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BY, D. A. dr, C. 'H. BUEHLER
vol/timE
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following,eutitied"Wateh, Mother,"Nttrritt lll 4 l ;
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.is, blutetikel--eue efthoge, little gluna which In . the fa)). of Is4o,lwtei travelling east
,topch the. heart:—• . . • Ward a.stlige coach from Pittsburg over
Mother!• watch the , little feet- the imountatos. My follow passe - tigers were
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tdv
:• • Climbing o'er the.garden wall,
..-, Bounding through the busy streo,
Banging ciellar,.shed and hall. ~•
Never count Alio trimpents lost, ..••
NOVO mind the time it coids; ,-1
'''''Little 'feht, will go - astrzif; •
- • Guide'them; mother,' while yea May,
Medici I Watcli'the, littlehand
.
• Picking' berries'by the way;
-,• ho Liget . itt the sand,
{ Todsing up thefragraet hay. I
• . Never dare the question ask,'
"Why to me this weary taskl'L- -
• These same little hands may prove
12. Itesam g ers,of light and love.
. . Mother watch the little tongue
Prattling, eloquent and wild, •
What is said and what is sung,
By the happy joyous child.
'tlic'‘'vonl while yet unspoken,
Stop the vow before 'tie broken ,•
This same townie Ma} , yet proclaim
Blessings in a74avioui's name.
Mothe'r witfch the littlehoMt •
Beating soft and warm for you ;'
• Wholesome lesson. now import ;
Keep, 0 keep the young heart true
Extricating every weed, • •
Sowing good and precious seed;
Iferre.it.ridi you then may see,
Itipening for eternity.
Boni the 317.vrikeij)pi Jintrital
A Frightful Snaky Story:
The following itmitlent was related to us
the other day by one whose veracity is rut
questioned, and who was an eye-witness of
the fact. It is more appalling than any
we recollect to have over: read iu the histo
ry of these reptiles.
Some time last Summer the inhabitants
of Manchester, Mississippi, gave a bar:m
ate, which was attended by most of, the
&Abut aud beauty of the town and sur
rounding country. jr happened that a
iming the guests there .was a young /tidy,.
Miss M.. recently. (rum one of t,he Eastern
cities, who was on a iisit:to• her, relations
in the neighborhoe& of the town. ,
Miss M. was a gay and, extremely fash
ionable young holy, and withal posses
sed of an uncommon share of spirit aud
courage. except in the matter of snakes.
and of those she had so great a dread that
silo scarcely dared to walk any When: ex
cept in the must frequented places, for fear
of encountering them. Every effort Was
used, but without avail, to rid her of her
childish fears. They haunted her contin
ually, until at ink it became the settled
conviction of her mind that slid was des
tined to fall a victim in the fangs of a rat
tlesnake. The sequel 'will show how soon
Ler terrible presentiment was fulfilled.
Toward the close of
, emu nes of- the . fairy. feet Wells keeping titnti
in the dance to the music;'aud the whole
company were in the full tido of enjoy
ment, a scream was heard -front Miss 'l.,
followed by the Most 'agonising cries for
help. The crowd gathered around her
instantly. tied -beheld her standing, the
perfect. image of despair, with her hands
grasping a portion of her dress with all
the tenacity of a vice. It was some time
before she could be rendered sufficiently
calm to tell the cause of her alarm, aud
thou they gathered•from her broken excla
mations that she was grasping the head of
a snake among the folds of her dress, and
feared to let go her held for fear of receiv
ing the fatal blow.• This intelligence
caused many to shrink front her; but thO
ladies, her their honor be it told, determined
not to leave her in her direful extremity.
They besought her not to relax low hold
as safety depend&l upon it, until` some One
could be found with courage enough to
seize aud remove the terrible animal.
There were none of the ladies willing,
however, to perform :the not. and the situ
ation of Miss M. was becoming more and
more critical every moment. It was evi
dent, that her strength was failing fast, and
that she
,eotild not maintain hei hold many
minutes longer.:
A hasty consultation among tho calm
est, of the ladies was held, when it was de
termined that Dr. Tison, who was present,
should be culled to their assistance. Ho
was quickly on the spot, and being a mini
of uncommon courage, ho was pot many
minutes within the circle Of 'weeping and
half fainting females until ho 'caught tho
tail of the snake and wound it round his
Land to make sure of his hold.'
He then told Miss M. that: she must
let go ut the moment he jerked it away ;
and to make the not is instantaneous as
po4sible, he would 'pronounce the welds
one, two, three, and at the moment he pro
nounced the last word sho must let go her
hold, and , ho doubted not he. could with:.
draw the , snake before It would have time
to itiike. • All stood-in Aireathless horror
awaiting the net of life` or dth; and at
the 'moment the word throe' w i pile:tonne.
colitho •doetor jerked' out the largest and
inosediabolieal looking' bustle that was ev
er seen in '; The, whole affair.,
was • then explaitied. "The fastenings . of
the machine had become loose during dam.
ciog, and had'shifted its in such
vw4 that it daikled about the hides
and' induced the belief that it was a
.finake with an enormoui head. '
-'l'he,dostor fell right clouin in'his tracks
-sad faiatedi . :4o did. ' • "
Dagse.lt has alreadybeen slated that
the Honorable Miss Murray, sister of a
Scotch Duke. and maid of !lanai to' Queen
Victoria, is omit visit to thhicountry: An'
etchange.papar bays - • •
"Mier frank and cordial manners her
intelligence and iria(kintlaess Of heart,
• hire . ; secured' her many frends. She sp.
linitever, to' have been,struck with
atita'xement ' at the 'extravagant esnetidi
ttirea.—the' helpiesnese and ill health of
thatitrifctiilinate class of being's, the, fash
•icinablet,',woMen of our cities. ;bliss gut.-
ray; like the fashionable women of Europe
, &matt so plainly that it probably costs her
'Test,to dresa a ,whole year than many a
New York lady expends fora half a•doz.
en,,hankereltiefe. It is a settled' thing:in
Aerope, that extravagance in &oasis the
sery,talresap, aplgarity. and it it never
indulged in except by those, whose only
clatto ftp:Osiso,9ol4oo . is their leogth of purse. "
e• - •"
two gentlemen. and . a lady. The older
gentleman's countenance interested ma ex
ceedingly. In years he seemed about thir
,ty—in air and, manner,,he was calm, dig•
nixed and polished, and the contour of his
features was ,singularly intellectual. lie
Conversed freely en . different topics until
the read . becamo more abrupt and procipi
tons, 'but on my directing his attentibn to
the great altitude of a pfecipice, on the
verge of which our coach wheels wore lei
surely lolling, there came a marked change
over his countenance. His eyes, lately
MIA with the light of inteiliionce, be
came wild, restless and anxious—the mouth
twitched ,spasmodically, and the forehead
was beaded with a cold perspiration. With
a sharp convulsive shudder, he turned his
gaze from the giddy height, and clutching
my arm tightly with both hands, ho huug
to me like a drowning man.
"Use tho cologne," said the lady, hand
ing me a bottle, with the instinctive good•
ness of her sex. ,
I sprinkled a little on his face, and he
soon beuatue more totuposed—but it was
not until we had entirely traversed the
mountain, and desiended into the country
beneath that his file features relaxed Nu,
their perturbed look, and assumed the pla
cid, quiet dignity, that I had at first no
,
t iced.
4, 1 owe an apology to the lady," said he
with a bland smile, and a gond° inclina
tion of the head to our fair companion,
"and some explanation to my fellow trav
ellers, also; and perhaps I cannot bettor
acquit myself of the double debt thtin by
recounting the cause of my recent agita
tion."
"It may .pain your feelings," delicately
urged the lady.
"On the contrary, it Will relieve them,"
was the respectful reply..
Having signified our several desires to
hear more, the traveller thus proceeded :
At the age of eighteen, I was light of
Iteart,..light of foot, and I fear, (ho smiled)
light of. head. A fine property on the
banks of the Ohio acdnowledged me sole
owner. I was hastening home to enjoy it,
and, delighted to get free from collegh life.
The mouth was October, the air bracing and
mode of conveyance a...stage coach like
this, only more cumbrous ? the other pas
sengers were few, only three in all, one an
old grey-headed planterof Louisiana, his
daughter; a joyoes,.bewitehiug creature of
about sevauteen, and his son about ton
years of age.
They.. were juat returning from. France,
of which country the young lady discours.
• -up,: tii7tkirma .eloquent_ . as io: oba9rb my
entire:o6opm .
The father was taciturn, but the daugh
ter vivacious by nature, and wo soon be
came so minutely pleased with each other,
she as the talker, I as the listener—that it
was not until a sudden flash of lightning
and a heavy dash of rain against the win
dows elicited an exclamation from my
charming companion that I knew how the
.night passed us.
Presently there came a low, rumbling
sound, and then several tremendous peals
of thunder, accompanied by successive
flashes of lightning. The rain descended
in torrents, and an angry wind began to
: howl and moan through the forest trees.
I looked through the window of our ye
hick,. The night was dark as ebony, but
the lightning showed the danger of our
road. We wore on the edge of a frightful
precipice. I eould See, at-intervals, huge
jutting rocks far down its side, and the
sight made me soli:Anus for the safety of
toy fair companion. I thought of the
mere hair-baadths that were between us
and eternity; a eingle little reek that was .
in the track of our coach wheels—a tiny
billet of wood, a stray root of a tempest
torn tree, restive horse, or a careless dri
ver—any of these might hurl us from our
sublunary existence with the speed of
'thought. . .
h".fis a perfect tempest," observed the
lady, as I withdrew my head from the win
dow. "llow I love a sudden. storm !
there is, something so grand among the
winds when. fairly, loose among tho
I never encountered a night like this,- but
Byron's magnificent description of a thun
der storm in the Jura occurs to my mind.
But aro we on the mouittains yet ?"
"Yes, we have began the.ascent."
"Is it, not said to ho dangerous ?"
"By .no tueans,".l replied,- in us easy a
tone us I could asseme. -
"Lonly wish it was- daylight, that we
might enjoy. the. mountain scenery. But.
what's that ?" and she covered her eyes
from the glare of a sheet of lightning that
illuminated the rugged mountain with bril
liant, intensity, Peal after peal of crash
ing, thunder-instantly succeeded; there
was ,a heivy. volume of rain coming down.
at each thunder-hurst, and, with the deep
mooning, of, an.animal breaking upon our
ears • L found that the coach had-come to a.
dead halt. .
I,Ouisof .my beantil ..fellow traveller,
became as , pale as itehos. She axed her
searching oyes on , ,
mine with alook..of.
anxious _dread, and, turning to her father,
hurriedly remarked : • -
MVO are Ort.thernortntains." .
4 , Freekrin we are," was- the unconcerned
With instinctive activity I put my head
out of the window and-called to the dri.
•vor ; but tho only answer was 'tho moaning
of an animal borne past me by tho' wings
of tho dampest. I seized the handle of tho
door, and.strained in: Vain—it would not
yield a jot. 'At that instant I felt a cold
hand, on mine, and heard Louiscia'voice
faintly articulating in my oar the follow
ing appalling molds :
~ T he coach is being moved backwards!'
Never Shall , I forgot the fierce agony
with which I tugged at the door, and call
ed on the driver in a tone that rivolledthe•
force of the blast, whilst the dreadful con
viction WU burning on my brain that the
coach was being moved backwardal
'What followed was of such swift occur-
FOolle that it seemed tol'mo like a frightful
I rualtcd against the door mith all lay
MIME
force, but it withstood my utmost' efforts.
One side of the vehicle was sensibly going
down. down, down. Thellioaning of the
agonized animal , became deeper, and I
knew from his desperate plunges against
the traces that it was ono of our horses..
Crash after crash of coarse thunder ' ' rolled
over,, the mountain,. and vivid: sheets of
lightning played , round on! devoted car
riage as if in glee at our misery. Ity . its
light I emildece for a moment—only for a
moment—the old planter standing erect,
with his bands On his son and daughter,
his eyes raised to heaven, and his lips mov
ing like those in prayer. .
could'see Louise turn her ashy cheek
towards - me us if imploring protection;
and I could see the bold glance of the
young boy flashing indignant defiance at
the descending carriage, the war of de
mote, and the awful danger that awaited
him. There was a roll-a desperate plonge
as'of an animal in the last throes of dis
solution—a harsh, grating jar- 7 -a sharp,
piercing scream -of mortal terror—and I
bad but time to grasp Molise firmly with
one hand around tho waist, and seize the
loather fastenings attached to the coach
roof with the other, when we wereprecipi
toted over the precipiee.
I can distinctly recollect preserving
consciousness for a few seconds of time,
how rapidly my breath was being exhaust.
ad, but of that tremendous descent I soon
lost all further knowledge by a concus
sion so violent that l'Avas instantly depri- .
fled of sense and motion.
The traveler paused. His features
worked for a minute or two as they did
when we were on the mountain ; lie press
ed his hand : across his forehead, as if in
pain, and then resumed his interesting
narrative,
On a low conch in an' bumble root of a
small country house,' I next opened MY
eyes In this world of light and shade, joy
and - sorrow - , - of mirth- and.madnesm.- `ocn•
tle hands smoothed my pillow, gentle feet
glided across my chamber, and a' gentle
voice hushed fora time all my question
ings. I was carefully attended by a young
girl of fifteen,• who refused for a length' of
limo, to hold any discourse with me. 4.t
length, one morning, finding myielf suffi
ciently recovered to sit up, I insisted on
learning the result of the accident.
lon were discovered," hall she, "sit
tiilion a ledge of rocks,amidst the branch
es of a shattered tree, clinging to the roof
of your brOken coach with one band, and
to the insensible form of a lady with the
other."
"And the lady ?" I gasped, scanning
the girl's taco with an earnestness that
caused her to draw back and blush.
"She was saved, sir, by the means that
o Lyro,yott--thtl.rrigpalyt o mel
4 ,Andlir, fatherand brother ?" I im•
Patiently demanded.
"We found them both crushed to pieces,
at the bottom of the precipice, a great way
below where my father and uncle Joe
found you and the lady. We buried
their bodies both in ono grave, close by
the clover patch, down in our meadow
ground."
"Poor Louise ! poor orphan 1 God pity
you 1" I muttered, in broker, tones, utter
ly unconscious that I had a listener.
"God pity her, indeed, sir," said the
young girl, with a gush of heartfelt sympa
thy. "Would you hko,to see her?'she
added.
I found the orphan bathed in tears, by
the graves of her buried kindred. She
received me with sorrowful sweetness of
manner. I need not detain your attention
by detailing the efforts I made to win her
from her grief, but . briefly acquaint you
that at last I succeeded in inducing her, to
leave her forlorn home in the sunny south,
and that twelve" months after the dreadful
occurrence which 1 have related, we Stood
at the altar as man and wife. She still
lives to bless my love with hCr sthiles, and
my children with good 'precepts; but'on
the anniversary ,of that dreadful night she
secludes herself in her room and devotes
the hours of darkness to Solitary prayer.—
"As Ter me," added the traveler, while
the faint flush tinged his noble brow at
the avowal, "as for me, that accident has
retleisql me to the condition of `.a physical
6;m7l 6 g.tit tho sight of a moubtain precis
pica." '
"But the dritier," asked our lady pas
senger, who had attended to the recital of
the story with much attentiOn, "what be.
clone of the driver, or did yeti over learn
the reason of his deserting his post 2"
"His body was found on the road,,with
in a few steps of the spot whore the coach
went over. lie had been struck dead by
the same flash of lightning that blinded
the restive horses."
That Is a Hoy I can• trust.
"I once visited," says a gentleman,'
large 'pitblicachool. ''As recess a' little Al
low came up and spoke to the misstervand
as, he tented to go. doWn the el atform,-. the
master Said, 'Thai is d boy I can trust.
.11e - never'tailed mm l. .
.1 followed him with
My eye, and.
,looked at him when. ha took
his seat after recess. Ho had a fine, open,
manly ,face.• thought a good, deal about
the master's 'remark: heti 'ehariteiter
had that lita boy- earned ? He hid 'al.;
ready:.got, .what:would be.vrorth to him
more than a fortune, ~ It .would be. a pass,
port
. to . the .beetofftee . the'. oily, and
what 'better to the' confidence of the
whole community'.' I Wonder'if the' boys
know how I soon they' are rated by elder ,
people.' .Every', boy in the' neighborhood
is known, and opinions formed.of him ; he
has a character either faVorable or unfavor
able.' A. boy of when' the master can say;
'Lean trust him; ho wirer failed me,'
Will never want, employment; fideli
ty,
promptness and industry which izo has
shown at . . school are prized everywhere.
He who is, faithful in little willbe‘faithful
in Much."- ' .
DRINKING LIKK gentle
men," said a nobleman to his guests,,as
the ladies left the room, '•let ue under
stand ettolt other: are we to drink like then,
or like brutes V The guests somewhat
indignant, _ olike men, _ of
eourse.”. "Then," replied , he, 'two .are
going to get jolly drunk, for brutes never
think more than they want •
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GETTYSBURV, PA,, FRIDAY EVENING,' JUL Y20,/865.
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"FEARLESS AND FREE."
The Basin of the Atlantic Ocean. ' ' A Piotnre of Henry A. Wise.
The basio of the 'Atlantic' Ocean is a The Hon. Henry A. 'Whit: lately made a
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long trough, seperatint the Old , World speech atParkersbum; Virginia. A conies.
from the New, and extending probably pendent of the McCown:',vino , Enquirer,
from pole to polar. Thhi ocean furrow who beard him, thus ,writea his impress.of
Was probably scored into the solid' crust the man : ,
of our planet by the Almighty hand; that '" I was disappointed in the personal afi
-1 there the waters which ;.he called setts pearance o the man. I had expected in
might be gathered together SO as to let Henry; Wise to see a 'man of command
the dry land appear and fit the earth for ing stature, upright bearing, with flashing
the habitation' of man. #'rorn 'the top of oyes sad' a noble forehead, but he; is no
Oh imborazo to the bond:red the Atlantic, tech a man.' , HO is, the medium height,
at the deepest place yet reached' by the Tot more than five feet seven or eight in
plummet, in the Northern Atlantic, the ohes ; very spare, Would not weigh 11mnd, ,
distance in a vertical. line is -- nine miles. than 120, probably not that. - • • ',
Could the waters of the Atlantic be drawn "There in nothing prepossessing / 011mA
off so as to expose to view tide great sea hint. Ho is, in fact, positively. ugly. I Very
gash, which separates contineme and ex- gentlemanty and courteous in his bearing
tends from the Arelid.to the Antarctic, it totartirds others; but in his dress he is almost
would present a scenelhis most rugged, ts sloven. - His' cravat is awry; his linen
grand and imposing. ~Thir, very ribs of was soiled with tobacco, Ids chin was tin
the' solid earth, with the friadations of the shaven and fladkod with stooks of yellow
sea would be brought tonight, and we , saliva ; his clothing rather hung around
should have presented to MI at , one view, him thansotperwise t I.could see no physi
in the empty cradle of the ocean, "a thou• oat indication of greatuesi. A low fore
sand fearful wrecks, with (hat fearful sr' head overshadowing a pair 'of lusterless
ray of dead men% skulle, , great enchant; grey eyes, that rolled- with , a nervous tanea.
heaps of pearl and ineedmable
_stone.. sines. in their. deep sockets ;. high Amok
which ,in the poet's. eye, lii.,scattered in bones; and a complexion saffrod-hued from
,iho bottom of the sea, making:it hideous the inordinate use of tebacce, a 'steeping' ,
with eights of ugly death.!'.l. , The deepest carriage and trembling gait, did not indicate I
Part of the North Atlantic , is probably the great man. ' • . •-:
somewhere between the ~ B ermutlas and "When I.first saw Wise on the atand du
the Grand Banks. The :waters of the ring the fow moments of his opening r e .
I Gulf of Mexico are held id a basin about marks,us,
as ho stood before his shoulders
a mile deep in the deepest pert There is drooping and bent fortaid, his chin and
at the bottom of the sea, -between Cape shirt bosom spattered with tobacco juice, I
Race in ?few Foundland and Cape Clear those drill eyes, eiProseipitlWis in their deep ]
in Ireland, a remarka'ole steppe.' which is sockets, his long gray hair, tensed OLISO'M bed
airdedy known as the trilegieehic plateau. about his temples, his, arms, hanging list
A. , ...ltomPanY is now entleileft'wirli . the Pro' leanly by, his.side, looking for all the world
jetifilf a submarine-telegraph. ,
. acmes the like a resurrected mummy, I„thpught he
Atlantic...,, It is proposed.,..to carry the was the most untimely ppeohnim of, human
wiresslong die plateau froin the eastern sty that r ever saw 'attempt to address tile
shores of Newfoundland toi the western audience.".Butwhen, - with a Vole° ' that
,eliores of Ireland. The pint circle dia. rung as cleares s the notes of the war - cliriah,
taisee--between-Jhese . two:Shore lines is he made his,appeal With 4 passionate inten- 1
1000 miles, and the sea along this route sity of manner, I thought him •elequence
is probably nowhere more:than 10,000 incarnated. oyen in my life have I list
feet deep.—Pref. Maury. - cued to such an appeal; it sot 'the blood
------"-- ' dashing through uly veius like a Mountain
torrent. ~
"It went right home to the heart of every
You ~
-Virginian present - could see in- their
glistening eyes and heaving'thesis, and could
hear-in ,te response that made wand tretit
-4le to their, foundations, the .effect it had
upon the multitude."
Budittvlliettit
b
Few crops can be turee , o otter cc.
count, on a poor, Nett graveo soil, than
buckwheat. It possesseg a, Nlietrimal ac.
tion on the soil, by Which tbe,cearser par-
tides are disintegrated or rstdered finer.
.and the soil, earth untaittedwith animal
or vegetable matter—is projeed by the
disintegration m pulvcirizeing" f the , rocks.
Silex, or take it more familliai, is pulveriz
ed quartz. Clay is pratlnedd thedecom•
position of feldspar. Now all the quartz
and feldspar in the ,world, wAtile,,existing
in the form of rork,, will ; produce a
blade of , grass ;it fis.only..velt *pippin,
cd, p ulverized an 13. r
Menlo Refeelfii
If a soil; then, eottrse,..'iiie' - object of
the farmer should be to pulverize it, whiek
can only be done by some chemical ap
plication. or the growing of,sotne crop
which has that chemical power. Buck
wheat, by a process 'yet undiscovered,
has that power, and the longer it is eulti !
vated, on agiven piece of ground,the finer
will be the particles of the soil. It injures
land for corn, but leaves it in fine order
/
for potatoes, and' is the best - top to•kill
out bushes, wild grrt. and m flow green
sward. To fit the l a d for th : next suc
ceeding crop, in roton—ploW in a crop
of buckwheat in blosioni. • 1
Asa lona for nian, except in email quan-
hides, we couldmot recoinmend it, as cakes
made from it, though light wild,' hot, are
heavy as cold liver when cold; A con
stant use.of it has a tendency ahin, to pro
duce cutaneous diseases ; but boiled with
potatoes, apples= or pumpkin's; it is first
rate for hogs. When ground, ii is excel
ent for milk cows. Fed raw, °Heft start•
ding in the field, Witt great for shanghais.
(They being allowed to harvest lot them.
selves.). The blosoom affords msterial for
the very best honey, antl at a semen when
other flowers ate gone. ,
It should never be given, In any form.
to-horses,' as it bloats them, ratter than
!aliens ; and what appears to beat,' put
on a horse by, buckwheat in a meek will
disappear, by hard work, in ilk%
A young wife remonstrated vith her
spendthrift husband upon his coniuet.—
'lie took up , a Now Testament andl.point
ing to the text, "There my love; said
he, HI am like the prodigal re
form by-and.by." "Guess truly Aare is
something in the text will suit mt too ;
think, until you reform, it will bp as well
for me to "arise and go to my lager," and
off she' started. _
• THE VALUE OA I.IIIPORTB I
ing e'ome•of tholeading arficl
at the pt.! of New Yorll, re
months enilingltine 30th: 'Ci
000, coffee,. $1,9Q5,431; liqu
618:; wines, $319,•619.; tea
A COLLEGE IN Asttics.—St i
are being made in various pa
United States to endow a colle: 1
ria, audit is said that , there, is
not a .single college) on the wh
auto( Africa... Should such an
be founded and endowed,' it'
. doubtedly prove a great; ban ,
quarter of the world.
decrease' of population is
by some of the Now York to
, result, of the present census, as
with that 1850. This is,
the case in Genesee Falls and
gua.
li:7 6 A. contract has been mai l
nish the" United States House
sontatives with hickory woods'
cord, and anthracite coal at $1
tort of 2200 pounds.
The Dansville*(N. Y.) poperl
the death of a dog, from grief an.
don at his master's grave.
'There have been seventeen
Lexington, Ky., from cholera, el
26th oh. Tea of the oases were
Gen. Quitman has deelineda,n ohm.
lion for the Mississippi State Senat
Ripe peaches from Indiana are , filling
in pit:laud.
The Redan and the Malakoff.;
Those now famous towers, that may be
said to guard the gates of. Sebastopol, are
already celebrated for deeds of valor, on the
.part bath of tho begegers and 'besieged,
that almost tival ., thoseC*broli old HOMO?
.1
sun -o nee,
rikt4. bu yers ihrOW/Prr.ror#l6.
The first of these, towers, the Itedan, is
huge semi-eiroUlar earth-work, forming, in
fact, a part'of the main fortifieatiori,on the
land side , of tho city just, outside the walls.
It was originally of stone, brit since the in ,
vestment of the city ; by the French and En,
glish, immense earthworks gave been added
to it: ' • ' • ' "
The Malakoff Topter is next, north Si . ease
of the Redan; betwooe them are the Oahe:
koo ravine and. earthworks: Tho Malakoff
stands upon low ground near, the • head of,
Careening Bay, but on the southern And
western '"side. The 11iattiolon stands 400
yards'in front of .in ' a niore °commanding'
position, and when 'it was taken by the
Punch, the Russians, hauled: tbeir ships out
of the bay, as they. were expotad to the guns
of the Mamelon in the.hands of the; French.
These three works were infant all mit'works,
and have been thrown up Bike - the con.
monument of. the ..siege, . almost °in the.
presence of the French and English,.
but still they may be considered as forming
a part of the main defence; of the city I--
whilst the Mamelon, Xlthough important'
from _its commanding:position, Was never;
thelees a detached work, separate sad dip.'
tinot from the.main line of defence.
Straokby Lightning.-Sivalar Eedape.
A house in Greencastle; in' the ocoupanl
ey of Mr, Andrew Leinbarti was struck , by
lightning on Sundayweelt. The fluid ran
down both beds of the . house, penetrating
it at several'ilacei, and chattered to pieces
everything in its eouree. We are hiformed
that ton whole 'window panes were not left
in the entire building, and that a bureau,
clock, .and several other pieces of furniture,
were shattered to , fragments. At the time
the lightning struck, there were • nine per
sons' the'room. Teinharf, his wife
and seven sons,lall escaped without injury,
except one of the sons, who happened to
bo in the loft; and who was Eitruoic' on the
head with-such force este break the bridge
of his nose and 'completely sever one of hie ,
eyelids." It is thought the sight of the hi
jureireye will be entirely destroyed, hut that
otherwise he will not be seriogsly affect
od We beartUof singular freiks perform
ed by lightning, but the above seems to be
without a parallel.:—CAUmb. 'l?epos.
le follow
. imported
the. three
I, re, $7,50,-
rs.
ng Woke
e• Of the
in. Litie
this time
,e eontin•
Disbanding°, ForezgfAll a tary o npan •
q
.
atticiritieri, Sargoant
to-day mode a formal
,demand on each of
tho culinary companies composing the, Irish
battalion, to deliver up krthwith all the ar
-413, appendages and accoutrements in their
possession, which order was obeyed only by
one company.
Gen. Sergeant' then . served out rife of
replovin, and the sheriff took ioesession of
the entire accoutrements of the, other com
panies. A
,similar demand is to be made.
on the Germans companies. The cause of
these. demands is alleged insubordination
on the 4th July.
8 titu lion
oultl un
t to that .
•xhibited
e, in the
°mimed
ispecially
, anandat-
~te fur
' RePre'
$8 per
119 per
•
/Orlin° of our exchanges says it reqUires
8,500' sheep to be kept the whole Year to
support die Lawrence (Mass.) mills with
wool for
.one single day. They produce
1,500 shawls per day, and consume cochi
neal to the video of 460,000 . per'aciumn
Three years since there were net 500 in
'habitants in Lawrence, and now there: are
10,000. • .
lEcords
4 starva-
'Beau Sentence.—A. man arse moonily
senteuced
,to two' years' impriaotiment, in
the penitentiary in blitaiOppi, ftmataitii4
good, of, the value of 80 . eout4. '
TUE MISSOURI COMPROMISE;
SPEECH OF T. IL FORD,
Of Ohio, delivered June 13, 18 55, at the
.saembly. Buildings, Philadelphia..
MR. PRE:MEN/ 4 :—I feel mue h embar
rassed when I reflect that I rise to repre
sent the views of the mighty West on this
vexed question of Slavery now under dis
cession., I would to God that seine gen
tleman more competent to the task had
,undertaken it. Geutleinen from other
States have shown a strong •disporition to
discuss party politics in this debate. With
the dirty details of patty politics we have
nothing to do in Ohio. Our principles,
are patriotic and pure, our purposes high
and holy. The gentlemen who preceded
me have all• mistaken the policy of the
founders bf the Republic. They never in
tended' to tolerate Slavery or oven bd ro•
aponsiblo for itic existence. With • the
framers •of the Constitution Freedom was
the rule, Slaviiy the ;
exception Freedom
national, Slavtiry sectional. But those
patriotic gentlemen from the South are de
lairons of changing the rule so us to make
,Slavery national and Freedom .sectional ;
to extend over territory now free the soul
withering, God.dishonoring curse of
hu
tnnn Slavery.' We, on the other hand,
aho'dosirons of sustaining the policy'of
our forefathers--a Bible-based. law-lov•
lug, liberty-built policy. And hero we
;take issue The honorable gentleman from
North Carolina, 'pointing to me, taunting.
ly says : •.Ydu of the North , reftised to
extend .the idissouri Compromise lino to
the, raejflo when we offered it to you."
Lo this I reply. we did so refuse, and, for
'this r'eaSon :—We are desirous :of extend
ing the area of •Friedam,. instead of the
,ourso of.htiman bondage. , The honorable
' gentlemen from Tenuessee and Alabinna
have stud that We at.tho Nortli Were• gen
erally opposed to the establishment, bf that
Missouri Compri:Mimi line at the time the
compact was entered inio in 1820.. "On
Whit' preteit Can you'base your opposition
to its repeal?' In, answer to the gentle:
man; .1 say thatthe people of the North
were opposed to the ; establishment, at that
time, and for this obvious reason :'l t,"was
baimieriender of territory territory to . 'Slay e ry
that had been' 14`the god of - nature null
our laws'eonseerated to Freedom. That
this mothent,instead of the voice of Free
dom . unending to Heaven, in ,ardent
prayers for tho perpetuity of this Union.
thottiandiint linunin beings were clanking,
the chains of abject Slavery there. Those
men who? were in Congress from the North
and voted for this Compromise, lie forgot
ten somewhera—their memories ',having
Pot Ichedwith them• ,Set,!hava , we :114V
ilioa4llo V 0641 for Its - repeal m their .pe
litical graves,. to be remembered no more
by us, except in the long living annals of
infamy. The gentleman over the wav
asks ma to reconcile that position. I will,
Sir, :,The territory of. the South acquired
Iby virtue of that contract is already, fig.
vred—yes ft ~,niggered all 'over. The
, crook of thedriver's lash, (to the disgrace
of humanity be it said) is this day heard'
on` its': every store. The voice of Freedom
is not.he.axd there, bet) Slavery, dark and
domain& curses !that otherwise beautiful
country, having territory sufficient to mak o ,
an empire of free Men. That is the reitson
we opposed its repeal and now ask for its l
restoration. Wo cannot recall Slavery
there new-r—',tis too late h If: we-could
place that "territory in the same, situation
it was in'lB.lo, there would be no trouble
frini our'Stato about the repeal of the,
Missouri restriction. No, wo 'would like
rnen r enter the, arena, ,and fight manfully.]
the battles of Freedom. Yes, sir I w e
.
*guild see that Freedom, our inheritance,
14:Mut turned to strangersiand our homes
I to aliens and left desolate in the land of
our foratilthers ' lint.the dark and dam
ning,, dead is done; and' regarding tho
rights of the States under the Constitu
tion we cannot; change it now. And now;
after our submission, for thirty-four years
I to that iniquity, you come termini and in
I filet this renewed outrage upon us. : ton
say, 4 it is true, north of that lino was 'set
apart by solemn compact to frtiedom ; but
the contract was unconstitutional, and con
sequently null and, void." I care net
from what point you view it ; you have
taken under that emitraet mid of course
aro bound by it. You now' come to us
whiningly and say: "This con'tmet is
void, do not attempt to enforce:U.": Sup.
!pose you give your note to a friend for tine
' hundred dollars borrowed on the Sabbath
day, and afterward, to avoid the, payment,
set up for defence that the nore was given
on Sunday, and consequently' void, and
yon'wOuld not pay, ii. In what light do
you supposo all .honorablo men would
view it r In no other light than ris con.
sumate villians; unworthy the, coutidenco
of all hortorable man. In this light Ohio
and the teeming millions of thn mighty
West, whom I feebly ropresout hero; view
you, gentlemen, in. relation to this Kansas
Nebraska iniiptity I I appeal. to Rept'e.
sentatives from the South, in the 'name
of all that is honorable—in rho name of
God—to be once influonoed by the pure
promptings of right and justice, and restore
this Compromise line, or from this day
hide your deformed heads and tnake' your
appearance no more among intelligent Go
ings, But lim resolved to place the gen.
ticumn— . those chivalrous Southern gen
tlemen—right on, the record, Many, of
them' do, say ihaftho repeal of that time
honored line, (to use their own wads) 'was
a wrong, an injury ond an otitrago„-and
that it ought to be restored. I say many
of you have snide° to we ; and inasmuch
as every gentleman fyout the North has
been challenged to give the, name of any
Southern; map: who has dared 'to even
breathe one word in favOr of Freedom,
therefore, to avoid holog asked . so to do,
oome up to 'the confessional. or .I shall
without hesitation -name the gentlemen to
this convention [cheeis and laughter.]
f i kt length the. liou. Kenneth - Raynor,
of North Corollas ' arose and statetl . thut ho
had so Said; and took this occasion to say
that he considered the repeal of; the Nis- L.
iburi Compromise a wrong and'an oufrago
to which the North ought:net .to sulooit.
e said if ha bad'ieou a moo* of Goo
_
TWO DOLLARS• PER. ANNUL.:
NUMBER Me:,
gress he would have had. his right boo
evetAd from bit; body before, bo wool
have consented, to tho iniquity. Gov.
Brown, of %memo)°, . said he had stated
that it, was wrong and unjust to Topes'
that acr,; but inasmuch as it was passed,,
he was opposed to agitation .on tho sub
ject by reinstating , it. Four or five,more
int this point, took the .floor at.onco, Ford
remarking pleasantly, "Keep c ool,. gentle.
men ; we are going to have an interest
ing pless r meetiug bere,,,but ,come op to
the confessional one. at a timel". , l [laugh
ter long and loud. • A number of gentle.
moo confessed, in substance, what Got.
Brown did.] . .
Mr. Ford then proceeded by -saying
that".an Open coofession".,,was.,t , good for
the soul ;" and he, hoped; the gentlerden
Would learn , another truism : The only
way, to get ( rid of guilt 'was :"to repent,
situ no more," All we ask 'of you,
gentlemen, is to do right. remembering
that there are eternal and, unchangeable
principles of right which no circumstances
can vary and whinh God Itimselltniy, not
disturb. By your confessions, this day,
/molded with your action, you place your
sot( in the condition of a thief who having
Itrolten into your house end got possession
of your money, you detect and arrest....
You Ray to Jilin ",You villain 1, whalers
'you doing thus, j nvading my most Feared
rights,!'' The, thief conies up. to the con.
lessional. as our friends have this.day, lar 4 -
ing know I have invaded your most
sacred, rights!, I cimfesm I have committed
pp outrage arid inflicted a .great injury up..
on, you I have broken into , your hottse
anil . stolen your :n oney. I have done this
ineantlaing. I regret, I
: deplore it ; but
inasmuch, potwieltylantling, neverilielees#
ns' 4.4ave z ot. it rtow, , lot there be no dist ,
turbance between ,me and thee. I, both,
fear and dislike agitation; Let us 'just
squirt this diflieulty, YOU, just amp .nut '
and let too keeN your house and the
money too!", [f t nul eheeriug and laugh.
ter.] This ,is the ridiculous light( in
which we view, you Southern gentlemen
out in Ohio, (Here a, Missiesipian inter,
roots', ,saying : "This line was, worth
nothing, of no value to any, person.") Ford
proceeded by saying t 'Chat is beautiful
you, will steal our property,and for an ex.
nose say utis valueless." Return: the.
stolen goods, and let tho owner fig {hemli
ne. .If it were b,At an old jaok l linife,ttia '
not yours. 'Come up la.e men and tyi
this groat thing, Confess - yoUrwrtig,
and do right—always CP/110111barilig that a
to, do the right and avoid the wrong is the
great, end of : our being, Don't you i gende.
mots of •the South, shrink away from ' this
contract with truth ; entreat , yoti;
through falshood hypooricy, inesnites.
ot...;lisitdvnttelnpttli: bide younielveirfretts
the open eye of lofty Honor [Longenh.
tinuedupplause.] Nou.Southerugentlemen
have' said many pretty things abbot the
Union. We too, are devoted to this Union—.
fist, last, and all the timerand wear
not, nrake Slavery
.a :condition precedent
to onr,attachtisent to this 'Union, :either. r =l
Can you,say as much:? Thank God I.' we
,the . ,West hsve,higher, holier and
.more ,
patrimio , motives. We are devoted- to,
this. Union,
_because ere long, by its per.
petuity and
,advaacement, we expect to;
become an Empire of Freedom ' every
where !-- 7 .[Cheers' long and loud.] Every
public detnonstration I, have. attended here
patriotic gentlemen Inve attempted to tuns ,
unto a Union.saving machine, until i anw
sick of the endless prating about the Unionl
—heing fully satisfied that•they say , Unlon ,
once mid mean ,Negro three antes [[:aught'
ter.], Thb Union, rest assured, win no'
danger. ,We Ohio do not intend to go
out of the Unin?, nor lei •'any body; else -
doso[J•,entl cheering.] And if you fililbus.
tering Smith Carolittmgentlemen think-of
geing out of, the Union, please take a ret
respective view, of. your: past•lives- end;
you ! this is not. the first time your
base_ tried. to kick,mit of the traces. ' And
it ,you make. the ,trial, it will not be the'
first time you are kicked babk
her. Old ',By the eternal". brought,you• up . .
standing , mice, and ,we'of the Central NON .
thein States,and Western Slates" hase:de.
teimined to, do so whenever. necessary
[Applause.] 'File gentleman from Virginia
asks.if we are so devoted to the Union root
the IVorth, how it comes to pass that we
retuin . such men as Elate, Wilson and
Chase to the Senate I I will answer him% c,
fully end fairly. it is the South that brought
such men into notice politically. .Atthe;)
Nerthohe continual agitation of the polee
of the. Unison for the purpose of extending
Slayer), brings into notice, the men
North of giant intellect and moral force.--
Does, he onderstsitti I; A. mote, • -like. , :tlni• •
gantlaniaii or myself, floats very comforts
bit: hi a will and quiet atmosphere I :lyut•it(
talies pie wild toroado,to wove the imbed-
-tied rock. Thai political tornado has been '
raised.by yourselves—by your determine-LI
lion to e x tend by fraudulent and once/unto"
tuttimal means the area of human chattel*
I dom. iih) you understand,me, Sir?
we . .thattic God, we /lave such men as it
Seward, a Summer and a Oliere-4ren
who, knowing the right, have the hereon) I
contend for it ; men ofundoubted.integri•
ty and whose patent of nobility
conies from heaven,. And mark ye, gen*
tiepin ol the South, the days of flunkeyistii
at the Nqrtli µre numbered. The Northerul'4.
flunkeys are all dead and damned and if
ever, another one appears;ln. your"
rest assured he is illigitimate. We hen.
‘elemted twenty-one Representatives front•
Ohio, all plegett tar the , repeal•of this N.•
braska iniquity and •you will .find whin
they arrive there you will have.an scam.
siim or lust, twenty ono Hales and Wilsons ,
on ibitt question, with of afludey COMplaff. •
Ihepn. W e Ohio flo not threnten•theas
with potiticsl. death only : but have , reirol.'.-
ved dud if Ll,rv, do not stand up for the;
right in o t tputsition to the encroachotenur
of Slavery. propagandists we will hang
,them high es [lowan [Long continoed'ap•
plaueed A gentlestion Kinn Alabama twit* •
out, ouglass Was front the North 1":' ,
Ford replies :..So_was Benedict t
The British took the 'rater,"and le retain;
ed the Territory. OW- iSonthern'brOgiiiinT';'
have taken. the 'Ferri left o/44 IP!
traitor. - 'Vilify ought to proteeM
tlispise hint [Applause andlinghtel "
Ur. President, web( Ohio plume' WWI
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