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we meet again and like mysterious spirit
she glided from the church
Treating the occurrence as a maniac's
intrusion, the ceremony was performed,
but these tones Of threatening evil long run
n the ears Of the welded pair.
Nearly two years had elapsed and the
bright rays Of hope had dispelIed the fear
full cloud that dimmei the bridal day. The
savage inhabitants finding their game dis
persed and lhem.elves driven from their
early homes. and the graves Of their faith
ers. ever and anon gave evidence Of spirits
painting for revenge.
At the close Of battle when many hun.
dreds of the Indian race were slain, one
stood victorious. On the blood stained
snow lay William Raymond, wounded
with poisonous arrow; hy his side was
the graceful form he once carcSsed. and the
same voice that spoke al The bridal altar,
NV broke upon the ears of the dying man.
William Raymond, when faint and
weary. dark maid of the forest nursed
you; by the white mans art you won her
love. Your lying heart dcceived-she was
M more happy; the trees and flowers
looked angry. Ashamed before her peo-
pie. she left ibem--ihe Great Spirit bidding
revenge her wrongs. She warned the
white flower, that you nestled ia your
rreachcrOus bosom. Ucr eye followed you,
nor heart gpugut revenge and has found II.
'rwas the hand IF the Violet Eve that
p isnncd the arrow AMI sent it to your
breast. She a, brought charm--can
make you we'll
Grasping at the shadow Of restoration.
ne vowed 10 become her slave and think of
none other, if she would apply it. He
called her back to happy DAYS and spoke
of future ones as he half raised himself to
take her hon@, and nix back almost ex!
han,ted. She bent over him till their lips
nearly met. And TIC old time came Der
her and her woman's heart reIented. MOI
Raising herself 10 her full height, with
au9h Of triumph, and hear, unmoved, she
replied:
You capnoi rise to get it-Niolet Eye
will not give IT, Ilu SIaN die, and your
scalp hang at the red mans belt Snatch
'ng a dirk from his side, size continued
When the Great Spirit passes yon cloud
you must die. Think Of the white wifi,
that w shes fyr you. hook 90 the dark one
by vonr side. See! It's time Aud with
! that hand
so soft in ioy:-so wildly ncrysd in hate,
she pierced it to his heart. and with the
warm tlood d i,p;ng from the polished
steel planted it in her OVID.
III we do hut wa,ch the hour
there never yet was human power,
Witch could eyaLe If unforgiyen,
The search and vigil Iong-
! OF one who treasured up wrong
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-02-17
CONGRESSIONAL.
VI ARLINGTON. Ia

" ASHINGTOS, Jan. %. 1874.
The Senate WAS NOT in session to-day.
iIoUsE.-On mn'icn Of Mr. IIungerford,
a resolution v.7s adopted auhoriZjno ~
sons and papers.
Mr.. Charles J. lngersoll then rose, and
called the attention of the Speaker 10 let
Ter in the I. s. Gazette, signed Oliver Old
school. This letter, in giving an account
IF the proceedings which occurred sCme
lime ago, relative to The Massachusetts res
o!u,ions respecting free representation, set
forth that when Mr.. Ingeisoil asked Mr..
Adams if he was not the author of the res
nluiun. the latter refused to answer, but
wih calm dignity turned TO the Speaker
and demanded the yeas and nays.
Mr.. lngersnll, after some preliminary re-
marks, stated that the writer under The sig
nature of "OliNer OIdschool," was Nathan
Sergeant. Of phjIadel phia.
Mr.. Adams said, that so far as his recol-
lection served him, the facts set forth in the
report were correct. He would not be &C
couuable for any differences a Reporter
m ght draw, but in this case, he would en-
dDrse tho inference. The reason he did
not answer the question put to him by the
member from Pennsylvania was because he
d consider it imFertineut. After dispo-
sing Of this matter. Mr.. Adams proceeded
to say that he was not the author Of the
Massachusetts resolutions. ana spoke Of
.uanv o,h3r collateral matters relative TO ths
course of the Massachusetts LEGISLATURE
win respect - the abolition question.
AFer further discussion Of a Noisy char
scler the subject was Indefinitely posrpon'd.
Mr.. Hopkins moved 10 60 iu!o commit
tee IN private bills, but without success.
The motion to adjourn was then renew
ed, and carried amidst clapping of hands
and other tokens Of rejoicing.
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-02-17
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE
LAW.
PROM THE NATIONAL INrELLIoEscRR.

FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIoEsCRR.
Our readers will find in the preceding
maze, the formal publication Of the Pro
FEST of the minority of the House of Rep
resenta,iyes against the participation OF The
members presenting themselves from four
several States in the organization of that
BODY, because of the known Illegally OF
their election The Protest was published
in the "rimes" some weeks since.l
The obvious course of the House of Rep.
ssen,atiyes in the case of disregard by
any State of the plain provisions Of an act &c!
ofCongress directing the mode OF ele "n4a
REPRESENTATIVES to Congress, passed under
the authority expressly granted to Con
gress, is 10 refuse to recognize IN any man man
ner the election illegally made such
would undoubtedly have been the course S s.
hsd these members presented themselves to
,ha same House of Representatives which
nsssed the law directing the mode in which
r hey should be elected. A new House. has u,
hnwsyer. been chosen since the passage NJ
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-02-17
THE DARK EYED MAID.
BY MISS LoRENzA HAYNs.

Across The ocean came pilgrims bark,
bearing the seeds of life and death The
former were sown for you, the latter
sprung up in the path of the simple native
lovely valley where the tinurshng
village of W now stands, in 10
was occupied by a circular of cone topped
wigwams, before one of which at the close
of sultry afternoon, sat son of the for
est, whose girdle Of scaps and hier"gIyphic
marks told he was IA warrior and chief Of
high honor. HIS sinewy arm held forth
string of beads, while his piercing eye
looked into those of a young female who
eagerly sprang forward on seeing the
baubes.
A dress of the gayest feathers inter-
woven with strips of coIored bark, partly
covering her tall straight form. the mecca
sins taslefulIy wrought with beads and
shells that decked her little feet, and her
long black hair in its wild luxurance falling
about her uncovered shoulders, rendered
her appearance extremely picturesque.
GraspIng the treasure with laugh of Joy
and twinilg them in her hair, she bounded
away like young fawn 10 Join her com.
paniOns.
On the hill side near by, stood vel
formed fair faced youth, in the garb of a
huntsman, leaning on his gun. Through
an opening in the trees he had been an
unseen witness of what had passed, and al
he gazed after her who seemed like birC
escaped from Paradise, he shouldered hi
n rife and with an apparently wesried steV
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-02-17
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We clip the following waggery from late N.
o, Pieayane. II is too good to be lost.
IA PETTlooAT LAWYER.
"A quarter Of 4 century ago,
A CourtSwas held in Howard County, No.
EMO" means Missouri, as, of course you know,
But to oSiigea rhymer, call it No.
A town called Franklin, never celebrated,
And at this writing much dilap idated,
Stood al that time right opposite to Boonville,
And was considerable of "Coon" vile.
There Court was held and lawyers congrega.ed,
During the term to have their cases stated,
And get their clients in 4 way to go
Victorious from Howard County, Mo.
A staid old lady, very dgni6ed,
And very much respected, the pride
Of landladies in little franklin town,
She had such solemn virtue in her frown.
Among the lawyers, at the time We mention,
Assembled there with practical intention,
Was one quite famous for correct demeanor,
He wore a cue, and no one could shave cleaner.
Agrsve, sedste and gentlemahly man,
With fair countenence of sleek repose,
And when he spoke he everrhore began,
BY putting up his cane before his nose.
One Of the waggish members Of the bar.
The day they all arrived at the hotel,--
4 man who never cared about how far
He went to makea piece Of humor tell
He told tie lahdiady, with solemn dir,
q r,,sth IRpsr pfRa tYhf
hair,
Tied up behind in fashion SO uncommon,
Wasa foul cheat, and nothing but a pomdn!
"A xoman,' shrieked the Mortified landludy;
"a ,sornan," and her name is Sal Mscready."
"A uoman in my house, and in disguise!
m show the jade up and expose her ies!"
The guests at the hotel were sitting down
To dinner, when the Madame, with frown
That might have suited any stern employer,
And arms.a- kimbo, stood before the lawyer.
"pon't sit down at my table," said the dame.
''Madune!" replied the lawyer; ''Oh for shame!
How dare you thus both law and morals chouse,
And venture in decent womans housed"
VIVA. can you mean! my dearest Madame heal
me-"
.pont MADAME me! You huzzy! don't com
near mel" -
"Huxzu!" exclaimed the lawyer, in amaze,
1.-THE woman, surely, can't know what she says!
"Why, you ardacious and unbiushng creatare'"
Replied the lsndlady, in virtvous rage,
IL see your wickedness in every feature,
And you're pretty nollop, Ill engage"
"A trOAop!" ayes; 60 and put on your frock,
And never show your brazen face again.
Trying in vain another sex TO mock
And get in company of gentlemen"
Most iatle and estimabIe woHaa!-"
"pont oman mel you shocking thing! sumEne
Thesel gentlemen TO witness you're no lady,
Bu, mos, sha tneIess baggage, Miss Mscready"
The table then went of into a roar,
Unable 10 continue sober more,
While the lsndiady und her gaeSs remained
Arhss,, until they heard thst thing explained!
The vag arose and told of his transgression,
While pesls of laughter welcomed his contessio
And so, Just FIVE and twenty ycarsago,
The Joke occurred in Howard County, Mo.
PHGzMA.
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-02-17
January 9th.
the Senate to-day.

No session Of the Senate to-day.
HoUsE.-As soon as the journal was read
Mr.. Cave Johnson rose as desired, 10 in-
troduce his prop 'sed amendment to the
rules, so as to prevent any reporters but
hose For The Washington papers from
c, ming on the floor.
The Speaker decided that the subject was
Mt then in order.
The House then resumed the considers-
ton of the select committee on the rules.
Mr.. Wright, of Indiana, having the floor
gave his views. lie was followed by Mr..
Stiles Until tie expiration Of the morning
hour. when the subject was again laid over.
A message was received from the Presi-
dent. transmitting information relative to
the Indians now remaining 10 Florida
Several other communications were also
received, but none of any specia! impor-
lance.
The House then. for the first time this
session, went into committee Of the whole
on private bills.
Finally the committee rose, and after dis.
iposal of some unimportaut business, the
House adjourned
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-02-17

Women govern us: let us Try 10 render
them perfect; the more they are enlighten-
ed, so much the more shall we be-"
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-02-17

The man that is true TO himself esnno,
be false TO any enc.
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-02-17

.The entire clause Of The Constitution which
conrers on the Stale Legislatures AS well as upon
Congress all the power which they can exercise
over the subject is as follows:
The times, places, and manner Of holding
elections FOR Senators and Representatives shall be
prescribed in each Stale by the Legislature there
Of; but the Congress may at any time, by law
make or alter such regulations, except as to the
places Of choosing Senators"
New-York daily tribune., 1844-02-24
CORRESPONDENCE.
Ereedom and Slavery for Afrie-AmerIeans.
No. III.
To The Editor # The Tribune
IN rerard IN the
INTELLECTUAL STATISTICS


INTELLECTUAL STATISTICS
of the slaves, it is we'll known that the laws Of all
the slave States, by heavy penaltles-in some,
Death for the second offence-prohlbt the teach
ing of the slaves to read. In Ohio and the North
Western States, there is no such law, nor is there
any public provision for the instruction OF colored
children; vet there are many schools, supported
by the people Of color, in those States All the
Free States, East of Ohio, afford public lnstruc-
ton, alike to white and colored children.
Who arc worse off, the slaves, whose children
are doomed to brutal ignorance or the few blacks
of the North, the offspring of whom are for the
most part, permitted to enjoy common school
education? The answer depends on the extent
to which the parents of the latter, embrace their
superior privileges. In our own State to popu-
lation Of $4,000, there are % public schools for
coIored children. In this city to population OF
about 17,00O, there are seven public, and four
private schools for colored children, with two
exceptions, taught by colored teachers. The
average attendance Of coored children at the
Public Schools, by the last report, was ,O3l per
day, From document issued by the Board Of
Trustees of the Public Schools Gn March 1922
| have carefully made the following statement
Of the relative standing of the boys in the otl
and 9th classes Number l being best, ?, good,
New-York daily tribune., 1844-02-24

into account the number Of whites in private IN
stituons 1t would seem that there is less insanity
among the colored than the white population
cannot conclude without pointing out two
sources of the errors which many commit IN
Judging of the free black population One Is,
that men ignorant of our actual condition, and
hindered by their preudces, from enquiring there
into, gather their opinions of us from specimens
visible in the Five Points-they seem satisfied by
single glance at the deformed leg" Again,
men of narrow views and limited information are
apt to conceive that society and refinement are
confined to the little heaven in which they are
privileged to thunder" regarding all as outcasts
-barbaroi-yvho are not embraced within their
charmed environ such men cannot perceive
that there is around every intelligent home all
the elements of refined manners and dlgnlhed
department. There are, thank Heaven, a thou
sand such homes among the free blacks of the
Free States-homes, in which the sounds of my
wife my child my mother, my father,
mn Bible and their thousand clustering Joys
weave the sweet harmones Of content aad happl-
ness. We toll hard for these, but we toll willingly
with stout and hopeful hearts. And, if, occa-
sionally, one from wandering to and fro over the
face of the earth, be sent among us, to try us
with the affliction of Parthian warfare, we shall
be found at our post, ready and willing to give
an account of the faith that is in us-a faith
which holds first to the Bible, and secondly to
American Institutions, which have made US free,
which will free our brethren in bonds, and which
will be triumphant in pulling down the strong
holds Of Tyranny throughout our globe.
l sincerely thank you, Mr.. Editor for your
kind liberality in publishing these letters without
money or price, but with perfect typographical
accuracy. With your clear head and sound
heart, long may you preside over the Tribune of
the People. Very gratefully yours,
Neg. Yo,k Feb g. 1871. JAMES IrCUNE SMITH.
Erratum-ln my last Letter instead of 1923: should
hay Said % per cent IN N te raIo OIL morality
New-York daily tribune., 1844-02-24
For rbe New.York Tribune.
STANZAS To
nv AUGUSTUS sEoDGRAss

o .,,o,rh, 70 the World and its pleasure,
,,s m,n from its follies to thee,
Who art 10 my soul as treasure,
Far dearer than Earth e'er can be.
7 ike star in the heavens beclouded-
Like a rose in the desert alone,
Art thou to my heart, that, enshrouded,
Hath nousht but Lifes WEAKNESS known
The burden of Life bringeth sadness
To him who kat.l lived but to bear,
What Fate may inaict in its madness,
It's torture--its woe-and despair!
Like captive with heart deeply riven,
Who struggles dewn-cast in his chain,
We sigh for the pure pure light of Heaven,
And the hours of our Freedom again
The torture Of Fate we may stiae;
What the world can inhict may be borne
For Time with its grief can ne'er riie
The Heart of gem it hath worn.
The strong grasp of Memory never
,y;Il loose what hath gladdened the soul;
au, tbey at our call shall for ever
like stars from their cloud-halls uproli!
Rnt amid the wild desert around me
A stream from rock hath out-burst,
Whose waters of gladness have found me,
AsI fell on the sands in my thirst;
And with laugh and with song ii on Dances
To cast its bright drops in the sea,
And the light of the wave, as it glances'
Speaks soft to my heart OF but thee!
Through the dark depths of Time like SPIRIT
NV goul in its sadness hath flown,
And felt what the heart must inherit,
Which moves through that darkness alone
To the Night and its wakefuness lonely,
have learned companion TO he,
For in its calm silence came only
The voice OF thy spirit to me.
The voice of thy spirit, which never
Can cease its sweet song in my breast
But gladd ming and lively for ever,
Shall bless, as it ever hath blest!
While pure as the Morning that waketh
The song Of the World with its shine,
The light from thy spirit that breaketh
Shall kindle the darkness OF mine.
Norwich NJ Y.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-02-24

powerful nation on earth, and nothing could pre-
vent our continuing so but the eternal jealousy
and meddling of one set of fanatics with another
set in another part of the country.
There is only one thing more wanting to make
the system perfect, and that is a Sound Curcn-
cy-equal and uniform throughout the country
and National Bank with Branches and State
Banks and Branches alone can give us this, ma
king it safe at the same time. But ii may be
asked, why adopt both Systems? I answer
for the same reason that We have two forms of
Government-State and National, while one mu-
tualy aids and assists the other at the same time
each keeps salutary check upon the other, CON-
pelling it to sound and legitimate business.
These two great measures, Tariff and Bank,
are purely Democratlc-the laborlng mans friend.
1t gives him his own home market for what he
has labored hard to produce, instead of giving it
to foreigners-and our farmers daughters an op-
portunty to make from dollar and a half to two
dollars per week in mandatory, and sound
money in payment instead of fifty cents week
in some ones kitchen as formerly, payable in
trash. Therefore, | say that these two great
measures are purely democratic and friendly to
the laborlng man. A tree is known by its fruit .
A SOUTHERN WHIG.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-02-24

A SHORT RoMANcE.-Some years ago, in one OF
the most beautiful of the West India islands,
there lived an old French gentleman and his
only daughter--a charming creature of sweet
sixteen. A young Spaniard who had an estate
near by became enamored Of the sweet Famee,
and she, yielding to his passionate opportunities,
consented to run off with him. They were not
married, and in month or two he left the almost
heart broken girl to the whitening sncers of
heartless world. She dared not see her father,
for she knew that her shame would bring him to
his grave. Famele came to this city, where for
many years she was looked on as one of the most
splendid women in New Orleans but by degrees,
she sunk lower and lower down the depths of
CRIME, until at last she rcsorted to stealing for the
purpose of keeping her from starvation. She
was sent to prison, and as soon as her term of
punishment had expired, she again came forrh
to renew her career of misery. Yesterday she
came to the Police Office Of the First Munici-
pality and surrendered herself as vagrant-she
had no health, no food no place of shelter, and
she would rather rot inch by inch IN JAIL than
die like dog in the street. And this IS the
epitome of the history of one poor vagrant.
New Orleans Crescent City.
New-York daily tribune., 1844-02-24

RED RrvER.-The Southern Transcript of the
9th ult ays:-" We learn by gentleman who
arrived yesterday on the Republic, that the small
point of land which has heretofore kept Red
River from opening passage to the Gulf, through
the Atchaislaya, has been cut away By the pro-
prietor Of the land, and the outlet to the Mississ-
ppi viii be closed In less than three weeks. We
have no room to-day to comment upon the afro.
CITY of this act. We hope prompt measures will
be taken to punish the misereant who could be
guilty of it.