Independent Republican. (Montrose, Pa.) 1855-1926, February 15, 1855, Image 1
CHARLES F. READ &H. H.FR • lER, EDITORS. * 1. Beieet f/ozikg. gip_ d WOUNDED .PTllOllOl* BT purl Hunter of the herblesspeak— Rubitant 'twist earth and sky-4 - Snow-white bird of bloodless beak, Rushing 'wing and rapid eye! Rath the fowler's fatal Sim ' Of thy free-born righti bereft thee, And, 'mid natures curbed or tame,' Thus encaged, n captive left Tee!— Thou wbo, Earth's low valleys scorning, From thy cloud embattled nest, Wont to catch the earliest morning Sunbeam on thy breast! Where , did first the light of day See thee bursting from thy shell? Was it where Ben-Nevis grey Towers aloft o'er flood and fell? ..Or where down'upon the storm • Plaided shepherds gaze in wonder, Round thy rocky sides, Craingorm! Rolling with its clouds and thunder? Or with summit,•heaven-directed, Where Benvoirliell views in pride, All his Skiey groves reflected In Loch Ketturin's tide? Boots,it not;—but this we know, - ' That a wild, free life was thin; Whether on the peak of snow, Or amid the clumps of pine; • Now on high begirt with heath, • • . Now, decoyed by cloudless weather, To the golden hrorn beneath,• , Happy with thy mates together. Yours were.eN'ery cliff and cranny • •Of your birth's majestic hill, . Tameless flock! and ye 'were many, . • Ere the spoiler came to kill 'Gazing, wintry bird „,at thee, Thou-dost bring tile Wandering mind Vi' itinS of the Polar Sea, Where, impelled by wave and wind, --- Drif: the icebergs to and fro, Crashing oft in, fierce commotion, - While the snorting whale below In fts anger tumults ocean ; Naked;-treeless shores, where howling Tempests vex. he brunatair, - And te famished wollub prowling . Shtins the fiercer bear. And far north the daylight dies, . • . s And the twinkling stars alone Glitter through the icy skies, Down from mid-slay's ghastly throne; And the moon is in her cave, -And no living sound intruding, Save the howling wind and wave, • . 'Mid that •tkkess ever brooding ; Morn as 'twera in anger blotted From Creation's wistful sight,. And Time's prcigress only noted • By the northern light.. Sure'tWaS sweet for thee, in sprint, Nature's earliest green to hail, As the cuckoo's slumbercius wing Dreamt along, the sunny ralU; As this I,l:tekivirti from the brake • Hymned the moiMing-star serenely, And the mild-swan o'er th.elake, lee-unfettered, oared it queenly!. .I._ ogyocovo o than in-rpmallT t 0 ILL+ nzmramt- Or the boundless' moors before thee, With their bells of blue? . Then from lat•clien grove to grove; And from wild-flower glen to glen' Thine it was in 141145 . to rove, • High - o'er hills, and far from men; . , Wilds Elysian'.—not wound Heard except the torrent's booming; Nought beheld for leagues around,. -Save the heath in purple blooming. Why that startle? From their Phealing On the hazel-gii-diid mount, : Tis the doe and fawn down-stealing . To the silvery fount. . Street to all the summer time— But how sweeter far to thee, . • Sitting in Thy home sublime, High o'er cloud-land's sounditigs sea! Or if morn, by July 'dressed,. Steeped the hill-tops in vermillion, Or the sunset made the west Ereif like Glory's own pavilion,4 • While were fixed, thine ardent eyes on Realms, outspread in blooming mirth, Bounded bitt by the horizon Belting Bearen to Earth. Did the Genius of the place, - Which of livihg things but you Had for long beheld no truce; • That.unhallowed visit rue Did the gathered snow of years • '- Which begirt that Mountain's forehead, Thawing, melt as 'twere in tears, . O'er that natural outrage horrid? Did the lady-fern hang drooping, And the quivering pine-trees sigh, As, to cheer his game-dogs whooping, Passed the spoiler by? None may knowthe dream is o'er— Bliss and beauty. cannot last; . To that haunt, for evermore, Ye are creatures of the past! -While you' it mourns in vain; • . the dirgefufnight-breeze only Sings, and falls the fitful rain, 'Mid your homes forlorn and lonely.. Ye have pcvsed—the bondscenthiall you Of supine and wakeless death; Never more shall spring recall you ; To the scented heath! Such their fate ;—but•unto thee,/ Blood-soiled plume, protricted breath, Hopeless, dreli.r captivity,• " Life which in itself is elitt. " • • Yet alike, the fate of him' - Who, when-all-his views are thwarted, Find Earth but a desert dim-- . • ' Relatives Nand race departed; - .soon areFaney's realms ElYsian I'cajited by the brood ot Care, • end Truth,finds Hope's gilded vision " Painted but—in air. "••••,, . . A DwAia , RAcr. or. IIEL;---The Newport c{cury gives the following: There is U,§ingular race of dwarfs in Up_. per Peru ( Bolivia) known as `i Chibnitos." Or little men," that are as worthy our alien= tion as the Aztecs. Everything connected with them seeins to indicate, that they are in• digenous, though their general aspect gives the impression ofu 'people Tedueed in stature by poverty and hardship. The tallest are'ot • more than four and ik half feet in height, while many will not measure more than .three and' a' hag. Their legs, apparently, arc devoid of mUseles, their eyes black and elongateknose nquiline4 7 -cheeks drawn in—with high cheek bones, forehead low and retreating, hair black and wiry, and mouth tending - to muzzle.-- They travel south, on-foot, and :are absent from hOme two or three years, returning with. small hoards of silver gained in traffic, thavel illbri about fiv'e:or six miles a day: Front long habit they can' do,without food an eitraordi. nary length of tithe, supporting nature by sucking cocoa -leaf, gathered from a shrub tree `analogous to the betel-nut of the East Indies: It is equivalent to tobaccO,.,latidatitim—or strong infusion" of tea : and it isonly when their animals die of disease they 60 a plea. tiful supl.ly Of food. Their covering is a coarse' hin t ' of cloth, which they prepare the mselve4 Their ahodk!s are rude huts, and when travel lag day sleep on the ground, htiddled togeth er to keep wartn uu the dry cold desert. where 'l l O2 are principally found. ... ,----;--- .—;---.---,------_—, , • „,; - r 7,-, : , ~ . • r , - • - - ~ _-,- , .-, i i - . i t . • 1 ; ~- i-; ~• •• _ •-- . - f_ . ' -i ; ,, , , ,-. - 1. ,; ~ , , -, • •- _4- -- I • -, - • . , . i'. , . • • . .. '., il' : 1 ' . - '., • , . ..• • - „ ' ' 7 ; . •1 I ; . . ~.., ' r , 1; f, - .. 1 1 i 1 • ' , ..„ , . . :I , Vi. • F . , • . n . .. . ..., ... 1, , ... .• .. ~... ....... , .. ~. _. /t , ~.. , . ~ t o. : : ... ... t. ,T r i..._ i .....,.,...:: ..., , 1. t ... , 1 ... . ~ id 1 i i 1,- . . , . .. ~. .. ~, ..; It . r , 1 i 1• a i - ... ',. .. ~ __•:. ~ • .„.._,._ . . . . . • 1 • • _ . , . • . , , • i , , . -:, ~ . • 1 ~ i,. , ~ ~ , _•,..11:, .i.,,-. ; i , , L ; , • . • Li , i •-• , , ; i,,, - • • 1-- ~.; : o i , • , . . . . _ - r i 4 .... ~ . l• . IM i I ' 1 I Tow skefehets. ME lIIM 'I'HI MIDNIGHT CRUISE. Muth of the Last. War• ' • ; . BY' EllirLyAN CS' COBB, JR. 1 ; ' . -. . • 1 IT irati alowery day, the 10th of July, 1814, 'so said an old Man, from whom-we .had the partieulars of theincident we. are ,about to: relati. . 'On a point of land at the mouth. of 'Saco River, which :makes out beyond a basin. of . water -knowh as 'The. Pool,' stood taro . : :Mee.. ~ They were; roughly'dressed, 'and the • :cut and rig of their garbs showed them to,,be, Ifilherinen; or, perhaps, lumbernien and coast:. Pi 'sete elde r of the two was a•stout, thick- ; set u4u4 s.emeWhere about fifty years of age,,: and Nearing uponi his face the marks of a . -bad, fearless persen. The other was several -.: : :. , : years i yeueger,l; and though . not quite So ; stout fin . his btidd; yet showing enough - ,Of Muscle to, entitle him to the respect of one ;who Molted for Manhood in physical strength. The lii.,,t—he of the most years—was named Sam Latham, and : everybody about the coast knew ' ; :hint well;. The . other was . a Jerry Clarke; and feeil were the people Whys, knew one that, did net knew the othe r ,r. for they Were always together;—in health and in sick negs, in sunshinl and in storm, upon the shore or upoh tlii; sea.',', I It was near nkon when they stood there, end th.y were looking off to sea, where a brig of-War ~ ,was stanling.in undei reefed top-sails: This brig was 411 Englishman, and . she had li 4 -eti off the montli of the river nearly two Weeks,: much toi„ the. discomfort ?of a .fleet of lumbermen, wi were anchored ; along shore nit thestreain. l I i • . 1. `I tell you. whnt, Jerry,' said Sam Latham, after he had gaiied some • ten Minutes upon the EngliSh brigiin silence, ' we're fairly shut tip here. ,113 y. tb'e great Moses, it's too. bad: If we only; had our lumber do .s'n shore,' we should hat e Ou ', dollars hard an' fast. - But ii's no itsei, W ; can't i g et' by that sneakin' • : , 1. - PeCP.-.: 1 Bythaeder 4 like to sink'etn,' was Jet.- • : r s emph4tie response. ) I"like 101 - iterated Sam. l'lWouldn't l' sink 'enti' it I could !' . While theyl ere thus conversing on the subject ;of the enemy, they became aware of the: approaeh of a third party,tind on turning they saW en of gentleman - whom they at once- reedgnizil as a Mr. Webb, a very wealthy; men, who , owned much of the ship- pin,g in the river.( lie approached our two friends, land after having gazed. a few mo.: ments upon theitilockading brig, he turned to Latham',,and said ii• • ' Sam' I've c o down to make a propesi .. t • tipe to eou.. - Pve s got &az—hundred .barrels. 41 lii cce aim:, WI UlF , trbo run :am Pilrtland. and ' I declare I can't lend it over the land. • Now that, brig must le igoerid 'of, tit some rate?. ' :Beth ,S'itte and Jerry had eyes and ' ears open. I'4 this accorded exactly with their own feelings. ii . • . . ' l' I'm ready,' ,t.vas Sam's response; 'only shOw me a way, fi nd give me a chance, and I'll do anything...! ii Well,' • returaed Webb ' i " 1 can . raise sev en ,y,five men, -and arm them ; and they are men that'll do Their duty, it need be. .1. know them all, fclr they hate all, or nearly all, sailed for me at.different times; There are • :over . forty toasters Op . the river here, close . by;.' and ,We pan have nearly - every man ' of their Crews', if Sbniebody Will. only take the , lead; and .put th re in a fair way to work: i Now if you Wi ll contrive some way to get theta abosird that brig, I'll give you one hun dred dollars. ; COme, now set your wits at. work.' ~' -.. I . . 'By thunder!') muttered Sajn, as he cast his eyes lff upon the brig. It 'was- a simple ejaeulation, and was only thrown Out as a sort i Of. .index to, the weight of-hrs feelings...-- HeloOked . uponlthe .brig awhile,_ and then upon thelsand at 'feet, and then' he looked into Isit. ; i:Webb's face. - - -.- ' What do you say, Sarni' • 1 4 :• , .-- -- Jiist as Webb spoke, the brig,tacked and stood. off;. ~ • .- 1 .."Mee , the ' way ~ the saucy] thing works,': Sam] muttered ;I \‘ standin'--off an' on here just ,to . 'ls?ther, us_ an' steal our bread an' butter. Letthe think 'squire, just let use think.' ~ FOr some moments old Latham thought, and the look of earnestness which rested 14,- on his feattires, and the nervous working of his handi,showed he Was thinking to some purpose; . .1 - - : _ Jerry,' he said, - addressing his companion, and Speaking in 4 thoughtful manner, 'it is ping, toI 'he -dark!to night.' . Clarkereieed his, eyes to ;the heavens, and thenlheldAip his hand to ascertain which. way , . .the wind -Wind ;Came frOm.. • 'lt .will • Ita" i ' hesaid. ' ' It's goin' to be ,sa a , , • thick to-night, not no mistake. Them elciuds are: eomitr River, an' I reeon4will rain some, - too:: . . . . Lithatsi looked into Jerr y 's face for so m e monfientsaiid then he tureed.towards Webb. 'lll tell you what 'tis 'squire,' he said, 'if I .4:sui have your old slObli—the Sally Anti-. slid sevetitysfive Imen, well armed, I'll run out this Very night. If it's as dark as I think 'twill be, Iwe c at; board the-Englishman in spite of hiS:teeth.' . . 4 ' Goodk ejseAdated Webb, seizing Sam by • ~ ... - • the hand. ': 'The Sloop is ehtpty and . in 'good ord4, and' thelaen-shall all be aboard before dark ; .l''i," . I .. - ' 'Then let's be off. Come,. Jerry, we - are in fOr it OW. You'll go with Me?' . . ' r Wont ',l 1' uttered Jerry, 'with a , quick !sparkle oflithe eye. That was Jerty's meth od4af givd;( 4 nsieeided affirmative. . Se the , ee .. started off towards the other IsidelOfthe,smallcitpe; and there they took a boat; and !)-owed up 'the river. The sloop ;Ball y Annbivas a solid coasting craft of some hundred tone. burthen, and Ltitham had sailed 4*.h.ei long enough to know that she behaved. 441 4 sea . She was hauled up alongsideof one 1 a thl numerous wood. wharves, and ;While Wehb, kept- along up the river .to 'col. Ilect: the trio,/ilina and Jerry, went en - board ;the Osop to put things in shape there. They 'lief that ,the sails- were - securely bent, the running rigging in order, and that the deck was clear iron all needless eumbranee. •• ' 1 As soon •as this was attended to, Jerry 'Cltirke went .up to a high rise of land' where , JieCould seethe brig, and while be kept watch there, Sam followed Mr. Webb. Before .darit till-the `men Webb had engaged were collected ,:and rowed out to the Sloop, which .had been hauled out into the stream, to avoid 'beiiig leVaground at low ebb. ' Each man .1 . s ■ P • Giewsonis Pictorial. • „ •",.,i, •• • • , ',E 4 : Rz%[:)6 l lALni[op Q. my an•Ao • had either a good cutlass or some WcifipoO. tbat answered , the same . puipese, and . in§Sti Ofi them were supplied with' pistols, alistik dusk the sloop hoisted her anchor, s and i lfr, Webb went on shore; There was'a lurgei crowd collected upon the river's bankAki sei her on; as her sails filled and she heliah: to move through the water, they gava Otte§,.; hearty cheers.. By the time the sloop rftach-;' ed the Pool it was fairly dark, and hero dropped her anchor again. • i Sam' Latham now called his men on lieek' and informed them of his plans. He kriltr, nearly all of them, and he knew them •a brave.set of fellows, and after he had stay 11: plainly just what he intended to do, thei . .oo-; 1 proved of his decision, and promised-tot464' by hiin to the last. • He had no ddsiro :Of start out until nearly midnight, for* he.4:44tH ed utter darkness to cover his work At about 'nine o'clock, a light drizzlyi rain set in, and it was dark as Egypt. Not a; st 4 could be seen, rior'was there the least Spntbf re l ief in the black canopy that. hunt!' OV , et earth. At tent o'clock the wind rdeW the northwest and was, quite ' , fresh' •Thi bonnet was taken from the Jib, and.the sail reefed, and as the darkness was, as coilit plete as could be desired, the Yankee Skipp 4 'resolved to get *under weigh: Accordingly , the anchor was run up once morel, and ;sail made. Latham steered by the • colpilk:44 and he knew very nearly the direetiOn which the brig would be most found. 'Lookouts :where stationed forwnrd, and one man took up biz station on thel!elid of the bowsprit. ;- Fur over an hour .the. sloop stoodlioPt nearly east, with the wind upon the larlq)arkl quarter. The binnacle light was so skided that: scarcely.a ray could escape, only It av ing an aperture large enough for the heltn. man to see the compass. • About 1 half past eleven the man on the bowsprit reported that he could see a light ahead. Latham sptang . , lOrWard, - and after gazing a:few moment made cut the brig's light. Ire could.,lsce 'that she bad a: lantern at the binnaele'?andl another at' .the forecastle companion-Way.. : Her ports were open; and the rays. of the Ilanterns • were seen , through them.' 'After Watching some minutes he decided that i.the, ~Englishman was standing' to the nortlerd, „ 'close hauled; and she was now passing ditieet-' ly under the sloop's fore-foet. -- By the manner in which she passed, Latham knew she had but very little sail set, *4- he ,saw that he could run her by the board as soon as he pleased. The drizzling rain !till ,continued, and thenight was as black as_.eter. Ile brig ~,could: not have been over an ogh i k 'of a mile distant, for even her lights could - , not have. been iseen through the thick kirther than that. I ',; Now, my men,' said Sam, as he cattle. to. .the _gangway,. trm aboaVtif follow as soon ,ss can. Tres on the-larboard tack, and I can 1,114 - pn.the quarter in tea minute:s. You thathaV6 ' the grapplings be sure and throw then). its l soon as we touch, and mind.that, you thi:oW them sure, too, for one Mistake may ruin us. ; If we make a miss the first time andifall:' `off, the Englishman 'II have time to beat t.O - quarters, and then we're done to,. By the time we're alongside, her lanterns will '4IVe I us 'light enough to see how to operate: . 44 out for your arms, now, and remember }shat You've got:to do. Step sure, but step , tow look our - sharp for my orders.' Sam then stationed men-at the sheets and - I; then he went forward again and gut hi ,eye upon the brig. .• , . . "You may lutTa couple of points,' he Sitid, • as soon as he got the 'brig fairly in sight.----? Round in a.little on the sheets. Steady, Si)." • By this time Sam could see the dark for,rnS . !pethe men as they passed to and fro by t.he ports, through' which the rays of the lanterns came. and 'he distinctly . ' heard the order's. of 'the offieerwho had charge'of the deck.. Inle, feu, - moments more he could: make out.ithe lines of the brig's nettings, and he saw4hat. he could strike, now by- luffing :sharp up.. Accordingly he passed the order la aslo* : tone-as possible : The sloop came up hand; ssamely: •. • Let, - eVerything go cried Sam, ati .Sprang frOm.,his post and leaped tom ardaith.o . 'starboard', gingWay. -`Let everthing:!igo' and stand:ready,to board !' . , _ On the next instant the stoop's uuws struc k Wither severe shock, nad she glided, alunr/ider a, (knit:W . l;2 All on boar -the twig wa s cou r a . ion in a monient. The voices of her- offlers could be .heard in wild, ga.sl_ung tones,-land the men could be seen rushing , towards'; the Jarb - oard rail. The grappliiigs thrwn,', with pr4,iion, and the two vt_sels Wcre . lfast together. ! _ Not one of the Englishmen was - arrned, for theyprobably thOught the wilfsion oar the' result of accident, as they had not distiuFtly understoo';' Latham's order to his men. . • - What ho ! yon rascally lubber,' , y4le4- the Englistman; push off! push off!' But the lubber did not push oil; but iii tie,' stead thereof he clung the closer, and in a ioo: ment more the brig's side was 'lined 'ith armed men. - Half a'dozen lanterns bad lieen lighted by the Englishman for the purpose of enabling : them to look into the cause oftlie - . catastrophe, and when their beams fell upon. 'the smne they discovered that their . deck '.. l ,Avas 'swarming with strangers. 'The glitter Of bright steel flashed ;upon their sight, and be. 'fore they could fully realize what had ocenrr. ed, they found themselves overpowered. `Jump to the main braces,' shouted Siun, as scan as be saw that there was - light - enough to;enable ins men to work ; `jUnip, 'soiree - of you, and lay the main-topsail aback. You -take the helm, I Jerry.' < - .These orders were quickly obeyed. Down With the hatches.: was our Yankee Skipper's next ordtr, as he 'saw that the off .watch wasitumbling on deck. 'Knock back every manilhat attTnpts to come up. Now where, is the captain of this craft?' . • ;Before Sam received any` answerto :this question, ha.notieed that some of the btig's crew had °armed themselves from the arm ,•ehest, whielt stood!abaft the mainmast, land be ordered his followers to down with they 'at once. There were not more than:a ddzen ;at most 'who had thus got arms, and in !Skis than two Minutes they were sprawling upon the. deck., ;Our hero saw that now wa his !time to strike without stopping to ask qites guns, so ha turned ,1 to his men and gave ;the ',word to strike. i 4 'if there's,any captain to this brig,'!': he .cried, 'Jet him look), out, for down goes every ' num that sbows,hirtiself until - you surrender. ICry for quarter. as Soon as you please; ,but iyou'll die fast if yon • , ], 4 - -,-- --- • ' -*ONTROSi.,]'',TILURSAi: • .. • - ' I The Yankees- were all, - 'n 4ird •r now, and there was light enough fo' .thimitii see lain-: ly aboitt the deck, as the lanterns had been, hung upon their buckets o erjth4 gyns, when the Englishmen' ..had started Or the arm! chest. . i . ' You would rob us of -O 1r Ihard,ear.ned. bread, and - starve our wives tmd little ones,'!, cried Sani, 'us he 'dashednft, tlfter. haling! seen a sufficient guard ore tlni chiist.! ' We'll! see whether you sh4ll H e rough-shod over: the rights offree-born peo le. i wn ! -down !. Strike boldly, my brave i min. Strike for . the honor of our, noble flat. ! 1 .-. And they did strike. A 4w minutes the the stubborn Briton held lout., And then he: . yelled with all his might for, quitr4rs. Ho had no _nrms, and he saw his Men lalli driven into' a solid' body without the pip mit.cifdefence; ..' Latham gave the word to stopithe-cotiflict,, andin a few moments tno ! the din of battle! ceased.. The English Ca tail . c.;:tne forward and reported himself tote lan -ee skipper.: •ll.aVe•ye surrendeerd 'l' asked. Sam. 'Yes,' uttered the Briton. • r NVe are not :tble to cope with a - power thht tiettks upon 'us like a snake at . midnighi.' I f . • 'Then you shouldn't tread . 11 . 1?4!n snakes at '!midnight,' answered Sam;. ! !I know ye.--! You talk about sneakin'.! l What do you call the tourderin' of poor wo neo and children, and the burnin' of poor m n's . i hduses ? But it's no use of talkin'.. Cnlli ,yolir nien aft, sir, and we'll see Io 'ern.' 1 t - • Ell 1 The captain said 'no moreiin the way of !recrimination, but his men ,wee all called' aft, and as soon as the brig's irbn'o,ald be foUnd, , . - : o ur hero set his men at W01 4 .k .4eetir lp ine , the .1 , ;prisoners. As soon as hit part ofllie Ivork was done, the few who had been Calledd r of the enen-.y Were gathered toget teri an then Sam , - and 1 sent Jerry Clarke on bo d the sloop with six good men. Ere long the dra plin were , ~ 41 ., gs ,ttst loose, and the brig's tnaiktoptitil *filled, and as soon as good gronlidif,Wa6 found the ' , prize_ was brought to, tineht. i i i • , • i , The next mornine carte o i etea and bright. ,The clouds were all - rolling,off io the .F. : outh'rd, ittlil the sun arose without even a' trust to ob seure its glowing; glerioui ace! -The tide set 114' the Saco River, and wit - ,ideitine the lit rt.tle sloop Sally ,Ann i and in teri . wail:e . fcillowed ithe English brig Aleeto. Ili iti=s than an hour ,the riv . :r'sbanks vrere - linediwith rqjOiciiig pet). :pie, and glad shouts', relit he stir Old Mr. :`.Webb was' among, the firs . tq., .camel down, and he met Sam Latham as , e entrie on shore. ;'; To's. a) - that Sam Waist 1 Oniwoid& not be i;balf; but the noble Yank skipW was by .tio , tne.ans willing to have H ithii honor to 1 liilnself. Ile took the pay' which' bad been ~ promised him, beeauSe he %as poOr'and need- . ~ ,ed it; but his brave followers didl , not go tin i,ewarded. From the proet.edi3 of the prize they Were all amply paid, thouhlieach and all. 44~1 hut little. for the anns+.3. Nati.in . oomper -0 with the igitisfeetien they experienced in - liapturing the Englishman, end thus ridding themselves and their emintr . tinpnOf a danger 'i,ing and troublesome lenetn::. .7 1 Saiii Latham has left, a gloly number •of 41cseendatits, and Some of then :tie still liv ih,; , • and there are quite a nur#beti of -young. I . 0 Sums who take much pride In'ha'ling the story: old Sam's Mtnstotr (nut' il • . ' - , '. . An Americasaelf-ni : . • Iran: . . :i It is said that 'some men ar beim teigreatnesS,. and-Oda:lT have greatness t mat upon - them,' hut) of Gen. Wilson; the S-nator elect from ',Nlas,,aebusetts, it mai be sa cl- - he bits risen to his present - eminence, from t le plebeian ranks, lii, ~i- his own indomitable ene ,' j,t and per.sever, attee unaided by wealth or ill4ential friends. lie is eniphatiCally a 'self mnila-man--having ;earned, and nobly earned - ,lth4 - honors that- tiOw so thickly cluster ationt/ 1 hihi. -IWe learn from our Boston eithanges that. Gill. Wilson Went to DiassachUsetts in • 1,•39 spoor and ifriendless, and worked as'aurney an shoe -I,n !niake.r at Natick. ',lie tool- :the ‘,. tnmp' in iIB4G es the ' Natick Shoem kir,' M favor of . Gen. 'Harrison, aid was hi Fir . lected to the Massachusetts Senate i that year.., lie Was several times re-elect aid in,11850 was Tresident of the Senate. ' uhseqUently . he 4 ; hi:mine the lcaller ..;of the ti-soil party of Massachusetts, and was twig their candidate lir Gove rn or. • in:1853 Ir 4 a,ine_mber of 4lie' State Constilotional Co . velitioir, and' re: !, . , ~„ tent& we believe,gave- in i hls . adhesion to . the Know-Nothing meyement.l He is now ..the successor to the seat in. 'he:rniled States Senate lately occupied by on. - Edward Er -4 ciett,,and at present by _.ll ralocitwell,- nted temporarily by the Gt:,vernor.. The origin, rise, progress, and success ot . the poor ',-&aticli. Shoemaker' furnites; . ar+ther ' , cm; Pliatie demonstration 'of - tilt. ttuth pf,the old • cOuple.t, that— . F . 1 ... i .1 •- - - j i: • ' - I ;I - • • i • • - .., ~. Honor and fume from no e ne4tionir?.se ;- ;\.t. 4 ti well your part--eAere all iha, honqr lies.” ' :* e. Locofocos obj l ect to isft...W, ilSon that be is ii, - ,l:ree-Soilcri,.. I.l3ut.suli T i an 3 objection e4tne. , with a bad Igrace from the Party who,: at . a caucus in NN i 'litibingtoil list S'eptember, invited,. by eimss resolve; ',-i' 411 n;-,en of all cqeds and partiO, f , ;ithout"rigard to their ahtecedeuts; to vidte;With -thein int a .grand Party in opposition tc.411.5... Acileari.organiza -o.in t.' The Locofecoinrez‘a pied from mak ingi any objection to Gen. ;W:j.sen.4n account of,his Free•§oilisn3.-- Their r i otieetieti ' • "how. # . er,- is - his bestrnm recoendatlon+and a re thinmendation without.which -`:, man an hope tq'go to the United Suites to fronk-Penn syjvania.—Har. Herald.. - . I \\ • i-. i , I 1 . ITRE FOUR Poirrri.- 7 'l -The !'plow; points, which, by recent arrival, of i .it Is announced that 'the Cz..riof ' 'added to. .It is'. probable, shoe they have been somewhat • t o li4eil 1. ' The abolition ,of t he- .you 'l.liissia over the - Danubian IPOI and the possession; of those ' rbviii under the collective guarante . . of th_ b' ! 'g Powers. , • 1 , l i i _ ~`, _ .". The free nnvigation o ',the pond's oi the Danube seeuredAecordin 1 to the princi ph* established by the Pon . oft Vienna. .3... . The revision of the tre ty o the 13th T drily; 1841, 1 . in the interest f,'thel balance of power in Europe.' ' - 1 . . 4.* The abandonment .by _claim to exercise -an official pi thil, Christian subjects of the eviii sect they might belong tion.Of the Powers giving the :once to obtain: from. the Sul Coil and observance of the ref pf ill Christian colianunitiet, quaint wi ter ha be ! 1 ‘ the vehicle that carries • , - @Law - 4Ru AR3O) ; i / 4 FEBRUAitY 15, 185 . , 'May I gn . on the emrimon to p' 1.4 Y 7 I've been ~a good girl to-day,' warbl4d . the dear,, little pet, Isabel Lee,: in a voice that was sweeti as, the song ofi birds at sehlight; and up and dOwn the stairs she Wentylsinging her childish ditty, and seitiching..eagrly, for her mother that she might xibtain the desired per mission,.. 'Sy yes, •do • now, tlities , a dear goodnalether, ~ she exclaimed, When: she J et length fniind herself in the arms 'kif. the loved a one. 1, , Miss Jane says..l'veheen a very good girl; indeed; and She says,, too, that air and. play Will do me muctigood. Ail- there's no place lin all the world where I 14e.50 well to play as en that delr'old common lofburs. I call it;our little oauntii, itiother, 'cause: there ain't no houses the rei I nothing bt i gress and trees and: venter.' i ' Ahd birdlings from human nesls,' said the tnother4 as she'lovingly kissed thq darling:— ' Yes, I,n,t may go; but mind . ant i net play too hart' -.andbe sure,'Bell, to g4t. hem 3 be fore thedinneris ready.' . , . 1,1 • , IMerrily then patttired the slippered feet after bonnet and capeand hoop, and inerrily I sang the happy voit.v.:l -• I ‘tinia!,. go on the eetinnon to plav,l Igue.s 111 he good then every f34,' I . • 1.. -I Very demurely did gii the little rl.pace the crowded . and fashionablb thoroughfare;. but 0, how lightly- . and rjoyou•sly she bounded down 'the stotte steps . . i And epee / , ti the gav elled path, with God ' s green grasl i beside her, his noble trees arching above hcr i his free; glad stiOtine quivering en theirtopS, danc ing through their. iqerlacing . bi ighs---once beside..;the - mimic lake; with its les aing, laugh 7 in g, rintstical.fountain=--once out hi that little country ; ) and Isabel, happiest• oil thel happy, . flitted `through - the 'Ong walks Itiithl a step that seemed ahnost Winged, so Net, so airy was its'itread; While her voice rag now ,in :childish glee, and again in birdlike ,sengs; 'and , heripulses i beating with quicke ned life, sent fresh,•bilght hue to the de4ate:cheek, gave anladded lustre ,to the be: tnieg eye, a warrn,;.gied gush to the panting litart, l and a thrill of joy to the i _m prisoned soul. Out On !the common she might be. what Oodi,meant she shotild be while: her yearsThwere yet young u;: child, it ronwincf, wilNfrol l iotne ;child ; !and gather in her I;uoyanti ?porta that strength ISo needed ini the life to 1.4,01.ne-, that :vigor Whielf shields the heart from Muffled notes.: She_rolled her hoop, she toss ed her Telvet hall ; she " hipped and hopped the bar-. : ber's slie3';' she. made; friends . with' the little girls who ,romped beside her, anddent them her hoop While she . jumped their; rope; she : Watched the little boys .launch.their,lboats, smiled With. theto...wh4n . they bor4:.a 0) 1 1:mt. sail; and spoke a comforting wordiwhen they . met NYl!h ' a saddening wreck; she ftlay.6'd with the babies.H-gladdetteci•the hearts 9f the wea ry nurses 'i 'tl kind ''lnd loving Word ; and q . VI 1 a t , then, fairly tired out, wandered aWaY i from the noiSy group. . - • .'1 ' i, - • • ' I won't go home qttite yet,' said she. 'l'll. get rested first. Yes, I'll find rue a nice, cool, shady place, and sit dow n ' there arid• . Oink 4wliiic. - 111.0th4 says' it .does, little girls goody) think,' mid so she tripped away in search ;of a musing tput. . .. .; 1 . But Suddenly her steps were arrested; the light faded from • her joyous eye ;_..the, ,song died onl her lip. There, On the green turf be- Side ter,,fhe midsummer sun pouring its tor rid rays 'upon his 'uptiurned face,[ buried in what see Med . deathless slumber, lay a. niUn . in the prime of life.. Tattered' and-orii were his garments, a battered hat beside him, a broken i bottle clenched in his right haiad, a blotted iiper in his left. *. il . • ! 'The, phor, sick mao, said. the wondering child, `but here in the sun asleepl It's too bad, toci . bad. How 'sorry his folks .Would lis if they' only [knew, where he wit. l l. He ,Must.haveteen oingto the doet4's, for he Ilas a lxfttle and papr, and I guess he was fl ; so weak', he soul n't get there, aridell down. The pooh Sick man--how I wish I c4 uld Make him well.' !. • - l She rooked awhile,and then lit approached him,. and, sat down besit She took :out her handkerchief an away the 'great dropi,tliat had gatl his brow', and then finmed•him with delicate motion which we give to friend. , !And all the time 'tears werl ing dOwn 1-ber cheeks, and she Wii With a hushed voice but sobbing ti 4 his lenelY lOt. She was wondering l n wife and : little children—and if th how sick! tie was ' • - and she wished li wake up !id' tell her where they lli she migh t "ring them there. - • 1 A long while she sat there, al patient, thoughtfid ' Only watcher. once' shb e4ased . • , the cOoling,breezeit as\ t o fold ,her little hands as; she -had been taught, and breathe over him a childiSh -prayer. That l prayer ! The angels hushed their harps to listen; and' '.there wits joy bi heaven.' ~ ~ ' I Al. length 'the sick man turned and t owed as thoUgh_his sleep .was,mostly,over - `Poor than,' said his little nurse, `poor n - i4n, you'll be sore and Stiff, I'm afraid,-sleepin oil the ground. W•lien it rained only last mg! t. Poor Man, host sorry.l am for yoti.' Bu noW her :little :cheek, is laid close to' his . blo: tediface, for his' lips:murmur and she. would ear his words. Broken, indistinct ones, t y were at first, boat:then audible and pleadi , g. ii i 'Just One glass more—one, one, l onlyl one: l',ant ,dying ; for iv—give, give, one lore-;--on ly thie more!' - ' l . He s,begging for water,! Sob . she,:as she . raisekher damp face. ' I~le's d earning, and think they wont give it to hitri.. Ci, if I only had to;meit's 60 hard .to wan :a drink of water tuid norto have - it.'. Her s her: eye 'rested on! the brokeni' bottle, and.. . happy thought stritek her. ..She.earefully nehisped L his hand; eized•the dark4lass and' hastbned eti . the poi 'lt will _hold ; _Will 'be better than hone,' Said:she, as'ishe ipped it and bore away the coaling, lifelivitig draught. She pour4a" few drops on .his p • hed lips, and and then, 10Aed his hot forehead an , b4r,ning i Oheeks. • ifhat - water; that dewl O hutiukti lOve, - dripped through his-lifb-porea . d dew* , tO his verkisoul. It broke the it ir ;that eidsied - hikl nerves. tie opened . ! ' hi a heavy yelids and gazed . firit vacantly,l tl en Wan eringly, *it him. I - 1 -1 I' Do`yoUlifeel any bCtter 1' whist' l - r • :I: little girl; ni.tOnes lowl and sweet 4: die hymn ()fa mother;. 'de you feel ter? I ant :sorry for you.' l ' I `Better, ibetter l ' murmured he, ." y - I • I better-, Bit where am ? what i liti . • , g are the e Pacific, ussia has ever, that %ctorate of cipalities, ces placed contract-. ia of her orate' over (to what cottialem tual assist contirraa- privilegei 4tee Po •• ail ' oefi kern ed time to thing into W 'I From GlecriOn's Pictori;4 THE LITTLE AN BY MRS. CAR4INE A. soi 12011\4i00" 1 1.1 FRAZIER4 1111 lay down. in bell a,devil tramping upon.me, and I wake up heaven; an angel watching over me. Ain't yOu an angern ain't lin heavens' and he peized her hard sively. EL. , • LE. 'Don't say such 'naughty wordi,' said she, don't, sir,. you'scarer me: No, I ain't an angel, nor you 'ain't in heaven, You and out here on the common: - ;I found .you here asleep in the.sun,;and I; was so sorry for you, I sat Aown and took care of you. lain noth ing but a little girl Shall' L . giVe yon. some More water r and she bald the broken battle to his.lips. . • • Water!. water !-lies, give me comet Wa ter from an angers 'hand may save my And he drank, and then•lfe sat'up and looked around; and qt the: little one beside hiM. • . Little angel, little angel,' •said;he ' j` there is hope forme yet ; hope for me::. Heaven sent yonto Save me.. Bless youl . ,bleSS you, little angel!' • . • f ' But Fain% an angel,'. said she artlessly.— ' inm only a little girl. Feel of TnYland ; .you touch me if I was an angel; And see, I han't got ndwings - either.'. Bilthe on ly said, . little Angel, little angel,' and laid his head in her lap And wept. Poor Man,' said she, as she bathed his hot temples and flushed cheeks ; sick I am so sorry for you . . • Hain% you got any. home ?' • Ile ;hnswttred not, but otily , sobbed the louder. . ; . By and by ,he looked up mid said -to 4 pitying child, ‘. can you. pray : Yes', sir, I can. I' prayed for you while yO . O was : asleep.' , • , . . Vray -again—pray 'aloud—let me hear you? And she knelt beside him, clasped her hands and prayetl,'' Our Father, which art; in heaven.' When She had ceased he laid hiS .head again upon . her lap' and sobbed. 'Shan't 'I go and find your folks for- you;, poor man ?' asked she. It's getting late and I must go- home soob.' • `Take me to then]; little angel-take'me to them,' and he seized her 'hand and led her away out of that beautiful green 'Spot, and across several streets and down into a dark gloomy, cellar-home. •' A, pale, liagiartilOoking woman, with a little, purple babe on her lap, sat . on a Tick• ety hair, the only one, in the room,' close .to the little window, stitching as fast as her . tiny n. ge cou!d .On a straw bed in the cori, ner lay two:other little ones, tossing in fever fits, while a' boy of ,Ismhel's ale crouched he side them,. crying,. 0, rm \ so hungry ! so hungry !' • Thank' God ! yoU'Ve come back• at last ' said the woman, as they entered. 'Thank God I've been' brought back,' said the man, with 'a choked 'vOce. .1 And here is the. little angel that brought' me, saved me. Bless her ! Mary ; blesls her!' _and, he., Jed the half-sacred child to , the knees of the Wondetlyik wire. * . 4 I ain't dlittle. angel,' said she. l'in only. a littlogirl—and I saW•lnm — stcr - atityttsteep out in the sun and I fanned him, - and brOught him'water,- and tookleare of him-.-j Weren't you worried alut him. so sick :1 -- • ' Yes, . so . sick—sol sick,' said the mati.—r Aad when they asklYon what ailed me, tell them I ,was sin -sick, sin-sick.. Go linme now,' little angel--go hack; to, heaven ;- you have saved j me—made me Well:, With fleet steps- Isabel ran off and reached her house, all out of. breath,'just as . her fath-1 er was descending -the s ,Steps` in search of her. 0, father I - hither ! she exclaimed, • come into the house, quick, qUick ;.1 what to tell you Something. And I she 'heeded not the• many questions „showered Upon her by her worried parents till she had told her story.. And 0, father ! 0, •mOther ! if you could, have seen where he lived. A poor, sick man' down in i , eellar;,'onlY.lthinkt,a damp Cellar and a sick' man, and two hide sick . children, and one boy crying forlsomething to eat, and a little baby thattwas_ lid - If:starved, and such a poor; sick looking wife, nad„only one chair. 0, the poor folks !' j - . And he would. haVe'it that I was a little angel-- . --and he told hiSl.wife so. ;But . ;I. told him I was -not, and I told her so ; I was, only a little-girl. But- she hkissed me 'over 'and over again , and said Wasa- . little angel•H Doi: look like an angel, mother I • Do.lef me see,' and she rata to . .a mirror. Why, no ; fookr just what am,.a little What made them , call', me an angel I t Do you know, father ? do You know, mother ?' But • they only clasped her in their arrnS, and said, little angel, little ,angel.' i t - In the parlor of Mr: W. there hangs an ex' ,quisite painting—a little girl is kneeling on the tOrf, her eyes raised, to heaven, and her hands clasped in prayer; 'ls it a pitortrait r asked a . friend,after gaffing long and earnest ly upon it,,for none can 'look without emotion on. that 'pictured face. t 'lt is.'' ; He asked of whom, and turning to hW 'host was surprised to see the' great tears - rolling down his cheeks. ) • 'I ' That is the little angel,' said a bright eyed boy 'who-shi,KA beside him. Father always 'calls"it so.' I And I cull it rightly,' said the father solemnly. V She was a little angel—the ~`ang el that - ,made file a happy man again.. That, made your mother a happy - wife ; and you, a puny, sickly babe,!.-the bright, glad. boy you arc.'- , thole trot an angel, sweet Isabel, - Inbeaveii thoa art a little angel still. - : 1 . -itatingly 'e him. 'd wiped erect on 'that soft, the dying stream- : wading art over if he had ey knew e would iced that Edward Everett on Benjamin Franklin The Printers of Manchester, - N. 11.,.gave a festival on the anniversary ofthe birth-day of Benjamin Franklin; and among the letters received, was the iolloWing fromi ward Everett : . BOSTON, Jan. 18; 1855. Gentlemen ha,ve .‘ reeieved your favoi of the 13th, *politely inviting ,me to attend rth. d th a e y c o e f l e F b ra ra t t l i k o l i i i n o b f y t the h a e n o i v r e in rsa titti ry o o ti f y t o h u e r b e i it would give me great pleasure to be pres ent with you on this occasion, but it is not itt my power to leave figme. The name, of Franklin is one of theb:rightest hi our histo- Cry, and his eventful life. is full 'of' interest and iinstruction for men ;of all pu;uits. - He wasa first rate printerka' industrious and methodical man of business, in active citizen, a Self-taught man, but a friend of, education; o a brr s y stt erc ° f f n ih re c tu En rei g ii lial bo o l lan d r -seitia t gull : e, h t e l i a. ifi l :: aga te:)tr e ru t ss ' t u ts s , us a patriot, intrepid , though cautious, and afititfulleiaantdheadbmoiseba.rgelie :first corkiv44 the idea of a federal union, as early 17 34.; he was one of the committee for drafthig the dec laration Of Independence in 1778; he alias one red the the era any bee- es I feel n 1 ? I - f ' a - ; of the negociators of the . tmaty. of Peitect wit Great Britain in 1783;; and an influentia member of the convention which' fratiled the Constitution in 1789, Boston has the lxmoi-1 - of his birth ; "Philadhlphia holds his ashes; but the whole Union mijoyes the 'hoick of his lei sotis of wisdom .anil patriotism ; fame . ii m•existant with they civilized world- and his memory will jive fOr.ever• Wishi irisbing you 'an! agreeable remain, gentlemen, respeetrully, Your friend and fellow eitiien,, rawAm) Eirourrr, To.W. N. Ilein i cer, and °titers: . Formation of American Leigtma . The ladies of Nev York are signing an 4 ligatinn by - which tlpy agree not to purchase any article .or foretgn manufaeture the wear forayear to come.. This is not the only - stance where putthe attention has lately beeti strongly directed , ,tOthe.irnportance of inereas' t ing the entiauniPtion of Atneriam . &bring,' and of giving to- the.destitute industry-and skill at home that -employment - which tht consumption of luxuries.and of many neen _ nary articles in this,country now farnishes to the _labor and 'Skill of iforeignlands. Tho_ Providence Jouriml most pointedly says: -+ The same papers that .come to us freight with accounts of.destitution- and' want; of great-workshops closed, and large numbexi of mechanis thrown out of employment, so brina accounts of importations, by inillione in a single yessel, of - articles that cart either be manufactured, in this country, or cart be Siholly dispensed with. That the true chari ty is employment no one doubts, and that:, `stt. - e cannot give employnient both. to foreign kind domestic labor, is very plain. If we buy the, silks, and the laces, and the gewgaw sr , p , .10 costly wirws and lite enervating luxuiiei of Europe, wicannot buy the fabrics and the .itroduets which give employment to ourown • abor. the destitution is caused by want, 'o employnient, and" employment can be sup. plied to a great - extent, probably as ":far needed, if we will all- purchase the product bf American industry instead of foreign: --i This is so obvious that it forces itself at one Upon the notice `of those benevolent personi, who are engaged in-plans for the temporary; relief of the _suffering which so widely pct.' "It is with this view that an American league has been formed in New York to pro mote the consumption of American manu factures and to foster and sustain American interests in every forni. Such a league, ~i generally entered . into and faithfully 'kept, wily very shortly raise our drooping industry from _the dust -and fill ; the homes of labor with cheerful comfort. Nor would there‘ be any, sacrifice of comfort, convenience,or even of tasteful luxury in this. The artices which We import so largely from Eu'ropie are, 40 'a very, great degree, superior to those ottio mestie production' only - An the. capricions. Viittlatlolll2l Iftehttritt. Maliny s prottrlip rimy :curl in soma -when we- say it, yet it is a fact that- the foreign shawls,; which; are sold at such fabulous prices, are not, to the eye, of true taste; so handsome las those 'which are made at home and sold At. less .thane a year's interest on the oast of titeforeigra„artiele;-- Their value is in the curious fineness of - the fabric, which only a cioseexamination can-de tect, and in the fact th..t i ` only the rich- those I WhO, foolishly 'imitate the rich wear them. So'of many other, foreign articles: The time has come when our active ingenuity and diversified industry a're equal to the tore; 'ductiori of nearly, all the requirenaents of -civilized We, excepting, ' of 'course, those things to Which, on amount of climate or oth er-physical eause, the country is not adapted: . The time has come when the man who am not clothe himself mainly, in American fab rics, Wand who cannot find the - products taf Atherican labor:mainly good enough NI wear snd to eat and to drink, should pass, into the glass of dandies; and fops ; and snobs. -There clout(' not be a - More favorable time than the Present to inauktiiate an. Atherican League, Which shall include both - sexes mid all classes of Americans its omanization; and shall diffuse its 'blessings as widely and as general ly. , This (Nan hardly be accomplished with out the cheerful, assent and ,co-operation of the women, butdthese are always readily cih tained in a good Icause."- - -Phire. .Sun. . BASS We 9, • PAl'R.—The Invention of making paper of bass wood - isas much of a reality as the making .of paper from Nv.- : We have seen it, handledit, Sew it'in large vi white sheets of newspaper, seen it 'with both sides printed upon,- and seen- t under eircum- - stances which render the utility of the inven- , tion as certain as anything in the present or future-can be rendered. There. is raw mate- riat enough;land 'mike' enongh e on the part -. of the origiriatof Of the enterprise, and the on ly thing now wanting is a halo tithe to pre pare the maehiner,y for use. The-only ne thing tieces.sary, indeed, is the preparation o the pulp.frohi the basS wood shavings, as the comma newspaper machinery ,will do the" rest. The sltects that have been made have been run eff, on the old paper mill eylin dors\ at Little Falls and elsewhere.,Autd white and .substartial as they are; theycati be mad . of a much filer texture and i quality by redue: , leg and whi.ening the pulp'. We have -Veen slow to behave alt this, but seeing is believ ing. The *Fit part of the mews, however, re mains to beitold. Bass wood popes, of as, -- 1 good quality, as rag paPer, can. be soli, .at at, very .handsoine prefit, at ono half the sum. The wood does not even need a mixture of rags. - The !Italy- thing neceasary is. to shave the wood with the' grain, and the fibre be. comes as soft as linen. Indeed, from:softer woods it is 'possible- to a clothlabrie as strong, durable and beautiful - us. cotton, .and the. evidence offthis am; be demonstrated to those who care to in'vestigatd the subject. Among the recent discoveries; thesei particu larly the one of trutking paper frOm wood, are most important. The invention will bring &fortune to the skillful inventor, George W. Beardsles, Esq., 711 p is, haepily for himself and his discovery,. amen of - lietals, and ought to confer a vast benefit.also uppn paper ma kers, newspaper proprietors book ma - k.ers'and the public at large.—Daity Eifligiq6e. - - A 'V , XTEAML-3finsieur loan Baptiste de Bardeen; who participated las a 14 - Yeneti tuiteer in the siege pf Sarniuiah, during' the retiolutionary war; 'and was heir Pulaski when he was wounded;,yisited,that eitY, last Week. He is n native' of St. Doiningo, and for the last sixty years has . residettin South Qtrolina. ie is said to be Over one hundred years of age. - El tillikil II `edebr ation, f