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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-10-14
CARMEN HELLICOsIUM.
~ GuY npxrnagY AxasrER.

~ GuY ~ nPHgEY AxasrER.
In their ragged regimentals.
stood the Old ContihcAtals,
Yielding not,
when the Grsnadsrs were lnnging,
And ike hail fell the plnnging
Cannon. shot:
when the hcs
OF the aises,
From the smoky night encampment, bore the
banner Of the rampant
Unicorn,
And grummer, grnmmer, grummer rolled The
roll Of the drummer,
Through She morn
Then With eyes to the front al,
And with guns horizontal,
stood our siTes
And the balls whistl"d deadly,
And In strains flashing fedly
Baled the fires,
A the roar
On the shore,
swep, the strong breakers DER the green sod
dsd acres
or the plain
And louder, louder louder. cracked the black
gunpowier,
Cracking amain'
Now ike smiths at their f0fges,
Worked the red ~, Georges
Cannoneri
And the "yillanous saltpsteT
Rang fierce, diseofdant meter
Round their ears;
A the swift
storm DRIFT,
With hos sweeping sngsr, came the horse
guards clang0r
On our TANKS,
Then higher, higher, higher, burned the old
fashioned fire
Through the ranks
Then the old fashioned Colonel
Gaoped through III. white Internal
Powder cloud;
And his broad sword was swinging,
And his brazen throat was ringing,
Trumpet loud
Then tho blue
Ballet, flew,
Aud the trooper Jackets rsddcn at the touch oi
the leaden
Hlllr breath,
And roubdsr Iounder, toundor, roared the iron
SIX FOUNDER
Hurting death
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Rspsbiie.ns aud Popular Sovereignty
ELI TuAYER, the Republican member Of
Congress from the Worcester district, Mas
sachusetts, in speaking upon the doctrine Of
Popular Sovereignty, says:
In voting Tor the Cri,,enden. Montgom-
cry amendment to the Lecompton bill, the
Republican party in Congress accepted and
sustained this doctrine, and the same party
out Of Congress have done the same thing
in approving this course Of its representa-
tives. The Republican party is on record
Tor popular sovereignty. Is this anything to
be deprecated l think not. Some Re
pubicans are disposed to adhere to the old
doctrine that it is the right and duty Of
Congress to prohibit slavery in the terrific.
aies. | agree a. 10 the right do not a.
to the duty accident or by Providence,
We have found better way Of advancing
freedom and depressing slavery. What can
you do with Q Congressional enactment
against slavery, since the Supreme Court
has ruled that such an enactment is uncon-
stitutiona? Reverse that decision? That
will take a generation Of time-it is long
aud doubtful undertaking. We will adopt
the doctrine Of State Sovereiguty--that
territory, when forming State, shall choose
or reject Slavery, as it pleases. We can do
better tor freedom without law than with
law. Kansas to-day is more Of free State
than she would have been had the Congress
sional prohibition Of slavery been undisturb-
4 L,,t ka l. N,L~onl,. LII
Slavery could have stood better chance
by quietly slipping in its representatives and
organizing slave State, than 1t could by
provoking large free soil emigration, and
challenging the attention of the world to the
arena Absolute and complete non.inter
vention, alike from Congress, the executive,
and every other nonresident power, is oil
that free labor reed ask. Its own laws Of
vgor and vitality, progress and profit, emf
grafton and enterprise will settle the rest.
Popular sovereignty is the earliest principle
OF our government il was in the charter OF
the plymouth colony it was in the 0rigi-
nal Connecticut charter and Roger VIII
iams carried it with him TO Rhode Island
and the Providence Plantations. 1t is the
foundation principle Of republcanism and
its application may not only be made safe
y, but usefully, to the present contest be-
tween slave labor and free labor in this
country. Slavery per Sc is a small obstacle
to the march Of free emigration and free Ia
Dor the institution in Virginia is not
80 much an obstacle to the regeneration of
that State as heavy fog on the Alegha-
MES would be- II you want free States
you have only to go and make them. The
way is open, and it is the only manner it
can ever he done You cannot extend
Christianity or freedom by law. You can
not legslate men into heaven, nor freedom
into State.
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the spirit Of such change were to animate
the Company tor . year Or two, We should
witness Transformation in this gigantic
monopoly second only to that which has
recently passed upon the Company which
ruled continent at the other side Of the
globe.
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THk~sy in which H,Kwrrr bes, Nor
PLY q their first game Of chess in Paris ia

described as follows in an English paper;
Harwiiz won frs, move, and proposed
,s play the n ing's gambit, which the Yam
Rec accepted. Morphy sacrificed knight
for terrific attack, which. with an inferior
antagonist, must have succeeded narviu
made firm defence, and remained after the
shock with queen and iosr pawns to queen
and oue. BY admirable mAnGuvering the
RUSSIAN succeoied in enforcing an exchange
OF qaens, which decided Morphy to resign"
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The deaths iron yellow fss,r, in New Or
leans. Tor The week ending oc, :. wer $50.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-04-23
Only Il Look and a Word.

Two little boys stood together on tho
corner Of street. The face Of the elder
was flushed with anger, but the younger
was crying, as If his poor little heart would
break.
.What is the matter with that child !"
nskcd a gentleman, Of the larger, "did you
strike him 2" "No, didn't didn't do
ANYTHING TO him. ! only gave him look
md a word. and bc began 10 cry Ike ba-
by, just for that"
.Unly look and word!' Ah, bu,
what lind Of a look and word were they.
think you, dear little readers? Surely not
those Of love and gcn,lcness, or they would
not have made the ltile boy cry 70 bitterly.
Only look aud word! These are both
little things, glance sho, from al oye--a
motion from the lip; that is all. Bot II is
the meaning Of the glance, the idea, con-
vcyed by the word which gives them their
power; they come from the heart, aud 20
TO the heart. They have done more good
in the world than gold-moTe evil than war
and pes,ilcnce.
How the moiher's look or word can quiet
childhoods fears ani quel lis passions!
Coneiaded on fourth pdae.l
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P O Ii II 8 y o
TINE PASS OF DEATH.

II vas q narrow pass,
watered with human tears,
For Death had kept the outer gate
Almost six thousand years.
And the eeaseless tread Of q world 6eet
Throngins, jostIins. hurryins dratt b.
As IL they were only born to frnls. ~ pA
A stately king drew near,
This narrow pass to tread.
Around him hung q gorgeous robe,
And crown was on his head;
But Death. with look Of withering seorn,
Arrested him and said,
.In humble dress must the king draw near,
For the crown and the purple are useless here
Next came a man Of wealth,
And his eye was proud and bold,
And he bore in his hand lengthy scroll.
Telling Of sums untold;
But Death, who eareth not fo- rank,
Careth as little for gold
"Here that scroll cannot allow,
For the gold Of the richest is powerless now"
Another followed fast.
And q book was in his hand,
Filled with the flashes Of burning thought,
That are known In many a land;
But the child Of genius quailed to hear
Deaths pitiless demand
"Here that book cannot enter with thee, =,
For the bright fash Of genius Is nothing to me. "
Next came maiden fair,
With that eye so deeply bright.
That stirs within you strange sweet care,
Should you meet on summer night;
But Death, ere the gentle maid passed through.
Snatched away its light
"Beauty Is power In the world" he saith,
"But what can IL do in the Pass Of Deathl
A youth Of siekly mien
Followed i'm thoughtful mood.
Whose heart was filed with love TO God
And the early brotherhood;
Death felt he could not queneh the heart
That lived for Others good
'I own." cried he. "the power Of love,
I must let IL pass to the realms aboye!'
Scottish G,sard,dn.
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BIDDEFORD, Me. APRIL %, 1858.

even the property Of Mrs. Gardiner
hopelessly involved in the attempt to save
him, he deserted his home, and, having COM
mit,ed some crime that led him to fee from
immediate pursuit, he was supposed to have
left the country. AT this period, Mrs. Gard
liner, overwhelmed by shame and mortifca-
tion, died, and poor Amy, being left utterly
alone and destitute, was invited to become
an inmate Of Richard Harvord's homc-not
now the pretty cottage. but a mansion in
size and luxurious appointments befitting
his great wealth and high station. Here
her days were passed. And here death
came, ere long, and carried away its weak
and irresolute victim. =.
The "mechanic" and his wife are still liv-
ing, and neither Of them, think, looks back
upon any event Of their lives with regret
Their marriage has been one Of uninter-
rupted happiness, because founded upon lnu-
tual esteem, and an enduring love, nnd not
upon any base calculation Of advantage, or
worldly gaim And so VIC leave them, rich
er than oil, in the hearts trucst content.
mcnt.
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the President Of the United States in n
speech which made here, not in terms 81
strong and so direct as those used by the
Legislature, but in terms which involved the
same thing. was sorry 10 be compelled
to do so bu, believed il to be my duty to
do so, and in discharging that duty kept
myself as nearly as possibly could within
parliamentary and proper language, taking
care, however, to express distinctly the idea
which entertained Of tha, message. The
Legislature of Maine has used terms rather
stronger and more direct, as they were CON-
PEELED to do in passing n short resolution, in
expressing the same idea but have yet 10
learn that there are no occasions upon which
duty may compel member OF the Senate,
or may compel the Legislature of soycr-
eign State to speak distinctly and directly of
the character Of communication made 10
Congress by the Chief Magistrate of the
United States.
Sir, if tho Chief Magistrate Of the Uni
ted States chooses 10 Endorse and make his
own what is false in fact, II is matter ,ha,
involves his own personal honor, and he must
be responsible for it, like other men, TO pub
lie opinion. The President of the United
States made statements, in the communca-
ton alluded to in these resolutions, which
undertook to show upon this floor, he mus,
have known to be incorrect when he made
them. used no offensive cpilhets with re-
gard to him; use none now, because ]
choose to use no offensive epithe,s with re.
gard to any person, unless absolutely CON-
PEELED to do so; but il my duty calls upon
INC to state fact, and to expose statements
that have been made by officers high in the
public confidence, 1t makes no difference
how high they are; the higher they stand,
the greater is the breach OF duty they per-
form, and the more clear and distinct we
should be in pointing out the fact to the at
tention of the American people.
The Legislature Of the State of Maine
has done no more than that, and the Senator
from Virginia may make such motion as he
chooses. ! presented the resolutions on my
own responsibility as a Senator. ! do not
desire to shield myself behind the fact that
| am Senator of the State, and bound TO
present them. present them willingly,
because they tell the truth, III
my judgment; and whether they are print
ed or not, according to the common mode
of proceeding of the Senate, is matter OF
great indifference to me. have presented
them, respectfully, TO the Senate. leave
them at the disposition Of the Senate, with
the ordinary motion that they be laid upon
the table and printed.
The resolutions were ordered to lie on
the table, and be printed.
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Mary I'm Heaven.

In reading daily paper, not lorg ago,
we notice an illusionto a concert which was
10 be given by Mr.. Dempste', 60 celebrated
ns singer OF some of the Scotch bl.l.ds.
The wish was expressed that the vocalist
would favor his audience with the cong cn-
. titled "AIary in Heaven" referring, os We
suppose, TO that wrIItcnby Burns, Commence
lng:-
"Ihou lingering star with less ming ray,
That lOy'st 10 greet the early morn,
APnin thou usher'st in the day
My Mary from my soul was toTns
After laying aside tho paper, wo could
scarcely keep from repeating tho worla,
MARY IN Heaven" and IL awakened Pc
culiar train Of reflection. Burns rrioua,-
cdly had reference lo.a specific person,
dear friend Of his who bore tina, namc, and
had departed. But she was rot known 20
any Of your readers, perhaps by uny person
now living. There is, however, sweet
ness in these words, and they are sug.es-
tive OF thoughts dear TO many = lcan.-
"hlary in licavcn!" How many, W ho were
once called by that name on earth, ere now
among the redeemed. Were they all coll
lcctcd in any part of the heavenly world,
what an interesting company would thcy be,
how sweet the songs of praise which they
pour forth, and how tender and strong tho
love they bear TO their Redccmer.
The uatron, the maid, the child, the in
fint,would bG there, aud among them "AIsry
the mother Of Jesus" Probably mere Of
that name have gone to heaven, than any
other name by which man or woman is cali
cd. And every month and day, perhaps wo
should say every hour the number Is in
creasing. OF the thousands who read your
paper, is there one that has not known somo
Mary in Heaven: We can for oursclycs
recall more than score OF them, without
going beyond the circle Of those We dearly
loved, aud many others do the saino No
presume.
MARY ~ HEAVEN. To how many fimi-
lies these words have a significance which
10 language can describe. They once had
n Mary among them, loved, loving and pure.
llrt now she is there no longer. Ay, and
10 how many an individual have these words,
q still more significant meaning; Ike that
Burns gave TO them. Each Of them had
Mary once, TO whom was given the nlection,
the confidence, the pledge Of true and
earnest heart. But the spOilcr came; tho
fir form was prostrated, laid away in tho
grave, while the jewel which that c1skGt
contained was treasured up in hclgcn.-
They each loved their Mary; ibcy hayo
loved, perhaps as they can love no olhcr.-
But II Is sweet for them now 10 think Of
"Mary IN Heaven
We'll, life with us will soon be over, nd
II true TO God, we shall 90 10 sec these
loved ones in their celestial homo, and join
IN their celcstia ial employment. I.rt ~ pa
ucHtly toll and wait until the dag and hour
q release, aud then 20 10 be igEcyer With
MARY in llcaycn."-Xion's .ldroeaie.
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on the walk, and led me to his door with
evident pride. John Holmes met me at his
door with n smiling face, and each one
greeted me with evident consciousness OF
better times. was puzzled-something, |
saw had been done-but merely congratu-
lating them upon their happiness, ] refrain
cd from asking any questions, and had just
stepped into shop at the corner to inquire,
what had taken place during my absence
when | awoke-and, behold this was a
dream. The evil was real; the reform only
vision.
was disappointed to have awakcd so
soon, only again to cry, "What curse
Can nothing be donei" My waking thots
do not lead to any way out Of the difficulty.
In Norway and Sweden, legislative enact
ments have arrested intemperance, by heavy
duties on liquors, putting them beyond the
reach ofthe poor. But we have no such
power here. More than this, "whlsky Is
the poor mans wine." Why should he ex-
ercise more self denial than the rich.
Recently there has been panic about
poisonous liquors, which has actually fright
ened some men into abstinence. Perhaps,
lU my urtdNi, tHtN buu sio"h co
that they killed oil the drinkers and fright
ened others. This on the whole would not
be bad move.
Il could hardly have been done by
the pledge. Satan has attached too much
odium to that.
Was there liquor law? and was 1t en-.
forced' shall never know-but still !
cry, with Johnny Hodges, "What a curse"
Can't something be done to lessen the sor-
row Of the poor drunkard's wife, end save
poor children from the miseries ontailed up
on them, body and soul, as the drunkard's.
children.
We must stop this accursed trafiic-,his
dealing in "souls of men," Ii is curious to
hear men excuse the wholesale business as
doing no harm. ave do not sell small
quantities." as il one should refuse with hor-
ror to sell single slave, but should import
them by the cargo.
Weknow what taxes we pay TO the demon
of drink. Beyond those imposed by law,
and we know those TO be heavy enough, we
have all our charities, our hospitals, our
asylums, and "homes," and all we give from
day to day, not one tithe Of which would be
needed but for strong drink.
1t is like the dragon Of old, devouring our
strongest and best. Can nothing be done
What curse ~. y. Ere. Post.
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Your aiicc,ionatc mother,

Alas alas! for this poor woman, when
she learns the fate OF her "dear childrcn,'
and realizes that after all she ia alone in
the world! May God pity aud strengthen
hnr
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Prom the Dsnocrat.
the OLD SCHOOL HOUSE.
ny ANNIE HUNTER.

It's humble roof is grey.
With the gathered moss OF years;
Time-stAined are its walls within,
As see them through my tears.
A feeling akin 10 sadness
Steals softly o'er me here.
As l visit the school room
Old memories make so dear.
Alone IN the quiet sunlight.
Tha; gilds It's dusty walls,
I yield me 20 the vision.
Taat all around recalls.
Fair groups Of happy children
Come tripping through the door.
And softly seat themselves By
The desks so lone before.
Familiar little faces,
Among their forms 1 see,
Dear friends till now forgotten,
All smiling. gafe on me.
From one low desk in the corner,
A sweet glance meets my own.
That face. so pure in its beauty,
Belongs 20 sweet Alice alone
Sweet Alice. Of all our village,
The pride. the chosen queen,
Than whom 4 fairer wild-fower
The vorld hath never seen.
Before her. speaking softly,
A manly form bends low,
His words bring mantling bushes,
Der cheek. and lip and brow.
o, there's many task forgotten,
In this quiet little school,
For the teacher Iores sweet Alice,
More than all beneath his rule;
Sweet questions, not before her.
In the new. unstudied book.
Are whispered low, and answered,
BY . trembling. upraised look.
But cen while gazing upon IL,
Ny r,sios fades away,
And in It's stead l only see,
BY the light OF fitting day,
The low rooted, little school house.
Again alone. and still, dream,
In its age almost ruin.
But yet very, very dear
To the heart, that In It's spring-time,
With no III or woe 20 fear.
AL anshadowed by hfe's sorrows.
Was 80 light and happy here.
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Why don't you take the Papers. .
nj n. y. WILLIS.

Why don't you take the papersp
They re the life Of my delight;
Except about election time,
And then I read for spite.
Subserib. you cannot lose . cent
Why should we be afraid!
For cash thus spent IL money lent
On interest four-fold paid.
An old newspaper friend Of mine,
While dying from cough,
Desired 10 hear the latest news,
While he was going oil.
took the paper and l read
OF some new pills in force;
lie bought box-and Is he dead
No-hearty as a horse.
knew q printers debtor once,
Backed by a seorching fever,
Who swore to pay her debts next day,
IL her distress would leave her.
Next day she was again at work,
Diyested Of her pain,
But did forget to pay the debt,
I'LL taken down again.
"Hisre. Jessie. take these silver wheels,
Go pay the printer now -
She spoke. she slept, and then awoke,
With health upon her brow.
knew two men as much alike
As e'er you saw two stumps,
And no phrenologist could find
A difference in their bumps.
One took the papers, and his life
IL happier than kings,
His children all can read and 4write,
And talk Of men and things.
The other took no paper. and
While strolling through the wood,
A tree fell down upon his crown,
And killed him "werry good"
Had he been reading Of the news
At home. like neighbor jim.
I'll bet cent that accident
Would not have happened to him.
Why do n't you take the papersl
Nor from the printer sneak,
Because you borrowed from his boy
A paper every week
For he who takes the papers,
And pays his bills when due,
Can live in peace with God and man
And with the printer, too.
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4 Sid CALAMITY.

a correspondent Of the Now YG-h Times
gives an account Of the burning OF O. Whole
ilmIy IN house, in the town OF LeRpy,
near WataHown, n. Y, few weeks aro,
which has been reported by telegraph. hir.
Comstock, the owner aud occupant OF tho
house, was a farmer, aud he aud his fsu.
daughters, ihc.oldcst only ten years O. Ggc,
were sleeping IN one bCd.rOom. The h0nsc
was discovered TO be in flames about u,nc
o'clock IN the evening. The fire seems 20
have commenced from kcg Of ashes in a
wood-shcd at distance from the house,
aud the building must have been iui! Of
flames before they reached the bedroom.
From the appearance Of the bodies, in ,gad
oi opening the window and escaping, %
they all might have done, Mr.. C0maUck
must have gOne up stairs TO secure hi3 box
of valuablcs, as his huli.cOnsumeL body
was found lying across the box in the eel.
lar, where doubtless they fell together. Tho
bodies OF the children were found in differ
cnt places; and they doubtless rushed out
with their father in the darkness, end fran
tically few In different directions, blinded
BY the smoke cnd flames.
Mr.. COmstock's wiIo was absent NJ the
time, having been in Auburn for two months
plst under medical lcatmGnt. The follow
ing letter was received at the post Office,
from her, on the morning after the cllsm-
ity, and while the ruins were still burning:
Nh Dear ones al Home You will all
be surprised, and trust, like me, ioyfully
surprised, when tell you that am coming
home next week. | should have si5r,ed
this informing, If had had an answer - tho
letter that ! sent on Tuesday last. feel
Us if cannot possibly wait till it comes.
am not strong enough TO endure much,
though am gaining. am very much ox-
cited with the prospect Of going home;
hope shall get calm before start.
think see you all looking very happy, my
dear children, when pa reads this to you.-
Bc good children, aud hope before another
Friday noon TO be with you.
Your ailec,onatc mother,
A. NJ. c.
Alas alas. for this poor woman, when
sue learns the fate OF her "dear childrcD,"
and realizes that after all she ia alone in
the world. May God pity and strengthen
her
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Vol. XIV-No. II.

slecplcss sentinel that watches over our
safety, and makes Us both start away from
the injury that is present, and guard against
1t carefully in the time 10 come.
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"Ihou lingering star with less'R!ng ray,
That lov'st to greet the carly NOM,