Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, December 24, 1856, Image 1
„„,„„ipyn , • .r• .ta.l4sPril 11111 El REM p , .r , ~ t-_ ~.~_._..__ ni Ir? 1, t,. .s , fet,rri 1 '" VOL : Y 4. 0'... Ems LIMMIUTI V. pillyriF3. „ gair,f -:nitsiiitY.4l6lllarstlitif'Vriintr witurr' sr HENRY HAYS. ' C 1 e iriams—si,ao In advance, or If paid within six ntoriths. /11,00 bo allitrgod on all subsorip `"' lona inehirlng to the end 4.1" 41.0 year. lILDVIIRMISEMIIINTB sad Mileage No!loos Insert r! .4 .as u.• 1001 rater', and every rleeoridtion of , r., , • x x GA-. QUICX , D in the , neat.* manner et the lowest his, sled with the utmost. despatch. Haring Rued a large collection of typo, we are p ro wed to eoUsfy the orders of our friend. - 4 " ; i gh DEMO CRATIC CRIEED. ivr 1. Elmo/ and exact justini of, 1 1 41414* ilsio :or persuastem, relsgrious or. polit °i'ltisea; sesomeree and homese friend ;44 with all mitiatu i.mitartgling alleances with • No. 8. The right of . States and 2" ries to • 'imfoinithr tAtir own domestic affair,. No. 4. Prudent and oytuslity, the 4ovoroignity of the people, and the rept: of the majority to listimir will iseonotitnlionolly expressed. a. b. Economy io the n iablio copondituros, A; 'moored innormotion o ptablio faith. • ! No —t o Froodoot of freedom of the gosoo Mid pommel dijosimeof infornmtiou., No. T. Opposition to'nE alarm yolittcal organ -4.P.0 • vtttwredief o. A aserearpou~son of the rederai • apeetiteption,osed esirrefitis'!us rata ft., 01 f ej ts' fro or di.- tin to of ill Mt areongAmerieleft, Pitifna. No. 10. /Cavort otod_proodios 1i the_miklite - efAli. Nol 11. TAW preservation o f tAe naturalisation domain timi. to 01l **ono ononoooli ft. cdmo_mare brotkorhood and good will iWfvorsialty to Most of rho, Aoumhold of ' SINGULAR PNIINOIINNON. —The Irish jour sushi (says an exchange) give an account of , a singular phenomenon M connexion with the extracting of a tooth in the town of Ill• Vaunt., The tooth was a grinder of large apporattly sounti, and so firmly seated that it broke in the effort for its removal.— that portion of the tooth which .aim Or with the instrument, a very extra. laitioary worm-shaped living animal was fonna atiperieg to the centre of it. On be. ,; 04 Tire removed, wikho . ut injury, it proved to be Ave-eighths - of an tneb long, 17. lively as an eei, - of, , a biood-red - colorritnir about the thickness of .woolen thread. On vlawing it through a midteksiope of limited perirer it appeared ri , to be ringed or joinTedl - its toraiation4- no legs ,wers.viiitile, and it :moved by erecting its body, arch like, in the ,gist}, 4 itstd projecting either end at pleasure --appostring to have a head at each extremity. (*et tlse,tteada was largo, flat, and Goad in proportion to the creature's size, with a . - ,:r1911111airall osOuth, and two blank error set ~ vstrwldtity apart, and _projeistiggfrom the aPPlir. Part_Of_ the head. The other head was smaller, with a lengthened stunit, and a .inputli opening from underneath. .AA/tit-LOAD or CLTILDRZ.N. --The Cleveland Daily Herald of the ith)init., in noticing an arri'vtl of children in that vitt from the 'pork City " Rome for the Friendietts," li u;;;a ktre. Penfield arrived in our city on Termday night • with thirty-five children— *even babies. some as young as four months. LIM left New Yogk with forty. • I C. Pencils kiadlyin wafting at the depot, and dit *cold, driving rain they were all corn. ifeetably housed at the Bennett House. ...They left the next evening for the West, where places have already been provided for emit of them." !foster parents and guardians, of an ex `443lhint'character, had been secured for these .e.hilaren previous to their dnittrkure....fnanx .the Ennio- Miiiive'f'srorr.—Thla Territory is said to liti - oiss Of the (lime fruit-growing regions in 'sossld. It is estimated (says an exchange) 'dot less than $75,000 worth of apples warble shipped to Cslilornia this season, and thirt $30,000 'worth were sold last year. size of the apples is almost incredible— ..ikteashel having been• exhibited Whose aver lap semi eighteen ounces each. It is no *common thing to geo specimen apples lWeighing from ono sad a half to two pounds. orkiIITOZATTI TO Cosa. —lt Is stated that -yordar have been for some time in corm 'pa:aeries with the Cuban and Spanish au- Aer the -privilege of !eying - a -tale ,greipla. line between .Cuba andlhe Milted 'thetas. It is proposed to lay a cable from ..ItiliglPkltAili4sSigalorAtO4Atsoiossktitrtsits .ern pilot of Florida, .to Ilayana 2 the distance brig little - trier seventy !MINI- - 1;1;0ot - the usiisse stretch as that across the Gulf of St. , . , 1/Irasstrwa s# Gas.-;-214 appears that inge -41114 and aolentifla men are ocatilied in try •,iBB-Iklrdiseerrei. She means of warming how 101 b, iris. that 'this will eveutuully f x suillim4 there can be little doubt ; and •It • will , be an-immense relief from dust and Ineor—Tionience. :Sok? Yprk Mirror W:104/4 4 . I dote says .•:01111re Ostninotlateop to notice in type the agprllllty of an Abolitionist. We have never IA babes. an Ont. and cid Abolitionist who pea a, genthissn.". , Tni Nswarsysus op lirinointA. —At rTOt "edt; says the South Side, (Vi.) Deriugrat, 'th•ilir aro one hundred and flfiinewepopetn pphijshed in Lho State of Virginia, tiro work ing expenant of which amount to $400,006 Vetannnn. . Ciraiu after 3 ye'aia alanthiki the abort apace, Of„3 worths, S. flay 37i hh'n Se., New :York, by Duvall'a dalvanic Cotl i,iN Citinonsborg, in thfd State, irsts';destroyell t)y gra con rritisy night. i • 1 . , .. '" ,.- .0 , ;,.., ~."..-:-----,,,--•• ..-7-:•—• , -0 . -2 , --. 0 1 0 ,t_... -'-' Ol .-r- , --r,..•- ,. .‘•: •• ,, . , ;-------A--- ~,,!..... , ---,....! 4*.-. , • ..- "*---#.- -,..- .". - 7.F.0 , -."-.-- , -.--0.."-. - - 6 .-- -. - ..-----00.-t-4 , :r.---P--...... - -. . 2? - i . 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The mail train . coming .east was de- Ottined an hour end , p half by-the sociiiet4.4 The train which left Allegheny et.s o'clock On Thursday' morning, broke the l arletif "i' oar west of Mullion. 'Nedaniage except tb the axle. A freight trainlen off the tnock at Smithfield, on the same day, end dama 'god two ears--:-omitlfeielpress car. ° "tin Anaemic l'artnow.—When en Arah woman intends to marry again after the death of her first husband, she comes be the night before her second marriage, to the ease et httrianiihatal.! , liege die thiliffiq prays to him, and =a It hit nob to be offended—not to be 's. Al; hothver, she-fears. be will-bejetidolui and mtamthe widow brings with hers donkey, laden with ewe Vat shins* water.' lierielyeSs and ectriiitiiilieltig — iiiii, - .thaFfnaiiiiiffite on the grave the _water keep the husband cool wider the irritating dream. stances about to take place, and having Well saturated him, she departs. Tux Vora Ix TUN Urns',—The following list shows _the np,mber of rotas cast_ at _ the' late Presidential election in twenty-one of the principal chin in the United States. They are not all official, but are eubatsdatiallf correct: Now - York — IVO) New %ism. - - fla Ptißaul*" 20,198 Cl. load '7 Brostlye '_ __ 161,910 LW , Baltimore 2 5 .008 I' l le o 4,043 1 io,ale Clnehinatl 20,628 Allis 3,638 Boa= , 16,444 tar 6,403 Oblate t 1,634 Lonimill• 6,866 MAIM, 11,812 Detiiidt 8,766 • - • - ,•• throat- 0.05 1 Allow 9.115 Providosoo , 5,481 Newark, N. J. 1,065 Troy ` 8,162 THZ Wimmeenor.—The Memphis (Ten nessee)'6idietinlAitne from a pntlercutti"Who Ims been travelling pretty extensively through that section ,of coUntry, that the inspects for the coming wheat crop era iihnaurilly promising; in fact. were never better at this season of the year. It also 'elan, hem it* informant OIIV hee i♦anytck Law amore of land in eultivationin wheat s and.xhoidit lbs. iald oL anything like what it Promises to beat pros- eat., the receipts sad exports from that port wilt be - much greater ricit year than any E 1304 heretofore. . PitIPIDINT Pancr..—the New lkedford eis son, in sfoialiniaT CF,iii:Prorifes administration: "Siace the days of JoCluion, Ma adminis tration has had so violent an' opposition to contend 'spinet and as we have oftea said, like the Idotirditration'othcksorr, postrrity will do;it jiilitice—history will set it right upon the record, and the young American of coming time will proudly point to the name of Franklin Pierce as one of the patriotic Presidents of olden time, who was alike proof against the whirlwinds of fanaticism, the storms of sectionalism, the earthquakes of disunion, and the thunders from the 'three thousand New England clergy !'" Tue ATLANTIC Taccattera.—The London papers announce that the subscription of £350,000 required by this company Ims.been closed, the application' considerablyezneed ing the specified "Mount. The shares ire valued at £l,OOO each, and a call for 20 per cent. has already beep made upon them.— Eighty-eight shares were taken on Ameri can account. It is understood that appli cation will be' ma& to the guvernmerit of the United States for an annual grant "Nut to four per cent. on the capital, as has been accorded by the British treasury. MUIPLACKD entrarwr.—A correspondent, (says the Neu,. York Journal of Commerce.) at Stamford; Connecticut, sends 111 an ac count atipoor mechanic who recently broke his leg while attempting to raise a Fremont flag in that town, and who remains at the " Union House " dependent on the charity otlVAldAt ' ina tide "tofaAintaio - ilie: poophettse, altheogkr-abontS4oo -have been raised in the same place for " bleeding Kan sas." A New TRIISITORY.—PIans arc in progress to organize the new Territory of Arizona, from that portion of New Mexico comprised within - 111i GaZideii - riufalfisii: , The Preieht number of residents -is said to be about ten thousand, who halm already elected a dele tits to congress,'who Uri presented a me morial for tteir recognition and the estab lishment of a Territorial Government. Asourioxism, says the New Mien Rt. grater, may as well go to sleep, and take a good bug dream of what may be done in the year 1860, while the " shriekers" 'hint° in singing— " Rauh, my dear, Ile still and plueuber, neeeher's ride. guard thy net; Katmai humbug., withoutnumber, otieetly tree upon - thy breitt." Paritytra an 'THAI labor.or,on tho Union Canal, was found dead in tlib bed of the Canal, abont,two 'mqe4tbovefteading , tr few lisp since. ' - ftppWd - txrr'here been' murderoil for money kneekto be in his Roe- iusWorcester lienteld, published at Snow Md\ , raises the narnts . of / Stephen A: P 94 148 .4 1 114 James Alfred Peirce ter Prisi dent and Vico President in 1860. BELLEFONTE, PA., WEDN I ESBAY, DECEMBER 24, 1856. p 4 Wa(chnsfi 4 l " NEB =1 The soldier, fired with martial dreams, Beek, the insanguined And to the elation's pealing Wee. Monte gladly beet again. Ills eye, beneath Itt-isarel•baya, Itiotee.not the loud adolalm, 110 sleeps upon Ids gory bed— And able, they say, la tame. The sailor dares the wean 'VIM, ' - If tempts the raging sea; tie booming cannon, o'er the deep, `:` Seats Its loud thunders free. Thrbtlgtit, a itttturro'vrilhe lbss -In gleams ofileabing hale, ' The groanturremel ehdell below — And the, they say, le fins.. • Tb• mil:atria strikes tho Ift liplarobaade Of bia.aoft, thrilling lyre, ..a.ad whisper* to nobegdbNi lila Milos of sottl.bruathod Arc they break—tfio Itrioi aborda give May, • Masa groblurradlarla bole, ow% begirt atrlopliai.• be-obis than - And lb% t say, la time. . • , 41 4 ssli r realises Ai? Tps bard# warrkor, bold sad brim'', no damrot rare yea T Or the pal!, witliaalag child of song, Who, for a dradbleas wpm, .1,_101M 1 41-.141- 1 04.04/914094.... Who Aglaia 'limy Mitat6r,t, Pa. • , Wild Sports n Africa, now 00X00, THS CAITIK erase ♦ L!ONl5$. Congo . 11:1A1 but a abort while In getting ready. 'The limits' will not hare long to wait for her assailant. 'the-equipment et the Kaffir must.peede he desefilied. - It Wu "simple aweigh, though . odd to a stranger's eya. It was neither more nor leas • than the' equipment of a Zooloo warrior. 'ln hie right hand ho held e bunch of ass giter—..6 all, sii of them. • -What it an."assogitll".. _ . It ul a straight lance or 'mar, though not to be:nsed as one. It L smaller than slither of these Weapons; shorter and more slender in the shift, bUt like them armed with ,an iron head of arrow shape. In battle it is not retained in the band, but flung at the enemy, often form a considerab'e &Stance. It is, in short, lc" Javelin," or " dart "—lush as was used in Eur Ope belbro fire-tywut became known ? susil suctopt atiereNtgelbe war weapon ofall the saVage trlbes'nr Southern crop tions. And well know they bow to project this dangerous missile. At the distance of a hundred yards they will send it with et force as great, and 'an aim as unerring as either bullet or arrow ! The assegai is thing by a siu Wu. Of these Javelins 6mgo wing their slender shafts with his Wog, mug ilrlticifm3lt were not the oddest part of his otpl,ipmen4.- -Matt_ was _a _remarkable thing wh cb a bore on his left arm. It was of oval form, iblkaii feet in length by about three in width, concave on thrside towards his body, and equally,fonvek en the oppo. site. More than anything, else did it resem ble a {mall boat or canoe inads , of skins stretched aver a framework of Wood, and of such. materials was it eon/trucked. , It was, in fact, a shield—a Zootoo shield-' ihough of somewhat larger dimensions than 'those• used in war. Notwithstanding Its great else it was far from. clumsy, but light, tight and firm—so much so that arrow, assegai or bul let, striking it upon the convex- aide, would have glanced off as from a plate of steel. ' A pair of strong bands, fastened inside along the bottom, enabled the wearer to movie it about at will ; and 'placed upright, I wi ‘ l b its lower end resting upon the'ground, it uld have sheltered the body of the tal lest man. It sheltered that of Congo, and Con g was no dwarf. 'W hout another word he walked out, tho huge. carapace on his left aim, five of the 43- elutchred in hilt left hand. whi,le ono thst ha lied chosen for the thrdly „ he, held in his right. This one was gr:itepkiknivr . the middle, and carried upon the balance. I No chartgo had takeu place in tho tilt', thereof aflame out upon t • , there litid not been Inch time- for any. Soiree five minutes had elapseJ from thil time the Kaffir stated his purpose, until' he went forth to execute it. Tho lioness was still roaming about, uttering her frightful screams. Tho hyenas wore still there. The Ka4llo.wisk•seen approaching, the cowardly hyenas fled with a howl, andsoon disappear . ed under the bona. :Far different with the lioness. She Veined to Pay no regardlo the approridh - of taliart; ter. She neither turned her hytd, nor rook in the diroctiqn he was cofining. Iter whole attiintion wan absorbed by the * Mame of bo dies upon 'the plain. She yelled her savage noter as mho regarded them. She was ho doubt lamenting the fate of her grim and 'swarthy - partner that lay dead before her eyes. At ell events, - she .did not seem to notice the hunter until ho had got within twenty paces of the spot. At that distance the Kaffir halted, fested hls hUgo shield upon the ground—still hold ing it erect—'poised the assegai a moment in -right 1044 &Ad Alum, gout_ sing through the sir., It piereetithe sides of the-tawny toote;and and bung qnivering between her ribs- Only . for 16.,ipenieot. The _tierce animal doubled round upon herself; caught the shaft In her teeth, end broke it off ILK if 'it hiol hasp 4 straw : . • remstoottiu, tlepo i ch:qql 4 t 1 6 She nad now petteived her enemy, ;nd otter: ing a vongeful scream; sho sprung ,towards him. With one tremendous hound she cleared three-fourths of the . she that lay between them, and a secen . ;;vottitl hate car ried her nrkstpthe should° of the Kaffir : but the latter was prepay to receive her, and, as she' rose to her s nd leap, he di,- 1- • • appeared suddenly fedni t scene! As if by make he had vanished: nd had not, ono , , • of the boys been watehkng very movement, they qiould bave been ati loss* know irliii - EicTlKZimi orfilui. llut — thiTY 'knolir that under that mid cont:6 Airsick, whose edges rested upon .the earth, Itjt:Cingo the Ther"TOY_ De It totioiso in its smell, clutching the strips tkltall his might, and pressinglds ciianice Minty agaitiit the ground ! •t • , The lioness was tam astaitybed than the spectators, At the second leap she pitched right down - upon the shield, but the drum ilk...prise envie by het: weight, awl the hard, llrm substettee enei4lteffil lry her claws, quite disconcerted her, and. tipringi rig aside ; she stood gasitig at the odd object with looks of alarm - - t3he stood'hut for a tiosient, and then, 414)14°. side. **'4l4lll"l'— ` 4 :llls , On id o d was tur!fed taL R'hie grow raised_from and but a very little way at ffrst—just enough to enable the hunter to see the stern of the retreating lioness• ' Thew the Kaffir rose quickly to his feet, and, holding the shield erect, prepared for the casting of a second assegai. -This was quickly thrown and pierced the animal in the flank, where shaft wad all re 'twined sticking in the ,ilesh• The lioness turned with itaiiithl t id once more charged upon her leemilant, end, Le before, Was inet by the bilir - d'iouTex surface of the shield. This time she did not immediately retreat., but stood menacing the strange ob. jeeld; striking it with - fair ,ell rd ham; and endeavoring to turn bt over. NOw was the moment of peril for Congo. Red the lionueas Succeeded in making a capaise, it would have been all up with him, poor fellow ! But he knew the r dingos, and with ono hand clutching the kitte' straps, anti thoptluor bearing Ukill the edge of the frame; ho was able to bold firm and close— oloaer even " than a barnacle to a ship's v— * • • - • After venting her rage is several impotent atteMpts to break oroverturn the carapace, the lionesa at length went growling . aw . ,kry towards her former position. 11cr growls, as before, gnided the actions a Congo. Ile. Ima_loon upon his feet, an other assegai whistled through tits air, and .• - throasti-therseek the • Bat, as before, the wound was not fatal, laid the animal, now enraged to a frenzy, charged once more upon her assailant. So rapid was her advance, that it was with great eongeo got under over. - A:moment' later, and his ruse would ham failed. forthe claws of the lioness rattled !volt the 'shield as it descended. lie succeeded, however, in planting him self firmly, sad Wiwi once aims istfo nnrinr the thiek buffalo, hide. Lioness_ now howled with disappointed ; •aild, after spending some Iltiind teit i n fildithis epdeavors to upset the shield, she ones:fibre desisted. This this, however, initelsMieing away, ale angry brute' kept pylipg round and round, sod at length laysfouns itathin three fest of Mrs spot Oongo.was besieged! - The boys saw at a glance thiit bongo was a captiie. The look of the lioness told them this. Though she -was 'several' hundred yards oil they could see that she wore an air of determination, and was not likely to depart from the spot without having her re venge. There could Deno question about it -the Kaffir was in 4 ' a scrape." Should the lioness remain, how was hello get out of it 1 Ile could not escape by auji means. To r0i56,01.--,shida wallet* to term! thu tierce biota upon him.' Nothing 'cbula'be plainer thsnlhat, • 'the boys shouted amid to warn blur of his danger. they feared that he might_ (.4""Ambirse 4 4.4 lo4l . o " , e l g enery. Nelwithstanding the danger, there was something ludicrous in the situation in which the Kaffir was placed; and the young hun ters though anziouri about the result, 'could antes keep hem laughter, as they looked fuflh upon the plain. There lay the lioness ea ret r ee t of' the shield, zegiurdiug it with fixed and gla ring eyes, and atintereias uttering her sav age revile,- There-hty-thetwalform, with_ Cougo beneath, Motionless gild silent. strange pair of adversaries. indeed., tong Hefei thelfonesa kept - 1m dose vigil, °arca moving her body from its crouching attititde. Her tail only vibrated trona. side, to side, and the muscles of her jaws quiv ered with subdued rage. The boys shouted repeatedly to warn Congo ; though no reply mime from the hollow interior of the cara pace. They might have spared their breath. The culibing Kaffir knew as well as they the position of his enemy. Her growls, as well is her loud breathing, kept him admonished of her whereabouts; and he well understood how to act under the circumstances , ' For a full half our this singular scene continued, and as thir-liontes.' showed) no signs of deserting her post; the ybung. gl ows at length determined ones idt attack, or, at all • events, a feint, thili would , drier her oR. — - , , It. was dose upon sunhet, and should night - eontc don't), what would become' of Congo Id the darkness he might be destroyed. lie might relax his watchfulness—he might go teesieep, and then his relentless enemy would hove-the advantage. 6inuething must be done to release, him from his narrow prison—and at once. They had 'saddled and mounted their hor ses, and were about to ride forth, wheO the sharp-eyed Hans,noticed that the lioness was much fiither off from the shield than when ho last lOoked that Tray. And'yet itheltad not moved—at aßevents no one had seen itti;':::itbdsha - wiiiititsti OW -cry i~ntpe attitude itory then.? " Ha! kook yonder the shield is moving!" — As Halls uttered' these wards. the eyes of all turned suddenly upon the carapace. , Sure enoilgh, It was moving. Slowly and gradually it seerned to glide along the ground like a huge tortoise, though its. ekes re mained create to the surface. Although ha pellA by no visible poiver,lall understood . whit,thia motion plaant--Oane was the moving power ! The yagers held their bridles than, and sat watching with breathless interest. Ina Am , minnies more the shield - had moved rug ten paces from the c rouching li- Tt.te'n 3r, 9 her euetifeig advotWery. — lf she did, she be held-it tither with feelings of eiirloeity - or wonder than otherwise. At all events, she kept her post until the ciiriOus object had gone a wide distance from her. She tnight not have suffered it to go much further ; but it was now fir enough for her adversary's purpose, for the4shielalsudideuly became erect, And the Kaffir oric - e'itore sent his assegai whirring from his hand. It ,was the fatal shalt The lioness chanced to be Le Crouching tiro4ulaide to wardithe hunter. Ells aim was true, and the hirbed iron pierced through her heart.— A Sharp growl, that was soon stifled—a short, despairing struggle. that r oon ended, indiNe`nuigtriy brofe Tay inolionless in the dust. ORSIIVPB E CAPE The story of Orsini'is escape from the cas tle of San Giorgio, in Mantua, Italy, is al most too wonderful to be believed. Anse count of _Witt contained.% in t - recently pub lished narrative of, the prisoners adventurer Orsini, as iN well known, was attested and itnprlsouettlibouteighteen montha*WO tit?* for She fourth time Since 1844—0 n account of his known revolutibaary tendencies. hot. Withstanding the castle of San Giorgio wok believed to be the safest prison in Austria, be resolved to attempt an escape, and har ing, by studied Conduct, gained the well , dance of his jailors, he succeeded in precut.- , ittg- from-the-friends: who -Lvistted- him, a small aaw. Ho stye : 'gloving thus far paved the way, I com menced sawing through one of the bars near ! est to the -wall. The-position in whioli 1 was obliged to stand—on tip-toe, on the top of the chair—istereased the dialoultyof the operatjoa. as I was obliged -to make the same motion with my feet as witty my heads in order to keep my balance. My saw was - excellent hut•efteylurving used it a couple of,hourtorisajt &row blunt— z Liirtiy_licestusel I was not usea to handling tools, and also, from t h e whieh,l Adopted to prevent noise. However in four daye t l had but through, the ((rat bo.l3...,..o9Pitettaving usellhe saw without_ the luuntfe, holding it at eithir-pit, is toy hand, it broke,in two, and I then 101 . mi wits to work to make a handle for the other, " I sawed away some wood from under neath the table, and diriding it into two por tiolisefastated -Oui with woos either aide Of the saw, only sufficient of- thn'llater to cut through the iron bar—in order to reuow it with a fresh piece when the first should be worn out. Waring it well I bound it tightly round the two pieces of wood_ at the end of the BIM and backwards and forwards' from one to another. By these means, I num]. facturetran. Ixeitllent handle, and the saw no longer bee!. n moved about. Tin order to rocloso the pot idly they were cut through, I made tv cement 01.-1/411X and burnt bread 1 1 'moils the week:ma wvn. t— • ".Iklevertheless ,my work., nuide_but slow progress. At every moment I had to stop and clean my saw and as often listen to any noise without. Some days I could not work at all for fear of interruption, and often I was Obliged to desist on account of the terrible fatigue,, and tin) pain arising from the dis tension of the muscles. Often my feet and right arm were benumbed—l could scarcely write my own name. According to the po ',n of-klia b ar . t pn.,IINI th e lli Mood ty..of cutting through them—While working at the highest I sp wounded my eltAw by pressing it`sgttins'l &t side,-thati mud+. - herdly - lieu • ou it alone. , " At times despite the figments and cour age with which' nerved myself, my pettience was nearly exhausted ; SO protracted watt my physical strength Shat I sunk on tug bed - 1 utterly hopeless of my design. Then it was the thought of my countrz, my children re turned to any aid. I must behold my little ones again—must once more contbet. fOt any fatherland!—and fired with the thought • Aux clmitAnd lad zeal, sowing , to mySelf " Onward L on-. 1 wardl, courage! (osisnts! dean's! carriage!) eaah,tiine I felt my eiserg,y,thig. ~, In spite of the energy hfhitelteepere, OS= alai finished hilt stoking elf the Suter as wait the inner grating cifthe window, ited able, resneivedoome bricks to enlarge the aperture.' The window was about - 100• feet from the ground. 41 cord was made, by, stripping thb sheetit and towels which ho lately possessed and alter several abortive attempts, he mad! the perilous descent on the night of the nth of March. , When I had deseendod eighty-four fee}, felt my strength giving way ; the tension of the muscles of the arms was too painful for endurance. I again felt about with,rny feet, and soon discovered a white marlde I 'cornice, which surrounded therastie ; but while I strove to rest my feet upon it, and the chord slip_pt4fram beta sen my legs,and„ a ter malting stvoral, attempts lo recover it, I looked below, and Lancing myself not more thin . ea feat from the ground, I stretehOd out my arms and - lot utyself drop in 'ancira Way. that utty 'feet should fist toueli,Ae ground, but that / should fall on all fours. This ealeatb4i*.traa the work of a second— hut what a thita,elapsed /ewe I reached the ground I altudol to reef& . I had fallen 20 feet !. There . was a quantity of mud and picoeatif broken brick an4cement, at tha bottom of the /case, and agaiust this !struck first my knees and then my feat. The blow was trldtlendOWL I turned'almost mechani cally, sod fora few roomette lost all con ; aCiouanota. IrGrTither iflllittinht , • ' 4151g16.4 ~,- I WO, then rolled up over Ulairigge the Leto of New pricing and the Lh.ttapaeau ' ticket `' V 4l . From 1824 to Me pri sent hour. Gob: Big ler has been a consistent supporter of Dem- • ocrotic;men awl measures. Of harapt. can Wi 11 troth be said that he never faltifted to the- good cause-never for a moment was ) faithless to the principles of the Densocrstie party and its nominees. In '1846, Gov. Bigler n movod to the Mote of Illinois, and resided an Brown county, until April, 1449, when ho emigrated to the new State of California. Op the 111 day of aril, 11149, CA. Bigler ricopmpaieted by Lis wifu and daughter, ;Vie ghiis-,'Bicii Int seven Soars old, and a mall party of friends and neighbor., started fur California. Tlity all hail us kataß. Gov. llgler till% Mg his own the gre 'Keegan, of 1 4 1 e,Nat and • walking, • ith the eseeption of abou one hundred miles, the entice die tauce from the Assouri river to Cellecemai i s, The wagons passed over the States(' -Mis souri and arrived at St. Joseph's Ilek the • , Is o uti ,rivex about the 211th e( 04404 ,n 4 mastic qth z of ./Jay nornasintstidAbwirle dines anirperilows,iminsey aorneeillhe Masi to Calskrnis., - ; .. _ .s. Oov. Bigler .bas load, oTeourre, greater corm tter*lbmselirbo had only their own safety and esonedirt" to l oo k s ab e r ; but, uotwithstafitling all thisohe Pm er failed to perform his full glare at 44 . 0 „,,,1,1, 1 1 .1 -, =^d. wintry ista-stiregkr inelitiesee ur for a /single moment, shrank from danger or responsibility. The ditlhmltivs encountered ware truly i gma t, a ., a a s al s o the rApOSUPO imiCelhaawr: - - At many places the wogoas of the) ;sky laid to be I. t duo II into steep ravines and the hanks of slieams, by means of ropes at- Owned to the Mad axles. In missing pia- . ees of this Lind the party would ogee bade- - Mined several hours. Every night e' guard eas detained to took after the nacre and mules, so as to prevent: the Indisetrivene obi ring dam 41 or idling thus. An inner gourd ea* also detained to.watelir.the wig. mai, and those maim in theta and-tiesdentir. MI s., Dial( r and hi r daughter, st night, apt in 'the Welgilli_ &ring the- entire jOarßty, which occupied hearty Bre eminthe, after On many meanieas when her himband.-we* very weary, Mrs. Bigler who proved'hmerif a woman of great ewer, took 4p gun and herself•guanled the wagon while hafestrd. During the journey nil the Platte giver they were Roquently unwind ...th terrific storms of rain and hail. AtTurt temensey they ware exposed to a terrible stern of ..., rain, which Want nirmiy the estiewilight, Cows and goats will not cat hemlock, but sod raw, red the lit " valley ecuti haulm( sheep melt - llllharmed. It kills man, when venter. ant renderer) the travail , g eteeed. taken in a fater,dose, by its strong acti non Jingly 4i him' 11, f ee . severa l d ale , -,.._ - r . the nerves, producing insensibility and palsy At. SisAtnit Bluffs •the little party inceem of the arms and legs. - As a drug, it it most I tend a terrible hap storm. whikb word dangerous ? except in skillftil hands.. , Then .4.n..5.4 . 21 , 105 .. , dmiticarloaktirlor lirodM ll 4" l i re- Y ,--Arertitarir4 P - " i " 4 their oxen were killed by liglitniegi ,Bmwese old hes been poisoned by mating the some- diately tif.,cr the oxen All, the - menlintiln what the bulhous root-I or this plant, by front or,tbe cattle in orderto prevent *retain 'She died with- prole, and were driven frau' diefir cslmPing mistake for young turnips. in an lour. Somebody put the lei VCR into ground ,more than 'two miles bitter they' soup instead of parsley. Vomiting fellow- tweeemdtd let plow the eattle,4o. how 30 _ col, with it last lockjaw ; death Within wards camp. The hail which' fell was ,of twenty-four hours. The roots of water sufficient z i, u to „ It their heodersind fears hemlock or cowbane have been eaten by covered with wood. , children for parsnips, with death as the con- Immediately elk r trot Governs/. left in par splums. ' But the most virulent of all the I." or . t h e mu t e, l i s , , loot swept amomotis iiors . onS of this sort is the water dropwort, tent, eißyie;et , i4Nedabtestitea . . wird. sot _ common on the banks of the Thames.- • , puy.sd to seek ididtet in Altar% etieleh NS' hen not in &WV' it resembles the celery, I ji „ era li m „ camomi . ba_ ciw a w di ty , _ and `rho :11,e - Minsk - eh - talky:tor : rho wired. ----". ." eti. :^ -' ' parsnip-roots. Some years ago, a number i , . of convicts were 'at work upol 'the river _The mkt morning wiig , 'low otttein'Etti / - &DU'S Bluth- thin is tort viestelgrunen bank hear Woolwich, and found a quantity ; fur.._ - tame of the .esibehirta of a Of AIM plant. Seventeen of' them ate It. 100 the !Owl , afterwards wo o, hob aaao d. , great t Ity,covetvxl.with Winkle* brit to Nine shortly which was displayed iseasy . +Met* of arehi lions ; one died in five minutes : another in 1 feature. The whole appearance predated a quarter of an hour; a third in alt hour: and , s, &lei i f - fed' minutes liter. • l'Wo t bY•the , iwtionot thevigilk Mid =tit eipiNti the othere died In the mum° of a !ex diya. 'Mu I s° a -- " 64 c) fm i nong, ~ tio l ti.Wivei 1 :10 1 4 1 . 1 !' Pine leaded water-dreptfiqt, stuittle cocain.* -ai wtbht In l ib t*W - * l4 g!Or 04041 / 11140 Hr* both or *hit* thy' podiefiumhaeakiii ro .' . ... oitliiP,A4 0 1 ,0*.9 0 4 . 4* . TO .t. (1 2. 6 .4. r —. . ... .........,,,, ...-, . ... —_ eatedveithout evinaidefibliedanger. , -,lhriiintt• la. 1343, " airrbeN , X . T - 0 , ..,,, rr , Ihnlithild Irents.'. .• • `. ~ ,: - , !:..-:'f ,, 'f , .. 4d erMaingillaree triiiiii giiiitirdit4,Tilie '1 , , i' 1. r „ • • - - ' -a5p. , .. , ' . 4 it ,'4'' ' t' ti*Aill ribl* - WheitiglAilgt eh* Aida; ,A , Bi*& ^ was rifileit.alf stqt 44foi clams kW', OW . WideshOldliftlidAiitiast ll l4l , .lolehisvllle 's tier dilileigp:' , ltiwilapilrap, i 4.611 'it*' il y: 4 46l4lle:AklW 1% vfir ert iii , $1.0(/ an& Situ hart, hf r a SanilaweSsa.: , ' I utast* won t Uk i tabr , NftniOnallhigi ___ tuckian, who throw' 14.. ~I 1- or a rumor that', the etaalliptat.tras its-Gail - --- , lam , i npnc,. • .1 4 k , - .ng ever, • 'A.. stack with the exception of the ditch heron , the outer-wall. While lying there wounded aad exhausted, two r peasants passed, and, recognizing his situation at a glance, helped him out by means of a cord, nod assisted him to a place of cone . ealtni nt. It aas a quarter before six when he was tidily with out the fortress, and at six the turtike)s en tered his cell and discovered his_ flight. It was too late, however for recapture, and notwithstandingthe rewards offered fur his capture, he escaped from the city. DAIIIiI9 POISON. There are the buttercups, to begin with, si_catultiethet_the 4•tide tif_eldliircu_vith, tiring theta are sornatimasinflamed, or mei blistered, • The deep smite abetter-was as cribed to Chi eating of (heel, flowers by the oows,wherpfbre they Wait:ailed buttarflaw era arid buttercups ; but the cove know . heti 4tHlusu to eat them. The poisonous princi plein buttercupa is volatile, and disappears out of the herb in drying. Buttercups, there ; fore, are not only hartulesa when liaised with theiritran eatables hay; bat even -help to ulaktethrlbdtlar aetrilfertr byelaw large quan tity of mucilage their steels contain. It may be thought that we are safe amang legumes, but we are not. We may eat beaus and peas, but we had bettor art i I eating laburnum. The poisonous principle of laburnum t cyheine) is centaihed io Immo other leguminous plants. hr the laburriunt it kills easily. - Three little - Trig in - Hern , fordshirs, finding that a high sued had she. ken down a great many.laburntun pods, col lected them in play, and ate the weeds as peas. They were children of front five to coven years old.' Two died the same night in convulsions ; the third meet crud only ar ter a lingering o f solo , mouths. There is math poison else in labunnim bark. The seeds of the yellow and of the rough. podded vetchling may produce headache and aicknese.___The wild flower of the cuPumher tribe, common in Engialid, the byrcuy, is a powerful and highly irritant purgative. it is o quack herb medicine ; its red berries produce very ill effects on children wile may chance to eat them In the parsley tribe there are some famil iar' wild flowers, very apt to be eaten, awl very far from eatable. Carrots and pars nips, celery and fennel, belong to this fain fly, and they are good to eat, of course 1 but there are other plants of the kind which careless people may mistake for parsley, cel. cry, or parsnips, and die -of the blunder. Hemlock leaves have been eaten for pars ley leaves, although much darker and more glossy. %ie.) auve4b iait a t gmsa t ;F,.,. • .I.c-twat...Jowl': t fl r- '; <.t El • , .. NO; 41't The; reMof the 'ItICIAENTs IN THE LIFE oF"AN CIOIEI(Non. fey. days nine. s personal . fries& of COV. Jolin•Biglor related in our.bear is aim/ interesting facts and incidents retail sr to hini t a portion of *lnch we rryiesetiad to repeat while s.o mAds notes kr lion. Our informant was his travLling contian ion- over the Plains in 1649 to California, and as early as 132,:i was intimatr with bet as the printer l.dy of Pittsburg: Thalamic!' given of kin 11t is uotconneeted, IP* the reason . that our informant, fermi 1831 to. 1846, was Aspirated fruit his pined _ Gov. Bigler was born near Carlisle, ("um berlang,County, Permsylvinia, and iu I$V his Whir removal to Wrote comity ; whet* he resided until his death, in' 111117. - ' • Ant r tlw ettpiriiiinalf.*lttipmoticeship in 1827, John Bigler removal to illehistak , . Contra.9onsity, and tools.4onriktlttli DM*• critic paper: Ilers he re:animal dining 1828, W 29, 1881 and 1832, and atheingtl but a youth in 1828, he support/41LN *Lac tion of Gen. 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