BY DAVID OVER.
SPKEni OF join Hl4 Kl! X, j
Before the Democratic Statu ("onven-■,
Tins, AT HARRISRt-'RG, FENS A, APRIL In,
1859.
Vli*. HICKMAN said—
Mr. Fit {SibUXT : lam clad 10 meet you —
to join upon an occasion so interesting and im
portant as the present oiif. I heartily endorse
the propti-Mv of this convention. The base
outrage recently attempted hero by Ihe minions
of despotic fedcr;il authority merits a stern te
bufce. but not more th-.n die weakne-9 and
hear' iessncss which conceived and commanded
it. i love aiid admire the honesty and courage
with which Gov. F.ck-r has appreciated and
discharged all hi- public duties. To hiui and ,
his able accomplished Attorney General and
erutary of the Commonwealth, are >or thanks
eminently due for a manifestation of th.tt tle
vjted patriotism which impelled llieiu to con- •
-id r their ■ tiiiiry first,, and consequences uf
lerward.-.- it 1* not -apprising that political
prestr •jion should c oidcoa it. The popular j
affection however will be to litem a shield mote
prott-..ivi nun fortresses of granite and oi
irr.-n. But I desire to speak of ether matter*.
At this day, coinplimentaiy to
tiio present National A lmini-tration may
pirdoiied, when proceeding from official syco
piiauis, bat '.hey can dt neither gumi uor harm.
The h story of Mr. Bu -haoaiTs executive life
ii.s alieady burn or; ten, and too plainly to be
oblite-;ted by bribed eulogy, or 10 be mi.-un
dcisioou by tho peonlc of t..is wtafc and na
tion. Neither political conjuration nor party
magic can make Ihcui forget the wicked viola
liou of pledges, the arrogance of bloated pow
er. the pros'iiuMou of ('.ogress, the profligacy
of depart men!*, or the rapid ani marked eu
f roach men is upon tiopular constitutional rights
Judgment, final judgiu lit. has been calmly and
deliberately passed upon this treason to tne
Democracy,his assassination nf eomuion honesty,
htid it is as irrctersaMii :s the decree of G-od.
It is wise, therefor.', in this (Convention, 10
apeak the truth plainly, and to avoid the Folly
of au uttcii.pt to covet up an ...id ici u< crimi
nality wc ji.u.-t all condemn.
iij the action of the 3 l:b Congress, the com
plaints made by the residents of Kansas were
ascertained to be true. Although the South by
the legislation of WjS pledged to ui iii
tin thp domestic awr|yiyit> of. the territories,
a portion "f their peofl* from Missouri cr
teie.i upon the soil i.f Kansas, and by force
and fraud seized the law tutkiag power stiiic.i
the voice of the majority, and enacted stat
utes disgracef il to ihe ago and nation. Thi
llCf, wh'." i- " iltV rev. • f'K ■ "i. -• >'p nil
].i essi' 11 U| u tie public mind no ! Mi. Buch
anan found i: ncces-iry, in order to catry she
elect ion in Lis own i-tjit-, to pledge liiiiiselt
dist.iitctly to tins umintaiasncu of the doctrine
f floj -.il ar sovcrcigi.tv, and to dv.lend tiie rights
.! l ...se ..i... bud been u.'ii ruthless y dtspuil
d. 1 will not pretend to indicate the. r.-.rticu-
Ivr weaktiess u iits tiaturc that iuauctsd hun 10
torn tho hand of a suicide agutiiaf n.a owu
fauie, a- it nntiei.- iini.- wiietbcr it arose fii.ru
tiuihiity, a fear of hot enemus ourweigh.ng a
love of Lis frirn is, a cateless disregard of f.u
dealing, <<r A weak n.f puerile vanity. It v ,
• uough to know that he deceived ail our hopes,
MirßeU with the blackest ingratitude upon that
self sacrificing fiieudahip by which he readied
• lie goal of hi- fever sii itiibiti >n, ai d sought
by a ! means wis Gin the •a.ae'. of drunkea a..d
Mignoring authority, to t.isgruce every mm
>h< ui he could not debauoii. md as
by the touch of tue wand of the imgi ivn, lie
became traiisfoimcd from the sympathiser with
down trodden freedom, ti the open aud shame
less defender of aggressive sua law-defyiog
shivery. Tint balls of the uational legislate re
w--rc turned into marts for eousc.-U a ; lie pu:>-
.isiied bis interpretations of party principle* ,
■>t.u platforms with the arrogauoe of a dictator;
and eommarni 'd iiis subordinates in office, and l
iiis coward slaves, to reiterate and procUitu bis
bulls of party excouimutieation against ali who j
v.ro rash enough to follow an independent
ulguioat. These act* of themselves are enough '
;o k 'ver eliogiet.ee. It would be an ill-shapeo j
Hi iobe od which could tolerate them in silence.
But because wo deuouuee them, we are ana-
Liumatised a* rebellious. Sir, we will ace ,
where the rebellion will end. It will end h
;he< supremacy of the laws; iu the iutegiity ot
i-.2 constitution : in the purification of parties: :
in the swuru loyalty of executives ; and the:
vigorous giowth, material greatness, and eter- I
iial dotiiiusr.ee it the North. That i* where it ;
will end. Popular sovereignty invoked bv the i
South will be defended by us, and it oball un- j
I old the veiled, yet dimly discovered destiny of j
this great republic. We arc battling fur the
tight, for the spirit of the intuu , i<>r.s ourfath
• rs established ; let thcui fc-1 that we aie doing ;
this, aud wc will accomplish the victory of our ;
century. No' a mete naked triumph at the
polls, but the great success afterwaids—the !
untrammelled f-clf government of uiau : tlie >
dedication of a enn'incot to a colisuieet lib
''r!s _ |
■ Those who stop to taik of couoiiiution and
compromises between us aud the self conetitu
ted oracles of the Democratic party, can have
'out a feeble appreciation of the real condition j
t things. When you can harmonize light ui
darkness, integrity and corruption, the patri
otic devotion ot the private citizen to the prio
> tp'.vs of our Government, with a tyranuy worse
thau that of the tuiddic ag< s, it will be time
enough to ery 'peace.' Lei this truth be made
prominent—that there is ac eternal autagr
ui>ui between freedom and slavery. The con
stitution of the human tuiud and the Luuim
heart makes it inevitable : and the one or the
■ tbcr must eventually gaiu the ascendancy. —
The s:ruggle bdtweeu them, bat just begun, u
uow going bit in oui widt, uud bo id but u
t observer who does not discover it.
V.'e have acted honorably—benevolently. For
long, long years, vre have defended the eltur-
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tered lights of our Southern brethrcu j we j
have given theia all the advantages springing |
trom unequal legislation; we have changed '
policy to suit their notions of interest ; uutil,;
having grown fat, they demand as a pre- '
rotative what we granted as a favor, and having
found a President without affsetious, a sworn
officer, tint afraid of perjury, willing to back
their pretensions, they would now treat us as a
common enemy, and brand our name* with in
delible infamy. They have done more—they
bare gone Farther ; they have come amongst us,
and bribed cupidity with gold, mntdtiuu with
promotion, au l vanity with temporary couse
quence, to do violence to justice. L inger ;
torbeatanc-' not only ceases to be virtuous, but
it becomes cow 1 rdly and base. The "North has
rights, long iu abeyance truly, yet not lost, we
wilt save them ; by walls and fire aud blood, i l '
needs In:, we will save them.
l wuat I have just -aid, I would out be
uiisutidefstood ; I know I cannot escape mis
representation 1 would resi-t aggression on tbe
part of the Suui.i, not her constitutional gnu -
an tees : ami I would force a plain, distiuet,;
unequivocal recognition of tiie rightful cl-atiu*
of the North : uotbing more, nothing less.—
Who call safely complain of thbt'?
1 wish I could stop here. If this were all .
of the accusation, we might forget the past in
ths cxerse of a profuse charity, but onfnrtu
uate'y we are not allowed to do so. An usurpa
tion has be.-o accomplished which saps the very
foundation of our political structure. Mr. liu- ;
chart-la Las uotnau-ied an tibsorptiou of the i
powers of C I.gross ih tho-e of the Kxeeutiv*. j
To ciwry out Lis treaenery to ti-, he has assail
ed the repr.-seiitntives of t'.e jrfinple. He bus
bribed the veual, rewarded tlm aspiring, alirnt- :
.ti the timid, and deceived the honest. By -
such means was the Lecornpton Coo-titution
carried in'o a provisional law, in contemptuous j
ui-regar<i ot the ku>wn will ol the people upon
whom it was imposed, au 1 in direct coutuven
tion of the L iter and spirit of the organic act
itseit. Toe reason which prompted tlao coui
mis'ionei :>f tlm outrage is too unoifext to he
duunted. it was to purchase fi ittery f the j
Soutla .to force slavery u;>on the soil of th
North ; ami to strengthen and aggrandize on? j
section of the tluios at the expeuse and htznd |
>if ti.e other, 'i'bcu, coajptiaiice with exeou- i
live behests was the test <if JXwmmtji, and '
10 diarogard them was yxwtacy.. M -re re- i
eeottv, however, wLeu the recotuioendaiions of!
the lVe-ideot were thought to favor the man- '
uf-ictuitug and agricultural States—when the
pr-.priety of a uew tariff ws suggested—an 1
wlieti the -■) filled democratic luemba'i - of the
Ivn.-tie ami liuusc of Representatives, aud even
F.iiisit-t < ffi • r*, rai-ed the voice of denunciatory
opposition, il w„ ail right, and rebel!ion be
! come loyalty. And yet Penasylvauiatis see
nothing wrotig iu this ; nay, they eommetni it.
Chains ut'itr vtanked upon the limbs of b- iugs
iii'a" servti-.' ;i;.| i]eba*ed. We might, pc-th.aps,
b? able lo u their ev * to the tru-'h, and
!oo*en th-ir titngucs to u'ter it, by continuing
ti.cm iu vffi , uit 1< r uew adiuini-tratioti,
'verued bv a more benign poiit-y. If parties
vv.tii sue i piaotic u .tian.-, shall bo able to grasp
tiie control of out government then must the
Ktr ng empire of tie Nor'h he dwarfed to
barrenness, an t eighteen o.iiiions of wifite
slaves here, L-e auded to the tour millions oi
Hack slave* yonder. That is indeed u strange
illu-lrati >u of the advantages of ftee goveru
tuent winch j.r <el I.ols a necessity for mushing
out tiie inherent power of a jaeopie by fashion
leg their institutions for them, requiring it to
t>" sanctioned and yet allows and encourages a
deni .1 of i-tw by which alone a bankrupt trea
sury can be rt'j leui-hcd, and houcst debts paid.
But :j, we charge farther upoa the adiuu.-
i>tr diofi of Mr. Buchanan, one of the main
causes by which we have reached the point of
national insolvency; a reckless prodigality IU
100 expend it urea of the public money, and a
pitvaiiing vice in the department* of the gov
ernment. It is a gross mistake to suppose that
our increased expenses ate owing to au expan
sion of territorv and iLe removal of our IVou-
! iier. The aiujinistraliou of Mr. Van ilimii,
i with an annual outlay of thirty-seven imtlious
of dollars was pronounced extravagant; now
j our expenses are close upon one hundred uitl
. lions a year. But we have got used to talking
|of millions without stopping to consider t!i -
magnitude of the figures. Why, sir, all the
j horses and mules iu the country, numbering
| over six tbotuand, would scarcely draw, in sil
ver, the money required to foot our government
i bills for a single year. l)o you enquire why
I this is so? 1 will tell you. We have sbau
doned our former and better practices. Wbeu
i Mr. Jefferson was President, he required hjti
■ esly aud capability iu his appointees; u w sub
; ordma'es arc selected for their known lack of
independence, conscience, and will. There
j was a. time, which our fathers remember, when
to be the head of a depaituient, a Secretary ol
the Treasury, or of War, er of the Navy, re
' quired greaine-s and inspired confidence; now
a man of very moderate dimensions will suffice
for either place. An ex governor or oft'vte
senator will always answer for the position,
provided he has the marks of gyves upon his
legs, aud don't know too much. I tbiuk we
; will be abic to furnish one hereafter, who may
elaitu by a double title. I hazard little in
■ tying there is now more money squandered
ami stolen yearly than it required during the
! udiuinistrati u of Madison, Monroe, and the
youuger Adams, to support the government—
There is not only no careful supei vision of • ur
, fiuauces, but funds are drawn, directly from
your treasury, to reward favorites, and to give
; approved shape to publia opinion at the polls;
iu other words, to carry elections. The Secre
tary of the Navy, amoug others, may know
something ot this. If he should not, the Pat
terson letter, with the President's endorsement,
may afford him iulbiuiatiou. Public property
I of great value i* sold, privately and covertly,
1 at a tithe of its worth; other is bought at al-
BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 29. 1859.
most fabulous prices. Navy Yards, Post Of
fice*, Custom Houses aud Mints, have been
slocked, crowded, crammed, for weeks and
mouths, with superannuates aud idlers, and
paid the wages due only to well taugbt craft
an i deserving industry, for th* mere purpose of
overruling the legal voters, returning parasites,
tumbler and trencher friends to Congress, and
publishing an attested lie o the world. These
nets—these flagrant violations of preservative
law and deceut behaviour—have all been en
dorsed here, in this place, in this Capitol, and
uttered and published as true and genuine De
mocracy. God save the Republic! and kuow
iHg them ail, and in the face of them all, the
President himself, to whom, but three short
years ago, we gave the fullness of our confi
dence, now bleached by age, uud bUuebing be
fore lb) trowus of an outraged and ittsuited
constituency, cauts and whine*, in hypocritical
numbers, over the .cgeueracy of tlie times* aud
in the expression of a fear lest elections should
he csrtied by go!Catobiug the sounds of
biuienta'ru.. **3 they issue fioiu the open case
ments and port Is of the White House, your
iiigdors, Joneses, ti id omne genus, move with
the hushed and solemn tread of mourners, uud
abed great tears of blood
The iudefcinuble and destructive manage*
litem of the Post Offi e Departui?tt, requires
especially to he noticed. Within a very short
period, for the mere purjiose of enriching con
tractors, bestowing largesses upon elcrile and
uuiiihabited districts of tho South, aud acqui
ring po ver, the expenditures have been almost
di>ubled--rn up to the euormous sum of
iuillions of dollats —uod the mail system made
a by-word au I a reproach. With new, extend
ed and expensive routes, without correspond
ing returns, sunk in fathomless debt, Rye, par
alyzed by burthens, its chief lustily cri< s tor
help, aud pileously begs the sinews of f<ry
buiged malfeasance. id it upon whom docs he
eai!< U ,Kin those to wh mi the appeal is al
ways in l ie when uuuey, votes, solders, or oth
er effective help is required upon tho iabor
ing thrifty —the "mud sills" of the K astern,
.V •rthero, Middle and Wcstoru States, ft is
consoling to know that we are good enough to
pay, if uot to receive. We are at ioast able,
if not rc-pectable. If we have not chivalry,
we hive fields, aud farms, aud factories. Let
u, then, without whimpering, ''split the differ
ence." Toe F. T.V'
shall take all the ; of ;...trotiige, and we
will pry their debts. The plan proposed, by
which we shall do this, is a very simple one.—
W'e have ouiy to pay five eeuts, instead of
tbiee, on each letter wo write, *b'lisb tlre- pres
eut "franking privilege,'' aud, consequently,
cut .ff the distribution of ait seeds and agri
cultural and mechanical and pMlti.-al inloraia
tioii from ot<r people, and the thing i.-, in a
great measure, accomplished. And why not
do this/ To be sure u~e more tb.n pay now
for all our postal service, and these documents
are highly piized by us, but we do not kuuw
that •'lke domestic institution" is too {*> or to
pay, and too ignorant .oread. e sli'iu to be
prone eternally to forget that wo were made
fur hewers of wood and drawers of waior. If
we would remember this fact, 1 think we would
cordially unite with toosa wuo met here on
the lGtn uli., and join tiiciu in pse-tus aud
noise to the uew American Monarchy.
It bus become humiliating to pride to speak
the truth, for it bo become onfashimi bie, and
niters; incredible Largely ID debt, pressed on
H ii sides by voracious creditors, with no pres
ent ability to pry, and with constantly accu
mulating liabilities, the I'resident has nhowr.
himself incompetent to carry auy measure of
relief. Yes, this mm and his Cabinet ire ap
palled, terror stricken, and motionless io view
of the natural results of their utvii policy, if
it were permissible. 1 would recommend them
to infuse a little of tucir i.ccouipiuQ lire into
the tai ill" recommendation -
••Instead of slan ting, staring altogether,
lake garden g nls—and not so decent either."
To blind, our sight to im shortcoming*, to
cover up its disgiaceful defeat*, and to recon
struct its sinking fortunes, the ftumiiiiatraUoa
now proposes, b_v virtue of a transfer of the
war making power to ttseif, to visit chastise
ui< 1.. upon feeble States for imaginary wrongs, |
au iby the acquisition of Cuba to exteud rhs i
area of freedom gluttonired on slavery. A
man, self made tuau aud then self destroyed— ;
•a J,car iu rags, and not in robes—having lost
the sceptre by the weakness of' folly, clutches
the living air, and seeks to mount again to
power and influence. Vanity of vauities!
there is no restitution for fallen grcatuess.
A few material inquiries any possibly pre
sent themselves, when we come to consider the
propriety of the purchase of the vain aud much
praised ' Queen of the Antilles,'' and of bung
ing bur iuvo our loving and lecherous embrace.
In what way, by what mysterious means, with
what magic key will you draw the thirty gold
en millions, demanded by the President as
earnest money. aud the hundreds of millions
afterwards, from a strong box, empty s the
heart of his keeper, and which is more secure
iu locking treasure out than in locking it iu?—
How far will a well regulated prudence deter
mine us to go iu eutrusting such vast amounts
in the hands of otic who has already deceived
us—in whom we have no confidence* By what
legal secret shall we be able to consummate a
purchase of Spain, who has determined nut to
aeli? Aud bow can we better secure ourselves
against those who, in league with the President,
have sought tu humiliate us, by adding to their
power and extension, and by giving them the
control of the Gulf of Mexico as they may have
it over tbo Mississippi? 1 think I can school
myself to love my enemies; but not better tbaQ
myself. I can willingly admit uiy brother to an
equal enjoyment of a couiiuou inheritance; but
1 cannot, tvbeu bo does mo violence and injus
tice, strengthen bis arm so as to enable biiu for
cibly to lake it all. So, 1 can and will love my
neighbor. I will freely allow him an
equal participation of all the fruits of our gene
rat*# system. 1 will divide with him the tem
ple Liberty. 1 will shield him from the evil
ioep But when be denies tome what 1 am wil
iiu g|o grant to him, arid that which uiy title
ravttw, 1 will not stultify tnyself aud place weap
ons bis band for tuy destruction; and I will
nev| pay tribute for either his kindness or for
bearftiice. Cuba may be importaut to the Union
I will admit that it will" be so when we have
jnst #nd equal laws, and honest officers, but be
fore tjre acquire it, I desire to be informed wheth
er s|y legislation can possibly be Lad as bene
ficing to Pennsylvania as the purchase would be
to Tinoessee or Georgia; and above all shall 1
scek?p know how, thenceforward, we are to be
treated. For if lam a traitor, an unconscious
•itni itnrew irded one, to either thirty-throe or
6r'tt#t states, I will uot add to the enormity ol
my i|orence by extending the number of States
against which my guilt must operate
Lsfeiye stated as concisely as I could, my
jnligupent of the uiar>ageuiei:t of the government
for last two years. I trust 1 have made it
plait*. and distinct. I have not desceudcd to
mintfte particulars; the proof of my declarations
hiring become matter of enduring record has
rendered it unnecessary to do so. 1 leave it
before you and the country, as a full justifica
tion fit our present couts", ani as the reason
for wfr settled determinatiou to refuse to bo
iieidtlied wiih movements we both deplore and
despite, I), string to be fair we car.not tolerate
deception. iSu-itiiiuiug right, we must deuourtce
asurpktio i. Asking justice, wc cannot infiict
a wrf'jag. j'ieonomy ts Dot presented to us as a
choie*., it is forced upon us as a necessity; aci
h viogf been trained iu a system of politics that
vre.imt*, and taught 50 regard parity us essen
tial tiHpowor, it is too late in our lives to turn
demagogues to maintain majorities, or to barter
for m.l> from ro'ten mle. Ir is true that fe
rn wed fend continued denunciation and proscrip
tion ajpo likeiy to be our reward tor the choice
iiiat we make, but i cannot avoid hinting to
ho suppose l hey have throttled the wolf,
that tby may harp only caught him by the
ca-fs, '
I vis to id that when cho Bel v id ere Apollo was
io the Louvre, a lady of gushing and fascinat
ing beauty,.came with each reiuricg sun to look
upou mA wieathiug it with selected
f.*w te.u ci.tsping U wirh ail the arch rof
r'i n-:,f - " ]>',■. htfi ■ v ;ek ab"d refilfttlw
roiled oa, until it 1 ist the cold and stony fig
ure turned her warm blood to ice, and she was
found dead with her face b iriud in her hands,
and leaniug agsiiist it. Sir,we may be too ideal
and look for a perfection which oaiure dees Dot
luruish. Like the daughter of the Baron, wc
may bestow the j :wels of the hear; were their
value can never he appreciated, and our last
pulse m:.y heat as we kneel iu absorhiug an t
silent adoration before the symbol of a god. It
such must be, we uiiy well claim, at least, a
generous sympathy, fur that form ouee hid
brain, and heart, and life, and power. !u the
days of Jefferson it WJS wi-c acd creative, in
the days ot Madison brave and benevolent, and
iu the days of Jackson commanding and resist
less. Then if was the awe-inspiring guardian
of Liberty—American Democracy—iu vi ted
companionship, holding in its hands the olive
branch of peace, and the thunderbolt of war.
But sir, we will not die, but live. Wo have
Aristotle's hope, the dreams of waking men,
sod their appalling interpretations shaii fco
written out in letters of tire upon wal.s of ad
suiaut. It shall be read of all men, from the
Aroostook to the Golden Gate. \><u have it
—truth in a whisper shall coufuuud the lie
j from a trumpet; and a naked child shall tread
upod the armored giant leading the hosts niar
i sball-td against the advancing civilization and
righteous government of wan.
Look not bick, we have learned the past,
but onward, with steady eye and unwavering
step. The goal is before you ! lou will re
; member that when Orpheus lost Lurydice, he
| followed her oven into the abode ol llaues,
! where by the powers of his lyre ha wou her
i back, but it was eujoiueu upou him that he
'should uot look upon her, uu;il he had arrived
tiU the upper air. At the very uio.iieut they
were passing the fatal bonds, it is said his love
I overcame him, aDd looking around to know tuat
ahe was following hiui, she was caught back iu
to the infernal regions. The story embodies a
preguant moral. It you would regain the lov
ed and lost, thou forward ! foiward!
1 ani done. It I have been dull, you will
pardon one. If I have inspired a single patri
otic thought or feeling, 1 have uy reward.
WHES TO TAKE YOUR HAT—Young men,
a word. We want to tell you when you sbould
take your hat aud be off. And mind what wo
offer. It is :
Wheu you are asked to take a dnn.
When you dud out you are courting a slov
enly and extravagant girt.
When you tiud yourself in doubtful cnmpa
uy.
When you discover that your expenses run
ahead of your income.
When you are abusing the confidence of
your frieuds.
When you think you are a great deal wiser
thao older and more experienced people than
yourself.
When you feel like getting trusted to a Dew
suit of clothes, when you havu't money to pay
for them.
Wheu you don't perform your duty, your
whole duty, and nothing but your duty.
"Graadunthor, do y<su want aorno nice oau
dy?"
"Yes, my dear child."
"Then go to the store and buy aorne, and 1
will give you seme of it.
He that is angry with the just reprover kin
dles the fire of the jw avenger.
1 From the .W w York .Mercury.
| MM MIXTL
A Story oi" the .llexican War.
BY LIECT. H., OF TENNESSEE.
Mexico had bezn takeD; but for all that, lit
tle place could ba found on the road from Vera
I Cruz to the City of the Moutezumas, for guer-
J illas swarmed iu every pass—dogged our traus
i portation and letter trains ly day, and sneaked
: round our camps by night—seeking every chance
i to slip a knife or lance in a sentinel, raise a
stampede, or do any other damage which tueir
I wild revenge could prompt.
J In charge of an escort; 1 had enoampod early
! one day in what I deemed a safe position, near
1 tho entrance of the pass Rio Frio. My reasons
i for encamping so o.irly were double. First, a
j gathering storm threatened a great annoyance
| and di-comfort, such as even a soldier will avoid
when he ean with honor— uext, I wished to re
conn -iter ti.e pa*s unuar cover of the night, for
I had every reason to suppose that Padre Ja
tanta, the goertl a priest, with a band, was in
advance. Knowing the pass well, 1 intended
to satisfy myself tbat it was unoccupied, before
my trai't started in the morning.
\Vu had uftt more than got fairly seitleu in
our camp, before the siorm came on, and such
a storm as your northern olimit can never boast
of. Faain, thunder and lightening, in quality
lull a* fine us a Jura-loving Byron cou'.d have
wished; and, in quantity, beyond uuy reasuna
' tie man'* desire.-.
After I hud seen mv men made as comforta
j ble as possible, o ntiueis stationed at all ap
proachable points, and also taken care to re-
Ire-b myself preparatory to a hard night ahirad,
1 selected a favorite uiun from the guard, and
close wrapp ed iu a warm poncho, which also
] uept the rata from my revolvers, started for the
j pass on foot—for 1 tvished no clattering L of
!to betray mc there, if guerillas were on the
| watch.
The wind carna down cold us ice from the
snowy crest of Iztaceihuati; and I was giad
vvbcu we got wiiliiu the pass, stumbling on as
best wc could—for though 1 bsd means to pro
dace a light, aud the snuggest belt-buteru oue
could want, I dared uot light it. We knew not
at what moment we might come in view of a
:pdbfi-*!cUSfewW the enamy, w (bv qnm|
cry of "q'l* /:/ ' which bad more than ooce
jarred unplussnt!y on my ear in the atlllriess
j of the uight, from a conceiled sentinel, all too
i wakeful for uiy safety.
But we moved ou for a long time without
! hearing other sounds than those made by the
storm or our; elves, and I began as we pissed
spot after spejt genet ally known as dangerous,
aud fouuu nothing, to wish myself hack*tn my
ieut, wrapped in uiy blanket, and dreaming of
my suuuy home in Tcttne-sce.
Hat suddvnh we keri a tramp of burses in
the ro;:<i ahead, utiii 1 knew in a momea', by
the jingle of she heavy bl• J aai spars that they
were Mexicans.
Whispering to the soldier with sue to step
aside, as I did, in silence, closo under the huge
overhanging rock, south of the road, I waited
to see what would turn up. Ttio party did not
seem to oe large, and advanced slowly and
with caution, as indeed was necessary in the
dangerous darkness aud coudition of the pass;
and examine the position and condition of nay
camp. Aud u>y thoughts was to lot them pass
in silence; for 1 knew my men below would give
a good aceouut of them if disturbed, and I in
tended to look further, and try aud examine the
position of their main body, if it was in the
pass.
But just as they cams opposite to the spot
where we wero standing, the horse of oue of
.hem stumbled, and at the same instaDf, a wo
unu's voice catue, loud and shrill, screaming in
Spanish for help.
"Bedadl the girl has got her head out of the
blanket!" exclaimed the man whose borse had
stumbled, speaking in undoubted Milesian ac
oeut.
lie seemed to struggle to replace it, while
all the party stopped: but the girl screamed all
the louder, aud struggled violently.
I'm not a lady's man, in the recent West
Point acceptation of the word, but I could nev
er stand still while a woraau screamed for help.
To open the sliding door of my belt-lantern,
aud throw full light on the manor, was but an
tustant's work. -My poaeno was c-ast aside
quickly; and as 1 cried to my rnau to do bis duty
my revolver dropped oue greaser from his sad
dle, who reined au escopette to targetize on me;
and 'he next instant 1 was tearing (he girl from
the arms of the ruffian, who had all he could
do to hold her. The work for two or three
minutes was busy—how I got her to the ground
1 can hardly teh; or how i and my man mana
ged, without auy hurt (except a sabre cut which
he got on the shoulder) to take care of the par
ty, but in less time than it tikes me to tell it,
it was done. Seven of thctn lay on the ground;
one rode off in tbo direction from which 1 bad
come—to be taken eare of, I hoped, by some
of my sentinels below.
Toe moment I could, I looked to the comfort
of the lady, who lay helpless ou the ground;
for she had been tied head and foot, and wrap
in a great coarse poncho, oa!y fit for a horse
blanket.
1 took one look at her great black, teaiful
eyes, haif-hopeful; half-expressive of teiror —
have seen them ever since in dreams—and then
out her lo9e, and helped her to ber feet, while
my uiau was giving the coup de grace to one or
two of the Mexicans who yet kicked.
And whilo this was going on, I heard the
clatter of a troop at full speed; and the next
moun-ut we were completely surrounded by as
hard a looking set of "greasers" as ever carried
a lauce iu hand, i&csistance was helpless; but
1 was about to try the last shot in my revolver
ou a villainous-lookiug old wretch, who seemed
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measureiag me for my game, when the lady
screauted: ii Jt it my fnlh.tr! — he will not harm
the man who has saved his child from worse
than death!"
Aud he did not! 1 soon found, through her
explanations, that 1 was in the presence of
Padre Jafaou and his band—that a fellow who
bad deserted from our army, and had been made
a lieutenant in theirs (the Milesian who now
lay in the road,) piid off for his misdeeds, had
attempted to abduct her, aided by a set of scamps
as graceless as himself.
Tho interference of the lovely Nina—even
prompted by gratitude, as it was—was peculi
arly pleasant just theu; for I would have given
but little for our chances front her father and
his gang without it. As it was, he not ©uly
allowed my return, with many thanks, Lut my
road was no ntore molested between that place
aud Mexicof though other trains did cot fare so
well.
VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN THE SAND
WICH ISLANDS.
Honolulu papers to the 18th of February
briug intelligence of another eruption of Maoua
Lou, and the destruction of a village on the
sea shore, some forty miles distant, by faeiDg
overrun with (he burning lava. Wc crpy soma
of the details:
Correspondence of Iks Honolulu Commercial
Advertiser.
WAIMEA, HAWAJ, Feb. 4.—Had I the abil
ity I should iiko to give a description of the
present volcanic eruption; but I am fearfnl of
a failure should -be-attempt he made. When
one has seen toe real thing itself rfaere is no
room for the play of imagination or poetry. —
Vou IHIV exhaust language of its most impres
sive and descriptive terms, and yet fail to reach
the reality* I shili afeuspt ro more than to
give a few fsets.
On Sabbath, January 28 1, volcanic smoke
was seen gathering on Mauna Lea. In the
even'.ng the mountain presented a grand yet
fearful spectacle. Two streams of fire were
issuing from two different sources, and flowing
apparently in two different direotmus. The
whole rsgiou, earth and heaven, were lighted
up, and even the interior of our houses re
ceived the lurid volcanic light direct from its
source.
discern where fire eruptions were. One ap
peared to be very near the top of ths nioun
taia, but its stream and smoke soou after dis
appeared, tho otiscr was on tire Dorto side, fur
ther below the tup, and was saudiog out its
fires in a northwesterly direction.
Ou the second and third nights the dense
smoke and ch mis prevented us from having *
fair view of Pole's doings; hut the f; ur follow
ing nights we had a view, and such a scene.'—
It seemed as though the tyo could never weary
in gazing at it. The L iming crater seemed to
bo constantly enlarging and throwing up its
volumes of liquid fire above the mouth of the
crater—l will not venture to say how htgh—
and the fiery stream rolled onward and on ward,
still adding terror and grandeur as it proceed
ed, till the morning of the 31st, about sunrise,
the stream was compelled, though reluctantly,
to stop by meeting the waters of the ocean.—
Even theu its reristless and opposing energy
carried it on some distance into the sea.
The poor inhabitants of Wainanalii, the
village where the fire reached the occau, weie
aroused at tho midnight hour by the hissing
and roaring of the approaching fires, and had
but just time to save themselves. Some of
the houses of the inland portion of the village
were partly surrounded before bo inmates
knew of their danger. Wainanaiii is near the
northern boundary of North Kona, and about
twelve or fourteen miles from Kawaihee. It is
of course all destroyed, and its pleasant little
harbor all filled with lava. The volcanic
stream was one mile wide or more, in somo
places, and mush less iu others. It crossed
the Kona road, and interrupted the mail com
munication The whole distance of the flow
from the crater to the sea is some forty mile*.
Last night (the 3d February)the volcano
was in full blast, and the burning stream sceme
to have taken another direction. Parties have
gone out to day to sea and explore. Perhaps
on their return I shall have something addi
tional to communicate.
Yours, L. LYONS.
HARMONIOUS DEMOCRACY.—The Wasting
ton States, iu referring to the resoluti -s of
the Democratic State Convention, which iatoiy
assembled at Harrisburg, in favor ot the in
crease of the tariff, gives the Pennsylvania
Democracy to understand that if they insist
upon the doctrines there put forth upon this
subject, they must expect to incur the opposi
tion of the party in other parts of tbe country.
Our Pennsylvania Democrats who have alrea
dy gone so far in slavish subserviency to their
Southern masters, are cooiy told that their
tariff notions must bo laid aside—that no such
heresy will be tolerated. What a glorious
thing thing it is to belong to a national patty !
Verily Democracy is the same, whether in
Pennsylvania or South Carolina. Washington
Reporter.
A celebrated portrait-pointer met a lady in
the street who hailed biiu with :
"Ah, sir, I have just seen your portrait, and.
[hissed it because it was so tauoh like you."
"And did it kiss you in return?"
"Why oo."
"Then," said he, "it was not like me."
If a inao fails to tbe amount of a million,
it is ail right-, but let htm fail to ih amount of
hie board bill, and be is a scoundrel.
There ere now one hundred aud fi/ty Young
.Men's Christian Associations iu the country,