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THE SAILOR'S BRIDE, eh, stood oo the beach, when the Storm-King tu raring, " Aod ’fore the blast the white bUlowa flew, ttticean in pitr, s coronet gave her; Ttot ahoM «> r bright pearl drepi of dew. Those ringlets of gold that had glanced in the sunbeam, Aq(J danced on e*cb breere that around her did blow; vet with the spray that o’er her was splashing, * Clung close to her cheek and her shoulder of snow.' Bor dark eyes were fixed on the rerge of the ocean, 1 TVhereveanly struggled a boat to the shore: i-Conic home to tliy Mary, ere the wild wares roll o’er thee, And lost in their depths, I shall see thee no more I” 0,1 borne to tliy cabin, lovely bride of tho sailor, Thv Duncan rides safe o’er tho treacherous sea; TTbeii the storra-King has gone to his rest on yon island, jbj Duncan irill baste to his cabin and thee. A Capital Story. Shortly after iho first republican constitu tion of lbs Stale of New York was framed, and the judiciary system was established for the civil department, the supreme court, or that branch of it called the “circuit court,” was appointed for one of the circuits, in the wnntyof Dutchess and the eccentric Judge Crane was to preside. Judge Crane was vtry wealthy, and highly respected for his public and private virtues, especially for his charitableness to the poor; but he always dressed in a plain garb, and would hardly ever wear an overcoat, whatever the weather might be, and it was seldom he rode when he went abroad, although he oWned many valu sble horses. On the morning of the day in which the court was to begin, the Judge set out before day and walked gently on, through bail, rain and snow, to the appointed place. On arriving at Poughkepsie, cold and wet, be walked to a tavern, where he found the landlady and her servants were making large preparations for the entertainment of the judges, lawyers and other gentlemen whom they expected would attend the circuit court. The Judge was determined to have some sportfand in a pleasant lone addressed the landlady — l have no money and was obliged to come to court, and have walked through this dreadful storm more than twenty miles, lam wet and cold and dry and hungry. I want something to eat before court begins; when the landlady put herself in a magisteri al posture, and pulling bn a countenance o!" contempt, said to the Judge, You say you are wet and cold, dry and hot, how can all that be! No, my dear madam, says the Judge, 1 said that I was wet and cold ; and if you had been out as long as I have been in this storm, 1 think you would be likewise dry and cold. 1 said that 1 wanted something to drink and eat. But you have no money you say retorted the landlady. [ told you the truth, says the Judge, and the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, but were I as rich as Crcesus, 1 would be willing to work for some thing to eat and to drink. Crotsus, who is Crcesus says the lady. I never knew him said the Judge, but I have understood that he was very rich. I want something to eat and something to dr'nk, and were I as poor as Job in his utmost calamity, and had my health and strength as well as I now have, I would willingly go to work a little while, if I could only get something to drink and a bite of good victuals. Weil, old daddy, says she, bow much do you want to drink 1 Half a gill of good brandy, madam, says he. Very *tll, says she, I will give you half a gill and ,somecold victuals if vou will go into the back yard and cut and split three armfulls of ®ood, and bring it inlo the kitchen, where the servants want to make a good fire to dry lbs gentleman’s great coals when they come, •ltd after you get your victuals, I shall want JWlo go away. Well, says he, give me the brandy, and I’ll soon bring the wood. He "tank the liquor and walked quietly into the jrood yard, where he found a good axe, and be soon laid by the kitchen fire the proper tjttanliiy of wood, viz : his arms three limes all. When the landlady had got his cold uncneon on ihe table, in hopes that he would *®t and be off—now for the good bite of vicl -BaJ’saJ’s 'be judge. There it is, said she, h is almost as cold as myself not half so wet, for I see neither tea, nor 0 n ° r chocolate to wet it. Beggars must Jbe choosers, said she. lam not begging f],- 00 ma <lam, said he, but have paid the . f. nce demanded. I told you said she I ~ b gjve you cold victuals, and there is boiled ham, cold pork and beef, cold po #a?e 5 an d turnips, and cold vinegar, pickles is o°^' J rou want anything hot, there btc j UBlar< * a °d pepper, and here is good . ’ U°°d butter and good cheese, and all toe EDou Bh for such an old ragamuffin as ' s ver y 6°°d> said he, ploas .s. but madam bs so good as to let me some new milk, warm, right from the ” et 9 g°od victuals. The cows 5 bJi m '^ e di says she. Then let me have ij, e ° r cold milk, said he. I will notsend lo| ," a «* ‘ n this storm te the spring house pi e " bor you said she. Said he with a »jf e J" ! smile, dear madam, I have a good So out • otne ’ o 'der than you are, who would co»» 'V, w . orse storm than this, to milk the (j 0 ’ bring the milk to the poorest man ff «nt£L h . i ‘ r 1 equeBt ; or to bring the milk I ftaij .i* 1 * house, without skimming, to y ou . e mosl abject of the human race.— •bo. iIL a good vvifa at borne, says Biy' r | 1 have, said he, and she keeps El >ndln 68 ol® 80 and whole, and notwith lorn nV° U ca 'l®d m e “an old ragamuffin,” "lotheal Mllan ? e d *o appear abroad .in the 1 mu,. *® ar 'oaoy good company. Well, your \,. n j 6 ® s ’. says she. that when yotihave diiijg ocimmed hat off, you look mid- I lor ’ bul 1 want you to eat and be off, greai tvJl" 1 1 “® & re 10 dry the gentlemen’s •b* teti ai ™ umbrellas by; and among Cru, ~ ® ® x P ecl Judge Crane. Judge 1 *y* he, who is Jud|B Orthe? The VOL. V. circuit Judge, says she, oae of the supreme Judges, you old fool. WeM, says the Judge, I will bet a goose, that Judge Crane has not had, and will not have a great coat on his back, or an umbrel la over his head this day. You old goose, soid she, I care nothing for your bets. Eat and be off, I tell you Judge Crane is to be here, and we’ve no room for you. I don’t care, said he, one rye straw more for Judge •Crane than 1 do for myself, and it has got to be so late, that, if he has to come at this lime of the day, be Would more likely go directly to the court house and stay till dinner time, than go to any tavern ; and if business was very urgent, he would be very likely to stay away even (Vom dinner. I know something about the old codger, and some people say he is a rusty, fusty, crusty old fudge. Pretty talk indeed, says the landlady, about the su preme judge. Now eat your cold cheek and be off, or be off without eating, just as you please. 1 tell you, said he. Judge Crane is not the supreme Judge, and if he were he is no more fit to be a judge than I am. Well now be off with yourself, says she. Don’t be in so great a hurry, said he mildly. I wish to know who is the landlord here? I wish to know where be is? He is the high sheriff of the county, and won’t be home till night; but if he were here you would not stay long. Well, madam, said he, give us a cup of cider to wet my victuals, if you won’t give me milk. Not a drop says her lady ship. The Judge who had now got pretty well warmed and dried, and wished for his breakfast, pul on a stern countenance, and positively declared he would not leave the room and fire until he pleased. But, added he, if you will grant my request, I will eat and be off. The cider was immediately bro’t, and the judge partook heartily of the colla tion set before h'm, look his broad brimmed hat, and gently walked to the court house, where he found good fires and clean floors, and during the court hours he presided with dignity and propriety. When the Judge withdrew, the landlady anxiously looked after him for some time, as he walked steadily on towards the court house, supposing him to be some poor man summoned up to court as a witness, or some culprit, or some vagabond who might give her further trouble in time of courts, and ex pressed to her servants a desire that they would see that he did not disturb the gentle men and the Judges who might put up there. While some of the girls declared if he did come, they would use some of his own ex pressions, which he used respecting Judge Crane. Let me see says one, “rusty, fusty, crusty old fudge,” says another. When dinner was announced, the court not being thronged, was immediately adjourn ed, and the day being stormy and cold, the Judges and lawyers poured into the sheriff’s tavern; where they were sure of good fires and good fare, all except Judge Crane, who walked to a store and purchased a valuable shawl, and put it into his pocket on the inside of his coat; then walked quietly to the lav ern. While he was thus detailed, the land lady entered the dining room and earnestly inquired if Judge Crane had come in ? The answer was, “not yet, madam, and perhaps he may not come.” The landlady who was anxious to pay the highest respect to the su preme judge, retired to the kitchen, not a lit tle chagrined, or disappointed. In the mean time the Judge arrived, and being at proper times very sociable, and at all times fond of cheering the minds of those present, he be gan to make some pertinent remarks, and to tell some lively anecdotes, intended to convey good morals; which set the whole company into a roar of laughter. And at this instant, one of the wailing maids entered the room.to inform the gentlemen that they might sit down to dinner. She did her,errand and has tened back to her mist rest with the tidings, that the old fusty fellow with his broad brimmed hat on, was right in among the bare headed gentlemen, talking as loud as he could, and all the Judges and lawyers were laugh ing at him. .Then go, says she, and whisper to the old man that I wish him to come into the kitchen. The errand was done accord ingly, and the judge in a low tone of Voice, said to the girl, tell your mistress I have a little business to do with some of these law yers, and when done, I’ll beoffin the course of two or three days. The girl returned and faithfully rehearsed the message, and added that she believed the old fellow was drunk, or he would not have said, “as soon as my business is done, I’ll be off in two or three ' days.” Well, Betty, says the mistress, go back, and when the gentlemen begin to sit down, do you stand by the head of the table, and whisper to some gentleman that I wish a va cant place left at the head of the table for Judge Crane, and then do you hasten back and see that John has the cider and other liquors in good order. And, Mary do you fill two more tureens with gravy, and put one at each end of the long table. And, Martha, do you see that all the clean plates for change are ready, and that the tart pies, &c. are in good order. Betty again repaired to her post at the head of (he table, and soft ly informed a gentleman of the request of her mistress. “Certainly” said the gentle man ; and Betty hastened back to assist John. The gentlemen now sat down to an excellent repast, and after a short ejaculatory address to the throne of grace, delivered by Judge Crane, in which he adored the Father of all mercies for feeding all his creatures through out the immensity of space—invoked a bless ing on that portion of earthly bounty then be fore them, and supplicated divine mercy through the merits of our redeemer, the gen tlemen began to carve and serve round in usual form. EDITH. THE Slefrottfr to tijt ZSxttnssion ol tfce atrra of JFrctUom anti ti)t Spread of f&ralt&s ilcfarm. WHILE THEBE SHALT. BE A WBONO UNSIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TP MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. WELLSBOROj TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 11, 1858. AGITATOR. But alas the Judge was of a singular turn in almost everything, and had taken a fancy that if a person eats light food at the same meal with that which is more solid and hard er of digestion, that the light food should be eaten first!; he therefore filled his plate with some pudding, made of milk, rice and eggs, and placing himaelf in rather an awkwaid situation with his left elbow on the table and his head near the plate, began to eat accord ing to bis common custom, which was very fast, although he was not a great eatei. And some of the gentlemen near the Juuge, fol lowed bis example as to partaking of the pudding before the meal, of course a large deep vessel which had contained that article, was nearly emptied when Mary approached with her two additional turreens of gravy, according l|o the command of her mistress, and as she set down the last near the Judge, he says to her in an austere manner. Girl, bring me a clean plate to eat some salad on. The abrupt manner in which he addressed her, and her disgust at seeing him there in that position, so disconcerted the poor girl that she did not see that any one except the Judge had partaken of the pudding, nor did she know what he meant by salad, but she observed that the large pudding pan was nearly empty, and then hastened back with her utmost speed to her mistress, and address ing her with, Lord madam, that old fellow’s there yet, and he is certainly crazy or drunk, for he is down at the table, and has eaten more than a skipple of the rice pudding al ready, and has his nose right down in a plate ful now, shoveling it in like a hog; and told me as if he were lord of the manor, to bring him a clean plate to eat salad on. Bless me, where can-we get salad at this time of the year? And the gentlemen have not done carving, and not one has begun to eat meat, much less to eat a tub full of pudding. Aye, he’ll get a clean plate, says Martha, before gentlemen want clean plates. I’ll clear him out, says the mistress, and starts for the dining room, burning with in dignation. The Judge was remarkable for not giving unnecessary trouble to any body where he put np, and generally ate whatever was set before him without making any remarks; and seldom made use of more than one plate at a meal, but at this lime he had observed near him, a dish of beautiful raw while cab bage, cut up and pul into vinegar, (which the Dutch at Poughkeepsie call cold slaw, which he called salad,) and he wished for a separ ate plate to prepare some of it for his own fancy. The carving and serving were not yet finished, when he expected the clean plate, and the landlady at the door of the dining room, determined to drive him out. She ad vanced with a firm step to the door, and fixed her keen eye sternly on the Judge, when he turned his eye that way, and observing her, mildly said, Landlady, can I have a clean plate to eat some salad on. A clean plate and salad ! retorted the landly indignantly, I wish you would come into the kitchen until gentlemen have dined ; 1 had reserved that seat for Judge Crane. The company were struck with astonishment, and fixed their eyes alternately on the landlady and on the Judge ; and sat or stood in mute suspense—when the Judge gracefully raised himself up in his chair, carelessly folding his arm across his breast, then pulling his head awkwardly on one side. You reserved this seat for Judge Crane,, did you, landlady ? Indeed I did, says she. It was very kind, says he in an ironical lone, but if you will step to the door and see if he is coming, or send one of the servants to call for him, with your permis sion and (he approbation of these gentlemen, with whom I have some business to do, I will occupy his place until you shall find the Judge. Find the Judge, said she with em phasis, go look for him yourself, not send me nor my servants. I gave you your break fast this morning for chopping a little wood, because you said you had no money ; and I expected you would go away quietly and keep away, and now you must come here to dis turb gentlemen at dinner. Here the whole joke burst on the minds of the gentlemen present, who fell into a loud fit of laughter. After the tumult had a little subsided, says the Judge mildly, did I not chop wood to pay for my breakfast ? Indeed you did, says sho, and said you had no money. I told you the whole truth, says the Judge, but I have a beautiful shawl worth more than ten dollars which I just now bought, and will leave it with you in pawn, if you will only let me eat dinner with these gentlemen. Here the gentlemen were biting their lips to keep from laughter. How did you buy a shawl worth more than ten dollars without money ? 1 bought it on credit says he. And where did you find credit to that amount ? says she. 1 brought it from home, said he. That is a likely story, and something like your abuse of Judge Crane this morning, said she. How could 1 abuse the Judge if he was not present? said he. Why, says she, you called him a rusty, fusty fudge, and old codger, and said you did not care a rye straw more for him than you did for yourself. And here the whole company were in an uproar of laugh ter again. But as soon as it a little subsided one of the gentlemen asked the landlady how she knew that the gentleman she was address ing was not Judge Crane. He Judge Crane! said she; he looks more like a snipe than a crane ! Heie the loud laughter, burst forth a third lime. And, after a little pause, the Judge said; “I must confess that I am not a bird of very fine feathers, but I isssure you that I am a Crane , and a crane is ofien a very useful instrument; I saw a very good one in your kitchen this morning; and sometimes an in strument called a ‘crane,’ is of incalculable use, madam-” Before she had time to reply some of the gentlemen with whom she was acquainted, assured her that she was talking with the presiding Judge. Astonished and confounded, she attempted some excuse, and hastily asked his pardon for her rudeness. The Judge had, by this time, unobserved, taken from his pocket the beautiful shawl, and folded it at full length one way, and in a narrow form the other, and it being of a very fine texture, appeared more like an elegant sash than like a valuable shawl. When he arose with graceful dignity, and with a half smile, advanced a tew steps towards the land lady, saying, “it is not my province to par don, but it is my business to judge; and I judge that you and 1 shall hereafter be belter friends—and I judge also, that you will, with out hesitation, receive this as a present, if not as a pawn.” So saying, he gently laid it over her shoulders and across her arms, saying: “Take it, madam, and do not at tempt to return it, for it was purchased on purpose for a present for you.” She hastily retired in confusion, hardly knowing what she did, and took with her the shawl worth twelve dollars instead of ten. And here were three parties who had each two good things. The landlady had a good shawl and a good lesson to meditate upon— the gentlemen had a good dinner and a good dinner and a good joke to talk over—and the judge had good intentions in the joke, and good will and ability to follow up the lesson given. The Human Hand. Man is’.'we suppose, the feeblest animal on earth in proportion to bis size, yet easily walks as sovereign, chains the behemoth to his march, tows the leviathan by his warp, makes the everlasting hills bow before him, lays his mandate and his chain on the giant forces of universal nature- And it is chiefly by means of the hand, —by the elevation, expansion, and more complex organization of the very digits, which we trace in less perfect development in the anterior limbs of every quadruped. The hand, —so slender and flex ible that it might seem fitted neither for do ing nor enduring, but whose closely knit webwork of nerves and sinews concentrates the entire strength of the body, and wields a greater force compared with its magnitude than is found in the whole world beside, — combining all mechanical powers in one, the fingers jointed levers, ihe sinews pulleys, the wrist-joint a perpetual screw, without whose ball and socket movements no screw of steel could find its way into its bed,—one moment lifting heavy weights or striking ponderous blows and ihe next subserving the most deli cate uses, dissecting the microscopic pro portions of a flower-cup or an insect’s wing, marking with ihe graver air-lines subtle as sunbeams, copying the vanishing hues of clouds a'nd rose-buds and the human coun tenance, embodying thought in forms so eihereal that (hey might seem traced by Ihe breath of viewless spirits,—this is ihe ma chine which renders all other marines pos sible, ibis is the prehensile and shaping agen cy by which Nature is put to the torture for her secrets and to the test for her resources, this the means and pledge of man’s viceroy alty upon the earth. There’is no mechani cal operation, whether of ruderjiandicrafi or of the highest art, the capacity v of which is not inherent from the hand, lhe f of which is not one of the complex,j movements of which the hand is susceptible,! the efficacy of which does not depend in the last resort on the guidance or restraint of the hand.— Thus when we make water or steam take the place nominally of tho hand, it really sup plies not manual skill, but simply a substitute for muscular power. With the living hand we construct the engine or machine; we copy in it some portion of the divinely shaped pair, or rather, as they are by divis ion and combination, the countless multitude of instruments comprehended within our two wrist-joint and palms and our ten digits; and then with our own hands we start accelerate, or check the working of these artificial hands, —barely supplying to these last from the impetus of falling water or expanding steam Ihe force which accruses to human muscles from the economy t of the vital or ganism. j ] Terril, of the Lafayette Journal is pretty good on a sharp reply. A correspondent wishes to know the reason of the hump on the camel's back. Terril replies: “We will mention for our correspondent’s benefit, that the Arabs have two reasons in regard to it. One is that the camel took offence at not being allowed to head the pro cession into the Ark, and got his back up, and Allah, as a just punishment for his van ity and presumption, and as a memorial and perpetual warning, never permitted him to get it down again. The other is, that ho was grazing a distance from the Ark, when Noah pul out his bills for sailing, and in order to reach Ihe boat in time, was compelled tn hump himself in the most extraordinary manner.” During the examination of a witness, as to the locality of the stairs of a house, the coun sel asked him: “Which way did the stairs run?” The witness, a noted wag, replied, that— “ One way (hey 'ran up stairs, but the oth er way they ran down stairs.’’ The learned counsel winked his eyes, and then took a look at the ceiling. Boswell observing to Johnson that there wa* no instance of a beggar dying for want, in the streets of Scotland —“I believe sir, you are very right,” says Johnson; “but this does not arise from the -want of beggars, but the impossibility-of starving n Scotchman. The Last Victim of the Gauntlet An imperial re-script, bearingthe dale ol the 20lh of August, 1854, and the signature of the Emperor Francis Josephvpf Austria, has abolished for evermore, withinjilhe realms of the whole Austrian empire, that terrible chastisement—running the gauntlet. Terri ble it was, indeed—a cruel and]i barbarous remnant of those dark and dismal times called the middle ages. 1 witnessed the last execution of this kind, and record it for the benefit of those who still cling wit}) a strange fondness even to the worst legacies of by gone centuries. > On an autumn morning, in the year 1851, the garrison of the fortress of Thepesienstadt, on the Eger River, in Bohemia, tvas formed in a large square on the spacioiis place be fore the residence of the commandant, fn the middle of the square, drawtilup in file, stood a company of a rifle bnttalidp, to which the delinquent belonged. It was: unarmed, each private (there was three hundred) being provided with a switch, and placed at a small distance from his next man. At the tenth stroke of the clock the drums were beaten, and amidst a silence deep and oppressive the prisoner was marched into the square. He was as fine-looking a map? as ever I have set eyes upon—tall, powerful, and well formed. His handsome fealuresjjto which a black moustache gave a bold find martial expression, shown forth in the ftil) glow and vigor of manhood, only they were! of a deadly paleness. It, He was a non-commissioned jbfficer, and duriug the last campaign in Italy, in 1849, he had distinguished himself in a man ner that his superior officers had liepommend ed him for promotion. Austria istmore gen erous than England towards those'that shed their blood in her service, and he {would have been made a commissioned officer-long since —in spile of his humble origin titl'd his pov erty —if it had not been far a fatal impedi ment. This impediment was nis own pas sionate temper; he very chbjeric man ; harsh and brutal towards his inferiors, morose and stubborn towards his superiors whenever they deemed it necessary to checkf or rebuke him. He was hated by the men to the ut most. . There was not a private ih the whole battalion that had not vowed hijtn revenge. He had never made one friend,! pof did he care to have one. Strict in-the performance of his military service—the mosljminor du ties of, which he discharged with! Ihe utmost exactness —he went his own wayj,|proud, re served, solitary. Innumerable wpre the pun ishments which he had brougtyj' upon the men; for however slight of ihe-offence might be, be was sure to pass- it over in silence. : ] ‘ His superior officers respected {Him for his usefulness, bis ability, and his .exactitude, but they did not like him, The evident lack of humanity in the man made him an ob ject of doubt rather than of love, j {Moreover, there was a vague rumor about 'hjs having once struck at his own officer in thy midstof a pellmell caused by a hand-to-hanß encoun ter with the enemy. The report! never look a clear shape, the officer having Itieen killed in Ihe engagement, and the gosslpings of a a few wounded soldiers having been much 100 incoherent and contradictory to lead to a formal investigation of the matter f- besides, it was at the victory of Novarra.} He had greatly distinguished himself, and old Field- Marshal Radelzky had, with his own hands, affixed the golden medal on his breast. The rumor, however, together with the! knowledge of his harsh and violent temper) daused his name to be erased from the list of those that wore recommended for higher promotion. When ihis incident was made -.known to him, he became even more sullen,'more rigid, more cruel than ever ; but always,ias it was well understood, for the benefit ofjth|e service, the slightest demand of hej performed with the same immutable striclnepias he en forced them to be done by others! \ A few weeks pervious to the dreadful pun-' ishmenl which he had now to undergo, he was mounting guard in the outworks with some twenty or twenty-five men|ofniis' own company. It was a chilly rainy |ntght: and when the sentries were relieved! they were glad to stretch themselves—wet ds they were —upon the floor near the large stove in the middle of the guard.room. Tlje jfloor nut being very clean, (floors seldom jare in these localities,) and the while of the men of the men being wet, it was no wonder that the dirt adhered to them with a tenacity that defied all exertions to get it off, Iwhen the wearers were roused by this sergealat to pre pare for standing guard once Aaqre. The more they tried to rub their ciolhts'clean the more sturdily he lent a helping 'hand to their endeavors by an application of the sad equip ment of every Austrian non-cdm|nissioned officer—the stick. Whilst he was fully at work, culling away at the men with a pow erful arm, the door opened, and] tfie officer on duty entered the guard-room, j j “Attention !’’ commanded the sergeant; and, saluting his superior, madi. the usual report that nothing worth -rerdarjting had happened. The officer, a young ensign, fresh from the military school, apdlalmost a boy, took no notice whatever of | this impor tant news, but asked the sergeant in a brisk and somewhat impetuous manner,' he was again striking the men for ’’l’ ; The sergean', already much ianhoyed at this interference, gave a surly and Jinwilling answer; and, when the youngj officer re buked him, in a severe and perhaps some what haughty manner, the yioleouand pas sionate man, losing all self-control], lifted up his hand against his officer. | i • It was but one fatal moment, iguick as' lightning. The uplifled hand neveifdeaoend ed ; it was caught by a dozen powerful arms. Rates of Advertising. Advertisements will be charged SI per square of fourteen lines, for one; or three insertions; and 25 cejqta tor everysubsequent insertion. All advertise, menu of less than fourteen lines considered as a equal e. The following rates will be charged (or Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly advertising:— Square,(Hlines,) . *2 50 $4 50 $6 00 SSjooares,- . . -4 SO 600 800 i column, .... 1000 1500 2000 cblumn,. . . . .18 00 30 00 40 00 All advertisements not having "the number of in sertions marked upon them, will be kept in until or dered out,and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill,and Letter Heads, and all kinds of jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. Justices’, Consta bles’and other BLANKS, constantly on hand and printed to order. NO. 15. He was felled to the ground and disarmed. Half an hour afterwards he foundhimself in irons in the casemates. - Lifting the arm against a superior is con sidered a capital crime. In this case it had been committed while both parlies were on duty, and the Austrian military laws are the very last in the world to be trifled with. The following day he was tried by court martial, and sentenced to be shot. When the sentence was forwarded to the competent authority for ratification, it happened to be the superior's anniversary day ; capital pun ishment was commuted, the criminal bad to run the gauntlet. A cruel act of grace was this commute lion I When the first sentence had been read over to him, he had remained cold and im passable ; not a muscle of his proud face stirred. He did not fear death ; he had looked it in the face many a time without flinching, and to die in the open air, pierced byi a dozen balls—a soldier’s death—what should he care much for that ? But when hel was informed that be had run the gauntlet twice through his company, after having been previously degraded, he trembled for the first lime in his life. He knew of many a soldier who had run the gauntlet thrice through a whole battalion, and not been the worse for it after all ; he knew of some that had even married afterwards, and brought up families of children ; he was fully aware that issue of this terrible torture depended entirely upon the disposition of the men. Dreadful reflec tion ! Above alt, he thought of the shame. the dishonor—and his proud heart was well nigh giving way. On the evening previous fo the punishment, the second rifle battalion of Kherenhuller in fantry would have been unfit for service ; the men were drunk. They had got up a ca rousal in joy and honor of the coming day. But in the morning they were sober enough. The drums ceased to beat as soon as the prisoner had arrived in the middle of the square; his escort fell back. He stood alone near the right wing of the company. There was a dead silence; not a respiration was to be heard from all the thousands gathered on the spot. The eommanding officer read the sentence over to/him for the second time. This done, he exhorted the men, according to custom, to dispense with all feelings of com passion, and to do their duty comfortably to the la.w. The colonel went through this part of the formality in a quick and hurried man ner, as if he were unwilling to perform it. So he was ; he knew but too well that, in this instance, there was no need whatever for exhortation. These preliminaries being over the prisoner was delivered into the hands of the provost. When the latter tore off from his uniform the golden lace and galloons—the marks of his military rank—throwing them, together with the gold medal, at his feet the face of the unfortunate man became purple, and his dark eyes flashed .fire. When he was stripped of his coal and shirt, and placed at the entry of, the terrible street through which he had to pass, he became pale again. Two soldiers went ahead of him ; they marched backward, with their bayonets presented to his breast, so as to force him to keep measure to a drum which brought up the rear. The drum was muffled ; its slow and dismal beats sounded like the music of a funeral procession. When he received the first stroke his fea tures assumed an expression of pain, and his firm-set lips quivered slightly. This was, however, the only sign of sensation. Crossing his arms over his breast and pressing his teeth close together, his proud face remained henceforth immovable. His merciless ene mies enjoyed but an incomplete triumph after all; they might slash his body in pieces, but his proud and indomitable spirit they could not break. The blows descended with a fearful violence upon him. After the first dozen, blood came ; but never did he utter one single exclamation of pain ; nevei*—not even with a look—did he implore for mercy. An expression of scorn and disdain was deeply set on his face, as pale as death. When he had reached at last the left wingof the company, his lacerated back presented a fearful appearance. Even his most exis peraled enemies might well have been satis fied now ; if it had been but possible, the commanding officer himself would have in terceded in his behalf: but this was not even to be thought of; the law must have its course. They faced him right about ; he had to make the same way back again. There was one formality connected with this punishment which was a cruel, barba rous and shameful mockery ; the delinquent hod to thank his executioners for his tortures. When the victim had arrived at the file leader of the right wing of his company, and the dreadful execution was over at last, ha threw one last, long look, full of contempt, at his tormentors. Then he was seen stag gering like a drunken man towards the com manding officer. His eyes, swollen with blood, beamed jvith an unnatural brightness, his respiration was short and painful; touch ing his head with his right hand, in token of the military salute, he said in a voice that come out of his throat with a rattling sound, but that was nevertheless distinctly audible all over the place: “I have to thank your honor for this exquisite punishment,” and fell down dead. The “first Church in Hartford,” Connect icut (congregation,) must be a model of its kind. It has been in existence two hundred and twenty-five years, and has never dis missed a pastor. It has had ten in all, nine of whom have lived and died among.their people ; and the tenth, the venerable ' Dr. 3 Hawes, has now been in charge of it for forty years, and seems likely to remain, as his predecessor did, till death. 3 months. 6 months. 12 mb’s
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