puilllSUrn ETinlV TIiuPaDAT: ui>BtnH<> - i : if. '>■- jolth I>. Bratton. r ki.-i r ; terms.- -i'V ■ l ' ■ fc )u (n advance r Two Pollara ifpold wllhm Hie Two Dollara and Fifty (ienta, If not Mid within (bo year. - Theßotenits'wm pfrrig- IdiyndhorOd twin every instanco. No fmb scrip-’ lion aiatonUrined.until nil arrearages' are paid Unless: at the option oitho fiditor. : . vo.i ADVJEBTiaEMKNTs-rAccomjianiod by,the gash, and not ono square, willbe inserted three times fbr ono. Dollar*' nod twenty-Are cents tyf • Tboßp.ofa great bjljej^thin.proport i 90. , . ‘ Such-•as. nandi billsj Posting-. ClIJs, Labels, ,&c., &c«> exe ttttijd with Wcuritry and at the shortest'notice. |soetifal. THE LIEE-CMCK. TBASSWTJSD OEHItAN. . is n little,mystic clock, ~.Ifo. human cyo has seoii 5 "That boatethon —that beatcth ou, !, From moniing until e’en;. ’ - And when (he soul is wrapped in sleep, . And hoarctU not a sound, / It tU&s, and ticks, tlio live long day, *' ’ • And ncvef'runmdJi down. ■ Ob,- wondrous is thb work of art, Which knells the passing hour, But art ne’er formed, nor miud conceived, Tho life cloclt*s;magic power. 1 . ,Not:«et in gold, nor docked with goma, . y,By pride, and wealth possessed j But rich or poor, or high or low, Eacji bears It in his breast. "Whop lifo’s deep stream, ’mid beds of flowora, -/ All still and ’unfitly glides, TAko tho-Vrayelet’s step, with a gentle heat, 1 • ’ It Warns of passing tides. . When passion nerves the warrior’s arm, For deeds,of hate ami wrong, • Though heeded not the fearful sound, ' ■ The knoll it) deep and strong. Whim eyes to eyes arb gazing soft, And tender words are spoken, Then fast and wild it raltlcs.on, As If with love ’lwcro broken. Such is tho clock that measures life, '• Orflosh and spirit blended* And thus ’(will run within the breast, Till that strange life is ended. so.\o. Dr DATAUD TATLOB Daughter of Egypt, vail thine eycsl t cannot bear their fire i Nor w|U X (ouch with sacrifice ( Tl*o3Q altars,of Desire. For they are flames that shun tho day, And (holt*'tfniioly light Is fed from natures gone astray In passion and in night. The stars of Beauty and of Sin, (V They burn amid the dark, Dike Deacons that to ruiu win Tho fascinated bark. Then veil their glow, lest I forswear > . The .hopes thou caust not crown, And in the black waves cf tTiy hair 1 My struggling manhood drown f HlsttUnrimis. DEATH IN THE EYE —OK— A DUEL 0> HORSEBACK. HV CHA.IU.KS SOntF.nrtELD. Colonel Bill Borland was the generalissimo of the Texan Lynchers. He well deserved the ' title which he had won by many a desperate deed. He possessed such incredible skill in the u. usd hf all murderous weapons, that it might bo pronounced virtual suicide to even think of en countering him, so rapid was his motion, so un erring his mortal aim The terrible cognomen of *t)c*lU in the eye.’ told truly the mark at rrhich he always fired—a mark ho hail never once missed—while such was his astonishing quickness thht his antagonist usually fell with out drawing the trigger. An enemy stood no better chance by 1 resorting to tho sword or bowie-knife, against one in whose hands the flash of steel was like lightning—as swift, is mighty to slay—one who appeared to surpass all other men in strength as in activity—a gi ■ ant in stature, a gladiator in practice, a fiend m colirnge. His biography in itself was more thrilling than a novel, wilder than the wildest romance: ami tlie very first act of his dread *- (id daring revealed, in all their force and full ness, the two essential elements of hischaraclcr I' —the ferocious ardor of his appetite for revenge, i and tho iron pertinacity of his iudomitablo will. | At the age of twenty, he pursued the assassin £ of hia brother all the way from Caroline to Can ada, and shot him dead at tho dinner table of tavenv■ in ' ,Quebec; yet. such had been the Running of his previous arrangements for the cnk * l ' ,ata *dcd by muherous relays of swift v A*«tor«ca. he effected lus escape to the south,— ■ ‘ g!?® Achievement cost him ten thousand dollars. . this time forward his life was oiio long war. Almost every month fn the j’caraawhim engaged in some fatal duel—fatal only to oth • ers, never hurtful to him—while each week . witnessed the occurrence of casual affairs ; of- ten os bloody as his more regular combats.— \ lie was the Napoleon of tho knife and pistol.— Hut the truth of impartial history compels me to record that this man, so fearful in his deeds, whoso right arm reeked with gore to the elbow, ' was not commonly the aggressor in Ins count • less quarrels. Often the friends of those who had vanquished in fair light, assaulted him from motives of revenge. Thcfamoofhisprow css provoked the vain jealousy of others. He lutd acquired the perilous reputation of a match less hero—the ardent, the desperate, tho ambi : tious would win, if possible, his laurels. Eve v - ry young Hercules longed to kill the lion, so as g to clotho himself in tho skin, and thus was Bor ft land.forced to maintain an interminable war.— Rlt is so in all professions. There can bo no npeacc in high places—storm, hail and thunder break around the mountain's brow. duellist was one of tho earliest settlers ‘'RffAstemTexas, where he became tho chief of ■ -QLjjyAching party. In his own county of Eggftßon; bo possessed boundless influence ; Wfgta ho would not suffer a foo to reside with- SSRSrW B *, I[en po ho might have openly defied '*■ a^3ffl®«»r* f ' x * n hia pleasure; but his • ''*■ a triumphantacquitlaT ever "uri in - hga&lbaa of citizens began to change thecur. rene w. 6pimoa in Harrison, *o that In tho OOttlrty 'TclQCliou the friends of order, by n slight'majority. gained their candidate for was a terrible blow to the Lynch deprived them of their secure ventage - groundjn,packing juries ; and to increase their dangtT, at this unnropitioua crisis.’a new judge w§s appointed. The old faction, however, did not ✓disappear. They were still numerous, '/* tfao&ughv anned, and desperadoes to a man. at the first court to muster til) (fair 'Strength, so as to control and ovorawo their-prOc codings. o'clock on (ho morning of tho see ond'Mdnday in September, 1842, tho new judge twtdns scat on tho bench. Ho was a stranger (rattviho west, whose name alone had trails .pirn), and whoso appearance at first inspired ■ lhfc;dcspCradoos with hope, and tho friends of ■ order with doubt and painful apprehension.— iiiiiiii BY. JOHN'B. BRATTON. r . ,•) r ;,'voiSj^ • -f CiiarlcsEvang wag a young.matt'tif-twority-ftfb —tall, slender, extremely handsome, and dress ed with the most finical Ohgeta flash ed with rings, and hi3’ person ! adorned in the most gaudy manner.' Ilia long hair, of a bright goldott color, waving in-curls around Ids’shoul ders; andtho sweet smile of complacent vanity beaming on hislbatures, give him an aspect al most ludicrously feminine. ’ • Colonel Bill Boriandgozed on tins opparation with iricfrablo ; contempt, and whispered to his comrades—‘Wo will have it all our own way,’ as-Iluston has kindly sent us a A/iss Nancy/’ If the Colonelhad paid more attention to the man. andlcßS to the clothing, he would, per-’ haps, Imre been led toadiflercht conclusion: fortlierc was a strange light in the vivid bine eyes of the stranger—a light’that came 4ml went at irregular intervals, like the play of ligtening in a Summer cloud, while tho corners of h»s mouth wore a 1 wild, resolute, sneering expression, betokening the opposite of pliancy and fear. Tho grand jury being called and awOrn, the judge commenced his charge, and at'the sound of his voice everybody started'; for the tones were shrill as a trumpet—stem, ringing, im perious, like the accents ofit commander on pa* fade. Having glanced rapidly Over the legal definitions and peitollies of crime. proceed ed to descant on tho responsibilities of juries to aid iu Us suppression. His soul appeared to catch the electric tiro fit tho theme—his voice borrowed the rich roll of thunder—his vivid blue eyes literally blazed with that strange light—the wild expression grew terrible an. his writhing lips—ana his words flew like volleys of burning arrows. He painted thb horlors or lawless anarchy till tho very heart sickened 1 ; he described the beauty of- regular government os a vision of heaven realized on earth ; and he finally closed with the bold imnounccmcnt—'l will perform my duty. I will pat doWrt the Lynching whferever T have tho honor of presi ding or L will myself be put in the grove r •Then, JUr.<* rfuiwii, take care of your eyes!’ cried a honrue voice, louder and more menacing than that of the judge. Every heart gavcone shudder. The sentence seemed like a warning from elernity ; a reve lation. q« it were, from the depths of hell. ‘Who are you that dares to interrupt the business of the court 1’ exclaimed Judge Evans, with the grave majesty Ofitfcmg. ‘My name is Col. Bill Borland; but most persons call me ‘Death in the Eye,’ was the* answer. [ ‘But in law you have another name,* rejoined Evans, smiling. | •Tdl me what it is; but take good caro of your eyes !’ retorted Borland, with unspeaka ble fury. ‘lt is murderer!’ said Evans, and the smile on his Ups; before pale sunshine, was now & wreath of lurid fire. •You shall pay dearly for that word within a week !’ fairly shouted the duellist, grinding his teeth like a raging wild beast. j •There is no time like the present,’ was the calm reply. •Now!’ interrogated Borland, as if doubting the evidence of his cars. ‘Yea, now ! if you have the courage to chal lenge me/said Evans. ‘1 do'challenge you !’ thundered Borland. , ‘Ami I, accept/ answered. Evans. •Nnmcyonr seconds.* ‘• ‘ .” 1 •We will fight without any/- ‘The terms V asked Borland, with signs of astonishment. , ‘On horseback, In a little prairie west of the village,'ono half hour from 'this, each armed with as many pistols and knives ns he can pro duce, or sees fit to curry/ said Evans, appa rently passionless, as-if defending a motion in court. Not one but the actors in this extraordinary ! scene uttered a syllable, or offered to interfere, , for all saw that such an attempt would he una vailing. perhaps dangerous to the meddler.— One half hour afterwards the parties met in the little prairie, which was circular in form, and ' about three hundred yards in diameter. By tacit consent, both actuated by the same pur pose. they assumed their stations in the edge of the timber on opposite sides. Both wore strong belts, literally stiff with knives and pistols.— Both were mounted on powerful Bleeds, but of opposite colors, that of the Judge being white os a cloud, while tho Cololuel’s was black and . glossy as the wing of a raven. The features Of the riders in that race of death, presented dif ferent types ul expression. Thu Colonel’s brow looked dark os tho gloom of a tempest—stern, lowering, awful ; but the hnndsomc-facc of the Judge was gay. smiling, joyous—brilliant as the sunbeam that kissed it. The' multitude stood around in tho grove, speechless, almost terrified with tho scene about to open. Suddenly tho Colonel waved a white pocket handkerchief, as n signal that ho was in tho act of starling; and swift as on arrow from the bow, terrible os balls from the cannon’s mouth, the two Norsemen, with pistols cocked, and fin gers firm on tho trigger, shot towards each oth er. When within fifty stops of his enemy, the Colonel halted with surprising dexterity, and crying in loud tones —‘Now take care of your eyes r levelled and fired. At that instant the Judge urged his horse to an evolution, as if bounding over a wall, and .the bullet alined for his eye struck the silver ftommel of his saddle, and glanced off without »arm. Continuing his former velocity, ho pas sed tho Colonel within three feet, discharging his pistol at the others bosom, but indicting only a sliglfi wound ; and both then proceeded I to the opposite side of tho prairie, and renewed their headlong course. This timu neither halt ed, but passed, almost touching each other, ami both fired as they passed, each drawing from his foo a stream of blood. Tho same charge was repeated, with like result, half a dozen times, till their fire-arms.were exhaust ed, save n«pnall pistol in tho pocket of the Col onel, and yet both kept their saddles. The last sweep of all was terrific,' The horses were bathed in foam, tho riders were covered with blood, and both reeled in their scats; yet they rushed onward, madly os ever, while two terrific erica ns they started, warned the ap palled spectators that this shock would bo fi nal. Some desperate thought Seemed to have Occurred to'each at the same 'instant, uttering itself in those wild cries—yells, like nothing earthly, but shrieking, savage, demoniac.On they flew—they kept straight onwards—they swerved not to the right or left—and they met like tho colllssioh of adverse comets. Down went tho strong steeds—down went the furious riders. Ah ! surely this must ho the last of all. Not yet. Sco, the Judge rises, tottering, slo\vly to his feet, and his face still wears that indescribable smile,' unquenchable by all its oiood, unconquerable by all its bruises. Tile oloncLcannot stand,.yet ho is. not dead—ho vntlios In his agony like a crushed worm.— * de ° a Pl )r °aches, crippled,,halting, "to f'S 7 ~? tOO Jl 8 ' 111111I 11111 PWa IhortmnAnifo d™«i i i i? in tho field of fMi yc !" **, ar k' a crack; a roar, a Ml-tho Colonel mustcra all his expiring cnor- Rios-llrM lua lost pistol, mid dxlijms iri hoi hah triumph, I told you take oaro your oyra I 1 Tho horrified spectators rap to tho spot Tho antagonists were both dead, and tho rigid oyoof tho Judge was shot out. Tho Colonel Van ‘Death in the cyo' to tho last. v'V- .j. “OUH OOUNTUT—MAT JT-AIAfATS BE-lUGm:—J]pT UKJUT OH. WRONO,' Otm COUKTIIY,'” fforab go ASiw. A most ludicrous dftair 1 a|ely occurrcd at one of the country faits in apeignboring State.— There had beefrilh accommodation train placed upon the railroad parsing the village situated near to thb fair grounds, the'rates of fair upon which had been reduced to just one half the price charged on the regular train. The ac commodation train left at 8 A. Rf.. each day. As-was expected, on the evening .of the last day of the lair, a large crowd had collected on the platform near tjio Depot, awaiting - the ar rival of the regular Express train, expecting to get passage thereon, to their different places of destination. At length' a whistle was heard in the dis tance, and amid fire and smoke, the long train t apperaed in view* Many of the crowd had been waiting for hours, and at that late period were almost overcome with weariness, hut at the welcome sound they roused themselves and ewanhed on the platform like bees. The eye of the Conductor,.be having had some difficul ty with a like crowd the night before, took in at a single view the whole dilemma in which he was placed. lie certainly must stop, and hc : know that in an instant the entire train would bo beseiged by applications for. passage. Tho cars were already crowded to their utmost ca pacity, and, os to receiving any more passen gers, he knew it to be impossible. It was just as he expected, the wheels hard ly censed revolving, before pell-mell came the whole crowd, scrambling* i tcaring, pulling, hauling upon the platforms, each one anxious Ip get within and secure a good scat. They round the door locked however, and well guard cd by the conductornndhis assistants., * It was in vain that he explained to (hem that he could not carry them, that. the cars were already crowded. They would listen to nothing, they wonted to go, sd they would. They’crowded the platform, they clung to the steps and hung to the windows. His time was up, «nd ho had no space to tarry —lut it mattered not to. tho crowd, they had got a foot-hold ond were bound to go. It mattered not how insecure tho posi tion, if (heir limbs were damaged or their lives jeopardised, the company was able to pay, and they hung on. The bell rang, the whistle sounded, but bore no warning to them. The poor conductor looked puzzled, and scarce knew what todo. * If the train moved some lives must be lost, and i to remain longer where he was he could not.— I Flo entreated, told them another train would be along, but the crowd heeded them not, they j were determined to goon that train. Atlenglh an idea broke upon him. Upon the switch near him. were three empty cars belonging to the accommodation train. 'Gentlemen, ’ said he, *if I must, I suppose I must.’ He then went and examined the wheels of the empty train and found them in order. •Now/ said he. ‘nil who want to go. get into the two front cars of this train.’ Away went the crowd, tumbling over each other, screaming, laughing and hooting: and in less l)ian a minute the two cars were filled to their full extent by the ‘homeward .bound/ Each had secured a good seat and ' were con gratulating each other as their perse verance had! gained for 'them/ mid solacing thcmselvefi with thd prospect of a speedy..jour-i ney- ;-Those,nearest the ‘windows nad.atfjnW cd them, in orde/to allow a free circulation of air, and carpet bags and valises'were stowed snugly away under the scats. Perhaps a bet ter contented company had never got into so small a compass before, for they were bound to go home, and here was a fair chance of doing so. Tn a few minutes they would be In motion, it was but a few rods ahead to the switch, they would soon hitch on, and then away. The conductor had mounted Ida train, and the engineer was at his post. ■Areyou all aboard gentlemen?’ asked the conductor. ‘Yea, sir V cried a hundred voices. •Then, gentleman, I wish you gopd night, and a pleasant journey home. The whistle sounded, and the bell rang, and away w»nt the train ul the rate of about twen ty miles an hour. A dead silence reigned throughout the two cars for almost a minute, when a largo, hurley ml whiskered man straightened himself upand said: •Gentlemen, in my opinion, we have all been very cheaply 'sold.' 110 has gone away and left us. 1 So bo bad, and a fiercer crowd of men was never sden In that region before- They swore and stamped, and (ore, and cursed all railroads that ever were built. It was well tho conduc tor did not go over that road again that night, foi* ho would niost likely have found it. a ‘hard road to travel.’ At length with no better pros pect before them, the crowd dispersed to tho different hotels and caroused the remainder of the night away.— Dutchman. Flowers Upon a Mother's Grave, Four motherless little children! -Who can think of them without a saddened heart?— True, they are too young to know how great is their loss ; but ah ! now. Who wifi talk to them of Jesus i Who wifi leach them to lisp his name 1 Who wifi teach them to bo Chris liana early ? The father’s business calls them away daring their waking hours. When ho comes homo sleep hangs heavy upon their eye lids. He can pray for them, and sometimes l with them. But nh ! a mother’s constant care and influence arc buried with her in tho grave. Not long since there Was four such little ones. Their mother had been homo to a sunny land of flowers, that she might catch again tho bloom, that had faded from her cheek.. But. it enmo hot—and there among strangert/sho died.— Her soul went to the spirit land, and .her body was brought to rest among its kindred. Two of tho little ones Went to the tomb ; with those who boro their mother’s' precious fonrt. As they passed tho and looked down deep into it. each one cast some flowers upon tho coffin lid. It was a sweet sight—a pretty' tri bute to tho .memory of a mother —all they could do now to tell of their deep antettoq.' , Young reader, does your mother still livo? How should you 'cherish her affections and treasure her. words ? She may die. Then yon will feel that Von.have never (lono enough for her; hover obeyed her as you' ought; never loved her half enough. Try to bo morocarncst In your attentions towards hcr. ( Then, should you come to hast fbwerkirtto her tOmb, no tears of regret wifi fall tipoh' theni. ‘. lS , VaMTB OS' A ls no office higher than that of a. teacher of youth, for there Is pothing on earth so precious na tho Mind, aoul, and' character of tho child. No office should ho regarded with gruator respect. Tho first minds In u community should he on coura'god to assume it. Parents should do all hut impoverish themselves, to Induce such to become tho guardians of their, children. They should never have tho least anxiety to accumu late property for their children, provided they can place .them under Influences which will awaken their faculties, Inspire them with higher principles, and fit them to hear a manly, useful and honorable part in tho world- No language can express tho folly of that economy, which, to leave a fortune to a child, starves Ids intellect and Impoverishes his mind.— Channlng, CARLISLE, ;PA !t THURSDAY, MARCH 1,1855 lllr.'JtffHsm’s'PoMeißenlli, Grave, Etc, . On the summit that ponpnands this enchant ing view, thc tuanpion was built by Jefferson when he had wealth fo lavish cn his cultivated tastes/ The house was feet long, and of peculiar- form,And proportion; You enter a wide and Ipfly-hull, that was once adorned with wovksof/art v which ha had.selected with a master's skill, m the high place of the earth; then yoapass on to the spacious dining room with polished iiilaid floor; thfcn to his library and parlor; ascend, this■ flight of stairs, not wide enough for more.than'one to walk up at a time, and you find where ho died the 4th of July, 1820-- Tha bed was in a re cess! tho end of , which contained two pieces; and oh this was thtown tho matress on which ho laid'hirasclf to die. It was the gloom iest place that over I was. in; there was the strangest gathering of thoughts crowded upon each other, and each claiming .to ho the true emotion for the hour and spot. I thought of liberty and revolutions—Of human greatness and glory, of philosophy and ■ religion, and fi delity and death, and hereafter of the soul of a mighty man struggling j with, the fettersiand rushing away with them intO'.thc darkness of an untried future; to' tho presence of the Infi nite, in whom tho wisdom of raftn and angclsis lost as n drop that" falls on the ocenu : before whom the souls of the Unholy shrink away, and finds the rags pf human glory ami the fig leaves of philosophy to bo no covering whin the eye of .the Holy Ono scorches the spirit. Such thoughts as these pressed me os 1 slocth In the chamber whence the soul of Jeflerson tied to judgment. r ‘ • , The mansion, owned by, Cant. Levy, is falh into decay ; it. was sold, and alt his furniture, Jeflerson having died insolvent: and almost thc only relic left bfo man w(w/4c name is iden tified with'his country's history, as a tlo.'ottd patriot and ‘distinguished President, is a bust’ of Voltaire,’which stands hcrea tutelar dignity of this deserted,' dilapidated house. As you ascend the: mountains, you pass an inclosure without A gate (hat contains tnc grave of Jeflerson; and a more neglected, wretched burial place you will seek in vdin. If Camp bell's Last-Mart had been buried here, ho would not have been less eared for. ~ The wife of Jeflerson, tom-from him by, death ten years afltr.early merri-igc,,lies hero. A’granite'obelisk, battered much by pil grims, but without name or epitaph, is doubt less the monoroent of Jeflerson. It was here placed by his executors, and the panel, on which .was the epitaph, ho - wrote for himsellV-has never beep inserted in the stone.— I was told It is lying with tht iron galea dc sigried’tor the enclosure on the hank of the river where they Were lauded, and that no man has troubled himself to see that they reached their destination. <. The Maine Giantess. Her name is Silva itardy.; She is a native of Wilton, in Franklin county;isseven fect'six in ches in bright, ia rather leaq.Uum fleshy, yet weighs three hundred aitd thirty pounds, ia nearly thirty years of age, and te-dili growing. SHehas heretofore, maintain*'!' herself chiefly by service In the capacity of-V nurse, having the reputation.of bong o iu<wri,excellent.Ono; but fiwjiJ'BiK p'itathJChtr; t;oL‘ Ijgtxj., gopd enough. for her to, practice’ this, vocation* Icr mother is said to havo been, below medium size and her father hot above it.. She was a twin, and at birth weighed but three and a half pounds; her mate did not live. She has awnys been an unusually small cater and ac* , customed to labor. Her figure is not erect.— Her complexion is fair, her eyes, blue, and the very modest and mild expression ofcouutcnancc is said to bo a true index to fier character.— She has always shrunk from the presence of strangers, and it is believed could not now be induced to appear in public but for the pover ty that compels her to overcome her extreme sensitiveness. We are assured that she never, as a nurse, takes an infant in her arum, hut al ways holds it in her hand. Placing the head upon the ends of her fingers, its feet extending towards the wrist, and with the thumb arid lit tle finger elevated she forms an ample and ad mirable cradle ; tho. length of her hand being equal to the whole'length of jm infant. She is unable to pass ordinary ddorS without stoop ing a.good deal.—Port. Argus, Capital Ppnibiwenp amokg tub Cukqo- Kbes. —Tlio first Indian that was capitally ex* ccuttd by the Chcrokccs, under the Cherokee laws' and by a Cherokee sheriff, was a fellow named ‘Nat,’ who was hanged about five miles from the town of Van Huron, in Arkansas, for the murder of another Indian wlio was called ‘Mosquito.’ The singular and almost Uuglia blo particulars of the execution were recorded at the time by an eye witness: •The sheriff had caused a grtllows to bo erect ed a short distance from the court lodge, but when the culprit was brought to it, he being a very tall man, it was found lobe too short ‘for his accommodation,* and some other place had to bo sought for the execution. •The whole band of Indians, with the sheriff and ‘Nat* in the midst of them, then betook themselves to tho banks of the .Arkansas, in search of a proper treo from which to suspend the prisoner; and. after, a little lime, a, tall cotton wood was found, with a projecting limb far up the trunk, that, in the opinion of all, was suitable for the purpose. ‘Nat,’now that all things were ready, ex pressed a wish to bathein thb river once jhoro, which ho was'permitted to do, carefully guarded by the rifles Trent tho shore.. IJo went into the water, frolicked about for some time; swam to and fro with great apparent pleasure, then came to the shore, donned his blanket,and stood reddy for tho lost act of the drama. , •'The Sheriff now told hiih to climb the tree, which he commenced doingj- the officers of the law toiling up nftcr.hira with .tho fatal cord.— ‘Nat’reached the projecting branch of tho tree, and was desired uy tho Sheriff to work him self out upon ’it as ffif off flora the trunk os ho could, which 1 was done, wh6n the sheriff ad justed tho noos'e around hisncck. and tied tho other ctid of tho rope around tho limb! ‘All these preparations were conducted with tho utmost coolness, and tho most perfect good understanding existed between tho shcwff.and ’the Indian. .When all the arrangmenfs were compacted, the sheriff told ‘Nat* that ho would slide down the tree to tho ground, and make a ( signal, when, ho, tho prisoner, must jump oft tho limb—to all which ‘Nat’ cheerfully assent ed. 1 ( , Tho sheriff reached tho ground, and look ing up to tho limb upon wlpch sat tho poor victim, ho shouted— * ‘Now, Noti you red rascal, jump! And jump ‘Nnt* did; and, after a few struggles, hung a‘ mass of lifeless clay, to the infinite wonderment of his ml who bad nev er before been regaled with tho flight of on exe cution of that kind. I — Harper's Magazine. Fast Bov.—.‘Timothy, my son, what mo you doing there with your foot dangling in the, water V ‘Trying to catch cold, ma, so that I can’hato Homo of those cough lozenges you gave me yes terday. * i s*l '-['d, A AA* ■B “ I i I 'imtj i 7 From the Rome Sentinel. Anecdote of Silos Wright. A gentleman who during tho lifetime of Mr. Wright, was one of his most intimate and con fidential friends, related to us. a few days ago, the following incident Of bis life, an incident which shows clearly the high .moral principle by. which that great find good'man was ever governed, in both .private and public aflbirs. While a member of tho Senatd of New York, many years ago, there were several applications for bank charters, some of them for institutions with a large capital, and whose friends were urging llio passage of the bills with vehemence, and a system of Lobbying was brought into requisition, .scarcely, interior to■ the present highly perfected - state of the profession. On One occasion a prominent member of Assembly, ahd either then or subsequently Speaker of the Housc;‘ftnlking arm in arm with Mr, Wright, wheen the following conversation, in substance, passed.between them: , Member—l am told, l\lr. Wright, that you have never acquired a fortune, but arc in mod erate circumstances. ' Mr. Wright—You arc comet. I have never found time to ,devote especially to making mon ey, and besides am not perhaps so much at tached to property as most men. Member—liut you would not dislike to be' rich, and in easy circumstances ? I Mr W.—No; on the contrary, it would af ford mo pleasure to have a competency, be lieving that I could use it prudently, and in f such a manner as to benefit others as well os myself. Mem.—l think I could put you in the way of a fortune of say §50,000, if you would but adopt my suggestions. Mr. W—l should feel greatly obliged to you for any, suggestion, which would enable me, honestly, to acquire such an amouqt. Mem. then, you know that the bank bills will be np in the Seriate to-morrow. Wo have been canvassing, and find tho-vote very 1 close- 1 know your opposition to them, and your determination to defeat, them. Now if yon could manage to he unwell, and be' detained from your sent wheii the question is taken, I havo no doubt some of my friends would do something handsome, and rather think it would be Sso,ftU(h Mr. W.—(lndignantly dropping the arm of tho member,) Sir, I ani astonished. You'havo said enough sir. I wish-to hear no more. If my life is spared, 1 shall bo in my scat to vote against the bills. , Mr. Wright said thaUsuch an impression was made on his mind by the conversation, tliat ho was too nervous to sleep soundly, and that at ono time of the night, ho awpko and found himself wandering about the room, in a slate of nervous excitement.,. In, the' morning he ate a very light brcaklbfet, fearing ‘ It might cause him to be sick', arid half an hour before tho meeting of tho Scnate,hc was in. his scat, impatiently,waiting.lprthoopportumty to re cord his vote, as judgment ana honesty (bela ted. Such was the principle which, controlled the action of Mr. Wright.in all his public and pri .vote relations. 1 ' His,success is recorded in his tory, while the fate of tho person who 1 had the temerity to attempt to , swerve him .from, the path of rectitude,,although a man. of.'finu, tal efijg^ind'jtojndar tnapncqB,roll a prdy.tb dissipa tion,’'and after removing from'lns country rest*' donee toillio city: of'New York, died an inglori ous death. Wo could give his name., but pre fer to withhold it ojit of regard for the feelings of fri ends. House of Common's’ Courtest.—The fol lowing is Colonel Sibthorp’a speech in tho House of Commons, on the foreign enlistment bilb— Ilc-is an old member, ami an old man. being not far on the right side of octogenarianisro.— Hois brief and blunt, nnd often makes speeches pretty much in the style ot tho following. He is himself, we suppssc, one of tho “devilish good soldiers,” much older than thirty or thir ty-five. Certainly he has been. Lord Raglan Is not far from seventy, ami Sir John Burgoync, the chief engineer before Sebastopol, is not much less than seventy-live, having been fiftv*ftvc years in tli*British army. It is very likely that he is of the family of Saratoga Burgoync. Ho has the reputation of being a very able offi cer. ..The other was not so considered : “Colonel Siblhorp had deeply felt the gross insult offered to tho body to which ho belonged —the militia'of the United Kingdom. Ho firm ly believed that almost any number of good nnd'tme Englishmen couhf bo obtained; and. os to the noble lord's talk about thirty and thirty-five years of age, ho had seen devilish good soldiers much older than that. [Laugh ter.) lie wrts confident English soldiers could be had, and that by their conduct they would defy tlip aspersions of men who were no sold iers. j ;[llcar, hear.] Ho should, with pleasure, give a firm negative against this measure of the Government, as well as any other measure of which lids might be the lorcrunner. Tho con duct of Ministers was underhand, low, dirty, mean, cowardly—(laughlcrj-uhworthy oFEng. llahmcn. Save and except the noble lord, the Secretary for tho Homo Department, they had no proper feeling. With that exception, the Lord liavo mercy on such a set.” [Laughter.] ‘From tub Sublime to tub Ridiculous.’ — Tho Rahway (N. J.) Advocate tells the follow ing good story at tho expense of ouo of tho ‘up per ten* of Nc.w York: / Mr..— r, — to one of the 'merchant princes ’ of tho Empire? City, nnd though living In a spacious mansion on Fifth avenue, his entire family consists pf himself.and wife. Meeting a friend from, tho country one day, ho invited him up to view his house. Tho friend was shown the gorgeous rooms, with tcssclattd floors ftnd/Uiagniflcent frescoed ceilings, and fl nally .was taken into tho lower rooms, la one of which he found a small regiment of colored ser vants seated nt a bountiful dinner. On his re turn hbmc. ho was asked If ho had seen Mr. So and'So?- ‘Oh.yesl* ‘Whatls hcdolng now?’ ‘Well, when I saw him, ho was k«ei>ing a nig’ ger IfOQnling-house on fifth ayenuo. Americanized ■ Europbanb. —Bn Oliver ‘Wbndillilolinca recently delivered a' very en tertaining and .instructive lecture at Clinton Hall, New York, upon this subject. lie began by comparing tljo climate and produ itions of New and Old England, and reasoned that so important a bo expected to pro dncffin tho end, o marked change in tho, phy sical pcculairitics of those who find emigrated hither. He regards pur climate as less favor able to health, n? temllhg to diminish tho ener gy of the vital system, although tho table? df mortality in the two countries indicate n 6 'di minution in tho average duralloh ofhumanlifo. There are ihoro invalids with ua, especially among tho female portion; However, though wo do not possess the buoyancy and exuberance of health which characterise the English,, there is no pcoplo more capable of stem and strong endeavor; and experience , has shown, that where tho physical strength and powers of en durance of Americans have beennut to tho test, wo arc by no means inferior to tnc English or any other people. AT 52,00 PER ANNUM. NO. 38. Shocking Scenes at an Execution at New Orleans. Wilhelm Jung was hung at New Orleans on the 2d inst., for the murder of an orphan boy, of whom he was the guardian. We gather from the papers of that city (he following ac count of the revolting scenes that preceded the execution: Three days previous he attempted to commit j suicide with a knife which he had in some mys terious manner procured, and which he had sharpened on the brick wallsofhia solitary cell. His windpipe had been cut, and his throat, from ear to car, had been hacked with a des perate, but misdirected energy, which left it a complete mass of mangled flesh. Ho bad also stabbed himself in the side, and attempted to butt Uis braias out against tho walla, but with out avail. The vronmls were bound up with lint and linen, but it was with great difficulty he could be kept alive until the day of execu tion. It appears, however, ho walked to the gallows with a firm step. So soon ns the drop fell tho wounds in his neck were opened afresh, presenting a horrible sight. Tho knot of the rope caugn him directly under the chin, throw ing bis bead back, and he lived for sometime struggling most desperately. The windpipe was entirely severed—tho blood flowed copious ly from Ins throat and mouth, staining his white neckerchief and cap—and the wind rushed througb the opening with a frightful and most unearthly loud report, which caused every spectator in tho yard to shudder and turn away his bend in horror. Tho nconv of the suflbrer must have been intense, ills legs and arms, though firmly tied behind his back, writhed about for at least ten minutes. The ! veins of bis hands increased in size. After hanging about fifteen minutes. Dr. Sebnsller S renounced him dead, and his body was cut own and placed in a rough coffin,'and soon tho ghastly. lifeless form of the child slayer was forever hid from mortal gaze.' •A Whole Nation op Franklin3.‘—The following paragraph recently/ appeared'in the leading editorial of one of the leading newspa pers of London. It is calculatcd- to make Brother Jonathan raise himself in his boots sev eral inches: •We have a few great engineers and median* 1 ics, and o large body of clever workmen, but the Americana seem likely to become a whole nation of such people. Already ibeir rivers swarm with Ibclories, their towns surpassing every State in Europe, cxccrt Belgium, Holland and England, and the abodes of all the skill which now distinguish a town population, and there is scarcely an art in Europe not carried on in America with equal or greater skill than in Europe, though it has here been cultivated and improved thro*- ages. -A whole nation of Franklins, Stephensons amUWatbiln prospect, is something "our nation to con template, It cbntraatfpwjth the’ comparative inertness and ignorance of the bulk of the peo ple in Europe, whatever may bo thysuperiority •of a few well instructed and -gifted persons, the great intelligence of thcpcopleof Amirica is the circumstance most worthy of public attention/ %ia Oak as. dv -«yCuQw.vtu>, Head.—ln the course IcffcrUqihfeCfturw (Its KtaU Pius, its Pans Gallahlc2 f ; toS the following * ’■'* y -•*Tho Emperor has sought a diversion from the pressing cares which the precarious situa tion of the army in the East nns caused him. Dc has shut himself up—invisible to the whole world, save his ministers—in the Palace of St. Cloud. He who is ordinarily so calm, cannot now, it is said, conceal his irritation. Nobody dares to approach him. The Empress herself seems to have lost that supreme influence with which her grace, her sweetness, and her beau tyvhave hitherto invested her. In the midst of continual and violent rains. St. Cloud has become to her a most dreary abode. She de sired to return to the Tuillcries, hut her august husband for thirteen days resisted her wishes. To him solitude was a necessity, lie recovered his serenity and conscntenlcd to return to the Tuillcrica when he learned that Austria had joined the Allies. Ills diplomacy has borne him a great triumph, ho sees France return to him which atone time seemed so far a way. Since their return to Paris, the Emperor and Era pres spend much of their tiiucon Inc Champ Elyses, and in the Bous do Boulogne. The Empress appears to enjoy perfect health. But the Emperor's features boar the marks of great anxiety, illustrating tho truth ot tho saying that there is no earthly crown which docs not concent a thorn. A Usiqk Idea.—ln Brants Meyer’s Travels in Mexico we find the following As 1 enter ed the door of this edifice (Nucatro Senora de Lcroto) the first thing that attracted my notice was a side alter, converted into nn arbor, in tho centre of which was a well, with Christ and the woman of Samaria beside it. Thclady had been lilted out by a most fashionable man tna-ronkcr. in a castumc of blue satin, tricked out with pink, and while she leaned gracefully on a silver pitcher, resting on the edge of the well, our saviour stood opposite in a mantle of purple velvet, embroidered with (fold and cov ered with a sombrero, a broad brimmed straw hat. An E.vnuan Ducal Kksidbncb.— A letter from London stales that tho Duke of Duc clcugh's residence, (Montague House, White hall Gardena,) is about being pulled down, and his grace has taken tho Uto Lord Brownlow’s house, in Bclgravo Square- Ewry year, dur ing tho last 24 years, tho sum of £20,000 has been laid apart ns an accumulating fund, in order to rebuild Montague House in a palatial manner, so os to mako it tho finest mansion in London. This would mako £480,000, but as it was profitably invested, it amounts now to £2,000,000, all of which will bo disbursed. Passaos of the Ahmt Bill jn'tiib Sbnatb. —lt is not often that we arc colled upon to no tice an act of legislation so urgently demanded by grave and pressing public considerations as the army bill which passed the Senate on Thurs day last: and wo think tbo whole country will sympathise in this opinion. That suggestions of tho Secretary of War, so strongly approved ; by the President, in reference to tno increase of the army, should occasion discussion, docs not surprise us. We arc not, however, prepared for so much opposition as was manifested on. this subject in the Senate prior to • the passage ofthobill. Great credit is. due to tho accom plished and gallant chairman of the Committee ph Military Affairs in the Senate, Gen. for the watchfulness and ability with which ho advocated this most important measure. Thu same may.bo said of tho distinguished senators ofibbih parties. Let us hope that (ho House of Representatives will consummate tho work so happily commenced by tho Senate. 1 J M [Wash. Union. (X7*Ab many writers have taken the (rouble to doflno what a wife ought to bo, wo .may aa well add our Idea on tho auldoot to tho gonoral Amd. A wife should bo liko a roast lamb— tender and ulcoly dressed. ; i .niaio#^' . !Thb late Air. Clay was a man of great resold* tloa 'and considerable,dicing*, ,once,told ' the following anecdote to a fHend ofotiri »!>.*»■ - .* Travelling In a public conveyance in a fouth-r western State, he found himself fo cdnjjpafi£ with 1 three other persons, consisting of a young lad/, and gentleman, her husband, and anothop.ihdi* • virtual muffled |a tv cloak, countenance . was concealed, and who appeared to bofndnlg* fog in a HU-a-iiit with a big brawny Kentuckian got Ihto the ,slagd»/ : smoking a cigar, and frowned fiercely around*' • _ as much as to say-—‘‘l’m.hulfHorso/half a!Uw~ V tor, the yallcr flower of the forest; oirbritbstono ‘ but the head and ears, and that’s aqua fortit/T In fact, ho looked os savago-aa tunoat-Wcp» . and puffed forth huge volumes of pmoke,;wllfc-- out reference (o the company wltMn,espocWijt v tho lady, who manifested certain tlrttia sytnfc* V ; toms of annoyance. Presently,. aftersotrie WWI* ’.)• Bering, tho gentleman with her, in.thd ,/ accent, requested the stranger h6t.to>mo)ctyA|kv’ It annoyed his companion. ” Tho followed aa-j' - swored, “I reckon I'vo paid for ray placo. 1 -!’!! smoko os much as 1 d—n please, apd all b-r—*l shan’t stop me, no how.” With that he looked dangerous, and rolled his eyes round as fiercely os a rattlesnake. It was evident tbat.be had no objection to a quarrel, and that |f It occurred It was likely to lead to a deadly straggle. Thtf young man who had spoken to him shrunk hacto and was silent. ' Clay felt his gallantryaroused.. Haconsldeh-'. cd for a moment whether he should but experienced n natural reluctance to draw upon himself the brutal violence of his gigantic; adversary. In that hoknewhls, Hfo might be sacrificed unavenged. He knew, himself physically unequal (o the contest, end 1 thought, after all, it was not his quix otically, to take up 'another: man’s quarrel.—» Fueling pity fortho insulted, and disgust tho inaultpr, ho determined to tako.po notlcex' when, very quietly Indeed, tho cloaked figure In' tlio comer assumed an upright position, and the; mantlo was suffered to fall from {(without effort, or excitement. * The small hut sinewy fl-ame of ft man, plainly ; dressed in a tightly buttoned'ftoofe coat; with' nothing remarkable about his appearance, WM aocu, and a pair of bright grey eyes sought tbo fierce optics of the Kentuckian.' Without . word, this “ lay figure” passed hish&ndundor ins collar at the bock of tho neck, and slowl/-' and deliberately pulled forth a long and glitter* •> ing knife from its sheath in that singular place. “ Stronger,” ho said, “my namoAs'COlonOl James Uowio, well known In Arkansas Louisiana; audit yon don’t put that <ng*r OUV of the window in a quarter of a-mlnnte, I'll) put this knife through your bowels as sure M. k death/’ , ‘ Clay said ho never forgot in alter life we ei*‘ prosslon of the Colonel’s eyes at that moment. The predominant impr£lsion made upon'him was the certainty of tho threat being fulfilled,, f and apparently the same conviction impressed , itself ore long upon tbo offender. During Wfif or three seconds his eyes mot those of Bowled' He was the weaker, and ho quailed. ■ With tf: curse, he lore tho cigar from between bistocln, , and flung It, scowling but downcast,, out of.thd ] window. Upon this, Colonel Janies Botria hi 1 deliberately replaced his long knifo IdltseCtem i trie hiding place, and without saying a tsotd td ■ any one, refolded his cloak around him, and , did not utter another syllable to the end of the journey. ’ , The Gloiit or England Depadted.— A Lbn* , don letter writer thinks that the time bis tome ' for English harps to hang upon the 4 John Bull is beginning to waste i away | blaato»; mach has scarcely tone cnongh for roast beef, and thoro is every Indication of tt «<deoj>-de cline,” If not a galloping consumption. Wo suppose tho author of the following is prepared' to furnish the Osar or any other ditinltraltd ' person, the proof necessary to establish tho ; übovu diagnostics. - England possesses no great men. In fact there is not a man for tho ‘occasion in Parlia ment or England. Many will smile at tho sug gestion tint tho greatness of England has parted, . and that the time ol her decadence has como. . ( But whenever has a State scon IU own decay till tho hour for remedy had gone? And In all history, what Ims always so clearly indicated that tbo vigor and life of a State has passed but Its bigoted attachment to forms And rules and etiquette, so that theso become fetters upon Its activity and Independence? Absolute Franco has this .day more real liberty than constltiUioQ* $1 England. ' L ■ yr " V 3*X*r;B*ciTi>fd Rice.—A Jargq .spate laiho--. columns of' the .Charitsfon Jforomyia datoted. ‘iy to an exceedingly graphic report of the laid great, ruco between Brown Dick and ijtiry Taylor.'*— Wo make room for the following extract t *• Then did Dick's IVlonds begin tobopo again* Tbo gallant colt had got supple and fresi again* and was now wide awukofoc bis work. Bo had It to do; for Mary's head was honl on victory* t and aho led the way during the first half mUo- . Again a shout is heard, and Dick shakes hltn a?lf for another dash. It was a beautiful sight. Fur a while he gained rapidly, and again tbo maru shook him olf. Thun soo-sawlng, hot? widening, notv closing, as it fortune herself was doubting which of the (wo to favor, they flow along. And now, onco more, Dick pushes op, on (ho last stretch. ' The suaro takes (right, and at hor best speed shoots by the stand, leading Dick hy a length ; hut his rider, the little' mu latto, who has ridden so often to victory* hold ing him In with all his might, felt (bat tbf ife tory was his, and, with sparkling eyes, holloaed out to his master as Uo passed, <1 got o’tn slf, £ got e’m.’ «* The last mile! the last mllo! tho last talk I and between two such nagsl Heavens I faowth# » heart of tho great crowd boat, and what a bar’* . rah they sent alter them, as, close upon her hoots, and gaining more and more, Brown Dick / pursued tho tnaro. And now they aro locked* ; A circus Hdor might have straddled both, nof lost Ids balance for more than a quarter. Bow it will end, none can tel). A feather’s weight„ might turn the chanco, when, suddenly, Dick'* noso pops out ahead, then neck, then saddltfj and fairly delighting in his Increasing speed ana tho prospect of victory, ho leaves Mary, to catch him If she can. But the game Is up, and easily . enough ho wins the heat. Wo scarcely ovar , witnessed a more stirring heat than this. L VP ; to tho last half mile the result Was just as doubt* Ail as when tho horses storied; and too mneb . honor cannot ho ascribed to Dick, who, on this occasion, proved blmsolf worthy of any eofn|H)« titer." Arrival or a Mormom PanAcnca.— Amoftg tlio passengers in (ho John (jilplo, aMited I ait' week from Calcutta tvnsSalmiel A. Woolley,* , preacher of the Mormon frith. Wo learji from Brother Woolley that ho left Salt Lake City about three yearn since for tho East Indies, whore ho preached, and succeeded in making * " number proselytes among tho natives of Calcut ta. Ho would have made more, ho says,'had his money hold out,—(ho missionaries frho hate the most cash always being tho fnpyt successful in making converts. Uu also informs, us that , tho usual rate 0/ pay for a ebnrort.to Christian ity, of the first class, is about ten rupees per month—if more is offered by another, sect, the freshly converted heathen abjures his former, fuithf and takes up a new religion with every extra supply of rupees. .Brother Wbolley Is a native of Fonnsylvahta, having been bom near' Philadelphia, and is a smart, active specimen of a Pennsylvania Yankee.—jßoi/on Timti, Tdb Attbbpt to Shoot Mbs. Bianop.—Tho . police are using every effort to effect the arrest . of the person who on Monday evening cnUjtd the dwelling of Mr. Bishop, No. Broad way, and fired a loaded pistol at his wife, u ; she wnsperfomung on the piano, but fortunate ly without effect. It appeanrifyat Mrs. 8.,; previous to her marriage, had engaged her hand..: to two gentlemen besides her, husband, and qno | of these was so exasperated nt her, because sha , disappointed him, tliat ho publicly threatened that she should never become tho wllbof anoth er, and nt her wedding, which took place, in! Grace Church, a strong force of police were In attendance, her friends being apprehensive that he would makcau attempt upon her life os she ' was entering tho building. Two days previous to her marriage a pistol was fired through, 4 window at her as sho was sitUlng in tho parlor of her uncle, at Tarry town.—JV, V. Tribune. Cans for Love.—Hide in a closet half 4 • dozm times and listen to the conversation that taki a place between a couplo who have been married oiio yrar, while they think themeelvea entirely alone. - > i ■/ .-..-hiWi
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