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SUMDtrRY, PA.
Bninoii iittrmlcil to in 111? ('miiilirs f Nor
ftiuinboiluuil, Liii.ui, Lyoniiiig i':J 1 '4tmit.ui.
Ilrli r to i
I'. & A. I'UVOI I.T.
I.iiwmi liIIIIOt.
SOMKUK &. MOOIIHIIAbl,
k,i"Ii.iih, Mr I- aiii ii A I'" I
Mpkhi su, loop V t'o.. J
TU VICilT tYVrUJi'l' AU SUVA JL.
Ninv (;ooi)S,
AT THE STCEE OF
"ba n . "r. ?.r ITT'.
- "
TT'HO til;is thiH mrtlmil nt iiiinrumi!; Ihr ;
" frieniU mill ciisto vs. tlmt lir liws jnt n
cfived mill o'riu'il n i-i'Ui.ili" ti'oilyiriil. ol
v. w (; o o l) s.
wUirli lie oln-rs ti llif )MiliIic .it llic liiwfitl prii-os
Hii stork coiisi.N nl'fivrv varii-ly nml itii:lity.
iarearv lor tin- i.i r:m-r, inri-iMiiic. liilioriT,
aa well as the i.roi'ci sioii.d man, vi. :
ill killilsul' ;
M tMi s' A j) i:i rr i .
vcm as rumi. I'.vsp.ii-.Hi.r. !-:..viti.m;tts,
KS'I'INOS. ,V,-.
AI..--0 :
n laiv't' nss irlinc.it of
CaHuff. i.rl.:'l.l' ! .(toios. Jlpcrra
Mi.-iwi. Shnrh. ( ..:. '''r '' S;
Clar s. ..iM'i.i. (Vi (.'.,
Cui)ihri:f. l.'ii:'-
o
Als.l R l.irti' II is.irlnie'it of
finals mill S.'io'j, ililsnml Ciipx,
oris .S'.vri's-,
Ai.so an A.-.-emi :iii:.i- oi'
REAIiV .l vin-: Ci.U rjii.xc.
i gener.ll as; e l
Colfee,
uetil ol (.ro."o;
rn
!' il, IJle'i i.i J
isi'S, Spic.es.
ll'.itliil-'llt "f
.Mi
Ililflirafr.
.'I:
If i ( (.ml iron.
jl.i:m;. ;;;.
Inch as I'runi'i!, Cin, Hum, U mshi-ij, .,c. ,
t3T I'ro.loic of nl! kiails v. i;! or I Am in r-
haiigo, iimi Ihf !ii.-,i.cl in u'ket ;.-;.. ;i dd t.r llio I
Mtne. I
Vunl'iirv, Nov. oli, ly,
NE W ('J OODS!
2Iai-kst ets-oct, va:l5i;ry, Pa.,
TI OHM W. 1 UlI.I.Mi resor.-t!'i.:!y inlorins
.J? I'riceils i,ii,l eii-xaiers limt be b.is jt.si
.ivfj a lnr,'C nml b iini.-eioe ii-iasuneii'- ol
lllB
Cii)
(.'oniislni of C'lotbs. (
lie i.aiiii s, Ci
Ullil Mnrll
:itlllere.i.
li-oes. l'ltlll"
. ( ioa.l.
. I! on Us,
ALSO :
GROCERIF.S of every d. scr'r.ition,
iwi iis ami n:;;i'!M -1
QUEE?:V,AIvE Al.i) K.-UISVASE.
Fi..b. Null. Vl.i.i'i r mi 1 a t; rnl iis.rlini'ii! of
I am h ro.!s it vil! ;i 1 I'l.is, the Far
cr. Mi-i:ie.nil , I ..Im.iT u.ol vieiillri.n ii of uil
oli'ssi'ii;.
'ill fiml a irrc.it v irbty of a',1 sn.-li urlirlrs as
,i-v will nerl for tlir niisrnt s. nson.
ilT Coniitrv pvi'liiic i j ul'. i.'oii1
tanm ill t!i l.bliri-t in n'..il irii'.
tjun'.iiirv, Nov. !l, I s.'m.
, taken in rli-
Jit hv rfw ll t"
01IN lUlYEUSkCO.
Market Street, Suiibury.
T7H0 b is jiisl ii rciv.-.il uml ooi nril a large us-
" aortlllt-lit of new n i.i l.-s'iiotulile (,'ooils, of '
ery variety, isniliiliU' lor the fall anil winter sen- j
It, for all iitsoii; uinj to vvliirli lie Cuba tin ul-
ution of frli'iuU uml cm-toiiu-it;. Ilis stuck ceitr I
ita in purl of
hll'll AS
Coft, rs.n'inci-M, SnHnirll.i, Mrrinnz,
l)r Iaiuu. Ctdirar, Skuirt, llund
hic'uffa, anil all .bit's of uenr
i.ig tifiiunl.
Al.M):
IIantv.u , JiHrnsvare,
groceries, lish, Salt and 1-laster,
id all arlicli-s thai ueiy bo wanted by lliu coin-
uiiity.
The Ludit'8
'ill find, bv rallinn ut Uis sloti, tbnl be lias not
an iitiiiiinilful of lai-ir wunls, uml rcspciilull
vilri tin-ill to exuiiiinc bis scln-liou.
Country proibu c i f all kii,ils taken in ex
ange for iioolla ut the hi'licit market prirc.
Suiilmry.Nov.U, 1850. !y.
IE IV STAGK LINE
FROM I'OTTSVILLE TO 5UAM0KIN.
A new line of stagra U now running daily be
ern the above lait. A romlortiililr Iwo lior'
iie will leave Ml. l.'arnifl for isliuiuokiti, inline
itely alter the arrival of the I'ollsville atae at
at place, ami will return the next day from
lainokin, ao a. to iiiict tlie 1'otUviUe uluge oil
return o 1'otUville.
From Sharaokin to Trevorton
ere will bo e.tablislicd DAILY LINE l.yneit
ring ao aa to connect with tlii. line at tSliainokin.
the nuian time private conveyanrea will be in
adineaa at Wiamoki.il on the arrival of patten-
COXR-'VD KERsil.NEB.
Sbamekin, Dec. 14. 185U tf.
ML. Uuureau'a rrlrbruU'd ink, a;itl al.o Con
graai ink tor utile, wlioleaale anil retail bv
11. 13- MAS6EI;.
Daoember Sd, 1650 .
SIILECT POETRY.
OUR UNI Oil.
Tin; blooil i lint Hoard it I (.lAhisildti, nml criin-
oiinoil bright I 'liitntpluiii,
Slronms nloiio ,. SuiiiliiTii Gulf nml by
lint I.iikrs of Maim :
ll IIohr in vi'i.ts "well nlinvo P:icifi-.:"s
(lollllMI ."il II 1 1 -.
Ami llnoL'x in html.. I lint Iuvk ntid criuvu by
ilark Allaiilio's. stiuiul.
tt blt'iuN in out vast bnillu'iliiiinl tli trapper
ui' tlii; WY.i
Willi ittiNi v lioro' i'i;ji.(i lis thontu!vci in
Erie's cliioKio bifiist ;
From lirn Cohiiulu.i L.iijIh lo gruft tli.
Htllllitio Wt'iloin H'HVi",
To uln'ii! 1'iitiiniac silis b.jiJo the I'litiitit
lu'iii's o UiVi. ;
And from tin, fltreatnii
: e vi i irliiilfa lo lluioii's
Iniilly llunil
Tin kIdiv ol tin nnlinn'.s past tlirill.-t tliiouuli
a kiuilii I IiIuihI 1
W'bfifvor Aruol I's tali is toM it ilyi's tin;
cliei'k Willi liaint',
Ami li..8 willt pu li! o'er I'nnkcr llill or
Alonllne's i!ilir liinie;
!.' is rt saoii'il li'itnry y " novi i can iliviili.
Nor taki! 1 1 in ti village, uicliin, nor lliu rm of
rily pi lib' :
Xnr tlii liinili'i's wliili'-'iiiiioil fliililn-ii wlio
liml a Imilfi'l liinni
Wlioii iiaini'li'ss lakos lire fi'i'iklinir, nml
VNiioie loni'lv ttvi'rs loam !
liUKKN (llt'W M swot i
Enlaw ; nml
j
Soiiilinn liTt
inairii ai'inss ihr l'-.-iawan1
fitiil ih
11 111 1 .1
thu snow anil !! :
Anil In! npiui lit jiaiL-liiiii'iit v.'.jrri' tin natal
ivroril sliinos
The biiriiioo y iL.,. of .lcrrr.u::i':; bonis 1'nANii-
I.ix's r:inor lines !
Could v
divide tUiil rerun' biiibt nnd le:ir
the i, .imes ; part
Tli.it eis! were uii'len boldly there with
plight ol liie.il iitid beat I ? !
t'uidil ye erase a ll.uieock's name, e'en vviih I
a satire s I'llue,
fi,- u-.i, ,.,,t i, -i,., i,t.i ,. r,n-w,ir i
lli.nbie Jhi'i!:! ' f
nit i.f Soil! li
il on!
edit ?
e up b
"r share in Hiiii
r boast of Voik
ml n bei it. ire nl
b.
n lb" Norlii yive
lo'."ii' e!n-i!i I
...ill ye ill i i.- ; im
"laves.
('r rend in twiiin the starry -Hag that o'er
belli
jnoudly
WilVl'S
Ciui ve e.i-l lots for Vellum's soi
or ch.i.ier
'mid !a olooin,
Tint bin l' in solomii lolils i,boiit our comuiou
r'.iluem' Uioib !
Urcuiil.l v" ineel iiioiind bis j:arve as fiutraei-
il.d foes.
And wake year hiii'Mie cnises. o'er bis nire
iiiiii culm repiise !
'(I '(' I 1 1 tr'M' h
u.ijMi..'i(itMi li; v i J.
T!i" following s,-t
L'll
of this eminent
perused with iu-
Melhodist divine will I
It-rest by our iv.uicis. t is taken from a
recent number of the Kudiet,' Repository :
No man who ev er filled the im!' it of the
; United Sli.li s has eX'-l i ised il deeper, a Inure
ixiembd, a..d more lasting tidbiejice upon
1 the Ameiiciiii mind than the late Henry
li. lLscom. i.o.liug the fust tilteen or
twenty ye;.is ol bis caret r, more persons
were reel.
puWeiiui e
II, "o-g..;l
iu:eu, by the mllueuce ot his
O'jlleiice, ll-Oiil the "World" lillll
Iv eleu.eiii..," than by any other
Clere-ym,i:i lli.-n beloligll.g to the JMetho.llst
Kpiscupal Church of ti:e I'nion. Jt may
be i tiiil gfi aler "rev ivalists" have (loiiiiah
eil iiii.oug the mii.isi.-rs of that church.
John .ewlaml .M.diit. no doubt, created,
since
wild,
(hal time, a far greater sensation, a !
mid perhaps more enthusiastic ex- !
Clb'ilielit, by his iii cliiruiltlCil). I be leeling ,
produced by Dr. Busconi, however, was !
more rjtiuu.i!, more permanent. Those
who never heard bun till recently, uld r ;
j the tares ol scholastic study bail somewhat
Cooletl tiie lire id his s ail, have but a faint j i
idea ol whal he was lifieen or twenty years
since. Ttiose who beard liiiu then will
never forget the feelings that he protluced.
The deej), thrilling tones ol a voice then
unimpairi'd by baidsbip and over-exertion,
now inciting into the soil, melodious ai
cenls ol love, and now bursting foith tu
thundering deuiiui iations ol the world's un
cfodltuess, never failed to stamp upon the
hearts of his hearers impressions lasting as
lile itself. Alone moment his audience,
tiiovid bv the clwriuing pictures of his pen-I
cil, would be all radiant with smiles; at
niioib.M- tbo r,,i!,.a; i.ou l.in.T .,,1,1 he:, ri -
- -,.. .. -
inoving teems which he would describe,
would force tears ol svnina'.hv down the
cheeks ol the most obdurate : and then, in
an ii.stnut, by the magic of Ilis Lin irin i
eluipieute, be Would make the whole con-
gregation tremble; so wondrous, si ,vU,
so terrible, was bis Rembrandt-sketch ofj
the doom of the impenitent, lie controlled
I . . ...
us auilieiice at will. Perfectly lauiiliar
with all the motives i f the biimnn mind.
and all the impuls.s ol the heart, he could
...
cause his hearers to smile with joy, or weep
with penitence, or tremble with remorse, at
pleasure. No man possessed a more fruit
ful imagination. His descript;ons fairly
flittered with "poetic gems. Touched by
his master hand every picture of life as
sumed the charm and glow of beauty, or
glared with the most hideous deformity,
just as it suited his purpose. I will re
member a discourse on the vanities of life,
delivered by him some years ago; and nev
er did all the charms and attractions of this
world appear so little and so worthless to
me ua on that occasion. His description of
the dalliances ofthe world, the siren whis
perings of Ambition, and the luring charms
of Pleasure, surpassed in beauty and power
anything I remember to have heard from
the lips of man. His power, as an orator
was, no doubt, greatly aided by his fine
person, his open, manly, honest expression
of couutemiiiie, and his keen, piercing
SUMll liY, NOIiTlir.-iHI'.Ri.ANI) OOLWTY. 1A SATURDAY, MAHCH 131.
j black eve. Thill eye none could describe.
I A veiioialdr citizen, who knew him well,
j lias often told me that wliile. Dr. Uas'.-ntn
was preai'hino. he could never "iinlix" his
giZ" from thai earnest, sotil-pep.el rating eye.
Why," said he, "whenever he was t!e
ni'tttitinir any mean passion or secret, uti
go.ly propensity, his dark, keen eye seem
ed to look right thronpli me, and Riy to
my Liondouineil t)irit, 'J lion nit the
man.'" lie possessed that indescribable
power, that magnetic charm, if 1 may to
term it, with which all true orators are
ri!t''d, and which never fails to move tin
souls ol men. What h' described w as ri al,
and nvn saw it and li lt it as a thino; of lite.
A deep, earnest soul, and resolute and brave
was Henry B.'l'.iscoin.
Dr. Ilascom, was, emphatically, a s-'l(-madi
man, at least in all but 111 rich anil
irlniious endowments with which (Jud bad
jilted iimi. ilis lather was pour, anil, tie
inil liles-ed with a luimerous olI':pnn, was
tniiibli' In bestow mure than a very limited
education on his children. 11" was a mere
youth only sixteen years of ite, when lie
commenced bis career in the pulpit. Not
witbstaiulin'f the disadvantages under which
he labored, arising both from his youthful
ness and defective education, he at once at
tracted the attention of the best minds
wbf ii-ver be nppiand. It was not till
several years alu r he had c'iiai tl in the
ministry, that be commencad that t in i r. nrrli
course of 1 1! in .it i oti which soon rendered
ln;:i one ol the most polished -cbol.:ls ol
po!i:l
I Hie i liurcli.
jut I. is laljor diJ
not cea-e !
when he bad ji.i
course of clil'si
enough f.r him.
tli:i.n:-b the ortbin.rv ,
nl sliiuy.
no w is in. I
.
lb wits a'Jtudent throti.-!i i
lib', ever s 'i kill;- to dive deeper into the
! itiv s!ei ies ol nature, and attain a higher ami
j nobler view of existence. And it was to
! this constant study, this self-eh'ort, that I
was
j.
liiilt
i,. i
l ied for that womb rlul knowledge
nost every deparlineiit of science,
which
s i imicli (listinguislied him above his
lellows. ibile ininis'teriiig wilu In in,
s iiiie years a;:o, around the couch of a suf
feriil'jr l.lotbei the lid" Alfllelts W. l.iis--
i com, Km;., of ?,!,iVsvil!e 1 was lorcib'v !
; struck v iiii tin wonderful ktiov','!gi he
I exbi.iit. .1 ol the nature and treatment of a
I most d.imrerous ami mtrirate disease. lie
I wa ; so perfectly familiar with its character
and working;! that the attending physician
cou'd not retain the expntsion of bisastoii-
lshliie:
Kit
wi r.'
Ir-uti.
:-'veial years Dr. Iiascom's IiiIkts
a--M."!iod to the wild and unsettled
rs of Virgitiia, Kentucky amlCiit i.
j I ue bard.diips and 'livations to which In
wi.-- ( i,. o:l those circuits, would have
! ciu:.!n d the '-pints ot any ordinarv man.
j lie I : . i ji..it ' v bad to travel Ibrty mib-s a
day.thron.rli solitary forests, and, idler the
I latigiie of sat li a journey, delivered u scr-
moil at iiihl. The roilils, at tbilt time,
I wi-iv r-cr.rcely luoken, ami there wire no
j bridges ov-r the streams, which, in the
j wint r, wei" uiien t.wolli'ii by r.ur.s, In -
yoiid t'leir '-.auks. Kut this Mas a slijlit
j obstacle to lb noble pioneer ol tin cross,
j lie would lore his liors" daringly forward,
' am! swim lb" li.iinin billows. To a ;oi.
' like I. is, i. wet suit ami a few hours of chili
! Iie.-s We;o t;d!es liot to be aveidi d. On
' one occa-ioii, while swiminiiu' a s:i ;.!l
i stream in i-.eu'.uikv, v. hu h had been swol
I l"ii lo an unusual hei-jht by recent ruins,
' the eiureiit was so rapid that he was forced
some hundred yards below the ford. The
drift was whirling furiously around him,
and Oil fit lit r side, the bank were toosteep
lo ascend. He
COol self po.ses
HI W
lis danger, but, with
ion, he clung firmly to bis
fuilhful bui'se, ami tin noble auimnl, taking
i a downward course, finally emerged siilely
! Inuii bis perils. What a contrast does ibis
present to the smooth and luxurious life
Most clergymen of tin present day !
oi
The country tbroueh which Dr. !'
isroni s
i.i'ty h
I lei!,
b. lists.
i; bun was
The file.!
He was
VI
mid very thinly .s t-
Were
once
loleu witli vvii.i
f.o'oW'.'.i ic'Venl
-r .'e amber, which thr.-ateiieii,
t every step, lo bound upon him, and Ironi
which he was i'. saued by reaching, jus! at
! nightfall, the cabin of a settler. At an-
older time be bad gone soni" distance born
i the hulls- of a friend, w here he was" s'op
! ping, into the forest, and was lying ou'n tiv,
j pt-ruaiug a book, and unconscious ol all ii.ii,
I g,-r, under th, broad spreading branches ol
I a tree, w hen he hear.) the voice of a man
fi'Vini? to l.i.n, am! telling bun lo li" sti.l
j ul " ,lu' I"''11 "'' lis li'''
Qnickly gl iccing his eye in the dir-clion.
whence Hie voice proceeded, he saw bis
I liieml with bis rifie elevated, and p tinting
.
tow aid the br im b'-sol tin tree untb-r which
i i,.. , ..- I,;,., p. i,. c.,..;'; ,,;ii,
" ,... i, ... i , , ii i ,o ni',,1,1", i.i,,.
'"iikwinds life, Dr. I'.iscoin knew that some
'''I '-ii!' tiitn.g'-r v. as ho .1 in: ovt-r him,, ant!,
without Ibe least perceptible motion of his
'""!y, he instantly turned his gaze upward,
he saw, on .a liml) of the tree, not
lil"'1' twenty led above bun, a map's-
I 1 , . t.. .. ,,. I.' . I - . I ... I .'. 4 1
l""""i, mu' uis tan, unu pisi r.-auv
I 1 J b,;P i This Was a fearful
mo-
! '""ut ! V'"',at ",'rv''li required to retain
i. . i r : i . l . ... i i-.
his self-poss'ssioii, and thus save bis life!
lor the least motion on the pait (,f Dr. li is
coiu would have hastened the spring ofthe
panther, and sealed his bite forever! And
in that fearful moment, when death seemed
inevitable, with a sell control and a cour
age truly wonderful, he laid perfectly quiet.
till the keen crack of the ride was heard,
and the ferocious beast, pierced by the un
erring aim cf the backwoodsman, fell life
less by his side.
While on the circuit of western Virginia,
I think it was, llascom stopped, at noon, ut
log cabin, recently erected by the road
side. He sat down, by invitation, to dine
with the family. A lovely little child,
about three years old, which had attracted
his uttention by its sweet smiles and tare
beauty, was playing in front of the door,
while the family were engaged around the
homely repast, when suddenly a heart
piercing try was heard from without.
nr.lTr.tjirmr-ta li ytn T"r"rilTir- v-n r ft tr ,ra mri-twrMiumiMM wwirt-i j-. v- " nlt.w....
'.My child! my child !" screamed the
mother; and tjuitk as thought, all rushed
to the door.
rather of mercies ! v. hal a siivht was here
presented to the gaze of a diluting molhi'f!
A terrible panther had rprunj; upon In r
unwary darlin;:, and was iiscendii.g a tree,
baiiii tin child in his mouth.
'The gun! ijuick ! for (Imi's s,.ke, I In
gun!" frauticly exclaimt d the father.
Dr. liascom rushed into the cabin, and,
seizin;; PI1"1 "ro'i l'e rack, rapidly re
turned ; but, alas! it was too late! lie
was only in time t j tee the innoceii!, I vely
babe tin n to pjoccs, in the presence of ils
frantic parents, bv tin infuriated Uv.s-.
Completely unnerved by (be aiipallim;
si.;ht, it reijitired fver.il shots l elni' Dr.
Ii.isiom vi-a.; vi:ab!ed to brin:; down the
! blood thirsty animal. ' can never
(""''
I tlmt nvvl'ul scene," t.iid D
!.-.scou., when
! relating this incident to the writer s nne
! years since. And well ii.i-.iil be my no :
I for a more deejily afl' ctin seen-' bin s' I-
dom been recorded in the hi.-.'.ory of advi c-
I turnns pioneer life.
.o on- could ai'.minis'er a reluke more
!hnppi!y than Dr. li.iscom. lie ;d ays did
jit in a inanm r that worked i Ifectivelv,
I without I'ivin f,(!el:re. Wbilt.' p.reach
l . i "j i
inj to a la I'D ani!i''nce at a country "meet
ing lions"," in (iarrard county, Kentucky,
I during his' earlv carer in the pulpit, lie
I V.-ti tilut
l.ikiti'.; a
.in elJerlv but worthy cili.en
.let
kt .
p just in f rout ( .
im, while, at t!
s.iiiio tin e, he was touch
in. I talking of a b-vv me:)
teriii.).' to the window
niMi..yi il by the
""I ol (Mors. S
ii' i . t t i i . .
iiiuu mm, lie ev( .iiiiiii o, in a ymivii nui
elev alei
loud, I
within.
siiollC.il
tone, ''(ieiitb'tiK'H. do le.t talk s
so
:! ve.u awake h::!i
!n:t sleepeth
'I'lto.;. v.'ilii.ii.t were i;
t.iiitlv
am! Hie old man w i'bin av.-i.l
He was not
:i'.l iiileirnp'.ed ilur.u::
tile
UI; colli
In the compu-iiliuii of Dr. Ha'com then
was no ciiii I or ostentatious j.ii tencc. Ih
conkl never be liu um lo Wear tile IieCU
liar dre
copied by lorgyiuan o! Ins
: b'-li'-ved that true humility
e of the urn!, ami di" s no! con
Church
ls u l'n""l
sist cither in i cceiit ricity of hal.iN or the
cut of tiie coat, lie alw-.-ys I'.iessed vv itli
neatness and taste. This so much (ii.- ob rised
tin
a I,
del
il-ethi-ell" that II" Will c.iiied to
a I
account bv a numl.er o! r-iiinr
i. Alb r !it.'iiing i -. -pecti'oliy to
vme
the i.i
cut i.i
arcs.-,
a
iruents urgei! avrruusl l,;e laM.ior. 'in"
his gar',. Dr. lia iia;; !e!i .er..!eiV
, j'll'ii d t l.' the o!.noi,e.:s coat, and,
ir.g il ci a rb.-.ir, t! -.led to know
ban
wiicilu r it was tu
;.t
illl.s
that
preached. His censure r;- si
ditv of the arguinc-;,!, am! tt
d at Cr ci.
him to cress
as he pleased
1 havi
n was a b:av",
at sav. He
valorous spirit. 1 tie a'i v
vv ;is tu-v i r illf.li I In " "
speak it boldly," ;:t : !!',ii'
" a!: ti'" t ruth Mid
.in ics, or muter all
ta this mm li ol
po.esS,-d over men
circuir.slaace;.
that vvomlr -us
Tern.!
,.)u cr I
is to be ct'le.liti d.
a I rave, ( bi a'ra:
icon ui. .niaii v
It : ems b)
ove
sess a sort i f magic iiil'u'-t'.i-i
to bind our lii'iu ",s by s Miie
count;, hie spell. In evi rv i
.en r us, ami
tr.inge, tm-.tc--;i.i:i,
v.-he-
ther address'iig tin na'.io't
: (
i-i .- s, or
some hum'. obs-'ure c !:.-:r
tin r in til" councils of tie i 1
lectin-" r torn of the college, t
less bob! a-id tiutb-loving ;;
r.'n-.n, wlie
uii! (.' ' the
.. saii.e f. ar
il it was e:-
bibited by Dr. llascom. II" nny bavt
Ik en, and doubtless was, sometimes wrong
tmt vb;it be believed he always lean
asserted, lint ill no period o! bis lib
IV
lib did
111 n.ore
a i.t lor
his Cocrage and bis gem 'in : !. me I.)
respb-iiileetly than while b- van ;
the A uierican 'olouiatio.'i Sm b-tv
Anout tiie Vsr r.-S'J it wa; thought a.i- i
'I;
vi.-uMo, by the b-aeing men in t'.ii-, great
cause, then in ils iniattcy, lo send a ;,ecr, t
a -oi.t to tli" ' 'nit 1 1 ; ami t!i,s .-ri
am!
arduous o'.iiee was teui!u'-d t i Dr. i'.i-"
by the Hoard at b-ugton, w! icii
lirom'.ily in-cci.'ed. A in ,r.- lamgei
pa i;io;i ro-.ibl la.t I. live be n
-:e d t.) ;
;' of the j
n r. o..r,'ed
linn at tbitt Inn-.. I be moveii
Cob lli1'i'l-l i-' icietv v. en
t.n
wi;!t extreme i -entire
South.
ll'OUSV 111
The S.n-'u
.1 i.e.:
iv wi
rtist bv th
Cl believed
to be liivlile I ) t!o
ami its i-i'K.its im t
cuit.ir i.'iS'.iim.oa,
wi
;h
the s'.-',ie v i ili-iit
opposition, ilciiniici i'.ioii, nud I'ln-aP-nings,
in the S mth. that alterwan! i-Heii lei! (In
action of 111; a'.o'.ilioiiistr.. Indeed, coloui
z iti. in was r.t that time, very liibe under
stood, and was r g.irde.l as synonymous
with abolition. The people cf tne soi.t'i
w re co'iseijiieiiCy most bitterly op; o..i d
toit, ar.d in a it i!e of viob-tit excitement
at the liiiu Dr. lbiseom accepted bi; mis
sion. Ilis instructions wire, to proceed to New
Orleans, and af.i r con!, rung puvalelv
wilii a 1 -vv persons who were known lo be
favorable to the movement, act us be thought
movt prudent. On arriving ther, ami con
sulting vvith his friends, be f ,uud that it
would Is a tno.t hazardous cn-leit, iking to
attempt to hold a public: meetirg; and, act
ing under the advic- of tb.ne v.i;!i whom
be consulted, be determined lo h ave lb.
city without publicly announci,
jei t of bis visit. II h.ul, ho'.v.-v
g the oh
r, sp.ikeii
in several (ibices in Kcntuiky bet-ire going
to jNevv Orleans, uml, his position being
known, his arrival had, tberelore, created
considerable t-xcitem-iil. This so rapiuly
increased that a meeting was held by a
number of citizens, at which several in
flammatory speeches were delivered, ami a
resolution passed requiring In.nto leave llie
city. A committee of lurious and excited
individuals was appointed to wait on him,
and notify him to leave within twenty-lour
hours, or take the consequences. At this
time the lion. Mr. Dawson, of S'.. Francis
ville, afterward a member of Congress from
Louisiana, a bold, gallant, and impulsive
man, was on a visit to New Orleans, lie
was a man of real mettle, and no excite
ment ever arose, where be was, that he did
not join one side or the other, and, gan
erally, he was inclined lo the weaker side.
True to his nat ire, when tlu excitement After this Dr. IJascoin delivered addres
(irose against Dr. Ivascoin. Dawson, although ses at a number of villages in Louisiana. lie
he was, personally, a total stranger to linn,
assumed u bold stand in Ins ueier.ct, nnu
inu.ietliatelv set about a plan for his pro
tection, iiow he succeediid we shall pre
sently see.
The committee called on Dr. Dascom,
informed him of the excited state of pub
lij I'eelinj, nml ordered him to leave the
city in 2-1 hours, or take the cons 'fiiences,
which, they csserted, would h.; must S"i ious.
"Gentlemen," slid he, in reply, "I liad in
tended to have to-morrow morning; but
now, sir.ee you have ni rci me lo h ave, I
shall remain three days I injr.T. I run an
American ciiiyeu, am! claim the re.dit guar
anteed to n.e I y the Coiistilution i;f my
couulrv." Tli" commiitee wei" thuuder-
StriK'!: hv the t.o!ilm nl' tb's felllv.
and
I .j, r r.
Tile committee bail scarcely disipi.enred
belore loud voices and the tram) of men
were heard appr 'acbin!i the room. Anti
cipatiuir. s ,;iii't li i n;r serious-, Dr. liascom
iii.He, approached the door, and, looking
into the hall, raw ailva:)ci:i;r toward him a
lar.:e cinvvil ol rou di men, led by oii-j who
bad l!ie air and dress ol a vnlieinnn. Me
j learh'ssl
onfiunled them
rind deniandeil
j the object of their errand. Mr. Dawson
; for it was he w ho led this c.nco'i'li bam)
' kinliedj ami a.sured him tbnl ii- was his
! Iriem!. 'i'li.i wliole ;;rty were then invi
; ted into bis room by Dr. Ibis.-om, when
Dawson informed him who he was, rras
smed him of his (rienm.bip, lino! explained
, the b iture of his visit. 'I'bes"," saiil be,
i "are all hentnien Irotn KeCncky, Cihio,
i irgiuia, Indiana, ?disso'.iri and Tennessee.
M et of them have heard you preach in
times past: and thus- v. !io have not heard
von Ihemselves, have heard of you from
, their mothers or Iriends. Vi' hen 1 heard
i ol your clanger, Mr. liiscotn, I deteruijied
j lo go to the levee, ami appeal t) them for
! your jiroteclion ; and you see the result.
We've just met the commi'lce, and 1 told
them il they d.nvd to touch n hair of your
; head if they dared to put you in piisnn,
' we wouldn't leave a stone of tiieir cala
! boo-,,- siamlin :. There's a liiou.nnd more
; rticii l-rave boys iii these at the levee, and
1 (hey all swear they'll die f.sr vou." Over
' powered by the chivalry of Dawson, and
: the ic-iii'iines-,; m nllectinn ol tin hardy
j boalinon. Dr. Ikisrom wept, as the brave
; ami the good c.ily can weep, :.s be return
i ed his In art-felt 'thanks. Th;.t night the
.'.reels in th" vicinilv of tb.e hotel at which
i !Jr. has'run wns stopping w.-r, n!ive with i . ... , . ... .
I , . i . . t r.i . i power to commit depredation. We tmdei-
I the i, rave l,ono..t boatmen oftbi west, each ,
i one ready to peril bis life in ,!ef,.,1C(. of the I 4ii"ml ,ha,1 as s""" as,:1 ?l"'ng opens, n cam
j"greiit preacher." lint no violence was i I'1"-'" lvi" l;u "vm1,! "-'y lu'lian
! attempted; ami before he left the city, Dr. j Ci",ll!ry, 'id the siivnc.es will be visited in
i Hascom had the pleasure of orgailii-.ing a j their own hcnling iiroimds. The Seiriinoie
i promising coloni.ation society, many of: chief Wild Cat is now waiting war with l'je
; the most infi'.u-iiiial citizens becoming life I'limancbes in ibe iiei-bboibood of I'd Paso.
inembt r:;.
Leaving N'evv Orleans, Dr. li.iscom pro
ceeded up the river to Natchez. He had
previously written to a friend to procure a
church, in which be vvidicd to deliver a
public discourse in lavor of colonization.
i'ho cln, to", of Dr. Polls. M-bo afterward
: bad the controversy vvith
Dr W-inwii 'lit 1
i of New York, bad been secured for that
1 purpose: ami when he arrived, which was
! about the tioi'Oinlcd hour. Dr. llascom
proceeded directly to the place of meeting,
lb.- was met a! the door bv the leading
members of the Methodist Church of that
j city, and al.-.o bv Dr. Polls, all of whom
j implored him not to speak. They declared
I that the public mind was bigbiy incensed
! gainst bun, i tid that there were at that
In
number ol
d men in the cbiirclt
c -teriiuiled to i;.-e violence if be alt
mpled
.o speiiu-. 1 Ins did not in tne b-a.;t nitimi
ii. tie Iiiiii ; bid, resisting all their importu
nities, Dr. llascom marched directly
j ti.roiign Im- church, and ascended the pul
lt. i 'it. Jvtiow iug t'... it delay vva dangerous,
ill, I nut till," hi, va!, but turning to the
in iieiice, be leld tbeiu that lie was aware
d' tiie excited itate el public b-eling
'.w are of lin. atam-d violence ; but he ask-
i ei! as a right, lo be heard before being con
j iiemiieii lo be heiiid cue ;'.-;-, and then
I he would submit to any punishment ot
I vvbictl lie might bo U.'eined Ueaerving. j
The words were iiitei-ed rnpidh, and were j
I prompt Iv answered bv a man who arose in 1
I Ul" luidJt of the audience, ni,i! trie,!, with ! froin John, was George, i,.tt President of Iho
jail oath, that he should be heard. This j I'nited Slates.. The mother of John Wash
l was Hi- sa i e Mr. Dawson w ho had played J inglon, who emigrated lo iririiiin in ltiJT,
so conspicuous a part in his b half at New and win vvaa vireat jjiandbitber to theGetier-Orb-aus.
lie had learned Dr. Ii tsi-om's j was Kluauor Hastings, datn-hter stud heir,
destination, am!, wi.h tne same chivalrous j , f J,,hu Hastings, fcraiuUou lo Francis,
spirit which led bun ;it hut to 'po-.M Ins
cause, hd, unknown to him, gone to Nal- j
clieio'iil in his protection. And here
bis voice triumphantly prevailed. He was
answered by mi almost unanimous agrei
inent to beur v bat CisOoui lul l to sav , at j
least lor one hour. Accordingly, the ad-i
dress was commenci d -, and never belor
did ihe eloquent speaker labor more power
fully and rli'erlively. Th" c.ciling cir
cumstances under which he was placed
s -em i, lu act us a fctmi ol inspiration, nun
nerve iiis soul lo one oi tiie ii.bir.i t -lions
ol t-lotpi -uce.
'llii wor.l, iiimifil o.'iiilcs,
Tili't JUIMC'-.I lllrir i, '. :i!1 1 ttll nii-ll 111 ,11 VVOIlM tlllil
An I :i:,' in won,!,-! on Uti iirl.;l,l, r". Iu.e,
T..:.l witli iks-list: iiiiinti 'nils' ansM-md him.
Vou t- 'iil.l livv lieurtl
Tin- bcullni; of y.'ur pulnr. w hile he j.-oka."
And when his hour expired, such wanders
hid he wrought in the minds of his hearers,
that the cry of "Go on ! go on !" was heard
throughout the immense assembly. The
orator proceeded for more than an hour
longer ; and at the conclusion of his address
took up a collection for the Colonization
Society. Those who so recently were rea
dy to tear him to pieces, now ru.hed ea
gerly forward to contribute in aid of the
great cause. The collection of that day
was the largest received by Dr. llascom in
any city of the south, with the single excej
lion ofthe city of rv'a.hville.
was accompanteil to these places tiy tne
fjaiiatu Kiiignt, jvir. JJawson, vno seeintu
to take delight in such adventures. Wher-
ever he went lie met with hitter opposition.
The whole country seemed to be on (ire.
At St. Franc.isville Air. DnWson discovered
tliat a plot had been formed by a lew reck
less chtirapters to waylay Dr. llascom on his
journey from that place", l'nt this did not
intimidate either of these learless spirits.
Preparing for the emergency, they, openly
set out on their journey, and reached their
destination unmolested.
Dut it is unnecessary to follow the noble
missionary ol colonization further in his
travels. I consider bis achievements in
this cause as entitling him to a wreath of
glory asunlading as any that ever encircled
the brow of the conqueror or the statesmen.
For, notwithstanding the fiery opposition
he encountered Ihroiig'ioul the south, wher
ever he could obtain a hearing, his gonijij
and his eloquence were triumphant.
" 'Til tliin th" Hrit of n si'ile tliti:,!
iWnki . tlmt of tniiM u l, stal-r en.-ilirrsctien,
A roll the wiitcr. to the irtt;ithiiis tt-ii.d."
I have thus briely and imperfectly
sketched a few incidents of the life of this
great ami good man, in the hope that their
perusal may interest and bent-lit the render..
These incidents are derived from uiujues
tioii.ible authority ; and I am sure that they
fully sustain the high estimate that has been
placed upon, the genius and character of
Dr. 13ascom. lie was a true man and a.
true Christian. lie nobly performed his
duty while he was permitted to live, and
finally received the embraces of th" king
of terrors with the calm serenity of an un
faltering faith. He is gone forever from
the field of his earthly labors! but the influ
ence of those labors will never perish. He
is gone, but he is not dead ; for
'i-fitl li nt liliin lie ili'-rl
AVIiofi spirauii! iiillurtiri' is upon lnsii;,l ?
He lues in irlory; tin,! his lyriikiii:-.- 'I''1'
Jim. n.are of lint limn Imlfiit lire-ituing wouM.''
a
1'ROM TI:A.
Evpr.niTioN Auainst T(ii: C.vmanciii.s.
General l.rooke has at lenulh been fully con
vinced lbat all dibits to conciliate Ibe Cani
nnehes are unavailing, and I lint their Ireaties
are only intended !o dupe the military siu-
P'
reilalions tntiler more liivoriilili; auspices
He has tberefnie determined In punish Ihem
j so cliectnaily that iicy will in future either
I rr.oi'ii.i nctii to ,o.r , !. .,r lut . I.. rtri,'n,l n( tl...
and he will tuobibly force the Western
I'.in.l. to fall Luck toward our settlements
on the Colorado. uHsfoii 7V h:n:!i, ils!
Wn.i) Woman ('.u-;ivr.--Tht! famous Wild
Woman of the N'avidad has been caught. A
P;lllv ol nimieis win) were out boutiag deer
came upon the camp ol this singular creature
and captured her. Sim is an African Degress
who (led to those wilds w hen the s-'ttletnentd
vveio descried just af'.er Fannin's defeat, and
she has been wandering like an Oiitang
Outang for a petiod of about fifteen years.
Her food during thai period consisted of
acorns, nuts and other wild fuiiM, with such
oilier foiTd as she coubl occasionally steal
from the tieiglibniing sellleinents. She can
not speak Dollish, but converses freely with
the Africans on the neijlibariiifr plantations
Thus is solved the mystery that has hitherto
jjiven si roiiianlie. interest to the story of Iho
WiKI Woman of llio N.ividad. llt(sttm Til-
fJlsf i.u'.a.il.
Tun
Prim. ur.i: or W.vsiiix.. rox. Tiie
pedigree of General Washington, ns traced
and illuminated by Mr. Mapleson, carries
back bis descent to William do Ilertburii,
Lord of the Manor of Washington, in the
county of Durham. Falkland, l'bnm bis de
scended John Washington of Whitfield, in the
time of Piicbard 111, and ninth in descent
second Karl of llimliniitoii. She was lue
descendant lLrotio.lt Lady litintiugdon if
Gringo, Duke, of Clarence, l.roiher of King
Iv.lvturd IV., uml King lochai l llio III., bv
Isabel N'evil, daughter and heiress of Kich
ard, Karl of Warivie!;, te l ing-uiaker.
Washington, therefme, as well us llm de
seciiilaiit of that tcarriage, are entitled to
quarter the anils of Hits'. bios, Pole. Kirl of
Salisbury, Plantaaenet, Scotland. Morlimor,
,, i:iirt f M.ucb, Nevil. r.luiitiigue, licau
champ, and Duveteuux.
Tli r. Cow Trle On iho parched side of
a rock in Venezuela "rows a tree with u dry
and leathery foliage, in btr-.'8 woody roots
scarcely penetrating into Ibe (.'round. For
several months in the year lha leaves are
moistened by a shower j ils btauehr look. us
il" Ibey were dead ami withered ; but when
the trunk is bored, a bland and nourishing
milk flows from it. It is at sunrise that ibe
vegetable- fountain flows freely. At that time
llio blacks anil unlives are seen coming from
all parts, provided wilh bowls to receive the
milk, which grows yellow and thickens ut its
aurfaue. Some empty tLt-ir veaaela on the
spot, w hile others carry them lo their chil
dren. Pmh'gii, or not plough, you must p,y your
tout.
OLD SERIES VOL. II, NO. 20.
Kir" The following humorous advertisf
nient, which frequently tnke.t the rounds
ofthe papers, was originally published in
Ibis place, about 20 years ago. It was
written by Dr. Wm. M. Awl, now ol Co-,
lumhus, Ohio, then no less eminent as a
humourist, then he rpw is, as a Physician.
A Dn i llM.lX ADVi rtTiSLMIiXT.
fbmd nway or sdolen, or vyns ml rayed
mine Inrigts jilncl; horse, n print lotirleen, oper
lifieen hands six inches hie he has peen
got four plack leas,, two pchhul nml two pe
fore, and he ish pluck all over his potly, but
ban p.-eii cot some vile jpots, pon ljis pack
when de skin vas rub oil, but I. pieesed rm
vvid sum geese fat, nml now de vile spots is
nil placl; ro.'iin. Hi; Irrnls ntid ku titers, ami
paces, ami sometimo Im vnlks and yen ho
vail, all his leys and feet goes on, von after
minder he has two ears pon his head, both
alike, pi, i, von is placker dan de. odder von
be has iwo eyes, von is put out, and odder
ish pon tie side of bis bend, and ven you go
lt)dd-r side he vont see you ven he eats u
good ileal In has a nig pelly and he has a
louar dail vat hang down behind, bill I. cut it,
short todder day, nml now it ish nqt so long,
a it vns be i.-h shod nil urouud, put his pe
liiiul shoes corned ofl, mid now he ish only
got doe before ; he bolls up his head, aiid:
looks gaily, and yen hi ish fi ighlen he jnomps
abnni like evei y ting in de yorltl ; he vil
ride tuit a paddle, or n chare, or a cart, or he
vill im py himself milout nopody put a pag
pon his pack vil a poy on il ; he isf, now ve.
ry old, and !iis head ven be valks or runs
goes pefrne, ami his tail slays peliitil, only
ven be dnrm, round be gels mat, nml den hi
dnil so limes come first. Whoever vill
pring him pack, sbalt pay S5 reward, and if
he piiiios pack the tief vat slole em, be
shall pay pesides 20 and ax no ques
tions. Duos which Ant: l-.ut.s An Koglish paper
contains the billowing notice of a recent t-ag-.
Iritolinary tliscovery in Madagascar:
Some linie since llu-r discovery of gicranlic
egga in Madagascar was spoken of Three,
of these eggs have arrived nt Paris, one bro
ken on the muIp, l!iu others, whole and M.
(b-nllroy Saint ILIaire hat! laid llietn before
the Academy of Sciences. They are of very,
diliereiit shapes, one being rliplical, the
miter having ils two ends unlike each other.
They are about thirteen indies in diameter
the long way and nine the shorl ; in circmn
lerenee about ibirly inches one way and,
twenty-five ihe nth"r. The shell is one
eighth of im inch thick. nd contains about
"'. gallons, or as much as tOS hen's, eggs, 15i
condors eggs anil 5, ostrich's ejjg. Mr. Si
Ild.iire has decided, fiom the exarnijiat9n of
somo bi'iies found with one of the egg;., that
they were produced by a bird. It now re
mains lo discover this biggest of lha feather,
ed race.
KAVIIOSABLi: DAMIMi.
Oil CRACKY ! WHAT IN IDEA !
An Alabama pa per'. correspondent, recent,
ly on n visit to Washington, delivers himself
of the following :
"To see a monslached old libertine seize a
young hdy by ibe waist, draw fier close up
lo him with bis tighl arm, take her right,
bund in bis left mid stietth her arm out its
tall lengib, opening her dress from her lieclj
so that one might throw a kitten or a baby
down, pies her swelling chest tight tip lo
him, and then, with knees and feet dovetail,
ed in together, o(, whirling and jumping
through a room filled wilh ladies ntid senile,
men, was to us a scene of vulgarity unequal."
ed by any exhibition that we have ever seen,
and we coubl not help congratnlatim; our
selves, when hearing (hat such exhibition:
were fashionable, thai our daughters were
Ion young, and our sisters too old lo go, inlo
fashionably, socieiy.
KYTRACT IltOM THE IRISH,
Tony Cowan is advertised as having lost
,:A pig wilh a very long tail, and a, black
spot on the lop of its snout that euils up be
hind." A cow is described ns "very difficult lo
milk, and of no use to any one but lliu own
er, who had oiiu horn much lunger I ban lha
other"
John Hawkins is alluded to ns having "a
pair of grey eyes, vviib; little or no whiskers,
and a iioiii.in imar, mat nm u great CIIIIICUII V
ui looking any one in the face."
Iietsey Waterloo is accused of having :ab-
i ... : , i c . . c . '
eoniieu wiiu a cuesi oi drawers uml a cock
and ben, has red hair and a broken loolh
none of which ure her own."
l!r.M.vitK vin.E Mcmobv. IVthaps the most
temiiikiilbi instance, on record of the power
of ineinoiy is one related of William Lion, a
strolling player of Kngland, who wagered a
crown bowl ot punch that ha could repeat
Ihn contents of one number of the Daily Ad-
frruer, a paper then ciatnnted wilh adver
tisements from begining lo end. The next
muriiing iHilwilbslanding Ilia wanl of con
nection between the paragraphs, the variety
of advertisements, and Ihe genera) chaos
which is prevalent in any newspaper, ha
repeated it from beginning lo end without'
(he least tuii!iiiou or mistake.
To lhvivE a FiniNo Fiowia Cut the,
stalk, and hold it a few minutes in the rlame)'
of llie caudle, nod Iheu set the flower again
in thd cold water, when it will recover ils"
strength almost visibly after Ibis violent as,-
i.laucu, and bloaaoiu immediately.
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