Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1858-07-20

              lL.f. . .-'- MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1858. NO. SG. VOL. IV. The 'New Muwn Hay, IT CHARLES MACK AT When iwallowa dart from oottage eavoi, . And farmara dream of brley sheavee; Whon applm peop amid the leavoa, And woodblnea went iho way We lora to fly from dully oare, To breath tba buxom oountry air To join our banda and form a ring-To laugh and aport, and danoa and ling, Amid tha now mown bay. A itranger oomei with eyaa of blua; Quoth be "I'm Lot the young and tru; I wih to past an hour with you, This ploaaant euiomor day;" "Com In, oome in, you aucy lfl And wbo'e your friend?" " 'Tit frlendahlp'seelf.'-"Com eaoh com both, our iporta to iharoj There'i weloome kind, and room to ipare, Amid the now-mown hay." , THe ring la formedibut who are thoioT "Come, tell your orrand, If you please; You look bo lour and 111 at ease, You dim the face of day." "Ambition!" "Joalomyl" and "Strifo!" And '-Scorn!' and '-Weariness of Life!" "If auch your nnmei, we bat your kinj Th place U full, you oan't eome in Amid the new-mown hay. Another goat comet bounding by, With brow nnwrinkled, fair and high With mnburned faoe and roguiih eye, And asks your leave to itay. Quoth ho, "I'm Fun, your right good Wend!" "Como In, oome In with you we'll end!" And thu we frnlio In a ring And thus wa laugh and dance and ling, Amid tho now-mown hay. A WIFE'S DOWER. Everybody who knew John Gordon, knew him to be one of the meanest and most contemptible men that ever was permitted to walk the earth. His brother Peter was not a whit better so that it would appear that moannesa run in the blood of tho family. Jnlm was Drettv well off, so fur as this world's goods were concerned. HU property - was all invostei in a building which had cost bim about thirty thousand dollar. He did not marry until he was forty prob ably from the fear of incurring unnecessary ex pens, and whon, finally, he did take a wife.it wa only as he would have taken him a housekeeper, a servant. Mrs. Gordon was a poor woman, and had been obliged to work very hard (or a living. Probably she married on purely prudential considerations lor she could i.ot possibly have loved such an abortion of a man as John Gor don. She took good care of her husband. treated him hotter than ho deserved, and was In every respect an obedient and faithlul wife. All she received in return was the meage- support which her husband's house afforded her. When they had been married some three years John was taken sick, and lingored along for a year, during which time his wife was an xcellent and dovotod nurse tier wnoio aim seemed to be to discharge hor duties to her lord with fidelity. She had made a bargain with him, and she performed her part of the contract with scrupulous exactness. One day I heard that John Gordon was Head. It was a small loss to the community, and I eould not think of pitying his wile, for her lot would certainly be ameliorated by his departure. She would be entitled to one-th ird of the income of his real estate, which for a pooi" woman as she had been, and having no luxurious tastes to gratify, would be a prin-eely stipend. . I neither thought nor heard any more of John Gordon or his wife for two months, when s woman appeared at my office and introduced herself as the latter. "Mine in a very bid case, Mr. Dockot," said he, seating herself bv mv aide. Indeed, madam. I thought you were very comfortably providod for. You have one third of the income of your husband's estate, or about a thousand dolhrs year." "It seems I am not to have this," she replied gloomily. Not to have it?' "Peter Gordon has taken possession of the state, declaring it belong to him. He says my husband sold it to him a fow weeks before he'died." "How could that be?1 "Peter showed too tit deed, and say H has been recorded." "Does he? So mncn the better for yon madam. The law gives yon one half of his personal estate " "' 'But he sold it for one dollar," interrupted Mrs. Gordon. "He could'nt soil it without your concur rence. Did you release your right to dower ia the premises?" '."No, sir, Peter says I did. though, and hows mo my name, duly witnessed, on the deed." "Didn'tyoa sign it?'' 'No sir." , ."Thon it Is forgery." "I suppose it is." "You are confident yon did not sign your Bam to the deed." "I am Tory euro J did not, and for a vary good reason." . ':How' that?" "I cannot writ; I never even wrote my Bams. I wag brought up in the country, when girl did not get SO much schooling as now. ' My f"lk were very po-r, and I never had schanee to go to school," replied Mrs Gordon, with some confusion, "Did your husband know that you eould sot wrtia."-"No, I never told him." ' 7 dimil her with the request that sU would call next day. I wont at once, to tho Registry of Deeds, and found thar Mrs. Gor don told a straight story. Her miserable con temptible husband hud given hur property to His brother in his last days, so as to cheat his wile; who had cared for him in health and nursed him in sickness, of bur just claim upon his estate! He was a villinn t I need not say t felt a deep interest in the case of my client, and resolved to bring mutters to an issue at once. The next day. when she called, shedirectod mo to hor sister, by whom it could bi proved that Mrs. Gordon could not write her name ; who had seen her mark often, within a very shorttime. The person who professed to have witnessed the signature of Mrs. Gordon was a clerk in the office of Peter. My first movo was to ar rest him on a charge of fraud, and to sue his employer for my client's share of the rents. which he had just collected, and which he had refused to pay over to her. When I had proceeded thus far, I received a visit from Peter Gordon. What do you mean, sir?" he askod rath er sourly. "I mean to got justice for the widow." "Her husband was worth nothing when he died." '-But his wife has one-third interest In his real estate." "It was sold to me, and she signed away her right to dower." "Did she?" "Certainly she did" "Did you see her sign?" "To bo sure I did j so did my clerk." "There is a warrant out for the arrest of your clerk ; and I have some hopes that he will turn State's evidence and convict ais principal." He started back with astonishment and terror. "I I don't understand you 1" he stammer ed out. Don't trouble yourself about it, Mr. Gor- dou, you will understand it all in due tima." "For God's Baku, don't arrest my clerk. He will be the ruin of me," groaned he. "You should have thought of that before,' I said. "You dont moan to say that every thing isn't all right about my brother's affairR? Because if it isn't, I will inako it right, you know," he whined in supplicating tones. "You say you sa-v Mrs Gordon sign that deed?'' Well no not exactly ; but I suppose she nigiied it. "You don't know she didn't?" "How should I know?" "She can't write ! Sho never even wrote her name in her life !" I pressed the rascal closely and made him acknowledge that his clerk had signed the name for a onsideratinn. I would hove caused both of them to be sent to the State Prison, if Mrs. Gordon had not begged me to spare them. As it was, I secured the entire income of tho estate for my client, and chnr-ged my bill to Pater, who was but too glad to pay It. TWpk is TYiizi'i s Rim? Tho recent discoveries of gold on Frnzer.s river will lead many to ex unine their maps in vain for the puruose of finding tho precise locality of this now iuiportnnt stream. Frazer's river emptiesinto the Gulfof Georgia, a branch of Pugel's Sound, a few miles north of the 49;h parallel, which is the boon- dary between our territory and the Biitish possessions. Its head-waters interlock with those of the Columbia and the Athabasca. For tho first half f its course it runs m asoutnernly direction, when it runs westward. At tho distance of 160 miles from its month it is joined by Thompson's river, a considerable stream flowing 'r.m the eastward The Cascade range of mountains, which may be regarded as a continuation of the Sierra Nevada, ceases here. At the junction of 'he two rivers and in the immediate vicinity, lie the diggings which are causing so mui'h excitement on the Pacific cr-ast Tbey have been worked more or less since last summer but their real importance was not ascertained until latolv. Fort Ltngley, the lowest post of the Hud-sons i av Company on Fmzei's River, is sit uated on the left bank, about t enty -five miles from its mou'h. Thus far the siream is pnv g'ible forvess.lsof considerable burden. Tbe next post is Fort Hope, at the mouth ofQuo-que-alla river, sixty nine miles above Fort Langley. To the "Falls" ia twelve mile fur-tbr. nnd to Thoinoson'a River Forks ia fifty Hie miles. Thusthe whole distance from the mouth of Frazer's River to the gold divings at Thompson's River is about one hundred nr.d sixty miles, or thereabouts- Above Fort Lingley the river is practicable for battoaux of three tons burden a slow and tedious navigation but after passing the Falls canoes only can be used. But the journey must mally be made on foot from the Falls, and is exceedingly laborious and rugged. There are no horses or mules in all that region. ' . ' It is by tho route alicve indicated thtt most of the gold seekers will find their way to the new placers. There is.howover, another route via the Columbia River and the Dalles; but the distance is four or five hundred miles. The latitudcof the Thompson's River Forks is about C3deg. 30min., or nearly 3(X) miles further north than Quebec. But it must ho remembered that the climati on the Pacific coast is mild in eomparrison with that ol similar latitudes east or the Rocky Mountains. It will be evident, even from this imperfect description, that the Frarer River mines are not easy of access. The country is w ild moun-tanous and nearly inaccessible. But men trained in California are not easily daunted. They can, doubtless, force their way wherever gold invites thcw to go. Jf. 7. Timet. 03 Paddy U often poetically polite. On picking np and' returning a lady's parasol, which had been -Muwn it.it of bar hand, gallant Irishman suJ, "F.iith. .miss, an' if ye was as Bthrong as yer handsome, tie jahers burricn couldn't snatched it from to." For iho Republican. Duggwifs. Mb. Editob: Publio morals Saloons Gambling Zoo--geries, See., and your recent- ly editoriulon the subject of Temperance, gives us an opportune occasion to write on the subject which heads this article. The lamentable state of vice and. public immorality which ia found to exist at this time, is exciting public attention until the question is asked, but without answer. Why is this? Some are prone to attribute it to Hie imperfect execution of the law; whilo others chaige that it is J.he lietorogenousness of our citizens, and their stolidity and ignorance, which is said to characterize the masses. While others again say that it is the existence of such powerful majority on the side of Democracy, which a French author says always pre-stwuoset ignorance, and ignorance begets viio and crime. But we apprehend, that all arc right in some respects, and no one so near the truth, as ha who charges it to ignorance, be the political complexion what it may. It is true, that public opinion baa has much to do with the law's execution, nnd jt has much to do with wise legislation; and no less it is true, that a community, be it ever so well ordered at first, will lapse into indifference, the moment that officers, charged with the execution or the administration of law are faithless or inefficient. It discourages all good men because it gives advantages to the unscrupulous ami vicious, and in this condition it makes no difference what wholesome just laws are on the Statute Book, for they are as a dead letter. It is truo, if there bo a sound morality a high order of social, commercial, religious relations or considerationsa full commendable mental appreciationthen, on the commission of a crime, such a clamor will ariso as to affect at once officers whose continuance in office depends on the people, and they will set about ferreting out the wrong, while society at once will con demn the wrong-doer, without regard to rank or caste, and thus make more percepliblo and appreciable the standard ol moral integrity. But what shall we say of that law which tol erates a vice, and of that community who tol' erates the vicioust Such a slate of affairs i-x utsinMt. Vernon. Tippliso is tolerated by by law. and justified by the party who makes the law-givers and expounders Society, therefore, left in this debised and unprotected condition, gonerates evil within itself. It seeks a level, just as water does, never mine above its source. Suppose in the family, well regulated laws were not laid down and enforced on a principle of high- toned morality ; what need the pi rent blame the civil authority, for not conserving the mor als of the child? And again, suppose the lam it v rules were of the strctvst kind; what would they avail the child, if he were not taught thoir worth, and being taught them obeyed? In both instances tha surest way is to create a right sentiment, and then that sen timent will protect in family and in society, when legislation, laws and rules are abortive. But the mind to keep itself free from vice, must be supported by some aliment which will give it both strength and purity. The habits of 8'iino huro, aro demoralizing in the extreme (thero is no denying the faet.) and this conclusion is supported by the fact that animal or sensual enjoyments, are more common than intellectual pursuits. It is thought by some, tint our church organizations will, and can counteract this; but this if not to be done so easily while outside influences are culling back those whom religious training is pointing onward and upward But we confess they are not so fully awake to duty as they should bo. Parents are growing tip their children, sons and daughters under the influenco to which we have briefly pointed, seemingly unconscious of what impends. Toreduceit to practical life, would tbey wed their daughters to those who frequent dram shops, bawdy houses, and gaming M(inf Certainly not, and yet the state of society is tending to that end. The young men of Mt. Vernon, iiow growing into manhood, are breathing the tainted atmosphere of vitiated society, and they become familiarized with aroutine of v'et which startles and app.ils. Then comos that other fact, that they are the rory one who are to become the husbands ol those daughters whom we would protect, and somo such ore day afierdny, and night afier night, by conventional usagos, introduced by father, friend and brothers into the very no cicty that tbey seek to contaminate. They are libertines in many instances; and so morbid or indifferent has become society, that grog sellers and doggory keepers, are toasted into solf-con jequenco,and having found their way into sacred places, are quick to desecrate and defile. Nor ars wo to drop opprobium on rouns men alone, for we have in our mind 's eye fcore or more of fathers, whose whole lives,boyond the holy precincts othome, re but ono day of indulgence or lust; and whose families are allowed to grow up to mature years, without one word of moral training from them, and without s living example, as a guide for social, moral or christian life. Now if these fathers shall have soen or shall see their sons k-jcunu gamblers, drunkards &c, or their daughters the inmates ol brothels, for the want of moral training, and bigb moral appreciations and commendabto examples, who can forgive the .short-coming, or pity in the hour when the iron enters tho soul to reprovo, to punish and to torlwrt for past neglect? Then pit'f will do no good. Then repentance will not reclaim the erring. The reform resolved on, w.ll be fruitless. The ohildis ruined,' and th father hastenetb to the grave, weighed down by consoiousiiet of unpardonable neglect. ' ( . - We may anathematize grog shope.oatl tUu bvw dotgorie iDklofbellathey are, but this will not accomplish tho needed work. A thorough and improved public sentiraont must be produced, and the Law which ourcity lawmakers have passed, must bo enforced to the very letter, the work must begin and never cease until its influence light up ond radiate its hoppifvingnrc upon all. The parent must sot the example, must not only put the young in the highway of life, but must guide him with a cautious hand all along that way to prevent him from culling an ulluring flower, or reposing on a grassy pi it or sunny lawn, over a fathomless quagmire hidden beneath. We have oilier agei.cies for evil besides those named. We mean thoso fine (?j handsome Saloons, where the palate may be tickled with tho most recherche viands or liquors, and where gentlemen (?) of the first class high in pub-lie estimation, go and eat dainty suppers -fill up the "sparkling bowl" and carry on the coarse juke or rib ild jest, until tho proprieties of life and decent society are forgotten. This is not the only immorality practiced there. Gambmkq of all descriptions is also allowed and encouraged at all hours, day and night. There large sums are won and lost . which the deluded victims purloin from thoir families-- their creditors, or their employers and a case is now before our mind, -and whichill-gotten gains go to support an army ofgrog-sellers-the offence ofsomj bjinjso rank tint "they smell to Heaven," whose hands are stained with the drunkard's gore! Others nightly may be seen hieing from homo, to scenes of rovclry and debaucheries while loungin Wannd thero. may bo seen still another whose joy is to decoy young men from vir tue's path, and at night revol in the lusts of the flesh even while disease, the result of vio latcd nature, is doing its work. These are the faint eliminations of a fash ionable Saloon all over the land, and it is at heso places that fashionrtlle gentlemen and rogues do congregate, and into these, a low respectable men enter and re-ent r as if no evil was apprehended. Yet these gentlemen whose position, whose learning and practical sense gives them a wide influence, have set. to tha youth and to their inferiors, an exam pie, the evil of which will never die. Did you, gentlemen, ever consider that nono aro safe from the allurements of Saloons, and gambling incident, to that business? It makes as easy a prey of the tallest intellect as of tho most unwiirv youth. It is a gigantic allure-ment nnd the line onco passed which sopara'es the oxemplary man from the card-player, there is a mighty turbulent current, whoso turbulence is irresistable, and from which nono are saved except as it were by a miraclo.They are the exceptions, tbe others are therulo. Those who full into this snare, at first seem to have neithor capacity nnr passions, forcsrdplnying nor tippling, yet in a trice they aro imperceptibly hurried on through all the gradations until they are confirmed drunkardg, cots and vagabonds, their lives end in the Poor-house, Penitentiary or on the scaffold. We do not complete the relation of tho evils, for we learn daily of tho family circle becoming desecrated by carlplaying, at accidentals and evening pirties, and there miy lte soon gentlemen and ladios, snugged around a table, while the heirt is yielding up its moral fortifications and preparing to offer virtue-as a sacrifice to passion engendered by the very existence of tho gamo. Lidijs! we say to you in all candor, that this nmusemcnt is but a slight step from the first grade ot prostitution, and we warn yon, if jou would have upright husbands, and not gamblers, that you yourselves, must show by your example, how much you deprecate tho evil. If you do not, andthaevilhoureomos. be it the only answer when pity you would have, "you knew your duty, and ye did not." . . Can your readers think us too vivid in our description of these vioet, or too sincere in our reference to it? Ifsn let thorn sroiiso to a fuller sense of the crime and vice in lha city Those matters pross homa to the consideration of all, and each should cast alout for a remedy. J.P.R. Mt Vornon, July 1st, 1858. Ill'eiirS I" lill'MIHf. The Utict Herald of July 1, publishes the following extract from a letter from Jerusalam written by Willi nu, MMivo oliUr of thatjournal : . "Kura irons ontnipa' hv thirThly nlnrme-l the) A'mrinin resi t ints thnurtnt Palestine and Syria Riblwrie-t are of almost diily oocurronoj. T i Ain'ricin mis-niniwrio wens assiilal hjtwjen II jy Mot and J.jrusalitn on Mon hylist by a bin I oftnnod Bedouins, who pointed thoir guns at Chair hreasta and, cmnmandud them to surrender.'- A simalar ontrage was committed upon an American party coming from Dumiscus few dy previous. There is no Government in Palostine just now. The Bedouin robber are tho virtual rulers of the day. Jtobbcrif s occur almost everyday under tho vory walls of Jerusalam. "I attonded tist evening an informil mjot-i ng of American residents, at Jerusalam, Jaffa, Beyroct, Dimascmand Kazaroth to consider the propriety of reprosutning to the Government at Washington the insecurity of life and property of Americans traveling in Palstine. and of requost ing its protection against the insotencoand extortion of the Turkish robbers. Icanassureyouth.it the array of facts upon which the petition will ba bised is quite startling.. I will not enlrga at present, further than toaavthatif thedemand for protection is made, the G ivornment will r called by every consideration of honor and mignaniinity to exercise an activj. and. if neccessiry, forcible interference with the Turkish Government in Palostine." Borrowed Capital. Gen Jackson once siid that those who "do business on borrowed capital ought to' break." The Boston Mki $ Bee wonders what tho old hero, wore he ativa, would say of the present Federal. Administration, which is do-ng business on borrowed capital to the, tune of forty millions year. The Katy-lHd. . BT 0. W. DOI.VES, Ilovo to hoar tho earnest voice, Wuorever thou art bid, Thou toaty little dngmatlo, Tbou protty Katydid. Thou mindcat mcof gentlcfulka Old gontlcmen are they Thou layout an indisputable thing In auoh a lolcmn way. Thou art a fcmiilo, Katydid; I know It by tho thrill That quivers through thy picroing notes, Bo potulant and shrill. I think tlioro ia a knot of you Ilcneath tho hollow troe; A knot of epinkalors Katydid-Do Katydids drink toa? Oil, till mo where did Kitty live, , And what did Katy do? And was sho vory fair and young, And yot so wicked toot Did Katy lovo a naughty man; Or kiss more chocks than one? I warrant Katy did nomoro Than many a Katy baa done. Dear mo! I'll tell you alt about My fusse with littlo Jane, And Ann, with whom I used to walk So often down tho lnnej And all that toro their locks of black, Or wet thoir oyes of blue Pray toll nr, swootost Katydid, What did poor Kato do? Oil. nol the living oak shall crash, That stood for ajos ii.UI, Tha rock shall rend its mighty base, And thunder down tho hill, Before tbe little Katydid Khali add one word to tell The mystlo story of the maid Whose namo sho knows so well. Peace to thy ever murmuring racel And when the latest ono Shall fold in doath her feoblo wings, Beneath tho nntn mn ann, Then shall sho rniso her fainting voioo, And lift hor drooping lid, And then tho child of futnro years, Shall learn what Katy did. rtciiulor Iln'c on Onion Seeds. Mr. r.iglor.the Democratic Senator from Pa., who has attompted.to play the great man with very indifferent success, in the debate on the 20th of May. was particularly urgent for an appropriation in behalf of garden seods for the patent efflce. His appeal seems to have touchod Senator Ilalc of X. II. in a ten der place, and brought him over to his views. Onions isapathotic subject, and naturally associated with tears. Mr. Halo improved it as follows: "I think that the case which the Senator from Pennsylvania has presented is ominently just. I agree entirely with what he saysi when ho declares that in his course here ho has not been looking to popularity. I think tho whole North, Pennsylvania no less than any other part of the Union, will endorse his ver. acity, if nothing ohe. when hs appeals to the S.-nutor from Georgia, and tolls what a hard roud thu Northern Democrats havo had to tro-vol, how much they have to sacrifice, nnd to face; and then asks it, in roturn for all this, ho cannot let him have a fow onion and Karlic seeds. Laughter. I confess if the Sjnator from G.orgia was not moved I was Liughier. I think it reasonable; evenifhe had asked for a little of the vcgotable full grown. But when ho soys: 'Look at tho North, and seo on overy side, and hear by every .nail what we suffered in jour behalf! When you see all that and see that we are nol exhoibitant, wo do not ak ony offices; take your foreign missions, and distrib"te them where tbey appropriately belong! take the Federal Treasury and use ill but when we go homo to an outraged constituency, will you be so illiberal as not to let uscarry a few onion seeds? a little garlic, and now and thon a cabbage? laughter, so that our constituency may he inclined to wink a littlo at the course we have taken on this great question, upon which we have sacrificed so much lor yon?" I confess, that even if I had such striot rules as a Senator from Georgia entertains upon) the constitution, when such an appeal as that came from such a sonrcethe "r it lit lower" of the Administration, not asking to take tho "ace," or anything else. but simply a little onion seed a vegctuble that, under peculiar stats of application, ia calculated to produce tears laughter can not you let us go borne and cry with our con atituents ovor what we havo dun? I do not want to bo personal , but I appeal to the hon orahlii Senator from Georgia, and Iatikhim I oan afhim, for we have always been on friendly rcbtipni. Mr. Biijler. Allow mo. I hare no idea at 11 that the Senator intends to be personal. Mr. Hale. Oh no., ; Mr. ISiglcr. But he usos terms wh Ich I do not understand; talking about, the :"right bower," and ' ace" and all that sort of thing-I.aughtor.l . ... Mr. llalo. Well sir, I do not undorstand them; but I thought tho Senator from Geor gia fpuko of it, and h scorned to andoretand it then. Laughter 1 I do not understand them; but I Buppose it is parliamentary .highly so, laugbtor, or clso it would not have been introduced. I do not know what the "right bower" is. I suppose it is a naval biavo-al term, laughter, or something ol that sort- But I was proceeding. The Senator from Georgia and myself do not agree on political questional we have differed; but I believa, in our social intercourse we have never had any difficulty, and whenever it wasinmr power I do nol know that I ever bad an opportunity where it was in my power to do him a slight j the Ohio. Ponitentary, 13 Scott's, 40. Jones' favor, thatl did not cheerfully do it; but if80 Johnson's and 117 8milb'lhtr bwa r b he th slightest personal regard for me, I (wived at that Institution. bcit to throw it into the sumo sculu where the cloquonce and pathos of tho Senator from Pennsylvania have gone beforo mo, and botii together we ask for a little more onion scod. Laughter. Can lie, under thoso circumstances, resist? No, sir. I am as strict a constructionist of the Constitution as any, not excepting tho honorable Senator bofore me Mr. Toombs; but I have read all the platforms, and I suggest to the R,.ntni- from fk-oriria that be W a tittle too fast. I think, considering what he has dono. we may continuo to voto those scods, at bast until the Charleston Convention sits, and thn I have no doubt after that event, there will bo a new resolution that will cut off these seeds, and that onions will be unconstitutioa at Avur after. fLnnchtcr.l But until that is done, until that proviso is put in, I think the faithful may construe the provisions of the Constitution and the Cincinnati platform, as the honorablo Senator from Ponnsylvania has suggested. I think we may construe them without straining the Constitution any more to buy onion seeds than it docs to catch runaway slaves. I guess whon you find I provision in the Constitution that thero is i mode to take money out of tru iederal trea sury to pay for returning fugitive slaves, you will find also the provision that a little sum may be paid for onion seed. Until clause forbidding it comos cither in the Constitution or the Charle t:n Convention, let us havo the seed; but I have no doubt it will be unconsti tutional after the Convention sits. The Sheriffs Story. In the summer of 183, while traveling on business in the wildorness of Northern Maine, we stopped ono afternoon in the village of P which nestles cozily in the shade of Suldlo-tack mountain. After supper, whilo enjoying out cigar upon the "porch," we noticed a peculiar looking scar upon the landlord's cheek. Thinking "thereby hangs a tale," wo asked him to inform us of tho cause of o unusual a mark. Ho professed himself perfectly willing to relate the story, and drawing a chair close to our side, commenced: 'In iny young days I was a sheriff in the county in which I then resided. In the spring of 1839 a murder was committed in a neign- boring town, under circumstances of unttsua1 atrocity. Tho deed wos done by a French. mm irhnse name was ListO. lie with his wile, lived in a 1. g calin in the woods, some ton miles from whoie the deed was committed early and had long bjon snspectod as being a thief and sccre'.er ol stolon goods. "I was sent to secure him, and you may be suro I did not relish the job much, but go I must. As I had ten milos to ndo, I started, and arrived at the cabin about noon. Tying my horse to a tree, I went to the door nnd knocked; after considerable dolay in unfasten ing more than was necessary, the door was opened by bis wife, who demanded in no pleas ant tons what was wanted. 'Is your husband at home?" I a k.-l, t'No, ho Ins gins to ttw villaja and will not be buck till night," she answered. "Then I will wait till becomes home," said I; and, without giving her time to reply, stepped into the room. Ono glance around convinced me that the murderor was at homo. A rifle stood in the corner of the room, which he had been cleaning as I drovo up, for the water was even dripping from the tubo. I said nothing, however, but sat down, and began to tako survey of the room. He could not have left while I stood at the door, without my Feeing him; or clso. which I considered more likely, was concealed about the cabin. My cyo fell upon a rag mat. lying on the floor, and taking that up the mys-ery was cxplaino i. A trap door was underneath, which probably lud to tho hole, or cellar in which ho was concealed. I lifted tho iloor up and was looking for somo means ol decending. when a push from the 'Vudo wife' sent me down without the use of a ladder, and the door was suddenly shut. I tell you sir, I was in no very enviablo position, in a dark cel lar with a murderer lor ho was thero, as I very soon bund out. Thinking I heard him move, I took step in the direction of tho sound. In an instant thero was a fl ish a loud report, and I felt a burning pain in my cheek I w him by the flash of the pistol, crouched in the corner o! tho cellar. My blood was up, and I made a spring and closed with him. We hud a sharp tussle, for a few moments but at length I man aged to get the bracelet nn his wrists, and it was all over. Meanwlulolitswife was above. standing on tho door, and asking cvory now and then "Have you fixed him Jem?'' Putting my hand upon the man's raeulh, and imitating his voico, as near as I could, told her I had, and ordered her to lead tbe sheriff's horso into the fched. My ruso succeeded perfectly, and as sho left the room, I ordiircd him up the ladder, and by using the argucmentofa pistol persuad ed bim to go' Onco up, the rest was easy. Ilis wife was some astonished when sho came in, but seeing I was wellarrood made no resis tance. The man was sullen, and refused to speak, but I did not care for that I put him on the horse and led the horso two miles through tho woods, to the nearest neighbors. Securing the assistance of some of the "men folks,''I had him securely lodged in the Jail that night, ami he is now in tho State Prison serving bit sentence, imprisonment for life. But that was tb o hardest fight I ever had ; ind I shall carry a mark of U to my grarei Bo tids the sheriff's story; f Wbat's i a If An. Since tho erection of Burning of I lie Slcniuci (idicua. At Redwing, Minnesota. , i Fromtue St.FaurTimoi, July 2nd. We conversed with one of tho passengers who came up yesterday on the Milwaukee, and gather tbe following particulars : The fire commenced around tb starboard chimney, and of so' tittle consequence was it wbon iirst discovered; that single bucket of water would have been sufficient to extinguish it ; but beore it coull be obtained, the fire had spread over the entire right hand side of the boat, tbus cutting off tho stairway. The alarm was speedily given, all the passengers having retrrecJ lor trie night ; and fiom all sides, without regard to qn ility orqomtity of dress, men, women and children rushed to the forward part of tho boat, as tbe only place of rescue. The order was given to follow the Captain, hut little attention was paid to it ach individual seeming intent upon his own s ifcty. But a few minutes elupsev. after the alarm was given until tbe boat struck trie shore, toward which she was directed by tha pilot on discovery ol tin fire ; yet so uYrce were the flames' that only one plunk could be run to the shore, and over this crowded all not intercepted by the fire. Somo back of the flame jumped into the water and swam sshrrc.- ; Mrs. Porter, whose name is given aliovc, with her four children, were burned to death. She was on her way to Mankato, where it ia probable she has friends or relations residing, tlow many others are lost we presume is not yet known, but it is certain there was larger list of passengers than usual. The books wero lost, and what number perished can only bas matter of conjecture. We trust sincerely wo have chronicled the full number of lives lost, and that we shall not be called upon hereafter to add another to the list of dead, - . . INCIDENTS. A young married man from the East, with his bride, was on the Galenn, intending to find a home in Minnesota, and having in his possession fifteen hundred dollars., lie had neglected to put it in the safe, and carried it with him into his state room. The money and all his baggage was burned with the boat ; tho young couple barely escaped with their lives. The wife nl Hon. Mr. Bearce, of Winona. was on board of the Galena, and was on her way to tliH eity to join her husband. She was amused from her sleep by the cry ol fire. and after all the passengers had started for ward she returned to her room and awaken ed a young Indy occupying the same room with her, and who was still sleeping soundly. The young lady bad been ut school at Oxford, Ohio, and was returning homo to visit her parents in Minnesota. - A large quantity of cattle were on board. destined for this city ; they were all lost the passengers saved had lust been cotton safely off when thu hurricane deck fell in, (hough the boat continued burning during the bulunco of the night, until charred to the wa- ter'sedge, when sho broke in the middle and sunk. The scene on shore was beyond description. Most of tho passengers, toused from their sleep, found themselves ont of dinger, with nothing save their night clothos to wear. ; All speak in the highest terms of praise of the people of Red Wing.whodid all in their power to render the suffering and tho unlor-tunnto comfortable, providing many with clothos and money to proceed on their journey.The captain and crew aro said to havs acted with calmness, and did all that human exertion could do to prevent the loss of life, Forensio Eloquence Gentlemen of the jury, the Scripture sailh 'Thou shall not kill." Now if you hang my client, you transgress the command as alick as grease, and as plump as a goose egg in loafer's face. Gentlemen, murder is mur der, whether committed by twelve jurymen or by an humble individual like my client. I do not dony the fact of my client having killed a man! No such a thing, gentlemen' You may bring tho prisoner in "guilty;" th hangman may do bis duty; but will that ex oncratc you? No such thing. In that case you will bo murderers. Who, freeman? Who in this land of liberty and light? Gentlemen, I will pledge my word not one ol you has a bowie-knife. No, gentlemen, your pockets aro odoriferous with tho fumes of m gar-cases and tobacco. You can smoko tho -.obacco of rectitude in the pipe of a p?ncofu conscience; but hang my uiifortnnato client and tho scaly alligators of remorso will gallop through the internal principle of your animal viscera, until the spinal vertebra) of ynnr unatomical construction is turned into a railroad for the grim and gory goblins of despair.;. Gontlcmen, beware of committing uurdcrt Beware, I say, of meddling with tbe otcmst. prerogative! Gentlemen, I adjure you, by the name ol woman, the mainspring of th ticking timo peaco of time's theorvti-trnnsrni-. gration, to do no murder! Iadjur yon, by : tho love you have (or the ssculcnt and od(- montal gauo of our native pumpkin, to do no. murder! I adjure you by :ho American sagl that whipped tho universal gamecock of crta-. lion, and now is roosting on the .magnetic tel-i cgrapb of time's illustrious transmigration, ta do no murder. And lastly, if you expect to.-wear store-made couIb;.i. jou.jnxr expect free dogs not to bark at yon; il ypncver cj-pect to wear boots made of the roe hide ot tho Rocky Mountain buffalo; and 40 sum up:; all, if you ever expect to be anything but . sneaking, loafing, rascally, braided small end : of. humanity, whittled down into disinctibili- ty, acquit my client, and save your cpuntryt . Tbo prisoner w3 acquitted, of court. , . Tug Mas wuo Voted Vr ,:Tiur OtbebJ Fellow." On Wednesday evening thVoppo-'. nontH of the present Administration held ' meetings in the several Wards, for tho put".' 1 pose of electing delegates to the State Convon- tion. In tbe course of tho evonirj an Irishman presented himself at the kiIs 0 the Thirteenth Ward and offered bis, vote, when ' ono of the Judges, doubting whethorh bad right to vote in a Republican caucus, propounded various questions, and koiongst 01b 5 urs asked; t 'Did-you tote frr rromont?" "ifo, bdad," honefclly Miwered tho IrlA- ' m.m, ;! voted for thul ether Jelierl"" The Judges, of oourso, decided that be be - lonced in the rartr ranks of "that oh her fcU r."tnk refine-1 liirvp;o. '.'inir,.ii ij,n.('t. 1 !!' I.'-. :i A L" 'J1 K - 1 3",: i E i r.-- 1