Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1860-05-17

              fill Iff IIP Hi 1 iliLillil 1VJ o MOUNT VEItNONj OHIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 17, I860. NO. 28. VOLin o,V,L 31 ay. bt i. p. wiLLis. Oh, Ihe merry May baa pleasant hoars, And dreaml) they i;IMe, Ai If they floated HUe the loaves ' Upon a silver tide. The treei are full of erlmsonoil builj, : : And. the woods are full of birds; And 'the waters flow to musto , ' Like tune with pleasant words.' The rondure of the moedow-bnd Is creeping to the hills. The sweet blue-bosomrd violet Aro blooming by the rills; The lilao his a load of balm . ;For evory wind that stirs,, , And the larob, stands grood and beautiful .' Amid the sombre firs. " There's perfume upon every wind Musie In every treo , Dews for the moisture-loving flowers, Sweets for the sucking bee; .The sick come forth for' the heeling brecie, The young lire gathering flowers; 'And life is a tale of poetry, That is t,ld by goldoh uodre. HI! SUBTbUllANEAN VAULT. BT Alt ENOl.IRH ATT0BNEY. Joseph Allen was a native of Glasgow, in Scotland. At at. early ago he lost his father, who had been a prosperous tradesman, and who (died leaving bis widow pd only son comfortably, provided for. Joseph waS a tall, Stout Jad.aptive, full of mischief, and Unmanageable', ,Whco he reached the ago of fourteen, tne friends of his mother advised her to bind birn apprentice to some tradesman; but tfie widow had-other-notions, iij regard to her boy, and had'set.t jioafton jbi acqairing a knowledge of some one of tbe learned' profession's" as she expressed it she wiched to make a gentleman of hint. But Joseph was averse to study. Ue refused to continue longer at school, and gdlntd the liilbit o' roaming the streets with evil compnnlohs, and insisting 'upon his mother' providing Him with money, until at length; wiled ha1 was sixteen- yerrs of age, the widow v. its gldd to acscpt an offer fiom a friend in London, to the effect that he would obtain a' siiu -tiofl fur her sort iri the great hosiery establishment of Giles, Sawj er & Co., Oxford street. Several opportunities had been afforded the lad ol entering" as a fchnp boy in certain establishments in tflasgriw; but he bad peremptorily refused them all and he only consented at last to gj to busi-ness, because he would be enabled to gratify an ardent desire td visit London. Now 'tondoii tasth last place in (rrent t, . - u:u ..au IjA aKnulil Iiava lv?en Drilain Ml Wllltll nu-" sent withoftt a guide or a Wend to direct or cortrol his actions, and for as olwort youth of sixteen, already a man in tippearanc'fij and with a frame that pnsgjssed great pliySica, tiower.and promised much greater, a situation as shop-boy in a hosiery establishment was almost th last business to which he ought -to have been put. However, Mrs. Allen, with a fitrange pjf 'tenacity, adhered to an illusive opinion she had formed that her son was of a delicate con ' Btitution, and unfitted for hard labor, an I Joseph himself was well satisfied that she Should ' think so. He pictured to his imagination gteat idea's1 ' of tLe life he would lead in the great metrop lis. As a hosier's shopman he would be expected to dress well; bis mother was to sup-' ply him with clothing until he had served his appreniiceship.and his employers were to furnish bim board and lodging in return for bis services, which for the first year would be almost valueless, and Joseph h id resolved in his own mind that bis mother should, be- . .,.!.! minnl. film wlk aliharnl .1. , biuvh wiutui" i uj't'ij lowance of spending money. So the bargain was stru-k, and a few days saw Master Joseph seated on the top of the London stago, bound to the great city) his mother standing at the door of the coach-office, hareyes filled with tears, .watching her. boy and loading him with good advice in f elation tohla con-Huet when she would be no longer near him to watch bim. The widow watched the re-'treating stago until it was concealed from her sight by a turning in tbe road, and then with a heavy heart wen-ed her steps home vim. . . '" Joseph, with all bis anxiety to see London, and enjoy life, as be expressed himselt, felt a pang o' sorrow when he parted Irom his mother, and for the first time in his life experienced the sensation of being alone lo the world a solitary ndividual amid I crowd of human beings, not one of whom cared for him any morsthanit he liai never i listed; lot the excitement of travel. 80 new to him. the pleasant scenery thrusgh which the stage dashed with exhilerating rapidity, and the novelty ol 'everything srosnd bin, soon restored him to cheerfulness, ntf fong before the journey was half completed, ht ws quite happy snd engaged in eitcling munberles Chateaux en Eying in the din Dot rost'coi. ored future. . Jn -due. searon lie reached tbe BJetrOpofis, put up at the inn where tbe coach stopped for the night, and after spending a few days wilbhe. friend who had procured his situa-itioit; snd witiwjing the slghCaof London, on the Monday morning after his arrival he presented himself at the counting-room ol i his futqre employers.-. , lidi was kiodly received tnd invited to dine with Mr. Giles, tbe stnbr partner, and after pinner .he was informed tbat he might amuse hifnel( jt walking round tbe establishment, and seeing lt ' that was going, orward. ' He took tea with Mr. Giles' family and in tbe evening attended, in company with bis e. , plover, and the wile nd daughter of lh fat ter, one of the minor theaCreK. ',It was the jUiMt Josegh fatd'eVer vlsiUd a'theatre, and he was perfectly delighted with all he saw and heard. "Well," said he to himself, when he re tirod for the night, "II this is being a Lon don 'prentice, certainly nothing can be more pleasant. What fools young men are to stay In Olasgowl" Miss biles was a good-looking girl and looked perfectly fascinating to the eyes ol the young prnvinciaiistj and dtirin r his slum bers he had Indistinct dream of having married his master's daughter,' arid having succeeded to share in e business. The next moining he attended at the Guildhall with his employer In or ivi to sign indentures of apptenticeship, in presence of a magistrate, this Ceremony over, lio returned (Iq the shop in Oxford slreei with his new master. It was Jubt tbe clerk's arid shopmen's dinner hour. .. "Now, Joseph," said Mr. Giles, "the shop-boys ate going to dinner. They will show you the place wl ere you w.ll take your meals in tuture, and also after dinner, one of them will show you thtl'sleeping room. Hence" forward you will get your meals and sleep with them, and Mr. Davis, the head clerk, will instruct you as to the duties you will be expected to perform." The young lad followed a pert little cockney Sho'pboy, a year older than himself, but much sn. oilier, to a miserable, hole under the regr portion of the shop called the back eel lar, add sal down to it dinner of hard cold, boiled beel and potatoes. He was hungry with his walk, and ate, as boys of his sge will eat; anything that is eatable, heartily enough; but young and inexinrionced as be was, he could not help wondering at the difference the tin re act of signing a set of indentures had brought about. Yesterday, the parlor and the theatre, and tho society of the ladies' 6f the faniilyj to day, the back cellar the Attic bedroom, with three beds for nine lads to sleep in for he had been conducted to that ari'd the companionship of more than ball a dni'en conceited young, cockney shop buys, wio united in joering and milking fun of the Scotchman,' with his broad accent and ignorance of London ways However, he soon got ustfd to his row man ner of life, and though he sometimes sighed for tho liberty he had been' used' to cijny n't home, be was as happy orid l'igtit-liearted as liid companions. His duty wasi to carry par ceU to the address ol customers, and evfry alternate Sunday ho was allowed to wandur wheresoever he plenscd, so that he returned hurtle by Mhe o'clock in the even;ng. ( For a ycalf tfr two all went tolerably well, though, fiastlrcdly, It was not through the-Stu pervising care 6'f ihe master who, by signing the articles Of ifideftiilre, had bound himsell to lock aftor the moful as well as the pbysi-cal welfare of his" apprentice. But Joseph had little Itioney to Spend; and. at kant, a sufficiency of food, co irse though it was, to eat, and a warni Place to Bleep and with these and little money to ttnS'i lifiii o' hnbi'.s of extfUvagance aId vice, a young lad will be a longtime, even in London, bcf6'ra he becomes habituated to any gross mifiiurnlities. At the expiration, however, of tlie second year of his" Apprenticeship, when Joseph wis" eighteen years old, Roinewhat exalied ideas began to tuko possession of Ins soul: He wanted to dress as fine as he saw other young men of his age dress", and spend a's mitch mon ey as1 they did. ' ( . . Hi ni'otiie had always supplied htm witn respectable clothing, and with what money she could sendnim; but ri6w he wrote to say that he was ashamed of h appearance; that he must have better clothes and more money nd that be was confident that his mean ap pearance was standing !A' the way of his advancement; that be was sti employed" as an errand boy, and only because he was not fit with his coat of coarse Jcloth and pi Vvincul cut, to occupy a blgbur position in ttio estab lishment. Tbe poor woman believed all her son said' as mothers are too apt to do iu sucb cases. I Data said that her husband had left her tbe means to support hersellin respectability, but ibis was all. tihe bad little to spare when all her necessary expenses were paid. KovorttielertS, she would not Btand in the way Of hef ton's advancement, for the sake of avoiding a little pinching. Joseph wanted richer Chthing arid more money; he must hate it if she dcpil'ed hersull of some c m-forts, or even curtailed sotfle of her actual necessities, and the means to Idfuiau bimnell with fashto.iable clothing and money to carry m his pockets were supplied by tbe doting mother of the young rfrodig il. As if bis countrified garb had really n'ad the effect he bad lepreserfted to his mother the young man had not dunned bis new gar ments a week when Mr. S twyer, the junior partner of the firm, requested bim to go to (he eoonting-room, as be wished to itptaK to him. Willi Dcafing" hoart, anticipating promotion ret half fearing a reprimand, tbe young man obeyed tbe command. Ue found Mr. Giles alr-fcdy in the room, and shortly after Mr. Skwyer ahjo entered. Mr. Gile was the first to speak "We have tent for you, Joseph," said be, "With the intention of adraucing y w to a more confifenthit pVst iq our employ than vou hate bilbefto held. We hare remarked your promptitude ind assiduity, and tbhik it time to trtnsler yottTrotir the place Ot an er-rand boy to that of a clerk." t "Of ronfidentiaF Clerlf,''frffei1fMirtf,Mr, 8wjir.V,"-'-t-. ", , , ' '. . ."Exactly so, Mr. Sawyer of tonJUehhal clerk, Joseph. Yod have noticed the parson Who paaeel every morning to the ware-bouse beneath the bouse?" , , , .;.,.. ) ' ." "Tesj ir," ld the youlbWosblByto Ihe roots of his hair, ond in a statu of great excitement at the idea of his promotion, IT. V ' 1 ' .! ' I .J..J il mw,A ( tie nan noucou ids man animuu iu, had often wondered where he went and what became of bim during the day, and asked his fellowabp'renlice8(i wtio were no wiser than hoj except one, who winked and put his Anger to his note in a knowing way, without, however, explaining what he meant. Perhaps he wis, no wiser than his follows.. "Well, Joseph," continued Mr. Giles, "tbat man has left our employ that is to say, we have been compelled to discharge bim. He deceived ns grossly very grost-ly and we intend that you shall fill his place." Joseph bowed and smiled through his blushes. It was an unexpected promotion to bo placed in tbe situation that had been filled by a middle agid man a salaried clerkl To be sure, tbe fiim said nothing about paying him a salarybe was still an spprenticc; but what might it lead to? hd fresh visions of partnership, anil of Miss Uiaa at the altar, aross in the young man's mind, "ou will accompany us, then, tottee scene of your fiituro labors, Jo eph," continued Mr-Giles; ''and observe we expect you to keep the matter a secret from yourfellow-apprentices." ( The young man gave the required prorriise. The pirtners, followed by the apprentice, now opened a private door in tho rearoftliecount-ing-ioom and decended a back staircase, which led them to a small, dark apartment in the reai of the packing warehouse- The place was bare of furniture or goods of any kind, and the only light it received was from a bky-light in the floor of the counting room But to the young mau's astonishment, for he c uld not conceive tbe purpose for which they were intended, there were two square holes in the wall which divided the room from a blind alley which led out of a back street in tbe rear of Oxford s'treet. The holes were large enough to pass a large parcel ol goods through, but they were so contrived, that those within could1 not see those who might be outside,' nor could outsiders see into the room, or even tbe persons who might pass goods to them thron'gh these strange looking windows "You see tnese windows, Josoph?'' said Mr. GiKs. "We are in the haoit of buying lfouds of boo rile in distress sometimes unlur turi'a'te tradesmen, you know who wish to raise a little money without beinc known or s?en. WoUO t icm a service ana aiso our selves", for ol course, we purchase the goods a't something lss ll'ian the usual price. Your iViilv will ha to remain here and receivu all parcels'of goods that may be passed through this window to tlie right.' They will all have a certain nrice matked on them.' You will carry tlit'iii lip'siaiis. wncr'e you will find me or Mr. Sawyer. We will examine ihe goods and decide whether or not to purchase theiri II we decido to purchase, we will give you the price marked on the goods,' to .be passed into the band of the seller through the win-dr w to the left. It we refuse them, you' will pnss the goods through in like manner. Now do you understand?" "Yes . sir," teplied the young man. That's right. Now you will at once commence yorr dunes " Tho partners departed, leaving the young riari alone in tbo subtetranean chamber, somewhat mystified with what he had seen and Mat he had heard. He could not perceive that be had gained much in being confined in that unwholesomo place, instead of exercising himself while carrying parcels through the streets; still he fancied it was prorootii n; and any kind of promotion was to be received with gratitude. Ue also had his cfoubts as to the boasted liberality of his era-olovers. who hssuteJ ili'str'es'scd tradesmen of their own line of business by buying paicels of goods poverty compelled (he owners to sell at a reoncca prices muugn no cuum ni understand how his employers benefitted' them selves by the Iransactiori. ( However, he had r ot much lime for thought, for presently there came a peculiar tap Irani outside tne' window, and a parcel or goods madetleir appearance with a certain price affixed to it. He f received it and carried it np stairs as be had bebn directed Mr. Sawyer . was ia the counting room alone. ' .. ,, ;.' "Ah! so soon, Joseph?" said he, with a smile. "Let us see what poor fellow needs assistance to-day. and whut sort of good's be bus brought for fale." , He unlastened tbe package, rolled open the goods and examined them carefully, and then referred to the placaid thai bad becti tfUxcd t the package "llu! hum!!" Yesl I think I do think we moy ettture lo aisist the poor follow eb, Joseph? Heie, lake this money and pass it out aK we directed you, without Fpeaking a word, mind. I will see to tbe goods." rJcvin 6vereigns had been placed in tho y6ung roan's bands' by Mr. Sawyer. Now Joseph wa a quick-witted tad. and he had not been two years in ihe service 6f the es-tablfsh went without forming some iitea of the value ol the articles in which bis employers dealt, and he knew i paitel of goods Of tfie description bbt master had just ptiichased 6t the dwlressed iradesrnan . for seven pounds. could not have been j orchasedfrom the man.' ufaclnrer fur less than fifteen pounds!, "Certainly," ho muttered to himself, with a smile, "I think Mr. Sawyer might well Ten tare." Sometini'es tne goods thus strangely pre tented fof sale were Of .forirn manufacture, and" lh yodng min wis not lung in arriving at th''cohclu3idn that the letter goods were smuggled, and the fotmer ttoient Were bis emplbjers. lh-in, not only habit-oal defrenflert of the nwBosJ-hat wu bad enough but receivers ol stolen goods also? There seemed litl le doubt of it. The question was put by hiscon-ciencoT-"what ouligt I to do?" Complain of his employers? What proobni he that the trnfllo was. illegal? Leave their employ? He was their bound rprentics, However, he did resolve to ask for furthor explanation respecting his strange nd novel duties. Perhaps Messrs. Giles & Sayer suspected that bo would dso. Per haps they noticed the disturbed, perplexed expression of his countenance., , At all events when be went up stairs on too third morning after be had been induced, into his now voca tion, and found both Mr. Giles arid Mr. Saw yer, in the counting, room, and wben they saw that he had come up stairs without a parcel, the first na,med gentleman stepped for- ward, and putting his hand into bis waist coat pocket, draw forth sovereign. , "Ha, Joseph!" said he, just as the lad was about to speak. ,. "So you have come to tell us that business is slack this morning eh? Never mind, have patience, boy-r-have patience. Do you know, Joseph, tnat pa tience is one or the cardinal virt ues t U ntor-tunatcly, there is so much distress in this great city, that never a day passes but some poor tradesman in trouble applies to us, after the novel arid delicate fashion we have ad opted, lor relief. , Still, it must bo tiresome waiting below. Joseph, my by wo are much pleased with tie way. in which during the two days you have been at your new post, you have conducted the delicatp task assigned to you. Tbe laborer is worthy ol his hire, Joseph. Tbat, you know, is a scriptural in junction to maste s, and so here is a sovereign lor you, my boy. Attend to your duties, be secret these poor people would not iiko tne world to know that they seek relief from us after the manner they do and you shall not want a sovereign or two at any time you need it." , .. . 5 The youth took the coin the price of silence and infamy! Conscience was silenced. .He was bought by his masters, and thenceforward be made it no business of his to piy into the offuirs of h's employers; nor did ho ever hint that a sovereign would be ucccpta. hie, without receiving it. But his eyes wai opened lo another matter. Messrs. Giles & Sawyer were noted for selling ,replly; first-class joods ten per cent, less than any one else in the trade. In vain others strove to compote with them'. , They had to give it up; they could not do it. They could not sell inch goods at inch a price, and make one farthing on a piece. Every tradesman wnncW. ed and hinted hard things. Customers, wondered ton, and wore delighted.', Only Joseph knew the secret., Those who bought at more than fifty per . ceqt, under cost, at wholesale, might well afford to sell at ten per cent, under retail, price oyc. and afford to upp1y their confidential clerk wilh goldei spectacles that he might be able to see in that dark rr.o-n;' and the jgoJden, spoptacjes reflected such a peculiar light thal the darkest tr.ans'; actions looked clean and fair and bright, when they were worn. . But these golden spectacles soon j wanted roneing so often fand Jo-sh declared that hecouU not see to handle the mysterious packages without them), that Messrs. Giles & Sawjer began to think they were paying too much lor their disinterested benevolence to hard-up tradesman. There fore Mr. Sawyer, at length resolved to take Joseph's duties upon himself. , , . , ,. , But then the confidential clerk had to be provided Ion They must be generous, and they must get tbe youth completely in their power, if they could. ,( ( i "Joseph," said Mr. Giles, "what dp you say to going into business for yoursell?" I am still an apprentice," replied Joseph., I should lika ii: but I am satisfied to be as I am." "Humph! but Mr. Sawyer is thinking of relieving you from the duties wilh rhich you have been employed during the past twelve months." Joseph did not like this arrangement; his countenance showed it. "I have a large bill to meet this morning," he muttered, as if to himself. "iSihaps a five pound note would assist you tJ pay it," said Mr, Uiles, placing me piece of crisp bank of England paper in his hohd. Tho young' man's countenance brightened He pocketed the money, and looked at his emp!oj;or. "Ilespect ng this going into business, Joseph." continued Mr. 6'iles. "Ve are think-in; of csYablith ing a branch of our concern at the cast .'nd'. There will be a good chance of selling outfits to the sailor's. Should you Ue lo take charge of it?" j lf CONCLUDED INOUB KBXT. About a year ago a young Methodist cler gymen named J S. Hardtn. settled in Jfew Jersey, absconded immediately after the deatff of his wife, to whom he had been married but a short time, he being charged with poisoning her. He was subsequently arresUd in Virginia, and brought back to New Jersey tor trial. The trial b just closed with a verdict of guilty ol murder in the first degree. The case has created much excitement, the pities being highly respected Id the community in which they reside, and the testimony lof tbe prose-ution. bearing upon the direct q'ucs"iiori of the guilt of the husband in administering tno poison of which it was admitted that the wife died, being entirely circumstantiaf arid inferential The prisoner has been sentenced to be executed on the 28 th of June. , A young lady who recently performed remarkable feat in rowing baa been presented with a beautiful yawl. A mack- would have been more appropriate. ' . Souiii uiidl IMorihFiguie uikI Figures, Are stubborn truth-tellers. And it is because I hoy are so unbending and outspoken, that our Democratic sympathizers witli So 'tjiem exactions, always give them the cold shoulder.. From Ihe , tajk of that class, of polilcian is, North and South, one would, jnfer that the slave States had suffered injustice nt tho Aands ofthe freo States. Let us look at the record and see if the balance bo not the other way. ; Ti'he grckt cry now is that the Itorth is unwilling to allow tho South a fairhaie in the Territories. Let us see if t,(ie South is not already groitly in debt, on that score. First. There has been expended by the goneral government for, the purchase and ac quisition of territory, including the amount paid France for Louisiana, paid SpaiJ for Flor- idapaid for Texas, (for boundary and cred- tors by the last Congress, for Indian expe ditions, for troops, for the Mexican war, for ioldiers, tensions and liounty land, to remove ir.dians, to extinguish Indian titles, and paid to Geogia, and by treaty with New Mexico, the grand total of $832,704,038 eight hun dred and thhty-twe million, teven hundred and sixty four thtusund, nine hundred and thirty' tight delare! The free States hare paid more than two-thirds of tho entire cost of these pur chases, every one of which have been made at tho instance of slave States, Now, how has this territory been divided? Fjv6 slave States viz: Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Florida and Texashave been formed out of it, and have been admitted, while only one free Stato (California), has as yet been carved out of Ibis domain and allowed to enter the Union, after' a, desperate resistance by the South. It is true, Kansas is now knocking at the door of tho Uni.m, but she will be kept.out as long as possible. Second These slave States are now represented in Congress by ten Senators, and sixteen Representatives, thus having twenty-six votes in the Federal Legislature, while the single free Slate admitted has but four votes- So much for the Sjuth's share of tbe territorial acquisitions of the government. If we look at pie proportionate representation and vote of the free and slave States, we will find the B.me overwhelming disparity n favor of the South. At the election of 1852, when Mr. fierce was.chosen President, the agre-. gate vole of elovqi) slaveholiljng States, namely: Arkansas, Delaware, FloriJa, Georgia, Maryland. Nortb Crolint, Tcxai, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Virginia, was only 515.159, while that of New York alone was 522,254, being an excels over the former of 7,135 votes. Yet these eleven slave, S'ates have twenty-two United States Senators, while New York haj only tro; they havefifty-seven members of Congress, while New York has but 33. (. ( ( Again. Let us compare the population and territory of the free, and slave states. The total population and territory of the free and slave States. The total population of th slave States, including slaves, ;4s, say 10,000, 000;' exclusive of slaves, 7,000,000. Tbe white,populaiion of the free States is about 18.0PQ 000; majority of whjte population in the free States, eleven million, with a white population nearly three to pno.of that of the slave States, the. area ol territory occupied by the free Spates is only about one-third that occupied by tne lormer, in proportion to pop ulation.. .; . ., , i, . Let these facts be born in mind, when slave ry propagandists and tboir echoes in, the freo States prate about injustice to the South, in proposed restriction of slavery from' tho terri- toHss. ( The Republican party proposes no policy, that will be unjjist towards any section of the confederacy. , It only demands that the interests of the r.nn-slavoholding, free, white laboring masses, both orth and Sioulh, shall be protected in tlie Territories., It contends, in 'he light ofthe foregoing facts ant figures, that the slave Slates hire already more than their fair proportion of the toiritpry of the Union. Slavery demands a still larger.share, and Republicans oppose the demand. . Let the books first be squared, before the South seeks further to increase the balance of in debtcdnesss against it.Stute Journal, One of the Georgia Delegates, a Mr. Bolden who remained in the doughface Convention after tha bolt, boastingly declared that he had on his plantation "negroes direct from Africa." This shameless admission that he had been engaged in a traffic declared tc be piracy by the laws of the country, was made in the face of the Northern half of the pro-slavery Con vention, and no Douglas man will think ary the less of the pirate delegate for tfie confess ion. What all civilized nations consider in famous and worthy of death, they thus approve. 0. 8. Journal. t Tho( question is often discussed whether the savages enjoy life. We suppose they do, as they always seem anxious to take it wben they get a chance. "And so you have parried a Mr. Penny," said a gentleman to a lady of his acquaintance. No Mr. Penc." "Ah, yoti have do bet-ter than I thooght," It is Mid that the Tartars Invite a man to drink by gently pulling tint ear. A' great many of Oar people will "take a pull" without Waiting to have their ears pulled.' An American writer, dwelling upon the Importance of small things, says tbat he always Ukes "note even of a straw." Especially, perhaps, if there's" a cherry cobler at one end of It. ' Elderly unmarried ladies are considered by some persona the least enviable of all kinds Of The Humboldt Lette.s. Extracts from the private correspondence of Alexander .v,qn Humboldt to Vaunbagen von Enso, is about to.be published, by Itudd Carleton, New York. The letters are. about tKO hundred in. number and extend from 1827 to 1858. We subjoin a couple of extracts: . , OX I."CIS HAPOLKOSf. j , In 184G Humboldt alludes to the .Prince President, as one who may attain the Consulate for life, but will surely fall and awake the sleeping jien. The ,G rman statesman will understand that France is tho France of 1789. He was disgusted with the coup d'etat and sajd, "there is no doubt that. Louis Bonaparte is, a son of Admiral Vcrbuel, and his brother, Monry, a son of General Flabault, who, he, says, lived with both the sisters, the Queen of Holland (ind the Queen pf Naples. Of Persigny Fialin do Persigny be speaks with the utmost contempt, calling bim a raw. unkempt, non-commissioned officer, who still arrogates to biaself discoveries about the pyramids." , , , , , , OK TBE OKITEP STATES.. In the United States there has, it is true, arisen a great love for met but tbe wholo there presents, .to my mind the sad spectacle of liberty reduced to a mere mechanism in the element of util.'ty, exercising little ennobling or elevating influence upon mind and soul, which, after all, should be the aim of political liberty. Hence indifference on the subject of slavery. But thi United States with thorn grading everything to the level of monotony are a Cartesian vortex, carrying everything Most unfortunately Buchanan will bo the next President, and not Fremont, the traveler of great acquirements, who has lour limes traveled the land routo to San Francisco, surveying the route over which he passed,' to whom, it is owing that California did become ( free State. , . And fhe disgraceful party which sells ne-p;ro children, and distributes canes of honor, as tbe Russian Emperor does Swords of honor wVi. prove that all white workmen should rather be slaves thin .free have succeeded. What a crime!., Fremont's portrait reminds one vividly of C -aleunbriand. A biofrraphy of the lormer has just appeared in New York, dedicated t me "Memoirs of the Life and Public Servi ces of John Charley Fremont, oy John Big-elow (?" The dedication says: "To Alex ander von. Humboldt this memoir of one wtiosji genjua he was among the first ,lo dis cover and acknowledge, is .respectfully inscribed b the author." Delicato words, a little artificially combined. Somebody, Nebraska, asks him what be- ;omcs of therallQws.iti winter.. I suggest ed that this inquiry must be forever on the wing. ,";Of course,'! be. replied, "-1 don't know any mpre than other folks,., but," he added, with jocose gravity, "1, took care not to write that to the, man in Nebraska, for - it is never safe to make such admissions." i- ,. A White Slave. , We find tb.o following in the Lorain Kern: At the Oberlin 'Church, on Sjindny, the pas tor stated that Prof. Monrce would lay an interesting matter beforo the congregation. Air. Monroe came forward. and iu substance said, that he occasionally eptertaintd, and at times almost,adopted, certain., theories averse to the practice of buying mon and women from slaveholders for the purpose of giving them (heir freedom. "But, when a toil-worn woman, as whjte and delicate as our ,ewn wives ar.d daughters, knocks.timldly at my door and asks, for the lovo of God, that I will give ier something to buy.Jicr o,w,n mother from bondage, my handles into my pockets, and my theories. nre gone in a. moment, like 'watei wnirn, .spilled on tne ground can nev er be gathered together.' " Ai r. .Monroe then stated that, there was in the congregation a woman who had been a slave. Her father and owner bad lived in South Carolina. Her jather, dying without freeing her, she with her ,mother,passed,to anolhcr owner, who, becoming, embarrassed,. was forced to sell them to different masters, she going to New Orleans, her, jmojher to. Texas, At the death of ber third miste,r, tbe daughter . was emancipated, and coming to Cincinnati, resolved,, to devote her life to the redemption of her mother., , After many unsuccessful efforts she learned her wbtrcabouts and ascertained ,the,t her, motb.cr,could, be purchased for $1,000. At first she thought to lay op tbe amount by tasjng, )n wishing, but she found after yea:s of. trial, that she might scrub till she grew old and died and yet not save the reqisito sum. Taking the advice oft Quaker fiicnd she resolved to vis it the friends of the poor in tbe State of Ofaio and ask for money. She has done so, , . She has wandered from city to city, from village to village, from' farm to farm, meeting with sonja enconrageroent aod, some rebuffs, until now she has gathered together nearly six hundred dollars ol the required thousand. At tbi8junctue lion. Ralph .riumbaruM and suggested that many would " like to se, the lady who was tbe subject of Mr. Mon roe's remarks, being requested, the came forward with Mr. Plumb and stood moment upon tbe Btand. Every one was astonlsbtd at her white ness and purely Saxon appearance, and three; thousand nen and ' women arose to welcome ber who had more than once stood opon the auction Hock. In figure tfhe is tall and erect, was neatly attired, and her whole appearance was that of a, well bred but grief-tab dned Saxon woman. No further appeal was seeded; tbe collec tion that was tben take no Tor ber benXi auesteatoe leeiinyoi ine-awciwu'Tvi :.i VLj. Monroe remarked Mrs. . Pkjuo (we have neglected to mention ber name before) yisited Columbus during the session of th jUgixlature, and although some skepticism was at first entertained about her having bee- a slave, on account of her whiteness, yet wheel , the facts werp substantiated, men of all parties gave liberally. He added, that wbea M (tiled to sympathise with the slave because he is black, he thanked God tbat tbe oppor) tunity was' given for such men to exercise their benevolence towards .men aud wetaea of their own color. - 1 ,' LITTLE OK NUTUINC4 . .'. Why is B like a hot fire? Bcue ft makes oil boil. ' What' money brings the most substantial interest? Matrimony. .' ' ' ' 'Home comprises' all tb'e space that a wooaft should desire to shine in.'' ', , 'A cat, having lost ber kitten, followed . mutton-pieman. ' . ."Come out. of the wet," as tbe shark said( rhen he swallowed the sailor. ' ., i' , ; ' . Prosperity is no just scale; adversity lath only true balance to weigh friends. ,,' Prodigal's, are born of misers, and butter- flics are born of grubs, ' ' ' Whst wird should a hungry sailer wish (or? One tbat blows fowl aod chops about, Odd that .rivers should be So full lust where they empty Ihemselvol. Teach your children to help themselves" but not to -what doesn't belong to tbem. , The lady who took everybody's eye, nnst hive a lot of them. A breeder of fowls says one. of his cochins, when eating corn, takes one peck at a time. If you' wish to . avoid drowningkeep your head above water. ' . i . , : ' Some bachelors joip the arwy because theyi like war, and some married men because they like teace. , T '.:,' ' ' ) The philosopher Frazer says that f'thougb, a man without money is poor, a man with nothing but money is still poorer. 1 Relieve misfortune quickly.. A' man Is lika, an egg the longer he is kept in hot, water the harder be is when he is taken out. "I presume you won't ehargo anything for. just remembering me," said a pne,-legged sail or to a wooden-leg manufacturer. , Why do men who are abnpt to-fight a duet generally choose tfirll for the place of action?, For tbe purpose of allowing the ball to grau. ; ' , . . 1 ' . i ,,A Wbt Dat. A French savant hu Oxed. tbi next deluge for the .year 8159. .Tbe. world will be by tbat time dirty enough U need it. . A man who bad been married twice to la-, dies both named Catharine, advised hi friends against taking dupli-Kates. An ignorant man who ''stands npon bis dignity,",is like the fellow who tried to ele-, vale himself by standing upon a piece of brown paper. , ' ' ,'(.- r, Seeing a cellar nearly finished,, a waggish, fellow remarked, that it was an excellent foundation. for a story. . . , - A pleasant and cheerful mind., sometimes grows upon an old and worn out body, like mistletoe upon a, dead tree., To live truly and faithfully to day la better than to have died yesterday; getting' ready to end well is only to ici'n well. . . A crusty old bachelor says he thinks it i tooman, snd not ber wrongs, tbat ought to be reilrfsied. . . , ; , ,. y ; ,i v .- an ... . M1 ,. . .The Chinese picture of ambition is "a man-, darin trying to catch a comet, by putting salt on his tail." " i- ' . If you fall into misfortune, disengage yourself as well as you can. Creep through the busbes tbat have the fewest briars. . . It will afford sweeter happiness in the boor, of death to bare wiped one tear from tbe. cheek of sorrow, than to bave ruled an em pire. j r , t . .' ,.' Despise nothing because it seems weak., Tbe flies and locusts bare done more hurt than ever the bears and lions did. ,' :j . i ,' - , . z The sun is every nun's servant, workinr every day ia the year for bin, and exacting no wages. A lecturer ,asserted Jthut all bitter things, wars hot "No," BuggesUd Drown, "not MfercoMdoy." ,. . . 'I I y . There ia many man whose fongue might, govern multitudes, if be could only govern his tongue. Pompey said he once wotVed for. a man. who raised bis wages so high tbat be eonld only reach them ones In two years. . Whenever I find a great deal of gratitsd, in s poor man, I take It for granted tbai there, would, be as mush gentroil.y U be wars s man. Cuff . -, -V Ten poor men esn sleep trsBeuIIIy wpoa s, mat; but two king's can't live at esse 1st 4 quarter ol the world! . ' . It natters little that yon bare fhe wots possible temper by net ere, If yeo,.bsvt .tbf, strongest possible soctrol ever It byphilosophy- : ; :. ' 1 , v . - ', . "Why, Tea, ny Jeer fclTow, he w eld jroy kjolt'' "Dars say, Bob, tor the fact h, t istJ r old befbrs in J life