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VOLUME XXV.
TICE 'REGISTER
TULISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY :
James W. Chapthan.i
wane )a i rmein Cash per pear 1 $1 50
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i mid , ilt nn the year, 1 2 001
f n „ t the end of the year, i 2. (101
(From the New York Evening Pesf.)
The Pilgrim Mothers. i ,
• . .
otic blossoms! brought (.9 grace 1 1
Old Plymouth's rocky glen ; j i 4
-.road mothers of a noble race
Of stern and stalwart nue.;.l 1. - - 1
irong was the trust with which ye btayld ;
The dangers of the sea.
and strong the unseen power that sa 'd I
The mothers of the free!
Then swiftly o'er the smiling deep
The fragile May-flower flew, • :
While stars their solemn watch would -cep
On yonder fields of blne—
yol'oft your forms, as slight and fair
is any flower of spring,
It.re meekly bowed' in trusting prayer, -
To heaven's exalted King:
ad was your greeting from the shore
That seemed in dreams so fair; ' •
'he winter tempest's sullen roar •
Sung ye a welcome there ;
The lridian peered above the hill,
With wonder in his eye, -
The noisy sea-birds answered shrill
The Tempest-spirit's cry.
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Oh. Pilgrim Mothers ! few the lyres f i
Your praises to prolong;
Though Fame embalms the pilgrim sules,
Amt trumpets them in song;
Yet ve were to those hearts of oak
The secret of their might ;
'e nerved the arm that hurled the stoke
In labor or in flea.
The fire of freedom warmed each breast,
Through many a wear, day,
Where pillowed soft in dreamy rest
Our infant father's lay !
Ye taught them when their simple priayers
Where breidhed beside the knee, 1
The lessons that in after years
Were bulwarks for the free.
e trtuzlit in spurn the tyrant's claim]
A.,d bowed to God alone
Ve kinincd in their breast. , the flame
- trembled in your own!
In rifer years flowed purple gore,-
And fields were strewed with dead- r -
I'inri hands the starry brinuer bore—
A:zg-ression trembling fled
•
• t grim Mother=! though ¶C he
hiathm s heart
=1!BIE
Sometting Marvellous
x ~t ort went the rounds of the -pavers, some•
since. s „, o ic Wyoming Whig, of a man at
on the nurlirif,rtan and Rutland Railroad who
1 ,,„I a , rn , n ha- del te , A tkroogh his krad by al
1-ilikg hin7. The account, though
ve . ll
authe ,,cated, tvai.: generally di-mredited. The
ier of the American Journal of Medical
,•c, has a full and antbentle histciry •of the
front the time when it 4:marred on the 13th of
=cptt tuber, 1848, to Jan. 1850. when the patient
u.;ted hoston, and was examined by various tried=
ical kxxVies wd distinguished practitiuners. We
"I') II!' leaclnig faatures of this remarkable ease
Lr the gratification or oor reallets't
" The sufferer in the case, Phineas Gage, a
toung man of 3:5, shrewd and intelligent, a con,.
tractor or head workman on the Rutland and 13ur
iincton Railroad, had charged with gunpowder a
hole in the rock, and directed his assistant; t o If i ki
is the sand ; supposing which done, he clroppedilt*
tamping iron into the hole, to drive the *and home.
It happened however, through some inedvertencd,
that the sand had not been poured in, and the iron
~ ;risiiie fire upon the rock the powder was ignited;,
and the accident - produced by the iron being blown
i, t it like a ramrod shot from a gun. The tamping ,
non was a round rod, three feet seven inches JO
ieti,:th, and an inch and a quarter in diatc.eter, tap..
Craig to a point at the top, and weig.hir7 thirteen
and a quarter pounds. T The whole of this immense
weight and length—This bar or bludgeon of iron--;=
vas driven through Gage's face and brain, as he
sooped over the holy in the act of tampering the
sand. It struck himlon the left cheek, just behind
and licitly' the mouth, ascended into the brain be+
hind the left eye, passing from the skull which it
shattered and raised up, 'like an inverted funnel,!
for a distance of about two inches, in every
um) around the wound, flew through the air, and
was piclia , sl up by the workman 'covered with
blood and brains,' several rods behind, where he
stood. Gage, who was also mpre or less scorchet4
was prostrated, apparently lest by the blow of the
iron than the force of the explosion. He fell on
Ins hack, Save a few convulsive twitches bf the ex;
tremities, hut spoke in a few minutes. His men
placed him in an oz-carf in which he rode three
ouarters of a mile to his lodgings, sitting erect;
got out o, ~.e cart himself, and with but little as. ;
sistance walked to ins piazza, and afterwards up
stairs,talirieg rat:axially to the physicians, and
mg them a clearer account of the accident that frig
friends could ; occasionally vomiting up bloOd, the
effort of which caused hemorrhage of the wound
with the actual loss of a considerable portion of the'
mi l Ktange Of the brain. The left eve wee dull ant# .
glassy, but. was sensible to the impression of lighti
Gage bore hi s .,,fr e fi Ers with heroic fortitude, tali,.
ing Dr. Williams ,' here is business enough for you ,1
and expressing to Dr. Harlow the hope th a t .1, 6
I
was not much huirt"
" The leafing feature of tins_ case," say s p ro k i ,4
or Bigelow, 4 is its improbability. A physician wIM
holds in his tends a crow-bar,.three feet and a half
long and more thin-thirteen weight, will not
readily believe it 'has .been :driven.. with a crash
thro%ii the brain of ALmnewlArili
talkingot4 l 444e. tatwalik
off with composure and equatutatt.Y.bf ibo
hole in his head." • •- •." ,•,.- . 1 . -
Professor a whojimay-deseribes.aft4Wall ane
perhaps .6 unparalled 4/se socaltiofOrmvaAllyil
that he WBB "' at 4.st'whollitakepticsifibut..thit fF
was now personally ronYineed;-Mr-01 1 10 1 :11 14
been said, visited Bon danuarrlsot, .
for some time wider rthe Professor's -ablkerfatiolfo
who had hit bead shaved and =IC takfglf
with the tamping-iron; is now depwited *Os_ , Ogui
memo of the dtassachusetteldedical College. Al;
that time the woundWireres-perfeenrheoled, the
thly vestiges of the accident being idinatoso MI"
"THE SPILL OF Tizuk PEOPLE IS: TELE LETTIMATE SOURCE, AND THE HAPPINESS OF TELE PEOPLE THE TRUE END OF GO 'VERNMENT,"
an unnatural appearance of the left eye, with par
alsl4is of the lids, a sear on the cheek and another
on the skull, showing the irregular elevation of a
piece. cif bone; about the size of the .palm of the
hand, and behind it an irregular and deep hollow -
several inches in length, beneath which the
_pulsa
tion- of the brain were prece ible. " Taking'all the
circumstances into considera 4"0n," says Professor
Bigelow, "it may be doubted w • ther the present
is not-one of the most remarkable 'story of injnry
to the brain which has ever been re 4 ed." Thi'l
is unquestionably true ; but consideri the little
real injury caused by the passage of ato 4 ing-rod
through Mr. Gage's head, the wonder is, tha pis
tol bullet, a buckshot, or even a little needle, n
do so much execution on the heads of other peop • .
JOILN TA,YLOR; •
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The Timon of the Backwoods Bar and Pulpit.
BY CIIARLES SUICUSAFIELD
•
I elm never forget my first vision of Joiin Toy
lo?. It was in the Court-house in Lewisburg. Con-
_ .
way county, Arkansas, in the summer of 1838,--
Theoccasion itself possessed terrible interest. 4
-rmst concourse of spectators had assembled to wit
ness the trial of a young and, beautiful girl, on an
indictment for murder. The judge waited at the
moment for the Sheriff to bring in the prisoner, and
the eyes of the impatient multitude all centered
on the dooe, when suddenly a *ranger entered,
whose appearance rivitedi univOrsal attention,—
Here is his portrait : A figure fall, lean, sinewy,
and straight as an arrow ; a fate Fallow,:bilious,
and twfiehing incessantly, with nervous irritability ;
a brow broad Lind missive:Seen) tl filled with nil
kles, but not with age, for he scarcely forty;
eves reddish yellow. like the rathful eagle, as
bright and piercing; and filially, mouth with lips
t
of cast iron,:thm, curled, cold an sneering, the in
tense expression of which looked the living em
bodiment of an unbreathetl curse. Ile was habit
ed in a suit of new buckskin, ornamented after the
fashion of Indian costume, with hues of every color
! of flue rainbow._ ;
Ilbowing his way sloWly through the crowd.
rind apparently unconscious that he was regarded
as a phenomenon, needing explanation, this singe
i lar being advanced, and, with the haughty air of
i a kingtascending the throne, seated himself within
' the bar, thronged as it was with the disciples of
Coke and Blackstone, several of - whom, it was
l known, esteemed themselves as far supo-ior to
! those tild and famous masters.
The contrast between the outlandish garb and
disdainful countenance of the stranger, excited es
pecially. the risibility of the lawyers 1 and the ju
.. . . pi all,- _
nior members began a suppressed titter, which m
iut remaining otionless, pith his forehead bowed
grew louder and louder, and'soon swept around the en his hands, like one buried in deep thought and
circle:. Thee doubtless supposed the intruder to slumber. .... . .
be some wild hunter of the mountains, who had When the proper time came, however, he sud
never before seen the interior of la hall of - justice., 'denly sprang to his feet, crossed the bar, and took
Instantly the cause and ohiject ofJthe laughter per. his , stand almost touching the Jury. He then con
ceived it; turned his head gradually, so as to el'fe ;I menced in a whisper, but a whisper so wild, so
each laugher a look—his tips curled with a killingil clear, so unutterably ringing and distinct, as to fill
~, of infinite scorn—his yellow ;eyes :J.,: : - 'he hall from ll''or to galleries. At the outsek i lde
•i - ' • 1, • i;•itr—his trlttirt,e. Trot no•i•- • • •
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a. 1.. c.. tc, ,C par:l'4l3g arid CUM bi - /illy; Ile
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- • ,- 5 i ,• , ; ( 7. 4 - e - '.';' , .•''''''Siii; en c..ari describe the defiant force 1 through which the innocence of his, client. shone
which he threw into that term, no pencil can paint brilliant as a sunbeam ; and the jurors nodded to
the infernal furor of his utterance, although it bard- i each other of thorough conviction ; that a thrilling
Iv exceeded a whisper. But be accented every t whisper, and fixed concentration, and ianguage sim
letter as it were a separate emission of fire that 1 pie as a child's, had convinced all.'
scorched his quivering lips, laying horrible empha- He then changed his posture, so as to sweep the
sis on the S. both at the beginning and end of the bar with his glance, and began to tear and rend
word "Savages!” It was the growl orthe red ti- his legal adversaries. His sallow face glowed as a
ger ill the_hiss of a rattle-snake. heated furnace, his eyes re:embled living chills, and
The gen‘Pral gare, however, was diverted by the his voice became the clangor of a trumpet. I hare
ade.ent of the fair priner, who then came in sur- never, before or since, listened to such murderous
rounded by her guard. The apparition was enough
ty drive a saint mad ; for here was nS'tyle. of beau
ty to bewilder the tamest iniagination, and melt the
coldest heart. leasing in both imagination and heart
a gleaming )3icture,enameled in fire, and flied in a
frame of gold ri.„m the stars. It was a spell of
enchantment, to be felt as well as seen. You might
feel it in the flushes of her countenance, clear as a
subbeam, brilliant as the iris ; in the cantnur of her
features. symmetrical as if cut by the chisel of the
artist ; iri her hair of rich auburn ringlets, flowing 1
without a braid, softer than silk, finer than gossa
mer ; in the eye, blue P-9 the henvea,.of southern
summer, large, liquid, bettny ; in her motions,
graceful, swimming, like the gentle wafture of a
bird's wing in the sunny air; in figure; slight. ethe
real—a sylph's or a seraph's ; and more than all,
in the everlasting smile of the rosy lips, so arched,
i 4 aiserette, so like the star-light, and yet possessing
th tower of magnetism to thrill the' beholder's
heart -
As the unfortunate girl, so tastefully dressed, in
cemparable as to personal charms, calm and smi 7
ling, took her place befoie the bar of the Judge, a
rntirmur of admiration arose-from the multitude,
which the prompt interposition of the court, by a
stern order of'" silenim," could scarcely repress
from swelling into a deafening, cheer.
The atidg,e turned to the prisoner. " Emma Mi
ne-, the court has been informed that your counsel,
Cldl. Linton, is sick; have you employed any
other!"
She answered, in a voice as sweet as the warb,
ling of the nightingale, and as clear as the song of
the skylark— .
My enemies have bribed all the lawvers—even
znyi ozra-Lto be sick; but God will defend the in
noeeut."
4.t this response, so touching in its simple pa
thes, a portion of the audience buzzed applause,
and the rest wept.
On the instant, however,: the, stranger whose tip- ,
rmrance h a d proviotmly !ached such merriment,
ktarted to his feet, apped the prisoner, and
Whispered something in he ear. She bounded sic
nines from the floor, utter -cl a piercing shriek, and •
mar .
Then stood trembling, as if in the_presence of a
hatstfrom eternity, while the sirigulat-being who
eau...--ed her unaccountable emotion addressed
he court in a sharp, ringing voice, sonorous as the
oiled of. bell metal
hifilny it please your honor, I will assume the
4k of defending this lady !"
What I" exclaimed the astenished Judge, " are
Yon a licensed attorney r. _ -
f• That question is irrelevant and immaterial." re
pled the-stranger, with a venomous sneer, "-as the
relent statute 'entitle; any person to-act as coun
sel at the request of a party.'
Bat does the prisoner request it?" inquired the
jufm.
,_
pe '' Let d, h tha er
I"I' do," eras her answer, as a tong drawn. sigh
Tea t
seeine for d to lier reist r L sg" ver tl y i h e eart 6tra : ge tr . Inge,
The case immediately progressed ; and itil it had
els
a nge of romantic Mystery, we will epital4ize the
isstance of -the evidence -, • : - - 1 1
About twelve-months foie, the defeodttnt had
iLm 'ind illine in ry the vi lies thig idi e rgr an , opened aow SU3 conn esta
ec b uid lishm u eu ith t. - -
44toPe and all , alone , s epared the 'articles
i,tfieted . with her high y r petted . and lotiota-•
I.
toootiz e ;: :: for un r...o3o weari pe e
ii hi ot*.gi r
f amd t
or
tha eons t e erbso mmat r e e,
. '-_ - ffeehabits were 1 ed, modest and reti-- -
l'ind tinet , ,ehe'm' ht tare hoped to-avoid
t: y* l l47i rlikktop ften, and to the pooraod
terawspFprerel, a curse. Ste , was ;soon
no.
aittai
frieni
MONTROSE, PENN'A., THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 185()..
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sought, after by all those glittering fire-flies of fash
ion. But the beautiful stranger rejected them all
with unuttering scorn and loathing. Among these
rejected admirers, was one of a. character from,
which the fair milliner had every thing to fear.—
Hiram Shore was at once opulent, influential and
dissipated. He was himself licentious, brave, and
ferociously revengeful—the most famous - duelist of
the whole south-west. It Was generally known
that he had made advances to \tin the favor of the
lovely Emma, and shared the fate of all other woo
ers—a disdainful repulse.
At nine o'clock, on Christmas night, 1831, the
people of Lewisburg were startled by a loud
scream of terror, while following, with scarcely A.n.
interval, came successive reports of fire-arms, one
-with&dozen deafening roars. They
lew to the shop et the minim:, sounds,
weeded ; pushed back the unfastened door, and
ie of horror was presented. There she stood,
Antic of the room with a revolver in each
barrel discharged, her features pale,
-tang wildly, but her lips parted with
A. And there at her feet, weltering
Ad, his bosom literally riddled with
p 1
a sci
in the
hand, cc
her eyes
a fearful smi,
in his warm bluff
bullets ,Nay the aNreaded duellist, r Hiram Shore,
gasping in the last agony., He articulated but a
single sentence.
" Tell my mother that I am dead and gone to
hell !" and instantly expirek
"In the name of God, who did this r exclaimed
the appalled spectators.
•,!. I did it!" said the beautiful milliner—" I did it
to save my honor."
. As may be readily imagined, the deed , caused an
intense sensation. Public opinion, howeve was
divided. The poorer classes, crediting tl irrs
version of the facts, lauded her heroism in tettis
of meausureless• eulogy. But the friends of
deceased, and of his wealthy family, gave a differ
ent and a,darker coloring to the affair, and de
nounced the lovely homicide as a vile criminal.—
Unfortunately for her, the officers of the law, es
pecially' the judge and the shJriff, were devoted
comrades of the slain, and displayed. their feelings
in revolting partiality, The judge committed her
without the privilege of bail, and the sheriff chain
ed her in the felon's dungeon!
Such is the brief abstract of the circumstances
deveroped in the examination of witnesses. The
testimony closed and the pleading began.
First of all, three advocates spoke in succession;
but neither-their names our their arguments are
worth preserving. Orators of the blood and thun
der genius, they about equally partitioned their
howling eloquence between the prisoner and the
robed counsel, as if in doubt which of the twain
was on triaL As for the stranger. he seemed to
pay not the slightest attention to his opponents.
be
denunciations. It was like Jove ' s eagle charging
it flock of crows. 14 was like Jove himself hurling
redhot thunderbolts among the (plaiting ranks of
i inferior gods! And yet in 'the highest tempest of
his fury, lie seemed calm. fie einployed no ges ,
i titre save one—the flash of a long fore finger
di
rect in the eyes of his foes. He paMted their ve
j nality and unmanly meanness, in coalescing fur mo
ney, to hunt down a poor and friendless woman,
till a shout of stifled rage arose from the RI
and even some of the jury cried " shame '
He changed the theme once more. His voice
grew mournful as a funeral song, and his eyes fill
ed with tears, as he trace I a vivid picture of man's
cruelties - and woman's wrongs, with peculiar illus
tiations in the oise s of his client, tili.one half of the
audience wept like children. But it was in the
peroration that he reached the zenith, at once of
terror and sublimity_ His features were lived as
those of a corpse i has very hair seemed to s tend
on end; his nerves shook as with .a palsy ; he toss
ed his hands -wildly towards heaven, each finger
stretched apart and stiiiiveriag like the flame of a
candle, as he closed with the last words of the de
ceased Hiram Shore :- " Tell my mother - that I am
dead and gone to bell r His emphasis on the word
hell embodied the acme and ideal of all horror : it
was a wail of-immeasurable despair. No language
can depict the effect on us who heard it. Men
groaned, females screamed, and one pour mother
fainted, and was borne out in convulsions.
The jury returned a verdict of "Not Guilty,"
without leaving-the box, and three cheers, like suc
cessive roars of an earthquake, shook the old court
house from the dome to the corner stone, testifying
the joy of the people. -After the adjournment,
which occurred near sundown, the triumphant ad
vocate arose and gave out an appointment: " I will
preach in this house to-night, at eight o'clock." He
then glided off through
.the crowd, speaking to no
one; though many- attempted to draw him into con
versation.
At 8 o'clock the court-house. was again thronged,
and the stranger, according to his promise, deliver
mi It evince inn same tottinutes as
his previous eloquena at the bar, the -slime com
pact logic, the same burning vehemence, and in
creased bitterness of 'denunciation.
Ix THE . WitoNG Foca= !—~ western paper tells
a capital joke upon the Loco candidate for Gover
nor of Ohio. During a speech of his at a certain
place on the Reserve not long since, he proceeded
to descant upon the extravagance of the age, the
use of gold watches,-fine clothes and the like, de
claring lihnself to be one of the plain yeomanry.
that he never indulged in any thing of that sort, an
old silver '• bull's eye" that cost him but ten dol
lars was all the watch he erer tarried, and it . was
plenty good enough for him; and to illustrate the
fact,; he put his hand into hie-pocket and-drew - forth
r—not a silver "bull's eye"--hut--a magnificent
dold ' , velar I The shouts of the crowd -can be
better imagined than . dm•cribed;While-the would-be
Governor made a most piecipitate retreat. The
fact ii, the silver watch was ,eatried for election
eeringp4 plir es, and in the excitement of speech
making, wh , he Went to draw it forth he put his
baud into the wrong pocket`! ' '
,
- Yankee Sifiliven, "the Notorious prize fighter.,
whom Torn Ryer bruised eo badly a feir months
ago, hria mitt
,with an untimely ensi, (says aCalifor
nia.entz_z.epomient, of a moiety Jersey paper,);et Sae
yamento city, i ullivan.itivsk 14 etruek a town
a Wow with his, fist. artiu_wita thot_,dOiclirith
tot by the perspil p;r!0:441.".
The Privateer Gen. Armstrong.
. The news of the state of 'things existing at Lis
bon; between the Portuguese government and the
American squadron. there, gives a ptirticnlar inter
est Le Ale affair of the privateer General Armstrong;
destroyed by a British naval force at Fajrat in 1814,
and now mtimately conneeted, na' one of the causes,
with the misunderstanding; sit likely, it would ap
pear, to lead to a serious ruptnre between the - two
countries- For this reason, says the Philadelphia
North American, we,have supposed we should be
doing our readers a f4ver by laying 'before them a
history of tho , Genertti Armstrong ; and °tithe :ex
traordinary nerence nlaue II nei .
whelmning British . forqe, one of the 'most gallant
°tall the naval 'feats of the war of 181'2, so full
of unparalleled achievements ; an.l to ensure still
more interest. we give a British account, being the
narrative of an English resident at Fayal, an eye
witness who wrote it. fur Cobbett's Re‘rister, (pub
lished in London,) in which it apreared at the tine.
We believe it to be correct as it is certainly a very
impartial account, ;he cireunistances agreeing pret
ty closely with the American descriptions of the bat
tle ; the differences, 'where atiy occur on the ;En
glishman's side, being rather to the advantage of
the Geil. Armstrong than otherwi4e ; as 'where he
speaks of • fourteen' launches attak Mg the priva
teer, instead of twelve, the number put down in
the American narrations. •
Sir—The American Prii:ateer General :Arm
strong: of New York, Capt. Samuel C. Reid of 7
guns Pnd 90 men, arrived here on the ,25th alt.,
about noon, seventeen days from that place, for
the perpose of obtaining water.. The captain see
ing n(thing on the horizon, was induced to anchor.
Belot} the elapse of many hours, his Majesty's
'brig ituriation Caine in arid anchored near her.
Alta six his majesty's ship Plantagenet of 74
guns, nd the Rota frigate, Caine in and anchored
also. The captain , of the privateer and his friends
consulted the first authority here about her securi
ty. iney all considered her perfectly secure, and
that hfs Majesty's officers Were too well acquainted
w ith the respect due to a neutral port to molest
het. But to the great surprise of every one,about
9 in .le evening flour boats were dispatched, arm
ed aid manned, from his Majesty's slUp, for the
purpose of cutting. her out. It being about the full
of tie moon, the night perfectly calm, we could
see it:ery movement made. The boats approached
wititrapidity towards her, When it appears the
cap in of the privateer hailed them, and told
then to 'keep .off several times. They notwith
stan ng pushed on, and Were in the. act of board
-1
ing, jefore any defence was made from the priva
teer./ A warm contest ensued on both sides. The
barite were finally dispersed with great loss.
The' American,i now calculating on a very supe
rior forge being sent ; cut his cables and rowed the
privateer close in alongside the fort-, within half a
aible's length, where he moored her, .head and
stern, with four lines.
The Governor now sent a remonstrance to Capt.
Lloyd, of th. 7011...*-onct, aguins.t such proceed
i'o,:,. and tru,ted 'Oust the privateer would not be
further: .....list e d the being in the dominions of Par-
Ingol and-under tole gum, of the 'castle, was entitl
edto Portuguese , protect ion:
Capt. Lloyd's answer was thathe was detirmin
ed to destroy 5.....,-,,,,,,,, a a
.r.tiP..„.
.ai; and should any protection be 1,7,377‘,..- 1., .L. t
p or t be would not leave a house standing in the
Tillage. All the inhabitants were gathered about
the wall+, expecting to see a renewal of the attack
At midnight' fourteen launches were discovered to
be cooing, in rotation, for the purpose. When they
got whin close gunshot's tremendous and effect
mil di charge was Made from the privateer, which
throulthe boats into confusion. They now returned
f t
a spi . ed fire,' hut the privateer. kept up so con
tinua . discharge it was almost impossible for the
boats o make any progress. They totally succeed
ed of r immense loss, to get along side of her, and
atte
rri
ted to board at every quarter. cheered by
the o ccrs with a shoat of 'no quarters,' which:we
I could istinctly Rear, as well as their shrieks and
r cries.
'PhOterminatiOn was near about a total massacre.
Three bf the - boats were sunk, and but one poor;
solitarf officer escaped death, in a boat that co n_ ,
tairredlfifty souls ; he was wounded. The Amer
icans fought with great firmness. Some of the
boats •Vere left without a single man to row. them;
others With thre4 or four; tie most that any one.
returntd with was about to . Several boats float
ed on chore full of dead bodies. With great relucs
taoce I state, that they were manned with picked
men, and commanded by the first, second, third and.
fourth lteutenarits of the Plantagenet—and the
first °deers and ;fourth ditto of the ft igate—and
the officers of the brig—together with a great nuts
ber of midshipthen. Our whole force exceeded ;
400 men ; but three officers escaped, two ofltwhcita
arc wounded. This bloody and unfortunate -con
test lasted about 40 minutes.
After the boats gave out, nothing more was at.l
tempted till daylight next morning, when_the
nation hauled alongside and engaged her. The .
privateer still continued to make , a most gallant
defence. Those veterans reminded me of Lair
rences dying . wiirds of the Chesapeake, 'Don't-give
tip the ship !
' -
The 'Carnation lost one of her topmasts, and her
yards were shot away. She was,much cut• up in
rikging. and received several shot in her
This obliged her: to haul off to repair, and to cease
firing. • ,
The Americans, now, finding their principal.gun,
(Long Tom) and several others dismounted; deem
ed it folly to think of saving her against 80 ouperi:
or a fame, they therefore cut away her masts to
the 'deck, blew. µ, }t alc /..c•tAntvlax, t 04.45 out
arms, c otbuig,dx., and went on . .abore.:
I discovered only two shot holes in ,the hull, of the
privateer, although much cut up in the rigging,
. 1
Two boats' crews were afterwards dispatched
from our vessels, which went on ;board, took. out,
some provisions Land set her on fire.
For three day after. we were employed inlinry
iag the dead that washed On shore in the surf. The
number • of British -killed exceeds 120. and 90
wounded. The 'enemy, to the surprise of mankind;
loss only two killed-mid seven wounded.. We , rnay
well say. • Deliver us from our 'enemies,' if- this is
the way the 4 -boric:ins Boht, .
After burning; the wirateer, tild Made-a
mend of the Goiernot to deliver-up the Americans
as - , prisoners—which the Governor refused. 'lle
threatened - to send 000 Men on shore, 'and take
them by force:: The ! 'Atneritzus' linmediately re
tired wish their artni'• to- an old gothic. convent,
knockedaway the adjoining draWbridge, and de
termined to defend ilheniselver tol the. last. , The
Captain'however, thotight 'better than to ;tend his.
men. De then demanded two men, which,the said;
: desertedfrotu vessel when •iii * America. The'
Goveinor sent.fer the Imen, but found none', of the.
description giVen. - -
, -Many:houses received much injury on ahorefrorn
the guns of the Cdmation. A weman sitting in'
the fourth story ,Carnation:
her 'house, had' her thighs shot
oft and h''boy bid biti brakeri.
The Apeman Conial here has made 4 •dernend
on the Pertugnete for,; is hundred thOtrsatid dollars
.for the prlvatier, - sebleh' onr , Considd itri- - Parkirti.
thinks, n iuslici.;: Will be 'paid, • and Atilt' they- will.
'FAvAL, Oct, 15, 1914.
chum on
: England. . Mr. Parkin, Mr. Ea l warti,llay,,,i
ley,lantl other English, gentleman disappnT i ve of
the putrage and' depredation committed by nnriei- . 1
selsion dug neatsion.--The vessel wiadie
ed to England with the wounded,.was,not . parmitt ,
ed to take a single letter nom any persim. qc
Being..ne eye-witnecs to this. transaction, •t have
given yell a correct statement as it occtired. ,
With respect, r am. &e. H. ET: •
._ •
• Theattical• Reininiseence..
Who does not recollect Dilly Wil iatiis , tl4 . .eom-1
edian, faMiliarly known as 'Billy 'of 'tlie.Wells,l
which latter cognomen he derived from having
been conneetV for several yeari with %diem Neils
i
Theatre, London. Billy 'wns one Of the best pi -1
tured men alive, and'without a very brillianeedii.:l
cation, was an actor; it is true that he sometirimil
gave Lindley Murray a wide berth when uslag
own language instead of that of an author. Wel
shall never forget a conversation which wei overi4
heard between Billy' and W. )..Burton, at Win'
dust's. Billy• sat In t l his usual seat, and was' en
deavoring to make -I himself agreeable 'to those •a•-
round him. Barton, who delighted in quizzingßil-j
made some inqiiiries of him relative - to a horse!
belonging to Mr. Irainblin, which Seemed to'ariatisej
Hilly, and he thns•tionimenced his reply: ''
"Now, Burton, llil tell you all about that 'or.se:i
you see, when 4 first arsiveil„j said to - Arnblin,j
• Tom, I wan& an 'orse ; :I've always been Used to
'ave an 'arse, and I would like to 'are one."
Bil
ly;' says 'he, `you know Idareppa; ht} hits
me a gieattile'al of• money. ; and I will not•rrmitj
him to be misused; but if you Want to 'ride yout
may, and my stage manager, Torr. 'Flinn, will go;
with you to the stable.' . 8o down I goes:•to the,
stable with Tom Flynn, and told the ruaa• tb putj
the saddle on him."
"On Torn Flynn,;" says Burton.
" No, on the orse. Bo after tains. with Tian
Flynn awhile. r minuted him." - •
" What, nionnted . TOM Flynn ?"
" No the 'nese% and then i shook, hands with him
and rode off."
" Shook „hands with the- horse, Billy ?"
" No, damn It, with Torn Flynn; and then I rode
off np the Bowery, and who should I meet in front
of the Bowery Theatre but Tom 'Amblin, and so
got off and told the boy ,to hold him by . .the head."
" What! hold Hamblin by the head?"'
" No, the 'orse, an,d then we went in and 'id
drink together."
" What! you and the 'oree , '•
" No,. me and !Amblin : and after that I-mount
ed him again and went out of toA."' '
" What ! Mounted Hamblin again ?"
" No, the 'orse ; and when I got out to Banditti - It's,
who should be there but Tom Flynn—he'd ,taken
another 'orso and rode out ahead of me, so, I told
the ostler to tie nim up—"
" Tie Tom Flynn up r •
No, damn it, the 'orse, and we bad a think,
there." '
" What! you and the horse?" -
,
" No r. me and Tom Flynn. Now look here, Bar
ton, eimry time 'orse you say ',linhfitr, runt
every time I say 'Amblirt you say Orse. Now
be 'caged if 1 t ll ybu anything-momnbout. it."
-ua4 tott.hi3 insulted,_and.no coaxing on
the part of Burton_ could induce Lim :fe fini.h
recital.--Xew Dispatch.
•
-11451i t•- 111 :-..bitifigeS.
-Somewhere about here, (writes a Souttiern7Foil
tespondebt of the New York Knickerbocker,)
a small farmer, of such social habits that his-entail
ing hound intoxicated was once no unusual
flit wifelorged him in vain to sign the pledge. 1. '
Why, oa see,"_he Would say, "I'll sign it of
a while, but I don't like to break_ right off at
once; it, ain't - wholesome. The best way always
to get used to a thing by degrees,,you know.'
" Very well, old man, his helpmate would mi.
join, "see now if you don't fall into a hole one of
these days, while- you can't take awe of yourself r
and nobody near to take you out.'
Sure enough, as if to verify the prophecyot
couple of days after, returning from a glorious frol
ic, the old fellow reeled into his own well, and of,
to a deal of useless scrambling, ahOutect-to the
"light of Ms eves" to come and help him ,out. - .
"Didn't I tell you_ so i" said the gotai soul, shoxi
ing her eapfrill over the edge,,of the parapet-4.
" you got into, a hole at last, and ifs only lucky
I'm in hearing, or you might have 'drowned, you
old dog you t Well," she continued,' after a pause,
letting down the bucket, take hold".
And up he came; higher
. akeach.tOrn of the wind
lass, until the Old lady's,grasp slipping train the%
handle, down lie Went- to the bottom again. This`
occurring more than once, made the temporary od l
cupant of the well suspicious. •
'Look here,' he screamed, in a,fury at the !mit--
splash, " you'te doing that on purPOse—i
. •
are r
a Well, now I anz7 responded the old :woman:
tranquilly; while winding him up once more; adol
you remember telling pm it!s best, to, get used to
thing. by degrees I 'fraid if.. t lids to bring Yob
right up on a sudden, you wouldn't ':find it . tvlMl4 , .
Romer _ '
Tlic.old.fellow could not help chuckling, at her
application.othis principle, and prot4ted he Wouhl
sign the pledge on the instant, if She wank' lift
him fairly out. This she did, and' filleted hiriri3f,
to " sweriein," wet as he was. ' - •
" For you see,n. she added, verb"
" if you ever fall into the well agam: nt leaix
thar—l
Dom B.lsr Grats.—SPeakin of Barnum's
nese lady, who is holding court at AinoryHalLitAi
who boasts etaloof only 2} hellos hatig„4cit - ,
the
observel . ,thnt--. 7 ,-"In some countries. one
in other, centrieisoinething elie indicates beauti'.
'What a ilipletidid!Woman I' kris the Hottentot,
she weighs over 400 1 4 . 'lnAmerici . l
a lovely girl, .her waist is only a Ispan!' ' In Chic
it is, • What-a, lily her foot is only two inches: Ski
we go. Which is the best - !
To thhi the t1111.7,` of the Belfast (Me;)Jottniatniin.
is evidently, :as' shrewd a counhisieuf of feinalii .
'Beauty; ais the' Moor whom Shaltspeiire has kronor'
talized, replies iri . tfollowingAttiSfactory'style4
"Nature of ecierie. We ,can shikv you—aim:o
-specimens down east, who have riot lmen
by liver.squeezers . ;or tight Shoes; - .•fidted after •tho
manner of Hottentots. or starved a la Suede 'in'ciV
les. They haie acceding tti
` organib
latviA, dieted on b&if steak and Corti bresd[OXerear;
ed as the Greeks used to; are up and
fleck .6r - rail ridges with i pointer itineng:-!ite, qus
'wish' the teat thinp : go put. and trilleithe
jump (tier* five. rail'. knee with the:4
nerer spill n drepi !. Needn't 'rap baireieet.
eat - do •'• , • r
NtUr-wair•Or Prraunto .ta - rcVmr. , 4fis,:eiisiaii.:A
obtain favors from the pride than 'the .itiiiitlitua
men. A shreird preseber;a ft er an ex'pelleisttharllji,
sermon. wtt to his:tooreck " I am si.fralslJram'lNl.,
7
sv mpay.dissplayeithilnurcnant
~ : thatinmo.:l
0 1' ,sou may, giTp ptipinuCli..:
,1 - - psi ''. *eta 141
i
r t.
just befori3 you:iireAtieiona, anal iskiiiiftrixk"
diratissid Omit' we dakre'smookitlis: " - pay
debtsita pailorthlng iqAtse.l4lo i'i --, 714.z011 - - ~
000 , 3110 ilk 1 9AingtinWi• :f: <<:'- ..:.,'--,' =lie- .
~ .t - ` 7.4 -,'.,' 1. IS - 1 - 7 - dti :''_ i"r;„-- :: Itfci • - f 4
I
1
ii Southern Speck of ninon.
~,,,, ,A ..,-. ~.2 ---. ."-'te.l4.7 4 iirZi ,
Thi - aprilt bf 'Akron Bart-teens um IJ.- n* It
the South in seeking to diseerer the 'morn amid ,:
' ...
...„ 1 ,
tablish,A,Senthent 'confederacjr: ..ThilVisliiiktiter '`-',L 1, ,
Mrespondentef theAporth, Asuericart,learne, an :Al
the moot_ direct and-und Cl ubt Olf ui * lt tfzihaf •ti.]
gentleinan, - repre:sented . to -a' of .. . 1R
high influence and character iathes-Stieth, visited - .41
Mexico invApril- last, ineogid - 0., iia 'sibinitiid a k _ v 'i l i
complete plan fur the, organization-if a Souhternfffrq:.
4.
confederacy, of which that , aux ! was . ' • .ew n. is 4..,' n 1
the capital, as a means of itidncingilii - co•Opeiiition ...'S .
of Mexico. This poled"' ;win r i,,sulithited, tn„ the ,_i - , T 2
Mexics' In iatthinet -brMr.-Lietittial the lirmititii>of ! i jittg , ,
Foreign Affairs, and wee urged - by him at - a:meet,:1"••„, 4' l l
'ing which immediately folloWed i when a discussiOn ,IfT•yi ,
s
of :great , ioterest and., epiterneut
,occarred„ occurred ,,: . i il
'proposition was' dealinedi and' t.he:' emiskari started;
for California.' ~ Mr. Doyle,, the ' - -British - llii . ,,,Lii:
was-cognizant of-all the proceedings, "and liraanisp; = 4. 1
suited throughnue r .Ahteorrespondent says 1 1. 6 4- *
" restrained by proper and'prodentiel,considapli -41'
t i
affecting others, f r om e4osing theinitimer In Vie: Ai
influences by which thatschemc willtejectedinAill' *,'- 4 1
.Mexican cabinet ; but if bronghts.to , ;light;lthilitt -- .::,)
e l
-
would . reflect the highest honor QlNthe , . - - ;:txsl7:3" ' • ' l l
corned. The day may come when a I, pAblipa ll , • (1
tion may be attended with less danger :,: F He tat; ii
" felt . it due to the &um& thaf-thiswif - rt'tw pie_ ' ..,
pore shiaild be understood, in order that ilia deltas': . 0
of .leckless demagogues , who are a *whoa • •
i
disuniop, should be properly. appr diand,vlalte
-edwith that storm of execration WhieWittiaC,:triiiii -
1
oon'deierres."' He hal seine iiiiihnte bitiei# that .. i
thelate President of the United States irat - splaisil ,
ed of ihismovement,ind had exerchnxhrWintin* - -,
s.L.npelly in 'counteracting any , ;I!,:ifortzaads . , ,l ft ii .,l
quen.ees, The_refl;:epens which' such.. i 'thecleaum --n,
' mnsebatnialry . &Cite, are foci gloomy anilladdidt 1- Q
it*, to he treated , "latidrAnnyl fair- • Shaw daP4noit - t o J
serhati.criwideratiom. They , iremotrack.APOCllkidik trl
cidated-to ; ins.pire alarm,at4my threalena4, daunt,
as to induce a painful:Contemplation of ou r, Irifri
destiny as a nation, 'when tietioiedinaistalki abrade s 1
in a season of profound peaca'and.2presPinal '
when the eyes of the civilized woridlire turned lei
-ward s us, with mingled emotions of anTY,-) 1 n4,3417
miration."
_The ;Southern'Tonf e cut_
' eil 4
_-
'• '
The Waslington.correspan ent, o.t e • !-.
phia'Enqiiii-er' giVes - the t e cillbaiiiit: • j ' - ` - "*"•'-•"vi i l
- ln• January .last; Oen. Leper lettiteist trposp6tas. 1 E!i i
Sam llnstem., and presented 'hies with....etsprayea, i...'
dratra up by leading Southern steers ils 043,04 ! in l'
which it. was stated that the Setifli,,dtapitirhig of
*Ake, had determined to sever 'their contaicthia v.
With tlie.Union, and establish a 2 Sonthettronsfedit- '
racy. That,-for the purpose of etrengtheningthe
contemplated Confederacy, overtures were...to .bp
made to Mexico to join it; and to inclhie her t o do
so, every effort was to be made to inditee bikini'.
tier provindes to revolt -by-the meinsiiir 4 tiffalo
-hunts 7 and secret emissaries;. and .it wu, then to
be represented - to her-that her only safety inguar4-
hrg against these revolts and the ditanentherment
of her Re üblie, was to join th e ScnithemSitites of
this count and-form a strung ScenlleitrUhrons4a
- -as a a.ducement v itwaato be ter
5u.t.....-.40.... *L.,......:t r ...0. aamsots ; wws•
_..., .i, ..,_ • -!,
of Government, hut that__lniactatisaia . _ik_
really the read of the he* Reputilic. -- ".
. - atiattimi '
was:also teld that if he votild . joitillse'rusonsusit s '
ialle. 6.er Ad tgeis.l -,.1
.42..... ... `-. t
th'
thin* to a witla tlie a linee tuiatialtorL" l iii" -f- - 1
'lre was a ' .krnetiCtiii,•aridi, - " claiintial faixiiriCtiala . •
gterions ni* He-was not loCtateili*-41).14/0411
his ti
of .7,lralt -.401a •
. Mr. Ca , oun was fullreware oTzthikissatiesakt4e -
-project, but he was opposed to,anx actian'llel4,-.,„;1 .
taken until - a final propositickil tti - tuneM a ihit
stitution should be asked'rer.' ' ThWixtereeteitinot„ ,
-however; approved by Others,:and - aft isiiiiissot ' t t
was sent to the city of Mexico iiPloo:4ltheZWr
there. The Mexicali authorities recemi
.07 *- „pco- k
position with some hesitation ; ' and iliteo4h ; they I
did not refuse it, they inOisted'ii - C 'apes t ;
being - given that their laws!. - * -reltgiosuand i
the abolition of slavery, sho d-,yopt*llNAatii,Aliat . A
urrir
England should sustain the. moiemeat. : . I . ; 3 : 1
A proposition to this effect 'Wait . iitit)it,trilr, it
Doyle, actineCtiirged'Affairs of 'Greg. Britiftrite I.'
Mexico. Mr. Doyle, not to commit hireildfliamoy ,' ,l l
way, declined to express anropinion, hut.-opittjae
would consult, his Government, : : ThaltdexicattOcr- -
moment, fearing to move unless sustained tor great . A
Britain. delayed giving an answer- and it is 'lair- .'is,'„ , i
stood-England has not taken any notice of the pro- I.V .
fret submitted to her: So the matter rests:„„ - -, 'AI
But this treason should be branded iin inomh- a
way as to leave no room fordeniaL. *Gen. , Howitkwl kert!
•
has in. his possession -ate paper towhicki first al- i ;,.,:!
-luded, and, he knows who the authors of,. tbe-,oan- 04
spiracy are. The country will kook to liiM'f4 a . i r it,i
development Of.thewhole affair. - • •''.-- '' ' • 41 1 ',
. . . !
r f :
A (-Toon karzirrx.—"Mys, ear, • said an ailed- Ili a Ni
tionate wife to her husband, whfPladimil• Air*Pe " . .A
*event]. days, .."thirtyptkwere welt you,- were in /V 4-,
the habit of eats -twelvertapple:dampliige.-rnow kitrtl
Mai you are skit . liit%,Manyahlfltmake'resiti it
::r ":We11,,” repliedttheldieband, - -,f-Ereiesimay A',
::make eleven to-day : ,but .-;.::: Tr;
1! ) .,.
them a little larger thiailltiSt*r.. l .o,3eifefasied. jiii' '')
`,When the husband hatriiitiin 4 alititert:With'Ftheix- ic ,--;
seepticin of half a' osughis litileijiiir; itlinflf:Sionte I t 5.
sixtuanners, came upend sikl44:lld#4.reilime _ :
:a. little.piece .I,Qo..irpny. siiiiiYi r ' KeP_ 13 0444-#* O''' .
l ither,'s your poti,..4dcrs-sick,"',-• -''''" 4 1: ." : -:
~ : :z : , , , • -..':. .: . :: pa " s ' m
Wyoming , /e .
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•BroNirnaccnniwNr. Brooks Cam bell , hiVit: :Rail: : 1 'l.
nab S. Worilen, both.ot,gtititimiTa. - ---- ~. 4 '
The childreWoi4iitieLvigintelii• *midi ---. '- 1
..mid,tlitWd. sent Jce them Ala - 11 41 , ,
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s' And thel Lard aeritici!Malliniialt. , -w. 4 '
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Evil4 wah,
big that-she bad detentaosittioSopuiteig _.o
hushandboisure,he,, k 4s4,rugiy. no'ok.,
us to state thuelie:bas:gurealier icue*boifs*
;when 'she ireitriTt'itiii %Milli' igir heintt- . ' - ' 41r 0 .0
ilifilliairill ba:applield for a r t s% aii'4lio:Jragione . ,-A
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