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A T,T O U N E )C . A T( LAW,
; ii-.- UWBtJ,RT PA ; i .;!
Bu.ine .IWitdea o W,.tlc Countic. of Nor
lumberUnd, Union, Lycoming and Columbia.
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Son . & iIkoi.o.am,
KlIHOLD, McKaBI.-"'"
" ' ' Spbi8, Onnti A, Co.,
VI ROCXEFEllfelH ;
1 :' ' Attorney at Law. :
Mlnem. Ille. sclinylklll Co., Pa.
fJtiSrXCoS will be prompllv attended lo in the
countie of Schuylkill, Northumberland,
Jnion, Columbia and Montour-
VJ --. Refer to: '
A. Jordan, H- Bella, cV H- B- Mcr, Esqrfc,
tunbury Wm- Dc Haven, Edward Hfi(?hc,
Solomon 8hindcl, Minctiville C. M- Hall, M.
Mortimer, PortsVilte
' fact. 5, I8ft0- lv- 1 ' '
eiUtlLfiS W. IlEGtNS,
LTTOP.1TET .T L.V,
' iotlnvlll, P.! .- !;':
VViii prottVV attfemHo rrtlhrttin onj ill' burf-
r r tip enlrusttd to hi cirrv
'Juillt it?, 1849,-' ' !
. I H. ZIMMEEMAN, ,
" il'STICE OV THE PEACE;
. . Sonbury,' Pa. ,
3ftlo In Dwf Btreeti immediately opposite the
Public JSchool House.
rr Mortirs e iileeted .hJ .il Birtincrt pminiitly n0 care
fully attended to. !nn:H i
April SO, 1850. , . . ,
JIKW YORK' & PHILADELPHIA
'' x,i ' JOUEUEYMEN 111
. '' " lIIalleri AMttoclatlon,' '
Cr. oftlh and Chtstuxd Srlcti ' Philadelphia.
("""ONTIN't'E to make arid cll a finer and more
durable Hat for the money Uian any other
tabli.hment in the Coiled Stales aiaudard
price of Hat $3 00. Gent and Boy's Clotli aiid
Glazed Caps. Uinhrnllan, Carpet Bags, Calaly
Panama and Straw Hut at. equally low price. '
May S5, 1850 ly ' ' ' ' '
jo5.' r. fa its: & Co.
IMPORTERS OF
"WsLtcles, Jewelry, Plated Ware,
; , AXD FA SCI ..OUUS,
lit ChttntU St btluettn Sd If ilk Streets.
PHIX.ADEI HIA.
ALWWfl kep o b.ru an encellent aort
Bitot of th titov truck, which iliey will
tl n term' W M uy in tile cMy.
iun 15,l8SCLJ3ia
"VM. rCARTY
-,' ;,"i'r 'iBUHBUEY, PA. .'
HAS teoentJy reeivd, .nxng other articte, a
great variety of New, Cheap and Enloruiu
tnfr puMii-atimi auch a : . 1
Cosper. uonls. eomplete r cewra ' "' '
Herbart. D. ! ' ' Kodwrll,
ii:,il)ui-,i!::,,.;l -
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.'j Cocktoa, : ; . Jo .,
Maiwelt do , ,,, .. ,
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t0 'J'rollopc, , (
.,. II Jlibuitou,
; ... Jlirtyutt, ,v
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T,3rsU,'.,
i.iiatmrih,
At the low pcira of from H to SO cU per vuluiue.
. 8uiibury, bepL 8S, 1850. tC
JACOB REED'S
CI.OTIH.U ROOMS.
SoMtkiecft Corner ef Fifth tnd, Market Streets,
. i PM".APeHiVj(;' u , f
. always kpa on hand a large atock of
V V '. evefy variety k clothing made up of'good
. material, and in tl latet and beat style. He
would alio inform the public, that lie pays coni
. derahle attention in getting up Military Clotlunj,
in ftood atyte and on reasonable barm. .
June 15, 1850-.. ly ... , , . . ,
CHAS. DUMrrllG,
No. 207 CAeinut S'reef, front Arcade,
.h 'in'l ,11,; '.J PtiuiiiHU' i'.f .'i' .'.. ',
IMPORTER and Manufacturer of alt kinds of
M aocal nitrumenu, Fancy A rticle and Toys.
I Jli pricca are lower tlian those of any other store
tin Pbiiadeloaia. All kinds ol Musical Inetru-
ments4epaiiat to the best workmanship, and also
takea in trade. , , ,
PhUadelphia, May SS, 1850. ty. .
:;Ti" T. edwin ii ll7 7
' (LaTt or rai Fian or Watkihsos & Hall,)
,- n, , Yb. 21 South Second Street,
' ' ' Philadelphia, , .
P ESPECTFL'LLY inform hi old friends and
-- ettstoknera, as well as tlie public generally,
,. that ha has opened an entire new stock of elegant
c:trlaavof u i '''-';:
.. i Springr & Summer Drew Good.-,
-'Hi. assortment consists of the latest and most deal-
table styles of English, German, French ck'Ame-
u: n4- ' .-u iii; 'in r.
ni. - uvwa. m ui it mm irwmiimsm , . mimi ,w
ges,B.i-i, Lawns, M uslini, Sliawls, Hi&fti, Olovei.
J.mwA yaw M;tar f Vnnmr tlsmA
! Pbilai March 1, 1850.i-ly t ' " . n
.ii.. I 11 1- .... - .,. .! '
l 0T.t.'MTH.- - t--4 .ij THOS. . . iETH
, . - gE'TJI & "pR OTHER,." ' " ,
" WHOLESALE. GROCERS '
1lJ Sill n s ,1 ....-- AND ml I 1. 1 !.i : ,
MO. 8 PHATT DTMlurP, ;.Oi
(Na BowLi't WHAtr,)
',' WJfl Bay particul A attention to the sale of G jilN
sua lliwuw inui4Uis oi m Hum, .
Balamore, January SB, 16S0-ly
SELECT POETRY.
"" Frari the toinrille Jtmrnal.
n TWO YEARS OLD. un
Bf t. i
PERCtVAL.
1 I lj-
'I. "tl
' 1'layinsr on Ihe carpet near mrj u!
., Isa lilllu cherub girl ( ,. , j ..... i ...
.And in her presence, nmch Ifear me,
Sets' my senses in a whirl;' '"'
'For book is open lying ' . ! '
Full of jjmva philosophy ins, ,.,
,AnJ I own X;ni vainly trying .
ni.,Tliera my .lliougliis lo hoM.
But, in spite of my 'essaying, '
They will evermore-be slravitts 1 ''
Tu Hint cherub near ma playiuy1, '. J. ,
; ..Only two years 9,IJ,,;,:,j ,,' .
1 With her haif so lonj? k'ntl'iTatte'it;- '
) Ami ht'f sunny ejvs of Wue,
; ... Antl.hec vbeeks so plump ar,d,.ivaxei), ,
She is I'liiirming to iho view.
. ' Then lier. Voice to all' who hear It ' ""
" Breathes a sweet entrnncirlg spirit ; : '
a.'O! to be forever near it' :,; :,..!
i i. Is a joy unlold . - ..... i ,.
. For 'lis ever sweelly lellinp:, .
To my heart with rupture swelling,
Of affection inly dweilins ",;
Only two yeais old. -'.v
, Wilh a new delighl t:m hearing '
All her sweet attempts at wordc, "'
' In l heir melody ernleurintr
. Sweeter fat lliun any bird's;
And Ihe nmsical niistakiii', . ,
Which fter baby lips are making,
From my heart a charm is Waking
Firmer in its hold,
Than thd rhaim so rich and 'glowing,
. From the Uumau's lip o'erllouing ; ,
Then she gives u look so knowing, ,
Only two years old. ' " " ' '
: N'otv her ripe and honied kisses , .....
(tlonied, lipe for me alone.) , .
Thrill my soul with various blisses,'
Venus never yet'has k'ndwii. ' ' ' ''
';When her twiuiur; arms are rourid md
All domestic joy hath crownnd ine,, , .
And a fervent epell hull) buuiid mo , .
Never to jj;iow col.l'J' ''
O ! there's not, this side or AMertrr, .
i Aught wilh loveliness so lailuu
As my little cherub maiden, ;, ,
Qistovifal. '
(.:. STELLA AIID. VANESSA,' .'J '
During Swift's visit to London in 1710,'
he had reujularly transmitted to Stellif, by
which flarne Esther Johnson is made known
to posterity, an account of his daily doings
with the new. Government. - The journal
exhibits the view of the of the writer that
his conduct invariably presents. It is full
of tenderness and cun(idence and not with
out coarseness that startles and shocks. It
contains a detailed and minute account, not
only of all that passed between Swift aA
the Government J but of his changeful feel
ings as they arose from day to day; and of
his physical infirmities, that are commonly
whispered into the ear of the physician.
Ii Swift loved Stella in the ordinary accep
tation of the terms, he took small pains in !
his diary to elevate the sentiments witlr
which she regarded her hero. The jour
nal is not in harmony throughout. To
wards the close it lacks the tenderness and
warmth, the minuteness and confidential
utterance, that are so visible at the begin
ning. We are enabled to account tor the
difference. Swift had enlarged the circle
of his female acquaintance whilst fighting !
tor mi menus in London, jib nau Decotne i
a constant visitor, especially, at the house
of Mrs. Vanhomrigh, who had two daugh
ters, the eldest of whom was about 20 years
ol age, and had the same Christian name r upon her like a tiger. The trembling
as Stella. Esther Vanhomrigh had great creature asked her visitor to sit down. He
taste fat reading, and Swift,, who seems to ' answered the invitation by flinging q pack
have iligbted in such opcupation, conde- j et ori the table, and riding instantly away.
(xencWd,, for the second time in his life, to ; The packet was opened ; it contained coth-
become a young lady's instructor. Celore
Miss.' Vanhomrigh had ihadt-much progress j
in her studies, she was over head and ears j
in love, 'and, to the astonishment of her ;
master, she One dar declared the passionate i
and undying character of her. attachment,
Swift met the confession with a weapon
lar more potent wnen opnoserj to a politi
cal foe than when directed against the
weak heart of a doting woman. He had
recourse to raillery, but, findttiz his banter
of no avail, endeavored to appease the tin-
nappy gin ny "an oiler ol devoted and ev
erlasting friendship, founded on the basis
of virtuous esteem." He might with equal
success have attempted to put out a contla
gration with a bucket of cold water. There
was no help for the miserable man. He
returned to bis deanery at the death of
Queen Anne with two love affairs upon
nil hands, but with the stern resolution of
encouraging neither, and overcoming both.
Before quitting England, he wrote to
Esther Vanhomrigh, or Vanessa, as he styles
ner in nis correspondence, intimating his
intention to forget everything in England.
and to write to her as seldom as possible.
So far the claims of Vanessa were disposed
of. As toon as he reached his deanery he
secured lodgings for Stella and her compan-
ion,
im reiterated nis determination to
pursue his intercourse with the young lady
upon the prudent tefms originally establish
ed, So far his mind was set at rest in re
spect of StellaV But Swift had scarcely
time to congratulate himself upon his plans
before Vanessa1 presented herself In Du
blin, and riiadfJIcnown to the Dean her reso
lution to tulltip tier abode nennaneirtlv
in Ireland (Her, another was dead, so were..
L . t it . . . .
ner two oruuieni n and her water were
alone m the world,, Mod they had a small
property near Dublin, to which it suited
them to retire. i.Swift, alarmed hr the pro
ceeding, rfm9nstrated, tbrentened, denoun
ced -all, in vaiii., .Vanessa 'met bis re-,
proachei with complaints of cruelty and
neglect, and warned him of the consequen
ces of leaving her without the solace of his
friendship "and ' presence. ' Perpleaed ulid
distressed, the Dean bad no other 'resource
than to leave events to their own develop.
ment. " He trusted thai lime Would mitigate
and show th hopelessness of Vanessa's pas
sion, and (n the meanwhile he sought, by
occasional communication with hpr, to pre
vent any catastrophe that might result from
actual despair.,,, tfut, his thoughts for .Va
nessa's safetv were inimical to Stella's re
pose. She pined and gradually sank under
the alteration that had taken place in Swift's
deportment towards ner smcif hisctoaint
ancp with Vanessa. Swift,' realty: anxious
for the safety ot his wardy Fedie"! a friend
to ascertain the causetoi her1 malady. . it
was not difficult to ascertain , it. His indif
ference and public scandal, which spoke
freely ,pt their unaccountable, connexion,
were alone to blame for her sufferings, j!
was enough for Swift.' lie had passed the
age at which he had resolved to marry, niil
lie Was ready lo Wed Stella provided tlie
marrlase" were kept a secret and she-' was
contetiF to ' live apart. Poor Stella'wns
more than content,' but she over-estimated
her strehgth. The marriage' took place,
and immediately afterwards' the husband
withdrew himselt in a fit of madness, which
threw him into gloom and. misery tor days.
What the motives may have been for the
inexplicable stipulations of this wayward
man ,it is impossible to ascertain. That
they were the motives of a diseased, a ndT at
times utterly irresponsible, judgment, we
think cannot be questioned'. Of love, as a
tender passion, Swift had no conception.
His writings prove it.: j he coarseness that
pervades his compositions has nothing in
common with susceptibility that shrinks
from disgusting and loathsome images in
which Swift revelled. In all his prose
and poetical nddresses to his mistresses
there is not one expression to prove the
weakness of his heart. Hi writes as a
guardian---!) writes as a friend lie writes
as a father, but not a syllable escapes' him
that can be attributed to the pangs and de
lights of the lover. - : 7
, Married to Stella, Swift prpved himself
more eager than ever to give , to his inter
course with Vanessa the character of mere
friendship. He went so far as to endeavor
to engage her -aliectton for -. another man,
fcut his attempts were rejected with indig
nation and scorn. .In the, August of the
year 1717 Vanessa retired from Dublin to
her house and property near'Cel.lbridge.
Swift exhorted her to leave Ireland alto
gether1, but she was not to be persuaded.
In-1720 it would appear that tho Dean fre
quently visited the recluse in .her, retire
ment, and upon such occasions Vanessa
would plant a laurel or two in honor of her
guest, who passed his time with the lady
reading and writing verses in a rural bow
er built in it sequestered part of her garden.
Some ol the verses composed by Vanessa
have been preserved-. They breathe the
fond ardor of the suffering maid) and testify
to the impertuiable coldness of the man.
Of tlw innocence of their intercourse
there cannot be a doubt. In 1720 Vanessa
lost her last remaining relative her sister
died in her arms. Thrown back upon her
self by this bereavement, the intensity of
her love for the Dean became insupporta
ble. Jealous and suspicious and eager to
put an end to a terror that possessed her,
she resolved to address heiself to Stella,
and to ascertain from her own lips the ex
act nature of her relations with her so-called
guardian. The moment",::: question
was asked in a letter, to which Stella calmly
replied by informing her interrogator that
s)e was the Dean's wife.
Vanessa's letter
was forwarded by Stella to Swift himself,
and it roused him to fury, lie rode off at
once to Cellbridge, entered the apartment
in which Vanessa was seated, and glared
ing. ,ut VanessaV letter to Stella, .. Her
doom was pronounced. The fond heart
snapped. In a few weeks the hopeless,
desolate Vanessa was in her grave,
Swift, as-onized. rushed from the' world.
f For two iiionths subsequently to the death
!Vf Vanessa his nlace of abode was unknown.
ijui ui lur riiu u. iiiut j'ci ivu 11c iriuiiim
to Dublin calmer for the conflict he had
undergone. He devoted himself industii
ously again ta affairs of State. His pen
had now a nobler office than to sustain un
worthy men . in unmerited power. We
can but indicate the course of his labors.
Ireland, the country not ot his love, but of
his'birth and adoption, treated as a conquer
ed province, owed her rescue from absolute
thraldom to Swift's great and unconquera
ble exertions on her behalf. He resisted
the English Government with his single
hand, and overcame them in the fight.
His popularity in Ireland was unparalleled
even in that excited and generous-hearted
land. ' Rewards were offered to betray him,
but a million lives would have been sacrifi
ced in his place, before one Would have
profited by the patriot's downfall. He was
worshipped, and every bair of his bead was
precious and , (acred to the people who
adored him. ,
In 172G Swift revisited England, for the
first time, sinew the death of Queen Anne,
and published, anonymously as usual, the
famous satire of Gulliver' Travel. Its im
mediate success heralded the universal fame
that masterly and singular work; has,.ince
achieved. Swift mingled once more with
his literary (fionds, and livt-d almost entirely
Lwilh Pope.., Yet courted .on all sidesj he
was doomed scam to bitter sorrow . XSewi
L reached Aim that sieiia.wis iu. , Aiarmea
I .' . . .. , CI. I -'. .'I - 1
apej,, iqlj of self-reproaches, be hastened
home'to be received by the peopie'of jre
land to triumph, and to meet and he was
erau-ful for the ieht -tbt- improved; and
welotuning looks of the woman. forwhoie4
dissoluiion be had j been nPrrpared,-i.)p 4
eoveredy the Deao-iveotprdirinKa .Pioe tp
England, but toon' Id hoi r-urampned,,tp
ihe hapless couch cf his eahuusted and mott
miserable wife. Afflicted in body and sou),
Swift suddenly ..quitted Pope,, with whom
he was residing at Twickenham, and reach
ing his home was doomed to find" his Stella ,
npou the Verge of the grave. Till thf last
moment he couttnued at her bedside, wi inch
ing the tenderest t consideration, and per
forming what consolatory tasks he. might
in the sick Chamber. Shortly before ,her
death, part of a conversation between the
melancholy pair was overheard. ,, "Well,
my dear," said the Dean,' "if you wish it,
it shall be owned," i Stella's reply-was
given in fewer words - "It s too lue."
On the 23th January,' writes f tje, of
the biographers of Swift,' "'Mrs. Johnson
closed het Wedr pilgrimage',' and pasie'd d
that land where they neither marry Vt
are given in marriage," the second victim
of one and the1 siriie hopelesi 'and consum
ing passion. ,' t. i '. .ni.-.;'i
Swift stood alone in the' worlds and for
his punishment, was doomed to endure th ;
crushing solitude for the space of seventeen
yeais. The interval was gloomy indeed.;
From his youth the Dean had befh Subject
to painful fits of giddiness and deafness.
From 1736 these fits became more frequent
and severe. ' In 174-0 he went raving mad,
and frenzy ceased only to leave him a more
pitiable idiot. ; Dunns; the space of three
years, the poor creature was unconscious of
oil that passed around him, and spoke hut
twice. On the 19th .of October, 1745,
God mercifully removed the terrible spec
tacle from the sigjit of man, and released
the sufferer from his misery, degradation
and shame.
... ., j : i-.i "
THE GREAT TELEGRAPH CASE. ;
The case of F. O. J. Smith and others,' re.
piesenling Morse'- patent, praying an injunc
tion against cprtain infringements of House's
invention, Intel tried in the U.;8'. ; Circuit
Court, lit Boston, has been decided rnjainst
the plaiilifl's. We make the following extract
from the opinion of Jndiju Woodbury in the
case, explanatory ol the principal points of
difference between the two inventions!
Now has thirt patent been violated by the
defendants 1 The' defendants .. insist they
have used nothing which was not open and
public be for the date of Morse's invention.
Whilst shielding the public in this right)' we
muHt not allow any ono to use l.ho inventions
of Morsa without his anient, llou-se,' ma
chine appears unlike Morse's and.ii i work
differs iij using. two now powers. .Whilst
Marsu's is simple, lliat of llonse. is so compli
cated as to require days of attention by me
chanics to understand. . Whilst . Morse's is
speedy, House gives lightning to Human let
term; his speed of . breaking, and closing is
much greater than Morso's and- without this
greater epued bo oould not. accomplish hid ob.
ject. This is not the same system as Morse's
and is more like lliat of Alexander. ,
Morse's machine traces the signs intended:
the type or the lever at one end do;s so, end
the pen ot the other ulso. House's machine
ddes not do this. It acts at both ends by sig
nals, and traces nothing. This new power of
axial magnetism, the invention of which is
claimed by Mr. House, aids ni transferring
this so hs Id have it printed, and the U mag
net of Mot-se would be utterly efficient for
l his purpose. House's is A signal and print
ing telegraph, and Morse's is a writing tele
graph. The electro magnetism between, the
two points has been Used long before Morse)
and therefore no infringement 'of his inven
tion. House produces in his machine new
results, and cannot be considered us an equiv1
alent for Morse's, as he nses neither the pen',
the lever, nor the stenographic alphabet to
translate' the signs, as appears from the testi
mony ot Piof. Henrv,' Dr. Jackson, Piof. Hare
Burdelii, Hibbard,' Chnhnln'g, ect." His hondr
then commented or! the originality and nov
elty in House's machine' of uxiul magnetism
and the use of the ft if tubes and condensers,
and expressed himself astoifhded) in e.vamin.
iug this case, to find that so much which he
had supposed to have been nVar an original iu
telegraphing; was not of late origiq or'drived
from Mr. Morse us electro magnemmj wire
ec, t'Ul that the iiiveiiliuns of Morse j lay in
a different plaoo fioia what be had formerly
supposed ' i'O'M f ' ,' ;
Morse's leading1 novelties, his honor thought
were 1st' the local circuits; 2d, writing at
a distance by electro magnetism, 4th, the
stenographic alphabet! Neither the electro
magnetism, or Ihe Roman letters, or 'the
printing apparatus were Invented by Morse,
The local circuits,' and the stenographio al
phabet were not used by House or Ite w rit,
iug, &o. .
,.! ., tAHEWE.il . . j
Nay shrink from the word "farewell," '
As if 'twere Friendship's final knell :
Such fears m a j' prove but vain : 1 '
So changeful is life's Heeling duy, ; , .... .
Whene'er we never, Hope may aayj
, , vy pari, to meet aain. . -
Even the last parlinir etirlH may knowj ' '
Brines not unutterable we . i ! i .
To soul that heavenward soar .;. , .
For humble ailh, with steadfast eye t
Points lo a briyhler world on high,' ' ' '.
Where hearts, that here at parting sigh
May meet, ,lo part ijo more,
' A wdMiW in Greene' count yj 'lndiannj a
tew days ago, undertook to extort eonfea
idn of theft from a tittle pirl, and lied her
round tho neck fast to a tree. ' A shoft time
after the child was found dead.' ' !
a it 1 r : -u i' r .'mi. '
Whew Pf., Johnson, courted Mrs, Porte
wUorq he afterwards , ruatfieX B1 ,t0U her
(bat tie was of mean extraction had no mon-
eyi,,and .that.'Ji''Jihd'! at, u.n.cle hanged."
an equality with the doclorrepliedthal she'
had no more money thau himself;' and 'thai,.!
though slie MdW aroUtive hanged, ehe bad,!
fifty rb9 dweirfd Ringing.
i .
- ' THE RISK OF SENATliR rUsk!
The. gentleman whose rise td pubtio fiivor
form's theiheme of the following article Is so
tnViversallyartd favorably khtiw'n by ttir fellow
ciliens for his perSdiiaf qualities of liberality,
beneVolenc' and patriotism," that wo leel as
ured it wi be read with pleasure by all)
ami by none with more than that Of bis politi
cal adversaries :H a-jifngfon Republic. .
From the Fot'd du Lne (VVi ) Journal.
. . .Tb.a.lragedy'at Nacogdoches, and. the ro
mantic incidents which led td; the Texan
war of independance, find their parallel only
in the Homan.liirsiory of Lpcretia and the el
tler Bttttus.1 ' Juah Costa' was V ' person of
great influence and bravery-in (lie wild forest-'
bur fell utidef the displeaaurcof Santk Anna J
and his rdiiiion Pedras, the commandant of
Nacogdoches, was sent lo. arrest him-. t He
arrested the father at , the. supper-table,, at
tended by his only daughter a voung girj
of snpprising beauty and intelligence. He
loaded him wilh chains' and cast him inlo
prison, notwithstanding her tears and Intrea.
ties.'1 Finally,' hi proposed to free the father
if'lhe daughter would sacrifice honor-"ind in
nocence. She rejected the infamous propo.
sitioti with a blow in the farie ; when the
armed uilfiah swore a horrible' oath td exe
cute his will on them both, and then ,
With dark eyes, fearless, glassy, and fixed
as those of the corse, yet flashing a double
portion of luminous fire, she mounted a horse,
and hurried away wildly around the country
She hailed at eveiy. house, no matter wheber,
Mexican or American,and rehearsed, in tones
of Jhrillipg horror, lier falherjs wrongs and
her Own. 'All timid 'modesty,'1 all 'weakness
hdd vanished' !"rom her fonghe, ' U(terllyl con
sumed in Ihe scorching thirst for vengene.
Shd painted in passion's fiery language, laud
wilh awful minuteness, the'fucts of the dam
ning .deed, she bared her virgin bosom ahd
showed the livid marks of, the ravisher's fin
gers among I tie mazes ot tho&u azure veins
along the surface o! thai expanse of snow,
now so polluted and soiled, but before pure
as Ihe gleam of angel's wings.' , '
And still,, wherever the beautiful maid
wandered a 'deafenihg yell ' of wrath and
vengence rose up against the tytittits.X The
people of both races,! arid UlPclasses HeAv to
arms, apppoiuted ri. trenerul ' rendezvous for
the 25ih of June at the residence of (.the ab
sent and now imiiisoneil Juan Costa. . -,
It was then debated by the people as to
the mode of attack, and who should be the lea
der; lint nothing being agreed on, the whole
assemblage bid fair to bieak' up in conTusioni
when a tall and powerfully 'built stranger
who' had just entered Texas from the States,
came forward and addressed the multitude as
follows :
,:l am a stranger, but I am also a mart, and
I owe my life, body, soul, happiness all, all
to a Womati my mother ! And if 1 turn a
deaf ear to the prayers of an innocent woman
asking aid against a villian, may both my
mother and my God curse me ! I go for one,
and should you all slay behind alone lo
fight Col. Pedras uiid his armed ruvishers of
your wives and daughters!''
The speech was received with three tre
mendous cheers, and ihen a general shout)
that seemed to shake he solid earth, uttered
th.-first peal of . revolution. ,'-We will go.
Death to die tyrants! .. Freedom for Texas,
and Ihe "giant shall be our leader." And
then, for the first time, was heard in the land
of the wild oak a imme destined to become
an echo td the pulsations of ull hearts the
name, Thomas J.' Kusk. '' ' ' 1
'The next day'Ve led his raw troops to the
attack, bf Nacogdoches, ' and .'stormed every
position against Immense odds,1 alter an assault
of four hours, the carnage being dreadful on
both sides,. Among the .lain vas the dead
body of the atrocious Ferdinand Pedras. ,,
Such was the debut of Husk in Texas, and
from, that day his popularity has gone on
steadily increasing,' without even a 'traiisftdry
e'clifWiir'so much as 'l 'i-foud; to dim Its
splendor. In vain for years General Costa
fderiiumted his arrest? Mexico had not enough
to take him, hnd in 18J3-8 he assisted to chase
the last of these out of i the .country. ' After
wards be amassed a fortuueat the Texas bar(
aud was chosen one of the first Senators from
the new State annexed a place which he
may hold for life if he wills it.
. . Hunk is ihe ou'.y public ptnn in Texas who
I has never engaged iu a duel. .
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TREATMENT OC kCARLET FfeVER.
An eminent physician of Washiuton City
Harvy Llndsly, bas recommended the follow
ing treatment for scailel fever, practised by
Dr.. Sehneemniij Physicluu to the King of
Hanover) as. contained in a recent number of
the London Lancet.. ,
Treatment of Srorcf' Fl-fr by inuttetion.
From the fiist day of the illness', and soon as
we are certain of Its nature, the patient nuis1
be rubbed morning and evening over the
whole body with a piece df bacon',' in such a
manner lhM wilh Ihe exception of ihe head,
a cofering of fal is every where applied. In
pnbtr to make (his rubbing In somewhat easi
er, I) is best tu take a pjeeo of bacou. the size
of the hand,, choosing a pijft still armed with
ih'a'rind, lhat we niay have a firin grasp. On
the soft side of ibis' piece sills are to' be made,
lrt order td allow the oozing out of' ihe fat.
The rubbing must be thoroughly' performed,
and pot loo quickly, in order tnat the skin
mi j'te' regularly saturated With' tho fat -Tho
beneficial results of tbiot application are
soort 'oWiouSj-wltra rapallty bordering on
rnAlo, alt,Vren iho nrwA painful syropiori
of bo disease) arilUjred ftuf sleep, good
fcuueor, "ppet'.o rotyruk.ai .ihera1. remain1.
only the impatience to quit the eick-room.
" PiNT:iis,t LiueAois.-FJvery profession
baelle technical ' terms,'.' and .'of course the
printers have a "smart smutleriiig,;,1 which is
intelligible tmly mine craft r The following
(says the Delaware Iteptlblicun) is a speci
men ; it don't mean, however, es much as it
would seem to the uninitiated :
( "Tom, put General Washington on the gal
ley, and then finish the murder of that young
girl you cpmmencod yesterday. Set up tho
ruina.of Herculajneum ; distribute' the small
pox, , and you. needu't. finish that rutmwny
match ; haVe the ,high water in the, paper
this week. Let the pi alone till after dinner
put the barbecue to press, and then 0 to the
devil, and ho will tell you about, the work
for the morning." ,, , . m , ,
The London Daily News fears that the re
cent triumphs of the American steamers are
tlie hand writing on tho wall for English
ocean-supremacy. rot a uonut ol it. in two
years,' I can dee a difTetence in the respect
paid 'to Americans abroad. They have only
to keep still and Ihe world wll revolve around
them. The ' recent provincial displays in
America are hardly in keeping with the force
of the American maelstron which is now
drawing Europe to it. There are numbers
of Americans now in Paris. While Europeans
go to America trj make money Americans
generally come here to spend it. Mr. Hives
has returned to Paris, likewise his family.
During the revolution of 1848, American di
plomacy here played quite a pait. The poli
ticians were eager to have uulheutiu details
of the workings of onr system, and wont to
head-quartf 4 to get them -.:
A Singular Attachment. Romeos thoro
have been in plenty, who harbored a ro
mantic attachment to a lady's glove, and a
lively desire also for the possession of the
delicate hand beneath it. But there is a
young gentleman mentioned in a distant pa
per who must have been driven to extremi
ties ; for, he on the contrary, has a passion for
ladies' soles, and commences his onset on their
understandings.. lie is reported to be the son
of a clergyman, arid to have demonstrated
his peculiar temperament first in Brooklyn,
New York, wheie he was arrested for steal"
iug a lady's shoe, aud discharged .upon his
fathers testimony that the act was the result
of a monomania,, wiih which be had been
alllicted. from his childhood. Tho same per
son, it'would appear by a Detroit paper, re
cently attacked a well dressed lady in lhat
city, ' threw her down and took off her left
shoe. ' Afterwards for some unknown reason.
he changed his mind, took possession of Iho
right one, and made ofi, without offering any
further injury. Xeicarl; Daily Advertiser.
New Species of Indian Cokn. The 6'ti's-
det teit, Berks County, informs us that, lust
spring, the Rev. Daniel Kohler obtained from
Ihe Patent Office at Washington, with other
sdeds, 81 grains of a new species of Indian
Corn, which is native to Oregon, With these
he planted 33 square yards of ordinary land,
upon his farm iu Maxatawny township, and
the yield was one bushel and three pecks of
ears. In this proportion, an acre of ground
would have yielded 223 bushels of ears. The
stalks below the ears grew'higher than the
common Indian Corn, and bore each from
two to three ears. The graius are it beauti
ful while, and produce excellent meal ; for
which reason there is no doubt .hat this com
world .readily bring 12 J cculs per bushel
more than Ihrj ordinary com.
Hl'NGARIANS OX liOABD THE FlMCATE CON
STITUTION- TIlO following in an extract of u
letter from a gentleman on board the U. S.
frigate Constitution, now in the Mediterra
nean :
"' tlSpc.:iey Ocf. 1 md. Wo have just re
ceived on board the Flag Ship a party of Hun
garians who" reeenlly arrived here. They
were offioeisjn tho. Hungarian war of liberty
and were forcibly reduced by Ihe Aiistriaus
to the ranks. They recently nrrived in Tus
cany ; in Ihe ranks of a lar '8 Austrian rein
forcement, (20,000) and took Ihe fut oppor
tunity of escaping here, where ihey arrived
after great hardships; and as they could not
get out of the country in any other way, this
government would have been obliged to give
them up tu the Auslriniis. . They appealed
lo the Commodore, and are now safe under
the stars and stripes."
BbscatiI an Indian palm a girl
., Of ol her blood reposes;
Her cheek is clear and pale as pearl
Amid that wild of roses.
Besides a northern pine a boy
Is leaning fancy bound,
; Nor listens whoie Willi noisy joy j
A wails the impatient hound.
Cool urows ihe sick and feverish cniiti
1 Itelaxed tha frosiy I wine
. The pine treu d' camel h of tho palm,
The palm tree of Ihe pine.
' As won shall fixture interlace " , ;
i' . Tirse dimly visiooed bough, , , ;
A those young lovers face to face. (
! Reno their early vows. ''"'''
F.very Sunday now, in Paris affords the et.
hibition of three preitjl young woman, who,
dressed allegorical fashion, with wing hitch
ed on their fair shoulder are being suspen
ded beneath the car of a, tinge balloon, , fear
lessly ascend to the upper regions. . ,Wh, af
ter this, shall speak of the native timidity ol
thoeext " ' .' ' '. v "
It a aid that the widow of ihe late Prof.
Webster, and her daughtera'riave 4 sailed for
Fayal, In the barque lon.'!,v'i " "-"' !
f"i ' ' ' '' 1 .J. J..jh ,rMh.- I ,
JcrricasoN Davs wu grily, cheered at
Vcksborg, Mi., on anpennciag that bo was
not a di.unionisti . .'
. Ludicrous. A young itinetant preacher,
in tho conslant habit of declaiming a great
deal about the Creator, and especially about
the first getting up of man, whenever he wish
ed to display his native eloquence to a good
advantage, was one day holding forth lo a
mixed congregalion in a country school-housO.
Becoming warm and enthusiastic as he pro'
coeded, it was not long before he reached his
favorite theme, and started oil in something
like the following style :
"And when the world was created, and
the beasts of the field, aud fun is of the air
were pronounced very good, God said : Let
us make man." And he formed man after
his owm likeness, and declared him tho no.
blest of a'l tho works of his hands.
And ho made woman also, and fashioned
her in tli'j exact image of man, wilh a little
variation , .
"Tlumk the Lord fot the variation !" shout
ed nu old sinner, who sat over iu the a men
comer of tho room, ut this interesting juno
lure of tho discourse.
The eli'cct was puifeetly ludicrous and Ir
resistible. Tho preacher dropped the sub
ject where he was interrupted, und was nev
er heard lo nlluda to it during a subsequent
ministry of forty years.
bilE.VDl lL TO TllINK Of. Tlie Columbus
(Ga.) Sentinel regales itself with '.he follow'
nig pleasant language : . , .
"We frankly tell vim that so fur as we am
concerned, we despise the Union and halo
the North as we do hell lire." .
Should'ut be SUDDrised if that chnn ia rln..
tilled to despiso each of the three pluces1 still
more heartily, lrom aclual experience, by
being forcibly kept iu all of ilium. JJai(
more supper. . ,
A Black Rsu Gray Suuirrel May be
seen on our counter, a squirrel, shot a few
days since in Middle River Neck, near Carroll's
Island, Baltimore county, lhat is worth the
study of naturalists. It is of a large size, par
taking of Ihe nnture &; color of the grey, black
and fox squirrel, hftvliiu a black head and
grey legs, back, and red tuil. Hull. Sun.
Vr.ua la Ciiaisu. This beautiful city of
sepulchres the Parisian Cemelry contains
only about one hundred acres. It was com
menced in lSO-t, and now has a population
equal to half lhat of Paris. Its streets are
regularly paved and lined with monumental
habitations. Twenty millions of dollars have
been expended in monuments; and the gates
and streets of this city of the dead are daily
thronged with companies of men and woman
bearing wreaths and garlands for the decora'
lion of the tombs cf their deceased kindred.
'Father," said a little boy, "I think you
ate unwise." "Why, my son 1" "Because
you brought that baby here when mother was
sick, and now you have to get another Wo
man to take care of it."
A gentleman, whose character for veracity
is established, declares that his wife returned
form a shopping excursion the other day, wilh
three cents in her purse. .There must bd a
mistake somewhere. ''
'Do you drink hale iu America 1" asked a
cockney. Hail ! no, we drink thunder and
lightning,'" said the Yankee.
Mister, will you just lend pa your paper f
lie only wants to send it to his uncle in the
country."
'O, certainly ; and ask your father if he'll
just loud mo the roof of his house ; I only
want the shingles to make the tea-kettle
boil."
Milton, wo believe, in his Paradise,
beautifully expresses our ideas iu the follow
ing: 'Him w it pri. wk iwi't lii.'n
tVeu tie's cili'Ii'd alua go Ui prian."
, A bell' weighing a tnrt, is shortly to bo
placed in the steeple of the German Reform
ed Church, in Easton.
lie that plants trues, loves others besides
himself.
Wm. T. M u.1.3, of llighistown, Mercer Co. j
N. J., has just relumed fiom California wilh
5.80,000. . ...
The instrument that bares a Square hola
has arrived and no mistake ; it was invented
in Texas !
Tun Washington National Monument is
now over seventy six feel high, and attracts
the notice of travelers several miles on Ihe
Potomac.
"Jim, I hear you are on a cruise after Dick
to horsewhip him." "Yes, I am bound on a
whaling expedition." '
The iron mines in Duchess and Columbia
counties, New York, produce annually 20,
000 tons of ore j Esex county, 1500 tons j
Clinton, 3000 ; Fj-anklin, 500 ; SU Law
rence, '2000 ; amounting, in all, to more
than 500,000. ,
. Tub Paris Academy hat determined that
gelatine, as an article of food, has nd nutri
tive properties.
Tim Average Stature of Englishmen is
five teet s-vea and a half inches;
'
Cashmere Shawls take a long time to
make.1 'A shawl is often iu the frame more
than a year.; '' -;
Paris is now, probably, the cleanest city
,n Europe. it.t
i O.v (hi Continent some gentleman retain
tlie old fashion of wearing ear-ring.
' Jv.cHtNo;,4the present Emperor of Chios,,
it 19 yea: 'of age. '