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The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-12-12
THEODORE -FRELINGHUYsEN.

The Alexandra Gazette, thus justly
speaks of the Wing candidate for the Vice
Presidency.
If the Wings, during the late political con-
test, had a candidate for PRESIDENT whose
fame and reputation are as dear to them in
defeat as they would have been, crowned
with victory, they are equally fortunate with
regard TO their candidate for the Office of Vice
President--than whom a purer patriot, a bet
ter citizen, a more worthy man, does not ex-
list within the limits of tue twen,y-six States.
Theodore Frelinghuysen is name honored
wherever it is known. Party maleFolence,
itself, has almost been struck dumb, when in
his presence. Almost, We say, because the
history of the late canvass will show that tie
poisoned weapons of abuse, of SANDER, and
OF mean preIudices were hurled even at him
but the impenetrable shield of his charac-
ter turned them aside, and they fell harmless
at his feet, or rebounded and hurt his defa-
mers. This was the ordeal through which
he was destined 10 go, and he has come out
like gold, thrice refined. Henceforwafd, all
men will look TO him as one of the Fathers
of the Republic of q reputation stainless as
the uutrodden snow, and as worthy of the
respectful regards of every one who 10 oks at
the great and good men of. the country as
the .iewels of the country"-more PEE
%cious, for their example, than any of the deed
of arts or arms whichare most priced and Gu
logized. Honor to Theodore Freiinghuysen?
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-12-12
EVANSVILLE. INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER Ii, 1914.
NsThieves!n said simpins in a rage.

"Ihleves!' said Slmplns IN a rage.
s"Robbers!!" reioined Timpkins, in a fury
"Swindlers and ~deluders!n cried Sinp-
kins.
"Rascals and rufiansr' added Timpkins.
sDont believe 'em Ponder--fbs, false
hoods and flam!''
ssNot a word of truth in anything they say
AL COLONIZATION and bamboozlement."
"Gentlemen, gentlemen, be cool" chimed
IN Ponder; "upon my SOUL if don't believe
you both--it takes me TO be impartial, and
TO have equal faith in Tfmpkins and Simp-
kins-Timpkins is right, and Simpkins is
right. That's he way | make myselfagree-
able 10 every body. Timpkins says Simp-
kins is a rogue. Very good. Simpkins says
that Timpkins is rascal. Just So. There
is proof that each Of you wants to ruin the
country. Perfectly proper. If one don't
get in, the grass won't grow; and if the 9th
er don't get in, there will be nobody to use
the grassif ii does grow. Right both ways
first rate fellows; every which way, ae-
eordin' 10 your own showing. Now, then,
which side is going to VIM"
sOuEs!" shouted both.
"Bet youa hat!n
"a suit of clothes!r'
"Oyster supper for
"a champagne blow out for nine-snap-
ping turtles and venison steaks!"
"Two 10 one!"
@Ten to y
"Hundred to one!'
Gall I've got-wife, children, everything
myself into the sargain!!"
"Wouldn't have you, nor none of your
party, for a Christmas gift.n
'If | lived in the same street with many
such fellows as your side, I'd meye right out,
without stopping to pay the rent.n
While Timpkins and Simpkins were thus
endeavoring TO make the truth appear, by dint
of hard betting and hardaT words, Peleg w.
Ponder contrived 10 disappear. 1t is said
that in the course of the day he himselfmade
many bets, "hedging" with with great care,
that he might moi deviate from the strict line
of impartiality; but how he voted, no one has
yet been able to discover. The judges and
inspectors of Peleg's ward, recolleet some
thing about seeing his anxious c%ountenance
at the window; but still there is a strong i'm
preston on the minds of many, that even
then he had not reached a conclusion, and
merely looked in 10 endeavor TO discover
how affairs were going. Peleg, therefore.
stands alone and singular, as
"THE MAN WHO DIDN'T VOTE AT ALL"
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-12-12
POINTS or A GooD MILcH COW.

The following is from a report of the
Guernsey Agricultural Society.
l.. Purity of the breed and qualities of
the dam for yielding rich and yellow butter.
2. Small head, large and bright, eyes,
small muzzle, small ears, orange color with
in.
8. Straight back, from the shoulders to
the tail, and chest wide.
4. A fine and loose skin, with short and
soft hair.
5. Sides we'll rounded, flank small batwecn
the side and haunch, tail fine.
6. Fore legs straight and well proportion
ed hind legs broad about the knee; fine
and clean below; hoofs small; legs should
not cross in walking.
T., Udder large, and the teats large, and
s%pringing from the four corners of The udder;
milk vein large and well defined.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-12-12

Late papers from Calcutta give an &C
count OF a traveller from the mountains of
Norway who has lately arrived in India, and
is announced as a 'condcr," being a bona
Gde Norwegian runner who was about TO al
tempt the discovery of the source of the
White Nile on foot, and unattended. Heck
poets TO be absent from India only about four
months, and he is 10 go in a direct line, cross
ing deserts. and swimming rivers. He runs
a degree in twelve hours, and can go three
days without foodor water, by merely taking
a dish or two ofsyrup of raspberries, of which
he carries small bottle; and when be does
procure food a very small quantity will suf-
fee; but when ii is plentiful he eats enough
for three days. This wonderful man carries
with him only a map, a compass aud a Nor
wegian axe. Ae has already made some
wonderful journeys, having gone from Con
stantinople-to Calcutta and back in 50 days.
for which the Sultan gave. him 1000 dollars
and from Paris 10 ST. Petersburgh verifying
these very extraordinary facts. He IS abou
IS years of age, and slightly made. HI
trusts for safety in his p~erilous journey TO hi
speed. as he says neither d%romedary nor ma
can oYertake him.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-12-12
GOING THROUGH THE MOTION.

There was a fellow who, unfortunately for
himself and family, from being a pretty good
husband, took to drinking, and soon became
an idle, trifing vagabond. Coming home
one night, after having, as usual, been on a
debauch, he began to Gull Justify
sWifel vile! Isay, give me some supper?'
The poor wife who, while she could do so.
provided food for the family by her own toll,
Informed him, with tears in her eyes, that
there was nothing to get a supper out Of
WHAT said he, shaVen't you a piece OF
cold meat?'
MOP
Give me a crust of bread them
He was told there was none.
sWhat, have you nothing-nothingT
Nothing at ALL replied the poor wife, mot
even a crumb.'
Afrer a p~ause-.Very vel, very WELT give
me a clean plate, knife, and fork. BY Jupi
ter! FL go thro' the motions ~anyhow, if ]
starpe afterwardsh
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-12-12
"TIIE MAN THAT DID NOT VOTE

UNDER this title there Is published IN the
Philadelphia Saturday Eveaing Pest, two
admirable sketches by &c. NEAL, the Dick
ems of America. The FIRST of these sketch
es introduces Mr.. Peteg W. Ponder, as sthe
politician without a side.n Mr.. Ponder as
his name indicates, never decided any Thing
hastily-in fact never decided at all. Mr..
Neal first gives US some general account oi
the birth and patronage OF Mr.. Ponder:
His mothers name was MIS-. Perplexi!y
Ponder, whose earthly career came TO an
end, while she was in dubiiaIion as 10 which
of the various physicians ofthe place should
be called in. If there had been only one
doctor in the town, Perplexity Pondermight
have been saved. But there were many;
and what could Perprexiiy do in such a
case?
Ponder's father was run over by a wagon,
as he stood debating with himself, in the
middle of the road, whether he should es-
cape forward, or retreat backward. There
were two methods Of extfication and be-
tween them both, old Ponder became a vic
tim.
One of Peleg's daily difficulties was in
not being able to answer the question, show
are yours
"People,n he says, "are always asking me
how do, and more than halfthe time, lean
tell-ihere's a good many different sorts o
ways of feeling betwixt between, very sick
THANK yon,' and shalfdead, | am oblldget
to you,' and people wont stop 40 hear you
explain the matter. They want 10 know
right smack, when you don't know RICH
smack yourself. Sometimes you feelthing
u-coming, and just after, you feel things a G,
ing. And n~obody's exactly prime all tht
while; | amt anyhow-i'm kinder so, jus
now, and | am sorter t'other way, just after
Then, some people tell you that you lool
very we'll, when you don't feel very we'll
how then?n
At table Peleg is not exactly sure wha
he will take; and sits looking slowly up an
down the board, celebrating what he woul
like, until the rest Of the company have fiji
ished their replst. there being often nothin
left which suits Peleg's hesitaiing appetite
Peleg has never married-not that he
averse to the connubial state-on the cor
trarY, ne mas a large snare OF Inc SuScePt
b%ilities, and is always partially in love. 81
female beauty Is so various.
eIfthere wasn'tso many of them, Lshould,i
be SO bothered,n said Peleg;"or if they
looked a like, a man couldn't help hiInse
But yesterday | wanted this one-to-day,
want that one; and how can tell, if
should get this, or that, or t'oiher, that
wouldn't soon be somebody else that | real
wanted. That is the difficulty. 1t alwa
happens so with me.-When the lady's ms
courted, and thinks | ought to speak out, tn
begin to be skeered, for | fear Pve ma
a mistake and have been thinking low
her when | didn't. May be IFS not I
right one-may be she won't suit-may
i might do better-may be had better /
venture at all. | wish there wasn't so ma
smay bes' about everything, especia
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-12-12

o. The editor es me Buffalonian, says
he would as soon try 10 go to sea on a shin
gle, make a ladder of fog, chase a stroak of
lightning though a crab-apple orchard, swim
the rapids of Niagara,or set Lake Erie on
fire with lucifer matches, as TO think of STOP
ping two young people from getting married
when they get it into their heads 10 do so
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-12-12

0T A house painter in New York, grain
ed a door so exactly in the imitation of oak,
that last year it put forth a quantity of leaves
and grew an excellent crop of acorus.
Who can beat that?
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-12-12
Iron the Louisville Journal:
A LAMENT FOR THE DOWNFALL OF
AMERICA


Ar, let the thundering cannon boom,
And shouts swell on the air.
They can but tell US Of our doom,
We are not what we were.
Once, when our flag unfur'd its field,
And the s.stars and slrlpes' shone forth,
sTwas deemed a fitting thing TO shield
The mobiles Of the earth!
Oar eagle, with up-soaring wing
And never quailing eye.
Like Rome's of old twas proud to bring,
To herald victory;
Far as the breeze on high could bear
The banner Of the free,
Old nations halliday, everywhere,
The land Of Liberty!
In our proud halls where trod a race
AS wise, as great, as good
Asever held a lofty place,
In nation's councils stood.
And One-ihe frs, Of all that band
For many a by gone day,
Was the noblest Of GU noble land,
The patriot IIhSRg CLAY!
Alas. those golden days 50 bright.
Are gone-foreycr gone.
And never from 50 dark a night
Will break a smiling morn!
Coiumbia's brilliant star has set.
Alas! thst it's SO!
And in her land a tide has set
OF misery and woe!
Our bright, glad hopes are sadly Hci,
Aud darkness and dismay
Stalk, ike the spirits Of the dead,
Whers all was glad and gay:
Gone are our dreams Of happiness-
Gone hopes Of lime 10 come;
Aud we, alas, must-ever rest
Ia saduess and in gloom!
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-12-12

A F~renchman has succeeded in making
bread out of one third pressed apples and
two thirds -four,
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-12-12
THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
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continuance.
The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1844-11-12

business transactions. Nine tenths of US
are better pleased with lie hand organ in
the street, than the most accomplished Or
cheslra, because but very small portion Of
us have so refined our seIse Of hearing by
cultivation, as to be able 10 appreciate the
more delicate touches Of the musical art;
vet how few of us would bestow a penny
upon the itinerant minstrel, whose simple
melody really delights US, and TO whom
such gratuity would Re a princely loan!
We are even ashamed to be listening TO
his strains-and quarrel with ourselves for
being pleased with the performance Of one
who plays in a ragged jacket. In the eve>
ming we go to the concert of Madame
SquaIIini or Signor Rutello; we pay our
dollar and sit TO listen two hours to words
that we do not understand, and that are as
much thrown away us, as French cooking
would be upon a New Zealand savage
Yet We go home delighted with ourselves,
because we have spent the evening with
we'll dressed people and have the proud
satisfaction Of having givOn dollar to one
who did not want III
Even our notions of justice and moral
rectitude, are warped by this base and gro~
Yelling propensity. When we hear of a
poor rogue being convicted Of some dis
honesty, we rejoice that so dangerous a
membergis cut off from the community
whilst the rich rascal who has VIGOROUSLY
defrauded thousands, is sure TO command
the sacred seat Of Justice herself; how often
in our courts does the ngged offender Of
the law meet with The penalty Of his delin-
=quence, when the we'll dressed william goes
free and smiling forth! All who read the
public prints must know how difficult it is
to convince an impartiajury Ofthe guilt Of
a wealthy man!
Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of Justice hurtless breaks !;
ClOthe it in rags-a Pigmy straw doth pierce it,"
The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1844-11-12

lile,Or be rendered the least profitable were
il not for the laaor Of those who have It not.
The American Iaborer is freeman; his
rights are those belonging to freeman. It
is he who produces the wealth of the ma,
lion-it is he who creates wealth so fres
quently possessed by others. The more
labor the more aceGltk. If those who pos
sessed the wealth Of the nation understood
this maxim there would not be a single
human being destitute Of employment, and
the different nations Of the world now pos
sess double the wealth they do.
A great number Of men and women, in
all countries that are out Of employment a
great portion Of the year, would, Improperly
employed, add millions TO the wealth Of
those who are already wealthy, besides
providing themselves with every necessary
and convenience of life. II is one Of the
most painful thoughts that ever occupied
the mind Of the philanthropis', fhat, though
labor will produce aft that IS necessary TO
the physical comforts Of man, yet millions
Of men and women suffer annually for the
want Of the most common nccessaries Of
life. We have a world provided to our
hands, inviting man 10 labor and enjoy its
rewards; yet the mass of mankind in the
nineteenth century OF the Christian era,
are in stale Of partial, and millions OF
them in state Of absolute deslilution; not
possessing the simples necessaries of life,
though surrounded by..others whose wealth
would supply the wants Of thousands.
The phiIanthropist, and we may add the
statesman, already begin TO reflect seri-
ousIy upon this condition Of the human
race. Some change for tho better must
ere long take place. The cause Of and the
remedy for the miseries Of humanity is
called one Of the F." problems Of the age;''
and our hope is that the wisdom Of the pro.
sent generation may solve it in manner
that will Danish want from the firesi!e OF
every human being upon the globe IN.
Y. PIebian.
The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1844-11-12

tinue 10 conduct the march Of American
civilization, and the progress Of our people.
Under the opposite principles of admins
teriDg its powers, this advance would be-
come impossible, as it would increase the
number and bitterness Of those sectional
collisions which would be introduced With
n the bosom Of the General Government,
by this very constitution, which invites oil"
ferences, when there are no means Tor
composing them. How much better SdaP-
ted 10 the American genius is the States
Rights theory Of our system, which extends
lis capacities with the march of our peo-
ple, and fuIfls all the demands which can
be made by their progress2 Each new
State or people who may be associated with
Us to the extent Of their common interest
and feelings, and tO'that extent only,wouId
increase the strength and extend the bene'
ficence Of our institutions. The differen~
ces in national genius, which are so inev-
table in so large a confederacy, would then
cease 10 present formidable difficulties, Tor
they are left to their own free develoPe-
ment under the single restriction, Of not
interfering with the rights Of their neigh
bors. or coming into collision Win oIners.
How noaan;GeouI IN conception! HOW
Oeneficent in practice is this system! which
associates nations in one great family com
pact, without destroying the social identy,
or improperly constraining the individual
genius Of any; and cements into elements
Of strength and civilization those very
sources Of difference which have heretofore
destroyed the peace Of mankind. 1t fulhls
all the wants OF American genius, and pro-
misses to realize the proudest hope in the
American breast, for it affords the means
of accomplishing the mighty mission upon
which It is our glory to have been SEMI
The little germ Of new and mighty civil
lization was planted in the American will
derness, far away from the busy concourse
Of men who heedlessIy or wantonly might
have trampled it under foot. Under the
superintendent Of Providence, and the
care Of few whose mission it was 10 guard
it amid solitude and hardships, it grew, un>
seen or neglected by the rest Of mankind,
from the eastern shore of our continent
where il was planted, it already casts lis
-l..-ls-v- fAa -iaao~tha vast. To guard IL
against envy and cuPfdfry rrUEn UDFUau' 70
shield It from misguided friends or wantOn
violence at home, to mature lis growth and
extend its shelter, that all our posterity from
sea to sea may ultimately repose in peace
and happiness beneath its grateful shade, is
the task which we have inherited, and the
mission which we must accomplish. Diffi>
cult may DO the achievement, too creduloua
may seem the hope Of accomplishing such
destiny, but the resources Of American
genius are fully adequate to It all, If It
will only adhere TO the path which the con-
stitulion has marked out for its pursuit.
Will it be thus wisely guided.-[Demo-
cratic Review.
The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1844-11-12
Tho Dream Of Famo.
DY JAMES BAYARD TAYLOR.

Soft through the lattice looked the quiet moon,
AZ rising frsm his weary vigil, faint
With Unidentified toll, the student threw
His ponderous tones aside, and gazed awhile
Out on the radiant night, that staF-crowned, cast
Her mantle DER the earth. The holy calm
SOOth'd not his spirits restlessness, or stilPd
The burning thoughts that rose upon his mind,
And stole away the guilelessness Of heart,
That marh'd his earlier hours. He was one
Upon whose soul Ambition reigned supreme,
And pointed him to names that on the roll
OF Times gray record, lived from age to age
Like lonely columns that defy decay,
And proudly stand imid temples overthrow,
And all that poets Of The misty past
Have sung-Alcides' fame, and be whose arm
Lies Wondering now, beside Scamander's stream
The hero ofthat glorious day when Greece
Saw Frsedom's light once more, and triumph sat
The Macedonia boy. whose realms were spread
From far Ionia to the Indus wave
All these but fed the quenohless fire that burned
Within bis breast, and dried up every fount
OfDureF feeling. And as the fadeless stars
Looked meekly down, he proudly vowed
To make his name like them endure.
Oh, SRin and mad presumption! Do not all
The brighter names Of earth, as years roll on,
ShiDe DINNER through the past and one BY one
Years had passed by,
Twas midnight's lonely hour, when the proud
youth
That fall Of life, had vOw'd in years gone By
To win himself a name--a pale, sad man
Game back to view once more his early home,
Care.woF1 and weary Of the hollow world.
His high hon crushed, and naughty spirit bowed,
He came GO I'd the fame he fendly sought,
A wild ands, endid dream, that in return
For years and tnanhood's vigOr wasted, gave
But thoTns instead Of lauTels. Then the fount
So long sealed up, burst forth, and purer thoughts
Came back like Cd rdian spirits, and made glad
Their early home He went into the world;
But not for fame, but true and humble deeds;
And found the grateful blessings Of the hearts
His charity relieved, moEg sweet than all
The empty praise that glldS a cOnqueror's name.
And though too late be cast aside the chain
That Wild ambition forged, and though bic life
In the long toll was wasted; yet his after deedS
Made sweet the bed ofdeath, and by him stood
Like angels, waiting with spread wings, 10 bear
His spirit 20 brighter realm than Fame's.
The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1844-11-12
Russia ana C,rcassia.

The "JournaI des Debats" observes that
the war in Circassia, which has now con-
tinued so many years, does not appear YET
to be about TO terminate in the conquest Of
the country. On the contrary, the Rus
SLAMS have experienced q fresh defeat al
PedrigoFok, near KOuban. The details Of
lasssa i.anss 80
rions, have not been received. Another
fact has been announced, which, if con F..
firmed, would be still more serious--the
capture Of the fortress Of Derbend, with its
cannon and ammunition, by Schamyl.-
This Schamyl is species Of warlike proph-
ct, who has for several years governed and
led to battle the Lesghis, the Koubitchis,
and the other Mussulman tribes Of Daghes-
tan: He is the Abd-el~Kader Of these
countries. Derbend, the capitol Of Daghes.
tan, is an ancient town, with a population
Of from 10000 to $4,000 inhabitants. II is
most important on account of lis fortified.
tions; the height and thickness Of its walls
are an object Of establishment, and it was
during several centuries the bulwark Of
Georgia and Of Persia against The warlike
population Of Caucasus, Situate on the
Caspian Sea, Derbend carries on q lrifling
trade, but the harbor affords do shelter
against the northwest winds, which some
times drives the waves with extreme vic.
Ience into the streets Of the town. The
celebrated Caliph HarOun~al-Raschid resi-
ded for many years in Derbend. The RUS
sian army Of Caucases, decimated by dis
ease, by hunger, and by the nostalgia, is in
a state Of the most dePIorable demOraliza.
ton. The Russian Government has like
wise had the imprudence to send there q
number Of Poles, who have almost oil de-
serted. These Poles have instructed the
mOuntaineers ia the art of war, and have
given them ideas which are now bearing
their fruit. The warriors Of Circassia now
possess cannon which they captured from
The Russians, and they are gaining victo-
ries which from lime 10 time aslOnish Eu.
rope. The CircassiaR war has now endu'
red more than 60 years. II began under
Calharine IT. When we compare the sit
uation Of CiFcassia, and The results Of the
war with hose Of Algeria, we cannot con.
ceive that great military power like Rus
STA should not have long since 6nished with
Circassia.