* r " Terms of PnT»Ucft| jon. V „ «TOGA COUNTY AGITATTH i« published !l0 Wedne!d»y Morning, and mail, jUo aubacribon irttf !L T reaiiop»l)lo price of • . [ ],l ■'• dollar fbb H Hrk,^- advance. iSSintetflei jtonotify every hen the term i )hu paid shall „ntfi be . r ,bv the fi'gureKHttbe pri ited label on the t‘ T ‘. elf p»per. Xhep»pervrili ihcn be stopped U in l\her i- By thiaar t»td meat no mimean'be, bright ‘n debt to the P ri “ ter ". nrrAT oB ia the OfficialbftheConnty, fit Ao jimteaain^o l , palation reach •*ilh^; S ,s. r c neighborhood In the Coi oty. It is sent MfLla?' to any subscriber wii jinjhe county fn‘ V*. „bogo most .convenient p< itcffioe may be AlioiniiiE County.- ! ' J J i.i : l«^ !3 Cafda, not exceeding 5, papor incln id# P« r y ear -'. 'BUSINESS BIB|ICn , ORT. PAVID HART, Propail ton. ; „„j„rsisned hegs leave to to hia.old to die public generally, tl Jtbe has taken of the old stand' and fittet'-It up itf good SitwW keep it asW'Tei wance Hotel, jtyle, to ac commodi ie the traveling tier always on' tX W™ *• suit the times. DA UP HART. &S, F- VIESO», . ttORNEYS & COUNSELLOR* AT 'LAW, will A attend the Court of-Tioga, Potl rand,McKean flic's. rtVellsboro*, Peb. .1, 1853.] f . ’ : — "c. s. pAßii, i>ra WST. office at his Ths?* shoe near the, \ ) Academy; All w'c it pertaining to line of bnainesa do) i promptly and ,'Aj -il 22, I«SS.J n»rrantcd. D i cki i'sds 'A;: : c6,kuiko. •».&; »r. i A. Field Pro P netor - Gnists {risen to and from the • Etc of charge. ' j. c . uiiirTAHflß, ffudkopalkit Physician and ’Juryman.' ELKL.AND,' TIOGA CO., f E.NNA , mil visit patients in ill parts of tit ; County, or.rp «ive them for treatment at bis house, < [June 14, j ■ - ,S. BMERT, Attorney asp counsels jR at • law Wellshoro, Tioga Co., pa.'. V, <Sfote hia to*the practice of I jfr. Collections mdo in any of the Northern conn, es of Pennsyl vania. ■ i n°vtl,6o ipESSSfUAIMA £ »CSE.’ Ctntr oj Mai* Street and the Ate hii| ; WelUlaro, Pa. ■ J, W. BIGONY/PBOPEii ipR. • This popular Hotel, haring been s- Wfitted and re lished throughout, is now'open t£,|he public aa a jisljdass house. , . IZAAK WAXTOW ;-j§OUSE, "E C. rEJtiIILYEAj “SIEfOB. Gaines, Tioga Count} iPa. 4 THIS is anew hotel located withi scasy Access .0 the-best fishing and hunting grov )ds in Northern p». Xo pains will be spared for th| Accommodation 4,'pleisttre seekers andthe traveling inblic. - April 1-, 1860. - ’ 1 JJ,«. C. ; &. ; CA.OTP». }|UL,. ' BAR SEIt ANI)" BAlk jJ VE'SSBX:: HjIOP in the 1 rear of the Post Everything in IJ his line will be done IB well, p': promptly salt übs done in the city salobns. ' > v; orations forre jjs-ing dandroff, and beautifying f hair, for sale heap. Hair and wbUkers dyed sny : ?olor. .Call and its. Wellsboro, Bept-32, lBod. . ,'jj , - ' THE jBjOUXINa Mll IHIAL. George W .'Pratt, fidito? dHj/ proprietor. TS puwishcdot Horning, Steuijsn t Y-, at One I Dollar and'Fitty Cttnts'per yehr.t The taraal is Eopubiioan in politics, n A has a circula feircacSiltf; info;' every parf,of Kl *Jtoq County.— Bose'dcsirous of hk'lenditig tKeir 'fi slncss into that uathe adjoinlng coahtiee will find f A”.excellent ad iirtlsing medium. Address aa abot • ■ WE I4*SM, , ;ti,EARB, ; • -ji-,-. -i - • >?/ v ' WMWB i'urnicr/j of the Ignited Stuo \Ubttl.) Hiyip' leased tins-well known ati*'popular House, iolicithhV ! pMaiigiwr Hie :pnMo;<Witl£ attentive nHebligia* waitett, together Bropriefor’s hovledge'of the business, he bapeko make the stay if those who stop witlf hint bi'p pleasant and igreeable. * ' " v —~ Wcllsboro, May 31,186(K PICTURE FKAJ JItG. £ TOILET GLASSE3,PoftrailB,'Tk Wes; Certificates Engravings, 'Needle Work, 4c Jft., framed in the nenest manner; in plain and; 1 Gilt. Sow Wood, Black Walnut, Oak, Mill igany, *e. Per ißns loaviag any article for.fririning, mn receive tliem Bixtday framed in nny atyle they y »h and hqpg for, Him. Specimens at . - . SMITH’S > OOK STOKE. .1, „ E. B. BENJBBJICTP,' ( jf« ,IK» _' ¥OCLD inform the. public thitf} b is permanently; located in Elklond Bora, Ti ‘ga Co. Pa.,.and it prepared by thirty years’ experien p to treat all die-, cum th.e £yc3 and Jtbeir append gee on scientific princfpics, and con’'core - ’ jitßobt fail, that dreadful disease, called. St. VituS’ Dance,j(CAorcfr hnfTViti) and will attend to«ny i thef bwine« (he line ofThysio and Surgery. .f' ‘ \*' Elkland Boro, Affgtart 8; 1860,. _ {• . F.LODR AND STORE IN W EIIi SB , r The subscriber would respectfully.’ jforra thc.people r #fWcllsboro and vicinity be b 4 £ opened it 'I'LOUII & FEED 5 iSTOBJE one dijor above FlourSl on -Main 1 St., *hcre ho will k’eepconstantly <m ba< *4 BS go°d ail as sortment of FLOUR and FEED tan. be fonnd in lb market, which he will sell cbea|‘!fofnwh- - «large assortment of -f',* Choice AVittcg and & superior, qaality, and warraptej from odul» Oration, which he will sell’.to* Entnl- <rmen and oth ere *t wholesale. cheaper than any otb& 1 establishment in Northern Pennsylvania, * - I, “ Wsboro.Dec, 19, IB6o.j}^'. *i ** CHARLESTON FLOUIUNI;'MILLS-—. <fc, bjm,jlbv,, r Bsri "; secured”the best mißrm tho'Coasty.ire-now : fsepated to do ■ ■ h •' Casioin Work, Mcrck int Work, •^4 in fact everythitrg that can in Country zo aa to .give perfect satis fact!, fc. fliOURi Su3AL AWI i FEED; AT WHOLESALE OR i pTAIL, ‘ ' .•gwtUow in TVelisboro, brat ittimiNT Cash or ii'rto'Js exchanged for grain at the in tkct price. ■ ' ■ d'Hvertd free of, charge' wiibtn -the cnrpo *“‘♦o. WBlGß't » BAILEE,. l3j ig 61> -; . : , I p ASHioauuatß jsuxsjh iky shop, . ‘ MAIN BT., WELIiSBOSO.. ,-WpSS Pauline SMITH ha»l'«t purchased her PAili AN* «TJMTEB-rifOODS; I of,' .Straws of.all Is,’Pattern .-'Hats, ' lafjt Hk*’. °f ‘kind** all KINDS mi fUINGS. * fr o® the ladies ; if. Wells boro And feeling confident tiiaf ; s . ',, BEB. GOODS WILD BEAK MSSPECTIOK, •“?“* wi{h those of estaWieh v, IV®' ha county Spr V T ; ’■ AS® Pfi* 4StNG' ' . ■•'. ~ ; r ■ ; if 0 ?®the.iesja^ncaof;:j. WiflUnw,ojtpe- EL&DB, tip toi And cheap, at ’ 1 - : - " waisax's. ‘'Mu. , . i;i-_ THE VOli. WIT. - . ;; ■ ' - L'.j, , jfor tThe Agitator, .i'!, j. . ■ TO .PATRIOTS. ", For |by iellow.iDan down trodden t > i ßy t|ae tyrant’s rnthles* power; ' f 1 well being Grasp tbyawfcrd this Tory hour, ■ ‘ v Wait not 101 the carso has fallen, Direful even at thy door; 3i If- waitest, be assured. , : ThoiJ wilt not wait for evermore. . .'TboiL a man, and.capa’t tbou bear it? • Bean ta pee thy country cast . 1_ From her lofty place of glory Nations df tHto Past? Be Ifte tbem dierobed of Honor? Be llke -them of short-lived stay ? If Bwr© glarioui, Btlll more fleetly . . . Andjmore foully .pass away £ ri'* J * * Never! God and man forbjdit! ■Giya tby help to end, the strife, ■ Kight and Mercy reignetb. All will lead a nobler life. MANSFF.|'ft, Oct: 6,1861, ;: ' _ , Irr, USB : escape fbom pebote castle, a ’Prisoner’s statement. J BY EUMERBON BENNETT.- ■' I was ojbeof .the. unfortunate Bexar prison ers,cpnfingd in ;the castle of Perote, Jay order . of the treacherous Santa Anna, in the year 1843; .This'fortified prison, the strongest in Mexico, ii not in the world, is a grand,' gloomy .pile qf.mpsonry, situated in a.valley between two mountains, about a mile north of'the town I' of Perote| through which the stages, carrying . the tpail, 'pass between the, Cities of Vera Cruz and Mexico. The Castle, as it/ is called, is built of • Volcanic scoriae, which, has been so hardened [by fusion as to be almost impervious to steel,. jibe walls are eight feet thick, and about sixty feet in bight from the bottom of [ the grcatlmoat. to the ramparts. This moat; which expends entirely around the great struct* p re, .with jits angular bastions, is some twenty feet in depth by two hundred in width, and, though oedinarily kept dry, as It Was while I was there, is so connected with subterranean ( ; water-wo|ks that it can ,be flooded in a few | .minutes.| On the outer side of the moat is a massive slone wall, and, beyond this again are a formidable ehecaux de /rise and a dry ditch. Including this ditch, the entire works, coyer tweqtyriik acres. Upon the ramparts, which are seventy feet in width and.extend the entire ! circumference-of the building, are mounted ■ eighty pieces of artillery, and here sentinels 1 are constantly pacing to and fro day and night 1 The flat Biof upon which these cannon rest, is solid masbnry, fifteen Teet thick, which is sub ported by successive arches, seventy feet long by twenty wide. The interior of these arches , constitute the workehops,.stQreroom« and cells 1 inf the prisoners. They, are -entered only from - the inside, through massive, door# which-bave [ a nanTowjgrating over the top. When: the door ': of a ceil is closed; the only light and air which can reach it most either come in through the grating mentioned, or through a loop-hole at the far end, which, from being some two feet square oh the inner side, of the wall, grado ally narrows down tohn aperture of some four inches''by twelve .on-theioutside, directly oyer ■ the greatimoat. Fronting these cells or arch es, at the* .distance of sixty feet, is an. interior ■ range oft square buildings, two- stories high, in , which [are quartered the officers and soldiers Of. the garrison, with, in many coses, their wives and .'families, and inside , again of this inner in the , pen ter court or- plaza, five hundred {bet square, used for military drill and parade, j In foot, the Castle of Perote, is al most a cify in itself, and originally cost many years of,jabor andmany miliioiiaof dollars. - This nyodem Bastile alike serves , the ambi . tions tyrdntancb common justice, and becomes alike the [abode of a poLiticalrivab.a State-con : spi rntor,i troublesome .prisoner of war,And the ■- vilest feldn unhung. Every grade . of • society,' from .the [very highest to the. very lowest, from the mao pf ranktothe filthy vagabond, has at >differeni-|times its representative hero; and VcouldHhefstones of this gloomy structure speak, darkand cruel deeds and tales of human eufferingjwbich they might reveal would make common pumnnity shrink aghast,. It my misfortune, with many other Texsmcbfhradc?, to be captured or (kidnapped by a Mexacnn general, and, after being marched, of miles, 1 and receiving; treatment which killed several of' my friend?, to be im prisoned Jin- one of the cold, dismal cells' of this den iff a tyrant. And not only imprisoned, but toadep with irons and.degradedhto the low est'tnenifil employment. - A chain,-weighing twenty ppunds, and only some four.or five feet in length! linked me. by the ancle to one of;my companions in misery; and thus -Secured, we were compelled, along with others, to remove the,filth ipi ,-offid from the castle every morn in handbarrowa. and-after that to pack in stone and sand! to repair the fortification, front a dis tance of something like a mile, being nil the time cloieiygnafded by a file, of soldiers on cither side of 'us, and often treated with indig nity and abuse. -At six o’clock in tire evening, we were formed .and counted and looked op in our cell, there to remain till six in the morning, passing me “night as best we -might, with no bed but Bie cold flags, and no covering hot our i worn, filmy and ragged clothes and a few mis-- erable blankets, which we had among us.— Often/ completely tired down .yfith the labors of-the day, I have passed a restless night of misery, sometimes caused by cold, sometimes by rheumatism,,sometimes by cramps and colic and kinged ailments, not to mention constant mental,-Anxieties, and sometimes, by the like of the companion to whom I was chained J Thus passed days, weeks and months, with' scarcely foi ray of hope, and the only mitigation of our BOfferings being in .the removal of our heavy chains at night, which we bad effected in variolas ways, but,principally,by bribing the smith t<| pot in leaden.rivet# blackened With cbarenaU so; tba| we ■ could remove them at pleasure! ‘. Our food during this time was scant and poof; and this, togsthenvitb hard .work; 1 loss of treat, exposure, anxiety of mind, and impropet treatment, carried xometothehoepi tai, somfe to the grave,,awd. reduced the rest of 'uB,if no| to skeletons, Wt least to several pounds below opr ordinary weight. - ' At length the n*ws reached usqf the capture «( kmb| tiro or three baoireiaoreof our i 4-., f i'.il JBeboteato mWfUumn ottbeares at c ! i : 9 r 5 irailß THEBE SHALL BE A HBOHH DHBIHHIED, ASH HHTIL "MAN'S INHUMANITY Ta UAH" SHALL CEASE, AQITAStOH kCST CONTINUE. WELLSBOEO, TIOGA COIIHTT. PA., WEDNESDAY MOUSING, OCTOBKTt 30, 1561. ■ r .- ■ - . .. " '. . ■ - ,’>i. :■ ; /• ■ .! 'H I ■>>■■■ ! countrymen at MiOr, and not long after this, fifteen of them.amoijg whom were' General Green, Colonel Fisher, and some other officera,' were brought into the castle and confined ih a cell adjoining ours, The I ‘farce of three'days’ freedom was allowed them for looking about the castle, and then they were chained together in pairs like ourselves, and put to the* same menial and degrading employment. - J ■ - Time passed on and brought os so much‘mis ery and so little hope, that at list a few of ns took ’the bold resolve of making our escape if it were possible to be accomplished. Some of our party, being carpenters,"and .Occasionally employed ; in'one of the shops,,a few chisels were thus secored, and with thesd* itwns.onr first idea to enlarge the loop-hole of pur cell, and lower ourselves' into the moat by means of a rope with which we expected to provide our selves by getting a smalt piece at.'a time,‘ and: splicing the parts together. But on making n trial at the loop-hole, we found it so well'gfahtd ed by .iron fastenings let into the hard''stones, that with 1 our inferior tools we could do nothing with it, and so we abandoned it altogether, arid commenced perforating the "solid wall a little to the left. 1 " J ' ' - There was a Wooden shatter to the loop-hois, and when this was opert.as it generallywas fur the admissionion of light and air, it completely concealed our secret workhot as an additional precaution against discovery, we hong ear blankets up along the wqli, and always kept, one of odr number listening‘’’near the door, who never'failed'Jo give warning, by a careless tap or other .signal, of the sudden'and unex pected visit of 'some inspecting officer; The dirt and rubbish' that we. look from the aper ture, we managed to dispose of by first con cealing it under some loose stones- in our cell, , and subsequently carrying it out in our blan kets. ' 1 ■ ‘ , A't first , our work of cutting horizontally through the wall was comparatively' easy,.but the'further we progressed the more difficult it became. Only one persob at a-time could be employed at it, and this mostly in the night. ■When,we had penetratedthe'wall a fewfeet, the person laboring in tbe holo had to crawiin flat, rest bn bis elbows,' and' then work with the chisel as best be could,.generally by drilling lit? tie boles,, and prying off ’ pieces' of tbe'rbckand cement. It was la very fatiguing process, and often therobbisbof a whole day's labor could be carried off in two cr three ordinary-sized pockets. Still it was something, and hope cheered us with the belief; that at least we t+ere so much nearer “liberty;'and so we toiled on With an unwavering purpose. ■ One thing, far a- while,' however, put acom plsts stop to our operations. > Intelligence wos brought’us that on the 13th of June, Santa Allan’s birth-day, we were all to bo. set free, but when that day bad- come and gone, leaving os still prisoners, we deeply regretted we had lost any time in relying upon the false promi ses of a treacherous government, and forthwith renewed our labors with a bitter zeal.' ' By the first of July our excavation vras com pleted, and only * thin shell remained on the outside, which we could remove in a few min utes. - Meantime we bad secured our rope, fixed our knapsacks for a journey, and by great ecan-, omy in our rations, 7 saved up food enough to last a couple of weeks.- Sixteen of us, among, whom was-General Green, had > resolved to re gain our liberty on the night of the Fourth of July,'the others,-after due consideration, prefer ring to remain, rather than run tharisk of re capture'and death, which they believed wonld be our ultimate fate; but the-afternoon of the second being a stormy one,and dark night favorable h> Oor purpose; we resolved to, make the attempt at once. -n -7 As those-who wished to escape were confined in three different cells, onr first anxiety was to get all these together in the one apartment. — This we successfully managed, by inducing the satoe- number of those who were to remain to change plnces with those were to leave; and-the officer of the guard; finding ihe numbersol each party correct, locked the doors on us without' discovering or suspecting our ruse. - : 'So far well; hut wa still had a delicate, diffi cult and dangerous undertaking to manage.— We could not escape from ■ bur apartment through 1 the 7 aparjtore without more or less hoise; and as a’sentinel was stationed at the door, who would! be likely to hear any unusual sound, and who could even look in through the grate by standing fan tip-toe, bur filst prodeed-., ing was to properly manage him.- We'had some spirits, which we bad smuggled, and we invited him to drink with'us, passing his liquor tu him'in an eggshell 1 through" the grate—“-an act of kindness on onr part which he more highly appreciated that night probably thab he did the'day. following. Next we got Some of ourparty to gambling near the door, nndothers to dancing, .all of which created sufficient'noise to cover our own, and allow us to proceed with the work on which t«ir liberty depended. We <OOO succeeded in knocking off the outer shell of our breach nnd 'then "our dismay, I might afmost'say horror, discovered that the further end of the' aparture was too small to the largejr of our party to pass through. I do not know that I ever felt worse in my life than I did at the moment' of bearing this fact announced. Foe weeks Ihadalmost lived upon the hope of liberty, and now', when all outwork ing and plotting had brought it within my very grasp as it were, the hire thought that itTnight prove a failure made my brain reel and all ran limbs tremble. I IF wo- should'not 1 escape thief night, we cbuld'not hope to escape at ollpfor it was - alinest a'' certainty that oOr excavation would be discovered the next day from-the out side, and a cfoser wateb be-kept upon u« aver after. > The first terrible'shook over, however, we went to work as men will Work for their lives 51 and at the end of two hours, we had succeeded in enlarging the aparture sufficient, as it was believed. for all|to get through ; bbt fnr fear the large-1 might get wedged, it was decided that all the others, beginning with 'the smallest sboji'd have the precedence in the order ofeise. The tope by which we were to lower ourselves into the dry moat, a distance of some thirty feet, having been firmly secured iosidej tha 'smallcst ihan ientercd the breach',' feet foremost, and to oiir almost unbounded out AGITATOR. > *- 'f • ■ - ,• • f' t ".i"'’* l i -*• /:f v!, Z~~ZTT: ’ i,n safety. ,;Thqn one,by one we, followed and sbccee’ded jin rejoining him—though'go' difficult was the undertaking that some of ns reached the gf opnd, naked; withoqr.flesh torn and bleed ing,.and,so slow. the process that,three .hours were consumed i n rffe effort.; Two of our num ber stuck fast, atd'foVa while it wart believed piey worth l‘ffrit , £et'>throUgh at aH'; and one ac tually had to be drawn;badeby a rope fastened to his-armshy'tbose.inside ■,hut he Ibpnght of his deairwife ,apd children ; in.. Texas,, made a second alt ipipt, and was the last hut one, to re join nsln the great'&oat obr prison walls. An rte'eixteerithmantouched the eSrtb, the Caslle bell’ toiled the bourof: midnightvarid the cry of “ Cetitiriela aUrta,”, from < the watch ers cp tlje ramparts, watne<lus;tomuve silently and with c aution. IVe crossed the moat, ascen ded. its outer wait by narrow stone stairs, 1 climbed over tbe'c;lcraltx '(ie : frise, passed,., through the outer ditch and up-the onte* bank, and at half past twelve, dndbe morning of fche third of;Ju ly, we stood clear of all that, belonged to the gloomy Ct.stle of Perote. But though free from our prison, we were not from the jenntry, and ina iy were ’the priVa jtions, sufftringarrdperils yet in store Tor 1 ris- We paired - uff and sepnrate4 each couple taking W different course to the;-mountains;' among .Which wrt intended t6 T secrrtl|e ourselves tilt the first purer it and-search fur ns should--be'Cver, after whiSth we hoped-to bel-able to' make obr ,way out of the countryv - Eight of US succeeded 'in our design, and' eight Were recaptured and returned to ouy late gloomy abode, with all its attendant misery and degradation. I, alas! “was one orthe unfortunate’ latter; and here I remained, debilitated in body and crushed in Spirit, till the order of Santa Anna, procured through the intercession of {the American min ister, General Waddy Thompson, came for our final release. i', ;I ' ■ ■' ■' '' ’ " I For the Agitator. | CLojcjD. '■ . '..MRoEphob.—l solicit, your benevolence, in reserving a space in,one of It,he,columns, praiseworthy paper, for the following lines: 1 A short time ago, as I was' riding along the road I observed a'dark ond “heavy cloud, over hanging yjour eastern horizon, that movedslerid ily towards tbe Peighbdthood where I resided, and in aehort interval a fierce and ragingstorm followed-by powerful galea! of Wind, strewing yonder plains with- wreck—surrounded me:in such a way that I could not see ten feet .before me. In About fifteen minutes,-the Stpnn bad ipasaed over—the sky was again clear, the sun pouring its genial rays upon tbe earth—and the fair calm. The sudden chslnge -of that storm, .'originated the following desirable and - decisive -thoughts. ;■ . I - . Til Whonj affliction, necessity, confinement'or' endurance of any kind, comea npon tbe follow ers of Jesus. as .they are ,Journeying towards the Canaan ef Rest; apd as the dark and low-, ering cloud is issuirtg .rtp ekoflha, over their . beads, how natural it is for-them to ;observe natbing-but the darkness and.the raging .storm. All tbe enjnymerUs of .life late.vforgQtten, All the blessings of God- are .overlooked,: and the storm possesses the-wbolej attention-,of their minds, a All the favors that are obtained, ap-. pear to -be of little value, land tbe sou), -filled with commotion, loses signt b£ i»ll the attri butes of pod. - - While I was surrounded by tbe cloud, I;did. not behold the limits-of ids bounds; and if I had nnt.behfild it arise, ! .would..hare immag ined, undoubtedly, that it ;iutd spread .over, the country, perchance over the entire globe—and fear the; storm would not pass away for many' hours, rßut when-the storm ;)md .gone, by, it* limits were clearly seen, aind did not appear, very lafgrt, During.tlu time of lour-affliction,, we do not see the end ofj our distresses/and thoughts of heavier trials and .temptations- are pressing upon uuc spirits, [apd we , are, afraid that out trials will increase more apd. more. And ’their duration will be Jon» .and -painful. , But when they have gone by,|wo are aware, that they but Short, and we are .inspired .to' 1 think tbat-the storm has ceased sooner than. we imagined, and we.behold that our fiercestftfflicr tions prevail but for a moment. Now pie. -sun breaks-forth with all the iinflupnee of its: re newing power, and we are sad at heart to think that wft have grieved at the kind attributes of God. ! After the storm had peeped over, I was com pletely taken up with the clear and still._iiadi r ance of tjhe'surrounding scene ifthera-, ging; tornado had not preceded, it is very likely that a- part of this, desirable scenery of nature ‘ would have passed over unnoticed. Add'is it not a fact that rfintly 'of the attributes -that 1 we receive fioma'kintf Sifd beheyolent Providence, would be overlooked oh nccepted,Wiih'ont the, least V'ny of thankfulness, if- it Wore riot that the ; Lord gave us'to drink at different' times, of: the cap of endurance?’ Add When otrr endurances are over;'dovte no more fully Vetilise'the' virtue ami' importance'of the blessings wephjoy 1 Gcd gives us of the 5 bitter/ do' 1 1 hi a t we maybe moreil worthy of onjeying the - virjtueV of the ’street.— Hence, we must fexpect to meet many storrtis in 1 the wildcrdcss of life, and.'that our 'life ■will pass', away; ih 'one -‘continual ’storm ; yet ;we cad continue fb journey Sn to wards tbs New jerusarem,ifor “blesSBd aro‘they that hold otit faithful tothe end.” 1 "d ; "• Sthtms need hot 'impede uS dn’hbr'. jonrnev . - Ift*. ; jon...jy,i but theyjcafr hasten *OB honSe; -There, storms 'hOr 'wiTd''lerD'Ad6e3 z TriTl tnblSgt its j ; the ‘diirkhinaitjtrerJhg clouds #iUhever threaten us- devastating wind that rushes fiercely through the 81:168, will be put : 'ta rest forever, and the bub' trill shine' with'-'hverlasting ■ radi ance, or rather, tbere-wil! -be no need of the . OTm;'“fop’tha glory of Gntf'triD illuminate the' I arches of anditiWill ibidem in .one | everlasting - sumtn'eiv ; Hence, iinay we endure I with'unyielding firmness tibeisitarms of life, and, iHeavea wilideckonr graves 'with Amaranthine flhtW’s. ■ ‘r|;; J/ K Johns. ■ Charleston, f)oti-26 r 18fi1." "-v ■ .. ’ SivAQK.>“A|MBm«4 maD : *boae rib proved lobe “the better-half// in the. Wrong rente of|; tha tePß.eaid to bii friends, l‘l:lo<edmy Wife at j Sref,-M fraybodyorerdiii k»Te.a,wiTc.'[ For the first tnro month*, ihoteally-ts-imted in' cathernp i an 3 ever «Jne» then J'tr ixea *orry -.i DEATH.OP Cpt. BAKBB. ‘ . ; the saddest losses which have .been inflicted rn the country since the opening oftlh'e warj isthatuf the late' lamented Edward D. Bnkeiv Oulonol of the Ist Regiment of Califor nia Volunteers, and Senator of »h« United States. ■ Col. .Baker participated in the battle which took place near Edward’s Ferry, in Vir gmia'j oh tile afternoon of Monday last, and fell: at iße heard of hW’troops* while waving-his sword,': and cheering on his men. Byhis'death, ■ thd country is deprived of one of. its most elo quent advocates in the superior ohamber of pur national legislation, and one of its most sea sorted and fearless'champions in the field.' Col. Baker, though fils ripened years present-, ed llim to the country as aniaocomptisbed'liv.w yef, and a soldier Of repute,: began life nnder the mpsthamble circumstances, and is indebted to Wo regular scbolarriiip, either in ‘ literature I or;arms, for.the. distinction which, in both of these positions he Achieved. He was essentially one of those spontaneous creations, which our ' noble ’institutions so frequently develop, and which are most honorably known among’us. ns "self-made men.,’’ j And tbat.Col. Baker wasa high of tprrvp; .class, rpay be seen by the difficulties which retarded him at bis outset, ana the ,pitch of the elevation he attained. The' dead Senator was of English birth,’bat he enme to-tliis'cauniry when five years of age, and by the choice of his father was -settled in Philadelphia, that Quaker neighborhood being especially congenial, as the old gentleman wps of tbs’ Society of "Friends.” In i few years thi father di'ed/and leh-Edward, arid a younger brother relationless, and unprovided.' Labor, however, that common patflpn of tbs Veil and willing, extended its. resource through..the oc cupation of bis. father, and .he obtained employ : rrient ns a weaver, in a smalt .establishment in | South'strect of that City. There bp- reiniritibd faithfully at work for a considerable period “of -tithe, devotingbis earnings, for awhile, to; the support of bis brother, and gradually ; log him, that ho might, in time, support himself. I Possessed of an' ardent imagination; be natu rally took a deep interest in reading,-and being -stimulated by the allurements of romance,: hie taste, enlarged,, until it embraced the whple range of sober as well as of illusive literature. Bit none,'however, saw in that prttient^'thought-. : fnl, riever-flagging boy, the future statesman. i whose youth was worthy of a UR. Modesty is a. good .maxim for tbe manners of. & youth; bat j genius.always knows itself; arid Edward. Baker, whose mind had dwelt upon tbe marvels of the, West,"feeling within himself that, confidence' which Innate' strength determined' - to • lekTtS'brbad arid'inviting platform: for bis fu ture. . Youthmeedsbot little preparation when it.Wols.o.vt toscefc.its fortune.; ani|.hqpe at.all , times requires but little backing. ,/") .’Edward, though he had but little means to. ' make'the journey, coiamunicated his resolution i‘td ! his brother, and the two hand-looni journey-. men, with pocks upon their shoulder*, strong . staffs in their bands, and stout, hopeful, hearts j within their bosoms, set their faces toward the Atlegpariies., On font, they undertook their as cent, and on foot they crossed ; and so they : trudged'along through broad intervening States, until they found themselves in that, portion of the far. west,which was known as,lllinois.—' Here the young men"paused and cast theirlot, : Edward selecting Springfield as' the special place of residence.' There in a little while; he 1 was enabled to torn to account the legal reading which he had begun in Philadelphia, and' hav ing a happy gift of language to help ilinto nse, he soon i\as.enabled to make a living at tbe law. By fast degrees he rose, arid ripening with exerriise, it was not long‘before -be was among the rri osfpopular advocates at the bar. . .Through his prosperity-he was now - enabled ;to look .beyond-the narrow circle of the private spites and griefs, in which the mere attorney is required to abuse histnind ; and tbe broad field, of politics' invited him to the disenssion of more lofty topics. He embraced the' doctrine' of -the Whig party, and transferred his. eloquence to I |bo. fjrum with such effect, that be soon won hi* i way to Congress, lie occupied bis seat in the ‘ House of'Representatives with dignity and 1 credit; arid was fast being recognized ns on.e of (fan lenders of that body, when the temptations of .the'Mexican campaign appealed .to bis ar- I dent qnd enthusiastic wind-, and jnduced him to | abandon civil life, and seek an employment ip the way of war., Ha .went to Illinois, raised a' regiriient and took it to the Rio Grande. A ’ 'pause in the campaign enabled him’ lb- returri 1 temporarily to'.Washington, in Order that he might express himself upon the policy ,of the war and cast his votes; but that done, be went back to bis comiriand.' nnd'followed its fortunes ffn the line from Vera Cruz. All tbe actions of the contested road 1o Mexico recognized hwvrt lor.;. and when Shields fell at tbe head of bis brigade at Cerro Gordo, it was Baker’s distich guished fortune tojisa to the command, and to' lead r ;the New York regiments-through the ■ bloody, struggles of that day, Wsll do we mind the lofty look with which the noble Senator, 1 1 fifteen years more'of snriw being on bis head, ■' told.the people of thiscity, of that circumstance, in-April- bist.'wheri, all together, tre .pledged .ourselves atUnipp Sqnare, ioavenge tbe parri cidal blow at-Sumter. 1 Returning to lljinois in triumph, Col. ,Bater v,as again oleetad to represent his districtin the imils of ! Congrels ; and tteserved there‘until 1850,'hut at'the end of his term', he. .yielded to sameSiews oMd-dness, and yen tout fop awhile' to Panama. The ferer, however.sonn drove him home, where being recruited In 6is healthy ,* new contagion touched his mind: This was dhe meriioribie empidemie whiehi dlrocfed hhi ■ versa! attention to the' Pacific shore ; nndyjeld ipgltoihe faoination, the soldierwhohad- 1 be- I’oome unsettled by the,,excitements of the war, .turned his footsteps to thenewEl dorado of the .■fVeit. “His fame had. gone before' him, add be wnS'gpared any efforts to popularitahimself id 'thishew field of effort. He took lat once a su ; perior position at the bar of Sao. Francisco, and a large proportion of the heavy esses of the sought the advantage o£ his treatment. By common consent, ha was acknowledged to be fhdnioateloijoent speaker in California; but a proof "was in Reserve, in • circumstance bey ond', the.mere limits of forensic eloquence, to create, forhirathe claim of being, perhaps, the most, 1 -b-5 'vVi M. - V‘. > • ■* P ' j p rdvertfifi . ! AdrettiiesnMi wHI be charged $1 pereqaare of 19 lines, one or three lorerttone, and SS eeaii for every aubaeqaent Insertion. Advertisements of leta tbaa 19 Sees eoisidertdis aaqaare. The isbjsisedrstes will 6e charged tot <Jnwterly, Half-Yearly and Xearly ad vertisementif ' i 3no sms. Smeurmt. 11 sorrw; Square, U -- 53,00 *«,o» J dp. - , 5,00 . 6,50 . 8,00 . 3 dp. V . 7,08 8,59 10,00 , 1 column, - . 8,88 .0,50 12,30 f : do, • ' 15,00 ’ 28,00 80,00 'Cofensm, - ~ 25,00. . - 35,00 50,0{ - ■. 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Broderick, that no bio young.fri!nffnff,w|io bad defended California from the doom,of Slavery, end stood.the .stem bulwark against the domineering hordes, of Southern ''Chivalry," bad bees tqken . in . the toils of a band of pistol sharps.arid slain, “ They have killed me because I. was opposed to the extension of Slavery and s‘ corrupt Ad ministration," was the laatdeeloration of the dying Senator; and as tbo words fell from his .lips, they became five In the heart 'of the weep** Ipg orator who helped to close his eyes, ‘ The empire city of the Western Ocean was Steeped in gloom at the contemplation of the monstrous deed. All trade was stopped: no sound oft bustle was heard along the street; and, by common consent, 'without pageant or parade, or any soond but the' low, measured,' muffled throb of the church-bells, the dejected people, walking as if they almost held‘their breaths, in the main square, and formed themselves like so many shadows round the bier, j At the foot of the coffin stood the priest; at its head, and so be'coaid gore freely on tlie face of his dead friend, stood the pale figure, of [the orator.! Both of .them, the living and the dead, were self-made men ; and the snh of the , siooe-cuttef, lying in mute grandeur, wi(h a rejeord floating round that coffin which bowed the bend of the surrounding thousands down in mute respect, might have been proud of the tribute'which the weaver’s apprentice was about.to lay upon .his breast. For min utes nfter the vast audience'had'settled itself to bear his words, the orator did not speak. He did not look in the coffin—nay, neither to the right nor left; but the gaze,of his fixed eye was'tamed-within his miudj and the still tears coursed rapidly dowd his cheek.' Then, when the silence wae the most intense, his tremulous voles rose.dike a wail, and with an interrupted stream of . lofty, bornipg and pathetic words, he so penetrated .and. possessed the hearts of the sorrowing multitude, .that .there whs not pne oheek less moistened than his own. For an hoar be held tbem os with a spell; and when ,he finished, by binding over this calm face of the noble corse, and stretching bis arms for ward with oh' impressive gesture, exclaimed, in quivering accents, ’ " Good friend.! brave heart! gallant leader! hail and farewell!'’ Jibe audience broke forth in a general response .of sftbs. ‘ Bever, perhaps, was' elcqnehee more thrilling j never, certainly, was It better adapt ed to the, temper of im listeners. The merit of of the eulogy divided'public encomiums with the virtues of the deceased, and the orator be came invested with the dead SenatorVpnlitical fortunes, ; The territorial field in California being, hpweyer,- not. open to immediate occupa tion, Col. Baker .transferred himself to' Oregon, there, the glow of bis last effort'.'soon car* ,’r’ied him to the,highest honors of that Stale.— • Be was elected Senator for the Tull term of six years in iB6O, and at the time of his death bad it® ,lofty honors only for' two sessions. How he improved the privilege of.his place by grqat. arguments in favor of the' Constitution, , »nd by withering denunciations of the pets'of treason, has been a matter of universal and applapd'og Cognizance. Be was, in fact, the master- of the war term of Congress, { and that he had the, courage to give' bis oratory force, the shrinking Benjamin, who' withered at his words, and the blanched Breckinridge, whom be “ cast from the Tarpeian rock,” can well attest. , , But even these honors, and the acknowledged', prominence which he had won in bis lost pow erful position,, was not. enough for his active pnd,'dajing spirit while -the country was'in arms. He left the Senate to raise s regiment, und wh.en that was ready, he led it to the field. JHs fell» as We have stated, with,the “light of battle” on;his features'; his death being ns eloquent as his life, and contributing by its no* ble manner a, large compensation for his loss. event,’however, has (iehetrated the nation . with the deepest sorrow, and, at the same time, it has lain ,s new obligation on oar settlement with treason. . Upon the writer of this article," perhaps, the . tidings of his loss fell with a more startling ef ect {ban upon any person else. ,Tt was our good fortune to.know Cdl. “Baker well, and' wc had the honor to entertain him as ourguest at dinner, pn an afternoon in the month of August last. On’ that occcasioh, r w)reh expressed (in view of the recent disaster ftt'Manassas) n nat ural concern as to the"deportment of hia troops, he said ; “"Wilkes, 1 have sprue, peculiar no tions as to (he part I am to play in this extra ordinary war ;' and I want you to bear in mind that-wfaat I nowfsay to you is not the result of any'idle' fancy or vague impression, ft is doubtful if IshaU ever again. take my seat in tire Senate. !’■’' To the look of surprise which I turnedupon him at this expression he replied, “I am certain! shall not live through this war, and if my troops should show any want nf res* elution, 1 shall fall- in the first battle. I. can-, not afford, after my career in Mexico, and as a Senator of the-United States, to turn my face from -the enemy I” There was no gloonvhr d- - pressionin bis manner, but it was character ised by a temperate earnestness which made a deep impression on. roy mind. Lo! before October has shad ica leaves his sword lies upon bis pulseless breast, and I his toga bas'becomethe cerements of the gravis. “ Good friend 1 brave hpatM.gallant lender! bail and farewell I” , A G. W. Interesting. Ficrs.'-r-One half of those that are boin, die before ‘thay 1 attain tha age of 17 ■years.-' .■■ -v >!•- '- -.-■ r ;, ; r Among 3125 who.die* H appears by tha registers that there is only one person 100 years of age, -.i :■ fo:>. ;r> More old men are-found in elevated situa tions, than in valleys and'plains, ' ' Out of every 1000 mentwentydie anna ally. J . “ ;; ' The nomherpf inhabitants of a city orooun tty is renewed every 30 years, Tim men able to bear arms forms a sixth of thednhabitanfs of a country. - The-number of old awn whodie in cold weather is, to-the- number of those , who the is waria*weather, 7 ; lotfc- : - - j .'Most.bobkfi In these day* are likeaotoe kinds bf tree^— a great many leaves and no- fruit.
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