The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-09-24

Per on the steeple. At the opera and play, half
the audience do not even know she is there; in
the Park, she rides among the throng with scarce
head turned to look after her; she is unthought
OF, and almost unmentioned at balls, and soir-
es her personal appearance, her modesty and
mental qualities, are as freely and much more
coldly discussed than those Of the dancers of the
opera; in short, the throne seems to stand on
gass-with no one condu ctor to connect it
with the electric chain of human hearts and
sympathies. -
YOUNG MEN SHOULD BE Wt1fGS.
The Young Men of our Country are called
upon by every consideration of duty and pa
triotism, to grow up in the Wing faith and ar
IDENTITY espouse Wing principles. 1t is the Faith
OF their Fathers and the Principles upon which
our Institutions afe based. Our Young Men,
| too, have deep personal stake in the mamie.
nance of Wing principles. Loco Focoism
closes the door upon those whose fortunes are
vet TO be made. The Administration is endeav-
oring to destroy the Credit System, through
which they themselves acquired their wealth.
Credit is the Young Mans capital. Without it.,
he is doomed TO drag out his existence for u
mere living. How few among the millions now
independently rich, would have risen above the
servtude Of Journeyman or Laboref but for
the aid which they derived from credit And
| if Loco Focosm prevails, and paper money is
| prohibited, and all who edo business bor
rowed capital,'' are broken, what Poor Man,
what Young Man, can ever hope to become
rich or independent Under such oppres-
sive system will not the Rich become Richer,
and the Poor Poorer
! Under the Paper and Credit System, the high
road to wealth and innu cnce open to ALL
| Industry and integrity inspired confidence and
obtained Credit, the employment of which en-
sured Wealth. inducements to enterprise and
incentives to ambition, were presented to the
Young Man, under the Credit System, which
are paralyzed and chilled by the destructive
schemes of JACKSON, VAN buren, and BENTON.
ALBANY Journal.
Discovery Of Indian Corn. Previously to the
settlement of New England they formed parties
for the purpose of exploring the country Capt.
NJ lies Standsh who may be called the hero of
New En- gland commanded one of them, con-
sisung of sixteen men. In their progress they
met with several hillocks supposed by them to
be burial places for the Indians; but as they ad-
| vanced, finding many more they closely examin-
ed them and discovered that they contained In
dian corn. Being buried in the ear, it excited
their curiosity, and; by some of the party it was
a valuable acquisition, while others who ate it
in raw state did not relish it, and thought it
worth little or nothing, They secured, how
ever, Some Cor seed in the ensuing spring Squan-
to, a friendly Indian, instructed them in the cul-
ure of it, and it was, probably, the means of
saving them afterwards from famine.
LIFE IN New OR1EANs.-Ifi in the winter we
are the gayest people this continent, with
more variety Of life and manners than any 9th
err city presents in the summer we are the dull
est The monoony OF existence caused by the
very general nbsentees, is only varied by the few
er and the exciting scenes it creates. We pro
coed 10 mention one the relation of which caus
ed a chill through our hearts, and struck the
electric chain by which we are strongly bound.
1t surely must have thrilled the heart of the be-
holder with sudden horror.
DIR Lambert, an excellent as well as an emf
uent French physician in this city, relates that
during his frequent rides through he different
streets his attention has almost always been at
tracted as he passed house where poor fam
lily lived. The family consisted of man and
his wife, both rather young, and the latter good
looking, with little infant smiling in beauty,
and about ten months old He was led to no.
tice them from the appearance of content that
lived there, and their being frequently on the
banquette before the house. After the fever set
in he still saw them for some days. happy as
usual but at length he missed them from the
accustomed place. Thus he did for two days,
until, ON the third, feeling uneasy for them, he
stopped his gig before the house, alighted' and
ranped at the door. No answer; silence was
IN The mansion. He pushed open the door and
went in. There lay the husband and the wife
on the floor, both dead of the fever, and the
former decaying. The child was alive, and
with its little arms around the dead mothers
neck, vainly trying to draw the sustaining fluid
from the breast. DIR l.. says that familiar he
is with scenes Of death, nothing before has ever
shocked his feeling to half the extent With
prise worthy benevolence he has taken meas
ures to have the infant protected.--,N o. Ifn1es'