,t 1 rpr) 1 ttuilt - k_ 6trtitoit, P,roprittot,s, Ot`tc Viyetti. SONG ial? BUCK .e0 7 :11 , LREC'K. TO infidel The woo trrpared fo To boat : Then, dem jAnd gird ,Year anise The shell sections unite, Ipheads leading thn van, a desperate "fight, tier and Batcs—if-they can! rata, Ann for the shock, up your loins fur the battle ; will resist; like a rock, s that the enemy rattle. The party' no party"—the ends • lAndod , -of all .parties below— - Ville tartfo , Convention—the friebds -. pf Cafe':—march - all in a row! -. Like the k Is ota forte-piano, •- • triley all are airanged for the action: . The blacked the gray spread one banner; The rag- mand-bob-tail of factiob I fi at. 'Theprops of the •National Bank, The bluclights and sable cockades, -Xie fortn'd i n an awkward-squad rank, 'With cotnrades'iike . ,,aces of spades. 'Tl4ts mingle dark spirits and iray, '-- And thus march those ljith of a feather, Impatient to join in the fray, And open. all their furi tpgetber !Regard not their boast or their - war ! The muses from Georgia to Maine, *, Who beat them so often i betore, . ire able t lo beat them again. - 'Then let th ni come . on—if they dare-- 3 i ft - ia male becoming the wearer ; "CoUr flag is oat on the air, 4.. And Bur is our true standard-bearer! , The fume who toil at the plow, . • The mere ants a'ho plod in the mart, The hardy echanics know, how • 'To net in is struggle their part. From city a d hamlet and town, From moorland and monnt.iin and valley,'. 'From sun-rie away to sun=down, .From the north to the s'outh, we will rally! . 'By rights w . possess vve will stand, pasha - di :d by faction's decrees; h Safety we II dwell on the land, In ;treed° • well roam on the seas. It Ise to our enemies bow, The "co. pact of States" they. may sever : BuTTA.XANBRECrEN . E.IDGE now, And the linion . for ever and ever! • Siscrliantolts, , • For the Democrat. AVOM SISTERS. ET S. W. T. • Stopping fer the night in a contiguous toasty, I heard an intelligent old lady. whose locks were whitened with the frosts of mire than seventy winters, relate, in substance, the following narratiVe, tor the authenticity. of which she vonch4 her plrents, from whom She had often heard the tale,. being personal ly conversant 'ith the circumstances about sei c to be disclo . • tv . . 1 . . The prinottlye settlers of Orange county, view York, wre frequently molested by rose 'lug bands of lindians, who lingered upon the outskirts of ciilii - Aon, and tho' ostensibly friendly to the white.s, wet e nerertheless,their (mpliCable foes, and whenever an auspicious !moment presented itself failed not to wreck Upon the tinoffending inhabitants a full moos; ire of demoniac vengeance. The more effect na, Ily 'to protect themselves against the in-: ttoads I of the savages, rude forts of block-hon i ies were constructed at vaiii ° )us points in the different settlentents,' where their valuables were :deposited, and whither, in case of inva sion, .0e helpless mikbt, flee fel., refuge. The %set nsually labored 'with weapons by • their ; sides ' , ..r. near, 'hand, and at night guards :were Statior ho kept faithful watch while their trieni ) locked in the embracei of sleep.. t,withstanding these precau tions, I the were occasionally called to sworn the !some of their number,killed or made zi by the wily foe. . Near th, of a stormy day in Autumn, throe Indh itered unobserved a cottage situated in a secluded (1441, and occupied; at ,',the fitne, by a Mother and her two -laugh= ,bets; one aged nineteen, the other 'sixteen years. In an insolent manner, the savages demaatled f , which being furnished and partaken nif, t ey,signified their readiness to depar ; where pen (Nib of them, a ferocious monster, seizing the mother by the hair 'bur ' ' ted his tomahiwk in 'her bruin, then coolly I Proceeded to rip his victim . ; ~ This barber . Ins act wasrpetrated in presence. of the sis- Venvwho, acre ming with Affright, implored li r the Indians to spare their lives. -.‘‘ We kill white Squawsrot now--we make, captive of tlntiwe take them Ong way with us.'--:. . Se Wiling etteli of - the. unfortunate. girls was givenla bundle of the most / valuable plunder the bone afforded, and both hurried from their borne and bleeding mother 'into the stilderneas. Their captors urged theta for • I , 'R?krd at' a rapid. pace, ' and whenever they II • manifested signs of exhaustion. were dealt se vere blows. About 10 o'clock P. hi., having travel d a distance of nearly- twenty miles, Over I ',Tugged tract of, country, the party tame I to a halt in a deep ravine, bounded on titherlside by ia precipitous wall of melt; and Watered by a limpid stream.- Here the save : gee Ladled a fire and made preparations for ial..ving:tlte-aight. Strong- stakes were driv inta the grow , to which the \ captives were r i eetired vii thongs: Some died ven iwn was offered cm, of which faint with ti t 4 tigu, they partook and felt refreshed. -The ',ladians havink completed their Simple repast, - and ssuring themselves of the k t izry of • their Prisoners, disposed themselves to slum ,,bvri himide thii blazing fire, sand soon furnish ed•convirieing evidence of obliviousness. IThe emotions that filled the breasts of the sisters at this period k‘an better. imagined than deSclibed-. They had , lately beheld a cher ished met/ter — butchered and scalped; had been, forced from the Confines of -by iemorseless barbarians, who Made the ag r onies of .the unfortunate their sport were rn i smarting fro the effeeta of teeent blisws, in flicted' by theirttomahawks; were drenche'd With . rain; but just abated ; were fatigued Yet could tick:sieeptheir te 'the n t of mind Was too great. Thu were surrounded by a • thick canvass of g:e NM The wind .donned and shrieked as it . gurti, through the hien- . ches.of surrounding trees. The hoT',lofhun= gry wolves, cehoing.and. re-echoing-through the narrow gorge, and froin adjacent hills, sounded-like 'wailings from the realms of Or 'cu,. • The dolorous notes,o't the owl, ming- Jiag with the panther's Yell, added still har sher dissonance. to the minstrelsy of the for est.. Huge masses of leaden •clouds floated, atintervals. athwart, the sky, shutting out completely the feeble . light of the • waning moon. Near by lay the 'authors ottheirmis.-- fortitnein whose power : they were.' These and other - circumstances associated 'with their condition, wele'eufficient to appal. the stout est heart. And what Was to he their fate ? Where . wasthe plaee . •of their 'destination? Were they not reserved for a pablic sacrifice, when all the exquisite torments savageinge unity could devise would be mercilessly in• dieted upon them ! 'Such were the questions they again, and again asked themselves; for they were too far removed from each other . to converse together with safety. , The gaunt let:and stake with all their concomitant hor-. rOrs rose before-their minds. Meanwhile the night rolled ' • The Indians slept.; • But the maidens wept,, •, Keen' anguish bowed ;them low; • fie hope of relief ;• • • , 800thed the pangs, sat' grief- Their hearts weie:filled. with woe. At length, to her itrdecribable joy, the el de! sister succeeded in unloosinz, her bands. She , now was free. but scarcely dared corn-• rnuiricate the joyful intelligence to her sister through fear- Of arousing the savages, between , two of whom it was necessary to pass in or der to attain the, point desired. Sotoething, however, mast be done. A way of escape seemed opening before them. : She hesitated no tonger, but crept ste.attnny to the side of her sister, who cam° near, shrieking at sight of the unexpected apparitiom. She (laic...l:Ty regained her composure, while her ,inter unpinioned lier arms, which had-be come much .swolen from the tightness of the cords. This accomplished, they both were •• • st liberty, so far as freedom of limbs was con cerned, but still -were in the power of their captors, who had taken-the: preCaution to sure and the encampment with an abattis of dry bow-41s 10 . that an attempt to escape without detection wonid be irdpos.sible,ris the • cracking of twigs would be she, to, awaken the sleepers, •A few Moments Were spent in consultation. No plan of escape seemed practicable. Should they be fortunate en ough to retire without awakening "the sava ges, it was More than probable_ their absence would soon be discovered, ,and pursuit and certain death be the 'consequence. But flight was impossible.; If their situation was peril.; ens before, it, was 'doubly so, now.. No tittle was to_be lOst. , Life or death depended on the decision of the moment. The resolution of the elder was taken. The saya,9es n.tust be , She informed her sister of her Enal resolve, who received the announcement with a shudder. The womanly instincts of both revolted at the idea of shedding human blood; out life was dear to then', ,and apparenti: , could be preserVed only by destroying those, -who doubtless resolved to filch from 'them the invaluable boon.. The :nerves of theyoun• ger were not as strong as her sister's, and she whispered, " 011 can not do such au act,— indeed I can not!' would it not be Murder l" "Murder I no my dear," the elder _rejoined, the sight of self-preservation is-one of the fun damental laws of nature; and to preserve our own lives, 'we are . justified in taking - the life Of another., 'TiS hard I know, but there is no alternative.. So banish your scruples---re sistall rising emotions of tenderness—nerve up your heart 813d'arm. I'll kill two. Here, take this laateheto'll use the - one that took our mother'slife-H'iis still red with her blood, Advance'to•yonder savage by the tree.. The fire burns brightly now, you eta see well cautious. I'll make .my-self ready, and when I say. doten'/ then ittike, Strike with all - the energy yen can sutnmob, and be sure you hit the markJur if either of us fail to do this, all is lopt. knak not another word till my -plan is executed. -Move on." -So say ing, each took, in ;silence; her appointed sta.- tion beside the Unconscious 'warriors, who thought not of their,impending doom. Per- . chance they Were even then iisiting,in dreams, that spirit laud where so virtu of their kind red had gone.. " Alas ! hosv soon was the ide al to be exchanged for the actuaL It was, a critical moment for the sisters. Each stood with U pli fted weapon=-one' Waiting for a fa rorable Opportunity to strike,--the other'for the sigual to do 'so. Beads - of cold sweat stand on the broWoteach ; a tremor runs thro' every nerve.- Their lips tremble, reveal ing•the agony Licit convulses their . bosoms ; but they stand firm, supported. by.lhe colt , scions justice of their daring purpose. It is a scene for the artist, - a theme for the poet. Ilark I the dreaded word douni is beard ;eta: "WE ARE ALL EQUAL nrtmtE . GOD AND TULE CONSTITUTION."-!..Jaitiei Iflantroset 3asqueljann:t sftnn'zt,• Tiljurskra August 21, 1850. • upraised aria tietendsthe . elder's twice in quick succession; n . few faint,btibbling groans are heard, and three untutored spi its cleave the midnight glooin, as 'upward - they ascend toward - the Aiden of rest, , the souls" of the slaughtered braves- Their deliverence effected, ,the next step `was - prepaiat'ory . for - - returning to the settle-. :ment, as they .could not, for a moment, in-. dtdlgo the thought of rerriaining in their: pres -enCiituation tititil morning, althoUgh they were fully apprized of- the difficulties' to be •encountered on a journey through the forest, enveloped-as it was in - a pall of midnight darkness ; but they half:been-taught from in fancy to despise danger, and th - o - frying scones. through which they had 'So- lately passed, made their hearts bold ; accordingly,:. each took a : torch, a hatchet and rifle,and, at once, proceeded . as best they could to retrace their steps homeward. They kept along the bank of the same strain the Indians had followed since night-fall, but their progress was slow and tOilsoine. ,Through brambles, bushes, and over fallen trees they pursued their way. When the morning dawned, one third of the distance from their late encampment 'to the settlement whither they: Were bound, -wad not accomplished. Faint and• weary they sat down upon a mossy knoll beside a spring, where the younger gave vent to. her anguish in a flood of tears, exclaiming - between her subs, ",Q,'would they had killed me to ol Wen like our dear mother I should have been -4: • at test,.and not known the poignant sorrow that rends my bosom. We can. never extri cate ourselves from the mazes of this dismal wood, lam sere we are lost. My strength is rapidly failing. - 1. thick .mist hangs be fore my eyes. My fevered brow throbs wild ly. Home and friends I fear I shall never behold again." Her sister assuaged her grief as Lest she could with words of consolation and hope—bathed her temples in the cool waters of the fountain, and assured -ter she knew perfectly the direction to be taken.— After a interval of repose, they, again proceeded . On t 11 . cl r de tidestination. No u tiler tu - nate circumstance attended them, were Un-. molested by Savagc&r wild beastl , ,and about noon. of the ensuing • day arrived at the set-: Clement, which was found in a state of alarm, ihe'outrage of.the proceedidg afternoon,lead- . inz the settlers to i 1 lect their enemies Were near, in force, and contemplated a general massacre. . • When the Sisters t arrived within sight of 1,-73 of yeomen soldiery:;they h;rd_ like to have been fired upon by tWelf . .friends, who thought them Indians - in disguise, .approaclring to re connoiter ; but great was the joy on all . sides when their true charaeterwas,di,Cevered,.:—. The meeting I;etween them and their stricken father was touching in the extreine,•and dreW teats from eyes unused to weeping. That parent had the-day previous left his borne with a light heart; and returning at evening,. instead of the usual domestic felicities, roue& his wife . bathed in blood, a pallid corpse,- 1 — .his childrea.gone; he kites not, whither ; but he now- had the eiquisite pleasure of again clasping them to his hosona:; and though he grieved deeply for the smitten one, - yet his sorrow', was, in a degree, assuaged by the un expected. return of the missing twain; whose tragic story elicited universal, surprise.; and at its . cOnclesion; a company of young. men partly froui.curiosity, and partly with•a view to ascertain, if possible; Whether the savages were prowling around . .. the frontiers, determ ined to visit the spot_ where the sisters had displayed such heroism:aid intrepidity. 'Oh; tamping the requisite, intelligence to the route, and procuring the services of an old hunter, who *was . familiar with every nook and gO , rge ofthe - wildernessfor miles within its deighs, .they set out, and; by a rapid march, succeed- : ed.in reaching their destination just astlie,' herald 'of •night was beginning• to unfold its dusky pinions. -- Everything was fOund pre- . cisely . as represeited by the maiden's. There lay theindians, cold and . stiff in the arms of death, with ghastly eye-balls prOtruding trom . their sockets,.aud features hideously distorted by the agonies of dissolution. ,One. had Clenched. his ritle,anether- the hilt of his knife, while in the belt of a third was the scalp of the sitters' mother. The party encamped that night in the forest, and the following Jay returned to their friends, bearing the scalps of the savages, and . their ill-got. booty. No traces .of the enemy were discovered, and the settlement was-again restored to compar• ative tranquility.' The heroines of our story lived to ripe old age, enjoying Much of . this world's felicity, some of its sorrows ; And when called, at lengthifrom earth` - away, their remains were followed. to - the tomb by a large - Concourse of young and old; who united in paying this last tribute of respect tovenerablene.ss and de parted.worth. Near a murmuring streAtu r -- whose waters ripple a ceaseless ?dirge, they slumber side by.side; and their resting place is mark eel by a tablet of native stone,: upon which was rudely chiseled the following in seription,long since effaced ; •, _ '• In Memory of the Ilerale, Sisters , who delivered them - selves from CAPTIVITY By taking the lives of their captors. Pence to their ashes. Lathrop, Pa., Aug . " Massa, one of ‘your oxen's4tvad---taider too; was 'lraid to tell you of 'enit)of at once, fluid you could n't tore Tt ti' • :j:Oi/JK-TA Y1,9/1, The Tinton of .the Itach.woods Bar auul,l'uipil b I ;34MEN,FIELD. Y can never fotgot toy first vision of JAI; Taylor. It wa3 in the courtibouse tit Lewis burg, Conway county; Arkansas, id the it.n mer of 1838. The occasion itself possessed terrible inter-.. est. .A. vast 6onsonise of . spectators had as sealed to witness the -trial of a young, ttrd . beautiful girl on anindietment for murder.— The judge waited at. the moment, for• the sher iff to bring in' the prisoner, and the eyes, of the impatient multitihle all'eentred : on the• door :; when suddenly . a stranger entered, Whose Appearanee ri Veted universal attention. Here is his portrait—a Bpi.° tall, lean;-- 7 'sinewy and straight ns an arrow.;" a face sal low, bilious, and tWitching'incesantly with nervous irritability ;l a brow, broad, soaring, massive, sekimed .with wrinkles, but not with age—for ho was scarcely forty; eyes reddish yellow, like the wrathful Cagle, as bright and piercing ; and finally , a mouth with lips of cast iron, `thin, cold,',eurled and sneering,.the intense expression looked the hiring .embodiment of an iunbreathed .curse. He as babited in a new. suit of buck-skin, orna mented after the fashion of Indian costume, with hues of .every color df the' ainbow. Elbowing his way through the crowd,'and apparently unconscious that he was regarded as a phenomenon, .needing explanation, this singular being advanced, and with the fiangh-, ty air Of a king ascending the throne, seated himself within the bar, thronged as it was with 'the disciples of Qok6 and Blackstone,— several of whdm it waS • known esteemed them selves vatitly Fupetioi•to those old and -famous - masters. - • The cohtrast between the•outlandish garb and disdainful countenance of the stranger, excited; . espevially, the risibility of the law yers ; and the junior members began a sup pressed titter, which grew :louder; and soon swept round the ;whote. circle. They 'doubtlesS supposed the intruder. to be Some. wild bunter of the mountains. who had never before seen! the -interior of a hall of justice. 'lnstantly the cause and object of the laughter Perceived it,' turned his head giadually, so . as to give each laugher a look; liis lips curled with aldlling smile of infinite scorn ; his yellow eyes shot arrows of light ning ;his tongue 'protruded , th rough his teeth literally writhed like a soipent, and ejacula t,t.;t. ncr_l; ' l ' 4 ' Savag,es :" No pen can descl-ihe the defiant forceAvhich Le threw into that team ; no pencil can paint the infernal furor of utterance, although, it hardly exceeded 'whiver. But he ac- cented cacti letter at if' it were a separate emisSion.of fire that "scorched his cinbiering lips:; 'laying horrible. :emplutsi4 on S 3 at both the beginning and end - of the word-4 • - • "Sarage.S!" . i It was the growl Ota'red tiger•in the hiss da rattle snake. •-, . - . rapes Pi Theweneral gaze, liewaver, was immediate ly- • divertOd s by the'adverit of the fair prisoner who then catne in surrounded by her guard. The itpparition\was enough •to dri've a saint mad. For hers rias a Style of beauty to be r , 'wilder title tamest imagination, and melt the coldest heart, leaving in both imagination and heart a gleaming 'picAre enamelled in ' fire mid fixed in a frame oft.gohl fronn-the stars It was the spc.:ll of an eneWntment to ()apt as •%vcll as seen. You ruigliffeel it hi the flash of her countenance, clear as a in n-beaM r liril.: iantaS the iris ;• in the:. contour of her feaL tures, symmetrical as if cut by the chisel of an artist; in her hair, of rich' n übUrn 'ringlets flowing without a-braid, softer than silk,finer than gossamer : in. the eyes, hltie as the heav en of southern sunntier; large, liquid, beamy ; in her motiwis, graceful, s%imming, like the gentle waftures of a h4d's wing in the sunny air: in the figure, etherial—a sylph or seraph's.; and more. than nil, iu the:' ever lasting 'smile-of the rosy lips, so arched; so , serene, so like-starlight, and yet possessing the power r.of magic or-of magnetism. to the-beholder's heart,' , • As In unfortunate,girl; so tastefully dres sed, h 0 incomparable s►s to 'personal charms, calm and smiling, took lier place, before. the bar.of her judge, a murmur of admiration arose from the crowd, - winch the prompt in.: terposition of the court, by a stern older 6f of, silence, could haidly repress from swelling to a , deatening cheer. • ; ' the judge turtied to the prisoner - " Emma Minerii.the court has been infoitn (.ll that your cou'Osel, Col. Linton, .is sick,— have you employed any other?" She answered/,'in a.voice sweet as the war bling of the . . tdihtinga . le, and clear as the song of the ski-Mark: • , My enemiei ha . ve-bribad all the lawyers —even my own to . be•sick ! but, god will de fend the innoC4nt !" • At this resppnse, so touching iii its sitriple pathos, a portion of the audience buzzed ap plause, and die rest wept. Op the initant, however,, the stranger,— whose appearance had previously excited - sueh merriment, i4arted to his feet; approached the prisoper; mat whispered somsthing is her ear. She bounded six inches froin the tioor,uttered a piercing Strie - Ic y and then stood trembling as it in thekreseuce of a - ,gllost trout eternity white the sitigularbeing wlf: bad caused her unaccountable emotion, addressed thO cniurL in hts shady - riming 'voice, souoieus as the: sound of WI:m.4AI, . I"May it please your honor, I will - asinine the_ task of defending the . lady,"' I"What !" exclaimed the astonished judge, are yea a license , ' attorney - " The question is irrevalent and immaterial . replied tite sCranger:with a 'venotrious • sneer; "as-the, recent statute entitles any persou to act as counsel at the 'request of the party;" " But does the -prisoner request it i", 'enqui red the judge,. < .• " Let her spealrioriterself,", said the strab- "I do," was the answer, as a long drawn sigh escaped, that seemed to rend her Very heart-stria s: - •' • case immediately progressed and as it had a tinge of romantic . mystery, we epitomise the substance of the evidence. •• About twelve months before, the 'defendant bad arrived . in and Opened an es. tablishinent of millinery- Residing, in a connected with her shop, and all 'alone. prepared the articles of her trade with _Weariedlaborand ccms . nrnmate 'taste. Her habits . -were secluded, -modest ant tiring, and henCe site. might have hope avoid notoriety,' but for the perilous gil that extraordinary heruity," whieli. toe and to the poor - and friendlessoilways pi a curse. She was soon: sought after by all those : glittering fire-flies of fashion, __the pro fession of whose life, everywhere is. sod "action and-rain. But the beautiful stranger reject,- ed them all with unutterable scorn and loath• . • mg. Among these , rejected suitors .was character from Whick.he fair milliner had everything to fear. Hiram Shore beleiiged to a family at Once. opulent, influential, and dissipated. .He was liiniself licentious, brave and ferodionsly revengeful—the most; famous duelist of the south-Wes.t. was . gerierally knoWn that he bad made advances to win the fai'or of the lovely Emma—and had shared -the fate.of all othe wooers—a disdainful -re pulse. - • - , At nine o'clock on Christinan.uight,..,ls37, the People of Le - svisburg were startled by -a ham scream; as of one in:Mortal terror; while following that, with Scarcely an interval,= came successive reports of fire, arms, one, two three—a dozen deafening roars: They flew to the shop of the milliner, whence . the sound proeceded, pushed back- the unfastened door,. aula scene othorror.was pre.ented. Thera shestood in the centre of • the room with a revolver in each hand, every barrel' discharg; ed,ber features pale, 'her eyestiaslung. there at her t'cet, weltering in his warm blood his 'bosotu literally riddled-with balls .lay the_ all dreaded duelist, Hiram- Shore,..rrasping in 1 thv List agony. - He articulated but . a Singlc. sentence: "Tell my m ther atnAtad • - .and g . one to bell !" and immediately, expired.- - "4n theionic of 'God, ,who did, this claimed the.appaled spectator& .1 "Il did it," said tha beautiful miiliner,;" . l diner to save .my honor."•: • •: .4s may- be readily imagined,, the deed caused an intense sensation. opinion however, was. divided.. The , poOrer classes, .crediting the 'girl's version of the- facts, laud- , ed heroism in terms of measureless eulogy. the friends'of the deceased,.-and of his wealthy- family, gaVe a different and' darker, ,coloring to the, .affair, and denounced the:. lovely homicide as an atrocious criminal.= Unfortunately for her the officers of the : law e.specially the judge and 'sheriff iiere:devoted• conirndes of the slain,. - ancr displayed . , their feelings in revolting.PartialitY, judge ceminitted her without; the Privilege Of . bail, 'awl the sheriff chained her in the felon's dun= , 1 . gem. • , . such . -is n brief abitraet of the eireum4lan ces!developed in therexaminntion of witnesses. Tin.; testimony closed and the pleading began First of all, three advoeatei spoke in sue, sion fur the prosecution; htit neither their names por.their argtnnents are worth preseri; OratOrs'of the blood and thunder 9m?„- ni, they about . -equally partioned- their.howl ing eloqUenee betwixt the prisoner nhd her leather-robed counsel ; as if in doubt who of twain was on trial. :As for the stranger' 14 , seemed to-pay uOt'the slightest attention to his opponents, :but remained motionless, with his forehead bowed on his hands, like one, buried in deep thought or slumber. . When the proper time came,: however, lie , suddenly sprang to Ws feet, crossed the bar, - arid took- his position almost touching .the jury. ,lie then commenced .in a whisper, but it was a whisper so wild, so clear,. so unutterl ably. diitinct and ringing, as to fill. the hall from floor to galleries: . : • - At the outset be dealt' to pure logic,Separating and combining the proven facts,till the whole mass of confused evidence looked transparent aS . a globe of glass; through which the inno- . cence of his client shone, brilliant as a 'sun beam ; and the jurors nodded to • each - (diet signs of thorough-conviction,; that ti rilling• whisper, and fixed concentration, and 4he language, siniple as a shild's had convinced all.• -lie then changed his posture .i:9',:is to sweep the bar with his glance, and.begatt to tear and rend_ his legal adversaries. ills 'sal low face glowed '.ike a. boated furnace ;,his oyes resembled living coals, and his voice be catne the clangor of a trumpet; 1 have before ' or since, listened to such Murder-. ous denunciittisOns. It u:as like . ,JoVe's eagle charging a ftocklof craw*. ~ft was like . Jeve himself hurling red . -hot thunderbolts tinning the - qtiakitig ranks of •tt . c ons pi fauy of ittfori or gods. And yetitt_the highest tethpest . ef I• 1 his furl, lie„..seemed c a lm, -be ~ : employed `n( gesture save one--tho , flash of. 4.. long bon ' fiSreliugarAirect in the eyes of hia foei: 'A 1 painted their venality 'and: irtittiFay mean:, nesS, in coalescing for ,- money:to litihf.down 1 poor friendless woittkr, till , shout, ot'itifled ' rage arose from the tnaltiiude t and - e:ven - ,s‘tpe ; of the jury cried—" - Sliame‘V- - Ho changed - his t h eme onee -- mere: his voice grew mournful "us a funeral .song, and his eyes .filled - with team as he treed a - rir id picture 'of .man's erueltiea, and woman's , wrongs, with—particular illustmtiona in the ; case of his client; till one, halt the andiencei wepiiikecitltdre'.l3; wa n ration that he reached histenith, at. once, of terror and , sulktuity. features weri , 4isid as those of a corpset - hiaNery hair setmesel to , stand on 'end ; his '`nerve's 'Shook `ii:s with a palsey; he tosied.his Wit* tawatds!, heaven, each finger streteheilapart and quit..., erin.". like a candle, its heclo.sedwith the last words of the deceased_ Hiram Shore—"lell' Iv— '.hat I dead and gone - to hell," I hell embialied the: , a Wail of inmipas :uage can depict the , Men - groaned,—• )-poor mother faint- In convulsions. pied but an hour._ jury verdict of Net Gull : . viithout leaving. the box,and three ckeer,,, like successive roars of an earthquake, alto& the old court house from. :dome to corner stone,testifying the joy of the'peeple.- I . After Are adjournment, which .occurred near sunset, the triumphant advocate : arose' and gave out an appointment : "i will, preach in -ibis hall-to-night, at_ Et. o'clock: I.le.then glides oll'_throurrit the crowd speakint , to . no one, though Many attempted:to draw him-in= to conversation. At ei , rht o7clock the court house was again thronged, and the strtn.Yer -accorclinfr 0. 1, promise, deliverd hiaiermon. - ..1t evinced the same attribnte.s as his previous eloquenco.,4° the bar ; the same compact logic„ the sante burn nb rebeinenCeond. increased . bitterae4 of denunciation. Indeed misanthiopy.teveal ed itself as the prominent emotion.. The dis course was a tirade againstliihdels, , class the preacher seemed to.. include erety 7 . body but himself; . it was a picture such as Lucifer • might have. drawn, with a world in flames-for his •pencil. But one. par-, agraph.pointed to beam; and that onli,:de taonstrated the utter a rriPossibility that Any human being should. ever get there. W-111GS OF PENIA'SLV...-L1 7 1,1. • en Astucesnuno;July • 11, 18.51._ Hon. W. B. Recn - :---The • andersigned,on behalf of the Deinocracy of Franklin county, extend to you their_ most cordial invitatilan fci address - the people of this slActionior ilia State, at this place; on Thursday the Ith'44l. of August, in Masi Meeting. - •We hivei' svit -ne with pleasure, your patiiotic= dete.rinl - to stand by the test interests of ,tlti country in the eerning conflict, and to assi4 the National party of. the - land to maintain' the integrity of tho.Constitutionnud the tint; ion; and we trust that you will - permit . us to introduce you the rust a.ssemblag,e of:thikt oe 7 easion, assembled around the council fires of liberty: know,will be eloquent and yOur influence im mense, *on these great issues.' horie that ygll'will be able to infciint us, at ; aft`early day, cif' you consent to come. With - setrtimentiof hiO JulylBso - GENTLEMEN—AbsoIute inability to. speak) in the open air will prevent me from uniting in-youi Map Meeting . on the 7th of August, for I ani very sure you will 'not be ,able compress-within any room built, byr . hauds,4l who will be with you in doing honor, to-Mr. I3uchanan. Franklin 9ounty if I.Mistake., not, was his birth place. Thence he stetted to win his way in life, and those, and.'.the children of those amongst, whom he was boirr, - . will gladly, and resolutely enure for Ward. to sustain him now. The - intelligentohrifty men-of your Country, descendants of the, ro bust Scotch, Irish. and German pioneers: of the Cumberland -Valley, will .not wanting at a crisis when civil nod , religious . liberty and the Union of the States, are endangered. To the multitude which will be sure to 4s semhlo thete.,lcould not speak—much as I wish it—put my written . worjs of spiipatlfy and 'eucourag,einent—of earnest anxiety, for the success of the Democratic, ticket at hilt the approaching .cleetions; . (one searcely ss important than the otheq leannet, wi. Old; I shall have my nhundaut reward if ley in fluence a single reader. Take „th • )), I beg You, for what they _aro worth. ,The .are at least sincere s and diSinterested. I have some nssocintio - with Frniiklin County ', which' are : pee inr. I Have . : had friends there, in public d private . li who, us contemporaries, w e dear .to me, slud q as my senior,' honer me by their oonnsel f - 7. Many of them - 11, o, resod aiway, though sonic are still g. I.wns in - the legislature) ou the'sam) side of polities too;—for laul net . asha , ed or, 'my . neteeedants) and' 3', 011 : would enpiso kie were I to deny .tbeni,- .7 . with Davi) Fullerton and. Thomas G. itecuilovy nd fast very sure, that ii they were allye .6w, they would be neither Know_ Nethiuga nor Abolitionists. I serFild long ppa as Caron, of I►l ercotabug, an honest and in ViritSON REILLY,' JAMES IsTILL,. • _ !.. - - - 11-11t41.ntt.13- . -''.- . Ifittbiev-354,.. 4"ependenethaiinsi,.it - there _whose privatO.waiffi'aiul.dignified'publia in tegrity, I have beei taught,l es - peoielly.to Jo- sheet ; it, is he who still kiwi hotthrisi Andes. ;wined Amon.. ' you-;-George Chamticii, b •Theie , tu•e" the person et association4'Whiett aft , ' feet me n. May tallude to- some othiersi c `,,,. ':,- ;• • I nmetnber,'Yeani ago, on.',. a ,bright . t.infin,- • flier's afternoTstr i leiling,,up thii turnpike, road _ - an:the Cove I.l°6l%i:in t - in" your' Count* ;mid When Vieached - the suitithit, turning to gaza .on, as ,beantiful scene a:a , .ever ~ gladened nig eye—tho:vai'fry a- Peaceful beanty which" stretches off *to-Maryland - and . toWards the . . .., Potomac:' ft is a fathilliar 'scene. to most of /Ou t .- To meit Witsne,w; said:its impression. has saver_ faded, from thy 'miti,4; - . 'Ai far as • the 'eye "e,ould.reach, there Ww.ferOlitytho • signs of tranquil -.industry ;: 1 0,11 vias - beitutifttl -- -.:ill was' peneeffil=itleoked; as it was like ' the;bode of a happy and 'united people.- `The' political line; ieparating PennsylVath4' froth I Maryland, trheed by those" old -fasilithiea sure •• 1 veybii, Charles Masoti!and Jeremiah Dixon, 1 was 'visible to ni:)"eyer: ." The trees <otr:'whieh they marked it had long been fellea. 4* diil Appeared. Many a farm was - separittedby-ii; but, OSOEI4 in. the eye of the law,no one knew . It or cared about it. I have often—for pare; .' ful thoughts are thrusting thetaselves- Alison me—re Called that scene of actual: beauty And, united interest,and realized what it _would be—what your condition will be—what must the condition of every county of this ' Corn men wealth lyingen' the Matyland line; . Chez= ter Lancaster, Yorli, Adatns, trankliri; Tied= ford, Somerset ; Fayette and drepi . ; i.f. disue 7 ion, be forced on us s and. the:. fracture be, as it would be, between what areppularli'tnit falsely culled the free and " the slave States; 4etwesn us ' and Mitryland. I wish .every man ) ,could be made to mil:Mind what . . El, - frotiier is; even that of eivillied. life; =, .: Its (tai, _ ly,- - hourly vexations and , dangeis—its line of custorn-house's to keep the -situggler in and Ou-Lthe"'elewas of 'fugitives froth jiiitice4thi . labor,, infesting every . avenneandeoe s Onleci. ' ir'eNfery thieket,--the murderer striking down hii . victim today. 'and flying: with the thsh" blpot.l on his bond to aft:ire/pa territory! - to z morrOw--the bickering, , the 61 , rife,.: the hot blood of " cciunterminens clispute,-all - this;- would be the daily doom of ' every Southern county of thii State; and across the beautiful "valley I have 'spoken of wotild be diStres.4z ly visible, the netzal, hrPact perhaps b(?(01 . -. . line _which distiniez;-.-4;--E-_&nce. I This'ii'irne, -s------ - - -- -vgn ,, orvo- --- - -3 - 1 - '_.: x -. .-.....,_ von citizens of Franklin 'County haves° long reposed in the . very centre of - the Sclniou; that you frontier not, understand' how , you can be coma a froutierand how.you Will seffer. when you tlo.. ,There was n' tithe; before -the- Union-- nits fratneti; untes:s infreading iethiiteri - runcli misleads. ne when clum Deice- dangers were - Let the Union be broken ,and they.will be realities again 1-read in Atte history Of your 'mu county (and it applies to' every lioiller,ceurity)Words which •it is well . to think of, for they-may`beenae fruthagain surpassed," &qt . & writer; 4 the L powers or the settlers to - curb the - wild and lawless spirits the'traders awd froutter.s, _men\.' 2 The Conooochcaque settlereents weie; infesied with, bands of despeiate marauders-and-couri: -terreiters, who bade defiance tc•all lawis..theY had afCerganizedline through, 'tha.cumbeiL, laud Valley into twginia. They droTe4 Irish, trade by stealing horses. `;aria: ifter, the British retired, they iardeti extensive trade Friongst thernselieS, by steari ifig horses 'at th South; passitig 7 theni - along the- line to the North where they c out& sot, , bi.recognised, atid- ekehinge theni for otheia stolen at the N.)1111._ Tho lOng_. narrow; 4l ! l ' leis and secludedroves of the - Blueldouutain; itfforded a convsaiient route 'arid :secure' hi; ..11011 I to be imminent.' I trefolo, innfl inrogint4 panic; but on sober . conviction,'wher I think : how venr it rnali be—how sure:inone client- - it, must tio:. Let me in , temperate , and guar ded language say why I think there is-danger, and-how Mr. Puchatian's - elo,tion -- can alone ' There now 116 before ,nie t 'Write:, a fel?' wards of prophetic Itisdom;-writteri - long be= fore - the prwent- division, of. Parties aroma which are very striking. They are the . words of.,John C. Fremotit's father , inzlaw substitution," - says , Mr. BentOninr'tho early pages, of hi t."ThiriY :Years," "of geographical parties discrimirtattd,.ky the dare lintt wouldi of:COOTS(); destroy: thej ust, and ' proper nod* of the federal government and lead eves l 4 l a l l.Y to :a separation of the States.", !*lf;":*tote - , Ur. Mason:nearly forty yearlogO - L vilien:',o4 yfai . i . ery far. off,`"a state of gOgritphl: jest bonntlaries t .vbat is to tiotttl'cliAlto 3 ote'itt rePiilsire massim.fioni aWful, Shooks' malnst each Other 1" ; Now if tl4,o',be*Ords ()tint, ifauch - be the prbbable 'consequences ot eograph ical parties, strietly ArarwurastY - not the trial of the Unibn be at handl -- In speak. 'ps i led his 'his )ry
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