BY DAVID OVER.
AN ELOQUENT ORATION,
On the Death of Senator Broderlcfc,
by Col. E. D Baker.
CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA : A Senator lies
dead iu our midst! He is wrapped in a bloody
shroud, and wo, to whom his toils and cares
were given, are about to bear him to the place
appointed for all tbe living. It is not fit that
such a man should pass to the tomb unheralded;
it is not fit that such a life should steal un
noticed to its close; it is not fit that such a
death should call forth no rebuke, or be sur
rounded by no public lamentation. It is this
conviction which impels the gathering of this
assemblage. We are here, of every statioD
and pursuit, of every creed aud character, each
in his capacity of citizen, to swell tbe mournful
tribute which the majesty of the people offers
to the unreplying dead. Me lies to-day sur
rounded by little of fuueral pomp. No banners
droop above tho bier, no melancholy music
floats upon tie reluctant air. The hopes of
high-hearted friends droop like fading flowers
upon bis breast, and the struggling sigh compels
the tear in eyes that seldom weep. Around
him are those who have known him best and
loved him longest; who have shared rhe triumph,
and endured tho defeat. Near him are the
giavest and noblest of the State, possessed by
a grief at once earnest and sincere ; while be
yond, the masses of the people that he loved,
an 1 for whom his life was given, gather like a
thunder cloud of swelling and indignant gtief.
In sneb a pre9euce, fellow-citizens, let us
linger tor a moment at the portals of the toaib.
whose sbftdowy arches vibrate to the public
heart, to speak a few brief words of the map,
of his life, aud of bis death.
Mr. Broderick was born in the District of
Columbia, in 1819; he was of Irish descent,
and of obscure and respectable parentage; he
had little of early advantages, and never sum
moned to his aid a complete and finished educa
tion. His boyhood, as, indeed, his early man
hood, was passed in the city of New York, aud
the loss of his father early stimulated him to
the efforts which maintained his surviving
mother and brother, and served also to fix and
form his character even in his boyhood. His
love for his mother was his first and most dis
tinctive trait of character, and when his brother
died—an early and sudden death—the shock
gave a serious and reflective cast to his habits
und his thoughts, which market! tiiem to the
iasthourof his iife. He was always filled
with pride, and energy, and ambition—his
pride was in tho manliness and force of his
character, and no man hid more reason. His
energy wis manifest in the most resolute
struggles with poverty and obscurity, aud bis
ambition impelled him to seek a foremost place
in the great race for honorable power.
Up to the time of his arrival in California,
bis life bad been passed amid eve its incident
to snob a character. Fearless, self-reliant,
open in bis enmities, warm iu his friendship,
wedded to his opinions, and m irehing directly
to bis purpose through and over all opposition,
his career was chequred with success and defeat,
lint even in defeat his energies were strength
ened and his character developed. When he
roacbed these shores his keen observation
taught him, at once, that he trod a broad field
und that a higher career was before bim. Ho
liad no tal-e pride; sprung from a people and
of a race whose vocation was labor, he toiled
with his own hands, arid sprang at a bound
from the work-sbop to the legislative hail
y rom that hour there congregated around him
und against him the elements of success and
uefeat—strong Tiipndsbips, bitter enmities,
high praise, malignant Clld.mni?s —But he trod
with a free aud proud step that onward path
whi :b has led him to glory and the g- ave -
It would bo idle for me at this hour ana jn
this place to speak of alt that history with un
mitigated praise* it will be idle for his enemies
nerealter to deuy his claim to noble virtuos
and hlgb purposes. When in the Legislature
he boldly denounced (be special legislation
which is tut curse of a new country, he proved
ins courage aud his rectitude. When he op
posed the various and sometimes successful
schemes to strike out the salutary provisions of
the Constitution, which gu-rded free labor, he
was true to all the better instincts of his life.
When, prompted by his ambitiou and the ad
miration of his friends, he first sought a seat
in the Senate of the United States, tie sought
the highest of all positions by legitimate effort,
and failed with honor.
It-is in. duty to say that, iu my judgment,
v<ht'#ut a later periou ho sought to anticipate
uiv Seuatorial election, he committed an error
which I think he lived to regret It would
Jiaye been a violation of the true ptineipie ol
reprcseutative government, which no reason,
public or private, could justify, and could
i-ever have uiet the permanent approval of good
•'lid wise meu. \et, while 1 say this over !iis
bier, let me remind you of tiie temptation to
such ati error—ol the plans aud the reasons
which prompted it—of the many good purposes
it was intended to effect. Aud it ambition,
'"he last infirmity of noble miods,' led him
lor a inomeut from the better path, let tu •• re
mind you how nobly he regained it.
it is impossible to speak witbiu the limits ot
this adJrcss of the events of that session of the
legislature at which be was elected to the
f" nate of the United States; but some things
Htmuld not be passed in sileoee here. Tue
contest between himself and the present Sen
ator Been bitter and personal. He had
'tiumphed. lie had been wonderfully sustained
I y b'.s friends, and stood ooutessediy "the first
in honor and the first in place." He yielded
to an appeal made to his migoanimity by hi?
i( e. If ho judged unwisely, bo has paid the
tortcit weii. Never iu the huicry ot political
' ?rfaio has any public man been so pursued,
ti'.vcr b.is malignity so exhausted itself.
t'-!low-ei'.izu, the man that lies before you
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was your Senator. From the moment of bis
election bis character has been maligued, his
motives attacked, his courage impeached, bis
patriotism assailed, it has been a system
tending to one end. And the end is here.—
What was his crime ? Review his history :
consider his public acts ; weigh his private
character, and, before the grave eueloses him
forever, judgo between him and his enemies.
As a man to be judged in his private re
lations, who was his superior ? It was his
boast—and auiid the general license of a new
country it was a proud one—that his most
scrutinizing enemy, could fix no single act of
immorality upon him. Temperate, decorous,
self-restrained, he had passed through all the
excitements of California unstained. No man
could charge him with broken faith or violated
trust. Of habits simple and inexpensive, he
had no lust of gain, lie overroaehed no man's
weakness in a bargain, and withheld from no
man his just dues. Never iu the history of
the State has there been a citizen who has
borne public relations more stainlessly iu all
respects than be.
Rut it is not by this standard that he is to be
judged. Me was a public man, and his mem
ory demands a public judgment. What was
his public crime ? The answer is in his own
words. "THEY HAVE KILLED ME BECAUSE I
WAS OPPOSED TO THE EXTENSION OF SLAVE
BY AND A COHBUPT ADMINISTRATION."—
Fellow-citizcns, they are remarkable words,
uttered at a very remarkable moment; they
iuvolvo tbe history of his Senatorial career,
and of its sad and bloody termination.
When Mr. Rroderick entered the Senate, he
had been elected at the beginning of a Presi
dential term as a, friend of <he President elect,
having undoubtedly becu one of his most in
fluential supporters. There were unquestion
ably some tbiDgs in the exercise of tbe ap
pointing power which he oould have wished
otherwise , hut he had every reasou to remain
with the Administration which could be supjio
aed to weigh with a man iu his position. Me
had heartily maintained the doctrine of popu
lar sovereignty as set forth in the Cincinnati
Platform, and he never wavered in its support
till the day of his death. But when, in his
judgmeDt, the President betrayed his obliga
tions to the party and the country —when, in
tbe whole scries of acts in relation to Kansas,
he proved recreant to his pledges aod his in
structions —when the whole power of the Ad
ministration was brought to bear upon the
legislative brauch of the Government, in order
to force slavery upon an unwilling people, then
in the high performance of his duty as a Sena
tor, he rebuked the Administration by his voice
and his vote, and stood by his principles. It
is true, he adopted no half-way measures. Me
threw tbe whole weight of his character into
the ranks of the opposition ; he endeavored to
rouse the people to an indignant sense of the
iniquitous tyranny of Federal power, and
kindling with the coulest, became its sercest
and firmest opponent.
Fellow citizens, whatever m>y have been
your political predilections, it is impossible to
repress your admiration as you review the oon
duct of the man who lies hushed in death be
fore you. i T ou read in his history a glorious
imitation of the great popular leaders who have
opposed the despotic influences of power iu
other lauds, and in our own. When Johu
llaiupden died on Chalgrove field, he sealed
his devotion to popular liberty with his blood.
The eloquence of Fox found the sources of its
inspiration in his love of the people. When
Senators conspired against Tiberius Gracchus,
and the Tiibune of the people fell beueath
their daggers, it was power that prompted the
crime and demanded the sacrifice. Who can
doubt, if your Senator had surrendered his
free thought, aud bent in submission to the
ruid of the Administration—who can doubt
that, ;nt>tdsd of resting ou a bloody bier, he
wouid bavo this day been reposing in the inglo
rious felicity of it\'esi-®otial sunshine^
Fellow citizens, let Do suppose the: tue
death of the eminent citizen 01 I speak,
was caused by auy other reason n.~ n to
which his own words assign it. It has o'J efl
long foreshadowed; it was predicted by hie
friends; it was threatened by his enemies; it
was the consequence of intense political ha
tred. His death was a political necessity,
poorly veiled beneath the guise of private
quarrel. Here, iu his own State, amoDg those
who witnessed the late canvass, who know the
contending lesdeis, among those who kuow
the antagonists on the bloody ground—here,
the public couvictiou is so thoroughly settled
that nothing need be said. Tested by the cor
respondence itself, there was no cause, iu mor
als, in hoaor, iu taste, by auy cod", by the
custom of any civilized land, there was no
cause for blood. Let ine repeat the story —it
is as britf as it is fatal: A Judge of the Su
preme Court descends into a political conven
tion—it is just, however, to say that the occa
sion was to return thanks to bis frieuas for au
unsuccessful support —iu a spoeoh bitter and
persona! he stigmatised Seuator Broderick und
all his friends in words of contemptuous insult.
When Mr. iiioderick saw that speech ho re
torted, saying, iu substance, that he had here
tofore spokeu of Judge Terry as au houest
man, but that LOW he took it back. When iu
quircd of he admitted that he bad so s id, and
connected his words with Judge Terry's speech
as prompting th'-m. Bo far as Judge Terry
personally was concerned, this was the cause
of mortal combat; there was no other.
Iu the contest which has just terminated in
the State, Mr. Broderick had taken a leading
part; he had been engaged iu controversies
very personal in their nature, because the sub
ject of pubiic discussion had involved the
character and conduct of many public and dis
tinguished UI6C. But Judge Terry was uotoue
of these, lie was uo contestant; his couuuct
was not in issue; he had beet mentioned but
! nce incidentally—in jeply to his own attack
BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1859.
—and, exoept as it might be found iu his pe
culiar traits or peculiar fitness, there was no
reason to suppose that be could seek any man's
blood. When William of Nassau, the deliv
erer of Holiaud, died in the preseuee of his
wife and children, the band that struck the
blow was uot nerved by private vengeauce. —
When the fourth Henry passed unharmed amid
the dangers of the field of Ivry, to perish in
the streets of his capitol by the hand of a fa
natic, he did not seek to avenge a private grief.
An exaggeiatod senso of personal honor—a
weak mind with choleric passions, intense sec
tional prejudice, united with great confidence
in the use of arms—these sometimes serve to
stimulate the instruments which accomplish the
deepest and deadliest purpose.
Fellow citizens, one year ago, I performed a
duty such as I perform to-day, over the re
mains of Senator Fergusou, who died as Mr.
Broderiuk died, tangled iu the meshes of the
code of honor. To-day there is another aod a
more eminent sacrifice. To-day 1 renew my
protest; to day I utter yours. The code of
honor is a delusion and a snare; it palters with
the hope of a true courage, aud binds it at the
feet of crafty and cruel skill. It surrounds
its victim with the pomp and grace of the pro
cession, but leaves him bleeding on the altar.
It substitutes cold and deliberate preparation
for courageous and manly impulse, and arms
the one to disarm the other; it may prevent
fraud between practised duellists who should
be forever without its pale, but it makes the
mere * trick of the weapon' superior to the no
blest cause aod the truest courage. Its pro
teuce of equality is a lie—it is equal in all the
form, it is unjust in all the substance—tbe ha
bitude of arms, the early training, tbe frontier
life, the border war, the seotioual custom, the
life of leisure—all these are advantages which
no negotiation can neutralize, and which no
courage can overcome.
But, fellow citizens, the protest is not only
spoken. In your words aud iu mine—it is
written iu indelible characters, it is written iu
the blood of Gilbert, in tho blood of Fergns-
OD, in the blood of Broderick, and the inscrip
tion will not altogether fade. With the ad
ministration of the code iu this particular case,
I am not here to deal amid passionate grief.
Let us strive to be just. 1 give no currency
to tumors of which personally I know nothing;
there are other tribunals to which they may
well be referred, and this is not one of tbem.
Bat I am here to say, that whatever in the code
of honor or out of it demands or allows a dead
ly combat where there is not in all things en
tire and oertain equality, is a prostitution of
the name, is an evasion of the substance, and
is a shield, blazoned with the name of Chival
ry, to cover the malignity of uiurder.
And now, as the shadows turn towards the
East, and we prepare to bear those poor re
mains to their silent resting-place, let us not
seek to repress the generous pride that prompts
a coital of noble deeds and manly virtues.—
lie rose unaided and alone; be began b s ca
reer without fainiiy or fortune, in the face of
difficulties; he inherited poverty and obscurity;
he died a Senator ia Congress, having written
his uatno in the history of the great struggle
for the rights of the people against the despot
ism of organization and the corruption of pow
er. He leaves in the hearts of his frieuds the
tenderest and the proudest recollection?, lie
was honest, faithful, earnest, sincere, geuerous,
and brave, iie felt, in all the great crises of
Lis life, that be was a leader iu the ranks aud
for the rights of masses of men, and he could
not falter. When he returned from that fatal
field, while the dark wing of the Archangel of
death was casting its shadows upon his brow,
bis greatest anxiety was as to the performance
of his duty, lie telt that all his strength and
all his life belonged to the cause to which he
had devoted them. "Baker," said he—and to
me they were his last words—"Baker, when 1
was struck, 1 tried to stand firm, but the blow
blinded me, and J could not." 1 trust it is no
shame to my manhood that tears blinded uic as
be said it. Of his last hours i have no heart
to peak. lie was the lust of his race; there
was 110 kindred, hand to smooth his couch or
wipe death damps from his brow; but around
that dyiug Deu strong men, the friends of early
manhood, the dovoteu adherents of later lite,
bowed in iirepressible gtwA "and lifted up
their voice and wept."
But, fellow citizens the voice of lamentation
is not uttered by private friendship alone—the
blow that struck bis manly breast has touched
the heart of a people, and as the sad tidings
spread, a general gloom prevails. Who now j
shall speak tor California? Who be the iuter- ;
pre tor of the wants of the Pacific coast? Who 1
jiau appeal to the communities of the Atlantic {
who love tree labor? Whocau speak for mas- j
ses of uieu with a passionate love tor the classes !
from whence he spruug? Who can defy the j
blaudisbments of power, the insolence of office,
the corruptions of administrations? What Lopes
are buried with him in tho grave !
"Ah ! who that gallant spirit shall resume,
Leap from Eurotas' bank, autt call tis from the
tomb 1"
But the last word must to spoken, and the
imperious mandate of death must be fulfilled.—
Tbus, O bravo heart! we bear thee to thy rest.
Thus, surrounded by tcus of thousands, we
leave thee to tbe equal grave. As in lite no
other voice among us so rung Us trumpet blast
upou tbe ear of ireeiuen, so in death its echoes
will reverbeiate amid our mouutams aud our
valleys, uutil truth aaa valor cease to appeal
to the huuiau heart.
The earth may ring from shore to shore
With echoes ot a glorious name,
but tie whose loss our tears deplore,
lias left behinU him more than fame.
. For 'vhcu the death-frost came to lie
Upon his warm aud mighty heart,
And quenched his bold and friendly eye,
His spirit did not all depart.
His love of truth—too warm, too 6trong,
For Hope or Fear to chain or chill—
His hate of tyranny and wrong,
Burn in the breasts be kindled stilt,
Live in the hearts that loved him still.
Good frieud ! true hero ! bail and farewell!
THE HARPER'S PERKY INSURREC
TION
[We announced last week, the outbreak of
a serious insurrection at Harper's Ferry, Va.
Below we give the particulars by telegraph and
tbe mails.]
HARPER'S FERRY, Oct. 18— 3 o'clook A.
M. The conflict on the bridge was fought
mainly by tho Riilread Tonnage men, trom
Martiusburg, led by Capt. Alberts.
Evan Dorsey, a conductor of the railroad
company, was killed, and conductors Bowman
and Hollett were wounded.
No damage was done to t]ie railroad or
biidge by the rioters. It is supposed that the
Holers will be tried uuder martial law, as soon
as eaptured, and huug on the spot.
LATER.
HARPER'S FERRY, Oct. 18—6 o'clock A.
M.(j [Tbe following is the special report re
ceived from the editor of the Baltimore Amer
oan :}
Preparations are uOw makmg for tbe attack
on the armory. The soldiers are posted all
around the grounds and tor tho last hour every
thin® has been quiet.
Ihe rioters have still tbe follwing persons
in their custody as prisoners : Armstead Ball,
Chief Draughtsman at the Armory ; Beujamiu
Mills; Master of tbe Armory ; John F. Dan
gerfield. Paymaster, and Clark Lewis YY'ash
ingtoa, a farmer and prominent citizen ; John
AUtalt, a farmer and his sou 16 years old.—
L'hc fhree last were seized on their farms sev
eral miles from the ferry.
Gforge Turner, a graduate of West Point,
and sue of the most distinguished citizens in
this ticioity, was shot, yesterday, whilst com
ing into town. lie died during ins night.—
Ht has a brother living in Baltimote, married
into the Patterson family.
'l>ree of the rioters are lyiDg dead iu tbe
street; there are also three in the river, and
several are said to be lying withio the armory
|gelostre.
The following is tbe list of killed among the
oitizens and soldiers:
Fountain Berkham.
Haywood, a negro porter at the railroad sta
tion.
Joseph Burney, of Harper's Ferry.
ETHU Dorsey and George Richardson, of
YY aterbury.
Another rioter, a negro named Lewis Leary,
who has just died, confessed to the particulars
of the plot, which he says was coucocted by
Brown, at a fair held in Ojhio, two months ago.
The rioters have just sent out a flag of truce,
saying that if they are not protected by the
soldiers here at present, they will hang all
they capture.
STILL LATER—THE ARMORY STORMED.
HAIDER'S FERRY, October 18, 8 o'clock.—
The armory has just been stormed and taken,
after a determined resistance.
(Jol. Shutt approached with a flag of truce
and demauded the surrender of the armory.—
After expostulating for some time, the rioters
refused.
Tbe Marines then advanced and made a
charge, endeavoring to break open the door
with sledge hammers, but it resisted all tbeir
efforts.
A large ladder was then used as a batteriog
ram, and tbe door gave way. The rioters
tired briskly and shot three of tbe Marines, who
exchanged shots through the partly broken
door. The Marines then forced their way
through the break, and iu a few minutes ull
resistance was at au end.
The rioters were brought out amidst the most
intense excitement, many of the armed militia
present tryiug to get an opportunity to shoot
them.
Oapt. Brown and his son were both shot;
the latter is dead and the former dying. He
lies in the armory enclosure. He talks freely,
ma says that he is the old Ossawattomie Brown
whose feats in Kansas have bad such wide
notice. He says his whole object was to free
ibe slaves and justify his actions; says thai
he possession of the town and could have
murdered a*] tbe people, and had been murder
ed iu return. .
J. G. Anderson wad a'fO shot down in the
assault. He was from Connecticut- The dead
body of a man shot yesterday, found
within the armory.
Brown declared that there were none enga
ged in the plot but those who accompanied him.
Tbe prisoners are rctaiued within the armory
enclosure.
EXCITEMENT IN BALTIMORE—MOUNTED TROOPS
ORDERED OUT.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 18.—There is uiueh ex
citemeut iu the city, aud nothing is talked ot
but tbe insurrection. .
General Stuart, through Governor Wise, has
communicated an order to General J. W. 1\ at
kins, of this city, to prepare, aui equip, and
mount immediately a Dody of men for service
in the mountains, near Harper's Ferry, where
many of the insuigeuts li'Vs taKon refuge.
The troops will leave here this afternoon.
Gov. Wise passed the lie.ay House this
moruiug, on Lis way to Harper's terry.
Three artillery companies from tort Monroe,
arrived this mnruiug, and are quartered at Fort
Molieury, awaiting orueis.
The telegraph line to Harper's terry is now
occupied by the transmission ot despatches for
the Govurumeut.
LATEST FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
HARPER'S FERRT, Oct. 18, Noou. Soon
after storming the armory, four dead bodies of
t the insurgents, who were shot dead, yesterday,
were found within the enclosure.
Captain Brown and his son are dangerously
wounded.
Only two of the insurrectionists are un
wounded viz: Edwin Coppioh, white, from lowa,
and Shields Green, colored, also from lowa.
The party origioally consisted of twenty-two
persons, of whom fifteen are killed, two mor
tally wounded, two unhurt, and three escaped
with the slaves on Monday morning.
Soon after the assault on the armory some
firiDg took place from the hills ou the Maryland
shore, supposed to be "a parting salute" from
Cook and big party, who left ou Monday uiorn
ing. The firing was returned with a general
volley, but both parties were too distant to do
damage.
A company of volunteers has gone ID pursuit
of the fugitives.
There are probably a thousand armed men
now congregated here. Keiuforcements have
been pouring in all uight from all parts of the
surrounding country.
OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.
YY ashingtou, October 18. The Secretary of
War received a telegraphic despatch froui Col.
: Lee, dated 7 o'clock, saying that he called on
the rioters, who were barricaded in the engine
j house on the Arsenal grounds, to surrender,
I promising to protect them, until the wishes of
j the President could be ascertained. This prop-
I osition was made in order to save the lives of
; the prisoners who were in the custody of the
i insurgents. This message was seut through
! Lieut. Stuart, of the First Cavalry.
, The insurgents declined, whereupon at apre
[ concerted signal from Lieut Green, the detach-
I meut of Marines under bis command, who were
neaf By, forcibly broke into the engine house,
kiiiiug two of the rioters, and capturing the re
mainder. Two of the Marines were wounded,
one mortally.
Ossawottomie Frown, the leader, is mortally
wounded. Several officers of the arsenal were
with the other prisoners, and all escaped un
hurt.
Ihe war Department has despatched orders
for the troops from Norfolk, DOW at Fort Mo-
Henry, to remain until further orders.
The President, in view of the possibility of
disaffection extending to this city, ordered,
through the Mayor, the establishment of astroDP
at tbe Ui iuinniavi Armory, and also at
the armories of the military companies. The
order was promptly obeyed by the Adjutant of
the District Volunteer Regiments, Major P. F.
Bacon.
[From the Constitution , of ysterdny morning.]
\esterday morning, despatches were received
by the President and at the War Department,
giving information of certain violent proceedings
by a mob at Harper's Ferry. There was some
conflict in the reports, and rumors of different I
kinds were afloat, which could not be clearly I
determined, in cunsequence of the telegraph j
wires being cut. The following despatch, j
however, appeared to be most correct and j
reliable:
CAMDEN STATION, BALTIMORE, 1 P. M.
Hon. John B. Floyd, Secretary oj War?—
Telcgraphie advices present a serious affair at
1 Harper's Ferry, where the United States armory
and our bridges are in full possession of large
bands of aimed men, said to be Abolitionists,
but thought to be aruiory men. The guns from
the armory have been taken for offensive use,
and the leaders notified our men that no trains
shall pass the armory or the bridge. Our offi
cers were fired upon, and a laborer nearly kil
led. The wires being cut we got our advices
from the uext station, but they are entirely
reliable, although they may be exaggerated in
somo degree. Can you authorize the Govern
ment officers and military from Washington to
go on our train, at 3 20 this afternoon, to the
scene, or send us full authority for volunteers
from Baltimore, to act ? We will take them
up on an afternoon express, if necessary.—
Please udvise us immediately what the Govern
ment will do, our operations on the road being
in the meantime suspended.
JOHN W. GARRETT,
President Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Co.
Orders were immediately scut to Old Point
Comfort to forward three companies thence.—
They would leave the Point last evening, reach
Baltimore early this morning, aod push directly
on to Harper's Ferry. Eighty mirines from
the Washington navy yard left this city last
evening for the same place.
Col. It. E. Lee, of the United States Army,
takes command of the troops.
THE PERILOUS BALLOONING. *
'
The public has already been informed of the
o.afe urrival at Ottawa, 0. W., on the 3d inst.
of Prof. La Mountain and Mr. Haddock, who
ascended in the bailoon Atlantic from Water
towu, New York, on the 22d of September,
and for whose safoty much fear was felt. Mr.
Haddock has written a long but interesting ac
count of their wanderiug aud suffering iu the
wildcoss. It appears the balloouists were up
iu the air some four or five hours, when finding
themselves over a dense wilderness, aud the
darkuess of the Dight around them, they con
cluded to descend. They did so and passed
the uight in the balloon fastened to the the top
of a tall spruce tree, aud exposed to a dreuch
iug raiu. At daylight they again ascended,
and here we leave Mr. Haddock to speak for
himself.
"As the current was driviug us still to the
north, we dare not stay up, as we were drifting
farther aud still farther to tho "frnz u tide"
from which we knew ihere could be no eseupo.
Mr. Li Mountain seized the valve cord and
discharged gas, and we deccnded in safety by
the side of a large spruce. We made the At
lanhc fast by her anchor, and for a moment
talked over what wc should do. We had not,
a mouthful to eat —no protection at night from
tbe damp grouod— c" earthly hope of raising
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fire, and DO distinct idea as to where wo were.
We settled in our own minds that we were in
Johu Brown's tract or in the great Canadian
wilderness—to the sonth by east would take us
out if we had strength enough to travel the
distance. La Mountain stepped up to the bal
loou and gave the edge of the basket a part
ing shake, "Good bye, old Atlantic," and 1
funcied I could see a tear in his honest eje
when he said it."
A minute accouut of their wanderings in a
dense forest is then given. They traveled
miles on foot along a creek, crossed and re
crossed it on a log, slept on its banks, suffered
intensely meanwhile from and wet weath
er. Subsequently they formed a raft, and on
this slowly proceeded on by poling it, in the
hope of reaching some habitable settlement.—
Here we qnote :
4 1t had now been four full days since we
ate a meal. All we bad eat in the meantime
was a frog apioe, four clams, and a few wild
berries, whose acid properties and bitter taste
had probably done us more harm than good.
Our strength was beginning to fail very fast,
aod our systems were about to undergo an ex
traordinary change. I did not permit myself
to think of food—the thought of a well cover
ed table would have been too much. I tLougfct
over all of poor Strain's sufferings on the Isth
mus of Darien, where he, too, Was paddling a
raft down an unknown stream; but never be
lieved we could staud half the amount of suf
fering he did. Besides, he had means to make
a fire—we bad none. He was upon a stream
which he knew would lead to the sea and safe
ty — we were upon waters whdbe flow we really
knew nothing of, and were as much lost as
though in the mountains of the moon. But
we "could not give it up so," and took fresh
courage as troubles appeared to thicken."
fcoon after they heard the report of a gun,
and the two lost men paddled their raft in the
direction whence the report came, a distance of
nearly a mile. Seeing a shantee, Mr. Haddock
rushed on shore. Here we quote again :
"I halloed—a noise was heard iuside, and a
noble looking Indian came to the door. "Foas
parley francais was my eager inquiry, as I
grasped his out stretched band. "Yes sir; and
English too." He drew me into the cabin,
and there was the head of the party, a noble
hear ted Saabdu* tun -, nanitul A notin i laiww*-
1 immediately told my story —that we came io
with a balloon, were lost, and had been four
days without food—asking where we were.—
Imagine iny surprise when he said we were one
bundled and fifty miles due notth of Ottawa—
in a dense uninhabited forest, whose only limit
was the Artie circle. In a word, we iftre
nearly three hundred miles in a due north
course from Wat r:uwu, in latitude 47.
"Dinner was now ready. Tbe party con
sisted of four persons —Mr. Cameron and bis
arsistant, who was also named Cameron. La
Mab MacPuugal, a half-bread, and his SOD
Beauccil. J. dispatched the young Indian after
La Mountain who came in after a moment the
absolute picture of wretchedness. All that
the cabin contained was freely tendered us, and
wc began to eat. Lauguage is inadequate to
express our sensations while doing so. The
clouds had all lifted from our sombre future,
and the 'silver liuing" shoDe all the brighter
for the deep darknees through whiob we had
passed."
reward of honesty.
Johnny Moore is the name of a bright-eyed,
jolly-faced lad, twelve or fourteeu years of age,
whose invalid and widowed mother, living on
Morgan street, he helps to support by the sale
of new-papers and such errands as he may
chance te fall in with. Yesterday morning he
chanced to stumble against a large pocket
book, which ho picked up and found to contain
a large number ot bank notes and papers.
While he was meditating on the sudden
riches be had amassed, aud which be had slid
into a capacious pocket, or perhaps racking his
youthful mind whether to seek for the* owner
or conceal his good fortune, a gentleman rush
ed by him in an anxious, hurried, uervous
manner, which convinced the boy that he was
looking for something, and be thought he knew
what.
"Have you lost anything ?" asked Johnny.
"Yes, my pocket book," was the gentleman's
answer ; "have you seen it?"
The little fellow "expeoted" be had ; be
didn't know, though. What kiud of a pocket
book was it ?
"This led to au adjournment to a neighbor
ing store, where tbe flushed aud almost breath
less individual "of the first part" proceeded to
say that the pocket book was a black one, con
taining $1,200 in bauk bills and some accounts,
a strip of red morocco binding underneath the
flap being inscribed "Robert Thomas, Uoviog
tou Ky." Tbe description tallied, and John,
ny's eyes snapped with cheerfulness as ho
placed the treasure, just as he had found it,
into the stranger's hand ; aud we opine there
was a greater joy in tuat one act thau SIO,OOO
could have purchased at the expense of a guil
ty conscience.
Mr. Thcmas hardly seemed to know which
to feel most—relief ou the recovery of bis
money and papers, or gratitude to the ltd and
adunraiiou of Lis houesty. Taking Johnny
by the hind, whcsi bouuding heart (he knew
not why) bad by this time "splashed tears into
his eyes," the gentleman took him to a clothing
store and dressed him cat, from top to toe, in
a bran new suit. Teen proceeding to a jewelry
store ho purohased a good silver watch, upon
which he directed to he engraved these words :
"Robert Thomas to Little Jobnny Moore. St. <
Louis, September 3, 18a9. Houesty is the
best policy" Not even cor,leu; with this the
generous stranger placed <u a neat bead purse
fije twenty-dollar gola pieces, which be direi*
ted the lad to gtve his mother.— St. Louis Re
publican .