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—Dec. 14.—Mr. Mason's resolution
iVA of a Special Committee erf
r investigation of the Harper's Ferry invasion
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>{t V?.'ai!c, of Ohio, sua that at first it was
sot !"i purp-'-e to speak on the resolution. He
* .4: h:-: mind, when thei resolution was in-
ti. that he would Tote for it, not on ac-
;! in-, enefit he supposed would result
.3. ior he- thought it would probably have
.f • creasing in Virginia the exeite-
vruch ilready seems to be sufficiently
there, it least for all practical purposes ;
ifcut in thin resolution was the whole subject of
«unwvev-y iKtween the Northern and South-
<rn :■«.* ami as the slavery question had been
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and allusions made to him person-
•,vvi essential for him to make a reply,
■to iesire to get up frequently to speak
c; >-t hackneyed subject. He had not
!„". n • r '.'i ward ia thrusting himself before
rh ' S-'iii.V1; H it when measures of great imper-
ii t- r 1 11 •"■> pressed, he had been compelled
.jv. hi- \ ''ws. It was said by the mover-
01 this r !i-r: n, 3Ir. Mason, that one gwt
object > i to elicit the state of Northern
frtiic- respcing the invasion at Harper's
I'Vrry.
Mr Mw desired to coirect the Senator;
:hat assdrn;
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e course of this debate, but it wxs
ension. What he said was, that
r sscertain from what source Brown
funds and counstjl that led to the
I had reason to believe that they
irom the New Kngland States,
ie continued. For the barest of
u- great party to which he ( Mr.
;ed, had be'°n charged with coni-
1-. affair, but he treated the charge
• d contempt, li had been so en-
;ined that it now fell on his ears
ig him a single emotion, but he
le effect 0*' such; a charge would
,rt of the country where jealousy
regsrd to the acts and motives of
*'r • 1. • regarded John Brown as insane,
m-1 nators to discriminate between the
y. h acts. If the State of Virginia
i at this incursion into her territo-
t it ! uurder of her citizen1?, what were
ti >f the Northern men a few years
, ■( elations and friends had gone into
n ur ■■ territory, and formed colonies
and feeble, scatteri d th rough that
'• :-i-.r- Then they found that it wax the
: 'x-era* rpose of a great, powerful and ali-
i • • • - t rty to drive them out, or coerce
t :• T.i alienee under institutions which
t.f _ •,!■■! d fr' tn the bi'ttom of their souls.
I1:. / riven out. They were murdered
< 1 —their property^was destroyed
'i. ■■ i. id to Congress for redress, and they
<a ' i <uIts here instead ot sympathy.
1 e this, I state what I da know,
ment did at least connive at that
->pirator^ who, among themselves,
-i": ith arms belonging to the Govern-
- ! led that peaceful territory, took
f the ballot-box, and drove citizens
he polls. I>rove them awr.y from
vsio^s, and exercised tyranny over
;t that took place a good way off,
t create the same excitement as when
transaction comes nearer home. In
•nit, the onry attreretace netwecu mat
nis was, that in the case of the Kan-
n it was made with no other purpose
produce slavery there at all hazards
wlo ce of arms; whereas old John Brown
xr! *: ;aen, with alike unlawful purpose,
5" - v to extirpate slavery from the State
' • ' 1- t ia. The free State men then got no
m:;- , >n from this Government, but one
n :•! used this language : " We will s«b-
d>it . it. —you are traitors We will han<x e\-
of you." Mr. Wade said that he did
£ ' ack to those things fqr the purpose of
i! f .1 g John Brown and his crew in the in-
i- >; rf Virginia, but only tjo show why it. is
r • men of the free States to a consider-
, ; nt do sympathize with this old hero,
la arkest hour of Kansas, when her rights
* in peril, and everything looked srlooniv
;!i • id the Federal ^Government fai'ed to
■ ; in her behalf, then it was that old
• appyartd on the stage of action, ann-
elf as well as he might, and commetic-
' <! fhut justice to himself and fellows that
' i rnoient denied. He did it with a he-
1 determination that challenged admi
n> his friends and even respect from
iefl. He dr^vc the border ruffians
Territory, and conquered a peaee
^ believed that Brown was maddened
enes of blood he hnd witnessed in
or he did not think any sane man on
j:ld have undertaken the enterprise.
>vcr seen a single person who justi-
"i's raid, for the Northern people do
: thize with crime. He then procced-
1 to Mr. Johnson's criticism of the
an party.
'' lde said he was not one of those who
J 'hat all the slave-h*.dders are deeply
He knew how habit and customs
ifc'j feelingsof men. Washington him
slave-holder, but he expressed him-
ties that the institution might be abo-
■ <ome means? How long would he
to remain in Virginia now, and
- sti' ii declaration* ? He had been accns
* decaoocing the Union, he would like to
*; >w bad done «o.
Mr 0
* man any where if fhe had such a
R"r 'onld hesitate to kick bim out at once
n "jvp. done with, liim, meaning such apart
\SS rif ^0ut^-
^ j _ a^e admitted that he did make apret-
*' lCf: sP®cch, but did not think his lang-
v "<1 w^ctly reported.
r asked why he did not discover it
QLARKSYILLE, RED RIVES CODNTY, TEXAS, SA
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r qnoted from the speech of Mr.
ia when he said that 'this pretend-
t lotii wus all meretricious. There was not
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when it waa quoted here,
e. I am not in the habit of retract-
addreas the House. He Repeated what he had
said, i that the man who indorsed Helper's book,
containing insurreotionary sentiments, and in-
tended to sow the seeds of discord, and strife,
and civil war, was not lit to be Speaker, or a
member of this House. The gentleman from
Virginia, (Millsm,) the other day, went fur
ther, and said that such a man was not fit to
live; yet the Republicans received this remark
as mute as fishes, and gentle as lambs, and
they must regard this observation from him,
not as a menace, but sober truth.
He had been served with a uotiee from the
Republican side, that they were determined
not to listen to any further remarks from him.
For this he did not care He would tall them
that the country held its breath in suspense,
and listens to the slightest word whioh falls
from the lips of gentlemen here present. This
I n ion had been threatened. He occupied a
position of neutrality; he was not a Northern
man, and had no sympathy and very little good
feeling for the North ; he was bound to it by
no ties whatever, except the strongest of all
ties, a common language, a common country.
Least of all was he a Northern man with South-
ern principles ; he was a United States man,
with United States principles.
He was for giving the South all that belong-
ed to it—the Fugitive Slave law, the right to
slavery in the Territories, and whatever rights
the Constitution confers. Our fathers mad«
this compact, and he would yield to it, not a
grudging, but a ready obedience in all its parts.
(Applause.)
He vas not a pro-slavery man, nor a non-
pro slavery man, but had a serene indifference
on the subiect. He thought he occupied the
constitutional ground of our fathers, ia whose
days the people were animated by a patriotism,
and had not, a* Some hare now. an anti-slavery
God, an anti-slaverv Biblcj, and an anti-slavery
Constitution. He avowed himself a Western
man by birth, sentiment and education, while
at the fame timet he avowed himself a Consti-
tutional man.
He said Mr. Corwin had been detailed to
lead, the forlorn hope of the Republicans, and
to be shot down at the Malakoff—he could nev-
er conquer.
The next census would show that the valley
of the Mississippi has a majority of the peonle
of the country, who wouid administer a govern-
ment for the benefit of all the people. They
have lent themselves ioo long to the North to
make a cause against slavery and help to fight
for Northern masters, who, if successful with
Seward or any other Republican, would divide
the spoils among themselves. They would not
listen to the voice of patriotism. Let them he
governed by self-respect: 1 >t them lay aside
their fanaticism, and he Western Sectioualists.
lie despised them as much for their servility
to the North, as they could despise servility in
others to the South.
Mr. Vallandigham said he came now to
speak of a painful and difficult subject, disu-
nion, whioh had become as familiar as the most
ordinary word of salutation. There was not a
day but what they heard the croaking ot the
raven and the mournful and dirge-like wail.
He was against disunion now and forever.
He held to one Union, one Constitution, one
destiny, which could not be fulfilled except as
a united people, and by the immediate total
and unconditional destruction of tho sectional
and an i-slavery party. (Applause.)
Wasuihoton, I>ec. lfi.
Ittmsr. Mt, Dwuliam, of fc5outH (/aTolinft,
said the whole country were anxiously watch-
ing the aspcct of affairs here, and inquiring
why we did not elect a Speaker. The rea. ia
was, that the majority of the House were un
wiUing to place in that chair an indorse of the
infamous Helper book, and deem themselves
justified in resisting his election by all fair and
honorable means. He had nothing to say a
gainst Mr. Sherman personally, hut ref m<!
to him politically ; and "*ordially assented to
the resolution thar neither he, nor any other
man who indorsed Helper's hook, was fit to be
Speaker. He believed it was a fatal error when
the Missouri Compromise was accepted by the
South, for it has only encouraged Northern
aggressions against slavery.
He referred to Mr. Hickman as a renegade
to his party, when he voted for the (riddings
motion to reject the Senate bill for the admis-
sion of Kansas. E^ery on" supposed he would
finally land on U e Republican si<l<>, although
he lias since claimed to he 4 Democrat His
vote yesterday for Mr Sh^rtn^n settled the
qneeti^n that he is "o longer a Democrat.
It had been sought to elec$ a Speaker bv the
plurality rule, which h" believed unconsfitu
tional, for the rea°on that nos>c but a majority
could elect a Speaker. It had been said that
there were precedents for its adaption, but the
circumstances were different then from what
they arc now. Mr. Banks had not refused, as
had Mr Sherman, to repudiate the infamous
teachings of Helper's hook for the abolition of
sla-verv and for insurrection.
In reply to Mr. Hickman, be said that the
South claimed to have the right to carry slave
ry into the common Territories, and have it
protected, like other property, bv Territorial
law, and not refusing to afford that protection
bv positive hostile enactment. The South,
while denying the right of Congress or of the
Territorial Legislature to abolish, prohibit, or
establish slavery in the Territories, claim that
it is the duty of Congress and the Territorial
authorities to protect it while there.
He replied to Mr. Nelson more " in sorrow
than in anger." and refuted the common ^ant
that President Jackson put down nullification
He also defended South Carolina and her course
at that period. That gentleman (Mr. Nelson)
had spoken of the Union as more important
than th" Constitution, but those whom he (Mr.
Bonham) represented, look to part of the Con-
stitution as more important than the Union
The gentleman from Pennsylvania, (Mr.
Hickman ) had spoken of forcing the South
buck into the Union, should she prefer to re-
tire. But whenever it is found expedient to
do so, the Union no longer exists. He said,
without hesitation, on the election of Mr. Sew-
ard or any other man who indorses his claims I
United States Senate, once deemed a safeguard
by the South ba* b^-en lost, and Northern pre-
ponderance will be still further increased by
the admission of other new 8tates. Nothing
is now left between the South and her assail-
ants but the Democratic party and the Consti
tution of the United States, as expounded by
the Supreme Court. The abolition party in
the North failing to reach slavery in the South
by direct legislation, have sought to overthrow
it by insurrection, and by poisoning the public
mind North, and by keeping up constant theft
and robbery on that species of property at
the South, scattering incendiary documents
throughout the land, and have elevated to of-
fices cf the highest public trust, men who pro-
claim that there is an irrepressible conflict be
tween slave and free labor. He was no disu-
nionist, but would ask, was there to be a limit
to the assault on the South ? Were they to
bow their necks like conquered provinces '(—
be despoiled of their property without redress ?
If the Union is to be preserved, there must
be a cessation of these wrongs on the South.
He proceeded to reply to Hickman's remarks
about the South violating the compromises,
denyiug the charge, saying that for forty years
tiic South had remonstrated again and again,
and have all the time been yielding their con-
stitutional righto. The Constitution was form-
ed by Northern and Southern men; when it
was signed the former had the right to sell
their slaves in the Southern States; they did
so, and Southern meu had kept their slaves
and purchased those of Northern men. The
Northern men took the money received for
their staves and invested it in houses, lands,
merchandise, and commerce, and to this day
they have that property and profits, and yet
turn round and denounce the South because
they retain the property sold them by the North;
at ihat time the ring of the cash was dearer to
their hearts than the clang of bondsmen's
chains was oppressive to their consciences; that
if there be iu that burning lake, where hissing
serpents and fiery dragons torment the damned,
a place more fiery than all the rest, it should
be reserved for those Northern fanatics who
would seek to scatter the seeds of sectionalism
among brothers and friends, and with the torch
ot the incendiary in one hand and the dagger
of the assassin in the other, would invade ev-
ery capital and nation, and amid its fallen co-
lumus exult in the desolation they had caused;
that unless t he North ceased invading the rights
of the South they would be prepared to meet
them at the cannon's mouth. For the last for-
ty years they had submitted to these things for
the sake of the Union, although smarting un-
der ten thousand wrongs. There was not a
man in his district whose heart wouid not bleed
to hear the knell of the Federal Union They
wore tor the Union with the Constitution. Un-
less this was preserved, the Union was worth-
less, and Woise than worthless. It was time
to talk plainly, and he wanted no more dodg-
ing or subterfuge. He said that tho North
bad raised a tempest it cannot control; it has
overleaped the Constitution and laws of the
land, and he doubted that the regrets express-
ed on that side were sincere about the Harper's
Ferry raid, and predicted that the promise to
the ear would be brokeu to the hope; that as
the representative of a Cod fearing, Union-
loving, law-abiding people, he entered his so-
lemn protest against the ten thousand wrongs
committed 011 the South. He charged the Re-
publican party as being the cause of the dan-
gers b^w hunp{ic£ over the country.. Ho was
110 alarmist and no disuniouist. For the Union
he would peril his life; but if the shock must
come, and it the fell calamity was upon them,
he wanted to see his native South stand on tho
constitution of his country, and like one man
stand upon the defence of its rights.
more wonderful than the mam-
moth cave.
Dr. D. Talbot, in commencing a series of ar-
ticles for tho Fort Wayne Times, iu regard to
the Wyandotte cave, makes the following com-
parison between Wyandotte and Mammoth
eaves :
Wyandotte cave one of the most extensive
and remarkable in the world, is situated in
Crawford County, Indiana, about tweuty-tive
miles below New Albany, on Blue r'ver. I
n.ive called it a remarkable cave. The Mam-
moth cave of Kentucky has hitherto been de-
signated as the greatest known cave in the
world, it may startle your scientific reader to
be^r me assert the fact that ttiere is one stal-
agmite aLue in Wyandotte cave more massive
than all the stalagmites and stalactites in the
Mammoth cave put together. This eave 1 have
surveyed' and mapped a distance of twenty
miles in length, and there arc numerous ave-
nues. 1 have never penetrated to their end,
although I have visited the cave for scientific
anu other purposes, over a dozen different times,
spending 011 one visit four days and nights
wituin its darksome halls.
The Mammotti Cave is distingaished more
for its vastness than its beauty ; the Wyandotte
for its great extent, its mammoth hall, its lofty
ceilings reacuing frequently to the height ot
267 teet, and especially for its numerous and
natural fountains, which almost continually
meet the eye in every direction. A portion
ot this cave has been known and visited for
over forty years. This portion is about three
miles in length, and is termed the Old Cave,
in ISoO a new door from within the old cave
was discovered, which extended the eaves uni-
ted to about twelve miles in extent. In 1853,
| a still newer discovery ot ingress was acciden-
tally made, which has added eight or ten miles
thereto and disclosed a plan of formation more
extensive aud more beautiful than heretofore
known. The eave contains every kind of for-
mation peculiar to the Mammoth and other
eaves, besides some very peculiar and unique
formations found only in Wyandotte Cave.
The Grand Duchess Marie.—The Paris
correspondent of the New York E.ening Post
writes :
The Grand Duchess Marie, sister of the
in- in e " Iiauib 01 reiracfc- • aru or aujr timer man wuw muuina uib cibiiuh | ,, . * . —
litertJiiT *n enemy the speech was and holds to thesentimente declared by Mr. 8., }^9C. Emperor of ^Russia, has justgone to
T reported; it was done not- by a friend, call the party by what name you please, he was
Mr fiM M?y *°. Republicans • in favor of immediate disunion, and he thought
',IU7 ° "*■ per support- he spoke the sentiments of his entire State.
iSK lii« ^' 8aw it in a news
Mr w^e,e ** h'gbily commended How then could it be e.\pectcd that South
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was at the time alln- em gentlemen will consent to the election
Compeigne. She and her suite have been 00-
cupying one en I of the Louvre Hotel. One
feature ot her domestic arrangement was uni
que. She was the widow of the Duke of Leu-
'• chtenberg when she married her present bus
s ® Km>1 6 '^ktion in consequence of affairs Mr. Sherman, who comes here reeking from a Joung officer who pleased her, but in
' tan - ' an(* manner tin ~
OTowif-r, -r® pro-slavery the pollution of doctrines adverse to Southern t * use v®ln8 r*n royal nor noble blood.
-* Mik«jL .-*ere in. the removal of interests The resolution of Mr Hark, of Mo., j er a e5' e a , ^peror Nicholas, was
6- r?®*nction, Ac., and then he de- was proper under these circumstances, and he ve,7. muc ^^age w leu he heard of the
■ to crp«. j.^688 ®°®e means could be found , told gentlemen that they would preserve the t ™a^na8'w_ a ogetber clavdecent,
it—and he
this second
marriage to snare tne privileges of the royal
^ family. The consequence is that they have
i. .. — was stronger language foray into Virginia had be^n followed by a cru- , esmblishments nursea and teachers, entirely
t e speech, and read another ex- sade against the rights of the whole South. He d.wtlnct 1'oni the chl,aren of previous mar-
e was no union now . would speak plainly and tell the gentlemen of; rj?6e and never fociate Wlth them at any
South, and the on- the other ride that from ithie very foundation
llmalifcp a ® rgeq wnn saying,; mis patriotism began a
P** 4 twn ree* sections as great ene-1 South Carolina against
PjbTch gSdth0**10118 i . I - S'mms> of Kentucky, said that Brown's
M Koith and the
^ Union i
^ ^ -t 00 say now
the different
sat know
public sentiment in the Northern States on the oat ot ,!^e j**og alloUed to the fiunify,
;JT;
be found in of the Government there had been t diseased
Slavery.
there is no subjeet of slavery." He spoke of the continued
feeling oxifct- aggression of the Republican psuty on the
of the Union, South. The Republican members were more
sentiment, one hundrrd men on the floor of this
1859. j hiwre
t !of - Ohio, re-
time, not even in their amusements. At the
Loure Hotel here, one stock was beetowed on
, men of character ajnd influence, who
stumps and elsewhere to diffuse
toothers
Jsaf ereu-.
courtesy of in the T<
tfcel
bo the nullification
cootempt
k han declared
restrict, slavery
de it from the
fVPKfe ti*
and the other stock on the other side. Though
they aU call the same person mother, they nev-
er recognise in one another brothers and sisters.
Indeed,, neither the second stock nor the sec-
ond marriage is Mentioned in the Aimanach
dej&otha.
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Mr. Theodore Fi. Well, an Inventor of a fish-
hook, has recently disposed of hi? English
" it for the invention for$35,000 and return-
his home in Kew OrlemM. A
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EXECUTION OF THE INSURGENTS!
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF OOOKB AND COPPIK
Chnrlenio rn, Va., Dee. 16.—We hare had
an exciting time here during the twenty-four
hours which hare just closed with the execu-
tion ot the tour prisoners. Throughout the
day yesterday there was a great influx of stran-
gers and citizens of the countTy, who Were
flocking in to witness the last act of the Har-
per's Ferry tragedy. The latter came thus
early, apprehending that they might be de-
tained at the outposts as was the oase on the
day of Brown's execution. The vigilance ex-
ercised at the railroad depot on the arrival of
the train was not so stringent as on the occa-
sion of the ox"cution of Brown, and but little
difficulty was experienced in getting into town.
Shortly after the arrival of the train in the af-
ternoon, a grand military dress parade ot all
the companies in attendaaoe took "place.
Thi^ was the condition of the town, the pri-
soners and the military, up to seven o'clock
last evening. All apprehensions of an intend-
ed rescue had long since been banished, and
nothing was thought of but the approaehing
execution. So firmly had this conviction set-
tled on the public mind that military duty wa«
voted a bore. At a quarter past 8 o'clock last
evening the whole town was thrown into com-
motion by a report of a rifle under the jail
Wall, which was followed by several other shoti
in the vicinity of the guard house, iu close
prox'mity to the jail The military was call-
ed out to arms, and the excitement was in-
tense beyond anything that has yet occurred
during our ever-memorable era of occupation.
In a few minutes ihe streets and avenues were
in the possession of armed men, and it was
with some difficulty that the cause of all this
turmoil could be ascertained. Rumors of eve-
ry description were afloat, aud it was at one
time thought, that the prisoners had overpow-
ered the guard and made their escape, and
then that an attack had been made on the jail
by parties attempting to rescue the prisoners.
The bodies of the two negroes, after being
cut down, were pi iced in poplar coffins and
carried back to j ul; they will be" interred to-
morrow on the spot where the stands,
though there is a party « ~ .^al students
here fr^m Winchester who ,.i doubtless not
alluw them t.j remain there long.
The sentinel near the jail reported that at a
qunrter past 8 o'clock he observed a man on the
jail wall, whom he challenge 1,and receiving no
aDswer, fired at him. The hea I of another man
was aluo seen before the wal', but he returned
s s.)on as the first one hi I been fired at. The
man 011 the top of the wall seemel at first de
termined to perpist, and w:n about to jumn
down when the s-^it.iael declared that he would
impale him on his bayonet. He then retreated
Into hc jail with ('oppic, and both gave them-
selves up without further resistance. Cooke
afterwards remarked that if he could have got
over and throttled the guard, he could have
made bis efcape. The Shenandoah mountains
are within ten minutes' run of fhe jail wall-!,
and had be reached hem, with his knowle^t'e
of the mountains, his arrest would have been
difficult, as but few of the military could have
followed him during the night. They had
succeeded, after two weeks' labor, whenever
alone at night, when the bed clothing muffiud
the sounds of a saw, which they had made out
of an old Barlow knife, to cut through their
iron nliaoklns, eo that thay. ooul<l put thorn off
at any moment that they should have the'r
work completed They had also made a sort,
of chrcl out of an old bed screw, with which
they succeeded, as opportunity offered, in re-
moving the placer from the wall, and then
brick after brick, until a space sufficient for
them to pass through, was opened, all except
the removal of the outer brick.
The part of the wall on which they operated
was in the rear of the beds on which t.hey
slept. 1 he beds being pushed against the wall
completely hid their work from view. The
bricks they took out were concealed in the
drum of a stove, and the dirt and planter re-
moved in the course of their work was placed
between the bed clothing.
They acknowledged that they had been at
work a whole week in making the aperture
through the wall. Their cell being on the
first floor, the ar^rture was not more than five
feet above tha pavement of the yard, and, when
freed 6f their shacklcs, their access "to the
yard was quite easy. Here, however, was a
smooth brick wall, about 15 feet high, to
scale. This difficulty was, however, soon
overcome with the aid of the timbers of the
scaffold on which Capt. Brown was hung, and
which was intended for their execution on the
succeeding day. They placed these against
the wall, and srthn succeeded in reaching the
*op, from which they, could easily have drop-
ped to *he other side, had not the vigilance of
the sentinel on-duty so quickly checked their
movements. They were arrested in the ja'l
jard by Gen. Taliaferro and an officer of the
day, who rushed to the jail the moment the
alarm was given.
The general impression is, that- if the pris-
oners had waited until midnight, or later, they
might have reached the mountains, but it is
presumed they were fearful of being watched
during the night, or desired to have as much
darkness as possible to gain a good distance
before daylight would allow of a general pur-
suit.
The bodies of the two negro prisoners hav-
ing been brought ba"k to the jail at about a
quarter to 2 0 clock this afternoon, notice was
given to Cooke and Coppio that, their time was
approaching, only one hour more being allow-
ed them.
The military movements similar to those of
'the first execution were repeated, and a wagon
with two more coffins was standing at the door
«f the jail. 6
At half-past 12 o'clock the same military
escort was in readiness; meantime the closing
religious ceremonies were progressing in the
Since the failure of tho attempt of Cooke
and Coppic to escape last nig^t, their assumed
composure and apparent resignation had given
way, and they n^w looked at the reality ot
their fate with the full conviction of its awful
certainty. They were reserved and rather
quiet, but joined with feiver in the religious
ceremonies conducted by the Rev. Messrs.
North, Lchr -,nd Waueh. When called up .n
by the sheriff, they stood calmly and quietly
whilst their arms were being pinioned, and
after bidding farewell to the guards of the
jail, were helped into the wagon and took seats
on their coffins; their appearance was rat^r
that of hopeless despair than resignation, and
they seemed to take but little notice of any-
thing a« the procession slowly moved on to the
field of death. The wagon reached the scaffuld
at thirteen minuter befbre one o'clock, and the
prisoners asceade* with a determined firmness
scarcely surpassed by that of Captain Brown.
\ brief prayer wan offered ujj bj; one of the
clergymen—the ropes were adjusted, the caps
were drawn over their I *
Uupched into eternity in
they aseeaded the gallows.
bited the most unflinching
nothing with the exception
to the minister and ean
was adjusted about'OBok1
•ir " ■
f Cook's was placed in a p plar box, and 1 -
fed and dite^tedl as follow*: " Ashbel P.
illord and Robert Crowly, i. 04 William st..
New York, care of: Adjaun & (Vs. Express!
The coffin of Coppie wis planed in a similar
box, to be forward*! to his mother in Iowa.
EXECUTION or QBBXff AND OOPEtiAND—AT-
. TKMPTKD ESCAPE Or OOOKB AMD COPPIE.
| Chorle*town, Fa;. Dec. 16.—The negroes,
Shields Green and John Copeland. have just
aid the forfeit of their lives The crowd in
he town is very great, and the execution was
Witnessed by 1600 persons. At 9 o'clock this
morning tbe field was occupied by the troops,
and at seven minutes of 11 o'clock the profes-
sion made its appearance. It arrived at 11 o'-
clock at the scaffold. The prisoners were in a
wagon, accompanied by the sheriff and jailor,
fhey mounted the scaffold with a firm step.
The prisoners bad the cap placed over their
heads by the sheriff, and, after an appropriate
prayer by Rev. Mr North, of the Presbyterian
qburch, they were launched into eternity. Be-
fore the rope was cut Green was heard to offer
up a fervent prayer. Copeland was not heard
to pray.
Green's neck was broken, and be died with-
out a struggle. Copeland writhed in violent
contortions for several minutes. The prison-
ers bade farewell while on the scaffold to the
ministers, Messrs. Waugh, North, and Lock,
expressing a hope to meet them in Heaven.
The drop fell at elevon minutes after 11 o'clock.
The bodies will be placed in the ja l for inter-
ment to-morrow.
~ ELECTION RETURNS.
We give below the official vote for Gover-
nor. It has not been published by any pa-
per before, and may not be again, and those
who wish the vote for futuTC reference, would
do well to cut this out and preserve it. We
tOvtk this from the original document in the
hands of the Chief Clerk at Austin, and know
it to be correct.—Columbia Democrat.
RtTNNKLS HODSTON.
and botfc were
miautea after
both exbi*
Austin,
Andeison,
Angelina,
Atascosa,
Bowie,
Brown,
Rand era,
Bee,
Blanco,
Bexar,
Bell,
Burnet,
Burle«,on,
Bosque,
Brazos,
Bastrop,
Brasoria,
{Colorado,
('oryelle,
Calhoun,
|Caldwell,
Cook,
Comal,
Ca«s,
Cherokee,
Collin,
Chambers,
Cameron,
Comanche,
DeWitt,
pen ton,
Dallas,
Krath,
pis,
El Paso,
Fayette,
Fort Bjnd,
Famin,
Frees toile,
Falls,
Gauda'upe,
Gillespie,
Gr y«on,
Golbd,
Gonzales,
Grimes,
Galveston,
Hays,
Harris,
Houston,
Harrison,
Hill,
Hidalgo,
Henderson,
Hopkins,
• Hardin,
♦Hunt,
Hamilton,
Jack,
Jackson,
Jasper,
Johnson,
Jefferson,
Karnes,
Kaufiinan,
Kerr,
Lavaca,
Lamar,
1 Jim pas as,
Llano,
Live Oak,
Limestone,
Liberty,
Leon,
Medina,
Milam,
.Mason,
Montgomery,
. Matagorda,
Madison,
McLennan,
McCul lough,
Nueces,
Newton,
Navarro,
Nacogdoches,
Montague,
Orange,
Presidio,
Palo Pinto,
Panola,
Parker,
Pblk,
Rusk,
Red River,
Robertson,
Refugio,
San Saba,
Sab August'ne,
Sabine,
Smith,
Starr,
San Patricio,
Shielby,
Travis,
Tito",
Tarrant,
Trinity,
Upshur,
Uvalde,
Victoria,
y$ -
hington,
507
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271
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307
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026
711
454
59
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259
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465
526
176
464
277
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287
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626
3*4
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90
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488
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812
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33
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TBB CLOSnrO TBAJBL
BT OBO. D. rBJIXTlCB.
'Tls midnight's ho'y hour-
Aid silence now is brooding, like a gentle mirit, e'er
The still jrad patwlM world. Hark I on the winds
Tbe bell's deep tones are swelling; 'tis the knell
Of the departed year.
No foneru train
Is sweeping past; yet, on the stream and wood.
With melancholy light, the m^onVieams rest
Like a pale, spotless shroud; the air is stirred
As bv a mourners' sigh ; and or yon cloud,
That floats so still and placidly thro' heaven,
The spirits of the seasons* seem to stand,! [form,
Young Spring, Bright Summer, Autumn's solemn
And Winter with his aged locks, and breathe,
In mournfnl oadences, that come abroad,
Like the far wind-harp'i> wild and touching wail,
A melancholy dirge e'er the dead year,
Gone from earth for ever.
'Tis a time
For memory, and for tears. Within the deep
•Still chambers of the heprt, a spectre dim,
Whose tones are like the wizard voice of Time;
Heard from the tomb of ages, points its cold
And solemn fiuger to the beautiful
And holy visions that have passed away,
And left no,shadow of their loveliness
On the dead waste of life.
That spectre lifts
The coffia-lid of hope, and joy, and love,
And, bending mournfully above the pale
Sweet forms that slumber there, s'-n'tcrs dead flowers,
U'er what has passed to nothingness.
The year
lias gone; uuJ with it, many a glorious throng
Of happy dreams, its mark is on eac^ brow,
lis shsdows on each heart. In its swift course,
it waved its sceptre o'er the beautiful—
And they are not.
It laid its pallid hand
Upon the strong man—and the haughty form,
is fallen, and tbe dashing eye is dim.
It trod the hall of revelry, where thronged
The bright and joyous—and the fearful wail
Of stricken ones is heard, wnere first the song
And reekiea.-i shout resounded.
it pa.-sed o'er
The battle plain, where sword and p;>e.ir and shield
Flushed in the light of midday—:ind ihe strength
Ot.se'rici hopes ia shivered, and the grass,
Green from tlie 3oil of oarnage, waves above
The crushed and mouldering skeleton.
It oarn« aud f.ided like a wreath of mist at eve;
Yet, ere it melted in the viewless air,
It heralded its millions to their home
In the dim land of dreams.
27,500
Remorseless time.—
Fierce spirit ofthe glass and scythe,—wh-it power
Can stay nim iu his silent courst, or melt
Hi!' iron heart to pity * On still on
Ee presses anil forever !
The proud bird,
The condor ofthe Andes, that can soar
Through heaven s unfathomable depths, or brave
The fury ot the northern hurricane
And h:i!h-'. his pluuiagp in the thunder's home,
FurU his broad wings at uightfall. aud «iuks down
To rest upon his mountain-crag.—but Time
Know., n .t the weight of sleep or wearinoss.
And night"s deep dt<rkuess has no cnain to bind
His rushing pinion.
Revolutions sweep
O'er earth, like troubled vi?ions o'er tho breast
Of ure*iniug sorrow ; cities rise and sink,
Like bubbles on the water; fiery isleB
Spring, blazing from ihe ocean, and go back
To their mysterious cavcrns; mountains rear
!u he.iveii their bald aud blit-ckened c'itls, and bow
Their tall heads to the plain; new empires rise
Gathering the strength of hoarj centuries;
And rush down like the Alpine avalanche,
Startling ihe nations; and the very stars—
Yon bright and burning blazonry of God—
vilitie- f.while in their eternal depths.
And, like the i'leiud, loveliest of their tr<-.in,
Shoot from their glorious spheres, and pass away.
To dark!-: iu the trackle s voiu.
Yet Time —
Time, the tomb-builder—holds his tierce career,
Dark, et^rn, alt pililt «s, und pauses not
Auiid the mighty wrecks that strew his path,
fo sit anu muse, like <"'ther conquerors,
Upon the fearful ruin he has wrought.
M'LLE. MARS.
When M'lle. Mars, tho celebrated French ac
treas, whose beauty and genius were so much
admired by Napoleon I, was g-o-vinir eld;
though she possessed money, diamonds, horses,
carriages, etc , and a hotel in l'arir, besides two
or three country houses > though her saloon was
the most popular ot' all i" Paris ; though every
distinguished person in Kurope had recognised
her superiority, aud every one almost had yield,
ed, in bank notes and rich pieseuts, to her i'aa-
cinations, she was, nevertheless, the un happi-
est woman in France, because, as an actress,
people were tired of her. The witty Eugene
de Mirecourt gives an account of her pleading
with the manager of Fraucais to be allowed to
appear yrt a little louger, end her grief at find-
ing her name in the *• attaches" only two or
three times a week " Am I, then, no more
an actress?" said unhappy Mara : '* have I not
my voice as always ? Are not my arms beauti-
ful, and do not my ey :s shine as in old times ?"
Poor woman—like Mrs Siddons, her only plea-
sure was dressiug lor the scene, and her dearest
friends were the dazsling loot-lights. It was,
indeed, hard to forego them. But one night
some heartless person threw an " immortelle"—
the wreath which the French hang upon tombs
—upon the stage, and it fell, as intended, di-
rectly at the feet of the actress, whose profes-
sional ardor had outlived her beauty. She
fled from ihe stage, mo'tified and horror-struck,
bearing the green weath with her. The harsh
lesson was not lost upon her sensitive nature.
" Ah! these canaille of Parisians !" was her ob-
servation, and she sadly resigned herself to>
the abandonment of the dressing-room, whose
gold and silver toilet set, miraculous appoint
ment,etc , were the marvel of PariB, and never
entered a theatre again.
The New York ladies are exhibiting their
hair dressed in a somewhat novel fashion. The
hair is parted down the middle of the forehead,
arranged, in rich bandcaus, and then wound,
round the head in a double plait forming A
diadem; on tbe b*ck of the head is placed a
velvet bow with long ends.
A confirmed opium-eater in Rochester has
dropped the filthy ho.bit. He is now an old
man of seventy years, and tor four years, he
ha" not used the drug in any shape, though
before he had been an opium-eater for forty
years. When he commence! breaking him-
self of the habit, he was uting the opium at
the rate of eighty grains per day, and it took
bim about two years to accomplish his puJ-
pow -fr
A contest took place recently in England
fbr the championship ofthe Thames. Ihe
winner of the racc swam from Hammersmith's
Bridge to Putney Bridge, a distance of about
a mile and three quarters, in 29 minutes and
6 seconds. The stake was the championship
and £60.
In Turkey, it ib a law that no
born of any daughter of the Sultan
lowed to live. This barbaroae system
full foroe at the Seraglio, and a
boraj to tlju ~ '
Pashia, was
affcei its birtfaj
LADT Skatbw I* NKWFC
sprightly corflspQadaat
Mercury, writes : .
***-
imaginable. Feminrae skating is {pine tel
all tWnge thUTwint®-. Clubs of lady sh -
tera are now forming m different parts of thift
city. I know of one association oompaeed of
twenty-four cherry-cheeked' damsels (^none hut
' the ripe and ruddy sort do this kind of thing],
who nave entered into a 'solemn compact ra
dispense with the services of young men in go-
ing to or from the skating ponds, putting ott
and takintr off their fairy runners, &<$. They
take special issue against the latter business,
(the putting on and taking off pati) whioh
they say the young men are so vexatiously
stow and tedious about, and do with suon
a world of superflous flourish and manipulation.
1 Furthermore, the voting men are forever pla-
cing their anuj; round the complainant*' waists'
bracing their shoulders, and furnishing theni a
great deal oi unnecessary assistance. If a
lady happens to s'ip down on the ice, her mor-
tification is a thouKund times heightened and
aggravated by the ru«h and scramble of twen-
ty blundering gallants to pick her np. For
these reasons, and for the great, general pre-
vailing one, that, the young men of our city
. are, at any aud ail tiuias, ihe weakestand most
j insipid of company to the high-spirited demo-
j iselles of the skating sisterhood, the club
'■ aforesaid have concluded t<> shuffle off their
I male attendants this year. The bfst skater
j here last winter was a. Boston e;irl One of
our G-othamite beauties was the only one that
•ould approach her in flretness of movement.
The latter has sent a challenge to the fair Kos-
tonian, wagering an even hundred dollars,
that *be will skate three times around the Cen
tral Park pond quicker than her rival This
challenge ha been accepted, and the contest
will probably eotue v>tf on the 1st of January
or as soon after that dite as the weather will
permit
Story of a Fkvals Smin.ih.kh— A ^ew
weeks st:o an e'^ga itly dresped lady, waring a
fashionable bonnet, costly veil, flowing pelisse
and silk df ss distended by au «Tnple quantity
of crinoline, presented herself at one of tbe
Oustom Houses on the Belgian frontier, carry-
ing in her *nas ;* bouncing child, carefully
wrapped up in fiuo linen and rich la?o, his dear
little features being protected by a thick green
veil. As the lady entered the office, she whis-
perin^ly informed :he a^. nt that her shi'd wan
asleep, and begged that his slumbers might
net be disturbed The skeptical official bowed
ith nat ve French politeness, but nevertheless
reqtinted the elegant t-trauger to accompany a
female employee of the bureau into a private
room Then wa no need, however, of an o.t-
ccss. of 0'"'urtesy. No sooner was the employee
summoned than she -n itehcd the infant from
the mother's arms, and let is fit?! Iieavilv upon
the floor! In tbe hu-i Iso'jte stranger she had
recognized a profesM.-na! smu tile<. and the iu-
terehting child was not'oin r m>re r less than a
roll of tebaeco. weijjiung tHrtj pounds.—
A] young man and
last Satur&y even"
Black well, in
both! fell adleep while
stove, floriuii , their
w# eourtmg
house- of M :
beside a
dree6
they
fihewas
few
A " for the ample^eolioe, of which souse son-
p'ciom also were iiatuntliy entertained, it was
IVtir.d, up' ?i esntuinuti
pounds of to! acc<
troduced a« ho. v>
>n, to eouceai several
up into twists and ia-
LlTTLfc. Alu- v -
peas At their hrs
he trtily aud lapidtv
snppes* d w<ni!d b-
'.xccfditigly fond <>f green
■ coining, she bad eaten
as large a quantity ,
showed. Sue hf'siUtie-d
request mi-re autielpatin;; a refusal. Present-
ly, turuiiijr !«i her lather, she said, "Papa, talk
to me '—i >w do you do to day. Alicc ? "—>
''Not s,!. >t si: Papa talk to tne.'*—' Alice,
how does your
papa Whv d
not her do ?"-
u't you say,
you likr- a few more peas?".
), not sot
wouldn't
A FriksV—Oh ! the bb^.%inr it o. u, have
a friend to whom one can sp^ak fearlessly on
any subj et, ,r i: h whom one's deepest, as w«-U
as one's most bx.iish th ugh;* coma out simp*
ly and safe!}'. Oh. the cosntort. the inexpres*
sibie comfort of leeling sale with a person,
having neither t weigh thoughts nor measure
words, b"f p viring miaui all riyht out, just ae
tbi-y art chaff, and grain Together, certain that
a faithful hand wil: take and sift them, keep
what it worth k ep ng aud th>m with the breath
of kindness blow the rest away.—A life, for a
></*■
sinotiiar Freak —James fruesdeil, agen-
tleiuan of some seventy years, living in Liber-
ty, Pennsylvania has been for over twelve
yeare past industriously engaged, when the
weather and his health would permit, in dig-
ging over a piece of ground near his dwelling
and carrying the stones aud some dirt, into a
pile. IIere he has labored, taking one stone or
a shovelful! of dirt at a time, until tbe mound
has reached the height of thirty or forty feet,
and is much larger than his house. He said,
se a reason for his labors, that he lost a si*
pence in his garden. He soon after found sev-
eral sixpences, but continued to dig until his
whole garden has ooeti carried to increase the,
mound He is peaceful and industrious in his
way, so his *a-nily 'et him work. To their of-
fers of as-is-anee be- gives a decided negative, j
and di^s away alone. Mr Truesdell is a well-
informed man, and talks rationally on every
subject tut his loet sixpence.
A man who had made a fortune by industry
and close economy in a retail business, at length
retired from his own trade, acd turned hill-
diseounter. One day, in midsummer, s friend
happened to say to him, " How pleasant it is
tonsvesuoh long bright days.—" Why, y-e-s,"
replied he, "but these long days the interest
eomes in so slow "
The Dnke of > ellingtcn giving orders! OBa
day during the Peninsular campaign, •
battalion to attempt a rather daugerous
prise—the storming of one of the en^my'e o!|1
terics of St. Sebastian— complimented theV
oer by saving that his regiment was the
in this "world. '• Yea, replied the,
leading on his men,- ~
ship s orders are finally exeouted,it"|
bly be the first in the next.' -i,.
* * ■ ■
tie tt vitfi,v*s
A good story i« .
was gent t > the Btable. 4^dag foi
horse Not k
horses in tliej
and wishing |
ranee in h||
and brought
the two etr nge
tr v%i*r,
of igno-
hoth animate
The traveller
hefae, say"ng, "That's my
r> I kt ow
•which
the wife «T
■HMl'
gnnftoMn to* hi
; . .... , ^ tal( wd ol ftftff
fera poor, woman," Just like you! who hi Ik
you hnyemsde hsppy hy yocw oharity
; tii ei4Sy wife r t ;'T;
i^|
all m
that
pears to
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