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BY S. B. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1860.
VOL. 6.-M). 50.
HAST THOU ONE THOUGHT OF ME!
Tbe following exquisite lines are found in the
Louisville Journal, and are anonymous. The edi
tor says, "We defy any tasteful lover of poetry to
read them without exclaiming, 'how beautiful' !"
My foul thy sosret image keeps, -
My midnight dreams are all of thee !
For nature then in silenoe sleeps,
And silence broods o'er land and sea
TJh. in that still, mysterious hour.
How oft from waking dreams I start,
To find thee but a fancy flower! -
Thou cherished idol of my heart.
Thou hast each thought and dream of mine,
Have I in turn one thought of thine ?
forever thine wy drenms shall be,
AVhate'cr may be my fortunes here ;
I nk not lnvc I claim from thee
Only one boon a. gentle tear;
May e'er blest visions from above
Flay gently round thy happy heart,
' And the sweet beams of peace and love
' Ne'er from thy doraicil depart.
; Farewell! my dreams are still of thee
Hast thou one tender thought of me?
Farewell ! farewell ! my far off friend !
Uetween us broad bine rivers flow,
And forests wave and X'lains extend.
And mountains in the sunlight glow:
The wind that breathes upon thy brow
Is not tlie wind that breathes on mine ;
-. -The star-beams shining on thee now
i : Are not the beams that on me shine,
I5ut memory's spell is with me yet
Can'st thou the holy past forget ?
. The bitter tears that thou and I
May fibed wheno'er by anguish bowed,
Exalted in the noontide sky,
May meet and mingle in the cloud";
And thus, my much loved friend, though
Far, far apart, must live and move.
Our souls, when God shall set them free
Can mingle in the world of love ! .
This were sweet ecstacy to me
Say, would i t be a joy to thee ?
A STAGE DRIVER'S ADVENTURE.
Fourteen years ago I drove stage from Dan
luiry to Littleton, a distance of , forty-two
miles, and as I had to wait for the arrival of
two other coaches, I did not start till after
dinner ; so I very often had a good distance
to drive after dark. It was in the dead of
winter, and the season had been a tough one.
A great deal of snow had fallen and the drifts
were plenty and deep. The mail that I carried
was due at Littleton until one o'clock in Jho
morning; but that winter the postmaster was
very often obliged to sit up a little later than
that forme.- .
One day in January when I drove up for ray
mail at Danbury, the postmaster called mo
into his office, ... " -'.
"Pete," said he, with an Important, serious
look,-"there's some pretty heavy money pack
ages in that bag," and he pointed to the mail
bag aj he spoke. ' lie said the money was from
Boston to some land agents up near the Cana
da line. Then he asked me if I'd got any
passengers who were going through to Little
ton. J told him I did not know, "but suppose
I havn't" says I. - 1 '
"Why," said he, "the agent of the lower
route came in to-day, and he says that there
have been two suspicious characters on the
stage that came up last night, and he suspects
that they have an eye upon this mail, so that
it will stand you in hand to be a little careful."
lie said the agent had described one of
theru as a .short, thick set fellow, about forty
years of age, with long hair, and a thick,heavy
clump beard under his chin, but none on the
side of bis face. He didn' t know anything
about the other. I told the old fellow 1 guess
ed there wasn't much danger.
"Oh no; not if you have got passengers for
the whole trip; but I only told of this so that
yon might look out for ' your mail, and look
ont for it when yon stop to change horses."
I answered that 1 should do so, and then
took the bag under my arm and left the office.
I stowed the bag away under the seat a little
more careful than usual, placing it so that I
could keep my feet against it ; but beyond this
I did not feel any concern. It was half past
one when I started, and I had four passengers,
two of whom rode only to my stopping place.
I reached Gowaa'a mills at dark, when we slop
ed for supper, and where my other two pas
sengers concluded to stop for the night.
At about six o'clock in the evening I left
Gowan's Mills alone, having two horses and
an open pung. I had seventeen miles to go
and a hard seventeen it was too. The night
was quite clear, but the wind was sharp and
cold, the loose suow flying in all directions,
while the drifts were deep and closely packed.
It was slow, tedious work, and my horses soon
became leg weary and restive. At tbe distance
of six miles I came to a little settlement call
ed Ball's Comer, where I took fresh horses.
I had been two hours going that distance.
Just as I was going to start a man came up
and asked me if I was going through to Lit
tleton.. I told Iim I should go through if the
thing could, possible be done. Ho said he
was very anxious to go and as he had no bag
Rage I told him to jump on and make him
self as comfortable as possible. ;' I was gather
ing up the reins w hen the ostler came out and
asked me if, I knew that one of my horses had
cut himself badly. I jumped out and went
w.ui him and found that one of the animals
hal got a deep cork cut on the off fore foot.
I gave such directions as 1 thought were ne
cessary, when the ostler remarked that ho
thought I came alone. I told him I did.
"Then where did you got that passenger ?"
said he.- '" '
-. "He just got in,' I answered. ".
"Got in lrora where l" , - -.-.
"I don't know." .
"Well.now," said the ostlei, "that's kind of
curious.' .There ain't no snch man been at the
house, and I know there haint been none at
the neighbor's. - . . ..
"Let's have a look at hfs face," said I. , "Do
you g o back with me, and as I get in the pung,
just hold your lantern so that the light will
shine in bisface. v , - ,: ;
Ho did as I wished, and as I stepped' into
tne pung, I got a fair view of such portions of
my passenger's face as were not muffled up.
an
. - nauiv, iuii, nam ieaiures,
I could also ' fit1 A f )l ) f tKatia tiro a a noanii
h under the chin. I thought of the man
h,lJ-2e Postmater had described to me ;
tArf t DOt thmk 8eously nntil I had star
iea. , Perhaps I bad gone half a. mile, when I
lull the mail g. was not in its old
Plc 1 under tny feet. " -y'-., . ' -
I'M!. av" 8ays' X holding-.up my horses a
Utle, "Where's ray mail ?" . ,
b 1 .P8wse!?ger8at 0tt tno 8eat behind me,and
as 1 spoke 1 turned towards hihj.- ,
"ere is. a bag of somo ' kind, slipped back
under my feet," ho said, giving It a kick as
though he had shoved it forward.
J ust at that moment my horses lumbered in
to a deep snow drift ; and I was forced to get
out to tread down ahead of them and lead
them through it.
This took me all of fifteen minurs: when
1 got on again, I pulled the mail balft
and got my feet upon it. As I was doin
1 K
forward
rr thia
I saw the man take something from his lap and
put it into his breast pocket. At first I tho't
it was a small liquor flask, but upon second
thought I made ud mv mind that it was a nis
tol. I caught the gleam of ftie barrel in the
starlight, and when Iliad time to reflect I
knew I could not be mistaken.
About this time I began to think somewhat
seriously. From what I had heard and seen.I
soon made up my mind that the individual be
hind me not only intended to rob the mail,
but he was prepared to rob me of my life. If
I resisted him he would shoot nie,and perhaps
he meant to perform that delectable operation
at any rate. While I was pondering the horses
plunged into another deep drift, and I was
forced again to get out and tread down the
snow before them. I asked my passenger if
ho would get out and help me, but ho said ho
didn't feel very well and wouldn't try; sol
worked alone, and was all of a quarter of an
hour getting my team through the drifts.
When I got into (he sleigh again I began to
feel for t he mail bag with my feet. I found
it where I had left it ; but when I attempted
to withdraw my fjot, I discovered that it had
become entangled in sqmething I thought it
the Buffalo robe, and tried to kick it clear;
but the more I kicked the more closely it was
held. I reached down my hand and after feel
ing a few moments found my hand in the mail
bag ! I felt again and I found my hand in a
mong the letters and papers. I ran my fin
gers along the edge of the opening, and be
came assured that the stbut leather had been
cut with a knife.
Here was a discovery. I began to wish I
had 'taken a little more forethought before
leaving Danlury ; but as I knew that making
such wishes was only a waste of time, I very
quickly gave it up and began to consider what
I had best do under existing circumstances.
I was not long making up my mind upon a few
essential points. First the man behind me
was a villain ; second he had cut open the
mail bag and robbed it of some valuable mat.
ter. He must have known the money letters
by the size and shape : third, he meaut to leave
the pung on the first favorable opportunity :
and fourth, he was -prepared to shoot me if I
attempted to arrest or detain him.
I resolved these things over in my mind,
and pretty soon I thought of a course to pur
sue. I knew if I could get my hands safely up
on the rascal, I must take him wholly una
wares, and this I could not do while he was
behind me ; lor his eye was upon me all the
time, so I must resort to stratagem. Only
a little distance ahead was a house, where an old
farmer named Lougee lived, and directly before
which a huge snow bank stretched across the
road, through which a track for teams had to
be cleared with shovls.
As we approach the cot, I saw a light in the
front room, as I felt confident I should, for the
old man generally sat up until the stage went
by. I drovo on, and w hen nearly opposite the
dwelling stood up as I had frequntly done
when approaching difficult places. I saw the
snow bank ahead and could plainly distinguish
rfie deep cut which had been shoveled through
it. . I urged the horses to a good speed, and
when near the bank forced them into it. One
of the runners mounted the edge of the bank
after them, the ether ran into the cut, thus
throwing the sleigh over about as quick as if
lightning had struck it. My passenger hadn't
calculated on any such movement and was not
prepared for it, but I had calculated and was
prepared. He rolled ont into the deep snow,
with a heavy buffalo robe upon him, while I
alighted on my feet directly on top of him.
I punched his head into the snow and then
sung out for old Lougee. I did not have to
call a second time ; the farmer had come to
the window to see me pass, and as soon as he
saw my sleigh overturned he
tern and hurried out.
lighted bis Ian-
"What's to pay ? asked the old man as he
came up.
"Lead the horses into the track and then
come here," said I.
As I spoke I had partially loosened my hold
of the villian's throat, and he drew a pistol
from his bosom. But 1 saw it in good season
and jammed his head into the snow again, and
got the weapon from him. By this time Lou
gee had led the horses out and come back, and
I explained the matter to him in as few words
as possible. Wo hauled the rascal out into
the road, and upon examination wc found a
bout twenty packages of letters which he had
stolen from the mail bag stowed away in his
pockets.
He swore, and threatened, and begged and
prayed ; but we paid no attention to his blar
ney. Lougeo got some stout cord, and when
we had securely bound the villain, tumbled
hira into the pung. I asked the old man if he
would accompany me to Littleton, and he said
"of course." So he got his overcoat and
muffler and we soon started.
I reached the end of my route with the mail
bag safe, though not so snug as it might have
been. The mail robber was secure, and with
in a week be was identified by some officers
from Concord as an old offender ; and I am
rather inclined to the opinion that he's in the
State's prison yet. At any rate he was there
when I last heard from him.
That's the only time that I ever had my
mail troubled, and I think that under all the
circumstances, 1 came out of it pretty well.
Liberal Bequests. Mr. Victor Thompson,
a wealthy druggist at nagemtown, Md., died
on the 17th July, leaving the following be
quests : $20,000 to fonr Boards of the Old
School Presbyterian Church, viz t $5000 to
the Board of Education, $5000 to the Board of
Publication, $5000 to the Board of Foreign
and $5000 to the Board of Domestic Missions.
He also devises $5000 to the Presbyterian con
gregation of Hagerstown for tbe enlargement
and improvement of its church edifice. $1000
to the Charity School of this town,$2000 to the
Mayor and Council of Hagerstown for the pur
chase of fuel for the poor ; $1000 to his color
ed servant woman, which at her death is to re
vert to the town, aud be appropriated as the
preceajng legacy, and $500 for the purchase
of . the apiiug on the premises of the heirs of
the late George IlenniDger, in North Poto.
mac street, (known as Miller's Spring,) for
the use of the public."
H0H. J0H3T HICKMAN'S SPEECH
. The following are the most significant dis
sages in Mr. Hickman's late speech, delivered
at i nuaaelphia, on July 24th :
"uere i find the cause or source of the great
political issue of the present. Shall slavery
become a national institution and a governing
power in ino country, or snail it remain as the
Constitution left it ? This is not an inquiry
propounded by us, of the North, but forced
upon us by our brethern of the South. They
require an answer at our hands, and we can
not avoid response if we would. Silence up
our part, under the circumstances, could not
oe construed otherwise than as affirmative of
their claims. I nake tha distiuct avowal th.it
slavery seeks the acquisition of all onr new
States, for two objects; first to secure the
value of slaves; and, second, to direct the
powers of the Federal Government.
"The 'irrepressible conflict,' so frequently
commented on and denounced by the South,
is constantly admitted and acted on by them.
They are too astute as observers, and saga
cious as politicians not to know there is a ne
cessary and unending antagonism between lib
erty and slavery. If they thought different
there would be far more peace and haimcny
between the sections. It is their full appreci
ation of the struggle for the mastery which
arms them for the conflict, and induces them
to wrestle for the victory. There is no more
evident fact than this, that the advocates of
slavery seek its extension so as to limit the
influence of the sentiment of freedom. We
hate tyranny, and would prevent such a con
summation. . . ; . . .
"The extension of negro slavery into the
terri'tories of the United States has become a
settled policy of the Democratic party. This
reality cannot be disguised, and ought not to
be denied. It is easily accounted for. Unity
of interest and unity of desire w ill always pro
duce a perfect concentration of strength. The
fortunes of the South have become complete
ly luentinea with their peculiar domestic rela
tions. By their harmony they have been ena
bled to govern tho democratic party, and, thus
far,to govern the country fhro' the agency of
that party. The vital force of that organization
biing in the South, and slavery propagandUm
regarded there as a necessity, it cannotTbe con
sidered strange that the influence of the party
should be so directed as to fortifv doctrines
most congenial to tho supposed welfare of
those who direct its machinery. To many it
nas seemed unaccountable that executive ac
tion and legislative and judicial proceedings
should be so shaped, from j-ear to year, as
to strengthen the few at the expense of the
great mass of our people. Let it be no lon
ger regarded as a, marvel or a mystery; the
responsibility of it rests with those North
ern men in whom we have reposed our con
fidence and clothed with the garments of au
thority. . . . . . . .
"Slavery educates its statesmen in a high
school, under able professors. It teaches that
the northern men arc cowardly, and that their
ambition is linked with avancc ; and unfortu
nately for us it has arguments to fortify its
faith. In half a century it may not be credited
that less than a dozen men, trained under these
citcumstances, so alarmed a Pennsylvania Pre
sident as to induce him to re-cast a message,
violate the plighted faith upon which ho was
elected, disgrace his native State, and degrade
the high office to which he had then but recent
ly been elected. . .
"Millions of acres of fertile lands, every now
and then, are filched from our industrial clas
ses, who require them for the support and ed
ucation of their families, to be turned into
barren wastes, by those who have already blas
ted more than one-half of our soil as with an
avalanche of fire. Factories and workshops
are tottering in ruins, and families and neigh
borhoods left starving and in rags, because
fostered industry is not required in that re
gion where laboring men have no rights which
the owner ot men is bound to respect. And
ships rot at our wharves, and store-houses be
come but a rendezvous for idlers and vagrants
for tbe reason that uncompensated chattel
sinews yield fruits more cheaply than compen
sated skill, and require no shield against
the pauper products of Europe. If a change
of Tariff laws were reauired by the South
instead of the North, they could not fail of
its accomplishment."
Of southern office holders and politicians he
says : "They all, yes all, have been brought
to believe that the doctrines of the Declara
tion of Independence.are but stereotyped lies ;
that tne lounaers of tbe nation had but a sor
ry conception of inalienable rights; that the
Constitution which they framed was intended
as an instrument of cruelty and crime; and
that the fairest feature of tree republican as
sociation is a Union of States peopled with
the lowest grade of slaves." The remedy for
this state of things he says "may be found in
organized opposition and united action against
the democrats of every stripe."
Of Mr. Ureckennde he says : "lie so reads
tbe teachings of the sages of tho past, and
their primary law, as to make it fruitless to
attempt an exclusion of his, peculiar and fa
vorite institution fiom the organized territo
ries; and so as to make it indispensable that
congresses, courts, and presidents should ex
ercise all their ingenuity, and all their powers
to fortify and sustain it there. Legislative ac
tion is to be invoked, judicial decrees had, ex
ecutive fiats pronounced, navies equipped, and
armies marshalled, to exclude forever every
settler therefrom who will not bow down before
the black god of his idolatrous worship."
Mr. Douglas and his course he characterizes
with still more severity, and at greater length.
He reviews his earlier career in the Kansas
struggle bis approaching re-election, and his
desire then to be reckoned an anti-Lecomp-
tonite and rebel, and concludes by saying :
"These references have been made for a sin
gle purpose to satisfy, if doubts exist, that
in the great struggle between the South and
the North, to secure tho long lost equality of
the latter, Mr Douglas is against us. Should
more recent evidences be demanded, then let
an examination be made of the Congressional
Globe, containing the ballots for speaker and
clerk during the last session of the House of
Representatives. Ascertain what the action
of tbe Illinois western and north-western de
mocracy was during the protracted contest for
an organization. Every j, vote that Mr. Doug
las could influence was invariably cast for
such candidate, as tbe South presented, in
cluding those of the most extreme and revo
lutionary character."
Of Forney and Donglas, he says, t "Col. For
ney, who never hesitated to advance the for
tunes of Mr. Douglas, when he could proper
ly do so, was elected in sptte of Mr. Douglas.
Col. Forney, I presume, was not indorsed by
the Democracy who swear by the peculiar in-
ewiuiion. . , . , . 4
"I have said all I desire to say of the repre
sentatiresof the two democracies. There is
a preference between them. The one is out
spoken and evident; the other is concealed
and tricky. Of the two 1 much prefer Mr.
Breckinridge, and yet I Cannot imagine the
circumstances under which I could be indue
ed to support him. He asserts the Supremo
court has decided that slavery is an existing
constitutional institution in all our territories,
and that it is the duty of the government to
sustain it wbere it thus legally exists. Mr.
Douglas contends the courts ha?e not yet so
decided, but if they shall do so, it will then
become the duty of all good citizens to res
pect the decision, and of every branch of the
ieiteral government to enforce it with prompt
ncss and fidelity. This is his platform. If
our federal court has not already given a do
cision in accordance with tho notions of Mr
Breckinridge, no one doubts it will do so as
soon as the question shall be brought distinct
ly before it. So at best the only point of
disagreement between these rival candidates,
is uiai oi time."
The Bell and Everett ticket ho disposes of
irieny : "inose advocating the claims of Mr.
Bell would plcasa everybody by promising
notning. l bey compose the party of extreme
faith. They stand upon a constitution with
out interpretation, and upon an endangered
Uuion without announcing the means by
which it can be saved."
He stigmatizes the scheme to elect Lane,
by throwing the election into the House, and
concludes his speech by ureins the election
of Lincoln as that of a man honest and capa
ble, and attached to the principles of the cos
stitution, whose election will assign limits to
sectional oligarch', and make labor honora
ble and remunerative.
SPEECH OF GEN. CAMERON.
On Saturday evening, July 28th, there Was
a grand torchlight procession in Philadelphia,
and a serenade to Hon. A. G. Curtin, who made
a neat and appropriate speech on the occasion.
Hon. Simon Cameron was also Drosent. and
being loudly called for, responded in tbe fol
lowing manner:
"I rarely make speeches, my friends, and I
did not come to the City with any expectation
ot talking to you to-night. I am, however,
exceedingly gratified to see this immense
multitude assembled here to do honor to the
candidate presented to ns for the office of
Governor of our great Commonwealth, -
"I take it as an evidence that the people of
our commercial metropolis, so often misled by
the special pleadings of demagogues, and by
mistaken views of their relations to other sec
tions of the country, are aroused to a proper
sense of their true position, and a propef ap
preciation of their real interests. I see in it
the proof that they clearly discern now, what
they should have known long since, that the
prosperity to which they are entitled by their
position, their enterprise, their energy, and
their wealth, is only to be obtained by hurling
from office and power the bad men and party
who have so long abused the trust repesed in
them by a confiding people, and who, tor their
own selGsh and corrupt purposes, have so
shamefully mismanaged the Government at
Washington.
"These men who have disgraced our nation
in the eyes of the world must not only be
turned out, but you must see that the right
men are put in their places. It is fortunate
for the country that the Republican Conven
tion at Chicago has presented men for the suf
frages of the people, who are eminently wor
thy of our confidence and support; and you
must see to it that, by no neglect or supine
ness of yours, the cause which they represent
is endangered. You must not be led into in
difference by over confidence. It is true our
opponents are themselves as fully convinced
of the bad conduct of their Administration as
we are ; yet we have so often seen them stul
tify themselves, and unite to perpetuate the
very wrong they had denounced, that it would
not be surprising to see them unite again now,
and supoprt a common ticket, notwithstanding
all their denunciations of each other.
"We must not, therefore, rely on their weak
ness, but on our own strength, which should
be shown in its fullest extent. I have no doubt
of our success, but our vote should be so strong
as to satisfy the public mind throughout the
Union that Pennsylvania is settled in the con
victions of her true policy. It should be no
partial victory, but an absolute triumph by an
overwhelming majority, and to this end it is
only necessary that the vote should be full.
If our vote is full, the position of Pennsylva
nia will be finally settled, not only for the
present but for the future. .
"I see you have placed on your banners the
names of Lincoln, Hamlin and Curtin. That
is all very well. Lincoln's name should be
first, as it is national and perhaps tho most im
portant, but the position and policy of our own
State is hardly of secondary importance, and
therefore I want you to turn your attention to
tbe election of Col. Curtin first, not onty be
cause of its great value to ourselves, because
if that be seenred the rest is sure to follow.
You will remember that it was by the vile
frauds at the October election in 1856 that the
outrageous result in November was produced.
"I have but a few words to say. The report
ed vote of Pennsylvania placed in power tho
bad, weak old man now at the bead of the
government, who has violated every pledge he
gave to his neighbors and friends, and who,
besides inaugurating and maintaining the most
corrupt and vicious Administration the coun
try has ever bad, has done all in his power
to destroy the interests of his native State,
to the confidence of whose people he is in
debted for all he has.
"Remember this, and if I do not meet yon
thus publicly again during the campaign, let
this idea be impressed indellibly on your
minds, and let it actuate yon in all your plans
during the contest, that the larger the major
ity you give to Curtin, in October, and to Lin
coln and Hamlin in November, the more se
vere and decided will be the rebuke of Penn
sylvania to her faithless son, James Buchanan.
The State owes It to herself to redeem her name
from the disgrace he has brought upon her."
Qcilp and bis wife had a bit of contention
the other day. "I own that you have more
brilliancy than I," said the woman, "but I
have the better judgment... " Yes," said Quilp,
"yourthoice in marriage shows that " Quilp
was informed that he was a brute. "
ROMANTIC ADVENTURE.
At the present time, when the Japanese are
so much talked of, the following strauge And
romantic narrative will be read with special in
terest. Notwithstanding tho time which has
elapsed since the incidents occurred, the cir
cumstances are for the first time published.
Among the Sandy Hook pilots there is none
better or more familiarly known than Captain
Nelson. Henry Steers, tho -ship-builder, is
now building a pilot boat for him, which will
shortly be ready to be launched from her ways
at the foot of Twelfth street, East river. A
frank sailor roughness characterizes Captain
Nelson; those who know him like him for his
honesty and plainness of speech, and none ev
er thought of accusing him of being given to
spinning sailor yarns.
A Swede by birth, at the age of seventeen
an Inclination to follow the sea possessed Capt.
Nelson. Unable to resist, he shipped as a sail
or oetoro the mast. He soon fouud, however,
a seiT life not so romantic or pleasing as he ex
pected. The captain under whom he sailed
was harsk, and knocked him about with cruel
severity. Not relishing this treatment, he de
serted at Matukta, a small island1 in the Pacific
Ocean. Soon an opportunity presented Itself
or snipping on a whaling vessel, tho Lutaw,
from Nantueketon her way from the Pacific
ocean. A terribie storm arose! the ship was
dismasted, and they were obliged to put into
Jeddo for repairs. This was in 1S31.
Casting off anchor, a fleet ot row-boats Sp
proached the Entaw and signaled her to move
away. Jsot heeding tbe injunction, the fleet
surrounded them, each boat attaching itself to
tho other by a chain. They were thus made
prisoners, with no chance of escape. After a
while a large row-boat made its appearance.
The style of the boat and the train of attend
ants, nearing the water's edge, made it evi
dent that some one endowed with unusual au
thority was on board. Immediately one of
the environing chains was loosed, arid the
large barge was rowed to the sid of tho ship.
A tnan dressed in state, with two immense
swords dangling from a belt, mounted over
the side of the &hip, and by signs intimated a
desire to know what they wished. By means
of an interpreter they explained the occasion
of their visit, and expressed theif readiness to
depart when their vessel was put in proper re
pair. The official told them they could do
nothing towards repairing their ship until they
had delivered two of tKe crew into his hands
as hostages to guarantee against violence on
their part. The captain expressed his assent
to the proposition. ...
: "But you must hear another condition,"
said the official. , .'
"AT hat is it ?" asked the captain. .
"On each man," responded tho official, must
be placed a shirt coated with sulphur and tar.
The moment you break faith with us the shirts
will be set on fire, and' the men burned to
death."
The condition was- a bard one. There was
no other alternative, however, than to comply
with it. Captain Nelson, who was then only
seventeen years old, and a young man named
Tnrpin, of Philadelphia, consented to be de
livered up as hostagefr. The official, who
proved to be the ruling magistrate of Jeddo,
naa ycung js elson and his companion taken on
shore, and delivered over to a guard. They
were placed in a sort of tent, near the dwel
ling o! the magistrate. Thinking it best to be
guarded against emergencies, young Nelson
concealed about him a pistol.
eeks elapsed, and with them the wearing ot
the sulphur-coated shirty. At first the guard
was strict, but ge-ierally they were kept under
less restraint, until finally they were allowed
to roam almost quite free daring tbe day time.
Gradually, also, the magistrate lessened his
reserve toward them. At length he invited
them to his honse, then to eat with them and
play the Japanese chess.
A daughter, voung, hanuscme and sprighN
ly, formed part of the household of the Jeddo
magistrate. The pale sailor youth looked ad
miringly upon her, and she reciprocated the
look ; interviews followed glimpses. They
soon learned to understand each other. An
officer of the army was a suitor of the magis
trate's daughter; her father did not approve
of tbe officer, and she had agreed to elope with
him. He was to come on a certain night. A
change had come over her inclinations, and
she did not wish to go, she was afraid that if
she did not,' her lover would take her life.
Young Nelson advised her to elopc, and prom
ised to rescne her.
The night came, and the lover also. Young
Nelson, learning the route the officer would
take, strolled out of town during tho day, and
lay in wait for him. Sure enough, tho mid
night tramp of steeds was heard, and soon it
was a clear moonlight night a retinue of hor
ses appeared. Nelson hid behind a tree ; the
officer was the last of the train. He had the
young girl on his own horse- As he was pass
ing the tree where Is elson was in ambush, he
discharged his pistol at the horse. Immedi
ately the horse stumbled, and Nelson seized
the affrighted maiden. The pistol-firing fright
ened the troop of horsemen, and thinking a
large party was lying in ambush, they fled, the
officer following suit.
Taking the girl home to her father, he won
the old gentleman's gratitude ; he became
more of a favorite, and was a daily diner
tbcnceforlh at the family table. He was al
lowed to dispense with the sulphur shirt, and
was altogether a privileged character. His
companion, Turpin, however, had to wear the
sulphur shirt to the last. , f
The Eutaw remained at Jeddo about five
months. Every entreaty was made by the ma
gistrate to urge Nelson to stay, and ia view of
the supplicating eves of the daughter, he came
very near doing so. His protracted stay at
Jeddo made him quite conversant with the Ja
panese language, so much so that ho was ap
pointed by the government coast pilot of Ja
pan, on board the U. S. frigate Mississippi.
It is stated that the two bovs of MrDou-?-
las, left by his first wife, have come Into tbe
possession or a largo tortune oy tne deata ot
their ma'ernal grandmother, who resided in
North Carolina ; and it is further stated that
Mr. D. will visit his connections in that State
after be has completed his New England tour.
The Havana corresDondent of the .V" n
Crescent says : "Mr. Fowler, the oT.Jpostmas-
.s auuUt Muti '""fi't'S'- Gnanabacoa.
I saw him the other, day i-. r i . .-,
Mr. Pertnsio, a gentleaa of this city."
Hon. John S'nerman has r '
nominate-1 for ie-eloc'' "Mlon,J.
constituents. .atl ? Congress by njs.
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J
. THE MASSACRES IN SYRIA.
The massacre of the Christians in Syria is
trndoubtedly one of the most diabolical event
of our times. Sickening details are given ot
the barbarity inflicted on persons of all ages
and sexes. The butchering of 500 Christians
at Damascus, the oldest inhabited city of the
world, and ono of the most populous of the
oriental capitals, and the destruction of tha
town of Deir-el-Kamar, are among the latest
atrocities committed. It is stated that of the
population of Deir-el-Kamar, all the malo
Christians, numbering 2000, were put to the
sword, the women and children being permit
ted to escape. A letter, dated Beyrout, July
11th, says : "The attack of the Druses on the
Christians at Damascus commenced on the
evening of the 9th, when several men were
killed, and many women carried off for haromi.
Tho French, Russian, and Greek consuls took
refuge in the house of Abd-el-Kader. The
attitude of the Turkish authorities was inde
cisive, and rather injurious than useful to the
Christians. Three thousand Turkish soldiers
arrived to-day. The fears of the Christiana
are redoubled, and commissioners Yeby and
Norwlck are expected with impatience. De
tails to the 1st of July say it was then ascer
tained that the Druses had burnt and pillaged
151 villages since the 20th of May, while from
7,500 to 8,000 Christians, inhabitants of Leba
non, many of whom were wealthy men, and all
strangers to anything like poverty, are home
less beggars, depending on charity for daily
bread. Over and above tho number of Chris
tians shot in actual warfare, it i3 berieVed sev
en or eight thousand have been butchered in
cold blood. A French vessel had been sent to
Latakeea, and was obliged to take up a posi
tion within firing distance of the town in orT
der to restrain the fanatical portion of the in
habitants from conimitthig further outrages'.
Tho Austrian frigato Iludisky has" been order
ed to proceed to Syria to co-opcra!a with ves-
sola of other'oowers there." - .. .
' CORRECT, SO FAEt ,'
" Common Pleas was in session at Tiffin, and
Judge Hall, since M. C. from the Ninth Dis
trict! of Ohio-, occupied the bench. A case of
some importance waa reached in tho order. of
the docket, and the parties and witnesses were
on band. The counsel for the plaintiff, Char
ley Brown, was absenl. - His client, however,
soon succeeded in procuring him, and Charley
"opened fresh." He submitted' notion after
motion, and supported them by arguments that
were ludicrously laughable. Jndge Hall, com
pelted to volunteer an occasional grin-, did not
see fit to grant the extravagant demands,
which served to increase rather than dimin
ish the quantity of Charley's motions.
The Judge at last waxed impatient, ani
deemed it economy to say: "It is the opinion
of this Court that the counsel for Kie Plaintiff
is at present peculiary disqualified for con
ducting tbe case now before it."
Charley arose with an awkward and affected
calmness, and said : "It is the(hic) opinion of
the counsel for the plaintiff that the (hie)
counsel for the (hie) plaintiff is obliged to con
fess that he can not (hie) comprehend- fhe' iri-i
sinuations of this- Court. The (hie) Court
will therefore please (hie) repeat the same in
sinuations." The Court did repeat : "It is the opinion of
the Court that Charles Brown, tbe Counsel for
the Plaintiff, is altogether loo drunk to proceed
further with this case."
Charley arose again, and bringing his fist tr
a parallel with his head, brought it down upon
the desk with a shivering emphasis that jarred
the whole court-room, accompanying it with:
"That's the first correct decision given this r
siont" The closing exclamation entirely overcamo
Charley, and he came to his seat with an em
phasis equaled only by that with which ho
"indorsed" the decision of the Court.
LrcKv Editors. James Gordon Bennett is
the richest of the New York editors. ITIs pro
perty is put down at $000,000. He lias a mag
nificent residence in Fort Washington on tho
north of the island, and maintains an establish
ment of luxury in Paris, where bis wife re
sides a good share of the time. Gerard nal
leck. of the Journal of Commerce, stands next
otr the list, though he spends five days of tho
week in New Haven, Conn, wbere he offers for
sale a single estate for which he asks $100,000.
The Journal yields him and his two sons from
$30,000 to $40,000 a year. He can command
$400,000. lloivtce Greely is not a rich man.
lie makes plenty of money, but he has not thtf
faculty of keepirrg it. The Brooks' are worth
$200,000 each. Each married a fortune at tho
South, and the Express is a paving institution.
Bonner of the Ledger, who is the Midas of tha
metropolitan press, and converts almost every--thing
he touches into gold, has a pile over
$200,000, and it is growing fast. Morse of tho
Observer, has also about that sum. The for
tunes of the other members of the class are
moderate.
Racy. Describing a school teachers meet
rng, the Cincinnati Commercial says : Profes
sor Harrison, of Harmer, read a two hours
address upon all things on tbe earth, in tha
earth, and under the earth, according to tho
ancients. In the midst of it a member moved
a recess of five minuies for rest, and there
was a little scene. Courtesy predominated o
vcr comfort, and the speaker finished it and
the audience both. . As nearly as I could ar
rive at its character, it was designed to dem
onstrate the tnysrerious operation of the dis
integration of th efomological formula, in
which the ctomological element predominates
in logical form, by a mysterious conformation
of sympathetic authetticated Integration of
vernacular phenomena, terminating in intri
cate material resolutions of spiritual nature,
in referential, indirect and objective- analysis
of the ego and non ego ol the individual, which,
results in three cognotive epochs of miscel
laneous things. ' '"-"
Had a Fit on His Nose. While inimitable
Tom Corwin was holding forth in Zanesville,
npon the corruptions 0? "Old Buck's" Admin
istration, just aPfer hurling one of bis bitter
est and yet unniest denunciations, one of bis
aodit-.8 a rough looking man, who stood with
folded arms, shook his head- violently-
Whereupon -Tom said t "You shake your
bead my friend! Welir A" man may shako
hisbead when there to-not much in it-without
Fory" satf ho of the folded arms , "There
Ji? on my.tioso, and any man will shake
to keep the flios off-won't be V - -Tom
looked quizzical and ent on tofcU.
next point in regnlar order.
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