Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1860-06-12

              VOLUME XXIV. MOUNT. VERNON, OHIO : TUESDAY, JUNE : 12,; 1860. NUMBER 8. OScb in .Tfoo.dTAd' Block, Ttord Story ff EaMS Tw .dollar per annum eayahle In ed ranee; 92,50 within fix months; f 3,00 after the ex Ttio ef the yesr. Cl.abs of twenty, $Lao each.: Ode to the Cuckoo. ... i . i : n&Q, bautim stranger or the grore ! . Thea BBeweager of Spring t : INow He ave it repairs thy rural seat, , And woods tb welcome sing."'; " "-" "TTbat timo tbe dalsj decks the groen, Thy certain Tploe we bear ; ; j fri Hut thou a star to guide th j path, .'Deligbtful vtsitanf I with thee ' -; I hail the time of flowers, , .And bear tbe sonad'of masie sweet . From birds among the bowers. t - , . , Tbe schoolboj, wandering through the. wood To pnll tbe primerose gay, " - Starts, tbe new Toice of Spring te bear, . And imitate thy lay. . . "What time the pea pats on tbe bloom, Thou flees 't the rocal valei :-: .An annnal guest in ethor lands; A -V: Another Spring to haiL ..-t. .. , :. . ; : . . '.I Sweet bird Mhy bower is erer green, Thy sky is ere clear; Thou bast no sorrow in thy song, ' ' No winter in thy year ! Oh, could I fly," I'd fly witb thee We'd make, with joyful wing Our annual yisit over the globe, Companions of the Spring. . , ; ; ILlssIng through the Window. The first fond, burning, thrilling kis, Pressed on the cheek of. woman, Awakes a hearen on earth of bliss A something more than hurann. Bt if yon want your chcV trTeol 1 ' "'; All burning into cinder. .: Just slip nronnd aniity ly steal A sweet kiss through the winJoif. . .. I'ro tried it nt the hour of ten, . When "Pa and "Ma" w'ero -sleeping In Summer's calm, in stoi-iny and when The heavens were freely wteping; '' 'Tisanthe same 'ti endles Mis ; ' ' And nothing now can hinder The port be will die or ki.-s -His darling through the window-.--." Calcs antr kctcljcs. THE WIFE. , 'jFro'm Washington Irring's Sketch 25ook. I have often had occasion to remark the forti tode with which women" sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortune. - Those disasters which break down the spirit, of man, and prostrate him in the dnst, seem to call forth all the energies of thoofter sex, and giv soch Tntrep iditj and elevation to the character, that at times it approaches to sublimity. Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft, lender female, who has been all weakness and dependence, and alive to every trivial roughness while "treading the prosperous palhs4 of life, suddenly, rising in mental force to be the comforter and support -of her habaiid, under misfortune, and abiding with sbrinkiug firmness the bitter blast of adversity. o .U0 luv , w uivij -flo IU4 InlliCIW'tS graCTIUI f diage about the oak, and been lifted by it into sunshine, will, when the hardy plant is rifted by the thunderbolt, cling . ronnd it ; with caressing tendrils, and bind up its shattered boughs, so it is beautifully ordered by Providence that woman, who is the mere dependent and ornament of man in his happy hoars, should be his stay and no-lace when smitten with sudden calamity, winding herself into the rugged recesses of bis natnre, tenderly snpporting the drooping bead, and binding up the broken heart. I was once congratulating a friend who had a-round him a bloomjng family, , knit together in the strongest affections. "lean wish no. better lot," said be, with enthusiasm, 'tbatr to have a vb and children. If jou, are prosperous, they are there to share your prosperity; if otherwise. there Ihey re to 'cotofort yon.' And,, indeed I hare observed that a married manr falling into caisfortirae, is more apt to retrieve his situation in the world than a tingle one, partly because he is more stimulated to exertion by the necessities f the helpless aad beloved beings who" depend upon him for subsistence, but chiefly his splriis are soothed and relieved by .domeatie endear-. tnenU tand his self-respect kept alive by.Snding that, though all abroad is darkness and humilia-ties, jet there is still a little- world of love at home, of which he is , the monarch. Whereas, the single man is apt to run to waste and self, neglect, to' fincy himself lonely and abandoned, and hia heart to fall to ruin like some desei ted EftStMlott for want of inhabitants ,t ? -.- j,...t. These observations call to mind a little domes-tie story, of which I was once i' witness- My intimate friend. Leslie. mwn,il K.n;rni .- accomplished girl who had been brought np in fashionable lire. She had; it 'is true, nojbrtnne biJ friend's iraa ample; and he delighted in the anticipation of indulging her in every ele. gant pursuit, and administering to those delicate tastes and fancies: that spread a kind of witchery about the sex.; !'Her, life." sajd .het ''shallbe The very difference of their character prods. ed an harmonioas combination. 11 was (of a romantic and serious cast; Vhe was alt Hfe ana. gladness. I have ciietil -netieed sheniuXi' rap-tore, wiih, wbici ,he would gaze open, her in com-pany, of whica her sprightly powers made her the delight, acu'Loin-the midit of applause, her ej-e wool J etl tsra ta him. as if there alone soght favor and acceptance. When hang, ir jon Lis armi bje sleeker for a costr&sted ne It y:, V tsU,j?f,i pexion, Tb. foad,,c?n5- ding air with which she looked np to him, seem ed to call forth a flush; of triumphant pride and cherishing tenderness, as if he doted on his love ly burden for its helplessness. '; Never did a 'con pie set forward on, the .Cowry path of early and well eiteated marriage with , a fairer prospect of felicitr. " - : - ' " " T V " ' - - Xt as tbe JnJsfottttM ; of. isy ,riead? however, to have embarked. bis properly in lwge speculations; be was not married many TOooths, when by a snccessioh cf soa'deri ,dlsa8tersi It ws swept from him, and he foand himself reduced almost to pennry. For a time heTcept ' his situation to himself and wenili abort with a haggard -'coante nance and a breaking hearth His Jife! was bit protracted agony, end what rendered it more insupportable was the neCEisity of keeping np a smile in the presence of his wife: for he cOuld not briog himself to . overwhelea-.her with the news. 1 She saw, however, wit!r the i-nick eye of afifection, Ihat alVVas 6t wellt with him. . She marked his altered looks and stifled sighs, and was not to be deceived by his sickly and vivid at tempts at! cheerfulness, fchfl tasked all : ber sprightly power and tender blandishments to win him back to happiness; but she only drove the arrow deeper into his soal. The more" be saw cause to love her the more torturing was the thought that he was soon to make her wretched. A. little while, thought he, and the smile will van- r .1 " a a v .. isa irora mat cneer tne song win die away from those hps the 1 ster of those eyes will be quenched with sorrow j and the happy heart bicb now beats ligbtly ia that bosom will be weighed down like shine, "by the' cares and mise ries of the world. At length he came ta me one day and related his whole situation ia a toce of deep descair. When I heard him through, I inquired, "Does jCur wife know all this?" At the question he burst into a.i agony of tears. "For God's sakel" cried he "if you have any pity on me, don't mention my wife; it U tbe thought of her that drives me almost to or ad n ess.' "And why noi?" said I. "She roast know.it ooner or later, you cannot keep it long from her and Uie intelligence may break npon Ler in a more startling manner than if imparted by yourself; for the accent of those we love soften the hnrdi8t tidings. Besides you are depriring your self of the -comforts of her sy mpathy; not merer ly that, but endangering the only bond that can keep hearts together an unreserved community of ihouht and filing. She will soon perceive that something is secretly preying npon -your mind, and trna l-ve will not brook reserve; it feels ondervalael when even the sorrows of those it loves nrj c"ncaled from it. "Oh! but my friend, to think what a blow I am to give all her fntore prospects.: How am I to strike her very" soul to the" earth, by telling her that her bashand is a beggar? that she is to forego all the elegancies of life all the pleasures of gray society to shrink with me into, indigene and obsenrity? - To tell her that I have dragged her Howri from the sphere in which she might have continued to move in constant brightness the light of every eye-the admiration of every heart? . How cn ab' bear poverty? she; has been the idol of society. Oh, it will break her heart."; V : r--:1 . ; " I 8a w his grief was eloquent, and I let it have its flow; for sorrow-relieves itself by "words.: When his paroxysm had nbsided, and he had relapsed into moody, silence. I resumed the 8ubject(rently, and urged Mm to break his situa tion at once, to his wife. .lie shook his head mournfully, bnt positively. "But how are yon to keep it from her? It Is necessary that she should know it, that you take the steps proper to the alteration of your circum stances. Yon must change your stvle of livinsr nay," observing a pang to pass across bis coun tenance, "don't let that afflict you. I am sore yon have never placed jour happiness in out-ward show yon have yet friends warm friends who will not think-the worse of you for being less splendidly lodged; and snrely it does not require a palace to be happy with Mary " "I could live wiih her," be cried, convulsively, "in a novel! I could go down wiih her into poverty and the dusil I could I could God bless ber, cried he, bursting into a transport of grief and tenderness. "And believe me, my friend," said I, stepping up and grasping him warns ly by the ; band, "believe me, she can be the same with you. . Ay more, it will be a source of pride and triumph to her it will call forth ett the.lileut energies and fervent sympathies of her natnre; for she will rejoice to prove that she loves yon for herself. There is in every .troe. woman Leart a spark of. heavenly fire which Hes dormant in. the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles op, and beams and4lase i tW-4rk hours of ad. versity. " No man'Ynows' what thewife of his bosom is no man knows what a ministeiing angel she: is until he has gone .with bar through the fiery -triaJsof thw worfd ' There was something in the earnestness of my manner, and the figurative style of my language that caught tbe excited imagination of Leslie. I knew the auditor I had to deal with, and following op the impression I had made, I finished by persuading hint fogi nttne, end unburden his sad heart to bis wife. I mast confess, notwithstanding all I had said, I felt some liule solicitade' for the result.""?rWho can calculate on the fortitude -of one whose life has beenv rnnadp lejaBe? Be Spirit might revolt at the flarkonward path of Jow ha mility 8udenjy'poVBts4'Oat r before, , aad tigjt ettng to the snnny regions tn which they' bad nunerto reviled, tJesides,min in fashionable life ia accomtmni ff .w. -M t : r ffAnd fcowaia she beat ftuvticia X haf to ber aiarl, fat she threw Wrms aloand 3voecS an'2 ftstel if Jhisjw w atl that U tat-Tv rnsuvms aaairf7i-iifli poor -' gi sm ilea, he, ,Eecann'o't leall'zs lis change ve mast nnderra. J - . t T . " ,j . . . . ' - - eioa m ib otktrn.k it U wgouter In short, I douirnof meet Leslie the. Mxfol ning without anticipation. He maae tb. a'isdo. She has only read of it in poetry, where it is al lied to love. She feels as yet no privation; she suffers no loss' of accustomed conveniences or elegancies. .When we come practically to expe rience its sordid earesj its paltry wants,' its petty hnmihation-then will be the feM trial. " ' ''But," I saia,,,n6what you have got oyer the severest feat,; that of breaking it to her, the soon er yon let tbe world into the secret, the bettex, The disclosure may be mortifying; but then it is a single misery, and soon ovrj whereas yon btb erwise suffer it in anticipation every honr in the day. . ; v - It is not poverty so mucbTas pretense, that bar asses ruined men the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse,, the keeping np a hoi low show that most soon come to an end. Have the coorage to appear poor, and yon disarm poT erty of its sharpest sting." On this point I found Leslie quite prepared. lie had .no false pride himself, and as to his wife, she was only anxious to conform to their altered circumstances. Some days afterwards he - Called, upon me in the evening. He had disposed of bis dwelling boilse and taken a small cottage in the country, a few miles. lie bad been busied all day in sending out furniture. The new establishment required few articles, and those of the simplest kind. All the furniture of bis residence bad been sold except bis wife's harp. ' That, he said, was too closelv associated with the : idea of her self; it belonged to the little story of their loves; for some of the sweetest moments of their court ship were those when be bad leaned over that in strnment, and listened to the melting tones of her voice. I could but smile at this instance of romantic gallantry in a doting husband. . He was now going ont to the cottage, where bis wife had been all day superintending its arrangements. My feelings had become strongly interested in the progress of this family story and as it was a fine evening I offered to accompany him, lie was weary with the fatigue of the day, and as he waited out, fell into a fit of gloomy musing. ; - . "' " ; ; " - - "Poor Mary," at length broke with a heavy sigh , from his lips. . " ' ' . ; "And what of her?" asked I; "has anything happened to her?" "What," said be, darting an impatient glanee. "is it nothing to be reduced to this paltry situa tion 'to be caged in a miserable cottage to' be obliged to toil almost in the meuial concerns of her wretched habitation.' "Has she repined over it?" "Repined! she has been nothing but sweetness and good humor. I have never known her more so. She has been all love, and tenderness, and comforif , : . "Admirable girl?" exclaimed I. "Yoa""caS yourself poor, my friend; yon never were so rich von never new the bonndles3 treasure of excellence you possess in that woman." "Oh! but my friend, if the first meeting at the cottage was over, I think I could then be comfortable. But this is her first day of real experience; she had been introduced into an humble dwelling she had been employed all day arrang- iogils miserable equipment she has, for the first time, known tbe fatigues of domestic employment she has, fir the the first time looked around her on a home destitute of everything elegant almost of everything convenient; and may now be sitting down, exhausted and spiritless, brooding over a prospect of future poverty. . There was a degree of probability in this pie ture that I could not gainsay, so we walked on in silence. ' ' - After turning from the main road up a narrow lane, so thickly shaded wita forest trees, as to give it a complete air of seclusion, we came in sight of tbe cottage. Itwasjiumble enough in its appearance for the most pastoral poet, and yet it had a pleasing rural look. A wild vine bad overrun one end with a profusion of foliage; a few trees threw their branches gracefully over it; and I also observed "several pots of flowers tastefully disposed about the door, and on the grass-plot in front. A small wicket gate opened upon a foot path that wound through some shrubbery to the door. Just as we approached, we heard the sound of music. Leslie grasped my arm; we paused and listened. It . was Mary's voice singing, in a style - of the most touching simplicity, a little air of which her husband was peculiarly fond. x ieit xjcsiiq s nana tremoie on ray arm. lie Stepped forward to bear more distinctly. . His step made a noise on the gravel walk. "A bright beautiful face glanced out of the window and vanished a light footstep was beard and ilary cave tripping forth to meet as; she was 10 a pret ty rural dress of white; a few wild flowers were twisted in her hair; a fresh bloom was on her cheeV: her whole . countenance beamed ' with smiles I had never seen, her look so lovely "Aly dear Ueorge,'r she cned, "I am so glad you have cornel I kave been waiting and watching for you; and running down the lane, 'and looking for yoe I've set- ontc a - table fender beautiful tree behind the cottage, and I have been gathering some of the most delicious strawber ries, for i know you are fund of them and we have soch excellent cream and everything is so sweet and still Of said she, putting , ber-'arm wrtbin bis, and looking up brightly ' in his' face. 0, we shall "be so happy 1 bis tosom -be folded hie ' arms around bet be kissed her again knot again he could' not speak bnt the tears gashed into his eresj and be has bften assured me, that though the world has since gone prosperonsfy with 'him,ahd bis life has in deeiJ been; a happy one!' yet "never has Beexpe- rieucrf b uiuiaeni vi mure exquisite leilcny. 4 ;'..v&.a r,i UglUjrd Slaves.' r is-: J0k: Tjage-212 of. the Congressional Globe 2d eioTit.30th ongresa the in ti-sla very reader !sriM ,be asazd tp wlt th Lincela offered a bill containin frxk lonr ;ectioni Note its smtrit-irLidcolnaot tip sbraf4ie demands an 'efficient,' law one 4hat f.wiiJ'isnsJth the niggei"aed uand-gint prer la' hirowner l This is a devil ofl.TfiiardTor poor Linooln--and Stv Jt That tbaVw;(rfftfil iakrit5is"ft Washington and OeorgetdW Trilhiw their;re- speeUve Tunsduftionai limits,- are heresr'empd ered and required to provide active atid e He Lent meanatrre8t aad ceuvef -op to taeir ewner ail fogiuve slaves escaping into said ihsirici, Ijniomtnii. IIETEOBIC SHOWEKS, t ; The recent fall f tneteorie' etones ln: 0bio hasiven renewed impetni to the interestwitb whic b the appearance - of s ue tr "mysterious" visi-. tants is always attended. That "such stone do fall, and that not nafreqaeetly, ii cer'aiar. AH doubt of the reality .of tbe .fact ie set at rest by the concurrent testimony of past eenta-ries, and by the peculiar formation of. the stones themselves, which is always nearly the same. On analysis they are found to be composed with sTigh't variations," of vitrified "'eartn, ironj magnesia atd nickel, with a maty ; amoont'of sij4 pbnr. ; Ashes are.soaietiines ''iscovere'd' in. them and iron in pare, bright spicohe. The surface is covered with a metalic coating like yarnisb,' which extends even over parts freshly broke i. . Tbe Philosophical Transactions "(English j add. records of the French Academy, contain autben- ticated accounts of many soch fails of stones. In 1793 a stone fell in yorkshire, England, weighingfiftysix pounds. It was preceded by a report like the discbarge of guns, and by two distinct concussions of the' earth. It buried it-S3ll twenty -one inches in tbe ground, and was found hot and smoking. '':'X'.'-.-':-'y- In 1769 three masses ofj stone fell with a noise like thunder in three separate and distinct provinces of France Mainei Artois and XJoten- tin and were found while hot." They weri sent to the Academy, and were all alike,' covered with a ferruginous coat, and cODtaining'irbn and sui- phur. ' " " ; :' ' ' In 1S7G a terrific fire ball came from the di rection of the Turkish provinces, bordering high on the Adriatic, crossed the Adriatic, swept over Italy beyond Leghorn, and "burst with a loud report, its- frsgments. falling into the sea ith a hissing noise like the quenching of red- hot iron. The height of this meteor was com puted at Jbirty-eight Italian miles. . - In 17C8 a dark threatening cloud was observed in the province of Main, Germany, from which came thunder, but no lightning. - Awhizzin? noise was then heard, and an obaque body shot out from the cloud, descended-in a curved line. and fell in a field. . It was found to be a stone burning hot, similar iu formation to Other meteoric stones, and weighing eeve'j pounds and a half. It was covered with a biack crust, and on analysis, was found to contain, in one hundred parts, fifty-five and a half vitrificable earth,thir-t-five ol iron, and eight and a half of sulnhnr. . . - - - . s - j r . i. .. ? - a In 1794 a tremendous cloud appeared over Tulcany, coming down from the north, an? 'ni-1 ng ont Fpnrics. ana imce 3r, T - -- BIO US lib f musketry acd castinsr down to the ground hot stones. - The lightning that came from the. cloud was remarkably red, and shone like the Ume of J canon, rather than common discharges of electricity. The cloud ay hitl, and remaiued for a longtime. Pro fessor Sol J aiii examined near twenty stones which fell from it. The heaviest weighed five and a half poutids. Their surfaces were irreirur ar, and covered with a black glaze. One had a crystal point like a diamond, and another contain ed particlea of frold and silver, as well as iron. In 1753 two. stones fell in Germany one in Eichstedt county and the ol her in Bohemia. The first of these was six inches in. diameter, and was seen in its fall ajid picked op quite hot The Abbe Stutz, of V ieuna, .who gave an account of these stones, further states that two oth ere fell in Crotia, Hungary, near Agram, on the 26th of May, 1851. A fiery ball was seen toward the east, which burst into two parts, with a. report exceeding that of a cannon, and then fell from the sky "in the form and appearance of two cbaine etangled in one another,' and attended with a loud noise. One of these narts -- - r 7 fell in an arable field, where it made a "exeat fissure or cleft, an ell wide, and ''singed tbe earth on the sides." The other niece fell in a r - meadow, and weighed 1$ pounds- Their fall Was attended with a shock like an earthquake. Vrdan, in his De Vanetate Reium, relates that in 1510 he witnessed the fall of one bundled and twenty stones from the sky; that among them one weighed one hundred and twenty pounds, and another sixty. He describes tbem as mostly of an iron color, very hard, and smelling of brimstone. ." The various theories by which philosophers have attempted to account for these phenomena are none of them free from objections. Anci ently it was supposed that these stones were pro jected from volcanoes in tbe sun or moon. The moderns, with more propriety, have thought they may have been cast out from the internal fires of.-osr own earth. Stones are thrown, to lb a height of many miles from the craters of volcanoes and ashes from Vesuvions,1 at times,' have been blown by the winds almost all ever Etr-rope. " . . - V;.. , . . ' 1 ; tialley supposed that a meteor was mere.lv a train of infiammablo vapor, which, taking first at once end, bnrned to: the other, like a train of guopower, giving tbe appearance of motion. Uthers,aud among tbem Prufessor; of iTale Uoiiege, baye; suggested that they, were fplfd bodies revolving round the earth like the mooq till, by some accident, losing their course, they fall to the earth. Cavallo adoots-nart rf this last theory,' aad -.adds,, that the orbit of .these bodies . may be ipiraV and .coBttnually cBtrao- uufi in consequence Ol tne j superior attraction of the earth; till on coming In contact with our . i. . l - . - . .-- -, -.. . siraooparrT, lue incuon neais mem, melting tne surface and supplying the black crnaL whil tha ,neqnalt expansion : of the v ran : rof ; thev bod v caaaes them to explode, as stones" often jio in a common fire.' -' '. " J'-" " " ' -! To all this .m'i'lMt' added1 tbe: -plauiible eon'-jectere that as clouds bf -dsst, mixed with leaves and sand, and even living reptiles, are eftenrax ried to high alutudee byyhirlwindsand .water- j spouts, tQ.8ajriothingof matter, thrown frora; volc'inbes, it; would seem net nnlikely that the CdmbBslion-of USamaablei"gaiei' fn tbeatnio br?icPttr by. feIecUicalcBrTBntskjri other chemicals changes,., should brjng these together end fuse them with the mineral matters 'of. the gasses themselves, into a mass; which, immed iatelf talini tnotionl end -exposed Id eonntly iocraasing friction arid ahernationa cf heal and old,in passing throo;h .tbet varrisg etrat ff tne atmo?pDere, ana prooatly, also, to the e --of a Strong centrifursJ force, finillv turst. r Ifntcrcstirijnj Tancfiii Ax Tennessee Girl .Elopes from' a Bew '" - YOrkrBoaralnjf Scaool. - fiss Pbippiof Tennessee, a popfl at theSpin-gler'Intirttte,''-ek)pedfy6m:! that institution on Saturday evening in company" with General John Q. Bjnunrof Tennessee: sMr. Bynum had tisited the yeung lady as a relative, several times but finally the suspicions of the principal were aronsed that he had other intentions than those a relative wonldbave" He "waJ accordingly re quested to discontinue bis v'sits, which be promised to do.'' Oh 'Saturday evening be callod at tbe. Institute and sent for Mrs. Abbott, the' Principal. When she arrived in the' parlor,' she per ceived that she was' accompanied by Miss Fhipps, opotf which she 'directed that' fady to leave tbe room, as she desired to see tbe General' alone. f This he protested against, Saying' he desired tb have no secrets from Miss Phipps. He then whispered a' word to her, 'npon which she bade Mrs. Abbot t g6od by "and prepared to leave. Mrs. Abbott attempting to detain ber by throwing her arms about her,' when the General rude-ly forced her away and accompanied Miss Phipps to a carriage, which, upon entering was driven off. The con pie were subsequently married. Mr. Abbott has published aeard in the New York papers, in which he denounces the conduct of Gen. Bynurn in no measured. terms. . , SAD DESOtJMKST OF ANOTHSff KLOPKMEXT- . . The Philadelphia Bulletin says: . (. The reader will remember an account we recently published of the elopement of a young lady from Alabama with a medical-student named John H. Bogart. Tbe young lady was attending boarding school in this city, an4 ber guardian at first opposed the marriage, but subsequently became reconciled. The matter was adjusted after a day or two, and the bridegroom and bride departed for the South, buoyant with happiness. We yesterday heard of a letter from Mr. Bogart announcing the sudden death of his young wife She was married scarcely a month previous, was reared in the lap of luxury, and during the eigh teen summers of her existence had probably never known a wish that was ungratified, that which resulted in her elopement alone excepted-Correspondence of tbe Baltimore Snn.- A Brilliant "Weddirig Marriage of Mad ame ijoaisco xne xTesiaent utres tne Bride Away. .- Washikotos, Msy 29. The general theme of conversation in the two cities of the District of Columbia, to-day, is the brill, aat wedding of Captain Douglass Scott of her Majesty's Indian Army, to the American ! ndinrT. widows sian minister. Apart - frotU intimations thrown out within the cast few davs by the fair lady. whilst making calls, no "invitations" were ex tended to the numerous friends of the parties. The news soon spread, however, and long be fore tbe appointed hour of noon St John's Church was crowded to its utmost capacity with intellect, beauty, and fashion. Members of the Cabinet, Senators, Representatives, Officers of Army and Navy, with the Corps Diplomatic du ly represented, all, contributed to . tbe general interest. At an appointed hour the President's carriage was dispatched to Mrs. Bodisco's residence, in Georgetown,' and soon conveyed her to the man sion, there sbe remained for nearly an boar, when, accompanied by the venerable President and his niece. Miss Lane, she proceeded in their carriage to tho church, where according to the etiquette of the occasion, she was joined by the gallant captain. . As the happy couple advanced towards the altar, (unattended by bridesmaid or groomsman,) but by the President and, his every eye was on tbem, and certainly every one smiled pleasantly on the candidates for connu bial -felicity.; Tie ceremony was performed ac cording to the impressive services of the Protes tant Episcopal cburcb, by Rev. Dr. .Norwood, of Georgetown, D. C, during which the blooming bride was "given away", by President Buchanan. It is worthy of remark here that Mr. Buchanan performed a similar pleasing ceremony when the same lady (then the youthful Miss Williams, of George ton) was married to Mr. Bodis-co, the honored representative of a foreign government., r -. : V.- ; ' . The bride's dress was composed of eplendid lavender colored f ilk, tastefully embroidered with rich laces and flounced, bat; witb such exqoieite taste as to preclude any . idea of gaudiness. This dress, it is said, cost about $3,000. ; In addition she worea pretty straw' bonnet, which imparted all tbe air of a 'girl of'eighteen. f The captain was attired handsomely in a full Suit of scarlet, lhe"British uniform. ' 1 ' ; '-.-'y V ' Tbe8ertice8uconcladed, crowds of friends pre'ssed forward and congratulated the' happy pair, so that half an ; hour elapsed before they could obtain egress. ,; Finally this' was effected, and the bride and groom entered their carriage, when the President was . about to leave, it being cabfnet dayt tbo ba,ppr coopfe' insistei, and the venerable 'Chref-ilagistrate'" accompanied them ttfthe Tesidence' of Mr; Bodisco, Secretary 'of legation -in Gorgeton where they. spent an hour, and Ihen left in the S-20 train, en route for a northern wedding tour. Alargai , crowd was aa-samble J at the depot to bid tbem farewell. '.. M 'Experiment -with ajt Idiot. : .. DrMadioyslates that as an idiot at Salzbarg appeared to be singularly ' insosceptible of fear an experime n t5 of aur appaHing ; vh aracter and appalling consequence was mace npon bim as a means qi puwng cia snscepuoiuty to rn test- It was proposed to produce in him the impree-liotAhU'hi mk "fUlU'n "dead -man come to life. sraaorjlered) watch tret, the deid Th idiot 6ereeivng'ome tootioa id the corpse, desired it IS lie sUllrbat the pretended ; eorpse raisieg it self in spila CT this admonition, the idiot seized a hatchet, hich.ttBlBCinfras wtlhln his reach, ..J cctoH first neoT the 'feet of the unfurtn-i.a counterfeit, acd then, xntnoved by bis cries cutofTbis lead.- ta' tbca calmly tesaeiT"s station cy tf rfe-J ccrpse,' .v-r 4.v A"person, accotdingty,h9J bimself tsjf out as a M fc-'--t . - s1. , ' Corpe, asd DTe!opeg ro a shroud, and tbe qiot Battle Letween Volunteers and Indians The .Volunteers - Defeated T wenty- Ons Known to ba Killed. ' St Joss, Jrne 1. Tbe Pouey Express, witb the dispatches aid'mail .missjug from tbe poney which errived Tuesday tvening last, arrived here U 2 0 P. M.r to day. No e xplanation is given at to the cause of its detention. Mail all safe. Th last Puiiey Espies touk iiitel'iteice that ffveral Americans had beeu murdered by Indians wLi?e asleep t Miller's' station, on Carson B;ver,soine thirty miles fi urn the settlements of Cerspn ValleT; and also that various companies h id organized at Virginia: City," Gold Hill, and o;ier settlements in the Washoe mines, and gone in pri-anit of the Indians supposed to have commitied the murders. ' , - It suljsequently appeared that 150 volunteers under coniTnn.-n'l of MejiVr Omisby, on the 12ih cvine rpori "The . Indian?, about C5 miles northward of Virginia City. The. Indians were in ambush at a'Wrrow pass, through which the Ormsby party, were proceeding... and numbered it is supposed., not leas thno .fire hundred, all having fire arms, plenty of ammunition, and 150 horses within convenient distance. They opened fire upon our troops from their safe hiding places Major Ormsby ordered a charge, but the Indians continued to skull, firing occasionally from behind rocks and sage bushes, and doing damage without suffering much in return. This condition of things continued two hours, when the ammunition of Ormsby's party gave oat. .. The Indians seeing this, closed npon our men, pouring in volley after volley, killing many on the spot.:" The balance retreated, scattering ih all directions. The survivors came straggling into Virginia City daring two subsequent days The exact number of killed is not yet ascertain ed, bat probably exceeds fifty. ' - . Among the slain are Maj. Ormsby, Henry Meredith, a distinguished Californian, Lawrence, Wm. S. bpear, Richard Snowden, Wm. Arring- ton, Dt. Jader, Chas. Derawas, James Lee, F. Johns, Cbas. McLood, John Fleming, S. Sander- sou, Andrew Scbeold, M. . Kreso witch, John Gormbo, A. K. Elliott W. Hawkins, Geo. Jones, Wm. Macintosh, O. McNanghton. . ToUl known to be killed 21; wounded 3; fate unknown 43; retnrned alive 33. Wagons have been sent out to pick np any wounded that may be found, and also an armed force to protect parties burying the dead, but no account yet received from the battle ground. An Incident of the Tordano. A correspondent at Buford, Highland Co., relates a melancholy circumstance connected with the ravages of the tornado of the 21st, in that vicinity, which we have not seen mentioned elae- fire - ndina in m. bncrtrv. m. short distance from Buford, and we overtaken by the hurricane as they were passing through a wood. A tree which was blown over fell direct ly across the top of their carriage, crushing it and its inmates to the ground. One of them was instantly killejjf, while the other bad both legs broken, and was otherwise severely injured. - Upwards of two hours elapsed after the storm before help came. During this time, the suffering of the wounded roan was terrible. The tree which was a large one, lay, aiross his leg3, and he was,- of course, utterly unable to extricate himself. -He called for assistance until entirely exhausted, acd had given up to die when he was discovered and relieved from his psinful position. He is nOw.in; a. fair way to recover.. ! Manner of Electing President and Vice President. Some erroneous statements relative to the manner of electing President and Vice President, when the electors fail to choose, having been published, we copy from the Constitution of tbe United States tbe fallowing article in reference to that subject: Abt. XII. The electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by ballot for President and Vice' President; one of whom, at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President; and they shall make distinct lists of all persons veted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice President, and of the number of votes tor each; which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of Government of the United States," directed to the President of the Senate; the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of tba Senate and House of Rep resentaiives. open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted; tbe person , having the greatest number, of votes for President, if Such number be a majority of the wholo number of electors appointed. And if no person have such. majority, then from tbe persons having the highest numbers, not exceeding, three on a list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall chose immediately, by ballot,' the President; but in choosing the President tbe votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each State having one vote, a quo-rum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of tbe States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice; and if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President, whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the VicevPresideat shall aet as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. ; . Tbe person having the greatest number or votes as V ice President, shall be tbe Vice President, if such number be a ma jority of tbe whole" number of electors appointed; and if tr person nave a majority, then from tbe two highest camber on the list, the Senate shall choose for V ice 1 resident; a qnorura for this purpose shall consist of two thids, of the whole cumber of Senators, and a majority 6f the whole aamber shall be necessary to a choice. Bat do perse eonstitatkraa'ly ineligible to the oCceof President, sb-ill be eligible to that of Vice Pre:-ident of the United S:mUw V ' ;""IIaS it "Dana -any Good? r For twenty "years the'atitation of tbe Slavery question has been going on, in the Northern; States. na-4t done any eod? -4Iil not on the tertn&ary, vbea , prodaMive : of prod',:'ous harnat . Ii jringthe sUre, prixlacipi? tittcroess and ae-vr ferocity vi atrii in fnar unt neigh1 bwthoods, a.i"reHgius societiciT "7bea will men larn wisdom and proJence? . i ' Current Itbs kns. '-Xi2rCoLn RsxRraos Tbe nominnUon of liincoln and Hamlin w-re i-mmriTateH followed by a severe frost in MirrtrV Os S or i pi Ions it a - n r fw i d in y sr r ous part3 of"I'afjv jn favor of Garibaldi' expe. dilion, At MiUn it aVe.-cTy r?rij to 40,000f. ViV A Mill aimt ;Mtmi Tloplra ra..)T. discovered two men : ptt-al.ng h hrMks"ia 'Pine-Bluffs, Texas,- abd shot ihv wh dead.-"- 1 8 A man named A. F. Eanis, formerly of New York, has been arrested in Baltimore for circulating incendiary dferf " 5 i C'ST'The International ITfM Vesna " Mis souri, was destroyed by lira'ou b'alurday. " Los a $20,000. Insurance $.1,P0D. ; - ' 1 ' t5?? linn .'JnVn CI T., hPt ,.,.1 ..f -' . . ; ' - g , p. ha3 purchased from Simeon LelndV vf New Yorkj a Durham bull for $'2,tC9. v " -''" fiQ?All the eit: Hangarian noblemen appointed members of the fiew C iu rK-il of the Acs-frian empire have refused to aVept-nea '3io it. S&m Advices from Texas report the yellow fever raging violently among the Indians on tbe frontier. . . The myriads of pigeons ml Cass , Co. Mich., are a great annoyance to farmes. The newly planted corn suffers, by their depredations.. A coal digger was killed near Zanesville the 29th nit, by the falling in of earth upon him while going into the bank in a dog car. C& The New York religious anniversaries were not attended bv the usual numbers thia VMP Tn(oM,t i n ast-wi- ? ft I. - . L . a. ,u avuic v& lucm occult -tj vyy waning. fy The late tornado demolished & brick house near Salem, Indiana, and two girls about 12 years of age were instantly killed. The lega of the school mistress were broken. There are in commission in Virginia S troops) of cavalry, 81 companies of light infantry, 82 companies of riflemen, and 21 companies of ar tillery. - ". s32T" Philadelphia" June 2. Mr. Dawn, a reporter employed on the Ledger, died thie morning, from injuries received by falling oat of a window during the night. - SSF A Texas paper says Her. It. P. Thompson, sanative missionary in that State, is breaking himself ot the habit of swearing, and read the Scriptures quite fluently." - - The Paris correspondent of the London Herald asserts that seldom have the relations between France and England been on a more unsatisfactory footing than at present. .- 2J ue w nt u. urove, editor ot the Ltica N. Y."J Daily Observer, democrat, has been elected mayor of the city by the common conn, cil. "" is? Tbe State Artesian wen is now t,vi feet deep, without obtaining a spout of water or oil. The bore progresses about five feet a day, still through limestone rock. Fifteen hundred acres of watermelons have been planted in Driftwood Township, Jackson County, Indiana. How tbe boys will suf s JSyThe Savannah Ga. Express is informed that an old citizen of that place, with his sister, has jost fallen heir to a fortune of 3,000,000-francs in France. ?"A soldier of the Revolution died last week at Berkshire, Tioga County, X. Y? II is name was Frederick Staff, and his age 106 years. David Carson, of Scarritt's Prairie, BU a day or two since, cut his throat to avoid consumption and an unpleasant family, and succeed-. ed completelv. . .5S"rThe Alia California, at San Francisco, says it has paid f 14,000 for overland mail and pony express news in the. four months to tho 1st of May. 2 State Democratic Conventions held in Mississippi and South Carolina have sustained tbe course of the delegates from those States at Charleston. " SGF It is slated that the late Tteodore Parker bequeathed bis. Library, amounting to 33,-000 volumes to the public library of the city of Boston. ; " rvj" The mere cost of land on which British railways are constructed has averaged $3,005 per mile as mnch as the average cost of making a railway in the United Slates. 3" BelTt Life says that an arrangement Jiaa been made by Heecan and Sayera, by which they will give a benefit reception at the Albans bra, Leicester square, in the week following Hp-som races. . . , ., . Ctiy.Tbe Rev. Geo. N. Munro has been ar rested. and imprisoned at Cincinnati,, upon a charge of adultery. He ran away .from New York City with one of bis parjshonera, the wife of a New York journalist named Pi Urn a a. .-The artesian well at Toledo was completed on Monday but, the augur having penetrated the inexhaustible reservoir underlying the city, and letting out tbe water in a strong and copi-qui stream. - - ? . -, . fy The Washoe fever is at ' a stand-still, if not on the. decKoe. About ten tboasand emir grants from California are at the diggigs, but, i consequence of snow and excessive cold, there is little doing in tbe way of mining operations. About fifty miles of the Atlantio cable on this tide have been taken up, and fractures r . .i . X ... V . - Tf louua wners uwy vsn ivppwu w w. mjj overrunning the same amount on the other side, some are hoping to make the thing work.-' r t,uloaH writes to the Baltimore San' that the Japanese "are to fee scot home iaCar Horn, and therefore will-oot remain in this coun ty as long as was expected. ' a bey will probably . leave a boat tbe IrtYjt July. 5 - i---A u t2 The cattle plegrie has extended into New Hampshire and the iii;'bon' Xctcs says that two hundred diseased cattle are in the six towns adjoining. It,aLppe?. calls upon ail the people to organize a guard to prevent the driving of cattle from town to town. ,', . -, . ,. , . 'r3Tha Boston 'Traveller advert'?s "tbsi It wilt pay $23 each for sermons suitable fr puTication.'J It requires, howeter. tht Cej sha.'l te "divested cf all nnprovoke j and cr -: -.? tens sarcasd, and rjervadqi by at;5 cf.C-;'.-tianitT,". ' - ' 1 .