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NEW SERIES-VOLUME 2, NO. 43.
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Mf5tN(!S.
Siting In my term nl, ne,
Listening to the wind's low man.
M'hilo n;;nlnt the irlnhov pain,
lirlp? the gentle Apill ruin
Wlillo within the Tire Win blight,
V itS a fitful ruddy light.
Close. I dreamily my ryes.
White her pencil finey pile.
ItnllcAieit scene? In sketch for mi
From fie haunt of Memory.
O, tlto reenes lie brills to view,
Tlmll the heart to joy nn'it ;
One there 1.", fl ma'lly face,
That she dearly love' to tr.l'l ;
Forehead noble, high and fair,
haded wlthlt ilrirk brovrn l.ilr;
Uses that Cash, or gct.tlo gleam,
lvith the halo of h'Oc'i dream ;
Tone", that like llollan striln",
All the heart In hoii'ligo chains,
Itnrdigc light, 1 woul 1 not fice,
Freedom were but silvery.
Hwcet thi weary head to reft
Ever on his manly breast,
Listen to t'lo tone? so desr,
Krcr feel his presence near ;
Jlil, All" ! we met ten lite,
A ield alike wa mut to fate,
'IVn a sweet wlbl ilream, but yet
(.'ne I never woubl foryet,
o my eyes I tlosc In sleep,
While the night i'.cit riuiul itie neep,
Frcathlng for the one 1 love
l'ervent payers to God above,
A alting, trntlnjr. for the ,lay,
M'liin tocethir we may sl'ny.
Hand In hand nilowti the sleep.
Leading to the unknown d,ep,
When my weary head shall left
weetly on hi" f.iithful breast,
W hcte thriugh life I fain woubl lie,
llently there, ih let me die.
SELECTED.
dr.TTiso is at Niuiit. '1 lio door was lock
cd when 1 got homo, said Tom, "and how to I
put in without wilting 11)1 the 'goiornor' was j
tho difficulty. I knew ho'd g'no mo particu-
lar lits if lie knew 1 mi nut nfli'i' ten, audi
the clock had just struck one. Tin' luck
yard Mas nn impossibility, ntid tin t. one I
chance remained. There ai- a )ircli mer the j
Iront door, the tnji nl m hicli but u lew loot i
below the window . One id them, 1 knew,
v.as Iistetnd down, and tho oilier i'icnod
from a 1cdionm, w hicli niM or mislit not
lip occiided." n old maiden sitcr of I
Tolii't Kilo had arriv' on Hi" "line diy, and
it wj very nru'uble that !ip w.ii iii tint 1
room , "but I know that the bod wa in the
corner f.uthrct from tloi win low, nml Imticil
1 ehoulil be aide to p;et in without awaking I
lier. arid then I had a comparatively ea.-y j
thine; of it. .So getting u jd ink from a
I'cighl.oring lionril 1'ile. 1 ret"l it iigiint
the cao ol tho ehed. tallied olf my .shoe, ,ut
iiim in my jiuckuc, nn-l tiien 'conni"! up.
All right fo far, but 1 thought it necnaiy,
in order not to nrou'.e any Fii'plcion in tho
inorning, to rcnioo tlie jd.itik i mi dnggiim
it up, 1 threw oir ilm pint, "" I 'low n it went,
with nn nwful clatter, on a tray dog, who
li.nl followed mo fur two or thiee Mimic,
who iminediitidy set up tho tno't awlul howl
n whi) pod hound ever gave tongue to. That
ftr.rted hall n dozen other dogi in tho neigh
borhood barking.
J'l'l inoekingdiird ciaiimen"e,l rinRing ns if
fmQJ'U'il to nplit bin throat atit,uuluo
olu woman, in her nig'it clothe?, with a
candle in her hand, nppeareil at tho window
ncrom the street. I knew I was fale ib l.ir
ns f-li o was concerned, but if nny one camo to
our windows tho candle gae enough light
to, very probably, discover inc. N,'iody did
come, however, ami the old lady, after pcir
ing up and down tho street for a minute or
more, popped her head in ami returned. The
mocking-bird kept up bis eternal whittle,
nnd it was full hull an hour beloro it and the
dog settled dimn, nnd gao mo a chance to
move. Creeping slowly along tlie wall, till I
reached the window, 1 jait my hand on tho
sill, sjning up, and, with my head mid shoul
ders within, und my legs hanging out,
stopped to listen. es, she was in that room,
for 1 could li.'iir her breathing, fter waiting
for n minute, I cautiously drew up one leg.
then the other, slewed them around, and
putting them down to the door, was just
con-cious that I had stepped on something
soft and jiclding, and was about withdraw
ing them, when another jell broke out at
my feet, tho old maid jumped up from her
hod crying ' Murder, murder,' and tho dogs
nnJ tho mocking-bird started again. I saw
through it all ; I had put my foot in it more
ways than one. A little darkey was king
on her hack, under tho window, and i'had
stepped on her f.ice, and of course, woko her
up. 1 decided, in a lhh, what to do. Tho
house, would bo roused, and I caught, to a
certainty, unlci I could get to my room be.
foro tho governor was up llut'l hadn't a
moment to lose, for tho little nigger was
yelling, nnd tho woman screaming, so I
started for tho door, made three steps and
struck n chair, (tumbled over, of course,)
made tho awfullest racket you ever heard of,
ill the ' de.nl hour of night',' in a peaceable
house ; tho nigger and the obi maid screamed
louder than eu-r ; the mocking-bird whistled
like a steam engine, and tho dogs fairly mado
chorus as loud us JuliionV
I reached tho door, howeter, swiftly and
quietly opened it, and just got out in timo to
seo the old gentleman upon his door, with a
cindlo in hi lund, and come hurrying up tho
stairs Not a moment was to ho h'st. 'I here
was n wardrobe near wluro 1 stood, and I
sprang behind it. I.'p camo tho goernor,
reached t.io door, opened it, and went in. and
in thu m an time then were ail sorts of cm- ! '"
fusion and intpiiry down stairs as to whit
was tho muter. Nobody id c.inni up,
though, mil from where I st od I he.inl every
word of inquiry and expl mation In tho room.
Of course they eould'nt make much outol it.
'lhe littlu d irkey was to, Iriglitenoil, nnd too
sound asleep at tho timo to understand the
truth, and tho np-hnt of the business was
that they concluded slio hid been dreaming,
nnd tho gocni'ir, after guing her a goo I
spanking, and expl lining the mitti r Irom
tho window to tho aroused n, ighbors, went
uown to ins room again.
So lar, so gool. I now had to co dow n I
stairs, reach the back door, unbar it, get into I
ino yarn, mmo lor myromi, which was in
tho second story of tho bick building, th it
stood unconnected with, unl about a dozen
yards from tho main ono. After giiiug
everybody another half hour to ssttlo down
ogiin, 1 started. Ifiys, did you ever try to
go up or down stairs at midnight, without
making a noiso 1 You in ly try all sorts uf
wuys, but ciery step is sure to creak, each
with a peculiar noiso of its own, and loud
enough, you lira certain, to wake up ciery
body, I find gotten near tho bottom, w hen a littlo
dog camo trotting along tho entry towards
mo, yelling furiously. A suppressed, 'Cnino
hero, sir, yon Zip,' silenced him. lor ho re
cognized mo , hut tho dog storied tho mock
ing' bird, and the dugs in tho licighlsirhood,
baling learned to take the eue.nf course, all
joined tho chorus, lor thu third time.
I ran along the passage, reached tho door,
unlocked it, just as tho governor, roused thu
second time, upened his ibor, and seeing a
man escape I nun iho house, cried thieres !
tbioics " nnd made a rush alter nio.
I was too quick for him, though, opened
tlmduor, sprang out, mado ur th0 dour
which opened into thu room below mine, mid
had just reached it, when crash ' within a
foot ol'iiiy hn.nl went a buck, nnd another
voice, that I knew IHungoil In nmt door
neighbor, lumpkin, joined thu gouTiior in 1
tho cry ol 'thieves' murder1 thieves" 1
was s.ilo, though. Hushing up stairs, 1 shel
led myself quicker than I ever did, leforo or
since, und wus in bed and sound asleep in
half a minute.
'1'0,u;i' cried ,a old man, in a vui-e that
would haie raised a man from a fit
1 jmlgod it ptudont to wikc, and jumping
from my bed,raied tlio window, nnd rubliing
one ro and looking particularly frightened
(which I was,) nsked
" liy, father, what's the matter'"
" There's tIdeM's in the house. (Jet your
gun and come down quick
" llo's in the loom below you, Tom '" hal
lowed Tompkins. "I saw hint as ho ran do'i,
and threw a lire brie,: nt him.'
I was directed to ' look out for myself.'
Tho CJovernor stood sentinel nt tho door be
low, nrmed with n club, wdiilo Thompkins,
hud fno minutes to collect aid from the noigh
hor.! and in less than half that, so thorough
ly was every houo ul.irmed, that there wero
a dozen or more men in the yard armed with
guns, pi-tnls and slicks,
The (i'jtornur led tho attack. Opening the
door, he called, " Come out here, v.ui hmio
breaking scoundrel ! If you attempt to run
or resist, I'll blow your brains out !" No
body came, however.
" Watch the door while I go in ; '' and 1
was told to "look sharp, an-i shoot the
rascal if ho camo up stairs.'' A moment try
seal ch was sullicient to s itisfy everybody that
tho thief was not in the room.
'! He's up stairs, then," cried Thompkins ;
" lor I'll take my lli'de, oath he di dn t pass
that door ' '
Ho up stairs they trooped ; hut 1 had lit a
cmdle by that time, and there was no bug
bear there ; tho strictest search, even in look
ing under a luotjick didn't show tho faint
est trace of him. Tho yard was then examin
ed, then tho house, and everybody being well
satisfied that ho had escaped, tho neighbors
dispersed to their several homes, but I was
appointed a sentinel for the ivs.t of tho night,
and ordered not to go to sleep on my post,
under tho penalty of a flogging.
The articles missing, on n thorough inves
tigation nest day, were two pies and the old
ladv's silver thimble. Tho thimhlo turned
upln a week, being discolored under the cor
ner id tho c.irp;t, but the pies have never
b'en accounted for to this diy. On oath I
could l.ai e giien icry material ciidcnco as to
tho disposition of the stolen property; but as
the case didn't come before any court, I re
in lined quiet.
Ilidu't the local editors loom, though ' One
of them elongated bims'df through i quarter
ol a column, and honied tho item "A Diabol
ical and Atroeioiis attempt at liurglary and
Murder ''' describing tho graphic pirtieiilars,
tho fiendish attempt to throttle Miss
and her scriant; complimented the coilncss
mil resolution ul I;. imukins, I, m,., nnd ist
orat 'd with a withering anathema, on tin
want of ligilance displayed by the police.
it was inn lor mo tu see with what wio
aw.iue sig.icity tlio watch iiseu to stopat tho I
ironto.inr ami listen, iioiing their niglitly
roiiiKis, Mr a in i mi ii aiicr; una yui couliln t
lia e bribed a loungster to go under the pureh, '
on 'inv account, niter dirk. Tho excitement
die I away, though, after awhile, but I'll
never forget the night I tried to g' t in "with
out making a nois"."
A l!i MMiKiiii.c. I'imii.v. Thcie i much 1
philosophy ami good humor in tho following
sketch, which we find in tho M inehcter (N. I
II.) .Minor. We undorstan 1 it is Irom the
pen of L ,'. (.'olton, tho iisuci ito of Dr.
lioynton tho lecturer ; I
A l'.uiti.v I'iiu iik. .Mr. Ililitor 1 pio- I
pose to draw n picture of 'nor family' for i
Jour readers, audi promise, it shall boas J
truthful as the in ijority of biographic il por
tiaituriss, drawn by interestid parlies.
Our family is only retuaikablo fur numbers, 1
there beio;; ten sons and two daughters. We
were raised among the gnen lulls of Ver
mont. l!y the aid ol co irse faro and the ab- j
sence of iloctur-, nil the children, with tho i
ixecption ol one iniant. lived till tho young
est had reached tho age of thirly-six' iears.
Only two h nu since illed, as alsij our sainbd
lm.lli'r. Tbo limited means ul our latlar only I
enabled him to lurntsli us a common school '
ruue.uloii, but in Mire trained to habits of
industry arid tlio i.io-t rigid integrity. With
those, cudowm nts the best that could bo
givin wo wi'ic thrown upon our own le
sourecs in li'e. Afn r tho ng" of fifteen or
sixteen, each wits cunsulti'd a i tu the choice
of business or i rofession he ilcircl to adopt.
With a fatler's blessing nnd a mother's
rray ers, we went bo th to seek our fortune.
I.et'u- see the result.
I Ii no one br itliei . a Justice of the I'eace,
of -fair round b"lly with good cip,n lined,'
tl.oo 'I, bo net, r roail lll.u'!:ston
I bine another brother, u eler rvinan nnd !
chaplain in the Inited Mates Navy, who, I
haling tr.iiele, through all p.uts of thu I
world, has lo-t his seot.iri misiu, and becau-o i
he has transh rr d his
' lignui Irom bis hi ail
thought by somo to
(or lac) to bis heart, i
h.ncl.stit.
Ho has been a 'J ncrnorof Calif irnia, was
appointed a llistoriograper id the SjuIIi Sea I
lixploiing lixpedition, and litlcd scleral
other Important olliees under governnu nt.
lie had the honor of instituting tho first tiial
by jury in California, building th" first '
school lions", publishing tho hrst newspaper, 1
and making the first public announcement of I
tho disc iiery of gold. His pO"ius and liter- '
ury productions are his best incmori il. Ho '
died lour years since.
I ha e another brother, n clergyman, w ho
is a th' ologie.il book w irm, and points out to
others the way to leain with niitheiuatie.il
necur.iiy, but stays behind himself tu pick
up tho stragleis,
I havo another brother, a cloth dresser,
who if not a geiitb iu in himself, has been
mainly iustrumeut.il in making gentlemen of
others.
I havo another brother, u book-binder,
whoso ,ut has been consulted in the selection
of many a lihr iry.
I ham another brother, n slaie holder, w ho
regirds slaiery nn nil, and liberty .1 blessing,
but holds nt si. lies for their good.
I hive aiDtlur brother, a farmer, who
thinks his duty pel binned when hu roads thu
'1'riliun' , and e,.s , r lihertv nud the M lino
l.iw.
And then then is your humble e irrepun 1
ent tho titman us he was fura tiaiecalbd
w h i was oneo it doctor, (m ewbrio.) but h u.
ing thrown ''physio to the dogs,'' is now Ii v
bv bis wits, in i throw of the ill.'.', (of
I'u tune) he otien ratiui down u fludg" in Cali
fornia, and .liter dispensing (with) itisti.,, for
a time, c nno bom" w ith his pockets tilled with
tho " dost." He i-, now tiuntiinx. bv hook
and cr ,'i'i. and in an lionor..b!o way, to add
I l" th" pile. '
II loio huing the lind of gold, ho nifiere'V
! wi !' '"I'icfiil operation) tlie swindle of
I ten thousand dollars, .md ,i j.( M'.y wiug
II ii I li over thu c.ils or cuirts (which is the
s nu.- thing) of Burlington, Vt , to thu tiinn
I ofboveral thnitsui'l moie. Ilui bi'li.'iing that
i ju.tico niii jii'igini'iii will go togetli T, nml i
r, lying upon tin, lnt'dligcnco ol ludgo nud
)''' 1,11 b is no doubt of coming nut right I
siue iip, wtm ctre.
it u nave mer us all, nur leneramo lather,
now in ti,,, ninety-second year ol bis nge, to
whom wo all look with the highest luierence
nud filial iili'-etioo. Ho cm walk six miles a
day with great cse, and bis memory is so
stiong th ll ho cm repeat u largo portion of
tin l.ible: also whole sermon, and moro
than seven hundred st.inzisol nit's psalms
and hymns We believe that to the early re
ligious training wo n ceiled Irom bun, uidid
bv thu strong eoii.ni'tu seu-o ot our mother
iioiiier,
"', . ' ,
icr sue-
united In luihits of I'oouoiny nud in
which ho incuti-ited, we own whateie
csswi, nine imaii.cii in lie. ii ,i uro nil
, .. , ., ,. . , ,
' well to do in the world, nud sumo i.ive bo.
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oiiiini wuulthy. VI ii nro nil temperance men
if not ti'c-toialh'rs. We, nro nil profc-s irs of
religion, if m,t Christian though wo take
lllll'-lv lllH'eruot rinds on the liinvpnlv wuv.
i I am ii iiiiiid.sl a eon I Mi'iliodl.t i. readier i
wl,i-n iiitiJic-Hsinj- .i i-.mi.jM-ej.i,!,,,, u ililfrcuti
Hen Hum nious ,
inn nren, ii i trim wuilon t Hitch horses
very well hole, but wo nro comforted with
the ii II 'ctiim tint wo shall bo 'iblu to do so.
when vse arrive in the stables ol vicinal sal.
union ' '
Whiroisnnn lellmtion lo ho drawn fioiu 1
til" alsivu letup'. 11 cilth aiqiiiii d by gilt,
no blessing, but oll' ii a curs", It nur
lather had bcuu wealthy , and bad gnen each
ul us feu thousand dollars, somo id us would
havo grown up in idleness and dissipation,
and ended in piverly and crime. Tliero can
bo no question nl this.
" Honor and fjmo from no condition rie ,
A"l well your pirt-theroallyuurliouorlie "
Yours, (i ti C
i: v i: x t .v it.
ht wintTim.
Von mountain's solo Is black nllli nhtlit,
While broa 1-oihcd, o'er Its glca'ntn crown,
The moon, slow rounding Into sljrht,
On the hushed Inland sea looks ilcwn.
"How stirt to light the clustering Isl-s
li.mli slltvr-lummed ! Ho sharply ahow
Tho flindows of their roo.y piles
AnJ ttco-top" In tho waio beloir'
' Hot fir an 1 strano tho mountains seom,
Hlm-loonilnj! through the pale, still light !
Tho vague, vast grouping of arlrcam,
They stretch into tho solemn night I
"llcneilh lake, wood anil peopled vale,
Htnho't by that precnce gran I and grave,
Are sllont, saio tlio cricket's wall,
AnJ low rcspxisoof leaf and ir.ivc."
Avratcis- I'ut.cr,ii. Life Itluilratnl quotes
the following story from tho Ainoric.ui e.t
perieneo of ",i Moniour Alfred d Aleiiibert,"
who having tour-ul this country through, of
course published hU ideas nbuut it to tlio
world nt largo :
l'ar away Irom tho grcntcitiesjialfhidden
in tho foliage, was tho modest log hut of a
man, half trapper, half lishirmnn, and moro
than half savage. Of ciureo his namo was
Smith, iio was married, and ho nnd his wifo
in this lino little chamber led tho happiest of
existences for on an occasion sho would not
object to go twenty miles to hear tho Iliptist
minister jircacli.
One evening at sundown they wero both to
gether in their little cabin, sho knitting stock
ings lor tho next winter snows, ho cleaning
the barrel of bis fowling piece nil the parts
of which wero lying dismounted about him
both busy nnd neither uttered a syllable.
Ity degrees a dull but regular sntiniU breaks
upon tho oilenco of tho wilderness". Tho
steamer is ascending tho river, making tho
best of its way against the stream. Hut nei
ther Smith nor his wife pay any attention ;
lie goes on cleaning his gun,' sho 'kniting her
stocking.
Tho uir, however, darkens ; a thick smoke
ries upon every side ; a formidable explo
sion is suildenly'hoard ; nno would b no said
it was tho discharge of scleral cannon at
once. Tho boiler had burst ; tha vessel was
sunk ; every thing was destroyed.
Smith and his wile did not loo): up; he
went on cleaning his gun, she knitting lur
stocking, for explosions of steamers nro so com
mon. Hut this was one which was to inter
est them moro nearly, for scarcely had tho
explosion end"d, before tho roof of the cabin
split in two and something heavy descended
through the aperture, This something was
a m in, who drooped between tho luir with-
out, however, disturbing either ho still
cleaning Im gun sho still knitting her stock
Hut tho traveller so rudely intro lucod
seemed rather astounded at his ileeent. Af
ter a lew minutes, howeier, he resumed his
coolness, ami began to look about him liv
ing his attention, at last, upon the hola
through which ho bad jut armed. " Ah !
my man," slid ho at length, addressing
Smith, " what's the damage '''
On this, Smith, wdio hid not given up bis
work, put aside his riflo, and looking lo es
timate his loss, answered, alter somo little re
iVction, " Ten dollars.''
",Vou bo hanged "' exclaimed tho traveler.
"Iist week, in an explosion I happened to be
in with another steimer, 1 fell through throe
lliglit.s in a new lioiito nnd they only charged
in ii o dollars. Xo, no - I know w"h it's tho
thing in such matters. Hero's a couplu of
doll irs ; and if that won't do, go and sue me,
and bo hanged.
Aiimn in Axioms nv I kkncii Kmnfi a.
One readily admits that the states might bo
a p-i"ab!'! residence if the Krcnch alone hnd
peopled them.
II you nro determined ongoing to America
to mako a fortune, bo suru of returning to
franco to spend it.
It is a long way from ll.nro to New York.
Make vour will before starting: you nro
nn e.ccsiiely lucky man if you return.
In this delightful country the climate
manages to bo insupportable 'it is too hot in
summer but in winter it is too cold.
llelievo the women, distrust tho men
lear tho children
In tho way of flesh tho country grows one
ITOOd tllimr . the t'ineinrrlti b ,m. llnr
I est bread, eaten at home, is hotter than r last
beef eaten there.
'Jo ahead broken arms, legs and fortunes
lmt ,,ls ('vo,7 ,lully is not killed all right
k "U'-au
i Nothing is so little like a frenchman ns
! nn .Mociican
Look on ca b railway as a nistol aimed at
your be id.
Hallways aro so much tho fashion, that
ei cry American would seem to halo a loco
motn in his body.
(Jud has given tho most beautiful country
(Trance) to tho best of n.Uiies (tho Trench.)
In two bundle 1 years Anu'iica will bj on a
par with some European States. That will
be tho moment to emigrate.
Comics or IIi.uin Ktaus. Comics, says
.lames, aro of two kinds, tho tamo nnd tho
wild. Tho fust is peaceable tothcrnint.
Tin? fust ones aro made of old moons ns nint
lit for sen ice, and is called by tho oneddie.it
ed shootin stars, but wo of the schools call cm
meters. This dillcrenco leads the speaker tu
remark that liming is cierytlung.
Tho wild kind, says .lames, i a different crit
tur, being composed of kinebelous matter,
hyndution giss, oxsidu of cast iron, and
salts of harmuni i makes it highly saliago and
onsirtin. Tho lust appeared about Deutero
nomy, or perhaps a littlo later in tho year
six, and wis diskivered spontaneously irom
Portland ob.-eriatory and I'ompeis pillow in
I'o ishy. They aro pesky things, "says he, oi
lers gittcn up wars, hurry kanes nnd airth
qu ikes, ,1c e. Uneasy atid'restless, tr.uelin
about faster than n rale-road, but neier
reaching anywheres in jertiekcler. Kinder
looiuinated l'eter Ituggs. Mighty ons.irt.iin,
tin y ar, cant depended on. I'a'tlier Miller
engaged one to do a pertickcler job in '5,1,
but it probably got butter terms somo where
el-o and that ero job remains undone to this
.lav.
lint mow, savs ,laine, we comes to consid
er their tails. Ihem, sivs he, is leal nuiucr-
Ious. lalk about tho moon's wondrous
tales." Why, tho tails of all the plants in
the cidernl lieaiings wouldn't make ono for
, a fust rata wild comic. Longer than tho
, magnetic paragraph and wider than Scb.igo
pond, they stretches uout over tho universal
' icaiierpy in tho unlimited nugieito nf either,
, now sweeping down among tho elongate con-
caiitiis nliliiiral eunicxit es. nnd ii cr i in
sorein upwards till lost in the "r.ito hvticrion.
Tho Boston J'ott has a I'aiis correspondent.
who writes thero aro thoo so giicn to un
belief in tho implicit honesty of bjiiis Xapo
leon as to credit tho rumor that tho " sound,
live boy " who has been palmed oil' upon
the Umpire, i nothing but uu usurj er, nnd
that bo takes tho place ol a certain girl baby
which was tho real heir. The aforesaid rumor
was to tho cfTcct that for sometiino previous
to tho Ttnpres's accoiiehment, it was well un
derstood that whatever tho event liiicht bo.
u finu hfalihy ,,,,. wuuld be rendv to bo pre-
H'"u"' i,B tl,u legitimate child of tho Kuipiro.
j. j, ,ujn(, BOi at om.u i.CJUI1B l)r ,,u Mrt
,.r ,i,,. i.-, u .; .... , :
,oi the King ol Algiers be ng as lug at bis
i , ,,,, .J t ., H ?, ,
I'll th as Ids nurso s baby at two months old.
, '
"
A Dutchman was nrrcstod in ('li'velnnd,
last Week, till churned of uiurderini bis wifo.
and his examination was held lust Saturday.
It mis proved that ho struck her and abused
tier, and that sho hud at last slrangi ly disap-
pennd. Iho ciiilcnco was getting dark
against the man, when tho door opened, and '
in walked the wife in tierlcet health 1 'iircd i
"f bis nbusn, she bad gone to tho poor-house, !
and bad been living thero for six weeks, when
hearing of tho arrest of her husband, sho I
fame into court as a witness for him, and I
produced, nf course, much excitement, 'I ho
couple wero onco moro united, and nro non
living together
Matbew Laming used to say " If you
wish tu havo a shoo mado of durable mate
rial, you should, mako tho upper leather of
tho mouth of uu old toper, fur that ncu'rlets
in wafer "
AO.-U ULTUtAtj
' rf 'i .ot' i f lie' N, Y TriMi"- )
Tin; Wi-sr. Dixom m.i.i:, III., Mar.-h I
Tho hig'i ii lees of proiisions, nud tin lotv
price) for libor in tiio liist, lima caused
intnya man to turn Ids eyu to tho West.
Tho ynurig mill without money finds, as ho
shoulders his axo mid starts nil' prepared to
bow his way through life, that tho farms
that surroun'l tho old honi" aro much too big
lor th) limits of his pockets, and, after a
deal of hard toil, return hut a meager pay
fir nil the labor nnd care bestowed ; nn 1 bo
looks for richer and cheaper lands in the
West. Now, that there is land enough, and
cheap enough, in tho West, tliero is no qui s
lion. Tliero is wheat enough, cum enough,
nn I no end to the hogs. Tho farmer can
raise a bullock until he is fourycnrsuld with
i-ll,and bu Won't ho crow-beef either. Now,
half tho world is ready to say we Western
farmers arc just tho happiest oi mortals, but
half tho woild is niot sully deeelvd; the
fact is, we nro tho veriest slaves, an I wo aro
noi tb id Mason and Dixon's line, too. Wo
are worse off than tho firmer in Connecticut
or Vermont, who gathers leaics frjui tho
fun st and mud I lorn a frog, pond to minure
whnt littlo land1' tho boulders do not cover.
Tor what ho with great toil has raisd, Ito
call with littlo trouble sell at fair trices,
whilo wo, though wo raio a crop with littlo
labor, have to sell for next to nothing. True,
last year wo got fair prices for all wo lud to
sell, and wo went crazy with joy. We
bought land, wo builded, wo wore silk nnd
s itin, we rndo in thousind dollar carri iges
(this is no fiction,) wo Fpcnt nil the money
wo had, and then ran nur exceeding long
Usages their whole length into debt, all tho
while soaping ourselies with tho illusion
that tho great crops of IS", would bring
more money than tho aver.igo ones of 't
had brought.
So wo took our siesta, and liked to hate
overslept, for when wo awok", our creditors
wero knocking and banging nt every door,
nnd wo very soon fiund duns jlcnticr th in
cor pers. Wo set nbuut selling our crops and
paying up, and then wo lound out thu not
very con'olitig fact that tho West was not her
own master. Instead of tho 7l' rents per
bushel w Inch we got fir our corn list year,
wocinnow hardly buy a drink of wl'dshy
with a bushel of corn (nny bo it will ki en
some uf us Irom g"tting delated quito st,
often ) I'.iy oil' the old debts and tho nw
ones with tho crop wo can't, s wogo to tho
money-lender. Hut they (tender-hearted
men though they i re) arc nearly as bard up
us the firmers, and then there is nothing left
hut for our creditors to set the shcrill onto
us. I h.no told the iil. Now wlntist'e
ciusa and what is the lemeilj ' In my "pin
ion tho cause is this Wo buy everything- in
New rk and lio-ton -eieri tiling Irom a
bors -nail to a saw-mill; Irom a rolling-pin
to a pi in ,; from two cents' worth of bobi in
to a hundred dollar shawl. Tiery year we
burn 10,(11111 tuns ol straw and buy'wiapping
paper in lliston, nhero tho manufacturer
pays fjl'i lor ciery tun ho usis. We sondall
our wool and 11 ix and hemp to the liist to bo
worked iiji, and tend wheat and citii, beef
and p irk to feed tho workmen while they do
it. And hero is tho remedy a reine ly that
will benefit tho producer nnd consuiiici:
WANii:ii-iiv thi: wi:vr,
211,000 men to make Household I'urnituro
of all kinds.
10,0011 i.iiii to mako nil sorts of iron im
plements. 211,000 Wngon, Carriage, llaricsting and
ll.ii ing Machino-uiakers.
10,000 T.iicr-niakersiind'l'allow c.'i mdlers.
70,000 Woolen, l.incn and Cotton Manufac
turers', IfiO.000 iii' n, women and children, so that
we shall not any longer b.i under tho neces
sity of lotting our grain rot for want of a
buyer.
ClI.TIlIK Ol rill; TilTllo. i:hlor CViu''V
(iintltmrn iqe.iso allow mo through your
piper to describe my mode of raising pota
toes. 1 always S' lect dry loamy or gnuelly
oil, (not gr 'ensnard ) spio.'id Iroidcan
ub.int lot two hnrso loidi ol lino stable ma
nure per acre, onco in two years. I'lnw deep
harrow a siillieient amount of time to in ike
the -oil perfectly mellow. Mark nut tho ro.is
three and a hall feet apart -drop a good si.
cd potato, or two sm iller ones, in each hill,
three feet apart in the rows. Alter tho po
tatoes nro dropt, I then throw half n pint of
compost one part slacked lime, one part dry
unleaelied ashes, and unupait common plas
ter directly on the potato, then cour with
the boo. So'jii as the potato top is out of tho
ground siillieient to follow the row, the cul
tivator or olio horse plow is introduced, and
such men, as aro able and willing logo Irom
one bill to the other, n ithout using their
hoo-h indies as canes, are always emjloyid,
nnd the potato rcceiis's a fiir die-sing. bu,m
alter they receive another similar treatment.
I seldom change my seed as is oltcn talked of j
by many, and li.ne ncier I'ailod nl getting a i
lair crop, of good sound potatoes, Hindi,
J 'A liKF.it, -ln.i,"' Mills, Untirlmcn, -. T.
tr"iiitlii Country lieotli nno
Vr.miOM Tins. .Mr. I.. J'm'.rr; I take
tho liberty to send you a statement concern
ing somn of our Vermont porkers, which 1
do not think nra often beat. Thoo of which
I i.i.ir.1 (.n ..r ir. v:.,n.ii. .... t ,, ......
iititi, urn ii uu-'iil mu 'iitnin .to'l KCiei, I
breed. The sow I now hue, is threoveirs '
old this Spring, and has just had her tilth j
litter ol pigs, eighteen in number. 1-t litter
13; 21'.'; ;id 13; Ith 11; flth 1 making 117 I
in all. I
Of tho third litter, she raised 12, which I
wero nil killed before they wero ninu months
old Itttened bv dilf'rent "persons and tliero- '
foro not extra caicd for. They wcigbod
drcs-ed .
370 t nor,-)
W 3'J0
-'.. I .Ml killed be- .'ICi', All killed bc-
302
27o
'Ji'.li
f lore f nios. 2.2 f lore 0 months.
270
2iW
Total weight 32li lbs.
This is a big story, but nevertheless true,
He it it iihoc.iu, C. S, Hand.
.limiffun, IV.
N'rw Wiv or Stiiiiimi Mk:iis. Some one,
wo know not who, says "Till wicker bas
kets (old champaign-baskets are icrv suit
able) w ith garden mold, nud plant ho'sceds,
and keep thu baskets in a warm room until
tho weather is warm, und then set tho baskets
in holes dug for tho purpose The roots then
will extend themselves through tho basket
and grow us though originally' planted where
they stand. In this way various plants may
bu brought forward much earlier thuii when
plained in open ground. '
Birquo Mary Varney, 1'erkins, Irom Nor
folk for (iaudaioiipe, was fallen it with, 7th
inst., hit 31 42, bn. 71, with hi r musts nnd
houses gone, and decks swept lorn and aft,
the fea breaking our her; sho h ning been
capsized on tho . ")th, when the wile of tho
captain was carried ovcrboanl and lost. Tho
captain, two officers, stewards and four
colored scumen wero taken oil' by tin, barque
(jallego, ii nd carried to Ballimoin. I'hey bad
been without food or shelter for liio days
when rescued.
When a woman is wicked sho is wicked, I
and no mistake, fl.ii N'aehitoches (Li ) '
Chrutiiclo i words that Mrs. John Bodrigu of I
that place, haling lieliavid in an unseemly i
manner, was rcbuki'd by her husband, where
upon, with tho iisristnnco uf I er paramoar,
siio took him into tho woods, ami hi spite oi
his prayers fur mercy, Hung him by the neck
until ho was dead.' 'Ihis .Mrs. 'liodiigois!
about tho strongest minded woman of tbcsu j
strung times. .
Tho Judiciary must bn highly respected in
New Orleans. On thu 21 inst., in thu 1'irst
District Court, a well bred gcutlemin insist
ed upon wearing bis bat, maiigro tho iciiio i-
htrauci's of .ludgo liubcrtsou. 'I bu lidlow was
backed up by U'm rowdy fricnds.aiid tiio , ludgo
having arrested him lor t'ontuuipt, let hnu
uir Willi an upology. 'I bus emboldened, the
lulliiu gaiothc .ludgo a stiect whipping tho
next day. A nice la' c. New Orleans
A boy named 'Charles l, , ester, " sen
tcinwd to I In, Douse nf licfuge in St I mils
lor stealing goods from his muster's store, uu
rcaibing that institution was discoiered to
be a sirl ' llcr parents live in Dubuque, Iowa, '
C!X2:i,.,.'?-;T-!l;V :
1" Ii I f A J! o It X I X (I A T It 1 1, I 3 , 1 H "i r, .
I yachlaj " A Furltan nnd n Elacltb-;."
It is well enough, onco in a while, to bale
brought plainly beforo oiireyon tlio c.tccsrlio
jealousy which constantly exists in somo
puts of tho Shivcholding States, lest a wotd
hj said, nr a thought felt by nny ono thcro
nn the subject of Slairry, except in perfeit
harmony with tho wishes of its most
thorough going advocates. This jealousy
would appear ridiculous if it did not so oltcn
lead ils possessors to gross outrages on per
ianal liberty ; nuu if it wero not of itself
proof enough of tho pernicious iiifluerico on
ail cliiss-s, which tho cxistenco of Mat cry
const intly exerts wherever It is found. If it
bo aid by way or justification for such ncls
us tho one spoken of below, that tho people
in thu Slave States lire in constant uneasi
ness because of their slaics however peace
able nnd contented they seem to ho and that
any suspicion of an attempt to stir thoiu up
to insuircetion must of necessity excito tho
whites, and rompt them to do, on the spur
of tho moment, w hat their cooler judgments
would di-approvo of, it is sufficient to reply,
in thu first place, that any community w hich
is cursed with a system in its midst which
they daro not havo talked about openly, will
do well to set itself resolutely tu work tn get
rid of it as fast ns possiblo ; and in tho
second, that so much tho moro is tliero good
reason why cicry loier of his country and his
fellow men should exert himself to present
its being extended beyond its present bounds.
Tho Cmnmnnwrallh, (a newspaper pub
lished in Canton, Miss.) in itsissuo of March
22' I, with great complacency giies an account
of tho tarring and feathering of one Charles
Whecloek. an industrious mechanic and of
his being ordered to le.ne tho neighborhood
" before sundown of tho next day. lie there
upon (continues tho editor) demanded a
specification of tho charges upon which he
had been found guilty ; and tho saino wero
stated by the leader of the ;iour to be ns fol
lows, to wit I'ir.il, That ho had been hoard
ing with I'olodoro llrickell, a free negro, con
trary to Southern notions of decency and
jn-.iprii ty ; Sinin,, That he bad beeii'lound
in Ir'qtunt communication with slaves,
without warrant t , law, and ti tho great in
jury of their morals; Third, That Ii" had
been b ith secretly and openly endeaioring to
propog i'o abolition sentiments, contrary to
the st.it'ite in such case mide and prod led ;
Fotirt'i, That ho was a nuismco generally,
an eyo-sore to tho community and a stench
in too public nostril, and that the general
sentiment of Canton demanded his removal."
After commending tho young men of Can
ton w ho wero tho actors in this outrage " as
entitled to tho gratitudo of every good citi.
z.'n," tho liditnr go?s on to sttto that ' he,
Whc lock, is from Now England, and his tho
wor.-t characteristic of it worst populition
the i'uritan and theblaekleg being hi admi
rably d.netail"d tint it is difficult to say
which cl is ho belongs to."
As to tho character of Mr. U heetack wo
hue something a littls more definite in tho
.1 oi ' rii an Cilizrn, another piper of the si mo
t.'seo -io.i rti ii. c.iiin .1 ,1a ,r? ,i.,t.,,.i. :
I - --
ndmits that it woul I not have condemned tho
lynching if there bad been any proof of the
man's guilt, and if tho law would not have
been sufficient fur bringing him to justice,
A in in, and, as far ns
know, a
';mtl'inan for therti is no more beautiful or
I nit. 'il'u I sentiment than that of llulwer, that
hi'ii ? men aro the gnititnen ol nature, I
wit liken lioiu his sleeping apartment, at I
the dead hour of night, without proi ious I
warning, or tho slightest intimation that
any eiil awaited him carried into a public
stiect by a dozen or two armed young men, I
whero ho was subjected to Iho'huniiliation I
and cruelty of haling a bucket of tnr pourol I
upon his naked back, and feathers applied
thereto ' after which ho nils dismissed with
the assurnncp, that if found ill our town at
a certain hour the next d ly, ho would ro- ,
cciiu worse treatment. The pretext for this
resort to moli aw, is said to be, that tho in-
diiidual was an abolitionist and that our
community was in danger from him that ho I
was corrupting tho negroes, ,te. This is tho
ehnrsi a i.igue, general charge
without, I
a far ax ic tare I'ren a'lle. la tiarn, any
iron wnit;ver, originating in tlio v.iguo
surmises of some man, or men, to whom this
m in had had tho misfortune to mako him
self obnoxious.
And
igam,
" The nnfortunato individual whoso per
suings thus outraged, had been a citizen
of this p ico for eighteen months ur two
years. Wc had as good an opportunity
of marking his course, probably, as any other
nun who was tint his associate. Wo never
siw anything amiss in his conduct. Many of
our best citizens siytho sime. Wo haio '
heard one who roomed with him a long timo
siyth.it " if ho wasan Abolitioni-t.hoeould I
ke.'p his own secret hotter than any ono ho
ever savy, for ho had ncier heard him speak, '
ur see him act, like one." Ho was hereon j
the appearance nf tho epidemic, and remain-
cd during its entiro prcialence, and proved
himscll ii true man in all that trying period. !
He watted on tho sick with tho must cotisuin- j
m.ito skill und entircMovotioii Im neiergrcw
weary in perforiiiing,'tho nllices of tho " good
Sam iritan" ho cooled tho parched lips uf
the dying shrouded and buried thodeid, '
when thcro was no unu else to do it; and in
everything, during tho dirkc-t and most
trying hour Canton ever beheld, hu was tho
comlort, the succor and tho helper of her dis-tii-scl
citiens. And notwithstanding all
this, he bis been tarred nnd feathered in this
conimunitv, and driien, ignominiously, from
,1. : .1.1 ..i 1.! . .,: , ... i .,e . .-n.-
mi.' mill o, ,s liifiiiicrcsieil uiej neii sicrillc- j
ing libors ' tiraliliiitr, sluuld, at least, h.no
shielded him from barm, though justice to
thu community had demanded his exit."
I'robably his self-denying labors in taking
cam of the sick in time of pestilence furnish
ed ground for tho chargo iT "I'liritanisin,"
The fact that ho and his pirtner had hired a
liouso to keep bachelors ball, and had hired
a negro woman to cook for them, and tho
statement of sundry individuals (not upon
oith us it nppcars) that they had seen
Whecloek talking wilh tho cook "in a so
ciable manner, '' and "in conversation with
strange negroes on the street" and that nf
ono Dai id l'ulton Jr , who says, " Whecloek
unco in conversation with boy John naked
him how ho would like to live North nnd bo
a Ireo man," and that bo Fulton, was con
vinced that ho Whecloek was an Abolition
ist" these facts mnlo him "a blackleg"
we suppose, at least vv) seo no other ground
lurnished fur that chargo or any other in
about a do.cn "Statements" which a com
mitteu who were called upon to inquire into
the ' fact, and motives of tho young men,"
a d ly or two aftor, offer to the public. That
committee, though they report themselves
satished " that tho young men who expelled
Wheoloak were acttuted by no motive other
than that of tho publi'! sifety," do not
bint that thero is nny ei idenco of bis being
a t Abuliliuiiist. And if be inn is this not a
Ireu country '
( In those statements the .Iwnran ( iu:in
well romaiks, "Shakspcaru never uttered a
greater truth than that, 'trifles light as air
aro, to tlio Miifi,i,, confirmation strung as
proofs of holy writ.' And Ukii such cii
dcnco as this, to tar and frather a man who
spent two entiro months here during tho
jolloiv fever in the most disinterested and
laborious nets of kin Incss nud clf-deni it
! whi.o most of those engaged in it were tiling
j tare nf thcmiclen, far beyond tho breath of
pestilence, is tho feature in tho nlfiir that
shocks every mind keenly aliio to the noblest
of till tho attributes of tho human heart
fjratUutic."
Mr. Marsh's Claims
Wo noticed in February last, tho pasjigo
by tho Senato of a bill allowing Hon. (eo. P.
Marsh g 1 000 a year forjudici.il services per
formed by him dining his mission to Turkey.
Sinco then a bill has been reported in tho
Senate, by the Committee on Foreign Itcbi
tion, making tin nllowaneo of $0000 as a
compensation for Mr. Marsh's sen ices on tl.o
special mission lo (Jreeco in 1x32 3, the re
sult of which mission, us our readers doubt
less remember, was tho remission of the un
just sentence passed upon Dr. King, and full
pecuniary compensation at tho hands of tho
Creek (iurcrnmcnt for thoseijuroofhis lands.
This bill was called up on tho flth inst. by .Mr.
Toot, who forcibly urged tho justness of tho
cl itm. lie showed that tho timo spent by Mr.
Marsh at Athens.aiid in tho preparation of the
reports, lacked buta month ol a full year, adn
that theso labors were not only intense nnd
exhausting, but required unusual qualifica
tions as they iniolved a careful study of
tho titles of (,'rcck law, and tlio thorough
examination of an enormous m iss of niinu
script records and documents in Me language
nf the rountry. Ill tlico investigations tho
scrvic:sof a translator could 1,3 oflittloor
no service, from tho nature of tho case, and
it must bo considered as most fortunate that
our goiernmcnt had in ,Mr. Marsh, an agent
who was fully fitted for so peculiar a sen ice.
American ministers capable of unravelling
'Jreok titles and at homo in tho intricacies of
(ircek manuscripts, nro not very abundant.
Wo quote from Mr. Toot's remarks.
Of tlio dimeter and value of thoso labor i f .Mr.
Mardi, of the ability and learning and re'enfli ill,
playc'l In his reports and corrc"por.'len''c, I me 1 not
speak. They speak for themeelics and more forci
bly than any ono cm "pe.ik for them. I only a-k
you tn cvamino ntid read tlicin for soimelics. -Mr.
Webster, Mr. Hicrclt and Mr. .Marcy. of the s'tato
Ucpirtliii'Ut,hav! all boon pleacl to "leirclieerful
testimony to the iinportunee nnd peeulhr character
of tho duties ltnpo"cd upon him la his speeial mi"
sion to llreeee, and to tho lidelity an I ability uit'i
which they wero performsd "
.Mr. l're-iilcnt, lot nio add that till" "pcei.il ml"
Ion to (Ireeco was i'cicr"'mbt by .Mr. .Marsh; but
ho did not feel himself nt tiheity to declino the in
stru"tions of his (ioverntnent. Tho tulfillment of
these In-triielions his oo-t him many months of
vero labor, as this lolumo which I hold in lnyhand,
containing bi reports and corrcpondenc will most
abundantly tetily, and lias cot Lim no inconsider
nblo pecuniary lo-s, for neither of whith lusheeicr
been compensated.
Ho now onlynsks that his scrilc-"" fhill reeclie
tho samo comideration su universally accorded lo
'thcr diplomatic agents in like eircum-tancei.
'""s es.uoojai.. , n u
tered Into tliee details only bteau.-o, n I snted In
lhe outset, of tho misrepresentations so industri
ously circulated to the reju lice ot .Mr. .Marsh, nrd
of hi cl dm in rcpcct to tlio time an 1 labor which
I. o bestow c 1 upon the dates of tins mission. It
na an important and aiblicito Irilit, and was pet
formed with signal ability nnd success. Tho e,i-o
which ho was directed to investigate and to a ljust
wa, in all its aspects, ono of peculiar complexity
and difficulty. Its full and th'irouzh Ineti -ition
i renuirel not only nn Intimate knowledge of the luo-
' oern iirecK i ingince ana oi tno Len-titatt"ii un t
laws, nnd j iri"priulcnee of ttw country, bat it ic-
quired also an unflinching limine? and pencieraneo
agiln-t all the obstacles which a blind binary r.1
wild fanaticism eoul l throw In his wiy. These qual
ICcatioiis .Mr. .llnrdt, in nu eminent decree, brought
to tho tak ; nnd I undcrtako to say here, that, in
tho wlioler.mo of American scholars, and state",
men, and dlplomitbts, no better siltetioii cou'd
li.ivebecumadeforth.it service. Ho i erfoimed it
to tho acceptance of his lioiemmint an I to the
honor and prniso of tlio American people. It re-
lii-ilu now to bo se -n whither be is ti be turin' 1
niv.iy without an appropriate reward Irom the doors
ef tho American Congress.
Tho bill, on Mr. Toot's motion, was laid
upon the tablo for tho time being.
Tho Scntiael's Position.
'I ho Sentinel, in imitation uf its exemplar,
Douglas, makes gibes and sneers serve the
place- uf seno ami argument. In its last
issuo it sneers at what it calls tho " howl
over Kansas" nnd the "shrill fur 1'rcc
dam," It sneers at tho Tree State movement
in Kansas, nnd pronounces it a " mistrah'e
farce;" ltsneersat tho memorial of tho Kan
sas LegisMturo to tho Senate, presented ns
it was, and ils genuineness tcrtiticd to, by
Col. Lane, who has been a Democratic State
elector, Democratic Lieut. Governor of India
na, and a Nebraska member of Congress,
and calls it a '.i7ty 1711 I'arrfaccd imposture ;'
and it sneers at tho Cincinnati Tragedy, 'over
which, "it says, " the Treo Tress and jour
nals of tho samo kidney commenced shrieking
moro than a month ngo nnd ran tho thing
into the ground by endeavoring to excito
sympathy for a negro murderess, because her
Kentucky master cndeniored to saio her
from tho clutches of a free state hangman,''
1 filso statement, by tho way, as far as
tho Treo Press is concerned ; wo g'no sim
ply tho facts in tho Cincinnati case, without
comment. J
Tho Sentinel docs not, and cannot, deny
that tho slave power is making a despernto
attempt to extend Slavi ry over Treo territo.
ry ; it cannot deny tho occurrence of tho
Kansas outrages ; it knows that the actual
settlers on tho soil of that teriitory, men uf
nil parties, many of tlicui citizens of its own
State and county nnd town, b.ne been forci
bly disfranchised, their property stolen, nnd
their dwellings besciged, by MUsourian
hordes; it knows that tho introduction of
shicry will dopreciito their property im
mensely, and degrade their labor; and it takes
the side of Slavery, it encourages tha Mir
der rufliins, it jeers at tho assertion by
Treo American citizens nf tho right of self
dofence, and at tho exj ressions of sympathy
in their struggle for libci ty uttered by their
friends in tho I'reo States it is glad that
their respectful memorial to tho National
L-gisliture is kicked out of doors" and
it coarsely rejoices 11 inn in another pirt uf
thu country the sacred right or a Stato to en
force its criminal law is defeated by a Ken.
lucky slaveholder. A public, journal does
this, in tho State uf Vermont, in tho middle
of the nineteenth century !
If theso infeicnees Irom tho Sentinel's Ian
guugu are not correct, will it please, fur
onco, put itself squarely on record and say
what its position is' Docs our neighbor
wish to 600 Slaiery extended oicr tho free,
territories 1 Dues it think tho men of tho
Free States who beliuie Shncry to be a
curse, ought to acquiesce without re'icons-
1 etriuico in its extension ' Does it think the
inhabitants uf Knns is should sit quietly nnd
allow Missouriaus to make and administer
their laws for them Docs it think it right
that murderesses, black ur white, should es
cape punishment f Does it believe tho sys.
tern uf slaury, under ivldih a uiuthcr mur
ders her own lube, lo hup it from tins hands
uf its owner, nnd herself pi efcrs tho gallows
ton return to bondage, to bo a social and
political blessing' If tho Sentinel will tcply
fairly to Ihcsn questions, wo shall know its
whercabiuts. II it is aslnmeil or afraid to
answer, its silence will show, nl ut ns well,
what ils poiition is
Tub Wait t.v 0f.rnu. AntRit i. Tho do
tailed accounts of tl.o defeat of a portion of
Walker's forces, all conio from Cosla Kicnn
sources, and quite likely nio much exaggera
ted. I'robably all it will besafo to assume at
present, is that tho Filibusters havo met
w ith a rcierso of somo sort, over which tho
Costa liicans arc malting great glorifications.
Tho news of tho defeat of Walker's troops
under Sohlcssinger, was brought to I'anama
by tho Dutch etcnincr Kmilie, from San Jose.
According to the accounts In tho Costa Itica
JMctm, Cd. S., with dOO men, was well forti
fied at the hacienda Stnla ltosi, where ho was
attacked March 20, by a party of J00 Cosla
T.icans, under (len. Mora.nnd entirely defeat
ed. Ninetieii prisoners wero courtmartinled
and shot by the Costa liicans, chiefly Irish
and (j'ermans. Tho accounts say that Walker's
party wero surprised, the Costa liicans, after
firing ono volley, leaping tho walls, and, with
knifo and bayonet, cutting down all they en
countered, and dispersing cr taking prisoners
tho remainder. Tho Costa lticutis had 10
killed and 25 wounded. An express, arrived
nt Tutita Arenas, states that '.'0 of Walker's
men wero found dead, and it was supposed
others perished in tho woods.
(en. Mora, in his dispatch to tho Minister
of War, states that tho attack lasted but
fourteen minutes, when tho fillibusters broke
and lied, terrified, to the woods, closely fol
io :,-cl by tho Costa liicans. Tho field was
strewed with dead. Among the Costa liicans
six ofiiecrs wero killed.
l'reiioiis accounts stated that Costa Iiica
was in great excitement, nnd the war popular
with all classes. Many foreign residents had
tendered their services to the goi eminent.
A levy of 9000 men had been ordered, and
a loan uf .9100,000.
i'unta Arenas was full of troops, under
Iliron llrulow. Tho principal army, 3000
strong, under (.Jencral Mora, was inarching
upon Nicaragua, and would cross tho fron
tier in eight days.
I'l'iv.Uo letters state that at last accounts
Uen. Mora had embarked for I'unta Arenas.
Tho cholera and fever wero making great
ravages in N'icir.igua among tho natives and
Walker's) army. S nno of Walker's people
had taken tho English mail from (Jrcytown
for t'o.sta Kic.i.
Mos-sti.r STLASituit's. Iho new Collins
Steamship, the -l'nnn, which was success
fully Munched at Now York list week, and
which is expected to exalt still higher tho
famo of American ship builders, is said to bo
the largest steamer in tho world. Tho only
vessel that at present approaches her in sire
is tho Tcrsia. Sho is 300 feet in length, 50
feet breadth of beam, 33 feet in depth, nnd
4200 tuns measurement. Her hull is divi
ded by seven water tight bulk-head". Her
cntir-i cost will probably bo not fir from a
million uf dollars. It is understood that she
will bo under the command of Captain James
West, of the Atlantic, and that sho will bo
ready for se.v in abnut two months. Tho im
menso Ihiglish steamer w Inch Is now building
at I lla-gow is lii-0 fei t long, nnd will carry
COO Hist class passengers, 1M0 second class,
and lO.Pf'O tro r, with field equipments.
Sho registers 33, 000 tuns, w ith capacity for
coal in addition of from 12,(J0'J to ld',000
tuns. s.j1(, j nra (.elm masts nnd ten
boilers. In addition to an amplo complement
of boat", she will carry no less than eight
small screw steamers, each 110 feet in length,
placed four nu each side of tho vessel, with
which sho will land and embark both passen
gers ami cargo.
Sticinu. I ho dead body of a young Irish
man, named John McMann, was found this
morning by tho road-ido near Mr. I'.li,-ha
Huston's, on tho Shelburno road, about
three miles south of this ullage, A pistol
in his hand, and a wound under his right
ear, half of which was shot away, showed
that ho camo to his death by his own hand.
It appeared from tho ciidcnco before tho
Coronci's Jury, that ho had worked for Mr.
Tlisha Itarstow, for six or eight weeks pre
vious to March 27th, sineo which timo ho
had been looking for work, in this Stato nnd
New York, without success. Tho report of
tho pistol was heard by the neighbors about
half past nino o'clock list evening. No
money was round upon him, and his solo pro
perty appeared to bo the clothing upon his
body, the pistol (a small single barrelled one,)
and a few percussion caps. Do was unmar
ried, and botween 2., and 30 years of age,
The jury brought in a verdict of self-murder
in accordance with tho facts
The Cooi.tr. Tumi:. A writer in the New
York Times, who evidently has an interest in
tho transport of Chinese, coolies, defends tho
business'as perfectly legitiiinte.honorable nnd
humane. Ho admits tl nt tho conlio emigrants
may havo sull'ered. as do emigrants from Eu
rope to tho I'nited States, by tho cupidity of
shipmasters, but denies that thero is any re
semblance botween this bu-iness and tho
slave trade. Thu coolies are hired laborers,
with whom a formal contract is made and
signed in presence of the consul of tho conn
try to which tho laborers are destined. It is
stated that Dr. T.irker, tho missionary nm
bassadnr to China, declared tho coolio emi
gration a great blessing to tho Chinese.
Theso laborers, sineo tho breaking up of tho
African slavo trade, are taken to I'eru, Brazil,
Cuba tho Sandwich Islands and the guano
Islands, in great number", and are considered
a icrv dosirtblo class of lalsirers.
On the other hand the Hong Kong Ilegis
ter receiicd.iiv San Francisco, by tho last
arrii nl says " lhe newly arriicd I'. States
Commissioner to China, His Kxccllcncy Dr.
Parker, has notified tb subjects of his Gov
ernment that they will not only forfeit protec
tion, but be liable in heavy p.-nalties hereafter
if found engaging in tlio trado known as tho
' Cooley Trade , " tho horrid character of
which His Kxci llency describes as moro revolt
ing than tint of the African Slivo Trade."
0u op thi: MoTnms of '70 A correspon
dent uf tho Irasbtirgh Gazette, says : "Sarah
Philbrnok, of llardwick, Vt., a widow of a
revolutionary soldier, and whoso ngo is nine
ty I'uiir years, mado and sold last season from
two cows, six hundred pounds of butter, be
sides milk and butter for family tiso, 1 was
nt her house two days since and siw twenty
two and a half pounds of beautiful butter
that she had just male, in eight days, from
tho same two cows, being the lirst churning.
I uf this sens 111. Said cows have tho appear
I ancu of being what is termed tho tntiio breed,
j Mrs. I'hilbrouk never keeps any hired girl ;
j has no ns-Utaueo whatever about tho house,
( only what is rendered by hfYAuy who is not
( quite seventy years old, and who does not in
1 lend lo 111a try while li i 3 mother is able to do
1 her work
t tho tluso of this year Canada will h.no
20(10 miles d( fully equipped railways, costing
' il,i'00.000ttcrlms
1'ir.F., A fire, (tho first in Burlington for
nearly two years,) broke out Fridav evening
between nino and ten o'clock, in n'ti old build
ing on tho corner of Maine and Water
street", occupiod by five Irish Mmllio!. No
general alarm was given until tho flames had
gained complete headway, 'Iho bells then
were rung nnd tho firomcu and crowds of our
citirens hastened to tho spot. Tho Boxer
Kngine was soon nt work, and shortly after
tho Volunteer; but tho flames could not bo
kept from spreading to the next building
north, occupied by threo Irish families,
which, with tho corner building, was entirely
consumed, Tho next liouso adjoining, on tho
north, would probably havo been saved un
harmed, had not the hose of the Boxer burst,
and caused a delay of some minutes. As it
was, tho south end of this house was burnsd
off, with n part of tho roof, and tho interior
somewhat damaged by water and by cutting
partitions .to., to get tho streams on to tho
fire. This building was owned by Mrs,
Feighoney and contained four families num
bering 14 persons. It was insured in tho Vt.
Mutual lor 900. Iho corner building was
owned by James McLaughlin, and was insured
fur $bW). Tlio middlo house belonged to
Michael Dolan, insured in tha Vt Mutual, for
$211. Tho buildings wero small and old.
An explosion, of liquor doubtless, in ono of
tho cellars, took place, but no particular dam
ago was done. The tiro originated, we learn,
from a stove pipe.
Tho firemen and tho Hook and Ladder
Company did good service Tho evening was
still and fine, water was near nnd plenty- and
tho good looks of the town havo not suffered
particularly by this fire.
Mr. Hour.v Winters, Jr., of (ieorgia, Vt,
lost an eyo three weeks since, by tho break
ing of a chain halter. His horso pulled,
snapped tho chain and a link took Mr. Win
ter's eye completely out. While confined to
his bed by this mishap his liouso took Ero
and was burned to the ground, on the 3d
inst. Capt. Jons O'GRinr and his brother,
havo leased tho Uelmonico Houso in Broad
way, Now York, which is now in process of
refitting in tho best style and will be opened
tho 1st of May Tho liailroad Depots at
Williston and F.sscx wero entered a few nights
since, nnd larious articles, stolen including
two rifles Henry II. Montgomery of Stowo,
was brought beforo Justice French on Tues
day on a chargo ol forgery, and in default of
500 bail, was committed to jiil for trial nt
tho November term of Chittenden County
Court. Tor theso facts wo are indebted to
the Sentinel.
LtQi'on Lvw tv MovirEi.tER. Tho first
liquor spilt in Montpelior by the operation
of the law, was poured out at the head of
Stato Street on tho 10th inst. It consisted
of 00 gallons of Brandy, (sin and Rum,
seized in tho storo of Palmer & Storrs, nnd
claimed by I:vi Houtwell The Repository,
from which wo learn this, says further
At tho last Fall term cf tho Court in this Ciucty,
tho llrand Jury in llcted Uaneroft A Holmes, cf this
village, for violations of the Liquor hair. They
have palj r Cno of J10, so I costs, amounting, in
all, to about S7.1, not ono lialf they W' uld havo to
pny, 11 they lin.l lived tn Windsor L'oonly, tvn'l hinl
fallen into States Attorney ilnrrtl's hands, Ono
thing stiows that they have not been f.ned as high
ns they should have been , sir. report says they
have kept on selling all along, even to tbo present
A bill was found against I.oomls Palmer for illegal
selling, and ho pay 5-0, and costs nbout ;2o more.
Chas. It, ltriitjzs.ot'Northfiel.l.has been f.ned iju
costs, probably about 520. Kdivin Porter of Xorth
field, tincd sijo and costs. Philauder Thompson oT
Xorthficld, 510 anl costs. .Mahlon Cottrill of Most
pelicr, 510. .Mr. Cottrill has Kono out of tho
tavern business. These prosecutions havo all been
conducted by tho Mate's Attorney, .Ir. Merrill.
The fines ani cost! amount to about iJsu,
Diei. is prospect. The Washington cor
respondent of tho New York Times telegraphs
the 10th, that Col. Lano of Kanras will dial
lenge Senator Douglas, beeauso of tho batter's
reflections upon his privato character in the
Debate on tho Kanzis memorial ; and that as
Douglas recognizes tho " codo of honor" ho
will bo compelled to fight or retract
Cavapi. The permanent soat oT tho gov.
crnmentoftho Proiinceshas been lixed by
the Parlimcnt at Quebec. At Montreal tho
river has risen high, nnd steamers com
menced running from Brockvillo to Kings ton
last week.
HELIOIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Revivals are in progress in a number
of
institutions of Learning, which aro claimed
as answers to the prayers of Christians in be
half of Colleges. At Rochester, N. Y ,
sineo tho day of fasting and prayer for Col
leges, the University 1 as become a e center
of reiival influence Somo 10 or 15 students
' are indulging a hope. A very interesting re
1 liial is in progress in the University at
! Oglethorpe, Fla, Some six or seven already
J cherish a hope. Tho sunrise prayer meeting
I is crowded every morning. At Princeton,
the Holy Spirit is evidently in the College
and lillage. Somo conversions of notorious
ly dissipated young men have occurred. At
Wabash College, Ind., thero is quito an out
pouring of tho Spirit, dating from tho con
cert of prayer for Colleges. Sixteen students
have been admitted to tho Church, and
others are serious Seventeen young ladies
connected with tho Normal Seminiry at Now
Brighton, Pa., have been converted during a
revival which is still in progress. In Ing
ham Collegiate Institute at Leroy N 1
twenty conversions haio occurred nmnng tlio
students. At tho Femnlo Seminary in
Springfield, Ohio, sixteen of tho pupils havo
been converted, and others aro inquiring
Tho F.luiira, N. Y., Female College and tho
Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa., are
lieitcd with tho out-pouring of the Spirit
In tho latter, nearly 40 of the students aro
reckoned as converts.
A reiival exists in scicr.il of the evangelical
churches in Cincinnati. In the Ninth street
Methodist Church, no less than one hundred
and sitty have been recently converted In
thoSeicnth street Congregational Church, of
which Rev. Henry M, Storrs is pastor, a great,
interest has been awakened, with tinny re
centciinicrts. .t Morume t'mon Vrayer- Met'
ing, in which nil the Kvangclic.il churches in
tbo city aro represented, is held every morn
ing. Kucli session lasts forty nvnulen pre
cisely,
Religious life," siystho Mtthm'ist Quar
terly Kenru; ' is Hill on the increaso in Ku
rope, as it lias ben lor several years past ,
thejiovverofindifrerentisni begins to Im broken
in all classes of society. So powerful, indeed
is tho current nf this newly awskened inter
est in religion that all tho orgins of pub)
opinion, the forenyist representatives of tKs
anti-religious press not excepted, agree in
bearing witnes to it " Tho most importing
theaters of tbo progressing reformation 11a
Germany, Ireland and SweJen