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EBENSBURG, JUIiY 27, 1854.
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TO APPAQTJOQTJE.
ET HOS. JOHN A. MX. '
Fa?r Appaquoque ! how oft I've trod,
In dreamy thought, thy sand-girt plain,
Pondering the v.ond'rous works of God
The earth, the sky, the trackless main.
In other days it pleased ine more
To scale the cloud-capped mountains height,
And hear the raging torrents roar
Type of the great Creator's might.
But no in placid scenes 1 love
The same creative power to trace
The plain, the sea, the skioa above
Emblems of endless time and space.
That inist- line, where sinks the sky
And heaves the ocean's breast sublime,
Seems like the bound, to Fancy's eye,
That parts eternity and time.
Behold that narrow zone of sand
Circling the never resting sea.
That pours its pillows o'er the strand
Iq loud majestic minstrelsy.
Frcil barri- r to thee 'tin given
To gird the mighty waters round.
To h II them back, when tempest-driven.
They seek to pass thy fragyle bound.
With man's proud wcnlth the bridal sea
That aSdy girdle loves to deck ;
Here ti-jps tiiC sunken argosy,0)
Here mka the niat, tiif buried wreck.
When bursts the sea-storm on the shore,
And piles up mounds of glittering sand,
In tiis-jm wis see, in these adore.
The work of an Almighty hand.
"From these bleak sands spontaneous shoot
Fresh forms of rec reated life
The spear shaped grssst) the clustering fruit)
Born of the elemental strife.
But chiefly in thy cnlrr.fT moods
Fair Appaquoque ! thy Calds I love.
Where reigns a genial quietude
O'er lands, and sea and skies above.
Wlien the cool breezes from the sea
Pour freshness o'er thy sunny plain,
I turn my willing steps to thee, .
And feel myself a boy again.
Appaquoque is a part of the township of East
bampton, Suffolk county, New York. .
)The brig Mars of Portland, Maine, was wreck
ed during the fall of 1828, and part of her lies
partly buried tip in Band.
t) Beach grass.
X) Bench plums. .
The Beautiful Maniac.
"The fire that on my bosoms preys
T loua as some volcanic isle,
. No torch is kindled at its blaze
A funeral pile."
Ti the morning train from Petersburg,
tV-cre was a lady closely veiled, in the same car
uuh ourselves. She was dressed in the purest
white, wore gold bracelets, and evidently be-
lon;:'' d to the higher circles of society Her
delicate, thoueh well developed,
and exquisitely symmetrical ; and when she
occasionally drew aside her richly embroidered
veil, the glimpse of the features which the be
holder obtained, satisfied him of her extreme
loveliness. Beside her sat a gentjeman in
deep mourning, who watched over her with
unusual solicitude and several times when she
attempted to rise, he excited the curiosity of
the passengers by detaining her in her acat.
Outside of the cars, all, was confusion ; pas
sengers locking to baggage, porters running,
cabmen cursing, and all the usual hurry and
bustle attending the departure of a railroad
train. - One shrill, warning whistle from the
engine, and we moved slowly away.
, At the first motion of the cars, tho lady in
afhit started to her feet with one heart-piercing
scream, and her bonnet falling off, dis
closed tha most loving features we ever con
templated. Her raven tresses fell over her
shoulders in graceful disorder, and clasping
her hands in Mayer, she turned, her dark eyes
to '-eaves J i What agony was in thafc 1
Wnat beauty, what heavenly beauty, had not
bo much of misery been stamped upon it Alas!
tha one glance told a melancholy tale.
. "She was changed '
A a Vv tl, KVplcneftH Of A Hfllll 1 minJ
Had wandered from its dw ellings aud her eyes
Thc ha 1 not their own lustre, but the look
r . i a
. . Wlnc'i is not ol eartn ; sue was ueoome
Tiio qudci of fantastic realm ; her thoughts
Were combinations of disjointed things.
And forms, impalpable and unperceived
Of other's sight, familiar were to her."
TTir -nthF. the rentlemrm in black,
n-re-nitting in his attention to soothe her pj
' ' lie led her bapk to her seat ; but her hair
. .11 unbound; and her beauty unveiled.
V. .vir rattled on; and the passengers in
grtm,i resumed their conversation. Sudden
ly, a vild melody arose, it was the beautiful
maniac, rich, full and inimitable. Her hands
were crossed on her heaving bosom, and she
waved her body as the sang with touching
pathos
"She is far froia the land where her youDg hero
' . sleeps,
And lovers around her are sighing,
But coldly she turns from their gaze and weeps,
For her heart in his grave is lying !
She sings the wild songs of her dear native plains,
Every note which he loved awaking
Ah! littla they think, who delight in her attains,
How the heart of the minstrel -is breaking!"
Her brother was unmanned, and he wept as
only a man can weep. The air changed, and
she continued:
"Has sorrow thy young heart shaded,
As clouds o'er the morning fleet !
Too fast have those young days faded,,
That evf-n in sorrow wore sweet! . :..
If thus the unkind world wither
Each feeling that once was dear ;
. Come child of misfortune, come lather,
I'll weep with you tear for tear ! "
She then sang a fragment of a beautiful
hymn
"Jesus, lover of my soul.
Let me to thy bosom fly."
Another attempt to rise up was prevented,
and she threw herself on her knees beside her
brother, and gave him such a mournful, en
treating look with a plaintive "save me, my
brother ! save your sister !" that, scarcely, a
passenger could refrain from weeping. We
say scarcely, for there was one man (was he
a mau) who called on the conductor to "put
her out the car " He received the open scorn
of the company. His insensibility to such a
scene of distress almost denes belief; and yet
this is in every particular, an "o'er true tale."
Should he ever read these lines niay his
marble heart be softened by the recollection
of his brutality ! . .
Again the poor benighted beauty reased her
bewitching voice to one of the most solemn,
sacred airs :
"O ! where shall rest be found,
Best fur the weary soul ?"
And continued her melancholy chant until
we reached the steamer Mount Vernon, on
board of which we descended the magnificent
James River, the unhappy brother and sister
occupying the "ladies cabin."
We were standing on the promenade deck,
admiring the beautiful sceuery of the river,
when at one of the laudings, the small boat
pulled away from the shore with the unhappy
girl, for the asylum at She was standing
erect in the stern of the boat, her head still
uncovered, and lier. white dress and raven
dresses fluttering iu the breeze. The boat re
turned and the steamer moved on for Norfolk.
They were gone, ihc brother with his broken
heart, that sifter with her melancholy union
of beauty and madnees.
Andrew Jaks3ns Mother.
The Eev. Dr. Hawks recently delivered
a lecture before the Historical Society of N.
i., when he related the following story il
lustrative of female heroism.
"Among those (he observed) who formed
a part of the settlement during the revolu
tionary war struggle, was a pjor widow, who,
having buried her husband, was left in pover
ty with the task upon her hands of raising
three sons. Of thee, the two eldest, ere long,
fell in the cause of their country, and she
struggled on with the youngsst as best as she
could. After the fall of Charleston and the
disastrous defeat of Col Buford, of the State
of Virginia, by Tarleton, permission was giv
en to some four or five American females to
carry necessaries and provisions, and adminis
ter some relief to the prisoners on board the
the prison ship and m the jails at Cuarleston.
Ibis wdow was one or tne volunteers upon
this errand of mercy, bhe was admitted
within the city and braving the horrors of
pestilence, employed herself to the extent of
her humble means in alleviating the deplora
ble sufferings of her countrymen. She knew
what she had to encounter; but notwithstand
ing she went bravely on. " Her mission of
humanity being fulfilled, she left Charleston
on her return but alas! her exposure to the
pestilential atmosphere she had been obliged
to breathe had planted in her system the seeds
of a fatal disease; and ere she reached her
home, she sank under an attack of prison , fe
ver, a brave martyr to the cause of humanity
and patriotism. The dying mother, who now
rests in an unknown grave, thus left her only
son the sole survivor of her family to the
world's charity; but little did she dream as
death closed her eyes, the future of that or-i
phan boy. That son became President of
this free republic for that widow was the
mOther of An"rw Jaekaon."-
How to make Money Fast and Honestly. :
Enter into a ! business of which you have a
perfect knowledge. In your own right, by
the aid of friends on long time, have a cash
capital sufficient to do at least a cash business.
Never venture on a credit business on com
mencement. Buy all 3'our goods or materials
for cash ; you can take every advantage of the
market, and can pick and choose where you
will. Uy careful not to overstock yourself.
Rise and fall with the market on shoit stocks.
ctinlr to those who vou Drove to be
trietly just in their transactions, and shun all
others even at a temporary aisauv anwige.
Never take advantage of a customer's ignor
ance, nor equivocate, nor misrepresent. Have
but one price and a small profit, and you will
find all ths most customers the cash ones-
or they will find you.
' If ever deceived in business transactions,
never attempt to save yourself by putting the
deception upon others ; but submit to the loss
and be more cautious in future. According
to the character and extent of your business,
set aiide a liberal percentage for printing aud
J - i . . i XT
advertising, ana ao noi nesiiaie. never ic
an article, parcel or package go out without a
handsomely printed wrapper, card or circular,
and disperso them continually. Choose the
newspaper for your purpose ; and keep your
aelf unceasingly before the public : and it mat
ters not what business of utility you make
choice of, for if intelligently and industriously
pursued, a fortune will be the result.
Revolutionary Anecdote.
At the siege of Yorktown. on the 19th Oc
tober, 1781, blinds or breast works were made
of pipes and hogsheads filled with sand. There
were four hundred American troops in a re
doubt in which Hamilton and Knox were sta
tioned. A general order had been given, that
when a shell was seen coming the troops should
cry out a .shell" but not to cry a ahot when
a shot was seen. The reason of this .distinction
was, that a shell might be avoided, but to cry
a shot wou'd only make confusion and do no
good. Thi3 order was just being discussed,
Hamilton remarking that it seemed unsoldier
like to halloo "a'shell;" while Knox contend
ed the contrary, and that tho order was wisely
given by Gen. Washington who cared for the
lives of men. The argument, thus stated,
was progressing with a slight degree of warmth,
when suddenly, spat ! spat ! two shells fell and
struck within the redoubt. Instantly the cry
broke out on all sides, "a shell -a shell!" and
such a scrambling and jumping as there was
to reach the blinds and get behind them for
defence. Knox and Hamilton were united in
action, however different in words, for both
got behind the blinds, and Hamilton, to be
yfet more secure, held oh behind Knox, (Knox
being a very large and Hamilton a small man.)
Upon this, Knox struggled to throw Hamilton
off, and in the effort Knox himself rolled over,
and threw Hamilton off towards the shells. Ha
milton, however, scrambled back again behind
the blind. All this was done rapidly, for in
two minutes the shells burst and drew their
deadly missiles in all directions. It was now
safe aud soldier-like to stand out. "Now
what do you think, Mr. Hamilton." said
Knox, "about crying sJulll but let me tell
you not to make a breast work of me again."
On looking around and finding not a man hurt
out of more than four hundred, Knox exclaim
ed : "it is a miracle !" This anecdote was
to!d by the late Tr. Eneas Monson, and first
published in the New Haven Courier.
"Cut Lowe Again, Mister."
A friend of ours, who is a most accomplished
salesman, and who is kept very busy in one of
the up-down dry-goods houses, was compli
mented, not long since, iu manner and form
as follows :
He had a countryman in the store and was
showing him a very handsome piece of ladies'
dress goods, not with any great hope of sel
ling it ; still there was some slight chance, and
besides, it is necessary so our friend avers
to keep constantly in practice. So he dashed
ahead in fine style, praised the richness of the
pattern,' extolled the texture of the fabric, held
it up to a favorable light avouched for its ultra
fashioriableness, and in short let loose a-torrent
of eloquence, in which it was difficult to
distinguish which was more flattered, the taste
of the admiring rustic or the quality of the
magnificent mousselnie.
Bumpkin's eys flashed with gratified pride
at the complimentary allusions to himself and
unconcealed astonishment at the development
of beauty in the goods and fluence in the sa
lesman. . Catching our friend by the arm, he
exclaimed: "Stop right here for one minute!"
aud dashed out of the store with two or three
rapid bounds. Grosdenap stood, a little bo
thered, holding the bolt of goods across both
hands, just as though he had "frozen" in the
attitude in which he had so thoroughly impres
sed the rural gentleman. Meantime this last
mentioned individual whisked two bouncing
girls out of a carryall which stood in front of
the store and half pulling, half pushing them,
brought them up in front of him of theHuent
tongue :
"Gals! stand there right there, Sally, and
now Mister, cut loose ajain ! I just want the
gals to hear you !"
It is almost needless to say, in view ol tne
peculiarity of the circumstances, that our friend
was overwhelmed with his emotions, and for
once in his utterance to the great disappoint
ment of the father and both daughters.
Too Honest .
"Mr. Slocum, I believe, sir?"
'Yes sir, James Slocum."
"Some six months ago, Mr. Slocum. you
gave me credit for a pair of boots price five
dollars. I have now . called to pay the de
mand." "Owe me five dollars? Why, really, I
have no remembrance of the fact."
' "Be that as it may, the debt is honest, and
must be paid."
Here the middle aged gentleman in pgpper
and salt-cassimere took out a well filled pocket-
book, and handed Slocum a twenty dollar bill,
Slocum balanced the account, and handed to
the middle aged gentleman, in the seasonable
wearing apparel, fifteen dollars, being the ca
lance on the boots." .
The middle 2cd rentlemau left, while
Slocum went off in a reverie.
.. "Well, the world is not so bad after all;
here, at least, is one genuine honest man,
will never speak - ill of the human family
acain." ; . ' . .
Scene Second. An exchange office. Enter
Slocum.
"Bullion, my boy ; just discount that lot
of money and give me current.
"Certainlv. sir."
Bullions runs over the "pictured Blotting-
paper," and throws out a twenty dollar bill.
"What do you throw that out for?" ,
"Not worth a cent one of the new counter
feits came out yesterday." "
Slocum once more goes off in a reverie. .
"Curse that scoundrel : That's the very
bill that honest man paid me yesterday for the
boots. What a vile world! I -don't believe
that there is one upright man on earth.
The last we saw of Slocum he was putting
off for a "nolice ." to enter a complaint.
' Moral. Don't allow yourself to be done by
too much virtue.
fry- Awhite woman has just heen arrested for
in Kew York, who has sil husbands
two of whom were blacks. . She is a loving crea
ture. . ' - rT -J"
The Murders of the Innocents,
If swill milk factories had existed in Judea
in the days of Herod, that potentate would
have been spared the trouble of sending arm
ed men over the country to murder the children
and his fame might have come down to these
times redolent of the odor of sanctity instead
of reeking with infamy , Had he operated in
a legal manner, as our modern poisoners do,
his own design would have come quite as near
success, and Rachel would as certainly have
mourned her children, though without heaping
Curses upon the head of the Tetrarch. -The
bills of mortality in this city present a uniform
report- from week to week, of sixty per cent
of the whole number of deaths as occurin
among very young children, and about fifty
percent, under the age of two years, the mark
fixed by Herod for . his slaughter. It were
preposterous to assert that this excessive in
fantile, mortality is natural or necessary. It
arises from many different causes, all or at
some time or other under human control, and
all the result of ignorance, carelessness, or
willfal wic kedness. Of the varied causes we
propose at present to advert to a single one
At the foot of the Tenth avenue there exists
a great distillery, of itself an intolerable nuis
ance, but so strongly intrenched by the wealth
and influence of its proprietors that all efforts
to break it up have failed. It has been present
ed by the Grand Jury we believe more than
once, but no law has been found strong enough
to pot a stop to it ; probably because of the
magnitude of the nuisance, as the man who
robs by millions is likely to go unpunished,
while the ragged pilferer of a dollar gets his
full allowance of justice. But it is not in it3
immediate filth and stench that this distillery
is most pernicious. Its ultimate effect, the
substance it produces and sends all over the
city in the form of poisened milk, is a curse
of much more fearful nature.
Web ave heretofore described the premises,
the stables, cows, milk and other matters
thereabout: but an official report just made to
the Health officer by the Sanitary inspector,
which we print in another column, is worthy
of attention not so much for new facts as for
recalling those heretofore set forth in Grand
Jury presentments and Police Reports. The
Inspector found in three rows of stables reach
ing from Tenth to Eleventh avenue, more than
fifteen hundred cows, each one tied in a stall
but thice feet wide, surrounded with filth
pauting for air, and nearly all of them in ad.
vanced stages of disease. There cows are fed
exclusively on warm swill, made for the pur
pose in the destillery. The Inspector says the
stench in which the cows live was so potent
that his assisstants were forced to quit the
stables for a time iu order to recover from its
sickening effects. These poor diseased anim
als are muked twice a dav, and the nasty li
quid that comes from them is doctored with
chalk, burnt sugar and other drugs, until it
has the appearance of good milk, and is then
put into wagons labeled "Westchester Countv
Milk," "Pure Country Milk," and other lying
devises, and sold, throughout the city. Of
course, the greater portion of it goes to the
poorer classes, those who through ignorance or
inability cannot be sure of getting real milk.
Vi e take it that no stronger evidence of the
respect of our people for law can be required
than the simple fact that with a full knowledge
of the above facts they have neither burned the
distillery nor the stables, nor lynched a single
in this
wholesale destruction of children. No words
of condemnation are equal to the enormity of
their offence. If they were to distribute through
the town a solution of prussic acid for Croton
water, the crime would be none the less hein
ous than the selling of such reeking corruption
under the name of milk. Suppose the fifteen
hundred cows vield but two quarts each per
day; more than 20,000 quarts of the venomous
mixture will be sold weekly. It would be safe
to calculate that from seventy-five to a hundred
children are killed every week by having this
"pure country milk administered to them,
while hundreds of adults are afflicted with
fevers and scrofulous complaints springing from
the same cause.
The Russian Possessions.
We sometime ago mentioned that the British
Government had notified the United States of their
intention to take possession of the Russian Posses
sions in America and those in Asia bordering on
the Pacific. This, a correspondent of the "London
Shipping Gazette" contends, ought to be done at
once. Nicholas would thus be confined to his
ports in the Frozen Ocean, White Sea and Baltic,
wLick ie clustxl six aioutbs in the year, and be
prevented from injuring British shipping in the
Pacific. We copy what the writer says further,
as it is a matter of some interest to our country :
"The population of Okhatz and Kamtschatka
do not exceed 14,000, of which about 5000 are
Russians, living chieny in the seaporU of Pctro- I
lausky, Boleheresk, N. Kamschatka, Gamst and
Okhotz, all which would be easily taken. It is
thought that the Russian fleet in the Pacific has
taken refuge in one of these harbors. fWhat is to
prevent our squadron on the China station beiug
sent there ? and they might kill two birds with
one 6tone, capturing the neet as well as the coun
try. The distance about 1-jOO miles: time fur
steamers nine, and for sailing vessels sixteen days.
It borders on Japan, and would give us great U-
olities in opening up the trade with that rich and
populous country. e 6hould take the islands
between Asia and America. The Americans catch
most of their whales in those seas.
If the British government took these countries
from Russia they might come on terms with the
Hudson's Bay Company, exchanging the lands
north of 64,20, which are not fit for cultivation,
for Vaueouver's Island, and any supposed rights
the company claim south of that line, giving them
the hunting grounds in Asia and America, as at
present held by the Russian Fur Company, but
reserving the sites of town on the coast, the mine -ral
and fisheries.
The Hudson's Bay Company would thus get
rid of a powerful rival, and be "sole masters of the
fur trade, as at present divided among them and
the Russian Fur Com nan v.
If the government offered Buch terms as these
thev oucht to be accepted bv tho company ; and
with free grants of lands in British Oregon wid
Vancouver's Island to bona fide settlers, these
colonies would soon rival their neighbors south of
49." . !
Cwrrcpondcnoe of the Democrat & Sentinel.
The Celebration at Swaney.
Messrs. Editors : The celebration of the glo
rious 4th, came off at Swaney, in fine style. It
will be impossible for me to give you a full ac
count of all that took place on that day, at that
particular village. An outline, however, I will
try to give.
About the hour of 3 J o'clock, A. M., long be
fore Sol Lad shoAii the face, or had even mantled
the eastern bky with the rosy blush of morn, our
citizens were roused from tlieir slumliers by the
tiring of a heavy brass 74, taken at Saratoga : a
field on which Anterican prowens shone forth clear
as a tot ten mackerel by nioon-liht, and by the
flight of rockets aud roman caudles, and the yells
of young America. Thte was no use trying to
sleep, so by common consent we Wft our lazy
couches and came to a perpendicular position, and
each patriotic citizen might have been swn at his
wi Ail buy tiiciuiuuM iruui ine iime me unus. I
o a. ...... - I
etc., commences, i noea narcny lnlorm you, that
most of us took time to put on our garments, lie
fore coming out. iSome, however, neglected this
precaution, the result was, as the sequt4 will show,
that they had to go to the ground Sans Ccllot
tks. The cannon was manned, or rather boyed,
by Tom Jone, aged 1 1 years and 8 months :
Jim Brown, aged 11 years, 6 mouths and 16
days, avd the Rev. Josiah Howard, aged 84 years,
22 hours, 10 minutes, and aoine odd seconds.
The biteciith lire afier my arrival upon the
ground, passed oft" well ; but on the 17th, the
gr:is and s-xis near by having lecome scarce, a
young American some 7 or 8 years of age, broke
into Emanuel Darlington's Dry Goods store near
by, and brought out a bale of cotton, the greater
part of which was rammed into the Old Saratoga.
The match was applied, and off she went with a
crash that tho-A the western continent, (this ac
counts for the earth-q uake at Saa Salvador.) I
found myself U'iug beyond the Hoosack, and
strange to say I was not seriously hurt, but my
clothes had loen mostly removed by the concus
sion. I jumped up, because 1 could not afford to
be idle on the 4 th, and ran back to Swaney, dis
tant about eight furlongs ; 1 wish I had stayed
away and le the town to its fate, A grand i'.lu
miuation had beeu got up. The cotton had set
fire to Mr. Darlington's Store, and the fl;imcs had
communicated to the large tallow-chandler es
tablishment of the Messrs. Stuarts. Well, we
went to work to try to put out the fire lefore we
should cMumence cclt-rating the day. The en
gines worked very well so Jong aa there was any
one to attend to them. AIkul OK'O panes of
glass were smashed by the 44 Herculus" alone.
I did not couiit the numlier broken by the ' Sala
mander," and Phoenix," but it is reported that
each of these companies behaved admiral. ly.
About tliis time, that is to say about half-past
fonir, A. M., the procession formed for the grove.
Gen. Jonathan Fih, distinguished for his servi
ces in Mexico, acting as Chief Marshal, and mov
ed off iu excellent stjie, large additions being
m.ide nt each nrincinal strei t and allev. The en
gines were abandoned! men, women cud c'.il- I
dren, left the devouring tlensmts to lirk up the
wealfh of Swaney, while they went to the grove
to lick iasscs aud swaller ginger-bread,
P.ut few, very few, were left in town, but
what few remained formed lino, 1 si ted as
Captain of the for?, Lut it was no go. The Her-ruh-s
took lire and was burned to the waters' edge.
The Salamander was melted into a solid mass of
iron and leather. What became of the Pha-nix,
is not known with certainty, but it is reported
she was stolen by Mrs. Abigail Roundy, and se
creted in a neighboring village. This unfortunate
lady did this out of pure spite. She had lost a
pig-stye by the fire. The stye was not of great
value, but in it were no less than tliree venerable
sows, with their respective litters, numbering in
all fifty-six, corresponding with the number of the
signers of the Diiclaration of Independence,
I now called a Council of War, Mrs, Shaw,
(wife of Enoch.) acted as President by common
consent, wldle I acted as Secretary.
On motion of Seth Grimshaw, it was
Resolved, That the Revolutionary fires still
burn brightly. .
To this Revive, Tileg Joyce oCVred an amend
ment wliich I am happy to say was voted down.
It was in these words and further be it."
Resolved, That there is a strong probabilit
that, inasmuch, as the town of Swaney early on
the morning of the 78rti anniversary of
American Independence, did take fire, there is
in the opinion of this meeting, some slight fears
that the whole darued concern v ill go to .
About this time, an explosion took place. The
large Warehouse of Doolittlo Pro., contain
ing 250 tons salt-petse, besides some 2000 kegs of
Dupont's gun-powder some sy it was merely
common blasting powder blew up. What lc
came of my pen, nd inkstand and the book on
which 1 "was then piously engaged, lAlon't
know, but on a far distant hill, in the crotch of a
Wgc ok, I found myself with oue leg the left
I think, broken pretty far up. Immediately le
neath me I perceived the assembled wisdom and
patriotism of Swaney.
f course 1 staid there anl listened to tne reau-
ing of the Eeclaratioa of Independence, the reso
lutions and the Oratiou.
1 had not time to take down the resolutions.
They were read too fast and too carelessly by Criah
Orcutt, a Dry Goods .merchant of Sansom St .,
whose store at that particular reading 1 had the
pleasure of seeing from my perch to be on fire.
The c ration was much better than most produc
tions of the kind, and I carefully noted down every
word, as follows, to-wit : (I forgot the Speaker's
name. We had fetched liim from New York.)
Fellow Citizens When in the course of revolv-
ing years, the 4tu ol J ray come rouna as us
bound to do, once in every r.05 nays, it becomes
the dutv of everv American citizen to sacrifice
everything upon the altar of Fresdom ; that altar.
upon which Tell, Kidd, Washington, Arnold jet-
ferson aut liurr, were seii-iniuioiaiea. w no
among youjwonld be basa enough to refuse mak
ing a bonfire of your earthly all, as brother Orcutt
is now doing, for tho lnerit of Young America ?
If one such exists, uiou whose tympanium, one
word I now say, shall touch, let him be darned.
Mav he be darned in liis coat, the sleeves, the
skirt, ths collar and waist thereof, Let liim be
darned in his boots, his waist coat, his shirt, Ids
cravat, his hat, and particularly in his stockings
and eloves. Wifeless, let him lie down, and
childless let him ris up. In all things let him le
a mere Squirt and 0.i; a thing to be avoided.
shunned, spit upon ! And when the great day of
final account shall burst upon an astonished world.
When the elements 6hall become mis'! ; when
the awful thunders which for the last time shall
sound upon our ears, may he and his be eternallv
and forever consigned to that place where end
less
(COXCLUSIOH Kr. XT WEEK.)
P. S. " 1 still five," said the immortal Webster,
the great expounder of the Constitution, arid J
still live ; and yet, Mr. Editor, I can't tell why,
for I have on the late 4th of .u;y. passea inroun
more adventures than aver did he of La Mancha,
roore aivruiures iuu 4 vr . - ,
StheVoldienof Xcnophon. Instead, therefore, of
lewing off the conclusion of my narative of pass
ing events ill " next week." a is too often the
case with heartless Editors and correspondents, I
shall conclude now, thankful to Providence, that
I have tlie strength s- to do. :".
Immediately after the Orator had uttered th
word " endless," the artUksry of Heareu waa un
limbered. and crash cam a thousand bolts of
greased lightning down that venerable Oak on
which your veritable author had teen celebrating
the anniversary of a day that gave birth to a na
tion that lias knocked the spot off all other na
tion principalities and power. I came to Terra
Firma. in tha middle of the Hoosack. The audi-iOv-e
woe some ruore and s me less magnitized, I
supposed "electrified" would ha the proper word
just 1 ere : but the word iir unnecessary for they
I mean the andienca had boea -electrified by the
Orator of tha day. As to the Orator of the day,
he went off like a rocket. A telegraphic dispatch
just received, informs us he cane down in Gotham,
in the midst of a 2alace of glass! ths game
keeper of which is called Barnum, a greater hum
bugger than your correspondent plump astride
the w lly horse.
Well, when we all got back to Swaney, it was
not "thar." Except a few stone pillars, nothing
was left of a town that on that morning could
boast its thousand houses and three thousand in
habitants. Swaney went off like Pompeii, tha
only difference beiug that Pompeii went down and
Swaney went up.
We are busily engaged collecting alms for thi
relief of the poor, and have thus far ben qiv'..
successful. General Fish, who subscribed tvo
hundred dollars for powder, rockets, A-c. 'it.-?
ith to celebrete the 4th, gave four do'l-r? and
fifty cents for the relief of the poor. Maty o- i f -
instances of great liberality could be given, but
is needless to multiply words. I bhall merely aid,
that I am Treasurer of the fund, and if any of tho
readers of your paper wish to give anything for
ths relief of the sufferers of Swaney, let them do
it quickly, Its a good investment, for we know
that he that gives to tho poor, lends to the Lord.
Send on your dust, gents, to your friend and hum
ble servant. JEREMY.
Hob bible McRDta. We find in tho London
Standard, brought by the Atlantic, an account of
a horrible murder committed by a mother npon
no fewer than six of her own children, whose
throats she cut one by one as they lay in bed.
She afterwards cut her own throat, but not so
deeply as to produe death. This terrible affair
took place on the night of the 4lh inst., at a cot
tage at West end, about a mile frow tho west of
Eshcr, and on the borders of the royal domains
of Claremont. The murderess was a Mrs. Brough,
who was the nurss of the present young Price
of Wales. Her. age was 47 or 48, and the ages of
the children ranged from 24 mouths to 10 years.
It seems the husband of the murderess had seen
cause to suspect her fidelity, and had upbraided
her and declared he would not liva with her any
longer,
TVi is supposed to be the cause f the murder.
The fellowiug confession of tho wretched creature
was real L.t the inquest :
" Qn Friday last I was bad all day ; I wanted
to see Mr. Izod, and waited all day, I wanted
him to give me wane medicine, la the evening
I walked about, and afterwards put the children
to bed, and wanted to go to sl.-ep in a chair.
About nine o' clock, Georgy, (meaning Georgiana)
kept calling mo to come to bed. I came up to
bed, and they kept calling me to bring them
some barley water, and kept calling till near 12
o'clock. I had no candle lit on the chair. I
went and goj another, but could not see ; there
was something like a cloud, and 1 thought I
would go down and get a knife and cut my own
throat ; but could not see, I groped about in
master's room for a razor, I could not find one
At la6t I found his keys, and then found his ra
zor. I went to Geiirgy, and cut her first ; I did
not look at her. I then came to Carry and cut
her. Then to Henry. 1I; said 'don't mother.' I
said, I must,' and "did cut hiw. Then I went to
Bill, lie w.. iait ..sleep. I turned him over.
He never awoke. I served him the same. I
nearly tumbled into tliis room. The two chil
dren Harriet and George, were awake. They
made no resistance at all. Harriet struggled very
much and gargled. I then laid down and hid
myself. I can't teU what occurred for some tima
after that, as I found myself Meak and lying on
the ti-or. That nasty great and black cloud wai
one then. 1 was tliirsty, and got the water bot
tl" and drank. I fell in "a sitting position, got up
and sar the children, and it atl came torn again.
I wanted to call, but could not speak. I went to
the window snd put souictlung out to call atten
tion, I went to ted, and remained there till tha
bell rang. They made sueh a noise. I crawled
on my hands and I nees, hut could not make
them hear, It was Henry Wooler. I went down
to unbolt the door. There was only one boit fas
tened, and that I undid, This is all I know. They
can tell the rest. It was not quite daylight when
I put the signal out. It is pnns-.Me I mipht hava
said something mors to the other officer. U I hava
ho can te'.l you.
This statement was signed by the miseraol
... i . , 3 a v i :
woman, itaesa aauea tnat.-iie cnu noi uriievw
he made that statetuuf for the purpose of screen
ing any other person.
The Jury after consulting, retumaa the fol
lowing verdict: "That the deceased children
were wilfully murdered by Mary Ann Brougb,
their mother."
Young America.
When Kate and L"lcn Bateman' were
London thev were invited bv the Queen
in
to
spend-a week at Windsor Castle with the royal
chihJren. Whiloon their" vit the Prince
of Wales took his seat for the first time in the
House of Lords by the aide of his moher.
When he returned home, before he would
allow the glittering jewels to taken from
his breast, he sought Kate Bateman, and find
ing her in the royal nursery, with his Bisters
and brothers, he, taking her hand, paid.
"Kate, as soon as I am a man ma's .going to
give me the throne, and then I'll make you
my wife and oueen." Kate then said, "Well,
little Wales, if you will be a good bey, study
hard, and when you grow up, select aome
honorable profession, 1 11 take your ease into
consideration. . .
IC7"Kissixo. When a Kentucky girl
is kissed, she looks surprised, aad says : how
could rou? To which the young man replies
It will give me great pleasure to show you"
and proceeds to give her a duplicate.
When a Tennessee girl is slyly kissed, s'l
puts on a frown and says: "put that article
right back, sir, where you stole it from."
Our experience is limited, but we believe
. . . . , i i
a Pennsylvania gtrl, when sne is aissea. gra-
, ,
: erally 'holds still." and says nothing