Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1841-08-20

side inquire Of the shepherd in the mountain
or the farmer on the plains 60 ask them say,
If, under the sword of Corse de Leon, they
loose sheep. from their flock or sheaf from
their field. Go, ask them, if, when the tyrani
Of the castle, tho lawless tyrant, or the tyrant
Of the city-the lawful tyrant, plumbers their
property, insults their lowliness, grinds the
face OF the poor, or wiring the hearts of the
meek-ask them, l say, if there is not retriba-
ton to BE- found in the midnight court of Corse
de Leon-if there is not punishment and JUS
tice poured forth even upon the privileged heads
above" James Corse de Leon.
THE MornEa.-Those very feelings Of the
mother which men call female weaknesses, act
upon the incipient intellect like the volatile oils
and the rainbow colors of the blossom on the
embryo fruit, distilllng and refining the dcws
dews of heaven, and rejecting the and soften
ing thenays oflight, until it swells into strength
and vigor, to be matured by the redundant
showers Of summer, and ripened in the power
ful beams of the sun. The stern philosophy
Of the father smiles at the s!eeplsss vigilance
and thrilling anxiety with which the mother
watches the seepiug infant, and her distracted
widness when its tottling footsteps carry it be-
yond her sight; yet the actions Of the mother
under these circumstances make an impression
on TIE infant mind never 10 be errsed, by time,
or change, or circumstance; and by an associa-
ton of ideas too mysterious to be explained,
but too palpable to DO denied, the moral les
sons inculcated under these circumstances can
never be forgotten and many heartless rake
has been reformed, and reckless renegade re-
claimed, by the recollection OF mothers pre-
cepts, after she had gore TO her grave. This
powerful influence is happily illustrated in one
Of those speeches of John Randolph, in which
that eccentric orator was wont to wander over
the whole universe. In denouncing a certain
quality of atheists for the mischief they had
done, "Once," said he, :" they we'll nigh rob-
bed me Of my religion but when the last spark
was nearly extinguished, remembered that
when child, my good old mother called me
to her side, and taught me to say, sour Faith
er who art in Heaven"
A Poor, .Mtserabie, Unfortunate Wretch.
The editor Of the Galveston (Texas) Gazette
is in miserable fix. According to his own
account the mosquitoes have established
large singing school in his beed room, and all
sorts of psalms, hymns, dirges and comic songs
are performed during the night, while the feas,
for the wan: of futer, promenade and dance
over his person to the music. If the choir
would only chant the hundredth psalm, he
thinks he eonld stand tho slow daf.se Of the
feas while footing that measure, gut the vex.
atious pipers like to strike up rigadom in
quick time, IS the Cambell's are coming" or
$ Leather Dreeches," and then the feas, as
as down east lobsters,'' cut it down on his
bare back with double-shuffle- hee-and-toe-it
hornpipe, as if it did their souls good. We
really do not know how to advise him in his
pitiable case. In this city the loafers have
adopted very comfortable plan to pass the
night, by getting Inside the old steamboat boil
ers aud covering each end with handkerchiefs,
but no such facilities probably exist at Calves
ton. We can do nothing better for our friend
of the Gazette at present, than to recommend
him TO adopt plan stated several years since
by New Hampshire friend of ours. who was
annoyed in similar manner. After trying
every other experiment, without success, he
fually resolved to gein and bear in O Pic.