Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 14 April 1860 — Page 1

Echcr,

NEW SERIES-VOL. XI, NO. 39.

MTATK OF APPAIJM I" ITAI.Y AND ACITIIA. Tb« London correspondent ef the New York Tribune, writes as follows

The question now arises, what will be the immediate result of this popular mahi,festion, which bids fair to introduce the principle of universal suffrage into the public law of Europe, and therefore is violently denounced by the journals which represent legitimacy. That Victor EHMUH uelwill at oncfe isarch^his troib^s into the ifewly acquircd provinces is scarcely froubCful. Orders have been already given to that effect but it is^al together uncertain whether the Pope will submit to the "spoliation, as he calls it, and rest satisfied with a bull of cxcommanicatiyjLand ^diplomatic protest aimed at Napflleoa aswell as Victor Emanuel, or whether he will at once go to war with his twenty-five thousand men, -organized and eomtaanded by the Austrian General Mayerhofer, supported by the Neapolitan army, and perhaps by Austria* too. Though Naples and the

Papal dominions, as they are now constituted, arc exactly as populous as Sardinia in her present extension, each of these two divisions of "Italy numbering about twelve millions of inhabitants, the southern league is unwilling to begin war unless certain of the speedy support of'Austria.

Austria, on the other hand, is scarcely able to gratify the warlike desires of Francis Joseph, since the rottenness ofthe systern has become too glaring hot to lead to violent outbreaks in case of a defeat in the field. We saw in the earlier years of the

resent Emperor's reign, Professor Endone of the most influential men at Vienna, closely connected with the Ultratnoutanis{s, poisouing himself, and the Chief of the Postal Department, Privy Council Von Nell shooting himself, both having embezzled public money but now xvc hear at the same time of the suicide ly hanging of Lieutenant-General Eynattan, Jus son, an officer of the nrmy, having previously absconded of the suicide by poison of Mr. Noe von Nordbcrg, Chief of the Police of the arrest of Mr. Kitchcr, Chief Manager of the Credit Mobilier, with a salary of $20,000, and of Messrs. Brambilla and Pcrugin, belonging to the 'leading merchants of Trieste—all of them involved in frauds upon the treasury.

We may add that Mr. l)oor, an officer whose family is connected with the court, has been hung for treason that General Pointner has shot himself to avoid a trial for cheating and swindling, and that Baron Eskelcs, one of the Directors of the Bank, became a bankrupt, all within the same year. Taking these facts together, we may get an insight into the state of society at Vienna But how can it be otherwise when the minister of Finances gives the example of swindling by the spurious emission of 110,000,000 of stock, and is retained in-the Cabinet even after that disgraceful maneuver was denounced by the indignant protest of the Exchanges of 'Germany and Holland We are involuntarily reminded by these disclosures of the stale of .society in France during the •last two years of Louis Philippe, when the trials of the Ex-Ministers Teste and Cubieres, and the Duke de Praslin, prepared the population for the coming revolution.

But while these terrible revelations alarm the inhabitants of Vienna, and destroy all respect for the ruling c'asses, while names of still more important and more influential persons are mentioned in connection with the frauds carried on against the treasury, the reign of terror is again introduced into Hungary. People arc arrested without any apparent cause ladies are fined for having been present at ball given by a nobleman suspcctcd of An-ti-Austrian tendencies the houses of men of the highest rank arc invaded by police officers anil thcif*most private correspondence is ransacked, and suspected persons nrc prohibited from inviting their friends to diuncr. The bribo offered to the Protcatatit churches to induce them to accept the obnoxious decree of Count Thun. having been unanimously scorned by the Calviuists, and only partially accepted by the minority of flje Lutherans, the Minister of public worship is now preparing for a new crusade against them while on the other hand thcaCalvinists are ready for the worst iu defense of their faith. The mine is charged, the train is laid, and any accidental spark may cause an explosion.

COVNT AVOI R.

Nothing seems to the count more previous than time. He indulges himself with no more than four hours' sleep, and has used himself to do without those gratifications' and pleasures which are the thieves of time. In the audiences which he grants, he is for the first few moments affable, agreeable and condescending but if his visitor wastes words or wanders from the poinf, his countenance assumes a grave and chilling expression. By his uneasy movements he gives the person to understand that he quite comprehends the matter, and that the business commcudcd to his attention shall not be neglected. On the other hand, if the party promptly takes his leave after a brief, compendious statement of what ho has to say or to ask for, the count's face lights up with a sort of graceful recognition. He allows nobody time for empty compliments. His penetrating look, and "the ironical smile which plays about his mouth, have a dampening effect on low bows and courtier likc phrases. iSuch is* Count Cavaur's bearing in his Cabinet and in the management of his official business. But if one meets him in the social circle, it is impossible to obsf^urpjulhout a sort of admiration, how the fattynM wli*o ftg&efc been wnnslea all day long with the cares of

Stale, gives vent to sallies of the most brilliant Hn£or^ aftd enrrits tuhisolf with all the ease of a complete man of the world. But even on these occasions the natural liveliness and restlessness of his nipd-betrays itselfi-* -He

To see

-ialk»-#8r--*«M»-

ment now with this person, now" wtth'tke other, and changes from one language to another in the course of the conversation almost as often. Sometimes yon hear him speaking Italian, and perhaps, in the Piedmosteie dialect, at other times French, English or Germaij, all of which langnagt$, with the exception of German, he apeaka with puiitr

and

flaency.

In the

iM«t wd mraerfli* the banks

jr.

of the Po, the Premier is usually seen on foot, accompanied by one of his colleagues or some parliamentary friend, with whom he seems rather to be holding a discussion or taking council on important concerns, than to be engaged in small talk. His costume mostly black is very simple, sometimes negligee. Although' decorated with many orders, no cross or star isever to be seen indeed he may be said in goneral, to display great indifference with respect to titles and maxka of. distinction.

Count

Cavoiir as he is,, he should

be seen In the Chamber on the Ministerial bench, especially when he is oalled upon to break a lance with the Opposition.— Leanifig backwards and with his eye steadily fixed on his opponent, he follows the speech, now and then throwing in a caustic ejaculation, if the argument of his adversary seems improperly to reflect upon him, accompanying the oration with an ironical smile, which not unfrequently puts the speaker out, and excites the risibility of the Chamber. Barely does Count Cavour answer the attacks of a single speak-

He waits till all the Opposition orators inscribed have, had their say, before rising to defend his policy, and meets all the objections and attack of thq Opposition, in a lump. Although not an impassioned, nor even a very fluent speaker, he commands his audience by the energy of his thoughts, by his wealth of proofs, and by the rare perspicuity of his style, which changing by turns from the humorous to the serious, never fails of producing a serious impression.

His eloquence never carries away the assembly which he addresses, but it wins votes, or at least compels the listener to follow him attentively to the end. Gifted with an extraordinary memory, he has often been heard to developc in a speech of three or four hours the most difficult economical and financial questions, and to cite masses of figures and statistics with the utmost accuracy, without having recourse to notes. Count Cavour is a man of moderate sized but powerful frame, quick and steady in his gait, lively in his conversation, and of a temperament easily excited, nay, even impetuous. The placidity and coolness of the diplomatist he docs not possess but his hot southern blood is under the control of an acute intellect, and a prudent calculation of means to ends.—His whole exterior presents a remarkable blending of the aristocrat with the independent citizen, and the amalgam is by no means accidental it is the expression of his inward nature, of all his thinking, and of all aspirations. Although the Count is still in the vigor of life, he seems resolved to remain a bachelor to the last. Should this be the ease, a nephew who is pursuing the diplomatic career, would become heir

KXKCCTtOIO OV A Dlt'BDEBBtN AT NT. PA II.. The St. Paul (Minn.) papers of last Saturday contain the particulars of the hanging Mrs. Mary Ann Bilausky, whose trial and conviction for having poisoned her husband will be remembered. She was executed on last Friday, and to the last moment strongly protested her inuocence, declaring that not she, but another person had poisoned her husband.

It is an unusual thing to hang a woman in this country. This is one of only two or three cases, where a white woman has ever been hanged in the United States.— The murder of which Mrs. Bilansky was convictcd, occurred on the 12th of March 1859. Mr. Bilansky, a Polander of some wealth, removed from Illinois to St. Paul in 1847, and there bought real estate, and opened a saloon. The woman who was executed last Friday, arrived at St. Paul two or three years ago, from North Carolina, where it is supposed she has relatives living, but she has persistantly refused to give any account of her past life, more than to say she has friends living, who know not where she is, and from whom she evidently wished to conceal her ignominous fate. She married Bilansky in 1857, and in their family resided a man named Johu Walker, betweeu whom and Mrs. Bilanski, there existed an illicit intimacy, as was proved, both before and after her marriage. Mr. Bilansky died suddenly, and suspicion of foul play arose which led to an investigation, resulting in the conviction of his wife, it being proved that she purchased arsenic, and arsenic was found in the deceaseds stomach. In May last, she succeeded by means of outside aid, in escaping fram the jail, but was rearrested some days afterwards, and in December last, after repeated efforts on the part of her counsel to secure for her anew trial, the day of execution was fixed for the 23d of March. Her counsel and sympathizers then mado a last desperate effort to induce the Minnesota Legislature to commute her. sentence, and succeeded so far as to have a resolution passed to that effect this was quashed by the veto of the Governor.

There can be no doubt after a perusal of the testimony on her trial, that she was guilty of the horrid deed of which she was convicted, her motive being to get her husband out of the way, get possession of his property, and enjoy it with her paramour Walker, whom she claimed as her nephew.

She maintained an air of defiance and recklessness up to within a few days of her death. Previous to her execution she was visited and confirmed by a Catholic Priest, and she declared that she forgave her enemies, and was prepared to meet her God."

The scene on the scaffold—the last scene of this terrible tragedy—is (has described: When the prisoner arrived upon the platforui, she was led forward and kneeled upon the drop—the clergy, jailor, and the Sisters and other ladies, in the same posture around her. About five minutes were spent in reading prayers, by the elergy, in which she seemed to take a deep interest. Upon rising she was asked if she bad anything to say. She spoke for a minute perhaps. There was some repetition, but the following is very nearly what she said

I die without having had any mercy shown me, or justice. I die for the good of my soul, and not for murder. May yon all profit by my death. Your courts of juttee are not courts of jutiee---tat I will yet get justice in Heaven.

I am a

guilty woman I know, but not of this murder, which was committed by another. I forgive everybody who did me wrong. I die a sacrifice to the law. I hope you all may be judged better than I have been and by a more righteous judge. I die prepared to meet my God."

Mr. Hoffman then whispered a "goodr bye" to her-—when she snowed some agitation, and said—"O, Mr. Hoffman you promised to stand by me to the last." He assured her that he. was not to leave hef.

Mr. Miller, the Deputy Sherriff, then approached her with the rope, when she exclaimed Dr. Miller, how can you stain your hands by putting that rope round my neck—the instrument of my death."

He assured her that duty compelled him to do it, and she made no resistance, and only said Do for God's sake put it on so it will not suffocate me."

It became necessary in fixing the rope to lift the veil that was tied about her neck when she said—" Mr. Hoffman, do leave that veil between the rope and my neck."

He explained in a word, the necessity of its being removed, when she said—"Fix it in any way, so as not to suffoeate:me."

After it had. been arranged Dr. Miller took the black cap from bis pockct, and proceeded to put it on her head, when she said—" Be sure my face is well covered."

All this took': place in less time than it will take to read it during which she said several times ..." God have mercy—God have mercy on my. soul." Her last words were "Lord Jesus. Christ receive,, my SOUI."

Sue was requested to take a step forward on the drop, and then everything beiug prepared, Dr. Miller made a motion to Sherriff Tullis, who pulled the. fatal rope and in an instant she fell. The fall was about four feet, and the machinery was so nicely adjusted that the noise was scarcely heard outside of the enclosure.

There was scarcely any movement in the body after it dropped, a slight convulsive motion and a heaving of the chest was all that was observed.

The body was allowed to bang about twenty minutes, during which timfe prayers were read audibly by the clergy who remained kneeling, on the platform.

The physicians having examined the body several times, then stated to the Sheriff life was extinct, and Bhe was cut down and placed in a plain black coffin that had been placcd in front of the gallows during the whole period of the execution.

Her demeanor on the scaffold was excellent. She was not defiant or stoical, neither did she shed a tear. It is the opinion of many that she expeeted a pardon or reprieve to the last moment.--

SAD PIC'rt KK ol° MATTKBS IN IOWA. We find the following iu the Lexington, Kentucky, Observer

Those of our citizens contemplating moving to the North or Northwest had better ponder well before doing so. Let them read the extract of a letter from a gentleman of high standing residing in Iowa, and think if the change is a desirable one

Do not trade for anything in the way of real estate within the limits of the State of Iowa, with a view of selling it at any price within the next five years.

The value of lands is nominal you may count it $1 25 or $10 neither price would bring cash. I have just sold lands bought in the county north of your county, for which I paid $10 in 1857, (good lands) at $1 per acre, and that in trade.

I consider lands anywhere within the limits of this State, unimproved, dear at over $1 25 per acre, except iu counties bordering on the river.

No man living out of this State can have anything like a correct idea of the utter helplessness of the state of things in Iowa. Speculation has been the ruin of the State. The river towns arc so flat that they never can get up again until there is an entire change of population. Towns themselves arc so hopelessly in debt that they can never get a start again unless by paying off indebtedness by repudiation. This place, which contained a population in 1857 of 18,000, is now rcduced to less than 10,000, and people leaving just as fast as they can get money to get away upou.— The place is in debt one million and a quarter and she, as well as Dubuque ct al. along the river, arc now talking of repudiating So don't own lands iu Iowa if you can avoid it. It will make you just that much poorer.

TBeVBM! AT TIIK PBIDOKt. Our readers arc aware that a portion of the citizens of Jcffersonville, have recently manifested considerable opposition to tiio working of the convicts in the prison outside of the walls, which has been rendered neccssary on account of the overcrowded condition of the prison, and the impossibility of providing employment inside the walls. This (Tuesday) morning, the affair came_to. a.climax,.for when the prisoners employed in wood-chopping and brick making, were taken out of the prison, they were met by some two hundred of the disaffected people of Jeffersonvillc, armed with elubs and missiles, who threatened to resort to force to drive them back. The Warden, Mr. Miller, who had no adequate force to oppose the excited crowd, quietly put the prisoners back into the prison. We understand that Governor Willard has been requested to come to Jeffersonville, and also Mr. Crockerly,^ one of the Directors. Mr. Brown, the Director who resides in this city, went up to the scene of the difficulty this morning. The third Director, Mr. Buskirk, is absent from the State* As 150 of the convicts will soon be taken to Michigan City, we presume there will be little, or no ^further necessity for working. them outside the walls.—N. A. Ledger. ,{r.

DEATH FttOM'EXTiKCf^SEALro'CAN FRUITS. —A United States soldier-earned Hezroo, died a short time since at Steilaooom, near Puget's Sound, through eating strawberries which had been preserved in a tin can. It was found that this poison had formed through the acidity of the fruit coming in oontact with the metal- of which the can was oompoaed—the effect, when eaten being to ulcerate tip stomach, a*d finally to c*u«edeath ,,,

CMWFOBDSVILLE, MOWTGOMEBYsi COUNTY, IffDIAM, APRIL 14, 1860.

FjtBE IN THE JE&SET PIKES—FlAEFUL SCENE.—A fire broke out in the pines near Mt. Holly, N. J., last week, burning over a space six. miles long and three miles in width. The Mirror says

The Mannahawktn, stage, on its way to Mt. Holly, on Friday, met.with a narrow escape from the! fire- The. driver, before he was aware of it, found hunself almost in the midst, of the Haines. The great body of. the .fire however, seemed to be in advance of hiini, and he. turned.aroundto make good his escape, Hut he Bad not proceeded far.before the. flames checked him in his retreat, and he, was obliged to pursue his course ,in another direction. In a short time he again found himself surrounded by. the flames. He saw no other course to pursue but to go straight ahead, and urging his horses to their utmost speed hoped soon to be free from the devouring element. But when he was surrounded by the greatest body of fire and smoke, his: horses became frightened and stopped, and it was impossible to move them. Here they remained for a minute or two, the fire rparing and crackling to a terrific extent, when suddenly the smoke cleared away, the horses started, and. the driver found that the great mass of fire had crossed the road a short distance in advance, and was making the most .fearful ravages in its track to the right of him. He was soon enabled to, get entirely out of its path, aud felt that he had never before been in sp terrible a position. At one time it appeared to him that the flames must entirely surround him and cut off all means for escape. He had two female passengers, and as may be supposed, they were frightened beyond all description. Fearing that they would perish in the fire and smoke, their screams were frequently of the most painful nature. .........

A MYSTERV.—Down in Aurora, Indiana, they have discovered a sensation item.— Last fall the wife of Mr. Harvey eloped with a man named Dunlap, but the guilty pair were caught, and the wife rescued and taken home. A second attempt was afterwards made by Dunlap to get possession of the woman, but the irate husband did up a little shooting in the dark, without hurting any one, and the affair was considered closed. Some days after that, Dunlap disappeared, and it was supposed that he clopeain his own single TMesscdness." Not so, however, for a few days since, attracted to a spot at the mouth of Island Branch, by a large flock of buzzards, some parties discovered the half buried body, of Dunlap, with a bullet hole through his chest, llarvev, and a brother in-law arc

THE PROPOSED CANADIAN SHIP CANAL. —The report of the Engineer jwho conducted the survey in reference to the Ottawa Canal project, which received a great deal of attention in Canada last year, was presented to the Legislative Assembly last Monday. This project it will be recollected, contemplates tho formation of a navigable route for large vessels between the St. Lawrence and Lake Huron, by the way of the River Ottawa and its tributaries, the Mate wan, Lake Nipissing, and French River and so to divert a large share of the western commerce from the lower lakes, through a shorter channel, aud into the hands of the Canadians.— Along with the Georgian Bay Ship Canal scheme, it has been a darling dream of our neighbors over the line. The Engineer, in bis report, estimates the cost of this canal at $12,000,000.

EXHUMATION OF THE REMAINS or ROGER WILLIAMS.—The Providence Journal, of March 27, says that the remains of Roger Williams have been unmarked and unhonorcd:

It is known that the family burial place was in the field back of the house of the late Sullivan Dorr, Esq. The fact has been handed down that about the year 1740 his grave was cncroachcd upon by a new grave prepared for one of his descendants, which seems to show that its exact locality was not marked then. There is no later account of it. One of the descendants of Mr. Williains,"Mr. Scadrach Randall of North Providence, has recently tried to determine the spot, and if he could recover any remains, to remove them to a motfe public and secure deposit. Last Thursday the grave was opened. Two graves were found running into each other, and without doubt, the one farthest west, was that of Williams. But no distinguishable remains could be found.. A number of nails, a fragment of wood, undoubtedly of the coffin, and amass of black earth was all that could bejreclaimed. The contents of the grave, such as they were, were taken to a tomb in the North Burial Ground. Mr. Randall intends, with a pious care which does him honor, to remove all the remains which may be disclosed by further search, and give them burial iu the public-ground.—On that day but two graves were opened, though three or four, apparently of children were uncovered. An apple tree had run its roots through the graves, and by absorbiug somewhat of their contents, had very likely hastened -their decomposition. "fA

How THEY PREDICT THE WRATHER AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE.^—Professor Henry, at the Scientific Association, gave an account of the method pursued each day at the Smithsonian Institute, to record and predict the weather. They have a map of the United States hung upon a board, with pins stuck through at the points where the observers of the Institution are stationed. The Institute has daily reports by telegraph from many points. Eaoh morning an assistant hangs a cord on the pins, to indicate the weather —black if raining, green if snowing, brown if cloudy, and White if fair. All storms travel east, and thus they are enabled to predict with great certainty, die condition of tho weather twelve hours in advance.

J^In reburnishing our classical reading a little, we find that Cicero was of low birth. Metellus was the son of a lewd woman. Metullus said to Cicero, one day "Darejou tell your father's name?" Cicc« ro, without scratching his head, instantly asked: "Can yonr mother toll yours?"— Cicero him there,

W

IBS ADVOCATES mf INTRBTKXTSOX BROCTC irr TOO KTIIKB. The Detroit Free Press says it has been evident for a long time past, and has been frequently commented upon, that the Black Republicans of the North and the extreme pro-slavery men of the South both hold to the same identical principle relative' to slavery in the Territories.— Both believe in Congressional intervention and differ only in the mode of its application, one party.contending for intervention for its protection.

There is one subject, however, upon which their intervention principle is likely to bring them together as harmoniously as doves, and thal-is polygamy.—Mr. Nelson of Tcnn., one of. those Southern Opposition gentlemen who believe dn protecting slavery in the Territories, has lately brought in a bill for the suppression of polygamy in Utah, and thereupon one of the prominent Black Republican sheets proceeds to tell us how it may pass. "The Republicans," it says will all support it, and if half a dozen Southern Whigs do the same, it will receive a majority of the votes of the House. The Southern Whigs like the Republicans, deride the Douglas of squatter sovereignty, and hold to the power of Congress over the Territories.— The Southern Whig demands protection for slavery out of it. One believes in slavery—the other that it, like murder, is a crime against God and man. Both agree that polygamy is a siu against God and the laws of nature, and can consistently unite, in. passing a. law to punish it."

Here is the whole story. Their mutual principles bring them together upon the polygamy question, and siuce both hold to the power of Congress over the Territaries," it will hot be long before we shall sec them together upon the slavery question. It is equal to the twenty-live cent show of the Happy Family". to sec the Abolition Black Republicans of the North and fire caters of the South acting together for Congressional intervention in the affairs of the Territories.

Jl'UAX F0»C:0!*«RK.«IS. Although George W. Julian lias, ever since the organization of the licpublican party, been by far the ablest and most orthodox exponent of its principles in Indiana he has, from some cause, incurred the most implacable hatred of some of the leaders of that party. Wc presume these causcs are two, viz., his superior talents— for intellectually he towers a head and shoulders above his Republican detractors, and second, his out spoken and bold avowals of the true Republican abolition doctrines, and his utter contempt for the wishy washy, dishonest attempts of these leaders to conceal the true principles of the party.

On several occasions Mr. Julian has been a candidate for. thj Republican Congressional nomination iu the Burnt District, but has heretofore been defeated through the machinations and trickery of his opponents in the party, though there was never a doubt that the Republican masses—those who believe iu placing the negro on an equality with the white man, as most of the Republicans of the .Burnt District do—were for him.

Mr. Julian and his friends having got tired of this system of making nominations, insisted that it should be changed, so as to allow the whole people to vote at the primary election in April as to their choice.— Five out of the six counties in the District thus voted on the 2d inst., aud the result is that out of the eighty-five votes neccssary to a nomination, Mr. Julian received sixty, thus proving him to be the overwhelming choicc of the Republicans of his Dictrict. Whether his enemies will he

been in Congress when Blake's resolution was presented, instead of dodging and quibling like Kilgorc, the present member, he would have voted (jt it with a hearty "yea." He endorses the Helper book in all its length and breadth, and quotes extensively from it in his stump speaches. There can be no question as to his being the truest exponent of the principles of his party in the State.—Xew Albany Ledger.

LIFE OE JUDGE DOUGLAS.—Mr. Sheahan, the able editor of the Chicago Times, is now in New York, revising the proof sheets of his Life of Judge Douglas, which will be published in about three weeks by the IIarper3. It will make a volume of between five aud six hundred pages, and will present a well condensed, clearly written sketch of the distinguished Senator's ca-

rcer, accompanied with extracts from his

TO COLDEKIIAIB.

Ah! Pyrrhn—tell mo. wlinw the hnppy lot Too woo the on a couch of Invish Who, bathed in odorons Jews, in hia fond arms eucloso

Thee, in some ha'pi-j crot?

For whom thn*p nets of goUlrn-slorlrd hair Dost thou entwine in cunuinK cnrclessncss'.' Alas poor boy! Who thee, in fond belief, caresse'

Deeming thee wholly fair. 7

How oft nhall he thy ficklenc» bemoan. When fair to foul shall rhnn*-—and he, nnskillfnl In pilotage,.bcholda—with temptMts wildly wilrnl—

The happy calm o'erthrown!

lie,

who now hopes that thon wilt -r«r prove AlFvoid of care, and full of fond endearing. Knows not that varies more than it-phyr* ever recrinr

The fickle breath of lovo.

Ah 1 hapless he, to whom, like seas untried. Thou seemest fnir! That MY sen-coing'* ended ly vqtive tablet proves, to tnosu dark Rod's suspended

Who o're the waves preside.

HPBiitn.

The young Spring Ifnputh from the htindof God, Her lijfhl foot'striking Ah EnrthV wenry sod. To thrill the roots in all their hidd -d vciiK, And itart the buds with her sofl jewelled raini. Where her »inooi.h finders fall, the infan! grxai. Too low to ripple when the wind doth pass. Makes enger fringing* upward toward her hand. And creeps with velvet ereepincs o'er tile land. The hills stand lidl'ning for the mellow,tides That swell in green waves round their witherd sides Tho barren trees look yearning toward the skies. And blossoms quivtr tortli anion their sighs. Soft stems are spun, and look along the hedge*. And diamond dew doth bead their upward edges. In the still wood the fnint moss gently weaves A carpet for the tip-toe cf the leaves. ){|e*stiod that Spring is budding, blooming fast. And that she's driven dead the winds at last. .Sweet World, with sunshine arching thy (rare month. Bless Ood for broe*es from the scentod South. And I, in hope, face the Summer now. With transport crowning my pale hit of brow. With the grey road of interlaid behind. Feel all its shadows slipping from niy mind.

.'~ FACTS AIKII Til IIOOV.

-The

TWENTY-ONE ORPHANS POISON ED. Lexington (Ky) Observer says A case of accidental poisoning occurred in this city on Wednesday morning, which endangered the lives of a large number of

There nre about two hundred bones in the human body, exclusive of the teeth.— These boues are composed of animal aud earthly materials, the latter in oUl ago, rendering the bones brittle. The most important of bones is the spine, which is coinposed of twenty-four small bones called the vertebra one on the top of the other, curiously hooked together ,and fastened b}' elastic ligaments, forming a pillar by which the human body is supported.

The bones arc moved by the muscles, of which there are more than five hundrod. The red meat or beef, the fat being excluded, is the muscular fabric of the ox.— There arc two sets of muscles, one to draw the bo«es one way, and the other to draw them back again. Wc can not better describe the muscles than by comparing them to fine, elastic thread, bound up in their cases of skin. Many muscles terminate

little children. A quantity of arsenic had been purchased to destroy rats at the Orphan Asylum, which was mixed with meal jn tendons, which are stout cords, such as

upon a plate. The matron being unwell that morning, directed one of the children to give out the breakfast. Iu so doing she ignorantly used the plate on which the arsenic had been placed, in taking from a barrel the meal out of which to make the bread. Twenty-one children, together with the matron, partook of the repast thus prepared, and all. were at.once seized with sickness and vomiting, some before leaving the table. Dr. J. C. Darby, the physician to the institution, was immediately called in, who administered the proper antidotes, and by unremitting attention has fortunately succeeded in saving all who partook of the poisoned food.

nay be seen traversing the back of the hand, just without the skin, and which can be observed to move when the hand is open or shut. Every motion wc make, even the involuntary one of breathing, is performed through the agency of muscles.

In adults there arc fifteen quarts of blood, each weighing about two pounds.— This blood is -of'two' kinds, arterial and venous. The first is the pure blood as it leaves the heart to nourish the frame, and is of a bright vermillion. The last is the blood as it runs to the heart loaded with the impurities of the body, to bo there refined, and is a purple hue. Every pulsation of the heart sends out two ounces of arterial blood, and as there are from seventy to eighty beats in a minute, a hogshclld of blood passes through the heart every hour. In fevers the pulsations are accelerated, and consequently death ensues if the fever is not checked.

The stomach is a boiler, if wc may use such a figure, which drives the human engine. Two sets of muscles, crossing each other, turn the food over and over, churning it up in the gastric juice till it has been reduced to the consistency of thin paste. The proccss requires from two to four hours.

infinite small veins, a thin inembrance only

dividing the air from the blood.

The impure portion of venous blood 1-•.

able to concoct any trickery by which lie expelled with the next respiration. .Menu- j,c

will be cheated out of the nomination after while, the oxygen of the air unites with

this expression in his favor, remains to be the blood aniLbecomes purified then pa-.s- terminated by* the Slasher's going seen. ing into the heart, being mixed wilh chyle, ,i(nv)1 without a blow. In fact, there could Mr. Julian is a "rugged issue," "irre- jit is forced through the body as I'fe-giving ru|r match between Freeman and an pressible conflict" Republican. Ilad lie niid arterial blood. tlinarv

The skin serves an important purpose in carrying off the impurities of the system. It is traversed with the capillaries of uie body. It is also perforated with countless perspiration tubes, the united length of which amounts to twenty-eight miios. and which drain away from three to four pounds

of waste matter every twenty-four hours,

or five-eights of all the body discharges.

tj,e

WHOLE NUMBER 931.

CONSCRIPTION IN FRANCE.

The following account of tho conscription in France is from the England United Scrvicc Magazine. It is in the way here described that the vast army of France is Ircplished. The military lottery occurs I every year. The annual contingent of troops levied thereby, varies according to the ncccssity of the State, being in war times very high, and in pcaocable times comparatively Tow—at all times, however, it amounts to at least twenty thousand men, that being tho number who annually receive their dismission, their term of service having expired. A census of all tho departments is taken every year, and tho number of men required is divided in equal proportions among all the provinces of the empire. The names of all the young men between the ages of twenty and thirty, both years inclusive, arc then described on the conscription lists of their respectivo localities, and every attempt to evade conscription is punished by au imprisonment of from one month to one year, while any one aiding or abetting a fugitive from tho dreaded ballot is liable to the same penalty. The scene which takes place at tho drawing, is one of much picturesque animation. Groups of the fiucst youths of a wide neighborhood, with, generally, their fathers and mothers, relatives and friends, are assembled in the spacious hall of the town-house. The Mayors, Perfects and Sub-Perfects arc there to rcceivc them, with, usually, several officers quartered in the district. On every face there is an expression of hope and fear, anxiety and excitement and as each advances toward tho fatal urn and draws the paper deciding his future destiny, all the spectators, as well as the parties immediately concerned, feel tho most lively interest. Those who draw a higher number than of recruits required are exempt, while those who draw a lower are condemned to serve their country as militaires for the space of seven years.— Home arc exempted. These exceptions include all below the bight of five feet fivo inches all criminals all who arc the subject of any physical iucrpacity the eldest of orphans the only son, or eldest sou or grandson of a widow, or of a father of seventy years of age certain classes of students in the public schools, including all those who have carried off the great prizes of the institute, or of the university.— None, however, arc exempt from the ballot all must appearand djaw their lots, and this over, such as have oTTjcetions to urge, send them to the Council of Revision, which is appointed for the purpose. Wcro it not for the close examination, many would evade the common national responsibility, and some would intrude themselves into the service whom the service would otherwise reject. As it is, the instances are numerous of persons who mutilato themselves by chopping off a finger, or who raises sores ou their bodies by pieroing their flesh and drawing strings through the wound, that they may be reported by the medical inspectors infirm, and unfit for military life.

.t mcmcsAN piniMrr i.-v iisicI..* M». It seems not to be generally remembered that Hccnan is not the first American who has met the champio" of England iu the ring ring. There some yet about here who rcccollcct an awkward, overgrown boy, known by the name of Charlie Freeman, who used to follow various einploj'ments, along tho river between here and Brownstown.— Though young, his great strength was tho subject of astonishment to all who beheld it. Barrels of flour, salt, and such-liko articles, he disdained to roll, but, picking them up, be carried and set them down as if they were empty buckets. Logs which ordinary men moved with levers, lie would seized and "slew" around, end for end, as if they had lost all gravity. Curiously enough, there seems to be 110 record of hi.* exact hight. An incident, however, give* clue to it. It is said that, at a Tcrritori-

Emerging frcm the stomach the food enters the small intestines, where it is mixed up with the bile aud pancrcte juice and converted into chyle. These small intestines are twenty-four feet long, closely packed, of course, and surrounded through their whole length with small tubes, which are like sockets, and drawing off the chyle, (.lection, he swore in his vote, and that, empty into a large canal named thoracic

w[icn rcs,jUested

duct, which runs up the back and dischar- j,c p]acc(] the back of it flat against tho ges the contents into the jugular vein, ceiling. The house is still standing, and whence it passes to the heart to assist in ton°fcet from floor to joists. Freeman

to hold up his hand to tho

must have been over seven feet high and, notwithstanding his oath, it was known ho was yet under age.

forming the arterial blood. The lungs arc two bags connected with the open air by the windpipe which branches into innumerable small tubes, all over the inside of the lungs, each terminating in a minute air cell, lhe outer surface ot ]iitod him in the Eastern States, and these air cells is full of small capillaries.:

His size and strcnth still increasing, ha fell into the hands of speculators, who cx-

(.arrjC(]

The nerves are another curious feature |luI[or superior brutality as displayed iu of the animal economy.

art''

ever, but little undcrotood. Ihey act as f,,rtl

feelers to tell the wants of the body, and

also as conductors to will the muscle.-j to jnri,j

speeches on tho important questions that hild that was playing about the floor, com-. with shallow, saw like teeth it J.S perfectly have been agitated in Congress during hi3 enced caressing and fondling it in the translucent, and marked with a great many legislative career, and on whioh he has oc-|mo8t tender manner. The child, as well transverse line?, exceedingly irregular and enpied the foremost position beforo the

as

country.—Cleveland Flaijvlealcr. stranger to say, this

l,jm to England. They were

luW(

iH(

ru

enough

t!ie

carbonic acid, which, having a stronger .\t his arrival in England the faaffinity for air than blood, passes through -Tipton Slasher," of whom Havers this mcmbrancc to a gaseous state, eon.-

Me set, who could readily

ruin his manhood, without having

to make him available as a curi-

v/tm t]l0

bines with the air in the nir cells, and »s ipugilii.st of the realm A meeting was go

ehanij.ion's belt, was the leading

v,them,

S(

ai

IfirTbe editor of tho Sullivan eOunty It is made of successive layers or overDcmocrat says that a large

bear,

town of Sherry, and seizing a little, ed paper cone. The odges are serrated

ijC boar, seemed highly pleased, and,! sinuous. Hogs'bristles are more like nn-

singular proceeding

1 1 continued for several minutes, till the hor- sinuous lines are closer and finer, and no -^The editor of one of the Maine rified mother, the only person iu the bouse, saw-teeth arc visible at the edges. I 0 papers says hftjias a pair of boots given him, which were so tight that they came yg{j ^«lnng him a univergaiist, because he received his punishment as be tcent

seised upon the opportunity to bar the door upon the intruder, while be happened tj be on the outside. The offended animal being thus shut out from further spoct. retired to his home iu the woods.

which came "off after

.ver i:,t'"rri,"tioii.s bv the polio and was

mortal.

Dissipation souii ended

the curevr of this really remarkable manr and he died a mere skeleton, in an English hospital a short time afterwards. It is probable that Savers had some nervous reecoileetiotis of him when he expressed a wish to see Hecnan, that he might know whether he "was going to fight with a man

|)r a |11(iunl

Uj

j|1_» We mention these thii^

jr.t

(j,)r rr.:iJers

know that if there is any

'low* the prize ring", Michigan is ahead of G'ali-

,| Vpsilanti has as good reason to

f,f

having sent a champion to Eng.

a

act. They branch out from the brain and \-J)St/linn Smtinrf. spine over the frame in infinitely tine fibers or branches, like twigs iu trees. 1--' ac?"'i'he human hair is a singularly bcau- .... 1 tiful tiling to look at under the mieroscopo.

can have of her "JJoy."

a few lapping cells gradually tapering to a point

daya since, entered a dwelling house, in like the thinnest and most infinitely twist-

man hair than any other animals but the

finer hairs of the borsa and ass have tho overlapping plates about as close as in humau hair, but they #re strikingly different in the arrangement of tho lsvnlujjo or pith.