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i'.-t
iii
Bcminiscienco of Thirty Yean Ago K'.-ln.-naLij
of a Yonng Lady by a Steamboat C.w.iiu---Tho
Capturoani Arrest,
The actors in tho drama which I am a.
liout .o relate (say.-.a (.'WcfipnndetH) have,
ibr tlio most p:nt, pase,l (rem iho busy
fctage til' life ; hence no one's frHn
can lacerated by the recital i f the ta'e
by one of the ririmitictit c'or in the
play.
In lltS, having reached my hamo i'l
New Yoik City, after one of the most
tedious on J perilott ; lssngrs of s--ycntv.
live days duration,
.having '."-t t.-irJv r'-
Ivm Liverpool ;
car sails, with a
crew rr.ot "! tnom :m tbiltcit ami -used
up by cxec.-rive hard.-iiip an 1 unusual
labors, I hoar., from tho lips of a
"Western friend, such (.lowing noeettnt
ot the niajruitvino and beauty of our
inland sea.-, and the great an 1 ic.'eas
ing demand tor . ail Ti them, ihar de
termined to abandon my ocean life and
try the fre. h water f-u- awhile.
I rosigiu d my p-Toti-m on i'io crack
New Voik and bin i pe .1 liner, and with
many letters of iulro duet'-en a:i 1 iro.im
inendati m from my employers !i their
friend.; in I ifi'.do, reached the, latter
place in th;. mc.t.th of March 1 -:'.h As
the opcnir.a of b.ko rnvig.it'on drew
near, while cr-'ir;- al m' for employ
ment, I met cm- d,-.y ut the ennui iti
bowse of.!y -1 UV-M'f-r, V,
Ilristol, n hi pruib.'-c i me a nil u:it i-n nn
tho Gtcatu.diip.Janie Mao'-em, thru ly
ing' at lirio. I ikvi'I'T.'! the po-hion, :;r.
second fiTiccr, an;! r- a'-!..!)" ioi- i .s.m.
ti(inf.i I f ! i .i . 1
0 i.UtiC"
iting the ship
rj rcaiiico:-!! lor r, a
While cm-iped in the delta's of ' !i;. -ting
onf." I tfink my ipiarlers lit the
old Msii'irn lloo.e (ben kepi by iho
widow 'o-nip!in," an 1 .io:.-. 1 a;i one
ol toe ma I lut'
. in
Oav'S, When
good " subsluilii
had not given (
glitter e.l '.'ir pr.
a cc.rreipor:':i:!g
" froa'n:-:! cemf.
Oho a.'!.-,-.iv...
penters : .di.
in tbeir rcv'i r..l ,
approached mo :
thin wonM !."- :
Ii nriel I'll', m
lo l no
eo'pMi-:!,v: .
bed-,
and
v;i'h
O'.-.'if or,
: i;."y !.-.. .
.!.'. Capt, b
'.' .;o; if t'voij.
.-r f..; a i.horl.
l:.y depart.
I'TilOlM V,-0!lM
ir bioket:)
:n (be n'iinii!!
1 mo to call
'i'd. ivbe;':; .n
O: '( a.
a li:,h. mo-.
itpi.illi:
nl :!
i'i rea.'i
trial I rip that cvtidi:;, i
iticnt, :yirif4 iba" ti'o i:i
have on the vepba'c 1W.
;ii the y. 1: i i ! T vrp'l !
tivo, ai'.l he 'he-, i '
upon him at the I-l.'o f!
Mopped, litter I i;;tti l.i i r;
Dotic 'd that !' I (;-:
vouh ai.d cxci'i'i. b:'. I attiibol. it it i"
bis anxiuly to tin: pcef.'Ot wrL it.:: '
tho i.taehioery an i too ' '-oh-'vi or " i f
ths l.ij, o!i a trial trip iti the rpri'.).;.
Acc. ediou'ly, after tea I called oo
rapt, 1!., at h:-i room at lbi italic. nn.l
ho then a ked toe if had hi r 1 of I. if
Krio ' love air.oi." I told hioi I had
not; that I had :oab; but few ricepiai.i
tances in town, ami that toy lcanurc tiaic
had been occupied in reudins and writ
ing letters to Jar away friend ; and rela..
tivrs.
lie then
tout ! thrs : So:or
time nrn I vr nn
'u'eerte-.t .'t.'itni (.;
Miss .To'ci.h-r.
ITr.n.it.
.II Fro
:bo lcv.dy
a oh jromlu
n the b'.orT
v.-.-ocs to
r-M " . .. far
: in r ltd:l:e?-;
f the bo -t'"-l
:..!
danhti';' of a ri'-h
man, v.i;o.o kir.iiy r
.''lire
you m;i t ha"e : e! ! i :
the pvr. !::' . : ;
thai ho-t fail ev.oy'bin.'
br the foil e'io?'joim i' i'n
thei'i'hed hopes of (ho
and myself.
TJnt i.n (lie evo of iho -. c d '.i ,.
vL-iiiii t!iiii"'. o of riy iofod
fatloT, via rndtdy ribuTed, a:,d
bidden to hold any f'.irL'ior tv:o;;,a'J
tioti with roe 1 dearlv Je.ved.
1 lie J a cunnect
inj.' Mic T:.r.ui!y k
fitoed, ao ! all. r a ; '
sll l: v too.'.a-. i-. '- ! ob
ucteroiir.ati'io v.a:.:i I !
the Whiter V.'hb le v i .
" itetoroin- a .
learned th-,f. niy oo
".
iO ,
d I
t. w'.i
bo l oirrie 1 to a
room-iii ate of ml
comfitisro was or
Tia 1 written a a:
Mr. If., atatin r .
llast, an 1 other
Mr
a.-.,
(
i:oiy
;. te;
11 1
m
oM
dir-
to
traceable ;
for bo
to o'd
:. the
tharae.
, to. o t note
l ; ; a
it: i wor;c in
true.''
tor, an 1 e.io.'i'iv i:
" I lo'irn thit tiii : ml: ,lv wodlin
i-i
to bo l.-,!y oh.l.itiizo'l l o. tioo r.;V,- cveu-
ln", v i, lie i Kt.o'.v iictn iiiitur.il lneiul.
mat .io.'e-,i,i'o
.1 "T
's afft'ctiuti for mo i.s uii.
chaio'.ed, ., ti't
withdrawn I".
'..o c-.j'.y rci'j'.iim to he
a t'e: !a' in r's rcroiciuu.i
idfluoorc to i ,"
'er- i.i' .i;.
"TIihI v.-:
ol
in car.
1 to this
rj-ing to a k-.cc rsful r : ..'.(
eml 1 lirrro been liurryoig m t!iC woik
on the Pr.id.-on.
" I'rotiiimoi. and infl'i'Mitial eiiir-i.e
aware of the jnstioo of my cause, b..ve
volunteered their sen ices for la.iiighi. ;
and I will give you my p'ari of cp; ra-tk-i.:-..
" My 1 idv be.'c will attend the hot.
lull i f ' f'o; "if.-,e'i to toght ; i. the
A Mi" fitt'I
Fceoo at.
.She will leave the festive
half
;t f 'even. in o nirary
with Jan. e-1'iis Chii-'y, lur f'ath.i'b
clerk aod w aid T! ey will pa. .s along
on that .s'.tu of the i;ttcet, crofi.
Kt'i.g hi.ic at the Kat ie mid Vihen (l ey
reueh yon vacto.t lot y u re ! I will .st. ji
up nod accost them. A coach cootaic.
ing two liie.id.i fd mire, whieii ia may
in rtadioe -i in the largo tain nppo.sito,
will whei 1 i nt o the roa I, v.os vi!l jump
into it, drive to the Ma ii.-mi, embark
for I'uol; irk. r. i th( re u o wilt havo the
no r-iv. -d ling at
l.art iei . fi d.
W illCil
you
ever
I
" My
lien- is lb;
I'.Ol'H.IOlo!!
hp
M U li. ay li e
it the lady':.
:.!..!, -.,.1
t. o hit.! !.(
JOIfX 0, HALL, I'mpruior.
J oily r. .vooi:r, rc.v;w.
fao-tvaiio;: the fttcccfs of my operatiotu.
" ?dv old s.iilur.-, yon know, are cog
nizant of ihree fjvle. of mcu ; those who
arc always Yillinj;, hot uovor ready
tho-c who are ever ready but never
willing, and tho.e who are always both
ready ami willi: -.. May I e!a.-s you a.
iii'ihl; the latior iiumbitr, and claim your
hearty e o-oporrtirj Lo niht ? "
l replied il everything wa.? '' on the
'e.'i ire " and truly level," if all that
wa t necessary to bo done, was toivt
the ymmr lady a fa'.rehatico to obey the
dictate. of hoi heart ; if .--lie was nyivca.
Ido to this nrnnjiomcnt, I would go with
him, heart and hand. This as.suranoo
wa.i leadily and toleoitdy (fivoil, tool f
li'ttcnol to a loll;? nd ciiiliiulitaiin ili.
ei'i taitro (imoi tlio i.;al!niil llaplahi on
the i nn);; lady'e beauty iin.l ueoompli di.
liK'Ot-i. 1 1. npp. Mi'.-. i that ;dio w:m i ll
lo'ir.-.'i in Is.:!- own i:h!;her nmthep,
i'l bar ib'nlb ) ji'ij .t.- i! Ji i t)r'( to lie i' o'lifo i
loiii;.- fortuito lei tbi:.-i) peaceful if.iys,
At lemrth iho (.'ap'iiio, I joking f,l Ida
V.';'l-' ii , '-aid th.it it. wii i ) I o'clock, nod
V. o l.u I bi-at adjouni to t'o) Kll. et, for
iho ', i-t.-J pi. vs vuuM rnaku her op-
pe'U iloe '. in jo.:l 'i d! nn i.oor,
A loll IOO..,I Wi'.l .'.IO!0:f il) .'III till .
ctu'i I 1 by i'.o !i!0!it '.v as ti i li;;ht rs
m;Ol. d.v.
I.t.'indiiig il, l!.O.s'.iJyW of 1.1.0 Jvigie
'-'a toii iiiy .oo'.d r,.udo? In be Under,
I' !. t'.ii y.'O, i'l p'M"i' li" wai 'iho
i e ptaii, ;!! idy .o;i in .. n .( c ebiiol
...!, " Tho-ro ;-U t.)!:n:-ii : "
f ! ,-At-l lip tii'i r.'loet .Mil aV ,i
C itpis t!iiOI',.;'t: ll-itn iho Altlcii .-Mil
Hotel, ne.d IOi.in(; t.L "uy twcii tho
UtxmU ind'etodi " huifpaM licnn,"
T'ibl b.o'tod hlvO all.U U.l! lill'Ji.l'.:t,lt)d.
in;; eo f.ir. The parti timm u! oti aa
iiristo had ( o::t ! i, or"- od v.'ocii: ho
Lad iod'.c-tted loons bofbi o, and, us ihoy
icai'bc d tha " vi'.fatit lot," v.o (to(pi;d
up to tbein ; thu cjjoaiii laying l;i hand
on too la.iy'u .shoulder, who, lUUilu
loo- tfilu! aoe tow at i u. exciuitued ;
' t.'i.ptai'i Jiii .t.d ij that you 't " lie
fi 1:..J : " Ve.i, Jo. liiuo and I Want
yon t o v, oh inc."
I'er ureoi t iueaod with rained arm
e.nd thaeatenicjc go.ilare, anJ eselaiiiicdj
' No, (Jr ptui.i Lii.rto!, by U U."
I hod my hand upou Lid shoulder,
saying, " My good liiend, thtro la uo
i:eed of any foue hero."
" Oh no," .sail bo, " I didn't intend
any. Let. mo get my pumps, won't
you!" Ho had dropped ihoiu iu the
street.
At tiii moment the promised coach
v, heeled out into the road, the gailaot
cai. run ami hi ' la-'y layro i-prac
i:,tj;t, ti'.u away toey w cut at a " rat--tiing
pace," leaving me, a hliKiiger iu a
t.i::;.e p' ii'1, with my hands upon a
t; :';.'.. :" ; i.tlttrau'ii coiiar, on the pub.
lie bi.;:;v0.
s'vidii',' l.ha oi.'y so loog a.s i
d-e-ttl'.t CST fdionf, i at !:i.ifr reblKjUijh-
e i j:iy .- . p, ami joit o:l alter theuisap.
tearii'.' coiich, at a 2;iU pi.ee. L'own
; ::kl old I'iim.u'.s loam ion, dowo the
u::i!ot precipitous lii'd.sid.:, duwn thu
bog pi. r. 1 l jol.ed with eoo.-tiiut ae
eeh rating speed thaculd air from the
ico-neols in :
loo
I . i.C:'..e '
a-: the I: :t:i
. -tt the rad
;!:0 mo.o'i:; :
:.c Lko cutting my tiy
tcon
ra.m
e: oe;
d
lOill tj b
otut .
itl -MO til,
.0.
,': ' .1 LliO st .utoer itiiuugli
L'hauticI oi iiio o..y, itiid
ttt'H!
) tra J.Oie, 1i.iv.io lalu i'.i.a
hoav ieefehhi :-ei:.::ed to ha." our
course t.j.y.ii.l ti.e .v' il'.:; p'-is,
hero li.v.u.-.'.i Lr m irrijgo wcte nut
needed or K'.ju.i'eu.
Vi-nlirtg i'otikiik a ItotLaded port,
it i.'i.s d etoed jidvoaih'e to head the
s'eamor up the lake, and thuj, boritig
tbrooii mat-aed ol iiuaLiug ice, the long
n::;ht at hist g:ivo place to tlio day
liij;lit of a daik, gloomy, !oweiiiig( ?daieli
mon, iog, which found U3 oil Asiitabula,
nlu.it of lucl. aud with tor naiall com
j.'.i'.oeot i f . ;.n:eo and lieemen utterly
exhausted v. i'.ii exeetsive labor.
Kiistol, .'dcl'adden and myself were
gathered around the pilot -house, ;a
earorst coo :i.!iafi( n, and this plan was
decided upon : to Lmd at Ashtabula,
l:.he on a supply of fuel, and if the wed
i'.'i ;; c.'i,oi:ot;ies could n l b; accom
p'ii.'hed there, t r'tor .Ir Iktrcit.
V.'o noido Juit to ihc dock, and white
the i fi-vt v ere busily employed iu vood
ing, Cup. lb wear iqi to the'toWQ to te
' h, w '.!. land lay." Ho had not been
abseot many tuiuctia, Lefi.ro Mel''adi!ed
ealleii uiv alleiitiuo to a Lrgo gleuutcr
in ti e c'litig, b.T(iiH;ks black wilh peo
ple, uvi t.ii:t !y l etit on mischief, 'i bia
was the Joii.::'sol), tiio Sister ship of too
M; dison, both owned by oh. Col. Kcth
lb e), of line.
I hastened up to town to ne.uuii.t
Captam lb v.'ilh the laet, Lut I met him
coming ciev.'u, aud he then taid he had
di: 'patched a Loy on a lust horse to
Jtllm.son, to get a license that Lo
woild take Mbft II. en idiorn, and we
li.u-t l.ut oil uo the lake, and thus de
ci ive the " Jilb r.-oti party," who, U 1.
lowed in, wou'd give l.im lime tu get
! his hi i i. e, Lo splicvd, and then all
J v. juli. Lj veil.
KIDGViAY, PXXXA.,
We tried the ru'c, but the JetTe.rson
ran under our Ktoru, aud Captain Iob
bingt of tbo rcvenuo cutter ordered us
to put back to ihie at, once, orho should
seize the shin ; wieh he could have
done, as wo had no ship's papers on
hoard.
We aocordinply retraced our step?,
and renching lirio wo found all the in
habitants on the dock, awaiting the do
noicoien! of the exciting" Love Chase,"
with breath le?a interest.
As soo'.i as wo reached tho dock
scores ol rtristol'n friends jumped on
board tt'iJ eagerly ifked bow the wed
ding lllld pr g IliS"1!
I (old tlo'iu that it was 1 light
llint we hud hiod.'.t Iblilol nml Jo-:o
phioo n! A.tibtabuhi, iiiilmui' or more be.
lore tlio .li ll'i'i'.-on (irriyod -I'mt Iho i
roii.ta ha I been f.ih for, and (but in nil
pr ibiibili'y " e'.orylhio.i; was lovely,"
lhit wliile v'i-.ni liilliiog tbii', the
Jolfil.r.iti (Viiije I'uuod iho point, ol (be
I'l'tiim-uiiir, an I the Cutti r'a bo.t wai.
soon uhiiigsido, v.hila a holy was
dvOieetid'ing t ho stiJeps into ',
The nifltter now lookH, duo lo mo ,
utlivliiit l.s.-i bidden t'tiW to be u very
iooiariilo i: it' tit, .somimd, guddotily, fo
tis-ooifi vrry io.it't t-.of fuel proportion:),
In n very slo rl tiitiO u'l tl.o oiheers of
the Madison wi-ro tit .ij , csoo;.;t. my.
(wdf; but I b.i-l takflii im.bito room in thu
l.i l'o': eal'iio. d-'t'O mb.o I lo iivait the
liiill'.i-r deveh-poieot. of tl,o enemy. Till
turn hooir.cl divi-lo.J i.itu tha n-,o n'
vriMo fiiolioo-i, at, -J Iho Itei.bil parly
nuiohei'.-d four l i oio of j.'ie oj-poii.
lion, 'f ii-.! la lief, lit ii imiit, wero .'-ym,
p.a'hizoix Viilh itiu gallant C.ipt, JJrH
1,1, V.'ho nti lliog go.iil epulitc!) Jmvc
fcinrif ben fully dovel'tped.
'I i.o dh ftpp'onliiif nf of tho eloping
f arii.'H v.'ie sooa revealed. It i eeniM tha'.
ti.e T.ursuiog pttrty, bended by ('apt.
I 'oblitis, had need the whob movement
of tho captain and Ids lady co.np anion,
nad after the Madieou had left Ibn Kcen-J
of operation.', they rushed up the Ash
tabula pier, found Uristol and Mb FJa
im.t at the Hotel ; and by dint of foreb
Lie persunsio'i, they induced the lady
to return with them to Eric.
There, the young lady asmrc.1 many
of her friend that Captain 15. bad
treated her wilh all due respect and
consideration :but her vindictive father,
completely terrified bcr, to assent to an
immediate muni igc with Mr. Walker.
That gentleman, however, was cur
rently reported to have refused fuch an
arrangement, until the rich old French,
man, agreed to increa.' C the holy's dow
ry, some thouev.ids of dollars.
On the evening of our return to Eric,
sent for Mr. I'tiz Chri.-ty, and it trail
spired that he knew mo readily, having
raiic 1 under me in one ol the Liverpool
litters-, several years before.
lie tol l me that Mr Ilanict censured
him as abetting the cb.pement of his
daughter; and if I would go to the oM
gentleman's liiii-e, and there assure
him that lie 1'itz tt.. had done all ho
eould to prevent thn spiriting away "
of his daughter, ho would 8es lo it that
f should bo l.ell harmless in the mat
ier.
Thi', cveiiint: however, one of the
i cotits of tho. l'i't. tol faction cams to mo
v.iiii the inteioge oco tt .it lay quondam
sailor hoy was to play mo false, and had
tho officers prepared to arrest mo, after
I had exculpated him before 31 r. I!a-
mot.
01-1 Cm. Setlt Reed suit word to me
to nome to hi ; house, and alter receiving
my explanations of the whole afTiir ho
hail toe can fully bestowed until the
next Sunday night, when, in the midst
of a heavy fain ri n-in, a hotse wa.i
brought to the doo.-, :.t:d dhguhed as on
itugli.tl: drover I sprang into the sad.
die, and never die w bridle until I had
eree.-ed tho Ftato line.
Poon after much of the cicitemcnt
having ; nl)side 1 after the lady's h'.'sty
wedJing I revalued my bliih on the
la.'i-o'i ; and in the early summer
Captain 1'rh'tol .tiro returned to bis com
mand, vvh?n V. S. V. llame.t had him
airest.d f.r abduction upon the liijh
xcu;:, and he was sent to prison at Ihtts
bttrgb to await his trial.
Early i:i tho en tiling fall I was noti
fied by (hipt. 1!. of his approaching tri.
id, and he earnestly begged me to bo on
baud, as tbo only witness on his side of
the Madison's crew who had uot been
arrested.
Accordingly I joined a largo party of
lUi-tol's friends a cloud of witnees
at Erie, bound in lour hoiito post coach
es to the Iron City.
Thither alro weut the If.v'no; faction
ia !.".roat rtato.
The tr'al soon commenced, witti an
array ct leal talent seldom cuuibiucXiu
any court.
There were the venerable and tulcmted
Jude Wilkins, Mr. Uiddlo, aud Mes
srs l-'orwand and t' baler.
Misji Ellen Tree wa.s then "starling"
it at I'ittsburgh in the " Love Chase,"
ami the ll'iiuut jim rl fllr, with their
... ''uesse.s, vsuti! liigtitly atlendaiits at
i bo theater. The actors, during the
day, vi.dted the court room, and a.s ihc
cisc pioie.ssei ii waa ao cvidcully lid-
AUGUST 8, 1SG7.
ieulous on the part of tho p-oseeuticu
that tinny things were said on tho
board.i nt night not contained in tho ori
g'ntd dramn, reflecting on the haughty
and vindictive old FrcnchmrMi.
The morits of the case, for tho pro-e-cution
hinged upon the cjucstioti wheth
er the lakes were " high scai" or low
ones.
Tei bring it under the jurisdiction to
tho Supremo Court, it wai iioeesmry to
swear that the alteged crime had b:eu
commttV.l np.:n a mal! ti iangular fpt.co
of wator bctv.-ce t (! to nnd I'ornisylva
nia, of thirty miles src i, v. bicti bad n it
been laid d'jwn in tbo surveys, and
which, cor,.!crjuently, would have made
linn .'fence comm'tt-.d thereof aa.cuyable
to thn lu-.r.j nftb-: l.'i.itc l .'.'.tat.-. Court.
Ai'rr sevi i',.l ;! i;.'.t of m ' a'do pnd
Vis lirtti.-t; ni',co,ii..ut on both ih..- It
svas de.:( "ii.ui. flu lliihod Hial-.a
' 'i'it(-i.ti 1 1 it i jn; i di.o i ei in t!t iit-it'. or,
and '.hi,,'..;.! ii. M. Jiiisiol iv is ih.'ns.;,l
fioio i-ti.t..!;, i.i;.iJ(hfl i-Iilt's jiiid wel
eotniop: thouis d tt eo'.)vded ooiii t rooni
iho liij.tsjs who ih-'oiuoi.l ciiy ii (bo
joioei liuifi v'iei.iiiy iM-'iig l.ii ii.tiieai--i.ieo-ilh
a.I'-.l '..i'-- iiiid r.h;iii'.iof twit
isf.'K-tjtii I'l'lii!'; hi'.-O't .'.'id pi.ni!ii
v I'n. tod iho i.ii'jhign f ll'-i delVati-d
j-iirtics in n soil tl.el. bud f ;w l.-ii-. hots
Mid f'.-vf.-r ii v i ' '.
(Jen. Clt-O'l-,'1, Jt red, the Krio mil.
!i iiiaiee, nMod ij. oii the stooji of the
piiueiUil b-l-d, l-M !" d V.-ll !i-.!..-l will.
lolls ofb-iok A'.U, v.'. b.h ho I )','."!; dis-
pe-ntad to lli.l m- 1:7 (V ' ' II of -:V H to defray
iho cimi'(i f 'lo ir ttovry trip to
riu.-.btiig'i itiid t'-'-"-'' i-i- vi'ver j..uriwy
Lome,
Thill eti-b'J cue of the most ctteitmt;
ineidonf!- ol llmno riir'iy days in tho bin.
fury of bubo Etic; and throughout llm
l-'ar Vit-t. ami among iho Mi-o-isiij pi
eaptaim, the affair cs.-iu-l the tu .,'.t in
lemo end idu'iorbing iutot-t-i't, Captiiio
JJr'"! 1 C'Wn ftrterv.-nr-l was m-irricd, and
audi r lbs pfroiUga of lit.; gold fi iar. J,
Ocneral ileed, he became one of tin
wealthiest, and Kuceoiul wheat dealcra
in Chici'.go. A few years ago, however,
he tjet with sum'! serious reveres, and
is now talii-g out a patent, I believe, for
a new cut oil which he invented come
yearn ago, and has since been perfecting.
The Jdsotin Artli 1'eaic;:.
1'hiilips raves and faai-'at the month.
He has gone Mark mad over the release
of l'avis. lie wants the "chief tcbel
hong " nothing less will s.itLsfy him.
Greely i:i nhtts? 1 without meaHuro by
this b'o-vMl.ii'.-.ty and blood h. rufSait
fer ;:o!n? bail.
J.ct i'iiiliips trke rare. The history
of the war which he was no instrumental
in provoking will not be complete until
he gets bi t di-si-r'-'ng. "obe-.p;. rrc
m ii'iid li'.'i ctrC'.-r f.ti toe gui;! I'.r.e,
ar.-l ii' riiiiiins ha? only half ju-tioo done
hint, tie v.iil tc-'mitiaie bis at the fool o!
the gallows, lie i-; not a human being,
but a bell iio.tud, and his bloodies,
putty like, cad r.-ef"os lo :k, bis cold
bl iodod uoimpassioiu. 1 r.iaooer, all give
wart.ioj of tho avttdi.-h bate, iho devil
ts'.i ro iiico, with which lie is filled ti
ovcrf. j.viiig.
Jo.di lidiiogs truti. fully reu.aiks that
"trying to live on the lepuiatioti or a
dead gr.i.tidt'aiher isju.st about a.s enter.
pn.itng
via'
tu i.at -ti out loivcu
eggs utulsr a tin weatnercoc;;.
Tt is said (hat Horace Greeley has
writteu a tetter to Joltn C. Itrci.-kiiiridge,
recjt:e.-.:li!g hitn to reiur t hc-:ee and uid
iu " ia Can. -t noting; " the country, re-fardle-s
ol what may bo Sii.l about him
by " m-trow tuiuded blockheads."
Eejr KU l.i my a beitle, and tho l ot.
tie uiary a birr.
Wo walk here, as it were, ia the
crypo of life ; at titties from the grea
Cat he di d above us, e e.to bear the
organ and the c! atititoc i i' ths choir;
we see bght stiv -.m tltreug.lt the open
door, flhon t nop fiiend goes up bctoie
us atul fchall wo fi.ar to mount tho nar.
suirc use of the grave lit: hadd out
of this uticei tain twi'ig'ut into the se
recemaDjiot;s of the life eternal ?
Heaven i.s not a place to be bargain
ed for on a death bed or at life's close.
It is n-'t a place into which you are to bo
ticketed by Tries' or by I'opo, or by tho
Lord himself. The fti'uro world can
not be cheated of its due by the feigh
of a sick room, or 1-y forced prayers on
a s'uking ship. We are all our live t
long .shaping with resistless energy the
characters by whieh wo tire to bo jodT
ed in aoerdanei! with the words, "He
that is unjust let him bo nnju it still ;
aad he that filthy let hitn bo filthy
still ; and he. thai iu righteous let him be
righteous ."till ; and lie that is holy let
hitu bo holy still."
A WUB wan oueo cuid : " There uro
three thiuga which will suipriso us when
wo get to heaven : Eirst, to fiud mauy
tliero whom wo did tiot at all expect.
Second, not to find many ihcro whom
we did expect. Third the greatest won
der will bo li Cud omaolves there"
volumj: sbylw-xujimx: 22.
TUiMSl 50 I'FAl AXXU.V.
Mrivw.-jww.
Discoveries at Toinrioii.
Another very interesting discovery
lately made, fny3 a lute letter is that of
four rkeletons throe female rnd one
male now lying in ghi.-o rates, uhieli
are preserve.', in almost pcilecl fuiluess
of form and outline, but have 1 ecu
completely converted info gypsum.
Even their fioeer-i and toes aro almost
ns complete rod round us on the day
when, J 75 years imn, tlio fearful flood
of li'e and ?umke t ok away their lives,
'fit.-; procc.-s i.s expire l' at fallows :
These budies were prostrated in Iho
streets by tho cloud of suffocating va
pors which came first, and which f .-on
stopped respiration, aod after tt.ctn can.s
tho ashes, light, of course, but piled up
iu enormous mvts-v, so tlo.t the lower
s'rat-t wer.1 eiur rsssed into solidity, Af
tbo e'l.Oi-! t'liiin, that Iho pro" of do
c'oopivi'i. n was o liii.. cry el.-wly, of
evurte, (ur loobu tbo Nirbu-u tbo
Rs'iea a!., ol the body apprer tohava bo
eoiim etuo listed, ii. i'hi'.s Rith the tis.dii
(ui)Oe of tho iiio'aHii'B ttitit iln,!ne-l down
thl'.m.ih from above. At la.-f nil tho
toft pratrl f) ft-1 di,-uppifri:d liO'l their!
'. :i li'lhil.g eft. but ft li-do ill Vihieh
iho. litot.; iiiij erishable bonfii rotmiined.
it writ a hotg iimo belhie iho v.'oi ktocn
h."iited how to pre tervo thrne I'emniio',
Mid Liio'lfodi havo boon bi'oLeii to pio.
d.g and lo,.t.
'J ho ptoci.-ss tiov,' adop'el in vety rim-
phe 'oi' V.-iy I ftifbmt. Aa COO!) US the
AvoikirTi eor.ie to a il. 'i '( ni;.'... s, a ) l,;
a f!kcL-li:i, it is ctoluily pt-ob:-!, a bole
f nt l bee. Ujg'l , mid t-mlled gypmtiti poure-l
in until ttio cavity la f.il.i. 'iho ie..ull.
is a ..-el'-et tliO'h l ol" tio! per..-01 U1 IiO
(van Oil tiio day be lb!! in the fire-els of
I'oilipeii, l.'veit Iho titio't on (ho ti.j.
pelt rt-ioaiti in place, mid ate tdo-i wiji
gyi inm. 'j ho uoilo ioriu liarf aimut it a
iji fi.".:tl V'ittl C.'itirt, fot'iililig (I IliU'e.!
half n litro j. oeo'is bead, with -.vtiic-b.
he Wii intending to escape.
The following aro Agafsiz'n wtiuiates
of the lorm ilion and age of the Florid.t
rcelx on the I'lorida coast :
These reefs a. 3 baiit op by rn ittitte!
that bi:gii).i to woik on the gr ond, iu
water of twelve or fiucni fathoms deep,
and he cannot live unless he ha the
comant action of the open fi-c upon
him, fo that he stop at tho Ltiuhtof
bigli tide. Uy uiioi.trotit expotiuien's
it has been rsccrtuine-! th it the cor.-.l
builder con -truot.i at tho I'.'.te of about
half an inch in a century; but in order
to ct-;-, if at rt'.i eii the .ale sile, Ag.i.-siz
doubles !'.'.: est i:";ito iu bis c-ne'tbi!
muking it ctt inch in a ccotui",-. Nor?
outside U the I'toridu K-ys thc-v n
lonpr r'-cf i;1t a-i avernga height of
suvetity fort, which, thuiefaro, timet
have bf-cn b gun 7,')''') year; r.go. or
1,000 years bef-rc Adam. Secondly,
the Keys themselves are nothing but an
inner repetition of tho same sort of coral
reel, or at L--'t the same average
height ; and th- builders must have fio.
Lhed !t:em before they began on llir.
f.ntside reof, as appaarj .'rot.j ttielr n?-ce?.--ily
of haviu-r (he open sea, and frora
tho fact that there are uo.? uoue oa Cm
cutsMe of (tie one wo have mentioned
above. Tho Keys, therefore, svrell the
record to 1-1 .(i'i!) years. Nest wj linvo
the shore biitiT cf tho rnaiirao. l, wbi-jb
lj a'so of tho F.uno coral co.v.tructi.m,
and which parries tho earth's re'-onl
above LtO.'ooO rears. Morcevrr, there
are, as you no inland, soveo w--il iV-liued,
rod of couib-e, soece-sive ceoal rerf-;,
which, added to tho foregoiiip-, would
make tho world 70,0'JD y.-i--. old. And
I'rote.-ser A'-t-tssiz reg-.rds this as a very
moderate estinoitn,
The bodiej of Masiiuillian, Miramo.i
ttn l Mejia have been cinbalmcd.
Hen. Paoiel iMv'-Kee, an ex-tnunber
of Oo. uresis, and Po't'iti-fer at Laihy..
ette, Indiana, shot himself dead at hU
home on Thurs liy, July 2'5.
I; is reported in Mcritreal, Canad t,
that recent notitieti.t for tho release of
Mc.Mahoo, tho rein 1:1, are to be favor
bly coit"id "-ed.
.. -
A boy nine years of ago, the son of
Andrew Jackson, of Centre Hill, N. J.,
tell dead while his father was chastising
him on the 27th nltitn .
It. II. I'jiiihar, eo inty clerk of Ne
vada county, California, and Radical
caodidate for Clerk of tho Supreme
Court. w.n killed July 27th, by an cx
plosion of gas in tho court house.
A Cincinnati editor attempted to
swim across the Ohio river on the 25th
July, with Aaron Jones, the pugilist,
whom ho bad bautero 1 for a Hwiniming
raco, but ho camo near drowning, and
was renoiied by bis antagonist.
The American brig WiL'i.int Hubert
son, fiotn Havana, arrived at Puss a 1'
Ourtro, Louisiana, some days -inee, with
2 -J coolies onboard. O her hhipmouts
oi small uuuibcrs had also arrived, aud
were at work ou the planUtious.
On. c elm was nil alive to Tliec,
.'vie! thou sail'!. were converted,
I'm ikov a s.i'l i i-vereo wo sec,
Her glut-v is ib i t c -1 .
I'-.-r pir-tnrs Pivo (.. live nl r.-i.o .-Tl-ev
covet w e ia ii ini-1 honor,
Am v.'liiic tto-y sees in li lliins nl these
'flu'- bring r. proiie!) 11)1.11 lu-r.
t-ucli worthless oUji-cl" they pursue,
iVaimly ami U'l I vol le.1.
The chuieli they h- el to ruin too,
Her g'-ory h:;. h;.ar!e .t.
II. vr riv-i!e mi 1 : - rs ivn.lk no more
j a Ji; . as l'!ii':. I has t:r.i;-ht 1 ) em ,
Hiches 101I I'll-:' ere they a-hive,
Willi eueti ti.e v. .e.M lias ho't Ilium.
Ti.e Cl.rt tj.ir. i. ih-;,- Mil! retain
Ahs'iiMly iih 1 !'..!. -e lo arle-l.
Ami v.liiie lle.y in i'i" uliureh rniimiu,
ll-.-r gi'O- lias -.1. I'ai'te.l.
Aiel h.-vi reli'-ii-.n 1-ft the elinrc'i
Wit'i'-ut n lenee hi iiiiel hir.
W here rliaU 1 pi. ul. i'.'.h..i! I rearch,
Thai t e.iieu ii;i,. e ia.iy liuj her '!
Allien, ye pi'ieel, 1 - i..'i;;ln, ye gay.
I'll s.'ek 1 lie lo -.jh. loio-avle-.l.
V.'iio vi- when titles of Xijii nay
Ht-r gl-'-ry has 1- i-aitc-t.
fume few liln- e'-.-l f'.-j.ih fOnet
V. hile tlo.iif an. . have revu'io'l,
la i-anie- t (or (lo ir heavenly man
'l loy iiei'.u- j'e have he.lte.l.
Wild bi.iO, i-ivP,,!,.,, ,!,,.,!! r::e.:-.iii,
l-'ii ! l.lo y uru a..! j.erverlcl,
O, nitty (hey c-.-n , w. n i rr.in
iter i.-'t-oy l.-eo s,, ,, u. t .) -.
Vila Ciinrfttl'-Ui gd'-ssi al! Comers.
Iteyoii l lb.' 0:1 r.iu : , of any other
Oee.t.don, th., i uo between subversion
and e.5!iirvnfi..-:i of a. fyst..n ot publio
tu Jer i.f iini'ipmil".! cxec-llcnce towers
up In foe lite eyes of a people renowned
nb.ne all t-. -ir'e: for lluir love of civil
I. ,-! ay. 1 11 - o.-ti
t'...lt,..3 i.- p-i. -ib':-, i:.
loan i.io.'-.i 1 xahing
1 l.nti too (.'uiiiitiiui:
That grtiit (egaoie
cliai t.'t' of .mi' iihi-;
ii" ii.'.-ec-.-ary, a -.i':i:
uiider heaven, 1".: 1
' o--h a controversy, no
io the imagination of
ml mure ln.pnmg
1 i.gaiiist all comers,
law is c.dlcd tho
ea. To uphold it,
any rule of action
Coer. iih tii.s io oar hand wo invito
; j.i-uj.ii; 01-
the tilien f.i our bores. 1 n this we de
liver to him his title deed of freedom.
We never Keu'piuie the figure of any of
our statesmen without, putting 1L0 Con
stitution in bis bend. U'c cannot carve
a national device but the parchment
Eito'.i most fhi.ie tti 0 design. Tho
beautiful heraldry of (ho Kepublic but
figures is wooderf il 'ym nelry.
The glorious ?,.i g i.-. its starry symbol
ai'ii.o, -,'.'h"r:-.vev t.Vove is air to fl-.at n
banner, or won io .-ee a tin. "1-1
plmibus linuto," Wods so oa!eh!cs as
its tnarvellous theory, would he senseless
sound were the tuition;..! motto to survivo
the National Constitution. All the
leaden el all the parties tbo heroes of
war, the t.i.i -tntes ol office, the stately
s-i.-oh f.f the Seaaf", iloitro and the
J.ll.-.-tl
O tl. s-.v 11 i'i
-"t.;, the poets
and
ove :-.!', and more
p-mple, have, from
' faibe:s, tiiiitud in
ol i-Miltattoti for
r:aJ"s'iothsu,!',i
th dayss i f the pat
one voice of prai -e
the !or,.til:;Vi,l',i.
Frvti
11 ti:
nations
Cittno the ui: itimiou.- . clio for em- a.lnii
raliv.n. To V"iishin gton, as tho histori
cd father of'si.'i.'ti a ry tern, the proposal
t 1 rear a r.: ::io;o;.,il b.oio.ht. from every
people on the globe, i..; Ir ::i hundreds
of orgeot,'. iti-.'.i., ol ti.v 1 of every variety
cf doctrtiie, th.' eiT.-tii-.i i.f a stone and a
lo'-.'vt-.-. c.i.-.-.'-l ii: 0..-.V..V i'e.'ever in it,
to le-'i'y t'-.3 world ,i.!e geoy -.f th.t
Aitierlcii Const ii t.Ioo,
V'a3 ill's all dobtM..ii ' Ts it possibln
, to.:' an :;-gtalc ?yitert e-pablo ol cvok-
m.'-t fiieti ti v.M'.er.'.ttoii a mere lut'iiaii
iu-li":'.ti-i, ve'- "Q ese.d'ioiec
so par-
Olio a;. ; .-:.) U'i:V(-,-a
r-nsotiir ueit lira ;.- h i
wled.'ed
b
nopla-iled
the ltevo-
by ntitt.'M; not vet a . ;
lu'i ei 1.! (to 1 -cm it 1
tl,.o
,.V
1 a
Coit'.ii.u'.: 1 is not wortli preserving ;
that i. liiuy v.: .-up.c::-led, itifraeted, or
!.bro.;.iO' j ia lav.n i f an ( lectioneei ing
p-riject 'i Arc ',-r t b t:,!,l that tho
tc.-!imoiiv of vw'.'h -I ovioLioil is to be
di:ov.i 1. r. pt.diate.!, and d-.Ti-'d, and
that co-it -el shall be had, f.,r gao-1 gov-err'.r.i.i-.it,
f.-om ilie pr.iv-'iee ' of pi. -ran ism
or hiihuii.-.u ''. V.:t. m v,-hat c-L-9 are
wo invited by lha impio'is p '.'.tical stil
verters who bal tho air with thVir nn
tiiiiteiy, ti:eir m-ilev .lei.e,-, and their
bhi: phemy, who have f-reten led tint a
lawful porpr-sj brought them to the Cap
itol far a session of ( r.:..To--s. when they
know that t'nei.- object is to provide for
Colitinuiii a fiaudnlcnt naitati- n of the
f.eop!-,', through which they still Impe to
end the coii.siitotioii'.l Itcpnblic with
the pie-cot I'le-i lenlia! .tiii ?
I 00 ngrarlaiiism whi.-h b 'i-aioe oliom
in Pan-tii Uotno two ;h:ei-aod year.-" ago,
is openly advocated bv the X? Prasi.
dent of the Unito-l fstat. s, in opposition
to iho provision, " mo- shall any person
bv! deprive 1 of life, ldm-ty or ir 10 :rt v
without doo process of Lur." The courts
ol j:ili ;o aro :-ti:"iiati.e-.l as " leliiee-i of
tres nn." 'Pie' .- :o -ili-,- is ib-elired to
bo ib'-illiit.s
tio;i , aad l.i
0 all 1
" a s1
civil obligi
of ins' ittit'onal
iio iKy ; " ilie
-t-.-i
1 la lo of revoht.
M.vi is pr i,-l . i ii-..l to b,- tbo only rtn
edy a.aiost tin; iitt.-h t-iblo beniticenco of
j'ld'eial tii'iee. mid fi ,.,!!-. MP n-nrbl
bo! lly tiotiti 1. tbro -L-h tho central o
gao of se li'io'i. t'i t il tho rlec'in 1
which is to be eon .i'n'ional'y held i i
November. li(W phn'ili r'iilt in favo
ot civil right, a reb. "ion i 1 1 be 101 b
against the Coiistituii.it) Xutim i ,h
tetHjut.cr.