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y ? I,. 1. YOBKYILLE, 8. C., ^gUESDAY, MAY 17,1855. NO. 19.
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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. !
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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.
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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.