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All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications recommending Candidates for public offices or trust-or pulling Enxhibitions, will be charged as Advertisements. ;IAll letters by mail must be paid tu lsabou 1nafC a attendn c. ev l~ tR nict RBTun, r atrarellIWg Agent fot this paper, and is -auitborized to receive subscriptions and receipt for bie - same. The Mother's Last Visit. T'Yhere la something in this more than tnmtal, if philosophy could find i out."-[[[amtet. One dark, foggy winter's evening, a - party of young men weco assembled in es strange-looking an apartment as a company of well.dressed respectable people were perhaps ever collected in foi .the purpose of enjoying a convivial neting. It was a large attic with a sling, roof;pm which projected two squa ,iedows vith rattling casemn ' ts, thro ;hse chinks and crevi6 e en sno dsgait ad then ti l 'e rafe Rp way4eu-tait an obd faded an attered trmble-cloth hat had once been printed huisao, and over'the other a piece of sack cloth scrve-t a similar purpose. A large strong deal table stood near the windows, and on it lay a strange assortment of surgicuI pre para. Lions, bones, skulls, chemical ai pparatus, sottles, instruments, and books. A small bed of the shape that .Punch de. noniinates the ecissars,''-tas pushed into an obsrcure vorner near the fire. place; and thi, whi the table before mnentioraed, ,sundry boxes, and one old lealtcr.covcred easy chair, composed the whale furniture of the room. This easy chair was occupied by a young man of slight figure and delicate health; the rest sat upon the bed or upon boxes round the fire. Another box, placed in the center, supported two pewter pots, -the remains of a loaf and some cheese einds, the wrecks and fragments of their sp . The owner of this place of # o tifbrlnsat upon the most ricketty -of ali theboxes. In'-was about two. and twenty; but his pale studious face made him look much older. There were, besides, in the firm compression -of his mouth when silent, in his rapid, but distinct, enunciation when lie spoke, in the quick glance of his intelligent <dark eye, even in the small attention be. stowed upon his crisply, curling b'lack hair and redundant whiskers, evidences of a reliance upon himself, and an in dJifrerence to the opinions of othiers, that bielonged to a maturer age thana he coul claim.~ Yet his figure was not dlevoidl of a certaiu picturestiue grace that, to the eye of an artist; wvould have miore than compensated for absence of neat. ness. His open shirt-collar, slightly confined by a black ribbon, displayed a strong and well -shaped masculine nek; and his loose German blouse suited well with his large-boned vigorous, and symmetrical frame. Trhe only sign of ornament that could be detected about him was a steel bucklo to the black leather bolt round his waist. It wvas perfectly plain, but very bright; and often wvhile conversing, his eyes woul full upon it, anid he would mechanically polish it with his hand. TVhe other young men, five in num. ber, all bore the stamp of mental super. iority over the common run of younig gentlemen; and all bore in their attire, nnd some in their gold wantch.chnains, the marks of groater aflhtia~ee than the poor situdent they we're visiting. There is one remark, which I am sorry to say, veracity'f compels me to make concernm. lng them. They wvere all--from the stalwart host to the. palo youth in the cbair-all smoking; yes, smoking comn. mnon clay paipes and fillinag the roomn with an odor resembling that of' "vihain. Otus shag." Walter Cameron loved thiese frienrds and follow stut heats; thev formaed his so. ctial 'world in the loneliu'ess of the huge city; aund~ overy Saturdhay even~ng found ' t dein asemliled in' his uqnfortless almbode, wvhere they ranjoyed themse~mlve~s muoh mnen Ihnn they woul hav uon inh the most elegant drawing-room wit a less genial companion. "I am the more disposed to put some faith in it," said the host, continuing the conversation between the pufls oftobac co smoke, "from the natural bias of us north-country folks to give some lati. tude to the excursions of our organs of wonder. When I was a child I had a very firm belief in fairies, brownies, kolpies, wraiths, and all the rest of them; and though they have now, of course, vanished, like the mist on the hills, th4o faith that was once capricious enough to contain such things may, without very great difficulty, stretch so far as to embrace a subject that is sup. ported by a name standing so high in the scientific world as Dr. Elliotson's. Still, look you, I cannot positively be. lieve in mesmerism till I have had full proof of its reality; I merely suspend judgment." "You must see something of it; you must try some experiments yourself, cried Tom Dunsford eagerly (he was the only believer present, and a warm advocate of mesmerism.) "It is impos sible to learn anything of it from public exhibition; there are so many counter influences at work---so many things to distract the mind of the operator, nnd to draw the influence from the patient. In short, the only way thoroughly to convince yourself of the facts in the case is to have a patient all to yourself, in a quiet room, where you know you won't be disturbed, nid try there all sois of dodges to test the reality of the trance. Truly marvelous things come out in this way. You can hardly be lieve the evidence of your own senses sonetimes." "Ilunphi!" responded Cameron-not contemptuously, but as though some. thing had just occured to him that he meant to keep to himself. "If one could believe in that," said another of the friends' "it would induce a more ready belief in the existence of a soul and a future state-two things, by the way, that I have had no faith in for somo years past .' oii gh( swanow' anythin: , "; wry. edl A rthur I,eigh (the chairman.) t "Cameron here feels' disposed to credit I this humbug because his Childhood was t spent amidst the mists, literal and meta. physical, of the Scotch mountains. I Wly, I could make out a much strong. er claim for a belief in ghosts and hob- . goblins of every description, although I was reared amid the sunny vales of* Devonshire. I might make out an hereditary title to the power of seeing visions; fur my mother ar d al. her an cestors, as far as we can trace them back, had all of them this peculiar t privilege. Nay, I might even assure t you that I had seen a ghost or a wraith myself when I was about ten years old, but that I prefer giving a more rational ex planation to the circumstance," "What was it?" asked two or three at once. 1 "We lived in Devonshire,on account of my mother's health, as she was con sumptive," continued the pale student. "''The night that she died, I awoke sud. denly, from a consciousness that some one was near me, and I saw her stand. f ing by my bedside. I was a little sur prised, as she had not been strongti enough to leave her bed for some weeks past; and asked her if she felt better. 'Oh, yes,' she answecred, 'I am qiuite well n iow.' She then wecnt slowlyv out of thle room. The next mrorninig they mold mie that shte hadl died du:rimng th'ieI niight; anmd whbetn I rel ated lie visit shte had paid me, they looked1 at e'ach othier in alarm, and I afterwards underkstood hat 'I w.as supposed to hav~e seen my~ mother's spirit. llut the aiffair adiis. ofso easy atn exp'lanationi, mhat anty such! ideca is perfectly prepas~trous. In otne of those accessionis of st rengithi so com.a mon01 tbefore (death, my mothier had tna. turally fe'lt a wish to'see her onily child. and had risen froum lher bed to come atndi See rie." ''Hut wvas nto one sittinig tip with her?' asked Dutnsford. '"Yes--an ol nrse. liut noises always go to sleep. and never wiill ownu it. Shec said shte had beetn wide awake uallI the time, but lint's all rubhbish. datre say I coubll have lheard her snor ing if I had listened.' '"Was your* room close to your mioth-. er's?' said Ca moeron, thouightfil ly. "No; it wv as at lie end of a long pas sage and a flight of stairs."' ''Anmd do you think that any persona whlo had bee: f'or wveeks tintablde to rise fromt lier bheh could t rave'rse thaet Ipas, saige, do wni t ho~se stairs, and( back aga in. ani I hur or so before huer death. Ii shoulId rather su ppose it the eifect of you r own itmtagi nation.'' ''A nythming you Ilik.e, except a ghost,' said A rthuiir Leigh, rising to repl enishi his pipe. "Thiere's some one kniockinig at the door,' said one of the students. "'Come in!' shouted Cameron; but no one enitered. "Come in!' lie repeated. "A rthiur, as yott are on your legs, just sea wvho it is w'ill vou?' lnro the knock' asm hmco., ..,...: b.. ill in the room, and Arthur opened the Joor. "I-ere is an old lady who wants you, suppose, Cameron,' he said, turtling to is friend. Cameron started up and went to the loor. "Where is she?' he asked, while an inaccountable sensation caused his ieart to stand still, and his checek to alanoh. "She was here this moment, I vow,' aid the other, looking eagerly arounl. 'Where can she have gone to? My ?yes wore not off her more than an in. tant.' "Did she speak? what was she like?' yere Cameron's hasty questions. "She merely said,'Tell Walter Cam. ren that I am gone home, and the keys ire with the minister.' And for what he is like, give a inc a sheet of paper m(d I will sketch her.' "Here-hero,' said Cameron, as with t trembling hand lie gave a sketch hook o his friend. "This is very singular,' ie muttered as lie sat down again and >uried his face in his palms. " 'hat ails you-what is the matter vitli you?' inquired several of his riends at once, "Don't ask me for a few minutes,' ie replied; "juse vait till Leigh has tin shed his sketch.' They kept silence. Walter iighi vas an expert draughtsman, and his ask was qu:icekly lone.' "There it is-thats just like ther;' tie :aid, giving the book to Cameron. "Ol, God! it is, then, as as i feared,' :ried the tluer, clasping his hands in ilmny.. "You shall judge for your aelVes; and he took a miniature case 'rm a drawer in a table. "This is a iortrait ofmy mother; it is a mere daub yi a country artist, but still it is an ex :ellent likeness. Now what say you? -compare these two.' "They are the same person,' said "Decidedly the same,' said one of the thers 'a "crtainly," .said the fourth and "Well, and what of that?' akdct,] A r. hur Leigh, who was a staunch unho iever in all 'metaphysical aid.' S.he nust have come from Scotland to pay -ou a visit, and retreated on seeing so nanv strangers with youi.' "No, no,' replied Cameron nourin illy; "we have been parted for mione han Iwo years, and she wouhl not be rightened away bv he siglt of it fi irae aces; and besides, where coul he have goie! I mulch fear that she is ed or dying.' 'lint I t-l v you that I saw ier distine ly; that I heard her speak,' persisted lie obstinate Arthur. "You are quite sure of that?' "I'd swear to it, if that would give -ou any satisfaction.' "Well, I s.ha!I not go home till I hear ,f her in somie way, which cannot be ill Monday morning. liut it is iopos. ible to study in this state ofntind; so if :ou don't see imne at ti: hospital befire, ist look in here after post timne o: \l n hav, will vou?' They -ll promised, and lidding their 'riemi good night, they took their dpar. ure; every one of theii, exceptiii the eer of the vision, beinga more or I.ss Iisposed to give credence to the super. iatural character of the visitation. For a longt time after they were gone Jatme ront walked up andt do wn h i dIoomyi apartunents, anut when at Iast he br ew hiiself haltfi mlress;ed, utpoll i Pith, it wats not sleep--theo il-a of bt's tnthier coiitiniuedh to oeenpyi his tougt:s. venit ofthte eveing, his eye wa~s t':mt'i iy the glitter ot his butckhl, w l ib 'i niti thriwin up~oni tih hibl. It was au mrt ~inV gtift o hi' lve parem,:hi ras5 the haniwojtrk of his father'l, whit. houight a manii of supior'ii iitell'. andh ven learninlg, lhad beeni niothting1 mir lhan a simplec worker in iron. P'ere.iv. ng in his son the sam' iiwnital igoar vich~ lie hadl through life t.-lt to Ie 'eabined:(, :ritbbed, confiniued' bv his~ own nirchantuical occuipationl, lie haild dt,-r. niined to, give himit a liberatl profut;rsin; od1( thus it was ithat the younlg man was a re, and living ini a girrlet, ini onh.r to *ke ouit the sleiidter r'emuittaincis whitib in rec'eivedh friom his, now widh i eel il-c niled, the itctive' biratint that liad pilt ed. to wvork out1 a brillianit foiure Ctr lie loved soii, were niow ini the tombti. lIis fathter hadl dIed duin iir the s lon- I vear ofhis st udentshiip; al it wtas in t he Ilty followving his fimzueral that hie ha aist pinartedl from his~ mo~lter. Duinig the touirse of'tht eveini~, the -venit5 ol which I havt~eijust narraitied, hi' h1iat obsicu red thle polished sur'face if hie bucklo aind w heii huis eye felh Iupon01 it as he lay im his bedl, lie started up amid presseid it to his lipis, half believing that his had beten caused( hv thle breath ofLi "'I htave lhearI,'' lie thlou ghit, ''that by gazingena rnetlyu into crarlndi onlish. ed substancos. distant persoms andi event may be behebld. ifsuch a power resides in anything, it surely ought to be found in this.' Ho looked intently in the broadest part of the bright steel. is imagna. I tion was probably over exerted by what Arthur Ieigh had seen, for he saw pre. t sently, as though he were looking through the metal, the iuterior of a homely cottage. Upon the bed lay u quiet figure, covered with a sheet. This was turned back fromn the faice, b and he saw distinctly the features of his i' mother. - i Cameron dropped the'belh, and utter. t ed n deep groun. Mastoring his liemo. tions, he pneked it up, and endeavorc'l a second time to obitain a sight of' the sirnge vision, but it came not ngain; and shortly before day.hmnk lie lay t dlown once more, and obtained a brief s and tinref'r'shing sleep. The next day, being Sunday, could bring no news, so c he spent it in taking a long walk many c niles away, among hills that in their wildest parts slightly recalled thnse over whhib ie bad ranbicel in, his hoyhood. t When nt night he returned to his Inog- b ing. extreme weariness procured hint a dtleep and dreuless sinumber. ' t When he Awoke in tho morning, he f saw hi. friend 'T'uo t)unsf'ord statnding I teside his bed. ! "I am glad to see von sleeping so soundly," lie said; "I hope I did not dis turb yon? "No-te,' replied Cameron; "I only wonider that I shotll havi 'dept so long. I was tuch fistiguedoal y'esterday. What t is the hoar? Is it past nine yet' i "It is otly half-pnst eight' t.n<wered |C Durist'an; 'come along :nad breakfast ] with ie at the colae-housC over the i way; we shall hearthe post.mt when lie t is coming downri street, Anil then We can t rut out, anl see what he rIngs for you. Come along. PerIapy ) na'v hve n letter in your mother's d httuIfttl which will at once dispel all ' nglopy for. boahings." ,. . "If s id titi it .t n s? S '"na 5 S1111 o n '! n i. ,e A s r of ; a ': :,o- if i h1:1;1 see~n hetr.' e Ia'leel!' said I)ans rl, Ihultgh:fl. t lv: "well, tine will show. The i:lea is too deeply grafiel into 'u'ar miind to ad. ait Of' beint trge'ad away'vaa. and rtillerv woulal lhe intJr ''at oit scthd ia subtject. W ' tr t di v r Ili tt \'ou r l'ti nit'.: from it, ant I ;ai he haala ing ht:1id of titne it) cr'onS:aale or lisab;tuaa a vouaa.' C It was n ith ti itli l t v thaa t (.aanIr.a (cauil. I , U.- a'ar.,u ale toa tak a h t'le re~. I' fre li I(. 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' yon aet. ewe seg 7rte wihu igh or a tara a . From the Hotion Transcript of Friday. To Commutation in Professor Web ster's Case. The Committee on Pardon., com osed of Lieutenant Governor John toed, Chairman, of Yarmouth, Br. uther V. Bell, Superintendent of he McLane Assyluni for the Insane; Ton. Samuel Wood, of Grafton; Ion. John Tenny, of Methuen, and Ion. Chis. l. Owen, of Stock ridge, met at 10 o'clock this morn ig and submitted their final report i the case of John Ws Webster to lie Governor and Council. REPORT. It seems to your Committe that lie sentence in the case of said Web ter, having been passed by the court fter a full and fair trial, in the ourse of which all the facts and cir umnstances which could then be rought to light, were patiently and boroughly investigated and weighed y the Jury, and having been fully (firmed, after a careful revision of he law upon trial, since had by a all Court, on solemn argument on oth sides, there appears to be no ;round for Executive interposition, xcept it may be found in the subse rent confession of the prisoner. In this view, the only question, as t seems to us, are, whether the state nents which said Webster now malt ri his Confession, of the manner aid ircumstanccs of the homicide, are so onfirmed by other evidence, or so a rinsically probable. that they ought o be received ask truth) and if true, retl'er they justify the Executive in commutation of th.e punishtient. -To these questions, the minds of he Committeelavo .bpen:moat care Itmey cou o(, s consisten .v wit supremfe regard to 1rut/h andjus ice. Eit af-er all the consideration Alhich they have been able to bestow pon this confession, and under the ht of all the evidence and the omments with which it has been ac omparnied and supported, they feel onstrained to say, that the effect has ot been such as to satisfy their finds, that the position of thoe, case materially changed. In other words he palliating facts and circumstances et forth in the confession, have not een so confirmied by other evidence nil circmsntances, as to form a prop r and sullicient basis for Executive m rfcrence. T'o this painful conclusion the :)ommlittee have unanimnously come. The Coiunittee therefore respect uidy report, that they cannot con kttently with what they conceive heir duty. reconmnnend a commuta ion of the sentence, in the case of hn W. Webster as prayed for in is petition. Nothing now remains for the Coin :ttec, in the discharge of this pain il dut', but to advise your Excel ~may in dectermining upon a time for lie IExecution, anid they namme FlU >AXY, TI lE' ThIlRTIE~ll D)AY W' .A TUST IN E.XT, as the day; :lreco mmnend to your Excellency lt*lecide upon that day as the time Jr the Execcution of John W. Web 'JOIN ItEfED, Chairman. Counell Chamuber, July 19 1850 A tear the conclhsion of the read m-. of the Report, his Excellency, Ioverno~r Brni ggs, read to the Coun il the followinig A)L)H ESS: To thme hliniorable C'oumncil. -Thme unmeil hmavimn.; considered anid actedl a thme case of .Juhin W. Webster, a 'niviet undler sentence of death, it mve yduty, as the Chief Ex i(ealthm, ti mnake a final dlecisioni on a loestion innvolving~ the life of the risiner. I feel the weight of its ire jiusiiliity. liut it is a responsibili y. f nml in the path of oflicial duty, ,:nh I am not disposed to evade it, ri to shrink from it. For eight inithi past this extraordinary case as created a deep and painfuil inter ~t amiong the pecople of Massachu-. tts, and ot thme whole Union. Its istory is as brief as it is terrible and 'struetive; every new development m Its prgrs has been more strange ad has increased that interest. T[he Committee on Pardons, con isting of the Lieut. Governor and our other Councillors, after a full, areul and natient hearing of all that could be offered by the friends of the prisoner and by others Who were. pleased to be heard in his behalf, came to the Unaimlous opinion ;,that theroewere no sufficient reasons to justify them In recoxniuending the interposition of executive clemency. They recommended that the Gov ernor be advised to have the sen tence of the law as p-onounced by the conet carried into effect on the 30th day of August next. The Council, with but one excep tion, concurred with the report of the Committee, and advised the. Govern or to carry out the sentence of the Court as recommended by them. I carefully and anxiously exam ining and considering the case, I do not focl authorized by any considera tions *hich have been presented to my mind to sot aside the deliberate ferdict of the jury, arrest the sol emn decree of the law as pronounced by the highest judicial tribunal of the Commonwealth, and disregard the opinion of the Council. - If the cir cumstances of the killing as stated by the prisoner, are taken to be true) it may well be questioned, whether the Executive Council could interfere with the sentence without violating the settled laws of the land. In his charge to the Jury in this case, the Chie? Justice says, "It is a settled rule that no provocation with worde only, will justify a inortal blow. Then if upon, provoking language, the party intentionally revenge him self witi a nmorlal blow, it is unq9ue. tionablly Murder." "The only new fact-brouglit to light as to the illing, ;depends ipon cihe word of the risoner.. ltaill hardly be ,retende 1t. th. the de tiry an e. t i 0 se qdtences which are to follow their pro. ceedings. It is candidly stated by Dr. 'Putnamin his able 'argument, and by several of the petitions presented in favor of commutation, received since his confession, that, standing as he loes, the word of the prisoner is entitled to no credit. If the circumstances disclosed on the trial are relied on to support his statement, the reply is, that those circumstances were urged in his fa vor before the jury, iid they have been decided against him. The facts of this appalling case are before the world; they will hereafter fill one of the gloomiest pages in the record of crime amongst civilised men. It is undisputed that on the 22d day of November, 1849, John White Webster, a professor in Iavard ITni versity, and in the Medical College in Boston, did at mid-day in his room; in that college, within a few feet of the place where he daily stood and delivered scientific lectures to a large class of young men, with unlawful violence take the life of Dr, George Park man, a respectable citii.en of Bs tona, who had come to that room at the request of the prisoner; that after taking his life, he evicerated and in a manner most shocking to humanity, mutilated the body of his victim, burning parts of it in a furnace, and dlepositing other pa -te of it in dliffer ent places in the building, where they were found by persons who were seeking after D)r. P'arkman; that after killing him, he robbed his lifeless cred tor, by taking from him two notes of hand, signed by himself, to which ho had no right, and committed still an other crime by making false marks upon these notes, and that a Jury of his country, empannelled according to law, under the dlirection of four of' the five eminent .Judges constituting the Sumpreme Court of Massachusetts, after a long, patient and impartinf trial, andl after hearing in his defence thme arguments of learned and clo qjuent counsel, upon their oaths, found him guilty of murder. Upon that verdict, the Court pro. nounced the awful sentence of death. In such a caso there should be obvi ous and conclusive reasons to author izec thme pardoning power to interpose and arrest the sword of Justice. I do not see these reasons. Tfhe com bined circumstances of the case force me to the conclusion, that the safety of the community, the inviolability of law, and the principles of impartial justice demand the execution of the Sentence. I hope it is not necessary for me to say that it would have given me tir. speakable pleasure to come to a differ ent reau1Lt and thnt I wouniad any thne on earto violating du erings of a cruse ted faml~y rW " GhorN!XesI Council Chambe Dr. Chanm ~ mgt d bj i one of his "discourses on' tio0: "Let nooiah say, wh i ol~otld ed intellect, 'I can nevtor o j .1re a thought as li.tle offlalg in his arlist years. The promise yortp #6 as bright as yours; and even aft1 heb gan his do %wd.ou the firmest around i - e pelled as indignar the a psotjt ;p to bewtar~e of intenp e nd of this vice lies in its almost j ep tibia npproach: Fep . r bsh first access. Youth 4oe ot drunkenness inthe sar ipg hYy ge which quicken, all its s thof joy. The h ahidetioe " cordial which giYEAtnc op le: bilitated organs. Themand ught and genius detects no palsylin o cor ; in the draught Whfch seems apyngi inspiration to intellect and ingieation. -The lover of social pleasufo ti1=t dreams that the glas' that aniates versation w11l ever bdrunk and will sink hin 601 fieif otrse in Which hedoV - tempetah'ce comes pith m and binds the frst cord- ,too light to he felt. Tllsi~ tt r.or rrpfut experience should influeque iht' tgu ments and habits of social d'doniestid life in every class of the tlfIulty Mep irym#0t When the poor oy Whitti n ard - the London bells-admonish (i i' tum and be bord Mayo w .upon making a dtget ttia bit' 9 W0 ul at; the samowtm& aglo f " rosolv torm p ee tu t half; he did +ortatt4 ' h ' little turn of gdl to'a ourtung, i tdbven t rnset6fr ,i . Lord -Mayor indeed: Here is a moral for both old air Let all those who have been kick b1 and blue by the foot of tmnsfortut ;-16 solve to endure .it no longer, but dake a new cflrt. If one thing goes acr annther, and if hued be, anot1 er, butil . means have faith, be htnste tisd tryisng," with a good heart and &hsua - tion and our word for it, 'du will ute d at last i -'henonen of the/Brait One of the most inconcelivable ltabi in the nature of the brain id; that theor gan of sensation should itsel(h i ithsi ble.. To cut the brain give : a psoan, yet in the brain alone resides'the.power feeling pain in any. other.pattord the body. If the netve which leadiroi it to the injured part be divided} t 'beo comes instantly unconscious of sufer., ing. It is only by communication vith the brain that any kind of ensationj i produced, yet the organ itteiis IlAleh sible. But there is a cirtsmstance more wonderful still. The bridtaalf may he removed, mny be Outswaly crown to the carpus calataiT hastp destroying life. The aniindanivte ld performis all its functions whdeh ored: cessary to simple vitality, but no tngt has a mind; it cannot think oejiI requires that tho food should berpushed into its stomach; once therd it is-digeM tedl, and the animal will evedt thrivetid grow fat. We infer, therefor'tat tihe part of the brain, the convulsonde simply in~tendedI for the exercise of the intellectual fucenties, whetiher oEille low degree called instiu'et sor ekcatd1 kind bestowed on nan, the glfvor refa son.---WagonI ei thW Qualiiyf e he .lmid.. . S~Ara A atcUP.Tvan Aoc - Yesterday tho Blito A gt-IittikaV86. ciety held their se~ne this place. Ma.Byi ftI before the aotiet? Whd I the author asi weol th si ociety~ and proved concltusively to the at iit that he0 was eithe'ri iVorfood ld hn& liiny self, or well versed inho Way tre Gov'. Seahhriok1 Presiident of th iigolitig was in the thairl. After MajfBojy a' short, but certainly the bdit,%aroulwr. ai speech *e efet- barde* Ii legd Iby a glance at the great cgiesti6t.f thei dlay-'h.ut in the IhW words h sard tera was a great dontcontaid'o i, otu that cutstion,' i(~.w944p whet-e Carndeni .wggI ije~ where she would be batmt cl assic g roumnd.~ou r field wereS~pi fled by the bloocd of' or rnueiote~ it was idte to ask what -wbi~d be hr course. Space will not ellowe to*# more--but In agrionlirc of Southerrliht e imian tihan tbept -tq Paln et o Stg yu au, Jack hes-t