Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1860-08-09

              fiiiiiiif motjptm? -viurtisroN", oiiio, rrrrxjn.oTD-A.Y, SLTfca-xjsT o, 1000 ! s.. i THE STAB OF MY HOME. I remember the day whon my spirit would turn ' . From the fairest of scenes Mid the sweetest of song, ' , NVhen the heart of the stranger seemed coldly to burn, . 'And the moments of pleasure for me were toe ipg; , For one name and one form Bhone in glory and light. And lur'd back from all that might toinpt me to roam; The festal was joyous, but it was not so bright Aa the smile of my mother,, the star of my ...... home! i remembor the days when trie tear filled my eye, ..' . -And .tlie heaving sob wildly disturbed my young breast; But the band of the loved one the lashes would dry, - And hor Soothing voice lull my chafed bosom ... vto rest. The sharpest of pain and the saddest o' . woes, The darkest, the deepest of shadows might come; Yet each wound had its balm, while my soul eould repose On the, heart of my mother, the star of my home! But now;, let me rove the wide world as I ... K . .... There's no form to arise as a magnet for me; I can rest with strangers, and laugh1 with tho 6yi - Content with tho pathway, where'er it may be. Let sorrow. 6r jtain fling their gloomiest cloud, There's no haven to shelter, no beacon to save; For the rays that e'er led mo are qnonch'd by the shroud. And the star of my home has gone down in . the grave. 'Eliza Cook. TWO WAYS TO MAKE MONEY. 'A Practical Story For Farmers. ((cokcmded.) Lyman counted the bundles, and then estimated their avb'r'age, and upon reckoning up he found that tho land had yielded not ftr from four 'fans the dcrA Ho had just 'pot in two acres which he had first dressed upon the new farm; and he had obtained short of the two 'tons pir acre! Ho knew that Poland had got 'ten 'bushels more of vi heat per acre than he hnd done, and nlsb 'moro corn. He begah'tb think; but yot h'u would not let his money go for any such "experiments" upon his placs. t The five years oami ro'md, and Anson Ly- man went on that day and sold fourteen bush 'els of corn in order to got fourte'eh'dollars to" put in with nine hundred and eighty -six dot 'dollars ho bad at horho. ... "Well, Poland, Pvo got the prize!" said Lyman, entering ( the farmer's barn in the afternoon. It was "early "spring, just five years frorii the day thay b'oligh1. I've got the one thousand dollar?, now what have you tot? ' . i . , , ' "Well, I have not far from Toiir hundred 'dollars." "Aha! I thought so." .. , . . . 'But Anson Lyrinn," said Poland, almost 'sternly, "oro your eyes not opened yet?" "Opened! Whac do you mean?" "Well, I moan that my farm, to day, will soil for one thousand dollars moro than yours will. Look at ihy hay mow. There are nearly twenty loads ,bf hiy: you liavo net 'ten. And mind you, I have fivb head of cat-. tie more than you have. Next seassn I 'shall cut more hay from twolvo acres, which I have regeh'o'ratotl, than you will cut upon -your whole forty acres; and you know that 'my hay is worth far more a ton than yours is. I told you I had five more head of cattle than you had. For these five creatures, I 'can within six hours, got seven tund'red dollars cash, but no such money can purchase 'them of me. Ah, Lyman, you bavo boon ..saving money, but have beon taking it from your farm without returning anything for it." "Never mind I have got my farm as sood as it was the day I bought it.". " Jifot quite, Lyman." "How so'?" , ,.,.., "You have1 t&lc'h off two hundred cords of wood.", '.,-, "Woll, so you took off soma." . , . ,. "Aye, but what I took from my wood-lot i put back upon my field, k did not take it 'from the farm." - Mr. Lyman went away with rVew thoughts. Time pissed on, and at the end of another Bt years the eyei of Anson Lyman Were wholly opened. Poland had now raised 'quite a stock of noble cattie from the first purchase and commenced to sell to the beo market. Two hundred dollars was the least any one of them brougrtLwhen fattoneJ, and 'one bullock, lour vests old, brought three . hundred and ten dollar. His twenty a'ero - feeld was like a garden, yielding, such as was mowed, in average 'of three tons to the acre- In short, his whole farm was uudor tho best training and improvement, and now yielded him back a heavy interest on all he had ex pendedi . During the fall bo tort over a thousand dollars for Stdck and produce, and be wis offered five thousand dollars for his blace while Lyman could not have dot found a purchaser at fifuen hundred! "Dolly," said Anson Lyman, sinking fhlo , a chair, "I've been a fool! I say!" ,, "Why, Ansort, what do you mean?" "Mean? Look at Poland's frm." "I have looked at it from the first, Anson ." "You hare, and what have you seen?" ' "Why, I saw that John Poland wa maki ' ' jhg a comfortable home fbf hitflsetf and family and increasing the value of his fanii tenfold." .) , "And why did you not tell ras so?" ' I did tell ydU soj husband, and you said I wtiafoo!. '. "I remember. Well, never mind it is not too late now." i'.i' ! ' t . i Onthoncxt morning Mr. Lyman went over to his neighbor and frankly said: . ' Poland, you must, help me. i want to learn to be a farmer." . ., . ' "I will help you with pleasure, Anson; and you can begin far more easily than I did) for you have money." ; And Lyman commenced. The thousand dollars wore noarly all expended in the work, but in the end he found himself the gainer, and his dollars como back to him with interest two-fold. He bad learned a lesson which many might follow with profit. From tho Ohio Fnrmor. Tho Buckeye. DT DANIEL DIUKE, M. D. Giron at the Colohxathm of the Forty-flth Anniror-aary of, the First KcUlomt of Cincinnati, unci the Miami Country, Deo. 20, 1833, on occasion of tho following toast liuinij proposod i ''TAe Author qftht Fiitunqf Cincinnati." The author being present as an invited guest, he arose; and, afyer returning thanks to the meeting, and alluding to a description of the Buckeye, in the Picture , of Cincinnati, asked permission to say something on. the fit-ness of that tree, to be acknowledged as the emblem of those whom he addressed, which he did, as follows : , . .. Mr. President and Young Gentlemen: Being born fn the East, I am not quite a native of the valley of the Ohio, and therefore a'm not a Buckeye by birth. Still I might claim to be a greater Buckoye than most of you, who won born in the city, for my Buckeye-ism belongs to the country, a better soil for rearing Buckeyes than the town. My first remembrances are of a Buckeye cabin, in tho depths of a caiio brako, on one of the tributary brooks of the Licking river, for whose waters, as they flow into the Ohio, opposite our city, I feel some degree of affection. At the date of tho recollections, the spot where we are now assembled, was a Beech and Buckeye grove, no doubt altogether unconscious of its approaching fate. Thus I am a Buckeye Ty engrafting, or rather by inoculation.being only In tho bud whon I began to draw, my nourishment from the depths of a Buckeye bowl. The tree which you have toasted, Sir- President, has the distinction of being one of a family of plants, but a few species of which exist on earth. They constitute the genus iEsculus of the botanists, which belongs to the class Heptandria. Now the latter, a Greek phrase signifies seven men; and there happen to be only soven species of tho genus they constitute the seven wise men of the woods; in proof of which I may mention, 'that thero'is not another family of plants on the whole earth that possess these talisraanic attributes of wisdom. But this is not all. Of the '"seven species, bur emblom tree was discovered last it is the youngest of tho family the seventh son! and who does not knew the manifold virtues of a so'venth son. Noither Europe nor Africa has a single na tive species of iEsculus, and Asia but one (his is the iEsculus Uippocastinum or Horso Chostnut. Nearly three hundred years sinco, a minister from oho of the courts of Western Europe, to that of Russia,, found 'this tree growing in Moscow, whither it had beon bro't from Siberia. , He was struck with its beauty, and naturalized. it in his own country. It spread with astonishing rapidity over that part of the continent, and crossing the chan nel, becamo one of the favorito shade trees of our English ancestors. But the oppressions and persecutions, recounted in the address of your young orator compelled thorn to cross tho ocean and become exiled from tho tree, whose beautiful branchos ovorhung their cot-tago doors. Whon thev reached this continent, did they find tlieir favorito shade tree, or any other species of tho family to supply its place in thoir affections? They did not they could no; as front Jamestown to Plymouth, tho Sof .is top barren to 'nourish this epicurean plant. Doubtless their first impulse was to seek it in the interior, but there the Indian still had his homo, and they were compelled to languish on the sands of tho sea board. The revolution came and pr.siod away; it was a political evont and men still hovered on the coast1; but tho revolving years at longth un folded the mighty West, and our fathers be gan to direct their steps hitherwnrd. The; took breath on the eastern base of the Alle gheny mountains, without bavine found the object of thoir pursuit; thep scaled its lofty summit, threaded its steep and craggy defiles, descended its westorn sloped, put.styl sought in vain. The band of destiny, however, see mod upon them; and boldly penqtratin tho unbroken forests of the Ohio, amidst sav ages ind beasts of prey, they finally .built their half-faced camps beneath the Buckeye tree. All tleir horcditary and traditional foelings were now gratified. They had not, to be sure, found the horse-chestnut, which embellish tho paths of their forefathers; bu) a tree of the lame family, of greater size and equal beauty, and, like themselves, a nativo of the new world, Who, of this young as ecrribly, has a heart so cold as not to sympa ihiitn lit t Invnu'a amotions which this din- , " j-j- covery must have raised? It acted on them like a charm their flagging pulses were quickened, and their imaginations warmed. They tho Igb't nolo! returning, bat sent racK pleasant messages, andihvited their friends to follow. jCrow Is from every State in the Union soon b'reied forward, and. in a single age, the - native land of the Buckeye became the home of millions. , Enterprise was animated, nevf Idisa Came .into men's minds, bold schemes were planned, and executed, flew communities organised, political. States es tablished, and tho wildornoss transformed, as if by enchantment. Such was the powor of tho Buckeye wand; ana its influence has not beon limited to the West. We may fearlessly assort that it has been felt over the wholo of our common country. .Till, the time when the Buckoye tree was . discovered, alow indeed had been the progress of socioty in tho Now World. With the exception of the revolution, little had been ackioved, and but little in prospect; since that era, sooiety has been progressive, higher destinies have been, unfoldod, and a ro-active Buckeye influence, porceptible to all acute observers, must continue to assist in e'evating our beloved country among the nations of the earth. , . ' Every native of the valley of the Ohio should feel proud of tho appellation," whchf from he infancy of our settlements, ha s boen conferred upon him; for the , Buckeye has many qualities which may be regardod as typical of noblor character. , It is not merely a native of the W st, but peculiar to it; it has received from the botanists the spocillc mime of Oltioenses, and is the only tree of our whole forest that does not grow else wo re. What othor troo could bo so fit an emblem of our native population? From the very beginning of emigration, it has been a friend to the "new coiiiors." Delighting in tho richest so;.'Is,thoy soon learned to take counsol from it.in the so-Joction of their ands, and it never yot proved faithless to anyone who confided in it. "When tho first "log cabin" was to bo hastily put up, tho softness and lightness of its wood mado it precious; for in thop times laborers wcrp few, and axe once brokonin harder timbor.'.could not be repaired' ,When ,the infant Buckeyes cpfmo orth ta, render tho solitary cabins voca, and make thorn, instinqt with life, cradlos worti necessary, and they could not be so easily dug ou,t Qf, any othor tree. Thousands of men and women, who are now active and rospcctahlo performers in the great thoc'tre of Western society, wore onco rocke-i in Buckeye troughs. , . . In thosB early days, whon a boundless and lofty wilderness overshadowed every habitation, to desfray the trees and make way for tho growth of corn, was tho great object "hie labor, hie opus est. ' Now, tho lands whero tho Buckeyo abounded, were from the special softness of the wood, the easiest of all others to i'clcar," and in this way it afforded valuable,, though negative assistance to the first sottlers. Foreign sugar was then un known in the'so regions, and our roliance for this article, as for many others, was on the abounding woods. In referonce to this swnot and indispensable acquisition, the Buckeyo lent us positive aid; for it was not only the best woed of (ho forest for (roughs but every where grew side by side with tho graceful and delicious sugar mdpto. Wo are now assembled on a spot, which is surrounded by vast warehouses, filled to overflowing with the earthen and iron domes tic utensils of China, Birmingham, Sheffield, and I should add tho groat western manufacturing town at tho hoad of our noblo river. The poorest and the obscurest family in the land may be, and are in fact, adequately supplied. How different was the condition of the early emigrants. A journey of a thousand miies oter wild and rugged mountains, 'permitted tho adventurous pioneer to bring with him little moro than tho Indian or the Arab, car- ries from place to place his wife and children. Elegancies wero unknown; even articles of pressing necessity wero few in number, and when lost or brokon, could not be replaced. In that period of. trvin: deprivations to what quarter did tho first settlers turn thoir anx ious and inquiring eyes? To the Buckoyo yes, gcntlemon, to the Buckeyo tree; and 'it proved a friend indeed, becauso in the siin- pio and expressive language of those early times, it was "a friend in nocd." Hats wore manufactured from its fibres, the tray for the delicious "pone" .and ''johnny cake," the venison trencher, tho .noggin, the spoon, and the huge whito family bowl for mush and milk, wore carved from its willing trunk; and the finest "boughtcn" vessels could not hare imparted a more delicious flavor, or left an Impression so enduring, lie who has ever been concerned in the petty brawls, and the frolic and fun of a family of young Buckeyes around tho great wooden bowl, overflowing with the "milk of human kindness," will carry the sweet romombrance to nis grave.. -. Thus, b;yond all the trees of the land, the liuckoyo was associated witn tue family cir cle penotrating its privacy, facilitating its operations, and augmenting its enjoyments Unliko many of its loftier associates, it did pot bow ...its head and wavo its arms at haughty distance: but might be said to hold qut the right hand of fellowship; for, of all the trees of our forest, It is tho only one with five leaflets arranged on one stem an orpres sive pymbol of tho human hand. ; ... .. Mr. President and Qenllemen, I beg you to pardon the enthusiasm which to trays me to continual trespass upon your patienco. As an old friend of tho Buckeye. tree,. I feol, thai to te faithful, I must dwell still longer on i ta virtues. The original "ditty '; which has been sung with so much animation, Bets' forth in homely but hearty praises, some, of its figurative characters'. Let me, in humble proso, recount a few of them, with others not yet "aid or sung." . , . . . .. , In alt our woods, there is not a tree so hard to kill as the Buckeyo. The deepest 'girding' dees not "deaden", it; and cftn after it is cut down, and worked up into the side of a cabin, it will sond out young branches denoting ta all the world, that Buckeye j are not easily conquered, and could1 with difflul-ty be destroyed. t . .,!-' The Buckey has generally been condemned as unfit for fuel, but its very incombustibility has been found an advantage, (or no tree of tho forest is equally valuable for back-logs which aro tho sine qua non&t ovory good cabin fire, .Thus troated, it may be finally, tho' slowly burnt; whon another of its virtues immediately appears, as no other tree of our woods afford so great a quantity of alkali; thus thero is piquancy in tys very ashes'. The bark of our emblem plant bus eomo striking properties. Under a proper modo of preparation and use, it is said to be efficacious in the cure of fever and ague, but unskill fully ompioyod, it proves a violon'. emetic, which may indicato, that he who tampers with a Buckeye, will not do it wuh Impunity. The fruit of tho Buckoye offers much, to interest us., .The capsule, or covering of the nut, is beset. with sharp prickles, which, incautiously grasped, w'.il soon compel tho ag-gressor lo let go Lis hold. The nut .is. undo-niaby .the most beautiful of all which our teaming wocds Wing fcrth, and in many parts of the couatvy, is mado subservient to the military training of our sons; who assembling in tho "muster fiald," (whero their fathers and older brothers,, are learning, to be military mon,) divide themselves into armios, arjd pelt each othor with Buckeye balls, a military exorcise at least as instructive as that which their seniors perform with Buck eye sticks: The inner covering of tho nut is highly astringent, Jts, substance, when grated down, is soapy, and has been used to cleanso fine fabrics, in. tho absonce of good soap. When the powder is washed, a largo q uantity of starch is obtained, which might. if times of scarcity could arise in a land so fcrtilo as tbo nativo soil of this tree, be used for food. The water employed for this purpose holds in solution .an active medicinal agent, which, unwarily swallowed, proves a poison, thus again reminding those who .would attompt to "use up" a Buckeye, that they may repent their rashnessi .i. , , . i, Who as not locked with admiration on the fine foliage of the Buckeye ja early spring while the more sluggish tenants of the forest remain torpid in.thojr winter quarters; and what tree in all our woods bears a flower that can be compared with our favorjto? . We may fearlessly challenge for it tho closest compari son. Its , early. ...potting forth, end the beauty of its leaves and blossoms, .are appro priate types of, our. qative population,. whose rapid and beautiful development will not. be denied by thoso whom I now .address, nor disproved by a referenco to their charactor Finally, the Buckeyo derives its name from the resemblance . of its nut to tho eye of the buck, tho finest organ of our noblest wild animal; whilo the name itself, is a compound of a Welsh and Saxon word, belonging there fore to the oldest portions of our vernacular tonguo, and connecting us with the primitive s toclis, of which our fathers wero but scions planted in the Now World JJut, Mr. 1'resiUent and.CJontlomen, I must dismiss this fascinating topic. , My object has beon to show tho peculiar fitness of, the Buck eyo, to be mado the .symbol tree of pur na tive population. This arises from its many excellent qualities.,. Other:trces have greater magnitude, and stronger trunks; they are the Hercules of tho forest, and like him. of old, who was distinguished only for physical pow er, they are remarkable chiefly for mechanical strength. Far different is. it with tho Buckoye.which does not dopend on brute force to effect its objects; but exercises, a it wore, a moral power, and admonishos all who adopt is name to reiy upon intellectual cultivation instead of bodily powers. Permit mo, ' Mr. President and Gentlemen, to give you the following sontiment: , The Eudeies, if ih Wett Theirs is the only power which can pormaJontly unito the Uomlock of the North, and the Palmetto of the South, in the same national arbor. , From tho BufT.ilo Commercial Advertiser. The Maryland Opposition. . Tho position of parties in Maryland is beginning to assume a painful importance1 The National Union party has not been accepted in its birthplace with that unanimity which might have been expected-Owing to causes, many of which wa cannot understand, it lins been thought ad visable thero to ostraciso certain prominent men and organs to whom that party is in debted for most of the sympathy it re ceives at the North. Henry Winter Davis, and other representatives there, have been cast aside, as unworthy of admission within the pale of Union. Tho Baltimore Patriot was road out of the now party be fore tho latter had paesed the first six weeks of its existence. And as a natural parallel of thoir course, the American Orand Coiincil has cionorated its members from any obligation to vota for Bell and Everett, leaving it optional with them to do so or notj as they please. And it is now proposed to nominato .and support a Linculn LU'btoral ticket in, Mary Iapd . The arguments by which this proposi tion js supported are briefly ,these: The Americans of Maryland pro Ignored, by the National Uuion party, principally, it js claimed, beoause tho "Strnigiitout" Amer icans nymhathize too closely with tho Re publicans. It is indeed said, with how. much truth we will iot pretend to know, that this ''Siraigliloul," Americanism is only Republicanism in disguise, and that in rinw of their alleged sympathy and the bad treatment they bnVe received from the National Union men,' the Amciicans would bo likely to unite with the. Republicans' in the support of Lincoln; , Qn the part of the Republicans proper, it it said they have no sympathy with the Ball and Everett movement while they see it combining with the Democracy in Now York to do-feat Vaoir principles, while in the extreme Sjuth tho Ool mon announco political the ories more ultra Southern than, those of Breckinridge himself. Referring to this action on the part of the friends of Mr. Bull in other States, a Republican writing in the Baltimore Patriot says: l "In all of it I seo nothing that is not repulsive, It is more electioneering finesse, merp gambling with the suffrage,. And thero is, certainly nothing. Jn it all to induce the slightest preference for Mr,. Bell oyer either of the Democratiq .candidates on the part of the Republicans, ,In Maryland certainly the friends of Mr. Bell support him in a loyal manner,, , There is nothing, in, their course to wound his fine sense of honor as a man, or humiliating to his prido as a politician. They da not propose to smuggle him into place under the wing of another." . . Beyond this the writer urges that to Republicans it is a matter of little consequence whether Maryland votes for Bell or for Breckinridge; and that the time has come when the Republicans there should fight under their own Hag, and by a free discussion of their principles place .them selves right before the people, secure a hearing, and .commence the ultimately successful, prpcess of converting Maryland to Rcpubjicanism. Our friends in Marylandmust permit us to say, that from our standpoint it is diffi cult to see the soundness of their position- They should vote where they can do most against Democracy, ,and not make their ballots mere empty hurrahs for any individual, But t there is another aspect of this affair. which reacts upon New York, and painfully exhibits the folly of the bar gain and, sale which has-been attempted here. Had the National Union men adhered, faithfully to their candidates, refus ing all coalitions and standing firmly by the posiuon, they took, at Baltimore, they would at least have secured several South ern- States they are now likely to lose. But they have gone after strange gods, affilia ted with Democracy, and so disgusted n support which at first glance seemed inal ienable. Witness the recoil of the New York movement of coalition with Douglas. Mr. Douglas is the especial aversion, the most cordial hatred of the Straightoul Americaas of Maryland. They see the National Uuion men of New York endeavoring to turn over to him the solid electoral vote of (he Cmpire Stato, and they naturally revolt. Ready to act with them are the .Republicans, whose vote, though not estimated at over three or four thousand, is very essential for the success of t!io Bell tiqket. in Maryland. .And the result U likely to be that the attempted New York coalition, although an ignomin ious failure in itself, will have the effect of depriving Bell and Everett of the vote- of Maryland, which seemed to be as sure for them as the coming of election day. This is the fate of coalitions. They .are, rarely successful, and theu only in temporary or merely local issues. The Crescent and Cross in the East- The recent arrivals from Europe have brought tidiegs from the East, which ex cite an interest, even deeper than the in telligence from that bold little island of the Mediterranean, now struggling for liberty under tho guidance of Garibaldi, Voices of wailing and anguish are borne to us from Syria, over the wide interven ing seas. Religous fanaticism, in its most .hateful form, is sweeping over its plains in carnage and massacre. ' Christian communities, both Protestant and Catholic, are sacrificed to the frenzy with which tho followers of the Crescent , have so often puisucd the followers of the Cross. . , . What renders, these scenes, pf violence doubly impressive is, that they aro enacted so near the cradle of Christianity within sight of .Mount Ilermon, under shade of the goodly cedars of Lebanon, on Carmel's bloomingM bights, Hnd Sharon's fertile plains, almost on the road over which Paul passed on his way to Damascus, and not far from. NHZareth, Bethlehem, and the city of Jerusalem. In a country in which nearly every place is hallowed by the pro-foundust memories of the Christian world, the followers of Him whoee life invested it with nndyipg interest, are ruthlessly murdered, and their bodies left along the roadside, to bo devoured by dogn. . Syria, with Judea or Palestine, embraces a torritory-eome four hundred and fifty miles long from its northern to its southern extremity, and Tarying in breadth- from one nundred.,to two. bendred and eighty miles,' the total area being aborlt forty-eight thousand square miles-. . The popu lation is estimated by Bowring at one and a half millions, and by Colonel. Campbell at one million eight hundred thousand; of whom about one million are Mussulmans, (Tuiks. and Arabs,) three hundred and fifty thousand Christiana .of the Gj-eek Church, and, two hundred and fifty thou sand of the Roman Church. The number of Protestants is comparatively small, but through the recent efforts of missionaries from this country and England, it has been on the inorcaae,' Against all these ceets against alt who bear the name of Christian, whether they acknowledge the Pope, Patriarch or tho Reformers, the big oted fury of tho Mussulman is now directed. At one village, Haabeiya, at the foot of Mount Ilermon, and close to the source of the Jordan, there was a Protestant community of two hundred souls, while the other inhabitants, ot the Greek "orthodox" Church, numbered four thousand. On the second of June last, the Druses attacked the place in overwhelming numbers, and. when the eonfliat was over, but two men of the Protestant persuasion and thirty-three of tha Greek citizens were alivo. . All the rest were butchered, and their wives and children carried .away by the cruel conquerors.,, If tha Chris tians in S3 ria surrendered under the promise of protection, the promise was broken, and, they were slain with as little compunction as when fighting bravely for their homes, their families and their lives, , One of, the last places of , Christian ref; uge was Zahleh. It is, a large. Christian town in the upper part of Syria, about fifty miles .northwest of Damascus, but though for iGed and bravely defended, it fell after a siege of tix days Tho troops sent by the Turkish government to the rescue of the beleaguered Christians,, on arriving at the place, only aided the Dru ses in their blood-thirsty work. From the hill country, people are hastening to the sea coast, and arrive at Bey rout, say s a correspondent, "wearing not blood stained, but blqpd saturated garments." 1 ... . Wei nave already given many of the particulars in regard to these massacres and refrain now from repeating further the story of their horrors. In Western Eu rope they are exciting a deeper sensation than they do here, and it is with satisfaction that all who arc interested in the stop page of the frightful carnage, hear that England and France will actively interfere,. Tue grcat regret is, however, that before this active interference takes place, it is probable the Mussulman will have succcedod.in extirpating Christianity Jrom ?yria. -.The events. in the Holy Land would not only justify, but almost compel another crusade, and the interests of humanity demand that England and France, who centuries ago, 'Whoa tho Crosoent foil hack anil tho Red Cross rushed on," fought together on the fields of Palestine, should unite again for a similar cause. How different the religious feelings of Europe now from what it was when the rude eloquence of Peter the Hermit, telling of the sufferings of Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem, aroused the nations to a tempest of holy wrath. All classes . of the European population, from the North Sea to tho Mediterranean, eagerly joined in (he loud cry for revenge. ' Kings deserted their thrones, nobles sold their estates, women pledged their jewelry .monks quitted tl 0 cloister.f erfs left the fields unplowed, in or-derto join the expeditions which Lurried to the rescue of the Holy Sepulchre. Through tho forests of Germany, the marshes of Bohemia, and the hostile armies of the Greeks, without leaders, ofien without sup plies, without arms and even clothing, the masses marched onward with unabated zeal. Famine, diseaso and the sword wastqd them liko chaff; of a host of two hundred thousand men, perhaps one or two thousand would return; yet, for, fen years, Europe continued to pour her p 0 pie upon the shores-of Asia. A superstitious idea, combined with a vague desire of romantio advonture, led to these prodigious movements, to which the history of mankind offers no parallel. But it is not now tho mere romanticism of religious, feeling which prompts the in terference of the European powers; it is compassion for thousands of men- and wu men who are ruthlessly butchered by a savage enemy. Nor are the hands of the miser oants to be staid now by a universal war. Diplomacy fortunately, can accom plish all the ends that war could gain. Lot the European powers menace Turkey witji utter dissolution unless these massacres avo stopped, and they will be stopped. If England may protest against the course 0 Neapolitan tyrant towards her own political offenders, so' every;' ciyiliied nation in Europe may and should protest against ibe cruelties practiced on the unoffending Christians of Syria. For twenty tje'ars, iurtey nsa. rulea over this promised land".pf tho olden times, and, to-day the niUerabla inefficiency of that government is most awfully proven. England, through the massacre of Protestants France, through, the murder of Frenoh Jetuits at 7.1.1. .k. - - .1 r .1 .. v. 7" uuiuvn, auu nuwa, inrouga toe thou- sanai- otthe Greek Church who.-hat auen onaer ins nands or.the Mussulman, ar all alike called npon to protect; the Christians of Syria, even should ihat pro-tectionvutvolTS the downfalLof the .Turkish government,. Better tbht the much talked of, "balance of power'! .thoald.lx lost in Europe, than that massacres like those should be allowed to disgrace the ge, and ' outrage til humanity. fNew York Post . '. . 1 -n ... .j-i . :'-r . i i . : 1 . j Fur the Mt, V anion Kopublioun. ON LITE INSURANCE.. LETTBH NO. 2. ' ; : Mt. Vernon, Aujc. 1,1800. ' Dear Sir: Insurance upon Life is a contract by which the party Insuring engages, in coni aideration of a certain sum proportioned to tbo age of the person whose life is' insured, either paid down at once, or st stated periods, that, In the event of the death of the Insure J; be or they-will pay a specified sum to the-party for whose benefit the policy is obtained: For example, in' consideration of the sum! of $408,60 paid down by a person of the sgej of 30 years, or the annual payment of $23,70 ihe party insuring; contracts to pay at the death pf the insured whenever it may occur; the sum of $1000 to the widew or children of the deceased,- or any other person or per- sons who may have an interest In tho poliuyt When you consider the nuraoroua hazards attending human life, 'yod will readily per ceive that life insurance requires the security of the highest social culture to-maks it adt vantageous or even possible. Man will not be found to insure the lives of ethers -or to en tor into mutual life insurance in a state ofso-f oiety where-little or no respect is paid to law-, whero murders and assassinations are of frequent occurrence, or whers he standard of morals is such' that no confidence can - bar placed in the statements and declarations of men either in private or -offieial stations; ;at where the ordinary habits; and customs Of so eiety are unhiendly'to health and life. Hence the comparatively recent origin of this de- partment of Insurance-and thejlimited territorial extont of its operations, Lifb Insurance is one of the strongest indications of the progress of civilization, as it is one of the grat-est benefits which have-resulted from it The successful and extensive practice of Life In-i surance id any coantry furnishes indubitabla evidence of an existing, state of society whefo is to bj found a public as well ss a private conscience, and "where aa a natural conae quence commercial confidence prevails. All operations in Life Insurance have their foundation in public confidence. ; This is the case to some extent in Fire Insurance; but it is much -more so in Insurance on lives. - For policies of Fire Insurance have commonly but a short timo to .run, and never becomes a claim on; -the Company which issues them, unless a fire occurs during the limited period of their continuance; but those on life- may continue in force 30, 40, or even 50 years, and' must Inevitably st last be paid. Of a hundred housos insured, ninety-nine may never burn down ; but every one of a hundred lives insured will ultimately drop. Now it ia tho reasonable assurance amounting to .a moral cortainty that 'his money will ibs Safety in vested snd properly taken care Of for the benefit of his family; and lhai the Coihpawy in which he embarks will faithfully and promptly pay the policy whenovcr it shall mature, bo it sooner or later, that induces a wise and prudent man to procure sn insurance on his life. And tho most frequent Cause of' reluet- ance or hesitation to enter into Life Insurance will bo founds I apprehend, in the ' want of sufficient confidence in the system itself or in the perfect integrity of those Who- may have the management of these trust funds. The apprehension extensively prevails either that the Companies will ultimately become insol vent, or that advantage will be taker! of soma trifling flaW or om'i ion in the application, or other circumstances to evade thai-payment of the policies. Fire Insurance- Companies frequently fail, they say; why should not Life Companios? Such an event, should it ever occur, would' indeed be; one of (the mostdi. astrousto tho com-nuni y, tad most piej-' dicial to the social fabrio tht could posaibly happen. But a Life Insurance Company tablished on eorrect principle's, and conducted! by upright men familiar- With the I tube never fail. It has within it the elemonts o1 self-preservation and ?sell-porptstwn. I have very little duubt that there am a num ber of Life Corppanies in this ountry w.hic'i .roust ultimately either fail or trsn&fey. thtir policies to sounder -Compuriies and .find op. Cut a large number, probably a madesity ar favorably located, conducted ;on 'sound prin-i pics and 'managed in a co'Npi manner by-some of tho most honorab!e,ni trust-worthf men to be found in out 'country. Still, tfn fact that all are not erltitlod to the sao)e de gree of confidence, renders it highly impo. snt tbat every m.h Lv the communify shoul I obtain sufficient inlormat'oa on he subject to. enable. him to form sn independent judgrpen i for himself without rtljing Impljaitly on tbs statements of Fr.torcstod parties and s;poiallr of unksowri and Irresponsible sgents wbu may be canvassing tbe sountiy in behalf 0' distant tompaqies- It is my purpose, in ths course of this coirespordcnce to fir nlsh Such information sa far is lie in my fower. ,.And I feel the almost confidence that ths better the subject la understood, the mors, hfehly will Life Insurance be pprsJatsa and ih more extensively wift its benefit be sought t'YosrA;V- 1 ' " J.M '. Douglas is traveling about peddling Li Opinions as the ,tinman peddha his wares. The only excuse for him is thaj he is a small man,, he Jhas a right to be engaged in Small business, and small busipeas it is for . a candidate for tbe Presidency to bit trolling, around tho country.' begging for votes like., iv town constable. Albany Evening Journal. . ? v' i Tat Catisoa. The population of Ketr fodi. isf.82,000; Jersey City and Tloboken, 40,000; and! Brooklyn, 300,000; ; These sr to does together tbat thay may be considered! One city, with a population squat to Pa's The population of Cincinnati li 170 rJOQ. 4 1 1 it ?! 1::, ' h" Ui-iy.t;