LEWIS BURG C 11 OWIOiat
II. C1IICKOK, Editor.
' O. N. WORDEN, Printer.
The LeCburg Chronicle.
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am .iihin ihf rn ..t irtr or rt.iTin ror.t st. Ail
l.nr.io.meii-i.iJ. "-"i"""' TrTlVZ
. f th writer. t riv-iv.. altriilion. cru.iw
! i 'lu.il t tl. KiliioriAl Ix-i-rtnM-i.t. i.. le
dirTrirf w iu ;'.r-auj iuxw on :
U0M. saitm to O. S. arm. IWuAw. I
Tim MtoNrrtc TKi.F.r.UAfii is l.-:i!.d in thronirt
tof Ihf ""..!' ' .rmnp-ni-ntj rj m..lr U, oUam .
iew from ih tort in ivure ot uie I
kind, of JOB PRINTINS, btrh will 1 i-trd
"L i'i'illT.-1tr.T,T,riJ .in.
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.Sn1n M.rkrt Si north idr,Mcoud story, 3d
floor aborr tue I'ot Olti-e.
O. H. WOEOEN, Proprietor.
Nov. 17, 1854.
New Tarty. Vice President Dallas,
in reply to a letter of inquiry, favors the
formation of a new political power as an
antagonist of the "Know Nothiugs" to
be styled "Constitutional Clubs." This
proposition to abandon the Democratic
party, although coming from one of its
leaders, docs tot, as yet, seem to meet a
very hearty response from the rauk and
file of the Democracy.
trk great deal of fun was had at the
recent election in New Yolk, Respecting
the birth-place of UtXMANX, the "Know
Nothing" candidate for Governor there
being evidence that he was christened at
Wilmington in the State of Delaware, and
-also the evidence of his own hand-writing
'that be was from tho city of Calcutta, in
the East Indies ! Since election, however,
tho oiiAGtinn lrtA ita melnecs nm the
., , , . .
rnomie says L llmann may be born just
where he chooses in Mesopotamia, New
Zealand, or aU along shore" as the
Iudian was.
Next Senator. Among the gentle-
proposed for Uuited States Senator
from Pennsylvania, the most prominent
on the Democratic side arc Gen. Cameron,
Wilson M'Candlcss, and Judge Wilmot.
t)n the Whig side are A. G. Curtio, Kx
Gov. Johnston, Gen. Larimer, John C.
Kunkel, Thaddeus Stevens, Thomas II.
Baird, Henry M. Fuller, James Cooper,
A. K. Brown, and others. The officer
should properly be chosen from the Cen
tral or Western longitude of tho State,
but as the "Americans" hold the balance
of power, " nobody knows" who will Le
counted "in."
New Covsties. Besides the proposed sva bm no, he hand lhat drew name, in consiuerauon oi my loyai pur- ,he rf anJ iUt 5q Congrega.
division of Union county by the erection j And struck for Liberty the dying blow ; j pose. tional Sinking this is impossible. I have
f "Snyder," several other projects will The introduction of a. aiuch as possible gnccceac(10in j. .owe gnod
be strongly urged upon the Pennsylvania j , ofyour II. ghness favorite school of music, ; mea uulent vcrv pcrtiuac;.
Legislature at its next session. ,Lonc but net loud, the droning wheel went on, ,Lo tneatrical an1 itg adjuncts, has not , Bmt ,o enW unon it extensivelv
b I Like the low murmurs of a hive at noon; . t t. ii j ously, ana to enlarge upon li exiensivtiy.
"Lackawanna county wul probably be . ij(,n lml no, OU(Ji ,ie mcrn'ry of the gone been lost sight of. I have reported the j j Lavo urgcJ aga;nst tuoae who are t,e
formed from the north-cist peninsula of j Breathed through her lips a sad and trem'-. successful introduction of opera singers in I mogt promioent in this movement, inte
Luzerne county county site at Scrauton, i lous tone j the place of the Asaphs, Hermon?, anJ rcstcj motivc9 and in all other way's have
Providence, Blakely, Pittston.Carhondalc, j M'V SDaed' h" ; Jeduthans, as leaders of the worship of endcavorcJ to'dcstrov tk.;r itiRJQe. In
or sonic omer or loe nuunaumg towns o; .
tbat coal region.
"Madison" eounty site at Pottstown
to be formed out of parts of Montgomery,
Berks, and Chester, is a meritorious pro
ject, as will be seen by a glance at the
ifcp, add must be consummated sooner or
later.
rTEM8f rom the last Sonbury Gazette.
On Tuesday of last week, the Philadel
phia &. Sunbury Railroad was Completed
to Mt. CarmeL
The amount of Coal brought down from
Ebamokin up to Wednesday the 8 th, for
the season, was 52TC3 tons, 9 cwt
It has been demonstrated by experience
that the Sbamokin coal is among the best
if not the Very best fuel for smelting iron
that can be found in Pennsylvania. The
Shamokin furnace is now making iron of
unpenor quality at the rate of 1 J tons of 1
oai to 1 of iron. More than eighty tons
of No. 1 gray iron arc turned out a week.
The anthracite is obtained at the Lancas
ter colliery. There is other coal in the
tegion of the same character.
Some English economists are converting
the coal dirt, or refuse of the screens, to a
useful purpose. By the application of
beat and pressure, the dirt is solidified,
nd pnt in form convenient for burning.
The experiment is said to be successful
will "py," which is the great point and
fcy this means millions of tons which Lave
been accumulating about the mines of
England and Wales, will be brought into
we. We are interested in this matter, as
ol dirt is beginning to accumulate in
our region.
''ght-wheeled locomotive, weighing
65,000 poonds, drew over the Mine Hill
road one da; hut week a train of 293 can,
tfcrw of which wen merchandize, the rest
oiL The weight of the train, cars, and
HU torn, 1C ewij
"iTuc North BritiJi Review pronoun -
CCS this Poem to be the best, most finished
composition of the kind from an American
author. It is in Joe J a worth enmnanion
of Gray's EUgy in a Country Church Yard ,
and equally worthy an illustrated edition.
HT T. BUCHANAN READ.
Wi,hin ,his sober realm of leafless trees
Ti,e rnssel vear i"la!ej the dreamy air,
Like some tanned reaper in his htmr of ease,
When all the fields are lying brown and bare.
The gray barns looking from their hazy hills
O'er the dim waters widening in the vales,
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Sent down the air a greeting to the mills
On the dull thunder of alternate flails.
sights were mellowed, and all sounds sub-
The hills seemed rimher,anr!the stream sang
Theh,llsseemedfunher,andthestreamsangll','-'i4'''-"''l''--"-"-"M
As in n dream, lhe distant woodman hewed
His winter lug, wilh many a muffled blow.
TV emhaliled forests, erewhile armed in gold,
Their banners bright with every martial hue,
Now stood, like some sad beaten host of old,
Withdrawn afar in Time's remotest blue.
On slumb'rouswings the vulture tried his flight,
The dove .scarce heard his sighing mate's
complaint.
And like a star, slow drowning in the light.
The village church-vane seemed to pale and
faint.
The sent'nel cock upon the hill-side crew.
I Crew thrice, and all was stiller than before,
Silent, till some replying wandeier blew
I His alien horn, and then was heard no more.
' Where erst the jay within the elm's tall crest
.iiauc rai ruiou irouoic iouuu mc uunvutcu
tou-.
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And where ihe oriole hung her swinging nest
By every light wind like a censer swung;
: Where sang the noisy masons of the raves,
The busy swajlows, circling ever near,
Foreboding, as the rustic mind believes,
An early harvest and a plenteous year;
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I Bhook the sweet slumber from its wings at
To warn the reapers of the rosy east:
All, now, was songless, empty and forlorn.
Alone from out the stubble piped the quail.
And croaked the crow through all the dreary
gloom.
Alone the pheasant, drumming in the vale,
Made echo to the distant collage loom.
There was no bud, no bloom npon the bowers,
j The spjders wove thejr ,nin shronds njghi
I by night.
i Th !h'stle-down the only ghost ot "owers.
Bailed slowly by, passed noiseless out off
j J i l j
siphl.
Amid all this, in this most cheerless air.
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Its crimson leaves, as if the year stood there.
r.nng the floor wilh his .nverted torch,:
Amid all ihis. the center of the scene.
he wh.te-haired matron, w.th monofnous
Piie,he?.;(.wheel.ad.i,hherinvle,smien
Sat like a Fate and watched the flying thread,
She had known Sorrow ; he bad walked with
her, icrusi,
And in the dead leaves sti
Wll 3U Mini. lllU uiu.c .itu .it, hi. h
Of his black mantle trail
While yet her clieek was bright with summer
bloom,
Her country snmmoned.and she gave her all,
And twice, war bowed to her his sable plume,
Ke-gave the swords, to rest upon the wall;
Life dropped the distaff thrnnsh his han.ls
.-vnu .ov.iis ; .... u, .,n .u.c.u.
While Death and Winterclosed the Autumn
HoNOa THE AQED MATRONS ! Mary,
the mother of H4n. Andrew !
c. u j:j i
t,;.. ...;.i ; r-;tr, p. n in
at h esidencc ,n L niontown, la., on the
lotn uit.. in uer yotn vear. one was a
native of Northumberland county, and
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of the stirring scenes of the revolution in
tbat region.
Mrs. Sarah Stevens, mother of Hon.
Thaddeus Stevens, of Pa., died recently at
bar home in Vermont, aged 89 years.
Mrs. Hamilton, for half a century the
widow of Alexander Hamilton,and daugh
ter of Gen. Philip Schuyler, (both, Revo
lutionary worthies,) died in Washington
City on the 9th inst, aged 96 years. Up
to her last illness, Mrs. II. was one of the
most interesting fire-side companions, and
a truly refined and accomplished lady.
A Max who Lives not in Vain.
Thomas Garrett, in the United Statcs.agcd
70 years, was tried for having aided the
escape of fifteen slaves at one time, and
was fined in 8,000 dollars ; while Eis en
tire property was estimated at 5,000 dol
lars. After the auction, tho sheriff unre
lentingly said : "Well, now, Garrett, we
have made you a beggar in your old age,
and think you had better learn to mind
your own business, and let other people's
alone." "Yes," said Garrett, "in my old
age yon have mado a beggar of me ; but,
old as I am, I have not lived in vain, for
I Lave the names of 1,400 slaves tbat I
have aided to escape, and if thee knows of
any poor fugitive that wants a friend to
night, send him to old Thomas Garrett.
Gek.Pdtnam planted in his native town
in Windham, Conn , a mile of apple trees
in (he high way, so that the poor might
have spples as well as the rith,
sncrewineatotueiasiaviviurecoueciiou!,; inasimikr WQrk wLo3(J rcsuUg
LEWISBURG, UNION
: Churcb filusic, again.
To tha Editor ol the Ltwiaburs Chronicla:
! Tne ve,7 proper rebuke to all unanointed"
' ""ybodie who make free wi.h singers inde.
nendcuee, is duly appreciated, and we hope
I old gentlemen and ladies who have not the
'gift of song, will hereafter attend to their
I approptiale duties, and leave us alone. Of
the same tenor are the following private notes
'from a Professor of Music in the domains of
' Prince Piabolus, which was&ajrly intercepted
; by some Fogey, and primed in the New York
.Vui'W Itftiia. Please copy io the Chronicle,
'. and oblige some Mobe or 'ii.
INTERCEPTED DESPATCH.
In obedience to the commands of jour
Iufcrnal Highness, I have the honor to
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report the J'
n.Sri-M aim prra.ii. u o.
J. . . . -w." - nn....(tA.w In nA
nauiely, that of obtaining control of the
church music of America, and subverting
it to the service of your Highness. In
performing this duty, I am able to con
gratulate your Highness on the progress
which has already been made, and the
bright prospects for the future. It has
been necessary to proceed with some cau
tion in this work, in order to avoid, as far
as possible, alarming those righteous per
sons who, acknowledging no allegiance to
your Highness, might otherwise defeat our
purpose, li anoru-. me sauiaction io re-
port that these are in a state of as entire
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lurpuuue nim reiraivi w mu musical uoi-
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lu orucr to quici lueir consciences, x nave
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supcested to them, that, as they do not
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understand music, they have no duty with
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HXUIU IU lb . lUab lUl UlLUb Xft U IU
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those who have knowledge.
With alittle
! caution I believe that your Highness has
nothing to fear from them. They seem
quite willing that you should shape their
music as you please.
I have the honor of reporting that the
introduction of opera-singers into church
choirs, desired by your Highness, has been
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:so wen accompusneu mac mere is even a
competition among congregat.ons as to
who shall secure them. The seeulanz.ng
of church music las steadily progressed,
with marked effect of furthering your n.gh-
ncss ends. Opera airs, dnnces, and negro
V. 7 ' ' '".:'
.,l. n.rlrrtJ r.nw.t ff Fort honni DAnr llirrh.
6J"- ---b"
ncss enus- "P" u,,uces anu neg
r j
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1 'utroluwl . mipwiit J. was
necessary to move witu much circumspcc -
j t.on at farst, and according y I attempted
( only some airs wLose secular assocmt.ons
i werc not 80 mWy on vonr
ness sido as might otherwise have been
i durable. It is true that some stubborn
iocs uave opposcu a wuuiug uitu, uuv a
wilh her the ashen navc ra;scd arjaiust them the cry of "fana- i ,. , . , . . -.
II she heard the stir , .. . , " . f , ' . , list choirs aud organists against it, by per
iling iu th. dust. j twain, 'i hberulity, etc. I have asked if , if ,e rf musio
, ... ... ! "thedcvil should haveall the good music? i . ,, . ., .... .
good music?"
and similar questions, which have often
sileneed vour foes. Your Ilin-hness will
: ' . . ,., . ,
v i & i . i : i. : iL . .
n.,c i ..ueriy w.u jour .uSuSl
iuo?e wuo wave wuuurawo irom me as-
serines ol your mgtiness. inc consiac-
.ration f Uie disapprobation with which
your Enemy must regard such worship can,
, f e,;, , ,, f ::. .;,f,.M.on fo .,.;
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Hii'hocss. As the number of this class oi
'
public singer3 gmall u ., of im. ,
rui. .1 u.i i....t i v.
iiossioio luai iiianv cuuruuua duuuiu oe
supplied with them. I am, however,
. .
promise to be much more extensive. This
is the general introduction of the opera as
church music. An important step in this
direction has been attained in the insertion
in books psalth-tuncs recently published
of various familiar airs, as well as dances,
waltzes, etc. It has, of course, been neces
sary to affix to them sacred words, as yet;
but the time may soon come when even
these may be dispensed with, and words
congcuiaj to your Higbllcss' tagte
introduced. Meanwhile I have the satis
faction of reporting that even now the
words are not very important, from the
fact that the majority of church goers give
their chief attention to the if.usic. This j
absorbs their attention so completely that
when it is of a sufficiently light and frivo
lous eharactcr,and especially is surrounded
with secular associations, your Highness
has little to fear from words.
In addition to this I am happy to state
that there are some who openly advocate
music without any words at all, holding up
the idea that art is the principal object of
worship, and that perfection in art i tho
great thing to which all efforts in church
music should be directed. That your ma
jesty will approve of this sentiment I doubt
nominee whatever tends to dethrone Deity
must have a favorable influence in Jour
Highness' cause.
The practical benefits of having' the
operatic and dance-music and singers in tho
church, will at once occur to your High-!
COUNTY, PENN., FRIDAY, NOV. 17, 1854.
ncss. mus, while tne nrsi tune is per
formed, a portion, at least, of the audience
will be reminded how gracefully favorite
dansntse turned a pirouette to that par
ticular air the night before. In the second,
tbey may recall how deliriously some Sig
nor rang the fame music to its original
amorous song at the opera. Itix, however, case WM tjjal 0f j'enjJfe against Jarua ti,,n IiC S1-3 tUi,t Le w" !n nis own "nvs
unnecessary to cipatiate, as all this and( AUinglon, who was indicted for an assault; in ,he V),Is ani llJ 10 1)ok ovcr hiI1
much more has long since occurred to the a0(j battery upon a certaiu Mr. Dodder. , iWfDtS f S, a"d also over three slab
subtle cunning of your Infernal Highness, j Al'ington is a short, red headed Yankee, ' fL'nccs an'1 tw':, st0De waIls- ! if ue
I have the satisfaction of assuring ycur; who sat during the examination in chief, lU the truth, all I " ttat I had
Hiifhnpss thnt 1 hnvp lnrffe erneetations of f..i r.n lt, ,.t t. J""g Dodder's eyes. He is certaiuW a
what may vet be accomplished. So iudiff-
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crent to the whole subject ot Kinging seeuij
those usually active and watchful enemies,
.of your Highness, the clergymen, that I
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,, Thev mnv he easilv nuieted with a
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full house, they arc satisfied. Beside, I
have been successful in many cases iu stir
sing op the bitter opposition of the people
to any interference, on the part of the minis
ters in this subject : so that, for their own
tz J '
security, it has become necessary in many
places for them to give up the singing ex
ercises entirely iuto the Lands of the cc-1 becoming such an important occasion, un
cupicrs of the organ-loft. Your Highness : twisted his legs from the rounds of the
l.na n;.ll mninrl-ml fhof if vnn nnn trnin PTi. it,air anil trith mnM llinn tlll1 rlirrnitv
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i neutralize any efforts against you which
'aro made in the pulpit. If I can now suc-
i
cccd m introducing a foreign language, as
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the Latin or Italian, I may then soon use
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I the opera text : the dresses and dances may
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ipictc. It, seems aiuios iuu uiueu iu nope,
n when wW ti-u ftlrearl been done is i
U,o,t I.tn ,! not after all. seem !
so preposterous.
There is one movement which is preg
nant with danger to your Highness' inte
rests in respect to this enterprisc,and which
I have not failed to oppose with all the
. . anJ faL)chooJ at ffiT commanil. I
!,.,,. efflirU h:ci, u.ve tteeatU
. lccn fof tfce rcT;Tal of Congref alion.i
I . Should this style church music
j ? in thn b reason
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Singing. Should this style cfiurcn music j
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i .nn,n,-n ,nmu' lh amenn tn fear
for Iour Highness' interests. If they aetu-
lUf 1UUI UljJUUVH lUHinH. II VVi-
allw to take Dart in sinBitiB the praises of ',
; . truo g -rit
1 f . . ... T f fof a
ncccssarv in tLU manncr 0f 6inging to
onJy fcw 8;mple tnnM anJ the
I crcise become one of actual worship, rather
thcn a merc mnslail pcrformance. I have,
. thercf kborcd actively in opposition to
, m(iasure
I endeavored, first, to en-
j .;i tn;, orv;oa -.ni,t iQ I
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! such medium
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such mediums as I could command, that
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j , f r j ft jabor UDperfarmeJ to prc-
, - . . j mCasure. which I
deem fraught with so much danger, and
... n,;,, .roTe M i,urioua to jour
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Hiuhncss purpose, as was the universal
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psalm-sinetng ai xue time oi me so-caueu
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ItCCKll
less Luther, or at the time of the rene-
gadejjWho, fleeing your Highness authori
ty, so effectually renounced the world, the
flesh, and your Highness on the inhospi
table shores of New England in 1620.
Assuring your Highness that I shall la
bor unremittingly in the responsible work
committed to my care, and that I shall be
wholly devoted to ycur Highness' service,
I have the honor to subscribe myself
Your Highness' most humble.loyal ser
vant, Eeiohabt.
IS-Tho Moonshine Railroad (by Texas
and the river Gila, to California,) finally
exploded some time ago, but an effort has
gince been made to pick up the pieces and
patch them up under tho engineering of
financiers and speculators no less eminent
than Mr. R. J. Walker and T. Jiutlcr
King. The scene of their operations was
eminently favorable for the successful dis
play of their genius ; but times are hard,
cash difficult to get, arid the Government
of Texas too shrewd to be cajoled. After
various attempts to get that State to re
ceive shaky Bank Stocks and other indes
cribable insecurities in liett of the three
hundred thousand dollars in Lard cash de
manded by tho Act for building lhe Pacif
ic Railroad, it appears that they have final
ly retired from the field in dispair, and
abandoned the undertaking. The mag
nificent territory, larger and richer than
the kincdom of many priooe, which Tex
as offers to whoever will build that mighty
thoroughfare, is still to be Lad. Who bidrf
y. 1 Tribune.
fialf.Ttafanra Trinmnnant !
By the Reformed Statutes of New York
State, any man is allowed to commence or
defend a suit in person, at his own risk. .
The following biuiIsJdit trial as rerjortcd
affords a striking proof of the utility cf i
everv man beinir his own lawver. The
chair. and his badv bent forward at an !
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angle of 4o degrees, taking notes.
When
the District Attorney had concluded, be
.remarked. " You can cross-examine
now, !
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' snnr.ne,! IU head bek like a blade in .
tr.ir tn;f.. ,.oa ,;,.i.io,i m.t witt,
.i,.;n i. ,l.i ;
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searching and amusing manner to sift the
evidence and expose its variations aud its
errors. (The chief itoinls will be f junj in
his speech, below.)
The District Attorney, on the part of
! the People, here rested.
The Defcndant,thcn,with all the gravity
. . fr. . t ,, ,.
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ALUNGTON 8 I LEA.
"Gentlemen of the Jury : This U the
first time I was ever in such a picklc-nevcr
did I before appear before a jury
of mv1
country. This Mr. Dodder
Las brought '
d to you, not J
noli !!.,
me here, and I have to appeal
knowinsr whether vou are Woolv Heads.
Silver Greva. Hard Sheila or Soft Shells. !
Yet I think this Dodder will fiud out be-
fore I am through that I am a harder shell;
than he imagined.
"I don't know much 'bent law,and since
the trial has been eoina on 1 have conclud-
ed that I ought to know a little more. 1 1 he 8trutk tbs f- my wit
ouirht to anoWise. nerhans. for anoearinff ' ntM couldn't swear that the stick hit her,
in my own defence, and will do so by tell- j
ing you, that 1 Iced one lawyer, and hired
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another in thia mm tint he hnth nnma I
up missing when I need them most. I sup-!
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nose I miirht have secured the services of.001"" ue lUB report, ami ai i
some of thcse other Iiaibg of the iaw tbat j
, MOUnd fc . . Wn cheatcJi
by two of 'em, I concluded to go it on
my own ho(ft n(j hcre Im, j want j
to tell vou Bcntlemcn. before I tro farther. :
that it is not my fault that this case is here, I
taking up the time of this honorable court. !
I think you will give me credit for telling!
the truth.when I say it ought to have been :
tried K,.for a Juttim. of ii, i... if ni
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, ,nnn nno . f. ,. ,,:fflu j
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Dodder did get a warrant for me from
'Souire Cuddvbark. over in Decmark. Ho
then chared that I had assaulted him.but
five or six m6uths has freshened hia reco!-J
lection, and he now says that I assaulted j
and battered him. I believe thc is some1
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savs Be swore to the coniMji-jt beiore '
a a .
Squire Cuddcback, and I leave it for you
to say whether he tells the truth now in;
saying that I battered him. . I was taken i 1 J Ictt ovcr uta 81 lcc tlmc S
bv a constable before the Souire. abj ' g toward Lim. He pail no attention,
either because the Justice was ashamed .f
what he had already done, or hadn't time I
to attend to lt,I don't know which.it went
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was arrested am. ana my who navinj
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ful husband, to be around hum, so I got
rid of it by giving security for my appear
ance to Court.
"Yon know, gentlemen, that I am in
the employ of the Mongaup Valley, por
rcstburg k Port Jcrvis PUnkroad Compa
ny, as a gate-keeper. This company it
seems had sufficient confidence in my in
tegrity and honesty to place trie in that
important station, and even if I should re
ceive $3,000 and steal $1,500 of it, that's
between me and the Company, and its
none of Dodder's business. Now when
the Company sent hie up along this road
to collect tolls, this Dodder was one of the
inhabitants 1 found there in the icobJ, and
I will say for him that he is a very fair
specimen of the rest of the population.
Rut there isb't any of them, that seem to
appreciate all the benefits of this I'lauk
road. "It let out to civilization a class of people
who never before had the idea there was
such a thing as civilized lire, and this
Dodder is one of them. It is a fact that
soon after I moved up there, a young wo
man, sixteen years old, cum down out of
the mountains on the plank road, one day,
and she had never been out before. She
fairly seemed surprised to Sec a white man,
and after asking a few questions wcut balk
into the woods. Thi Dodder was my
nearest neighbor, and a good deal nearer
than I wanted him, and I hadn't been
there long before I heard that he had been
lying about me to one of the dircetors,and
soon found oat that ha wanted to get bis
ton, who was iworn here against me, ia
my place. Hut he hasn't done it yet, and
if you don't convict mc I reckon he won't
Very soon.
"It won't take long to dispose of Dod
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uer .v. 'z. lie testifies that Lc saw me
tlirow t,irce 8t0f'' ' ' fathar, and saw
lhe J nln d Jge." Ou crow examina-
rcn,arkabI & cant deny
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'I am willing to admit that I done
wro,lS 'u throwing stones at Dodder, and j
1 apolojrize
i apologize io ail
the world, and this I
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county partieulariy, lor it.
The doctors
tell us that there are two causes for all
diseaiCs,prcdisposition and excitability., I
diseases, predisposition and excitability., I
i think it was the latter cause that moved
me to stone Dodder.
"I therefore confess myself guilty of the
assault, but the Lattery 1 dt.uu ! and if
Jou fiad me guillJ of ,he latterJ 1
appeal from the decision to the Court of
high Heaven itself before I will submit
to it.
"Now Gentlemen, you saw Mr. Dodder
I and heard him swear upon me. I asked
Lim a great many questions, and 1 was
sorry to hear him answer as he did. I
might have asked him more questions I
might have asked him if he didn't kill my
cat, and if he didn't stone my chickens,
oecausc lBCJ Tea m nis wooawnere
rovM are go mica mat lue
fern CRU't 5cd their W4V P throngs them;
"ut t!lcn knew te would deDy ' "
would grieve tne to hear him. He admits
woulu grieve
tbat te was d'iv'DS ml tlreo - P
ua ouu "c uuc m uul
reTS lt was wi,h a sma11 switcn- 1 kavc
Pr0TeJ that tLU awitch was P5e ,1k,u1 ,en
feet long, and about two inches across the
cuu cnu ul1 1 Pr0 laal
he as 90 fat off but fie "d
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J 8U" nuuuiu eec me
Plnt Kun " a mm "a P011 ,ne
the same time see the man drop, I think
you woufd say that I shot him, although
jou might not sec the ball strike Lim.
"Now the fact u, gentlemen, that on
Sundav 1 wls lviaS on mS ""ge in my
tousc.when my wife said that Dodder was
cuas!u mJ co- 1 jpeJ P and pulled
00 n,v uoow and weut out 01 i00th nl1
8aw Uoldcr aua ,Ue cow coming up the
road. It is true he savs be was n't driving
them, but says he and ihe cows was both
going along the road in cne direction, and
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was as near as x coutu gc nici io me
cows or io me irutn ; lui u is prcvea toat
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,De cow wcrc S01DS alon? "";
nd Le ffas fM'"S after them, striking
at tLtm wuh L" IlttIe !-h,tcn IonS
anJ ,WJ inches across the button JI reckon
jcu'll think he was "drivic-'' tLero. I
t!1 Vl iT- rttlf t r hltll
'Dodder, stop !" but he
" a w-" -
' .1ii??i'r mini) nip riTr nnil T ti.at iIimiib
stone in that direction which went about
"dlsuag out again: "Dodder, stop !"
StiI1 bc didQ,t Clind c,e nd tten 1 just
lLrcw auotLur stoue ' lat oa he cacic.aud
x weni, aua l mrew me luira
'stone, wliirh lie sav hit him nn tfin n.iit
of th(J but lkh j Liuk js rattcr
strange, as we were going toward each
other as fast as wc could go. Rut he never
slacked up, and by this time we were within
about eight feet of each other. I baited,
and hallooed at the top of my voice :
'Dodder, wh j in h 1 don't yod stop V
About then he did stop and raised his ten
feet switch, as if to strike mc. I sang out:
"Mr. Dodder, look oat ! You may wollup
my cows, but if you wollup me with that
switch, you'll wollup an animal that'll
hook !" Here the orator made an ap
propriate gesture of the head, as in the
act of hooking, which was followed with
tumultuous shouts and laughter, that con
tinued several mintites
"Now, gentlemen, if you convict me,this
Court can fine me S250 and jug me for six
months,and if you really think I ought to
be convicted of this assault, say so, for I
am in favor of living up to the laws, as
long as they are laws, whether it is the
Fugitive Slave law, the Nebraska bill, or
the Excise laws. I will read you a little
law, however, which I have just seen in a
bjok I fodnd horc (the speaker picked
up a law book and read as follows :) "Eve
ry man Las a right to defend bimself
from personal violence." Now 1 don't
know whether that is law or not, but I
find it In a law book, a veteran member
of the bar who was sitting near the speak
er, remarked to him that it was good law.
Well, gentlemen, here is an old man, who
looks at if he might know something,
and he says 'tis good law. Now if you
will turn to Barbour something, pa-e
899, you'll in J that the tame uucttine is
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applied to calt'c feiaat lauehterl There
fore I take it, I had a right to defend ' mjt ,
cows against Dodder' ten foot.' switch. ,
Why," gentlemen, nearly all my' wealth iv
invested in them three cows,and you caa'i ,
wouder that I became a little excited wherj
I saw Dodder switching them with this led .
foot pole. I am a poor man and have ,
large family, consisting of a wife and"i .
children, which I reckon is doing very well
f:r to small a man as I am, and I could
not afford to let Pod It r kill my cows !
"Now, gentlemen,! don't bslieve you'll
convict mc, after what I have said. But
if you do, and this Court fines me 250,
I shall "repudiitebecaase I "can't pay."
And if I'm juggcl for six months, why
these Dodders '11 have it a!! thcirownway .
up there. But notwithstanding all this, I
am willing to rik mysolf ia your hands,
and if you think I ought to have stood by.
and not done anything when I saw Dodder
VOLUME XI.-
Lammeiiug my cow?, why then 1 am "gone
in," tailgate and all.
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"It ii. true, I am a poor man, but not a
mean one. The name of Allington can b
traced to the May Flower. When sL (
landed the Pilgrims on Plymouth llock,
among the passengers was a widow, Mary
.4(Vinyavit,with four fatherless children,ani
I am descended from that Puritan stock j
and from that day to this there has never
lived an Allington who hadu't Yankee
spirit though io stone a Dodder fof poling
his cows. Tm done."
lioars of laughter, during which the d
fendaut took Lis Scat. -The District '
Attorney said "it war a plain case," and
declined making any a-gualcnt. Aftef
a few words from his Honor the Judge; '
the Jury retired, and id a few moraeuU
returned with a verdict of 7Vo Guilty .' ' "
Old Dodder and Dodder No. 2 were al
that instant seen plunging down the stairs!
leading to the courtyard with unbounded
powers of locomotioti ; when the yard was
gained they fairly ran, and it is supposed
never stopped until the deep woods cf
Miniaink hid them from the gaze of men.
Allington heard the verdict with tbs . ,
sangfroid of a philosopher. No emotion, , .
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er ttan the turning Lis cud of tubacci x
in nis moutn ana an exura squiri or juice,
was observeablc.-TWJury (.V. K) Tel.
graph.
From California. .
We publish this morning a fall detail of ;
California news received by the rtcamcr
North Star, which arrived at this port last -,
evening from Aspintvall. The inteligenca
is of an unusually interesting character. -
The total loss cf the Yankee Blade,
concerning whose safety fears have been
entertained on accout of her con-arrival al :
Panama, is announced: She was wrecked
only one day out frcm San Francisco, r
which port she left on the 30th of Sept. .
Of eight hundred passengers on board.be
sides the crew and Crercen.about thirty lost
their live?. The description of the terribla
scene in our columns will be read with in
tense itterest. ...-
A case of stupendous forgery Lad beoa .
detected in Son Francisco, of wLich tLa
particulars will be fond elsewhere. The
criminal is Henry Meigg, a native of New
York. His forged paper amouuts to about
11,000,000, which with hi? other liabili
ties, swells the snia total cf the defalca
tion to over a million and a half of dol
lars. The Fieuch Fleet of three frigates and
s!o jps-of war arrived at San Fnuciseo ou
the Sd of Oct, having, in conjunction with
the Euglish Fleet, made an attack on the
Russian town of Petropaulowski in Kutn
schatka. They were repulsed with loss,
but not before they had captured two Kus
aim vessels. The news from the various'
mining quarters continues to be favorable:
.V. Y. Tribune.
Mortifying, Vsky. CoL Walkcc of
the Philadelphia Sun thinks that the most
uncomfortable position a young man toT
possibly be placed in, is to be accosted by
a drunken friend while he is promenading
the street with a young lady, whose affec
tions he has trying to win for the last three
months. We saw a friend of ours in suco,
a dilemma the other evening. He was
an object of pity, certainly. His gin and
sugar friend insisted on shaking hands witE
him, and all his efforts tb shake him off
were fruitless.
DecukAHos is Yal Estate. Wi
observe a great decline, rapidly extending,
in real estate in New York. New stores
in Chambers street, and the eeighborhood,
(says tho Post,) which could only be ren
ted on the 1st of May at $3,000 per year. .
are now offered at a yearly rental of 8 t,C00t .
with no takers.
The last Session of the Thirty-TaW
Congress will commence on the first Mon
day of December, and close en tbt night
of the third of March, lSO. Tcs session'
will be a short one, bnt if the M. C.'s
work, considerable business may be f"
acted.
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