Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 3 January 1857 — Page 1

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THE OWX.T CHILD.

"A TAI^ FOtNDEb'OI? PACT.' "(T•' jdr T.r .*r-»dw *4t b^Y VlRClNlA'DE FORREST.'

*AVLADY Bat musing at her window. The •cvetiing shades were gathering fiast over 4he lovely .landscape upon which she,gazed. -A beautiful garden lay directly, before her tmdfar away she could see the sun sinking, ahiiORJfc hiddcn, in the west. .The air «•was 'cool and pleasant, and the stillness refreshafter a warm, XustliBg ,lay. The rooiiai in which phe sat was small, and the furniture mean, with the exception of two articles, one fine, piano-forte, and the other a bookcase filled^with French and English publications.! The- oceupant of the room, was very •young, hot more than nineteen years of 'ag^ but' there was an expression of care in her dark:brown eyes ttiat told1of early sorrow. Her dress eon8isted'of!a plain white muslin robe, confined at lUe waist by a black morrocco belt and: her'dark and aiyiidant.hair was parted nhuply from lier forehead, and gathered into a »ieh knot behind. In spite of. the «3imjpiicity of hcr dress and her plainly furnished room, as you looked upon the rare beauty of her face and figure, you felt that slio'wss born to grace high circles.

»ij!It .was Kugenic Latour, a Frcnch orphan, who-had 6nce, in lier owu country, been lreircss to a large fortune. Mr. Latour tfns of noble' birth, and had imparted Some of his ov^n fine education to this, his only child but, about two years previous to tlie opeuiug of my talc, he had died, having squandered his immense fortune in trying to discover perpetual motion. He had been jiving two years in Charleston, and, finding himself penniless, had' committed suicide, .leaving Eugenie alouc in the world.- She had never known a mother's •caro, having lost that parent in infancy, jiiid she had not One relative in Charleston. Kind friends,, however, stepped forward, and'She Was placed in a situation to earn hcr'living'by teaching French aful music, in both.of,which accomplishments she was proficient, One lady liad wished to. .adopt Micr, but thergirl'sjiroud, high spirit seoruorl 4pppndence,'_find she preferred earuing

Iter pwu broad so, gratefully but firmly, she 'declined the generous offer.' Now there, wax a new path opened toiler. She was £p£o£od to be married to Victor Dupont, a pour drawing-master (lie said), but handsome, accomplished, and'of noble disposition* He came under the window, as she sat there, and, in a low voice, spoke her iiam6r 'With a smile she kissed her md to him, l«ft.hcr.' scat, and went into the garden to meet him.

tion. i1' "h, is pleasantcr out here, Victor and besides, my landlady has visitors in the parlor. iW.c .can go into tbc_ fuiiimer'house." ',®a "''•'Cain we be alone there No see, it is uccupied. Come into this vralk the trees will.conceal us. I have something to say you.- He looked down into the lovely face that Av.is raised to his, aud then said, •briefly: "Eugenie, do j-oulove mc?"

T-hc face turned io,iiis had an expression *hat SBfikieutly answered his question but *hc implied-(."-Bettor tluiu lil« I.lo\c ,you, Victor. I could die for you.' '"Thank yon," lie said, gayly "1 prefer your luaag far mc. Biit have something to yOu about this eanic love. Do know I«uis Dc Courcy V' i&mi ,r 'ii """•"WJiatltns he got to fio with our love *smd Eugenie! laughing. "No, Ij'do ndt .'^ now lj9lua, De,'CVjur^ s*vc from the fc.port that proi^ounves him tlie handsomest,

Htfost talented, high principled, and wealthy 'iMin it Charleston. Miss Augusta Villiars, from whom I got this information, adds that he is very proud, very .reserved, and deeply in lovo with her fair aolf." "•I'^Eh^ what?" said Victor, "in lovo with 'iGus "Villiars No, ray dear Eugenie, he 6 "With mc Louis Dc Courcy, tho mUlionairel IfiMoye with ^e^

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^Heh»a nevor scon mc." !i"»YoU^re mistaken he has often seen -ypu.l am his intimate friend, and -he has ^itged mc, his rival,. to deliver this."-7-[^djhje handed her a tinj ,)y uiO(44Come into tho house, Victor, iu my *rjom, i^liile I rcad this formidable epintle."

A brdagh* light, and opened th&,^ote. i- ''Why, Victor!" she cried, "it isan offer of me^i^c.^^AroT^arc white as a she^t$

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"Yes,""' said he, iu a low tone, drawing hcr close to his Jbearfoaud looking down tinto J^r' eyek, 'it iaan offer of marriage.*^*Itfe Cl^arletton, Eub^r\dl the intriguing mamm«s M|fM^c-hun*ing daughters, andhe love8 yojiV* am but a poor drawing-maa-tor, mkm

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looked fir8tat it/then ai lier lover, with an expression of great perplexity. "t ,"'Can you not solte, the riddle hie ifaid. "I: wished to be loved for myself alone, not for my money, so I have imposed upon you, aad passed for a poor teacher I am Louis Be Courcy, and I hope you will consider my. offer, again before you refuse it so decidedly as you did just now." 7

Eugcniestood^ilent for a moment, then said "And you wish to marry mti a poor governess! You loyc me! Courted, as you have been, by Wealth and beauty, you choose mc for your wife Oh, Victor! how can I ever show my love for you how repay yours?"' "By becoming. Mrs. De Courcy to-mor-row," replied hcr^over.,

One year after "the wedding-day, Eugenie Dc Courcy stood by the side of her dying husband. Louis had been'thrown from his horse, and received such severe internal injuries that the doctor warned, him he had not many hours to live. He was perfectly conscious and resigned, thanked Jlic kinfl ddfctor]fbr his frankness, and, dismissing all his' attendants, implored his wife to stay with jiiin until the -Jast.: The physician and nurse withdrew, "and they were alone together. Eugenie had heard the doctor's warning she ha#borne calmly the chill it threw upon her heart she had watched all night in hope, and felt it crushed with those fearful words while others were present, she had stood silent and motionless, bearing the fearful agony in her heart without one cry but now, when she was alone with her husband, the forced calmness gave way, and, with a burst of anguish not to be restrained, she sank upon hcr knees by his low couch, and. kissing passionately tlie loved face, gave vent to her despair. /O "Louis, my husband, how can I live without you Alone No father, mother, no husband I cannot live soon, soon I will follow you, Louis, for my heart is breaking." "Eugenie! Eugenic! you will live Would you leave our boy an orphan? Bring him to me, Eugenie." $.4^

It was1 a noble baby, not more than six weeks old, that she placcd on the couch beside him and, as" he murmured' low his blessings, she was inwardly praying that all might die they were so happy together! must'that blessed trio be broken "Kugenic,1" said the dvin.f' man, "vein

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would hot take .all froiii' hiin. I must go..

lny sake, my wife,-you will live. lie is a s&cred trust, and you can best guard him, I'Jugcuic will you not speak "May God dealwith me as I aui faithful to the trust!" .said she, solemnly, as

'"May I not come in was his first rjuos- she bent o\ or the babe. The nurse took the little one, and again husband and wife Wore alone: Three hours they conversed, for Eugenie, stifling her despair, spoke calmly with him she was so "soon to lose. .&t: "I have left you all I possess, my wife," said Louis "you will provide for our boy.

I am failing fast: let mc lay my,head xipon your shoulder, and then sing to me." Sing she must. Was it not his dying wish 1 One moment of'prayer for strength, and tlieu slic'began a hynin^ At. first her voice was low.and trembling, but^t gradually gained strength- until .the whole room was filled with the'grand, solemn Strains

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then it. died away in silence, and she ccas- ,.1 1 A' 1 1 j" i"n' Liter passion left hcr, aud she calmly assisted. One. look into his facc, and the. widow 1

head- against lier, bosom wearied tone: "Mamma, Victor sick."«qf She had'Milidjhim^Victor in miembry,. «he told fier.hus^and, of first lovef" rq'"$ick,^aVluig'!" she saidi fondly, s: she^l^^nto},^ face^tirfed, little" onc.^fa-^iai SIB

Itc had never Lad a day's illness 'in his life, anli sh^sWrbh^^annou^^r'^e Uiico^i^f pain in-Jbis^face. ^here were

night she watched him

anxiously as lie lay cither sleeping heavily in her arms, or tossed his limits restlessly, and moaned witli fever heat. ,The next, day, he was worse, and the next .then the doctor pronounced his disease to be a malignant contagious fever, aiid strongly urged Eugenic to leave .him. Leave him! The idea seemed to the idolizing mother and an insane one. No, no, she could not leave him, but watchcd'alone by him, and the disease take'stronger hold of his infant frame, saw him grow delirious, then weaker and weaker,, and felt the hope in her "heart fainter-day. after- day. "Father," she prayed, "spare him—or take me—niy only One! I have lost allelse. Fatherri*n heaven, spare niy baby 0 God, I cannot let him go ,God spare

Louis's boy!" She had borne without a murmur the cruel decree tlie doctor

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utaalbright rosyeh^eks, tfift«parlding.ayer tmt die ^aili DUM- abort «ifl:hnTllyi and the littlo hand was very hot. With

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brace tiie. babe for fear, of contagion. phe had starved.her longing for one .kiss, one cftress, and heard the sweet voice imploring a mother's sweetest blessings, and de-: i^ied hiiu the tokens of lpyebe.aslced.. She had taken every precaution against contagion for, if she were ill, who would nurse her boy lier friends and servants had deserted "'her 'frightened at the "eontagious nature of the fever, and, she. had tended him. alone. If he. should dieljier baby! her only comfort taken from her! Sho dared not think of .it. She must hope, or lose her reason.

-One morning she!was sitting with the baby in her arms "as. the doctor entered and her face", as" she~raised it to bin, was flushed with' hope. "Doctor," she whispered, "lout: at hiin now. See how soundly he sleeps and his hand is cOol the fever is gone. My baby is better, is he not? He will live 1"

The entreating accent of the last words touched the doctor's heart. He saw death's seal on the infant's face, and he trembled as he thought of the "agony that must follow the mother's wild hope. She read in his facc that she was deceived, aud, with the quiet of despair, spoke again: "Do not deceive me, doctor.-'

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Can my boy live He mistook that calmness, and replied "Not mauy hours,.Mrs. Dc Courcy. He is in a stupor. My God, what have I done lie cried, as Eugeuie, with a cry of agony, pressed the baby to hcr breast, and started .from her chair. "Mrs. De Courcy, aim vourself !5

•v ii i? _! madam, ior Heaven sake \ou would not leave him motherless. J'ui .... She is mud hat an-expression ot, agony.

My dear-madaiii, do not kiss the baby so passionately. You have escaped Hio dis-

ease so far but, if you inhale his breath, 1 cannot answer for the con.equeuces." :, ""'•Is he not dying?"- cried ilugcnie, iu a tone of asnny that, wrung the kind physi-

The baby, at that moment, began 'to Struggle in her arms, and!in- a1 short time breathed-.his-last in strong convulsions.—.

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ted the doctor iu his efforts-to, relieve.,the little sufferer. Tho baby lay dead.j^Eugenie pressed the corpsc-of her only tie to life in her arms, .and, with a bitter cry,'fell ^useless upo.n-the.floor..,. The dotctir-tried inr vain to restore her- her heart was broken and mother aud *babe].were. laid in olid arrive.:'' :.-ja•

fell lifeless as himself back into the chair, For along time she Jay ill,iand would have died, but one thing held her to -life-—his boy, his dying trust. Oh, it'^s^fa 'twofold love she had for her fatherless... baby. Her own mother's love was, strong, as was every passion of her warm, impulsive nature, and then there was that dying command. He must be all in all to her. ..Orphaned, Widowed, lier whole,t,bcing was bound up in that noble boy. With judicious phticiftfe all his baby faultsvvbre borne, and, day after dhy, as his strength and beauty increased, the mother's love grew stronger, more passionate and intense.—' She "could hardly bear him from her digbt, and, with devoted care,- nursed, guarded, and petted his little, lifer One afternoon, she was reclining on a low couch in the balcony, ult was oppressively warm, and her rich, half moarhing silk wrapper- was ihrOwn back from the snowy shoulders, aud fastened at the waist by a loosely knotted black and white scarf. She had recovered Iter health, and, although .quieter, more serious, and reserved within the past two years- she was beautiful as everl Ilir boy now sonic twtf^cars old was seated uj)0n her lap atlujiring tifc gay flowers ihdlicld, up before him. Foranhour or, .two, he played gaylqy, and then.laying hie. pretty^^ that could be required aa f,r he aoid, inafJow," accident.

A* Tfe'XvBtLiNO- PATJACE —rhe^ rovai-na-

tradjtibn and the' past in extravagance by building a chamber of solid silver, in which to retire from tlfe din "of the World aud the loves of the harem.

The new railroad Irain built? by*-the Orlefins Coinpany for the,:emperor is composed'of five carriages." "Noi1! 'forms a di-ning-room and saloon for the aid-de-camp, with kitchen and dressiilff-room. No: 2 forrii^ a kind of terrace, ana-is all made of wrought iron, polished and of beautiful workiiiansbip/:^JS*0 3, ''wliieh is the state carriage, or reccptiori saloOn, is surmounted T)y the'iimperial crown it is cifmpoBed of ain ante-chamber, witli folding sideboards for refreshments. No.'4 fs the bedrooiii it has bben 'vfcty ingeniously divided. It comprises a bedroom for the ladies of hon,or bedroonTfor tHe^mporor and empressj witli^a.cradle forf the prince imperial, dres» sinrOOmS !tc S'tB n' iiriiitTnff rnhm Sir

No. o'is a" waiting room fbr end- also

the servants^ place for luggage, end- also lids'^ a\up66jira,: cpntainipj^Jefery'kin'd

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All these caTriitsresrWe decora-.

ted and furnished with 'the'. 1^,'1 Ot Jtt-j ."!«' sauce -. 7 9 4

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riches will be Matters ofsj)crfebt indiffoiv

ence. The^gTeat/questioh wiiPbe »wbat 'jntffaUdbiaralBt^f we'have'forinod} how far ^re discharged onr duties to God and to pur ^low betngs. and what ground we haw to expect a joyful entrance into eternaUlife. Worldlyr^$es8i^r®iffi*Gins and pleasured ^diriAdle- into iiSigmficance 'm the

CEAWFORi)SVILtE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, INDIANA, JANUARY 3, 1857.

IIOW TILB- £NGLISII ARISTOCRACY LIVE:AT HOME. We find in tho Washington (N. C:) Journal the following extract from a letter written by one 6f the officers of the ij.' S. frigate Merrimac, dated Southampton, Oct 8." It will richly repay perusal:

We have been visited a grerft deal here', especially by navy men, and have created something of an excitement in the naval world, judging by the pieces in the papers Much attention has been paid us ashore too, especially by two families—one-that of an old East India General, the other that of Lord Hardwicke. Gen. Frazier has passed most of his life in India, and-now lives in ease and comfort on the Southampton Water. At a dinner at his 'house we had an opportunity of seeing how the aristocracy live here Xidrd Hardwicke'indfamily, and several"* other guests, were there to meet us, and everything was in splendid style:-: Oiie lurbaned- Indian, with several other servantsj waited at the table. The plate was superb, and the dinner the most rechercfle. *i:We --satdown to thfe table at half-past"1 seven.- These arc alWnys epaulets and sword occasions. 'Lord] Hardwicke's family consists of his countess, his'blddist son (about eighteen or twenty, and :Lord lloyston by courtesy three of1 theifinest looking daughters you ever sa w, and several* younger-Sons. The daughters—Lady Elizabeth," Lady Mary, and Lady:iAgnita—are surpassingly beautiful such development such rosy cheeks, laughing eyes and imaffectcd iwir.tffcrs you rarely see combined. They-!take great deal of-out-door exercise, and came aboard the Merrimac in a heavy rain, with Irish thicker solc'd shoes than you or I ever wore and cMks arid dresses almost impervious to water. They steer their father's yacht, walk the Lord knows how many miles, and don't care a cent about rain besides doing a host of other things tliat would shock our ladies to death and yet in the parlor are the most elegant looking women in their satin shoes and diamonds I ever saw.

The Countess, iu her" coronet of jewels, is an elegant lady, and looks like a fit mother for three such women. His lordship has given us three or four dinners. He lives there merely during the yachting season, and leaves on Friday for his country seat of Cambridge, where he spends his winter to do all English gentlemen of means, hunting, &c., and when Parliament is in session he lives in London in hiH town house.— Here lie has a host of servants, and they wear the gaudiest livery—white plush kneebrccchcs and-vest,'white-silk stockings and low shoes. Lord Hardwicke's brother is Dean of York, a high Church dignitary, has two pretty daughter's, find is himself a jolly gentleman. j\fterT dinner the ladies play and siugfor iis, and the other night, they got up a game of blindman's buff, in'which the ladies said. We had the advantage, inasmuch as their -"'pcAicoat rattled1-so that th6y?wc.ro easily, caught." Th?3' CaH things tv their names here. In the course of the-game Lord Hardwicke himself was blindfolded, ancLjtrvinsr to catch some one fell over his dau2rh-!

eian's heart. '-.Tshe v.ot dying? I have but, appear 011 a perfect equality with each heard him pleading night and day for a mother's caress, and have ,denied it.— Would you have him die' without one kiss V'ictor.'my boy, I will draw contagion from* these sweet lips, and follow you.. What have I left.to live for V'sn a

Before the doctor could prevent her, she, with a steady hand, drew-a-'piece (if orange through tlie child's'' mouth, and iitc it. "Madam. Mrjj. fDe Courcy!',' he cried, "this is m«idricssl-!suicide!"

,-!j) 011 the floor, when'two or three

the girls caught him by the legs and drag-

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his lordsfiip, roaring with laughter, as we all were, 011 his back into the middle of (the floor. They are perfectly respectful,

other. In fact flic English area great people. Two clubs here .have offered us the use of their rooms.'," '."11

The London Advertiser gives a me

moir of our new President, in the course of which.it says: "Mr. Buchanan came to England in 185-, little1 a]prehcndiug that his mission was to lasfiiso Jong. But during the 'Russian war Mr. Buchanan, courteously forebore from pressing the discussion of American subjeets^uppn tiur Government so that in. the dates of thc correspoiid.encc, between himself and Lord Clarendon .we,find itijsome ^nstauces that,several months intervene.-— It is generally atjmatted,tliat the American Embassador had the best of the argument in this discussion, which was carried oil W.i,tli great ability 011 both sides. In his features, ]\Ir. Bufrhanau bears a p^ssingircr .semblance to t,he great franklin,.especially in the. upper, developments of the fac.e.- It was cften .remarked

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those who, in this

.country,, saw 3XrvjSuchanan tor the first time that thcr.e was.sqmething in his counjtenaucCrAv.lyieh recalled the portrait pf the celebrated.. American: statcsiuan.jand prnJosopher.jj.The new.^resideut is a flucmt a.nd eloquent .spqaker his. style is soiuewhat like that- otj.s$ir.Jas"^ raham, but is less formal, while the sentiments aic more jfrauk and generous." -tfT

AX-.APPAIXINCT EXPERIMENT WITII AN IDIOT.—Dr. Mario relates that an idiot in die hospital at SaJzburg,. appearing to be singularly iusucccptiblc to fear, an experiment of an appalling character and consequence was made upon him as tlie means of putting his susceptibility to the test. It v^as. proposed ,to produce in him the impression that he" was with* a dcad'iiian come to.life. A person, accordingly, had himself laid out as a cprpsej and enveloped in a .shroud, and the idiot1 wks ordered to watch'oyer :the dead. The*idiot, observing sonic motion^the cgrjjse, desired it tope stiir. and {lie pretended seli'. in spite,of,thi seizpd^a"'tatclict,'''^..jr.--_!, .... within his reachi .and cut cff first one of vi. tlie^ect pf the^'unfortnimte counterfeit, and Pat" then, unmoyed by his cries, cut off his' head! He then calmly resumed his' station by the real cprpsc.

PAT AND THE THERMOMETER.—tn Auburn, last winter, an Irishman walking alpng 0110 of. tlye streets saw a thermbmclerlems than this venerable pric^..

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iUOliU OliU UA-, ViMS.-OWVWfcO. nuai fc-wwt "t

—Let ns not forget that the time, hahcingat the sideof the doer on thc^-biit-Mhe cause tcmperancc an impuisp. which •Inll soon come," 'when-6rifcfipbverfy- or our

tlienappw)aching.it,.raised

BOLD ATTEMPT AT OUTRAGE. Following in the truculent wake of the Mrs. Bulger tragedy, we have another,equally diabolical in design,:-but happily, frustrated by the presence of mind of tlie

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This* is "a, good example to our young men, who desire to gratify botli ambition and health. 1 I ~l—~ ,iTrv -7 -WiSTER ITEMS.

CAUGHT IX: TIIE SKOW STORM.—MrsBelvail, in company with hcr son, young man, and a child some twelvc^ycars of age, retuniin'g from a visit on Sunday evening last, lost themselves 011 the prairie a mile or two back of the city, and were obliged to camp out in a corn shock. It will be remembered that it'snowe'd very hard during the evening, and' the wind blowing freely filled up tho track, so that they lost all traces of the road. It was impossible to see but a step or two ahead, and the obliterated their ti-'r.cks

drifting snow

thr they cuuld not ret,.ice their I they were completely lost. Alter wamloring about an hour er two they got into the field of 31 r. Buck, about a mile and a half west of the city, and finding some shocks of corn camped out. At di-.ylight they drove into the city. Mrs. Belvail had her hands badly frozen. It was a narrow escape for them all.—Lyons (loira) Herald, 25th..

FROZEN TO DEATH:—On Monday morning, .Catharine Gallagcr, wife of Edward Gallagcr, was found 011 a lot near Fifth Avenue, frozen to death. She had, on the evcning.previwus, been on a visit to hcr god-daughter, near the Quarry, and while returning-is supposed to have become stupefied'.with- the cold, and laid dowii' to zlccp.-r-C/inton (Iowa) llcralfl, "'loth.

FIVE PERSONS FROZEN TO DEATH.—WE learn from a gentleman of this'city, who has just returned from Iowa City, that, 011 Saturday night last, near Montiecllo, a man, three women and a child were frozen to death,-in going home, under the following circumstances: Returning from a neighbor's, with a pair of horses' and sleigh, they got off the road and in "croiisilig! a. hollow,, the lvnrse.s becanic detached from the sleigh and ran oft—leaving the parties in snow from five to "eight feet deep. The

a willow thicket, covered with blankets, aud'with.ailarge^quautity of snow over tlicin, all dead. The-man was found, without his hat, frozen to: deiith about a quarter of a mile from the women, and within forty rods of his own house.—Ga/cnp Cour2 7

Sxow AT THE NoitTii.—=Mr. B. C. St. Cyr, of this city, has just returned from a trip northward. He represents the snow, back of Buena Yista, in Clayton County, as being full three feet deep on a level:-— Last Thursday evening he got packed •away, with."his-'two horses, in a snow drift, where he was compelled to remain till morning, wet"" ahd-^ul, Jajid" was in great danger of perishing. In the morning he found a liousc about half a mile distant, v.-brrr assistance was obtained. It then

the house. Stopping a moment he look- elevated it to pie rank of a great interna-

lalehvand eselimed,,^»An' faith.-^and^ou'ralplc^crc mam^n^ned to h^ conntiy-

the little erethur wh*t keeps. the weather men so eowlC arc ye lf and with a ferrmc jilbw, producti outride count the

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accorapani^d"^'It!i .the41 uMial Triih oath, brought "it in a thousand pieces to" the ground.,

ly fakoY fOr tha^iS thc troc View^^-

19* The population of New-York is'.dy-. htg away at abonit the rate of one in every, "jjcveiifeen minute, day and night all tlie Vcttfwnnd.

graph Informs us of the decease of the great be asked for by and. b\. Apostle of Temperance in Cork. Pew men

have been greater benefactors of their speJJFE'-—

his'shc-i tioii^,^ovenieqtj and altliougi 11s 1.

enness creates, was rescued his instrumentnlity, and we ninst acknowledge- that fewi men'haye deserved 41 prouder panegyric, or a, loftier monjjmeut -iFathrrMathcir. ,,ji ,H, •.

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A VIGOROUS. OLD Acu.-ri-Beuton,- in his Boston Lectux-es, explaining how.it came that at his adyanepd. age (over 70) blessed with tlie absence of those infirmities which are supposed to, belong to .it, said: He wed it to the course of his early life.—franklin was nicknamed the American Aquatic, because he drank nothing but water. In that respect, lie had imitated Franklin. He totally abstained for the first half of his life, and was temperate the other half. He had not only abstained from spirituous liquors, vinous liquors, fermented liquors, and every thing of the kind, but he had kept himself free from EVERY kind of dissipation, lie knew 110 game whatever and to this moment could not tell when looking at a party playing cards, which was the loser and which was the winuer. He had often sat up all night, watching the sick, on military duty, and a book—A HOOK—had often kept him awake, but lie had never -spent a night ol dissipation.

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TI1E ATLANTIC. TELKGR A PH. HI I' ItlfEll OF TIIF JOY CE FA?I! LI• The stupendous projcct of .Connecting the Tt has been ascertained that the Joyce •Old. World. with the New, by an clcctric faniilyi whbsc charrcd remains wer& found cable ^.^ipon, the bed of the Atlantic .aahc.i of their, dwelling some tea. Ocean' bceins to'assuu'ie the appearance of „.i rli_" 1 v. -v- 1 t- davs since, a few miles from Louisville,

party attacke.d. Saturday evening last, as success. he New orklimes states that 't'iv a daughter of Edmuud Dorr, Esq., was re-, the necessary amount of capital, £'350,000, jl^y- were murdered, by negroes, who breko turning to hcr home, at about 9 o'clock, she. has been subscribed iu shares of one thou-1 into the house iuquo3t of plunder, and then was met by a person, whose features were sand pounds cacli. '.Lwenty per cent, ol ]led its inmates to cscape detection.~r hid by ar slouched hat and turned up coat the subscription has already been paid in im. :nni.ft,

collar! who it the act- of paining, the Knglish Oovcnimrat h» guaranteed to a raided his Laid and attempted to place it- the sleek ah n,u.l totewrt of four ,-er Joyce, her son Biehartt Jojce. -a jotmg and invitations^ have been issued to over the mouth of Miss Dorr.. The movement was noticed and qnickas.thoughtMiss Dorr turned her head slightly receiving on the cheek what was intended for the mouth. Screaming loudly, the ruffian fled, and in a short'tiinc" citizens came to the rescue of Miss D. She was taken iu.to a dwelling near by, when it was found that the, ruffian had attached tojher check, a plaster of such cohesive proper tics, that its removal brought the skin from the face with-it The evident intent of the assailant was to cover the mouth, and thus pi event an outcry, that he might accomplish his fiendish purposes (whatever they might be) with comparative ease. Truly we have fallen upon sad times, when outrages, like this and the Mrs. Bulger tragedy are not traced to their source.and the perpetrators sumiuarily dealt with/—Albany• Evening Journal.

cent. the .manufacturers of telegraphic wires to submit estimates for constructing the cable, according to a pattern, with security that it shall lie completed and ready for shipment on the 31st day of Ma}' 1857. Two steamers, cach having one-half of the cable oh board, will meet on mid-ocean, and, joining the electric band, will move—tlie cnc toward the'Eastern, and the other toward the Western Continent, running off the cable into the sea behind them, until they toiich the opposite shores of Ireland and Newfoundland. It is expected that this work will be finished by the first day of July next.

The route of the Cable will be between the parallels of 88 dog. and 52 deg. of "North latitude, along a remarkable steppe, which has been discovered by soundings at the bottom of the sea',''between Cape Race in Newfoundland and Cape Clear iti Ireland, and which is already known as the telegraphic ^/rt/ffm. The great circle distance between these two1 opposing shores is sixteen hundred' and forty miles, and the greatest depth of the sea, along this route, is, according,to the feccnt soundings made by Lieut. Bcrryman, ini the U. S. steamer Arctic, not more than two thousandfold seventy fathoms-—about 12,420 feet. This depth is reached .at a point nearly equi-dis-tant from either shore.

The bottom of the ocean, along which tlie electric wire is fo be stretched, is generally a line calcareous earth, free from all abrading materials, and resting forever in perfect repose, beyond the reach of those wiiid^hnd angry currents that vex the waters two thousand fathoms above. Now and then an iceberg, drifting along the surface of the sea, drops its melting masses down into these sunless depths and brave old ships, vanished by the storm, sink and settle slowly into this fleecy bed, which gradually rounds over their forms as the ,4now rounds over the perishing traveler. The electric .cable once buried in this silent sepulchre, will remain free from every disturbing influence, and the whole difficulty in stretching it across the Atlanta- Ocean will consist in.getting it down to these far depths, not in retaining it safely there.

It is impossible to comprehend the farreaching results of 'this wonderful adven turc:

It is the marriage of the two-hemis-! vast power thiit mountains and continents phercs of the globe, but whether the marriage is to be for tho better or for the worse —who .'.hall say ?... Th.g. gulf of waters by which nature lias separated hostile 'continents is bridged by the eiectric chain of thought and people of diverse languages and uncongenial habits aru made immediate, neighbors. But too much fsmilmrity with our antipodes may beget a dangerous contempt, and it is possible that we shall

!.e led to entertain less friendly feelings} theory on the ground iiiat, these jdienomciiA for our far-fetched neighbors than we have! occur more frequently when that body now, while, the ocean separates us from nearest the earth, as^u winter, at whien them. I time more volcanic eruptions occur than at

Still, it will always be a pleasant thought, any other.season. that we are able to annihilate Distance, and .-vwa-'-make Time, who flies so fast, a dull lag- ,n

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i'aris, J3ftrlin, or St. Petersburg. waitino longer with anxious expectation the arrival of thy European mails. The steamers will bring 110 news, and the occupation

of our. foreign correspondents will begone.! some ether habitation. the} struggled The Adriatic aud the Persia may then coin- along together, wr-ary hours in vain. Tdrs. pete for the longest passage aerosfjihe At- at -a.'.t :n thp cy v,:i:'i'ng .s.icet lautie, and voyagers.will ioaf leisurely over to rise no more, lier a yom-g pmv, but th»-ir y-n istrugided a while h.ntfcr. and siiLercu tlie same fate.

the sea,- having no ^oncern personal comfort. v-Vjoj .•[: 'Hut from.this pleasing picture we must turn to another—its opposite for there is one imporiautjjlcuieL1t_iu.jLhe organization of this Atlantic telegraph which is worth

people not returning, on iuesday morning, 1^,.^, falltis t0 tlesfroj- much of its the neighbors collected, and after] long|

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search, the women and child were found 111 Cojnp.'my ..though it was originated by our own citizens, will be exclusively under English control. Two hundred and sixty-

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two shares, representing jC2(J2,0f»0 ot it:? capital, arc owned in England, while only eighty-eight shares, representing -C8$,00), arc owned in the United State?. The landings of the cable will be in English territory. .The eastern end will land at Yalentia, a harbor in the southwestern extremity of Ireland, about forty miles directly west of Cork, and the western end will "land at St. John's in Newfoundland. This fact may be of little consequence in the piping times of peacc, but in times of war it becomes a matter of great moil cut. In the hands of Gricat Britain the cleetr?c cable would.be a powerful antagonist, with which it wquld be impossitlc for us to cope.

lie finally extricated himself and sounding aud laying down the cable. And! teem.—Galena Advertiser, 2S)th.

The Atlantic telcgra])h, dun completed, will be the wonder of the age. But it can neyer.be extensively available to the United States unless the western end of the cable shall be landed 011 our own shores.—

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man of 10,-Mrs. Welsh, her'daugetor, a widow, and the letter's little daughter, a, child of three years. The oldest son, Wrn. Joyce, the ow'noV of the house, was away from hpmc. Three slaves in-the neighborhood arc believed to .'have been concerncd* in the murder. The Louisville Courier* says:

From thc'confossioDs of tlie slave of Mr. Pendleton, it appears that the negroca hear. ing that Win. Joyce was absent from bometh had determined to rc-b the house, under tho,. belief that he had a large sum of money.—. They went to the house about midnight," broke opcjviue dqor and encountered Richard Joyce, the brother of William. Ho was brained with a club in the prcscncc of his mother aud sister. The aged mother seized'a pair of tongs to rush to the do* fenec of hcr son, but on the iSstant was at-' tacked by the negroes, ore of whom knock., cd her senseless with a club. The datigh-* ter, Mrs. Welch, attempted^ to escape out of a wiiidow, but was caught by the feet, dragged back' and.then beaten to death. The infuriated ruffians then sacked the house, took the little girl of Mrs. Welch, threw it upon the bed, sot fire to it and fled, the child being actually burnt alive. Tho liousc and contents wcro destroyed, and the murderers thought their horrible crimes would not bo revealed, but the discovery of a portion of. the property and the confcssiou of one of their number, has brought the awful crime to light "'1 -t

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kept "up until .o'clock in the morumq, when he rca«he/l. a liousc eigiit luiios lioui his own. lie ir= baoly fro/.i-n. but will recover. As si oa a.*-, pos.tiide bis tra^'k was foTlfiwed, but ton late to sav.? the mo'fher and son.—Tuna City RrpuUiran, TJic. 22.

A ritliiN C! 1 SIjAI* AT i'.H.V I. A NI). The Hicdc, a 1'aris journal of strong Red JlepubiicanJeudencies latidy look it upon itself to defend the English Government and for its pains received the fallowing pointed retort fro the (Jozctt Tranrc. one of the oldest and most influential of the I'aria newspapers:

Instead of telling us that' it defends in England the cause of civilization and progress,.let the 'Steele prove to-lis in what respect the English nation is either civilizing or'humane. Let it cast a glance upon India, on Ireland, on the Ionian Isies, and the lower classes of English manufac* turiug cities and let it :o«k at the organization of the British armv—based notunon

It is! doubtless, 011 account of this advr.n-( merit but pv vi ?ge upon tt.o piracy

it is for this very reason that our own Goveminent should hesitate about granting to

DEATII OF FATiiEr7rAT/fE\v.—-THC tele-! the Company a similar charity, which wiU

attemp: rest of Ei There is so much tr-i:h conta'.nod in this retort, that the SbxU. has not attempted a

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The disclosure of these terrible facts naturally'cause a great cxeitemcnt. among the friends and acquaintances of the murdered family, and at one time it seemed probable that summary vengeance would be taken upon the murderers, but they'wcrc finally lodged in jail at Louisville. '-V

TKE EARTH'S INTERIOR.—In .thdfc&farfte of paper read before the Scientific Congress at Albany, by Dr. Win.slow.hcobservcd that the.more a geological student contemplated the sedimentary strata the more he'must hecrrac convinced- that the solid crust of tlm planet is a yielding envelope of no great thickness- overlying a globe of fluid rc subject to dvnamieal influences of such

undulate upon ir as 1 *c 1 cis of ice follow the tital action of the sea. The causes aiid forces of these vast phenomena were considered to be tho tension and dynamical :i?encv of the molten and fluid matter and -late of motion underneath. Some think this motion corresponds with the tides, and a French savan atlributca it to the action of the'moon. Dr. Win slow attributed it to the action of the son, and supported !I:N

fartl. That imaginary period which ni our It wij* sjook onr 2?a*-.or.s to learn that Jokes wc have styled "less-thaii-no-liuie," two rcspcctable citizens of this county were will become an actual fact. The looker-on |frozeji to deatn on f-ani.atji c.eiwng. :-r. iu Venice may send a message over the At- and viri. a!ton, .and their sen, oi wis* lautie wire which will be read in New Or- galley, starter frun: rhun-h on ^uu,.*ath leans four hours before it leaves Loudon 011 evening to ie:uin home, iiioy \1C.0 lost its way westward. The daily papers will the prairie :n\«now drifts', amid ine pcrtell their readers, at their breakfast tables, d- ot a terrible what is happening this very moruing at

new y'orni, and a picreing,

blinding wind. After struggling until they were almost frozen, and getting their horses so buried in drifts that they could proceed no further, they .abandoned their eiiiclc, in the hope of reaching their own or

of Paris: "1'hii latry fcr the gold-

ballet gii I higher lh?n her than the poet,

the millionaire, higher than all—for with hi* millions he can command bsdlotgirl, orator, cook and poet. In Psria the heart ma*t broisio or bitak." ....