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Washington's Ihararlrr
We extract the following from Baxcbokt * j
IlUtory of the United States, in reference
to Washington. It ia from the volume a*
recently published, and gives a view of Wash
ington's mental and physical characteristics,
at the time of his taking command of the
army at Cambridge
Washington was theu 43years ol age. In
stature he a little exceeded six feet; his
limbs were sinewy and well proportioned . !
his chest broad ; his figure stately, blending
dignity of presence with ease. Ilia robust j
constitution had been tried and invigorated
by his early life in the wilderness. Ins habit
of occupation out ol doors, and bis rigid
temperance ; so that few equaled him in i
strength of arm or power ol endurance.—
His complexion was llorid ; his hair dark
brown : his head in its shape perfectly round.
liis broad nostrils sccuied iormed to give
expression and escape to scornlul auger.—
Ills dark blue eyes, which were deeply set,
had an expression of resignation, and an
earnestness that was almost sadness
At eleven years old left an orphan to the
care of an excellent hut unlettered mother,
he grew up without learning. Of arithme
tic and geometry he acquired just kuowl
edge enough to In- able to practice measur-
ing land, but his instruction ut school taught
him not so much as the orthography or rules
of grammar ol his own tongue. Ills culture
was altogether lib- own work, ami he was in
the strictest sense a self made man; yet Irom
his early life he never seemed uneducated.
At sixteen he went into the wilderness as a ;
surveyor, and lor three years continued the
'pursuit, where the forest named him. in med
itative solitude, to freedom and iargness of
luiud ; and Nature revealed to him her obe
dience to serene and silent laws. In his iu
tervals from toil, he acemed always to he at
tracted to the best men. and to be dierishetl
by them, fair lax, Lis employer, an Oxford
-cholar, already aged, lieoaiiic his fast Iriend.
He read little, hut with close attention.— 1
Whatever he took in hand Im applied lum
sell to with care: .ind his pajiers. wiiieh
I,avc been preserved, show how he almost
imperceptibly gained the power of writing
Correctly—always expressing himself wiili
clearntws and directness, often with felicity
Of language ami grace.
When liie frontiers on the West liecamc \
di-tubed. he ul niuetcen was commissioned
an udjutant-general, wit It the rank of major.
At twenty-one he went ns the envoy ol Vir
ginia to tlu council o! ludiun duels on the
Uliio and to the French ollieers near Lake
Krie. Fame waited upon him Irom his
youth, and no oneol his Colony was so much
spoken of. II ■ conducted the first military
-Aped it ion from Virginia that crossed the
Alleghanies. llruddock selected him as an
aid. and lie was the only man who cuuic out
of the disastrous defeat near the Mononga
gela with increased reputation, which extend
is) to Kngland The next year. when he was
but four and twenty, “the great esteem in
which he was held in Virginia, uud ins "real
merit," led the Liculenuul-tjovcrnor ol Ma
ryland to rcipiest t hat he might he "Coin- |
inissionnted and npp inted second in com
mand" ol (lie army designed to march to the
Ohio: and ."Shirley. the commander in chief.
Lcarb the proposal “with great satisfaction
und plcusure," fin "lie knew no priviueiul
officer upon the continent to whom lie would
so readily give it as to Washington.” In
17Art he acted under Forlies us a brigadier,
an I hut lor him that general would never
Lave been able to cross the muuiitains.
Courage wa- bo natural so him. that it
was hardly sjsiken of to his praise; no one
ever ut any moment ol his life discovered in
him the least shrinking iu danger, and he
had a hardihood oi daring which escaped
notice, because it was so enveloped by supe
rior calmr.ins and wisdom.
He was as cbtsrful as he was spirited*
flank and communicative in the society of
friends, loud ol the lox-chuse und the dunce.
Sportive in his letters, and likeil a hearty j
laugh. This joyousness of disposition re- j
mauK-d to the la-<t, though the vustinw* of
his re*}suisibilitss was soon to take inm irom
the right ot di-playing tin-impulsive quail
ties of his nature, ami the weight which he
wa- to Is-ar up wa- to overlay and repress
his guyety uud openness.
It is’ hand was liberal : gi'.ng ipiii-tly and
without observation, a- though he was
ashamed of nothing but being discovered m
.doing good. He was kindly and compas
sionate, and ot livelv sensibility to the sor
rows of others; so tlmt if his country had
only needed a victim for its relief, he would
Inns willingly offered himself as a sacrifice.
But while lie was prodigal of himself, he
wa-considerate for others; ever parsimo
nious of the blood of his countrymen
||c was prudent in tlie management of Ids
private affair-, purchased rich lands Ir-un
tlie Mohawk \ atley to lie flaL- ol the Ka
nawha. and improved his fortune by the cor
reetnow of bis judgment; but as u public
man he kis-w no other aim than the g<»*i of
hi* country, and in the hour ol his country *
isiverty, he retu*ed j* rsonai emolument lor
iii* service.
Hi- families were *o well balahuxl ar.il
com* ined that his constitution. fA* from
exon*. was tempered evi nlv with ail tls- ele
ment.- ol activity, an t hi* mind resembled a
weh ordered commonwealth, hi* paa-ou*.
which liad the intensest vigor, own.-] alle
giance to reason; and. with ai! tie- fiery
qaiclmev of hi-spirit, hi- impetuoo* ursJ
massive wdl was Held in cheek by CMMD
mat- judgment. He had in h-s cotupw-itit
a calm. winch .'ie linn in n« .mehta *-I high
es‘ excitement tls- Js>W'-: of «-if eontroi ami
enabled him to ex I m patieri.e, . ven when
be had most cause lor Js-gu*’. \\ a-hmg
loa wa- off' r sl a <• minin'! when there wa
little to tiring out the unor/aniw-d n-sour
res ot the o utmeflt but bl* OWB influence,
aisl authority «a- coonoebd w.tii ’tie j»se
pi- lit Ue moat frail, ne-l attenuated,
si areeiy liisx-riiiiiV Uir- ad -y t v-!.• iu ntu*
».ut * datare. imp-vs-ioucd a- aa- ina c sir
age. be so restrain -i hi* ar-lor that is re vet
1 x rted it so -..irp y a- to hr- ak it- '■
iu secr.-sy be »a- iioourpaaw-d,but bi*
i-res-v had the cia»r*< terof prudent rearr*-,
o- t of running or cone- a'rm-nt
i H.s ursk-nilAisli'ig was ia» sl anil bisju-ig
tn-nt accurate. •*> tint h - cocdoct never U~
traxi’l n srrw or twhmion No iJtUii wa*
too minute tor his personal inquiry and con
tinued supervision ; and. at the same time,
be comprehended event* in their widest
aspects and relations. He never seeuied
above the object that eugaged his attention,
and be was always equal, without an effort,
to the solution of the highest questions, even
when there existed no precedent to guide (in
decision.
In this way he never drew to himself ad
miration for the possesion ot any one quali- )
ly in excess, never made in council any one
’ suggestion that was sublime but uupraclica
i blc, never iu action look to himself the
praise or the blame of undertakings aston
ishing iu conception, but beyond his means
of execution. It was the most wonderful
accomplishment of this imtn that, placed
upou the largest theatre eif events, at the
head of the greatest revolution in human
affairs, he never failed to observe all tluit
was possible, and at the same time to bound
hi.s aspirations by that which was possible. !
A -light liege in his character, perceptible
only to the close observer, rescaled the re ,
giou from which he sprung, and he night Is' i
described as the best sjs'dinen o! mimlioed
us develops! in the Soutli; but his qualities |
were so faultlessly propitinaed that his ;
whole country rather claiinud him as its,
choicest representative, the most complete
expression of all its attainment* and uspiru
-1 tious. He stmliisl las country an>l con- |
formed to it. His countrymen felt that he
was the best tyjie of America, and rejoiced .
in it, and were proud of it. Tin y lived in 1
Ids lili' and made bis success and his praise
their own.
Profoundly imprvssitl with confidenei iu
(iod s Providence, und exemplary in his.re
spieet for tile forms of public worship, no
philosopher of tlic eighteenth century was
mon* linn in the supp ,rt of fruilom of reli- 1
gious opinion ; none more tolerant, or more
remote from bigotry ; hut lielief in tJoil und
trust in His overruling power, forints) the
essence of his character. Hivine spirit not
only illumine*the spirit, it inspires the will, i
1 Washington was a limn of action, and not ot |
‘ theory or word* : his creed appears in his |
life, not in his professions, which burst from
him very rarely, and only at those great mo
ments ot crisis in the fortunes of his country, I
wln u lurtli und heaven seemed actually to
meet, and his emotions became too intense
for suppression ; bill his whole being was
1 one continued uet of faith in the eternal, in
telligeut. moral order of the universe, lu
) tegrity was so completely the law of his na
ture, that a planet would sooner have shot
1 Irom its sphere, thun he have departed from
his uprightness, which was so constant
that it often seemed to Is- almost iinjrr
souul.
’I hey say ol (jiolto that lie introduc'd a
goodness into the art ol painting , Wash
ington carried it with him to the - amp and
cabinet, and established a new rritenon of '
human greatness. The purity ol his will
continued his fortitude; and us he- never
faltered in his faith in virtue, he -to-si lust
by that which h knew to Is- just ; free
from illusions, nov r dejected by the B|q>re
heusion ol the ditlicullies und p-rils that
, went before Uiiu, und drawing tin- promise ;
of success from the justice of his cause.—
Hence he was |>er.*everitig,' leaving nothing
i iinfiriislii.il ; free from all taint of obstinacy
in his firmness ; -eeking, und gladly nrceiving
advice, but immovable m Ins dcvoWduiaat to
light-
Ol a “ retiring modtvity and habitual re
serve. ' Ills ambition was no more limn the
consciousness ol his piwer, and was 'uis»r
dmate lo Ins sense ol duty; la- took tin lore
most place, for In- knew Irom inborn ma ;ua«
niwiiy. that it l« iongtil to him. and le
dured not withhold the service required ol
him; so that, with ull iiis humanity, he was
by necessity the first, though never lor hint*
sell or lor privutt ends. He loved fume,
the approval of coming generations, tie
• good opinion of his fellow men ol his ow n
tune and he d> -irui to make his conduct eo
iucide with their wish**; but tear ol censure,
not the prospect ol applause, could tempt
hiiu to swerve from rectitude, and the praise ,
which be coveted was the inoral sentiment
wlii<-h exists m every human brnoat. ami
gis-s torth only to tiie welcome ol virtue.
Tl.cn. have been aoidieis wh"havt achiev
ed mightier victories in the field, aiel mail'
conquests more nearly corn- pinding to the
boundlessiiuw of si-llirh ambition stutesm* n
who have Issen couiieebil with inure start
bug upheavals ot soeiety, but it i- the
greatness of Washington, that in public
trusts lie used p-wer solely t«>r the public
gois! : that be was tbc life and mn»WuU/T.
and slay ol tie- licit uiont< utons revolution
in human affairs, its moving impulse and its
restraining p>w ei i’onibining I lie centrip
etal and the centrifugal force* in their ut
most strength, aial in [s-rfect relations, with
, creative gratsk-ur of instinct lie lieki rum ill
, check, aod rent-wed and perlt-cled the insti
tutioti- of his country. Furling trie coin
ni'-s disconnected and dep-nileut. In- loft
. them such a united and well ordered cmn
- monweolth as no v.sua.ary ha<l believed to
i be pe«ilne. no that it lias been Iriuy **al,
-■ la was as lortuna'e a. goal and go<sl
1 A Xkw Don-,k.- A dry g'ssl* dealer. do
-1 ing basines* in the -Island ward, hast Dos
ton. bos stepp'd out. I'-avinghi- enditor* no
1 der the following mournful nri umataun-s
lie managed to sell out most of hi» st<s k
during tier hast week or two,cob Ibd lewrly
ad Its debts due bun, s-ild bis hour- heal for-
I teture at auction, and tie n informed hi*
■ friends that a is-ar relative of in* family had
died out Wist, lie tied a yard "r •« of
I,lark crape <m tb- door hateiSe ekssd up
1 nis store, aod is now among the missing.—
1 l lie shop, on tsnng opersil. |ir**efil*d a -ad
• airl ~»eiun appeararai to hi* creditor*.—
■ /, aII
Th>- Cincinnati pap r* contain rep-rt# of
’ v/: .. ~i t » *aic‘ dodge (i that my.
-
• At N.-w York on Friday morning. D
M. ft. C'xa**i» who ha* had a part merits
r for five years at N>» W Fulton stmt. Wa*
found in a perismng c-*d'tM*ti, atsl, having
no family or isnr bs-oi- w»* (Wt to tb*
city n -pital Tie pby- -iri jcii'-orci-d it
a r**>-of voluntary starvation Mr Fa*
. ,i & sa d to be a man o! cowsderabhi
means . h.s ajsart merit* were spacin'*'. hot
i* w itfcoqt furniture
THE VVEEKIaV PIONEER ANI) DEMOCRAT
OrhaiMy I. Iks t in assise t hirl.
On* of the moat remarkable men of the
present century is the hero-chief of the Cir
cassians, who has altvwly iiumortaluni
himself by his gullant prowess in battling
with the Russians. A liriuf biographical
skeeth ot this wonderful man may not be
uninteresting.
The first time we hear of Schamyl is in
1832. In that year, a devout Mnsselman,
Kasi Mollah. had a chief command in tin*
I Minds of lsyshnms, Tebetc lien taco, ami other
tribes of the eastern chain and the stoops
abutting on the Caspian und traversed by
tin' Koisu. Kasi-Mullah's reputation fnr
sanctity was greater than that which he ac
quired lor the higher military qualities, al
though a dashing lettilcr. and individually one
of the bravest of the brave. He was brought
lo bay iu 1832. by tjeuerul Rosen, at a
plan- call'd (Jumri.
Hucirchd on all sides, almost the last
scrap of fonl devoured nothing remamnl,
in the opinion of Kan Mullah und ulaiut
i thirty of his must zualou* di»cipl«s, but to
hew for themselves a path through the
j Russian liayouets: to freedom or to Dura
i dine—either alternative u welcome one.
I This resolution finally taken, they suddenly
I emerged from the fustneas lls-y could no
longer hold, and burst upui the Russian
troop with the shock of an avalanche, and
' the furious, discordant yells ol a troop of
madmen. For one or two brief moments,
j it tsvimd that they must twcup', ho fur
through the beleaguriug circle ol their foes
did they cleave their dtiq*ruh' way, la-fore
the in<'inently rocoiling ranks n‘-closed
1 around them, und tli- y fell by twos und
ibi-t*vv;ddly figbt.ttg to H*; lust, riddtrvU'T
, musket bulls and bayonet slab*. Kasi Mol
lah -died with his hand on his beard and a
' last prayer murmuring from his lija*;" un i
liis pupils p'rislail with him, all save oil",
uml lie tlu> lira vest and fiercest of them ull,
who broke through the otiotrcling bayonets,
dashed al In aillong spul past the more dis
tant lines of running fire unharmed—n-irwil
I suddenly up ns la l reuclusl the angle of a
i uiountum gorge, into which he knew none
. dar« dto follow, shook his ml acimvtar, and
linrhil a defiant execration into the laces of
! his haflli-d fra-*, and the next nioment. with
an exulting shout of “Allah! II Allah!''
disappeared ill the dark litomiUiu pass.
The forlunaU- horseman w.i* ,Schamyl, the
future linun, (preacher,) the prophet-soldier
of the f’aiirasus, whose ewafs - a* inst di*-
(crib d. many ol his followers to this day
firmly believu was due to the dires t interpi
tiou of lh' angel (labriel! Scliumyl, who
is one of the darks'yad, dark liaiml, partly
Tartar rins- of Tehetrlientxes. was born at I
I’seliirskei, u place of alsmt three thoaaiiud i
iiilmhitaiits ; and after lii-escap-fiom (ium- i
Inhu In- employed several y »r- in p raiabu
latiug the mountain.' "f the Is- gliian chain, i
pro idling wherever lie went with fervid do- I
'liietiii' njun the sadul duty devolvril by
liisl upin all true believers, to extirpite tin- j
intrusive infidel, and tlu- pu,adi*al rewards
which death in so high mid holy a cause
must iulallibly insure. Thi prophet call, us j
it was dcrniod, to bnUle from the cupola*
I anil miaarets of the sublime nisi towering
Alps, gradually kindled tin UP nt fanaticism 1
of the mtiiiiituimi-r* to u llaui'-, which soon .
Cominunieutiil itself to tie- dwellirs in the
eiti'-M itrnl steppes of Daghlsfan. no*f the a,I- (
jaceul valleys ai*l (iluins. The story of j
Hchaiuyl s mimeiilous iweap- from t»vni ral
Ron-ii. by favor of tin- un i,angel tjubru I, j
was rep'iited from mouth to iniuith with ,
i iu Hem variation* and addition- hi during, 1
skill ami midim as u soldier iiuillrmiil tlic [
illosions of n cmhilous bigotry ; and In j
griidimlly drew urouii'l hi* -On "lard,and la.iil |
s > In* sway, lh' multitude of raggni warn j
ors wli'K** swords have inscrjlc *1 so many
victor'll- upon the back of tin- Rn 'inn ar 1
min', und to this hour pro-* nt* an invincible
front to tbeir di-niauil und prai-tu ally dm '
coinlitnl mlv iaaries.
Many well autlieiitii'alid in faiic - of bis
daring arc n-latsil One or two of tlo
m*y interest the render fti I H4o.Hcliimyl
found himw.-lf HUrroniaf d by t«cn<:ial (jrabls
and l'*,ObO veteran Russian ln<o|is nt
Achulko, a kind of mud 'iieainpineiit p reh'-d
upon tb' 1 top of ii rock on the banks of
Koisu. The ramition ol Ibis place was so
strong that tic attempt to florin it was
alnualomil, alter the loss of l.'iOll men but
Helmniyl bail -asin a demllier foe Ilian tb ras
r«l Uratils- no*l liis army to rooti-iKI with— !
lioiigt r. hunger, verging upui famine, tame ;
liefon- a wn k hail pa*r»-d. 'I his was ktiowo .
in tlic Ratouri camp ; uml tla- plow having
(icon strictly inve-ted on all «i«h-*. it wa» ra-r- i
Uiu that the sum rah’r cotild not long tiede- 1
inviii. Ull the last lUy but one of Augu't.
li. » ral tirabta- ii aricd. fr'Mii an nnauaUil
ly-sgbian whom his soldier* hud caught
wliibt attempting to crawl pot the blm-ko- 1
ding litsv. that not a particle of find was
left in Achulk" . that Si itamyl Ik y pos
p*e<l to isu-ap- that very night, with oia-or ;
tw-. I'hos'n comrades by means of a rime
Jowi-nd down tb*' fat* of the rock to the j
1 KotsU »t*l Achulko. la mUl' d. wouhl Is
■ »urrei*lernl afti-rwaril* A strict wateb
was immediately orrh ml to Is* k'qit a* Us
iodieatisl spit, and diri-etiotv were givm to
awakvri tie tins r»l at wha'i v-r brsir of tl*
night the eai<ure of tb< redoubt**! Hcharayl
might be iff* teil.
Ja*t U-fore lawn, on" t»-» thru- to- n
wen- mm to cauti'msiy d■“ ' (*! In a 'opv,
let gently down on the riviy side, n pndiet- |
r-.j, who were, of Course. Ilistatil-y wiijn-d
, aid hurried off to tb- «»e:ara!'s tent, tlrs-
I iif ila- captive* a Imitted, in tis- Hurry of t|je
j sur}>riac, a* was -ttpp**d, that \n woa
rs aamyl; uiel tin* was e./t<ti in»«l by the
lawgb.a i, ti.ii.ugh Mi, IliksflnatHMl tls:
. issqionaot print sad lieea secured* IjttMl
Or*!i » was ih-.igtitio id an tJnffUt was
forthwith d -ptrkM with tie' tiding* that
f tls not irtwo- n-lssl, Seiiiiiq' Ifey, hail las o
' rangtit. aiui ordered to is -,.->t out of hand.
U , . . tfai* ».ii going ■ Ua t -p -, which
had , qua by drawn up a/a n. wsm once
i rt)'€" I ■»< red. arsl this ton- otiiv ots- mao
, d.-Mi-nled by i>. who rmu-tmi tis river uu
- obattwed. kwp-d upm a raft that juft at
( that critM-a. iisiM'nt «we|d by. awl tie bs)
~ haughtily exultant Russian fieraral was
t aroas.j <o a *».»»*•!/•• of the trick that had
las-o j ayed'hoo >*y abon'a of “ Scbaiavl 1
1 “ ncbawyl from Ws- mud wails of Act ■ ko.
t in nalni.x r ply »be waving of a «m»li
gr**-o bt tls- true li> hamyf. a* >#«*f*t
down the wwift koisu in the downing sun
light, presently to tind himself amidst hide
and amongst Inends, that would render suc
cessful pnnunt, if attempted, impwsibk'.
Ackulko surrendered at discretion. the huts
were burned, aud Ueneral Urabbc retraced
hi* stc|M in a very ungry mood, whieli a
daring atiark on his rear guard, hy the
übiuuitou* and indefatigable Sohainyl. at the
head of a large body of horse*. oxa.-*|x>r*tivt )
to fury. The lumu was beuten off with
sonte difliculty, and the vietorious (lenerul’s
march *»< sullenly rvsunnxl. and concluded
without further molestation.
This indomitable hero still carries on the
de*|>eratc struggle with the otaiuies ot his
race. Net for a moment lus ho ever lid’
lured, wavenvi, or turned his hack upon his
deadly fin’s. Wli.it will Is’ the final result *
of his war with such u gigantic power, time |
ulone can tell.
Til. Sartvil llntmrr ul lsl> m.
UeT. I>r. Sehautllcr, tor the last twenty
live years missionary ut t'oiiHtalltinople, 111
the cour« ( >f mi address delivered one Sun
dar evening at Mr. Hogarth's church, ill i
llrooklvn. illustrating the geutual beliel
winch prevails uniting tin Turks that their
religion La* dom'd its mission, stat'd the
fact that the green coat of Mohamm il
which is the suered banmTOf Mohammedan
ism, hail disupptianxl troui t'oiataotmople, .
This article is Is laved hv entry Mohaniodaii
to have lam woven iu I leaven, aud brought
to Mohatniisd hy tin’ uugel tlahriel; ami it |
is also an nrtirle of Ivlicf that wlam the
rail*' of Ulaimsm is to terminate, the an tel
will again diwivud and relaki it to Heaven.
It lias ever tarn regard'd as tin gr. at *»• nd
t’lnbl'Til. urouinl wliieli clutter all the pray
ers ol tbo fuiUdul, and without w hich all j
pmyits would In- unavailing. For (mutinies j
it has been guarded with the greatest cuio (
in a particular uins<|uc at Constantinople.
Whan it was first reported, last spring, that
it hail sU'Mi illy dwupiwutvd, the missiona- j
ries did not give the story iimeli i redit; but
ull doilbt has since l**'ll dispi Ihsl Tin
hy|s*lhesis ol tin- missiotiarins is I hat the relic
has Iss'ti taken uwuy by some of the more
bigotedeeelcMastics, who ar ■ eouvinml that I
('oiuitantinopli! is alxmt to lose its character |
as a saeissl city, ami Ins-,non christiani/cd .
and that they w ill probably, ill due time,
again bring thu relic to light in some Mo
huuillicditii kiculity, less cxpiwd to ( Inis
tian influence. Yet tin’ general beliel of Iho i
Mohammedan* id Turkey is. that the disap
p-amne i* iu|s'ruatural. ami that it is aim- .
iber proof that tin ir religion will soon onnv
to un end. Their iuterprcUitiiai <.f their si*
end books, it is well known, has long point
ed to the present periisl ns that which is to ,
witness Hu-extraordinary event. One thing ,
is certain, that tha •entirocut* of the great
bulk ol tin’ Turkish Mwhainnuslans toward
tin' Christian religion a- will us the Turk- i
iah government itself, have nnd'Tgorw a moat ,
marvelous ehangi- within the la«t law year*. ,
Lift llliistmtnl.
A llkiioish. Among tin’ naval Oliver* >
dcppsl by tin 1 Naval Retiring Hoard, (sap .
the Philadelphia Hulhlm.) wa* Capt. Huns.t (
who hid received the thanks of t eiligl. -
and Ihx’ll Vot'd » sword hy the State ol M«- i
rvUinl, for Ins galluut h i vices in Jhe "‘' r "* 1
lnl'J. Tlwmlmn’ uf the Hoard fell u|sui
him with rrnsliing weight, amt the niortifl
cation which it oecasion'sl him is b. Ih vi .l
to ban host* md lii« death, which occiirr«sl
sotil'’ llmutli* alnce. Ills vvnlow, reeling the
ri’.jsnisibibty renting u| sin her to vindo-atn I
the fume Ol her deoeussl husbaml, slim the
liist month of grid hud pufcssl, si lilnnit i
rearing tin noblest nmo’iiuent to los un inorv
which a Homan matron could have desired I
Taking the Muryluml sword, she pnsx* dxl t
with it to Annapolis, during the recent *.-* j
siia, of tiw- Irngwlalnrc. Here sh<’ presanbd ,
the iiH’inorial, sitting lortb the a< toai «l tin
Naval Hoard in her husband s r»*c, and wig
gcsling that if la- hud Iscn justly condemn'd
by that tribunal, tin gilt of Maryland had
Is'Ti unworthily bestowed, ami ought to In
no longer retained by Ids family. Accord
ingly, »!«•' lagged lean to return the sword
tolfs Htata. with tla’ mpiret thut if the i
legislature Is I a-veil her husband lia-1 Is’Ti
injur'd t»y tin' imposition, tls y would mnk<
ionic i|is|»naition of the token of cofitidince
uisl r< gard that should stand os a rehuk'l ot
Ins [irrweoatori, and riisiicab' los l«s>r fame
Tls- legislatare at nun- acecplul the return
of the nwonl and pass'd a vote, almost nriao
irooosly, Is stowing it upon tin gallant cup
ain sou-—a manly Udol some 14 summer*.
t« I l.allsu Wwllllli*.
The S' lira*k« Ft lij New* of tin' .'fcl inst.,
contains a long account ol tlie marriage of
n I’awnee Chief to u blood royal *<pmw oj i
tbi Otoe trilie. The lirhleg r<smi was nain
•i| White water, and the bride Wah rii'cth
p siogs. We extract the following .
The chieftain * daughter was elegantly
dossed in a red Mains'! shirt with blue cali
co drawers, a chirked aproa. and a summer
kill'd buffalo rots’ uid a white Mt bat I
||er jewels were maguilh* nt From eitls-r
aiirs’ular ileuetsl'sl blight ornaments of
iiross, tin ami copper.
We must not omit to ovation that Misa
Wah iii'i*b-j*'-nngs also wore a " red |*t
tieoat," embroidi re«l according to a design
of Isr own, with porcupine ijuills, repre
n tiling a'kxp-fatc dog l.giit. 11*r entire
wardrotv ami jewelry could mil liave coat
lei * than six ttioossoo dollar* m Footerndh;
*nmy. ’I bo brid-grooin was attired in all
tie inaga.fitsTio- which lu» rank and wealth
diTiMieterl lie wore a stamlmg shirt mllar
a i*d»l <if I'rvaideiit I'm roe. a Mm’straight- i
< k.af d sohjkr e<Kil. with brass leiM«n» aud
aa ei'V oil pair of l-puni-n spurs while
hi* stalwart liintis wi re ailimrably < lolled in
ai, awieut eoff.s- s*ik. Altogetlier tie
*pi/ af ail's- of le,t|» tie- Uri \r %'s! tie groom
wa* s,|»jiropn«b- to tls-ir tngh sjilrre* ill tile.
The nesst sumptuiais feast awaitssl tie;
gue>U at tie re»el*-n<e ol 'is brelr - father
(: wa- -pread m a 'amp k•*tla- and so-fs-ief
e.i over tt»s- fir,- that burned in tie- fs-n'le of
tha’ |irmee'y Imlg'. It rmiaisted <g yeiiig
•tog neat, very Under, biae corn are I old
, dog Be at l/eaver tails Mel mule st.-ak, fr-*h
tisb s'oj sugar, making altogellier Mei of
tie- newt palalcablr aril resirisfiing eon
pai sjs that ever gi»>sd a royal ramp he%
tk’. The horn-s|moiM of ovvidental luxury
seldom conveyed to theediicaUvl taste viands
more temntiug aud delieicms. As for drinks.
corn whisky, made ol red pop|»or. tolvaeco
plugs and raui water, together with molas
•ea ewsetemd coflee, mad* up the list.
Among the distinguish'd persons present,
we did not fail to notice the six Mcwdamre
Petanasharo. the wives of that distinguish'd
Indian who isuow at Washington, visiting
■lames lluchunun ou oflicicial busineaa. Al
so Mr. W’hiteeow, of the Omaha iirinci|ail
ity, Mr. Hig-Hoklier, Kai|uire Wildcat aisl
the Hon. Short tailcil Klk
lllimii tna).
About I'j o’clock the military tx-gan to
arrive, dun after guu maile its iipiN-arauee
and timk up the poniinm assiguixl to it
Out of every gateway from the fort, Kuro
jaaus and natives wire pairing on to tlui
esplanndc in hitndrtds, ami IV<'in the nativ<’
town every alley, street ami lam> were ills
gorging their tkoiisuuds. All Ms im'il wiix
inus to bi holdtwo traitor Sepiya Iduwn into
ilark eternity. Their crime was kuowu. aud
the stem und rompress'd lips of every Karo
p m present lolil how well lls-y '(eservist
tluii fate, l lu’ inuiiuer in vvhi' li they were
ili l ''t"l iu tbeii neluiioua designs was uh
tie and complete, and reflected milch credit
up->n the deputy commissioner of pdiiwv mid
his assi louts. Three limns had a utereilul
I’ro video Co d>'li’at'd He iiiutimvrw hy tin
tiim !> arrival ol Kurop’im troops from re
mote colonies; and while tin’ fourth plot was .
bring brought to maturity, the two crimi
nal!-. were sci/.isl. The times th muiitksl that
a tendd.-example sle.irld tm iitudc, and rtie j
.liMilii ol til" IH' H was spsily. As tls- hour j
ot live struck the stillness Is'eauic awful; - i
cry fivling and lufulty wen.strung toils ut ,
innwt tense>n. and the twitting of hearts la
esue audible. The sp-etui le was las’ of '
HUU'i horror there Is ing iumh’ of that ex-j
eil< nci.l which is to Is- met with at a pub
lie execution 111 any oilier part of the wiald
The native* of liwti.i are not a >l> niouslrativ.
race, and they lookisl on with aiip arauci ol
stolid iiiihflcn uce. The lialidtulol slwruaud
dcteniiiii'vl Knrop’iuis lunl. luorcorer, over t
uwed thrill and there was bat one lisdiiig
pnslomirmnt - Imr. Am.sig all tlsi aw* m
idul llioasaiuls a murmur rould not even be
li'aiil a whisper would almost nave dis
turls d tin* wlillis-ss. The otlwcrs rislc along
tU’ lines re«olvnl and nil'-nt. So uuisel'M .
was their motion that not even the champ "f
tla-ir horses' tats and tla- clank ol their !
sabre* jarridup >u tin:car. While the clock
was yet striking, tie’ brigadier commanding j
the garrison rise’ in front of Hv twoexecu j
live guns, and it wonted lor a moiiMit as it
all sound hiul tiled away, ilmaeubuii of
the court martial was theu tea.l iu lliimlo
slau -e.iifiui which lli. y weregtrd. tid to pru
pare for death. They’ were then stripped nl
Ill' ll rcgimenlsl jn. )<els, ami inari lasi Is'
tw's-o Id.** of their I'.urop.au guards up to
the ni'i/y.l<i> of the Iwu guns.
Til*’ drill Inivildiir, one of the two, wit* a
noliUi looking iiuiii, in the u.smi of mmlnssl
tall and stalely. His mien wa< ereet Hint
dtgulflrd, until tls- ni"it of the Itoyal A ltd
lery laid hands npm Inin. Then he so iihsl
to In lus il In - hour bail mnu l , a shudder
shisik In's liauii', Ids laws (HI, nod his ivory
white tivtli were diii-losetl While the two
men wtc Is ing Itoiiml not a syllable wa<
ntternl liy tie- ussenibh'l erowd, but a rut
lling of d's'l along tin- bis- gavi noth'' that
tls- Kiifl.-ld rifle was ts-mg ptvpire.l lor tie.
lion. At tla- word ' prune, and wlieu tin
ominous click of the lock 101 l upsi the cm,
the loth N I visibly shook. It wa* evl
dent that tli'-y dal not know hut that llv
next moment the nil. might be brought to
should, r and lev. I- d ajraiust their trout.
Hiinult’ine'sidy with the loading of the in
fautry. Hv g'm* to Hie rigid ami left of tlv
i riminab were turned rlruiglil upin tin iia
live regiments. Tlsy were load'd tolls’
luiix/.k- with eanisti r and gia|v. and the
gunner- stood hy tin touch hoi.*, with tlv r
matches liglitdf thi the rumpurls ol the
tort lour '>M plunders were abei Uni ami
ready Hy this tins: the prisoner* were so
cured to tin two gun* There was a Bne
m.’iit'* pans' which was broken hy Captain
llolton. of the Itoyal Arldk-ry. calling out.
with a loud von.*, “ ls-t all retire from the
two guns except tlv two luen with Hie pirt
hres , at tlv w<»rd fire. a|iplv the llial' ll.''
There was probably :i pnusi’ 'if two si eond*’
duration ; then tin word " n-ivly" w.,s
given l.y Captain IMion. Its’ gums r«
took Ind a ul to blow up tlvir match
i*. but it Ms'iiu-d a long, long tilin’, lie
two lifis'Sier* ami the artillery nvn st'ssl us
immovable a* Ktatutes The awful stilla'ss
wa* at length tirok'l). Tin word •' fit" ”
rang out rh-ar u* a rlanon note from Hie
li|* of Captain Holton. Next moment the
earth shook as if a volcano had opwl at
imr !•■«. Tho goo* were ivirclopsl in thick
cloud* ol rimike, liitough tls wlnle wfath*
of which little iiaitM-Ica ol a criinvui ""lor
were tailing thick u» srsiw flakio Th' |i«r
ticlis wen- tls- jiriwifvc* blown into atoms.
lh'hftu' Witrilt
Vllnn|i« In V*.»a*le«(» the ll««il»»».
rretn rite M tfli tifri IMar, lutli
A* tls- Rtv. Mr. 1.U.-aaer William-, who i
cUinsd U» be tls- sou ol I/nn* XV I . uisl
now rightful Is-ir bi tlie throne of Fram-c,
wa- sitting at hi* lodgings, 471 l'eno*ylva
nia Avenue, arranging sons- pai* , rs. betwen
the hour* nl 12 and I o’clorll last ingle he
wa* star'kd by a man isiddcniy cnU-ring Ins
rmui aruJ ruivaiviug towards Inw with an
uplift!*! dagger who cx> lain**) throngh hi*
tieth, “ I’vi got you at last, have IT" Mr
William* rrvd out, " A**»»•.ii ' assassin !
«*>.’ ns: from tlie *m*vih ' and altissigh a
man seventy-eight year* of age but never
tls >*» vig irmi* aisl *tr.«og, rs grosp*l tlv
uplifted arm of tie villain with its- eis-rgy
of a man .let'-rmir**l to iteh-tsl hi* lile to
tlie la*t Kiremity, and continued to alarm
Us- liooi* by nsw of ' Assassin! assassin!"
'| b . '.litre! was "hip rate but short . the
villain finding that Iv ould not accompli*!'
In* hellish pur pise, aisl th h'«is* Iwuninj
alarifs-d willi a vigor«ms eff./rt etinrat*«l
himself from Us- grasp of h.* inti n<h’l vic
tim, **sid»o!y It ft Us- room aisl ll.»l tls-
Loot- The ersa of Mr Williaoi' and tie
mu** of tie- e'Mibwt thoroughly a!aru>ei| Hv
leeise hut n*»t ia time to rapture the villain.
When the lotnatr* etitend lL*- r*>m ot Mr
Williams, they found hini lying upm the
flour totally exhausted, aisl the dagger of
the amaamu near him upm the floor. Mr.
Williaiaa is uot injured, but is now almost
prostrated by the excitement anil exertion
of the contest far his hie. What could
have caused any man to thus attempt the
lih.« of a poor luotTeusivc old man, who must
soon pass to hi* grave, is [taxi the ooui|>re
hension ot any one, anil tha greatest of all
mysteries. It is p«*ihk’ that Un- assassin
limy have Ivcu in search ol another p rson.
Mr. Williams think* he has seen the xillain
several times before, ami balierixi him to Ist
a mail who •topp'd at the li.mwo tor nevcral
'lay* (p'rlm|*i to k-arn his room uud habits)
hut left two or thrtsi 'lay* *iiii>’ Will uny
one solve this mystery *
Hoi i,mi of MeulH tmirli •» *l*ll War.
A private lett'T tvax'lvixl in Salem, give*
tlv following teinble account of tlv awlul
atrocities coimuilh'd iu the Handa (Iricntul
country. Tlv letter is dated Montevideo.
February ti :
We an’still in a r ate of civil war in this
uiiforluiiiite province This tunc there has
tax'll much blood-dml —some 7dfl lives hav
ing ultcady Isx’ii saentii.xl to the cause of
llbrity (How tnnt word isidiilwil’)
Hen I lias was defeated, about a week
sluts’. Minis ’JMI miles in the interior, and
over !l>wi prisoner* surrenilensl to the (Jov
erumuut 1 1 oops. Alter sending to the
Hove rumen!, to know nliat ilispo.nl ion
should Iv umd" o| the prisoner*, the l*rs*i
dent .*•’lit order*, an hour aflerwiinla. I<> shoot
!iH oiliix’rs and can tne throat* of nearly goo
ol the soldier*.
Among the olticir* were lien. I’u’jar I bus.
who Ima occii serving hi* country all hi'lifo
imii , uii'l ms iu eomiiiiiml of the hirers from
this prnvlnee when H<>*sas fell, and a mail
who bon nnexei'llent character,lien. Frurs.
ois> ol the veterans ol thirty three, and Id*
son. ii col.mcl, and other ofll.cr* of not imicli
lower grade
rills Inis been one of the m<*>t brntul
liUtclM'ries that ever Htmiicd the anlial* of
this country. It o.i«tii|«# Itoaic* and Urilu 1
ultugellvi. W Ivn it wa* known that the
ordei had Ih'i'ii nut out for this wholosulr
slauglitvi. tlv Knglish und French Minister,
und both Admirals, tlicbpmish Minister.
Amir lean Ikuuiuudorc aud American Con
sul, ull went to see the I’li'slik ut, to Sllp
plicate un'i'i'y lor tls’*" poor fellow* but in
vain
About twenty Of H* first hull'w of this
place also wiait, aiming w h.-m were the sis
t. r ol the I’rvsidiuit's wife, Sciiora Vldal,
Sen..ra Caalellnuo- wife of tla- f’resid. nt Ol
the Henate , Mr* lloipii'lia, I’resldixif ol
the (lliaritabk 1 A*aoelnti<m ; tbo widow of
Urn. I'aehceo; tlv widow ol Urn, Isivullaeu;
uisl lildenl. ull Were ladle* ol tls: first IT
sp.wlabtlily. They even went down on their
kiln -, supplieulmg paril. n lor those Orlnlal
efllivrs , tint they were lorned away with
insult und tlsi psir lellows were shot like
dogs,
All"l tie m leave large familnw, which
were entirely d> p’lah iit upon them for sup
port It Imi placed the whole city Inmisiiii
mg. No decent lady app-ais in Hie «tr. *t
without being dressisi in dn'p moutuiug.—
Kveryliody, of liolh pilitu ul pirlaw, is hor
ror all li ken al this awhll de ilruetion 111 life.
'Hie eoiiH-ipienis will, I h-ur I v dreadful,
and we Is'gln to stx-it already. Ttv cavalry
ehi upilut the surrender ol Hies, and have
I* en making dreadful Wulk. They have nl
reaily visited »>■ vend village* and cut the
throat ol i very Uiimn they eneiainti r -nu n,
women, and rliildmi and destroyed Hour
prop rly to as great an extent a* pMsihle - -
I In* vi'ugtiuiee dm* not tall upm tin guilty
only, but on uny of tls- adherents "f the
party that did tne awful del übovc men
tiofwsl
Tiim Wxrkas »o tiik Mishs.hi ci xan
• tin i Hi • *he—M u extract the billowing,
ill rigurd lo llm cxp*fiiiu'tits of topigrnphi
eul enguvrrs ou the watiT- of tlv Missi**i|i
pi Hi vers, from the I 1 tier of our < airo river
com spiuduit;
l,n ull nniit Abbott * parly ol lopigrapbi.
cal engineers sr«- still at work is-ar t'oluni.
bus, aud will remain llien* until duly, by
wlneli tune they e«|sx I to asi'Tlain to a gal
lon III* amount ul water which flows down
tlv Mississippi in a par. ami tla.' iflcctof
tie- levv-s now built und building upon lit*
river below At fie ih’op’st pilot they found
one hundred ami fllln-n tout of water, at low
water. They have aacertaioed that the car
rent runs there at the ratcol seven miles per
hour ; that there i* double Hie amount of
s>'li.nrnt In th* Mississippi that there is in
tlie Ohio; that the water* of the two rivers,
in ordinary stag'*, do not i nmplctcly inti#
mingle lor a d.»laive of fifty mihw bekiW
Cano, ami that tlv amo'iut nl iHsliuH-nt at
tie. lop of tlv current is tls- same as that
seventy five feef below.
(!<*.. lUstoii* I’f/uauar Arrxias.—
Althmigli f 'ol. Hxmtiis wi-nt throagh tl#
usual formalituw of making a will. In- is-vef
lh"k-s*ds«l very pair 'llie creditor* of his
estate are not likely, however, to press their
claim* iinphrasantiy, aud, if a pr-jw l "« foot
ia refereu's: to a certain dispueition of bin
lab-st literary laleirs '■ * iec-»*fu]ly carried
out, hi* delils will tiruliahly lie paid in full.
Kvefy on* who liaa husmres ibwlings with
him >ptsk in tiie strongret brin* ol his
Hparlau sense nl hoie.r ami faith full* re to
In* '-ngageiivul s, mini ottl secret of hi* late
lislefatigabli' lalsir* lire in the fart ofbis
extn iiH- anxk-ty l« cancel cvsry pecuniary
•ililigation I* for*’ hi* decease.
A writer in tlm New York K/yrtu bo
ininati’* the H'"' J- J f'airrsnfixs, of
K'-ntneky, for I'rreident, siwl K> fJovernor
Huar, ol New York, fur Vic* Pnwidi nt in
IHfiO As Ms- Kjpim ohservre, however,
it is too early by a yiar ami a half for n«wt
pai«r* to make I‘rwideuU, or for vis- poli
tician' to talk a suit them.
II i n*u Motsi*..*, who set fire to the
A*l.t>bula county, Ohio, Inflruwry on the
2d ul February, and hy tls burning of which
ureri (rnesii lost th* ir livre, plead guilty to
the usiii-tment. aad was aentmued to the
p-mteutiary for twenty year*.