1 V’Kireßa?! j .(V ■iin ■ VOL. 47. KkICAiV TOI.UXTKJiK. EVKpy iTpupSBAV JippiniJO. »ir,‘ JOOKT B. BHATTOS, ! |' if ; 'TB.RiM.Sv '\ci ■■ -V -wi Ohti Ddllar and'Fifty CefltV paid do'; Two Dollara ifi paidfTvithiri.thQ,y_^Kr?• d)6llnfs and> Fifty .Conte, if > These'terms, 57U1 bo.pgidly.adherod’fcpin; tappp,; No aiibacription disooDtinuod uptil qrp paid pnjoaa .at option of the ■ilfeirVNTs—-AccoiPpftniodbytbecA.Bir,and flitlg'Oni square; *will ‘bo - Dno Dollar, and twonty-fivfe oontayfbr each Hand-billgjPpstihg-bills, s/Blunks, Labels, Ao. Ac.i executed with .and qf tb'o stibftoat Police. f ’ : ’ !?11 ‘ : j ADDRESS •- ..V. . op >hb . , ; iRATIC . STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. :DeMocract/qf'J.mnsylvania; —* > !> ■ i, Democratic State ' Committee' deems’ ‘it j, otice more to address yob; before the 'vote ,f6r'President Of the United ’States, enabled to do so note, ’with a conseidus . that, every' saerillee of. private feeling \ been made, the Democratic party.is more united in the support of the regu ne'Ojnated Electoral Ticket, which, in its igate, represents the public sentiment of sylyonia, adverse' to sectionalism, and lul to.the Union and tlid'Constitution, i object of the State Committee now. isi )ke for-that ticket,a zealous and active •t. ! Such a support, given in every ooun-, the Stale, .huly reverse the defeat at the election, and, even dfeit dqcs. not,, will ic Democratic party.from that,di sinteg ■ twhioh an apparent, abandonment of would seem to threaten, ami ,which our ; enemies so mueh desire, , If tpo, Dem ■-party im Pennsylvania can,bo demon-, and ■ i broken : to j pieces, the; permanent i .of the-inbreenary crowd .now forming ople's or Republican party,.will, be.se ind sthe State, which is more substan-, 'emocratio than any one in; the Unions 1 led-over for. a series of,years, jtq the, of those whose policy, is alien to . its .'rests—-the policy against which the j tie party lias Oo long apd so resolute- , ded. ' .. ‘ gh organization and full, yotol qf •a'cy at tho Presidential election, is for other reasons. ... , ; led by: one victory, wonruninly s lie unhappy.differences ipf the.JDo-, i'-t-suro, .without effort, of another in er, —the leaders of the Republican are meditating an extensive, export of •ylvania. yotor.s into the, neighboring. I, especially in Jf.ojy Joraoyami.Delaware, >,tbe ounfcst is very close.,, Npt wanted, y think, boro, they .will be very sorvice hcre. Lot this-fraud b.e fnrrttratcd,.if do, by such activity,on purpart, as.will; d our.adveraarips. to roraain;at hpnjo,—: iy bo, should, the attempt at colonizing irsisted in, thaf Pennsylvania now can.be; imed.;.'_.... t. there is,a higher and st-rpngerinotivo: iion. livery Democratic vote cast jn er—rovery vote; indeed, against tho. licaditicket-TTfs a voto foi- ,the Constitaj • tho:Uiiion,,andfor the rights and prop and safety of our Southern .brethren',: and , "a the great conservative . body, w|uph, ; ther it bo at ; tho fimo a majority or minpr- ‘ how stands as the; Only barrier to section a. and fanatacism. . Should: Mr. .Lincoln tected, and • his, administration > prove, .as Bar it will, to be animated 'hy • the aggres- : .spirit of anti-slavery fn naticism, and threa- Btill. maro the well ascertained rights of of the .Union, the Democratic irtjr of Pennsylvania will bo the great ihhti'tuhut of. the constitutional opposition, Kjlptpmust check ; and control the Executive. .important that the elements of such fepppositioii should develops themselves at rpollfl now. Such a demonstration of Nor frn Democratic sentiment, even: if it should .insure victory,’may ultimately save the ion, l>y showing to, the South', .hoinr many 3 friends 1 they have in the North,’ and es iallyih’those Middle States, which tire the )jst : and most loyal to the Constitution.— ;it bo remembered that when;in 1854,>the m of kindred fanaticism broke upon Pohn ;ania, the Know-Nothing carid'dato was ted Governor by an overwhelming taajori and yet, in less than two years, fanaticism Loufas suddenly as it arose,’and,thq De ratid party, true to itfrpVinciploa— faith oven in disaster, to its standard—resumed nfluenoe and predominance in the State, rill it be now. All depends on activity, ioheort, on honorable and magnanimous etfulhess of past differences., Let any one hints at their, revival, who seeks to excite ji nny unkind, feeling among Democrats, larked ns an enemy’to his country, and to iarty. , Lot the Connty Committeees take pdiatei measures to secure a full vote of democratic :party, even in districts where jgjlOcepß fa impracticable; for, remember; ■ferfovemberj every vote counts ip the and that every i Democrat > who IMshT.’ °*P ro ® Be shis despair of the ,Ro ®ypjon, and the Constitution,;. ■.;; !S«h- O/uiirman. , toowaho,.State,, Executive .Committee iB,?il’huadelphia, Ootobor 23,’18C0. & Sonth and the Election of Lincoln. •A . SOBER WORD FOR THE NORTH. ■respondent of tho New York Jle>-ald mtlyimadq.a'vißifc to tho Hon. Alexan- ff;''Stephens’ (| and dbnV e rsed with him free pjin the results of Lincoln’s eleci at the South, Air. Stephens’answer to 'direjlt,question,:. What course would be jijedattho South on the happening of is-given as follows: 1 ? Stephens—Undoubtedly ah' attempt’ Session- and revolution. ‘ I -have viewed b'painfub > apprehension .the- approaching » for -years ipast.. Eifteeayears’ experl in Congress has, qualified , me to become what intimately acquainted with the tom dtd-feolipge.pf opr people j ,a,nd jl.am^at-, 1 beyond a doubt.that, in the event,of aln's 'elebtioni ’ there.’ will be at' least tin Ipt at revolution. There Will be blood t-some may be' hung but that the ht- : bl.will.Jjp unftde I-am certain, .-j, cannot I'h°W revolution and ciy rto bo inevitable. The demagogues have 1, a'whirlwind' they cannot control 'nor '‘before, and-'as much .as I deplore the ! •X cannot olose my eyes to its. consequen- desiro to add a word oif comment oh the ' an( l wo hope it will strike the eye, if, :v; r \ t<• • j I'alilirni; 'n i ■ *-•'] f: : J (sJ, I i ?!.'i til; not tlio heartßi Of at loast a fow-at .the. North. ; Weai-8 am6n£ the'AoSthopdfdldfthdfrieiids of the Union. Believing that Providence has singled out this great Republic of the West, in which to"' work out the true principles of free government, and the highest attainable degree, pf rnental and moral perfection, we haWneverdespMi'tm. '.Nop can. we reconcile with our convictions the apprehended fact that ft purely sectional ruler is ever to be elevated oyer the people'of these ; States.' /Wild and j desperate as we may at times become, under the impulse pf temporary passion,, we believe that there , is -ft. conservative-jeaven,in the hearts qfift .Vast liajorlty of the Atnerican'pfeb-; pie, which the demands of a suffering country will always ferment and ■ cause to penetrate the entire,.-nation./ The necessity must bo known and felt'in order to bring' about these happy results, and we have a firm conviction that if the people of the Nortl\ wero-to-day sensible pf the of public sojitiiuGnt at the South, they would rise in their might* and put down that hydra-like monster that lies at the bottom of all our woes—rthe-Repub lican party. i; , Reluctantly as we say it, we are impressed with the firmconyiction that Mr. Stephens, in the language •tve have’ quoted,: has Spoken th e truth —the naked, unvarnished truth. It mnt teres not with ,thfl Southern people how.con servative Mr. linooln may be, or \i-hether his administration would be free from insult and oppression or., not -die is the representative and head of a purolyscctional party, and .one, the sole -bond of whose union is hostility to the, domestic institutions of their brethren of the South. The election of such a man, and the elevation of such a party to the rulership oyer us, is in pur, candid judgment, obliged to be disastrous.- to every section of tho.cpufodoracy. All men at the South may hot favor disunion as a remedy or retaliation, but we tell our Northern fneiids that the' sentiment of disaf fection and the sense of wrong will be univer sal. We shall all feel it, deplore it, writhe under it, and though peace aha hnion may be preserved, what is such a peace and such a union worth? With no place in the hearts of. the people, the 'outward ■ exhibition of mere prudential considerations within, haw weak and impotent must be the sentiment to resist thq first billoiv ;of/passion,! or Itjie.-first ground of disruption, whether imaginary or real 1— There may bo a state of things within the Un-: ion as-bad-ns disruption itself. Gan the-Nor thern ipjnd .ghdilay-it to heart? We privy to God that it may, and that it will do it in time to save us from the break ers ahead I Throw us not into strife and rev olution;ivith:6ur brethrenat homejlfor when that day comes we shall ’be' alT'of one mind and one heart. The Rubicon will have been passed, and a common cause will bo the ce ment of a united South. ~ » >J mV ) Ihe friends of the’Union compose a vast 'majority of the Southern people—wo pray our northerri'brethren, to. pause where they are, -.and not by their maddened, career, place it in ‘the power of a few to draw all into a common ‘trouble. 'Phps, the, issues of, peace, or war—possibly .union-or disunion—are ia SRepubliciins of the North. There can be no jpeace so long political organization is kept up in pup "Section,' .hostility to the i institutions and rights of another Whether wo like the domestic systems of each ;other. pr;n6.t,.'it rpcdfleijifjtioo lnras(; ‘takp] plgce i with regard tO(them, or .it.is.impossible for its jto oontipue together. ! Let W alone is all the ■ South asks, and that must be' granted, or eter ual cjipcord feign. The, existence of the/lle ppbljdah t party.'is’now ;the .sale disturbing cause in theUhion, anil the North must choose !■ between that and the Union. The question of , “ Protection” is a mere abstraction, got up for a. Presidential campaign,' there not being a foot of . territory to which it can be applied, and if there was, the South should, and would, be content ;Vfith fhp law; as, itlatpnds, declared by the highest judicial Iribunidof the land'. A library of congressional statutes could give us no more effectual protection- thah'Ve already have, and after .the purpose,of agitation, shall have failed —-us it assuredly will in the coming election—wo shall heat no more qf the hum bug.'' ' '■ 1 ; •' .. -. Lot the North think of these things; and:be wise while sho.may, : LINCOLN’S StIPPOUTERS. .Among those,, says the Dayton, (Phioj Em pire, , who are , the moat, enthusiastic,' in the support of Abraham, Lincoln for' President, are found i- JOSHUA R. GIDDINGS, who in a letter to Corwin, spoke as follows: • • “I do not object to your giving utterances to your resenting them as : the , sentiments of the Republican,parly, I, .as one of that party, de test the Fugitive Slave Law. I would slay any slave catcher who .should/potato my resi dence to capture a fugitive.” RUFUS P. SPALDING, who, in reply to a letter-which had been pub lished bif Mr. Weston,; editor of the Republic, at Washington City,'said: ; i. ,- „ i ■ The writer is deceived, if he supposes that Judge Swan' was left off the (Republican) ticket on' account Of his residing m Columbus. •He was dropped for the reason that he, as a Judicial officer, recognized the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, to' be bt binding force, in Ohio; and the opinion, will he dropped in the same way as'soon asthe’y are reached in the order of time. I We'do not recognize men’to be Re pubhoans, hern in-Northern Ohio, who will, for a'ihoment, sustain that'miserableeenaot-: ment; i < - .-.in-'. ; .1 •„ : ; . ■ Ilq also declared that "in the, alternative! being presented of the continuance of slavery or'tt dissdlution' of the Union,"we- are fob a\ dissolution, and we care not how-quioklv it COmOi?.” , .. ■ >: J ■ SALMON P. CHASE, ■who said, ,upon,being presented with a siiyor ntohor by the uegro.es of Cincinnati, ‘f I em iracfr with pleasure this opportunity of de claring my 'disapprobation of that : clause in the Constitution which' denies tc a : portion of the colored people, thought of suffrage/’ HORACE 6REELY, • ‘who stated in the Tribunal" I haye;no doubt that the free and slave States ought to be sen aratod * * * '* ' ” The Union is' not worth supporting in. connection with the South.” ~ CHARLES■ SUMNER, . ;: ' •who, said, Fugitive %ye. Law is filled with hprroMye are bound .to disobey‘this act.” ;, ; -ANSON BURLINGAME," f ! ■ " who deplores—“ The times 1 demimdi and we must have an anti-slavery < Constitution, an anti-slavery Bible, and an anti-slayery God/’ WM. 11. SEWARD,. who states that—“ there is a Higher Haw than the Constitution which regulates our authori ty over the domain. Slavery must, -be abo lished, and wo must do it.” .' . ' ' THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE says—“ The time is fast approaching when used the following I loathe' froltf the bot- : tom or my soul; any man who. refuses to any thmg, in human .shape, all the rights and pri vileges .ho claims, for himself., I know pis' *“$?•, "no W«c& rib'io/uri;,—bill afb crea ted by brio God, arid‘ all*aro Orititled to tho : same privileges;”• V- , .... ! MR. WASIIBURKE, a Republican member of thp present Confess,- atj a ratification, ’jupeting ip Lorain county Baid : ;‘—■“ If, bcoauapil.stand up for the equal ly i!» «» e ; ??gro. socially and.'politically; with; the white man, they ca.ll ii negto er, lot them go it; —I shall persevere' tdthe end.” . . - Under this Caption, the Lewistbwn Tnie Democrat —a 1 warm add'decided 'Douglas pa- JP e r—tallfs in the following sensible manner: , The action of the Democratic" State EsbcU tive Committee, in rescinding the resolutions adopted at Philadelphia' and;Cresson, and re commending the pure Beading Electoral Tick et to,the support of the Democracy of the State, meets our hearty approbation and will receive our zealous support- Although the Cresson resolution did, not conie up to what we desired, we were perfectly'willihg to acquiesce in ahy arrangement by which the Democratic organ ization, could be maintained, and" the success' of the party, promoted, and therefore gave it, our support. . Now, however, that, that reso lution has been 'rescinded by the;power that created it, and tho'Rbading Ticket- as origin- 1 ally framed recommended, we can see no jus-; tificatiqn.for any.man professing to beaDom-; ocrat withholding from it, his zealous and un qualified support. ■ That ticket was .framed' by a Convention in which the Democracy of the ndiole State were represented, and if suc cessful-the men Composing the ticket will bo actuated in the disoharge of theirlduty in the' Electoral,College, by conscientious -motives, andbyan ardent-(lesirp to-prove faithful -to the sacred trust confided to them."' As Such, we shall support that ticket, not pausing to whether the Electors' favor -Stephen A. Douglas or John.O. Breckinridge in their, preddeotmns. IT IS ENOUGH-FOR US TO KNOW, THAT. THEY DO . NOT FAYOR ABRAHAM LINCOLN, OR ANY 1 OTHER BLACK REPUBLICAN. ‘ Wo invoke ths Democraoy tostand-unflinch i ingly by the Reading Ticket, pudr Black Re publicanism,. although jubilant over a tempb rhy:'success,, achieved:,-by outside- assistance, may yet be conquered and .'vanquished. • With the Democracy of the State 1 united upon ’ that l.lioket; every man on itcan bb'eieofed; 1 ’«■ • I _ From the returns'of the gubernaforidl elec tion -toe gratifying fact is exhibited that BJaok Republicanism is in a hopeless minority ■in.the Old Keystone, and'uhaided by others cannot carry the State. "'The Constitutional Union party number'at-least 75, ; 000' Voters in' ; the State; and it may safely bo estimated that at least two thirds (50,000) of this number ;cast their votes, for Andrew Gv Curtin, in the of a candidate of their own. But for. time 50,000 votes Andrew G. Curtin would -not have been elected. THESE 50,000 VOTES I ABRAHAM LINCOLN WILL NOT RECEI VE; ‘ hor will he receive the votes of at least 15; 000 conservative ' 1 People’s Party" men who vofied.fpr Mr. ftp-tin, but who cannot-be .se duced into the support of a sectional Black Republican candidate for the Presidency. It is evident, therefore, that LINCOLN CAN NOT CARRY PENNSYLVANIA IF THE DEMOCRACY ARE UNITED. In the face of-these'facts; what palpable-folly it is;.for either wing of the: Democratic party to .talk .of running a separate Electoral Ticket. , We call upon all Democrats to spurn, every at tempt tending' to 1 further distraction and di visqn iiVtlie party, the inevitable result o’ which ,vvould bo the Election of Lincoln. 1 The hght whims has resolved itself in one thing : THE DEFEAT OF BLACK RE PUBLCAN ISM. 'and 'we arb prepared to east our vote and lend our humble 1 influence in the direct- i ion which in. our judgement will contribute m pst essentially to that end, whether our vote will elect Douglas,'our first choice, Breckin ridge, our Cecond choice, or Bell, our third choice. Wo prefer any conservative man to Lincoln. Opcn loar Eyes and Behold the Signs of the • - - ’Times. ’ . ■ t We arp; no. panic-makers. Wo value the pep.ee, and tranquility of our country too much to disturb it lightly, by cohjiiring up imagina ry. dangers, by raising false alarms. But wo would fail in our duty to the section in which pur lot,is cast, and to tho readers of ourjpur nal, if ye should ,fail to apprise them of tho rapid approach' of great public, danger. This is rendered the more necessary by the fact that the newspapers in the interest of Mr. iLiNCOmr, and especially' those of this City and this State, are sedulously and criminally striving to coyer up and conceal the fertrful dangers which' threaten’ the peace of ’ the country; Bytheirpersistentwaruponth ecoh stdutional rights of the,Southland by pross mg-yhe election to the Presidency and Vice-, Presidency of tyro confessedly sectional men committed to the policy of extinction of slave ry, they have aroused the just indignation of ™e South, and kindled in that section a spirit ef resistance' to tyranny ■ which honest - men cannot condemn, 'however much they! deplore ■it. :Thisßlaek Republican party has, created an appalling crisis:which is fast culminating |n' a panic,—a panic which jvo fear is destin ed to spread from section, State to State Section oity.tooity,'ahd family to family. Thoyaroforc ngtho_ Constitution, the Union and tho con-: servatism of the American people to the ex-’ tremoat experinenium crucis. They ore imperilling not only the peace of country’ .and thq .existnnce of institutions, bq't they] they .are trifling with all tho commercial and! ’ industrial interests of country;' In thoiy in sane hatred of Southern slavery they are run ning ,the hazard of plunging the people :of this country,into, all the horrors of anarchy and civil war. ' ’ Thoif newspapers and their leaders are criminally misleading them. - They :deliber ately. keep 1 the masses in ignorance of t)ie ruin to, which, .they are conducting• them. They assure them that there is he danger— that the South will bear any amount of op pression, and. urge them to pile, on. the bur den until the South ■ shall bo crushed. The remonstrances of/the outraged Smith are kmpt from the ears',of 1 the - Northern masses. Her threats,of resistance never reach them.,'- Her preparations for organized resistance, if OTO COUNTRY” •, .. ii the, cry will to toooverpowering to resist.—' than tolerate national alavory ' as it? now exists, let the XTntoii'be.dissolved (xt once /*• ■7 ; warrison a: ■ fu * in,..- CbngressfVonv the ••Medina '.district t in this State, whosaid: his canvass—“ Away with your,negro Seats in churches—away - with your liogrb' : I_hoow thatthoso in,the Southern-part State will Bny ( ;that Blake is a negro t> care I so long as I ain cohsciouk of being’right/ 7 . ; : ’ BENJAMIN F. WADE ' ■=. ::X Wliere we Stand. CARLISLE, PA., ; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER I, iB6O. mentiojmdj ; ttj»atastho treason able manifestations of .a'handful bf''disunion' : agitators .rmd fanatidpV. ' So that break npon ua ffom' the South,'that:,wel 1 feel it tube pur hqtmd^n,,duty to spread, be fore ourrcaders dlltheijo alafmmgindications, ■ and,to theitopenevesto the true state of public affairs."' In' porsunttoV'hf , ’tliis, - we' commence this'mprding'tovsuWißWder: a portion, df’our S 3 to ejt tracts front Southern journals of all ea.ofiparty .politico,, but seeming to, be of one doniplexion’in regard’to. the necessity of Southbfniiosistanenw Black Eepiiblican out-' ragei'inaultahdioppfesaion; • , : ; ;. ~.. '• 'l* not; too latefdrt|te;Noi;thto,d6sist.from itsrtinjusf .Crusade., too late for hon est men-to; afmnd’dji ■ a ‘sectional party that menaces the 1 dbdhtry wffl oml war and finan cial disaster. 'We hopo .thrit the --scales rof error,, and cbhpdness. will fall, from , the eyes of till such braore that’trying.daVon which tlje Presidenfiai'battle is' ! to be foticlif; i k'-puJ, '>.!,< \ ; s. - . ~, V; :; •?.! THE DEAD ARM. “Doyen stib tliat ajpaif” The : coriviby totea-tiy n ficroo : disease,-rais-’ ed himself to a sitting posture in the bed with much labor, ahd,lifting his withered right arm with the other, plutohed it as if he would ring it from, his socket, as a traitorous member of his body. 1 ' !: .v ' V 4$-V "■ ■ .-v. m.: “ That arm' did'it,’t*M he glared vengeful-' ly upon it, and shookdt>fiercely. •, “Did .what?”;, . , • ,;v “Did murder'! Put ope here to 'iiyVq hu rled life for top lon'g:’years. : Ohl^ht)^'long, they have beeii..' I hftte'counted them I 'hour j after hour in toy celE-JHdw long oan -1 live, at the most?” ... ... ' , J “ Three hours—perhaps four.” '/ ■ . “ Too long to live, but sufficient time' in which .to tell you toy story. If you believe it;' it will bo more than judge or jury have dope. Would you deceive when on your death bed?. I , ‘VMymarriage to the girl fhadlopg loved; apd who loved nie with albvo far exceeding my moSt sanguine hdpet," is the point, as'far; as regards hthe. nice applicability of the past i events to .present oprtaiqties, at which my nar rative commenoes. ;,Dating from the, day,of that marriage, there‘begins a succession of ;misfortunes; that; inaignificant'at'their birth, w r ore gradually moulhedi together by.excrane bus contingencies,pint,il. they culminated in an . act foul and torribl.o, if .premeditated or inten ded, tlfat made pi'da InWd'ed felon; ' “ My wife and;l'neV6r quarroled. ■ Wo lov- : ed.and rovci-cdoaeh'OtliGi- too much'.to'.tres-' pass or:tramplo upoh-what tlio pthor consid ered spared. To be .sure,' fn -mere levity and exultation of-spirits,- wo, pcrforluod ncio that, 1 to persons‘unacquainted‘,tvith iis and buf cir cumstances; might seemed seasoned with! ear?! uestucss.' 1,.,,' „ third ;R9 ; ™9>,may h Q i’of reports that .wo, my Wife aiiiMflired an-unhappy life —a life of turmoil^uSHJcfwuhnmliii'i. , “Many around.usVJ«ld to siich an opinion/ but from me'rd' ignordnije' of tho exact nature of our, lives. !,-, i-; ; ■y ■ “;?u,t,l desqendipg speedily-to,tho grave.to declare that wo never, by .word or deed, trap! soended the bounds cn our grout IbvC for eaCh other - or transgressed those- laws that Should preserve' the -person, of, tho. wife, from i blow; or contumely. If it were possible; to exist with ()lit Jarring,discord, to turn the sweetest sym pathies into, bitter hatred, ours was that qSds tehce, Yet it availed me not ill the dark day that iamo upon _my household; but rather'of fered Pppoftunities.by wdiich to. strengthen an apparent guiltiness, d “■ * ©psieii.’ I said to my wife, one evening, ‘do you.stand on one side of the room, while I- take -a,position on the-.other..; Give" hie a ball pf yarn,from the basket, and then wlmev; (;r 13,hitwith the ball,the, .greatest number of times shall make a present to''the 'other. A nice present, 1 of bourse. '' ; ' d tlf IdbsOj-my preseUt'shall bo a dressing-- gown,', said Jessie, ‘ bqtyon know.you’d, have to pay,fec it.’, “ ‘ft he just as acceptable,’Tanswered, ; ’But if I lose, you■ 'shall nave-'-tho ring with, the-emerald ana the-pearls;’ -, “Then tho .soft; ball of yarn, fle.w. quickly ; froni handjtq bond,.wo all the -tipio laughing’ and talking in great glee. A knock ,at the door," and an acquaintance "entered, finding our'faces flushed'with the' excitement of the contest and each .uncertain who ,was the van-' qmshed.; I declared , that she had won the' ring,,and promised to put, it upon her linger the next day.; "which day,.to her alive, never came.. ... - ; , - " - , i “ About two o’clock that night I was awa-i kened to consciousness by one of those inex-I phoable preternatural promimitions of near danger which are . often encountered-,, but gen erally in a skeptical spirit. . “Mymirid w’ps clear Idrcasop—pot having its delicate powers blunted by sleep. ’ 'Scarce ly were toy eyes unclosed before I became cognizant of-tne presence of a cold, clammy n etur e i ; by its loathsome contact with my face, and by its pressure upon my bosoto, whereby it nearly stilled the beating of-toy hbnrtr— Naturally; l am no coward; but the knowl-. edge of the presence of this burden, Combined with utter darkness,- creator of fierce fear, completely unnorved’me, and my bddy shook like an aspen loaf. ;.. ■ , , . “ The .qpiqt .copdition of this body, whiiolr not .to, myself or my wife’- 1 -its mysterious situation—and above nil, the rhoist,. chilly contact 'with toy faefl -deprived me for an. instant of self-possession j The clattering of a.blipd, or. the nibbling.pf.a ipouse, seeipoa hlto.p. peal,qf thunder to my cars; tho over strained eye' sa'W, or, seemed to seoj ghoCtly shapes pendant from tho chnndolior and bed post. ; , -■ J “.Idared not shout aloud nbr change my position in'bed'fof fear that my throat'would he.clutched by'the’incubus.that sat Uko'a.hi ,peons nightiiparo .fully developed into a renli typipon ipyyhesii./ . .. ,“,I expqrlep'oed'suoh sensations at'does'tlie strong smitotoef or the venturous diver; whop eommginto bodily contact, unforewarnedj.with 11 eefpfo beneath the surface, of tho water— when nature' dots like aP eleotrid battery, and disoharges’ volumes of fear at the' slightest movement; or,'like one ip- the'dpfk, who^en counters a skeleton, /, , i, ~ •,,, , ;f Ifes,peculiarly, situated; surrounded by ?', u “™pnsity of terror; expansive, ipqstouphds at draped thoughts’and'motives In'-habilments that gave them a gigaiitio-oppooranoe; lm toersed in a sea of drepd npd doubt, pnd flnplr ly completely cowed by fear. '. , “ Now reason made its appeal to tho frigh tened soul. 1 Tho more bonsoidusuCss of bodily contact, with this invisibility, suggested its j substantiability; but I hesitated to make the ; first movement, hostile 1 or otherwise. There was a half-fpwhed supposition in my mind that if I stirred there would come.upon mo an on set by tho incubus tlipt I could not withhold,; this hesitancy to notion I partly overcame by ■f '»'!/ the circumspect rising of my left arm—it was froe., I rnoved, my right instantly, and. coh tomporaneonsly with that movement, the weight upon' my face was removed to my heck* A ; JitUe more stealthy investigation, still fcar- by an insidious.enemy, and I that my right Hand and the arm as far as the elbow was'tomporatily paralyzed, or in that- condition'’called? ‘asleOp • A that the hand was.cold.and witfaput- and that.it. the .object that had rested upon my face. “ Of course I was much elated at the disco-' very, and ashamed that I had been; so easily ; alarmed at an- incident that was susceptible of. so 1 .easytan explanation. In order to give an. account of the absurd occurrence,.! IJnmed oyer, my. present position being a rb-i clmation upon my back. In my relief, con-^! sequent dporitwhat-Icconsidered a correbt ex- i planatipn of; my fright, ;tho !weight upon :my chest , had been forgottpn j, noi .the change of my position recalled it very unpleasantly and in^|)brtunoly,' even before I had touched'my lmagine, if you . can, the :; result. of this, sudden'knowledge, that boy oppressor had pot explained away. Think how quickly all the Reasons which 'nad ; bech 'carefully envel oped'from the mental perplexities in which I had been entangled were effectually contro verted, and how absolutely mystery and fran-, tic horror, again swayed, the scepter. | ,l< There wasV then,a being or thingin: the room that did not belong there, never had been there .previous to-that night,.and my doduc? tions wore faqUy,. The result was that X lost , l my passiops—4hat I was lash ed' into, a fury of despair by the fear.-of the presence of a ! supernatural,being. .' ; “ Clasping the object upon iny - breast with, my left hand, with my right nerved with ter ror knowing no restraint, and numbed to all | serisation'of pain by reason of ita : paralysis.— I struck heavy blows. Xhad soft hair, and akthis.l pulled and tugged iq this paroxyisra of teiTor. Ip, my. great agony of mind I shrieked for aid—notwithstanding piy efforts encountered no resistance and called-to Jessie; to awaken,' 'There was no;response.-t- : ,The. passive submission- blows of the, object, grasped by.myjeft hand,was extraordinary— ;the silence, of my wife unaccountable. i ' i ’ ; “ Then, for the first time during ihe strug gle did.l think of Jessie-s remarkably sound; l.slpmber,. and. copacct the(,bnrdon. ■I could not separate .the identity of my wife from that of.the object of my vengeance. “ Pushing the weight aside, I leaped from the bed ana lighted the gas. . > . . , “ My wife was dead I “ It wa&'her I/had so oftenTdn died,' playing .with. its. silken: trusses—kissing those .dear lips—looking, into those lustrous eyes—that had’ so confidently reposed upon mv breast. ' Yet not ‘inbro, than five iniriutes had elapsed since tny awakening, . ,' ■“ I can't believe, that lam her murderer, oyep though 'the' law. so seals mo with. tho. ! crime. , , • I “ But that axin', how- so shriveled apd with \ orcd into it.s present form, came not so by a ' .PS? Heaven, After-my condem nation, doubling nV I Utiu .’nfy''«gdncy death,' yet i hating ■ the instrument that had J cn l °' v . ri ho pity or gentleness .'in its blows, I iiold it, that aj;m ,ns, a. sacrifice to. my dead hfe, 1 ? tiip tiro, until tiie flamiis 'sapped its in.c, hi;iciteiioil its beauty, and, burned out. of •pjA' h pman.forra. “ Thosejarejthe, rMs.ons.why I, hate if, find I have hated it-sihce that niglit. lam thank- 1 tub that my stay upon ,earth is so .diminished, \Yihen,yo^ f haye.liyqd a life ,of,,solitude' such as mind, with a doubt spell as mine for an In visible companion, you too would gladly Seek ■ its conclusion^’i*• p*. . , « • The, convict died;that,night. The prison warden confirmed the truth of the convict’s. narrative, adding thnt the mark of blows' up on the body of his wife— ; thoabsence of' nil pause to create a sudden death—and the unfa vorable testimony of the witness who. had in terrupted their amusement the night previous to.life wife’s ..decease, were formidable argu tnents against the innocence of the convict.' That, being convicted, he was sentenced to death, which sentence was afterwards, commu ted to imprisonment for ton years. „ H..to6_.P9 n ’''ict , e story was tfue,ahd I had ho feasoatoi believe that it was. fiilsej'it was Certainly-on instance bf .remarkably complici ty hf Circumstances,: sufficient to (l embarrrass both judge and jury. ..It.waa.doubtiessa case of unintentional murder, committed bv the convict in;‘a .state of frenzy—originated und finished under the influence of a superstitious mind, too Casily'eioited'by such' a situation as that in which lie had boon placed. ’ ' A Trne Hem _ John Maynard was well known in the'Lake district,as.au honest; intelligent man.' He was pilot on a steamer from Detroit to Buffalo one summer afternoon. At that time, those steamers seldom carried 1 boats. Smoke was seen ascending from .below, and the captain called out,;" Simpson,,go down and see what that.smoke is." Simpson,came up, with his face.pale as,ashes, arid said, “Captain; the ship is on fire!” Then, “Fire 1 fire! fire I tiro bn shipboard!" All hands were called up.—Buckets of water wore dashed upon the fire, but in vain. There were large quantities Of resin and tar on board,, and it .was useless* to ntteihpt to savethe ship. ” The passengers rushrid. forward "and • inquired ’of l the pilot, ,“How;far are.ifre from 1 Buffalo!" “Seven miles." ; “How long before wo reach'it ? “ I’hree-quartorsef an hour, at present’ rate of, spend.” “Is .there any dilnger?”— “ Danger here— see the snioko bursting' out 1 — gojorward, if 'you would save your lives!"; Passengers and crow, mem women, and chil- : drenr Crowded tho’.forward part of the ship* John Mayriard stood tit the helm, The flam •as burst forth in' a ! sheet, of firo,; clouds of I empire arose.; The captain; cried out, through his trumpet,. “John Maynard 1” “ Aye, aye,' sir!” ' “Are you at the,helm I”' "Aye, avo, 'sir!” “H6w does'she'head?” “Southeast- 1 /by-east, sir.!”' ‘‘Head her 'southeast, andrun her on shopo.” , Nearer, nearer, and yet hear er, she .approached thp shore. Again the captain , cried out, “John Mayriard. ' The responsecamefeebly, “Aye, aye,sir'“Can you ihold *' out I fiveminutes' longer,: John I" “By God’s help, I willl” The old man’s hqir was scorched from the scalp, pne hand disabled, his knee upOn.tb'e stanchion, and his’teeth set; with his Other hand _ upon - the wheel, ho stood 1 firm as a rook.- Ho beached the ships- every wan, 1 woman and chihf was saved, as. John., Maynard dropped, . and his Spirit took its flight to .hisjlori. gSfA printer, not long pines, having been flung.'byhis sweet-heart, went to the office to cpmniitsuioido with .the “shooting stick.”- Tlio " devil” wishing to pacify him, fold him to go into the sanctum -where the editor was writing duns to delinquent subscribers. . Ho says that picture of despair reconciled him to his fate. •• :i , ■ Two Blacksmiths in .Brooklyn, Now York, had a duel with sledge. hammers the' other day, and both were fatally iry ured. The World all Wrong. , “ This is a Tory poor sort of a world to live in, after all I No end to the trials and tf ca bles and very little solid satisfaction ? • Old Father Solomon ' wasn’t far wrong, on the Whole, when ho mode that famous observation a tput ‘vanity of vanities 1’ And to, I eren t things looked when I was a hoy I Nothing like experience to knock the nonsense out of a body] and-teach him wliaf a.miserable world this is!” ; We wonder who it was that.first set the ex ample, of finding .fault with .the world! Did he gather any inward pleasure from charging all his own, follies and imprudence to the beautiful, blossoming, genial world ? Did ho ever imagine what a nest of followers, and disciples he would have, even os far down as the ninoteenthtoontury ? ' And our philosopher heaves a sigh that might have comfifrom under Mount Vesuvius, and looks gold watch, , and ft is time to leave brown : stone man slon for, his white marble office.. " dinner at six o'clock, my dear, as usual.— I It send borne some game, and a nice roast-' ing-proce of; mutton, and perhaps two or three lobsters. I wish, that you would see that the cook gets the sauces and gravies all right, and that the coffee is strong and hot whenit comes ! on the table. The least thing is sufficient to overturn my appetite how-a-days—that.tough pie-cruat . spoiled my dinner last night.-, -.ihings didn’t use to be so when I was a boy!" : ■ ' ;i . When you were a boy I ■ Do you remember, the,,bowl of blackberries and milk that your mother psed to set by for your supper, on the “mdk-rdom shelf,” and how delicious it was,. I eaten'on; the bid door-stone, with the moon riding above the ,woods, and: the firbrflics dan cing about in . the gray dusk? You. didn’t spend jrour days in a big yelvet easy chair,, in those .times, we shrewdly imagine—“ the world" hadn’t such' a weight of dyspepsia and indigestion to answer for, '. Do you remember .the knot of umbrageous old chestnut trees, in the, corner of .the hay-field, -where you lay at inoontide ahd'watched the bits of blue heaven iglimmering through the ■ shifting canopy of leaves, as you ate your simple dinner out of a shining, tin pail? All the spices that Spy |or ever, dreamed,of couldn’t make your cut [ glass silver garnished dinners half "as good' now. And who’s to blame?/ The world, Of course.- O ; 1 Don’t you perceive, sir, that it is , you, and not thp world, that lias changed ? The woods where-you went nutting as a boy are still .rustling their gold-tipped ' leaves above the , mossy haunts whore -the chestnuts used to rattle down at every breeze—the air is as soft over the corn-fields as when you came whist ling through them fifty years ago. Those very, rainy days, that play the mischief with your corns and your rheumatism now, and form- part of the■ general complaint, against the; worldrT-havo. you, forgotten how solidly ;yoft enjoyed,, them in .the old garret at homo, when the paltering monotone on the shingles' kept time to the pace of your ambition fancies atid the turning apages of /your 'book ? , Yoii were a boy thon—-a happy, dreaming boy: now you are a pursy,‘puffy apopletio old gen tleman.;, Ah,-you missed it sadly,when you changed Nature for Wall street, and displaced the regimen of blackberries and niilk' tb mike roonv for pate defoie'gras, high-priedd wines and French made; dainties. I. you,have ftp, right to groan at the I in ®q. ua . llfcl >s when your.carriage rolls past ' iionest Michael smacking Hia lips ever ’his noon-daj'repalst among the■ beams ami,timbers of some halfrfinfsbed building Michaelis alljxglowwith robust health, though J there are few. coppers in his worn pockets to .jingle against.ono another; his .dinner is em balmed in cerements of brown paper, while yours is served on frosted silver and Sevres. Michael never heard of a,pate de foie gras.— Michael has.no fault to find with the world— yet you are half disposed to envy Michael, ( When yon will rise at six o’clock as ho does! —when you will work all day, and keep as regular hours,, and live as simply Ss ho does —then you may expCot.to share. Michael’s ruddy cheek and muscular strength, and until then, a volume of philosophy won’t persuade you but that there is something out of gear in this world! ’ : " • p Duties of a Mother.— She should lie firm, always kind, always ready to attend to her child; She should never laugh at him—at what he does that is cunning—never allow him to think of his looks, except to- ho neat and clean in his habits. Should teach hint to obey a look—to respect those older than him-, self; she should never make a command with out seeing that-it is performed in the rights manner. Never speak of the child’s faults or foibles, to repeat his remarks before hini. It is a sure way to spoil a child! Never reprove a child when excited/ nor let your tone of voice be raised when correcting, Strive to' inspire love, not. dread—respect, not fear.— Remember, you are training and educating a soul for eternity, Teacli your children to unit upon themselves, to put away a thing when done -with it. , But do not forget that you were once -a child. Night.— Night is, beautiful in itself; but still more beautiful in its associations. It is not linked, as day is, with our cares anti our tpils-pthe business and listlessness of life. Tlio sunshine brings with it action ; we rise in the morning, and, our task is before us— and night comes, and with it rest. If’we leave sleep,- and ask' not of dreams forgetful ness;'our waking is in solitude, and our cm- 1 plpymontis thought. Imagination has thrown her glories around the midnight; the orbs of Jleavoh, the silence, the shadows, arc steeped in poetry.- Evenin the heart of n'orowded city, where the moonlight falls but upon the pavement and, roof, the heart would bo soft ened, and the mind elevated amid the loveli ness of night’s deepest and stillest hours. Mb. Beecher and the Boxers. —On (Jit, ...at the Benicia Boy, with his trainer, Jack McDonald, who have recently been giving tlio ( Brooklyn “people a taste of their quality, call lod upon Bev. lionVy Ward Beecher, a <few evenings since, to pay their respects.' Mr. Beecher received the eminent bruisers with (his usual politolbss. Ho' said he perfectly I agreed with them ns to the necessity of ini proving the American physique by the dovel- I ppment of muscle, but ho had; serious objec- the ring.and it's surroundings. Ho did not approve of prize-fighting, either, but had no objections to a fair and square round or two. on Christian principles, with a view to promote the,digestive faculties., Heenan then handed ,the pastor of Plymopth church a pair 6f boxing gloves,'and they do sny the use he made of them fully persuaded his visitors that Mr. Beecher, with a little practice, would bo ns oxcollont a muscleman as ho, is a preacher, —Buffalo Ado. ' ' ' ' • figyWo learn from tho Picayune that frost has boon seen in tho city of New Orleans.— In some sections of the city the' frost was go’ severe that the plants were injured. The Earthquake In thc Ehst,:': 1 ":' The earthquake seems tqhaye/been qirito* general in New England, north of Springfield,, Mass. The Springfield NepitWii^p saye )i * “A few minutes before 0. o’clock.in tho: morning, while‘the writer of this Was (lying l , in bis bed, supine and wide awake/; there came a gentle, vibratory, motibh ofv the bed£ from west to > east, apparently.- • The motion," was so unusual as to attract immediate atten-. tioh, and to_ excite curiosity to leafn thooajlse.’ It was not like the jar which wouldbe,caused' by n heavy walk in an adjoining; Wont;/but f seemed like the; result of a. vibratory power, r applied horizontally to the whole houte/ Thjsi: passed away, oud was succeeded at brief in*-r -tcrvals. by three or four similar shocks* which sometimes began- hnd somolimee'endda-witJi A kind of tremulous thrill. As nearly as wd can remember, it Was the fifth shook which declared the genuine earthquake, and settled *l ueB^on *. Windows arid doors responded to the vibration in all -parts of thohouse," arid left no doubt as to the character of tho pheho- -, mona. In the third story of the Bepublitan r block, a gentleman-was so much startled' that f ho ran to the window to see what oould- be ? tho matter. Earthquakes are very riro ,yisi‘, tors in this latitude. .■ ■ ~ \ “ The’ earthquake extended' over all the northern part of Now England-dud through Canada. At -Boston and vicinity if seems to have been lighter than hero; ht Manchester, N. H., about tho same; while at Saco. -Me.; there was, a loud report, a perceptible rooking, of buildings with the ringing of tho bells. ’ It grew in severity as it extended' up:,the '(Sin-' neoticut valley; we bear of ;it through Vof-; 1 . , raont, at Barton, St. 'Johnsbury, Northfield,' Woodstock, Windsor, andtittleton., ton, fastened doors wore unlocked anddho; church bolls rung by it, and at Northfield a c ._ rc^l s pire was shaken out of its propriety ahd left standing obliquely. The -Connecti cut, Albany, and New York papersdd; not. mention the phenomena as observed -in those; sections." . : ' ; - The-Boston Transcript ofWSdncsday says:" ffcutleman of the Observatory, ,Cam bhdge, who sleeps in an upper room’of thd building, was; awakened at a few-mihutes bo-’ fore six o’clock this morning,-by an unusual noise, which he, at once recognized as similar to that of the earthquake experienced, in New- England some twelvp years ago//There was apparently a vibratory motion of the earth; lasting ten- or fifteen seconds, .which,.rattled the windows and blinds and.shook the bed/ “ The shock was also quite sensibly felt ia' Arnold street, at tire .south end,: ; at tfamaiciv Plains, at Charlestown,-and Newburyport. In the latter city, a gentleman who was sha ving vras obliged to desist, the uhukual iubtiah causing a sensible shaking of his bands. Charlestown,, the rattling of-.the windows and blinds was quite perceptible;, At Arnold st.,- a lady imagined some one was Under the bed shaking it." .. . . 1 v A Hanging Scene/at Pike’s Peak.—A letter from Colorado city, dated the 25th ult„ soys;: “ Pour weeks ago a Mexican was' brought into, town, accused of-steahng-horses. /Itwas 1 Sunday morning, the people were.'oh their! way to church) the captors;-with the prisoner] attracted attention, a‘crowd collected'and-’at , court was speedilymrganiited.-: AlumborWai gon was used for a judged bench,,.clerk's [ desk, Ac., and near the ■■wheel sat the unfop-' tunate man, with one end of the rope!about hid neck; and-tho other in the handstof? the sheriff; he Was surroiinded by the crowd, all of | whom were the jary. •’ Counsel hp pomted; and the trial commenced.:,lthad proceeded but ,a short time,, whom the clergy man who was to preach that mom appeared'. A Person informed the reverend gentleman ' that theji had' a hanging job 'tmhdnd hnd could not tend to hint; The, cleitgfanan then put the question to' the, crowd whether ~they would have the hafaging or the sermon first; they decided by a unanimous vote to have the hanging first, and proceeded' with’ the triali The evidence was conclusive that he had-sto* leu the horses, and he was sentenced to he hung. The prisoner begged for mercy ; Offer ed two thousand dollars, fifty head of ciittle] and twenty horses to be released, promising to leave the l Oountry and never return,- ’■ flig offer, was refused. When he fqiind he had to die, he begged them to hurry and hang ■ him as soon as possible.- A platform was con structed, ho declined ■ making ,any.. remarks, and in the presence of the citizens of the town, he was launched into eternity.” Good Advice.— Those wiah to do good, but hesitate to do it, would do well to read the fol lowing. The reason may be suggested to then* by the potusal i ■ ' ' [ Ho'nbt delude yourself with the' idea that you can please everybody. - Who ever knew anybody that was worth anything that had nobody to find- fault with him ? .You would » have to do etdr in many ensds 'to please the evil; flatter some to gratify their bride {in dulge the selfish; submit to the' tyrannical, bo a tool for the ambitious, and be careful not to have anything .."as good' as' those'' who desire to have everything' sUpbnor-to their neighbors. If you are' a public man,' should you bd diligent, you must djcpfi'ct.to havom'any secretly dislike you find talk dgainst you, for your ‘ success; and if yon accomplish little, though mSny show tbom'erolves friendly, it often leaks out thatsom'e'whb appCarpienaant to you, can do thus because they do hot fear your rivalry—they may smile' upon; you' out wardly, and yet entertain contempt fur your | inefficiency. Always do that fthioh is : right, bo diligent, do the roost you, can, pay no.re gard to fault-finders, andyou willfind as many - friends as day sehsib'loman need dfisifeV ‘ 1 A Wean to Bovs.—God .puts the oak’ in (tho forest, and the pine on its sand and rocks, I and say to men, “ There, are your houses; Ico hew, saw, frame, build, make." God builds the trees; men must build the houses; -God supplies tho timber'; men must construct the ship, God buries iron in ~the- heart of .the earth; men. must dig it and and fash ion it. What is useful for the ! b6dy, and ‘ttill more, what is useful; for' be had only'by'exertion—exertion that will worft men .more than iron, is wrought;, that will shape men more than timber is shaped. Clay and rock are giveti us, nbthriok'ahd' squato stones. God gives 'givestw flax, and ootten, and sheep. ;If wef Would have Coats, on our hacks,, wp most take ’ fhepi off puf flocks, apd spin them and weavp tKoipr If we would haye pay'thing gobd or usefhl: Wo must edrn iti" '•'’■ '■ ,'j' r.~; j , A Princely Present to ‘ a . Kentucky Belle.— On Monday'MiSs M.attip, Taylor,;pf Newport, Ey., -received from .the, Prince of Walesa, mpfirntjeent .diampnd 'sur mounted by his crest."' The present : is A'to ken of the Prince’s romcmberanco’ of - the Cincinnati ball, ' .more - .'particularly, of course, of the pleasure h l o'p?porienoed : !n'the' society of Miss Taylor, who one of his partners : by .the floor! managers, l and with' whom'he danced and waltzed. ■-J- O:O!i0l 'f’l VM-.-ihi:.!!! U: ‘ J 1 J - H'-J 'm r«aa« SO. 21 :
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