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              .a A ht iuii:iTiTnin ?fS1 r - k Taee; $2,50 within ix montht 1 1,00 f5ef(tth mi ofthftyr. Ulub or wetf VT -' - I From the Philadelphia Pennsjlranian." To Political Abolitionists. Impressed iUb belief tbaHnaoy of JOtt Uve not fully iiderei '4he grounds oa.which joa bari been actitie, 'M'J toa'cfenrsa has.be decHedly f'inrschieToasi'I have to k the indole tenia of ft liberal pressvtet address aTeV thoughts to yto. Yoo have Ion? been charged by ' ft di ceriff poWic, with beioarparty of one idea" tHatjflj3uoJktt otktoUJ aka.cJS?4 tion of human rights, wiUioat considering all the - II - ;.-v ' Vucumstancea that ' cnvhon U. To ptesett to ' you some of these is my present aim. You are aware that human slavery has exist-; d to some extent io every clime, from time im-i:" memorial, at least from the time of the Patri- chs. l I have no means of citing you to histor ; 'Ical record anterior to tbetimeof Abraham. ;TwTnV Astronomical records of the Chaldeans, saya x Goodrich, io his History of all Nations, ' carried jilacx the origin ofsociety for a space bf 473,000 .. years," and I have no doubt but that slavery ex- ' ited from the beginning-, whenever that may L lava been. It is now an admitted. fact everywhere, that no people unfitted for freedom can ' "be made permanently or beneficially free, nor an any people prepared for freedom be made 1 . laves. From the tinp of Abraham until nat, v you find the institution steadily continued, when 1 "1t was estimated that in the Roman Empire there were sixty tnttUoc of slaves ; and that in Italy ; ,there, were three slaves to every freeman. "In England it was found in the commencement of 'Jlier history," sas Fletcher in his Study of Slave. ry, " similar to that which now exists in Africa," " where it is exhibited in the worst form known . fp all human history. . For 4,000 years South- "ra Africa, from the mountains of the Moon to Vthe; Cape of4 Good Hope, has remained io the aame conditions, with the recorded language or ' literature. The generations of to-day tnowjust aa much and no more than those of hundreds bf " years ago. During thii vast ; period the population is supposed to have been, about fifty million, nd'thatcannibalism ha constantly prevailed -which, in connection with the foreign slave trade, as prevented any increase. Where the slave trade has been most active cannibalism has diminished, the slaves or captives being worth more : , to sell than to eat. We have the most heart- Tending accounts of these sacrifices, notwith-atanding the little that is accurately known of . the interior of thar benighted land. So late as the 27th of August, 1858, we have an authentic discount of an odious exhibition of this kind in - the" District of Acreeka, from the journal of W. , Jf, Oatesv who was stationed on. ft trading hulk In the river ; and another on the 4th of January, ',1859., A. few years ago we had an, account' of - r an African chieftain and slaveholder on the western coast, who, finuiog the demand for slaves cut off by a cessation of the slave trade with Europe and America, at one time wantonly put to death 300 slaves, rather, than support them. There is no law there but public opinion from 'day to day, and that always gives the slaveowner the; rifht to do with his slaves just what he pleases. 'As these slaveholders are only igno- ' rant and baxbarious.. brutes, think what must be the condition of the slave. It is said that iu the interior of Africa, captives from' the sea coast are much preferred On account of their saltish taite ; so waTmay jtidge-what becpmes of those poor creatures who "ftjce captured from the interior are generally kept upon the coast, waiting a " 1 foreign demand. .4 Prior to the abolition of the slave trade in Braxil, the demand from America was very great. 1", From' 1842 to , 1851,. a period of ten years, we ; find the number of slaves embarked from Africa : and. landed, at Brazil 325,615, and id Cuba 43,- 5 490, making an annual importation of 36,910. AU V' the same time the trade-was carried on steadily Sn witb soine Europe a country and Korthera Af- ' Yicafrom the 'West Coast,r and from the" Eastern, ' Coast. with the Portuguese ;,'so that between nan- bibalism and the foreign slave trad the popula- , tioa 'h'astein ' preyented from "wcieasl ' Livj -- ing is this way upon theirown species, and upon -izards repjUesi' and thelfruita of the earthi jhey -narelhe most, degraded brings upon the face of ttf ;glc4b.;f,our fift'Bt of tneVentrropfiTfid .a,Wa;iWir,corapaUd' mast; "teYiJ taan'y of them,f the chieftains of tribes or .o.Jieathea brutes, i, . ; ..f ' Yoo will readily see sow from the slight pic u oi Aincan slavery, that slavery in tnjscoun,-. tryyi ondet Chri'ttian ; alaveholders,1 : reeolated J'erThereby statuary laws must be a Paradise compared with slavery In that benighted 4nd. " ''When the American emigrants from- Europe found themselves in want of laborers, instead of enslaving the native Indians, as they might have, . , f w-Oftroariao, they preferred to receive . kwtn Aincans, who were already slaves io that' , 4 ia laul ondet British masters. This was a elorioos booniatha: Slaves! to escape from a condition 7 where they might at mny timexbe re eaptaredaod J Mtqik q Iftnd.qf jaw and humanity where the rights of xa&ster. ntslave Aro. well defined; if ;'ot ftlwaye enforced $ tL "r j ,,Now myVAboliUoo riepda, can joui iDotjer- eive that your violent denunciations of the slave ' JTwiU t ' -'rv--"'-'Jii 1.11,1 r;Vi . l. x wnatyou. consider great cruelty, may have "I" been icte' bf mercy," and designed by ft GooJ len'ceVi the ulUmate.'iaeani .of:jQir; Africa, . These cspti v slaves, many of therf, or . their decendanta, " after ' being r educated and jTT.CSiruaizediaay 7return lo their paUve.land uligUefied- freemen. ' Yba 'are aware thai the rovisace into Egypt among an enligLteaed BeonleT w"Bere they remained 430"year4 in servi Tude,notTor the good of Egyptians,bitfor their bwniLand jthatwben uasame umnipont pow- erjirpught them, backJoOhair native iland, they WSI8 flllU ODUUKU imuuj. 1Y teach you tha, necessity. J3f'.f?orev 4 patjejice, and howyoa the slow progress in regewerating a barbarious and Jieatheor race. .. j ,i That enslavement began by making's few freemen slaves.. Our began by . taking tiose who were already slaves, and ; we are already wit nessing, in about two hundred years .from its commencement,, their return to Africa, vastly more civilized and enlightened than were the Israelites when they left.Eypt Ifort.he land of their aoceatprs.; " It may ndT be' One hondred years more, until the entire western coast of Africa will be one continuous republic, from Liberia to the Cape of Cood Hopej made entirely of returning emigrants' from theao'United States. Then yod may see,- if yoa "can get beyond the one idea, that American slavery, instead of be ing as yoa now say, "the sura of all-villainies," and the slave trade an outrage on humanity, that these are means pnder a wise Providence for the accomplishment of a great good. Believing as I do, io an overruling Providence rn the affairs of this country, I cannot beueve that those creatures were brought here under Hie. will and guidance, for any special benefit to iioVbite race, but purely for that of the Africans themselves We have ample testimony to the evils of slavery to the white race here, from those who have been eye witnesses of it. Rev, C. C. Jones said I. do not hesitate to say that the influence of the negroes on the general intelligence and morality of the whites is not good. ' : Planters, will generally confess that the management of 'negroes (t not only attended with trouble and vexation, but with provocations to eia.f Masters and" mistresses lave their trials And the kind of influence which the negroes exert over our children and youth, when permit ted to associate with them, is well known to all careful and observing parent." . Jefferson said " The man must be a prodigy who can retain manners and morals uncontami-nated in in the midst of slavery." . . ... Judge Nichols, of Kentucky, said in 1837 The deliberate on.viction8 . of my most, matured consideration are, that the institution of slavery is a most serious injury to the habits, manners, and morals of our white population that it leads to sloth, indolence, dissipation and vice." ; Judge Summers, cf Virginia, said in 1832 " A slave population produces the most pernio cious effects upon the manners, habits and character of those among whom it exists." " Tbe Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina and Georgia said in their Report of 1834 "Those only who bate the management of these servants know what the hardening effect of it is upon their own feelings towards them." These are Southern .testimonials from which we mry perceive that the benefits of American slavery are not to to the whites. Indeed, we of the North can have little conception of the anxiety and care accompanying it,. There were in the Southern States in 1850, nearly three and a half million of elaveBj and only 6,184,477 whites, with over 150,000 free blacks. Think, then, of the perils of such a population. The Rev. C. C, Jones,' in 1831, called them "a nation of heath' ens in oar midst." Their depravity, their spiritual ignorauee and destitution, are amazingly and awful great. t The Hon. C. C. Pinckney in 1829 said, There needs no stronger illustration of the doctrine of depravity, than than tbe state of human nature on plantations in general. Their advance jq years is but a progression to the higher grades of iniquity." , '. Ci W. Gooch, of Tirginia,said, "There seems to be almost an entire absence of moral principle among tbe mass of our colored population." Kev. Mr. Jones says, "We bare indeed assisted in sending missionaries to tbe heathen thousands of miles from -us in founding theological seminaries in havioir the Gospel preached in our prisons; we have- been printing . Bibles and tracts, but what have we xooe for the negroes that tb-y may also enjey the Gospel of Christ? Why are they as a class, overlooked by ns in our benevolent regards and efforts?" ' 'v . These are all Southern' testimony before the anti-staverr excitement .began, and snow us ac curately the condition of the slaves; and yet, with' these facts -published throughout" theland, you clamor for' immediate emancipation, and berate those upon whom tbis affliction has been brought by the avarice of Old and New England more than one hundied years ago, as ."an Organized band of thieves and robbers, Hiving by pi co der and piracy on the avails of unpaid toil-" You say that slaveholders have no f ight to- life, liberty or- the- pursuit of happiness;' that they should be regarded as criminals, and be COm pelled to release their prey": 'that our Union; with slaveholders is ft curse: that tbe .least threat of disun'on from the South should iava been bailed with iov bv all thai friends ot the- 'ensVaved.!' f See resolution before the Ariti-Slavery Cotweh. iioh W-Buffaldl--Jamdry '10:) " v j t nuTf ujub oe , eviueui iu uippafiioijaits mind,' that you. ore' under, the influence pf,spir-it thatfbiindf you to. all .that U good, generous or holy, x I have aimed to give yoa a-slight but true picture of slavery -io'.'- Africa,' to' show you how much better off those beings were- 'when transported here and also bow unprepared they still are lor perfect freedom and self-control. What would yon accomplish, by 'immediate emancipation of four, millions of ignorant and helpless - slaves Yoo . sea them among ns degraded, and perishing in Canada, whither yon have sent them, after assisting to steal them from their proper homes. Yon leave them there to starve or to steal in their turn, andvpu call this Christian philanthropy under Ant slavery "agita- tioni ;.r -.; ?-f For immediate emancipation xon would ruin nearly the entire black population ot the Sooth, as no-better result conld possibiv be Anticipated than those in Jamaica Under similar circumstan ces pr m Hayti. after the rebellion there. If To conld. accomplish .tha object yOf dissolving the Union, which yon nave .'so ranch desixf d for 1 yra, yoo would involve tbantire pop nianoiror tii irrrtiA -N.t--- - in whiekywt would doabtiess bailie first suffer A mrtwc fin tm that tM cause ot ait present political wvil arises fronv astt-slavery .agitations if revolution and anarciT essce, tney wii biace me evu tnurn Vfln. t'.fIf jot wonli do good to tiei"" slaves yoa must f rti c.V.Itj ft LeUf t 'Jix'XlX joorralveitiao V'- t B WM nly to think that tha conflict wL.ch:yea.ere. Prgiog:'w;Cfc oaltSn theSooth forgetting' Ihftt . generally !9 prhe cacse of tbeir.cevils: when. .applying ftiemedr. and. sorely laer. cannots ba Idb. in. von until that shall have been accomplished. Then let your sympathies run chiefly to the slave holders, who are the worst sufferers under the slave system, worse than the enslaved, and then think how yon can best assist to enlighted and fit them for freedom. Let there be no more pious stealing, or deceit, or malevolent slanders, and stop at once all your underground railroads, which run only in the dark, and of which you boast so much. AM these things have so mncb disgraced you already, that it will require at least one generation of hoDesty and good deeds to restore you to the confidence of good and honest people. . , . . , .- I am no advocate for slavery, and I am satis fied it will end in time. It is fast drawing to a close in Europe,' In. Russia, where it exists in a very mild form of serfdom, it is upon its last legs. But in Africa, were it not for the light sprang up in Liberia, it remains as benighted as 4000 years ago. ' Well might the poet exclaim ' - - "Hes'ions immense unch angcable, unknown, , Baikla the iplendsrs of tbe olsr ion; A word of wonder whero eroation seems Kq more the work of Mature, but her dreamt." . The limits of a, newspaper article witl not allow me to open to you the condition ol Africa ns far as it is known, but I hope I hare already said enough to convince . some who may have been innocently beguiled by the ranting cry of "uo union with slave-bolderfl, that theslave-bol-ders are in reality the benefactors of the African race, without intending to be eo. That time has fully fund that no way existed for. the regeneration of Africa, but the transportation of her enslaved and, barbarous children to a foreign and civilized land, to be educated and Christianized, and then returned in sufficient numbers to carry on a successful missionary enterprise.- Tbis has been already well began in Liberia, and shows us clearly, that it is . tha design of Providence, through American labor and the genius of her institutions, slavery included, to evangelize and regenerate benighted Africa. . This is ray vision and hope. When this Union shall be destroyed that hone will be destroved .also, and then Afri ca may mourn her lost children, by a misruided and blind Anti-slavery agitation, before its proper time. Now that the foreign slave trade is entirely ended with ns, it is possible, that before 100 years more, the entire slave population of tbe southern btates may be fitted for freedom, and that which yon so unwisely wish done now, may be then accomplished, if the Uion can- be preserved. , . - - ' , . Jcsttice. Salts anil Ljifuifc o. The Rescue. BY EMERSOS BENSKTT,' In the Spring of 1798, while Gen. Wayne in command of the Northwestern Army, was occu pying Port Greenville, which he had constructed the preceeding winter, news was brought to him that a party of Pottawatomies had surprised and destroyed the blockhouse of a small settlement not far distant, and massacred all the inmates ex cepta young female, whom they had taken prisoner and were then supposed to be. condncting her to their village. This female, a Miss Eg gleston, was the daughter of an officer of some note, who was a friend of Wayne's and he deter mined it in his power, to have heroic little bands of spies, or scouts attached . to his division; and he knew if a rescue could be effected at all, the men to entrust with important enterprise could be found amongst thex, and them only. Now it so happened that a small party of these scouts were at that moment in the fort, having come in the night previous with important infor mation, and were preparing, to set off itnmedi diately. Sending for one of the -most daring of these, Robt. ; nfcUnllan 'by name, who, though not the regularly appointed leader, of the 'band sometimes acted itf that capacity when his com mander was absent, tho General briefly informed him of what had taken place,? and asked him if ne tncught there was any hope ot Miss lggleston being rescued trom them. 'Can't say as to that, General,' replied the ecout; 'but this I will -say, ef it kin be done.T kin do it.' ; ' . How many men do yon want,' asked Wayne : 'How large is the party?' asked the other.: 4Prom tbe report, I should judge there were twenty to thirty. '; ' 'Then it'll never do for ns to. make ft regular stand up fight ou't General, unless we have the cap'n and the others all along; and as they, won'l be In afore to-morrow, of them. I reckon its best to operate by sarcumvention; and the two that's here with me Hickman and Hart will be jest as good for that thar as a do2en more. 1 Only pnt me wbar lean git on their trail, and ef tbe red 'nigger's ar'n't too far ahead,' I'll soon: fetch'fti good report of.them, ef I.dovt't of the young woman.' . -'Bat you must bring a good ' account bf berl rejoined Wayne, in positi ve tone.'". 'It is to save ber Tsecd youV'fbr she is'the danhter, of .mv ffjend, and hejr life, and rescue are above price.' Then we'll savb beri General, replied the haK dy scout'that-is'; ef tfie oiitcibiring"' Varmints only sjavfbsf thehjSeTfeai tiIT.wft kin get, whar she Genera Wayne gave llcCIelkn J same- further instroctions and then bade him set ont immediately and returniog'lo his tempor ary quarters in the Fort, and informing his companions what was required of. them, they at once set about preparing for their new' adventure; and in less than half an hour,' the three were threading the intricate mazes of ft great, dark forest, jsnjeh . .then stretched away, nnbrokenly, for - ma long Ieage before them. - "' J' , With long and rapid strides McClellan, the fleetest footed hunter of his time "on the lead-Tbey got over some twenty mile of ground, and reached the mine of the block house, where the ... 1 - , massacre had taken place, just as the sun was setting. There '.'was light ' enough to find the broad, trail - of t$e Retreating Indians: and iWith nnnecessary dslay.lhey set oni nnon.lt; and advanced some two or three 'miles further; when the'pathenn'g nlkliicSmetledAhim 5 encamp and poftpon,e further, pperatipni tiU ftnoUaex.flaj. The nightTiowetex paised off withott "ny dis- tnrbance, fcnd at thertTTllreak of day they a-rose and resumed their journey; and ere the sdn had, set again, they had' traveled far npontht broad trail of their foea in ft northerly'direction. ' It is not our intention to follo w' them'in aetail. Safeco It Is to saytLal bear the close cf tie sec ond day they reached point Wa tha tx foik- ed and it bcca'mO necessary to make a carefoT examination, in order to decide, which party had" taken the prisoner '.. with them. ; To . the best of their judgment, tbe whole number of Indians was not much "short of thirty but 'they were not e qually divided at tha point of separation, as was evident from one trail being Jarger than the oth- They soon satisfied themselves that the girl had been taken with the smaller party; and this to them was pleasing discovery, as it gave them more hope of being successful in her rescue. This decided they poshed on rapidly till night, and then encamped proceeding on the following morning as before; and at the third day, just as night was setting in they came within vie w of the camp fire of their foes.1. Waiting some two or three hours, oniil they thought the venture per fectly safe, they carefully proceeded to reconnoitre the Indian camp, which was in a small, pleasant, but heavily wooded valley, through which flowed a branch of the Wabash. Creeping; up cautiously, under cover of some bushes, they be held six Indians carelessly disposed around the fire, three of them laying down as if asleep and the others sitting near together, conversing in ow tones, occasionally laughing, and evidently totally unsuspicious of danger. ; A little apart and bound to a tree, was th poor captive a young and beautiful female-r-whose now pale and dejected features bespoke the despair. of her heart, and combined -with her disheveled hair and tors and disarranged garments, rendered ber an object of pity even to men hardened to almost every 'scene of suffering and distress. ' Having fully ascertained the number and po sition of their enemies, and the fact that the prisoner, whom they -had 'come to .rescue, was still alive, the sconts drew stealthily back' to" a safe distance, and held a whispered consultation upon the manner of their futere procedure. 'I don't like exactly either of your plans,' said McClellan, who had quietly listened to the prop osition of the others. 'It's oor business to ee the gall away that's the Generafd orders and the way we kin do that the best, Is the best way. Now instead of trying to steal thar guns, one o' you jost creep up and cat her eords, and start her off towards ns as easy fa's you kin; but ef thar's an alarm, tell her to break" for the nearest thicket, and we'll stand attveen her and barm. I don't think thar'll be any trouble 'bout coming out all right, for we've fought bigger odds afore to-day, without the 'vantage of surprise, and lick ed 'em too : j . .After some further discussion, tbe plan of McClellan was acceeded to as best, and Hart was selected to enter the camp and release the girl the others to be in readiness to pour in their fire in case of alarm which, to say the least, would be likely to throw the India's into confusion and give our friends so mucV the advantage- while the girl would almost t eerfain to escape was what they now sought rather than the lives of the savages. Having thus arranged the matter, tha three scouts kept perfectly quiet and silent some two or three hours longer, and then began the exe cution of their scheme. The fire which the Indians had fed while astir, had now gone down to mere embers; but this only the better served Mc-Clellan's idea, as-it would render Hart less liable to be seen in his approach to the prisoner. . Some quarter of an hour more was spent in arranging everything for perfect action and get ting into position, which they finally did in that stealthy and noiseless manner: peculisx. to their profession. Then, leaving his two companions where their fire would be suTeand effective, Hart as cautiously and stealthily drew back, and glided around to the captive. He reached her without causing any alarm. ,But found her fast asleep sitting on the ground, her back braced the tree to which she was bound. To wake her and warn her, and assure her that deliverance was at hand without causing her to start or cry out, and so arouse her captors -was a delicate task. He be gan, however, by whispering in her ear, and so continued till the gradually awoke And heard. and comprehended his words j when: her rare, presence of mind came to his aid, and he greatly rejoiced and relieved at her whispered reply: - I understand yoo I thank yon God bless yon whoever yon are! Have no fear tf I am a soldier's daughter, and will do whatever yon bid 'Then jest as soon as I cot jour cords, whispered Hart Tn reply,7gernpand foller me, and don't make ft bit of noise j but. if. the Injuns do happen to rouse. doa't get too- skeered, but Tan forthe nearest thicket, and leave' me f and my ' He theacbther bonds'i andI quietly, bot.'irith. trembling eagerhess, .she rose. to comply with his directions, but the first 'step forward, 'her Jong corde 'and benumbed limb's b'artiatlv e ivYne war nder her,, she tumple npon a drybraneh which snapaed beneath; her ,fe 4 U-ttii, f , ; IbsUntly one orthe'Ibdians nearest the' tree startedup into it sittiny' postnre when fiarl feeling himself called npon to act, 'enddeolj pre sented bis rifle-at the breast of his foe, and lodg ed the contents io his body. -f As he fell back, the scoot, with a yell of triumph nd defiance, bound edr over to him attack the next, the whole party. v - ... . . . . p,euig.now tuny aroused and alarmed. Snapping bis pistol at the breast of the second, and finding it miss fire, Hart struck ont with his tomahawk, hut stumbled at ' the moment,' and missing the warrior in tbe. ftct f rising, felll heavily, against nim. The Utter staggered, and was much alarm ed and confused j but eomprehending-,'wilhalli, that he had an ene my within his reaehjhe quick- .aafs"? ut wuijjgeu oat cis xnue,ftna piung- ed.u jeversJ times into his body.-; He .was in the very act of doing this in ' fact, when a ball from the H8epf'UcClenannp7rcear hls'lrain, and kie fell dead over lie cjinj form of Hart Hickman with toed en'd terrifriDg yells he'.!i: 'tad "Tushed ,-npotf the Inuians at tho same riocient wtiS their nnfortunaW cp nioa.,7 ' ;' ' ,t-v f :r?!-There. were; now three wounded Indians fe twp whites: had the farmer f known cf th'e'r aivan-tae,'the:day "m!2l.t 'lave Icea lle!r c'wc;' but were SarpiicJ, fc.arc:iJ tij pr , - . . . a . . - - - with the thought"that the were ft'.liciei by over- whelming numbers; before they, nad time. tbVsW cover, the smaller weapons of. arhe roes bad done the work on two mora, of them, the sixta il only making his escape with Vjeil f- terror. The 8kirtnis.fr from firstoLJaaU scarcjefy exceeded a minote; ao4 jrpbably no regular battle in. the- world ever showed aach a. pro port! o 5T the killed lo'the BBjahef eagaged, ia So abort a time, . It was a dearly won contest, to our surviving friends, and sad ftnd gloomy were, their feelings as they lifted their poor comrade - from , beneath his foe, and listened to the irregular breathings which were soon to cease in death. "The girl who had not fled far, now returned , and joined them in. their grie for she felt that the poor fellow had fallen in her rescue and defense. An boor later the dying' man expired fn the arms of McCnsllan rousing a littla at the last moment, a'n4 f peaking a few words fajntiy: . - . . , -' 'Good bye, bojsj said ..he, 'and remember, me when yon see the red niggers.' , . We'll do that, Hrt, you may rest assured,' re plied McClellan, in an unsteady tone, and over his mortal remains those two hearty scouts swore their nndvin? revenge against their savage foes. Drawiag-the fair girl apart-from the bloody scene, nd assuriag her thet tbey wera to yield .heir lives in her defence as the one who bad so fallen.' 'Tbey gave her a blanket and pnrsuaded ber to lie clown' and get what rest she could," that she might be prepared for the long journey h'ome-ward, which would commence on the morrow. Then scalping their slain, and 'making: prize of whatever tbey considered valuable,; they sat down their comrade, and passed the night Beside him. rehearsing talcs of adventures in which he had taken apart, and. renewing, their oaths of eternal vengeance against the whole Indian race. At daylight, the fullo wing morning they dug a rude grave with their hatchets and knives, and having shown their funeral respect to their late companion, by interring his remains as well as their circu instances would permit, they set out on their return to ; the, fort, which- they eventually reached jn safety, and where they delivered, their rescued captive into the hands of General Wayne who hot only kindly thanked, but liberally rewarded tbe m aad ex Dressed a soldier's regret for the loss of their brave companion. .. It may interest the. reader to . know that this same young lady so providentially preserved at the general massacre of her.frfnds and so gallantly rescued at the expense of one of those brave heroes of tbe wilderness subsequently became the wife of one who now holds ft distin-gnished posftioc in the councils of the nation. sillies' . Rather Fanny Grace Greenwood, in her lecture here the other evening made ft supposition which placed our Cleveland women in rather an embarrassing positio n, and convulsed the house with laughter, Speaking of the heroism of the Past ftnd the Present, she said the women of the present might preserve the moral element of heroism, but ahhpngh they would lack the physical stamina to emulate the deeds of the heroines of an other ag.- As an illustration, she instanced the old story of the capitulation of WeinsbuTgh several centuries ago. Weinsburgh was besieged by the Emperor Conrad (if we mistake not) and tho' every exertion had been made by tbe We in 8-burghians, the latter were obliged to succumb, and capitulate upon the conqueror's terms, which were that all. the men. should, die, but that the women should be allowed to go free, taking with them at their exodus,,' whatever articles of prop erty they most valued. 'The lime being set when the. femenine.hegira- should . take place, Conrad and bis army assembled to "see the ladies off before they commenced the somewhat sanguina ry r operation f 'of cutting off the 'heads of the doomed men. What was the astonishment of the conqueror to see the women of Weinsburgh tottering through the gate and over the draw bride, each with a husband, lover, fatiieror broth er upon her back! They had taken what they juaost valued, and the old freebooter swore that though it was - rascally trick, an Em peror's word most be kept, and so every mala Weina burghian who was .fortunate enough; to have a place in. the- heart .of a woman, found a place upon her back also, and was,aved. .Of course everybody laughed at the comical picture which Grace drew of the scene; but when she went on to suppose Clerelaad ,city . to. be beseiged in ft similar manner, and some modern Conrad stipn lating like-teroMj-themdicaloas reached a climax and the house came down.r-Laughing eyes were torned upon Bundry little women, with souls full Of heroism,' doubtless,' and love for their lords aia loras noweveroeing somewnai ot the larg est ,'4 and when requsf ed ' th iri" tol m agine the m-seives em ting the 'heAnes?of HVetn'sSfirgh, a series of pictures rose up- bsfore the initd's ere whJcVwiuJd immortalize tlhe1 psgesbf Panci oome juiiei, ids ma, promoiea vj aer glowing love fc her modern Tiomanbifght attempt the task,' hut she feared the would have to give' It up in despair7an,take pp jdolefully the part of the Old nurse initio piarrvxciaiming., - va my.nac&i mybackfV ' . , ;-.-x.., The spirit might be'willing, but the flesh would be weak, there might be a lack , of will, but there would be an twful lack "of hackbone Wern't we glad for the time being. that ire are a small men.--CZewZand Xtader. VTcnaa's Tnrn.at Giring. 4avice; ' . In thaLKbnTgbay-iV find the fol lowing "IettinjnpfJ jof gteam. by an angry wo man: We have heei JectoredJong eAon gl, and now it's.opr, .turn, , .WoaU'nV series cf Hiats to the gentlemen .Jbe particnl&rj ftppropriae? Thifik how nice itwonld soffnd, nowf .i j Do be -little-ensit'1n70TnrfMhions- wear that stove pipe hafof'.o'urs so' tat if wc.-!J pro- ject youhe'd J COT.e? I?i.e?T,:w.a-t.Ulie. ere cf jthaV little itgiserablet coscern "perched pa tha top of: year lead?-'- AcTu fcr tla iir..!o'ci wayyoo have hiciY..!. Tcii zlh.YfVourse ee- by a tlia eLie!i rf ttarc' :i .i:i3,whea all ths rest cf yda U czzszl ia Vira trOad do;-,- we cua t Llz. 'i '.:? t'al'. 'jto'Se- J efti-la lriu3, a tlii r.k u tj wc.-.u .Vd gfpariment. rather have charge; of wild hye-Yfta; Acs- hojgh'a big flepaant U. harily gentkmeal dao't ait earlad up over vour ledgers and law papers all day long. Help yohr wifelwill'change, their course of lie, Women will fce ftbotit the sweeping, chop the kindling wood-i-Tpurf if ben, will Je tree jYoeng Ofn, .thi geiootaaooig ja m garden; Don't yon tee how kasch 4ialthwr your man Patrick is than yon axe? Patrick never has the dyspepsia; Pal- rick never cobs plains of feeble health! - Then we xnight goon at the same rate for half a doaen columns, aad say nothing but the truth, either. No w, is'nt it very evident that you ceed lecturing u mach aa we do? &ad - da? not tha can' fit ra markaWy well, when it U turned ftnd the other r .1 oiuo.uv jvm iot rate, inexa im no hkcinit tur - . ... ... - - : r 1 troubling yourselves so very mueh about our welfare. .-Pray doo't take the trouble to lavish advice oo ns, when we go out, when we come in. We're getting tired of it. . And we should think after so much experience, people would have dis- covered that .we generally do about as we please!" A Singular Uarriage Ceremony. I The following singular marriage notice ap. 1 peered in the Toronto Colonist: "By the Rev.f Jnkn Rm... PvK.,;. ...t j; . - XT , .., - , ,, . theVlllilPS M NewiBirUl. tnwnslii i nf Wk I. church, C W., at the- residence cf the bride's . r father, Benjamin Heweon, Toronto, Brigade ripnn, nr-;... fn i , . . ' " , a u lull flk.lict ICKIUirUlllBt WUU ' " I v.-w ou, ,u i r.ur, uanguier of Mr. Archibald Mc Mi lien of East Gwilimbury, U . - . IT1 .1 J . J I . I a W. When the minister got through with the .. . ....... 1 very appropriate lecture on the occasion, the bridegroom immediately afterward requested to add afew words on the subject, and after be had cot the .nrt5on nf H i,U .. .!.. his sword from the scabbard, and giving it into the brid's hand said io the presence of all there assembled, 'I now authorize you, ray dear wife, to plunge this naked sword in my breast in case yon find me unfaithful to the marriage tie now taken place between me and yon (as unworthy of a moment's longer existence) henceforth yon will have this sword placed ' at the head of -your bed at your service,, All present seemed very feeliogly impressed on the hearing of his heart felt remarks, and so it ended." : 1 ; ji i 1 A pretty hand and ft" pretty foot always go to- gether wben we speak of tbe one we always think Of the other. For this reason, steppioet on a womnn'a fnot i n ni in ir.A, w hand, and equally proper, but sometimes more convenienVMitcn be done Onder tbe table.- Be careful, however, never attempt it at crow-4 ded table for fear of making a mistake. -We once saw a lady very mnch confused, who was trying to give ft signal to ft gentleman opposite, and instead of his, she trod and pressed on the corn-covered toes of an old bachelor. ' He bore it as long as he could, and then Ttry quietly re marked. Madam, when yoa wish to step oo , b. panicj., rf get tb.lbotl that belongs to him for the last five minnte) you have been jamming my corns most-on mer cifully." A Etoty for' B6yt. It is related of a Parisian mother that on giv. ing her son forty pieces of silver as his portion, she made him swear never to tell a lie, and said "Go, my son; 1 consign thee to God, and we j shall not meet again' 'here till the day of Jodg ment." .'. . , . The youth went away, and the party he trav eled with were aajaulted by robbers." ' One fellow asked !he boy what he had, an d answered:. .,, ' .. ' ' . . . -l'orty dinars are sowed op in my garments." ine roDoer laugnea, tninxing mat toe boy . jested Another asked the same question, and receiv ed the same answer. At last the chief called him and asked him what ha had. - The hoy replied: - "I have told two " of yoor people already that IlSad forty dinars sewed op in my clothes." The chief ordered the clothes to be ripped open, and the money was found. -' "And how came yon to tell this? '"Because replied the bey, "I irould not be raise to my mouier, to won t promued; never to tell a lie." .. i - : "Child," said kthe robber, art thon so mihdfnl of thy dotto thy mothe.1 ay ,e insensible at my age of .the 4ut I owe to UodH Give me tby , band, that I may swear rspentaoce on jvi m did io. his fellows ware atsnck with the t , . . -s . : .. - ... . iYooiiaTe beeil ont lendezia guuv they aid to the chief, "be the same in the path of irtoa,? ftnd taking the boy 'ehftndrthey-took the oath of repenUnci)aa.;jtr c v Tk - 1 : tU'.m Mtrw .T.; - " . - j, "- joaa law oucn , uuucnvs si iut uhuk uh tus .-j.t.- J- . :fl .V .V.I child.) The sentiment infused .into the breast of ft child, is ftgairi transferred from breast to breast. T Tr : rrt n 7 .r r ; proverbs,", Dr. Jlolland loses ft thoughtful and . In the latest of his . preaching' s poo ''popular saggestite.idiacourse on, sensual pleasure, aud thefoUowini earnestv TematH ,cf young pien, -vie ::. " uit::.!,' " ; J , t Oh if bis .world c, 0014 rise dot of this, iwanpt of esnaHtj, rank..with weeds, and! d ark. withj - rL .!.? u ii -. . deadly T8Ma-xlrersick.with DilfaJif iuria w. ?r-:-:Te-4 2t irF?3I" BPn ir?ctir5,-:f TnTrjeuos sen spines, c i: the; r jaj. cf .t&v?n ; irealie l"nc:y and heaVAfillv. hew won! 1 1 r'i l 's .btcost l!5t ftn3 hei-'-'u'I Tha , rrt tr-3:a ct tls rr-xli Z.-l c freer cf .TT-'J-1 'yr;5n , f T'-rjy. " tf t' - c"" -ir". I Lis v more tiaa f - r' -rf'--:33 r-j : c:s-try sl i 'tCl IsvreT ia iU px'.hl3 g0lltj)S' fpartntfntl hrutaitty. or to rise bibber 1m th stacdarl cf lis lofuest creams. , , , , .-.-The dsvoteers of sense iheeiailves lave great! .ot their power of good, and comparati vely fatr great result abides with you! If oo could bo w Veaatifol a flower grows epon thorey ttocli of self denial, yon could give tfcerlact tbe hen or it deserves. ' If it seems hard ana Lamely despite it not; for in it sleep the teantr of Lev-eaaod tha brealb of angels. - If yoo os act alt' ness the glory of its bloesomi ns d aring lt iif of life, its petals will .open when, the nirtt of death comes and gladden yoer soels wuh their A 1 V. . . . . i . . :; Ma r.' .7" o ' - -- t - v' Tdla Tn Archbishop Purrell, of Cincrnnati ia a pts i. toral letter just published, speaks as follows: The idleness of boys wbea they leave school an idleness which oftea tr not wilful, bat com- pulsory idle because wnahle le And anything to dowe regard as- one of tbe cboM fraitfal soar ces of vice, and one of the greateet evils of m ciety. It w such ftn evil, -that we liok o the mihtary despotisms of Europe, which take you; men "oo their families or the streeU for ft..tsna of years, and compel them,to serve, rn the mmj, .. . ' ti l t . .-.' m m comparaiiTe Diessin?. in toe service t&ew acquire habits of obedience to superiors, clean .'iss, regularity, and order. In oor large tilisa, nnuareus ox ooys ftaa.yoang raesr erw wssur- i m .1 . . . . , nrn which th lira idtiaix In ilavm Ia ha conquest of ft respecUble position in society, (and therefore to the public good; but they know n J. - . -v-.w.- not whatto do; y re idle uecaose noJi hftt n niMfi t nswrstx. train op their children arijrht, there woulJ be fewer idlers and rowdies.' Education is frtw to " ,n thl country, and yet fcow parent Pnfn. It their chU drew grow op i igaoras and vice." PEE7JTICEAZI A . - " ' - t? The following is ft specimen of the con tents of the new work by the editor of the Look isville -: Journal, entitled Paumcxix, just pub lished, and which will be sent, postpaid, oa h receipt of $1,00, by Derby & Jackson, Publish er. New York : - ". ,. r x . : - s : r : - PenitenUary for marrying three' wives. Inae tiate Archer 1 could not one snQce?" -The Southern Mercury says that .Mr." P.: O. Thomas " has recerved bis cosamissioa as Post- master." So there's ft post-oCace goae to P.O.T rJV TTZ band twenty children and never gave hima cros word." She most have obeyed the old precept. 44 bear and Jorbtar? ' A Newbern paper says that Mrs, Alice Dar ' of that city was lately delivered of four sturdy boys. e xnow cot What "a Da may briag forth. :-' v - - - :"" . ' -. The editor of the Boston Liberxtor csilsj upon tbe ladies of the North to make use of eo- &XS rflS not expel so old friend from their bosoms; ' A lady correspondent, who professes to be horrified at the indelicacy of our paper, threatens for tha future to set her foot apoa every copy she sees. She had better not. Our paper has V in it.:1' ' --' - '- ' The common opinion is that we should take good care of cbildrea- at all seasons of tbe year. but it is well enough jn.wrater to Id them, elule. A party of our friends, last week, chased fox for thirty-six hours. They actually " ran th thing into the. grownd.- ,- , Messrs. Bell t jbpp, of the N. C. Gazette. say that "Prentices are made to serve masters.' Well, Bells were made to be hung and Toppa to oe wnippea. . , A. K. ssys that he expects to ' he ahfe is e short time to pay everything he owes n 'fhi orld. Ay. but there's a heavv debt that he has J l?ot to' settle in the ether world. There'll be hm ".TVm . ' ' 1 ! A Itockv Mountain eorreBDoodent of the N. Y. Post, who writes himself "Heary Land describes Oregon as tbe most delightful coontrjr I - .1. . - . in the world. Our ehizeas, if they choose, caa go out there and see "how the land be? im We were considerably amused bv an account that we lately saw of a remarkable duel. Thert) were six men upon the ground aad six muses. A Mr. J. Black, declare for the &sblaixnt of the Union. - Let him have traitor's reward: "Hung he the heavens with Kaek." -d , The Ohio River is'getling lower aad lower everyday. It has almost ceased to ran. All who look at it can a t once perceive that it exhibits very little speed, hat a great deal of bolloQ. Mrs. Lacy Hill complains, ro an Artansse paper, that her nephew has tramped apoa her I right and feelings The graceless yeeag rascal .?1nr be allowed to traple:.pe.hje am gave birth to an Infant son which wegad only oa J pound. That Cress waaa't hard tbear. ; s 1 Two men,' Joseph Sparfc ; and OicirTlfn er wled ta tie saburbs of Ualiuaose, ft & I uj a gBg-oi aooiaer tiiient, s ijb I l... . . e . r 13 . . ri - . I w a V n lF k" Ail nnvn. rtnft V i mmm ntAn . . . i.. A ty flizht. ' When the ieoondreU hit Flint. SmI ifieur. - . :t : ; - . r-i . r--. t . A Mr.' Bentle bat been InIcteJia Asr .fmafor striking ft strsgerwinBe. IWsry . e v. m . j s -. a. a a v a. it . a - a " u.uu too stranger was rw Ka- .. Iia d iAn't Irnn. mr,A a V. ... V.; . -r ., A quizzical e&lor. in Arkansas, wa re joices injne rather nizzicaLname cf Harry liar ry, says that "truth is generzITy ."slow in its progress." ': Probably it is sever in such ft Harry ft he. ! ' ' '. - ' ' " . . i A young lady ef ITew Orleaas, who recent- T perfoimeiaremarkaUe te is rowing, la. presEttd ib ft beautiful vawL - A evtich would have been mere aj-prcpriata. .j V "Mr.'"J. 8. Fan, a 'Mississippi editor, iks when we tht wiM. rodoottre-7r rx i ii.ever.' " - . ; tjfr. Md 21 rs. Brewer, cf VTtjit- Cczrt have twenty two cb i'ireo. Tl r rs is, p?r!r -; 1 7v r the most extends; brewery 13 ts .tt. i el ! t.i. ti.7,1 f -. ' o wci:x i te j-ted to get A'maa t V.? ft t L3TT j tll'.s. - 7slnr fcim cf c!i., Wl ?-eTcr t t:r :s cf ! : --slaves' I &1 1".'.!. , A C-::a I-Ij t'tsl'::.-'! i' J : Janes Bean, Bed 3Tc-!j-r;.- L'.s : f.-Tslef dried beerv;-;r .U ' 1 .cr asi son, Anil j sr. I T Ceraw, escsped on tie I-ih t f . r .a t. w tjla jilL - There are r 3 L ::: v. sU;.i. r ifuimnaraplj