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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Business attended U in the Countiei of Nor
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IsTETW STORE.
ELIAS EMEItlCII,
ESPBOTFCLLY informs the cituchs of
V of Lower Augusta township and the pub
lie ge-.crallv. that he has purchased the Store
lately kept bv Isaac Mart, in Lower Augusta
township near Emrrich'a Tavern, and haa juat
fipenc.1 a splendid slock of
Tali and Winter GOODS.
lis atirk consists of Cloths, Cassimeres. Cassi.
.eits.if all hinds, linen, cotton and Worsted.
AIo. Calicoes. Ginghams, Lawns, Mousseline
)e l.ines and all kinds of Ladies Dress Goods.
GROi'ERIKS, Hardware, Queensware of a
ous style, and patterns. ' , -
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 "