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      I THE WORKERS MAE'S DKEAM . Bfhen another day ' s journey old Solhadperform'd , I And returned to his bed in the west , ttnd a working man , weary and worn with hard toil , I Had lain himself down for a rest , uPashingtcn came from the shades of the dead I To hold conrt ' mong the eons of the brave , po inquire why Ihe Liberty Tree did not thrive I In thesiil he bad straggled to save . | 3 ? or he'd heard from on high , bis aerial abode , i The I eart-rendiug cries of the poor , | &nd Ms soul was o ' ei whelmed with grief at the light I Of the many oppressions they bore . SHe had nitness * d the Inxnry , spltndour , and sloth S In the homes of the wealthy and great , g And heM sten the base frauds , that were practised by S thore I Who controll ' d the affairs of the State . | So be called aioud on the statesman and sage , g On the soldier , tie dergy 8 nd lay , and he ask'd wh y the blossoms on Liberty ' s Tree S Were all faded and withtring away f 1 * * * g * The highest mountain peak in Delaware county .

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      THE AGRARIAN GATHERING . Tuna- ?? " Hunters of Kentucky . " Hark ! with a firm and manly tread The Agrarians are coming ! . So cap and bells upon the head , No fiddling ansl no dramming ; No clownish antics to excite The jest of each derider . As if they'd sunk their manhood quite In puncheons of hard cider . No banners deck'd with thievish coons , Nor mottoes foul and scurvy , With decency and common sense And truth turned topsy-turvy ; Bat marching with unbroken front ,

      an resoiuie ana steady , They come , as they are ever wont , For Truth ' s stem battle ready . A bit of tinsel on a rag , With fringe around the border , Bound which to gather , shout and bra ? , Is not the kind of order For Agrarians to take when they like reasoning men assemble-But at their calm , resolved array , Their direst foes must tremble ! They come ! they come ! in phalanx deep , Oppression ' s cohorts braving—Vnbought , unterrified , they keep Their free bold banner waving—They—( as on Bunker ' a heights were stirred The stern sires thai begat them ) Impatieut wait the onset word"Agrarians ! up , and at them !"

      DOWNFALL OF FEUDALISM . A beacon has been lighted , Bright aa the noonday sun , On worlds of mind benighted Its rays are pouring down Full many a shrine of error , And many a deed of shame , Dismayed has shrank in terror Before the lighted flame . Victorious , on ! victorious ! Proud beacon , onward haste , Till floods of light all glorious Illume the social waste . Base Feudalism has foundered , The demon gaaps for breath , His rapid march is downward , To everlasting death . Old age and youth united ,

      His works have prostrate hurled ; And Eooa himself , affrighted , Shall hurry from this world . Victorious on , &c , Democracy , untiring , Strikes at the monster ' s heart . Beneath his blows expiring , He dreads the well-aimed dart . His blows , we'll pray " God speed them , " The darkness to dispel , And how we fought for freedom . Let future ages tell . Victorious od , &c . We conclude with two pieces illustratiTe of scenes in" the Mexican War . The following Ikes are "founded on fact . " The story of the slaughter of the heroine martyr appeared some time ago in our columns : — THE HEROINE MARTYR OF MONTEREY , B * THE BEV . J . O . LTONS . The strife was stern at Monterey , When thosa high towers were lost and won ; And pealing through that mortal iray Flash'd the strong battery ' s veDgeful gun ; Yet heedless of its deadly rain . She stood in toil and danger first , To bind the bleeding soldier ' s vein , And slake the dying soldier ' s thirst . She found s . pale and sttieken foe . Slaking ia Nature ' s last eclipse , And on the red earth kneeling low , She wet his parch'd and fevir'd lips ; When , thick as winter ' s driving sleet . The booming ehot and naming shell , Swept with wild rage that gory street . And she—the good and gentle—fell . They laid her in her narrow

      bed—The foemen of her land and race ; And sighs were breath'd , and tears were shed Above her lowly resting-place . Ay ! glory ' s crimson worshippers Wept over her untimely fall , For deeds of mercy such as hers , Subdue the hearts and eyes of all . To sound her worth were guilt and shame In us who love but gold and ease ; They heed alike our praise or blame , Who live and die in works like these . Far greater than the wise or brave , Far happier than the fair er gay , Was she , who found a martyr ' s grave On that red field of Monterey . A similar subject inspired the following magnificent lines , which first appeared in the ( American ) National Era , and which we copy from the New York Tribune : —

      THE ANGELS OF BUENA VISTA BI 3 . 0 . WHITTIEB . [ A letter writer from Mexico states that at theterrible fight of Bueua Vista , Mexican women were seen hovering near the field of death , for the purpose of giving aid and succour to the wounded . One poor woman was found snrroended by ths maimed and suffering of both armies , ministering to the wants of Americans as well as Mexicans with impartial tenderness ] Speak and tell us , our Ximena , looking Northward far away , O ' er the camp of the invaders , o ' er the Mexican array , Who is losing ? who is winning ? are they far , or com * they near ! Look abroad , and tell us , sister , whither rolls the storm we hear .

      "Down the hills of Angostura still the storm of battle rolls ; Blood is flowing , men are dying , —God have mere ; on their souls !" Who is losing S who is winning !— " Over hill and over plain , I see butsmoke of cannon clouding through the mountain fain . " Holy Mother ! keep our brothers ! Look , Ximena look once more : "Stifl I see the fearful whirlwind rolling darkly aa before , Bearing on , in strange confusion , friend and foeman , foot and horse , Like some wild and troubled torrent sweeping down its mountain course . " Look forth once more , Ximena ! " Ah ! the smoke has rolled away , And I see the Northern rifles gleaming down the ranks of

      gray . Hark ! that sudden blast of bugles ! there the troop of Minon wheels ;

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      There the Northern horses thunder , with the cannon at their heels . " - . . ; " Jegu , pity ! how it thickens ! now retreat and new ad-Tance ! Bight against the blaring cannon shivers PueUa ' a charging lance ! ' ¦ ; " ¦ ¦ ' Down they go , the brave young riders ; horse and foot together fall ; Like the ploughshare in its fallow , through them plows the Northern ball . " Nearer came the storm , and nearer rolling fast and frightful on : "Speak , Ximena , speak and tell us , who has lost and who has won . ?' "Alas ! alas ! I know not ! friend and foe together i&H f O ' er the dying rush the living ; pray , my sisters , for them all !"

      Lo ! the wind the smoke is lifting : Blessed Mother , save my brain ! I can tee the wounded crawling slowly eut from heaps of slain . Now they stagger , blind and bleeding ; now they fall , and strive to rise ; Hasten , sister * , haste and save them , lest they die before our eyes !" "Oh , my heart ' love ! oh , my dear one ! lay thy poor head on my knee ; Dostthouknon the lips that kiss theo ! Canst thou hear me , canst thou sea ? Oh , my husband , brave and gentle ! oh , my Bernal . look once more " Oa the blessed Cross before tfcee ! Mercy ! mercy 2 all is o'er !"

      Dry thy tears , my poor Ximena ; lay thy dear one dawn to rest ; Let his hands be meekly folded ; lay the CroBS upon his breast ; Let bis dirge ba sung hereafter , and his funeral masses said ; To-day , thou poor bereaved one , the living ^ sk tby aid . Close beside her , faintly moaning , fair and young , a soldier lay , ' Tom with snot and pierced with laacos , bleeding slow his life away But , as tenderly before him the lorn Ximeaa knelt , She saw the Northern Eagle shining on his pistol .

      Withastiflsdcry of horror straight she turned awasher head ; - J With a sad and bitter feeling looked she back upon her dead ; * Bat she beard the youth ' s low moaning and his struggling breath of pain , And she raised the cooline water to his parchlne lies again . ° * Whispered low the dying soldier , pressed her hand , and faintly smiled : Was that pitying face his mother ' s » did she watch beside her child ? All his stranger words with meaning a woman ' s heart supplied ! ¦ Withherkiss upon his forehead , "Mother ! " mnrmnred he , and diea !

      "A bitter curse upon them ,. poor boy , who led thee forth , From some gentle , sad-eyed mother , weeping lonely in the North !" Spake the mournful Mexic woman , as she laid him with her dead , And turned to soothe the living , and bind the wounds which bled . Look forth once more , Ximena ! " Like a cloud before the wind Rolls the battle down the mountains , leaving Wood and death behind ; Ah ! they plead in vain for mercy ; in the dust the wounded strive ; Hide your facej , holy angels ! oh , thou Christ of Cod forgivo !"

      Sink , oh Night , among thy mountains ! let the cool , erav shadows fall ; ' Dying brothers , fighting demons—drop thy curtain over Through the thickening winter twilight , wide apart the battle rolled , In its sheath the sabre rested , and the cannon ' slips grew cold . But thenoble Mexic women still their holy task pursued , Through that long , dark night of sorrow , worn and faint , and lacking food ; Over weak and suffering brothers with a tender care they hung . And the dying foeman blessed them in a strange and Northern tongue .

      Not wholly lost , oh Father ! is this evil world of ours ; Upward , through its blood and a » hes , spring afresh the Eden flowers ; From its smoking hell of battle , Love and Pity send their prayer , And still Thy white-winged angels hover dimly in our air !

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      THE LABOURER , A Monthly Magazine of Polu Ua . LxUrature , Poetry , < fcc . Edited by Feargus 0 Connor , and Ernest Jones , Esqs . Julr London : Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Wind ' , mill-street , Haymarket . We hare already quoted the lengthy , well-timed and excellent articleon " the League" which appears in this number of the Labourer . There are several otherarticles of considerable merit and importance foremost ajnongat whi « h i one on " Education and the Russell Cabinet . " This interesting contribution which we understand is from the pen of Mr S . Kvdd , is the more important , because oublished on th » a »«

      ef the greatelectoral contest , in which this " vexed question" of "Education" promises to be one of the leading points of the struggle . An abstract of " The Game Laws" is another well-timed contribution and will be of service to both electors and nonelectors . A "ViBittoO'Connorrille , " by theauthorof the artiele on " Education , " is pleasingly told . " Insurrections of the Working Classes , " and " Confesawns of a King , " are continued with spirit . From the continuation of the" Romanceofa People , " we have extraoted largely in another column of this pige . We conclude this notice by borrowing the following lines from the number before us : —

      ONWARD . BY EEHE 8 T JONES . Who bids us backward—laggardj , staj ! As soon wave back the li ght of day ! We have net marched so long a way To yield at last , like craven things , To worn-out nobles , priests , and kings . Go bid the eagle clip its wing ! Go bid the tempest cease to sing , And streams to burst , and tides to spring ; And , Bhould they listen to your call , "We ' ll onward still , and face you all ! Oh ! we have battled long and true ; While you were many , we were few , And stronger chains we ' ve broken through Think not your paltry silken bands Can bind Progression ' s giant heads :

      Go stay the earthquake in | the rock , Go quenck the hot volcano ' s shock . And fast the foaming cataract lock : Ye cannot build the walls to hold A daring heart and spirit bold . Forbid theflowerj mould to bloom , Where years have scathed a tyrant ' s tomb , And tell us slavery is our doom : E ' en as the peaceful march of time Moulders the rampart ' s stony prime , So calm Progression ' s steady sway Shall say and sweep your power away .

      % * We have received the first volume of The Laoourer complete , and neatly bound in cloth ; containing an elegant engraving of T . S . Duncombe , M . P . This volume is well worthy of a place on the bookshelf of every working-man .

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      THE KNITTED LACE COLLAR BOOK . In Three Parts . THE ALBUM OF FANCY NEEDLEWORK .-PARia I and II . By Mrs G . J . Baynes . London : Simpkin and Marshal ! . Gravesend : G . J . Baynes . These simple and unpretending little volumes deserve the patronage of all who are adepts in the fashionable accomplishments of netting , knitting , and crochet , and even those ladies whs are not as yet skilled in these arts will find the directions given so clear and intelligible , that they will have no difficulty in executing any article contained in these manuals . Indeed , in simplicity as well as elegance of design , Mrs Baynes excels all her contemporaries ,

      and , as every article is well engraved , an idea may be at once acquired of the appearance of it when executed . It is a wonderful instance of the improvements in connection with the press , when works bo tastefully got up can be sold for the sum of sixpence , —but in this Mrs Baynes is no doubt aided by the extensive patronage she has received ; upwards of 100 , 000 copies of her books having been sold in the past year . For the sake of the many to whom theso arts form an amusing and a profitable occupation , we are glad to observe that the fair authoress contemplates continuing her eericB , as well as publishing a new one . to be entitled , " The Young Mother ' s BcrapBoolc . " Wewiish her all the success that her talent and ingenuity so well merit .

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      pZI tako **! following from "The Romanceofa * JW * t MMtterical TaleoftheNineUmth Century . " g JMwrar Jon « in the course of pubi&ation in The

      THE POLISH I NSURRECTION Op the 29 th November , 1830 . The most daring promoters of the movement , the forlorn hope of , the coming storm , had assembled at the bridge of Sobieski , between the palace of the Belvidere l ? L ? ° a . cavalr J :. barr . «<* 8 . Impenetrable darkness shrouded every object , and the insurgents , headed by Louis Nafoelak , still waited in suspense for some further sound or signal . Presently a commotion was heard in the distance ; lights were seen advancing down the streets in . BH directions , it was evident the cavalry nnd pohco had taken the alarm ; the fire had warned the enemy without raising the insurgents ; The little troop atthebndgs stood motionless , hiding their weapons as best they might , lest they should catch the glare of the lanterns , and reveal their bearers to the Russians

      The darkness saved Poland that night . Several of the patrolcs passed within a few yards of Nabidak and his bnnd , but they remained undiscovered . Thus an hour elapsed , in anxious expectation . At length a step was heard approaching , and a well-known vmco addressed the dispirited band . It Vai W ysooki , the gallant supenntendant of the School of Ensign .., who dwelt in barracks not far from the BeWidere . His ab . sence had occasioned the delay , and he was hurry ™ on to place himself at the head of bis young soldiers Louis Nabielak now divided his band into two equal parts , ana , sure of suppert from the military school , led them Instantl y on to the Bttack of the palaeo . One dettehment was destined to guard the rear , whilst he , at the head of the other , rushed into the court , uhoutinjr 4 Death to the tyrant !"

      As they burst through the outer gate , tha roport of firing ' was heard , telling them that the ensigns were already engaged . Animated by the sound , and by their own wild criea . the little band rashed up the stepj . No one opposed them ; not a soul wns there ; nething waB to be heard within , save the fall of flying footetepB along the distant galleries . Several passages diverged from tee great landing : which was to be chosen ! While hesitating , the sli-dow of a man was seen moving from behind a pillar—it was the President Lubovidzki , crouching for concealment .

      "Where is Constantine ! " He answered not-but fled along the passage towards the chambers of the duke , and with a sudden bound , that proved the following shot told true , rolled beneath the feet of the advancing Poles . Door after door fell shattered beneath their blows , but Constantine was nowhere to be found j he had escaped to the pavilion of the Princess Lowioeko , where , surrounded by women , that man was kneeling in prayer , who had himself rejected every supplication . The palace was gained without a blow in its defence , though thousands of devoted troops were within shot of its walls . The insurgents rushed like a storm througk the deserted pile , and wore proceeding down the stairs towards the pavilion of the princess , when the tidings came that Russian cavalry were hnstening to the Belvittere ! Boforo their arrival , however , Nabielak made good his retreat to the bridge of Sobieski . ' The enBigns were already there .

      "The hour of vengeance and of victory ! " exolaimed Wysocki . . " To the city ! to the city I ' was the answering cry ; onward they proceeded . They had not progresBed far before they heard the cavalry closing on their rear . The troops had mounted in haste , some in their shirt sleeves , some with bare feet in their stirrups , but all with the assurance of crushing the little band of the insurgents . The latter ranged themselvts in single file , their backs against a garden wall , and a bold front turned to the enemy . Every shot told on the advancing Russians , and then the bayonet charged their disordered body , and drove them back upon the Belvidere . A breathing time was gained , and anxiously the joung warriors looked round for the eipected succour . But that succour never appeared ; the delay gave the enemy time to rally , and , indignant at being beaten by a handful of youths , their returning march was soon heard on the right , intercepting the expected retreat of the insurgents to the city .

      This time Wysocki did not await their attack , but , again charging with tbebajonet , drove them back in confusion . Scarcely was this danger over , when two Russian regiments advanced to the aid of their discomfited com . rades . A powerful and well-directed fire , sustained by rapid and repeated charges , sufficed to hold them in check , and again a lull sunk over thia desperate and unequal centest . The Poles now pushed forward until they reached the Radziwill barracks , where they expected to be joined by six companies of grenadiers , but they were again disappointed , and Wysecki directed all his efforts towards keeping the three cavalry regiments engaged , to prevent their crushing tbe rising in the eity . "Holdout , brave comrades ! " cried Wysocki , "they must hear the firing , « they saw not the signal ; and they will ba stirring soon . Every man who dies here ia raising a thousand men in the city , '

      At that moment a fearful cry of help arose from part of his troop that had been separated from the rest by a sndden movement of tbe enemy , and , as a last alternative , he advanced from the Radzltrill barracks , and once more headed a desperate charge . Again each of the Russian regiments was attacked in turn , again repulsed—pursued —dispersed . Wonderful as it may seem , the veterans of the Caucasus were scattered in a prolonged struggle by the charges of these daring and untried young soldiers , who were outnumbered mere than tenfold by the Russian troops . The road to the city now lay open . The enemy did not pursue , believing the force by which they had been vanquished far more numerous than it really was , and large bodies of Russians , that might have crushed the rising at ablotr , stood massed about , inactive and irresolute , for want of order and decision .

      Wysocki and Nabielak now determined on leading their band into the town , and marched unimpeded down the New World Street , towards the heart of the capital . Darkness hung like a curtain before them , concealing their onward path , —not a footfall on tbe pavement save their own , not a light in the houses , for , at the first eound of toe distant eommotion , every door and window had been Closed . With anxious hearts they pressed forward ; no one met them in the streets—It was impossible to deny the fact—they were alone in arms against the man who reigns from Kamtschatka to the Vistula .

      To the westward the assembling of troops could distinctly be heard , but their silence denoted that they were Russian detachments . Detpair now began to weigh down the hearts of the insurgents , who eicaped by but the length of a street meeting six companiei of Russian infantry , sent to the assistance of the duke . Had they met it is more than probable the gallant little corps of ensigns , thinned , dispirited , and exhausted as they were , would have been overpowered , and the rising in the city prevented . * # * # The people had not moved ; the Russians were under arms before the Polish troops ; they were informed of the rising , vet Warsaw remained silent , and that little band of patriot ! had been able , after a desperate and successful encounter , to march unmolested through the deserted streets . Thus wavering and slow are the measures of

      cowardice and tyranny . But , when they were about to act decisively , when the Muscovite was recovering from his panic , then , at the last hour , a deep sound was heard in the heart ef the city , and by the faint gleam of the flashing lamps detachments of Polish troop 3 were seen mwching from their barracks—tlie Polish army waB pronouncing for the insurrection . They took possession of Prague , the two bridges over the Vistula , and the araenal , while the silent and steady crowds were gathering in the old town , the ho tbe d of rormor insurrections . The hostile forces wero concentrated on their respective sideB , and at length thebloody issue was at hand . Suddenly a deep , dull roar broke upon the heavy hush , red flashes mounted against the dun clouds , tUat hung volumed in the air , and a distant clash beneath the walls of the arsenal told that the battle of Liberty had

      commenced . Steadily the Russian column advaaced—a line of fire blazed forth an inBtant before it , a volley of musketry rolled down either front , and through the clouds was heard the simultaneous tread of either hosts , like the footfalls of two giants , as the opposing forces closed upon each other . For a moment all was veiled , and then the sharp gleam of the Polish bayonets pierced tbe volumed smoke , and tbe Russian battalions were seen sweeping back into the long lines of black stmts behind them , like torrents vanishing in subterranean channels .

      A sparkling shower of shells and rockets was thrown from the artillery in their rear to cover their retreat , and as those bright and beautiful engines of destruction came arching over the house-tops , and dropping among the dense multitudes with fatal effects , like fiery garlands , cast from heaven to crown the victory , a wild cheer burst from the inspirited populace , drowsing the groans of the dying , and the explosions of the deadly missives , with a lound of triumph , for the brave people were boginning to feel their strength , conspiracy had turned to war , and action was fast Bolving doubt , fear , and irresolution . The people , however , were still unarmed ; they clamoured for arms , they were fiery and hard torestrain , while grej . haired generals shook their heads and Baid . " The

      undiscipiined crowd will throw us in confusion : the mob knows how t » fi ght t" But the Russians were again making head ; they outnumbered the Polish troops , the latter were wary , the people eager and excited . " Arm the populace ! " cried some of tbe mero ardent , and thirty thousand muskets taken from tho arsenal weredistri . buted among them . The effect was electrical . Ere an hour had elapsed tho city was in their power ; the Russians were beaten buck on the square of Saxony and avenue of Cracow , the prisons were broken open , and tHe long-suffering captives stood once more free among their countrymen Many died on being brought to light ; some placed themselves at the head of their friends , and led . them on like spectres from the grave .

      Strango as it may seem during all this time the insurrection had no head . Every one acted and kept together from impulse ; while , along the whole line taken up by the patriots , a sharp conflict was unremittingly continued , particularly in the square of Saxony , where a Polish regiment of horsi-chasseurs still sided with the enemy . With but this exception the utmost unanimity prevailed in an army without a general , and a multitude without a leader . * * * #

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      With the dawn , however , a thousand students of the university appeared before them , and these gallant JOUthS , headed by Lach Seyrma , their profeseorof moral plulosouhy , marching through tho capital , destroyed the emblazonments of RU 68 ia , „ , galllct £ . tll ( / muk . tudes on the . r way hurt , , ,, ,, ; * in ^ - ^ fl ceasing tide upon tho n « Ssian line wfl v ^ nT 7 . f ° rebOrne back Wore this irresistible r ^ fi W lBra 8 PWR , . WrCnehcd » ff O" > capital . « nd tfanr tyngtroops were driven tUDiultuoily throuKh the bamersof Mockstow . Warsaw wasfrea i h

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      " The earth is the habitation , the natural inta ™ tance of all mankind , of ages present and to come a habitation belonging to no man in particular hut to every man ; and one in which all have an ' eouni right to dwell . 'Wofoi Grey . qm " I do not wish to say anything against tho indi vidual in question , " said a very polite am ! accomplished gentleman , upon a certain occasion , " but 1 would merely remark , in the language of the poet that to him ' truth is strange — stranger than fiction . '" • At the ladies' celebration of Barre , Massachusetts there wero nine hundred of-tae f . iirest portion of the creation present . Among the tonsts were , " Old Bachelors ! may they lie alone in a bed of nettles , sit alone on a wooden stool , eat alone on a w ^ den trencher , and be their own kitchen maids !"

      We learn by letters from Russia that the Transcaucasian provinces have been ravaged by locusts . The quantity was so immense that the people eolected them in heaps , covered them with straw , and burned them . : / o A ,. ^ exican Wftr has cost the Americans a loss * ? iT ,- ln killed and wounded . a « d 2 , 500 have died of tho climate : making a total loss of 5 . 510 . A . Premium of one thousand pounds has been offered by tbe Royal College of Chemistry for the discovery of a method of rendering iron , when a p . phed to ordinary purposes , as little liable to l'USt US copper . An electric clock has been put up at Manchester Mcbaogo , which is said to present the nearest approaohyet to perpetual motion , for , once properly adjusted , it will go until a jobs of material arrests its

      progress . Dr J . D . Lang has written a letter to tho Glasgow Argus , on the practicability of growing cotton , of superior quality , and to any conceivable extent , by means of European free labour in North-Eastcrn Australia . - m ThoLsleof Man , unlike herlarger sister of Ireland , is agitating , and apparently with good reason , for an union with England . We learn from the Truth-Tester , that it is proposed to hojd a meeting on the 8 th of July , . of persons who on principle adopt a vegetable diet in order that they may commune together on the subject of physiology generally . "'

      Sir R . I . Murchison , the distinguished geologist , will shortly extend his geological investigations to Bohemia and the Alps . Jenny Lind has been engaged by Mr Howard ulover for two concerts to take place at Edinburgh and Glasgow , at the enormous sum of £ 400 a night . During a trial on Wednesday , before Mr Justice Erie , m Westminster , the defendant , who Baid to one of the witnesses , "You perjured villain , I will kill you , " was committed for contempt of court . A woman named Sophia Iluffnangle was convicted recently in Philadelphia of being a common scold . We find in the last game list , "Marlborough , the Duchess of ; " we believe the only lady whose narao has so appeared . Two Frenchphysician ? , MM . VilleandBlandin , have observed , in the course of their experiments or etherised subjects , that more carbonic acid is then evolved from the lungs than in thenatural state .

      The increase of banks in India , during the last ten years , has been so rapid , that while in 1837 the aggregate paid-up capital of all the banks was only £ 875 , 000 , it now amounts to upwards of ; £ 5 , 000 , 000 . Two thousand bronze medals were lately discovered at Surice , canten of Floronnes , in a clay vase . They are in a good state ot preservation , and belong to the reigns of Tetricus , Claudius , and Quintilius . The above place is in the province of Namur . Alarge quantity of horseflesh , salted and pickled so as to resemble beef , was lately seized at Birmingham , in a shop celebrated for cheap and savoury meat .

      # A young gentleman lately bathing in the Mississippi river , on observing some ladies suddenly approaching , instantly drowned himself from motives of extreme delicacy . [ The more fool he . ] The King of Prussia arrived at Brcslau , on the 26 th , to inaugurate an equestrian statueof Frederick the Great . Lady Morgan is occupied in preparing the first volume of a series , with the title of "Memoirs of Myself , by Myself , " drawn from the diaries and correspondence of her social and literary life . The Austrian government , in imitation of that of France , is about to send a Consul to Calcutta . The number of emigrants who arrived in New York from 2 nd April to 31 st May wa 9 30 , 243 . The house in which Mozart lived at Vienna is about to be pulled down , and a splendid hotel to be built on the site .

      A few days since , a skate , weighing 187 lbs ., was caught off the Isle of Bute . It is said to be the intention of Her Majesty's government to give Lord Dundonald , on the first possible ocoasion , the command of a fleet . A handsome mural monument has been erected in Bath Cathedral , in honour of the late Dr . Law , Bishop of Bath and Wells , and some time Bishop of Chester . The railway calls for the month of July amount to £ 4 , 926 , 545 , which is the largest monthly payment of this year , except that of January , which was £ 5 , 565 , 968 . A Kendal paper says that an angler , who was fishing in the river Eamont , lately hoeked a kingfisher , which pounced at a trout that had risen to Ms artificial fly ,

      A bone , said to have been the heel-bone of Edward IV ., and reported to have been pilfered from his coffin by some irreverent antiquarian , was exhibited at a meeting of the London Antiquarian Society . The emigrants who have proceeded to Nova Scotia , in spite of the warning published in the English papers , are in a most distressed condition , unable to find work , and suffering for want of food . It is said that a young lady who greatly adraives General Taylor ' s epistolary style lately received a letter from a sweetheart inquiring if sho would have him , and that she immediately replied in the language of her hero ' s answer to Santa Anna , "Come and take nao . "—American Paper . The Roman Catholic Archbishop and Bishop are making great efforts to keep the Repeal Association alive , and to make John O'Connell dictator in the room of hi 8 father , but he is not " strong enough for the place . "

      An electric telegraph has been fixed in the House of Commons for the purpose of transmitting communications between the lobby and the committeerooms . Members attending committees are thus enabled to learn instantaneously who is speaking in the house , and the time at which a division may be expected . The week before last the great pine woods of Moray shire were covered with clouds , which were at first mistaken for smoke , and afterwards for a waterspout , but which proved in the end to be nothing more serious than pollen or fine seed dust rising from the trees , and carried along by the wind in vast

      masses . Three of the parties injured in the accident occa . stoned by the falling of the Dee Bridge have so far recovered as to be able to leave the CheBter Infirmary , and the three who still remain in the Infirmary are going oa very well . The New Enlistment Act is now in force . The term of service is twelve years for the cavalry , and ten years for the infantry . The two first years of th e cavalry service are supposed to be spent in learning tbe equestrian exercise . On the night of Wednesday a man committed

      suicide on the Versailles Railway by lying down with his head across the rail . lie was completely decapitated by the first train that passed along the line , lie was the son of a washerwoman at Viroflay , nnd is supposed to have destroyed himself from a disappointment in a love affair . The Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle states that a Mr Pringle , of Haddington , his son-in-law , and a third party , have absconded , having earned off propeity worth £ 20 , 000 . Their debts are said to amount to £ 100 , 000 . Mr Pringle is seventy-two years of age , and had previously maintained a most respectable character .

      M Erdmann , an eminent Russian geologist , has found a large collection of fossil bones embedded in acaloareous soil near Odessa . The skeletons are eighty-three in number , and contain the remains of six elephants , one rhinoceros , two bulls , four stags , one antelope , sixty-one bears , two hysoHas , two dogs , three cats , and those of a nondescript ruminating animal . As soon as the Newcastle and Berwick Railway is opened , the whole distance between Edinburgh and London , once a fortnight ' s journey , will be traversed by express trains in thirteen hours . We miss in the reports of the Repeal Association ' s sayings , one character who used to figure there prominontly . What has become of" The Saxon ? " Is he extinct ? and is "Thefelon 'Times '" his noknowledged successor ?

      A Sharp Rbplt . —Buonaparte said one day to tha physician , Desguinettes , " Medicine is an art of assassins . And what does your majesty think that ot conquerors is ? " was the reply , which for a moment contused even the Corsican . The recruiting parties in this district of tho kingclom have received orders to commence the enlistment ot infantry recruits for the term of ten years , at the same age and standard aa before , under tht new act upon the subject , which received the Roya ? assent last week . The term for the cavalry and " : utillery is twelvo years . —Essex Herald .

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      Number of Unemployed w Paisley " —Malns ' l l < u " femnlw . -1 , 110 s d pendant *; 2 , 195 ; Sat'S : 1 he dirtro-8 among a number of th ' um is truly n-nt nnrttcularly tnosc who have largo families to provide " An Irish Notice . —In a pnnl across a road in tha county ot Iippcrary is stuck up a polo , havins af . fixed to it a board , with this inscription : — " Take notice , that when the water is over this board , " tha ' roaii is inapassab'e . " Shocking . —The Faubourg of St Germain has been thrown into consternation by the resolve of the young nnd b'jfiutiful Princess La Trcmouillc to appear on thestaw ! Every effort ha ? been used to dissuade her . but ia vain—she persists in her ( ktevminationto rrmke a debut at the Theatre Frangais in one of Rachel ' s parts on the day that she . becomes of age ; and if , through the influence of her family , the dnora of the Franoais sho'ilil be closed against her , she has

      declared her intention of appearing at the French Theatre in London or St Petersburg . Love op tub Beautiful !—An American country , man , fresh from magnificent woods and rough e ' earing 8 , waione day visiting the owner of a beautiful seat in lirookline , and walking with him through a little jirove , out ot which all tho underbnsh had been c eared paths had been nicely cut and gravelled , S . n . i ro ?™ i - - crci with woodbine , suddenly nJ h&S T ' ? beauiyof the soene > lifted Na nSi t . xclaira « l . " This I hke : this is iNarui ^ vritli her hair oomhed " vnSh ° ?«? h " ~ W 1 i V . " ^ a tall SartVn I "' P ei " ^ o was in company with SlT ria F ' " , I W > t « t yon are so very i l . v . ' - see you bef ° r e . " ' Very likely " B . VwK . ? K ^ ^ rv ^ J , but wortS A Levelling Drink .-A remarkably acute friend ? & L ° f merl ? a ^ . bar - ^ eju < l / es naving r " •» if » . f "T ' ' - themid 8 tof MsarRument . » ? rtf # r « rapt « w » and objections , he did not seem likely to be successful-wcnt out of court ton , and on his return , stated that he had been drinking a pot of porter . Being asked whether he was not afraid that this beverage mieht dull his intellect ? " That is exactly my object , " said be , "to bring me down , if possible , to the level of their lor * , ships . "— Campbell ' s Chancellors . . A Loyal Mator—In the reign of Charles I ., a mayor of Norwich actually sent a fellow to prison for saying that the Prince of Wales was born without a shirt .

      Snorixo Deacons . — The deacons "down east " have a bad practice of snoring aloud , while asleep ia church , which apoears to disturb some folks there . Ihe Boston Bee of Saturday has the following polica notice for one of them : — " Deacon is requested not to commence snorinu to-morrow until the sermon is begun , as some persons in the neighbourhood of his pew would like to hear the teat . " An American Account of the Weather . — "First , " said he , "it blew , then it Bnew , then it friz , then it thew , and after that it triz horrid . "

      MlBS BuRDtTT COUITS AND—WlIO IS THE Vktbran ?—A rumour very currently prevails in fashionable circles to the effect that ere long something will probably be heard of a matrimonial alliance between a venerable and distinguished military commander hi (» h in the favour of his sovereign and a rich heires 3 , whose munificence is only equalled by the extent of her worldly possessions . — Morning ' ^ , , EST 0 F ALl ScnnoLs . —There are no means for the education of our race which can , in any degree , bo compared to a " domestic life in its purity . " Domestic life , in its essence , is a bond of love , and , through this , a divine institution to beget love . -. Pestalozxi .

      " Music for tub Miuiorr , " — The Manchester tradesmen are really producing this long-promised phenomenon . Many of them are wrapping up theie tea , coffee , snuff , tobacco , &c ., in paper on which are printed many of the popular songs of old England , furnishing their customers with music at posi * tiveiy the cheapest rate ever yet attained . An Ikish Addres 3 io a Glasgow Letter . —Tha following is a literal copy of the address on a letter which came through the Glasgow Post-office the other day :- " Directed to St rollicks the sacrad wdrks—the town-head of glasco in the care of Jameg M'Cufarey till Margret Cuyeslin-derict your letter In the care of Bieley donnasbv of cloeher—count *

      tyrone , Ireland—Pat congrelim . " Tom Tudmb a Benedict . — "The weee 3 t little man than ever was , " as the children say , is now in our city , " strutting his little hour upon the stage , " and pocketing lots of small coin , to increase tha "snug fortune" which he began to make in America , and which he so much extended in foreign parts . If report speaks true , General Tom Thumb has meditated much upon the common lot of humanity , and , following other illustrious examples , has " wooed a little maid" who has agreed io " wed , wed , wed , " and in a short time they are to be married . She i 3 in her sixteenth year , weighs 19 ilbs , and 5 s 30 inches high . The united weight of the couple is 50 pounds . — . Boston Transcript .

      Fiiench Eggs and Fresc ; i Winks . —The value of French epgs exported to England has been almost equal to that of French wines—one of these trades being free , and the other fettered . Iu 1845 the official valuo of wines of France exported to England was 5 , 365 , 000 f ., that of eggs , 4 , 480 , 000 f .-ifevue des Deux Monies . Thk Dagenham MunpEB . —On Friday information was received at the chief police-office , Great Scotland-yard , from the constabulary at Derby , that they had succeeded in apprehending Isaac Hickton , lata a policeman in the K division , who , together with Wi Parsons , serjeant in the same corps , stands charged

      with conspiracy and perjury at the inquest held upon the body of G . Clark , murdered on the 28 th of June , 1846 . Treasure Trove . is Woolwich Arsenal . —Tha worlynen in the storekeeper ' s department of tho Royal Arsenal , while engaged in removing some boxes which have remained in the stores since they were sent home after the battle of Waterloo , found one of them weightier than they could account for in a hex of its size ; on opening it , there appeared four sma l boxes , and on their lids being removed , these were found to contain a number of gold aoubloons , equivalent in amount to £ 800 in each box , making in all £ 3 , 200 .

      Georgethb First and his Carp . — "This is a strange country , " said George the First on his coming to England . "The first morning after my arrival at St James ' s I looked out of my window and saw a park with walls , a canal , &c , and which they told me were mine . The next day Lord Chetwvnd , the ranger of my park , sent me a brace of carp out of my canal ; aud I was told that I must give five guineas to Lord Chetwynd'a servant for bringing me my own carp , out of my own canal , in my own park . "

      A Natural Q , dbrt .--A countryman called at the Observatory on the Calton Hill , Edinburgh , and desired to bo shown the moon through a . toieaeope . The waggish attendant directed the instrument towards Kirkaldy , and the man was delighted to sea streets , houses , and signboards , just such as we have seen in this world ; but he was struck with astonishment when he observed on one of the houses , "Alloa ale sold here . " "Alloa yill , " cried he , " how in a' the world do they get it up ? " . Jehnt Lind .- ( From a Correspondent . )—The ap . pearance of this accomplished lady at Manchester , where music and singing have ever been cultivated by the higher classes , is awaited with extraordinary anxiety . Tickets for the theatre ate already selling at the following prices : —boxes , £ 1 Us . Cd . ; pit , £ 1 ; gallery , 5 s . So much ( remarks a correspondent ) for the badness of trade , and famishing thousands .

      ' Post-Opfice . —On Saturday last Robert Grapes , tlie letter-carrier , whose evidence respecting Messrs Kelly and Bockenham was adduced by Mr Duncomba in the House ot Commons , was dismissed from his situation in the Poat-otBce . The matter will not , it is declared , be allowed to drop here , it being Mr Duncombe ' s intention immediately to oall the attention of Parliament and of the Government to the subject , on the ground that , having ordered the inquiry , they are bound to protect the witnesses examined .

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      The Parcel Post Compahy . —A stormy meeting of creditors and others interested in the affairs of this " bubble , " was held on Tuesday at the Bridge-houso Hotel . A creditor , named Penrose , presided . At a previous meeting a composition of 5 s . in the pound had been offered on bohnlf of one director ; but it was declined , in the hope that a more liberal offer would be made . The coiaoany , hovfevw , had mada no communication whatever ; and this announcement was met with very strong expressions of disapprobation .. Several persons had sought to indemnify themselves by retaining possession of the horses , carts , harneasi &o .. and it did not appeir that tha transaction was illegal . At any rate , the larger creditors ought to proceed in various ways ; But something ought to be done to reimburse the drivers and guards , who were mere servants and not speculators in the undertaking The liabilites had _ at

      first been estimated at £ 4 , 000 , but it appears from subsequent inquiry tliat they amount to * W : Three or four creditors proposed to sue out a hat of bankruptcy against the company , in order to get ac the property , now in the hands of individual creditors . Mi- Townshend , Mr 0 m , aud another solicitor , suggested that it would be bettor not to take out tho fiat as against a joint-stock company , b t as against a trading partnership . , in which case all the directors would be jointly ana severally liabc ; some of the directors wore undoubtedly " men of stiaw , but others were supposed to be men ot substance . At . was probable tho company ' s property would barely pay for working the fiat , and if the personal pro-Serty of the directors could not be got at there would be nothing lor the creditors . This suggestion ^ wafl adopted , and a oommittee having been appointed w carry it into effect , the meeting separated .

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      Publications Reckivbd " Tht Wutminiter and foreign Quarterly Review , " July ; Simnond ' s Colonial Magazine , " July ; "Howitt ' s Journal , " Part 6 ; ' , !« £ ' « « Journal , - Part 18 ; "Man in the Moon " A * » Fl ovist " " Stolid , «» viewed hj his Grace / fie Archbishop of Dublin ; ' " Segg ' s Lectures on the Moral Elevation of de People ; " Equitable Bants of InUrchange , < bc ., < i : c " ¦

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      ¦ JULY 1 Oj 1847 > THEr NORTHERN STARt ^ ¦ ' ——— . 9 . J

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      PART III . v > this vreek gire a few of thepoetical pieces from ! njMymonr iHHsession , Jlloatrating the deternation of the American A grarians to put an end Landlordism . APPEAL FOE JUSTICE Kings and landlords , tear the thunder , As it echoes round the world , Hear the voice of millions gathering , Round the flag of truth nnfarl'd . The day of reckoning approaches , "When thepeople shall demand A reason for the degradation They hate suffered at jour haad . Feudalities soon most vanish , Earth be rescued from their thrall , The sun will shine and trees Trill flourish , Earth will yield her fruit for all .

      . Truth trill prove a mighty engine , Stronger far than cannon ball , - It will storm the strongest tower , It will scale the highest wall . Let truth an < l justice prompt your hearts . To action for the honest end , And then thelightaing ' s vivid darts Will harmless to the earth descend . ~ ~ A Mkchahic .

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      Its waters onwards—onwards flow , O ' er mountains , as in days of Noah , Where shall he refuge find * To Pisgah ' s * lofty top he flies , Tbe waters upwards , upwards rise ; A sound comes on tbe wind-It springs from Pisgah ' E lofty crat , And ttart the despots of the east . The sound a child might tell—It is a warning sent by God , Sot to resist the approaching flood ; Patroonry ' s dying yell . I

      And beg for what is yours by right ! Did not your fathers nably fight , Tour freedom to maintain * Sid they for nothing shed that blood . With which these western waters flowed Was all their toils in vain * Nay ; they prostrated tyrants low , And let the tide of freedom flow O ' er fair Columbia ' s shore , To fertilize her hills and dales , And fill with joy those wood-clad vales , Where despots ruled before . In -vain Patroonry strives to stay Tbe tide of freedom on its way , And bid its waves be stayed ; It drives him to onr mountains high , He trembles , whither shall he fl y 1 Well may he be dismayed .

      I ask the votes of freedom ' s soni , Which speak with louder voice than guns , And keener cat than swords . At this , oppression ' s cheeks grow gale , Aristocratic tyrants quail ; The freeman owns no lords , Save He , who rear'd yon arch on high , And form'd those orbs that stud the sky ; Who rales in Heaven above— ' Who eqaal formed man , and free ; To him the freeman ( tends the knee —> Him , he will serve , and love . - To Him alone , hell sne for grace And look for favour from his face : From whom all mercies flow . But unto man -who pmsh most , And mingle with his kindred dust , Shall yon submit to bow ,

      And vultures torn away ! Nay , freemen ! you'll be freemen still—Tou have the power—then have the will ; Your wrongs shall be redrest'd . In vain they striva to quench the fires Which fiU'd the bosoms of your sires , Aad warms their offspring ' s breast . Then rise , as once jour fathers rose , In the victorious contest close ; There ' s freedom in each blow . I ask not for the strife of steel , Nor brazen thunders murderous peal ; That it is not needful now .

      [ he two following pieces first appeared in the joursot the Anti-Renters . By "Patroonrj , " onr readi will understand " Landlordism . " Awake ! ye sans of freemen rise , And dash this blindness from your eyes ; Why will you slambtr now ! Tow dearest rights ara torn away , In Freedom ' s clear meridian day - Will you not strike one blow ? Shall you , the offspring of the free , Wfeoscorn'ito bend the crouched knee To proud despotic sway , Submit to see your blood-bought rights , By proud , rapacious , ravening kites

      OPENING ODE . Bise , sons of "Young America , " Join hands each faithful brother , Combined for ever and for aye Supporting one another ; We pledge onr honour still to toll , . And use our best endeavour , The chains upon Sod ' s bounteous so ' il In fragment * to dissever . The claims of party , claas orsect , Let those receive nho heed them , We seek to place the human rare In universal freedom . That none shall take a hireling fee . Nor wear a chain or band , sir We claim for all the liberty To cultivate the land , sir . With a free soil beneath our feet , A smiling heaven above us , In every man a friend well meet , Whose interest 'tit to love us ; With noble toll well till the sod , Enjoying its fruition , And give to God our grateful thanks , For such a blest condition .

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      TO FEUDAL LORDS . Like the lion , when he rises From his slnmber , and his roar Echoes through the mi ghty forest , From the mountain to the shore-So the people have arisen . From their necks the yoke hare hurled Shouted forth thht they are freemen , Have proclaimed itto the world , lake the roar of distant thunder , When Ihe comng storm is near When above the bright horizon D irk and boding clouds appear-So the foes of feudal tyrants Have assumed a threatening form , And their passions fast are changing - To the whirlwind and the storm

      Ob , yelords , will ye withstand it ; Think yon you can ever gain , With such mighty foes , a triumph-Will je ding to hopes so vain % Will ye hush the million voices , Claim submission to your will?—Call ye to the storm to cease , Say unto the waves "Be still 1 " Can ye bind a freeman ' s spirit ? Can ye chain the immortal mind ! Snow ye not your fates are written !—

      | p Search , go search , and ye shall find , J | g | Will yeread the starsto find it , 05 *; Will ye search in mystic lore ; 0 J % Will ye list to your advisers , ^ H Who deceived you oft before ? ^* Go abroad among thepeople , % 1 " Fora lesson tnere is taosatj ' ^ - Sea what wonders persecution IU And jour tyranny have wrought : — 3 gi Bead your fate , for there ' iis

      written—H Written b y year bloody baud ; m Even he who "runs may read" it , g And the fool may understand . | j Enow that you , lcrds . petty tyrantsg Ye who would the land enslave—H Know that you , by your oppressions , P Have dug Feudalism ' s grave . — ? Ji Know that ? e ha « roused that spirit ^ W hich in slumber long has lain ; p Which now like a flame is raging , k ? Never tole quenched again !

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      _ W ~ t . t .-Mll >** « - -. . ¦¦¦ -.- ¦¦ ThenhebowM himself dawn in the dust at his feet -. And with anguish of soul he did cry" Since there ' s none on the earth to do justice and - - ¦ ¦ right ¦ . ¦ -.= . O take me again up on high !" " Stay , stay , noble patriot ! O go not away ' » Cried a harsh-sounding voice from afar ' He look'dand , behold , came a hard-handea throne Will mounted on Liberty ' s car . 6 They alightM hard by , and with eagerness sought To press the old warrior ' s hand , OUU B »» , On the banner they bore was this ' motto inscrilwa " We mt for the Freedom of / JOs inscril ) e *' Fight on , my brave sons , and the day is at hand ' Whin tyrants to earth shall be hurl'd An i ** W ll berty h Tree , * ^ sh vigour . Wgtow . Tillite branches o ' ershadow the world . Fight on , my brave sons , for the prueis ahead , But never look back or repine- ' And wheathegreen gward o ' er your bodies ba , closed Your names shall be honoured as mine ;

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      xv . n . a . BISE ! BY JOHH ST JOHN . Who are ye , who sit and murmur O ' er your grievance hard and long ! Who are ye , nhose Becks are trodden By the iron foot of Wreng ! Wear ye not God ' s mighty image t Rise ! assertit , and be strong ! Can ye see your wives and children Under old oppressions cower , And not feel your right arms aching With the fulness of their power T Kiss ! s life of idle groaning Is not worth one well-wrought hsur ! Able-bodied—idle-minded—Do ye weep baneath your pain t Or , with empty cant of Freedom ,

      Do you stagger with your chain t Hear ye not your weaker brother » Bise ! or wear the curse of Cain ! Will ye sit in dust and ashes , Gazing ou the proud and great 1 Know ye not that soul and sinew Hust achieve their own estate I . Bise ! to action ! or in garret Dream , and so deserve your fate ! Are ye freemen , freemen truly 5 Do ye act as freemen do ? Are your rulers not your leaders ! Are they many , or you few ! Bise ! with purpose firm , and teach them They must first be ruled by yon ! Unto you belongs the vessel Aud the freedom ef the sea ; Will you hear your servants dictate What her freight of laws shall be ! Bise ! and hurl their errors over , Like the worthless chests of teal

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      » ypi It is stated in ' Burritt ' s Christian Citizen , ' that bather Mathew intends to visit America this summer .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 10, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1426/page/3/