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VOLUME VIII.
EBENSBURG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 18-52.
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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."
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