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Editor of tht Argut Dltcoverins ilium linoe in
. fragment ef sb ol.l Weelern Clirlniiin Advocate,
I I was (truck with llulr mournful beauty, and 1
would be plraard tu k them appear in Ihe col
. to dim of your journal. ' i.d.l.
.The Farewell ( the bout to Ilia Italy.
CoiiipM.iva dear! the hour draws nigh,
The eeutonce eiwetl, ditta dit
Bo long In myetlo union lielJ,
6 oJiaM In strong embrace compcll'd,
. How eaoat llioa baa r tlia dread decree
Tbal atrikea thy olutp'ng nervei from nit I
, To lliin wlioou lliia morlul abore -
The lame encircling vcttiiienl wore, .
To liim I look, to him 1 bond,
' To him thy shuddering frame commend.
tf I have caused thee paiu ; ,
The throbbing brraat, the burning brain,
With Carre and vigile turn'd thee pule,
Or ocorn'd thee when thy etrength did fail j
Forgive I Kurgiro ! thy taak dothoeaav, .
FrieuJ, lover, tot ua part in pence.
That thou diJat aomeliinea cl my court,
. Or with thy trilling check Diy force,
Or lure from heaven my wavering tnul,
Or bw my druoninj wing to dual,
I Maine thee not ; our etrife ia done,
I knew thou wert the weaker one,
The viae of eailh, the trembling clod, '
. , Constraint to bold tin breath of (jo.1.
1 i Well boat thou in my eenrico wrought, '
, iThy brow halh niirrpr'd forth my thought.
To wear my emile thy lip bath glow'd,
Tby tear to ajieuk my aorrowt tlow'd ;
Tbine ear bath brought me rich aupplici
Of varyinj-liaeued melodic;
" Thy handa my prompted dee. In brve done,
Thy feet upon mine errunda run, '
Yea, thou boat marked my bidding well,
, F ailbful and true ! farewell ! farewell. !
, Go to thy teat A quiet bed '
. Meek mother earth with flowers ahull apread,
Where I no more Ihy eleep may break
With fevered dreania, nor rudely wae .
Thy weary eye. Ah ! quit thy hold, , ,
For thou art faint, and chill, and co'd ;
And (till thy graxp and groan of puin "
Do bind me, pitying in thy chain, 1
, Though angela warn um hence t toar '
Where I can ihare thy woca no more.
Yctahall we meet Toaoothe thy pain,
Jlemembcr, net shall meet again.
Quell witli thia bojie tho vietur'a aling,
Aud keepilaa'aaignal ringj
When thu cold worm ahull pierce thy breait,
And naught but aahea mark thy rest,
. Wlienalarsahallrellaiidakicebeduik,
, And proud auna quench their glow-worm spark,
, Cuard thou thia hopu to light thy gloom,
Till the last trumpet rends tho tomb. '
., , Thun ahalt thou glorious rie aud fair,
Nor spot, uorahade, nor wrinkle boar J
And t, wild hovering wing elule,
The bunting of thy bunds will wait,
I'll hail theo "welcome to the sky,
Reatored to life no more to die."
, , . , Prohtblllon.
Editor of the Argus Dear Sir: I havo
been looking anxiously in every number
of your paper eitic Juno last to see what
would .become of tho prohibitory liquor
Jaw question, nnd in Uaveling through Ihc
Willamette- Valley I found that quite a
, number of your readers were also quite
anxious to hear from you on this subject.
. Tho Legislature of the Territory will soon
,. be in session, and I hope the friends of
prohibition nro not to be discouraged by
our defeat if tho shameful manner in
which tho ladies', petition was treated by
the last Legislature may be called a defeat.
Tell us Low many of ihosa blackguards of
r xirtue and humanity will have scats iu the
.', present Legislative Assembly of Oregon.
The question of prohibition has a deep
and a permanent hold of many of the eiti-
, zens of the Territory. . They a'e watching
. the result of the New York' liquor law.
That Stale has had tho question in all its
., forms ; lb rice have tho people voted to re
jnovo it from among "hem, and as often
. 'have they been defeated. , Still tho friends
of prohibition aro not discouraged. In
vAIaine also I lie people have repeatedly de
cided against this monster evil. The ro-
- !)'t of the i present presidential election
will no douni teabh I ha democratic party
' that King Alcohol does not quite comrol
tho ballot-box in that State, aiid that if'the
I parly expects to gein its original strength
and purity, it must abandon its liquor plank
- in that State.' The repeal of the Maine
I liquor law was most unquestionably to se
cure the aid of the liquor influence in the
present presidential canvass. Had the dem
ocratic party sustained the Maine liquor
'law,' instead of repealing it, they, in the
opinion of some of her strongest temper
o ace democrats, would have carried the
.Stale the other way. Vermont do. When
:ny party adopts a loathsome, drunken,
' .and 'rotten plank as a principle of the
party, they must expect every candid and
thinking man to leave them. The cry of
' liberty, constitution, and private right to
-drink and get drunk, and make as many
others drunk as they can, will not win.
The sober man knows his rights and his
v privileges, and he knows when he ia in
; suited and abused by a man under the in
' flaface of liquor, however much be may
' desire to see democratic principles prevail
in a national point, he cannot forget that to
oe a member or a nation of drunkards u
Be honor to bim, and no security to his
children. Democrat and drunkenness
lare become too nearly synonymous to al-
mm
A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to tho I'riiifii!os of Jefftwmiim Democracy, anil advocating
V'or.. II.
low the reul friend of hie country to idt-ii-lify
hlnuelf with a j arty that will oppose
ogal prohibition.
Am Old Ijkmoviat.
XtT The foregoing communicntioii has
boon on hand a wok or two, lut crowded
nut till now. Wo congratulate our 'o!d
democrat" friend in having made up his
mind at lint to part comp'any w ith a party
which possesses nothing of 'democracy"
but tho name. We hear of other coining
over constantly, nnd if moro who are get.
ling quite ''soft' and fuel a strong desire
to bo emancipated from I ho fetters of parly
slavery.
Wo nro not yet able to tell you how
many "blackguard of virtue and human
ity" are holding a.'ali in the present Legit
lature. They will all probably make up a
history for ihcmsulvr during the usion,
and we shall try to give an iiiipnriial da
liuerrvotype, putting, an we did last winter,
the most chat 'liable construction poible
upti their acts, aud throwing the nianjlu
of oblivion over some things that were loo
hideous to be laid entirely naked.
Tbe M. I'- Church and lUe Vatlea Breth-
rea ea Ktavcry.
Editor of lit Argus Myself and other
ministers of tho church of the United
Brethren iu Christ have been charged
with "dealing in wholesale slander," by a
minister in high standing in the M. .
Church; nnd when asked "Wherein I"
it was replied that it consisted in saying
that the Methodist Episcopal Church tol
erated American thictry. Now to give
them a chance to disabuse themselves aud
the publ'c, and to make money while they
nro at it, I would request you to give the
enclosed scrnp a place in your paper. It
will speak for itst If. If they cannot prove
these uhargps to bu false, what will kcome
of all tho hooting that we find iu the r port
of the cnminhtce on slavery at tho late
General Confoience I And how can any
conscientious nnti-slnvcty man reconcile it
to liis feelings to maintain a connection
wiihthemi And what becomes ef the
charge of Blander mado against those that
simply state facts as thry appear in the
public prints? J. Ke.xovek.
Is this True, acatn t
The following article appeared in alatn
number of tho Southern Methodist Itin
erant, a paper published in Virginia:
"is this trui:."
' Tne Dayton Telescope, nfier quoting an
extract from our recent notice of the ex
traordinary doings nf tho Gcnrrul Confer
ence of the Church, North, in which it is
affirmed that there are hundreds nnd thou
sands of mercenary slaveholders in the
M. li. Church in Alurjlaud and Virginia,
asks ''Is it true i" The editor of tho Tel
eseope knows, if he read our articje at all,
which ho alludes, that wn made the state
mriit upon our petsonul knowledge and
responsibility. The question he proposes
implies a doubt assails our veracity.
We again affirm that there are hundreds
of slaveholders in Virginia, some in this
very communi'y, who are acceptable mem
bers of the M. li. Church, North. Mr.
Collins afiirmod before the general confer
ence, that there was only one slaveholder
in tho Bttliiiriere City station. And yet
the fact is, the preachar in charge of that
very station w as a slaveholder, made so by
the death of his wife's father in Virginia.
And there are others of his brethren in
tho same category, legal owners of human
flesh, bone and mtccle 1 Does Mr. John
A. Collins, or any of his friends, know the
fact,' that a preacher in good standing in
the Rullimnro Conference, before he mar
ried tho ladv who is now It is wife, trot a
friend to persuade her to sell several ne
groes that hail been left her by a relative,
which friend ii is said was this same John
A. Collins, that she vielded, sold her slaves,
am! cave to her husband the price of the
blood, tne bone; ami muscle of these poorl
slaves ! ! ! Dnl Ut U. ever tell Inm that
he might thank him for the value of ihoc
negroes ! This is a specimen of Mr. Col
liiis'H plan of emancipation !
' But lo put this matter to rest, we oiler
five hundred dollars to any one that will
diaiirovo our statement that there are hun
dreds of slaveholders in tho M. E. Church.
Also t!.'e same amount to any one who
will furnish ail authentic case of refusal
on the part of Northern preacher in
. r , t 1.1
Virginia to receive 8 siaveftoiuer mio
church fellowship. ,
Also the same amount for a well authen
ticated instance in Virginia, of ihe eman
cipation of a single slave by means of
Methodist Church Discipline.
Now here is a chance for Yankee specu
lation. Who will undertake the task, or
bear off the prizes . ., ,
Does the Dayton editor demand names
and dates I Let him say so, and we are
ready to give them to any amount or ex -
tent that may bo desired. We can give
the names, and then any who desire can
appeal to Commissioners of the Revenue,
Sheriffs, ccc, whose books will amply and !
officially aitestour statements. If this j
will not satisfv tbero, will they begnodl
. . f. . , i . r ;
nminh la fell u aihat aort of evidence
will be satisfactory f
Cramp. Those who may be subject in
the night-time lo the excruciating pain ( and idle. " With the morals of the peo
calued cramp, will be doubtless dad to pie their industry also is destroyed. For
l.om Uthr tvinre anv kind of bandace
i- j v"' j o
very tight around the lejr, immediately
above tbe knee, this unpleasant sensation
will be instantaneously removed.
tTgi011
OUEGQX CITY, O.T., PKCEMliKll 13, 1850.
A. Frco Voice from North Carolina-
UorUralto far freedom an VreinoaU
THE AVVHOR TO BKVVyiSUV.D.
From the North Carolina bt'.andard, Oct. 3.
I'ltOF. lltDBICK OF TUK r.MVEHIIV.
Asa matter of jumice to l'rof. liedriek,
we publish to day what ho styles his" Do
feme" against the charge nf being a Black
Republican. Th?re is not a point made or
presented iu this "Defense" which could
not triumphantly met and expod; but
surely it cannot be 'expected of us, or of
our C'trreipmileni, "An Alumnus," or of
any en lien or this fctato, to aryus with' a
lilatk Republican.
Thn 1'ioicvxir closes his "Defense"
with the opinion that ' those who prefer to
denounce" him " should at least support
their charges by their name." The author
of " An Alumnus" is a gentleman of high
character, and entirely responsible for
w haiever he has miiil, or may say. lie is
a resident of this pluce, and his name can
le known, if at all necessary.
We adhere to eur opinion, recently ex
pressed in Tho Standard i " TUt txirets
iun of Black li publican upinioM in our
midst it iitcomjHilible Kith our honnr and
nnftlij as a people. That man is ntithcr ft
ttor a safe instructor oj our young men who
evfn inclines to fmnout and Jilack Re
publicanism." '
This ia a matter,- however, for the Trus
tees of the University. We tako it fur
granted that l'rof. liedriek will be promp
tly removed. "
,. Professor QedrlckH Defease. 1
Mitirs.L'Jitvrs : Iu the last Standard,
I see a communication, signed " Alumnus."
Although my name is not mentioned (hero
in, si ill I suppose there is little doubt that
it was all intended for me. . Now, politics
not being niy trade, 1 feel some hesitation
in appearing before the public, especially
at a time like this, when there seems to
be a greater desiro on the part ef those
who give direction to public opinion to stir
up strife and hatred, than to cultivate
feelings of respect and kindness. Cut,
lest my silence might bo misinterpreted, I
will reply, as briefly as possible, to this, as
it appears to me, uncalled-for attack on
my politics. .
Firtl: Decauso I like tho maB. lie
was born and educated at the South,
tie haa lived at tho North nnd the West,
and thoreforo has had an opportunity of
becoming acquainted with our own people
an advantage not possessed by his compe
titors. Ha is known nnd honored both at
home and abroad, lie has shown his love
of his country by unwavering devotion to
its intorests. And whether teaching school
for tho Btipport of his widowed mother, or
exploring the wilds ef ' the great West;
whether enlarging the boundaries of sci
ence or acquiring for our country the
" Coldcn State;" whether establishing a
Constitution for this youngest daughter of
tho Union, or occupy irjg a scat in the Sen
ate of tho Nation in every position, and
under all circumstances, whether demand
ing heroic daring or prudent council, he
has always possessed the courage to un-
dertakc, and ihe wisdom to carry through.
In reference to the value of bis services in
California, Mr. Buchanan says ; "He
bore a conspicuous part in the conquest of
California, and in my opinion is bettor en-
tilled to he called the conqueror of Cali
fornia than any other man." For such
services and such ability, I love to do him
honor. k Platforms" and principles are
good enough in their places ; but for tho
Presidential chair, the first requisite is a
man.
Second: Because Fremont is on the
light side of the great question which
now disturbs tho public peace. Opposi
tion to Slavery Extension ia neither a
Northern nor a sectional ism. It origina
ted with the great Southern statesmen ef
the Revolutionary. Washington, Jeffer
son, Patrick Henry, Madison, and Ran
dolph were all opposed 10 Slavery in the
abstract, and were all opposed to admitting
it into a new territory. One of the early
acts of the patriots of the Revolution was
to pass the Ordinance of '87, by which
Slavery was excluded from all the territo
ries we then possessed. This was going
.farther than the Republicans of the pres
ent day claim. Many of these great men
were slaveholders ; but thry did not let
self-intcrett blind thcra to the evils of the
svstetn. Jefferfon says that Slavery ex
erts an evil influence bith upon the whites
and blacks ; but he was opposed to the ab
olition policy, by which the slaves would
. u. lurn.,i te nruonz the whites. In his
1 , u . NolL;
i ' ; ' . . , . .
mr certainly written in the book of fate
than that these people are to be free ; nor
j, jt cgs certain that the two races, equal-
. ffe( nol ,ive ;n the same govern-
' ' , ...
ment. Nature, habit, opinion, have drawn
Hiuic,ir"
indelible lines between them.". Among
tbeevils which he says Slave7 brings up-
'on the whites is to make them tyrannical
in a warm climate no roan will labor for
;
j himself who can make another labor for
i him. This is so true, that of the propri-
I elors of slaves a ve7 small proportion i;
deed am overseen n l.ibir." What was
true in JvuVrjon's lime is true now. I
might go on and givo "Alumnus," every '
week from now till tho election, a column
of good " Ulack Ropubliirau" documents'
all written by tho' most eminent Southern 1
statesmen, beginning with Washington,!
and including nearly all of eminence for 1
ability, virtuo and patriotism, and coming'
down to our own times. No longer ago
than 1950, Henry Clay declared in tho
Senate" I m.ver can. and never will vole,
and no earthly power ever will niako mo ; look upon again. They were going to seek
vote to spread Slavery over territory where home in tho free West, knowing, as they
it doosnotexiiu" Al the samo time that j did.that free and slave labor could not
Clay wa opposed to Slavery, he was like both exist and prosper in thu same coinmu
Fremont, opposed to the least interforence, ui'y- thinks that I speak
by the Cenernl Government with Slavery without knowledge, let him refer lo the last
in the Sisle whera it ikla. Should there 'census. Ho will there find that ill 1831)
bo any interference with the subjects be
longing to the State policy, either by oili
er Stairs or by the Federal Government,
noone will be more ready than myself to
defend the "good old North," my native
Slate. Hut, with Washington, Jefferson,
Franklin, Henry, lUndolph, Clay, and
Webster for political teachers, I wnnof be.
lievo that Slavery is preferable to Free
dom, or that Slavery Extension is one of
the constitutional rights of tho South. II
"Alumnus" thinks that Calhoun, or any J
other, was a w iser statesman or bet er
Southerner than either Washington or'
Jefferson, lie is welcome to his opinion. 1 1
shall not attempt to abridge his liberty in
tlli least. But my own opinions I will
havo whether ho is willing to grant moitaininga supply, except fmm the natural
.that right of ovory freeman or not. Ibo-
lievd that I have had quite as good an op
portunity as ho has to form an opinion on
the questions now to bo settled. And
when" Alumnus" talks of "driving me
out" for sentiments once held by these
great men, I cannot help thinking ho is be
coming rather fanatical. ' .
Forjhe information of " Alumnus" I
will state that hef bus put himself to un
necessary trouble in blazoning this matter
before tho public. The whole subject be
longs exclusively to tho jurisdiction of the
Trustees of the University. They are
men of integrity and influence, and have
at heart the best interests vf the Univer
sity. There is nc difficulty in bringing
this, or any ether question relating to the
Faculty or students, before them. "Al.
umnus" has also made another mis'.ake, in
supposing that the Faculty taKo upon
themselves to influence the political opin
ions of the students. The students come
lo college, generally, with their party poli
tic!) already fixed j nnd it is exceedingly
rare for the in to change while here. It
has, however, been often remarked that a
very violent partisan, at college is pretty
sure lo "turn over" beforo he has loft
college long. I have been ' connected
with our University, as student aud Prof
essor, for six years, and am free to say that
I know no institution, North or South,
from which partisan polotics and sectarian
religion are so entirely excluded. And
yet wo are too often attacked by the bigots
of both. For my own part, I do not know
the polotics of more than one in a hundred
of tho students,' except as I might infir lo
which parly they belonged from n knowl
edge of ihe politics of their fathers. And
they would not have known my own pr
dilections in the present contest, hnJ not
one of their number asked me which of
the candidates I preferred.
Rut, if "Alumnus" would' understand
the state of things here correctly, ho had
better make a visit to the University. He
would find each member of the Faculty
busy teaching in his own department wheth
er of science or literature ; and that party
politics is one of the branches which we
leave the student to study at some other
place and time. If " Alumnus" does con
clude visit us, there is another matter to
to which I might direct his attention. The
two societies here, to the one or the other
of which all the students belong, have each
a very good lihrary, and in those libraries
are lobe found the " complute works' of
many of our great statesmen. Now, for
fear that the minds of the students may be
" poisoned" by read'ng some of these stanch
old patriots, would it not be well for "Al
umnus" lo exert himself, through the
Legislature or otherwise to " drive" them
out of the libraries f It is true the works
of Calhoun are in the tame case with
those of Jefferson, but from appearances
the Virgiuinn seems to be read pretty often,
while the South Carolinian maintains a
posture of "masterly inactivity." When I
was a student in college, a few" years ago,
the young politicians ase to debate in the
"Halls" of the Societies the same ques
tions which tbe old politicians were debat
ing in the Halls of Congress. Tho sides
which opposed Slavery in the abstract,
generally had the books in their favor, and
ihe records of the Societies will show,
ibey had quite often " the best of the ar
gument." So that wLen Col , Fremont
" opposed to Slavery in
aaid that ha was
the abstract, and upon principle, sustained
tie - side of Truth in every vmc
No. 3..
and made habitual by long setiled convio
tions," ho but uttered the sentiments of
four-fifths of the beat Southern patriots
from the Revolution down to the present
iJ i and I may add, of the majority of
the pcoplo among whom I was born anJ
educated. Of my neighbors, friends and
kindred, m nrly one half have left the Stale
ice I was old euough lo remember.
! Mtiy is the time I have stood by tho load
led emigrant wagon, and given the parting
hand 10 those whois face I was never to
there were fifty-eight thousand native
North Carolinians living in the FreeStates
of tho West, lhirty-three tliautand iu
Indiana alone. There were at the same
lime, enc-huiidred and eighty thousaud
Virginians living in the Free Stales. Now,
if these people w-ere so much in love with
tho ," institution," why did not they remain
wbera they could enjoy its blessings I
It is not, however, my object to attack
the Institution of Slavory. But even the
mast zealous defender of the patthirchial
institution cannot shut his eyes against a
few prominent facts. One is, that in near.
ly all the Slave States there is a deficiency
of labor. Since the abolition of Ihe Afri
can slave trade there is no source for ob-
increae. ' For this reason, among others,
a gentleman nf South Carolina, in an ar
ticle published in Dt Bote's Review for
August, 1850, advocates a dissolution of
the Union in order that the African slave
trade may be revived. From North Caro
lina and Virginia nearly tho entire increase
of the slave population during the last
twenty years, has been sent off to tho new
States of the South-west. In my boy
hood I lived on ene of the grrat thorough,
fares of travel, (near Lock's li ridge on the
Yadkin River,) nnd havo seen as many as
two thousand in a single day, going South,
mostly in the hands of speculators. Now
the loss of these two thousand did the
Stato a greater injury than would the ship
ping off of a million of dollars. I think
I may ask any sensible man bow we aro to
grow rich and prosper, while "driving out"
a million of dollars per day. I am glad,
however, to say that the ruinous policy is
not now carried 'on to such an extent as it!
has been. ' But tbero is still too much of
It.' 1 have very little doubt that if tho
slaves which aro now scattered thinly over
Tennessee, Kentucky, nnd Missouri, were
back in Virginia and North Carolina, it
would bo better for all concerned. These
old States could then go on and develop
the immense wealth which must remain
locked up for many years to come. While
the new States, free from tho system
which degrades while labor, would be
come a land of common schools, thrift and
industry equal, if not superior, to any in
the Union. But letting that be as it may,
still no one san deny that here in North
Carolina we neod moro men rather than
more land. Then why go to war to make
more Slave Slates, when wo have too
much territory already for tho force we
have to work ill Our fathers fought for
freedom, and one of the tyrannical nets
which they threw into the teeth of Great
Britain was that she forced Sluvory upon
the colonies against their will. Now the
secessionists are trying to dissolve the
Union because ihey aro not permitted to
establish Slavery in the Territory of Kan
sas.' If ihe institution .of Slavery is a
good thing and desirable in itself, it is tbe
easiest thing in the world for the people to
vole for iu introduction at any time after
they have formed a Constitution and been
admitted as a State. If it is not a thing
good or desirable, it would be ah act of great
oppression to force it upon them. Fer,
however, nny ono may lament the evils of
Slavery, it is almost impossible to get rid
of the system when once introduced.
Nullify it by law if you will, still the evil
remains, perhaps aggravated. But in a
new Slate a few words in the Constitution
may prevent tbe entire evil from entering.
Frem my knowledge of the people of
North Carolina,! believe that the majority
of them will go to Kansas guring the next
five years, would prefer that it should bo
a Free State. I am sure that if I were
to go there I should vote to exclude slave
ry, tn doing so I believe that I should
advance tho best interest of Kansas, and
at the same time benefit North Caroliua
and Virginia, by preventing the carrying
away of slaves who may be more profitably
employed at home,
Born in the " rood old North State,"
I cherish a love for her and her people
that 1 bear to no olkr State or people. It
will ever be my sincere wish to advance
her interests. I love also the L nion ot lh
States, secured as it was by the blood ap.i
1 toil of my aneeston ; and wh.a.,y,er in -
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Tne rsoratrroa or ni AIMil'H re nsrrr
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large aloek of JOH TVi'K and other new print
inn mster'nl, and will be In the eedy reir'jit of
ndditione euitrd in nil the n qtiiien.eula of li a i
tnlity. )l.M)llll.l, l'U.Vi l-l, lll.A.NKS,
CAims, flliCl'I.AHH. rAMniUXWOKK
and other kind, done to order, on hon notice, ,
fluciite I nsiss, though small it may be,
shall bo exerted for its preservation. I do
t.ot claim Infallibility fur my opinions.
Wiser and. better men have been miaittkvn.
But holding as I do the doctrines once ad
vocated by Washington and JeflVrson, I
think 1 should be met by argument nnd
not by denunciation. At any rale, tboe
who prrfcr to denounce me should at least
support their charge by their own mam.
B. a. Hut'RiL'a,'.
Chnptl Hill, October 1, 1830. . ,
Wealth or British Aristocracy.
Tho Puke of Bedford includes, orihclude's,
a mild square in tho heart of London,
where the British Museum, onto the Mon
tague House, now stands and the land ou.
copied by Woburn square, Bcdfotd Square,
Russell Square. The Marquis of West
minster built, within a few yean, the series
of Squares called Rclgravia.'" Stafford
House is the noblest palace in London.
Northumberland House holJs In place by
Charing Cms- Chesterfield House re
mains in Andley-strect. Sion IIoiiso and
Holland House aro in tho suburbs. But
most of the historical houses are inaskrd
or Inst in the modern uses to which trade
or charity has converted them. ' A mul
titude of town palaces contain inestimable
galleries of art. In the country tho sizo
of private, estate is more impressive.
From Beruard Castla 1 rode on ilia high
way tweuty-three mllos from High Force,
towards Darlington, past Ruby Castle,
through tho estate of the Duke of Cleve
land. The Marquis of Breadalbano ride
out of his house in a hundred miles, in a
straight lino, to the sea, en his own prop
erty. Tho Duke of Sutherland owns tlia
country of Sutherland, strcatching across
Scotland from sea to sea,
Tho Duke of Devonshire, besides' his -other
estates, owns niuely-six thousand
acres in ihe county of Derby. Tho Duke
of Richmond has forty thousand (ores at
Goodwood, and three hundred thousand
at Gordeii Castle. The Duke of Nor
folk's park in Sussex is fifloen miles in cir- ,
cuit. An agricultural bought lately ihe
Island of Lewis, in Hebrides, containing
fivo hundred thousand acres. Tho pos
sessions of Ihe Earl of Lonsdale gave him
eight seats in tho Parliament. This is the
Heptarchy agarn j nnd before the reform
of 1932, ono hundred aud fifty-four per.
sons sent three hundred and seven mem
bers to Parliament. The borough-mongers
govern England. These large dominions
are growing larger. The great estates
aro absorbing the small freeholds.' In '
1780, the bo'iI of England was owned by
two hundred thousand corporations and
proprietors; and in 1822, by thirty-two
thousand. Theso broad estates find room
on this narrow Island. All over England
scattered at short intervals among spip
yards, mines and forges, are the paradises
of the noblos, whero nro life long reposo
and refinement, heightened by the contrast
with the roar of industry and necessity,
out of which you have stepped aside -R.
W. Emerson's English Travels.
Fame. President Monroe diod at the
residence of his son-in-law In New York,
in 1831, and was buried in a comet ry in
Second street. Thcro is not oven a head
stone erected to his memory. But upon A
simple slub of marble, that lios flat, aoitis
two feel square, on the earth, and is almost
covered with grass, is tbe following in
scription : " James Monroe. Robert Til
loison. Vault No. 147." This ia all there
is to indicate the resting placo of an ex
President of tho United States 1
Scibncb Arainst Superstition, Pro
fessor Nichol,' a distinguished astronomer
in Scotland, having recently beon reques
ted lo give his opinion regarding the sup
posed influence of the changes of tho moon
on the weather, says very decidedly :
" No relation exists between these twe clas
ses of phenomena. Tho question has
been tested and decided over and again by
the discussion of long and reliable mete
orological tables ; nor do I know any other
positivo way of testing any such point."
Artesian Discoveuiks. In au artesian
well, now in course of excavatiou in New
Orleans, La., the auger recently brought
up, from a deplh of five hundred and
eighty feet, sand interspersed with fibers
of wood, fi abluents of bark, shell.', kc.
It was thought wonderful not long since to
fmd shells and vegrtable remains at a
depth of sixty feet, but here we have them
at nearly six hundred feet.
E.iglish St'itMAMES. The Rgis!er
General estimates that there are nearly 40,.
000 surnames in England. Among them
there are 61,000 families bearing tho
name of Smith, nnrl 51.00Q that of Jones.
The Smith's ao1 Jonc'a, alone are supposed
to include avjout a million cf the popular
lion. '
OCT Tbi spoiled children of the presenl
I age rarely turn out the great men of tha
' next.