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THE MOTHERLESS.
Unit help an<l shield the motherless,
"iv stricken, bleeiluig (love —
For wiiom there joshes no rich fount
Of deep and deathless love I
[V saddest title grief confers—
For who so lone as they,
i 'non whose path a mother's love
Sheds not its holy ray.
"\'o entle form above them bends
To sooth the conch of pain—
So voire so fond as her's essays
To calm trie feverish brain,
| Oh,other tongues may whisper love,
In accents soft and mild;
|}„t none 011 earth so pure as that
A mother bears her child I
Judge kindly of the motherless—
■! \ v ary lot is theirs,
; And oft the heart the gayest seems,
A load of sorrow bears.
- No' faithful voice directs their steps,
Or bids them onward press,
f And if they gang a kennin wrang,"
Ood held the motherless !
\iid when the sinful and the frail,
The tempted and the tried.
I'nspotted one I shall cross thy path,
I (Hi, spurn them not aside.
Thou knowest not what thou hadst been
I With trials even less—
j And when thv lips would vent reproach,
Tbilik, they were •motktrle sx I
A blessing or, the motherless,
Where'er they dwell oh earth,
Wit hut the liomt: of childhood,
Or at the stranger's hearth I
blue he Ihe sky above their heads,
And bright tie the sun within,
(Mind protect the motherless,
' And keep them tree from sin I
imi OF llo.\. J .IMS L. ORIS.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
AT THE DEMOCRATIC CELEBRA
TION IN INDEPENDENCE SQUARE,
July 4, 1854.
Mr. President and Fellow-Citizens of Phi-'
\ hultlphiu: —The clay we celebrate is consecrated
ai '.he affections ol the American people, and
this morning's dawn was ushered in by the boom-,
[uig id a thousand cannons. W'Uo can. tell bui
:i;e melting rats of today's sun art- typical of
lb- i rveiit patriotism which glows in the A
ricnti heart? To the remotest borders of this
_-;, at confederacy , one unbroken stream ol
gratulation pours out from this same
.. it iH :u h< art to the same Supreme Ruler ol
' ,!• i inverse, who heard the prayers of our
■ :ii rs, mil who has preserved to their posteri
ty ' rich legacy left by the Revolution.
11l lav iaiiigs so much of loudness to our
c , 1 \ n.. n everywhere, need it excite surprise
' i its return is enthusiastically hailed by the
■ tr ncoiirse of I'hiladelphians who throng this
I .Il there be anv one jHirtion above an
[> ti.cr f our countrymen who should hallow,
I vert, and celebrate the natal day of our liber-
I ' > it is the jieople of* I'hiladelphia. [Cheers.]
I Hc are standing now within the shadow of Jn-
I "j nili-uct Hall. The same waflls without that
I new echo my voice, seventy-eight years ago
I echoed within the patriotic words of Jefferson,
I 1 anklin, and Hancock, and their noble as
- 1 lutes. Your fathers then stood where you
-re n.'W standing, when they mutually pledged
' 1 each other their fortunes arid their sacred
to support the declaration which has been
1b a! iti vour hearing. Welcome then,one and
kll.t i this political Mecca. [Cheers.]
fniie forbids that 1 should recount the causes,
'•r dwell upon the history of the revolution.—
It would be the repetition of "an oft told tale.'
suffice it hereto sav, that the soul swells with ad-
I -nation when contemplating the daring—the
I 1 Itv courage of those brave and gallant men,
I *h 1 hazarded all that is dear in this life, save
I honor, in subscribing in vonder hall that declara-
I '■ n which irrevocably made them traitors to
I (ivurge the Third, or free, independent Ameri-
I can citizens. ]t was here they passed the Ru-
I JIC. ato encounter the most powerful nation on
I 'arth in the field of battle—powerful in her
I wealth—powerful in her credit—powerful in
I her numbers and available resources—and above
I a!!, powful in a two hundred years piestige of
I = .vinci 1111 itv against every foe, in every land,
I and upon every sea. They were bound to old
I England lv ties numerous and strong, of aflec-
I jinn and interest. Jt was the birth-place and
I -'line of their fathers; many of the glittering
I ''Jrs their ancestors wore were won doing bal-
I tie under old England's flag;
Her Mas every consideration to influence
their fear and their affections', but "with a firm
I Fi nance in Divine Providence,'''' confident in
the justice of their cause, and the oppressions of
the exactions of the mother country pressing
heavily upon their proud spirits, they resolved
to make the land the "c< virfry of Freemen"
rather than continue it the "home of slaves."'
bond applause.] They redeemed their every
pledge to the cause of freedom, and we are now
'oe recipients ot the priceless boon. Let i'enn
s\lvanians he ever vigilant and watchful in pre
serving that whose purchase cost so much of
tribulation and danger, so much of blood and
treasure. You are the custodians now of that
iut citadel of liberty (pointing to Indepen
ience Hall.) All its triumphs, its memories,
'"portraits, its history, gratitude for the past,
'ranks fur the present, and hopes lor the future,
"xhort you to preserve and perpetuate that ves
!'i flame which was kindled in ]77t. Let it
" go out lo re, if you would escape the execra
ti< 11- fp. {. jjt y f or jo fidelity in guarding your
j sacred trust.
The great end of the revolution was to secure
civil and religious liberty. Nor did our ances
tors misjudge its value in developing the re
sources physical, moral and intellectual of man.
Look to its civil results. Under republican
government we have grown, and prospered,
and expanded far beyond the most sanguine im
agination of the most hopeful devotee of liberty.
Our shores are washed by the two great oceans
east and west. Nearly one hail of the North j
American continent bears upon its generous bo
som teeming millions of American citizens,
who make their own laws and worship at their
chosen shrines. From 3,000,000 we have
swelled to '2.7,000,000. From poverty and ig
norance and weakness we have grown rich, in
telligent. and strong. Our sails whiten every
I sea, and our enterprise and energy penetrate
into every land. No longer does the British
lion strike terror into the hearts of our women
and our children. We are now here equal in
all the elements of natural greatness and here
superior in every characteristic of personal li
berty and political independence. Great Bri
tain undertook to manage our local affairs by
assuming the right to legislate for us, while we
were colonies.
The Parliament assumed that they were bet
ter judges of our wants and necessities than our
colonial legislatures. They undertook to regu--t
late the domestic policy of their distant depen
dencies. They inqiosed duties upon tea, with
out consulting us, and in every manner asserted
their rights to govern us. Our fathers, who
had encountered the perils of the ocean, and the
greater perils of a savage wilderness, who had
fled from Europe to escape political and religious
intolerance, could not long brook such an unjust
assumption. They petitioned, importuned, re
monstrated the British government without avail
—they took their rights in their own keeping,
and after a long and doubtful st ruggle, establish
ed a new fundamental article in the science of
Government—the great American doctrine of
the right of the people to govern themselves.—
[Great cheering.] No tenet in political science
has more thoroughly vindicated its wisdom,
than this, and when brought into issue its ortho
doxy has not been questioned for seventy-eight
years until a few months past.
It is said by some, who have forgotten or re
nounced the teachings and principles of their
fathers, now, that the people of Kansas and Ne
braska are incapable of governing themselves,
and that the Congress must assume the same
! guauiianship over these distant territories as the
Parliament claime#over the colooi**T Where
is the American feeling in tbe.oosom of any
man, who from fanatical zto! for the African
slave, whose condition he cannot improve, is
' xyjling to renounce this great doctrine of our
fa fliers ? {Cheers.} Abolitionism and fanaticism
mistake the heart of this country in supposing
that when they cry out against slavery, that it
will cause the people to repudiate the principles
upon which the Government is based. [Cheers.]
The country owes my distinguished friend who
will follow me, the "little giant of the great
west," Senator Douglass (immense applause,| a
debt ol gratitude for his powerful and successful
advocacy of this principle I have been discus
sing, and for its triumphant vindication in the
Kansas-Nebraska bill.
With all the misrepresentation which has
been poured out upon that measure, the people
are now beginning to understand truly its pro
visions; and its greatest principle—tbe one so |
fiercely assailed by Whigs and Abolitionists—
is the very principle for which our fathers
fought the Revolution. Will you now lake the
side of the British Parliament ?
The people of Kansas and Nebraska have had
conferred upon*them, bv Congress, the right to 1
regulate their own domestic concerns according
to their o n wishes and inclinations. Is it right?
Who will say it is wrong ? Who knows best
what are tire wants of our fellow-citizens in the
valley of the Kansas, or the upper Missouri, the
representatives they elect to theirow 11 territori
al legislature or the Congress of the United
States, where not a single member, perhaps, has
made a foot-print in Kansas or Nebraska, and
which would most likely legislate wisely for
them, the territorial Legislature or Congress !
The statement ol the question carries the answer
with it. If a Pennsylvaniati now has the right
to make his own laws here, what is there in
( the atmosphere of Kansas, when he removes
there, rendering him less competent to do the
same tiling there? This right conferred by
! Congress on the territories is subject to but one
. limitation which all concede is just, and that is,
! that their Legislation shall not contravene the
, Constitution of the United States, a limitation
j that exists as to the States, and should in the ter
ritories.
| As this isa Democratic celebration, it will not
be improper that I should say that J lelt a high
I pride in seeing neai ly all of your Democratic
r representatives in Congress sustaining the bill,
' and maintaining that great principle fust asserted
on this hallowed sjiot seventy-eight years ago
f by Benjamin Franklin, the philosopher and pa
-1 triot of Peiinsyvania, and hiscompeers. It was
t becoming in the representatives of the Demo
f cracy of Pennsylvania to vindicate the princi
ples which you have so long professed, by com
ing boldly forward and sustaining the bill with
enlightened wisdom and manly independence.
(Cheers.)
v But the revolution not only secured civil lib
i- erty bv deposing the authority of the King and
. making the people political sovereigns, hut it
. established another great American principle
,f which has exercised a jiotent influence on the
) moral nature of our race, it established religious
t liberty —it separated Church and State—it de
. nied the right of the former any political jwiw
er as an organization. It said to the Puritans,
the Cavaliers and the Hugenots, who had fled
religious intolerance and proscription, here you
- may worship according to the dictates of your
t conscience, and non shull make you afraid.—
- The timid feared that it would lead to infideli
r !y, irrelrgion and anarchy, but time has proven
BEDFORD, PA. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1854.
its wisdom. The support of the ministry, the
execution ofchurch buildings and all outlays for
spiritual objects is left to the volition of the citi
zen. He can give or withhold- The law re
cognizes no sect or denomination, all are equal
and equally protected. How has it worked?
We have as moral a nation as any upon the
globe. We have as many professors ol religion
for our population. Our churches are more num
erous and as well furnished as in any other
1 country, and piety and religion nowhere has
more reverence and respect than in the United
States.
Mr. Jefferson, whose name is inseparably
united, and must so continue through time, with
free government—he who penned that great
declaration—was president of the United States
—the father of the Democratic party, and the
great a|>ostle of republicanism—he who spent a
long and eventful life in the arduous service of
his country, when the weight of years pressed
sorely upon his tottering frame, in the quiet
solitude of his own MonticelJo, calmly review
ing iiis own history, fie selected three great
achievements to carry his name to posterity, and
directed this inscription upon the granite obe
lisk tbat should mark the spot where he lies;—
"Thomas Jeflerson, the author of the declara
tion of Independence, the author of the Statute
of Yinginiu, establishing religious freedom.
.jind the father of the University of Virginia."
[Cheers.]
He considered the establishment of religious
freedom, an achievement worthy to be classed ;
by tbe side of the declaration of independence, j
He knew the enormities growing out of a union j
ofchurch and State. He knew that such aj
junction was at war with personal liberty as
well as with true religion, and time has shown j
that the State prospers best independent of re-j
ligion, and religion prospers best independent j
of the State. We must keep them separate,,
confine each to its sphere, if our future is to j
continue bright and prosperous as our past.
There has recently been some commotion on i
the political boards, growing out of, it is said, 1
a new secret politico-religious association. I j
u Knou: A'othing" of its faith or its hopes.— 1
(Cheering and laughter among the Democrats.) j
It is supposed that its purpose is to supplant :
the Catholic religion and to ostracise every
person who was not born upon American soil,
and every one whose father was not born here.
Now this is a different Jxilicy from the one our i
fathers pursued; they iniited here every foreign- j
er to our shores, and Patrick Henry was indig- !
nant when it was proposed to exclude such as
turned tories even anu fled the country during
the revolution. It is assumed by this associa- \
tion that the Priests of the Catholic Church ex- i
ercise jiolitical influence over their members.— j
This may or may I do not profess to
know. ~ I have" with the Catholic j
Church. I was reared under the teachings of
the shorter catechism and the Westminster con- j
fession of faith. There are not fifty Catholics j
or one hundred naturalized or unnaturalized |
foreigners in luv congressional district, and !
hence my perfect exemption from anv personal
or political considerations in forming a judgment
with reference to this new association.
Suppose it true that the priests meddle in
politics, we all unite in condemning it, for we
think Church and State should be kept separ
ate; but this new organization proceeds to a po
litico-religious association, secret, holding its
meetings clandestinely, to counteract the
; priests. The end then is to justify the means,
i but two wrongs will not make one right. The
"Know Nothings" do the very tiling which
they complain of the priests for doing. I do
not perceive any difference between Catholic
Jesuitism and Protestant Jesuitism—both are
intoletant. But in this country 1 protest in the
name of our ancestors, who were all foreign
ers, in the name of the Constitution, in the name
of liberty itself, against a secret political organi
zation which fears to avow its principles, which
shrinks from their discussion and which makes
its members, by secret pledges - , spies in every
household. There is no excuse in this country
for seciet political societies. Every measure
in the Federal and State Legislatures under
goes public scrutiny and debate. No citizen is
or ought to be afraid to avow his political senti
-1 ments, and the secrecy which marks the pro
ceedings of this order shows that they do or say
somethings which they are afraid or ashamed
far the world to know. It is time that the eves
ol the country should he turned towards them,
and their scheme, discountenanced until they
cast off the veil. It is violative of the genius
and spirit of our government, and will bear bit
ter fruits for our country if it is not supplanted.
It is said that tluur forces in elections—poli
tical elections—where all go together, regard
less of principle and consistency, practice a
guerrilla war, fighting on the side promising the
pay. If this be true, what is their standard of
morality ? I call the attention of my Democra
tic friends, however, to the fact that in all the
municipal elections that I have observed where
1 the "Know Nothings" have triumphed, it has
always been a Whig elected, where the office
M as one of any importance or real value.
Let not Democrats, then, he deluded into flip
organization, or they will find themselves em
braced in the arms of VVhiggery, Native Ameri
canism, and of all the other isms that infest
the land. (Cheers.
There can be hot two great parties in the
. country. These temporary organizations mav,
| for a brief while, attain the positions of balance
: of power parties, but they soon lose it; and par
. tii's, to be permanent, must lie divided on prin
. ciple. The division here is between the strict
; and latitudinoiis constructionists, between State
. rights and Federalism, and it is now too late in
. her history for me to appeal to Pennsylvania to
, know which side she takes. She has been true
j to strict construction, enconomv and State rights,
1 and never will trail the old Democratic banner
- inthedust.
The Whigs have beaten but never vanquish
• ed yoti, and it behooves you to buckle on your
1 armor once more and strike for your principles.
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
The eyes of yoOr sister States are upon you,
and we shall look anxiously to see you roll up
your accustomed majorty for Bigler, elect true
Democrats to Congress and your Legislature,
and carry out the principles which have so
greatly promoted the honor and glory of the
wholy country. [Long continued cheering.]
THE MOTHER'S DEFENCE.
A TALK OF TUF, FRONTIER WAE.
"My husband's rifle she shouted springing
to her feet, and rushing across the cabin, she
tore the weapon and accoutrements from the
wall. But on trying the piece with the ram
rod it proved to he unloaded. She thrust her
hand into the pouch, but it contained nothing
but musket balls, u'hich her husband had pur
chased a few days before, to run into bullets
suitable for his rifle. The powder horn was
full, hut of what use was the powder without
the ball ? Dropping the weapon she rung her
hands in despair. Suddenly an idea struck her
—she seized one of the bullets, placed it be
tween tier teeth, and by a tremendous exertion
bit it in two. Dashing a charge of powder in
to the barrel, she rammed down one of the
fragments, primed and cocked the piece, and
the next moment its muzzle protruded through
| the aperture, and covered the body of the chief
| now advancing at the head of the party towards
! the house. The quick eye of the savage caught
! the glimmer of the rifle sight as tiie sun fell
j O O
j upon it, and he stooped, but before be had time
:to make a rush, Miriam's finger pressed the
trigger. When the puff of smoke from the dis
tance had cleared away, she saw him clutching
in the air in the vain effort to recover himself.
I Before the other Indians, who seemed paralyzed
'bv the unexpected catastrophe, could afford
him anv asistance, he threw his hands above
his head, alid whirling quickly around fell upon
; his face.
A shout of triumph burst from the lips ol Mi
! nam as she saw the effects of the avenging shot,
! and then withdrawing from the loop-hole, she
commenced re-loading the rifle.
The Indians remained motionless for a few
: seconds, transfixed with astonishment, and then
' lifted ihe bodv of tbeii chief, withdrew to a re
spectful distance from the cabin, and the in-
I mates half believed their peril was over. But
i they were deceived.
After getting out of gun-shot, the savages
I clustered together and appeared to be in close
conversation. At the expiration of the pw
: wow, having apparently agreed upon their plan
jof action, the whole gang took open order and
[dashed at full run, with wild yells, toward the
; dwelling, i
j AB I came up, Miriam Cook, u-hrr
j was now stationed at another loop-hole, again
discharged her rifle, ami the unlucky Wyandott
shot through both legs, dropped iti his tracks
with an involuntary shrie"k of agony. The
! others kept on, and reaching the cabin, six of
i them clambered on the roof, while the other
! five commenced firing on the doors and cutting
openings in the logs. Those on the roof quick
i ly kindled a fire on the shingles, which M ere
1 soon in a blaze. The destruction of the cabin
and its inmates nou- seemed inevitable,
i There was a hogshead half full of wafer in
! the house. Mil iam, bucket in hand, mounted
I the loft, and Hope and Alice supplied her with
! water from below; by which she contrived to
! extinguish the flames as fast as they broke out,
' while she herself enveloped and almost suffbea
j ted bv steam and smoke, M as invisible to the as
sailant. At length the water M'as exhausted,
I and one of the Indians observing that the efforts
of the besieged party were slackening ventured
ito poke his head through one of the holes that
j had been burnetl in the rool, to see how tin*
; land lav. The undaunted Miriam was standing
M ithin a few feet of the opening, and at the in
:; slant she whirled the empty bucket around his
; head, and whirling it with a KM ing of her arm,
; struck him directly in the forehead u'ith a sharp
[ edge of the stave." She heard the hones crash
j and the victim groan, a moment after he M-as
: I drawn awnv by his campanions, three of whom
! descended from the roof, bearing him in their
. ; arms.
Miriam nou* thought she heard the tM-o re
i i maining savages tearing the upper logs ofr the
! [the chimney, and presuming they intended to
, j elfect an entrance that way, she rail down stairs
■ to prepare for them, "ihe feather bed ! the
i | feather bed !" she shouted as she reached the
■ I louvr room, arid this much prized article in a
. ; frontier, man's inventory of household chatties,
■ was quickly brought forth and thrown in the
• ! huge lire place. By this time one ol the Indi
i ans had fairly got into the chimney, The sav
' i age made an effort to scramble up again, but the
f! punget effluvia of tile leathers overcame him,
• and^he fell heavily on the hearth stone. In
■ [ the meantime Miriam iiad grasped the rifle and
■ held it ready lor his reception. Scarcely had
. ! he touched the floor, u hen the iron-bound point
•j of the breech crushed through his skull. Ihe
I other who iiad caught a whiff ol the vapor in
> time to avoid a like fate, hastily descended from
- j the roof.
-| Four of the'thirteen Indians were now kill
t ed, hut these casualties only added neu- fury to
I the remainder. They well knew that the cabin
? j was occupied by women only—and notiiiiig
i ! could be more degrading in the eyes of swarthy
warriors than to be baffled by a parcel of squaws.
- [They now furiously assailed the door with tom
" j ahawks. To this proceeding the inmates could
t j offer no resistance. In striking the savage who
- i had fallen down the chimney, Miriam had bro-
II ken the lock of her husband's rifle, the only
> one they had, and now handing the weapon to
f I her sister-in-law, she armed herself with the
, ' axe of young McAndre, which stood in the cor
r i ner, and prepared herself for the last extremity.
j Alice betook herself to a very formidable \vea]>-
- ■ on, theslaughter knileof the establishment, and
r i thus armed, the three women ranged themseves
.'on cither side of the door, determined to sell
their lives as deariv as passible.
In half an hour the Indians had nearly cut
two planks out of the door, beneath the bar, a
space just suthcient for a man to force his body
through in a stooping posture. They brought
; heavy pieces from the adjacent pile, and using
them as battering ram's soon beat in the weak
ened portion of the door, and at the same time
driving the articles which had been placed
against the rioor into the middle of the room.—
Taught caution by the losses they had sustain
ed, they did not immediately attempt to enter
through the aperture, but thrusting in and cross
ing their rifles, discharged them into the house.
In this they had a double design—that of kill
ing or maiming some of the occupants, and get
ting in under cover of the smoke.
Before the deafening sounds had ceased the
feather crested head of the Wyandott wartior
j parted the smoke cloud that had obscured the ;
j interior; hut, as he rose from a stooping posture, [
!on entering, Miriam's axe descended with tie- ;
! mendous force, cutting through the collar bone !
I into the chest. Kedropped u'ith a wild cry—hall !
j defiance, half agony. Another savage follow- !
i ed—and another—each to sink in turn under!
the axe of the courageous matron. The fifth
[ she missed—but instantly grappled u'ith him
i and held him powerless in lwr arms while Alice
plunged the knife in his bosom. Of the next
two that entered, one Mas disabled by a severe
blow on his head from Hope's rifle, and the oth
er very nearly decapitated by Miiiam's well di
rected axe.
Of" the thirteen bronzed warriors who had
left their war tribe for their war path a few j
days before, onlv tM-o were unwounded and ca- >.
! paide of service, and they, seized with a panic
at the havoc among their companions by the
"long knife squaws," abandoned the siege and
fled back to the village. To the wounded left
behind no quarter was given. To have spared
them would have been treason to the dead.—
[ Miriam's axe and the long knife of Alice made
short work of them, and the duty fulfilled, the
family lost no time in proceeding to Frank
fort.
ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.
A few evenings ago, as the cars of the Car- j
rollton Railroad'were approaching the city, a i
little girl about three years old ran in front ol j
i the engine, and stopped on the center of the ,
track. The broken.an .attempted to stop the en- ;
gine as soon as the child Mas perceived, but pn
and on hurried the iron monster, and just' as It ;
was about to crush into the eafth the b?%vteous
victim which thus so innocently braved its com
i ing, the strong hand of an young man
M-as stretched forth, and, at the hazard of ano
ther life, the child M-as saved-.-
Loud was the shout of applause from the few
M-ho witnessed the daring deed, and in triumph
I the young man bore the child away, and deliv-
I ered it to its mother. An attempt to describe
a mother's feelings on such an occasion, would
. be more than vain. She felt as a mother only
can feel, when the darling of the heart—her
only child—is rescued from the very jaws of
death ; and with an eloquence no words can
convey, she looked and spoke her thanks.
The mother u-as a widow, young and fair as
the incarnation of a poet's dream : and, withal,
she was blessed with no little ot this world's
goods. Of course she M-as grateful to the pre
server of her child's life, and, as he was poor,
she offered to bestow upon him a goodly largess.
He, however, refused to accept any reward for
doing M-hat lie considered to be his duty, and so
the matter for the time rested.
Since then an intimacy has sprung up be
tween the young man and the grateful widow,
and the result was, that yesterday they M-eut
together to Mobile, where the widow's name at
the Hymeneal al'ar is to be changed, arid the
young man is to become not only the protector,
but the step-father of the child he saved.
May the joys of the twain increase, and their
days be many.—.V. 0. True Delta.
Slick to otic Pursuit.
There cannot be a greater error than to be
; frequently turning about from one's business.
! If a man will look around and notice who have
'! got rich and who have not, among those he
started life with, he will find that the success
ful have generally stuck to some one pursuit.
Two lawyers, for example, begin to practice
> at the same time. One devotes his whole mind
; to his profession : lays ir. sloM'lv a stock of legal
• learning, and waits patiently, it may be for
• years, till he gains an opportunity to show his
i superiority. The other, tiring of such slow
work, dashes into politics. Generally, at the
; end of twenty years, the latter will not be
worth a penny, while the former will have a
handsome practice, and count his tens of thou
sands in bank stock or mortgages.
, Two clerks attain a majority simultaneously,
i One remains with his former employers, or at
I least in the same line of trade, at first 011 a small
I salary, then 011 a larger, uutil finally, if he is
t meritorious, he is taken into partnership. The
> other thinks it beneath him to fill a subordinate
1 pisition, now that he has become a man, and
1 accordingly starts in some other business ou
his own account, or undertakes a new firm in
. the old line of trade. Where does he end ?
) Often in insolvency, rarely in riches. To this
, every merchant can testify.
; A young man is bred a mechanic. He ac
r quires a distaste for his trade, however, thinks
. it is a tedious way to get ahead, and sets out
- for the West or California. But, in most cases,
i the same restless, discontented and speculative
) spirit that carried him away at first, renders
- continuous application at any one place irk
,- some to him; and so he goes wandering about
3 tbe world, a sort ot semi-civilized Aral), really
; a vagrant in character, and sure to die insolv
ent. Meanwhile his fellow apprentice, who
. has staid at home, practising economy and
- i working steadily at his trade, has grown corn
li fortable in bis circumstances, and is even per
s j haps a citizen of mark.
lj There are men oi ability in every walk of
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life, who are notorious for hot getting along.
Usually it is because they never stick to any
one business. Just when they have mastered
one pursuit and are on the point of making
money, they change it for anothe. , which they
do not understand ; and, in a little while, what
little they are worth is lost forever. We know
scores of such persons. Go where you will,
you will generally find that the men who have
failed in life, are those who never stuck to one
thing long. On the other hand, your prosper
ous man, nine times out of ten, has always
stuck to one pursuit.
SHOCKING AND FATAL AFFAIR.—A dreadful
accident occurred on Thursday afternoon, in the
vicinity of Tenth and JefUrson streets, resultihg
in the death of two men and the injuring of a
[ third. It appears that Mr. John Kelly; the
owner of a cess [>oal in the rear of his dwelling,
[at that place, had determined to sink a well
I adjoining to it. The well had been dug out to
; the proper depth, when Mr. K. descended into
i it for the purpose of making some further exca
vations when the walls of the cess poo! caved in,
i burying him beneath the mass of filth, and suf
focating him instantly. Mr. James Laulor,
who Mas employed uj>on the work, immediate
ly descended into the well to extricate Mr.
Kelly, when he was overcome by the torrent of
matter streaming fi m the cess pool, and in a
few moments, he met the same fate.
Another man, whose name we were unable
to learn, immediately rushed into the well for
the purpose of saving one or both of the ilrifor
j tunate men, but he M as likewise overcome with
' the foul air, and would have inevitably perish
ed hut for the efforts of several men who were
attracted to the place, Mho dragged him otit in
a state of insensibility. After considerable
trouble and prompt medical attention; he Mas
restored to consciousness. The bodiv of the
deceased were taken out soon afterwards and
conveyed to their respective residences. They
were both married men. Kelly leaves a wife
and Lawlora M-ife and six children to mourn
their sad bereavement.
SUITS FOR DAMAGES AGAINST RAILROADS. —
1 In the Superior Court ol Baltimore, as we see by
; the Patriot , the parties injured 011 the Balti
'j more and Susquehanna Railroad by the collision
! 011 the 4th July, as well as those who havt? lost
friends from the same cause, have already fcom
menced entering suits against the cbmpanV fob
damages. Mr. MALCOLM, council for MADISON
JEFFKRS, Mho was dreadfully injured himself,
and had his son killed at his side, has entered
| two suits, damages being laid at $30,000 in
each case. Mr. KING, counsel lor Mrs. JOIIN-
I SON, uho lost a member of her family, has- en
tered a suit in the name of the State of Mary
land. use of ELIZABETH* SARAH ELIZAEETH and
-Jos. H. JOHNSON, against the Company; dam
j ages being being laid at $20,000. It is stated
that the company have settled Several cases by
I compromise with the parties injrired on the oc
| casion.
I ~ -
Mysferioas Death—Suspcded PoiSoniiigr*
For several days past, rumors of a painful
j character have been in circulation in reference
to the mysterious illness of Mrs. Ellen Urbon,
a daughter of Mr. C. Marvin, No. 70 Warren
street. It seems that nearly two years ago Mrs.
E., then aged lb, was married to a German
music teacher, Alexander Urbon, in this city,
and subsequently went M ith him to Le Rov,
Genesee county, to reside. Last Minter she
1 was delivered ola child, and soon after Mas at
tacked with a nursing sore mouth. system
i uas much reduced by these causes. Some six
! weeks ago, it is alleged, she M-as suddenly ta
ken much worse, aiuj. complained of symtoms
: that led to a beliel that she had been poisoned
by her husband—the poison supposed to havb
i been administered by him in some lemonade
i that he insisted upon procuring and giving to
her.
About three weeks ago, she was brought
. home to die—it being apparent that she Mas
rapidly sinking. Her husband remained at Le
, Roy, and about ten days since, having been
, sent lor, be came here, staid a few hours, re
. j turned to Le Roy, told persons there that he
; Mas accused of having poisoned his Mife, and
. I by them uas advised to come back here and
! stay till her decease. He expressed his deter-
I initiation to do so—packed up his property and
left that village. He has not been here, nor
.' been heard of since. Previous to his departure,
. lie told a person that his wife was going to die,
. and mentioned what he desired to have done
. with his child. To Dr. Hoyt he slated that he
L would be or M-as suspected of having given her
. j poison, and said —"Doctor I want you to be on
i niv side."
! "
i On Wednesday morning, Mrs. Urbon died,
; having suffered dreadfully for many days. This
I afternoon a post mortem examination of the bo
! 1 dv Mas made, when indications were discover
' : ed which greatly strengthen the suspicion that
' her death M-as caused by some extraneous irri
' tant introduced into the stomach. The stomach
1 | has been preserved, and is to undergo a chemi
-1 j cal examination. The body was almost blood
-1 less.— Syracuse Republican.
SINGULAR MODI: OF INFLICTING VENOM. — A
■ Mr. G. Lynch has suffered intensely during the
> week from the effects of venomous matter thrown
; into his lace, last Monday, by an insect called
,; the armadillo. This worm was lying upon Ihe
■ [ ground, coiled up, and he, perceiving it, held
> i down his head and spirted some tobacco juice
- | upon it, when it immediately threw up its tail,
! 1 emitting at the same time a small quantity of
■ ! juicy matter, which lodged upon Mr. Lynch's
- lace, when the flesh around the eyes instantly
) j commenced to swell, and the pain was so in
! tense that it produced temporary aberration of
- mind. The venom, however, was speedily ex
- traded bj a physician, and we are happy to
; slate that lie is now rapidly recovering.
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