Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1859-03-15

              .... 1 . I -1 ! ' t ' VOL. V. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MOJRNING, MARCH. 15, ; 1859. NO. js.; .. j .... ... 77 . " SW mWWWf- v.ww G2aris. ' Dlt. C M. KELSrEY, DEN 1 1ST! All Optrationi warranted, and nune hit the beet material) wed. WITH AN EXPEKIENCK OF U YEARS CON-atant praotioo, and an aoquuintanoe with all the lata improvements in tht art, he flutters himself "capable of giving entire satisfaction. Offloe as heretofore, at my residonoe on Oaiubier it., lit. Vernon, Ohio. Imay O-ly t D. 0. MONTGOMERY, 1TI0RRY IT L&Wi BANKING BUILDINa, OVKB N. McGIFFIN'S SHOE STORE. Mount Vernon, Ohio. Special attention given to tho Colleoting of Claims, and the purchase and isle of real Estate. l.have fur sale unimproved lands as follows, 610 aores in Osage County, Missouri, 005 acres in Warren County, Missouri, 302 aoros in St. Fron-ois County, Missouri, also 124 acres and one 40 acre lot ia Uardin uounty, unio, ami oo mot iu Mcroor County, Ohio. aiarcn i. ov, io-ii. D It. L. 8. M V R P II Y, , LATS OF NEW YOBB. CUT. ANNOUNCES to his friends and the public, that l i i ir, - u PRACTICE OP MEDICINE. In Mount Vernon, and tho adjoining country. From the time and attention he hasgironto his profession, he hopes to receive a liboral share of the pub lic paironngo. OFFICE, on Main street, over Curtis & Sapp Store; Residence corner High A West Streets. Oot. 10th, 1858. tf. a w. vakob. W. 0. C007EB. VANCE & COOPER, Attorneys it law, . MT. VERNON, O. Office southeast corner Main and Chestnut srreots opposite Knox County Bank. sepuu JOHN ADAMS. Attorney at Law & Notary Public, OFFICE IN WABU'S flltVY uuibuinu, Corner Main and Vine Sts., MOUNT VERKOW. OHIO SPECIAL attention given to oollociions in Knox and adjoining oounties: also: to prosecuting claims for Pensions and Land Warrants, and all oth er legal buslnes entrusted to nis care, march lltf. . fiAu'L ISRAEL J08.C. DEV1K uaauiEBiL & Evas? ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 0. MOUNT TIBNON, OHIO OFFICE Main Street Bolow Knox County Bauk. t3f Prompt attention given to all business on-trusted to them,and especially to collecting and so-ouringclalms, in any part of Ohio Due. 7th-lU5tt-4-3m. KMMKT W. COTTON. W. L. BANE. COTTON BANE. Attorney's V Counsellor nt Law, sm ' . Alt. Vernm, Ohio. w rILL attend toail business intrusted to their -niLVA. In Jinv nf tho Courts. OFFICE. N. E. Cornorof Main and Gambler Sts., over Pylo's Merchant Tailoring Establishment. Out, lth 185Btf- , . WJ1. DUNBAR H. t. BANNING. UUNBAll cV BANNlIMU, ITlOBHfiYS' IT -UWa .. Iflouui crnoii, OFFICE -Iu Millor's Block, in the rooms formerly oupiud by lion. John K. Miller. nl-ly. , , CEO W. LEWIS, ' ,J TAILOR. MAY BE FOUND AT KREMLIN, NUMBERS, EAIY .. DO AS GOOD WORK AS CAN HE i doni. ,he oity. Twenty-five years experi-the pledge of entire satisfaction to iff eariifully done, and all worh war-JunoOtfonce wari-oustomeifranted. BDV WHEUE YOU CAN BUY THE CHEAPEST!! Wiliam M. Mefford, RETQRN8 HI8 THANKS TO THE CITIZENS of Knox County for the liberal patronage extended to hiiri, and would say that he has now on band as g"M Harness, Saddles, Buggy, Carriage, Wagon ar-1 low Harness, Collars, Bridles, Martin-gaiU, Wh 4o.,as ever. SHOP-' rth-east oorner Market House, augll:!. 6 W. Hauk, . ADDLER AND nARNESS MAKER, First Doot uth of Woodbridge's Store, MAIN 8TBBBT. MOUNT VEBNON, OHIO TT'EEPS nitantlr on hand a large assort men t of .IV Saddl f and Harness, Bridles, Collars, Halters, Whips, 4o lanufwtured by experienced workmen audfotsi xm reasonable terms. T- f" ILL WOBK WABB1NT1D. J5 - T RON K.B, from 2 to $22. My Trunks are moot auporior article to those commonly offered for sale. would also invite special attention to my Collars, which cannot be rarpaatod for style and durability. may My . .-., LIVERY 8T ABLE Oa Vine Street, West of Main. ' "WILCUM SANDERSON, JR, TTrbrLtf . RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE YY public that be has constantly on hand a fin stock ill, . HdESES AND BUGGIES, Which a will let ant at as reasonable rates as any other Mtablishment in the eouatry. Thankful for past favors, he solicit aeontlnaanoe of patronage. JalvJl-lT , WM. SANDERSON, JR. ' , ,'. "'; Medical Notice. THE undersigned wishes to give notice to the oit-isens of Ml. Vernon and the publie generally that the well known and almost universally approved An tor Hi Medicines will be found at Esq. Win. H. Cochran's offloe j also, he has removed to Martinsburgh, Knox county, whore he may always be food te waiV upon his old eustomers, and all others 'who may wish to anjage in the sals of the iols of theswvs named taediolnes. 'Y apM- " J-B. CAMPBELL. EARNER MILLER haa returned frees New York and Philadelphia with the Liircsf au'd Cheapest Stock of Gooda ever brought to towa. Those goods were purchased since the- . Tho.'iClrcat ReJuctlon iu Prices that took place on the 20th October I - and OA!f aoi. WILL ts old lowor than his neighbors paiJ for thir Goods purchased four week go. MARK THAT. .... Not. a.'SB-ftilf L'TO " MAPLE SUOAR MAK-EIuS. A JarRe lot Snwir Crocks at - WARNER MILLERS. . fr .THE BEST 6io., YARD WIDE Muslin this side of New York aa be fonnd at Warner Jllilex'i, he ha Cr Loads of cheap foods. N mistake Dc.M858-ltf. The Muiinl Vcruon Kepublican IS PUDMSngO IVSBV TUESDAY MORNTNO, BY W, II. COCIIKAN. Office In Kremlin Building, No. 5, Second Story. 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All transiont advertisements to be paid for in ad. vance. Keep at Work. Does a mountain on you frown? Keep at work: You may undermine It yet; If you stand and thump its base. Sorry bruises you may get Keep at work. Does Miss Fortune's face look sour? Keep at work: . She may smile again some days If you pull yorr hair and fret, Rest assured she'll have her way-Keep at work. Are you censured by your friends? Keep at work: Whether they are wrong or right, May be you must bide your time, If for victory you fight Keep at work. If the devil growls at you, Keep at work: That's the best way to resist; If you hold an argument, You may feel its iron fist Keep at Work." ' " Are your talents villified? Keep at work: Greater men than you are hated; If you're right then go ahead-Grit will be apprciated; Keep at work. Everything is done by labor: Keep at work: If yon would improve your station; They have help from Providence Who work out their own salvation-Keep at work. Land for the Landless," vs. "Nig gersfor the Niggerless." The details of the night session of ths Sen ate. when the Cubun. bribery bill was under discussion, as given by the "occasional crrres-ondont" of the Tribune, are exceedingly rich. The scouring TooinbB received for his insolence towards Republican Sewttors was terri ble; In his remarks towards Mr. Uoolittle's motion to lay aside the Thirty Million bill and take up the Homestead bill, Toombs called Seward "a domag gue a small demagogue said he despised all demagogues, detosted small demagogues in particular, but more especially pitied and despised those who could be driven by small demagogues, bringing his fist in the vieinity of Wade's desk as ha uttored the last clause. lie accused the Republicans in a body of cowardice, personal and political of skulking the issue of Cuba, and shivering in their shoes at i ts mere name. He rung' the changes on Seward's term, "Land (or the landless," and sneered at the "lacklanders,", as tie called them, of whom the Republicans were afraid, Ao. He smote his own desk riolently, occasionally reached over and struck .Seward's, kept his back to wards the chair that be might turn his face toward Soward; ever and anon thrusting his hand almost in his face.and pushing inadvert antlv aeainst Wade's chair; all this time his face glowing with passion, and bis air and main and tone suggesting the ferocity of Dan- ton, combined with the dignity of Murat. Dunne bis short speech a portion of the gal loriis kept up a running accompaniment of feeble gusU ol laughter. Nearlr all eves bad been fjxod on loomos and Sasrard -the latter calm and pale, and looking steadily at his assailant. But the lew who knew Wade well, has not failed to notice bis hands finnlj clinched on the arms of his chair, hiscompresssd lipe,and the indescribable air of defiance that sat upon his oountenance. Ere Toombs was Esirly in biieeat,Sward,WU. son, Fessendcn and Wade sprang to their feet, It was impossible for tae Chair to assign the floor to anybody but '"the Senator from Ohio,'' fur the tone in which he pronounced the formula, "Mr President!" and the eye he fixed on Breckcnridge.said as plain u . wonls cou.d have ottered it, "I must and will baveiU" Wade, who don't fear the devil, turned squaro opon Tocmbs, who knows that Wade don't fcar thedsril, and bringing his fist down withiit an Inch of Toombs nose and heavily upon his desk, said, his eye riveting bin, and the et. words hissing through his .teeth, "Bkulk, ah! shiver, do we?" The Georgian pushed his chair it stands on castors a few inches further off, so as to give bis Ohio neighbor more room! Wade went on, leaping almost front the floor at every sontence, showing plainly that thongh he was able to apply effectively to the taunts and abuse that fell from Toombs' lips, be would rather drive them forcibly down his throat all of which Toombs knew, because' once on a time, they being neighbors in the Senate then as now, Toombs was abusing all Republicans in the most vituperative style, whon Wade, his hands on the arm of his chair, r-'ady to leap to his feet, demanded to to know, "Does the Senator includo me in what he is saying?" Upon which the Goor gian responded, ''I except the Senator from Ohio!" ' Since that occurrence, every one thinks Toombs desires to give Wade a wide berth. But, to the speech. The first sentonce went straight to the core of the subjoct, and all the rest followed it. "You sneer at the Homestead bill, because it gives land to the landless, do you? What is your pet meas. ure? Stealing niggers for (he niggerletsf We go to the country upon it Land for tho land less versus Niggers for the Niggerless!" That was enough. The galleries had soenv isgly held their breath. Now, some feet came down with one determined stamp upon the floor a lew bands smote together but the mass, in gallery and in Senate, shouted with a mingled roar of laughter and cheers the President throwing down the gavel in des pair. Mr. Fessenden was cool and deliberate, which made "his remarks the more scathing. He resented the insults of Toombs in a calm and dignified retort. The correspondent con tinues: All this time Seward sat quietly in his vui.ii. iuum im;vubiuuj?u tu IVKUlUg Ulg thoughts on his face, knew he was biding his opportunity to reply. Final! v he took the floor. He never spoke of the Senator from Georgia. He turned his back somewhat toward him with a mingled air of dignity and contempt. He drew his own chair aside, pushed Wilson's out of the way, stepped back a pace or so, shook off trammels, forgot Blair's rhetorie, Cambell's rhotoric, and Seward's rhetoric, camly defined the different kinds of courage, said he hoped he had enough to serve his purpose as a Senator and a man. and then rose with . his theme, contrasting ia a few glowing words the beneficent objects of the Homestead bill with the pernicious scheme of acquiring Cuba, and alluding to the President's efforts to clutch the purse and sword denounced him in severe but strictly parlia mentary language, for attempting thus to di vert the public mind from the issues which bis Kansas and financial policies had precipitated upon the country, and he concluded by com. paring, in a few eloquent sentences, the prin ciple which would givo land and homes to free. dom and free laborers, with that wr icb would extend and strengthen the curse and crime of human bondage among men.' As he pronounced the closing words, ho proudly turned his back upon the Chair, drew out bis cigar case and walked into the adjoin ing cloak-room. Alter another short skirmish on points of order. Toombs replied to Seward. He tried to abuse him. But it was not the vltupera tion of a Senator. It was the ravings of a drayman on the dock, the cursings of a com mon drab in a dirty alley. In the midst of this gust of passion, the firo-eater might be seen shaking his clenched fits and curly locks at the New York Senator who was leaning against the doorway of tbe cloak-room, quietly smoking his cigar, and calmly eyeing Toombs. It was a tableau in. deed. Tne Harmonious Democracy. Read the followinc description of the harmonious Democracy drawn by the Hon. Jei. Clomens.late Democratio V. S. Senator, and now editor of the Memphis Eagle ; Digler and his wing are zealous advocates of a tariff for protection. Hunter and his wing pronounce it unconstitutional. The Agrarian Jchnson, of Tennessee, sits cheek by jowl with the aristocratic Hammond. Stuart. and the Northwestern Democracy, in a body, are warm advocates ef the wildest system of internal imnrovements. Toombs and the Southeastern democracy .bitterly oppose just and necessary appropriations for works of national Importance. Douglas maintains tbe doctrine of absolute sovereignty in tbe people of a Territory, and Jeff. Davis denounces it as worse than tbe Wilmot Proviso, Bright advocates the rights ol unnaturalized foreign, era to vote ia elections: Brown utterly disclaims it as a Democratio principle. The Governor of South Carolina recommends the reopening of tbe African slave trade, and a Democratio Congress tote it nnwiae and iniquitous.' Mr' Boyee advocates free trade and direct taxation. Mr." Florence regards the originator of such a proposition as a madman. Mr. Cashing believes that our mari time strongth dopends upon a continuance of the' fishing bounties, and Mr. Clay pronoun, ccs them a monstrous imposition npon other industrial pursuit We pronounce this rich; and that it is most true evory body knows. . . , ... LaaoB 8lav Exomis.rBoH Missodbi. Seventy fugitive slaves from Missouri passed through Grinnell, Iowa, on the 21st inst., on their way to Queen Victoria's dorainious. They bad beard that Missouri would shortly become a Free 8tate, and concluding th t their services would not be needed much long er, made op their minds not to put any impediments in the way of making her free, by remaining. Chicago frets and TrCbunt,'SatUTr day. The last Defeat of the Administration A Washington lottor in the Evening Post says: . Tho humiliating withdrawal of the Cuba bill by Slidell, in behalf of Mr. Buchanan is the subject of general comment. The rank and file who were waiting to voto for it ap pear to bo deeply mortified, inasmuch as it was a settled purpose of the Demoeratic Sen atorial caucus, on Thursday, that aflor the subject was takon up on Friday the session should not close until the bill wna Dossed . if thoy had to set into Sunday. Instead ol r i - carrying out this policy, Slidell, the leader of the caucus, abandoned the policy of whieh he was the originator. He did this after as certaining that the Republicans could not be moved by. threats, bullying or coaxing, from their fixed purpose to debate the ques tion as much as they pleased, without fear er favor from any quarter, It was this unyielding spirit on the part of the republicans which cannot be too much commended, that disheartened and routed the Cubans and drove them in consternation from the field. The best evidence of the damag ing effecSlidell's infamousbill was having upon the country ,are the congratulations wh ich havo since passed between members of the harnionious Democracy, that they bad escap ed the calamity and disgrace of its becoming a law. Manumission of a 'W hole Drove of Slaves. It would have made a slave speculator's heart bleed to have seen the "drove" of eighteen slaves that made their appearance in the streets yesterday, on the broad road to freedom, by no "underground" route, either. There were nine males and nine females, con sisting of a father and mother and their chil dren and grand-children, and one mulatto woman with four boys between tho ages of seven and thirteen. As they passed up Vine street, headed by Mr. Robert Bardett, an old gentleman nearly seventy years of age, a resident of Lyncoln county, Ky., they attract ed general attention, and occasioned a thousand remarks. The party were taken to tbe Probato Court, where the usual deeds of emancipation were executed. While in Covington, before crossing the river, their owner was offered $20,- 000 for them, but he quietly remarked "I would not take fifty thousand. Mr. B. is a gentleman of considerable property, and be ing a bachelor, thinks he has enough to pro- Vide for the remainder of his days, and has, with a peculiarly unselfish .feeling, quite in contrast with a peculiarly selfish world,' refused a sum that would have been quite a fortune, and give his servants their freedom. Mr. Barrett may be regarded as practical philanthropist Cin, Oa. March 3. The Chief of a gang of Contterfoit-ers Anested. 12,000 Dollars in Bogus Coin and Bank Notes Seized List of tue Gang Found. By Conductor Russell.of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad, we learn the particulars of an important arrest, made 8uiiday morning in Randolph, Portage county. From information received on Saturday,' Officers HackeU and Miller of, Ravanna, and Officers Townsend and Wright, of Akron, proceeded on Saturday evening to Randolph, and on Sunday morning(27th)succeeded in arresting one J. Webb, of Salem, Columbiana County, with a large quantity of counterfeit money in his i ossession, consisting of $8,000 in tens on the Forest City bank of Cleveland; $2,520 on York Bank, Pennsylvania; $1,359 in bogus one and two and a half dollar gold pieces, and $75 in bogus quarters. There was also found in bis possession a list of retail dealers in counterfeit coin, who were probably custom era of the prisoner. Webb is said to be a physician of Salem, was evidently a wholesale dealer in spurious money, and was probably out for the purpose of supplying his customers. The officers en tertain hopes of securing the plates and dies used in the manufacture of the notes and coin. Cleveland llaeld. A Man Bitten by a Fox Hi -is Attack-id with Htdbophobia. Some time since, Mr. Michael Brady, residing in Washington street, above Jefferson, in the Seventeenth ward, was bitten by a white pet fox, at Point Breeze. At that time nothing serious was expeoted to result from tbe bite. Recently, however, Mr. Brady was a'tacked with quite a serious il'noss, and exhibited unmistakable symptoms of hydrophobia. On Thursday evening he suffored tbe most intense agonies, and his attending physician stated yesterday that death must speedily terminate bia tortures. Phila. Daily Pflin. Califobmia. According to the Governor's Message, tbe State of California has a population ol 638,000 persons. Thore are 756,731 acres of land acdor cultivation, and in grazing 1,159,811 acres. The sheep in the State num ber 650,000; hones, 43,000; cattle, 120,000. The exports ofbidts were over half a million of dollars tbe past year. The crop of wheat for the year 1858 is let down at 3,668,609 bushels and that of barley at 6,382,717 bush els. Thin is 218,708 more bushels of barley than the amount raisod in tbe whole Union inl850,accordingtothecensus. 385,000galloas of wine and 10,000 gallons of brandy were manufactured in that State last year. The gold yield in 1857 was $65,550,000, and the total yield since the discovery, $000,000,000 The State debt is $1,150,000, 03" The Powder house) of the Akron.Ohio, Powder Company blew ap on the morning of the 18th. It contained several tons of powder. Tbe buildings ia the vicinity were all much damaged, but fortunately, no pet son was injured. The Sickles Tragedy. We subjoin from the special Washington correspondence of the New York Timet such of Ihe particulars of this painful tragedy as we tnmk will be of interest to our readers: For months past tbe social world of Wash ington, always as quick to relish tbe details of private scandals as it is lax in iu judgments of those by whom such scandal may be caused, has been busy with the names of Mrs. Sickles and Mr. Key. Their intimacy was of that marked and peculiar kind which may perfectly well consist in the innocence of any absolute guilt since while it was open to public observation, it was hardly concealed from Mr. Sickles himself, who having married his wife, Miss Bagioli, of New York, in her early youth, had always treated hei with extreme kindness and tjndet ness, and doubtless looked upon her relations with Mr. Key as the mere expression of a girlish love of admiration, and of vanity delighting in the sense of power over a man of fine presence, graceful address, and a certain local renown in Ihe District for high spirit, resolution and gallant- ry- During the whole of the last session of Con gress tbe tall flguro of Mr. Key was constant-' ly seon in the President's sq'isre, opposite Mr. Sickle's residence; and Mrs. Sickles was as constantly in his company at all places of public entertainment. In the interval ot the Con gressional recess, Mr. Key made a short visit to JSew York, still without exciting anv ab solute suspicion of positive impropriety in the mind of Mr. Sickles; although other friends of the unhappy lady, and among tb era her mother, repeatedly warned her of the fatal precipice on the brink of which she was permitting herself to trifle. It was hoped that the affair would come to an end of itself, and thatone or both of the pa. ties most nearly implicated, would perceive the real drift of their conduct in time to avoid its almost inevitable consequences. But on the re-assembling of Congress and the return of Mrs. Sickles to Washinston. Mr Key's attentions, and the scandal consequent upon them, were revived wiih greater ardor than before. Mr. Key was a particularly noticeable man in point of personal appearance; tall, well formed, a much more athletic man than Mr Sickles, and especially fond of exercise on horseback. In the early part of the week before last Mr. Sickles went on to New York; During his absence the busy spit s of society observed that the attention of Mr. Key at bis house was even more unremitting than usual. Mr. Sickles returned to Washington on the morning of the day of the Napier Ball, and frcm that time up to Friday last, nothing occurred ' to make the matter of his wife's relations with Mr. Key more than ordinarily prominent in bia mind. So far was he from manifesting anything like inordinate or tyrannical suspicion, that he allowed Mr. Key to escort Mrs. Sickles as u?oal on Pennsylvania-avenue, and 1 8a w them, in company with Mr. tlenry Wi-koff, at the theatre on Wednesday night.' On Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Sickles entertained a large party at dinner. On the next day, (tbe day before yesterday) Mr. Sickle's recicved from some enemy of mankind an anonymous letter, slat ng with precision so minute as to make suspicion imperative, that Mr. Key had rented a house on Fifth Street, above K street, from a negro woman, and that he was in the habit of meet ing Mrs. Sickles there two or three limes a week, or oftener. The person and cressof Mrs. Sickles were accurately described, and the usual time ol the interview specified. Ac. compamed by a friend, Mr. Sickles went to the house designated and lound every state. ment of the anonymous writer corroborated. Mr. Key had taken tbe house, and had eon stantly mot there a lady answering very close, ly in description to Mrs Sickles. Mr. Sickles still cluniz to the hope that the person who bad stooped to the baseness of making such charges under tbe veil of secre-sy, might have thoroughly deceived him, and that Mrs Sickles was not the lady in question. He accordingly requested his friend, Mrs. George Wooldridge, of New York, to watxh the place from the window of a house just opposite. ' ' On Saturday no mooting took place, and the woman in charge seems to have staled that none hod occurred since Wednesday. On Saturday evening, nir. Sickles resolved no longer to play Ihe spy upon i.ia honor, determined to confront his wife directly with his terrible suspicions. At first Mrs. Sickles strongly denied her guilt; but on her bus-band's asking her whether, on the Wednes day previous, she bad not entered the house on Fifteenth street in a certain particular diess, and concealed by a hood, she cried out, "Jam betrayed and lost!" and swooned away. Oa recovering her senses she admitted her guilt, and besought mercy and pardon. Mr. Sickles calmly said ha would not injur her since be bad belt ved her the victim of a scoundrel, but that be had a right to a full confession. Two ladies ware seat for wit nesses, and in their presence Mr, sjickles made a full confession in writing, natu Ihit' her connection with Mr. Key had (iiiiiueic- ed in April lest, under Mr. I'u-kliV rol, Ixit that Mr Key had since liiicd tho house on Fifteenth street, in which lliuy h id constant ly met. Mrs. Sickles' confesskin was made in the midst of the bitterest eontriiioo and misery. Her husband singly asked ber to give him back her wedding ring, and d-irH ber to write to ber mo'W to come and t kr her from his bou e et-ver. Mis. 8 eklei made no objection, admitted Ibe justice ol her punishment in the st.oet afltaiione' language. , Key was about 42 years of age, and a upee-ial favorite in Washington society. " He leaves four motherless cbildret. He was tbe son of Francis 8. Kef, author of the "Star Spangled fanner." He is also nephew of Judge Taney, and brother-in-law of Mr. Pendleton, Moniber of Congress from Cincinnati. Key and Sickles were both intimate Iriendaof the President. Key narrowly escaped duel, on his marriage, with Col. May, who was his rival. ' Tbe correspondent says: In 1853. Mr. Sickles was married to bis wife, now ruined and heart-broken, than a young girl fresh from ber school life, and re markable then as now for something soft.lovo- ly and youthful in the type of her very pe culiar beauty. She is of Italian origin, and possesses all tbe Italian lustre and depth of eye, united with a singular candor and delicacy of feature. ....... Mr. Sickles had seen her grow up from childhood, and was attached to her with an almost idolatrous affection. Shortly after their marriage, Mr. Sickle was appointed Secretary of the American Legation at London, in the household of Mr. Buchantu, and his beautiful brido won universal admira tion abroad, not more by her charms of per son and inannei than by the innocent joy-ousness of her character. Mrs. Sickles may be 22, and has two chil dren. She is the daughter of Bagiuli, the celebrated musir-teacher, of Fourteenth St. Amid the general gloom which this sad af. fray has cast over the city, many a sorrowing thought is cast toward her whoso guilty sur render to the wilea of a villain has resulted so tragically, for she has been much liked. i . . . .... ami i nose woo nave Known ner will grieve sorely at the necessity of giving ber up as lost. Few women are belter calculated to win in polite society, or to contribute more to its vivacity. , The New York Evening Post says the pri. vate character ol Mr. Sickles was bad. and that the ruin of bis w ife may be primarily attributed to bis example. From tho Cincinnati Enquirer. A Delightful Blander How Little . Piccolomini was , Kissed, and what she thought of it. During Piccolomini's late sojourn at the Spencer House, in this city, the following in cident occurred through a mistake, as natural as it must have been agreeable. . Little Pic's peculiarities are well known. She is a naive ingenious, .vivacious, and joy ous as a child with anew plaything, and while at the Sponcer went through the corridors smiling on every one she met, and embracing tbe little children, attracted by her boauty , in her most charming manner. - A young gentleman residing in the northern par: of this Stale a handscine, elegant and peaceful follow received a letter, last week' from his sister, who had been attending school in Kentucky, stating that she would bo on a certain day, at tbe Spencer House, where two friends of bers were going, and that she would look for him lo arrive in good season and accompany her home. . . The brother, Alfred, came at once, for he had not seen bis sister for nearly two years, having passod much ofth.it time in New York, and, on arriving at tho hotel, asked fur Misa - and tbe number of her room. Hoping to surprise her agreeably, be thought he would go op unannounced, having learned tbe lloor and tbe position of thu apartment. Just be fore he r eached the room lie saw his sister, as hs supposed, coming out. She was small and plump, as when be saw her last, and thought he would conceal himself behind the wall of the hall until she came opposite. He did so, snd in an ther moment a p.tlr of little feet were fnllinn in pedal music upon the floor. She was within reach of him. ' It was she of course-, he thought, althongh the gathering shadows of the evening rendered objects somewhat indistinct. That little head with,dark tresses, and bunaming of an air always his sister's habit mude bira confident. He would hesitate no longer; so extending his arms, and clamping the diminutive figure be. lore him, and bending down, and imprinting' throe or four cordial kisxes on one of the most dolicous of mouths, he asked, "Don't you know your brother, yon little rogue?" The 'little rogue" luoked blank with am-aiotnent, and then, muttcrinK something very sweet but not intelligible, slipped out of his hall-enclasped arms, and retreated in tbe direction she had come. " " Alfred now saw he must hare made a mistake; and, as no one appeared, he went to Cot-Pratt, the senior proprietor, to explain the awkward position in which he bad been placed, having no desire to be compelled to be shot it, or be shot by! some genuine brother. ' Tbe Colonel, who was well acquainted with Alfred, informed him that he bad mistaken Piccolomini for bis sister. For the first timo the brother learned that tbe diminutive divinity was in the city, and immediately wrote her an apology, saying he could not regret what had occurred on his own account, but would, if she desired it, on bers, n" had roMea he was proning Ihe P.ychran lips of the lnvlii-at and nvwt favinating Hone tl in 'he world, and I hat the iiiiyakj had o.ilr laki'h place" to cause she wa aflvmi-.ifiii as his JUier. She hail Ms most hunibl" apol-o;y fi.r what bad occurred, atnl if slie would not to- siti'dej,- he would "return lift What he had Uken. " ' ' '' ' ' ' ' ' ' Wlirn this no'e wat' Iran-ln'e l to the Ik witching farits, and she was as-ure 1 of iu iticenly she laughed iuirHixIeratcly, and said bad 'mipiMwl peilispa ki-ing it pretty girl (here hc looked very archh)on meetinx her. was an Ami-rwart eusioru It hid fright j .m-d her a. tV.l.but nf.w hed,J not care. for.;. Mid sl.e, in ber attractive Engliah Tuscan:- Ze keeadeed me DO 'arm; indeed It va not so deee-vat you say eel isr-deM a-gra- bl,H I So this oeculatory adventure terminated,! but Alfred said he has dreamed of Ilybla aid honeysuckle ever sine, and that the kisses f he ao fortunately obtained will fill hit future 1 hours with fragrance. We should think they would, lor Pioeolomini has to angolio mouth, ' where the honey of sentiment and poesy Is ' ever hived. , . , . '. . . ...... lri .- No wonder, imbed, , . - et '-The fragrant infaney of opening flowers ."; Flowed t his senses in that melting klsa. Cflmninnira lions.- . -7 g 1 " ' ", Fur the Republican. . Temperance. . ' ..- . i .yi FanDSBicKTowjf, March 7lh, 1859., - Mb. Editob: , .' As none hath spoken through your columns for this Metropolis, ia answer to your general i querie pertaining to the Temperance question,, allow me to state, sir, that we cannot boast - of entire freedom from the tyrranny of Bac- ) ehus; that we have a respectable number of tried veterans enlisted under the banner of Good Templar, to contest his assumption Of power in our midst The conflict though go-. ing on too silently to attract speoial attention, from careless observers, we hope is being con-.-. ducted surely, powerfully and effectually, a rational bope to indulge U there be truth ia the adage 7ow and sure. Wa hava tma sbrines at which tbe worshippers of the merry god pay their devotions, or rather only one ,' as one is, when viewed in the light that ur Honorable Rep., views these institutions in, a 'i tint qua non to the other. We, therefore, ar , ' as free from the curse, as can be. t o be cursed , at all, with but on hot bed where the seeds, " of sin and drunkenesa ar first planted and -j spring up and adjunct bot house by double J distilled fires, for -..:. .j ;.. i .-;si "They keep but little down below, , : But keep that little strong, , to which the young insipient before he is per- . ,; fi-cted, not until be is infected, must be trans planted. Here grows, expands and blossoms for him a nose-yay, which, though very pensive to purse, morals and health, and not . lt at all aweel or beautiful, he Is obliged to pay-for, carry with him and display on all oocatf s ions. " .' ' But, air, when we consider the magnitude of our town, the density of its population, it uubuivov wviuiuoLiuil WU1CI1 lends SO UQSUltl. the habit of even the most fastidious of any ' oommunity when we contemplate the' am-1 oust of immorality we have in a'ratio to our number of inhabitant compared wllh that Of ourcontemporaries of much larger pretensions, v" we feel that w are a' favored people with.' ' abundant cause to bo thankful. 1 A feeling we confidently entertain when we view the,cle- ganee of our structures dedicated to Educa-' tion and toGod.and count their steeples tower-" '' ing beeven ward, their bells pealing forth the" ' praise of a greatfu! people, their spires point YJ ing them to the Creator. '' " ' May the lime soon eome ' when these W ' gine of civiliration and Christianity will break down all such barriors to their progi-oss' as whiskey-still and drinking saloons, and " all our village and country rejoice ia that peace on earth and good will to man which will follow. Yours, Truly, '", I T.A.F. ' : J (WBev. Dr. Plumkb recently delivered . an address at the opening of a. female semi-,1 . 4 nary in Wheeling, Va., in which he made the ' ' subjoined, among other remarks." Turning to the Principal of the Seminary, Dr. Plcjcti u EBsaid: a I hope, sir. yon will not teach poetry her -I mean what some people call the science of , 4 composing poetry. If it will come frcm some t of these youth, let it come, but don't fore it , ,4 i leei scout UKe tne aietnodist preacner wbo was giving a charge to a class-meeting about some regulations. While In the midst of hi charge one old lady uttered a shout. 'Now,' says he, "brethren and sisters, since lb sub ject of shouting has come np, I'll givo you,.-. my views on the subject. Never shout from a sense of duty. If you feel that you can't, hold in, why, then shout, but not otherwise." - I hope, then, that no one )ier ,will ever, ;f4 write poetry from si ens of duty. Poetry ;. is despicable unless it fs first-class, foor . , poetry is about tbe meanest of all things. A , , the Latin satirist has laid, "neither gods nor j men can endure it." ' ' .' " ,' ' . " i W commend th above, especially tue closing sentence, to too woo presjst to in. Dieting upon editors execrable "Line" or ui endurable ' Sonnets" addressed to this per son and to that. ' 7M tbem bear to mind that real poetry i only (hat outguebing, of soul whloh th writer cannot suppress, even if ha, ' . wvum.- , ' II . "' 03 They bav (mart bora dowm in Alab. n4 ma.. pnitBen,a papilla ooevof tberity schools, got off a pleasant little conceit . ia v rhyme, the other day, aa follows; i .,. i s( t u , a ( Th mno wa aettini in a eloud " i ; Full flodg- in ar il r light, A hutching oat the litlli tUtt; 1 M rk-i lcpr.a ,il ll... Mrft " '1 ' - ... .... c 'I ' 0f ' 5 r v. ,'' But out fall ihe brilhuft !,, " - ' Piwiiseeit by" Luna -' - ' ' " Tho'awa but one ur littt ebiok' ' ''S?tJ. ... : ..That .Mold display a tail, . ' - ' ., - . v i i . a lira ' This miglit.vory appioprUtely cmn umlur . i, ihe'luad of gurnet .literature." , ,. ,.. ri . ' ' " ' .."V, K mrM in sou-n wmimiM .tare o,m!atn . A .'" P"l"l'" Toa i increase of population am n ihe (U.ck, . in - ""' whiti-a. ;-e .1 ) -'1 -it 'w y 1