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              i ''!. jauns-'SiK-.'r.VcriSa---: - -t iv'ru.rt-j'r.-: v..H-u-i .e-t At ;i-tk tin f'ta : r-.'.i r. . i '.' ; fV5 .i:'.lwvS-.';.y ) L. 1 1"- " V VI -1 f I t I J - 'j - t.' VOLUME XXIV. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO j -TUESD A NOAHEMBER '; ;27, 1800 - NUMBER 32. v jlifjl: altfay. Job VII, 10. At thit pom hu ben rarlsed, and difien eon- f kUrtblj frota th Buny relrd rieot of it, w jir H ntire in tb form which th author dodBts 'i molt eomrtlet '' " " ' ;- . - .... ; K ; -. - . ;. would BotllT lwj 1W alway hlow! i ... ' h, ao, IH not linger wbon bidden to-go; The dj of our pilgrimage granted ua hero : Are enough for lifa'n oe., full enough for its cheer: YfooM J ahrinlL. ioa tho path whieh the propbeU ot ' God, . ... . . :.; Apostles, na mttjrt, mo JojfuIIj trod? like spirit tinbleat, o'er the earth would I roam, ' While brethren and friends are all hastening home? I weald not live al way: I ask not to stay Where storm after storm rises dark o'er he way; Where seeking for rest we but hover around, Like the patriarch's bi.-d, and no resting is found; Where Hope when she paints her gay bow in the air, Leerree its brilliance to fade in the night of despair, And Jey's fleeting angel ne'er sends a glad ray, Save the glsam ef the plumage that bears hixa away; X would not lire alway thus fettered by sin, Temptation wilbeut and corruption within; In a moment of strength, if I sever the eh&in Scarce the victory's mine ere I'm captive again. E'en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fears, And the cap of thanksgiving with penitent tears: Tbe festival tramp ca)U forjabilant songs, But my spirit bee own euercr prolongs, . I wonld not live alway no, welcome, the tomb, Since Jesus hath Iain there, I dread not its gloom; Where Be decigned to sleep, 111 too, bow roy head, All peaceful to slumber on that hallowel bed. Then the glorious day brenk, to fuIIoV-.bat night, The orient gleaoaof the angelitrf light. With thefr-efcrtbn call for the sleepers to rise itoaveannt forth their matins, away to the skies. - Who, would live alwmy? away from his God, Away front yon heaven, that blissful abode,' Where the rivera of pleasure flow o'er ' tho brighs, And the noon-tide of glory eternally reigns; ' Where the "saints of all ages in harmony meet. Their Savior and brethren, transported to greet, . While the songs of salvation exultingly roll, And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul. That heavenly rootle hark ! sweet in the air . The notes of the harpers how clear ringing there! ' s4 see, soft unfolding those portals of gold. The King all arrayed in His beauty behold! . . Oh, give, me. Ob, give me, the wings of a dove, To adorn Him be near Him enraptwith His love; I bat wait for the summons, I list fur the word AUelnia Amen evermore with the Lord. ' ifscr HEW YORK AFTER DAEZ. Colonel Forney Makes an Exploration. He Sees Strange Sights and Tslls Carioas Stories. . - . Editorial Cor. of the Philadelphia Press. . New York, October 27, 1860. I have been sojourning in ihis vast human bive for several dajs past, and have fulfilled a long deferred promise to make a tour of those portions of the city in which the worst phases of poverty a.ad vice are to be witnessed. The task has not been a pleasant one. To see what I bave seen, and to bear up in the face of every variety of degradation, required a deal'of reso-lation ; bnt having resolved to go tl '.ougb with it, did not blanch from the hour of starting, boat eight o'clock last nibt, until, tired and "nauseated, I reached thy hotel at two o'clock this morniog, too glad to eojoy the necessary renovation of a bath, and a sleep, refreshing', it is trte, but crowded who dreams of the horrid aights and scenes whieh bave just passed before toy eyesi Having secured the friendly and necessary aid of two exceUeat detectives attached to the ad mi rable police, fix of as, making the whole party eight in all, issued forth upon our mission. - The tSrst place we reached was the police station-hottse near the Metropolitan. As we entered, ons of those sad trials was taking place that are only too common in New York. Two unfortu- siate f iris were arranged before the lieutenant of police on a charge of disorderly conduct. Tbe lieateoant, who acted in the doable capacity of clerk and judge, first heard the story of the officer who had tbe as ia ebargw. j T watched the man's cold, stoBy ay his pale, faded face and soon realized that familiarity with his occupation had wholly blunted his sensibilities: Hj paid tittle attVation to the defence) of the paieted, overdressed creatures before him, but entered their names and ages on his book, and their, with a hard metatio voice, directed the officer to take tiem ieUw( lock them np, and let them have no 0h, for tha love of God," said one of the girls, tears iher eyes, as she' turued from the impassible neotenant to the strange spectators fof the love of God, not below, hot dmcn there I have done wothing but drink a little more than I'oaghF to tare done." Her veil was np. She tad bee handsome once; and a sweet smile had cot wholly fled from her face. Perhaps she bad left some happy bona to hide her shame : perhaps aome aeking hsart ws breaking for bert far"away-'perhaps she had nobody to care for het.3.-A.U I if she is ; now sought, she will be fou nd, probably, down " below 'h er fortdne, berbrtune, like ber cell, "dark," and her fate unlighled, kat bj the mercy of a redeeming Goi' lief companion4 was closely -veiled, and followed tier, into Jthe.: cellar prison with silent and jtreasbling steps.-s,- : " ; We taroed from this rather sorrowful opening; ;gofJ:in'w viir,'cajrtl8gea , end diov (o the lower wards i ill is soma fifteen: years since, nndeiaix escort5 faniiibed b j :. in j fcxcellent friend i iTftUell thai' I passed ioag ? these rrow aueeta and stifling alleys. There has been a great char for the btteK ' Tte pfd. IB.Vwery has' given, waj to Zluaj9 iisase sod a-sort of boms for chif. dre-widKrap parents; "WaVefadases and granite stores are springing Jip in pew and crowded thor ougbfarea. .Bat there is jet rooro.HeaTen knows. for still greater ehanges. Mors than a-year I gave'jWf short experience: of high" hotel 1lf ia this 'cliff and spwksi of the almost exact sfmu larity between thai people of that time,' io'tfaeJ oreoos .salooosfand " weep! bgl halls pf those utleL.'oa asliore, and the people who flirted, fi aad flaUsrtd ia Uia largt hotels of New r.Troruj mot mm York, ten years before. And if I had not known that Death had been busy since my last noctnr nal visit to tbe haunts of : lower life, gathering his ham n harvest, I could have almost sworn that the faces and figures, the riot and rage, the filth and profanity of last night were the same that had saddened and startled me before, The evening was a Kveiy one. mere was a young moon in a clear sky, and the atmosphere was soft and cool. Tbe " close lanes were crowded with a mixed mass of men, women and children not those that swept in and Surged along Broadway, but another race, probably as; indir' ferent to Broad way -was to tbem. Jlusic was heard frort almost every " door; glasses were ciiukingj and abovethe: din cf' voices, the tones of-tbcLgentlef sex were beard as the octave flute is beard in the full orchestra. Let us enter one of these dens. First in the ginshop, with a stoat woman as the pre8idirt; divinity, Who welcomes as with no pleasant air, bat who does not refuse admission wben she sees the protecting "stars" that shine benignantly at our side. Next, the . ball room I Not a ; bad copy of other saloons with more pretensions. At the extreme end Is a balcony, or box, io which are a v;olin, a claronet' and ' fife, each with a bloated lace behind it, and the trio are produc ing a sort of a drunken cotillion. The set is be ing formed, 'the woman are first in position, each with her partner, generally invited by herself. The men are generally heavily begrimmed and beehiskered j and among them two who do not look to be over eighteen. "Most of these," said our guide, "are known to be burglars; and that felbw at full length on the side bench, is supposed to have been gnilt of at least three marders. That woman las had five husbands the last is at sea and she will soon have another; and that young fellow, with the light cap, who dances so gracefully, and is dressed so well, is one of tbe most expert pickpockets in the conn, try." We left the nsual fee; bat were informed that the girts could not get ffin till the ball wa over. : ' ' v'v The tigress at the bar kept tbefn sober on light potations till this part of their slavery was performed. These frail sisters are mostly attached to these booses' as so many ' fixtures, paying "so mucbweek for their board,(at least five dollars), which they must earn at the double sacrifice of b)dy and soull I heard some stories of the way they are treated by their overseers, who are too often fiends in the shape of men; how they are driven out when when they yield to the temptations around them ; bow they are forced to sub-wit to the most inhuman brutalities ; and how, in otter desperation, more than one finds peace in o erlr.xni'e, witttng' vtctrmxo " the vice she has labored to resist, or to that longing for dt-ath which is gratified by poison or tbe knife. But I will uot repeat these details; for sooth to say, if they were fit to tell, they would not be be lieved, familiarly notorious as they are here. In one of these dens where gin was not prohib iled, I saw a child, of not more than six years, stupid with rum its eyes half closed -in drunkenness, and its little fce bloated: ''; ''For God's sake, give me some air," said one of our party ' I cannot stand this a moment longer." Wait, oh, over-delicate and squeamish friend! You will cry for "air" presently with a aincerer zeal. We are as yet only in the vestibule of tbe mysteries. . What we have to see lies farther on in the night. Be patient, and do not let thy gorge ri6 too soon. " Stoop here and take care of your watches." 'This," said our kind policeman, is tbe resort of those who get gin at a cent a glass! Enter ! Gracious God! and are these tby creatures? Ranged on : benches, in a narrow cave, are the victims of this infernal traffic. They are all worse than idiots. There is not one of them who has intelligence enough to contend for equality with a ; monkey. They glare at you ..with meaningless eye; they gibber through trembling and qnivering lips, and trj to arrest yoa with weak bands &8 you pass. If they converse with each othen it is like a conversation with baboons. "This," said our guide, toaching the shoulder of a man who, with hands' in his pockets, gazed vacantly opon as; "is a good mechanic, who can earn good wages if he chooses, but every now and- then be breaks oat into a frolic, and here is the place he comes to spend bis leisure in. - "I am. sorry, Ben," he said, turning to the man, "to see yon here again." The poor fellow bowed his head and left the den. : As U was growing-late, we were invited by our escort to took at some of the lodging rooms in the neighborhood.'7 With lantern in hand, which served to make his etar" visible, and to show the way to rickety sUirs, we descended into a deep cellar; On opening the door, there steamed" np such a stench as made as recoil as before a blow, creating indescribable sensations breath-tag, it might be, infectious disease. The first sight that .'met 'our eyes was a baby. calmnly asleep in its cradle, watched over by a Wer-eyed and drunken motber, who greeted os with a laugh, asd pointed to the inner chamber. where was a sight that only the pen of a Dickens, or tbe pencil of a Wilkie coold describe. ?' Tbe evening was not cold, but the keeper of this airless hole bad lit a fire in a dilapidated stove, which seemed to increase the stench that filled'lhV plaie as with ctcudr Piled on ben-ehes, packed epon shelves, lay haman beings . happily, op to this time all meir some asleep, some glaring npoa OS like' wild beasts, and all apparently mieeable.' The proprietor sat between the bunks, smokisg bls pipe and answering ques tions. ,T,fw' '1 ". ' i !i 6 Isv another of shesVJeatMbmDsV (for so they may well be caHed; ihe .living bodies exhaling an odor m putrid as if tbe bodies were asT dead a tbe sensibilities they feebly eurfounded,) tberf was stUl more hideous night. - Here husbands isd wi ves for so let ns believe them tor be lav iogeiber iVick; dog whined in a eorner.keeptng op an unearthly yell, and makiug as shud3er"be' fore the snperstiUod that greets such a sound! as the' forerunner of 'death j and betweea bis' agon'' liiog wair aod the caries oi tbe men and wooieo around me, I though for a rsoment that I was ia a lesser PasdsmoBiam. . "Gentlemen, are you satisfied?"' said pur. kind guardian.' ' " . "" ' . .','" : . . "Yes, more than satisfied said a Philadelphia frii nd by my side, who only ''stock" to me because I should have upbraided him-for his desertion. , ' . ; : . Following our "star", in single file .we began to ascend a building of some three , pr four. stories. .along dark entries, up creaking stairs, and thro gloomy passages, until we came to a room at which the "officer knocked loudly. For some mo ments there was no answert but at last a grufi voice cried out: "Who's ther? "An officer." "What do you wanl?" "I w a ut to see jou. I'ye got company for jou," ,. , .... : "' '. "They shall not come in; they. have no bust ness with me. I tell you I'll not open the door." : The officer turned to us, and , said j. "Here is an old customer who knows his legal rights- I wish l could show you his crib, but I will. not break open his door. f ' -1 . , - , . v '. ." -' " vn anoioer story ne naa Jess aitncaity. At a single rap tbe door opened, and there stood be fore ns a negro more .hideous in bis ngliness auu mom (.errioie in nis appearance than l can describe. A, mingling of what one reads of Fag in and Sykes; a combination of craft and of sensual! ty; a brutalized idea of a vulgar Shyluck and an inhuman bully. , : . f ''Well, Tobe," said our guide, how are you to-night, and how are your wives?"' Pretty well, thank you, sir," he , responded. bowing, and pointing to a corner, where, on a single pallet, with an unoccupied space between. lay two white femdla who bad once been women, and now were brutes. It was now verging upon the small hours, and e turned our attention to the station houpe of another ward. On our way the officer picked up a little boy, with what seemed to be a cigar box slung oyer bis shoulder a boy not more than five years old. He was without father or mother; had been peddling his candies and begging bis pennies since, morning, and seemed to be glad to be captured; because, all guiltless as be w3, he might thus secure a resting place for the night. Our officer , io formed us it was no uncommon thing for children, from ten to fourteen, to be accomplished as - pickpockets, and to make a business of asking alms; but this little, fellow was not of the class. We carried him to the station-house, and mtde ample compensation to him for our indifference, because those we had just seen seemed to care for no human sympathy or assistance. The lieutenant at this station kindly threw open the door of the lodging rooms, and of the cells for prisoners taken up during the night. In one of these rooms we counted thirteen wo. men homeless and friendless creatures, who bad there sought shelter. Some were asleep, and those who waked drew their shawls over their bare heads to avoid the gaze of the visitors. One held in b'er arms a child about two years old, whose little pale face and attenuated .limbs indicated that the sands of life were fast running out, and that Providence intended to rescue it from the fate of the poor wretches around it. . Oatside of the small and close cell, on benches, were stretched other women. Not a few of their countenances showed past beauty of no ordinary character. The black, glossy hair of one, her white teeth, and her finely-chiselled features were evidence that, young as she was, she had flaunted her brief day as. queen among her class. But she, too, was not long for this life. At the end of the corridor was a room some, what larger, occupied by the men lodgers. Here the degradation, was more apparent. The braised and bloated faces, the shoeless feet, tbe filth, and noisome smell that exhaled from their bodies, created a sensation of indiscribable nausea. Tbey were packed in like herring, all, without exception, the victims of drink and its attendant vices aad crimes. '' : ' Down stairs were cells ia which. the, prisoners of the night were- confined sentenced on vari-oas charges; some for drunkenness and others for theft and burglary. On one of the hard pallets a woman was reposing. She 'roused up at our approach and began to weep and moan in the most heart-rending manner. Next door to ber was a mother with a child in ber arms. ' One cell contained three men. My attenu'oa was oalled to one of these, an aged man, who came forward and protested thai his companion was killing him. "He has beaten me," said the man "for the last two hours, I am here for nothing; I have committed no crime; I have seen better days. For the sake of humanity take me oat of this place." His appearance was sustained by the appearance of bis tormentor a young and stalwart Irishman, with hideous face, who poured oat a torrent of profane vituperation opoo the old man. The other officer teleased the latter, aavid tbe most earnest expressions of gratitude. v The station houses seemed superior to those of Philadelphia. The accommodations for . the of ficera are neat and convenient; the hall itself large and well ordered, and the whole economy of the place admirable. Most of the lieotenants are men of education and character, snd the discipline oi the rank and file of the police seems to be exact and severe. ' A record is kept of all those who are lodged and confined; their ages.' sex, ocoapation and residence. , The majority of the guilty and the poor seemed to be males, but the proportion of females was frightfully ! large. The adventures of these unfortunates would furnish a startling commentary npoa the scarcity of female employ ment, and rtbe inadeqaacy of female wages; Attracted to New York, they run brier career, after aar brief'si, resistance to the allurement's af vice, D(i die an early death. "' The. history of,a joang- girl, irons an adjacent t Tillage wai told to ns." ' She was- extremely love 1yj; bat fond of dress srftd admiration, wis induced on one 1 occasion to pay a visit to? Ne W York,!)! Vman who represented himself as a merchant. ant) proved ld boagaajbler: 5eoeverretdrned lo be happy borne,' bat 'became "anr in mate 'of one of the Mercer street houses, : where she re mainea fo some two years. At the end of tli time she had contrived to save some fifteen bon dred dollar a, and then resolved to change ber course in life, and to Jive uppn ber )Ut1e fortune At that moment the tempter again appeared, f io the person of ber seducer. She loved him ar dently, and, with a woman's confidence,' ufren dered to bis keeping her money, on the promise it shbald be repaid fivefold.. She never saw him more, "and bow," said tbe officer, sbe is almost a nigbUy occupant of one of bur cells.' " loose who have reaa the works of Dickens will remember how he delineates the mjUery of thiev ing in all us vanetieafthe skill and dexterity of tbe London burglars; the utter degradation, even of chiMren of bjtb sexes, retired amid evil asso clations, and the difficulty'of detecting' the' really guilty; New,Yorkcannot, of Coarse, eqnalLon- don in this respect, but it has many represents' tlves worthy tbe peri of theI illustribas .BoAof ecd otes 'are' ' rel a ted . of. boja of te o. years j who make tbe -circuit of tbe city, day an.d night, with violin and tarn bonne, and retara with conside rable harvest, taken from the pockets of their audiences', air of whiisb, io torn, is counted over to their r leader, whs pxercises a brutal tyranny over his. youthful followers, , ) , : . The nationalities of the habitues of the part of New York that we visited are American, Ger man,-nd Irish, Of course American rowdyism is there represented in its worst phases, but the fondness for liqnor seemed to show itself less among the Germans. .Those who resort' to the German dens prefer lager beer; while in other quarters we noticed that gin, whisky, and other poi9onons decoctions were the favorite beverages. Our next and last visit was to the negro bead- quarters. .Down stairs a table, the second floor a coffin warehouse, the third a ball room and a bar I' The contrast was entirely in favor of the colored ladies and gentlemen. The room was cleaner, the females better dressed and better behaved, and the men looking healthier and more alert. A large party occupied the floor as we entered. Tie music was good, and the dancers more decerns than that we bad seen. Among those who participated, we noticed four young white men, apparently clerks from neighboring stores. They seemed to be much consternated at the appearance of the officers and the straog-era. B it they worried through the dance, and took the first opportunity to escape. Leaving a fee with the woman who had charge of the place, we returned lo our - carriages, aud reached our quarters, tired, jaded and depressed. Fhiladeiphia has its sore spots, like Now xork. The Press lately published a very faithful daguer reotype of the condition of the degraded in Bedford, Baker and Spafford streets. But no euch sights appal the senses in our city as those which are so common in New York. . If time had permitted, we should have given more evenings to the examination of other places. What , we saw was but a portion of th city. : When we lefv oor hoteVeriy in the venin?, Broaitwsjr, in a ftrihXjwdolgTrgtit, was'"' tMowoecr with foot passengers.? The street was covered with carriages and vebibles of all descriptions. Streams of light poure from guy stores, and joy and comfort seemed to abound. When we returned that vast thoroughfare was deserted and quiet. The contrast between . the close and stifling alleys we had left and this Splendid -ave nue, stretching for rovles through tbe heart of the great metropolis, was strangely suggestive. How few of those whe flaunted on Broadway cared for their human brothers and sisters, per ishing within five minutes' walki Beyond, and in the aristocratic portion of the city, in tbe 5th Avenue, where for nther miles, stretch lordly palaces, crowded . with luxurious adornments. and occupied bv those whose wants are anticipated, and whose tastes vitiated bv an excess of wealth, there is a-criminal indifiference to ;tbe Buffering poor. Little of the vast revneues coined in speculation and in trade is diverted to their relief. The annua contribution to a fash ionable church, the frequent presents to a popular preacher may be said to be the Hsoal limit of the charities of tbe rich. In their eyes penury is crime, and one poverty-stricken wretch de tected and confined is made an excuse forjreclu-ding tbe whole class. How much such a man as Astor might do to alleviate the distressed and to rescue the degraded I One month's -income set apart every year, of his almost conntless wealth, devoted to the payment of a volunteer force, instructed to provide -; lodgings for those who stroll, these streets nigbtend day, expeod-ed for tbe gathering in of tbe iatherlesa childrea ; who, having none to care for them, beg and steal that they may live, to the cleansing of the narrow lanes in the neighborhood of tbe Five Points, to4he removal or purification of thetumble-down tenements in which hundreds hide themselves wonld confer more.; lasting.- honor upon bis nr.me than gifts ostentatiously , bestow, ed for doubtful purposes,. . . J.. W.' F. - Daniel Webster on Peaceabla Secession' A Thrilling Speech.; , In his last great speech in the Senaft, jon the 7th of March, 1850, Daniel Webster thoa spoke of secession : :" ' ,; ' " - : Mr. President I should much prefer to have heard, from everv member on this floor; declarations of opinion that this Union coold d ever be dissolved, than the declaration of opinion by any body,- tlet, ia any-case, nnder the pressure of any circumstances, auch a dissolution was possible. I bear wjtk disUesaand anguish tbe word "Secession,"1 especially when it falls from the lips of those who are patriotic, and known to' the country, an.d knowo all over the world, for their political services. Secession . . Peaceable secession I Sir, your eyes aud mine are never destined to see that miraele. The .dismkmber.. meat of'this vast country wi thoa t eooyu&feon 1 The'breaki pgu p of -the. faa ntaitie jof i & 9 Q re at Deep without ru&ling Uie surface 1 y Who"' is ao foolish, I beg -every body' pafdon," as' lo'expect to see an'sucV thing ? 'Sir, bet whbNees these States, noflf revolving ia barmon; around common center, and expects to see them quit their places and fly off; without convulsion, mkf: look thweit'ooar ict'jaeetkehea from their spaeres an josUe agaJnit each other in the ; realms f space without cahsing the wreck' ofabe 'Universe. l!-!'Tre"e1tf"b:e"io,"Bc1' thing as peaceable secession.' 'Peaceaolef eeces' sio4 is an 'otyerimpcsibilityiI ftitutiotr under, which, we . ljva coverio this whole country e it to bt "thawed atJiJr melted ft way by secession; as the knows on the. mountain melt nnder tbe in2 aence ofa ernl 6 1 iT. dl sap-' pear afmo unbbserveiar.'i run bj? 1 'Ifolsir i I will not state what mfghr produce "tite'djsrop-tion of the Union; but; jir, I see as 'pU."oly as 1 see the son in heaven what that disruption itself oust prod ocsa, lee that it niusl prodnce war, and 'sack a war as I will not describe, in it two fold character.5' r -?t -:. -.'?.".. ','.'--r-;-v - Peaceable secession 4 ; Peaceable secession 1 The concurrent agreement of all the .members of this great Republic to seperate f A" vblunta-ay separation, with alimony on the one side and on the other I Why, what wonld be the result? Where is the line to be drawn ? What 'Sutes are to secede? What is to remain American ? What am I to be ? An American' no longer ? - wvvuuic n E3v..)V7Lim iunii lUtlll Ulan, a separatist, with no country in common :witb tbe gentlemen who fill the other bouse of Con gress ?: Heaven forbid I " Where is the tlig of the Republic io remain ? Where is the eagle Ull to tower 7 Or is be to cower, and shrink. and fall to the ground ? Why, sir, our ancestors Lenr fathers and our grandfallers, those "of them tbat are yet living 'among ns with prolonged lives, would rebuke and reproach us, and our children and our - grahdchildrtn would cry out ahanse opoo ns, if we of this generation' should dishonor these ensigns of the power of the government and the harmony of that Union which is every day felt among ns With so much joy and gratitude. -. . Gen. t Jackson, on Iffollification. Tbe following is an extract from Gen. Jack son's proclamation to the' people of South Carolina, when that State "nullified :" But the dictates of a higher duty oblige me solemnly to announce, that yOu. cannot -succeed. The law of the United States must be executed. I have no discretionary power on the subject; my duty is emphatically announced in the s Con. stitotion. Those who told yoa thstyoa .might peaceably prevent their execution, deceived yon they could not have been deceived themselves. , - - . - --Their obj act is disunion but be not deceived by names. Disunion by armed forces is treson l Are you really readj . to incur this guilt ? If you are, on the b-ad of the instigators of the act be tbe dreadful consequences on their heads be the dishonor . ' - - - . " .. Snatch from the archives of your State the dis organizing edict of this convention. . " '.- . Tell them that, compared to disunion all oth er evils are light because that brings with it an accnmulatiom of all declare that yon will never take the fielJ unless the Star Spangled Ban ner of your country shall float over yoa that you will not be stigmatized when dead, and dis honored and scorned while yon live, as the au thors of tha first attack on lK Pnnnitrti-- --r your country ! Its destroyers you cannot be. You may diitnrb its peace you may interrupt the course of its prosperity you may cloud its reputation for stability but its tranquility will be restored its prosperity will return, and the strain upon its national character will be transmitted, and re-nain an eternal blot on the memory of those who caused the disorder. Signed by the President, . ANDREW JACKSON". Edwa-id LirixGSToy. Secretarv of Slate. . The Right of Secession, The Soutn-rn disnnionist journals are laying" great stress 011 their assumed right to secede.- They are very fond of asserting that is only a partnership of Stales from which any' one member may secede at wi 11. 1 Thev forget, apparently, that this very question was raised and decided before the adoption of tbe Constitution. New York was unwilling to accept that instrument and join the Union which it created, unless she could terminate her connection with it at pleasure. ' Her proposal was to join for five or six years,'' with the right then to withdraw if she desired. Alexander Hamilton was inclined to favor tha compromise, and wrote to Madison , in regard to it, ftfttn Poughke'epsie,Julj, 1788, ia these terms "You will underslaod that tht only qualification vnU be a reservation af the rights la .. recede, in case oar amendments have not been decided npon, in one of the modes pointed out by the Constitution, within a certain number of years, perhaps five or seven. . If this can, in the first instance, be admitted as a ratification, I do not fear further consequences. Congress will , I presume recommend certain amendments to render the structure of the government more secure. This will satisfy the more considerate and honest oppoeers of. the Con'rtitution, and with the aid of them will break op the party. - --'' ; ; . ' : Yours, affectionately, u ,-,- . -;A HAMILTON." : And here Is "Madison's reply V" Nrw York, Sunday eveningi ' ' Mr DcHtSra Yours of yesterday is this in- slant at hand,' and I have but a -few -minutes to answer it, I am sorry that your situation obliges you to listen to propositions of tbe nature you describe.; My opinion is that a reservation of a right to withdraw, if amendments be. not. decided on under the form of the Constitution with in a certain time, is a -conditional ratification ; jthat it: doe not make New York a- member of the oewUniin, and consequently that she should not be received on that - plan. Compacts- must be reeiprocat; this priociple would sot in such case be preserved. The Constitution require an adoption in iota and Foaevsa. It has been so adopted by the other -States, i iAn adoption for a limited, time.woul.be as defective as ao. adop lion of some of the articles only, . In short, .anr condition whatever must vitiate the ratification -What thd h'eVCbiigjreal.'by.Vrrtto to adroit-new States,' may be able and -disposed tq do in Such t case, I di oot inqaire.and I snp"' pose that is not tbe material point at' present:, J ' bave not a moment to add more than my Ter-ent wishes forr-your sxrtft5fe'Ss"abd bappTness.- TJtideaof resenirig Hhe1 yigld to ictthdrato'vas started at Richmond, ani considered a a.condt-tionaTatificaiiotty which iw ' itself abandoned -worse lhari rejection; '' 3 :i- - !-'.; ' " i -airYoarsJ- w ' Jamks -Mipiso.' ' : I New York finally "abandoned her claim," and -adopted tbe ConstUut!onfj"oo, andFoaxxra. And so did all; the'- ether; States.' Not one - of thera has any right to 'secede', or "to ; wi'.hdraw frbia the obligations aijd "responfiiVilitles' of tl Union, In the language of 'Judge Spencer Roane, -'President-'of- the Electoral College of Virgioia in lC3,"it is treason lo ssoede-" T. Timet. : nmrrrnir " loxiotibBi ;- 3Xo as -'' . .ELECTION IN AFRICA. ' - Galnest Bedeerned! Seneambla Rejfene- Tated Cimbebae Disenthralled! Ethlo- pian WideAwake! Those who rely on popular .intelligence,' bave not been disappointed in the vote of Africa, Guinea has spoken for Freedom!., The, Guinea Niggers, Guinea Hens, and Guinea Pigs, were allowed to vote; and every man, . every ben. and every pi. votd for .Abraham Lincoln.. .They won't go for Douglas in Guinea, because he's a drunkard. ..-."..- .... . . , ; . . In SenegamLi the L'rttle Giant was discarded because he repealed the Missouri Compromise. The Seoegambians will never sustain aman who violates plighted faith. They sny, likewise, that tbej will pot vote, for; a dough-(ace. Senegam-biakas taken her stand, by the side of Massachusetts.. . . . .. .. . . ; In Cimbebas, the . popular ialelligence con- demaedi Mr. Douglas. because bis coat tail is so nar the ground. Bv tjie way; the Supreme" Court of Cimbebas decided, during tbe; past summer, that monkeys are while male citizens of Africa, and as such entitled to vote, hold office, U on juries, and send their children- to the common schools. The Montevs were known to be for Lincoln; and the Cimbebasians ssr.t Wida A. akes inlo the depths of tbe forest, chased the monkeys off the cocoa trees and supplied them with Liucoln Tickets. The 'Judge ' referied to has .been re electe.djiy the monkey vote. It was a spleo splay when, the newly enirancbised male citizens of Africa, thronged the polls of Cimbe bas; voting for Free Speech, Free Soil, and Free Men. Returns from . Ethiopia are not full; but it is believed that Lincoln has received all the suf frages of the governing classes in that country. From bouth Africa we learn that the friends of freedom had some difficulty: with .our glorious ticket. A malicious and unprincipled doughface democrat, sent a portrait of Lincoln into the country; whereupon the Hottentots called a tre mendous mas? meeting, every man of-them arm ed with a peeled hickory club, and they all swore they would n't vote for so ugly a wretch as Old Abe. But the Hottentot vote was won at last by the emfaent native orator, Soarl Cur,- who per suaded them that the candidate tor . VifcS President wis the elephant Hannibal. iorortd bv the elephant Hannibal, import 'BI una tuCILlJlB DOIU tET'edu uca'ted in Africa. . Arrangements are making for a Grand Jubi teeoTer the Republican victory by the Native Africans, on which occasion, Ten Mitsionaries will be Roasted, and Iwentr Tbonsaad t.allon of Dog Soup be served ia Sbeepskin Dottles. r " - The Congo Republican, edited by Sambo and Sambo, publishes a spirit stirring communication from a famous ring-tailed baboon, concluding thus: . - ' 'Let every Hottentot come from bis bole and partake of Dog Soup and Hoast Missionary' No doubt there will be an lnQla 'splay.' Logan Gazette. - - The Bench and the Bar in Texai. Jedson T. Miller, of South Carolina, was a Judge of the District Court in Northern Texas, fond of a joke, but very decided in his discharge of duty. - Thomas Finnio Smith was a practising lawyer at the bar, acd having shamefully misstated tbe law in his address to the jury accordingly. The Judge was indignant, and replied - ' . . ' . : ' "Does the counse take the Court to be a fooif Smiih was not abashed by the reproof, but instantly repohded : '"I treat ypqr Honor will not insist on an answer to that question, as I might, in answering it truly, be" con sidereiT guilty of contempt of Court." ' . "Fine the-counsel ten dollars, M'Clerkf' said the Judjei ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' Smith immediately paid tEe money, and remarked that ft was tea dallars more than; the Court could show, ' "Fine the counsel dfty'doNaWl" said the Jude. The fine was entered by the Clerk, and Smith not being ready to respond in that sum, sat down. The next morning, on the opening of the Court Smith rose, and with much deference, addressed tbe Judges ; . :. .- . ; , :. - ; . "Ma? H pleaSe your honor, the Clerk took that ittle joke cf yours, yesterday, about fifty dollars, as 'serious,' as I perceive from the reading .of the minutes. Will your Honor be pleased to inform him of his error, and Lave it erased?", v ;- The coolness of the request and tbe implied apology, pleased the Judge, and he remitted the fine.' : .-' " ' "r . -- . " ; . . Judge Williamson', or Three-legged Willie, as he was familiarfy called, was one of the early Judges of Texas.'' In his Court, a lawjer by the oame of Charlton, stated a point of law and the Court refused to admit the: coansela . sUtement as soGScient proof.. ; ; i; :' -a'--tT : "Your jaw, eir,": jaid the Judge; give tu the book and page, sir.H. ; T . . I j "This is my.law, air," .said Charlton, pulling oat a pistol; "aod this, sir, is my book," drawing a bowie-kaife; "and that is the page," pointing the pistol toward the Conrf. . - l. - .'"v "Yoorlaw knot;good. air," said the unroQed Jedge; thepe pes authorityia Colt on Hjrolv. era," and he bTooght ..a slrehootePjnsUntly to bear on the head of "the toansei; who dodged the rinl bf the argume :Oa aabtJer1 occasionilihe Jodgeeconcladed the tnal of a murierer by sentenciog lira to. be hong thaf vefy4 day: c ' Ar petition" was Jmmediatejy sign-1 ed by the bar, jury and people, prayiog that longer time miht be granted the poor prisoner. The Jad-e repJied to the 'petition "that the mag had boon found guil'jj the jail was veryjinsafe, and besidesyit was so, very .uncorafarble, he Ci not thing any snao ought to be . required to stay in it longer than was necessary." The man was atrn. An Irish. Letter. , - Vr 'DaVun, Swate Ireland; 1 Uctober the two. - J r Dearie ffa: I JMuln"!. sent" ye a lether siofii the last, time I wrote to ye, because we bave'mov. ed from' the former -place- of living and didn't know where a lether would find ye; bat I now with pleasbre takl'up my rn to inform you ef the deta of yer own livin uncle, Kilpalrick, who died very suddenly last wake a ft her a Ungeria' illness pf sex wakes. 'The poor man was ia violent eonvulshnns the- wh.Je time rf bis il.'nesst lying perfectly quiet all the while aad packless intirely, talkiu' incoherently, d erf in for wa' ther. ,1 had co opportaoityi ot mformin ye ia his deth, sooeer, exceipt I wrote to ye be the last post, which wint two days brre his deth, andt then'ye'd had the postage to pay.' - I'm at a grate loss ta tell what hie deth v oocarhaned by f but I fear it was by his last sickness. He niver was well ia tin days together in the whole time of his con fine merit, but be that as it will, as looa as he breathed his last the doctber gave tap all hopes of his recovery. - I needn't tell ye anythlas about his age,' for ye will know that in Hay nix he would ha veil) sea tweatyfiveyears onld baria ' tie months, and had he. Jived till ' that time lev would have bin aex. months dead' His propeit is very considerable; It devolves, upon hie aixt kin; Who ia dead some time .since, so that I ex pict it will be divided between ns, acd thin be dear' tatty,' y e'll get two thirds of the whole; acd ye know that he had a fine estate, which wes sold to pay his debts, and. the . remainder he lost on the herse race.- But it was-the opinion of all the ladies prisent that he would have won the race if the horse be ran aiainst hadn't been too fast for him bad "nek. ta.. the paste, ..Bat poor soul, be -will niver ate or dhrink more. And now Larry, my dear boy, ye hava't relashnn' in tha wide world exceipt meself and yer two cocsens that wre liilt 111 the last war. But I can't dwell upon this mournful subject but will sale this lather with black ealin' wax, and put on yer node's coh of arms. ' ' So I beg ye not to brake the sale when ye open the lether until three or four daye afiher je resaye it be that tim.e..je will be prepared for the moornful tidinge- Yer onld swathsart, Mary, sinds her love to ye unbeknown to me. When the bearer of this ar rives in Hamilton, ax him . for this lether, and if he dosn't know which one it is, tell him that it is the one that spahes of yer. ancle's deth, and U saled in black. - , ; '":'---Yer affecuhunate'atint, v, '' '" ; ' ' : ' Jupt O'Haluqis.1 T t,w Q'Halliraw. ; " " " Wine Baths in Paris. An American traveller in the streets of Paris, seeing the words, "Wine baths given here," ex. claimed: . . "Well, these French are a' luxurious peopleT Then with true Yankee curiosity acd the feeling; that he could a fiord whatever any one else did,, walked in and demanded a 'wine bath.' Feeling wonderfully refreshed after it, and, having to pay hot five francs, be asked, in some , astonishment, how a wine bath could be afforded so cheaply! His sable attendant had been a slave in Virginia, and enjoyed a sly bit of humtff , and thus replied: - Oh massa, we just pais It along Into anntids der room, where we give baths at four franca. "Tbeo throw it away, I presume?" , "No masse; den we send it lower down and charge three franco a bath. Der's lots of people ? who ain't so berry particular, who will bathe ia it " after this at two francs a head. Den, massa, vs let common people have it at one franee apiece.' "Then of course you throw it awaj," exclain-ed t he traveler, who tho't this was going even be : yond Yankee profit. .; 'No indeed, massa,' was tne indignant feplyv. accompanied by a profound bow; "no indeed massa, we're not so 'stravagant . aa dat com a te . We jest bottle up and send it to 'uierlca forchaaa-Pn-, ' , .' - -tSF "'Pompdy, said a darkey, coming np f a similar specimen of animated nature, tbe otbef day, ."I wauts .to r propose to yoa a qoestioa. which hab ob late dislocated my unders tan ding.: . "Well, snowball, what am de knowledge yoa would have dis'learned "niggah impart to your benighted mental imagination; for I spaciate on beauties of de workin' subetanee inside de head frenoxious " ; 'j No.no! Pompey, tsfnt dat at .all. I'll te! I you now, 'if you'll be still. . .- . Make harry, for dis nig am in "a haste." 'Wail, lis dw: Spose I marriee a yallar galp and lobs her berry-nsuch; aad some, day I get ; sick, aoc die, and goes to beabeii, and arterJa while anoder greast nigger cuius long and roar3 ries my. old woman, and lubs her, too; now, I , wants to know, arter dey both die, and come ta j Heabeni which of de toiler is.lo have iny wench"? ? Pompey stood thoygbtfully fur a moment, thea ! looking Snowball in the face, and reverently sha f king his bead, replied: ' .--,' . . '.. "Mv friend, if vour wifa and her man ci tnr! ' good land y u need hab no fear, for you won't be 1 aar to pics any muss. . v . ' ' - - When yoa hear a ne a ote station sly lament " leg bia ."defective education," it's a sign be think himself "a devil of a fellow,' for all that. ; , Whea you hear a woman saving. fcitaa.TitF Sally Brown is so horoelv." it's a sim she thicks . her own daughter is "on the conuary, quite the reverse;"' - - - - . t Wberyyon heara man often complainin thai a his newspaper is ''horribly atupid, and not at sl j edited as it ought to be it 'a a siga (ten to cce t that he is considerably ia arrears on the sulscrip-' lion. . ' - ' ' l': ' 1 When you hear a worran"lnveighTrg puhlicly against "the marriage aiate ee it-is,' its a iga she never tried it or. if she has, ma-ried a rraa whose wife was probably as much ia f n"l at h;a- , f . i2A confirmed bachelor oses the following ; argn meat against matnmpoyr - - - Calico- i great proei p tef of laxiness. . IT". voong men wish to arroTHij'.isb anvtbinr of rao . ment, either With teal or hand, tbey oust ". clear of tha lou'latica' entirely. A fair of i . . ' iipr,e piax wa.sf,- i::,r w:Lci, a pew . t.-two delicate; tisis; wiU.d ei tsnch -totr.".'.. 1 a tnau as thre fj vers, tSe enease'a, a f - i , hooping eojb. a rairof loc s-jiws, t?Tt . I dropbobias.'aad tbe doctor's t;!". ': And this as one of tie ress. s: ; - j 'tJen, tfit'$ tie very way wiih jn," f ? t 3 I . despairing wife; "when we were Cr&t rr -:'-'fi - you used to say, "Put your little (ootsy lev : j cr to mine and keep them warm bow, it's Both ng hut "take away t&em a a eoid Aoqfs cj your'nP - ;