\ GEO. W.
NEW SERIES.
Sdcct |3octrrj.
THE MOTHERLESS.
frivt help anil shield The motherless,
i he stricken, bleedini dovp—
For whom there pushes no rich fount
Of deep and deathless love !
The saddest title grief confers—
For who so lone as they,
I'pon whose path a mother's love
Sheds not its holy ray.
N~o gentle form above them bends
To sooth the couch of pain—
No voice so fond as her's essays
To calm the feverish brain,
Oh, other tongues may whisper love.
In accents soft and mild;
But none on earth so pure as that ~-
A mother bears her child !
Judge kindly of the motherless—
A weary 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 p ; es-,
"And if they ganji a keimin wrung,"
(Jod held the motherless f
And when the sinful and the frail,
The tempted and the tried.
Unspotted one ! shall cross thy path,
Oh, spurn them not aside.
Thou knowest not what thou hadst been
With trials even less—
And when thy lips would vent reproach,
Think, they were m the.rlea !
A blessing or. the motherless,
Where'er they dwell on earth,
Within the home of childhood,
Or at the stranger's hearth ?
Blue lie the sky above their heads,
And bright be the sun within,
O Ood protect the motherless,
And keep them tree from sill!
151 OF W. JIMS L. ORB,
OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
AT THE DEMOCRATIC CELEBRA
TION IN INDEPENDENCE SQUARE,
July 4, 1854.
Mr. President and Ftllow-Citizens of Ph}-*'
lade/phin: —The day we celebrate is ct#iseci wyjd
in the affections of the American people, and
this morning's dawn was ushered in by the boom- 1
ing of a thousand cannons. Who can tell hut
the melting rays of to-dav's sun*are IvfHcal of
tlie fervent patriotism which glows in the A- 1
merican heart? To the remotest borders of this '
great confederacy, one unbroken stream of
grateful gratulat.on pours out fioin this same '
American heart to the same Supreme Ruler of
the I diverse, who heard the prayers of otir
fathers, and who has preserved to their posteri
ty the rich legacy left hy the Revolution. 1
It the day brings so much of gladness to our '
countrymen everywhere, need it excite surprise
tiiut its return is enthusiastically hailed by the
vast concourse of Philadelphians who throng this
square. If there be any one portion above an- '
other of our countrymen who should hallow, 1
revere, and celebrate the natal day of our liber- 1
ties, it is the people of Philadelphia. (Cheers.] '
He are standing now within the shadow of in- 1
dependence Hail. The same walls without that '
now echo my voice, seventy-eight years ago s
echoed within the patriotic words of Jefferson,
and Franklin, and Hancock, and their noble as- c
sociates. Your fathers then stood where von 1
lib w w standing, when they mutually pledged 1
tion to Oi.'iV , their fortunes and their sacred '
zan. Tn the gr-,ii ,-leplaration which has been x
so sorely affected the credit _. nH ,h,. t ., one and ;
services were of the most emift- , rs j r
He was constantly at his post, torn. causes a
all attacks upon thehonoi of the State, b. _ t;
ly voting for and sustaining every practica, ,
scheme for the maintenance of her fidelity, re-'
gardlessofconsequenc.es personal to himself.— i
We recur to the part which our candidate act- j
ed in those critical times with pride and pleasure,
and we are confident that thousands of our po
litical opponents at Philadelphia and elsewhere
will join with Us in this feeling.
He was the early advocate of engrafting the
principle ortndividnal liability on hank charters
—of the abolition of imprisonment for debt, and
of every measure intended to do justice to the
laboring masses, and elevate their condition in j
life. '
His report on the TarilFin 184-7 stands in proud
contrast with the feeble and abortive efforts of
his enemies in the Senate, who attempted to
break him down on that question. It was a
masterly production, eloquent in language and .
sound in doctrine.
As much may he snid of his speech made the j
same session on the policy of constructing the
Pennsylvania Railroad. When Represent*- j
fives from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh denounc- j
ed the project as impracticable, as a ruse and a ,
trick, Gov. BIOLRR advocated the feasibility of j
the route, and the utility of the work, foretelling |
w - hat has since taken place, with remarkable j
accuracy. And it mav not be improper at this j
juncture to remind the people of Philadelphia j
and Pittsburgh of the significant fact, that when j
Gov. BIGLER was advocating the construction .
"fa Railroad by a direct route from one city to ,
tlie other, through our own State, a portion of
the Representatives from botii those cities, ad
vocated the policy of making this connexion by
a circuitous route, passing through two other
States. Indeed, in every exigency that has:
arisen in the last ten years, Governor Bigler has
been the staunch advocate of the true interests
of our great commercial emporium, and her ci
tizens will not, we tiust, forget this fact on the
day of the election.
His election in 1 S3l was a triumph of broad
i 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, arid prospered,
and expanded far beyond the most sanguine im
agination ol the most hopeful devotee of liberty.
Our shores are washed bjTthe two great oceans
east and west. Nearly one half of the North 1
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 25,000,000. From poverty and ig
norance and weakness we have grown rich, in
telligent, and strong. Our sails whiten every
| sea, and our enterprise and energy penetrate
I 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
i 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
late the domestic policy of their distant depen
dencies. They imposed duties upon tea, with
out consulting us, and in every manner asserted
( (har 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. 1 hey petitioned, importuned, re
monstrated the British government without avail
—they took their rights in their own keeping,
and alter a long and doubtful struggle, 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 issud its ortho
doxy lias not been questioned for seventv-ewlit
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 ol Kansas and J\ : e-
ol governing themselves,
aiid;jptt M"' must assume the same
territories as the
nParliament the colonies. Where
is the American (hading in the bosom of anvjf
man, who from fanatical zeal for the AfriuyS
slave, whose condition he cannot
willing to renounce tins great doctnnp of.fWr
fatbers 1- ism arwrfaiiaticism
mistake the heart ol this country in supposing
that when they crv out against slavery, that it
will cause the people to repudiate the principles
upon which the Government is based. jCheers.]
J h>' country owes my distinguished friend who
will follow me, the "little giant of the great
west, 1 Senator Douglass [immense applause.] a
debt ol gratitude fbis 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—the one so
fiercely assailed by Whigs and Abolitionists—
is the very principle lor which our fathers
fotighl the Revolution. Will you now take the
side ol the British Parliament'!
1 lie people of Kansas and Nebraska have had
conferred upon them, by Congress, the right to
regulate their own domestic concerns according
totheir own wishes and inclinations, is it right?
Who will say it is wrong? Who knows best
what are the ants of our fellow-citizens in the
valley ol the Kansas, or the upper Missouri, (he
representatives they elect to tliejrown territori
al legislature or the Congress of the United
States, where not a single member, perhaps, has
: gade a loot-print in Kansas or Nebraska, and
coinh. would most likely legislate wisely for
him for thai'jinna! Legislature or Congress ?
■ lature, and much goon \stion carries the answer
In the Governor's Messa-. now lias the right
he placed the axe at the root ot Uux ♦here' in
this spreading Upas, by declaring most empu...
icallv, that lie should no longer participate ii
that offensive system of legislation; and that tfit
whole [lower of the Executive Department
should be wielded against it. This sentiment
received the universal approbation of all parties,
I The General Assembly acted on the suggestion,
I and the people are presented with the law sol
1854-, each separate from the other, and stand
ing on its own merits. This has never occur
red before, since the organization of the Govern
ment. Had the present administration no oth
' er claim, this alone should command the favor
: able judgment of Che people.
The policy of the administration, is now well
' defined on ail subjects, and its continuance can
j riot faii <o promote the substantial welfare ot the
; people. At the time of its induction into pow
: er, a number of improvements were in progress
|of construction, which have cost a much larger
; sum than had been anticipated, and thiscircum
j stance, it is true, has to some extent embarrass
;ed the policy of the administration. But it must
i be remembered, that these schemes were nut
I commenced at the instance of Governor Bigler.
, They had been undertaken before he came into
j office: and the wise policy seemed to he to prose
cute them to an early completion. Indeed it
has been declared as a fixed policy of the ad
| ministration, that no new schemes of improve
ment shall be commenced.
Nor has the honor and diginty of the State
been permitted to suffer in any instance. When
the executive of a neighboring stale refused to
surrender a fugitive from justice, against whom
a true bill of indictment for kidnapping had been
| lound in the county of Chester, the right and
i dignity of the Commonwealth was vindicated
BEDFORD, PA. FlllD.tf MORXING, AUGUST 4, 1854.
i its wisdom. The support of the ministry, 'th<
execution of church buildings and all outlays fo
spiritual objects is left to the volition of the ci(i
zen. He can give or withhold. The law Be]
cognizes no sect or denomination, all wiya,
and equally protected. How has it
We have as moral a nation as any upon tn[
globe. We hav eas many professors of religioi
for our population. Our churches are more nuirt
erous and as well furnished as in any othe
country, and piety and religion nowhere ha
more reverence and respect than in the Unite!
States.
Hr. Jefferson, whose name is insepayablj
united, and must so continue thmu£h time, witlj
tree government—lie who penned that grea!
declaration—was president of the "United Stated
—the father of the Democratic party, and the
great apostle of republicanism—lie who spent a
long and eventful life in the arduous "-service oi
his country, when the weight of vt*<ys pressed
sorely upon his tottering frame, in the quiet
solitude of his own Monticello, calmly review
ing his own history, he selected 4nree greal
achievements to carry fiis name
directed this inscription upon the granite obe
lisk that should mark the spot whgre he lies:—
"Thoma.l Jefferson, the author of the declara
tion of Independence, the nut/tor of the Statute
°f I ingiuitt, establishing religious freedom.
and the tattler of the University of Virginia."
[Cheers.) . °
He considered the establishment of religions
freedom, an achievement \frthv to be classed
by the side of the declaration of independence.
He knew the enormities growing ont oi a union
of church and State. He knew that such a
junction was at war with personal libertv as
well as with true religion, and time has shown
that the State prospers best independent of re
ligion, and religion prospers best independent
of the State. We must keep them separate,
confine each to its sphere, if our future is to
continue bright and prosperous as our past.
I here lias recently been some commotion on
the political boards, growing out of, it is said,
a new secret politiey-reJigious association. T
"Knov•> A'ol/iing" of its faith or its hopes.—
(Cheering and laughter among the Democrats.)
It is supposed that its purpose is to supplant
the Catholic religioif and to ostracise every'
person who was not horn UJHJJI American soil,
and every one whose lather was not born here.
Now this is a different policy from tlie one our
fathers pursued invited here everv foreign
er to our ick Henry was indig
nant posed to exclude sucb as
turned i<nd fled the country during
Pie revolution. It is assumed by this associu-
tliat lhi> Priests of the (JaUmlft Church ex
ercise politicai influence overmeir member*.—
This may or niay not be so. Ido not profess &,
know. ITia've no affinities witli Tlie
(Ihurch. I was reared under the teachings of
the shorter catechism and the Westmirster con
fession ol faith. There are not fifty Catholics
or one hundred naturalized or un/aturalized
foreigners in my congressional dstrict, and
hence my peifect exemption from my personal
or political considerations in forming a judgment
with reference to this new nssociamn.
Suppose it true that the prints meddle in
politics, we all unite in condensing it, for we
think Church and State sliouldbe kept separ
ate; hut this new organization proceeds to a po
litico-religious association, s'cret, holding its
meetings clandestinely, t counteract the
priests. The end then is tf justify the means,
but two wrongs will not ir:ke one right. The
'Know Nothings" do tlv very tiling which
they complain of the prints for doing, f do
not perceive ariy difference between Catholic
Jesuitism arid Protestant Jesuitism—both are
intoletant. Jut in thiscouritry 1 protest in the
name of our ancestors, who were all foreign
ers, in the name of the Constitution, iu the name
)f liberty itself, against a send political organi
sation which fears to avow its principles, which
shrinks from their discussion rind which makes
its members, by secret pledges, spies in every
household. There is no excuse in this country
lor seciet political societies. Every measure
in the Federal and State Legislatures under
goes public scrutiny and del,ate. No citizen is
>r ought to be afraid to avow his political senti
ments, and the secrecy which marks the pro
ceedings of this order shows that they do or say
somethings which they are aliaid or ashamed
; the world to know, it is time that the eyes
I ditto-., v.rjfry should he turned towards them,
his personal ~ discountenanced until they
head and heart, \. : s v j o |jjji ve 0 f t| ie <r,. n ius
idence, than is lurn. en( . and wil l |, ear hit
zealous support extender... j> pJantv(K
I bors and those who knew h. e | ections _p o |i_
>We do not doubt his triumphal. ~ ~,,,r art| .
i But let us, fellow-citizens, in ac.o rac( j C( , a
views presented Cor your consideracrising the
last address, again ask your attention ' ar d of
nient, to the aspect of the opposition tq IJcra _
cratic nominees. The Whigs as a pat] the I
no principles to bind them together: ; l im .
State nor national policy on which to ra has'
One after another, in rapid succession •Vice j
measures of public policy have been rejects
the people and utterly abandoned by themsel P
The operations of time and experience ha
falsified all their former dogmas. The Bank c
the United States—the Bankrupt act—the di|t
tribution of the proceeds of the sales of the pullt
lie lands—the tariff of 184-2 or indeed any tafr
iff avowedly for protection—have ail becomU
"obsolete ideas"—descended to "the tomb 4
the Cnpulets." Hostility to territorial extent,
sion in germral,. including the acquisition ofr
Louisiana and Texas—hostility to the Indepen-1
dent Treasury—the tariff of 184(>—to the war
with Mexico—to the acquisition of California—
to the liability of stockholders in banks and cor
porations generally, together with their terrific,
descriptions of the usurpations and tyranny of
the one man or qualified veto power, with
which the constitution of the general govern
ment, and the constitutions ol the several States,
have wisely clothed the chief magistrates of the
States and the nation—have become dead stock
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
I The eyes of your sister States are upon you,
and we shall look anxiously to see you foil up
your accustomed majorty for Bigler, elect true
Democrats to Congress and your Legislature,
and parry out the principles which have so
gji-atly promoted the honor and glow of the
wholy sountry. [Long continued cheering ]
THE
A TALE OP THE FK ON TIER. WAR.
. husband's rifle '*' she shouted springing
9 her feet, and rushing across the cabin, she
|)>iethe weapon and accoutremerils from the
foil. But on trying the piece with the ram
gad it proved to be unloaded. She thrust her
aandjnto the pouch, but it contained nothing
,ut musket balls, which her husband had pur
chased a few days before, to run into bullets
suitable lor his rifle. Ihe powder horn was
ull, but 'ot what use was the powder jvithout
h< hall ? Dropping the weapon she rung her
lands in despair. Suddenly an idea struck her
she one of the' bullets, placed it be
ei-n her teeth, and by exertion
it it in twcx Dashing a charge of powder in-
J the barrel, she ranuyed down one of the
t'Pgments, primed and the piece, and
be- next moment its muzzle protiuded through
ie aperture, and covered the oodv of the chief
ow advancing gt the head of the paity towards
ie house. The quick eye of the savage caught
ie glimmer U the rifle sight as the sun Fell
|>ori it, and he stooped, hut before he had time
• make a' rush, Miriam's finger pressed the
agger. When the pull of smoke from thedis
nce bad cleared away, she saw him clutching
i the air in the vain etlbrt to recover himself,
etore the other Indians, who seemed paralyzed
>" the unexpected catastrophe, could afford
m any assistance, he threw his hands above
s head, and whirling quickly around fell upon
A shout of triumph burst from the lips of Mi
nn aj she saw the effects ot the avenging shot,
"Ltiien withdrawing from the loop-hole, she
mmenced re-loading'the rifle.
Ihe Indians remained motionless for a few
conds, transfixed with astonishment, and then
teiT the body of their chief, withdrew to a r—
ectlul distance Iroin the cabin, and the in- \
ttes half believed their peril was over. But j
•'V were deceived.
After getting out of gun-shot, the savages
istered together and appeared to he in close
uversAtion. Ai the expiration of the pow
'W ? having apparently agreed upon their plan
action, gang took open order and
'''if'iliHiteC'it 11 ou ' ai 'd the
up, ivunarn Cook, who
allowstationed at another loaj^hot..
her rifle, and the unlucky Wyandot!
ii through both legs, dropped in his tracks
.vi an involuntary shriek of agony. The
it-is kept on, and reaching the cabin, six of
!n clambered on the roof, while the other
it commenced firing on the doors and cutting
ipings in the logs. Those on the root qtiick
yindied a fire on the shingles, which were
iu in a blaze. The destruction of the cabin
uits inmates now seemed, inevitable.
'here was a hogshead half full o.' water in
Hiouse. .Miriam, bucket in hand, mounted
il -ft, and Hope and A lie* supplied her with 1
uer from below; by which she contrived to 1
•figuish the flames as fast as they broke out,
Me she herself enveloped and almost stifloca
leby steam and smoke, was in visible to the as
>aut. At length the water was exhausted,
none of the Indians observing that the efforts
ale besieged party were slackening ventured
look<- his head through one of the holes that
bbeen burned in the roof, to see how the
la lay. The undaunted Miriam was standing
utiii a few feet of the opening, and at the ni
di she whirled the empty bucket around his
lil. and whirling it with a swing of her arm,
stjk him directly in the forehead with a sharp
e of tile stave. She heard the bones crash
athe victim groan, a moment after he was
il'nawav by his campanions, three of whom
bended iroin the roof, bearing him in their
ai.
iriam now thought she heard the two re
ining savages tearing the upper logs off'the
tbhimney, and presuming they intended to
et an entrance that way, she ran down stairs
to-pare for them. "The feather bed ! the
Iter bed !" she shouted as she reached the
kr room, and this much priz'-d article in a
frier, man's inventory of household chatties,
wquickly brought forth ami thrown in the
h tin- place. By this time one of the Imli
atad fairly got into the chimney, The sav
apadean effort to scramble up again, but the
pet effluvia of the feathers overcame liimj
ahe fell heavily on the hearth stone. In
tkieanlime Miriam had grasped the rifle and
hit ready for his reception. Scarcely had
huched the floor, when the iron-bound point
o* breech crushed through his skull. The
o who had caught a whiff ol the vajior in
t ifo avoid a like fate, hastily descended from
tbof.
ur of the thirteen Indians were now kill
•ot these casualties only added new fury to
'Wnainder. They well knew that the cabin
occupied by women only—and nothing
d be more degrading in the eyes of swarthy
■iorsthan to be baffled by a parcel of squaws.
• now furiously assailed the door with torn-
Lbs. To this proceeding the inmates could
resistance. In striking the savage who
I Men down the chimney, Miriam had bro
fy lock of her husband's ride, the onlv
j >y bad, and now handing the weapon to
, ; er-in-law, she armed herself with the
Voung McAndre,' which stood in the cor
,l ! prepared hers.-II tor the last extremity
f /look herself to a very formidable weap-
I slaughter knife of the establishment, and
j nod, the three women ranged thcmseves
[ er side of the dour, deteruiined to sell
their lives as dearly as possible.
In hall an hour the Indians had nearly cu
two planks out of the d<?br, beneath the bar,;
space just sulhcient for a man to force his
through in a stooping posture. They brough
heavy pieces from the adjacent pile, and usinj
them as battering ram's soon beat in the weak
ened portion of the door, and at the same tim.
driving the articles which had been piacec
against the door 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 hat! a double design—that of kill-
Big or maiming some or the occupants, and get
ting in under cover of the smoke.
Before the deafening sounds had ceased the
feather crested head of the Wyandott warrior
parted the smoke cloud that had obscured the
interior; but, as lie rose from a stooping posture,
on entering, Miriam's axe descended with tre
mendous force, cutting through the collar bone
into the chest. Hedropped with a wity crv—half
defiance, half agony. Another savage follow
ed—and another—each to sink in turn tinder
the axe of the courageous matron. The fifth
she missed—but instantly grappled with him
and held him powerless in her arms while Alice
plunged the knife in his bosom. Of the next
two that entered, one was disabled by a severe
blow 0:1 his head from Hope's rifle, and the oth
er very nearly decapitated by Miriam's well di
rected axe.. _
Of tile thirteen bronzed warriors who had
left their war tribe for their war path a few
days before, only two were unwounded and ca
pable 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 f.'ar
rollton Railroad were approaching the city, a
little girl alxiiit three years old ran in front of
the engine,.and stopped on the center of the
track. The brakeman attempted to stop the en
gine as soon as the child w as' perceived, hut on
and on hurried the iron monster, and just as it
was about to crush into the earth the beauteous
victim which thus so innocently b.aved its com
ing, the strong hand of an athletic voung man
was Stretched forth, and, at the hazard of ano
ther life, the S|ved.
lioud was tlie snout of applause from the few
who witnessed the daring deed, and in triumph
a mother s feelings on such an occasion''?. C
be more than vain. She felt as a mother onlv
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, siie looked and spoke her thanks.
i lie mother was a widow, young and lair as
the incarnation of a poet's dream : and, withal,
she was blessed with no little ot this world's
goods. Of course she was 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 what he considered to be his duty, and so
the matter tor the time rested.
Since then an intimacy has sprung up be
tween the young man and the grateful widow,
ami the result was, that yesterday they went
together to Mobile, where the widow's name at
the Hymeneal altar is to be changed, and the
young man is to become not only the protector,
but the step-father of the child lie saved.
May the joys of the twain increase, and their
days be many.—.V. (). True Delia.
Slick to oue Pursuit.
1 here cannot be a greater error than to be
frequently turning about from one's business.
II a man will look around and notice who have
got rich and who have not, among those he
started life with, lie will find that the success
ful have generally stuck to some one pursuit.
Two lawyers, lor example, begin lo practice
at the same time. One devotes his whole mind
to his profession ; lays ir. slowly a stock of leeal
learning, and waits patiently," it may be Tor
years, till lie gains an opportunity to'show his
superiority. The other, tiring of such slow
work, dashes into jiohtics. 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.
One remains with his former employers, or at
least in the same line of trade, at first on a small
salary, then on a larger, until finally, if be is
meritorious, he is taken into partnership. The
other thinks it beneath him to fdl a subordinate
position, now that he lias become a man, and
accordingly starts in some other business on
his own account, or undertakes a new firm in
the old line ot 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
quires a distaste for his trade, however, thinks
if is a tedious way to get ahead, and sets out
for the West or California. But, in most cases,
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
the world, a sort of semi-civilized Arab' really
a vagrant in character, and sure lo die insolv
ent. Meanwinle his fellow apprentice, who
has staid at home, practising economy and
working steadily at his trade, has grown com
fortable in his circumstance#, and is even per
hajis a citizen of mark.
1 here are men ol ability m every wall; of
TERfIS, $2 PER YEAR.
life, who are notorious for not getting along.
Lsually it is because they never stick to anv
one business. Just when they have mastered
one pursuit and are on the point of makW
money, they change it for another, which thev
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
tuiled in lite, are those who never stuck to one
thing long. On the other hand, your prosper
ous mail, 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 ol Tenth and Jefferson streets, resulting
in the death ol two men and the injuring ofa
third. It appears that Mr. John Kellv, the
owner of a cess poo! in the rear of his dwelling,
at that place, had determined to sink a well
adjoining to it. The well had been dug out to
the proper depth, when Mr. K. descended into
it for the purpose of making some further exca
vations when the walls of the cess pool caved in,
burying him beneath the mass of filth, and suf
focating him instantly. Mr. James Lawfor,
who was employed upon the work, immediate
ly descended into the well to extricate Mr.
Kelly, when he was overcome by the torrent of
matter streaming from 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 onp or !oth of the unfor
tunate men, but he was likewise overcome with
tlit* foul air, and would have inevitably perish
ed but for the efforts of several men who were
att,acted to the place, who dragged hirn out in
a state of insensibility. After considerable
trouble and prompt medical attention, he was'
restored to consciousness. The bodies of the
deceased were taken out soon afterwards antl
conveyed to their respective residences. Thev
Were both married men. Kelly leaves a wife
arm Law lor a wife and six children to mourn
their sad bereavement.
SFITS FOR DAMAGES AGAINST RAILROADS.—
In the Superior Court of Baltimore, as we see bv
the Patriot, the parties injured on the Balti
more and Susquehanna Railroad by the collision
on the 4th July, as well as those who have lost
friends trom the same cause, have already com
menced entering suits against the company for
damages. Mr. MALCOLM, COWL*II for MADISON
JETFKRS, who was dreadfully injured himself,
and had led at his side, has entered
two being laid at $30,000 in
each case. 'counsel for Mrs." JOHN
SON, who of her family, has en
tered a suit of the State of Mary
land, use of SARAH ELIZABETH and
Jos. H. JOHNSSN, against the Company; dam- (
ages being being laid at $20,000. It is" stated V
*' * company have settled several cases bv
compromise W nr F a, lS inklrt .o on the
casion.
Mysterious Death—Suspected Poisoning.
For several days past, rumors of a painful
character have been in circulation in reference
to the mysterious illness of Mrs. Ellen Urbon,
a daughter of Mr. C. .Marvin, No. 50 Warren
street. It seems that nearly two years ego Airs.
E., then aged 16, was married to a German
music teacher, Alexander Urbon, in this city,
and subsequently went with him to Le Rov,
Genesee county, to reside. Last winter she
was delivered of a child, and soon after was at
tacked with a nursing sore mouth. Her system
was much reduced by these causes. Some six
weeks ago, it is alleged, she was suddenly ta
ken much worse, and complained of symloms
that led to a belief that she had been poisoned
by her husband—the poison supposed to have
been administered by him in some Jerhonade
(hat he insisted upon procuring and giving to
her. • D
About three weeks ago, she was brought
home to die—it being apparent that she was
rapidly sinking. Her husband remained at L>*
Roy, and about ten days since, having been
sent for, he came here, staid a few hours, re
turned fo Le Roy, told persons there that lie
was accused of having poisoned his wife, and
by them was advised to come back here and
stay till her decease. He expressed his deter
mination to do so—packed up his property and
left that village. He has not been here, nor
been heard ofsir.ee. Previous to his departure,
he 'old a person that his wife was going to die
and mentinn-d what he desired to * have done
with his child. To Dr. Hoyt he stated that he
would be or was suspected of having given her
poison, and said—"Doctor I want you to be on
my side."
On Wednesday morning, Airs. Urbon died,
having suffered dreadfully for many days. This
afternoon a post mortem examination ol the bo
dy was made, when indications were discover
ed which greatly strengthen the suspicion that
her death was caused by some extraneous irri
tant introduced into the stomach. The stomach
lias been pr< served, and is to undergo a chemi
cal examination. The body was almost blood
less.—Syracuse Republican.
SINGULAR MODE OF INFLICTING VENOM A
Mr. G. Lynch has suffered intensely during the
week from theeffectsof venomous matter thrown
into his face, last Monday, by an insect called
the armadillo. 1 his worm was lying upon the
ground, coiled up, and he, perceiving it, held
down Lis head and spirted some tobacco juice
upon it, when it immediately threw up its tail,
emitting at the same time a small quantity of
juicy matter, which lodged upon Air. Lvnch's
lace, when the flesh around the eyes instantly
commenced 1o swell, and the pain was so in
tense that it produced temporary aberration of
mind. The venom, however, was speedily ex -
tracted bv a physician, and we are happy to
state that he is now rapidly recovering.
(Cat.) Chronicle,
VOL. XXII, NO. 52.