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"\cvcr C ourt B>it One."
I have finished ir, the letter,
That ill tell him he is tree;
Frnrn this hour anil torever,
lie is nothing more to me !
And my heaiT feels lighter, gayer,
Since the (ieed at last is ilone— /
I will Uach hurt that when courting
lie should never court but one.
F.verybod'y in the village
Knows he's beep a wooing me,
And this morning he was riding
With that saucy Anna Lee.
They say he smiled upon her,
A e he canteied by her side,
And I'll warrant you he promised
To make her soon his bride.
lint I've finished it, the letter.
From this moment he is free—
lie may have her if he wants her,
If he loves her more than rr>p.
He may go—it will not kill me—
I would say the same. s 0 there
II I knew it would, tor flirting,
Is more than 1 can hear.
It is twilight and the evening.
That he said he'd visit me—
But no doubt he's now with Anna.
Me may stay There, Too. for me !
And as true as I'm a living.
It he ever comes here more,
I'll act as if we never.
Never, never met before.
It is time he should he coming,
And I wonder if he will :
If he ,'ons I'll look as coldly
What's tha* shadow on the hill ?
1 declare, out in the twilight,
There is some one coming near—
Can it he? ye-, 'tis a figure,
Just as true a s 1 am here.
Now I almost wish I'd wrilten
Not to him that he wa- free,
For perhaps 'twas hut a story
That he rode with Anna Lee.
There he's coming thro' the gate-way,
I'll meei hirr. at the door,
And I'll tell him still I love him.
If he'll court Miss Lee no more!
THE BI'RDELL MURDER CASE.
On Saturday evening last the trial of Mrs.
Cunningham for the murder of Dr. Burdell, was
brought to a close hv a verdict from the jury of
"Not Guiltv." The \. V. Herald gives the
follow ing particulars :
At twenty five minutes to S o'clock the jury
entered and took" th"ir seats in lite box. The
Clerk (Mr. Henry Vendervoor)fook his position
in the witness chair, to call over the names of
the jurors and to put the usual formal questions
to them.
As a precaution against a probable manifesta
tion of feeling on the rendition of the verdict,
the folding doors between the principal Court
and the Marine Court were drawn together, and
the immense audience in the latter Court thus
shut out from witnessing the last deeply exci
ting scene.
Th e usual firms h* ing gone through, the jury
returned a verdict of not guilty.
(Some manifestation- of applause.)
Mrs. Cunningham was so agitated that she
heard not the words that the foreman uttered,
and did not know what the verdict was till her
counsel whispered it to her: tlmn she sank hack
overpowered by her feelings.
Mrs. Cunningham and tier daughters were
then conducted out of Court into one of (lie
Judge's chambers, and there fir some time re
reived the congratulation of her friends .on the
hnppv termination of the prosecution. We un
derstand that thev returned to the fatal house in
Bond street.
The verdict seemed to afford very genera!
satisfaction. Judge Da vies privately expressed
himself pleased with it.
Judge Da vies (to the Jurors) —Gentlemen
you are discharged from further attendance. I
regretted to have to impose so heavy a task up
on you, but I think von are all satisfied that the
Court did itsdntv in that respect.
The jurors then retired, each shaking hands
with and complimenting the Judge, and the
Judge reciprocating the compliment.
Mr. Eckel's council then addressed the Court
in favor of a motion to discharge him on hail tor
the following reasons:
The whole of tile prosecutor's theory against
Mr. Eckel, under which he has been indicted
rind restrained of his liberty for three months,
has been that he as the paramour of the prisoner
just discharged, aided and participated in the
commission of the murder. In other words,
Ihat he was a kind of principal in the second de
gree, or, at all events, had some knowledge
which might render him amenable as accessory
before the fact. Now. whatever his relation to
the crime was, if he had any relations fo it at
all, it is evident that he did not occupy, under
the theorv of the prosecution disposed of by the
present verdict, the relation of a principal in
the first degree, because the" prisoner who has
just been discharged has been indicted as the
sole actor in the commission of the murder.
Judge Davies, (to counsel) —What is the a
mnnnt of Mr. Eckel's property ?
Counsel (after a whisper from his client)
From ten thousand to fifteen thousand dollars, 1
understand.
Judge Davies—Would five thousand dollars
hail he adequate ?
Tile District Attorney—Ample.
Judge Davies (to the Clerk) —Take Mr. Eck
el's recognizance in five thousand dollars.
The recognizance was taken, and Mr. Eckel
was discharged from custody.
The Closing Scene—S/ieccfi of the .Murderer— I
liis Sentence.
The Court—"David Stringer M'Kim, stand
up.— Have you anything to say why sentence
of death should not he pronounced upon you.
Prisoner—Yes sir! Honored Judge, and r.ll
of you gentlemen, I am charged with a crime,
which, before my God, ami before you ail, 1 am
innocent ! lam charged with the murder of
Samuel T. N'orcross, hv killing him with a club
and cutting his throat with a razor. Before my
God, and hefiire you all, lam innocent. 1 got
off the cars fifteen or twenty miles west of Al- ;
toona, at a stopping place, f do not remember
the name, and a man named Robinson, 1 don't
know his first name, I was intorduced to him
on the cars, went on with Noreross. I am
charged with killing Samuel T. N'orcross with j
a club, and cutting his throat with a razor,
which before you, honored sir, and before all
vou, gentlemen, (turning around to the audi
ence,) and before my God, I am innocent !
There has been men here who swore false j
against me. There has been a man here who
sit there (pointing to the witness stand) who I
said I was there when Mr. N'orcross got his
money. Honored sir, this is not so; before inv
God lie was not there, it was another man.— j
There has been a man here who said I took
breakfast at Altoona, and before mv God J did
not. I was in Altoona, and saw Noreross there.
He was iriv friend, and I treated him as a broth
er. J have been charged with a crime for
which I am to suffer, which before my God,
and vou, Honored sir,of which lam noEguiltv. ;
There lias been a man here, who sit there, ami
said that he saw rue shave N'orcross with a ra
zor. I never shaved N'orcross, nor ever sha- j
ved myself since I left home; before n>v God
I did not. I had a black-handled razor, hut
that one found beside Noreross, which they a
bused me about, was not mine. He never saw
rim shave Noreross nor myself, ami he swore lo
v hat was not true. Honored Judge, they say
that i killed N'orcross hv beating bis brains out
with a clnh, and cutting his thn.at with a ra
zor, w hen I did not. Honored Judge, and all
vou here now. 1 ain to be hung for a crime I
did not do. There has need men here, sitting
there, who said 1 had no mom \ when J lent
that man thirty-five dollars in gold and he rov
er paid me back to this day. They say I had
no money when I had, and witnesses have come
to this Court House to have rite fiung lor some
thing I did not do. The crinw I urn charged
with, murdering Samuel T. Norcrr-s, I did not
.
do, before irv God I did not do it, 1 am an inno
cent man, yet I know I am about to suffer death
for it in a few da vs. That's uI I have lo say
sir."
During the delivery of thi< address the pris
oner exhibited wohdeiful caFinm.-s and the
most intense energy of* manner o arked evr\
idea lie utt'-red. Ilis person was erect, his head
thrown back, his eys restless but full of fire.—
He gesticulated with piopriety and effect.—
His voice lull, char, firm ami sonorous', iang
through tim Court room which w as still as death.
His tone and manner wo re terribly t< no-ntra
ted arid impressive. His v.-rv soul seemed strug
gling to impress its * ivid • motions on the audi
ence. No man who witnessed tim aw lul scene
can ever forget it.
TIIK SENTENCE.
Judge Taylor then proceeded to sentence the
prisoner, prefacing .t with the following re
marks :
A jury chos ti hv yourself, after n full ami
patient hearing of \onr case, and all that the
zeal and ingenuity of your counsel urged in
your behalf, have found you guilty of the wil
ful deliberate ami premeditated murder of Sam
uel Townseiid Noreross. An! although von
stiil deny it, the finding of the jury fixes v in
guilt, and we are constrained to say, notwith
standing your denial, that this court entirely
approve of that verdict.
Your ciime, though perp Cated, and no
doubt stipnos! d hv vou at (he time to be hidden
and covered up, in darkness, has been brought
by the evidence against you into clear and un
clouded light. Let your unhappy case serve as
aw arning, that crime, and especially the crime
of murder, though committed with the ntnost
secresv, and when no human eye se.s, no hu
man ear hears, is stiil not hidden and pas! fin
ing out.
Your guilt has not only been made plainly
manifest, but it has appeared in the hideous fact
of the inns! deliberate, treacherous, crmd ar.d
unmanly murder. Your victim was a sickly,
dedicate youth, w ho, in nnsusj ecting confidence,
had placed himself in your charge, and in your
power, on his journey home to his friends.—
We shudder—the heart sickness—as the scene
of that morning rises before us. and we imagine
the look and the feelings of that confiding, but
bet raved youth, when he sees the strong arm on
which he had leaned, and to w hu_h he looked
fiir assistance and protection, raised against his
life! But we forbear. We do not speak to
wound your feelings, hut to irr.piess on you our
solemn conviction that in view of the clearness
with which your guilt has been established, and
the aggravated heinousnei-s of your crime, the
judgment now about to pe pronounced, w ill cer
tainly be carrier! into execution. And we ear
nestly exhort vou to look, as your only hop",
the only refuge before you, to Infinite M> re v.
—lt only lemains to pronounce the sentence of
the law which is
That you David Stringer M'Kim, be taken
hence to the place from whence you came,
within the walls of the jail, county of Blair, and
from thence to the [ lace of execution within
the w alls or yard of the iai! of the county of
Blair aforesaid, and tfiat vou he there iM.xoEt)
BY THE XEC'K UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD ! And 11)3)'
God have rnercv on your soul!
No perceptible degree of emotion, nor the
least tremor, was to be noticed in the prisoner
as lie donrl before the Judge and received the
death- sentence. \\ hen his honor had conclu
ded, he remained in l hp same position, gazing
intently, with a pitiful look, upon the Judge,
j and did not move until requested by I lie Slier- •'
iff to sit down. He was removed to his eel!
J shortly aftet wards, where we visited and con
versed with him. In prison his manner was
i changed ; he was excited, restless, ami the ir
resistab!e ficiceness of his small grey eyes,
! while stalking back and forth in his gloomy
dungeon, with manacled limbs, betokened feel
ings terrible and pregnant with meaning.
David Stringer M'Kimrias had a fair trial.—
i TLI e evidence against him was clear, conclu
sive, and uncontradicted, presenting a chain of
circumstances, each link sustained by the other,
pointing with undoubted certainty to him as
j the perpetrator of the fiendish and most unnat
; oral murder.
Siariifse I'emt&Se Koßiit i'x-
The following description of the King of St
and's female military body-guard, though not
entirely new, is int-iv>ting from is minuteness.
It appears in the Moniteur tie /' Jinnee:
j A battalion of the King's Guard consists of TOO
women, chosen among the handsomest and most
robust girls in the country. They receive ex
cellent pay, and their discipline is perfect.—
1 hey are admitted to serve at the age of this- *
: teen, and placed in the army of reserve at twen
ty-five. From that period thev no longer serve
; about the King's |Hrson, but are -mpl ved to
i guard the Rmai palaces and crown lamls. On
entering the army they make a vow of chastity,
from which there js no exemption, unless ativ
ofem should attract the King's attention ar.d
hi' admitted among his legitimate wives. The
King's choice seldom falls on the us! beauti
ful, but on the most skilled in military exercises.
Tim hope of such a reward animates them
with extraordinary /..-al for military instruction,
and Europeans are astonished at the martial
appearance of the battalion, ns w ell as it* skill
in manoeuvring and its excellent discipline.—
The costume ti • se women vvear is very rich.—
Their full do >! is comp sed of a white woollen
robe, embl'oidei <-d with gold. The cloth IS eX-
Irerro'v fine and descends as far as the knee; it
is covered with a light c->at of mail arid a guilt
cuiiAss. The arms are free, arid the head is
covered with a guilt casque. When weasingj
this dress on Stat" occasions th<-ir only weapon
is a lance, which they handle with wonderful
dext-'fity. With their undress they are arm-d
with a musket. The battalion is composed .of
four companies, and each company ■! one hun
dred women, commanded by a captain of their
sex. Should the captain die tim company is
drilled lor three days hv the King, who ap
points the most competent to succeed to the
command.
The battalion has been commanded for ilu*
last five years by a woman who sav.d He *
King's life at a tiger hunt, hv her courage and
skill. She possesses great influence at Court,
ami is much respected hv those tinder Imr com
mand. Sh- has the same establishment as a
member of the Royal lamilv. and ten elephants
are placet! .it lor service. The King never
undertakes an espediti >n without heii g accom
panied hv his female guard, nor does he ever
hunt, or even ride cut, without an escort of the
same guard, who are devotedly attached to I is
person. Each individual of the battalion ! live
in gresses attached to her service, and having
thus no domestic occupation, she can dev to
herself exclusively to !he tint i- sof her profes
sion. There is a parade ground near the city,
where one company o stationed for ivvo days
every Week to ex-err ise themselves ill the use of
the lance, the pi-tol, the musket and the l ilie.
The King attends one- a month at th' se i \vr
cises, accompanied by hi- brother, who shares
in some degree the sovereign power, and ris
tri!.tiles prizes 1" the most deserving. These
rewards consist of bracelets- or other valuable
jewelry, to which the girls -.lnd their fnmiio s
attach grat in portance. 1 hose so honored fill
the offices of sergeant and corpora!. Punish
ment is very rare in this corps, and when it is
inflicted it consists of a susp> nsion from service
f>r a period not -sceed>ng three months. But
duels are much more frequent. I:i- nest he
sanctioned, however, hv the female cap'ain,am!
he fought with swoids in pres. nee of the entire
company. \\ loll the death of one of tile [ir
li*s ensues, the d-ceased receives an agi.:ficent
funeral, and the high pri.st pronounces a pane
gyric declaring that the d"c-as-d by her valor
has merited eternal rest in the abode of the h! -t.
The survivor reo-iv. s the congratulation t her
j companions: but as a measure of discipline, she
1 is sentenced t<> pass two months aw ay from her
company in fa-iitig ami prayer. The military
organization of tlos battalion is so perfect thai
the entire army endeavors to imitate it.
Horrible jhride.nl —.'7.l bm Sowed in 7wo.
The London (('. W.) Free Press of yesterday,
-ays that on Wednesday' >f last week, a most
shocking accident occnri.d in a rirculai saw
mill at Walsinghaoi. ( hailes Harris, a young
man lately married, had ju.-t been employed
that morning to work in the null, and was set
carrving away hoards as they dropped tiom the
saw. He was cautioned against the danger of
letting a hoard touch the saw while in motion,
but the unfortunate man had taken aw av 1 nt a
few hoards when the end of one he had just ta
ken up swayed against the saw, and being r.-
pelleil with violence, caused the oilier rod to
force him against the saw, then in full motion,
and, as quick as thought, he was cut in twain.
The saw struck fust the point of the !• It shoul
der passing directly through the heart, and out
under the ribs on the right side of tile laid) .
TVTTHE TURKISH SOLDIER marches to meet
the foe with the same nonchalance as he smokes
his pipe. He is taught from his Tilth that the
moment of his death is fixed, an.! that a whole
charge of artillery aimed at his heart would
miss' him, if destiny had decreed his time not
yet come. He is 'taught als ■ that he will go
stiaight way to Paradise the ni< n nt of ois
death. With both these id. as he is so fully im
pressed. that no danger moves him, and he lies
on his death-bed a> calmly as on a bed u! so 1 p-
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
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FRIDAY MORNING, BEDFORD, PA. MAY -2-2,1857.
SALE OF THE MAIN LINE.
Tlie deed is done: the outrage is- consumaled:
the climax of corruption is reached; and the ■
Legislature of Pennsylvania is covered with
lasting infamy. Hereafter fie shall shrink with
sha nit* at whom the finger of scorn shall point,
L: he passes along the public thorough lure, inti
mating, tier - ' there goes a member of the Leg
islature of 1 s ;T>7.
The aberrations of public men, though na
tural, are always humiliating; hut when a
deed of glaring injustice is deliberately done,
the bead ol every patriot is bowed in sickening
sorrow.
Still more is this the case when the State is
tin- victim and the dagger lias been planted in
tlie bosom el mother Commonwealth. Works of
, intercommunication, that was constructed with
the money ot the whole Commonwealth, and
whose revemu-s were applied to the interest of
the public debt, are fo fie abandoned in favor of
a gigantic cm pout inn, which, hv voluntary act
was erected into a rival — but upon a distinct
understanding.
As a railroad on th" banks of a canal would
nectv-arily injure its trade, and diminish the
revenue of the State, the original condition in
the law between the State and Pennsylvania
Railway was, that a tax should be levied upon
every Inn of f rei Ud passing over its road. In
-ucce ding wars they besought, in piteous tones,
am) received the exemption of c-al and lumber:
hut finally from the legislature of 1 So? t1,.-v ob
tain a i- lease oi the w hole, nearly $100,000,!
yearly, which should go into the cofi'.-vs of tile
State,•towards defrayment of the interest of the
debt. '
After injuring that highway constructed by
the citizens of tiie Commonwealth after nb-
Itaiiiing a it I a..- from •he compensation which
•They voluntarily oiiered in lien oi said injury,
the Dij.-ctois uf t! >• Pennsylvania Road send
their hirelings to demand, of a pliable Legisla
ture, ih Maui Line in <-!: c* as a.udt and with
right .J abandoning a portion. -The enormity
of enormities is contained in the abandonment
ot the western divisions of the canal, and the*c
men nr the. Hetaon dons that prey upon the
power which v.mte them wind they ore.
But so unpleasant is the theme that we shall
conclude ! v adverting tt> the fact that artumd
nt after amendment was voted down in tlie
;s : t.at ■by t': "f7lends of the bill. Even that t
Mr. Browne, which made the purchasers liable
Li'damages, brought hv tin* owners of f.irtns,
who were compelled to divide their fields and
give laud lor a public hishwuy, and, also, f*• r
damages done to lessees of water power and all
otb. r parte s injured, was defeated hy the fol
lowing vote :
The seventh section being under considera
tion.
Mr. B' wn moved to attach a provjthat
the purchasers shall guarantee the Common
wealth against, and pay all claims or damages
f r water power or other wafer rights that may
he injured hv management or abandonment of
any [ art thereof, or in any way arising from
<aid sale.
Negatived yeas 1 •'? nays IS, n< f llows:
X' as M-'Ss-is. Brewer, Browne. Cressweß,
EU , Fetter, Gazzam. Km x, Lauhnrh, Steele,
Walton, Welsh, Wilkins,and Wright —1 M.
Navs—Messrs. fo> ley, Eva is, FI in tie y Kb n
nikt-n, Frazer, Gr-gg, Harris, Ingram, JOR-
D\ N, K ■ !i• i- r, L--wis. M\ o, Sc.>li>-M, Sellers,
Shun ;in, Souther, Straub, ami Taggart, Sjienk
ec— IS.
Yeas—!- Democrats, 1 Opposition: nays—
].") Opposition, 3 Democrats. I pon final pas
sage of the hill, th" vote was as follows: yeas
In Oppo-ition, 2 Democrats: nays—l 3 De.no
t r its, f Opp isitinn.
y. ns—Messrs. ('of!" v, C'rabr, Finney, Flenni
ki-ii. Frazer, Gregg, Harris, Ingram. JORDA N.
Kiilmgei, L' ui-, Mver, Si .field, S.-llers, Shu
men, Souther, Straub. and Taggart, Speaker—
J y .
Navs—Messrs. Brewer, Browne, Cresswell,
Ely, Evans, Fetter Gazzam, Knox, Daubach,
Steele, Walton, Welsh, Wilkins ami Wright
14.
The veas and navs were not called in the
IF use on the S--ii.it> - amendments. Every a
meiiiiirent oflered hv the opponent* of the bill
was v fed down, and the S> nnte amendments
w.-re finally concurred in. We should like to
place the names of members on record, for fu
ture references, hot as this is impossible, we
siiaii do the best we can and give the was and
nays on the following amendment offered by
Mr. Calhoun :
"That if said purchaser or purchasers shall
bid a sum of not less than S 12,000,000 for the
said Main Line of public works, then, and in
that event, said purchaser shall he declared the
t in chaser of said Main Line, subject to the tern s
and conditions as heretofore prescribed in this
act in the rase of the Pennsylvania Railnad
Company, and the said tonnage tax shall he
collected l,y the Commonwealth as heretofore
and credited to the said purchasers annually for
the pei i d >i twenty years as part of said pur
chase money.
The amendment was discussed by Messrs.
Calhoun, Longak. r and Johns, and was not a
greed to hv tin- following vote ;
Yeas— M .-sis. Ahian s, Anderson, Arthur,
Backhouse, Beck, Bower. Calhoun, fatty. Ent,
Fansho|d, Foster, Giidea, Harr.el, Harper, H"ins,
Hill, Hillegns. Hoffman, (Berks.) Inn. s, Johns,
Knight, Leisenring, Fvngaker, M'llvain, Nich
olson, Niinneii acber, P- aison, Ramsey, (Phila
delphia.) Rams.-v. (York,) Reamer, Roberts, ,
Rupp, Smith, (Cambria) Smith (Centre,) Smith,
.(Luzeme) Yueglitly. Walter, IVCbtbrook, Whar- i
ton, Yearsley, Zimmerman and Getz, Speaker \
I ~* 2 "
Navs—Messrs. Augustine, Babcock, Backus,
Ball, Benson, Bishop, Browne, Campbell, Chase,
t Cleaver, Crawford, Dickey, Dock, Evador,
Gibbonv, Hamilton, Hancock, Heistand, Mine,
Hoffman, of Lebanon, Housekeeper, Irnbrie, Ja
cobs, Jenkins, Johnson, Kauffman, Kerr, Lebo,
Manear, Mangle, McCalmont, Mo rliead, Mu
ma, Mussleman, Nichols, Penrose, Peters,
. Reed, Shaw, Sloan, Strnthers,
Tolan, Vail, Vanvoorhis, Vickers. VVag
, onselKv, Warner, Willislon, Wintrode, Wither
ow and Wright—sl.
This show i> nearly as we can get at it, the
position of [>a.)4fc, and for this vote we shall
hold Ihern responsible.— Harrisburg Union.
From the Carlisle Volunteer.
Lovernor Pollock tin* Banks.
The action of fhe Legislature on the subject •
of'granting n--w Bank charters has startled the)
people fioin one end of the State lo the other.—
Hopes were entertained by many that Governor
Pollock would exeicise the veto power, and ar
rest the speculators who have been engaged in
these schemes of plunder. We confess We were
not of this number, for, notwithstanding tim
■ Governoi's message of IS .of), in which he took
; strung grounds against increasing the banking
capital of the State, we placed no confidence
lin his decimal ions. From tlie very hour he as
-0n..-d He duties of his "(lice to the present time,
he has shown himself a weak, vasciHating man,
without nerve and destitute ot principle. Like
lIK >1 of Know Nothings, he is false, deceptive
am! sneaking. His'administration like I tint of
the redoubtable Joseph Ritner, will he remem
bered only for its weakness and want oi' hon
fSt V".
On the 9th inst., Gov. Pollock—to his ever
lasting disgrace !>►• it remembered informed the
le gi.-la!nre that h" hail signed the following
brink bills. The amount of capital ot each .s
set opposite to it, in order that it may h- seen j
how much th" hanking capital of the State is
increased by this act :
Union Bank of R-ading, $120,000
Bank of'Catasaque, 400,000
Bank of Kittaning, 300,000 j
Bank of Beaver county, 150,000
PiMston Bank, " 200,000
Gomrnnnvv. alth Bank of" Pbi'ad'a, 500,000 :
Corn Exchange Bank of Piiilad'a, 500,000 ;
I nion Bank <,f Philadelphia, 400.000
! Che-t.-r Valley Bank, 100,000
Allegheny Bank, 500,000
Lew-ishurg Bank, (increase,) 100,000
Doylestown Bank. 150,000
Total, "$3.420,000
Three million four hundred ami twenty thou
sand dollars of an increase to the banking capi
ta! of the State in one week by the act ot a (luv
i i nor who. two yea is ago, in a v. to message to
the Legislature, opposed the indiscriminate
increase of banking capita! !
To contrast this act of Governor Pollock with
; tiie sent intents expressed hv liim a? the session
1 1555, in bis veto of the Pottstown hank, and
show how widely his ofiinior.s and his actions
are apart, we make an extract from that docu
ment. It is peculiarly applicable to the present
time.
"But the number of applications is no just
criterion by which to determine either the wish
es or the wants of the community in this re
gard. Their number, and the peitinacitv with
which thev are passed, have startled ami alar
med the public mind: nor lias the favorable
a.di mof the Legislature, in granting these de
mands, served to allay the apprehensions and
fears thus excited. The policy of the pa.-t few
years mav have been too severely arid unneces- j
saiilv restrictive; yet this policy should he pie-j
served, rather than abandon the State and the
interests of her people, to the destructive influ
ences of a wild and reckless system of hanks
and hanking. That >orne increase of hanking j
capital is necessary in certain localities, will not
he tiem-id : that a large increase is not demand
ed, either by public sentiment, or the public
weal, is a truth equally undeniable. In the CI-M
-tion o'f banks, a sound and honest discrimination
as to number, locality, and the demands of
trade, should be exercised. The sudd, n and
unnec.-ssaty expansion of the currency should
he avoided; and whatever tends to produce such
a lesult, ought to be discountenanced, and, if
poSM lie, prevented."
This was the deliberate opinion expressed hv
Governor Pollock two years ago, yet al the
same session of the Legislature lo- s. tat nought
Ins own rincttines, anil signed nearly eveiv bank
hill that was [.resented to him, where tin 1. gal
requirement as to notice has been compli. d
with. It is fair to [.resume that h>- intends- to
sign all the hills passed at this session, having
already forgotten to exercise that sound and
honest discrimination he once promised to the
public. N • sncli discriminati >n having been
applied thus lar, there i* no reason L. h.-iicve
that it w ill he. The fact is, he has m t the
nerve to resist the importunity of bank appli
cants, and the pressure brought to b* ai up m
him.
Only ,\lc. A lady had two children - iiotli
girls. The elder one a fair child, th" younger
a b.autv, and the mother's pet. II• r whole love
i was contracted in it. The elder was neglected,
while Sw .-et tlie pet name of the younger—
received every attention that love could be
stow. One day, after a severe illness, th" mot It
er was sitting in the parlor, when she h.-ard a
childish step on the stairs, and her thoughts
were instantly upon her favorite.
"Is that you, Sweet?" she inquired.
" So mam," was the sad and touching reply.—
"It isn't Sweet; it's only me.
The mother's heart smote her, and from thai
hour "only rne" was r< stored to an equal place
i in her affect ions.
TERHS, $2 PER YEAR.
I DEC A \ or BLACK REPUBLICANISM.
Every day brings im additional evidence of
the decay oi ]>iai.k Republicanism. Like eve
; ry cause having its origin in fraud and decep
tion, or in< ra! and political error, that ot these
politital agitators must ultimately sink to rise
no more. The people are learning the ttuth,
and their case is waning under the ban ol the
people. City after city has given its verdict
against then . Connecticut, so strongly with
them a few months since, has written her con
demnation of their principles and practices.—
In Michigan thousands have deserted their stan
i dard, aind t lie democracy will soon fnllv tri
umph in jhat State. low a, upon the borders of
"bleeding Kansas," the electors in
personal!v know what has occurred, in that
Territory, has abandoned Black Republicanism,
and all other isms, and manfully wheeled into
the Democratic lines again. The administra
tion has there achieved a most noble triumph.
Tire Black Republicans nowhere increase their
vote or win m-w majorities. That party rose
upon a false and rotten ! asis. and must from m
' o-ssitv fall when the people understand the
foundation upon which it stands. Decay is
legiblv"written upon it. Such is ever the fate
iof error, falsehood, and deception. The Black
Republican leaders feel this, and'hence are wri
thing in agonv at their future prospects, ft
Kansas cannot he induced to commit sonsesuici
: (fa 1 act for their benefit, thev have no hopes lor
tie future. We Misp. c! Ivans&s has suffered bo
much already on th-ir account to become a
willing victim to further their, political opera
: lions. 11. r prosperity lias been sadly retarded,
and the bappir.e-s of hei people too greatly di
minished bv following tlie* counsels of political
fanatics and demagogues to readilv vield again
to their selfish and bad advice. It Kansas, by
self-immolation, does not supply fresli materials
for agitation. Black Republicanism will soon die
a natural death.— IVns/iingtun Union.
The K 'gon Ilu'id jh run. Drjinncv. io the Alojtwi
River.
The Washington Union contains the fo'Iow
! ing interesting particulars concerning the guv
; ernment anangements for the prosecution of
the work on the Pacific wagon roads:
"The corps for the construction of this road
! as been organized under the direction of the
! Secretary of War, as follows :
Edward J. B.al , Superintendent; (J. H.
H. ap, Assistant : Dr. James P. Hambletou,
Physician. The working party will consist of
fifty picked men, with the necessary wagons and
tools to break the road through.
"Lieut. Charles E. Thorbum has been de
tached fr in the Navy Department, to accompa
ny tfie expedition for geological surveys.
"Twenty-five camels will accompany the
expedition, which w ill afford ample opportuni
ties to test their powers of endurance and their
adaptabilitv to an American climate. The
camels will be confided to the care of Air. Heap,
who, it will be recollected by many of our rea
ders, accompanied the expedition that was sent
from the United Slates for their purchase.—
The w!i .!:• party will rendezvous at .New Or
leans ime lime next month, and thence pro
ceed without delav to the extensive scene of
their arduous and dangerous labors.
"All the corps uf the seveial Pacific wagon
roads are now organized, and are making the
most active preparations for the prosecution of
the great work that has been intrusted to them
at the earliest possible moment. They are com
posed of ne-n whose antecedents justify their
selection for the important trusts that have been
confided to ihem, and which will be discharged
in the present instance, there is every reason to
believe, to the entire satisfaction of the public.
'■lt is confidently believed that these great
j wagon roads to the Pacific will be completed
before the expiration of the | resent year. The
Secretary of 'tie Interior ami the Secretary of
War have n.anifest-d even a stronger interest
than official solicitude for their early comple
tion, and have evinced a z* a! and a promptitude
in carrying out the wishes of Congress in refer
ence to this great enterprise which can only be
equalled bv the sound discrimination which
they have shown in the selection ol lli-ir a
gent s."
.Melarr/ioh/ and Dish < vsing . hen!cut uf
Prince liriu'/ii d Island.—\ most melancholy
accident, attended with lo.>s of life, uccnrred in
the neigh! il.nod uf ('asctimbec, oil Saturday
night 4th itist. The dwelling of Samuel Can
non, Shoe-maker, a poor man, living on the Kii
dare road, was destroyed by fire, together with
al! bis furniture, tools, and clothes ot the fami
ly. It appears that the parents left home a
siiutt time before (tie fin broke out, to visit some
relatives living about a mile or so avvav, leav
ing the house in charge ot the two oldest chil
dren, a girl of twelve years and a boy ot ten—
the remainder, lour in number, being in bed.—
The two left in charge, became weary, retired
to P si, and had scatce'y fallen asleep w hen they
were awakened bv the flames, which were curl
ing aroumi their b* ds. The girl succeeded in
effecting her escape bv the (1 >or, and opening
the win ■ i', endeavored to assist her hrotlier
out. ' lit becoming confused with thesmokeand
(lames he sank on the (1 >or, and, with the tour
young children, was consumed with the build
ing. The girl, though badly burned and in a
naked state, succeeded in reaching a Neighbor's
house on loot, where sue now lies, and little
hopes ate enteitained ot her recovery from the
effects < f the lire and exposure. A spectator
d* set ibes tlw scene as h'art-rending w hen the
parents pac!ud the burning ruins and learned
the calamity t lint had bpfallen them. The molh
oi < u!d scarcely he restrained from rushing in
to the f 1 an.• sin search of her offspring, and it
require! the strong arms of two men to prevent
tier. Tim remains of the children were discov
ered the following day, literally burned to cin
ders. The parents, by this calamity, are P-du
j ced to great poverty. —.Vcrr ) ork tribune.
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