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VOL.. XXXII--TSTKW SKBIKS VOL.
BURLINGTON VT., FRIDAY 25, 1859
NUMBER, THIRTY NINE.
P 0 V, TRY.
Oil t otmuUUo t.nl KAuttilnir tliouglil
IUcf( 1 1 tirls!it tii'l mttntless number.",
!trwt. 1,11, i...l.e n.ls.M rrittl?Ill.
B.iroi I for tii tu no to our slumbers I
Yet r.ilil I their balmy broith
Tin in,: nf !)ftory tliscinscs
Slok' nvr tho ?leopcrs iiion rtsji.
To mout a Minilir to-uptitinn;
n mt,i rn .In. Ik. fl.tnon ..I nRPn
ot. t wi' court the ivo-iia r. on me I.
AnI own the thmll"in it imt.oM,
Our pcicim iuiuter upon rosej.
To tr a I the ve kit mt!n of Lcisiiro
Hr At'icil troin tlic ncrf.imc.l loi7cn ofnletuure;
mo soul lu h Ilisli o.no ilIipujcF,
wiso observer long, to m.v
"Bcwaro of sleeping upon the roses !"
ay, kiln s best girts n snnro may to ;
C.iltn utialy, cheerful recreation,
no ncariii oi oeiti ninny,
Tho vnlca of ltitnlly co nmendatlon,
On tlio-o, too (it, the fnui reposes;
ocuiy m numan props ruics,
otsueh rlnul I bo our pilgrim lire;
X, xro fhould seek our pith of trial,
.viimi. iu uju"-i iii umiy unit)
With firm anl pUk'nlself-dental;
o nptation waits us rn our rnau.
Ana olt our progress it oppose.".
o matter Lire w.is not bcetoired
To wasto in sleeping upon roses.
nttfrfir urn I hmiArnr triorl
3 till imy wl bnrely look bsfore us,
istln tho fragrant fiowcrs uslde,
Tnntstrivo to weave soft fetters o'er ui,
fw w.i. witl I ri-infv nt li .trr
1'uriU'j oar course, anil when It closer,
Keac!i us wliilt) slecnin upon roes !
M IS C I) L L A X X .
such a ti:mi'i:h.
BY T. S. ARTHUR.
" That childwill be tlio death of me yet !
.., i.u ...o -i . uust seo now nonets.
ou, junn : uusii ;:;'s instant, ana do as I
These sentences were uttered in an excited
oico bv a lnMher who bad come siulrtnnli-
pon licr littlo bay, n bright, busy, nctiiolit-
e to oil- hlvn j r. . ,.-1.,. I....1
new amusement, and was cnl.ivino' himself
P iu ii in inn c.ip.icity. mat amuseinent
... .....iiu tun iiijil lit C1311U IMIllUlllg. J IIU
uui liiu nur.iry snciics. ins mother, in
v nn 11 R inrr VISIT Kit.nnnm ., w....n ....
iin in tho midst ni bis pleasant sport.
" Dear little fellow !" was un bis mint's
ps, as her eyes fell upon the child s annua-
li i.irv. mir pri inn ri.rru irrrn inntjn i..a
tho arm. itb a sudden lerk she drew
m RPrerill Ifpr nlvnv Irnlti Ida m m n Kt.il. I
u. nm !1R Rlll lllil Rn. Ill nniri'
" bV
" l'oa bad bov ! llow daro you do this?
n . "I,
A moment or two she held him with a
m uni'i uii'ii, iiusiiuiir null irom iilt, bug
ilurl
'Put every book in its place on the shelves;
Released from bis mother's band, John,
uoor, ana commencca kicking and
"Just si'O bow be acts, 'Miirv !" repeated
ohn, Iiush tins instant, and get up as 1 tell
ou."
But the child's passion was a whirlwind,
ner i.'iinu aner i ne moincr siooncu over
U UUt. UIIU .LH r.llSlIILT HIT I111I1U III Illllllh 1
1111. M llPIl li.l fcietfti ilrnm lifi lilt! nnl
.i.;er..i .
"Don't Anna! A blownowwilldoharm."
-A .1. .1 il 1 1 . .1 i i .1
' Mary .' This is not riht." said tlio lat-
inev werooutul t 10 librarv. " Vnu mint
At r.....n t.n...An . 1 .. -1.11.1 I f
w.ttu unit iiiirv wneu i ruuruvcor punisil.
:i my control over them will bo cone."
"Door sister"' replied .Miry with much
cinir and ire.iT reniiopriistt ni n.'innnr ii.p-
gjfct."
Thero was silenco for ncarlv a tuinuto. A
" IIo has such a dreadful temper. Marv !
I It In nut eiil.,lnr..l It .. n..n .Iu
..w.u iiiu. aui4 uuu b htiow nun iv iruuuiua
"Your duty, it s:cms to ino, is very plain,
"I must break tho temper wbilo ho is a
"You cannot; itwilleain strength by con-
" Is tho case. then, bo boneless? 1 will
"Oh, no nit hopeless by any means.
ino sister paiisa.
TlierO W.1R not li nin nF rrit in I114 liitnnir
"Uut bo wa&dding wrong,"- F4id tho moth
cr.
'Had you told him ho must not buld
houses with luoks ?
"Yih, ftrty times. There isn't an hour
(M i. .1... i: . 1 1. 1.
prove, or punish him for one kind 'of mis
chief or another. IIo know It was wron'ir.'
"Maybe you chock, and reprove, and pun
ish Inm too iniicl., Anna," mijrgested tho
sister. "There is danger of erring in this
direction, when tho child's uiind is unusual
lyitctive. The stream that glides along
cuwouijy enpugu inrojgii tlio lee meadow,
will fret and cli.ile, and dash madly forward
if rocky1 obstructions 'como in its way."
"But children initi-t nut bo permitted to
do as they plc.ifc. They would soon bo ruin
il," sli t tlic iiiotbir.
" It vim nut a dam across the stream, or
throw fiu'o rocks into tho miiUt of its gently
gliding current, you do not stop its progress,
but only swill its volume until it overll.iws
tho banks or dUtort its surlaco with whirling
eddies. Merc, opposition to a child's desires
effect about as little good. It only git es
them a morbid force. Woshould not reprn-s
activity, but seek to givo I tit right direction.
I will venture to affirm, Anna, that if, when
we went into tho library just now, wo had
entered with ruuio manifestation of iiitrrot
in what John was doing, and then plcaumtly
explained to him that tho iisu be was making
ol his father's books was injuring them, and
that bo must r turn them tu the library, ho
would have rcplajod them on the shelves
.11111.11n1woruo10Djoct11.il. There would
havo hi en, in tbut cae, no mental Injury mm-
talnCil tlll-uugh I-X.'itoin. lit nf 11 li.u,i,n.:ili.
tomper. Tlio sky of hi, ,i,i wou,j mv le.
maitiod clcar.and sweet isiaio would now 1 in
in- niuii, i'i"ii rn.i u ii rciji'iiiun, Hear
t r, at ruin s liuniortal soul is a more pro-
i t. in-, i "in., limn ii'nu iiuiaries ot cnMllir
biks or even tlio rich furniture in n king's
alaer. Whilo wo guard his external sur
roundings i tit a duo regard to o'.der, and
prevent, as well for bis mko as for tbcs.
oisrd r and blind destruction, wo must ivnor
I'irget II at tho jewel is inoiu to bo regaidcd
" tin; cask (. A scraicbwl t.tblo, u turn
ordefated book, ur even it costly thing broken,
oro small evils, compared with a iTatclicd,
defaced or distorted mind. Forgive mo for
saying it, my sister, but I have always tho't
tli.it parents are most to tibiino for the bad
tempers nnd passlonntu outbreaks of their
cuuarcn ; anil this littlo trouble with John
only confirms the opinion. I say It kindly ;
nay Anna in tender love. Do not hurt then,
uui - uucuui-u , uui,ior ino suite oi your bright,
"cumuli uny, lay up my words iu your
Heart.
The mother tat sober and thoughtful. Her
sister had not spoken in vain. Truth had
awakened conviction. Suddenly rising, nnd
kissing her sister in token of forgiveness, she
left tho room and went to the library. John
was still lying upon the lloor whero ho had
thrown himself. Hut be had ceased crying.
Ho beard his mother's footstet s ; but did nut
move. Experience had taught him that re
Proof, it might be punishment, was In storo
for Ii i tu : and so be awaited in stubborn si
lence, fur whatever unpleasant consequenco
might como.
"John." It was a low, soft, tender, al
most Bid oice, and the word was spoken
close to his car. IIo stirted in sudden sur
prise, and raisul his lace from the floor.
" tonic, dear. Iho toiec was ccn ten
der ; and u warm hand grasped his with a
firm pressure.
"Oh, mother!" The child started up
with this exclamation, nnd in a passion of
tears, threw bN aims about her neck and
hid bis f.ico in her busom. Tightly s o held
him there, nnd lovingly she kivted his pure
forehead.
'I didn't mean to do wrong, mother !' said
tho boy. "I lovo to build huu-.es; and fath
er said jesterday that if I didn't hurt tho
books, 1 might tako snnio of them."
Tho mother only kissed him ng-tin, and
drew her aims, in token of love, mine tight
ly around him. What could she say to words
that came tu her o irs with such cuttin" re
buke? "You Into me, mother, don't vou?" ask
ed tho child.
'Yes, dear, yes! Hotter than all the
world," was tho almost sobbing answer.
"And I lovo 3-011, mother. And I'll trv
to be good al'vays. Won't you ask father
to buy ino sumu building blocks ; and then
I'll not want his books '"
"Yes. You shall havo a box full to-morrow."
"You'ro a good mother," said littlo John.
"Only sometimes "
Tho child paused, as if in doubt.
"Only what, dear?"
"You won't bu anarv if 1 sav it. will
you ?"
"ro no, dear, bay on,
"Only sometimes vou scold 1110 so. and
jerk mo up when I ain'tdoing any harm as I
oan see. Ana tnen 1 get si mad and 1
can't help it. And I'm sorry. 0 dear ! I
wisli I never was mad !"
And with a ball shudder, as if some ery
fiaiufiil idea was forced upon his young mind,
itlle Johnny buried his lace closodown upon
bis mother's bosom nzaiu. nnd lav there erv
still.
No moro words passed then between the
mother and child ; but seals had been re
moved from the mother's vision, nnd she saw
that her precious bov bad cenerous feelinirs
and right impulses, and that lor his many
exhibitions of a naturally quick temper, bIio
mis jnusi iu III.IU1C.
"Thanks for vour truthful words, dear
sister!" she said, a little while afterwards.
" I shall have cause to bless you for them in
uu cuiuing time.
-nu it was even so.
Ireland Hecomixg I'rotesta.nt A Dub.
lin corrctpondent of tho Xew York Evange
list makes tho statement which will sur-
priso many that fully one-half of ihc pres.
cnl population of Inland in Protestant. Pre
vious toltf-b the population was reckoned nt
eijrht million, five of which were Human
ists ; but the great maas of thoo who per-
laueu iu uiu Limine, us well us inose WHO
have emigrated, have been Catholics ; and
while, especially in the West, wholo congre
gations of converted Humanists are now scat
tered over tho country, there are no conver
sions from Protestantism. A cetitleman sta
ted at n public mectinc in Cork, a few weeks
since, that bo knew ol forty-seven congrega
tions which nau wuiiin 1110 last nine years
repudiated the absolutism of the priests and
tho mediation ol tho saints, and aro looking
to the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. In
the P arish of Clifton, where a few years a:ro
tho Protestant congregation consisted of only
six persons, it now numbers moro than tbrco
hundred, most ol them converts from Ro
manism. Tho northern part of Ireland, the
prownco of Ulster, has been Protestant over
since tlio iirao ot Irnmwcll, when it was
largely settled by fccotch Presbyterians. The
passage by Parliament, seven or eight years
sincu, of tho bill allowing estates to be sold,
and cut up into farms of moderate size, con
duced greatly to the material prosperity of
tho country, and even the dreariest parts of
Cunnaught and Minister, whero the Irish
wero half-savDircs. are becinnin" to show
signs of improvement.
The Horse Sale. The sale of horses in
this villago, whieh ontinued through last
week, was much larger, and the claw for tlio
most part moro valuable, than characterized
tho sale in January. Mr. Hush's purchases
we understand numbered eighty, and another
nartv brutlirbt twentv. tnnkinir nnn liiindrnil
Probably tho average prico paid is not less
than ono hundred dollars, which would mako
ten thoutantl dollars paid out in one wrck for
horses in this county. Wo nro informed that
tho"Jennison horse" sold fur $300; several
other horses brought from S15D to 200.
Tho exhibition of horses on somo days was
quuo larn, unu our Birects presented a stir
ring and fiaa appearance. Mr. Iiush is evi
dently an excellent judge of horses, and wo
hear him very favorably spoken uf ns a
dealer. His occasional visits hero will bo
warmly greeted by many friends, nnd ho will
not fail to find plenty ol horses to make pur
chases from. Let this modo of buying horses
become ono of the fixed institutions and our
county will become as favorably noted fur
its horse market as for its dairv produce. It
will tend to produco better horses, nnd bring
no inconsiderable amount of mouey Into tho
cuuuiy, 01, aw. .wesiengtr.
llow Piccolomini was Kissed. Wo road
in tho Cincinnati Inouirer : 'Durlnir Piem,.
lomlnl's late sojourn nt the Spencer House,
in this city, tho following incident occurred
through a mistake, us natural us it must
havo bten agreeable.
"A young gentleman, residing in the nor
thern part of this State, received a letter
last week, from Ins sister, who bad been at
tending school in Kentucky, stating that she
would be, on a certain day, at the Sncvr
House, where two friends of hers weru going,
nnd shu would lxk for him to airive in good
season and accompany her homo.
" ino iirotiier, Aitreu, camo 111 mice, lor
ho had not seen bis sister for nearly two
yeirs, having passed much of that tuno in
New York, and, on arriving at tho hotel,
asked for Miss , and tho number of her
room, Hoping to surprise her agreeably,
bo thought be woiild'gu up unannounced,
having learned tho floor and the po-ition ol
tbu apartment. Just before ho reached the
mum bo saw his sister, ns ho supposed, com
ing out. She was small and plump, as when
ho saw hor last, and bo thought bo would
conceal hims.'lf bihind tho wall of the ball
until she camu opposite. Ho did so, and in
another moment n pair of littlo feet wero
filling in ixh1.i1 music upon the flour. She
was within reach nf him. It was she, nf
(ours, be thought, although tho gathering
shadows of tho veiling rend roil objects
somewhat indistinct, That littlo head with
dark tresses and humming nn air al
way's his sUt r's habit made him confi.
dmt. II uvil 1 licltiti no linger' " ho
extended hi arms, and clasping tho diminu
tive llgurci before hint, nnu bending down
and imprinting three or four cordial kWs
on one uf the most delicious of mouths, hn
iiBked, "Don't you know your brother, vou
littlo rogue?"
"Tho 'littlo roguo' looked blank with
amiiiement, and then, muttering something
very sweet, but not Intelligible, slipped out
of his half enclasping arms, and retreated In
tho direction shn had como.
"Alfred now saw ho must havo mado a
mistake i and. ns no one appoared, ho went
to the senior proprietor, to oxplaln tho awk.
ward position In which ho had been placed,
having no desiro to bo compelled to ho shot
nt, or bo shot by, somo genuine brother.
"The Colonel, who was well acquainted
with Alfred, informed him that he had mis
taken Piccolomini for his sifter.
"For the first time tho brother Icarnol
that tho diminutive divinity was in tho city,
and immediately wroto her on npology, say
ing ho could not regret what had occurred
on hisnwn account, but ho would, if sho do
sired it, on hers. Ho had no idea ho was
pressing tho Psvchean lins of tho loveliest
nnd most fascinating songstress in tho world,
nnd that the mistake had only taken placo
because she wains beautiful nsbis sislor Shn
had bis most humble apology for what had
occurred, nnd if sho would not bo satisfied
hownuid return her what ho had taken.
"When this noto was translated to thnhe-
witcbing Marie, nnd sho was assured of its
sincerity, sho laughed immoderately, nnd
said sho had supposed perhaps kissing a
pretty girl (hero sho looked very archly), on
meeting ner, was nn American custom. It
hnd frightened her nt first, but now sho did
not ore. fur. said she. In her attraetivn Eng
lish Tuscan : 'Zi kiss did mo no 'aarm in
deed it was not so decs vat you say cot is ?
dot s-a-ura-ble !"'
"Taking it Coottv." As a specimen of
' taking it cully " wo do not know of nny
thi.ig richer than this:
Mr. flames, wife nnd two children, bis
niece and another young baby, with tho wri
ter, formed a party leaving .Memphis for
Clarksville, Tennessee, in tho beginning of
the summer 1857. Arriving at Smithland,
wo wero compelled to take a smaller boat nn
account nt the cxtremo lowncs of tho Cumb
erland River- Such was found in tho Nettie
Miller a very nico little sternwheelcr. We
wero proceeding on our way rejoicing, when
suddenly wo wero thrown out of our nets
nnd brought up all standing in tho mid
dle nf tho statc-rnnmn All tho gentlemen
rushed out in dishabilfrtln learn tho troub
le, and were fr mkly told by the captain that
our boat wasbadlv snagged, and would sink
in a few minutes! Mr.Ilarnes flew with alarm
to bis wife and tho young ladies, seized bist
children, deposited them sifely in .1 wood boa
which tho Xettio bad in tow nnd ran back'
Surprised not to see nnvoftho ladies nut
yet, bo rushed to his wifo'srnom nnd found her
quietly washing her face nnd hands.
' Why mv dear, tho boat will sink in less
than three minutes ."'
Well, "she replied, " 1 think I can be out
before that time."
Dragging her along, he rushol. almost fran
tic with excitement, to tho yonng ladies'
room, and found them very quietly combing
their hair.
'For heaven's sake?" savs he. "TOunz la
dies', what do you moan? Tho boat will sink
in two minutes, ana hero you aro combing
your hair?"
'Why uncle ." says the niece; " tou did
n't expect us to go out there before all those
young men with our hair in this fix, did you?
The Skcnk Trade. Tho Skunk mania
biJ fair to erlinso oven Pike's Peak. All
over tho West skunk skin traders abound
and Bkunk hunters are on tho alert for more
victims. That which heretofore everybody it
seems has been anxious to avoid is now eager
ly sought for. Skunks which havo hcreto
fure liecn allowed to flourish and eniov their
domestic habits in peace and quietness, now
find their homes ruthlessly invaded, their un
happy progeny knocked on tho head, and in
spito of their hitherto supposed invincible ar
mor, themselves nnd their families inhuman
ly flayed fur tho purposool decoratinga hith
erto despised race. Tlic supply seems to in
crease with the demand, and yet prices are
constantly going up. A few weeks since
when the excitement Iirst uroko out 12 1-2
nnd 20 cents was cousid.rcd a good price,
but now 80, 00 and even as high as 130 cents
each, wo understand, havo been paid fur the
odriferous article. Tho skins aro taken to
Germany whero they are deodorized and
changed into " Siberian Squirrel," and then
returned to this country tu decorate the shoul
ders of our beaux and belles, and it is now
well ascertained that tho piincipal cases of
the most popular l'.insi.in perfumes aro sup
plied from tlio " essence bags " of tho de
umet animal.
Here in Buffalo a turning, and nn
exceedingly extensive, business is already be
ing done. A skunk depot bits been estab
lished nearly opposite our office, and huge
IiacKages are uauy iukcu turougii our streets
iv express mcscn?ers. from tho west. It is
said that tho employees of tho express com-
pinics sutler " some " irom ttioircontincment
in the close car, and that many have been
forced to " lay up " in consequence of tho
odur; but all these littlo inconveniences must
yield to t'.o necessities of commerce.
can it he possihio, asks seme one, that such
an extensive mine of wealth has so long re
mained undiscovered in our midst? Aro
skunk skins to becumo a staple article of furs?
Wc sco no reus in to doubt it. It is tho com
mon boast of our statesmen that the resour
ces of this country nro but half developed,
and wo liegin to believe it. Skunks from
tiinoimnicinori.il havo beennn article of dread,
and why may they n it, under this strango
disguiso, have bidden "a precious jewel, liko
tho toad ugly and venomous," The time lias
arrived, however, when skunks must yield to
tho utilitarian spirit of the age, and wo givo
the movement our unqualified and hearty cn-
aorscmcn(. uujiaio Mpress.
"Hair orTUK ame Doo." When thosu
premacy of one of the two great schools of
ineciicino, Aiiopatny ana Homeopathy, tnall
bo aeknowlcdgi d wo nro nut yet able to de
termine; but certain is it that, until that
climacteriu of squabbling is roiched, the un
failing sneer ol tho nllopathists will bo di
rected ut tho infinitesimal character of tho
doses administered by tho disciples of the
great Hahnemann.
Tho last joko of the sort we give as It
comes iu us irom I'aris:
A rich financier, a dignitary of tho Bourse,
wing uieiy trundled with 11 very severo
cold in tho head, called in a homeopathic
physioiati, who, for all treatment, mado bis
jatient inhale the odor Irom aiialwliieh
was almost as imperceptible to the eye as its
exhalations wero to tho nose.
Hut fur moro than a week our banker's
"gold in the 'ead" obstinately withstood
this inappreciable treatment: his m'sjio con
tinued to pronouneo liko i's, his n's wero
transformed into l'n, and his whole alphabet
was in n most aggravating state of disorder.
At last, when tlio raticnt's patienco had
ceased to be n virtue, ho asked tho doctor,
after saluting him with the customary and
catarrhal "Good bordig," the amount of his
indebtedness. Tho d sciplo of Hahnemann
demanded fivo hundred francs. Tho banker,
who was 11 mm of wit ns well as riches,
drew out u bank-bill of that amount, quick
ly passed it under Iho doctor's nosn.nnd
then put it hick in his pocket-book again,
saying, ns lie did so,
"I pay your bill as you have treated my
coldwith 11 i-m el I of Iho remedy; you haio
no right 10 no more Mtitnoa than I am
cured."
And that was tho end of it. though wo
may li icriuittcd to doubt that even this
vnu treatment merited such an un;-ling
iriiini.
Fatal Arcinrvr at ths Airttsr Saw
Worms. A fatal accident occurred at Pruyn
Si Lansing's Sw Works, in Albany, at about
4 P.M.. yesterday Timothy Murphy, one
nf tho workmen in the establishment tvas en
gaged in removing some of tho largo shoets
..1' i,ntiA. : ... ...i.!..i. i
iiiinjiiui mm 1111111 nuieil mwo uiu lll.uie.
Seveialof theso sheets, weiirhine about 300
pounds each, wero standing in an upright
position, and while Murphy was attempting
to rcmoTO one. all travo wav at oneft. immet
dlately crushing him beneath their weigh
and forcing his head with great forco against
a heavy block of wood. Ho was instantly
killed, his brains being scattered in nil direc
tions. Deceased was about 35 years of age,
and leaves n wife and two children. A gen
tleman of this city who was in Albany yes
terday afternoon kindly furnished us with
theaboio facts. Troy' Whig .
California IlAsn. A California corres
pondent must bo held responsible for the fol
lowing 6tory, which, ho says, is "actually
trew." On tho night before ho wroto, ho
happened to drop into ono of tho hotels on
Pacific wharf, whero a number of iollv mi
ners wero walking into tho eatables with
" quick annihilation in their catrer eves."
Tho correspondent felt Wio influence of tho
example, and called for a delicate dish of
corned beef nnd cabbage, by way of Improv
ing his constitution. Scarcely bad ho tasted
a mouthful, however, when fio was startled
by a stent rian ejaculation of
iiasii
Turning ouickly in tlio direction whence
this laconic order proceeded, ho beheld a
" butternut-colored, lank, thick-haired indi
vidual" seated at a tablo, picking his teeth
with a fork. Interested by tho refined ap
pearance nf tho stranger, tho correspiinileir
dropped his weapons, nnd eed the ' hiv-h-cater."
One tremendous plat, was out of
sight, and then
" t inter ! moro bash !"
A second edition of tho first went tho way
of all hish ; nnd a third time tho insatiable
stranger thundered out
" Moro hash ! '
Tho third plate was a generous exaggeration
of tlic first two: and " Butternuts " pitched
like a starved cat. until a forkful was
stopped in transitu, and the stranger, liko a
dog with 11 pack ol crackers on his wiggler :
.. -.,-.! l! ca
? niter ;
"Sir what is it?" asked tho attentive
servitor, coming forward.
' Butternuts raised his nlatolimh aboio
his head and shouted, in tones of dmblo-
b-irreilcd thunder
" Waiter, tako that 'or dish 0' hash and
get it combed !"
A great sensation was visible throughout
tho institution, nnd the correspondent mado
tracks for tho " baqk kitching "
DiSCUVERV or THE BjDV OF TlIlR TON THE
Lost TIronalt. Tho body of Thurston.
who was carried up in his balloon, in Sep
tember last, has been found. Tho Adrian
Kiening Expositor Kxtr.t of tho 8th inst..
has tho following;
The lacts of the discovery, as near .as wo
an ascertain, are these: Last Sunday, as
tho son of Michenl Ho.ig was searching for
somo sheep in the woods, on tholarm ol .Mr.
o. .Minor, nliout 4 links south-east ol the vil
lage of Siliania, he discovered tho remains of
tho body of a man. Ho Immediately ran to
his lather, who in company with .Mr. Miner
repaired to the spot, and thero found abund
ant evidence that iho remains wero those of
Mr. Thurston, who must have lallen from
his position on the inlvcnf tho balloon, where
ho was seated when carried off so singularly
last summer. These gentlemen immediately
proceeded to collect what could be found, but
only succeeded in finding the skull, ar.d one
toot in a hoot, and n tew other small bones.
tho rest of the body has been carried on by
wild beasts. They found, however, the coat
pants, vest and shirt, nnd with tliem Mr.
1. illusion ncurus upon wiucii 110 look ins min
utes on his balloon trip from Adrian tu the
placo of landing, near Sylvania. The pencil
marks on tho cards were so water-soak -d the
writing could not bo mado out.
They found however in a memorandum book
.a 1 tter directed to Mr. Thurston, from . firm
in Philadelphia, which was areply to inquir
ies about b.tlloun silk.
They also found Mr- Thurston's watch and
knife, both of which are fully identified by
many of our citizens ns bis property. Tho
watch is unhurt, nnd stopped at 20 minutes
10 IZ 0 CIOCK, WHICH SHOWS tllO tilllO 110 It'll.
Mr. Thurston s enso was a sinirular and a
sad one, nnd excited much interest. On the
10th of Sept. last, ho made a successful ascen
sion with Mr. Banister, and while securing
the balloon niter descending, nnd after remov
ing tho car, it suddenly rose with Mr. Thur
ston who was on it, and rapidly dis.1ppe.1red.
As it rose up Mr. T. clung to tho portion on
which 110 was seiuea, ana remarked to .Mr. B
that ho would soon comedown ngain. Tlic
balloon was after seen at a great height, and
somo persons fancied they discovered an ob
ject still clinging to it. Somo days after-
wares the halluon was discovered in the vic
nity of St. Clair river, but though extensive
isearch was mado for many weeks, the body
of tho aeronaut could not 00 found.
Books. Give me a house ftirmishcd with
books rather than furniture ! Both, ifyou can,
0111 dookb ni any rate: 10 spenu several days
in a friend's bouse, and hunger for something
to read, while you aro treading on custly car
pets, and sitting upon luxurious chairs, nnd
sleeping upon down, is ns if one wero bribing
your body fur the sake ofchcatingyoiir mind.
to 11 uui iiii.iuil- iu Oceanian gruwingricil,
and beginning to augment the comforts ol
iiuiiii. I.IIU tul.DIIIII JllUlll-Jf ui, U9ll.-lll.ll 1I1IIO
upholstery, upon tho table, upon everything
but what tho soul needs ?
i o know of many and many a rich man's
housowhere it would not bo safe to ask for the
commonest English classics. A.fcw garish
annuals on the table, a few pictorial mon
strosities, together with a stock of religious
nooks ot Ins "persuasion," and that is all !
No rango of tiuets, no essayists, no selection
ol historians, no travels or biographies no
6elcct fic'ions or curious legendary loro ; but
men, me wans imvo paper on Which cost
three dollars a roll, and the floors havo car
pets that cost four dollars a yard ! Books
aro tho windows through which tho soul looks
out. A houso without books is like a room
without windows. No man has a right to
bring up his children without surrounding
them with books, if ho has tho means to buy
them. It is a wrung to his family. Medicals
them ! Children learn to read by being in
tho presenco of books. Tho lovo of kiiowl.
edge, comes with reading, and grows upon
t. .-mutiiu iuu 111 Kiiowicugo. 111 a young
mind, is ulinost a warrant against tho infe
rior excitement ol passions ana vices.
Let us pity thoso poor rich men who lira
barrenly in great bookless houses ! j,ct us
congratulate tho poor that live in our day,
iiiat uuuha are so cucip 111111 a man mav eve
ry year add a hundred volumes to his library
lor the prico of what his tobacco and his beer
would cost him, Among tho earliest anibi-
tioiis to bo excited in clerks, workmen, jutir
neymcii, and indeed, iimong all that nro strug
gling up in life from nothing to something,
is that of owning, and constantly adding tu,
a library of good book . A littlo library grow
ing larger every year is un honorable part
ofa young man's history. 1 1 is a raan'sduty
to have books. A library isnotaluxiiry, but
one of the necessaries of fife. II. W. B.
WntAT and Corn. An interesting fact
was developed at tho lato neoting of the
Agricultural Society. Dr. Elwln called tho
attention of the members to tho fact that tho
wheat crops of this country wero fast dimin
ishing, so far ns tho number of bushels
raised to the aero was concerned. IIo stated
that in Ohio, a Statu of hut littlo over fifty
years old, tho crop had fallen of! from forty
bushels to the aero to about sixteen, whilo in
tho best portions of Now York, where thirty
bushels used to bo considered 11 fair crop,
only twelve bushels aro now raised. Tho
filling oil' in other State had been equally
marked; but whilo this wus the fact with
tho wheat crops, ho una glad to know that
the amount nf cum ru luced to the aero had
largely increased, and was still increasing
enoriooufly. Phila, J'rcsi,
r A Clergyman in Kl irida recently undertouk
to provo in 1 sermon that Afu'rniis had no
souls. Prinliro says ho had better bo curnlul,
for ho can't expect his disciples tu consent to
go to heaven if they nro not allowed nny nig
cers there,
A CoarsE Hangs a Mav. Cincinnati is a
great placo fur startling gr.tvo yard scenes.
Tho Inllowingdctiils of a singular affair aro
Irom 11 Cincinnati piper: It appears that 11
person, whoso naiiio is not given us, entered
tho burying ground at that place nnd removed
ii dead body from 11 grave, which ho placed
in a sack. In making his exit from thuynrd,
It was necessary to scilo 11 high hoard leneo,
which tho resurrectionist evidently found dif
ficulty in accomplishing with tho burden with
which ho was encumbered. Iu order, there
fore, to givo him frco uso oT his nnns and
hands, he placed tho cord attached tu tho
mouth of tlio sack around his shoulders, and
c'.imbod to tho top of tho fence, when ho must
havo fallen nlf, leaving tho corpse on tho op
posito sido ! Tho result was, that tho cord was
drawn up nniiind his neck, and ho was round
dead the next morning, having been choked
to death by tho weight of tho corpso on tho
opposite sido of tho fence.
" Inspector " writes to tho N. Y. Courier
and Enquirer :
" Tho Supremo Court has this week pro
nounced nn opinion that tho Ftigititc Slave
Act is Constitutional, arid that the Supremo
Courtof Wisconsin acted in contempt of law,
in preventing its enforcement. As tlio Su
preme Court of Wisconsin refused 1 1 certify
tho record of 11 derision I . toe Washington
bench, it is prisumed that the ease in which
this bite opinion was giien came up iu a sur
reptitious manlier. Wisconsin was not rep
resented in the argument, and took no part
in tho proceedings. Until the intended re
organization of tho U. S. Supreme Court
shall bo made, its opinions on sectional issues
will rcceivo littlo attention and no respect."
A UssrcL Invention. Mitchell's Patent
Metallic Tip Shoes in a family nro a great sa
ving. Somo idea may bo formed of their
economy when wc add "that every part of the
snuo gives way and leaves tho too as good as
new. There appears to bo no end to tho wear
of the tips, which is a thin picco of copper
inserted between tho soles, secured there, nnd
turned neatly over the toe. This ii a implo
plan, but still a most ingenious, one, and wo
think none but 11 smart Yaiikie would over
havo thought of so bright an idai ; wherever
tho invention issccn in iise.itiittr.icfsattention
and receives warm praise. Messrs. A. M.
Smith A Co., whoho'd the exclusive rights
for New llainpshiroand Vermont, find it diffi
cult to meet their orders, which aro attended
to by their ngents Messrs. C. Packer & Co.,
119 Pearl street. See ndiertisemcut in ano
ther column. Boston Atlas.
Prouty & Co., havo such Shoes for sale
sec their advertisement.
Tlio Gcttysburgh (Pa.) Compiler gives an
account of tho loss of 11 littlo buy, fjnr years
of nge, a son of .Mrs. Ovler, of" Cumberland
County. IIo strayed from home, and tho
whole neighborhood started out on the search,
scouring tho surrounding mountain through
tho day, and displaying lighted torches after
night. After two days and nights, the dead
body of the little fellow was discoicred nearly
ninomilcsfrom his home. The Compiler then
adds; " The littlo dog, which had been tho
child's playmate, nnd which had accompa
nied him in his long nnd fatal journey, was
found nestled in the child's bosom, With Ins
head reclining on his cold and lifeless form.
The faithful dug had tramped quite a path
around the lifeless body of tho sleeping inno
cent thus betraying tho affection that it had for
tho youth, ami in its fond caresses had licked
hack the hair iipun the chilli's forehead Tho
corpse was conieyed homo to its weeping mo
ther, who, under the peculiarly afflicting cir
cumstances, was utmost frantic with grief."
Governor Morgan's private secretary, Mr.
Bliss, is a wag. 'I ho other day .a man, deci
dedly inebriated, walked into the Exccutiic
Chamber and called for tho G010' nor. "What
do you want with him?" inquired tho seere
ry. "Oh, I want an office with a good salary
a sinecure." "Wellreplied the secretary,
" I cm tell you something better for you than
a sinecure -you had better try a water cure."
Tho inebriate vamosed.
A Court Scene. They had a pretty rich
court scene in a neighboring town a fewd.iys
ago. Wo nro indebted to a correspondent
for tho full particulars; but as they are
lengthy, wo will only state tho c.iuso of the
cuurt, and givo tho testimony of 0110 wit
ness. It seems that one or twu men wero dissat
isfied (without just cause, as it proved),
with the teacher of their wintci school, and
procured his arrest for assault and battery
upon ono of bis scholars. Tho day fur bis
examination arrived, and legil gentlemen,
aiul the usual attendants ot such scenes, as
sembled iu the town hall, and tho counsel iu
behalf ul the st.ito called on the stand wit
n:ss number one, who g.ne in his testimony
nearly us follows :
"Wc camo in from recess nnd stuolnr iund
thostovo. I took out a plug uf tubaccu and
took a cud gain some to II The
teacher saw it and told us to spit it out. I
didn't spit mine out, and ho asked 1110 if I
intended to obey the rules oT tho school ? I
did not answer him. Ho took me by tlio col
lar threw 111c down smashed n bench wo
went into a closet, dour and all toro my
coat -bruised my head, and then asked mo
if I could obey" tho rules? I told him I
could so funis I thought they wero right.
(Cuunsel fur defenco). 'Doiou usu tobac
co?' 'Yes sir.' 'llow long havo you used
it4?' 'Two years.' 'Chew and smoke bjth,
don't you ?' 'Yes sir.' 'Was yuu hurt
much by tho teacher?' '11c bruised my
knee, back of my neck, and drew blood on
my face.' 'Was you confined to tho houso
any?' 'Yessir' 'How long?' 'A day or
two.' 'When did you inform your folks
that you was hurt? 'Next morning.' 'They
didn't know it that evening ?' 'No sir.'
'Didn't seo the blood on your face?' No sir.'
'Where did you go that night?' 'To Mr.
T 's.' 'What for?' To seo him.'
About a serenade, wasn't it ?' 'Something
was said about ono' 'Yes! where did you
go from thero?' 'Went to Mr. W 's.'
'What did you get ?' 'A tin horn.' 'Then
you went back toMr. T 's, didn't yuu ?'
'Yessir.' 'To geta company to go an i ser
enade some ono ?' 'Yes sir. 'You say you
didn't thruw out the tuhacco when ho told
you to?' 'No nr.' 'Didn't till yuu got
ready ?' 'No sir.' "
It'is perhaps unnecessary to say that after
a littlo moro such testimony as this tlio
school tutrhcr wns acquitted, and public sen
timent run out of tho hands and feet of
thoso present, till tho old hall shook from
ridgepole to Ion ml.it ion. A purso was made
up fur the tcachar tu defray his part of tho
cxjiense. nnd the crowd dispcrsid, well sat
isfied, Cahdoman,
Henry Ward HrECiir.it o.v NtwsnriRs.
Consider how uniiirs.il aro newspapers in
America. They penetrate every nook and
corner of society. No other element of power
has such n sphere. The pulpit, tho court,
the lectur", couiiared with the newspaper,
touch suciety in hut few places. Tbu news-
paper in America is universal. It reaches
within and without, from surface to coro ; it
travels everywhere, is bought by everybody,
read by ull classes, and is wholly ur nearly
t e only reading of moro than half our pop
illation. Its senico to good morals nnd in
telligence among tho p 'opto is incalculable.
All tho libraries ol Europium! not of nsmucli
uf as much service to the nations uf Europo
as the nwsiajier is to this American nation.
Its iHiwcr is growing. Who would, twenty
jears ago, Ii ivo dreamed uf such 11 growth
uiid power ns havo been ilcvrlopeil? But tlio
next twenty juirs will witness a greater.
The editor is t bo tho Scho ilumster. Tho
Ih'sI latent will find its highest sphero in tho
editorial ruom. Already tbu Chair is moro
influential than tho I! iieti ur tho Platform.
Nubr.iin cm net u pon so many us that which
speak by the printing-press nf tlio daily pa
per. Ink heats like blood in the veins of the
nation, Independent
UUHL.INGTO.Vt
FRIDAY MOItNIXO, MAllCH 55, lf60.
.Mil. IlUTliEIl' HLiAVK AUCTION.
Mr. Pierce M. Butler, resident in Phila
delphia, met with great losses in tho crash of
1837-8, and concluded to sell his portion of
a largo number of men, women and chil
dren, "found guilty of a color not his own"
tho said human chattels, according to tho
laws ol Georgia, having como to him from
his father, a wealthy planter of that State.
The sale was to consist of four hundred nnd
thirty-six Individuals. It was ndvertised fur
somo weeks, to como oft in Savannah on the
1st of March, and attracted a largo num
ber of buyers from Georgia nnd tho neigh
boring tlavo States. A correspondent of the
V. Trihunt furnished an extended and
graphic account of it, from which wo take
a mo extracts
"The nezrocs eamo from tiro plantation the
ieic a rich plantation, near Unricn, In tho State of
(tenritla, nut far from the great Oltcfbnokec swamn-
nnd tlic other a cotton ptnntiitlnn on tho extreme
northern point of St, Simon s I1anil, a littlo Lit
i.f an island in tho Atlantic, cut off from Georgia
main lanu iy a sicnucr arm 01 tno sea. Tlinugli
tho most of tho stock had been ancustomed only to
rice anil cotton planting nml culture, there wero
among them a number of very payable mcchnnlc,,
who nau occn tauzlil to uo all tho rougher sorts of
work on tho plantations. Thero wero ennnrrs.
carpenters, shoemakers and blacksmiths, each one
ciuai in ins various erait 10 tno ordinary require
ments of a plantation that 1, the cooper could
make rlco tierces, and possibly, on a pinch, rude
tuhs and buckets i tho carpenter could do the
rough carpentry about tho negro quarters ; the
shooroakcr could mako ehoes of tho fadiion ro
quired for thoilnvc,, anil the blacksmith w.is ade
quate to tho manufnet roof hoes nnd similar sim
ple tools, anu to such, trilling repairs in tho bli"k
sinithinz way ns did not require a too refined skill.
Though no ono of these vrould ho called a supe
rior, or even an avcrago workman, among the
masters of the craft, their knowlodgo of these va
lious trades sold in somo cases for nearly as much
as tho :an, thnt 1, a man without a trade, who
wr.uld ho vulued at $900, would readily brins
$l,Co or SI, TOO, if bo was a passablo blacksmith
or cooper.
Tluro wero nollght '1101011003 In tho wholo lot
of tho Uutltr stock, and but very few that wero
even a shado removed from tho original Congo
blackness.
' The slaves remained at tho race course, somo
of them fur moro than a week, and all of them for
four (lavs before tho sale. They wero brought in
thus early, that buyers who desired to Inspect them
might enjoy that privilege, although none of Ihcm
wero sold ot prirato sale. For theso preliminary
days their sheds wero constantly visited by specu
lators. Tho negroes wero examined with ns little
consideration as if they had been brutes Indent ;
tlic buyers pulling their mouths open to see their
teeth, pinching their limbs to find how muscular
they were, walking them up and down t-i detect
any signs of lamencs', making them stoop or bend
in different ways that they might bo certain thero
w.is no conccatc I rupture or wound ; nnd In ad.li
tion to all this treatment, aking them scores of
quetions rclallro to their qualification- and ac-compli-hment.
All theso hiiniiliition, wire sub.
tnitted to without a murmur, and In some instances
with good naturcd cheerfulness where the slave
liked tho appearance of tho proposed buyer, and
fancied that ho miht provo a kind " mas'r."
Tho following curiously sad scene Is tho typo of
a score of others that wero theni enaetetl :
" Elijha," chattel No. A In the catalogue, bail
takon a fancy to sbcncrolcnt looking middle-aged
gentleman, who was inspecting the stock, and thus
used Ills powers 01 persuasion to Induce tlio be
nevolent man to purchase hlra, with bis wife, boy
and girl, Molly, Israel nnd Veranda, chattels Xos.
e-, 7 and s. ihc earnestness with winch the poor
fclluw pressed his suit, knowing as he did, that,
perhaps, the happiness of his whole life depended
on his success, was interesting, nnd the nrgumcnts
ho used wero most pathetic, IIo made no appeal
to thu feelings of bis buyer; ho rested no hope 011
his charity und kindness, but only strovo to show
how will worth his dollars were tho bop- nnd
blood he wa entreating him to buy,
' booh at mo, mas'r; am prime rh-. planter;
sho' you won't find a better inandcnin. ; n.ibitl.
on de wholo plantation; n tabitrtiirt tli om'
worn uen ever; ua carpenter worK 'io,iii!r; ni't
ter buy mo mas'r; 1 o ho go . nrvn'.t, uia'r.
-Molly, too, my wile, Sa, fits r le lie- him! mod
as good as inc. Stin out .in, Hi ll, and let the
gen I111 11 sec.
.Molly odvonecs, with her han' - crosied on her
bosom, nnd make n quick coi 1 . , .utd stand mute,
looking appcalingly in i-mv -lent man's face.
Uut l:ilsha talks all loo l.i,ti-r.
" iihow mas'r yer arm, Molly good arm, ilat,
mas'r she do a heap of work 1110' with that arm
yet. Let good mas'r te- yer teeth, .Molly; rccdat
inab r teem nil regular, an gnou; sue in young
gal jet. Come out yer, Israel, walk aroun' an let
tho gcn'lm'n see how spry you bo."
Then, pointing to tho three years old girl, who
stood tih her chubby hand to her mouth, holdin
on to her inutlie' dress, and uncertain what to
mako of the strango score
" Littlo Van-ly '3 only a chile yet; make prime
gnl, by nnd by, Better buy us; mas'r, wo'm f us'
rata bargain" and so on. Uut the benevolent
gentleman found where ho could driro a closer
bargain, and so bought somebody else."
Mr. Bryan, a negro broker had tho man
agement of tho sale. His auctioneer, Mr.
Welsh, announced tho terms of sale, and tho
work began. There wero buyers and specta
tors of all descriptions; genteel nnd coarse ;
sleek of dress and manner ; nnd rudo and
savago ns tho Legreco of L'nclo Tom's Cabin
young and old, all mixed together as if it
were a cattle fair, and inspecting, and hand
ling, nnd examining tho objects ns if they
were cattloand nothing else; and as tho salo
went on, dialogues went on also among tho
groups of buyers and lookers on. Hero is a
description of ono of them :
" A party of men were conversing on the fruitful
subject of managing refractory "niggers;" somo
wero for severo whipping, somo recommending
branding ono or two advocated other modea ot
torture ; but one hugo brute of a man, who bad
not taken nn a tive part In tho discussion, save to
assent with npproving nod to any unusually bar
barous proposition, at last broke his silence by say.
ing, in an or-icular way, " Vou may say what you
like about mauaging niggers; I'm a driver my
self, and 1'to bad somo cxpcrleneo and ought to
know, You can manago ordinary niggers by lick
in' 'em and givln' 'ui a tasto of tho hot Iron onco
tn a while when they'ro extra ugly ; but if a nig
ger really sets himself up against me, I can't ncv.
cr havo any pitlcnco with bim. I jest get my pis
tol and shoot him right down ; and that's the best
way,"
And thisbrute was talking to gentlemen, andhis
remarks were listened to with attention, nnd his
assertions assented to by more than one in the knot
of listeners. Hut all this time the salo was going
on, nnd tho merry Mr. Walsh, with many a quip
and jest was beguiling the time when tho bidding
was slow, Tho expression on the faces of all who
stepped on the block was always the same, and told
of more anguish than it is In tho power of words
to express. UUghtcd homes, crushed hopes nnd
broken hearts was tho sad story to be read
la all the anxious faces. Somo of them
regarded tho sals with perfect indifference,
never roaklrg a motion savo to run from
ono side to the other at the word of the dapper .Mr
Ilryan, that all the crowd might havo a fair view
of their proportions, and thon, wbon tho sate was
acoomplishcd, stepping down from tho block with
out caring to east even a look at the buyers, who
now held nil their happiness in their hands.
Others, again, strained their eyes with eager
glances from one buyer to another as the bidding
went on, trying with earnest attention to follow
the rapid voice of the auctioneer, Sometimes,
two persons only would be bidding for the samo
chattel, all the others baring resigned the contest,
and then the poor creature on tho block, conceiv
ing an instantaneous preforeoee fi r one of the
buyers over the other, wouli regard tho rivalry
with the inteosest interest, the expression of the
face changing with every bid, settling into a half
smile of joy If the favorite buyer persevered unto
the end and secured the properly, and settling
down to a look of hopeless despair if tho other woa
tho victory."
The family of Trlmus, plantation carpenter,
consisting of Dapbnty his wife, with her young
babe, and Dido, a girl of three years old, were
reached in due course of time. Daphney hal a
largo shawl, which she kt-nt carefull ,.ni
around her infant and herself. This unusual pro.
cecdlng attracted mock attention, and provoked
luaii? icuiarai, ffUCU CB lOOSO 1
"What do you keen your nigger covered up for ?
Tull off her blanket.1'
"What's the fault of the gat t Ain'UhciounJT
Full off her rags and ltt ui see her."
"Who's going to bid on that Bigger, Ifyou keen
her covered up 1 Ui't us sir hue ,"
And a loud chorus of similar remarks, empha
sized with loud profanity, nnd mingled with say.
ings too Indccoutnnd obscene to bo even hinted nt
here, went up fiotn tho crowd of chivalrous
Southern genthraen.
At last tho nueli-.nccr obtained n henrlng long
enough to say that thero wnsnoa'tcmpttoprnctico
anydcccptlon In tlio case, tho parties were not to to
wronged in any way ; bo had nn desiro to palm
off on them an Inferior article, but tho truth ol
th matter was that Unhhncy hnd hicn confined
only filtcen days ago. nnd bo thought that on that
account she was cntltlul to tho slight Indulgence
or a hlankit, tn keep from herself and child the
chill air nnd the dtiv ing rain.
Will ynur lady renders look nt fio circum
stances lnthlscacj Tho day wns the 5d day of
Mireh. Dnphney's baby wns botn Into tho world
on St. Valentino's happy day, Iho I'th nf Febru
ary. Slnco her confinement, Dapbneylind travel
ed from tho plantation to the Savannah, whero
sho had been kept for six day. On the sixth or
scicnth day after her sickness, -lie ha t lelt her
bcd.tiktnga railroad journey across the country
to tho shambles, wns thero exposed for six d.is
tothoquistlonings nnd Insults of tho negro specu
lators, an 1 then on tho fifteenth ilav nfler her
confinement, was put up on tho block with her
husband and her other child, and with her new
born baby In her arms, was sold to tho highest
bidder.
It was very considerate in Ilanbney to bo siek
before tho sale, far her walling baby was worth
to Mr. llutlcr all of a hundrul dollirs. Tho fa
mily sold for SOij a piece, or S2,i00 lor the four."
By tho conditions of the sale, families
were to bo sold together. This arrangement
saved anguish to many, for u timo at leat.
'There were somo thirty bnbUs In tho lo'; thev
nro esteemed woith to the master a hundred dollars
thodiy they are horn, and tn increase In value nt the
rato of a huodrtd dollars a year till they nrc six
teen or seventeen jo-irs obi, at which ago they
bring tho best price.
Jeffrey, chattel Xo. 219. marked as a " prime
cotton hand," aged '23 years, was put up Jeffrey
being n likely bid, tho competition washlgh. The
firt bid wns $1,100, and bo was finally sold for
$l,3no. Jeffrey was sold atone; he had no Incum
brance In tho shapo oTan aged father or mother,
who must necessarily be sold with him; nor bad he
any children, for Jeffrey was not married. But
Jeffrey, chattel Xo. 21'J, being human in his nf-
fections, had dared to cherish a love for Dorcas,
chattel No. 278; nnd llorcas, not having tho fear
of her master befuro her cics, huJ . hor heart
to JcJrcy.
s
Jeffrey was sold. IIo finds out his new master :
and hut In hand, the big tears standing In his ryes
and bis voice trembling with craution, ho stands
beforo that matcrand tells his simple story, pray
ing that his betrothed ni.iy ho bought with him.
lhougli his voice trunbli-s, there Is no embarrass
ment In hi m inner; his fears havo killed all tho
hiehfulncss that would naturally uttetid such a re
cital to u stranger and beforo un) mpathising wit
nesses; hu Icels t nt bo is pleading lo the happi
ness of her he loves ns well as for his own, and his
talo is tcld in a frank and manly way :
" I loves lJuicas, young mas'r; I loves her well
an' true; sho says sho lovca ti.e, and I know she
docs; do good Lord knows that 1 loves her better
than I loves any one in do wide world never can
love nitothcr womnn half so well. Pleaso buy
"Jorcas, mas'r. Wc'io he good sarvants as long us
wo live. Wo'ro be ni irrieil right soon, young mas'r,
and de chillun will be healthy and strong, nm'r,
and dcy'll bo pood s-irvants, too. Ple.iso buy Kor
eas, young mas'r. Wo luvcs each other a heap
d i, ica ly, Irai , mos'r."
Jctlu-y then icmembers that no loves and hopes
of bis aru to cntir into the b.irgtin nt nil, but in
tnocirncstncss of his lovo he has forgotten tobasu
bis idea on other ground till nun, whin ho bethinks
him, and continues, with his voice not trembling
now, sive with eagerness topruie how wo. thy ol
inivnv dollars Is Iho in liden ol li is heart :
1 Youu nris'r. Iiurcis prime woaiau A 1 wo
man, sifi. Full g ill. .i ; long arms. strung, healthy.
nn! e.in do n tu'.ip o' work In a day. be is one ol
do best rice hand i n do w-iiolu j.lnntulb n ; worth
31,200 iay. in.n'r, nn' fust lute bargain at that."
Tho man seems touched by.lelfrev'sbist lemar-s.
and bids him liteh oalhis "gal, and lel'ssco what
she looks like."
Jeffrey goes into tho long room i.nd presently
returns with Dorcis, looking cr tad und sill
posscsacd, without apirtiilo of imti.irr.isiininr at
tne trying position in which she is placed. Hie
makes thu accustomed curl-y, and stands meekly,
with hi i hands chitpcd aerurs her hosoin, wailing
tho re.-iilt. Tho buvi-r regard htr with a critical
rye, and growl, in a low voice, that the "g.il has
guud p inn. Iheu lie goes on 1 1 a inori' tuinuto
and c.irtlul examination nt her working abilities.
lie turns hir iiatnd. makes terttuon, and walk .
an 1 then he l.ikis nil" her tuibau to look .it her
hcii'l that nn wound ur 1iimu bu eniio.-iilcd by the
giy h.in-ikerciikt ; lie luoks at tier teeth, and feels
nt her arms, and at litn' nouneishin.sclf plincd
with thu risult ot his nb-. rv .ii inn, nlii-ieat Jeff
rey, who has stnud near, trembling with eager
hope, is ovrrjnt, ul, bo rmiie? li r the first ( line
I'ho buyer then ernvvn Jeifici'- hnppini !-. hj ma
king a promise that he will buy hi r if the price
isn't run up ton high.
At last comes the trying moment, and Dorea
steps up un the stall 1.
Uut now a most unexpected leaturc in the dra
ma is uninasktil; llorci ii not to by soil alone,
but with a family ol 1'uur other.. Full of illniay,
Jeffrey looks tu his master, who , hakes his head,
lor, although be might bo inducnl to buy Dnrcas
alone, he has no use fur the rest of the family.
Jeffrey reads his doom in his master's look, ar.d
turns away, the tears streaming down his honest
face.
So Dorcas is sold, and her toiling life is to be
spent In the cotton fields of South Carcdina, while
Jeffrey gois to tho rico plantation of tho Great
Swamp.
-And to-morrow Jeffrey and Dorcas are to say their
tearful farewell, and go their separate ways In
life to mcot no moro as mortal beings.
I!ut didn't .Mr. Pierce llutlcr givothem a sli
ver dollar aplice Who shall say thero Is no
magnanimity in slave owners ?
In an other hour I see Durcas in tho long room,
sitting mutlGnless a a statue, with her head cover
ed with a shawl. Audi seo Jeffrey, who goes to
his new mnster, pulls offhls hat und says, Fsc
very much obliged, mas'r, to you for tr,in to
help me. I knows 3 ou would have done it if you
could thank you, mas'r thank you but its
berry hard" and here tho poor fellow breaks
down entirely nnd walks away, covering his face
with his buttered hat, and sobbing like a very
child.
He is soon surrounded by a group of his colored
riends, who, with nn initinctlvo delicacy most
untouked for, stan 1 quiet, and with uncovered
heads about him.
And so tho great salo went on for two long das
during which timo there wero sold42D men, wo
men and children. Thero wero 4J0 announced to
be sold, but a few were detained on the plantation
by sickness.
At the doss of tho sale, on the last day, sundry
baskets of chain pagno were produced, and nil wero
invited to parta-e, the said wine being at tho ex
pense of the broker, .Mr. Ilryan.
The total amount of tho sale foots up $303,650
the proceuls of tho first day being $101,150,
and ol thu second day $1 12,370.
Tho highest sum paid for anyone family was
given fur Sally Walker and l.er tiro children,
who were mostly grown up. The prico was $C, 160.
Tho highest prico paid for a single man was
$1,760, whioh was given for William, a "fair car
penter and caulker."
Tho hlgho t prico paid for a woman was
$1,750, which was given for Jane, "cotton hand
and house scrvaut."
Tho lowest prico paid was fur Anson aud Violet,
a grey halrid cruplc, each timing numbered more
than fifty years; they brought but$2j0 a piice.
Leaving Iho raco buildings, where the scenes we
have described took plais, 11 crowd of negroes were
seen gathered eagerly about a man in their midst.
That man was .Mr. Plerco .M. llutlcr, of the freo
cltyof Philadelphia, who was solacing the woun
titd hearts uf tho pcuplo ho bad told from their
firesides and their homes, by doling out to them
small change at the rato of a dollar a head. To
every ncgru ho had sold, who presented bis claim
for the paltry pittance, ho gavo tho munificent
stipend of ono whole dollar, in specie, he being
provided with two canvass hags of 2a cent pieces,
fresh from the mint, to givo an additional glitter
to bis munificent gcneioslty.
As the last family stepped down from (hebilock,
for the first lime in four da) s tho rain ceased, the
clouds broke away, and tlio soft sunlight fell on
tho scene. The unhappy slaves had many of them
already been removed, and others wero now de
parting with their new roasters.
That night not a steamer left that "southern
port, not a train of cars sped away from that
cruel city, that did not bear each its own tad bur
den of those unhappy ones, whoso only crime is
that they are not strong and wise somo of them
maimed and wounded, some of them scarred and
g-ished by accident, or by the hands of ruthless
drivers all sad and sorrowful as human hearts
can be."
Accidents, In Brandon, on tho 10th , as
a young man named Kano, of Leicester,
was driving with two ladies, his horso be
came frightened, nnd threw both ladies from
tho buggy, hurting ono quite seriously On
the Oth.a span of horses took fright, and
in attempting to run through a gateway ono
of tho horse? was crowded upon a picket
fence, and so badly hurt that ho died soon
after. Tho team belongodto,Col. Tillotson,
and was a valuable one,
ItEIilOIOUS INTKLMGKNOE.
Rev. S, A. Blako was orj.ilncd pastor of tho
Baptist church at Plninl'eld, on the 2d. Tho
sermon was preached '..t Prof. Upham, of
Fairfax.
A correspondent of the Chronicle speaking of
the religious interest in New York City, says
that last Sabbath, besides in tho churches,
religious services were held In tho Academy
of Music, the City Assembly Rooms, tho
Cooper Institute, and tho National Theatre,
all being filled with nttcntivo hearers. Tho
player meetings continue to bo crowded.
Daily prayer meetings aro held on board of
six of our national vessels, with the best pos
sible results. A remarkable feature of tho
rcviial is the number of conversions among
aged men, infidels. Jews, and Roman Cath
olics Ata recent prayer meeting in Boston two
or three noted spirit dealers gave notico of
the abandonment ol their business, in conse
quence of their conversion. An interesting
revival wns reported on board the Ohio, at
tho Navy Yard.
At the anniversary of Trayer for Colleges,
at Bowdoln College, it was stated that there
had been twenty-four conversions among tho
studentsiliiring the year ; the whole number
of pious students was eighty. It is within
tho memory of many graduates when thero
was but one pious student in the College.
At the stated meeting of Managers of tho
Am. Bible Sjc., held March 3d, the report
of the Cominitteo on Versions was adopted,
restoring tho editions of the New Testament
to tho condition in which they were before
the action of the lato Committee.
Rev. Mr. Spurgcon has decided not t
visit tlio United States. But it is said letters
halo been sent by influential clergymen urg
ing him to alter his mind, nnd it is now
thought probable that ho will be hero in
time to attend the Congregational Union on
tho 12th ol May.
Boston Pciilic Schools. Serious distur
bances haie occurred in some of tho Boston
Public Scliuuls within a few days past. It
seems that it has been for years a regulation
prescribed by the School Committee, that a
"portion of Scripture"' shall be read every
morning by thcehuol teachers, with a recom
mendation "that the reading be followed with
the LjpI'b Prayer, repeated by tho teacher
ulune, or chanted by the teacher nnd chil
dren in concert, and that the afternoon ses
sion clo-e with appropriate singing ; and al
so that thu pupils learn tho Ten Command
ments, and repeat them oneo a week."
In tlio Elliot Schod, at the North End,
all at once there appeared a determined non
euinrlianco with tho regulation by largo
numbers who who were children nf ltom.in
Catholic parents. It appeared that a Roman
Catholic Priest in onr of the churches had
isu d nrders to that illVct Th" immediate
riHiilt was the neee-stry outer from tho
School Committee that those who would net
comply with the regulations must lento
them ; and mui hundred di ' j similar
trouble broke out in s on r scliuols. A
largo numb r, how . io.it 210, returned
in ii'.av ur two -n.i'tion nf their parents,
slmwing the' b ,t kind of dictation from
their pi i" vv.is nut approved by many,
What ii.u upshot of the whole will be, re
mains to be seen. Tho School Committee
nio to havo tho subject under con-idcration
next Monday.
Ciiv-idiriiig how very slight difference
thero is in either wind or stntinient between
the Ten Comniaudiu nto and the Lord s
Prayer, ns given in the Common Version, and
in tho I) a way Version, authorized by the
Catholic Authorities, the interference of tho
priists looks quite as much like a zeal for
exercising absolute authority, as a zeal for
religion.
Spontaneous Combustion. A correspond
ent of the Boston Jonrnal gives an instnnco
of spontaneous ignition of iron dust. In
the rivet factory nt Plymouth is a revolving
cylinder, in which rivets are put to clean
nnd polish them, the dust falling on tlio floor
below where tho drippings from a shaft above
can reach it. Somo years ago ono of tho
workmen discovered that the whole mass of
deposits from the cylinder was enveloped in
a bluish semi-transparent flame, rising somo
four or five inches in height. The wood-work
of the wall witli which a portion ol it camo
in contact, though not actually charred, was
bu deeply discolored ns lo show that a few
houis lunger delay in tho discovery would
have produced ignition.
The siiine thing occurred again afterwards,
when lucisurts were immediately taken to
prevent its recurrence.
Army Cit.in..iNS. Tho American army is
ton great oxtent, destitute of religious in-,
struction. An officer, not a professor of re
ligion, writing to the National Intelligencer,
says:
"With nn Army of near twenty thousand
men, occupying moro thnn fifty garrisons, for
the most part beyond the reach of churches
or any other cstiblishrd means of securing to
our officers and men tlio rites of marriage, of
baptism, and uf burial.
The National Ktcordcr (Washington) fur
nishes this statement:
"Moro than two-thirds of tho United
Stales Army hate lor the last year or more
been employed in tedious marches among the
Indians, through all our frontier regions,
from Florida to Texas to Minnesota, and
theneo through New Mexico to Oregon und
Washington Territories, as well us crushing
tlio reliellion in Utah, accompanied hy no
Christian teacher, nuno to speak of Jesus
and the resurrection to those that were Jy-Ins-"
.
Pkoyidintial Escape As Henry Floyd
with his son-in-law nnd their families, of
Westminster, wero crossing the Connecticut
on tho ico to Wnlpole, on tho 9th, tho ice
gave way, letting all but Mr. Floyd who was
on foot, into the river. The sleigh struck on
a rock and tho females clung to it, holding
tho childrcnuut of water. They were speed
ily rescued by tho help of tho workmen on
the new bridge, without injury.
Scones Deatu. A man named Patrick
Donahuo, a blacksmith of Rutland, was
found dead in Ccntro Rutland March 15th.
Ho was' seen tho night previous decidedly
drunk, nnd had evidently slipped on a piece
of ice, nnd struck his head with such force
ns to kill him.
A drunkard, upon hearing that tho earth
was round, said it accounted for bis rolling
off so much,