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Benton'ework, des cribing his experiences and obiervatioris 'dur ;rig'n, period 'of thirty years in the United States Senate, has been published by Messrs. Appleton Sr. Co., of New York.' It is a very elegant largo octavo 'volume. The editor of the Now York Evening Pose, who has exam ined it thoroughly,,-speaks of it as follows: This, we believe, is the first American book writtenliy a' native of a slave state which can snake any pretension to a permanent place in the liteimture Of our country. Jefferson's ge nies, culture and experience, qualified him to write'for posterity, but he was content with working for them and writing for his contem poraries. The "Netes"on Virginia," his most eormitlerable literary perfortnnnce, though em bellished with passages of rare literary merit, and displaying powers of description, of reas oning and of statement of the first order, were • never designed as any thing more tlintea de sultory compilation of facts and figures about his native state add country, thrown together not so much for the instruction of his own ' countryinen as to dispel a portion of the pro founder ignorance of Europeans in relation to Atom-icon affairs. The book was out of print before its illustrious Malloy died, an.ris now rarely to be found except in old libraries and auction rooms. Marshall's Life of Washington, which is the , most voluminous work yet written by an Amer. lean slave holder, is no longer rend. If it hears any traces of its author's uncommon power of inind, - it is iii the depths of dulness which he explored, and the rigor with which he has excluded every feature of interest which ---Dlight-be:reanonably_lobkal-for- im_the_life_o Washington front the pen of one of his most in timate aint eminent friends. As one' of the earliest biographies of one of the most remark able of meth Marshall's book may_ con tinticto occupy a place upon the shelves:of o ur p u bli c libraries, until the edition now in print is worn out. If it' is ever reprinted, it will not be out of coniplmient to any permanent literary or historical merit which the Work possesses. Edivard Livingston's Criminal Jurisprudence was 'prepared for andpartly at the expense of a slave state, but tic was a native of New York, and had achieved his full mental stature long before lnibecame a citizen oflottisiana or was known to the country as an author. Calhoun's "Essay en Government" has fall en dead from the press, and line entirely failed to attiact any attention beyond the political circle of Which, during his life, he was the centre WO Cannot learn front the European press that a single copy has.ever been read on the other side of the Atlantic. Though the work possesses many traces of its author's pe culiartalent, and may be read hereafter-by the diligent student of political' science who is ambitious of leaving' nothing upon the subject unread, it has no more title to a permanent place in the literature-of the country than Brougham's Political Philosophy or Sidney's Discourses have to a permanent place in the literature of Great Britian. Legare was a laborious student, an accomp lished linguist and a tolerably successful essay ist; but both he and his writings are already forgotten, ,though he is scarce ten - years dead. The Made states have produced many other writers who hove won the temporary adtnira thou of their countrymen as biographers, poets, novelists and essayists, but we cannot name one whose writings have any chance of being read fifty years hence, except, perhaps, from a curiosity like that which induces people some times to preserve the furniture and domestic utensils of' their ancestors, to mark the prog ress which the world has made in civilization since they departed. The sieve States of America have exhibited great talents•in the field, in the fortnri anti 'in the' council chamber; but in authorship they' can hardly be said to have added anything to the fame of their country. Thomas Hart Ben ton, a•native of a slave State, and all his life a citizen of, a Ave State, has proved the'first exception ; for by pretty nearly the unanimous adjudication of all parties and classes of °his countrymen, ho has produced a work which , possesses-a literary power and vitality quite , independent of the historical value which nec essarily attaches to the recorded experience of one who was for thirty of the most eventful years of our political history, a leading mem ber of the U. .5. Senate; "in confidence of half the administration, and a close observer of the others.," '. •., . . The liteary execution Ofthis work; the' site plieity of its style, and the unexceptional taste which tempers all its author's allusions to his contemporaries, have been the subject of uni versal admiration. The well-known fearless• ness of his character—his fiery 'energy—his contempt fdr till indirect methods of accomp lishing_his ends'—his temptation to embrace theippoitnnity which this work afforded him, of taking complete vengeance upon the numer ous political enemies lie made during his lon and active public lite . ; alliliese eircumstang see naturally'orented •sotim apprehension , lest the, ,writer's retrospect ' of-his, senatorial life should be 801116W101.t 1118temper61.1)Y . its eon. temPeraneous partialities, animosities; and prejudices. , .. The appearance of the book' half diSpolled this•apprehensien ; and though its merits have been. ery generally and quite elaborately dis cussed by the. press !luring, the, brief, two months that it lies been' lMfdre the public, its feel:kin from thoso.defeCts ;which would man rally', be looked for in a work written by a statesman.; about the politiMil controversies in which he hiniself took aft active part, haS been • universally- recognized and- almost.uniformly - commended.' , ' -• Our' generalestimOtion of' this!work is nV readrfamiliar 'to', our, readers, • It . was our ' privilege .to publis!' Nolliminoils extracts from it Wthe columns of the, Bernina Post during ! thd year preceeding its tiPpertrance in el:vet- ' nate, 'and we then' stated tlaitavorable impres • sions.which ti' aubseqUent and . mere complete perusal .of the work has confirmed, „ . . , , The "Thirty Years' View,',' like the Thirty, Yeas' War of Tinidyiliaes, hes One element of ' imirMrtsility, . of which it 'Monet be deprived. It 41 . 111)&11es an eiperienee'Whicli no perion oii otipt the whiter iinjoyed.•! Rad 13enten died ho. :1 fore commencing this worst,.' Nivolll .haxe ~ boon impossible for, the loss to' eve b on re. paired. ' . , • : . , Ithelikorrise' the 'beat haailboolc of praptionl i demonracy.te be, found id print.. It embraces . n survey of our politicol ; history ,: durinwtho, settlement o f the Most important issuesinvol ved in the greet, problem of populgi sover eignty in'America. - • •• •••.".•''• • ‘••• V I !-. . ~ : -:C It was - during his'. thirty.. years' senatorship: that theAiyoree of hank and Mole wan ancemp , isheti,.!esulting,in ,the establishment:,or the , ;.:irrupting' alliance betimoryt to Lien 8 0 IL kV thrifrad 'of a Vargo margin reventiC.' , '•' , ' 'lt was diming 'filename period that- our* . ov4 :, ernment auccessfullycontested , thpright.eNlar..,. tid by foreign. nations-to impress American •• seamen." l: „:i.,..,, ~,.,; • ~. ~I,• ~•. ~ •, • f; :1 , .. ,1 - 'lt was during the same•peried that Congress ' abandoned , 'abet "Melodeon Velma. and. ell : ireteative tarlffs, , eximpt asincidontal to rev-1 .: roue. .• . •i.': , ‘;,,'.:,.. It - wah daring the immo.period that thotlem' mratia;piirty4OokAts... stand:against all inter . l'alimprotrettionts, hy..titngenorat government, •, , imopt.for , notlenal.ebjects,-xlvers.of national haraeter; and horboOyleldhig•rOrontio.,.. - : • 1 , • It was during the dame period, thati . tilai. iglits ,' s r all'eltides of,tho Mesa at Represonta. idol, in - relation OLtreatieti, , ,Weo , defined, ightS,and, duties, which;, wo.l.ogret ,tet,iimy s , , ave ,beenlnost.wantodly.outroged nipea.,., J 4 , It, waS•during the some - period that the iire. , nailed right of a state, .or conibination. efp.' 30.tucTil3tr,------10eutiftir ta agritilifurt, etnerni snltattritin. . . . THERE' ARE TWO THINGS, g ATTIE LORD BACON, WHICH MAKE A, NATION . GREAT . AND, PROSPEROUS—A FERTILE SOIL AND WORKSHOPS;-TO. WHICH LET ME ADD KNOWLEDGE AND FREEDOM.-4Bilho Hall . . Mates, to secede front the URion received its quietus. ft wits during the same period that the dem ocratic party planted itself in distinct opposi• tion to the agitation, abolition or extension of slavery by the federal government, Is policy front which the present administration has likewise seen fit to depart, regardless alike of its own and the public faith. The adoption of a policy for the payment of the national debt by a corresponding mint= tion of the public taxes, and the establishment of a sound currency upon a basis of unfluctun ting and ascertained value, to the exclusion of irresponsible and fraudulent paper money, were also the offspring of the thirty years' legis lotion in which, as n Senator, Mr. Benton par• ticipated. Upon all these questions be took a leading part, and uniformly advocated the policy which wv ultimately sustained by the country. 'ln no other place can be' found so full and compact a statement of all the great principles of public policy with which the dem• °oracle party has been identified since the election of President Jackson ; and hereafter it will he convenient to turn to those pages to see how fur the party professity; to be demo• erotic has departed froth those great principles here so distinctly and sothetinies so clemently enunciated. The extraordinary popularity of this work, which has, thus far, exceeded thatorany work of its cost, in this or any other country, has not surprised us. We have for years been in the habit of remarking the wonderful eager ness with which the least word that fails from Mr. Benton's lips or pen are caught up by the ' press and the public. Ills most casual remark upon public affairs if it finds its way into is newspaper, is sure of being quoted from ono end of the emntry to the other, We doubtif there is another nine in the na tion whose speeches and writings, whether brief or elaborate, 'whether upon private or u pen public affairs, are sure of so large and so _ ctlgor_abody of_renders—Part_of_this_interes springs undoubtedly, from the prominent-po litical position which lie lion always occupied, pert from his strongly defined individuality, but chielly_from the certainty that _whatever he writes or speaks will bear the impress of his athletic intellect and hbroie character. putrti From tho Philadelphia ,North American LOVE AND MARRIAGE• A DACILELOR'S GROWL When lovers are wooing and cooing, Pursuing some woman for wife, - Nought is thought of the storm that is brewing To bring cloudy weather for life: But.those who have gathered the flowers From the footfall of Cupid that spring, Know there grow in Ilymenial bowers, Thorns, nettle and briars that sting. He swears never wooer woe truer; She vows she allows not a beau To be near, or appear as aught to ber, Save one that she slightly may know; But those who are by when they sigh, Awl such little perjuries make, Can't conceive how these lovers can Bo— linder such heavy mists of mistulV. Their style of exclusive devotion Is all very 'well in its way:'•K, But tins very unsociable notion They find, after naringe, "don't pay." "My darling," will last for a while; Por a while bo at intervals kissed ; But thou.h parted by many a smile, 'Tis rarely that Madame is Miss—ed. Thia."paying addresses" possesses A charm, no each lover allows; But repeatedly pnying for dresses Must. f llow Ilymeneal vows. Thotigh Cupid the office conceals That each hapless sufferer fills, Yet hymen, more honest, , reveals His duty of "paying up'•' Tba Paradise promisca by Cupid. With cherubs as•guardian sprites, Is rendereilvernarkibly stupid To those if ha..rntsleep there o'nights These cherubs must all of them eat, Though the fact Is a lover beneath, And his "heaven below" is..replete With wailing and cutting of teeth. But a lover will nevor. discover A fault in iliO . 'ortohO'vaiuld Wed; Brordhis dreams never seems to recover Till hie lamb to the niter is led. His idol then . proves an ideal; Still worship he possibly can; Yet, though ho may love what is real, You'll allow he's en alter—ed COST OF TILE MAMMOTH CAVE. Col. Colgan, to whose family it belongs, was a resident of Louisville. lle went to Europe, some twenty years ago; and, as an American,' found himself frequently. questioned of the wonders of the Mammoth Care-La• place be bad never visited, and which, at home, though living within ninety-miles of it, IM had heard very ltttle. lie went there„ on his return, and the idea struck him to purchase and make it a family inheritance. In fifteen minutes bar• gaining lie. bought it, for *3lomo—though shortly after he .was offered $lOO,OOO for his purchase. In his will lie tied it up in such a way, that it must remain in his family for two gon'erations, thus appending its. celebrity to :his name. Thereare 1000 flares in the estate -.--though the cave probably runs under the property of a great number of other land own• ers: • For, fear of those who miglit'dig down and establish an: entrance to the cave on their own property. la •man's•fartn 'extending up to the ratite 'and -cloth' to the nadir,) great vigi lance is exercised to:preventsuchsubterranean surveyd and measurements as would enable 'thetrito sink a•shaft with any: certainty. 'The Cave extends ten or twelve miles iti.several di rections, and hero is prohably many a back woodtnan 'sitthi„d hi his lititivilhin tot miles of tileCrive quite Utidotiscioffi that the most fash• • ;ionahfolailica Ind gentlemen of, Europe aiul • ' Atii€ l (Cfs, Walkitif without leave ,under life :corn 111Anir..—" I Wall in 'octet! paettki oilier W i ght: a Phr'nber of Youhg fa. dies beftip:Oreatint,"iihetia ,y'Lutig man prOPQ ,eed ceitiltidtiltn;''riitich".he 'said' he llad reati Hn the papers. it vas - this, 0 471;en is "a lady necit'lrd r y t' 1 " T l Warit. 74% 1 4 4 , tiao. tbi4e it uPYti'afd alfiireend, whe'litti the ilOrrer 11 , 1141S'Orirtiige hit r eriltktkointrnod, *llOn idie''s a little buggy,' Neledy laughed—staieVrit detours, cone hidignnnt, se t ae deubt inetiP°4 He rule 91sappointed. Ferclning la hie poolcqt tie Tulle l out 11!,nt.r,' Pg'}' ° "' 14clifP4 TOP, PisP 4l '9.- 11 ,P !`. n s!"': (477 eon M99' sulk/ /7; 1 ,, /99 . "'J ?t, some sort of a carriage.' " It tioomi tio,iadoxtoeit; butnOvortheless truo, I tiiikihtiUteiii"ti`iiillifiacite'lliviti;4"iielliVi of the earllopt now& MattVri of grauel. A •PEDMISTEIAN EXIDURSION THREE DAYS IN WYOMING 'SVILICE3RARItI:, July 27. "Delightful Wyoming! Beneoth thy skies The happy shepherd swains' had nought to do But feed tbeir'tloe.ks on grebe declivities, Or skim perchance thy lake with light canoe. Prom morn till evening's sweeter pastime grew With timbre!, when beneath the f..rests Thy lovely maidens would the dance renew ; And nye; those sunny mountains half way down Would echo Bagelpt from some romantic town." II Pass over 'the incidents of our . trip from Berwick to Wilkesbarre, although not the feast interesting part of out'journey, in order to give a rapid sketch ofour entrance and stay in the beautiful rind "classic Valley of Wyoming. The distance from the former to the latter place was easily passed over in a clay—being only twentv-eighi miles. On arriving at Wilkes barre,, we were so furtutnite as to find our way to the capacious hotel of Mr. Steel, near the centre of the town, and situated in the immedi ate vicinity of the old Court House; the place where every traveller should find his lodging, Who wishes to experience kind and gentleman ly treatment, and to learn sonlething of the history and scenic; beauty Of the surrounding country. No sooner had we ecovered a little from the fatigues of the day and partalcen of a bountiful repast, than our liberal-minded host enquired the character of our mission to the valley ; and ou learning the object of our visit. heAmmediately , oonducted-us - to - it'handsorrox' library in a retired part of the building, and furnished us with the necessary information in reference_tethe condition and early history of the Valley. Early on the morning of tho 25th be invited us to ascend to the roof of his large and magnificent hotel, which rises so far above the surrounding buildings as to enable the spectator to take an expanded view of the contiguous country: Ilero'sve first obtained a., glimpse of the amplitude and symmetrical beauty of "TUN LAMM PLAINS." Wilkesbarre is sittated on a slight elevation, near the' east bank of the Susquehanna, almost in the centre of the valley. At present the canal rims on the eastern side of -the town, so that the town is almost wholly included be I tweeu the river sad Cl l / 2 11]. The township of Wilkesbarro . was siirveyed in 1770, by David . Mende, and received its name from John Wilkes and Col. Barre, two members of Parliament, distinguished as advocates of liberty and the rights of the colonies. The town at present has a population of about five thousand, and presents to ,the visitor the asta'a. of a business active place. The enterprise of the place Inisi however, suffered much for the want of com munication by rail-road with ether parts, of the country, especially the eastern cities. This barrier to its progress will soon be removed by the completion of a roil road which: will con nect it immediately with thO'great emporium of Arberican trade. With such an outlet for the immense mineral resources that lie buried in its vicinity, 1 know no reason why Wilkes barre may not becomii inn few years one of thy most flourishing ondi wealthy inland towns in the State. Its situation is in every respect advantageous, In the midst of a valley cele brated since the earliest history-of our coun try for its beauty and fertility„ enjoys as healthful a climate as,clitlbe found any where from Maine to Georgia. For a.Aiummer resi dence I know no spot more to he desird.-- Though once the battle ground of fierce and bloodthirsty warriors it is now peaceful and quiet, and —"it's atmosphere Blows sweetly with its gentle breath of balm." flere, too, in its vicinity are the scenes which : witnessed the patrioffc deVolioti'of Our honored snot store. Cresids of ilea:vitro ,seekers front the eastern Slates and our great Atlantic cit ies would find here classia.ground on which to spend in delightful recreations the season when the burning 'sun end the fetid atmosphere of cities : rende'rs a life there intolerabib. But IVilltesbarre is not by any means t ho only place in Wyoming the. traveler 'desires tto sec., At five o'clock l 6 the evening we prepared to visit "Proa , psct Bock," on the eastern mountain, near the turnpike road, and about three miles. distant from the town. One-half hour's brisk walking brought us to the foot of the mono .. fain the ascent of which isi gradual, and foi the most part shaded by the lofty boughs of forest trees, which reach forth their !trills to protect the traveller ft.( m tho suit's scorching rays. Soon we reached the destined spot. "Prospect Rook" is riot a singlo rock of enormous size, as we are led flt first to suppose._ from itsmamo, but,is mitre the iieojeotion of ' ledge of rooks üb . leb' - commeneo for soma diatom.° alcing the mountain Bide to' rise above the surface, and finally• upon tho.eunnit of a ridge,' noquires'euch ri heiglith its to peer far nbov; all surrounding Objeettit and to give to the observer 'tvlio hoe a cendod its edam% a commanding , vieiv•of the 'whole valloY below. It ie in the,midetOf n donee wobile,Janci at the distance of only two.liundredinices from it, is a gargling fountain of. the purest water where the pedestrian may 61.,k0 his' tiiirsf before he. takes hipetaini on this lioldprominonoo, : The viorr from this point,. to Coy the leitat.of U, % ,is magnificent ,beyond tforoription, The whole valley fee t‘yon ty in lengty • awl:tiro in bremith is compasue 4 d,by l aciagle.olforf of the, sense. Austen front Otis rook,, the.,Nralloy leap ellipse, of. groat, t rooentriolty, the \ observor oupyipg, ri..peeitjpn„at. the castorn,encl, of .the. , conjupto ,o . le,.arbile, the ,rivor ; actors, and two roles of,tho,trene... verse axle. At first the multiplicity of ob.losits .: , were too great -to be graeped.at omM in ; ctail. AMitiC eel grent'ilCinplOxitylloriie enabled td fix' fOr terVn'Offort Of WTU)y mcirctUltirtheriskiffaildv•st s ted-itielf red - titiclT'aufs' enabled to 'gain Only 'Moro fetiOod at klic e'atnel.tinie a riito'roi eritioaliVievr ,boautifnlly variegated mop gt, my fort., 4ietanoe of ten miles. above; the enirnnoe of the Btoin . fiOfinn'ilit. Info , I nf.:right ; immeP~d ergo±n lliincn?rife‘ . l . n, seen, of Idri - Piiibuti - 44.eAvoiP41 , ''' , ) fit 'd itoOit l to risti 7 '.iii` t 'itqs'a§ b itUd'il' , n i nfi'diii'iltidi46ll4 l sorobre.wools, nfhlish clothe. In robes. , of dark- _) • 5 CARIASLE, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1854. ening greeh the less aspiring hill tops. I never can look Upon such a work of ne as this without experiencing a feeling of awe and reverence fdr the omnipotence of that Being under whose direction the solid recite are made to yield to the attrition of :Waters, and by whose power mountain barriers, com posed of everlasting granite,, are hrolteu down to afford a passage for the proud waters of some impetuous stream—that Power, too, who said thus fat. shalt thou come and no farther, —"who commanded and the silencoaame— Bore let the billows stiffen and have rest." Turning our eyes toward the southwest, at about the same distance we could see a like depressions in the mountains, thiough which the blue Susquehanna makes' its exit after winding for twenty miles 0111110, rich mood ows and corn fields, groves of elm and syca more, with here and there upon its banks an ancient willow cooping to quench its thirst from the pure waters which move gayly along beneath its boughs, The river is not visible in its whole course through the valley ; occa sionally it steals away to the foot of the dis tant mountain, is lost amidst gedtly rising hills and shady groves; again, as if with new life and beauty, it springs from its hiding place, leaps gayly along through cultivated fields and rich scenes of rural beauty. The whole valley is hi a high state of cultivation. Farm helms of elegant appearance seem scat tered at random all over the face of the coun try, surrounded by deep meadows, golden I wheat lid fs, waving corn and fruitful or chards, "while hero and there a huge shell -hark-yields - its - summer - shade - to---tlie-Nveary laborer, and its autumn fruit to the black and gray sqiiirrel or the rival plough boy." fields hearing, luxuriant craps, and laid out.with most the regularity and precision of parks, (Wend nearly to the summit of the opposite mountains, interspersed with reaches at woods which drop ileum the mountain side to the very river's edge. Hero for the first time in, my life, I felt the full force of - Upham's remarks on "Associated Beauty." True, I stood not on the "Rock of Plymouth, with ' , the spirit of great achieve. mente • hovering around me," "spreading itself over the hard features of the soil, illuminating the bleakness of the sky, and harmonizing what would be otherwise rugged and forbid-, ding into a semi of douching lovliness and beauty." Nor did I look upon tbe'city of the seven - hilld, once the mistress of the world, 'the ancient dwelling place of Brutus, of Cicero, and of the Cuesars ; ';peopling the imagination with whatevdr was noble in the character and remarkable in the achievements of that extra ordinary nation." Nor yet, did I valk the long drawn 'aisles of -- Westadnistei : l Abbey, climb to rho stuntnit of mount Carmel, pause at the grave of Tell. or weep over the tomb of my own Washington —I did none of these things, yet I felt - "the charms historic scones impart." 1 thought of the days when Afeughwentreme was an Indian pared se—when , •the quail whistled in its meadows ; the pheasant rust led-in its leafy covert; the wild duck reared her brood and bent the read itt every inlet, the red deer feed upon the hills," while in the adjacent mountain forests, the stately elk, on the approach of the hunter, throw aloft his antlers and dashed riway into some done woods or unfrequented recess. I thought, too, of the strange and mysteri ous fete of the "Six Nations," the bold and valient Mohawk, the patient Oneidn'itn, the active and industrious Seneca n, the friendly and generous C iyegan, the wise, the just, and the eloquent Onondagon, and lastly the proud and warlike Tuicalbinn; eoiffederated with the former in deeds ofhhivalry. There, too, a little to my right, in the midst of the valley, lay the grenade on wide' my forefathers had poured out their 'blood in tor rents to water that tree of liberty, under whose widely spreading boughs and refreshing shade I now sit so securely, in the full enjoyment of all the blessings which liberal institutions, tolerant laws and a merciful government can confer. I called,- to my _recollection the ac count which I had just been reading of the bloody tragedy of July 3d 17,78, and then for a moment passed in review before my mind; the toils, and hardships, and privations„ and sufferings, and deaths which our aged fathers, helpless mothers and their innocent children were called upon to endure in tilos° days of peril and woo, and then I looked, again and over tbeir, smouldering remaiesll saw the gronitii heap which has boon reared : by their gratefef descendants to commemorate 60 4', works of heroism and l . 4 ootip devntlen—an incitement to all coming generation to thoper, ' fertnance,. of noble and magnanitnous dieds. This, said 1, is as, it should' be. Thero,doo, just before us, {VW. the spot whore-the : 3erce anti glinstly looking fiend of the forest, hat! s'hatelied from the bosom eta, weeping pal effeetlettate mother her darling child—threw it around his ,brawny shottiders-,plueged , it• to the : depths 9r the forest,--anil,with his; onp7, five pt.*, was, never hearil 9f more ; until the frosts of, sixty winters, had readttred tvhito as the fleecy, snow, this dark tresses.that one? , floated io grneernili upon: the shoulders of littlo Francis Slodum. Seared) the pages of history, thonght'T, traverse the whole , retnott of fic:tion, 1'1114'114 the . peetri of al:I 'ages, hnii hgain;Pass'io review' the thins of six thousand Years, and then tell me thOttbeieft flithetc , thou 'disedniolet'e inetheV,' thaii ! ii4iiling' brother, thou WeePith i gOiSter,'' if ever thy: heart has been touch i4i . vy a more pltippe,title limit that of rrnugie,S)ee s n ` . ;.. .f. _Here, toe:salt-1 I; wee theitonto of Gertrudet , -there , ii , entl•fortle to battle :nobleiWalde. ' I gsqi!e i tliere Le,felli.,nll,enyoped,yiqyvpin , el ? o.e Alfred,-,end.thero,upen,bio be. ' :sow lies bledding"Ctertrtido..-•-1 i• 111.. V ~S ny, buret thoy, borrowed-from her father's r. Thetisaro e—G • 0. 0 0 is sr, ' 9:1)111 1 141 . 0' : 1064 tittlY 14 , &ii'grdoii6; - of the boitti4iful vvliVlo 't lii , l.,m"tli e tri'Ci'd4ilPie;‘"Sivqii,;ll ale'onf ifte' 1314 it, l 4fts•At'itaB;644 pleasure,--lt was'the ennoble° which' I rern'erabered 11mi - there bail been an eta of all these things,—that the storm had passe., by and a sweet.colorness had settled over the land—that though yonder beauliful river was, crimsoned with the gore Of murdered fathers and outraged mothers, the peaceful rains of many winters had long since washed out the purple tlye,—tbat, though yonder plain had once been whitened with the blanching' boneS' of my brave,' but fallen countrymen," these bad long since. been collected to a peaceful resting place, near the tombs of their kinsmen.; where the tomahawk and the scalping knife are now rusting side by side with the. plough and the anvil—that though the scenes "Where Gertrude thought it ecstacy to rove" were for a season darkned by the genius of misfortune that seemed to hover over the land, the spirit of those bloody days had long since taken its flight from this modern "'Tempe," and yearly does " the hymenean moon" sway a paradise of hearts as sacred ns ,that she poured her eat voluptuous._ray" upon; when the solemn Vow was first taken. " That come what may, while life's glad pulses roll. Indissolubly thus should soul be ltnit.to soul." • We had made our visit to this place in the evening, in order tr witness if possible, a Wyo ming sunset from this high point of, observa tion. In this,•however, we were disappointed. At the very moment, when hovering over the emerald draped summit of the distant moun tain, the poiver of refrabtion began to be Man ifest in the expanding disk of the crimson sun, a dark and ominous thunder cloud began to be visible in the far south-west. Gradually -unfolding-its-surface - as - it-approached - the- me , ridion, it soonseattered blackness through tee whole western sky, while the electrical fires which blitzed fearfully. through this floating sea of dark waters, by their superior brilliancy, hid almost entirely from our view the few crimson lines which o tactsionally slik up to the zenith, then diffusing themselves through all the heavens, softened the more terrific gran deur which was displayed in the contending elements of the storm-cloud. The hour was now late. We de tended from the mountain. I bode adiew to" Prospect Rock;" but never did I leave ft spot mere deeply affect= eel by a sense of gratitude to Item, who,in his all wise providence, has rescued front the hand of cruelty and barbarism, this field of beauty, and restored to it its primitive penes and tran quility, malting it, •iirdeed, to blosscim as the rose. And then I repeated again—truly, Cal liope need not be tasked to discover far beyond the confines of our own happy land, a spot whereon to congregate her patriots, her worri ers and her heroes, in the deadly conflict • of •arms Surely we need net long ftir a captur ed Relen, a wandering (Tiene, a rediscovery of India, a crusade to the Rely Land, or mien a second rebllion in heaven, when every stone in our own country has been the seat of a warrior, every hill-top die throne'cie a forest prince, and every valley the battle ground of fiercer warriors than ever strove for the mas tery on the plain's of Troy, or shivered lanes on the hills of Palestine. The fol4wing day we made a visit to Har vey's Lake, a body of fresh water, situated in the midst of the mountains, twelve 4ilos west of Wilkesbarrm This little lake is about four miles long, three-quarters of a mile-broad, and more than one htktidred feet deep. It is near ly in the shape of t` and the longest straight line which old be drawn through its surface would have a direction from north-east to south-west, The water of which it is'com posed seems to be, supplied mainly front springs, and escapes at the south-western part of 'the lake, through a channel not more than ten feet broad. The lake seems to formed in o..tiort.of basin in the Mountain, and is stir rounded on all sides, except the east, by Welt grhves of pines, wh i ch come down to tho' wa ter's edge. On the eastern side the water is shallow near the'bank, anti becomes grattunily I more deep as you recede from the shore. On the i western side the water dashes against an dbrupt and precipitous bank, and , seems to be of , great depth. All the way up and down the western shore there were growing at the tea- tee's edge beautiful cluster:4 of wild roses, sonic of them hanging over the bank and lying, upon the surface of the water. The lake a bounds in fish, and is much resorted to by fishing parties from Wilkeabarro and other place's. At present•theire is no hole) near the spot, and but one hbuse within a mile. We ate our dinner under a large shade tree on the 4ltitk of the lake. A'fino pleasdre house, 1.9,, lio..wover, in the course of erection near by, which will accommodate more than 'a hundred `persons. Cold'spritigs rise on all sides near the border of ihdlnke. Boats in abundance are fyingdn readiness. for those who'may wish a/iitle.upon its bosom, forpleasure or for fish ing. 3ve regaled : ourselves by arid° of leio hours'on its placid surface, and it ;Ives With reluctance that wo turned our footsteps tow ards . . Wilkesbarre, when the, turning, sun ad monished us that it was time to peek again the hospitality of our best. On the morning of the 27th, at sunrise, we visiteti, the tt Baltimore , coal mines,", situated one mile and a, half, cart et Wilicesbarre.— , Ilaving.tlescended a perpendicular,shaft 001110 three hundred and fifty feet, we met a boil. Xontal opening in the hill-Ado which seemed to lead nearly 'due east. Hero , we' wore at once surrtitintled on all sides by' Walls' dr solid cosh Tho'thine averages in brendthlrem.ten ito fle.teen yards, and in height from fifteen to twenty feet, 'rind In , Some places, -much more. We folloWed our guide through ttbie main oponc ';ing for af distant:ld three hundred yards, twhentyreextte to aitebrupt ierminnt ion, where ;the trot men wore . engaged :in blasting,from the Sitio beds 'of -coal. I Thero 'aro lately.mines 'of eensideralde 'niagnitude, :branching off at !frequent intervals nlong•the main ininei From foutquideq loarneTtbat , tliere wore abtitit fifty !woThittail :engaged:Ali this; tnine, fronvaix.in, !morning until six lir the tewening, , mostly,for, eigneva. , t Each I man- takes .fram the ,, hod,and, prepttrestfoit•tbe cart frd m ton o -fifteen' toast :per day, while an additionril.hand.laneaissary tto transport the same froin the _ooo :whore it isnithitin'erff to 'tlio - t libate tibleli it dotiti iti"iintlitidelte - 041 Of''tifa ' booit 460 e.. 0 1 4 i ftli' f irai fey! iti4fitS , 'sf4ii.''. , ll:l6' the valley. It seems to be nu immousfi bat cool.' Among other places of interest visited, was die house of Mr: Slocum, Who showed us the portrait of his aunt, for sixty years a captive among the Indians, and to whom 116 ave alreo dy lad allusion. Mr. Slocum also took us to. the very spot where she, was .taken captive when five years of age, and narrated tens with feeling heart the circumstances of her seizure The ground on which the house stood, from which she was taken, is now a corn field, and the swamp into which the Indian plunged with' his prize is.now a meadow. Forty Fort, the Monument and Queen Esther's Rock were all taken in our rout, but I have not time to notice each more particularly at present. 31 1 „iiic di enttl THE PROPHET WARRIOR OF THE CAUCASUS, "God is Great! Mahommed is his first Prophet, and Schamyl is his second." Such is the rallying shout of the followers of the famous Schamyl, the Imain and Sultan of the Eastern Caucasus, who since the year 1834 has baffled the power Of Russia, and now attracts the attention of the greatest nations of Europe as a worthy ally against the pretensions of the great Northern Autocrat, Schamyl is a native of Ifituri, in Avaria, and was born in 1 . 197. It is said that, from his earliest childhood, his silent earnest ways, intense determination and love of knowledge, distinguished him among his'fcll ` - S`piirtifipintiits a`ndu`df de will ikb compensated the natural defects of n delicate physical organization. Ile kould shut himself up, for_wcelts- in shame atillbtage i , if defeated" inthe games of the youth of Daghestan ; and having once been set upon and severely woun ded by a number of his rivals, the legend runs that, he brought himself to the point of death rather than reveal what he consifiered hie dis grace. The following description is given of his person and manner, by Botienstedt, in his his tory of " the people of the Caucasus, and . their war of Freedom against the Itussinns :" Schamyl is of middle stature, has fair hair, grey eyes, overshadowed by thick, well•mark ed eyebrow's, a regular well termed nose,`and a small mouth. A peculiar fairness and deli , caoy of skin distinguishes his countenance from that of his fellow countrymen, and his feet and hands are singularly well shaped.— , The apparent immovability of his arms in walking indicates the determination of his character. His manner is noble anti dignified. Perfectly, master of himself, ho exercises a si lent influence over all who may come in con tact with him. A stern . impassivity, which is undisturbed even in moments of the I greatest danger, is his characteristic expressing. A condemnatiorno death falls frotrrlds lips with the same calmness as ho shows in 'bOtiferring on a bravo Murid the sabre of honor won in some sanguinary fight. With traitors or other offender+, whose death he has once determined upon, ho converses without manifesting a shade of angry or vengeful feeling,_ lie regards him self ns simply the instrument in the hands of a higher, pewer, and holils, with the Sufis, that all his thoughts and decisions are the immediate inspiration of God. „ His eloquence is as fiery and persuasive as his ordinary manner is calm and commanding. " Flames sparkle from his eyes and flowers are scatterefl from his lips," said Bersek Bey, with whom Schamyl lived a few days after the taking of Akhulgo, when he resided fora time among the Chiefs of the Dschigde and Übiche tribes,- in the hope of raising the Western. Caucasians against the Russians. &Army' did 'not obtain his present position without great difficulty. Ito foundilhe people of the Caucasus mach, divided,. and only ob tained the -ascendency by the most indomita bljtenergy and determined enduring courage. , To these..qualities he unites militaCy and ad ministristtvc abilities of the highest order. A writer in the April number of the Westminster Review, thus stuns up his achievements. Of a mob of scattered tribes, divided by innutner , able foods, ho has made a. natlon capable of the most complete unity of ;,orlon, and anima ted-by ono faith; and his genius as a law-giver, is as pro eminent as• his religion; entfiuslasm. With a strong band he has swept,away all the old boundaries of race and tribe, hosiever eon secrattid by tradition, and has completely re; organized tho country over which ho rules. ' .A stern and even-Minded jostles eharacter- . izes all Schanttyl'a• judgments, and ho would have long since f Men a victim tells° blond- fiend; thus excited, but for the watchful dove tion of his bodyguard, the Murtesigaters, Who .. constantly surround bins in public The guard is composed ofa selection from' Murids, and only the hottest 'enthusiasts are chosen for the -post which is considered among,the Caucasians to he in this highest „degree honorable.. , The preplief'puts the most implicit confidence in them, and they, ,en the other hand, renounce every tie, and place their lives it-his hand "hey live Wispily, carry 'out the law to the ' very le'tt'er; wear pemiliar insignia and receive l'ef4nlar ,pay, and a share of the spoils. In tiMe of peace they aro Sollatnyl's apostles, and , considerable miltare'placed nt their disposal for the carrying; out of their propaganda; Tlits,Y;'': also:fpri.nn ; ,ITlcient:l36livie,,' In war they nun - , ~ slitute the heart of Schismyl's troops and. the.:; josses of the -Ruesiiins; , whcf . ',lali • e".'n,e . ver yet succeeded in toifilifine, of , ,them alive, ~., . SolimnyVa influence has been greatly , itrpig . , .. .thoned among the C;stfolmjrq by toe Y"°c"'l. Me proporvallort PE lll s,O 4) P nB " 9 r, l "PAsirP 11 When; cm o li P 9 APPonro,,in)Pcl it3l,l3lo .: rLli'.'lf l3 t7 r „ hoe been ,asprified to ,PIP . P,lV!'99 l ,?paincei:yenr ! : Clow of Allah, and 0.941 11 ?Y.ti111a ql,Put4i,t Pt,'7 \ 40t,. not.to,do@troy .t4,cPP!IR94 I ? .-.4. P al oPg,, ozp:Innot1040440 0 1 19 W ke- delOedibY 9Pmp• -, A' atorytio toßof ~tl l rO,,F, P . , ,lipatrating - his lA-- flialblo' Onotor - Early In !Uri •-m • T'rW'r he, f _ninth) n; solemn vow thatimiluld put to - death 46044 rtitiddr - any +obroonittfitioes;: pibpoaed to him r tibrnlisiorAoltbi'ol3lllotii.: • , 111i400tAle,c ; ' of Tobetalienik ivero , mbil acquaintedfvflthlbiel, cuith . ,-lbut -Iti9B'4BY-hiiiling ilieineelves,dhrecti, •1 en ed-lonl nil; shleii by , the Rsissi ens, ' - •tuScl.rith.`, , .. Out - oidltroro -.l3obOni)!loihomno otheirAise no- , ' OOpl6(l4hey , in idespuir ion t inoseengeils to-the - 1 Irophot;beggitid: hinvtoua!low , thorni.tol sub:. o ßt r . ::. ~ rr i;t:- r The ofaou.oy onvp3is was(dardoci to hem- deous that the , messengers were chosen by. let but before reaching Sohamyl's reslienett,their, I courage failed , and, they resorted to cunning,. lin the execution of their mission. They sought Schamyl'e mother, knowing her giant , influence with her eon, and by a large bribe, engaged Khaness to undertake the task.-L.'; What occurred between the mother and spu la, , not known but KlTT:it:es came fronithe inter vicw pale and trembling, saying" to the toes.' sengers that her son had determined to consult Allah about their request, and commanded the peeping° fast until the Imola who had shut himself up in the mosque reappeared. Three days end nights Sehatnyl remained invisible, Ou the fourth morning he appeared bu the flat roof of the mosque, surrounded by lie Murida. All viewed with dismay his usually impressive countenance, distorted and changed by the tra ces of some past inviard agony. After an in terval itfprofountl silence, Redirected the near est : 1 4m-ids to bring his mother into his pres ence, and when she had arrived, he thus ad dressed the people : "The will of the Prophet of Allah he done f People. of Dargo, the Tchetchenes have dared to think of yielding to the Giaour, and have ventured to send messengers, hoping for my consent. The messengers conscious of their sin, dared not appear before my face—but have tempted. the weakness of my unhappy mother to be their mediator. For her sake, I hove ventured, aided by your prayers, to ask the will of Mohammed, the Prophet of Allah ; nn t that will is, that the first who spoke to me -ot - this - matter - sUnil - 'bt+ - punlslisd`wTth~n lion= dred blows of the heavy whip. It was my mother!" C,ET rßs _ these -words, Schamyl- signed- to - hie Murids, who seized the venerable old Khu ness, and bound her to one of the pillars of the ,mosque. At toe fifth blow, she sank dead• Soliamyli with a wild outburst of grief, threw himself at her feet; but auddenly'rising a gain, cried solemnly —!'God is great and Ma hammed is his prophet! he, With heard my prayer, and I may take upon myself the re mainder of my mother's expiation !" With that, stripping off his upper garments' he com manded the Murids. to inflict the remaining ninety-five blows upon own back. The punishment fulfilled, Schanayl gave order that the envoys of the Tohetobenee, terror stricken witnesses of the preceding scene should he brought into his presence. The ready 11furids half drew their schaskas, but Schatnyl raising the men of Gftuoi from the ground on which they had cast themselves in an agony of fear, said only, in his calm, im passive waY--"(io back to your people, and for my answer tell them what you have seen today." Schamyl is now- near sixty yours o age, but full of life and vigor. _lf all Ituboin'e enemies were as determined as he they would fare ill in the present war.-2V. l'. Sun. THE LONDON TIMES A correspondent of the Providence lon real thus narrates a visit to the office of the great English newspaper : "Among many other famous places in Loo don, I have visited the office of the London Times. To view the establishment, applica tion must be Made by letter to the manager. This despatched, ,a reply was promptly re ceived by post, and on the card was named the hour when the presses could be seen in motion. Mr, Applegarth a brother of the in - - venter of the press there used, and for ma: y l iws superintendent of the machinery, a very amiable gentleman, conducted me through the various departments, freely answering inqiii t ies, and - explaining everything as we . went along. Some idea of the resources and extent of the Times' office may be had from the single fact that upwardS of $300,000 are paid to the 'Government annually, form:amps, a penny, or. two Costs beingspaid each: nuttier' of the' , paper issued. The dial; circulation is 42.000 copies, ead'h number, inaludingibe suppliment emtaining.sixteen pages. Two hundred reams of paper are used every day, each weikhing , from 86 to 88 pounds, making in all from eight to nine tons. The quality of the paper every one knows whp has read the Times.— 'Each sheet costs the publisher a penny pad half, or three cents before it is printed. Qno of the presses was pilk,in motion at 1 o',olock_ P. , 151:t0 print an editicaLto be sent Ml* mall an hour later. Twenty .men were employed on dhe press, part of. them above in a gallery tonsupply paper, and part below to receive the printed sheets as they came , out.. The noise of the machinery was so great-tbut.,;it wet dlf fieult in conversation te be heard:, Tfie num ber printed an hour is 12,000. By, holding -watch-and connting , ,l disoinered:thatnaafmian recolvo4 from twenty 7 twp to twenty-four, ; a,' minute.. Now . and thou a sheet with on imper feet impression'weuld ho hastelythrown out ,by; Ono of the sharp'eYeci men below, andemie or twice at the stroke of a hell nil the wheels stopped, and the great machine rested 'for a'. fnomeni, then'at :Mother signal commenced the - stunning clatter Was shoine theiveults, where the large Stnek of paper is k‘elit;soliindt.; is :lOW need' iliat the supply hi short of the k do :nand,' Mad 'the price is mucli advanced.' For '' •amne 'ttinO annilvertiseinent'fins been standing:': in the oolitn'is al - t:beVitnes'idert ng: riward• of $5OOO for he disPovery j ef a'Substitaie ! fiir"' rags in'the Mltuufixoiullcrtif ThiS is'unatle by the priiklelcir of thoTiMos'.'"T lieVe thelll , ol the editorof•:the Tims,?,,bat I ata ' :oolyiitiOe4 them' is Lamb apersonago c :for name piououneed and' been' Ishosin' MS! 'heroin, nod chair. rip ' 9 0100; 'Of . .olO'Pak t . Jiff riod.oo „the .mablicntion Wang greater extent thart.has'besa,:stated: l Thereat . arisoefiireici'onirodmn fitted tiffori'the pvirpOsir atiks'isOfo'r:so 8 1 0flt1 of i'mlicrieoil:largP.Ptlia' bet' 9 1 '.440:Te10 portarartrelemployod.:•!Tliceo are.roliovrtl'eti t s ery,hntf heat; and '''tirb Minvey and' ficim'' o ,L o'„Legif3latjyp 13 4 , 1? , 91; 0119 rgriuktuing ttkn thiqr,f 1 „, sistlbed ,establibittnent 4i,)Aiit O ' ert 6 o with Tronflar.lntlimiL"..! 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