COL
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DEMOCRAT.
life
"That iovcriiniciit h the best which ffovcrnn least''
1'iiMTf.D ,M'ii rrin.isnt:n(
BY LEVI L. TATE. '
BLOOMSHUUG, COLUMBIA CO., SATURDAY, FEB. 24, 1819.
I VOL: 2, NUMBER 49.
ORIGINAL.
For tht Columbia Democrat.
The Woodland Home.
BY A SCHOOL, BOY.
I sigh not for pomp 'mid i he bustle nflife,
Nor the gloried of those who aspire lo fame,
Bill gladly retire from noise and from strife
For the comforts and joy of a sweet rural
home.
Here with the red-hreast.I'll welcome the spring,
Here with the linnet, I'll hail the hright hours,
For the tweet vernal season all beauty doth bring
Glowing in verdure and fragrant with flowers'
Here doth the primrose it beau tin untold,
And bend to the breeze that no g.tntly doth fan,
And the butterfly, tinned with purple and gold
In loaring above, the fair flowers to scan.
Here with the iongt"re I'll go to the shade,
For here by the stream that meanders along
Would the wisdom of Nestor, awhile be delayed,
And Achilles, the mighty, would list to the
song.
At eve when the songster has gone to her nest,
And beauty above, in the firmament glows,
Here may the nightengale lull ma to rest,
And melody wake me at dawn from repose.
And while on the bjauties of Nature I gaze,
While her music symphonious my serines em
ploy, Here may I off.;r the tribute of praise
To the bountiful giver of all we enjoy.
J. C. S.
Roaringcreek, February 13, 1S49.
Random Shots-No- 2-
BV NONDKSCRIFT.
Hints to Teachers.
Tito aid of the mines might, perhaps, with
great propriety be invoked in this article, but I
forbear, nd only ask the teader when he finishes
this "Random Shot," to go and consult "Cowper's
talk," and h will find in it a lew "Shots" that
were not made at "Random." It lins been my
lortuneto have heard some of thu best, and also
some of the. worst Preachers in this part ol the
country, t pruf-. of all things, spending an hour
or two nnder the teaching of one who preaches
in spirit and in truth; but to he bored to death
by one of those who have been called to preach
by their mothers, and not by God, is excrutiating.
If they fulfil their staled appointment! and occu
py their usual time in the Pulpit, their task is
done.
It is supposed by many, that the graces of ora
tory and the flowers ol rhetoric should rieilhpr ho
studied nor enlisted , in the cause of Religion and
salvalior. tVt., is ft miilake. I shall not enter in
to an argument to provo my positions, hut ask
those to whom t write, to consider them well.
Many have an opinion, judging from their prac
tice, that no serin in is perfect unless it is divided
into exactly three parts. Time, place and occa
sion are completely lost sicht of; for "firstly, sec
ondly and thirdly or finally." The opening chap
ter is read in an artificial ton.!, manufactured ex
pressly for t tin occasion ; and the hymn is drawl
ed out in a half weeping, half sleeping sins-song
manner, which often puts the choir to shame.
The prayer is five times as long as the moral law ,
and spiritless in proportion; compensating in
length for its other lamentable deficiencies : The
Scripture have spoken concerning it There is
also a certain artificial lone of voire, in which
many sermons are delivered ; and a contemptibly
affected pronunciation for giving effect to what
otherwise is of no account. Many people, if they
do not underhand a sermon, comment upon it in i
this style; "He is a deep man, preaches depp
sermons!" Nothing ever will como out of them
because there is nothing in them.
Let nature be followed in all things. ) not
cast your eyes up to Heaven like a duck in a thun
derstorm, and lay the hand upon the hreat in a
mock reverential manner. I'evoiir an 1 feeling
should be manifested in the matter not h the
manner of a discourse; or rather, let it he noti
ced, that earnestness and feeling will always
hring along with them Ihe cnnromi'anls of ac
tion and tone and manner A certain co.lcbia
ted preacher in the early part of his ministry used
uniformly a loud ami violent manner of delivery
hut suddenly he left that, ami fell into the oth
er extreme, aib'pt'ng a mild and eay style: -l 'p.
on being interrogated as to 1K rf.;im f
change, he replied : "When young, I used lo
think the thunder killed people, hut I lonnd out
subsequently it was the lightning !"
While soma pour death and damnation among
their hearers like grape and canister, others "woo
them as gently as a sucking dove !" Thue things
should be reformed altogether. If our Preachers
would mike a practice of henrng rarh nth,.,
preach, they could rii-dy improve many thiny. m
delivery and manner hi ll.eir own .!, ivati..n,
which are iti-g i-Unu lo tli.ir hearers. J, e ear
and eve must lie uih-Jinl, if not plea-ed. or the
feelings and rinsoii cm. ml he enlisted bv I tie
Preacher, Another thing which should partini
larlv he attended 'he Inanulai lure ot a s. r
mnn is brtvily There are few n- n who can en
r him a a. vilicir.e for in hour A loo and s( int.
less prayer, followed by a dull uninteresting ser
mon, are enough to txpel the mrmhrri, without
an act of Synod.
Perhaps no very valid objection can be brought
against a written sermon, though I prefer them
Iresh from the heart if methodical anil studied ;
but if written, let them he committed, or at least
carefully read and re-read.
There are many other things in the composi
tion of a sermon which should receive attention
but it is foreign to my purpose I cannot re
frain from saying a few words in this place to an
othur necessary individual in a metting house, to
wit; the Choirister. If the coniega lion are ex
pected lo aid in singing, the tune should he so
pitched, and of such a character, as to be capable
of being sung. Another material point is to adapt
the tune to the sense of (he psalm or hymn.
There is much in this thought. It should be
carefully attended to. Incongruity should of all
things be avoided. A hymn of prayer and praise
ought not to he sung to a tune expressing lamen
tation, and sorrow, nor vice versa. Let choris
ters attend more to the fitness of things.
Hindoo Widow.
One morning, soon after the sun had ris
en, I entered upon a spacious plain, anil
beheld atone end of it a considerable crowd.
Upon a nearer approach I found that the
inhabitants of the neighboring city were as
sembled to celebrate a suttee. The pile of
wood was already raised. The victim to
be sacrificed was a young female, of great
heauty.
A spectator informed me that she was
the widow. of the deceased Rajah and, as
his favorite wife, was to be burned with
the body of her husband. The young Ra
jah, with his court, attended the ceremony.
The city poured forth its inmates to wit.
liens the pomp, which surpassed any sim
ilar exhibition that had taken place for ma
ny years. The sufferer was preceded by
several led horses, superbly caparisoned,
attended by forty or fifty Brahmins, and
followed by an immwnse number of wo.
men, to the sound of tomtoms and other
instruments of the country. Having taken
leave of the reigning prince who was her
son in law, in presence of the whole court,
she advanced towards a small wood lire,
from which the fatal pyre was to be lighted,
anil threw into it the customary olTcri iiir of
incense. She then took oil' her various
golden ornaments, which she distributed to
her attendants, bestowing at the same lime
upon many of the spectators different fruits
and (lowers. She bade a last farefwcll to
all whom she held dear on earth, without
shedding a single tear; ascended the pile
with a linn step, and laid herself down bv
the lifeless body of her husband. The en
trance was immediately closed up withdrv
straw, and the whole pile surrounded with
the same coinliustilile material. 1 lie nl
ficiaiing priest set fire to itat the four corn
ers, and the wood, which was remarkably
dry, quickly in a blaze. The musical in
struments were sounded upon now, with re
doubled force, lest the erics ol" the victim
should be heard.
She lay unmoved till the flames began
to curl around her body, when making one
dreadful ellort, she released herself from her
situation, leaped from the pile, and ran in
to the stream of the Ganges, which (lowed
near the spot. Instead of emotions of pity
and affection, the bystanders, and eve it
the court, expressed openly their contempt
and disgust for an individual, who could
bring such unheard of disgrace n,i l(.r
religion and her friends. The liruhtnins
pursued and brought her forcibly back.
They replaced her upon the pile, and as
soon as she had been fastened to the wood
they let fall the canopy, which had been
raised over the deceased H-'jah, and thus
prevented her further struggles. The
whole pile, as well as both the bodies, was
shortly consumed ; and the ashes of the
dead were collected and placed in one urn.
The procession returned in llie order it
came, and I pensively followed it into the
city of l!ciiares. Smith's Tiiivv's .
Scenes on llie Ohio.
Our boat stopped to take in wood. On
the shore, among the crowd, siood a re
markablv stupid looking fellow, with his
hands in his pockets, and his under lip
hanging down. A dandy, ripe for a scrape,
tipped nods and wings all abnul. saying:
"Now I'll have some fun, I'll (lighten
that green borne,"
He jumped ashore with a drawn bowie
knife, brandishing; it in llie face of llie green
'mi. and exclaiming :
"Now I'll punish you. I have been look
ing lor von a wet k."
The fellow siiddenlv started at his as
sailant. He evidently had not sense en
ough to be seared, but as the bowie knile
came near his lace, one of his hllgh lisls
suddenly vacated his pocket, and fell heavy
between the dandv's eves, and the poor
lellnw was lloiindering in the river. Oreenv
jumped on board, put his hands in his
pockets and looked annul. ".Mav be,"
said be, "t, ,r's sm'bodv he that's hern
loi'king for in' .1 wr'.L"
The World in a A'lit-Sliell.
"A Snapper-Up oj Uitcontidered TAingt.',
Orj- The House of Lords, of England, now con
tains 335 members, and among these are !i pears
of the royal blood, 21 dukes, 10 marquises, 100
earls, IS viscounts, 131 barons, 2 archbishops,
and 24 bishops. This is exclusive o( the Scotch
and Irish representative peers.
Orj- Better Late than Xtvr.r.k bill for the
full pardon rf all those who took part in the late
civil dissensions of Canada, entitled "An act for
the Queen's most gracious, general and free pir
dan," has passed both Houses of the Canadian
Parliament."
$3-Bread for Calilornia. The bakers of New
Bedford are receiving large orders for bread from
California the Boston bakeries being wholly un
able to supply the increasing demand occasioned
by llie large exports to California.
fj-The President's Family. Mrs. Taylor, ac
companied by C ol. W. W. S. Bliss and lady, arri
ved in Washington city on Thuisday evening, and
proceeded to Baltimore, where Gen. Taylor has
a daughter married lo Dr. Wood,
fcj- Rate uf Interest. The Wisconsin Legisla
ture have passed a law making legal any rate of
interest which may be agreed upon between con
tracting parties, and in case none, is fixed, seven
per cent, is the legal rate.
(ft- Sixty Game Cocks, belonging to a man by
the name of Swanlieu, Cincinnati, were shipped
to New Orleans on tho Taglioni, a week since.
Four of ihein were purchased in Louisville for
twenty dollars !
! The Best Farm. The New Vork Agricul
tural Society have awarded a silver prize cup to a
Mr. Foster, of Seneca Lake, (or llie best larm in
the State. More properly, the best farm compe
ting for the premium.
ff- The License Question in Ohio The Ohio
House of Representative has, by a decisive vole, is the second season I have occupied it inv sell.- -instructed
a committee to report a bill repealing ' A part of my pasture produces but lillle. on ac
all laws granting licenses to sell intoxicttinii li- i count of the briar with which it was overrun,
plot's.
GO- Black Tea is becoming more popular in the
South. Doctors have forbidden the ie of green
tea during the Cholera season. Green tea is
strongly impregnated with copper, and black lea
w ith iion.
Ijrj- A man was robbed a few days since, near
I'awlilcket, Mass., of a pocket-book, containing
live dollars, lie. drove a dagger lo the hilt in the
shoulder of one of the robbers, anil lied to l'aw
tucket. f;- The Missouri Legislature have passed res
olutions opposed to the tree territory principle,
and declaring it a violation of ihe Constitution,
and therefore, void.
(jrf- (iolden Kaglrs A parrel ol gold recently
Drougnt lo alein, Ma-s., trotn Calilornia, has
just returned from the mint in the shape of four
hundred crtgcs.
t Hig Business. A mail rlm ivn, t,!l..il ,
Koxborough.Miiss , lasl Saturday, laglil i dogs
i u ii i . , !
and one horse had been bitten by hnn before he .
was dispatched. !
t'r There is one remarkable feature in llie I
isieoi n rignr, i r.ngianii,) not generally known,
which is, that a person w ho v iiu there, mav ob
tain muttiin from Cowr.
frj- About M cnories. It has been satisfactorily
proved by some ot our modern na'urnli-ts, that
tnonkejs have a retentive memory. So has a hen.
Orj-I'mgress in Turkey. Systems of reform are
gradually introduced into thu provinces. The pen- I
aity of death for political offences has been abol. j
ihheil. i
f;j-In England not a member nf Parliament, not
me i.om caanceiior, nor even l,cr I.ad.uhip the .
t-ueen, is allow,.,! me ininKiiig privilege. .
'gjr Ladiet who appear in society in mourning,
or half mourning, in England, no.v adopt the plan
of decorating it wuh scarlet.
'z-Sanla Anna's mother-in. I. iw and Iwron ..r.
rived at Mobile fmm Havana, i:i the steamer Dee,
on the -"Ul nit., they did.
f i'anhcr. liar gain.
Old Siplire Hopkins was the perfect picture of
meekness, and hi- muttering seemed the effect o
ha-hfulness rather than inhentanl phyviral defer i
One day ,i in iL'Mmr came to buy a yoke ol nvn of
him. The price vv.m named and Ihe animals
inaiic a very satiM.trlnrv appearance.
' Are they hn achy ;'' asked the huvrr.
' N-ri-n-iieiei" lr-tr-lroubled me," was the re
ply. The other paid the price and took the voke, in
a day or two he came hark in a lowering ph
-ion.
"I 'oiil'ound lhe-e rriltir,, Sq uire -ihere a u't
no lenri- will k. cp i in I liev'd bleak llirougli a
stun wall, or pimp over the moon
What the I
dieketi. made y on le.l mc they w.lu'I ,. hy j which subjects yon fn the penally ot death; v.n,
"II dni.-ii't s iv n-n-no Mich thing " I ay you are innocent ; thr truth ot that as.-i rtion
' V,s ymi did. Vn s.n.1 they nexrr troubled IH nnlv known to yourself and God. It is mv do
you." i ly to leave you for execution. If guilty, you
lhl, w-well ncikhh r," -n'd the Sonirr, I d-d- ' IK hlv deserve the fate which await you if III-
don't lets-such lii-lhiUvs as ,is thai Pie rmji.
llir.
The l over slop, il.
(oum; oti witt. pi sen who hid hren
listrniiig to a very dull -ditin-J, t, ni'.rl."'l 're,'
evir'.'hin w,i.af -',!, i 'frrialh; t'lf Oli'l
f 1 1 -
Agricultural.
Trolif of Farming-.
Eds. Albamv Ctltivator Nothing in your
paper which I have read, during the past three
years, for which 1 have been a subscriber, has in-
terested mo more, than your descriptions ul farms
in this and other States ; and the statements made
by farmers themselves, of their own experiments.
profits and expenses in the different branches of ' lh'gf red so long upon the eastern inoun-
their business. tains as 'if parting were secret sorrow,' has
And I think it would he profitable, as well as , ,isap,)PareJ. 'ltt aBl rofiy ,;, jg-fcjj,,,,
interesting, to most ol voui readers, if ome of the r i , ,. , . " , ,
, i " . , , . Ilrotnihe evening c o d. A deeper shade
real, practical and woiking farmers would keep. 8 1
correct accounts of their business, and nuke and ! 'l"liver the valley. One by one night's
publish statements in The Cultivator of their in- j unwearied watches' shine out in their 'far
comes and expenses in the various localities, and : off depth.' The bird folds its weary wings
in all the different branches of husbandry. Such whhi, iu(. Iu.st. Tim murmur of the
statements should contain the amount uf capital . .,. ,,,, , ,
,, . . . . .... , . nee is still. 'Ihe busy hum of man is
invested, the proximity ami laciltty to market, I i '
and particular branch earned on. Jiy comparing I"1"'"'! l'or a brief space the restless
these statements, we miht make sou.e estimate w odd reposes. It is the hour of prayer
ot the relative value of farms at diflerent places,
and also, of the various decrees of profit jblein ss
of the various branches and modus of manage
ment.
My farm is situated in the town of Sidney, Del
aware county, N. Y., and contains about eighty
acres, sixty of which am improved, or begiunim;
to bo improved. A section of it, divided from
the rest by a small crei k, is a low flat, and ha
becu mowed some thirty or forty years in sucees
sioti. This piece contains about eigleeen acr. s.
Another piece nf twenty aevess is nearly level,
and suitable to plough, though somewhat stony.
I have a few acres of pa-lures that never was
ploughed, being rather wet, and some side hill
too sleep to till Corivenitnlly. I mowed Ihe pasi
season eighteen acres ; about six acres were un
der the plough, and the remainder was in pas
ture. I bought my larm in ISl.i, for H..".W, rod this
when I purchased, and which I have been unable
1 ,0 -v"' Mv P''""'1!'"! busoic-s making
hulter. " 1 kept Ihe past veasnn, live four vi ar old
heifers, and seven rows twelve in all. I also
kept one horse, filleen sheep, and a yearling (oil I
I live one bundled miles from Caiskill. the near
est market or shipping place. I sold my bullet
and pork at my own house.
Sold at my own hoion, '2,000 lln bnlli r
at lf'i cts. per lb , ii
do. Toik, 1,000 His , at 4 els ,
do. Oil bushels oals, at 31 i i ts pel o.;h
do. ,')il " corn, at i'J "
Calf skins,
A calf,
A yearling,
7 tons hay, nt l'" pei ten,
' in '
Wool, poultry, eggs, tallow, hld.s. A
j u t,e rttiioui,l of
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1 So''1.
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Merchants', grocers' and m. i hamc-'
hills amount to o',
,,,, , n. n,l!)(1 rj
.. nn the farm, no-
Kvpel.ses,
I'rofils, j,r,s 1 1
In the foregoing arrnunl I estimated only the
produce i actually soil, making no reckoning of
what was consumed in the family, consisting
of four persons My stork now is about the
same as at tho beginning, of thr year, from my
seven cows and five heifers, I told two thousand
pounds of butter, besides what my family Used in
one year, which is not lar limn three hundred
pounds; making in the whole 2,3oO poinds. If
Inv rows had been all of matnie age, they would
I!1V, HVer:iged W lbs. a piece. My te.d in Ihe I
is c..mmn p,Mure- in the winter it is
goo.l bav, w ith roots or piovender ol some sort,
pn! In fore and after calving. M y cows are ail ol
il,, reunion or native hreed, and generally small
M'e.
SLEMAN I- WATTLES.
Sldil'i C'lUrr, lift to ,." V., Ill e. -li, 'is.
La ti pilfer.
!
Man is the only animal wuh the powers of'
I inching privilege which has not bestowed
II, 'O
n hnn for nothing. Let in. tlien laugh Ahih:
we inn. no mailer bow hroad Ihe lailiih uuv
sinni oi a lock .w. and de-piie ol wiivt the ,...et
sosahoiji tii,; loud laugh thai sp. aks the. vacant
moid
I he min i should occasionally be vacant ;
a. .he land -iioum somcii.nc e allow. nu ,r
precis, ly thr Mine reason.
t'owiiivr, Sf.vs r.yrr.
h,'eo roti
1,-d upon rather slight eudenre, the
. .. 1... I ,. . j I.. 1 1.... .
,1 ml ! i.iiireeded to pass judgement as oow
"I'lis.incr at the bai ! You have, been lound
cuilti In- a jury ol your roiiniri men ot a mine
norr.pt, it will he a aralihraonr. in h-elihit yen
were hanged witlu nl such a crime on noir eon
science I n eithi r rue ion will he (blurrnl
fioin a world et ''are
Il the do' tor '"'ires, the sun - I' . i! I "
lulls, llv earth, in w h(,m b k -in all things arc lor
i .'" hi'b it
E iiinily Circle.
The Hour of I'raytr.
M love to Heal awhile away
I- rou, every cunib'i in cure,
Anil siiend Ihe loons ol settini! dav
In humble, uratelul prayer '
How quietly the slill hour of twilight
8l;;,ls 0"' 1 ,,e "u" 8 'tgolilenray which
and meditation llie Sahbnth nf thp d:.
Jay.
' All is so still, so soft is earth and air.
You scarce would start to meet a spirit there
Secure, that nought ofevi I could delight,
To walk in such a scene on such a nihl.'
It breathes its own blessed quiet over
ihe Christian's spirit, and disposes him to
deep and earnest communings with him
self and with his Father. The world
loses its hold upon his heart ? wealth,
pleasures, honors, earth's vain array, seem
now but what they ar'; illusions, fleeting
shadows. Cares and c. nations, which
perhaps too much occuped his mind, atul
nulled his temper during the day, now sink
into iheir real insignificance. He lifts his
eyes to thr! magnificent firmament above,
and feels he is but a speck, an atom in the
vasicreaiion. he thinks of his immortal
spirit, and the priceless ransom paid for it,
and knows it outweighs the worth of
worlds.
Then, serious, but pleasant thoughts pos
sess his mind ; the rapid flight of time
bow soon its last hours shall have struck
for him : and his ransomed spirit, breathing
its last prayer, and dropping us frail ta
bernacle, shall rise to its blissful home in
heaven. O, what light breaks upon the
lomb, w hat an effulgence of glorv beams
beyond it! His is, indeed, the column hit,
'ashes to ashes, dust to dust,' and the clods
; of the valley are piled upon his once living
j breathing form. Hut what then ! It is
J only the clay which moulders there ; death
! cannot touch the immortal spirit ; that is
j nul shrouded in ihe grave.
Hut the twilight fades, d.-uknrss gathers,
a deeper silence pervades all nature It is
to him the 'still small voice' of his Father
-' and he 'wraps his face in his mantle,' and
bows down in prayer.
I here is a power in the voice ess e o-
quence of the hour even for the worlding.
Its gentle influence, like a messenger from
heaven, breathes on his unauiet smnt. nnd
,i i -.i ,i i i I
the warring elements within are 'hushed.
, , L . , i
Lnwonted thoughts press upon his mind.
The bubbles which ho has just been so
eagerly pursuing, seem now but bubbles.
He throws back a hasty glance to wasted
weeks, months, vears that are gone, like a
vision of tho night never to be recalled.
Life, life, 0 what a very vapor '(is ; a
quickly passing dream ; toil and care, jeal
ousy and "trite, hopes and fears, a wearv
struggle for some unsubstantial good, have j
made up almost its sum. Ah, how seldom
i are its cat ly promises fulfilled ; and even if
l.l :i.L. . . ii i ...
i ne y were, even n me worm spreail all its
jjifts before men, vet thev are transient as
, ,.,,;! ,,.,,1 . aml m rl tawnvlikp the
I morning dew. Yes, the Christian has
choBen 'the betti-r part;' his hopes shall!
not t,n)e away, vt ell, well, when I have
reached that envied elevation. when I !
& Mf mon weall)) wh(,n
it i u. r i n i I
I have brought a few more worldly schemes
.
I
.Vniividiialhsvin'oasuccessti.nerniination.thenmy a"''c-
tions shall lose their hold upon ihe world ;
t il . I I ,- . ill I
1 win iiiiiik ot serious tilings ; l win ne a
Christian.'
Ah, how many have such promises, and
such reasonings, beguiled of heaven !
A Dor tor's Affidavit. A highwayman na
med bollard, confined in Newgate, sent to know
how he could deler his trial, and was answered,
by gelling ihe rlorior lo n.akr nlhtiuvit el Ins ill
nefs. I his w as done in the following manner :
" Thr deponent verily believes, that if tht; said
'din f'oll .rd is old iged to dtand his trial al 1h
eo.i.iog -efsioii, he will hr in imminent dinger r!
hialilc" lowhichllic It.in.fd Judge replifd
"tl .'i hn en! y bel.eved so, too."
An Iiil Trajreclv.
I It is our painful duty to record this morn
ing the brief events of a tragedy which i
unparalleled in the bloody annals of our ci
' l,and throws the wildest ol roinontie lie,
tions into the shade. J.ove, ybundonnieiit
and revenue were llie iiii-i:imr phiui t
thjs (earful tragedy.
The history of this bloody affair is, in
brief, as follows : Not many years since,
('apt. John Howard married the daughter
of a physician residing in Montreal, Cana
da. They lived together in apparent hap
piness and domestic comfort for some lime
in this city, but difficulties occurred, not
necessary hereto name, and the parties
separated the wife taking the two chil
dren, a boy and a girl. Nut long after thu
separation, Capt. II. obtained the two chil
dren by violent means having no recourse
in law and placed them in charge of a
friend in Kentucky, at the same time an ap
plication for divorce was ending in a
court in that Sate. Mrs. II. was of an
impetuous and determined temperament
a woman of many accomplishments, and
capable of high places in society and felt
her humiliation to a keen degree, and had
often sworn revenge. Heaven knows, she
she has got it !
Capl. II. married again, ' in xuid" and
was living at the time of tin.- terrible trans
action, with the lady (quite handsome bv
llie way, and amiable in her manners)
who full a ictim lo the wild fury of jeal.
ousy and vengenee and perished under
the knife of the abandoned wife. The cir
cumstances of the tragedy are' as follows :
At about 3 o'clock last evening, a wom
an called at the boarding house of Mrs.
Wolf, on Fifth street between r'lum and
Western Row, and walked into the entry.
Meeting Mrs. . she said-"Madam 1 saw
"I" "'iiiiooK llie liberty ot wal-
- i i . i . ...
King in. i came lo sec Airs. Howard. '
Mrs. W. said si'. would call Mrs, H. and
immediately went up .Hairs for lli.u pur
pose. Mrs. II. soon eaine down, and upon
meeting the stranger, ihe l itter sprang at
her, and plunged a knife into her neck, se -(ring
the jugular, and then walked olf!
Mrs. II. si aggercd back into the kiiekeu.
the blood gn-bing from the wound, cried,
"O, Mrs. Wolf, 1 am killed !" and expi
red in a slum time ! Mr. Ilowmi w.s m
the liuiise at ih'Miuie, and upon being made
actpialuled wuh the liiei.--, he seized a knife,
and calling the n one of ihe umidrres : rush
ed (low ii slaii-, Inn she liud escaped ! II,.!
bleeding object of Ins o) was writhing in
death beloie hnn, und he ! cone tramp'.
l'lirsuit was made for the loindeioii,
but .'die could not be found. Mi . Jnlm I,.
N'oit. member nf Council from ihe Ni eoml
Ward, hnwevei, met her a short tun,- ..(L i
the murder, on Fnuith street, near Vine.
when she called Ins alti nMiui, bv i-howni.T
bun a knife reeking wuh blond, and
claimed "1 have done it 1 killed her
can I el this nnich ,,m ,,f j,,w.irl ;" sh
was determined in her manner, and h'tr
of.. I. ',,1 tl... filji-t, i ii ... i ..i
' i .,.. ... lhl , ..n, ... . , ,
ano arm to me einow vieie besmeared with
J blood, and ihete were some sp.os upon her
j fat'e. Mr. !'. was so enuipienlv conl'uun.
ded by tins singular nieetnig, ihat he uf.
fered her to puss on. She was arrested at
,. . , , " "
a late hour last, night by olhcer Hulse, Jr.,
Iiear her residence.
( Cincrnnai Comwreiul. fb. 3.
The Tracodt at CiNC!NArt The Cm
titimili . tittpiirtit i f .i t ii i .Hi s , the 2d inst, , rnn
l.iins tin, folio b'g additional particular of the
murder ot Mis llowan!, and s.os:
"About eleven o'clock, lasl evening, the
murderess went to Marshal dulse's house,
and delivered herself up, and ilus morning
he conveyed her to the couriiv jail, t )tii -
cers Mack and I.egg went to her house oti
( utter street, w hern the kmte waii found,
all covered with blood, as also the dress
w hich she had worn when she made th
murderous onslaught, all covered wuh
blood. Thev are now in ihe Mavor's no--
session. The excitement in relation to tin i
ii . , . 1
horrible transaction is indeed great, and nt
an earlv hour this morning, the Mavnr'a
e was literally brsieeed bv a c'mvui
seeking ingress. den u. ,ni.a ,....
opened, the room was soon filled, but the
anxious spectators were doomril to be (lis-
appointed. In cnnsrmiencc of llie imnn.
'.' . ,, ' "' impos-
nihility ot ( aptam II. s attendance. ( at.
jeuding to the remains of h ,..,,v .u
M.iyor was cnmpelled to iinstntine- the
1 ' . , n i 1 I
hearing until Tuesday morning next, at
nine o'clock. The niuredipd woman is to
be buried this afternoon. Imm Mrs. Wolfs
house Last neiiin, at about half past
nine o'clock, wo went to view rorpsc
of Mrs. II. I,, id on a conlinf, board, atti
red in ihe b I'liinu ins nf ihe crave, with ihe
hontl'le g.i-h which cmsed her death still
appar, in. she was pi, seined to our gaze
and as w, h. h. ld her ihiis, her features
slill heauiifid in de.iih. ,ve thought of the
oft n pealed hue, -in ihe midst nflife we
are in de.i'h." and le.'t fv convinced that
Hms ..n-r. n. Mrs. H. was a native of
,T,,iai,-,i iirn.hire. where he
ex
iriiuns auu r'lalnos now r'side."