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I D U C C L / I ■ i.:, > W P A W K V A L L E Y K E a i S T E B l . iron |S| still Ibo old dread of deatlj, im b ib^ in bhild- vest}gfti^»« y < ^ and in |gl|> TTijiMd ^on ^ J b i ^ ^ iop; coiwer- hopd, Ifill oftu stealii into tbiei'^ hpajts, plpud- S ta ^ ^ it has-j^en deinonstratejl, ^ a t ; | I e *Talifh, —d -• Aji aaiociatfon- foj’sthi# |fnrpDj|B < The recent drought *^s the Avoods in all direc%n out in the pine^>voodg’|Wo milea^lwA’ Taunton, Massacidsetfi^^' 'which 5?l)urne4 several days, destroying some hundreds of acres. One hundred aerea were hnrnt over west of the Hospital “Fanhr ^ b r e than .one tho\|sand„ff|e«. rwfrer burnt #pver in Rhyiiliam vvootfsj a M a W g ‘th e ’ lfack of the Taunton Branch. Eailroad i n ifoiton. Two-or th r ^ hundred acres belopging to the Gla-ss Company at' Btoddafd, Stew Hauipshire, wejfi burnt; and during. |,he lire Curtis Hunt lost a team and Avagon load of store goods, Avhich the fire over took suddenly, Mr,. Hunt barely escaped with his life, being badly burnt. In Maine, fires Avere lately raging in every direction. Buildings have been burnt in KendnskCag, Oorintli, Charleston, Garland, and other towns, Iq many plates tl^e entire popula tion are engaged iu fighting' fires, Tn Garland it is said that one family, who live some distance from any other house, ;ire eiitii-ely surmimded by the flames; hav ing no means of escape. It is not ImoAvn Avhether they are dead or alive, lleports aavs tlie Bridgfc at Bradford is burned, and n 'mill and one or two houses in Corinlh. The city of Portland has had a iiarroAV es cape. The tire, leaving the Avoods, gnawed into the turf, reached the immediate vicin ity of the city, In Vermont the large mountaizi east o f ’Sunderland is on fire, it has been burning about five Aveeks, and has burnt oA'^er about 400 acres o f valuable timber land. The conflagration is sup- ]iosed to have been set by some young men who Avent outhe,mouutainforafrolic, and built a small fire to driv'e aAvay the mosquitoes. In Massachusett|, fires \Vere lately ravaging Mount Tom, and the beai tiftil woods in the vicinity of Chester vil lage, In TcAvksbuiy and Wilmington, fires in tlie AvooJs raged several day.s. About one thousand acres o f Avoodland vtere burnt over, and tfie loss is estimatetl at $ 20 , 0 0 0 , in . Hew York State immense damage has been done. Hear Watervllle, Oneida coun ty, eighty acres Avere burnt over. The Avooils on Black river, Lewis coitnry, s Lurning at several points. Iiathbnn’.s Avoods, near Oswego, Avere on five at last accounts. A good deal of railroal wood lias been burnt. The H m ley Woods, Ulster county, are on fire at various points. It Avas Avithin four miles of Kingston. The AvOods on Catskill Mountains has been burnt to a great e.xtent, at one time endan gering tlie Mountain House. The woods ill GlTautaiique county, bettveen Dunkirk and the Line, h.ave been burning a long time: Near Monticello, Sullivan county, the woods are on fine ill every direction. The Shawaugunk Mountains are also on iire in several places, lu Nortlioru N oav York it is still Avorse. Fires have been raA’aging Swantoii woods near Lake Cham plain! along the track of the Vermont Cen tral IiSailroad. In Ht. Lawrence county, the woods are on fiie at a score of points on the line of the railroad, and the flames con tinued, at last advices, to spread Avitli fear ful rapidity. At Lake George, the woods are on fii e Avithin three or four miles of the Lake House. Down the Lake a number of houses *liaA'e been cousimted. They Avere d igging trenches around the Mohe- gan House to prevent the advance of the fire. The air is so filled Avitli smoke at mid-day you can not see the mountains op posite the Lake House, and nothing can be seen more than a quarter of a mile distant in any direction. Froni House’s Point north, for twenty miles, there are fires in many places; and from Cliazy, nine miles west of Rouse’s Point, to Malone, the en tire country is tlii'eateued I>y flames, Avhich are spreading rapidly. The steamer Can ada could not make her trip from W liile- haH to tlie Port because of the dense smoke. The atmosphere was so clouded by smoke as to totally eclipse the sun at times, giving it a lurid appearance when seen, until sunset. ‘Five miles back from the lake, at ’Crown Point, the saw TOilis togetlier Avifh A\mod and lunfijeivbelqnging' to'Hammond & Co., have been totaljy des troyed by the fire spreading from the for ests. A t Wliitehal!, the side o f the moun tain AA'aa in a perfect blaze, and below Whitebull down to Saratoga, fires could be scjin last AVeek in almo.st every direction, l a dliio, there have also been fires in the woods, which' were sot by locomotive sparks. Coolman’s Avpods, near Ravenna, burnt several days. In Edinburg townsliip, CharlestoAVn, Rootstown, and ouicr places, fires in the Avoodg and SAvarops were rag ing at last accounts. Soine <fi' the farmers have had rails and outhouses burnt there, fi’he pine woods near London, Canada W est, are on fite, and the inhabitants of the district fleeing tor their lives. largest CIReULATIOJf IN THE COUN'fY, FOIIT PLAIN, NJBJPTBBIBER 7, 1U54. To owv nil) OP FuBS.t’T’Tlie Bural How Yojkcr, lias the following recipe for getting rid of flies. If it is genuine, it will prove mvinyqluaWe preventive for a great nuisan-' “ Amongst 4 h e many miseries o f human life,Lduring tlie warm setisoijof the year, may be remembered the tickling, and bnz- jzing,anU ofitriisiye familifiritiee of the com- ----- V— a;... A --------spnndent of ji biow to destroy ^ aim- _gi§M) into a common tumbler glass, and place in PIRE-PROpP BUILDINGS. Thatindividuals, erecting,ineitiesjAndcom- pact and exposed localities, elegant and cost ly structures, for dwellings and stores, and filling them Avith expensive furniture, jilato, pictures, libraries, and hundreds o f thousands of dollars of merchandise, AA'ifh ‘almost an absolute certainty that, sooner or later, the buildings and their contents Avill be con.s«m- ed by fire, has for a long time with US, been a matter of surprise. By so doing they ex pose their property and lives, and the prop erty and lives of their neighbors to the ten der mercies of every careless servant, aa -I io is too indolent to carry tlie ash pan into the street, or so' fool-hardy as to replenish the eatnphene lamp Avh'ilo burning—the crazy brained nove} reader Avhose midnight lamp sets fire to t]ie bed curtains—tlm patriotic group of boys av I iosq love of liberty mqni- fests\itself in burning fire-balls, torpedoes, and fire-crackers—^arid the villainous incendi ary Avlio applies tlie stealthy torch for the purpose of plunder or revenge. Magnificent palaces, Avith exteriors of lo&tly marble iii- terniinglcd Avitli ]iine and other inilamablo AVoods, rendering them palatable food for tlic flames, and filled Avith the rare and costly productions of the ingemiity of CA’ery nation, and Avhich has cost the business energies of a long life to accumulate, are often erected in immediate proximity to a cluster of old, loAV, and dry tenements, inluibited by Irish, German, and Negro occupants, Ayho have no interest in tlie security of the property nor .any valuables to lose, ami wliich, if once igni ted, are certain to be debtroyetl togetlier with tlie adjoiiiingbnildings. Splendid dAvellings, Oliurclies, and Public Biiildingil, containing librario-s, records and public documents of inculculablo value, Avliich if destroyed, mon ey or jngenuitif cannot replace, are built near mechanic’s shops, or manufacturing estabjisli- meiits, Avith a full knoAvledgc of their 'expos ed coBditron, and if carelessness destroys tlie accumulation of ages, in a foAV hours, me chanics are immediately set to work to re build, Avjth tlie same perishable materials ; to b9 also burped as sQop fls replenished Avitb valuables. That men will persist, year after year, and ago after age, in treading the same path, when the light of science and modern inge nuity, slied their rays upon a more feasible road, is one of those nnaccoiintablo traits of )uinian nature, which is as rediculous, as the persistency o f the Diiinose in fdoAving Avith a crooked stjek, The recent, alarming calamities by fire, in various parts of the country, should arouse the attention of community to the import ance of hereafter employing iiidistructible materials in building. Iron and glass bou ses, perfectly fire proof, can bo built with much less cost, with more vapidity,* and with greater beauty of design tlian brick or' stone, and as fboy are put together with screws, imts, and clamps, can betaken doAvn and removed to other localities witli ease and far less expense,’ The anionnt of prop erty destroyed by fire in N oav York city Avithln the last century wonld have built a great proportion, i f not the Aviiole, of the inbabitable part o f the city witb buildings Avlnch would laugh at the fpi7 of tlie flames, and entirely dispense Avjt|i the jservices of firq men’s how. The m^relmnt cqn]il then 9I0S0 bis More at night, with a certainty Of finding Ins goods safe next morning, and tlie family could retire with tlie assurance that tlieir slumbers would not be distjubed’ by the ringing o f fire bells, dr the rumbling o f en gines, and that tiiemsdlvesnor their children AVonld be consumed in the flames. The following list of fires dfiriifg the past month o f August will givosQmo Idea of the, importance p? firo proof hulldiugs. Aog, 4th, ntmiIville»n-T.. cotton flnllh Urn^mfiHQ \ Uuiraio, organ (jictory '* ‘B ,000 >' fitn, N. Y. City, wool Stortsin Pine at. “ I0,(10fi \ Plriladeliihla.lloiirnini \ hi,000 * \ N. Orleans,«toree,wttrfcJ)oiifle«, \ 100,000 ; Village, Me., saw niill. \ '.10,000 cost 4 ^ erecting i fire proof strupflre if ib- one'hllf^.;^ore than th^ p r d i^ y raddfe of builSfhg. Thus leavingj|o «xou 8 « for becoming-a nation of incendiajrfe*^ b y pi ling up pine hoards and shjnglwr inHic shape of houses for our servants, and children tp make bon flresbf, •OoKLegislatoEs should enact laws prohibi ting the ereeti^ .in pur oHies;aiid villages of any but fire-proof hh^dings. To GdR-»i 8 IbNDBiiTs.r—The article by ^‘Libhie” would have appeared, hod it-been accompanied by thp full, and lonafldt name of the author. It is a rule from which w e cannot deviate, “ to publjsb no’arti cle tmac- corapahied by the author’s name.” News- papeif publishers are ilf«smi«/--considei'ing all contributor’s names strictly confidential, but as th<^ pre responsibly for whatever ap pears in their columns, ’frbetlior it be of a libelous or immoral character; and as they claim the right of doing all the “ scissoring’,’ themselves, -it is but justice for them to know the author of all articles admitted. mon house fijes, A correspondent of n British newspaper, lp))s us Ixov these pests. He says; ♦ P qur a littje gim- pje oxymel (an arfiolo sold by d'’Ur\'\‘ - ---------- - A----ivlflPR.'fl, ,A4traofo4 by the spielL they readily e n t e r I and bYtli§ have hlvifidy destrojei} Also rtm Buripmo F o »* st ( , F^ivate 'fmqoimte fiorn, Maine stivte that ip ' the vicinity of some of thd burning'forests; VjUjte a number of pb/abus, chiefly femnles, ’ have becopre ifisiliie, in < ’ ^eperal 'dbpflflgmtlofis in the ifbods tpffj ' is ft sign pf the speedy cuding of the world irM|Ccofdahce ■witbih'c prediction # t h ^ sriileri tes, ^ome of them have beep talcei| to the'State frm . H ard m mw MmmoATff W o > l»m « T 6 § k t M H f pf M tP b w id h w bwn declared tmtficient ground far divprc«rby the Jones County Agricultwml Society of Jon a. and 1 a t ^9 »a the^fle- raah4f th f i|i|e> r e ^ e , as the* ability i§.J0kitfetiiat to prodifea... 11 ^ \ The Hew York Central Railroad Co., havei lately made a few alterations in the Time Table of their road. See corrected table in anotlier column. G ba RAM’ s M agazine . — “ Graham” for September fully sustains its well-earned rep utation of being one of the best and most popular monthlies jmblisbed. Its series of engravings representing Lafayette’s inter- vicAv Avitb Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, Itis iutervioAV AA'itli Washington; and ” Oouu- trymon joining the Army under Gates,” are sufficient to insiiiro the most stoical with feeliings of patriotism. HI ari 'E r ’ s M agazine — \ T/ie Giant o f the Monthlies .\—^We liave received from the Periodical Depot of Francis a ^ Hackney, a copy of \ Harper” for September—a number containing 143 pages of superior reading matter, profusely illustrated. The three ar ticles, \ Tlie Dutch on Manhattan,” \ Who Discovered the North-Avest Passage,” and “ Hapoleon Bonaparte”—a continuation, by Abott—are Avortli alone the price of orye year’s subscription to the magazine;' Call at tiio Periodical Depot and procure a copy, reader. AvLhurh Home Magazine for Sept., is a superior num b e r. I t is rarely Ave find a magazino bettor adapted to tlie wants of the liorno circle, or m o re replete Avjth all that constitutes a good luiblioation. !t 2 (l, irocltvilW,a, « 'f 22 d,’N,Y,Gity,:brbw«rj%; \ • « a W,Q 0 ( 'lofiod ?M p <) 40,<KK) B ,\'*\ ; • « ■ 1 ® . ' . - ' . . ^ |ilp7,w [ . T|jir» piapy'opusidprftloD^ fliiqli mi^it bft named iw iflflucemjnlf to abandpn tbft me (if wood fur bnlWinitf among yblcbj imurhuce *we«im*nti, th* Mpport 9f ^ri cbmpiiRief, 'ftw4-i^y|ite’W#1bJhmW!T!ar(l inent, land| M i^pylnf Wteptfon. om^ m im jippolflte^' th«rn, nrnnthl gt#phen«»h,,J|bpt hiniwns m i to nwhfl and druw up* report in h f m m to tht iflh cst, and most econoroioM ^ t h o d of n ilni TiiiE C olossal MEKAamuE.—T o all tliose av I io feel on interest in the stiuiy of natiire, the npproncli of this Oiauil Coinbinution Menagerie, will prov( event Avorthy of reinemVlunce. Here is a collection inly by the Royal Conserv.Atmies of Europe, imlled ip America. It embraces tim lie, most rare of the'wild c'rcaturra of the forest. The Biirpa; nmi wholly upi cosllliest, the most ten-ihle, the most henutifiil and the Two liv i n g Giraffes in it m e, nlonc, wnrt)» foe price of adm ittance.' They were imported from Egypt by Mr. P . T. Baniunr gt a cost of over *30,000, and may bo regarded as the inost elegant ns well as the tallest of all subordinate animats. They stand 18 feet high, are perfectly' g e n tlo.andsoem lihe the horn aristocrats of their species. . Indeed the whole Meimgeriq ovor- fiows wltu objects o f intevest and no one who values human.knowledge simuld fail to avail themselves of tiinity to enjoy a treat so replete with this o{ stmci pppovtunity to enjoy !tion and enjoyment. with lie COMMUNICATED. fPor the Mohawk Valley Ucglster,] WDAT I SA\V AND HIBAUD AT THE SEMlNAUY. The Oliappl of tho^ Seminary, Inst Satur day morning, assumed tbo phase of a Senate Oliamb?)’, iu committee of the Avholc on the state of the Union 5 discussing grave ques tions of Oonstitutional policy, and National expediency, as involved in the subjects of Slavery and Roman Catholicism, The ora tors of the morning Avero from among the briglit lights o f the Institution, as evidenced by tlioir reception, and tbo manifest energy of delivery and depth of rescaroli tUfiifhiyed ini tlie preporntlon of the several tliemes for the occasion. TliCASCcno opens by a speech from W. P. Wilbur, emphatically stomped Avitli tlio individuality of the speaker, for you read firmuess and will in tlm contour of the face, cr<| you liave the proof from the li|)s. It is apparont that s]a\'ery baa a rep resentative from Nortii Qurolina, in the per son of J, P. Bftrnes, a frank jpipulsivQ youtb, AvliQ is a- itmrk for tbo arrows of ftuti- sllavery truth hurled by Wilbur and others on this occasion. Barnes has defended the “ peculiar infttitiitlou” previously, and for avowed sontfmonts, ho js subjected to the lush of (lepiinclat|ojj, and withering ear- ci^TU froiUi ’Wilbur, wiiP gavoearnestevi- denpu 9 f hi^ own priuciples relative to this Upfla of 'thfl niuetfouth century, Barnes followed, not in reply .to Wilbur, hut in a general notioo qf an eflTorj||^f R, Wagner, thb Satnrday previons, and also of a Mias Banhern, who, It seeins, dared to exercise a “ Avofnans rights’* principle, in arousing tbp qhlyalry qf the gentieipan, by her keen wit,' and pointed tbrnsts of upwplccime jii?pth8qnthi8;Mibjeatri flifis giving clrnfac- teV to lidvipg wlii'qh cSjTO.? top lato in reply, that Aim WM FqmaqVrigiitfl” roan. Pornes tep t np,an inna“««ntflii;pl“- djotr hf email wroi #nd »mhingfld wlfleb naviMM qf annihilation of AMuWiirKfsj'fltet*', or opiiilona, adv^fl#d’ htl ojpporwnfs,' JlUtiifl tb4 t ^ p e r irt wJdch the iVAr and do linefruly )<ope that the fintl-rieVwy etm»ipti«r*, .ph- qrat^d by^aJarfO oiave o f ^Weefsdente.'wili, IfMt, jioftfB and eoneiilati the of IhMi fliftiWi yqnpj m w tqiyerde hl^ eoior^ Mother, rewemherlng thet he too ie tfipwfe le e M by prddiglef of jutefleoti in lefelepi end il#i® » c e , all over tho iendi though not qf A eoior like oqr q iveryel he tilke, wdlra, ' Ahd’ , whh,' * efeetnw oif th i hold i< p d M g i qpimiiitifm, end 'Pie#«ert of h ieheg idwter, to h* fliipiiefl ^ the wm«id H id in g i« pro- matter full—delivery stirring, and his oppo sition to Eoman Catholicism intense and burning; as all felt who heard, I will not stop to sift and criticise ivere I able; suffice to say, be “ brought down the house” in a rpar o f applause. Mr, E. H. Spooner indi cates in appearance a reflective and reason- Mng mind, which. was instanced in thqbring ing out, of his subject, the contrast betAveen the Roman Empire and onr own Model Re- puhUe i descanting upon tlie rise and fall of the one, and the. -wonderful achievements in the progress o f the other,«with a prospective view of the end, if a cheek was not impos ed upon that mighty gangrenated system, Ayhich is moving, with its leprous mark, towards the vitals of our fancied JJnion. Spooner is evidently a “ progressiA'e,” keep ing side by side with the wants o f the age, away frpm lynjc-eyed conservatism and \ old fogyism,” and for him can be predicted a brilliant future. Several other pieces, on various subjects, were delivered with spirit. Othello’s plain tive tale o f the wooing of Desdamoiia, by Mr. Batclioldor, Christ stilling the tempest, by Mr. Bump, given in a solemn ministerial tone, evinced a fondness for sweet sounds. Mr. Cramer, Mr. Bryson, and Mr. Doxtador, Avere Avell roceiA^cd, all adding interest to the feast. The class of young ladies in Avait, as reafllrs, Avas not large, ydt a mani fest degree of talent and skill Avas apparent, as tliey alternately presented themselves. The topics of some, and the matter of oth ers, I Avas unable to lioar distinctly. “ Let by gones, bo by goncs,” by Miss Ilcartt, a young lady of noble bearing Avas, a calling up of tender recollections, and tlie agitating heart of tlie reader Avas blended in unison Avith tbo tlieme. “ Miseries and Mysteries of the Sem.,” by Miss McNamee, Avns got off Avitli a coyisb mingling of Avit and fun, taking Avell Avith the inhabitants Of the “ Sem.” Avorld. Miss Colvin and Miss King displayed a mastery of their subjects, thougli I only caiiglitsnatclies of tlieir disquisitions. The e^ay of Jennie Callender, AA'liicb should liave been noticed in a former sketch, but having, forgotten'tbo name, A\ms an elaborate and gifted production, exhibiting much thought and command of intellect, and liiglily embellished Avitb rhetorical beauties. Prof. King folloAvcd his criticisms by an ex position of his views velativo to the discus sion of exciting sulijecte, AA'liich call forth tbo intelloctual Avrestlings of those under his charge; intimating, yea, declaring, en larged freedom and intorobanp of opinions, so long, as tho olu-lstiau epirit is dfiminant, and loAV scurrilous personalities are avoided, Avhich J think to be in keeping Avitb tho moral rovolutions of the ago ^ and his OAvn jndividimlizcd vitfil force, prompts him tq move op tho ponderous car of Reform, that is crushing the coneorvativo, amid the ruins of his dogmas, idols and cherished “ house hold gods.*’ Among the guests present, I noticed Peter J. Wagner, Esq., tho efficient and devoted Trustee to the interests of tlie institution, Avho Avas delighted witli tlje exorcises, as Avell as those of his visiting friends Avlth liiin. Also, the Rev, Mr. Schenk, av I io very politely responded to an invitation to make a fow suggestions as a “ dessert” to the feast. And hero I must repeat, that the order, neatness of dress, ami general appearance of tho students, as a Avholo, is above descrij)- tion; and Avby is it that tbo men of cftse, AVoaltb, and leisure, do not frequent tliesi Avcekly exorcises, and note tlie strides that pur yontli are making in advance of old antiquated notions of men and things; and that the idea o f these oftbrts being puerile^ Avcalc and of no effect, is an exploded tlioory; for the blows of those young men, against tlie Avrongs of tho ago, aro the precursors of tbo man in active life. And wliat is more passionately exhilarating than to drink in from tho heart’s deep cells, the instinctive intuitive draughts of trutli, unmixed Avith tho ashes of the Ijolocanst, but alive, leaping from the burning uRar o f the youthful lieart. G. II. S. »yui tii eucj lutu tbeji^ lipajts, plpud- at ing the brightest hours, an marring the'-'\- happjMt moments. ;/ ■ - But is death really so tMril’l^ ^ Oi*^ Mr.-€F, Koiffih is a-favorite deolaimer, his live in cOnstantfear o f the.di’eadfoessengeris approach ? Nay, wo should not. And if all were taught from early youth, to regard the change termed death,But the laying aside o f a frail tenement, that the swelling therein might become free, and expand in all its beautiful proportions, and that onr Heaven ly Fatiiof jnStltuted this change, that our spirits might come into closer' communion with him, artd that we might tliu^be freed from Rie evil infl'u'ences and'temptations tliat nnayoidablj’ 'surround us, and bold sAveet communion with, angels and pure spirits al ready peppliug that radiont land’, methtnks it woujd-be divested of many,of its .terrors, T)-qu, we natpraly, oljng to pur MoHier Earth, andMrfhly scenes and friends become very dear to u?t Yet, fiad we that faith and confidence in God that we should have, we could look forward to the spirit land as our home^oxLV better, happier home ! We sliould regard God as our father, and dearest friend ; angels as kindred spirits*—the beau ties and splendors of lieaven as our best in heritance, and a release fron\ the sorroAVS and trials of earth, through the medium of deaths ns a joyful event, rather than a sad and solemn thing. Yet Ave knoAV that it is painful, and A-ery trying to every one possessed of sensibility, tp stand by the death bed of loved ones, and feel that a separation must surely take place. Feel that in a few short hours, that form so dearly loA-ed willbe hidden from the gaze forever ! That those speaking eyes, and the voice of melody, wifi ansAver to our OAvn no more in time. Wo knoAV full avc U this is painful; yet, wlion we look upon tlie lifeless form—^beautiful—lovely still, and mark the half exultant smile, still lingering on those placid features, do aa e not feel that the released spirit left its token of joy upon the lately inhabited tenement ? Joy in be- ing/ree ! feeling ere it took its final leave of the body, the pure breezes of heaven already fanning its spiritual frame, and beholding, though still dimly, the glories just bursting into A'ioAV ! Yet, iiotAvithstanding the lig h t in Avhich Avo h a v e j u s t been regarding th e subject, Ave kiioAV t h a t th e r e aro circum s tances under Avhicb death is realy a solem n and terrible event. All deaths of violence are lorrible, and tlioroforo to be dreaded. B u t passing over'thesc, to tho natural death of tho body, AVO m u s t a t least sometimes feel, th a t “ To die is gain,” fool tliat “ Death is the gate to endless joy.” Surely, all these asiiiratlons of the soul for happiness—for a liigher and purer state of onjoymont, aro not to dieAvitli this mortal frame, aro not to die ere scarce ly a taste of bliss lias been obtained. No, no ! This is but an infantile—an elomentn- ry state of existence for tlie .soul, and it shall lire, and go on progressing in purity, beau ty, and glory, for ever and ever I To die ia gain ; yes, rich, immortal g a in ; The saints’ trinnu’bal entry in the shy ; The hriglit reverse o f sorrow, fear, and pain, A hnpiiy transit to the realms of joy. Donyeped ’Wqston ip the State ^ Misspiiri bqrdel?- jng ifi® uoteff lan^. of Kamsas.^ ■ Th^ assem,* filage.was opuipos^.bf ‘j'ffttle giants,” whose infidted ambition r qipinted them tp hugs mountains, easily ’ devoured, Tha*idea qf a conclave of Westonites-^gpaded on by the vision of “ thirty pieces of silver,” proba bly—-sliould dare raise a finger against the battalions of Freedom’s\^soinanrjc pressing; thitherward—the idea, I say, is absurd en ough. Ye dealers in human so u ls— ye Avhose calloused hearts are proof against the piteous implorations and earnest supplica tions of your oppreteed bretbern, by nature, y e shall not aqd dare not taint the apU of fair Nebraska, or mar the beiintious grandeur Avhich Liberty shall implant on Kansas’ spot^ less boundaries. Keep thy deformity and bideousness, oh, Slavery, beloAV 36. 30.— We are not accustomed to hearing the clank ing of chains, tlie‘ curse from the lip and the blow from the Avhip of the Slave-driver, We do not desire-that tho throttle from the throat of “ Uncle Tom” ns you choke e’en most tlie life from him, should grate upon onr ears. Tberefpj'e our cry is “ Ho ! ye Freemen 1 Ho for Kansas” and our motto upon the primitive ensiigR of our forefiithers tells ns “ Death to the blackening curse of America 1” “ Long live the Kansas Emi grant !” Fall in, friends, fall in the yank and let’s shoAv to Dougins and the South tlie Westonites and all who encourage the en- croacliraents of slimy Slavery, that Kansas and Nebraska are Avrested from their polluted grasps and are to he built up as “ the land of the brave and the home of tho free.” (F q * TH* M q H*WK ViLLSt UtOIIT**, D E A T IL , PV mcS. L. A, lUTNOAN, Death 1—a solemn word, dear reader, is it not? Yet why solemn ? Is it because through its instrumentality, wq exclmngo sicknosB hnd sorrow, for upending joy ? doubts, anxieties and severe trials, for sweet quietude and rest, and the society of earth- fiorn spirits, for that; of the pure and heav enly, who ate the angels of ^od ? Nay, jt can bo for nono of those reasons. Tlien why avo the thoughte of deatli over frpught with solemnity and dread ? True, there aro g%- ceptjons. W® helioAte that'to some, a vetry / sip , comparatively, death js divested of all terrors, and welcomed as a friend. But to tho mass qf mankind it is otherwise. Js death a terror heeau'se them is ipygtery con nected with it ? We explore, -vve experi ment, and study nnoeasingly to fiqd out jind solve thq myatfrifa by whleh tv ® ate sur- rfliind^d, PC flpflm-thQ ond- less, upfateomahle /aterr, we dread to ex-* .'plorqfjj I I , . ■ ■ ’ * Think ytha not, daw te»jdar, that eariy Irt- ^r«88ions 'bfltiii wiwh to 4« witJi owr views and feelings qonoaroinf d®ath I Moft of us, IterMils Att,'lo wind qoonrtenc^s qf whteh wa hnvi read, M heard related in owly ybnth, o f dei^h w h w th a tp h s - ndmanofi W m te th# mihif,' ip rtnly frifhifoi npd terifflo foVffis, Oh, hoW lew of m, bpt fifst I w r p d to ragard d w th m a ter- 4hlf:thl»w» 'Urniy m t ^ #i.«iitfol on« v i f | ; i i l ii r k » o w b y # j ’ Ihit w» malt## J h » w fltejMNdl »Wt(Mk#y, wi4 thf twlhs AlJt#?? sifltipn to tbpir *id—trntbs rpyppJpd pvpry- wl}ii‘j||rt (|Qd’s bqok^ qf Halnra snd Iftpuon ormy billows roll, if tlie happy shove; To (lie is gain ; no storm: In tho still haven o f t ■Soft are the gaSte of bliss—serene tlie soul, The Imrj'icanea of morfal life are o’er. To (lie is gain ; the raptured ipiritH Icnmv, nioht with the (la'zzling, starry diadeip ; reaselesB tides o f ]jltusure How, mystic lamps of love forever llame. Exeter, N . ,Y. In glory, [For the Mohawk Vallpy Register.] n o l n o l l?OR NEBRASKA ! Since tho passage of tho infamous Nebras ka Swindle, through tile agency of the per fidious second Arnold and Iiis coadjutors— Nortliern psondo-pliilantliropists—tho in jured freemen of tlie North have manifested no little ingon.uity in tlioir determination to frustrate, i f possible, the primitive design of the Bill, by rearing barriers on the frontiers of Kansas and Nebraska tlipt shall be imper vious to tho spread o f the great American canker-AYorm, apd proof against tlie protru sion on its fair domains of tlie deformed head of Slavery. During the past montli or tAVO tho ’exodus from the New England and other anti-slavery States, has been very large and is increasing dailj’, BetAA'eon three and four hundred sturdy Freomon passed through Albany on Tuesday last, “ armed and equipped,” bound for Kansas. Thou sands bavo loft thoirfoir Now England liomes and Avonded their way Kansas-Avnrd to roar now homos for tlioir familioB. Two Imndred Pounaylvanians enrolled their names for im- inodiatQ emigration from the aouqty of OraAv- ford; and from tbo. Groat lYest, tons of thousands are moving forward “ to guard tho North-west from the polluted trend of Bla- A'ery.’* Morohants leave their comitin^- rooms, jneohanictf their Avork-shops, and hasten t® establish themselves aneA\'. in the wil(la.of Nebraska. The former leaves big pinw in the furrow, to turn the sod of the yet unbfoiuisljPd Kden of the ivest. And thus in alinost every olty and hamlet-—uu- tftiuted by the oiitbo of Bfovary— tepresop. tativos dre| foAintl, falling iq and folloAving the inoreBcont tide of freedom emigration.' And the press—“ silent, as snow-flakos, yet potent aa thundor]’-^the dreafl of tho tyrant and the knave—the power that pauses oven little giants” iq their coveted greatness to U s C#|i«tli«|<;ntsr , . , , l=ghic«go,Sept,2,185*. ^^atQ | pOnglaa inade several ineftectu- al aftemp|s \tq{spqaK'-Rere this evening, but he w m coippqUed to . leave the stand.— Thkq wai R great proWxl present, and much excitement prevailed.. -The crowd after fbl- loAving Douglas to his hotel, quietly dis persed.— Hve. Joimial, I' i E xtensive Rc»hBEux4—QiNGiRRl.i^3^t, 1.— The U, 8, Express Company was rob bed of 120,000 and f 30,000 at the Hana- iltou Railroad Depdflastnipht., The apple crbli ih the Wostor#>j5iaft of the State of Ohio is said to Be: very J a r ^ . GoQ(i applet are pjent^ teete at*Vi|i|mi4t> to 40 cents a bushel.- * ' Frightful Steainboflt Explosion ON THE OHIO RIVER J T'WENTY ICILUED—MANY WOUNDED 8 C incinnati , Sept. 1, 1854. A few days since, just after the Tiniour No. 2 , had landed her passengers at Ed- Avards Yard, near Jefferson City, Missfiuri, her boilers exploded, scattering death and destruction around and leaving the boat a total wreck. At tlie latest accounts six persons Avere lying on th e s h o re dead, and it Avas s u p p o s ed th a t 15 or 16 oth e rs Avere throAVii over board and droAvned. Giving to the confusion and excitement, the exact number of killed could not be as certained, About IJ persons were scalded and oth- Avise injured. Mr. Dix, the pilot, was in a dying state, n o t h a v in g .spoken since th e cxjilusioii. Mr. Eckcr, clerk of tim boat, h a d his family on board, and I avo .ol liis t-liililrcii were severtdy injured. The injured men are principally dock hands. T avq of tlie boilers Avere thrown on the Railroad track, and the other into the. river. Many pieces of Avreck Avere found half a mile from the place Avhere the explosion oecured. Tlie hull Avas breaking up, and but fcAV the goods on board Avoqld be saved.-— The onliro upper avov I cs are desti'tp'ed. The engineers of the boat, Charles X\'. McCord and .lolm R. Scott, gave bonds in the sum of ^4,600, to answer any charge of mis conduct or negligence. MimnER.— John Tierney was teasing or joking T. H. II. Cocke, on Friday of last Aveek, at Portsmouth, Va.,Avherethey bothi resided, until Oocke became irritated and threatened to kilPHorneyif he didn’t stop; Tierney not dreaming that the threat seriously made, continued his teasing, when Cocke drew a pistol and killed him 011 the spot. T hey botli liaA'e families. • Cocke is. about 60 years of age. lie is in jail.;— Virffinia Seutinel, Sept. 2. T u E MimUER IN BniKINGTON CoCNTY,- N. J.— Our readers Avill recollect the re markable confession of Juiin Muller, av I io died a few days since in tlie County Pi'is- 011 . lie said lliaL lie liad imirdercd a man named Mullieiser, and it Avas nllegiul tliat the torture of cons(!icnce hastened his end. The Sheriff of Burlington County was in tliis city yc.sterday, and ho gives a nc.Av and most singular phase to iheaff’air. He states that he visited ’S(iuire Hooy, the gentleman Avith Avhora Mulkir and the otlier jiarties Avorked, and ascertained that the murder had not been committed. Mr. Sooy stated that, about a year since a fight Imd ocGured betAveen Moyer and Mullieiser, the man Avliom Muller said AVas murdered, bnt it tonniiiated Avithout blood shed. Ho also stated that Meyer is now Avorking within six miles of his house, and that Mullieiser returned about tAvo weeks since, and after getting some money tliat Avas due to him, agaiu left. As to Muller, lie knoAV no such man, or, at least, of no man by that name, It must be a groat satisfaction to oA'ery- hody to knoAv that no minder Avas conimit- ted. All the parties iinpljoatod by Muller have made their api'earancq, ’\Vho can explain the secret of Mulley’s strange con duct 1 Idle deceased gave all the particu lars of tho crime, and nocinod to be terri bly impressed Avith the idea of his guilt.-y- Yet no mimlev was perpettatefl, Jjnllieis- er is alive, and Muller is dead*— JGiil, Worth Avierican. - ■ .i A notiieb R ailroad A ccident ,— S tam ford , Sept, 2 ,1 8 5 4 .— As the pasaenger train on the N oav Haven road Ava&Appi'och- ing the depot this morning, r lad named Truman Keeler, who-Was attempting to get upon the train, fell upon the track and the cars passed oyer both Ifis legs, Severing them entirely from the body. He* lived but a fcAv liours after the sad occurrence. jg ^ All the stores and shops in the t i l lage of Suncook, N . H., ten miles frqni Concord, (twqlvq.in mnnber)’ p'ere'burned down oil Thursday last. N o t a business e.stablishment, except the Factory, was ldft. The Avoocls adjoining Avere burning filfiohs- ly at the same time. A German Avoman passed through' Dayton, Oliio, on the 1 st, haA'ing with her six children, all boys, b<^rn at the same time. They Aveve six months old, small but sprightly. It is supposed that this case i s - almost if not quite unprecedented. A» many have been born at once before, but nio.st or all of them have generally been- stillborn or liave died at birib. An amusing aft’air occurred at Baltimore a toAv days ago. A dray laden Avith casks of boor Avas standing in front of aigroggery, g and Avliile tl>e driver Avas deliAwilig a cask aiding in driver Avas delivering a to tbo keeper of the same, a ping forced itself out of one of tlie casks on the dray„ making a loud report, frightening tliu horse so that lie ran oft’ at full speed, and tho surrounding houses. The driver lut almost as liigU- causing tlie beer to spout almost the.he. boysoys ran,n, thee dogsogs ran,n, thelie hoe.re.r ran, t b ra th d ra t bo ran, and altogether it Avas quite a “ scone.” A avful hlouTALiTY.— Fourteen membons of one family died at Albany, lately, alli within ten days of each other, 'i’hero n a m e s Avere Murray, though some Aveie m a r r ied and boro their husbands’ names. Ten of them Avere men and Avonien, and four youths and small children. A son of David Koine, of XIaidencreok toAvnship, Berks county, Pennsylvania, aged three years, fell into a Avell eiyhti/-fve feet deep, a .short time since. Considerable time elapsed before he Avas missed, when his cries attracted the attention of his father, Avho, after discovering his dangcr- ons ])osition, was compelled to go to a neighbor’s liou«i' a nnHrf 4 ,r o'* - - was conv luse, a (piai'ter o f a mile di.s- tant, to ])Vocnre a rope, by means of Avhich the iitUe fellow Avas safely hauled up AAith- out material injury, except a slight bruiso on tho head, and being almost frozen by the cold wajer. Jt a}>peavs that fre foil down into tho Avater, witliol sides of the Avell, and, down into tho Avater, without striking the md, upon reaching tho ng to the bucket tmtil his res- snrface, elm _ cue Avas ett’ected in the manner stated. A rrbst pm a Sui’RQSMD M urdmricu ,— TllO Loekport Uourior says that ofticey Tucker arrested in that village, on Fi’iday, a ftian by the name of Pafrick; Duno< supposed to have been concerned in the murder com- mited akOlydOj'OhiQ} in Deaemher last,-— A row ocettred at the plaee mentioned, above on OhristmaR davi in which three or more *wBre engaged, this Dunn, (as them is probably no nfistake in ins. identity) and another man, foil i number, atid, after another ma«» foil tha lliW of tbeir \ knocking him ■ down with iJtein heavy bocita and dt club, kfoked and pounded him to death on the spot,— The tuiomurdereminatlftgqaiUheiv e&capo at the time, bnt Tnoker h eving Te.eeiA’e.d a dispatch to the etthaUhftti PM onifoW , Patrick Dunn, was Rupposed to have -traA'- 'eled thia w y , kepti a n eye qpenHfoj’htnb— a pj^trickDiinn.”* A ClTRiptTS ROOK. A sort of Spiritual Bible is now being AA'vitten by spirits, throyigb a medium nam ed Charles linton , said to be of bin limit ed education. Tho b o o t is intended to shoAV the connection of Gtkl with every thing created, and to teach man to look t(.> him for aid in every thing. It is stated Mr. Linton Avas directed h}’’ the Spirits to give attention tq writing this book which would be dedicated to him by spiritual iu- fluenoo. He procured a large, blank bou«d volnmn Avhi(‘b has been Avriften up to the extent of 400 pages. Mr, Tnllmadge has soon it, and proclaims it “ a miraclo,’’ al most ! The hand writing is totally differ ent iVom tho raedimn’s ordinary Writing -—and as plain as print. The inediwm knows nothing of what he is writing ex cept ns Avord by word is impressed npeu him, Tim stylo is simpltwnnd fonUlass and “ many soientifip and fiteyary gentlemen Imvq seen it, and prononneqd it htpnd nian conception. This IS the statement of Mr. Tahniadgo, and Wh foovo llfo publio tq form their qavu opinieqA aa to the matter, That tliero arc hiindteda of tJtonsan'ds of sincere, oonsoientions belieYete in the spir itual faitli qr tJfoW'y, U ^ h m ahwdentiy proved, Of eqursq they 'wiU await witfr - ■‘he now d^vqiqpftfont per Mr,idh- out, Dunn snppoted he waa tekfifr fov aahJt and battery, until b e was- qanveyed Romfl thirty mdsfrain this \m m wbovo .ar rested, when the true eause wan told bum tim^ fair fond, p d already is diffliaing its bis- tea itbwart?tbe w st doipalm herafoing the glad tidin-fi that Fraadfm’s 'hannor ehall y et, proudly float .triumphant over the fond onoe and ttgldiitta SUmry, the Bquth, griaYin|at tbo fo«s of their prey, and at tlm frnsttetihp Qf their damning desfgus, 4re taxing their inventive genius in planning new sqh8ffig|j,,t!,nd invoking the as- liitancn qf niffitni to form tbemselvaa into fomdittofl and findeavo? by dint of threatati' 'Ingi and hlp<^ib«dito thrH«t qiilfrqm the fond dediqatad Jo Bfov/iry, all ’w'lm darn in trude npon their rightful, hvwfot privilege*. Mo instantly aunk back in hfo tooks and Tho St. J?aur#«jiW tfon aaya'tbnt Henry M. of that ^omtory, owfied anxfoty, tbo now4qvq}opnfont^r A counfryman was passing along one o f tbp Street* ol Babjifiore with bfo wngon a few ' days since, when one or bia wrlseefo had not gona a hhjf before a wimni on tl\o other aide pf thp wagon ofttoo f ii .'When bo disufoveted tpat the yonng raoeM had oiwen the lmw-mR from one of tbs other wbeefo to obtain tiip reward, . ^ , “ Tlie tte® fo known by Ifo , ^be (Lxeeptfoplfr tbfois ihe dog;%ml, which IS kno^vn by its biffk.
