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TllK VERMONT l'JKENIX, niitiiiito etfkt SmuMr MoitMxu, At 1IUAT1 LK150R0, "f , CHARLES OUMIrllliaS, Editor and Publisher. CH.vni.ra s. I'nooTvT Pnmnr, Office in Cn'Ut'i llloik, oipmilt ltrtn llbult iiu-iB v- jivt -ju.tr i.uu in auvnnco. o piicr nil! bo d'-cor.tinual until nil aricsragcs ato Jul 1 except nt the option of tho publisher. POETRY. Prom tlie I.nulnvillo Jnurnal, THINK or HIT. When Uic midnight Man arc beaming, Ktdly oVi tho midnight world And tlio golden moon n dreaming, Jty llie wiowy cloiiili ImponrKil ; AtiJ v'er puWv nature sleeping, Nought tmt night ninth, stdly creeping, Jlroak tba soul's deep mono 7Vir n I fondly think cf tltccl When the golden dar ric-uciideth Troui it glowing Lome on high, .And the sot.guf nature bimlcth With the Diutio of the (ky, l.cry l alley, dell, ami iiH.ui.tatn, l.wry rill aik! every fouotntn, Joining iu the minftrclfy, Thtn 1 sweetly think f tliot! When the twilight winJi nre si)(liins B.vHy o'er the 8ouulin bms; And the waiUers strains nfe dying One by ono upon tho breere; And tho zephyr nmken Its pillow Knr upon the hIimwums billow; Then my iiil In rcstacy. Fondly wildly t'trni to thfo! Like a ln(cnuto softly pealing O'er the gently nmrmnring ea, Htftly ocr my spirit teling, Comes the memory swett tr theol Ci-ines, a holy lucento braithing! Cornet and lound my vplilt nroatliing .Muic (pells, Uutli lull to rest, AH the btoritm within my hi east! 'The Motintalus," Ark., April 1B55. (1. a. TMtX. -J Tliere U a clorWis city In the es. Intisitlc; and from the Innd Tie went, Aa to a Halting city steering in, And gliUing up herstreeti a in a dream, Ho smoothly, silently by many a dome, musquu-iikc, ami many a uiieiy ponica, The statues rnng?l along nn nture sky; liy mmy a pile in more thin Uwtcru Mplendor', t)f old the rcstdenoe cf ineruh mt-kingit; The fronts of'somc, though time h id shattere! tliera, Still glowing with the richest huw of art. An though tho wealth within them had run o'er. Simucl llogers. ISONNUT. TO A VIUTUOCS YOU.NO LADY. Ia ly, that In the prime of youth iscly ha.t shunned the lroid way and the grecu And with those lew art eminently ecn, That labor up the hill of heivenly trutli; The better i.irt with Slary and with Ruth Choen thou hast: and they tli.it orcrween. And at thy glowing virtues frit their spleen, No anger find lit thee, but piety and truth. Thy care is fixed, and zealously attends To fill thy odorom lamp wltU Jecdi of light, re And Imp that reaps not fhnino. Therefore W m Thou, when the bridegroom with hi fcastful friendi J'assei to bliss at the mid hour cf night, Hast gained thy entrance, Virgin wise and pure. Milton. SO.N.MJ T TO CONSU.MPTId.V. tlently, mot gently on thy victim's heal, CoiiEumptlon,l:iy thy hmd! let mo decay, I.lko tlio expiring lamp, ulmeen ftw-ir, And softly go to slumber wleh tho dctid. And if tis true, vrhat holy men biiosild, lint strains angrlta oft luretvll tho iUy Of desith to those good wen who fill thy prey, O let tho rerial musio roun 1 my bed, Diswhing sad in dying symphony, Whisper tlio solemn warning In mine ear. That I may MJ my weeping friend good by Kro I depart ujion my journey drear: And, smiling faintly on tho piinful pft, Compoae my decent bcatj, and breathe my last, llinry KlrUVhitc. tinMonr or Tin: imst. How blt Is he whose tranquil mind, M hen life dcellncs, recalls again Tho j ears tint time has cast behind, And rc:ipa delight from toil aud p iln. Ro when tho transient storm is pastj The sudden gloom and driving shower, The sweetest sunshine is tho lajt; The loveliest is the eenulg hour. Anon. MISCELLANY. I'AMlMAll SKIlTCIins OP cox. xncTiciiT v a 1. 1. i:s- THE MASStCRC AT Fil.OOUV IlKOOK. This porlion of the valley of the Connecti cut, in common with all parts of tho State, shfiered from the inenrslons of the Indians. lis defenceless towns wero aitackci), its inhab tants cruelly butchered on their own bcarlh ttones or ruthlessly nitindercd by a treacherous and skulking foe. Tho best blood of its citi zens watered their own field,, and thomooldcr- m.nr r.n.nr.1. nn.l k.l.l-. Tl.. 1.1...... f' tho valley is bloody with tho record of fierce fights, treacherous ambubcades and midnight massacres. Ofihem all, however, none w ere more heart-rending, or more widely lamented than the massacro at Uloody Drook. This tragical i scene of bloodshed was one of Iho most notori ous in the series of King I'hilip's war. Phil ip, the son of good old Massasoit, 'tho friend of the Hnglisb,' who kept his faith and pres'ervod peace with tho whiles during his long lifetime, was cast in a different mould from his amica ' ble, ancestor. IIo was restless, ambitious, courageous, treacherous, skillful, cuunning. Chief of ono of tho most powerful among tho Indian tribes in this vicinity, nnd superior to them all in capacity, vigor and resources, lie concocted a scheme, bold in conception, hazard ous in execution, and bloody in consummation. This was no less than a plan for tho extermi nation ofthe whites. Thodesign pneo formed, he brought all the energies of his mind to bear npon it. With activity unequalled and an ad dress Insinuating'and irrcsistablo, ho combined Iho cntiro Indian force of New Kngland, with tho exception of the Mohegans, endeavored to arouse tho natives aa far south as Virginia, ami well nigh brought llm Mohawk, into llie alii, ance. So successful worohis negotiations ihit ho arrayed three thousand fivo hundred warriors gainst the scalers. Ilut our limits forbid any enlargement upon the ougin or transactions of the war. Precipitated by the treachery of hi, pretend ed friends, tho ar was in progress before Phil ip, was prepared, Sausamon his secretary, in formed tho F.nglikgh of his designs j Philip caused him to bo slain , the whites arrested and hong the. murderers, This proceeding cxciled the Indians to tcvenge, and added fuel to the kindling flames. Thero I, a traJnion that the Indians entertained a supertlillon that the par ty which struck tho first blow would be dofeat ed, consequently they endeatored by every means in their power In incite the l'.nglish to commence hosiilinea. At last their insults and robberies provoked tho desired result, and a white man fired at and mortally wounded an Indian. The colonics Instantly put their troops (3 Now Series. Vol. 1. hi motion, ami tho Tmlians anticipating their arrival, nttackhed Swansea. The gauntlet lilting thus been thrown clown, war Mas declared and bloody butchery followed. Tlio obstinate light at lirookfield, tho engage mctit at Sonlh Decrfield, tho attack on Decr field, tho toinbal at Norlhficld, tho nmbuscido near tho Mine place, tho surpiao at Iladlcy, fol low ed each other in quick succession, sweeping off many of tho mudl nctio and substantial men In tho colony. jJcatli and destruction lurked on ocry hand. Deadly savages lined every thicket and the unerring bullet sped from f - "J " '--."- -" from the treacherous fuo. To-day he fell up on tho unsuspecting town many miles away, to morrow bo was at their own doors( and anon tho crack of his rifle and tho smoke of burning villages proclaimed him equally distant in anoth er direction. IS'olo know where tho next blow might fall. A foarful fato, like the hair sus pended sword abate Damocles, hung over tho Renters. Housed to a senso of their danger Plym outh and Massachusetts joined forces. The attack on Uruukficld which brought tho war in to this immediate vicinity, concentrate! most of the mailable forces in this region. Companies from tho eastern part of tho Slate, from Spring field, and from Connecticut, wcro hastily sent forward, and when tho theatre of war was transferred to tho Cunueciicut allcy, head ipiarters wero cslaWuhe.l at lladlcy. llie In- dians in thin i vicinity had long been suspected, and when l'h.lip after lie had withdrawn from ruoKi,eio, uiK was thrown off. The first blow, however, was . struck by the whiles, and by the very men whoso melancholy fate wo aro about to recount, Not far from the spot where this fatal tragedy uoctured, tho Indians wcro attacked as they wore deserting fort entrusted to their cue, about a milo above Hatfield, by a body of men ' t f , . .1 iieiacneu lor inai purpose, uuuer commanu oi Captains Ijihrop and lieers. In this engage- ment, ten of tho I'.nghsli and twenty-six of the enemy were slain. - I Mait Treat of Connecticut was in command i 'The Flower of the County of IUex' bad fal of tho forces at Hadley, whero was cpncenlra-! ten, and the people mourned fur them with a ted Ihe main body of tlie troop in this vicinity, genera lamentation. The spot w here the maasa Winlcr was approaehiug, and tho sustenance of ere occurred was on what is now tho old Ingh so largo a body of men taxed heavily the in-. way from South lo old Decrfield, where tho habitants of that town. A quantity of grain was in stacks alDcerlield. This it was deter- nunod to secure. A party was consO'lucntly i detailed to thresh and bring it into the gam-, son. L.aptaiu lol!irop, who commanded a company of young men, from the eastern part oi uiosuio, cuiicu iroiu mo ur.i lainu cs in cr sione ot a monument, an leet iu height, .' ..."" '"- Ulli bad." and yet it was read by all clssses. that section, volunteered to protect tho parly was laid by ihe inhabilanls of Greenfield, Con- -w """'1' " B frem-, f , .. ' ' , f. ' a,.d bring in the grain. Hi. company numb- way, Shelburno and Gill. I tomar, .esee. aro put to ,t to get food sufficient ( "xl sJZTtC LrC to cred about SO men, and Decrfield wis some fif- A comn.i.tee appointed lo make the neeessa- " PP" ) i BOa b J'.uctT.c c and such k, teen mile, from Hadley. Lsthrop and his men ry arrangemenu, readily discovered tho grate. ; ' rb-J "'.'her of ihe.e arl.elce , " "f"', tU' .kj. wcro engaged in no holiday excursion. Dan- The bones were found much decajed, or rail,- j wl" 'ouchbehm- the existing price the pre-, Mie would" I u all gers of no ordinary character beet Iher.i on ev-1 or 'changed to terrene suUlanees, still rdaining ft". l" ""' ' i U, jav, in aTOhou. and be buned win ery hand. It was not many days since a party i their primitive forms, with cine degree of so- ort,,01 1"' deeado orjears. And vvith such a ' He Ihou-ht that this book was detailed for Iho relief of Northfield, had been tidily : yet easily crumbled to dust by pressure 1 l!1r101"1'" '!'" of, '"l e-wieli not at I ' 11 " decoyed into an ambuscade, from which but a of the finger,.' Tho cap alone of iho old mon-1 "nlikely to bsppen-the price of corn and , . . , ,. .,.,.,. few escaped to tell tho tale; the smouldering ument had been preselved, and a ddMisg n rtaMf to fsrty (Cf e.l. hiBb-rlhu IXlTto MtosTfcta W. Dot mud ruin, at Decrfield were scarcely yet quenched, house built near the .pot by Stephen Whitney, ' nr i and the poor nf C,1T. 'f -1 lll0 ,Mlta or,lUttiBios nLhl, u. long w the and Philip, the instigator and director of the , IH Tf.e grave was found directly in front of , "f,"0"'?' .w.'"'r ? Ti' end was attained. Mr. U. said the aboiouia- warfare, was known to be in the vicinity. iul - ly aware of tlie perils which surrounded their ( path, the gallant band cheerfully volunteered f to perform the arduous duty. It was no part ( of the tactics of Ihe master spirit who coin-1 manded tho red men, to attack Ins focman ! ......... ...v.,, ... ............ , - , while they wcro prepared for Inm. Cunning menced, and long may it st,nd to arrest the , lM.i-fi.rv it.rn In. ..-nli-liu .iril. fin.1 it wni. ..v.v..-.v ...v . , -. ' . in the confusion or the surprise that he revelled i in the discomfiture of his foes. In tho month of September, 1G75, Capt. Lo th rop, and 60 men, arcompauied by a largo nnmbcr of toams set out on their errand of ne' easily, Cheerful and buoyant Ibev matched along. The habitual caution of the soldier did , not desert them, however, for they knew their danger and prepared to meet it. They saw no enemy, heard no warhoop, and yielded not to fear. Hut keen and vigilant eyes were upon them, and wary and cunning scouts hung upon . ihcirline ofmarch. Kiery movement was o- reu anuetery position accurately scaiuiou. llius w aielicu, Uio party alter a marcn ci , some hours, readied Iho place where the grain j was deposited. X his, lo the amount of 3,000 1 bushels, according to some authorities, was threshed out and loaded upon the wagons, 18 in number ; but yet no enemy had been seen. On tho IBt.i of iho month, they started on thoir return. Toilsomo nnd necessarily slow wa, ,l. ..T. T1.1. .... ......... .it. r.n ' begat a feeling of safely. A sense of relief' from danirer. sedueel them from their watch-1 lulness. 'I Tio successful accomplishment of llicir objecls thus far, and the anticipation of n ' safe and speedy return, with tho consciousness that n commander of skill with another brave party, was not far distant, completed the sense ' oflhoir security, (.apt. Moseloy, who coin- warv foe had thev uassed and no sitrns of tlio 1 savages wero discovered. At length they 1 reached a slroam, whoso cooling waters and delightful shade invited them to' refreshment and repose. Above and around hung deli- eious cluster, of ripened grapos. Weary with ' the march, nnd templed by the rich fruit, all 1 discipline was for the moment relaxed, Sol-) dicr, and teamsters climbed into the trees, and i all forgot the foe and his cunning. Ilut tho i dusky warriors still remembered the fight, near i manded at Decrfield, a man of known skill and I Tho above named officer was Iho oldejt tf. s"?V',r f M' mn, 110II1"'y. fot Mying so. Uut, in a word, I wish lo sc, bravery, proposed to co-operate ith Ithrop four children w l.icl. Arnold's second wife, Miss , tUlti V""1' "ni leM m0" and nJQcl'. lcM ttulSa cure your aulograph." and scour the woods while tho party were re-: Shippcn of Philidelphia, boro him, viz: Janiea , TCf" . "I fear," said Mr Sedley, with aflutter of turning. Miles oflovel, closely wooded coun- Iloberuon, lilward, George and Sojdiia. His . ",0 r"m,0' "so,t0 0 Brow 1mor9' r,0ily at tho request, "lhat it would hardly ho try had been tratcrsed ; many a filling place ! first wifo bore three sons, viz: Ucncdict, Hich- "'? Mam" ' " " P"""' worl, the'wirina." for a treacherous enemy lo spring upon his un-' ard. and Henry. P"ca w,n Prove "" lhe 2""n3 t " ioJira of u,,,. Mij t,0 .,. this spot, or a row weeks previous; mid what In. Aunt Hannah, nnd was engaged in Mercan filler ground could they select to saerifire to Uio pursuits, At a subsequent period ho ro the manes of Iheirdead brates, thanthat where- on they fell. Wow had arrived tho moment for which tho Iudians. had watched so patiently waitod and totong. The word was given and death and destruction wero hurled upon the unsuspocting parly. The first volley killed many cf llicir number and confusion reigned supremo. Capt. Lothrop fell early in the ao tiont Witliout a leader, surrounded by an in visible foe, pouring death shots thick and fast upon them, no wonder that hey becamo speed-' tho firo was caused by design, and for Iho pur-1 that hi, name I and wcro particularly anx-1 "Very Irne, you hild, but you drew u'utthrco ily disorganized. After the first fire the ene-l pose of defrapding a company in Hnglaud, that ious'lo gctat it. Here whirls a vest In one ' thousand dollars of il only a few days siuco." my rushed out and iber toraahau. k finished what I had undorwrilten upon tho merchandise which it corner ils contents Jingling to tho floor as it This Mr Sedley denied resolutely, till con the bullet had spared. The troops, brokon and 1 contained, lo nn amount exceeding its worth. ' flios, Thero goes a boot ricochet. The stock- fronted by a check drawn in his nalno, and hear scattered, took shelter behind trees, and sought Thcso persons differ as to tho fact, Whether Ar-1 ings are turned Inside o'ut ; the hapless coat 1 Ing his signature. The latter was genuine; to fight the Indians in their own mode of war-j nolJ was himself at St. John, or atwontinKng- hangs by its skirt to a nail, and tho bed is at-' there was no denying it. The fatal Irutli faro, lint what could a body of PO men, sur. land, at (ho time ofthe flroVnnd henco the tained will, a bound, Pillov, stumble this way ' dawned upoq his mind, Tho obsequious stiau prised and without a leader, accomplish against I degree of blamo which should-be-eiliebij to ' ond that; the feet are inserted between ibe gar had written the check over llie signature 1 TIKI mrurlated and iiioou-iiiirsty Bavages. r or ' a short time the ccntcst wa, carried on with spirit, and a few Indians f.-ll, but Iho report of every English musket drew the fire of a dozen Indian marksmen, and one by one the gallant I parly melted away. A few sought safety by llcrmont flight, some of them were overtaken and bnlch crcd, and but sit of tho eighty men who set out on that fjtal cspcditlrm, In nil tho jnyousncM of robust life, escaped. Kuw comrocneeil tho horrors of tho Indian warfare. Tho wounded wens cruelly butchered tho dead scalped and tho savage warriors rev elled In their work of blood. Hot vengeance was near, retribution, speedy and complete, overtook them, ero their bloody work was all accomplished, uapt. Mosciy was at nand, sml with his litllo coinnanv was soon on the "round, Jn solid phalanx they charged tho fue, who, i.utu nun iciurj, iiuincu mem i mil narel, nnd mcr nnj through them, roftli- cl Mosclejr am! his brave companions. Hack and faith charjfed tho (rallanl band, till ihosatajjes flod. They rallied in a swamp ujr, uuv.no a.rnggr. ero ci.wo m mna, and onco more they dMhcd upon then! in close ....j. .,, ,.. ...... inff exhausted, they slowly retreated, and Capt. Moselcy remained master of the field. Iho firing roused the I-nRlisli at Hadlcy, an d Maj. Treat, with a hundred men, and sixty Moliegan Indiaiis, slarted for tho scene- .of the engage-1 ment. The 1ml. aus retreated and tho new comers joined in the pursuit. Iho savages lost ninety-six. the largo majority or them bo- ing slam by Moselcy and his men. I'ho pur-1 suit ceased only as the day began to decline, and tho shades of evening closed tho fight The Iroops occupied tho garrison at Decrfield that night, and Iho next morning found Ihcm early on Iho field. Ilut the savage foe wero mere oeioro mem, piunuenng uio ucau stripping tlio slam. They fled on tho approach i ........ of tho troop, howctcr, and Iho last n.clan- cl.oly duties wcro peiformod for their friend, and brothers thus rulhlcesly massacred. Uio larger number of ibe slain wcro buried in one grave. This last sad duly performed, Iho par-, ly slowly and with heavy hearts marched back . .. . . lo tueir ouancrs. . Deep and heartfelt was Ihe sorrow that the news of this sanguinary massacre carried into ' the families of the New la, eland r'ibiiiies, road crosses the brook. A rude monument was erected on tho spot some jears after Iho occurrence, which had mouldered a ithoZo k mo piaco tunc, so that nothing was left to mark where th year loSJ, the bloody tragedy occurred, till Ihe Xi, hen on the 30th of Sept. the corn-, ne ofa monument, SO feet iu height, tlus house, on the east slue ot the stage road through Uloody lliook street. Tlie new mon- ument, familiar to all who hare vlated that portion of the valley, is a short disttneo north of the grave, near ihe margin ofa morass, at tho punt where tho attack on I)lhmp com- (TIT.. C.f lllfi TllWM-r llV. ' . -'. ... ' Ihooccason or tho celebration was one or, great interest, and It is estimated that six thous- - . . and people iiockctl lo witness the ceremonies. An oLL wa, d.li,ere,I by Hon. IHward Y,. , creii, aim a conation lononru, ai which spetrn- .. i i,-.- .ii . .t;.i. . i cs wcro made. The grave where most of tho i men wcro buried is marked by a single slal Sixty persons wero buried in it, but tho resting i place of tho other sixtceu, for there wero set- cnlr-sir fclain in all. U not known. Tim rP. cords of the past bate handed dan to u. only , iho names of sixty persons. 'pi ! JIIIO IlJlUtsl UI UlU other, have been lt but tlie , smuiisn m iiaani uuu nn. ropou no exists, anu mere ara Histories la ue rcati.nr menlodeploro their uoliuicly fato. ILuiipslurt uazalt. m:xni)icT aknoi.o's tajiily. "Lieut. Gen. James ltubcitson Arnold died in hondon on JJec. 27ih. H was second son of ltcnclict Arnold, by Margaret Ins wife, .1...J.I-. .r n.i.r Im.i:.- ei,:.n .r u. k vania. IIo entered the corps of IUyal Kngi-1 nee. In 1708. nnd soiled morn than half a con- i tury. Ho married Virginia, daughter of llart- Ictl Goodrich, !-). of tlio Isle of Wight, and for his military services Was created Kuight of Hanover, was appointed aid-do-camp lo Wil- liam IV,, and was presented with a co.lly swnid. Benedict, the oldest, was an officer of artillcrv in the llritisl, armv, and it is believed, was compelled to quit tlie service ; he died young in tho West Indies. Henry entered the King's (Service after hi, fathers defection, and ivas Lieut of Cavalry in tho American Legion. Hoac-'one; companied his father to St. John, nnd was cm-' pie) cd in his business. Ho slept in the ware house near the Lower Covo in lhat city, and lodged there Iho nlghtthe buildings was burned He Jived afterwards at Troy, New York, with moved to Canada, where hois n.w a man of I property, Ho received half-pay and agrant of lands from tho Dritlth government. Kichard, in 1783 was also a Lieut, of Cai airy in tho American Legiou, commanded by hlsfithor, In almost every particular, his history is idcu- ileal with that of his brother Henry. I'orsons are still tiling in Si. John, who resided thero when General Arnold's store was burned. The impression was at the moment and sltll is. that the eons miy po uncertain, t tiat Uoin lienry and Kichard-slcpt in tho slore on Ihe night of the conflagration, and that neither cuuld give a , lalisfactorj account of its cause, seoms however , to bi certain;. ' j James Robertson whose recent death is men- KIIATTLBHOKO, A T., SATURDAY, Al'lllL 21, 1855. tioned iibove, was tho only ono of the four child- tea which Iho traitor's second wife bore him, that was born in Aiuerici, At tho timo of tho treason he was a child, and had just rpached West Point with his mother, from Philadelphia, Ho entered the llritbh army in ITUfl, and roso to tho tank of Colon?) of Engineers. Ho was itatlooed at Bermuda from 181(1 to 1818, and from tho last named year until lti3, was at Halifax, and the commanding officer of Jjigi rncr in NW fecotu ono New iltunswisk. n.... u ...mmtn i, n c. t. i anj on goinff int0 Ui0 house built by his Cither , K . ,iiki ,Cb ill, ilind .r LorM liko a chilJ. lie was a timlt man, l. cyu I wcr0 0frcmaikab!o tharpiie, nl iu fulurei ' iott striking rcMmblanco to In. falher. A .Milomm ha hid U.n m Mifiro uiih him. nn1 a, mlimaltlr acquainlfd Ullli him. troak. of llim in terms of high commotion, and re- latcs mat ho lias oitsn heard imn express a strong uliniether. Willi locks dishcTolled, and milled jMir0 ,0 ti,itli,n jnilej Sl3lc,. Sin(.a ,,cllc. jko . , ,,, (,etM ,Hir(!UIin0. !! 0fQcf Victoria, ho ha Iwcn one of riro thousand snoring all--fite thousand i, JUiestv's aids-de-camn. In 1811 ho wn'snorln. I.-.-. 1'i.o thouunJ m,l,r I irJ,rrcJ from the eglneer oorpi, and appol ..j jfajr fjensml, j a Knight of the llo ml-, Uojal ' ir-nni-prlTii f!it.lnf.l. CirJr niward, llie next son, was simic years ago, j al,vinj. 10u,e f KnStarl. (ieor(to In 1Hio, an ofTiccr cf dragoons. Sophh of fj0 ,,,, j, ,.,., j, m aJ. I j-j f.. a..rli .rmW, a mother hN ' ,i,il.lrpn of ulmm l.nsn.l his s sister 1 lannali I j alone lit(j ,0 lC of mtatiJ. . m,,, ,is. I ler a,,,ctrJ l0 ,irI,lh,r lUneiUtt ,llt0ughout ! 1 his elenlful and guilty career, and was true to ! i.: i ,i. j..i,.7. ..r i.i. i.ilm... tii. inm in tiieoariicuperioiisoi insuisiary, uicJ al .MllK,lc, in Up,r Caimi;, in j iai h ulfrm,y' iuwj a liJy , i:. ..r k. ... in 1603, i of exeel-, ' , ,.,,.,- ,,,,., k-,.,.,m: ',. ' . Z ... Kl ui t a find llie fullnwinff rsmsrks unon the tires- 1 I'ijl" prices at which bread stnfTs role, and ihe eonscnueiit aducfl given to farmers in the Itslern States, in llie Ncir York TVieunv of 1 tho 13 III ill : Iloih corn and flour were never known lo be ' I higher than they are new all over the Western ' Sl.tes. 'J-ho lee.l nuotalion lliat we cm find I in the richest eorn-growing regions is forty cel. 1 a bushel, and from that up to wventy-five. It is on an average throtiir.e. as high as in any i , fu " "'' . .. ' , . . . . . . J'H"s a barrel in this inirkel, It.iaar. fj' AV lcrn ft,mi n- U "nl 1 "lv '-"'"u consumers. III. Iho era of high fot price u-lll .L-A t. U A.a1.I ... n. gesiion, wo trurt the Kastcrn Slate, will Urge- ly engage, the prent season, in ll cultivation I of the cereal grain,. 1 It s arrant nonsense foranvman in ell New- ' Hngland to say that he cannot raise grain : that . , . , . " !""' f n"'llr four a. , k... ... ..f . M ..... I.-J ....I. , II --r- - - . , v. ............ u "nUo"'. ""P1 i aot lnSpoor laud pro- j I, wis., v... r..i,.. , r.i, ...!,, ---- ....v. w ..u -SndUir. she . behind tho Chin. for lliov tlo save snil anmv mantlras. 1 liern ta nnt '.7 . J. 7 . . 1 " 4 : ?" ou uaisy-llolu in al) comiecticnt mat may not 1 n ... ...,. rnt lI,an ,U4uaI1 M UPQ tho arable product . r the West. The around is there to bold the seed, I " "'it is WSnleil Science mints .' ftfrer .nereuients to apply lo makelho i crratn " T ----- !, " e 'Z - - . i nrer..,l. ll n,.l:,,,n ni.J nJ ..,.r,lW 1 prices. We know this is strong language, but j it is true, t-'irong Isnguge is neoded to arouse stupor. We Ve at starvation price, ngw ; and, I without ono ofthe best crops ever grown in the , iiuieq ataics, wo sinu ue worse oil next wn- ter. The best flour is $.3 SO a barrel. Potatoes are $3 a bushel at wholesale : at retail SO per ccnt: '' 51'"' " ,'ocln :'3 ,0"1 'hem ! ,Mt wrek U,c rnost eV!nan price oflwcf was Ki to SO cents a pound, and choice steaks sold for SS to 37 1-3 cents a pound. The only cheap article of food is sugar, and that can be bought fur a less price per pmnd than flour. Il should be moro largely consumed iii.h iiv.n ti.tivum uu iuuiu i.i.ij vi'n.miicu i a, a matter of economy. Let the poor eat moro J t.OI.NC. TO Tll.D. Going to bed is a solemn piece of business, It i, more like death than anything we do, cx- i ........... j . . ...w liTl.-.k ... lt,ni,tf vn,i . il,....l .!. cept dying. Wo lay oft'our garment, ono by I "Sinco you dosiro it," said ihe Alderman, wa lie down; wo extinguish tho light ;! "though I must again repeat it i, not worth wo closo our eyrs:ue aro alone without Tgivitig, I will cuinply with your wish." thought and sleep, ' lllcsslngs on hi, hjad who invegted sleep' sleep wiili it, ivory gate of dreams. We don't know how it is, but going to bed is generally regarded as an undignified piece of, business, when accidonlally or otherwise, il is one of tho most i'npreasire lessons in tlio world. Onco in Iwentj-four hour,, cailh 'goes out'liko a faded star, and thero is nothing seen hut ' heaven. The array ofhusylifois useless we aro seen no more in our wonted places ; out eye, are closed ; our lips aie sealed; Death's brother Is our companion ; we are aleep, Ilut j like all oilier lessons, this too generally goes unlearned. Some fling off their garments as, is thev woro tho shirt of Nemo. i wasn't ' sheet,, and like a shuttle through a loom, dow), , goes the body t ono arm is flung under llie bed, , lower jaw and eye lids droop together, and the 1 man is asleep asleep all over asleep for all night. Another goes Menng about on his toes. He pet, hi, watoh here, and his vest there. His bNt stand fcid by ido, liko a j braeo of grnadiers ; the tips ofbn stockings peep not systematically at tha top, and if it bo winlrr, ha lingeri upon tho bud's edge liUono about lotaluia Imh dreading, yet leaning 1 nnd Hnallyttealrf ihto bed by degrees, draws th Wilt and tho cunoUrpan or bis heid, and Is motionless is gone arrives jn t'l land ut Nod. If ono onlv think nf It, sleep, I a Croat city, is a queer thlnff. Think of fift) thous-1 and in this city all sleeping at onco, 1 illy thousand In tiers, one, two, llirto, four, five deep from cellar to gatrft. l'ifiy thouwiid ( In ruws a mile leu?. Ten thonsaml in rod night caps tsteell'vl and uaUsttllod. Ten ) thnnsind in dingy ones tlul were uluic, Mnn davs and Mondays nco. Five tliousand in silk- ' S,. clov.1 Ijaaullfiillr-Mma hemmed will, a sail needle, and some uncapped 1'wenlv Ihonsand uader calico. A hundred or so Lcnealh silk. Some weeping some wnil- ' Inm in ilinlr flr.ni nlliars drsm1aM m llm grave, ltinglels tuisteil up in cigar lighlors tresses streajntng oter the pillow no tress es at all. Ktcn -asloep, hunnnily preserves its cul- iarlil I'.ven in urcaius, men arc distinctive dill. ' UHV. M. lItl.Vri.(iT)M3 PA.sr li.VV M:J1I.N. i..-. .,j.. .. . i, Huntington's church Fast-day momfag, ana liriene.1 with inueu pleasure to an inroedinaly elufbenl, forcible, and pmcvieal sermon on I.y 1 ig, from these words : " I.ing lipssreabom- iaation tn the IjimI." The leverend gentle-1 I msn spoeified the diflment kinds uf l)mg, as the I l(. ,.., .,.,.-,, -t ( li(J f (nj10 .. ,l8 of Mf,BUm,'" I'ndur tlie isit head he enlarged with' great power and foree, and sis hie n-oiarks al-1 luded to the recent publications of Jlainuiu's Ui' tni '' "" . Tht last l"'f ' S' " n"' ss ''"i" J1""1' .wok" 00,1 m0' "PW- lll,"m b"ok "ee,"!j " ""f1 ;'(?" ' Je' ceoimterl from ' "'. "".' rl r1"3"5 n JrT,", we ""n.k, """ ,c,fn hie curontet y would have revered boncalh the terrible rebuke that he and his principles receive bla m1!al,V of ,ba buok, w" fomcJ "P 1wl,,h "a '!; and religion ; indeed the 0'l'or a fr"lne'" "ldr of ' lit". &- i'-" "' riblu denunciation; "All liars shall have Ihetr pari in me use wiiicii ournwn wim nre anu MaM u Uio deaUl Mr. II. closed his ecrmen tvith an earnest . , , j ( , , j k u ' ' 0 0 f ' "uinai ,p , . . - . r.rrt u-iii.ir. n.n.. !. 'rc.td' ' ' aTZ, tl ZZZ . if ... ' Tho sermon wa listened to with great alten- .insure, ww wb can oniy give a mere e.e.c.i 01 a iw 01 us H'fcutog uias. The "iw' "7 prci lent in soma of its milder phases among al) , fJtl,,onl.io and trenteel. tiii I si si ill trirtniui (run ...... . foundation tf.ll tn,,.,. that "I.g "V ' lip. lire abomination to tho Lord. "D 1U""n r"i'r'- ..... SaL " ,B BT the-IUnD.-'-My dear k,r'" Mr,d ""ranger, advancing, nnd warmly grasping ,ur .-Jcuieys.iranu., "t uave lung wisii-1 cd to see you o know you and now, at leugth, j my desire is gratified." - "lleally, you fhller me," said the gratified i Mr Sedley. "iNot in Iho least, my desr sir not in the least. And now let me tell )i.u what motive Iibs prompted me a stranger to intrude my self upon you," 'O, no tnlrusiont said tho Alderman, gra . C'0".-f1.lt carneslly, 1 have already secured the auto- I graph of some of tho most distinguished men - in tho itfinnlrv. Amonn- .ilhr-r.. ihn Pici.lnni I and his Cabinet have kindly farnra! me, Then please wrilo your name there. The stranger look out a sheet of paper, and spread it liefuro Mr oedley, and pointed out place at the butiom of the sheet, to which tho latter al once affixed his name. I "How can 1 ever repay you 1" said ibestraii- Fger, with oraotion, as ho carefully folded the ; bheet, and placed it in his pocket-book. Willi ' a low bow, he retired, I A few days afterword,, Mr Sedley had occa riort lo withdraw a porlion of his funds from the hank lie' was told that there was nut that amount to Ins credit. "Certainly," exclaimed he in astonishment, "I had three times the amount deposited Willi van." which he had purposely requested lo he written , .1 Iho bottom of the pago, P. S. if you Wish lo be tegirdcd as a ewin- ' dler, ask Mr Sedley for his autograph. lcn his vanity is not proof agains! iho severe lesson , he has received. No. 12. KNlUK.KXACKH, I'rem the Knickcrboekcr for April. An Illinois correspondent hacks this : As late as 1837, uhrn railroads were fust talked abuot in this corn-region, they were supposed to be Idinlicil with the "corduroy roads," where the rails nre hid cross-wise over the bot tomless "hotloms !" tn 1810, one .county gave, it Is said, a nearly unanimous vole fur (Jn.ntil Jaskson. forn'iusideiit, under the full eonvie. lion that "the report of his death tit I" When it was first repotlod that Professor Morse had succeeded in conveying intelligence between llaliimoro and Woihlnglon through the wires of tho inagnetio telegraph, one old Mran who bad been a schoolutanlor, and number of: tho legislature, gavo it as his opinion that Ihei report was "a humbug." In fact, from his knowledge of "aslrooomy," he uid lie nt tho thing could' not he done 1 Shortly after, j w iteiiiy s men were seen sotting the pulse di-l rectly by tho old min'a dwelling. Oneday, he joined tho crowd who wero witnessing the op-1 oration of LtrclrJnmr tlm uirn t...nn asked what he thought of Iho matter then, ho boailaied a moment assumiftj: an air of impor - lance and then replied: "Well, gentlemen, while in the Ijogislalure, I gavo the subject considerable attention, and nfier much investi gation and refleclimi, 1 1raro come to the con clusion that it nwy OMiter my twrV far small parieg'i, Out uillntnrdo f,tr largt lumllts utter! ' My friend Adam S- -i is a gay bachelor of eoeno thlriy-five rears ; and though he is a lonte. .n hue sealed al brenkfast one morn- dsnlyeeued -ou, r , broke the si - VagU A'lan putt on tat hmr likr a mkrt .. . : ' : : J ' Unci A dim's confusion aud disnmy may be imagined, when it is remembered that a bloom "? R"l f ixtecn, on whom lie was "sweet, was present. 1 here ore objections lo S.iangl.ais, no doubt, .r , yc, timo i,as unc who is half suited, nnd yet it is well shown it. woTklng, on hi. brow, and a -scratch' I known in Si. rctc.sburg that here i, no a of tlie Ia.o.1 cut ami faXaon, now onver, Ihe, greater glu.ton in l'.u,op. I ., ared ho I? l ,c '""I "' ' "-" ! not think that ho liaThad aojThmT lo " a fine Hue nephew . -mofcir summer, who ndc.,u,te meal if be doe, not eat , haV would and !T,t"n 1 VP """"I IT " Unlara0J"1 10 "V1'""" runJ f ''" ' and with whom Uncle Adam is an especial fa- r' mMf i'.X. V.r. i . but never thought of this. Our "Up-Uiv-! ihe State of Ohio, brought in a bill for the ah cr cotre.pon.leol. even whow "cxrieoco" i oluion of public punishment at tho whipping- ""-" "'e Psra. mi-es no post, jie miJo a p,., ,l,ereon,to which an Zl twkri rtKY Ci;iU,.,,,'"J H i'1'-l'lerlr'ncnIrreapondedeomeI,ata.folIow, an old resident of Stillwater, on the unner Hud-1 1 am. and I,:. n.r.r k -t .. intrnduci-d among his family of hen, a few Shanghais; I.itludlng a rooslcri cf formidable dimensions, w ho had "run lo legs" a good deal. His crow was peculiar, and easily dirtinguish- .... r.. .... ... .... mvu, U1 me pro-coiesuai ck. it came m he a second nature for his owner to hear always cleared right out, and we never raw no It in the early morning watches, for w hich he rooio of him. It's t,0 best way of getting r.d wa, wont to wait, as for the coming of a "cc-1 of rogues that ever vvas tried, and without cx cstial morn. Ono morning he had wailed to , pense to the State." Corwin row in reply hear a repctlllon of ihe o-.l tummons, .fieri "Mr. Speaker, I have been often puziled to being aroused by the shrill clarion once sound- account for the vast emigration from Connect. ed ; but he hesrd it not agai i. 1 ho other cut to the Wt. but the pood man last up has roosters were doing their best ; but the pre- explained it lo my entire satUfaclion." Tho eminent chanticleer was still. MrS wer.t bill passed without further discussion' not to see what bad caused the silence. Jle found Ibe roositr lying on Iris back, with both .., ,,,., , legs out of joint. After an examin .lion he set f "-Sl-'nley, the organist, and1 both lege s Uio cock walked off, and gave vent iu 111a on 1 1 uci luii 111 n luuv nrnw. in ii.n rorv 1 act, he dropped as if he bad been shot. He j TJ, . , - r Wcte had crowed hi. leg. out again ! He was kept , " df,lnt ?0n" of ,ho tMm imtcli of I three nr four days, and then killed. "It was ' t,u,d'inff' ia'"'OT1?h P'"0" "ir eics uld I too much trouble, sal.) Mr S ., "to eel him , f '"f ,0U.n,''; 1 rufi;tsot Sln" v..-, i. -J....1 1.. ' derson.whowas blind, con d, in a few moment,. I wt i-ij i--iimjhs were in a mixca compa "I am a great admirer," wriles 'Meisler "Ji t csc'1 tcI- -V blind French lady Karl,' in a pleasant nolo to the editor, "nf the ' "M dance in figuro dances, sew, and thread sublime plg-liko philosophy of a lnlf-civilized 0Irn needle. A blind man in Derbyshire, Indian. If drunk ss a peep, ho lays down, and , England, lias actually been a surveyor and plan bothers his great soul about nothing, even when mt .0I" roads, his ear guiding him lo Ihe dls- sober. Take the followinir. which I cleaned from nn old Yankee, recently : A certain Pc noberot had held several very long talks tyith a good clergyman, ho (Penobscot) professing to be very anxious to Bocore religion. Kot loug after, the good minister, riding along, beheld tho 'senap' laid out, drunk as n piper, by the road-sido. For a mintito he checked his horse. and gazed sorrowfully on llie prostrate backsli der : then sadly ambled awsy. Hut a drn and emphatic grunt, (did yoo ever hear a real Po-, bor in tho kingdom of New Jersey, when we nobsent gtuutt Nu Indian in the world can j "ero "farmirg," givo a direction to his son, come the 'entire swine' in the vocal lino to bo-. which may bo considered a practical comraenta gin with it,) a grunt, 1 eay, recalled him. ' ry upon lxrd Mansfield's dictum.' honking around, 'senap' wa, seen making tre- 'Hans,' said ho, 'yon go do mill right oflT mentions ciiuris to eep ins eyes open, and to summon back the priest. lie returned, when tho Indian gutleralcd out, 'You 'momber lhat little nation mo talk to you 'bout Ugh! Well Me giit thai little notion up!' The good preacher rode away, deeply impressed with the value of an Indian conversion 1" J A lady, with whom I had Ihe honor of nn ac quaintance was spending sorno timo at Niagara, a few years ago, and in company Willi her hus band, was one day looking at the Falls. After awhile, she became couseious that a lady who stood near, a well dressed stranger, was gazing at her very intoutly. As my friend suddenly looked up und caught her cyo, she exclaimed apologetically, 'Oh 1 excuso me, Ma'am, I was' nmiciug your pin, i,i na was an exqutsiio nentl or Dante in lava.) 'Is it n daguerreotype f My fnend replied, 'No, il is lata.' 'Oh ' faie, is it I She seamed puxzled, and probably con - eluded it to bo sonio Invention since thai of Da goerro, of which she had not befote heard. ro, of which she had not before heard. ;, il i, tho bond of Dante.' 'Oh ! an e - ienof your'nl' My friend bowod, tut i tho anocdulu was told me. I .untested il isiiio noau ot nunc. -un: an - yun.fi.BUK ui JUUI II I illjf lllvlIM UOWUU, UUl when tho anecitutu was told me, I suggested thai the inqinsitres, would probably have been ltter oatitficd had she been told lhat Sir Dante wo, the father of Miis Am, Danle, a young lady quite celebrated in musical circles, Parson It, of ihts vicinity, has a great 'gift' In prayer, especially at funerals. At lhat of a military major, just after tho September niu,lcr, ho thus ejaculated: 'Olxid! hero is our friend iho Major, dead ! 0 Lod I wo lately saw him figuring, aw'ay it the head of his regi ment, on Steions'p Plains I And,0Lnd! we humbly trust ho is now doing tho samo thing iu heaven!' A faithful, unvarnished' teporl. Our Vermont friends will take the sense o( this : 'Q v elected 'Side Judge' iu one uf the county courts of Vermont, Ho was not very well versed in 'legal lore,' so he railed oil a f i lend of his, who had served as Side-Judge, , lo make some inquiries concerning the duties of, tho office. Tultisinicrriigaloriesthorepty wasi 'Sir, I have filled this important and hunorable office several years, hut hato never been consul-, ted with regard lo but one question, On the ' JirTuf5illt'fi(i!'iliM minimi iKrtion, i.yiAitrKti,iulimnut nierilon uo. 'cents A JVil'iW'mlj') yearly iu)crflnfi Mill lo made. 'M friWftf ncr1lons mmt 1. marked on all adrcHrettit-Mvt,lher thcr will Comity, Bill to 10 ecnbl tt j.MI. J Joa Wow Mcculcd in good stvle ot Mr rVjcM, last day of the Sprier term. I Hi-, ibn Jnd afier listening to three ot four windy pleas of rnnwutn nimeo to me, stid tvhisv pcred : 'Q , is rtV jhi tench mmU of hard cooa r una i told hun J raihrthuvoht ttu Mr P , a wcatihv citlzeMtiltL H. , married a few years ago, at llicTSgppf ssv onty-fivc, Iiis1 fourth Hfa, a maiden r sixty .,' 7, In lc" ,l,an J"r. nnJ lafir I. 1s widow purchatcd a lot in the new comctery 1 . and procured the tutermenvtliero Mr V and her three predecessors? flley lie in four graves, and a spaco has been left rjevt that of Mr I'- for the survivors final resting place. A monument has hocii erected, giving nn ono side the namea of Iho deceased, ami on the other the simple and aprroprialo en itaph ; 'Our HrsDiSD.1 T,i. Nw C, The Ixmdon corre,p dent of the New 'Vork ijunday Times, in allud ing to Alexander II., adds tho following tWe. men! : .'P '"M" cf Alexajder aro not consistt nl 1 ? warlike r.aturo. I To is rcmarknLlo for j '"'n a inveierato habit of smoking llimiii.l.n.1. tt. .t. . .. s... u, i.iiu,B passionato lojnlncsi, fi,r card-playmg at mght", .Jlelaone f ll,o most lnduleut of men. It is almiwt impossible, to ronio him to action, or to eiolo from him any manifestation of energy, whcllier mental or physical. He is dull, depressed, and inanimate In person he Is tall and attenuated, with a de- loi.kingcornploxion ure oxprctsion ot countenance, and asiclly- smoking, and card-playing. ; his cue.' Tfil KSffrl, Maria Alexarllmw.ia uaujfiiwr oi uie oeceascU Urand Duka Iuri- III . r it ... 4., ui now ivarmfciaat, is a woman of stronir wnse aqd character, of amiable qualUca, and imsvcMw luncii imuaneo over Inm, IIllV. TlTAuia rAr... 1 -e ... while a member of the General Atsembly of lieal operation of jhe system of punishment which he desires to abolish. WhSn I lived in Connecticut, if a fellow Hole a horse, or cut up . . . j -.. .uoi9, v iu no mm tlglilup, , anj gite Inm a real good thrashing And ho ""'' . " "0 u lsl roun- .-..vw -a avwuiMiij a, uiu tyes ui uiuers ; ana tho late Justice Fielding, who was blind, on walking into a room for Iho first time, after speaking s few word,, said, "This room is about tttxnty-one feet long, eighteen wide, and twelte high,"all of which was revealed to hint with aernrocy through llie medium of hi, car. Loourxa oct ron Xp. 1. We recollect of hearing a Dutch friend of ours, or rather tw-i,l.. orc is no enrn meal.' ' Yah, and there is no corn alielled. neider." said Hans, 'Nicnf Vet,. ten I telle yon, how much corn Schmidt borrows ! you know ven last year sometimes.' ' Vel, poul onn bushel,' replied Huns. ' Yah, so 1 link too. Tako de mare, Hans, and tell Schmidt you como for de corn vot he borrows. And Han,, take a couple of bags mil you, mine son Hans. Schmidt has a very short memory, Han,, nnd 'taint worth while lakin' ,on bushel lo mill, Han,'.' A, Faeii nv Charles' Lamb. "My dear i en nuren cam nn o i rat t.-t in nnn, mm. ..t10 iufirIni,(cs 0f s ar0 vnug im,av upon lnei tlal v hav0 determined lo dedicate iho. , bhurl rclnalnifct ( my dayslo mortification and p(,nance j nlltrow anJ ollci. h(lIo wMch , - Thavo lately discovered! bullet toe not intcrfero wjth your onjnymets. Youth is the season for wjth your onjnymets. Youth is the season 1 plpasuro ; bo happy, Ibcreforo, and only o! j ast ijUnoiiun, nevur to romo ne.ir me in f ....... r.t ki. .n .n-.., ptosuro ; bo happy, therefore, and only obey m' last ' retreat. snivelling audibly, nnd wiping hispaternal eyi n Wl lis u,0 old rat withdrew, and'wa, so, for mi:raj ily,t tt,en ),,, y c seen youngest daughlur, movod rather with filial affection than by that etirinsily which has been attributed to the sex, stole to tiis cell of mortification, which turned out to bo a holo,' made by his own teeth, in an enormous Cheshiio cheese t ETiqtiKTTS. Tho National Intelligencer has a correspondent whd ha, wrftlon a series oi letters to that paper on this subject. He makes three points, viz. 1. llefora you bow lo a Jady in Iho street, permit her lo dceido whether you may de eu or not, by st loast, a look, of recognition, I". "Excuse mv glove." i. an unnecessary apulogy, for the glotoshould not be withdrawn to shake hands. 3. When your companion bows to a lady, you should do the same, When a gentleman hows lo a lady in your company, always bow to hiin ii, return w wuuimvti until il'iWmTO.6 POSTAflB : -H l'iiJjMfr,d U Ihs I m ixniMit Cui'XTr, rraZf rain-A, Th. I.V'l-.,',.aV"-"-H "TP I I . - vs, ina iiiu ja Fiicni in n-iiinr f