'f *.>;■? V I 1 Douglas was born at Bran dy, Vermont,, on the 23d of i.father,,a native of Now dcianof prominence, died «y; son Stephen Vaai two months old.' The as; took ■ her! infant and- 'a iteen months older, to ,a inherited conjointly \vlth her, ’ Stephen received la odnimO’n school- could ,‘ sftt ; the! age of fifteen, irds a,college course.— le to afford the requisite iht ho; thinking it tinio , left l the farm and ap a cabinent-makerj at ,: partly at Middlebury j, for eighteen months, jeh inonths’ application 's' bench So impaired his -idonod 'the occupation, 1 some regret ; for ho has ; the happiest days, of his ’ the workshop.' Entering 'thdorij he; studied- for a, id to Canadaigua with ' the,Academy, at,that 1 ted until 1833, stiidv . Hubbell., iMtinote which fated ■od d fresh held; and ;3,’ he-'started IVeSt -in >loee in which to woo iwyor. - Young,.Doug-, evero. illness, andhad imef at Cleveland.— iph tinned hid search visiting Cincinnati,; in wain. At Jook * np hettcr pleased,' reduced to. cents-—offered somo, iot‘ pfocSed.'; :lf i his; rover, .his: heart, was >gth; and applying use,' he walked ,’to' , ciiteeir miles dis ohtain employment crowd had collected leased trader, ■which' iction, : Instinctive on in;the front rank was going on. The still; ’ He wanted a accounts. s ; Douglas, >uld road land write, )hip, and promptly •ee days’ service, in 1 sii' dollars; with tely opohed a school .•s, whom he taught dlars each. Spend :ho youth of Wih 'oted to his own in ane law- books' in ' eir- contents, and layed his book ile: practising in of the peace of i,. tion, he obtain of the Supremo 5SI 1 opened- an office ohighorcourta. v.Wy/ ng-whila not yet 4 if n n t» * over, eighteen tk.® Legislature IT, ec i? d : h; of the State.-: 1 P®?? 1 ;ned this office, ih sS T * n l>% . by the -In 1837 ho 1‘ as Bppomtedd^^bhf:the Land Office art Van Buren, I ioaligiblewri •irDbugloa received the .Congress, in No -8.000 votes ,w®re'Cast, j 9 was declared elected there being niore bah| assets in consequence t Douglas’ name than result. r ' ■ id himself exclnsive istinguishod himself hihg .the rights of 40 ho.entored.upon ’ayor of Van Buren trdor. In Dccom 'ns wn*, appointed 's ;. and In I’cbru i by the Lcgisla • Ootfrt.-clu 1843 inch to'accept the' ■engross. ~,, r , , dty of. four hun ted by a majority uhj in 1846, by, ty.""Ho, did not election, having id'to the United from March 4, he has continu- ‘ r UrM* I 'iw\i I • il * ti■ •; r. t v , x >V-f vi f’ 1 fr. vJpur.MKjjli. Yot he..opposed, it he .'treaty -of peace -which, Closed the. Mexican war, oa. the: ground -that the,boundaries' Wore ."unnatural and inconve nient," nndthat . the /.provisions in regard to the Indians). “ cOuld never be.executed." Our Government has since given ton millions of dollars to. Mexico to alter the .boundaries and relinquish .the Indian stipulations.. ’ln-dike manner,: he strenuously opposed the ratifloa cationof; the Clayton Bulwer Treaty, upon the ground that it, nledged the faith of . the •United... States in all time, never to annex ■ colonize, or occupy any portion of Central America.. .-. : ; '. r o ; Senator. Douglas has declared himself in fa vor of the acquisition of Cuba, when that island.canr.be obtained, in a manner. consistent with the Jaws of nations and the'honor of the United States, t/: .i,-., . ,-r. . As chairman of the Committee on .Territo ries, first: in the, House and afterwards ;in the Senate, ho. reported and carrifed through the bills organizing the Territories of Minnesota. Oregon, New. Mexico, Utah, Washington Kansas and Nebraska, and also the bills for .theadmission mto the Union, of. the States of lowa, Wisconsin, California, Minnesota and Oregon,. He early took-ground, touching the Slavery question ns involved in the organiza tion of.,Territories and the: admission of new States, 1 v Heheld.that,Congress should not in terfere one . wny or the, other. With this view,, he opposed,,the," Wilmot Proviso” in 1847, when it> passed .the House os an amend ment to the $3,000,000 bilWofthe peace treaty With Mexico, .and afterwards in the .Senate, When introduced as, an, amendment.to the bill for the organization of the Territory of Ore gph; In Augnst, 1848, he offered an amend rnpnt; to, the,, Orhgon bill, extending sonri,Cornpromise deg. 30 min. west ward ;tn the.jPacifio Ocean,, in the sense in, which it was, in -1820 and extended through, Texas! m 1845.,. The, amendment passed;the Senate, having : thosupport of all the Southorn and sevoral : Northern Senators. In the House it was defeated byan;almoBfc (sectional vote. .. ....., ■ of January of,the session.of .1849-5,0 Mr, Clay offered, his celebrated reso lutions, which bpcamo tbe (basis of the subse quent'legislation ; 0 f that session, known as the Compromise,measures, r- >; ' ~ Cir tho 25 th of March, Mr. Douglas, from the . Committoo on Territories, reported to the Senater two bills—one, for -the admission of i California as a State,Vthamther. for establish ment of Territorial,Governments in Utah and New Mexico,. and for,the, adjustment:of, the Texas boundary.. .On tlio lOtli- of April, an motion, of General,,..Foote,’ /ofo.Mississippima committee of thirteen was appointed, of which. ,Mr. Clay was made chairman, and to which was referred all tho suhjects portaining to the question of Slavery, On the Bth of May. Mr. Clay, from the Committee of Thirteen, made , an elaborate report,.,accompanied by a bill } generally known as .the “Omnibus bill.’! -By' .the .original; bill/nstrepiirted tejfl ,as ; it; now appoars-ioh. the.j files i will .be;apoh"thah-4nstead.*f! f preparing a new bill,, the Committee of Thir ieen -the two; bills reported, by. Mr. Doug-- hia, on the 25 th of iVlaroli, and converted them ■ .into one by putting wnfors/betweeh them.' bad'this report been made by Mr. Clay, than, if was /fiercely assailed. . The discussion proceeded at great length upon tbe : question whether theiTcrritorial, Legislature sUould hayo the same authority over the Sla yery as on. all other matters 1 effecting the ih ternal policy of the Territory,-when, di.-fl.ei 3,lst of July, Mr. Norris, of New Hampshire, renewed , the motion of Mr. Douglas, which was carried by a vote of 33 to 19 ; thus estab [ fishing, ns the fundamental principle of’ the Compromise: measures of 1850, the doctrine that ,the Territorial Legislature was: to have the same power oyer tho question of Slavery that it possessed on all other matters of do mestic jpolicy. -y- ■ ■ -. ~ • Mr. Douglas,-in-1854, introduced the/ICah sas-Nobraska Bill, declaring, as its fundamen tal principles, that “it,Was-theitruo intent and meaning of the Act not to legislate sla very mto any’State or Territory,‘ nor to I'ex clude )t therefrom, but! to - leave ; tho people thereof perfectly free to form and-regulate tnoir,domestic institutions in their own wny subject only.to the,Constitution ,pf the Ufflted ciu 3 - , 18 speeeh in the Somite in support oi the bill and against its adversaries, was regarded as i 4 thd greatest .speech of his life;” After, the ipassago of the Nebraska bill' Mr. Douglim wp.B fiercely and savagely denounced tor. advocating tlio principle that the people of a Territory might, have slavery if they wanted, and shoulil not be compelled to hare jt if they did not want it. - He, was burned and bung in ?r V*U»«obnd the' United States where an Abolitionist could he toum};, When lie arrived in Chicago, he was met by another mob, 1 more numerous than the one Which: greeted him in 1850; when he made his great speech in defence of the Compromise measures. : Mr. Douglas gave notice, that be would address the people in the open square in frontqf Nhrlh Market. Hall, in defence of the principle involved in the Kansas-Nebraska bilk V.if.hi* J®* tucns&AY horning nv B.BRATXOJS. erms. pftili tjjjfwif* paid; within tho year; Cents,‘if notjmtdwithiu dll bo rigidly adhered toin' Viption discontinued until )ss at;tho.option of:the ibmpaniod by-the cXbh, nnd re, • will bo. inserted 1 three ; tw.opty-fivo cents forcnch tee/of; a greater length, in iifi Hand-bills,' Posting-bills, els; Ac. Ac., . executed xvitli •tOSt notice. elteoui. A. ; DOUGLAS,: ILLINOIS. r< . .. On the day of the meeting, the flags of the shipping in. the harbor were hung at half hiaati.in pursuance of, a previous arrangement by . the abolitionists in f their Know-Nothing lodges; and the church hells were rung as a signal for the ; mob to' assemble. They did assemble, ten: thousand strong, ! armed with clubs, brick-bats, bowie knives and vpistols, and orgamzed into companies,. with, their, loa for violence or tumult at the given When Mr. Dbiigliva 'appeared upon he was greeted with the most uni earthly howls; when :li6 commenced to speak eggs, istones and.clubs, land fired I ,g-, -Ha maintained his position for four aPPealine« thbrn-theh ndioulmg—then denouncing their cowardice in combining to. put down with force and vio loncp a singjo man, who used no other wea nons than truth and mason!' His efforts Were • tutile. ' The mob grew supremo; and having ( held them at bay from eight o’clock in tho Evening of Saturday, tin past twelve, in the midst of their imprecations and violence; ho (retired, pursued by thdntob, to his hotel.' ■■ i -■.lmmediately • issuing, (notices making am ipointnionta throughout. thq'State, he appealed P.ooplb to rally, in defence of- the great : principle thatovo'rycommunity should govCrii itself; in respect to its local- and domestic afr! ttora.Ti,‘H6.:did not appeal .in vain. ■ The peer R'b. ol J'bno'a did rally, and, in the Presiaen i tialdectiofi pf 1856, give Mr. Buchanan a ;■■ St*™ mm'bnty upon that distinct issue. Wi„„ i, tho naturalization question" Mr. Dou iffis B nn*- S not 1)0011 less hold and Consistent.— fonen nls 0 °- a ?. ep 11118I 1118 been .marked by his do- S d,C 2 t,on of the rights of natural hafe m^dm t L ,iP i ,non ? f ¥s" birth who ; r n homos in this country. • • , , ■was Pf Stephen (A. Douglas fm-.tho pg.. before the Baltimore Convention nati i I t denoy l and at the' Oinoito lnt, t Jm r O ” t o i ll V^. here c)n ' ‘be sixteenth’bah lot he received !22 votes. After this ho with, nn Zj. ? Olograph from Washington, his name in favor of MK-Bhehanan.- wives Mr, Dbug on the Oregon •kinttting our'ti ip to 54 dog. 40 verwould yield ■eatßrUainor, •• fft favor of 3ri-rtoridirQ OT ;- >e protection.op the immediate so tho whafchedoejnod; j might/' drive f estigo;‘of r6yal North‘A : rae- Uos‘ an ocean- '0 annexation Ooramittoodn id the joint ; of -the; .United Polk’s Admin- Wds Mexico. ■'.if,;. - ;.(■ ■ r ; ).'• ■> \ in, There was a smart young follow ' With'sqrioiisearnest way;- •Who, bufrfor one great-blunder, - Had. sorely won the' day. *• .:. .Who left so goad-impression,;;. - On Monday- ono or, tWo; ~ - ; Went round amongthe people '■ To boo do. ‘■j The pious godly portion, ' 1 - Had fault to find; .His clear and searching‘preaching v .They thought the ydry kind;., And wont smooth-and pleasant , . Until they hoard .the views ‘ . Of some influential sinners 11 Who rent'the' highest pews. •' ,0n those his pungent:dealing ... . Made but a sbrry hit;. The cost of gospel teaching • Was quite too tight a fit, Of course his fate was settled— “ . Afctond> yo parsons all P -• ~ And preach'to plcaso the sinners 1 If you would got aca11.,., Nextoame a spruce young dahdy- Ho,wore his haii* Wo long; Another’s coat too shabby, . . And hia.yoioo not .over strong p Arpi one Haven student worse than all , We.couldn't heed the sermon - - v .. For thinking of his'nosoi . 4; " - Thenvwbary of candidates, - 7 Wo looked thp country through, .Mid doctors and professors, ■ To dpjV, Aridaftermuch(ilSdudstoni r ', ■ On whd; should-bear the ark,V ' With tolerable agreement ■" -• : Wp fixed on.j)r. Park. .' : < WthpughHt mottled, ■ anittzcd to 1 find; ;V .V. • Oaf flattbringihvStotida' !; ' ' •’* r,: * declihbd;- ' r ‘ - We turned to Dr. -Hopkins ; 1 «- ■ V ■ To bolp us.in the lurch/, - Who strangely thought that college, Had .claims above our. church. .Next wo dispatched oonuxlttcea v-- By twos and threes'to ! urge ap The laborafor a Sabbath,- ■ <:■ Kev. Shallow Splurge.^ .’V:. , iSo wonderful hia.stylo';- •!’ tfolloired, the creaking, of hia boots.' ! ♦ , p^Wacd,‘up"thp^iBlo^: I 'Y^?| , ‘^' . Histonewas so affdoting,: .;' ■ -.His gestures ■fipdlviney.. 5 r Alftdy faintcdin/thehynm ~ Boforothofiocondlihej , f And on that day hegave’ u d f ' ! In accents clear and loud,!* 1 -• ■ Tho gtoatost prayer over nddrc^soa ! '>To an enlightened crowd; Ho preached adbubjo sermon, m ’ And gave us angel’s food, : ' : *' ■On such a lovoly tbpic— ■ • ; ■' ' “The joys of solitude;” ’' ; ; And full of sweet descriptions i :■ .Of flowers and pearly streams, ■rOf warbling birds,,and moonlit groves And golden sunset beams. Of faith arid true repentance ' ' ■ ! He nothing had to say; He rounded all .the-corners, ■ And smoothed the rugged way; f Managed with.great adroitness: - To entertain and please, r And leave the sinner’s conscience Completely at its ease. < Six hundred is the salary * Wo gave in.former days;— W9 ; tbought it veryliboral, And found it bard to raise; But when wb took the-paper, ~ We had* no heed to urge; To raise a 000 l two thousand • :; Bor the Rev. Shallow Splurge. In vain were,all the efforts— ■ We had no'chance at all— Wo found ton city bhnrcbcs ' ."Had givori him a call; And he, in prayerful waiting, Wa&.keeping all In tbw, . But whore they paid the highest, .• H whispered, he would go. good Ohristidn b’rothers, • 0 ask-your earnost proyors, V That God'would send a Shepherd J gu .‘d e oburcfa affairs; : With this r A man to meet bu* >ipv?s; Must proabhto please 1 the ainnots, ; ;And all the vacant pews. 'The lletufil.' So piany years ago that tira# seems a jrea£ sunset shadow, whose thin, attenuated shape makes us turn our eyes west ward, hoping to rid us pf the gaunt spectre. I was a happy husband and father; ,Th 6 prettiest dwelling; covered all over with vines; I Sardeu. which, was. my chief' depen dence,, was our abode. , The blue Bbine flowed past it, andl.had,,construbted,a.little ; boat in which I towed my little’Blanche and her boy by moonlight, or on soft summer afternoons, when the labors of the vineyard had ceased. My boy I I recap his looks now, although there have been times when I scarce remem bered that-such' a ! treasure had ever been mine...-; , .. ■. . I v. ?l Ilnc .^ 0 as . beautiful, notonly to my eye?) I but to all others, jailer than most of the fe- I males in our region)'With a figure so full, yet I ?Q btbo and pliant that every movement was perfect grace, a, fair clear blonde complexion, witn‘large dewy eyes,'of the hue of our own beloved Rhino, and.lipa like the red Wine' of our own rich grapes, hOw could she bo other* I 'r 18 i° * , n beautiful ? To all those accessories. I of happiness was added' o' friend—Who who wmvory dear. both to Blanche' and myself, Oarf Itoimor was, my own cousin, the son of [ my father’s Jifother; who lived farther up the river. Hi) spen t all his leisure hours With US, and was often domesticated for months', work-' mg with mo at vine dressing. He called Blanche bis, sister, and little Carl, who was ; named after him, seemed as dear to him, os if ! he hod boon his own. ' tr ,• I cannot dwell upon these days , of happi ness, though God knows they Were all'that were or.oyer, can, be mine. The,trumpet’s soupd broke nil these illusion's, and both Carl and myself joined the Legion, find eri) lone ;wore fighting bravely in Algiers. Iniedhol dwell upon the battle scone, ft is painted on too many hearts to be reproduced; Wheth er; Carl escaped or' not,; I did not know—but I- 1 was taken pnsonef, and in the. gloomy Oastle I hid woro on without: a “7 , n( ? t ® of ft? l6 - I kept no reckoning of day or night.- All was alike to mi, and Fycgeti ’.WJIITED...4 MINISTEB. Wo have boon without-a pastor, ! Somo oight months or mbrb f ' ,: ; : • thbugh candidates ateplrinty-~ ; - rj ■'•We .ve had-at least a score— . . * * All of them, < /:tip-tdp’/,.proaohbrs, 1 Or so their letters ran— We’re just as far as over _ From settling on the man* : The first Trhp camo utnoDg.us By no meads was the worsts . But thou We didn't think of him Because bo.wos the first;, It being' quite the custom 1 : ' : ' To sacrifice a fow, '' .-s >' Before tho ohuroK in [earnest Determines \rhat todtf. •• r-MAY BE ■ . 'll : ‘.vr ji H CARLISLE, PA., tod—not livodi until at last wb&thed/onrb of life and liberty hidalmost fiiSei froin hvy heart, my prison dbofm-wierb.' tlMtfphpn, andCX Btaggoredibrth'intoHthei‘blmaiM;sunshino ; and was. tolff.itbat knew what' that \yord: hand was laid on shoulder) affT f?ll bhck' the prison " “Come,.come, mypoor fellowl® said he in : my own native language,, find; Ip tOpbs that brought the blue Bulge, l and B^iche's : dear voice, and,my boy’s Bwoet praftht allvat ohco to my eard—he toldme to ibllow him ;to the seaside, where . mvessel "was. waiufig iis home,. ;.' r ,;;’ . . - r H«r’lhid'hlc^«‘.jfad«^er)to(ii)i^ a & a cell near my by ctmpar ing the numbers, but wed 1 1, * te . I “ l 5 e .?», the atinos-' pliere. of a the dark,; blue sea for many hoinfsPre l oame fully to myself. fierce struggling : of that -flay, pud the cruel wound uponjmy.head; which fb|n periodhfid shattered all my eenseSj ■ My 6&pahipn r wal a husband and fdth'er iuisd|. thefe wadi:there -1 fore, no need of holdingmy cnthusiastiepraisr |es of my Blanche andr fier litilo Carl.' He sympathized with, themall, and gave vine rhapsody for " . tyt • /Of side 1 once morel .Feeble,sworn'and wfisfecT'l thought:iflcouldbutekperieri(!ea;fovr.days pf care and te'ndernessj&om -Blanche, I.could expand'infoUe“wf;llfe)’;';'f a .plant which; is kept fi^'tfip''ff^iili'(^yay : in lar, and whichcart only b& restored by warmth and sunshine, and loviogkandstotendit.iA/ we neared,bome> thiß;j[pnging;grewso'inteniq that thejleast menniyeri pUPld'nof; Seep Permit) strong,'so atf witb\the change in me. to talk to oiir him if die knowGarlEoimer,andhadl«Uncd'hi'a r fate. Ile knew him well, 'and had,be|ii<a neighbor at home, and had soon.him,several times in the engagement, fighting bffislyi’ . Be. was so reckless that; it was ‘not, ilfSkely'that He*, had- not escaped the fate ,’o'f imany who laV stretched ’ upon l :the .fieldi-thatcdayj ■: Clr;; it might;be, thothe was ope.of ,ti|a gay and gal lant trqop that, inched, hofflo'TOrtha battle,i to gladden the hearts tßatJhud|beeti weeping tears’of Blood in theifhhseiffie?!-' ,mr .' ■.I stin Wre‘ my Wan 'and-trafed look tthen' we landed. I had no moneyi'arjdtt long march.! for one so enfeebled as. I wasjjay before me.' dent a staff from threw myself on the grass inyho shadow of Some tree that ipfdteeted me 'lmm the stm; and! “OP 4 long and heavily. Inf that sleep T dreamed of a happy meetipgirith. .Blanche.' My.piUow of dried-grass .gavp,.place .to her, oh’ my? rr'|t 0 .t I e ! t ca ™and kisses ihat.was flippy dream sleep; wabolmoati night. ■ I felt! sdte'and laiiie from slepping in! •the .dew ad long, .'and d- gladly'teeopted thepf- 1 ter of a.oottager i ..whtf, asked) me. torStay,allvnight, .undßr„hiS.:rppf; ,/‘onir 'deserve;;to ;he welcomed; saidi; the old’ taan, and when he pointedtothbs word that hung over the' black rib boh and a soldier's capihdnging from its hilt, 1 knew that he musthaye lost a,friend.,., “Jti Jf 0 ? he weeping.,; !; ,* showed; mg, a, poor .but clean l chamber, Vrhere I stretched - my wofiry limbs on a Bod for the first time for k long, l long! while. I slept but little, but when I did.my afternoon dream, came .flitting book tome, and 1 like an angel yisitant.it broughthoponnd.ioy fo a Bosom so long weighed down with sorrow, the • next morning I resumed my slow l march homeward; 1 .. So :slow that although not far from our own village, I was.' unable to., walk thither until night was fairly setting in! How i tremblcd.as I went up the .little .slope that led to our door;- I had purposely, come By a back road, so as’ not to meet 'any ‘one' whom I knew. I OOUid not hbar l tidings of toy family from anj! j passing; stranger, . .Through, the openings Jg the yino leaves X saw. a cheerful hrehght-shining Brightly, and making great shadows on the cleaU; .white "watt, 1 What J Blanche W(jre deadj arid theae ivOro strangers 1 .by ,_my.)hearthstDne:lj /shuddered I and turned^siok.'j.The/wndowiwas, too high for,mu to se’e within flio room, and I staggered up to the door, and stood a poor. Weary and footsore strangprV withm: walls.’ ' ; 1 _ Blanche was there with a bahy in her arms. Sitting by the .fire. and beside her - stood Gnrl I''■ - talking that ‘ he y had ngt heard my entrance.' The baby was-cooing out its soft notes*. abd BlaUche was singing the.saine. bid melody that ! hadjheord so Often, over little Gayl's cradle. - She looked np ; to Keimer’s face , with a Sudden smile of wtter truth; Hid it come faster, it-would W I'/; for,,them I must have died un der, the bitter shock. Isaw itallnow. /They top, ond under all the-ohanges which I had undergone, Blanclio knew me. She “Prang up unth a wild shriek a face that w ‘mblanphed/tomarMe Whit<®bss.' s "‘ : 11 Why eyeif geek to describe such mo ments?! leatdowoi'for I; could ,not stand 1 and, there by; tho fitful firelight they, told me about, Qarl had returned Zt^lL and the comrade who marOhOd.next fo hifeitold him of my death. Hb had-been me,be supposed; lying dead upon' tho field_ in the hottest of the combat,; i Carl mourned like-a true, friend, and was absolute-, jy unable, for many days after his arrival, to bear tho tidings tb Blahbhe'; -She hc'ird of his return, anf went, leading her.littleCarllo his house/ -There, she feß sick, imd was nursed kibdly By his mother,, but o'rd sho ro coyerod, the boy was tdkbil. ill find died/. Af-! returned to jhdr desoliW home, I *y e J?. l W. 6, y^“ a desolate'lire for a long ;un[e. Thorr her' rare beauty broiipjKt he? many:’ editors, r. ; She"Ctnfned from- ml ( "> and ;w°uld receive no,' one to hor houeo.jjlJven n 8 ! 10 oalle d brother, could only be .admitted at, tong intervals,iabcompanied/by .ms mptber,or. sister—-for ; already,bod, village ;S oaa .'l? J o, nod Oicir unmoa togother,. AVoll, of- B b° k ® t® her of mar iS“Se; “O did not ask her to forget the dead.) IB van then,'he told lior, could her husband bo' ! D W^'“, T ,Would rejoice to give her .up, hut us all wak over; wily shbuW ndt thW |who mourned him most deeply; qnito tlioir' two. desolate liyeo togetbor;?: ,And .Bhjnohe ponsepted, but, not until the second'little Carl was horn, did she ! ®W>“f>|e a« ‘.Of old.. All .this Carl told mo °yP s » anii y with HU i 4rm Ardmid' Hiy nieok«-* although I could' see the wofds wrung’his soul-—he offered to. take his boy and go for, ) far away from r thb sight of our happiness, and pover intrude bn ub again. ■ ! ■ ■ 't .’ ; Blanche'sat with’quivering Jips and tearful ( ,'oyes, looking from pne to the-other, ond then on her now sleeping baby. At thq sound .of his last words,’she looked up‘into his’fobb iW* wspresaion po full of tender reverence —as-indeed ho deserved—that my. resolution ;waSHakeh at once. ; ' ■ " I saidi oolmly imd decidedly, thou oh the ongJuißii that was Emawiner afc .“let me be the victim. of t i';? J u r 1! *PPy“ ißtok e- Carl—Blanche lyonr. child .is the .tie tluitmust bind you., Ifad mine diyedj; I should have said otherwise.- May. God bloss yoii both l You have not erred wilfully, and -1- have. nothing to -pardon'. ' -1 will try to forget 1“ , F - f ,®? r ojnidst. sobs, and tears, and. passionate entreaties from both, I turned dwny from ihy Ownhearthstohe, and left them forever. X am.a gray old man nowr-a weary, worn nut manner. -The sea has been my home for ■??--e!X e!i r s .. .Never easy, never quiet, save when I am on the broad bosom of the Atlah | tip, never, wishing to loot oh the bide Rhine. nearly atomy journey’s .end. In that mr lapd beyond the setting sun, I shall meet Blanphe again, with our own Httle Carl, but lit this world-1 shall never again trouble the i current of - her life;; ‘ She’ will. be my 'wife i a that land, and.l'.shall .then have < to. to .forget. ; : > The Dog arid the Assassin BT MRS. C. 'A, SOCLE* travolmgjin 1857, through thebeau titul oitypf Leipzig, I observed, about half-a league'tro'm the gate of tho.town, a few rods from’the highway, a wheel arid the bones of a chained corpse exposed to the gaze; of every passer. ■ -ri .... . r j: °...,., ■, ■ f -- :>s the; history of that crimi nal,' as riearne'd it from tlje lips of the 'Judge ■who conducted the trial,'dridfcondeinned him to:be; broken alive r?;; r : ;; ? ;butobor beings in the *®>gain.me road' was atfobKed by highway men. He was oh hdtebtack arid ac coinpanied'bjr a large dbg. > One '6f the rob bers,seizedithe horse by the, bridle,'while the twp others Ragged, the butcher from his sad tpUed him. Thb dbg immediately leaped'upon pne of them htid strahriled him; but the other wounded the' animal so severely I ■tliat; h.e ; ru9hed;;into. the, woods uttering the Hipst fearful howls, ■. The butcher, who by this himself from,the', hrasp “ “b sßcbhd robber, drefr his knife arid kilt; ■pd mmvviHut at.the samrimoimerif he reebived’ R BhOfjVbm the,third, he.Fwhothad; just wolip u®U;the ,dpg, and .falling, .was despatched' by the thief, who found upon.hirii a',large sum of -value; I He plundered the corpse, leapbdhpbn ■theJiorSe arid fled. >, r," .-'.V ■: y. ; V 1 ® A®?!'® or ß* n g two woodcutters happeh surprised to find three; dead bodies and a, large dbg who seemed to ! bfe: . guarding them. They examined them arid on!-' to reStorehie.rhutin vaiiii ' ;>■ -.i; Bought seine writer for ! j Sffljk Wjdg hastSnbd 'to .thbetierirest’ | f’J- f ; Theioffiber; accompanied by at-' tendants. was poonon tho spot; o’ surgeon ex amined the wounds of the .three bodies; they dr ®Y' U S PTpi'hahprqcess andintbrred them. *?®S hau'dragged himself, irithC Corirs’b ’ of.fhe night, when all was quiet, to the corpse of hip master,!where he. wasfpurid the next | monung, , fie, allowed his new; friend; to.dross . aB *fforeseeing that he musfccon- / sent to live that hie’ might one day avenge the I murderer; - he.ate and- drank, but would not! leave;thespot..r V ■f. ' y I He looked on quietly as they dug the* grave. I allowed .them to bury the todies'; but as soon as the turf was replaced, ho stretched himself-upon it, howled piournfully, and re- ( swtedi all efforts Of the bystanders to induce I h|m .to rtioye,'.. He snapped at, all who. came I 5 e J r f ll ™* Except the , woodman, who . tad " de ;He bore his caresses, hut no soon? lor did thejnan attempt to> take his paws to I remoyeiiim from the grave than he gnashed 1. 8 nnd would have wounded iiini’ se-1 had not quickly fled. Every, one I I admired the fidelity of the dog, arid when the [ Woodman offered'to'carry hint food and drink every Iday, .that he :might not perish, the ma-l gistrate proposed taking up a collection to re numerate the man, who was poor and the fa-1 ther of a Jargo.family.: With difficulty he was I educed to accept the inorioy, but ho. finally I did, and from that iribnient burdened himself J witn tho caro of his now pensioner. I Jrib details of this horrible event were pub-1 lished 'in .the, principal journals of the spun-1 Meyer,, a brother of the butcher, rea-1 1 - afterwards the advertisement I (of th® magistrate, hastened instantly to! his I preseiice,. Boying,he had fears .which he be- I heved now only too well founded, that his bro ther had.fallen into the hands of robbers, os I ho had left home with a large sum of ,gold for th® purchase; of beeves, and was riot heard from. His suspicions were only too sadly confirmed when, the magistrate related to him “1® of a dog, which he described,— Mr. Meyer, aocompanied by the officbr.arid se veral others, repaired to the grave. As sbori as the dog perceived his master’s brother, he howled,-lapped his hands .and evinced.other ??j?®ll^, ra ri®riß ®f joy. By different parts of his dress, fllri Meyer, recognized the body of hiS brother when they disinterred it. Tlioiib-I serice 6f the. gold and the wptoh, the wounds jptttpH®*; apd-his dpg, those of-thp two, °5“® r bodies, together with the disappearance I or the horse, convinced the magistrate and the' J I ririuepses that the deceased had not only been I ossasSinated-by two, but also by one or sever al-others" whb'hfld flffd Wilh' thS hotse arid plunder. ;, t i 1 .Pritainpd permission, Mr. Meyerre riiovou his, brpthbris,corpse to bi native .villagej ’Sj4 iriiri the .pemetbry.r-^ 1 faithful dog followed the body,but by de grees becairie attached tb-hiS new master.’. ' 1 . . Evory effort was riiade by tho most diligent, 1 scarol l and.tiio : offer ..of jmmonse .rewards to disqovor tho asMssinsV. Blit in tain,, the Hor ■ riM®,f r ?lflj , i® | riairied (in enigma.’' , , ’ '' ! ’Two ’yeafs bad passed awoy, aid rill; hopes of solving-the' mystery, vanished)! when Mr. Meyer received a letter urging him to repair; without delay to Leipzig to close the eyes, of !. fuaternal uncle, who desired to see .him before ho' died.' ,IJq' immediately hastened thither ab’oompariied by his brother’s dog, who was his companion at all times, lie arrived too lato. r ■ His relative had deceased the pre vious evening, bequeathing .him a largo 'for tuno.7 ,He found the city orpwdefi; it .boing , the season of. the, groat fair, hold regularly thorb'twibo a year. ■■; - ■ , I 1 ■ While walking; one morning mi-the public square,’'attended as usual. by his dog, ho was 'ostonimriid to behold the .aminal Idap forward like %Briish. Ho dashed upon the crowd and' leaped furiously upon an elegantly dressed young man who was seated in the centre of the Square, ; iipbn an olevptod platforrii erected for the use of'those spectators who-desired’ moreConvoniontly to witness the show:' lib hold him by the throat with so firm a; grasp, that ho would soon lifii’c strangled him had no aSsisfanbo Ijbonrondorod.' They immediately chained the dog, and,thirikingtof.course he must be mod, strove to kill him. Air. Meyer rushed through the crowd ahd arrived in time to rescue hisuiithful friend/cnlling cageriyin roe meantime .upon. the bystanders to arrest the man, for he. believed his dog recognized in | him the murderer of his brother.! , .Before he had time to explain'himself the young mail, profiting by’the tumult, escaped, f or.some moments they thought Meyers hiin self mad, and.he lied great difficulty in per guading. those who had bound , the dog, that the faithful creature was not in the' leost'dan gerous,_ and .begged earnestly of them to re mase him that he might pursue the assassin. He spoke in so,convincing .-a manner that his hearers finally felt persuaded of the truth of his, assertions, and restored the dog to his free dom, who joyously bounded to his master, leaped about him for a few times and hasten ed nway. /; <?. . , -1, : ? e divided tlio crowd and was soon upon the enemy’s track. The police, which on these occasions are Very active and prompt;' were immediately informed of this extraordinary event, and a nvunber pursuit,— ,dpgbecame in a few moments .the object ot public curiosity; and eveiy one drew back .to give him room. Business was suspended, and crowds collected in groups conversing of nothing but the dog and 'tho: murder wSioh had been.committed two, years before.■ , ■ half ah hour's expectation, a general rush indicated that the search was over. • Tlie' man had stretched himself upon the ground under ■ the heavy, folds' of a double tent, hud behoved himself hidden. But in spite of his fanmed security, the' avenger had attacked him, and leaping upon him he hit him,'tore hm garments, and Would have killed him up on the spot had not assistance rushed to his rescue, .. _ . • - j ■ nr® immed >tely arrested,.and Jed:with Mr. Meyer and the dog, then carefully hound, >9 J, ud £® who hardly knew what to' •think or so extraordinary’ an affair. Meyer related.oll thathappendd two years before, and , insisted upon the; imprisonment of ; the man, I ffßCjmnng that hq was the.murderer of liie bro- I ' ts’’ •" dog could not ho.deceived! ‘ t; P“" n S , a V. W” 8 time it was impossible to iiold tlie animal, ’who seemed determined’to attook the prisouer. ’Upon interrogating the latter, the Jpdge was not satisfied with his re plieswnd ofdqred Inin ferho searched. .There! .was found'upon him a large sum of gdldj jew- five watches,;four gold, [while the .fifth was an.old.silvor one.-but of littip coneo pooh'as Meyer saw the lost, he cmclai*TO'it fco he 'the same hiis brother wore • ■the ddyheloft homo, and the description of Ins, watch published months previously, cor-* rpbprated his, T assertions;;’ The-robber never dared expose it for. fear that it would lead to his detection, as he was well aware that it had been described very minutely in all the prin cipal journals in Germany. ■ . : ■ /dn short, after the most minute and convin ce Jegal.proceedings of; eight,months, the' wp/derer was condemned to be hifokeh alive J 1 pud , h>s' . corpse to remain chained upon the wheel as an Example to others!;,;: Onthemight; . preceding;lua,execution,, he confessed l .,among! Othqp primes, up .till, then, he- always denied, ; that he was th V miirdprer of Mayor's brother. g“ v 4 thfl h> all the details above related, and .declared, that ho always-believed that the cursed dog died of .his .wounds. “Had it hot h®. e « I “ >r .him 1 ’’ he. repeated- several times, “X • sho , u , , “ . I,ot have been here.: -Nothing else I could have dftOovered me for j had killed the horde and; bhned hhmwith all thht he wofe." r -He expired on the wheel, and hia, ifcis the corpso whiqh l, behold before entering: the ci ty of Leipzig. . - '. ' A Japanese Dispatch Home.— The Phila delphia Inquirer is responsible for the follow-- ing which the Japanese might haye-sdnt to their master the Emperor: - We find it very difficult to comply with tlib demands of our sovereign, forbidding us to touch the, women of this country. Not from any . disposition, on ouir part to disobey, but front their desire to seize us by bur hands They nre apparentiy nl!owe“d here the great 6st .freedom, .but. ifc is. only in - appearance;- Every woman, married .or single, is fastened in,a cage of bamboo or flexible’ steel, extend ing from the waist to tbe feet. This seems I to be so arranged as to give them no uneasi ness, but they are very much ashamed of it; and conceal it under so many coverings that fr rendera their appearance quite ludicrous. They are unrestricted as to the upper part of their persons, which they are permitted to expose as much as they wish., This they seem to avail themselves of and. on all.occasions of h.gh ,ceremony, wear very low, dresses. As m all barbarous nations, they slit th'eir ears and suspend from them ornaments of gbld and silver. . Who abb Your Companions ?—Jt is said to be a property o£ the tree-frog that the color of whatever it adheres to for a short time. Thus, when found,‘on growing corn, it is commonly of a dork green.;,, If found on the white oak,_it has the color Peculiar to the tree. Just so it is with men.; . Tell tpe whom you choose,and prefer; is ,companions, and T cer tainly can toll you.who youaro like.' t)o you love the society, of the vulgar? Then you are already debased in your sentiments. i)o you seek to bo with|the profane?. In yoyr heart you arc.like flftjnlV Are jesters. dn(l h'tiffoons your choice friends ? lie who loves to laugh ;at folfr is himself a fool, I)o you Jove and 1 seok;th^? oc ioty of the wise and good ? Is this your xjttbit? would you rather take the low ost seat adqhi thdjhighost anyone 0 i“9 1 r ?? 4^T* Jon you have already learned to bo good. ■ not have made much prog iross, but even a good beginning is not to bo de spised.’ > Hold on your way, and sock to bo the companion of all that tear God, So you j shall bb \Vise for yourself, and wise for eterni ty How the Japanese Fish. —ln walking along the banks wo came upon a man fishing in a most peculiar way. lie was porohod on alow -bridge leading over a stream that Opined the canal. At first I thought ho had hooke'd an enormous fish, buton closer inspection found it was merely a lire decoy. Its dorsal flu was, laced 1 to tyro ; small sticks, one on each side; from'tboße it was tethered to what I first took to be his rod. . The .poor fish sported about in the water, apparently doing its.bcst to attract the attention of its finny fellows. The man held a small arrow-pointed trident, with which ho dexterously struck any largo fish that came wondering,at the. antics of the.fotherod decoy. 1 he whole' apparatus ;'wos so simple that I wonder the same system is' not applied else i MuiiDEn.—Mrs. Ahe Rhodes, wiig of B. C. Rhodes, was found dead in Lum b®lJ£er ’ . Fa y N- ,C.. on the Utbult., ■with her throat and head crushed. Shu had a few days previous eloped with d frdb mulat to by.the name of Shad Williams, taking with them $2,500 in money. Williams: has boon arrested and lodged in jail at Lamborton to aVmit lus trial,' a A; recept; traveler presepta tie withh view I ofthoipsidoof Vesuvius: - I The crater was gaVetheopS portunity ofipproaohing the fiery abyss, and gazingintotheipnor region of smoke and snj, l tuming previcb»i and beds of hot scorite, some hundred feet, be fore we stood tit the month of the crater, which was hemmed round with nick, bplit .&dm the forco_ of heat, and just ready to mergeiritotho glowing gore bohoath.Theroardf petit fires sounded like for. thunder, and ib£ sudden gush, of smoke that poured from ihe confioes, . pictured all that hadbceD.drawhfif* tke abddo of under finds.. The excitement, oh, behold hke this, seemed, to'.infnse dev ■ life, and. do away, all recollection of fatigue undergone to witness it. The dense columns which now, broke from the crater, arid which were camed townrda us by a' strong current of wind, forced us to quit ourground, notwith out some inconvenience from the. sulphur smoke, which highly irritated, tie Jungs, and compelled us to cover our faces with our htftsi - Another arid diatincter.view was given Withii) these swarthy realms; no power.ofjwdfds oSn, portray the region that openod upon the sight whilst gazing down this abyss Of warring eler monts, this prison of fighting fires., Wehndr od fragments of rocks down the mouth of the crater, wiich returned long, hollow reverber ations, followed by an uprushing ,pf ;smoke,. ■: and showers pf fin© hotrashos. A,now scene soon presented itself. The mountain 'was felt to tremble, and from its groaning cave pohrwl forth dan clouds of sulphur,which completely ; enveloped us, and formed above purheadsA c?“SPy obscuring,the light of day. • The ]fi nd' glare which tinged, the blapk spll tilde around, the. scorching, scorise beneathoiir feet, the-gushing streams pf smoko issuing from the ; ■: croviccs. pt the .burnt earth,,these. With thft.. threatening, .noises from the crater,of Vesuvi- to form.an of ftho tomfie * and sublime, fat beyond the force of ott to dS pict, prdanguage.tp eipreßSi,,. .'-’.C, ■ ;s©* A certain young lady6f“reep6otahlb, connections/! says she is glad she is not ft man.- . Says shejv . ...; . • ; “Yes; despite the advantages of long leatti* er hoots, ihe highly estimated voting for Fornando WoOd.br Paddy Punch?! 1 em, ; and the.convenience of being able down the street at the rate of a mjloaininute, without occasioning-reraark, I. still ‘reiterate, . ~ that I'm not a .man-~yery glacLiu- Si?L d ;• great deal id answer,fon I When I think of the .weight' .upon the 'Con- . somnce.of any one of.them, ! absolutely frem? ble,-,_ Jnen do allthe electing; Wbmenhaye nothing to do, thank goodness ! i with placing persons of small mind and no morals m office requiring grave thought and perfect upright ness of principle, Men.take siiefl offices ■mth out a thought of anything blit Salary or perr. quisitea.; Men sit on junea .ilji-ceaea of life and death,,and half the tim6%itliOut : any evi denee to Bpeak'of/ ; hec,llilM • tjjmvc&nist ■, decide (or remam 1 in durance;- tha;!; tffe poor ■wretoh is guilty.;: Another mah (ohf how*,. " lc > shflmerul 'abrogation of the powers of the. lioity !) pronounces upon his fellow-mamae& tonce of death. Other men build for him a scaffold, and another,-something in tho liko; ness of a man, murdera him in the presence ot men who countenance the net.: I anf J: woman, only a woman, unlearned ih the laws | or. ethics, but I here declare that it js niy eaf» opJnidhi thathd -rtdlb assists ii tho eonderantltiori of it to death’,’ " juiy,! or sheriC will find his ■“ *s®-besidi : that of the nian whdm ho sent before his lithe into eternity;. I would iWt be a man with WnAtn of *. smcoj the death of Mrs; Ruth F. Frye;: at Winneganee, Maine, was' noticed in the pi; pers_ generally, ' It now appears, by a'cbmr mumcation signed, by,her father, apd cSirricd by her husjinpd.tp the £a%Jfcs Smii, thtt she: became deranged under .the' pressure', of. calumny and. falsehood. . The afflicted father “Gould they,look into that halq marble face t Gpnl(J view the result or their own"dam. ;; nahle work without a shudder?; She now reigns with her Savior in glory. ; But where are Ah! let them beware. There ii | a place in the realms of Pluto reserved fof them by ajiistQodi whpre .shrieks and : waili ! mgs arise op every aidfa • roar and tromble, yawning ppen iqt.Mttlih ceptmn of their victims; where the esfilittnt yell of a thousand fiends echoes find ra-e'choes around the yiist cftyerii,; wherejctfiy slraiSnM? with quivering .(pnglia ?nd..flj^wef;colt their, slimy foWs; where the, F&S,' whose hair of snakes twists ,oml wyetithos around,' sit, tearing palpitating fibres,of their vic tims with . red. hot tongs; tq, whotn,the relief of : deathm never given. L'et them beware of £ peoWe know tW IS& ury.ot baked beans, simply because fewoooka properly prepare them, Beans, generally; : are not cooked half long enough. This is our. method: “Two quarts ot middling sized white!, beans, two. pounds of salt pork, and one spoony tnl of , the beans over oaroful-- ly,' ytfisn arid add a gallon of boiling hot soft I water; let them soak in it oyer night; in the; morning-put them in fresh water rind, bait gently till the skin is very tender and. apotif to break, adding a teaspopnful piT saierafus.' Take them up dry, arid put them in your dish,; stir, in the molasses,'gjish the pork,-and put it. .down in the dish so as to have the beans cov er all but the upper surface; turn ' water till the top is just , covered ; bake with! a steady fire four or five, hours. Wfitoh them;, and add more water from time to time ns-it' .dries'away."" : Tr r*« 0F HonßicANE3.'--Tho Beasom through which wo are passing, will gofar a remove the impression that.the rioanoef are Confined to the tropics,' AllovcF the Northern hind Middle; States, tornhdpM unprecedented violence, extent and doatnip; tivoness, have occurred.. - At',least three h'ffn dred lives have boon lost by the forceof the elements. There scenfs to, have been a'cycle. of tornadoes. Within a fortnight there have: beon.four in the,Middle and Western States/ one extending from Louisvillp up to Central, JNew lork , ono in Armstrong and the ad joining counties, 1 in‘ Western Pennsylvania, iOnd one in lowa and Northern Illinois’ which J it is said, has surpassed all the' others in lenco and destruotivorifesd. 7 Lookout for Youy Bails.— Farmersshould keep a sharp look out for their split rails du-' .present pampaign. John Morgan, purohaspd some time ago a two acre lot outlie PJ OO0 *. 10 Chdlaod', Which was fenced! with the old fashioned rails and postP Throes jnights ago, every rail was,carried off Jeartbit Uip posts standing/ It is probable that tho 'rails 'will be used lor political purposes/ Mil! A MB TWM!' I ■ ;• r c MW- f oie»n6^ i
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