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' , - Also, an assortment of Ready-Made Clothing a!l descrMien. B.HU and Hhots, J7ats and apa. HALT FISH. Ac, and a variety of her articles such as are suitable to the trade, I of which will be sold at the lowest prices. Cy Country produce taken in exchange at e highest market prices. Lower Augusta twp., October 10, 1857. tf. PITEU WIIEEli OnEASE. ill IS Grease rs recoinincnded to the notice of Warners. Livery Stable keepers, &c., s ni; KitpEHioM to an v thin; of the kind ever in-lnci-d. As it does not B'"n upon the axles . nuirh m.ire durable, and is not affected by .v-at1,i.r r..miiiinor the some in aummer f vin'er. and put up in tin canisters at 37 ami rents. f..r sale by A. W. FISHER, larch H. I "57. . 3VIXJSIO 1 MTJSIOl R. O. KIMBALL, late of Elmira, haing become a resident of Punbury, respectfully ms the citizens and others, that he intends rm aSincinB Class, holh secular and .acrrd will iinpnrt instruction to all who may desire are themselves uoiier his charge. . n Mrs. O. Kimball is prepared to give ecltous to a few more pupils on the Piano mbury, September 19, 1857. tf v Philadelphia Dry Goods!! SHARPLESS BROTHERS, ht Towssikb Sh.bh.ess & Sow, ,VE removed to their new atore, N. W. orner of Chesnnt and 8th Streets, and opened their n.nal full assortment of An and Winter DRY GOODS, which they it very low prices. Their stock includes s. Black and Fancy Bilks, Merino's and ither Dress Goods, Men's and Boy's Wear. Blankets, Housekeeping Coo Is. and Goads for 'Friends Wear." 44, 1857. 6m2c jtjuy steam flqtjrihg mill J suhsrril erH respectfully announce to the blic, that their new Steam Flouring Mill place, has been completed. and will go rttion on Monday tha 3 1st day of Au tt. ni engaired a competent and careful they trust they will he able, with all the improvements adopted in their mill, to ire satisfaction to all who may favor them irr.stnm. TIER. FIXEHART & TIARRISOX. try, August 29, 1857-tf . :L3E3.T E'JLSOIT, SvrcEi.oa to AMPBRwt. Ai CO., AfkD L. C. 1VC, (Formerly No. IB Xorlh Whanres.) RIV PROOrCE. FRUIT ANDVE LES. No. 4 North Wharves, 4th door trert, Philadelphia. Apptes, . Pried Fruits , Butter, Onion, Mercer Pototoes, Cheese Tomatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Beans, . Pearhcs, Cranberries E?gs, &c. for Shipping put up with car and dis- TODS sold en commission for Farmers rs. St. 1857. ) and $15 Single end Double, saded Empire Family Sewing Machines. F.NCY for the aale of these 8ewing inoa can be secured on liberal terms for y of Northumberland. No one aeed lout capital sulftcieutto conduct the r. perly and who cannot bring reter. reliability and capacity. A personal will be oeceasary. uliar adaptation of these Machines for a of family Bowing, will, where ever lered for sale command a ready and email. I. JOHNSON S, G ODLL, er of 6th and Arch St., Philadel'a. 5. 1857. If UeeJa. M ortgages. Bonds, Wansnls mants. CommitmeuU, eummoos,tu x itioua. Justit'es' and Coustables it-, Ac.can be had by epplyiog at ".8 of yaiioua kinds, lobsters, Par. k... A a., iu.t receivi d and for aale fc ture or Aa&roe t A, W.rWHER., LOVE'S SEASONS AND REASONS. . t love my love In spring time, f ' . For beauty fresh aa May, ' For cheeks like early rosea, . - : - For eyes aa bright as day .. . . For breath like balm of lillies, r ;" For smiles like sunrise clear ; . t ' I love my love in spring time, . And love her all the year. I love my love in aummer, For promise warm and true, " For truthlike noomlty throwing A light on old and new ; . ' For wealth of bloom and freshness, And ahady comfort near I love my love in summer, - , -. jlud love her all the year. . . I love my love in autumn, For fruit of gentle deeds. For wisdom to he garnered. To serve our future needs ; ; Por virtues ripening ever, Like hsrvests full in ear, I love my love in autumn, - ' And love her all the year. . 1 love my love in winter, . - Fur charities untold , . . For warmth of household welcome, For looks that thaw the cold ; For harmless mirth and pastime, A rich as Christmas cheer ; I love my love in winter. .. And love her all the year. ' (From tha New York Evening Post.) ' THE PRIVATE LIFE OF AARON BURR. ' CONCLCStOX. Texas wag then beginning to attract the tide or emigration which, few year later, act to Btrutigly thither, liurr bad olwaya tukeo a great interest in that couutry. I'er Bons with whom he had beeo variously cou nected io life had a aubeuio oo foot lor set tling a large colony of Uermaos oo a tract of land io Tezug. A brig hud bueo chartered, and the project wai io a slate of forwardness, when the possession of a sum of tnouey enabled liurr to buy shares io the enterprise. The greater part of the money which bo had brought from llurllord was invested in this way.: It proved a total loss. The, time had nut yet couiu for emigration to. Texas. The Geruiang became diacuaraged aod separated, und, to complete the failure or the ichenie, the title of the lands io the confusion of the times, proved defective. M eaotitne, madame, who was a remarkable thrifty woman, with a talent for the management of property, won dered that her husband made no illusion to the subject of the iuvestaient ; for the Texas speculation" bad not been mentioned to her. She caused him to be questioned on the sub ject. -- He bogged to intimate to the -lady's messenger that it was no affair of tier's and requested her to remind the lady that she now bad a husband to manage her affairs, and one who would manage tbeot. Coolue8s between the husband aod wife was the result of this colloquy . Then came tho remonstrance. Then unstruugemeut. Uii rr got iuto the babit of remaining at his o dice in the city. Then, partial reconcilia tion. Full of schemes and speculations to the last, without retaining any of big ability to operate successfully, he lost more money, and more, and more. The patience of the lady wag exhausted. She filed a complaint accusiug him of infidelity, and praying that bo might bnve no more control or authority over her affairs. The accusation is not known to have beeo groundless ; nor indeed, at the time was it seriously believed. It was used merely as the most cooveuient legal mode of depriving btin of control over ber property. At first, lie aoswered the complaint vigorous ly, but afterward, he allowed it to go by default and proceedings were carried uu fur ther. A few short weeks of happiness, fol lowed by a few months of alternate enstrange. ment and reconciliation, aud this onion, that begun not injospicioosly, wag, in effect, though never in Jaw, dissolved. What is strangest of all is, that tbe lady, though she never saw ber busbaod daring the lust two years of ber lifo, cherished no ill-will toward Iiim, and shed tears over bis death. To this hour, Madame Juinel thinks and speaks of him io kindness, attributing what was wrong or unwise in bis conduct to tbe infiroiitieg of age. TtIK BCBB AKD HAMILTON DUEL. Tbe Question baa been frequently been rai sed whether upon the principles, if such they may De caiieu, or toe -coue oi noour," liurr was justified In calling Hamilton to tbe field. and tbe conduct of Hamilton in the affair has commanded the general approval of tbe most sensible and generous men. A etndid view of the correspondence wbicb preceded tbe duel eutirely confirms this gen. eral verdict. Io tbe course of the exciting nolitical contest between Colonel Burr and Morgan Lewi , Dr. Charles D. 1 Oirer, one of Burr's political opponents, in a letter to friend, after stating tbe unfavorable) light io which Hamilton ana Judge Kent regarded Uurr's political character, added : "I could detail to you a still more degj icobla opinion wbicb General Hamilton hag expressed of Mr. lturr." Tbis letter uorr sent to Jlamil- too with tbe passage above quoted marked aod demanded an explanation. Wag Hamil ton bound to give it! It will be observed that what Uamiltoo's expression was upon wbicb Dr. Cooper bases bis statement is not given, nor Is tbe time when it was uttered, or tne circumstances which called it forth stated. For aught that appears, it may have been a statement to which neither liurr himself, nor men of honor in general, ought or would have taken any ex ceptin i and the time of making it and tbe attending circumstances might have entirely relieved it of any offensive character wbicn would otherwise bave belonged to it. If Hamilton was bound to answer such ao inquiry Irom Uurr, men, according to tbe "code of honor," a man is required to abstain uot only rroro saying anything, in Tact, dero gatory to the honor of another, but also from saving anything in tht opinion of a third per son is thus derogatory. Nay more, be is bound, when called npoo, withoot any speci fication of time, place or circumstance, to ransack the chambers of his memory, to give himself p searching examination, aud declare whether, at any tune or oa any occasion, he was ajioweij ar. expressloo to escape niui which a particular individual would esteem derogatory to a man's honor. Certainly, it requires but a moment's reflection to see that tne demsna made tj uutt wag utterly oujus titlable. To tbe "code of honor" we are bitterly op posed. The thinf itself is wretchedly wrong, bnt waiving thia fundamental objection, we have gome respect for tbe details of tbe sys tem, r It is not the mass of absurdities which it is so often declared to be. Gentlemen and scholars and soldiers have had band in fraaiing it, and its rules are f erv idedwith the spirit of justice and good sense and sound logic. ! It scorn I to interfere with the freedom of thought, or with tbe jnst freedom of action. Its aim is to protect the reputation of men. It permits one man to entertain just such an opinion of another as pleases hiru, and to con duct himself In accordance with such opinion, for this does not impair a man's reputation ; nof does it seek to invade the circle of inti mate friends. What is there uttered belongs there ; and while kept there cannot barm the general ffood nome of a man. Hamilton, in order to bave answered Burr's demand satisfactorily, would have been obli ged to declare that be did not remember that an expression had escaped him at any time, or any occasion whatever, which would have justified tbe statement of Dr. Cooper a tri bute of admiration which tbe "code of honor" will hardly permit a mao to extort from his bitterest enemy. And yet this was the alter native wbicb liurr thrust npoo his adversary either to bestow upon him an acknowledg ment which a man reserves for those whom he admire? and loves, or to follow bim to the Geld. If such were the requirements of tbe "code, of boner" it never could bave enlisted, as it has, tbe sopport ef brave or sensible men. . . ' Tbe truth is it is a system wJiich addresses itself only to those who believe in it, and it requires nothing which a man of lienor who believes in it should be unwilling to grant. It commands men to retain in their' own breasts such opiuioos as impeach the honor of others, aud the penalty for the revelation or tbis precept is the customary satisfaction to tbe injured party. If a man makes an as sertion impeaching the honor of another, it is either true or false j if false, be onght at once to retract; if true, be ought uover to have nttered it without being willing to stand by it to the last extremity. Oo this system liurr wss not ininred by the statement of Dr. Cooper. It did not re quire bim to take an affirmative step. II cuuld, and a generous enemy would bave said: "1 he opiuion of Dr. Cooper is nothing to me; when the language of Colonel Hamilton is brought to my notice, it will bo time for me to cuusider whether my honor is attacked." It appeared that liurr bad no justifiable cause lor making his demaod upon Hamilton, the presumption ut once arises tbut he was arged on by an improper motive ; tbut be was beut upon forcing his a jvi-rsary into a conflict. The atteudiug circumstances justify tbis pre sumptiou. - The occasion selected was the close of a political coulest, in which Burr bad sustained a most mortifying deleat, tnaioly through the efforts ol'.bis rival. Tbe obnoxious expres sion was once made in the course of that contest.- Every concession which Hamilton could in decency make was made by him. Ho Mated to liurr tbe utter unreasonableness of bis demaud with a mildness and yet force which liurr must have felt, and yet nothing would satisfy the latter short of the exact measure of satisfaction he had demanded, and wbicb be knew would have degraded Hamil ton to give. ' All these circumstances show that it was the purpose of Burr, produced by hostility of feeling aud mortification, to leave to hisadvisary no choice but degradation or a conflict. Our author gives Burr's stslement of the affair, which carries with it the impression that Hamilton was afraid to meet him. There was one remarkable occasion on which he spoke of the duel seriously and elo qaently. It was when, for tbe ouly time in his life, be revisited the ground where it was fought. He went there to oblige a young frieud, wbo wished to see a spot so famous. Leaving their boat at tbe heights of tbe Wee huwken, just where Burr bad left bis boat oo that fatal morning a quarter of a century be fore, they climbed over tbe same rocks, and soon reached tbe gronud. Except that the rocks were covered with names, aud that tbe ground was more overgtown with trees, und tbe place bad uot changed iu all those years, nor bas it yet. It has changed owners, how. ever, and belonged to a sou or xturus King, liurr s colleagbe in tbe benate and Hamil ton s friend in the lobby. Ju tbe boat liurr had been somewhat thoughtful aud silent, but seemed to enjoy the bright duy and pleasaut shores, as be always enjoyed bright and plea sant things. On reaching the scene, he pla ced bis companion on the spot where Hamil ton bad stood, and proceeded to narrate tbe incidents of the occasion. Tbe conversation lorhed to the cause of tbe duel. As he talked tbe old fire seemed to be rekindled within biui ; big eye blazed ; big voice rose. He counted the long cata logue of wiougg be had received from llainil lou, and told bow ho bad foreborne, aud fore borue. and forgiven and forgiven, aud even stopped to remonstrate, until be bad no choice excepv 10 biiuk oui oi aigui wreicu oegra- ded aod despised, or meet lue caiumnuia or ou the field aud silence bim. lie dwelt much on tbe meanness of Hamilton. He charged hitu with being malevolent and cowardly a man wbo would slauder a rival, aud not stand to it unless be was cornered '"When be stood up to fire," said liurr, "be caught my eye, and quailed under it; he looked tike convicted feluo." It was not true, be contin- ued, that Hamilton did not fire at him ; Hamilton fired first; be heard tbe ball whis tle ajnoug the branches, aud saw tbe severed twig above big bead. II spoke spoke of wbat Hamilton wrote on lue evening before tne duel with infinite contempt. "It reads," said he, like tbe confession of a reutteot 'niouk." These isolated expressions, my iniormaut says, convey no idea whatever of the fiery imnressiveness with which be spoke' He just ified all be bad doue ; nay appluuded it. lie wag moved to tne ueoins oi ins boui : the pent-up feelings of twenty five years burst into speecu. Uis companion woo nati auown him iutimatelv tneuy years, and bad never seen him roused before, was almost awe-struck at this strange outburst of emotion, and tbe startling force of many of bis expressions. Undoubtedly u amnion wout to me uem unwillingly, but not from fear. It was his disgust for tbe wretched " code" which he felt bound to obey system aoicu pieceo Vbscality and Integrity upon tbe game footing aud made it obligatory upon an aooeev ana userul man to aOord a knave an opportunity to vindicate bis character by standing up as a mark for biui to shoot at a system which called a poo him to forget a thousand hopes ana a tuousaud obligations at the aumnioug of a Stan whom be despised,, aod to engage io a counicv wuicn uiigbi prove destructive to everything be held dear, aud wbicb would bave no lendeucy to settle or adjust tbe dif- reieoce io wuice u baa us origin. s taiga's tx uu akd aguoioi's coitrgMioa, "Io the spring of 1836 it was apparent to those about him that bis strength was rapid ly diminishing, and that a veiy few mouths or wests would terminate big mortal rsr. . Me knew it b'mse'f and Sjv.ike of it without reverse. He wos iton I ban resigned; at ,;mes he see mod iiliilv iupvient for closing scene. While thus waiting for death, he never seemed to look forward, curious to penetrate tho vul. Itebiud winch he n soon to pasg. ' II is mind wandered barhranl to the remote past. From a lung dug nf some honrs riorutinn, he would awako to .ponk nf pcntilH at Princeton, whom lie had knon St eolleirr-, of r..l(in-..t(li. r ip the IP. volutionary war, of Theorlosia and ber boy. He talked sometimes or the lii'grHtihy whtcli ho knew was to lit. p,iliihel n!ler hi; death. ,ind appeared to beny,inns that, at lat. hie -nnnlrvmop should kr.nw him ns h wn., H was most concerned that his military ca reer shou hi be fully aud truly related. "If they per.i.t in sMvinir '"' 1 a Imd ninn.' he said, 'they shall at least Admit that I was a good soldier. If" wisbrl In be t lump lit brave. In speaking- of his own death he would say, A brave man never fears death nr. 'Death is terrible only to cowards, ' on Death has no terrors for me.' "In the early part of June, when tho weather grew snrioVntv warm, hp was .oppos ed for some days to he sinking. Dr. Ilrsnck, who attended him, thought that a few days, perhaps a few hours, were all that he had to live. Mr Davis told him the doctor's opio ion, and, in view of his approaching death, asked him whether, in the expedition to the southwest, be had designed a separation of the Union. 'With gome impatience he re plied, "'No; I would as soon have thought of taking possession of tbe moon, and informing my friends thnt I intended to divido it amongst them I'" "He revived. It chanced that tha Jay Ilonse' was that summer to be pulled down, and it was necessary that be should be re moved. Lodgings were procured for him for the snmmer at Port Richmond, on Staten Island, in a small hotel that stood, and still stands, a few yards from the steamboat land ing. At parting with his kind hostess.be showed extreme sensibility. He was tender ly grateful to her for her unbounded goodness to bim, and expressed his gratitude in a thou sand quaint and delicate was, which can scarcely be described in words. 'What are yon,' be would ask, that yon should be so kind to the old man? and she would rpplv that sho was tbe little mooee that came to the help of the sick lion.' . He liked an apt reply of that kind : afterwards, he would often run his fin nor fondly through her au burn locks, and coll her his little monse. He was carried to the steamboat on a litter, ac- companied hy a few of his friends, among whom sho. of course, was one. She saw him safe into his apartment at Port Richmond, in which she had before placed the articles essential to his comfort, and then left him in charge of his nurse and the' man servant be fore mentioned, an aged and responsible man. Relatives of Colonel Burr lived near, who also visited him, and saw that bis wants were all supplied. 'Good-by, Colonel. said his friend, as she was leaving him for the niirht. 'Good-bv: I shall come and seo yon every day.' He took her band, end raising it between bis own in the manner 'of supplication, he said, in a tone nf mingled tenderness and fer venry never to be forgntton ; 'May God for ever, and ever, and for ever, bless you. my last, best frieud. When the honr comes, I will look out, in the better couotry, for one bright spot for yon be sore.' The sea air at first benefitted him preatlv? and he even felt so much better as to talk of returning to the city and continuing his law business. His Mends dissuaded bim. He went so far as to set on font a smull intrigue with some oyslermen, with the rlosien of get ting them to row bim back to the city. Tbe price was agreed upon, and the tiino appoin ted, when tbe plot was discovered by his friends, and defeated bye counter plot .'They invited him to ride, As the time approached when tbe oysletmeu were to meet bim, be ex hibited signs of uneasiness, and proposed, at last, that they a ould turn bock. '"by. Colonel.' said one of them, vk started, yon know, for Richmond, and I though you were a muo who always carried turoiigu snui yoo undertook.;.. ' 'Drive on' was Lis quick reply ; and thus bis little plot wus detected.'" "As tbe rummer advanced his strength declined. The loit week of his lire were t-heeredby the frequent visits of the Rev. )r. r. J. Vaupelt, (he estimable Reformed Church clergyman of the neighborhood, who as luvuep. io sllend lnni by Judge Ugden Edwards, a relative and active friend of Colouel Burr's. Burr accepted his visits and services with thankful courtesy, without -nuking any compromise of his own opiuiuns. "l was uniluraily received by bun, writes Dr. Vanpelt, "with bis accustomed politeness and urbanity of manner. The time speut with bim at each interview which wag au hour, more or less was chiefly employed in religions conversations, udnpted to his decli ning health, his feeble state of body, and his advanced age, concluding by prayer to Al mighty God for the exercise ef his great mercy, the influence of bis Holy Spirit aud divine blessing. Iu all which lie appeared to take an interest and be plea?ed, and par ticularly would tbank me for the prayers I offered up in his behalf, for my kind offices, aod tbe interest 1 took in bis spiritual wel- are, saying it gave biui great pleasure to see me aud bear my voice. Aod when I re minded biui of tbe advantages ho bad enjoyed, of bis honored and pious ancestry, viz : big father a minister of the Gospel, and Presi dent of tbe College at Princeton, New Jersey, aud his mother a descendant of tbe learned and celebrated divine, Jouuthan Edwards; and that doubtless many prayers hsd gone up to ueaveu irom the Dearls ol his parents lor bis well-being and happiness, it seemed to affect him. Aud wben I asked bim to bis views of the holy Scriptures, be responded 'They are tbe must perfect system of truth tbe world has ever seen." Ho that, judging from his own .declaration and behaviour to me, as his spiritual adviser, ha was not an atheist nor deist.-- "I did not ad-niuister tbe Holy Sacrament to him, nor did be suggest or request uie to doiL . .; "In regard to other topics, io tbe course oi repeated conversation, he remarked he was near General Montgomery when he fell at Qoubee i and that notwithstanding, that disaster if tbe army had pushed on they would have succeeded, ' Jo reference to tbe affair and death of General Hamilton but little was said, lie iulimated, however that he vrgs provoked to that eucouoler. . "At my last interview with bim, about twelve o'clock at oseo, tbe day be departed thia life, I found, bim, aa usual, pleased to see me tranquil ia mind, aud cot disturbed by bodily pain. - 'Unserving a paleness and Change Io bis counteuaoce aod big pulse tremulous fruiter ing, and erratic, i asked him how be felt ' lie replied, not go well s shea 1 saw him lst. 1 then said, 'Colonel, I do not wish to alarm yoo, Judging frota the state of your pulse ytror time with us is short.' He replied, 'I am aware of it.' It was then near one o'clock, r. m., and his mind and memory seemed per. feet. I snid to him, 'In this solemn hour of your apparent di-snlution, believing as you iio, i i 'h sacred Scriptures, your accountabili ty to God, let me ask yon how yon feel in view of at poaching eternity T whether you have pood hope, through grace, that all your sins will bm pardoned, and God will, in mercy, pardon you, for the ske of the merits and rigteousiiess of his beloved Son, our Lord Je. sua Christ, who in love suffered Tand died for ns the aiionizing, bitter death of the Cros, by whom alone we can hntM the only sure lope ofsalvutiont To which he said .with deep and evident emotion. 'On that subject I am coy ; by which I understand him to mean that ou a suhject ofsiuh magu.tuile enj momen- tons interest, touching tho assurance of his salvation, he felt coy, cautions (as the word denotes) to express himself io full confi dence. ' With this nsnnl cordial nssnrance and manifest desire we kneeled in prayer before ( the throne or heavenly grace imploring G sd's mercy and blessing. He turned in his bed, I and put himself iu an humble, devi tional pos ture, tn.l seemed deeply engaged in the re ligious service, thanking' me, as nsual, for tbe prayer made for hitn. "Calm and composed, I recenmmonded him to the mercy or God, and to tho word of His grace, with a last farewell. "Ths last audible word whispered hy the dying insn wag the one, of all others in tbe language, tho most fumilliar to his lips. A few minutes before he breathed his last, be lifted bis hand with difficulty to his spectacles and seemed to be trying to take them off. His attendant asked him if he wished them removed, lie nodded assent. Fixing his eyes (brilliant to tho last) npon the specta cles in his h ind, he faintly whispered evident ly meaning that they were to be given to madame, the friend of bis last years. He lay awhile softly breathing. At two o'clock in the afternoon, without a struggle or a sigh, as gently as on infant falls asleep, he ceased to live." tus KvsTEnors GRATE-STOKR. "As all in the life of Aaron Burr had some thing of strangeness and peculiarity, it is not surprising, perhaps, that a stone could not bo pluced over bis gruvo except in an extraor dinary manner, borne efforts were made and some money was subscribed, soon after his death, to procare a suitabln monument, bnt the project failed through tbe inattention of an agent. For nearly two years the spot where he lay was unmarked, wben one mor ning it wag discovered that a small very sub stantial and net inexpensive monument of granite and marble bad been placed during tbe night, over his remains. The cemetery at Princeton is situated in a somewhat thickly- inhubited lane, and is overloaded, in every part, by people living upon its borders. The principal gate is kept locked. No one io tbe town saw the monument erected, or kuew, or knows anything whatever respecting it. Nor was there any stone-cutter in tho vicinity competent to execute such a piece of work. i0 relative or Colonel burr, nor any one of my numerous iniornmntspxplain tbe mystery. "The person who did the pious deed is knowo however, and lives. Need I sav, that to a woman's libera! hsod Bnrr owes the stone Ihnt couimemoratos his name? In an inclo- sure of tbe cemetery, wherein lie tbe bouored remains or the early Presidents or tbe College of New Jersey Burr. Edwards. Davies. Witherspoon and others stands a; block of marble, bearing the following inscription t "AARON BL'RH ! . . Bora February Sth, 1750. Died Septeiuler Mill A C010KSL !f TUB ABMV OV TUK BSVOLVTIoil. vxa rsniDtXT or vua vhitui statu o 1601 to 1S05 Oue day in his office, a gentleman talked in the usual half-true munner of tbe evils of war. Burr reinurked, "Slander has slain more than the sword." To a friend who bad censured bim - for al lowing so many hundreds of injurious para, graphs to circulate without contradiction, he replied that he had formerly supposed that his character was strong enough to bear such petty assaults, and he had felt himself safe iu treating them with contempt. " But," he added, " 1 fear tbut I have committed a great error, tho men who kenw their f.ileity ure mostly dead, and tho generation who now -Te&d them, limy tuke them for truths, hein uucoii ruilicpted. 1 admit 1 have committed a capital error, but it I too l .to to repair it." Ou one occasion, during lijrr's old agn, when bis kind, hut low-epirited landlady bad met with uu utlliclic.tinii, she said to lnni O, Colonel, how thai I 1 gel through this". " Live through it, my dear." was his em phatic reply. titill complaining, she said, " This will kill me. Colonel, 1 know 1 cannot sur.ive this." Vell,"suid he, die then, Madame: We must all die ; but bless me, die game." This story suggests the ruling characteristic of the great conspirator. He comiiiitted.it is true, grave sins, but he never whined over tho penalty. He faced the consequences without flinching, and disdainod to apologize or express a contrition which he did not feel. Even during bis four years of pitiable exile in Europe, bis only regret in couieinpkttug bis poverty, arises from bis iuahility to see his daughter and ber little child, and to pur. curse tbe beautiful gifts which be desired to lavish upon tbemou bis return. Iu a word, Burr lived and dud es he advited bis old landlady to lue aud die Gamk. A Lawitkb Pozzlko, Tha Hartford, Conn. Courunt atat.a. that a few tiva aineo. in tha course of a suit then progressing in that city, a woman was teslifyiug io' behalf of ber sou, and swore that he bad worked on a farui ever siuce he was born. The lawyer wbo cross examiued ber said, " You assert that your sou bus worked on a farm evey since he wag born i" "1 do." "What did he do the fiist year?" " He miltd.M The lawyer evapo rated. . . Fionv bit wish Eaolks. Oo tbe 33 alt. Mr. Jones. Proprietor of the lower steaiu sawmill, Natchva, Miss., saw two very large eagles fighting furiously io the air. They goou afterwards fell iu the river, aud were run over by a steamboat, wbicb. pearly drowned Ilium. Mr.. Jones theu put off iu a skiff, and succeeded, after a sharp gtrugg'e, iu securing i hew both. , . Mail Mksskroers ArroixTED. At Myers town, Pa , Martiu H Giliett; at Stuuchbory Pa., Jonathan May berry, service twice daily except Sunday ; at Lebenon, Pa., John li. I'euu ; at Espy. Pa., Cyrus Burlou ; at Lime, Uidge, Pa., Andrew Walker; at Plymouth Pa... Christopher Garrahau, at Pulsion Ferry, Pa., 1. S. Roberts at Bbicksbinoy, Pa., Jobo McNoal. PasTTT FataThe Cleveland ( Ohio) Re gister saysi Whether Queen Victoria's red petticoats will become a fashion to Ame rica ia vet to be knowo. It is Certain, how ever, that tbe attempts of soma of ber male predecessors to iutroduce their raf reels ipta tots eonetry dd to, eaeeeea " -. VERSES Found anmigtt the Papers of a poor, !d. crazy Tailor, vho ditd at Leilh in 1736. AtTimsTic. Kate, my wife, 's away to Fife, To buy a ckle woo'; ' May she come back when snaW fa's lise' i An kye nae langer moo I Tor twenty years I've married been; - For twenty years an' two ; My marriage day when I think on Pin sy. inclined to spew. Let ithers speak o' wedlock'a joyt, Nae joys I ever knew Since I was j.in'd to her that's gone To buy a pickle woo. - A the eiller I possess Is thirteen pounds an' two, I'd give the hale sum ne'er again A certain face to view. I a tailor am by trade, . A day I ait and shoo ; My wife gangs daidlin out an' Iri, An' mony a nicht she's fou. My breakfast I've to mak my sol', For Kate, Its lazy boo, Ne'er leaves the blankets till the sua Is richt abune ber broo. The jaud's sequent wi' Captain Black; An' MaiMer Andrew Pugh; If e'er I interrupt their crack .. Guid causa 1 hae to rue. I'm sliov'd aboot, I'm knoekit oo!, . Like me there's surely few; Nae wonder that I wish I were A tiling that ne'er breath drew. . In truth, I'm in sae sad a state, Nae langer life I lo'e ; I wUh it were this nicht my fete To hid the world adieu. Oh! may she never mair return That's neither kind nor true ; Oh ! may she ne'er come back ihr.'.'s gar.a . To buy a picklo woo'. Enisscao, Dec S3, 1857. THE HF.NATK CON MITT UK' REPORT ON THE LtCO.MP10.si lOftSTITlil IO. Wasuiicotoh, Feb. 18. The report made to-day by Mr. Green, (Mo.) from the majori ty of the Heoate Committee on Territories, recites at lenath tbe events which bave oc curred in Kausas. It asserts that a majority or tho people may simply, as in ancient days, in mass-meeting, make a constitution, or they may elect representatives to draft one to be submitted to them for approval er rejection. I be lust method was most approved during the past few years, tuougn Formerly tbe sec ond method was generally resorted to. The call of the Convention in this esse was said to have been strictly legal, also tbe election of dulegates. Was it pot logical to infer that a Convention, legally called, legally elected, and clothed with authority to mako a Consti tntidb, can no more be Interfered with by a Governor, Judge or Legislature, eituer to in crease or diminish its power, or alter, modify or ntilify its acts, tbau tbe people could be interfered with, bad tney assembled en maue lustead or by representatives. Tbe bill reported by the Committee rocites that tbe people of Kansas bave framed for themselves a Constitution aud government republican in form, and tbe Convention held at Lecompton has, io their name and io their bflhlf, asked Congress to admit her as a State into the Union. Therefore it is decla red that Kansas be admitted into the Union oo an equal fooling with the original States iu all respects whatever. :lie put also pre scribes the boundaries, contains the usual re gulations relative to, and grants of public lands, as in the case of Minnesota, aud gives Kausas, for the present, one representative In tho House of Representatives. THR MIKOR1T? BF.r0R.TS. Mr. Douglas in his report, dissents from tbe views of the majority, for the reason, among others, that there is no satisfactory evi dence that the Constitution framed by the Lecompton Convention is the act and deed of tho people ol Kansas, or etnoodies meir viu. lie shows that the Convention was not cloth ed with competent power to establish a Coo stitotion, without tho assent of Coogress, which bad beeo expressly withheld iu this case. Ience the Convention only had such power as the Territoiial Legislature could rightfully confer, and no more, which was to form a Constitution and send it to Congress, as a memorial for admission, which could be accepted or rejected, according as it embo died tbe popular will ; that all the proceed ings of the Convention should bave been held in gtrict obedience to tho authority of the Territorial Goverument, while, in fast, it wag declared to be in force and tnke effect io de fiance of the authority of tbe Territorial Gov ernment, as well as without the cor.seot of Congress ;. that the only lawfat election held on the adoption of the Constitution was that oo tbe 4th of January last, wbicb was in obe. dienco to tho law passed by the Territorial Legislature, established by Congress, with full legislative ower on alLrightlul subjects within tbe Territory. . Messrs. Collamer and Wade, ie submitting their views, say that the territorial govern ment of Kansas never organised as provided in the orgauic aot, that is by its own people, but was usurped by a foreign force, conquer ed and subdued by arms, and the mioority in stalled io power, which haa ever siuce been sostaiued by the Federal goverument. instead of buing examined and corrected. Tbis was dene to establish and perpetuate slavery, acd the Lecosptou Constitution is tbe result of these proceedings and coutra.y to the will of the great majority of tbe people, legally ex pressed ; aod for Congress to consumate this protracted atrocity, aud especially for such a purpose, is a violation of tbe fundamental priocipleg of republican govornraeut, and cao produce oo permanent peace or satisfaction to tho people of the Territory. Io the lata Territoriaf election they bave reclaimed thulr rights, aud that Territorial Goverument is now moving peaceably in its legitimate sphere of promised freedom. Tbe Lecompton Con stitution and ils adoption weraeoucocted and exie-led to supercede tbe trrttapb of justice. To admit it by Congregt Is hut to give suc cess to fraud and eueouragement to iniquity, and to turn over that people, not to an election fairly and legally conducted, but to such State officers and legislators aa Gen. Calhoun shall hereaft r proclaim, and 00 such a contingency as be ghall determine; and big long, mysterious abd iuexcusable indecision aud reserve but encourage expectations io both parties, ae of wbicb ii certainly deooj. d to disapfeietiaetv, : ? Toa Portraits of Washingtoh Rem. braudt Pcale, the venerable painter, ro.id a ptper last evening heforn tb llkton....! Society on the Portraits of Wsshington. Ileexhil jled a copy of a portrait or V ueli itigton painted by bis father when Washing, tun was bnt 41 yeurs old the first portrait for which he ever sal. The old man subee. qnently painted three miniatures at different times, and several wbole-lengthsjand busts, Washington was silting for one of these mioiuturcs when ho received the bews of the surrenderor liurgnyne. He himself remem bered seeing him often in Philadelphia, and oftentimes after be had met him once he would run around a square to meet him again. Washington would say 'to him sometimes. "How is your good father T" To Houiioo's cssi oi nis lieud, a protection of tho chin and an elevation or the head gave a theatrical air. Mr. Peald exhibited a colossal mono chrome of a profile which be bad corrected from lloudott, and WbL-b certainly expressed Something grander than, the portraits. Of tbe portiaits by his fHther Lb thought tbe eyes and noso were too small. In the portrait painted by Mr. Pine tbe bead was evidently loo small. Mr. Peale had the opportunity of watching Washington when sitting to bis father to liSo. In 1795 Washington sat to him and big father at tbe game time. On the day that he tat to Stuart a set of clumsily carved ivory teeth bad bectl fitted into hig mouth, which were Ultimately reiertfrt. and Mdirt said he found him the melt difficult man be had ever attempted to engage in con versation. .Washington was sitting to him about the same time, but he sat with hig old teeth a set now in possession of Mr. Harris, of Baltimore. While be was sitting gome forged letters were published which were afte-id to have been taken flora a run away slave "of his. TheRe had been goingr the round for two or three days; nobody daring to ask bim about them. To Mr. I eale s consternation bis uncle asked Wash ington about it while be was silting to him, in this abrupt way : "General, did yon write those letters? For a few seconds Washington was silent. which Mr. Peale interpreted as a just rebuke to bis node's rudeness. At last he said : "I never lost any letters. No servant of mine ever ran away from me :" and then ha changed the subject. In two hours tbis wss known all over the city, and tbe story settled forever. . Mr. Peale then gave an account ef tbe portrait which be subsequently painted, and which he thought approached more nearly to the origiaul tnao any bther, concluding by exhibiting it. He was frequently interrupted by. applause, and was invited to re-read bis paper, which he will do to-morrow evening. iV. Y, Tribune, 2Zd ult. , Am Incident at Washington. Tbe 'Wash, ington correspondent of the Boston Post, writes the following amusing apple feat i I Cannot help telling you a little incident of Secretary Toucey's reception. One of the guests, a gentleman, having a larly on his arm, took from tbe table a large, fine apple, probably for the little Ones at home, and hig coat gleeveg being large, he secreted it in tbe sleeve or bis right arm. Cmortunateiy be forgot tbe circumstance jUst at the very moment he should not, for io making bis retiring bow be gave a nourish of his arm and pitched the apple almost in the secrete ry's face 1 It bonnded aod rolled awny till it lodged nnder some lady's crinoline, while tbe poor gentleman looked as much mortified and astonished as if be had accidentally fired a bomb shell in the parlor." Tbis incident was too ludicrous for gravity, and even tbe grave and dignified secretary was forced into broad smile, which expanded into a grin all around tbe parlor. Some wag scrambled to get tbe apple, aud restored il to the dis comfited gentleman, who then incontinently took lumeuir oil. Qt'iTR a Mistakk. The Schenectady Re flector is reponsible for the following : "CJuite a mistake lately occurred in a lore affair near near Duanesburgh. A couple of young ones agreed to elope together, bnt by some mistake in the preliminary arrange ments, the gentleman put bis ladder np to the window of the room next to tho one ia which his sweetheart slept, and which proved to be that in which her anxious mamma, a handsome widow, reposed. She turned Ilia mistake to her own advantage ; got into hig arms returned his affectionate embraces ; was borne by him to the carriage, nnd by preserving silence until daylight, kept him blind to his error, and by the potent power of her blandishments, actually charmed him into matrimony with herrelf. We give these facts on tbe authority of a respectable cor respondent." AModki. Firm. It is said that Messrs. Gales & Soaton, of tho National JuteUitenccr Washington, D. C, partners for forty-five years in the publishing business, never had A difference of opinion on political questions, and never a jar or misunderstAndir.g of any sort. They have never known a division of ipterest ; from their common coffer each has always drawn whatever be chose; and for mere than thirty years past, there bas never beeo a settlement of accounts between them. A Novel Pabtt Dasss. At a "Fancy Dresg Par'y,"in HartforJ, Conneccnt, ths past week oue lady appeared in a dress orna mented with hundreds of little bells, not much bigger than raia drops affording mn sic ol the fairy kind in the dance. In some of the Eastern countries dancing women weaf bells o i their ankles wbicb tinkle in t me with the music of the dance, aud perhaps, this cus tom suggested the more cocspicous display of this musicial ornament. What ttvn GnnorATi!gs TUoconT or Iloopg The New England C'euranr Ben jamin Jr rankliug g newspaper iu n.u -ou tained the following advertisement : "Just Publitktd and Sold by the Printtr h'nof. ,Hooped-Petticoats Arraigned and Con demued by the Light of Nature sal Law cf God. Price 3J." Mas. Major Bi.iss We ootid thai Mrs. Bili-s, widow of tbe late Major Bliss, U. S. Arm, aed daughter of Gen. Taylor, tbe x President, was married on the lllh inst., to lb lip P. Uandndge, t-sq., oi irgiuia. The mairia-e took place at New Orleans. Rarnci. hag beauealbed to Napoleon III her beautiful marble bust or the First Consul, acd her own bust to Priace Napoleon, who, it is stated io private circles, has legally re Coznized one ef ber sous. An exchange notice! the marriage of Misg Angelina Braham. daughter of tbe grel vtt. celist, and adds "We cougratulate the bride groom upob his privilege of reposiag even to earth upon A, Brabant's tosom. T c,.u. Pn.taira stsOIPS. wbicb re so exUnsively osed throughout the worLj were taveotw ey a "
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