Indiana American, Volume 18, Number 49, Brookville, Franklin County, 29 November 1850 — Page 1

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BY C. F. CLAHKSOX.

From the Xational police Uazeiie. THE LIFE AND CIII3IE or JciTfcn O.Btnarhnmp, the Jl.-irdclcr r9lontM I. Whal-p, Em. Attornry :rernt of Kentarkr, ia the inr 1M-24. CHAPTER III. r nrrtrrtr ffvtarn Rome The JrrcttTbt gandkercMffTit Trinl t.rr, Sntcidt-, eatfrfe pl. .1., , u ,i , UsTchWe -,rd ..,rnrn: ,;; r. zizl ". k ik i If i . ' rt ' '") vu .o. nisBoni in me world or dreams. The mormng Was far advanced, when he was awakened by a knock at his door, which causea nun to sjmnff irom tils beil ill some .Jarm, and to fear for a moment that officer, had

i-.iuren wnnesses to swear tnat the handTears Instantly vanished, as his Undlcrd, Mr. kerchief had been found at the door of the mnr-

...V. . . . .. .. . ooo morning, wr. Ueauchamp'saic bcott; r. 41 r'' T " tPmfc n r:eCe,r i . HJ W? C ,V'Ml ,0 ,,!S door ,hDl fcntfl "tt'8rBd E,abbed 10 th h"rt jv i , Greal God?" angered Beauchamp, in the utmost astonishment end with a well reigned start of horror; is it possible? Tel me tell Ae all about the awfol affair!" Scott replied that he knew nothing mor than what he already had told; and after makinir a few more remarks on the atrocity of the deed, ne leu ineroom. ivo sooner had the door closed t. T L . r . .m Pr , "Ce '"re a,oue than he began to feel the full danger or his situ- , auon. His deed or vengeance was accomplish-. ed, the excitement which had nerved him to , commit it had passed away, and reason, having once more resumed her empire, spoke to him in j mat .mi, cm. mi fiiito pu.rr, wmtu seiu through his rrame a thrill oT terror, as it whis- j ...... ...o , unrttion. Beauchamp now, for the first time, rea-1

I.sed that he was nothing more or less than a ! champ, acquiesced in bv the officers, a fire was murderer, whom the miuisters or the law would, kindled in the room where the party were to leave nostone unturned to trace out and disco- , sleep. Ahut midnight, the revellers retired to Ter, and he tremh ed at the thought-tumbled ; their apartment, all of them rather the worse at the picture uf the ignominious scaffold and : rrom their potations, with the exception or B-au-rope, which rose berore his iii-gination in fear- champ, who, however, feigned to be In the same fuland startling viyidness. It was no time, ; slate with the others. The toom contained two however, to give way to such a state or mind, ; beds, one or which was appropriated to Beauand summoning all his resolution, he descended ; champ, and the other to the two or the guards to the eating room, and partook calmly of his , who slent. whil th ntl.er, n.,..

breakfast, as usual. He then walked out into j tha town, and hastened towards the KegUter's . office, to which he had previously forwarded some documents relative to certain surveys, in order to account for his visit to Frankfort. He round that his mission had been neglected by the person to whom he had entrusted it, and this, together with various remarks relative to the lata murder, which he heard on the corners or tha streets aa he passed along, determined him at once to start Tor home. Accordingly, on reaching Mr. Scott's, he immediately made his preparations, and mounted on his horse, was soon on his way to Simpson county. .At now Beauchamp hurried back towards his home, a reaction took place in his feeling, which drove away all gloom aud fear, and actually imparted a buoyancy to hi? spirits as he rode along. The harrowing thought that he was a murderer, aud the apprehension of discovery, had given placa in his imagination to the image of his lovely wife, welcoming liim to her arms, and hailing him as her just avenger. With this one bright vision alone in his eye, elevating and justifying in his mind the act n hich he had committed, Beauchamp spurred his horse impatiently forward, not in fearful hast to escape the danger behind him, but animated only by an overwhelming joy which rose in iniKgin.tion before him. On the evening oT the first day's journey, when he paused to rest, Beauchamp misled a handkerchief w hich he had w him on the night of the murder. This, w hen lie at length remembered that he had left it on the bed at Mr Scott's caused him a momentary uneasiness; but concluding that it could not possiMy be c.f any Importance as evidence against him, he banished it altogether from his mind, and having parta ken or a hearty supper, he retired to his couch, 1 io areani ouiy ui ins ivue nnu me roiitpieie revenge he harl wrought out for her in the blood or Col. Sharp. On the evening or the fourth dr.y after his leaving Frankfort, Beauchamp rode up to the door or his home. His wife was watching for him, and as he threw himseir into her extended arms and clasped her to his hreast, he whispered In herear, "Anna you are avenged Sharp has died by my hand." Frantically the wife then returned the embrace v her husband, her eye sparkled, her bosom heaved w ith emotion, and as she hung upon his neck, she called down the blessings or Heaven on his head. In the fulness of her revenge, the wronged woman remembered not the atrocity of the manner by which it had been consnmated she remembered only the shame which for years had burnt into her very being, and saw only before her, in the person of her wildty-loved husband, the righteous minister or a vengeance which could not bat be just in the sight or Heaven, and for which her soul had so long yearned. Suddenly, however, in this wild tumult or feeling, of embraces and blessings, her cheek paled, and the anxiety or the wife overcame the exultation of the wronged woman, as she eagerly questioned her husband as to his stfetv. 'The myrmidons of the law are doubtless, dear w Ife, on my track, but I heed thm not. I have avenged yon, and I am satisfied." In the meantime, the excitement 5n Frankfort, on account or the murder, was intense Suspicion Immediately fixed upon Beauchamp as the murderer, for the relation between him and Sharp was well known, and it w is soon discovered that he had been in the city on the fo tal night. Officers were accordingly Immediately dispatched to arrest him. The sun was setting bright and beautifol on the evening of the next day after Beauchamp had reture -d home. Beauchamp had been hon ing during the day, and was now leisurely

cleaning his rifle in the yard in front of his dwel-; The widow of Sharp swore positively to Beauling, while his wife, seated in the nnh tr-,A rhnmn's voice, and related his conversation with

fondly on him as he proceeded with his task . ins scene oi love and quiet was suddenly in-1

errupiea oy me arrival of four horsemen at the ! while he was at t rank'ori, tesitned mat, on mo gate. Beauchamp at once surmised their errand, i night of the murder, he heard the prisoner debut having schooled himseir into the belier that scend the stairs and go out of the house. A the act which he had committed was a righteous man by the name of Lowe testified that he had one, he advanced calmly forward to meet the heard both the prisoner and hi wifo threaten strangers. As he approached, they inquired if the life of Sharp, and that Beauchamp had aehisname was Beanchamp, and having been an-1 tnally signified to him that he had killed Sharp, weredin the affirmative, they informed him ' Notwithstanding the eloquent defunce made by that he was suspected of the murder of Col. Mr. Pope, the prisoner's council, the jury

Sharp. They at the same time requested him, '

geuueman, to accompany them to Frank- death was at once prononnceo. i ne prisoner separate himsell Irom socn unworinyjiroceeomg. fort, where, mey doubt not, he eould easily : was then removed, followed by his wife, who j Great confusion ensued and some of the memprove his Innocenee. Beauchamp expressed the shed no tear, and made no lamentation she was( here were very much axcited, particularly Clay, greatest surprise and astonishment that he beyond the power of grief, and had resolved to . of Alabama, who is the author or a portion or honld be suspected, and with a composed and . die with her husband. the report adopted. asy manner, Invited them into the house to j During the interviews which the wifo or Bean-1 Amidst much confusion the Convention adtake some refreshment, while he made his prep- j champ was afterwards allowed to hold with him i journed sine die.

raiions to go with them to Frankfort.

Mrs. Beanchamp, at the door of the house, re- mination to die with him, and at length, after eeived the officers of the law with the same com-j many entreaties, pnrsnaded htm to avoid the lonre that her husband had received them at shame of the scaffold by suicide. A vial oflaodthe gate. She had heard distinctly the whole . anum was procured, and they managed atone Conversation between them mnA her li.i sKsnd : of their intervals to take it. and then offering a

and although considerably agitated at first, had nd sufficient time to pot herself on her guard,

-ne performed the honors of the house to her however, Tailed ia Us ettect, ami the day oi exJe'come guests in the most quiet and dignl- ecution, June 5th, IS26, rose on the living vie-: Bed Imanne r, making no remarks on the object limofthelaw. j f their visit, bit leaving them rather to infer The hill, on which the scaffold was erected In that, while she knew it, she had no fears but the vicinity or Frankfort, was thronged at an lht her husband conld fully establish his inno- early hourwlih spectator, anxiously awaiting fnee. When all was ready for the departure, the cond -mnd. in the cell of the jail, Beauha calmly received Beauchamp's parting em- chsmp and his wife were in each others arms, V'ce, and bade him adieu with the assurance while a solitary guard attended them. Calmly watshe would follow him to Frankfort the next the wiTe turned to the jailor, and asked him, in siy. a voice or plaintive softness, ir he wou!d leave For some milea, the officers and their prisoner her alone with her husband a fow moments, hee on in comparative silence, and no incident fore they led him out to die. The jailor com"v impertanra ocenrrvd to break the gleomy plied, and a moment afterwards, a fall and iigh

monotony of the ride. When, however, they had Passed the knnn.l. rl;... rC:,....-

e . - ' - "'I'1-"" , : one oi me omcers casna'lv mentioned that ihn handkerchief, which Beauchamp had left behind lilm at frankfort rn the night or the murder, ; had been round, and that he then had it in hi 4 lfcGkf inn 'I U I a? a a - . . ,...-,.... ,w,lnriiii inauenamp throbbed violently at this information. Tor by the looker j the olltcer, he raw that some great importance I Was attnrhet l ll.. l..Jl.-.l.:..r . r .. nam,in:uiii. i ra i purs ra : T ,T- 'ering. however, by a 'violent ' i i:""? rrm, ,,,m thB i -Tvrivniei, m order to discover whether it : was really his or not. It was Immediately lien dedtohim, and he could barely regain from showing his consternation, when he perceived that there w t k..i t : j off, as if sd been madVthrZgh ft"iiin, ne ceiermmed ail naManis to pet i it nto his possnssion and destroy it. Handing ' I.' rr, he officer, e said that it j di'' not Mon? him. b"t tanked God that ' , "'!, evidence had been Toond at Sharp's door, j :"'' would be or advantage to him, bv leading to the detection or the real murderer whose pro! . perty it was. I the meantime, ai they ?ode nlonir. Rea,,rlm ,i.j i.:' -. J... l. should get possession of the handkerchief. j h.M . - ,.VU " ." "uw ,,c ! nig r.it, and Beauchamp set about carrving out the carrvingoutthe plan on which he had determined No man was ; more captivating in his manner and address than 1,e",hamp, and when he chose to exert himself, the charm or his sociVtv was irresistable. On this evening, be taxed his power to the utmost, to insinuate into the good graces or his guards, and succeeded. 6 Arter supper was over, liqoor was introduced. una me eon P. the ie.t. unit the clasa .,.. i briskly around, Beaachamp reigning as the Itf ouu soui 01 the company. The weather wasalreadv cold. anH .rr;. i tl.o rno... champ, soon arter entering the chamber, asked, i,, . familiar manner, the man who bd il. ln...kerchier, IT he would not like to sleep with him, as he. Beauchamp, would like much to have a bed follow, on account or the coldness of the weather. The man, flattered at the invitation, expressed his willingness, and throwing across the foot oT Beanchamp's bd the coat, in the pocket of which Beauchamp had seen him during the day place the handkerchii T, he soon jumped into the bed himseir. Beauchamp followed, and in a fow moments the apartment re sounded with a snoring chorus, performed b the two guards who were sleeping, mingled now and then with snatches of song from the two who were endeavoring, although rather unsuccessfully, to keep watch. As time passed on, the songs became less frequent, and the snoring louder; and Beanchamp, reaching down to the foot or the bed, drew up the. coat over him, rentarking, as he did so, in order not to raise the suspicion or the guards, that he folt very cold. "P n the cold! take another glas and keep it cut," muttered one or the watrhers, who was somew hat aroused foom his hilf stupor by this movement and remark or Beauchamp. A few moments afterwards, the watches, to all appearance, were fast asleep, and Beanchamp, having taken the handkerchier from the coat, jumped out of the bed and threw it in the fist expiring embers of the fire. This anion again awakened one of the guards, but Beauchamp, making the excus that he was cold, industriously stirred and Mew the fire, until it flamed up an I consumed the handkerchief, while the guard, in the thickness or his vision, seeing nothing particularly strange about the mana-iivre. paid no forlher attention, but resigned himseir 10 former half dreamy, half sleepy state The next morning, as the party were procee ding on their way, they were met by two of Beanchamp's friends. Poring the conversation which ensued, Beanchamp expressed h:s readiness to nnd-rgo a trial, and informed his friends that be had no Tears for the result, as the handkerchier oTlhe real murderer had been found at Sharp's door, and would undoubtedly lead to the discovery or the person who had committed the crime or which he was accused. His friends immediately requested to see tho handkerchier, and Beanchamp asked the guard, who had it, to show it to then. The man put his hand into his coat pocket, expecting to draw it out, but it was not there, and after searching his remain ing pockets, exclaimed -".My God! it Is lost!" Beauchamp expressed the greatest concern at this, and earner-tly begged the officers to retrace their wav and endeavor to find it, but they re fused. Beauchamp now, as if Indignant at their conduct, accused them of having no wish to find it, to which they retorted, by charging him with purloining and destroying it. Itiji'i woMs tollowed.tnd ill feelings engendered between Beauchamp and his escort, which were not softened during the remainder of the journsy to Frankfor. The Court House at Frankfort was crowded in every part by an Intensely excited audience, and Jeroboam O. Beanchamp stood at the bar to take his trial for the murder or Soloman F. Sharp. Beside the prisoner sat his beautiful wifo, calm, but pale, her whole soul wrapped up In the fate or him who had so fondly loved, and who had, so reckless of consequences, avenged her. The multitude, who looked on, were swayed by contending reelings or hate and pity, for both the victim and the murderer had been two or the most prominent men of the State, and the friends or each were then In full force the one to hope for conviction, the other for acquittal. The witnesses were called, and it was soon apparent that there was no chance of escape for Beauchamp. her husband, just previous to his stabbing him. Mr. cott. at w hose nous ueancnamp longed brought in a verdict of guilty, and sentence of in his cell, she informed him ot ner nxeu aeterNet prayer to Heaven, they laid themselves down in each othes's arm to die. The laudanum,

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.caused him hastily to re-enter the cell, where. . l, . . ... . ' ... "gin mei ins eve wntcn caused mm to recoil in lu.rmr Ss.1.. k.. i- r i j L, wire, weltering in their blood, the arms of each entwined rouud the other, nnd a knife in the hands or Mrs. Beauchamp. Neither was dead, ' T and assistance being procured, they were revived sufficiently to soaak. Thestnrv w They had 'determined to die together, and had a I .: ... . ... iuipj iniiB oeiom provided and concealed the knife, to use it wheP thev had an opportunity " take, the knife, .d Piunged plunged it into ner breast Such was their confession. On examination, the wound of Beauchamp was found not to be mortal, and in a short time he was able to walk. The officer riel ikr , t: . 7. S apartment. As the profession was about to leave the jail 'or me place or execution, the shriek. nr ih. dying wife came loud and p ercing to the ear. or Beanchamp. He begged to sTLr oncVmore d his request was granted. "Anna, my beloved wire, do you know me'" exclaimed Beauchamp, as he rushedXr rather stageered to the bed-s de, and clasped her in embrace. But she knew hhn Jot-th; rain ni.H.n,i..m i. ' . 7 . 16 .V,."P8 ceased in death, and Beauchamp held in his arms I1.j J r.J . Vi"rr ."a w?.fr ny I' areweil ! beloved," he said, as he kissed and again the lile'ess lips ' Farewell ! the tongue 01 siaiuer can rach voit na more. For you I have lived, for you I die oflker, lead on I am ready." They led him to the scaffjld he gave the signal himself, and thus he paid the penalty of his crime. In contemplating the crime of Beauchamp, the chivalry or the motive which led to it, is apt to obscure in the mind its atrocity. This is error. It was the error or Beauchamp himseir, and was born or pity for the wrongs or Miss Cook, and nursed into criminal action by the love with which she had Inspired him. He unwarraniaoiy iook the law into his own hands, and while there may be pity, there is no justifi....K-... .c.c m as, suuiei j would be disorganized. B Knshviltr Convention. SIXTH DAY. Nashvills, Nov. 16, 1S50. Mr. Gordon, from a select committee renorted a preamble and resolution for adoption by the Convention. The preamble declared that the Stales had the residuary right reserved, the people or the several States. They were all equals, and each Stale had the right to judge of inlringeniruis iruin umrr ciaies, and the right peacebly to secede. Any altemnt to coerce seceding States was a gross assumption of power.. The South is recommended, in case any one State secede, to support that State. It declared that all the evils the anticipation of which had called mat ionvenlion, may be realised. I he tout!i was degraded. The Wilmot Pro viso virta .lly extended over California. The South was excluded from Utah and New Mexico Congress bought territory from Texas under the threat ot bringing down the militia to make free territory, and had interfered with slavery in the District ofColumbia. It recommends a Co u cress of the South in MprrWoinerv. Ala., to counsel a course to b pursued in th maintainance of the rights and institutions of the South. 1 lie preamble aud resolutions were ordered to be prin'.-d. Tim Tennessee members dissented from the report. Tli Convention then took a recess till half past throe, P. M. AFTERNOON SF.SSION. The Convention assembled at 3'., T. M. Mr t !.;r-:'ou of irginia, moved the adoption of the report of the committee as printed. Mr li.irtou, of Georgia, moved amendments and a recommittal to the Committee, with instructions to u'lieml. Mr. Clay, of Alabama, opposed the motion or Mr. Wharton, aud supported the report at great length. Gen. Pillow, of Tenn., was opposed to the report and gave Sis views at great length. Northern aggressions, though great, would not justify sucli measures as the report contemplated. He would not despair of the hope that Northern fanaticism would yet secede; that the Union feeling at the North would yet iufluence the higher law" followers to desist. Col. Polk, of Tennessee, moved to strike out all of the report, and insert the resolution of the Tennessee delegation. He desire! a vote upon the motion. He wanted to know whether we were for union or disunion. A motion to adjourn to 9 A. M. Monday, prevailed. SEVENTH DAY. Nov. 1 Silt. The report of the Committee on resolutions was recommitted. Mr. Daniels, of Ga., presented a resolution invoking the South to call on the slavholding States for protection of person and property denied by the Federal authority. The committee being in session, the Convention took a recess or hair an hour. On re-assembling, the chairman reported the preamble as first renorted, but striking out all the resolutions and substituting in their place, a series, declaring attachment to the Constitutional Union. That it was the purpose or the Convention to preserve it unimpaired. That the Union or Slates was the union or independent sovereignties, with power to resume delegated power whenever necessary. That all anticipated evils had been realised. They reon.nmended the South not to go into National Convention Tor the nomination or candidates for President, and to have a Congress to deliberate and act with a view to arresting frirther aggression and to restore the rights or the South. The previous question was then moved, thus culling off all discussion. The Tennessee delegates dissented from the report, but not being allowed to xiress their views in Convention, Messrs. A. V. Brown, Nicholson and Donaldson declared their Inten tion to address their constituents, declaring their j position and reasons why they still stood on the Tennessee platform The vote was t-ken on the previous question and the adoption of the report as amended and Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Virginia 6 voted in the affirmative, and Tennessee alone In the negative. Mr. Donaldson, of Tennessee, voted off for the purpose of moving a reconsideration which he did, but the motion was not sustained. He took occasion to uronounce the proceedings of , the Convention as unhallowed and said he would IIoiv nsarh Pork will a Ilnshcl f Cora mnkrf By some experiments tried, it is believed that a bushel or corn fod to a thrifty hog, will make i:llbs. or pork. So that corn at 2. cents is equal to pork at 2 cents, and corn at 75 cents a bust j is equal to pork at 6 cents a pound. The ni net ma nure will more than pay for the labor of feeding and killing the hogs. bar. Cour The following, emanatea from the pen or an indigent gentleman at the hydraulics, whose wife had shown mm a ciear pair oi neeis Mv dearest wifo, foir Martha Ann, I fondly trustedShe fled my rool with another man, And my lone heart it bcsted. CTln 1 7S9 a woman was hung in Boston for robbing anothtr woman of a bonnet worth sivi sniLLtK! "O, tha food old times!"

INIHAXA, PKIDAY, XOVE.MREK 29, 1850.

Dnairl Wcb-lrr. Mr Webster recently paid a vis-it to his New Hampshire Farm, and while there was visited by same of us friends, promicent men of both parties io that state. The Boston Tost says that he entertained his friend to an old fashioned dinner. Richard H. Ayer, a democrat, during the dinner offered the following toast: Oca Host To the genius, patriotism, and courage which so effectually and oimorlunelv interposed for the preservation of the L'niou. we 1 . ... . . ' I . uui iaMiu grauiuue. Union, now aud forever, oue and ..... ..vuMeracanowieaged tne compliment, I and at the close of the dinner, made a speech of j At. vi. i , , , ., . .. wnio. me louowing is given by the Tost as a mere skeleton from memory He said the present was not a fitting occasion to touch upon politics, which he should let alone. He was glad to see around his table many old friends aud companions of his younger days, which brought to mind many pleasing reminiscences, and afforded him indescribable pleasure. The allusion to his course in the Senate, however, and the approbation it had met with by his insula present, wtio nad made a mauifestaliou '

I .. ..... UUIVm ugi Willi of their feelings was such a. ourceordeepgrat- a view or reform, but he assumed it as some do fiction to him. that he could not help revert- religion, as a cloak to their villainies. The whig iB to it. This was sufficient to pay him for officials, nnblinded by Ins blandishments, had the trials and sufferings he had gone through, scarcely got the hang "of the immense post office audit mattered but little at this day, whether ! machinery, than they discovered the depreda" opimon should sustain him in his course, so j tions-laid a trap for the depredator-caught and long .she Ml he had done his duty to his coun- exposed him; and there he stands with his whig try, and alone for his country's good. He had cloak torn off, as very a locofoco as ever robbed l.ved the best part or his life-the past was se- a trunk or treasury! Tut him on the list with cured to him.Iand could not be taken from him.J the Swart wouts, Trices, Harrises, Boyds, ColHe asked no more. He had no other wish to linses. and a thoucand and one other lder.

gratify, for he felt there was no sacrifice too j great for him to make in sustaining the welfare ( oi ins country, r or six long months, from the alt of March to the 7th of September he had not slept over two hours any one night. Senators sat in their seats day and night. It was the crisis, and it was a fearful and a terrible one. No ray of hope, no gleam of support came from any oue. All looked dark and gloomy all were grave and sullen, and no smile of relief cheered the hour of despair. He stood forth alone and unsupported from New England j to strike a blow at all hazards for the preserva- i tion of the Union. His friend from New Hamp-. shire, Senator Norris, was the first to step forward with him into the breach, and he would , here observe, that towards those who acted with ' him, or rather towards those he acted with, the' Senator from Michigan, Mr. Cass, the Senator! from Indiana, Mr. Bright, fie Seuator from II-' liuois, Mr. Douglass, the Senator from Missis-! slppi, Mr. Foote, and others, he could never en-! tertain agaiu that feeling of political opposition which he had formerly felt. The ancient feud was at an end, and hereafter he should greet' those gentlemen with feelings of the most sin-' cere esteem and warmest friendship. It was the same feeling which men have who have' fought side by side together through some bloo-1 dy combat. After the battle is over they be-j come endeared to each other, if only for the common dangers and through. hardships they passed In sustainpg the position he had taken, he felt he was but maintaining the laws and the' constitution, guarding the rights of the South, and edi ocating the harmony of the North, alone and only for the preservation oniie Union. lie

forgot everything but his country. For his or f hilauelphia a short time since for stealcountry only, aud her salvation, was uppermost ,nS chickens. in his heart. i "'Veil Toby," siid his honor, "what have Mr. Webster in conclusion, offered the fol- VPU f ot lo Mv for yourself?" lowing toast.- I "Nuffin but dis, boss; I was as crazy as a bed Ota CoiNTav May Its Union continue per- w,,en 1 stole dad 'ar pullet, cos I mite hah

petually and everlasting, for when it shall become divided it will no longer be my country. I'itc Xcarnrs in Viryinin. The Virginia Constitutional Convention has decided lo await the census returns before proceeding to definite action, aud has therefore adjourned until the 1st ol January next. Before adjournment, there was an animated discussion on the policy or declaring void nil 'laws which give permission for emancipateo negroes to remam in the state, and providing for the removal of all free negroes and mulattoes beyond the limits or the Commonwealth, either wilh or' . . . . i. i . . ... , without their consent. A resolution was adopted that the Committee on the Legislative Do - part men l of the Government be instructed to inquire into Ihe expediency or providing, that no slave hereafter to be emancipated, shall be euli - tied to his or her freedom, unless the peison so Fiiiaiiciiiaiinir vucu slave or Slaves snail nrsi .; 1. i. . .... i iij... make provision for Sis or her removal beyond the limits of the United Stales, or for the support of such as may lie authorised by the Legislature to remain within the Commonwealth. Sfir Jrrwy I'lrrtion. now beyond doubt that the Democrats have made a pretty clean sweep in New Jersey. Thev have elected their Governor by near five thousand majority. They have also Ihe Legislatnre, which secures the election of a Democratic United Stales Senator in the place of Mr. Dayton, Whig. They have also , elected four out or five Congressmen. The followiug are the members or Congress elected: Dist. I Cape May, Nathan I, Stratton; Dem. Mercer, .Vc, Charles Skellon, Dem. Sussex, Jkc, Isaac Wild rick, Dem. Somerset, George II Brown, Whig. Essex, vtc, Rodman M. Price, Dem. 11 III IV V Kissing (iml Jlrn. e think there is nothing more ridiculous, ', says the Horn of Mirth, than the practice our , American ladies have of kissing all the great men, both foreign and domestic, who visit or travel through our country. II. Clay, with his great ogly mouth, had the fun of kissing all the pretty (and nglv) gills from Maine to Georgia Eveu the good old Lafayette was frightened out of his propriety by Ihe demoiselles of L'Amerique. Mote latterly, Gen. Taylor kissing all the beauties of New York, Thila , Baltimore, vtc. This, however objectionable, was better than kissing a grand Turk, as some of the New York ladies have been doing. Amin Bey, the Turkish Ambassador, had a graud time of it on Monday, at the Governor's room in N. York, "Having kissed more pretty women in the space of an hour, than he had ever seen before in his life." This he honestly confessed, and enquired very courteously to whom they belonged. On being informed that they were the wives of the sovereign peo ple, he smacked his lips, and said he had no idea that any sovereign on earth had so magnificent a harem. CTThe old saying is, "To make a drunkard, give a man a wife who will scold him every time he comes home."

. firm. IliBivn'a Poliiin. Jnimediately on the discovery of this gentleman's depredations on the U. S. Mail, the locofoco papers throughout the country teemed with statemontsof his politics, and the high position he occupied in the whig ranks. A Fittsburg paper throws some light on this scoundrel's past history, which cannot fall to prove highly gratifying to his quandom associates. Ilinton was an early, and for a while zealous and active dem-

Liberty anrijocrat. It was during this time that he became inseparable." a mail contractor a w hig could not get such a

job - and then it was that lie commenced bis depredations on t'.ie mails. Shrewd, cautious and Intelligent, he soon became acquainted with the iniquity of his political associates, and discovering these to be numerous, and becoming so nnen. be tnttnA i t .... - H til. . associates . dn.,n. t. I to support a good character, iu daily danger of i j I implication, and accordingly he recently and I suddenly assumed to be a whig, and like all new and hollow converts, endeavored to make up in . noise what he lacked in sincerity. His ioiiiing cf the Whins . nni r ii. . -.i of mail and treasury bags. He will rather do honor than disparagement to them, such has .been the extent or his i plundering. "(inllnnting the twirls." I la the Diary of John Adams, just published, under tlie supervision of his grandson, Charles . Francit Adams, there are many pithy sentences, 'characteristic of the man. The following ex tract shows that when young, he was not exempt from the follies of other young men. 2730. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. All spent iu absolute idleness, or, which Is worse, gallanting the girls." "Gallanting the girls" worse than idleness What do the girls say to that? A Purai for thr Nrrvons. Has a neighbor injured vou? Don't fretYon will come off the best; lie's the most to answer for, Never mind it, let it rest. Has a horrid lie been told? Don't fret; It will run itself to death, If you let it quiet alone. It will die for want or breath. Dou't fret. Are your enemies at work? Don't frot They can't injure yon a whit; If they find you heed them not, They will soou be glad to quit; Dou't fret. Is adversity your lot? Don't fretFortune's wheel keeps turning round, Every spoke will reach the top, Which, like you, is going down; Don't fret. ftJA negro was brought up before the Maystole de big rooster and never done it. Dat shows 'cluaively !o my mind dat I was laboring under the delirium trpmendus." "Will yon have some catsup?" asked a gen tleman of An nl Triscilla, at a dinner-table. "Dear me, no!" she replied with a shudder, ''I'm fond of cats iu their place, bull should as soon think creating dog soup!" I Th(, tlenin djd ni,t h j i What I Mhould like re. a ,,. . , , ... i A noesgay, containing the pink or perfrclton, , , 1 ,,he flower oithe family, and leaves taken at parting. i 1 "i1" )"" drink hale in America?" asked a cockney. "No, we drink thunder aud lightning," replied the Yankee. A certain editor hav ing heard the Nightingale, it was reported that he was completely caried away by it "Carried away" exclaimed his wife; "Alas! there is no such good news." ' ... . ' " e are beginning to receive our more importaut cities. The Ihe returns oT following are

among the litest: 1?."0. 1 S 10 . Boston ISfiGG St. Louis S0.V21 S1.W Albany CGii-26 .T.IT'Jl i Buffalo 4:i2fifi 1S21.1 I Washington City 4im72 204-3 Richmond 21115:1 Newark, J.J. 3SSS5 17290 Lowell ,T2l?'4 207!IG Williamsburg 30tG 5091 Syracuse 2:215 11013 Portland, Me. 20S10 l.V'H MilwauMe 20035 1712 Columbus, O. 17G56 G04S Cleveland 17600 G071 Ulica 17558 127,-2 Charleslown 17205 1I4S4 New Bedford 1G4G4 120S7 Manchester, N. II. 13!I32 3235 Day ton 1350G G0C7 Erie 12MI5 3412 Oswego 1241W 4G4-' Detroit HI 67 9102 Memphis 11365 Tatersou 11329 7595 Poughkeepsie llOt-0 10005 I must confess my surprise, that Albany

should exhibit nl this census a larger population than Buffalo, and that Detroit should have increased iu no greater ratio since 1940, than per ceut. Cist. 'I s "nllen Fowls. The best food for fattening fowls is potatoes mixed with meal. Boil the potatoes and mash them fine while they are hot. and mix the meal wilh them just before it is to be presented. They fatten ou this diet in less than hair the time or dinarily required to bring them lo the same condition of excellence on com, or even meal itself. Ex. tVoiura nnd Jlcn. A wo'mao who loves, loves for life, unless a well founded jealousy compels her to relinquish Ihe object of her affections. So says somebody. A man who loves loves for life, unlets he alters his mind. So sa)i somebody else.

W e were yesterday shown a jar of cull.vatod J Jerry Xobs. according to tl,0 Cincinnati Discranbtrries, crown on a patch set out only two I patch, met with au adveuture on the railroad a years ago on an otherwise worthless corner of " "fos'y moruingj ago. His slumbers wero

bog-land in Salem county, New Jersey. The j herri. .r. ... 1.. 1 1-.. i ...j " nu i mil,-. I Iia-m 1. nv.:a(v . -1 I Is a growing attention to the cuilivation of this fruit among farmers in various sections, and we are assured the rn is no more leliable or profitable crop a siugta acre when in full bearing, producing a yield worth iu the market from five hundred to six hnndred dollars. The mode of cultivation is to plant the wild vines in rows, three feet apart, setting the roots firmly in the ground some three or four inches deep. From these settings the vines so branch out that in a fow years the ground will be thickly covered, effectually killing out every thing else. Until the vines have had time to grow and cover the ground, the only labor required on them is a little hoeing, to keep down the weeds. Wet, low lands are esteemed the best, but we have heard of the successful cultivation of the vines on common farm laud. The market for this fruit, which is always ready sale, has, antil within a fow years, beeu supplied from the wild and promiscuous growth in swamp land, at a great distance from our principal cities. There is no greater luxury llun this berry, aud we are rejoiced at its more extensive cuilivation, as well for the profit of the laborious farmer, as for the sake of the paUles vt the deuiieusof cities. Philadeluhij Ledger. Take up Thr Bed and Walk. OuTues.liy list, a mm .lresJ a a mechanic, went to a house iu Brighton, walked up stairs. Took a bed from a bedstead, inada it un ina bundle, aud broughldown into the passage,! At It.. I ;...i. ... l. l i . i... i.. 1 rvi mai lusiam ne Heard somelio.lv coimnir Thereupon, wilh admirable coolness, he gave two or three loud taps on llio wainscotnug and when iu dus limo, ouo of tho imitates mails her appearance he taid "I've brought this bed." "Bed," replied the woman;" there's no bed to come here; you have made a mistake." "I think uol " said the man: "this is No. 15, isn't it?" "Yes this is 15." Then that is the number master told me to bring il lo." "Well," said the woman, "it's wrong at any rate, so you'd better lake it away." "If you say I'm to take it," responded the thier, "I had better do it; and with that he took up the bed and walked off. Some time elaspi d bafore it was discovered how completely the bed-owners had been done. ETChiliiren are iuquisitive bodies, for iustince 'What does cleave nian, pa?' 'It means to uuite together 'Does John uuite wood when he cleaves il?' 'H-m, well It means to separate.' 'Well, pa, dos a man separate from his wife when he cleaves to her?' 'Hem, hem, dou'l ak so many foolish questions, child. A H lft Without Hnrrjlns;. Ii. a recent bigamy cas in Brooklyn. N Y l.r l i r i i. , . . . r. ueiure juugs iiocKwen, ne decided that atom living w ilh a woman, and calling her his i.. e i , . 7 ifHil r'n ' .or nu irjfni purposes per liusrtaud. even though not actually married and may not onv be liahlo for her debts and acts, but mav be prosecuted and convicted, if ha weds another female during the lifetime of his paramour. Hnsbnnd nnd Servant. A mistress and her servant having high words, Ihe fervent capped tli Hi nax of her inoignatinn. by resting her hand on her h ips, giving her head a very knowing shake aud screaming: "I'll tell yon what it is. Mem! I would not stay with yon, no, not fortuventy dolli rs a month, and I givs you notice that I shall quit this day week." Themistress was dumb fonnde I. The master happened to be within ear shot. His stiff-rings i were of course greater than those oHhe uirl. And lie drew a tremeiniious sigh.Jand with it coupled the mental ejaculation: " "Happy girl! Glorious privilege! Would to ... .. . . - 1 1 en ven i cou id give a similar warning: Alas! alas! why was not 1 born a servant girl?" Brooklyn Eagle. Another Kcniirknlilr lrcrtm. The Boston Transcript has another dr-am ver ified. Mr. Colfon, dry goods dealer in Washington streeet, dreamed on Saturday night, at his residence, that somebody had brokeu into his store, and was stealiug silk cravats. His anxious vi.ious caused him to catch hold or his partner, who awoke aud persuaded him to go (a -1 r. Mih.n tHi .! r... ... ....... ....J O .. C 1 ... morning they found thai they had been robbed of one thousand dollars worth of cravats, auj other goods: A sinxMlnr t-'Krl. A young lady was recently married in this cily who wore a pair of magnificent enters, which were kail by an English uolilemaii! Tiiey were originally sent from En rope as a i curios ty, tn.l by the young lady's mother preI senled to her on her wedding day! Very siui gular. I'ioliion I'latrs nnd I .n dies nni.H. M-s Swisshelin, iu a savage article against the Magazine fashion plates, says We know women now, who are dying, dying by their o u bauds, and piously saying ilieir prayers every day, and for their death the Magazine publishers are accountable at the bar of the Eternal. They a'e murdering them as truly as ever David slew Uriah by the sword of the Amalekites. No human agency iau tench lh. se victims of fashion plate mongers, that the long whale-bones sticking down iuto their sides, the tight strings tied around the small of the back, and weight of skirts dragging on them, are crushiug their lives out, and dragging them to their graves. They will not believe that Ihey are entailing misery and disease and death upon their children. But, yet, many of lliem dj Kuow it, and with all their vauuted love for their offspring, would rather see their little o.ies suffer ten thousand deaths thau they themselves should fail to look "like Proniethius iu my piclure here" a long sided funnel set ou a jug. j Dss with Ihe Vnnkm. i In a speech at New Orleans ou the lGlh nit. Senator Soule said: 'Gentlemen, I care very , liltle for the opinion of this city. New Orleans is under Yankee influence-au influence which we must get rid of.'

ITWillism Duffy charged with setting fire to I Virgiuia paper says: Gov. Quitman and burning the meeling-house in North Dan-' daU" "" proclamation, convoking ihe legi.lavers, has been tried at Salem, Mass., found guil- I ture' the. "31lh year of the indepeuceuce of .Mis. ty, and senteuced to the Stale prison for life. i S,W'I'P'- And wl.en secession takes place ho 1 I can add, "and the first year of folly." 0U is slated that Catharine, daughter of , . , T .

Abbott Lawrence, our Minister to Ihe Court of St. James, is about to be married to the .Marquis of Grafton, eldest son of the Duke of Rullaud. O"" I've such wonderments!" exclaimed Mr. Jours, "I've been to the caravanory and I've seen the bulif.iut and the camomile aud the rhinocurus and hopoptumus. 0The coachman who drove Jenny Lind from the steamboat to the Revere House Boston, thus ridicules the insane admiration which bis "follow citizens" were exhibiting. Mounting Ihe steps or the hotel, he cried "Here's the hand that lifted Jenny Lind out of the coach, Gentlemen, yon can auy or you have the privilege or kissing it for five dollars children half prica."

VOL. XVIII XO. -1!

Tlle " Z k .?yt ' Wln P'ty - i .. a.urr preuy, Willi . tilin .ila ruu 01 ;ier Dose. The liritli'lrnnm was encased in a rather . . wu ,u ucw L II1 lie incident was this; At the Willow Springs the cars made a short stop. A stay ,,f two minutes. The gentleman just married thought l,e would step out, take a k1"t.the couutry nd exercise his li...b W hile he was eng.gjd iu this pleasant occupation the cars started. Jerry was on the platform of the laatcar when this casualty occurred He saw the geutlemau start as tliecars did. Ha heard a scream, the ludy rushed on, and Jerry just had time to catch her, and prevented a fear, full leap! The cars were speeding on; the lover was pauting behind. The cars gained on the husbtnd, but the husband slid ran. The seen at this moment, says Jerry, was exciting but by no means promising. The young husband stumped his toe aud fell, but gathered upaud again ran. Jerry pulled the rope that ruus along ihe lop of the cars, but fatal mistake tho locomotive increased iti speed. '-Edward oh! Edward," screamed the bride. "Anna Maria," came faintly borne upon tha breeie aud the husband disappeared in the distance, and the lady fainted. Railroads go ahead of canals aud rivers, and iu thii instance ahead of matrimony itself. .floral Nunc oli:iiuud. The London Daily News says that "nearly one-hair of the population of England aud Wales are unable to read and write. A lar portion of the other hall have received the scantiest instruction. Destitution, Vice, aud crima ubouud because the people are untaught. Tua jails aud work-houses are full." A soever. We havo heard of a lovers iu our time, but we think 1- T,.,,t t .L .... n i . ... lOUlsiJkrj cm nil UOiVU. 1 .,. .1 I... .1.. J said ne loUipt. outlle, "and made .Miss Pom- ... ......iu u.m ii uowu. "li i mil .1 I.- i.i ...i. ii bey slave, IshuulJ consider it a compliment; or it at the sacrifice of all mv Dro.ie.riv I l l get transmigration into her dog, 1 should be so perlecl.y happy I never would stop waggiug IK ' ' :,,-'e',, devotion as is devoliou. V hat s Ltkiug arseuic to a man wilh such 'feeltugs!' Which is the Poolr A gentleman, in the habit of occasionally usuig lutoxcating driuks, look up an able temperance address, and set down iu his family lo peruse il. He read it through, without say iug wfrd lMrn ho excla'"ied, rhismau is a fool, or I am!' He then read it again, and when again ha had finished it, a second lime he excUimeded, 'This man is a fool or I am!' A hird time he read it with still greater care, and as be finished the last sentence, exclaimed, 'I am the fool!' aud never tasted a ilrop of ardent spirits afterwardsCTj No man has any more right to sell a dollar's worth of Iutellecual or .Moral poison, iu the shape of a book, than to sell a dollar's worth of Prussia Acid lo an igoraul house wife, for cooking purposes. Iriliah Eininsnrtra and Ilriiinh Gold. Under the above head, ths York Pr....... of the lt'th inst., has the following: i.1 if h" MHo"-" Toompoen. a Brit.urinurr 01 purnmeiii, has beeu seut to this couutry just now, amid the present agitation, iu order, if possible, to break up Hie Uuiou.aud separate the cotton-growing from the manufacturing aud commercial Stales, and that he is ths recipient for his services or large sums or B.itisli Gold, we tiave uot a doub'.. It is of the highest importance to some interests iu Great Untiin to separate the South, which grows cotton, from the North, which is rivaling British maiiufatur.rs in working it up into cloths; and that this Thompson is the foed agent of these interests, receiving and disbursing their Gold, we believe as confidently as we believe iu our exisle lice. Some years ago we staled, and we proved it ,n column of this iournal. iht ih- Priii.i. I , l... I: I . - . ' J u,";!-'ms were sending large sums of money j lo "'is country; that thev supported Abolition i Lecturers, au.l printed Abohtioii speeches and uouuiuial since that time these tnbulions have !eeu coufrecly kept on. Indeed. we ore sure, if lhe;iatier could be authoritatively ferreted out, that :i rould be demonstrated that the immense circulation which was given in this country to some r the Abolition sp. ech'BXhGolV''0 Us'C"rD" A colored woman died at Mobile ,'Alabam last week, 1 Oil years of age, she left behind had 43 cllUllr,n bJ7 ' e sou mho I J 0"A Volemporary says: When we see a neat, pretty girl, with a free, but innocent air; wilh cheeks like roses and heavenly blue eyes, which seems to repose in serenity beneath their silken lashes, we always wish that she was near a puddle, aud we had to lift her over. Krhool harnrlrr. Evury school boy has a character. Let us go among the group of them aud all doulils will vanish. There is selfish Harry, lying Tom, slovenly Peter, gluttonous Jim, sly Charley, cowardly Dick, and fighting Jack; as well as generous George, truthful Joseph, and honest Bob -Ask for evidence that these descriptions are truly applied, and we shall find tiie same rules of jud"lng are adopted here that are adopted among grown men. There is a commanding public sentiment on every play-ground, and the same right principles thai secure for a grown man and a great man, the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens, will other things being equal secure for a buy Ihe love aud confidence of other boys. A long face may be put on a fawning or hypocritical boy may play a game with an easy and credulous teacher, and for a while retain a falie place in his estimation But the veil is too thin. The true character comes out broadly in the play-ground or on the ice, and tha boy that deserves to be loved is loved. As it is among scliool-ho s, so it is all tho world over. An honest aud virtuous man may sometimes be uiijuslly suspected, and the breath of the slanderer may tarnish for a moment an innocent reputation, but the right si Je comes up sooner or later, and truth triumphs. 0A letter from Paris in the Bos' on Tost says i. r. , , J ; r Mnw' ou "y uepel"l upoti it, must go ; hrou21' auolher revolution. All parlies are dissatished w ith the present constitution." - colored gentleman who had probably been "taking something." writes to Frederick Dougl iss, that tins government has ben coni sidered the model of heaven, but lie is inclined lo believe thai "the devil would do well to rent out hell, aud move to the United Slates." Eigbtr-one Female I'Mlnaalrn, There are in the United Stales eighty-ona women holdiug Ihe office of postmaster; no mere deputies, but real, bona fide postmasters, receiving their appointments from head quarters. This to be sure, is a small number compared with the men holding the same office, yet we think it much larger than is generally supposed. Thirty-one of this number are in Pennsylvania, five in our own Slate, and the remainder scattered through Ihe different Statss.