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.Mlllaaltt lOr4) ftUIHIU mImihi In rbiM,
Vbit lining aluna mill fun-it In Oicr(ifi wiM,
Ami M III lwilllt.tr Ikii lu ..4I,
Ilia lMk frdowl)lli'tllM I'I hllrlidll d-al ' (
II tta 1nl with a Iwtii'l In ""tf li f In litre
UiailllHltlf kit 4lll W)lllllll (i.i U'k
At latirtli III niHtiiiglii Imnii armr.1
Thy than Mill nitutlirt Jii runliitr.1.
Ttta MttlNMH r'atbrf ilMirfalli-llM, Irlullifil dl,
Thinking uf ldilal.grsllirungti ltrliu',l..la lu
roam.
I'lt 111" l"l atrrMII
llucvllit OII.Jr.1 li.tr faiiy lt lu lirl rut ItIipMIi
Ui lull.
Tlwlti wild h'l Irwllirr'a aM, an.l lTlio lifrlra.
till.
-iW!ITWfclliUiillWi-ut'Maeflatii))Ult hllity, mnlntaliilng Ihi rlyhl kl Mil ardtflf
llruilifnx lh rntU fiwn lm Imxt, cluic.l Lit ili.. t.iiiti(i, ii Mill do rontiilvn J mo.-l an J ro
ii,ug l.r.il 1 ,i,i . ' Mfclnbtc In llro llinii.
' ji,,,i;,l,""""" ' i'K U' '"""I WV .r.lH- frr! Wr will prolecl our.
UMtlf m Ilia etaiilng irJi)n al lil,l,l ..fun wlw Iroi.i ll uatiiful InllurncP, nl bin
at i till ll firm diir ailoiili-'l lounlry.
'rlUralrbllillli,aiillillilnulUiau.uu.a
cara!
Arnl ai ha Itfaltifil ntoia
iMMfl a Mavrr
flffl), li M
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A ptairrt fuf blm wlia wm l4nff t.rirf (r ri i-.
Aim ill pftuliug fralurra vuul.l flay wlirfa allrc
turn lica.
I4T Tiir r.ntRitii
Aflar a tafrtplili'C feJumtMrilia awuka.aiuliiiiiinc
liU rirra,
lail imilijlli rattli witlt nmr IlianmlJ Mirj'iia,
I'lfatla, with an aiKhaiitiic hart. liMkrl mi dim
Ahit NiJal-a fitkil that aaf U mil wllh ddy kin
" Fair MtaM riwil It. wlil. lw wikl I ''
WhjTi with il4f.ika r)ri'dn )oii gale cm iih
"Ihu lu hi) I"M Mt Ilia ralaxarl' lirmk '
riii tu ba il4kliM llw hinI uulifril'.il mk
Waa it all a ilrraiu I fuf I am Btill alit
Y'( I waair0 who rauM llial 4aii rmitiii
I.II.I.III I)
i' l'w Ide Drrrjuit rirUii'r
Tim riutadti 'i'i tnlitl Alnttiieiirn S cie
i ty lipid lla inialtrrl) ini'Ptilig on tli" III
, (' mat.
Ainonir tin ttmcep .iifa uf tl
H'M ipty
1 I it aa Ihuiighi Ik- i prrptro np'iiliou1
to the l.rijUl" o touiipil on the nul.ji'ct
f enforel' ibiilat of the I nlieilSiaiia
teaoei'' nir the iBImdUL'lliin. innnufit lur.
nil- -.xl lo ul liquor In Ihit Trrrlmry. ,
I ta thought tliat if the Legiilnturi' had i
power tugrnnl IIcpikp to iierinit it, lliey I
rarlttnly had mrr to rnl.ircp tho lu')fl
I'l'iigrraa to prohibit it, to long at tlua la
rut Indian Territory.
Tho 'tillon adopted and rirculaltil ia
nt followa:
To Ike IhnoraHf Council and
Itautrnj ltfirnriflil!r: :
Tl'" ttnderjigiU''l.,ilirrlii of Oregon,
pray your honoralile loly to paa a jaw
iiiliirrin;; '',o lav of the ('lilted Strtlia
winch prohibit tlir intrnlurumi, iiiniiufni'
luring, Olid rule uf ill! li iiliug li jAni .ii
I hia Trrnlory.
We mk for the pnagp of am Ii a 1 1
l'i proteet olllnhca nil fi llo" -i I'i. li
fiom the litiiiful "ml urriche I inllio m .
of thla fell deklrier.
ll i aeknnM lulled b; rrry rinlid
innti, nud proM'd lieymul n iloubl In lli"
einiiiplotd eery driiiiknnl, iuIh.' ri t il
lieleai, but nil nrtlcle producing tin
gtcalcsl of eila, Mich aa pot city, una.
pry, crime, ditciie end death.
Our atntutn luoka lire lionorcl m ill, n
law pmhiblilng gaming, puniihiog lli'
iilclit, Iho kidnapper, tint opj.rriiUi' jn it
cr and higlinny-iiiMttr ; ciimca ulilcli
ntir pelillourra fn'l nfritld ito not, 1 1 . r
liate, mid never "ill prodinc ai ni'it Ii
evil ni the onn nc ink ni lo j i r 'Wet i...
njtuinit
We prtv you lu ill. n.-itin'of hiiin.iini),
I r llm Ii mi r nii'l tinpji.i.rM . ..( our c i.li.
iiviii p'liiulrv, nnl in tu"! "I lli iiuti I
rtllt ll it ham iilri'inly. an I w
. 1 1 1 . 1 1 n suit fri in pi niutili .
mo' t as.
mg tliii nit. Ti pia l.ttts -nfircing
lhuu tif('uirrii4ti)pr(ihiliit it.n idlnpro.
met llio lnli'IerriiiT.iiit. lln ib-l. m ili ..
Ii i ni
iitilhir, tint 1's.p-istd fn'inr front its , In
triictlminliiieiiee.
tin million, IS win I. That n slmrl ttd
Irpaslothi'pilii'iniif Oi.'gonli.' prep.tri.l
iiiid fortvnrdid to the icvcr.il tutu r-t I'
l.ar . ' '
I'liouui.iou.
Havers! resolutions were presented and
tuslrUiti'd by appropriate remtika. 'i'he
aoclflty bat 10 main and an fciimlo namci
attached to Its pledge ; 1(1 of whom have. .
lint been cnnileuteil Willi nuy prct lulls no
clely or pleilgf In lota! alistliifnce.
lur wunt nf time I must defer I'i'pyiiij' !
further parliciil.iis of llili iiicetliig.'niiii
re.ilcst lliat yoit publith its much na nu
think will Im'uf Intercut tu llio cilicni of
Oregon ou this subjiel. I'hitve copied a ,
lilllo morooflho pmci cdiugi for ll." tire,
I'lililiill bill linto not liuiu to aend llielll
llio uiliiri'i' ii" ' 'xpteieii.
. II. liltAi . Sce'v.
i- i",,i vl,i 1 1, r..v r rLu
.ivi , orr y,
tin iiroKiio in make, wo hope you will 1..'!",!' nrl ''"'P "f nlcr front Iho cup of
. undid mid reflect iiiam llinttbiei'l woham ,
ii. vli..v. Von urn iiiiiloubleillv nnarn tifi
thuvll'et t and Inllucnco iulovicullng ilriuka
hum iimu very many ol our beat cilieus.
on linvu bill In plitco mursclf in n neigh,
luring Mttlo to too nil llm hrncliw that
can possibly rexiilt from llio free nud tin
rcstruiupd distribution of iutoxlc.uling 11.
ijuots. And with the Ihrcu years putt ex
perii'iicu on till" subject, wo ttk candidly
tvluit him Ihu'ii llio rcatill 1 How many
fortune think oti huvo liecn actulrrtl u
Dteaiin of Ihis article ( un um oilier nan
Imtv many think you have been toil T
II 'W mniit milli"ti of dollar Innf f
OREGON SPECTATOR
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I hv
tvhllo
our fi-llmv.flilr.ens for this I
i.. ii i..-. ..r i.tif.. i.
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Uliil Ivlilit. WM IVnlil.l tiklf. I llm liMiiAfiftlkt
II III' Mill,.', III VfHHIUIIIII I
1 lentil tif nil Ihiseippiidilurvf Han ll rn.
jnblid u l'i nmko our omu, or our neigh.
I Ii-u'k family morn iviinfotlable our own
nr our r.plghbor'a lioino nioro agreeable,
nr farm nnrr productive 1 If ll Ilia, let
lit conlluuo In us anil rncouragii lla Im
Iruditrll'iii and tain lit this Territory, tint
If n"l, lit in by llm mice nfihlt froo imi.
' 'li' slow ihal 'n nr.t frrn Indeed. Wo
f" I assurtd, llim m long as legislators,
i'Iio-.cii liy tlm people, anil of high aland.
, lug in wn'iL'ly, continue. Id liccnM llili traf.
I fiic, jittt i"i long II will Irtul to .shield lliia
li'irrllili' ln rrum publiu odium, mil per.
I'lii.-itn jl by prpaontlngforit a legal jut.
1 tilii'itil'in. Ami jiiai ' Ions at men lay
I In n lint claim to morality and retpectt.
, (J,i If I, ,.. ,u I..J l,v nv one.
tli" itni.it nniriini il at llic r(k of lol.
tint a t'twvl uml h liiili'aonli' law. AW. aa
'rlllriia, will nut Mill the rlak of Iravlnir
"iir vhil'lreii Iho wrrtch'd inheritance
(Iiirilv, tnlicry and aliilHo), of a drunk
ii father by countenancing Ita manufac
ture nr aaln in any manner or form,
(Millie up then, frllow.cititena, to our
lnli, iiimI let lla pray our I.rgMaturc to
, nllti T"trrt, uixl Torcter altlcM u from
iliii Miuiriti' "f on r ipeclra. Ily the wiar
'' , nrtaof our l.rgMMora, wi are protected
1 in life, limb mid properly. They protect
mi limn gaining, iiuriui).', anu oijinr minor
nlli'iitea ino iiiiui'iroua lo mention ; crimea
that da not in any country prrnluce at
much aulIWIng all c iiiliinrd a ia pro.
Intel b) ll;ii ono nrtiuln; llm grim molt.
ler pniticteil Un htiinm throne by I.e
L'niaiioii. ni.tn we it-rinii or cnunie.
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, imni'f In tiny maiiiier Ihit rrliniual making
iiii- , no'
la it not well known that our I.ejlita
Ion apriul three. fourtha of their time in
pn paring Una lo puniih critninala, and
ioi'iip I ho I'ltiitirti tlutt inaket them f
Hltll et'eiile permiltcd lo teak oflhe
Kllo,chniii,llic j(ilVn,lhp tlnuhoute,
llie dungeona, atid the penitentiarlet, to
nhoss rning hi'lghta and hungry walla,
the makera and vunlcra of lliia pniton aro
nut llio recruiting aergeanta. "
Timu will not permit uato ipeak of the
lieldt turned lo watte of hornet deterted
of hcarllia detolatol and hope forever
iuln:iMruaitl nlltiaibnriie1.- '
Sh'all tho nlo of ardent spirit at a
drink U'trenlrd in Legislation at a tlrtue
or it t ice I lu tlio iIucumIoii of lliia iiiei.
Unit, to u great extent, hangt the rutlleai
.liiliny if coiinlleia inillioni.
1 A Mut'ii. I.uvi: I.i TTr.u The follow
iiigit'lnilrabti' bit atthntetoip.nii'k atvaina
wliolii'lulg" iiiniipxlrat.igant prialignlily
of IioiiiciI ttordt ainl li perlitical phrava,
u In ii ali!rpMiig Iheir ilutciiieai, vie take
from llo- AI'tTiltcii (Miii.) Independent.
Sin Ii a nc't piico of satire ought tub''
prcsi'ivtd
; April I, I.Ml.
, Moil Iriiiiicendcnt and curegioua Mii
would Ihat my n-ii were iduiked fnim
the w ing of nu nngi'1 and dipped iu the
lypi o n rainl'.iw ; thru iniijht I enpect
in I'uiiu nip otiiiiin;' iirigntnris oi iimi
ilini'uh'ch thy tb iiliug i lUPiicf his
ctit.-iii.lleil. Tli-Hi fiin.lK-aiu nl'aontimcnt
vim m "iil'l't 1-1 iu -deity thy mire fa
.is giiillPiti tlm lint Mtriuigi'1 nn inr.tnl'a
driiiiiili) step light .is ihe ailkeit ritnl
plijr wliuli I'tuiitil tilth tho ningaiil
pprfii'itn the new born utr.i,li, tlxiif
. c,. ii w,( liiiih.ttili. itul.it from .t n-r.
Jliiii ii 'u--r Iiih tir. like liven ro-
bud, iiihiipiipiI hj lite hmiey dew of nf. tioin, graccl'ui,'kwiminlng, like the gei
fp"'tmn thy lei lb lire Miow.llalps ael in f waft urea of n binl's wing in tho au,
n lil of M-rl-eni Ihv words ,tm likcinlr: In her Ii Mir... ll.,lit. idi.rlnt.
drupa nfiiiiiVr. Spit pint of camphor '
diiubln r nc of hiiiniipnthy aoiir.
kmul of m hope nueo of my thnnghtt
bullerinllli
!;eatiiiol liticy tiger liny ol
iiimvi'iicn Idi!hi.I of iiprfi'i'iion than
,url iho julep of mv ilrciiins glnger.pop
'of mv wnking ilons and cherry.lmunro
:nd ilnm " Aleoi my rpcoiicction. lliou
an as linrmlt'as as n tiger handaotno at
mi fit plianl melmlloin as a lion meek
tho liyi'im spnltnl at Jemea' black
Iiotindii bright ua the struggling ay ol
"Iiiicriug, nut'.".ing sunlighl, paaiiug tho
morml cracks tf n harnloll, or a greased
Mrcak ol blue lightning churned to con.
rdsteiipy in the milky.whey nud pppHrpd
with n ahotver of turnip tops, t'Oiiieta and
j'crcia.ii tuna front the ortnl of cternlly.
I'hoii t'lilon of my mill pickled pinup.
i" "i mv nope prcicrwu rrnu in tne
.iianlfii llcsiieride. Thy ulanco ia
inelliug mold luiltor lu'huuimer lime
",'" B"1"' or m' J",u" " ""'"" P"-P'
I lc' HKEliORV
l.t.Np inn Kojmitu. Tho Now York
corriaainilcnl of llm I'hiladelphia Inuul.
rer Kuyt lluil a gpiiilcmaunf thai city hat
ojleretl, Ihul if Kossuth will iuiIocI Nuw
York at his placo of roaiiionvo and exile,
ho will give him it deed for one hundred
acres nt beautiful land in the vicinity of
Ihat city. It is probnhlo (says Iho wrllor)
Ihat tho hrnvc Mugyar' will accept, and
bufurulong be among us.
OCT (Vuipanies are fuming to go to the
hljintilli !i'ld mint i. Orrfion Nvcf-inr.
TTZJT Transit
"Wntwam Ihe Xfur at
Oregon City, (0, T.,) 'lhureday, January 23, 1851,
r.r rzszrmi
From Ilia Nrw York Huodajr Tlnwja
A Kemauce ol Iho MckwMlil
Oil, AN IM.IIir.NT IN AUKANHA8 Mri
I lull never foruol my (irat vllon of
III Mcnton. it waa in llio ootirt-houto
at Mulu Knak, Arkaiiua, iu the tumrarr
ofl H3 1 , 'I'l.o occaalou itaolf ioarloil a
terrible lnlcrpt,rwrll ctlcjlalcd to fix In
Ilia memory all III circumttanccf . A vaal
ooncouiae ol xcttor liail MarmbleJ to
wilncaa the trial of a young and very
beautiful girl on an liiJicltnant for mur.
ilor. The judge waited al the moment for
lira aherliTto bring in hie priaontr.and Ihe
eyea of Iho linpailaiil inullituda eagerly
watoliod llio door for lite cipeoled adrept,
when auddenly a (tranirer entered, whoae
romarkable appearance rlreted unitrertal
TiPP
lie
attention
aeourtlel
A'M
Ileo le nil porlrait, done u
lw .. Mn .. .L.i.l. I. -
ire I all,' lean, tlnewy.aodairalahirrThs quetllonltTmmaterial and lrrel-1
M an arrow': a brow iniatiro, mtrinir and
tmoollt a nolithed marble, ioMraeoled by
a large blue rein forked like Iho tongue
oi a ecrnent j eyea reUdlan yellow, retera
tiling a wrathful cagle'a u brilliant, aa
fearfully piercing ; and finally, a moulb
lilit. cold and incerlntt the Urine em.
ludluictil of unbreathed aurora I He waa
habited in leather, ornamented, after Ibe
J fmhlon of Indian coetume, with bead of
ovory color In the rainbow.
Klbowing hie way proudly and alowly
through Ihe throng, tod aeentingly elto
gelher unconaoloua Ihat he waa regarded
aa a plicnonieitoa that needed eiplanalieo.
Tho aingutar being adtaTnced, and, with
iho haughty air of king taking hie
i throne, totted himeelf within the bar.
crowded aa il waa With iho ditciplea of
woto ami iiiacKaioneA ecrcrai ol witotn, II
waa known, cateemudlhomtclret far tu.
perior to ihoao old and faatout mattera.
Tlio contratt between iho diadainful
countenance and oullandiah garb of llio
, 'IIHHKSI U.blllll FIIKViai r ma iiaiumiT Ul
ll.H... HV.illaJ .kjI. II .. .I.a bIILII!...
I .. . .. . r . .
i the uuyert. ana iho lun or membera bo.
gtn a auppreaacd tiller, whloh toon grew
louder anil awept around the circle. Tbey
iluubtleta tuipoed Ihe Intruder to be
'tome wild huntar,of the mountalna, who
, ha J ncrer before teen lite interior of, a ball
.of jualioe. v-.
Intlanlly tbahfaute and object of lb
laughter ucrcelved il. Tumtoa hit bead
ftradually, to at to gireeaca laugher a
ook of infinite acorn, he ejaoulatail lb
tingle word " Savant"
No pen can describe ibe untoaakabla
intlice, tbo defiant force whioh be ikraw I
I Into that term ; no language can fcrwj
iUU al""" " -4wa - i at, aa m BtajtaaaKtaaaaBaBti wai aaatn
tLnUyeioeeaJaxIawUaper. BttttWtiliMa)!
ccntf'i every letter aa ir It were a eepa.
rato ciniulon of lire that ecorcbed bit
.. . .-..
inhering lip", laying lmrriblo emphatit
on tho a, both al Ihe beginning and end of
Iho word "tavagea!"
It wat a miicd round, intermediate be.
Iw ecu the growl of. o. red tiger and thobitt
of a ratlleanake "Sataget!" Il cured
etery body of a ditpoiition to laugh.
The general gaze, however, waa then
ilitcrU'd by llio Hiltent of tho fair priwn
cr, who came iu mrrounded by Iter guard.
Tliu apparition wat enough to drive even
a cviiiu mad, for hore wat a ttvlo of beau.
ty in bowildcr llio lamett imagination and
agination and heart a gleaming pi
I enameled ith ftro and lid in a fri
nun inc. eoiuci noatt, leaving In nollilnt.
ung picture,
ramaof
gold from the tlnrt. It was the tpcll of
nn rnciiniitineiil tu no loll as well at ecen.
Vou miht fiel it In llio flashet of her
eoiiiitenanue, clear as tuullght, brilliant
ai tlm iris; in the elastic contour of
Hr ftoliirva, a.Miimetrical at if cut with
an aitiil'ii chicl j in her hair of rich
rinjjlcls, Hawing without n braid, toftcr
than ai, liner than goss.nnor ; in her
,-vt-t, blue as ihe heaven of noutli-irn turn.
i,IFr, laryp. ll.mid. drrninv In l.nr
aylpli'a nr n neriph'a; and more than all,
in U. cvvrlntliiiir umtlo of tho rosv litis.
,0 (rnn,t aorene, to liko starlight, mid
y t llirillinj tbo tout a a-abock uf cku.
tiietly
At the unforlunato "irl. to tastefully
dressed, so Incomparabio aa to personal
I'harmt, calmly look her place beloro Ihe
bar of her iuilso. n murmur of ndmlra.
lion a two from the multitude, which tha
prompt intorK)sitlon of the court could
scarcely repress I rout swelling into deaf
ening cheers. , The murmur wat follow
ed by a loud, unearthly groan from a toll,
lary bosom, at II tome, one in mortal an.
gniili. All eyra wcro centered on Iho
stranger, and all wcro struck with sur
prise and wonder, for hit ttaiurct writhed
ns If in lorliiasaj-torture that hit rain of
tears could nofltiuagc. nut what could
Im tho cause of his audden emotion f
Could any connection exist between him,
the apparently rude hunter, and Ihat fairy
girl, morn beautiful than a blossom of sum
mer, and in cuuntcnaiico, celestial aa a
star I
Tho judge turned lo tho prisoner
11 Kmnia llroenleaf, the court hat been in
formed Ihat your counsel, Col. Linton, It
sick, and cannot attend. Have you cm.
ployed any other ?"
She answered In a voice sweet aa Iho
warble of tho nightingale, and clear as
the song of Ihe tkylark :
" My enemiee have bribed all the law.
yvri, oven my own, to be tick ! but God
will defend the innocent !"
At this rritpouto. to touching iu ita aim.
tMrn lkea I'a wu.
tm'AiJfi
pA'patbot, a iorllon of tbajf audltorn buz.
wu appiaute, anu lite rcatwwrpi. un tne
.infant, however, the leather rnlcd tiran.
ger, whoto aitiect bad proviomlv cicilcd
to much merriment, oppronclied thepriv
oatr. and wlikfporeil Aomelhlng iu her ear.
She bounded'aevern indict from the fl-yjr.
f-4ri-5n:f
ullertd a wijd altriok, and then atood palo foro or tince, liitcncd to tuclt anpalllnf
and trembling, at if in the iirct?nco of a'denurciatiou. ll nat liko Joot aatle
gaM rrom tho grave. All, now could charging a flock or crowt. II wat liko
perceire that there mutt be tome myttcri.JJovo hlmaelf burling thnnderbolu in Ihe
om (Mantel Ion between, tho two, and the ' ahudderitlc eyea of inferior sexb. And
aatuRwd Ihe profound Internal of a
genuine romance. ThoMranseraddreaa.
d;lbecourt in accenla annolbu at the
tea of an organ t
If May It pleeao your honor, I will do.
Mllw Iwal riahlaoftho lady."
IJ.Wnali" exclaimed iho atlonUhed
lliai itavo . . " ... t"
etant," replied Ibe stranger, wiiuatneer,
" at your statute enuilet any person lo act
as counsel at iho request of a party?'
"Hut does Ihe prisoner reuuett it?"
asked tho judge.
"Let Iter apeak for herself," said tbo
stranger.
' I do," waa the answer, at a long drawn
sigh escaped ihat seamed to rend her very
heart-it ring.
" What Is your name, as it mutt be
Iilaced on the record T" interrogated tho
ud- -
" vrui uenton," said the ttrtngor.
The case ImtBediately progressed. We
will briefly ephotntss Ibe lubttanco oflhe
evidence. Abool twelve months previ.
ontly tha difcadaal bad arrived in tho
town and opened aacstablislunent of mil.
lipery. Residing In a small room back of
her shop, and alfalone, ahe prepared ihe
various a rticlea of bar trade with unwea.
ritd mil aad ooetummalo taste. Her liab.
its were secluded, modttt, and retiring ;
and henoe the tnlgbt have hoped to escape
notoriety, but Jfe the periloua gift of that
extraordinary baautv, which too often,
aad to iba poor ana friendless always,
proves a curse. "Bbe was toon sought af
ter by those gay fire.fiiee of fashion, the
business of whoso lilt, ererywbere, Is tc
ductlbn and 'ruin. But the beautiful
stranger rejected Iban alt alike with un.
uiiaraaM aoern aaa toaimng.
Arhasag these disappointed admirers wat
ooo of a character from which the fair
atlllaaer had avanrtbleg to fear. Hiram
Hpire baloatMd la a fcrsuly at onco opulent,
latniallal. d dhatpatad. He wat him.
ttrff Hatatlwta, Waw, and revengeful, and
MfaaMastyily
bat a a that be had mado
adratKee to win tne favor or the lovely
Rmma, and he bar shared tho foto of all
her other wooers a diadainful repulse.
At nine o'clock ou Chriatmaa night,
1833, the people of Lltllo Hock were star
lied by a loud tcream, at if tomo one iu
the favor of the lorel
mortal terror; while following that, with
hardly an interval, came aucccssite re.
port t of fire arms aa, two, three adoz.
en deafening explosions. They flew to'
the shop of tho milliner, whence ilia aouitil
emanated, and pushed back tho unfualcn.
ed door. A drtndful aceno was present,
cd. There the stood In tho centre ol the
loom, with a revolver in each ,luuJ, etc.
ry Parrel discharged, iter leaturct pale,
her eyes flashing wildly, and her lips
parted with an awful milo! Aral there
at her feet, weltering in his warm blood,
literally riddled with ahot, lay the nil.
dreaded duelist, Hiram Shore, gasping iu
tire last agony. Ho articulated hut a tin.
glo tunteiten :
" X.f, n,,rv1n"5l,,c1r.",'u ,.atn "'"
gone lh hell I -and tustaiitly expired.
In Ood s name, who did this I ' ex-
clamed the app.il ed apectators.
- , urn ii, m mo uwuiimi tin tier,
iiiatiiiiiofwilnes.'ti. ThoUt'.Imoiiv. closed
nn I the pleadings began.
l-'irM of nil, Powlcr, Pike, nnd liley,
spoke itt succession for tha pruiecullou.
They alioul viiunlly partitioned their cl,j.
Huiiicc hctwlMtho prisoner an I heruilvo.
catc, cmcring tho latter wllltcucli arens
tla nil, railcry and ridicule, u made it a
fiidllcr nf doubt whether he or his client
wat the parly then on trial. At to Don.
too, however, he teemed to pay not llio
"lightest attention to his opponents, but
remained motionless, with his forehead
b-jircd on hit hands, liko one buried iu
deep thought or in slumber.
When hit lime cnic, however, ho stitl
denly torong lo lilt feet, crossed Iho bar, f
nud took a position tilincnt touching the
foreman oflhe jury, lie then commenc
ed in a whisper, but iu n whisper tu wild,
ringing, peculiar, and indescribably dis
tinct as lo fill tho hall from tho floor to gal.
lories.
At the outset he dealt in pure logic, an.
alixlng and combining tho proven facts,
till tho whole matt of confused evidence
looked transparent aa a globe of crystal,
through which tha innoconceof his client
shone luminous at a tunbcain, while tho
jurors nodded to each other signs of thor
ough conviction. That thrilling whisper,
and concentrated argumont, and language
simple aa a child's, had satisfied Ilia de
mands of iho intellect, and this, too, In
only twenty minutet. It wat liko the
work or a mathematical demonstration
He then chanced .hi poaturu to as lo'
sweep the bar with hit glance, and, liko
mo. ... .u-r awcet, ii yr, uKceitit. ". w it to ,, ,eur(, in ,,;, c0,ccti;)1)i A
u,0 sao my honor! .,' lleman culled tl.ero on Moud ty to l.aVo i
,my Saeh a brief abstract of he csaciitUI ,ik(.IIf ,akc nn j hou, ,,,', !ca con
. L'lrelirnatanee". na demliiii.il in llii rviim. ' ., i .. . ..
. .. ... .... . ii-i "anvil, uvvaiiiL-
-li j;.
mij-';tif.v rj
?irrt
! the raging lion, ruiliil upon hft adrerta
ric. IcAilnit and rending their ohltlitrica
lino nioini. llli tallow loco giowou lino
rod hot iron, the forked blue vein awetlcd
and writhed on Iila brow, hit eyea rcacm.
mci urn coau. and die voice waa me
clangor o( a trumpeir I liaro nerer," be.
yet in tne mghett tempett or nit lory he
teemed wonderfully calm. He employed
no gesture aare one lit natu or a long,
bony fore-finger directly at Ibe palid face
of hit legal foet. He painted their ve
nality and unmanly batenee In ooale.
clng for money to craeb friendleta fe.
from ibe mBlthuae. ud aoiaa of twt Mrtw
panel cried " Sbamo I" And thus lb
orator had carried another point bad
a routed a perfect atorm of indignation
againtt the protecuton and tblt, alto, la
twenty minutet I ,
He ehangedftie tbemo onceTinore. Hit
volco crew mournful at a funeral dirgo
and Ida eyea filled with leara, aa he traced
a vivid picture -of man' orueltlea and
wemtn't wronffa, trltb tpaclalavplrcatiooa
in tho case ofitia client, (HI half lb attdi
enoe wept Ilk children.
nut ll waa in ma nerorauon inai no
reached the zenith both of terror and tub.
limit v. Hit fealurei wcro livid a tboea
ofacorpte; hit very balr teemed to ttand
on end hit nerves thook as with a palty ;
he toetetMiit hands wildly towarda hear,
en, eaclj finger tprrad apart and rjulver.
log like the llameofa candle, aa be cloted
with tbo laat workt of tho deceased Hiram
Shore " Tell my mother I am dead and
none to hell ! Hie emphatit on the word
kill embodied the elements of all horror.
It was a wail of ImmeaturaUa despair a
wffd bowl of infinite torture- No lan
guage can depict its eflcctton all who
heard It. Men groaned, women thricked,
and on poor mother wat borne away in
crovuUlons. The entira speech occupi
ed but an hour.
ine jury renaereu a verutci oi -boi
guilty" without ltarina tho bos, aad
three tremandoua cbeets, liko tucottsiv
loara oi an eanuquane, artooK ttt conn.
Itoute from donte to coroer-ttons, testify
ing the joy of Ibe people. Al the earn,
moment the beautiful milliner bounded to
her feet and clasped the triumphant advo
cate in her arm, exclaiming "Qa. my
..... .. I awT-aWaiThutbtmil V'
Denton tmikrd, seised Iter band,'(rhka.
pereu a word in her ear and the two leu
the bar together, proceeded tolbo ItDdiog,
and embarked on a atcamboat bound lor
N'ow Orleans. It tcemt that tkov had
previously parted on account of lilt cause,
icit jealousy, after whioh the had mum.
cd a lalte name and came to Little .'lock
How he learned her danger, I could ncv.
ier ascertain.
They retumcl to Texas. Tho hus.
band was a colonel in the revolution, and
escaped itt perils only to fall tho next year
iu a terrible fieht with the Camanches.
A new couutv in tho cross-timber, a
county of wild wooda romantic at hit own
clotucncc, and or tun.bright prairie beau
, liful at hit own Emma 'a tweet face, com
. inemoratct hit name tho name of a trans,
cendant star that set loo toon, which else
had now been the first luminary in Iho
olil!eul sky of Texas, If tut in tho circle
of tho wholo Union, for ho was nature's
' Ucmoitlienc of the western woods!
l.ovx jit Fiiit SmtiT.-lMlie n rich
I Bfl-air camc o(T n, Mr, CooIlls D3,.ucrr0.
un ,,, ycerj,y, Mr, c,
,,fll, and accomplished ladv wnKasaistt
.i... .. bu, ..... ...j ,. .... .i.."...
nttuo cnamorcil. lie
I iirpaiiio, uuwevur, nniioui uocia .tog mt
i ..... i . . . .:?.,. . . . .
i passion, tuu'Klng tlmt "absence miglit
con.iucr love," but all to no purpose
il.icli succeeding iniiiuto and hour only
adileil lucl to tlio llamc, until ho could
ln..ir it no longer. Her imago was gra.
ten en his heart her form tlilled before
his vision, sleeping or waking, and ho
on yostcMay, he returned, and fori,'
nun i-ii nt.i.'uii ur a uuiu stroke. Airtti.
that, like many another lover, hit heart
might rjcl into his throat and chnko him,
no Iiti prepared a note, in which ho pour
ed forth hit feelings to hit "dear girl,"
which he delivered In propria rtona to
her. The titter astonishment nCttiA la.lv
wat only exceeded by her amusement at
its contents. The poor homhre waa igno
ram tno wat a married woman nlreadv.
or no wouiu not nave put lilmseltto all the
trouble ho had with her. &m Franciico
Consolidation or I'niLADKoriiu. A
largo mcellngof tho cltixcns'bf 1'liiludel.
phia hat been held, presided over by the
ex.Secrctary oflhe Trcusury, Mr. Xlere.
dilh, at which resolutions were adopted,
declaring it lo bo tlio duty of the Pennsyl
vanla Legislature to pass a law incorpora.
ting Philadelphia with enlarged bounda.
rirt, which shall Ineludo tho nine munici
palities nnd suburban districts, or llio
wholo of I'hiladelphia county, in a single
city, wllh a suitable frarrye of government.
OCrA company of some len persona con
template startinc from Orouou Citv for the
States about the first of March.
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a State, aslt fast
H9tt Bfla IMVOnM
to lb honor and beaeiiaf
tbotjgh foaVlMff faa
by her yovngnr aistor,
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of tli world, yet
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cartaialy ( tb fmimt
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lhal have Mawsatd wtMri
ttisna.rlaber atW aM'wiaar.'.
wdl ba-laber Maraat
Ida lUa'haat IsuaMd-lal
srUali sraaisW i'tfaaasal.al
alrMtt arswlbyoal Ibr Ml
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&f Waaajs asWaMRfVaM 1t JIQfBM
net IUWraW.aVJIMgJaa I
lb rail brttiaaadliisst
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aad ohie wWeh tber el
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Isetn. all
town. TTe fcrtner
newtpaper, those ssaMfaaf aMM
on tha march of ehiiiaatbiM d
Every weak
new placet it ircreasiaav
ol Iniercommunicatiaa atewbag '
business which demand saeh
Steamers aro running aaoa bar
waters, canals are k ptteaea af
tlon. and rail road ar ia avtl
with fair proseeou of aaaltaavj
greater ttlliof repayiaf wail Ar tM.
venmeni.
Oresoa, however. I
country, and moat rrlaaatallr
on her resoursjea ia ihat Ha, Par,
and prosperity. Lt IMfi
vsiop tness under a mrnrnmr fj
and patrooiaias; ovaraaaaai it
ton and at home, and lb tlata ,i
long before ah saay bold. op
wllh the blithest. Vet tb has
in other resource. Iba Mk'1!!
quite a-maralitno Stale. Malta I
dant mean for beeocawf ta tb I
what Maine ia to the, AHa
buililinj Siate. She may bo i
ho may engtgo largely ia II
outtnest. nearer inaa pa
oflhe United States I lb I
ed WtiSAei-lWd the
some respecti she may yett
ly to stand tno tirsl in titia
ncss. (
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on tho Klamath and other's! renm ttajriafi "
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believing that al least soma potliMf to. r
IViSaVs II7II SIH lliani. IKsMBsJTBBj bbbbbt .. I
territory arc as rich in ll: preWaj,pik
aa our own. Oregon it improvlrsgilaWba, f:j
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tends to make a good State.' Mwtaaniw, ;ii(
or fout; good newspapers, lyyeHt.aa sta .,
iirinolpal towns, and is fiilty MtsWaai,'
in earnest. Success to beraeT iWrWalt ,
thycltlient. Whatever tend WhtsBl
rcss ana true giory win mw wan
scs in iter titter an Dsaaaaer,
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Largn FilfGn, t.aarsf ..
jat.uavu,atoiuieroi uasrsv
80 years, oflhe town of Oail
hail a grand family ra-atafeaVil j
a lew uava ano. Mr, u. M I
of ace. and aa lively andi
any of her grand-oalMrw.
present ai ine iea-vase, 1 1
artn.tn-iaw. na.gran.
children-In-law, aad 111
dren la all, W.
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