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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/
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