2 t r IL 'SUMNER TIME. Joyfully thosummer llngers, lth - her latutde and tier .flowers,.. :Freeing, with her fairy fingers, 1 . ilenrortes - o'er theie hearts of ours; Garlands woven in like rosos— Amarantbine flowers they aro— - I rr -whoi:e-ebtilice_therereposeS____.. gany ileciitt:id,beinty rare.• Summer flowers look In our Wes, ‘Vhispeiing ":We are dying now," And the light in seamy places ' Dinaneth often In its'glow: Still her bfrilit era sweetly Singing,_ Still there's inusloin bar leaves, • - Still the g(thien bees era winging, And thescaper binds,his sh`eaves And I.nutteli lhe' . .vines that, bending,,,, . limigwith clustoring tiMeers fo-dey,. Minill4 mu of summer's blending, 'With - the Auttunn's golden Toy— As 'it. sends Its gloomy shadqus All along tho:cottageivall, Bringing thoughts as fresh as meadows Filled,:siith flowers at 6,1 , 640 Gtll.-, I:lliding down life's silent river, ' Bummer after Summer tilei, • And the - Autumn brings Ili ever, , -Nearer hozhe to Paradise. And 1 lOvt;, oh !!tlearly, dearly, LiUe_thiszlorious world of num! • 'With its cnsuns changing yearly From thefrice aiid snow, to flowers , c srlttt4alt. JOHN TAYLOR The Timon of the Backwoods• Bar and Pulpit. DT aIAB. 81.11AiRFIZIA) I can never forget my first house- of 'John Taylor.. It was in the court at Lewis- burg,- Conway county, Arkansas; in 'Me nij3:of 1838. The occasion itselfpotwessed terrible interest A vast condoorse of spectators had nsFelaldol to witness the trial of a youhg nod beau' IN I girl on.indieimetit for miffder; The jodgi• waited at the'ru.oment for the lihrritl to brim. in his.prisott,ei,- and the eyee.orthe . itnpntiryi multitude ell centered on the door; when mud deillY . e.stratiger ent?red, whose appearance riOted: universal attention Efera is hi,9 portrait,—a - figure tall, lean, sin eirY, 'and straight as an arrow ; a face sallow, bilious, and twitching incessantly with nervous . irrjtahility ; a brow bold, soaring, massive, seamed with wrinkles; but not from age—for he 'was scarcely forty ;=oyes reddish-yellow. like the wrathful cagTe,, as bright and 'piercing; and finally,a mouth' with lips of cast "iron. _thin, curled; cold an'd aneeying, the intense egpression of which looked the living trubodi meat of an unbreathetl curse. He witithabited in a suit of new buck-ilkin:' ornamented after the fashion of Indian costume, with hues of every coloi of the Rainbow. ' Elbowing his way 'slowly through the crowd and apParently uucencious that he was re garded as a phenomenon, needing explanation, , this singular being advanced, and with the haughty air of a king riaoendingh the throne, seated himself within the bar,, thronged' as it was with the disciples of Coke and Blackatane, seireeal Of, whom it: was known, esteemed ther naives as far superior to , those old and fainoue —'snruiters. The centrist between the optialt4irh garb sktidAisdainfnl countenance or • the stranger, ited, eapeoiall,p; ' of the- Isn't nod the junior — . or ifigen sed 'titter, which grew louder, and soon , I , ,,ttofelkt around the 'whole circle. • * doubtless supposed the intruder . to be *wino wild hunter of the mountains, who had never before seen the intesior of a.hall orjus 40erifigtantly:the cause and 'object of the, laughter preeeited it, turned , his, head gradu • ol3y, so as to give each laugher a - look ; his lips curled .With h killing smile :of infinite 40ellew eyes shot rrowe oU 1'‘..1)00 bm tongue rotruding through his teeth literally'writhed like a'serpent, and elsoulat ite,oep-likerisop in a single word. „ BoToges 1. . r _ _ ;No pew oftwdesoribe the detail force whioh — he titre* into that term; no Omni can paint elufernil furor of his utterance, altliough it iAardly exceeded *whisper'. But he.aocent •• ed eset7 letter art if it were a . eeparate emis. sion 'etprehat, scorched hit_ quivering lips lapingtorrible emphasis on .8 both at the: ..:•- ug ainninga endzof the'sierd— f.'•l3oofiel3 77 - Itiso the growlof.,tha red tiger in the bica. •cf . a - •-; I ..!•411 9 a10 8 / 11 - • .. +•• •,• • Thsgenew irdiveitedlV the edtent of the fair priiiner '.,irhntiten`intMe in.eltifintUded , by ' her to drive ,guited. Vitl 010 •Potiti" 11,• 111 4,,t mad. For here **o *Avis , 0r : .b,50t7,. to , b ey' • wilder the tamest imagination, and tmeit the °eldest heart, leaving.in both imagination and - heart a glessiting picture enameled in fire and flied 'in* frame of gold from the otos ! It ENE was, theipell of an enchantment tube felt as ' Well - its-seen. --You inight feel-itin_the _flatth_ -of-her countenance, elear as a Sunbeam, brit , liant as the iris; fn the contour of tier fea tures, 113,temetricalati if cut by the 'chisel of an artist fin her hair. of rich atiluirn ringlets flowing without-4i braid,'eater'thatt Silk, finer than gossamer; in ,the 'eyes, blue:as the bee.' :yen of southern summer, large, liqulkl; bearay;" . :,..In her motions, graceful, swimming,• like the gentle wahureS of a bird's wing in..the sunny air i in the figure,.slight;Tttlfitial==nnytnpli's, .or a sernph'si and more than . till, in the-eyor laSting smile pi the rosy_ lips, so arched, -so ,serone, so like starlight 4 and -yet pos%esing the power of Magic or of magnetism to thrill the beholder's heart., . •.. _ . As the unfortuUato girl, so tastefully dress eki, so incomparable as to personal charms, :calm and smilling,foother piece. Vidor° the bar of her •judge, a .murmtir of admiration, -arose from the multitude, which, the Prompt . interpoSition of theaourt, by a stern. order of 'silence,' could - scarcely repress 'from swel • ling to n'dcafening cheer. The judge turned to the prisoner. "Emma Miner. the C9net•has been inform: " — ed that your counsel, dol. Linton, in - sick, have you employed any other?" She answered in a voice sweet as the war -hleef-the nightingale, and-elear as. the - song - • " My'enemies have bribed all the laWyers _ . ,--even ray own to be sick ;:•but God will de fend the innocent." ' • ' - At this response, so simple in its touching pathos. a portion of the auditors buzzed ttp pintas% and the rest -wept. On the :instant, ~ however,. the stranger, whose appearance had previously excited such merriment, started to his feet. approached the Prisoner, and whispered something in her ear. She:bounded six inches from the floor, utter ing a piercing shriek, and then stood trem bling_ as if - iit;the preserve Of. a ghost--from eternity ;* while the singular being, who had caused her unaccountable emotion, addressed the Court in his sharp, ringing tioice,. senor __ ints as the sound of hell metal • • •• :May it please your honor, I will aisume tho t s .dc of defending the lady." °b • ;• Whot exclaimed the astonished Judge, " are . you li'eentted attorney V.!' •• gy t e question is irrelevant and.inftnate• Ti"!," replied the etrtutgor, with tr venennous sneer. "as the recent statute entitles any person to sot, as counsel at ttfe rxtquest of a party." . "But does the prisoner request it!" en 'quired the judge. •I*Aet • her speak for herself," said the stranger. • " I do," yros the answer, as a long drawn sigh escape bat seemed to rend her - veri heart strings. The-caselmmediately Trogressed; and' as It bad a tinge of roinantio , mystery, we will epitomize the m substance of the evidence. About twelve months before, the defendant had arrived in the village, v and opened an _es tablishment of millinery.. 'Residing In a room connected with her sbop,and all alone, she I prepared the-articles of her trade with, tut ' wearied labor and'consummate taste. 'liar habits were secluded, modest and re. tiring, and hence she might have hoped to avoid notoriety, but for the perilous gift of that rxtramdniary, 'beauty, which too • often, and to the poor and friendless always proves curse. She - wits soon" ,ought 'after by all those glittering fire flies of fashion, 'the pro . - fessiim of whose life everywhere id • deduction dud ruin. But the bemitiful !granger viect ed-the_m_alLwitlLPitutterable.ecorn mid loath ing. Among thede,rejeoted admirers' was one , of s character. from • whi3h.,_ the fair milliner bad everything to fear. ' Hiram Shore belong ed to a family at once opulent, ing „ nentiat and 'dissipated.. V lie wakhirtiself licentious, brave and ferociously revengeful—the most fainous duellisf . of,the• southwest- • It , wee, generally known that he tisd taaae;s4vances 'tow,in favor of the loyely Emma-and had shared the fate of alLother wooers—a dbidainful , . re pulse; ,At nine o'clock on Christmas night , 1 1887, the people'of Lowiehurg were startled by , "a ' _.loud s cream, . asefene in mortatterrar. while following that,- with : scarcely an 00:Afp came eutoessivo reports of fire:tirme, one, two; three—a desen donfeninkirrOare; They flew' to ; the shop :of.'the whinge the . sound proceeded; ; . pushed back the ,Infaii,ris4,4r. wrid'a StienWor : was , preient4 ',There she stood in4e - oentre of the room,: with a re ' velvet in sash hano; entry; dikhargicit" her feittitit - paltry her. eyo4.:fi# l o4ll - 1 ,1141 .fk but her lipapnited with &fearful smile. And Aare at boor feet; weltering In , hisw m b ood suuthie.bosout literally 11d4. 16 0 1.1114414 lay. , ,ths , salVdreaded duelli st, .4*tk,:likoilit `'ik!ii!!!ig*:llll last 107.1. li. art i 4t ilatsd . but keingle lienMnoi,." "Tell iY. Mother ltst scq dead'and' gone In l eU2r tfind iuiteptly ,f 4 1 ,14 4. • ' - In ihe'uain4'of (Nisi; this claimed the appalled spectators; ' - • "1 did it, odd the beautiful atillluer, I ik:.; It to'sare my honor." =UM El MI • As Inny : Teadil„y be imegiupd, the cleedenne ,titi:inieiieceenettiion• ;iiiiblio l o'phiion how.- ever, VMS paoieeelaitsea,'.cred-_ , icing the gill's veraien Of the facts, lauded her. heroism itt terrna Of inenBureless eulogy: the ft fends of the, deceased, and of lis'wealthy family, gave aZ different' and ilarker. coloring to .the' affair, and denounced : the' lovely. bent i eide:afi an atroeiostis._crintinal, Unfortunately for her,- drollicers of the law, especially the. judge and the'elteriff,:Were devoted comindes Of-thel-efitin i -and displayed theittleelingslin.o revolting ,partiality, • The judge..cetiimitted er tvithout__Ahe - p . rivilege of bill!, and the sher,ff chained her in the felon's dungeon.. tich is d brief abstract of the circumstances developed in the exatnintrfi - ott-of ,vtitnesses.— Tlie - testimoni close4"ntid the pleading began first of f►lJ. three ittivocutes7 , :spoke iu suc cessionTerßhi; prosecution k but neither their wimps nor their arguments - are ircirth .orators of the 'blood and thunder p.oins, they about equally Vartilioned their howling eloquence. betwixt the prilioner and iier leather robed counsel, as if in doubt wlio of tbe , twain was then on trial. As for the atratiger,•be seemed to'pay not. the slightest attention to his opponents, but remainmj motionless, with his forehead bowed on .his bands, like one hutied in.d ep thought or. shituber... . yhen th prOper.tinie :came, however, he. Suddinl sprang. to his feet, crossed _the bar, nn t Took tine position artifirsrto - uphittg thejttri.- He then commenced iu ti;:whispe - r, but, it was a whisper.so , wird, se; clear, SU . bilutterlitly ringing an.d distinct, as to fill the ball from 'loin: to galleries. • •. ,At the outset he dealt - in pure logic, separp., ting anti combining the proven facts, "fill the whole muss of coilfused eVidencelooked, trans 11,ent as a globe of - glass; through which tho innocence of his client shone, briltiatit. sunbeam ; and,the jurors nodded to each oth ._ er signs of a. thorough ;conviction; the thrilling whisper,_ and fixed concentration and the language,. bimple as a" _ bat 'convinced all lie then changed his posture, 80 as to sweep hirbar - with his glance, and beg:On Intear and rend his legal adversaries. His sallow face glowed as-a heated foronce ; his eyes reitem bled living'cOals, and his voice ,became the clangor of a trumpet. I have never,' before nor since listened to such murderous denun ciations. It was , likit Jove's eagle charging a flock of crows; it was like Jove himself hurling red hot thunder, bolts among the tinaking ratikO of a conspiracy of interior gods." - And yet, in the highest tempest of. his fury, he seemed calm ; he employed no gesture save one—the-flash of along, bony fore-finger direct in the eyes of his foes. He painted their venality and unmanly meanness, in :,o• 400801w/for money to built down a poor, friendless woman, till a shout of stifled rage arose from the multitude. avid even ttdate of the jury cried--" Share' l" : He changed his theme once more. His voice grew mournful as a funeral song, and his eyeirfilifid *it'll tears, as he traded a vivid picture of man's ceueltietinnd woman's`wronge, with particular illustrations in the case o/ his client, till ono hidf of the audience wept like children. But it was in the Peroration that he reached his zenith, st once of tiror and sublimity. His features were livid as 'those of a corpse; his very hair appeared, stand on and ; his norves 'shook as with a ptilsy ; he tossed his hdnds wildly tower& 'heaven, each finger stretched apart-and quivering like the flame of a candle, as he Olosed rwith the last words of the deceased Hiram. Elhore-- 4. Tell my mother that. I l gone to Neill" His • emphas i //en ethbodied-the acme:aril ror; it - was the: wail of inameasurittile despair. No language can depict thervfleet on us who heard it. Men groaned, females - screamed, and one poor mother-fainted and. was borne away in ootreutslona. • The, 'Whole speech ocoupied but an hour. Thejury rendered a verdict of “not guilty" without leaving the box, and three "hien, like the SUOOSISIT6 roars of an earthquake, .shoolt tha,old - Court House from dome to corner-stone, testifying the joy of the people.' ' After the adjeurement which occurred near sunset, the triumphant advocate simile, atid Ova out an—appottitment I will prima: In this hail to night 'it'll 004," „Ile *then glided off through thwaorowdi„ , ,epeakieg one; though many attemptedlo draw him into * 00 091 111 ' 3 f t • , At eight o'clocr tne ;Court Rouse was again t h ronge d ) and ••the strangers-according to Omaha; delitrarrAvhii.sermett, , :It.: evinced the'OEno attrihutea mi hie previous or, the.- h r Oh* saMe compact 114 ! .0 3° , burning wohemenl3e, and inoinised,bitta of donintdition. Andied„ T*0 10 ,4 1 ,4 1 " Aki .1 5 r " l3 - , - *Pl° °D. * , i tt dlmpourat. was, ~ 44104,- . hodese. ,, 'ltt Twoh owe ; the Ilt'4lllohelf , awned' to include #l4bidy hut himself; WWII'. a4lotura of raiPti l ifraYli*hlt# 4rattni'llith sorarld games:, for BOA flik* paragraph Vointad 'to lawn, Auld that oat doMoustrated the utter impossibility that imy aUniellAlSltig should am get thore.--(001 Wm& ' • din - 4010, - _ - _'_f}q.qo;:-_,:. , :. Inn Chronological table ,of i-,Vreiziont's Life. CUT THIS sl4.—Jan. 21. B, 818—llii fattier CM yeo,ra of ito3,lr and a mister. 820—At scipiol 823- l At school 31 826—Talton in •cl lawyer 827—Dr. Robertson, .now s class;eal,toanber iu Philadelphia; takes ireatkintefesi in his genius. 828—Enters Junior Class, Cliarleston Colley; 829—Graduates inclleaves 830-18 - confirmed Protestant Episcopal Church at Chirleston. - 830—Tesebes at Charleston. • . • 831 7 -Labors as private surveyor: B:32—Surveys one-of the Snit railroads in United States, from Charleston , to Ham • . burg. 833 7 -First public-service under the, Jackson Adminisitration, in sleop-of-warNatcheC sent to Charleat'on - to puts down' tion. 835—Commissioned as Professor of Mathe matics In the Nary. I ' 835—Mtide Mister of; Arts by Charleston College, without itis , solipitation. 836—Resigns commission in, the Navy. and selected b y Jackson to serve under Capt, Williams, Topographicill Engineer. - 887—Surveys mountain ranges of Carolina `and.Tennessee, . 838—•Surveye Cherokee Country for a.milita • Jdly 7. Commissioned as Second•J,ieu• temoit Topographical Engineers. ,- Administration of Mr. Van Buren de termines on an exploration of region north. west of MissAiri, and. are asked - by_ Mr N_icolet. who is head of it, "for - ati-assist ant possessing Soienelf, energy, courage and enterprise," and tient. ,Frentont se ---tented-by Secretary of War. 838-1839--tagaged in the expLoratiohs. . - 890- Asks* amps of surveys, and 'surreys" Deemoinesßiver, lowa. 841—Oot. 10. blarries Jessio,second dangh ter of Senator Benton,. who 'was in her 17th year. 1. 1842—First exploralion to the Rooky Moun- Makes hie celebrated speech to the In dian Council at Fort teralinie. • August: Stands en the highest peak" of the Rocky Mountains, 14,670 feet above the ()Of of Melted, and unfurls the star spangled banner. : October. Reports at : 'Washington for further duties. - 1848—Sterta on his second expedition.. Discovers central plate.or_baain of the North American Continent, and corrects the previous maps by 'showing that no ' ' , streams flow from Salt Lake. 1845—Jari. 29.‘ kitrat ~L ieutenant and Brevet Captain o f Topographical gngi- Deers by President - Tyler, under thb rec , ornmeadation'of pen. Scott. Oct. Appointed Lientenant Colo nel'4 Rifles -hy.Presideit, Polk. No+etuVe'r. Starts on a third expedi tion to California. • ' 1845.—Arrives In California. 1846—Gen. Castro, Mexican, in commatia, had orderd to drive him,out ' o Californiii:' 1846—Entrenches himself on Hawk's, Peak, to ;resist. , klidbeing attacked, marches toWards , laregon,__Lleut. Gillespie encounters him ' with a message from ames a Buchanan, Secretary of State, to. Capt. Fremont, authorizing hitwie do, what he .could - .to ~ , ,p irrent California from falling into the • :luirids of Great:Britain." • • Fienioni retraces his, steps to. Confer. Wm.* , pu r suance of direction from Mr. , Buchanan, take*: California - with aixty • moo, and proclaims it independent. Appointed Military Governor of Cali , ,fOrida:by,cogpmedTe'Stooliton. 'Buys Marippai far sapoo; And intends tarliecome . a 'citizen 'of California: • 1847 17 ,0 iii. Kearney Andres take , Califor , nia, and ands it, iilreadY' tak;iiii'l and is Vennod Ore Stockton and:Sen. gear, kiey dispute cominsnd. I!re7i • ; yktik4..iriipperta•Stitekton. Who ...• ftffeFlYoi -•. • 24 t.courk Martial for, mit ebeyikg ' the orders et two conombdere.: 'talliant dere g that it guilty , ,4k 1 4141 1 i .- - "• - ;11b1 mother (lien aid be is An lia.last• of Malt ; 1.048--rieeddeni:Oolk kondiiia him his sword . I • ;iiktkikkos•Oilh !'",u lo • 1 4. .looePtspee would acknowledge the justice , • td";e6lgrate - oslifoka;' reside's,. a private citizen. Greet vutm *king Meeting with 1d In Obarloatcisii 8.0., by citizens, and a sword presented to him by them, with eulogy on his char- t..; ~. OE too ' Nercv . rij, .. _ : , • Fob. 213 --- 20;0007tropiew — ofIlitt — reP00:77 . of explorations ordered to be printed, b rEltepaton vanntLb, Georgia, in , (es bim,at_ use iother,, , of information." • Oct. 19. Goes out on•.a fourth eipedi ,tion at hie own expenet . , 4 •-trided by citizen, 'of St. Louis: • ----- 849—Appointed by President Taylor Cora-. - rniseioner for running boundary between • Mexico-and California. — • Ills influence With the members of the , Censtitutional Coprentioninakes_Califor nia a Free State. _ . • Is elected a United Slates Senator. 1.850- 1 --Sept. 10. ,Takes hie seat as United States Senator, and the next day submits ` 17 post routes and 18 bills for relief of • California. Sept: 12. Introduces n bill for a Pa• cifio wagon road. Opposes taxation of mining California, and - speaks for free _ . labor. . , etter elu'eatieti by South_Ciroline those .who.have mad 1851—Jan. 8. Col Beet Fremont, introduces' claims in California; al lie accused of selfish el Fremont's claim trom-ii kls Supported for new term by the Fr Suite party, but, after -140 ballots, ( feated; '•every na!ive' Ca/fort/fan in. t . Legielature voting for. him, - • 1852-1853 7 -Travels in Europe, •(itt the ti fie.is said bi,Altlerman Fulmer to'be e Catholic Cathedral in Washington), i is overyiibere received 'with flatter 1853--Maliea a fifth expeilition, — at - joint pease with Col. Benton, to teat the p, ticability of a railroad Foote for. wi: Baer siikexioutive serlioes by Charlee- • July 17. James Buohnnsn, in a letter to tho Presitlitil, endorses Fremont "'so entitled to the highest *onSideration' from his Well-knourn ability and superior means The Ropti,Geographical Society, , Lon don, award him the founder's medal. • Rec9yes from the king of Prussia,. a 4 ooppanied by_a letter from. Baron-... Hum boldt; a gold medal, .ommemorative c le (detained in California udder illne , of. Panama fever. fated - MAL MEM Suffers incredible hardships from I ger, and is supposed to be lost for months. ry 854-111 s Ida osa 'tee - CORSimefrly December erm United , States Sup Court, aft r strenuous arguments by tortioyGtentral Caleb Ctiabing again We Justice Taney giving the opi and indorsing.his conduct in every res Reported 17 Howard, p. 545, 1855—December. Talk edof for Preside 1856—May,18. Tuts Nome NO*lNAlit June 18. • Two Conventions nt this nomination—this being tie am stay of the Battle of Waterloo. /char.') armies commenced the ' dieo , ure of Napoleon, the forerunper of .; Buctanan'in plundering a its (Mau NALTIOAL —4She has breastworks knees,' said Ike, desoribing the new I States ship Merrimac to:Jklrs. Partingto; he looked up at her toguishly. • What is that, Isaac?' said the old looking up from a profound contemplai Dudley Leavitt's almanhc. She hi caught all of his remarks. 'She has breastworks and, knees,' ri Ike; smiling. Breastworks and knees!' said Mrs, ington, impreallively, with a face that irtroleinoipl-rode : written-upon_si do you know that?' I saw 'ern,' returned be, 'and put r on 'em,' 4 Well,' said she raising her finger guide poet, you must not let me, hew thing from you,agaie. Such' shatneh duct Is without a parable in one so yet . I am almnat ready t o k belleie in _at tt of the morel turpeallue of, yputh.', She looked nnziou 3l whei dog on his legs,and rOkleg.to and fr It wan tke.'newAii:llras,talkini taid : hq. grjbniog at the olotak.o6 b , Ohr , said eke:. .:At le,fon miy be )sid film* itr! your; min The hkdy took a Pineli of entlit ey4• opr f ici the AnintiS of the stiff cot the rant bu t , the Pkg!gv• was =row ofpor bnhe ' ho the 114$ gingerbread ready fet;the:lvon...,. .k) ---- ENI4SYLITANIk lle /InAltetilll#lollt. 4 4hen 41211611 CM n ram the eitiseut of Carlisle and ale pu /It that he intend"' orieninigA" , pedalo:boo tainwout On tint lat'arApril, iniltel4lo eupled woodoultistuteort Wl*" Hanover and guathigritreett,la thaboseni Re , will‘tga 'Wady stegithrewii o4o6l4 4l may Amor hint with , their custom; and ,gpered,tOnskaAlitael'aritiralfatltease. tit'alitine. gagolied with the ligiat the IliiitabloWith a glaik: angliattent and eyerthinfOrnehe num baiptiotl4l4. , Wou.dgOw igUi : taste WSW ee row, retionable rotas, clip be attention rig business and s.deeir• to pleat, there of rattle Patronage. • • P, Al/011)1 Carlisle, Mirth, 6, 15661-4m9- rrprOgreas In mein( ton, at reqUeat bill to settle flui lest he. shoo e, e - seepte CL e bill.