Silicon County Elaitoirat.
IQBLIBHSD.SVEH,V *IIIIIIBDAY MORNING,
J. B. ,OVIATT,,'
SMETHPORT, WKEAN COPNTY, 'PA
TERMS: - $l5O fly Advance.
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••••• •• •• • - S ate s -of'AdveitiSing. . -.. •..., .- .
.1 Cohan one 'oat : .• '. ..., :.. .E . no.
I .. 4 , - els • moStiii.,..... , ' ' ' .... 20.00 .
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se rinaiii 4.l2lines,or ion: 3'isiiertinto . ••'. • ...f. - i i . - ' I 5 ' .
each 'auhiequent insertion; ' - - 2'
Bneitieme Cards, with parr . . '• , • Of ,
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, Rule or figure work'ffill , 'tie liniii:le tii , ..iiii.ii.... i Item ,
Arwelvelines 'Brevieir type, or eight linen" nonpareil, li,
. „, Mr - Vice.) Tertnewill tiostrietij cidherel tei.ta '.
ilusinese IDirecterv.
_Qertreyor' s ; Draftsinier Ctoniejrat eer. -, ; ;sind :Iteftl. • Estate
Agent: . mertbport, .sl , Kaait county..Pc ' • ; ,
B F. :WRIGHT,
Witotosale'ArKi Retell Dealer to Family 0 rodeiles; Pork,,
Balt; Feed; Boats and Shoes, it 0., &c, Mor.
In the Astor House Block, BmOkport • • .
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WhOleoale and Retolt Dealei JO Provloinio and 'Family
' Grocerlen. Plour,ileal,•Feed,Pork, NOG' Flih;
titers st"Eatonle old ataud: ',Term,' Coati.
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Dealer In Dry Gonda, Rioie ries; 'Porli,'.llo,iir.
. • Resdt:llade Clothing;Diioti Oretlipor,
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'Practical ilichanie, Bridge 7 baitler,
• Pprt . Allegheny; Illgietie county; Pa.,. •
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• • •••••• •••••• J. •L; BROWN, ••• •. -
SURVEYOR', DRAFYSIViN, OONVEYANCIER . and Real-
Eatate Agont; Office. Williwntivtile,'Elk eo.,
& . .. .. Ridgway, Pa
lion. Thomas Struiherm; frreo Pa
Brownell, E5q,......;......"•Pniepi , 0rt, Pa
lion. - !tonna 'riga: 'Pa
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. . CARVER • HOUSE,
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`Joni It.llct.T. Proprietor, cornet of-•Watei and Hickory
'.Streets, Warren Pa; :General Stage •
BACHtfB:&'CO
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General Declare' in Dry Goode; Groceries, Crockery.
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wady-lgada.olOtlifitg, Dente aO/31apea, Hate ana Caps.
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,Etc., opposite the Court Donee, Eltnelbport Pa..
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Fronting`n the -Publin • &jeers; Oteen.'N.~Y. JAME M .
Maxim. Proprietor, The Yobes Honks is entirely nee
and built or brick' end is lurnisbed'in moderd style.
' The, Proprietor, neuters 'himself tbat • .bis aeecirtitoodit-
Nona are not 'Wipes/led by any botel..in Western N-rr
York. 'Carriages plat° 'and mom the New York end
SYRON , b.; HAYLIN,
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Arronriv 27: LAII
. j. StMithpOrt, WiCOlll.. VOlirity..
Agent for . Messrs ., Hestia r Co'el.aedti • Attends
• medially to the Collection of Claims; Exainihation of
Land Titles; Pagmeut or Taxes; and all.htminentrela.
tint to Reif Estate: .offlce in Hamlin illoek: *.
GREEN'S HOTEL
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'llt. - .Wmotee,ropristol . ,'— . it Kiny.oli.•Witiron county
• Ps.. His Tible will be' supplied with, the be the
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wintry affords, and'he spate no Wes in.accoonid sting
E. BOUGHTON...ELDRED,
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Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Proetheort; M'lleals.
:County, ..pa. ' - ltun'oees entruatedeti'lla; care Tor the
counties or al'iteao, Potter and..Hlk will be, promptly
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' itteidedlo..' Oilleeln the Court goose, second Moor
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DR..L. R. WISRE.I
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rhreietan and 4 Surgeon, Bnet4ort,,Ta, attend, to
all proressiotial calls with 'pruroptoees . Office in cart.
well Blook, , Pecond f100r... f • • '
B. SUTLER & co.,
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-Wholesale Rnd.Rotil Dealers fn 'Staple and :Finey •Dry
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Goode, Caipeting; TinOy Blade Clothing. ari4 .General
Furnishing Gohde, Booth and Shnes,'Well and.W.lndow
kiip,r, Looking Glasaeo &a, At Olean. N: Y. , . .
BRINETT HOUSE,
F 'fleawort, Ilf , Kein CO., 'Pa. D.. R:.REtsarr, Prapyla
tor--epponite .ttie Court Tienao:• A new, large, corn
• " modlene and well farniabed'house •". .
JOHN C. BAOKUS,
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',Attorney' and Conlin°floret La*, SMetkport, MlKeen Co
' ,Ps. • .WlWittend to all'buninesk In Id+ profeaslon In the
ecountieß of Wilean, Potter and Elk.. Office neer 0. if
fisalerell /t-Brothern' Store. • , • ,
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manual , HOUSE,
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Cloider of Second and Liberty etieets,'Worre••. Pa.
A:. BARdrill, Proprietor. Treyoier. wil l p
,!ip(A good acr
' eolonvidarlons and reasonable charges. •
E, S. MASON,
'Dealer in Btoyea., TIC , Ware,. Ja opltned Ware. he „ vRe
stole of the . ..Publie SmethnorG pa.
iff•o r k.110110 to Crder'en tha ahntteet ',eta° and in . ; tb, ,
moat subatanttel manner. . •.
W.:B. BROWNELL,
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'Dealer le' Der.onrids, omi:series Ornriker;v, fl,reliare
.11nots. Sheele r Hats. Caps. Glass-Nall., Oils. & ~ he
East' Shia of: the. Public' equmm; Pruett - Tor!, Pa, •
A. J. Otto,
Dealer In Prde4sions.and Family Groceries generelli.
Fermate Valley, M , Keen 0o.; Te. , Lumber
Shingles, &c . ., taken'in eschiune for; Goods: Paten ,
Medicines for sale: , - '
LABABEE'II HOTEL,
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E. LAI‘IIBI3. Peeprietoe.—.Alloglten.f. Mike!. • 3 •l'K'ftn
Co. Pa. - Thfr bonen is alttutted
.6methport
,on the mid lo Olean. snit will he found
convenient' atnpping-place. - .. • •
EMPORIUM Hann,
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Shippan, Wi;Antal:to.; Pa. tECIR %NO Otlng. Prnplfre
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A•commodioux and well-turnialierl home., 'Stranger) ,
and toorblera ailk Bud gliod.aocornmodattons.
. . • , EAMPREV VALLEY :8017E4
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.By T; GOODWIS. VI& house Rituited about Avo miles"'
. from B=oo2l on tbe road to Olean. '; Pleasure uart.le")
.and otbe. R eau be eeooMmodated enthe Ihartent,metlee •
ELDRED HALF -WAY HOUSE,
N :Poona, Proprietoi: . • TLie house he Winded he)
-way . between Sinethpoit end Oiean . If you - . went lined
`dinner thin le the piece to step. ' , .
• • OROBDIB CORWIN •
Propristoe of the (hist Mill; at MeellaniciibUrg. -
' • Rean,County Pa. 'Flout. : Veal; and. Weed., constantly
on band' and for sale. In loci) art small quantities..
RAILROAD HOUSE, .
O. OilißMlr Peoprltioi, 111 , Weary
' Ps. Good' aceoinmodettoee Gen be be.t.erre: : at all
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.•; PORI' ALIMOMIT SOME; .• y
Tsbiost 01'4:Skitter,' at Porl _ illleJsei; Mc.
Kesireounty p&.. • This Hotel issitsistad i4ths.Juse. ,
.tios St the Eimiithpoit .siod
,Alteßaoy, 81x05 + oadq, nips
mile eMt qt BiSishpost. , •
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.TT:-AST,oo,,,,':uousi
faMETHPORT, lt'pHEApi" c04.P..: ‘,:.! f 4
sWlfferEifiXillii : ::- : :.:. Proprietor..
Tw o IProieletsi. itliiisig roast:AV 'parshareA • sr4 . thoyi
eighty reettot the . Astor noose. Asttors hitorol u tt: t.
Out Ilsrotsbos n01ik c : 5 m0 0,, b. ,,ti0,„,,,,,, ~,,,,7 hole! 4 4
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An imerkiis Ch'r . atetire..
: One of 'the. most' .eit rtiordj tie ysp niena
rietin'charactei is the aUceesstulliligint in
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great_lndia Ru bberb suirrecently.deelded.at
the North bt . .which'. the:exclusive mintoply
vested in•htm tot.pome years, , of mannface.
-tare 'certain itthber
censtituting.the. largest and Most value.
61 e''''Sitbstlitire, - . anti lit the great invention by
ba.:been Irernieref -.so ar4sieeabitije v
mat,, 'Thls 'is Hew., H...Day,'Cr:NeW York, a:
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w an of mow,. of, Ito stiy . at.t. s gos orydaes•
,trpr.',, with nn '‘ , .x.:tereab.ai'ds or arpluth'ees,. but
,elying:..eo `:
ireiy 9p him --•nergy, - Perseve•-
i.:,nce;hi,4.l.iil - tiori,itat2k*•htipetcbyess,• . Wbieh ha
rely ton hi tht6llilil a spites of-yearn themoS ,
'eirt+aorOiriat y bit [es tkt .la'w, ac'atist :a, host of
••n; tnies • and. '01437'9i
)h.'Northe•riiS'ytas;':chuhnie with=
lfr.rallell...n !be 'hikitary 'Ad
r: •11)1e for ia% k.-113 and: rout
Irefi • crp r, .tben . $560,900, p,b‘r:ng in
. j..;.par6
t-;14.t i t r , i t Vi.'reaintiiti his t ic,Ciistino' his
ll ute,.e'the'ha7ardofti judieial.ileet,4llt
,quite
as doibiniss ~ tity that -ot the die, - Day. has at,lait
His Tee', ipts • for the privilege-,of riusuutartu
i:hilbe• a it; de of:which" he-is decreed to:tic the:
:tile 'own, 'yr 11 , Take'liti., it he lives to. e, joy
ind keep the'richest men of the 'coon..
'try. ',But Day `tiOf .the , mith boat if': his
;;alas: ,'Hail It extiamilinart enerernd . ppr:
Severani.e • in .the.eorultiet• of this' long. and
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'pensive.litigation been mompted•by.the
love•cil aciumulat byr - the; avarice of moley: ,
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. vvould not have, heen" chai'grttirited .byrineh
'heroic tenacity, - .slt-sit . eiifi.eeS and • ilesperatf
the truth is; Day's:ambitioti is , to
- tri t inupb;',rri'akceed, to . carry. his point .:
, Be
' , area little fur . ..t he mone y , but. indee ! l.s , atei!.
it Wiih *the.. - rhostprOttis , and I•6 7 ral..hand,. Cu,
ol'jeets'deenied
,bf him meritorions.and pat riot
rtitite'as as rapidlY'as he. atimMultites. ..;
leisla • this that ho 'atr.king a type! of
Amcriciin'charaeter;• of which .. awariee • in . ire
rriest Valeta,: Mini,. farina p•irt,'!A hilst enterprise mid the ambition of :success r- re. ita.crown
etridence this - lavish tendency ot 'the_
great India rubber man, we would, statec whet
We.knOw to he tine . ; that Wlie4 the prnspecte of
Fremont. beano to Inott very threat, ing torj . tbe
South andtbellnioni Day Itirried:asida trott.k.is'
law suits and his vasr business, and.threwhitn .
'self ,with all'b•s' energy. into' the oninviss •to
prevent, the.suceeser of Fremrint .oeeinsylva—
nia and New:Jersey, and earienderl'foilliafpui -
paselhe•sifm ol fifty thousand 'dollars.
••. A• correspondent the 'Charleston Courier
tives t he following additional. 'acts in regard- to
. this •retriarkable man; whirl we belieVe are lit.:
erally;,true - •!. •
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• He -"toOk it. into hitt head that a canal . from
atiOve Niagara to ttit batik below thefalton the
Amerielo side, about a mile through 'solid rock,'
•wnold• make . .a tremendotia; Water rower; he
went at it, - emit $15 . 0,000 Cash and fittiatied the.
• 'lfic religion he is a sfiirmalist ; folded and
supported the leading apirtua I paper ont of hi.
own pocket, and , has spent . - .niore money in the
canoe than any . .ten . Spirtualiste in the. United
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In law he has no - equal: Webster,' Choate,
and,almost every leading lawyer in the union,
have, been employed , in his Indik rubber finite:
Hundred of thousands 'of • dollars .have 'heel)
spent by him on lawyers end in printing in all
th'e courts. Apparently floored one day he ie
up the', next. ,Like his India rubber, balls, the
balder he comes ttovt'n the higher is his rebound.
The friend, backer and banker of every lit
ry Man, Iron *.r. How rd Payne : .dovvn to Bill
Smith, beMekes no distinction: Good, bad. or
indiff..rent,.if !lint- class, go to hiro they 'meet
,with - sivecess,' He is a rii.nd - ol genitis iri fine
clothes or Seertyjags.. 'He. owns the Congress
Rubber Company; and; its ramifications extend
to England. and Enler.'.= He has ten iron se
and in. these are patents and. patent assign- -
inents in every language of Europe, and hen-,
-dreds of American patents, relating. to India
rubber' also. He keeps a (Jerk. tO-attend to
these paterits- , -to take •then out and air' them
when enurt for - their ;production, and. to
place them backsafe in the:Bam.
' DIGegNG • AND STORING
Btates Hill. N inqUires: the best time to
lit potatip , S to.keep,froin 'rotting. - Allow ris to
fp, our. views on th, stbj. , .e , 7 -also . on storing,
tett Itont 0111. o . •
SVr ip.ied thi , it tore the-rot beeaine; so,
peyn i ,nl amouq vol a fo.; 1h1i:111(1 A'. ere i:afe! .
i,„ . g u ,,,,1.11 1 .1r, in Tho af 'least until
.1 rn.r Fevert: vr•oneti frei:zr tl. ground . came
upon fietti. ; .ll.lYe. imi.• g9o(l.:redson in
riot%
lot , been itod ac a means of
. "•-sitors
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.toes ' t ;.iniiin2 . tO Et? ti 1111 out
i !Ws rif the'prae
ii,wmly•eh nnP rds.. p; :we o I rotting front the•
hill in •wherdver ..pdat,.es . were .itlite , d.
• IIIP I rouble . of iltgvne ;whets ittho;l
up and tiortins
rivet I seo or three'litYes to is •ve, In the end,
inliro.-Wis!oes thin we a hOtild IM ' Ve dime had
they. rerna fined grown until late iti the fall,,
'and the rot finished its yavages..
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If early liggiiip wool(' hate any effect upon
the rot, would not 'pulling - the tops - hurt: . the
'tne? Sorhe eiperiments st4m . to shOw that
hta i , the cair', - anil.'vre . .think it, advisable to
pug or:mo,Vthe tops' in'on'as they , begin :0
dii .the dieease...:. The: potatoes may ti
left in .the 6r und; thinte which )arft infected.
wilt int; • nd,those which Air not will remain,
tound ae well na though.pla.ced
,A'Fool, dry, ft . net 'proof ,Crodar •furOshes. the
beet - pine, for' stnrine".,iintiitnet, 'anti . tht , ". hely .
..eh , ..titutels. a ii lArge , enough`to , coiialn forty
nr filly. bu'eh:r.F, ritia =and) Pm
thet-potatnee..uh..O dry, - cover' 'the pit • wi . th.
a 49 'pleto iy nr.".•aitiasi`had" dirt as
thenn . feotTi'iVelro4;'giyitiga
bed winter'
ifa'ripi ! de or bnards,..witti Ppeietura ?own,.
inchee_equire;-.Op eeevii, t o .
cairiOnf any ii;id liP'tiloPpi . .fd j: by a
wisp of straw in . the vpry_cohlest.okeitiii.r:-
Pittini'peatneillirf];`;hpa.on this surface of
'thy
Intioh end from
friiiit ate ite4 'answer a 'vety ginid ptiepabebis‘.
isli i ciirit;pilitnt if it la desitabio ,
ter"; and, if rotting Coinittences;',lf they priseee4
tOII Ihke extent hefo're: discovery. , The d'en•
,Itet of eacdiieiite' etinietitr.e.in rtrest,' . .,neve
On the . most potions 'and with . treat' 'astre,
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pf p yi-Wo.a1"; lvg.p AN COUNT
SZE :cm nentras--Tnimos irr, THE
frrzerna rox.
The mystery. Which- .bung ea, long over .the
fate of John Franklin,has at last tieenaol7
'Lad; •the - detmtion and halite . OW'
eerinee . of: his wife:. The screw steanoer , Foci
which she :fitted out,bacretorned tog,nigland.
Her. commander, Carit.W.Clititock,brings with
hint a duplicate record, .eOntaining.the.partic,
ulars.of , the ill-etarred'exnedition,dowa to the
tfute of the abandonment of the famOus:.aes=
eels, ibe;Erebus sniiTerrOr .in April , lB49, by
offic'ers and crews„, and the ,clanarture of
the party; :105..inntirabri to the Great
t Fish
Hirer, Syr .106 . Otaniiitn'Ve.apeditintl, consiw
tini of the t retina and Terror, 133. off ' •
meri, sailed !corn:Sheerness, ..Mayrthe
'2fith; 105. 'On pig Reth,of . .lo'ne 1845. the .qt. ,
pe.t.t ion Was Baffin's Bey: inne" I Itt.
.18 . 7 Sir John Franklin died, and on the 22d of
April he Erebus' F!!!q:Terrei were de:
thirty-three of the
'office! it and men luteini . dieilup to that titite,' •
li',the'etory.rcla?edby the.Esiptimaux to Dr.
R 4, an be considered reliable,' some. of the
anrvivots • of the party :Wert ',Pee two year..
.11terWrirds, ,in' , he,•Ming. 'oflBso. Dr. rt
stated in - comMunieation to : the Admiralty that.
entre F.scinimaux thinorth. ahore }Line
Wiltietn's. Land,` which I. a; large Island,• had
met' in the liming Of
.1850. forty :White men
travelling southWird,,:civer tlie lee,. and drag
Ong aboat, with them. The men then were
in si destitute and pitiable ,condition, and later
in the 'eaeon the. bpdies k of some thirty.five
were dlsCoveredon the: continent and an adja
cant Island, and . Dr. R4e. broneht home mem,i,
Hale from, the' spot which folly. Identified
.the
party of the expedition. •
The history of the 'expeditions sent in search .
of Sir. John Franklin ever Aremain one of
absorbing .In 1949 no news Itaving .
been receivedctf Fianklin, the English
,Grivern
ment fitted out three vessela ,to 'proceed to
the Arctic seas in searrh - of the. Missing, explo
er. In 1847. after a protracted and dangerou•
brit .useless search, the last vess.l of the expe•
dition returned.: Darin: the :same' period , a
land:party under Sir John Richardson, and tin=
other sea expedition under the'. veteran Arctic
exp!orer Sir lameißoss, were iqoally , unser ,
CPS' fut. The British Governnient then offered
a:Munificent sum, Amounting to. One . handred
thooiand dollars, to any: private eXpedition that
iliOuld,afroteclficient eirl to Sir John . Franklin..
In 1850 no less thitn eight eXpeditiOne were fit
ted
.out, Sir Janice Ross' again taking the com
mand of one of them. " . • '
• Lady Franklin also, in. that year, fitted out
rhe. - expedition..-in the. 'vessel that bOre
.name; >also argisted largely in dispatch ing:an.
other . expedition in . the.same ;yeiriand :there.
• we're el eVen different Vessefe at , hat -ti
searching the ArctiC fror tidingrof the . lose,—
The result of all these , numerous exPeditions;
was comparatively; small. The graves .of three
men b'elonging to the Erehog..and Terror were
diecovered but no documrntri that gave.ney
trace se to 'the. •Whereabouts
.. .r4 the miasma..
men.• In 11353 Dr.: Kane started on his frtrnaa‘
exploration,' preceded by Sir Edward Belcher.
with five .ships. Althinigh..this latter .experli
lion did.not find anythirg of Sir John •Franklin,
thev.snceeeded in rescuing Captain . M'Citire.
Who, with his ship's company,' had been bOund
lip by ice tor.thieeyeers:,
Rear Admiral. Sir John tranklin, was- al na
tive of Spilsbi,in Lincolnshire. - Spruni ,from
freeholders, or , sFrankline," hie , father
inherited a 'small funny eetate, which ''‘'as to
deeply mortgaged rifac.itwas found . neeessarr
to sell it:; . but , by his, ituceess in Commercial.
pursuits, he Wife . able to maintain , and 'educate
his fd'irril) of twelve children, of 'whom only one..
diedl in infancy. : He had four sone, who all
diatinguished.themselvee, unaided by . pationage
or .conneel ions. '
John the yonni,est was . . dvitined .for the
hilieh by hie tatirer, .but at tichoof he
, niployed -once a.holiday in walkfira -with a
enmp.ininn in , he - sea, whirbhe hail never before
ceen: His imnerinntinn,was.eo pnvierfnily im
preseeil on this oecaninn hy•the irandeurof
()roan scenery, that it de'ernaineo him to be ,a
In. 1820 he.entered as a mitithipMarf on the
Polyphemus. On the,l of Apri,LlBol, he as
at. the battle .of Corembagan.,! A t the
grand, battle :
tttle .Trafolgar, he acted a
,•ignal
mitlehifirtien .on hoard'the ,: erer meinoraide
ierophon. At the hat le pfbiew Oileana be . was.
tlBo..pre9ent, and was woonded 'on thitpCfaSion.
In 1818 . he. made fir..t tiiplating expedition
•;t . tr Corinander'of the yrent', - the obj.ct 'of which
was ,to attempt the- liassage'to • India I y
Polar.. Sea, in -which..he. .In 1819 he
commanded • an, ex,pedition fo .Coasts , of
America, east the CETpet-river, and. furnished
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ralnable • geographical infortnlticin..,' 1825 he
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Undiertitek an overland eXpedition, tn.the Arctic
seasaMm which he leterned by,. the . Way of
.NevV York to England in.. 1827. In the tolicon;•
Mg' Year' , .lie married ',lane Griffin, flick -present'
Lady Frenk
,lin, hit 08 . 30 hP
Niediterrone- ::
an,. and in 4830 he ,bileame Gntrerrter of Iran
Diemrie4 Lard. •In .1845 he entered upon the
fatal Aril ic - exPedition..• He was aged 'sixty
cone ieire and'tbreit.montbs 'whew be died, on ,
ei`the*lltb.etJeli.r'lBT- =
THuitsvAY;',Noytkitgrt- . po-
THE,Dmuisra CODE.
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' The following is in":nritritetfrorn the funeral
oration of COI.. Baker, !ho r°*,
Dining of, the late .flonstor Broderick; of. Cali-
fornia:' t It is not toO:'ints.SisiOn-',tho,:duflling
rellase.citiscner •Oneyear.l49 . I •Perfor.med
a duty, curb as.lperform ,fiss:-day
Eit over•the.,. re-.
mains of Seriater.Terguson k; Who
. died:as •od
eriek died, tangled in tbemesbes.al the code
of honor. ;To -day there another and more
eminent sacrifice. ..Te . ..deY I renew . . my apron
feet; te•day I otter Yours.'. The cads of bonoi
is a.delusion and ;.a snare; it• palterewitli the
hone of a: true Outage arid: binds, it. at the: . feet
of crafty , and cruelekill. It .surrounds. its vac'
thepomp and 'grace of the. proCeSsion.
but leaves him bleeding on the alter. •It ;nib.
Stitutes raid and deliberate preparation for
courageous manly..imtnilse; end arms thr one to
isarrn •the other ; • it' may prevent' fraud be
tween prartieed duellers Who should be forever
without its pale, hut. It makes the mere istrick
of•the•weapon".rinerior to the 'noblest cause
and the trtiest courage; . Itspretensertfeq , telity
rea lie--it is equal in all the form,-it is Unjust'
in . all the substence--the habitude Of arms,' the
Training; the : frontier life, the border war, ?he
soetion•al eastom,'lbe life of leisure;' all the..
are advantages'•` which 'Oa • ernirage'Csn • 0"4:'
But; fellow.eitiseas, the prot e st
,dot
;only spciken,ln'yout - words end 'in' mine4if is
writterdn'indellible eharaeteret ta*r;tte.o
in the brood Of . .. Gilbert; in the blond of Forge.
son, 'in flip Woolf 01. Broderick; thlelr; •
eruption".will :rint'allogethergade..
administration Of: the Cede '
', in particular.
ease. I arrt'net here to deal. Amin passinintto
let.us strive tObe no : ell e..
rene.y to ramare•of Which spersonelly knew
nathine'; '-there are other Ici••whicb
they may Well be .. Teferred, intl this is hot
of thorn... Bat I FIM here to.sathat Whateiter
y • •
in the code of honor or onfo it, demands or al-
TikvVe a deadly• Combat where there is not in; r . 14
thirigs•entire and certain equalitty, ie a proitti
!titian of the name is :an evasion , of the ?ab.
itance,andis a ahialdblatoned with the 'name
of chivalry io Covii the malignity' of murder:
THE Two Foote.-When
.tinitct a . small. boy
Moat other Yoithe, Ihad a- , great Anclination :
to 'mend Ohba shows,. circuses, 'negro Ain
ccaleoncer,s,.&c., that 'came along:. 'On one
occaition 'was' , very. flinch amused at the. Wit .;01
,the - cloirn i rwhen conaolsing the crowd with his
groteeque appearance and Witty s'aying. At;
ter awhile . he said something th , ;Cinivddid:noi.
think very runny; and at Which.no' on. laughed;
when a Aruniten man. no longer jible to' hold hie
tongue, cried otiO"syou area 'fool." '
„ Trop,"'retpontled the'cloivn, ••dand-adraiP'
•. . .
you, the' only difference•!)e . twe.n bet vveen usl,,
• • ,
I aril a fool for money, yoti are a fool lot
t.othai”
....• - •
- • ' • • •• ••• •
.T . houeh quire young; the. riply.of c lo w n the'ln
made& decp.imrireision on' my mind, arid
termined to profit.by In after life I hase
cenerally found thatirreqUired More fools ?boo
one to carryon successfully what.we,.. readily
condemn as frinlish. • -
Now,AybeneVerl seelarge Placards stuck 'ttrt
announcing the arrival , of tistrange anirnala,!'
etc. I invariubly.tbink of. the clown, 4 , 1 am a
tOol for money-, and yOu are a fool for nothing.'?
There is generally butohe clown but .. a grew : ,
many of the others, .
•••• • . • • ' . .
Whin I,See adYertieed in the parre,,otsplen
..
did lottery sebeines,"...!eixty thousand , &liar
prizes,?' "great inducements.to.buy,! ,
certain of a prige,' theclOwn's *
two fools, and how : many buy,;:whilebut 'one
and excuse myself from buylng a .ficket !
One is a fool for . money, while*, the :other is'a
•fool for hothing, * : ••
. •. . .
When I pass a splendid saloon., with decan- . ,
ters of:spaikling wines and brandies act around .
in.ihe Most, inviting 'manner, with' .smiling '
del la, really to kiand you ”a glassi'l lam sure
'to think thern is,a loot tor money, and as the
deluded victim, crowd•round the counter, these
;are
,foots•for nothing. . ' • • ,
. .
-WhtM•l hear some divine woman iaine Omit.
•intetne: Dalian song's, and men pqinar:.frorn t.m
to four hundred dollars a night lorseats to hear,
when they rennet understand one . wOld :of
I. think of the two fools and keep my money in
my pocket. . • • • .
.In short, wheneyer any giunusual attrac
lona," any..,g , rare.. chance!' ,in speculations"
ran.pect 'at once:, that if I take hold . 01
it, theie he...another fool the Other and,
, , .
and let it alone. , • • •
• huMan mind is so formed thift it . cannot
eoncetve nobly of the Deify if it
,doett not rep•
resent• him as one equally 4esiroue of rewardini
the . good .and „ punishing the
.gitiltv. The. au
rient .Greek represented him . wiitilhe qctites off
jp..t.iie in 'One . hanitand the sword nh rot, dilation .
in the other,- iTheit „poets and philosopla
rs; in
eluding the great flat!, tancht•the same
.The, history of. ancient' Rqme aceords with
Greece in th,iii'respeet. fihrt 'qui!.
tae Piond,'muritered . in the . .Midet at his' power
for en act of dishonor,. when threesrina body.
Littercti.a . ii.preaented in the streets; imd . ,thf:
voice of the. multittnie . who Fried !'"Di:Tn with'
the tyrant" this very day re ecliiiee...y 4? - ••
rp`ring it he : iiitdsAnnrian historyi
distance' f full twalbousaid..yeiris;:why
.wit * Opplaud..tbalpatt'of ..t be . play
bep), ,v4lbe!fo, nau.rper's, , ,,beati , btOugh!
in ? Had'Shalierar not tin iteit.his„ptik'in - ttd:
%.'ily; it would %nit aleee:have
the_ stager for-the' : astne puetmse.
entise Itteo. being ,ntide the. likeness 'of -ant
creatoii cannot .ctinteivit of anything
nnbla without, iattibutiOn for,atittle.
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EARPERI mPT.,;
•
' The village, or rather limit, Berper's Ter 7
loeit'ed . in a rrnintic',lnentiteitrgorgeiiiii,
tbffeonfluenciof"the't,i'v'era'P r otOMi,Oge4 Shen
, being ',evenly-0i ;,eroui,Baltb.
thotii on, the
_flaitititore :Oita' 'Ohio Raibroatt.:.!=!
The•hille on 'twit side of the P,otturiae-rigi, to
the height of ebOuttVreiVe` hundred' feet, 'ln
smite
,presentingnrie ipiees
_ almost per-
pentliculir, of .nearly, that.'ilfltnii; it the.baie
of tehich the river seems to . hare.forred•atgw
sagelin. the early , ages 1
,or ereation . :` for.
matioti of the. road • along' the `reeks ivis: . atti.
penduous in 'it.daring 'and' nest; beiag ig lie
day .the 'most expenei re ever; constructed , : in
ny4ountry--is it required cutting blast
ing at several: pointsto the depth of a hundred.
feet alone the`fa4 of a mountain, end ihrOdlo
, oliti masset or rat her . ,hilis Of the hardest sloes.
The , scenery is inbiime,amd work.
Man, which aro vast'and gigantic. In thia'deep
and grand canon, ate', quits In 4itrticiny with
! he noasiive and' beautiful "Object• of ;Ittl!.diet‘
.iv'erywliere around. Thesceneti;• .indeed, is,
in the highest 'harer romantic and piCttateige,'
and l'hcimai-Jeirersoti cciasldaredihii paSattitt
of time Potomac through :tit! litM,Ridga J afiell
worth a voyage across the 'Atlantic to WPM*
The. place wait originallrealled,Shenendoish
IleFell.' pFeseat:narnela deriv - eAfiorti I feoi ;
loni sinee . eatahlishect. across
the Potorikoc,, ; 'ionjoh - ii„akio spanned, . bir
Ilehige show eighr hOndyekl fort to
ctltaga is •rciriipieily ,but-,Aftegularlv,blikit,
ayocimi.the base of it, andand " iti
. ah lent?. of
considerable tiade': , ' Ooniains chu rches,
.•• • ,
.•
~e s e s o • menu fisekosies and .
.tiooking,,,Vllll4l
United Slat calkoiktf.!wo .
honcireftand fittj:haptia erw efOoie!,,, 'toioriu 7 .
.cilia other tides::,t . t,ii - itiois,ip4,:islis-•
Lets pnualiY~'
Tb re fe .. alsps latiorial Arsenal, sod a ms,g,
gitorksw(fet . tiid other
t4r,1.6 i pi .11' 01t1 i ' lgnierj,.t fries
qopptly a nucleus and
s eimpin*.ikekand fok the
American forces that for 'part of
.Wsshisg
ton's'atrny, and 'it was readeitoios of
iflaek•mith, who sited op the
'ace ekkerill a ehleftaktf;' latkii,nom t ! or •
of a!iven - uitoot 114;1 olOilovaresOiopOotki
undek his command.
INSURRECTION A T EATMEII/13
. _
, 110,rfoothi Ferry ; - whir h .was. tite
° omit of ...this
iect fon,. ip 111:1 listed at't he' jonetlon .. of , the
Sh ,, naMinah vvirh'itiePatoma, in •Vlrginhi:- . -.
insiiirert inn tcittriir. tierri
'tho ikorits nithw. blarkr,.l;nt was planned , and
et,on foot' by matrxp, abol from- the
Pi,,r11.•• bytroien,.of Kolar
. . . .
oriety,r.3ho Ihe e
.'ehlraile,or Go'o4
• ..
Sinith,:P. , echer and Co:; io theJgd'neaatrouM'ea.
We cond«naa froth 'our:ivbailee' a .eynopsio of
the affair:
The principal ,originator short ,but
bloirly riot wits. undoubtedly Capt. John irOwn
hose ronneet•ons .with seenos or vinbtrice"wlth
bower rutk;ris Katmai, then mud.: hie' name.
notorious.. throughout .the....whole
coin' , Brown made his first:appearance in
Harper'e'Frrrywire thati year ago, accom
Onieil by his ttco soris,All,tb . ree Of ..i'llt;nr) as.
„ .
wirning . the neme.nf Smith.,. lie ir•quired about ,
and in the and meth. Investigations as
to the probability pt - - finding ores there, and for
eerne time boar.ded.at Sandy Point, s mile east.
• After an absence of , some - :montha the : elder
•brother re appeared
,in , the 14044 r. arid rented
or leased.i.farm on the Maryland iide, about
fciur milee.fromthe' ferry. • H• ;‘.
. .
They broughisa large number el pick.. and
spades; and this efinfirrnrii the beget thaf.they
intended' to mine for They were, ire ,
,q tie ntl y seen. to and raintit- Ha rper's • rerry, but'
no .sospirion teems to have existed that Bill
'Smith was Captain BrOwn,,and that he intended
. ernbariciog in any move So desperate or'extra- ,
ordinary. the. development • af the • plot
kavi.C; s itn . ifoubt thit his visits to Perry and,bli
lease oi:t he . farm • were all parts of his,,prepara.
fdr an ins:urrection,..which 'he supposed
would be saireistill , :if exterminating slavery
in Ala) y land and Western Virginia: •
- .
Brown's chief aid wits John E. Edolte, a
coniparatively yeung twin who ball 'resided in
or near Petry some' years. He wae Are
ployed in tending a lock on the:canal, and af7. '
terward taught .schoot Ilaryland : sitte or
the river, and Sftaia•briOr.reaidence in .Kansas
where it is supposed he became acquaintedwitia
.Brown, returned to . Perry and married there.
tie *as regarded as- a Man' of sorneintelli•
•
genre, and known to be aritrslavery,but . wee
• . .
of on
not so violent in 'he expiessi his opinions
. •
as to:
excite: any. suipickn. -l'hese two men,
With Ensign's two ions . ..were the • dilly while
.Men connected WiiiiihelrisiirreCtion Who' had
been seen About Perry: Al)
. were r brought by
tlrown'from a distance, and nearly all ',bad been
iethe''lnintieO**l4
mide r about 10:30 'pn latnrday
Willierns; the , watchman ; ty
b r idie, walking''
who said `he, was
a long whit. them. , He;
,cotetigatimilleove,tolt?d
(!olte among` and ',lt naming 441•01:
trettod the mitieiait liai'atirMetair
•,‘" 1100. ,
tenet-0 116 y c 0064 1 •4 WI" l e a ll enli al
he found ler their paterislim". - rwip r#
mOlio
tut dolight, it thee duelbillti•P? '1:lr
: Th. witchErdia who we. tiiroff•ii wmiiim
at m i d ni g ht, "" t h° b. l4 l 4o l o amitos“
IhNolig e
Will iviiii 4 litg7 ilibill• ' , , litlitilltime
oitittit(it iohtokriiii:lirioto it Atli.
o
pure6o , a ,e6 " 1 ..., t v•e"
1 .** 0 4 * Wm, ,10',191.4
The' nod $l O /00 1 01 4% iiii lOW , 0'
'!° 11( tb• hisotof 0 9 10 1 1 1 011 . 1 104 1, P 0
a l" r e ',Tier .104 111 !Itr 4141 17, 1 ** Illt
ur mil*? ir!Pibe r 44i lif fr !2 4lll *Plbead, i ,l l
Coolie pnteestletthilitierstatilltilloo44 l o o .
ission i ,toll his Ikewaillsoiriiii
slao seised sll the eleses nest the*WOW
took ir, `fares Wigiof 4 W4th ttiii*sifileir s 4 ':‘„ V a
~
- , Prom cot. w NI be 14isini#Cirrililijii,j4, a
prisoner In a carriage, wit*terelve wijilii4o. ,
'toea'in the Willem; to the base 4 MiAllitadt,
another large fierier iti a trjiaisi'lia!f —:fi I .
A. and his 44 114
110 alter 3 14 141, ti yult ta•
ken prisoners end all Art, ftegnsey WO" Melt
forced to join the mmietitints; ISt theariumed
to the armory;at theliioi•'' : l ' '''" il k i l':' ,
All the lekTeiltelheeeePt.‘‘ .0 1 , V4 0 8 4. 1 , 11.
without oniitiiii Oki iliiktiat,.... _ , L l :, `,O
town, nor did the AihrtsildohlerViiihr /wipe
train at the upper shitirtlitrktirniefiglillite
kill*
Potion{" It wet net Ind Ow towet tU
....
lir waked up end fOond the*ltriii*W. Wit h
armed men. ent I innreAtoiradOWooo •
evellesioleit Theriled trend tint
,Ivitcau
~., ,'
,*°1,7,.
• ~,A lank iOltnli 1nni"41,161)%t,•,,1•0 •
and 'he, 2 ,umbtit 1 4 111100 _700 6 4 iliiiiii 4 Moo,
from 50( which was prelisblY theirgrentlitiblitat
including the Gloves *bleb Wetwfleterd.te4oln)
to from 500 to ens,
•, in the itiatithge *Wahl.
b" , of wolithtlint4 l kniO, n ' ii iIAY*4 tt___, 4ll ,'"
heti, neeurrant, luttetlikittlit intiNut7. l l Bll FWer.
eucrreeively'tab.n primettere, moll stems thee
they had net less filets et pin esniimnil,
, lii the
"mnrY. The tinirbfigi, "it. inli# l ;.le •
large building, tertieidown •thoesiedie4Wita
rereued, by a brilliant Zeroes &mil li -iglu by
the Railtnad C.l""PonY's men, whir late dews
=ME
from Martimsbirg. -
This was the condition et SWAP 41. 11 Ott
about' *bleb tieriepapt. CdOoki"stitlo l l4sllol*!*
seiefornt4
talttni With- tr!d,ip p tel
~tfr
wo E ON' want
misiotainsead Sowslite
MOUT IPM4OIIOIOV 1 " 4 t ,ATt
Ary jost.ratirred4rent
flavour's Perth deeetilma tilt atella Gm al
The 11:r 1 0 # t :tod,i tkijklitaittleit
of the Chatlenton Oviedp e .:4l4; . iptaiiirtbit
Potomac flyer •ebnva",ll•ttee l ar SOM.? and
reach d the tottllditig Wiete - thii fieuelinde mere
posted,
-on tht)Weititiiiid
ace artfiis aed
bridge. One min woe killed hi , emd aeollter
was a rrested.:
A mon tan oat attd .. tried 10 oseso
ming thoi . risSix ' Atrfooirs;efitrutifratal l o l irtar
him. He part rose
his 'ion a ways end Offail4..ifisititss,,ltaf:i. to ill
snapped. He drew hiir isoWie;kokfo, ,. and,sothis
hea•vi'ace.OptrempOs•oft.pkielogoll . : l 4oO the
river, One of the Sadieriwskabeint ten
b;himf.' The 'Tian tarnasittind, 'tire* inpilisis.
hands . end said . !'idonat
'Tke . Soldier Arra and ,tha 0. map
_ol.L44lhe
water with his face blown isitay:','l lll 4.coot
'skirts wer ecut away from
is- poCket a was found a . c!iipti.inllTSOOAiii*n •
to Cant: t. 11...1.0 ! paa, 601 ) 44 tfti#l4 l ol
GoltrernilloOt of trtiO l O.;'
. .
The third was badty.':wantafest,tefirtfalflre.
mining one Wei takeetiahaiikbfiLZA',2 , ,.., :*
Tbe whiteineurgiaf , WOu4.4
died in a few ridemesits after; la-therms edict
informenf; was shot theibreast; K.
declared there Were citify 41Whi,te•matit, engaged
in tie iuituregtfoii,, -
For nearly an hour, a .rtainfaL OfiC togdom
firing was' kept try by the trolopa : li,instlbe
rioters. *were Wereabot fioersi;aisdiiiiiiiged •
tPtiPio away wearide4. `
During fir ing the women
shrieking in everf,viiiietiosto !oaf.
lestriei-the soldiers' !are theiOnfilerhiCtiliiY
took courage,, .1441 - *pod
paring of refrirsiaients ankattsifilag i teObit
infordiant wbo Was orillite' ft ' The
firing was.goingcuu saYs k tiPtlbio
d i 9419/vataluti
of a battle'passen realitfiili ail
,per,
tie !diets ioulif heeeea ialasetieilliWifebarf to
coipies. and the'Crilik l illi:M10;1101041111
generally followea;
genre biting tbsgiO n • a
The etp 4. 39 ,
and eigried.. • llfraeokierie2 I .Chlef
of d •
tbti ;e;,WG . s• - s.
"ia - mt#i_lillks#4 l o l o l l+ 2l4 ".# lll• i i i"!
ran44it -41+246 : 44111 , 1 1 0001"
4 14 1 44 .
: toar,eweei Wer** 4 l,lo,MW.:l 6 l,A ,
etlliattbiaeheasosiikt*Olfil** 6 " :o4 tt*:' ,
° 11 ,0 1 .; •
hoc"e-,:tAta.. 4 , 14 - efirgAiti#irei
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