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Cljast
*dui Votirg.
Lines an Deat
Enell I
His little weapon in the
Of sweet d o mestic cone() j
The'fairest flowers of hub
The bright, the henutifpl: tb
She, upon whose youthful .e.hl
BlOomed in. all its dewy fres
Indeed the thought, that ono
And heart with kindness fal l .
lore . H
Lit bottle and fond caressing
Be snatched. But, death, OW
'dire
And fiendish shape, whose
seems
The fairest flowers to pluck,
Tomb to grace, in silen ce
. by
As be pissed, one furtive gin!
That sufficient quite, her docii
Earthly joys, where are II"
those „
Budding hopes, those , blissf
bright
Fancy pictured in Rs gay, ca
111,ghts Alas! those joys
those
Fdndly cherished hopes which
Sorrow's hour the drooping
.4
Few swift-fleeting days have I ,
"übjeet.of my Verse—if vers 4!
Called—bade enrth and hem ]
• husband • •
Kind, A fond, a sad adieu, And
Smile seraphic playing o'er
Face,lo silence breathed a pr.
On earth she ever lisped, zent
liei mqd blue eyes and soon
%' as cusped.
. 'Tis done, the port„,,
Cord" ; is loosed, her'spiries f
Friends, and husband strieke
;:deep
The fountain of your grief.
-Ana subs, and tears made):
; whom
These lamentations sad are
Eternal ntin. Yes she's
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In Heaven she rests. This
Glory it upon her radiant
This night she Mingles with tM
Who, clad , in robes of white, fl
Dazzling orb, their harps of ,g
Holiestpraise attune, as with
Washed throng that roams the
or Paiadise,•they boW before.
Jehovah's throne, with sdorati,
Oh, Ella, thou whoart and
My theme, thus can it be that
That thou by death's stern
called , •
Tuns& the "shadovey rale"
Sunny 'morn was in its early
'We'nd more to list thy conver t
PA upon the .heart like e‘enh
On fainting, herb and flower!
To hear the echo of thy silverl
Whenstng the joyous laugh,
Free and -happy spirit?. or watt
Hang "n4t.ored on thy thrillii
As often from thy dewy
.lips g
The song of reverential ^ praise
To catch that radiant smite, w
Lovely ] features played,like sot
Sporting on th' dimpling lakel
more
1 th' thr4"'
..'o feel th' thrilling pressure: of L.._ ly I
Hand which oft employed has Ibeen, and willing
Too, the - woes pod wants of others to assuage 'I
/ Alas! why thus interrogate ti-vain such ;
Questions all; for she, we lorsid, will, by her
Presence, ne'er again, on'earth. our spirit.
Gladden; yet for. her absence -hail we longer .
Mourn! Ah, no; for now me inks if from that:
iti
' Far-off. blissful clim e she tool t' us return,
She'd bid us dry our tears and cease for her
To weep.' Bat Sister, tho' from our midst than
Haat been taken, and we no m ore shall a+)
Thee till that sweet hour shall come when char
- mg - , •
For deliverance, our , fettered souls their 1 .
Clayey bonds will break, and, frinmphant,i soar
. On angels wings,thro realms of boundleasspace,
T' that bright 'aspirit lend" where sighs 'arei never
Heard, nor sorro win,g known, and where th & Word
Farewell, that thilling'sound,wiieh oft has i.aused
- The stoutest heait to bleed, Was never breathed ;
yet
t ' I
Will we think of thee ; yes, th
To as Will e'er be sacred ; and
Spring returns, a pilgrimage t' I
Tomb 'well make and o'er it at
,
e'en
Such as thou, in life, didid boy,
Drop the unforbidden tear, sad
Of zementhrance sweet;
Lsthrop, Oct. 21, 11854.
gliscellanions.
A. -Brave-Girl..
A correspondent of the line Journal, in
'speaking of "New York in the_Olden Time,"
says that while Governor. George Clit4n oc
cupied the Geverninent Rinse, at the Bon-1-
ingGreen, his eldest
w daughter—afteriwards
the wife of M. Genet, the - French miter—
upon some occasion, as left - alone -itb
single servant-maid. The girl had beer sent
below ,to replenish a pitcheriof water, and as
she was ascending the stasis , she . saW the
,
trout dour open anda huge negro made 'his.
appearance. Shegave no alarm, but hurry.
ing up stairs, iaformed heti mistress ; 1 4 the
fearful intrusion ; and, soon after, the foot
steps of the negro were heard upon the stairs
'The young Lady invoked no aid, but, takitig
thepitcher of water, she placed herself near
the head of the stairs, and, ak the burglar had
arrived within a feiv steps Of the top, .she
dashed the pitcher full in hi face. The sud
den cold bath, together with the prOjectile
force of the vessel, which was, 'a heavy one,
threW the thief off his •balane.e, azid 8. , fell
back Ward down stairs, avid g•etting_ap4 - made
his - escape. She then coollv %descended to
the hall, clopd and double-liotted the! door,
and retired. • •
THE DEMOCHAT4
of a Friend.
'We lire in a' wdrld, of busy , passions. tes;,e
,and' ,hate, worrest ands,
joy, in n thousand
shapes, Are . forever near us. Death is - at our
threshold. Pre - springs up almost at our feet.
Our neiglibdrs are! 4 i exultittions, .ngimiettl"4-,
, .
anti vet weiifttnenliVe on, ignorant of all! ,
_•
Could We:but itir l oof (Asmodeutelike) the
honses whieh, day:niter day, present towards
1 ~ .
i • 0.
us:so nwnsiple an aspect, what marvels Might
We. not. diselose! t- [What fruitful - thought's,.
What radiant - vision, 'would throng into our
brain ! Thenlysterylof Altman eonduet would'
lie Unveiled.: We shotild :see and kno,w. all
Men truly. . We' should tee• the tniser,', the
spe' tidthlift, the :scholar, . the toiling - artisan,
the happybride;nnd the 'girl -deserted (like
the people in the palace of Truth ;), all coe
tribitting their fillaretO the unkndwn romance
. qhicli, time is foi•ever weaving toand
.us:- As
it is, each of then siiins..out his littlethread,
a 1 d dies, almost; unknown, and . ;soon' forgot-.
t in ; unlesS some; curious aceidentShould arise,
't extend his infiuence into, or
another region,
f
t hold his " fame" in Suspension', . tWentV
sx.rais after his'cof . fin has been 10*ered in the
i
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~-
- - l t. was seine such:chant° as I bare just" adz
v rte's! to, that threwintO our ktibwledgdceri
ttin facts; regarding a neighboring fainily
sihiet else had probably-slipped very -Old.-
ly into oblivion.. ..Yoit will observe, .that
sthat I am now about to relate, is alu4 lit
etfally
. ti Act. - i I . . •
,I;et Some rears ago; we !Ned, as yOti kiiow,
84 2 -. - Square." ' The tooni in Whicli we
i4uailYl dwelt was at the back of the, liblise.
4was: spacious, and not-without ~sonie'.pre-t4siOnS
-t4siOnS to the graceful, the 'marble chimney-
I 'place being distinguished by a paintlig of
I Capriatia, whilst- on the ceiling lay scattered
Some of the'conventional eleganees of Anger ,
,iei IC:Oilman.' Frotu the Windows which ocL .
et pied 'thenorthern' extremity of the rootn.
i
ni, 'looked . (to .the ; left - .of a large oriental,
rtjane) 'alien the iladl: Of crescent of heusfs
. —I-the points of the are receding' from t`s.
(1 mention -these thingS.nerely to recall
your mind our precise position.) ' • .1 I.!
i 6
I ‘ . In the Centre of th s crescent, wasa house
which ha&for a long time been untenanted;
Whilst its neighbor dwellings were all busy
with life aintmotion, this only.was, for Some
reason deserted. We Were beginning' to Spec.,
mate oti:the causes of ;this accident, and to
-I,
pity the itniviiipy, landlord,. whose pocKets
were lanielting the lack of : rent, • ivhen ;suds
detily-',-it was on an April niorvin,g—we per-
- 1 •
cerred for Ole first ;time,
..signs of change.---;
' Tile Windoivs of the: deserted mansion were,
I
, opened,. and . worknien were seen bustling:
about: its differentlrooms.' There was an.air
of preparation, evidently, which 'annuli iced . '
ant iniKttninz tenant: ' I - - t
• 1 ,, Well !"'sald A . -:-.: 1 - . "at last that tintap-::'
1 , i ,
py man has discoqredl some one bold enough,
to take his taunted honse; or 'periiiips after'
! • - ~
all, he is merely . endeavoring to decoy. the '
'unwary passen,ge'r ,- ~
,We shalt see."
IA few. weeks de }.i t for,
the question • H
t'
.
after the house ha been duly,,'cleanSed jand
beautified, and the oiler of the'paint Suffered' .
to r fade away, va i ons articles of furniture:.
. j ,
I
were brought into he rooms. These were of.
mederate price, an I . exidained to us - that ,the
tenaut tvns a pe .6n lof respectable station'
but not rich. "W begaii: to feel a wish to!
know " what mail dr of a man he wins." Our
in the on 'empty houSe had received::
}
a new impulse an we loriked out, day. after.
day, for the strangr's arrival. I I ,
At.la.4t a young Man, of liVely and - rig:ice:Li
bin foresOce,, was. he morning . seen • ,grving,.
directiods to a fem le servant About the dis:-'
, .
positionrp' f the fur lune./ This was; evident 7 i ,
ty 4he master of th , mansion. .He stayed for!
half an hour,rind then ,departed ; and he re
peated his short-vii,it daily. • -4644 prObale
IvA -
clerk in - 'Oublic office—A - merchatit, l !
ot'profeSional inaii whose time•was.retiniredj ;
elsewheis. !But, witty did he not reside there ?,
.That was a.'probleal that we strove to Solve
ittvain.- ' Ini the en , he went away altogetlii
r-, .;
F er:'• Each morn w :'mis.'sed 'him in the accus,
[ , 1.
tome(' •rooni. f • *1 il .. .: ,: 1
...A.nd now.no one, 'ex
i epf the solitary 'maid
was seen throwingopen the windows in the!
morning to let in the. Vernal :clay; closing
them - at night; rubbing with a delicate hand
i
Ike new:furniture; gam ~ the unknown : neigle:
;berhood ; or sittingifistle*ly in the afternoon,
irriparadisedin rustic dreams; she atrared,,
;t1 be . the sole spirit I jof the spot, It Was nof, i
it le "genius bet .‘wilich we had reckoned lip-„
O
O. Our -iinitginatibn4 were not' satisfied
:I a - we- ooked - forward !confidently' to moth- i
4 ,
I •!.
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moment plays
rfower sphere
, and.euts d own unary bliss?
[Yotma.
-
! toted has gone,
l eek the'red-Coui
nes& • Alt 1 sad
!with 'mid m i l) pure•
should fFotn her
triends,so soon
mAstcir
•
chief delitlit e'er'
7 , •
10112=0221
Cher pasaed; and
Jnee he gave, .E'en
lira" was sealed: Ah j
where
now ? on
that oft
'dreams
eering
re gone,
n(ilka
h had so' ol
pirit buoy
I ut
she, the
ped, since
it may ,bc
and fric
'nds and
with a.
lovely
3'et,' the
y closed •
iri deatti
mbrace
" silver
is o'er the.
Dearlnou
%%eep no
though F
r sigh&
'our lo'sP,
owp, for
er, for
!nde # is nn
happy now ,
~I tt a crow.
X` ow.
eting - el b 1
,
r odtsbinb
ld, to higl
the bbiod
ever blissfi
he great
i n deep.
bast inspir l d
thou art goine!-- .
andate halt "been
.11ile yet tiffs
awn.? Are
se sweet, that .
ing dew 1, •
No more
•y voice_
imab l iem of a
h transport,l° .
.
pg accents,'
ushed forthl '
1 No more
ieh o'er thy •
tte bright subbeam
let's breast!? No
1111
hds
g day's
rest,
1 IWe were not disailpoin fed. .After the lapse.
4itt
.. fortriight from the) young -man's man's d4arr
't Ore, our inquisitiVe 1 eyes . discovered . l . bini
1, n g ai n .
.I.J.o,•was sitting at breakfast with a
1., zu r l by his glide. Pretty',: young, neat, and
ittpl-ed,froni head to foOt in white ;:she.l
. was
eqdently a bride: , . .We rushed at once' upon
thisl conjecture ; and - certain tender mantles ,
tatTiOns, on the husband's leave-taking,jeon. ,
le
finned us in our o,inion. I went aWaY;
atid..she.; left to herself, explOred, as.-far as we
pinld obierve,'.all the rooms of thehouSe.- - -7
Eferything_Was .surteyed with a - patieu - :0-
.n4ratio*; every . drawer .opened ; the ' ittle
, hOok-case contemplated, and its slender rolis
1 offbookslell, one by one, examined. yitrillv
IrtU Maid . ' was called up, some inquiries made,.
'add the 4urveti :reeoinmencech . -The lad) had.
tick . sotne. one') to encourage her open express
' iops of dielighi. We could almost fat A r. we;
.heard h e wOrds--i"liow' beautiful • thia is'!
'What a
,otufeirtable.tiora! What a eltrtn
111$' sere 0! How kind, houi'good, how m. 0 .,
siderate of— r r' .it Was-althgediera pretty'
'scene. ('. . :- i - \.. , j . . -I • -
:`Let - Us pasS over the itutum and Winter
ni tubs.' During a, portion of this ;time, we:
• p - -elve.s were
. absent 'in the country - ;Land
mien at borne,- we remember hut; little. of ,
what happened. . There was little Or ri4l) va
ii4ty to . rematk updn ; or, posiibly,Our
oalty had heenme abated. -4,
.:a !At !At lat,,,sp . spring came,; and With; it ea e .
, Dik,u.sand 'signs of. cbeerfulnesc and life.-- The
I ,f",iti"ptit forth its: tender leaves ; - :the sky
gi ew ' bins oerhead . (eien it, London.;) and
...14P iriOdont Of the .. :onkte melancholy house
:41 t bluslutig with Many . doivers. ' So May
1 1 I
_ . . z an 4 June Came -ori,•tilith.. its air_ all
rich with; !rose. But i th e hilt C. , ' jAb i her
cheek slow 'axed 'pale, andher. step - ,grew
weak and fOttering ••gmetieles • she renter
11,,fettuii.:151.tc:tiirpcz.h:li4l'71:iitell ridelee..ti,..wtothe4434,.sciathie:iiio.etitugnagi!t:,b:7
. . : , , i • • • . 1
y memory
when .bright
thydistant
raw fresh fhtiveers,
so well, ad d
tribute
Story of the Back-Room Witt.
. 1 ' • - dove.. • i
BF HAMM IeoRNAVALL.
•' • .
giiidly alone; or, when her htishand . was at
home (before and after his hours of tinsMes...4,)
she Walked a little, to And fro, leaning on him
for titi.pport.. His devotion increased 1 with
her infirmity. - It wtialcurious to observe how
love - had tamed - the high and frolicsoine ,
of,the man. A jyi; , us and. perhaps;com
mon manner became serious and rAtied.—
.The Weight of thought lay on liini—', the . re=
orlove. It is thus that, nsome
nature; love is wanting - to their full deelop
toetit:. It raises, and• refines, and ma{ ifies
the . which else • would remain! dull,
trivial, and prostrate. From a seeming .bar
reneSs, the' human-springs at once into fertil
ity ;-4froin vagueness into character4froin
dullness - into vigor and beauty, under the
".chinning-wand" of love. t
131st let-lis proceed.: ' ,
.•thi a glittering night in AugliSt, we saw
lights flashing about; the house, and people
hurrying•up and down, as, on some urgent
oecaSion. By degrees the tumult sub Aided ;
the Passings,baCk wards and forwnrds becaine
lessfreqnent ; and at last tranquility 4s-te
stored. A'single light, burning in the up
per . W.iiidow; alone told that some ono kept
wat4ll throughout the 'night. - The nest tnorn
ing jhe'knocker of the house was (w? ere
fold) shrouded in white leather; aud
,the lady
had [nought her husband a child ! I We
drank to its health in wine..
a few days quiet hullo' upon the Douse. was doomed speedily e "to depart.
ry ayld alarm carne again. • Lights wet"' seen
more tlickcm-ing to. and. fro. , IThe phymi.
.Bi:tie: carriage was heard. It eaine,atid
de
part. Cd. The maid now held her trporn
eyes. The husband burying his facje in his
hat* strove (bow vainly.) to hide la World.
of gOef. -Ere long the bedroom windoi was
thrown i open ; the - slintters of the lipase I Were
closed, and - in a week a .hear a Was! at t the
door.: The mystery was at-au end ; slid was
demi. ! -
.. x . - .:
; .. She died!
,‘ Q poet ever wove'around her
1 the-;gaudy - verse. The grave she
. sleepg in is
[problibly northing more than the . t'knrunon
i mould.' . Her name even is- unknown. 1 But
i w hat.of this ? . She. lived. and
_died; and Wil4
i lam
Y nted. The proudest can Boast of ;little
!-
.
more.
I one ni' ortal creature. fond and fragile as her-
I self4-and for a•naine, a tomb ? AlaS ! for all
the Pitrposes of love, nothing is,Wanted save'
••
t a little earth=nothiug but to know tne.spot
' where the beloved one rests forever.: Wefear.
.
,
i .' indeid, to. give the creature , whom Wehay.e
'hoarded in our /I(4lrts to the deep and! ever
i
shiftng waters—to . the oblivion of the (-sea !
,
We - le; ire tor knoW where .it is_ that wwe'-have
laid 'Or fading treasure. Otherwise, p4rim- .
age Is •as easy and as • painful to' the, stmple
thiti r chlard hilloek, as to the vault in which
a kiitg reposes: The gluoiny arches of State
'lv kintbs l what are they to the grandeur of
• • "
the overhati'fying heavens! and the cold and
i gliaitiv marble, how 'poor and hideous ;it is,
i in eMnparison With:the tuff whereon many 'a
4.184,%- g r,...%%-: I
.- • •
f ,
" The child survived." The' ares lately
'! cxhausted•on another, were now concentrated
on 4 little. child. ' The solemn doctors came,
Und;prescribed for it, and took their . gOlden
fees.: The nurse transferred to it her , trendy •
smiles. The services which ..had been jin
i chaSed for the mother, were now the,.proper :
ty pf another elaimant.-• Even ~the father
untied towards it all of his heart 'which was
' nOtlin the grave. It was part of , her !.who
had; strewn sunshine in his path, and he val
.
ued* accordingly.
Tlnt all would not do. A month, a !little
; mbuth„and.tne - shaters were again closc , d.—
1 Anether funeral followed swiftly, - upon, the
•
last', The mother and her child Were again
1 .C. toe•elier. ' , • 4 .
I From this period a marked change' arose
in tie man's character. The grief which had
1 boWed •hitn.down at- his wife's death (relieved
, • a litile:bv the care which he lzA4owed
.tpon
herlehild,)now changed to a. sullen, or reek
, iessi.l in iifferenc.e. In the Jhorning, 'he', was
clouded and oppressed; but at night, a inad
-1 nes,and dissonant jollity (the .madneis of
I wine) usurped the place'of the early sorrow.
i IliS origies were often carried into,titortting..
- • : • • ne :
r.f.ometu,s hedrank with wild companions;
sonitimeS . he was, seen alone, staggering
1 tOWards the window, stupid and bloated, ere
',lthe. lastlighttheconcealed
..
i; hint from our sight. There - were steadier in
,' terVals, indeed„ when reelection could - Come
`I .uport him—Terhaps remorse; when he ri.ould
, 'gaze' with, a grave (or oftener a sad) look up
' lite few withered flowers that had once
flour shed in his gay window.: What was he
then . thinking of? 0 vanished i hope* and
happy hours ? , Of her. patience, her gdntle,_
11ae , 4s,dier deep untiring love? Why !did he
tnot. summon _up more. cheerful vision's ?
i;Wltere washis'old :vivacity ? his , young and
Chappy spirit ! The .world' offered the Same "'alloivinents as before,
with the exception on
v• of - One single jot. 011 ! but that' was all..
I
That *as the one 'trope, the one thought;: that
. 1 had grown vast and 'absorbed all others.—'
That %rms . :the mirror which had refleetedhap- -
pineas-a . thousand way - s.. Under' that influ-•
eticethe . present, the past; the bright to come
Lallhad seemed to easthaek upon him the
piettirea of innumerable .bleasings. 'lle,. had.
trOtl, even in dreams, upon a sunny. 4---
ore.
. Arid now—?' ' '-' • ..: ,1• i •
• '. : But. why prolong the pain ar&disgraCe of
• . ,
the story"? He fell, from step tOStep. :Sick
neSs was on his body ; • despair israslini his
tnhiiii. He ihrank!and wasted.aWav, raid be.
fOre his timeiniand might have subs.i. dedlinto
• a:paralyied cripple 'or a moody', idiOt, had
• not trleath (for once a friend) Come suddenly
fto him, and rescued. him froth ; further !mis
-1 eil'!..f, ' t
• I ' • ~
i .- , I 1
. - . • 1 1
i a He died us hid Wife and child had die 4 be
-.I fore him: - The same, signs were; there , the
- 'unnatural flniet-the closed shutters Irtnt the
funeral train:' But., all, in their tit , disaii- -
pear4d ; and. in' a few weeks - workmen -Came
thronning again •to the empty house the
• , -
niOnts wore again scoured—the. walls helautt
fled. I The same'beard which two years be
foie t.ad been' nailed • to the • wall,' With the
sidn P i6Cant - wards:" To Let" Upon it l , j was
• ~
again fixed there. tt'seemed alnoSt astlinugh.
the old time • had : returned • again, and Ittint
the interval was nothing but a drealni 1 ;• -
• • .Add is thisiall?j Yes; that is All. I*ish,
that t'could hii 4 ve crowned- city little tmleiwith
a brighter ending.. Bid it was not to bel lavish
even.that I could haie made it niorelhen4,
-or
'have. developed. sotne grand' morel for --Our,
nsa.' I'M it is, it Contains: hide beyolut the .
conatnoa. threadbare story of liumaa life--
64 hope, then enjoynientoind - then sorrow
- ----itiliendirtg.qttietly in the - grave, .1 - ia an
i ,
noi•ient fate. The A - E:i4 runs ° thrOt 9l , h, titan's
• ~
. .
many histories. Somei of diets may present
seeming varietiesa life without hope oriloy,
=or . a career , legining gaily;, :and running
'merrily4ii. close. . But is - becanie kve
do trot ' 'the inner secrets',Of'llie.soul;—•the.
theutsandi thousand small pUlsations, -.which
yield •paiii 'or pleasure. to tlielitinian milid,l--
Bel assured that - there is no more an equality
or stagnation - in the heart; than in the ev'er-
Merl ng- o - penn.. , i
. , ~
You will ail me,.,,perhapis, to point Out
sorriethingifroni whicli!you may derive a piof
itable.lessn. Are you'io: learn. how tcireg
tilate-your.cpa.ssions? to arm yoUr heart
,with
irciniprecopts ? to let in - 'neither too mticli;
love; nor sorrow ? and I°ll4 out all devair 1
Seme wise! friend will tell - yon 'that you May
(earn, by precepts never to. learn too much
on! othe:s; for that. thereby you lese.your';in- -
dePendentmind.. To be the rtoy of a woman:
----td rt - !st-,YOur happine on ihe:eXistence Of a
fiagile -girl, 'whom the breath ofthe west Wind
may,. blow , into dust—it, is - any th ing but the.
act :,of awiee and prudent Man. Andl to
griete for her after she is deSid, - is to sigh:for
w hat is irripeoierable '..1 What tan . be nipre
sens+less I ; ' All this can be Preyed hy . evi:T y .
ruled higiC.. 1
A ' 1 1 •
..For mr:part, I can 'derive ! :nothing for l i ou
frOM my . ?itory, except jperhaps . that it may
teach you; l.ke every tide of hurnan sufferibg,
to Gvmpiitlhise with.:your hind: "And
,this,
inethinks;'il better,-and possiblY quite as.riec
esSary; as hay high...Wrirght or stern exrn
ple, slich shuts tli hart up, instead of per !
suading tp expand ;;w hich. teaches prudence
instead of .I eve ; and 'reduces the. aim '.of a:
good; man's life to a - lbw , and;sordid riary,
which all ire able:. anmost of us too veil
cordented, tp reaelr.•
.. •
• IN.le should. not co mit Ourselves to: the
field, mitt ildiale the fr h breath of the spring
merely tdgain strengt - to '
resume 6tir dry
caletilatiOns, Or.to infl i ct hard 1 names tiPon .
siiiiPle.floWers.. We s hould Open our 'hearts.
f
beneath these great in ueneeS, and endeaVor
to learn that we possesp tye right, the potter,
naly,,Alle
,tiviSh, (though it may slcep,)4 g.
4 doing
geod,.. to others, Ito a degree that We little'. ,
dreaih of. : . .
E
, i.
,fin, persuaded 4nl I of this truth; that r
. [.
haVe'rnvented a sentence wherein to enshrine
it,And I dope that you will notdentirely cbii
tempi this :until you hai-e given it the eoit..lid
eration ora friend. it i is thii.--" Let bui ! the
heart be opened and a thousand virtues li'fi//
rusk in." , • .:. ! -.
. ••Ifrout the Montreal Lterahl, Saturdey.Oct.2l 1
~ •• . .
-1 • 1 ' Sir John Oranhlin. -
DlsetYviry of the Actua l l and I Wretched Fate
, ,
-- of Long-lost Sir 'John and his (c in
:passion* in ittsfortune. 1 . - . . f
1, [
Ve are indebted to Sir .George Simplon,.
Govi'..inor Of the lludsim Bay 'lTerritoryl4 for
the.. Privilege of first publishing to the Civil- .
izedj World the at length ascertained fate of
the noble, but ill-starr4d Sir JOhn. Franlilin
and! his gallant conp'rny. Alasl thatll i F the
fatelahotthl have been i t so.sad r ; ''ltu - 1 thatl the
prOblim), which has o long Occupiedl the
thOugtirs; and : engagect the tmerztes: '-ufitlic
gre/tinavigatoes countless friends and admi
rerslin Europe and Aerica,
,shOuld'be solved '
by so painful. so distr ' ing a narrative :1 is
contalned in the follow ng lettet i .,which iittly .
n
reachl.4 :Sir George Sit p.son Ye4terday . atter
nnoni it having . been • orwarded from ' \fork
facKy. Via : Bed river. I Our, own hope of
Sir lOhn'Franklin's mstoratiOn to the • w rid,-
hail i #'e Confess, long ceased ;: hut who c uld
havT been prepared for the awful reality.lH
miserkble.and fearful death from literal #ar-
Vatio4—possibly, as Dr. BaeT conjectures,
work than ,starvati ori-4-enk the frozen andles
wide idiorespf the - arctic Oce.an. ' Bu r ; . we
shall' not detain the re/der by any reflection
of ntrils from theperusal of Div Rae's inte'fise
ly; itlertesting narrative—we. 'Shalt merely
metittim that 'York'. Fantory i 4 sitUate at! the.
mouth' of Irayes river, Ito Ifildon's Bai g in
ahOot,;:s(i . deg X 1; %I den. 'W.' L. •.i
' 1.: !.. • - • 1
!_" . _ ._ _I - • 7.7,j7. ' . ... • : i i
Dr Ra e' s Lette4 toSir Geo. Siatrian.
,
..
H .
,'i . . York l Factory, Aug. 4. 1854.
1 .1 tyidear•Sir George t Your several le(iers,
pnblie and 'pri vale, of dates I.sth June I and
lstif.!ecember, 1853;1 and 13th and 116th
Jun#..,,i•1854, 'were handed .itie,On the Bth
ultimo, on my reaching ChurChill, and I .re
joiced, 46 learn that your health; had ben.At
ted id . ninch by your visit to :the north.;
Its now allude to the expedition affair`.
nriited'ibere on the 3 1 1-st Ailt4 with rtly ITTIaII
partVlin; excellent health, butd I am sort to
say without having. effected Ona object.ll At
the sa:tile;,tirne,.inforniation has been obtai i ned
and iarticles purchased froin the natives nj,hich
pleee4 the fate of. a portion, if not all, of the
Alien ifuryjs:bis of Sir Jelin Franklin's mira
ble party; beyond a doi---
ibta fate. most, de
plorlihleftdeath from s!tarvation, after ha jag .
had irecotirse to cannibialism. us a means 4.4 .
prolorwag life.
I icached my old gnarters . at :RepuNe Bay
onthe . 15th August, 4nd preparations •Iwere
imaiedisttelv commenced for wintering. 'I .were
thEi hnst;Sejitember Ixplained !- to the Imen
out 'Nsiii . on, the stock- of prOvisions we had
on ihandi (not more if an - three.. months ra
tions,) rind the prospt. is we I,h:id of getting
rnere,lckei; Are., pointing out I:all the danger
and ' f .:ditfiCnfty ofour position. . All readily
voliinteered to reinain,land our exertions to
coll4et foOd and fuel went oul with unabated
energy. .By the end Of September, 109 1 r:feet,'
1 musk bx 54 brace ~f Ptarmigan, and 1.
Siqli Iblid - been shot, and • the ':. neti produeed
100!stilmim. [ ' 1
- '
. •
._ il: - if the larger anitintls abeve l
.enumemted,
491clee:r and the mu-l- 1 9 1 x were shot by My
self,,2l deer by MiStegan, - (the deer litintr,)
14.14 y one of tile Men,' 1 9 by "Oulighilek,l
. nd
l6'• hy f the other four men.. The migration of
the deer ; terminated about the Middle ni Pc
toWr.land 25 more animals islere addedl . to
our *rock. ; 1 i 1 I [ . '
Vi !the 28th of- Oc ober, the snow . 1.. t
sufficiently hard for building! We were
pytb:iiehange our cold tents for the .;
coniMrtable shelter of the. snowbutise. •
winter . .was-very severe; but dieen - To
' temper
. I . I .
itii*snow huts was never se lerir as irl
:winter 4tiarters.otslB4o-7. LTp to the . 1'
of jetinary •we had nets set under the i,
the lakes, the nets w re tako I up on j .
date; 48 they pioduced nothing. . -1
9.0144 31st of *re - my spring - jotir
eiconins z enced,' but in ,.* sequence of gar.
wind, deep and soft snew and foggy went
we r intide Ibut very little progress. 1V
not eu) . .ek:Pelly Bay. until the 111th. Mt
pleciwe *pet with . E.Suiniaui, o ne 6 rwP l
on*Vethi:asked- if he ever saw White
;reel:rd . in the negative{ but i-liid that a
party, (at least forty - , pe . rsoni,) had....kerished ,
from want of food some 10 or. 12 - . . Jaya, join:-
nev 'to Jbe west Wzi rd..,.. • The substance of 1'6 . 1
information, obtained at 'various. times' and..)
from various places, was as follows: - 1 .._..i
' In the spring Coin, winters,.
.past,- (spring;
IB . 3o)'zi party of white men . -
, - amounting to; i
about forty, were seen trare'lling: southward,
over the - ice, and dragging a.boat - with .
,tbent;
by some Esquimahic; who were' kpling is+ls .
on the north 'shoreof . King . Williern7s Land;
which is a large island named Kei-ilOakit t f
the Espiimanx. Tc!'eub of 'the .arty eoithl
speak the native,- lahguage intelligibly; but{
by sigh's the : natiVei were made to under- I
stand that their ships . or ship' bed been c ritah- I
ed by ice, and that' the' "whites"; were now: I
'going to wherothey expected - 6 find, deer to
shoot: ' From the appearance of the men, 'all.{
of whom, except one. officer,: (chief,). -looked I
thin, they werelhen supposed to begetting
short Of. provisions, and 'they
. purchased: al
small seal. from the - natives. '- I
,
.- At Oater date the same season, but pre= I
vious to the.disniptiowof the ice, the bodies '
of about thirty white persons' were discovered
oh the continent, and five on an island neii,
it, about a long dav's journey (Say 35.4).1.40
niiles).6 the northwest 'of a ; large stream,
which can be rio,Other than Back's :Great
Fish finer, (named - l by the
,Esquicerttirx: Oht,-;,'.
koo-hi-ca-lik4 as, its description; and . that; of
the low shore in the neighborhood -. of Poirit!
Ogle and Montreal Island, agree exactly With
that of Sir George Back. Some of the beAt
ies had been buried, (probably - those . Of the
first victims of famine) some. were in a teut
or tents, others 'under a •boat . .that had Wen*.
turned over to forth a Shelter ' and several lay
scattered 'about in different di rectiotie, - ' Of
those found onthe island one . Was suppoSed
to have been an officer, as he had a telescOpe
strapped ovor Izisislioulder, and his idtitible
i -
ba cited gun lay underneath him.
romp
ro the mutilated state of many of the -
co kses,land the contents Of the kettles, it is
l
evident that our miserable countrymen had
been - driven to the: last' resOurces--canthbal
ism—as a inethis . cif prolonging life. ' i
There appears tO have been an abundant
stock Of attimunitiOn; as the powder Was
tied in heap on the ground by the *dyes,:
out of the kegs or cases containing it,' and a"
quantity of ball and shot 'was found belnw' !
high
. water mark, having been.left on the ice
close :to the beach There must have bee' tt•it
number of watches, telescopes, eompasSes,;
,guns,
,(seyeial double barrelled,) .etc., ;tll of
which appear to have been broken up, an
,saW pieces of. the fiitrerent articles • with the
Esquimaux, and, together with .some silvers
spoons and forks;: . :; and -purehaSed many
as I ceuld .A list of the .most
portant- orthese lenclose, with a rough Pen
and-ink isketch of crests and initials On
the fo'rkS, and spoOns. The articles themselves
shall bed handed oVer to the Secretary of the
-Hon: 11 8..Cb.,.0n my arrival in London.; •
No ne o f the fi: , quintax :with whom tejon-i_
versed had seen the ~ wlitic , s," nor had they
ever been'at.the place wliere the dead Were;
Litt bad thpie'infottnatiiiii from those
typo had been theie, and those who had seen
-the party when aliVe.
•
From !the head Of Pelly Bay;—which is a',
bay, spite. of Sir IL Beatfort's opinion to :the %
contrary = ;-I crossed sixty mild : of land in :t
westerly • direction; traced the west shore froM
Castor and Pollux: fixer to, Cape Porter of
: Sir James Roles, and I could have got within
thirty or forty miles of Beloit Strait, blit
thotight : it usele- proceeding : further, as r
could not complete the whole.. • .
. Never in my former Arctic journeys had
met with such ail accumulation of 'obstaeiles.
Fogs, storms, rough ice and . deep snow ftve
had to figh.t,amainst.. :On one oceaSion twe
were four and half days unable to get'a'
glimpse of the sun; or even to make• out
position in 'the heavens:: This, on a level:
coast, where. the
,d.orp l iass was. of little or
use, was .perplexing in the extreme.
The weather was much finer on'our return'
jourfier.than when outward bound, and ur :
loads being lighter, our day's marches wwere]:
nearly double theldistance ; and we arrit'edi
at Repulse.Bay'ott the 26th May, withoutkie-;
cident, etpt in one instance, which one,
of the par y_lost a toe' from a frost bite."
The commencement of spring was very,
flue, but Lune and July were Colder. We
were unable to get out of the bay until the
.h
of August: - , .
6t
Our progress along the coast as far as Cape
Fullerton was much Impeded by . ice ; but on
getting to the southward of the cape vie 'bad
'clear ivater, and saw no ice afterwards.
The conduct of, the Men,l.l am happy, to'
say, was,: generally. spgaking, good. and we,
had not a single ease of sickness all the tine
of our absence. • . •
.
the
Anxious to send. this to Red rivet' by
the first. boats, 1 write .in haste and . : brie . tly,
but shalli have the pleasure of 'sending.a more
detailed ccount some future opportunity. - ;
Vith the utmost respect,
I have the hi)nor to be, f
Your :very . .Ob'dt ,
- ..1011N
,
LIST', EXCLOSRD IN D,R. RAE S LEfIER.
' J
Crests.
. • .. i
No. L—Bend or.(apparentiv) it Walrui or
;
' Sea-horse, moth - dragon's wing. I i
No. 2.--A Griffin, Iwiih wings and, forked .
.•••
tongue. and tail. • , •
No. 3.—A UritihN head with wings. ;..
No. 4.—A Do with an olive Waal , in
its bill; surrounded by a scroll, with;
the motto Spero nieliora.
No. 5.—A "Head, With (apparently)
coral branches on either side.
/diet of artieleslpurehased from the
= tuatcr,said,"? . d have been found to the West,
or rather to N 4 W.. of Bark's River, al the
place .where ,the party of men starved to
death in SprinY 1850.
1 silver table fork, Crest N?. 1,
, do. ao. do. ! " ",' 2 1
do. do. " "!
3.
11. do. d d esse o. Spero . Meliora, "
,
do. do. fork, . do. " 4 .
44 44. •
1 'do. table spoon, " "5,
1 do. tea do. . • " 5'
l in g
ap
lore
rhe
,ure
my
2th
; in
bat
1 do: table fOrk,;tvitb initials "11. D. S. G."
1 do. " " " "A. lich7
1 do. " 1." " " "J. F." , ;
,ey
of
or,
1. do. ", ;" " "J. F. i 3.7 or:
"J. S.'- 8.7 .;
1 small silfo(engraved,) "Sir Johrt
Franklin K.ie. 11 1 " • " • '
•
A. star with inottO, "Nee Aspera Terreut,n on
oue side, awl on the reverse, ." G.
MUCCCIVL"
• -
1,7 :12°
I
1
Also it' nutnei of other things of -miner im
,
Tenneco's they have no particular , marks
byy whickihey eould:ba recognised, but vhicle,
along with the above pained, shall be 'handed
'Over to ehe - Seeretary - Of: the lion. Mason's
Bay Conipany. .JoepF lisn C. F. - ;
Repulse Rny, l julv 4.854.
;
RalliwaylSketiebes.
Alk I
;1' 11
. ,
:• The:re - mere in con eyance across the Erie
Itailtnad-Some..valn . e, hor#es.. They - form-.
ed part of ti,tuirther jef a ,lOng:ntid ponder
ous cattle train WhichlWaS.bearing to market
—to that . - extrfordiriafY city market 'Which,
never seems to be , so' full as' •cliviii-,-a drote
of which,; before the liailway era, woukl'have
with slow delays, lecifi driven on foot ever.the
eng and'-weary wave—, pasttiting forthe niglit
wherever chance'„ saiel i t i er might` beTavailable,
and.subjeCted-' to all tie lbsses and:citsitalties
of a laborioas travel. They Were-nOw in corn- -
fortable ears,.resting Oen while they journey-.
ed, wOndering—if thdt emotion_is known be
yond the ; -;eirele of. man—that they .: were the
passive•iiistead,qf thilactive, in ttansperta- s
don... Not having cle . rlperCeption of the fu r.
titre, the i - brief and cl nelusive 'etilainitici . of
theinbetters were bid tfrem them. - ' •
It 'was:a: night of it 'cold, and howev
er luxurious to cattle;. 'whose experienee - of
floor and:roof is limited, to the attendants the'
crevices and openings Of the let i ii entire-.
.Iy niore of , the northwester `than was agreea
ble: The owner of tlii:e horses in the car near
the, tender, had an alartrnent rather better
guarded; and.' as he inideistOod all'''the-w4 s ' -
of his annuals, he Wiis not in the same fear
Which others less ex-perieficed would have of
being with theuf., Nori is it Without real.dan
ger to ride in a eallw4ll a horse.. The sudden
sunit Ma); .hteiek the hiiltersonid in the fright
a s ene.of plunging and tramping ensues, in
the:midst of which the presence of man' might
for . his own sake •Well be .. spated. : ne - who
rides With. his liorSe ; , :in the. ear. : must' have
courage and energy, that lie shall not be
appalled at a false 'iddrm, and that if he is in
danger, lie can innati i i and keep his perilous'
position unharmedll,. 11 '. . • : 1 • ..
The train was appriaching the long seven
miles down . grade whi ll eh occurs just before en
tering Deposit from 'the . Westward. At the
lait.station the Superintendent -had' deenied
it best to have two Very heavily burthened •
cars affixed.-to the: rear.of ithe train.! They
greatly auamentedd the - load, •and the engin
eer demurr'ed,- . but l ithe 'discipline wa's good
and the - order Sl'3'3 obeyed. ' ' -It gave , the .en
nine enough to do,'on the level grade; all
..?
it wanted 'on :.n aScent: what 'precisely it .
was to do, when ' the heavy grade was.to 'be
- rim down, was not,qUite cleat.. The', engin- -
eei had nerve, boWeskr, and while heidoubt
ed the safety, he ditli not' falter, The cars
coupled, the slight. blow was giveivi, to the
starting-bar, and the train - Was off. The en
gine gave forth itS eXhaust,(as the Word is
• quaintly - phrased of 'energies that know no
ciciTcnrrot;<:..) -..ll4.u4ikitzarcusti . - - AA , ki40,,, and, ever
the level the, wheels rolled sharp and har t ! in
, ,,
the bitter frost: . i - .1 -• : : . • •
i • i
1 .The - train • was due at Deposit'at such a
tinic - as - •would ciiue it to meet another ) which
by that time was tO be on the switch--•-await
ing the passage the western cattle . tiain.. =
1 In a few minutei,lini informant found.that
the down grade had; been reached. He had
'
with him several of - his friends, who - were in
the same tfutiiness, - ;rii,iwW, had left their
1 un
comfortablecars for i l tis pleasanter one: The
1 tremendous pressure Of the load, soon bore up
-1 on the : engine. -:.7l'he l stout, cattle, the heavy
1 and weighty ears, , './uid the; great. additional
burthen . which - ]liaillheen added at the last
station, crowded one to the nutchinertrom
Akhich the engineers Soon realizing the coii'di
-1 Lion of his train; lldiivithdrawn - the Steatn-:-*- -
so thatiit moved 14 1 . i 'Sowninomentum alone.
Anotherl
-
and more iti? ailing truth-80M man
;
I ifesteditselfthat viii h the inerease ,Of ears
additional: brakernah!had not been sent, find
that the brake force . , 'A-4iecoming powerless!
Powerless! it ioon!b came as a velvet touch
rather than a graSpl n the wheels: - The-ice
I on the 'rail rendered 1 - ,,' ven the force that Was
1
I applied - F useless, and. ii ach instant increasing,
that train first- rolledi!-;:ilien rushed, then tore
along—my . informant sav's that he knew of
no gradation of speetl. Front 'the moment
1 that the . down grad lwai• reached it seemed
1 to !him ind his corn' nions--sliut up as they
, 1
were in that close ,1 partment with animals
I whose strength won! i at thnfirst terror arouse
II
to. destruction—to ', rd the sensation' was as
if the train fell! - t,1.1 'had that peetiliar.nio-.
lion, not, ntiou Or regular,-as eontiS ; in there-
I• ,
f. pia roll of the wheeh, but as' if aIL else but
1, the train were asav and it was going at the
1 speed ortritte, litass r l falling, and the-aecliv.:
itv of descent increisrug each'secondarid all .
1. tliis learftil-time tlitit 1 rain at Deposit Was to,
l• be met! I They knr it was to be met. Err
-1 gineer, and fireman and brakemen, and con
; ductor, and the hard . drovers that were .the
1 passengers knew ica id in their terrific, speed
I they feared less, - .if it light be, for: themselves
1 than 'finLtheirdooni d train through which,
I and oviii , which, a ',id dead and mangled
i men, *1 crushed - fra ' men's, 'never. stopping,
1 for Shriek or sorroWirtheir train wotild, go.—
1 The milei% - thev.. we e passed over no- man
! thinking of theirepstenc . e. The : train, tore
onwards'. 'The' mess' upon it :intensely. con
.snious; and even the elude appalled by ~a new
_sensation.. The engbieer sr . :l.W • obi his - idat- .
form,.knowing that Ile wildest ind[most ap,.
palling danger was . out him, in shape.. and •
i form irresistableif ~ le. thread, of safety snap
ped. The speed- M. i le - a leaplor, life . but a.
more rapid rush foe eath. lie•Couldnet,re-,
i
i treat. The wheels,! 'eflised the least adher-'
ence to the . brake. IT c lotiderouS.train dreve
1 itself 'Madly along,l itd in an:instant more -
Deposit was to be.. 'clic& -.-- •
.-,-.. . ~---!.
I ; • Perhaps every : i .
.'s - experiericeysliciws; it,
1 is most probable, fl avow the, train:gm:Ong
I westward, . there were those
. p,royoked - at.the
delay whichprevetiOd*them - from'reiching
Deposit. - - It was, time= said, too had to he
hind! Time,-(as if Titnewais . , net - often 'Our
shield from sorrows) The train Ought kilxi.
at its - , card, place. - - ; :dindeed, : •lf kkig were. ;the
. inaf i ligt's (A ,t.be:ma4 'tine. trains-never ,
Ibe oatef the Minut l eak Eiery Car usuidly.has,
on it! seine of -these; safe ' refordieri.„!•lih - O - ac
I:cOmPligh ill imptiair !Antra, - it being \ ser safe .
1 and. leasy - to theOrii; I ,It did Ara army:- the
gruablers ,were Titian - the.r9e 4 ts, - ,-Wel . .. Wee
it for them that thel . t*.ailed; tar yrbea.the . 4-
s'epudic4 train read .
. I:kposit„ - it no t
rifo :.
th t ed
I:stayed onstO.Pped .
i ! . 'Ore 'ern . erg& waters d. '.
in their fall-at 'Wilt . rrt. - ; :It.4ould hare 4ul;
verized another ha 1 it imeountered.eollition;
iOnit ! weet7--the.e 'neer : : feeling_, u if-Alli.
'• heart tiiiiyht, throb, OCO More,„ when , ht saw
- li . - • • . , .
that the train that he
expeoted.o p. ertial
was
out of his•wa.and unharmed..;. i
Thelevel y ched--thetiwfai id.*A
ene ,:and though, it was . _ rot,
s on
~ „under
controrantil, it had run iniles .Acypn4.:iilip
place of, stopping—yet, the journey-the
iiight4the seven-mile leap ,patl,b4n;acels*r."
pbsbed safely:.
(,' " . . . ,: .. ,
he.' cowman - :being witk..the enginu
again -= the , trairti i • Was backed,tip,
, : and when
they whd were ] late. 'arrived; theykaa' the
blessed ci)portunity oftheOrising:Sbotit:iihit
l c
Might have haP ned—=their sage coilel,t4a
ions occurring 1 parenthesis `of -t Je cpurtr
`of a nice _ audhe supper - -keenly enjoyed, in
that bleak and . eold mght,:insiesd Of .1404.-
glinifor . delivery from the taleck of life, - And
limb, and ' prepefty. long
,Wis, 'ihat fearful
ride - remembered Even now in'the : memoiy
'of-tny narrator, he can recall that : , fcarttil l fall
down the Inountain.=EX.,lr: Post. . -
",.
Civil Wa
k .. rin *arming. - -"'•
,t.
I : A. Correspondent of the Mil watakie -S'esiiii
ek writing Trom tawrenee,'lSturstut Teriifpri,
finder date of Oc t . 4, - Sr!ys :
, -- ,L- . ,
- "'Disputes and collistoni with OUT Missou
ri neighbors—squatters from lifisionri-t‘ ?die
ery-ansTas some of their neighlUirs call theta
--are becomingf -daily, More frequent,. and
open rupture more probable'. Within ` a' few
days they have tiken do - wn and remo ved
. the'
tents of ou,r squa ters, and "burned th e "cabins -
- While the owners were absent at - ieork - . ;' ' .
,i" Yesterday a party' of eight or nine of
liege miscreant; tinder the command of one'
1 Itobinson, (wN) • as nothiniself presentlioW- - ;
but was ex ted in. the:
eVer-'eiernag,) pre-
eee,
sented themselv at a store just opened about -
two miles from our camp,- anillept by it IWitf-:
sourian, a southern Man with northem prin
.cipleS, a Methodist minister,, - of, 'the northern
branch of that church, and apparently a Ce- -
. ry fine, though nett a nremSerof oar associa
tion, and'in a - blutsterilig, threatening manner
informed hirn thnt- they slionle last' night
tear down his sto r re and destrpfhis goods.— -
Our party to the 'number of:twenty or thirty
---all that were In the vicinity of- camp- . -as-,
sembled on , thetround, armed:to 'the teeth
with rifles; revolv rs - arid foNVIAIg pleCe.s,--and
had.the enemy returned and• Made an attack ,
there - would hoe been-bloodY • worki ',Tiny
are ir, consultatiqn this aftertiCKM, and , what
the-result will be I am unable to say: • :WeE .
shall seta strong[ guard-'to-night on
,the'diti:
, pitted . claim, - - also around our - eamp,r asthey:%
i 1 will fire it, doubt npt, in a moment if the:.
- -.r.z.
, .
can.. . . ..
"These detailsi will show you some of 'the,
phases of our pioneer-life. ",We"ate, not idle,
or 'without- stirring incidents and occasions
for "excitement. As I- close,this letter for the
person whO '.rill L take ititto Kamm* ,Mo."; - to .
mail it, it is reported the eneiny in in. our vi
cinity, and ournien are hurrying out to pro
tect our rights. Two sets of guards for'4if-.
ferent loclities are detailed. for thenight,"--;"-
A. lawyer is drafting an instnnnent'.fo'rthis
formation of a coMpany or inittute men, Which •
will be •- oiginizea to-night- Everything 1k:-
tokens war. God'-grant -that -- - i - t) inay. 7 ,ni)t•
come, hut the pessions of 4(gTerlite men - are
the most unreasonahle things in the- world.
• . i
They say, "No Yankee but' Olney-was ever,
known to fire." . l 's --They 'sadly forget. history, :
_but will certaitily fipd their error correctedif
they commit any more. aggrisssions: • I think
they" will enn - sider discretkin - the better pait
,of valor and not i le,orninit any mote' *grist
sive acts.We s ail ' see. .Yours;:dtei"-
... . • •
. 7 ;
P. S.—The i tlita.nt comnsny. has-been
4
formed and called the ' Regulating Band; to
be armed with alrifllff, revolter and bowie
knifer About thirty joined of those prment.
By , a gentleinan hetts'Yelterday from Fort
Lenvenw(ittli, we learn that kgrand attack
was to be made upon us: yesterday hy • the
Missourians, with the intention of extennina
titig ifs, and they were very, tinxious to - hetir
the result. • 1 -- • : '.-
No appearanie of the . enemy lit ~8 P. M.
Herrero of the Chinese War.:
A. A friend has kindly fUrnishot us ' with in
extract I from a Private - letter just '-'=received
from Dr. Parker, [ the'lifikfionary Surgeon ` : of
Canton,' which will.be read with intetest.+-
The letter is difisr Canton, July 18, 185,,
and reads as follows I•' ,_ '- - ---.. ~ l,
"China is
_at present the theatrp:ot' Oril
war and revolution,! and- withini, the last fort
night all their horrors have be - en exhibited
very near to us. i i i On -the Canton,-embracing .
nearly a million of people, fell lige the power
of,the insurgents,lfind the iniperialists - hate
endeavored - . in v ein to.'recapture ' it. The
smoke by day , and fi re-by night, of - burning
villages, have been visible".frotikmy - teiracie.
Oh the l3th instithe first blood was shed' on
the north of this city, - a few miles distant, ! lit'
we except that spilt by the sword of the exe-; ! !
cutioner, the number of decapitation -daily
averaging 50 or 60, and for the, /flatten years :
150,0001 - Today there has been 'a second
battle in this viciniiv-68 insurgents take 9
Prisoners, andLlo9 slain:: ~ ' :, • I
" 4 Day - before ye sterday thelnsurgentriwero
victorious and 300 imperialists were killed:
It is said some of the captives to-day were;
brought_in on po es, their hands Ind filet' l
ing tied -like pigs ; others .were. brought ii on
the points of xharp bamboos • some liavetheir
ears cut off; [ others • are -h am-strung. 1 :The
panic in the city, ! l es the gateswere closed dii
ring these skl, rinishes; and the 'flight orlici.
men and , children, it is difficult to-potty
and from- lionrie hour we !know not what,
may becoMe.the+ondifiori of foreigners. But
Most, fortutialely# Present there Is trimiial
q 3
force—ritish - mid lifilericati==able'io4•o l .-
teet "ug against sty, mob: - ;Alai; foi china.*
It would seem ' 'the .detlarlitlenrihif the na-'
fivi- that wilt netiersii GO' slialthe-deitOY
ed; is abdut to 'be folfilled! . l - Our imilinoriso
lation 'is,. the Lord relitiietterf:froas D r.
Parker.tollte Boston Tivii'c:lJer.- ,I- •
-
jearlir Jones, have yougot atuatehTfL . -
"Yes sir=st match for the devil.--;thetesh# is
mixing yip dough." - - Jones - ix:elated to his wrife
and then put for the frouryard.. Thitlinfte
'JAW of him he was , putting ; down 'the
closely puriued l»• a red ,headed lady :and
cistern pole., *. '
W* " I aliCariadt 9 gaktaAdy Co her has :
,baatt that I am' al ping to lutve a stiff wk."
"Not at all imipraba6le , mp.dea't," *Plied
her spoon, " I velem. strong, symptoms of
it ever 'Alma •we _ ere ,rnyried.".l,- •
/tar in. out Is ar Wag late it-o41#01i;-o
-.*.11ouse a s 40 COugreePiti9U-WP*lii
kvPM"; " 11 4 r she:: c9looing,
jat 0,. my 00cy , 00!" „:,„
44 • , r
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