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SUiVH'l'JtY, NOilTiltJMIJKULAM) COUNl'Y: A., SA'J LUDAY, MAY 91, 18.71.
SELECT POETRY.
lrroiu 1'iH'kcriiinn's ruein., jilt iubti.lieilj
The Modem Hero.
"Tlir n! r rvc who only stanJ ami wait." M 11.1.0.
Tlie lanco is rusting on tho wall,
Nil laurel crowns nrn wove,
And cvury knittlitly fl rain ia hushed
In castle, caii.p, mid grovo.
N manly breast now fronts tho spear,
No slrona 111111 weave tho brand,
To vindicate the riolitful eause,
Or Blay tjij)ie.iuirs liaii.l.
The mitiMrel'e pilgrimage has cnetl)
. C'hivahic days tc irer,
Anil liery nt.i.id'n bear nublfiueii
Tu l'uleMiue tiu nunc.
Wlml baltla field with cournrjn now
Miall ardent minds inspire ?
I'pon w hat idirinfi can youth ilevolo
1 ti wild yel liallowed fire !
Must tho bold heart ignoble pine
Far liotn heroin sliife,
Ami win 110 trophies to adorn
is cold and Heeling lifo 1
Is iherc no puerd.in for the brave ''
No warfare for the lieu 1
No wron for valor to redress 1
For men no victory.
Shall liiiih and earnest purpose die,
And souls nflnioht crow lamu 1
Glory no more be wanned to lil'u
By Love;s ennobling ilume 1
Forbid il ever, pulse that leaps
At H.-auly's kindling ftnile,
F01 bid il ad lh rloviiirr droums
That yuntlifiil hearts beguile !
V.y the cleai f-pell that morning weaves,
By nooiilide:s slirrinir ylare,
Ry tho vast s-a. the ni ia lit y woods
And midnight's solemn air ;
By Nature's deep and eonstanl tones
Ten is that are Jiorn of soti,
Arid thrills llittl elnipinncrt awakes
In every human tliroiijr ;
By childhood's, hopefulness serene,
And woman's ch.-i if liod name,
l.ol not heroic ppiiils yield
Their heritage, of fa mo !
It may no more be won in urnis,
And nio'litlmod's ',yal toil,
Nor lloii-.h. like Maioug.i's giain,
I. pon a bluoilslained soi(.
It will not live in w;riors tale?,
Or lay of troutiadocr
Nor shall the seal I of ladyedove
Become its emblem mine.
But i:i tin) qnieuiile of thoughl
The soul's diviiiB retreat,
Does Valor now her oailands twine,
And roar her proudest seat.
They who mot bravely can endure,
Mont earnestly pursue,
And rmid Opinion's tryant bands
I'nto liiemselves bo true '.
Rejoice in IVatity more than gain,
(,'uard well the dieamsof youth;
And with devoted iiimness livo
Crusadeis lur thu Truth !
Tlie frced.'in i f the mind n'.aiutain,
lis sacrediiess 1 evui e,
And cling to Honor's open path,
As planets to ilteir sphere ;
Who O'.rii no cause lint that of Faith,
And will) undaunted brow,
Turn from the w orshipma of .e,old--
Thcse aru the heroes now !
In lonely watchftdeefs they stand
I pon Time's hoaiy steep.
And Oloiy's (liekeiiu:; beacon lights
For coming ages keep.
Thus bravely like heroic ineiij
A consecrated band t
Lite is to thoin 11 battle Mold,
Their hearts a Holy Laud.
Select (Talc.
A TALE OF WYOMING VALLEY.
"Do you see that landscape T" said (he
old man to nie. as we paused upon the
edo;e of the mountain road, and looked
down into the Wyoming beneath u?.
'Well, that spot, calm and beautiful as it
now is, was once tlie scene or massacre.
(Jod help me ! the ajronies of that day al
most wnn;' my heart to think of them,
even after the lapse of fifty years."
"1 have heard it was a leartul time, and
you have often promised to tell me the
tale of your own connection with it. Yet
il the subject be so painlul to yon, I dare
scarcely make the request."
"No, boy, no," said the old man, sadly ;
"I will tell it, for the promise is of loi)
stainling, and I feel lu-day as it 1 could
narrate that tragedy with less emotion than
usual. Sit down 011 this rock and give me
a moment to rest; I will then commence
my story,"
While the old man wiped away the per
spiration front his brow, and sat fanning
himself with his broad-rimmed summer
hat, I took the place pointed out by him, '
near his side, and socnt the moments that I
elapsed belore he begun his narrative in
gazing on the landscape before me. Sit
ting on a huge boulder, on the head of a
mountain, just where the hill began to
slope down into the valley, we command
ed a view of one of the most unrivalled
landscapes in the world. To our left rose
up the mountain, bold, rugged, and barren,
like the back of gome vast monster reared
against the sky but on the right inter
posed to prevent the view ; whose loveli
ness so far exceeded my expectations that
for some miuuies I gazed upon the scene
in mute admiration, lieneatb me stretched
the valley diversed with gently sloping
elevations, and sprinkled with fields of
golden grain ; while here and there a patch
of woodland, with its dark green hue lay
slumbering on the landscape the surface
of the forest ever and anon varying to a
ngnier uni as me winrj swept over the
tree-tops, flight through the centre of the
yniiey w nvw
j betwixt bluff-banks, and now stealing gent
l l.y among the rich meadow-lauds in the
j distancej until at length it turned to the
left, and striking the foot of the far hills,
was lo t behind the profile of the mountain
before us. In the centre of the vale was
the village, will) its white houses and airy
church-steeple, smiling over the scene.
Far away on the hori.on stretched a line
of hills, their dark blue summits half hid
by the clouds which wrapped them in a
vale of o-aiizi'. No sound came from the
valley. Occasionally the twitter of a bird
would be heard through the surrounding
trees, while the low twinkle of a tiny wa
terfall on the left, kept monotonously
sounding on our ears. The morning rays
of a summer's; son poured down upon the
landscape, and every tiling around was
blight and gay, and beautiful. I was still
lost in admiration at the loveliness of the
scene, when the old man signified his rea
diness to commence the tale.
"It is now fifty yeaVs ago," he began,
"since I came to this country a young
frontier man, with a hardy constitution, a
love of adventur-, and the- reputation of
being the best :Jiot on the border; the
place was at that lime settled principally
by families from Connecticut, and even
then bore marks of ils present luxuriant
cultivation. Many of the families were in
good circumstances, others had seen bettor
days, and altogether the society was more
refined than was usual on the frontier.
Among all the families, however in the
valley, none pleased me so much as that of
-Mr. JJeverly and .if his fireside circle his
second daughter, Kale was, in my eyes,
the gem. jluw shall I describe Iter beau
ty ? Lovely, without being beautiful, with
a sylph-like form, a laugh as joyous as the
caro! of a bird, a tU-p lighter than that of
a young fawn in sportive play, a disposi
tion so amiable ::s to win inesistibly, the
love of all who nvt her; Kate ISevcrly
was scarcely f.eventeen, before she had a
host of admirers, and might have won any
youth in the valley. Why i. was that she
preferred n.e ov. r all the rest, I cannot
say ; perhaps it was the consciousness nf
some mysterious sympathy linking us to
gether, of perhaps it was that we both
came from the sain- place in Connecticut,
and had been schoolmates in childhood so
it was, however. It soon began to be
known throughout the valley that before
another season should elapse, Kale IJeverly
would become my wile.
"Oh ! how happy were those days too
happy indeed, to last. I will not dwell
upon them, for they (ill nty soul with ago
ny. Sutliee it to say, that while dreaming
of bliss such as mortal never before expe
rienced, the war of the revolution broke
out and, alter a hard struggle between
my passion and my duty, the latter con
quered, and I joined the army, Kate did
not Attempt to di.suade me from the act
she rather loved me the more for it.
Though her woman's nature caused her to
shed tears at 1113' departure, her reason (old
her I was tight, and site bid me Cod speed.
"Heaven bless you Marry," she said,
"and bring this war to a speedy conclu
sion. 1 cannot bid yon stay, but 1 pray
that the necessity of your absence may
soon cease,"
"Time rolled by the American cause
was still doubtful, and tlie war bid fair to
be protracted into years. I had become a
captain in the regiment, when I re
ceived information that the tories and In
dians intended making a descent on the
valley of Wyoming. I knew the unpro
tected situation ot my adopted district, and
trembled for the life of those I held most
deari At first I discredited the rumor
chance, however, threw in my way an op
portunity of ascertaining the reality of the
reported descent, and I became convinced
that a moment was not to b lost, if 1
would save the lives of those I loved at
home. Aly determination was at once ta
ken I solicited for leave of absence it
was refused ; i then resigned my commis
sion, and set foit'n lo Wyoming.
"I never shall forget my emotions when
I drew near near that ill-fated place ; it
was on the very day of the massacre and
tie first intimation I had of the calamity
was the mangled body cl one cf the in
habitants, whom I had known, floating
down the stream. A cold shiver ran
through every vein as I ga.ed on the ter
rible sight, and e thousand fears egilated
my bosom ; bill my worst surmises fell far
short of the truth. When, hours after, 1
met some of III.; fugitives, and they re
hearsed to me that tale of horror, I stood
for a moment thunder-struck, refusing to
believe tlr.it beings in human form could
perpetrate such deeds but it was all too
true.
"Almc. I my first inquiry was for Ki te
no on knew, alas ! what had become ot
her. One of those who had escaped the
fight told me that her lather had been kill
ed at the beginning of the conflict and
that deprived of a protector, she had pro
bably filled a victim to the infuriated fciva
ges, while the other inhabitants were sev
erally engaged in protecting themselves.
How I cursed them for this selfishness!
And yet could I expect ought els - of hu
man nature, than that each should protect
tho dearest to them, even to the desertion
of others?
"But my mind was soon made up. I
resolved, comp what might to ascertain
clearly the fate of Kate so that if dead, I
might revenge her, and if living I might
rescue her. Bidding farewell to the fly
ing group, 1 shouldered my rifle, and
struck out boldly into the forest, trusting to
the guidance of that God who never de
serts (is in our extremities.
"I will not tire you by a protracted nar
rative ! I will only sav, after numerous in
quiries from the fugitives I met, I learned
that Kate had been last seen in the hands
of a party of savages. This was sufficient
I for a clue I once more began to br,e
I waited until niglUfitll, wht-n 1 Boii-ht
ht the
spot which had heen described to me, ns
the one where Kate had been last seen1
and never shall I forget my feelings of al
most rapturous pleasure, w he,n .1 found in
the most neighboring forest a fragment of
her dress sticking on a bush, by which it
had doubtless heen torn from her in pass
ing. I was now satisfied that Kale had
been carried oil" captive. Fortunately, I
had met in the groupe of fugitives, a hun
ter who hnd been under some obligations
to her family, and he was easily persuaded
to jojn me in the search. Together we
now began a pursuit of the savages He
was an adept in the lorest Warfare could
follow the (rail as a hound the chase
knew the course which would most likely
be chosen by a (lying parly of Indians, and
withal was one of the ke'enest shuts that
carried a rifle on the border.
"It's my opinion," said he, "that these
varmints did not belong to the regular body
of Indians who followed Butler, though
even they were bad enough. I think,
however, he wouldn't stiller n deed like
this, These vidians seemed to have acted
on their own behalf and if so Ihey would
(ly lo (he back country as quick as possi
ble. You may depend upon it we shall
overtake them if we purine that way."
"I felt the truth of these remarks, and
assented to them at ce. In less than a
quarter of an hour after we first discover
ed the trail, we were in pursuit of the
savages. '
"Let me hasten to the close, . Hour af
ter hour all through the livelong day,
we pursued thu flying savages crossing
swamps, clambering over rocks, nflbrding
streams, and picking our way, until night
fall, we reached the edge of an open space,
or, as, it were, a meadow, shut in by gently
sloping bills.
"Hist," paid mV companion, "we are
upon them. Do yon not see that thin
tiread of smoke curling upward over the
tftp of vender hemlock V
"Ay, it must be liiem let us on."
"Softly, or we lose all. We know not
certainly, that this is the parly we seek
let us reconnoitre."
"Slowly and rtoahiiily, tretr,!iling lest a
twig should crack under our feet, we crept
up towards the edge of the mcado'.Vj mid
peeping cautiously throng!) the under
wood, beheld the objects of out" search, in
six tall swarthy savages, sitting smoking
round the remains of a fire. At a little
distance, with her hands bound and her
eves upraised to heaven, sat my own Kale.
Oh, how my heart leaped at the sight. I
raised my rifle convulsively and was about
to fire, when my companion caught my
hand and said
"Softly or you spoil all. Lot us get the
varmints in a rang'-, and we shall fire with
some taste. Hist !"
"This last exclamation was occasioned
by the sudden rising of one of (he savages.
He ficzed a moment cautiously around,
and then advanced towards the thicket
where we lay concealed. I drew my
breath in and trembled at the beating of
my own heart. The savage still approach
ed. IWy companion laid his baud upon
my arm, and pointing from my tifl" to one
of (he Indians. I understood him. At
this juncture, the ndvancing savage warned
of our presence by the crackling of nn un
lucky twig between my companion's feet,
sprang back with a ltfud yell towards (he
fire.
"Now," said my companion sternly.
"Quick as lighliiiiip- I raised my piece
and fired; My companion did (he same.
Tho redvatiug s'tvage fell dead upon the
ground. Each ol us then sprang t3 a (ree,
loading as we ran. It was Well we did,
for in an instant the enemy was upon us.
Shall 1 describe that dreadful fight. My
emotion forbids it. A lew minutes decided
it. Fighting from tree to tree dodging,
loading nnt! endeavoring to gel a sight on
a foe, we kept up a fight for nearly five
minutes ot the end of which time 1 found
myself wounded, while four or five savages
lay phialrate on the ground; The other
two, finding their companions dead, and
despairing of being able to carry oir their
prisoner, suddenly lushed on her, end be
fore we could interpose, had seized the
hapless victim. I had only been prevent
ed, hitherto, front rescuing Kate, by (be
knowledge that an attempt of the kind,
while the savages were still numerically
superior to us, would end in the certain
death ol us both ; but worlds could not re
strain mej and, clubbing my rifle, for the
piece was unloaded, I daidied out from my
covert, shouting to my companion
"On! on! lit God's name, on !'
"Take care of the taller varmint !" thun
dered my companion.
"The warning came loo late. In 111"
tumult of my feelings, I tiad not observed
that the savage farlherest from rue had his
piece loaded, and before I could avnil my
self of my companion's cooler observation,
I received the ball in my right arm, and
my ride dropped powerless by my tide ;
had I not sprat);.' involuntary aside ut my
companion's cry, I should have becu shot
through the hoar!,
"On ! on !" I roared in agony, as I seiz
ed my tomahawk in my Useless left hand.
"Sloop" said my companion, "stoop low
er." And as I did so, his rifle cracked on
the still air and the Indian fell dead.
All this did not occupy' an instant. I
was now within a few feet of her I loved,
who wa9 struggling in the frasp of the
other Indian. - He had already entwined
his hand in her lomt hair his tomahawk
was already gleaming in the setting sun.
Never shall I, forget the demoniac fury
with which the wretch glared on his vic
tim. A second only was left for hope. -My
companion was far behind, with his
rifle unloaded. ' I made a desperate spring
forward, and hurled my tomahawk at the
savage's head. Cod of my fathers! the
weapon whiz.erl harmlessly by the wretch,
ami buried itself in the trnnk of a neigh
I boring tree. I groaned aloud in ;ony.-
Yhere was a yell cf triumph on the air a
sudden flashing in the sun, like a glancing
knife, and but I cannot go on. She as I
loved as my own life she who was the
purest and loveliest of her sex she with
whom I promised myself a long life of hap
piness oh, must 1 say it? she lay a man
gled corpse at my feet ! lut her murderer
ay, he was cloven to the breast by a
blow from his own tomahawk, Which 1 had
wrenched from Mm With the strength of a
dozen men."
The old man ceased. Big tears rolled
down his furrowed face, and his frame
shook Willi emotion. I saw the remem
brance of (he past was too much for him,
and I sat by his side in silence. I subse.
qtiehtly learned his sad (ale from others,
and then learned the manner in which
Kate hfld been carried oil". The old man's
companion Was right she had heen made
a prisoner by a predatory band of Indians,
who had followed Butler, and deserted him
directly after the massacre. Eeautlfnl as
the Valley ol Wyoming is, I never have
seen it, from that day to this, without
thinking of the sad fate of Katc Br.vr-.nt.v.
vri-Atrit rtf MioWMKft.
An exchange paper Mys, two millions six
hundred and seventy thousand dollars have
been mado by showmen in the last teh
years, making an nvetage, for each of one
hundred and seventy eLdit thousand dollars.
The following jj a list of what each man lias
made, commencing vVhh P. T. Barnuiii, the
richest tdiowninn in thu world, he having
made in the last eight years over $800,001)
Jenny Li-id is worth $500,000, notwithstand
iud sho haw given over half a million in
charity ; Moses Kimball, of tho Boston Idit
soum, S300.000 ; Edwin Forrest, the great
tragedian, 350,000 ; Burton, 120,000;
Blitz, tho magician, $50,000 ; I Iambi in, of
the New Yoik Bowery Theatre $70.00? ',
(Jeneral Welch, the great Circus man, SGO,
000 ; Wyman, the prince of Magicians and
Necromancers, S3o,0n0 : General Tom
Thumb, Barnimi's great dwarf, S75.000 ; J
K. Owens, the comedian and proprietor of
tho Baltimore Museum, $35,000 ; tlerr Al
exander, the juggler and artiste, 825.000 ;
Mons. Adiien, the French Magician, $-t,-000
; lianvard, tho proprietor of the Miss
I'onorama, $75,000 ; Wm. Niblo, thu cele
brated garden proprietor of New York; is
worth SioOjOnV, not withstanding his serious
losses by (ire, &.C.
rroiu the Commercial A.lvcrl.er. .
TRIRI'TI-: TO TIIK .HKMOKY OF TIIK I.AtE
M aj. ,i;. iik.'ii niiAiir, v. s. A.
IV M A n S' W. TllOMl'SO.V.
Its h.llh tell
A iinine tm.l fu.ii. uliove the blight
(If .artiily lircnlii."
He fell not on tho battle field,
Wheio soldiers fain would die,
(Such death for him was not decreed,
Amid proud Victory's cry,
When sanguine hosts in conflict met
In early war campaign.
Heaven's mercy pared'- no hart then
mourned
Our loved commander slain.
Along the lines bis r.ilehenn clenmed
His voice, like trtimpet. stirred
The metal in each soldier breast
Far ns ils iones weie heard.
On Chipp'wa: plain in family's fight,
Where shot and shell fell fast.
They bore him bleeitina from tho field
Amid the victor's blast. j.
For three score years Ids trusty sword
Was belted on his thi'gh,
And promptly was his hand on hilt,
When "Arms, to arm." the cry.
Willi virtues tirt nnd "full of year.',"
I lis venerable brow
F.neirrle.l with bright honor's wreath,
On history's page shall glow.
His duly done in higher sphere
Hi seeks a peaceful clime
Where enrlh-wnrn, ransomed spirits rest
Beyond the change of time.
Rrndv '. loved, honored, cherished name!
(Son of n patriot born,
Whose d.irinr deeds oiir eennirv's page
Willi thine, shall long adoiu.)
Calm he thy rest, beloved old chief
We lay thee i:ont!y down,
With saddened hearts we breathe farewell I
Cod give tlie "lusiig cioira "
'SIMM TV i..txn."
Farmers lire often troubled with what
are generally knowh as spouty places in
their fields. They nro Caused by small
streams of water, hic!i coming near the
sin face, arc scattered through tho soil, keep
ini; it too wel for the giou th of useful plants.
This evil can be reme lied at a small ex
pense ; and which is an injury to the field
be converted iutfl a benefit, in the following
mantifef. Pif? a ditch across the upper end
of the spouty place deep enough to cut off
the streams of wstef w hich cause it, and
llieu carrying il in (he direction in which
the ground descends, tiutll it reaches a point
w I; w re iho enrfaeo of the gronncl is a little
lower than the bottom of 'the ilitcli where it
traverses the wet plain. Thi done, fill iho
ditch a few inches deep with small stones ;
and upon noma straw, leaves, or something
else to keen the earth from filling up Willi
the clay or soil which was thrown out. The
water which caused the "spout" will fin.l
ils way among tbe stones at the bottom of
the ditch, and ollow them (o the issue
urenared. where it will form a small spring,
a -
sufficient in many cases to make a watering
nlacu for cattle. We saw a small sprinz of
excellen( water outameu in this wavj which.
did not fail in (he dryest season," This is
what is commonly ca!',ea a 4raju..
j'tfislrtirg CaztUt.
....
fifien do 'men ini.take the love of
ithoir ov.'i cjiinions for the leve of truth..
i:ow WASHINGTON va. made comman.
JrKrt-i-( hi ct.
IFrom Work, of John A.lami j
Every post brought mo letters from my
friends, Dr. Winthrop, IV. Cooper, General
James Warren, and sometimes from General
Ward and his aids, and Gen. lleath and
many others, urging in palhclie terms (he
impossibility cf keeping their men together,
without the assistance of Congress. I was
daily urging all these things, but we were
cmLauassed with more than one dlliculty,
not only with the party in favor of the pcti
lion to tho King and the party who were
jealous of independanco, but a third parly,
which Was a Southern party against a
Northern, nnd a jealousy against n New
England army under the command of a
Now England General. Whether this jeal
ousy was sincere, or wliethot it was pride
and haughty ambition of furnishing a South
ern Goneral Id command the Northern army
(I cannot say ;) but the intention was Very
visible to me that Colonel Washington was
their object, and so many of our stanncliest
men weru in the plan, that we could carry
nothing without conceding to it.
Another embarrassment, which Was never
publicly known, and which was carefully
concealed by those who knew it, the Massa
chusetts and other New F.ugland delegates
were divided, Mr. Hancock nnd Mr. Cush
in bung back ; Mr. Paine did not come
forward, and even Mr. Samuel Adams was
irresolute. Mr. Hancock himself had an
ambition lo be appointed Commander-in-
chief. Whether ho thought an election a
compliment due to him, nnd intended (o
have the boner of declining i t j or whether
bo would have accepted, 1 know not. To
the compliment he had some pretension, for,
at that time, his ejcitiriis, sacrifices, and
geneial merits in the cause of his country,
hail been imconrparably greater llmi those
of Colonel Washington. But tho delicacy of
his health, and his entiro want of experience
in actual Pervce, though nn excellent militia
olllcer, were decisive objections to him in
my mind. In canvassing this subject, out of
doors, 1 round too that even among the dele
gates of Virginia thsre were difficulties.
The apostolical reasonings among them
selves, which should be greatest, weie not
less emrrgetic among tne saints of the an
cient dominion than they were among us of
New England. In several conversations, t
found more than one very cool about the
appointment of Washington, and particularly
Mr. Pendleton was Very cleat and full
against it.
Full of anxieties concerning these confu
sions, and apprehending daily that we should
hear very distressing news from Boston, I
walked with Mr. Samuel Adams in the
Stato House yard, for a liule exercise ami
fresh air before the hour of Congress, nnd
there represented to him tho various dan
gers that surrounded us. I lo agreed to
them all, but said "What shall wo do ?"
1 answered to him that ho knew that t had
taken great pains to get out colleagues to
agree upon some plan, that we might be
unanimous ; but he knew that they would
pledge themselves to nothing ; but i was
determined to lake a step which should
compel them and all the other members of
Congress to declare themselves for or against
something. "I am determined this morning
to make a direct motion that Congress
should adopt the army beforo Boston; and
appoint Colonel Washington fommander of
it." Mr. Adams seemed Irt think very
seriously of it, but said nothing.
ArTorditiglr, when Congress had nssem
bled, I rose in my place, anJ in as short a
speech ns the subject would admil, represen
ted the state of the Colonies, the uncertainly
in the minds of the people, their great ex
pectation and anxiety, the distresses of the
nriny, the danger of its dissolution; the dif
ficulty of collecting another, and tho proba
bility that the Briiish army would take ad
vantage of nnr delays, march out of Poston
and spread desolation ns far ns they could
go. I concluded with n motion, in form,
that Congress would ndopt the army at
Cambridge, uii.l appoint a General ; that
thong'u this was not the proper lime to nomi
nate a General, vet, ns I had reason to he-
leivo thi was a jKiint of the greatest dilli
cnlty, I had no hesitation (o declare that I
had but one gentleman in my mind for that
important command, and flint was a gentle
Hom Virginia, who was among ns, and
very well known lo all of us, a gentleman
whoso skill nnd experience as an officer
whose imlependant fortune, great talents.
and excellent universal character, would
command the approbation oT nil America,
and unite the cordial exertions of nil the
Colonies, better than any other in (he
tfnion.
Mr. Washington, who happened to sit
near tho dor( as soon as he heard me al
lude to him, from his usual modesty, darted
into (ho library room. Mr. Hancock, who
was our Presidenl, which gave mo an op
portunity to observe his countenance while I
was speaking on the state of the Colonies,
tho army at Cambridge, and the enemy-
heard me with visible pleasure ; but when I
came to describe Washington for the com
mander, 1 never marked a more aad. Ian and
trikiiig change of 'imtenMice, Mortiflea-
I lion and soutment weie expressed as for-
1 - ,, .. .i n
eibty as hu faoe oouiu exuioii uhjiu. ir.
Bamiiol Adunis seconded the motion, and
that did not soften the President's physiog
nomy at all. " The subject came under de
bate, and several gentlemen declared (hem
selves ajjainsl (be appointment of Mr.
OLD SUIUKS VOL. 11, NO. 3.1.
Washington, not on account of any personal
objection against him, but because (he army
were all from New England, had a general
ff their own, appeared to be satisfied with
him, nnd had proved themselves able lo im
prison tho British army in Boston, which
was all they expected or desired at (hat
time,
Mr. Pendleton, of Virginia, Mr. Sherman,
of Connecticut, were very explicit in declar
ing this opinion. Mr. dulling nnd aevera1
other more faintly expressed their opposi
tioiij and their fears of discontent in the ar
my and in New England. Mr. Paine ex
pressed a grunt opinion of General Ward and
a strong friendship for him, having been his
classmate at college or at least his cotempo
rnry ; tint gave no opinion of the question.
Tho subject was postponed to a futuie day ;
in the meantime, pains were taken out of
doors to obtain a Unanimity, and the Voices
were generally so clearly in favor of W.i.h.
ington, that the disscnlleht members Were
persuaded to withdraw their opposition, and
Mr. Washington was nominated) 1 believe,
by Mr. Thomas Joknson, of Maryland,
unanimously elected, and the nrmy adopt
ed. THE OKUAM.
Tlie organ is not morely a musical instru
ment, it is a gigantic combination of instru
ments. Other instruments are made) but
the organ is built) and of those who look
upon its gorgeous front, few have any Con
ceptions of the wonders of Ihe edifice within.
,:Wo shall never forget," says an English
writer, ,:the surprise with Which WU travel
led for (ho first (ime through the interior of
one of the greatest of the English orgahs
the stairs, Iho ladders which we ascended
and descended ; the thousands of pipesi ar
rayed in endless tanks, many of which look
ed into wells) into I ho depth of which the
eye cnuld not pcnetiate ; the complicated
machinery Which supplied them with breath,
nnd mnde every one of them answer to tho
slightest touch of the musician) who bade)
them speak."
fo one who has seen these things can fall
to be convinced that tho mechanism or It
great organ is one of the highest triumphs bf
tho human art. To give our readers soma
idea of the immensity (we may well call it)
of a great crgaii) wo may mention some .cir
cumstances respecting n few of the most tc
markable among ihem. The British organs
now rival (if they do not surpass) those In
any other part of the globe. Tho ftaariera
organ, so long talked of as one of the Won-
dels of the World, Is so no longer ; It Is
equalled in magnitude and in qtiatity by
some in England:
The largest organ in England) we believe,
is that of Christ t'hurcb, in Newgate street,
London. It has above -1000 pipes, and above
a hundred of these can be sounded by touch
ing a single key; or, in otiier Word) from a
single note. The organ of St. Paul's has
17S7 pipes; Westminster Abbey 1524 ; St.
Sepulchre) hi SLinner (street, 2500; Exeter
Hall, 2i87; Birmingham, nearly ,1000 ; York,
above -1000. The largest pipe of the organ
(producing the lowest C of the scale) ia 32
feet long and of proportionate diameter; and
a current of air, to produce the sound, must
rush through such a spare with the force of
a tempest. The fiist on record is said to
have been sent by thu Emperor Charlemagne
to the Caliph Harouii Ahaschid.
A HACK AltKIl A ttitoMOTIVE.
The Cincinnati Commeicial tells the fol
lowing story : A highly interesting and ex
citing taco took place on the Cincinnati end
of the Little Miami Railroad, just at the
rising of Iho sun on Monday last. A very
beautiful and accompliahed young lady, of
our acquaintance, was to leave that morning
on the cars for Cleaveland, tn route for the
Woiid's Fair, in company with our worthy
fellow-citizen, Mr. T , and his family,
and had promised to join them at the depot
in time; when she reached the station house,
accompanied by her father in his carriage,
to their consternation and almost utter des
pair, they ditcmcrfd that the tars had gone.
The father was for giving up and returning
quietly home not so, tho young damsel
she posssesjed more spirit and resolution.
She had no idea of abandoning tho long an
ticipated voyage to Europe, and instantly
-riud out lo the faithful driver; "Roberh
4 rive en, drive for your life overtake the
cars we mint overtake them." And, turn
ing lo her father, she said : "John ('.he nam
of the horse, nnd a very favoritd one) has
blood, and can beat the iron horse, I know.'
Robert lost no lime in obeying his fair young
mistress, and off they sped "ULe lightning."
And iho good horse "John" appeared to re
alize what was desired, and the very diffi
cult lask before him, and seemed to say, a
did tba gallant Cel. Miller, on other occa
sions, "I will try." It was not an hour frosn
tho commencement of tho raco, before Iho
resolute and never daunted young lady was
in ihe car with her friends, who of course,
had given up all hope of seeing her,
Sinn nor. Oxclet A capital dish caa V
ma. Jo au( of (lie roe ef a shad a dish fit tu
licklo the pa'ale of an epicure. A fiiend f
ours wha knows want i good, and what ia
of mm importance, how lo prepare a luxe...
ly fur lite lable, furniahes us with Ihe foU
lowing : '-Tate a roe and parboil it slightly
then put it hi a cullender to drain, separate,
thu foreign mailer with a fork, mix in four
egS, con lo lasts with parsley, salt and
pepper, and then cook as an ordinary
omelet.