THE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT,
ptulAstiED THURSDAYS, BY
.A.. T. arekritisCl,ll.
"OP}ti•L'U\ Punic AVNNUS,
TIME. 1/00118•AlIOVE 14EARLie8 MOTEL.
Totms.-14,50 per annum in invaneg
$t will be- chatprtt--Land fifty cents perennial* :
added to arrearagea, at the ntAton of the Pnbita: to 1017
expense of collection, etc: • AnriklicitrklapraprererreL
.ktIvERTISEMIIiNTS will be inserted at the
ate of $1 twr square, of ten Ilneaor look teethe lot three : f
.eks, suAd cent!' for each addliaousil aaeir=ps dean,.
ocks, sup
3ter:deints, and others.; who advertise Lj
the year; will be . liargfd at the fop:ming ratrv,'
For one ',quart., or les*, one sreai , , with rhnngitti,;.
Efiek fidditional nuare, at I.ke rate qt •
No credit given except to thaw of known ropottnibit it..
BUSINESS CARDS.
911. IttnitTlNti eltOrtß 'Mgr DULKNIR.
11. COOPER it CO:;
1 " . 1 11► N Ens,—MontroFe. Pa. SUCCetfOre tO Mat. Coopor 4
I'o, Wife, ,Lathr..v:new building. Tumpike-tt.
Mt:CULLUM - & SEA R. LE, .
1 4, 41 , 1 , L"seil A " S t ad ., !,: tl u o i rla n t g La o, 7 ,;r — t y o ular, Pa.
HENRY B. ..11cKEA.N., ;•
TTORNEY and Counsellor at Lan - . 7 -7`OWANI:Ia. ra
Oilier In the Union Indek. • je3 53 tt
DR. E. 1•'. WILMOT,'
i s ltALlt: ANIL of the Allopathic and liontosupathic Col
-Ilr leg's , oil Afedlicins.--Gtvat Bend, Pa. Office, corner
of Main ai 4 Elizsbctil-ers, nearly opposite the Methodist
i ',larch.a - p3n tf
I)1t. G. Z. 1)INIOCK,
13itysu.AN xS - 11s'llt(IKON,-,1 4 ,1011iro.r, Ps.' Office
u,t-r st”re; Lo4lging. Searlo'F Hotel.
IIIi•\VILLIAM. WIIENIQN,
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN & SIIRGEON DENTIST.
WITH Int—ITYROX 1171EATOA
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Mechanical and 'Surf:lea) Dentist, refenitiv or Binghamton,
N, Y, tender their profevaional settler,, iI.I all who appre
..iate the "Reformed Pr:tett& of Phyvic :" careful and
operations on Teeth; oath the most acientlfle and
atelee of platework. ' Teeth extracted without
pmn mid all Work-warranted. '
Jaekiion, June - 141b, : .
1)11. 11. SMITIL it - SON,
G ON-DEN TlSTS,—Montrose, •
)fti in'Lathrops' new building over
the Dank. All Dental operations R IIIbe
pvrtortut.4 in good. !Lyle atyl max_rannai
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t.'.tII.MSTKAD4
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DRS . . OLMSTEAD-4, READ
Avoubj) -1N N . OUS: CE to She Public
that they.have entered Into a partnerehlp for the
Practice of MEDICINE & Surgery,
and are prepared to attentito all oda. In the line of their
re ion. S./Mee-41e one formerly Occupied by-Dr. J. C.
nmetrati, in DC.NDAFF.. . my 7 am.
Y. LEFT,
PAyiiician and Surgeon. Frien divine; Pa • 011ie( oloreelle
--- the Jacktrm
1)R LEET gipnrtlrnlar attention to the treatment
.0( diecatea of the Elan and ; and confident that
I,lk knowledge of. and experience in that branch of prat
tler will ettablo him "to effect a cure in the most difficult
• - n-r. For treating - diecapes of thecm 'mons tIo• few. will
rharge,l Ville, the patient benciffted by the treat
,;;,•„l. [August ffOth, D 64
St ) 11. WOItTII AD
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11 . ANUFACTURERS AND DEA.I.Ent; in Italian and
V American,. Marble. for Mobumentn, , Ilendstoneu,
Ittndek sinkn and Cope-Tables. , Also
Ilt Marblcized Slate for IlaUtica;arentro•Tables,ac.•
,• shopfor dnors . ca4t of s‘larl's Mtn] on Turnpike
.na•et. Montrom.4 Pa. • ' • • ON 7*
• :11: A: SNOW'
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- Tien.or Tip; PEAtT.—VreAt 13‘end, Pa. Office
•! ••u aln rtreet, oppottte the Western ltuaee, apt
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.1 (jIIN - SA cll. ER, •
I ImilloNAlll.l - : TAlLOR—Nrontroec. 'Pk Shop
1: Tiollartre tiroecrv, on Ilaitrennet.
TO:•okfol for past favors, he PollCitr a totitinuance,
~ , ,, i zost!ldro.eltto do all work PatirfactUrilv. Cat- '
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dour 00 .hort. 'holier, and Warranted to tit.
Niontro,r, Pa., Jtily .—tf.
• P. LINES,-
AsitloN.llll.E TAlLOR.—Morilrolie. Pa: Shop
I • l'lternix Block, over store orlteed. Watrone
Fo-tet. All work warpinted, goo fo flt and 1%6h.
done on short notice, in beet 'style.; Jen TO
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JoIIN 01:01.1.:5
I,II.,ITIONABLE TAILOR,- -.Niontro4, lit. Shop
I :war the Baptist Meeting !lodge: on 146 - nplke •
ordera Qlled pr . pmptly. in Arst.rate stele
• 'it '1.4 done OD short notice, and %%anal:aid - to fit. '
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L. B. ISI3ELL, • •
I .I I:PAIRS Clocks, Watches, and,7ewelryatthe it &
xhortrA noticr and on reasonable lama. Al
Avork warrantel Shop in Chandlce-ssaiJalitiw a u r o di
Ntorntoat, Pa.
1% 7 31. W. - SMIM:ISr, CO..
11l AND cum!: N (IFACTIMERS.—ipot
~r main ntreet. Montroic r i t a. ••• sag tf
' C: O. FOItDRAM, •-•
If A I:FACTI - Ittlt of 1100 TS, 4- SADES. Xontiost;
Mt Pa. Shop over Tyler, More. MI kinds. of *ork
.r.aole to order. and repairini , clone neatly. Je4
ABEL TURRET L,
I ) - r ‘ tz t ilT I G i l u nsM. li gn ici tat in. tr . 1M
• Gla,s, Groceries, Fancy Goode, deis!)rv.Perfb
,;.•rc, &c,—Agent for all the most popular r_tvgyit
.1 - 1;1 , 1( INES,—Moarrose, Pa., aag ti
I'RQF. CILIBLES 310RitIS; - . P
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13 tItRT:E and IlairOresoer: Mootrase, 'Psi. Simi, in
I,, , rneut of Semr!..on lintel.
11.1.VDEN 111:0TIIEILS
WHOLESALE till:Rs .•
i:ravrxo2ve* --
-ssn2-
FANCY GOODS
wm. mArD.Em. • • •
.;. , f IS HAYDEN.
Tit 14 'T /1.11 - DEN. - • _YEW .11/LF0:11. P 4
"LoRGE I.LAITEN% - : • ;,
P. E . BRU.Sfi,:,M. )1, ';
!-/ VI N . 4 .; NOSC LOCATED PELIAIANENTLT, AT,
iii v
nrt.,T,l to the iutfes of h 1 tircfep4l4rcllnptlr:
(Met at Latitiop!;to 411944. _
' , 3,4llX l l l 3Ettilett ,
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NEW 'MILFORD; A
TIIE PLACE To BUN ‘1701,R
H IRNESSES-1 - '
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CHEAP
AND GET TIE WORTH -OE-YOUR , tiONEY: I
I\SITANCE stOIPANY;
• OS wovv-."se - corlur...
r ASH CAPLIAL, ONE MILL-lON 1101ARS.
AFSETTBIat July 1860, - 11,881,11i7.
Limon:TEL " " Aar
N! Stlith.l443ey. eba,J. Martin, _
:”.101 McGee. , - oet "• A, F.l.Vl4ttaithy Nitia
i ogual. and renewed, by thflin • gi big
one duur above deaden lintel, idgatirpne.l7,
ISILtINGSiintOI7II4 - tvent.
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ME . S' it. *CI "if iz! " ' ,
1T As. in.t reheiced a large stock of new Owe,. ter
1 I I ) , ,, Icing. Parlor, Office and Shopparposett,fihr Woad'
.1 with Store Ptita,Ztoc..k.c. - •
'1 ...,,,,,,..t. , orunettt b admit aatildeoirabliastoS will
l Aarold
.0114
- • . , tat-arable .terma for`VasA, di to gm
•,, Salt ord, Oct. Ztb„ lilt& • .- , ..•-_, • i . . • •
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Dui . dentin: Caffeeiin •
4 111, kLTIIY beverage, Pniti'potiDdigeldllollo*lllin
”..0.,..2x - toudt as two p ound! orotherMalrot
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MEDICAL haat
r tire Allupathicau wzz MMeellogel ' M_
~. would return his sincere thanks to the pool* Wel,
,t 1 and ricluity,for the ~verg liberal patronage .4itith
• t , wwhave favored him. and he hopes ,by a eit ,
• L. 'bush:Leis to merit a liberal' share at the ImhUS,
' , Great Band. Januar,: thdalik.,,,
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TAKE-NOTICE!:. .
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( ' /Leah. Paid Sar . 21114
t ?Ott+. Fux.i. Mink,,,istiskrat; and . -an c il l iM
•- A good it,.oiirttnont of Ustlker and . toots to
' •-•- , -outauLly ma hand, Offlec ' ,Tskaudry ' & StoP*l
.f • •
li t• •'• ',... Fed.. Gth. ' .4 P. it L. V. If.ETIP-8.
R.orosene, Camphene
.• 7 t 1 , . h. Lund In an , lntrlkct
• N,IL
We Join- Owselv'es to ,no Party that Does not Carry the *Flag and Keep 'S
THE STOLEN BRIDE :
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Mad . Megie -Revelation: •
ESZtEM
cuarnite tit, •
Bring towers, bring Bowers for the bride to wear
• They were born to blush In bet shining bale.
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Mrs. 14:mani
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The winter passed, ongoltlen_wings ;to ,
the l- bettothedi' pair. , Bryant • inialecfre
quent business excursions, but never ab
seined himself from his lady-loiie more !
than twenty-four hoUrs, and when! he rt..-
turned, it was inexpressibly sweet to have
Miriam.bound to_meet him, her face All
aglow with sinilea and blushes, her bright ,
curls 'floating froiu her gay little
Then,. like Rochester, he would boastftil
ly ask if this was. the tantalizing etquette,
and would be silenced by finding her diM
pled hand pressed hard against his ps.-h-
If he c/nuice - d to visit 'a large village, he .
would, bring her some' tasteful gift. The ,
first finger or her left - hand glittered with
an engagement ring ; she wore a gold
necklace he had presented her, and in the
closet oilier • room hung &mei r
-of Ids
Choosing, which would not have 'shamed I
the wardrobe of Elinet Churchill. :Spring
melted the snow and ice from fielif; wood
and river, and, hryant eagerly watched ti
everyswelling bud, every, teuder young
leaf, every violet that opened on the green
bank's, for these were tokens 'that Juns
wa4 not far distant. Meanwhile the prep
arations for their marriage went briskly
on,.and such Whirling of wheels,
clamor of =looms, such bleaching,l such
Penelope like 'pieces of patch-work,tich
marvidi of quilting. he had never fore
seen. 'Minim was bus; as - a bee,and "all
was' merry am -marriage,bell." . . •
The bridegroom's mother ,had arrived;
and two of his slaters, with their husbands,i,
and had taken lodgings at the village inn.!
They hadleen somewhat disappointed at!,,
Jasper's Proketed marriage, • but when;
'they saw Miriam, they were as muchi l
charmed-as he, and took her into their
hearts at once. - '
list led ,1
Three days previous •te the , mtvsLoect
wedding, Miriam stood in her room * ,
ar
raved in her bridal 'Costume. The i•ohe
'haf been her lover's gift,- but his sisters' I
taste bad selected it. Twas an India 1
muslin, sprigged with silver leaves, land
looped up at the. sides,-, revealing .a rich
skirt of pink silk; a sash of broad ribbon
encircled her waist, and falls of lace ;she
dell the Tound 'arms, and white shoulders.
Her veil areal lace, a present from -
Bryant, floated in cloud-like drapery
about her, -and she wore pearl orna
ments.
1. L ILEAD
she - had been admired enough to
have turned,one. head,_
who Wail theie,. and who, was to be first
bridesmaid, said
Now Jasper ought to see you."
"1, - eih,yea," rid gisters, go and
Show yourself!" _ • i
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Flushed 'and 'smiling, Miriam, glided
into.thc kitchen, and not finding him,
Moved on, and out at the back-dOor,—
The path was,. overgrown ; with, roalloWs
and plantain's, but she daintily gathered
up her skirt,, and tiptoed ,along tibe.
reached the Welk Crouched ourthe curb;
she saw'kwoinan, with' a haggard face;
audlarge,,dark eyes:
" Who are,lou?" she . 'demanded, ,
Miriam approached her. t"..A.lllypu must
he 'the bride.elect cifJasiter Bryant !Speak
girl, are von married ?'
No, 4 faltered Miriam: •
" Then •.1 am not too. late Bryant has
Wife l", !. -
"His wife?' rtutiossible! • Jiuper - routti
not be So ertiel, so wicked"' - And the
girl trembled. firm - head - to' foot. • .
"Though young in
,years 'he hi old in
sin I can prove What Isay." -
" How ?"
• 1 onr marriage. certificate ! I lark .
: Miriam - Groveto-night' at 'nine
o'clock, comehere - agaiii !` Till then say
nothing of what-I have told. you, even to
your mother! Go in now, and be as
self-dosses 54.11 as you
..can, but don't Gail
to stand by this well'at the -hour I have
set.'7 • • • .
'Wit!! these words the stranger shrank'
away;arid Miriam' tottered • toward_ the;
farm-liouse. At lensith the,wptuan,
had irtade this shocking revelation turoad'
and 'added : _ .
" yo.p teen - arthe'"altar i '1 • Woiiht
have elainiedlitu.;-4beassured nfthatl'?
For,an instant Miriattee - lbrala Whirled;
but,pride and indignation,cmineloAcr,aid,
and be regainedt,ia,- . degree, . the
niasieryo,Thei:tieryeg: . I . l7.beii she re-en
tered her' re'eti,: they all asked . ; 'in a
, -
breath :' .
"WWI 'Whai. did Jasper say_:
"I,didnlt find him.' • •
'"And . Ynn wire'Otzed at. his absence
nn - such and °wagon," sildtlinor,
.With
keen gate ; " and hare lieet?..:poiding, hay:
en% you ? ' ' ,
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'"What makes : You think sad` Do I bolt.
any different ?"
" Yes, there's* cloud on your brow•and
your lips ark q'amPrenned," ,
"fsaw. a 'woman when I was out, who
frightened
" Was it Crazy Meg?"
"No a stranger."
"Where was
.she
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"Rd sat" an the , Well-cult', with the
down .o n-'the
sad -was t-Oashin g .
the water over her lor4ielmir .and 'the
girl shuddered at the inentoryorthe snipe
through Which shis,:had just passea.
Don't think of ji ebild,'! onalahned
Urs. Bryant, "she ,natinothersityou.”
this junetut*Mr&GoseintiteknaltV
Filivaorrelated tie4ol.l,ofiliniani'ir frig' lit.;
• " Where is Mr Bryant? Perlukterl6
sew soothe bee - - - • ' -$
!.-." Hi' rode Oofingoithe'aillati.Wirtalt!-
nerafteafe, • YOr hrtithee .--.
For the - first timeMitinta fel - t:a•tAie* .
it the thought `
; Other - ehience; Irk
shencedditot 'bear to ilieet his - eye yet':
lars. Bryant and her daughters soon 7040
beet' to the inn; nadVinor tookher
leVhalt !hey had all gone; she told her
mother die was . Orefi l and had Pleh . ead-
Aelie, and would -lie flovn. : .14eeliillg the
Aoor, she flung . herself on the bed, .and
buried her face in the pillows, while wild,
tuniultuout thought., thr onged her brain.
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fly MRS.
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Jaiper bad related the iueidenis of Crazy - 1 golf cord and taissels ; • cushions of crimson
Meg's visit to the Churchill mansion,. on . i yelvet,.and luxurious chairs were group
the night when he was 'obliged to seek a ' ed here and there; vases of malachite and
iheitef there, and the mad woman had ,Jasper, crowned with 'flowers, decorated
warned her twice Same the day she dined 'Alit! (Malin oaketiMaatel ; a work box, in
.with, the 'neighbors, :.Pitt as the' family , laid with mother of pearl and with curious
comported themselves with decoruM, she ' ivory fixtures, stood-on one Chinese ta
and Mrs. Gore, too, had-clime to the con-, • ble, and a salver, pitcher and goblet of
elusion they werdebrionsTancies. Even silver on the other, Pictures looked dOwn
her inset had conquered his dislike of Sid- from the - walls; books . were scattered
about, -and two statuettes held in their
r uey, and invited him to stand groomsman
.at his wedding, and Miriam never dream- Marble hands lanips_ef sculptured alabas
cd the Churchills had anything to do with ter. - Through an open door -yon might
i her present wretchedness. ' Hoor after have caught glimpses of. a -Preach : bed,
' hour drazgbd by, arid Jasper had not
canopied with amber silk, a polished ward
;-- Otne. Where, where could he be ?. Had robe, and-a toilet stand laden' with dress
he got, an inkling of the visit ofhiswionged , Mg eases, jewel caskets, and other Para-,
with, and tied? She-could not 'help think. ! phernalia. for a lady's . use.
ing he had, and almost wild with grief; i "Do the rooms suit you ?" asked Mrs.
she - waited for the eta& to 'strike nine. - Brandon, as Churchill placed his burden.
It struck at last, and she rose, cautiously on the. b 6 d. •
descended the stair-case, and'epebed the` . •-lierfeetly 7 —pray, am. I indebted to
might leave t he h ouse your taste, or Cainille's ?"
front door, that she
unobserved. She Ivan not long in reach- "To mine—Camille
.would , do nett
ing the well-I—there stood the wee-begone
stranger she bad inet in the afternoon. It
was dark, and storm-clouds were gather
'
• lug hi the sky, but= the woman said
•
hoaraely- r -. . - , .e . ,
1 " Come to seine place; where we shall
' not be seen; anal will.lhow you thep - roof
of -- ~rri:
my marriage."
In silence Miriam led the way to the
carriage -house, and when the heavy door
had closed upon them, the woman d re w
a War taper front the folds oilier robe, and
struck a light.
" See!" she hissed, ha . nding the girl a
roll of papers..
Like onem a, lioriid dream, Miriam read
what seemed to be indubitable' proofof
',the marriage .4" Jasper Bryant, fue-tra
' der, to. Agathe' Clairon, T - rseedieune."
For an instant she'was diimb with agony,
but. at, length she summoned strength to
articulate—
" Enough—l am satisfied."
" And what will you do ?"
" oh; -my God! I cannot tell r
"The whole neighborhood will be
astir—can you bear the •Prying eves, the
sting of serPent tongues, the laugh. 4
scorn ?"
• " no, nor . -
"Then Ay! I will let your mother
kno* all, and when the nine days' won
der has subsided, you can come Nok!. I
pity you-4—the wronged, the. deserted,
will help you. Take my shawl and bonnet,
and Hee!"
The maiden heSitated a few mothents,
and then allowed the stranger to wrap
her shawl about !lei., and leid her frodi
the carriage -house. She east a lone,
yearning glance-it the. old dwelling Fhe
was taavingvand iotritelt , inte across mad,
Tait thr' -
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according fo!.he'voutatiadirections. ' On; 1 m the.cave at the
un, on she pressed; as if a legion of fiends i Monadnock. Fly—fly !" - -
were pursuing her--on, on,
_on; she had i' Again young Churchill swore roundly,
gonebuka short distance, however, w h en for it tear no ; pleasant thing to leave.'Mi
a horseman came galloping- ; along -the ' awn now; but his father'S command was
narrow path, and the light of a. dark Inn. imperative, and - he was forced to obey.
tern flasheitfull in her face.: • , , - I Ile moved into the room where he had
Miriam, beautiful Miriam," exclainied left the stolen bride, and -after giving t
a deep, and not unmusical voice, " you are few directions with regard to her, mount
flying frOni one lover, but have you not ed a fresh horse and rode off. As he
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another, who worships you?" -Atid Sid-.
pep Churchill sprung from thesaddle, iind
Clasped. her in,his arms.
What —what, does this mean ?"_ gav
e Miriam
_
- "Jove!. • I will tell you. If you imag
ined twould staudidly by, and see Jasper
Bryant r,arry off the only woman I ever
lO4d, you arq quite mistaken:. I planned.
elittle ruse to get posseesion of you,
s eet Miriam !"
"A rufei—Then that womatl was an im
poster, uurthe certificate a forgery r
Just, so, my dear; 'Elinor's waking-
Mph:Faded
,the part of Jasper's 'wife!
lured- him away, and Managed : to 'over
tarn the carriage and fling „him, .to the
ground: ilis'head fell upon ,a stout, and
lie: W 43 taken uP—dead •
"Dead . •
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It Would belinpossible to portray the
liorro'r, the despair, which, this word con
v.eYed. Pale, rigid, tearless, , she : . looked
into Churchill's,mtulting „eyes, and. sank
. ,
unconscious by:, tlie Toadslde..- The young
man lifted lier.to the saddle, and mounting,
hiesteed, dashed otTat,:afurioua,rate. •
In the 'meantime
.the clouds', gathered
blackness,
_the thunder 'Muttered,, the
foriCed ligifininggleanied, the 'rani began•
to pour,, and winds to "shriek `alttiman as
rthej , -I.lad some.human woe.
.But'Sidney
din fain . , stillyptle On worth tb rough woods .
Where the great' trees tnet_Overhead, like
grand; 1.tai1ii.....-ar6es aver' .broad rem:bes
ot', ine.adowaland,— Where rank grass and
mOtitlenillieii,WaVed miss:nide bridg
es; round •WhOse.rOugh piers ..the waters .
dash ed•like the
..paastou-w,ares of a
heart, and nitire. ; :thaa' oneia . his spfrited;Se
lire leaped eliaatila,':With. dark torrent roar
ing beneath. The ;tempeiii, had tpeut:its`
fury', and wins, breaking , jar okrid
feas isplendor t Whin 'he ; reached: a,,10w,
iffeather=beitert - cottage hi the dekhs.efit•
Wood. A wreath of, suniike • yea: curling
from the:SerhiOtrie , y . ,:imdtisliort,'thiek set
man, , m
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cowl cearse, tvoriurig4tey . 6oXtunie„,
stood on the throsheht - , "
yet'sie coMe!ttt - : btst he ex-.
is a 00r - fmie.
"I)eu Yetrike ttetcptiti'inerbeil been
Ce '! I've
,
ing for Y" . 0 1-1 4 1 4-"' . - • —.•.
"F,covlde't gethere thy eetiher--'twaa
a confou nded hitiljoh.tkittiduct: die girl,
Shelivooned tokiher plant way
dead,'and for a while
hey,l therig4 she „was
gone; but r heitiiflow. :la, every
tiiingin readiness r.'"
"Vei - ; het by. Jove! she "'don't' lo6k
mach like the bright-e W little
"Ala thr
face
owthe . • _
% d ata" s tentr, 'at d
?ale
pillovv©d on Olin brisit
t;ytAliiitbY7l Abe's tle
sensible to b4alther kesrtfor ins4ficYr= ,
*eV 1 •
°As he eitake; .the -
~y 49- apa—kaped
frlinzids"4o,rigtandlKTP,Vriam- - It 4 tiler
_
c° 44, R. 4,Arkuristatobtx9morpho - finut
PRiTanniT;weilkoraingtipMeforw4rd
tina the way, into : ~adjoining -ro9ris,
Tlie:splendor of this ap#4ayent contrast
vivilly wio the . rest olf tt e totne.
Afuil‘y erpet, . t
fuselpt,ts
and their green lealrqs,woved tn.a. snow
white ground, muttied the floor, curt,ains
of rilk dama.k and 41 - e4eateilam shrouded
the indo‘%,, and mere looped back ith
MONTROSE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, r 1.861.
. ,
ju g ."
t' called Brandon from the
kitchen, I want to apeak with you."
The-next moment Sidney had joined
hint.
"Hark ye
night."
• ." What! M
4 lathe. ant.
er's face blAnced,,as he added=
any trouble ?" • • ,
"Yes, the deuce is, to pay (Ahem on
the track—handbills out in every village
and hamlet—a great rewarti offered for
the detection of him, or. his accomplices!"
A volley
_of oaths brokefrom the young
villain, and Brandon continued—
" He's managed them. so far. By • the
I powers! I didn't know him-when I Snit
saw him, for Lc wits disguised as a negia.7'
" Ile brought no spoils, ofcourse ?"
"Only what he could tie up in a bundle,
and these he left with me."
" Let me see therm",
"I've put them down cellar chest and
1 a 11 .,,
s
Churchill touched a pannel with ilia
boot, and it revolved slowly, disclosing a
rude staircase. Ho descended, lamp in
hankand opening the chest, looked in.
Carelessly flung over on a heap•of•goods,
I lay a piece of rich•purple velvet, a dress
pattern of_brocade,- many.a yard of' rare
loco, and a box of jewelry. - With-a grim
•
smile, he locked the chest, and retained
• to the kitchen.
"-Considerable value fur a pber negro
. to carry round," he sail. •
" Yes ; but yoti've no . time to lose! You
muht not stay with your pretty Miriaui as
huur. Your father told mile to tend' you
oil as soon as you cause."..
j . Where is her .
".1, ,hr
peared from tie mansion, and -were
I dished along the woodpgh, a girl, with a
darkly-beautiful face but deformeii • figure, 1 nevef again Seen:lir-the ieighborhood.
crept .fyoM the back door of the - little cot- Meg testifiedld the trial, and her-testi
; tage and stood gazing atter him, mony revealed the fact that • her' maiden .
"Ride on, Sidney Churchill," she mut-
name .was Marguerite te . Ferre, eke
be
tered—"ride while you may! Th u I ing -the 0111 y -child of a. French
hour will conic when pin will be locked Allen Churchill had met her. while 'on a
iu a prison-cell!" • visit to New-Orleacts,-and married - her -in
When lie had disappeare%she crept i the expectation of inheriting an inunelnm
to time cottage and entered . the room ortnne. Wheß heavy losses swept - away
farthineie managed:to procure a'
where Miriam was a captive. • Time wo- every
.•
. man W :IS chafing her hands, but Camille
:4437=
I "Let :ue du it. I will Ida, with her
while you get the breakfast:'
Dame Brandon ;therefore resigned - her
post, .anordid not go-in again for an hour:
When she. didi Miriam was conscioas, and
lOokng up,. she eitclaimed--. • -
-.Your, daughter has. told- me where
am ----I know I am in a house belonging to
Sidney Churohill, a man I-despise! • AA !
if you have a woman7aheart, release me—
send. me back to poor; poor. mother!
_
I am her onlv child, and she is a- ~widow
—think, think how she must feel ! Pity
her and Joe !" And she clasped. her dim,
pled hands Jo. an agony elsiiplieation,
dare not let you go !" replied the
gaoler—" would 'be angry
enough. to kill one P' : • .
Gan nothing=nothing move you ;a"
The woman shook her bead and retired;
huk bade Camille call her if'She Was need
ed. Miriam closed her eyes to shut out
the hateful: splendor of the turnitizre, and
a feeling tofutter desolation 'Swept over,
Ater. Thenlier sick heart turned to GOd
I the pions , teachings_eflier; indther, Which
bad hitherte been all 5 unheeded bit: the
thonglitless..yipling.beality;- cameliome ro
her bruised 9iiit like.batm, and she pray—
ed Tor- forgiveness,-tor help. ' 4. .l:wilt-pa :
my trust in tirod,''shesaid to -terself and - 1
irga the.timrs.dried on herebeek, and her=
l lace grew calm= and'-serene. • -•;,- • "
Two days later •Camille, the hunch-
LaelG stood on the .threshoht ofthe cot
tage:, gazingehiwninto-,-the 1e0_91,: dim yis
tas of the . forest:, tangled invis ofinnrn
ing glories' aispeil the low door-niny, and
formed a picturel4de fraesti:wark 'for" the
ni.idel but xli
viatch-
picture the yopoggirl L le-, - sewas
too inuchlabsorbesi in thought: to = notice
the tall, gaunt figure creeping from the
sh'adOws in thi,rear of the katuse, 9r the
dirk, mournful-eyes which "watched her.
It was very'rearly, and no'biody Vet hex
self wasiestir. SO - sho'44l 41tunewbat
startled when An unfamiliar voice seid‘ , --
You 'are ought tq feel
for the sorrows of those as, young and .
lorely'es you'!" aniishe 'wheat otif readers
Ilse - knoivn Its (5107 Meg, poi:sod-6y
mille's side.
!AYee:ealkatebeautiful, ekr rejetneil
the iirl.L-"leok:ai Ate—look sp in -I'm
akiuteh-baelt!" Andlthe 'oat that
ilittir'lVOrd like A' ,burning ' airo*cl and .
tamed found; reveirtirk her tif.A.Tity;
_ ,
"If it had not been fgr fig
ure, Sidney ChnrAill wmald Imre-been:as
madly in !aye with . 11:03 as.heia Witt ,
riap Govt.."
'SidneY Churchill!" eilioed Meg—"h4t - .
he 'been the bane Qf yqur life, girl?"
Yes ; he trifled with my heartmaede
love to me, when lie had no thought of
ma rrl ltnneli•haelt !"
tither uu Iv t. ca,t- it' a •ith:
—the old netti,s been here to
t speak
." Itt'there
noe. of Moan
p •to the Music of the , Whole Union.
..
•
as an idle to . ' They ire 'tt .'false 'race: Biography of Senator Douglas.. .
.
' von and I ba r e it, bond of sympathy." •
ntinued : h rom thiNeW Amerieast eyclopcediii.: -
i They elaspedibands, and Me 40'
"Come with Me--4 must talk with ~,,,, r Stephen Arneld thouglas wai born, at
i. Camille ac l eompaitied her :it short dis-
Brando;Rnd county VtApril 23, .
tance, and thiiy - concealed themselves in 1813. MO . :titter was a ' native of the
the shadow o greatrock. 4 F+ 4 ; :dewState York, and a physician of :
A a.•
. • "Are you Hollis Brandon's daughter ?,, considerable reputation. He died.sudden- '
" - "ked Meg, as Soon as they were out of. / I' et. apoplexy when his ion Stephen A - 1 ,
sight. • 1 i . nold was but little more than two months
"Noony tiMther was a - widow when old The widow with her : Infant :rad a
she married him—we are French!, and my daughter only eighteen Months old,
inherited
,edto it farm which she had inherited con : , real name is Camille DelaYan.". -
" How long have you been' here
jointly. with . a !harried brother. At the,
-
•
" Not more than two months." age .of fifteen her son, who had feceiv-
Have you l ieelt . anything , t , twoeions in ed • a good common_ school education
the movements of your stepfather?" . , desired to prepare for college ; but his
_
I I y e
. 11 g . H - family proving unable to bear the requi
_,
What ?‘ Has Sidney Churchill's filth: site expenses, he left the farm, determin
er been at the eottager . ed to earn -his own living , . and engaged .
: -
"Yea,. vivo,or three times; but I never himself as apprentice to the trade of eabi-
knew tillt last night, When I was eves-drop- , net making- at which he worked a, year -
_ping, that he, his son, and inY father were and a halt; partly at Middlebury and Ort
- , . . .!ly at Brandon, I'vhen his health , became so'
smugglers !" :-:,
"Smugglers !" exclaimed Meg; can ! impaired with the severity of the lakors
, that he abandoned. the oecupathat alto.:
you- prove-it r . • • : .
linleed I eau. While they slept, I , gl l r r ,' • ,-
opened the trap-door, and deeendeditito a ' '''' has often, s ' eee, '"• sala that the - hap.
-
part piest days of his life were passed in the.
part of the 'rellar'l had never bt;fore been
workshop. Ile now : entered the Aerate
permitted to visit. 1 had provided Myself I
at. Brandon as a student, amid remain
with the keys; and in a great chest I found 1 'eY
ed . there three years. • His :neither, about
deal of al :lotIC- , .. and
ao- ot eostli c._
cts.of jewels.' -- • :
" - And where are the Churchills now ?"
"penned in a cave at base of Mount
Monadnock-They dare not Stir from there
because they fear 'the officers who are
scouring the country.. iletr t ;:iy them, and
I will see that my father and mother are
spared.".
"I will !" was the firm reply.'
," One thing mort- , ---.Sidney Churchill
- has left his stolen bride in our pare.• She
believes her lover dead—is -it truer?"
'No. lie was lured from Miriam 's
home; thrown to the ground and stunned
by the but he still lives to minim the
logi of Miriam. Heine coine le the con
usic4 that she - eloped with Churchill,.
.and I began to think so too, but • if God
spares any life, the mystery shall be un
ravelled r
With these words she darted away,
and Camille went back to the Cottage.--,
Megwas sane, mid when-She entered the
Sheri% office, hogreeted her with respect
ful deference. Her revelation put the
authorities on the right-track, and Church
ill and his son' were cowering in the cave
wheri . an emissary brought them tidings
that their pursuers were :near. :They
rushed from their den, mounted their
ling all
horses,and tied. On, on, on they rode
throuh the midnight shadows, their pur
inert; torches flashing amid the darkness,
their shouts_ echoing loud .and
micas were leaped, streams forded, and,
many dangers met, but - to no purpose.--L
The officers gained • on them every mo
ment, and at last—at - la - it they Were -forc
ed to surrender. Bramlon turned State's
evidence, and thus secured his own safety;
but Allen Churchill and • his son •were
doomed to ten-years' hard lobar in prison.
The day that. they were borne into 'town
under- a-strouggnard,. the faniilY disati-
divorce, and
_wooed and woti Caroline
Lane, a New-York - heiress;whose- for
tune he, had . squandered", iu
riotous living. His conduct drove, Mar ,
guerite mad,and, made her,after her &thers
! death,. a vagabond in the World. She had
followed Churchill North,.and gained the
clue Which led to his arrest. But she did
not long survive the trial, and when!. she
died Jaapei Bryant raised a stone to the
memory, of Crazy Xeg.. , She had reveal
ed to him - What Camille had told .her of
Miriam's
. capture and he had hastened
. _
.With alnifisk i the speed of wings,, to • the'
cottage where she was concealed. Their
meeting no language of mine can'pertray,
but he bore,- back his beautiful . betrothed
in triumph : The wedding„ was solem
nized.
soon afterward, and Jasper Bryant
and his, fair wife often told, their children
the storyof the "..Stolen ride andl Mad
31eg.'s Rixelation." , - .! •
Ur A probable truthful story . of one
of Ben Butler's shrewd profissionafreaks
is told
,by a young- faCtory girl,,,forinerly
empleved, in one- °film LoWell Mills. 1 -She -
had b.CCTI - disekiargid, "and the .corpoiatiOn
refusing to pay.her,--te- sought :legal'-
dress and retained . :Butler for her
counsel: He. listened to her casa s . with
mach,interest, and:afterwards ainsiilted
thi representative of thacorpoialiOn;wbo:
refusod- to-pay lOr vagetk- - --
iluttoy then issued a writ, attiehed
ihe ninin water_ wheelof the estibliihnient.
and by bringing.the,..wholle nunifietery ,
tu_a stop, the' corporation rather al
lee their mills ,to remain-idle
_:ind awiit
the law's delay, paid the girt -hei•= wage*,
and resumed operationi.
A l'Ar Crnirtrrirs Iny . 'one:" '
treek.
late?' the' celebrated py. Thnnilet.ginA, wps,
sible to lay befoie the . trnblio the folloning
borisilde pertitivite;, lie *as ' 1,0 ovfrrmv
With eustonfeen that ' be 'l4 enilif6f
ttitienty issidirnti,to ,104.10x.404
ten to till tlienioeiethi etinntet •
Aocteir, T 'l)o 7s " veare AI L.
next 'Citoliii:'`ltof:iiinelirzfolg:` p*t
havO !KT iilifin.lai.4oolle-10,*
ee l & Nihin .
1 - 130,404 V
the' Oca, ind toni 1 4 1 0:0 1 0")/ Pt";
aitinow An4iiiiilrmittis sit
hoar, void throw nineteen . 409Ve 'Par-
84i*Itbout sOvpitig,
. . .
1v:14306,nm A1;7144,0, 7 -41. eroprintoi.
of a
,00tton-triil), - who is something .of a
philopply3r, posted up 99 thtikOtilrfgAte
the foilowieg notice "No
'cigars or goOd;
looking 111C11 adtaitted." When
for an explanation, he Baiii, "Pll telt - you
--the one will 'net, a flame agoing. among
my cotton. and t 7 other among the
several cask-
this time was married to Mr. Granger of
Ontario county, N. Y. 1 0 ,- ;whose son her
daughter had been married. Youngll
Douglas removed with his mother to Ca
naudagua and enterell 'as a student the, ;
academy of that place in which ho eolith! :
:twit till 1833. studied law iwthe'ollice
l'of the Messia .llnbbell, at the same time
1 that he pursued his academical course,:
1 having finally adopted that as his profes- ;
slob.
I!! the Spring 0f , 1833, he went 4o the
West id search- of an eligible location' in ;
which-to.establish himself as a lawyer.—
At Cleveland he was detained the_ wbole
sun - inter by severe - Macs - a after his recove
iv from which, he went to Cincinnati, St- '
Louis, and Jacsonville', 111.., At Jackson 7
ville; he found - his funds -reduced tc? - 371
cents, and accordingly walked to Win
rehester, arattle town sixteen' miles dim
-I.tint, where he hoped to get employment
as-3 teacher. He found there a' large
croWd assembled to attend the auction
sale of a deceased trader. The avetiim-,
eer'wati without a clerk to keep the ne
count of the sale, and perceiving that Mr.
Douglas, who stood among the spectators,
1 looked like a man who could write and
1 keep accounts, requested him to serve in
the 'capacity., 3fr. Douglas consented,
and acted as clerk during the three day's
of sale; receivin& for his services fa.
With this taptal in hand he promptly
rirned a school,and obtained,forte pupils
ti
whom lie three • monis at SS a
quarter, demoting his leisure to the 864
of Sonic kW books which be•had borrow
ed. in Jacksonville, and - Oo ..trurday after :
notinsin'actising iu petty ekies before the
Justice of Peace of the" town.
•In March, .1834, he opened an ofpee
and tiefan'practice in the higher. Courts,
for Which after. examination; be had .ob
tabled lir fr.( 'the Judges of the Sit.
tattled memo/ tronft e u. 4 00;X the
preme Court. He was remarkably see,
cessfid at the bar, as may be infeired froni
the fact that.ilthin-a year from LIS ad
mission, while niit yet. twenty-two years
of age, he was elected bi,the • Legiilatark
Attorney-General •of the State. : This
office he resigned in Decerabor, 1835,
consequenee of haring beep elected: to
the . Legislature by the Deniociats of. Nor,
gan - couuty. He took - his sent:, in the
tter
:House of Ilepteieutatives, the ' ; YOunge4
member of that"boily. In 1837- he'' was.
appointed by President Van Haven Regis
ter of the Land-Office at Springfield,
a post' which he 'resigned in 18:16. •
In November, 1837, , Mr. DouglaS - re- :
ceived the ' Democratic nomination !Or .
Congress', although he was tinder tiventy:: ,
five years of age, and consequently
gible. lie, however, attained the retell
site -age before-the day of election,: which
was he first Monday in Auguit,
His_Congielikinnal dietriot wits then' the
lie •Q , " St'
mast popiiktid one-in the _nitett Stateit,. ; - ._....„...ttedi ai__ ttion wltielrlie
and the canvass was ConducTed with ei..., subsequently ' defended the - r Ktinsat:lk.te"
traordinary zeal 'and energy. UP
„;, : tt.ail braska• bill, -. hi' these- words :-.- reat fon"The's.,c,
:.
of 36,000 votes were`cast,-and the -W measures tire predicated •ore tbe ghig•'
dint:vial:l. principle that et cry
. 'pei44 . 9 .
candidatd_Was declired•to - be*leeted by - a i
~6light to possess the right of frattung and.
majority of fiVe-onlr. A intiribr of ' ball
-testilt regulatingtheir owoittternal concents and
eta sufficien.t fe have changed. tlat
Were rejected by the canvassers, bemuse_ domestic institutions' in their - own. W 4-,
, ~ * These things are all confided by ih . ti
the name of Div. Douglas was incorrectly
spelled. AfterthiS - ddeat, Which under . Const itntioti to each. State to decide Rif
the circumstances: was claimed liy his itself, and' I know orno 'reason why the:
same principle should not bvextended - 14-
friends as a vktory, 'Mr.•' - Douglas • devo
ted-hitnseltezelnaively to his ;profession ! thC Territories:" . . ..
until 1840, when hp entered into the • fit- ;
..31i.. Douglas was an inism•Cessfid ondi,
diCtut presidetitial•oaMpatgit-bf that year date betitre the Detimeratic National,con- ,
with• so much-'ardor - that •he .traversed . tuition at Baltimore in te:,2,-for. thp pow•
the. State in all directiornic••for seven ination fur the Presidency:; • 01144 30th•
Monthi, and' •_addressOd 'more than tvio.i ballot he received -92. votes, She-Wim
himdlred political— It; his ( lc' number giv_ett to au}• mu:didnt(' r ootib4l4 .
enjoin; was :'itiori id the , adherence.' of b„iib t, •„ ut „f, t wo or ; 288: ,. . t
9VI - . - ..- ,r, i.-,
Illinois at that election to' the Denvieraticl . . :
At the Congrftsidial.session - ,dlB/3-4
party; :••• •••• • , ;•.-- It
•‘ he •reported from , the Iteintinttee • r. , •
43yp'
-. in Deceinliet 1840, Mr. Douglas Was.' •• • • , , ,
.. . .... • ! ritortes the celebrated bill to Organtio t/to•
. _ . .
.
apliointeditkeretary of the ;kat; of, Illi-'i '
elected iTerritoriek ofKa qua aa, l' poem dat uliff4l
trim. In February, I 841, he Wit9'
bYtbe Legialature, - a-JUdge 'of ibe sti:ff ri.ctuall Y rey ' l'auti(mizect t *ll k iea r P 4014
in the Cnited•N(ates,. Awl i ; tl;e it..
preine Court, which - offic hO" teisigued -in
1842,t0 accept the Democratic nondirati s on i ~s in i eh ‘ l iu , !) , °n which
the,
Pf illocratie '• "lii Re
paytlea became arsaycd lgqini4
-
f6i• Ccingresa, .whichlwis urged-upon him)\ 1 7,5 1 -e7 ;, - 01 _ -
k '4 A
• •
-ra The passagP of I ta
against Viiihes; on the grotm
,\,causid kreaftixeitelnent in the ~ * ree_Sititta
that he wait the only Denmerat . whaeould
\ of theitTnion, and 4. Douglas,
be:elected.:.'After . a spirited canvass Mr. I
as ite;gq.
1014, Nos_widClo'iind. vehlimeatlY
DonOas.wasehosen by upwards
maiority. Ife.Was reeleited in pl a ces wa s hean4nritrp:
triajorityOf tgbo, and ag_ain in 1840 'by veres. tum i d ,61.f tin.rpvisioz i
.repcgimil
'nearly 3000 majority: did not,'hoik 1. -
ets<ot s ,,,„ the., * Missouri Coinpromise, which M.
evea tilkdb.,/t**4' the lionglas'' maintained .to . . bc tuonsistegt,.,
"7"Z n f• with the principle ;if tionAgicrlentiot4by..
" yea * r B p ena tm ul ni .Q Ara fj. :ch United,
41017:' , ' ve v eimi 2 meis : with e in' !,hq !t444,41/4.,
In thP-11Quse of_ terWin/ 46 M
.41
OA ; tIl
Danes!!! prominent
4 0 ,1 Jr l.- t h e 9os9,ll,..piorpro.3riy, with
Great Eiritainoituttain4 th 415.. our tklsi
to the ivhcie494 . .ThlgnaP}o %Lb, deC
40 min. was "_,eljgratit) unquestionable.
regulate their domestic institutionsin their
He deohiCed th'sii4-ite npvet would, nOw - ! PL: 6 l"h ere°L .PeFt - Polli Stec' to: fox:Man d
or hereafter, yield ttp otte inch- of Oregoo,
410' ttt Witakltritku' Ar.tigyAiter r (inv. , °lto,. *Ns', subject only !o the COnstitutiou
(16 , i ty of (pinion may exist in regard to the
enment!!! ~ 11* oPii***J*ll• cho .polioy• „iat a ‘ t at unit " / St s tel; Wirtt . r•Yt•r diervi
givinic !Witte to, : waiirise , the Joint fx4reAtaitss Of this principle and the pro,
.cupatton ; of ,oiststashing It Territorial . p'riety of its application to the 'territories::
Government, Over Oregon, • protected by •
it must be :ohm I I le neJ I
tte.. that ._..r. ___as.asitie,
. 3
tiufftel'ent niilitary force ; and of putting
the country at once ill :i bttAte of pro:, pro - % cd'f,lithfill to it ittifier;3ll cii,i•ttitint4-
(Sri: Fitt tiln l'ilti:.l i
ratinfLt-n that if xi ar .thotilii It:StIll trust I ' - . ;
=EMI=
; NO'. 25.
JOB PRINTING of,ALL
bwit: Al LIE CiVFICE OF ?HL
7::) 331 M C. - JPII. 111. Ir.,
NEATLY AN.D.YROMPTLX,
A.N 14 AT:" LI V E .4 1.6 E" PRICES..
„,,' .
• _ ~ • , . •
;Ljtii office o f 1.114.! .11(introse, Iremoirst
bsi•onie - eitly been supplfid It fare new sad choke ffasic
of type; etc., antl we are. now prepared to print pemplaciii
decalitre, etc., etc., lII' the beat,style, ua ebottzetice.
• Handbills, Postcrn;.• Prow:annul; anal
cl.brr kinds of murk to We , line, done secordineto order
Business, Wedding,• and Bill CAIWS
Tickets, etc., printed with art tzeo and dempstcb.
'Justices' :aid et)fistalles',l3lanks, Notes
And all otlwr-Illanko. onrhand, or printed . to ord.r
Pe' Job oork and Etanka, to by Odd for unbent ery
' theassertion of oar just lights, we- :night
- drive " Great'llrilaht and the last vestiges
of Royal authority front the ,PQntinael. ut
North America , and 'make the United
'States. an ocean-bound:Republic."
He denied the
_Tight ',of' the Federal
' eminent to prosecute :l system of in
ternal improvements in the States though •
he maintamid the constitutionality and
expediency of napcoving rivers, :harbors.
and navigable waters . , '-and advocated ):4
seheme of tonnage duties for that pur
pose to be levied andexpended by the
local authorities. - 110 .was mainly instru
mental in securing the,passage-_of --law
extending . the InariOnie and admiralty
jurisdiction of the ! Federal Courts ;
over the great Anil) of -Northern \
having rep4rtetl the bill as a member of
• the Judiciary Committee,: nd put it Upon
' .. passage,. earn of the How of
. Represeti tat ives. ' le , ! was among the
earliest advocates of the annexation of,
Texas, and, after the treaty for, that ob
ject lard failed in the Senate, he was one
bf those i'vholutroduced propositions,lr.
the form of joint resolutions, as a sursti.
tate for that treaty.
-.As Chairman Ofthe Committee on Ter
riteriey in 1846, he reported the joint reso
lutiottdeelaring Texas to be one of the-
United States o'f Ainlriia, and he rigut
ously sustained the Administration of
President Polk in the. nieaSures which it.
adopted for the . prosecution^.of the War
with Mesieo,which wastheultiinatelconse
-1 (pence of that act. As:Chairman of the
Territorial Committee; .tirst in the licMse
of. Representatives, and afterwards in the
Senate, he reported and ; - successfully car
; vied through the bill to'peganirA: the Tar
' ritories of. Minnesota, Oregon, New Mexi
co, Utah, Washington, Kansas and :Ice- ,
braska, and also the bills for the admiss' ion
I into the Union of the States of lowsBVis,
"•
cousin, California , A .
and Oregon.
So far as the cpiestion of 'slivery was
volyed in the organization of ferritOries
and the admission of newSiaCes, he early
took the position that Congress should not
interfere on - the one sideor the °they., but
that the people of each Territor% and State
s h ou ld b e a ll o w e d to form 'and regulate
their domestic institutions to suit them-
Seltm •
In accordance with thi4 principle, heap.
posed the "Wilmot Proviso" when first
passed in the House of Representatives in
181:, as an amendment to aim bill appro- -
' priating *3,000,00,0 to enable President
Polk to make a,treaty of peace with 3lexi
co, and afterward in the Senate when oat
eretPas an amendment to the bill , for 'the
organization of the territory of Oregon.
In August, 180, howevO, he . offered "Ito
anaeudutent to the Oregon bill,,exteriding
the Misicouri Compromise: line indefinite, y" -
areetward to - the Paifitici.;.ooeitn, = in the
seine - seal:iv and.with the same underet.ted
.
ing with whitdi-it was 'iidoptedi
in 181.0, acid extending' through - Texas
•lin 1845, prohibiting slavery in all.the-*- . .
ritury north .olthe - perallel- 0f36 9 .30%,t0m ‘ 1 i
recognising
and by iniplieation' recognising eOP .
fence- South of that' line. Tide attiendnen't
was adopted itc.tb‘. , Senate by.st -decided
niajority; receiving - the - suOport of every
Southern ; together with several. Northetit
Senators, but Was - defeated 4t the House of
Represenuitives- by nearly a' sectotial,
vote:. - . - • r
a.
The - refnsal of the Senat e Vui :adopt the
Iniftey Of - Congres.siintql ,p.
slavery in nil the :Teiritort ‘ er!., Und tho . Tf !
jeelion iu the Iloir3e of Reilrementaticea Qf
the pri)pots; t ion to ext ttpd the . lilkitouri
he PueitiO
4emproinise to the
riset o the sectional agitition'oflet4?-'pci,
was, tem poittril3- iiniefe&by the
islatims known as the tneqpres
of 1850. Mr. I.)onglas snripbrted these'
measures With zeal • and- rigor, and on his
return to
,his home in Clneago,7 finding
them aasailed with great violence, he de;,
fended the - whole series in Wspeech to the
people (Oct. 24, 1850), NV is regarded
)4y his friends .as one of the ablest - he has
ever made.. IWthis skeehlie
--principles on'Avideir the conipromlie' nth.
oflBso were fentidedi and n
Territories.
. .
Afi gr repealinkOlO.ilhsourireettiptionf
the hill declared 4.t0 . ,he the tl , trae. intent)
and meaping of the Act, not 10, legislate
§laverr intp §tata or Territory, . nor
tp exclude It therefrom, but tp , tho
the-