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?IEILKQ-YS? iPOEvroyFlowers.
ThfV spring vinnotircd mul unknown,
'Mid cocky wilds they bloom,
They flotiri.'h 'mid (he ?I?jsert lone,
They dock (lie tomb.
They cljccr Clio poruhut's lowly cot,
Adorn the monarch'* hull,
Tliov till ouch tiniot slindv ei?>??
Oli! who can tell them all ?.
Sonic oVr tho murhVrlng streamlets fliftg
Their blossoms bright aud fior.
And there, in vernal beauty, spring,
Fanned by the fragrant nir.
Some 'noath tho occan's rolling waves
In silent grandeur grow,
Nor heed tho storm which o'lsrthem raves
Dutntill in beauty b'-zw.
And where tho cnjfle builds her neat,
Where man ha? never trod.
W'liuru oven the chamois dhfo not rest,
T'pon the crumbling sod?
Yes, there, even tlioro, wiUl llow'refs grow,
In richest dress *rrnyed,
Ami o'er thfc clnifiorouB eaglets', thrjow
Their light and graceful shade.
'Mid mountain* of perpotunl snow,
By icy girdles bound,
Some rendered doubly beauteous, glow.
And deck the fro*ehground.
And 'mid cold winter's angry storm
The'enow drop rears its head,
And shows its pure unknotted form
When other flowers have fled,
Some on the breeze of night.
Their grateful odors sertd:
While others, children of ihe lijjht,
To day their jMrfomo lend.
Some bloom bonenth the torrid zono,
'Noath Jndia'n sultry skies;
'Mid Iceland's mountain?, chill am! lono,
(TL,. r '
Jill- mints Ul oincr* TWO.
The st^toly f?cn, tho g?lJon,broom,
Tlio lilly, tftll hihI fnir?*,
AH those in rich succossiun bloom
And sccnt tf.i snminor air.
In secret doll nnd.nurin'rin* i ill?
In garden* bright' "U guy?
Within tho valley?on tlio liill?
Flowers cheer,Our toilsomo way!
Flowers imago forth tlio boiimllcns love
Oocl benrs Ills children Ml.
"Which over droppoth fromnbovo
t t *l - ? * - 1 m
ujioii in" grcni miu sniiil l *
gj Kn(li lijosfoin tliat iuloru* our pnth,
So joyful mid so fnir.
Is but u drtfb of love divine,
That fell i)ml tlourisliud tliorc.
Our Country's Mission?Speech of Hon.
Caleb Cushing.
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vii luiiiauuy iiwl, noil. \jaioO Uuslnng,
lato Attorney General of the U. States,
arrived at bis homo in Nowburyport, Mass.,
j. and was received with imposing ceremonies.
Mayor Davenport welcomed him in
a brief speech, to which Mr. Gushing replied
in one of the grandest e(lprt<yit has
over been our foituno to listen to or to road.
Wc would gladly publish his remarks entire,
if our limit's allowed ; but must content
ourselves with the following eloquent
extracts.
It was my fortune, not ninny years ago,
to traverse the Pacific Ocean' in its widestexpanse
from the Continent of Asia to that
of America. We launched forth upon It
in our frail hark as Oolumhus did on the
Atlantic, w ith nothing save it, not to speak
r <y|*tajniiS p??WBt|gu, tn ilnn great wortU or"
sea and sky. It may have been that some
solitary, daring hunter ot' the seas, from
New Bedford or Nantucket, chased the
whale in the distant hays of Ivumsohatka
or th? Aluetian Islands, or lliat spine llunsian
coasted along tho Straits of Huhring
.atic to the Anlerican Siberia ;
ico, from the Sandwich Islands,
o Tropic of Cancon, to tho ice<
ndations of tho L'olar North, we
out on-that itnmenso ocean.?
ht have been a stray ship from
tfaleni, painfully collecting a oarj
hid?'8 in Sun Frnnolsco or San
tneg<>, or anotlier from our city, with pertiftjis
your present Mayor nnd others of
l*yijp!r immediate fellow-citizens t>n board,
planting our country's standard on the
thinks of tho Columbia ; for, be it rtmeinIJwcd,
Oregon whs oiiginally colonizod by
. ,H(ip6n of Newbury port. Hut no longer were
'^,0 great galleons of Hpnin to bo seen there,
J?anspor!in<? tlio wealth of Mexico to Chili.
It wad a desort waste of water, as if
waiting the winged messenger of the ark
to fly forth upon it, and seek a new resting
place for the fcot of another Noah. While
navigating tliafc waste of water-awhile sailing
bv its almost-uninhabitable shores,'the
thought camo to mo?how should it not?
y1 re all tho invaluable riches of those vast rib
ylons of earth to profit man / Is that vast
oonin to pmitimin flino ?->f ??o?. *l<t.
H # VW.IVII V/t ""t, null
no white canvas 6( tho mariner, no stenrtv
W . shin, with its clouds by day and its pillar
^ oi i??"0 by piqjht', to plow the deep and
preaat the foJIiag tWYes, bearing tho freight
fw\d wealth otVbe Western ' <> the Eastern
ingic?. Time?flftd how brlof a !?ojo!?
has answered Ujtt* mseetien# Thq opulent
i State of California iian irrnwn m llinrn ns
1*t woro, in ft tlay-?^vfng And ' receiving
treasury of wealth and nMaming its proud
plnco in tho galaxy of tho Union. \ #ojiond
Stnto, Orogon, U about to take on tho
robes of soveroignty as a eoeqiial member
pf the confederation of State*. A third,
^Vftshingtoi), perpetuating tho name pt the
' [oiner 01 ilia count t-y jn that uttiwa ihnU of
Amoricn, will nol be aontcntto rcinnn long
without Ua full .onjoyinent or ooimtitutlonal
right*, and due repr<Mentrttron ?n the
^ Bonnie of the OnUc<< 3i?toa. AwtthnteO
'ifc nnftfcrfhpicd oocnn of the North
^8 i'nclfic? how buoyantly doq* it rfow benr
i r_
upon its swelling wayos tlioso noble fleets
o? olippcr ships of Newbtfnyp?Vrt and of
Kttst Hoatou, .by the side of which tho gnlleons
of Acnpnlco and 'Manilla wero but tinsightly-hulks,
and which are freighted with
tvvniiii sugn as a poet never dreamed of to
fill the great argosies of Uetioa and of Ve*
liic-o ? Who, in so bri?;f a" timo, wrought
all these wonders.? Was it, rho w6ik of
legends of fabulotis'giants, marshalled to
their stupendous task bv the miraculous
charm of the ring of Solomon, such as \vc
read of in the picturesque legends of Arabia?
lie who saw it as it was ten years
ngo, and pees it as It Is now, might well
wiiuvivu viutb iioming snort or supernatural
powor could hAvo produced the marvelous
change. It is miraculous, itm supernatural?not
a miracle of demon slaves driven
tinder the lash of some inngacian taskmaster
; but tbo miracloof American courage,;
Artiorioan genius and America virtue, working
but our country's great destinies, under
tbo preordained impulsion of Almighty
(iod. It was tny fortune, at another time,
.(O stand nn tlin 1
, ? ...w w..n..iMv wi nni iui<> rmpc
of land which divides tlio sources of tliu
Mississippi from those of Lakes KwpcHor,
Huron. Kn? ?>??l Ontario, Jinviiip; 011 my.
right band wnteni of tbftt mighty river,
which drains, and, as it Hows 011 to the
Calf of? Mexico, fertilizes the largest and
the richest \'a!!ev of onltivnliln Inrwl <l.?
ractf'^f tl?o onrtli; ami, on my left hand,
I hat unique succession of great rivers and
lakes?tho river alternately expanding into
magnificent fresh water seas, and tho sens
narrowing again into betuitifnl rivers; and
so, through forest and meadow, and over
Cataracts and rapids, rolling on with lavish
profusion a thousand mile* io tho far oft'
Gulf of St. Lawrence. Such was the stand
point of view. J?Qfore, behind,,all around
me, were noble forests of oak and pirto and
maplo and elm; earth-born giants of tho
primeval world : and beyond them, strotch!..?
/ - - - r - ' * * '
nip: lar away iq 1110 uttermost bounds of the
horizon, vordant savannahs in all the luxuriance
of nature's virginal unstinted prodigality,
sublimely immense as nn ocean,
j loveh' as a-dream of Paradise. Streamlets
and lakes were sparkling amid tho trees in
the sunlight, like diamonds and sapphires
scattered over the rich tresses of sonic fair
maiden as she steps in the pride of her beau
ty and her youth. All that magnificent
scene however, was bnt a Wilderness, where
the Indian still roamed nt will in his native
forests, or p Add led his light canoo on river
and lake; and where no sign of cultivation,
: no mni-T.' of Vtiuiliirtf irt" ? ? ? < ~
.. v,. U..pi?,uvivii) nnq iu uvj.oyv 11 jO?t V *J
in tho glorious banner of the stripes and
starB floating over souic military station or
outpost, to ho witness of the omnipresent
power of iho Union. Here, again, tho
thought ennio to me?can it bo that all
this wealth of land and sea is to remain
lost. In Mm Mono nf ~""~l ?~~~ 1
...w i.^va ii 14 iii tiii i?i vjumuaa aim
happiness? Il half tempted ono to impeach
the divine justico, to reflect that millions
and millions of men were at that hour stifling
for want of space in the crowdcd countries
Of Eliroi)e--"eftbincn ?rihhod nniifin.
ed," irf narrow lines, where industry lmd
ncfUeld to work in, and ambition was devourments
own heart for want of scope
and object; and wives and children were
pining away on the crusts of destitution
aifil"misery?whilst here was earth enough
to be the sent of imperial dominion, squandered
rt'ppn>'Om!y on r. handful of untamed
and untamable Indians, lint impious would
have been such a thought?the foolish tin
i piety of man's improvi donco andignornnco.
I God's wisdom is not our wisdom. Ho had
his own great purposes to work out in his
own good time, and with the instruments
of his own election. For now, there also
American activity, industry,enterprise,havQ
been exerted; and yellow hnrvost fields on
tho pr<}irio, buy mills' at the waterfall, populous
communities by tho rivyrsid?, have
transflgurod the face of tho deceit; and anothei
powerful State (Tdinneaovn) link anson
thorn to add to the greatness of thq Ameri
can Unidn.
Is not tlmt manifest destiny ? Is not tlj'at
a providential mission f Is noV that one
of tho steps in the ' mhroIjv march, march"
of tho Union which, when suggested by
m?, ot) n former occasion, as what the Union
had perforce to do, was taken to be
the personation of so.^io awful monger
'shaking forth postilency.and death from its
horrid Imir! Ay. iu this pionflor colony,
of Massachusetts, doubled with Plymouth,
on tlio vory rock of Plymouth ityeff, whore
i% freo compact of solf-goVernment flrfrt
found a footstandon cftrfh, and from which
nunl _.:.L ll? ?
i'vii'i, iuuoluui 1YIUI HIO UUUYNI BlHr(in<r
point of Jamestown, tliero moved the two
parallel column* of emigration v'.^iieh commenced
America's inarch?ftC'tLat very
place, a good and honored friend of mine
felt callad upen to.'protest against my augffe&tion
of tho onward ** march. mim-h
march/' ot the advancing ho?Ur nf civilisation,
libortv (md power which follow the
westward flight of tho eagle of tho Union
I statu) to my thought. I reiterate it. 1
stick to the purpose which brought my forefather
John Cuthing, from Uioghnm in
Koglnnd to Hingham in Massachusetts. I
. say that every ship lond of colonist* which
na tin a iiV (tAivInnltttti Ia. VU/?5r\'ia a?>/l Ia
?"V V\? ? HIIU IW
Mnssncli'iSOUa, ami each oho of us their descendants,*
?vli6 nrolmt'tnovtng, an with an
acceleration of the Q^igittril impetus whioh
tlioy apA'$ yn, find oVery ship load of colonist*
from Ireland nml Oern>ftnv( ftll J|D{)
each ondofusnre hut the i.imjUfe mi'jisi?M
of Clod, appointed to occupy, to cultivate^
?nd to piviHzo Atnarion. It ja oppr?wion
seeking to ^WfrJ<do?n. u is waut
A
* ' -,,i
Ll " " 1 1,1 I'- JJIil..-. ' ' demanding
to bo want lift longer. It is tho
strong man without air and without room.
I and determined to hnv.c them, or at least
I to dio gallantly in the Struggle for (hern.
It is the irrepressible expansion of ovr-r
j compressed human energies. It is tlio oxodusoftho
nations. It is tho outpouring
of llvo too full blood of tho old world Into
tho all capacious veins of tho new world.
It is Ihe foundation in Amcrica nf Republican
empires to onlconnl in numbers and outvie
in Rtrfnnlh thp >!?? ?>?/ Qtf.tv
?*v \JJ i-Jimr/tr.
j I sat/ that is the work appointed of God for
us to do. y>iih the blcssimj nf Gad upon us,
i that work we will do. It' rivers run across
l our path, we will bridge then} ; if mountains
| rise up to ntop us, wo will tunnel them ; if
.deserts appear, wo will reclaim and cultii
yate thorn; if occans iiUerveno ? * wii) .mr
igato them to winch last/Mid, so long as
i ihere's an onlc left on earth, gallant ships
shall continue to he launched into the waj
tors of tl>U our Merrimao. Xo material
J obstacle ean arrest our progress. Wv woo
. this fair nature which lies before us. and wo
woo it as its ooUQU<v>or, llko the vikings ot
I the thno winning their brides of the sea
j in open combat. 1 say this in the same
confidence of conviction as one who, seeing
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, .......... gv? IVMII 1IWIII IIIU Ol IIIU
j East, may speak of .lis onwards course to
, the W est. For time was when the United
, St nt cs were but weak little colonies of England,
scattered along the seashore. Then
they'overflowed the Alleghanies into the
valley of the Mississippi. Next they absorbed
the vast domain of France from
T n1.a C J II 1 . .1 -
i/noo UUJ.'OI iur iill aroillKl 10 me L'lllt Ot
Mexico, and Westward to Orpgon. iNoxt
tliev possessed themselves of the two Florida*.
and tben of Texas. And finally I boy
have marched on through New Mexico iiito
remote California. lUit in our conquest
of nature with our stalwart al ius, and with
our dauntless hearts to back them, it happens
that mon, nations, races, may, must,
will, perish before us. That is inevitable.
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I ? mviv vjini i/v nu uii.ihuu lur tin; ueuor save
I at tlio expense,of (ljut which is?one gonI
oration gives |?1.1c0, to another. Out of
decay springs fresh life. The tribes of Inj
dians who hunted over tho Innd, without
| occupying it, retire before us like the hunt;
ed deer nud tho butValo themsol vcs?,t-deep|
or and deeper into llio innermost recesses
! nftllft fliiiilinont \ ml il"> VI-..:
vv..V.WVM<, AUIA inu iiio|;niiu*iTjic.\l"
! cans, wasting away by apparent incapacity
! of self government, are suffering one pro!
vince after another of theirs to relapse into
; pristine desolation, and thus become pro'
pared to receive the people and the laws of
! the United States. All that is now histo|
rv. Vet, wise men saw long before Unit
ho it was to he. From tho present tliey inferred
the fut'uro, nnil spoko of it with the
poaitlvencss awl precisiou ofinspircd prophecy.
.
J5 AM INK IN W ESfERN IOWA. A COrrCS- ;
pendent of the Sb. Louia Republican, writ- ]
injf from St. Josoph, Missouri, under date
of April 13th, sftya that, while on a re.cer.t
visit to Western Iowa, he met long1 trains
of wagons going, as the drivers said, into
"Egypt to purchase corn." Tho severe and
! protracted winter had pressed hard upon
I tlio newly arrived immigrants, who had not
j had time to prepare for its rigors while the
rrtmosx enure consumption ot flour, corn,
j and bacon, had presented the alternative of
! famine, or sending into Missouri for sup'!
nlif.A
Dkatji viiom HvDUOi'iloPfA.?A denth
flora liint horrible disease?hydrophobic?
occurred in Philadelphia on Wednesday,
the victim being n child only seven jeni3of
nge'. Tho bite was inflicted some two
moutus since, nna tne uiHiaions poison had
remained latent vmljl with a few days. The
dog was shot immediately aftei' tiro occur
rence. The wound, which was upon the
back of tbe hand, scarcely punctured the
skin, and not the slightest apprehensions
were entertained on any unfortunate result
until within a day or two, when it was too
late fur medical skill 10 be of any" avail
Thk "J^ovui, Bank Cask."-?Dur readers
will remembrr that it whs slated a few
days ago that tho Union Hank of Frenchtown,
N. J., h?d indicted eertain parties for
a oohspiracy to brenk the bank, baling the
charge upon the allegation liiai v'ne ueieuuattls
had been privately collecting notes exceeding
the amount of speeio in the bank,
for the purpose of making a run upon it,
having tfib notes protested, bargaining with
a notary or justice to protest them for less
than ihe lawful fe-j8, and aubseqiienily filing
the protested notes will) the Sftato JYeasur?r.
Tho dnnyiges were laid tit &1000, ?yid
tho jury, after twenty-four hours of deliberation,
returned a verdict of one dollii'r for
the bank, leaving each party to pay its own
costs. Tliia appears to sudtnin the principle,
though it cannot be said Clint the plain
lifts Imve made much' by (he operation. It
would nccm to be fjuostionablc, nevei theless,
whether it whs noi an unwisetxpcinnriii to
ntteQipl (o punish n creditor for. nuking the
payment of its notes when fairly due nnd
payable. In this wny every "run" upon u
bank would bo criminal, and it is not lively
that the people would tolerate snch an in
lorpretytion of the laws. Kvory sound hunk
is'nlwnya prepared to pay,its hills, and is in
no from such conspirators.
Two Irjshmon wore rn prl*on, o'no for
stealing a and tins othef tot stealing h
\YI*tch. ^Mike," >W tho cow stealer, ono
Mjr { wha^ o'clock to UT' 'Och, Tut.!
lmv^i/l n^y watch hrkrtdy. hut I think it Ja
about ris?!K>nj
The Hanging at Yazoo, Miss.
On FiiHnv. (ho 27th of June. I8">0, Y.
C. Bovnrd p?i(j (lie hist peftnliy of the lair,
for ihe-murder of his wife, us did the three
Piitchnid negroes, for the murder of their
f I.Vl * *
,iimu:i. i i?e pxccunon took placq in the
presence of not less than three thousand persons.
Doyard made his appearance under the
roil lows at the hour of twelve, tastefully arrayed,
and showing no sign of alarm. His
step was firm and elastic, and his wlyold demeanor
calm and self-possessed. On scanning
his physiognomy, we could not discover
any maik that betrays tl>e coldblooded
murderer. .Just before lie swung olV he
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mauc a speech to the thousands who were
" Heeled before and atoned him u?. u-Uu-U
he tesinion mar tne crime with which lie
was chnrged in ihejnuiotmen', was commit- |
ted by him while laboring under nheration
of mind caused by hard diinking. To brandy
he attributed his downfall, and in an j
i earnest tone he warned the young men pie- |
| sont against tasting that which "enters the ]
I iriouth 10 steal away the brains,*' rnd en- i
| treated them to lake warning from him, ahd
eschew thai which "biteth like a serpent and '
Blingeth like an adder."
Hut to liis rem hi ks :
This gallows is to end my life. That box j
In rrmlnin mv K?wl.. . - ? * 1 1
W nil WUMJ , >11.U lliu ^1 ilVf* lO DC I
| rtiy resting place, unlil the last loud trump I
of God shall sound awakening my sleeping |
dust to come to the final reckoning;
1 will make but n f6w remarks ; aware of
the fnct that anything said by a mnn in my
situation contrary lo the generally received
; opinions of men, (although it bt- us tiuu i??
the sacred word of Ood) is branded as false
hoods by them and men will say the wretch
died with a lie in his mouth; but he that as
it may the truth I must and will tell.
I, . S . I
You have assembled here lo witness a i
I scene which in nil human probability you ,
have never witnessed before, and 1 humbly |
f pray niy God, thai your eyes may ever be
| Hpnred a repetition of a tragedy, so awful,
' from its very nature, as the one now before
I you?a man to he executed lor the'erime of
[ murder?the murdered victim being noothj
er than his own wife?the partner nf his
: bosom and the mother of his little babes.
| Gentlemen, I am riot guilty as charged
: in the indictment undnr wliir.li T wno ii i<..t -
nnd condemned nnd in a few minutes lo pay j
the penalty with my life. I was deranged ;
in mitul?renson hnd left her throne?I had I
no control of my renson or ruy?ctf; wlien I
this Appalling nnd heart-rending deed was
committed.
1 tell you most candidly nnd truthfully j
[ loo, thnt when in my sane mind the most i
distant thought never entered my mind to j
i harm one of my own family ; much less take |
ihc lite of that one who whs nearer arid !
| dearer to me than my very existence ; and j
I had I found a will or desire in my heart to I
, commit a deed of such atrocity I would have {
j torn it fioiu my breast and cat-t it from me j
hs being unworthy to pulsate in its usunl '
phtce, No, not all the weahh, the honor, j
and the glory 6( the world combined would ,
have induced me,nor death itself in the most [
hideous manner which (Vie ingenuity of man :
could invent, would have forced me into the 1
committal of a crime of such magnitude j
"gmnut the Jaws of my country -and the |
i<>?o ui uii.1 .J..J.ICU1C wiiu mist nccmretl
o m pi) tfl i cMly,?.VThoil shall not kill." Can ]
it ho possible tlml any man who has known j
I me from my boyhood up (ami there are'
many in tills county, lor it is those who '
have known me longest that have known:
me best) can at tribute that awful nffair io ,
any other than the true cause?that of in-'
sanity.
Yes, I dare (o believe that in my whole :
circle of nciihaintanccs that there are but j
few who b.'lidvo m'o guilty of any known i
murder.
To reveal nil in relation to that horrible |
scene, 1 really cannot do, for 1 have bill 1
a vnguG and indistinct recollection of a'ny- j
thing occurring to or with me, from Sunday !
night tbo 18th of November previous to
that night on which the deed was commit- 1
ted until Thnraday mOrning the 2'2d Nov.,
when I found mycolf in the hands of officer* I
at Mangunv's Hotel at Denton. During this
time, Ijowever, 1 had one or two lueid in- j
oi vais, one or wiimii i iecolW?cted <1 isiinctly.
It must have occurred shortly after
the deed was done, for 1 do not think th??t
(here wo? any one there at the time; how
torig it lasted I cannot tell ; it seemed to me
that I hnd jutf nWokfe froni a frightful I
dream, when to n.y horror 1 oleinly *aw '
that it was'no dream, but a sad reality ; mfd '
ilw, fire# ?i.rA i
?? ii)v?i v.nunr u? injr IIIIIIvi
was to Ink-1 my own life, nnd acting on ihn>
impulse, I got i,)y gun ,and (riud to frhoot
tftyself; the,gup would hot lire, nnd nffer
'several attempts I g'vr that up. I next
thought that 1 could accomplish mv design
?ilh Opium and recolluci'n^ 'hut there was
soma in a drawer, I immediately got it, nnd
commenced nating it, as to what quantity I
??~1. ?< :> i i \ ... c 1- .. i f. 1
luun hi iv i iiihiw iiui, iiiu iruiu mull 1 iihvp
hem<J, I drank ?t least enough to bnvo killed
threo men, laboiing und?.r no menial derangement.
Ijt would he well pe-haps, for me Instate
fgir ivlim Nlirrwie** f Knrl t?"o f\*.%
....... . .... W y, \J\ V.I v > v...., wy?.
?m ; I had beer, dripkinpf c^heim-ly h?rd
for w>me tinje, ?nd I IfcwJ dMermifHfd to? my
own mind thni I would quit it, i;?kI bccomq
ft gober ?f.?Pi ?nd try to \lni stnnd-'
ii\g <n (lie community, which I know I had
lost by my drunjtc'it hnbi?a, With this, delermiu^lion
| pvocirrv?1 jl>P opium nt j
drH's drugstore, thinking'dim I could fprtdunlly
rcducc tho high slaito MfrrfPto' ?fjf-1
citemcnl which I knew.would naturally fol;
low In quitting the -use of whir-key, and for
| this purpose and no oilier I ^ol ii.
j A|)d ? ow, sirs, lis you heboid this wreck
| of >tn ill-spent life, suspended between the
I. Henvens ami the Km ih , remember that
brandy, Unit curne to mankind, has canned
nil 'his xv,ie, nnd brought about my untimely
end. 'lo you who ore in the habit
of using the nccurw-d slufl", this'scene ought
to speak louder than the thunders of Heaven,
in warning you to desist from so baneful
a practice, one, which, it' pursued in, their
: .-it: ? i- ' --
I in; ll?TP II Will |OnU VOll. fejlTS, I
il is w)ti.-ky that fills your-.]ails, crowd < your
Penileniiwip*. and alas ! furnishes ' Victims
for your Pcafl'nlds. Jt changes man into a
You her men. to vou in nm titfiihir I nrl. I
diess myself. When at the of twenty*,
on.e, theie wore hut few youny men. if any, '
who stood higher on (he platform of honor 1
than myself. Mv character, so far ns I
knew, stood out to the world unimpeaclud
in evorv particular ; but in the shoit space 1
of live years and a half, where do you find
ine ? You find me a convicted felon, stand- j
ing on the very confines of earth, with hut i
a frw momenta betwt-t-n me and eternity,
'nnd in leave behind men nnme which ? cold
nnd unfiiendly world has chose to encircle \
with the deepest infamy.
And now, sirs, with this picture before ;
yon. nnd possessed of the knowledge that :
you are not infallible nnd liable at nil times j
lo fall, will you do ns I have done, in spite i
of the entreaties nnd admonitions of kind j
rrlo.i.le - ?-- ' 1
>v?y uun ii Hi un: liiwesi j
degredntion, to be unhonored, uulamonted I
and despised by nil good men.
Oil ! sirs, you who have imbibed the habit
of tippling, I pray you to take warning
from my sad end, before it is too Into, and if i
you are even tempted to drink the fiery ;
liquid-, think before yon do it, that he who
drinks this glass may fill a murderer's grave.
"Touch not,taste not the unhallowed thing."
1 will now speak of some charges which I
are circulated about me. I am sorry that >
I feel Called upon on (his solemn occasion, '
at least so to me, to do so, but in justice to !
myself and family, it certainly is my duty 1
to lav these matters truthfully before the I
people, so that each man, woman and child j
in this coi\ntv may know for themselves,
and not from others, what is the truth.
It is reported that I acknowledged myself
to he the man who burned the gin house of
Mr. Addiuoil Rliirit?i nf flua nminur ..I
- } '
lite middle of December, 1854; 1 have no
recollection of making any sucb acknowledgement.
I will now sav tbat I di?l not
burn it, nor am I accessoiy to il in any us??
ncr, shape or form.
There is another of like east. It is further
reported that I endeavored to get a negro
man, belonging to my father's estate,to burn
the gin house of Mr. Alonzo Brown, of this
county, but liko the other, it is false.
And in conclusion let me sav to vou that
time may prove to you; but if tint** in her
meandering jjourse should fail,the judgment
bar of ft just God who knows the hoc rots o!
all hearts will not fail to prove to you Young
O. llovard at heart, is not that wilful sane
murderer ; that low degraded and de,based
villain which you hav? heard so faithfully
nnd for itiifihl 1 know, .believed.
I have now alluded to all the reports which
have come to mv knowledge, there may be
others which 1 do not know of,as my chance
has been very bad to learn anything, 1 have
been allowed to seo my friends but very sol
<iom, ?nd then but a few minutes.
Sirs, I will say for your gratification, thai j
if I was guilty of wilful antf knowing inur- !
dor, I d?-sci*v?' iliis; yes, if possible more !
than this!- If I was guilty as charged and 1
found, T deserve the ftorv stoke instead of j
thu gallowx. V'ou certainly dishonored |
your halls of juntjce by giving men trial and j
clw.nce for life: hut I am not guilty ofknowii I
murder, although I committed I lie deed, ii
was llic ncl of ii maniac, not of a sane man,
j and-According to your laws, liow can you i
rPconcile.it with your conScicnce to tnkc my
life. 8iis,_you n|e doing me a great wrong!
One which yoil-'cmi never repair, even if
time should prove it to ynur mind clearer
than the mid day sun that my statements
are irue. ^ o'u are not only depiivincr me !
| of my life, my nil, hut ynl\i nre wjorigfullly I
depriving two unfortilrirtte children of their !
only protection. You' nro casting them lip- |
on the charities of a cold and 'Unfriendly j
world, without the arm of a fnlhrr to cnro for !
their lender ve?ir$ ; think of thif, oh! how j
it Wbuld ^jtievc your 'hearts to be cut off
from life, and ihnt too for a aritno of which |
you are hot legally sjuihy, nnd tofraveyoUr i
helpless offspring to the ridijcule and sneers !
or ft scoflmp wot Id. A10 you us wMling to |
do ?s j'ou would be done V>y {Jfidcr like clr- |
cunixtartces? I nppoftl lo heaven for tho ;
nmnf of mv c.lnliwiwn!u*?in lV?nt intl?n ml\n
r ?J - - ",,w
knows the secrete of nil beam.
1 I humbly hope and trust that although :
my drtys are numbered nnd my hour h?i?
I cyme, thai you will not forget ihatyou are 1
by natui-o rcsilng under n like sentence nnd
perhaps for aught you know ere another
| Sun has run its ewiree, you too, may be ?r|
lent in death and your spi'il, like mine", have
il? In llis UAJ ?lm ntii? ?i ?
To you who nre unprepared for 11 trnn*it to
nnotli?; wcjrld. l'H vie *nir?>?i w>?lo begin
I hat nil important w^ik today. Thftfilvottnees
of life nnd jlhe certainty of donlh and >
the jm?u worth of yonr immovlnj souls <?'dj
aloud lo yojtl npMf>de)iiy. You lmve (Joel's
word for H thai yon must rtpent, nnd it to
for y<vu lo choose who<ber fou will fn lirno
%
? v/u. >111 .'* ? i> U. 'l?f?
i i . in i ....
| or in vast eternity. In time you have tho
hope of mercy but if yon postpone this mat
trr for eternity you win repent for ever,
where the disLnni linnn ...:n
w. < <> vjr "'ii never
com" ; ?nd to you my Christian friends let*
mc sny be faithful to iho trust which fJod
has confided to your care. (Juard well th?t
' Sacred cause to the end of life, and a crown
will be given you by your Father, docked
with brighter jewels than ever graced it
monarch's brow.
If there is uny man under the sound of
my voice Or eWwhore who I have ever in
j<hcu iiv wen us or actions 1 piny you forgive
mf, to those wlio havo wronged mo
particularly in my trial I freely lorgive. I
pave no bud fooling or ill will towards any
vrn* .pnrf..i?,M&k ^J^h?.Y?
impiisonini-ni please acccpl the deep gratitude
of my heart. May God have mercy
u mm v mi ull un?t A*\ -II * *
J I ...><? uu JUII till lilt; JJUOU IIIAI
In; in liis wisdom may sco you need, is tiio
humble bul fervent prayer of an unfortunate
num.
Farewell to nil until we uioet nt tiio
judgement bar of God.
V. C. Bovaud.
A Xovki. Finale.? We find in tlio New
York pnpurs the following account of a
closing scene in tbo recfcntly ndjourned
mnt'K rcpuuiicjui legislature of that Stato :
" Shortly after nix o'clock, tho Sonnto
chamber becoming densely packed with
spectators and lobbymen, some industrious
wag busied himself with sprinkling cayenno
pepper over the carpets in the room and
on tho registers, the effects of which wcro
almost instantly perceptible on those present.
Tho slight and iu?gular coughs, aud
delicate sneezing, soon increased to a general
and prodigious cough, sneeze, hawking
spitting, and blowing of noses, the " noiso
anil confusion" from which at times entirely
preclinical tho possibility of hearing anything
elso. So general did tho sccne iit
length become that nearly every Senator,
not excepting the President, was seized with
the mania. Tho chamber, which was cram
ined to an uncomfortable d.egree. ii.winding
a number of colored people, now becamo
tho scene of a general cough, sneeze, and
blowing of proboscis, so as to render it impossible
for business to proceed." *
Doston 1 mmokajlity.?Tho capitol of
New England is acquiring an unenviable no
tonety by its indecent criminal irinls. l)i?
rectly npon the heels of the Kulloch Ctinl
COiliro tlx. ]Ait)ton trinl. which thp llnstnn
papers state exceeds in repulsive indecency
any similar one thai has ever taken place in
that pari of the country. Even the Jiostou
Times "shudders nt its revelations." A"''
yet the jinnies involved in these scandals are
voting married people belonging to highly
respectable families, who had bornfi good
reputations until their immoralities were
brought lo licrhL bv the homicide nt' vnnnm
W o . ... ^
Sumner, who was beaten to death by the
man whoso domes!ic pnarn t??<i ilcrtroytu).
Jioston may not he worse than
New York, or any other of the large towns
of the Union, but il has lately had to endure
the shame of more scandalous trials than
its population would entitle it to if their
morals were nn a par with other American
o'.tius.?iV. 1'. Time*.
DvsTRr(?Ti?)ny ok pKTBiisnontj.?The last
Havre steamer brings German papers of tho
7lh instant. Among them we find tho
Allgemeine /.eitung, which contains the following
singular paragraph, which we translate
for the benefit'of our readers:
" A Rinrtling occurroncc happened i \ .ho
State of Virginia a few days previous U I .0
sailing of our last steamer, the. Ilerm. n u
A?s ltd deli and mighty inundation of the i .
mous *iver, Appomatox, bearing upon it*
bosom an enormou* avalancheof timber from
above, and sweeping in its course every
dwelling,mill, hotel, (owei and fortress upon
its banks, coming upon the ttiwn'of l'eiorsbtirnr
in I lie nrwl on-nn.:? ?
? ,-j. s j'litji iv ?"ii nit;
w hole of lirislol l'aiish into tlm <en. Somo
of ihn fortresses upon this rivor are said to
haye covered ton hundred neves of nrcn.?
Three of the towers were one thousand feet
lugh each. The spectacle whs awful.?
Trees, churches, forests, negroes, ladies,
judges, councilmen, street commissioner**,
pigs, poultry, loco focos, whiga, indomitaL-i
- - ftl I i - . -
ijH P, nnu mm eruleis, wore nil heaped up
together in n crude and shapeless mass ot'
conir|i)OU;ratcd improbabilities, like an unnppVoUchnhte
i*lnnd, nlxmt ooe hundred
miles (inm ilio .!?*?
' " ?'??? impel uous
course inflivled die cularmily. \Vheu
lf>e steamer left, she pnssed the inundated
town, find shw Jo.,000 people standing upon
the friiamonts of inreilocked timbers, musts,
roofs, columns And VessvV waving whitt?
poehei handkerchiefs ns signals of distress.
Tl\e town is ruined, of course. Bunks ?U
snnked, nnd specie all sunk in lhe sen. It
is reported llyU this nwful calamity mi pi it
hnve been nverted, but for ihv obstinaev of
the "damluilU's" (onr ol the Jocui panic*)
wlio were loo niisiocraftc to receive fund*
from a torriioiinl m'fghbor grAt'm, wherewiih
to build n wnll for theeiiyV protection. $
The w hole State, it is snub m in lniftMm.ni
dnvigor ofinuntVtlioi). help our brothers
in Vhal.unhuppy land, nnil all iho poor
penplo !'
Ut?hvi?n bless tbo Germans! (\V here's
MuiTt'l>'?usc'n ?V? /'?tcr*hnrp IfaprcsH,
Mu. Dhown's coirtplimenta to Mr.Smith;
t bulks it neoeas'nry his piprg* ?honl?l not go
tUiV bit ground*," Mr. Smith a
compliments to NJr. Urown; ihinliRil eqnnlly
tin #<*( <?** ary lo ?tpell puh Vwlh iwo