Clearfield Republican. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, September 15, 1853, Image 1
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The from which wo propose, to make: 'a short extract, purports' to bo written; by lithe hero himself, and commences .-with nn / •musing account of his living in diflgUisO in Dublin. > . It.lhen proceeds to state, that, becoming anxiolisto join; the wreck of King James’s'forces in Limerick, ho.ven turcd on travelling across the country, as a j pedler j.how* While on: his way, .'ho: had an interview with General Satscfield, and received from him certain papers to Convey to the unhappy royalists; after which, on ' pursilihg.hia journey, ho .had the misfor tune to' thli iniQ the hands of soma sol ■ diors, and wo& brought before Captain Ol iver, a leader initho ranUsof his opponents.. At this point we shall allow him to tell his story in his own words, which give ono a fearful idea of the cruelties committed nt that disastrous period in Ireland : “Unbuckle your pack,” exclaimed the, corporal. “Unbucklo your pack, fellow, atid show your goods to tho captain—hero where you are.” ' I proceeded to present my merchandise to the loving contemplatioh of the officers, who thronged Jiround 1 me with'a strong light from ari 1 opposite window. As I con tinued to traffic with' these gentlemen, I observed with no'small anxiety the eVos of Captain Oliver frequently hxed upon mo with a kind of dubious inquiring gaze. “I think, iny honest Teltow/’ he said at last, 1 ‘fthal l have eeCri youiomcwhore be fora'-this." Have you often dealt with the military 1” :. r!d ,rI r r weiANii ftCEA ig&SfcOi EffiftSl! jo.llc ».* P 4 Fwvdwfi po youi* ptothtfi rag ffiSSS} Win lk« If? py r I* |s«Ooft pfntor* roonnrL mi pm? KKfe ta and i' : k-Li in ud Vbleftir ur to ib* rttf La* [wledga if I b*d*tX : ■u&Jona, ptroatii? ■lVitaad Mltnn* Iwa.ud ftbitosv ■lad a* in 'wore* or Mat ant i a rimi* find noit. fa ooiUi;— Iltd«lphl8. AOJ&iTd p their em> lcomaeq*> fethrinf it obbridubti r. ai It 100 \\y vrp ca* b make our itotb* tell* iiUnU/.nn, spin, Bolt* butiot.ko. WkUpiU N of ev«m k.TUIo Wi .. WowjU nd tfbo*t,* u. on ihon livnio pay •y 7” "“ ■ • ! ■ ... “I hWtraded,' sir,” said I; '‘with the ! Boldiery thany atlmo, and'always bora honorably treated. Will Vour worship pteasd'' W'bay a ipairof r¥ffles.7-UVery , cheap/ytiur WoTsbip” ‘ i*WHy do you wear your- haifriso much bret yout face, -sir?-' said 'Olirer, without noticing mV' suggestions. '‘l 'promise you, I thihkHn'o gOoth of you d throw back your haifi add ict us seo you plainly. Hold up your fetce, an&look straight at me; throw back yoUf 1 hair,'Sir I’* “ I felt that nil chance of escape was at an end, and stepping' forward ns near ad the table would allow mo lb hinv I raised my head, threw bafck my hair, and fixed my eyes sternly and boldly upon his face. I that he ItneAY me ipatajatly, .for,.his i \c<?uQtonance turned as pale a» with \ /surpriseani^a^red:,he started up, placing iijhis.hand }m?tiijctiyely upon fits sword-hilt, glaring, at ,lllo with a lijoU so deadly, \ I .thought,ejppiy moment, fe.i»puM ' atrikeihis.sWorii in.tQ my neaft». H°, s | l f“ ; in a kind of whisper: Fitzger •; aid I" . : ''«Vps,"..toidfJ.boldly,fpr,the excitement of the scene had. effectually ; nil i red pay ; blood, ‘ ‘Hardress. f? j tzgeraid i.C bo fore you. ,I know you weflr yantnin. o|),yer. I know bpw you hate meTpybpow ht»W,yutj,tlinpj for my ]ilraa j i i mjs»i wuse,, and jn the hands oftxod, 1 defy you. ‘‘You are a.dosperute villaio,, sir, ,snia Coptaja rebel and a murderer I , Hallb there, guard,' ae^ejiiio., , ; ;' As ; the,spldiers entered, ,I.{brow pay,eyes niawmg.pre upod, the . suddenly d rew General Sarsefield'a [Wcjmt. from, fP ? bosom, and. casting it upon the embers, planted -my foot upon it. .“Secure the . papei'a.P’ahouted'lhe captain; and.almost instantly I was laid, prostratoandseaseleps . upon tha floor by a blow from the butt-end hf mcorbinp. • •>» I cannot) say JIOW long L continued in n aiatpof tokpor/but ntiength, hhviogslow- Ay-becoSerea imy. senses, ill found my&elf lyjritrfifmty .handcuffed, upon the floorof a chamber*,tbrdughAndrrawloPphOlo, inonb.DF whoso iwall® the.le.vnmng, sun :jdOTpf a nd drenebedihv idogd,;l'd l IC^ >.lV 1 j. COft IWj Ofld. wepH W*fiWX*. 1 d®SS 1 ,W‘*j | - pain and difficotorjqffnr :l ;SA I , e .f¥ bar or rather cell, in which I.stood, was - 1 ’about eiglif twiC’squitro?! \ Is : m? 'a S&btyTfghf»/ ut Wufr ficent.to assure nie fliaf fny p:isph contaip .! f ”^d'¥&thTtigHi ’redddr thewjotftn of-tts ten i oaht 1 hwhltdesd 'Comfortless than my 1 worst, 11 Whrtd 'have wished:' ; ‘ tyy n nftt : lm t • !i! 16 ekUliie tlitttKfc'uft. o ‘'|tty o dPtnd mentioned being too high anil tdo hrirfow t !tn s£&rd escipb. 1 listened ; ; ntt6ntlvnly to ascertain, if possible,, wlidth, ■' Wdr Wdl tf guardvhzul btwniiplnced upon. nuth»ddtsidd; (Ndta'wundowad [ tobe ha|rdi | RO w placed my shoulderKoahß.doot.ahd; , Anphtfilo m . Srimd^shearleneduFolHfeWi^rfiyfißlffp" -'faiosgrbundijti UntfaaJieskini'PW' ,nptBre c n maker** italic oar ETTBRB and tiUia Cteatftaft. rateaia ft* ■IB *8 ltd* r£< fciiort*' khtni. ‘ tftmgy./ . '■ r,? lofClwf. tmiacklt r&M4ir<c IrH* Al\ M.'lltdj krtoti* kAOWB. torftra riivtii*; (el. *»dj K-Kt. > W to MM \ &•> W) F; tsoi A WEEKLY PAPER: DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MORALITY, AND FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. Volume 4, .hovyever, Icing to submit to the apathy.of despair, and in a few minutes I was on my feet again. " With patient scrutiny I en deavord to ascertain the nature of the fast enings which secured tho door. The plants fortunately having been nailed together fresh, had shrunk considerably, so as to leave wide cbipka between each and its neighbor. ,By means of these apertures, I sf/ty that my durigedti was secured, pot by a lock Bs 1 bad /eared, but by a strong wpodhn’bkr, running horizontally across the door|,about thidwoy upon the outside. [Contriving to make an opening, ho roaches the doors of the apartment in which he had been seized, and overhears an ord- er given by Oliver forhisexecution, which ho declared should take place in the eve- ning ero the moon arose j Inhere was a kind of glee in Oliver’s manner and expression whiph chilled my very heart. “He shall be first shot like a dogj Ob.d 'hen hanged like a dog—shot to night, and hung to-morrow —hung at tho bridgc-fiead—hung until his bones drop asunqpr 1” It is'impossible to describe the exultation with whjch he seemed to dwell upon, and to particularise, the fato which he intended for me. A chill, sick iiorror crept over me as they retired, and 1 felt, for the momont, upon the brink of swooning. This feeling, however, speed ly gave place to a sensation s,lid more ter riblo —a state of excitement, so intense and tremendous as to border upon literal madness, supervened; my brain reeled and throbbed apif it would burst; thoughts, the wildest and the most hideous, /lashed through my mind w»*k 0 spontaneous . ra pidity ihatscared my very soul; while,all tho time, I felt a strange and frightful im pulse to burst into uncontrolled laughter. Gradually this fearful paroxysm passed a way. 1 kneeled and prayed fervently, and felt comforted and assured ; hut still I could not: view the alow approaches to certain death without an agitation, little short of agony. . 'I returned again to the closet in which I hnd.foundimyself upon recovering from ihe swoon. The,evening sunshine and twilight, was fast molting Into darkness, when I heard the oqtcr door, that which cqramunicnted wiih ihe guard-ropra ip which the officers fiad been ntnusifig themselves, opened and locked again, upon the iqside. A measur ed step then approached, ant} the door of the wretched cell in which t lay being rudely pushed open, a soldjer entered, who cpfried something in his hand, but, owing to the obscurity of the place,’ f could not see what. “Art thou awoke fellow?” said ho, in a gruff voice. "Stir thyself—get upon thy legs. His orders were enforced by no very geutio r application of his military boot. “Friend," said I, rising with difficulty, “you need apt jpsult a dying man. You haye been sent hither to conduct me to death. Lead op! My trust is in God, that he wil) forgive mo my pins, nnd re ceive my soul, redeemed by the. blood of his Son.”' There hero intervepod.a pause of some length, at the end of whichtho soldief said, in the same gruff voice,. but in a lower key : “Look yo, comrade, itwill bo your own fault, ifiypu die thia.night. On one condition I promise you to get you. out of i this hobble with a whole skin: but if yoUj go ttiiiny of your gammon j before two hours are passed yoii wilt have as many holes in your carcass as a target.” j “Name your copditiorts,” said I; ‘‘and: if t|fby 'xdpsistwith' hpubr, I will never balk at the ofidf.” i “Here tlie’y are : you Pro to be shot to night; by Captain Ojiyer’s ordora. The carbines are cleaned Tor the job, and the partridges served out to . the men. I tell you the truth.” " Of this I needed not much persuasion, and;intjmated to.the, man my conviction that he spoke the,truth. “Well, thep,” be continued, “poyv for iho mpn of this .uglybusings. £aptam Oliyer ncjes tlns night to head quarters, with the, papers wjiich you earn-, ndr Beforp J»o‘,9/arts JieViU ; My.,yc!U. ? visit, )o fislf .ijyhal h,? nap out of. you, with all ihp jfipu promjseV he ca n make. Hum or him a little, and when you find an op portunity, stab him jn .threat objtvglhe. cuirass.” , . .‘“A feasible plan, surely,, said I, rais- without a weopon. “twiU mapage all,, thnt presontly for saidihe soldier. ' .-‘LWhen you have thus dealt with (him, take., his:(cloak and hat, oodsoi forth,’and put thbm on{.tha papers you • tvill find li* thepockel of, his in a rcd leathor caie.: Walk boldly outjlam! appointed to rido (With <! Captain Olivpryiand you will.find dioliolding his, ’Bbcsd nhdimy dtonbythe; dbor ; Imaunt quickly, and I will do the same, uPd then wa will ride foirourlivps aciossthe bridge. You willifind the hoUterrpiattda loaded jn case of (pursuit; add' with uthedevllsi .help j weiehaiL.rigc'h; Limarjck.-wuhouta bh>* T)h«; rJSiy lonly.ifcdndiUoa ypiistiikb (.Oliver.yau .strike' home,:apa j ngsin until he is your honor-to remember" mo when J*® 1 ■}' ■n.oil'CO lov levjV'.Vilo vxii ! Jiol) lololabibniiu a juu, il!' ! , , .’llk <!!! r te: i .j/.i • i •;/»;' i/.rtit' .n id ••.! Clearfield, pa., Sep*. Iff, 1853- I cannot soy whether I resolved right 1 or wrong, but 1 thought my situation, and : j the conduct of Captain Oliver, warranted me in acceding to tho conditions pro pounded by my visitant, and with alacrity I told him so, and desired him to givo me the power, as he lmd promised to do, of executing them. With speod and,promp titude he drew a small key from hip pock et, and in an instant the maniclos were re moved from my hands. How my heart bounded within mo as my wrists were re leased from tlidiron gripe of the shackles ! tho first step towaiids freedom was mado —myself reliance returned, and I felt as sured of success. “Now for the weapon,” said I. . “I fear me you will find it rnlherclum sy,” said he, “but if well handled, it will do ns well as the best Toledo: it is the on- ly thing I could get, but I sharpened if myself. It has nil edge like d skean.” ’ He plated in my hand the steel head of n halberd, and with d low savage laugh left me to my reflections. Having exam ined and arranged the weapon, I carefully bound the ends of the cravnt, with which had secured the cross-part of tho spear head, firmly ropnd my wrist, so that iri case of a struggle it might not ensily be foredd from my hand ; and having made these precautionary dispositions, I sat dbwn upon the ground with my back against the wall and my hands together, under my coat, awaiting my visitor. The time wore slowly on. The dusk became dimmer and dimmer, until >t nnnvty bord ered oti total darkness! “How’s (his ! said [ inwardly. “Captain Oliver, you Said 1 Should not Beo the moon rise to- night r'Vnethinks you are somewhat tardy in fulfilling your prophecy.” Aelmade this re flection ,'n noise at the outer doo# announced ' the entrance; of a visitant. 1 knew that the decisive mom- enl had tonno, and letting my head sink upon my breast, and assuring myself that my hands were concealed, 1 awaited, in the altitude of deep dejection, the approach of piy foe and betrayer. As 1 had ex pected, Captain Oliver entered the room where l lay. He was equipped for instant duty, os far as the imperfect twilight would allow m® to see; the long sword clanked uppn the floor, as he made his way through the lobbies which |ed to my place pf,confinement; his ample military cloak hung; upon, bis arpii;: his cocked hat was uppp his head, and in all points he was prepared for tho yoad., This tallied exact ly with what my strange informant had told me. I felt my heart swell and my breath came thick, as the awful moment which was to witness the death struggle of one or other of us approached. Captain Oliver stood within a yard or two of the place where I sat, or rather lay, and fold ing his arms, he remained silent for a min ute or two, as if arranging in his mind how he.shquld address me. “Hardress Fitzgerald,” ho began at lenght, “are you awake 1 Stand up, if you desire to here of matters nearly touching your life- Get up, I. say.” I arose, doggedly, and aflbcling the awkward oioyeoiettt of one of those whose hands were bound. . . “Well,” said l,“what would you of me? Is it hot enough that lam thus imprison ed, without a cause, and about, as I sus pect, to suffer a most unjust and voilent sentepce, bfjf must I also bo disturbed dur ing the few; moments left me for reflection qpti -repentance, ,by the presence of my persecutor 1 - What do you want of me?” i «<As to your punishment, sir,r said he, “your Own deserts have no doubt suggest ed the likolihoOd of it to your mindbut I now am with you to let you know that whatever mitigation of your" serttenco you hii»y look for,' must be earned'bj? your compliance with my. orders. You must frankly and fully explain! the contents of the packet which you endeavored to 1 flea troy ; itnd, furthor, you must tell all that Vou know of the designs of the popish re bels.” ; I "And if I do this, I am toqxpact a mit igation- of my punishmeht—is' it hpl so ?” Oliver bowed. . “Wpll, sir, before I make the desired communication, I have pne question more to put. , What is to befall me, in case that I, remembering the honor of a soldior and a gentloman, reject your infamous terms, scorn your mitigation, and defy your utmost power?”; , 1 • •‘ln that case,” replied lie co©ly, : **be?. fpre half an hour, you .shall bo a corpse." , “Then God hove merpy ,on your soul!” sai'flil,iand.sprjpging forward, I weapon wbfpjiili throat, I rnia aed pay ain?i but struck hip); Pnll tn the m.puth jy.ith such • : force . that mascot,nis froi>l : teeth wprq.dislpdgsdj ,thp point ;pf the spear-bend passed out under, p'S j?'Vi at the ear,, My opspt was.po su.dflen and unoxpectedthßtJtP .wall, and did not .rewveahis .equilihr.tum iil t|.«e to; prevent my dpalipgfifl; • second i qlpw< which I.did with all, n9X fo.refl,i,ThfiißP l,^f . unfortunately,. struck, the. cuirass near Jno neck, aPd glancing; ;aside; iti,inflicted piltj a;flesh-wobrid, tearing lho Skin and: tend-' i bus along iho Jhroatii .*;Hp,naw sgtoppled i witb me, strango:to: sayilwidtoilt; Uttering; i AWYOty.ofaiarfam; Bdinga , .fill mat# ohd> ifl!anythingur4theß;J»«v.ior Md iinbi»ilronJ*lyU>aili4haol< Wf goebed^ V/«J , <*• VY^fcv. I<7 -■ • 1. cd in drawing me with him to the ground. Wo fell together, with a heavy crash, tugging and straining in what we were both conscious was a mortal struggle. At length I succeeded ih getting over him, and struck him twice more. > The wcap- on which I wielded had lighted upon the eye, and the point penetrated the brain. — The body quivered under mo, the deadly grasp relaxed, and Oliver lay upon the ground a corpse ! ’ AsT aroscand toqk.thc weapon and bloody cloth from my hand, the moon which ho had foretold l should nover see riso, shone bright and brond in to tho room, and disclosed, with ghastly distinctness, tho mangled featured of the j dead soldier. It is hard to say with what I feelings 1 looked Ujidii the' unsightty and [revolting mass, which had so lutely been 'a living and a comely man. I bad hot [any time, however, to spare for reflection; I tho deed was done—rfhe responsibility was upon me, and all wan registered in the [book of that God who judges rightly. ! With eager haste I removed from tho body such of the military accoutrements a 9 were necoasary for tho purpose of my disguise. I buckled on tho sword, drew off the military bqots, and donned them myself, placed the brigadier wig and cock !ed-hat upon my head, throw on tho cloak, [drew it up about my lace, add proceeded with the papers, which I found as the sol dier had foretold tqe, and the W outer lobby, if.*-*"™' the guard-rootm Thta t opened, and with a firm and rapid tread walked through the who rose ns l enterbd, ond passed without questionot;interruption to tho strect-dpqr. Hero I wgs met by tho griip-looking cor poral, Hewson, who, salutjng me, Said, ‘‘HoW Boon, 'Captain, shall tho drawn out, and the prisoner despatched 1” “In half an hour,”. 1 replied, without raising my voice. . . 1 The man ngain saluted, and in two steps I reached tho soldior' who hold the two horses, as ho had intimated.' “Is all right 1” said he eagerly. “Ay,” suid I which horse am l to mount.” ■ . . lie satisfied mo upon this point, and I threw myself into the saddle ; the soldier mounted his horse, and dashing Iho spurs into the flanks of the animal which I be strode,- we thundered; along tho narrow bridge. At the far extremity, o sentinel, os wo approached, called opt, “Who g&cs there? stand, and give the word 1 ■ Heed less of the interruption, with my heart bounding 'with excitement, i dashed, on : so did the soldier who accompained me.— Tho sentinel fired. , “Hurrah!” I shouted; “try it again, my boy,” and away wo went at a'gallop, which bado fair to distando Everything like pursuit. Never was spur more need ed, however, for soon the clatter of horses I hoofs, in full Bpeed crossing the bridge, came sharp and clear through the stillness l of tho night. One mile was passed, an other nearly compleatcd. Tho moon now shone forth,.and turning in tho saddle, I I looked back upon tho road wo hud pass -1 ed. Ond trooper had headed the rest, and l was within a hundred yardfl of.us, ' 1 saw I (ho fe|low throw himself from ■ his horse I upon the ground. I knew Ins object, and skid to my comrade, “Lower your body— | lie flat over the saddle. The fellow is go ing to fire!” I had hardly spoken, when tho report of a carbine startled the echoes, and the ball striking tho hind leg of my com panion’s horse, the poor animat leli head | long upon the road, throwing his rider head I formost over the saddle. My first impulse was to stop and share whatever fnto might !await my comrade; but my second, and 1 wiser one was to spur on, and save myself • and dospatch. I rode on at a gallop.'—r [Turning to observe my comrade’s fate, I saw his pursuer, having remounted,' ridp I rnpibly up to him, and on reaching the spot where the than find-horse lav, rein ip add dismounted. He was hardly opon Ihp ground, when my companion spot, hint dead with one of tho holster-pistols which pe had drawn frpm the pipe, and leaping himdly over a ditch at th«S side of the road, he was soon lost a'moiJg the ditches and thorn-bushes which covered :that part of the country. Another mile being.passed, I had tho satisfaction to perceive that the] pursuit was given over, and in an hour, more, I crossed Thormond Bridge, and slept that night in the fortress of Limerick, having delivered the : packet; tho! result of whose safe arrival was the .destruction of yViltiapi’s grfat troimof artillery, then, ; up, pp its y ay, to the hosiers. n , ./Yeats after thi? adventnre, V mot in Prance a young officer,' Who I foiitld hod served in Captuih Oliver’s regimbnt, and hi) explained what I had never'before un- rtioli.Vee.pf ibfl »WJ> who had wrqpgbt my (jelivprance,, ; Strange to say, he was tile foster-brother to Oliver, whom he had thus devoted to death,, in. revenge fo»J tho indst griei’oua-wlrong ttiiich one maDucan.inflict!upon v. ) in<i'"' biilcber’s'bby 'carrying a tlfojr <jw ■Hid ahbulders, ttcoidentoHy ouuuk a lady’s bead.. ..»»••>:! •?’ &Mb&a«HV r '^‘ ; thW l^, ! «dVblyr"t)fO. idbte^«annotuakb »hff<trayw vgoio^i; 01 i: .ludrnan tnaeoKj 6:l} ni inoijf;;: i , mi!l jiitli .a.' • ■'jj'w .» i •• - Number 36. The Flowed of the Flock. —Somo fivo years gone by we knew on unbroken family. Father, mother, sisters, brothers, all here. The third son was a dork-eyed, , massive btowed, hopoful boy of four sum- , mers. Ho waso romping,and yet o thought ful child; there was a light in his largo eye that showed an earnest promise of future capacity for usefulness, or an early flight to the world beyond the tomb, Wo ploy ed with him ond wondered at him; as he romped with us ho taught ,us to admiroond love him; he showed us, nlj unconscious, what a boy could be. One day wo Bid him “good-bye.’’ Many o time ond oft, did wo think of that boy. Days run to, weeks—weeks glide into months —years roll away. ‘A rumor of death’ comes on the evening breeze. The pitcher is broken at the fountain. The silvor cord that bound thnt family in one is harshly severed, and the clods of the valley have fallen cold and heavy upon the coffin tit at cases the remains of one of those little ones. Scarcely less heavy and cold does that sound strike upon the living beating hen rtsofthoso who crowded around that “slight abode.” And is it the boy we so fundly loved that now lies under thocluy ? Our ihearts tell us that it enn bo no Other, for “dooth loves a shining mark.” Idolatry is forbiddj*-. ! and them were tho-,-*- -uranipdeiT that uoy. Our lesson was given as we needed, and also strength to bear. O p»er thus, frohi childhood ’« hour. fvo my lopdc«l liopn ilppoy; I never 'oVoii a ireo or It >wcr, i ButhWm tht> fir»l lo fadp owsyr t never iiurnDfd a fond gi*elle, To gird me with it* poll block rye*; Out when ircame to know me well, And lova me. it wni mro to die. The heart will often tell us what the sem&s will not. Wo veiled tho broken family. We missed our favorite. Our forebodings wafo realized.. Tho> mother noticed our wandering eye, and with a quivering lip she asked : “Do you mifis one of my little ones 1” Wo told her as best we could, that Our favorite was gone. A TnniLUNO spswß—eA pbunkahp’ 3 i LIFE bayed.—rA fi»w days since (says | the Philadelphia lodger) as the express train ( for Baltimore whs passing the vicinity of , Naaman’B creek; at the rate of forty miles an hour, a horrifying sight was witnessed by those having charge of the train.' A man, apparently a "'fisherman, inhabiting one of the shatlties close by, was laboring under mania polu, had thrown Himself on tho rails for the pnrposoof self-destruction, but two females having drawn him off, were engaged in a dreadful strugglo to pre vent his again throwing himself before the train: One had a deadly grip of his legs while the other was kneeling upon his breast, as the iron horse went thundering by; just grazing her clothing ; indeed; so dose was she, that her own escape from in stant death was most imminent. The whole scene occupied blit an instant, and scarce ly any of the passengers were aware of the calamity that had been impending. Those who witnessed it were horror-struck know ing the impossibility to prevent the destruc tion of nil tliree, if the maniac succededin struggling only a few inches hearer the rail. What a self sacrificing love Washers manifested, inducing two women to risk their'lives in saving one who had perhaps for years been 4 constant source of misery from his insatiate love of the bottle. If the poor inebriate could have this scene properly depicted, so as to make a lasting impression upon his mind, he would un doubtedly forsake his evil habits. Canada and tub United States. — i Thq Quebec Morning Chronicle says The AmoricanS want .Cuba, anatho same writer has frequently told us they, wont Canada. Canada i« fast going toihem.— Oprlumbergoos toNew Yorjs, oqr flour and .cattle-to Boston or. Portland j our v.ery atoamsbipa gq tp Portland in the. winter,' and it musrbo hprnftjn mind that a com mercial is the most solid of all political an. negations. Canada is already part and parcel of the United States, and we are sor ry at it. Nothing but.a rush,of,immigra tion can save ns, . The, tide pf public opin ion and of public power is on the turn.— Loyalty to Great Britain is oh the ebb. Mobal ChahaCteb.—There is nothing' which adds so much to the beauty and powor of man as a good character. _lt dignifios himinoveiy station, exalts him in evfiry.'pdriod of.life. Such-a character is more to be desired than everythingnlse on.earth. No servile fool, no crouching sycophant, treafchefous. hottofcsoeker. evor bore!such.a character./; .The puto joys of righteousness never spring in such persons. If young map but knew how much a good character would dignify.Wid exalt .them, i bow glorious it would make thajprosppcts even in dthisu, life, • never;. should wo find them yielding!to the’ grovelling.andbase. ;boro:i|>urtidseS; of human nature, ui!,' ; i , ftSrf l»P ddjiilv'ivHo Wa*‘*«jfrdpk; witji qj}. pori'WV my deijiU •'■> > j j&itfto tmaist s piebrau#j»h re» j floiogist i ht»* i«\y,Hoi a>e rWWiiO|iJ> a Ty».^‘W«Vrt' ( ;) -ill. l’ ! ! 1 ■ .?•••: :L, no nn-n:> 1 •Hill. I tamuas. «8 *0 f •«■«»«• I »*“**■ E»?buiJsqa.ar <U. '‘' I' ?• 8 1 jsa& \8 i i ,o #S&js do .e nnt6«, ftCLI, do ~*•.,•*<!• .-• ~ -Sfi do 18 monthiV 800 1 do 'li oo mm 'A Bharat tkduoflaa wlllM mala aM’RM^ ■•atlfoterr lamljr io th# county—nd Uwprt •wSLE ooiT»ni«tftnU cbsap meant fortbaTmtonaia or f"? oonntr—tbo roorohaal* m*fch*alo |iid fit othera—U tWokndwladio of their t*asU6)i bad rW »Pn« like to Card" forovarr Mfbhaiua*ldorwumffH Protetfoaal quo tboopooU. ,W« btta pbatVorjW£ for* m d a vdaratrotoi tht ndruuinJiur X’ MaitftwM* thagraatei wtllbobuproflti... , lk( j- #r( .7j ~ BookSvJobsandiWMM. 1 u! OP EVBBV DESCRIPTION. pßintbmnthe Vfeßl BEST BTYLE.ANp.ONjTHB BHOBTPBT NOTICE. AT ttiß OFFICE OF I*llB ••CLEARFIBLt) REPUBLICAN. 11 , ' , Pflte* off] A SENSIBLE ADDRESS. 1 The candidate!) ior governor ofO**®* have come to a wiso conclusion upon, ft* quesilion of temperance. Tlipy thm|t triiß great moral reform “is mpre Jlkely lp be injured than benefited by peihgcbnppc ted with the political contests of the day. Such was our decided opinion.'' But ftad their joint address. We take it frorp^ft o Constitutionalist efAugiista : ~ To t'iie Fcntic.-rTtio undersigned, having been recently called upptv Whilst engaged in a public discusbibn to dcfjqeopr positions relative to tho temperance auey tion, now exciting some .inteWStjn Gw* gin, and there being ho miterihl idjflbrenco in the responses made by ! us iJoyeratljr,Jpr the purpose of avoiding nil misunderstan ding of wlmt We said, as Well as forftd mi. formation of others, presonttho fbUoWing statement of our answers bh the referred to:' 1 ' " 1 " ‘ ‘ , We are friends tb tho temperance reform and bid all ‘enlisted in |t Gddshebd in by ery legitimate effort to pdyaricb ‘flf j we think the enuse is fnore likely to be Ittjdrtd than benefited by being connected With the political conteats of the ddy. Thb Stato temperance convention harirtgbeUn inses sidn since'the guboftdtbriai were ti T ornadw, ‘? & “ t taking any steps tb' interogate the nomi nees, we infer that they b'aitd Wiwly‘deter mined to aVoid that contiexibn.ihhd ‘com mend their example to the ' fhlibrb? tjiKr constitutents and oirgtuia?. 1 ' ‘‘‘ Thb questiori'of hldre, expediency Wany act of legislation* oh thiif isdyefct id dorndp ifestly 6nb for the cbhsideration ofthegen chit asSefnbly', ds to reader nhyejtp'rblkjoh of opinion by Us uOndde’ssary. ’The tojo- Stitutionality of SuhH a message WbnTd'de niahd executive’ no less 1 than sdrhtiny. ‘ But' there having beea'Sevdfal different schemas proposed, the detallrbf which, vet'unsettled; nidy very materially affect the constitutional; question, We'tan not, with due regal'd to ppjjtriety, or with any assurance ofavbiding misdoriitniction, phsnotinco upbaieither, • The constitution ulify bF all enactments ought 16 bagraVbty and deliberately'considered bythetwodb parfmentr !ri the order presdHbed Wth* thoiegialativo fust, by the executive aftertexirds. • 1 ' 1 CHARLEBJ: JENKINS. ■ HERSCBEL V: JOHNSTON. A BAD SION FOE THE WEIOBi : For some time past the whig jduehkls ia New York have been telling us that they must nominate better men than they Have boon in'the habit of known as Sowardites hot■ its Fillmpnritßs, as “silvergreys” or as “woollies, I 'but mien of “high character and decided tAleitt.P+r- The Now York Tribune puto out & leading article approving this ; new then winds up with the following declara tion that it will not publish the ticket in the usual form. Here is its language: - i “Finally, we shal h put up no ticket for Stato or other officers under our editorial head. We givo this seasonable-notice in order that our course may not be misdon strued, os implying dissatisfaction 1 with this candidate or that ticket.’’' : r : : ■ rNow this, we submit; requiroSj expla nation. Is it said because the. Tribune is -unwilling to publish a ticket bftgood ecxtn being -whigs only and not is it because the Tribune despairs of find ing such men in the whig party pfNcw York?..' Gov. Stevens’s explohing Wtitv.— The Northern Pacific ruillrdad party are nbW encampod it Canip Cusning near the mouth of the YelloW Stbrieijrha three sedtions into which the party wiisdi viclcd camo togethorat this point by difler ent routes. The Rdpliblican [earnS'lhiit a report of the saVvey thus Taf ! haS hebtt for warded to Washington;; Tho prospScti is thUPthb stirvey 'will be c6mplbier, i: nhd the report laid before Congress} bjKnbit Feb ruary. The Republican furtbar Btatestbot they are in receipt of private information which will satisfy Congress and the coun try that this route id impracticable,' Nbvebsav mE.T-Five year«ago Santa Anna wda. booted outofV«W' ChW With his owh wooddn leg; Ho ia now . Presi dent of :Mexico. A month ofier W>ltojmy attempted auicido, he was runningforCon gress.i We care not how darkyOME Pfo*- peels may be, keep bn living and thfl ttmo will come when you will get ahead, pffbem. Arsenic was made for rata -and cftWR/ds. If you. have pluck, tberefore*m<tf«; Hlflipiu sic’’.und bide tirade ,vli!sul ’ Yacht race in Eng lish papers contaiti hccoulits dj va'cty rapo'at for ,ihejr«e dud of fered by the royal yabht W which •ttyyacht JSylvis, ;rroin;jJaw,V«*^'*“ beaten by the' iWiish yacht course John Bull i?ip ecstaciefi. Afterl be- often heated .yacht America.- ‘ . a . ( ,q. that ««)> grahoh to ; America n, iffSKWB ;■■■• you fcre; never!s<juauilaf> aWay-a /Dln«l0» { jij iuJ ;"iid; ..an yuii od.-ni eherr