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CLEAMIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1859.
VOL 6. NO. 8.
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HOPE.
Hope w like the dawn of morning
.Breaking through the misty night, .
Each of nature's works adorning
With a pare and holy light;
Liko the gentle evening shower,
Scattered fragrance ail around,
Opening every little flower
Germinating from the ground.
Let us, then forever cherish
Hope, to lift our hearts on high
That our spirits may not perish,
Or our happy dreamings die ;
That, when earthly ties are riven.
And we leave this world of caro.
"We inay meet again in heaven,
Each the other's joy to share.
COPYRIGHT SECURED.
CLEARFIELD COUNTY:
OR. REMINISCENCES OF THE PAST.
In tho southern part of the Borongh of
Clearfield is a plain brick edifice, whe re oft
co be heard the dcep-tond peals of thejor
gau during the impressive services of the Cath
olic church, and yet oftencr can be seen the
devotees of that faith flocking to it3 entrance
to render to their Creator their tribute of
praise and adoration or to derive comfort and
consolation from the pbservancc of their reli
gious duties. Connected with the church is
an enclosed piece of ground used as a place of
sepulture. Within this enclosure, but with
out a stone to mark his resting place, arc de
posited the remains of Robert Collins ; who,
having filled the measure of his days, died in
September 1855, whilst on avi3it to a daughter,
lira. Winslow, on the Siniiamahoning, in Elk
cmntv. II is wile, whose maiden name was
Naucy Ccyle, went to her rest ia .May ct the
Mine year, and was buried by the side of her
husband. RoDert Collins was born In Ireland.
Of his early life we haro no details. Having
acquired proficiency in the trade of carpentry,
he, either as contractor or overseer, undertook
and erected the court house in William spoil
in Lycoming county, where he then resided.
This work brought to him the notice of those
who were interested in the erection of county
buildings in Clearfield, and they prevailed on
him to remove hither and engage in the erec
tion of our public buildings. The contract;
was awarded to him, and he erected the sub
r
stautial brick edifice in which, for many years,
justice, or injustice, his been meted out In le
gal form, and which, from present indications,
will soon, like its tyiilder, be numbered with
tho things of the past.
It was in 1807 or 8 Sir. Collins moved to
this county, and made lor some time his resi
dence in the present limits of the county seat.
Other occupations than his trade served to fill
up his life during the time he was recognized
as one of the men of Clearfield. Perhaps no
man has resided in our bounds, whose pecu
liar characterise traits of character stood out
more in l?b!d relief than his. He waa above
tho medium stature, well developed and pos
sessed of great peVsonal manly beauty. Hav
ing an intellect of no mean order, he was in
clined to be imperious and dictatorial. Irri
tableopposition to his views or wishes pro
duced at times outbreaks of passion, during
which but few of his companions could exer
cise any influence over him ; yet withal a true,
warm and kind heart beat within his breast.
His love for his friends was as intense as was
hi? dislike for his enemies, and that seldom
changed, lie was ardently attached to the
Catholic church, was conscientious, and his
word was reliable. Firmness and determina
tion were not lacking in his composition. His
numerous descendants generally betray their
origin; it being rare to see so numerous an
oUspring in various degrees, as strongly mark
ed with the traits of their projenitor.
In those days, when the use of distilled li
quors was not only common, but fashionable ;
ere factitious liquors and poisonous compounds
were palmed on the community, inducing dis
ease and death ; Mr. Collins, who was then
living on the Solomon Kline estate farm, call
ed by him Mt. Hope, had made a resolve that
for seven years he would drink no liquor upon
his own place. This he religiously observed.
Tut during this time the wedding of William
Leonard occurred, and as was wont,liqaor was
'ntroduced and its merits discussed, which
could not be done without imbibing. Collins
was there and of course indulged with the
rest, On returning from the "in-fair," his
companions were Samuel Fulton and Arch.
Shaw. It was proposed to Collins, when they
were about separating at his house, that they
should take another "sing," (we are inclined
to think that in our day this would be a more
-pproprlate name than "smile,") but Collins
remembered himself of his resolve and object
i his word. But it was a special occasion
id no refusal could be entertained, and the
i"iliculty was overcome by Fulton leading the
party to the marked corner of Collins' place,
where Collins, crossing the line, participated,
but kept his word. The attachment between
Collins and his friend" Fulton was strong, and
lasted till death. Fulton seemed, Indeed, to
be the only friend who could say or do any
and everything without giving offence to CoV-
Hns. He knew this, and delighted to play
practical jokes. It was arranged at a review
held at Ardery's on Clearfield creek, but Col
lins was not in the secret, that & foot race was
to be rnn. Apparently to increase the inter
est In the contest, Fulton, in bantering any
man to run against him, offered to carry an
other on bis shoulders. Several competitors
enounced, themselves, and a few small bets
were made on the result of this novel race.
Fulton proposed to Collins to mount upon his
shoulders, whch was acceded to. At the giv
en signal, the racers started amidst the most
vociferous cheering. When Fulton reached a
part of the road which he had examined care
fully before the race and from which sundry
stones had been removed, he staggered, pitch--ed
forward, and landed his rider face foremost
on the ground. A tremendous Shout which a
rose, might have como from those who had
bet against Fulton, or it might have led the
uninitiated to believe that this was a part of
the programme. None was more chagrined
than Collins at the accident, for of course it
could have been nothing but an accident.
Fortunately it occurred in a soft part of the
road, if we can judge of that fact by the cows
having selected it as a place of repose ; and
the dark unctuous compound which covered
Mr. Collins' visage, whilst it may have broken
his fall and saved him from scratch or bruise,
certainly did not add much to his personal
appearance.
Robert Collins had two sons, Robert and
John, and eleven daughters Mary, Margaretta,
Nancy, Margaret, Priscilla, Jane, Margaret,
Margaret, Betsy, Ellen, Martha."" ""-e .
The erection of a Court house was followed
by the judicial organization of the county.
On the 21st day of October 1822, Francis W.
Rawle and Moses Boggs, first Associate Jud
ges of the county, took their seats and court
was opened. Samuel Fulton officiated as Pro
thonotary and Greenwood Bell as Sheriff. On
motion of Moses Cannan, William R. Smith
of Huntingdon county was admitted to prac
tice, and then on motion of William R. Smith,
Moses Cunnan, John G. Miles and John Wil
liamson of Huntingdon, Daniel Stanard and
Thomas White of Indiana, Joseph M. Fox,
Samuel Miles Green and John Blanchard of
Centre, Hugh U. Brady of Jefferson and Jarnes
Hepburn and William J. Christy of Philadel
phia county were severally admitted. The
last two becanio resident attornies and died
'here. Samuel Miles Green was then in com
mission as Deputy Attorney General for this
county. The next day, the 22d, Charles Hus
ton, the President Judge, a-rived and entered
upon the discharge of his duties, and William
W.Torter of Centre county, who had accom
panied him, was admitted to practice. With
the exception of receiving returns from the
constables of Bradford, Lawrence, Pike, Gib
son and Beccaria townships, the business of
that court amounted to nothing, but from the
arraj'-of names of men then and since distin
guished for their legal acquirements, it is
needless to add that the court and bar were
prepared for anything that could transpire.
Tho next court was held iu the following De
cember, and the cause first submitted to a jury
of the couniy was Wright vs. Amassa Smith.
Thomas Raed was selected as the foreman of
the Grand jury. They found 1 bill for larce
ny, 3 for tippling houses, 2 for nuisance and 1
for blasphemy, and ignored 1 bill. During
this court Thomas Burnside and James M. Pet
riken of Centre county, and Henry Shippen of
Philadelphix.were admitted to the bar.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
1TATHEMATIC3 PHYSICS.
The bread which wo eat is machine-made ;
the flour was ground and bolted ; the wheat was
reaped, threshed and winnowed ; the seed was
put in the ground ; the soil was dug up, all by
machinery. The houses we live in have tiie
timbers cut, and the bricks made by machine
ry. The clothes which wo wear, the paper on
our walls, the furniture which we use.tne books
which we read, the paper on which we write,
the very pens which we use, are all, more or
Iess,indebted to machinery for their existence.
The better the machinery, the less costly and
more perfect are the products ; and, in the
race of C5mpetition,the nations which have the
greatest aggregation of these advantages be
come more prosperous. Thus, mathematics,
so disdained in youthful study, are of incalcu
lable advantage personally and nationally, in
all points. Mathematics constitute only a part
of the relations, the motive powers which we
call scientific. We also, have physics, which,
combined with mathematics, produced that
wonder-worker, the steam-engine. It would
take a long article to enumerate, even rapid
ly, oae tenth of the advantages which the
knowledge and application of- physics have
wrought. Take the article of iron alone, and
see what it effects, from the digging of the ore
out of the earth though, at Lebanon.we have
seen it shovelled from the side of a hammock
above eround! until its final appearance in
so delicate a shnpe as the hair-spring of a
watch. Physics have taught us to ventilate
our mines ; to manufacture tne saiety lamp,
to nrevent exDlosions of fonl air within them ;
to regulate various processes within them by
means of the thermometer ; to run the hot,
instead of the cold blast of air through their
ores, when" in tho melting furnaces, and thus
augment the produce ; to change tne common
iron into tho elastic steei. rnysics nave im
nroved the light-houses have made the mi
croscopo a detective inquisitor; have carried
into nerfection spectacles and the telescope ;
have conquered the wavering intelligence of
the compass ; have turned the sun nimseii in
to a landscape painter and a portrait-taker ;
bave made the electrotype process ; have giv
en us the telegraph, and may, one day perfect
a true Atlantic Cable.
Somebody, speaking of the hurrying pro
nonsities of the Yankees, says : "If a big tnor
tar could be constructed, which would thror
an immense bomb shell, containing fifteen
nnssenfrers. from St. Louis to Boston, in five
minutes, with an absolute certainty that four
teen wouid be killed by the explosion, tickets
for seats by the 'Express Bomb Shell Line'
would at once be at a premium, each passen
ger being anxious for the chance to prove
"WALKING THE PLANK.!'
The history of the West is one long record
of bloody and atrocious deeds. Bands of out
laws traversed the forests.robbing, murdering
and committing all sorts of outrages. Not
tho least in the dark and interminable cata
logue is the little event we are about to lay
before oar kind readers. We heard the story
from the lips of one who professed and wq.
have no good reason to doubt his word to
have played a prominent part in . the thrilling
occurrence, and we give it to the reader just
as we heard it. -
Somayears ago, said the narrator, a friend
and 'inyiefi. agreed rto take a tramp, hunter
fashion,' ChrGUgb,thfe groat wilderness of the
Northwest. Having provided ourselves with
what things we thought actually necessary,
and nothing more, we started upon our peril
ous journey ; for that it was perilous we were
fully aware, and every reader will admit. Af
ter encountering innumerable hardships and
many dangers, we found'ourselves in the wild
est kind of a region, many miles distant from
the haunts of-civilization.- Already we had
passed tbrougbjBBgh - to have discourged
most men,but we wcrejroung and full of blood,
and not easily put out or frightened. This was
particularly the case with my companion, whose
name was Andrew Huff. Both of us were per
fectly healthy, as strong as iron, and conside
rably experienced in the use of such articles
as rifles, pistols, and bowie knives. In all
these respects we could hold out with the best;
had it been otherwise, we should never bave
lived to reach the point at which we finally ar
rived. .
Just about dark one evening in the latter
part of July, after a hard days' tramp, wo hal
ted for the night. A darker, deeper, lonelier
solitude than that which surrounded us, it
would be hard to imagine. Silently we built
a little fire and cooked our supper ; silently
we ate it. Worn out, and for the time being
slightly dispirited, we were in no humor for
conversation. For some time wo sat by our
camp-fire without uttering a single word, and
almost-without moving. I was thinking of
home and absent friends, and it is only rea
sonable to suppose that Hull was similarly
occupied. After the lapse of some time, our
fire burnt low, and I arose to replenish it ;
the bark of a wolf startled me, and I involun
tarily addressed my companion. Huff did not
answer me, however, but,withont noticing the
circumstance, I threw a quantity of faggots
on the fire and addressed him.
"Take a few hours rest, Andy, and I'll keep
watch," said I, "and after that you can do the
same by me."
Still I got no answer, and then I began, to
notice my companion's unusual taciturnity.
"Anything the matter, Andy?" said I, re
garding hira closelj-.
No answer again.
"That's a little strange," I muttered, mo
ving over toward my companion.
Huff was sitting facing the fire, with his
head bent down upon his knoes. I shook him
without arousing him. Finally, I raised his
head, and at once became conscious that he was
soundly, deeply asleep. Laughing off the
fears that had for a few moments oppressed
me, I left Huff to enjoy his nap, and settled
myself down as corafertahly as the circum
stances would permit.
I was very drowsy, and despite our perilous
situation, despite every effort I made to the
contrary, I could not entirely resist the over
powering influence of sleep. Occasionally I
started up suddenly, and found I bad been do
zing. The last time I was aroused, I was a
woke by the bark of a wolf. Jumping to my
feet, I beheld the fierce animal not a dozen
paces distant, his ravenous eyes glaring upon
me from the darkness, Seizing up a brand,
I flung it at the rapacious monster with all my
strength. It struck him full in the face, and
with a terrible howl he darted off iuto the
woods. Huff did not awake, did not oven stir,
so sound was his repose.
After that I did not feel much inclined to
sleep, though nothing more was to be seen or
heard. I examined my rifle and pistols, piled
more fagots on the fire, and kept on the move,
my eyes and cars open for any more nocturnal
visitors. . Some time passed quietlv, and I be
gan to growjnsufferably weary. Every mus
cle relaxed and-a drowsy torpor gradually
stole over me. My ecs closed unconsciously
my knees bent beneath, me, and I was about
dropping to the ground,, when I was suddenly
aroused by the sound of a man's voice :
"Hello, fellers, how d'yer do !" Were the
words that fell upon my earsr, and aroused mo
to full consciousness. "
I looked around in bewilderment. Our lit
tle camping ground was encircled by a dozen
or more brawny - fierce looking desperadoes.
It was a complete surprise, and on the spur of
the moment l yelled aloud :
"Andy, Andy, wake up !"
"Yes, wake np, Andy !" echoed the outlaws
loudly and derisively.
Aroused at last, my comrade sprang to his
feet, and next moment was standing by ray
side. Instantly a dozen or more noes were
leveled at us with deadly aim.
" Yer ain't eoin' to show fight, ar ye ?" de
rnanded one of the outlaws, a brutal looking
wretch, and the leader of the band, as it after
wards appeared.
"That depends on circumstances ?" respon
ded Andy, unhesitatingly. "We're two good
men, afraid of neither man nor beast and if
your intentions are hostile, as tney appear to
be, you may take my word for it that we'll give
you all the trouble wo can." ,
"Yer won't now, will yer ?" rejoined the
desperado, tauntingly. "Gness ye'll have
yer hands full er yer try that sort uv a game.
"Well, what do yon want here, anyhow ?
I demanded boldly, fully satisfied in my own
mind that if we were to get out of our present
sera do we bad to fisbt out of it.
"What do we want har 1 was the rapid reply.
"1 guess the forest's as free to us as it is to
any one else,' Don't kalkelate that you're boss
here, stranger, do yer ?
"No !" was Andy'squlck reply, and he took
the words out pf my mouth, "nor are you.
But that's not to the point !" he added ; "what
dp you want with us ?"
"Yer money an' yer traps. . Understand that
nort n talk, don't ver 7"
"Yes, we understand that you're a gang of
thieves and cut-throats i responueu xmuj,,
fiArroW. hnt if vou eet anything from Us
you've got to fight for it, though we are but
two against a dozen. .Give 'em a shot, com
rade!" added the fiery fellow .addressing mm-
self to rue.. "We cant't make tne niauer
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I thought so too, and raising my rifle, Andy
and myself fired simultaneously. Immediate
ly two of the outlaws fell dead to the ground,
and the rest uttered a concerted yell, that
sonnded more fearf ttliy than the howl of the
wolf I had so recently driven away.
"Now give 'em tho pistols !" shouted Andy,
his whole soul in the deadly conflict.
.nacn or us carried a brace of double bar
relled pistols, which gave us eight shots be
tween us, and quick as lightning we were dis
charging the loads in the faces of the outlaws.
Six more of the brigands fell before our aim,
while we remained uninjured, notwithstanding
a number of scattering shots whistled around
our ears and over our heads. :
"Now charge upon the thieves I" yelled
Andy, in stentorian tones.
I followed my comrade's lead, and together
we charged upon the remaining five outlaws,
for that number were left. A fierce and bloody
fight ensued. Andy performed miracles, and
I did double duty; but as fate would have it,
we were both rendered hors dv, combat, my
comrade by a pistol wound in the side, and I
liy a bowie cut in the right shoulder.
"I knew nothing more after that, for the
next moment I became unconscious. When
I came to myself, I found I was in a cave, and
it was not long before I discovered that the
Cave Was the haunt of robbers. This much I
learned by listening, for I could see nothing,
the bright light of day seeming never to pen
etrate that dismal cavern. It was the gloom
iest, chilliest place I was ever in and from the
bottom of my heart I wished myself well out
of it. I thought of Andy, you may be sure.
but could see no way of finding out what bad
become of him. After a while, however, an
outrageous ugly Indian squaw made her ap
pearance. She brought me food and medicine,
and a temporary light. - My wounds had al
ready been dressed. Of course I was eager
to question her.
"My good woman," said I, very pleasantly,
"I should like to know where I am will you
tell me?" . -
She shook her head negatively, and to all I
could say or do I got no answer. I inquired
about Andy, and other matters, but received
no satisfaction. Finally.I gave up in despair,
and let the old hag go.
A week passed, and I was comparatively
well. About tho expiration of that time, the
oiq squaw came to me one day, aud beckoned
me to follow her. Having no reason to refuse
obedience, I complied with her directions, and
after traversing a number of dark passages, I
found myself in the open air. It was a bright,
suuny day, and despite my situation, I inhaled
the pure atmosphere with delight.
Assembled on the spot, I beheld a gang of a
score or more of the worst looking men I had
ever encountered, and in the midst my friend
and comrade Andy Huff. Andy looked fright
fully pale and emaciated, and appeared to have
suffered much worse than myself. We had
barely time to greet each other, and say "God
bless you, comrade," when we were suddenly
and roughly seized and gagged. At the same
time one of the outlaws, whom I at once re
cognized as the leader of the party which we
had first encountered, stepped forward and
addressed us.
"Now, cuss yer I" cried he, passionately,
"we'll make ycu pay fur yerhandywork t'oth
er night. Stiip 'em !"
In a few moments we wero stripped to the
skin, and had neither the power to resist or
expostulate.
"Outwith'the plank, bosses!" yelled the
same fellow. "Fust show 'cm the way they're
goin' to travel." '
e were separately led to the brink of a
chasm near, and made to look down into the
almost unfathomable depths. A stream of wa
ter dashed along over the rocks at the bottom.
It made me dizzy to look down. We were
then stationed a few feet from the brink, with
a guard over us. I began to comprehend that
some frightful death awaited us, and my feel
ings were dreadful. A plank about a dozen
feet long and a foot wide was "then brought
forward and placed half way over the preci
pice. My blood ran cold at the preparations.
On one end of the plank two men stationed
themselves.
"Now, drive the chap for'ard!" shouted the
leader, pointing to Andy. "T'other fellow
shall see him drop, an' then be follows arter
him. Drive him on thar, hosses !"
Every effort was made to move Andy, but
the poor fellow remained obstinate. The out
laws-pricked him with their knives, and beat
him with their rifles, but be refused to stir.
. "Carry the man !" shouted the leader madly
Despite his struggles, Andy was picked up
and carried to the plank. As the outlaws let
him down they gave him a violent push which
sent him forward to the end of the plank over
the precipice. Andy swayed from side to
side, and struggled wildly to regain his bal
ance. He failed, however, and fell over, in
his fall desperately clutching at the plank.
There he held with bis finger nails buried in
the wood. It was a horrid scene, and my
blood runs cold at the bare recollection of it.
"Let him go !" shouted the fiendish leader.
Tho men who were standing on the other
end of the plank jumped off, and plank and
Andy whirled down into the seething depths
below. Despite the gag in his mouth, the
poor fellow uttered a loud and terrifying
shriek before he disappeared from sight for
ever. The cry rings in my ears now ; though
years have passed since then, I shall never for
get it. The outlaws sprang to the edge of the
cliff, and with savage exultation watched An
dy's descent.
"Now fur t'other'one !" shouted tho leader,
after the lapse of a few minutes.
At that instant a loud report of firearms sud
denly reverberated far and near, and half of
the bandits at least fell dead to the earth
The balls whiffled around me as thick as hail,
but I escaped unhurt. Instantly afterwards a
party of trappers rushed upon the scene and
charged at the outlaws. The fight was short
but desperate. In- the end not an outlaw of
them all remained alive, though they fought
like incarnate devils. . .
In the few first moments of the melee I got
away out of the reach of harm. Pinioned and
gagged, I would have been of no nse to myself
or anybody else. After the conflict was over,
I made my appearance and gave a statement
of all that had transpired. From the trappers
l learned mat tne cry or Andy bad directed
them to the spot ? but, poor fellow, they came
too late to save him. 1 thanked God and the
mountaineers for my preservation, and quitted
me scene who a sense of relief mingled witu
a leeung oi saaness.
Gentlemen, that was about the worst situa
tion 1 was ever placed io, and may yoa never
caro a similar experience
TOMBS AND THEIE LESSONS.
I have been much affected by sundry visits
paid to Arab graveyards. These are general
ly outside the walls of the city, exposed to the
blasts of the desert, and are of ten covered with
simple memorial stones, which have no name
or mark inscribed upon them, whereby one
grave may be distinguished from another.
There the Moslems he, often without cotiin oi
any kind, and shielded only by the shifting
sands of the wilderness. Perhaps a few paiiu
trees cast their shadows over the desolation
while the. monumental tomb of some Moslem
sheikh or saint, hallows and consecrates the
whole. .Thus beyond the walls of Cairo, toward
the East, the ruined tombs or the Memlook
Sultans atretch away into the desert, pictur
esque and graceful in their forms, and sur
rounded on every side by the unremembered
dead, all gazing intently (as their living breth
ren say) toward the birthplace or tne propnet ?
and all so placed that they may rise on their
knees when the angel of the Presence shall
sound his last trumpet-peal to their long deaf
ened ears. The most elaborate pretension to
a cemetery that I saw in the East, Was at the
town of Siout, the capital of Middle Jbgypt;
where some of the wealthier among the Arab
chiefs and Turkish governor had prepared,
near to the memorial mosque of a celebrated
saint, tombs and vaults which they had adorn
ed with rude paintings of boats, bouses and
palm-trees, interspersed with passages from
the Koran. Among them fall the shadows of
living palm beautv, and the smile of gay flow
ers cheers the scene. But the wildest, most
impressive burial-place that I have ever seen,
is the great Arab, graveyard at Assouan, the
Syene of Scripture. It is just on tho
boundary line between Egypt and Nubia,
within sound of the roar of the Cataracts of the
Nile, and stretching away to the immense
granite quarries, where the monolithal obelisks
and spynxes were fashioned, and whenco they
were transported to the temples which they
afterwaids adorned. Tho metropolis of Syene
is a most desolate "city of the dead." Seven
ty thousand Moslem saints are buried here. and
some of them were of great notoriety. The
height of the hills are crowned with monumen
tal mosques, and the vast undulating plain is
dotted over with tombs built of brick or moul
ded clay. . Still the majority of the dead sleep
beneath no other shelter than the golden sands
of the Nubian desert, under the shadow of the
purple rocks, and loud at night is the howl of
the hyenas, as they gather to their obscene re
past. How have human heart-strings snapped,
and human eyes failed for weeping, in this
grand ghastly burial place ! How long has
been tho conflict! How silent is the rest ! The
men who hewed the obelisks of Luxor from
their homes in the virgin rock lie buried here.
The crowds who watched the gilded barges of
the great Rameses as they lay moored below
the Cataracts, while he made a royal progress
to the rock temples of Nubia; the companies
of Greek musicians or Roman soldiers, of Per
sian priests and devotees of the sun, of the
crocodile, or the buried Ostris, who once el
bowed each other on the gay esplanade of the
island of Elephantina; Ptolemaic princes, ex
cited Romans, early Christians, Saracenic
chiefs and wild Arabs of the desert bave here
found their last long rosting place.
SWAPPING WIVES. .
The Beardstown Democrat tells the following
strange story : There lived in Beardstown,
Cass county, 111., a small family the parents
and three children the husband being a car
penter by trade, not very persevering, but
still he made a comfortable living. I hat
family appeared to be happy, and to live-Very
agreeably. Some time in the fall of 1857 they
were visited by a relative from Richmond, In
diana. The relative was no less than a sister
of the wife of the family alluded to gay,
good looking, and very winning in her ways.
She spent her time quite agreeably ; but was
noticed by some to pay particular attention to
the husband. Still, the family circle was not
disturbed. She returned to her home in Indi
ana, after a few weeks' social visiting. On
the 5th of April following, (1858,) the hus
band concluded that Beardstown had a poor
show for improvements; and that he would
seek work elsewhere. Accordingly he made
his arrangements to leave,and was rather more
liberal in tho way of providing for his family
than usual before taking his leave. Weeks
passed, and that family heard no tidings of
the carpenter in search ol work. The first
intimation received was that he had repaired
to Richmond, Indiana, where bis sister-in-law
lived, and informed her husband that he was
on his way toPittsburgh,Pa.,to visit his mother-in-law.
The wife concluded that it w6uld be
a favorable time for her also to visit her mother,
and that she would go with her brother-in-law.
It would be such a favorable lime the husband
consented, and the parties prepared for their
intended trip ; but instead of visiting Pitts
burgh, they left for parts unknown. These
facts becoming fully known, the wife despair
ed of ever seeing her husband, brought suit
for a divorce, and at tho last March term of
the Ciccuit Court for this county, was divorc
ed from her husband, Leroy Taylor. She has
lived in Beardstown nntil last Monday, indus
trious and respectable, when she, with her
family, started for Indianapolis, Indiana,where
her brother-in-law resides, (Mr. Wm. B. Hig
gins,) who was so unfortunate as to lose his
wife, he having also obtained a divorce ; and
strange to say, to-day Mr. Higgins is to be
married to Mrs. Taylor. This seems to be a
fair exchange. Taylor runs off with Higgins'
wife, and now Higgins marries Taylor's wife,
niggins appears to have the best of the bar
gainthe best wman, and the three children
to boot. R8tLer stiange occurrence, this.
The members of the branch of the Jennings
family who claim to be heirs to the $40,000,
000 now awaiting a claimant in Enzland, as
sembled at Charlottesville, Va., Wednesday,
to the number of fifteen. No definite action
was taken, though the sending of an agent to
Europe is believed to be resolved on.
Seven thousand persons from the Isle of
Auglesea alone, attended a great revival meet
ing at Bangor, Wales, n the 21st Sept., at
which 20,000 were present in all. . The revival
in Wales bas not the same symptoms of great
mental excitement .which attend vthe corre
sponding movement in Ireland.
Somebody advertises for agents to sell a
work entitled "Hymenial Instructor." The
best hymenial instructor we know of is a
young widow. What &h don't knoTr; there
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THE CALIFORNIA DUEL.
When a Senator of the. United States is kil
led in a duel, .by a Chief Justice of a sover
eign State, it is natural that the public should
become excited. The position of the combat
ants as high functionaries gives importance to
the duel beyond that which attaches to ordi
nary duels. The violent death of a Senator Is
a national calamity, and a mnrder by a Chief
Justice is a national stain. , : . . ,
Senator Broderick, Who has fallen beforo
Chief Justice Terry, of California, was such a
man as could only spring up and grow into dis
tinction in the United States. He inherited so
greatness, or wealth, or education. He went
through a rough life in not by any means the
best society of New York. And yet he avoid
ed the common vices of his associates; ha
trained himself in bis low school for a better
sphere of society; he emigrated to another
and a distant State, and he became one Of the
foremost men in California. His Senatorial
career was distinguished by the manliness and
independence with which he treated all public
questions. If he showed no great Senatorial
polish, or lofty Statesmanship, he at least
showed what are not less valuable qualites, fi
delity, conscientiousness and boldness. These
led to his death. For they lost hira the favor
of the President and led to the bitter animos
ity shown towards him by the Democrats in
the last State election, from which resulted
the duel in which he was slain.
The Californians, p?rticnlarly the San Fran
ciscans, are horrified and grieved at the vio
lent death of their Senator by the hand of their
Chief Justice. It is no palliation of the crime
that the duel was conducted in strict accor
dance with the code of honor. They soe still,
that after Brodertck's pistol had gone off harmless,-and
he stood helpless. Judge Terry delib
erately aimed for "a few seconds," as he would
at a target, and shot him through the breast.
If the description of the firing is correct,there
was a certain cool malignity in the bearing of
Terry, that may be "chivalrous" and "honor
able," but it does not coincide with-our com
mon notions of what is manly.
It is lamentable to have to report to tbd
world an event like this, and have it held up
for years as an illustration of society in the A
merican Republic, and of the respect for law
and life which exists among onr public men
How will California submit to the blow? Bro
derick was not ol the dominant party in that
State. But will the Californians be content
to have on their Supreme Bench, as an inter
preter of their laws, one of which is against
dueiling, a man who has killed another in a
duel, and that other a representative of the
State in the United States Senate f
Love'3 Stratagem. A wedding took place
at Cherokee recently, under peculiarly roman
tic circumstances. A fair maiden of that place
was promised in marriage by her father, who
is a publican, to a countryman whose abiding
place is North San Juan ; but the damsel lov
ed another a younger and better looking man,
whom alone she declared should be her wed
ded lord. The cruel "parient" decided that
his will must be obeyed in the matter,
and locked his daughter np in her room and
started for this place in' quest of the man of
his choice. While be "was gone the lover of
the girl stole her through the window oh
blind parent ! and the two started on a keen
run lor the nearest Ju&tice, whose office is a
bout a mile from Cherokee. On the road they
were stopped by an officious pursuer, where
upon the "youthful and most brave" drew a
revolver, presented it, and mcst gallantly de
clared that he would "fight for a woman quick
er than for his grub !" This settled the ques
tion of intervention, and the fugacious lovers
were allowed to proceed. Reaching the abode
of the Justice, who was happily not away, they
were at once united in the holy bonds of wed
lock, and returned to Ceerokee in less haste
than they left it. When the outwitted father
joined them with his expectant friend, and
learned that the Gordion knot had been tied
"His spirit was tremendious and fierce to be
hold,", and the feelings of the disappointed
lover can be better imagined than described.
Tenn. Press. ,
Ending the Slavert Agitation. The Dem
ocrats have a singular way of showing that
they "regard the slavery agitation as at an
end.' What but "slavery agitation" furnish
es the staple of all the speeches of Democrat
ic speakers the editorials of Democratic
newspapers- andtbe harangues of Democratic
crossroads leaders ? Why, they have nothiug
else to stir up the country. Without it the
party would run to seed in ono moon. The
leaders are now working it op into the form
they think best suited to alarm the lears of
the Southern people, and make them a unit ia
the next Presidential election. No baker ev
er kneaded bis dough with half the persistent
real they are displaying in getting "slavery
agitation" in such a shape as to give them
another rise. .- -
There have been some extraordinary doings
at Brownsville, Texas. A large party of Mex
ican banditti, on the 28th Sept., attacked the
town, killed five citizens, broke open the Jail,
treed the prisoners, and committed other out
rages. The guerillas were headed by Carti
nas, who. shot the Sheriff, of Brownsville last
July, while he was attempting to arrest him.
A party of the outlaws, 100 strong, rode thro
the city on horseback, and -had posted senti
nels, when some Mexican forces from Matarao
ras arrived and induced them to leave.
A friend of ours recently abvertised for
lost dog, offering as an inducement for its re
turn, a reward of five dollars. During twenty
four hours thirty-five curs embracing breeds of
all kinds, were brought to him for inspection.
Out of c(o)urtesy betook one, not his own,
to free himself from being dogged to death.
P mm mW -
Five years since a farmer in Illinois, not
withstanding all his neighbors insisted he was
playing the fool, set out on his farm one thou
sand peach trees, and this season he was offer
ed ten thousand dollars for the crop, which h
afterwards sold in the lot for fourteen thousand
dollars. r : . : . , ;
That was a sirgular forgery committed last
week.way down in Maine. Benjamin KtmbalL
a lawyer.is charged ith forging a deposition
signatures of deponent and magrstrate by
which the lawyer obtained a divorce from his
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The Utah mail brings" intelligence of ' th
trial and sentence to two years ituprUopirjnt
Io the Penitentiary, of l'JCeaile, .
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