Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 19 November 1859 — Page 1

Page PDF (12.00 MB)

Back to issue view

me REV. MR MILBURJCS PORTRAIT OP SENATOR DOUGLAS.

make

the

tremo

goal.

Srcss

following extract from ft

work recently issued, entitled Ten \cars of Preacher Life, by the Rev. W. H. Milbnrn."

The

author is widely known as the

''Blind Methodist/' who at the ago of twenty-two w#» elected one of the Chaplains of (JongreM. "Reaaon at ono ex-

teing aknost tAai oat," as in the no fa of Milton, a raro 3ood of "celeBtial Hght" Seem•

hare sbown in upon his

when

write*, as ho proaches, in a

strain of touching earnestness and poetic beauty. Ills aietcbca of several of the leading nicmbcrs of Congress of the present' and the past generation, including "Webster, Olay, Calhoun, Randolph, Pinkney, Stephens, and others, arc truly admirable. That of Senator Douglas we can not refrain from copying. It is ac curate and well defined as a photograph, and

once started, will go the rounds of

the

press:

STKPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS.—The first

time I

saw him was in June 1830, standing 'on the gallery of the market-house, which fnyno of my readers may recollect as situated

the middle of the square of Jack

sonville. He and Colonel John J. Hardin "were engaged in canvassing Morgan County for Congress. He was upon the threshold xf the great world in which he has sincc clayed so prominent a part, and was enju^Cd in making one of his earliest stump speeohes. I stood and listened to him, eurrounded by a motley crowd of backwood farmers and hunters, dressed in homespun or deer-skin, my boyish breast glowing with exultant joy, as he, only ten years my senior, battled so bravely for the doctrines of his party with the veteran and accomplished Hardin. True, I had

been

educated in political sentiments opposite to his own, but there was something captivating

Less than four years before he had walked into the town of Winchester, sixteen miles south-west of Jacksonville, an entire stranger, with thirty-seven and a half cents in his pocket-^-his all of earthly fortune. Itis first employment was a clerk of a "vandue," as the natives call a sheriff's sale.— If-' then seized the birch of the pedagogue, land sought by its aid, and by patient drilling, to initiate a handful of half wild boys into the sublime mysteries of Lindlcy Murray. His evenings were divided between /reading newspapers, studying Blackstone and talking politics. It is a droll sight to

B" crowd of men and boys gathering in one of the primary conventions of squatter sovereigns, at a village store on the publie square, after night. It is a Rial'.o for the merchants, a news-room for the quidnuncs, a mixture of the town-hall and cau-cus-room for the politicians, and a theater frirous united for the huge entertainment bf the boys. The establishment is closed for business, but the door is open for all comers and in winter time a cheery firo is kept blazing for the common weal.—

Tho "counter-hopper," as the clerk is familiarly called, is on duty as sentry, the counters, boxes bales and barrels are used as scats by the potont assembly, while every one is solacing himself with a quid of tobacco laid away in his check, or a rank cigar, poetically styled a cabbage-leaf.— The principal speakers arc expected to surround tho stove, each with his back toward it, his hands occupied in keepin the tails of his coat as far assundcr as

ossiblc. The members of the society ad each other by the diminutive of their ^Christian names, as Pete, Jim, Bill, or Steve, and tho grand doctrincs of liberty ^equality and fraternity are realized on the common level of story-telling, smoke, to bacco spit, and boisterous declamation.

Such are the the debating clubs wherein

imagine most of our AN estcrn orators, legal and political, have first spread their uufledged wings and tried to soar toward distinction doubtless it was in just such a school that Mr. Douglas took his first lesson in oratory. He, before long, by virtue of his indomitable energy, acquired enough "of legal loro to pass an examination, and "to stick up his shingle," as they call putting up a lawyer's sign. And now began a series of official employments, by which he has mounted, within five and twenty years, from the obscurity of a village pedagogue on the borders of civilization, to his present illustrious and commanding position. First he was elected the States attorney for the judicial district in which he lived, and next to a seat in the

Legislature. He then ran for Congress, but was defeated by five votes, and was aftewards appointed Register of the Land Offioe in Springfield. Resigning this, he was chosen to be Secretary of State, and while ho filled tho office, was selected Judge of the Supreme Court of the State. His next step was into Congress, and in 1846 or *47 he was olcctcd to tho Senate, in which he will soon enter upon his third

term

of six years. Thus in tho twelve or thirteen years that elapsed from the time of his entering tho State, a friedless, penniless youth, he had served his fellow-oiti-

aens in

almost every offioial capacity, and

altered the

highest position within their

poorer to eonfer. No man, since the days of Andrew Jackson, has gained a stronger hold upon the eonfidenoe and attachment of his adherents than Judge Douglas. Whether upou the •tamp, in the caucus, or the Senate, his power and success in debate are pro dig-

U^.

A *1 ll LtMt AUA

too*. His instinots stand him in the stead of imagination, and amount to genius.

Notwithstanding the busy and boisterous political life which he has lead, with all its engrossing cares and occupations, -Mr. Douglas has, nevertheless, by his invincible perseverance, managed to redeem much time for self-improvement. For one in his situation, he has been a wide and studious reader of history and its kindred

Contact with affairs has en

branches. larged his understanding and strengthened hi. judgement. Thus. with hi.,u»ernng

pears to be audacity, but which is in reality tempered by prudence, a will that never submits to an obstacle, however vast, and a knowledge of the people, together with a power to lead them, incomparable in his generation, he may be accepted as a practical statesmcan of the highest order.

It must- be confessed that thero was formerly a dash of the rowdy in Mr. Douglas, and that even now the blaze of the old Berserker fire will show itself at times. But it must be recollected that his is a vivid and electric nature, of redundant animal life and nervous energy that he was bred, not in scholastic seclusion, nor amid the conventional routine of a settled population, but that his character has takcd shape and color from that of the bold men of the border, where pluck was the highest virtue, and "back-bonc," to use a phrase of the country, compensated for many a deficiency in elegance. His or-

flike

his manly straightforward

ness and uncompromising statement of his political principles. He even then showed signs of that dexterity in debate, and vehement, impressive declamation, of which he has since become such a master. He gave the crowd the color of his own mood as he interpreted thoir thoughts and directed their sensibilities. His first-hand knowledge of tho people, and his power to speak to them in thoir own language, simplifying arguments suited to their comprehension, sometimes clinching a series of reasons by a frontier metaphor refused to be forgotten, and his determined courage, which never shrank from any form of difficulty or danger, made him one of the most effective stump orators I have ever heard.

anization is exuberant, but not coarse.— the prairies of his adopted State, which in their wildness yield a luxuriant bounty of long grass and countless flowers, but return to.culture unmeasured harvests of wheat and corn so his youth may have known the flush and pride of rude health, yet his manhood turns up, under the plowshare of experience, a loom fit to mature the glorious plants of wisdom, power, virtue and patriotism.

In society few men arc more agreeable, provided you are willing to make allowance (which most people in this country are bound to do) for the defects of early.breeding, which can never be entirely hidden. He is singularly magnetic in conversation, full of humor, spirit and information, and charms while he instructs.

THE SPANISH-FRENCir WAR WITH MOROCCO. The reason why England feels so deeply concerned in the war that is about to be waged by Spain and France against Morocco, is that the French Emperor's object is supposed to be the annexation of Morocco to his Algeria possessions, in case of the conquest of the Moorish empire. Morocco adjoins French Algeria on the east, and were the latter to coinc under French jurisdiction, Franco would have possession of the very key of the Mediterranean Sea namely, tho Straights of Gibralter, which divide Morocco from Spain. A nation which is so jealous of her commercial rights and privileges as England is, could not fail to perceive that such an important advantage achieved by her greatest rival might and undoubtedly would operate prejudicially to her interests.

The objection that England has to this combined Spanish-French movement on the African side of the .Mediterranean, is the occupation by them of both sides ot the Straights, it', as is presumed, the French Emperor really means to get possession of the Straights by the conquest of .Morocco and its annexation to his dominions, we do not see how England can help herself, unless she attempts to prevent it by hostile intervention. Jt is already asserted by the French semi-official press that England has in fact no natural rights in the .Straights of Gibralter, and we infer from this that the apprehensions expressed by some of the British press, of Napoleon's designs, arc not without good grounds.

This controversy and the impending war have rendered the Empire of Morocco, or "the country of the Moors," a subject of general interest at the present moment. It comprises the north-west corner of the African Continent, bound on the north by the Straights of Gibralter and the Mediterranean Se.i, on the east by French Algeria, on the south bv the Desert of Saharah, and on the west by the Atlautic occan. It corresponds in the main, with the rich and famous region known to the ancients under the name of Mauritania.— The number of square miles is '220,000, so that the empire is actually more extensive that of France. The people may be divided as follows: 1. Moors. 2. Arabs. 3. The ficroc and dreaded Berbers, who arc generally deemed iudigenous. 4. The Jews. 5. The Turks. 6. The Blacks.— Some of their distinctive names are Shellocks, Bedouins, The mixture of various races is so great that it is impossible to traco with accuracy their various histories. It is sufficient, however, for all practical purposes, to divide the population of 8,500,000 as follows: 3,550,000 Moors 3,750,000 Berbers, Shellocks, &c. 740,000 Bedouins, and 339,500 Jews. The Shakspearcan Moor, "Othello," is hardly "dusky" enough to suit the masses of the people. Vv

The regular army of the Empire amounted, a few years ago, to only 11,000 men, principally Turks, but partly negroes, Arabs, &c., a sorry force with which to commence a war with two nations like France and Spain. It must be borne in mind, however, that the regular military force has been greatly increased within a few years, in direct view of the present emergencies and a hundred thousand troops could bo brought into the field. Tho main rcliance, however, of Morocco, in case of war, will be upon the disaffected masses of Algeria and the neighboring deserts—the Zouaves, Turcos, and other tribes, whose wonderful military prowess, when directed by European science, was proved in the fearful assault upon the Austrian batteries at Solfcrino.

The former wars between the Moors and the Spaniards, protracted through a period of eight oenturies, exceeded in fcrooity any contests recorded in history—and the struggle is now to be renewod, and will, in all probability, by the aid that Franoe will render Spain, result in the final downfall of the Moorish empire.

19*A lodge of the Sons of Malta has been eetahlishei at Attica,

RETURNED—THE TRIAL AMD PCI*. I8IIMEXT OF THE, CHARLESTOWN PRISONERS. ':."J

Hon. J. E. MCDONALD and Hon. D. W. VOORHEES, returned home from Charlestown, on Friday night last. The public arc already advised of the. conviction of young COOK upon the indictments for murder and insurrection, and the sentence of the court that he should be hun» on the 16th of December. Messrs. MCDONALD

and Voo de

,irc

sagacity, his matured md dcMiw drnw-,^ 'their departure, ter, with ft courage which Mm.t.mM

us to statc

every

tUtfrom

4jness

showed them by the citizcns of Charlestown and vicinity, and the old fashioned Virginia hospitality, for which the people of that portion of the State are distinguished, was everywhere extended to them. They speak of Judge PARKER as a courteous gentleman, upright and able, and that he administers his court with great dignity and strict impartiality. The trial of the prisoners was fair, as much latitude was allowed iu the defense as could be, and the Virginia lawyers allotted to the prisoners made all the defense that the cases were capable of—manifesting in their conduct of them both ability arid earnestness. The prisoners themselves admit the fairness of their trials, and the humanity and kindness with which they are treated. The promptness of the trials was accidental, the Court being in session at the time of the outbreak. This fact, however, does not militate against the fairness of the trials, or is it presumable that any different result would have been reached, if they had longer been delayed. The evidence against the prisoners was most direct and conclusive, and, with the exception of COOK, they were arrested while violating the law, and committing the offence for which they were convicted, and are to be punished. The prisoners can offer no justification for this wicked attempt to incite a servile insurrection. They had no personal wrongs to avenge. The act on their part was voluntary, and they assumed all the consequences of a failure. They can make no appeal for sympathy which should find a response. Whatever may be the moral responsibility of those who hold and teach the "irrepressible conflict" doctrine for the acts of these misguided men, that is no appology which thi prisoners can offer for their crime. There is too much morbid sensibility in the public mind for crimnals, and too much willingness to relax that maintenance of law and justice, upon which rests public peace, security and good order. Our pity for those who voluntarily disregard law, should not lead any so far as to be willing that crimnals should go unpunished for their crimes. Wc all owe a different duty to society. We have not a doubt but that the sober verdict of the people cf the country will justify the punishment decreed to the Harper's Ferry insurgents by the courts of Virginia.

Under the peculiar state of public feeling the character of punishment which these men should receive is worthy of consideration. We would be the last to intermeddle with the domestic affairs of a sister State, or to suggest the mode by which she should repel this wicked invasion upon her peace, her rights and her sovereignity.— It has beed urgen by some of the most conservative northern citizens that it would be sound policy on the part of the people of Virginia, aud one which would have a happy effect upon the country, to mitigate the punishment from the death penalty to imprisonment—"to temper justice with mercy." In the irritated state of the publie mind, increased by the taunts of the Northern Abolition press, the people of Virginia are not prepared to deliberate calmly upon what course will best subserve the public interests. If a respite of the death penalty was granted by Gov. WISE, until after the next session of the Legislature of that State, as provided by the Constitution, this would give ample time for the people of Virginia to calmly deliberate and decide upon such disposition of the p/isoners as would best promote the peace aud general well being of the country.

The political Abolitionists of the North having became well satisfied that the guilt of these men is too evident to hope or expect anything short of the penalty, and that they can no longer serve their cause bv living, are anxious that they should suffer the extreme penalty of the law, so that they may be held up as martyrs to their causo. Is it policy to give them the opportunity to make heroes and martyrs out of felons? And under present circumstances would not imprisonment be a greater punishment than the gallows? No one but an insane Abolitionist can doubt but that those men deserve the severest punishment. The only difference of opinion is as to the character of the punishment. As a punishment, we believe most of prisoners, if not all, would prefer the gallows to a living death by incarceration in the gloomy walls of a prison. And while the change would not lessen the punishment to the prisoners, it would deprive the Abolitionists of the coveted opportunity of making political capital, by converting men who deserve a felon's doom into heroes and martyrs. It is for these considerations that we think it would be policy to mitigate the punishment in tho present case, and wc believe that such would be the conclusion of the people of Virginia, if time was given them for calm deliberation upon the subject.—State

tinel.

ANTECEDENTS OF ••INSURRECTIONISTS." It is curious to note the antecedents of some of the Harper's Ferry insurrection? ists—they become interesting in view of the horrible crime or wicked delusion that these parties have been engaged in. The previous lives of most of these fellows is in accordance with the results which followed. Witness the annexed:

STEVENS' ANTECEDENTS.

Stevens, the accomplice of Brown in his Harper's Ferry foray, is, like his leader, not without his- antecedents. The records of the War Department show that he was in the regular army in Mexico that while there he and several others mutinied against their captain, for which he was sentenced to be shot, but was pardoned by President Polk that he was afterward sent in the regular army to Kansas at the time of the troubles there—where he deserted the service and joined the maurauding. party of John Brown. Like his leader, he was severely wounded at Harper's Ferry, but like him, survives to end his life on the gallows.

THE YOUNG MAN COPriC.

A correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing from Salem, Ohio, says: Tho young niau Edwin Coppic (impopcrly printed Coppie,) is ft native of this place, where he resided until some seven years ago, when he went to Iowa. He was left an orphan at an early age, and was provided with a home in the Coppic family, who were also Quakers. He remained at this place some two or three years, exhibiting during that time such evidence of a depraved and vicious nature that his benefactor did not feel it his duty to befriend him further, and turned him loose. After a few years more spent in various places, he at fast went to Iowa, where he remained until the commencement of troubles iu Kansas, when he emigrated to that Territory, returning again to Iowa after peace was restored. One who knew him in Iowa, after he had attained to manhood, informs me that he enjoyed the reputation of a reckloss, dare-devil fellow, possessing much more physical fortitude than principle. After the cessation of troubles in Kansas, he was eugaged with Brown, in running off slaves from Missouri. Some few months since, he passed through this place on his way cast, as he Baid, and Bpcnt several days here with his former associates. It is probable that lie was then on his way to join Brown.

ALBERT IIAZLETT.

The Johnstown Echo says: If our information is reliable, Albert Hazlett, one of the insurgents killed at Harper's Ferry, or reported so in the first accounts, is not unknown in this region. It is said by some here, who claim to be cognizant of the fact, that llazlott was reared in Westmoreland County, and some years sincc was employed in the can^ity of a boatman on the Pennsylvania'Canal. While so engaged he was intrusted with the care of a sectionboat belonging to Mr. John McUovcrn, during one trip but, when lie reached his destination, on the other side of the mountains, he disposed of the boat ami team and pocketed the proceeds. He was afterward arrested, but the matter was doubtless adjusted by the disgorging of the money, as he never came to trial. His next appearance is in connexion with a band of horse-

thieves one of whose depredations .is jP

committed near A\ iln.ore, tins county

and as such was arrested but, upon turn-

,Dg,St^:9

against his confederates, during their trial, at Elmira, New York, lie was discharged, and again appeared in this part of the country. Shortly after this lie departed, aud was lost sight of until he turned up as one of the desperadoes led on by the infamous Brown. {"•CS YOUNI Ell III AM.

,r.

wounds young man

Sen

TERRIBLE ENGINE OF DISTRUCTION [sic].—A discovery, which occupies the Emperor of the French for the moment, to the exclusion of all other discoveries of the same nature, is a new machine for the arming of ships of war, which is said to be the most terrible engine of distruction [sic] yet invented. This machine consists in a combination of a whole broadside being constructed so as to be fired at once, and to be directed to any given point, so that no enemy's ship, however powerful, could resist the shock, which would sink a whole fleet,

if within range. The contrivance is said to be an improvement on the infernal machine of Fieschi, which will be remember-

ed was a radius of small guns. ———<>———

known in this vicinity. His

father was of thc house of Curtis & Mcr-

AIV EMPKKOK'S HEALTH. If one-half of the stories told by Paris letter-writers about thc health of Napoleon III since his elevation were true, he ought to have been a dead man long ago. lie has had consumption, scrofula, spine-com-plaint, softening of thc brain, neuralgia and anv number of minor ailments. Thc last letter on the subject of the Imperial health is dated October 19, and says: "The Emperor poor man, is very shaky in health. »The fatigue and excitement of that bloody campaign have told deeply on his bodily and mental conditions. They say he has hours of suffering which no skill can alleviate. Many a poor pauper is less troubled with bad dreams than the Imperial master of France."

Now we recollect very distinctly a paragraph published some years ago, which described the Emperor's health in exa^Kthc same way. And yet this man, maladies innumerable and incurable through more mental and bodily labor than any sovereign in Europe, governs I1 ranee with unsurpassed ability, and finds time to go to Italy and whip Austria in a way that she has not suffered since the first Napoleon's time. Even after "the fatigue and excitement of that bloody campaign," which the letter-writer so feelingly alludes to, he does not relax from his labors at home, and finds timc, in the intervals of hard work, to travel over his empirea, to

if within range. to be an improvement on the infernal machine of Fieschi, which will be remember- entertain distinguished foreign guests, and

•STThe stream of life forks and religion is apt to work in one channel, and business in another.

would writhe as though stirred with the

jobbers in Kilby street,

riatn, drv goods jobbers in Kilby street,

to frighten England into one of her worst fits of Gallophobia. For a man in "very shaky her,1th," this is doing a good deal.

19* Pork is selling at $4 net,

TUE EXECUTION AT ST. LOUIS. I Stuart started from the Emerald Springs As has been announced by telegraph, I about the beginning of April, and reached Joseph W.Thornton, who murdered Jo- latitude twenty-six deg. south, the northseph Charles of St. Louis, on the 3d of eni boundary of the colony, about thc mul-

June last, was executed in that city on Friday. Thornton, it will be recollected, had been secretary of the Boatmen's Saving Institution, but being discharged and subsequently arrested for robbing its vaults, he became desperate, and murdered, as above stated, one of the principal citizcns for the prosecution, although the trial had resulted in an acquittal. Thornton had expected a reprieve from Gov. Stewart, but it never came. He, however, bore his fate with much firmness and was much engaged during the latter part of his confinement, in listening to the instructions of the Catholic priests who attended him.— We find in the Republican the following description of the execution, which taking place within the jail walls, was witnessed by only seventy-five persons:

At 3 o'clock the prisoner, who was in the act of smoking a cigar to compose his nerves, was summoned at his cell by the officers, and responding with alacrity to the call, proceeded with Futhers Sautois and Fechan down stairs. Some little time was required in making a passage to the scaffold by driving back those spectators whose curiosity was greater than their breeding. At eight minutes after three, Thornton, who was dressed in a dark sack coat, buttoned up to the throat, and dark pants, made his appearance at the bottom of the stairs leading to the gallows. Here he disengaged himself from the priests, and sprang nimbly up the steps, never faltering or showing the least tremor. The two clergymen whom we have named also ascended to the platform, accompanied by Deputy Marshals Cunningham, Eves and Linn. When Thornton was seated, he spoke a few words with a chccrful expression of countenance to Father Feehan, and then cast a cold and rather restless look at the crowd below him. He was not pale, but rather seemed flushed. A vigorous movement was observed in the muscles of his jaws, once or twice, which appeared to say or mean, "Now I will be firm," and this was about all that could be seen in his face as in any way interpreting what was going on in his bosom. Thornton had previously stated that he would not administer to any morbid curiosity of the crowd by making any speech to them, and had expressed a desire that the execution should be made as brief as possible. In accordance with this wish, there was no rites performed on

the gallows, such as prayer or song, but

almost immediately after the Marshals had

three o'clock and fourteen minutes the spring was touched, the door fell heavily

recurred at intervals of thirty or forty sec-

most tumultuous agitation. These spasms

and his mother is thc daughter of Francis

onds, became less and less severe, until

Jackson, Esq., the famous Abolitionist and non-resistant. Young Merriam has been

an extensive traveler, having had ample

means to indulge Ins taste for foreign j.iaced iu a metalic coffin which had been

scenes. He was very impulsive, and has

fallen a victim to the most foolish and mad maI)

enterprise of our times. He had a supc

now the wife of Mr. James Eddv, the

artist."

intervals of thirty or forty sec-

ds, became

provided. Drs. Philips, Arno and Wet-

JI E HT I,:,

entific and unexceptionable.

ascended, Thornton arose to his feet, ad vanced a step and looked towards the officers, as if to notify them of his readiness. Thereupon, officer Cunningham took from his pocket the death warrant, which was tied with a black ribbon and sealed with a black wafer.

During the reading of this document, Thornton stood erect with his hands in his side-coat pockets, rocking gently to and fro on his feet. At the conclusion, which was eleven minutes after three, he was placed on a small box over the trap door, where

he stood apparently without the movement

of a muscle or a nerve until the white cap

against the posts supporting the scaffold,

went convulsions and contortions horrible

to look upon, in which one of his hands

The Boston im/iw/^savs. jHe-, 'ito raise himself up a moment and

1-. J. Merriam, of Boston, who died of his

drop. Every muscle in his body quivered

nds received at llarper a berry, was a

^j|jc

was put over his head and face, his arms

pinioned together at the elbows, with a

cord, and the hangman's loop adjusted

priests were engaged in silent prayer. At

about his neck. During this time the

clutched the platform, by which he seemed

twenty minutes after three, when they

teen minute, he was taken down and

man, who had been summoned, then exam-

ined the body, and pronounced it quite

,)ody

rior education, and was of more than ordi-jlif(.lca3 The* face did not exhibit

nary intelligence. His father died when! 'n^ndons-'und" with the esceii

and }r0110uuce

he was quite young, and his mother S of a Xh S tii^ ^f counTenami Lsen in many counties The result ,s very

had

taker, and immediately conveyed to the

hearse, which was in waiting, with a reti-

terment.

months. sous beside

party

them

about

die horses. Mr

ceedin" in

NNMNV

immense plains, interspersed witn nu-, cu

where of the same beautiful description and it seemed to be of a similar character as far as the eye could reach beyond the furthest point attained by him. Indeed, lie seems to have turned back through surfeit of good country, lie thinks there would not be any difficulty whatever in crossing over to the Gulf of Carpentaria, or to any other portion of the north coast. His impression is that an inland lake or sea exists to the eastward, which, probably, discharges its waters into Stukc's Victoria Kivcr to the uorth-w^st. At anv rate, the theory that the Holland is nothing but a desert may now be exploded. Mr. Stuart has brought back specimens of the grasses, seeds and minerals of the country, the last of which are said to include some previous stones. A considerable portion of the district traversed is represented as auriferous.

ANECDOTE OF OLD IRONSIDES. The following anecdote is no doubt familliar to many of our readers but it is so well calculated to make the rising generation proud of the noble spirits who shed so much luster on their country's name during the ever memorable War of 1812, with the then proud mistress of the seas, that it will bear a re-publication at least once a year, as long as patriots are enabled to subdue conspirators:

The most brilliant naval action of the last war undoutedly was that of the old American frigate Constitution, (44) commanded by Commodore Stewart, when she captured the two British Coverts, <Cyanc> and <Levant>, of greatly superior force, each of them being equal to the old-fashioned

thirty-three-gun frigates. The handling

of the American frigate was throughout sci-

frigate was through:.ut sci-

alu

unexceptionable.

By no maneuvering could either of the British vessels obtain a position to rake the <Constitution>. Shift their ground as they would, Old Ironsides was between them,

blazing away upon both vessels at the same

time. During the whole action, Stewart, instead of mounting the horseblock, sat in a more exposed situation astride of the hammock nettings, the better to observe the maneuvering of his antagonist. The <Cyane> was the first to strike to Brother Jonathan—not an unusual thing with British vessel during that war. The first Lieu-

tenant came in hast to the Commodore to

announce the fact.

"The starboard ship has struck, sir" said

the officer. "I know it, sir," replied the

..j

we not better whip the other first, sir?"— "Ay, ay, sir," replied the lieutenant, tak-

and Thornton descended five feet with a ir replied the lieutenant, tasuddcu plunge, which broke his neck.— j''

For nearly three minutes his body under-

king the hint, and went to his quarters.—

In a short time afterwards the <Levant> low-

comn au

proaching his commander again; but Stew-

ing to him, said with a smi.o,

art, beckoning to him, said with a smile,

"<Don't you think the band had better

less and less severe, until

.• li ceased altogether. After the lapse of fit- ,:o. u-nti .an phv it, and the gallant

juulcSt 11C

WJIS

as not other than a Yankee crew can shout. ———<>———

pi,ilip3. Arno and et-: otti.r than

then exam-:

it quite

Jjule chance The

there had been but little change. The

instant that spirit-stirring strain was float-

strike up Yankee Doodle now, sir?" In an

in the breeze, played as no other than a

taken down and forth their checrs of victorv

than a Yankec crow can shout,

ILLINOIS KLIHTION. was no State election

tl,5s

.vcar

b,,t

favor,lble lwr ,e

0ouIltVi

body was delivered to Ricords, the under-

It, this tune* scvral people illan(1 ,)jnlic

had assembled around the walls of the pris-

on, to satisfy a inoroiu inquisiuv^, •, 1omocrat ic. the first time in six foolish as it was unaccountable. 1 he re-

himself. and they had with recovering from tbe

with

iican county ticket was

Jn McI

The eIcction for

mains were taken to Calvary cemeterj, and ©iatriet, to fill the vacancy occaplaccd in thc receiving vault to an«t in-1

has resulted

Thornton was thirty-eight years of age Democrat, by about 5,000 maat the time of his death. I joritv-

0 ion

{Correspondent of tha Bmttimiro American.J' ARRIVAL OF THE BOSTON SYMPATHIZERS AT CIIARLESTOWN.

There was considerable stir in this town

die of Mav, and during his entire journc\ 4 1 at a a a a a re there and back he states that ne was nc\or ... -. ... and poet of some repute, ha 1 arrived a sinule dav without water. •**.•• the afternoon train. Un inquiry it was mi 1 the attcrnoon train, un inquiry it wn3

The country traversed consisted chiefly

J, T..I

Saturday.it having been announced

'ascertained that the lady was a Mr.-. Spring,

-,. I rom Boston, fehc is quite a fine look-in,' irons hillocks from one liunured to one hundred and fifty feet high, from the sum

mcrous hillocks from one hundred to one

trom

mits of which gushed springs of pure fresh water, intersecting the plains and discharging themselves into numerous creeks and rivers running iu an easterly direction. Ono of the rivers- discovered is reported by Mr. Stuart to be three miles broad in one part of its conrse. The ranges flanking this plain arc chiefly tabletopped, and about one thousand feet high, Mr. Stuart made a detour, occasionally^ jmost ^althy and rejected_ citizens, ami 'from twenty to thirty miles on each side of his track, and found the country every-

xV 3lw'!.'f

tim( are SC

\r ^j.l

know

r,"

replied thc

commodore. "The battle is just half won," "Shall I order the band to strike up <Yankee Doodle>, sir?" inquired the lieutenant. Here the commodore took a huge pinch of snuff, and then answered quickly, "Had

his hands .iiw, ,io .i(|]|, ..1S ]. The

ered thc cross of old England to the stars [sic] stripes, and the battle was ended. The

to raise himself up a moment and then

with tremor, and occasionally the limbs

lieutenant being somewhat rebuked at his

premature exultation upon the surrender

of the first vessel, was rather shy of ap-

1.-.T

Tr'n'Lv

I lady, about fifty years ot age, and dresses with much tasfc. She is accompanied by a young man who represents himself her son, who is also of very genteel appearance. Immediately after their arrival they proceeded to the jail and mado-appli-# cation for admittance, which was refused..

Alter a short consultation aud several in-' quiries, they made their way to the residence of Mr. David Howell, one of our

the liidv made known her mission, and desired Mr. 11.'s aid in getting an interview with Brown and his fellow-prisoners.-

She was in a very polite but candid manner informed by Mr. Howell that ho would do nothing toward furthering her wishes, as he was decidedly of the opinion that she was doing no honor to the respectable soeietv with which she claimed to be connected, by running about the country and offering he.r services to "nurse" and "soothe'' the perpetrators of the terrible crimes of which Brown Co. have been convicted. Nothitig daunted, she mado

center of New 'application to Dr. Mason, the physician of the jail, who informed her that permission to enter would be granted her the next day (Sabbath.) When Brown was informed of her arrival lie said he did not want to see er, and immediately lifid dispatch forwarded to Mrs. Child and other volunteers to stay at home, stating that if they had anv money to spare he would prefer his wife should have it.

Mrs. Spring visited Brown on Sabbath, according to appointment, accompanied by her son, and was kindly rcccivcd by Brown and Stevens. She remained with them some time, and visited them again in tho afternoon. It is understood that that no objection will be made by the State's officers to her giving the prisoners any attention she may desire, although they ftcro being treated with the utmost possible kindness by the officers in command of the jail. Considerable suspicion has been aroused toward the young man who professcs to be her son—the impression being that he is a brother of the prisoner Stevens, and has availed himself of this ruse to obtain an interview.

TIII: oitn,i,A.

The New York Journal of Conlmcrcfl says that M. Paul lie Chftillu. a Frenchman residing in that city, has just returned laden with the spoils of a four years' hunting excursion in Africa, it pdftion of which he has placcd on exhibition at G35 Broadway. Among the novclttcs which he iutriluces to the American public for.the first.

vCral splendid specimens of

that newly discovered rnce of Trogloditcs, known as' Gorillas. These creatures are exaggcra ed monkeys, and combinc the cuuning and nimblencss of the Simian tribe, with the muscular power of at least thrco prize fighters. One of Du Chaillu's full sized males would probably whip Saycrn, Ileenan and Morrisscv, all together. The larger specimens arc about feet 5 inches high, and Y2 inches around tho chest, with a neck like a bull's, and arms as thick as a man's thighs. They cat fruit, but are furnished with very long and .sharp mandiblea. like a squirrel's

ably could tear flesh as easily as a tiger.— The general appearance of the Gorilla i.that of a libelous caricature of mankind, and some skele'ons of the species, exhib.ted in the same collection, t.nild be easily mistaken, on causual inspection, for tho framework of deformed human beings.

Besides the Gorillas, of which there arc several representatives, old aild young, Mr. Du (.'hillu succeeded in "bagging" some amiable monsters of the same geniuB, which he claims to be new varieties, and

rj bt of S(

nl0St

anv There was no State election held iri illi- j^ing state, but that was utterly impossible

County officers were cho-'

t(J of

[enry County the

K"JcauHe in0

cc. ti publican majority is about 150 last year it jn this eountrv, cither in public or private

„»c of carriages for thc officers ami otlw-s, .p.Wic» bv Ullec,ion., ami some of ,hom .bsolulc front of the jail. i&'l. 200 last year it was 1.0U0. 1'coria. Ad- jv

ftn incrcIIHC

morbid inquisitivcncss, as .. .- ,v .. .,

(jonprcss in thc'

Jeath of 0|0Bel

JIARjns.

DISCOVERIES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. u'HJTEFIEI.D— Dr. CiiM.in thus pure Cognac brandy, worth seven dollars m. discoveries made by Mr. *, -a gallon, out of pure spirits, which cos. Thc important __]

describes this eloquent preacher a-

Stuart during a late preached to the population of Bristol: ratio throughout all tho list of supplies in thc Province of .sout ustro ia. are something above the middle He claims that thc coloring matter usoti thus described by an Australian paper. tature well proportioned, though at that in the mixture was furnished by Dr

measles he had

four pack and four or five sad- tracted a squint with one of them but this Tur ItEH CLICAN PAKTY ANE' Mr. Stuart's first business peculiarity rather rendered the expression BP.OWN.— 1 he Republican par was to survey and lay off the runs discov- of his countcnancc more remarkable^than knowledge of VaT^A^rumpotor ered and claimed by hiin some time ago.! in anv degree lessening the cffect of its ing aided it in any waj. rump

finished l» started uneoimo., sweet-ess. Ili. voice cicellcd ,«j.,Esop. be,eg

his party on a farther exploratory ex-j both in melody and compass, and its fine tie, begged bar .or pedition and the result has been tbe dis- modulations were happily accompanied by .good sirs I "without causc', for I covery of an immense tract of country, ex-1 that grace of action which be possessed ,u put

richness of pasturage and abun- an eminent degree, and which has been ha\e ki le .,

dance of water any thing that has vet been said to be the chief requisite of an orator, only this po -JL*™ "shall vu thr ST-Uk. The distance trav^sed .as An ignorantdescribed hi. elo,uc»ce ,a,^ j,, three hundred miles beyond the farthest oddly but strikingly, when he said that Mr. sooner diP. or wdo.tue PJ S reached by Mr. Babbage and Major Whitefield preached like a lion. yourself,

Wartarton, and the country was found to I 1

be luxuriant beyond description. Mr. tST Congress cnivcnos Dumber

.overVi j,c honor

tIIlC,s'0f

oil think the hunt had Mter ..Ko0'0 Kamba." The "Nscbiego" in Yankee Doodle note, .sirV in an ,)f

(,win- to thc BCanty

baJ

£on,

hich is usually Republican by

"^sehiego"

inttlliror»t cf all thre e, and build.1

a canopv of boughs and leaves in a tree, and, squatting on a broad brunch beneath this shelter, d'efiea the rain and thc scorching sun. It is to bo regretted that Mr. Du Chnillu could not have brought his troglodvtcs, and his many other indescribable juadrupeds aud birds tj this country in a

assistance which ho

thc nativc3

and the great dia.

f'': tance ot his hunting ground from the aca-

coa

|rll0llfih atuflod, they will be ob-

jntercst to naturalists, bc-

them have never been seen

ncw 10

(i majority. Dnpagr-

he most complete zoological or

,!silic:liL.

OM: or THK TEMPERANCE SAINTS PRESERVED IN liisUwN Liyi'oit.—O. P. Burnham, the "resigned" liquor agent of MMsachusctts, is accused of the adulteration

thc election r. .- ||qUora he has disposed of to town agents throughout thc State, and is said to have feathered hid nest niccly, making

al UT CI

.,HTY

CONTSI AN

IU A

proportion^

tlje

3011

ASg»j0r.

saV,

.ror

v,at v. ry

stir up others to blood,h

xt-,|i

W tW ru-u Preside-