Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1849 : Weekly), 1853-07-19

              itSFmnJ .. jfrfaaaT VOLUME XLIII. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1853. NUMBER 47. lUcckii) Oljio State Journal 18 PUBLISHED AT COJ.UMBDB EVERY TUBDAY 110IININO, IT BCOTT BASCOM, JOUUtll BDIlDIMQIi BIQH M Kitt Rlim BNTUITCI Oil . TERMS Inrarinbty fit arfvaflc Id ColambuB, f 2.00 . yw i by mall. Sl.W j clubj of tour and upwanU, 91.'4j; of ten and up-wrU, 81.00. THK DAILY JOURNAL b hrulilwd 10 cuy lubicribtri at 00, anil by tnnll at tli.OOa year. TUK TIU-WKIiiUiY JOURNAL la (3.00 a year. RATFH OFADVKRTISINqIn THE WEEKLY JOURNAL mill ill lit rt M ' - V SI -1 oic n So $0 So SivSolS So S I squat, COj 75 1 001 25 1 76 2 !B3I. 006 1)00 W8 00 asguar-), "7& TUlH a 85 8 GO 00 6 000 008 00 13. 15. B squirt, TwiTlbih3 604 606 OOfl 60 8 0011. 17- U iwiunrw, faEaasiloi 006 ooo ooa ouio. iuTga- -L riir, ehanirwabln monthly, $20 year weekly 20. 4 column, "jhanfc"bln quarterly 35. Mi column, changeable quarterly 00. I column, c)iaDgblt quarterly S-'""" 10 lines of till alwd type Is reckoned a n,uart. AdTertisamentl ordered on th tiuiJ cicltulrsly, double tha above ratal. All iMdml notions charged doubla, sud msssuted as If solid. flliaceUana. COLE'S EARLY LIFE. J a met Fennimnro Cooper left on record ihe opinion, that Thorn at Cole, the puinter of the "Course of Em pire," and the " Voyage of Life," was " one of the very firit goniiiBcs of his age." " As a poet," nays Mr. Cooper, "Cole was ns much miperior to Claude, (is Shaks-pere is before Pope." " The day will come," pmdio ted the noveliit, " when the aeries ('The Course of Empire') will command lifty thousand dollurf." Praise icarculy ler-a high was bestowed on Cole by one who; was, when he bestowed it, the first liviug authority in art. Thorwaldsen, a few days alter he had seen the same series of pictures, spoke to a friend in terms the most warm and flattering of tlio American artist. " Whnt is he doing I" nskod Thorwaldsen. "A praat artist !" " What beauty of conception I what nn admirable arrangement of parts! what nn accurate study of nature! what truth of detail !" That friend further reports: "I have often hoard Thorwaldsen speak of artist friends mid foes the living and the dead hut never wiih such a glow of heartfelt enthusiasm as whin lie recalled hia visit to tho studio of Cole." The life of an nrtist whoso works could exci'o a feeling like thin in tho mind of a Th rwaldsu, was worth writing. Mr. Noble liis written hit life, and written it so well, that the book has n fascinating interest. Wo have culled Thomas Cole an American artist, and so he was ; but lie wna burn in Engluiid. The date of; his binh is February 1st, 1801; tho place, lioltonle-Moor, Lancashire. He was the youngest, but one, of eight children. Mis father was a woolen tiiouufactu rer, who, possessing in an eminent degree, llioio tinal-i ttius which render a man interesting, but only in a slight 1 degree those which make men prosperous, failed in hiitdnoss while his gifted ion was still a boy, and re, mained to the day of his death a poor and struggling man. Th dnni was, therefore, tuken from school at Iho nge of fourteen, and entered a priiil-worka to learn the art of engraving designs for calico. The boy bad the choice of becoming an attorney, or of being appren I iced to an Iron master; hut a secret and, probably, uuconscimis impulse towards art induced him strongly to prefer the less lucrative employment we have mentioned. From childhood, lie was singularly fond of the picturesque scenery, and was wont to spend his leisure hours in long rambles about the neighboring paiks, in company with one of his sisters. When they reached a favorite sceno, ihe si in pie-hearted pair would sit upon iht grass to enjoy it she singing, he accompanying her upon the (lute. A strain of llute music sounds along all tho course of Cole s ovonllul hie. Ihe Invurile books ol the boy were those which described the natural beauties of foreign countries; and particularly was lie charmed with ihowonde'tof the North American Slato. Heading of our great lakes, our rivers, mountains, forests, prairies, had half-Americanized his heart long bo lore his eyes had seen America. Ii warn this Inve of Amer i ica, which prevailed in the family, not less than a hope , of repairing their shattered fortunes, that induced them, ! at length, to emigrate. On I he 3d of July, J 81!), when Thomas was in hi eighteenth year, they landed in Philadelphia. The father opened, in that city, a small dry-goods lure; the son obtained employment as a nmker of wood-cuia for printers. ' t well recollect," writes a member of the family with whom Thomas lived, " his working on a pine-table, in the back-room of our old Second streot house. He waa engaged upon illustrations for an edition of ' Hnnyan's Holy War,' and used sometimes to complain of the rudeness ami indelicacy of his employer, who called him a woodcutter, speaking lightly ol biscraft, and wounding his delicate tniud. He had a fine natural ear lor music, and played very sweetly upon the llute. From bi n I learned some ol the most beautiful of the old Scotch airs. He frequently mingled with us children (who loved him dearly) in our pluys in tho yard at marbles and the liko. I well remember what a privilege 1 used to think It, to he ad milled into his room, and look at the works of his graver." A room-mate of the tamo period writes:" I bad not been long with him, beforo I perceived that his mind was far above the common order. His moral woro pure and spotless. An improper word never seemed to escape his lips. The mure 1 know of him, tho belter I loved him. The dry-goods store, at might have been anticipated. prord not; and, In the autumn of the sumo year, the whole family, eicept Thomas removed to Sieu-benville, Ohio, wtiure Mr. Cole set np a factory ofpaper-hangings. Thomas remained behind in Philadelphia, and continued to engravo woodcuts till thti fob lowing January, when he accompanied an Invalid friend on a health trip to St. Eustntia one of the West India Islands. On the outward passage their brig was boarded by pirates, who plundered to their hearts' content, but shed no blood. " The wild deaperadnes," says Mr. Noble, " bounding on board the gleaming of their sabres in the moonlight -the drollery ot leave-taking, by a shake of the bands all around, was a scene that Colo eould afterwards render both merry and picturesque." The novel and sublime scenery of St. Eustatia was a source of exuuitiie deliiilit to the future artist) and, indeed, it was there that he executed bis lirst artistic works a view of St. Eusiatia and some heads in nrayon. As yet, however, Cole seems to have had no thought of becoming an artist. In Mar. the friends returned to Philadelphia ; and, at the close of the summer, Colo sot out ou tool, with a single companion, In join his fithtr at ttteiibanvilln, Tho jovial pe destrians rose at dnwu ot day, and went along merrily, singing songs and playing mi the llute. At noon, they limk rest and refri-nliment by some shady brook, and at night stopped at au inn or farm-home, Iho op pear ance of which nromUrd the cheapest lode loir. One of thoir amueinents on tho way, was to burst hi with their f.ices a pane of the nlicd paper wiudnws of the road-side cottages, and wiih the startled iuntnti-s, who were still in bed, a loud and hn irty "good morning " Cole reach mi Steubenville in due time, where he re-mained tor the next two years in the service of his father. It was there and then that Cole resolved to be nn artint, or nothint?. To this resolve many thinya contributed tho extreme beauty of the surrounding country, the partially artistic nature of his employment, his solitary habiia, and p irticularly the arrival in the village of a portrait painter, named Stein, r'roin this ninii he obtained some verhal instruction in art, and the loan of an Knglith work on painting, illustrated with engravings from celebrated pictures. Cole studied that book with the ntinost enthusiasm, and made it thoroughly his own. His first brushes were made by himself t his lint colours he procured of a chairniaker; Ins easel, palette and canvass were also pxtrmpnmcd; hia first elloris were landscapes, painted from memory nr imagination. Crude as those first efforts wen they pleased a gnutlenmu residing iu Ihe neighborhood, who gave the artist a few pencil and brushes. Now began the struggle of Colo's life the struggle for existence and the struggle for improvement; not one at a time, as is the case with most of us, but hotk at ona, at it usually the lot of uncapilalod genius. Observe how chserfully, bow undauntedly, Thomas Cole confronted the dillicultiea of bis position, ami ihe ob-atanlea to bis progress. Oiyly h entered the fitld wiih his ptih ite and his flute; alone and long be wren i 'id wiih poverty anil inexperience; i;nnl was hts triouijih, and with molest grace he wore the garland that was dropped ul length upou his brow. Steubenville was then a small village, and the conn tty waa passing through a commercial crisis. At surh times, men, whom income is derived from the cnnimu nity's superfluous means, sutler first and longest, be causa then v community lias no snperiiunut means.! A place nr a time mora unfavorable for the commencement of an art i tie career could not have been pitched upon. Cole, undismayed, agninat the advice of all hit menus but one his mother began to paint. He re. linqtiished landscape, which wns always hia passion and hit forte, and wandered along Iho towna ol Western Pennsylvania as a traveling Krrait painter. Willi ono dollar in his pocket, he first direr ted hit steps to St. Clslrnvilln. There he wna informed by the landlord of the inn, that ho bad been anticipated )y ft (iermnn, who had pitnted up the town completely. Nothing daunted, Cole determined to show the people that he could surpass the efforts or his forerunner in skill, ai least, if not in fortune. A aaddler generously nllered him tho lo mi of his eouutennnce for a trial, and Cole paiuted at this his lirst public attempt for five (lava from ni (truing till night, (treat was his triumph. The saddler waa so delighted at tho pirlurn, that be pre sented mo artist with a new saddle, It waa on, how ever, before he could paint himself a horse, Histiext task was the portraits ol an "ugly-looking militia officer, and a dapper tradesman, whose united pay for their portraits was an old silver watch and chain, and key that turned out to ba copper," Hit fame ex-if tided, while hit stock of cash and piintt diminished. Ho oblaiued one more commission it St. ClainvilU, and that was to retouch one of tho purtruits painted by hia predecessor. For this ho received a pair of tnoes and a dollar. Many weeks Cole spent iu this pluco, painting and fluting, always hopeful, generally cheerful, frequently jovial, and a favorite with everybody. At partiug with fits landlord, he handed over to him the shoes, inn watch, the key and the saddle, in payment ot his bill, and trudged away to Zanosvillo a hundred milts distant still with a dollar in his pocket. At Zanesville, the same luck. The German had been before him. Ho paid his inn bill, in part, at this place, by painting the landlord and ail bis family; but the rapacious man wnt still unsatisfied. Colo ottered to paint him nn hiitorical victure. Tho landlord was inexorable, and threatened arrest, unless the sum of thirty-five dollars in cah was paid forthwith. Three young men of the village, however, became bound for me amount, and nway went uoie to a town on ine Scioto, seventy-five miles off. Of this solitary walk, Cole used to relate a touching incident. On the way, he chanced lo say aloud to himself, " Hero goes poor Tom with only a sixpence in his pockot." The sound ot hia own voice staggered him, and brought lours lo his eyes. Ho sat down on a fullen tree by tho sjdo of the road, took out his llute, chased away the evil spirit of his melancholy with n lively air, and then resumed his journey with a light and merry heart. Hut he found no good fortune on the banks of the Scioto. Ho painted a few portraits just enough for bread, not enough for clothirjg and he left his last town with no money in his pumo and a borrowed shirt upon his hack. Cole made up bis mind to go In Philadelphia, which, considering the circumstances, must ho regarded us an heroic resolution. His father, however, whom Colo visited previous lo hit departure, thought it not heroic, but desperate; and so urgent were the parental remonstrances, that the artist himself wat shaken In his resolve. Taking & solitary walk one day, unusually agitated by a conversation with his father, the question, to go or not to go wat settled in a simple and summary manner. Cole picked up two small stones, and said lo himself aloud, "Well, I will put ono of fieso stones on me top ot a buck; it l can in row nnu kiiock u on with the other, 1 will be a painter; if 1 mist it, I will give up tho thought forever." Stepping back tenor twelve paces, ho threw, and knocked it otf, and, irom that moment, his resolution wns unalterable. In the month of November, 1823, with six dollars in money, a small trunk of interior clothing, and a table-cover which his mother throw over his shoulders at Iho moment of parting, Thomas Colo set out for Philadelphia, to seek his fortune as on nrtist. The journey was long and wearisome, mid by the time of hia arrival, winter was upon him " tho winter," as he used shuddcringly to say, "of my discontent." Behold him, during the months of that dismal winter, a tenant ol a " small upper room "the hereditary pus seat-ion ol genius with no bed or bed covering, but iho table eovor which his thoughtful mother had given him; with'. ut lire, without furniture, without friends; suhsiitiug literally on bread ami water, and not n I way a sure even of both of them, lull iniiuntury rheumatism partly disabled him; the cold biMiumbed his lingers;1 but liis spirit was unconquerable. Ho contrived at1 length In make a sort of stove, which just enabled him to keep his hands in painting condition; and in that garret, in such circumstances, the most laughable scenes indeed the only ones of tho kind he ever point-! ed, were executed. These pictures ho sold for pitiful! sums, to bar keepers, oyster dealers and barbers, and I so managed to keep life in his attenuated fro mo till the ! spring. Hia circumstances were in tome degree alleviated at Ihe end of the winter; hut, during tho eighteen monthi of hit residence in Philadelphia, he remained a very poor and a very obscure man. Ho painted with his usual assiduity, and he painted several pictures not altogether unworthy ol bis best days, but they attracted no attention ntnong Ihe patrons of art, and ho was compelled to dispoie of them ut prices ludicrounly low. As ho was carrying homo, one day, a pair of landtcapct, which he had painted lor a " gentleman," he was accosted by an artist, who aiked him " what lie had there? " With much roluctanco Cole permitted tho stranger to examine the pictures, who at onco iu qui red where he obtained them. " I painted them myself," said Colo. " Indeed T " said the strati' ger ; " and how much do you ask for them 1 " " Kiev-en dollars," was the reply. " Eleven dollars ! " cried the stranger. " Is that all f Young man, you are doing vrroiig; you are lowering Ihe art; it is by no means their vuluo." These words, though meant as a mhiikn, were among tht vry few wurdnnl' eiicooriijjB-' ment which greeted Cole in Philadelphia. i The darkest hour it just before the dawn. In the! month of April, 182.1, when Colo was in his twenty-1 fourth year, inmo good genius induced him to remove to New York, Hi first studio hnro was a small garret in Greenwich street a room with only halt of a very small window, and scarcely largo enough to allow Iho artist to retreat tho requisite distunco from the canvass. 1 But in that half-Itched apartment, Cole painted himself into fame. Short it the story of hit triumph. Ho obtained permission of an acquaintance to place live pictures for exhibition in his store. Two ot them were "Compositions;" one was called "Composition n Storm another was simply " A Tree ; " and the fifth was a "Battle Piece." They were sold lor the sum of forty dollars, which at thai time Colo considered a fair price. These pictures attracted attention, and pro cured commissions. The artist wat thus enabled to paint three scenes from nature "A Viow of Fort Putnam," " Lake with Demi Trees," and tho "Fulls of the Caterskill." Colouol Trumbull was the first to discover their excellence, and he invited two of his brother artists Donlap and Do rand to tee the pictures of the now paintor. Thoy appreciated their excellence at once, and what was scarcely less serviceable to Cole, bought them immediately. We copy here a few teuteucei from Mr. Noble. "At the hour appointed, (for tho interview with the ihreo artists,) Cole came a young man, in appearniice, not more than twenty one years old i of slight form ant medium hoight; tuft brown hair; a face very pale, though delicately rosy from agitation; a fair, tine forehead, and largo light blue eyes, in which it would havo been difficult to say whether thero was more of eloquent brightness or feminine mildness. For tho first few minutes, a painful timidity, indicated by a quick, nervous movement occasionally, which no reasoning with himself could overcome, restricted all conversation on hia part to the briefest ropliet. But this tub lid ed only to give place In anotb or tprciet of embarrassment, with which be wat much less fdtniliar that which arose from the complimentary Innguage of Colonel Trumbull. ' You surprise me,' said the generous Trumbull, 'at ywiir age, to p;iint like this. You have already done what I, with nil my years and experience, am yet unable to do ! ' Tho day had dawned. Cole's pictures toon hoc a mo thn fushiotL I lis numo become celebrated. Onmmissiona flowed in, and each picture was a new triumph. Wo cannot, and need not, dwoll upon Colo's subsequent career. Our readers will find it most agreeably narrated in Mr. Noble's work, to which we oarnasity refer them. To the end of hit life Colo remained devoted to hit art, and his progress was steady and dect ded from year to year. Iu hit later days he became extremely religious; longed to he able to devote his pencil lo religious subiect; and to rnr ns circumslan cet permitted, did so. Ho di d -.uddcnly, of inllam- mstiouot the lungs, at the early axon) forty-seven. Most ol our readers, probably, well remember the shock occasioned by Iho wholly unexpected news id his drain ; not only among the mends ot the ariit, hot the public generally. wo hive closed Air. Nome t volume with the conviction, that more guileless and noble-minded man than Thomas Cole has not lived ainone ut; nor an ar tist more worthy of that name iu itsvoty host ami high est sense Homt Journal. EASTERN SUPERSTITION 8- Bayard Taylor's letters from India arc very ml ere! i tig. In one written from Lucknow he relates Ihe following ludicrous incidents: " To such an extent are the Kings of Ouilo plundered, that It is related of a French cook, who spent some year J in the service of a former monarch, that he went home with a fortiti.e of $'150,0110. It was rocentlv discovered that one of the parasites ol ihe Court hud been receiving 3 seers (4 lbs) of rose-water and a jar of sweetmeats daily for thirty yours and for what ter viceT 1 he tuttier ol iho present Mug was annoyed, thirty years ago, by the barking ol a dog. He sent for the owner, and commanded him in silence the animal. " Your Majesty," said the man, " nothing will stop hi barking, unless he hut two teert of rose-water and a jar of sweetmeats given him every day." " Tako Ihein, then," said the King, "only let ut have nomorenoio." The knave took his rnsewntrr and swnetumats daily, lid had lived luxuriously upon the proceeds lor thirty years. The preterit King it even morn fnolidi ami credulous, though he has received a good literary education, and has the Persian poets at bit ton cue's end. Although not more than forty yoara old, hit excensea have al ready brought htm lo a state ot impotence. Nevertheless, his wivet and eunuchs flitter him tint he has be gotle itten a I arse number of children, who ere carried oil' uy a demon as soon aa they are born- About once a week (so I have been informed) tho Chief Eunuch rushes into his prtvertre, exclaiming, in great apparent joy t "O Lord of tho World, a sou is born unto you ! " 'Praise be to God exclaims the happy King ; "which of my wives has been to bighiy honored t" Thn eunuch names one ol llrtn, and Kin hing rises tn great imsie to visit her ami boliold his new othpriug- Hut suddenly cries and shrieks resound front thn women's apartments. A band of females bursts into the room, shrieking and lamenting. "O grent King! a terrible demon suddenly appeared among us. He snatched your beautiful sou out of ihe nuis"' itrm and flew thruush tho window with nliichtfnl noise," And so this trirk It repeated from week to week, nd the poor fool continually lament! over hit lost children. Not Ions since n Portuguese mountebank happened to hear of this delusion. He repaired to the Kinif, told him that he had ditcovered tho nature of the demon that molested him. and would destroy bun for a cer tain nun. The Kinu screed to tho term, and in n few days Ihe people of Lucknow were startled by toeing a great body of workmen engaged in diguing trenches in meadow near the river. Alter several uay s isnor, they threw op a rude fort i float ion of earth. Id the cen tro of which they buried several barrels of powder. The Portuguese declared that he was in the possession of charms which could etiticu the demon into the fort, w hereupon the train would be tired, and instantly blow him to atoms. A favorable uight was selected fur the operation, and tho inhabitants of Lucknow were shaken out of their beds by a terrific explosion, followed by a salvo of 121 euns, at a peal of rcioiciug Lover the slaughter of tho demon. But alas! the scat tered fragments of tho fiend reunited, and he has since then curried otf nearly a score of the King's new-born progeny. THE CLAY AND RANDOLPH DUEL. Every body has heard of Col. Benton's forthcoming work, entitled " Thirty Yean in the United States Senate." Tho first volume Is about ready for delivery. Tho Washington papers contain along extract, giving tho history of tho famous duel between Mr. Clay and Mr. Randolph, Wo copy a part of it at an interesting detail of an oyo-wilness to this event, which bus made so much noise in tho world : I had crossed Ihe Littlo Fall's bridge just after them, and come lo tho place where the servants aud carriages had stopped. I Raw none of tho gentlemen, and supposed thoy had all gone to tho spot where the ground wnt being marked oil'; but on speaking to Johnny, Mr. Randolph, who wnt still tn hit carriage and neura my voico, looked ont I mm the window, and said to me: "Colonel, sinco I aaw you, and since I have been in this carriage, I have heard something which may make mo change my determination. Col. Hamilton will give you a nolo which will explain it." urn. uumuion was men tti tho carriage, and gave me the note, in the courso of tho evening, of which Mr. Randolph spoke. I readily comprehended that this pot sible change of determination related to his firing; but me ompuasis wiiu wntcn no pronounced the word "mnu" clearly showed that his mind was undecided, and lefts"! doubtful whether ho would fire or not. No further conversation took place between us; the pre paruiiotit ior me ttuei were iinisncd ; me parties went to their placet; and I went forward to n piece of riiinc ground, from which I could see what passed and hear wuat was said, ine raittmii .loiinny followed me close, tpenkiug not a word, but evincing tho deepest anxiety fur hit befoved master. The place wat a thick forest, and tho immediate spot a little doprosaion, or ba-in. in which tho parties ntocd. The principals saluted each other courteously on they took theirstands. Col. Tuinall had won tho choice of position, which guvo to Gen. Jentip the delivery of the word. They stood on b line east and wchI a smalt stump just be hind Mr. Clay ; a low gravelly hank rose just behind Mr. Ilaudidpli. This tatter asked Gun. Jemtp to repent the word as he would givo it: nod while in the act of doing so, and Mr. Randolph ndjusiing tho butt of his pistol to his hand, Iho muzzle pointing down wards, nud almost to the ground, it bred, initantiy Mr. Itandolph turned to Col. Tatmili and mid : "I tiro let ted ngainst that hair trigger." Col. Totnall took blame lo himself for havinu snruni the hair. Mr. Clay hail not then received hia pistol. Mr. Johnson (Josiab), ono of Iih tecnuds, was carrying it to him, und still several slops from him. This untimely fire, thou fill clearly an Occident, necessarily gnvo rise to Homo remarks, and a species of inquiry, which was conducted wiih the utmost delicacy, hut which, in Itself, wus of a nature to be inexpressibly painful to a genllutnau't feelings. Mr. Clay stopped it with the generous remark that tlio tiro was clenrly uti accident, and it was so unanimously derlared. Another pistol waa immediately fiirnialiod; an exchange of dtols took place. and, happily, without effect upon the persons, Mr. liandolph's bullet struck the stump behind Mr. Clay, and Mr. Clay's knocked up tho earth nnd gravel behind Mr. lland-dph, and iu a line with the level of bis hips, both bullets having gone so true and close that it was a marvel bow thoy missed. Tlio moment had como fur mo to Interpose. I weut in among the parties and otlcred my mediation, but nothing could ho done. Mr. Clay suid, with that wavo of tho hand with which ho w is accustomed to put away a trifle, " Thti is ehild'i play ! " nnd reqnirnd another tire. Mr. li-mrfolph also demanded u not her lire. Tho seconds were directed to ro-load. While this was doing I pro vailed ou Mr. Itandolph lo walk nway from his post, nnd renewed lo him, mure press ingly than over, my importunities to yield to some ac ini mod at ton ; but 1 found him more determined than hid ever seen him, nnd fr the first lime impatient, and seemingly annoyed ami diaaii(iil mt whnt 1 tvsn doing, lie was indeed annoyed and dissattnlied. The accidental lire of his pistol preyed upon his feelings. Ho was doubly chagrined at it, both as a circumstance susceptible in itself of an unfair interpretation, nnd ns having been the immediate and controlling cause of his tiring at Mr. Clay. Ho regretted this tiro the instant it waa over, rte felt thai it had subjected him to imputations from which ho know himself to bo free a deairo lo kill Mr. Cluy, and a contempt for the laws of his beloved estate; and the annoyances which he felt at these vexatious circumstances revived his original determination, and decided him irrevocably to carry it out. It wns in this interval that bo told mo whnt he had heard siuce wo parted, nnd to which ho alluded when he spoko to me from the window of the carriage. It was to this ell'ect: That ho had been informed by Col. Tatnall that it wnt proposed to givoout the words with more deliherateness, to aa to prolong the lime for taking aim. This information grated harshly upon bit feu lings. It unsettled hit purpose, and brought his mind to the inquiry (at ho now told me, and aa 1 found it expressed iu the hoto which he had immedintdy written in (Huicil to apprize mo of hit possible change) whether, under these circumstances, he might nut "disable. " bis adversary 1 This note is so characteristic and such an essential part of this affair, lint I here give its very words, so far as relates to this point. It ran lima : " Information received from Col. Tatnall sinco I got into tho carriage, may induce mo to change my mind, of not rnturning Mr. Clay's tiro. I seek not his death. t wouia not have his blond upon my nanus it win not be upon my soul if shed tn toll-defence for the world. He h:is determined, by the use of a Ions, preparatory caution by words, to get time to kill me. May I not, then, disnblo htm T i ut, il I please.' It has been teen by the statement of Gen. Jesup, nlrendy given, that Ibis "information" was a misapprehension; that Mr. Clay had not applied for a pro longntion of time for tho purpose of getting sure aim, but only to enable hia unused hand, long unfamiliar with Iho pistol, to fire within Ihe limited time; that there was no prolongation, in fact, either granted or insisted upon ; but ho wnt in doubt, nnd General Jesup having won ihe word, he wat having him repeat it in 'ho way ho was to give it out when Ida linger touched the huir-t rigger. How unfortunate that I did not kuuw of this in ttino to speak to General Jesup, when one word from him would havo set all right, und saved the immediate risks incurred! 1 his inquiry, "May I not disable him 1" was still on Mr. ftindoliih's mmd, and dependant for its solution on the rising incidents of the moment, when tho accidental tire of his pistol gave the turn to his feelings which solved tho doubt. But he declared to ine that he bail not aimed nt the life of M Clay; that he did not level at high as thn knees not higher limn the knee-band; "fur it was no merry to shoot a man in tho knee;" that his only object was lo dinhlo him and spoil his aim. And llu'ti added, with n beauty of expression nnd a depih of feeling which I no studied oratory can over attain, nnd which I shall never forget, llieso imprehsivo words: " I would not have een htm fall mortally, or trrn doubtftdli wounded, for all the land that it watntd by the King of Floodt and all hii ttiimtary ttrtamt." He lelt me lo resum" hi post, utterly refusing to ex-plain nut ol the Senate, anything ho lied nnhl in it, aud with the positive declaration that ha would not return the next lire. I withdrew a little way into the woods, and kept my eyes fixed upon Mr. Itandolph. who I then knew to be the onlyone in danger. I saw him receive Ihe lire of Mr. Clnv, snw thn gravel knocked up in the samo place, saw Mr. Itandolph raise bis pistol discharge it in the air; beard him fay, "I do not Jirc ai you, Mr. Clay;" and imniediatelyadvancingnndoH't'r-ing his hand. He wnt met in the samo spirit. They met half way, shook hands, Mr. Randolph saying, jo-coselv, " Ytmtnt me a coat, Mr. Clay iho bullet had passed throueh the skirt of tho cot, very near tho hip) to which Mr. Clay promptly and happily replied ' am ftad the debt it no (rrtattr." I had come up. and was prompt to proclaim what I had been obliged In keep secret for eight days. The joy of all was extreme at Una happy termination nt a moat critical aitair, ana we immediately left, wiih lighter bearit than wo hroiteht. I stopped to sup with Mr. Randolph and hit friends none ol tin wanted dinner that day end had a char acteristic tune ot it. A runner came in Irom tho bnnk to say that they had overpaid him, by mistake, f IUII that day. Unanswered, "I behove ii u ytmr rule not to correct mtitakrt, except at the lime, and at your counter." And with that answer the runner Had to return. When cone. Mr. Randolph said, " m7 nnu it on JWon day: people mu$t be honttt if banh em not." Ho asked lor the tonled paper he bad given me, opened it, to k out a check for SI. 000. drawn in my favor, and with which I wat requested to have him carried, (f killed, to Virginia, and buried under his patrimonial oakt not let him bo buried at Washington, with an hundred hacks nfier him. Hn took tho gold from hia left breeches nocket. and said to us, (Hamilton, Tatnall, and I,) 'Gentlemen, Clay's bad shooting shan't rob 'ou id your seals, I nut fcing to London, and will iavo Ihem made for you;" which hn did, nnd most chnrncteristirnllv. so fur ntrninowiit concerned. He went tn the herald s othco in i.omion and inquired ior ilia Benton family, of which I had oiien told him there wnt untie, ns we only timed nn that tide irom my arai id fat her in Norih Carolina. But the name was found, and with it a coat of nnni among the quartering a lion rampant. That ia the family, tnid he, and had the arms engraved on the teal, thn time which I have since habitually worn ; aud added thn motto, Fart it non vcrbit. of whh'h ho wat afterwards Bcem- tomed in Bttv the non thould bo rhnnged into et. But, enough. I run into those details, not merely to relate an event, but to show character ; aud if I have not done il, it is not lor want of material, but ol nbillty lo uso it. On Monday thn parties exchanged cards, aud social relations were formal Iv nnd courteously rottored. It wai about the last hign-tonvd dual that I have witnttt ed, and among the bit' best-toned (hat I have ever wit nessed, and to happily conducted to a fortunate issue a result due to the noma cnaracierof me seconds a well as to the generous and heroic spirit or tho princi pais. Certainly duelling it bad, and hat been pui down, but not quite to bad as its substitute revolvers. bowie-knives, blackguarding, and street assassinations under the pretext ol tcii-deience. COLERIDGE'S TABLE TALK. We find tho following extracts of the sayings of tht eminent literary genius going the rounds. They are amusing, to tay tho least: Othello mutt not bo conceived as a neuro, but a high and chivalrous Moorish chief. Shakspeare learned the spirit of the character from the Spanish poetry, which was prevalent in England in hia time, jealousy does not strike me at the point in his passion; I take it to bo rather an agony that the creature whom he had be lioved angelic, with whom he had garnered up hit heart, aud whom ho could not help tun loving, should he proved impure aud worthless. It was the struggle not to love her. I', wat a moral indignation and regiet that virtue should au fall: "But yet tho pity of it, Iago! O, Iugo! the pity of it, lago! " In addition to this, bis honor wns concerned: Ligo would not have succeeded but by hinting that his honor was compromised. There ia no ferocity in Othello; his mind is majestic and composed. He deliberately determines to die; aud speaks his last speoch with a view of showing hit attachment to the Vetioliuti state, though it bad superseded him. Schiller has the material sublime; lo produce an effect lie sets yon a wholo town on tiro, and throws infants with their mothers into the flumes, or locks up a lather in an old tower. Hut buaktpeare drops u handkerchief, and the same or greater effects follow. Lear is tho most tremendous effort of Shakspearo at a poet; Hamlet ns a philosopher or mediator; and Othello is the union of tho two. Thero it something giguntic and unlormed in the former two; but, in tho latter, overy thing assumes its due place and proportion ; and tho whole mature powers of bit mind tiro dis played in admirable equilibrium. I always had a great liking I may say, at'irt of nondescript reverence lor John rvemDie. mint n quaint creature he was! I remember a parly, in which he was discoursing in hit measured manner utter dm. ner, when the servant nunouncod his carriage. Ho nodded and went on. The announcement took place twice aftorwnrd; Komble each time nodding his huad a Hi tie more impatiently, but still going on. At Inst, and for tho fourth time, the servant entered, nnd laid ' Mrs. Kern bio tays, sir, sho has tho rhoumatttu, nnd cannot Btay." "Add ism..'" dropped John, in a paren- them, and proceeded quietly tn his harrangue. Komble would correct any body, at any time, nnd in any place. Dear Charles Matthews a true genius iu hit line, in mv iudsmont told me ho was onco per forming privately before the King. The King wat much pleated wiili tho imitation of Ketnblo, and said "I liked Ketnblo very much. Ho waa one of my earliest friends. I remember once he waa talking, and found himself out of tnutl, I ottered him my box. Ho declined taking any' he, n poor actor, could not put his linuors into a royal box.' I said, ' tako tome, pray ; you iil obtergo mo.' Upon which Komble replied, 'It would becomo your royal muuth better to tay, oblige mo ;' aud look a pinch." A rogue is a roundabout fool ; n fool in ctrenmbendi. but You may depend upon it, that a slight contrast of character is very material to happiness in marriage. t had one put hogging. When 1 was thirtoen, 1 worn to a shoemaker, ami begged him to tako me as his apprentice. He being au honest man, immediately took me to Bowyer, who sot into a great rage, knocked me down, aud even pushed Crispin rudely nut id' the room. liowyer asKeii mo why I had madomyseii sucn a tooi t to which I answered, that I bad a great doiiro to bo a shoemaker, nnd that I hated the (bought of being a cler gyman. " Why to V laid he. " ifecntiso, to tall you tho truth, air," taid I, "I am iiuintidel!" For this, without moro ado, Bowyor ibirged mo wisely, as 1 think soundly, as I know. Any whining or sermonizing wuuld have gratified my vanity, and continued me in my absurdity : at it was, I wnt laughed at, and got heartily ashamed of my folly. the other day I waa what wouiu can jtoorca uy a Jew. Ho passed me aeveral times, eying for old lollies in Iho most nasal and extraordinary tone I ev or heard. At Inst I was to provoked, that 1 said to him, " fray why t-mn't fun mmy 'Jd el, it bra B M plain way. aa i do now T IheJow stopped, and looking very gravely nt me, said iu a clear and even fine accent, " Sir, I can tav 'old clothes' aa well aa you cant but if you had to say to ten timet a minute, for an hour to geinor, you would toy ogticto, as i do now;" aim so he marched off. I wns to confounded with tho justice of hia retort, that I followed, and gave him n shilling, the only one I had. I havo had a eood deal to do with Jews iu iho courso of my life, although I never borrowed any money of mem. (.luce i tat tn ft coacn opposite a Jew a symbol of old clothes bags an Isaiah of Holly well-street. He would close the window; I opened it ; he closed it again; upon which, in every tolemntono, I said to him, " Hon of Abraham ! ihou t me 1 1 est; ton ol Isaac ! thou art offensive; ion of Jacob! thou iii-( foully. Sue iho man in the moon I he is holdiug his nogo nt thee at that distnnco. Dost thou think that I, titling here, can endure it any longer V My Jew was astounded, opened the window forthwith himself, and said "he was sorry he did not know before I wnt no groat a gentleman." i When I waa a little boy at the Blue coat school, thero was a charm for one a foot when asleep; and I behove it bad been in the school tinro its foundation, iu ihe time of Edward the Sixth. The march of intellect has probably now exploded it ; it ran thus: Foott foot! foot I Is fast asleep I Thumb I thumb! thumb I in spittle wo stoop; t'roi sea three wo make to ease us. Two for tha (blares, and ono for Christ Jeiusl And the same charm served for a cramp in the leg, with the following substitution: The Devil Is tylnf a knot In my iir j Mark, LuSo, and John unloose It 1 org I Croats three, Slc, 4to.t 6lo And really, upon Rotting out of bed, where tho cramp most frequently occurred, press inn t be sole ol the loot on tho cold floor, and then repeating this charm with the acts conhgurativo thereupon prescribed, 1 can safely affirm, that I do not remember an instance in which the cramp did not go nway in a few seconds. 1 should not woudor if it were euually good for a stitch in the side; bnt I cannot tay that 1 ever tried it for that. MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS AND FORTUNE-HUNTERS. Tim arliclo In thn last Blackwood, entitled "Minor Murals." contains a pasaaiio which wo tmagiuo lo bo of particular interest to some ladies. Here it is: " lltere it one largo department ot our subject winch we must treat very briefly. Wo allude to those fright ful hypocrisies which aro to commonly practiced in piivuto lil'o, and which society does not ce mure. Sumo of them may indeed be described at of a blameless charoctor. Although you am morally convinced that Crossleigh and his wite aro the most unhappy couple in existence; nnu tnnt, when aiono logoiuer, uiey tight with tho ferocity of tignrcata; it it, we own, rather agreeable than otherwise, to una them doierrtng to ach oilier, beforo company, in very romplaisant terms. und habitually employing the sugared epithets of tho honey-moon. There timy bo, in all that, a deal of false pretence, but no one sutlers by it. Very different, however, is the deception which Mrs Orotslnigh prnc- on account ol her utnigliiuri. Tho young lady, Octnvia, it the Incarnation ol a vixen ; and in her iho hereditary bail temper oi uoin ner parents it so concentrated, that she hat the entire mastery over ihem. Some dimmer! net of common sense hnvn made this nmiahlt virgin a ware that au exhibition of these qual ities it not likely to win the admiration ol mankind for the lasto of Potruchio wnt decidedly peculiar; and il required considerable self confidence to undertake Ihe taming of a shrew and she usually appears abroad in the cuiso ol a meek Griteldis. Nor is she unbacked by her mother, who, in order to get rid of her, hat heaped a whole Himolnyah of falsehoods upon her tout, nor obeci is to gui ucmvin sunaoiy married, and for that purpose alio spreads her snares for woak minded young mononiy. uno muit-aiid-wniur enrato with a pulpy countenance, and an intehao vonetuttun for the Oypriatiic ago, was very nearly mndo n victim, nnd had just made up hit mind to pop the question, when tho sound of au ill-advised skirmish up itnin, nnd an assault upon a terrified housemaid, made him lake tn his heelt at though he had teen the shadow of Apollyon. Must beautiful is it to have a mother piously return ing thanks for the comfort she hat received from her children, and indicating rniher than expatiating upon tho extent of their manifold virtues. But mothers are apt to be partial judges, nnd it it always tale for those mixlitpttiiis matrimony to have recourse lo tome lest interested testimony. Indeed, parents are never to bo relied on. Sometime i ihey aro misted, nt others they aro wilfully misleading; and in either cute, perhaps, thoro it nu excuse. One kind of hypocrisy, however, we denounce ns inaniswrnw. i m uit or ine cold, it t termined fortunn hunter, who, having no wealth of h own, or having squandered it, aspires to mnko his for tune by a matrimonial uni'im o. rooia very niton entertain this idea, and in them it it lest discreditable; foe nut heliir trilled with any Strong nercentiotia. thev merely follow an indolent impulse, atsume no false features beyond tne appeamnuo ui a stupid admirniiou, and. in nine cases nut of ion, would bo tolerably kind tn their wivet. M"iy a fool is, by no means, a bud- hearted fellow; besidea, ns hn cnunot, by any nosai bllitv. disL'uise his lolly, ihe lady has herself to hi lint the casn ot the clever fortune hunter It different. He has not one alotn of feeling in hit whole eompoti. thin. He cares nothing for the woman he ia pursuing for tho anko of her mnnoy he merely regards her bb a neceatnry, and not unfnqutiilr a disagreeable condi tion. No art that he win "" i -hob no dtaguiso that he will not assume, to gain bis purpose. Come she of a atrictly pious iarnily T r0 torinwitn approaches her in a tnelhodislical garb, attends prayer mooting, tnkci an interest in tract societies, Btid is eager for tho coo- version ol the Jewt. U sentimental T Themis- ilt..i.nl. 1, ...wiir nrevimulv rear) linn ..r,inirv in hit life, crampi hiniaelt with Moore and Dyruu, and expatiates upon the passion of the bulbu) for the rose. Whatever be her inclinations, or his tendencies, he tries to ndapt himself to these, and not uufrequenlly succeeds, lor he ia a clever scoundrel, and gifted wiih histrionic power. Many of the deepest tragedies of domestic life many a sad story of a brokeu heart, more mournful and melancholy than mere imagination could deviae, have arisen tr in the aucco.iMul machina tions of such cold blooded villaina, and yet society noes not viatt these oitencet with any marktd reprobation. Hypocrisy, decepiinii, false pretences all are tolerated within a certain range, or pussed over without reprobation, however notoriously Ihey may be ex moiled. SPIRIT OF THE OHIO PRESS. The Lancaster Gazette, published at the homo of William Mxntt.L, gives the following sketch of hi curoer. Wo commend it to tha attention of the people of iho Stat William Mkihll This gentleman is of the number ot itioso who lutik upon politics as a trade, flit wholo political life has boon n succession of efforts to catch the popular breeze. Ho has been utterly re card less of tho public interest, and steady only ia one unalterable purpose to provide for himtelf. His peculiar selfishness hut prompted him to betray every interest of public importance, and tut conduct through life has been marked by the ba'oet insratitudo to those who havo elevated and sustained him. He does not possets ine spirit that prompts liberal men to take an interest in all that rotates to the welfare of society, and tho improvement of the country, and his mind is too narrow to devise liberal things. It is hardly necessary for ut to make these remarks here where he is well known; but for the information of those at a distance, who have not had an opportunity of studying hit real character, we would remark that never since he has been in public life, rt period of tomo fifteen years, has he added one fart hing towards improving our city and county, but on tho contrary, he hat purchased properly in our midst, and awaited the improvement ol property sur rounding his for an increase in its valuation impeding the progress of tho city and preventing the poor man from making investments. His public life is as barren 1 usefulness as his private, aud notwithstanding he hat Iretiuently had the advantage or position both in our State and National councils, he has failed to do a iiltary net worthy ol note. Vet in the lace ot this in competency and gross neglect to tho wantt of bit con stituents, be is placed at the head of tho Locofoco State ticket over men of acknowledged ability and use fulness, and the intelligence of the people Insulted by asking them to elevate htm to the Gubernatorial chair ot tho third State in the Union. A pretty represent live of the progressive spirit of Ohio. To elevate Wm. YleiUlllotlie Uhiet Hxecntivo office ol this State, would at once stigmatize our citizens as being incompetent to carry on their great internal concerns, and exhibit the lamentable tact mat domagogueism tn unio not the ascendency over intelligence and usefulness, Spoaking of tho proposed union of Wbigt and Free oilers on a new platform, the Bucyrut Journal says If tho present candidates ot the Whig and rreesoil parties withdraw from the content, we do not hesitate to promise our support to any unun mat will give, by ita respectability, auflicieut evidence of itt capacity and integrity: provided, lhat union in its object it confined to the object we have plainly let forth. In such a union we can tee no discordant elements lhat need operate against its efficiency. This, wo conceive to bo tho real " olive branch," nnd by which Iho desires of the people can bo secured. Olivo leaves may bo tied to a hickory branch, but the people soon discover tho cheat, and they will not fdl to resent it, even though they thould sutler by to doing. Should no action be taken to accomplish such a union, the retponst-bility still rests with the Froesoilert, as they undoubtedly hold the balance of power, nnd if they insist lhat the admiuistrativo power of the Stateshould be changed they can support iho Slato nominations of tho Whig party wiihout any sacrifice of principle what ever. Should they lail in this, we shall have good reasons for doubting tho purity of their motives in any catiso, for thore are none who hesitate a momont to acknowledge Ihe ability of tho Whig administrations of the State, while all her prosperity it the result of Whig legislation. The Zammllt Courier discourse! at follows on this subject : Th New York Tribune professes to think Ohio Is still Whig, and that tho control of the State is lost to the party by an untiocoisary separation of tho Free toilers from the Whigt. Now there it no doubt that tne Whigs and Freeioilert outnumber the Locofoco by tome fifteen or twenty thousand at least; but it it equally true that inn jjocotocot and r reesoilert outnumber the Whigt by at many thouaandt. The Tri buue can very easily figure any party in Ihe Slate into a iniuorily by comparing it with all other partiea and combinations, and such a statement may look plausible enough ; but we are surprised lhat a man of ureoley s sense should use such an argument to his readers, when it it to deceptive. He hat no idea that the Freesoilers could be persuaded to act with the Wbigt, unless the latter would allow them tn dictate a platlorm touching slavery, foz., and, if the Whigt were to do that, the unholy uuion would drive out live Whigs tor every t reesuiter mat wouta ue received, i fie opposition lo tho Locofoco party, instead of being increased by such a step, would be destroyed. It it only by ft continued refusal of the Whigs lo unite with, or act in concert with the rroesoilers, that an organization, of ilreoglb. con be preserved against Locofocoism. II the vvniga win annum to their principles and policy will continue tn pursue the even tenor of iheir way, tin terrified by Locofocoism, and unseduced by rreo ooilum, and win not mamieat too much restive-ness while temporarily in the minority, they will toon tee tho dawn of a belter day. Could the Wbiga and Free Soilera effect a union which would bo satisfactory to all, in each parly, thoy would find no difficulty in controlling the State of Ohio; but that only could be done by an unconditional surrender of the Free Soileri. That party mutt acknowledge and abandon it a errors before it can be received Into the Whig household, and we have not a hope that to just and sensible a course will bo pursued by them. They will continue to act upon "their own book," or go over to Locofocoism, whither Ihey aro fast tending. Let them go. Let them know that thero it no place for thetn in the Whig camp until iney lay aown tnetr arms that II thoy come among us they must bring who Ihem a willingness to tubtcribe to our platform, at we build it that theirs mutt not be brought over to our camp that tneirt, meir colors, ana an mat pertains to them moat be committed to the flames. A few day t aitioe 4be Free Sail committee of Trumbull connty issued a call for a county convention of alt oppottd to tlavery, to the rockiest proceeding! of the last Locofoco Legislature, Ac. Tint cnlt waa issued i just in lime to bo only in the Free Soil paper. But one Whig delegate appeared, and ai he waa willing for a union if it could bo agreed upon, he introduced resolution to postpone the nomination! till more time could be given. But the Free Soilera had things their own way, voted down the resolution and mado their nominations. The Whig withdrew after the defeat of his resolution. The Ravenna Whig comments aa follows on tho character of the transaction i Wo notice this movement tn justify one or two con elusions, obvtoiit to every reflecting mind. That, whatever pretentions to tho contrary, the r ree Honors desire a union only tn secure to iheir own interests whnt iheir feebleness prevents thetn from attaining otherwise. That when such political covenant it made. It is, if possible, turned to the ail vantage of parly self, regardless uf tlio w.rAiva of thiw wliu have entered into covenant with them. That from ihe nature of its parly being, it cnunot act otherwise, since,; in the language of Mr. Hoffman, it is simply a band of men "united afreeh each year," to monopolize every new phase of reform, and ride upon i't shoulders Into place and powor. That, like Ihe sloth, il eats off the green boughs and bark from any nourishing tree of reform lhat happens to spring Into life, extinguishing lit vitality, nnd then deserts it only to fasten iiseil upon another, stripping it bam, and in like manner destroying it. Such its past history hat proved it to he; such, from the nature of its organisation, it must be in all future time. In turn it has hittorly denounced both of the old political partiea i iu turn it hat con lesced with ilimn. Now defiant, now imploring ; at present anatbemaiixing, the next moment covenanting, it it at untnngible as gossamer, aud unvarying as'th' inconstant wind,' Our friend OrwAT CunRT, of the Chillicothe Gazette, wat here nt the Temperance Convention, and thus speaks of it nud its probable results in hit paper: " During our recent absence we look a peep at the State Temperance Convention. It wat a very large gathering. We heatd no estimate made of the number ol persons around the ttand, in t.oodaie rara, wncn Nenl Dow made hit speech, but we should say six thousand, at tho least probably hither number. Tho meet in il was evidently composed of order lv and onrnest people. They wi re not noisy, but it wat made plain, by many Indications, tnaitney were pervmieii by a strong and common feeling. Determination wns olainl written noon every countenance. Wo watch. ed those indications with a goml deal of Interest, because we had witnessed the same thing among smaller companies of people, in mveral eountiei, before that time, aud we wore curious to know how widely Ihe feelinghud extended itself. TlieOonvention was cunt posed of men from all parts of the State. They felt nlike. talked alike, ami made like report! wiih regard to (he statu of affaire iu their several precincts Their organization it very fining, and is daily iticreating In ttrengtb. What will the result bo T Wo have been asked tint question repeatedly, in private, by both supporters nndnpposera of the movement. We have now been looking on, quietly, for a ButhViont length of lime to enable ut, wo think, to give ft correct answer to the oneatlnn nnd. innsinuch as we occupy however ln- -nioienllv the noallielt ol t public ehmuieler of the signs of the limes, we may at well give the answer nnl.lirlv 'Pkn mnmMami SFli IHCCted, Itt advocates will control the coming legielature, and we shall have in Ohio the " Maine Law," or its equivalent. Wo may be mistaken, but such is our opinion. A few months will determine whether we guett right or nit. CAUGHT A TARTAR. A short time since, the Manskhl Herald public hed an editorial, advocating a union with the Freeaiulers'for State and county officers, &c. The boysot iho Statetman ihouht they saw a fine open ing, nnd thereupon they plied iho soft soap to the edi tor oithat paper pretty thick t hoped ho would not fol low the lead ut such fugyiBm as tame from the Journal; ped ho would join the Democracy where it was re- morkahly pleasant Bailing, and no trouble from con-tcienco for tiny thing that might bo laid or done. The Herald felt slightly bored at being inspected as capable of treason to in friends and itt principle!, and re plied as ful lowe. It is aharp, and anything but flatter-ing to the Statetman: THOSE FAST YoUNO Mkh who Imvs nnminnl mi,lr1 of the Statesman, in their article entitled " An earnest enquirer into Whiggery," referring to our arliclo of " Plain Talk on Plain Topics," uro altogether too fast ill their deductions. In stead of nrnceediiifr oVIilmr. ately, thoy, tike all other young " mousors," jump lo conclusions. They even becomo polite and admit iho possibility in mit- ouuur oi mo iuauniii'iu nerniu iieiuir a vouuir man of generous impulses," and from this complimentary pivot, they tet sail on a vovaso of dweoverv through the regions of " moonshine," proceeding to nolo that " ho (meaning ouraell) finds that in his pres ent pnaitiou aa Whig editor, he cannot follow the lead of inch fogyiim as emanate! from tho Slate Journal, ike." Now this it all "bottled un star light." boarint? the peculiar brand of those young genlt themselves. Our article contained no possible allusion to the Journal, a it is too consistently conducted to warrant any such "fling " as these " fast young men," of ihe StaieBtnan, impute In ut And under the inspiration of the balmy viiiout of dream-land, they proceed to sketch a mutt fascinating picture of the exquisite pleasure they" find in defending and discussing Democratic policy," and the ecstatic bliss they enjoy in " looking over the scattered hosts of the Whig party (they say), because no cuhvnt. principle or iotegrity gavo epri( to the corpt." This glowing picture of moonshine bears Ihe legible lamp oi mat patented mncmne attached to the Slates mati ollice, by whose labor-saving operations the public was recently entertained with those mellow (soft!) delineation! of that "great old tuntct," any imitation of which wj must carefully avoid, in order to escape prosecution by infringement of their patent. Tho French pirt of their sentence "ctprit lo the corpt" we fully understand; and that little gives us -n intense desire to know what their phase "cohorent principle of integrity" can possibly moan when translated into English, At present we can only surmise itt signification; and from that we conclude that it must ho ; a delicate ("sunset"! allusion to that clnsaie anvini nt i John 0. Calhoun, that the Locofoco party wero held logemer "onty oy tne coherent prtnetptet of public plunder." We feet Ihe greater confidence iu the correctness of this interpretation from the fact that another ol iheir chief captaini, Secretary Marcy, alias "Old Breeches," announced long n no the same "coherent principle " (barring tho integrity!) by laying that To thevietort belong the tpoite!" If this is the real mean ing of the young "States-mat" we cheerfully admit that such an "etnrit" never animated the Whiff bod v. and we trust never will. After painting their I'aradiiaical condition In their Lackadaisical manner, those 2,40 young men proceed to tay, "We would present to tho Mansfield Herald the right hand of fellowship, and welcome him out of the pale of Whiggory; and upon showing deeds meet for repentouce, iuto the ranks of Reform aud Progress! it seems than that they have ussummed the gown and cowl of the ecclesiastical office, and stand forth as Political priests to " Welcome us out of the pale of Whiggery r ready to grant absolution of our tint, and having consigned us to Iheir political purgatory long enough for the expiation of our post offences, in due time aro willing to take ua to the bosom f their " Holy Locofoco Church!" and there share wiih ns the same beatitudes in which they to complacently revel, We thank ye "ghostly fa then" for your amiable proselyting intention, but would infinitely prelrr the outaide purgatory which yon threaten to the "auntel" glories oi me Locojoco paradise which you promise. They tell ut that " the keen pang of reproach that his principles are compromised, nnd their development fettered by the Democratic organization, never pierces the heart nor finds utterance from the pen of the Democratic editor;" which mutt mean that like a Jesuit and a nine day puppy he " goes it blind!" Such servility to the behests of party is whnt we moil loudly and tternly denounce. And this is the great source of our abhorrence of Locolocoism, at these young Statesmen tell ua that "The keen pang of reproach tbut his principles are compromised, and their development lettered by the Democratic (Locofoco) organization never piercet the heart nor finds ntieranco from the pen of the Democratic (Locofoco) Editor!" Most justly wat it taid by the Paintvillo Telegraph, "The Locofoco organization it dawn, deep doten in itt ttrvilitu. It could not get lower if it would." No! tin I Messrs. S'alet-men, if you have any respect for " a young man uf gen erotis impulses" don't invite him into an organization so deeply servile that the keen pang of reproach that their principles are compromised, and their develop, ment fettered by that organization, never pierces the hearts nor finds utterance from ihe pons of its Kditors! RESIGNATION OF GOV. WOOD. The following document has been issued to ihe people of the State : To tub Electors or thk Statk or Ohio: My resignation, as Chief Magistrate, is filed in tho office of the Secretary of Stato, to take effect ou the 13th instant. In dissolving the official connexion that exist be tween ua, a deep tense of gratitude prompts me, thus publicly, to express my acknowledgments to the Peo-pie of Ohio, for their confidence nnd partiality. A residence of thirty-five yean in ihit State, the repeated evidence! uf friendship 1 have received, and so an-equivocally conferred, render Ohio and her People very near and dear to ray heart. I have been in the service of the State, in responsible positions, for a quarter of a century. I now retire from it, but leave the State Government highly prosperous, lo all its various departments, I shall be succeeded in office by a gentleman of talents, of executive experience, and well known lo the country, and no evils can result to the public from my resignation. ' i leave Ohio ior alar distant land, and with Ihe deepest sorrow, but duty to my family requires the sacrifice. I shall over feel the moat lively interest in the welfare uf our State, and in ihe prosperity and happiness of her people. Should Providence grnlify me, in my wishes to return at some future lime, I shall meet every citi xen with true friendship, and I now leave him wiih sincere regret. 1 leave In the fullest conhdence, that those who shall heron I ter direct your council!, will be ac lusted by pat riotism and wisdom, and most ardently Impo that Hioh Hkavrn may confer mi the People ol the State, ihe choicest blessings. I bid youau allectioiiale hrnwell. It HUB EN WOOD On Monday evening, Gov. Wood left Coliimbua fur Cleveland. He was escorted from the Neil Houaeto the Depot by Capt. Schnkipkr'i romitany and Mac Hoi.n a dauit, aiitl depurted nimd demonalralio'ia of, good feeling on Ihe part of our ci'lirens, Tho I'taim Dealer it ate a that lit' Governor aud anile were to leave C level nnd for New York on the l?.ili, that he would leave New York for Aduwnll on ihe VOih inst , cross the Mhmui, and dike the British steamer for Yalpa-rniso. He will be accompanied by Mis Woon, Miss Mart Woon, Gri. B. Mkh win, hit ton in-law, Mrs. Mrrwi., bis dauglner, and their two children. The Governor will have Iho good wishes of ihe people of th ' State for his health and prosperity. Tim Lattiho Odsfkvatort The textnti of Trinity Church may aa well shut up hia ateeple. It hna been a gitod steeple to him i nut there is a rival in ine held, and Ida long monopoly of iho air is at an end. Nay, he ia ontib'tie otildi-ne by a hundred feet of tower and several hundred feet ol bill. Not to ihe ears of the P.deutnte l Trinity ia the name of Lilting musical. The balling Observatory, be it known to the remote reader, it a wooden tower, which hat climbed from a hoto seventy-five feet a jusre, to a point three hundred feet nhovo it, nn the ground opposite theForty-aecoud-street entrance of the Crvatal Palace. To tell ihe truth, wn havo been in the hnbit of regarding ihe building of this lower bb a somewhat mad and Habel like enter prise. But when, at Urn elote nf a very hot day laatl week, wn had panted un itt innumerable winding at'iira, aud Hood on the highest of itt pUMorm. inha- ling the moat delicious ul cool breexea, and lo dted round at ihe varied and gorgeoua panorama that lay spread out like an immeasurable carpet at our feet, we then bleaaed the name of our Lading, nnd extolled his tower as a wise, timely and hem floent institution. The entire geography of this region Ilea there nt'irtnif-icoolly mapped, The rivers wind about, nnd aiivii h awy In broad lines of silver. Thrdr banks are done in emerald aud gold. The cities New York, Brook lyn, and the rest are painied with faultless accuracy. The spectacle i interest ii.t and splendid in tho extreme, and richly repays the fatigue of going up lurh a mullitiiile of steps. Th" lower, we believe, it now open in the public, and our advice to all Crystal Pnl nr.o visiters Is, to ma ho n point of asrendmg It. Home Journal. The following ii 'fearful,' bosidea being i lightly original. We find it in the Literary Museum. Mr. Museum if ft dog's tail it kut awf intircly, would It not intorfenr with hia Inwcowmoiion T' Answeri not exzackly it mi ghl.no t effect his carri age, but t' would entirely atop hia waggin.' PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS. Functions or Leaves The sense uf the beautiful, in every beholder, receives an exquisite gratification in gazing upon the foliage, the mantle uf living green, in which the vegetable world is arrayed during the season of growth and development. Few, however, areavvareofthe important functions which those countless leaves perform, in the growth of plants. To the ibuiumun eyo iney but appear ai the lavish ornaments, which beautify the vernal landscape, and invest each tree nnd shrub with a garment of loveliness, Their secret but vital functions are disclosed only to tho eye of science. They are to the plant what the lungs, the stomach and thn skin are to the animal. It is through them that the important functions of breathing, digestion and persptrnttoiit ore accomplished. Plains, liko animals, breaihe, digest their food, and throw off their Biirplut moisture, and perhaps a portion of the substances contained in thoir fluids, by perspiraiion; mid those vital operations are oil performed by tho lenvea which adorn them. The tap, which is absorbed by tho roots, constantly ascends up tho vessels of tho plant, during its growth, to the leaves. Here it undergoet a change analogous to that effected in the food of aniinnls. in thn nrncoss of digestion, The auueifluouB wator is thrown ofl'bv iho perspiration of the leaves, while that which remains is converted into the juice called the true sap, which, like ine uinuii ut uuimals, in its alter circulation, furnishes the various substances found m plants. Tho leaves, at intimated, are perspiratory organs of the plant. Tho office of perspiration is performed by the under side of the leaf, and may ho almost entirely slopped by spreading varnish on that surface. The quantity of moisture thus thrown off it much larger du ring the night. Dr. Unlet found that a cabbage transmitted daily a quantity of wator nearly equal to half itt eigru. The leaves of plaids absorb from iho atmosphere, carbonic acid, in tho form of gas. This acid is a combination of carbon or charcoal with oxygen, ono uf the constituent gases of the atmosphere. The acid is decomposed, the carbon being retained by the plant and composing a large part o its substance, while the oxygen is emitted. The absorption of carbonic acid takes place in Ihe light, tho influence of which is nssetitinl lo the process. This fact explains the phenomenon that plants ceaso to grow, and that they languish and per- isn wneu deprived ut iifriit. It is ascertained that trees derive a large porlioti of Iheir carbon or woody subaiauco from the carbonic acid absorbed by their leaves from ihe nir. Van Hel-moot planted n willow which weighed Ji lbs. in a pot containing HiiO lbs. of earth. This he watered for five yenrt, and at the end of that tiuio the tree was found to weigh Hi:i lbs., while the earth fa which it had stood was foutid to have lust only two ounces. From whence did the trco derive that largo mats of a carbon which constituted tho chief portion of ils increased weightf Undoubtedly from iho atmosphere ihe car. borne acid absorbed by its loaves -tho water with which it wat tupplied, holding a portion of carbon in solution, may nave luruisheu a part ol it; but the carbonic acid of the air miut have been the chief source of supply. rlautt during Iho day emit oxygen, iho vitalizing element of our common air, through their leaves. This it derived from the carbonic ocid, at it is decomposed; for vegetables are found not to emit oxygen, unless carbonic acid be present. During tho night Ihu-- eaveaoi piani atisorn oxygen, and torm with tt carbonic acid, a part of whu h they emit, and a part is retained. By this process of absorption of carbonic acid by the leaves of plants the atmosphere is purified of that portion of it which, in the form of gat, is so nnxiut:r.. aud when concentrated, to fatal to animal lifo, it being the noxiout air found in deep wells, and which arises in the fumes of burning charcoal. Tims Is this substance in nature, breathed into the atmosphere from the lungs of myriad animals, and dill used from the decomposition of animal and vegetable summits, and which, if not diminished, would render the air wn breathe unfit to sustain lifo, abaorbed and converted into the firm substance of innumerable trees nud shrubs, while its oxygen is returned to the atmosphere to revivify it. Finally, the lenvei of plants absorb water, ai well at carbonic acid and oxygen. It ia found that a plant which it dying for want of moisture nt the root, will revive and grow when a branch with its leaves, is placed in a vessel of water. A beatifut illustration of this fact is also beheld in (lie renewed greenness of the leaves after a summer shower; ihe parched landscape appears to smile with gladnoss, as if contcioui of the blessing it bat received. Convention or Tim American Association for thk Advancihknt or Sciknci. The Annual Meeting of the Association, at hat been before announced, will be at Cleveland, commencing un Thursday, July 28, and will continue for one week. The Association already nnmbert eight hundred members, and uno hundred aud fifty applications for membership are on file for future von sid oration. Professor 8. F. Baird, of Wash ingion, norms non I Secretary, is in the city, and from information be but received, thinks (he approaching meeting will be much more fully attended than any Creviout one, and lhat hut less than five hundred mem-era will be present. Arrangements have been made wiih tho Rail mad Companies, and lioais to Cleveland, by way of the New York Central, New York and L'tie, Cincinnati, Columbus, Michigan Control, and Southern, and Cleve land and Pittsburgh Hiilwayi, to consent to return membert of the Association gratis, and certificates of membership which will entitle membert to ihe benefit f these arrangemoutf, will be issued by the becre tary. A member of the Loral Committee, or some person by tbm provided, will be in attendance, dining Tues day. Wednesday nnd Thursday, at the bookstore of E. G. Knight Sc. Co., to give members who may choose t a meet him there, such inf rmatinn as they may need respecting board and Induing. 1 bo first meeting will bo held in the Second Presbyterian Church. So distinguished a body of men, in the scientific world, tins never convened in the West, and we nrn confident that tho citizen here, wilt most cordially and cheerfully extend them every courtesy and ftiteu- tmn, which can make their brief tojourn among ua agreeable. BONNET TO BUM HER. IT J. Q. IAXB. O, balmy, breexy, beantenua, bnunteoaa urnmer I To men and women, little ajtrla and boys, To bird and bouts, tbon briefest many Joys, And art lodeed a truly welcome comer I Mow stroll la postures green , 1st abonp and cow, Now vernal blades prepare (or autumn abeavea, And won't, llhough alatlonary,) take tbetr leaves, And all politely make their prettieat boughs I Now the blitha farmer In tbe early morn With sturdy step strides o'er tba fallow field, And plant, In hope that, thunjih a wblla concttltd, Trt it t ful Harvest may "roafeaa the corn," And so return him from tho fruitful mould, Nil flit Bugmentrd by a hundred fold! Jlsticx in Nrw York. If the following ataiement from the Daily National Democrat be true, oriminalt are likely to make Iheir own tejmt with the courts of Now York : "Disgusting Rascality Wo are df finitely informed, and by iho very beat authority, that tho most strenuous etVortt have been mndo to prevent the just sentence of thn law from being pronounced npon the villaint who are convicted of riot at Tammany Hall, and of assault Uwn Att'.oist.it Scliell, tiiq., by which he was very nearly killed. Judge Beebe bat tried in vain for several weeks to sentence tliP culprits; nlwa a some trick or legs) quibble has been thrown in to prevent htm; and at hut one of their pulilical friem.a. who now hat a high and rrfXHimthl itivt iniWiiietV nt.ot! Un Judaea that there wero some u( hia friends in certain Department of the Gone ml Government, and that they should not be removed if these criminals are allowed to escape with a fine ; but that in no case must they he imprisoned oven for thn thorlett period. This (teems Incredible, but nevertheless we have no doubt that it ia true. Nor do we heaitato to say tlmt tbe Judge ought at once to give his name to the public, and let him be indictd for ihe ohVtice. Every good citizen has a common interest in bringing to justice the double rascal who would hold off the penulties of the law from rioters and midnight assassins. And when inch busiuesa ia done to save a political partizan, it becomes a crime of peculiar blacitnesa. Wo any ont with this wholo matter, and let oft! rial ranks be purged of inch rascality." Mr. Paradox occasionally lakes some of the stiffen Ing out of his dignity when chatting ot home with hit wile. Said he, nt tho breakfast table. "Pray, tell me, Sally, in wl at respect I resenihleda Union Parly man when 1 returned from Dab ill's champaign supper. List evmingT " I don't know, I'm sure," replied the worthy old lady, as she poured mil the coffee. llerause, aaid l arnil"X, laughing loud enough lo h heard hi'f a mile, ' I k East, no Watt" now no North, n, Mouth, no The Little one It Bead. Pinonth the hnlr, and rlete Urn eyelid, l."t thn wlitilow enrtalns Ull ; With a mile uuon hr I'-Murea, t-he hHth answered to the rail. Let tlio chllilren kli her ftujlty, At aim lie upon the Iwd. ihn bsdi etileri her to Ids boum, And Iho Hi tin enn la dnad. TopsT-Timvr. When things nrn iu confusion, they are tnid bo topy lurry. Tho expression it derived from the way in w Inch turf for fuel it placed to dry nn its being ciii; tho surfsce of the ground is pared off with the heath growing on it, nnd the heath is turned downward, and left some days in that state, that the earth may get dry before it it carried away. It means, then, lopiide-turi' way. Gentleman't M igatine. The Now York Afirrw says $ 10.000 havo been sunk in lhat city, in ihe endeavor to sustain a National Dem oc ratio paper Sign for a milk man of the present day t "Milk of the 'first water.'" V.