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he Mother's Heroic Defence of her Home.
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' ate is no.cUtitggemtion in the follow
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,thti.Jhattices 'narrated having
tually occurred during - the border wars
Kentucky, i 6 4e -reader may convince
imself by referring to "Collins .History
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f Kentucky." The* mingly incredible
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ll mom beautiful and - quiet merle than
he 'clearing on thci Elkhorn', which sinned
nd . sparkled in the light ofti cloudless sum'
orithe.27th of April; 1762; could not
ye been found between Kentucky. River
". nd . the 'mountains. ru - dii but strongly
uilt lag-cabin—half 'dwelling, half forta
ice—was the most conspicuous object in
o faxe'groinid.''' A stream the Elkhorn;
oe• tarp to bo 'called a creek,' let scarce
y broad and deep enough '(except during
freshet) to ba considered a river,
its slo
ping'banks clothed in the . tender green of
early spring, swept with rapid currentwith.
in half rifle shot of the front of the cabin.
,The entire clearing consisted ofaboutfor
ty acres, girdled on every side by the dense
forest, except on the east, where a broad
opening appeared, and the "blazed" out
line 'of a-road was visible for a rod or two,
leading apparently to some adjacent settle
ment. The location was only three or
four miles from Frankfort, then a small
village, and about two miles from the near
est point on the Kentucky river, of which
the Elkhorn is a tribubiry. Within the
cleared• area labor had done much. The
axe, which had let the sunlight into the
heart of the 'wilderness, had been promptly
followed by the plow. The hams and
corn-cribs were ' filled to overflowing, and
• he green blades, glistening with dew, that
overed the southern slopes, gave promise
• f another abundant harvest. •
The cabin was of double the usual size,
'or it contained two families. Its meg
,anta were two brothers, Hosea arid Jesse
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ssisted the Cooks in their farm work.—
he two brothers were originally from
ortnectictit, but had emigrated to Kentue
y-sorrie years before the time at which
ur narrative opens. Nearly four years
•ad elapsed since they had• settled on the
khorn, and during the whole of thattime
cy had seen but one Indian.
Hosea's household consisted of his wife,
iriarn, like himselfa native of New Eng
, rl-:=ri woman of commanding stature &
- personal strength—and their daugh
-r Alice, a fair, golden-haired beauty, with
face that Smiled all over, then in her 16th
.par. • Hope, the wife of Jess°. Coolc—was_i
of Virginia much
onager flaw her sister-in-law, with two
says, of six 'and' three years old, at her a
pron string. Young McAndre was a fine,
handy young htmtsrnan, whose father had
been killed inn rencontre with a party of
Wyandotti, near the Blue Licks, in that
memorable ear or the frontier wars of the
west; the year 1782.
Just as the sun's red disc became visi
ble above the upper line of the forest to the
east, the door of the cabin opened and the
brothers' passed out. The scene Spread I
before them was one of perfect repose.—
The morning mist had already lifled from
the stream and was sailing slimly upward,
while nova breath stirred to shake the pen-
dent moisture from the forest leaves, or rip-
ple the surface of the lwifily . gliding wa-!
ter. But the Cooks were not the men to
look riperi., - the landscape with a poet or a
painter'S eye, and with the simple übserva
don that it was a fine growing morning,
the elder, Hoseit, shoultferdd his axe, and
followed by'b'is hrotßew Walked to a pile
of chestnut timber- cr ttw - rocrs - irst - ottbe
house, ,when 3 they had been engaged the
preceding day in splitti .. t fence 'fails.
They'were both. u nd would
have *laughed attigiad; ' tying weett.
ons to protect them against the Indi
ans, so confident hallneir long exemption
from attack or molestatibn rendered , them.
But their' dream of security Was destined
to be suddenlY and'awfully broken. They
had not struck twenty blows with their ax
s, when a doien rifles,
"Too nearly, deadly aimed to err,"
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xracked from a clump of maplee about for
ty yards in advane,e of tho .nearest point of
woode, and Hosea COok, who was in the
act of chopping, sprang . likria hall into the
air, and' straightening as he descended,
fell, with his face upward, quite dead.
- Jesse ' althotighignick with this. bullets
and mortally AvoilEded, started ha ;t3.
;:ring' run for the cabin, arid fell a, few
from the 0004 at the very moment that
. , rf Wyandots, Tainted and , plumed
fo r„leaped freart.the coveriith a whoop
of &Moran exultatiOn:. Ypr . one moment
the inmates Orem cabin were, ***tick
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_but to Shp"mat, the youth.Mc44M
bad rushed, out foie the purpose of tri44B
in the Ivelthdeok*n. Ho ,10.7434 him by
the thouldera'and:wasia the eet5 4.41 ,1 1 013 -
in AY I A towardthilhreeheldp tt4
'num, *ho ha Osorvedol4o when the volley Was pea, .d . eirnts
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the bruin.. He fail Wlionasa the body,
saf ~Jesse ceek. .1 'H
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stopped .when,. they reached the body of
Hosea Cook, to scalp their .victim. They
knew that all the males of the .household
had fallen, and that it was utterly impossi
ble for the women and children to escape.
As to any attempt at a defence, they did
not dream of that. ,
Tho three females, who with arms, out-.
stretched •towards the bleeding bodies of
their • fallen protectors, and eyes dilated with
horror, stood huddled together on the thres
hold, felt, rather than, : saw that their only
chance of avoiding immediate , massacre
was •in availing themselves of the res
p'te which the bloodthirsty;:malignity of,
the •savages allowed them. ItirThing from.
the cabin, Miriam Cook grasped the cotpo
of her brother-in-law in her powerful arms,
while at the same instant Hope and Alico
seized each an arm ofthe unfortunate youth
McAndre, and in the next instanr they had
darted back again with their btirdebs t and I
closed and barred the door; , ;The, cabin
was a solid structure, built of intmense
logs of chestnut and oak, completely im
pervious to riffle or, musket shot; except at
three or four points, where narriAv loop
holes had been left for the convenience of
reconnoitering_or firing upon an enemy.
These holes wet.° about three feet from
the ground, and barely large enough to ad
mit the play of a rifle barrel so as to com
mand the'whole front of the building. The
door was formed of two thicknesses of hea
vy white-oak plank, equally impenetrable
by bullets, and, when secured by the solid
' bar inside, was almost as impregnable as
the walls of the cabin itself.
Having deposited their dead upon the
cabin floor, Miriam, Hope, and Mice be
gan to prepare fbr a vigorous defence.—
Their faces no longer wore on expression
ofterror. The brows ofthe two matrons
were knitted with fierce determination, and
their eyes sparkled with the instinct of re
venge. Alice was no longer the timid dnd
gentle maiden of yesterday. Her lover
(for she had gived her wl ole heart, and'
was soon to have given her hand to young
McAhdre) and her beloved father lay dead
before her, side by side; the red demons
were in the very act of scalping -and mu
tilating the body of the uncle outside; and
something of the tigress flashed even in
her
. eyes, half blinded ns they were try
tears. The two children alone exhibited
signs of fear; but it .was only
. percePtible
in their blanched faces and quivering limbs.
They neither shrieked nor ,wept, but "sat in
a corner ofthe eahiii,:with their arms lock
ed together, mitchi,ng the movements of
the females, as they piled chests and,hench
es and firewood against the door, inerder
to strengthen the weakest point of defence.
Miriam Cook was the first . to speak.—
After assisting to secure the door ,she - had
_ackw_n_sa_xmo_a_thaincip.linie.s_tajee,
Conpoltre: ' At the very instant when she i
applied her eye to the aperturd, the group'
of savages, who had been engaged in strip:
ping the body of her husband and hacking
it with their knives and tomahawks, open
ed on tEe right and left, and a brawny-fel
low 'in the war trappings of a chief advan
ced, two or three steps and shook the Moo
' dy scalp of the victim derisively above his
head, while the whole party joined in an
infernal yell of scorn and exultation.
"My , husband's rifle l" she shouted,
Springing to her feet ; and rushing across
the cabin tore the weapon and accoutre
ments from the wall. But.on trying the
piece with the ramrod, it prov'ed to be un
loaded. She thrust her hand into the
pouch, but it contained nothing except mus
ket bullets, Which her husband had purch
ased at Frankfort a feW days before, inten
ding to run them into balls suitable for his
rifle. The powder-horn was full ; but of
what use was powder without ball? Drop
pingthe weapon, she rung her hands in
deSpair: Suddenly a thOught struck her,
she seized one the bullets, 'placed it be
tween her teeth, and by a tremendous ex
ertion, bit it clean in two Dashing a
'ehargenf poWder into the barrel, she ram
med Own one of the fragments, primed
and cocked the piece, and the 'next 'mo
rhent its' muzzle, protruding through the
aperture, 'covered the body of the chief
now advancing - at The head of his party to.
wards the house. The quick eye of the
savage caught th . e - glimrtier' of the rifle sight
as the sunshine upon it; and he stop
; but before he had time to make a rush
for cover, Miriain'a finger pressed the trig
ger: When the puff of smoke from the
'disicharge cleared away; she saw him reel.;
ing backward, and clutching at the - air in a
vain effort to recover:himself.' Before.the
other Indians 9 ' Who 's6dmed . Varnlyzed by
the unexpected catastrophe, could afford
LIAM any assistance; 'he threw his hands
aboie his head,and Whirling quickly round,
fell upon' his face. 'A shout of triumph bUrst
from the lips of Miriainanshe 'saw' the ,Of.
feet' of the' avenging shot,, and then with
draciiiiig'fram the'. loopAele'sha:Ccitimen-
Ced.re-charging:the' rifle.. • ' •
The savages remained motionless "for,
feW seiOnds; - transfiXed WithastoniShment;
and thett,littin;g the body of the,chief, with-
die** hastily .tO a more rcispful distance
from the cabini ; . end the inmates , half-bet
thit,their Peril NiratiMer.', They were
soon tindeetMred:' : ' • , :
• • * ttinif out Offrunehot the7SayaiOs
. flier; an appeared for give..
• *rid : to' be in dose onierSation.: 7 4
,At the"evitittiOnd, their pow-wow; hay
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0 ppar e t idy agreed upon t49trit
actton, the whole gm* too open erOP ,
shed with mild 'at
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op,'Miriam Cook, who,was now, stationed ble of service; and they, seized' with a pa
at another loop-hole,-again discharged her nic at •the: havoc made I'ameng their corn
rifle,
and the unlucky Wyandot, shot Orel panions by 'the ‘ileng -knife sqaws," abut ,
both legs, - qropped rn his tracks „with an I doned the siege and,fted buck to the Village::
involuntary shriek of agony: • The, other ITo the Iwoundaithey. leitThidtind them no
eleven kept on, and on reaching:the:cabin! quarter*Tai givet :iir:riiii.,./6 - :apitred their
six of .themcl ' ambered on tho roof, ..while I livertwould have bet* . • ,- i ri:to the dead.
the other five commenced firing. at the ! Miriam's axe and iftr • irerUce made
doors and epeeings.in thelogs. , Those on short wok of.them„ an , this duty fulfilled;
the :roof quickly 101010 a_ fire ,on ti,o shin.: the family lost 'no time in proceeding to
gles, which - were 'soon in a bright-blaze.-- Frankfort, - .The
a pt da7+l hundred moon-
The- destructioh of the - - Cabin ~and its in- ted frontierstllbrri*asscrnbled, , and; after
mates ,now seemed inevitable. - • But the bringing in the bodies of Cook and Mc
bravo garrison . did, not ; des . pair.
~; There Andrei started for the nearest Wyandot
was a hogshead • hall, filled With water, in village to take a wholesale revenge.
the hoase,. and . Miriam, bucket in hand, ,
mounted tathek,loft., Hope and-Alice sup-
OM haTAitir water • frpm.' below; .and.as
. .long as itlatted etteitontrived to extinguish
the flames. as fast na, they broke t r while
rshe herself, enveloped and almost suffoca
ted by the steam turd- smoke, was invisible
to the assailants. At length the water was
exhausted, bad one of the' Indians, observ
ing that the eflOrts of the besieged. were
slackening, ventured, to poke his head.
through ono of the hides that had burned
in the mato ° see how the land lay. The
!undaunted Miriam was standing at the mo
ment within a few feet of the opening, and
the instant she saw the face of the Indian
she whirled the empty bucket round her
head, and hurling it with the full swing of
I her powerful arm, struck, him directly in
! the forehead with the sharp edge' of the
staves. She heard the bones crash and
1 the victim groan. A moment afterwards
' ho was drawn away by his companions,
three of whom then descended from the
roof, bearing him in their arms.
Miriam now thought she heard the two
who remained upon the roof tearing down '
the upper logs of the chimney, and presu
ming that they intended to attempt an en
trance that way, she ran down stairs to
prepare for them.
"The feather bed I the feather bed I" she
shouted, as she reached the lower room ;
and this much-prized article in the fron
tierman's inventory of household chattels,
was quickly dragged forth and thrust sans
ccremonic into the hugefire-place. By this
time one or the. Indians was fairly in the
chimney and•the otter about to follow.
"Thrustthelighted brands intoit, quick !"
said Alice, and the next moment clouds of
stifling smoke from the burning. feathers
were ascending the chimney.. The savage
made'an effort to .scramble up again, but"
the pungent effluvia of the feathers over
came him,and he fell heavilyon the hearth- !
stone. In the meantime Miriam had again
grasped the rifle and held it clubbed ready
for his reception. Scarcely had ho touch- I
ed the floor, when the iron-bound point of .
the breech crashed through his scull. The
,other_lndiarr, who had cau'ht a whiffofthe
vapor in time tiiiiijOid a !do - fate, precipi
tately descended from the roof.
Four of .theiliirteen Indians were now
killed or disabled, but these cavities only
added to the fury of the remainder. They ,
were all well awarethat the cabin, was oc
cupied by women only, and nothing could
be more degrading in . the eyes of these
swarthy warriors than to be baffled by a
parcel ofsquaws. They now furiously as
sailed the door with their tomahawks.. To
this proceeding the inmates could offer no
resistance, In striking the savage Who
had fallen down the chimney, Miriam
Cook had broken the lock of her husband's
rifle, the only onelhey had ; and now, han
ding the weapon to her sister-in-law, she
armed herself with the axe of young Mc
Andre, which stood in the corner of the
cabin, and prepared for the last extremity.
Alice betook herself to a very formidable
weapon—the slaughtering.knife of the es- i
tablishment ; and thus ' armed, the-three
women ranged, themselves on either side
the .door, determined .to • sell their lives as:
dearly as possible. . • „
In about, en hour the Indians bad near
ly, cut out two plunks of the, door beneath
the bar r ,-a space just sufficient for a man
to force his body through .in a . stooping
posture.. They now brought,a.lreavy piece
of timber from the adjacent pile, and!uslng
it as a battering-ratn, soon beat in the wea
kened portion of, the door, at the, same time
driving the articles , which had been piled
'against it into the middle of the cabin.—
Taught caution by the losses they had al
ready iiustnined, they did not immediately
attempt to ,enter through the, breech, but
thrusting ; in and crossing the muzzles of
their rifles, discharged them. into the house.
In this they had a double design--that of
killing er maiming some of the occupants,
and getting under eover, of the smoke. ,
.Beforea the sound of the deafening broad
side had died - away, ~the :feather-crested
head of e Wytindot warrior , parted the
smoke-ckitid 'which ebscored the interior ;
-but as he rose from'. a stooping posture in.
'entering,''Mirizuri's.:'aio ' descended ! with
treinendoua Wee', -outting . through . shOul-.
. der and polliii-bane.etear . into his. che'st.-
lie - dropped ',Ailith a' wild cry, ;`half of 40-
once and half Of agony..... Another savage'
foll Owed, ! ., and • another,. and another, each
`to Sink in:tura under'the axe of the'eoura-';
pens matron ;.' The fah ~.,..4 4 uissed, but''
k4siayitbr:g . r4r44ing: with hi ;. e held him
in
'powerlem,, her arms while.`* - ice plunged.
the knife into his' body.: - corAhe :;text,, two ; who entered,... •One . wita disabled. hy.e. IoY
addthe head ,frbin:die. butt Xi* s'rifle; l . ,
and the other 'Vnry,ne•arly delii,i444ed.t)y,
'sweep of Miriam's V:rte..'.,
. ' Of the thirteen Witirinit,Who.'-had' left
!their iiihkfnrs.tlia:*tirixtth4 teikitir ,be-' :
‘liire;'OnV'tviro•were unwounded'and capa-
Neutral in Politics
CLEAR r . .. 1 , t 1.' 4 . D,,- PA. - ; A'AfQ:.."B; 1.8:4'9-.
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A liatlOni True,Wcalth.
.-When witne ss we s the mighty.A,achieva
ments, or art—the locomotive, - 14ing up
its burden of a'hundred tons, and transpor
ting for hundreds bf miles between the
rising tind:the . setting sun; the steamboat
denying its Why, triumphant over wind &
tide; tliepoWer-loom yielding products of
greater richness, and abundance in a sin
gle day than all - the inhabitants of Tyre
could have manufactured in years; the
printing-press, which could have replaced
the Alexandrian library within tt:Week af
ter it was burned ;The lightning, not only
I,domesticated in the laboratories of the use
ful arts, but employed as a messenger be
tween. distant cities; and galleries of beau
tiful paintings, quickened into life by the
sunbeams—when we see all these marvels'
of power and celerity, we am prone to con
elude that to them we arc indebted for the
increase of our • wealth, and .• for the pro
gress of our s icty. ,
But were ere any statistics to show the
aggregate V ue 'of all the thrifty and gain
ful habits of the people at large—the great
er productiveness of educated than bruti
fied labor—the increased power of the in
telligent hand and the broader survey of
the intelligent eye—could we see a leger
account of the profits which come from
forethought, order and system, as they pre
side over all our farms, in all our work
show, and emphatically in all the labors
of eV households; we should then know
how rapidly their gathered units swell into;
millions upon millions. The mill that!
elj nr
strikes the nail's head, ins d" d" ofthe fin
ger's ends; the care that rii ds a fence
and saves a corn-field, that dri\ es a horse
shoe nail and secures both rider & horse ; ,
that extinguishes a light and saves a house; ,
the prudence that cuts the coat according
to the cloth ; that lays by something for a i
rainy day,. and that . postpones marriage
until reasonably sure of livelihood; the fore
thought that sees the end from the.begin
•ning, and reaches it by the direct route of t
an hour instead of the circuitous gropings
of a day ; the exact remembrance impres
ed_upart_ehildhood.to clo.the errand it was
bidden; and more than all, the economy of
virtue over vice; of restrained over pam
pered
desires—these things are not set
down in the works on Political Economy; '
but they have far more to do with the wealth
of nations than any laws which aim to reg
ulate the balance of trade, or any specu
lations on capital and labor, or any of the
great achievements of art. The vast Irm
riety of ways in which an intelligent peo
ple surpass a stupid one, and an exempla
ry 'people an immoral one, has infinitely
more to do, with the well-being of a nation,
than soil, or climate, or even than govern
ment itself, excepting so far as government
may prove the patron of intelligence and .
virtue.—Horacc,lllann..
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Execution of Conrad Vender, at Baltimore.
On Friday, the 20th July, an illiterate
German named Conrad Vender was hung
within the walls of the Baltimore county
prison. Vender had been found guilty,
and was the confessed perpetrator of one
of the most cold-blooded tnurderS ever
committed in- a christian community.—
Strenuous attempts were nevertheless made
to preenre a respite of his sentence, but
without avail, and on the day named, at
`half-past 12 o'clock he suffered the full
penalty of' the law. The countenance and
demeanor of the eilinknal betrayed nothing
like trepidation.. He' ascended the scaf
fold with a firm step,. and without shrink
hig allowed the rope to be adjUsted about
his neck, lie was accompanied by the
sherifF,.who officiated in person, and by
clergyman, but the • mine sullen ;rafter.
eke, which Characterized' his conduct in
prison, was"' maintained upon the gallows.
As he lived, so he died. Vender had "made
a full confession . of. IdS He . said
that he was born in - Germany,Where he
' lost his Parents`when he was four years
old: He came ~t o this country when he,
Was 14. After being; here for some time
he committed a theft, and was senteneed
to the peniteniary. After being there for
i'foar years 'tind'a half was pardoned by
'GrOv.P. F. alkOinas. , Ho then enlisted,
bid deserted' on the :28 th May, 1848: *.' He
- then 'wentintO' Baltimore 'County, toward
Pennsylvania, find met Mrs. Cixper, cross;
ing ; the railrond: He follovved her . and
knecked her down With i n big' done, She
rose,' but hq•knoeked;fier . down again . and
'killed her; 2 He then• dragged her .body to
a bran& of wafer;'-eoyered it over with
htielieST stones,
,lays down ;and
vvent,ta sleep: Wheii Ire woke Up; he took
her batidbcd;, Which was in
, her VOCket, and' says he was
ititexicated when Viiicebtraitted the ciltine,
and had' it not' en' for intemperance ho
' .watild 'never 'haite . 'eiiie ;tq' his;‘tintiniely
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AT ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, 11 1 / 4 I ADVANCE:
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• Alin YOU RIND TO YOUR MOTIIRRI-1
Come, my little boY, and you, my, little
girl,
,I' , /liat 'answer
,can you .give to this'
question 1 ~, • ' '.
you
wad'ii that watched Over you when
you were a helpless bby? Who 'nursed
you, and fondled you ' aiid never - grew
in her love? Who kept You from .
the cold, by night r and the heat by
, day?—
Who guarded you in health, and'emaforted
you when you wore ill? ' Who was it that
wept . when the fever made your skin feel
hot, and 'your 'pulso'beat quick 'and liaM?
Who hung over your little - :-bed. when you
were fretful; and put the cooling drink to
your parched lipst , Who sang the pretty
hymn to please you as' you lay,, Or knelt
down•by the side of the bed in prayer?—
' Who was glad when you began to get
well? and who carried you into the fresh
air to help your recovery? Who taught
you how to pray, and gently helped you
to learn to read? Who bus borne with
your faults; and been kind and patient in
your. childish ways? Who loves you still
and Who contrives, and Works 'and prays
for you every day you live?. Is it not
your mother—your own dear mother?--
Now, then, let me ask you, Are you kind
to your mother 1 ,
There are many ways in which children
show whether they are kind or not. Do
you always obey. her, and try to please
her? When she speaks arc you.ready to
attend to her voice 1 or do you neglect
what she wishes you .to do? Do you love
to make her heart feel glad? or, like ma-;
ny rude boys and girls, say "Oh, it is on
ly my mother; I do not mind her l"
Strange Calculation:
Some genius has perpetrated the follow
ing calculations: 1 .1 have been married 32
years, during which time I have received
from the hands of my .wife three , cups of
coffee each cay, two in the morning and
one at night, making about 35,040 cups of
halfa pint each, or nearly 70 barrels of
30 gallons each, weighing 17,620 lbs. or
nearly nine tons weight. Yet from that
period I have scarcely varied in weight
myself from 160 lbs. It will, therefore,
be seep that I have drunk in coffee alone
218 times my own weight. lam not much
of a meat eater, yet I presume fliave coil
sumed about Bounces a day, which makes
5,806 lbs. or about ten. oxen. Of flour I
have consumed in the 82 years, about 50
barrels. For twenty years of this time,
I have drurik two wine-glasses of brandy
each day, making 900 quarts. The port
wine;rnaderia, whiskey, punch, &c., I am
not able to count, but they are not large.
When 'weltake into the account all the ve-
I getablesiii addition, such as potatoes, peas,
lasparagus, strawberries, cherries, apples,
pears, peaches, raisins, &c., the , amount
consumed by an individual is most enor
mous. Now, my body has been renewed
more than four times in 32 years; mid-ta
t king it for granted that the water, of which
il have drunk much, acts merely as a dilu
tent, yet, all token together, I concludethat
I have consumed in 32 years about the
weight of 1,100 men of 160 lbs. each.
Conscious Rectitude.
If a man has correct principles he can
newer be laughed out of them. The
shrug of the shoulder, the biting remark,
the contemptuous look, and the scorning
air, may cause a slight pain in his bosom,
but the pain is produced by a conscious
ness
of his own virtue. It is from pity to
those who err. He sees the tendency of
unbridled passions, and this knowledge
oftentimes causes a tear to fill his eye.—
The principles he has embraced, to gov
ern his whole life, he knows they are foun
ded on truth, and, though cast out from the
pale of society, turned 'away as from the
offscouring of the earth, he feels a calm
ness a serenity within, a consciousness of
doing right, buoys him up under every tri
al. Such arc the principles which are
based on Bible truth. Let these brinciples
be yours young man, as you commence
your career ,in life. Be not seduced by
evil counsels, or unprincipled associates.
With virtuous desires, with a deep anxiety
to know what is right, and a jealous watch
over the natural heart, you cannot but
overcame any unhallowed propensity, and
finally triumph over every sinful desire.
Allegorical;
A traveller, setting out upon a long jour
ney, was assailed on the road by curs,
mastitis, and half-grown pupides, which
came aut of their kennels to bark at him as
he passed along. Ho often dismounted
from his horse to drive - them back, with
stones and sticks, into their hiding . places.
This operation was repeated every. day,
and sometimes as often as twenty times a
day. The consequence wi;s, that more
than half the traveller' stime tis consumed
in chasinif these dog-puppies: At last, he
was overal l ken by- a- neighbor, who was
going the same road, but who had set out a
long time after him. The latter traveller
was very much surprised to find the'other
.no farther on hisjourney, awl on hearing
thp reason, "Alas" said' he, "is it possible
that you have last your time and wasted
your strength in this idle ocupation.—
These same animals has beset me along
the road, biit I have 'saved my-`time.and
labor in taking no' notice of theirjbarkings;
while you have lost yours in';''?sentingrin
sults which 'do you no harm, ( Arid, chasti
sir% dogs 'arid, potpies, , 'lrhost; manners
you cannever mend." • ' ' '
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From California,
Important Intelligenm--One Month Later--;
Preparations to. Establish a State Govern.
VILMA TILE PIIIIA. PENNintivArairi:
,Capt. Stoddarf, With the Crescent. City;
arrived on Friday„night at New York,
with 31 days later news from California.
He came from Chagres, via Kingston, hay
ing under his' charge 08 passengers and
some $230,000.
This amount of course does riot include
what is stowed away in the trunks and er!r:
pet bags of the passengers; as to w,hich
fancy reports arc in circulation, making 'the
whole amount' of treasure, on .board the u
sual round sum of half a million.
The following are extracts from the
California papers brought by the Crescent
City, being the Alta California to the 21st
of Jano,and the Placer' Times issued at
Sacramento City, to the middle of May.
These papers give large details also of op;
oration, with varying fortune, at the mines
I or diggings, but of these we quote sparing
ly, first, because the accounts have not the
most authentic appearance—there is plen
ty of gossip in that quarter, if it is all on
the theme of . gold—and secondly, because
that part of the story has been toldpeven to
weariness.
FROM VIZ ?LACER TIMM MAY 12
THE PLACEL—The swollen state of the
several mountain streams bas deterred ma
ny of our citizens and strangers from en
tering the placer; but productivenesa of
the mines, even at this stage of the water,
amply justifies labor, at whatever washings
or diggings performed. The sickly sea
son is approaching, when the exposure &
fatigue of prospecting, or a search for the
richer washings, may not be so easily en
dured as at this time. They do well, too,
who steadily apply themselves to labor,
and in every section of the milling coun
try, from which we have received word; a
handsome yield has in scarce an instance
ailed to compensate the industrious and
energetic for they drudgery peifartzied.
Upon Feather river, the farthest North
of any of the mountain streams at present
worked, new discoveries are reported to
have been made, but very high up, and in
a countrtalrnest too rugged to Eierprit tra
vel. T e gold from this river is invaria
bly fine and beautiful. We are satisfied
nevertheless, that gold digging cannot be
'carried on hero with contmued success
without the aid of Indians. •
Upon all the tributaries of the San Joe-
quip millers appear to prosper fairly, tho'
nothing 'that will warrant us in speaking
decisively has been received of late. We
have heard that a party of Americans as
cended the Tuolumne, a stream 18 miles
south of the Startislaus drove back the hos
tile Indians who have hitherto rendered
themselves formidable to the whites, and
wore doing well at last accounts.
/ROM TllB ALTA CALIFORMAn
Linznowri, May 18, 180..
Stanislaus Diggings, 5 miles from the river.
I arrived at this place on the 7th of May.
It is named in honor of Mr. :Tames, who
is an alcalde "as is an alcalde," lir dispen
ses' grub .& justice to the satisfaction ofall.
Sunday,Bth.—The morning is:devoted
(if devotion can exist in such a state of so
ciety) to the trial of it robber named Gori
gan, who had. stolen ten thousand dollars'
worth of gold from Den and Dent: He
was convicted hy a jury of twelve, ordered
to be stripped, receive a hundred lashes,
and be banished from the mines.
Friday, May 27.—News reached hero
last night of the murder of young Morri
son of New York, son of the lawyer 'of
thatsname. It occured at Carsons" Creek,
ten miles from here, where ha had an, al
itercation.with a German, Dr: Freund;
Who shot him in 419 groin, severing the
femeral artery, and causing death in two.
hours,
I have been unusally successful today.
In a - deep :.shatl. which I sank on - high
ground, I found en ounce of beatiful and
heavy gold, and am now intent to avoicithe
mid-day sun, which in the mines is awful.
The Arroyo is crowded, and unusual suc4
cess seems to smile upon all, though they
complain of high water, The scene ; at
this point exceeds in life and bustle any
thinf, you would conceive;
,From sunrise
to its setting, a continual tide ofnew com
ers pours along the road,
,horso after horse .
mule after mule, pack after pack, hestrad
dled by men, and women ,of esery,nallon
in this quarter of the globe: though the
majority are
. 149Wer,Califernians andSono
rians. It seems, as if the whole world had
mounted and, was passing , in review. before
me. Thoueands continue farther toward
the Mountains, thongh, many pitch. 'their
tents hereabout, off sarlAte,. seize the..shov
el and the pan, and &ye - into mother ; earth
ns though she' was a cOn'inacitaw,
Monday; - May' 14:-.4
have earl rito
day only sl2'„ and the ..proipecti..*Ong
the Workies"'are rather disheartening:+7
Three Americans, however, beiewliios:l
town, took 'Out .one. piece of gold- Worth
e 278. The'rieivs flew' likO 'fire,
• Now and then a p , arty, appears compos
ed principally of Mexicans,with
,iced
flags. .A . lpartr r of them encamped itepr
Jamestown and hoisted a tanail rrotttittg
over their tent,-`but: a deputation rOrAtile
ricans waited . ' (upon the. gendr4eo A ',Ad
soon give them to understand ilaifl l eS a
proceeding 'Would" he'looked - upa'a
time! insult: andchallengedirect;iii{d.tx
, instantly 'ha 01rd. 'the x •
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