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VOL. 2
County Elentotrat."
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Bttsintss Elirectorp,.
. 7. • A. D. HAIM IN, • .
Purveyor; Drattlman Conveyancer.' and 'Tent Estate
Agent. Bmetliport,,Wltea,n county, Pa.' , • •
B. F. wmanT,
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,IS and Retail Denlor.in Family' Grocorioa; Pork.
: -Flour, ' Salt,. Feed,lkmts and Shoes, &C.., &c. StoiO
In the Astor nous() Block;'Smethport P. .• " ..
A. N. 'TAYLOR,
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Denier in Dry. Gonda, groceries, Pork; `Flour, Salt, Find
• Ready-Mudd Clothing, Eoote and Shone, Smepport,
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Practical - Media*. Mlitarigllf,'. Bridge . ..builder,. 'Au: 2
Port Allegheny Sl'liean county; Pa..'• . •
J.. L; ItitoWN,-
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SURVEYOR; DRAFTSMAN, CONVEY:ANCER and
Real-
Edtate Agent; Offlce,AVillianiavlUe Penu'a:.
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Chapin &Boylo, - liises.,•...
Hon.' Thomas Btruthe'rs,
iv. 9. Brownelt f
lion; A. I. Wilcox;..
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. .. CAELVER•'ItOIME, . - - - • .
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Joni IL - Hum, Proprietor. corner or Water and Hickory
..B,treets, Warren,-Pa:, General Stn4e'Plilce.' •,
• •• • • O..BACIMS . 13c 00. •• , '.
engial 'Dealer% in Dry goods, Or GOOdes, • Crockery: .
yeady-Mod. Clothing', Boots and Shoes; Mai and Caps,
eco.:,opposite the'Court house, Smethport Pa. •
POEM HOUSE,
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P , ronting 'Public. Pinata, Olean, N. Y: • jA3iell'M.
''Titimi.sa, Proprietor. • The Polies House is entirely, new
and'hulit of brick, and to furnished In modern style.
The . proprietor- flatters hip:melt that 'his =Commode
-tions.,are not surpassed.by any hotel in'Western Niw
-York. Carriages run to and' trout the 'New Yor4 . and
BYHON D. IMMIN,
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.ATTORNit AT LAW; Sainthood, 111 , Keaii , Cdunty. Pa.,
. Agent for Menem Keating & Co)e'Lande ', Attend!,
especiolly to ,theTolleetion or ,Clairnm; KKarni nation Of
• Land Pillow Pa7ment, of TWCOSI, aud'all hitsineaii role-,
ting to Real ' Sokoto": .ofilee In Hamlin Block., •• ."
(}BEE'S HOTEL
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D. A. Wittnnr, Proprieter,—at:Rindua. Warren county
Pa. •Ilig Table will be • supplied' with. the best the
country afterde, and he gpdre no painstn-acconiodating
i:BOUGHTOZT ELT)RED,
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Attorney, and Counseller at Lair; Sinethport. rd'Kenn
'Comity, Pa..' Business entrusted to his care for the
counties of .111 2 1{ean,•retter and ..klk rill he-promptly
' ' attended to .. Office in the: Court4onse," second• 'door.
DIL L. B. :WISNER,
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Plkisicien • and.Kurgeon, Brristliport; Pa, will attend 'to .
.all nrotomional collo witli neOniptneefi. Office. in t4irt.-
: . well Block, efecond floor. • ' : , •
R. S. BUTLER • ar..-00.,.
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Wholesaie'Und Betel Dealers . in Staple • and Fanni n . ..Dry
Goods, Carpeting,, Made Olothine, and. (ieriorni
Furnishing GOOlll4, BOOM in Shoes, Wall. and Window
Paper, Looking QiusseeAc, At Plnan. N. Y. . •
• BlakutuM.HOtrßE' • • •• • "
Pmethport,ll,lteen,oo4 Dn. • It; Dennerr, Prairie
top'--epposlte ,the Court 'llonee.'"A •new,,large,nom
• modicum and well tihrefehed house; • • , ;
JOHN: C. BACKUS,
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Attorney and Counsellor at Law, ifinethport. lq"Kertn,Co
Pa. WIII attend to all business in his profession in the
counties of at'Ketin, Potter and 81k.. Office over C. K.
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Sartwell & Brothers' Store. • " •
HACILNET HOUSE;
corner . of Second and Liberty. streets,: NyarreO, .Pa...R.
• A. Ilsanoa, Propriehir. • Travelers will find good me
. eqnupodationsnnd reasonable Charges, - . •
E. 13.'1EArt0710"
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Dealer in Steven, Tin V'zire,..jappaned *two,' kc;, west
• side or the Pahlio,Squ.re, SmettipOrt, Pa. Custom
work done to order on tho shortest notice', and in the
most sutistantiel•manner. • . ".. .. • ..
W. S. BROWIciEL„
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Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceriee, Crockoiv,.
• :flootn,l9hoeti, Naile, .011 a, k.d„ 4e.
ship of the Public Square; Siyiethpert,
A. T. ono,
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Dealer - In Provisions and Family Groceries generally, at
' Farmers Valley, al , lfean On., Pa : .Grain, .
Lumber;
. Shingles, &c., taken iii exchange for Goods: Patent
• Medicines. for sale... • • ,' : • . -- • '
LARABEE'S HOTEL,
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it; LARUIIii. 'Pioprielor,— Allegheny Aridge, .111 , Xonn
Co „Pa,' This houoe is attuateduliont nine milea from
: Smothport on the' road to Olean, and will be found a
' - convenient stopping-place
EMPORIUM HOUSE,
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!Shlpperi;' WHean ..Co;, Pi: bi.`I...DYKE, Proprialor .
A ooraitiodloua and well-furtilalied • lintirm, Strange re
and tairmlora will, find good acconimadatlonw. . „
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FARMERS' VALLEY HOTEL,
fly .I'. -GletewtS, :Thin house in situated abo . nt five mil e
komBrnethport on the remit to Olean., Please rci parties
:Mid °theta can be accommodated on the shortest notice•
ELDBED HALF-WAY HOUSE,
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tiarrirs-Drialo, Propriator. Thlit'honso Is siruntod hal.
r way. between Sroothport and Olean. II you want a good
.dinner thls3s thelOace tristop. • • - .
011011 DIS CORWIN,
.Pioprietor of. the Gilet .31111,.. at Mechaniceburg;ille
• ' Kean Onnnty Pa.. • Meal,. and Feedieonstantl
on hand and fgr In large, and smallrAnantities.
.RAILROAD ,HOUSE,'
007nANDEri, .Proprietor i Nopvich,' 31 , ICean
' -Pa . Gook accorilmodatlaus eau be buid theie at al
.• .• PORT ALLEGANY,}IOIEW, •
Snook.% Preprletnr,. at Port Allegany,. itle-'
Kean'Oonnky.; Pa. , Hotel la situated at the jnne-
Con of the Smetliport Allegany River mule ; nine,
nilleffeeet, pmetliport... ,
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•••• Thi,„,,iAN- Ca.,. Pa.
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IVit AIASKEtri : Proprietoi.
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The Pri)hrlot.or having 'rOctontly.!nnroliooed ay i d tf i be.
oughly renkted the Astor llonse,'llattorn himebtf.thnt ho
am furnish rti gocnraooginniodatlonatia Cu)' hotel In Wert,
ern Poonnylvanth. '
.WANTED,
CC TON 9 OLD CAST . .1tel 8 1` 7 1 ,1 :1 , 1 1, I t x t :l ( l ) iii t tpl , f i cr t, l 4 l, ( l( ii . . a
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. best 50a tea iu town at tha
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ANN S. STEPHtIig TO VICTOR HUGO.
Sin:—Your letter to".the -Leaden • Star : has
found it way: into ; American .for
which :it •Was .doubtlesi intended, : , If - ardent
enthusiasm . cOtild .win JustiCe . -frorn her strict
Course, youratnightlhave had 'some effect; upon
the destiny of John . .. BroWn.• . But. rill' Ole. elo- -
(pence of genius cannot take the the. blacknOss•
trom treasori;•or the crimson stain from , mut . •
der, ft • requiressoinething more 'than: an out.
.hurst.of fine poetry tojurn crime into patriot
isea—samething'rnere than impetuous • denunci
ations to check. the solemn footsteps of Jiistice,
• Before this 'tune • you , hair° leained. that
Virginia has - vindicated the majesty of her laws;
and that John Brown and Ida 'unhappy confetle-.
.rates ha ve •,passed to a higher tribunal Air
judgment. You, will learn,- also; that oat' of,
nearly
. •30,900;000 people, spreading Over•• a,
great eentinent, - there. is but.a handful of men
and worrien .whp-have . received:the news of this
execution with'disapproval.. North and *outh
She great, body of our
.people. acquiesce in the
fate ofJohn BroWn, as an inevitable necessity
Ha Solemn Obligation to'the Like you,
we may feel cOmPassion for.the -man .iyhb wnS
hrave'everr in his:. crimes; ; bathe was alreat'
e•rirninal,. and 'so - .perished . . GOd have mercy
upon hisiptilt. • - , '*. • • '..., -•.
--;- , rh4 impulse of humanity which prompted
'your. letter, meets .with kyrimat.hi from every
true' heart. Burp° outbuist of cornpassioci,.
.denunciations from abroad, is' likely;to influenee
a people- who-have learned' to govern their pas,
sions While they protect their right's!, •• ,
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When, imi the ardor of your - faricy,.' Washing
ten'efood before: Yom,immOrtal with heayenly
greatness—your intellect -
.should have gone 'a
step farther, andinformed its'elf more correctly
regeOlifidthe Coristitution,•to establish which
he gave the best years.of Li glorious life., You
would .have• • learned. that 'each .State of ,. the
Union is : sovereign in itself—jolts laws .and.,
its power to punish Crimes 'Corninitted oh. its
way,lll Pa.
' • Wuren, Pa
Smetliniwt, Pri
::.fltiena Vista. Pa
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To establish the distinct sovereigntrof these .
States and link them in one beautiful confeder
ation, concessions Were: made . and'obligations
of forbearance were entered upon to, which' the
sacred ,honor of our Rev.olutionaryFathets:was
pledged--not for thennselves butfor their
children 'and children's children. • These obli
gations make slavery: with us a forbidden ,Sub;
.
Washington hirnself, was . :borns in a..slave .
holding' Statelived: and died the master .of
slaves:. Neither on the baitle..field,' the 'floor
of Congress, nor in .the Presidential:Chair, aid
he suggest' the possibility: of a revolt against
the solemn compact made in the emstitutiori:
treason,` like that of'. Old John Brown,
broken.ont'in his. time; le ivuuld..undOnlitedly
dotie; *hat James Buchanan: is doing
Maintaining.hicaugust . position as : the;. chief : Of
'a great Confederation,-'our President respects
the rights of a sovereign State, 'over -.tvhosiiir
ternal lawa he haa.no authority, and leaves 'to
her. Courts the 'punishment or Pardon of. the
treasen.whieh broke out on het territory:
....*ashington 'liave,tione 'no more than
.this,'Ocodyri the:halo . of euetry aey.ou
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a
Virginia, sovereign State has maintained
.her.authority.. .John: Srown• is dead... , proVen
guilty',of treaien—condemned for altroCious.
murders—hehas atoned for--these crimes on,the
eeaffold. - • impossible:for a man to stand on
the ,verge of eternity; into which hernust be.
launched. by. Ia violent death, :without filling
every, good heart with grief and TOrnpasaion.
But'when he is braVe—when his'path .of, blood
has been lighted by the luirid torch of fanaticism
or ;insanity—such minds as .yourts, affluent,
earnest, ,and -poetical,..may be , expected . to
clothe his crimes,in white garnients, and, (Or-.
getting. the Murderer in. - the brave 'man, sing
pavans' to the martyr of a imagination
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lamof a sex and - of a initUre te whom these,
feelings- are kindred.': I cannot think of Old
John Brown .upon the scntjold s .Without a shudder
through 'all my.being,
.1 cannot ,think of,a men
made' in the linage Obis God, suffering an ig
,nominious death withoufthrills:cif pain.- But
I find it:intessible to, fix my inind.on the scaf
fold of triin.old than. It goes back to his .vic
tims at Harper's Ferry—to. the . women made
widows by ,the outbreak of a single inoining
to theorphand, -who, had never- 'wronged him,.
BQ cruelly 'bereaved by ,his I..see. the.
two sons who- blindly folloWed. his lead fall
martyrs - to'hisrebellioussPirit.
look beyond thie,larnway int. e beauti
ful South,. and Mstead.of at ... Mirn . on the
gtillovrs,l see- thousands of my own country
women; gentle, gond and. loVed"," given
*prey to wild insurrection- 7 i. see .tho.,e murder 7.
ouS pikes; manufactured with such cruel fore.
thought, piercing their', liosoms - 1.. hear the
cries of
. children.' calling -for' the mothers - who
Will never 'lanswer' them again—l see. proud,
strong : men . .struggling against -the .brute
strerigth.of, their oWn household servants.
This 'picture strikes - my' compassion dumb, and
I can 'only 'cOyer my face. and pray God to have
mercy.' on the old' man's soul!
John Brown was tried, condemned, and exe
cuted.as a traitor—a gtiard Of American citizens
stood 'around the.. scaffbld, sad at heart,• bUt
steady in' their devotion to the laws.. The
tegislature'ofa great Common Wealth sat,..de
liberlitely, after his sentence and pronounced it
:.The Federal Union, in which thirty 'mil
lions, of souls throb,- stood by,in solemn silence;
while the treason of this man. Wes expiated..
Out of all these . thirty 'millions of intelligent,
eduCated men, who-make their. own laws and
abide by them, not one himdred thousand
he found to join with you in Vendembing• the
execution of. John trown; every good
heart among them trust sympethq:O
.the pity
of his fate,: Which . mingles' se, eloquently, with.
your clenuncitions. • • -•
Some there may he- 7 nny, • eertainly'•
who would add bitterness . , te your
.Wordi„land
wing them like pelioned arenves, fair and wide;
if they hail the power.,.But these are the very .
meti'and women who instigated his' crime,..who
urged him on to-revolt, and. shrunk away .into,
safe pinewhen the &envoi his deeds:settled
around liitn--4nen.rind:tunt:Wernen who matte
money 'by incendiary books, sermons, and lee
tures;and while they invite crinneswhich
gold . for. themselves, have no .coitragu: to .meet
the.danger•when it arises, ',But..thatisanda, and
tens of thousands share your for: the old
tnarr—gitilty and mad its 'he' ivas =while .they
put your, denunciations aside; with calm' for
bearance,..feeling hoW • little krien,*idge yen
Possess 'on 'agitates you :.(3
COUNTY
: ' . - . I)TErOIPORI';.:.SI'KF,A.N .. (: . OV,NTY.,':.. A 4 THURSDAY; '..31.A.,11C11:.:;8i.,.1500.:
deeply. • ' •
But if, the - great mass 'of my countrymen join
ii'yOur.pitY for the unhappy man, it is not
,cause they' condemn ? his 'execution or sympa
thize .with- bin revolt; Probahly. , twanty , iiine .
miflions, end . - nine' bundled thousands of our
'pee* look Upon
.this . ...exiculion..as it. fiill.Rnd
solemn statement foi-crimesin which they have
no sympathy: • Our country: is ooyi• - divided
intb three -Political parties, none of .'‘vhicli will
endorse : this 'rehellion or condemn the course
justice. has taken. • When .you, cnll upon' the
Federal :Onion to interpose its authority against:
the laws of Virginia, there is* hat a selmellioy
throughout the lanti--fOr suelifour Consti
tution is a text-bookwho wouldmot
your idea that the -Qe - neral Ooverriinathaa any
riliht to interfere with the legit!. acts ollin in-
.deperident*Commonwealtlf,:cir that the, majority
of-a single State would .so ,interfere, If it -had
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Your 'picture of John' BroWn's trial is.a pain
ful orie:.. It must be a 'hard:heart Whieh -.does.
not swell with compassion as it presents itself.'
Upon. it wretched- pallet; , with ' siat'lialfgardag'
IrvoptidsecaTeely !ccFriscido 'At'irr.ounding.
sotinds,L-bething, his matress With ,blood, and'
with the . ghostly presence of his two dead', sons
forever,before him.". Thus you.place the un
happy. man before the: wOrld,*.torgel ting . that.
those ghastly' wounds are but the evidence 'of a
'more ghastly crime-the: fearful witnesses by
which 'his gtiiltwaS confirmed--
It • is, indeed, a terrible picture , you have
drawn;' but the'streete.of Harper's. Ferry hail
one more terrible Still.- There, ,imioeent men,'
all unconscipuS of danger,were'shot tlOWn.like
wild unlit - tali. There 'widows,'newlY bereaved,
krtelt moaning over their dead, and'orphan,chil
()reit cried • aloud for the parents that John
BroWn had so•ruthlessly Murdered. This .pic
lure you have forgotten to place side- by. side
.with the othori..lnit we who love our ;country
men, have Sympathy for the innocent as well
aSpitylor • ' . •
'You complain that his trial was hu rried; that
the.jury sat 'only' forty.mintites,•and . that'all the
proceedhigs Were inde . cOrously timed forward;
•but were they so Swift as . .the . rifle balls that
shot:down unarmed men in, the, streets at
pet's Ferry? Were they so ruthless as John
Brown's midnight descent upon a sleeping vil
lage. in Kansas, where husbands and .sons • were
dragged out of their beds,' and:shot down. With.:
in hearing of their wives and Mother's? • Is this.
the man whom you speak of es.f.piciusi.austere'
animated by•the.old• puritan spirit inspired. by
the spirit of the Qospel;" while you c all his
companions "sacred martyrs?" • . . •.
This, 'sir, ,is the blasphemy Or 'a higltly;.
,wrOught'imaginatiOn—:excuse. me' for say ing
not original . with yon; for , more.
.religions.men trust yoti..are, beve . gOne.
to greater. lengths, rind blasplaenied . ' more , elo
quently ,than '
.this.
John Brown's, gallows • holier thad the cross,
and held tiphis:rebellion as a rebuke.to the, on
finished- Minion of our Lordthe SaViour..
"At this moment," you say, "America at
tracts the attOtitia this whole '
Not at . this-moment, 0n1y,.. but ever since.abe
became a. free nation.this has been a truths TO
all the kingly gaVernments (if EuroPe she has
always been'a Contrast and an Arritation,L-a
'subject for criticisms and 'whenever an oppor:
tunity:for blame.arose, of denunciarichl. It is
not strange then that a rebellion. in part foa:.
teradja Europe should call fOrth . bitter remarks
there. • ' , „ • '
. ."Letthe Judge of Charleston and the slave,
holding jurors, and' the whole .population .of
Virginia: ponder on it well—they are •:watched
-they are not alone in the world."'. •
They have pondered'on it. well; and'the exe- .
'cution of John. Rrown has taken'place. If the
Whole:American republic were 'responsible:lot
his death, as you say it Is—it would simply be
.responsible for it most painful duty. solemnly
performed'. ands received with mournful resigna
tion even by the most merciful; because of its
imperative. necessity,'. Justice demanded it,'
for he was the ,spirit and soul of treason that'
threatened .the foundation, of our natiodality--.
that would foreer , .have been 'plotting more
bloodshed lon an he lived on' earth. - ..
You call'the•execution•of, Brown 4a brother
hood of blood"--you "say that "the fasces 'of,
Our splendid . .. Republic "will be . •bound together,
by the ruhning noose that bangs'from.his gib-
.
If this . iedrue---if 'any brotherhood, of blood
is connected with this painful .eirent ''rests
neither' with the vThole" American' Repub
lic. net , with the State: of Virginia; but its red
traelcinay be found across the'inam of the At
lantic, linking Exeter Ball with the. Sensation.
pulpits on'this.side of;:the!cirean: The weight
of. John Brown's blond with England aif•the
confederates of'Eaglaarl,, who have, by their .
teachings, their'Money .and -crafty
. sympathy,
led the old , man on. to death. ; -What' but this
"band of bloott"did the people of , ..England.ex-
pert when they gathered penny ,contributions
throughout ; the length and •breadth . Of . their
land, in order, to uree.this:lncendiarsr spirit Cot-
Ward hi America 7 Penny. contributions=-as
if Liberty , were a Tyrant or. a-Pauper, to be
'intimidated or.bribed by their infameus 'copper!
What wat this contribution intended fer ?
An iniult,..or fund for :incendiary USesl.- It
sent to the United States . forthe purpose..of, in
ihsprrection, or in any way opposing our
then'. that money has been the'price of
. Old John ,Brown's • blood, and was .the first
strand of the halter that hung from his galloWs.
What did the people .of Spotlandexpect when
they rent the American flag in tvi.itin'cinti finng
it,tettering and iitiiveriug beneath the
eve.. the 'head of en Anrieridait. woman,
Who smiled benignly under the - and re..
,ceivecl alms after it was offered Out of such
acts and such insults, the halter.of John 'Brown
was woven ; to:such Ansiduoua.eneouragement
the old mannwe'edlis death.
Was'thero r an Englishman Or woman living,,
who supposed that a greet .nation would allow
thetreasonthus instigated on a foreigmsoil, to
ripen in her bosom, and fail: to punish it.with
all the fOrpe of her j ust. laWs
It. is the people of England then,.with a very
small party in the United - States; Wi) are.nni
tad by. this "bond of blood.'? • It 'reddens the•
.vesttnetita of our. sensation, ministers,,
'eminent' our 'judges. The saerairieutal tables
of ,our political , chrirches.aFe •.overshadoWed by
the old man's• crimes: In . these plaCcs. when
yon Fall. Old- John Brown , ctlie champion Of
it may be Amilaidered tneelr.and .holy
language; hut -the . great ina'ss of em Atnerican
peeple turn' Armin • such impiety, wirli tt
. .
Your'letter Closes with en appeal to'Our" Re
public, cidling. it the sister .of the -Trenclr'Re
yon.know of the great bind
yeu.complirnent and - revile' in . the saine.breath!,
Liberty with Us, s'uhjecti herself to' the 'laws
which she'as . h inspired, 'and be Who, revolts
. . .
against. those law's,
.sins :against .her-and ,the
whole people whom she. , preteets. She spruce
another Minerva. from the minds .of patriot
Statesmen, triodestly.'clad; sereneandbeautifol;
she presides over our Republic and has so,far
protected . it trom anarchy or-oppression.
• It fetliat our . Reptiblic niay have tie::iiister 7
hood with those of France that:such insurree.
Alone as yea
. denominate , '“e. sacred duty" are.
met. with .t he whole force of our laws. .Were
they. permitted to..obtain a fiiotheld in the land . ,
our Republic might,' indee'd, became 'sister to
'those of France, and perish, as they'ditl.. :
Had the insurrection at ilarper's Yerry sue.:
Ceeded; the seeriea'of anarchy which 'left France
lying like an unnatural monster. satiated ' . with,
the blood of her own:,children might have been
repeated, here. But We . ard.not .yet prepared to
see innocent babes'shot - .doWil in battellienSivr
Lair girls.compelled:to drink bleed' from: 'a.yet.
Warm hufier? heart,_ in 'order to - redeem . their
fathers (fom the' hatchet.' We.:pre not pre;
pared to see our 'pastors
.slatightered,a(the feat,
of their own altars, Or hear coarse, sous,
dering'through:the-solemn arches of 'oar tern_
Ales:..: to save our cbuntry . .from
guinity with Republics founded' on -atrocities
like these, that our laws crush' rebellion when
it firsCcrests • .. • - ' • • • •
. - .
Rest,.eir, mien yourknees before the star :
spangled banner. While'ourpulpitit are turned .
into political forums,. and , their ministeripreach
rapine and. bloodshed, the foot df Our. flagstaff
is, perhaps, the.most skBVed l •:place for devotion'
that•We have . ,to,•offer . yon, There, certainly a
pure spirit should_ •• • tir,prayers.' Yes f
kneel telierentlyi.and pir bat the greal.coun
try'protected by its fold: ay fling oft the mi, t .
Spoio.insiduqusly.circulated in her. boirom by
foreign nations. The spirits_of our• — immottal
statesmen will he around you when that prayer
is uttered,; -and, if.youarein. truth a- patriot,
one heavenly voice will Whiret, in trines that'
niustbeehanged it they do not Penetrate tp.the
depths of your soul—«I know .no 'North,.no
'South,. no. East,. no West; nothing but .
,niy.
Icneel,,kneel, I beseecliyou,:sir, and let this
patriotic' sentiment be the burden of 'your.
ptayer. , Millions of. souls on: this. Side•of, the
Atlantic will. swell the breath,. ae • it, passes.
•yout lips into'a clouitof sacred incense, Which
the
. 4144 of Washingtoo•ahil the 'mighty ones
who havejoinedshim, shall waft to Cho' feet. of
JunoVArt,•iind'groW holier. from the work'. •
' • • : ANN ,S.•STEPHENS. : ' •
- New. Yotta,•Pec, 27,
.1850; • •.
THE.WEALTH OF ANCIENTS.
In all ages the ertsthiti.Poured its riches into
the laps ef . ,those nations that lie• towards the
Setting- sun: • From, one commercial Voyage
Solomon realized $15,000,553.• also in.
'forrns.us' Of one Mathiaa,of Bythnia; :who en:
tertained, one day in the - most:splendid Manner . ,
the whole' army of Nerxerri.consisting of 1,700,.
600 Mem To this' large array he offered live
month's pay c and provisions for the whale .
cam
paign. • At the present time, `such liberality
would,not only ruin the fortune, of private per
sons, but weaken the commercial :inter
est of• the most Wealthy.and . Powerful govern
ment. Esopes, the cotemporary of frescos, at
an entertainment, prothiced diih s •made Of
'singing birds; , *which alone 'cost $2 , 1,445. ....hi.
has Crew was captured by the Gilicialtpiratek
who demanded -of him . $25;833 90. Omar
laughed at thern„.and:grive them $41,055
50;—
Beellite'he,eirjoyill any public • office he wee in .
'debt to the amount of $1,119,443.. When
government the-
Spain was Allotted. to Cassel.; he
was so overwhelmed in .debt that he could'not
,depart to :hike. charge of. his. position.: Re
called ori Crcesus. the Rich; who stood. security
for him in the sea! of $71.1,720.' 'He rewarded
the bravery of Caisitis Cmva: by a donation' of
$7,000. Ilepaid off thevist debt of . the. trib..
tine Curio, and presented the consul Paulus with
$1,261,665, which was employed in construct
ing.a- new . wall . ' near the FOTUrn. :He 'Corn.
Mericed a ..new building; the ground , ,plot of
which. Was 'to havecosthim above • an hundred
ot-Seseterice. In •memory of his
daughter' he gatie a most extravagant feast: to:
the people;, granted the : People corn without
measure; and gave each soldier"a slave, e . .piece.
of land or a itou se. ' He, presented an,actor, for
a mimic piece riff his own $175,000.: For his
'mistress, Servilliri,' mother of M. Brutus, 'he
purchnscd'a pearl that'cost hint $::310,000.
ring his reign gold and silver becarneso• abun
dant that:it was exchanged in' Italy at'3,ooo
•setersces per pound. He also decorated the
arms Of. his soldiers With 'gold and silver, so
that they sliould.he the more unwilling to part
With' them . from .their value. •Yet, with' all
this extrbvagance; he bequeathed' to' each Ro. :
'man citizen nine dollars. . .
.
.In many respects Calijula .great a ty
rant as Nero.. He was reckless in the profusion
'With . which'he - haid Scattered money.. He bathed
in a hatliot precioes unguentst drank priceless
. puarls.desolvedin vinegar, .and. ate of golden
bread:. At an auction he. made his salesman
knOckoff twelve gladiators, to. Satainius; who
was so unfortunate as to nod. Theyamounted to
three hundred and fifteen . thousand dollars. In
less thap one'-year he slavithed a' . .magnifirent•
estate, and all the treasures - amassed by . . Ti.
limit's, amounting. to AwentY-SeVen • hundred
million . dollers. - • The funeral pageant has never.
been SurpdsSed... In many .respeetwit equalled .
the . . fe.stive• train,: of. Ptolemy
The monarch died at'Babylon, anti,Was buried.
in the
The,
of St.. Athanasius; at - 'Alexia- .
dria.. The grandees- and governors appointz•
ed.Ariiimusio prepare, for this august
,fpneral:
Two years were - consumed in, the preparation,
and every splendor' that :weitith . could .buy was
lavished yti'ith pro fusiop. • ,
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length the . day -arrived for this . Solemn,
and magnificent procession to -begin.its march..
Hills were leveled, all inteveo.plaece.were Made
smooth; and every obstacle that could irripede
the -funeral-train was' removed by avast:.num.
her el . ..workmen;
. .The chariot that.• contained
the coffin of the Monarch, was' adorned —with
such ;wealth of jewels and diadems. that. it is.
Said . to . have emitted brillitiot ilashei•like . those
'of, lightning - , The spokes of this•ChariotWere
covered with :geld. It was drawn by. eixty•
'Nit mules of the: largest :'Size,..end each was
adorned . with' a e iovie of gel 4 and a . eolai.-:en
richea•,,,,v.ith.prje6citiS phfzei aad,goldeahells.
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Qn this chariot % . vas'Orected.a sand,
gold, twellie feetwide`-and eighteen In -length.
The inside • iiirpassed
and-,,brilliancy, being :. one .blaze 'of jewels; or.-
ranged
,the : airtipes , ;Of .GoWen, net-.
work beautified. the- circernrerende,.. and. :the,:
golden threads. were an inch 'in - thickness,' to
each of which Were inifteiled Large bellu, which
cOuld.be heard 'at n. great ttistance... - .lf 'Would
only worry the 'reader to mention.alljhe je:wrla
and g,elden.croWns that . .were' borne 'inqhia:pro=
ce:asion. Enough boa been said to,' show- the
great . amount .of gold that Was :displayed...on
Chat occasion.-- ": ' .. •
STRAWBERRY
Mr.,R.-G: Pardee,,of.NeW York. Cityi.. gave
a lecture-recently: on the Strawberry:`. 'He
canne, 'he. said to epeak
had tried 'to-grow Strawberriee-for. Many years
hydligh culture-, but without success. lie : de
termined to experiment till he 'should .discover
the-cause of the'failure. •He had done So, and
oduld . grow them es chitinly . as .notatees.. The
according 'to his..e . .xnerience,',iS the
best method; Select n - Witrrn'Moi.si;bat 'expesed
situationr for early berries let it'alopo to, the
east or: south; for the lrtte• onos:to the.tinrib•
The soil should be a fine - gravelly loam.-' Avoid .
high; barren soils,-.oral ;those', whieh.. are wet..
To prepare the soil,anake it'Elean;,nrtlerdrnin,
leaving the itrain .open at.both ends to allow
the . cireuhition'of PolVeiize at--lust two
feetiri depth, making 'lO Hy: Cott. of ,ti.:
. soil
as line as superfine 'flour,* 'For manures,' apply
•30.htichela ortmleaclied %Alai tin. 1.12 bushels-of
lime Sleeked' with 'Water, holding thiArtr hushets
'of stilt in soloticin :to the. rtern...; Tiitasplitetiag
should be donewitit rare, nn d'tlie rootteiS
of the plant iitja rod es., little. as, noes:dile. '.The
best time to. transplant. is in the'Spring, thetigh.
with cartrit may be done. any the
Sumtner::.. The lecturer- said.tie would in start
ing it new bed; place lhe.,pltnts bree, feet apart,
each. way . ; anti alleW thorn ',to they .
were .twelve incherefroin:each. other,' Kearer
•then that oer:should never grow: The•bads
should be - innlefied with tun.bark; straw
.or
some suchtriaterial to the aleph or, ha!lan inch,
no more. - ...this• keens iltiwn the micas' and
keeps'aH.but,theetronget riiiiiiers from taking
root. 'Tater maybe added With igreat'., advan.
tags in large,. quantities ) except. during ihe
dowering:had ripening periods, provided always,
it does not Stand ond - hpcome-. stagnant the
After - Otis:preparation little: attention: is.
needed. The'hoe.should.never'he -Used 'about
the.,plante, a's it injures -the roots:.rield.citli tire'
(Idlers' hut little . trom :garden- culfore. The
productivenees of the::Strawberry about:Kew :
.Yorle . doeitnot'average More -than 40 bushels to
the acre. • Therels rid diffictilty is raising :150
bushels under the, cultivation ,he.racommentled.
In the,wieter the plume should be lightly coy..
The strawberry may be : made 'ever-hearing,
by entirely,Veventing the growing of .ruaners.
This may bellone by planting.in soil composed
of three-quarters river Sand - - and One-quarter
wohds-rnould.. This ,dwarfs the plant and
makes it ever bearing. !Pie staminate oad
pistillate plants need not be grotin within thir
ty or forty • feet..of each other. ', Seedlings . are
easily rais'ed.. The.nnalysis of the plant' differs
ili.dillerent places. The-best abr. Varieties ate
Hrigker's Seedling, Lone-.
worth's Proltike; Hove Y' s. Seedling, had , Burr's
New Pine. There are. Tinny -others-nearly as
.root; Wilson's 'Seedling is.very prolific; 260
buries, many' of them, large, ones, baVe bean
,groWn'on • .
. .
the' earliest tiritesthe 'people .on the..Eute,
peastand African sided of. the straits of: Giber
alter, were the same, the fintercoOrse
betiveen' them Over: the:narrow channel fre r .
(pent: , In the subsequent„ moVemeiiii of .w are
like.' tribei and peoples Spain - . Mid... B.i'rintrY.
.were'soccessiitely, in whole or:in part, overrun
by the Carthginiane, Romans, Goths; Vandals,
and .Saicens, or Arabs;leaving both. Spain. and
Barbary, in the early part Of the.eighth cent u.-
rY,
.under .deminion.Of the latter...* Beth,
became proitinces 9f the Caliphs of Begdad,Sand
were ruled.bytheir.governors.' The `'Moors-.
as the:Arabs of Spain and Morocco wPie
=mingled. their blood .with the inhabitants of
tbe'country,, and for:eight:hundred years -much
of the time es . ..the predominant povrer . irr, the
Spanish . . periinsule; . notwithstanding the lava
sines and civil:, war's, instigated by religions
bigotry,..to'which they' were subjectetL 7 main-•
tA in qtl lie msel 14,0
.Spaio; and under their
sway the country boe.rnne . powerful. aint'enat.,
At the end of this period' they were Subdaed by
the Chriatain states ;Which-Alec! .arisen among
them, and the establishthent of the-Inquisition
placed their lives and 'everY:thing they yes
seased at the mercy of their •runnuerora:
century2othurning,s, confiscations 'and- horrors
succeeded; :when; whit reninined of them, in'
,the ' beginning of the 'Seventeenth century -
WhOm neither fire.nor fagot COuld Convert . ; wero
expelled' from :Spain' 'and '.driven. into • A fria.
This t andthe expulsion of the.JeWawhich, (ol
losved, destroyed the greatness' of Spain-Lbet
commerce, her .revenues, her triorali--leaVial.±
her crippled Monster lying ,heipless at the naouth•or the grave sho.- lind dug; '.from which
ccinilition, after a lapse of two cenfarils. and
half, she is Only now beginning to recover. •The
Spaniards, like all, ttie ceniral and south'ernoa.:
tions of Europa; are of . rtniced blood:made up 'of
the several• peoples who. have. overrun
land; but iturnany.of the provinces, especially
at the.:,soutlCand.Oast,, the Arab or MooriSh.
blood
. itill,predominatei.....The with Mo
ro:teem-if it had not its Origin in ancient nieono. ,
ries; • candtardlY fail, to recall then), and irispires .
the Moors •with..a,, frenzy of'defence. and . venr
geance which . will go -far' to n3aka up for. their
deficiency in the science nf !um*..
The followjag is one of thri.•many, petitions
received by, Napoleon daring.his rilsitlende at.
13iarrilz: Sire: I received , '.untler• 'yont:
two tvutul4; 'which.are .; ilia. ornament .or my
life, one ' in rrry left : and:the pthet., at . Wit,
grant. If these twa:ar4ntrients,'keitiiiatit":o'r
whiCh lancVsa nmOe''.cnitiftitaterr, nir 7
pear susceptible of a parrnintsian'to.lcen•'ii , ro,
bane° shcip, .either'at SeCres..or
thank you heforehand...fer your
Please pest-pay,yourenswar'; +.''
r..
• go011;•"•as•tha:. boy' S,iiJ whr.o..ho
had finiched the first pot of his cputhc;.es.j4lll......
THE MOORS.
A Soldier's Letter:
Where the EhlOr took his:Oyoteri.
There . Wite rei fwd" up ng ibrilifethoiliits • •
of :NaWburgl4l o
...week- •or• .two'sine t 'and,on '
Saturdn'y weelOdst,. a ik4neiaj tneetifirisr r.con,.',
fetenee". wee :appointed to .
meeting mine good Meth(ilistefipm.
-tione,.entl the goodly . v[111 . 11;0.01% Islestlnirgb wei
eremite& with resident .and. visiting , brotherly: l .
''ned sisters,. •
. .
Among - the .elders
this city - ,- ibtely.h:poptilaf:lpreach, p r at a
leading. Methodist church, and now, One of th e .
chic) men °thong the'city.chure.hei of that
nomination. lieltaid for the, dig with brother
of NeWburgh,Who anxious' to treat '
his distinguished! guest with: true,' hospitsditY,,
quietly step.ped into'n' neighboring . -saloon 'and.
ordered a can 'of oysters for etipper: - The' bi..
• valves wore not 'on hand, hat w.era , etgiected,
every momenti•and the 'saloon keeper pronnikted
to send •thern . up as soon as tbeterrived,-..
Time passed, sapper *WAS eaten, but theoys.
(era find. not, arrived. Church' tune , arrived,
the doors . %%'ere loCkq,-and , ..went,t6
the gloat meeting . in :the' etiorch:. •• Not lOng .
airier they had gone, a
. boY;.. bearing .the it.
heefed bivalves,: arrived at theiiuse;-but found
A 'wag,' standing by,...in.
formed. the boy the the';!compahy - . had gone. to
a 'great ”Love Feast" in the church; Where
the ey;4ter'swerc to be .conthithed, and, that ho
:was : tu carry them intothe elinrchi mid deliver
their hi . mbelf,'witltoht 'B trio
ment's delay. Nothing' ilouhting,'the hoy . rati
oil. to tlie. church. - '
Tht, ineeting had progressed.
The brethren sisters 'were' drinking in'tbe
geidenst ten nt ol.eldquenee. poured out by EL
der 'nest . affecting
part'of hia•disentirSe, when the Loy rushed into
the eltuieb, climbed tip the:pulpit stairs, and
r‘ihimpeit" lh! gleaming can of oYsVerii on the
,Wdde tinder the preitelp;ee .with the,
tilting shout,— I Here's
them . • .• ; ,
Hungarian Millet for Horses and COWS.
F.reqiint statements have , nppcareil , in .the
papers; trt . t/ie effect that Hungarian millet , (or
gross, no it Iscalled,).Whrin fed 'to horserypro
thicQs.stiffness of linobsi end all the symptoms
of .tilininrlCr.'? •
: %. 1 1.i•reCently, (p. 0, Jarl.:1 1 4;)
expresser: a:dontit as to such.. injOrlotfs' re
sult:o6T proper . feeiling . . In are ent Coillllll.l.
II itairon to the'./toTicriltrirtst,.. a Vermont'' cor-.
reSplainlint...llir'. H. Griffin, stistaini this view
of the ..stahOctk - He. 'writes •io.. substance, 14
I think More horses are injured'hy a wet - it
of Hungarian - Millet, than by the, use of it. I ,
heti° kept horses aitd. &m 4: upon the 'hay left
attdr' thrething - it. 'They. set: it• hotter thin
hurds-grstts,•:andsthe cows beep - in.lietter
lith!, than nn ..other. hay, If lierstis are vii
s lowed to eat it with . the seed 'on;theisWill be .
likely to, leatte the hay, and'the' Wats will be.
the !iamb as feeding themsexchisively upoeoth.
et. gram, as outs' , Or corn. The seed weighs
some fifty . -p,ohnds : to the bushel,. and 'leVery
hearty.. I think a tun', of the hay, cut: before
the seed it ripe, is /letter than' 'Aden of Cosupe!
clover or herds•grass.'.',Vire'cam raise;twice in'
much Hungarian erase is we can of the Com'.
men grasses, arid it succeeds • on.eandy land,.
where other icin4v .fail. sowed .a piece In'
MaYdast,'oti pature land,' and sthe yield was
l took pc's- locre before threshing. it gave .
thirty bushels sof steed s per acre, : think' It
,would 'be. a good 'plen.'sin
meadows, to plow . 'stow',Hun gadai 3 O:.
millet, and ;teed
,witb Timothy
Hungarian the'first.season;'sand:; the Timothy
the 'next.".--4tnerinits s
'A 514N.Avtoit'r te's.f.isarr oN,A Sarsr.t. CARZ
evening last week,'Nfr. A. J.
Nitt,formerly a cempositor lit,:the.Sartilesky •
(Ohio) Commeigial ,bef•now. a
.resident of Ottawa City, hait , hisiattentioll' at
tracted, while lingering near .the lake
cries'of a man in listr:ess far ont..upon
tce ksmail . hoat waeebtainytt, , ind pi:will ; 4 ,
with Oiree . .companioni,; started 'out on
•somewhat dangerous. , terp.riire ~ ,Teacniike,:,:
the.snew..frotn hie perilous position. In ttke ex-:
citement and haste •of "the' mOment,,,they
heeled le take en
ice,
any. thing 'else:with
whieb•to break thelee and they. had only 1 oar
They pushed the beatalong.thelice, until , they:
got about- hall, a mite from shore,„Vitien ihe„.ice.
ga've.way and 06 , were; itll.lprecipitated into
the water., Climbing into thp;,poat,: s tior dis r
covered how nsetul'ran frriPletnent, an az would
have beetiat that ,tirne;..but. thyy. -did the.
they
.could,' and tiroke passage ; for,', the boat
with their boot heels. , . .
. . . .
• Several times they succae4ed In - drawing the
bow of the boat, upchrthe ice, 11:the r hope, that
lt wits strong enough' b kloppirt.theiri,.wheii it.
ivonlil . break give them another
cold, bath. Birt:t hey perstivered,:and•at lenitth
reached hiln,. though -wet through and euffering,
severely from cold; and:though the man wria
rescued; 11# escape teas marvelous - , for ..it. Was
already night aid the cake of ice on which' hp
was' floating wa so.smail . andbrittlit, that the
first heave wave Avduld
,have..brokeri The.
man rescued. was Capt.„ Henry .-Fox, .yvhni
.retiirping Ortiiwa from °lie, .9 . 1 . the lelands.
had gar II 'poi! which.berarn tr . • eeinPlicid. , frOen
t.tie Main body by, his wOlO l l leaving; hint,
the prediiamelit
A imple Secret Meriting' Reflection:
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-.Twenty clerks in a '.'o Curd, -41trentr..-ct}tituds": ~
in:ii printing- ollice,'.wiity-:-,tififiientidiiicv-iitli::.
ship ynril, twenty 4OYs"-- . in,-iiie:.vilini6:l,ll‘wiint ~:
to 'get on in ihe, W . QI itt4 ,Itta , *iiiect. to- tie: so. — -
One 0 . 1 tti*i.-cleT)4Ao:llificiio*:;!uiioliiiit;';'airi
111
4 ke-n foitiiiie ione- . .01-ie . , toripposift.iii'l,l't;vili
edit end 00irn...1 newspaper `
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b?d,pme; ii .. .ma:oer Aniltio; ' ' o6 o'4f 4iii°P: l - 4.111 "0- : '' '''
boys NUJ. get i,ll4llsoenA'Apritii. , ,liza, live like; ii',':.'.
.p . ..ttriareli:
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ty ee tht . , lee liifieitt t;t` ' , 04i: 4 t } .; 0 ) .. kt ., . 16 0 41i )0 1 . 1 . '. ',
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