Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1860-08-23

              It 'ilPliiillf'(!l: a Vol. VI. A GefleroUa Diet for Students. A lata number ol "ihe World" contains an admirable article on "Hard Btudy and Spare Diet." It was an idea gonerated in the era ol monkish supersiitluD, or in Pagan philosophy, that to develop the intellect to per-luction, it Has uecessaiy to Btarve tho body. Scituce has lully demonstrated the (act, tbat a beultby body co-operated with a sound miud and tbat it is very rarely tile case that the one can remain healthy, while th other in diseased. A good gcncious diet, is a great promoter of health; it is an uUolulu uccessity tor developing ihe ludividuul whole. ll is a auuuia tbat there blioald be truth in saying, Itiui. Unsold monkish idea,"bard study itud spuro dieit" has lakuu its last asylum precisely wneie its consequences me most burl-jul, in the buiiiding schools, to wbicU the euu-Weil ol oui prosperous Classen uiu sent lor bcbulatlio training, When we consider that every' moioel ol luod lukeu luio lue mysterious lubruluiy oi the siomuch becomes Irausuiuied into me hue tisbuts ol Ibe physical system, giving to tue b.um its eleciiiu 101'ce, Uow unwise ii is to cm fctf the letfuperaiivo supply, to starve me poof fcupplicuuls, who, like waver, altera lueugie supply ol soup, are asking lor more. tjuiue ol liitsu boarding scUooiB arj can-iuctud nil tho Hue lloiuco(Jliio principles. that an infinitesimal only is necessary to antidote the dibeusc, (when tho right medicine i8 found.) Xow, in the month ol Juno, we are all lia-'blo to an attack ol hunger for strawberries school girls not excepted and from good au-thorily, be it known, that to antidote this disease, which unfortunately had attacked a Touple of school pirls, a strawberry, gsucr-' "ously large, was divided and applied separately to tho hungry partj but to the triumph of Allopathy, it but aggravated tho disease.Kvcry kingdom diviled against itself is 'brought to desolation, and every tity or house divided against itself shall not stand. Tho school girl, deprived of her natural srtste-'tin ice removed Irom her father's board. where she had no inclination to over-feed, but only to'satisfy berscl f, to the meagre Tare of a stinted table is quits excusable If she rebels Her brain a.a'ked to the utmost! by hard study utters its complaint as justly na the little stream would if required to give of its spaik- ling watcis when cut off from the fountain.. The thoughts of tho brain cannot be concentrated upon a lesson, il tho body is hungry; they are divk'cd Sef.c.-n it, and thoughts ol tho cupboard at home, with anticipations "Hoiniitimes of that-box of "good things,'1 sent by mother, which is ofun greeted with a morbid -appetite, resulting in intemperance and illness. Xow, we do not expect the table, at boari-'ding schools, lo le supplied with the luxuries 'of prvate nfmilies; but plain-, wholesome and generous diet Is absolutely necessary to the physical, moral and intellectutl health of the pupils ol ourtoMiding schools. "The bright, consummate -flower owft'l'.y developed soul, can only draw its pertection from a healthy and well nourished trunk and roots. A Slip Bk.twkkm 'itm Our asd tub 'Lip. The other day a prominent Democrat of'Poro-eroy, Ohio, named fil('her, huving become disgusted with Dotiglasism, reso'vj I logive his old political friends afarewell-address.'----A largo number assembled to Itcar him, pre. pared with a fpeaker to extinguish him a Mr. Wallar. lie bt icily reviewed Demfciat-ic principles as ho always understood them, and gl- riod in being a Democrat, TJuiing his remaiks tho Democracy of tho house came down 'frequently with thandoring applause. 'Itutevory hitter has i; 9 sweet-; ahd 'every joy its counterpart. Mr. Waller said "ho must cither give up his former principles, and retmin with a fragment of his party, or 'turn in wi'.h the K.-publicins, tho laUer o1 which he'tiad'Coirsented to do. At this point the cheering was tremendous, and from a different quarter; and tho Deirocracy made the bo!it ol iheir cause, and went 'SilentlyofT.--(Mr. Wallar has always been one of tho most active'in'his party, in Meigs esunty. A ,0is(JWau:n"'WobisiI4ikacles Tho New Bod ford (Mass.) Standard reports "a romai'kable recovery from illness, eftVcted ,n that city Through "tho gracp of God." A well known merchant wira compelled, seven .years ago, to relinquish his 'business, and finally suffered an entire paralysis of his lower limbs, sutTering atlimos great pain, and being altogether helpless. James Xewtun of 'Cincinnati, who claims to have effected many wonderful cores by '"the griwe of God," wag cillod to his assistance, and after considerable Imposition of hands, the emaciated limbs of the invalid began to blush with returning vigor and 8trength,ind hels new far on the higl way of ricovery. ' Sudmissiom. Trials not Wt are easily Wne. Mr. Peal ody ono day camo in from a walk. His wife said to Mm, "i ha-vo been thinking of onr situation.and havo determined Y te submissive and patient," : "AW", said be, "that is a good resolution; 1,'t us nee what we have to submit to. 1 will make a 'fist -ol our trials. First, we have a home, we will submit lo that. Second, we have the comforts of life, we will submit to that. Thirdly, Wejiave each other. Fourthly we have a mnltknde of friend. ' Fifthly, we have God to take Care of lis." ' "Ah !" said she, "pray s)op, t will say o 'taora about guhmlpsinn.' , The Anburn Advertised sys: ''' A penileman, wbo always mean busincw, authoriites us to annminee that he has $500 to bot on New York forkincoln.toOOofi I'enrr-sylrarrla, and HlOiTlon ''i',0 Dtl Indiana fbr the ime-candidatcv U there any friend ol "ye iMIlo giant" disposed to sctonrmudate our Linc,6?U'minf '. i At .. I r - mM. A 1 inVilaMi initial I'i om tlio lliirtl'iird Kvenlny I'ro.', Ani(. 7. Stephen and his AnxibtU Mothei- Stephcii vVas anxious to ceo his mother. Ills mother was anxious to cee Stephen: Tho dutiful boy advertised it in the public prints that he was cn bis way to fee hi mother. Ho started from tho city of New York ItJ visit his mother, who results in the western section of Now Voik State. lie naturally came to New Haven, Guild ford, anil Hartford, on his way, and at the latter place ho was ''betrayed" iblo i speech. Still bent on (ho jaterrisl pilgrimage, he por ft towards Boston, attracted by a telative of his wire. It was a case of relative attraction. t)n bis way, at Worcester, some Judas "betrayed" him into a speech. At Boston, betrayod again. Now. however, ho started towards his mbtber. At Albany, seeking to pass Ihrough there as a private man, astonished at the magnificent demonstration, the unexpected reception, (liko the nne at Hartford,) he was "botrayed" Itito a spiech in-Viiiich he declared he was on his way to see his mother: From horo,the pilgrim son reaches Saratoga. Here he lays aside politics, thinks of his long unbeen mother whom he is about to visit, and sinks into the genial, pleasures of the place, Previous to this, we ought to mention, he was ''betrayed" into a speech, Full bl thoughts of bis mother, he starts in a northern direction anil lauds at Hutland the home of his youth. Owing to tliii wholly unexpected arrival in that plaie, so hallowed, &c he well is betrayed into a speech. Full of pent up affection, he can no luiigcV restrain himself, but goes to Bellows Falls. Atoid the bellowing of t!'o populnbe anil tHe sobs of Stephen he is deceivid, deluded, imposed on, in lact "botrayed" into a speech. He flees to the north; he lands at White Uiver Junction. What ajunc ion what a con junction, in pnirt ol lact, was there! Mo- phen was "betrayed" into a speech. Cutting his filial stick in a southeast direction, he informs us at Concord that he is v'slting New England tj lock upon the grave of a relative-Sad Stephen, how skillfully his anxiety to see bis mother, is disguised. The statement was made in tho ttibrsiC bf si me extended remarks which, in point ol lact, "betrayed'' pious iftneas into a sprtch at this vory place. At Manchester, at Nashua, at Providence still seeking tho maternal embrace that still receded, he is still surprised and still "betrayed ; " but why repeat the sad details. Stephen Stephen who snouts unable to cut his bread and cheese even, is next Jeen at a clatiibake at Kocky Point; lar, far from mother, relatives or graves, on this strictly private tour to see his inolber Stephen, we say , sinks tho maternal for a season, and allows one hundred and Hl'ly bushels Cl baked clams and thirty thousand pooplu to "betray" lit til into a speech a b:iefone o t nn Lou and a half. Look at tlra map of New England. Where do you think Siophen is now? Why, way down on the rocky end of the lthode (stand at Newport, kicking bp his truant heels by the great ocean, as much as to sa.y that, having traveled all over Now England on the st length of her, ho now don't care a "bras" firthin' " for his maternal! And yet, by and by, when ne gels recuper-1 ated and wants to start on another ro'.ir, we shall bear his low, sweet voice mi ng'ing with tho roar ol the surf ddfro thert on the sound, ing sea, softly singing WaltP, ..ml cull mo ctirly. Cill ino earlj mother ile-ir. . -flow Indiana i3 Going. At the pp iiing of the present cato.l'gn, wo 'regarded Indiana as a somewhat doubtful "Stat?, 'tho lgh we had strong hopes of a tto-publicSn'tiiurtsph. With the progress of the canvass, 'huwover, it has become mro and more evident that 4 great political revolution rs -going on theie. All the external signs have "indttarH ibat the Hepublicans would elect their State ticket in October, and givo a liandsomo inrfjority for Lincoln and Hamlin in November. Q'his Terfiitt 1s How as certain as any poifjical'eal'cri'ation can'be. In Southern Indiana a remarkable change has been going on, anil the vote thoro will astonish those people who look for any indication ol its character to tho returns of two and four years ago. tye'Could nawo one of the "Pocket" counties.ln ifcrticclJp.'in which, according to reliable information, the 'vote will be almost as one-f iJed for 'Lintdln as it was four years ago for Titichatun. I'o show something f rhe'SWle of n'ffah'si in liorthern Indiam, wo willive thoaggre. gata res lit oft careful canvass uf'eght cetra tics in that section as ccfifpared with the 'Presidential vote four years go. We'have the details before us.givingin thiveounties a total majority for Lincoln of B.u'W. la the same counties four year ao, FreeniorrVs'ina-jority was only 5.Ct)5, Republican gain, 3,-115. Tliese are tacts, "not Conjectures. Ills believed that every "cilirrty Jioi th ol Che National ltoad will give a majority foi Lincoln. Should the balance of the State give the same relative gains as the counties to which we re- ler, the llepublican majority 1o Indiana will exceed 30,(m Half that will answer every practical purpose. The Tift'Mr GnEAT Mas. Tbo truly great man mhe-wbohas added something to the sweetness . ifid worth ol humon life. Ivr, thousand miners would by this lime hate teen blackened corsc, h- d not Sir Hum- phry tlayy invented tho patent safoty lamp. Ten thousand lips are speaking of the great use of the mariner's compawj. which was simpiyan adaptation of natural laws, or prop- ertis of Walter, to a benevolent tinman use; and this fo 9 of tho, happy inspirations Of j igcnrrw.1 iJC-'iiU' fl-Wi.:i i.'n.? tiprt of wtH-h'lhcT'on1lt $ ' iJM. i " j.-!Vf Vi'"' 10 ":'.' i'lM.m!!5i!l')";l ;U i'H m - i ' MOtJKfT1 ViaxtTaOBT, North Carolina Election. The liichuiohd Enquirer has a letter from lialoigh which, speaking of the late feib'ctWn jn North Carolina, says: "A.'ter a careful scrutiny of tho losses and gains of the respective Candidates, and a com' parison thereof with tho Votes in previous elections, I say confidently that Ellis has csr-Hcd the State by at least 4.000 majority. "As to the Legislate, it will bo, beyond doubt, Democratic. In the Senate, cortip'nscd br fifty members, tho Democrats' will have at least sight majority. Tho Opposition has made considerable gains in the other branch of the Legislature, and there ire some doubtful counties yet to hear from. But, giving all these lo the Opposition, still the Democrats will a small majority in that body. ''National politics have not been discussed in this contest. What is commonly called hero ill valorem has been the side issue. For tho berefit of your readers I will explain ; Our fionstitutLn has this provision; "Capitation fax,, shall bo equal throughout tho State upon all individuals subject to the sanie. All free males over tho aqe of twenty j oho years, and under the nga of forly-fivn i yoars, and all slaVes ovor tho ago of twelve years, and under tho nge of fifty years, sha'i be subject to capitation tax; provided that holhinghcreln Contained shall prevent exemp-lions or taxable polls as heretofore prescribed by law in cases of bodily infirmity." "A little more than two yenrs r!roa movement was made in Kaleigh and Wake rmmty by a fe individuals to have this ortirle in hi Constitution altered, so as to empntt-er tho wg.siar.nra to tox an siavos according to val- h m to bischomber, you will probably dis-no, and not by a poll Mx only upon those bo-jc0vi.r Illor0 Jamning evidence of his guilt, tween the ge of twelve and fifty as row pro-: .-Atlantic Monthly for Augus. vided. I ' . ... "The subject as brniight before the last Legislature by Mr. Blerlsoe, hut met with no I lavor from either party. At their last Convention, however, tho Opposition party undo stlch a provision a pan of their platform. Tho Democratic partr, on fho contrary, jn their platform, opposed it. Upnn this issue tho contest turned, and it has been tho warmest one wo have had ii this Stato for liiani' years. The qucslion has been a distuibingi they would be without any rods. Upon in-ore, breaking up tr some extent old party af-; quuy we find them to be somebody's patent fir i ties. The vote his been much the largest ! insulators and patent points, and patently ever cast in tho Statu. Large gains have been j painlcd, sold by means 6? certificates and made by thi Opposition, 'ut it is dtto to a j recommendations, as a specitlo against light-proper understanding of matters that should n'ng, just liko the quack medicines Which add that it has baen upon this ad valorem j heal nil tliseasos.- touo." Tiid time is, pe'hops, coming, when the Mr. Bell's Position, lion, John Bull, the Union candidate for hA Presidency, ha3 written a letter 'to Mr. Thomas It. '.Vattsnf Montgotriery, Alabama, in reply to on inquiry ns to tho viefvs of tho distinguished cnnilidato concerning tho great, questions now at issue before the eoNntrv. tn that loiter, Mr. Bell refers his enrrespon. dent to h fcolleclion of extrnrla from hi Speeches and letters, Vviih references to his votes, lately pnblNhod by the Central Union Commltrco Of Tennessee. Mr. Walls having 'carefully examined this collection, publishes in the Montgomery Tost. Ihe following sum- tonry of tho Views et forth therein: Mr. BeH thus distinctly announces, in mV judgment the following propositions: "1. A distinct repudiation of Viltnot Pro-Visnkrrt.Ll A distinct announcement that ihe Ter-1 ntories are the cotn.nor, property oi' tho ftioies compnsing tho Union; and that the citizens ot eacn ntato nave the rtht lo go into such . -a. . . .. . . . . .i ierruories wim tnoir property oi every oe - Mript'rori and while there, to bavo protection to property ond person. 4. that Slavery ss it exist, strong -.is, is civlily, niorally, and religiously right; sane- twirled by tho Constitution of the United States, by the Bible, and by ll.a practico o1 men in i. age, and tat it ought to be ex - tended. 'The record 'of Mr. Bell, Winning through a period of Wore than a quarter of a century, gives the RtVtfngOst Assurance of bis fidelity to the bstitn'tion of tbo South, the laud of his birth, and of h'slAVe to the 'Constitution and Union oT ttti'r fathers. "These opinions of Mr. Bell. So long entertained and acted on in public We, tflord to tia nt ta Rniftti n alynn'or fTiinrnntv anftinul , .. 1 Wrone than the sudden annoarrcsmoniB eleventh hour converts.' Crittenden's Extinguisher-. Senator Crittenden of Kentucky has a right understanding of the Dinunroti hoflsrtise ut- 'tared with a view to defeat Mr. Lincoln. Hj has put 'al extinguisher over tho rtshlighta of Keitt, Rbelt, and BarnarJ, as follows; The mofity must, ol nccessy.rale m sit republics, and if ynu do rot like tho law br tho majoi ity, set aside all free government, -and go to somo place where you will havu rre elections, where licreditity rulers shall take thetplace of your olective government. Vl6 jghn-n fay that If Mr. Ltrrcoln or onybody ls is constitutionally elected to the Chief Magis. tracy.-tto !ihH not talie Ws seat. Have we coru0 t0 ii,u? 5 so, lot osvjhango the whole 'government, snd let the minority rulo, though even then would not the majority men f t joe t to Ihe election of kflian by the minority? In tli following, Mr. Crittenden snulfs out the last flicker vjTtheee 'Vest lights" of Se-vessionism? ' - -..,' . I know thir ftre Wj wbe-tpeenlote upon the speedy dissolution t)f the .Vrfltm, but they are self conceile'rl tneniTnifarthrdltbeir natures, sua unismuiui iu o b11711 wujiu OHIO, , TIItJXl.33D MM Will Tour Boy Use TolJaooo Your George will never g.-noke? Excuse mo. When he will smoke depends upon the precocity of his individual generation; and that increase in a direct ratio with time itself in ibis country, Tnus, to stats the ratter in an approximate inverse arithmetical progression, and dating the birth of "young America" abntlt the year i825 previous to which rigned tho dark ages of old fogydnm, o railed we find as follows: From 1825 to 18:15, jb'itBg genlloirlen learned to amoks when froii) 25 to 20 years of age; from 1835 to 1845, young gont. ditto, ditto, from 20 to 13 years; 1815 to 1853, from 15 to 10; 1855 to 1803, 10 to 5; 1805 to 1875, 5 to 0; and i' to continue, 1875 to 18b3, tero to minus; but really tho question is becoming too nebulous. Vorullary: In tea years, if not sooner, the' f!th. of tho United States will smoke contemporaneously with the infant Burmese, who, we are credibly informed, begin" the hs'Jit fif! 3, or as soon as they have cut enough teeth to hold a cigar. Therefore, we will say, Madam, at soma indefinite period of his childhood or youth for we would not be s impolite as to infer your ago by asking that of your son the imVt George will coma home late from play some afternoon, ianguid, pale and disinclined for tea. He will indignantly rpel tho accusation of feeling ill, Snd thero will lurk about his) person an indisciihablc odor of stale cinnamon, which you will be at a loss to account for, but which his elder brother will recognize as the natural result cl stacking "cinnamon cigars," wherSwitll certain wicked tobacconists of this City tempt curious youth. If you follow Dcngcr of Imperfect lightning Hods. A writer in the Now York Post, after do- sci Ibing the effects of the lightning during a recent ihunder-Morni, makes some very sensible suggestions: I In our occasional trips to the various sub-' mbs of the city, we have otiserved hundreds of buildings with lightning rods, which, in o'ir judgment) render thom less secure than pei pie will rcs?n by experience, If in r.o other Way, that the exact adaptation of the rod to the uaturo snd degree of the exposure of tl 6 building as regards lightning, is absolutely ssKCnii..! to Its efficacy. Tho services of an "expert 'mechanic" may be very pioperly ahd usefully employed in tho crictlon of thf rods, but the decision as to UieiV modo of construction and location upon i bo building demands, in tho highest degree, the exercise of Ihe soundest scientific judgment and1 expeiience. A mist-ke in this particular increases the danger, ns (Infrequent failures of lighdiing rods fully demons'. raW. Lightning rods flmuld be exami.ied every I , , u .. . J , .....u.. ..uiu j..., uuvu i :ouuiv-i Hj-iarein. - ! TliuV c)inr.1t Va ban t-, . f...M . j If t . ...j . ..v.. .4 u iica nun, liailtl, BI1U 11 I any alteration or addition to the building is I iiiiwIa. ctnlrl J 1... . . - to Hecide whether t4 reqi're a.-ijiiRtitrcnt to conform to the altered condition of the buildidg. If the lightning rod is Correctly opplied in the fiist plare, atod kept in order, it may be j impliedly relied upon as a complete saleguarJ : frum llghinlng. m n I '' ao Allowing is from the San Francisco j Alh Ca,ifor,,iani fiev-ertl weeks ago raarried lady residing Jin the Suidwich Islands, whe had c6me to J this city for her health, and was boarding at a honso on Califo rnia street, awoke in tbe night ond plainly saw a phantom of her husband, which t-ho sujposed to be her living huib.nid-, and Ih that siq position, celled toiler son, a boy about twelve years of age, saying-"Henry, here's your father." She got up ami advanced tow.ird thi figure an'l it disap-p:ared. She pinched herstlf to ooe whether she was not asleep, but found herself to be fully awake. The vision disturbed her very much; notwithstanding the fact that she had left her husband in vigor)us health at Hcno of:. . . . . " . " "u lulu, a few weeks bo lore, she feared greatly that tho vision radicated bis death. Whon she went down to breakfast in the morning, a gentleman boarding in the same house noticed the marks of W(f6pinjt and endeavored to get her into a good humor. She told him the Cause of her uneasiness, snd ho attempted to remove tho unhappy impression from her mind, but failed. -She insisted that ber husband tnustbe (lead, and that sho must return to Honolulu by the first boat, and to she did. A tow days alter ber departure, a vessel arrived from Uotfolulu with toewg that her husband h ntl died. His death, however, did not tako place on the day when she saw tbe virion, but a week belore. i f)nri-T Advancing. A correspondent writes from Do Soto. Jackson coanly, III.'; The dub fft this .precinct numbers forty one man voted lor t'remont in '58 and left for parts On unknown on the first train. Fremont's vote in Jackie county was 15 Fillmore's 822. You nay Bet down Lincoln's vote at 4oOi and probably flOO. , ( . , .... Another writirfg fiDm Vienni, Johnson county, say "W only polled seven Republican votes in Johnson onnty two years ago We expect to give Liucoln uT one hundred ' 'jihialark"... .. ;- , '.,, , - J f ...i a...;f ' .-I' ?..-, AUGUST 133, lOOO The New Jersey Domoorats and Soil Men. The Nowark (N. J.) Mercury tftvM state's the case in regard to the "elements" opposed to Lincoln and Hamlin, in New Jersey i In no Stato in the Union are tho opposing forces In the Democracy party more equally divided than in New Jersey. The groat ma jority of the leading Democrats are for Brock. tnridge, snd they have the assistance of all tho Custom House Officers, I'lstmosters, Ac., and the mo'ieyed men of the party. The Douglas wing is led by younger men, those who look to the luture, and those who rogard Douglas as the regular nominee. There are some who are warm and -eculed supporters of the peculiar doctrines of their leader, und these aie earnest and determined laborers in bis cause. The Breckenridge men have made errors in forming their Electoral ticket, but they will work with much precision and certainty, and will poll a strong voto in some of the counties. The Douglas men will fight every preenct. no.a meetings at evtry point . wuia iiiu lug Ul-icillllliuill'll u I'OllirOl lllv I party, stand by their own ticket with pertinacity, and claim tbe victory until the latest moment. Their pluck will be more than a match for all the arts of the Breckcnridg wing. In this Condition ot afTuM it is scarcely necessary to refer to the small faction' which, I pretending to support Mr. Boll, has made an alliance witb tho Breckonridgo mer. They are composed of those gentlemen in the American party who sympathize with the South, and wbo have been left out in the cold by tho adhesion of the Americans of the Stat0 to the Chicago nominees. They will be smil 1 in number, and will be scarcely counted in the canvass. A straight out Bell ticket m'ght reach 5,000 in this Stato, but at least hill of them would vote for Lincoln, rather than the mongrel Ticket. In no event can this movement affect the result or change the relative strength of parties in tho Siate. Wo have no doubt but that tho fusion ticket would lose moro by receiving a portion of the Bell-Everett vote than it would gain. Thus it is that tho spasmodic elf.irts' o'l those who proclaim that "onr suedes is Lincoln's defeat,'' are utterly thrown away. Douglas vs. DouglaTand tho" Missouri ; Compromise. Comprom: From Douglas' Spooch in Springfield, 111., ISM. The Missouri Compromise had its origin in the hearts of (he pitriotio men who desired to preserva and perpetuate the bWsi.igs of OU' glorious Union an origin akin to that of lliu Constitution of tho United States, conceived in the samo spirit of fratornal affection, and calculated to romove foroVnr the only danger which threatens at some distant day to sever the social bond of Union. All the evidences of public opinion at that day seem to ind pate tbat this compromise had become canonized in tho hearts ot the American poo-plo as a sacred tlmi, which no ruthless hand would ever be reckless enough to disturb. rPr-iin I'oughn' HiK'.rh at l'ruridunoe, Anoint 3. ISUU.J My friend over there Wend enemy, as tho Case may be wants to know something about the Missouri Coinprninisa. C:iecrs. I have not the slightest object inn to telling h'mall he desires to know upon thattjues-tion, I brought in tlie bill td repeal the Missouri Restriction. Sir feobort Walpolo. But for Sir Robert Walpole we should have had tho Pretender back s'a'n. lint fbr bi;i obstinate love of peace we should haVe had wars, which the nation was nut stmng enough nor united enough to cridiiro Bnt for his resolute counsels and good humored resistance we might have had fijrrrun despots nt tempting a Hanoverian regitn'eu over us; we should have had revolt, commotion, want and t'y'ranous misrule-, in place of a quarter century of peace, freedom and material prosperity , such as the country never enjoyed, Until the corrnptor of Parliaments, tbat dissolute tipsy cynic, that courageous lover of peace and liberty, that great citisten. patriot, snd stotesman governed it. In religion be was little bettor than a. heathen, crackod ribidd jokes tt bigwigs and bishops, and laughed at High Church and Low. In prlvato life the old pagan reveled in (he lowest pleasures, he passed his Sundays tippling at Richmond, and hishulydays bowling after dogs, or boozing at Ilo-ighton with boors over beef and puncli. He cared for letters no more than his master did; he judged human nal ore f o meanly that one is ashamed to have (6 own that he was right, and that men could be corrupted by means so base. But with bis hireling House of Commons, he defended liberty for us; with his incredulity he kept Church-craft down, Thero were parsons at Oxford as double dangerous as any priests out of Rome, and be routed them both, He gave lglmhmen ho conquests, but he gave ihotn peace, and ease, and freedom the Thteo per -nonts, nearly at par, and wheat at 25s. and 2Us, a quarrer. 'Cornhill Mngasr.ine, Aug. George W. Yocum, heretofore a leading Democrat, and one of the principal speakers for that party in Ostaloosa, Iowa, publishes an article in tbe Herald of tbat place, dt. claring his belief that both wings ol the Democratic party are alike Pro-Slavery, and an no inclng his intention to support Lioeoln and Hamlin, in whose behalf he is now making speeches. fii the Moravians of Bethlehem, PetfUSyW n:a, intend to vote during the next election for Lincoln snd Hamlin. In 1S56, the borough bronght 1n tnajon'ty tor Buchanan, But this year It is expected that Its polls record as iimplete a Republican triumph as they formerly did (or the Whiirv , - Killing Whales With Poison, A paper has just been published in England by Prof. Christison, the result of some experiments suggested so org ago as 1831 by M esBrs. W, and O. Young, of Leitb, for the capture of whales by means of poision, the agent being hydrocyanic or Prussic acid. The subtle poisott was contained in glass tubes, in quantity about two ounces. Among other difficulties, one wns to discharge the poison from the tubes at the right time. After various trials the plnn fixed upon was to attach firmly to each side of the harpoon,' near the blade,' j.on9 end of a Btrong pper wire, the oth- er end of which passed obliquely over the tube, thereby securing it in its place, then through an oblique hole in the shaft, close to the upper end of the tube, and finally to a bight in the rope, where it was firmly secured. By these nienns the rope could t be h, t oud whe ,he I ,, 1 J , !. , I .1 i I niiipuuu nuucucu iu n airum mo vriittir, without crushing the tubes; the poison would then enter the whale, and death ensue. The Messrs. Young accordingly sent a quantity of tubes charged with poison with one of their ships engngod in the Greenland fishery, ahd on meeting with a tine whafe the harpoon was skillfully and deeply buried in its body; the leviathan i nmediately "sounded," or dived perpen diculnrly downward, but in a very short time the rope relaxed and the whale rose ' were so appalled by the terrific edi ct of the poisoned harpoon that they declined to use any more of them. Subsequent experiments tend to convince the learm d professor that success will be established in this method 6f capturing the mighty leviathan of the deep. A Fish Story from Japan. The Japanese correspondent of the, Home Journal is responsible for the ful-lowihs:Well, I hate got to the head charters of th mcrmaij8 them I Yes, sir, ma4 Vrhere they make them. A No. l! mermaids, ancient and fishy just as good, pDUOliopI1,caI rUectln ' Humboldt Vnrnha-mermaids as ever lived down among the '?? Corre8pondei,M mU,m to "' stkm of i , . . i , i L . linlerer.ee from tbe silonea of anthors. To coral palaces below, and spent their time I. ,.' , , . ... . ' 1 .. . . . r ... enow the inconolusivenesa of h storesl vet!. a combing of their long raven hair! I t, i l :r J...U..I - Cu DC,ofttl, ..u u uy uuo u.moi. the mermaids, send me a draft for Ave ( pounds sterling, and I will forward the best in the market, though for my own part, I like the fcmJ-maids of Niphon bet- j ter, and would not exchange one of our nutbrown girla, patting along the Tokaido' with uaked feet and ankles, for all fishy, ' watery sirens, whatsoever. Perhaps our) mermaids do not amount to much'. I must confess that the dried skull of an ape, so ingeniously fastened to a1 dried fish's body that you cannot possibly tell the point of union, is more curious than lovely; but we excel in crabs. m met, lrty loKUtiama cay against tne worm lor .1 n i. . -u :' n i iiiem. viaus iiiui win seize a smnu uuy when swimming, by the seat of applied, learning, till not all the birchen frees in' aiauemtc ffroves could so fiighttn him for i-Tf mu .i . . . . t Ilia life. Oabs, that from lip to Up of i ; i their extended claws, measure twelve feel I . . . . ' , L . Imagine a spider of that proportion of . ,. r f , leffs, and a body like a wash tub, coming . ' . - sideways 6t Wt, when you are walking . . . -A t, - i c 3 . with pretty Molly in a shady grove. r ,., M ' Mr. Young, in his -weekly gossiping letter from Europe to thu Albiou, telli a good story which carne to him through ' one of the privleged and envied fair who' were present at the wondrous fancy dress ball given in M!y by the ETmpross fi'ugi;ne at her mother's hotel in the Champs Ely-sees. The samptuosily of that fate resounded through all Europe; bnt it was thought singular at the time tbat the published accounts mentioned that the Empress Was present in a domino, and only for a short limn. The re tson assigned is this. Her most gracetui M ijosty had pre-1 pared a costume of Diant, therein Were inwoven the trown jewels, and we know not what beside. It was to eclipse all costumes seen hitherto flirid heard of. The Emperor was to be surprised; the guests were to be enchanted. Unluckily, how- vpf ' tbe Emncror received a hint as to the: forthcoming exhibition, and insisted on his sweet spouse trying on her dicss, in his presence, a few hours before the ball was to open. Onromantio, hard-heared roan) He pronounced ft "improper' and strict lv forbade its annearance. Hence . the singularity 'tnat was 'a conspicuous, Titosa Piioprcts or Olo. How rioh the folio -ring paragraph appears, which was originally printed in the English Quartely Review in March, 1825. ' ' ' ' We are not advocates forvis'iohaty projects that interfere with use'ul establishments. We scout the ides of a railroad aa impracticable. What tan be "mors palpablal surd and ridiculous than the prospects , held out of locomotives traveling twice a fast as stage coaches? We should as soon expect the people of VVoolwioh to suffer themsolvea to be fired off upon one of Congreve's rioochet rocktts,as to put themselves at Ihe mercy of sucn a tfiachine, going at sncn a rales 3XTo. dQ. m Arrival of the Powhatan. : ", The Uniitfd btatts steam Irigato Powhatan, Capt. Geo. F. Pearson, arrived at Philadelphia yesterday afternoon, after cruise ot two years and eight months in the Chinese and Japan seas. The officers and crew are all we!. The Powhatan left Panama on the ftJtb. of May, and has' bei-n nearly three mouths in soaring round Cape Horn.' She stopped twefve days at. Valparaiso to take in oohI, and also a few days at.St. Catharine's. The voyage altogether has been one of great variety and interest. It will be remembered tbe Powhatan was the flag ship, of Cpra. Tattnall, and brought the Japanese Embassy from1 Yeddo to Panama. .. . The New York Post eonjecturet that the Prinoe of Wales' "has not visited CanaJ da on a mere pleasure trip. Jt believe tha. the Duke,p,f Newcastle, ihe Queen's Seoretary for tbe Provinces, is feeling th pulse of the Queen's subject there, and conferring with the leading men of th seperats, colonial possees'io'ni, with a view" of ascertaining the practibility and expediency of bringing about a consolidation of all the provinces, for which there is si strong popular aspiration. All the colonies combined have a population of 4000,000, a million more than the American colonists numbered when they declared their n dependence. Should the measure b adopted, some now name would probably ".be L'iven t( the entirH RritlnVl Amarixan State and th UrM of young gentkmKn n nOW receiving. With Mia ?m nnri TinvAMvf O - vun vi Viceroy. A Mother and Her Little Son. B y (reading a newspaper.) "Mother, what are hoosiers and snrkers?" Mother "Tbey are mk. who dress ix strong linen, linsey and jenrn, drive six yokes of uxea to a plow, no I votu for ln-coln."tyy "What will I be,motheif; Mother "A hoosier like papa, son." Boy "Whoa haw, thero, tree, buol! Mother, I want a tig whip like pipaV H,t-Esca no Aroumknt. Perhspa Hie most cenco, Humboldt adduces three important tad nndeniabl, flcU, which are tntirflr omfu,a where we shnuW naturally expecM find thero'. In the record's of Barcelona thera is not a trace of the triumphal entry mad by Columbus; in Marco Polo no mention ot the great wall of China, and In the archive of Portugal nothing iWt tSa voyage of Amerigo Vespucci inthe ervioecths crown'. VAHtoTo Iavmu a Put Atrroa. Writing from Dresden to his friend Letlia, in 1823, Mr. Irving thus concludes one ol his -letters: ... i have fighting mv way mto ta' German language, and am" r. gaining my Ilnli;nn Rnd fo. ,,19 of . employment, have turned "play actor "We have been gett'ng up private the n I 1,... . I. .. !..'...' t l-t' , , T t-i j . . Iad-V- I nv "Iwdy ensc ed Sir Charles R ,i, m i. ','. U Kcke " "Three Weeka after Marriage . . , , , . . j with great applause, and am on the point .. 'r wv ..r . . or playing Don Fein in 'The Wonder.' T. .. I hnd nq .idea of this fund of JramaU' , . , j ... , talent lufkiM within me; and now I eon- Blfl myself that if tho worst cornea tn the worst, I can tnfn stroller, and pick op' a decent ma'ntenanro among the barns in England. I verily believe ns'tire intended! me to be a vagsbond." Ln'e accounts " Oiwtunabi ntltt' (hat General Willism Walker left Ruatsn on the Slsl or June in a ochnoner, accompanied by one hundred men, and at s a was joined by another ws.l. The next &j he was seen off EIoi Island, and it was suspected ho iu-i-n-Wd to i(sl' Au-scent on Otioa or Trnxill-H ?ov. Ilenry A. Wi r-a written anoth.t fetter, in the course ol which be iay: OaJ grant that onr efforts be not In vipi-C 1 fear they will be 'hat BlacV Roaubliranisln is to triumph in the coming election. f mean for tn tnnhidehj wiiVn'tt Vnhnl ti out of ('aid In' saving the wuntrJr ,nd ita ConMimtion; hat not to suit mn uiu moment, or to eonceutrl on stngts ilem. to a triumph which will degrade me' and miffs in this CenMeranjr of free abl eq'ual States. Doug's, nfem'iorncy ,4 prettV ell jpVa-V ontin Portage Coiintr, The Cleveland Ud-er says a great. Po'uglas as Biertinf wa appointed for Suurday fai at Kvran-' Messrs H, ff faynt anr H,T. Ranoey wi announced as pa1iirak fbrpMm Hvers sol' sundry lessor lights.. At the hoar for Uit? meeting there , were aboHt mre of pespl present.. An honr passed hf, stid (here Wr4 then one hundred mt seven persoi s fa rfa halt including Kepublicapa whe had gatharri' lo fa the fua. Payne wasn't ihtre l mala his speech, snd FUnniy wouldn'i shew hit a' self, il Was a-eoinpleta BuiU, and 'hejjt teta up of the meeting "juecnni that the no-rice haaVt been cir iolatrd. A few day tor tbert wai a rrrieirir'gti mattinf ar poftned, snd only thirty people Bathe! j Good .for,. PorUga, ,.. l3 . :, I it: if ' ! .