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Mr. Weuer .wgUt Ui auutiiu'suJ U mux.
fclio kas sImi rtla4 Haw aop tjf vf gaud
tiuiNS suJ iu. and Uuts ll si ill to
aW U IS MU(.'Uwa) to tH tbtt ausy visit kl
lluiiM.
M l Ki t TllOUI-stON.
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SELECT POETI1Y.
THE SHAVER'S SOLILOQUY.'
To shave, or not to shave ; the question is,
Whether 'lis better on ilia human phiz,
To let accumulation of our hair
Cover (he china and lips which now are baro ;
Or lo continue slill to sera pa away
Tho hirsute ornament from day to day
To lai her, shave, perchunce to wash the
:acj !
Ay, there's the rub; for, in this latter case
What mis' ry'e ouis ! 'Tis this must giro us
cause. "
And make us ralher let alone onr jaws,
Than by continosnce in the batb'ious use
Cut, scratch, and lacerate mem me tne
deuce.
For if it actually "were the case,
That Nature never meant tho face
To be so teased ami tortured as it is
If so, 1 say, why then what business
Have mortals virtually In cry out
That Nature knew not what she was about t
Why, since the beard was evidently meant
To grow, should men be seemingly intent
On trying to prove nature was a dunce,
i: i . n... . .1
miu uiu not kiiuw uer irauo r v ujr "
once
Pluck out the eyebrows nnd extract the nails,
And shave the heads of females and the
males t
Slrangu 'tis men should worship fashion, so
As to lie willin; thus to tintleico
The pain of shaving rather than permit
Aloustaelie tint buaru lo giow as they think
fit.
How singular that men should still delieht
In torturing their faces; when they miuht
Themselves their eomfoit, ease and heal.h
ohiuin.
Dy vow they will never shave again!
lint 'tis the tlreatl nt ridicule Bnn scorn
Makes Ihe foul fashion easy to be bnrne.
Thus custom ol-ns all doth cowards make;
And for this savase custom, '.hen, we take
The trouble and the pains onr chins to mow,
Because it is the fashion to tin so.
But this our chins will soon no more, I hope,
Be la'herM o'er with the pale Hide of soap.
Soon shall moustache and beard once more
on all
Our chins wag meirily, in street, and hall!
"UIOGENES."
Select dale.
THE YOTJSG MINISTER,
BY AM IK.
For more than three months, Beechville
had been without a minister. Old Mr.
Liston had died about thai time, and no
one had, as yet, been found to supply his
place. It is true, Mr. Watson came every
other Sabbath afternoon, but his sermons
always acted like a soporific, and very few
oi his audience, except those who sat inv
mediately before him, could remember
even Wi "fifthly" for, by the time he had
advanced so far, they were dreaming of
crops and stocks, and the state of the mar
kets. And the younger portion: Ah, 1
leave you to tiera what thy dreamed of!
Well, one Sunday he announced, at the
close of service, the, to us, delightful news,
that Brother Markham, a young laborer in
the vineyard, would preach on the follow
ing Sabbath at Beechville, and he trusted
that the youth ol Brother M. would not
prove anohection. He was one in whom
the seed of godliness were sowed, anil be
doubted not they would yield abundantly."
His youth militate against him, indeed,
thought we! just as if it were possible to
like a person less because he happened to
be young. ro, indeed ; that was the
principal thing in his favor. It need
I I.. I- - -I , L. 1 ,1 1
scarcely ue nam tuai nine waa an uuu.uai
llllltei Ul leiliaic limn, s. w r jjirjiuiru tui
church on that eventful Sunday, and that
our toilet was very elaborate, as much so
as country girls had the means to make it.
We were in church before Ihe first bell
had done ringing, and sat waiting an age,
until the voting minister came. At length
he entered, and every eye, young and old,
was turned on him. We had ample time
to notice him, as he slowly passed up the
aisle and ascended the pulpit Mairt; and
if our hearts had not fluttered before, they
had ample cause to do so now.
Onr voting minister was tne very beau
ideal of manly beauty ; the very picture of
which we young girls had been dreaming
He was rather tall, and handsomely lormed,
and had a prave statel'ness of appearance
not to be expected at his years, for he was
scarcely mure than twenty-three or ttur,
We set tha down lor a certainty. He had
a broad, white forehead, regular features, a
t" t br0W0 V""
intellectual countenance. H e could not
at first tell what kind ol eyes be had, lor,
even when he rose to address us, they were
not raised, but when, at length he lilted
them, and fixed them on the audience, it
seemed a it S rush of lightning had and
denly burst forth, and illuminated (be old
church. What eves; it would be impos,
sibl to describe them ; they were decided
ly miinificent ; Ami then, hi voice, fa
full, and neb, and powerful, and withal, so
sweet. It was wonderful! it woid sink
aomWimr almost la a whisper, and then
ruinf in an wen crescendo, would laiily
stailU one by it lull tone. He held the
congregation almost breathless at lime.
And when h left the pise, knot ol turn
and women Wert rollerled together, rtit
cussing Ihe merit ol Ihe young niinijrr,
II w plain be had mad decided nil.
There WM Ihu lines hedge that bor.
derrtl lb r J from S.uiie Kdward'f Mew
house, djwn l) the turnstile opposite old
Mi. Liatuir house, and insid the bedge
narrow pttiway tshivh, every 8u
day wm trodUm by m fur visit la lhe
old lady was a il ol iur SaUUih uuliea.
she wm iifi.U. and Iwf vf bad not
lull be luum, and i Ih roiisiJ.iaJ (July
by al br furiHrt buJ.nd' pullahiurtrrs la
Uil br .ry KsUitib, ll iA Hiir
Til fid Ivlli g.U.uHy tallvd tjrlifct
ib'irib huuis, but yugiig ultra klty
pivl. it saiiiiUuiig alwt.tf lit b.dg tfWf
vfic htttf id btam, t4 ditks, ami
other topict so interesting to your.g ladies.
And so, on the day in question, we betook
ourselves to our usual promenade, but with
such a tumult at our hearts, that, (or once,
we were silent.
'What ails you, girls," at length ex
claimed Sarah Edwards. She was the only
child of the old Squite, and a wilder beau
ty, was never seen than she was. Beauti
ful she was, beyond the shadow of a doubt,
and rich loo, for Squire Edwards owned
nearly the town of Beechville, and hun
dreds of acres besides, around the country.
But she was as wild as an untamed colt,
and was the prime mover of all sorts of
mischief, and fun, in the neighborhood,
taking the lead on all occasions, and never
acknowledged herself beaten. "Whatsis
you 1" she repeated, looking mischievously
at our tell-tale faces. "Come, make a
clean breast of it, confess you are all think
ing of the new minister; you know you
are. But 1 won't allow one of vou to take
the lead ol me ; now mind, I must have j
the 6rst chance."
"Miss Edwards, I blush for you," said
Miss Brown, the old maid of Beechville,
whom we girls had nicknamed Miss Ver
juice. We lancy every village owns one'.
"I blush to hear such language from the
lips of any one who has listened to the holy
words of our gifted pastor; Miss Edwards,
they are absolutely profane. And you
should blush for them.
"Where would be the use of mv blush
ing, Miss Ver ahem-! Miss Brown,"
replied Sarah, "since you have done it for
me. I don't want to shock you, indeed I
don't, but you will have to hear mo to Ihe
end. I am going to set my cap for the
new minister, that's a fact; and as I think
myself entitled lo the first chance, 1 don't
mind saying so. But girl?," she said, turn
ing to us, "1 am generous; you shall all
nave a cnance aurrwaras. L. me see .
Annie Lee, I think you are next best ; yes,
you are decidedly prelty, tall handsomely
formed, good complexion, chestnut hair,
and blue eyes. Your figure is good ; I will
have gpnerosity enough to acknowledge
that. You will do. Lucy Barker," she
went on, like an auctioneer cryinj his
goods "Lucy Barker, petite figure, hazel
grey eyes, good feattijes, pale brown hair,
rosy lips, lips that have stolen the co!or
from your cheek : and that cheek ; oh, call
it fair, not pale! You are an intellectual
beauty; you will nass. Persia Miller;
you remind me of the nut brown maid,'
but you are a beauty, in your way ; I must
sketch you, too. Complexion dark, but
brilliant, rotigish brown eyes, and saucy
red lips, that shame the coial, and teeth as
white and sweet as the inside of a cocoa
nut; hair like Walter Scott's Fenella,
black as midnight, and of amazing length
and thickness. That hair wai meant as a
mesh lo catch some poor fellow's heart ;
but I don't thiuit it will catch Mr. Mark
ham's. You are saucy enough to succeed,
but I shall keep my eyes on you."
"Well, Amie somers, turning to me,
"What shall I say of you 1 Alas, and a-
lackaday, not much, I am afraid ! pug nose,
red hair, large mouth, and grey eyes! 1
am sorry for you, Amie, but it can't be
helped : you may do to write a story, or
jingle rhymes lor the papers, but you will
never do to catch (he brilliant Mr. Mark
ham." (I must tell you, par parenthesis,
gentle reader, that Sarah slightly exaggera
ted. My hair is decidedly auburn; lorn
Wilson has said so a hundred limes; and j
it my mouth is large, 1 have as beautiful a
set of teeth as any girl in Beechville, and
as for my eyes, Tom vows they are sure
indications of intellect. All very talented
people nave grey eyes, it was a little
maliciour in her to say what she did but
I pretended I did not mind it a bit ; and
the rattled on as if she did not.)
"Mary Harper, Mary Mavourneen, my
little lily of the valley, I am almost afraid
to paint your portrait, you are so like a
snow flake ; you will melt beneath my
touch. Hut I am not afraid of von, dar-
ling; you are too fragile lo captivate the
reverend ; you are a fairy, a snow-flake,
an elherial little sprite, I confess, but you
won't uit him, dear ; so you need not try.
Miss Brnwn, do you enter the list; shall
1 sketch yoo t"
Rut Mis Brown had already advanced
to the turn-stile, and no doubt shuddered in
pious horror, at Sarah nonsense. She had had been bought. Io! she had been
reached the stile, and her pink parasol was , nothing but school-teacher! It i aslon
already on the other side, a the poised it i'liing what prank love will sometime
gracefully in one hnd, while she gathered p' '' 1 wonder whether Tom Wilson in
the fold ol her brilliant lawn in the other, ', tend returning to Beechville ! Poor Tom ;
et it should come in contact with a nail il wa very cruel in me to treat him so, I
or splinter; and so she stood, wedged in , confess. As for that c!ia'reeatde Mr.
as it were, looking intently down Ihe road,
her few yellow teeth jus! vi.ihle between
her thin blue lip, and her little screen eye
twinkling, but whether with mirth or as
tonishment we could not decide.
"What apparition ha crossed the fair
& if n't path!" exclaimed one ol Ihe girl;
"something has called Ihe ghost ol co'or
to her cheek ; let us hurry and see what it
Oh, dear in ! we aaw soon enough. It
was, in truth, an apparition none ied to
encounter. Il wts me nw minister! II
bad doubtless beard very word that rttl
brain bad said ; and as h raised hi bat, in
finy, we could not help noticing a sly,
humor out expression in llrnse iiiagmncrnt
ys, Hut bad o thrilled us, with their
(lance of lire in Ih pulpit. For one
Sarah mute, and w all hung back like
flock of slier u ; all but Mi.t Hiowo, who,
strung in h luuucmcr, ad sauced boldly
up lo him, and mined into coai4tiou m
il nothing bad hpeied,
Wll she anight, Ihe ugly thing. We
all evid brr, a h slkrd sVlCOKridrnlly
by biatMd, and gUncrd, with, br bilul
firm eyes, m H.aiKiously at us, at much at
U ny, what bv ia'i by your
Ml)." I W (.ally trtrd l ftuh. To
cww,'l tt uf iliajiio, we found iM b
M dlUHtlbf bit lfp U lb tVldww
l-Jet-is's. . wM ililslUM! We bad
not sense enough lo pass on, and pay our
accustomed visit' afterwards; not we; but
blundered right in, before We knew what
w were doing. , i'
"I am so glad you have come, girls,"
said the dear old lady, "Now I can intro
duce you to my very dear young ' friend,
whom you must love for my sake. . Mr.
Markham, as these young ladies are my
especial favorites, I will make you acquaint
ed with tbem individually." And she ac
tually, without knowkig the misery she
was inflicting, called us up one by one, and
introduced us! It occurred lo me that there
was very little Christian charily in his ad
dressing us each by name, and kerpingus
longer answering questions than the occa
sion warranted ; but perhaps he wanted to
teach us a lesson. How we got through it
all, I hardly know ; but I know we were
all glad to get out of the house, and beyond
the glance of those eagle eye9.
The next Sabbath we were nol quite so
soon at church, nor did our glance wander
to the door, lo see the minister enler. We
sat quiet and silent during the service, not
even noticing that the Widow Preble had
cast of her weeds, nor that the storekeep
er's ugly datishler had another new bonnet.
Things which, at any other time, would
have set us thinking for a week, actually
passed unheeded. On that day, and for
several succeeding Sundays, we took our
walk along the hedge," but we took good
care not to breathe a word about the new
minister; in fact, we always took care to
look, before we ventured to enler it, to see
whether Ihe coast was clear. .
Mr. Markhum visited our parents, and in
(iine looked at us with a less searching
glance than he had formerly done. The
old parsonage was newly painted and pa
pered, workmen were employed constantly
in making alterations, and fitting it up in a
more modern style. "For no young lady
would like to live in such a dingy old
place," remarked the minister. And that
hint set every heart beating, and every
brain weaving. Who could it bet he had
never shown marked attention to any one
of ti?, but he must have made a selection,
that was certain. And (I blush to confess
it) poor lorn Wilson, whose flattery Jiad
once been welcome, was now slighted so
shamefully, that out of shepr spile he K it
liet-chville, and took up his residence in i
neighboring city. I felt a little compunc
tion of conscience, it is true ; but then
those glorious eyes (at least I thought sn)
had singled me out from all the rest at
church; and I remembered how Mr. Rivers
had loved Jane Evre, and thought I had as
good a right to make a conquest of th"
handsome Mr. Markham, as she had of Mr
Rivers. I even looked compassionately on
Sarah Edwards ; and as for I'ne res-t, I hardly
supposed he would wasle a thought on
them. I went on dreaming, and reading
Jane Eyre, and comparing myself to her,
an.l wondering how she could preler the
ugly Mr. Rochester to Mr. Rivers, until 1
had hardly a doubt left in my mind that I
was lo be the future mistress of the parson
ag,', and the wife of i!s handsome mazier.
Alas, for human vanity! the parsonage was
completed, and yet Mr. Markham di.l not
seem in a hurry to claim a mistress for it;
but one Sunday he entered the church ac
companied by a young lady, who leaned
upon his arm, and glanced timidly around
as she took her seat. All eyes were turned
on the stranger; nor could the powerful
eloquence of the clergyman divert our at-
tention from this new object
I am afraid there was little Christianity
among us that day, for we slared the timid,
shy-looking creature completely out of
t countenance, uuring the sern.on, her
J eye never wandered from of the sbul
, beaming face of the spe;Jer. Her glance
) seemed rivited there, and her countenance
i brightened, and her lips quivered, as she
i listened! She was not beautiful ; but she
' appeared so pure, and truly devout, that
we could not help feeling our littleness, as
we watched her. she could not be his
sister; there was not the slightest resein-
1 blance between them ; and surely, he had
' very little tasle if she was his wife.
Well, everything has an end, tl we only
, wait long enough to see il. She was hi
jwite! That little, pale, insignificant look-
, ing thing had captivated him. We set it
down for a certainty that she was rich ; he
Markham, I cant bear him. I wonder I
ever thought him uperior In Tom, for now
1 think that Tom is certainly more manly
lurking. Sirah Edward i to b married
soon, and all the rest are dropping oil'.
Heigh bo! I wonder'tf Tom has forgotten
mel
Nw Pamnaij Pacts. A correspondent
of Ibe New Yoik lndtptuieut writing fiom
Boston, aayt a new punting piess called Ihe
' $lf. Feeding and 8ulf-R-gileiing I'uwei
Pie," has bi ou rsliibiuoii iu that nil y
for Hfttil d)s. Il feeds itself, work both
tide uf the tlteel, if dcsim.l, and' diop Ih
heel, when printed, into a bus wbeu ibiu
ing il oil. The pPf i wet epu a iel, and
lulluil ulf, a iu lb of a ivIK'nphi
lii, nd cut by lhe pirs ilf lo lhe il.'hl
is. Il prifuiui double Ihe amount t(
11.' C)lmdsii pic," at lb nia NeJ
Il M pisfsided la nb a legisler, taliu haceu
lelrly fouiii Ih heeiand lukensj bell
inking at lb eeiiiuWiiuii of eieiy lutsu;
ad b aU'MI dial, tsbtclt may bat ! la any
umbel l attsMl ( lukM deiiJ. 1 b
kie HUM sif II peculiar ii!, blvb !!
gid4 bi by ", at luai, a )wiie uu
dwilwl, ILuaiu Vlki ub'i l)lwg le
ink bp uiu u.t uf b'ilm )b ibe
luteaiM, bit I'eiaaief, if wb etnii tut
t,u tiiUiosod.
ATTEMPT Or A MA 11 AO TO MUHDSR A
FAMILY.
A horrible Iradgedy was etiaoted at Roots-
town, Ohio, on the 22J ult. ' Notice of it has
already been given in the city papers. A
privnlo letter fiom a'wltnessof Ihe scene, lur
nishe the following detail: ' 11 '
It seems thai Mr. Horace L. Ensign, of
Rooistown, had risen on the motnitsj of 22d,
and without dressing, was ill tho net Of put
ting a stick of wood in lhe kitchen stove,
when he was felled by a blow on his head-
Mr. E. was standing at ihe time near a dor
that opened into lhe woodshed. The door
was njar, and the blow was given from some
person in the shed.
The correspondent says: Mr. Ensign saw
no one, but pUt-ing his hands on each side of
his head, he hastened through into his din
ing-room, where his wife was; he exclaimed,
I am killed ; some one has split my head
open with an axe.' He thou ran out to the
door nnd ciied mnnlor. His wifo seeing him
bleeding, and a cash on his head, just above
ami also back of Ihe lernnle, shouted for help.
Meantime the children were awakened and
came running in ; the eldest, a son of sixteen,
on coming down stairs, opened the door lead
ing lo the woodshed, thinking his father was
in there. On opening the door, the first ob
ject that he saw was a man with an uplifted
axe, looking like a demon at him. He says:
'Caleb, what do you want of met' Caleb
spitina back and sbul thedoor. By this lime
a neighbor came arms. the street, and went
to the woodhotise, when tho maniac nddres.
sed him by name, Donald Deming.' That
is my name,' he replied, and continued he,
'John Chittenden, what are yntt doing with
that axel' '1 thirst for blood, and blood 1
will have,' said he. Mr. Deming tried lo
cool him down, nnd after a few minutes sue.
ceeded in getting Ihe nxe. However, before
he could eel it nway, Chittenden wrenched
it f,nin liim. Some of ihechildren had Keen
sent for help, even in their undress After
loi,-.r, his hold nnon lhe axe. Demin retreat-
ed to the ilinins-roorn where Horace sal
" l T-
bleeding, and his family around him height
ened very much. Demina held the door
from the dining-room, and hoped to keep him
from that, but wiih the axe he shivered the
door at once, when Mr. Puiiiing exclaimed,
'inn for your lives !'
By this time, onolher tieighbf got there,
nr.d on seeing what was going nn, tan home
to get his rille, thinking it best to shoot the
madman. Upon word being given to run,
they all left as Ihey thought, nnd Deming
shut ihe outer door; but Lucindn, their eld
est daughter, 15 years old, slopped to save n
little biolher, two and a-half years old, who
had been awakened by Ihe breaking in of the
door, and had jumped from his bed on Ihe
fl 'tir, nnd stood screaming from freight. She
coiitht him in time to get her fingers pinched
us Deming shut Ihe door. She saw Ihe
wretch leBp Ihtnngh the door, through where
the upper panel had been broken She cal
led lo them lo have them open the door, but
by this time she received a blow from Ihe
head of the axe, which felled her wi:h the
little one still in her arms. Meanwhile, Hor.
ace had a presentiment that some child still
remained in lhe house, and had gone around
to tne Dacn Kiicneu uuoranu entered, passing
into the dining-room. There lay Lucinda
weltering iu her blood, and, as he supposed,
dead. The outside door had been opened;
Deming had opened it for Ihe child when she
called; Chittenden was in the act of spliting
open Dealing's head ; Horace sprang acioss
Ihe dining-room, and seized the n:o-handle
to avert the blow from D. Chitlorulen, find,
Ing some one was behind turn turned upon
him, and in lhe scufilo cut lo Ihe bone on
the back of Haruee's head. Upon that, Hor.
ace seized him by Ihe throat and Deming by
his leg, and by a hard struggle they got him
down, he atill retaining the axe, and Horace
still choking him , By this lime lhe woman
had called the man buck that hud gone for
his riflo. II') came, and with much difficul
ty wrenched the axe from him ; (he only
held il bf one hand ; they then got ropes and
bound him. Horace wa covered with blood,
and so was lite fw-ir.
A tier he was secure.!, a messenger w
posted lo R.tvemia for medical aid. The
word flew like lightning, and a general ruih
ensued. Horace's head was trepanned. It s
btain lay eipnsed during hi struggle with
lhe man. The pulsalion could be aeen, but
Ihe inembiaiie wa nol biolten. The inside
of the bor, e thai was lukrn off was U of an
inch long ami of an inch w ide. Upon the
outside lhe bone was moie than two inche
long, besides luo small pieces that wei not
measured. He In all appeaianee w ill ur.
vive, but poor Luehula i in a very eriliesl
Hualion. lhe buiiea were n dnren nt0
lb brain, that the surgeon thought it best
tint la i!u much for her, but her ftiendt inais-
led upon liying. After five boar ihey pre
reeded to dieee ber wound. After preteing
ihex'alp eeb way, they rstiaulvd ai piece
uf boi., toiii an Inch and aver. Sil uf
litem wvi lieailv bitiivd in lb brain. Dr.
1'iail tiai le,l thrrn, raising up lhe Mult
bn wlirltver il wat llrplesaej. About two
ttriiuiiluhj uf lhe hiatn aHiiwtl. bli ill lies'
m a y eiiiieal tituaiioa, nb but a small
hi-pe uf ieuiy, TbitChilteudeu beluriged
in UeduluM, ih ! aotstli uf ibis ; h b4
lit fiuoi a vbdj ; an ugly iiupi I na.
luiaily t( late bi (iieud bat ibuughl bim
iling4 at Dili, lb uigbl piiuu
lbiHvk, b bad lbie keep.'. II at
Uinpted u kill bi bieibar. II i tf
diiecieJ le ge aUul balf a wile i a )b,
but' le y, 4 btfbuny, In Us plug
Uut, sh tniii4 bai anuJ. IK euuiM tbe
ueUJen bai lUiis tu4 b. au4 by so
leg, tbe l. tatty tnf4 4ib, ful b
broke loose from his keepers, and irt purso
ing her he" passed very near hef twice, but
the night was dark, and she being on Ihe
ground, ho did not gee her. . '
He left searching for her and went to a
neighbor's and called for the man, (Mr.
WarJ.) Mrs. Ward did not recognize his
voice, and replied to him that he had gone
after John Chittenden. 'Well,' said he, with
an oath, 'you shall go too.1 She then knew
his voico, catched the candle, and blew it out.
Her two daughter were tip stairs In bed.
She fled up the chamber slain and held lhe
duor. tie smashed in a window with a cud
gel that he carried with "him; he entered
through Ihe w indow, but could not find any
one. II d took all the covers off the stove,
threw fire about the room,' piled bed clothes
nnd other things on the stove. He broke out
two other windows, sash and all, and made
his exit through one of them. Mrs. Ward
smelled the fire, and with the assistance of
her daughters, extinguished ' il. All the
houses in his neighborhood bear marks of his
visit He eluded his pursuers till after he
was taken at Horace'. He bragged that he
had sent his pursuers on the wrong track
He knew, he said, where they would go to
look for him, but he look another road. They
wanted to kill him, as he said, but, said he,
'I fixed them; I thirst for blood, and blood
I'll have.' I don't think he cared whose.
There was no teason for his' attack upon
Horace ; they never had any difficulty in
their lives. I can't describe the scene, if I
trv. Clcvelend Plain Dealer.
8 IVE THE PAPERS,
The Ttenloti State Gazetts, at the close of
an article on the propriety of fileing and pre
serving tne newspapers ol the day, says: it
vra man iu mese oDservattons Dy seeing a
copy of the American Sentinel, of this city,
,,i,lea APnl 2U,i t825i fm which it re-pub
'"he "n in,cr"l'"g "tide on the family of
NaP!"- The propriety and utility of pre-
. . -
'" ,ne "Ppcr l.ieralu-o ol
the day, has, we think, never been properly
appreciated in this country. The daily jour
nals, for the time being, aie the historic of
the Republic, and containing ns Ihey do, the
pith of oil that is transpiring in their respec,
live localities, if preserved, would afford i
means of ii,lorma!ion which it is absolutely
impossible to o'."' i from any other source.
We know very we,l the diiricnlliesatlendant
upon Iho preservation nnd binding of new pa
per files by private individuals, but there
should beat least enough of public work
spirit and devotion in every Library Compa
ny, to induce Ihe binding of eveiy journal
published in the locality of its existence ; but
especially should this be ilotio by the Com
missioners of the respective Counties of the
Commonwealth, who, by such a courset
would most essentially preserve, nol only a
sort of official record of the Cou:ily,but a fair
history of its people, its business, and distinc
tive literature, which, in years to come, would
prove of marked interest, if not of legal im
portance. Will not some of our editorial brethren in
the Legislature look at this subject, and take
into consideration the propriety of getting up
a Diti, making ii a uuiy imperative upon
County Commissioners, to bind files of all tho
papers published in their respective counties t
What says onr brother Chase, the Speaker,
ho has the honor to belong to the ciaft of
the scissor and the quill?
DCSTRl CTIVE INVENTION.
The war imminent between lhe powers of
Europe will doubtless be of the must destruc.
live character. Invention has been busy
during the long peace Europe has enjoyed,
in devising means for bringing hostilities to a
rapid termination, by making the calastro,
phe terrible and complete at lha beginning
Stearn will be introduced for the first lime as
an element uf warfare, and it gigantic ener
gie will effect a great a revolution in the
science of war, a gunpowder produced on
it first introduction into the battle fit lj.
Tk. -. t f E i I i
. .iK-ii.ii ui ciiianu, ii i Bam, uavaj
been closed for a long lime, even to mem
bur of Parliament, while experiment have
been mi. king in new and terrible machines
mini ii are now 10 uo protignt into usn. Uue
oi ineae it caned the "Wagner r lotting Uun,'
which glide along the water iu a straight
line till it strike Ihe vetiel at which it 1
directed, when it thrusts into its sides its iron
head, containing two pounds of fulminating
powder of mercury, which, by exploding
blow a hole iu Ihe vessel ten ur twelve fc et
(n diameter, which it i imposible to close as
as the loitnd hole made by cannon balls.
j Submarine boat are sn poifecled thai they
ran leacb and altacb a burner of an enemy's
ship wilhuul ruitiiing the lea.t danger. Kx
I perunent ai also made with a,i asptiyxial
- I leg bail, Iu paralyse ciews, and in pliiaive
ball, lo mi (ii lo ship as soon ( Ihey
Ink, wiih other engine ttl destruction
equally as terrible and annihilatii g.
TtaSrTM u TaaaiToai la lo
lhi weie attentven btair and Tr'iltuiwl
Coteiiiinenit InclildeJ In Ih l'i,t"ii.
Iu 1(00, wul)-une but auJleiii'oiie.
In Ilia, Iweuiy flue Stale and Tn'u,i-
In It 20, luly.u Stat and Tt". to
ilet. In 111, iwe'uty igtii litt a4 Tetutu.
ii.a-
e lo, ibmy itta l T"'io-
4 Hi, Ibmy i 9i4itu4 Tfiiiuav
Tb lawn 4'say of VeiUud, Vl , m'4
tbif lbuua4 iii work ad lliul M lew
Kiau.lba, U Iw ihaWiviu " Vt btl 4
btsltby )' KkiIi4 ttiui b 1
LETTLR FROM tOU rilKMII!T.
From the National Intcllipeptcr nf yester
day we extract the ubjoined letter from D '.
Fremont, not only because It contradicls th;
exaggerated report of deaths ut"ini c! ly
his party, and assure us of tha intrepid i x
plorer'sown iifety, after his two month.-'
boldjouiney through the mountain wilds in 1
midwinter, but because hi surccs et tr. '
fully to have established the favorable naiuie !
of the central route for a tailtoad m vntitfr
as well as summer i '
raratcan, Iron Company, L tah ltrritortj.
February 8, 1854.
My Dear Sir : I have had the god lur
tune to meet here our fiiend, Mr. Babbit',
tha Secretary of Ihe Territory, who is on his
way to Washington, in charge of the mail :
and other very interesting despatches, the
importance of which is urging bim forward
with extreme rapidity. Ho passes directly
on Ibis morning, and 1 have bartly a few
moment to give you intelligence of our afa '
arrival, and of our general good henl'h and
reasonable success iu the object of our o.vpe-
ditio'.i. , '
This winter has happened lo be one of ex- :
trcme and unusual cold. Here, the citizens
inform me, it ha beeu altogether the seve- 'I
rest since Ihe settlement of this valley
Consequently, so far as the snows ate cm, ,;
cerned, the main condition of our exploration
has been fulfilled. We entered the mountain
regions on the Huerfano river on Ihe 3d cf
December, and insued from it here on tha :
7th of this month, arriving here yesterday '
afierroon. We went through the Coochntope ;
Pass on the t-lth December, with four inches
not feet, tnke notice, but inches of snow
on the level, among the pine and in tho
shade on the summit of lhe Pnss. This da" '
ctdes what you coasider tho great question,
and fulfils ihe leading condition of my exple-
rations; and therefore I go no forther into
details in this letter.
I congratulate yon on this verification cf
your judgment, and the good prospect il holds
out of final stiecess in carrying lhe tend by
this central line. Nature has been bountiful
to this region in accumulating hore, u iiliin a
few miles of where 1 cm writing, vast tlepo
fites of iion, and coal, and timber, all of t!m
moil excellent duality ! and a great and
powerful interior State will spring up imme
diately in the steps of the Congressional ac
tion which should decide to carry the road
through this region. In making my expedi.
tion to this point, 1 have nearly a patalltl i f -latitude,
shortening tbo usual distance from '
Green river lo this point by over a hundred
miles. Li crossing lo the Sierra Nevada I
shall go direct by an unexplored route, aim
ing to stiike directly lhe Tejnn Passes, at llie
head of tho San Joaquin valley, through
which in 1S50 I dtovo lrorn two to ir.n-a
thousand head of cattle that I delivered to !h
Indian .Commissioners. I shall make what
speed I possibly can, going light, and aban
doning the more elaborated survey of .:V
previous line, to gain speed.
Until within about one hundred miles of
this place we had dagucrrcotyped the coun
try over which we passed, but were forced
to abandon all our heavy baggage to save tU
men, and I shall not atop to send t ail: tor it
The Datawares all come in sound, but U.?
whiles ol my party'wero all exhni.sed ai.d
broken tip, and more or less frostbitten. 1
lost one, Mr. Fuller, of St. Louis, Mir-soc.ti,
who dioj on entering this valley. He died
like a ninn, on horseback, in hi (addle, ami
will bo buiied like a soldier, on the M'1
where ho fell.
I hops soon to see yon in Washington
Mr. Babbitt expects to see you belore the
end of March. Among other iloccunienl.
which he carrioe wilh him are Ihe Haps anu
Report of Capt. Gunnison's party. Sincere.
and aflccliouately.
JjUN C. i'nEMO.NT.
Cul. Denton, Washington,
P. S. This is the Little Suit Lake sen le
nient, and was commenced threo yeai since.
Population now four hundred, and one death
by sickness since the settlement wssmaJe.
We have been most hospitably receiveJ
Mr. Babbitt has been pailiculaily kind, ai,d
hat rendered me very valuable asitanci.
Valley nf ha Paaavras, h,uil til unti ii rrt fftl"'
nirailxws if itaiifa Clai, U-twu.u h7 miI -la a, iftt rs :
Mori latilu.1e, anit lialwetfii II and lit ilf.-.frs ' 1
kjngtiuijc ; tii-tau,w at,, v. tbe sua aU'Ut 6ttv I. at I
ar.EOF out c.ttrT i.ki s.
The latest measurement of out fr, 'i WJ'
lr teas are these :
The grea'eat lingth of Lai Superior i
333 milts; itt greali-sl bteadth i luUmilc,,
mean depth VSJ feel ; elevation fit Itel ;
.re 3.2,000 sqnate miles.
Th greatest length of Lain Michigan i
3li0 mile ; it-!:!'"' b'ea-ltll 108 mile;
mean itepih t'oO feel; .Valion !s7 fuel;
area 13,000 ,iiare mile
Th greatest h n.ili uf I-tke Huron i
rnilea; it grealr.l brea-l'U i. t"0 n.ilea ;
ntetn depth 0 ll ; elii"U ' f"-"
ai to 000 arpjai mile
T-'i g'eaiest UegtU of l.sk KiiJ 250
mi'e; i' g'Ctt ktuJth i eO niK t, i
utetu depth is l fl i !atin JSi dt ,
ir OilO s,iuai4 milt.
Th gieatrtl Is-nglhof l-sk OiiIai o is !
Utile) givtl bit l b I) SUllet; t ll tall
depth u 3ot l.l ; tUtauuo lot (tut , aia
,000 tibial milet
Th total leigtn bf all fit it t 5Ij m l i
iiug an aliKg'ki ff unwaij (
tKl,04 ust mile
Hoe. Tbema l"ball i-l !TnlusA,
wbl Wfl ub esoiM sonlie'elit
(tl4 Ttaujsjrei. I. eiwi', but ,i1B
to . a. iii)4iok-J -Jfai.'
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