Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1860-10-16

              VOLUME MOUNT VERNON, OHIO : SDA.Y, "OCTOBER 16, i860., , - V i flTOIIBEEr-26. -Ok.. r if- r ; i i 1 fit L. QiRPGR. 02c ia TroiTArdi"Elocl, Third Story . TEJtMS T elallars par ena., payable in ad vast; ,$ wltkla tlx Mouth. ? f S.M after th ax - ratios f U year. 1 Clubs of twenty, $1,60 each. r i B 8 B o 1- $ e. t e. S e. f e..'$ e 1 tyaars, - t ' - : Jt IfMTM. - , . fro, . I OOil Jf.l TlS M 00 0 A 60.6 0 1 L I, !!-6 36,6 00 6 1 21 S6 4 36 ?6 8 00 60, J 60 06, 6 00, r oo. s oo. 10 . -4 , :s sol 4 00 6 00 roo 5 O0JI6 IS 1 ifMw, awilfa. 910 f!5 .Zv 18 15 4 WiMi ir6i arr, ............. m(m, eiaytU faorWy .............. 20 4L atagaH arry,........... .......... 45 . ' Tiralr Una of Miniea(tbU lpa) are eoun-a4 aa a aqaara. win Tho Detected Traitor. BT WiLUAM C. rBCC TThe proud and wealth James Amoor. silk . tA velvet mercbaat of Broadway, Near York. w a jataeriaf h aoperb baaaar, as one ol - luaclrrk rMpectfull aalted twaa aud atarted to paaa oot. j "Mr. Clair, I ahall deaire joir f reseoce io nay office ere long," aaidih Bietxbaot "do not leave the atora until I have a poken wiib you." . Xbre area aa omioous aicrnnesa ia bis tone that attracted the qniek ear of Tborntoo Clair, and aa he gaxed aher hia pompoua. chief, who x jirode on with unaaual haate.hia eye caught that f Uiram Mould, the cashier, ree"ng with an- aaeeale4 malic through the raabogony bcra of bis test. Thornton Clair had" arrived in New York fear oaaatha before from some city of ihr far'Weat and npoa applyiog to James Agvaoor, , his mulj ad tateiligeMC fce had ao pleased tbatteiitlaJaaaal hi services were immediately v accepted, aud be was give the responsible pcwt , r collector. This was b? ao a-nas areenble to the envious .UmU, r did 4a veaatioti diattaUb as be saw that James Agataor daily grew more and more attached to the youth. -' While Clair stood awaiting the expected sum vbom, aad as ilr.Affnoor entered his private of Ice, the ieasbier atovei from bis aeat and following his priteip&l, carefully closed the green baize door after him.- It was strange to see the proud and pompous sir of the lordly merchant change to one of ill concealed fear and disgust as the cashier bade him good day and aeated himself near him, and baring the office table between thtm. -Yoa have considered my propositions, James A g moor," aaid h io a smooth, soft voice, sleek oil silky aa i;ious fabrica that were about tbem. - ; , - ": " James Agmoor buried hia dice in bis bands for a moment, aodHhea gweepteg hact bis scow . . white hair, aaid, huskily: "f hare, Hiram Mould, f haver and hia face, pale and red by turns, again sought the cover of bis trembling hands. 'I have told my daughter that you demanded her for a wire- She told me ' MteU yoa that she would rather be a begga in the streets than-the wife of Eli ram Mould.' - 'I told her all," burst from the qiiverine tips of the mercba it. "I told her that Hiram Mould was the master of ber lather; that ew eke was born I had committed a crime a crime thai has blanched my hair before I hare numbered my fbrty-Sfih year. " v 4An4 then she relented! " "She asked me t j tell ber of that crime," re-- plied. Agaoor,aod as be spoke; hia eyea grew ' bright, and looked Hiram Mould full in thefa" ; told her. : She said the .deed was not a crime ' -that the blow was dealt io seltdefeuc thatkil- led Charles Harper. And so it was, Hiram Mould; ' yoa know it was." ' "Were we in eonrt, I the oely witness of the - act, James Agmoor, I would swear that it was preaaeditakad m order." . -James Agmoor's eyes elosed with a shadier, and again the trembling hands bid huellid face. "I Vonld lswe reaamel Hiram-MauU, aa , bit sharp, whit teeth bristled from his sneering lips, "and the jory wonld believe every word, that one summer's evening, some twenty year ago I saw James Agmoor, whe had refused to fiht in fair and open combat with; Charles Harper, croachiog amid the boshes that bordered tk highway through Jersey wood; and as Charles Harper eras riding osoapeciingly by, I saw " Jasaes Agmooe spring from his covert, and strike hia to the earth with a club I would swear that James Agmoor then and there murdered Charles Harper, aud buried the body where I could find the bones: aye, find the watch that should ideo tif the body.1 - - ' "All falsel" cried the merchant arousing him self a moment. - Twas Agmoor who dragged .frotB hi horse Char lea Harperl Twas Hiram , iloold who prompted the assault for purposes of ; bis own because he bated each with a deadly bate. - You, Hiram Mould, first made ns, who were till then bosom friends, bitter enemies. He struck I retarnedlths' blow; he drew bis knif and statbel Us, bat before I felt senseless - I wrested th weapon froat bint and dealt him a fatal trast that progtraled bim also, w fell te reiher-aliks noconacioas I, in a swoon, he . dead When sense and feeling returned te mm I wt i jocr boasevf Yoa, Hiram lloalJ, bid ... ... , i. IZ9 con J w&ero yen can pna ut remainaw cob Tlct ca. Th pablio believed that Charles Har "par wia. X3ttr2erdi yoa created that belief;" bat to os 3 .1 cf I" jo took soccessiul car tost the Cner cf Etff icioa should oot point at ine, last th Lt7 xz'rti kill th g&osw that Ujs tte While the tortarsi tsaa fra gajio j all this, far taore'lacchcrent thaa we bare written U, the nomoved conspirator bad rapidly sketched a pie tare of a gibeted felon, and as the merchant concluded, - Hiram Mould placed the insignificant eketcb before him. "Sach shall be yonr fate, if Rachel Agmoor refuses to become so wife," said he, rxintiog at tho hideous picture with bis long, lean fore, fin ger. - .; : :. - - Again the merchant yielded before the terrible threat, and his bead sank upon his bosom. . "Now call in Thornton Clair and dismiss bim at once," said Hiram sternly, "he loves your daughter ebe perhaps loves him. You have tooliehly allowed him to visit at your bouse ; it shall be my care that be shall find other employ ment in this city.". 'I am in your power groaned the nnhappy man, rising and opening the door; but as he did so bis daughter Rachel stepped qiiekly from the side of Thornton Clair, with whom she was eagerly conversing, and saidi 'I wish to see Hiram Mould immediately, dear father," and gliding by her SstoaUhed parent, she entered the private oi&ce. The merchant closed the door and turned to aaareaa bis enila. tail and queenly ta person, a lovely branette of eighteen summers, with large black eyes, usually full of softness, as became her amiable and affectionate nature, but red Hps curled with scathing contempt, Rachel Amoor mentioned to her father to euse for a moment, and bent her gaze upon Hiram Mould. He seem ed ill at ease as those superb eyes slowly scan tied him from head to foot, bathing hi oa as it were in wordless scorn. He rose to his feet, and recovering his nataral coolness, said: : "J am happy to see that Miss R tchel Azmoor considers so b amble a person as Hiram Mould worthy of so continued a gate." "This is the thin-; that dtres to hope to call me wifr-r aaid Racbel, and though the words were cutting, the tone and manoer penetrated to the tn arrow of the rascal's boces; aud tlabhfd bitter words to his Up. ; "The fcine is honored in S ing so called, my haughty damsel. You a e proud, uow Rachel Agmoor, bat the time shall come when you shall be aa humble before n: as the tre mbling man who stands near you.1' "If I reject and drfy you. yon will attack the life and reputation of toy : father," said Rachel. "Yoa must be ery coi Edent of your power, to send such a message to the wocoao whom jou wish to make your wife. "l am conscious of my strength; do jou desire to see a proof of it?" nee:ed Hiram. - Ratchet bent her bead coutetxptuoualy. Hiram Mould was at a loss to com prebend this unexpected defiance, but sure of his grouud, be said: "There is a young man io jtur father's employ whom he loves as his own son. Rather thau barm a bair in that young nian's bead, Jmes Ajjuioor wuulJ willingly lop t ff bis riiht band, 1 verily believe, if the sacrifice coq Id avail either. Mr. Agmoor, call in Thornton Clair." He looked tojsee Rachel pale and trembling but ahe was calm and collected. The timid father timid before the cashier alone, olejf d, and Thornton Clair food in the arty, but hia blue eyes were blazing wiih a nenace so pioA-und and deadly that Rachel laid her soft haiid upon the strong arm that was awelliiig as if for a sudden blow to be dealt at the teit tnl blue eyes of tLe sneering eaibier, and V.bipeted: "Wait lor sny sake." "Mr. Agmoor," said Hiram j but recoiling somewhat from the reach of tLat arm, 'aa this voting man dared to make love toone so immense ly above Lion as your daughter, and I prcpose myself as her husband, bis prerence in Hir es-eutablishmeiit is an itisuk. Discharge him at oiice. The wretched merchant paused in "torturing suspeuse, and the cashier pointed at the sketch that lay ujon the table. "Mr. T' orntoo Clair," began the father. "My true name is not Clair," said the young man quickly, un willing to see the father of his Rachel so bamiliated. "I am the son of Claries Harper, who lives in Oregon, and who assumed the name of Clair because be believed that be had slain James Agmoor. My same is, in fact, Thornton Harper.' C- ' YY- Young maiJ fried James Agmoor, aisaost gaepins:, do not deceive a most wreuLed cnao. D es Cbarle Harper, wbw married any Uew Agmoor, siill live? was be not btlWdr "On my honor, Mr. Agmeor," said Thornton. "than Charles Harper ts aive, aad still thicks bat he killed Jame Ai-nrocr. Until this mora- ior, I was of the sasaw beBei; for say father, wsmt si ace that safortaaate combat hssconexaled hinv s4f aeder aa aswemed name, is tW mn)ds wf tb West, while my mother fdliowed bim. has often told ays soro w folly of all that transpired.' Bat he never told me the name of the man he deemed he bad slain, nor that of the man who, when be arose after a tnoaeat of snraaaciesaea. pointed at your bleeding body, said yon were dead, and prevailed upoo him to seek safety ta instant flight, upon the very horse yoa bad rid den. Yonr daughter-related to me what yon told bet last night, a fa minutes ago, and we imme dialely concluded npoa the truth." . . . . "Out of my sight, Hiram MouM," cried the enraged merchant. "Double traitor begone! Or I shall make myself what yoa have forced me for year a to think myself a mordererl'? ( , , x- Wbile Thornton was speaking, the guilty cash. ier bad auuk into a chair and seated bis bead up on the table, hiding his face, a he for tea y eat delighted in tonuriug bis victim to do; bat when Barnes Agmoor, no longer a crime-bonnd serf, thus addressed bim be staggered to hia feet, grop-ad blindly for the floor, tottered feebly tbrongb th baxaar to his desk, where be bad so long roled witb the magic rod.iof gol4. tod pressing by-bands osibia bead, graaaad, etd eaSht himself erecu opened bis private drawer, placed a pistol to bis temple, but faff dad ere be could press the iriggu ' ' ' '- - Y 1 3 -rnn ":v'l " -' ; v."- S CCT How -tt ! 6bf j adtuHr gx aight, Lard day's wcrlf i saae ifiaesf oaaal laifr go ta tei eatfyV always wUb SiVccascIajuaeti'cf baTisjV cloae riht throBb the day. ' ' - (JTomxxifld.) OBiiii of a ijillibitstcr. CAPTHjiE OP The Man of Destiny is dead, aad there are few to mourn bis taking off. save bit immediate family and ' those misguided people that wink ad at bis forays npoa peaceful neighbor. We condense the facta as to bis capture from the New Orleans papers. The British sloop Icarus, commander Salmon anchored off Truxillo on ; the , 21st of August, which was then occupied by Walker aad a company of ninety men. Capt. Salmon demanded a surrender to bim as a British officer and be would guarantee Walker's personal safety, giving Wal ker until 10 o clock the next day to decide- I the night Walker marched oot of the fort with his men. ' After two days of tedious marching they reached a place about thirty miles from the mouth of the R mao river and encamped, where they were surrounded by a Honduras force of one hand red and forty aod fired upon, but Wal ker's little band charged and drove the Hondo raus. and only thirty of them got back alive to Truxillo. . Walker then, moved on further down the river to Limon, where the party was kindly received, then they went on, reaching the sea. coast at Little Rock, thence 00 to the Black (Negro) or Tiuto river, and encamped two miles from the sea. Here, Sept. 3d, Capt.; Salmon, with the Icarus, and accompanied by a Honduras force uuder Gen. Alvarez, intercepted Walker and demanded bis surrender. Gen. Walker wanted to know to whom he was to surrender, and was told to Capt. Salmon as a British officer. Walker then i-urrendered. All were taken on board, and the vessels sailed for Truxillo, and there the prisoner were delivered up to the Honduras government, and marched to prison. Walker and Rudler were confined separately, and not allowed auy communication with their men. On the ilth of September the prisoners were informed by Mr. Squires, an American, that the general was to be snot the next day. Accordingly, on the morning of the 1 2th the doors and windows of the prison were all closed, but through the port holes the sad spectacle was witnessed by Major Dolao, of the cortege which led the general to the place of his execution. He walked between two priests, and was preced ed and followed by a strong guard. The party soon disappeared from the view of the prisoners. Jo ten minutes after tbev marched by the prison a volley ot five, and finally a single shot, followed by loud hurras. And this was all the prisoners knew of the f.te of their brave commar-der, until the doors and windows ot their prison were thrown open and the fact of his execution was announced to them with great glee aud exultation on the part of the Honduras officials. The body of the general was left on the grood by the soldiers, whence it was taken by two American gentlemen and decently buried, with the aid of twq. Catholic priests. . Colonel Rudler was seotenced to Four years imprisonment, and was seen by the prisoners riding 00 a mule into the country, under a guard ofaoldiers. Y -." V . - hb neiTH or waixeb. A recent. arrival from Honduras brings ions particulars of the execution of Filibuster Walker. One of the letters published in the New York papers of yesterday is as follows: Tauxtu-o, Tuesday, Sept. 18,1860. The capture of Walker and seven individuals having been effected by Gen. Alverez, who, with two hundred men, pursued them in. connection with the steamer Icarus, I am about to narrate to you, circumstantially, the particnlars of the entrance and execution of the chieftain. On the 5th. at the moment that Gen. Godoy, with the auxiliary troup of Guatemala, set sail with two vessels to join General Alvarez, tae Schooner Correo came to anchor in the fort, bringing back the expdiii n of Geo Alvarez himself. The icartu remained behind from motives of convenience, but she also earn to anchor during the night- ,: The next d ay, at 4 o'clock ia the afternoon. ' three great lau acre, (the very one used by the1 invader,) were brought alongside of the steamer i to receive tLe prisoners, who came ashore under geard of the marines of the learnt, ' Upon diseabsrkieg tbe marines marched first the H d a reno troope came next, marching in a hollow square, with the prisoners in the ten-tre.With the exception of a few fillibusters, all the party looked like corpses, and some f them were apparent y ia their last agonies. With their sad aad languid looks, they appeared to curse the leader wbo bad brought them to sucb dire extremities. . ; The march at the entrance was slow and sol eian. Walker at the head of his people jnarcb ed to the tap of the drum, and was the observed of all observers. . ' " Aa soon as Walker entered the prison be was heavily ironed, and asked if be wanted anything. He only i asked for water. He then sent for the Chaplain of this port and 'protesting bis faith aa 4 Roman Catholic, be was sees thereafter almost constantly kneeling- at the feet of the priest la front of a small alter, oa which, by the din light of the tapers the image of Jsaus was diatiaguiab-ed'. 'Among other things be once 'sakl to the Chaplain. , tarn resigned to die; mxpolUical career it concluded1 K.v5v . -i ?r :Si i Dn the 11 ioaUat 1 Vclock, P. ltT7alker was votiSed of , bis sentence 0? death j' and to this startling message the only reply be made was to ask at what boor U sroaU be execoui, and whether he would, have; time fo write. ' ' On the 12ih, at 8 xftiock.-As IL, the1 culprit marched to the place 01 execuuon. . lie waixed with a crscllx ta bis band, npoa which be beet 3 bU rerari. lo&lic x tihet to right hand tor Ulti lAt: Citsatu-r jiocsly U tli psalai nll.i tls yritzi t: c'u 1 tab:s tcr. Ila eatexei the UUow squre krasi fcy the scLlkry ia tie place) ef execatioa, and thiart fall of resignation be produced tha fiawin words. "lata aRo man Catholic. Tbe: war which I mad npoa Honduras ia accordance with the nggeetions of some Rautanoes, was unjust. Those who a-ccom panied me are not to blame. . J alone am guilty I ask the pardon of the people.. ; receive death with resignation would that it msy be for; the good of society." - . -( ; . Walker died with remarkable fortitude. His remains were revived into a tomb, and rest in peace for a perpetual example. , One day after the execution of Walker, the American schooner John B. Taylor, mnh rein ftfreement and arms for the filjibasters, anchored in the port, but she' soon afterwards disappeared, having recognized the forces of the Republican power. The immediate arrival of aa American man-of-war steamer is announced, and it is considered very probable that other vessels, with reinforcements for the anbappy expedition, will arrive, as the pramoters thereof ia the United 8tates are ignorant of the fate of the; Walker. 1 Swiss Coartin. . ' When a girl baa arrived at a marriageable age, the young men of the village assemble ; by eon-sent on a given night, at the gallery of the char die in which the fair one resides. This creates no surprise in the minds of her parents, who not only wink at the practice, bnt are never bet-ter pleased than when the charms of their dangh ter attract the greatest number of admirers. Their arrival is soon Announced by sundry taps at the different, window. After the family io the house' has been aroused and dressed, (for the scene usually takes takes place at - midnight.) the window of the room, prepared for the acea-sion, in wh'ch the girl is first alone, is opened.- Tben parley commences, of rather a boisterous character, each man in bis torn urges bis suit with all the eloquence and art of which be is possessed. The fair on hesitates, expresses doubts, asks questions, but comes to no decision. She then invites the party : to partake a repast of cakes and kirscbe wasser, which is prepared for t&em on the balcony. Indeed, this entertainment with the strong water of the sherry, forms a prominent feature fn the proceedings of the night. ' - '. . After having regaled themselves for some time, during which she has made use of all the witchery of woman's art, she feigns a desire to-get rid of them, and , will sometimes call her parents to accomplish this object. The youths, however, are not to oe put off, for according to the country, they have come here for (he express purpose of compeiling her, on that nvgbt, there and then, to make up her mtud, to declare the object of her choicd. ' ' . ; .' . At length, after a, further parley, her heart is touched; or at least ahe pretends it is. by the favored swain.'5 After certain preliminaries be tween the girl and her parents, ber lover is admitted through the window, and the affiande is signed and sealed, but not delivered, in the pres ence of both lather and mother. By consent of all parties the ceremony is not extended beyond a couple of hours, when, after a second j vilification with kirche Was-ier, the happy man to bless his stars; but the rejected, to courole themselves that at the next tournament of love making they may succeed better. In general, the giri's decision is taken in good part by all, and is re- girned as decisive. 'Y': - Heathland's Switzerland. An African Castom. The people of Senjero offer np human beings sacrifices to their gods. The alavedealers al ways throw a beautiful female slave into the lake Umo when thy leave Senjero with their human wares- and many families, too, must offer np their first-born sons as sacrifice, because once epos a time, when summer aad . winter were j tabled together ia a bed seaaoay aa d the fruita of th field wonld not ripen, the soothsay erseajoiaed it. At that time a great pillar of iron is said to hav stood at the eatrance of the eipitoi, whick, by the advice of the soothsayers, was broken down br order of the Kin r. noon which the swasoss became regular again. To avert the rwcarreaca of sach a ceafasioa of the s-aaona, the soothaayers are reported to have en joined the Kieg to poor bs man blood once a-year en the base of the broken shaft of pillar,7' and also npoa the throne. Since tbea certain families are obliged to deliver up their first-born aon who are sacrificed at aa appointed time. Although the existence of an iron pillar, the broken shaft of which, however, is aaid to be still extant, may be doubted, the statement jnst giv en will not be wondered at by those acquainted with the. gross superstition of the Africans, especially as it is manifested fa seasons ot calamity, or by those who consider the craft of the influential magicians and soothsayers, who often give the' moat inhuma counsel ia order to preserve intact their own importance Id. the interior I was once myself fn great danger of be tag sacrificed because it bad no rained for a tong .tirne, and the absence of rain was ascribed to me. as if I could have hindered it from fall inarj and gtio vitb ao less haste, I was all bnt deified, when after a ; long deonghl, there was a sadden fall of rain, which was ascribed to my walking on the toll--Travel and 'JUteartke i Eastern. Jfrica,bjt Cit Leo, Dr. Letcit Erarf' . '.?"- 'Yj-r. ... - . - 9-- , r ,;fe;goTel;, Caatotfia- v.. ; Ta.Fijl and the Fijian," aa account Is given of ike' chewing of the jpipcr 'ttteSysiiaai, as the first steps in the preparatioa cf th dnuk ci"el yajoni, which, when made f.r ths kir-, is doc witb many parishes and dac-t'. cersBaay. - A proeexs, similar, la saae Te-pec, li ;rclhei by Ur. STS.lI.n, b tTsTrare! Ullixlvi and Perai.rthe c:aiz f:r c'-.t- lm."Zi onit places., jjroBad b lis taelh bstexi cf je iniH propert f A JJcmbtr cf . c woesea ,eeat thesKlvMia t, ciKla roTici a caullroaj aod. the tnsizbets ctrswa ca tbej-rocri ty thstr r.'js," tbey coaeenctj chaw'rj it, Ei trowics it frca titlr ttoati lata the esiL'rr-jjari ccrtirr ta da ta an til they have the quantity desiredj wa- J tar ii thaa added, aod th mess boiled aad left to ferment The reported merits of the spirit thuatpad rather exceed what we should expect it being ward to be superior, not only la Strengtb, but also in flavor, to that which is mad by the aomewhat more refined, native, who crash the meise between tone. There is a moral, however, conected with this manner of protecting this precious chica, which, if it baS aot been the cans of setentton of the ancient mean of obtaining it, is at least calculated to modify ear objection to the somewhat remark bl process- ,-. , K. It ia well known, iodaed, that the spirit thus formed Is prized to such a degree as to be mad the bon d of alliance between families sometimes of difTsrent villages which ar far aparor are separated by the moaatain. v For this purpose. when marriages take place between respected parties of the same or different villages, a chew ing oout takes place among the familes and re latives of the happy couple, aod a small cask or jar of the chica' thus made is curied in the ground, where it remains until the birth of the first child. When the cask or jar ia : produced, the same parties who performed the chewing op eration in its making, meet again, and sit down and driuk away uutil they all enjoy the highest degree of pleasure to be obtained by this or any similar means.. One of my young friends, informed me that he had been present on several of these joyous occasions during bis travels, and tasted the spirit produced by the means de scribed, which, h said, he might have thought very good if he bad not known the process by which it was made'." ' Opening' of a Session of Congress by : .7suhuigton. ... It was, I think, ia 1794 or S5 that, as a boy, I was among the spectators congregated at that corner and parts close by, to witoesa a great pub lic spectacle. Washington was to open the ses sion of Congress by going in person, as was his custom, to deliver a s pee eh to both houses assembled in fbe chamber of the House of Representatives. The crowd was immense considering the size of our city, for although then the larg est in the country, its- population was hardly more than forty-five thousand. It filled the whole area in Chestnut street, before the State House, extended along yhe Hue of Chestnat street, and spread north and south some distance along Sixth street. A way kept open for carriages in the middle of the street, was the only place aot closely packed with peot le. - I bad a ataad ow ti step of one of th boos es in Chestnut street, which, raisins; tae above te mass of human heads, enabled me to see to advantage. After waiting long boors, as it seem ed to a boy's impatience, the carriage of the President at length slowly drove np, drawn by four beautiful ( bay boraea. It wae while, with medallion ornaments on the panels, and the liv ery, of the servants, as well as I remember, white turned up with red at any rate, a glowing livery; the entire display in equipage at that era, iu our country generally, and in Philadelphia . in parti ular, while the seat of government, being more rich and varied than bow, though fewer in number. ; ... ... . ., y Washington got out of his carriage, and, slow ly crossing the pavement, ascended the steps of the edifice, upon the upper end of which hepaus ed, and, turning half rouod looked in the direc-u'on of a Carriage which bad followed in the lead of his own. Thus . be' stood for a minute, dis. tinctly seen by every body, . Hi costume was a full suit of black velvet) bis bair, in itself blanch ed by time, powdered to snow whiteness,' a dress sword at his aid and his hat held in bis band. Thus be stood ia silence; and what moments these were! - Throughout the dense crowd pro found stillness reigned Not a word was beard. It was a feeling beyond that which vents itself ia shouts. Every heart was full. In vain would any tongue have poken. All were gazing in mute admiration. Every eye was riveted on his majestic form. . It might have seemed as if he stood in this position to gratify the assembled thousands with a full view of the Father of their country. (- Not so. He had paused for his secretary, then, I believe, Mr. Dandridge or Col Lear who got oot ot the other carriage a chariot decorated like his own. His secretary, ascending , the: steps, handed bim a paper probably a copy of the peecb be was to deliver when both entered the building. Then it was and aot only then, that the crowd set top huzzas, loud, long and enthnsi astic Ruth's Occasional Product, , Goizot'a Description of tho Last Houri of life, says Guizot in his Memoirs, had ever been more passionately political than bis; senti ments more constantly above ' all other prepossession of Interests, Bat politics wore, alterly unconnected with his death. IU for three weeks be approached bis last hour. His children and hoosehold ; surrounded his bed,"-; he ceased to speak, and it was doubtful whether he could see. His son George, observed thai, witb aaertaia geatures he sought for something ia bis bosom. He came to his father's assutaace. aad placed ia his band a medsirtoa which k always wore ssspeaded round his neck. II. do La Fayette raised it to his Epe this was bis last motion,- That medallioa sslslaed si miaiatar aad a lock of hair of Mai ass de La Fayette, bis wife, who loesk bad mouraed for twenty seven years Thna, thready sepatalsd from the entire world, along wi'.a the thought and image of the devoted eompaniacs of bis life, h died Ia arrangin bii fuaeralfit was a recognized fact in the ,fw3r!, tlat' II.' de !La,Fayette bad ala-tj wiihel ta be tarisdJa thescaall cemete ry aijainin; the convent of Ficpos,. by ' the side tf his wile, ia tha miist cf , th .victims' of th rerclstiba, the crcater rart'royalisi aod. aristo crats, srbese ancestcrs hsl .faond?d.,t5iat "estab lishcect. , Tbe desire ef the veters-t of 1?3 was tcrcjiloti-'y izt'zz'.il asi taij'.Isl w!; Aa iame&sa crowd tllurs, iratiaaal C- and populsce--acotnpanid the funeral proce aioa alos'tlt toalavtria aod streets cf ran. 1 f Arrived at the gat of the convent of Pjcpus, th crowd baited; th 'Interior inclosur could oaty admit two or three hundred persona. The family, the nearest relative and the principal aothoriUea entered, -passing through the convent in silence, and across the garden, and finally entered the cemetry. There do political maniMstatioo took placet 00 oration was pronounced;; religion and Ik injimate reminiseen-of lb soul alone Wer present; public politics assumed ao placa near the death bed or the grav of the man whose life they had . occupied d inled. 1 A T7"ide-Awaka .Gets A Cortin Lecture " from lus Amiable Spouse. A pretty time, indeed, for you to come home. sir! Where bsve yoei been all night? Yoa smell as if yoa ' bed been in search of symma through a Ur-barrel. Talk of aulpburetted by uroxen or sqperapnuatea eggs I iner ain t any where. Say. where hav 5 ou been? Here I've been lying awake for the last five hours, waiting for yoe to come. Now I want to know where yon hav been all thia tim 7 IFuA 1 wouldn't bother you tell in in the morning! I want to know now; it's near enough morning to know where one's husband; has been all night. and particularly if he comes home perfumd clear through as vou are. Yoa mat n't good wife me. That won't answer. Suppose yon were a woman, and your hosband should go off every night 10 the week, aad come home as yoa do. d I wish yoo'd get up anj 'et some fresh air tuto the room, or I shall certainly suffocate what woald yoe eay t Don't you imagine there would be a row in the family? Been with the TTide-Awalcesl I should think as much. You're a wide-awake fool, that's what yoa are. I've al ways thought yoa had about sense enough to parade the streets with those niger lovers. : Why did 1 marry you t That's a pretty question. Didn't yoa swear that you'd shoot yourself if 1 didn't tak pity on you 7 I'm sjrry I didn't allow jou to shoot, or drown, or hang yourself. It would have been the best thing I ever did in my life. What is it smells so? nothing! Don't tell me nothing; it never smelled so in the world. Had to carry a tor jh I That's sweet business for a man who pretends to be the father of a large family. : Next thicg I shall expect to hear from you is, that you've' been splitting rails for genera circulation. I know nothing about poli tint Don't eh? I don't want to know nothing about politics, if I had to neglect my family and carry stinking torches for tho benefit of a lazy man in Illinois, who is trying to be President. WutU to sleep! : I thought yo' were a Wide-Awake. 1 suppose yoove kept awake to-night on whisky, bav'nt youT Where have yon been all this time? the town clock has just struck three. Been to 5 onavxnida to raise a liberty pole I expect republicans are scarce in that section, and you've been trying to make a great splurge. Well yon canY foot anybody. I believe I now something about politics myself, and I know that yoa are drunk, that's what yoa are. IltLSt go to sleep, mastyou? Why dintyou think of that before? I've had no sleep to.night, and rou never once thought of me. You're an old brute, and j ust aucb a man as ought to vote for an old rail splitter. Voteor Douglas if til let ym ulone. Mr. Douglas don t want such votes. He will be elected without yonr vote. Bat, no that yoa show signs of returning reason, I'll let you go to steep. Bnffalo BrpnUUu Intcrfsltng Xtmttd. Tae Oldest Tree U Tbe World. An extraordinary tree is stated by Sir J. Ear. ' . ' . m rsoa 10 exist ia toe isiana ot ti-yion. it u known as the "Bo-tree," of Anar ajapuora, and is, in all probability, the oldest historical tree in the world. It ..was platted 288 year before Christ, and hence is now 2.147 year old. Ages varying from 1,000 to 1,500 yaars hav been as- signed to the baobab of Senegal, eucalyptus of Tasmania, the dragon tree of Grotavo,- and the chestnut of Mount Etna. But all these estimates are matters of conjecture, and such calculations, however ingenious oust be purely inferential ; Whereas, the age of the Bo-tree is matter of record; its conservancy has been an object of so' licitnde to Successive dynasties, and the story of its vicissitudes has been preserved in a serier of continuous chronicles amongst the most authen tic that have been banded down by mankind.- Compared with it, the Oak of Elierslie is but a sapling, and the Conqueror' Oak in Windsor forest, barely numbers half its years. The yew-trees of Fountains Abbey are believed to have flourished there twelve hundred years ago; the olives in the Garden of Gethaemane were full grown when the Saracens were expelled from Jerusalem; and the cypress of Soma, io Lorn- bardy, is said to have been a tree, in the time of Julius Caesar; et tb Bo tree i older than the oldest of those by a century, aod would almost seem to verify the propbeey pronounced when it was planted, that it would "flourish and be gree forever. ' ' ' . A ILoztaAtie Lora Story.- : Th Philadelphia Inquirer has recently published the following interesting story, which originally appeared ia the Courier des Etats Ui - " ' - ' ' The Count d J5C Croit; belonging to on of the noblest and wealthiest families in France, became engaged, after a long and aaeiluoos couruhip, to a lady, bis equal in position and fortune, and famous for ber beauty. Shortly after the happy day was appointed which was to render two loving hearts one, the Const was ordered fmtnellaiely to the sieire of Sevastopol. So be rirded on bis br. and at the head of; bis feHatftht march! to th baUla field. Dar ing bis absence it baypecen that bis' beaatiful finance contracted the stsall pax fUr B0T erias between liCi and death for many daya recovered b tVX -o -n- ef becly.bcp!esa ly lost. The disease bad assnmed, ia her tzs, the most virulaul character, aod left ber not poly diswvad, bat ttxsed' aod seined to such a frightful extent that h becaa,hiitc:ij t3 her. self, and resolved to-pass th remainder of her days in the stsicteat seclBn,' A, year raased awsy wheat one day the Coast, i tiU'y cpoa his return to France, accompanied by Lis valet, presented himself at the. residence of bis betrothed and solicited aa interview. This waa refbsed. rHe, howe ver, with th persistence of a i-an. ota auik, .uu uuatiy vue lauy CDiUt ber eppearanee, closely muGad ia a da-bl veil. At the oaad of her voice the Count rushed forward to embrace her; but Siepping svside, she trembliugly told bim the story of ber sorrows, and burst into tear. A heavenly smile broke A, tt)nAB.ta Ii..J.m. - - - - - - - r - -- " . uiwwn man) o, raislBW his bands above, he ' exclaimtd, It is God's worx i am tvunttr ; r - 1 It was eves so? when gallantly leading his regiment to the attack, a cannon ball had pas ed so closely to hi eyes, that while it leA their expression unchanged, an i his coaatenence nu marked, bad robbed him forever of sight. It is almost nonecessarv to add that th air tsurli-t was shortly afterward solemnised. It is said that at this day may often be seen at the Emperor's receptions, an officer, leaning spoa the arm of a lady closely veiled, who seem to b attract () Ia lh. annl k. it.;. UM .r " .UEl. MsfTWS W . Vj ... .. Comimmicalions; POLITICS OF TRE DAY. Hnxixa, OHro, Sept. 2T, I8S9. Juatzor oj the Manners Dca Sta Th -irrepressible crisis" ia which our comstry is involved, agitates the minds of the people with, sack vehemence that shakes ear Union from centre to circumference. And while the fierce winds of agitation are driving over our land, it behoove every eitizn, who desires to maintain the Uaion of th Stiles and welfare and prosperity of our civil and rsli g'ous institutions, to suppress all measures thai are detrimental thereto, and preserve antarnished 1 he rights and privileges that were achieved by the patriots of the Revolution. - The Parliament of England endeavored to usurp the sovereign rights of the Colonies, and legislate en their local and domestic institutions, witnoat allowing toe exercise of the sovereignty claimed by the people of the Colonies. Against this the people of the Colonies rebelled. They arose in defence of those rights, and witb the strong arm of sovereignty they sent the old iTrit-ish Hon growling back to bis den. ' And bow shall we delegate those right which our forefathers fought to maintain ? I think we eaaaot, if -re act io accordaneauwith tha yia.i pie oa which owr government was founded. The wuuiuiuuutt ,utiMn, m.k.iug ciuiuDS 01 caca Slate shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States. Now the Territories are common property of th sere ral States, and therefore the citizens of each State have a right to take their property with them when they emigrate to the Territories, and to hold it there enhject only to the local legisla tioo of said Territories. .' ' "' Bat if the citizens of a portion of the States are allowed to emigrate to the common Territories 01 our connuy wica merr property, ana aold tae same, while those of another portion are denied the exercise of each rights, then the citizens of the several States do not enjoy privileges and immunities alike," If w wish to preserve peace and enjoy prosperity in bur XJnion.we mutt strict ly adhere to the Constitution, which forms th basis of ear confederation. Bat it is said by soma that Congress has a constitutional right to legislate on Slavery in th Territories. Now I believe it is renerallv admit. ed that Slavery is a local institution. - Then, if Congress baa a tight to regulate aad control one local institution in the Territories, why not control, all institutions of a local character that may exist in the Territories? If Congress has such power, where is there any propriety in having a Territorial Legislature, or other government by the people ?, Let Congress do all the legislating, aad let the people be strip J ped of their sovereignty and bound with the shackels of serfdom, that (hey may suffer out all the days of their appointed time. Such principle are antagonistic to th teaching of the Coa titntion and frwa mVrnoMBL I cannot consider it right to advocate sncb principles as are destructive to the best interests of our common country. And I ask what has-the agitation of the Abolition question prod need bnt evil, and that continually ? Since. this "question, was first agitate! wilhia tha limit of oar government, its course has been marked with strife, division and bloodshed. This has ever been the result of this agitation all it. has produced all it was designed to produce.- Can a physician expect to heal th wound of bis. patient by irritating it aad keeping it constaatTy-infiimed ? Can the people of tha North expect, to emanc'pate the slaves of the South ly erc and angry agitation? Never Never- .;rverr Sach a contrast between the object promise 2; and the result produced, proves this schers of agitation to. o inconsistent and destrurUv?. 1 cannot beiteve it to be my duty aa a cl'Jzeo, a n.i.Vk. mi . PK-4atian tn ftutMl lia f t- f Ml, H W. . - M , ww J -sw , harmony of my fellow dure, -or sever tie ties that bind us together, by pJangis the dx-T cf destruction to th heart of myeooctry. . 1 !ava mvconntrr. mv whole roautry, nd vi" f - ber Constitution as a cloud by Zaj aui sw of fir by wirht, trusting that the a.tis A.'. . arm that led our focttvr throc-h tls I seas of the Revolution, will etlU fc r-' . 1 v 5 1 their o&prtrijr. . ;. lwtTc; Tim rrsTerezcs f:: C.3 i:.;c, ; i ' Th Repnblicans cf Hissachca'.'-s harj V" acted a special law, ly -w Licit a "tc.-ra t rz way sJaTe can trots after ess jzzra x: '" , while a Grmt3, ea Irishman, r-r r:'" . . ropean, 3t trait tioo rears c ,'cr I - - J f - ized,nauij seven yers ia a-i. la U&10, Ca lie; repeal cf the Fn-riliv Slav r&r!y Lav, 1 1 1 dues the runaway aejroes cf t'-a r ta tins CisiB,icsteaJ of goin? to C now do. They also ar tsl - man Capreae dada wh?; 7 well axce pobliely ssprt. that be is the ad vocal cf J !; ' rptlj wlite Ct3,'