THE KENNEBECKER. BY HENRY KNOX BAKER. ; N O . 2 0 .

[ for the kennebecker.] j Hampshire. Most of them were ordinary men, To a Lady. j led to this independent mode of life from au ' The ties which bind the soul to earth 'impatience of restraint, which as frequently That longs for purer spheres, accompanies vulgar obstinacy as generous Though deemed o f more than mortal birth, | pride. But there was one master spirit among Dissolve, and turn to tears. (them, who was capable of a higher destiny than Ask not for beauty : ’t is a flower i he ever fulfilled. The consciousness o f this For this bleak world too frail; I had stamped something of proud humility on It blooms but one bright fleeting hour, Then bends before the gale. [the face of Cornelius Cam pbell; something of a haughty spirit strongly curbed hy circum­ Sigh not that riches may be thine : stances he could not control, and at which he There is no wretchedness Like bowing down at Mammon’s shrine scorned to murmur. He assumed no superi­ With hope o f happiness. ority ; but unconsciously be threw around him Trust not in love its morn is bright, the spell of intellect, and his companions felt, T oo bright, too sweet to last; they knew not why, that he was “ among them, Soon tempests lower— its heavenly light but not o f them.* His stat ire was gigantic, By clouds is overcast. and he had the bold, quick tread of one who There is no stainless, stingless joy had wandered frequently and fearlessly among T o earth-born beings given, tbe terrible hiding-places o f nature, liis voice No human bliss without alloy, was harsh, but bis whole countenance possessed Except the hope of heaven. O n e . singular capabilities for tenderness o f expres­ Otoconia's Curse, sion ; and sometimes, under the gentle influ­ BY LYDIA M. CHILD, AUTHOR OF “ HOBOMOK.” ence o f domestic excitement, his hard features The rocky county o f Strafford, New Hamp­ would be rapidly lighted up, seeming like the shire, is remarkable for its wild and broken sunshine flying over the shaded fields in an scenery. Ranges of hills towering one above April day. another, as if eager to look upon the beautiful His companion was one peculiarly calculat­ country, which afar off lies sleeping in the em­ ed to excite and 'retain the deep, strong ener­ brace of heaven ; precipices, from which the gies of manly love. She had possessed extra­ young eagles take their flight to the sun I, dells ordinary beauty; and had, in the lull maturif v rugged and tangled as the dominions of Rod­ of an excellent judgment, relinquished several erick Vich Alpine, and ravines dark and deep splendid alliances, and incurred her father’s enough for the death scene of a bandit, form displeasure, for the sake o f Cornelius Camp­ the magnificent characteristics of this pictur­ bell. Had political circumstances proved fa­ esque region. vorable, his talents and ambition would unques­ A high precipice, called Chocorua’s Cliff* is tionably have worked out a path to emolument rendered peculiarly interesting by a legend and fame ; but he had been a zealous and ac­ which tradition has scarcely saved from obliv­ tive enemy of the Stuarts, and the restoration ion. Had it been in Scotland, perhaps the of Charles the Second was the death-warrant genius of Sir Walter would have hallowed it, of his hopes. Immediate flight became neces­ and Americans would have crowded there to sary, and America was the chosen place of ref­ kindle fancy on the altar of memory. Being uge. His adherence to Cromwell’s party was in the midst of our romantic scenery, it is lit­ not occasioned by religious sympathy, but by tle known, and less visited; for the vicinity is political views, too liberal and philosophical as yet untraversed by rail-roads or canals, and for the state of the people ; therefore Corne­ no ‘ Mountain House,’ perched on these tre­ lius Campbell was no favorite with our fore­ mendous battlements, allures the traveller hith­ fathers, and being of a proud nature, he with­ er to mock the majesty of nature with the in­ drew with his family to the solitary place we sipidities of fashion. 'Our distinguished artist, have mentioned. Mr. Cole, found the sunshine and the winds It seemed a hard fate for one wht) had from sleeping upon it in solitude and secrecy ; and childhood been accustomed to indulgence and his pencil has brought it before us in its stern admiration, yet Mrs. Campbell enjoyed more repose. than she had done in her days of splendor ; so In olden time, when Gofte and AVhally pass­ much deeper are the sources of happiness than ed for wizards and mountain spirits among those of gaiety. Even her face had suffered lit­ the superstitions, the vicinity of the spot.we tle from time and hardship. The bloom on her are describing was occupied by a very small cheek, which in youth had been like the sweet- colony, which, either from discontent or enter- pea blossom, that most feminine of all flowers, prize, had retired into this remote part of New had, it is true, somewhat faded ; but her rich, 154 THE KENNEBECKER. No. 20. intellectual expression, did but receive addition t

But he recovered himself, and raising himself I The clouds collect their scattered power, Aud veil its beauties in the blast. on his hands, he spoke in a lo.ud voice, that! grew more terrific as its huskiness increased. So passes, too, the poet’s fire : “ A curse upon ye, white men ! May the Where Autumn’s yellow branches wave, His song forgot, the silent lyre Great Spirit curse ye when he speaks in the Rests on the child o f fancy’s grave. clouds, and his words are fire ! Chocorua had So passes griefs slow-wasting form, a son— and ye killed him while the sky looked The murmur wrung irom want and pain ; bright!— Lightning blast your crops! Wind For on their turf, that wards the storm, and fire destroy your dwellings! The Evil | 'It pours its cruel force in vain. Spirit breathe down upon your cattle! Your So passes all that earth can boast graves lie in the war-path of the Indian ! Pan­ T o own, create, confer, procure ; thers howl and wolves fatten over your bones ! All the warm heart can value most, Chocorua goes to the Great Spirit— his curse And all its weakness can endure. stays with the white m en!” And thus, when time shall bring the gloom The prophet sunk upon the ground, still ut­ O f nature’s last and darkest night, A hand unseen will on her tomb tering inaudible curses— and they left his bones “ Sic transit gloria mundi ” write. to whiten in the sun. Blit his curse rested on the settlement. The tomahawk and scalping] The Memory o f the Dead.— The relations ltniTe were busy among them, the winds tore I between man and man cease not with life.— up trees and hurled them at their dwellings,1 | The dead leave behind them their memory, and their crops were blasted, their cattle died, ;their examples and the effects of their actions. and sickness came upon their strongest men. S Their influence still abides with us. Their At last the remnant of them departed from the 'j names and characters dwell in our thoughts fatal spot to mingle with more populous and and hearts. W e live and commune with them prosperous colonies. Cornelius Campbell be­ jin their writings. W e enjoy the benefit of came ,a hermit, seldom seeking or seeing his itheir labors. Onr institutions have been found­ fellow-men ; and two years after he was found ed by them. AVe are surrounded by the works dead in his hut. of the dead. Our knowledge and our arts To this day the tovvji of Burton, in New- are the fruits of their toil. Our minds have Hampshire, is remarkable for a pestilence been formed by their instructions. W e are which infects i s cattle ; and the superstitious most intimately connected with them by a think that Chocorua’s spirit still sits enthroned thousand dependances. Those whom we have upon this precipice, breathing a curse upon loved in life are still objects o f our deepest and th e m .— Token fo r 1 8 3 0 . holiest affections. Their power over us re­ T o the F a llin g L e a f mains. They are with us in our solitary walks ; BY G. A. GAMAGE. and their voices speak to our hearts in the si­ “ Sic transit gloria mundi ”—So passes the glbry o f tlie world. lence of midnight. Their image is impressed Pale harbinger o f nature’s fate ! upon our dearest recollections, and our most Ho vv soou thy days o f pride are past! sacred hopes. They form an essential part Like man’s, how transient is thy date, of our treasure laid in heaven. For above all, W ho fades and falls like thee at lust ! we are separated from them but for a littjd “ Sic transit,” sighs rny heavy heart, time. W e are soon to be united with them. If As Autumn’s foliage strews tlie ground, we follow in the path of those whom we have Condemned from each green grove to part, Where all her verdure bloomed around. loved, we too shall join in the innumerable company of spirits of just men made perfect. So passes grandeur’s nodding plume, That waves above tlie ignoble crowd ; Our affections and our hopes are not buried in Its march is rapid to the tomb, the dust, to which we commit the poor remains Whilst yet resound their plaudits loud. of mortality. The blessed retain their remem- So passes flattery’s vapor breath : jbrance and their love for us in heaven ; and we The laurel wreaths the hero wears will cherish our remembrance and our love for But flourish fanned by.sighs of death, them while on earth .—Professor Norton. And blossom bathed in orphans’ tears. So passes wealth’s deceitful gloss, Wealth.— Riches are the instruments o f good That mocks the heart to hope alive and evil, according to the disposition of the With promise formed of dust and dross, possessor. A good fortune is an edged tool, Still offering'what it cannot give. i which a hundred may get for one that knows So passes youth’s aspiring sigh, how to use it. Humanity, good nature, mag­ That fonctyy dwells on days to come : nanimity, and a sense of honor, should be the Soon the vain wish that soars on high Is hushed to silence in the tomb. qualifications of the rich; humility and pa­ tience, industry and temperance, those of the So passes beauty’s roseate smile, poor. Wealth is apt to betray a man into ar- That only buds when life is new, Cheers thc dark path of care awhile, jrogance, pride and luxury; let us therefore Then fades before the admiring view. Sever remember, it is a talent given us of God ; 'and as we have nothing but what we receive So passes pleasure’s rainbow hour: Not long its varied colors last; from him, we should imitate his love to, us, by i 5i> THE KENNEBECKER No. 20. being always ready and willing to com m unicate century, the deaths per annum were 1 in 20 ? his gifts to others. now they are but 1 in 40— tbe average length of life having doubled in about 75 years. In The True Vine, Paris, among the “ easy classes,” the deaths are BY JOHN FJF.RPONT. 1 in 42, and among the whole population, 1 in To many a sonny hill o f green 32 ; in all France, 1 in 40. In Paris, in the One vine may give its emerald curls ; And purple grapes will here be seen, 14th century, according to Villerme, they were Anil there the white, like mellowing ,pearl3. 1 in 17; in 175(1, 1 in 25 ; and in all Fiance And when their blood these clusters shed at the same date, 1 in 29. In England and On differeul hills to cheer the soul, W ales, 50 years ago, the deaths per annum Those to a ruby, rich and red, | were 1 in 40 ; now, about 1 in GO. In Florence, These to a topaz, turn the howl. now, I in 30— in Nice, 1 in 31—-Naples, I in Yet though on different hills they grew, 28— Berlin, I in 34— Madrid, 1 in 20— Amster­ Heaven’s genial light made both mature ; dam, 1 in 24— Vienna, 1 in 22. Tbe mean And though they give a different hue, duration of ancient Rom an life was 30 years. They both are joyous, both are pure. In modern Paris, the births among the poor So the t k u i : v i n e luxuriant g r o w s are to those among the rich as 32 to 26, while In many a breast it springs in bloom Along life’s sunny slope, and throws the deaths of the former are- to those of the Its mellow honors voand the tomb. latter nearly as 100 to 60. In New York, from 1820 to 1826, the average annual moitality And though the blessings o f this vine With different warmth and hue may glow was, whites, \ in 40 ; blacks, I in 19. In Phil­ In different hearts, in all rt is wine adelphia, whites, I in 34 ; blacks, 1 in ID. In Of heavenly growth and joyous flow. Baltimore, whites, 1 in 30; blacks, 1 in 33k W herever it has been introduced, vaccination l h e B r id a l. has doubtless added materially to the average Fair girl t thy heart is heaving now length of human life ; it has almost disarmed With an overwhelming bliss, And the tears thou shed’st have burst the bounds of its terrors one of the most desolating scour­ O f the fount o f happiness. ges of modern times. W hat a glorious result Weep on, weep on, for thy bosom ne’er of one man's ever wakeful and scientific atten­ W ill throb with the like emotion ; tion to the occurrences of every day 1 Jeuner Tears are the offerings on the shrine O f love and thy devotion. jhas already, in a sense, given existence to m ore j of human life and happiness- than th e m o st A y, weep, thou fur and sinless one, Kneeling beside thy lover ; (desolating conqueror ever had it in his power For the boors of spirit-eyed romance to destroy. This he has done hy adding a sin­ With thee are gliding ever. gle item to the sum of human knowledge. A y, raise thy timid eyes to him, The statements quoted above furnish suf­ All eloquent in weeping ; For tho dearest hope o f a trusting breast ficient proof, if proof from such facts were Dwells-in his tender keeping. needed, that the average length of human life is materially diminished by the prevalence oft And tboa, tha proud and cagle-eyctt, On whom tins shrinking maiden- vicious poverty. Late investigations show that Leans with tbe nndoubting confidence in the United States at least 30,000 or 40,000 O f a soul with love o>’erladen ; persons are annually hastened to the grave by On whom her earthly hopes are hung intemperate drinking only. Remove the cause In tlkcir unsullied brightness; T o whom her youthful heart is given then, banish this one rice from the land, and In its yet unspotted whiteness!: you take so many from the bills of mortality— Pause, and1 uplift thy spirit where yon add, every year, so many living and health Her God and thine is viewing ful men and women to the mass of our popu­ This holy union upon earthy la t io n .— Journal of Humanity. T oo firm for man's undoing. Pause tho a and gaze upon thy brl-dey In North-Carolina, the raising of hogs is a On every speaking- feature, very considerable branch of the farm er’s busi­ Beaming with hope, and joy, and Iov*7 O f this eonfidt :>g creature ; ness. These animals support themselves and thrive in the woods, upon acorns, roots, berries* And pray for strength :o guard and guide This fragile thing o f beauty; " •Sec. till the fall season, when they are fed for For powc> to lead her feeble steps a couple o f months upon Indian corn, and suf­ Through the stem path of duty ; ficiently fatted for market. Though not gre­ For knowledge, to direct her mind ; garious as you know, they are driven to market For love, to cheer her sorrow, And teach, when, hope on earth is flown,, in droves, as sheep are in New Fingland; or From God her hope to borrow.—Boston Galaxy. rather they are eoaxed along by the owner, i who goes before, flinging occasionally among Duration o f human l i f e .— In the last number 'them a, handful of corn. In this manner they o f Sililman’s Journal there is an article taken are made to travel hundreds of miles ? arid hav- frem a foreign Magazine* ©« the mean length [ing- their noses teethe ground, in search o f the eft hrtmare hfe in different countries and ages. ! scattered kernels, seem not aware that they are telfoving are a few o f tlie facts stated.-— leaving their range, and materially changing l a Lexudottr as Ir.te as the middle oft the last ;their latitude or longitude. It sometimes hap - Vol. 1. THE KENNEBECKER. 157 peas that several drovers set out for market in cases by calling them together, discussing the company, in which case their herds, each com­ subject maturely, and finally taking the vote, in prising hundreds, are necessarily intermingled, which the President counts himself but as one. and move on together for many days. When So that in all important cases, the executive is it becomes necessary that a drover part com­ in fact a directory, which certainly the Presi­ pany, he goes off at a short distance, and calls dent may control; but of this there was never his hogs with.a kind of whoop, which the) will an example, either in the first or the present understand and immediately obey. Every [administration.” swine knows his own feeder’s voice, and will regard no other. At any time the farmer can Virginia Convention.— In a debate before one call up his own hogs, however scattered about of the committees of the Virginia convention, in the woods ; but he cannot summon his neigh­ Mr. B. W Leigh, a distinguished member of bor’s, though they may be in company with his. that assembly, when discussing the subject of Refractory as these animals are considered, the ri<-ht ot suffrage, and expressing his opin­ you see how easily they are managed by those ion on s universal extension, made tlie follow­ who understand them. The instinct or intel­ ing remarks. “ Let ns look for a while at our ligence of the swine is indeed astonishing, and sister Maryland. They began there with re­ would exceed credibility were it not abundant­ quiring in voters 507. worth of personal prop­ ly avouched. If a hog be carried from his erty,—and what was tlie practical result ?— range or place where he has been raised, he That plan went on until it came to this— that must be a considerable time penned and wont­ at an election a gold watch was passed from ed to his new abode, or he will return to his hand to hand as men came up to thc polls, and old home by the shortest way. A respectable thc iast man who voted pocketed the watch, gentleman, a few years since, sent a number the owner never daring to demand back liis of swine from his plantation to Washington, property. Tlie natural course of such a state* N. C. to be shipped. They were conveyed in of things was, that she at last destroyed all a covered cart, by night, through a densely property qualification whatever. Such is the wooded country, and over several creeks, a dis­ course of these changes : one step ever leads tance of thirteen miles. In getting them on to another— and every step in the same direc­ board the vessel, a small pig fell into the river, tion. They go backward, never, never: To go and could not be found. The driver, with his back in such a course, is the task of JSncas empty cart, returned as soou as he could; but coming out of hell and making his way to the the little pig had arrived there before' him.— upper air. No, sir :— down, down they go to Facts of this kind are related hy many farmers the extremes of democracy ! and between the here, of whose veracity there can be no doubt. extremes o f democracy and a military despotism, — Boston Cour. there is but a single step :— it is easily taken, and it invariably is taken." Mr. Jefferson when President, in 1807, wrote to John Dickinson thus : Love and Hope. “ I have tried you, my friend, with a long At morn, beside yon summer sea, letter; but ^our tedium will end in a few lines Voung Hope and Love reclined ; But scarce bad noontide come, when he more. Mine has yet two years to endure. I Into his bark leaped smilingly, am tired of an office where I can do no more And left poor Hope behind. good than many others, who would be glad to “ I S° ” (said Love) “ to sail awhile be employed in it. T o myself, personally, it Across this sunny main ” ; brings nothing but unnecessary drudgery and And then so sweet his parting smile, daily loss of friends. Every office becoming That Hope, who never dreamed o f guile, Believed he ’tl come again. vacant, every appointment made me donne un ingrat, et cent ennemis (gives me an ungrateful She lingered there till evening's beam. friend and an hundred enemies). My only Along the waters lay ; * rind o’er the sands, in thoughtful dream, consolation is in the belief that my fellow cit­ Oft traced his name, which still the stream izens at large give me credit for good inten­ A s often washed away. tions.” rit length a sail appears in sight, In the same year he gave the following ex­ And toward the mairfen moves : planation to a correspondent: “ Our govern­ ’T is Wealth taat conies, and gay and bright ment, although in theory subject to be directed 13is golden bark reflects the light; But ah ! it is not Love’s. by the unadvised will of the President, is, and from its origin has been, a very different thing Another sail ! ’t was Friendship showed tu practice. The minor business in each depart­ Her night-lamp o ’er the sea; And calm the light that lamp bestowed ; ment is done by the head of the department, •But Love had lights that warmer glowed. on consultation with the President alone ! But And where (alas !) was he ? all matters of importance or difficulty, are sub­ Now fast around the sea and shore mitted to all the heads of department compos­ Night threw her darkling chain ; ing the cabinet; sometimes by the President’s The sunny sails were seen no more ; consulting them separately and successively, as Hope’s morning dreams o f Lovo were oter— Love never came again.—Phil. Sat. Eve. Port. they happen to call on him ; but in the greatest 158 THE KENNEBECKER. No. 20.

Say, did lie love to swell the vocal choir, And did harmonic sounds his mind refine ?. j EZlVIfSBZSC TE£2 There shall ho sing, and sweep an angel lyre, Till liis rapt soul dissolves with love divine. TH U RSD AY , DECEM BER 3, 1829. ------:------]Did friendship yield him here a besom's joy, Thanksgiving.Thunks givin g.——Thanksgiving is past for this year,;year, j And was lie formed for her most sacred tie? and wcwe arcare glad o f it— are not you, reader? Say~ wbatj'There shall she yield him bliss without alloy, you will o f its being an excellent custom handeffidownhanded^down ’■ Where love and pure affection never die. from the days o f our pious forefathers, and about ththe1 obligations we are under to return thanks for the tiie blessbless- ; Did knowledge spread before him all her lore, ings and favors we annually receive,— tiiisthis is all very,-,.very; And was he joyous at her . .gushing . . spring - ? fine,line, to be sure, and wc are annually told o f it in procla- j T1l5reThere shallsha11 Ilclie ®verever t0,wardstowards Omniscience soar, niations short and long, by governors and by preachers.]preachers . | Borne upward ceaseless on a seraph wing. W hho o can fail to believe it when thus endorsed? For]I or,TiThe h e vail is rent, the waves are hushed in peace, our part we admit everything that has been said, and1and;' And...... silent is the wail " of - wild...... despair : that can be said on the subject; but in the midst oof f our Let tears be dried ; let every sorrow cruse ;— gratitude, we cannot omit to fiehe particularly grateful that There is a heaven, and thou, my friend, art there. there is but one day in the year when we’arewc*are called upon Readfield, 1829. E. II. to be so ostentatiously thankful and so laboriously happy. Alter all that is said in the proclamations about abstain­ Sicindling.— A disgraceful practice exists to some ex- ing from u all recreations inconsistent with the duties oof. f; tent amongst the little men of our great cities, of pro­ the day,” and notwithstanding eveiy one goes through curing the publication o f advertisements in country the form jrm o f attending religiousref services, it must be re-re­ : newspapers under promise o f forwarding a citvci'v paper, markmarked c by observing0 g en ing men tiiatthat the most important cere-,1cere- (which: which promise they make a print o f never fulfilling. It mony nionyr° o f tain-sgivjngconsistsinthanksgiving consists in dining. \\VVe e wonder j Waswas bu(but a fcW few WfieIiSweeks since that we advertised an Herb wi.owho first discovered that gratitude and gormandizing | CoUegeCollege in New York city,citv. with the understanding that were so nearly allied, and that gladness could be bestjbest we shoulds}loui(] receive thethc N. Y Evening Journal daily. TheThc shown forth by thothe destruction eeslruction of tarts and^and turkies,]saidturkies, said paper was accordingly sent to us just long enough custards and cakes, plum-puddingspuim-puddings and pumpkin-pies?pumpkin-pies?1 , for us tot0 discover that it was not worth having,having and wo Truly,1 ruly, whoever lie was liehe should be immortalized with ] heard no more of it. Doubtless many others were the man who according to Rollin ate an ox at a ssitting. i t t i n ! cserved . 'vcd in ;n a s;m*nnrsimilar manner. NowNew if theth© paper Iradbad real-real­ lieHe foundlound a way for many who might otherwise have ly beenbeet! of any value, such an imposition would c.:vuivvu repined or murmured at their fate to enjoy furfor one day at heenbeen bad enullghenough ;. but as it is there was a double cheat, least tactlie fulness oiof joy ; and if satietvsatiety iouows,follows, why such for jnin i]lethe f]rstfirst instance we expected to gain something is the common result of fruition, and is the lot o f every by getting a New York daily paper ; but when w^ re­ one who undergoes the fatigue of feasting on the bless­ ceived it we were so much disappointed that vve were ings and bounties of thanksgiving. inclined to rejoice when it was slopped. j . % , ------:— — — ------"“ Thene Editor'sJunior s Table." i able. — Thci tie following effusionel usion on the -| TheTho GasketCasket.—.— W e have receivedreceiv ed the Novcn.beNovember num­ death oto f a friend was received several months since, endand ber o of f thistll;s literary periodical. It is embellished with a has been lying amongst thethc mtfliifariousmifo.ifanous incumorancos1 Hthocrtipliiclithographic engravingengrav ing o f Dido and her sister AnnAnna (from olo f thetho Editor'sEditors Table, table, until it is out oto f date for the oc-oc­ >the bl0 Ahieid).Arnold). The music in this number is thc bbeautiful casion for winchw h ic h it was written. On looking it over wevve■L air uir of Bishop Ileber’s Missionary Hymn. TlieThe Casket lindfind that ifi f it is original,original,'it it is worthy olo f a better fate : iii'‘ jiashas considerably improved since its cornmcncercommencement in not original, th ec real author may liayehave it “ by proving^1826. igo(* It jsis published monthly at $2 50 a year, iin an oc­ property, and paying for this advertisement.advertisement.” tavo form, with embellishments to each number. On tlie Death of II. G. C ------. Literary Intelligence. Awake, mv untuned lyre, and from each string Shake off tho gathered dust, and kindly lend Nett) Publications.— Carey, Lea, &. Carey have tho Thy aid while my full heart attempts to sing 2d volume of the Encyclopaedia Americana in as late of A funeral dirge, a requiem to my friend. great forwardness. The first has just been published. Reprints.— J- & J. Harper o f New York are about to Farewell, my loved ! thy head in death lies low ; reprint the History of Modern Europe, hy Lord John Cold is the night by which thy lids are pressed ; Russell. And none shall wake thee, neither triend nor foe, Where now thou art in thy long dreamless rest. O 3 The Brunswick Free Press, which the Jackson What though thy body shall be food for worms, papers say is discontinued, appears on cur table this And silence brood upon tby house of clay ? week, proving them guilty of their usual regard lor truth. TIioii art protected from the ruthless storms W e bid it welcome. / O f this rude world, that waste our lives away. O 3 A new weekly paper, to be called the Neutral, is But is he slumbering in that house o f clay ? proposed in Brunswick by William Noyes. Our word W h a t! sleeps the fire o f his immortal mind ? for it, this is no time for neutrals : they cannot live. No, no, triumphantly it burst away, ILF The Ellsworth Courier has passed into the hands And left its shattered tenement behind. * 'o f Robert Grant and Otis L. Moore. It is to continue as independent in politics as heretofore, and we presume As gliding meteors in a starless night to be conducted by the same editor. With dazzling splendor burst upon the eyes, So.his exulting spirit took its flight, [D= W e have received the first number o f a nc\v And maiked its shining pathway through the skies. paper commenced in Lowell, Mass. Jt is very hand­ somely printed, and has quite a literary stamp. It is And now the wonders o f that woild unfold : called tlie Lowell Mercury, and appears to be a Jackson He sees heaven's millions and its happy plains ; paper. He treads the pavements o f transparent gold, The Democratic Press, by John Binns, one. o f tho And hails that land where joy forever reigns. oldest daily papers in Philadelphia, has been discontin­ Now what is earth, and what are earthly toys, ued, and its subscription list transferred to the Pennsyl­ T o those to whom the rich reward is given, vania Inquirer, a daily paper conducted by Jasper T o range those fields, to taste those endless joys, Harding. The Inquirer was a Jackson paper, but is to And breathe the vital atmosphere of heaven ! be republican hereafter, it is expected. Vol. 1 THE KENNEBECKER 159

Editorial Summary. to Patterson, N. J., and about 2 years ago, on a bridge being ingeniously thrown across below' the Patterson Caution to Single Men.— In the Supreme Court sitting falls 80 feet above the water, Patch offered to jump from in Portland, Patrick Kincaid o f Brunswick has been it to show that “ some tilings can be done as well as fined $ ] 111 and costs for breaking a promise o f mar­ others.” This leap he repeated several times, and after­ riage to a young widow. wards performed other feats o f the same kind. Q33 Somebody has called the editor o f the Brunswick Fathers of Congress.—Samuel Smith, Senator from Herald a “ damned villain.” He notices it to show “ a Maryland, was elected to the House in 1797, and trans­ peculiar trait in tlie character o f man.” Very peculiar ferred to the Senate in 1803, where lie lias been contin­ indeed— vve never heard that any other animal used ued to tiiis time. Thomas Newton has been regularly such language. reelected Representative from Norfolk district, Va., Virginia Convention.—The great questions in this from 1801 to the present period. Mr. Newton is the old­ body are all between the east and west, the former tlie est member o f the House, Mr. Smith the oldest in Con­ slaveholding portion o f the state, and tlie latter the non- gress. slaveholding. The east pays a large proportion o f the Lyceums.— A Lyceum has been organized in Middle­ taxes, has most o f the black “ property” in the state, sex county, Mass. Edward Everett delivered an intro­ and has heretofore enjoyed the political power. The ductory address, and was chosen President. west has increased rapidly in population, and now claims the adoption o f white population as the basis of Vermont.— In the 5th Congress district, at thc last representation, and an extension o f the right o f suf­ trial, William Calioon (antirnasonic) had 3268 votes, frage, which will give the political power to that sec­ James Bell (Republican) 1496, and others (mostly Jack- tion. The delegates from west o f the Blue Ridge are son) 653. Mr. Calioon is a Republican o f the Jeffer­ in favor o f the white basis, except Mr. Monroe, who son school, and opposed to proscription. proposes a compromise between the two interests by adopting the white basis for tlie lower bouse, and a Pennsylvania.— Mr. Wilkins, Representative in Con­ mixed basis o f property and population for the Senate. gress, has resigned his seat, and Henry Baldwin, a dis­ Mr. Monroe has made two speeches in favoi o f this tinguished friend o f the American System, has been plan. Tlie delegates from cast o f the Blue Ridge are nominated to succeed him.. in favor of a mixed basis foi both houses. Robert B. North Corolina.— Edward B. Dudley has been elec­ Taylor, a delegate from Norfolk, has resigned his scat, ted to Congress in place o f Gabriel Holmes deceased. having been instructed by a portion o f his constituents, Georgia.— John Forsyth has been elected to the U. to give his influence in favor o f a mixed basis. He was S. Senate, to serve out the term o f John M. Berrien known to be opposed to the slave interest when elect­ (appointed Attorney-general). ed, and unwilling to act contrary to his principles lie resigned liis seat. A large meeting o f his constituents Marriages. has been held in Norfolk, and resolutions passed re­ questing thc substitute appointed to succeed Mr. Tay­ In Augusta, Mr. Benj. Wade to Miss Ruth Brooks. lor to resign, and that Mr. Taylor be reelected. It is In Mount Vernon, by Dexter Baldwin Esq., Mr. Na­ supposed that a majority o f Mr. Taylor’s constituents thaniel Wells to Miss Nancy Cliote. arc prepared to uphold him in his liberal principles. In China, Mr. Benjamin T . Pierce of Camden to Miss Nancy Young, daughter of Joseph Young. Antimasonry.— The Troy Republican says the anti- In Vassalborough, Mr. Clark Rand to Miss Sophia masons have not only held their own in every county in Getchell. the state, but they have “ an organized party in almost In Sidney, Mr. John Sherman o f Augusta to Miss every county in the state.” “ Tlie aggregate o f their Ruth G. Jackson. votes is probably double the number they obtained last In Wilton, Mr. Daniel Stickney o f Augusta, to Miss vear, and the members o f Assembly elect have increas­ Hannah Gould. ed in almost as great a ratio.” In Low'ell, Mass., Ezekiel Webster, merchant, to Miss The National Council o f the Cherokees has resolved Esther Cudworth. that the essays o f “ William Penn,” in the National In­ telligencer, on “ the present crisis in the condition o f Deaths. thc North American Indians,” be translated into the In Augusta, aged 12, Eleazer E. Mowry, son of Ben­ Cherokee language, and published in a pamphlet form. jamin Mo wry, killed by tbe falling o f a tree ; Edwin Thanksgiving Day.—in New Jersey, Dec. 10. Bartlett, aged 4 years, burned to death in consequence Sam Patch.— This jumping hero has performed an­ o f his clothes taking fire. other wonderful leap, namely, from the falls at Roches­ In Winthrop, aged 13 months, Charles Hubbard, son ter, N. Y. It was estimated that 10,000 people witness­ o f Thoqias Newman. In Sidney, aged 39, Clarissa ed this jump. He afterwards purchased a bear, and Thayer, wife o f ------Thayer. threw him oiF tlie cliff at thc same point, “ to show that some things can be done as well as others.” All pres­ ent were convinced “ there was no mistake in Sam O ’ This paper is published weekly, at 25 cents a quarter in advance, at the printing office o f ROBINSON Patch.” & BAKER, Hallowell, and inay be had at their office, Death o f Patch— A few days after the above feat, in the brick building at the foot o f Winthrop-street, h Sam Patch’s Last Jump ” was advertised. He was to or of either o f the following agents: W illard Snell, leap from a staging erected above the Genessee falls at Augusta; W illiam P alm er, Gardiner; A lfred M a r ­ Rochester, the whole height 120 or 125 feet. On the tin, Winthrop Village. Subscribers who cannot conve­ morning of his last jump he had been drinking freely, niently take their papers at either of these places may and his friends tried to persuade him not to jump, but in receive them hy mail, or hy such other conveyance as vain. When he leaped from the platform it was ob­ they may provide. The following persons are author­ served he could not command his limbs and motions as ized to procure subscribers and collect subscriptions. usual, and a fatal result was anticipated. l fe struck the E. Gow, Waterville ; John W h e e l e r , China; D avid water in a sidelong manner, and rose no more IIis bo­ P. H ow land, Vassalborough Corner ; Joseph B aker dy has since been found with both shoulders dislocated. Scowhegan Falls; D. H. L ombard, Readfield Corner; His last request before jumping was that in the event ot'j|T homas B. K ennedy, Waldoborougli. Any person bis death, the funds collected might be sent to his moth- j who will procure 4 subscribers, and forward $1, may re­ or, who is living in Pawtucket, R. I. The N. Y. Courier ceive the paper gratis for one quarter. Agents will be says truly, that bv his skill and courage lie has immor­ entitled to 20 per centum o f all the money they collect, talized himself, and will he remembered as long as Ni­ over $1 a quarter, if paid within the first month. agara Falls attract a visiter. Patch worked in the Paw­ tucket factories when a boy, and used to jump from the A few complete sets of thc Kennebecker, 1st quarter, factories bv wav of amusement. He subsequently went are still on hand. 160 THE KENNEBECKER. No. 20.

J Ii o-Ji/CIIUUllCU m i tided Politicians. their foreheads. For myself, I trust that no In Baltimore, the friends o of f D.1). Raymond (author o f a j man will imitate such examples to ensure mvmy treatise on Political Economy) nominated him us an in-in-, election. Let not our country be thus dishon-dishon­ dependent candidate for the Legislature, during hisliis ah- ored. pencesence from flicthe city. On his return he published an ad-( dress stating he did not feel at liberty to decline, andand’ Let me say a few words as to the election marking out the course he intended to pursue. The;The, and the office. I am no party man, and I care following are extracts : and understand so little about election tactics, 1 shall not attend any meeting nor harangue j that I have not shown this publication to a sin- the people, either upon my own merits or the [gle;gle person, no** nor consulted with any one, as to demerits of my competitors. I shall not go to the expediency and propriety of the measure.measure, any g grog r o g shop or tavern for the purpose of;of I1 have nothing to lose by a failure, but hut unwel­unwel- procuring votes. I1 should feel degraded rather come responsibility. I f anyanv man supposes thanthaw honored by votes Obtainedobtained by such means,means. Jj that I shall be disappointed and mortified, by I f elected, I shall fecifeel grateful for such a ]thej:tlie election of the other candidate, he knows manifestation of the good opinion of my fel-.ntefel-;, me not. Such pieces as your correspondent’s, low citizens, and shall endeavor to discharge]discharge .disturb disturb my equanimity no more than missing my duties as your delegate with Conscientiousconscientious a standing advertisement out.of its usual place. fidelity. " /-/* | To lose the election, will interfere with the ordi- That there may however, he no mistake on ji nary current of business and happiness, as little this subject, I will explain what 4T understand as to be told that the carrier has not left thc to be the duty of a representative oof f his concon­ -''newspaper. newspaper. Personally, I shall rejoice at not stituents. j being chosenchosen: : and can, with a good will, behe I do not think it the duty of a representative representative! thankful to my fellow citizens for preferring of Baltimore to pursue an exclusive BaltimoreBaltimore! [another.! another. policy.policy, Ii should not consider myself bound to1to; I f it behe supposed, that I am asking a favor,,favor* advocate any measure, for the benefit of BBal­ al-jlI beg leave to say. that 7,I, at least, do not so timore, which would be adverse to the interests understand it. I belong to my country; J I am of the Slate. The interest of the whole State,. bound to serve her, according to my judgment, I consider paramount to tliethe interests of any!abilityany lability and opportunities. RutBut when I offer to part of it. If a measure would be beneficialI do so, I ask no favor. According to my views, to Baltimore, without at thetlie same time being!honorbeingrjhonor lies not in the appointment, but thethc. prejudicial in a greater degree to the rest oloif mode oof f filling the office. The people confer the State, or to the State in the aggregate, 1 j neither honor nor favor, in electing o man, pro­ should feel myself bound to advocate such a vided they choose him with a view to their dv- measure ; but not otherwise. \ly ; for they also have a duty to perform, which As to obeying the instruction of my constit­- 1 is to choose the fit man and not the favorite.— uents, njy doctrine is this: If the instructionss I[That That 1 am not, and never will be the latter, coincided with the dictates oof f my own con-jfromcon­- from party considerations, shall ever he mv science, I should feci myself bound to obey pride. That 1 am the former, is for the peo- them. But if the instructions were opposed to> pic to Jay£ny ; and as 1 love Independence myself, the dictates of my own conscience, of whatt j I respect it too much in them, not to leave was my duty to the State,Stale, I hope I should have5 [thatthat question cheerfully to thc proper tribunal. independence and honesty enough to disobey; I await the result without fear or anxiety— them. I hope I may never he left to do thatt knowing that the people have a right t0 judge which I know or believe to be injurious to my7 for themselves, and only desire that they should country or State, because tbe popular voices do so to a man. I would not willingly require demands it. a single vote on any other principle than that In Charleston, S. C., Thomas S. Grimke, a distindistin- . ' °1 of public duty inin the voter. IIf f any man votevole guished statesman and writer, was nominated for a re-re -[upon j upon Otherother grounds, be they what they may, sponsible Citycity office. His opponent was Henry Lbhedoesnotbelongtothepartylshallcverbe-“ he does not belong to the party I shall ever he­ Pinckney, editor o f a violent Jackson and antitariiiantitariff pa-pa i _ „ „ .... *.••,* . r per. In consequence o f newspaper attacks on his prin- prinll longk to, ’ .. the . party1 1 of Pri|)Ctple,principle, the pattyparty ofol ciples, Mr. Grimke published a reply from which \V(wccjpure, Pul