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VOL XXII-NEW SERIES VOL. V.
POETRY.
The following linos appoared originally In tho
Ho? ton Cultivator, and have been copied Into eovc.
ml papers, but with a number of typographical
errors, from which the following corrected version
Jj.frco.
MODERN UEAUX.
BT At A. FORBES.
In tho good old days that wo road of,
Tho young mon were honest and trut,
Wero civil and kind and sober,
And seldom or never got blue.
They went to their beds In good season,
Were never out late at night,
And thou they got up In tho morning
About as soon as 'twas light.
Hut now they arc chaigeil for the " mrtrr."
And this you will easily see
nd admit, or I'll forfeit a copper,
If you'll listen a tulnuto to luc;
Tor they frolic and spend all their money,
They smoke, they chew and they swear,
And do many worse things I might tell jou.
And could and would, If I dare.
Whllo their fathers aro tolling and sweating,
Thoy'ro Idling their hours away.
Or with fast-trotting pony and sulky,
At tho races aro seen day by day;
With tho air of a sporting character,
Away lound tho clrclo they run,
At tho rato of a mllo In 2 40,
Like bullets shot out of a gun,
Tboy spend their days at tho tarorn,
Go homo by the light of tho moon,
And then they get up in tho morning
Somo time in tho afternoon,
With oyes both sunken and bloodshot,
And faces as long as ycur arm;
And they look very much like a pussy
That's lost its aucctlonato "marm."
Then theso boys of tho days so modem,
Tho ladies' hearts ensnare
Perhaps O'ou may know how they do it
(But that's neither hero nor there);
Thoy marry tho days fly over
Ere the honey-moon ceases to shine
Tho husband's no longer a lover
IIo's back to his cards and his wine.
I've seen, and too oltcn, with sorrow,
Young men in tho path of vice,
And I wonder the spirit of evil
Can so artfully them entice;
For tho path of virtue Is pleasant,
And those who walk therein,
Health, happiness, peaco and honor
And wealth, shall surely win.
SIISCELLA iY Y .
THE CONTUXTHD MAN.
From Wolfert's Itoost, by Washington Irving.
In the garden of tho Tuillcries tlicro is
a sunny corner under tho wall of a terrace
which fronts the south. Along tho wall
is a rango of benches commanding a view
of the walks and avenues of tho garden.
Thi3 genial nook is a place of great resort
in the latter part of autumn, and in fino
days of winter, as it seems to retain the
flavor of departed summer On a calm,
bright morning it is quite alive with nur
bcry maids and their playful little charges.
Hither also resort a number of ancient
ladies and gentlemen, who, with laudable
thrift in the small pleasures and mall ex
penses, for which the French are to bo
noted, come hero to enjoy sunshine and
and s.ive firewood. Here may often be
seen somo cavalier of tho old school.whore
the sunbeams have warmed his blood into
something like a glow, fluttering about
like a frost bitten moth thawed before the
fire, putting forth a feeble show of gal
lantry among the antiquated dames, and
now and then eying the buxom nursery
maids with what might almost bo mistaken
for an air of libertinism.
Among the regular frequenters of the
place, i had often remarked an old gen
tleman, whose dross was decidedly anti
revolutional. IIo wore a three-cornered
cocked hut of tho ancient regime; his hair
was frizzled over each ear into ailes de
pigeon, a stylo strongly savoring of 15our
bonism ; and a qucuo stuck out behind,
the loyalty of which was not to be dis
puted. His dress, though ancient, had an
air of docayed gentility, and I observed
that he took his snuff out of an elegant
though old-fashioned gold box. He ap
peared to bo the most popular on the walk.
Ho had a compliment for ovory old lady.he
kissed every child, and patted every little
dog on tho head j for children and little
dogs are very important members of soci
ety in France. I must observe, however,
that ho seldom kissed a child without, at
tho same time, pinching tho nursery
maid's check j a Frenchman of the old
Bchool never forgets his devoirs to the
s;x.
1 had taken'a liking to this old Gentle
man. Thero was an habitual expression of
benevolence in his.taco, which 1 have very
frequently remarked in the relics of tho
politer days of France. Tho constant in
terchango of those thousand little courte
sies which imperceptibly sweeten life,havo
a happy eft' ut upon tho features, and
cprcad a mellow evening charm over tho
wrinkles of old age.
Where there is a favorable predisposi
tion, ono soon forms a kind ot tacit inti
macy by often meeting on the same walks.
Ouco or twice I accommodated him with a
bench, after which wp touched hats on
passing each other ; at length we got so
fir as to take a pinch of until! together out
ot his box, which is equivalent to catw.
salt together in the East; from that time
our acquaintance was established.
I now became his frequent companion
in his morning promenades, and derived
much amusement from his good humored
remarks on men and manners. Uueinom
ing, as wo weio strolling through the alley
of tho Tuillerie-, with the autumnal breeze
whirling the yellow leaves about our path,
my companion fell into a peculiarly com
municative vein, iml cave me r-ovcrul par
ticularsof his history. He had oncobeeu
wealthy, and poss-ssed of a fino estato and
a noble hotel in Paris; but thu revolution
which affected so many disastrous changes,
stripped him ol every thing. Ho was io.
' cretly denounced by his own steward, du
ring a sanguinary period of tho revolution
and a nuiiiliiT of tho bloodhounds of thu
Convention wero bent to arrest him. IIo
roioive nrirt'to iutolli"oiKO of their up
iivoichin timo to fll'urt mi escape. IIo
landed in Kuglund without money or
friends, hut considered himself singularly
fortunate in having his head upon his
hhouk'o. s; several of his neighbors having
been guillotined us n punishment tor hem.
rieh,
When he reached London ho hud but
louts in his pocket, and no prospect of get
nit: another. Ho ate a Military dinner on
beoVfii'.. and was almost poisoned 1
uort wni' , will di, fioiu l i'l i , he hu
mistaken fur cLr 1 Tar dm;ry to. .k of tho
chop-house, uu I i f tho lit t mahogany
colored box in which ho a hi his dinner,
rontri Ir 1 i-:idly with thf IMV t'llrionsof
disheartening. Poverty stnrod him in thu
faco; ho turned over the few shillings ho
had of clmngo j ho did not know what w,s
to become of htm ; and - went to tho thoa
tre. IIo took hi3 scat in tho nit. lisfcnrvl nit.
lively to a tragedy of which he did not un
ucrstanct a word, and which seemed mad
up 01 lighting and stabbing and sccnohift
ing, ; and began to feel his spirits sinking
within him ; when, casting h's eyes in the
ujv-iitsiiu, wuai was ins surprise to recog
nize a friend and neighbor in the very act
" ".inning music iroin a nuge violinccllo.
As soon as tho cvcniiirr's liciTnnnnnrr.
was over, ho tapped his friend on tho
shoulder ; they kissed each other on each
enecK, ami tlio musician took him home,
and shurcU his lodgings with him. lie had
leariict imiMc as un accomplishment; bv
!.;. r,.;. ,,'., ...i..:... i. , . J
...s. it.ii,4a .mutu im now lurncu to it as a
means of support. He procured a violin,
rtir.. i l.: ii ,- .i . , . '
uuvii4.ii 1U1M5UH iur mo orcuestra, was re
ceived, and again considered himself as
one ol tho most fortunate men upon earth
tin u r. i. i. . . 1 .. 1
4..u, luuiuiuiu, uu nvcu ior many years
during the nscendenev of the! tro-rlMo Vn.
poleon. lie found scwral emigrants, liviii"
hkc iimiscn, ny tuo exercise of their tal
ents They associated themselves together,
talked of Franco and of old times, nnd on.
ueavoreti to Keep up a semblance of Paris
ian me in mo eciuro or Jiondnn.
They dined at a miserable, chean EYm.M,
restaurant in the neighborhood of Leicester
onjare, wncio tliey wore served with a
cincaluic ot trench cookery. They took
their promenade- in St. James' Park, and
endeavored to fancy it tho Tuillcries; in
short, thoy made a shift to -accommodate
themselves to cverv thin? but. mi HntlUli
Sunday. Indeed, tho old gentleman seem
cd to have nothinir to sav acuinst tho. Ktit
lish, whom ho aflirmcd to bo braces gens;
and ho mingled to much among them, that
at the cud of twonty years ho could speak
their languago almost well enough to be
understood.
Tho downfall of Xapolcon was an
other epoch ill his H C. lie harl r-rmtid.
ercd himself a fortunate man to mako his
cscapo pcnniles3 ou: of France, and ho
considered himself fortunate to be able to
return penniless into it. It is true that ho
found his Parisian hotel had passed thro'
several hands during tho vicissitudes of
tho times, to as to bo beyond the reach of
recovery ; but then he had been noticed
bcnignantly by Government, and had a
pension of several hundred francs, upon
which, with careful management, he lived
independently, and as far as I could learn,
happily.
As his once splendid hotel was now oc
cupied as a hotel garni, ho hired a small
chamber in tho attic; "it was but," as ho
said, "changing his bedroom up two pair
of stairs bo was still in his own house."
His room was decorated with pictures of
several beauties of former times, with
whom ho professed to have bcon on favored
terms ; and among them was a favorite
opera-dancer, who had been thcadmiratioii
of Paris at tho breaking nut of tho icvlIu
tion. She had been a protege of my
friend, and had survived the lapse of time
and its various vicissitudes. They had
renewed their acquaintance, and she now
and then visited him; but the beautiful
Psycho, onco tho fashion of tho day and
tho idol of tho parterre, was now a shriv
elled, little old woman, warped in tho back
and with a hooked nose.
The old gentleman was a dovotod atten
dant upon eveos. He was most zealous
in his loyalty, and could not speak of tho
royal family without a burst of enthusiasm
for he still felt toward them as his com
panions in exile. As to his poverty, ho
made light of it ; and indeed, had a good
humored way of consoling himself for
every cross and privation. If ho had lost
his chateau in tho country, ho had half-a-dozen
royal palaces as it were, at his com
mand. IIo had Vereailcs and St. Cloud for
his country resorts, and the shady alloys
of the Tuilleries and tho Luxembourg for
his town recreation. Thus all his prome
nades and relaxations wero magnificeut.yct
cost nothing. "When I walk through
these fine gardens," said he, " I have only
to tunoy myself tho owner ot them, and
they aro mice. All theso gay crowds aro
my visitors, and Idcfy the Grand Seignior
himself to display a greater variety of
beauty. Xay, what is bettor, I havo not
the troublo of maintaining them. My es
tato is a perfect Sans Souci, where every
one dines as ho pleases, and no one troubles
the owner. All Pans is my theatre, and
presents mo with a continual spectacle. 1
havo a table spread for inn in every street,
and thousands of waiters ready to fly at
my bidding. When my servants havo
waited upon me, I nay them, discharge
them, and thero is an end; I have no fears
of their wronging or pilfering me when my
back is turned. Upon the whole," said
tho old gentleman, with a smilo of infinite
good-huror, "when I think of tho various
risks I havo run, and tho manner in which
I have escaped them; 'when I recollect all
that I havo suffered, and consider till that
1 at present enjoy, I cannot but look upon
myself us a man of singular good fortune."
buch was the brief history ot this prac
tical philosopher, and it is a piciu.e of
many a Frenchman ruinedby tho revolu
tion. Tho Freuch appear to have a great
er facility than most men in accommoda
ting themselves to tho reverses of life, and
of extracting honey out of tho bittor things
ot the world. I ho first shock of tho o i
lamity is apt to overwhelm them j but
when it is mice past, their natural buoy
ancy of feeling soon brings them to tho
surface. This inay bo called tho remit of
levity of character, but it answers tho end
of reconciling us to misfortune, and if it bo
not truo philosophy, it is something almost
us clheacious. Lvcr smco 1 heard thu
story of my lit t lu Frenchman, I havo trea
sured it up in my heart ; and I thank my
stars 1 have at length lound, what I long
considered a3 not to bo found on earth a
contented man.
P. S. Thcrfl is no calculating o human
happiness. Since writing tho foregoing,
the law uf indemnity has been passed, and
my friend has been restored to a great part
of his fortune I was not at Paris at tho
time, but ou my return hastened to con
gratulate him. I found him uiuguificently
lodged on tho fu st floor of his hotel. I was
usheied by a servant in his livery, through
splendid saloons, to a cabinet richly fur
nished, where I found my little Frenchman,
reclining on a couch. IIo received mo with
his usual coidiulity; but I saw tho gaiety
and benevolence of his countenance had
fled; ho had an eye full ofe.uo and anxi
ety, I congiatulatud him on hid good foi tune.
"Good fjituiio !" echoed hu; "bah! 1
iy i havo ben plundered of a princely fortune,
,1 and they have j'H'i n me a pi't;iu a w it
iiidouiui' "
Alas' I found iny lalo poor and con
tente I theud, ono of the richest and mo. t
m sprabli.' men in P,irri Instead of rc loi
him ho is daily repining at tho superfluity
withhold. IIo no loncer wanders in ban-
py idleiicsi about Paris, but is a reclining
aueuuuiiiiii nioanto-ciiamocr.sot ministers.
His loyalty has ovaporatcd'with his Gaiety;
ho screws his mouth when tho Bourbons
are mentioned, and oven shrugs his should
ers wncn no hears tho praises of tho king.
From the New Orleans Delta,
AN INCIDENT IN MISSISSIPPI
JURISPRUDENCE.
The importance nf Hearing the Accused
belorc making judgment linal.
Tho circumstances which I am about to
rclato occurred a few years ago, and aro
given to tho press at the suggestion of a
guuiicmaii oi iewuricai!SWiiose,incnd.lup
1 highly value, and to whom I narrated
thu same in casual conversation, on tho
Lako a f w days ago.
I was attending the Circuit Court of
tho State of Mississippi, held in an'd for
the county of , in the autumn of 1852,
when anions other pleas of tho State, there
was a bill of indictlicnt for arson acain-t
Elinhorouh, a slave. Tho iudne who
presided was a gentleman of la rue learniii''
and extended legal experience, and ho still
ives to enjoy mo rewards ol a high prof
essional repute at tho capital city ot Jits-
sissippi. 1 he accused was a native Afri.
can, and tho property of a gentleman of
mo county in which tho bill was tound.
Tho arson was laid in the destruction of a
cin-houso of his mister ; tho pica was not
guilty, when tho jury was cmpaiinollcd
imd tho causo proceeded to trial. The pro
secution was conducted by tho St teg At
torney, while tho defenco was under tho
management of ono of tho most thoroughly
read lawyers of our State, assisted by his
son, a young lawyer then in opening pro-
iiiisj ui a uriiii.ini iuiurc.
The evidence on the part of tho Stato
iliscloicd tho following facts. That a few
days previous to tho burning tho defendant
had run away upon somo insuficient causo ;
that tho day before tho tire, which occurr
cd between midnight and daylight, tho de
fendant had been seen lurking about in
tho vicinity of the gin, that an ineffectual
utempt was made to capture him : that
the overseer and a portion of the hands
had been engaged at the gin till a late
hour the night of tho fire, packing cotton
mid lading watrons ior Grand Gulf; that
when they left for tho quarters they left
everything, as thoy supposed, safo at tho
gin ; that when tho alarm of firo was mado
tho foicj pump was carried tothe gin, and an
attempt was niado to subduo tho flames ;
which proved abortive ; that suspicion
immediately fell upon tho defendant, from
tho fact of his being a fugitive, and that
he had been seen in the vicinity the day
previous ; and that upon that supposition,
a more vigorous search was instituted, and
after a diligent pursuit of about an hour
and a half tho defendant was discovered in
:v cotton house, in an adjacent field, about
a mile from the cin ; that hn w.is thon
whipped, but uot lor the purpose of induc
ing confession, but as a punishment for run
ning away ; that after that, while on the
way to the quarters, tho defendant volun
tarily confessed that ho burned the gin ;
that ho set it on lire with a view of impli
cating a negro on the plantation who had
incurred his animosity.
lac evidence ot tho btato closed after
introducing the negro to prove that the
defendant did owe liim a grudge for sciuo
causo not necessary hero to be detailed.
The defence offered no evidence, and the
irgument proceeded. The District At
torney opened the prosecution by a brief
lorcucu to tho lacts, and tho law applica
ble to tho same. The council for tiic de
fendant, eminent for high legal attainment,
presented a powerful series of arguments
uul hypotheses, inconsistent with the con-
lusiou ol guilt.
J ho law was given in charge by the
Court, and the jury rendered a verdict of
uiltv. A motion was mado to set aside
ho icrdict and grant a new trial, for a
anety of causes, and after a labored argu
ment, was overruled.
Tho next day the prisoner and another,
who was convicted of murder, wero placed
at tho bar to receive the sentence of death.
The Court having regularly pronounced
judgement upoa the murderar, then said
to J'.dinboroush :
Elinboroutrh, stand up ! Ycu havo been
e;;ularly indicted, tried by a jury of your
own selection, and by them founl guilty
of tho crime of arson. Tho punishment of
tho crime is death. You havo bad able
counsel, who havo conducted your causo
with unmistakable skill and ability ; but
if you havo anything to say why the judg
ment of this court should not bo pronounc
ed, tho law gives you liberty to speak for
yourself. What havo you to say ?'
The negro advanced a step or two, so
as to faco the stand, and expressed his
thankb to 'Massa Willey, for it appears
he had often seen and heard of tho Judge,
and it was quite natural that hu should ad
dress him. Said he:
'Massa Willey, Edinborough glad ho
got a chance to speak for heself, case,
Massa Wiley, Edinborough no burncc tho
gin. Dat nigger tell you lio when ho say
Edinborough buince the gin, ho git he
back whipped. Edinborough ! old nigger,
ho git drunk, overseer whip him, den
Edinborough do bad ting, ho run away.
Horry bad! but Edinborough no buruco do
giu ho no see do gin that day. Young
massa and overseer tell trut, dey did seo
mo dat day, but I hido in tho swamp till
night, and den go to tho cotton house and
git under do cotton to keep warm. Edin
boiougb wanted to go back to ho massa
hquse, but ho 'feared so ho stay in do
cotton house. Dimcby, mailt camu ou,
Edinbotoujih seo nigcrers co to 14111 , and
want to go dar but ho 'eard do overseer
whip him. -egur, pack cotton, negur
load wagon, ncgur biuoko pipe a nil bab
loctlo firo to waiiu ho fingers when ho
get cold. Negur btay long timo, den
when seven stars right ober he head ho go
to do quarter. All dis time Edinborough
lay in tho cotton houso, and presently when
ebcry ting still, Edinborough look towards
tho gin and see big light. Light get big
ger. Den Edinborough say to hesclf, you
go put lire out 110 den dey say hdinbor
ough bariieo do gin, So I stay in cotton
homo, an 1 nfier whilo Edinborough hear
obcrn-ur and Massa Henry comin. Doy
say ,lho here," 0110 say no, den itoy say,
let's look in do cotton house. Obersccr
wnip 1110 for luir away dat night. Den
when wo going to do quarter, Edinborough
tink with hesetf dat if ho bay 'E linborough
lurned do gin,' den the obcrtcer no whip
caso deu ho had good excuse to Massa,
So I say, 'Edinborough buineo do giu,'
nnd den doy bring 1110 away ami lock up
big house. Hut, Mass Wiley, E iiubui--oiii-h
tell lio when ho fay Kdinborou di
, Lurneo do giu m lAm lorough no buinee
do gin. Uat .a Kiifii tuo tiro from dun
norm's pipes an 1 dat lectio lire (ley leave
dan1 Hut H.axs Wiliy, Kdinboiouidi
BURLIlSraTON', VT.,
noburncodo gin. EJinborough been on
tho Hayou Pierre long time, but no count
now for mako cotton ; lot um dio ; but ho
no butneo do cm,' &0.
Tho defendant continued after that man
ner in his broken lintto for an hour and half,
and seemed particularly anxious to convince
the court ot tho truth of what ho said.
Ho did not seem to hope for anything, and
seemed perfectly unconcerned as to tho
event. His stylo was uncouth, his gostic
illations impassioned and wild, and his
wholo appcaraneo foroidding. IIo took Ins
scat u'thoutEccming conscious of tho fact
that tho numerous auditory had been in
tcrestcd, and that a great majority of thciu
had been convinced, ifnot of hisinnocenco.
nt least that thero was reasonable doubt of
his guilt. Tho Court seemed much affected ,
and asked tho District Attorney if ho had
anything to say in reply, Tho Attorney,
with much surprise, said 'no, that he
coined it unnecessary, that it was, ho sup
posed, a niero formula to give the defendant
opportunity to speak.'
then, said the Court, 'ho has improved
that opportunity." Alter a pause he said
the pn-'oner, Jvliu'ioroimh, oit have
shaken greatly my H'livictiou of your guilt
and uot for anything slid in tho mution for
new trial, but from your own answer at
this bar to-day, I will change my ruling
upon the motion ; 1 will grant jott 11 new
trial.'
The largo crowd breathed freer, and
many a heart went with in its kindliest
sympathies to meet and commune with the
charily which dictated such high toned
clemency on tho part of Wiley P. Harris.
Upon tho second trial tho negro wa3 ac
quitted, thus vindicating tho wisdom of the
J udgo.
I have road tho philippics of Demosthe
nes, the orations of Ciceio, tho efforts of
Huike; with yout d'ul enthusiasm I have
lingeicd upon the masterly defence cf
King Charles befoietho High Commission;
havo been touched with the pathos of the
"blind preacher " in tho British Spy ; havo
felt all of boy's patriotism burn within 1110
while reading after our own Henrys, l.ces,
Lowndcscs, Clays, Webster?, and Cal
houiis, and have alternately wept and
shouted beneath the clear and silvery elo
quence of Pientiss, but I must say that
under all tho circumstances, this mdo un
lettered rhetoric and natural pathos of tho
African slave fascinated me beyond dot-
crip 1011. fiat a tribute, too, to tho hu
manity and charity of lley P. Harris,
who under tho magical influence of the
truth, took tho responsibility to answer
tho dictates of mercy in tho case, when
the bare record was conclusive of guilt !
ouch is tho narration as lar as 1 can
remember, its tiuth is indubitable, asall the
actors in the "scene aionow living, with the
exception of tho principal.
A Ml MEEK OF Till: .MlsSlSPllTI ISAR,
New Orleans, Deo. 3, 1857.
AMERICAN WATCIIKS.
T,:n jranutucture at Wallham, Mass. Ciim.
varison uith T'ttrchn Product.
In this ngc of splendid m.uhaniCiil tiiuinphs
in which our own country stands so proud
ly foremost, thero is ono that is just begin
ing to receive the attention and prominence
that it deserves, 'iho saino perfection of
machinery that has made Colt's firearms the
acknowledged best in the world, after patient
experiment, has been succissfully applied to
thu manufacture of watches.
Tho introduction ot American Watches
murks an area in the history of timo and
timekeepers, and may well 0 joined with the
Atlantic Telegraph, Sowing Machine, and
other kindred successes of mind over matter,
which so wonderfully distinguish tho pres
ent period.
Hitherto Kngland and Switzerland have
been tho watchmakers of "the world. Cov
entry and I'res-'ott in Lancashire and War
wickshire, in England, and Loclo and La
Chaux do Fonds in tho Northern cantons of
Switzerland, by Lako Geneva, have been and
are tho world's famed seats of watch manu
facture ; but now it seems that Wulthum,
Mass., has surpassed the old world compcti- ;
tors, and with machinery, system and intel
ligent skill, unaided by protection of any
kind, already produces thu most thoroughly
exact timekeepers at about half the cost of
tho best foreign made watches.
All imported watches nro made by hand,
tho movements and parts of movements by
ditrerent persons, and at different tinus anil
places ; and each watch is finally finished
with special reference to itself every part
being made to suit only ono place, and the
whole movement fitted to a caso which will
suit 110 other movement no two watches
being in all respects approximately alike.
A large majority of theso watches aro
worthless, as timekeepers, and a constant
bill of expenso to their owners, over $5,000,
000 being annually thrown uway in vain at
tempts tj improvo them.
Tho American watches are con-trueted
upon the most scientific and upproved princi
ples, designed to secure uniformity, simpli
city, durability, cheapness, nnd unvarying
perfection of movement, and aro sold with a
certificate of warranty in all cases, for ten
years, bigned by tho manufacturers.
Tho specific advantages of theso watches
to dealers and wearers, as compared with
tho best improved hand mado watches, will
bo most leadily apprehended by tho follow
ing enumeration, to wit ; Each watch, and
0 ich part of every watch of a given stylo is tl.o
exact counterpart of every watch ol the same
style, sj that any single part is exactly fitted
and may bo transposed indiscriminately to
nuko up any one of any number of watches.
The muvoiuents aro made to Ut any ono of any
number of cases, thus enabling tho dealer to
keep a largo and varied stock of movements
with a limited number of cases, to suit tho
demands of trade.
Tho easo and facility with which any part
can bo restored when broken or lost by acci
dent each part being registered at tho lac
tory a counterpart can bo had at tho mero
cost of reproduction, und w ith wholo niou'
tucnts changed und sent by mail or express
to any part of tho world. Dealers are thus
brought in eontict wdth tho manufacturer,
and a singlo retail profit is thu only added
cot to tho wearer, to manufacturers' prices.
The watches havo fewer parts, uro inoro
substantially made than any others, aro ea
sily kept clean, and tho chances for failuro
by breakage aro diminished four-fifths as
compared with tho English watch, which
has upwards of eight hundred soparato parts,
whilo thu American watch has but ono hun
dred and twenty fivo parts, and most ot thoso
aro substantial, and all so perfect that it
would bo very difficult to brcuk them.
Tho American watch is eminently adapted
for railroad engineers and conductorn, whero
exact timo is ot tho utmost importance, and
whero tho constant iar of tho movinir train
offers the most trying test to provo the qual
ity of n watch bb u timekoepcr. Many emi
pent cnglueeiB und conductors on thu leading
railroads of tho country havo been supplied
with thess watches and now will havo no
other.
There I- no avtlel" of cmnum list that is
no littlu understood, and u'xiut which so
much deception, charlatanism und swindling
may 1j3 and is continually practiced, as at
taelies to tho watch ; and it will be a great
comfort to honest dealeisniid legitimate buy
ers and wearers, to know that tl'.'-y can have
a substantial and reliable poi k. t tinnki p
cr, at moderatM piic nnd" at h nnd
about v, bleb thrrj can be no dc tim or
mr.takc, tl at may mtbe c s,lv, j 1
ai d cheaply r uiislir 1, by wr ipig t A , It.
ham, or to Hoi 'utis & Apploton, H Man' n
Lino, New York, (ieneriil Agents
lu many 1 iirlt. if 'h rimi'iv ir,"t difli
FRIDAY, OCTOBER!
repairers und reliable timokeopers. By tho
introduction of American watches this diffi
culty may bo almost entirely obviated, so
umi uiu country merciiantcan obtain aujus
ted watches aa a luri of hi misnollancnuf
stock, nnd the customer will buy his regular
timekeeper, wind it up, und go about bis
uusiiicas, ns no would alter purchasing any
uiiiciu 4WU1UUI. mystery or iiiiuii;u
Tho manufacturers, Messrs. Appleton
.iiacy a; lo., with their nresent incan, can
furnish 20.000 watches per annum, and they
intend to furnish, (rum timo lo time, as tho
wants nf the trade require, other styles and
f'wti of watchs including an entire now form
ofspyitlng or timing watch,which will indi-
"vv 411 U (UlllUlL'Sb UlYIBIO!3 Ol 11IIIU 441411
inoro aceuracv than has over beforo been nt-
taiueil.
Arrancemenls uro now lining made to ruti
ply small nnd elegantly fhiMicd watches for
ladies.
Tho manufactory stands on tho bank of
Charles ftivcr. in tho town of Waltham Mass.
and occupies a site Fof surpassing beauty,
ering an area of 100x100 feet, formimr n
quadrangle, with an open court in the centre'
iho building is two stories in height, and
has eight hundred feet of lloor lino, with
nbout six hundred feet of bench lino, for tho
accommodation ol tho one hundred male and
I main arlisin cm: 1 ,'.
I' r motiv pnv r is a twelve-l.orso sL tm
enio ,whieh gives motion to lines of shafting
in nil tuo rooms, 1 1 which arj attached tliu
numerous delieat.j and wood, rful inacbinis
which aro used in the various processes of
iiiaiiuT'icuire.
r
:Vppleton, Tracv k Co.. havo added about
a hundred acres adjoining their manufactory
which affords admirablo locations for homo
sites for their workmen, several of whom
havo already purchased lots and erected
oomfortiblo homes in tho lmmoiiato vicinity
of tho manufactory.
Every facility is offered to encouraco and
attract tho attontion of skillful workmen,
who nro hero offered largely remunerative
wages and constant employment, under tho
most pleasant conditions, with nn opportu
nity, in ti few yeaio o( scuriiigaeompottMiey
and un independent home, wit olln r advan
tages and attractions such as are nowheio eKo
to be found. Bolton Eunin Gat'lt?.
From tho X. II. Herald.
Dr.rp Scott go.ve to Ti.val JuncMnNT.
The old negro whoso namo has attained such
historical prominence in this country, in
connection with tho Missouri compromise.
the Supremo Court, and tho ereneral aucstion
of Ah man slavery, is now dono with tho
things of time ; and, though ho had no status
beforo tho Supremo Court of the United
States, thero is no reason to suppose that his
color or condition excluded him fiom tho
presencu of the great Judge of tho universe.
In ages yet to come, when tho names of tho
minor actors in tho politics of tho day will
hayu been forgotten, Dred Scott and tho de
cision which bears his name w ill bo familiar
words in tho mouth of tho ranting dema
goguo in rostrum and pulpit, and of the
student of political history. Tho telegraph
informs us that Drcd died on Friday, tho
17th inst., in tho city of St. Louis; nnd,
although tho Supremo Court of tho United
States overruled his claims to freedom, ho
died a freo man, and with tho consciousness
that ids wife Harriet and his two voung
daughters, Eliza ami Lizzie, wero also loosed
from their bonds.
Ili-i'd win nrnhahlv not over fiftv vears of
agent his death, although tho general im
pression was that be was quite nn old dark
ey. His widow is considerably his junior,
blio follows tho business of a laundress in St.
Louis, and Drcd used to aid her in tho busi
ness by carrying the clothes back and forward.
The girls disappeared as soon as they learn
ed thu effect ol tho Dred Scott decision, but
thoy subsequently returned to tho parental
root. Drcd was much tickled at finding
himself occupying such an important posi
tion beforu thu public, and although he did
not put on any grand airs on that nccount,
ve aro told that ho used to laugh heartily
when talking of "do fuss dey mado dar in
Washington 'bout do olo nigger."
From the Detroit Tribune, Scjjt 18.
" TEKIIHII.E Adventure. A Man seated on
the Valve or a Ualloo.v cakuied into the
Clouds.
" Wu havo learned tho full particular of
the lialloon Ascension at Adrian, on Thurs
day, its subsequent descent, and its second
ascension and run away with the teronaut
while beyond hN control. It is a brief narra
tive, but of thrilling interest. A man lost in
tho skv ' Thero can scarcely bo a inoro ter-
riblu thought. It makes thu flesh creep and
sends a shudder through every nerve.
' iliu urst ascension took place about nine
o'clock in tho morning. Tho balloon was a
very largo and well-constructed one, being
about thu height of a twu-story building when
inflated nnd ready to cut loose from its fas
tenings. Messrs. Lanistev and Thurston took
scats in the car attached to tho balloon, and
ascended bafely and steadily. After remain
ing about 40 minutes in tho air, sailing to
wards Toledo all tho timo, they alighted in
tho woods in tho town of Itiga, about 18
miles west of Toledo. Several men camo to 1
thu assistance of tho adventurers and they
proceeded to prepare tho balloon for packing
to bo taken back to Adrian.
" In doing this, tho monster balloon was
turned over and partially upsido down to dis
entangle the netting ana reach the valvo. To
do this, .Mr. 1 ihurston.onoot tno O3ronauis,
took oil his coat and got astrido of the valvo
block. Do then suggested that tho car bo
detached from tho balloon, whilo ho should
hold it down with his weight. This proved
a fearful calculation, for no booncr was tho
still inflated body relieved ot the weight of
tho car, than it shot into the air with the
suddenness of a rocket, taking Mr. Thurston
along with it. boated upon the valve of tho
balloon, nnd holding on to tho collapsed silk
of tho air-ship in that portion of its bulk.
" In this perfectly helpless condition, tho
ill-fated man sped straight into tho sky in tho
full sight of his companions, oven more help
less than himself, bo far as is known thero
was no means for him to securo his descent,
whether safe or otherwise Tho part of tho
balloon filled with gas was full twclvo feet
nbovoliim, so that thero was no chanco for
him to cut it and escape. Ho could only
cling to bis precarious hold and go whither
tjever tho currents of air should tako him.
" Without regulation or control of any kind
tho balloon continued to mount upward, sail
ing off in tho direction of this city and Lako
Erie. Tho fatal ascension took placo about
11 o'clock, und nt a lew minutes past noon it
wusseen in tho town of HlissOeld, Lenawee
Co,, apparently full thrco miles high, and
about tho size iif a btar in appearance. It
was still going up und ou ! At a quarter past
1 o'clock it was last dimly visible going in
tho direction of Maiden, as ascertained by
compass barings taken by parties observing
it.
" What is bis exact fato baffles conjecture ;
but that it is horrible, almost beyond prece
dent, there can bo no doubt, Thero is not
onochaneoiua million for a successful escape
Whether tho unfortunate mail was curried up
sj high as to becomo benumbed and senseless,
death ensuing ; or whether ho fell off at
length fiom his tremendous ultitudo, to have
bis biiath sucked from him in his learfulde-si-ent,
und to lu sunk In tho lake or dashed
into a bhurclcss mass upuii thu earth, it is
doubtful it any save Ood will ever know.
The mind stand appalled in contemplating
this foirl'ul dimbter, nnd blinuly gropes in
mazes uf wonder nt wheie his place of w'pul
I uro shall bo.
"MrThuioton was an expeiienced baloonist,
having built svici.il; and this hems bis 37th
isc n ion. He was formerly u resident in tho
vii'imiy ol lama umi llocii'st. r, in Western
V ir V tk, but has lattvlyr. sided in Adrian,
whor bo vuii cxt u iv 1 nir ig d in business
i a r mi yiii.ni 1 1 w s a widower, hav
nig If st his wilo last wint r lie Ieave6 an
int -r t ng daughter, ubout 17 ycare uTage, to
mourn ner lamer s utiunown terrimetato
Tni' latest accounts from Detroit,
1858.
after It wont up,noar Lako St.GTair, Canada,
Mr. Thurston was seen upon it a short timo
before it camo down, but had not been
found.
IlUItLINOTON :
FRIDAY MORNING, OCT. 1, 1858.
Correspondence of tho Free Frees.
ACJIlICUr.TURAIi PAIR IS MIS
AX
SOUIll.
St. Louis, Sept. 13.
This city did not cmulato tho enthusiasm of her
sisters In celebrating tho laying of tho ocean cable.
However much Interest individuals may havo felt
In tho success of that enterprise, tho community,
asa whole, did not think (it to Join In tho hurrahs
of tho multitude. It now almost seems as if they
wero reserving their powers and restraining their
enthusiasm In nnlclpatlon of an occasion that mj
at least to concern them more Immediately, If not
moro tn reality.
I.at week was wholly dovoted to tho Annual
Fair of tho " St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical
Association." Tho great rush commenced early on
Monday morning, when tho wholo populace, resl.
dent, transitory and visltorial, thronged tho streets
and took forcible possession of every conveyance of
every description that could bo fuind. Imaglna.
tlon can hardly conceive a machlno to carry, or an
animal or a semblance of an animal to draw, whose
fao slmllo might not havo bcon found headed to
wards tho Fair Orounds. Tho motley assemblage
that constituted tho immortal corps of tho " Uni
versity Invlnclbles" was hero magnified in num
bers If not In grotosquoncss. Tho military woro out
in farce, and oi agalhiikaioipolloi wero out mmsjse.
On tho first day thero must have been 40,000
people on tho grounds at once, and I never saw
together so many carriages, (ntco ones too, most of
them), as wero drawn up in one part of the grounds.
Theso wero all prlvato ones, for nono of tho publlo
conveyances camo within tho enclosure. On Tues
day tho crowd was somewhat less, but by Thursday
it was at tho thickest. The total amount of pre
miums distributed amounts to a little over $21,000,
and tho Association havo cleared, over the premi
ums and all expenses, about SIC.OOO. This is tho
only way In which I can glvo you an idea of tho
magnitude ot tho affair.
I shall not be guilty of tho absurdity of attempt
ing a description of the Exhibition. It has occu
pied at least two columns a-day of the Republican
during tho week, and is best let alone In a letter.
Iiut generally, I may say, that the Fair was infe
rior to that of last year, both in the quantity and
quality of tho entries. I was especially disap
pointed in the exhibition of Horses. Almost any
County Fair lu Vermont, with a llttlo pains, could
maKo a finer display, both of Neat Cattlo and
Horses ; and when wo think of tho grand cavalcado
of Morgans and Rliick Hawks at Burlington and
Rutland, this display is forgotten. Somo of the
best Horses hore, and which drew prlies, were Ver
mont Horses, and one of them is now owucd there.
But it is of tho (j rounds that I propose briefly
to speak, as you will learn less of those than of the
other things from tho papers, whilo they ore quite
as well worthy of description. Thoy aro situated
about four miles from tho business center of tho
City, in a north-westerly direction, and contain
somo 50 acres. Tho land is level or gontly sloping
and a good portion of It shaded by largo trees.
Nearly in tho center is tho Amphitheatre, which
will scat over 10,000 people, ond cover nearly as
many more. Back of the seats is a wide pronioa
adc, and underneath are somo 90 booths extending
round tho Amphitheater, at each of which, without
exception, wero to be found Lager Beer and
stronger fluids. In the center of tho arena Is tho
Judges' Stand, and within the arena, and in full
view of all tho people, all tho stock entered for
premium is led and its qualities displayed. Uach
Class is brought in here in succession, and the pro
gramme is so arranged as to last tho wholo week,
so that tho arena Is, throughout, tho chief attrac
tion. Around this Amphitheater and around tho
Judges' stand aro fountains, continually playing
cooling tb air and delighting tho eye with ten
thousand rainbows. Tho next building in order
Is the Cottage, a very neat pretty structure, with
parlors, halls and chauibors, for the accommodation
of Ladies and Children. Then, scattered around
among tho trees, Is a building for tho department
of Fino Arts; a machlno houso, where a stationary
steam cngino was driving a long shaft, to which
wero attached machines whose busy hum filled the
car, and mado one fancy himself In the Pioneer
Mechanics Shop on its busiest day ; next comes
building where Omnlbusscs, Hacks, Carriages
and Buggies of M descriptions aro to bo found;
then tho Moehanics Shop, where all sorts of things
aro gathered hero Jewellers, Cabinet-makers, and
men of every craft do congregate Sowing-ma
chine', Patent Locks, Safes, Iron Fences, " et Id
omne genus,' have each its proper place; next Is a
largo collection of Embroidery, all kinds of Needle
work, also flowers; in the center is arrangod an
artificial mound, some ten or more feet in height,
en which were fixed all sorts of shrubs and plants;
at the foot was a pool of water, from tho middle of
which spouted a fountain, and down the sides
trickled little streams that oozed from among the
mosses and mock-stumps and dead sticks as natu
rally as upon the fertile slopes of the Green Moun
tainsthis building was much tho most Interest
ing of any. Besides these that I bavo mentioned,
were several smaller buildings a Telsgraph-ofEce'
a I'oet-oficc (veritable ones), little Porticos, and a
wire Hennery, wherein were all kinds of scratching
fwl, even to a faivn, and Liberty's own bird an
untamed eagle. Around tho grounds, next tho en
closure, aro stalls for the accommodation of tho
Stock, and In these they remain day and night,
except when they aro brought Into the arena fnr
inspection. Take it all in all, I do not think a
bstter Fair Ground is to be found. Theso build
ings are not mere rough boards nailed together for,
the oocasion, but are permanent structures, such as
add to the attractions of the place.
As dinner time approached, there were to bo
seen, on all sides, grouped on tho grass under the
shading trees, little family circles and party circles,
with their cold lunch spread out before them,
chatting and laughing merrily, so that the wholo
fair seemed changed into a large plc-nlc, or rather
innumerable little picnics.
The number of strangers In the City during the
week was very large. The ears came in loaded to
overflowing. Altogether, tho Fair may well be
considered a suocess, when we consider the pressure
of hard times, which has forced even Westorn
people to be more cautious and calculating. 6omo
dissatisfaction has been expressed with the awards,
and soma alleged lack of encouragement diminish
ed some portions of the display; but I think every
body enjoyed the occasion, and will look eagerly
for their holiday as the year oomea round again.
Dr. S.
The Case ot O'Hoar vs Bishop Do Goes
briand et als, camo up for trial at tho present
term of Franklin Couuty Court, on tha 14th.
It was continued on account of indisposition
of counsel for tho defendant. Tho suit origin
ated, as wo understand in orders given by
Bishop De Gocsbriand, to have certain scats
removed from the Cutbolio Church in High
gate, liecaubo plaintifT would not pay assess
ments on tho same. It has oxcited unusual
interest in Franklin County,
William Summorville of Fayston, Wash
ington county, Vermont, wishes to henr
The Cai'tuiilu ArnicANs. A correspon
dent of tho New York Herald, on the
tf. S. Steamer Niagara, now on its
way to Liberia with tho Africans taken
from tho Slaver Echo, gives the following
account of tho condition of the n.'groos. Tho
writer evidently considers a negro t-j bo no
thing moro or better tlinn a "black animal";
but oven he cannot repress nu expression of
sympathy lor tho "poor mlserablo croaturj:"
Doubtless many moro will dio on tho return,
voyage.
Tho niggers havo arrived, nnd wo are now
hoisting them on boird. There aro about
ono hundred small children of tha turn of ton
or twelve. All tlin civerina thov linve on
is a blanket, and as thoy como over th" sido
they lay down on tho ouarter d 'ck. imnrlv
in a stuto oi nudity. Tiny look very bnrd'l
tell you, tho worn ljt of niggers I ever sivv.
I notice a great in.uiv of them havo
eyes, nnd are very thin and emaciated they
keep up a continual chattcrin" liltn i mnuv
monkeys. The femalu portion ale pl.ieml n
fast as they como on board, aft of tin' miaz.-n
mast, nnd secured; two of them hav chil
dren about n in llltll llM. flint linu. nr.l tl,n
slightest covering on them. Tiicv nil havo
provision for a day, which is plio d in a
small bag or an old stocking i-long ov r the
shoulder, a knife and spoon, which, with a
blanket constitute tho wholo of their tnv I
ling equipage. Tho women havo un addi
tion ot two yards of calioj wound ar miid
them, which thoy look 11)1011 with as mueh
prido as a Fifth nvenuo belle w .tild upon a
5j30U shawl. They sem to be perfectly sat
isfied with what our e-ood Uncle is d iiiiif I ir
men, and roll around tlin 1 neks it, r hp r
., . .. o . . r, '
dirt and filth with nil tho ssoming bin iri
anco that a bog enjoys in a gutter or 1 uddlo
ol. water in a warm day.
Wo havo also received onn of t' n crew of
tho brig Putnam, who is ti go with us to
look out for them, as hn i-. 'i rt. r u -qua in ted
with their habits and 1.1 . . u. livin.r. II
says they must all bj kept on deck and not
allowed to go bedow.
in tuo morning at tour 0 clock tho niggers
wero turned out and compelled to wash
thouisolvcs. preparatory to their being fed,
an operation which thoy ars novvis; in
clined to do unless driven to it. We give
them rice and molasses. Thoy aro fed in
this way: divided intu messes ol t'in each.
males and females separate, and placed in
two rooms fronting inward. A bucket is
placed beforo each mess, and their food plac
ed in it, nnd a sentinel placed over each
mess to keep them from playing hog. I
was thinkinc this mornin.' that il an artist
of ono of tho illustrated papers could only
have taken a sketch of thi- group ol' black
animals, it would havo beaten all tho swill
milk illustrations extant.
Ono of tho negroes, a child sis yearo old,
died last night. To-day (21st) tin-0 died.
Tho weather is cold and piercing, with a
northwest wind. Four more King on dock,
mlf dead : and it is heart lending to loo!: at
tho poor miserablo creatures. At nine o'
clock all bauds wero called to bury tin- dead.
TI ...... . , , , . ...
xiiev 4vero sewcu up 111 tnu Ulaniiut wnieii
thev died in. with n .12 l!i. shut nt tln.iv
head, and another nt their hueh.: the Can-
tain lead tho burial s.Tviee. and tin w.re
committed to tho deep.
I havo ascertain. d there uro t-is niggci on
tho sick list. We received fifty women, four
died. Wo have now a total on b jard of two
undrcd und saventy-ono. Wo have in
about twenty minutes.
Frank Ulair anh Slvvei-.v. Mr. Blair of
St Louis, having been charged with the
owncrtdiip of SU slaves, and be.ng 11 hypo
crito on tho subject of emancipation, makes
answer hi a published letter as fjlluws :
"I am tho owner of 11 few slaves, most of
them purchased by mi to prevent them from
-iiy M-puraica jrom tneir jami'ies : and 1
iavc emancipated more than I nine nu n. Tho
doctrine I advocate will, if suecssful, give
Irccdom to all the slavts in .Mi-suuri, my
own included, and 1 should con-idev this
great boon cheaply purchased hv tho taeri
fico of whatever interest 1 have" in this spe
cies of property.
"Oorgo Washington. Thomas JeU'-rsm,
John Jay of New York, and Henry Cl.iv,
were all slaveholders they wero all advo
cates of emancipati in, and would all be
ypocritcs according to tho Ionic of the "ne
gro democracy" of thu day. Tho truth is,
that emancipation is urged by so 1 0 from
religious and conscientious serupU-s on tho
subject of slaveholdiug, by others from c m-
weration ot economy, and by others acrain
from political considerations. All of th. -e
different views were all well worthy ot Ut in;
weighed, and, ns they all tend to the tniu..'
object. I cannot seo why tlmso who urge
emancipation on ono ground should tako
issue with thoso who advocate it from other
motives. For my part, I havo always giv. n
greater weight to tho objection arising from
political considerations, holding as I do that
the institution is hostile to all truo democra
cy, and that its ircsistiblo tendency is to
build up an oligarchy and subvert our repub
lican government. Tho idea of liberating
tho slaves and allowing them to remain in
this country, is ono that nevirwill be tub-.
ated. henever emancipation is broached
in a slave stato, tho advoc ttes of slavery com
menco raising tho howl that tho object is tj
liberato tho slaves and put them on nn equal
ity wdth tho white people : ami in tins way
many laboring men are mi-led, nnd tako the
side of an institution which is absolutely
hostile to their best interests. It was for
this reason that I put forward in Corgross
the views I havo always held on this sul jtci,
in favor of colonizing our fivo lugr-es in
Central America, to bo protected thero tu
rtle power of this government, and guaran
teed in all their political rights."
Launch or a Russian Steam Frioate.
Tho Russian steam frigato General Admiral
was successfully launched from the yard of
Win, 11. Webb, New York citv, last week
nresenco of an immense, au
dience. Upwards of three thousand persons
filled her deck when sho glided into tho
water.
She is espected to bo ready for eea on or
nbout tho 1st of May next, l'fer pivot guns
will bo of tho Dah'lgren pattern, and will
bo furnished in this country. Her sido guns
will bo obtained in Russia." Her gun ear
riages uro of mahogany, nnd every part of
the vessel will bo fitted up in a superb man
ner. Her cost is ono million und n quarter
dollars ($1,250,000 Sho is called tho lar
eest wooden vcescl afloat, hav ing'a tonnage of
over 0,000 tons, and is pronounced to bo one
of tho most magnificent specimens of naval
architecture ever seen in Now York harbor.
Three Russian officers havo euperiutendedtho
laying of every plank.
In Piko county, Ark., a few days since ,a po
litical meeting camo off at which tho candidate
for tho legisluturc-a Dr. Lane among them
addressed tho pcoplo. Upon tho Dr descending
from tho platform, after a brilliant speech, he
was arrested fora murder committed in Xortli
Carolina two or three years ago, and put in
irons, to bo convoyed to tho State from which
ho had fled. Tho Dr. was very reluctant, and
appealed to his 'constituents,' but it wouldn't
do.
State Fair. Tho State Fair at Dm ling
ton lust week 6oems to havo boon highly suc
cessful. Tho exhibition of farming imple
ments was particularly fino. Tho great
feature which attracted much attention, of
courso was tho display of horso flesh. Wo
are sorry that this part of tho exhibition is
not wholly disconnected with our Stato Fair.
Our notion is that tho exhibition of horses
should bo like tho National Horso Show at
Springfield, Mass., an entirelyseparatenflair,
There is another matter wo do not compre
hend, viz., on what principal the Stato Agri
cultural Society confers diplomas j it would
seem, judging from the number of diplomas
conferred at Burlington, that tho good, bad
and indifferent nro aliko favored. Would it
not "puzzloa Philadelphia lawyer" to deter
mine whether the diplomas conferred testify
to a first or fourtoentn degree of excellence
jSTUMT-JER FOTJ RTEEN
So far m the Free Vnss is concerned,
we might leavomuh of our readers as may
have soon the arf beaded very properly
"a croak of dl- .," ,' the Tints of this
"lornmg, to for,,, t .eir own opinions of it
It is just powlbb. :', lt,,.rr. if wa l)!Ui foreseen
exactly such an e milition in that quarter
from tho adi.iii.i m of Mr. Hovdo's communi
eatiin InM our columns without note or
comment, vvn k4i4i,i.i !..... j
t - mi,'; munittru it all
tho name. It i. ,( r..,.. .1 ,. ... .,
lint's q.ioto$mn us tho remark that wo
wero not to bi hi Id r.Mp-,nMl,I J for the views
ofoarc-.rmpind.nt., and its bribing "bil-lbusno-V
"acidity" and ill temper 10 us
in thl. connection, Is but another instnnco of
th" unfairness and tr-stincss which wo bavo
had occasion Ir retofore to noticj in our con
temporary. So far as Mr. II".ydo is concerned, wo
think his communication railed for no such
excessively savage treann ut ns ti.e Times
bestows upon ir. tr.-.itiuont which unavoid
ably iiggo.l. t!10 m ,,.it Sim; t,f.r.m:il
griovamo may poi!,!r hi behind tho matter
wniri ismiriu tlm occasion f,jr such acri
mony. Itw.Mqi.lt" prop r for Mr. Heydo
ti dr.iw ntt -ntion to o'ni.ius def,H.r In tl,.
construct! m of Floral Hall, and to suggest
Improvements in its construction nnd"ar
rangomont for another var, if ho saw fit to
do so ; nnd if ho plcaed to draw an illustra
tion from tho detrim..nt to w'.Ioh his mvn
paintings were ospos;d, wo 8J3 no impropri
ety in his d .ing that. Whether his article
was all of it in vory good taste and temper.is
another question : and talking of matters
or taste, wo must say, that, cinsidering the
circumstanocs.tho Timfj'compurisjn between
Mr. Ileyde'e p.itir. and cms exhibited by
"u-Vtho editor of tho Ttm:s, might quite
as well havo boon spared.
EaENtzr-a Fkancis of B iston, reported to
bo tho wealthiest man in Now England, died
on the 2) et. aged 83. Tho Atlas and Bee,
after recounting tho many offices of pjcun
iary trust which he ubly and honorably
fillud, sajs as foil jws :
"Ho has h-vn w II k wwn Or many years
past in financi il eii I s a, a largo dJiL-r in
neg itiablu paper and a 1 ,i,ieuous operator
111 other m.iiuy trai.s.icti o.s. His name on
change has b. 'en a tower of strength. Ho
lias L it an iinsn.j j r .pert-,-, estimated from
six toeignt ruiin ra:,.
Mr Francis iv, .4 1. ih.ciitly a money get
terperhaps a Siivlor-ic, though modified
from Slukespi-ire's groit prototype. This
passion was ninr.i d..-wl jpul and grew with
oach day that paved ovtr his head. Wealth
did not make hi'a g,-mr mis in propirtion to
bis meanj ; on tl.j cmtrary ho was called,
with justice, a penurious man. flc did not
scruple to tako advantage uf his position as a
lllOn"V Icini. I 1 .1,-Jf.. 1. ... . . ... .L.
, - o ".4..41, in 4411,4:11 mu
judgmrnt ot men v.ili pronounce hard, to
How much btt r ti havo died not worth
a ddlar, butbnaig t!i3 mcmorv of n lif.i
filled out with b-n '.olcut d. ode anil eminent
for lovo tj hi-, f. 1! i.v men.
Kellgious Intelligence.
On the litis in,t, a Sabath Sch .ol cclo
bration w.i-iic'.d..- West Milt m, tho Con
gregatiomi! and M ;!uJi-; Sul,o?ls mutin.;
to the n.im'j r of idii.
Atth'r nt Univ rsalist Convention at
Bethel, i! aih- t'.u. md pen ms attended,
as wo 1 ,r,i fr ,Itt t', ? pository. Thirty four
preach. is vvcpm:. ..t from this State, and
seven fium i.ti,. i.
Tlu C'i'i rj.ui.u! 01.11YU ut Bran Ion
wusro-opoiw I l.wt- vb'iit:,, alt rhaving been
closed some tinu for repairs. Tho greatest
imt ruvcrauut is a niarblo pu'pit, the gift of
12. D. Sjld n of Brandon. It is of a quality
of Brandon marble considerod by good judg
es superior tj the f.vn ins Carrara, Is beauti
fully d signed and carved, and cost tOO,
certainly a generous gift.
Ou the 11th a Congregational church was
organised at Barnet. After its first commu
nion it will number fifty members.
Thirty four member- wero adlod to the
South Church at Si. Johnsbury on tho 5th.
The American Board of Mi-sions has re
cently been in session at Detroit. Thoattcn
danco was quite large, and the meetings in
teresting. The receipts for the year wero
$330,813, and the expenses $333,840. Tho
dobi of t!is Board on t'le first of August was
J 10,870. 'fr.e Burd luvo sjnt out during
tho past year 19 new missionaries; having
now at till tlu 221 mission station', S97 uiis
eLnaries, assistants and native helpers.
Tho annual sormon to the Board was
preached by Rev. Mr. Shephard of Bangor.
It is to be published.
rrora tho National Iutjlhcnccr, Aug. !3.
Ourvenerable friend, tho Hon. William
C. Bradl.iy of Vinuont, having his attention
attracted, in hie study, by tho playfulness of
a littld grandson, tool; up his pen and struck
off tho annexed beautiful impromptu verses,
which a neighbor, c mi ing in soon after, was
so much pb-ased vv hi, that permission was
begged to forward to the National Intelligen
cer the original MS. just at it was first writ
ten :
mvv, xoo, TwiLicnr.
Imprisoned la s liviog jull.
A !uty, kicking ton of earth,
llead to Avslse, and weep, and wail,
ilv limbs are strug, hog to tho birth.
Let me pass.
N'ow on lay feet I tottering stand,
Till, bj'iutia. meats bolder grown,
I quit thu WHtohful mnthot ' hand,
Aud, lu' I learn to go alone.
Let me pass.
Xow, lu yuulh's buoyant, merry round,
ith quickened pulse my steps advance
Where musio, wine, and wit abound,
And blooming bcuuty leads the dance.
Let tae past.
Xow, blest with children, wife, and friends.
Ambition urging to the van,
I strive to wall: where duty tends,
With lovo of God, good will to man.
Let me pass.
And now my better home draws nigh,
I'roe from presumption and despair,
Bat weary, laint, I wait to die,
And leave this world and all its care.
Lit me pass.
Pfiiixo on 111K Brakes. An intelligent
democrat, ono of tho "ins," and, of courso,
a most devoted supporter of tho present ad
ministration, was asked tho other day why
his party, nt the late meeting inCharlestovvn,
took suoh au ultra Southern position on tho
slavery question. "Oh," said tho sagacious
official, "it won't do for us to increase too
fast ; wo must put 011 tho brakes now and
then. "Largo parties aro inconvcnicnt,we sup
pose, where the spoils to ba distributed are
only of a limited extent. Boston Traveller.
Fiuu The houso of Cyrus Edson, Jr, in
Mcndon was burned on tho 15th. Insured
for fcCOO.
Thr armory at Windsor, Vt,, which h&s
been chsod for somo time, is stated to be now
partially occupied by a company making

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