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r rjohn i. miller, )- ? ----- r?saml.w- melt?n, j p n_ n ependeiit Journal: lor the Promotion ot the PoliticU, Social, Agricutnral and Commercial Interests of the Sonth. j lewis m. grist, pubiiiher. y ? I,. 1. YOBKYILLE, 8. C., ^gUESDAY, MAY 17,1855. NO. 19. < 1 I-?J? T ???o orlminicfratinn. bv GideOQ Cfjoitc fflctri); 'i From the Abbeville banner. j Messrs. Editors:?The poetry of 11. II. <] M'ihle, beginning "My life is like the summer ; u ruse," is universally admired, and frequently t found in the periodicals of the day. llispoli-, t tvs are forgotten ; his life of Tasso encumbers j s the shelves of booksellers, whilst this gem, re- P cognized as true poetry even in fault-finding ] Mil gland, promises to embalm his name in literary immortality, lie '''U probably be known by it in future ages as Wolfe is in his burial of Sir John Moore, and (5ray by his Klegy. It is not, however, so well known that a lady 1 of Baltimore, met the distinguished advocate in the Court or the Muses, and replied with L much force and almost equal beauty. As the t stanzas of each are not found in connection, it A i< proposed to give those of Wilde separately ami in a similar way me itniv s answer 111 re- , v]y V.'ll.ltK. ' , My lite is like tin- summer rose Tlmt opens t.. the morning sky. lint ere tilt* shales of evening close. Is -i-attere.l on the gmuiol to ?'ie. Yet 0:1 that ruse's humble lied. The sweetest <le\vs ??1" i.i?rlit are >he?l, # As if she wept such waste to see: lint none shall ? <?/? ./ /,./, for me. t.AI?Y. The?h w- of night may tail from heaven rpoii the wither'*! rose's he?l. Ami tears of I'mol regret he given T?> mourn the virtues oft lie ?lea?l. Yet no rning's sun the <lews will <lry. Ami tears will fa<le from sorrow's eye. Atl'eetion's pangs lie lnliM to sleep, Aiol even love forget to Wll.l?K. My life is like the autumn leaf Tha t tremhlesin the moon's pale lay? li- io hi i- frail, its 'late i< hiief. lle^tless. iiii'l soon pass away. Yet ere that leaf shall fall ami tlole. The parent trie shall no-urn it< sluole: The wimlshewail the leafless tree, lint ii'iuo-ha!! : si-jh i'.r iue. l.ADY. The tree may mourn its fallen leaf. Ami autumn wi:ols l.ewail itshlooin. Aiol I'rieiol- may heave the sigh of grief I l'..f tl. .!?:< V'mm clnoii U'lflittl tlii* tuliili . ; Yet soon will Spring renew the flowers. Afhl time will hrinjr more-milinjr hours: i lr: fV.eii'l*hi|?% heart all jrrief will >lie. .Aii'I even love !br?ri-t to .?/<//?. ' 1 Wll.liK. M v life 5* like the prints which feet Have left on Tempo's ilesert strand? Soon as the rising ti?le shall heat. 1 < All trace will vani*h front the sand. i t Vet. a< if jrriuviiijf to efface All vcstijje of the human race On that lone shore. lou<I moans the sea. * lint none, alas shall mourn for me. I ! ] I. \!?Y. Ti e sea limy on the desert shorp | ' I .anient each trace it hear* away: s The lonely heart it* jrrief may pour i O'er cherishM friendship's fast decay. Vet when all trace i* lost ami -rone. 1 The waves <lanee hrijrht ami jrailv on; \ Tims -i.on affection's bom!* are torn, 1 ^ Ami even love forjrctsto mourn. ' ' ( Select Sketches. ! J 1 < AN INCIDENT IN THE WAR OF 1812. ' At the battle of Vlattsburjih, in 1812, tin- j rinjr the din and uproar of the heavy canonado on lake and land, there appeared before the coininnndinir officer an unknown Indian , ' . ! clad in the wildest savage costuuic, covered; with paint, and armed to the teeth, who gave ^ information of the approach through the i woods on the South hank of the Saranac, of a considerable body of the British. aceompan-1 | ied by a band of Huron.* or Canadian Indians, who acted as guides and scouts. j It is well known that one column of the British army, under command of (leneral Brisbane, had approached I'lattsburgh from | the west, along the Beckmantown road, to the North of the Saranac The American Army j was now entrenched on the south bank, i:i the angle of the river and the lake. It will therefore he readily understood that the approach 1, of this force would place the Americans in a position sufficiently critical, to say nothing of the dangers to which thev were alreadv exposed. 1 ' [i The information brought by the savage was ' too important to he overlooked, and yet came j ^ in too suspicious a manner to be wholly trust1 ... . , I ed. The ofh er therefore, interrogate.I the ' messenger. i ' "Who arc you, my friend ?" said he. "Mohican," was the laconic reply. "What's yi.ur name ?" ' "Stockbridge Hank." j1 V "Where did you come from, and why are you here ?" "Indian come from Dutch rivers." 1 "J>ut why are you here?" inquired the ofti- ( tvr-. , i I 3\ hy are the Mindues in the woods ? Can the Captain toll me that ?" replied the savage, I ( his eyes flashing fire. j 1 "Does any one know this person ?" asked { the othcer, turning to the bystanders?but no . one knew him. "What do you want me to do then?" said ' the officer, still looking upon with him with suspicion. ] "Take four, seven, ten soldier," replied the 1 savage, holding up both his hands and spread- 1 inn his fingers, "take 'cm and wait for 31 in goes ' in tlic wood." ( J "He's right by Jove," said the officer; "the ' men arc too few to have an ambush laid for ' them, and we need a picket of that kind.? ' The redskin must be friendly after all. Let ' nine picked men, headed by a corporal, go 1 with hipi ; but let them be watchful and be on their guard, and let me informed of the first approach of any enemy in that direction." ' The officer turned away. The meu were 1 quickly detailed ; and guided by the Indian, 1 ' they took their silent way through the woods, up the south bank of the Saranac, dowu which .< the new hostile force was reported to be com-1 I in if. They moved forward rapidly fo* about ; half an hour, when the Indian began V pro- J i ceed with more caution, and to listen for every ' i uinusual sound which disturbed the forest. At! > last, putting his ear close to the ground, he i listened for a moment, and then, rising quick- i y lip, he made a rapid sign fur the soldiers to , ictake themselves to a neighboring thicket i'hich bordered a small ereek Homing into the , iver. The men concealed themselves among he bushes as cjuick as possible, while the in- j lia stealthily crawled to a position somewhat nore advanced, concealing himself behind the rank of a fallen tree. He had enjoined on ; hem not to lire or make any noise until they ' hould receive from him a certain signal. Fur omo distance forward from the place where le lay, the woods were tolerably clear of unlerwood, and a kind ?>i' path skirted the banks >f the river, and crossed the creek near its nouth, about ten rods from the place where he soldiers were concealed. From the posiion the Indian occupied, the "pass was in full dew. in order to cross the stream, any one , roing along that path had to descend about ten cot almost perpendiciilarlv; so that while lie ,vas in tlic lied of the brook, ho could not be j seen by those who should happen to bo any listance behind. The soldiers had not been in ambush lonp. tvhen by a ?|uiek sipn the seout pave them i? understand that some one was apptvacbiup.? riioy soon saw an Indian cominp aloiip at a rapid, though silent pace, towards ihe etossinp. lie had just pot nearly in view, when at a distance of two rods behind oame another, and >o on to the number of seven. They were all in war paint, ami armed with riths and tomahawks. The soldiers were all attentive to the movements of their puido, expeetinp at every moment to receive the sipnal to tire. To their surprise, however, tin y saw him lay down hi> pun and draw from beneath the lop a loiipbow and a bundle of iiint-beaded. slurp-pointed arrows, lie then turned himself about under the lop until be faced the pass in the creek. The stranpe Indians appeared to move forward without any hesitation or suspicion. The foremost one cominp to the pass dropped, at ohee to cross it. At this moment the puide was observed to pull bis bow with a <jiiick ami powerful effort, and so rapidly as ahno>t to elude sipht. an arrow was sped on it< mission of death. The stranper was seen to drop into the middle of the brook, but not a cry is-ued frotu his mouth. (Juick as li^htuiiu: tin1 .Mohican adjusted another arrow t<? his how. so that as soon as the second Huron dropped down to cross the pass, he t'>o wasobserved t? reel and tall without a ei'oan. In the same manner was the third, and the fourth and tin- tilth Huron jdelved as he leajt- j ?d into the fatal ditch. They were so close to ach other, and the whole seemed to pass oil' v11h such silence and rapidity, that neither of hem had observed the fate ot his comrades uitil he had met his ?wn. The sixth Indian, lowevcr, heinu a little more hehind than the it hers, seeniful :i hrth' 01 tliut to- .1!.! ? ? ee them in view on the other bank. For this eason he descended with a little more ho?it:iioii into the jrully. 1 le was immediately arare ?-f the horrible fate that had arrested heir footsteps and silenced their tongues, lie 'lideavored to recoil, hut it was already too ate. A fatal missile was on the way for him : ic was struck like the rest, but not with ini nediate death, and he had tune to rai>e in mo lepth of the forest one of those n]?j?:il!imr yells >f warning and of rage which announced nnong the people of his race the presence of mortal danger. , The soldiers still looked upon this fearful scene in astonished silence, entranced hy the ; murderous magic whieh took place he fore them. "When the stillness and the spell were broken by the warning cry, they expected to <ee the woods swarming with hostile savages. None, however, appeared; and when the echo lied away, they looked in vain for the seventh i tnd last of the llurons. He had vanished as if swallowed up in the earth. No trace of him was visible?no sound of retreating footsteps ' was audible. The Mohican still kept his phe-e ! behind the log, immovable now as the log it?elf, but with his fit-iy eyes bent in tptick and iearchins:* dances in almost even* direction at *" * >nce. lie was obviously at fault as well as the : vst. No one dared to move or speak above lis breath. There was something awful in his udden and mysterious disappearance. The silence continued for some fifteen minifes, when the sharp crack of a rifle was heard, tnd the Mohican sprang to his feet with the flood streaming down one side of his face.? ! lis only exclamation was the guttural 4il "gh ?" ; "n an instant the fatal bow and arrow were a- : tain in requisition, and his face toward the I Indian he sent another armw on its fatal mis ion. The .soldiers heard a slight scrambling tverhcad, and on looking uj> they saw the 1 fn- j on falling through the limbs or a tree near | >y. lp this lie had the address to swing I limsclf, unseen by hi< enemies, during the j nonientary confusion occasioned by the war- j TV of his companion. From that perch he lad discovered the lurking place of the Moliean, and bent upon vengeance, had immcliately tired at him, without considering and without caring, perhaps, whether or not his jnemies were near. The imprudence cost him lis life; and withal he had only succeeded in inflicting upon the Mohican a slight wound in :he temple. The scene, however, now rapidly changed. Shortly after the report of the rille, the distant heavy tread of a body of regular troops was beard approaching through the woods. They, j too, plunged into the fatal pass, and met with i like, though more bloody reception, from the soldiers in ambush. This time it was the rifle that did the business. The advancing i column, however, was composed of veterans, j who seemed for a few moments to rush into ! ..V.iw iilnii'.i tli..ir "iinl oniili'< were lying wounded and dead ; but ;i> they ivcre ignorant of the strength of their conceal* L*d enemy, and could hardly tell from what directioii the danger came, they finally heat a re. treat and drew off into the woods. ' The check was all that could have been do- | <irod. That force was not engaged in the hattie of Plattsburgh * and after learning the disastrous fate of the day, it made a precipitate retreat northward into the Canndas. It was noticed that as soon as the seven Hurons were dain, Stockbmlgc Hank took no further interest in the frav. Shortly after the firing com* v ^ n incnced he disappeared, and did not accompa- J ny the soldiers back l<? the aruiy. The next il day, however, lie appear* d before the officer j pee] nirain, accoutered as at the time of his arrival ' aboi in camp, but with the addition of seven bloody j ful i scalps attached to his belt, and the war paint j lor i washed from his face, llis mission seemed to the be accomplished. lie was thanked for his ten services, and received promises of a liberal re- by < ward. To all that was said he remained a si- terii lent listener, and only pointed to the ulorions ted trophies he wore, seemed to sijrnily that they end were sufficient compensation. In truth, the littl F t in', m \f:< liis; lior?>ilit;irv ini>. mid lit' had been .Mai instinctively fijrhtinti- tor tlu* traditions of his lllin fathers. After this second visit he was never her a*rain seen in the army. Hut the story of his ' seen exploit was lonir the talk and the wonder of the camp. ( the deci THE TIIEEE BEiDES. , , laid A Till: 11.1.INI! STOUV. (j;ij ho Volt see, said the sexton, those jj ^ three hillocks yonder, side l>y side-' There <ull'| sleep three hrides, whose history 1 am about t?> relate. Look there, sir. ?.u yonder hill, you may observe a little desolate house, with a lit- ' (t tiestrayolinj: feme i:. front, and a few stunted j apple trees oil tin- a-< ent hcliiiid it. li is sail- (||(| lv out of repair now. and the uardeii is overgrown with weedsam.l hraiuldes. and the whole place has a desolate appearance. If the wind.- . were liich now. you lniulit hear the cra/.y shut- |n.,. tevs tlajijiinu against the -ides, and the wind ^ tcarine the jrray shinnies offihe roof. Many .||1(j years ajro there lived in that house an old man xvm| who cultivated the few of pround that ,. helmmed to it. , j,., ? The father was a self-taught man. deeply versed in the mysterii- ? f science, and a< he could toll the name eft-wry t'ow-T : V-:t ! ! >- .., v : soincd in the wood, oryivw in tin* carden. and ,.j,, u-ed to sit up late a! ni-.dit at hi- hoo'.s. or in %;;V. tvadiiitr the mv.-tie >i?rv of tin* -tan", i.eavt i:.-. r|,;^ men tli>'Uulit Lc* was erazv ev/itehed. a; ' ;(.r avoided him as tin- mm.rant e\er 1:';?i the -ittod :iii'l tin* eidi-jlitem-d. A t'i \v I!:< re v.e:-. and aninii- "tin r-. tin- miai-f.r. the !aw\< r. | j and tlio phvsieiali of t!if * !:?? ? . v. showed a jJ.] williiiiiiio>> to afford l.im eoimt mmv. lilt tin verv m?i?u dropped liis .leiiuaiutnmo, I"!' iltf\ found tla* old iliaii was -oiio-what reserved and nmrose, and moreover tin ir \aiiiiv wa> woiin- jl;i,4 di d on disouvoriiijr tin.* ? \t?lit of h.> Kiiowl, i-1, "To tlu- minister In- would <jiioi0 tlu* i;1111 !*- t ,i and tin- seriptuvs in tin- luminal t":miio. and showed himself Wi'll al ined with the Weapon- 'l iif of i??ilfinit- i-.'iitrovi r.?v. 11? a-toiii-hed tinlawyer with liis profound a"?|iiaintaiie" with ,.lV juri.-pritdeneo : and the phv-ieian was sitrpri- <j sed at the e.\t"lit of hi- medical hlioled-e. >'u jh.r all of thi-ni deserted him. and the mini-tor. from whom he differed in -oiiie tritium t> nut lllS of doctrine. spoke \vr\ liyfnh .'him; and l>\ ]i( . and 1?v looked on the -elf-. dm-ate-i lariner v. it it eves of aversion. 1 le insrrii.-ted hi- s.ai in all hi- l"ie; i!.-- ..i(t laiiuuanes. literature, history. philo.-.j.hy and seiellee, V.e IV lllilolded. "lie l-\ "lie to the eh "| thusiastie -"!i of the solitalT. ... I ? Year- mllcd away, and the ! ! lnaii ?ii? <1. Ill* died when a storm enlivid-cd tlit* tare ot nature. wln-n tin- \vi1111 li.?\\ 1#-.] ainmd tin* -In-l- |HM.. tered dwelling. :iinl!li?* Iniin* played ah..ve tlir roof, mil], ilinii'jli li?.* v.'fiit tn liravi'ti in . faith aiul purity. the utlyar iln-ti-ht and -aid that the 1*1 vil (hio claimed hi- own in the elenioiit. T cannot paint tn m m the yriff of the \ 1 suit at tlii- bereavement. Tin* mini.-ter cattle -J ' and muttered a few Imllnw prai-?-- in his car. " and a few neighbors, impelled hv curio.-itv in sec tin.' intcriui' of hi.- dwelling, rati.e tn tinfuneral. With a JUond Mid h-ftv look, the son ' stood ttltove tin* dust itiid tin di ad. in the mid-t '.v 1 of the band of hypocritical mourners. with a ' pany at his heart, hut serenity tijmti hi- brow. n'll< He thanked his friends for their kitiducs*. arknowh-dycd their courtc.-y, and then strode away from the ?rave, to bury his yrief in tin- was privacy of the deserted dwelling. ( 'IU ' lie full lid at last the solitude of the man- " -ion almost insupportable, and l.e paeed the *,,r ! ebony floor from murniiiy till nijiht, in all the ,lor< ayotiy of woe and desolation, vainlv iniportu- '' ninii* heaven for relief. It came to liiin in the . yui.-o of poetic inspiration. lie wrote with Wonderful ease and power. I'eye after pa ye :1< 1' came from his prolific pen, almost without ati ta?'^ ellort, and tln-re was a time when he dreamed ! vain fool j of iminortalitv. Sonic of his pro- ^ ;,f duetioiis came belbre the world. They Were praised and circulated, and inijuiries set mi as 1 foot in the hope of discovering the authnf. He, * 'IU wrapped in the veil of impenetrable obscurity, listened to the voice of applause, the more deli- ! 01 11 cious because it was obtained l?y stealth. From "l'c> the obscurity of yonder lone mansion, and from 1 *'lc5! this leyion to send lavs that astonished the l'rac - ' 1 1 i..i rift/' world, was niuccU a truimpn to tno visionary : "* " bar J. 'I ' His thirst for fame 1i:i<1 been gratified, and 0,1 v he now began to yearn for the conipanionshij) S of some sweet boinir of the softer sex, to share plan with him the laurels he had won, and to whisper by t consolation in his ear in the moments of des- j otlic pendency, and to supply the void which the | sigh death of a father had occasioned, lie would j but picture to himself the felicity oi'a refined in- j varii tercoursc with a highly intellectual and bcauti- j had ful woman, and as he had chosen for his motto, i not ; < "Whatever has been done may he done,' he ' abu\ did not despair of success. j said " In this village lived three sisters, all beau- ami tit'ul and accomplished. Their names were and Mary, Adelaide and Madeline. I am far hor< enough past the aire of enthusiasm, but never j the can I forget the beauty of those three young } wen girls. Mary was the youngest, and a fairer- : thei haired, more laughing damsel, never danced j the upon the green. Adelaide, who was a few Ileli years older, was dark-haired and pensive; but ; Aga of the three, Madeline, the eldest, possessed j cd u the most fire, spirit, cultivation and intellectu- j boso ality. Their father, a man of taste and educa- j tore tion, and being somewhat above the vulgar i us a prejudices, permitted the visits of the hero of | too, my story. Still he did not encourage the af- said l'cction he found springing up between Mary and and the poet. When, however, he found that 1J her affections were engaged, he did not with- to ti hold his consent from their marriage, and the siuu recluse bore to his mansion the young bride in tl of his affections. Oh, sir, the house assumed coul a new appearance within and without. us, ; Hoses bloom oil in tli jranlen ; jessamines J l?eil through tho latins and (lie fields! it it smiled with the d'eets of a more careL-ultivatiun. J J^Hts wre seen in the par>n the evening ; and "any a time would passer-by pause at. tl. garden gate to lis- [ to strains of the swetest music, breathed ! oral voices from the"ttage. If the mysjus student and his afe had been ncglec-1 by the neighbors, wit eared they ? Their j tiring mutual affectlo' made their home a j e I'aradise. Hut de h came to Kden.? 'V suddenly fell sick, ml after .1 few hours 1 ss, died in the a lire >f her husband and sister Madeline. Ti- wa- the student's ml heavy atllietinii. Hays, mouths lulled 'tv.-'ud the sulaie of"! bereaved was to sij^^jf^i i-ter of tin1 ' . ased and talk of <4,. :ost one1. To Adee he offered his wiifoed heart. The bri- , was not one of ivyi y and mirth. Vet ; lived happily. and he rose amain ldos- < i.'d in the mtlden. ] t it seemed as if fav |ii:rstted thN singi r man. \\ hen the withered, ami the je fell, in the mellow ilisii of the year, Adel'le toosiekeiied ami ! like her sister. in th<arms of her hn.-haml Madeline. Perhaps you will th ih it stratme, yoiiiijr i. that niter all, the wi telied survivor stood in at the altar. Mad-inn! I well reltieliiher. She wtis a beat y in the true sense he word?she mieht ive sat on a throne, the most loyal Mthjet. the pi'oiulest peer, ad have sworn the 1 >od in her veins denied from a hundred kin^s. She loved widowed lor his jh.w r and his fame, and Wedded hilll. They wt re married ii that rlntreh?it was miner ?I n-olleet if well. I?ufhe ceretm nv. the "Tiickesf eloiid I ever o -jif* ad the h. aV tk. and Tlit- mojuelit bri<l" prom Miiet d lnrvow. a elap i?t"tii'insliook the buiblill!: t if- elllre. All the '! - -ht'eiked. but tht bible liel'self lliade r sj'i ti?e wi'J: a steady Voire. and her eye Vised with a wild lire she ea/.ed tlpoll lief !< .loom. When arrivd at the hott-e. sin : u??.i! rim t!m !;< !.! : l?u; tlii-wa.- iIn- till v ? (' tl:<* im; ill.-ii. W'l.fli tln \ wen- al'Hi', lie cla-pol Ii I" !. ami ir was a- ? . !<! in*! .Ma?l. lin.:.' lie. -v. hai in. all- tliis' V- ur rlirek i> a\..-:r w. I.ii i^ Tin- l?ri?lr utterii iiiiir -liiirk. -,1/yw..Miliar jrown !' i-.viia -l -im. m?: ilii- i- ii.\ >i-11 r*> .-lirnml! Ik tir >f nun.'--".in !ia- arrivnl. It i.?' I imp.-I- lin* -peak. T'i will v..a I li-.-t .?W11 .-..ill. \ I--. \<? ?1 am a liiur.lriv-.- . .-mill .1 ..ii in.' in tl.r j.'Vuiis alii ctinii < ! v-.iiii- lu-ari?Kilt I pave li.-r lli?- I a tal : ! A.ii-iai.i.- twin<-<l li.-r wliit.-arm- armim! I-- \--ur arm- I lian- "n n.\ -?-ul t'.-r v> ti. mil: *,.>11 inn-1 11- !" .\ 11.1 :1-. ii." . oiiiiui;. <i I;.- in a Imll'.w v..i. -. till.! Iik .|ii < lit i-;.!: 1' ll<* ill II Ik I. T. i^li.i t Imtx \\ .mall !. !i .1. i II) II tin- llin.r !" !;? in. i- t!i. mural.>r :.}.r. ?..! .- !'. !t. Ami til..- 1-ri.I.-l ...a. ! a.-Kml 1. --tla-lni? 1 .>l' tin- .lc.-tr-.\. r aini tin-vi.-tiiii- : what i >(' liih! //- >i'"' v.a tli.- tlinlliim v.-r. ;ltscrll;iiicou5 iltailing. THE LOCATION OF HELL. lie following account ??l'tIn*?n recent reached in Maiihatianvillc, X. V.. l?v lor \\ alwintli. a Caiiolic clcr?.'vuiaii. in h he endeavors to Iwr^- J li ll. will lie ren<l i curio.-ity it not with interest. The licit i< taken from the New York lV-t, ami furnished by a iin-inber of the Catholic I'ch: !e beptn by assumini: that there was a Hell he itenial |>uiiishnicn: of unrepentant sin. after death. This was a cardinal point I'lief in the Church, adopted from its oarr.innatiun, and incoi testably proved by Scriptures, and to be as fully recognised ie doctrine of the Trinity, or any other csished article of faith Where, then, lie d was this lieil ' \Vns it nearer remote'' ; it an imaginary place. or was it fixed, ilile, material; a pine of physical as well Dental torment !' I poii this point the reli had never formally passed; while reusing the existence of a Hell, she had nevnposed any belief in its locality upon Cntli as an article of faith . but he should show 11, by the evidence of the Scripture, that, ticallv, this Hell imaginary place irmcnt, but fixed,near at hand, be h our very feet, in ft\f centre of this earth rhich we tread. nine had supposed that one of the distant ets or fixed stars had been appropriated he Creator for the abudc of the damned ; rs that Hell was far away, beyond human t and almost beyond human conception ; all our preconceived notions of it, were at nice with the opinions. The Scriptures invariably spoken of Hell as beneath us, above, or far removed?As Heaven was *e, and the souls of the righteous were to ascend to Ileavcn, so the damned d>ib-tf, went down to Hell. Thus Korah his companions, who rebelled against the 1 in the wilderness, went down bodily into earth, which opened to receive them; they 2 not translated to another sphere to receive r punishment, but "went down alive into pit," or in other words, descended into I on the very spot where they sinned ? in, the rich man, tormented in Hell, "liftphis eyes," and saw hftzarus in Abraham's in, and to his entreatise for succor and incisions, Abraham hail replied : " between nd you there is a great gull fixed." So, Christ in the parable of the marriage feast : "take him and bind him hand aud foot cast him into utter darkness." Le cited many other texts from Scripture x this locality, and deduced, as a couelutherciroiu, that Hell must necessarily be lie centre of thi.s earth as in no other way d our conceptions of its position beneath is defined in the .Scriptures, be adequately realized ; our ideas of what is above might be j eat infinite as space it>elf, )>ut there could be but grc one "beneath," and that was subterranean. tail IIavin<r established this point and fixed the lak locality of IIcll in the bowels of the earth lie ! the proceeded to enquire into its nature and physi- the cal condition. As it had a material position, : ere it necessarily followed that it was a place of, cul material bodily punishment, where the bodies ; er and limits of the wicked were to be subjected my to an eternal torment, more acute than the ! as most vivid imagination could hope to conceive, i and he should prove by citations from the! of < Scriptures, hy the traditions of tlie Church dot and tin; writings of the Fathers, ami hy natu- set nil and physical jdieiioiueint and the evidence er of the philosophers and seientilie men, that I mc this j-unishinen! would lie hy lire, of which the ! bin interior of this globe was wholly composed. tin The Scriptures had invariably spoken of wo Nell as a place of torment by fire : " Depart wli from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, pre- wo pared for the devil and his angels," were the tin words of Christ. The term " Hell fire" l're- sin ipicntly occurred, and, indeed, wherever refer-J su citce was made to tin- punishments to he ini'lie- ag tt d upon tin* wicked in Hell, it was always j described to he hy lire. lie further illustra- ; lilted tiiis part of this discourse by copious ipto-1 tei i tatioiis from the Scriptures, and hy extracts rpi froiii writings hy the Fathers, who, he obser-1 en i ved. had, with singular unanimity, given their, lie testimony to the doctrine he wished to suhstan- pa Iiate, hoth on this point, and generally with 1 pi! regard to the locality of llell. , Ot Such heing the evidi lire of the Scriptures and of the Fathers of tin- Chun-h. every good ^ Catholic whose faith was sincere, should yield implicit obedience 10 this doctrine : hut in or- j der to silciiee any doubts which might linger 151,1 in the mind of his hearers, lie should proceed to show from the evidence of eminent natural j tc j hih'sojihei>. many of whom indeed were m?t j <wii ('liri~:i.iiis. ami from well-known natural i U1 ' li('iuiiiteu:i. that the interior of the earth was j :l 1 I *1 ina state of intense incandescence, scarcely ; ^ foiieeivahle to human understandings. In , MJ ihi> eoiuieciion In* quoted extensively froin | 11 umholt's Ko<nios" ami mentioned vol en-; ':l Hoc- a- an cvid. nee of the tierv nature of the i .... " I earth s interior. | / The.-t* wonderful jdieiiotneiia of nature, in j alii li inelteil lava and '.raiments of l'ork Wel'e ' . cjceti d with iiivat violeiiee. aeeoinjianied with 1 tialnts and dense Volumes ot smoke, it Was IIow j well ?-tahli-lmd. were merely oj.eninirs of the i earth'.- ;irfaee through whieh the subterranean i 'j tire-, neiit in below, found vent: and were in- i s 1 tended both to exhibit the inseiisity of the hidden tires, and to alibrd a warning to the ] wieked of the t? rriblc nature of the su fieri ni:s 1 that awaited tlieiu. unless they should speedily j J I'. |" 111 'I').. ? !.. .1- .Itl'l'u'lM ul ill.. .'lll'til. III f. - r. was bur a -liell. a thin erust. utterly in- u -iiiiiiiieatit ii; hulk, in proportion to the depth '' pr u. iind that \awned beneath our feet. We J.' troil over li\im.:' and ? vcila-tiny lire-, which ini'jbt at anv moment burnt forth with over. ' | v wiiehiiino power, and -wall..w it- up forever. i ' Had m.: numerous in-fai?ee? of this been j " witnessed in the terrible earthquakes, so frequently occurring in South Aumrmn and in ' e.|tiatorial n i?ioiis '! ^\ hat were these but A e\ ideiiees of the frail structure of this solid 1 '' ; erust on whieh we dwell, which is continually ' ^ erackinir. under the inlluciice of intense heat , beneath ' Nor were these phenomena local or ; isolated in their nature, but extended over the : whole sphere. Thus the irreat earthquake of j Lisbon, in 17.30, in whieh the irroutid had I opened and flames had hurst forth, had been '? distinctly felt over many parts of Europe, in i Asia, and even in this country on Lake Onta- j a . . . ... , ! w no. Again, the lint .-prints? swelling up to the i -urfaie ul'tlio soil in various parts of the world cc and particularly in Iceland, where they were ejected in a boiling state several hundred feet ? ( in the air. showed conclusively that their .- (?uree was in the neighborhood of igneous in- i 1 , |"l| lliieJiees, for imw, otherwise, could they violate the course of nature by {lowing in hut streams 1 instead of cold I 01 ! i (e then inquired into the degree and inten- | ((j sity of his heat, which almost passed the j |a hounds of human conception. Asa means of! approximating to a result, however, lie referred 1 to the experiments which had been made with ! j-() a thermometer in Artesian wells and deep mi- j lies. Here it had been observed that with j? i every fifty feet of depth one degree of Falircn-1 j(J licit had been gained ; consequently, at this ' j. ratio of increase, it would only be necessary to ! penetrate the crust of the earth twenty-one miles, in order to reach a state of heat in which J the granite would be found molten. Water boils at oOO dog. Fahrenheit, but it requires 2,00'! deg. to melt rochs. This, therefore, was the minimum of the heat of Hell, whose j ^ frontiers, therefore, lie twenty-one miles below j i the surface of the earth. | ar 11c also cited a w'ell autlienticatcd miracle, j jj related by one of the Fathers, to the effect | j? ; that Hod once permitted a certain religious | aI person to receive a visit for a few moments j ,ir 1 / /-.1 1 1 T. .1 - C ll.. mini one oiuic uamncu. in xnc course ui me | ^ interview, the latter thrust hishainl into u vase J of water in the apartment, which was thereby cc 1 so powerfully heated, that a bronze candle- ar ! stick ha vim; been placed in it, was immediately ^ j, 1 melted. These illustr; tion.s would afford per- j c(] | haps a slight conception of the fearful nature j f ' of the fires that were awaiting the guilty and i ^ unrepentant. And what would be the duration of that & ' punishment and those of the terrible fires.? th Here there was no room left for doubt?tlie sh Church, in concurrence with the awful testi- on ; inony of the Scriptures, had pronounced them an 1 eternal; Christ himself had said?"It is better T1 I for tliec to enter life maimed, than having to cu ' gj to Hell into the fire that shall never he ; quenched." It would be vain to attempt to . conceive the duration of that eternity ; the boldest intellects shrank appalled on the very th 1 threshhold of their inquiry. To illustrate the th utter futility of any such attempt, he begged ba ! his hearers to picture to themselves one of th those small animals, of which millions dwelt aj | in a single drop of water, and which only the most powerful microscope cau reveal to our I I gaze. fa Let tlicni suppose one of these infinitessi- to I nial creatures to consume the whole earth, to ui all tlio leaves of the trees, the lruits or ine u >und, the sand of the seashore, the moun- G as and the plains?to drink up the oceans, tl es and rivers, taking one mouthful in a n msand years, and then to devour, in turn, o i sun and the planets, and all the visible atures of the universe, and after this ineal- n able lapse of time, consider how much near- 1< would they be to the so'ntion of this great ^ story ? S'ot one step?eternity would be e far beyond their contemplation as ever. In the eternal fires every limb and member nil* bodies, every nerve and muscle and tenii, every part of us, in line, over which the ise of feeling predominated, would be forcv- r racked and tortured, and yet never consu- v d. And to these exquisite torments of the y !> w..ulii ho..1,1,1ml ilu> nniurs of remorse and r V 1?-1 - _ J ; stings of conscience. Mind and body ? uld suffer alike, but upon those members jicrewith we had sinned the most deeply juld the keenest sufferings be inflicted, until j. j damned; amid this unspeakable agony, e ould long for those means to end his own ffering which ho had. perhaps, employed 0 ainst another while on earth. t 1 le continued to dwell with singular ear- ] stness and fulness of illustration upon that rible picture, and concluded with an clo- c lent and affectionate exhortation to his hear- j ; to avoid these torments, of which lie said f had presented hut a fcelde picture, in com- ( rison with the reality, by repentance audsup- ] ieation to fJod, through the intercession of ( nr 1'dessed Lady. , WO HOURS' TRUCE AT SEBASTO- ' POL. The day after the bloody combat of the 22d d odd two hours' truce was agreed upon fur / e burial of the dead. The news, says a let- , r, spread quickly through the camps, the ra- , s which the Chasseurs d'Afriquc had gotten ) in line style, were suspended, and there was general rush to the now neutral ground, on ( hieh a few hours before the battle bad raged j fiercely. The day was beautifully bright id warm. White flags waved gently in the int spring breeze above the batteries, and oni the Round Tower and Mumclou. Not a * iiil had been visible in front of the lines an ( istant before the emblems of peace were run [> to the flagstaff*. The instant the flags were , oisted, friend and foe swarmed out of the iibrasures. The riflemen of the allies and of ic enemy rose from their lairs in the rifle pits, nd sauntered toward each other to behold icir grim handiwork. The whole of the tacc between the Russian lines and the siege orks was tilled with groups of unarmed solioiy. The sight was strange beyond description. Tench, Knglish, and Russian oftieers were I ill kin- about saluting each other courteously - they passed, and occasionally entering into niversatioii, and a eoustant interchange of ttle civilities, such as offering and receiving igar-lights, was going 011 in each little group, oiue of the Hussian officers were evidently icii of high rank and breeding. Their polish1 manners contrasted remarkably with their Ian and rather coarse clothing. They wore, ith few exceptions, the invariable long gray ait over their uniforms. The French officers ere all ? n i/ruin/r ( u">', and offered a strikig contrast to the Rritish, who wore uncouth > gnl-drcsses, cat-skin coats, and nondescript , iletots. , While the men were engaged in placing the . ;ad bodies upon litters and carrying them ( vav, a lively conversation sprang up among ( io officers, in which the Russians indulged iu ( little badinage. < hie asked when the allies j ere ' coming in to take the place another, | when they thought of going away." Some ? mgrutulatcd the allies upon the excellent op- | :>rtunity they had of getting a good look at , I'bastopol. as the chance of a nearer view, :cept on similar occasion.-: ,vas not, in their union, very probable. One officer asked a ivate confidentially in English how many ( en were sent into tlie trendies ? 'dlegorra, ily 7,000 a night, and awake covering party , 10,000," was the ready reply. The officer . ughed and turned away. At one time a ussian with a litter stopped by a dead body, id put it into the litter. lie iooked round ] r a comrade to help him. A Zouave at once ( Ivanced with much grace and lifted it, to the ( Unite aniuseineiit of the bystanders ; but the kc was not long lived, as a Russian brusque- , came up and helped to carry off his dead , unradc. The Allies seemed to have improved the excellent opportunity" to see the town.? hoy reported large bodies of soldiery in the ( roots, assembled at the corners and in the ; iblic places. They thought them ordered it to make a show. The Russians denied ; iat Prince Menschikoff was dead, but they Imittcd that Admiral Isturinin was killed, e was one of the principal officers engaged i the destruction of the Turkish fleet at Siuope, ] id the Czar had rewarded him by giving him ] i order of St. George of higher distinction , an that Worn by Prince McnschikofF, and of ] class which is generally accorded only to sue- ( issful generals who have conducted an army ] id closed a triumphant campaign. A dis- j. iguished looking man, Priucc Barianoki ( iinplaincd that lie was likely to be deprived > 1 1 * 1 1 A 1 1 * 1 his cruise in 111s pleasure pent tins year r>y j c war. The aruiistic was over about 3 o'clock.? jarcely had the white flag disappeared behind j e parapet of the Maiuclon before a round i ot from the sailors' battery went slap through t ic of the embrasures of the Russian work, j id dashed up a great pillar of earth inside. } lie Russians at once replied, and the noise of ; 1111011 soon re-echoed through the ravines. ? The Oldest Postmaster.?The Baltimore ! in gives a list of the oldest .postmasters in e United States, at the head of which stands j c name of John Picked, of Jonestown, Leinon country, Pennsylvania. In a letter to e Post Office Department, lie speaks of his ipoiutment as follows : , .My fartfcer's name was John Bickel, and , was commissioned 'John Bickel, jr.' My , tlier was in the revolutionary war, and lived ; be eighty-nine years old. lie died about ue years ago. I was appointed postmaster iiuer tfcuumuu .1 _. _ iranger on the 23d of September, 1802, so hat I have held the office fifty-three years ext September. I am now eighty-two years Id, and do all-my business myself." When rotation in office ha9 become a cardial tenet with both parties, it certainly speaks mdly for the man's integrity and capacity ho remains in office over half century through very change and under all parties. From the Squatter (Kan.) Sovereign. GOVERNOR REEDER. We do not hesitate to say, that in the liistov of our country, uo instance can be found in duch an officer, so unfit for any of the duties f his office, so universally objectionable to the loniiln in forested, so Dubliclv and notoriously , 4 ? ;uilty of prostituting his official position to lersonal pecuniary gain, to such infamous pur>oses, as A. J I. llecdcr, (Governor of Kansas, las been permitted to retain his position, or ven to escape impeachment. From the day of his appointment to the presnt moment, he has either wholly failed todishargc the uio<t pressing duties, or has abused lis position for the most corrupt purposes. For months after his appointment lie absentid himself from his post, though his immediate iresence was demanded by the necessities of he Territory. IIis time was devoted to elecioncering in Pennsylvania, or to the study of ndian treaties, with a view to speculation in heir lands. He came to our Territory, not to be Govcrn>r of its people, but to speculate in lands to nake money by his official position, and as igent of the Abolitionists to fasten the course if Abolitionism upon us. Every act of his rom the day of his arrival will establish be,ond controversy that these were the sole ends md aims of his coming. *T ' ' ? 1 .1 . .1.. n iie lias ueciareu inai iuc uracu 01 uo^tmw ;ould not have induced hiiu to give lip a lucraivc practice and the comforts of a home in Pennsylvania; that his motive was to make noney, by the opportunities which would be lffordcd him for speculation. lie had no time ifter his arrival to secure a room before he bo:ame a large shareholder in the town of Leavenworth, in consideration that it should be made the temporary seat of government! In this ho was guilty of multiplied abuses of official trust. The Delaware Iudians complained that their treaty was violated by the location of the town upon their lands. As Governor of the Territory, he should not have thrown the weight of his official position ngaiust them. Hy the act organizing the Territory, lie was empowered to locate a permanent seat of government, and some S20,000 were placed in his hands to be expended in public buildings at J the place selected. It wu.- his duty to act fair- ^ ly, and with a pure and disinterested consideration of the interest of the Territory in making such selection. On the contrary, for gain, he sells himself, and, for a speculation, promises to select a town in which lie was a large shareholder. That he has not complied with his agreement, adds but to his infamy. After having sold his right to locate the scat ot government, we next hear of liiiu on a pro fessional tour of observation, made under pretence of obtaining the necessary information to enable him to organize the Government. This tour is hardly commenced, before it is found to be a tour of speculation ! While absenting himself from the Territory, he has rumaged the files of old treaties at Washington, and believes he has discovered the foundation of a fortune. As Governor, claiming to be second only to the "Great Father," he imposes upon the credulity of the poor halfbreeds, and purchases their land for a song !? rhis speculation is not sufficient. He continues his tour, and again, for a song, becomes 1 large proprietor in the twon of Pawnee. At mce, it is proclaimed that this is to be the jcat of government. So long as his official position can be abused for the profitable state jf stock, he is found "buying in." Ilis "tour" completed, to give time to redize on his investments, he defers the call of i Legislature, as that body would possess the power to locate the seat of government, and might defeat his speculations. In this, too, lie acted as agent of the abolitionists. Had the Legislature assembled last fall, it was clear that the pro-slavery party would succeed. To defeat them, it was necessary to give further time to Thayer and Co. to ship their hirelings; und not until the last moment, until, indeed, us we are informed, he was ordered by the President, did he take steps to call a Legislature. Kvcn then, the time was extended to enable the Abolitionists to forward their last man. During all this time he was the head of a secret organization for the purpose of making Kansas a den of abolitionists?actively corresponding with all parte of the country, urging the shipment of abolitionists?advising them loner in advance of the hour at which they would be needed, studiously, to the last moment, concealing from others the day of the election.? He appointed men to take the census, notorijusly unfit, who would not scruple, and did not lesitate, to omit the names of those opposed to ibolitiou, with a view to deprive pro-slavery listricts of their proper representation. He ihamcfully gerry-mandered districts forthepur>ose of dividing and thus defeating the-slavcry >arty. lie has ^usurped Legislative and Judicial )ower. In the one case, assuming to arrest, mprison and try a man under the charge of uurdcr! In the other, craftily and cunningly issuiiiing to impose qualifications on voters, vhicli ho hoped would operate in favor of ibolitionists; appointing justices of the peace ind introducing them to administer the law of :hc State from which they removed; and, finilly, prohibiting and punishing the sale of vhiskcy. This last, though a clear usurpation,is the only instance in which a good motive ?an be found for his action. "^aThe Scientific American cautions its readers against the use of painted pails, and says the oxide of lead, with which pails are painted, is a dangerous poison, and has been known to be productive of evil in many cases. ? < ??? 'i ? The Devil brings a modest man into a court.