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r : P ON in irn JDj-:JtLl JV,:;:,:-l;-.-.7iL.l 4 LI'NO. '29. . ,WHE FIRST ckSfNON SHOT! ilarfeT over Eufope Bounding; . 'first, the signal gun 1 Tib 'fire has-fnrat the blow is struck TJCfiui dHs'doiie l.r S.' ''V: M rotn North; to' South it' echoes" f J" . From East to West afarj1 ' ' T V nsultd" nations join their hands, 'And gather to the yw, ;.,s From restless slubber xr akingy ' 1 The thunder in her ear,' ':-',! tTnfcJtpfy Poland starts to lifc'" And grasps her broken spear. ! ' : t)ld Rome gtoWs young to hear it-1-1 'There's mischief in her glance I And Hungary mounts her battle steed, And waves her fiery lance , " ' iv,i. ;' 2fot long shall last the combat - ' t'TKough Russia laugh to scorn. The wrongful cause, if vr to-day, " V Is down to-morrow morni I ' When France unites with England. .'Beware defeat and shame,1 " Ye foes of right, who force the figlrf; VAild fan the needless flame 1 1 ' ''V '. : " ; Hark ! over Europe sounding " '. Thcvfirst, the signal gun J " But when the last loud cannon peal Shall tell of victory won. Be surety e proud aggressors,'- 1 vs ,.;uT .Vtuur hour shall not be long! , . - ; "l ,-.:, They.in.ay Boti shall not, cannot win, , Wno battle in the wronr Xji'T.E '. H A M I LTO n. " ' , OBinE flirt's reward. ' ' l" "Oli Kate! said a merry' 'voice; 'papa has just received-sv letter, . from cousin diaries . announcing .the, .. pleasing fact that,be will be ,here in -a week, to spend al s the bright summer with , us, ) Don't you rejoice with us? for he used to, be a fa Torite with you and myself in our child hood, days., Years. hare elapsed since then and perhaps, he is as much chang- r MT . O (4 in heart as he must be .in: person.,: I ! ' don't anticipate that however, but think of., him as .the cousin Charles of other days. . And be will be such a pleasant addition to pur little home circle. r . . , .; .The lady addressed raised her head, and looked smilingly at the lovely , spea ker, and when she had finished, remark- d gaily: .'.; J- ! '.;! i. Now, that you hayg ended your tissue g9lden mcpiories, I wU tell you that I am-glad tha.t he is,, coming. It will al leviate, in some degree, this dull; mono-V tony;, for there is s some , danger., of ; ,these: old woods, with their ceaseless wailineJ giving one. the horrors .before thendof this Jong, wearisome summer.'. - J! .ilOh Kate ! do not call it wailing it is Bofi a lit term to apply to these - majestic old freest II call it the gentle ' sighing fit ofjiUfe breiBZQ as it kisses the roving bran ch esj of ' thef proud 1 forest monarch..'' I love to wander in these old woods, I ; can indtdge in suchpleesant reveries uninter rupted can recall, so vivedly the- happy days-of our childhood,' .when we usedi to wander .so' fearlessly through its intricate palhs.) 1 You loved it then as: well as my self, how is' it that you do not love it n6w?' she continued sadly. ! !Our: beloved par ents. . are . with tis. it is ' our hpriic;-- cur childhood's home, so fraught with pleas ant hiemories.': ji- We are' surrounded by; everything: that can constitute happiness, How-.can you .'weary of ; it. ' . I 'never could.' :t ' V,'I love my, parents as well as you . do, Amy, but' I must confess, my little coun try isister, that a ball room, theater fand ther city scenes are more in accordance with jny -taste, jthari roaming like . a love sick damael here among these old "woods; Did Iindulge la :day-dreems.. as you! do, I believe I would die of ennui. It seems to me there must be some ancient convent (.,-.- . . . . . o Uuried somewhere in it's depths; and what )fou call the i'gentle sighingof the breeze,' must be the 'nuns chaunting their vesper hymn;.v And!. as I' take not pleasure in Captivity, or! its consequences, avoid it as much as possible ; while you, with . your gentle nature, love such scenes, in the ro inantiJ.hope of affording relief." , So I am affraidi?: she:'!said, tapping . her sistex's chbek lightly, f that we are compelled to tread different paths, kI. am sorry our. tastes! are not more congenial, but as na ture, has. endowed us with different. at tributes; we imust e'en submit to out; fate. But when did you say . Charles Cleveland would be here? He gave promise of much beauty and, intellect in boyhood. - If na ture has fulfilled that promise, he. must b very handsome,' she said, ; thoughtful-! Jy-aa if speaking more to herself than to "lerwster. Im-.rjy, s'.-.lh :r inT.. -.Atay looked at her earnestly for a few inlfiutes, and theh she stole her arm ; qui- ctly'tcund her lieck, as if to .frouseJher from the thoughts that she read too welli LetWe' paint them as they stood thus.' on tfiie bright summ'erevepirig, before sor row hacUcome, with ' crushing weight; to idim JLhe glorious - beauty of one, and the .soft etherial loveliness-of the other.- -: The ststeri'were alike' in' stature but J Amy's flight form 'seeriied very girlish . beside Kate's beautiful developed figure. They rer0 very- similar, too, - in features) but feryJ dissimilar in j expressions?.: Kate's clear, brunette complexion and I magnifi cent raven tresses, formed a beautiful con trast to Amy's fair skin' and dark brown ringlet, that had that peculiar wave, which caught the light in ripples. Amy's-large browA eyes were soft and gentle as the whole expression of her face; awhile from Kate's brilliant black orb3 . flashed, the proud consciousness -of her surpassing ieautyi.'''' -rj.- '" 10 Kate and Amy Hamilton were the only VhUdri'4 pf Weajthy and indulgent Ipar" ri.' ents? ' Kate. was twenty; T arid! lici: sister two years younger, at the lime our story commences; For these reaspns, vatc had' beerfthc belle. ' lie was 'cpurted add k&-. mired; very many had bowed at.ber sfirinc with'lhc well founded hope "ortciprocaj affeclion but we disappointed. ' ' As'yet she was in "Maiden meditation) fancy, free.'' ' But the1 secret of these' disap pointments', was, that our' heroine was a, 'fllrt.'; She was' a sceptic' in 'love sh believed it' "all .imagination fancy any thing else 'but the holy feeling it was. She loved admiration j "and sought' it, re gardless of the misery sIiq was inflicting on many, pet'ehance "true hearts.- The gentle Amy remonstrated with tears, but she laughed lightly at her fears; and still pursued the path she had chosen. She was conscious of herpower; "and wielded it not with iron sway, but with smiles' and words. . The two preceding summers had been spent at watering places, but this summer Mr. .'Hamilton laughingly, told his daughters he had brought them, to 'Love Lawn to rusticate.' 'Amy thanked him warmly. Kate was 'silent, because she loved not solitude, but was too dutiful and affectionate to controvert the wishes of her parents. ' But she longed for the flight of - time, that she , might ."renew ' her gajeties arid conquests. But with all her faults, Kate had many redeeming traits her nature was warm and impulsive, spite of her scepticism. J She was generous to a fault, and words of sorrow; pevr. fell unheeded on her compassionate ear, whea she felt that they were not' feigned. . . Before I proceed in my story let me give a brief sketch of Charles Cleveland. In early life he had been' left, an orphan (but. wealthy). M r. Hamilton was his mothers brother, and was left his sole ' 'c guardian; well and faithfully had he dis- charged the trust reposed in him. Mr Cleveland died when his son was yet a mere infant. Mrs.. Cleveland lingered a few years but she now lifted up her head in joy again, for she was fondly at tached to her husband, arid rejoiced 'when her summons came,' for. she felt th at by her . only and dearly beloved broth er, bier son .would be cared or."! He", was with her in her last illness, arid promised, which the damp dewsj of death stood on that pale lonely face, ; that he' would love and protect her orphan boy as his owh After his sister was laid ori the silent tomb he took the sorrowing' hoy to his-owri home. Charles was then but ten. -; The little ' Amy had numbered four bright summers, but when her cousin came,, she would sit beside him for hours, with her soft arms entwining hisneck, gently striv ing to win him from sorrowful! thoughts and bitter tears.' - ' l- :.- ': ; ' '' At last she ' succeeded. He would fol low her submissively, but Amy was now wayward, she merely sought to alleviate his grief not to show her power. Kate too, loved her cousin,, but she ;was often wild and capricious, and wounded, when she meant it not.. .. At such times he would shrink from her and seek, the society of his more: congenial playmate. ' "But - soon Charles' shyness wore off, and . he ( heroi cally styled himself his , cousin's protec tor, and learned not to fear Kate's raillery but Amy, was still his favorite, y , Years passed away, and the time came when he must leave home for . . college. He was deservedly a favorite with .the whole household, and all now truly grieved when the parting hour came, but none sorrow ed as.: little Amy. For . weeks her once light footstep was slow arid measured hut thia could not last; and. Amy .wasr. herself again,! for she could still' think! joyfuL'of his! return.- He had graduated! with - the' first honors of the college, and for; "three years had been traveling .in: Europe.--r-Seven years had . passed; away-the' boy had grown to manhood, the girl to wom hoodiu In a few' years they were' to meet again; can . you wonder., then; that. v-these three hearts beat with untold, emotions. Amy almost counted the hours.- until,; his arrival; her thoughts run! of his .dwelling on the happy, but shadowy past. . She loved to picture , to herself their happy unconstraindd meeting. . ... The day of Charles' expected arrival came at last. Amy. was with her par-1 ents awaiting! his arrival. ! It i.was the soft hour of twilight, ; the hour she. loved best.!; Soon her impatient ear was gratifi ed at hearing the sound of carriage wheels; she looked out and catching a glimpse : of his tall magnificent form as he jumped hurriedly from the carriage, ; instead of running to meet him as she intended, fled precipitately. L i -.. . .-, ;i ;i : ' Oh Kate ! he has come.' she cried bursting into her) sister's :roonx , almpst breathless.-. -i-1 lu,l -.. ! ,i v 1: 'Then what are you doing here,' said Kate, laughinglyr'why did ypu not go to meeti)im?i ? sain ;jri - s ... , -,'. c .'0 1 1 could ft.ofr,; beqause : he looks . so different from what he used. to do,' she said in a disappointed tone. 'Why, silly girl 'exclaimed her' sis ter, 'did you immagirie he would look as wuen you partem J3ut come i win. rrn with you now, so dont be alarmed ' and drawing Amy's arm through her own, the beautiful sisters entered the. room to welcome home their long absent" cousin. When they entered; Charles started i the vision of lovliness that met his gaze but rising gracefully;hj?saluted them as an affectionate brotbe would have done, and leading theni to the sofa, took his seat between them, and talking gaily, feelingly pf their part, Kate's brilliant black eyes UPPER SA y DUSKY, OHIO, , THURSDAY, NOV. 24, 1853. were raised boldly to hisaS if she sought to dazzle Iwhi' by their'beauty,' arid well he5 felt 'their "power as she exerted all the fascination she was mistress'pf to gratify. But Amy's5 soft eyes were "downcast, and Charles wondered at the charge that had come over his sweet cousin,' and ral lied heVabPut it; but she answered 'gaily, 'l am not changed, Tari!d will be myself to: morrow, ahd passing to her ' room, she asked herself the' cause of this,' sudden change 'I have never' felt " this in', the presence of another,' "she said,, for Amy, though' gentle, was ever graceful arid self possessed.' ' ';" ' -" ' "' " ' ' When the sisters sought their' cham: bers that night, how different were their feelings. "' Amy's joy at her cousin's re turn; was mingled with 'fear. She had marked her' sister's mariner during the eveninsr, and she feared for her cousin's happiness; for it now occurred to her, that Kate could truly love. ' Kate felt a proud triumph in again ' being admired, and she felt a strange, deeper pleasure m Charles society, than she had ever felt in that of any other. She was to much accustoriied to homage to regard 1 it, but this evening she was flushed and ' excited she knew not why. ' ' " ' 1 ' i- : ' When Amy entered her sister's apart--ment, to bid her good night, " she passed her arm around her, and whispered soft ly; -; 'Kale do ybu love bousin Charles?' Kate started slightly, her cheek crim-' soned, as she asked Amy's ; meaning. 1 ': , ( 'He is your cousin, and you loved lam in childhood she answered ' ! v 'In answer ,to your first reason; I rriust ask if it is of blood, necessarily constitute ties of affectien? .andsto the secondit does not go to Drove that what we loved in childhood, we must'cling to in mature years, as an illustration these fruit trees of years.' ., . .'; v -: .,. - 'But, Kate, my -sister, in "memory to our childhood days in memory to the love we once cherished for charles, I ask you now to spare him; you know your beauty and your power, do not exert it then for his misery, he seems so formed for happiness she said earnestly, tearful ly. Kate seemed touched by her appeal for a moment, and then answered lightly, 'do you feel such a deep interest in him then? perhaps you have a claim, if so, prefer it boldly, and I shall not interfere..! But my little sister she said kissing her cheek warmly, though a curl . rested on the proud lip, ;do not fear Charles Cleve land will never pine in misery through any act ot mine, eo good-night,' ... . , , Amy sought her room, but still feared; her slumbers were, broken, .for though she j loved her sister truly and tenderly, she could not place entire confidence in her words, because she knew too well her fatal propensity. . , , , , . " Weeks passed, and Charles, was the constant companion" of s the sisters; he, too, loved to wander with Amy, through her favorite haunts, and it was strange how kate forgot her prejudices and, city gayeties, and constantly accompanied her cousin and sister thro these once hated woods. They seemed to possess a pecu liar charm to her now. . She wondered at the strange power Charles had, even over her taste, and once asked herself, do I love Charles Cleveland? Is this the love that poets speak, of.? And then she turned lightly from this self-questioning, and answered proudly, Bah, what is love but an i ideal phrase we use, yet know not what it is ' - ' uCrip bright afternoon, about six weeks after Charles' return, ho was sitting, with his aunt and.Amy,'in the dressing room of the former..' ,, Amy's white fingers were busy about delicate fancy work, but her thoughts seemed far away. : Charles pretented, to .read,-, but he was intently watching his. sweet .cousin, and wander ing at the sad change that had come over since his - return.' He found her bright and bjooming-now hereheek was al most as colorless as the white inuslin dress she. wore rher small hands ; were' almost transparent, but yet she murmured not She never complained of ill health,' yet she was evidently fading, fast. Suddnly a light seemed to dawn upon him, and rising immediately, he asked Amy to ac company him to a little stream near the I house, where gentle ripplings were. "wont to sooth the now sometimes excited feel ings of our gentle Amy. It was a very lovely little stream: the bright wild flow: ersgrewon its banks, and gazed down into its clearwaters. , She started, as if he had roused her from a painful reveri, but rising immediately, inquired for Kate. ; 'Kate will follow us said' Charles, but come with me now, I would . speak with , you, particurly this evening 'he whispered softly. . . Soon they were stand ing on the banks of that bright stream, when the, setting sun ,in all his gloripus beauty burst upon their vision-y-but they saw it not. For ' once, Amy seemed in: different to the beauties of ; nature rher eyes, now bent dp'yn as if to hide thoughts that she feared would emanate from them but Charles' eyes were riveted on her face. , i 'My dear, sweet cousin said he at length, 'you must listen to me. Let me tell you the story of my life to the bright young being who must be the arbitress of my tuture. happiness or misery.' Sh6didnot withdraw the hand he had taken, but it was very cold; she. had nerv ed herself to listen to the story of his love -for her sister, for it now seemed to her that she could not be loved, when her beautiful sister had exerted her powers of ' fascination. And yet she loved him with all the depth and fervor .of a' heart capable of the deepest and most intense devotjonl From her early childhood she had loved him none other had ever occupied even a; temporary place in' her heart, " And now shemust give up all her fond hopes, all the brighi dreams she had so blindly cherished, through "years of absence. But she spoke not, and Charles' continu ed hurried---' Amy, . years ago when I came hither, a heart-stricken, sorrowing boy; you soothed ;me with' your , gentle words and soft caressessi ,1 loved you then, as a s weet sister," but the time came when we. must part. . I left you with a sorrowful heart, but I could still feel your bitter tears on my cheek could still, in imagination, feel again your clinging arms that seemed as if they bound nie to. you, by a tie that naught but death could sev er. During sevwi years of absence, your sweet face' pursued me.' like a guardin angel, as if to shield me from evil.. And when the thhe of my return arrived, too,, as you, I sighed, yet trembled to' me'et." I feared to meet you changed. v I dreads ed to meet your cold,' averted iye; though not cold or averted, it was down-cast." ' I haye' marked the sudden "paling! of your cheek, of late: Ihave.dared to'shope "that I was riot, indifferent to you.' Forgive me deafest' cousin, if I ave ' been too pre suriiptuous", but' let my deep passioriate love; be my exeuse. .Amy dear, dear est one, will you " be mine?' ufc ' , 'he sprang quickly from his "side; the trembling hand was withdrawn, as she answered wildly: ' 'Charles, you are de-" ceived, it is Kate you 'meant, riot rne for none can love me where she is.' . The sinall hand was'noWlasped, her eyes were raised to his, as if her very life de pended on his answer which came, clear and distinct: ' ' . 'No, Amy, I know my own heart; Kate is very beautiful, but you are my first my' only love.' Gently his arm encircled her slight form, and drawing her fondly to him, he bent down on his bright face, now glowing with hope and happiness. Let us leave them in their bliss, and return to Kate.' ' '- '' : ' ; : ' ' " : ;-;; " Soon after her cousin and sister had left the house, she entered her mother's dres sing room, and inquired for them. When told where they were, she tripped on to-' ward !the spot, singing. snatches of some wild ocean song. 5 'The veil which hides the future i4 woven by the hand of Mer: cy otherwis .what little peace or happi ness, would be known in this beautiful but illusory wprld.: Kate was soon very near them, but they saw hej- not; she was pre parirlg" With" a bright smile'bn her 4 tips to startle them, when she saw Charles clasp Amy in his arms, and 'Amy, my own, my promised hride were the words borne to the listener by the swift winds of Hea- . -, .... ...... Aen. The smilejadcd from her lip, the cheek changed to. a lleath-like hue, and yetshe stood there motionless power less. Then suddenly, she turned and fled as if pursued by some dread phan tom. Onon she went, until she came to a quiet, lonely looking spot, that she had once'turned from with a laugh, and called Amy's 'Robber's Den.' And there she threw herself on the ground in all the wildness of despair. 'Oh God! Oh God! let me die!' was the wild impious prayer of that stricken heart while moan after moan broke the soft twilihgt hour. No word emanated from those quivering lips, but shudder after shudder passed 6ver, 'the prostrate' form and told the violence of her emotions. The black dreary, future rose 'up before" her, year after year to live and endure. One terrible thouirht of 'death self-sum-moned occurred to her, but she was . yet too pure in heart to let it linger there . Her first disappointment and .she so un prepared; she had riot thought that any one could resist her for' such' noble -resolutions to live only for the. loved .ones. And now where are those bright hopes? all, all gorie--forever gone. .Alrnost any other woman would have resolved to. live solely for the world. ' 'Not so ' with Kate Hamilton, for it awakened the better. feel ings of her nature. " Long she lay thus, but when she rose it was with a noble resolution to conceal this unrequited love, from all, to renounce the world and live entirely for her par ents and her own - soul. She was calm but pale as she walked homeward. She passed immediately to her room to re move all traces of tears from her cheek. She has just succeeded, when Amy en tered her room and casting herself into her sister's-arms, she asked for her con gratulations; !f Kate shuddered but com mandiriir herself, bestowed them in a calm clear voice -Who can tell the thoughts and feelings of that young ! girl as she pronounced the desired words ? Who could read ' the : anguish of that young spisit?"'; fv,,;" : ' "'""'"; Mr: and Mrs.' Hamilton accorded a joy ful consent to the union of Charles Cleve land with their gentle Amy, r and an early diwashamed for their ': iuptials. ' 1 Kate assisted her sisler in her preparations with a cheerfut countenance but' a breaking heart. She stood by her side and heard the words spoken which bound her indis sbluby to the only man she had ever lov ed.' She now offered her . congratulation in a calm voice, but! her cheek was white as the shrouded dead. ' idary remarked its paleness, but attributed it to the sepa, ration from her dearly loved sisterwho would leave the next morning with her happy bridegroom on a bridal tour." They had unjed lvate to accompany them, but ', :':.; r,t f i J . . f, -she refused on tneplea of not leaving, her , .. . i, ,- ; , .; i - r- parents alone. , j . -f ,. ."A. few Weeks, afte'rj'. Amy's departure,' Mrs. Hamilton was attacked with a vio lent feyer) which in a few days prostrated, all her strength. f iCate watched day and night by her mother's bedside, and seem ed .unconscious of, the sense of fatigue, and when urged to take some rest, would reply with an ever cheerful smile, 'I am not weary.' But in vain were all the care arid attention of those forid watchers "who ever lingered around the couch of the1 sufferer. The dread fiat had gone forth, and she must die. Mrs. Hamilton was a Christian, she was willing to obey! her Master's call. When ' she felt ' that 'her minutes were numbered, she called her husband and child to her, . and thanked them warmly for all their love and ten derness. She told them of her, hope of Heaven, her bright assurance. of being received thus through the blood. off her .crucified Savior. ' She left : many.' tender reniem berances for Charles and Amy, and then clasping her handstogether She'murmur ed,; 'Amy, my chifdwuld . that .1 could see you once again " but the will of God be done,' and then' turriirig her dying eyes on' the loved ones around her,'' while a bright smile illumiriated her pale features, she;' said 'softly,' 'husband child, God's blessirigsrest 4 The gentle spirit went up' with that half uttered sentence; and the wife and mother was on the bosom of her Savior. ' '. v : '.: -; And then Kate cast Tierself on the body of her mother.- 'Oh, mother! mother! take me with you.' I have nothing to live for,' she cried wildly; 'life has no charms for your child alone I must struggle on through - life, Oh, God! oh, God! let me die!' was once again the frantic appeal of that young girl. : .'. Mr. Hamilton raised his child in his arms, and said softly: 'Kate, my child, is it 'right thus to rebel at the decrees of God? I am old and desolate the loved companion of my youth, my wife, is gone arid yet I murmur not. I You are young life is yet bright before you is it right, then, to act thus?' - ' : . 'Hopes,' she said I wildly passionately, 'I have no hopes in life all are dead, dead.- The frosts of time do not restup on my hair, but the storms have beaten upon my heart, and left ' traces there that can never be obliterated. Yes, oh God! take me. early. " ; 'My child, would you leave rrie alone?' was;the solemn, reproachful question; t - 'Father, dear father, .forgive me said his repentant child. 'Here, in the pres ence "of my dead mother, I vow. never to leave you promise to live only for you and heaven. ; Even as Ruth clave to Na omi, will I clave to thee.' -The head drop ped upon the bosom of her only parent, and tears, bitter, scalding tears, chased each other down her pale cheeks, but they relieved her bursting heart for they were the first she had shed for many days.!. .. '-;' ' '!:-: r " r They laid Mrs. Hamilton in the grave; "dust to dust," and slowly wended their way to the now desolate home. The mourners shivered as they entered-4-it was cold there so cold, and ; damp, and dark as if the shadow of the death that had sp lately entered there, still lingered arpund. . ., , . ... ? , r: .; .Amy entered too late to see that loved form again on earth," but her bitter tears were' shed on the bosom' of her beloved husband. After, a" few weeks spent in her childhood's home; she accompanied her husband to the beautiful home he had fit ted up for his fair young bride; .. . " - But Kate remained with her : father1 faithfully did she , fulfill her : promises made in the. presence of the dead her earthly hopes were all blighted and with eredi but 'she had laid up for herself treasures in heaven.'?. Sometimes, her thoughts would turn with sadness and re gret to the past that she had misspent the hearts she had crushed, and ask her self if those days of idle pleasure would compensate her for the life of utter loneli ness that she would be ! compelled to en dure, (if her life .was spared,) after her father's had passed away. . i a Then would echo answer, no. At such times, she would bow her head on her clasped harids, and . weep bitter tears of sorrow and remorse. . Plain People. ' Plain men nay, even ugly little fel lowshave met . With : tolerable success among the fair. Wilkes, challenge to Lord To wnshend is well known: Your lordship is one of the handsomest men in. the king dom, and I am one of the ugliest! yet, give me but half an hour's start, and I will enter the list against you with any woman! you choose to name; because. you will omit attentions on accountof your fine exterior, which I shall double r on account of my plain one! ' He used to say that it took him half an hour just to talk away his face He was so exceedingly ugly, that a lottery office keeper once offered him ten guinneas not to. pass his windefw whilst the tickets were drawing, for fear of his brigning ill luck upon the house. . STA colored man had his hand badly bitten ' by ' a camel at the ' menagerie in Weschester, Pa. It is said that when these usually docile animals become ir ritated they are very ferocious and often kill their keepers. A new wrinkle in na tural history . "' : r 'Matters on the Pacific Side." ' A further instalment of papers' arid ; let-4 ters from the Pacific side affords Us," aiiew. additional details' of; late news. 1 . '. '. "' j CalifOrxiac vs. Australia. Mr.; C. L. Brown, writing from' .Australia to the El Dorado Republican says: Cin. Enq. ' "The Americaris are run upon consid erably ht re, and they are trying to get a law to exclude them altogether from the mines, it would be the greatest Diessing that ever happened to the Americans, and the greatest blessing to me if it had been put in force before I left San Francisco. I am almost ashamed to write to you un der such discouraging circumstances, but I still hope against hope that I may yet have some luck. - We cannot pospect nor even put up a tent without paying a license of thirty shillings ($7 50.) Ii is a dis grace for an American to live in this coun- try and be run upon by a class that are interior in every respect." , , . . , jand (stillbetter) perhaps the troops worild' : Accounts from the . several Australian make a show! of resistance, whereupori ports, and mining districts agree that a! they 'would proclaim . ari atternVt to ex-t great reaction is impending. Real estate, in the city; of Melbourne, commands ex-j uavajjaui, jhiucs, auu xcuLa are litany aa high as San Francisco. . Stores and front shops in favorite localities, easily bring from 900 to Sl.200 a ' month, while pri vate dwelling houses of any pretensions command prices which would startle even Californian s ninety ' thousand ' dollars were paid for a private manson; which would be regarded as an ordinary build ing in England.; " This inflated state of things has been brought about by the ut ter insufficiency of the old city to accom odate the swarms who have recently poured into the country. Thousands of new buildings have since been erected, yet the demand exceeds the supply, and mul titudes cannot find room to shelter them selves from the inclemency of the season. Building materials of all kinds have in consequence, risen to . the most extrava gant rates. . This state of things cannot continue. : A number of Californians have returned with the most dismal ac counts of the hardships and ill fortune they experienced, and, with one accord, they say that the Australian mines cannot be compared with our own. - The number of miners in ' the Colony of Victoria is computed at 180,000, while the ' whole produce of the mines for the month of Ju ly last was only 170,000 ounces, or less than an ounce per month to each man.- The state of society, too, is represented as horrible. ' There is not the : slightest security for life or property,' Even in the streets of Melbourne, men are robbed and murdered every night. ' " . Sandwich Islands. The change in Ministry may be regarded as decidedly in favor of annexation to the United States. "Annexation"-was the feeling whichorc ed the change, and although it will take time to effect it no one on that side doubts that" the question will prevail. Mr. Wyle, on .receiving the letter of the United States Commissioner, Mr: Sever ance, prepared an answer strongly com mitting the government against annexa tion. It was not agreed to in privy coun cil, the chiefs being the first to object to it, and after discussion it received but a single vote, and that his own. Mr.. Allen, the head Minister of Finance: was present for the first time, but took no part. :IIis be ing chosen to fill Dr. Judd's place must be regarded a&; eminently advantageous; to the interests of the United States; ;i ; The British arid French Consuls inline1 diately made a formal protest to the King, against the policy indicated by the annex ation party, which Mr. Severance; our U: Si Commissioner, promptly met it in a well-written dispatch, in which he took the ground that the' United States ; Govern ment has never made any propositions to his Majesty's government to annex the is lands to the United States; but adds that it is not surprising that the merchants and landed proprietors, whether Americans or others, should perceive great commercial advantages in such a connection! He there fore cari see nothing extraordinary in the project remonstrated . against by the En glish and French Consuls, and adds: "And if now, or at any future time, it shall be found to be decidedly for the in terest of both: countries, I am unable to perceive any treaty or moral obligations on the part of either to forbid the desired union, or any good reason for foreign in terference to prevent it." .He then, at considerable length, combats the argu ments advanced by those . Consuls, and concludes by stating that "there is noth ing in the policy of the United States to wards these islands which requires con cealment or demands explanation; nothing to-disturb the harmony which happily ex ists between the .United" States; and the great commercial powers of Europe. ... -; Califoreia Revolution. The rumor of an enterprise, having "-been organized to revolutionize Lower California, appears to have'had a reliable basis, :, Despatches were sent from San Francisco, by ; the mail steamer of the 1st inst., to Commo dore. Dulaney, at Acapulco, requesting him to place at United States armed ship in the Gulf of California, near, Guaymas, to prevent the landing at that place of any hostile expedition which might compro mise, or disturb the relations of amity ex isting between the United States and Mex ico. It is said that the Commodore is un- rW nnsitive instructions to act in the r - . . premises. ; ',! v. -.' It if said in the papers that it was and is the intention pf these daring and ad AVJIOLE NO.,411 venturous spirit engaged in this: affair tor equip and proceed to Spnora. by landiand water, insufficient force (say l,000stro'ngl to protect themselves under,- any.circum? stances; The land party were to take a : sufficient number, of horses to provide the, whole party; with serviceable : animalsl-' When fully prepared, they were t eiiter the country for thepurpoSe pf prpspectingf the gold and silver mines, with the osten-r sible object of settling there and working s them. : In the faitiu; discharge; of .the, laudable, enterprise they 'naturally expec-: ted to be insulted by the natives, or per-:, haps even attacked by. Mexican troopSif' any such should happen in their way; and of course they would.be constrained' ttf revenge the insult or defend their lives as i the case might be. .They expected to? conquer in the ,first encounter", take pos- session of a few! of the nrincinal.nomts; with the expectation that the :nhabitantsy terminate them, declsre ' themselves mas tersi of the country and make open war on-! all who dare resist their authority- ?A State government would at once 6e of A' ganized, (the constitution being already made, agreed to and in their pockets, arid -the principal officers chosen) and ; the flag i of the new republic, (also made), of imost enchanting colors, , run. to the top . of "the" flag-staff, of 'the. tent .which'might have: the honor of being considered the capitoli of-;. the newborn nation. ..;: ;,.; .. lh oh::. The funds to carry on the government' are already provided. Sixty -five millions of paper currency,, for .the faithful Te- jdemption of which the public lands and? precious mines, together wi;h.,the faith of, the nation, is already pledged, (and which is said to be already printed on beautiful? bank paper) would be at once . issued to" the principal parties to the enterprise in; proportion, ., and according to the terms agreed upon. ,; ' .. r. ...., ,., The seizing of the brig Arrow,. Which . was to carry down the munitions . of the revolutionists, may have, for the time, or,. permantly, defeated the enterprise Scbprise and Massacke. The. bns Resa, which left Sidnejrfor Tahiti, while at Hall's Island taking water onbbard, was the theater of. a bloody5 tragedy. On' the 23d ' April, ' shortly after breakfast while the second rriate ; was' below stow. ing the casks in the hold, he heard a large number of natives on deck; he came up and found at least one hundred and- fifty men from the nbrth "end of Hall's' Island appareritly disposed to- take possession' of the ship.- The captaiii was also on deckj -he (Mr. Maiden) took several "clubs frbnl' the savages. " ' IIe; then ' went to the hatch' : to speak to the man left in the hold when" he received a severe" "blow on the head with a club, which knocked him dPwfl the, hatchway. While in the act of falling, he saw two natives attacking Wm. Sheen, cooper. The war-whoop was then raised, and Maiden, recovering from the effects of his blow, directed the man in the hold to make for the cabin, there being a doc? through the bulkhead, with a view to find amunitidn a keg of powder and a parcel of shot: ; !- '" 'v-" Having now loaded some muskets, they shot five native's from the Cabin sky -light' and Maiden, standing at the foot -of ' the companion ladder, and seeing the" King's' son passing on the deck, run him through f with a bayonet. They then left the cabitt' and attempted to rUsh the natives bverf board;, Two natives were struggling with the captain, one with the cook's hatchet, arid the 'other with a piece of sharpened iron like a long knife. Maiden killed one pf'.the'm with his bayonet.'.! In failing', both in the struo-o-le went down the ha'tch way toiether, Until the saVajre Avas over. powered and killed. Maideri afterwards shot another native". By this, time manv of the natives were driven overboard. Afa ter getting the vessel Under weigh; Maiden found that the Captain, boatswain, cooper,-" and one of the seamen, were, lying deadon; the deck, their bodies being mutilated in a. horrible1 manner by I wounds from -the,; hatchets and clubs. The steward, -also, t was lying on deck, almost dead.; He theft made sail with the forces' left him, and; reached Sidney in a sad Condition. r. iT,s,.j Brotherhood . Each man of us is deeply and .vitally concerned in the weal and woe of every" other indiviual of the race. Never.shall we. obtain true happiness never shall we obtain true liberty, until we shall have elevated all men to liberty and happiness We are members one of another, parts of one great whole, living links in the. living organism ofhumanity.- -The neighbor is most truly our brother, inay more than a brother, he is our other self; his crimes are: our.. dis- eases; his sufferings-our cures. A nerve of the same Life runs' through the whole hu man kind, and it cannot be ; tormented i in , one,' withoUt sending its shockrof pain ta others,- as the wounding, of the - remotest limb quivers' throughout the frame.'"; The pulse of moral life, feverishly, iwhile the circulation is obstructed or vitiated in : the least portion of its structure, i v. lz ,o Z;,,-:s ; ' : ;: --v- f-i : i23TA judge in Cincinnatiis said.to.have so muck real estate on his hands thatnoth mg but soap and water.will relieve them - This recalls to mind the remark of Char? les Lamb, to a person of rather uneleaa dibits, while playing cards. "Well," -said he, 'if dirt was trumps, what a hand you'd have. ;- '..;...:... -.' ' :,'.'.-: ;: ''