6trrilkeity Vropritliot. , 0 tiR rL.AG, lir.,WiLth - .11 B. 111.A.21E.g. - Where has it shone'. af Lekingtot, Where fell the first blood . 6f the free, Where from each - red drop spilt its, Wein A charm That gave us victory; • Qt floated nestal3 Dlinkerls,',Hill, 7 Where oar old - sires the Brito'n•ntet, Ifs welcotne was the bullet shrill, And in his heart the bayonet, Its fOldS were clogged with ice and snow, Upon the frosso Delaware, But Trenton's victory shed a glow- That warmed it into glory there: ' Its !Ong stripes glitterred in the sun, On Saratogit's tented plain, Where the battalligins of Burgoyne, Saw England's glory fade and wane.- • the-Constitutien's mast-head bore -- • That bawnerliciating full and free, And took it from Columbia's shore 'Fe gain new glory on the .sea: - It waved above the flame. andimoke, • By-the,Wild battle whirlwind blown, Amtwhen the light beneath it broke It saw St. George's cross go down. 'On Palo Alto's bloody-plain, That dear old-banner•stillwas there, They guarded it from'spot or stain, And bore it-blazing through the air; • Though pierced by balls and cursed by foes, It still streamed on above -the fray," And blessed the dying eyes of those - Who fought and fell atllclerey.. - God iTnard our flag-and keep each star Eath stripe as bright as now they wave, Still may it lead our bands in war, • Still float above each hero's grave Death to the coward that would dare. - To trail it throughthe dust of e, All honest hearts its lots will share, And follow ft to Death or Fame, 170 W BEN PURTLE GOT Hrs. iw,FE The very c:imax of ugliness was Ben Pu tle, He was red haired, and each hair stood as if itcherished the supreme.st- contempt for its next neighbor. His face was freckled as the most bespottoi. turkey egg. His nose sup ported at - the bridge's - huge hump, while The end turned viciously at one side. His-mouth . had - every shape, but a pretty shape. His form was ugly. The very climax of ugliness was Ben Purtle—what was more still—Ben bzd a handsome, bouncing, blooming wife-- such as can only be &own upon A country farm. • '"Ilow in tlie deuce," said i to Ben one dar, 44 4:1iii40u ever get such a wife, you uncouth, misshapen quintessence of monstrosity I" Ben was not at all offended at .the-ittper tinenee of mj question, and forth.witl3,procee cied to solve the mystery thus : "'ell, now gals what's senlible,ain't cotch ed by mine of your p . urty and hifalutin airs. I've seen that tried - mor'n once.- You - know Kate was allots considered the - purtiest gal, in these parts and allthe young fellers in 04 , neighborhood used to try to cocth her. Well,. t used to go ever to old Sammy's, too, just to kinder look on, you know, And cast sheep eyes atKate. But, la! la sakes!'" had no more thought, that I could get Kate than a Jerusalem cricket could hide in the hair that hasn't on Sammy's old bead—no sir-ee. But still,' couldn't help going on,. my heart would kinder flutter,_and my ears , would horn all over, whenever' I'd go' to talk to Kate. And one:Ai - when Kate made form of _Mg, like,. it almost me sure: .• I went home with. somethin g like a rock jostlin' shoot :n my breast, an d-swore I'd hang myself with the first-line I found." "Did you hang yourselvel" I asked. "No; daddy blazed out at me for not tak ing old Ball to the pasture in'the morning, and scared me so bad I forgotcit." "Well, one Sunday `.morning—(l reekoti it was about one year after the hanging scrape) I got Rip and scraped my face with daddy's old vizor, and piit on my copp'rus britches, and a new limy coat mamma had dyed with sassafras bark, and other. Silas, and went over to uncle. Sammy s. Now, I'd got to loving Rate like al s l creation, - - but I'd never cheeped to anybody about my feelings. - But I bowed I. was on the right side of the old folk now ain't it quay," continued ilen, after a shcire pause, during which he rolled his quid to a more convenient place in his mouth, "bow a feller will feel sometimes! Something seemed to say as I went alohg, `Ben Park this is a great day for you,' and then my heart jumped and -fluttered like a jay bird in .the trip. And when I' got thar and Feed Kate with her new checked burn, spin frock on, 'l.rally thought I should take 'the blind staggers any. how. ` - well, I found the order of the day was ,to go to 4 a muscadine bunting. Joe_ Sharp and his two sisters and Jim Boles was that.. I'd knowed for a, long time - that Joe Sharp was right after Kate, and I bated him was than a hog hates 'to find his way out eta tater patch, but I didn't let•on..- Sharp , hadon white britches and fine shoes and abroadclotb coat. He walked' with Kate and you ought b'avilven the airs he'pnt on.\ It was 'Miss Rate' and 'Miss Kate-that, and all such non sense. After a wiaile-iie came toa slough where, we had to cross on a log, and I'd a notion to pitch the sassy, good-for-nothing into the water. "St4,never mind," - said Ben, givins , me a Image. 'Providence dun .that all up brawn. Nothing•would - do but that Joe Sharp must lead Miss Kate acroserftrst. . He)umped on the log in high glee, and took hate's band and off they went.. • Just as they got half way across, a ternation big ball frog jumped off in the water—you know how they holler. "Soaker screamed the blasted fool,ind jump . ed back and knocked Kate off -up to her watst i 6 the:nasty, muddy. black water: And uhardo you think -be. done! \ Why he runs backards and forards liollerin for a pol to help Kate out of the water with. Kate look; ed at me and I couldn't stand it no longer. enrebung ! I lit'ten feet from the bank the first jump, - and,' had Kate' out of thar in. no . And think; if the scamp didn't come up after we got out, and said "Are you hurt, Miss Kate . "My aander was up. I couldn't stand it. I told him to go and loOk for_ that snake - Me. and Kate put out for the bodse. When ue started off, Kate said ; • 'Sea, just let me bold on tel your arm, my knees feel sorter weak." . = "Great jiminy I I felt so gnat when shetick hold. I tried to say something nice,•but my drotted . mouth wouldn't go off no how.. But I felt as strong as an elephant, and helped . Kate - along. Binaely . Kate said • . 1 1 "Ben, that :Jett Sharp's a good4);-nottr . Isg cowardly rrobodt 4 and if he ever puts Iris' head *dor house again, I will souse him with dishwater, sure." - "I - tried to say.something again, tint cuss theinck, I couldn't :gay Vothing, b'at squeeze date's biend,reta sigh like a 'cracked belle& - "We hittl got 'cleah outside df - the others, and tiate says to xno Alin; # fdd t i ttat yot are my protector, and I be:ielle daddy's right when he I:ity73.yoU're worth all the rest of the boys in the neighbor hood." "Ben Turtle," says I, "this is - great day fur you," and I made a tremendous effort to get my mouth, off again, and out it popped sure enough. "Kate," says I, trimblin' all over, "I love you" to distraction, and> no mistake:l've loved you long and hard. My heart has-been al- most broke'for two years, and now I want you to say right straight up and down whether you-going to have me or not," Kate hung down her bead and didn't say nothing, but I feltencoumged, for she kiaderr. Says I, "Kate, of you gwine to have me, say so, and of you don't want to say so, jist squeeze my bard." "Well; she squeezed my hand right off. Glory ! bow I did feel. - I felt jist like a stream of warm water or gamines. tea sweet ened with molassex, was running through my bones I And I jist cotch'd her itr my arms and kissed her right-in tire mouth, and she never-tried the first time to g,et . .Den was so overcome' with the narration of his courtship. ; that a short p4use for breath was recessats,, • ullow long after that ; said 1, "trefore you were married V "Old Sammy was mighty proud; and so was the old man about the thing, and we married the .next fall after the muscadine scrape." "Do you think your wife loves you yet!" I asked. "Why yes. She thinks. I'uf th&-puttiest and best feller in the world. I tell you, sir, its no use talking;, hifalutin airs, and quality dressing auccologue and no such things ain't gwine down With sensible gals, sure." PUNCH'S CHARGE TO THE JURY. ' The 'subjoinedcharge was not written. for the present time, a fact, which is evident from the other'fact that we cut it from au old file of the Lancaster Intelligenter, into which it was copied from the Loudon Punch about fifteen. years sack. Notwithstanding the.anti-. quity of_ the document, we consider it, in some respects, a "Mortal" charge—it, at least, possessing the merit of leaving; the jury unbiasecLin their deliberation upon the verdict Gentlemen ,of tke•Jury : 1 - You are sworn in all cases to decide according to the 'evi l dent ; _at-the came time,, if you have any doubt, you are bounkto give the prisoner the benefit of it.-Suppose you have to pronounce on the guilt or introcence of a gentleman ac cused of felony.—You will naturally doubt whether any gentleman would commit such offences—accordingly, however strong may be the-testimony against him, you will, per haps, acquit him, The- evidence of your own - senses is, at least, as creditable as that 'of the witnesses; if, the'reforis, your eyesight convince you that the prisoner isa well-dress. ed persen, you have ft right to presume his respectability; and it is for you to say whether a respectable person - would be likely - to he guilty of the-crimes *nputed to him. In like manner, when you see a shabby-looking fellow in the dock, charged, for example, with sheep-stealing, the decision rests with you, first, whether or not that individual is a raga muffin, and, secondly, how far it. is probable that man of that description would steal sheep. Of course,. as has been before said, you will always be. guided by evidence , ; but, then, whether the midence is trustworthy or not', is matter for your private consideration. You" may believe it if vou choose, or you may disbelieve it; and whether, gentlemen of the jury, you will believe it Or disbefiev i n it, wilt depend upon -the constitution of your minds. If youi minds are so constituted that you wish to find the prisoner guilty, perhaps you will believe it; if they happen to be so constittf• ted that you , desire to find him not.guilty, why, then, very likely, you wilLdisbelieve it. You are to free your minds from passion and ,prejudice iryou can, and, in that case, your lodgement will be Unbiased ; but if you 'can not, you will return e verdict accordingly. It is not, strictly speaking; for you to consi der what will be the effect of your verdict ; but if such a consideration should occur to• you,' and you cannot hglp attending to it, that verdict will he influenced by it. to a cer tain event. Yoti are probably aware i that when you retire,you will be locked up until you con trive to agree, You may arrive at unanimity by fair diseussion, or by some of you starving out the others, or by tossing up ; and your conclusion, by 'whichever of these proceeses arrived at, will be more or lessliraecordance with your oaths. Your verdict may be right; it is •to be hoped it will ; it may be wrong; it is to be (roped it._ will not, At all events, gentlemen of the jury, you will come- to some conclusion or other; unless •it should. so happen that you.separate without coming to any. MGR LAVING AND Low MORMATT.—The foll Owing is an outline of the_commercial life of Mr. John Mouteith, who Was recently tie dared a bankrupt, for 400,0001. In 1835, be_ com nsenced business in Glasgow, Scotland, is - a calico printer, and after four or five years unsuccessful trade, failed_for about 40,0001, paying a very small dividend. He then went to Manchester, where be commenced again as a calico printer, and, as befor e , failed, paying again, if any, - st very small dividend. He then returned, to Glasgow, and got a situation iu a large calico printing house, and received, be sides a handsome salary, large sums by way of commission. His extravagance, however, beggard him, and he was dismissed with, on his making an abject appeal, a present of 1,5001.: He commenced business again in 1848, and has for the third time, become a bankrupt, with assets, which, in allpropabil ity, will only _pay a dividend of a feW pence to the pound. This huge loss will fall' almost exclusively upon the onfortunate shareholders of the VileAtern Hank. In the course of his last examination, John Monteith. stated that his domestic expenses averaged over 1.10.41. a year, since he commenced business this last time. Tf common report is to be believed, he kept up a style which few men, with less than 30 000/ &year would. attempt. lie bad 18 servant:, carriages and borate, a splendid table :Tad elicits wines, arreattatagerik, and elegant eouutry mansion. II WE AIM A JtJAI BEFORE GOD Ainh l irßE VONbiriTU4lolll"."—Jaines Buchanan. ontrose, 3ttsottptuta Cnnta, feftnl, tkursati, OM, INAROI4 011194 f, 171 E B A STILE. EXTR, 1n The ear 1747, a man by the nattie '6l De tatude, was imprisoned in the Beadle 11). tra m of Madame De i'ompadtiter, where he 'finally Veciune a prisoner with gloater vietith of opp4on named O'Atetiss, and the two agreed bkkirt a plies df 'escape. Their first walt, witbl chpiftob le g s 'co7 their table, to pry p some':' the.tiles w'hies 'covered the floor, and they fotitid that, there was a vacant space between ti the floOr ,and the ceiling below of about fo r feet. Here they- could conceal anything; they could make that would aid them in t eir escape. The tiles were put back again so hat their removal was not noticed by the daily inspection of the guard. They then ripp6d the seams and hems of a number 4 13 of linen s ems and drew out threads of them one by o e. These were twisted together and made jilt() knell balls—these threads were finally.twiisted into a cord about fifty five feet long, from which was ?mule a rope ladder, which n'as intended to support the conspira tors Mort! while they drew out the chimney bars and; t r im spikei 'of iron with which it was armed, his work cost them six months' toil, and honk! only Ix done by bending their bodies inl the most painfui positioht , and an hour'swork was all that 'could be 'done, as the confinement in the chimney, the stooping position', rind the dust, caused the blood to rush nut a the eyes and nose and .brought on a vertigo that nearly ended in death: By the aid of a nife raid steel 'used in striking lire and the hollow' of a,candlestick which was used as nn augur, the daily supply of wood 'ced togethet v and a ladder, was eon +kb when put together was twenty was mor structed Ifeet long • hich was necessary to mount from the fosse 1 upon the parapet, and from thence to the Gvernoi's ganintr. Thesethings being complete, they set about i making another ladder Which was to be eigh ty feet long,to let them down front tie Bastile into the street. They began this by unravel ing linen shirts, napkins, night caps, drawers, stocking!, pocket. hankerchiefs, and every , thing that could furnish them with thread or silk. IThe upper edge of the Basile - pro-• jected over the edge three feet and this would neces.4ari,yccasion a rope ladder to wave about sufWgzently to turn the steadiest bead.— To obvirqe — and prevent this effect, a second rppe vrasl made, one hundred and sixty feet long, and shorter ropes to fasten to any pro jection that might offer. When all these ropes veoro Bni l hett dloy- intveriled to one thousand lour hun red feet. To accomplish all these preparati ns, eighteen months were consumed. Even if tll the plans of escape' . were carried out, the risoners ft& to cross the parapet, . . where thri sentinels were always posted. To avoid deection, they decided 'to make a hole in the wall which' separated the fosse of the Misfile fromthe Port St. Antonie. Upon this resolutioa, De Latude says; ‘: I considered that the numerous floods which bald filled this fosse must have injured the mortar and rendered it not impossible to break a riessage through the wall. Fur this purpose it would require an augur to make holes in the wall, so as to-insert an iron bar taken friim the chimney. Accordingly, I made anjaugur of the iron leg of our bedstead, and fasteno a handle on it in the shape of a cross." The nig - lit of Werinesday, the 25th of Feb ruary, 1766, was fixed on for the flight, the circumstances of which are detailed by Dc La tude as fhllows: "I first got up the chimney. I had the rheumatism in the - left arm, but I thought lit tle of the. pain. I soon experienced one much inure sSre. I bad taken none of the pre cautionslused by the chimney sweepets; I was nearly choked by the soot, and having no guars (amity knees and elt;ows,they were so excorited that the blood ran doWn on my tea and Itandt. As soon at I got to the top ii of the ellitnney, I let &vias a piece of twine to D'Alegre.. to alit he attached the end of the rope, to W i blch our port utan tean was fastened. I drew it up, thfastened it and threw if on the platfOrm of the Bastile. In the same way we toistini the wooden ladder, the taro iron bars, and all our articles. We finished by the ladder of ropes, the end of Which I allowed to hang ddwn to . aid b'Algere in getting up while I I).eld the upper part by, means of a -large wooden peg. which we had prepared on purpose. I paned it through the Cord, and placed it across the fun&l of the chimney.— By thmeans my companion avoided suf fering what I did. This done, I tante down fr4na the top of the chimney, ,there I had been in a very painful pesiiion, and both of us were ton the platform of the Bastile. 'We now-arranged our different article.s. We be gan by ' tilting a roll of Or ladder of ropes of about four feet in diameter and one foot thick. re Tolled it trvltbe tower, called La Tour da Treason, which appeared the most favorabl for our descent: We -fastened one end 'of t e ladder ropes to a piece of cannon, and the lowered It down the *all, we fasten ii edlthe oak, and passed the rope done hun dred an sixty feet long through it. . This I tied around my body, and D'Alegre slacken ed lt as I came- down. Notwithstanding this precaution, I swung about in the air at every step I made Judge what my situation was, When 'axe shudders at the .recital of it. At length Ii landed in the fosse withontaccident. Immediately D'Alegre lowered my portman teau and other things. I found a little spot uncovered by water; on which I put them, and, my -I' companion followed my example ; but he bad an advantage which I had not, for I held the ladder for him with all my strengt.b which greatly prevented it swinging about. I: . . " It did not rain and we beard the sentinel marching a short distance from us,and we were therefore obliged to give up the PI nof escap ingnit) by the parapet and the Gine i's garden. We crossed the fosse straight over the wall which dirides it from the Port St. Antoine, and werfi, to work sturdily. Just at this point there was' a small ditch, about six feet broad and one' deep, which increased—the depth of the water. Elsewhere it was about dp to our waists; here to our armpits. It had thawed only a few days, so that the water had floating 1 ice on it ; we were nine hours In it } exhausted i by fatigue and bentnneed by cold. We bad hardly begun our Work. before the chief of the watch ' me round with' his lantern, which casteli Koh the plaee we Were in. We bail no aft native left but to tout ocfr beads udder the *ostler as he passed, Which was etery half boar. ii iit. length after nine hours of Mao seat al ro and etertiOn •,: after having work ed oute stones one by one We succeeded in nr s ins , in a stall four feet sit Umbel WA,bolo sijN4trtly wide, 1034 we iddi i _.....4 ....... .ii ...;;._; paesed tht6l4ll. We were giving way to our fianspoita when we fell into a danger.we had adt forseen, and which had nearly been fatal to' us. crossing the fosse St Antoine, to get into the 'road Berey, we fell into the acqueduct, which was in the middle,— This acqeduct has ten feet of water over our beads and tivo feet of mud on the side. D' Alegre fell on me, and nearly threw me down; had that misfortune happened we were lost, for I had not strength enough left to get up again ' and we must have both been stbotbet ed. Finding myself laid bold of by D'Ategre • I gave him a blow with my 11 tbich rand; him let go; and at the same itittant throwing myself forward 1 got hold of the acqueduct. I then felt for D'Alene, and gettibg hohi of his hair, drew him out tome; we were soon out of the fosse, and just as the old clock attnck tive,vre wore on the high road." Both the fugitives were tobcealed by their ideas and escalie'd .heing recaptured.— De Latitae was present at the- taking of the Bastile, and among tiro ttritaittes long pie served itt Paris as relics of the Ilterior of the prison, were the rope ladders, which he fin ally obtained possession of as his personal property. trOir clirnick WAS • CiirRED f9P PREMOYTIS.V. The ilartford Times relates the following A Congregational Church in a trelghboring State got so completely ebtisted ib the Presi dential contest, for Fremont and Jessie, that little attention was given to reJigious-ques tions. The minister was constantly preaching, playing, and exhorting upon political issues —and his deacons and the laymen followed suit at the if - Ayer and conference meetings.— Finally; a worthy old ;farmer., On or the staunchest and best Members of the chnrch, and a firm undeviating Democrat was called upon to offer a prayer. "0 Lord," said he, " uphold:-the ohl Dem: ocraltic party, which has received 'Thy pro .teoting support erer since the ,great Jeffers°. n.an struggle. Continue to bless that old party which has, under Thy protection and providence, brought great blessings upon this Republic. If it be thy pleasure, and I be heve it will be, - 0 carry that party through this struggle to a complete triumph. Bless James Buchanan, the tried and honest states man, and guide him safely to the Presidential chair. Bless John C. Breckenridge, the young and zealous Den:lmre!, and. open, to horn 46. r....." of- July-as-vett as that which leads straight to the Vive Presidency. Give them victory. 0 bless the opponents of De mocracy personally, but utterly_ destroy their fanatical and injurious political schemes, if it be Thy will so to do, as I verily believe it is.— Be on the side of the Democracy, 0 Lord, as thou halt been for the past fifty six years,and on the 4th of March next we shalliwitriess the inauguration of Pennsylvania's favorite son, and the people of this country willonce more settle down to their pursuits instead of war ring wickedly, section against section, interest against interest, and man against his brother, And _O, I beseech Thee ; especially flee the Christian Churches from the political strife an I bitterness which are sundering, destroying their usefulness, and turning them unhappily. into mere political association*. Let us hear something of Thy-word and mercy on the Sabbath. We have already been, plied to fullness with political_, fanaticism, and ogr minister has become a stump orator against the good old party which Thou in Thy wis dom bast upheld so long ) and so repeatedly guided to victory, and sustained in the estab lishment of sound„peasures. 0, turn his mind from these things, and direct his atten- tion to his legitimate religious duties, or turn him over directly into the hands of the Fede ral or Abolition party, and let them take care of him, and provide, us with a true minister or the Gospel. At any rate the prtsent state of things cannot last. If polidis are to role I shag claim one - half of the tithe in behalf of thebemocratic party, so that there may be a Lair discussion Within these walls.-=-- Amen r This was a stamper. tt *as the first prayer ever offered, publicly in, that church for the success of the Democratic party and its nom inees, though hundreds of prayers and exhor tations had heel, made against that party:— When the old Utah ithished; there was a si lence for half an hour, and the meeting then adjourned. And thus ended the political preaching in that aura. From that time forward the minister aitended-to his gospel duties and lett all political questions to be settled by the people outside of the church.— Again his - society prospered, and there was a better feeling among its members—more Christian charity—more brotherly love. The old man's eaiheat prayer was, answered in more respects than one, From the Life Illustrated WANTED, A WIFE. I wish_ somebody Would make the a New Year's present of a good wife ! Here I am, nearly thirty-five years old, and a bachelor yet. Pm sure it Is not my fault. I don't at all relish coming down at night.to a lonely room, and yawning all the evening over a stupid hook, without a Soul to speak td. don't fancy darning my own stockings - and sewing . on my shirtrbuttons. life isn't the greatest luxury in the world, es pecially when the invalid chairs and broken tables of the establishment are pensioned off in yohr room, anti the tiddy uses your Lair brush, and anoints herself with your mile jleurs • I'd like a rosy wife, and a cheerful home, as well as anybody. I'd like:tti thinit, at Inv daily labors down-town, of a pair of bright eyes; looking up and down the street to see if lam coming, of a kittle singing-at the fire, and a'pair of slippers put down to warm by hands that exactly correspond with the-bright eyes. tut I don't know where 'ell the good wives have gone! I have read of them and heard . about them, and I know they once existed, but the race is now extinct. I've examined all the young ladies of my acquaintance, and not one-of them realizes my idea of What a wife should be. I with a gentle, loving coin pacion, to sit at my fir/I:lie, to cheer my ex istence, console rot eo , g re '.s i and slntre my joys --an economiCairctum v estic helpmate; to eke a home for Ine. Ab, if I could only find_ such a .person I don't want a wife who goes rhstling about in satins and silks—who.playe divinely on, din piano, and don't know bow to make 4? shirt-741M can embroider of veliet and paint, in water colors, sad hasn't the legal, idea of! the ingredients necessary to forth to ripple vie orning, Aftbrarg 1,• 1858 VISIT TO VALLEY About sixteen miles up the Schtylkill from Philadelphia, a small srteatn leaVAis the rich and beautiful Vette) , of Cliatet, 'rind ?rinds its way through It d'eet) }thine between two mountains and empties its clear water into the river. The Mot:mains are filled with iron ore, and as the stream affords water power, the old inhabitants of the colony erected at ite Mouth a tuili find *round it a few Winch, and the place lives Icnown as the "Valley Forge." It was after the disastrous results Of the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, in which the Americans lost 2,000 soldiers, whom in-their already reauced state they Gould so poorly spare, that Washington was forced to give up,Philadelphia to the enemy, and lead his drooping and dise.ouragssi army to this secluded spot, which the sufferings of that little band, while it lay and shivered there during the memorable winter of has made immortal.. ' Vire approached tyre old eniatopinent by a road leading down a narrow defile which forms the bed of the itetam, and ascended to the summit where the army lap, by a rugged pathway which is still to be traced Orion the roc ks, the rocks, and were shown by o'er elide as ae paused the different spots, where the.can non had teen planted to guard the entrance. When , we reached the summit we found - it partially covered with trees and ilnderwocxl, yet eighty years had not been able to destroy the efforts that feeble band had put forth for self-protection , . There was still to seen a ditch embankment, *hich at present is about three feet bier, 'Wending more thith• two miles around the to of the mountain. At the more open and unprotected points are still to be seen five different forts of dif ferent forms, more or less perfect. They were probably built principally a lo g s, tint they have long since decayed, and their forms at present are to be traced only by piles Of dirt which had. been thrown Op to strengthen them. The-Must perfect One at present %still about ten feet high, and probably one huhdred feet square, with a dividing ridge rntitting diagonally from one corer to the,rother, rorm ing two apartments of equal size, with but one narron , entrance. It all remains quite perfect and the walls or banks are - covered with trees. The tents of the soldiers ,were made of poles; which' seem to have been twelve or fifteen feet long, built in the form of airea, ..tit, dm - lord/in up on trig - outside . CO keep out the storm'. Their remains are still to be .seen, situated in little groups over jire en closure. While down near the old Forge we were shown an old stone house, about 20 by 30 feet, which served as head quarters, in which Washington lived surrounded by his staff during the winter. We entered the venerable building with feelings of the deepest emotion, and examin ed the room which served the illustrious chief as a bedroom and audience chamber. It is very plain, and the furniture much as he left it. A small rough box in a deep window sill, was pointed out as haVingcontaibed his papers and writing material. The house is occupied by a family who take Pleasure.in ehowing to visitors the different items of in terest. The .old-cedar shingled roof which protected the "Father of his country eighty years ago, had still .sheltered the oid head quarters Until a re or two ato, when it w: I removed; and its place occupied by tin. The gtave of the soldiers are still to be seen in distant elusters-pver the ground; bait are most numertms ib the tierthenst division, whets the regiments from the South 'Atte quartered, deeth baring titfted•niost fearfully among them, theX beitig less ablesto etidute the severities of A Nuithern winter. It was during th'eir eticainpMent here that the tracks of the soldiers could be traced by their blood, as they gathered Wind tti Warm their miserable huts. And it is here that lt'ashiligto l li is "SALA to have shed tears like a father, while beholding the sufferings, while they gathered round him and plead for bread and clothing, and he had ndt the means to fhrnish them. Yet, al though everything seemed so discouraging, it was near. here tbai the "Friend'! Went home surprised; and exclaiming, I 'the Americans will conquer vet!" the Americans will con quer yet, for i beard a whisper ih the woods, and I looked and sari their chief upon his knees, and be was asking God to help them. • It may be great to lead a powerful -artny on to Victory, but sdrely it wee greater to preserve the shattered remnants of a discour aged band together, itheri -the enemy was. trampling over them, when• their Congress could do nothing for them, when starving families at home *ere weeping for their re turn, and *hen there seemed no prospect be fore them but,miserable defeat. Numerous graves have recently beet open ed, and the bodies of many , of the officers have been removed by their friends to other horying-grounds in their native States.' But the poet and obscure soldiers who still remain, have Monuments ttiore beautiful thait Art cdn erect over then), for nature has planted hundreds of cedars as a silent tribute to their mernotyi which have been watered by the pure slid generous tears of night, and they afe now forming living wreaths of evergreens above theit Vete& CIIINA AND ITS POPULATION.—dhifis is about 1500 miles long and broad, and con taint about 1,348,870 square Miles. Cutting off the surrtiunding - fringe of savage life, China is still a vast empire, but not so im measurable or to unmanageable as we are ac cuttorned to conceive it to be. This dotintry contains 360,279,898 human creatures. The amount need not startle us. If Etighind and Wales were aslarge as China,"England and Wales would contain within one ninth of the same amount of .. pOpulmion. If Lombardy were as large at Chiba, Lombardy would con tain 360,000,000 also; and it Belgium were as large as Chips , ' . Belgium would contain 400,000,000, Take the average of the whole 18 provinces, and there is nothing very re markable in the figures as they come out. The - population Of China its a wbole, is not excessite ; but when we borne to note the dittribirtioo of that ptipulation ; the Ilgt(tes ate very remarkable; There 'is A pressure upon the Eastern snabord provinees; sdch ea is without parallel in the *orld. The Chi nese coasts which look out toilarde The, are choked with people, the avefaite ter the whole empire being 268 to the square Mile; • Riangsu has 850; ita next inland tirdirilice, Anhui, hats 705; Shangtiirig, tt( lite itoith - on the oust, , figs 441 - the district of Chihli, 475 I sett l ebeekiang, on the cost of the seNth l hat 691. • • *ix • LillaiS lolata.+—A correspondent of the inoinnati - Gazette•gi yes an ?recount of a wall. , lake in Wright cointyylowa. lle says: "To alt *As `one df the treatest euriosi tieit t h • OAF seen—envetoped, as itehistor is, I:4lth a mantle that Will probably never be] withara • n. This fake lies in the midst of a vast platxtL--the rich, -gently undulating prai rie extending for thany 'miles id every direc tion. The lake covers over an area of about 1;000 screw The water is clear anti :;old; with a bard, sandy bottom,- front'ti:o to 23 feet deep. There is a strip of Wither about half way round it, probably ten rods wide, I being the only timber in Attaity miles. There is a wall of hesivy atone all round it. "Itis no accidental raattter. It has been I built with human hands. In some places the land is higher than ..the lake, in Whioll case the wall only amounts to,something like a rip-rap protection. This, I believe, is what engineers call it. But in other places the wa ter is higher in the lake than the prairie out aide of the wall. The web in do`rne places is ten feet high ; it.is thirteen feet wide at the base, sipping up both sides to five feet wide on the top. The wall is entirely of bould ers, from three ions in size down to fifty lbs.' -They are all what are called the lost rock.— I am no geologist, and 'consequently Can give, no learned description eftherit.. 'They are not hownVer natives to the manor born: Norhas thi Wall been . made by the washing away of the earth, and leaving the rock:. There is no °atilt mok iti this region. Besides; this is a continuous wall, two miles of which, at least, is higher than the land. The fdp 'it the wall is level, *hilt thle land is undulating—so the wall is in sonic places t*'d feet, and in :ethers ten feet high. These roans, many of them at -least, must have been brought a long distance —probablrlive or tep diifes. In Wright Co. the best rocks are scattered pretty freely, but. as you '.appseach this lake, - they disappear, showing that they, have been gathered by some agency—when putty whom history will never unfold': Some of the !artist oaks in the grove sit growing up in thit wall, pushing the :mks Ib, in some cases, outside in, others, accodttnodating their shapt; to the rocks.— The lake ands with excellent Ash. 'the land in that township 'yet belongs to the Gov ernment. • " When t was there in the spring of 1856, the wind had blown a large piece of ice against - the'sontb we•tt part. of the wall, and had knocked it-down, sd that the wafer was running o'ut, and flooding the farms of some of the settlers, - and they were abbut to repair the wall to pp:ect their crops. It is a beau tiful farin land nearly all round this lively lake. "The walls of this lovely lake is as regular and as nice as the wall around the fountain in front of the City Hall in New York. nor need any etiteitain the theory that it is a natural wall ; but it has been" hundreds, and probably thoesandis Of years. The antiquary may speculate by whom this mighty work was done, but it will only be sPe - culation. "Notwithstanding the water in the lake is Ore and 'cool, there A 'no visible feeder or outlet. This lake is aboin twelve miletoorth of the located line of the Dubuque and Pii'difie Railroad, and about one hundred and fifty miles west of the foimer place. The tittle- is coming when the lake W4ll bt... It iVeht place of publib resort." • MUMS RELIC OF 'rim PAErr.— Upon the farm of Gideon It' Hathaway; in the-souther ly part of Freetowo, there is a deep hollow . surrounded upon all side% by hills which have been lit turns plaiited and itaattlied !kir at least one hundred and fifty years. quite re cently it occurred tti the Oiind of_the owner _that this receiVibt the bohstaht wash ings of the surrounding hills for a century and a half, mttst be rich in vegetable deposits.— Ile accordingly "eOtrithibt..'ed. thb rbtifcivil of the soil, whiblt cdnSisted of a dark colored vegetable mould , deepening on all sides as it approached the centre, Where it Wa l S sit or eight feet thick. He had riot proceeded far ere.he began td disco Vet, firmly imbedded in what had originally been this bottom of the hollow, large flat stepping ttciitbs leading to ward -the centre, •where he found a living spring of excellent water,walled up with - large flat stones set op e'cl,nwist. Year the spring lay a stone pestle, two' feet in length, such as was comniboly used by the Indians in pound ing their'parched corn preparatory to that:tog the Inditih fileal cake. trora the pains taken to Make the sltrihg easy of aeces3 we are led to Onclude this Mist hat's. teeil a spot rre ivientlY resorted ; to bY,the aborigines; and here for centuries, probably, they; when wea ried, were wont to, stpr Old taktx It bdcilltig di:Might 'or nature's healthy beverage, loaf before the white man's axe was heard in their forests, or the curse of his firewater hnd been felt in their iron constittitiofts: That this was not the work of white men we conclude from the kt that the lane teas in the possession of Hathaway's, great githeather, and the residence lif Ills father,. now living, 8 . 0 year% ago, anti that the - oldest inhabitant had no knowledge of Mir heard .frpm traditipn, of the existence of this spring.-:--Tauntort 'Gazelle i 7 /Scott:Ee l s laissn.—This is one of the places to which it is, said the Mormons pro. pose to emigrate,' The following is a dis cstiption of the place: The white population of the island, actual residents, including the officers and servants of the Hudson Bay Com pany, is Stated as nearly six hundred:. The daubs of free settlers, we are told, do not ex tend beyond , ,twenty miles frOm Victoria— hence a knosbledge of the character of the land, or the resources of that leviathan island, are almost entirely unknown—no e*ploration of consequence; . except,colitwise, having ever beeil made; The character of the land, as far as settled, although containing, almost acre for acre of solid roa, thrown uf• in pla ces mountains high comparatively, - is-neivr theless represented as being extremely ducti re vrherever the pursuit of agriculture is_ practicable. valuable beautiful and value farms have, been made in the vicinity of Victoria,. and., the settlers appear to be in quite easy circumstances. The rule of the Hudson Bay Company is supreme ution the island, but it is getterallt übderstbod . that the members. of the' madmen.% corporation and monctolt hare . btlt Slight opes of a renewal of their, •pteseitt . eluirter, which expires in iseo. . Smut tea :quoted , the _wheat crops tin the island for thepast two years, to _a very iiiinoua extent. ; Farmers are now' soaking. l a their seed wheat in a rui i ure,containing .vit; viol; blue stone dm, who have thus experimeuted fi nd thae,the r crops:main un lignifed from the erel 14ted t0..-01ymniq . . rioter. - 00110'11 ia, Ttittaitx,',4:: gECOVERIN * 43 }MASI:AIL—We are informed that ad'vi'ce; have been received at the offiee of the Boston E c elief and Submarind Company, hens Captain-3041i P. COlithianyi, comingplitt the Celnpany's Expedition td the Caribbean Sea, dated brig lllonagaS, over the San Pedro, Dee. 42, 1851,14 whiai it appears that after about three months prelim= inary'operations in blasting and clearing away rubbish, *c., the diVers bad at length fttirly into-the hold of the-San Pedro, auci 'Wein beginning te 'take by specie—nitersl hundred dollars hiving been found the last few days. Capt. C. says : "In my judgment here is tangible and weighlyevi:' Bence that there must be a round sum'in. whin the dollars are found (like all of late)-in rolls, or parts of rolls, in lumps of sls,and $9O and $lOO each; it is not likely*that..thetii are merely alew Scattered ones; they ninstbd only heralds of the main hciclY Id Which they belong:" It Will ire leinemhered that the San Fed was flag ship of a squadron of fifteen clnding transports; sent out by Spain in 1815, with an army of 12,000 men, to reconquel.. 'the revolted province of Venezuela, nod tl.at she blew .pp in the bay of Cutnana; abd sunk in sixty feet of water. It is pro'ved by official doctitnelit's that she bad on board at the tiiiii of the citrtstophe, 0,000,000, of Which $l, l 000,000 were in gold. Of this large sluts; till now, obi about $400,000 have been covered, which Was obtained by Means Of, diving bell, in the mud and sand outside the ship.. This is the first sticeessfu! attempt ever . made tO penetrate the hull, where there is ev ery reason to believe that the bUlk of the specie will be found, since, having been plac ed, in the Spirit roan, jest forward of the magazine, and - on the same level, it would be necessarily-'driven . •-fnrward by the explosion of the powder; •‘aini scattered throtigli the hold. Everything thus far favors this sitiorr, as not only specie, but numerous arti cles which Intist !rase belonged to the . officer* quarters aft, are found mixed - up with broken pieces of wreck, tic., in a confused Miss, toms. pie,tely filling the hold. The bm'is guns that Lave been found aid known to hate been stowed iu the hold be fore the explosion, of which thett'are said to have been from sixty to one hinadred and dollars' worth, comprising a park of field artillery and the bronze gups . ,taken from Cap tured and dismantled forts. Of these, live beautiful pieces Of ordirkiine in a perfect state of:plesert:lttilin have been taken:. Up, besides considerable qiiantities 'of copper and otheF articles, of valOe. A rudder pintle of pure copper, weighing Gver 500 lbs., had the naive "San Pedro de Icantara "stamped upon it. Boston Trtitisciipt.' CANIDIA`,4 tiNKERISSI.---Over the Hite iii Canada they are quite as inquisitive is their -Yankee neighborsprobably the south *led carries the iitrtction over—and they are 'ed. : tainly more in' danger than the Jersey Wokild be of 3ellow fever with. the quarantine at Sandy !look. Some years since,'iis We. 'cam by a letter from a CanaWeb friend, the Re ceiver General , was traveling, on a steainbbak with bohsiderable tunda fdr the gofernnient, and for the sake of safety alati engaged . the Whoile of thelidles' cabin. Thii . passengers Were all alive to ascertain the reason of his arrangement, and . especially to know What "business the great man edblil have On hand ter require so much moth and money. At length one of them, iboro bold than the rest i .ventured to introduce the sub ject as the Receiver walk&i to the 'deck, and approaching hitt asked , if t-a§ on a govern-. ment contract; 4 Yes," was the 'grail' reply: • • - °`A 'Veit !Argo one !" .4 • "Yes, very large." "May ,1 ask what it is r' Yell, pt as sir, *hat is it?" ,• "Why, you see,r said' the Iteeeiver 'General ` with great seriousness, "the king of England • has made a - present to the King of Siam of his half of Lake Out:trio, and I alit engaged to bbttle It off" ?To more questions were asked. VALUABLE' DISWIERt.-TllO, Frenchjoin _glltti3 that. the Emperor and Empress:late ly Went lo to witness some experi ments conducted by M. Carteron, the inventor of a titticeis for tendering wood-tissue of all sorts, theatrical decorations, &e., incombusti ble. The expetiments are reported to have keit entirely. suecesful. Eire was applied td. ladies dressert of the most gauzelike mateti als, but they would. not burn. An officer'.4 tent, containing a bed, with mouslin curtains,. resisted the application of numerous flaming thou:hes. A cottage; half of which was seem.- ed 'by, Mr. CarterlM's preparatioh,. and t.hti other part filled with straw. wait Set onfiret on the unprotected side. The flames raged with fury and consumed luilf the - building, but the fire died away when. it teriehed the prepared part, and left ft altogether intact. A theatre, with all its thetrery, ropes -and de corations was attetupted to be burned in vain. Their Nfajestir.:.s, who reinained upward of an hour, expressed great satiafaction of what they .bad witnessed, and the Emperor gave Eldl francs to the 'workmen eniployed: THE BIRTHPLACE OF WASIIIFOTON.-150th branches of the Virginiti Legislaittre have passed a bill providing for the conieyafice th the State of Virginia of the birthplace of Washington, and the latffie and graves of his _ progenitors in'AmeriCe. The adoption of thht measure tnay- be regarded as a Patrlotib pre lude to the consummation of thenoble -enter- Prise in which the ladies' Mount Vernon As .sociation is engaged. The bill appropriatb $5,004 to enclose the place with an iron fence and to erect substantial tablets to " commem orate for the rising generation those notable spots; as required by Lewis W. Witshingtiiit iti his offer of conveyance. ,A TOM! HEAD.—The dakeston, Chrohkle states that twO"eolor&I ggentlemen"in that pine, Who bad' about - "a. lady," met in Mortal combat., „After-.-an change of ebota tie qeriff iiriemert the .par ties,and carried them to jail, Wben a pistol bullet was found flattened out and lodgettiti the wool of ona of tho edinbatanto,: who irat quite unaware of been- touched. t A man with a large family was eniVi.;•• plaining, of dip diflien:lty of supporting all vf . them, " But,' mid a. friend, "you -baeq,. sons big enough to earn - something fur you:? ' "The diffkulty fr. 4 tbei are too 45i9," was the' •-• answer: • • • vso—e— - Gad nature: , utrattibutcs to health*.
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