<, . 4 .1 , ~ .• y " 1 " •• =^MEr: — rr? — ■• i .■ ,g < . ■■■■ - • i> — r ; ■ ■ 1 " —T —• ■ m THE STAR QF THE NORTH. It. W. Weaver Proprietor.] VOLUME 2. TUB STAR OF TBE NORTH Is published every Thursday Morning, by R. W. WEAVER. OFFICE—Up stair.s in the New Brick building on the south side of Main street, third square below Market. TERMS : —Two Dollars per annum, if paid Within six months from the time of snbscri bing; two dollars and fifty cents if not paid within the year. No subscription received for a less period than six monthn: no discon tinuance permitted until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option 01,o l , the editors. ADVERTISEMENTS not 'Exceeding ono square, will be inserted ''area times for one dollar, anil twenty-five cents for each additional insertion A libera 1 , discount will be made to those who ad vertise by the year. i - —■ " THE DREAM OF TIIE SLAVE. BY 11. W. LOYCFELLOW. Beside the Ungathered rice Ire lay, Hit sickle in his hand ; His breast was bare, his malted hair Was buried in the sand Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his native laud. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly Niger flowed ; Beneath the palm trees on the plain Once more a king he strode; And heard the tinkling caravans Descend the mountain road. Ho saw, once more, his dark-eyed queen Among her children stand ; Theyclasped hisneck,they kissed hischceks, They held him by the hand ; A tear ran from the sleeper's lids, And dropped into the sand. And then, at furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank; His bridle reins were golden chains, And with a martial clank At each leap he could feel his scabbard of Smiting his stallion's flank. [steel Before him, like a blood-red flag, . The bright flamingoes flew ; From morn till night he followed the fight, O'er plains where the tarmarand grew, Till he saw the roo f of the Chaflear huts, And the ocean rose to view. A right he heard the lion roar, And the hyena scream,- And the river horse as lie crushed the reeds Behind some hidden stream ; And it passed, like the glorious roll of drums, Through the triumph of his dream. The forests, with their myriad tongues, Minuted of liberty; And the blast of the desert cried aloud, With a voice so wild and free, That hs started in his sleep, and smiled At their tempestuous glee- He did not feel the driver's whip, Nor the burning heat of day. For death had illumed the land of sleep, And his lifeless body lay A worn out fetter, that the soul Had broken and thrown away? ADVENT OF tOB. ARCHIBALD YELL. LITE IN TEXAS RIFTEEN TEARS AUO. The first morning of the first Monday in November, 1835, broke on the wild men dian of Arkansas, with a sun of almost ori ental brilliancy. A sky clear as a crystal bent its bine arch over an atmosphere soft and warm as the balmy breath of May. It was a godsend of golden weather to the Catherine crowds of human beings that from an early hour came pouring into the streets and public squares of Van Burer, a new but flourishing village, situated on the river ftom whence the stale derives its name, and in the immediate vicinity of the Cher - okee line. Men, women and children, white masters, black slaves and wild paint ed Indiana, with plumes nodding from their swarthy brows, continually swelled that liv ingsea, all burning with impatience to wit ness their favorite show to enjoy, one might say, their only popular amusement, tho common pleasure alike of every class for on that day the district court opened its reg ular session for the large county of Craw ford. Persons ignorant of the economy of so cial life in the backwoods cannot even ima gine what a strong and strange passion those far western people manifest for the excite ment of the forum, and more especially for the concomitants and consequences which attend or follow in its train. But we should remember that, in the paucity of i other means of gregarious amusement, ir is to them church, theatre, gymnasium, news paper and telegraph—the sole local point of reunion, where all orders, and not unfre quently both sexes, go to nee and be seen. The court yard is also the frontier prepara tory school of party politics, in which tho j-oung athletes of ambitious genius learn to j exercise their tongues to dart dagger words I of bu. <<,r u> ,nunc ' al '°"i an d their hands to { wield real Jagg."", pistols ana shot guns. This too, is liifi bd.'Uo-grouud where the old berooi; whose iourels have culled on many a bloody field, moot to r>easure arm*- This U the constituted plaoe for UK* decision of all maters in dispute of overy tia md antl description. The paper pleas of record for.** l but a small item of tits, multifarious issues to be tried here. Has the fair fame of a wo man basn soiled by the poisonous lips of slander, it is liere, near the door of the fo rum, and within hearing of the judge and jury, that ihe father, brother or husband will wash out the dark slain with the red lifer blood of the calumniator, or else lose the last drop of his own. Has a private quarrel oocurrail betwixt bullies, attornies, doctors, leathers or divines, he lure it He Mrs, in the BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA.fTHURSDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1850. public court yard, before the gazing, sltoul ing, agitated multitude, that the parties will fight it out. Such is the conqmon law of cus tom and the prescription of immemorial and sanguinary usage. Here, also, is the chosen rendezvous of rouges, drunkards, whiskered gamblers, horse jockeys and all office hunters and demagogues. It is for reasons such as these that the docket of a frontier court is never cleared of its cases; for every old one adju dicated, at lea't two new.ones are added to the list and thus the accumulation goes on increasing from year to year. This makes it the elysium of lawyers. There is a sad drawback, however, on their felicity. The liligante, witnesses and spectators are most ly loaded down with deadly weapons, and are equally ready to use them on the slight est show of insult. Hence none but fear less fighters need hope for success at the bar. Under such a state of circumstances, is it easy to conceive the scenes of wild sirife, confusion and outrage exhibited in a frontier forum, where the judge is forced by necessity to be either a tyrant or a slave, and the counsel are always bullies. It was therefore, the anticipation of vio lent excitements in the shape of actual trag edies that drew such eager and hurrying throngs to the court house in the villiage of Van Buren on the occasion first alluded to. The human panorama presented a view ani mated and busy in the highest degree.—Out of a hundred houses, forty-three were gro ceries, with every door and window wide open, and so densely crowded that it required half-u-dozen clerks in each establishment to supply their thirsty customers. Beside the counter m'ght be seen a group of well dressed gamblers, ringing together their full wine glasses before the sparkling chamgaigne disappeared 'neath their beards. In the centre of the room stood a mountain hunter, with his rifle in one hand and a huge quart bottle in the other just raised to his parted lips. One instant more and the nec tar fluid fire shall melt on his great rod tongue. But no ! It is stopped in frans-itu by the strong arm of a mongrel Indian, who snatches the overflowing vessel and flies a way through the throng. Click ! bang ! \\ hat sound was that ? The deafening roar of the hunter's rifle, followed by a death , yell of fearful agony as the ' Indian falls a corpse ! Yonder, under those beautiful shade trees of georgeous evergreen, where the sunlight trembles through like ton thousand diamonds bevies of bright eyed women are seated on carpets of grass—the daughters smiling at the accomplishments of their beaux, and the mothers smiling to hear the prattle of tt.eir chilJrcn. At nine o'clock, a group of lawyers, doc tors, and politicians— colonels all—were en gaged in earnest conversation around the bar, undisturbed by the drunken shouts and din of the multitude reverberating without, far and near, over the village. "It is the honi for calling court," remark ed Beiil) Reynolds, Esq., "and yet our new Judge has not arrived." "If he's smart, he won't arrive at all," said Gen. Smoot, cutting figures in tho air ' w ' l '' a showy sword cane which he applied it et armis to tho shoulders of a new judge lately resigned. Gen. Smoot was the "My Lord Coke" of Arkansas—He had amassed a handsome fortune in the brief space of five years and by universal consent, ranked at •lie head of his profession. It is true he had not worked his way fup to this proud elevation by learned and laborious research, nor had he soared there on the pinions of impassioned and peerless eloquence, nor had intellect, or imagination, or purity of feeling aided in his ascent; ho had simply hewed his way through all obstacles with the sharp edge of an immense bowie knife, which few except himself had sufficient strength to weilde. Wo to the luckless wit ness that gave him a cross answer—Wo to his opposing counsel that did not cower be fore his thunder! And a deeper wo to the presumptuous judge who dare to check his brow-beaten insolence, or who assumed the right to determine one point against him ! When therefore, the b)slanders heard the duelling general utter his oracular laco.tism in refere nee to the new judge, every body comprehended the implied threat, and burst into a hearty laugh. "What is the name of his expected lion or ? ' inquired Col. Reub Reynolds, Esq., as he gave his perfumed moustache an extra twirl. "A Tell from Tennessee replied Col. Mcßall, "and he has come to Arkansas with the commission of territorial judge in his pocket, for the purpose of making a oapital to be the first governor of the new slate when organized." Col. Mcßall was himself an aspirant for that hign office of which he lhen spoke. Ho did not obtain it, but he did obtain the post of cashier of Ihe Faye'.teville bank, and five years afterwards robbed it and ran away with one hundred thousand dollars. "How do you call his name?" interroga ted Gen. Smoot, elevating hie sword cane. "A, Yell," repeated Col. Mcßall. •"I'll change his name to A. Howl," re jlined iSmoot, perpetrating a metaphorical pun, while the swore! cane descended with a most beligerent flourish. A boisterous shout from the group testified their general approval of the menace. "fs any one acquainted with this Yell!" askad Cob Wallace, who was also a candi date for the gubernatorial chair. "I is.' 1 answered a deep-toned roiee, that startled the listeners like the roar of a thun derbolt. All turned to gaze on the speaker, who had joined the company unperceived. He was a stranger that no one recognized and none could ever have seen before, for the glance that beheld him once might never forget his image. Habited all over in a fresh suit of leather ornamented with fan tastic figures, with a panther skin cap sur mounting masses of raven hair rolled in wild tangles, his immense waist cinctured by a broad belt literally bristling with pistols, of almost gigantic stature, with a face of bronze and hands of iron, the latter grasping an enormous gun, doubled-harrelled, and both hammers at half-cock, the unknow'n seemed for all the world the embodied ideal of muscular force atld diabolical bravery. Every eye was rivited on this strange tower of human strength, but for 'seven.! minutes every lip was dumb. In the mean while the giant did not appear in the least discomposed by the common scrutiny and the gaping wonder elicited by his advent. He only opened the cavern of his throat and gave way to an irrepressible concus sion of laughter. Encouraged by this ambiguous sign of idiocy or good humor, Gen Smoot ventured to address the organized phenomenon. "You say, fellow, that you are acquainted with Mr. A. Yell ? "I reckon I isn't nuthin' else," replied the unknown, proudly. Smoot—"What sort of a man is he ?" Unknown—"He's a man." Smoot—"Willhe fight?" Unknown—"Yes, hell fight eyerythhing and anything from the devil on his burnin'] throne up to a sassy lawyer with his skull empty of brains and his pocket full of pis tols.'*' Smoot—"Have you ever seen him fight ?" Unknown—"Lord ! haint I seen him give it to the he bears ? lie didn't mind their teeth as much as me or you would the scratch of a blind kitten.'' The compatis-! on was accompanied by another choking fit o< meriment. Smoot (angrily)—"l do not doubt Mr. Yell is a perfect hero in a bear fight, but dan he fight men—Eh?" Unknown (indignantly)— Why bless my soul cae. that's his regular trade, whilst bar fightin' is only fun to keep his hand in prac tice? I wish you Qould have seed him whip old lloss Allen ! You know as how they were both bully lawyers, hut Archy Yell was allers the cutest, and that made old lloss tainal mad, and he thought he'd scare the other off the track ; but he might ax well have tried to scare a steam engine. Archy dodged two bullets, and bein' without wea pons hisself, colched old Hoss by the throat and began to squeeze away like a cotton press. Then old Hoss jerked out a big knife and began to tickle Archy's ribs, but he couldn't make him laugh nor let go on his windpipe neither. He cut o# his intrele, but Archy held them up with his left hand and choked harder than ever with bis right. At last the old Hoss lost his breath ; his eyes turned red as blood and IMB face black as a buck niger's; and he fainted till the knife dropped from his fingers. Archy picked it up, but he didn't strike it into the enemy's heart ? No; by and General Jackson ! He wur too brave for ucha cow ard's trick as that! He hollered—"Here boys, throw some water in old Hoss's face to bring him to, while I go to a doctor's shop and get my inlrils sowed up!" "You are a capital story teller," said Gen. Smoot with a sneer. "Will you be so good as to favor us with your own name?" "They call mc good-natured Bill Bnffurn replied the giant, with an obstrepeions roar, such as a red tiger might emit could he be provoked to the amusement of laughter. The bystanders, however, felt'r.o disposi tion to unite in Bill's explosive cachination, for Col. Leeper, a Tennesseean, and well acquainted with Judge Yell, having come up in time to hear the narration of that singular combat, substantially confirmed the tale, bating only the figurative flourishes ot its rhetoric. "The now judge is a real hero, then?" in quired Reub Reynolds, Esq. 1 Col. Leeper answered—"He is the bravest among the brave. I must own, that, al though we two are sworn and eternal ene mies." This avowal elongated to a most lugubri ous stretch a dozen visages, and causedeven the duellist, Gen. Smoot, to ground his sword cane. Little time, however remained then to speculate on the consequences of the astounding fact for, at that instant "good natured Bill Buffum" shouted with his insep arable chuckle—"Yonder comes Archy, God b!ess his brave soul 1" With this exclamation every eye was turn ed towards the door, through which a man of most striking appearanoe was seen enter ing, with a bow of dignified courtesy and a smile of irresistible sweetness. Of a tall, nleuder, but sinewy frame, and a shape ele gant and symmetrical as a woman's ; his blue eye beaming with a brilliant and yet calm light of soul full of passion's fire' but thoroughly self-possessed his whole person wearing the indiscribable air, and his face the countenance of a gentleman to whom popular manners had grown a sort of a sec ond nature ; dressed in rich but plain cloth ing—the stranger looked the double personi fication of one bom to power, yet educated to please, and therefore sure of command, because he would excite in others the wil] to obey. His Woe eys went like a Sash ef wild Trail our Country. summer lightning around the circle of spell bound gazers, his fine head almost impre ceptibly nodded, and his winning smile see med to melt into every separate heart. He had held out his hand to only a (ingle ac quaintance, for he had but one there wl o wns a friend ; but the greeting he gave that one acquaintance made him a hundred new friends—"My dear Buffum how happy I am co see you ! Hearty as n buck, too, and looking good.natured and brave as ever!'' His voice was as clear as the tones of a sil ver bell, with a ringing echo of soft music that lingered on the ear and pene'rated the soul. The giant Bill BufTum grasped the proffer ed hand with a gesture of awkward bash fulness. He blushed; he did not or could not speak; but one great'tear of joy, prido and pleaaure —KM wild l>la& aye and fell on th< jfiffgßVfin%erii]% Aye, that was a grateful tribute of a rude but grateful heart. That trivial incident caused an immense sensation, and was fruitful of consequences A loud murmur of backwoods voices swell up—"He's a gentleman! He ain't ashamed to shake hands with leather hunting shirts. He bows to common folks!— We'll fight for him / Then the face of General Smoot was like the convulsed face of a demon, and all his legal myrmidons turned pale with silent rage. J&dge Yell immediately proceeded to his seat on the bench, and ordered the sheriff to open court. The bland smile on his hand some features was replaced by an expression of serene but determined majesty.—The light in his blue eye grew stern and steady —a something to be feared as well as loved His charge to the jury was a masterpiece of that meridian. After a brief definition of species of crime, he began a general lecture on the necessity, importance and duties of court. His clear tones, at first low and per suasive, gradually rose, rang, vibrated and thrilled the air, filling the ample forum and rolling far out over the public square, till crowds came lushing from every gtocery, thronging the doors and darkening the win dows, all anxious to see and hear. They stood breathless, fascinated, wonder-struck, yet delighted: while there stood the .blue eyed magician weaving the spell words which held them like a vice of steel. And yet strange to say, his eloquence had no pto r oundity of learning, no polish of rhetoric. He never used a trope, and had nopower-of logic, seeming incapable of copulating premises with a view to keen ar gument ; but etlll that eloquence was incom paribly insinuating. It wound around the soul, pierced through the heart and rivited every thought like a fine thread of golden wire. It aroused no sudden cheers, no bois terous burst of feeling". Its effect was not admiration: it was conviction,—Men did not exclaim, "What an orator!" but they mur mured to themselves, "llow true !" The Judge concluded by alluding to tho dangers incurred by himself in the adminis" tratiqp of even justice ; and his last sentence uttered in a terrible voice, thundered forth the fearless avowal—"l will deal out to ev ery ouv—jurors, witnesses, parties and coun sel—the full measutes of legal right apper taining to each, and no more : and I will maintain the majesty of the law and the dig nity of my own person, or leave the best blood of my heart here on this bench, my own place." Ills face was illuminated by the glowing fire of passion, his eyes literally blazed and his very teeth appeared to shine with savage gleaming radiance through half parted lips rigid as iron with the energies of indomita ble will. Then the insolent sneer which had produced that final peal faded from tho countenance of Gen. Smoot, as he weisper ed to his myrmidonq— "By heaven ! I think he'll fight, and I mean to try him before the day is an bour older!" "His pockets lie smooth ; and I don't think he's armed," suggested Col. M. K. Ball, by way of encouragement. "I wonder why he carries that cane, for it would aid him but little in a combat," re marked Rheub Reynolds, Esq. "That cane, apparently so light, is a pow erful weapon of solid iron," said Col. Lee per. "With it one might fell an ox." "So much the belter," muttered General Smoot. It will not then be ar sorted that I attacked an unarmed man." "Go ahead ; we'll all back you," whisper ed M'K. Ball.' Can the reader comprehend this scene ? Can he imagine why this clique of lawyere should harbor such deadly hatred against the unoffending stranger? The singular prob lem is easily explained. Some of them had been unsuccessful aspirants for the office ho tnen filled, and they all felt that he would hereafter be a dangerous competitor for fu ture places of profit and honor under the state government about to be organized. This painful consciousness was aggravated to madness by the extraordinary impression which their supposed rival had already and so obviously produced in the minds of the people. Hence nothing remained but to test his courage to the last extremity—an awful ordeal to which every professional mail must submit who carries his ambition to the perilous market of the backwoods. The first case on the docket was called and the plaintiff stood ready. It was rfn okt case that had been in litigation for five years. Gen. Smoot arose for the defendant, and re marked in en orerbeering tone. - "Our witnesses ere absent, and therefore I demand that the cause be continued till the next term in Course.'' "Let the proper affidavit l>e tiled, for not till then can I entertain the motion for a con tinuence," was the mild response of the judge. "t>o you doubt my words as to the facts f" Gen. Smoot exclaimed, sharply, and invol untarily raising his sword-cane. "Not at all," replied the judge, with his blandest smile ; "but the law requires that the facts justifying a continuance must ap [>ear on record, and the court has no power to annul the law. nor any will to see it auuUl *d." The judge's calm and business-like tone and manner only served to irritate the bully, | and he retorted, shaking his sword-cane in the ditfiCtilUVOf lWhnnnL "Wti^wrwrmay ' be the law, ffc for one will not learn its prin j ciples from the lips of an upstart demagogue and coward!" Jude Yell's blue eyes shot lightning, but hs Only turned to the clerk and said quietly-- "Mr. C lerlc you will enter a fine of fifty dol lars against General Smoot, as I see him j named on my docket, for gross contempt of court; and be sure you issue an immediate execution." He had scarcely enunciarcd the order, when Gen. Smoot was seon rushing towards him, brandishing his sword cane, all his fea tures writhing with murderous wrath, and pallid as a corpse. Every glance was fixed on the counte nance of the judge, for all wished to know how he would brook the corning shock of the duellist's fierce assault. But none, how ever could detect the slightest change in his appearance. His cheeks grew neither ted nor white ; not a nerve seemed to tremble ■ his calm eyes surveyed the advancing loe with a-litlle sign of perturbation as a chem ist might show when scrutinizing the efliffr vescettce of somo novel mixture. He sat perfectly still, with that slight staff of painted iron in his right hand. Smoot ascended the platform and immedi : ately aimed a tremendous blow with his enormous sword-cane at the head of his foe, At that blow five hundred hearts shuddered, and more than a dozen voices shrieked, for all expected to see the victim's skull shiver ed to atoms. The general astonishment, then, mat be conceived, when they beheld the little irou staff describe a quick curve as the great sword cane flew from Smool's fin gers and fell with a loud clatter at the dis tance of twenty feet in the hall! The baf fled bully uttered a cry of wrath wild as that of some wounded beast of prey, and snatched his bowie knife from its sheath; but ere it was well poised for the despnrate plunge, the little iron staff cut another curve and the big knife followed the sworJ-cane. He then hastily dapw a revolving pistol, but before he had time to touch the trigger, his arm was stricken powerless to his side. And then, for the first time, did judge Yell betray preceptible emotion. He stamped his foot till the platform shook beneath it, and shouted in trumpet tones—"Mr. Clerk, you will blot litis ruffian's name as a foul disgrace from the roll of attorneys. Mr. Sher iff take the criminal to jail." The latter officer sprang to obey the man date, and immediately a scene of confusion ensued that no pen can describe.—The bravos and myrmidon friends of Gen Smoot gathered around to obstruct the sheriff" while many of the citizens lent their opportune aid to sustain the authority of the court.—Mena ces, screams and honid curses, the ring of I impinging and crossing steel, alternate cries | of rage and pain, all commingled with the awful explosion of the arms, blending to gether a vivid idea of pandemonium. But throughout all the tempestuous strife, two in dividuals might be observed as leaden in the whirlwind and riders of the storm. The uew judge used his little iron cane with ter rible eflciency, crippling limbs, yet sparing fife; while "good-natured Bill Buffum," im itating the clemency of his honorable friend, and disdaining the employment of knife and pistol, actual trampled and crushed down all opposition, roaring at every furious blow— "This is the way to preserve order in court !" a sentiment which he accompanied with peals of wild laughter. In less than two minutes the party of the judge ttiumphed and the clique of Smoot suffered a disastrous defeat, and the bully himself was borne a way to prison. Such was the debui of Archibald Yell in Arkansas; aad from that day his popularity as a man, as a judge, as a hero, and as a politician, went on rappidly and brilliantly increasing, till it eclipsed all the oldest and most powerful names. Within the first year of his emigration he became .a candi-' date for tho Governor's chair, and notwith standing the bitterest opposition, he was o. ccled by nine-tenths of the votes polled. ; At the end his term he canvassed for Con gress, and again swept the State like a hurri cane. He continued to serve with succors in the supreme councils of the nation until j the period with the war with Mexico. He then resigned, hurried home to Arkansas, and raised a regiment of volunteer cavalry, with which he made all possible despatch for the scene of action. 1 The writer Of the present sketch saw him on his line of march to coalesce with the grand army of occupation, and nerer will he forget the evening passed by his hospital camp-fire on Red river, Within the limits of Texas. The phropbecy of his farewell words rings still in ray eats with frarrarirfnl distinctness : "I go," said he, with a look of fire, and in I tones of thrilling emphasis, "to naaks a fans that shall be co-cxtensive with the length ' and breadth of the Union, or to extinguish life itself in a blaze of glory 1" He kept his word iho did both. He ar rived on gory arena in time to - witness the magnificient storm of the great day of Bu ena Vista; and where is the true child cf A' metican birth that cannot name the thrße transcendent stars of chivalry who fell quenched in blood that day ?—aye, whofe'l, but as they fell shed a parting sunburst ot ; everlasting life-light over that field of glory and of graves! Dost remember? Hardin! Clay ! Yell! We have only space remaining to glance currents cilanie at the striking character of Gov. Yell's genius. It sems from his cltiid hood to have been a tripple compound of y-uUnc sad lore Qt approbation. Although born df vefy podr pdflmta, he was i distinguished even when a boy alike by his daring, his thirst fdr practical knowledge, j and the refined courtesy of his manners. As \ a lawyer, judge and statesman, he was far from being profound. He never sought for central problems embodying first principles, he had no skill for the analysis of causes ■ but he had an eyo for consequences near and remote, piercing and far sighted as the ea gles That he had faults, wo do not deny, but whatever their nature or number, we will not discuss thom now. They were all amply expiated by that he roic death-—the rich libation of blood poured out on the altar, too, at the same hour, on the same point of the ensanguined field, be fore the same sweep of fire and the whirl wind of battle, fell another sacrifice hum bler, but not the less acceptible to the geni us of our glorious father-land—wd mean him who has figured in this sketch as "good natured Bill Buflum." He was always the inseparable companion of Col. Yell. He carried a standard through that storm of steel and lead. He was cut in ttfro by a fcanncn shot, and colors of his country drdped over hito like a shroud. Toor Dill! he will laugh or weep now nevermore till the last murmur ing ? Glorious Bill ?he died near his idoli zed friend, and the banner of thirty stars was his winding sheet. fIT Awn-L DEAFTT. —It is with much re gret, that we record the death ol JOSEPH HUNT, Esq., of Downiagtown, Chester coun ty, by that dreadful of all maladies—Hydro phobia. He was bitten by his own dog, in August last, and died on Friday, the 11th inst. On tho day previous he felt unwell, supposing that he had the rheumatism.—He felt very thirsty, and asked for a drink, but when water was brought to Lim he felt a repugnance to it and eould not drink.—Short ly after he was seizek with a spasm, which continued, with slight intervals, until his death. He was perfectly sensible during the intermissions, and could give notice of the asproach of each spasm. Mr. H. was about 70 years of age, a man of exce let . charac. ler, and universally esteemed.— NorristowA WatchmaA. 1 ty The following question was recently put by a knot of a gentlemen to a newly imported son of Kmc raid Isle: ''lf the devil should be told lie might have one of us, which would he first choose ?" "Why, me to be sure !" responded Pat. "And why sol" j "Faith he knows he could get either of | you any time." The gentlemen were satis fled and adjourned sine d.'e RP Somebody found a glovo that Jenny Lind happened to lose in New York, and sold it to a Yankee for five dollars. The Yankee charges two dollns for an inside kiss of the glove, and one shilling for an outside. He is making nioney almisst as fast as Bar num. What next? lar A puff appeared lately in one of our daily papers in favor of a new iron safe, wh.ch was exposed to a very strong fire, and from which was taken, as it is said, af ter the trial, a live rooster and a pound of stamped hitter. The butter ri-as harder than when it was put in, retaining its stamp, and the rooster came out alive and well, only suflering from the cold and confinement. The Bounty Land Bid. —The Secretary of the Department of the interior has decided that, by his construction, of the law recently passed the same person shall not receive more than one warrant, although he mav have performed sefvlee which, if tendered by several indiv'duals, would entitle each to a warrant. t#* An invention has been patented, c'al led the Autographic Press, by which a let ter written 011 prepared paper can be trans ferred by a short process to a metallic plate, from which any norhber of popies may af terwards be taken on common paper and by ordinary pressure. tF A lady, whose husband was led out to be hanged, hnvlcg heard that a riot had Occurred under the gallows, ran to the scene of action, and, upon seeing her husbands on the scaffold, with the rope adjusted, and cap on, cried out. "Oh! I have been so frightened, but I'm glad to find my husband oil safe 1" CANDOR. —blister! said a ragged little ur cbin the other day to a shopkeeper, heie'e yoor paper J stole, but as there's no politics in it mother hid me bring it back to you. Cm per Ainn. NUMBER 40. UARNUM'S SECCKSS-A SKETCH* The Boston Humbler remark* that next to Jenny I.ind, Mr. 11.I 1 . T. Barnum ie at the pres. em moment the most talked about individu al in tlie United States. The queen of *or,jf and the king ef showmen divi.letl the lion ore and dodnrs of Gotham, and their names rtre botne together by every puliation of the telegraph to the most distant part Of the land. This being tho raso, a word or two concern, ing the otigin and growth of this Napoleort Of enriositiea and public amusements, will not be out of place. Mr. Barnum is a na tive of the wooden nutmeg State, hare made his first appearance in Bethel, Ct., July 5, iSiO. At the age of fourteen he was lelt fatherless and pennyieas, and with the Itirtt i HMttoet* amigimaiel I Y.j and emored a store Two years after [ he opened a confectionary store in Danbefy, ; Ct , then a dty goads store, then .1 grocery, j A few years alter ho started tho "ilerald of Fieedom," newspaper, and maintained it ; for three years, wlfen getting into a quarrel . with Judge Daggel. the latter arrCsted hint lor libel and placed him in prison. Ho was also, about this lime, a Universalis! minister, , according to the 'Trumpet." In due time j lie came dut of jail, Sud went to Xew York. I We next hear of Him as selling lottery tick- I els, at which he made monejr. But it was evident that ho had not yet fodnd his natural vocation. Travelling near Louisville he met a very old black woman named Joyce Heath: i He purchased her—called her ISO years aid —produced thejpapere to show she had been iiie slave of Washington—was enriched to a handsome extent by exhibiting het all over the Union, when she died, and ho publishod a series of papers showing that the whole •flair had been a humbug! After this Barnum travelled in connection with a variety of public performance, and finally got Master Diamond, the great regro dancer, and by his assistance, realized mucll money. But eventually camo across tlie fa mous Tom Thumb, and Irditi that date bis I fortune was secured. He attended Tom Thumb from one extreme end of this Union to tho other, and always attracted sucli crowds as never before had been gathered together. He then took Tom to Europe) aiid by his ready tact and wonderful ingemt | ity in which he excels all other men living) Mr. Barnum soon brought Tom before all the crowned heads, and rapidly put away his thousands upon thousands of solid cash. He had obtained the American iriuseum; then in a feaifnt decline, and was enabled to pur chase nnd pay for it completely. He paid large prices for curiosities, and soon had it filled with objects of fare Intferfest in nttlnrw and nrt. Next he added to it saloon perform ances of a moral kind in opposition to theat rical cnteminmants. He succeeded in ail lie undertook. Good luck followed him liko a spaniel, and lie rapidly acquired ar. inde pendent fortune. Latterly ho has erectell a beautiful country scat called "Irauitan,' ( near Bridgeport, Ct.. at an expense of over 8150,000, which is the admiration of all who behold I'. He has enlarged his Muse um, fitted up an elegant ono also in Philh delpfiia put gorgeous saloons fof afternoon and evening performances in each, and may be said to clear his 850,000 a year without any exaggeration. But his crowning apecu lation was the engagement of Jenny Lind Nobody but Barnum would have dreamed of such an enterprise. There is little doubt that this, his boldest, will also prove his fnost successful stroke: lUSCOM'S EIXXIUICNCE. "Chemistry, with its firo tongue of ilib grib vanic battery, tenchos that the starry diamond in ihe crown of king', and tho black carbdn which tlic peasant treads beneath his fecf arc both composed of the same identical el ements; analysis also proves that a chief in gredient in limestone is carbon. Then let tho burning breath of God fass over all the limestone of earth, nnd bid its bid fnighty layers chrystalize into new beauty, lo ! the Almighty/Sat, the mountain ranges flash into living gems, with a lustre that renders mid night noon, and eclipSes all tho stars!" "Look yonder,' said the impassioned ora tor, pointing with motionless finger toward the lofty ceiling, as if It vfrefe fhe sky, see that wrathfol thflndor fiery bed of Ihe lightnings and hissing hail—tho cra dle of tempest and floods! What can be more dark; more dreary" more dreadful? Say, scoffing skeptic, is it capable of any beauty? Yon pronounce No.' Well, very well; bnt behold, while the sneering denial curls your lips, tho sun" with his sword of light shines through the sea of vapors of the west, and laughs in your incredulous face with fine golden eye. Now look again at the cloud!—Seo where it was blackest and fullest of uloom, tho sunbeams have kissed its hideous chock ; and where the kiss fell, there is a blush brighter fhan ever mantled the brow of mortal maiden—the rich blush of crimson and gold, pure and Vermillion— a pictured blush fit for tho gaze of angels— the flower work of pencils of fire and light, wrought a dash by one stroke of the right hand of God 1 Aye, the ugly cloud hath given birth to the rainbow, that perfection and symbol of unspeakable beauty!"' EF" A little girl inquired of her friend, who had passed her eighth yea;—" What causes the rain V To which the following beautiful reply was given: The drops of rain >e the tears shad by angels over the sins ef iW*erld "