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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-12-03
The Omitted Clause.

In the original draft Of the Declaration Of
Independence, as drawn up by Jefferson, was
a strong condemnation of the British King
for conniving at and encouraging the african
slave trade a condemnation that can well be
applied to the American Government, which
is now seeking to revive a similar
between the slave breeding States OF the
South and the free soil Of California, &c.
The following is the omitted clause, which
was stricken out in compliance 10 South Car
DINA and Georgia. For the particulars OF
that transaction, see Madison Papers, vol. l,
p. 233.-Independen Democrat.
"He'' THAT is, the King Of England) 'has
melted reasonable instructions of our fellow
citizens, with the allurements Of forfeiture
and con6sca,ion of our property. he has
waged cruel war against nature itself, viola
ting its most sacred rights of life and liberty
in the persons of a distant people who never
offended him ; captivating and carrying them
into slavery in another hemisphere, or TO in-
cur miserable death in their transportation
thiiher. This piratical warfare, the oppro-
brium Of iBfdel Powers, is the warfare OF the
Christian King of Great Britain. DeteFmin-
ed to keep up a market where men should be
bought and sold, he has prostituted his mega
tive for suPpressing every Legislative attempt
to prohibit or restrain this srecra6Ie
and, that this assemblage Of horrors might
want no fact of distinguished dye, he is now
exciting these very people to raise IN arm
among us, and 10 purchase that liberty OF
which he has also obtruded them thus pay
ing off former crimes committed against The
liberties Of one people, with crimes which lie
urges them 10 COMM against the lives OF an
other"
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-23

The ArHEIsr.--The sense of guilt will
sometimes COW the proudest philosophy
The atheist may speculate, and go on spec.
ulating till he is brought up by humiliation ;
he may then return to life, and reason away
the difference between good and evil he
may even go further, and imagine to him.
self the preparation of the most atrocious
acts: and still he may eat his bread with
relish, and sleep soundly in his bed for his
sins wanting, as it were, substance, having
no actual solidiIy to leave their traces in his
memory, all future retribution may seem to
him thing with which, in any case. he can
have no concern; but let him once turn his
theory to practice-let him make crime pal.
pable--in an instant he feels its hot impress
on his soul. Then it is, then it is that what
may happen beyond the grave becomes nc
matter Of Indifference; and though his rea.
son may seem to have proved that death il
a final end, then comes the question wha,
does his reason kno,c Of deathY Then, last
OF all, the little word II, swelling to fear
ful size, and standing at the outlet of hi.
theories, like a relentless giant ready to de.
nolish his conclusions. Warrington Alls
ton.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-23

SIRps.-l have always been an adrnirer
OF these elegant creatures, their notes, their
nests, their eggs, and all the economy Of
their lives; nor have We, throughout the Or
ders Of creation, any beings that so con,inu-
ally engage our attention as these our ieath-
cred companions. Winter takes from us
all the gay world Of the meads, the sylphs
that hover over our flowers, that steal our
sweets, that creep, or gently wing their way
in glittering splendor around us; and Of all
the miraculous creatures tina! sported their
hour in the sunny beam, the winter gnat
(tipula heimalis) alone remains to frolic in
some rare and partial CLEAN. The myriads
Of the pool are dormant, or hidden from our
sight; the quadrupeds, few and wary, veil
their actions in the glooms Of night, and we
see little Of them; but birds are with us al
ways, they give character to spring, and
are identified with it; they enchant and
amuse us all summer long with their sports,
animation, hilarity, and glee; they cluster
round us, suppliant in the winter Of our
year, and, unrepining through cold and
want, seek their scanty meal amidst the re.
fuse Of the barn, the stalls of the cattle, OF
at the doors Of our house; or, fitting hun.
cry from one denuded and bare spray to an
other, excite our pity and regard their
lives are patterns Of gaiety, cleanliness,
alacrity, and joy.--Jour. Of Naturalist
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-23

A MosLEM CIrY.-The MOslem quart.
er of city is lonely and desolate; you 20
up and down, and on over shelving and
hillocky paths through the narrow lane.
walled in by blank, windowless dwellings
you come out upon an open space strewed
with the black ruins that some late FIRE has
left; you pass by mountain of cast-away
things, the rubbish OF centuries, and on il
you see numbers Of big, wolflike dogs ly.
ing torpid under the sun, with limbs out.
stretched to the full, as if they We're dead
storks or cranes, sitting fearless upon the
low roofs, look gravely down upon you
the still air that you breathe is loaded with
the scent Of citron, and pomegranate rind,
scorched by the sun, or Gas you approach
the Bazaar) with the dry, dead perfume o.
strange spices. You long for some signs O
life, and tread the ground more heavily, a.
though you would wake the sleepers with
the heel Of your boot; but the foot fall.
noiscless upon the crumbling soil Of ar
eastern city, and Silence follows you still
Again and again you meet tlrbans, ant
faces Of men, but they have nothing for you
no welcome-no wonder-no wrath -
no scom--they look upon you as we d.
upon a Defenders fall Of snow--as ,
reasonable" unaccountable, uncomforta
bic work Of God, that may have been sen
for some good purpose, to be revealed here
aftsr.-Eotken.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-23

TaAvELIsG VALUE OF TwENrY-FRANcs.
"If a man gains by travelling. it is not SO
with piece Of gold. Mr.. Alfred de Vigny,
who is gifted with good financial orsani-
zation, the other day determined 10 arrive al
an exact account Of the los produced by a
constant necessity for exchange. He set
forth on that trip beyond the Rhine, which
all politicians and thinkers, nowadays,
are wont to make. In leaving France. he
went first to Frankfort. There he applied
to rich merchant. to whom he had been
recommended, with the request that he would
change for him twenty franc piece
(s3 Si) into the appropriate coin Of the
country. The poet took this coin and
placed it in purse by itself. When he ar
rived at Munich, he changed the Frank
fort money into an equal sum in the Bava-
rian currency. At Berlin, again, he chang.
ed the silver be had obtained at Munich
into so much Puxsian. At Vienna, he
went through the same process; then again
at Milan once more, at Naples; and final
ly, arriving at Rome, he did the same thing
there.
"Alier having gone over the whole Of
Italy, he passed into Switzerland, descended
the Rhine, and travelled through Holland
and Belgium, always changing the money
Of the country he left, for that into which
he came-never failing to 60 to people on
whom he could implicitly rely, who would
neither deceive him nor take any discount
Still, as he travelled on, the twenty franc
purse seemed always to be losing weight
From country TO country the pieces were
becoming lighter and less numerous. At
last, at the end Of his journey, (say on the
10th Of las, March, the author OF Stello
changed the value Of his gold Napoleon
back again into French currency, and what
do YOU think remained Of that gold piece,
OF which nothing at all had been spent |?
He had Just sixty centimes left Where
upon the said Alfred took occasion to write
upon his tablet the following aphorism ::
"For q travelling artist, Napoleon is
worth only twelve sous--Merchants' Maga-
zine.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-23

west cosst Of Scoslami and h,ing n snsrt
fellow. was ON some occasion promoted 10
q station behind the counter. This was
great advancement for the erfsid- I'D, and he
became all on sudden FrodiGit'usly sentcel.
What first put il into his heal, it is hard
to say; but certain it is, that a littla twirl
at the end Of his written name subsidized
gradually into an {. ard at last, to all in.
tents and purposes, he was Mr. Cunning
hame. In two years afier this consmma.
ton. he was left very Unexpectedly the sum
Of f200 by distant relation, and Mr..
Cuninghame determined to retire from
his employers counter, and take one
Of his own. While looking out for pro-
per place for his intended establishment, a
new change occurred in his name cores
pondng with the expansion OF his ideas in
other respects; and he became now, 10 the
great surprise OF his acquaintance, MIR.
Coyninshame. But i. 10 happened that,
before he had quite fixed upon site for hin
warehouse, he was quite fixed himself in
admiration of young .ady, the heiIess OF .
tallow chandler; and as she was much
struck with his person, and the uncommon
gentility Of his name, he abandoned his
present pursuit, and laid seige to her as the
more promising speculation OF the two In
the course Of his courtship a new change
occurred in his name, and he was now Mr.
Coynynghame. II supposed that this wa.
in homage to the taste &C the heiress; nnd
the superstition receives some color from the
fact, that after she proved laithless, he
knocked cut indignantly the additional %
IL was not 50 easy, however, to place him
self in other respects IN siatu mo. Hi.
capital was by this time nearly all gone
and after dreadful struggle with his pride
he was compelled to step behind the coun
ter once more as the shopman of another
With stern philosophy, he sisnslized hi.
fall BY the sacrifice Of the remaining y: bu
the Funes were not yet appeased. Tn,
great monetary crisis took place at thi.
time, which reduced most of The establish
ments in the town. and among a n1ultitad.
Of others, threw Mr.. Cuninghame out O
work. His remaining funds were quickl,
exhausted. What was to be done! Hi
had the good sense to take poner's EN-
ployment again, and became once more
plain John Cunningham.
In this history we see movement without
progress. The mistake was to suppose tina,
change Of position rendered a change in the
name an advantage, or that any additional
dignity could be derived from spelling i,
with one letter instead of another. Il wa.
very proper for the porter to abandon his
jacket in favor Of coat when he became
the shopman; bu, name is no indication
of rank, any more than rank is an indIca.
ton Of virtue. After all, we believe the
most frequent revolutions in names have
been the result Of mere accident, such as
the ignorance of the parties of the mystery
Of orthosraPhy, and the disregard in which
such niceties were held before the language
had attained its present fixed and regular
iom.-Chambers' Journal.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-23

FAITH Asp HorE.


Lo. two most goodly virgins came in place,
Linked, arm in arm, In lively wise;
With countenance demure, and modest grace
They numbered even steps and equal pace:
Or which the eldest that Yidelia hight,s
Like sunny beams threw from christal fa'.e,
That could have dsx'd the rash beholder's sight,
And round about her head did shine like Hsav-
ems light.
Shc was arrayed all In lily white,
And in her right hand bore cup Of gold,
Aud in her other hand she fast did hold
A book that was both slgn'd and seal'd with
blood,
Wherein dark things were writ. hard to be un-
dcrstood.
Her young sister, that Speranza hight,
Was clad in blue, that her beseemed well;
Not all 90 cheerful seemed she Of sight
As did her sister, whether dread did dwell.
Or anguish in her heart, il hard 10 tell:
Upon her arm silver anchor lay,
Wherein she leaned ever, rs befell;
And ever up to heaven, as she did pray.
Her steadfsst eyes were bent, nor swerved otheI
way.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-23
The las,lc siIk Wi.acr. K.,,.k~

"katinko was more like the most e,qui.
site statue than human being-the reoose
OF her matches features, ard the marble
paleness OF her complexion. were quite un.
equalled. We soon found, however. hat
she shared in deficiency common to all
inanimate pieces Of sculpture, and more
general among living beings than We ore
disposed 10 admit. The mind, the intellect,
that should have Illuminated that perf,c,
countenance, existed not, ard she was a
very child in capacity and in tastes. Still
We took a great interest in her; and our
distress was extreme when We discovered.
after she had been with us two years, tina,
she had consented TO enter on new line Of
life very different from that We could have
desired for her.
Just at this time some Young men, r.
turning from their colleges in Europe, full
OF enthusiasm for their country and its de.
parted glory, determined to revive several Of
the ancient tragedies, and have them per.
formed at the little theatre at Athens.
"a prima donna was, Of course, inds.
pensably requisite, and some one had, most
unfortunately, caught glimpse OF Katinko,
wandering among the vine walks of our
garden, when the evening breeze had lifted
from her beautiful face the long folds of the
floating veil, which completed her native
costume.
''She was not proof against the golden
offers which were instantly made to induce
her to 60 on the stage, and she left us almost
secretly for Athens, where she was to be in
structed in her new calling. Itwas in vain
we demonstrated; nothing we could offer
could compensate to her ambitious old
mother for the delight of seeing her child
figuring as princess or queen, were it but
for an hour.
"Katinko shed many tears at parting
but, nevertheless, she went; and it was the
last We saw Of her, with her simple. child.
like manners. and her picturesque Albanian
garments.
"About year after, | was accosted in the
street by young woman in the European
dress, whose appearance was decidedly re-
naarkable, from the outrageous violation OF
all good taste which characterized her attire.
Not only was she loaded with feathers and
ribbons, but her face was positively masked
in paint, applied seemingly without any at.
tempt at concealnent. Ii was actually
not until she turned towards me the exqui.
site profile, which nothing could change,
that ! recognized our once beautiful Ka.
tnko "-WayfaYing Sketches among the
Greeks and Turks, dc.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-23

AcRIcuIruRE.-And if great delights be
Joined with 80 much innocence, | think il
is ill done of men, not TO take them here,
where they arc so tame and ready at hand,
rather than hunt for them in courts and
cities, where they are 50 wild, and the chase
so troublesome and dangerous.
We are here among the vast arI noble
scenes OF nature; we ale there among the
pitilul shifts Of policy we walk here in the
light and open ways of the divine bounty ;
we grope there in the dark and confused
labyrinths of human malice our senses are
here Toasted with the clear and genuine
taste Of their objects, which are all sophis-
ticated there, and for the most part over
whelmed with their contraries. Here plea
sire looks, methinks, like beautiful, con.
slant, and modest wife; it is there an im-
pudent, tickle, and painted harlot. Here
is harmless and cheap plenty; there guilty
and expenseiul luxury.
] shall only instance in one delight more,
the most natural and best natured Of all
Others, perpetual companion of the hus-
bandman; and that is, the satisfaction OF
looking round about him, and seeing
nothing but the effects and improvements Of
his own art and diligence; TO be always
gathering Of some fruits of it and at the
same time to behold others ripening. and
others budding to see all his fields and
gardens covered with the beauteous crea-
lures Of his own industry; and to see, like
God, that all his works are good:
On his heart-strings secret JOY does strike.
The antiquity Of his art is certainly not
to be contested by any other. The first
three men in the world, were gardener, a
p,oughman, and a grazier; and il any man
object that the second of these was muir
derer, | desire he would consider, that as
soon as he was 50, he quilted our profession,
ard turned builder. Ii is for this reason,
suppose, that Ecclesiasticus forbids us to
hate husbandry; Because" said he, 'tbe
Most high has created it." We are all
born to this art, and taught by nature to
no irish our bodies by the same earth out Of
which they were made, and to which they
must return, and pay at last for their sus-
tenance.
Behold the original and primitive nobility
oil all those great persons, who are too
proud now, not only to till the ground, but
almost to tread upon it, We may talk
whit We please Of lilies, and lions rampant,
and spread eagles, in fields dor or d'ar
gent; but if heraldry were guided by reason,
a plough in field arabic would be the
most noble and ancient arms.-C Cooley.
Esaays.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-23

"A most interesting ercuP. presented It.
self before Us two young kmsie slaves,
both with most pleasing countenanees 5000
together closely embraced, the arm OF the
one round the neck Of the other; their at
titude. as we'll Is the strong likeness between
them. pointing them out st once Is sisters
Bv their side was an African slave-deales,
in whose ierocious countenance it seemed
impossible 10 discern trace Of human feel
ing. He was armed with a large heavy
stick. with which be drove them TO and fro,
literally, like herd Of animals. Three
or four Turks were discussing, with consid-
cradle animation, the price Of one Of the
women but the bargain had been struck
inst before we came in, and one Of the par
", stout, good looking man, was paying
down the money. When this was COM
pleled, with an imperious movement OF the
hand, he motioned to his newly purchased
slave to follow him. 1t was the younges,
and the most timid Of the two sisters whom
he had selected. Nothing could have been
more painful than to watch the intense, the
terrified anxiety, with which both had fol
lowed the progress Of sale and now il wa
concluded, and they knew that the momen
of separation was arrived, she whose fat'
had been sealed, disengsged herself, and
turning round. placed her two hands on he
sister shoulders, with a firm grasp. AMI
eazed into her eyes. Not words, not tears
could have expressed one half Of the mute
unuttersble despair that dwelt in that long
heartrending gaze. IL were hard to sa,
which face was most eloquent Of misery; bu
the Turk was inpatient; he claPPed hi
hands together. This was a well-knowr
signal. A slight tremor shook the frame o
the young slave; her arms fell powerless a
her side, and she turned to follow her master
The voiceless but agonized farewell wa
over. In another moment, We could Jus
distinguish her slender figure threading il
way through the crowd. in company will
the other slaves belonging to the Turk
Her sister had hid herself behind her com
psnions, and now sa: on the ground, he
head sunk upon her folded ms."-Way
tarins Sketches among the Greeks ana
Turks, &c.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-23

SMYRYIorE WoNxS.-As you move
through the narrow streets Of the city a
these times Of festival, the transom-shapet
windows suspended over your head, on eth
er side, are filled with the beautiful descend
ants Of the old Ionian race; ell (even yon
der Empress that sits throned at the window
Of that humblest mud cotiage) are at
tired with seeming nagni6cence; their classic
heads are crowned with scarlet, and loadet
with Jewels. or coins Of gold-the Who'll,
wealth Of the wearers their features are
touched with savage pencil, which hard
ems the outline Of eyes and eyebrows, and
lends an unnatural fire to the stern, grav,
looks, with which they pierce your brain
Endure their fiery eyes as best you may
and ride on slowly and reverently, for facin,
you from the side Of the transom, that look:
long-wise through the street, you see III.
one glorious shape transcendant in its beauty
you see the massive braid Of hair as i
catches touch Of light on its jetty surface
and the broad, calm, angry brow-th.
large black eyes. deep set, and selfrelyinl
like the eyes Of a conqueror, with thei
rich shadows Of thought lying dark,
around them,-you see the thin fiery nos
tril, and the bold line Of the chin and throa
disclosing all the ferceness. and all tn
pride, passion, and power, that can liv'
along with the rare womanly beauty o
those sweetly turned lips. But then Their
il a terrible stiffness in this breathin,
image; it seems like the stiffness Of a saw
age that sits INTENT and brooding day b,
day, upon some fearful scheme Of ven
geance, but yet more like it seems to TIN
stiffness Of an Immortal, whose will mus
be known, and obeyed without sign o
speech. Bow down,-Bow down, an,
adore the young Persephone, transcendan
Queen Of Eothsn.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-23

SoLrrUpE.-The first minister of State
hos not so much business in public, as q
wise man has in private: if the one have
little leisure TO be alone, the other has les.
leisure to be in company; the one has bu
part Of the affairs of one nation, the othel
all the works OF God and nature under hi.
consideration. There is no saying shocks
me so much as that which | hear very
often, 'that man does not know how to
pass his time" 1t would have been but i'll
spoken by Methusaleh in the nine hun
bred sixty ninth year Of his life; so far it is
from us, who have not time enough to at
tain to the utmost perfection Of any part Of
any science, 10 have cause to complain that
we are forced to be idle for want of work
But this, you will say, is work only for the
learned; Others are not capable either OIL
the employments or advertisements that ar.
rive from letters. | know they are not and
therefore cannot much recommend solitude
to man totally illiterate. But, if any ran
be so mlearned, as to want entertainment
Of the little intervals Of accidental solitude,
which frequently occur in almost all condi-
tons except the very meanest Of the PEG
pie, who have business enough in the
necessary provisions for life,) it is truly a
great shame both to his patents and himself
for very small portion Of any ingenious
art will stop up all those gaps Of our time
either music, or painting, or designing, OF
chemistry, or history, or gardening, or twen-
ty other things, will do it uselully and
pleasantly; and, if he happen to set his
affections upon poetry (Which | do not adj
wise him too immoderately,) that will over
do IT.; no wood will be thick enough to hide
him from the opportunities of company OF
business, which would abstract him from
his beloved.-Cocley'S Essaps.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-23

HE BIBLE AND THE woHxs OF SHAxs-
rEARE.-Above all / advise you to cult
vate a love Of reading. which makes you. in
ITSELF almost Independent Of any other aids
and appliances. and puts, with very moder.
ate help, the whole domain Of philosophy,
history, and poetry, within your individual
command. Why, gentlemen, man is al
most above the world who possesses two
books. ] do not mean to put the two books
which ! am about to comment on, upon the
same level, far from il, nor am wishing to
intimate to you that two books are sufficient
for your study and per,sal. am only
mentioning them as representatives Of what
is most excellent though different in de-
gree. ] say that man may almost be said
to be above the world who possesses his
Bible and his Shakespeare: his Shaks
peare for his leisure, HE Bible for all time.
Lord MoyPsth. AZ he seirss Of the Athe.
nexm and MeehAn;es' lsstisxis, SheEsld