J i 4 h a ft t " WE GO WHERE EEMOCEATIC PKIKCIFLES POINT THE WAY ;YH2i; TKEY CEASE TO LEAD, WE CEASE TO POLLOW." VOLUME VIII. EBENSBURG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 18-52. 44. i. t , , IE TERMS. The "VOUXTAIX SEXTIXEL" is publish el every Thursday morning, at One Dollar and Fifty Cents per annum, if paid in advance or within three months ; after three months Two Dollar will be charged Xo subscription will be taken for a shorter reriod than six months ; and no paper will be .continued vnlil all arrearage are paid. A failure to notify a drtcontinuanc at tke expira tion of the term subscribed for, -will be consid ered as a new engagement. gsa ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted t tile following rates: -50 cents per square for the first insertion; 75 cents for two insertions; il for three insertions ; and 2-3 cents per square tDr every subsequent insertion. A liberal reduc tion made to those who advertise by the year, (ll advertisements handed in must have the proper number of insertions marked thereon, cr the" will be published until forbidden, and ohflred in accordance with the above terms. All letters and communications to insure attention must be postpaid. A. J. RHEY. Isatlore. BT MSS. ANNA H. IiOHSET. I knew her in her childhood's time, when bles sings round her clung, And her baptismal innocence a "halo o'er her flung, 7 Era the wild world's deep traitor, sin had drawn her in its guile, And Heaven had sent a glory down to dwell with in her smile. Oh ! ehe was fair ! I'd never seen a thing of earth so fair ; With joyous brow, aud dove-like eyes, and waves of shinirg hair, ;io wonder,, for her little heart, with trusting footsteps trod, Beneath the Holy Virgin's smile, the path that led to God I Child as she was, the stricken ones of earth had called her blest, And by the bed-side of the poor, she was an angel guest, And when unto her undimmed faith, the bread of life was given, Unsullied tears gushed from her heart, that might have liowed in Heaven. Tut ycarsrolled on the child of wealth must fill her station now ! Tin father's pride, the mother'3 Lopes, lit by ambitious glow Sent forth the ti eiabling, sinless enc, to brave the snares of earth, "When all her sweet ejections clung around the household hearth ! The hair that once was flowing free, in ehiuing curl, They braided up with glistening gems, and beads of costly pearl, They wrapped her in the richestrobes, anddeck- ed with diamonds rare, The gentle hands, that she for years, had lifted up in prayer ! ia.o fur then The world had claimed her young heart3 solemn vow, And bade her kneel before its shrine, and to its idol 3 bow, And lifted up on high with songs its fantasies of light, And laid fair garlands at her feet, that made her pathway bright. She trembled when those lute-like tones, camo with their magic swell, And wove around her spirits dream, a deep me lodious spell ! The tempters breath is. on her cheek, it flush es on her brow Oh maiden taste not of the cup, that he would give thee now. But lingering still, 6he hears fond tale6, of earth's enchanting lore, Which tell her that no storms disturb, the Bun light of its shore, She emiles, then wanders off to seek, amid life'B desert maze The fantasy, that charmed her heart with such alluring rays. Alas ! her brow is crowned with light but, not the light of Heaven : Oh one by one, those ties of love, are by the cold world riven ! They melt like snow flakes on the waves, of Borne dark turbid stream. And contrite tears are like the thoughts, of some remembered dream. I pity thee, thou erring one and fain would have thee go Back to the crystal fount, from whence the liv ing waters flow, Back to the cross back to the ehrine and sweet Madonna's smile ; Thy gardian angel folds his wings, and lingers near thee, child ! I taw her die like rose leaves tossed upon a win try wave, Death tore those painted hues away, and left her but a grave ; I will not tell her agonies, as to its bourne she trod Htr toul went vp without a veil, to stand before its God. Curious Historical Fact. During the troubles in the reign of Charles I, Country girl came to Iiondon in search of a place as a servant maid, but not succeeding, she tired herself to carry out beer from a ware house, and was one of those called tub women. The brewer observing a good looking girl in this low occupation, took her into his family as a servant, and after a short time married her. He died while she was yet a young woman, and kft her the bulk' of his fortune. The business jf brewing dropped, and Mr. Hyde was recom mended to the young woman, as a skilful law yer, to arrange her husband's affairs. Hyde, ho was afterwards Earl of Clarendon, finding widow's fortune considerable, married her. this marriage there was no other issue than daughter, who was afterwards the wife of James II, and mother of Mary and Anne, Queens READ AND REFLECT. A SECTIONAL ISSUE. The action of the Whig Convention at Balti more in the nomination cf Gen. Scott, and the subsequent tone of the Northern V big press, justifies the belief that they have given ip all hopes of aid from the South, and that their de sign in the nomination of Scott, was to create a purely sectional issue and depend upon the .North alone for success. Those who have watched the history of parties in this country, since the time of the elder Adams, the days of black-cockadcs, aud Alien nnd Sedition laws, must be satisfied of one thing, and that is the constant attempt of the opposition to the Dem ocracy, no matter by what name it was called, to create discord and disunion between the members of this confederacy, and thus induce the necessity for a strong armed central Govern ment, which would soon blot out all idea of State sovereignty, and reduce the people of the country to a state of vassalage and dependency similar to that of the monarchies of the old world. If proof is wanted of this design on the part of the opposition to the Democracy, look at the declaration of Fisher Ames, of New York, a prominent Federalist, who contended that "the people were divided into two classes, the better born and eduoated, who should piiern, and the lower cl;-.sse3 who should be governed." This same class of politicians and eppesers if Demo cratic doctrines, favored a life Senate, and all ; the other monstrous aristocratic measures, from ,' which the people had just escaped by the blood and treasure of the Revolution, nnd which if en tailed upon them again would have rendered the struggle useless, and the Declaration of Inde pendence a miserable farce without point or ef ficacy. It was to put an end to these constant at tempts of the old Federal party, to introduce in- j to the Constitution and politics of this Republic I the-gcrm of tlws monarchical rule of Europe, that the eventful struggle took place which re sulted in the triumph of Jefferson, and the up rising of those bold and rudical principles of Democratic progress which are the, foundation Etoneofthe Democratic party of I8S2, and which have been the procuring cause of the un exampled rue and progress of this Country in all that enriches a Nation in point of wealth, and a people in intelligence and political free dom and equality. From the elevation of Jeff erson until the breaking out of the war with England, during the administration of Madison, the old ultra Federal party, which had always distrusted the people, and repudiated the doc trine that all power was vested in them, had si lently and secretly been at work to sap the con fidence of the masses in that Constitution which they had adopted, and spread among the people a distrust of those whom they had chosen to be their rulers. When the war broke out, and the Democratic administration of Madison boldly proclaimed the American doctrine of "Free Trade and Sailors' Rights," and bearded the li on in his den, rather than submit to the humili- ating right of search which the British insisted i on, the old Federal party true to their feelings of hostility to the country and its free institu tions, sided with the British and refused to sus tain the war, or the army when it was fighting the battles of their country and protecting their i homes and firesides from the outrages of a for eign soldiery. Josiah Quincy, then a rank and bitter Federalist, afterwards a modern Whig, who was rewarded by being elected by that par ty, Mayor of Boston, denounced the war as un holy and said that "if (he enemy were thunder ing at the gates of the Capitol he would not stir to aid the country." On all sides the war was stigmatised as a Democratic measure, and that fact was pointed to by the Federal party as an evidence that the people were not capable of self government, and that they should have a power to rule over them that was not subject to their direct control. The result of that war, however, so glorious to American arms, put but a partial extinguish er on the doctrines of the old Federal party; for though it prostrated them for a time, still it did not remove the venom that rankled in their bo soms, against that system, nnd those means by which they had been defeated. After the war, the opposition to the Democracy gradually un derwent change after change, until it assumed the present name of Whig. But at no time has their principles underdone a revision, or ap proximated a step nearer the true political plat form on which the permanent peace and pros perity of the country is based. After the crush ing defeat that fell upon them for their treach ery to the country, by the Hartford Convention, and its kindred measures, they essayed the game of the friends of the monetary interests of the Republic, and under the cry of a National Bank, endeavored and for a time succeeded in hood-winking the people into their support ; but this was, in its turn, swept away by the current of truth aud popular demonstration, and they were again adrift upon the sea cf speculation as an expedient to creep into Power and place. The vast system of internal improvements by thc National Government, that was started by this party, wes another of the measures by which they hoped to obtain a hold on the confi- dence of the people for their ruin and the des truction of the whole system upon which the re public rests. Failing in all these measures, as desperate as they were to, obtain the reins of government and seeing that day by day as the people un derstood more fully the doctrines of State Rights, upon which the whole perpetuity of this Union depends, they clung with more devotion to the Democratic party they at last seized upon the expedient of agitating the Slavery question as a most fruitful measure by which to alienate one portion of the coiifi'dornc v from the other. i and thus break the chain by which the Democ racy had always triumphed. This was a most desperate and fratracidal step ; but that party which had sided with the Tories of the Revolu tion, and the Eritish in the war of 1812, was used to desperate means, and if they could but reach the goal of their ambition, they were not disposed to be over nice ns to the instrument by which the work was to be accomplished. Acting then on this plan they rallied around the old Abolition feeling which had existed from the commencement of the Government, and, by se- J elusive candidate of a section of the country. All i cretly fanning the flame, soon spread its baleful j others have united the hardy North and the ! light far and wide over the country. From a i blossoming South ; the wood-chopper of the : mere local matter that did not reach beyond the forests of Maine, and the sugar-boilers of the village school-house in which, it was promulga- ; plains pf Louisana, r.nd that because they all ted by some half demented but harmless philan- ; united upon the Constitution, and recognised tl.ivpt, it :-oon assumed a political aspect and ; nil as brothers. But with Gen. Scott the case is thrust its brazen and portentous front into the ; dif-ireti. The line was drawn the Xorlh or Xo halls of Congress, and thundered at the doors . thir;. Abolitionism, or detachment from the Fed- cf the United States Senate for admittance. Fetiticus w ere prescuted filled to the brim with infidelity to the Constitution and unfaithfulness : to that compact by which the Confederacy was formed, and men were found who advocated their acceptance and spoke in favor of the doc- trines they contained. The old Federal party which had been scattered by it3 opposition to ! ' the War of 1812, now saw the moment for its j ing future. If the American people are pr?Ia . re-orgauiz tion and the means by which they ! red for this, if they will rest satisfied and see could be accomplished and seizing hold of this J the temple of libty prostrated by the hands ; new and dangerous clement leaped into the sad- i of 4hcje impious jugglers, if they can be cajo : tl e' nnd 'itl tcti w:.r-ery of Abolitionism, led ilea by su:l'. transparent tricks as those concoc ; on the attack upon tho Constitution and the j ted at the Federal Whig Convention at Baltimore ' rights of the individual States. As National j and vot for Gen. Scott, then we shall lose some ; Republicans they soon collected nil those who of our faith in human nature, and in the march ; were i Pscd to the progress of the country un i der that Constitution which had been given I them by the wisdom of a Franklin, a Jefferson, i and a Madison, and their fellow Democrats, and j the abolition of all service or labor in the South j ern States was to be the watchword, j Thus was the Sectional Issue framed by the j National Republican party nnd from thence it" j descended to their representatives, the present j Whig part-, whom, with Seward, and his high ! er law doctrine, aud Greely, with his jeers at : the constitutions, have ripened it to its present ; fullness. Heretofore,' thev have cloaked their i designs under the garb of some more favored ; principles: but in the nomination of Gen Scott : the mask has been thrown away, and the open and naked platform of disunion presented to the people of the country. Seward declares that to him there is h law higher than.the constitution which he is bound to obey, while Greeley spits upon the resolution which endorses the peace measures of the lest Congress, and declares war j to the knife upon the Constitution and its plain j requirements. For days this band of fanatics i stood in the Baltimore Convention, and balloted for a man for the Presidency, who they knew to be with them in spirit and in feelings, and af ter accomplishing his nomination, they pass a series of resolutions, which they now laugh at, ana men come DacK to commence the war upon a Sectional Issue alone. In the Eastern States,! and in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, the great battle is to be fought, while Truman Smith and his forgery committee at Washington are to make a feint upon the South by the means of documents sent to those localities. What but a perfect knowledge that this was the game to be played, and that Gen. Scott was a fitting instru ment to be used for the purpose, would have in duced such men as Thaddeus Stevens, nnd Ex Governor Johnston to join in the swindling res olutions of the Whig Convention nt Baltimore, or take the stump for the success of the Federal Whig nominees now ? Both Stevens and Johns-' ton are known to be the unprincipled agents of the higher law junta iii New York, and both of them aided and abetted in the Christiana out rages in our State last fall, the one by refusing to act as the Governor of the State until a sufii- I cient length of time had elapsed to allow the culprits to escape ; and the other by tempting the people of the locality in which the affair took place, to acts of hostility to the authority of the National Government. Both these men are now at the head of the Sectional Issue par ty, and where they are, you HiXy be sure they are satisfied that the company is with them. With this fact, then.staring them in the face, will the people of ail 'prts of the Union pause for one moment, and look at the consequences that must follow the success of this mad attempt on the part of the Federal Whig party, to dis member the Union, and throw down that Cons titution which was bequeathed us by the wisdom of our fathers ? Is the success of that party, which has opposed the welfare of the country from its birth to tiic jjresvtfis'.t. of raoYA j consequence than the perpetuity of those free institutions under which we live, and which we shonld transmit to our posterity? As politi cians, looking to the safety of that Rystcm of political ethics by which we are governed, we should not fail to denounce all such attempts to impair'Vbe bond of Jinioa between the States, as full f mischief to the welfare and happiness of the whol.5 people. As business men, we should deprecate the mad schemes by which the kind and friendly relations that exist between the two selyons of the Nation, will be disturbed anu Ine tra-VSvcrteu to otcer ana foreign chan i and the tralewwcrted to oth nc?s frora "!i no profit can be obtained. Al- ready has tlic isade cf our sister cities suffered by the will attacks of this band of political ban dits upon the rights and property of their neigh bors, which is guaranteed to them by the Con stitution, and if this wholesale scheme, 13 con summated by the election of Gen. Scott, and the induction into office of such men as those by whom he will be surrounded, the effect will be still more fatal and disastrous. Xo elite- can-lid j!e teas ever presented for the j support of the American people, who teas the ez- cral Fxriy. Tins was the test, and those were the reasons why the nomination was a sectional one, in obedience to the command of those who rule the dcsf.nies of that faction. They are to have, the bad eminence that a successful termination of this hold measure would bring with it, and the misses in the North arc to vote the ticket, and b?ivc the consequences to the ail-cntruijh- of general intelligence among all classes in this Nation. But of this result, we are not fearful, if the Democracy but do their duty, and show up this whole attempt in it3 true light. Do not let the minds of the people be distracted by the catch-words of Tariff, and such kindred hum bugs, that will be started to lead off upon a wrong issue ; but let the real points in the coa- test be presented, and that in so bold, plain a . manner as that none can fail to sec and under stand them. Let the Sectional Issue they have made be the only one they shall be tried upon and see if the ingredients of the poisoned chalice does not end in tho death of its concoc tors. Ail around, from the North and South, the East and the West, let the voice go forth that the Federal Whig parly, true to the princi ples of that baud of Toiies from wdiich they sprung, has, at this late day, made an open at tack upon the Constitution nnd peace of the Na tion, nnd like the army of Rhoderick DIfti, thou sands of brave men will spring into life from every hill-side and valley, to rebuke their mad attempt and crush them into political nothing ness. IIe that diggeth a pit shall fall into it," says the good book, nnd the hand of the same Prov idence that led the armies of the Revolution a mid the snows of Valley Forgo nnd the ice of Trenton, will make the application of this truth to the impious attempts of the Federal Whig party to lay their unclean hands upon the Ark of their country's liberty. Here is the sole re fuge of the exile from tyranny and oppression. This country has sheltered Kossuth and Mcagh cr and their brother patriots from the axe of the headman or the rope of the gibbet, and yet for j the purpose of gaining politic power the Federal j Whig partv' are willing to blot out the stars 1 party from our flag, and destroy this only city of re fuse for the dowu-trodden ia all the world. If General Scott is elected this will he the consumma tion, for to this arc the hold, bad men by chomhe is surrounatd pledged ; and they will redeem their word. Look then to the consequences cf this Sectional Issue which the Federal party has conjured up, and cling to that old party, which was the ov!(r:nator of the Constitution, and has ever since been its protector and defender. Gen. Tierce is the candidate of that party, and his election w ill be a guarantee to the whole world that the experiment of man's capacity for self-government has been success ful ierc, and that the principles of the Decla ration of Independence are still the guide of the Democracy in their contests against the Feder al Whig party and their Sectional Issues. Philadelphia Argus. EQuA village pedagogue, in despair with a stupid boy, pointed to the letter A, sni esked him if he knew it. "Yes, sir," replied the boy. "Well what is it ?" "I know her very well by sight, but swallow me if I can remember her name." From the San Augustine (Texas) Jleruld July 17. Tcrrltole Crime. Aquilla and Jesse W. Ballard, brothers, and both young men, were residing togetkcasf&nd cultivating a plantation in partnership. fra ternal were their feelings, so strong their attach ment, so unbounded their mutual confidence in each other, that they kept no separate aceounts, owned no separate property Wh.it belonged to one belonged to.the other. The white family consisted of Aquilla Ballard wife and child, Mrs. Ilaynes (sister to Mrs. B) .and child, and Jesse W. Bal lard, and we venture i6 sav that a family circle, was never known in wbich""f1iere' was more af fection, more peace and quiet tmYn tttis On Sunday evening last, Mr. Aquilla Ballard rode over to his mothcr'3, a distance of ' five miles, to sit up with another brother who wa3 then lying dangerously ill. Shortly after he left home, his brother Jesse invited Mrs. Ballard to take a walk with him, saying he had a secret, to tell her. They passed down the read a short distance, and stopped some time in a dsep earn est conversation, Jesse exhibiting considerable excitement. When they returned to the houe, Mrs. B. was pale and melancholy, and contin ued, so during the rest of the Tening. Jesse, however, became ur.usus.llT lively and spirit. Next (Monday) mornicg, ill parties ap peared as calm as usual. After breakfast awhile, Jesse called ft negro boy who had just returned from hunting, and inquired in what manner the gun was loaded, and also asked for some caps. Having dischar ged both barrels, ho carefully rclcded them with buckshot, and set lac gun rg.".ic3t the side of fhe house. Soon after he satod himself on the door steps, nnd requested Mrs. B. to comb his hair, which she did, when soma words of af fectionate regard having passed be tweeii them, . Jesse asked her to draw some spirits for the boy j Nelson. I They both passed into the smoke home, where ) they lemained some minutes. When Mr3. B. returned to the house she wa3 again pale and evidently much distressed. Mr.i. II. iaquircd what wr.s the matter, v-hcn Mrs, B. replied that Jesse was ery muoli excited, and begged her sl'Az? (Mrr. H.) io go to him and try to calm him. Mrs. II. however, refused, she being a fraid to approach him. Mrs. B. Egaii went to him ia the yard, but finding she could do nothing vith him, returned to the hou?:e and told her sister that Jcsso was going to kill Nelson, (the negro man,) and then was going to kill he-, (Mrs. B.) About this time Jesse called out to Clara, (Mrs. B.) to come to him again, but she refused. He again, in a manner wild with frenzy, called io her and coai- Eian(cl her t0 comP sayinj hc liad something to tell her. Mrs. B. obeyed, approached him, and threw her arms about his neck. Some words passed hurriedly between them, but what these words were will only! be brought to I light. As he tore himself abruptly from her, : she was heard to exclaim, "Oh, Jesse, don't do it !" Seizing hi3 gun, he approacnea tne Kit chen where the boy Nelson was, and asked him how he felt. The boy replied "better, and would be able to work in the morning." r Jesse told him hc did not want him to work any more that he was going to kill him ; and suiting the action to the word, and telling the negro woman to stand out of tho way if she did not wish to get hurt, he raised his gun and shot the negro dead. At the fire of the gun, Mrs. II. caught up her child, ran out the opposite side of the house, and hid in tho top of a fallen tree. Mr3. Ballard also Etarted to run, but agaiu returned to the house. After shooting the negro, Jesse, with one hand on his head and the other hold of his pin, turn ed rapidly upon his heel for four or five times when coming to a halt he saw Mrs. Ballard pas sing through the gate on the opposite side of tho house. He immediate pursued her, and vrhen within a few feet, fired the second barrel. lodging the whole load in her back, several shot passing entire through her body. She fell ApA dead. His next movement was to draw off ore of his boots by her side, when suddenly turning as if recollecting that both barrels of his gun were empty he returned into the house, and procuring the only load of buck shot left, he hurried off to a branch about 200 yards distant, when, having reloaded one of the barrels of his gun, lie blew off nearly his entire head by pla cing the muzzle of the gun under his right jaw and touching the trigger with his toe. Thus ended this melancholy tragedy. When the last gun fired, Mr. Aquilla Ballard was in hearing, on his return home. The agony of that devoted husband and brother, upon witnessing the scene which his home but an hour or two since his happy home presented, can be neith er imagined nor described. . But we forbear comment upon the painful subject. Sudden and violent derangements is supposed to have led to the unnatural deed. The bodies of Jesse and Mrs. Ballard were inturred on Tuesday evening last in the San Augustine burial ground. A large number of mourners followed their remains to the grave. Louis Napoleon is to have bought lately two large estates in Foland, for the turn of J.S00, 000 francs. Jn of Low Initiate but Lofty Koula. Heyne, the celebrated German classical schol ar stands pre-eminent. His father was a poor weaver, who was not able to py even at ths lowest rates for h"s instruction in the common elements of learning. The youth had a etrocfj desire to learn Latin ; and a son cf his school" master consented to teach him at fouipencc a week ; but Ileyae wa3 unable to pay even this pittance. One day he was Bent for tread ; and as he went he pondered Ecrrovf ully en this great object of his wishes,, and entered the ba kery ia tears. On learning the causo of hit grief, the kind-hearted baker promised to pay -rttTe feo required, at whiea lleync says he was intoxicated with Joy; and Ra' he ren regged nd barefoot through the street?, tossing the lonf of bread in the air, it slipped frcm his hand anl rolled into the gutter. This accident aad sharp reprimand from his mother, who could not well afford such a loss, brought him to his senses. . He contiuued his lessons for nearly two years, when tho young teacher told Lim Ls had taught him all he knew. Ileyne afterwards was celebrated for Lis Jgrc&t superiority in clas sical learning ; so thr.t at his death it was said the university where he was Professor, had lest what wa3 its chief distinction aud Lonor for half a century. A Happy Retort. An instance of Irish readier - rt rp.-.rtfr" oc curred the other dy at the Capitol, which Lstoa good to ba lost. Certain members of Congress, ndin th d bates rather dry in the House, etepprd out to refresh their thirsty spirits r.t Casparlsh's re frectory, which ia conveniently contiguous. As tbir nnscpd nut tbeTr caw am iirht r.i t"t laborers harnessed to a sled, hauling etons about heavy enough for one horse, while oue, acting as driver leisurely walked along side. (All laborers are on a per diem allowance, as well as the members.) Pausing to witness this operation which seemed to present a parallel te their own ardu ous labors in the public rirvice ono of tha members addressing "the driver," said : "Well, friends, you are making yoursoltes horses I seo I" "Yes," was the prompt rejoinder "and by the powers its a mighty sight bcttsr thn mi king asses of ourselves, as some of you irs do ing up there." The prevailing report is, that tho convarga tlon abruptly closed, aud every ma of thstpvr ty patronif ed Ccsparis to the fullest extent of two juleps instead of one. "Washington Southern rrett. A Lovely Life. Notwithstanding Wesley had written a treat ise in fiver of celibacy, he married widow, named Vizellc, with four children, tnd an inde pendent fortuna. She proved, however, a com plete termagant, was jealous, ill natured and overbearing, ltia said, says Southey, that she has frequently traveled a hundred miles, for the purpose of watching from a window who was in the carriage with him when he entered a town. She searched his pockets, opened his letters, put his letters and papers into the hands of his enemies, in hopes that they might be made use of to blast his character; and sometimes laid vi olent hands upon him and tore his hair. She frequently left Lis house, and upon bis, earnest entreaties returned again; till, after having dis quieted twenty years of his life, as far as it was possible for any domestic vexations to disquiet a man whose life was passed in locomotion, she teized on part cf his journals, and many ether papers, which were never restored, and depart ed, "leaving word that she never intended to re turn. HigUPrkti InOrfgon. The Wnshington Republic Fays a letter re cently received from a gentleman residing at Oregon City represents that the gold mines in the southern portion of the territory of Ore gon keep tho prices of everything up to thosa . of California. The millers were, at tho data of the letter, offering !?2 per bushel for wheat ; and for flour the price wss 51C per barrel ; for oats 1-25 per bushel ; for hams 37$ cents per pound. Lnbor of all kinds was high and scarce, and the deputy surveyor were paying from 70 to 100 per month fur each man they employed. Goods, the letter says, are higher in Oregon than in California, as most of the merchants in the latter ; and the cost of living in the Atlantic States, it is thought, is only about one-third of what it is in Oregon amlCalifornia. The Dead Max. A correspondent of (he New York Time?, writing from Hayti, cays: "There is a singular specimen of humanity here called 'The Dead Man, or eometines the rocr; Man's Hearse.' He is a tall, broad-shouldered, brawny-limbed fellow, who for a moderate feo tali's a cofun containing the remains of some poor victim of the fever, mounts it on his head and trots it away to the place of burial. Thus has many a poor sailor, whoso home was on the deep, in a few days after arriving here, ben borno to Lis last resting place by The Dead Man,' without one mourner following to hallow . the cpot by a last look, of affection, or a throb of human emotion." 4 J i -.t '- ?! Mi 1 . i : 1.! t ; 'm1
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