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The organizer., 1850-05-18
SONG.

III hang my harp on willow tree
And off to the wars again;
My peaceful home has no charms for me,
1he battle field no pain
For the lady love W Il soon be bride
With diadem on her brow,
Oh, why did she fiatter my boyish pride,
She's gong to leave me nowl
She took me away from my warlike lord
And gave me a Siken suit,
She thought no more of my masters sword,
When played on my masters lutte.
She seemed to think me boy above
The pages Of low degree;
Oh! had but loved with a boyish love,
ltwould have been tetier for me.
I'll hide in my breast every selfish care,
And flush my pale cheek with wine;
When smiles are given the bridal pair,
10 haste III give them mine.
III dance and sing, tho my heart may bleed,
And march in the festive train;
IfIsurvive e rll mount my seed,
And of 10 The wars again.
One golden treSs other hair I'll twine
Onmy helmets sable plume,
And on the banks Of the Rio Grande
IN seek an early doom;
And ifhy Mexican's sword shall fall
Mid the noble and the brave,
One tear from my lady love is all
] ask DER warriors grave.
The organizer., 1850-05-18
The Ewing Investigation.

A correspondent of the New York
Herald, in a letter dated April 81,
writes thus, respecting the investiga.
ton moved by Mr.. Richardson. OF H.
llnols, and the attempts of the Repub-
nc to suppress it: Union.
"Ihe Republic is down upon Colo.
mel Richardson, of the House, with
such sarcasms as It can command, be,
cause he has asked for a committee
to Investigate the charges against the
oiiic ial conduct of Mr.. Secretary Ew.
lng. IL bites file. Richardson is a
bold, able, popular man, not easily
baulked in anything he undertakes.
He will sift certain acts of the Minister
OF the Interior until the inside Of them
will be exposed in a manner which
will make their author wish they had
never been touched, or | am no gusser.
The Republic charges that Colonel
Richardson does not wish a committee
to be appointed. This is doing him a
wrong. He does wish it, and he
means it shall be appointed. The
Republic proclaims that Mr.. Ewing
has reoPened and paid no CLANS ex.
cept such as Congress ordered to be
reopened and paid.
This is not so. He reopened and
paid the Chickasaw claim Of SIOS, 900,
which Mr.. Commission MedilI and
Governor Marcy had refused to allow.
Congress did not order it to be done
by Mr.. Ewing.
Mr.. Ewing reopened and paid the
claim TO G. w. and w. G.. Ewing of
$4,000, which Colonel Medill and
Governor Marcy had rejected. Con.
gress did not order Mr.. Ewing to pay
it.
Mr.. Ewing paid the interest on the
old pension of Commodore Barron,
amounting TO S 1000. Congress did
not order him to do it. Nor did Con.
gress order him to pay fees for extra
services, amounting to $4,000, to the
Hon. Bale Peyton. charged in Tyler
times, when Col. Peyton was United
States District Attorney for Louisi.
ana.
Congress must and will look into
this matter, and Mr.. Thomas Ewing
will have to stand the racket SO
will Mr.. Meridith and Mr.. Reyerdy
Johnson.
When old Frther Whittlcscy de.
'des that a claim for interest is unjust,
and ought not to be paid, and Mr..
Reverdy Johnson decides that it is
Just, and ought to be paid, which judg-
nent would be apt to be the sonndest
and most correct, provided Father
WhiItlesey's coincided with The long.
established usage ofthe government,
and Mr.. Johnson'S was a clear innova.
ion upon that usage!
The organizer., 1850-05-18

Dear Sir:-As economy Is the order
of the day, permit me, through the
medium of your paper, to cOmmuni-
cate to the ladies a receipt for prepar-
ing mOldsses for preserving fruits, &e.,
which renders it much better suited
for that purpose than a syrup prepar-
ed from the best Loaf sugar, as it is
not so liable to candy, nor, if well
prepared. to ferment. Take eight
pounds OF sugar, eight ditto pure wa
ter, and one ditto coarseiy powdered
charcoal-Boil for twenty min
utes; then strain It through fine fan
mel; (double) put il again in the kettle,
with the white Of an egg, and boil gen
tly till il forms a syrup Of proper con-
sist eBce, and then strain again.
] Ishould not trouble you with the
above. but ! am satisfied that those
who make the experiment viii be 50
well pleased as 10 recommend IL 10
their acquaintances.
Yours, truly,
A Loves oF PREsEEvEs.
The organizer., 1850-05-18

ORIGIN OF Observation-Disclosures The
millions who are in the habit of con-
sulting the columns OF a newspaper.
doubtless there are few, comparative
", who are acquainted with its origin.
According 10 D'lsraeli, we are indebt-
ed to the Italians for the idea; all
though, in ancient Rome, reports of
important events, and the doings of
the Senate, were frequently published
under the title of Acia Dturna. The
periodical press properly commenced
at Vienna and Augsburg, Germany,
in 524; these bulletins were however
not printed. Thirty volumes of these
manuscript newspapers existed in
Magliabechien library, at Florence
About the year 1868, at the sugges-
ton of the father of the celebrated
MOntaigne, offices were first estab~
lished, in France, for the purpose of
making the wants of individuals
known to each other. The advertise
ments received were pasted on the
wall to attract attentions; as In the
case of the Romans, this ultimately
led to a systematic and periodical
publication ofadvertisements in sheets.
The epoch of the Spanish Armada,
is also the epoch of the first orthodox
newspaper. In the British Museum
are several newspapers printed while
the Spanish fleet was in the English
channel, during the year 1888. II
was strictly the organ Of the govern,
ment, and probably, its leading editor
might have been "the great Lord Bur.
ghley;" it was entitled, "The English
Mercurie." The earliest specimen re
fered to in the British Museum is mar
ked No. 80, and is in Roman, not
black letter; and as to its contents, it
might almost be supposed the model
of the "London Gazette" of the pres.
ent day. During the reign of James
!, ncwspsperin The quarto form were
occasionally issued; but during the
thirty years war, when the exploit,
Of GustavUs AdolphUs attracted the
eyes of the civilized world. we find
regular weekly paper edited by MAJ
thaniel Butler published under the
title of Certain News Of this Present
Week. which may be regarded as
the first regular weekly newspaper.
During the civil war in England
in 1913 there were, however, score
of these "Diurnals" aud "Mercuries"
in circulation. Their titles were
quaint and curious. such as the follow
ing: Truths from York" Warran>
ted tidings from Ireland" Especial
message from various ludicrous char.
acteE SO important an au Hillary
was The press considered, indeed that
eachof the rival armies carried prin
ter along with it. In the reign OF
Queene Anne, 1902, there was but one
daily paper published in London. the
Others being weekly issues.-Steelrl !
politics as an essential Ell
ment of the press, and Addison srdght
to devote il to literary purpc'es: the
result has been the establishment oil
distinct vehicles for 18th. The hrst
journal having the character OF a mag
azine, or review, was the Journal des
Sauants, established in Paris 1893; in
England che first monthly Of this sort
in l749. From these simple
elements. has grown up an engine
whose potency and influence is now
elt throughout all classes of the civil
zcd WORLDLY T. Evening Post.
The organizer., 1850-05-18
HUGH Il. MILLER.
INPoRrANr DEMocRArIc MOVEMENT.

IMPORTANT DEMOCRATfC MOVEMENT.
There is now lying at Fort Pick
ring a fatbOat, which has descended
the rivers from the remote regions Of
Claiborne County, Tennessee, freigh-
ted with no less than fifty-fOur individ
uals all democrats e. making only one
family. The patriarch Of the tribe
heads the movement. all the rest be-
ing his wife, children and grand-chi.
dren. They are awaiting the White
river packet, Lieut.. Maury, TO trans
port them 70 Arkansas, whose already
overwhelming democracy is destined
to receive this rich accession 10 its
numbers.-ABp-aL
The organizer., 1850-05-18

The last Democratic Reveiv is
embelished with very correct like
ness Of Gov. A. G Brown. From the
accompanying memoir We learn that
il is his intention 10 retire from public
lie and resume the practice Of law
after the present Congress. So our
eastern friends may as well begin TO
look about for a successor. 49, Sentinel.
The organizer., 1850-05-18

LUsUs NATURB "A calf was horn near
Burlington, lust Saturday. which was ihe
most remarkable freak Of nature Of Which
we have ever heard Il bad eight legs,
four behind and four before, four ears, and
a head and faceorsry much resembling
those ofa bulldog; The under Jaw, howsy-
e., vas minus ID was of course, sill
Jorn.-BHrli4gioa (Ky) Adj
The organizer., 1850-05-18
sgsIt,1s@4PlalD POETRY q
THE FIRST.


The first, the first! oh! nought like it
Our after years can bring,
For summer has no flowers so sweet,
AS those of early spring.
The earliest storm that strips the tree
Sill widest seems and worst.
Waate'er hath been again may be,
But never as at first.
For many bitter blast may blow
DER life's uncertain wave,
And many ihorny thicket grow
Between us and the grave;
But darker still the spot appears,
Where thunder clouds have burst
Upon our green unblighted years
No grief is like the first!
Our first born joy-perchance twas vain,
Yet, that brief lightning o'er,
The heart, indeed, may hope again,
But can rejoice no more.
Life hath no glory to bestow-
Unfallen and uncursedi
There may be many an after glow,
But nothing like the first
The rays of hope may light us on
Through manhood's toll and strife,
But never can they shine as shone
The morning star Of life;
Though bright as summers rosy wreath,
Though long and fondly nurSed.
Yet still they want the fearless faith
OF those that blessed us first.
It's frs, love deep in memory
The heart forever bears,
For that was early given and free
Life'S wheat without the lares.
It may be death hath buried deep,
1t may be fate hath cursed;
But yet no latter love can keep
The gTeenneSs ofthe first.
And thus, whate'er our onward way,
The lights or shadows cast
Upon the dawning Of the day
Are with US to the last;
But, ali! the morning breaks no more
On us as once il burst,
For future springs can ne'er restore
The freshness Of the first.
The organizer., 1850-05-18

The EXTENT OF THE UNIoN.-Those
who assume TO be conservative, in
contradlstinction to being progressive,
are in the habit of opposing the anex-
alton OF any new territory to the Un-
ion, on the ground that its growing
extent would jeOpardise its perpetutV.
Such was not the opinion of Mr..
Madison, as will be seen from the fol-
lowing extract of his commentaries
on the Constitution, for he, it will be
perceived regarded its "extent" as one
Of its main safeguards:
The influence of factiOus leaders
the says may klnoto n GatHs stLi,I
their partic ular States but will be un-
able to spread general eonfi grafton
throughout the other States; a Teli-
gious sect may degenerate into IA po-
ltical faction in part of the Confed-
eracy; but the variety of sects disper-
sed over the entire face of il, must
secure the National Councils against
any danger from that source. A rage
for paper money, for an abolition of
debts, for an anual division of prop
erty, or for any other improper or
wicked project, will be less apt TO
pervade the whole body of the Union,
than a particular member Of it; ia
the same proportion as such maladv
is more likely to taint a particular
county or district than an entire State.
In the extent and proper structure of
the Union, therefore, we behold "A re-
publican remedy for the diseases most
incident 10 republican government"
The organizer., 1850-05-18

A discussion has been raised as 20 The
propriety Of having ne insodpiiou OF The
National Monument At Washingion in Lat-
in. Some are indignant si the ksl.
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sTATEsNAN,s MANUAL

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From Washington 10 Tdylor's Inaugural Message.
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STATE OF New YoRK. secretary's Office, !
Dept. OF Com. Schools, ALBANY, Sep. 13, 1876. (
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and am of opinion that IL is a proper work for
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GEORGE M. PHILLIPS, Notary Public, Com
VI missioner of Deeds, and formerly of the Trea-
sury Department, attends to the prosecution and
collection Of Claims before Congress and the several
Executive Departments of the Government. His
attention is more particularly directed to the pre-
sentation and prosecution of CLAIMS FOR PEN
SIONS, whether
Revolutionary, Invalid, Navy, Half pay or Widows;
Presumption and other Land Claims;
Revolutionary Services-for Communication, Half
pay, or Bounty Lands;
Bounty Lands and Pensions for services in the late
War with Mexico;
Contracts with the different Departments for Sup
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Settlement of the accounts of disbursing and other
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Collection of unclaimed dividends on the funded
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Being in possession of large number of Rolls of
the Army OF the Revolution he Is enabled to produce
the "pro9 of sruice of large proportion of those
engaged in that struggle, and for which they or
their widows entitled to pensions from the
United States.
AS Notary Public, the undersigned is prepared to
furnish legalizcd copies of Documents or Records.
Charges will be moderate, varying according to
the nature Of the business transacted. Letters, to
receive attention. should be postage paid, and may
be addressed GEORGE NJ. PHILLIPS,
Bon No. 50, Warrington city
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TINE CELEBRATED SHIRT MAKER OF NEW

THE CELEBRATED SHIRT MAKER OF NEW
Il York, visited Washington twice during the
last Congress- and on each occasion took a large
number of orders for Shirts, Beman Collars, Dress
ing gowns, and Gents furnishing articles gene
rally, from Senators, Heads Of Departments, Mem
bcrs OF Congress, and other distinguished individ-
uals, TO all Of whom she acknowledges her obliga-
tons for their civilities and patronage, and begs
leave to inform them that she now contempates
again renewing her visits at the ensuing Session OF
Congress-of which due notice will be given in the
Washington papers.
Do In the mean time, and at all times, she begs
leave to call attention of non residents of New York
Ia the following:
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|. Around the Neck.
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First. Breadth across from top TO top at the
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Third. Length Of arm from top of shoulder,
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s. Lastly, it is necessary to know whether the
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whether he is round shouldercd, with short neck
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height of the person
G1-REMEMBER that this is the first advertise
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f. C. BEMAN,
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ALEXANDRIA ACADEMY.

ALEXANDRIA,, VIRGINIA.
rTNHE course of study embraces the Ancient and
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