,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