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pait: A ~#411,. Ir.optietoe,
planted to Milk, delphia. The tseasury Is bank
rupt, The cr edit of ;he community has been
-.see ... , ..... , ~..... narrowly
- saved, so fat as thepayment of the
1 mere funded ,linterest is 'concerned, but is
prostrate: in evierything else. New loans are
familiarly falkd of. New taxes , are inevita
ble, and yet no one ventures to propose them.'
These I affirm its:. be the consequences--the
bitter and na itre! fruits bf this consolidation
scheme....l 1 •.
In May of lest year occurred,the first elec
tion under thel new system. -. , '
.It was at this elect* that, for the
time, was dereloped , a new and most am
ous element to political station, wliiisb
been running it short race of 'triumph ever
since, but whiCh now, I am happy to believe,
is near its asiptokiriate end. lof course refer
to Ktiow;Nothingisieor secret Americanism.
How, or where, Or when it exactly originated
no euesknoWsee+' t least, no one out of its
Councils, and, I estispect, not very' wady in
them, h is!beliiived, to' Kaye bad a very im
pure's:Agin Out of this State, and to have
been transplanted hither by hands already
stained by a!good Many black political spots,
bankrupts'in fortune' and' character, spirits
congenial to any fraud that might, under a
cloak of secrecy, be perpetrated with safety.
Such I believe; to have been its otigin, . tho'
I am equally well satisfied thatseueb person
al respectability and honesetbotigh misdirect
ed sentiment has been infused in it since.—
No matter, however, how or where it began,
the disease broke out with great virulence in
'this citylietlie!spring of 1854. Hundreds
and theesands! of sturdy
_Whigs, who had
been fighting open. Americanism all their
lives, and as many. fierce Democrats, rushed
into th4e lodges- s -were initiated by some
mock ceremony, slid swore that they would
never vote or assist or. laid - members of one
Christian 1 denomination—that they would
proscribe 'every 4tiumlimd citizen ; swore,
too, though nominal 'Wilts or Democrats,
that. they would break faith with , ancient
friends and abide by', the decisions .of secret
furthers . a code 'of disingen
iousnesk which required diem to deny their
membership. Its mystery made +t attractive
eel seemed to make it safe. Many a man
who was ashained publicly to preach intoler e ,
ance and proscriptien, could do-it safely in a
secret council room. This' system of 'denial
And' equivacation—a, cardinal principle of
Know Nothingism—led to some instances of
_
personal d.gradation in this city which I do
not like to think of. ,
Pennsylrminta•Politics—Letter from Itiwas, not long after this election when
- ' 'iv /mins B; Reed, Esq. , the glory l of triumph was • brightest, that, the
PIIILADELPIIIA, July 26, 1855.. Whig State Committee met for the first time
To din Hon. A. G. Curtain, Chairman of the in this city. I ate confident in the belief
that at that time this secret
.. party had no
nig State. Committee, Harri.eburg :
considerable fontliold in our committee. I
Dese Sia : I beg to resign my position as i
have no idea of recapitulating the acts or
a member of the State Committee, and desire
r eauncebt a the Committee -tho u . or tkercafikk.,
to State the reasons which have led me to You will do me the justice to say, that from
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this conclusion. lam . qu ite aware that these i first to last, in every form and guise,' I oppos
motives may have no interest either. to my. 1 ed . all affinity to this new party, and 1 am
late colleagues or to the public, but lam not j glad to do you the , justice, that 'you were
less satisfied that there is something in exist- i equally • decided and resolute on the same
ing political relations calculated to street ,ide. r We worked together Most harmoni
personal character, and which admonibbes ev- ously. Then, too, it was, that the question
ery honorable man to be perfectly ingecous of our duty to George Darsie was considered
sod unr es erved as to what be does. In this and denusseze,--and then we were,, or seemed
Communication I mean to be so, and I' shall to be ,unanimous,' that it was. a matter of du
be very glad, if lam in error on any matter tv and' honor to support him. The fact is
of facts that you will correct me. now confred,' I 'egret to say, that some of
I was appointed a member of the State our Com ttee, thus pledged in fairness and'
Committee by the' Whig Convention of 1854, honor reebgnizing the superior obligation of
which nominated Mr. Pollock and. Mr. Dar- Know-Nothing oath, voted for Mr. Mott, the
sie. To us was confided the - aitty of promo- I)ernocratic candidate, believing him to (to
ting the success of that ticket in its integrity long to die order. The same subject of disc
—Mr. Eiarsie's success as much.as Mrs poi- cession arise at our meeting at Pittsburg,
lock's. We were bound in honor to, do all
with the same apparent result, though I have
we could for both th es e gentlemen, and I eau no doubt the scheme ofisecrificing Mr. Dar
,confid'ently assume that if any human being, sie was in the meantime matured. It certain
in or out of the Convention or the Committee, ly was most systematically , perfected, and
,had hieled the idea that one of `these can di- thus one of the abl es t and most upright pub;
dates was to be sacrificed, it would have been tic Men in the Commonwealth, who, in spite
;met by st most indignant rebuke. . There_was of his nativity and a few yeers of infancy in
,not even re
an undercurnt of intolerance then. Protestant. Scotland, had been. a pennsylva-
These were Whig nominations, entrusted to nielegislator for nearly fifteen years, was sac
,the honor of a Whig Committee. -.---_- " - rificed at the bidding of ,k secret oath-bound
On 'receiving the intelligence of _my ap- assoCiation, composed, t43;,ii large extent, of
pointment, I immediately wrote to the Presi- 1 individuals who openly c)aimed communion
'dent of the - Convention, begging, for person- with the' party they betra ed.
lal and o ffi cial reasons; to be excused from How little the State mitres could . do
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1 tervitig. •Had I dreamed' of what has since to avert thisidiseredit,yo 'very well know.
occurred, my
,withdrawal ,would have been The secret influence as around 'them, and
'peremptory, and_ I should have' been spared I epee thein, and within them, and these who,
;the mortification of seeing the party , w ith i like myself and others, were open and candid
' which I have acted' - for thirty years, endan-1 in their condemnation of this secret action
gered, if not destroyed, by sinister and secret an d organ i za ti on , were not fairly met or an
influences which I, could not control and wi i th , i t wend. , The secret order was satisfied with
which I might seem to be implicated. he l d- rapid reerniting. Their oaths prevented dis
lug, howeveri.to the urgency of old and kind cussion or fair play. It was:confidently al
iriends,'who seemed to think I might render leg,ecl and assunted that Mr. Pollock joined
some service, I consented to act. In one re the.order. From Isis own lips I have it that,
seect, and but one, (aside from the pleaaant atsthe time of his election, he Was not a metn
personal associations we have had,) am I glad , her of any fatty wltaes organization required
I served. ID enabled me, add in this any col- him to proscribe any portion `. of his . -fellow
leagues of the Committee_alad our candidates citizens, and relying on that suratice, I con
cordially cceoperated, to aid in assuaging the t i nne d my exertions, and voted for him. I
asperities of political watir t* and so to di - voted for e iWllig ticket at the fall elec
inset the canvass that little or; nopereonsl feel- tion. I y ted.for Mr, Tyson - for Congress, af
line mingled in it-_: Sure lam that no word ter he obtained' the Whig notiiination, - dm',
;oepersonal reproach or, unkindness to Gov- I confess l'isits perplexed by many . renters
ernor Bigler, or any - individual member.of that he, tee, had toireel the order, and taken
"the Democratic party, emanated from t he the requisite oaths. 1 I could net persuade
State Committee. It'was in this
.particular m y se lf that a man at' his time of life, who
s most decorous contest.- . " • had pronounced et> many elaS,oraie discours-,
Hiving agreed mesa, I took, asyou are 's..e, in favor of religions toleration, and who
aware, my full shay of duty, and attended venerated with a fait Iso sincere and profw,-
,erery meeting of
the Committee, one of which
-
ing, the name of Wm. Penn—the friend and
-Was held three hundred miles from my home. favorite of ,England's &mush Catholic King
You will excuse this recapitulatien. It is
—I. could hot pesuade mys
education, ielf that he had
necessary to the illustration' of - the painfuc_ red a eid t h e
and in my judgment ,
.most discreditable se- sworn to this Pnueteles of hi
, nevi allegiance. had I and
lii..ed
" t i tle ' to what wasso, propitiously begun- In in the -firstiCongressional District, I sholuld
the winter and spring of 1854, two incidents no doubt have voted for Mr. Morriss fort re
of public' interest in my opin
. would have nee 4 o mho!) more than Immo to
toe were attended with the worst corisequen- convince'me that he, ;he, ancient antagonist
v'esl-the passage of ti; Cousondsti°a• 't i l l ' , of Native' Arne4anisin, (which was at least
dend the - first election under it. To consoli- a manly; artY,) had retracted, and joined the
ation, in every form in which it was pre- secret loftier. ~1( these ere errors on my pert.;
Seraed, lam proud -to I always was, and
. they *ere error's; on die side of fidelity to my
Yet em; resolutely opposed: . The piinciple friends .sod party—. i' ' ' . .!
was wrong and delusive- e -the .details of the After the month of i September,. 1854; the
Measure, as has beensahundaetly proved,were
.s.. S tate chttimittee never met. GdY. Pollock
incongruous and in31) , 1704-r-4.413 meehirlorY , atidlfr. Mott were elected, and . .thorie of us
' ki cketY--and the manner in which _it was who felt we were excluded foam the new
'ferried on thepuhlic,,tio one rent.uritig - ,,tp re- comillunion, bad the heath to rejoice
gist the spurious sentiment shit was SUU11114" —the means ottriutoph i$ our op inion being
tes t was most unfortenate- Its . sad results ( so unworthy—stml nothi4 to coniole toebut
the dim hope ;that tbi,%l
- ilio one now questions. --, The m ost ianguine
v snthusiast of this great speculation can do no might turn - out
better than we feared. .
more than hope for the . very distantftiture.-1- In January of t hi s yeas j t h e new a d m i s i e .
n llle long run, (to use g tai r e"ite Idiritgai) it tration was inaugurated ' the new Leg's
i!nay succeed, but it will _be 'a eery" long run lature met. Of the ,loin of that legielature
ndeed, of buffeting and dishonor, and social e nee d 4 0t , s p es e b o l d es J a b o f th a t s cene ,
rdiserganjeation and imminent bitikruptotre— ,of impotent intrigne, the niars :for, United
ery-oite of these !snits leas in point of fart States Senator. - Though - was it Irsist
paled. A.begetnunicipality has been melts ee l Whig majerity s the ve eine°, Whig
ted which thus far cannot manage itself,- It's 1 gas ig nore d. , Th e 4 , . one cif Se
/,,egislature ii a miniature narrisburk, .(tnnit- 1 me g i ir mer i ente le f rom w hi Whig Senators
Sttat Vottrg.
:ii4iffiAP.ll:
sully at•theeertneenctinent of 4he Suaquehan..
henna 'radiate, Towanda, Pa., July "3d,
1855. . .
EY B. F. TEWKSBURY. '''
' Am—The Mountaineer's Farewell.
Like the-lull•of the tousle in• the Ad : Autumn-
Like the moaning of zephyta and the- breeze's
low* wail, •
Coma the isighi of Ouiparting, ana the bosom's
wild ewel7 ' '''''''''''
As we - mrtrmigipaadapaa the terder farewell.
Oh, kind . teachers ,
,
We'll bless ye ever
lo your ow.n.classic'halls,
Like the lull of. the• music. in the sad Autumn
gale
Like the moaning of zephyrs and the breeze's
low wail. •
As the laving of waters on the stern ocean chore
Whed the war of the tempest and the billow/OP
Comes the silent nphearing, the
- heart's choking
Asweylaintiiely whisper the .gentle farewell.
Oh, lov'd Students
Oh, fend r6litembrance.
Of these past happy hours, -
As thelavitg of waters on the stern ocean shore
Wheojhe war otthe tempest and the billows is
Now these•scenes are all over, the moment of
. gloom
Is hovering o'er us like death o'er the tomb—
It hastens: Oh, it comes like the dirge .of a
' knell - •
And echo• repeats it, farewell—fare ye well.
•
Oh fare ye well,
Oh•fare ye Xell, -
We Must bid yei adieu. -
Now these scenes 'are all ova the moment of
gloom
Is hovering o'er us like death o'er the tomb
Brooklyn, Pa, August, 1855.
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Dcr cSisque4itita Ticantlii, i rtitiea, . ffOrst!titt Corning,. August 23; '1,845.
and Representatives were excluded— . ond
within and-upon that caucus, tiverything,be
ing veiled by. What was thought to -be safe
secrecy, the influence of corruption, personal,
pocumary and !political,. were thought to be
brought to heart What better illustiition,
(I - now appeal to your own observation,)
could theta be lit the mischievous capabilities
of this secret oranization , than Gen. Camer
on's success in . he "American caucus ?" • I
do not unitetin the denuneiation ' heaped •On
1 g
that gentleman]
_I think—aside, of - course,
from all question of right and wrong—that
his consummate skill and capacity o(accom
toodating himself to an emergency, deserved.
better success ,than be attained. -Ile fought
his enemies with their own weapons and beat
then). If - they•tnined, he countermined. If
they plotted and organized in secret lodges,
he constituted lodges of his own, or went in
to
theirs, and (boat them even at mystery. If
they renounced past political fidelity, Whig
or Democratic, he, without any effort, re
nounced, too. If they swore eternal enmity
to Catholics and naturalized . _citizens, lie
swore as hard as they. It Was with thetri all
"Death, to the Rotnans,"—Punie, ' antipathy
and Punic faith. I.confess Ido not see bow
any " Know-Nothing" can - find fault with Mr.
Cameron. - And this accounts, in my poor
judgment, for the feeble result of the seces
sion which took place from the Senatorial
caucus. The deserters carried With them,- as .
Marks, of shame in Know-Nothing eyes, the
fragments of their brUken oaths, oaths of fi
delity to secrecy and obedience.
.Thev had
on their kreasts , the " Scarlet Letter,' and
they could not, get rid of it, or hide it, or dis
guise it. And thus it ended: lam sorry to
refer to all these matters, filled as they are
with painful memories; but they are too il
lustrative of the domination of` this secret and
dangerous party to he passed in • silence.
• During ill this time, the State Committee
.-.
was not called together, and if it had - been
could have done little - gOod. - The melan
choly fact had by this time developed-itself,
that out of the thirteen, of Which number-the
COmmittee consisted, seven it was
. believed,
1110 joined. the seder" oriler;" - some cheerfully
and readily, and from congeniality of feel- .
ing and opinion; others, I venture to say, re
luctantly, blushingly, and- under what seem.:
ed to be an overbearing necessity. Wheth
er hereafter, when the account for these mis
doings comes to be' settled, any distinction
will, be made between those who realily and
those whO unwillingly bartered away ancient
political opinions, it is not for meto . say.
I confess that, during this: sprii4, I was
anxious that our Committee shohl4 meet, if
only to enable some of us to speak out, and
to let an organized body in Pennsylvania
have the honor of 'striking the
. first blow at
the 'secret party. _ The elections in New 'York
.4.4...L. 3, :irm1...1.15a-J......1..-.1.4.. e -.1...,06....nci.,
in this city occurred first, and gave the wound]
from which the life blood of the,organimtion
'is flowing away. Nothing-could . . be more
creditable to the nation—more fatal to this
:-
new party, than the 'almost contcmporan. , ous
election of Senator Seward and Gov.-Wise,
the one a northern Whig, the other a south- •
ens Democrat; men of widely different opin
ions, but on this great question standing
shoulder to shoulder in defence of the Consti
tution, religious liberty,-and' equality of po
litical-rights. It was proved to be beyond
the peiver.of any secret conclave or its mis
sionaries of mischief. eft...chi:lllv to rally thro'
-the length and s -breadth of the- land the secret
rebels.to the Constitution, ‘
e first
rtr,t;
On the 23d of July, ten Months after we
separated -at Pittsburg, , the Committee met
in this city, and then determined, and you
well know, made no secret of my resolution,
to bring this matter of Know-Nothingism
be
fore the Committee,,and ask its action in the
wac of distinct and emphatic repudiation. I
felt it my duty as a matter of self-respect. • I
believed that my Philadelphia fellow-citizens.
whom I immediately represented, expected
of me, and I think, having tried loncr'to de
serve their confidence, and having earned it,
and being very proud of it, I properly esti
mate public opinion on this point. Here in
Philadelphia, secret party drew its first
breath and gained its first victory; and here,
in Philadelphia it has titet its first reverse
and will breathe its last. No onecan mis
take its coraing doom.
What .occurred .in: the Committee von
know.'.. To the proposition - to call a Whig
Convention I cheerfully assen•ed, meaning,
•as abon as the call was determined on, to ask
the ICoMmitlee, by a manly declaration of
priaciPle, tofree that Convention -on its 'in
ception froui the suspicion which since this
secret 'party has existed, has hung round ev
ery political body that has 'met. I therefore
offered and asked the Conimittee to; adopt
the following•brief but comprehensive resolu
tions, every 'Word of which had n well
considered, and for every wo I a . m.
willing to be responsible : •
Resolyid, By the ‘,.tdg - '
mittee of lie State of ennevlv at ati
address be issued 'By this Cottnnittee ckiling
the Convention to meet • at - Harrisburg—,
and.asserting•the following principles of ac
tion : •
1. Disapproval in the clearest and strong
est form of all•secret political associations as
immoral and unconstitutional, opposed to the
principles of our republican form of govern
ment, and utterly subversive of , the confi
dence which ought to subsist among politi
cal friends.
2. Condemnation especiallvoft tat form.of
secret political - nssociations which proscribes
American citizens on account-Of heir relig
bins opinions or their .place of birth, this
Committee -and the. Whig party recognizing
in its broadest sense, the constitut octal prin
ciple that every man has.a right.,to worship
Pod according to the dictates of hii own con
'science, and that organized politic4l proscrip
tion on account of religiousdieliec would be
an interference with . that right. '
3. pisavewal by this Committee collect
ively and individually of any connexion with
or sympathy with any such secret political
organization. ..
4. The assertion of the feeling common to
every Whig igPetiusylvanilt; and to very
many of other organizations, that the Ne
braska and Kansas measures of the last Con
gregs, the abrogation, of the Missouri Com
promise,linerand, as a part of the same sys
tem, the lawless and violent conduct of indi
viduals since in Kansas, especially are abhor
rent to the people 'of the North, and•ought to
twdressed.
A. That these measures were a wanton re
zolwal of sectional agitation, for which in no
otiose are the Whigs of the North; and espe:
eially-the Whigs of Penns vania, responsi
ble. .
6. That the restoration ..the lifilsonri
Compromise line ought to demanded and
insisted on as a matter of ri f.
7. The reassertion of the r hig principles
—the-value of which every our is confirm
ing.--'-of protection in some to American
industry, and especially to tlfestaplainteresta
of. Pennsylvania yet struggliag, into existence
—the policy of pea . c.e and intatralitv on the
part of the General ^Goveratnititt, and resolute
abstinence from - all ' ; .schemes -of foreign ag
gra nd ize men t and sympathy. or: . affinitY _to
foreign politics.
These resolutions, after ti:fiest -discussion,'
were laid on the table, my own Vote being the
\only one recorded in tbeir'faviot; and yet I hope
I may be permitted to say th'ee were few of the
Committee .w ho did .not, their, hearts and
c.onsciences, agree to everhultid
is due to my. colleagues to s;ld that. scritelif
them put their votes on the.tesolutions strict
ly on the ground of inexpediency and a doubt
as to the powers of the Committee. With
them, however, readly united those, others of
our colleagues who are not ashamed to avow
that they are Know-NothisEs, and, as such
under a paramount if not exclusive allegi
since.
Doting thrit discussion °l' se of these gentle
men,. as you will recollect, e: i d with emphasis,
and without a word leadingito it, that if these
resolutions passed he should hesign. Till then
no word which, by any possibility could be
construed 'into a threat, h:il. - been whispered
--,;certainly not by me.- Ilkt the feeling and
resolution were all along cherished that, if,
after all that had occurred; the sacrifice of
I)arsie, the discredit of louit winter at Har
risburg, the insolent abandonment of the very
Mime olthe Whig party, aio, above all, the
pievalent suspicion that effected every one,
these resolutions,: . or. soin4hing - like them;
were not passed, my i duty ;as a gentleman
was very clear, vacate, as I now do, my po
sition. It is a' resolution,-Gssure -you, not
lightly formed or Which Can be reconsid
ered.:
• The resolutions affirmed this secret organ - -
ization, with its prescriptive and evasive oathi,
`to be not only uneonstittiliplial, but immoral!
I deliberately reiterate that opinion, be its
value what it may, without agitating another
grave question, whether these combinations
and these extra judicial oaths are not strictly
unlawful. It is a very safe kind-of swearing
for easy consciences when no penalties of per
jury are risked. I am, by education and prin
ciple; opposed to all extra judicial oaths—hay
ing been taught ; long .ago by one of thegreat- .
est lawyers , l'ennsylvanta ever producol—one,
teo,-wle memory I most affectionately nour
-it4 - that the adruiniste.rin7 or the pronoun
cing'of any oath, except authority - of law,
rt•rwripla
of this secret party is making them fearfully
common—this taking in - vain the Almighty's
name=" this rash swearing net required by
the I 'magistrate" which the wisdom of more
di:tit-one Protttant Church condemn. lam
free! to say -that oaths of exculpation are near
ly its repugnant as
l aths of initiation and pro
scriPtion. Aside, I repeat,- from coestion of
law, the whole secret organization is immor,
al; and degradingly so in this, that is exacts
evasion and sometimes the
.denial of truth.
If it does - not now, it certainly' ti4d so once, in
its prime of youth and pride of - victory. The
obligation once was, and -I fear is yet, to ev
ade the confession of membership if possible,
and if not, expressly to deny it; and I -have
myself seen instances of this degrading pre
vrication which makes the use - of.the viOrd
imthoral" almost too gentle.
One other word, anti I Ire done. I-shall,
!OA with deepinterest to the .constitution
and action of the Convention which is 'sum
moned to - meet at Harrisburg in September.
I trust itS.actinte may be: unreserved in the
enunciation of prineiples---conciliatory to
those who agree in principle and republican"
in every sense—and most so in this, that no
whisper Shaine uttered, no intimation given.
that can be construed into an interference
with religious liberty,; which the Constitution
guards, or with- social or political rights,
which the (JoristitutiOn recognizes. I am,
very respectfully, yours,
The Execution of Andre.
On Independence Pay, we took a- steamer
for the county of Rockland, determined to
pass the 4th in peace and quietness, and de
sirous of refreshing our patriotism amidst the
scenes hallowed by the sacred memories of the.
.Revolution..• We visited Washington's head
quarters at the little vil:age of Tappan ; the
-Seventy Six House; where Andre \ was con-
Tined,
-the place.whero be wns- executed, the
grave where_lie was buried, and whence he
was exhumed. We conversed with a vener
able old . lady, who gave him four peaches on
the morningin which he went forth •to die.'
"He thanked me with a sweet smile, she
said, but somehow or 'neither he didn't seem
to have;an appetite. He only
. bit into one of
them. ; - - •
Standing by his grave we could
_see into
the broad Hudson, the - serybplace he was ar
rested by Van Wart, Williams, and Paulding
, and the gleaming of a white monument erect
ed to their memory; the.place where Wash
ington stood. when .Andre went forth to die
upon the gallows.
The following account of - Andre's exeCu
lion is one of the most minute and interest-.
ing that we have ever read.. It was furnish
ed by Mr: William G. Haeselbarth, •of Rock
' land: County, the history of which he is en
gaged in writing. It was taken .down from
the lips of a soldier- of Col Seduthan Bal
dwin's regimenka part of which was station-,
ed a short distance from where poor Andre
suffered. •-•-
,
One of our men Iwhase name was Armstrong
being one of the - Oldest and best
was
at
the trade in : the regiment , was selected to
make his coffin, which be did and 'painted it
•
black, as was . thecustorn at that period.
. At this time Andre was confined in what
was callAd the 'old - Dutch Church—a small
stole building with onlyone door, and close,
ly . guartled by six 'soldiers'.
When the hourlappointed for his execution
arrived, which was 2 o'clock in the afternoon
a guard of three hundred men werearaded
at the place of hiS confinement . - A kindd - of
procession was ((limed by placing the, guard
in single file on each side of the road. In ,
front were . a large number of American 41 7 ,
cers of high rank on horseback. These were 1
followed by the - wagon containing Andre's' '
coffin, then ; 'large number:of otinArs.on foot
with Andre in their midst.
The procession wound slowly up - tined' mate
ly rising ground about aquarrter of 4 inile to
the west: • Oct the. top was a - field iithout
any enclosenre • and on.thia,waser very high,
gallows, made :by setting tip two poles or
crotches and laying s pole on .the top.
The wagon that contained the -coffiir was
drawn directly under the gallows. In ishort
time Andre stepped into the wagon, thin on
his coffin, took off hishat and laid it down . . '
then plachig . his hands 'upon his hips, and
walked very uprightly:back and for th , as far
as the length of the wago n would permit, at
the same time. casting hii-eyes up ,to the pole
oiler his ; head, and thomrholeoseenory by
which be was surrounded. • •
He was dreised in a complete British uni
form. His coat was of' the brightest scarlet
faced and trimmed with the most beautiful
green. His underclothes vest and breeches
were of a light buff; he had a beautiful head
of hair, which, agreeable to. the 'fashion was
wound with black ribbon and hung down his
bck. _
Not many. minutes-after he took his stand
-upon the coffin, the executioner stepped - , into
the wagOn with a halter in his hand, on
.the
end of which was what the soldiers in those
days called a "hangsman'tiknot," which he
attempted to put over the head and around
the neck of Andre, but by a sudden motion
of his hand. this was prevented.
Andre \now took off the handker chief.from
his neck, unpinned his shirt collar; and de
libemtely took the cord of the halter', put it
over his head, and placed the - knot directly. -
under the right ear, and drew it very{ snugly
to.his neck. _lie ien took from his coat
pocket a handkerchief, and tied it before his
eyes. This done, the officer who commind
ed spoke in rather loud voice, and said ;
His arms must be tied.
Andre at once pulled down • the. handker
chief which, he had tied over his eyes, and
drew from .his plecket a' second - cord, which,
he gave to the executioner, and then replaced
the handkerchief. - •
His arms at - this time were tied above the
elbow and behind the back.
The rope was, then made fast to -the pole
'over head. The wagon vas very _suddenly
drawn.from under the gallows, which togeth
er with the length of the rope, gave him . a
Most tremendous swing. back and' forth t but.
in a few momeits be - hung .almost entirely
During the whole tratisaction . be seemed
as little d4unted.as John Rogers when he was
about to be" burnt at. the stake, although his
countenance was rather pale. 41
. lie remained hanging from twenty 'te." thir
ty minut e s, and during that time the eliarn z
Lem of death - Were never stiller than the,mul
titude by Whom he was surrounded. Orders
were given to cut the rope and take him
down withat letting him fall. This Was
done,` - nCEIs" VOy - earerunriartr"oli - The'
ground;
Shortly after the guard
. was withdrawn,
rind the spectators were .permitted to come
forward to-view the corpse; but ; the crowd
was so great it was some time before I could
get an opportunity: - When. I
.was able to
to do' this, his coat, vest and 'pants had been
taken off, and his body laid in the'coffin,cov
ered by some under clothes. The top 'of the.
coffin was put on. .
.I viewed the corpse more carefully than I
had ever done that of any human' being be
fare. His bead was'very much on one side,
in consequence of the manner in which the
halter had drawn \ upon his neck. His face
appeared • to be greatly swollen and• very
black, r4embling a high degree of mortifica:
tion.. It was indeed, a mast shocking sight
-
to beheld.
--
There were,, at this tithe, sfttralitiii at the
foot of the coffin, two young meu of -uncoln
mon short stature. They were not more than
four feet high. Their dress was . extremely
gaudy. Oneof them had the clothes just
• taken from Andre banging on his arm. I I
took particular pains
_to learn who they were,
and was informed that .they were sent up
from New York to take care of his ;clothes,
but what other business I did not learn.
I now turned to take a view of • the excu
tioner, who was still standing by- one of the
posts of the gallows. I walked near -enough
to have laid my hind on hid shoulder, and
looked him directly in the face. He appear
ed to be about - twenty-five -years of age;
beard of some two weeks growth; 'and his
whole face covered with what appeared
to have been taken from the outside
_Of
a greasy pot. A More frightful looking crea
ture I never beheld. His Whole countenance .
bespoke him to be . a fit instrument for the
business he had been doing.
I remained upon the ground until scarcely:
twenty persons were left ; 'but the coffin was
still beside - the grave which was previously
- dug. _ •
WM. B. REED.
I returned to my tent with my mind deep
ly imbued with the shocking scene I. had
been \ called to ,witness.—. ir- 'r's Magazine.
• • •
One evening a poor man and hboson, a lit
tle boy, sat by the. way side,
near the gate of.
an old town in Germany. The father took&
loaf of biead, which he had bought.. in town,
and broke it, and gave the half to. his son.—
"\ Not so . fattier," said • the boy," I shall not
eat till after you. You have been working
all da,y at small wages . to support - tee; and
you must be very hungry ; I shall wait tilt
you are done."
"You speak kindly my son," replied the
pleased father-; "your love to me does me
more good than my food, and those eyes of
yours remind me of year dear mother who
has left us, and who told you to toile me as
she used to do; and indeed, my boy, you
have been a great strength . and comfort to
me •, but now I have eaten the, first morsel
to pleasiyou„it is your turn to eat."' Thank
you fattier, but break this piece in two,. and
take you a little more ; for yfill see the loaf
is not large, and you require more than / do.
" I shall divide the loaf for you my boy; but
eat I shall not, I have abundance, and let us
thank God for his great goodness in giving.
us fo&l, and in giving us what, is better still
cheelful and contented !warts. He who,
gave us the living bread from heaven to nour
ish our immortal souls, how. shall lie notgive
all-other food which is necessary to support
our Aortal bodies I" the father and: son
thanked God, and then began to cut the: loaf
in pieces, to begin together the frugal. meal.
But as they cut one 'portion - bf the loaf there
fell out several pieces of gold, of greit value.
The little boy gave a about of joy,: and was
springing forward to grasp the unexpeated
Fireside) Story .abo '
t Honesty.
treaStiie,'wheii he 'was pullek 'back by his
father. Bry 80 - 11, he oned f - doliot: touch the
nioney'it is botourti.' , - But - " iiikele is it father.
if it is not °tics knovr.nofripuet t to whom
ii beiong,s;,' probablilt is pit there
thiongh some mistake.lite`tiinst inquire.—.
But - father, interruPted the'ho,y4iin are poor.
and needy, and you bought, Ow loaf, and the
baker may tell alie, and- -
"I will not listen to you my tioy, I -bought.
the loaf, but 'I did not. buyitir . o9ld in it. If
the baker 'sold it in igiorsnee, I , shall
,sotbe so dishotibat. ati to Aoki -11 idvantige of
him ;- isimember Him Who toget.. us to to
dbitts_me we w9uld lave do , to 'ati.--
The bakei - may*msibly e but Abut is
do reason why. wishould'ty , to . cheat him.
lam poor indeed and. that's sift If sve
. _
share the poverty of Joins; God's owesokoli
let us also share the goodness and': trust in
God. We may,never be ridi, but',:we
,m4y
always be honest. We may die of starvation
.but. God's will be'done should it be so ! Yes
my boy, trust God, and walk in his. ways, mid
you shall never be put IG shame. Now run
to the baker, and bring him here; and I sloth
watch the gold until IN comes. ? So the bOy
run for the baker. •
. .. . . .
• Brother Workmen, i.. 0 the
,oll,:mati, -yeti
have made some• inistzke i - and almost . lOst
your money, and he tilowed the baker . the
gold, and, told him hoW it bad been- found,
"hit thine l" asked the father,' if it- is, r take
it away. Itly father, baker is very poor, And;
—SilenCe my. child, nut . ine not to shame by
thy complaints.. I am glad we: have 'nave('
this man from losing his money. The baker
had been!rasing alternately upon the honest
father and . 'hia eager boy, and upon the gold •
which lay glittering upon the green %turf.—
Thou art indeed an honest fellow, said the
baker, and _my neighbor David,the fiat dreits-:•
er spoke the truth when he said • thou - west
the most honest man in -our -town. Now - I
will tell youi about the g 014,.. A‘ stranger :
came \to my shop three days ago, and gave,
me that loaf,} and told me to sell it Cheaply,
or give it awlay to the honestest mot nahn•
whom I knew in the city. I told David `• to
send thee - to me ma customer, this morning
and thou wouldst not take the loaf• for` noth
ing, so I it to thee as thou knowest for
the last pence in thy purse; and the loaf, with
all its treasures—and certain; it is not , small
—is thinc,and God grant thee b lessings with
it!" -' The poor father bent his head to the
ground, while tears fell from: his eyes.- -ills
1.)
boy ran and . put his arms about his neck; and
said, 4. 1 shall alwaysl)e like you, my father
—trust God, and do what is right, for I - am
sure it will never put us to shame." ' ~.
A Marshal of the Vatted States.
Among the - AmeriCans who attended the,
late ball risen at the Hotel de Ville, Pari§,
waiJack' - ..5..pic0r, 'of Jack rushed
the dress KtielOust - strong -- ; aud'sp-ortetrep
aulettes- on his shoulders large enough to
start four Major Generabi in bu , iiness, Jack
was the observed of all observers, :and got
mixed up with a party that his friends could
not account for. .Wlierever the rilarzill:llS • of,
France went, there-went Jack; and whever
the marshals sat flown,' Jack did the
.same,
always taking the post of honor. The day
after the ball ! luck called on his acquaintance
Mr. Mason, oar Minister to France; who star
ted up a tittle conversationiti' the following
manner: . .
"I hear Jack, you were :it the ball last
night ?"
• “ I was, sir,' and had a high old time."
"For which Sou are indebted,_ I suppose,
to the high old company yon got mixed up
viith I , By the way, how came yen associat- -
ed with the Marshals 37 - - •
"116 w Bp• virtue of my offize—they.
were marshals - of France, whilel am - notliinz
else than a marshal of. the Republic.
showed mY -commission and took . post • ac
cordingly,.'
• "By right of Your officcwhat do
. ypu
mean?" -
"Read that and see." - . „
Here Jack presented. Mr. Mason. with. a
whitey-btown paper, with a seal big enough
for a four pound weigt.
" What in the name' of treaien, Jack, is
this?"' • •
"My conimigsion.Of. marshal'—l received
it in 100, when I assissted ititaking the cm..
sus in Frankfort:7 . .
.
;1:ot l t don't
. meaa to sa that yon tray el on
this "
I don't mean anything else. That makes
me a marshal' of the Republic, and, I intend
to have the_office duly honored.",
Mr. Mason allowed that Jack was doing_ a
large bisiness on a very small capital. We
should not wonder if the reader did the snipe.
A census marshal of Frankfort mixing in
with the marshals •of France is certainly
rushing matters in'a manner that requires as
much brass as epaulettes. Jack we are hap
py to say, is equal to the tequirenients.
A Duelling Atk!wtdote.
Two Spanish officer' F met to fight a duel
outside the gates: of Rilboa ' after the seconds
had failed to reconcile thebelligerecits.
"We wish to fight—to fight to
.death,"
they replied to the representations of their
companions.
At this momenta poor fellow, looking like
the ghost of Romeo's apothecary, approached
the seconds and in a lamentable voice saiii—L
" Gentlemen' I am. a poor arisan, with a
large family, and Would
"MY . good man, • don't trouble us now,
cried one of the offiders; don't you see that
my friends are going to split .each other?
We are not in a christian humor." -
"It is not alms I ask for, said the man.
lam a poor carpenter, with eight , children,
and my wife is sick; and-havingleaKtl that
those two gntlemen wore Cott to kil l eaCh
other; I thought of asking you-.to let me
make their coffins."
At these words the individuals- about 'to
commence the combat burst into a loud
,fit
of laugter,and simultaneously throwing down
their swords, shook -hands with each' other
and walked away.
Jrar A wag once entoitni a store in 'Lon
don, some years. s ago, whie 'had= for its sign
"The two 13aboons," sud ddressing himself
to the proprietors, said : --
" I wish yi see your partner r -
-. - I have ho partner, sir," ' -
"1 beg your pardon, sir,' Mid hope you'll
excuse the mistake." - - :
" 014: there's no harm done; , but What.
madey_oa tkony
t here was two of. us 1"
."' etiYr siin—The - ` rich Bato'l3' piis."
."I
..k.+, ...__ ..
itignini -.1.t.--.-..P.t.ti1ktr.,44;!
Sands 61 Gold.
. Happinma cicils; Made quite 'ass — well of
cheapaviterials a 4 detli Ones; - • . .
s • The man - who flees' the rnoqt-has - thej least'
,
time to talk abont what he does."
A quiet expo s ition .of truth- )Lur. a :hofter
effect - Limn-a violent attack ow error._ Truth,
extirpates errors as grass aztirpates ireildi s 'hy
working its way into *Or idace, ii4 . 4 .. kiating
them no room to gro - ii. t - v• . c •:_:,.`.,
Nothing but a good - lifit can fit Men:, foris''-'
better one. • - -- 4 "' '' 1 ' ' ' - '
-
Giants areaeldoM overlook 4. ' ,-.
_ The thoughtless 4a4 ipatieut- shut . their ~,,_,
eyes to danger, rather th `labor to. evert it. 1,„ 2 ,
tl ii
The fame whielf follow true greatness . nb,'
Mind need holfo — ,o*,.;..my atiti keep
40v19.: - -, , : --,-----' • ; ',- 7C r " ~,,il,
A.itum's *twat 'widely) etlikelhe - dikeald'
Holland or the of he htimissippl;imied‘ '
to be continually wrstched Pad istresigtito.ifitd• . •
_Hi is ruined if they are undermined: ..
thrown. ' . '''''. .1 1 - '
\ Confused thought is a - cheap commodity
but some Writers parade it lii if • • it were'a
priceleia jewel.., , I , ' l' '- ' ' :' ' ' -
12V,Aubigne, in . his History of the &f0r..., ~
ma . tion says, ", The "gospel , triumphs by", the, ,.
blood of its confeksors, not by that or its ad-
versaries." . -' ' '. '
The ivoil4 seems to the old- to -hive gone
backward, because they have gone forward-.
- Grouting. I.
Grouting is a t simple operation by which l
the roots of plants taken by in dry . *wither
are coated orertwith a moist and (sometimes)-
fertilizing substance, which \ prevents their 4-,
in l cr froin,excessive evaporation,iind gives att
impulse to their growth until their eiistence
is; rendered certain by a!,- shoiver. rain.
When propperly done, it is of great utility,
rendering the gardener or !planter shiest in.
dependent 4.the'seasons.l We scare 1y , wait : .
f o r a rain, in or4er to, transplant cabbages,.
tomatoes, sweet potaro driisys, orany'similar
plants, our, 'practice being:. simply this; • We
take a bucket of rain water ror soap .siga
frova a . w_iishirq tub, andistir into it enough
leave or wood•i would and scraping 4 from
the ;cow-pen, to make it as batter or thin
mortar. -
Into this batter we dip the rootsof sweet,
potato draws or any other plant, and whey
they are weircoated with the grouting mix.,
tore, we set them where they, are intended
to stand, in a hole made with a dibble ox
pointed stick, and having pressed' the eaftti%
tirtnly, around all parti of the loot, the work
is done.--Ifithigan Farmer. -•-
THE LATE CIIANCELOR: SENT.—The, late
Chancellor Kent was'one of, those Men whose;'
innale.djgnity enabled hirn to take in geed
part familiarity—the;result of lomoraite - ..aad •
. ! weitiont, lie was-extremely fend of martial
music ; - and hearing,the.drumis' of a recruit- •
ing , party who bad - taken their station at- the
corner of a street, to beat a_point of war, he --
- w - alked:olt to listen. to it nearer:: Insensibly
he was whistling the guidon of a tune; when .
the man of War accosted hint thus
" Von are fond of such, music then, my fel
low ?" • ' •
• " YeS," was the reply: .
Well, then said 'sergeant Kite, why not
join us? Coed quarters—good
. .bounty—. \ .
large ',bounty. Besides- our Captain' .tti a
-glorious fellow. - Why don't you now! You
can't do-petter." . • .
Well, said the Chancellor, have one -
pretty strong objectiOn."
" What is it 1" asked the Ser,geant;
".Why just now r happen to have a better
trade"'j •. e"
What •
tra.lo is it 1"
":I am Clianegllor of the Suit of }4.7 - ew York,
he - answered. j . ' - -
" I Wheiv ! muttered' the Sergeaut, Stnke
°. --=forward, - rnarch - Vi '
Off tramped the tpilitary -man-: without
looking behind him, laving the chancellor
to enjoy his laugh at the adventure. :
- ,
~ m ,
ASTER- AVD SCITOLL -A tAß.eaed' ped-•
agogne,•at Nantucket, 'who:used every . - 1110 r...-
ning to read itiassagas - in the Bible, and '44- ';!
pound the same as he proceeded, order, •:
that by asking questions as tallow •inUch they
remembered of his - comments; hejinight'' as
certain' Who were theihtight lioys of school: -•
au onei occasion he.reiid -from the hook - of
JOb,,thus: • • •-• .
" There was a 'man in the and of Uz, and
name wasJob,.and he feared God, and es
chewed evil : 'that is he eschewed evil as I do
tobacco—he wdnld hive nothing to do - with
it. With this ;eery clear.and fordible argu
ment of the word eschee,lio proceeded until •
a number of verses were read and cod:merit/3d
on in a similar clear and intelligent manner.,
After a long. interval,when the youngniind ,
had-time to digest its food; the pedavgue
called up:one of the younger boys, and :the
following dialogue ensued. ;:
" Who was the man-who iivediti ,
", Was he a good m
" *hat did bejlo I
" He eke:tied- tobacco when nobody else wontd
have nothing to . do with it," waii 13obliolines'
answer. . •
The bOy was permi
TOOATOOD TO
pursuit
gentleman \ who
was recently; in Phrist's •Church,-
Boston - Ideated in, Satenilitreet; stepped into
a store in' the neighborhood; and inquired of
the proprietor . •
"If - he. '
direct him to Chtist's ;
ChurcLi 1" ,
The proprietor stepped to store door,
and directing the attention of th gentletian
to alall spire which loomed befervi-him, , •
remarked, • • - - , i . -
"Mitt, sir, 'tied to be called elitist. ciburchil
4ut I don't believe Hes been hero. fOif mote
than ti - ro years." •
-The geutlentan beitig well Acquainted - with' -
the . facts through the papets, that :Unhappy , ;°
difficulties had been of uoe in,
that-church; wan perfettly Waded Whit :the
infortuatiou.
J' A law3ret.ance appm4luxl a' platy
gnat ereas and said - sha icokali so). charming
ha cooldn't:belp giving - her a kiss - 4- - ;
" Friendi " iald Abet 34
thee must 40 t0 -40 )."'i'
"04, by R* I will
"welt; friand; as - alga bast, .iivoit:thee .'
may da,ic but thou mast make,-
ties of it.n' a •
Sir A lie utonant l a*idow
plain that bet !load li4l.6;teniutties.4-
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ted to. take 'emaiti