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9
IT SAMCEL TATLOn COI.EItiniiK,
All Ihoosbts, all passions, all dolislits,
Whatever stirs this mortal frame,
All are but ministers of Love,
And feed bin saercd flume.
0ft in my waking drcnnia do t
Live o'er aguin tht haly hour,
When midway on the mount 1 lay
Bei(ie the ruined tower.
Ibe moonshine stealing o'er the scene,
Had blended with the lights nf eve;
And she kiis there, my hope, my j''i
ily own dear (ieuovieve!
Sht leaned against tho armed man,
The stniiie ol tho nnneu Kuigui:
She stood and listened to my harp
Amid the lingering lijtlit.
ff sorrows hath she of her own,
V, hum' inv iov. uiv Genevieve !
fhe loves me best whene're I siiir
Ibe songs thut luuke tier grieve.
I played a soft and doleful uir,
I .. ami old and moving story
An old rude song that titled ell
The ruin wild anu uoary.
She listened with a fitting blush,
With iliiwrant eves and modi-it grruco
for well the knew. I couid not choose,
But guie upon ln-r lace,
Hold her of the Knight, that wnro
i'.... 1.1 a liurniiiL' brand;
And that for tot long years he wooed
Ibe lady of the L.aml.
1 told her how lie pined : nnd, ah !
The low, the deep, tho pleading tune,
With which 1 sang another' love,
Interpreted .ay own.
She listened with a Hitting blush,
wiik .l,.uiH'nt eves ond modest grace ;
And she forgave me that I guicd
Too fondly on ncr mcc .
But when I told the eruel scorn .....
Which crazed tins bolJ ana ii
And that he crossed tho mountain woods
Nor rested day nor night ;
That sometimes from the envnge den,
And sometime, from the darksome shade,
And souieliinos starting up at once,
In green and sunny glade.
Thsre ca-ie, and looked him in tlio face,
Ail angel boautiful and bright ;
And that he knew it was' fined,
This uiiserablo Knight !
Aiidhow, unknowing what lie did,
He leaped amid n murderous band,
And saved from outrage worse than death
Tho Lady of the Land.
And how she wept nnd clasped his knees,
And bow she tended him in vain
And ever strove to oxpnito
The scorn that crazed her brain ;
And that she nursed him in a cave ;
And bow bis madness went awny
When on the yellow forest leaves,
A dying man he lay.
Ilii dying words Hut when I reached
That tenderest strain of ull tho ditty,
Mj faltering voice an I pausing harp
Disturbed her soul with pitty t
All inipulses of soul and sense
Had thrilled my guileless ll.-ncvievo,
The music and the doleful talc,
The rich and balmy eve ;
And hopes, and fears that kindle hope,
An undistinguishuhle throng!
And gentle wishes long subdued,
Subdued nnd cherished long !
She wept with pity and delight ;
She blushed with love and maiden shame;
And like the murmer of a dream,
I heard breathe my name.
Her bosom heaved she stepped asido ;
Ai conscious of my love, she stepped
Then suddenly with timorous cyo
She ted to me and wtpU
Sbe half enclosed me in her anus,
She pressed me with a meek embrace ;
And bending back her head, looked up,
And gated upon my face.
Til partly love, and partly fear,
And partly 'twas a bashful art,
Tin I might rather feel than lee
Ibe swelling of her heart.
1 eslmed her fears j and she wti calm,
And told her lore with virgin pride ;
Aid so I won my Genevieve,
Ij bright and beaulioui bride !
The Great Historical Romance.
"Some books are lies frae end to end,
Aa' ome grsat lies were never penn'd,"
Said Burns fu' brawlio.
"M "England's History" here fore
. ketin'd?
not "great lies" he William-Fenn'd T
Spouk, Lord Mucuuly !
MAflections, liko the concienco, are
j1"! to be led than driven ; and it is to
7 ferd that they who marry whoi e they
''not love, will love where they do not
"Mtrry.
HI tCfillltVPfll
Vrom the Hc..tlih American.
The Scots in America.
Ktakk.-Iii tho luM-siuiiil ipiiilitii's of a
true Koldioi- wonderful jiliysiil iiowei'i,
bravery, wijiacity, iidherciiee to the cuiise
ndojited, mid uiieoniueruhlo deteriuina
Hon Joim Stark hud no superior in
America, and to these also added ipialities
ofahih order for attacliiii; soldiers to
his side, nnd handling tliem hkilfully in
strategy and battle, lie was born in the
Seotisli Irish settlement of Londonderry,
New Hampshire, Au;:ust, 17 js. His fa
ther was a native of Glasgow, who h d
lirst emigrated to Ulster, Ireland, and then
sailed from old Londonderry to tho new
world with a most valuable car'o some
hundred of bis countrymen nnd women,
characterized by the sound morals, indus
trious habits, and ivaim all'eetions of the
children of old (.'alcden. In those days,
Londonderry was something of a shipping
port; it far exceeded Liverpool or (ireeii
o;'k, hence as vessels often left it for
America, many Scottish emigrants had to
go there to find agencies to reach the
"Western land."
John Stark's father was an industrious
farmer, possessed of no worldly wealth
but that derived from Ids own sturdy toil,
combined with that of his thrifty w ile and
w illing children. John lived with bin fa
ther until lie was twenty-live years of age,
and aided in the support of a protty large
family, lie was a genuine typo of the
American borderer in those flays of wild
war, hunting and farming. His mind was
quick, his eye keen, his arm strong, and
limbs supple :
" A utitrk-iMxs trooping Scot was he
As e'er crouched border lance to knee."
At this nue, in connection w i 1 1 1 his older
brother, William, and two oilier young
men of the neighborhood, they started on
a distant hunting excursion, in the wil
derness inhabited by unfriendly red men,
when lie mid one of hi-i companions were
taken prisoners by the St. l'rainis Indians.
Carried to their settlement, they were
doomed to the ordeal of the irauntlet, by
being subjected to the punishment of run
ning between two long tiles of warriors
armed with clubs, each intent to s' ow bis
dexterity by giving a blow to the victim.
The companion of Stark was nearly killed
by t he ordeal, but when was h t loose
he hounded like a ti'.'iT on his prey, knock
ed down the lirst warrior, seized hi' club,
and leaped lor.vai d, di-n!nir his blows
tight and b it so tapidly that he cleared
his way unscathed of all bis as-aiianls :
an 1 the old warriors, admiring ids prow
ess, shouted loud their approval, adopted
him into their tribe, und made him a yotuiir
child". These rude sons of the I'orct after
wards treated him with great kindness:
his personal qualities led them to admire
and respect him, and he ever afterwards
en U rtained warm feelings f,,r them. He
w is redeemed in a few months afterward
from his Indian c iptms by the commis
sioners of Massachusetts, and ho returned
home to become the great e -t I. miter and
explorer for several years in N w Lnirbind.
When the French war broke out, in
17o4, be obtained a commission in the
corps of New Hamp-hirc rangers raised by
Major Robert lingers.
In January, 17'7, Major le-g-rs, with
his hand of seventy rangers, made a long
and severe mandi on snow shoes to inter
cept is French convoy of provisions be
tween Crown I'oint and Tieond'T'VM. but
they were surprised thein-e.w-i hv a force
double their number. At the ji i( tire
lingers was sovpfely wounded, and his
lieutenant was killed; and thn command
now devolved on Stark. The day was cold,
a heavy sleet was fallim fat, and til" com
bat was verv nivtial in point of number-'.
A reh eat was suggested, hut our hero gave
the stern n"cwer to such a request, that
he ' would -hoot down the fir-t man that
turned." "Here." he said, "we must fight
till ni'dit :" and on tliey fought fitrioii'-ly.
A hiv bivinu' de-troyed the lock of Stark's
rille. he da-he 1 forward, slew the foremost
o! the foe, snatched the musket from bis
ovine rrasp. and cheered on his men to
the strife. Night at last came, when, leav
ing their dead with the snow for their
"winding -sheet," they took their wounded
and began a dreary retreat, after five hours
hard fighting, to Fort William Henry
the nearest place for relief, forty miles
distant. The snow was four feet deep on
tho ground, nnd the prosncct, with a nu
merous foe behind, was desponding ; but
Stark was "the man for the hour." lie
gave strict orders to march on all night
steady, keep cheerful, nnd he would soon
bring them aid. vvitii two others, no then
started onward for the fort, and by next
evening reached it His tale was soon told;
and with himself in front, a strong party
was quie kly on the way to afl'or 1 relief.
That night saw t hem all safe. Without
sleep, after n hard-fought battle, ho walk
ed forty miles on foot through the wilder
ness, and rode forty miles back eighty
miles, in two days. His heart wa daunt
less ; his sinews steel. He wns now made,
a enptnin a richly deserved honor.
After this he was at tho unfortunate
attack upon Ticondcroga, where Lord
IIowo who admired him greatly, wai kil
led, and where the Lritish army, double
the number of tho French, was shame
fully defeated. The Rangers, ho.vever,
coverod themselves with honor, nnd Stark
was first in the fight and last out of it.
Through all this French war ho was in ac
tive service, and in n'.most everv noted
engagement ; numerous were his personal
encounters, "desperate his deeds of valor
done," nnd lie become tho model hero of
his Ranger band. When the power of
France was broken at Quebec and tho war
was ended, the Rangers were disbanded,
and John .Stark once nioro returned to
his plough and his family, for he had now
been married for some years.
When tho contest commenced I ctw een
CLKAKFIKU), PA. WKUXKSIM MAi;CI'j;l,l,m
tho mother country and the Colonics,
Stark espoused the cause of the latter
while his elder brother William took side
with the lormer, and was made a Colonel
in the Uritish army. He ra- a brave man,
had fought in many battles, mid was with
Wolfe at tho Victory on the I'iaim ol" Abra
ham, at Quebec. The b'eptiblicuns es
teemed him a sincere but mistaken nan,
honorrbl.i in his intentions but it was a
sad sight to seo brother fighting against
brother, neighbor against neighbor.0
Twelve hundred hanly men arrayed
themselves in two regiments, tinder .Stark,
and marched to assist their Massachusetts
brethren at Hunker Hill, und a good ac
couct they gave of themselves in that ever
inemorable battle. They had perfect con
fidence in their leader, and lieiieral Cage,
who knew him well, declared to his fellow
F.nglish ollierrs, on the eve before the bat
tle, that "if John Stark wa- among the
provincials, he would give tln-m lighting
to-morrow." In the midst of thatltrug'
gle, word was brought to Stark that his
son, a lad of sixteen year.-, was killed.
With thes,.int of an 'old Roman patriot,
he said : "This is no timcfor private grief,
with the foe in our face; do vour duty,
my men."
ln 1777 he joined the regular army un
der Washington, andcouiinanded the right
wing of 'he advance guard iti the famous
light at Trenton, and at the battle of
l'rinoeton he took a prominent part. Rut
even after these American ictorie-, the
army under Washington was thrcatene;!
with dissolution, as the term for a great
number of the soldiers' enlistment wns
expiring, and their sulletings wore great. I
The enthusiasm of Stark's i cement fori
him made them re-enlist to a man, for six '
weeks, at, his request, and lien he went!
home to New Hampshire, to luii-c up his'
old companio.is in arms end I. lend.-., to :
engage in the cause. Hi-, mi. ce-s was!
complete, and they flocked o,e mot e to
light uicler him. Hut ju t ;t t'ds time,!
w hen this veteran of so ill my b it'Ies bad
placed himself in the mid-'t of his wil.j
ling follnweis, he found him-i If deeplv '
injured by Congress, his j:in:i - in years'
and in service having been piMinoiedabove
him. lie at once repaired to the Council, :
nnd protested against the iii-.ult and in-1
justice of the act, hut this was ol no avail, .
and he threw up his coinmi; sion in dis
gust, and retired to his farm. Rut he then
armed every retainer o! size and strength, 1
and his four sons, nnd sent them fortii to
light their country's battles, lien. Schtlv- !
Icr, who Btib.-iqii.-ntly sulicied a like in-!
justice, urged him to lemain in service,'
but he said, " An ollicer who cannot main
tain his ow n rank and asci t his own rights, :
cannot be tru.-ed to vindicate thoe of
his country.'-' While on his firm, he wns 1
not a disintei cd nbservi r of the o e atioiis ;
of die enemy, and he was.-.oon called forth
again from his r tiremei.t, to perform one'
oi the most biilliant achievements in tin
annals of the Revolution.
When r.nrgoyne was nimching IVnn
Canada, lading waste all around b mi, I he
l.sscinbly of New Hani) shire rai-ed a
small face, and solicited Stalk to com
mand it, and ( heck the pivgrcrs of the
Rrili-h general in Vermont, ile accepted
tho coini. am 1 with the stipulation that he
should be independent, acting only for
New llaiiip-hite. The militia, when in
formed who was 1o be their leader, joy
lully and without delay tiiarohe I under
him to Reniiington. Here he was met
with orders to place him-elf un I. r i.len.
Si-hiiv ler, and conduct his troops to the
west b.uik of the Hudson river. Stark
refused to obey sued orders : said he was
under the direction of the A--eail.iv el'
New I lainpshii e, and 111 other; andth.it
he was bound to defend Vermont. 'I'iiis
act was regarded at the tioi" as one of
military insubordination, Mm he was c"n
sureil by Coiigre-s for it, but he soon con
vinced those who had done Rini injustice,
that lie w as a man above their 0:1101 ehen
sion. R.iigoyue. having dispatched a large
division of his army toattack l' n 11 i ngl-m,
and obtain a supply of provision-stored
there, Stark picpaied his men for action
a.- be-.t he could, although they were poor
ly aimed, and had no nrtiliei y. On the.
morning of the kith August, he marshal
ed his Idiers for the desperate onslaught,
and in a bncf, but touching speech, ho
concluded with tho memorable rtords,
' Wo must conquer, inns, or Molly Stark
is a widow to-night." He knew how to
inspire, his followers with enthusiasm, and
in they steadily dished upon the enemy,
and fought with the fury of men deter
mined to "do or die." The action was
very severe and lasted two hours. He ob
tained a complete victory, took seven hun
dred prisoners, four bra-s cannon, and
several hundred stand of arms. f Napo
leon's standard is correct, that the great
ness of a victory is measured by the num
ber of prisoners taken, then the battle of
Reniiington wus certainly, for the number
of troops engaged, a very great victory.
It broke the power ol Ring yiie, and va
t tie incipient cause of his complete and
final overthrow. This able and gallant
achievement placed Stark in the front
rank of American military leaders, and
made Congress feel the obligations due to
the man who had been deeply injured. A
vote ol thanks was immediately planted
him, and he was reinstated in the regular
ami) as Rrigadicr-lieiieral During the
rest of the war I o was very active, and in
battle and out of it he was always doing
bravo service for bis country.
Ho wns the veteran of two protracted
wars, and fifteen of his year were spent in
active campaign, full of hardships and
perils, llo was renowned as a patriot,
idolized as a leader, nnd loved by his rela
tives and neighbors; yet this hero of so
many llights, the foremost in danger, who
never turned his back to a foe, and who
had numerous jerioiial encounters, could
count no scar; ho nccr was wounded;
ho passed unscathed through showers of 1
shot and shell, and lived till he was sixty-1
four j tani of age. We have sect; it slated
that bespoke with a strom? Scottish accent'
as did most of th New Hampshire peo
ple m that day. He sleeps on the banks
me .ucrnmaok river. His m
II II I IH-U t
is an obelisk of granite ; the
it
' M.ucu (j km-: it a i. Si
i iptiou on
Eloody Alfmy in Kentucky.
The Louisville .J,,:nhJ of the ild iii.-t.,
contains the following particulars of tic
recent, bloody all'ray at Hawcsv'le, K'y.,
which has since resulted in the lynching
of I.owe by the populace: " C
Some months ago a. dillieullv occurred
at apolitical meet ing near Ctuverport be
tween Mr. Cicero Max-veil, of Hart fold
Ky., I'roscc.iting Attorney of his district,
and Mr. Thomas Lowe, formerly of this
city, and for the last three or four years a
merchant of llawesville in this Slate.
After the occurrence of the diHiculty. M, .
Lowe sent a note to Mr. Maxwell by the
hands of a friend, but .Mr, M. decline I re
ceiving it. Thereupon some billigerent
ilcinonstalioiis were made in the sheets of
Cloverport, but no encounter tool; place.
Subsequently Mr. I.owo declared publi
cly, or at least openly, that hewotild horse
whip Mr. Maxwell at tight. An attempt
was made by a mutual friend, of high
character, to 1 ring about the adjustment
of the quarrel, but the cli'ort fai'led, and
Mr. Lowe's threat of personal violence was
renewed ill writing.
Mr. Maxwell's duties o! l'roseeuting At
torney required him to attend the Court
which met on Monday la-t, at ll.inc-ville,
I he residence of M r. I.owe, and ofcour-e
it was expected that the two gentlemen
would then meet. Much anxiety was
felt by their friends, and anoiher cli'ort
wa- made for the adjustment of the dilli
culty, but, although we have lea. on to
know that both Mr. I.owo and Mr. M:i
vi li wc:ede. irous that there should be un
adjustment, none was cll'ccfeil.
Naturally a great many persons a-.-cm-
lilelt 111 I lawesvilie on mom
patioii of an ali'ray. and si
with a thought of taking
Cert.i nly a vast number
were armed. Matters came
lay, m i:nt ict
me prob-,1. im
part in li.
in the town
to a cri- is on
Tuesday.
According lothe statement made (o m,
Mr. Maxwell on 'I'u.-.-d.iy v. as mal-.in:- a
speech at the Court House in lla-.vc-viile.
Mr. I.owe a; ; .-in- l t th.- doer, denoun
ce I him aloud a; a paltro. rau I nr. !c
an-'-ther remark much inoie bard to hear.
Mr. Mawe!l tired at him. Low o relum
ed the lire, and the tin n. in rapid sue- cs-
i "ti. more than a li,,ndred shots wit h pi: -t,
is and gnus were fu rd. l: v.i 'y ,r iodic
all of them at Lowe. Ma v well, w !i o v.'.-i-unhurt,
desisted nfn-r his first tire. John
Abh idge, a friend of ,.,-.ve. was in-taut Iv
kill. .-I. being shot t!i -o-igli the he
arm, but we are no! iufa am- 1 u ti-t
tired or not. Mr. Miller, a f,! -u 1 o
well, was shot through tin- thigh.
id oi I
li' r ho
f M.ix-
l.-c.ve
was slot in tie- ! high, and h:
of his right hau 1 s ii.it oil', an
he tl.li
i- cl Hi
i iddie-
including hi- .
I.owe retreat.
Smart, and w-
shot-:, fire i at b
treat, lie wa:
or! was entire
I to the 2 1
-.e-ili::o that
III Well- lil-ed I
- al'teiw.u.ls t
ly
1 of I I
:,m;
e
ill
I ucli
to
, .il, and a sir
around it to ;
lynched by the i
::; guard
revi nt him
lopulaee.
Was j. laced
from being
Soil anl Climate of tin Southwest
Sh'jra ofLakc Superior.
J-"!r.i-t IVoni the ,.,.p. t of the ;.,y .
li'-ld f --i-uiu. oil the a.n icub nr.d piod.ic
lioii -. ot th it viciniiy, in l.i I'ointe e.-niu-ty
:
"Veg. o.'-li s rcii.oii g:. , n from To
lath May ! R'-.h fl. sober, making co
gnizing season fi.. months, fuliv c e.ml to
that ot the Middle States. Uu'r winter
are .somewhat longer than in tho-,.- State :
bul our summers are nearly, if not quite,
as long. This, together with tic- unifor
mity of temperature in winter, and the
liealthl'ulni ss of the climate, both lor man
and cattle, demon -Crates the I'.icltha .at
no distant day, thi- is destined tola- a
line stock growing country."
Lxtract from a letter written by a cb-i-s
gvuiaii in R.nlle'd, dated January S-.h
Is V.i:
"If the people abroad bad proper im-ircs-ions
concerning t he soil, climate, c
of this region, the population would rap
idly ineica.-e. Many have an idea that
this j a barren, inhospitable, and cold re
gion, unlit for f"- human habitation.
This is a mistake. We do not loll l lie cold
as in 1'cnnsylvania, nor do we we fell chil
ly as there. The winter is lovely and du
rable. I never saw such beautiful winter
weather, so much sun-liii:o, no mud, nor
slu-h, such magnificent sunrise and sun
set scenes. One would rather be out than
in doors."
A gentleman, now residing in Ray field,
formerly a resident of the southern part
of Ohio, stated that for two successive sea
sons he left his lormer residence bale in
Autumn, after the vegetation had been
killed by the frost, and that when he ar
rived in Riylield the grass there w is green
and the catt le was still grazing. Hisopin
ion was, that frost was from ten days to
three wcks I titer in r.a field than in south
ern '1 1 10.
Lxtract of a letter dated Ray field, Jan
tuny Li'.i, ls'i'.i :
"1 would not change our Lake- Superior
climate for any other I have ever seen in
any part of the world This winter is ver
y mild. We have bad but three or four
mornings that the thermometer has read
below zero and for three days cast, it has
averaged '2ia above. Wo would prefer it a
little colder. 'The snow is about eighteen
inches deep on (ho plains. Cur town and
vicinity arc exceedingly healthy; indeed
I do not know nf a single case of sickness
or even of bad health in our county."
B5., The young gentleman who flew .nto
a passion luct had Iiis wing thppid.
111 Mannered Children-
Sadness (ills t he mind to see how early
infantile pla fulm-j, and grace are frost
biiteii, and wither even before budding.
Tin-passion lor jewelry is instilled in the
cudlc. It is distressing to see nurslings
with lings and bracelets, and so on up
ward t hiough all giadations of age. It is
specially American, and we" must sun-
po.-e this fashion is borrowed from the In
dians. Then again, before they can spell
or read llucntly, they "polk," and are put
bodily through the deforming manipula
tion of the dancing master, as if the danc
ing master couhl give that genuine grace
ful deportment which tho French call
''nc. Their little embryo minds and
.icai-ts are already poisoned with coquetry
aim love of show. They have Lrav.r. re
ceive calls, givo banquet's, make appoint
ments; rivalry and envy in their ugliest
shape, eaily take possession of their souls.
For years I have observed this disease
all over the ( nt;y, in all cities where I
have seen society. Above all, it is pnin
lul to one's feelings at hotels ami watering
places. When 1 sec here, in the evenings',
111 the parlors-, rows of these little lolls
and fops, dressed, robboned, jeweled, Tans
niiig themselves, monkey-like, in imita
tion of the elder part of society, 1 feel an
almost irresistible itching in tho lingers to
pinch their mammas. Nurseries seem not
1-? exist in America. In this respect, tho
manner of bunging up children is fur su
perior all over tho Continent of Furopc.
! 'here children are kept children as long
as possible, uid all care of parents and
families is be-towed to watch over the len
der blossoms, and preserve them from Ibe
heating, unwholesome influence of parlies
and motley company. It was so once in
I'.ughuid, and the bad example given by
t he reigning Queen, who, in over-fondness
tor lo r numerous progeny, originated, or
at least made fa-hionabo these juvenile
parties, in which children, fully equipped
in all the freaks and oddities oi' gi ow n-up
persons, represented withered dwarfs,
file thing is certain, that nomch jeweled,
affected, distorted creatures as are to be
met in America, in streets, public and
private parlors, at juvenile and grown up
parties, are the "little children" called to
himself by the Immortal Teacher oi sim
plicity, love, ;,nd sincerity. .-In l'n,jisli
.(!. .V Ant'K iVl 7V Id.
Thf. RirKit RiTir.v .1 Xutj'ur Xat.iraH.its
1 1 Cr.ich. About two years ago, Mr. Win.
Ronnelly, the gentlemanly postmaster at
tiie RIairsVilio Intersection," W'e.stmore
land County, received as a pic-scut, from
a friend, two large lattlesiuskes. wl-ieh he
preserved in a box covered with 1 ass.
Alter keeping them some time, it was but
natural to suppose that the "pots" should
b - "ahiuiger.-d." Acting upon this idea,
and being uiiderthe impression that snakes
would only e.d living food. Mr. Donnelly
augl I'-uir or live mice, and put them in
the c. -go with their .-limy companions, tu
be a-- was then supposed, devoured at a
single gulp. Rut, to the astonishment of
i"l the beholder, the mice, for several
: 1 1 1 -i:,g
' :i c
. over the snakes with seem-
an 1 enjoyed th m-clves "as well
"lid be e.VI.e, le I midi'-l- 111., eb-eii n.
i
lances. " Finally, one of the mice, hein-
gnawed with hunger, cmimeneed gnawing
at one of the snakes. During this opera.
tion his s) -ke-hiti would sometimes re-
main J ci leetiy quiet : 1 . 1 1
sions would dart forth bis
, on other ocea-
hca I, at which
time ".air small rodent nuadrnned" would
make o "straight coat t.,il" or lather
I. ul without lb.-coat into a corner. Rut
whi n th" shako r. -tunic I to it -. qiii.-v-nt
) -vit:ou. the Urals,- partook lig.Cll of its
.'.',' meal, and really continued this ope.
r.,tioii until it f at so much of the tle-h ai
to l.MV.i part of the luck-bone and several
of libs on .iiher side r-vp-.sed, from which
the snake finally died. There can be no
doubt (d' the above statement, as w(, had
it, a few weeks ago from the lips of Mr.
Dun nelly himself. Ureeiisbmg Ji'pu!di,;,n.
.1 A--,, -c-,- .v. ,' ,-,.,.,,;. s,
iv. II'.. I,,,... , f-.?, Last evening a
scene which was iut-'lided to be tragical,
but which proved most essentially farcical,
came olf t ;i boarding house in Pino st
opposite the church of the lb-v. Dr. Rrain
crd. It seeim that a lady with her son
a youth of fourteen or fifteen summers
caino from the We-t and put up at the
house. While at tho supper table, last
evening, one of the regular boarders, w ho
was lost in abstraction, happened to gaze
vacantly in the direction of tho Western
lady. Tho latter considering tho stare of
the gentlemin an oil'roul which slit-should
not submit to, seized a glass of water and
soused it into llie face of the hoarder.
Hoarder immediately showed signs of hy
drophobia, and ho returned the aquatic
compliment to the lady. Young Western
thought of Dan Sickles and glory, and ho
immediately rushed up stairs. He re
appeared in ii trice, armed with a pistol,
which bo immediately h-t Ily at tho board
er, who was addicted to staring vacantly,
and w ho believed in water for water. For
tii lately the pistol ball lodged in the wall
instead of tho boarder's head, and boarder
escaped unhurt. Tho rash youth deter
mined to follow the example, and ho im
mediately took to his heels. This inglo
rious retreat put an extinguisher upon
tho row, ami when the polieo arrived
there was nobody to arrest, l'lovidenli
idly thcr? was moro water than blood
spilt. Kcndw lldli tln.
Dnr.Anrri. Aociukvt. On Friday the
".'Jth ult., in Armstrong county, near Tex
as, Mr. Samuel Lobaugh was felling a lean
ing tree, it split up Mr. Lobaugh ran
hack, and in the act of climbing over a
log tho butt of tho tree struck iiiia and
cut off his head and right arm.
About tho time tho accident was dis
covered, the stage came along cn routo to
Hrookville, with three gentlemen passen
gers, who verv kindly donated yl!,.'0to
tl.c 'Ic. okitc family. C'"'"'i '9.;r'.
TEHMS-11.25 per Annum
m . ,
NKWSF.KIKS-VOL. 1V.-NO 10.
row the. rMuito'phia Evrning liullctlu.
New Settlement, -A now settlement
has been started ut Hammonton, New Jer
sey, which for success and progress vivuls
anything wo have heard of in tho West.
There is a large emigration having objec
tion to the Weston account of unhealth
I illness, distaueo and association, which
embraces this new enterprise. Tho land
is in a gonial climatcrand tho soil is said
to be amongst the best Jersey soil. . Jersy,
as will be seen by tho statistics nt the Pat
ent Mllce, is the first agricultural State hi
the I nion for tho value of its products.
Hammonton is within thirty miles of PhiN
ncelphia by railroad, nnd enjoys oneofthn
bust markets in tho Union. "The tido of
emigration to this phico is immense, as
well from the West as from tho North.
Many of the best grnpo growers of Ohio
huve located, with a view to making wino
lo judge of its progress, the population
ono year ago is numbered at only tive per
sons: it now numhni-s ...,. i fl. i
. - s.... v..,., viui, iiuimmi
souls, has one hundred and twentv-fivo
buildings, three stores, two churches, 'Epis
copal and .Methodist, steam mill, brick
yard, marble yurd, public school, newspa
per, Ac, some twenty-live miles of new
roads opened, six squm-o miles being Im
proved, a new railroad station, and all thd
elemen ts of an old place. We are satisfied
that this place must possess merit from its
unparalleled progress.
As Honkst Man" Wiikhe is He? Not
long since a letter was sent to Chicago;
from Toledo, directed to " An Honest
Man." This letter it seems is goiDg tho
rounds. It was received at our city Post
OHiee to-day. Chicago semis tho letter to
Cincinnati, saying that "no such man re
sides there." Cincinnati sends it to Now
York, saving search Wall street for tho
ow ner. New- York sends it to Sing Sing,
saying that the Postmaster will find him
there, as he has several years yet to stay.
Sing Sing sends it to St. Louis, saying that
he lives there certain. St. Louis replies
that there is no such man there give it
to some special agent, and sends it to Mil
waukee. Millwaukee says that he has just
left the city for Auburn", nnd sends the let
ter thither with instructions to the Post
master at Auburn to deliver it at oueo to
the "Rat Hole," ns it must be some of In
spector Ridley's appointees. Auburn says
it is refused at the " Rat Hole" and re
marks on the authority of "Copper John,"
that he has gone to Syracuse, Byracuso
replies that theio is no such persofiaga
here, and sencU it to Rochester, with in
structions to try "I. Butts on the wrapper"
ho will claim it.. Syracute Jaurtal.
A Pitr.rrv CoNoriT. We yesterday
in tho parlor of a friend, a'vorv beautiful
conceit. It is, of course, the "fancy of
lady, and consists of tho bmr of a" pine
tree placed in a wine glass half full of
water, and from between tho did'erontlay
ers of the burr aro shooting forth green
bladesbright, beautiful, refreshing. For
a little thing, we havo seen nothing thai
so plea--ed us by its beauty and novelty.
And the secret is this: the'burrwas found
dried and open ; the dill'erent circles were
sprinkled with grass seed, and it was phi
cod in a wine glass, with water in m above.
Ii: a few days the moisture and nourish
ment gavo tho burr life ami health, the
different circles closed and buried within
themselves the grass seed, und a few days
more g tve to the seed also, life, sprout and
iwth, and now a myrnmid of living
green, beau ifully relieved bv thesombro
hue of tho burr, is tho remit as pretty
and novel a parlor ornament as we havo
for a long w hile eon. We do not know
whether the idea originated with tho
lady, but we do know that its success is
beautiful.- -7',-e.. Thnrs.
Tin; Rki.atiom or thk Skies. Strange,
and passing strange, that the relation be
tween the two soxes, tho passion of love,
in short, should not bo taken into deeper
consideration by our teachers and our leg
islators. People educate nnd legislate as
if there was no such thing in tho world;
but ask tho priest, ask tho physician let
them reveal tint amount of moral and
physical results from this one cause. Must
love bo always discussed in blank verse,
as if it w ere u thing to bo played in trage
dies or sung in songs a subject for pretty
poems and weak novels, and liaxl nothing
to do with tho prosaic curreut of our ovory
hy existence, or moral wolfaroT Musi
love bo ever treated with profancness, as a
mcro illusion ? or with coarseness, a a
mere impulse;' or with feir, as a mere dis
ease? or with shame, as a mere weakness ?
or with levity, as a mere accident 7 Where
as, it is a great mystery, and a great ne
cessity, lying at tho foundation ol human
existence, morality nnd happiness mys
terious, universal, inevitable as death.
Why, then, should lovo ho treatod less
seriously than death? It is as serious a
thins. Mrs. Jameson,
I heard a story day before, yesterday,
which I nm assured Is outhoniic, n-liirb
illustrates tho eonfusod ideas wnll-educa-ted
Englishmen have of 'our most remark
able men.' An Englishman, about nino
years ago, who might bo supposed to know
better, thus addressed an American :
" So, I see ono of your great mon b
come to grief; I am very sorry for I knew
him a little when lie was here."
"I don"t understand you," replied the
American, " whom do yon mean ?"'
" Why your great man that I have heard
ou and your countrymen talk about Mr
Webster, you know that made the dic
tionary." "He didn't make tho dictionary, the
ono you mean," answered the Yankee.
"But no matter (or that whut lias hap
pened him ?"
"Why havn't you heard? Lo'i teen
hunc at Ho-ton for murdering Dodo;
Park man '."