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No «»«•»' ptid, «i r, 'i il b* discontinued null aliki m ttic option of the Publisher. I S pDBWSHBB BVERT WBONMDAT MOBHISO, AT LOWVILUt, W. V., BY H A. PHILLIPS, EDITOR * PROWUMTQ*. X) S. BAILEY, ASSOCIATE EDITOR. \ '^'*S3= J09 PMNTltli. ALT KOTOS OF ««WWlltWf^« « »«• BBS* SrTJX •< :\~ Tha lournil* R#p*iMletil OMtft hP*\ * **•***• with a new iftd Lwi?c a«drtm*m Of J<* *»d fc«wd Type. A\ *»•» r*i«to» win bo exetuitd whb an'l on Reasonable Termt. \' FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. BV HKNKV Wit^WORl H LOffGFELLOW. Wli'en the hours of day ore oumbered, And the votcea ol I lie uight Wake (he better «oul that slumbered To a holy, CBlm delight ; Eie the eveuintr lamps o And like phantoms gr aimdowi from jlie'Stful lor « e lighted,, n and tall, s -light all : Th The us of the departed Enteral the open door; The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Cumo to visit me once more. He, the young and strong,who cherished Nubia longings for the si rile - By the road-side fell and perished, Weary with the march of life! the holy ones, and weakly. Who tlip cross of suffering bore,— Folded tlieii pale hands so meekly,t- Spake with us on earth no more! Anil with them the being beauteous, Who unto in v youth was given, Moi.' than all tilings slse to love me, And ie now a sniiir'Trt heaven. Willi slow ami noiseless footsteps, Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vac-ant chair beside me, l,n vs her penile hand in mine, And she sit* and gazos at trie, With iliose deep nnd tender eyes, Like the -tars, so still and saint like, Looking downward from .he skies. Utieied, yet not compnhended, In the cpirit's voiceless prayer, Soft rebukes, in blessings endpd, Breathing from her lips oi air. Oh. though oft oppressed and lonely, A I! my feara are laid asike, , II I but remember only, Such aa these have lived and died! IpkelkttMiB. For the Journal Si. Republican, V DIM, or STOOL PIGEON, A VERITABLE HISTORY. CHAPTE R I. Two years ago,or there-abotits, at six o'clock precisely p. m., two individuals alighted from the stage-coach, in front of the hotel, in the quiet village of Low- ville, (not an uncommon occurrence, by any means, in this go-ahead town,) whose appearance indicated familiarity with t-rality in paying ;\Joe\ a shilling for taking their baggage up stairs, showed them to be men of undoubted bottom. Their ages might have been respectively twenty-one nnd forty-five—or they might not. With regard to the. younger, this history will disclose the fact that he was twenty-one, and a week over; and that bis name was Philip Dobson, jr., famil- iarly known in his own neighborhood as '•Phil Dob,\ the only son of old Mr. Philip Dobson of Rochester, who shuf- fled off the mortal coil some five years ago. more or less. With regard to the elder gentleman, some doubt exists as tc his identity—even in his own mind then-fore, toiivoid mistakes, I must leave the reader ta draw his own conclusioi JOURNAL rax* $uo or ADVAIO* VOLUME l.> — ' Mi GaAFTER II. f- In order to a more complete elucida- tion of the mys|e,ry involved in the first chapter, and to»-explain more particular- ly' the emotioris which prompted Phil Dub and partner to pay \Moses\ about twenty swings, York currency, for a ride to Lowville, it will be necessary to call the reader's attention to \certain circumstances,\ which evolved some two years since, and which will be found,^n further perusal of this true history, to be the key to the mysteries ^foresaid. It will be remembered that, at about the period in the present century above specified, the \ Sacketts Harbor & Sara toga R. R. Co.\ sent agents all over the country to buy up claims and demands against it, at tha trifling discount of fifty per cent; and there being no i earthly reason why a defunct concern—particu- lar y an incorporation—should have any palpitations of\ honesty, or emotions of justice rankling in its bosfcm, tt was, naturally enough, inferred'byvchjjdren, and believer's in Esop's fables, that there was still life iiLthe institution, and that the shrill whistle of the locomotive was soon to echo the soul inspiring har- mony of the owl and the screech-owl through the howling wilderness of Nor- thern New-York, and as the impression gained ground, the price of dismal swamp land and bottomless' bogs, lying along, and contiguous to the route, went up to fabulous figures. seta&led in a bar-room in. R-jwhetter among whom was our friend Phil; and to show that this assemblage had some- Idling to do with^he ft|08 herein being sW-ibrth, it ispTQjreT to mention! that Dob, jr., had',that day put off the re- straints of infancy, and assuuied thej more independent habiliaments of man- hood: in other words, he was tibat day twenty-one years of age, according to the records, and he had assembled a few of his associates, in order to \\pint,\ as he said, which, in the vernacular, 1 means to \show up,\ and.in further explana- tion, I should say that Phil had that day taken possession of an estate in Roches- ter, left by his father in the hands of a trustee, to be delivered up on this event- ful day; and numerous were the toasts given and 'thoroughly washed down by the young men present, having reference mainly to the occasion which had brought them together. CHAPTE R V. After Phil Dob's return to his lodg- ings that night, L or morning, I should say, he fell into a train of reflections, some- what confused, to be sure, which resulted in a determination to take the cars for Utica early on the following morning.— The immediate causes which led to this hasty decision will appear when his-re- flections\ are more definitely set forth.— \True he soliloquised, \ I Own the Dobson Block, worth six' thousand dol- lars—the records show it—but what good is it to me, I can't eat nor drink it.\ The indigestible nature of this kind of j food and drink probably suggested itself to his mind, and prompted these tho'ts. Perhaps,\ he continued, \ I might swap it for the ready-rocks ;\ (why \ rocks\ should be used to prefigure dollars and cents, I never could conceive, as \rocks according to Webster, are things solid, ] permanent, abiding, whereas I have at-1 ways found \dollars and cents\ to be | just the reverse, transitory, non-abiding, and fugitive.) Having settled the ques- tion in his own iriiijd as to the convcr- of his property into rocks, and also > an early tripio Utica. Phil Dob, jr., retired, and spent the remaining small hours of the night in quiet repose. CHAPTE R VI . Bright and early next morning Phil took a seat on the down train, and in a few minutes, a very genteef-Idolcing Indi- vidual came along and asked permission to take a seat in the same slip ;—he did n't like, he said, to L mix with the rabble —he preferred, when traveling, to asso- iate with gentlemen. Of course his company would be very agreeable. Mr, Dobson was highly pleased with the un- mistakable breeding of the amiable ap- pearing gentleman, and a conversation ensued, in which Phil was communica- tive, and so was his new acquaintance. The latter told Dob that he was secret agent of the Sacketts Harbor & Sarato- ga road, and was on his was to Low- ville, to purchase a village site, which was owned by a man there. H e was authorized, he said, to pay seven thous- and dollars for the property; but he hoped to get it for six, thereby making a thousand on his own account. The only trouble he anticipated, was jh e opposi- tion of the owner to the road,'as its pas'- sage through his house and garden lots would be 8 serious damage to them, therefore he would h?.ve to work a little in the dark, in making the purchase, that the owner would not suspect who it was for; and now an idea had just struck him. If-he could get some shrewd per- son to go along with him and make the purchase, he would be willing to divide I the profits. Wouldn't his friend like to I go along with him and make the pur- chase? he would be willing-to divide the profits. Wpuldn't his friend like to take hold of it?—no possible risk! cash down! five hundred each! wbatisay'?-— Certainly, he would. H e wasn't the man to let five hundred dollars s]ip thro' his fingers sp easily. Philip pobsph, jr., \ land lord,\ would put the thing through, and perhaps he could exchange his Rochester estate for this splendidj \ site,\ and thus turn it into \ rocks.\— Not bad { he^ would d^it, and' he told drafts, aijid showed hifn.<fcVj^tff)^t^ o£| deposite,j duly signed., u Cor,;P. Leonard, Cash.;'' but r thifc $hr1$b WAS just whet- ting his ifazor, an§ «oull4 not just ttien attend :to hkri—-all wjWch was' very busi- ness-like,, and very ,8ftt,nj(%tpr^indeed.. ^ ! ' , ^CHATTKH ym . >' It was. arranged that Phil 'Bub, jr., was to call on the owner of the \ gar- dens\ in th;e morning, and eee what* he could do, If be couTd' get the property for six thousand dollars, the trade was to be closed ; or if tha young man could make any exchange to his own advan- tage,, he was at liberty to do so, and pocket the \ rocks \\ himself. The agent had no objection whatever to this—iu- decd, he would be very glad if such an arrangement could be made, for his friend's sake, and, on the whole, perhaps it would be the best way to approach the, crusty land lord, as* it woujd allay any suspicion 'of complicity on, the pnrt of the railroad company, or their agents. Capital idea, after all! So, after anight \I surely would,sir, if 1 were in your i TRUE STORY OF TUB suPEBNATUHAi^/fT placo; it's only a few tours lost at the •'--.•'*'«•;;. hy^rst, \ Mr. Lbbert Bruce originally desce ^ from some branch 6f tee Scottish «$8$y of- that name, was born !m humbi^clfr-, cumstancss, * about the close of tbelasfc century, atTorday, in the South of Eng- l.n'd, and there bred upto a sea-faring life. ' ' • .•: „,; When about thirty yhr s ag<v*°'--?*&• in the yer 1828, he; fa s fiWt mate of a .bark trading between Liver-pool and.\ St. * John's Few Brunswick. On one o f her voyages bound westward, being tpen some six weeks omt,i and having heard, the eastern ^portion of the Bftnks/of Newfoundland, the! captain nnd mates had been on deck at noon, taking an ob- -sorvation of the sun, afjter t whieh they both descended to calculate th6 day's work. , '•-:.• The cabin \a small one, was immedi- ately at the stern of the vessel, and the short stairway desendirtg to it • ran athwart ships. Immediately opposite the stairway, just beyond a square land- ing, was the mate's state room, and from that landing there were two, doors close each other, the one opening aft into /., . , , i , , u> tiituu ouier , in e on e openin g » n um» . in*-«• of pleasant dreams, and an enriy breakjMLj*, • , . ,, ' . <. ji .. i,.„„ f r ' J ilBfnhe cabin, the o her fronting the stair- .gieat, /•...,4. r>u:i T\„I . • i i. .i i L . ' . T„ . , • . • * fast, Phil Dob, jr., to a turn round town, and brought up in the office of the great land proprietor, to whom jho introduced himself—^-told him he had arrived the previous evening—came with a view ofj making investments in productiv.e.prop- erty in the neighborhood. Fine.country this—i-didn't know it was so populous— nicehotel—gentlemanly landlord—mod- est, pretty land lady 1 —wrjh—all which was acknowledged aritf responded to with , becoming meekness, (tne prbprieter was of a retiring turn of mind, as will be seen shartly.) H e replied that he felt very much at home in the\ village; and should spend his days, here, but for the fact that his'relatives resided near Ro- chester, and was very urgent to have him among them, and he was about to sell; his property and remove to that city, or f he could exchange some ,of his most • aluable estates for property nearer his future home, he would like to do so.—^ Now,\ thought Phil, \i s my time; the old fellow don't suspect at all.\ To make a long story short, a bargain was, struck, there and then. The parties would go to Martinsburgh in* the after- noon, and look at the title and exchange deeds. Griffin furnished, and Dob paid for, the team, for only three dollars !—^ - Every thing was found satisfactory to both, parties, and rail Dob, jr., stgnecr, sealed and delivered, a deed of,the Dob- son Block, and received one for the •'Village property, No. 4, third range.\ Phil had his deed recorded immediately, so as to avoid any \ backing water \ on the part of the grauter, and returned to Lowville,; (grtmter -had a little business in attothcr direction, and didn't ride back with him,) paid Joe another shilling for holding the horses, and hastened to his room to congratulate his friend on the \success of his 'shrewdness^ The agent had stepped out—gone Into Shrattb's, probably, to get shaved. A note lay on the table, directed to himself, which he opened and read : Dear friend,;-will be back in the •ning—going to Chimney Point to see some big \ rocks,\ which they say are the wonder of the Whole region!— If Chimney Point was near No. 4, third range, what a rush there would be to see it! Capital place for a hotel!\ . Morning came, but his friend didn't. He would just step' over to thj land of- fice and see if he had been there. The door was locked, and a>slip -pinned on it, on which were the impr-essivc words, \Gone to Rochester,\ whjch is the last, and all, 1 ever heard of the \ Decoy Duck, or Stool Pigeon.\ \ Wanted—A Printer.\ \ Wanted—a printer,\ says a cotenv porary. ' Wanted—a mechanical curios- ity, with brain and fingers; a thing that will set sp many emsjaday; a machine; that will think and act, buti still a ma- chine ; a being who undertakes the most sy6tem$,tiJ! and roohbtonods drudgery— [yet one the:ingenuity of man has never suppla.ntea,,mechanically ' > that a printer. A printer; yet, all the dissipated and less \ way, into the Stateroom. The desk i n the stateroom was in the forward part of ( it, (-rose to the door, so that one sitting J at it and looking over his shoulder could look into the cabin. | The mate, absorbed in his calculations, which did not result as he had expected, varying considerable from the dead reck- oning, had hot noticed the captain's mo- jjbns. - When he had completed h'u cal- culation, be called out,without looking around, \I make ont latitude and longi- tude so and so. Can that be right 1 ? How is yours]\ Receiving no reply, he repeated his question, grancing bver his shoulder, and perceiving, as li e thought' the captain busy writing'on his slate. Still no an- \ swer. Thereupon he rose, and as he \ fronted the cabin door, the figure he had | riiistaken 'for the captain raised its head I alnp disclosed to the astonished mate the features of an entire stranger. Bruce, was no coward, but,as he met that fixed gaze looking directly'at him in grave silence, and been me assured that it was no one he Had ever s. en hefnn?, it was.to much for him, and i.i>u-;id of stopping to question the seeming intruder.) l ^e captn he rushed upohdcck,insuchevident alarm, tsiugular \ Well, we'll,see. Go on deck and give the course ner'wesl And,.Mr. Bruce,\ he added as the mate rose to go, \have tt\ look-out aloft, and let it be a hand you can depend on.\ His orders wjere obeyed. About (three o'clock the look-out reported art ice- berg ahead, and shortly s after what he thought was a vesself of some kind close to; it. ' As they rtpprbached, the captain's glass disclosed the fact that it was a dismantled ship apparently frozen to the ice and iSvith a good many hifman beings on it. Shortly after lh«y hove to, and sent out boats to their relief of the sufferers. Ft proved to be a vessel from Que- bec, bound to Liverpool., with passengers on board. She. had got entangled in the ice and finally frozen fast, and had past several weeks in a most critical situation She wa^\ stove, her decks ^Wept-p-in fact, a mere wreck ; all her provision* and almost all her water gone. Her crew and passengers had lost all hope of being saved, and their gratitude for the unexpected rescue wasptopotionntely As one of the men who had been brought away on the third boat that had reached the wreck was ascending the ship's yards, the mate, catching a glimpse of his face started back in consternation. It was the very face ho had seen three or fobr hours before, looking up at hi from the captain's deck. : At first he tried topursuade himself that it might be fancy; but the more he examined the man, the more sure he became thai it was rigt. Not only the face but the person nnd the dress exactly correspond. As soon-as the exhausted crew, and famished passengers were cared for, and the bark on her course again,* the mate called the Captain asidi \ It seems that was nota ghost I saw to day, sir; the man's alive.\ \ What do you mean 1 . What: ;an ? ', Why, su, one of the passengers > have just saved' is the same man that saw writing on your slate at noon, would ,swear to it in a court of ji Providence to save thein from whatsecm- cd a hopeless fate; The above narrative>was communica- ted to me by Captain J.\ S.. Clarke, of, the sellboner Ju]|a M i Hallook, who had it directly from Mf-. Bruce himself. They sailed tog^herj for seventeen months in the years 1836-37, so that Captain Clarke had the story from the mate about eight years, after the oceur- anee. I,te has since ljost sight of him. and does not know whether he is yet alive. All he has heard of him since they were ship mates is, that he continu- ed to trade to New Brunswick, that he Ijecarne master of the brig Comet, and that she was lost. I, nsked Captain Clajrke if he knew Bruce well, and what sort of a man he was. A* truthful and straightforwardmi he replied, \as ever I met in my life! We. were as intimate as brother}), and two' men can't be together, shut up for sey^i-teen months in a ship, without get- ting to know whether they can trust one another*!* word or not. li e al ways; spoke of the circumstances in terms of ; :reverencc of an incident that seemed to'bring him nearer to God and another world-.- I'll stake my life upon it that he told melio Thrilling Bomanee. j CHAPTER I.—She stood beside the al tar, with a wreath of orange buds on her head—tipon her back the richest kind of duds—her lover stood beside her, with his kids and dicky clean—-the last was /twenty-one years old, the firsfc was sev- enteen. The parson's job was over—every one had kissed the bride, and wished the young folks happiness, and danced., and laughed, and cried. The last kiss had been \given and the last said, and the happy pair Republican National Convention. We publish a condensed statement 6f the proceedings of the Republican Con^ vention at Chicago. As far as nowible, we give abs'racts of the Speeches made, the Committees appointed, &c.J CHICAGO, May 16. The Republican National Convention assembled tc.day at the Wigwam./ The ; doors were lopened at 11 o'clock, long before that hour an immense concourse of people^ had assembled around the doors, numbering many thousands more than qould gain admittance t o the buil- dingl ' As soon as' the doors were opened the entire body of the Wigwam was solidly packed with men, standing as closely as- possible, and the'seats in the galleries were as closeiy packed withj ladies- Th e in'erior of the haU is handsomely deco- rated with evergreens, statuary, flow,. ers. and presents a striking appearance. Not less than lp.OOO persons *?ere in the building, while the open doors gave a view of crowds, in the streets, unable tpjjbiain more than a gliujpsc of the instgfphall. •, At the hour of 12 the Convention was called to order by Gov, Morgan, of New York, Chairman of the National Committee; who spoke as follows : On the 22d of February last, the Re- publican National Committee at a meet- ing convened for the purpose, in the city of New York, issued a call for a National Convention, which I will read. [He then read the call.] In compliance therewith tlie people sent representa- tives here to deliberate upon measures carrying into effect the objects of the call. Usage has made it my \duty to take the preliminary step toward or- 'Lip sin CHAPTtEB III . Now there resided in Lowville a very respectable gentleman,—very—who own- ed six hundred acres of \house and. garden lots,\ No. 4, third range, worth about fifty cents per acre, more particu. larly bounded and described on a map drawn and executed by himself, lying where a large and nourishing- village must inevitably \spring up, as aoon aa the events foreshadowed in chapter two should develop and expand, lite map just alluded to distinctly indicated a ray* road track directly through the ©en4» ofJ the \ grounds.'* It is trae, die \eat had been sold for taxes every year the days of Ceur de Lyon, who discov- ered the country; but that b#d; notfaing to do with li e intrinsic value! <oi t)tt j*** perity, as ill land lords very well know. ' c*ftroni.j'v, _. A few evenings previous to the •ni - val in town of Pbil Dob & Co., aa afore- said, a number or* young men were as- his amiable friend sO, which is the end of chapter six. CHAPTE R VII. Having faithfully recorded Wl the facts connected with the personal' history of the party of the first part of (this bis- tory—necessary-to the readers* compre- hension, we return to* Lowville^ wbera] we left thena in chapter one, j Quietly domiciled in ti e large square rjooin up one flight of stairt, in the pctncijiJil hotel ^ „ .,.. in-the place. H*vtog brmbed f^^^m^^J^^f from the outer; wewtj^ven immediate at- tentfonto ^\x^\^^Mf-^&r^0^ pieman said he would just step, into the bank and daposite his funds, a s ^ e didn't care to bave so farg^a^sain. in i •pra?-^i plaee, an4tfeen, if WiiHend would excuse Win, h» *w» tesfc i&-'M*m&i.m& get ahawds «ot nKtaad o/tfrappiiff [ into either of those celebrated iatAitb. tioii%M^^|1ng^dl|^f^lT tain-\ \ ver^^re^HBCtt^le V t^':,^mmtt wbc * be iomi ma&^ «« *&& ma* bering house Dm*** %iM|M rail-road track jwsimig ^ee«jy't«ro s i t ^je^^^^^i' \\\\ ^jtom t Ml»j& timfc*m s u> «# reckless habits, » worker—at all times nd hourstb.y day-andaiight; setting up u close and unwholso'me offices, when gay crowds, are hurrying to theatres,; later stiii, when street revellers are gone and the city sleeps; :n the morning, in the broad and gushing sunlight, some printing, machine is a t its case, with its eternal, unvarying click ! click ! Click! click! the polished cubes fall into the stick; ti© : incite integejis of ex- pression are marshalled into line, .and march forth as immorjal |»riot., Click 1 and the latest intelligence becomes old,! the thought a principle, the simple idea a living sentiment. Click ! click '.from igrave to gay, item .after item—a rob^ bery^a $*«-$er, a,blibf '''aetptyti ^grace- ful- and glp wing thought, «rein torn clothed by^» mateW i»jmasive j|a . gers M : the machjoe t a»d^it^rifti* the am $.ms0&. . %, W wt i |rtjjb thiik. ; o/ Ljfrt«ftiQn^ M* *«^4fejtpti,-* B meat 'n^t th|ink oflhome, of kinjred, of w^fe, or of Ibabe.. Bi s pork lies before him, m&jMpfr-iteai^^ that.it instantly attracted tho captain's attention. \Why , .Mr. Bruce,\ ' said the cap- tain,\whatin the world is the matter with your , \The matter, sir? Who is that at your desk •?\. \ No one that I know 'of.\. \ But there is sir; there is a strsnger \ A strangdr\! Wky, man, you mustj be dreaming.. Yon rYiust have seen the' steward there, or the second mate. Who else would venture down without orders'?\ f But \sir he was sitting in your arm chair, fronting the door, Whiting on your slate-, thenJlooked up full in my face, and if ever I saw a man plainly said distinctly in this world, I saw him.!' \Himl Whom*\ ' \ God knows, sir, I don't. I saw a man, and a man 1 had never seen in my life before.\ . \ You must be going crazy, Mr. Bruce. A stranger, and we nearly, six weeks out! \ I knew, sir, but then I saw him.\ '\ Go down and see what it is.\ Bruce hesitated. \ I never was a be- liever in ' ghosts, 1 ) he said, ''but if the truth must be told, I'd rather not- face it alore.\ ^ ; \ Borne, mome man. Go down once, and don't make a fool of yourself' before the crew.\ 1 \ I hope^ you've always found, me tng to do what's reasonable,\ \replied Bruce, changing color, \but if it's ajl the same to you sir, I'd rather we should both go down together.\ The captain descended the stairs, and the mate followed him. Nobody in the cabin ! They examined the stateroom Not a soul could be found ! \Well Mr./Bruce,\ said the captain, \did T not tell you, you had been dream- ing f '\It's all very well to say so, sir, but if I didn't see that''man writing\ on your slate, may I nevfer see . my home again.\ j ' \ Ah !, writing on the slate! Then it should be there still.\ And the .captain .took it up. He exclaimed, \here is something, stire enough! Is that your writing, MA Bruce?\ The mjate took the (slate, and their in plain legible characters stood the words, \STEER TO THE NOR'WEST f\ \\Have you been trifling with tie, ny w„rd, Mr. Bruce,\ replied , \this gets more and\ more Let us go and see this ganizing the Convention—a Convention rd had been | upon the proceedings of which, permit -.. . lt ' simmered !. me \ 0 g^ the most momentous results uu » ,., and the last guest had fled. i ar e depending. No body of men of equal CAAPTER II.—<l'he stood beside the • num be r tfas ever clothed with greater wash-tub, her red hands in the suds, and responsibility than those now within the at her slip-shod feet there laid a pile of; hearing of my voice. You do ; not need dirty duds; her,, husband stood bes>de me t o teU you < gen tl e men, what this her—Une crossest man alive—the last I responsibility is - was twenty-nine .jears old, and the first! while one portion of the adherents was twenty frve. L ! of the National Administration are efl- Iho heavy wash was ouer, and the! clothes hung up to dry—and Tom had J :k his finger in the dirty baby's ;jy^iSNi^s$^'Wi-,^^!^ wh*> ^ a4sj^ »«>^ana are quwkaatjpo; graphical erxctrf,; .whoae^if* nwiy ( <ffl this n^^fjdetneof - 1 J swm^theaimple medi«Hn * f thioknot—---—- after he read* the dekt to ^.tf^fe'*^ fifteen miirntei, d» atoiaMe retntned to the hotel, and remarked to his friend/ that h e had deposited his \ On my word as a, man, as a sailor, sir V replied Bruce, \1 know no 'more of this matter than you do. I have told you the exact truth.\ The captain sat down at his desk, fhe slate bpfore him, in deep thought. A t last turning tft».slate over and pusfc' ing it'toward- Bruce, he said, 4f Wr^te down, \Steer to the nor'west.\ , -The mate ;jCpmplied, and the cap tain after -narrowly obm^ariog the two hand-wotiflge, said, \Mr. Brnce, go and tell-.ihe second mate to come down here.\-- - . ' • < ! H e «ame, and a*.flie, captains request b^also weote-the same words, So did tlie Stewart, fto, in euccession did every 1 man of the^rew wh* eould write at all. | .But T^ g^of tba vartffi»Aafwi» ; reapm- bled, in ftBJ.^egtee, the myaterroas-wrtf ltg.>: 3 .^?->^^:\*-r:'-•*- • a- i ••- When tb^erew retlredrtbe captain sat dfeepUn-tfcWgfe.' ^rrfd anyone ha« been stowed away] at last he aaiiL ^W^^^'W^U^gO hand »V -rdd*4nd*eek, .©rder op all *ih^..\ ; -''-' ; •^••\ f ' - - J \\.1\:..^ ;:.'a^cofner^#l W^^^M' '\ cariosity—for Ae that a They found him in conversation with the captain of -The rescued ship. They both came forward and expressed, in the nest terms, their gratitude for deliv- erance from a horrible fare—slow-coming death by exposure and starvation. The captain replied that he had out me what they would have done for him them\ both, to step downTnto\'tfie caTm?! Then turning to the passengers he said : I hope, sir, you will not trifling with you, but I would be 'much obliged to you if you would write a few words on this slate,\ and he handed him the slate with that side up on which the mysterious riting was not. \I will do anything you asked,\ repli- ed the passenger, but what shall I te T ' A few words is all I want. Suppose you write \Steer to the nor'west,\ The passenger evidently puzzled to make out the \motive of s[u-h a request, complied however, with a smile. The captain took up the slate and examined it closely ; then stepping aside so as to conceal the slate from the passenger, he turned it over, and gave it to him again with the other side up. \You say this is your handwriting'?\ \ I need not,say so,\ rejoined the other looking at him \for you saw me write it.\ \And this '.'' said the captain turning the slate over. The man looked first at one writing then ati the other quite confounded. At last [ - \ What is the meaning of this?\ said he 'I only wrote one of these—who wrote the other?\ . \ \ \ That's more than I can tell you, sir. My men here says you Wrote it, sitting at this desk, atj noon to-day.\ The captain of the ship and the passen- ger looked at each other changing glances I of intelligence arid surprise, and the for- mer asked the latter : \Did you dream that you, wrote on this slate V \ No sir, not that. I remember.\ \You speak of dreaming, said the captain of the bark, \where was the gentleman about noon to-day T ~\ Captain, \rejoined the other, whole thing is i^tost mysterious and ex- traordinary .. ahd I had intended to speak to you about it as soon as we got a little unite. This gentleman (point- ing to the passenger) being much ex- hausted, fell, inito,heavy sleep, or what seemed sucb, sbme time before noon. AHer an hour or more he awoke and said to me. \Captain we shall be re- lieved this verjHday. When I asked him what reason he had fbr saying so, he replied that he had drean>ed he. was on a bark, and thai she \was doming to oiir Ae described her appearance and rig; and to our utter astonishment, wheh your vessel hov> in sight she cor- respond exactly with bis description of oer. W e had, not put much faith in what he Said ; yet still |wW hope there ight be something in it, for drdwJ^Wgl men, yow ^fcnow, will catch a t straws Asit mi turned out, 1 oftbnot doubt that it wis all arranged, fa iMfe amta- prehenelbie w«yi by an oJattottarPi*^ Sen^^ , *»«r*«' *#£** %aV «- d ffc ^fc£%o tfW%»*« for^pliieaiess to ^mH? Toi'n had been spanked arid supper made upon a crust of broad, and the bride and bridegroom went grumblilVg to bed. A Mother's Gift. There is something sublime associated with the most significant gift or token tbrft a mother, may present her child.— The gift may be some almost valueless texture—worthless to him* who* knows not its history—but the one for whom i#j ^wlBi^^h^%sms a imm^ £f little incidents in earlier days, and by the memento is reminded of blissful re- collections which ;,even adversity has been unable to erase from his mental ta- blet. The boy too often forgets the par- ent who adore^ him ; his ambition leads him away from the'fond maternal tho'ts that should ever be his brightest imagries. With the mother, the case is wholly dissimilar; her thoughts are ever with the wandering one ; her greatest aspira- tions, in reality her only ones in many cases, are coupled with 'the name and caiver of her boy. No chill, save that of death, can ever -congeal the transpar- ent fount from which a mother's adora- tion flows on to gladden her child. -No mandate but God's—and he never issued an unnatural one—can still the restless affections that rinstle around a mother's heart. . A gift frc/n a cherished. friend brings with it a. key that unlocks our tenderest feelings ; it opens portals that the benefaction, of pomp and glitter could never reach : but ,a|mother's gift to her child conveys an irriport that has a heavenly impress upon it. —It is nd uncommon thing that hot words produce coolness. i \the efl, it would seem sip. W»hwe ] i ' die wind free, and have a great muri tol Tlie Public Men Thirty Years 1 ago. Of the members of the United States Senate, in 1830, only four are noW living: Pel'egf Sprague of Maine; Theodore Frelinghuysen of NeW Jersey; John Tyler«>f Virginia; and! Benjamin Rgg- gles/Of Ohio. 1 - Of the members of the Federal House of Representatives in 18§0, but two are living'from Massachusetts, Edward Ev- erett and George Griritfell, jr.; from New^Y'ork only three; from Ohio, Win. Stansbury of Newark, -SamueL-F. Vin- ton, now^ f Washington City, and Eli; sha Whittlesey df Cahfieid. Of the other States only here and there one still lives. '. ' \• Mr./Thwias Corwin was elected 1830, and/there is no member of th e House with him now, who was with him. at his first Congressional, 1 term. H e is alone. But he represents the same dis- trict, and\'was elected in 1858 by the sons and gran'dsons of the plonkers who elected him in .1830. ' , ' Of the member's' of the federal gov- ernment in 1930, Mr. Van Bur'en, who was Secretary of State, and Mr. Samuel D. Inghaiii, Secretary ojf the Treasury are-the only ones now living. I —Pat was helpibg Mr. Blantf't'p get a safe in his'bfficei one day, and no^be- itig acquainted with the article, inquired what it was foe? ] - • .\To prevent papers and other articles which are placed in it frlom being burnt in casn of fire, M said Mr. B. \An ' sure will nothing iver burn that is put in that thing I\ \ - ^No.\ ••';•!.\.\ 1 •^ell, «Hb^ yW honor, Ve*d better be after cet^into thatsaine wWn ye die.'\ mBtiffi «w1lM- ,, ! ; •r> deavoring to insert a slave code in the iarty platform, another portion exhib^s Is readiness to accomplish the same thing through the action of the Su- preme Court of the United States wil ling by indirection to do that whick ifi done directly Would bring a blush to even the cheek of modern. Democracy: While these and other stupendous wrongs, absolutely shocking to the mor- al sentiment of the country, are to be fastened upon the people by the party in power, if its leaders are able to bring the factious elements that comprise it into any degree of unanimity, there good sense of this ConventionT' ,onf tn ; e Let me then invoke you to act in a spirit of harmony, that by the dignity,' the wisdom and the patriotism display- ed here you may be enabled to enlist the hearts of the people, and to streng- then them in* the fact that yours is the constitutional party of the country, and the only constitutional party—that you are actuated by principle, and that you will be guided by the light and by the example of the Fathers of the Repub- lic. Fortunately you are not required, to enunciate untried principles of gov- ernment. This has been well and wise; ly done by the statesmen of the revolu- tion. Stand where they stood, avow- ing and maintaining like objects and doctrines—then will the end sought be accomplished,—the constitution and the Union be preserved, and the govern- ment administered by patriots and by statesmen. • Gov. Morgan then named Hon. David Wilmot of Pa., for Temporary Presi dent, (immense applause.) Carried unanimously. The Chair gained Judge Marshall of Mo., and Gov. Cleveland of Ct., to con- duct Mr. Wilmot to bis seat. Judge Marshall introduced Mr. Wil- mot as a man who dared do right, re- gardless of conseqences. With such men we shall know no such word as fail. REMARKS OF MR. WILMOT. Mr. Wilmot addressed the Conven- tion, briefly returning thanks* for the high and undeserved honor. He would carry the lemembrance of it with him to the day of his death. It was unnecessary for him to remind the Convention of the high duties de volved upon them. A great sectional interest had for years dominated with high hand oiver the affairs of the coun- try. I t bent all its energies to the ex- tension and nationalizatfon of slavery.— It is the mission of the Republican par- ty to oppose this policy and restore fo the government the policy of the Revo- lutionary fathers; to resist the dogma that, slavery exists wherever the Con- stitution extends; to read the constitu- tion asour fathers read it. That con- stitution was not ordained to embrace slavery within all the limits of the coun- try i They lived and.died in the faith that slavery was a blot, and would be soon washed out. Had they dreamed that the Revolution was to establish a great slave eospire here, not one would have drawn the sword in such a case. The battle wis for freedom. Slaveft is sectional, freedom is na- tional. ifApfllaose.] . He deemed it unnecessary to remind the,delegates tit what outrages and us- urpations the the Democratic party had been guilty. Those outrages will not be confined to the limit, e* the (lave States ifthe South has power, and the safety of the /ree states requires that ~ * \ * Qid& take the government it as ft had Men admin- istered by 1fir4*WngtoiLjJeffefeion, Jack- son, even down to van /&uren and H&113 before I these new d< _ ' engrafted upon Democratic \policy. H e attuned the dutiesf, exhorting a spirit of harmony to control the action of del* egates. • . -' Mr. Spooner of Ohio, moved the fol- lowirru as Temporary Secretaries: Frederick Hawnrefc ofOWo, Tbeo- dore Pomeroy of N. Y, F . Blow of Me. Rev. Mr. HtrtaptotyofW.JtbeBde- ^su^m^m^ £entawnt orgasiu- Simeon H . Green, R, h, H . H.JVan Dyck, N. Y.; Ephraina Marsh, N. J.; G. J. Coffee, Pa,; Joshna T . Heal, Del.; James Jefferies, Md.; E . M. Norton Va.; V. Burt K O.; B. A . rBuckJeman, Ind.; Wm. Riss, 111.; Walker W?. Mur- phy. Mioh.;i J . P . McGregbrV Wis M JamesF. Wilwn, Iowa; Simeon,SmithL Minn.; Adam Hammer, Mo.; A. C. Wild- er, Kansas; <Samuel Bell, Cal ; Frank Johnjoto, Oregon; A. A. Burton, Ky.; M. K. Chandler, Texas; O. H . Fish Nebraska ; G. B. Hall, D. C. As each Southern Sta^s and Territo- ry represented was called, loud cheers were given. When thtffist.wa9->cGnclu- ded, on suggestion of delegates Jtfe ab- sent States were called-rAlabama, Mis- sissippi, North Carolina—being received with his»es. On motion of Mr Benton of N. J., a Committee on Credentials was ap- pointed. Mr. WankrOf Pa., moved a Commit- tee of one from each; State and Terri- tory to report order of business for the Convention. COMMITTKK ON BUSINES. . The following were appointed : John L. Stephens, Me.; E. D. Ma- son. Vt.; B. F . Martin, N. H.; Samuel \Hooper Mass.; Geo. H . Noble.„ Ct.j.N. •B; Durfee, R. L; A. D. Jam sr N. Y.; II. N. Conger, N. J.; W. B*. Kellogg.' Pa.; J. C. tlark, Dela.; W. P. Ewing, lid., J. G. Jennins, Va.; R. M. Cor- wine, Ohio; Lewis M. Denlitz, X y • Walter Marks, Ind.; D. C. Rucknan, Mi h.; T. A. Marshall, j.11.; Elisha Mdrron, Wis.; S. B. Jones, Mitm-,; Reu- be«Noble, Iowa ; T . B. Fletcher, M>.; J,'C. Hinckley, CaV.; Eli Thayer, Or- egon : A G- Proctor, Kansas; S. H. Elbert, Nebrask ; Joseph Dearhart, D . C ; Gi Moyer, 1 Tefas. ' The rules of the' Aouse of Represent tatives were adopted for the temporary\? government of the Convention. MR. GREELEY v A£PEARS. Horace-Greely, delegate from Ore* gon, movea that the roll of States be crtlled, and the chairman of each dele- gation .present credentials, and if con- tested, the same be. referred tn the Com- mittee on Credentials. » Mr. Carter of Ohio, meved tb amend the preposition of the gentleman from Oregon or New York, he did s not know which, so. that the credentials \be pre- sented to the Committee^ Horace Greedy—\ [accept the amend- ment of the gentleman from Maryland or Rhedo IslancL I am'not particular which.\ £Loud laughter.] Motion adopted. . AFTERNOON SKSSION.—The'fWigwam WJS again' crowded to overflowing, a, flood of people pouring in thVough every/ door as soon as opened, filling the Hail almost instantly, with a densely-packed mass from the platform to the doors. ThAgnH.fl.ia-aloo_-wo.a - filled'with 1«- . Mr. Horton of Ohio, from Committee sn Permanent Organization, reported tlie name of George Ashmun of MasV., as Permanent President. [Loud Ap- plause.^' : - .„ -^ Hon.:Preston Ring of N-. Y., and-Carl . Shurz &f Wisl, were appointed a Com- mittee to conduct'the President to the- Chair. ' \. •; 'Sk . ' :;4 . Mr. Ashmun then took the.coair, and v as greeted-,wlth'loud* applause, dele- gates ^rising, ^n d ^giving six • hearty . cheers. When order was resWed^the. President spoke a? follows s - SPEECH OV.-. TOE |liXSIDE«T. G5i>t}emen of;the'Convention, Repttrb''-\'; tic'ans and .Amefiesns-^My fir^t drtty\ t<\ you is to express tw you my\d'eeft sense' o f this di'stingflislied mark of.your con- sideratiottr in the spiHt in which it is offered, I accept It. . Sensible of the dif- ficulties which surround the\ position, but ^cheered by.the fiiith that the'same 1 gen- erosity which brought me Rei-6'w.iH.sus- tain me in the discharge of its duties, I will not. shrink from the position—at the - same ti'rhe the post! of danger as well as of honor. [Applause... Gentlemen—We have come here to- day'at the call of the country from our widely separated homes, to fulfill a great and important duty. No ordinary call has brought us together-Hiothing but momentous questions could have bro't this vast multitude together to-day.— Nothing but deep ^sense of the danger into which our government is fast, run- ning could have rallied the people thus in this city -to-day for the purpose of rescuing the government from, the deep degradation into which it has. fallen.— [Loud applause.] . We have come at the call of our country for the purpose of .^r.r.epa'ring for the most solemn duty freemen have to perform. We have conic here in our ordinary capacity as delegates of the people to prepare for the formation and carrying on of a new administration, and with the help of the people will do it. [Applause.] No more controversy about miserable ab- stractions brought us here—we have not come here on any idle quest, fh e sac- rifice which most of us made in extend- ed journeys, and the time devoted to them, would not have been made, except on solemn call, and the stern and solemn look which I see on every face, and the earnest behavior which ha*, been ruani- ,„ fested in all the preliminary discussion, show that all have a true and deepjsense •£ of the solemn obligations resting upon us.. Gentlemen—It does not belong to me to make any extended address, but allow me to say that I think we have of right In {be name of the American people here to-day, to impeach the national ad- ministration of our general government of the highest crimes that can be com- mitted agaihst a constitutional govern- ment—against a free people and against humanity. ; [Prolonged cheers.] The catalogue of its crimes it is not for me here to recfte. It is written on every page of th$ history of the present ad- ministration of\ the government, and I care net how many paper protests the . Rremd^fc may send in to the House of Representatives. [Laagbter and ap- slausev] We . kere «s a grand inquest. of th* nat^n, will find for him and his owfederatef not only punishment terri- ble and sore, but a remedy that shah* be «atisfectory. [Loud applause.] Befere pjroeeeding to^^ajtoew of and *el^e ^^^^f* which LtlM^ltifi^^^^^ ^heredi^olSnSSy* It is that t^tf^ts^ yjnintm an* generous emula- ,ti^Mrtl**he».nMuit«d every eonveraa- ftiofl an* every diaeussidn, showirg a de-
