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J'T ARUWAKK? NilasT Uiwu, mhZ,
j Hats, Caps, l's4al ware, Itruuuis. MrttatM,
i tool Uttuta auJ aaper UM irJ si4 (o sale
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m end Gmjlisisi I'ottua suj tlmglism I'm.
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Original
Poetry.
Fiir the SHinlmry Atn-riaan-
. THE BIRDS APEIt. '
Gloomily the dawn is breaking
Through the clouda ol rmaiy aleet,
Anury u iml", the cnneiiieiil ehuking '
,Unnnl ih windows rudely beat;
Earth reck wjih thx uhillmu fhowpr,
Field art puirh-wo'ked 11'er w ilh snow,
Trees are leallenn, sea ire a (lower
Or a blosgpm dares to blow.
Hark ! fiom ice barked brnnche ringing.
Cornea sweet music tu I lie ear, .
Bim. u jih ilium mites are suiting '
Mutiti nniifs liniil Mini clear;
Minulii'ii wi'h 1 lie leiript'Sl's rnshina
j hrni'uh ih" boniihs eiiM ami bare,
Sid'ly 11 llini.li 11 weie iusbiii
ThriHili a ni -p riuineil air.
Joyfully when tinitliwanl winding
r iimii a 1111I1I ami nnuy I'liitit1,
Wh 'ie llrll mini. v i.le nie llingiutr
Eveiy inaiiue tree hihI Inne,
Tlii- tlmtilil not "I snow Hakes sending
Diiip .HS ih'tiiiuh 'heir plnmaye uilulll.
Nor of wtntrs rai . ileemtina
0;i lli'Mii t-lii-liei It i. by intili'.
Trei.s w"nh bbiiortis whi ened over,
Lt'.uy eiiunpies id iiieen.
Viiili-is-ireininiius lipids n( clover
It hi mill Wiilets ll'iw between,
Wuiiii'Hi sinihhine sollly beaming
Ou r v.illet, hill and binirne
vti.-! I b-iweis wiih beauty leeming,
Oil had welrumed their retntn
l'n ujli ihe ireiie has ehanped so sadly,
Uli 1110 Ihese binllmtts are anil gay.
Each hi w ild note carols gladly,
As hi iluwii ol summer ilnv ;.
N'oi a pl.iiiilive sniind reVHnluii'
Di.cniileiil or lear, or pain
AH Iheir snfTei inpa cnneeulina
In that sweetly swelling strain.
S ullies waiMing little creatures,
Seetriins niadn lir sunny hours,
Ye are truly solemn teachers
To lhee wayward hearts nf ours,
That ofl faint wi:ll timid weakness
When misfortune's darts am hurled,
And refuse lo bear with meekness
All ihe trials of this world.
Ifi'XBunv, Penna. '
il)vUlmg Skctcl).
THE ARKANSAS COWARD.
A WCiTIlKX SKETCH.
The beautiful town ol Van Duren, on the
Arkansas river, near the Cherokee line,
dnrin-T its early history, was farnous !or the
number and l. rocity ol its desperanoes, be
ing Ihe principal focus of rendezvous for
jraiiiblers, Indian traders, and all foils of
adventurers, who had lound it necessary to
change their domicils from a land governed
by the adniini-ilration of a rigid criminal
code. The half-breed "btaves" from Ihe
Cherokee nation also (locked to the tame
site, to drink, carouse, take a hand at cards,
and exhibit their powers in singular "set
tos'' with pistols and knives. Such a state
of society may be imagined it cannot be
described. lot a sun performed its circuit
that did not wiiness some dreadful single
combat with or without murderous wea
pons, while now and then dozens at a time,
and by mutual agreement, marched from
the rum-shop into a public square and en
gaged in mortal strife.
At this period, Thomas A. Myers emi
grated to Arkansa, and opened a large
grocery store in Van Buten, acting himself
as keeper and retailer. . Such an occupa
tion, at that time required a man of the
most determined courage, as the store al
ways had a back-room aUached, specially
appropriated to gambling, both by day and
nijiht, and where players were supplied
with the choicest liquors at the bar, and
would be sure to bully the grocer out of
his reasonable charges, unless restrained by
fear.
For a while, however, Myers suceeded
admirably. The half-breeds, loafers and
chartered fighl-rs, as they called them
selves, held a caucus and voted unanimously
that the new arrival was a dangerous sub.
j-ct, and had hotter be Irfi alone. The de
cision was altogi-lher owing to the stran
ger's personal appearance, as might well
be conceived. I all, manly and symmetn
cal in shape, with great endowments both
in strength and agiliiv, he would have had
but f-w equals in the artnsnl naked nature.
But the tunning inventions of art iron,
steel and lead -the thunder am! lightening
ol gunpowder are made tnh-.'hl fur the fee.
blest bo.oui; and thus the dwarf and giant
pniiiled both a ike ,are the heirs of true
cur.ie, now stand on Ihe same level. It
was b lieved, also, that Myers posessed the
r. sdiiiiiin to handle those horrid engines
nl d.-siruclion, where lite and death hung
upon the touch of a trigger. His counte
nance betokened-the perfection ol bravery.
Hit fare wore generally stein expression,
and when that melted into a smile, the
smile seemed sterner .till. His eyes were
rreelinglr black, wild, penetrating and
restless, and had that cold, gleaming, un
taiic look, which wav be regarded at the
surest iil of desperation, ll.i,le, he
carried an appalling supply ol piklolt, and
a bowie-knife louiteen inib.-t In ihe blade
Hence, everybody was respectful and obli.
in to the ostensible hero lor a period nl
several weeks, during which an unusual
calm reigned in the town.
At lenjtth a teinUe adVsy occurred at
Myra grocery. Half a duaea Aie-arms
espkhlvd in quick succession, and the gvf
ruing roar so litghtenei) the keeper, thai
he luuk to hit tieelt and (I'd. Iruin hie own
ealabiltUHtt-til. Ihe fact seillvii public
opinion at bi his chsutlrr,
IVtit a chuk'ti hrarl'tl enwatj tu tun
tlOUl IllaUWII llle," rtclsiuied tiro.t'wle,
the Nsikilrvt) Ol llutttter lluellait auJ u
tlf. tVkt, he h an 1 Ihe spunk if de J
'iMMeuin,1 Hill (ii.ru, lh d4idy
iib r, -n.bin Ihsmm Iwiks" with hit
jny twty nails.
SUNtfURY, NOKTllUAiUEltLAiNt CMCVJ. i'A., SATURDAY, MAi 27, 1864.
' "Let'i diink his liquor and moke hi I
Clears, and lint nav Inplhwm. 'ranu hn
n I -J ""1 " 1
he's a coward," said Jack Wnrhawk.a hupej
half-breed, and began to (ill Ihe glasses, and
hand out cigars, crying -:
"Toast to the brave ; my boys ; we'll
never want while the world has chickens
of the white feather."
The firing in the procery having ceased
for more than an hour, being replaced by a
din of the most boisterous mirth, Myers, by
a g'eal effort, mustered the spirit to return.
He found (he customers helping themselves
with a vengeance, and thought to overcome
them with the assumption ol heroic airs.
He snatched his revolver Iroin his pocket,
and pointing it at Warhawk's breast, stern
ly ordered him to leave the house. ,
"If that's what you're aTter," shouted
Jack, unsheathing his big bowie-knile and
springing over the counter, "here's whal'll
give you a ladle full."
- Rivers still kept the revolver presented.
and his hand shook like a leul in the tem
pest, and his feet involuntarily retreated
backwards by short quick s'eps. The two
leeiings, physical fear and moral courage,
were struggling for the mastery. He was
endeavoring to act bravely, but his nerves
reus-(l their concurrence, and he remained
so to speak, in his equipoise totally inca
pable ol acting at all- He was impotent
to fight, and as powerless to fly.
1 here was no such hesitation in the con
duct ol Jack VYarhawk. Brandishing his
knife in his right hand, he se'ued the Mow
ing locks ol Myers in his led, and roared
al the tp of his lungs
"Down, cowardly hound, an your mar--
row bones, or by the blue blazes, I'll cut
your throat !"
Incredible as it may sem, Myers, still
holding his deadly revolver loaded with
six rounds, cowered lo the floor like a
beaten dog, nnd begged most piliously for
his life a prayer which Ihe mocking half
breed granted, on condition that he would
treat the whole crowd for a week.
From this time, Ihe unfortunate Myers
was subject to every species nf insult and
outrage. The loafer-; would pull his nose
for mere amusement, the half-breeds would
spit in his face to make him Ireat, and Gen.
Cole, when intoxicated, would strike him
wilh his cane, to cure him of bis coward
ice, as he said. The miserable grocery
keeper brooked all these gross indignities
with the patience of a martyr, and would
sometimes meekly remonstrate
"(jenth'inen, it is ungenerous to abuse
me thus, lor I conless I have no courage
I cannot fight."
This continued for a whole yrar, when
a change occurred that caused the insult, rs
to rue their ignoble persecutions. H- had
a beautiful wife, whom he loved w i:h the
tenderest passion. One dav when the
husband was absent, the hideous half-breed.
Jack Warhawk, instigated lo the damning
deed by the persuasion of Gen. Cole, went
to the grocery keeper's private residence,
and maltreated bis lady in the most shame-
lul manner.
Myers returned home to find his beloved
one drowned, as it were, in tars. He
heard the harrowing tale without external
manifes'alion of anger or emotion. His
face, it is true, became somewhat pale
his hp, quivered an instant, and settled to
an expression rigid as a mouth of iron, and
his wild, black eye, it may be, shot a lew
more beams of penetrating fire; but he did
not mutter curses. He uttered not a whis
per of menance he did not even condole
or sympathize with his aillicted wife. He
only armed himself with a bowie-knife,
fourteen inches in the blade, from hilt to
point, and started (or the village.
He came in sight of his enemy, then
promenading the public square, and boast
ing of his villanious achievement. At (his
vision, Myers lips curled into a horrid
smile, and his dark eye melted into a
stream of tears. He approached, till he
stood nearly touching the, half-breed, and
then said, in a hurried whisper
"Wretch, be quick ; draw! for by St.
Paul, one ol us must die!"
And he nailed until the other should be
reaily lor the strife on equal terms. He
did nut have to wait long, for Jack, under
standing the cold, glittering, snaky smile,
and those hot gushing tears, as the certain
tokens of madness, immediately unjhrathed
at the same moment with his adversary,
and then began the dreadful combat which
was soon decided.
Myers parried the furious blows ol Ihe
hateful haif-breed ; and then graping his
foe's clothing with his left hand, with Ihe
other plunged the knife into his heart.
Ihe Cherokee died without a groan.
And now Ihe inward and terrible pas
sions ol Myers lound vent in appalling ex
plosions. His curses were tearful lo hear
he spurned his enemy with his foot, and
wished aiottd he had a hundred lives, so
that he could enjoy (he pleasure ol killing
htm an hundred times over. His wrath
then chan 'in! for hit other in.ull.-ri. II
flew at lujfi r Dill Gieen, and tore out his
soap locks by liju.l.fnl. lie sprang upon
Gen. Cole, and pulled hit note till it was
dsiteiied between his thumb and Anger
all Ihe while holding that gory knife drip
ping Will) Uluo u
His enttmiea were art taken by surprise
terror stricken, slupiUed, that, lor a wc
Ihey teemed utterly incapable ol totuntary
UtollOO.
Ihe cowtrJ bad suddenly become Ihe
buveat ol III brave. The rli(Mie of
oppuette Jevlinf wtt destroyed Mefef j
Ihe aheer uowvf bfjiure Will had cotujuereil
phi ,11 s frsr,
any of our traders tiuM our sUrg
story I II so, , him al tree a M'"
liiq-.iry . , n (J..,,, ,y, P,irhel, V
It iron, late Jihlje ol Ihe M-ipf-tNO t'l.liH
A l a an -at, auJ I be lull. c,Dni,llo4 wut
be ubt4ia.il.
(I Ihe rtaiUUs- J Ihe same s)a.
Cole iall-4 a irt,i (.tootil ol hi III. w-4s
lo rvaiU us) the (uu.te h 4-mJ4 poisoe
Tbete wB, but one opinionthnl be had I
kii ini,ll..i1 bt a itirufl and nrnii nilhlir I
. " ........ Uj u ----- 1 1
indignity, and must call bis loe to the field
of honor.
Accordingly, upon the following day, a
challenge.' was ' despatched, which Mr.
Myers very promptly accepted, and fixed
the lime at V.evin of the same day the
weapon to be double-barreled shot guns ;
the distance ten paces.
" The parties met on the sand beach, under
the bank of the river, above the town, and
hundreds assembled to witness Ihe issue.
The mortal belligerents were placed in a
position by their seconds, and the death
dealing' guns enormous double-barrel
rested with dark, yawning muzzles on the
sand, in their hands. The spectators were
much astonished by the strange contrast
exhibited in (heir appearance. Gen. Cole i
was an old, experienced duelist, who had
shot his man belore he was eighteen, and
hart olten been engaged in o flairs of the !
kind.
On Ihe contrary, Myers was unacquaint
ed with fire-arms, and had always hitherto
been deemed an unmittigated paltron.
And yet, singular lo record, Ihe duelist
was nervous and agitated, almost trembling, 1
while the reputed cowatd was calm, firm,
steady as a rock, with that horrid smile on
his curling lip, and a few scattered tear
drops gleaming in the sun, on his cheek !
Gen. Cole's second gave the word. Fire
one, two, three ! He need not, however,
lo have counted so many, lor wilh the echo
ol the word fire, Myers elevated his piece
as quick as thought, and touched the trig
ger. There was a tremendous roar and
Gen. Cole fell dead. His head was pierced
wilh twenty buckshot.
No one ever again called Myer- a cow
ard in Arkansas no one ever thoup-ht of
the term, as his shadow gleamed in the
sunlight. He had taken his degree in Ihe
college of desperation, and his diploma was
written in blood.
He became a politician of great notriety
a leader in that part of the State was
repeatedly elected lo Ihe legislature, where
he acquired distinction by his talents, but
more by his fearless daring, and he is said
to be in the progress of ascension, having
recently obtained Ihe commission of Major
General ol Ihe Militia. H'e hope belore
many months, lo see his name on the roll
of Members ol Congress.
Nature made him a coward Love for
his insulted wife made him brave and
bravery has conferred honor.
SELECT POETRY.
Tils THREE CAILEH3.
BY CHARM VAI. .'
Moiin has cailiid fomlly to a fair boy stiny
i"2.
Mid gulden meadows rich wilh clover
dew ; '
She call but he s'.iil thinks of nought bul
play in-;,
And so she smiles and waves him nu
adieu !
Whilst he, still merry wilh his (low'ry store,
Deems not that mom, sweet morn ! returns
v
no more.
Noon cometh but the boy to manhood
(trowing, ; .1 ,
Heeds not lh lime, he sees but one sweet
form. . '
One young fair face, fiom bower of jessamine
Crowinf.
And all his loving heart wilh bliss is
warm ;
So noon unnoticed seeks the western shore,
A man loigets that noon returns no mure.
Night tappelh gently at a casement gleam-
ma.
With the thin (ire-light (lick-ring faint and
low.
By which a gray-haired man is sadly dream.
i ni.
O'er pleasures gone, as all life's pleasures
c;
Night calls him to her, and he leaves his
- door, -
Silent and dark and he returna no moie
A TRUTH FOR PARENTS.
The Rev Dr. Duff, a man of eminent prac
tical wisdom, at well as of eminent piety,
ys, "I am prepared from experience to say,
that, in nine cases out n( ten, the hoards of
accumulated money giveu to children, by
whom they were never earned, and who ac
quired no habits t( industry, or thrifl, or la-
butiousuess, prove in point of fuel, rather a
vuise lliau a blessing I am piepared lo sub
s'auiiate lhat as a mailer of fact, not merely
from my own knowledge of the subject, but
from the statement cf men who have been
of watchful and obaervant habile, cultivated
not only in great Britain, bul iu America.
Bul il is a ineUucholly fact thai tit little do
patents know of the mats of misery they ate
accumulating lor Iheir childien in heaping
these hoards fur them to little do Ihey
thiuk hoar Uig with wUeiy these hoauls
aie " Lei patents think of Ihia solemn
Ituln, and do good with their wealth, instead
of lisamiing il up fur Ihur rhildieu.
Plant Taoe aarwaitN Lii Oxtasio
o Eiaul'B The Toiotno Leader of the
9th inal., tayt Mosaic. Lamb, f la) fail il t'o.(
of Gla-u hate ilwiteied Ihe spluudnl new
Ivtik Aiabia, nu J lakeu 500 bane Is Hour and
11,000 bushels of wheel al To'oulu Ihe ie
maiu.ler of her ceia she; will lake iu al
Muiiliead Th't will be the dial ship dneei
Item Lake Ihileiw bwuuJj lu Ulesuw, houl
lead. laa lUoupeuae l keSIVCtV A difB
full) ugiiwd uear VVilltutbuih iu Weeii
ii'ua t'uuiily, a't-, on Ihe veoie uf Ihe
tl'lml il. iieeu Mr II e" aula
Ii. hibuvl H ii-1"', who b II 8l altie.
Mi kiln III- kit b'VJ.I, ut. H, t,"vJ lout
i. .... .It, II ..w.l it bat a) aniieiv.l
Af.:yii-! !"
cncc ano the aits, agriculture, jtiamts. aj"USCngnts,, cc
,, Know rotiiixo kxciTEMEST.
., The notice) Clf New Yolk have bad B
- " r
Know Noihing" nffair befora them
The
Times elves tho following report of it
Yesterday morning, Ihe Lower Police
Office was the scene of an affair in which
some members of this secret organization
were involved in difficulty. A member,
whose fidelity was soon after suspected, was
admitted to tho ''Order" not long since, and
a cloe watch kept upon his movements. A
few weeks asn, a letler was. published in ihe
Courier and Enquirer, which purported lo bo
written by one Klliott, a member of the Na
tive American organization. It was addres
sed lo a Roman Catholic prieM, and annouu-.
ced Ihe wish of the writer to divulge all the
"secrets" of the Older, and to make a full
exposure of the system. The cons-ideraiion
named for this act was ten thousand dollars
A person of Ihe same name was secretary of
the ordei ; ho was believed lo be the indi
vidual who addressed this letter to the priest'
and arrangements are raid to have been made
to secure the constitution and by-laws which
were in bis possession.
' Nothing more was heard of ihe mailer,
until a man named James Elliott appeared
beforo Justice Osborne at the Tombs, and
preferred a charge against three members of
the Older, accusing them of stealing a leather
trunk from his office, at Nu 81 Nasstia street.
In his affidavit he sets forth lhat the trunk
contained 492 copies of Ihe by-laws of the
Order, besides other papers, and a consider
able amount of mon.-y. The complainant
assured the magistrate that he could bting a
witness who saw the defendants curry the
trunk out nf the building. A warrant was
then issued fur their arrest, and was placed
in the hands of officer Webb, who look them
into custody in the course of that afternoon ;
but being responsible' persons, the Court al
lowed them to go.
Yesterday the prosecutor again came into
Court, and informed the Justice that his life
was in danger. It seems he had received a
package of anonymous, letters, written in
different styles, which were of a character
calculated lo shuck his nerves. Ore of ihe
leiters went on to say : ''You are an infa
mous traitor ; depend upon it your conre is
known ; for ii, you will yet sulfur death !"
In rather a milder lone the document then
read thus: "You of course remembei the
sudden diMippeaiauce of Morgan! wbcidis
closed ihe. sccrels of the Masonic. Older, and
wait thrown over the Falls of Niagara. Now
look on I for youiself, as your fate is sealed,
and , till you it it ill b the same as regards
the cry of 'Where is Morgan?' " Asain, the
recipient is warned "To make himself scarce
from Ihe city before Fiiday night, as he will
die if he fails to take his flight."
From another letter we .iiole the follow
ing : "Your coffin is ready, so beware and
benefit by ihe timely wnrning eiven yon.
On the afternoon of the night that jnu will
receive.t'ie death blow, I will converse wnh
you as usual, and nothing whatever will ex
cite your suspicion. Do take caution, else
your wile ami children w ill be fatherless;
lor no man who acl the traitor in a secret
organization, can or ought to live in a civili
zed community." ,...'
The language above quoted is Ihe sub"
stance of all the letters exhibited lo the
Court, but strong doubts seern to exist wheth
er ihey were written with base intent., The
affair will perhaps lead lo "disclosures" mure
authentic - -
auFFERisr.a ofcolomkl freemost.
A letter lo the editor of the Salt Lake New s
says:
On the 6th of Febiuaiy, the man on the
look out al Parowan reported a company,
supposed lo be Indians, coming into ihe north
end of the valley, twenty miles distant from
Purowoti, and about eleven o'clock on the
morning o( liie 7th, Col John C. Fieemout,
with nine white men and twelve Delaware
Indians, arrived in Parowan in a slate of star-
vatiuu ; one of his men had fallen dead from
his horse the day previous, and several more
must inevitably have) shared his (ale hail
they nol had succor that day. They repor
ted lhal Ihey bad eulen weuty teven biuken
duwii animals; lhat w hen a horse ot mule
cuuid go no (uiiher, it was killed and divided
oui, giving one-half to Ihe Deiawarea, and
the other tu Ihe Colonel and his men; the
hide was cut in nieces and c-tal lots lor. Af
ter I ho bones had been made into soup, Ihey
were burned, and cairied along by Ihe men
for luncheon. The entiaila were shaken,
and ihen made into soup, together with Ihe
(eel and ee ; thus using upihe whule mule.
They tUteJ the) bad lavelled forty-live days
living oil I tua kind ol (aie.
Although Colonel Fieviuoul was consider,
ed by (he peuple an enemy lu ihe Saiula, and
hud no money, he waa kindly Healed and
supplied on eivdil wiih piuiions fui him'
sill and men, while al I'muwen, and fined
oul w iih animals and pioviaions la puiaue hit
journey, aud went on Ihe way lejuioing ou
ihe iin of Febiuaiy.
The Colunel was aanguina in bit opinion
thai be had lound Ihe besl loute lor ihe great
uaiioual latlway.
'Kaow Noiuisue," This political r(iaii
laAie'e. il h Mid, dales lurlaer ha a I ban ihe
kUaiuiie fiaieriiiiy. Ahaelurw was ihe bead,
oi ludc i ihe Dial paiiy. t Ii. Samuel
a, t:
And with Ahaalout weul bandied
men uu Jeieaale, thai were ealled
J Ihey wet.1 iu lhll wiaiavly, aud Ihey
hj tMst eayMiMf "
A bawd el ifwii weie emu-pel laat
week nttl sisttleiateau, MJ
A MATRIMONIAL PEl'l LATIOM.
An Auvergnal, named Ponpillard, 32 years
of age, and a cobbler by trade, who has not
long been in Paris, waa possessed with a
burning desire to take nnto himself a wife;
but being extremely ugly and of excessive
timidity, he feared to address himself to any
woman. He, however, consulted his friends
as to what ha should do; and they after
having gieally deliberated, told him lhat he
ought to station himself in some public place,
nnd distribute to the females who might pass
a prospectus, selling fonh his name and ail
dies, and his desire lo marry. The scheme
seemed lo him a good one, and tho friends
solemnly assured him that it could not possi.
bly fail. At his request, therefore, they
drew up a prospectus, which was thus con
ceived :
"Mademoiselle, if you wish lo make my
acquaintance formarriago or otherwise, I am
numed Francois Ileue Poupillard, a shoema
ker by tiade, 22 yeais of age, and wiih about
300f. savings; I live in Rue Neuve St. Vic
'lor 5, and am to bo seen before six o'clock
in Ihe morning and after nine o'clock in the
evening." Poupillard waa delighted with
this paper, and having caused several copies
ol it lo be made, he went to the gate of the
Luxembourg garden and distributed them to
every woman who passed, who seemed to
him likely to be matrimonially inclined.
Five days flew away, and, to his astonish
ment, he received no reply.
In the evening of the sixth day, however,
as he was reluming home, he was slopped
in ihe Rue Si. Victor by a man. "Are yon
Francois Rene Poupillard V said he. "Yes "
'You are a shoemaker V Yes." "Twenty-!
wo years of narV ' -Evaetly." "Ami
have saved up 300f.1" "About lhat sum.''
'And you desiio to marry V "That would
give me Ihe greatest pleasure!" "Welh
then, M. Poupillard, here is something lo
teach you no: to propose lo my w ife !" Ami
so saying, the man begun to cudgel poor
Puupilla-id without mercy. The victim roar
ed for help, but the man continued In ply his
cudgel until Ihe guard arrived and nrresled
him. Yesterday Ihe man was taken before1
the Tribunal of Correctional Police to answer
for ihe assault. Poupillard told his pitiable
late, and demanded Ihe severe punishment
of the oggiessor. The Tribunal, however,
thinking lhat defendant had some excuse in
the fact of his wife having been insulted by
Ihe presentation of one of PuupillHrd's ptos-
pectuses, only condemned bun lo 25f fine.
THE EASTOI COXSPIIMTOIIS.
A ttial for conspiiacy lo extort money
fiom an old man, named Uieen, has been j':si
concluded al Easton, Northampton county,
and Ihe parties have been convicted. The
case is an infamous one. Il was proved tba.
the defendants, Lucbenotir, Field, Dech and
Slevensun, look advantage of a weakness old
Mr. Gieen had lor the suffer sex, to intro
duce, him to a woman of bad character, and
then worked upon his fears to induce him lo
pay large sums ol money to avoid exposure.
The cuurl, on (he 12th iust., sentenced the
parties as follows :
Daniel Lachenour lo pay a fine of S2500.
and lo undergo an impiUuuiueul of Ihieo j
months in the county jail.
Dr. C. C. Field to pay a fine of $2000 and
undergo an imprisonment of one year in the
Eastern Peiiileutiary.
Anion S. Dech lo pay a fine of $1000 and
lo undergo an inipiisunnieul ul one year in
the Eastern Peuelentiary.
iMeveuson, who plead guilty, was sentenced
lo pay a flue ol SI, and to uudetgu an lm-
piisuumeul of one year al haid'labur in the
Eastern Peiiileutiary.
After ihe senleices had been piotiouuced,
Aaron S. Dech, oue of the convicts, asked
permission to say a few woids, which was
grunted him by the Court. Ho then aiusu
and saiJ with much earnestness, "I am an
innocent man, so help mo God ."' Sleveusoii
termed mure composed than any ol the oili
er prisoners. Thus has ended this extraor
dinary mat, which has lasted a number uf
week, and caused a deep leeliug in this
cuuiiiiuiiliy. All Ihe citizens ol E.ialuu are
talitlied wilh Ihe verdicl and sentences, and
seem to Ihiuk that nu mote than justice has
been duuu.
" , , ,
Diutii i.om Rora Jixtrixc A b..;lit
and interesting hille g.rl, about eight yean
uf age, died on Monday last m the vdlage uf
Newark, from convulsions, bruught on by
-- - -
was compe.mg si, are.... , "
school companions, tu this exe.i'iae, w I...
oi . . . .. a. I I
weie endeavoring to outdo each other in rie
du.ai.ee. hh. jumped (our h lied ll.ne.
in succetaion, and until entirely oveicm.
by Ihe long cu. ed exe.t.o,,. The rh.ld
... lakeu home l,,.,,.,ble, bul the .....Ve. '
menl ol the muscles ol the limbs, in jump. !
lug, coi.lll.ued without cesaalii... lu.iy rlbl;
hours, until the to lie l er Wat rleas..,l , in,,
Ihe paiulul exe.eiae by deaih i'o4. Dim.
Wu rtsrtatnuat , r llivtk -The
(.of eieoi-tieueiat uf Cube i p.vpa.iiig lu
delend hi.oaelf agaia.! the combine. I luuvs
ol Ike tillibusle.a and I'.vule iau..ci'ltojisis,
A teller I'u.U lUtana ) ;
"Ue aM.lUry tu.i.pa.uva b ba sent
lo Lu t'a.ils, and yunt be been nounied
m the ililli.l iiiiluiiuut siuu.id lUveue,
aud ibe li.oet.iut baa al Ul deet.lej
" t'H)4 bU tt TUee Kuwpt aie lu be
e.fieeied by whiles, and th h"(.mi ae iu
be Itbilea alto iVae te.Koeola aie II
tuitie doiaj P..ne (mi, whth, wuh lie 4it q
bUh iiuup, tsiiluita) the iuiv be. ie
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OLD SERIES, VOL. 14, KQ
'5.
aft '
RlStADt HO HJ Bt, Tl
life: t;i.t MAT IS
of Tt;nKrv.
The last accounts from ihe banks of tho
Uitiube desoibe the R.ian ,mv j,,
D.brudscU aafTe,i,,g considers , i m
sickness. Entire companies wuie daily ear.
ned ufTby dysentery, and the mortality w,
o great in several newly arriveil teg menia
thai they were ordered lo recrnss the Danube:
A medical journal gives some l uiiousile.
lails on the los.es sustained by ihe Russian
army in (he campaigns of 112S and 1829
against Tutkey. Out of ihe 115,00(1 Ruiai,s,
who at thai time crossed the Pruth, only
fiom 10 000 lo I5:00U ietuine.1 to Iheirconn
Uy, the remainder having fallen, not on fielda
e battle, but in the hospitals, from inteimil
tent fevers, d)eiilHry and plague. Scarcely
had tho Russian soldiers in 1828, entered
Bulgaria, where tho temperature between
Ihe day aud night varies as much 16 degrees,
and where the dews fall like fine and
searching rain, than their health began to
sutler, they were attacked with a contagious
fever, which the most rigid precaution could
not check. In less than one year ihe number
of patients in the hospitals and field hospi:ala
reached to 210,108, in consequence of many
having been attacked more than once with
tho same disease. Many of those who re
covered from Ihe fever were afterwards car
ried off by scurvy, which reigned among.1
the troops to a frightful extent. During tha
march of the army on Adrianopte tho sol
diers were suddenly attacked with violent
fevers, prostration of strength and delirium,
which cairied them off in a few days . At
Adriatioplo more than a fourth port of the
disposable forces were ill. The plague car
ried off all ihe medical men, and out of 6000
men w ho were in ihe hospital 5200 died.
This mortality, il honl.l besnid, was chiefly
due In ihe infamous net-led of Ihe soldieie
by tin ir government and their officers.
Nicholas i.said to have shed tears when he
learned how horribly ihe '.roups has suffered
at A.ltianople. ,
THE DF.AD OF THE siinsnMrpi. '
Sarah E Saymoie, of Keyport, Ky., and of
the passengers on board the Unfortunate boat
John L Avery, thus closes an interesting let
ter descriptive of the scenes on board tho
sinking vessel : .
To indulge in anticipation nf thnt harmony
of inteiest, whii-h must eventually emanci
pate the w in hi from ihe thraldom of niam
'iion, may we not suppose that when tho
earth shall again have Undergone one nf those
changes, designed lo fit it for ihe abode of
beings more tj pical of ihe D.viue nalnrej
when iu proeesa of general fertilization, ihe
mountains shall be sunk, and rolled over by
ihe ocean, whose ptesent depths, with all
theii treasures, shall be thrown np and ex
p'ored as historical leminiscences; while tha
Rocky Mountains and the Allegbunies, in
iheir turn, sunk into channels fur miuhly
siieams of water, and the bed of the Missis
sippi be elevated, forming a track over bills
and dales, thai then will open lo Ihe natu
ralist and ihe geologist, a vein uf cm ions and
donb'.lul inquiry t Ii is natural , to man,
whenever he finds a vestige uf ihe human
form, to associate w ilh ihe relic some i-iea of
religious worship; hi ii will inn two ihoiisand
miles ol ihe iianow p.. i h uf the Mississippi,
which is now bi ina rapidly paved wilh hu
man bones," and cm-is, nod oihei evidences uf
intelligent being having n Imbued ihe earth,
j , , mju, 0, ,,. t.uWmpUuv9t
lengthened pilgiimage, w here life sacrificed
in ihe haidsbips ol Ihe way, waa supposed lo
be a passport to immurlul bliss 1 And will
not the track be follow ed, wiih nil the world
intent upon the tetoll, expecting ihe labor lo
be crowned with a discovery of ihe ruined
temple ol ihe Juggernaut of their idolatrous
worships. -
Surely an order of beit.gs, advanced bul a
grade beyoud ourselvea heavenward, wil'
never, without other record than is to be
lound in ihe strata ol the earth, be able lo
siuinisa thut one-half the present woild baa
bt-en saciiiked lo tha recklessness of compe
in ion.
A IUsn.su in Taoism. A few t!ya
since, a lawyer iu this cily was sealed in hi
office, busily employed in aludying out a plea,
j w hen Ihe door opened, and a young, stout
i ""' uf E,i" t",t"eJ """fled t' hat, aud said
,ie , t,.ifoJ , tk n
hon.ir." The lawyer bade bim sit down
j imvli,ei, Uti
j .-Shine," ,d ... j.-
, ,.nin ,ny wf no uiu-ly." The lawyer a.ked
w httl wa .he double bul Pal .eemed loth
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" P"'"l""" of the ilea...
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ue in-line u iLke lulu...,,, Lie would.
V.-il.e..l thai be ittuW du uuihii.V fu bun,'
wuhoiil ki.oali. ihe 1st it u( ihe raae.w
' We. I, if q,u.l, ,M...i,'' irplj ,h u
b...di .Stli,ri l,l,UJurUui Hot
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h.dl) i.i...,, Lu.hu.k. ..iu.enily lo
t..foi.il Ihe ll.U-it.Uu lhal l he 4 twtly u(
luuch tu, b a eae at but, a..d f.i l. ( ak 4
vouuleuenve -ni'Me u( aouuM w ,,,.,,,1,
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