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NEW SERIES-VOL, XI, NO. 28.

WHY A LIVONlAN SCHOOL TEACHER LOST HER SITUATION.

a Living Per-

son.

have already published one of the

many remarkable and apparently well authenticated stories fron (sic) Hon. R.D. Owen's new work on the Supernatural—"Footfalls on the Boundaries of another World." The subjoined will afford equal interest and wonder to our readers:

There existed, in the year 1845, and is still continued, in Livonia, about thirtysix miles from Riga and a mile and a half from the small town of Wolmar, an institution of young ladies, entitled the Pensionnat of Neuwelcke. It is under the superintendence of Moravian directors;

of whom the principal, at the time of the occurreancs (sic) about to be related, was named Buch.

There were, in that year, forty-two young ladies residing there as boarders, chiefly daughters of noble Livonian families, among them, Mademoiselle Julie, second daughter of the Baron de Guldenstubbe, then thirteen years of age.

In this institution one of the female teachers at that time was Mademoiselle Emelie Sagee, a French lady, from Dijon.

She was of the Northern type—a blonde,

with very fair complexion, light-blue eyes, chesnut (sic) hair, slightly above the middle size and of slender figure. In character she was amiable, quiet and good tempered; not at all given to anger or impatience but of an anxious disposition, and, as to her physical temperament, somewhat nervously excitable. Her health was usually good; and during the year and a half that she lived as teacher at the Neuwelcke she had but one or two slight indispositions.

She was intelligent and .accomplished; and the directors, during the entire period of her stay, were perfectly satisfied with her conduct, her industry and her acquirements. She was at that time thirty-two years of age.

A few weeks after Mademoiselle Sagee, first arrived, singular reports began to circulate among the pupils. When some casual inquiry happened to be made as to where she was, one young lady would reply that she seen her in such or such a room whereupon another would say, "Oh, no! she can't be there; for I have just met her on the stairway or prehaps (sic) in some distant corridor. At first they naturally supposed it was mere mistake; but as the same thing occurred again and again, they began to think it very odd, and finally spoke to the other governess about it.

Whether the teachers at the time could have furnished an explanation or not, they gave none, they merely told the young ladies it was all fancy and nonsence, (sic) and bade them pay no attention to it.

But, after a time, things much more extraordinary, and which could not be set down to imagination or mistake, began to occur. One day the governess was giving a lesson to a class of thirteen, ol whom Mademoiselle de Guldenstubbe was one, and was demonstrating, with eagerness, some proposition, to illustrate which she had occasion to write with chalk on a blackboard. While she was doing so, and the young ladies were looking at her, to their consternation, they suddenly saw two Mademoiselle Sagees, the one by the side of the other. They were exactly alike: and they used the same gestures, only that the real person held a bit of chalk in her hand, and did actually write, while the

On this occasion the yoang ladies were all seated at the table in question, whence they could readily see what passed in the garden and while engaged at their work, they had noticed Madmoiselle Sagee there, not far from the bouse, gathering flowers, of which she was very fond. At the head of the table, seated in an arm-chair (of green morocco, my informant says she distinctly recollects that it was,) sat another teacher, in charge of the pupils. After a time this lady had occasion to leave the room, and the arm-chair was left vacant. It remained so, however, for a short time only, for of a sadden there appeared seated in it the figure of Mademoiselle Sagee. The young ladies immediately looked into the garden, and there she still was, engaged as before, only they remarked that she moved very slowly and languidly, as a drowsy or exhausted person might. Again they looked at the arm-chair, and there she sat, silent and without motion, but to the sight so palpably real that had they not seen her outside in the garden, and had they not known that she appeared in the chair without having walked into the room, they would all have supposed that it was the lady herself. As it was, being qnite certain that it was not a real person, and having become, to a certain extent, far miliar with this strange phenomenon, two of the boldest approached and tried to touch the fignre. They averred that that they did feel a slight resistance, which a fabric of fine muslin or crape would offer to the touch. One of the two then passed close in front of the arm-chair, and actually through a portion of the figure. The appearance, however, remained, after she had done so, for sometime longer, stilT seated as before. At last it gradually disappeared and then it was observed that Mademoiselle Sagee resumed, with all her usual activity, her task of flower-gathering. Every one of the forty-two pupils saw the same figure in the same way.

Some of the young ladies aftcwads asked Mademoiselle Sagee if there was anything peculiar in her feelings on this occasion. She replied that she reccollected this only: that happening to look up, and perceiving the teacher's arm-chair to be vacant, she thought to herself, "I wish she had not gone away: these girls will be sure to be idling their time and getting into some mischief.

This phenomenon continued under varous modifications, throughout the whole time that Mademoiselle Sagee retained her situation at Neuwcckc that is throughout a portion of the years 1845 and 1846 and in all, for about a year and half, at intervals however—sometimes intermitting for a week, sometimes for several weeks, at a time. It seemed chiefly to present itself on occasions when the lady was very earnest or eager in what she was about. It was uniformly remarked that the more distinct and material to the sight the double was, the more stiff and languid was the living person, and in proportion as the double faded, did the real individual resume her powers.

She herself, however was totally unconcious of the phenomenon: she had at first become aware of it only from the report of others and she usuall}* detected it by the look of the persons present. She never, herself, saw the appearance, nor seemed to notice the species of rigid apathy which crept over her at the time it wa* seen by others.

During the eighteen months throughout which my informant had an opportunity of witnessing this phenomenon and of hear-

double had no chalk, and only imitated the ing of it through others, no example came

motion. This incident naturally caused a great sensation in the establishment. It was ascertained on inquiry, that every one of the thirteen young ladies in the class had seen the second figure, and that they all agreed in their description of its appearance and of its motions.

Soon after, one of the pupils, a Mademosielle Antoine de Wrangel, having obtained permission, with some others to attend a fete champetre in the neighborhood, and being engaged in completing her toilet, Mademoiselle Sagees had good naturedly volunteered her aid, and was

to her knowledge of the appearance of the figure at any considerable distance—as of several miles—from the real person.—

Sometimes it appeared, but not far off, during their walks in the neighborhood more frequently, however, within doors. Kvcry servant in the house bad seen it,— It was, apparently, perceptible to all persons, without distention of age or sex.

It will be readily supposed that so extraordinary a phenomenon could not continue to show itself, for more than a year, in such an institution, without injury to its prospects. In point of fact, as soon as it was completly proved, by the double ap

hooking her dress behind. The young la- pearance of Mademoiselle Sagee, before dy happening to turn round and to look the class, and afterward before the whole into an adjacent mirror, perceived two school, that there was no imagination Mademoislle (sic) Sagees hook her dress. The the case, the matter began to reach the sudden apparition produced so much effect on her that she fainted.

Months passed by, and similiar phenotucnas were still repeated. Sometimes, at dinner, the double appeared standing behind the teacher's chair and imitatiing tier motions as she ate—only that its bauds lield no knife and fork, and there was no appearance of food the figure alone was repeated. All the pupils and the servants waiting on the table witnessed this.

It was only occasionally, however, that the double appeared to imitate the motions of the real person. Sometimes, when the latter rose from a chairjthe figure would appear seated on it. On one occasion Mademoiselle Sagee, being confind to bed with an attack of influenza, the young lady already mentioned, Mademoiselle de Wrangel, was sitting by her bedside, reading to her. Suddenly the governess beecame stiff and pale and, seeming as if about to faint, the young lady, alarmed, asked if she was worse. She replied that she was not, but in a very feeble and languid voice. A few seconds afterwards, Mademoiselle de Wrangel, happening to look round, saw, quite distinctly, the figure of tho governess, walking up and down the appartmcnt. This time the young lady had sufficient self-control to remain quiet, and ••j even to make no remark to the patient.

Soon afterward she came down stairs, looking very pale, and related what she :kad witnessed.

But the most remarkable example of •this seeming independent action of the two figures happened in this wise.

One day all the young ladies of the institution, to the number of forty-two, were assembled-in the same room, engaged in cinboirdery. It was a spacious hall on the -firs floor of the principal building, and had four Urge windows, or doors (for they iopenod to the floor,) giving entrance to a 'garden fo some extent in front of the house. There was a long table in the centre of the room and here it was that the various classes were wont to unite for needle-work or similar occupation.

the case, the matter began to rcach cars of tho parents. Seine of the more timid among the girls, also, became much excited, and evinced great alarm whenever they happened to witness so strange and inexplicable a thing. The natrual result was that their parents began to scruple about leaving theiu under«suehan influcnc. One after another, as they went home for the holidays failed to return and though the true reason was not assigned to the.lirectors, they knew it well. Being strictly upright.and conscientious men however and very unwilling that a well-conducted, diligent, and competent teacher should lose her positiou on account of a peculiarity that was beyond her control—a misfortune not a fault—they persevered in retaining her, until, at the end of eighteen months, the number of pupils had decreased from forty-two to twelve. It then became apparent that cither the teacher or the institution must be sacrificed and with much reluctance, and many expressions of regret on the part of those to whom her amiable qualities had endeared her, Mademoiselle Sagee was dismissed.

The poor girl was in despair. "Ah (Mademoiselle de Guldenstubbe heard her exclaim, soon after the decision reached her,) "Ah! the nineteenth time! It is very, very hard to bear!" When asked what she ment by such an exclamation, she reluctantly confessed that previous to her engagement at Neuwclcke she had been teachcr in eighteen different schools, having entered the first when only sixteen years of age, and that, on account of the strange and alarming phenomenon which attached to her, she had lost, after a comparatively brief sojourn, one situation after another. As however, her employers were in every other respect well satisfied with her, she obtained in each case favorable testimonials as to her conduct and abilities. Depenaent entirely on her lalabor for support, the poor girl had been compelled to avail herself of these in search of a livelihood, in places where the cause of her dismissal was not known even though she felt assured, from experience,

that a few months could not fail again to disclose it. After she left Neuwelcke, she wenl live, for a time, in the neighborhood, with a sister-in-law, who'bad several quite young children. Thither the peculiarity pursued her. Mademoiselle de Guldenstubbe, going to see her the^. leirned that the children of three or four years of age all knew of it being in the habit of saying that "they saw two Aunt Emelies." Subsequently she set out for the interior of Russia, and Mademoiselle de Guldenstubbe lost sight of her entirely.

That lady was not able to informe me whether the phenomenon had shown itself during Mademoiselle Sagee's infancy, or previous to her sixtcnth year, nor whether, in the case of any of her family, or her ancestors, a similar peculiarity had occur-

I had the above particulars from Maddemoiselle de Guldenstubbe herself, she kindly gave me permission to publish it, with every particular of name, place, and date. She remained as pupil at Neuwcckc during the whole time that Mademoiselle Sagee was teacher there. No one therefore, could have had a better opportunity of obsrveing the cause in all its aspects.

KENDALL OF THE NEW ORLEANS PICAYUNE. The Albany Statesman, in a leading article, tells the following story:

Twenty-three years ago we "stuck type'' in the same alley, in the printing office of the Neio Yorker, edited and published by Horace Greeley, Geo. Wilkins Kendall (the projector of the New Orleans Picayune,) Morgan Bates, (we think since a partner in the publication of the Detroit Advertiser,) 0. A. Browe (who was a fel-low-apprentice with Greeley, and afterwards published a paper at Little Falls,) stood at the case in the same office. Browe, Bates, and Paige are now dead. Kendall is still living, but has abandoned the chaireditorial for sheep-raising on the plains of Texas. He left the Yorker office to commence the Pccayune, having acquired the capital for that enterprise in a way that would hardly be orthordox in a moral community. Before leaving New York, Kendall had "tramped" the South as a "jour" printer—traveled for information, as he said, through every principal village and city in the Southern States, sometimes on steamboats, sometimes in stage-coaches (there was but one railroad in the South then, from Charleston to Augusta,) and not unfrcqucutly on foot, with his baggage on his back, pendant in a handkerchief from his walking-stick. Sometimes he was 'flush' and well-dressed sometimes "straped" and seedy—but always witty, genial, and geutl-juiany. In his ventures, he had frequently been boon companion with many of the most eminent men in the country.

The Astor House then was but just opened, and extensively visited by Southerners. It was a fashion with Kendall to patronize that establishment alter working hours. Strolling over there one evening, after having "washed up," he was agrcea-

ABOLITIONISM ABROAD.—The steamer brings us reports of sundry proceedings in Scotland concerning slavery in America.— Abolition emissaries from this side of the water are appealing for sympathy and material aid to the people of Great Britain.— Fred. Douglass is vindicating the memory of John Brown, and holding him up to the admiration of his audiences as a hero and a saint, on substantially the same grounds as are taken by Phillips and his colaborers here. At Edinburg a public meeting has been held to take into consideration Dr. Cheever's case, and to devise way3 and means for enabling him to continue to "bear testimony against slavery in the Puritan Church of New ork city.—. I. Times.

WATERMELONS IS JANUARY.—Water'melons, fresh from the vines, in January, are certainly a rarity. Hear what the Savannae Republican sayr:

On New Year's Day, Mr. E. B. Barstow sent us one from his plantation on Wilmington Island, that would compare favorably with, those we get in July. It was large in siic and rich in flavor.

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REVOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION HELD AT SPRINGFIELD* ILLINOIS, JANU"ARY 4, IMC.

WHEREAS, TheDemocratic party assembled in National Convention, at Cincinnati, in June, 1856, by the unanimous vote of all the Delegates from every State in the Union, adopted a platform of principles, as the only authoritative exposition of Demo

cratic

doctrines, which remain unaltered and unalterable until the meeting of the Charleston Convention. And whereas, we have good reasons for the belief, that if we depart from the doctrines of that platform by attempting to force upon the-.party new issues and tests, the Democracy of the several States may never be able to agree upon another platform of principles with the same unanimity. And whereas, the Democratic party is the only political organization which can maintain in their purity, the principal of self-government, the reserved rights of the States, and the perpetuity of the Union under the Constitution. And whereas, the unity, integrity and supremacy of the Democratic party depend upon its faithful adherence to those fundamental principles upon which we have achieved so many glorious triumphs, and to which we are solemnly and irrevocably pledged, Therefore,

Resolved, That the Democracy of Illinois, in State Convention assembled, do case may arise reassert and affirm the Cincinnati Platform,1 in the words, spirit and meaning with which the same was adopted, understood and ratified by the people in 1850, and do reject and utterly repudiate all such new issues and tests as the revival of the African slave trade, or a Cngressional slave code for the Territories, or the doctrine that slavery is a federal institution, deriving its validity in the several States and Territories in which it exists, from the Constitution of the United States, instead of being a mere municipal institution existing in such States and Territories laws thereof."

Resolved, That there can be no exeep-1

tionto the rule that every

right cuaranteed

Resolved, That' no considerations of political expediency or partisan policy can release any member of Congress or American citizcn from his sworn obligations of fidelity to the Constitution, or excuse him for not advocating and supportiug all legislation wich may be necessary for the protection and enjoyment of every right guaranteed by that instrument.

Resolved, That the Democratic party of tho Union is pledged in faith and honor, by the Cincinnati platform and its indorsement of the Kansas Nebraska act, to .the following propositions: 1st, That all questions pertaining to African slavery in the Territories shall be forever banished from the Halls of C'ongie:s. 21, That the people of the Territories respectively shall be left perfectly free to

bly surprised to meat several gentlemen make just such laws and regulations in whom he had kno.vn as merchants, and respect to slavery amt all other matters of lawyers, and doctors, at Natchez, Mississippi. After juleps all round, and a sherry cobbler apiece, some one proposed to "close the night"' with a little gauic of poker. Kendall had but five dollars in his watch-fob there was no watch there,) but lie assented among the rest, to the proposition. Excusing himself for a moment, he made a rush down Ann street to the office, where lie hoped to find some of his fellow-printers with money to lend. Bates, as foreman of the office, had been detained making up the forms. He had eight dollars, and "we" (we were helping Bates) had two hundred and seven cents. Kendall took the dollars, (leaving us the cents,) and thus made a purse of $15. With this fund he sat down to play. The play went on until day-light. At seveu o'clock Kendall came back in the office, payed up the $10 he had borrowed, told Greeley he would give up his situation, and asked all hands to partake of a "pious gorge" that afternoon. "All hands'' were but too happy to do that and same, still more happy when their fellow-craftsman announced that he was ihc fortum.te possessor oi about $700, won at the "little game of poker" aforesaid, and that with the $700 he proposed to start a paper in New Orleans. In due time The Picayune appeared— was a success—winning reputation for Kendall as a polished writer and a brilliant wit, and, what was better, giving him a princely income. He has had many a h-Mr-breadth escape since that: was among the Santa Fc prisoners, and given up as dead, but afterwards released he went through the Mexican War has passed years in foreign travel, until satisfied with enjoyment, and tired of the excitement of city life, he retired to Texas, and is now master of thousands of acres of land, and reckons more than a hundred thousand sheep, cattle and mules as bis individual property.

local concern as they may determine for themselves, subject to no other limitation or restrictions than those imposed by the Constitution of the United States. 3d, That all questions affecting tho validity or constitutionality of any Territoial enactments, shall be referred for final decision to the Supreme Court of the United States as the only tribunal, provided by the Constitution, which is competent to determine them.

Resolved, That in the opinion of the Democracy of Illinois, Mr. Buchanan truly interpreted the Cincinnati Platform in his letter accepting the Presidential nomination, when he s:iid, "the people of a Terrier}*, like those of a State, shall decide for themselves whether slavery shall or shall uot exist within their limits.''

Resolved, That we recognize the paramount judicial authority of the Supreme Court of the United States, as provided in the Constitution, and hold it to be the imperative duty of all good citizens to respect, and obey the decisions of that tri

bunal, and to "aid, by all lawful means,! /™s P.rct^

in carrying them into faithful execution. wnsse

sibly arise. Resolved, That whenever Congress or the Legislature of any State or Territory shall make any enactment, or do any act which attempts to divest, impair or preju-

of any other species of property, may have

and the party aggrieved^ shall bring his

case before the Supreme Court of the Uni-1

in duty bound by their obligations of fidelity to the Constitution, will cheerfully and faithfully respect and abide by the decision, and use all lawful means to aid in giving it full effect according to its true intent and meaning.

Resolved, That the Democracy of Illinois view with inexpressible horror and

the shareholding States and heartily rejoice that the attempt was promptly suppressed, and the majesty of the law vindicated, by inflicting upon the conspirators, after a fair and impartial trial, that just punishment which the enormity of their crimes so richly merited.

Resolved, That the Harper's Ferry outrage was the natural consequence and logical jesult of the doctrines and teachings of the Republican party, as explained and

CMWFORDSVILLE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, INDIANA-" JANUARY:'"' 28, 1860^: WHOLE NUMBER 920

enforced in their platforms, partisan presses, books and pamphlets, and in the speeches of their leaders, in and out of Congress and for this reason an honest and law abiding people should not be satisfied with the disavowal or disapproval by the Republican leaders of John Brown's acts, unless they also repudiate the doctrines and teachings which produce those monstrous crimes, and denounce all persons who profess to sympathize with murderers and traitors, lamenting their fate and venerating their memory as martyrs who lost their lives in a just and holy cause.

Resolved, That the delegates representing Illinois in the Charleston Convention be instructed to vote for and use all honora ble means to secure the readoption of the Cincinnati Platform, without any additions or subtractions.

Resolved, That no honorable man can accept a scat as a delegate in the National Democratic Convention, or should be rccognized as a member of the Democratic party who will not abide the decision of such Convention and support its nominees.

Resolved, That we affirm and repeat the principles set forth in the resolutions of the last State Convention of the Illinois Democracy, held in this city on the 21st day of April, 1858, and will not hesitate to apply those principles wherever a proper

Resolved, That the Democracy of the State of Illinois is unanimously in favor of Stephen A. Douglas for the next Presidency, and the delegates from this State arc instructed to vote for bim, and make every houorable effort to procure his nomination.

DESTRI CTI VI:N KSS OF A CANNON BALL.— "When we came to a halt, there seemed to be a lull in the struggle, and no enemy was any where visible, nor was firing heard from any direction. The infantry, though

under the within range of small arms from the town, were concealed by the bushes, and the cn-

on,y

were scarcely aware of their presence,

But when our company came galloping up

by the Constitution must be protected by the road in full view, their attention was law, in all cases where legislation is neccs-! aroused, and we had scarcely checked our

sary for its protection and enjoyment, and, in obedience to this principle, it was the imperative duty of Congress to enact an efficient law for the surrender of fugitive slaves.

animals and exchanged a few words with the foot soldiers, when a column of smoke shot up from the wall in front. 'Now look out!' exclaimed some one. I looked, but saw nothing to follow, and had turned my attention elsewhere, when I heard a hissing noise, as of something rushing swiftly past, and at the same time turf is thrown into the air, the horses start aside in affright, and outcries of pain and terror assail the ear. After a confused moment, I saw that the shot had struck in the line of infantry a few feet on our right. One man, the drummer of the party, was running about in the fluttered crowd, with his hand hanging by a shred, crying'Cut it off! cut it off! D—u your souls, why don't some of you cut it off?' Another lay struggling on the ground, with the fleshy part of his thighs torn abruptly off, calling upon some one for God's sake to take him away from there. But the dismallest sight was a bloody shape, with facc to the ground, fingers clutching the grass with aimless eagerness, and shivering silently with an invisible wound. Twisting convulsively, it rolled down into the road under our horses' feet, and there this human form, which some call god-like, writhed and floundered like a severed worm, and disguised itself in blood and dust."—Sa?nuel Absalom, in the Atlantic Mo/ithh/.

HI: ME WOULD.—Several years ago Bill McCracken lived in Peru, Indiana. (\Ve were in Peru several years ago, and it was a nice place we don't think.) Mr. McCracken was a scrcamcr and had whipped all the recognized fighting men on the Wabash. One day somcbod3' told bim that Jack Long, a blacksmith at Logansport, said he would give him (McCracken) a protracted fit of sickness if lie would just come down there and smell of bis bones. Mr. McCracken at once laid in a stock of pjovisions, consisting of whisky in glass and chickens in the shell, and started for Logansport. In a few days he was brought home in a bunged-up condition on a cotbed. One nyc was gouged out, a portion of his nose was chawed off, his left arm

was in a sling, 1MS head was done up in old

bad'y oif. hi,"sclf'!^'er

1C^! a®?

}ar

led a different life. As he said himself, he

Court upon which that question could pos-! of February. The Detroit correspondent

MICHIGAN.—The Michigan Democratic 'wvcr

man

Ity to

his son, a

boy

cruelty

ted States, the Democracy of Illinois, as jn hich the evidence developed such sys

rafter,

man

treatment.

A BRAIIMIN'S IDEAS ON WINTER. The following quaint and amusing description of Winter, as it appears to an Indian Brahmin, is quite deserving of a place in our columns. It was written to the Boston Transcript.

BOSTON, Jan. 0, 1800.

The second winter is said to be more trying to a tropical man than the first.— There is some truth in the proposition, but not a great deal. Last winter I did not have an overcoat until Christinas this season I wore it in October. I did not wenrj gloves most of the time. In this winter, besides the mittens, I put my hands in the coat pockets. This is not for the cold,

though I fear I have learned a Yankee habit. Last Monday I rode seventeen miles in an open sleigh, and did not suffer more than my companions. My health, is, on the whole, better in this country. My friends tell me to eat meat, even if it was

very little, and to drink some warm drink,

but I cannot do so.

T'f

Lh,e

tl In 1

or used any drink but that w.neh comes

I raceu wmi io:nua um im.-n ""j

mv therc ll( Cil

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found he would." i. He recovered after a lapse of years and

]cutt

the churchyard with a lew dollar.

rth of flowers you could entertain

Resolve*!, That the Democracy of Illi- and turning to the crowd he, in a feeble nois repel with just indignation, the iniquitous and unfounded imputation upon the integrity and impartiality of the Supreme Co rt, which is contained in the assumption on the part of the so called Republicans that, the Dred Scott case, that august tribunal decided against the right of the people of the Territories to determine the slavery question for themselves, without giving them an opportunity of being heard by counsel in defense of their rights of selfgovernment, and when there was no Tcr- -iT 11 iiToo 11 student, for the violation of the College ascribud to anv fossil we can only approxrilorial la„. enactment, or faet, before tl,e |&«<« Convent ,,,11 be beld on the 22« »„.i ,l„t,„,t v„0- ol„.,cl,-. Wo

returned from Logansport a changed man. COI.I.EUE EXCITEMENT. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Harvard College is intensely excited m, t, ,* over the arrost of W illiani 11. 1' oibes,

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v- 1 TT 'more heinous chartre of a deadly of the ew York Herald, a paper bitterly .. ,. r» oo .=• I upon the officers in charge of the bui.ding. hostile to Mr. Douglas, says: ,,

"As Douglas is undoubtedly the first

choice of a large majonty of the party, it

!». sfr

liarvird had been visited, and in addition

or claim in any Territory, elsewhere, by MONSTER.—In the town of Indiana, to the loss of Bibles, bad been grossly des- ,nt.anst determine how°long a time has virtue of the Constitution or otherwise, Pennsylvania, last week, a demon in hu- ecrated. The faculty, therefore, put a po- iapSCf|

f0"m, named Stuchel, was on trial for lice officer in charge at night, unbeknown

eight years of age. to the students. Last edncsuay night, termitie how loi

there was to be a final exchange

tcmatic brutality as we have never before large pulpit Bibles, andlorbos was entrusbeard of. It was shown that he at one time ted with the Yale copy, which was to be suspended the boy by his thumbs from a left upon the desk, and the Harvard copy

id obliged bim to stand barefooted upon

indignation the murderous and treasonable it. The child was in Court, and exhibited conspiracy of John Brown and his confed-10)1 j,|g person the evidences of this inhuerates, to incite a servile insurrection in

fia?*The New London Star says that Neal Dow of Portland, the father of the "Maine Law," has become enslaved by the terrible habit which has been of late the effort of his life publicly to reform.

i®"Two thousand copies ol Bobert Dale Owen's new book "Footfalls on the Boundaries of Another World," were sold in Philadelphia in one week.

compelled a younger brother to kin- removed. Officer Hilton let the young die a fire under him, and kept bim in this man enter, which he did by breaking a win- gut refractory and can be subdued positiou until terribly burnt. Again he! dow, and theu arrested him after a severe „ther ay, their masters have got laid him upon a heated stove, and after- tussle, during which the student struck him a deadly blow on the head with a "billy.'

TRAK1C AFFAIR AT PARIS, I LI A MOTIJEK KILLS HER CHILIX [Currc.ipotjdonco of tho Cincinnati Gazette.]

MR. EDITOR: Wherever I go, the first band, killed her own child, a bright little, thing I aiu asked, is, my impression of the W

winter. "How do you bear our New Kng-1 1 be facts, as near as we can ascertain, land winter, Sir?" "Docs not the wcath-! uuder the existing excitement, arc these:

er affect your health?" &c., are the inquiries of my friends. In answer, I would say, I bear the cold as well as anybody, and like the American winter, it is so full of new and amusing scenes to mo. The skating, sleighing, snow, queer-looking caps, tippets, &c., are all novelties to me.

Before coining to this country, I had read about the western winter—of water frozen so hard that heavy teams easily pass over it—of the ground covercd with snow several feet deep. These accounts I believed in part, but the rest sounded to me like a grandmother's story. Of course I saw ice in Calcutta imported from Boston, but was puzzled to know how water could be so hard by freezing. This was a very natural perplexity, because I had no idea of tho thing at all. AV hen I told the ladies here that the Hindoos boil simple milk so hard that they made dolls, flowers, &c., out of it to adorn their tables, they hardly believed it until I did the experiment before their eyes. They by their own hands made flowers of different shape and size, which, by half an hour, bccnmc bard as rock.

As it was a year before last May that I came to this country, I inquired of my friends how soon the snow would fall and water freeze. I used tn look through the windows early in mornings to see if there was any snow on the ground. In September 1 noticed something white spreading over the ground I rushed out in ecstacy, and told my friends about it. Can you imagine my disappointment when they told me it was mere frost? In'Boston I saw the first snow. Astonished, I stood to watch the flakes falling from the sky.-— "Father," said I, "thus thy blessings fall upon us, abundantly and impartially upon the good and the evil alike. I wished very much that my Bengalee friends could see such a sight and finding it was impossible, thought of some way to send them a little relic of the white mud. I made a solid, heavy snow-ball, which seemed so durable in the open air, that I hoped to send it to India by the firct opportunity took it to Mr. M.'s, and carefully put it on the mantel piece. Need I tell you the result? it is well known to you all. In my letters to Bengal I described the leading features of an "American winter, but could not, write anything about freezing hoped to do it by and by, after I bad sonic experience of it. Would you smile, Mr. Editor, when I say I really wished to freeze a little, just to know what the sensation was/ but the Indian heat was so much in me that no such thing has occurred yet. 1 dare say tln-rc will be some chance this winter for mc to understand freezing. You remember the cold days you had last January I rode then several miles in the country on an open sleigh, without a scarfc or anything to cover my cars.

PARIS, III., Jan. 19, 1860.

Ens. C«AZ:—Our quiet town was thrown into a state of intense excitement, last evening about 8 o'clock, by the announcement that a wife, in attempting to shoot her bus-*

ag''l

about ten years.

.Samuel Joy, the husband, has long entertained suspicions regarding the fidelity of wife. His opinions and jealousies have frequently been the cause of numerous violent altercations, resulting in the husband cruelly and unmercifully beating his wife. Joy, on going home, last evening, found his little boy alone, nnd upon questioning the child he found that he was ignorant of his mother's whereabouts. Joy at once set about ascertaining where bis wife was after searching some time he discovered her tracks in tho snow lead'ng toward a stable on the premises, and finding that his suspicions had not been entirely unfounded, he set off to a neighbor's (as he says) for the purpose of calling as witness. While he was at the neighbor's, Mrs. Joy returned to the house, and it is generally supposed that she feared a brutal pounding as she had frequently received on former occasions. Sho bad prepared to defend herself by taking down a doublebarreled shot-gun.

In the meantime, Joy and the neighbor\ arrived, and passing into the kitchen where? the little boy was sitting, Mrs. Joy came.. meeting them, and raised the gun to fire on her husband, but he seeing her movement, dodged from the range of the gun. She fired—the entire contents were lodged: in the ri^ht eeyc of the child, before mentioned. She then attempted to fire tho other barrel, but luckily it snapped. Jov then snatched the gun from her hands, and commenced at once to take revenge by striking her over the head. The light being dim in the room—both parties wero yet unaware that their child lay a lifeless victim of their unsubdued passions.

Mrs. J. is now in custody and will bo tried at an early day. CITIZEN.

£@f"No man ever prospered in this world without the consent and co-operation of his wife, let him be ever so frugal, industrious or successful and it avails nothing if she is unfaithful to this trust,or profusely squanders in pleasure or dissipation those sums which toil and application gained. But if she unites in mutual endeavors, or rewards bis labor with an endeavoring smile, with what confidence will he resort to his merchandise or his farm—fly over lands—sail upon the sea—meet difficulty and encounter dangers—if lie knows that he is not spending his strength in vain, but that his labor will bo rewarded by the sweet.s of home? How delightful it is to have a friend to cheer, and a companion to soothe the solitary hours of grief and pain! Solitude and disappointment': enter into the history of any man's life, and he is but half provided for his voyage who finds but an associate for happy hour*, while, for mouths of darkness, no sympathising partner it prepared.

A STARTLING OCVUKKKNCK.—A lady, who had returned from India three years ago, was the other day opening a drawer I in what, is called a bullock trunk. To her amazement and horror a snake reared up its head: her first impulse was to push the

Jrawer to, but it was stiff and heavy. She ran, screaming, down stairs for help, Her ier, who was in the drawini' room, ran to her assistance!, and preceded her up stairs again. The snake was not to be seen, and the gentleman thought it to have been his sisters imagination so after some little time the search was given up. The following morning a canary that always hung in the lady's room was missing, and

in ](j(ikin^ h(. (. thfi snakc Cljrl_

cd up at the bottom of it, and all that re-

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of the bosom of our mo. ier eai i. was no diflieulty in destroying the snake, ow and then I wis I JC in u. JT

was

,. £»n cn snake, whose nature is to make and the birds sing in these months. On tli late Christmas, your churches were rated with leaves only—there were

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deeo sprii'ir at. the eye, when death immediately i. ensues. The marvel is how the reptile l,ir i:.-. so long and the lady escaped.—

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—in tertiary deposits—supposed to be hundred and twenty thousand years old. The world renowned (juadaloiipc fosnil, which no antiquity has been assigned with any degree of possibility, is certainly as iold: in fact, no definite time or age cart bo

av savof fossils, that they are ten thousand, a hundred thousand, or five hundred thousand years old, and yet that will scc:u short in geological computations.

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The officer fired his pistol in the air, and thus intimidated, young Forbes surrendered. He had a pot of lampblack, with which to smear the desk, aud the Bible! A XLW I- K.UTIIK AT was already duly inscribed in dirty paint'and beautiful feature was introduced at as a present "from tbe President of Vale ball in the New ork Academy of -Iusicu College." Forbes is the son of John .M.|few evenings since. A huuured canarj, Forbes, (not llobcrt B.,) a wealthy citizcn birds, suspended in cages IU different part of Boston. He has been held to bail in $5,000, and is of course dismissed from the College.

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implements which wt-ro

found, passed under the hand of their fabricators.—Scir/ifi/ie American.

tp&t'U said that, in the South, when nig

threatening to set them free and send them North to make their living among tbe Abo litionists. A nigger in such a case, rarely if ever, fails to succumb.

BALL.—A new introduced at

of tbe room, were inspired by the niusie and sang all night long with the utmoi •. earnestness.

THE (1B.KA.IKST REVOLVER ON lttconr —The World.