.MOUNT AIM SENTINEL.
Andrew J. Biey, Editor-
EBENSBURG, PA,
Thursday, July 8, 1853.
FOR GOVERNOR IN 1854,
WILLIAM BIGLEIt,
Subject to the decision of the Democratic State
Convention.
Tor Slate Senator,
Cyrus I. Pershing, of Jolinstown,
Svlject to the decision of the Senatorial Conference.
IJE3IOCR ATIC TICKET.
For Canal Commissioner,
THOMAS II. FORSYTH,
of Philadelphia County.
Tor Auditor General,
EPIIRAIM BANKS,
of Mifflin County.
Tor Surveyor General,
PORTER. BRAWLEY,
of Crawford County.
J.
County dominations.
For Assembly,
THQHAS COLLIXS, of Summitville.
For Treasurer,
EHEY, of Ebensburg.
A. J.
For District Attorney,
T. L. HEYEB, of Johnstown.
For Commissioner,
JOHN 31. DOUGLASS, of Clearfield.
For County Surveyor,
TH02IAS H'COJTNELL, of Summerhill.
For Auditor,
JOSEPH HOGE of CarroU.
The Northwestern Railroad.
Any suggestions -made as to the propriety of
selecting a different route from the Blairsville
one for this highway, seems to appal our neigh
fcors in that section. Some weeks ago, there
was published in tlu3 paper, an article in refer
rncB to the above roid. which was originally a
communication in the North American, written
by "Coal Burner." To the route, as shadowed
forth in the article alluded to, our friend of the
Apalachian takes exception, whether, with some.
what of an envious disposition or not, we cannot
state, but presume as much from the manner m
which that journal is disposed to treat, what it
unjustly styles, the "idyllic outpourings" of the
person advocating the Summit route. Did we
desire to drag into the merits or demerits of this
route any thing so foreign to the issue as insinu
ating quotations from Madame Pulsky's Book
"Red, White and Black," we might embellish
the subject by reference; to Mrs. Trolloppe'stra-
vcls, but are contenthat the surveys should be I
made, and, if the Blairsville possesses superior
advantages over the Summit or Allegheny Tun
nel route, we &hall cheerfully award to it a gen
erous acquiescence, and cry, hold, enough.
There is truth in the saying that Nature nev
er lies. Nature, in this case, protests against
any usurpation of her rights, and her face, from
the Allegheny Tunnel, Cambria county, to Cleve
land, demonstrates that a Railroad to connect
the two points is not only practicable but inevi
table. Sooner or later it must and will be made,
being the most direct route between the Lakes
and Philadelphia. Here, nature presents no
eerious obstructions to the enterprise ; no impen
etrable mountains rear their giant heads; no
deep valleys forbid the onward march of steam
Elevated land, (of course, not perfectly level)
formed of ravine, hill and plain, neither of
vhich, however, are of such stupendous
magcitcde as to present any formidable barrier
to the road's construction, i3 the line of the road
by tliis route. You cross the head waters of
the streams that flow into the Conemaugh from
the north ; you avoid the windings that necessa
rily result in following streams of any magni
tude, you lessen the distance and the gradient
by pursuing this route. By the other, you plunge
down from the Summit into the low country at
Blairsville and Freeport, and then up, up, until
you reach Cleveland, chasing the Conemaugh
through all its contortions, lengthening the dis
tance and increasing the Gradient. It is short
ness of distance in a railroad, not the length.
that in these days lends enchantment to the
view. Surveys may be made, lines may be run
to agree in curvature and distance with the val
ley of the Conemaugh, so as to force the eastern
terminus of the North Western road at or near
Blairsville, but. Nature's great features never
will submit without some recognition of their
claims. Give us, then, a survey from the Alle
gheny Tunnel to Cleveland ; let the merits of the
various routes be fully tested ; let us have all
the light we can upon the matter, and if the
Summit route loses by comparison with any oth
er, it bhall not be entitled to our respectful
Consideration. The survey, and nothing else,
will satisfy U3.
8sJohn Prick Wetiierill, Esq., died
tu:i.ii-.u:- e..j ? j
in
m. uuauci yiiiBLt vix ouuuaj morning, ageu i
years. He was a prominent member of the
.Whig party ; had filled numerous responsible
stations in the city, and at the time of his death
was rresident ot the foeiect council. The im
mediate cause of his death was an illness con
tracted in New York during the visit of Presi
dent Pierce, lo that city. Col. W. was the
Chairman of the Committee of Reception ap
pointed by the City Council? of Philadelphia ;
and after he had discharged the duties of hi
position there, he accompanied the President to
New York, and there also took a prominent part
in the ceremonies. The fatigues aud excitement
were too much for him, aud he died, it may be
Raid, a martyr to his efforts in the discharge of
a duty that had been confided to him by his'fel
- low citizens.
Sirs. Stowe Abroad. . i
The excitement in England and Scotland upon
the arrival of the Authoress of "Uncle Tom's
Cabin," was evidently "immense", judging from
the tone of the journals across the water. But,
alas! poor woman ! she has been taught to teel
the truth of the poet's words, "we know what
we are, but Know not wnat we may oe. one
Lad banquets given her by lords and ladies of
high renown, where toasts were offered her, to
which Ler husband responded; compliments
were showered upon her by the literati; the
suffering needle-women ot'Londonhad subscribed
their hard earnings to present her with some
testimonial of regard ; she ras "the observed of
all observers ; when, suddenly, the Queen refused
to receive her at court ; then "in the snapping
of a gun," as the Bowld Soger Boy would say,
her clamorous friends disappeared. Lo, how
are the mighty fallen. The Philadelphia Bullet
in has the following sensible article upon the
rise and fall of Mrs. Harriet Beecher (S)toe,
since the writing of which she has left Paris for
Genoa to recruit her shattered nerves and
health. Letter had ehe come to the moun
tains. ''The triumphal progress of Mrs. Stowe abroad
appears to have shared the fate of such ovations
elsewhere. What Dickens, in fact, experienced
here, she has experienced in England." Both,
to use a trite, but apt simile "went up like rock
ets, to come down like sticks." The author of
"Oliver Twist" was welcomed, at New lork,
with a ball, where the huzzaing equaled that of
Tammany Hall, or a Westminster hustings; but
a very few weeks subsequently he left the coun
try, "solitary and alone," with not even a news
boy to cheer at his departure. Mrs. Stowe has
met an even more rapid eclipse. In the case of
Dickens, a satiated public curiosity, combined
with some disgust at the under-bred manners of
the visitor, led to the sudden collapse from heat
to cold. In the case of Mrs. Stowe a similar
satisfied curiosity has contributed to the same
result. But a main cause of her rapid decline,
if the whole truth must be told, lies in the fact
that Queen Victoria not only refused to receive
her at court,' which at once put her out of the
pale of fashionable society, but censured Lord
John Russel for having, while a minister of the
crown, appeared at the Stafford House levee.
The frown of royalty seems to have extinguish
ed the Stowe furore at once. From the day of
the fatal levee, or rather as soon as the exclusion
became known, the eulogistic notices of Mrs.
Stowe, and even almost all account of her move
ments, suddenly disappeared from the London
press. In an hour, as it were, the authoress of
"Uncle Tom fell from popularity to insignifi
cance. At present she is quietly residing in
Paris, the guest of Mrs. Maria Weston Chapman,
formerly of Boston, a Garrisonite of the most
zealous school, who, like many others of the 'tip
top aristocracy of this country, thinking her
daughters cannot be educated in America, has
gone to the French capital to 'polish them off"
in that moral and religious city. So little notice
was taken however of Mrs. Stowe's movements,
after the fatal rebuff from the Queen, that we
should have been ignorant of her beiDg in Paris,
but for a private statement to the editor of a
New York journal.
The visit of Mrs. Stowe abroad should e a
lesson to those, who like the eon whom Noah
cursed, rejoice in exposing their father-land to
shame.- w hether it will be, however, is another
question. But surely the spectacle of Dukes
and Duchesses performing ko-tou to Mrs. Stowe,
because she abused her native land, yet aban-
doning her the moment she became unfashiona
ble, because not received at court, is a sight that
ought to teach wisdom even to the most stuboorn.
The President in New York.
When Gen. Pierce visited Newlork, two
weeks ago, he was welcomed on the part of the
city by Mayor Westervelt, to whom he replied
in an eloquent speech of some length, the closing
part of which we publish to-day. It will be no
ticed that the President speaks out plainly, in
reference to the welcome to be given to those
who come from "the Grey Old Nations of Eu
rope," to find a home of contentment and peace
in this land of Freedom, ne assumes the posi
tion which it should be the delight of every
American citizen to advocate ; he invokes the
enslaved millions, who toil on and toil ever un
der despotic sway, to come here where "there is
room enough for all." He occupies broad, Na-
tional ground, and his language will meet with
la hearty response from the hearts of many cit-
iens ot Lamoria, who cannot but admire the
emphatic declarations made in the following
remarks by a man recently the successful can
didate of the Democratic Party. The President
said: -
Mr Mayor This Empire city, and this Empire
State, are the living exemplifications of the tal
ismantic word adopted as your motto. Has it
never occurred to you, sir, that the hand which
inscribed "Excelsior" upon your Coat of
Arms, must have been guided by a prophet's
vision?
This spectacle teaches all of us a valuable and
significant lesson. May God, in his wisdom,
make you sensible of the blessings conferred up
on you, ana uuring my term or office mv he
strengthen me in my sincere and anxious pur
pose to aid you in all your honorable and patri
otic enterprises ; for who can estimate the events
of the future ? who shall say to your great char
acteristic, and to the spirit of our whole country,'
Thus far sualt thou go, and no farther."
As you advance in your majestic career, new
duties, new responsibilities, are imposed on you,
and as your conquering example manifests itself
on all hands, new conceptions of still further
triumphs will arouse and stimulate your exer
tions. - '-
The Old World caught the inspiration from
the New. Nations, closed to civilization . for
hundreds of years, arose from the sleep of ages,
to stretch out hands to their inquiring spirit
which is constantly gathering strength for
new victories over time ana space on these
shores.
Who will set limits to your just ambition when
the Atlantic is bridged with Bteamers to the
shores of Europe, and united to the Pacific
by the great throughfare that will eventually
bind these States together as with, hoops 7
And. sir, with all these advantages with all
these privdeges with all - these benefits of pre
sent, and these anticipations of the future- and
let me say, with all the invocations of the past
how can we fail to welcome those who come
to us from the Grey Old Nations of Europe.
, Let them come there is room enough for j
room in the hearts and in the homes of tho
American people ; and there is work and food
enough for all. -
The moment they enter iuto the brotherhood
of American freemen, they cease to be citizens
of other countries, And they bear their share of
the burdens and enjoy their share of the bless
ings common to all in this happy Union.
It is this great truth that invokes us against
all schismatic organizations, not btrictly Aincri-
can, and that destroys the claim that ours is a
nation governed by men of one race alone.
No single race of men can boast that to them
alone is humanity indebted for such a country
as this it is a fusion of all nations into one,
that has given to us that attitude we now occu
py, and that has crowned our enterprises with
success. ' Your own experience is proof of this
all the races have contributed to the popula
tion who now, crowd your ships, build your cit
ies, sit in jrour councils, educate your children
hardy sons of New England and descendants
of your own pioneers, mingle with those who
flow in from other nations, until all characteris
tics disappear before the progressive and cour
ageous epirit that animates our own citizens
and our country, and protects our free institu
tions. And now, my fellow countrymen, once more I
than you for the brilliant and extraordinary
reception of the tribute which you pay to the
government of your choice, and attention to our
heaven-favored Union, in the person of your re
presentative in the Presidential chair.
The President, during his speech, was fre
quently interrupted with the boisterous applause
of the audience, and at times, particularly when
he referred to our commerce, the cheers were
almost deafening.
FUTTJBE OF "WOMAN.
. In an article with this caption in a late num
ber of the Christian Inquirer of New York, we
have found a number of observations which, as
they seem the product of uncommon judicious
ness and great maturity of thought, are well
entitled to the consideration of parents, and of
all who take an interest in the reformation and
amelioration of society. We subjoin a few of
the remarks which have appeared to us peculi
arly interesting and suggestive:
" "We feel no disposition to limit the sphere of
woman. We would not speak harshly even of
those who have over -stepped the ordinary limits
of retired duty. Remembering the Miriams
and Deborahs of old, we cannot join in the hue
and cry that is always raised against any wo
man who feels moved by a genuine purposo to
be as the prophetess of the time, and bear wit
ness against predominating sins. Let the field
be open, and genius and piety bo shackled by
no fetters. Yet with all allowances for remar
kable cases, we must look to more retired scenes
for the true sphere of woman. The home, the
school, the church these are the spheres of
her best influence, and that, too, without viola
ting the instincts of her nature.
"It is enough to sadden any thoughtful mind
to know the deplorable ignorance of so many
young women as to the essential dignity and
utilities of home. Not to-be harping always upon
household labors, let us take what may be called
a higher view. What is the chief grace and or
nament of home ? what is the crowning accom
plishment in the mistress of the home, the queen
of the social circle? Is it dress? no: for few care
for showy apparel except she that wears it, and
ribbons and laces have little to do with making
home graceful or happy. Is it beauty ? Even
that soon becomes an old story, and is insipid
enough it on the surface merely and not in the
mind. The chief gt ace and ornament of home.
the crowning accomplishment in her who should
be the arbiter of the social circle, is conversa
tion conversation apt, sensible, kindly, and
when need requires, brilliant and beautiful the
words fitly spoken, far better than any painting
or embroidery, and like apples of gold in pctures
of silver, come women there are, the splendor
and wisdom oi whose conversation makes their
presence a benediction, and men wish that harp
ana piano snouia cease, that they might epeak.
But generally the power of conversation is en
tirely neglected, left to mere chance ; and we
will leave it to those most concerned in the mat
ter to decide what are the chief topics of femi
nine conversation. Yith a liitle more
care and discipline, the conversation of women
would be worth more to their husbands, a thou
sand times over, than all the music and dancing
and drawing that were ever nourished forth
from the academies.
"Alas I that scarcely an hour is ever given to
its culture, and no place is assigned to it in our
systems of education. Let woman understand
its power, and although a few shallow fops might
deride her for eclipsing, by her apt, and good
sense, their foolish words, she would have a pow
er in the home and social circle that would save
the most brilliant of the sex from desiring to
stand at the bar or in the pulpit. New graces
and charities would surround the family fire
side, and society, no longer a crowd of vtry ju
venile persons, who come together to dance and
laugh and eat and drink, would be a centre - of
refinement, intelligence, high thought, exalted
sentiment. To rescue society from its degrada
tion is the office of her who is its great arbiter.
To go to the rescue, the Gospel bids her, for a
low tone of society is both Jtlie cause and the
consequence of a low tone or morals and reli
gion.
"Home is the great school, and woman the most
powerful teacher therein. Let us not be thought
assuming, then, in saying a word of exhortation
to parents, teachers and all, who have the care
of those who are to be the women of the rising
age. Do you not habitually place before them
a very false and artificial standard of character
and reputation ? Are you not educating them
for creatures of sunshine, instead of making
them equal to either fortune for the dark as
well as the bright day ? Are you not wrong in
making no adequate provision for those reverses
of fortune which are so common in our country,
and which so often make those who have not
learned self-dependence, obliged to take care of
themselves, or else be cringing guests in homes
not their own, or the partners ot men whom not
love but money has made their husbands, in an
adulterous although a legalized connection? In
many a home where fashion sits supreme, and
capricious maidens are indulged in contempt of
utility, disregard of parental control," ridicule of
those who cannot live in their idleness and dress
in their gorgeousncss in many homes such as
this, are you not thoughtlessly planting the
seeds that must bring forth a harvest of woes?
Is not female education, as it usually is, one of
mo uuiei, u nut jus cuici aouse oi mo age:
There is tome promise of a better day. Heaven
speed its coming, and join beauty with utility,
grace with wisdom !"
B,Mr. Hamilton, in his Fourth, of July
speech at Tarrytown, New York, related a stri
king anecdote, which he had heard from Talley
rand s own hps : "When Talleyrand, having
been compelled to leave France, was, subse
quently, also obliged to quit England, because
he was suspected - of being a spy, he went to
Portsmouth to take passage. While at the hotel
there, he was informed that there was an Amer
ican gentleman in the house, and he immediate
ly sought an interview with him, to obtain some
particulars of the country to which he proposed
emigrating. At the close of the interview, Tal
Icy rand told the stranger that he would fee!
pleasure in bearing to his friends in America
any letter or message he had to send. The an
swer was, 'I am tho only man in tho world who
has no friends in America.' On subsequent in
quiry, he ascertained that
other than Benedict Arnold
the stranger was no
LOCAL AND EDITORIAL ITEMS. j
EJ,Shasta city, California, was destroyed by
fire on the 14th June.
BgFrom thirty to forty deaths from yellow
fever occur at New Orleans, daily. .
JGjThe number of exhibitors why display
their wares in the New York Crystal Palace, is
six thousand.
ggj Wm. B.IIudson, of this village, offers
for sale his house and lot, and the stock, &c,
of his Watchmakers shop.
IIox. Dayii K. Atcheoon, Senator from Mis
souri, is stumping the State. The war between
him and "Old Bullion" rages with increased
fury. -
JGSGraham's Magazine, for August, is a
worK oi great merit ana interest, llie engra
vings and literary matter are of the choicest
kind. ' .
5-Godey's "Lady's Book," for August, is
an, admirable number, containing much useful
information in its literary department, and em
bellished with beautiful engravings.
X3?"Four parties are now in the field sur
veying routes for the great railroad to the Pa"
cific. "The Pacific Railroad,'-' say the prophets,
"is to be the topic of the next session of Con
gress."
JC" Angelina asks, "Why is a belle like a lo
comotive ?" Because she sends off the sparks,
transports the mails, says to the tender, pine
Knot, is oiten iouowed by a train, and passes
over the plain.
JSgfCertainly you want your likeness taken,
do you not? If so, call upon Fetter, at Jeffer
son, who can furnish you with as good a Da
I guerreotype as you can obtain in the wide, wide
world. Everybody takes them.
tg,Robert Lytle intends sending a beautiful
cherry plank, and Col. R. M. Lemon intends
sending a large piece of bituminous coal, both
the productions of Cambria county, to the World's
Fair in New York.
Death Warrrnt. The death warrant for the
execution of Jewell, under sentence of death at
Pittsburg, for the murder of Mitchell, was re
ceived there on Thursday. The 22d of Septem
ber is fixed for the execution.
Jg Samuel II. Keller, son of Jacob Keller,
farmer, Yellow Springs. Blair county, in jump
ing off a load of grain, on Wednesday last, his
foot caught and he fell head foremost, breaking
both his neck and back, causing instant death.
JKay A man named Horn, Keeper of a board
ing sbantee at the foot & Plane No. 9, died sud
denly on Monday evening, 18th inst., in bed.
Late at night his wife got up. to let some per
sons into the house, lit a candle and found her
husband dead.
5gk,Sig. Evans, whose concert we attended
last evening, sings and plays well. The audi
ence were highly pleased with the entertainment,
and after the performance was over, a company
of ladies and gentlemen "tripped it on the light
fantastic toe," the Signor playing for them sweet
music.
Marshal Wtnkoop was arrested in Phil
adelphia on Saturday for contempt, having de
clined to bring the body of Fisher an alledged
fugitive slave, into tourt on a writ of habcut cor
pus. The circumstances created quite an excite
ment. The Marshal was released, and has con
veyed the fugitive to Maryland.
J5j An Extra from the ofiicc of the Fulton
Democrat gives us the proceedings of the County
Democratic convention, which met on Saturday
last. After nominating a County ticket, resol
utions endorsing the administration of Gen.
Pierce, in favor of the re-election of Gov. Bigler,
and approving of the Legislative career of Hon.
Wm. r. Schell, were unanimously passed.
Messrs. McDermit & Todd have on
hands a large supply of bureaus, sideboards,
chairs, wasiistanas, beausteaas &c. &c, manu
factured of mahogany, rose-wood, walnut and
cherry, at their wareroora in the upper story of
R. Davis & Co's. new house. Thev can suit the
taste of every one and can Bell you as good and
splendid furniture as can be purchased in the
cities.
ggThe Hollidaysburg Standard says, "they
talk of erecting water works in Ebensburg, at
an expense of 15,00 only." A slight mistake,
neighbor. Should be S1500, for which amount
the town could be supplied. Cheap as dirt, you
know, but our folks are so busy about Plank
Roads that we do not hope to have the- Water
Works in operation until the village is burnt up.
After the horse is stolen, lock the table.
JBgyWhcn the late Major Geueral Riley went
to Mexico, he was only a Colonel ; but burned
for a chance to distinguish himself, that he might
obtain higher honors. . He is said to have used
the expression, ''Major General Riley or death."
He got both ; the title, as a reward for his bril
liant achievements, and death in consequence of
hardships and exposures. He died at Buffalo
on the 11th ult.
B,Col. John P.- Anderson, of Huntingdon,
made a narrow escape at the Monntain House,
on Saturday evening last. He attempted to
jump on tne cars, wnen in motion, missca nis
footing, and fell between the cars and the plat
form. He grasped the beam, was dragged for
some distance until relieved by several gentle
men, and escaped unhurt but much frightened.
fcefl.Ex tensive preparations are in projection
for the reception of President Tierce, who will
visit Old Point Comfort, Norfolk, Portsmouth
and the Navy Yard. He will leave Washington
it is said, in about ten days. He will be tho
guest of Com. Breeso. The U. S. steamer Engi
neer is fitting out, preparatory to being placed
at his command. ' -
- XtSk-Rcv. Rufus W. Griswold has presented to
Mr. Linus Benedict, of Norwalk, (who saved the
life of his daughter, at tho Norwalk calamity,
after she was supposed to be drowned,) a very
costly gold watch and appendages, as an evidence
of his gratitude and that of the family, for his
extraordinary aud successful efforts on that oc
casion. ' ' "
EgiThe. Standard says that Hutchinson, re
cently escaped from prison, passed through Hol
lidaysburg on Tuesday last, and was recognized
by three or four persons with his head out of the
cabin window, of aboat taking, probab'y, "a last
fond look'' of "those scenes enchanting."
The State Democratic Convention mep-s
in Ilarrisburg to-d.iy, to nominata a candidate
i T1 . r.
ior juuge oi me supreme Court.
Judge Knox,
we hope will be nominated by acclamation.
A man named Fou.?t was killed at Jefferson,
this county, on last Thursday, l,y being thrown
upon a pitchfork, caused by a. load of hay up
setting. The prongs cf the fork catered his side,
producing death in a short time.
fcaTOn Thursday last, 21st July, the Carroll
township School House, one mile south of Car
town, caught fire and was consumed. The Law
Books, 'Dockets, and papers of Jacob Luther,
Esq. ; the account books of the Catholic church,
and promissory notes, amounting to over cue
hundred dollars, the property of Mr. Yost, were
destroyed. The loss is, therefore, a serious one
and cannot be replaced. The accident was oc
casioned by a small boy setting fire to a pile of
shavings contiguous to the building.
BgMessrs. Mullin & Albright, of this place,
design publishing a Whig paper in Ebensburg
to be called The Alleyhanian, commencing on the
l.thof August, next. Then, there will be no
less than six journals in this county, viz: Three
Democratic; two Whig, and one Religious. The
Sentinel, at one time, stood solitary and alone,
but now has five companions. There is room
for all and some to spare. The question is not,
who will, but who won't start another journal,
for there's luck in odd numbers.
g.According to a correspondent of the Tri
bune, tne LMPEEoit of Japan is "a grave man,
au'a icii uiuuuui ilia uijrLUiy. uc
hen, some time
hira n present
ago, the King or Hollaxd sent
in the form of a preciou3 service of plate, his a3 surely as if they had beeu deprived of need
Imperial Majesty received it very ungraciously. ful sleep ; for every vital function becomes tor
lie was surprised that the Kin of Holland lif. ctoiu i : -
should presume to place himself on the same
level, and to make him a present. Accordingly
he accepted nothing. As a token of his grace,
however, or rather as a sign of his continued
toleration, he sends regularly every year a dozen
oi nis silken mgut-gowns to the Governor of
java. as soon as tne gowns arrive at llatavia
they are sent to the auction room under the
name of 'Imperial night-gowns.' "
Cambria County Medical Society.
A stated meeting of the Cambria county Med
ical Society will be held at Johnstown, ou Tues
day the Oth day of August, at 2 o'clock P. M.
WM. A. SMITH,
July 28, 1833. Recording Secy.
Translated from the Drych Mirror) ly G. R.
Melancholy Occurrence at Ebensburg.
On Tuesday, the 21st of Juue last, five or six
boys of this town, between 7 and 8 o'clock A.
M., went to bathe to John Williams' mill-dam
about a quarter of a mile froni the borders of
the town. Among these boys was William H.
Batesian, between seven aud eight years old.
(a son of Wesley and Jane Bateman.) They
stripped and went into the water; thus they
amused themselves in the water for some time,
when Bateman took a piece of a board that he
rouna in the place, set it on the face of tbe wa
ter, and went on it and rowed backwards and
forwards near the shore for some time, then he
ventured further by little and little, became
alarmed, and appeared to , wish to come back,
but was unable to accomplish his desire, and by
separating uimseil troin the board he cried to his
friends that he would be drowned except they
could help him, and down he went, not one of
the boys being able to do anything to assist and
save him, not one of them being able to swim,
and they saw him no more until they saw his
dead body. The boys cried out ; to give the
alarm one of them ran to town to the house of
the parents to inform them of the sad catastro
phe. The news spread like lightning through
the town and in a few minutes there were hun
dreds at the water side. N. J. Roberts and
Daniel Davis stripped and went ir, but could
not find him because the water was muddy. In
a minute J. W. Roberts and A. J. Rhey, two
good swimmers, arrived. The spot was shown to
them where the poor boy had sunk; llhey swam
to the place and down he went, the other three
searching to the utmost of their power. But as
llhey was longer than was expected before he
appeared they began to be alarmed about him,
and J. W. Roberta swam to the place where
Rhey went down, but as Roberts went down
Rhey made his appearance having fouud the
body but unable to bring hira up with hira. He
oreatneu ior a snort time ana went down again
.
with lloberts, ana between them broug
up. There were two skillful physicians among
the crowd that was present ; they tried all the
skill they possessed in endeavoring to bring him
to life but all in vain, the vital spark had fled
to return no more.
This melancholy occurrence has caused much
uneasiness to parents, fearing when their dear
children are out of their sight that they have
come to the same end.
The next day the inhabitants of the towu and
vicinity collected to accompany him to his long
home. I never saw such afuucral in this place,
not only on account of the number assembled,
but ou account of the good order, the decency,
the seriousness that was visible in every coun
tenance. The proceedings at the funeral were as fol
lows: The Rev. Mr. Morton, a Presbyterian
minister, and Mr. Powell, a Congregational
minister, officiated at the house aud at the
grave. The procession was formed at the house;
the R.evs. Morton and Powell foremost ; then the
corpse carried by eight young men, appointed
for the purpose, on a nice little bier ; next, the
mourning relatives in carriages; next, the fellow
scholars of the deceased, neatly dressed, formed
iuto a procession two and two, about fifty in
number, accompanied by their teacher ; follow
ed by the children and ladies of the town, and
then the males who were in attendance. Gene
ral sympathy with the distressed parents was
manifested in their sudden and unexpected trial,
by the almost universal attendance of the inhab
itants of the town ; the stores and shops being
nearly all closed in a manner that was becoming
on such an occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. Bateman are religious people
and have acted under the present severe trial
with prudence aud patience. Considering that it
was the Lord that gave and took aw 113', they
acknowledge that it is their dutv to bless His
holy name. K. 1. V.
July 27, 18G3.
Dear William he is laid below,
Tho coldish clods where all must go;
, To lodge and slumber in tho clay,
Until the great and final day.
Let's all prepare in day of grace
To 'rive iu peace that gloomy place;
With full belief in Jesus love,
As we can join the saints above.
There to remaiti in endless bliss,
With full enjoyment before His "
High, splendid, everlasting throne, 1
Where sin nor sorrows are not kuowu.
How Much Sleep ?
"Show us a man who sleeps twelve hours
says a cotcmporary, "and we will thow TOu
blockhead." The meaning of the writer as !
gather from the rest of his article, is that four
or five hours' sleep is sufficient for any man
This, however, is an error. Differences of con
stitution require different quantities of sleep f0P
while one person is healthy on five hours
another requires eight. Generally speaking inl
dmduals in whom the nervous organization pre
dominates need the largest' amount of sleep
tbe wear and tear of brain being so great, while
they are awake, that a proportionate excess c
rest is demanded. Overtasking themselves'
without adequate sleep, is to such persons pre
mature death ; for neuralgia, if not insauty i3
sure to intervene, followed eventually by loss of
life. For this class of individuals to endeavor
to do with as little sleep as those differently con
stituted, is like expecting a cistern, fed by pe
riodical rains only, to yield as inexhaustible
supplies of water as a hydrant supplied from a
public aqueduct. It is like looking for crops,
when nothing is put on the land. It is exhaust
ing vitality, in a word, and allowing no time for
recuperation.
There are some persons, fortunately constitu
ted, who, with a high nervoua organization, yet
require comparatively little sleep. Brougham
is a li ving instance. Snpoleon was a still more
remarkable example. The great Emperor rare
ly slept five hours. In trntb, he owed his won
derful success as much to his capacity to endure
lacuc u3 10 ins genius, lor he could outwork
two ornary men, if not more,
Yet, after peri-
ods of immense and protracted exertion, he wo'd
eieep ior nearly a aay. Bourrienne, his secre
tary, relates that, after Napoleon returned from
Russia, he slept eighteen hours, without waking.
Very few intellectual men. however, could hav
i performed Napoleon's quantity of work, at anv
umc, bo mue sieep. L.aoonng with the
brain is even more exhausting than laboring
with the muscles, and consequently demands as
much repose for purposes of recuperation.
Nevertheless, there are persons with whom
i sleep has become a disease. They rise late,
1 doze after dinner, nod in the evenintr. nm 5n
doze after dinner, nod in
( fact, may be said never to be . more than half
nwnkfi. M ninnit;nthimci.. i,
the victim.
r vmm
The above from the Philadelphia Ledger is
sensible. The same amount of sleeo will rarplv
answer for any two persons. It is, therefore,
r J
xn error to fix a certain number of hours
slceo
as the needful amount in all cases. Peculiari
ties of constitution, as well as the employmei.t
in which a man is engaged, will always make a
difference in this matter.
Portage Investigation.
The Board of Canal Commissioner?, .on tie
7 th, commenced an investigation into the causes
which produced the recent strike among a por
tion of the operatives on the Allegheny Portsge
railroad. Their sessions were held along tie
line of the road. The investigation will be
continued at Ilarrisburg on the 2Cth instant.
During their session on the Portage the Board
adopted the following resolutions :
Retoleed, That the superintendent of the Phil
adelphia and Columbia, and Allegheny Portage
railroad, and the supervisors of the several di
visions of the Pennsylvania Canal, be directed
in the disbursement of money for the payment
of. debts, in all cases to fnyjirtt those creditors
who have performed the labor nd in no citf to
pay any check roll or other evidences of debt in
the hands of second parties, until all the debts
in first hands shall have been fully paid.
Resolved, That the superintendents and super
visors be also directed to draw from the Trea
sury, at the earliest practicable moment, as
much money as may be necessary to pay all
back debts due to laborers, engineers and otber
hands in the employ of the Commonwealth, and
that hereafter said parties be paid monthly, so
long as the appropriations for that purpose may
last.
The Elections in August.
Elections will take place next month in the
States of Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Ala
bama, Texas, Tennessee and North Carolina. In
the two latter States the clction will be held one
Thursday, the 4th of August and in the others
on Monday, the 1st of August. In Kentucky
and Arkansas, members ofCongres ? and of the
State Legislature are to be choBen ; in Missouri
and North Carolina members of Congress and in
each of the StatC3 of Alabama, Texas and Ten
nessee, a Governor, Legislature, and members
of Congress ore to be chosen. We notice that
the Board of Managers of the Washington Na-
j tional Monument have issued a notice requesting
I that boxes, to receive contributions forthe mon-
I ument may be put up at the different polls
tions hereafter to be held.
Died at her Mothers Fcxerau A death
occured at the western termination of Grace
street yesterday afternoon, under very peculiar
and distressing circumstances. A large company
had assembled for the purpose of performing
the last sad ceremonies of conveying to the grave
the body of Mrs. Thomas. While in the act of
removing thejeorpse from the house to the hearse
at the door, followed by its mourning friends.
Mrs. Green, the wife of Andrew Green, and
daughter of the deceased lady, suddenly fell and
expired at the moment the coffin was placed in
the hearse. The consternation and distress oc
casioned by this aClicting event can better be
imagined than described. Mrs. Green was in
the prime of life aud leaves two small children.
I Richmond Inquirer, July 1 8.
A Considerable Verdict. The Coroner's in
quest into the deaths caused by the fire of the
military, in Montreal, during the Gavozii riot.
have returned a verdict, in which they disclaim
intending any reproach upon the military, cu
recommmend that in the next riot where their
services may be needed, the interval between,
the order to fire, and the discharge of gnn9, shall
be "long enough to allow all persons exposeui
the fire to pet safelv out of reach." This is v7
considerate and humane on the part of the in
quest, but if the troops are not to fire till every
body gets safely out 01 tne way, wouia n
for economical reasons only, be better to save
the gunpowder by not firing at all ?
Completed. The great iron railroad briJfr
across the Monongahcla river about one vau
above Fainuount, was completed last week-
is said that it cost four hundred and ninety-1
thousand dollars ! It is a splendid structure.
and is considered to be the greatest Rauro'
Bridge in the United States. Wheclinj Intern-
jencer.
The Czar of Russia has through his rr5vs'"
secretary, ordered eight blocks of the Verraoni.
marble, weighing six tons each. The areuesity
ed fr the erection of a mouument to Kictfleu ,
who is supposed to have beeu the originator
the movement for firing Moscow, ou the advam.
of tho French army.
Egy-Mr. Buchanau, Minister to EngUnd
leave ou the Cth of August.
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