was not be punished thus. The dour was suddenly opened and there entered two stout travellers, each with a long' liflo on his shoulder. I bounced up on my feet and making tbom most heartily welcome, told ft . weJt - t wM for m9 that they ghould naV9 arrived at that moment. The drunken s0Bet9 Becure(r, and tho woman, in spite 0f her' defence and vociferations, shared the same fato The rndian My danced for joy, ug g undeVs(-and tbat, as he :ou . (gf , b.oafdwaich over us.- Vn ,hat wa -j much'iess w)j tal).ed he two Btrangors gave me 11 a accounto( ihcir once having been in' somewhat 8imiiar situation. Day came, fair, foSyi aDlj wjth it the punishmontof our cap: lives. They were now quite sober. Their feet wero unbound, but their arms were' still securely tied." We marched thorn into the woods off the road" and'havihg used them as . . . ...i K"g'-ia'ors were won w ---h-, we et fire to the cabin, gave the skins and .i .i.-a1.-. -Alinn wsvpinv nfl Trade Winui. From the Now York Independent. 1 Some of our Pro-Slavery merchants who went their entire length for SoMiorn trade in January, have since been fishing for busi ncss, with letters and circulars, at the North and West. Such houses are now taking special pains to have'it known t,hdt tho "members our Ci m hold various political opinions." hese men with tremulous anxiety, and with "singlo eyo" for Southern trade, made bast to get tneir namfs in tho" "white list," and now with the same "single eye," are "right about face" for the North. The nind now blows from another direction. The secret history of these "trade" movements, if published, would show the basest bypocricy. Fortunately there are merchants in the coun try, by scores and thousands, who can see through all this trickery. They know that there is no real principle in the matter that the only desire of these weathercocks is to sell goods and make money. ' The following facts will illustrate the subject in its latest de velopment, and will, doubtless, entertain our readers: A merchant in Illinois, now in this city, in forms us that he received a circular from one of these doughfaccd houses, inviting him to give them a call. Ho had heretofore been thci r customer. In reply to the circular he sent them tho "white list," cut from a Wes tern paper, into which it had been copied from tho Southern Confederacy. He, said plainly to tho Now York Arm, whose name was in that list, that, as they appeared to be, fishing for Southern trade particularly, they might excuso him in future from troubling them. Another "white list" firm in this city sent a special invitation to a Western merchant to give them his patronage They were promptly informed, in reply, that thoy need not look for his trade, as he was for freedom, and desired to have no dealings with men who publicly avowed Pro-slavery sontimonts. The house wrote back, begging and apologising to the country merchant, and again urged him to call. He is now in town, and states volunta rily that he is "done witi that kind of men." A merchant in Pennsylvania, who had bought of a well known house in this city somo $20,000 worth of goods annually, says that ho wrote histoid house," who had gone in for Southern trado and notoriety in the white list reports, in reply to their circuhr that they might count him out, in future, of their Northern list of customers that he hould train in another company. The following incident will also "illustrate" tho real principle which governs somo of these white list men; . . A merchant in Alabama, well known tous, gave, in settlement of an account at a white list house, a draft on (mother whito list from. 'What," said the receiver of the draft "do you keep your money wun a nrm one oi whose partners goes to Dr.Cheever's church? Do you trade with such a firm as that? I can't believe it." Tho Alabama merchant had the good senso to resent such impertinent interference, and ar once decided to deal more largely than ever before with tho competitor of the merchant who was thus meanly addressing him. These arp but samples of every day occur rences, and we record mem, coi 10 encour age a spirit of retaliation, but to show that tho wind cnr blow from the .North as well as tho South,' and that those who put up their principles for sale with their goods, had bettor pause and count the cost of such folly. A well known retired mei chant says that the firm with which ho was connected in 1850i at the time tho Castle Garden fever ran so high, "never mado a dollar by their course," on the contrary, he "rather thought they lost .... . j . ..I money by it." lie saiu ineir crm seni -or- rclsof documents" to the South, to. convince them that only such men as themselves were worthy of confidence aOpatronaS0 ,Bn( 8a'J he, "I think I can put my hand now on sev eral twelve shilling boxes of th'eso documents, which are still in existence iu this city." Wa can tell thoso merchants who have of lato sought to prejudice the South against pir-ticular houses in this city, that thoir game Can be played by more than ono party. There aro men in trade in this city all honor to them who can't bo bought iier sold, and their numbor is every day increasing- Tho Chicago Convention dnd Governor Chase. To tile Editors of the Earning Poet : Kecerit discussions have proved that the mass of the Repub'.ican party demand a Pres idential canfWate who fully and unequivocal ly represents their principles. With Such' I candida.e they feci confident of success ; with a'nV other thoy would prefer defeat. This faithful adhennce to principle, on tho part of the Republican masses, confines the choice of the Chicago Convention to a narrow circle. It must choose the standard bearer of the party from among its distinguished lead. ere, II is character, ms laienis ana dis uuui-ity to principle, must be known and approved by every Republican, Thq.only question for the Convention to decide will be, which among the galaxy of distinguished Republicans com bines the highest qualifications with the greatest popularity. ,. j Without intending to disparge the claims of any other aspirant, we wish to state some reasons whv we regard Governor Obese as en tilled to this pre-eminences In capacity and experience ho has no superior. His talents are of the highest order. His mind has all the treadth and depth ot tne true statesman Every subject it grapples, with it, masters thoroughly, as witness bis exhaustive discus sions of the Slavory question in the United States Senate, and bis model message to the Ohio Legislature. To him more than, spy other nun, are w indebted for the ultimate triumph of freedom in Kansas! During that fong and doubtful contest he was in constant correspondence with the Free Stato leaders, guid ing them by bis counsel.stimulating their courage undor disastor, and restraining them from excesses under the provocations of insuit and wrong. But for bis earnest remonstrances they would have offered resistance to the military forces of the United States. His wisdom and prudence saved them from that fatal error. Ho has peculiar aptitude for executie duties. In this respect he has perhaps no equal in any party. When he first assumed the executive Amotions of Ohio the affairs ol that Commonwealth were in a wretched condition. Bad management and secret speculation had reduced the State to the very vorge of insol vency. By his groat administrative talent he soon brought order out of chaos, promptly extricating the State from its embarrassments, and elevating its credit to a level with the highost. He filled that office with marked ability for four years, and retired from it with the confidence and esteem of all pirtics. His privato charactor is irreproachable: evfen farty rancor has never ventured to assail it. His tmblic life is equally blameless, ms ca- roer as United States Senator and as Governor of the State of Ohio will bear the strict est scrutiny. The world may be safely chal lenged to point to a vote or an official act that is not in harmony with the highest morality and thn strictest purity of purpose He has never supported or voted for any moasure intended to advance private interests at the ex pense of public good. As an earnest, faithful and fearless advocate of Republican principles .be has no superior. Ue was the acknowledged leader of the frco soil party ot 1S18, of which the Republican party is tho legitimate offspring. Ho is the sole author of the Buffalo platform; and so wisely did ho frame it that tho Republican party, when it camo into existence, adopted it with scarcely a materiaj alteration. And ho is entitled to the-'ispecial gratitude of the whole country in thj South as well as the North for his successful efforts on that occasion lo bring Abolitionists on to tho Anti-Slavery platform of Washington ond Jefferson. But for him the Buffalo platform could not have beon framed on a basis of eu tiro justice to the South. Tho Abolition party, and the Liberty party of the West were fully represented in that Convention, and both were disposed to insist on denouncing tbe exist ence ol, Slavery in tho States. By bis influ ence they wore weaned from tbe'r ultraism, and converted into constitutional opponents of Slaver. From that day to this he has been the fearless advocato and watchful .guardian of tho principles then announced, and since adopted by Iho Republican party. Uis personal popularity porvades tho entire ranks of the party of which ho is so dlstin guished an ornament. Thero may be, among his competitors, those who receive a more zealoua support from active politicians; but thore is no one who has more friends or fewer enemies in the ranks of the party. His hearing is dignified and courteous, bis manners pleasing, his ability and integrity of character unquestioned; These are qualities that insure a popularity that will stand tho searching or deal of a Presidential canvass. I hey invigorate the zeal ol friends, and paralyze the ef forts of opponents. He has always treated the Americans with consideration and courtesy, and -hence would bo likely to receive a strongor support from tho former adherents of that party than any other straight llepubli1- can candidate. His views on the tanU ques tion, as declared in a letter reconlly published are such as should bs, and doubtless ar?, satisfactory to Pennsylvania ond New Jersey. nflfs the watm friend of river and .larfcor im provements, and tho Homestead Bill. And being a Western man, known ard appreciatca in Indiana and Illinois, he could scarcely fail to be our strongest candidate in these two doubtful States. !' Such aro the consrlerations whicn mc friends of Governor Chase may fairly and ttuthfuily present to the Chicago Convention in favor of his nomination. Can tho friends of any other candidate present a case equally strona and unexceBt'cnablo ? Wo think not. Others may be equally faultless in most of tbe iouisites, but we believe thit np one else com bines so many high qualifications with such general popularity;. If we enter Iho, Presidential contest ui.'dor his leadership, wo shall be stimulated by tbe conviction tbat victory will bo a real success, that his election iwill bring tho Government back, not merely to , i .. I lu principles of freedom on wnicti founded, but to that elevated standard of wis dom and purity which it had under the Ad- ministration at Washington. Temporal Up and Downe of Topes. The Popes of Rome have had a long career, but marked by many misfortunes, reverses and humiliations, which have sometimes continued for many years, and tbe ex-tent of the Papal territory has varied much at different periods, tti the year 1305, says tho Travoler, a revolution in Rome drove the Pope and the Cardinals to Avignon, now a part of France, but which was then ceded to the Pope by tho Queen of Naples. From 1306 to 1370' tbe Popes resided at Avignon. This period of seventy years they termed their 'Bnbvlonian cat tivity." After tbe return of the Pops to Rome in 1370 his kingdom had its present diroensionsyinlil tbe latter part of id. o.niMnth centurr.' when the Frasch, conquered tbe northern part oflWj and Popo Pius VI was compelled lo cede Romsgna, Bologna, and Ferrara, to what was called the Cisalpine republic, and Avignon to France. Pius VI was compelled to go te France, and died at Valence, in Aoaust, 1709. Tivw VII,-who succeeded him, was in soma measure re- stored to power, but after having- suUWed' many humiliations from' Napoleon I, was obliged to witnessthe occupation of Rome by French troops, in February, 1608, Tho next) year, having lost all temporal dominion, he was arrested in lis chamber by tbe Frenclt troops, conducted first to Florence, and ultimately to Fon.tainebleau, In France.;wherA he remained till the downfall of Nap-Jean I, in 1814, when he was restored by tbe con qucrers to Rome and his old dominion. Eino that timo, with tbe exception of somo troubles' in 1830 and 1831, and the revolutions in 1818, when he fled to Naples, the Pope has beera, undisturbed till recently. His entire kingdom now contains about 1C.000 square miles and a population of about ' 3,000,000. Nine of the provinces or legations and about 2,000,000 of tbe population are east of the Appenine Mountains, stretching along between those mountains and tho Adriatic, fromlhe northern' boundary of the kingdom of Naples to the river Po, which forms tho line between the territory of tbo Popo and tha Austrian provinco of Venetia. Eight provinces of-legations., lie west of the Appenines. b:lwcsn those mountains and the Mediterranean, and have about 1,000,000 inhabitants, of whom 175,000 dwell within tbe city of Rome. The resucsitaticn of the temporal power of tho Popo so often, after long periods of reverses and inUicting.huhiiliations. doubtless embold-ons the Roman Hierarchy at the present day to resist aggressions upon their powerV and to defy all those, even the most powerlti crowned heads, who aro found arrayed against it. Col. David Crockett. V So many marvelous things havo been attributed to L'avy Crocket, that the very name) brings tomirioVa variety of stories of how h "chawed Alligators," "grinned the bark off knotty trees," or ' strode a swift streak of lightning," and other performances and adventures of this class. The life of tho pioneer always presents numerous features calculated to interest those who live in the midst of a populated country, and who bave nover witnessed the rugged scenes by which be is sor-, roundtdand .through which he paves the, way for advancing civilization.' Of all those, however, who have spent their days ic tha in the wildness of what wo have designated the "backwoods," the nama of none bos bet come more familliar than that of Davy Crockett. It has long since been a "household! word," and has been sounded throughout tho, entire land; yet, in the face of all this, there are many in this country who, through tha. numerous stories related of impossible things-performed by bim, are firmly persuaded that ho was nothingbut a -'"myth," and roanjr more whb aro .undecided whether or not lev believe that such a man as David Crockett ever existed. These stories weie current dur-, ing his life, and it would .'seem from his own preface to his biography, that they vexed, or,, to .ise his own term, "rikd" him not a little; and surely if an man ever had reason to find, fjult with the use-made of his name, that maa was David Crockett ; Crockett was no ordinarymsn. Unlettered in speech, and unsophisticated in the etiquette of society, bis actions were uniformly guided by strong native senso, with a sterling hones-' ty of purpose that nothing could swerve ; and after a creditable service in the Creek war, th distinction to which he bad attained was at-, tcstod by his election to Congress, from bis district in Tennessee. It has been remarked that, save in the case' of William Pitt, all men of eminence bare at some period of their lire's tiicd.tbeir band at-poetry. Tho gallant Colonel was no exception 10 the rule, as may.be seen from the fol-J lowing concluding stanza from some farewell: anapests, written at the time when, having bjen defeated for a fourth term in Congress, in consequence of his manly opposition' to thai imporious dynasty of Jackson, be determined ' to seek a theatre of new adventure in Texas : " Farewell to mj oountrj ! I fought for thee wll, ' Whon llio ravage rojhod forth like the damoni ia holt; In p!ace of in war! Sara atood by thy ilde, 1 ' My :ount-y, lor ibc I hae lived would have died ; llut I am cut off, my career now li run, Anil I wander abroad like the prodigal (on j . ' Where tha wild savage rovoi.aud tho broad prairies 'apriiad, The fallen, despised, will again go abend." ' The last two words, characteristic of tha originator of the celebrated motto "Be sure " you're right, then go ahead," cast a gleam of 8unshi,ne back upon the otherwise lachrymose-as well as reproachful, sentiment contained in the lines.- 'About Rats. A pair of rataV'heppily sito ated and undisturbed will, in three yeerf, have increased to 658,808; calculating that, ten rats eat as. much jn ops day as a man, th. consumption of . these rats, would be equal to that of 65,680 men the ynrjrpund and leav . eight rats in the year to spare ( Tbe rat mul-, tiplying at that tremendous rate,,it is about , well this lijltle .thieving animal be pottos, useful p'urpose; wbat more so than having hia ct nicely dressed to adorfl and set off that delicate bands of tbe ladies? Our Utiet) would, at tbe sight of a rat or even the men- ' tion of a mouse, scream with terror, yet they hare a daily companion in the skin of a rat gracing -and incasing their delicate hands. It the sam3 time exclaiming: "I like the-odor,? or,"such,educ,M a glove" etc Ilovf useful then are these little animals. , ;, . A letter from Vera Ctpz states that all tha raw bides In that city, have been,-pressed into? service for tbe protection of public- buildings and dwellings against tbe enemy's nM 4 quantity aljreadyhipped had ' lAewiy be -a taken back Oil thor for tho esini pursue, ! ft ;' i. ; i v fe!' i i H ! if ..'. fo' vi m u.'; . M ' ' ; a-'.