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CaImasss under AmIcsiou,

Calmness in seasons Of affection should
not be mistaken for frigidity or Indifference.
The heart may be drowned in tears though
the eyes are dry, and the spirit weave dirge
notes while tn. voice is mute. tits because
they feel so much, SO deeply, that some per.
sons seem not 10 feel at all. They cannot
give the faintest utterance to their feelings
without being completely overwhelmed BY
their intensity; and as then they would be
united for the stern duties Of life, they
drive back each moistening drop, swallow
each thrilling sigh, and in the depths of
their aching bosoms suffer their grief to find
a living tomb.
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wife OF Foster, the Es.ays.,.

He chose as the partner of his retire,
ment lady whose talents and force OF
character he ever held in high and deserved
respect. 1t is generally believed that when
Mr.. Foster proposed to her that union which
subsequently took place. she declared that
she would marry no one that had not dis
tinguished himself in the literature Of his
day, and Fosters Essays in Letters to a
Friend" were the billasdouz Of this ex.
traordinary courtship. 1t is amusing to
recOllect that after the first evening which
Foster spent in company with his future
vile, he described her as "a marble statue
surrounded with iron palisades.
Chambers Journal.
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Whs are ,hs TruIy vaisabIs In sssie'''

The value set upon member oil s0ei'H
should be, not according to the hrHlness .
intensity Of his feelings, the acuIsnrs "
his sensibility, or to his readiness TO sep
for, or dePlore the misery be may meet VIII
in the world: but in proportion 10 TOE '4cl,'
fees he is ready to make, and to the Sow y
edge and talents which he is able and VII
ling to contribute towards removing u :
misery. To benefit mankind S liO'-
more difficult task than some seem 70 'iDss
inc; it is not quite so easy asto maze u
play Of amiable sensibility- the ms !.
quires long study and painful ao'uns s.s
from the various alluring pleasures 0y '1',
we are surrounded; the second n DS~
cases demands only little acting aa0 W
when sincere, is utterly useless to 'hs
lic.-WsstminSer RsrieIo.
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Prssfu.ton

A man passes for that be IS worth. lsIT
idle is all curiosity concerning OtheI Pso-
pies estimates Of US, and idle S al lear d
remaining unknown. II a man knOE lta'
he can do anything-:hst he can do Il oelsr
than any one else-he has a pledge Of is
acknowledgment Of thar fact BY all pr
sons. The world is full OF Judgment days,
and into every assembly that man enifls
in every action he attempts, he IS guAsed ali
stamped. What hath he dOnef 5 he d.
vine question which searches men, sad
trsnspierces every false reputation. i0f
may SIT in any chair Of the world, n0i }.
distinguished for his hour from Homer ane
Washington; but there can never Be 'l'
doubt concerning the respective sOiil' "
human beings when We seek the inhh.-
Pretension may sit still, bot cannot at
Pretension never leigned an sei Of I''i
greatness. PIetensiOn never wrote a.
Had, nor drove back AeTNes, nor Chis
tianised the world, nor abolished slavery
Emerson.
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Golden Thsughs..

| never yet found pride in noble nature,
nor humility 10 an unworthy mind. OF
all trees, observe that God has chosen the
vlne-a low plant, that creeps upon the
helpful wall; o. all beasts, the soft and pa.
tent lamb; Of ell fowls, the mild and guile
less dove. When God appeared to Moses, it
was not in the lofty cedar, nor the spreading
palm, bat ta,sh, an humble, slender, alb.
Jeet bush. As If He would by these selec-
lions check the ,onceited arrogance of man.
Nothing produ,eth love like humility
nothing hate, like pride.
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LITERARY EXAMINER.
Br PARK BENJAMIN.

Farewell awhile, We flelds and woods,
Garden and copse, and mount and dell,
To leaPing streams, and dashing Hoods,
My cherished home and hsants, farewell!
Nor longer mid your dim retreats
Must /, oblivious, muse and dream,
Deep Swallowed from the noontide heats,
Or summer evening scrimson beam.
Once more upon the waves Of life,
My bark, Unmoored, must spread her sail
Surrounded by the din, the strife,
To WOO the breeze OF breast the gale.
Oh, many a nObler hulk than mine
Drifts wrecked upon a rocky strand,
A nd many Trailer, Ger the brine
Speeds safely TO the lookedfor land
Once more, commingling with the throng,
Must the noise and tumult hear;
Even while the wild birds matin song
Still rings on my delighted ear.
Less sweet the measured sounds Of art
From lips of human warblers fall;
A dcarer language 10 the heart
Speaks Natures Ministries than them all.
How beautiful the pictures drawn
By sunrise on the tinted sky
What shadows on the lake and lawn,
In mass and outline softly lie.
Could Clsude's or Rembrandt's pencil trsce
Distincter lines or deeper hues'
Can Painting yield 50 true grace,
Or such transparent light infuse7
No-in your halls and galleries gay,
With artificial sounds and sights,
He cities. there's no voice OF raw
Like Natures for your days or nights.
Therefore, with unaVailing tears
contemplate my happy home;
Therefore, with many doubts and fears,
leave nay Sabine farm for Rome.
IL must be 50; though Love and Peace
Are one beneath these vines aud trees:
My very powers of thought would cease
IL wasted in luxurious ease.
Then welcome! busy life again!
Welcome familiar thought and toll,
The daily intercourse with men,
The wasting Of the midnight OIL
But lsss than poet should be,
Garden aud copse, mount and dell.
Fields, woods, streams, floods, home haunts.
IL ye
Were left without one sad farewell!
ID osoris, Autumn Of Is4s
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By EPEs SARGENT.

An for the first wild flower,
In the early time of Spring
AS for the Summer shower,
When earth is languishing-
Az for the rainbow's blending
As for the day stars glow
have watched for the descending
OF the Winters virgin Snow!
1t comes. on pinions airy
The gentle flakes alight,
Like the torn plumes of a fairy.
Orthe fruit-tree blossoms white.
With undulating motion
They float and kiss the ground.
And melt into the ocean
WithouLa breathing sound.
Why watch / thus the falling
Of the first December snow7
Because its mystic calling
Is the voice Of long ago?
Because it ever blendeth
With the memories of the bow
Each flake as IL descendeth
Enshrouds persisted JOY.
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luauAlrY.

If industry ia no more than habit, it is at
least an excellent one. If you ask me
which is the real hereditary sin of human
nature, do you imagine shall answer pride,
or luxury, or ambition, or egotisml No: |
shall say Incidence. Who conquers indo-
lence will conquer all the rest Indeed.
all good principles must stagnate without
mental activity.
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National Peeni,arts,~..

1t has been said that an Irisbman is at
peace. only when he is in a quarrel; a
Scotchman is at home, only when he is
abroad; an Englishman is contented, only
while finding fault with something or some.
body; and, let us add, that captious, busy,
clustering, impetaous American is at the
height of felicity. only while he is in all
these t'lmultuous conditions at the same
'ime.--Magoon's Proverbs.
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Al.rmi,.s Eae.f. or y..I,r,

One imagines that he hears frogs croak.
ing in his stomach; another thinks his body
lump of butter. and is afraid to walk in
the sun, lest be should be melted. DR..
Moore. Of London, has recently published
an account of 9 lady, who had passed an
idle life. and who at last imagined herself
a pound OF candles, and dreaded the all.
Proach Of night, fearing the chambermaids
would take part Of her for use.-Ma.
goon's Proverbs.
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Qniesisn.

DIR. Bushnell, in his ThsnkSginhs e
sermon, in alIuding to the demand q -
country for less dsmOnstrative and sPSs- .s
die types of religious life, sad that We az. I'.
little fear any danger from what : 'a Is.
"Quietism." He seemed to eonsldsi ny
thing of that stamp to be moral n -
bility amid the tossing energies and 81
sweep of American activity. "SOOns; !,
said be, "mighi the ocean forget % lo.i he !,
waves, the bees lie in IePose unua -,s
summer shade, or the lightning aas
IN the sky"
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No man knows what he can do till be
has fully resolved to do what he can. When
men have thought themselves obliged to
Get about any business in good earnest, they
have done that which their Incidence made
them suppose impossible.
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knowledge lies deep in we'll, but there
Is a way to draw il up, and diligent scholars
will find it out.
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that the Imagination may be far more now.
eriuily moved by delicate hints which i'm
pei it to exert itself than by gross descrip-
tons which it takes in passiyely.
The spirit OF the Antipuritan reaction
pervades almost the whole polite litera,ure
OF the reign of Charles the Second. But
the very qulntessence Of that spirit will he
lound IN the comic drama. The plav.
houses, shut by the meddling fanatic in the
day oil his power, were again crowded.
10 their old attractions new and more DOW.
erful attractions had been added. Scenery
dresses. and decorations, such as wouid
now be thought mean and absurd, but sucb
as would have been esteemed incredible
magnificent by those who, early in the
seventeenth century, sat on the filthy
benches OF the Hope, or under the thatcb.
ed roof oil the Rose, dazzled the ewes of the
The fascination of ser was
called in to aid the fascination of art: and
'ne young spectator saw, with emotions
unknown to the contemporaries Of Sbak. |
sPeare and Jonson, tender and spriehtlv
nerolnes personi6ed by lovely women
From the day on which the theatres were
re-opened they became seminaries of vice.
and the evil propagated itself. The pro-
ilgacy OF the representations soon drove
away soter people. The frivolous and dis.
dilute who remained required every year
tronger and stronger s,imuianis. Thus
he artists corrupted the spectators, and the
Pectators the artists, till the lurpitude of
ne drama became such as must astonish
u who are not aware that extreme relaxa.
ion Is the natural effect Of extreme re-
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III - Hot ucItly CURIOUS, Out instructive
for one generation TO refer to such records
as these of the passing opinions of the pre-
ceding one. But, while denying the power
of criticism to influence permanently the
fate of literary productions, we ar. quite
sensible of the effect it has on the personal
destinies Of authors. There has been more
than one Ralph starved by couplet. The
booksellers are not likely to be mistaken,
on such point, and they are sensitive Il,
criticism to downright absurdity. The
opinions of the press which they nervously
append to their advertisements (taken, per.
haps, from some obscure provincial news.
pepper. which would have given verdict
doubly stronger in return for t,oo presenta-
ton copies) are extremely amusing--and
they are likewise extremely melancholy
When ohnsontalked of the cant Of authors
In desPising critics, he knew very well that
the bread of authors depended upon it; al |
though he likewise knew that their scorks J
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enteenth Congress was Mr.. PHILIP p.
BARBOUR, of Virginia, who was elected
by few votes over Mr.. TAYLOR. In the
eighteenth Congress, Mr.. CLAY was again
chosen Speaker by large majority over
Mr.. BARBOUR.
In the nineteenth Congress, G.. q. AD-
AMs,) friend of the administration, Mr..
TAYLOR, was chosen Speaker on the Sec
ond ballot-receiving SO votes, to "a for
all others. In the twentieth Congress,
the opposition Speaker, Mr.. STEVENSON,
received 104 votes, Mr.. TAYLOR "a, and
and there were 7 scattering.
In the twenty-frst Congress, General
JACKSON had decided majority in both
branches. In the House, Mr.. STEVENSON
received 1872 votes against 80. In the
twenty Congress, Mr.. STEVENSON
was reelected by SO votes, against 81 for all
other persons. In the twenty-third, there
was very large administration majority
in the House, but in the Senate the adj
ministration was in a minority. So in the
twenty fourth.
In the twenty fifth Congress, (Mr. VAN
buren, the administration candidate for
the Speakership, Mr.. POLK, received 116
votes, against 1913 for Mr.. BELL, and 5
scattering. In the twenty -sixth Congress,
an opposition member was elected Speaker
on the 18th ballot-Mr. HUNTER of Vir-
ginia.
In the twenty-seventh Congress, Wing
Speaker, Mr.. WHITE, Of Kentucky, re-
ceived 121 votes against "a for J. w.
JONES, and Is scattering. In the twenty
eighth Congress, Democratic Speaker
was elected. w. JoNEs-by 1919 votes
against SO for Mr.. WHITE. In the twenty
ninth (PoLK) Congress, the administration
Speaker, Mr.. DAVIS, was elected, receiving
100 votes, against 70 for Mr. VINToN and
10 for other persons. In the thirtieth Con-
gress, the opposition Speaker, Mr.. WIN
THRoP, was elected on the third ballot,
receiving 10 votes against ga for LYNN
BOYD, Al for other Democratic candidates,
and three scattering Wing votes.
In the thirty first (TAYLoR) Congress,
the Democratic party proper have a ma
ority in the Senate. In the House, both
the WING and DEMOCRATIC party seem to
be in minority.
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From the Ne,o York Express
To the Readers of the New York Express.

w hSHlNGION, Lee. lofJ
As am about to take my seat in the House of
Representatives, where shall soon be called upon
to share in its responsibilities and excements feel
it necessary for myself to say, that in leaving the
Express behind me, leave all its literary cares and
responsibilities to my brother, and associate, Eras
tus Brooks, and that he, and he alone is response
bic for its opinions its course while am here in
Washington; and further, feel it my duty to add ,
that shall neither write you, nor correspond with
the Express while am here as a member of Con-
gress, unless write over my own initials, and thus
assume the direct responsibility
1t is unnecessary for me, perhaps to give reasons
for this card, and this course, further than say
that do not wish, while absent from my post to
trammel my associate in the free and unrestraincd
expression of his opinions upon all the exciting sub
jects of the day, and so to inure any common jour
nall and that do not wish myself to be held respon
sible for such comment as he may choose to make,
when have nothing TO do with the writing of them,
or have not been consulted about them. | intend,
in short, to devote my whole time to the duties of
the position for which my constituents elected me.
JAMES BROOKS
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Remarkable Rock In Lake superior.

One of the most remarkable rocks Of which we
have any knowledge has lately been discovered in
the middle of the Inland Sea, Lake Superior. By
a gentleman who has lately returned from Copper
Harbor, we learn that shaft oftrap rock has very
lately been discovered rising in the lake from 80
water distance of not above four feet. What
renders il extraordinary is that IL stands en-
trely alone; and all round IL, so far cyamina-
tons have been made, no bottom has been reached
by any of the lead lines used on the lake; and the
point Of the rock itself does not exceed area of
more than six or seven feet square; and so far as
observation of il has extended, il does not appear
he states, become a Of alarm to the mariners
who navigate the lake, who take especial care, in
passing, TO give IL as wide berth possible.
IL is too small-too remote and dangerous to adj
NIT Of light and therefore its removal will doubt
less pertain TO government. A single blast from
bore Of sufficient depth would do it, but the surface
Of the rock being that Of the water and the
space so narrow as 10 forbid any regular Judgment
for workmen, they would have to be attended con-
stantly by vessel Of sufficient size TO resist any
sudden storm on the lake, and would also have to
be kept constantly under way, as no harbor even
bottom for an anchor is within days sail.
The discoveries relate that the rock appears 10 be
a place of general resort for the salmon trout OF
those lakes, they found them in almost incalcu-
liable numbers; and having during their short stay
caught several barrels with other instrument
than n rod of iron, on end Of which they turned
a hook.
They tried with all the lines on board for sound
ings Immediately round the rock, but without sue
view would laugh into ridiculo Cleopatra's Needle,
Pompeys Pillar, the Colossus of Rhodes, or any
production of ancient or modern art.
Detroit Free Press.
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Relation OF partie. for sixty Years.

In the first Congress, in 1889 and 1890,
there was but small majority in favor Of
the measures recommended by WASHING
TON The anti ederalists elected JOHN
LANGDoN, of New Hampshire, president
pro ten. of the Senate, and FREDERICK
A. MUHLENBERG Speaker of the House Of
Representatives.
In the second Congress there was ma
jority in each branch friendly TO the adj
minlstration.
In the third Congress the opposition
elected the Speaker, and in the Senate Mr..
ADAMS repeatedly settled important ques-
tons by his casting vote.
In the fourth Congress there was an in
creased majority of the Senate in favor Of
the administration. In the House there
was evidently majority in opposition.
This state of parties is indicated by the
answers returned by the two Houses to
the Presidents speech. That of the Sen
ate expressed entire appreciation Of the
conduct of the Executive. In the House
the committee reported expressions of IN
diminished confdence-with which the
House would not concur. The report
was recommtted and modified But a
friend of the administration, Mr. DAYTON,
of New Jersey, was elected Speaker.
In the fifth Congress, (Mr. ADAMs,)
there was decided majority in both
branches favorable to the administration.
In the sixth Congress there was an adj
ministration majority in the House, and
its Speaker elected.
In the seventh Congress, (Mr. JEFFER-
SOM parties we're nearly equally divided.
ABRAHAM BALDWIN, Dem, was elected
President pro TEN. Of the Senate. A friend
Of the administration was elected Speaker.
In the eighth Congress there was a
large administration majority in both
branches. So in the ninth Congress, and
tenth.
In the eleventh Congress, (Mr. MADI-
SON. there was an administration major
ity in the House So in the twelfth Con-
gress, when Mr.. CLAY was elected Speak
err In the thirteenth Congress the adj
ministration majority was large, and Mr..
CLAY was reelected. So in the four
teenth.
In the fifteenth Congress-the first Of
Mr.. MoNRoE's administration-party lines
were nearly obliterated, and Mr.. CLAY
was reelected by an almost unanimous
vote. So at the first session of the six
teenth Congress- AT the second session,
Mr.. CLAY having resigned, the House
proceeded TO ballot for a new Speaker.
The candidates were Mr.. LowNDEs Of
South Carolina, Mr.. SERGEANT of Penn
sylvania, Mr.. SAMUEL SMITH of Mary
land, and JOHN w. TAYLOR Of New York
After seven ballots, on the first day, the
House adjourned. On the second day,
after nineteen Intellectual ballots, the
House again adjourned. On the third
day Mr.. TAYLOR was elected. He was
Of the De Witt Clinton section of the Re
publican party, The Speaker Of the sew
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supreme Court United states.
WEDNESDAY,, Dec. s, 1S49.


Present: The Hon. R. B. TANEY, Chiet
Justice. The Hon. j. Mclean, j. M.
Wayne, j. Catron, P. V. Daniel, S. Mel
son, L. Woodbury., r. c.. Grier, .Asso-
ciate Justices
Edwin H. Fitzhugh, esq, OF Virginia,
was admitted an attorney and counsellor of
this court.
Nos. IA and 10. Tie United States, ap-
pellants, VS.. B. f. Carr and John Peek
These causes were argued by Mr.. Attor-
ney General for the appellants, and sub
mitted, on printed arguments, by Mr..
Wood for the appellees.
No. 10. Thomas w. Dorr VS.. State of
Rhode Island. This writ of error to the
Supreme Court of Rhode Island was dis
missed, at the costs of the plantiffin error.
No. Is. The United States, plaintiffs, VS..
Thomas Stats, .jr.-This cause was ar.
gued by Mr.. Attorney General for the
plaintiffs.
No. 124. .Alerander M. Sharp and al,
appellants, VS.. Geo. II. Lyons and al
This cause was submitted to the court on
the record and printed arguments by
Messrs. Fred. Watts and Hepburn for the
appellants, and by Messrs. H. M. Watts
and Penrose for the appellees.
Adjourned till tomorrow, II O'Clock.
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The reception of Father Mathew by the authori-
ties of Philadelphia, Monday, is described in the
Bulletin of that day occasion of more than
binary interest. II took place in the Hall Of indie
pendence, and the reverend gentleman took occa-
sion, in his reply TO address from DIR. Gibbons,
behalf of the temperance associations of the city,
TO alude to his feelings standing for the first
time inside the walls from whence emanated the
most important document, next TO the Holy Scrip
lures which the world had ever brought forth. He
alluded also to the fact that many Of the sgners OF
that imperishable paper had been eminent for their
advocacy of temperance, as a Cardinal republican
virtue, and expressed the sincere qualification his
visit TO Philadelphia had afforded him.
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ALLEGED MAIL RoBBERy.-A young man, for
mcrly employed a temporary clerk in the Dan
vile (Pa) post Office, named Charles NJ Gearhsrt,
has been arrested at Mount Vernon, Ohio, on a
charge of having distracted large sums of money
from letters passing through his hands while in Of
fee. IL is alleged that sums mailed at Danville,
amounting TO one thousand dollars, have been
missed, and that Gearhart suspected. few
days after leaving the Office he went TO Ohio, and
was pursued and arrested by Mr.. c. Garrettson, Of
Danvilc, who says that he found upon him 3 3 ,6S4
in cash and checks, some of the latter being dcnt-
fed II is farther alleged that Gearheart destroyed
the letters which contained the money Gearhart
afterwards brought before the court by habeas
corpus. An attempt was made to convict Mr.. Gar
rettson of perjury, on the ground that his affidavit
against Gearhart was false.--PhiL diner.