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t tiuPansoos bom of inuicsn parents residing
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and the cultivation of harmony and fraternal good
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t > this end-' non-ftiterferenco by Congress with
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and naturalized citizens of too United rStateB,'
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with the privilega of admission into the
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thoreof, and who have a fixed residence in any
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of the constitution, or in the enactment of
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of the United States to the right Of suffrage,
or of holding political office:
jw 9th. A change in the laws of naturalization,1
making, a continued re a. den ce of tv. , ,oue years,
of all not hereinbefore provided for, ii indispen-,
, . sable requisite.^br citizenship hereaticr, uud exf.
cludihg all paupers, add persons convicted of crime,
y iimUInc Orion orr shores: but no interference
with the vested righ' a of foreigners. *'
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worship, and no test oaths for office.
llthl Free and thorough investigation into any
and all alleged abuses of public functioimries, and
a strict economy in public expenditures.
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laws constitutionally enacted, until said laws shall
be rppot^ed,; or shall be declared null and void by
oompeteat judicial authority.
18th. A free and open discussion of all political
principles embraced in our platform.
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From Washington at ti u. in., connecting at Relay
with trains from the West, and at Baltimore with
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| Telegraph Offioes.
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avenue To New Tork ria Baltimore, Philadelphia
and intermediate points; connecting at New
uiit with the Eastern line to St. Johns and the
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and intermediate points, including all the seay
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wi h all the Western and Northwestern
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VASHIONABLK TAILOR,
J) Sti t*i, one door west of National Inlrllihenccr
Office, Washington, D. V.
i. it Burke.
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER,
No. 007, Seventh street. hland, Washington
Oity, D. 0.
P. 8.?Repairing done In the most neat and substantial
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TO ALL TMATV ALU E Tft Ki ll AIOHT. |
[ mV7ISHES TO CALL THE ATTENTION OF
WW, . all (hat suffer with detective sight, caused
by age, sickness, upd particularly from glasses ?ujudicibuslv
selected,' to his superior Spectacles and
Glasses, careful!v ground by himself to a true spber
ical accuracy, and ortUiuut Iruuspureucy, suited precisely
and beneficially to the wearer, according to
the concavity or convexity of the eye. Very numerous
tun the ill effects caused .to the precious organs of
sight from the comjueucemept ,qj using glosses in
Uot being precisely suited,,by.the use ot an optome;
ter; and the practice of paouv years enables rae to
measure the .focal disease qf tne eyes, Olid such
glasses that ire absolutely required will be fhrnished
With precision and satistaqtion.
J. T. acknowledges the very liberal encouragement
already obtained, and further solicits the putronage
of tbose tliat have not yV-t availed themselves of his
NM?
Pcraqna )hat cauuwt conveniently call, by sending
the glasses use. and staling bow many inches they
can read this print with their spectacles, cau be supplied
with such that will improve their sight.
( i Otfcuiars to be bad- gratis, ;tt his office, No. .112
; HeVentb street, three d<Srs from Odd Fellows' Hull,
Up Stem.
Innumerable testimonials to be seen, atid references
given to many who.have derived the greatest
ease aud comfort from bis glasses.
Wilmington, N, ,tp.j June 16,1S54.
. T(i persons w ho have bud tyie sight of their ayes
8b impaired as to require the use oTulasses, I would
recommend Mf;'John Tobias as a suitable person
from whom to obtain such (Classes as thoy may rotquire,
as he bus suited rae with a pair of .Spcotacles
Wr a far and near sight. My sight baa been unpaired
very much by a service of years in the Post Odice
Department, which berth required rae to be on duty
from 11 o'clock at night till after day, during which
timo 1 used but one tight.
W. A. Walkkk.
Bhooklvn Ostuopahdic Institution,
. ' April, 18f>4.
' After most Cnreftil examination of Mr J. Tobius's
Glasses;'I am enabled to testify that their hardness,
ctaarheae, polishing, and exact optical shape, render
them particularly recommendable to those whose
merely optical impairment of the eyes are in wuut
of suqh auxiliaries. I consider, moreover, Mr. Tobias
fully qualified to determine the focus of the eye, both
by nis optical knowledge and experience, and by
mpATta of hik nntomn(pr. In iiHriitinn ~T run further
state, that Mr. Tobias has supplied some of my patieut?-with
Glasses, to their and my entire satisfaction.
Louis Bacbr, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon, Berlin; Member of the
Royal College of Surgeons, England; Member of
the Medical Society of Loudon, and of the Pathological
Society of New York; late Surgeon of the
RoyaPOrthopsedic Institution of Manchester, England,
and Surgeon ofthe B. ?..Institution.
Copy of a testimonial which appeared in the Daily
American Organ, May 21, 1855, from Judge V. Ellis,
(late editor:)
" Having suffered for many years past, with weakness
of the eyes, and that defect of vision which
results from a too eoustaut and intense use of these
sensitive organs, we were led to make a trial of Tobias's
new and improved discovery tor the eyes,
whose name heads this article. Wo saw them recommended
by sundry gentlemen of Virginia, whom
we know, and therefore had less hesitation in making
ike ?xpertment.< i We are more than pleased with
the article. Wo read with less fatigue with these
lens than any we had evor tried before ; and we aee
more distinctly with them. Without n.eauing to
disparage the claims of others who have made improvements
in Spectacle Leas, we deem it but just to
make the above statement. Mr. Tobias resides on
Seventh street, upposite the National Intelligencer
office."
- . Lynchburg, Nov. 1, 1854.
oti ovaminatinn t\f Mt> TaKiuu'ii fllcicasia
and from bin observations and remarks, am convoiced
that he iB a skilful optician.
J. J. Blackford, M. D.
Norfolk, Va., July 27,1?M.
in the experience of eveu two years, I have found
great difficulty in obtaining Spectacles that were
exactly adapted to the weakness of my sight. This
inconvenience Mr. Tobias seems to have removed
for the present by lite substitution for me of better
und more suitable Glasses. Tbey are clear, crystallike,
and comfort able to my eyes. I would comtueud
him to those w ho, from age or other infirmity,
require artificial aid in this way.
J." J. Srmtixs, M. D.
Sir: The pair of spectacles you (Virniahed me yesterday
are particularly satisfactory to me. They are
very decidedly the best 1 possess, and 1 am the owner
of eight or uine pairs, oarefully selected in different
places, and from opticians recommended to me ou account
of their professional standing in France. England,
aud the United States. I have been also pleased
with your remarks and directions ou the treatment .
of the eyes for the purpose of preserving aud improving
the sight.
Respectfully yours, Cha*. Cai.dwili.,
ProfessorofM. C., Ismisrille, Ky. 1
Mr. J. Tobias.
Wasuirotok, Aog. it, 1SW>.
Having been for yeara under the necessity of hav- ;
ing two sets of glasaea--one for use in tin* daylight, i
and one for lamp light I prism red one aet from Mr. J
Tobias which answered both purposes. 1 have used
bis for several months, and find them excellent.
FOWAD Sti BBS
Of Department of State. *1
I'mtBsBi Ho. October 21, lH.r>4.
About live years ago, F obtained from Mr. Tobias,
in Washington, a pair of Glasses for tbe Spectacles
which I used, and found tin-in of great assistance
to mr decaying vision ; and my opiniou of him ia ,
that he ia skilful in the preoaratioii of glasses for
ern not too far gone to be benefitted bv such aid.
J. F. Mat.
See for more testimonials, the Evening Star.
an 10-tf _
"FREDERICK FEMALE SEMINARY,"
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SCHOLARS will be received at nny time
during the year, and will be charged front the
date of their entrance to the end of the scholastic
'year. The 1st of January would be a most appropriate
time for them to commence.
This Institution has steadily and permanently increased
in numbers for the last eleven years, until
the present capacious edifice, which is 60 feet front,
0 feet deep, and four stories high, became entirely
inadequate to the growing wants of the school.
In August last, the Trustees commenced another
building of the same size and eiternal appearance on
the weal side of the present edifior. This building
is now under roof, sua will be ready for occu|wncy
early in the spring
This addition will give us the largest and most
beautiful exhibition room in the city, six large professor's
rooms, eighteen additional high, airy lodging
rooms, and the whole of the high basement will he
fitted up for a gymnasium for the young ladies to
exercise in during inclement weather. These improvements
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This Institution has an able and efficient Hoard of
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The school is not sectarian, on the contrary, the
yonng ladies are strictly required to attend such
Clw-rch aa parents designate, accompanied always by
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Lights, Fuel, Washing etc., $800 per scholastic
yelr; payable half yearly in advanoe.
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References in Washington Oily, 1). C.
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MT*SeK LL A N KOU 8. "
The Hev. George G. Ookmuu.
| The following sketch from the reminiscences of Q
i the Hou. 0. H. Smith, published in the JJulian
i Apostle Journal, will be highly intonating to uii u
| who remember the eloquent preacher ami tailing 0(
man: fl
It was Sabbath morning. Tho Tart of the city
church bells were ringing U3 1 left uiy hoarding- p,
house on Capitol Hill,' at Washington Oity, for v,
Wesley Clutpel. It was quarterly meeting. The C(
preacher had closed his senuou, when thet e mow a
at the d??sk a slender, spare man, about live feet ftj
I eight, dark complexion, black liatr fidllug carelessly j?
over his high forehead, loan be ny lace, wide mouib, th
round breasted black coat, with veloet filling col- ta
lar, black vest and pantaloons. Addressing the ua
congregation, he said: <l We desire to take up a
small collection for the relief of destitute, worn out
Methodist preaohors and their families. We nppeal
dtn-dnv fn I'.liA t\( i\m\ M a*#!
iUJy|ej?t. A Jai^o irMlaction followed. I whispered fi
to Villi ick <J. Good, of Ohio, who sat by nio, " Who
i? that?" Don't yog, knew him ? It is George G. jB|
Cookuian. The next Sabbath I was at tho chapel
again. Me. Cook man preached. I rcturned satisfied
that lie waa no ordinary man. The election
for Chaplain of the Seuate cuine on a few days
alter, and without tl\c knowledge of Mr. Cookman,
I privately suggested'liia nnme to the Senators ^
uTOund me. The most of them had heard him y*
preach, Ho wna elected Chaplain by a decided '*
vote over tiie Rev. Ifenry Slicer, against whom 1,1
there was not the least objection ; but wo wanted P4
to bring Mr. Oookiuan more .prominently before
the public. The next Sabbath he preached his 111
first sermon in the hall of tho House, to a very 'tt
largo congregation, from the text, The Rword of eI
the Lord und of Gideon." He made a profound a'
Impression on his hearers that day, which seemed w
U> increase with every succeeding sermon.
It is not my purpose to sketch the many serjnous
of Mr. Cookman during tho time lie was 'a
ehaplaiu of the Senate, the most of which I heard. ^
The remarkable clearness of his mental vision
?uabled him to see and describe whatever he
touched, so as almost to make Paul, Silas, Peter, e]
Mark, and John stand before you as lie named ?'
them. His tone of voice, as he warmed with his
jubject, and the tear stealing down his cheek, were
irresistible. As u pulpit orator, tike him all in l'
*11, he had few equals, and no superiors, that I
ever heard. There was no place for a choir where f-r|
Cookman sang. His voice was melody itself. I al
heard him in the Senate chamber on tho funeral ll(
occasion of Senator Betts, of Connecticut. The rc
chamber was crowded. The President, Depart- **'
ments, Foreign Ministers, Senators and Represent- p
atives wore there. I distinctly recollect one of his r'
figures of speech. 44 As the human family come ^
upon the great stage of life, they find at every fork P(
on the road the finger board distinctly pointing
to the grave?to the grave! There is no oilier 1
road to travel from infancy to old age, and death
is hot the road that leads to the grave.' There was 'e
not a dry eve in the chumber when he closed his
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nuruiun ui uirc nuwr, uu?i uiouv me tuugM* "
verse of the hymn ^
" And must this body die
This well-wrought frame decay V
And must these active Kmbs of mine *
Lie mouldering iu the clay ?" ei
The scHsion of Congress was about to close upon "
the administration of Mr. Van Huron. The irian- u
juration of General Harrison was soon to take ri
place. Mr. Cookmau had all his arrangements 1
made to visit England on the steamer President. '1
The first dispatch from the new administration was >
to be confided to his charge. The next Sabbath "
he was to take leave of the members of Congress di
in his farewell sermon. The day came. An hour Vl
| before the usual time the crowd was seen filling w
j the pavement of the avenue, and passing up the **
hill to Representatives Hall, which was soon filled aI
to overflowlug, and hundreds unable to get seats, P1
went away disappointed. I obtained a seat early, u
in front of the clerk's desk. John Ouincy Adams
sat In the Spcaket's chair, facing Mr. Cookman.
The whole space on the rostrum and steps was
filled with Senators and Representatives. The 04
moment had come. Mr. Cookman, evidently much Cl
affected, kneeled iu a thrilling prayer, and rose l'(
with his eyes blinded with tears. His voice faltercd
with suppressed emotion, as he gave out the cc
hymn?
When marshalled on the nightly plain,
The glittering hosts best ud the sky,
One star alone of all tbe train. tl
Oan fix the sinner's wandering eye. le
Hark ! hark! to (Jod the chorus breaks,
From every boat, from every gem ;
Hut one alone the Saviour speaks, hi
ft ia the star of Bethlehem. . di
Onee on the raging seas I rode, V
The storm was loud, the night was dink - P1
The ocean yawned, and rudely blowed, th
The wind that tossed niv foundering bark. ot
The hymn *u -ung hv Mr. Cookman alone. I
can yet, in imagination, iicar Ma voice, as it filled le
the large hall, and the last sounds, with their d?
echoes, died away in the dome.
" And I eaw a great white thtonc, and him that gi
?at on it, from whose face the earth and the hea- lis
! veil fled away, and there wax 110 place for them. In
" And I eaw the dead, wmall and great, stand hefore
<?od, and the books were opened, and another p?
hook, which in the hook of life, and the dead were fn
judged out of those things which were written in iu
the books, according to their works.'' wi
Mr. Cookman was more affected when he gave
us the text, than I had ever seen him before. He b<
several times passed his handkerchief over his eves th
before he began. The first sentences are fresh in di
my recollection :?"When Maaaillion, one of the p<
greatest divines that. France ever knew, was called 01
to preach the funeral seimon of the departed King, rii
in the (Cathedral, at Paris, before the reigning King, in
the royal family, the chambers, and the grandees
of France, he took with hiui to the sacred desk h;
a little golden urn, containing a lock of hair of the in
late King. The immense congregation was seated, Ji
and the silence of death reigned. Massillon arose,
held the little urn in his fingers, his hand resting pi
upon the sacred Cushion. All eyes were in- ot
tently fixed upon him. Moments, minutes passed, to
Massillon stood motionless, pale as a statue; the sj
feeling became intense; many believed he was tl
siructc uuiod oeiore me august assertion ; many it
sighed and groaned aloud; many eves wore dtf- an
fused with tears, when the hand of Massilloii was 1
wen slowly raising the little garden urn, his eyes tc
fixed upon the King. As the hand was returned tl
to the sacred cushion, the loud and solemn voice el
of Maasilion was hoard in every part of the Cathe- ai
dral, " Mod alon/ it ifrentSo I say to yon to- h
day, my beloved hearers, there is no human great- b
nes-j, " <Joil nloiit ix armt." The subject s is the k
day of judgment. I had heard it preached before ie
many times, but never as 1 heard it then. The o
immense congregation was held almo?t breathless o
with the most beautiful, sublime, and powerful p
sermon I ever heard, lie spoke of the final sep- a
aration in the great day of judgment, and fancied N
the angel of the Taml locking the door that opened c
to the bottomless pit, stepping upon the ramparts, o
letting fall the key into the abyss below, and drop- tl
ping the last, tear over fallen and condemned h
man. lie closed,." i go to the land of my birth, I
to press once more to my heart my aged mother,
and drop a tear on the grave of my sainted father. I
Farewell, farewell." And he sank ovet powered to t
his seat, while the whole ^oiurregation responded i
wit'i sympathizing tears. . (
General Harrison bad been inaugurated. The t
despatches from the British government were s
signed by Mr. Webster and delivered to Me. Cook* a
msn. He took leave of his friends at Washington, (
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left for Sew York. As we period his last "
?rd.< were: "May Hear en bless you, "Mr. Smith;
owf ,i return you shall see me lii the West,"
A felw day* afterwards there wus seen passing
ovcrnor's Jolaittl the splendid new steamer " Pred>
nt," oil her outward trip to Liverpool, with .
r, Cooknmu, Tyrone Power, aiul a long list of
:her distinguished passengers ou bourd. The
yiug- steamer had left the lighthouse (iir behind,
id moved gallantly ou up the open Atlantic, with
... an -^n :\IJ UIIU Mil' II VUJ?K*' "3 Un>'
igsejj that. ever crossed the ocean, Jiight waa
lining on. The clones in the heavens portended
Biorin. The tvinds blew and portended u dread1
hurricane. The ill-fated vessel was seen late
the evening, struggling with late?now lying In
ic trough of tjie so a, now on the top of the laoutiiu
wave, now upon her side, and again plunging,
it were, into the abyss below : :
* The storiu was loud, the night was dark,
The oocau yawned, and rudely blowftd
The wind that tonsed uvy foundering bark."
Morning came. The auti rose on an open sea. 1
ho "President," with ull on board, had gone \
>wn, and was never heard of more. Thus periled,
ere ho reached the meridian nf life, one of !
e eminent divines of our country.
Affairs in India. i
Tho news from India which arrives-by the Eu>pa
goes far to oonlirtn our worst apprehensions, j
he English havu sustained a rapid succession of ,
deals and disasters, and at this moment the j
engal Presidency are rather in tho condition to i
le ror than to dictate terms to tho despised Bo- ,
>ys.
As already advised, Sir Hugh Wheeler, who was
command of Cawupore, had been compelled by
mine to surrender to one of the insurgent, lead's,
Nona Saheh, who treacherously murdered him
nd all his comrades, except ntiout n hundred,
hom ho retained as hostages.
Agra, capital of the province of that name,
>out lift miles southeast of Delhi, with a popu*
tion of some hundred thousand, has also been
Lken, and the British forced to retire with u severe
ibs of officers.
Two native regiments at Seal Ketc, about sevity
miles from Tatyore, have lighted the torch
insurrection in tho Punjaub, thus diminishing
le hope that the Government professed to enterin
of reinforcements reaching Delhi hy way of
i? Indus. 1
If, ns there is now every reason to presume, the
arrison at Luckuow has ulso succumbed, its situ,ioti
being at last accounts quite desperate, and j
j reinforcements having had an opportunity of
lieviug it, so far as we can gather, the British
> not hold an inch of territory lietweeu Dolhi und 1
llahabad, a city some four huudred miles distant, '
om whence any reinforcements will have to fight 1
ieir way through a hostile and partially-armed I
>pulution to the relief of the besiegers of Delhi. '
Our intelligence from that capital was to the !
Ith of July. It was still in the po^ . . ion of
ie mutineers, and likely to remain thei , th efctive
force of the besieged having been i nduced
i two thousand men by disease and by droits for
ie relief of other places not named, but probably
gra was the principal one.
We tremble at the news which the next steamer
lay bring. What but a special interposition of
rovidence can save the small band who are gathrcd
before DeJbi from impending destruction ?
dsease and war are thinning their already feeble
umbers rapidly ; they will soon be obliged to sursudur
or retire. But where can they retire toV
hey have not a place of refuge within four hum
red miles, and at this season of the year wo earn
ot conceive it possible for two thousand troops,
earied and worn with the fatigues of a seventy
*ys siege, without ammunition?for by the pre*
ous arrival we were advised that the besieged
ere obliged on one occasion to retire temporarily
efore their assailants for the want of ammunition?
id, with a limited supply of provisions, it is to be
resumed, to retreat four,hundred miles through
country infested by a hostile population, manning
many millions, and animated apparently by
ie deadliest hatred of the English race. How
lis little army is to be relieved it is ditiicult to '
injecturc, and unless relieved it is yet more diffi- '
dt to conceive how it can escape utter destruc>11.
The Queen may well say that, the situation 1
her subjects in India has given hor '* xtretue
incern."
The Bombay correspondent of the London 1
ews, writing under date of July 14, says:
"The season here hus been an different from
lose of former years that fears are oiitmtained
st a drought ami consequent famine may folios',
lie monsoon, histoid of yielding forty or fifty
iches of rain, as it usually does, up to this date
as given but twenty; and, as mo?l pails of India
ipend for existence on the monsoon, its failure
ould entail .an endless amount of misery. The
revalent fair weather?altogether exceptional at
lis time?has very much favored the movement
P our troops.''
The following is an extract from a private
ttcr which appears in the London Times, and is
ited Benares, June 1.1:
" Here *c are hanging every duv, and the
bbet is in full work. Wc -must decimate the
df of the population brlbre we get our prestige
ick.
"Next year will be a year of famine, I anticiite.
Plague and pestilence follow. Every one,
oiu the ryot to the zemindar, is plundering and
urdoring, and if this state of thing* Jnsls, where
ill be the harvest?
"I am afraid that from scarcity this city will
; hard to hold. The roads arc all closed, and
lere is no income of grain. Taking cur own
vision only, Jaunpore, A/.imgliur, and fJonuh>iv,
aro empty and burnt to the ground; but
ie official place left; Allahabad is n heap of
[ins, and not one village but is out on a tnurnudg
expedition."
The following extract is from a letter written
ir the wife of an Indian officer, and is published
the Inverness Courier. If liears date Simla,
ine 22:
" Many here talk of the probability, even the
-opriety, of giving up all dude and many of our
ncr ymtuHwin, as trie omy means ot f?rinsc afrlc i
i retain any poition of the country. They also i
17 that if they could only g?'t ri<l ot 'the women'
ley wouht abandon many stations in the mean
ine and concentrate more. Simla improbably the
dent place for us poor unfortunates at present,
hope our friends have heen able to send you let>r?;
but the stale of the whole country in such
i?t the dawk may tie open for one. day Hnd then
oped for a month. Every thing in disorganized,
id we live iii* fear and trembling. I feci that I
ate cause fin thankfulness above a thousand in
eing in such a climate, with such friends, whoso
induces nothing could exceed, and who o society
i improving in every way. I grudge every hour
f this delicious climnt a to myself when 1 think
f what is endured at Delhi. The heat of the
latins is almost inpuflcrnble nt this season, even in
oool house, and what must it he in the tents?
'ever, I suppose, was it known that European#
ould bear exposure to this climate at such a time
f year; hilt the mill- must soon begin, ami I feel
hey will be war*' fin the troops than th present
nut. We trust every day, however, to hear that
lelhi is ours again, and then all begin to cheer up.
ir Patrick flruM is expected immediately before
)o|hi to take the command of the army, and groat
hitigs are expected of him. The state ot the citv
s said to be horrible beyond description: thousands
if dead and wounded lying together in heaps in
he street; and, as disease has broken out in confluence,
they are now, we bear, hurrying living
md dead, a* inanv a? tfiey eftn, into great pits
)ur men are allowed to take whatever ' loot' (plun
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they can lay their handa on, and a? each rau- I
tineer curries uianv gold inohura about hint, many
of the soldiers ate making fortune*. They say,
too, ttm state of mad excitement they are in to beat
tiie mutineers i* something tearful. They ore
ttaut:formed into perfect tigers by bearing of the
horrible atrocities the brutes have committed. It
is hard for me to realize that such peace and Quiet ness
reigns with you iu tire midst of all the turmoil
and confusion so rife here. Many olourpoor
ladies are planning what they are to do in the
event of our having a reverse at Delhi, and some
are trying to turn all their money into gold, taking
gold bangles and other ornaments from uativea in
exchange for rupees, which are heavy and cumbrous
in the case of (light. <>ne lady has a plan
ol' trying to make her way to a Rajah, not fur from
here, whom she knew years ago, and throwing
herself on his protection; another is for making
her way by any means down to Bombay. For
myself I would certainly adopt any plan rather
than trust in the tender mercies of ' niggers'after
in inut nas nappenea; out i no not anow mysen
to think of such a thing as a reverse at Delhi,
rhe unfortunate part of the Delhi business is that
the mutineers have such artillery, our best guns,
in tact, ami so splendidly served, far better than
ours, it is said ; and Jiiticy there being European artillerymen
among them; and, worse still, u European
woman at Meerut, living with a native, took part
in ;dl the horrors enacted there. She has been
mught and hanged. We are shooting and hanging
by the score every where. In fact, any nativa
met with who cannot give a satisfactory account
of himself is strung up like u bird. Is it not awful,
when we think of what one hanging is at
home? We are all growing frightfully hardened
and bloodthirsty."
" Junk 24.?Still before the wails of this horrible
city. We have had no reinforcements yet, beyond
a few Sikhs belonging to the 4th Sikh regiment;
consequently we have, been able to do nothing
except hold our own. On the 19tb, they camo
out again, having received reinforcements, which
they immediately sent out to iight us. At the
same time a very large force went out n long way
and tried to get round into the rear of our camp.
A luge force of ours consequently went out to
meet these gentlemen, and a tremendous fight
was the consequence. Our arrangements were
very bad in this fight?the cavalry, infantry, and
artillery all mixed up together in sad confusion;
many of our men, 1 fear, killed bv our side. The
mutineers held a capital position, and their big
guns did terrible execution, loaded as they were
with grapeshot; unfortunately, too, evening closed
in on tho fight, and instead of quietly retiring, so
is to protect our camp, we were ordered to fight
on, and the coufuaion became terrible; at last,
however, the order came to retire. Many of ?ui
guns were left on the ground till morning, as also
our killed and wounded, but were luckily all safely
brought back into the camp next day. I fear our
loss was nearly equal to the enemy's that day?
several officers were killed and wounded.
"Since then, the 20th, beyond a lew skirmishes
nothing was attempted on cither side, except our
blowing up two bridges, which prevents the enemy's
artillery from coming out, except by a long
round of some three miles to the left and right;
but yesterday, the 23d, wc heard thai every man
in the city capable of bearing arms was coming
out to make an end of us, or die in the attempt.
Our information was correct. At eunrisc yesterday
morning the whole city apparently turned out,
and attacked us on all sides. 1 was with the guides
on the right, and from sunrise to post sunset we
fought altogether fifteen hours, without any thing
to eut and only water to drkik. We managed to
hold onr own well, nevertheless, till about one
o'clock, and killed an immense number of the mutineers;
but at one o'clock an immense reinforcement
came to the assistance of the opposite party,
and we had enough to do to hold our own. I
twice fired away every shot we bad, nearly 100
rounds per man, and had sent back for more ammunition.
.The meu i seut came back with the
fearful ne ws there way no more. To leave tho
position was contraiy to all orders, so we had to
do onr best by pretending to fire, and keeping tho
t>ost with the Imvonet.
" All th 8 lime we were under a perfect hnil?torm
of bullets, roundshot, and shell, for the
jneruy had broughl aotnc of their light field guns
rouud, and were playing with great effect on our
reduced number*. I certainly thought we should
nil be done for, when, by the greatest good luck, a
part of the regiment oi' Sikhs that had that verr
morning inarched into camp, came up with a veil
to our assistance. They were fiesh men, and had
lots of ammunition, so we rudied on and drove the
enemy hack. At the same time we were ordered
to advance iw far a* we could; this we did, and
drove the enemy back into the city, after which,
i? tlicy did not seem inclined to com.: out again,
are retired, it being past sunset."
Roimcn Votao Mkn?From a Pari* Lsttbr.?
L'all the roll of the "young men of 18SO,'1 and ask
where they are! ftf Balzac is dead, coff.ro killed
litru Frederic Soulie is dead, the victim of coffoe
ind licentiousness. Hugene Britrant died a madnan
in the t'hareritou Lunatic Asylum. Grandirille
went mad, and breathed hi* last in a private
n*ane house. Lasally died at the Charenton mad
iou?e, a taving lunatic. Lowe Weimar* died from
jpintn eating and liccutiousncs*. Ral>be, after
mffering agony from a loathsome disease, took
[>oisou to end his prolonged torture. Alfred du
Vfuaset died a victim to the bottle and the cigar.
Fount Alfred de'Orsay wis killed by the cigar and
licention*ne*s. Charles dc Bernard died from
colli:e anil licentiousness. Ileory Baylc diet! from
coffee and women. Hip polite Jioyer Collard died
from tobacco and coffee. Gerard dc Nerval, aftei
vacillation between plenty and want, abstemiousness
and licentiousness, went mad and hung himtelf.
All died" of softening of the brain or spinal
marrow, or swelling of the heart. All mowed
down in the prime of life, in the meridian of their
intallool anil fianr??f
Eugene Sue's nana' is added to tlie fatal list.
Coffee and women were liia rtiiu. Ue died away
from hi* friends, away from hi# faintly, away from
the homo he had adorned with elaborate care, an
exile in a foreign land. Who would have predated
such an end to Kngene Sue in 1841, when
he was the favorite of Paris, rolling in woalth,
courted by every one, a dandy of most aristocratic
pretension*. Ah! who can read the future.
Attksiuwcs on Prniic Worship la Vkmont.
The committee appointed by the (leneral Convention
(Congregational) o( Vermont, held at Bennington
in June lad, to revise and publish the Report
on Public Worship, At that tiinc presented,
have attended to that duty, and the report is
printed. From the statement, it appears there aro
in Vermont at least 88,064 families of which there
is no habitual attendant on evangelical ehurches, ,
which would, allowing five persons to each, em- 1
brace 1 lO.Sifu souls, a fraction more than one- <
third of the whole population. The aotrag< at- \
tendance on evangelical worship is ftfi,410, leas \
than one fifth of the population. Ppon non-CTan_.u
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mm wkjut one ininT-iourtn 01
the inhabitants. There are 77,840. habitual ?(</
lartrr? of all public worship, a little less thsn onequarter
of the wholo population, and 87,584 children
of school age not connected with any Sabbath
schools. There arc 38,544 occasional attendants,
not quite one-eighth of the population. There
is nearly one meeting-house to every SOU souls in
the State, and there are seats for every 758 of
1,000. Three quarter* of these seats are is evangelical
houses, and are *ufticieut for all who can
ordinarily be present at any one time.
Wheat is selling in Salmi, X. C. at 85c. per
bushel.
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