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He came from out the darkness - • Ofa world without a star, Where the_ seething hosts of Error -Made on truth eternal war , — With the best blood of all nations Intermingling in his veins, And a proud and lusty manhood, Which but one Wrong darkly stains Yet his heart is 'brit a rabbit's, And he starts at every sound, ' As if he were weak and friendless, And each zephyr were a hound. With tba strength of the old Titans . Now ennerving every . limb.-- With a voice that for all ages Might sing Freedom's deathless hymn With a knowledge that embraces, All the lore of all the Past— Wittis skill and with a science As unslumbering as vast--- You behold him with the pallor Of a woman on his cheek ; And you see him arm in secret' For the vengeance he would wreak! ' s- 111 By.the world-renowned asylum - Of the weary and oppressed Where the scattered hosts of Europe , After toil had sought their rest, He now beckons 'on his cohorts, Who the mystic sign obey ; But they bear no blazoned banner To the open eye of Day Yet—yet they guard the old portals, Which our fathers oped betime To the blood of every nation And the 'creed of every .clime' Iv They ! who Soma as , comes the robber In the darkness' of the night; They! who give not e'en the warning Of the serpent ere he strike; -r-- , ,They! who travel like the poison Of the pestilence that kills Bat who light no beacon fires - On the ramparts of the hills.. They! the guardians of that'Freedom Which for ALL. our fathers won ! So the Condor guards the Andes, ' So the Vulture guards the sun, Ah,',no! no!—whAwould be warders Of the Freedo we possess, Let them make its blessings greater, Not dedare its franchiser less— Let them come with hearts transparent,. And hands open as the day. . .And then none will from their teachings Turn in stubbornness away.• Throw your pass-words to the breezes ! Let your.lips be free again ! Who would win the name of patriots . - Must first of all - be MEN. isttliantou.s. Clergyman Engaged to' be Mar- tied to Eleicti Laides. We beard yesterday of a series of cillanies ;perpetrated recently by awolf in sheep,s cloth ing, of a character to biiug the reverend im- Toster, to the penitentiary. His name is John Howard Wilson, and he has ber4reach ing for some time 'past at CEtevo --- Being •endowed with a soft, oily tongue, and asleek appearance, he tried his killing 'acgomplish _meats indiscriminately itmong the unmarried Inell s s of that suburban village with \ such suc .cess that he engaged himself to be , •to no less.thau eleven, -Tsotne of *II om he ;borrwed money from upon pretense, ef house keeping. Of one young lady hel'#)tai fled. #5O, which he laid between the lees of a bible in her pnrlor;to housed the day4revions to the wedding; but when upon hearing of the pranks of the sanctimnious • Lotliario, she lookedin the hiding place,the bank-bills were non es t. • Thirminer Which led to the discovery of his multifarious engagement was, that a couple of the betothed met, by accident, in a'fasion able dry-goods establishment in the city. After mutual recognition they proceded to examine various fabric's' an& make purchaies. Singularly enough their tastes assimilated so exactly that young lady No 1 remarked to young lady No 2 that she thought it was wery strange... Hereupon young lady No 2 replied that so it was but if she (young lady No 1) could keep a secret,she would telLher one. - . • Number ona promised (what femenine would not ;) that hei%lips should be eternally sealed, when blushing a peony, her companion whispered' in her ear That she wasgoitig to be Marne& To wbmprexclubned the excited number one . Another promise of seeresy and the name IA the Reir. John Howard Wilson was softly .breathed. "Whor exclaimed number one, while her earnest gap betokened her astonishment. • The name was again repeated, and forth with young number one become suddenly diziy, and but for the application of sal vola tile and-cold water, fainting exhibitionin the mercer establishment would have ensued.— After a While. when sufficiently calm to ex plain, she informed young lady number two that she too, was under an - engagement of Inamage to the reverend deceiver, and she' was themikaking purchases of her wedding garments. Another kettle of fish was the consequence of this discloinare, for young la dy number two immediately went'through the same motions as her predecessor, and again the pungent mixture and cold water were in 'requisition. The disconsolate damsels return-, !ecl, without their purchases, to the quiet vil lage, where they speedily proclaimed the vii liany of the rascally pastor, - who, getting ?wind that all was discovered, made tracks be tween two days during the past week-. Since his exit, it has been divovered that 'he some time ago forged a draft' on Mr. BM- Int, of the Methodist Book Concern, which *was honored. No tidings have been heard of him since his absquatulation, but We presume he. will turn, up under another name, when canAiscover -a convenient field to reap a 'harvest by playing upon the credulity- of the susceptible femmines who have a penchant coy love and sanctity. `+ - • sir. Pray, sir," mid a judge, angrily ; to lit:dant old Quaker,.from whom no direct an swer could be obtained," do you know what we sit bore fort""Yes, verily, !do" said the Quaker," three of you for four (Ideals each a day, and the fat one in the middle for four thousand a year." gummunicationis. lied Lopez's Journal No. 'id. view of Chicago and Lake Michigan from Me loftij dome of the Tremont House, ! —A night ante upol . the broad Praire— ] Greed' Speech of Stiriutor Douglas upon the' :Nebraska Bill, at Woodstock, 111.- 1 L Prank on fire—Steamboat ride down• the I Afinissippi, with a view of its splendid scenery—Carthage jail, where occurred the Tragical death of .Toe Smith, the cele- braced At3rnion Prophkt. . . I. Chicago the great Commercial Emporium of the West, is nobly situated upon the vast Prairie. shores.of Lae Michigan. .Its Its name stands proudly inscribed upon the brightest page of progression's glorious history. With in the past six ,years her population has doubled—comprising at the present time over 80,000 inhithitants. I Enter her busy streets, dear reader, and there behold the continual hum mid thunder of business that surrounds you,—You then , gaze with wonder upon the throbbing, beating• heart of a great metropolis, its everi - vein and artery is there spread out. before you in one moving, sub lime panorama. The hoarse cry of the etUc. tioneer, and the ringing sound of the anvil, blended with the loud sonorous whistle of the majestic': steamer 4 am] giant locomotive, alike resound in her midst, proclaiming in thun dertone4 the onward march progression's mighty tide; I,The next morning after our ar rival, accompanied by a friend, we set out on a stroll down Lake st., the great thorough fare of the City. Here could be seen beauty and fashion, as it rolled along in elegant and , costly' equipage, amid the golden beams of. the morning's: sun. Splendid palaces of wealth adornei the street with the richest order of archintetural beauty; passing down Lake skive entered Water st., where are loca ted, large and !elegant lolesaie establish ments, devoted to the exclusive sale of cloth ing . and furnishing goods. Among those en gaged l'extensively in this department is the well known, gentlemanly and enterprising -1 term ofdewet, Gates 4.. k Johnson 101 at South Water st. Becoming tired of rambling my friend .proposed'; that we should Wend our way to the Tretnont House and there from its lOfty dome, !near 150 feet in height, we could obtain a beautiful view of the 'city and Bike; Acceding_to Lis fequest we were soon it the place, and making known our wishes i the Porteous' to proprietor, we I teceived per mission, and after a toilsome ,scent, up an elega.lt spiral stair way, Cicago, and Lake Michigan, lay atl,onr feet in queenly loveli ness, while far away is Ithe eye could reach stretched the dark blue waters of the. Lake, covered; with almighty fleet of ships and steamer proudly gliding towards their des tined haven. To nr it was a sublime and thrilling scene. i Beneath was a' mighty city teeming with ajbusy population, six noble railroads centre Within her midst and con veying to ber that vital energy that is to nourish her on tO giant manhood. And -as I gazed npon her -gilded spires 1 and domes,' and the moving thousands that thronged her streets, tpuige thoughts like shadows: flitted over my!mind—all around me was a scene of 'gayety andbustle and confu-: fion--serrow and grief were hushed amid, the excitement of the day, butsoon the sable curtain of night was to draw her . dark; veil over the humble cot of the artisan and the princely palace of the mechant: How - different ( the :scene. Stree dimly. i lighted by a IoW and flickering glare, from a now and then sol i tary lamp. - Swearing and cursing—horrid blasphemous oaths send forth their fearfdl echoes, upon the still .night air from the ganthling hells around. Lice& tiousness has re i., monstrous . bead, and somped its da t ing stain upon the very Id •/ tAreshhold of CiltristianitY, and would you belieVe it, kind reader, innocence and beauty wither, droop and die, poisoned by the nox ions vapor, of this great ;pestilence. Aye, more, the lovely maiden in the bloom of youth isloffered a sacrifice - upon its blackened altar ---4 victim to the foul polluted touch of the libertine, and mock philanthropist. After gazing upon ,the noble spectacle until we were atnply gratified we took our departure for the Chicago and Gelensa• train, about on the eve of starting, and soon we left this great Babel of the West, borne by the giant arm of steam, rapidly ,toward our destination. Babcock's! Grove was now announced by the 'conductor, and hastily alighting ' we were Iconveyed by carriage 'to Downer Grove, a : pretty little country' village where I sojourn ed near five weeks, roaming many dayi over the boundless prairie around, and where I would ask can there be found anything more beautiful, now thrilling and now ennobling to the quadthan to stand alone. on some glorious moonlit eve . upon, the vast ocean like' pairie. A solemn stillness iurnsupds you, interrupted pow , and then by the mnsi• cal sound of the tinkling cow-bell, orlthe looing 'of 'some airily one from the distant bent, The eye i rests . upon the t boodless plain, and i scans its glowing benq with r apturous delight, thence to.tbe broad tarry heavens, illumed by the moon, fair queen of night, showerini her -thousands of gorgeous rays upon the scene and lighting the . whole blue expanse above with a sea of , glory. No wonder' that *nun is, filled with the deepest interest as the glories of the Lord of Nature are spread out before hint. 'The immortal soul itself,slowe with a new life.; it expands, 11; SOURRA.-DEVi TED TO POLITICS, NEWS, .LITEBATURE,' -AGRICIfLTURE,- SCIENCEj MID l4£O11: Y, EMI it elevates reaiihing far u ward; inspired by a supernatural strength, l . it throws off its earthly nature,iand towers towards that mor; al summit, glittering far above the heaven of heavens—then,:does it truly admire, and wor ship that Infinite Being 'w hose finger alone controls and di;rects.the g eat lawsof Nature, in all their ceaseless orderlof beauty, harmony. and sublimity. For nature is a book of livitnilight Whoie every page doth gloW with livid fire That reveals to ?man his destiny pure and bright And bids the immortal imul; to heaven aspire. • Aftetenjoyiag with the purest delight for , several weeks th'e loved scenes of prairielife, I took • the train at Babcock's Grove, one Saturday; for Woodstock, the county seat of McHenry county_ 111. Our route lay ' over beautiful rollink prairies, !and through new and thriving villages, 'and the growing city , of Elyin, finely situated On the bank of the Fox river; arrived at Woodstock at 9 in the evening, stopped at the Kent house where I , tounk I. N, Lyn and brether, well known to the noble student band of ilarford Universitv. The town itself was in a slate of the greatest fever, for 'on Wednesday, Senator Douglass,' or as he is more familiarly styled little. Doug, was expected te expatiate Upun the beauties of his far famed Nebraska bil?.. Having ri great desire to hear ithis distinguished statesman, so renowned throughout every part of the Union for i eloquence' and ability as a j speaker, I cencluded to remain until 'the great drama was over.lThe day so long and anxiously Wished for, at last rolled round on the wheels ilf time.. Note cloud obscured the blue azurecEvault of heaven or dimmed the proud lustre off the king of day—all was se renely fair, bight and beautiful. Two o'clock, P. M., the time appointed Ito; his taking the stand was at hand, and no speaker niade his appearance. The dense thiong that lined the public square became i-estless and impa tient. Two hciars more reis.sed by, when the startling roar of a piece of ordinance stationed on the 'plain without, sent '[tortli its booming thubder, annoUncing that! the Little Giant had at last arrived. Socia after the noble cortege appeared in sight, preceded by the Woodstock House band, whose silvery strains floated sweetly upon. the balmy breeze. As they entered the square, three loud and thus- de ring cheers - broke forth from the vast con couve, proclaiining a joycius welcometo o the great:champion of Nebraskaistn. Ten min ,' tads more andthe orator who lind so often • enchained by his potent eloquence, the Sen ate. of the .United States,!and received from beauty and fashion that throng her galleries, the most adiniiing Plaudits , , now stood proud ly defiant befdre the ultitude, the greater nit portion of whom firm y believed that they had been deeply injured and insulted by his repeal of the Missouri Compromise. , In per son he is about 5 feet in height, very corpu lent, with a finely fordied intelectual head, set off to advantage with dark hair and eyes of a piercing lilackness. The speaker com menced by alltiding to his. course in Con gress—his 'reasons for briirging forward the Nebraska bill.: He then - opened his thunders in a spirit_ of fiery denunciation upon know- Nothings—relliting his reception on his re turn • to Chicako, pronomicing at the close Fle most lofty and thrilling panegyrics upon .afayette,,Barc'in de Kalb, Count Pulaski, and his "intimate friend, General Shields of Illinois, and ending by! returning to the vast assem blage in the m ost eloquent manner his heart felt gratithde for -the courtesy and kindness that they had ',shown hitn on such an occa sion. The speech of ' the noble Seriator was listened to thrdughout with the deepest lute . rest, occasionally interrupted by hisses and 'groans,:but they were soon drowned amid the enthusiasm that followed, truly it was a mas terly effort and well wort hy L of his distin guished 'fame as a, speaker, although, as I before stated, the greater portion of his audi tory-. were opposed to himlin sentiment still they were determined to give him a fair hearing, and remained quiet 'listeners to his remarks until the close. At the State elec tion McHenry;, country gave a large anti- Nebraska .. majerity. After . a week's-sojourn. I retu rn ed to Downer grov e, my lovely prai rie home. We now-formed a plan of visit ing the' great father .of waters: With - this object in view; I bade adieu to .. my friends and relatives, and left for Aurora, where I took the 0 o'clock, P. M. train' going West. Nothing worth of note occurred to attract the attention Mail within a few miles of 1 1 Mendotee, when the annoubcement was made, that the prairie ahead snut on fire, immediate ly every person was on the alert, and gazing upon the nobl e i spectacle. Soon we were within its midst, comprising on each side of us a long range of livid fire, rolling and tos sing about, like' the angry billows of the ocean, forming,! on the whole, one of the most thrilling scenes of the highest order of grandeur and Sublimity. Arrived at Laselle at 11 in" tlr t ring, here We were detained 3 hours, and en . took the 3 o'clock train for Rock Island. ptselle is finely situated upon the banks of the Illinois river—navigable for steam to this place. Ittl - huilding are . tasty and, elegant. MAny of- them are equal in point Of richneis to the architecture of some of our eastern. chits. The present population of the place is aisout, 10,000, and rapidly in creasing. The'; stin arose the next morning . bright andheabtiful aid fAtod us within 40 miles of our deetination-4all around us was on vast oceantof pmirie,Veiled from sight by the blue azurel vault abor. Paused in our routethe limit. hing town Erviine and at 8 A. M. we were!enteting the elegant streets of Rockgsland, While at onr feet 14/Mississip- Otrost, Snsqutainia it °luta, Itenn'a, TAlnisZrati Binning, Rag 4, 1875._ pi's rolling flood. Stepping from the cars I registered my name at the Island City'Uouse, and then sallied forth to get a view of its world renowned Raters. Steamers - and other crafts were gliding in_ beauty over its placid waves. On the lowa aide stands the beauti ful city of Davenport, the great rival of Rock Island in trade and coihmerial -enterprise; both towns'at present costa' a population of eye j over 8,000 each, and bid fair atno'distant day to be4ome wealthy and flourishing cities. Toole passage the next morning' on board the Splendid steam packet J. McKee, for Dallas City, distant . about one hundred miles down; the river. The day was well adapted for such an excursion, not a single cloud obscured. the broad blue azure sky above. - After the morning refreshments -were over, i company with a friend, we took- •a station upon the uper deck ,of the steamer, from which we had a splendid view of the Mi:ssissipprsloroad bosom,.and its gorgeous scenery. Often when a school-boy I ardent ly. wished to gaze upon its grandeur and beauty. That wish was now to be gratified. l's I wasi now realizing-that ardent boyish hope. liot ;alas for poor dumb language, it is mute and motionless in expressing the great • emotions of the soul that rise - and swell like the tumultuous, heaving of the billoWy ocean towering in the most majestic sublimity, then calmly- sinking to rest as the lovely infant that reposes in innocence and beautyl upon the snowy bosom of its mother. The City of Muscatine now , met.our view as our noble craft rapidly neared the anchorage. It is beautifully situated upon a high and noble bluff, giving it a truly fine and commanding appearance—landed our passengers, and proceeded gallantly-on our I way. The: river is filled with numerous 'small islands, some of them containing near two hundred acres, covered with a flue growth of lofty cotton Vora): sycamore,. locust, anti black walnut, spreading their dark foliage in rich profusion over the silent waters beneath. There beingia low stage of navigation, boats were obliged ,to, keep the river channel to avoid runing aground upon the numerous sand-bars that now and then made their ap pearance. The Illinois side of the Mississip pi is richly timbered with oak and black walnut, while upon the lowa;side you behold the most beautiful prairie in the world, par tially veiled;from sight,, many a mile from shore, by a long range r)f . lofty bluffs, giving it an air of romantic beauty. At .about 3 P. M, while ithe, passengers were seated at the slipper tabl,.there was suddenly felt a heavy concussion, 'which too plainly announced that we had run aground.. Every effort was now made to get her off, but all in vain.— There we Were, puffing and blowing in the middle of this great wilderness of waters.— Night now! drew her dark. shroud-over the scene We'passed away the time as.agrees bly as possible. The ladies and gentlemen's State rooms, were'thrown open for a waltz, and to the Isoft silvery stOtins of the guitar, and sweet violin, away dratted the gay waltz ers upon the "light fantastic toe," while at the farther enct , were a set of worthies amus ing themselves with "high, 16w, jack, and game." Atl about 11 o'clock, P. M., by the aid of another steamer, we were again afloat ; and ten the nest morning landed at Dallas, highly plea.ell with my first ride upon the renowned Mississippi. Great father of waters, thv grandeur I love, As onward thou roll's' to the Sfexie's bluesoa, The glories of heaven beam from above ' • And shed their bright lustre indbeauty on thee. Yes, thou art' majestic in grandeur, sublimity, and : pride, Thy banksLare adorned with beautiful citica of Splenditiateamers cloth float o'er thy dark: rolling Richly laden with fabrics for the great southern mart. - • Dallas city is a new town laid out some three years ago into wide an -t asty streets and by its noble and elevated situation, being Some fifteen feet above high water mark, must make in time, a large and flourishing city.= Buildings are now going up rapidly. A rail road is now grading direct from Chicago, thus having the advantage of Railroad and water navigation. I Soon after my arrival at my, uncle's, in Pallas, in company with 'a friend, I made i a vitiit to the county seat of liancock county) , NOthing :is to be seen there to ex cite ail interest eicept its beauti(ul court house, land ;stone jail, where, occurred the tragical death of the great Mormon prophet. The circumstances that led.to this are briefly these: Soon after the Mormons were driven from the State of Missouri, they located them selves in great numbers at Nauvoo. - Here they reared is large and magnificent tenipte. Emboldened by their increasing strength, they boldly laid claim to; the land around them, under a pretence that-their God had ordain ed that the earth wsufthus to be shared equal ly among 411 men. Loge herds of cattle were drivenl secretly into their stionghold, and their ovrners:could get _no restitution in return. Gil:ming atilb bolder they cooly' shot dowir those who were opposed to their church. Such proceedings exasperated the citizens of Hancock and the adjacent-coun ties. An armed force was sent against them, and after several skirmishes, resulted in driv ing them crops Nairoo. Joe Smith and Hiram, his brother, irere made prisoners and closely confined in !Carthage jail.. But the people were so enraged against them that they were determined ;on having a deadly vengeance. Acooklingly one evening's large and despe rate mob broke into the jail. The prophet and hie brOther alarmed for their lives, at. • tempted to sive th e mselves in flight, by jump . ing.from the jail - window; but in doing so they were met by a shower of bullets that (aid them both cold and lifeless in the arms of. death, amid the horrid oaths and shouts of his demon foes. It is said that the Mormon leader sbot several of his enemies before he died, by a concealed revolter, that he bad about his'person : how true this may be lam unable to say. Thus ended' the ca reer of Joe Smith, the celebrated Mormon : patriarch, the acknowledged head of one of the most bigoted and, deluded sects that ever reared their tabernacles among th 4 habita tions of men. Moue anon. Notable Duels. Mr. Sabine's.worl on duels and dUelling is ,a very interesting volume, and worthy of an extended and 'carefully prepared review in some of our quarterlies:, - The folly' jof thus sacrificing life is fully exemplified, while •it is curious to note what trivial causes have induced men to 'settle their difficultieis in the field. • Mons. Isadore and Moris.Alpltimse had a meeting in France in 1854. They were both in love' with. - a married lady. I Invited to her- bouse with a large company, they were thrown by accident into immediate Icontact, in' the circle which surrounded the object of their devotion, appeared - to favor Alpbonse,— Isadore became irritated, and selected n. card. from a vase 'on a table, and, with evident. of commenced crushing it in his handq. Alphonse saw that the card was . his Own,- and readily understOod the act. Directly.the eyes Of the rivals met, when-Isadore threw, the card into the fire. Alphonse approached and whis pered, "I fear, monsieur, you did not read my address on my card—here's another; at what time to-morrow Shall I have the honor of see , ing two of your friends with two of minee' !t Ten o'clock"' vas the response. • They- met the. next day in the fosse of the fortification near Vincennes, With swohls. • Isadore - was Wounded in the shoulder. . Lamartine while Secretary tO:the Frendh Legation at Florence, in a poem - written ia imitation of Byron's- " Child Harold," indulg ed, in dopclusion, in an eloquent tirade - upon the degradation of Italy. Colonel! Pepe, a Neapolitan offiCer, took offence, and in the name of his country "demanded sattifaction." Thd poet and the soldier met.. The former was dangerously wounded; before his recov erY: was.coniplete, he generously interceded With the Grand Duke in behalf of, his adver sary. A very singular duel took place,lin -Eng land-in 1803,,b4.tween Colonel Moititgomery and Captain Macnamara. The- former was Colonel of the ninth regiment, BritiSh army; the latter- a captain in the British navy. This volume contains nO case which btlter illus trates the sin and folly of s duelling.The two gentlemen- were riding in Hyde Park, ac companied-by their dogs. The apiMals quar relled ; and the testimony before the coroner's inquest was, that the Colonel was requested by the Captain to call his dog off.. which he declined to do, and that the following con versationensued : Montgomery : "If your dog litirts mine, I'll knock Lim down." • Macnamara: " Sir, if you, knock +rny. dog down you must kr.ock.me down ." . e also Montgomery : " Why did you i.not dis mount and take your dog away Maenamani : "I am an officer in his Maj esty's navy, and unaccustomed to shell arm, gant ;language." . Montgomery: "Sir, if you: conceive your self injured, . you know where I live; you ought to take care of your dog." !! Macnamara ." I shall do that! without , your pemibision." • Colonel Montgomery; as he uttered, the last words,' gave Maienamam- his card of! address. Arringements•for a' duel to adjustj the dis pute, were immediate. ' They met in two hours, and lxith rodel&the ground! selected with great speed, each .striving to ariive there first. They fought with pistols, fat twelve pa ces, . Captain Barry, Of the navy, !acted as the'friend of Macnamara; Sir William Kier, as the second of Montgomery. It was agreed thiit, the principals should fire together. They did so, and both Were wounded. Montgom ery fell without 'uttering a word:" rolled over two or three times, and groaned ; was carried to a neighboring house, and expired! in a few minutes. . , Montgomery bad served in Holland, Egypt and Malta, with distinguished reputation ; he, was thought to be one of the handsomest men in the kingdom; and was a great fa vorite with the Prince of \Vales, (George 1V.,) and the Duke oftork. He was but, twenty years of age. . . Macnamara, diitinguislied, had, fought several naval battles ; was alto young and about to be married to a young lady with a fortune of ten Thousand pounds. As soon as his wound would admit, he Was tried at the Old Bailey for manslaughter,f and ac quitted. A duel was fought in New York in 1804, between Capt. Thompson, Harbor Master of New York, and William Coleman, 'editor. of the - Evening Post. It was fought in Univer sitv Place. Thcimpon was a Democrat; Coleman a leader of the Federal,paity. After the bloodless termination of the 'difficulty be tween the latter and the editor of 6-6 Ameri on Citizen newspaper, said, among other things, that "Colema4would not fight; that. if Slapped on one side} of the fate, he would turn 'the other," arc. A challenge from Cole man followed. The parties met at 'night, in winter, and fought is cold and snow ; and, before - the combat was closed, were icompell ed: to shorten the distance, in Order to see one ariother. 4 - The number of shots exchanged is uncer tain. At last, Thomµson was, heard to Cry, "I've got it!" arid 'fell, mortally wounded.-- The seconds, and the other principals, imme diately retired. The surgeon approached, made a hasty examiration ,of Thompson's in jury, pronounced it fatal, and exacted a prom he, that,the names of the parties engaged in the affair should not be divulged by the dy ing min, who was then conveyed to his lodg ings. Thimiipson• kept his word ;; said be came to his own ecd, " fairly ; " and years elapsed before the particulars obtained gener al publicity. Alluding to the trivial cif:Uses of duels, Mr. Sabine - says: A French knight cried aloud that his mistress was more beautiful than any English woman, and was slain by an Eng= lisbnaan for. the speech—two French noblei could not agrees/blither a certain 'letter o , 'some embroidery was an X, or a Y, and \ . so got up a duel of six against six to determine their difference—one marquis owed another marquis the sum of fifteen shillings, and set tled the score with the sword—a royal duke, curious to see the fe' tures of a lady at a masked ball ; lifted th disguise from the fah e l l one's face, and aton • for' the ad' by a com bat with another To al duke—two men' of fashion who entertain a passion for a mar ri - ried lady who cared for neither, fought-tie eause one crushed the, card of ;he other in her presence—a member of Parliament was., called "a o Tqcobite," and lost, his life 14 , in sat isfaction" for - the affront—a nobletrian ad dressed an intimate friend by .a "nickname, as he had done for.years, gate' offence, was call-, ed out and slain. } • TOM MOORE AND JEFFREY." Jeffrey, who at that time was editori) f the Edinburgh Review, wrote an article foi• that work,. in; which he'attaeked with great 'sever ity a volume of Moore's poems and other wri tings. This was the cause of a clial,lenge from the poet to the critic. . Moore; in the note' which he sent,' pUrposely cut off all chance of a peaceable reconciliation. After adverting to some assertion in to article' which accused him of 'a deliberate intention to corrupt the readers of his book, he wrote to Jeffrey : "'To this, I beg leavato answer, you are a liar—yes, a liar; and I chooseto adopt this harsh and vulgar mode of defiance, in order to prevent at once all equivocatiork between us;-and compel you to adopt, for !your own satisfaction; that alternative whichyoamight otherwise Live hesitated in affording to mine." Jeffrey accepted the call. As the parties met on the ground, they exchanged bows ; and while the seconds Were making , the nec essary:arrangements, they were left alone. 'Jeffrey spoke and said, "What a beautiful morning it is!" " Yes, replied Mooreovith a slight smile, " a morning made for betterpur poses. To which - his antagonist made a salt of assenting sigh. Their friends were slow in the task of preparation, and they continued to walk and talk together. Once they came in sight of the seconds, and observed their operations, when' Moore related, as rather apropos to their owe.' case,wki i it. Egan, the Irish barrister, remarked. wh Saunterifig about:on a similar occasion, in reply .to his antagonist, a fiery little fellow, who called out to hini angrily, as their friends were load r. the pistols, to keep his ground. "Don't make yourself unaisy, my dear fellov.•," said Egan ; "sure, isn't it bad enough to take the dose, without, being by at the. making up I" As Moore finishe% this story, the seconds, at last ready, placed them at the stipulated dis tance, and stood waiting the signal to fire, when the police rushed upon them, and con veyed them to Bow street as prisoners.:" This duel caused infinite amusement, for it was everywhere stated that the pistols 'con tained paper instead of bullets. Moore, in a letter to Lady Donegal, denied the truth of the report, and promised a formal contradic tion ty the seconds. No such document ev er appeared. A paper Was, however, drain) up and signed by a friend of Jeffrey, atid - properlyhttested by _a magistrate; but 'the second of Moore declrned to affix his name to it, for seasons so unsatisfactory to , the peet,,as to an entire alienation for a peiiad of thirty years. Moore and Jeffrey, through the intervention of Rogers the poet, became reconciled, and afterwards maintained the most - friendly klatious. ' JOHN WILKES 'AND LORD TALBOT John 'Wilkes, the politician,, and a mem ber of Parliament during the revolution, had a duel in 1162 with Lord Talbot. The cause was amusing, enough. his Lordship, as Lord Stewart, trained his horse to step backward, in order that at the coronation of George 1761, the animal should retire from West minster Hall, at the ceremony, , with horse and rider facing towards his Majesty. But when the hour of the pageant ai rived, the horse=too pettedly taught---Pritered the hall tail foremost, and iiithis way approached the royal presence, though 'every effort was made by Lord Talbot to prevent i,t. Wilkes seized upon the circumstance, - and gave utterance to some remarks in the North Briton& which, After a correspondence, led to a hostile 'meet ing by moonlight, in the garden of al public House,. with . pistols„ .After an excljange of shots without. effect, "the partieisho hands and supped together at the inn, with great deal of jolity." • _ TtIXERTON AND A REGIMENT The substance of the story is, that in a ballroom, where the officers of a newly arrived regiment had come to amuse themselveS, and to set the Munster lasses a going. Yelverton having drank freely, grossly insulted several military gentlemen? who .declininit to call him to an account upon the spot, merely -• in - - quired his address and the hour ho might be seen . on the morrow.. . Yelverton give a card to each, and stated that'as he was }drown second, the presence of a friend would be unnecessary ; and that his weapon was always the sword, and that ho would meet every man of them in tfarball room at eight o'clock the next morning--The attendance the insulted gentlemen was punctual. Yelverton, on enquiry, ascertain ed that no less than nine were present to -de mand satisfaction at-his hands...' lie retired from the room, .ps was supposed, make the necessary arrangemetits; but soon returned with .a bundle of switches, and asked those he had struck, foitv.in numbei.,.. to step for ward. An amusing scene followed. (;en-, tlemen, he uttered, allow me to, have the hon or of handing each of-yon a switch,(accor ding to rule number five of the epperirr Resoluticins,) Wherewith to return the He then gave his card to the tither five, with the words "I beg your pardon," written . above flis .. naine, saying 'that agreeable .to num b 4. one," '(reading , the and adding, "Now I fancy all your cases are of, and having done my duty according to the lipperrary Resolutions, which I never swerve from,..if gentleniea you are notstatisfied, I will be on the bridge to morrowntoraing with. a card of barking irons."' , • ~ The thillitary men, amazed, stated at the bar rister and each other. The—honest, jolly countenance, the drollery of Yelverton .were irresistible. There 'was a hearty laugh all round. Yelverton was asked.to dine at, the regimental mess, where s his eccentricity and good bumoldelighted. everybody. - zr A city editor says that , a man in New York'got himself into trouble in marrying two stav es . • A western editor replies by assuring his eatemporory that a good. many man . 30 Michigan hive done the same thing by only marling one, V. Oliole . 12 - ', - _ Spnb.tr:;.::'lB-. From the . Pliillidelphia Ledger. Religions Denominitious,of •the C. . . Otait W e often hear itsaid thAtif there were fewer -'__ religious denominations 1 the United States there would be surk - cienthutch accommoda-. tions for everybody; 'lll Argument is a par- - ticniar favorite with a certain class of per. . sons, when they are solicited to subscribe for the erection of a house of worship: but in the face of this round assertion there in the - entire country, with its. population of twenty-six millions, church accommodations for only fourteen millions. Allowing threemillions for children too young to. go_ to church' it follows that one-third of the population have no church to go to,'ev - en if they were dispos ed. The number of religious sects in the'.United States is; twenty,_ without counting' the Chi- ' neseßudhists California;lor sundrY minor Christian denbminitions. The wholetnum tier of edifices of worship i 4 about ttirty-six thousand, capable of acemModating; as We haie seen, fourteen million of -people. The total value of the church' property, held by these twenty denominations,[is nearly ninety millions of dollars, in . exact -numbers, $B6,- '416,639.. The average value of each church and its appurtenances is -tiventy-four bun cirad Oilers. These facts villich were deriv ed froth official tables for till census, explode-" another &lie notion, whichis, that 'there is too — much luxury • and wealth in American - churChes. . . . ~ ' The most •numerous sect in the United States is the Methodist, tha second the. Bap- tist, and the third the Presbyterian. The first has church accommOdations for over four millions of' worshipers; in other'words, the Methodists have houses of worship for one-sixth of the entire-population. . The Bap tists have accommodations Tor more than three millions, and the; Presbyterians fin more than two. The'fourtli sect, in' the ex ! tent of its accommodation; is_ the ~tle Con gregational, the fifth the Episcopalian, and the sixth the Roman Catholic. The ,numher of churches belonging to the three- leading cinominatiOns does not always follow tins' proportion, however. The Methodists for example, while they tan accommodate btit twice as many worshipers as .the Presbyte rian, have three times as many churcbes.—. The . Roman Catholics, though sixth on She list as - regards accommodations, stands sev enth in the number or their churches. Of ttii ii the principal sects, that ich has the. smallest edifices for worship, i the Methodist, and these which have the argesti are the the Unitarians and Dutch . formed. The smallest deponination is the weedenborgains and the next the ,3fennonit There are no less than fifty-two Tunker charches, and thirty-five thottsanil worshi rs. .The Priends, so numerous in this city, ave accommoda tions for about three_hundred .thousarid, or but little ntore than one hundredth of the en tire population of the United States. The richest denomination is the - Methodist, which is -set down iu - the - census tables at 814,636,681. The nest is the Presbyterian, which is rated at $14,26'0,880.. The Episco:- 'pal, - Which 'in, number of \ churches stands fifth, ranks third for its church property, be ing estiroted at $12,261;070.. The. fourth is- the Pa/14kt, 810,931,3821 the fifth the Roman CathZre, 88,973,-838; And th'e. sixth - the 'Congregational, $7,973,962.- Or these various sects, the two which symimthises most in doctrines are the Congregationalists and Presbyterians—yoth adhering to the • Viestminister Catechism,- and differing only In their form of government, the one being republican, the - other democratic: Together, .hese two sects have over 6,000 churches, can seat nearly 3,000,000 of worshipers, and hold church property to, the value of more than 022,000,000. The sect whose .average *trine of property raiiksligliesi is the Unitarian.. Next - comes The Dritch - Reformed, and next the Jewish. The Sweedenhorgains, Roman Catholics - and, - Fpiscopalians follow in the "order named.. Of !he:leading . demnirinations - the " Methodists the lowest on the lists, and tbe•Bap !ts the yresbyteriana. and Con.: r (rationalists bold= a middle place. How to Borrow. certain edior, well known for bie . :boana rortiine, threw his smiles upon 4-" rat", of 'the firsprat Academy of !slum. 'The •-• 1 rat "ex- Pcrienced .a natural anxiety. to gnaW tbepunse strings of her admirer, but could. not exactly seelser way.. :Whilet thinking ',the: matte r ores, a Bohansian of her" acquaintance _ came . • . • iu.,. • . • " Do you think' "said the young artiste that Vi-wilk be willing to lend me three thousand francs? " Morle boubtful. At, be mi... 14 iudue ed to dujit- Write as I shall di 'tato. " Beloved —I expected some money this morning' and have been disappo aced—" "That is a very ofd story," interrupted the rat. "Go On. IBA ng me, then I beseech you. three thousaiid francs, and come and dine( with me at: the same time. I havea Splendid pheasant." " And do you think, ". said Mademoiselle Alphonsin, when :the letter was gone.: that I shall get my money; or rather .1 7 "--s, money with that!" . - • " With , such a letter my- friend; you will not get it sou, or I - know nothing of the hu man heart. - . " Then- why Aid you make the write it JP " Because it was essantial that a - first . . - note should, precede the one am about to dictate tt to'yo." "What I write another I,' " only two worthy - - " Dear Friend—Consider my - letter as . not written. At thevery moment I had dis patched it, the expected remittance made its appearance; lam now tichicritse, But don't forget, 'I expect you : - to dinner;.the pheasant is magnificent'*;' 3s -The second letter was sent after the first. "Now," said•the Bohemian'." this is what' will happen. will ; pretend not to have receive4l your seiond'note;and trill show himself the Mem generous, -in that he believe you are not out in Vint ot*--'teoney. It happened as the Bohernitinhttd anticipa ted V offered the thr . ee thoosiked Mums, with - the idea tbey -would, not be incepted I but to his infinite,horror, they, weie vocketed at once. To complete ilia unifortune, there Was not evgg; pheasaat to Pookilet biln• ' Tue Bohemian ate it 'the saute' 'evening, with the essiatanee. of 111adentoiselle AlPlutut elite, in rabinet or the maisoh' Do*. - • - -
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