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overcast, and an occasional star which
glistened through the haze was all the
light afforded him through that dark
and fearful night. Wet to the skin by
the constant dashing spray; part of the
time IN water half way up to his knees
SO cold that the blood seemed chilled in
his veins, aud almost famished with hun
ger, he felt that death was preferahl to
such long continued suffering, and moth
ing but the thought of his family sus=
tanned him in his exertin"s to keep his
boat trimmed and headed for the land
when morning dawned the outline of the
Canada shore greeted his eyes, and he
found that he had made land in the vi
ciuity of Long Point. Here he met
with another difficulty, in an adverse
wind and heavy breakers, but the same
hand which had sustained him thus far
guided him in this emergency, aud after
thirty hours of unremittiDg and incred-
ible exertions, he succeeded in landing
in safety. What his emotions were on
again treading the "green and solid
earth" we s6all not attempt to inquire
but his trials were not yet ended. He
found himself faint with hunger, and ex-
hausted with fatigue, at the distance of
forty miles from any human habitation,
while the country that intervened was
desert, filled gith marshes aud tangled
thickets, from which nothing could be
obtained to supply his wants. These
difficulties, tog her with the reduced
state of his strength, made his grogress
toward the settlement slow and toll.
some. On his way he found quantity
Of goods which had been thrown ashore
from the wreck Of some vessel, which,
although they afforded him no immedi
ate relief, were afterward of material
service. After long and weary march
through the wilderness he arrived at
length at the settlement, where he was
received and treated with great kind
ness aud hospitality by the people.
When his strength was sufficiently re-
cruited, he procured beat and went in
search of his goods. These he found
and brought off He then started over
land for Buffalo, where he disposed Of
part of his treasure, and with the pro-
cecds furnished himself with a complete
uift, and fIGing the Traveller, Captain
Charles Brown, from Conneant, in the
barber, he engaged passage cn board of
her. The captain and crew had heard |
Of his Disappearance, and looked upon
him IS oue risen from the grave. His |
story was so astonishing as scarcely to |
be credible, but as he was there III per
son to verify it, it could cot be doubted. |
Within day or two he was Oh his way
to joiu his family. who, he was Informed
by the captain, had given him Ep for
dead, and we're wrapped in the deepest
despair. His feelings can easily be i'm
lgined es he approached the vicinity of
hal home which he had expected never
gain to behold V hen the packet ar
lived opposite the house, the crew gave
hree long, loud aud hearty cheers, and
ired gurs from the deck III token of joy,
which led his family to anticipate his
-eturn. On landing he found that his
'uneral sermon had been preached, and
lad the rare privilege of seeing his own
widow clothed in the kabiliments of
deepest mourning.
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81 Remember that every person,
however low, has rights and feelings,
In all contentious let peace be rather
your object than triumph. Value tri.
umph only as the means of peace.-Sy9:
zaea Smith.
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@ He VIM gueS 70 bed y anger !;
has the devil for his bedfsllow, "A <ss
desires US to cay that he knows n...-
ried man, who, thought he goes to bed
meek and gentle as lamb, is in the
same predicament.
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EI The Prussian governments has
just published the return of the number
of accidents which have happened on ali
the railroads of that conntry for the year
1855. The return states that not q
single life toas lost, and that only three
persons were injured.
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The Speaking l cad.

BY HENRY w.LoHG FELLOW.
: When the hours OF day are numbered,
- And the voices of the night
Wake the better soul that siunbered,
f To holy, calm delight.
Ere the evening lamps ere lighted,
And, like phantoms grim and tail,
Shadows from the ftful fire light,
Dance upon the parlor wall,
Then the forms of the departed,
Enter at the open door;
The beloved, the true-hearted,
Come to visit me once more.
- He, the young and strong who cherished
Noble longings for the strife,
By the roadside fell and perished,
Weary with the march of life
They the holy ones and weakly,
Who the cross of suffering bore,
Folded their pale hands so meekly,
Spake with US on earth no norel
And with them, the being beauteous,
Who unto my youth was given,
More than all things else that love me,
And is now saint in heaven,
With slow and noiseless footstcp,
Comes that messenger divine,
s.sz Takes the vacant chair beside me,
Lays her gentle hand in mine.
And she sits and gazes at me,
With those deep and tender eyes,
Like the stars go still and saint-lke.
Looking downward from the skies
Uttered not. yet comprehended,
Is the spirits voiceless prayer,
Soft =ebukes in blessings ended,
Breathing from her lips of air.
O.though oft depressed and lonely,
AL my fears laid aside,
If but remember OILY,
Such as these have Ii ed and died
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CHARGE Ir-Dr. Thompson, of the
railroad hotel at Atlanta, Ga, is some
what noted for his eccentricity. The
other day traveller stepped up to sets
tie, while the doctor was at the bar
:" What's your charge.?"
".Well, if we charge it, dollar-but
if you cash down, it's fifty cents"
Charge it, then," said the fellow,
coolly, and stepped off into the cars.
The doctor, half angry and half amust
ed, followed the chap and asked if he
didn't intend to pay that little BILL"
Certainly not" was the bland reply:
" didn't tell you to charge it ?"
The doctor was nonplussed so he
said, with the best of his bows,
Stranger, if ever you should come
this way again Just bring your bo1 and
stay a soeek,"
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TRAUMATIc BLOOM M-Amidat the wild
swells Of tumultous misanthropy career.
ing upon the asteroids of public grief,
methinks see an oleaginous paralogism
which slowly ascends from the miaamat-
ic. vestibules of hapless Hungary !
From a thousand viaducts of blooming
iodine, the poor mophitic paynims Of
Bulgaria and the Tyrol mingle theif
beatifc sighs with thoss which spring
along with aboriginal siroecos. Oh,
what a diatribe of curses must distil upe
on the petrified antennae of the tyrant
as he sits with devout Aspect upon his
callous throne, and wields that which
destroys the nations, his tascent and
sporadic sceptre! From the unetioHe
pinions of the palsied eagle, as be faps
them over the inehoate altar, there ex.
udes palinode of arid tears, enough to
cauterize the iris of Goth or Fandal,
while from each tear an apoplectic Whist
per falls upon the lurid ear of benedic-
tine Europe with the galvanizing dis.
itch, Ton z'opuli-Kossuth go 6ragh
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E&I admire your beautiful crops" :"
this year, as tho fox said to the poultry
in the hearing of the farmer.
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dDoetrp
The Old Mill.
BY WILL W. HARSEY.

Live and diei live and die
And all the weary, weary years go by,
And the quaint old mill stands still
The sun-mixed shade, like spotted snake,
Lies half-hidden in the bosky brake
And half across the rill
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% The man who tried to sweater
his tea with one of his wife's smiles, has
/" fallen back on sugar.
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EE The late Samuel Rogers re.
ceipt for long life was " temperance, the
bath, the aesh brush, and don't fret"
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ana nail ACROSS the I'LL.
The summer comes and the winter comes,
And the flower blooms, and the striped bee
HUNS,
And the old mill stands in the sun
The linehen hangs from the walls aloof,
And the rusty nails from the ragged roof,
Drop daily, one by one.
The long grass grows in the shady pool,
Where the cattle used to come to cool,
And the rotting wheel stands still;
The gray owl winks n the granary loft.
And the sly rat sinks, with pit pat soft.
From the hopper of the quaint old mill.
The mill-wheel clickt, and the milI-wheel
elackt,
And the groaning grooves once creakt and
erackt,
And the children came and played
The lazy team in the days of yore,
Nunched their fodder at the old mill door.
Or drowsed in the grateful shade.
But the good wife died and the miller died
And the children all went far and wide
From the play ground by the dam
Their marble ring is grass o'ergrown
As the messy foot of the rude grave-stone
Where the old folks sleep SO calm.
But the miller's son, in the city thick,
Dreams that he hears the old mill click,
3 And sees the wheel go round;
And the miIlers' daughter through her half
- = shut eyes,
Can see her father in his dusty guise,
And the place where the corn was ground.
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e If honest men are the snlt ofths
earth, pretty girls may be aeid to BE- the
sugar.
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E% They are some on "epitafs " in
California. The San Diego Herald pub
fishes the following, written upon a
young man who was accidentally shot :
"Rere lies the body of Jeens Hambrick
who was accidentally shot
On the banks of the pacus river
by young man.
He was accidentally shot with one of
the large Colts revolvers, with no stop
per for the cock to rest on, it was one of
the old fashioned kind brass mounted,
and of such is the kingdom Of heaven" J"
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This is the time of shadow and Of flowers,
When roads gleam white for many a winding
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The summer comes and the winter comes,
And the flower blooms, and the striped bee
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By HENRY LoAeFELLow.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-06
XXXIVTH CONG Il h ESS.
FIRST SESSION.
SENATE. .WAsHrSGTos. Aug. ., 1886.

SENATE. " WAsHINGToS. Aug. ., iooo'
The Senate passed the House bill providing iCr
running a bour 0aIy line between W Nas1mg'or ieii'-
tory and the British possessions.
Mr. SEWARD presented the petition OF Charles
Robinson and o hers now confined in ksn5ss under
charge Of on, praying for rehe Referred 10 the
Judiciary Committee.
The petitioners set forth their trial is to take place
on the second Monday of September a. Lsc9mPton,
and believing they canno' there have far and Impair
tisl ria such the Constitu ion guarantees every
citizen pray the may be chsnged and they tired
by the Supreme Court OF the United States.
Mr.. SEWARD asked attention 10 the petition al as
early cay possble, because the time assigned Tor
the ria At hsnd and the nature of the case
such to require the most profound consideration
Thee trials out of contest OF political opinion
betwt parties and Ctz Ts OF the United states ana
which ciyides the two Houses of COngrss - and the
Departments of the Government, the President being
ON one side and the HOnse on the other. Political
trials ale almost unknown in this country. The en'
poyment of the judiciary Ia settle and establish poht-
tcal principles and policy s resort Wnl;h las never
beep mace with success and with good result To the
peace AID harmony of society in any free country IN
the world If vGu refer q thing -
Mr. WEI.LER-I oh, ct to n dscussion of the ques-
ton now Itis cut of order. have some repor.s to
make and know tina. other SeEa'O:s nave, atd We
don't want tho whOe morning ,ur thus consumed.
MIR. SEWARD-I have bat word cr NO more TO
add and hope shal be allowed to proceed ,,
Mr.. Weller not pressing bis objection, mf: SEW
ARD sad-POlitical convictions end Judgments
of attafder, however obtained, and however popular
when obtained, were slyays subsequently reversed.
Mr.. BUTLER, from the judiciary Committee, then
made report the ssy Of additional legislation
ip of the death u dsaby Of the President ana
Vice Pre- sidebt-
The Senate considered and passed the bills for the
improvement OF the Harbor OF Michigan City, YER
million and Chicago and for the Improvement of the
navigation of the Ohio River. The bills t'r the i'm
prov enc Mt Of the HarbOr of Dubuque ard waukegan
were r. iected Adjourned
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-06
UoUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Bils relating TO the District of Columbia was taken
up and considered, and about half dozen OF them
The House then went into Committee OF the Whole
on Il Lt giostive, Judicial aud Executive Appropr-
alton bs.
Mr. GROW moved to stnke out the salaries of the
judge and Secretary of Kansas, declaring he would
not vote TO sustain usurpatOn, nor to pay the ssanes
Of Judges who trample down the liberties OF the
people in that Territory.
Hr. PHELPS denied that the Legislative Assembly
was elected by fraud the Pro Slavery party being IN
the nsioity. The effect of the ameO dm =nt, he sad
would be to delay the passsgt of the bill.
Mr. SHERMAN offered amendmen. providing
that no part of the money for the Territory shall be
pended till the release of thoss uqdr arrtst for treason
aud other political OffeDses. He stated that in the
Count, Of LeavenwOrth there Were sixty FIVE men
thus charged and in Douglas Elk men, for treason,
which every ldwy er kn0~ 10 De uDfouDded.
MIR. MILLSON SAID the amendment invoked the
dire ct interference the House with the Of
judicial proceedings, sayirg III eiiec,, TO tae Judges
You shall have money uoless You acqui, the prison
ems. He would not cuaracteriz- The movement a3
revolutionary, but it oD~trous and subvertive
every principle of common and imiual law.
MIR. Sh, rman' s amendment rejected Dy six ma
jonty, and Mr. Grow dhagreed to.
Mr. DUNN tffered provi'o, that no part OF this
money I've drawn from the Treasury til bil be passei
and approved by the President for the pacif OF
the troubles in KaLsas, which shall contain Slavery
restriction regarding Kanras and Nebraska. There
was but one remedy: Take mold Of the real mischief
by the ru0ts ami tear il all up.
Mr.. GROW agreed with nr. Dunn In that remark,
bat why did he not vote for the bill 10 admit Kansas
with the Topeka Constitution which would have
pucktd out Slavery and given peace
Mr.. Dunn's amendmtnt was adopted by Ayes 20,
Noes not counted.
Or motion of Mr.. GRON, another wss added, that
no MONEY be paid until the pending prosecutions for
treason and other alleged offences against the laws OF
the Legislature which assembled a. shawnee, MIS-
zion, q Ci misstd.
TIL. compensation and mileage OF the members Of
the Legss Assembly oiliceTs aad clerks, and tue
contingent expenses, 500 600, were stricken out.
The House then toak recess till p. m
EVENING SESSION.
Mr.. CRAGIN cOntras'ed the past with our present
history to show how far the Government has depsr'sd
from the doctrines of Wellington a1d Jefeson in the
great prii cple OF human rights.
MIR. UNDERWOOD vlnocated Slavery a. being
the b.st COnd ton for the blacks Of tlis country aud
justified the repeal Of the Mssour Restri Un on the
ground Of lie uncoustitutionali,y He defended the
principles oF the American party.
Mr.. LETTER arTaigned the Nothern Democracy 70;
their departure from the Anti Slavery principles on
which Il ey formerly trumphed, and "a he woun try,
convict and seD.ence the M and when NOvembe ,nes
as nf in their execution Adjourned.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-06

1wTNTi1TH WARD REPUBLIcAS AssocIATIoS.-
This Associaton leld business meeting last even
irg al Continental Hall to complete its organization.
DIR. CHARLES NETTLEIos presided and &. A.
RUNKLE was Secretary.
The report of Committee on Orgapzst stIon, pro-
oeing Icumbens for offices not heretofore filed ives
made.
Eugene Thomson, proposed for Assistant Secretary
was eced by the Club.
The Committee reported delegates to the Central
Committee Messrs I. s. Fountain ID. ID. Conover, y.
s. Gibbons and VIM. Hall. "
Some discussion ensued with reference 10 these deie
gates when this portion Of the report submted.
TIE Club then proceeded 10 elect minor officers Oh 'as
Club.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-06

10 give them gentle intimstion Of what they
might expect in November.
1t was understood that this was to BE- square
stand-up fight. The polls were kept open from
a. IN to ?. m, giving both parties ample time to
get in all their votes. The result was that larger
number Of votes were polled than ever was seen
before at a city election, and J. N. HARRIS, the
Peoples candidate, was elected by ~ majority
over Andrew c. Lippitt the candidate of the bogus
Democracy. SO confident were the Democrats Of
success that their braggers were out Oh Saturday,
offering to bet aby amount on 80 majority. They
slso incurred the expense of manufacturing 100
cartridges 10 celebrate their victory with which,
after the result WAS known, We generously offered
to purchase, and they dsemiDg it improbable that
they would have an opportunity of burning them
in the celebration Of Democratic victory, were
dispOsed to sell; but, upon an examination. they
were found too small for our gun, and they there
fore have them on hand, with the conviction that
il vas bad investment.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-06

pterped whether thsy would b worth the poA.
age. At San Francisco thy all eager fos tho
pewr, and daily pspers from the Essi4n Stsaes,
one day after their arrival uDsssble. Mr. Selvaa
krow received large numbers Of Orleans pspers.
HE claim for remuneration in this csse 81 the more
plain and reasonable, as the Po-t-Ofoe fseif, a. Q
branch of the Goveinu Mt, has received pay from the
mai contractors lin nea 10 the extent ot tens Of thou
rands Now, was rot this pay-tbese hDes-becau-e
of the damage that the couLtry-tLst IA, the czens-
suffered Dos not the Government and lt1 rns.
chintry belong to the citizens ? But l hnd l am
getting on to d.bstable ground, for al c,tizens
who pretend 10 make any suggestions, or claim any
proprietary interest in the Pot Office are fro~ned on
and Iebuked by the postal Admin for the time
and its penny trumpet and hand organ al the Capita
Mot mail losses are either 40 insignificant or 40
sbIouded in uncertainty, that there IL no compensatio
wanted, there IL total or partial absence OF all
proof that the Government s TO be blamed Here
however, is plain csse OF Ioss, not through theft
of money, or dishonesty, but from delay; a
DELAY that was the fault of CONTRACTOR and for which
they paid damages 10 the Office, according to the
rule Of all such contracts. do not write you 10 argue
the ca<e but to state that, 10 my knowledge, Mr. Sui
liv AL has claim based reality. wish to one
act-tither an act of Congress or some other-that
sfa show that the machinery business, and r.spons-
bhtes Of the Post-Ofiice regulated by thoss
premises that We see in business transactions between
privste citizens. Very respectfully youis,
Wa.Aisefon, Monday, August 4, 1856. PLISY MILES.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-06
MASSACHUSETTS AMERICAN STATE GOUN-

FIrcHnuRG Tuesday, August 5, 1886.
The Massachusetts American State Council held
Quarterly meeting here to-day. About 20 Delegates
were present.
A. b. Ely Of Boston, moved to indorse the nomna-
tion of Fillmore and DOne'sOn.
Gideon Haynes moved 10 amend by substituting
Fremont and Johnston.
Amendment carried by ~ TO 50.
B. i. Cook Of Boeton then read document from
tie President of the National American Council, re-
voking the charter of the Massachusetts Council on
che ground that they refused to support the nomna-
ton Of the American party, fairly made and granting
authority to the Fillmore men to form new Councils
The Fillmore men then withdrew and formed new
State Council, with A. II. Ely as President.
The Fremont portion indorsed the re fenomns'ion OF
Gov Gardner, and adhered to the nomination of Ere
mont and JOl n'tOn.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-06
KENTUCKY ELECTION.
LOUISVILLE Nondav

LOUISVILLE, Monday, Aug. Up. IN.
Ttlegraphc facilities limited in this State, and
our election returns are thus far very neager AMI in
definite, but they indicate a close contest.
test vote in this city shows an American majority
Of 2 100. At Lexington and Frankfort American ma
jortes are reported At Covington and Newport. the
precise figures are not known. Partial return. from
the Northeastern counties Indicate d. emocratc gu.
cesses, bnt We have nothing reliable.
LOUISVILLE, Tuesday, Aug. > 1856.
Bsreu County, l3l American majority Owen
County, Duyall, Democratic Judge, 100 majory
Harrison County, 60 Democratic majority; Scott
County, 400 Democratic ma ory; Fayette, 247 ma
jofy for Know Nothing Sheriff.
CHcINSATI, Tuesday, Aug 5, 1856.
Sosny returns from Kentucky this morning isvo'
the Democrats, and the impression prevails that the
Democrats have been generally successful Throughout
the State.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-06
MISSOURI ELECTION.

WAsHISGroS, Tuesday, Aug ., 1856.
PHyote dispatches received here ray that Blair for
CoDgrets has 800 majority IN s.. Louis City, aud 600
in biz Dhtrct. 1t is sl.o said that Benton has 900
majority in s.. Louis Ewing, the Know Notbiug
candidate for Governor, and 5000 Polk th" Anti
Ben,ch candidate.
LouIVLLE, Monday Aug. !, ls56-p. m.
Comm uhicaOn wi'h Misrour by telegraph is inter
rupted, ard We are consequently without any infor'
nation il regard TO the election il that State.
LOUISVILLE, Tuesday, Aug. ), 1856.
Blsr's majority over kennett viii reach 1000.
Btrton goes out OF 81. Louis County abou. 3, 300
ahead and Polk is 9. 900 abs al OF Ewing. At Hann
oa' E"ing's majority over Benton is 265, and over
Polk h5. Richmond has gone Democratic. In Scott
County the Democratic gains arc over 500.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-06
1. D. MANSFIELD, eco, Cincinnati.

WESTTRy USIos TELEGRAPH CoNpAsY.-The
three or four rival Telegraph Companies wert Of Brf
fslo ara the Ohio have recently disposed Of their
dilapdated Les and other telegraph interests TO the
Westein UIion Telegraph CoDpany-a new concern,
which numbers among its members some Of the most
respectable, wealthy and Influential gentlemen Of thi,
and the North. .Wts'ern States. II. Sibley, Esq, Of
Roche sttr has been elected President of the
CcmpsDy, and his well known energy and practical
experience in iegrspbc matters emnenty ii. him for
bis preeent position Under the direction Of the
Company the lir,s being rapidly resusctsted aud
bid far at eaIy day to be among the best managed
end relihbe in the country.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-06
THE FIRST GUN FROM CONNECTICUT.
.sponlenee Of The N. Y. Tribune.

Core spOA1ence OF Jho M l. lHOHhe'
NEw-LONDON, Conn, Monday, Aug. !,
The most exciting election that has taken psAce
in this city for several years came of to-day. a.
toe annual election two monshs ego, the Border
Ruhian D,moc ats carried their entire tickct auf
although but LITTLE more thau half of the votes Of
'he city were polled they deemed it al e7eat o'
,uffci'nt importance TO warrant the firing OF a
hundred guns, and Of heralding it 10 the world a.
Tremendous revolution, and q sure indication
HAT Connecticut was safe for the Buchaneers
Today the election wss for Mayor only; and as
We are getting little warmed up in view OF the
approaching Presidential election we thought beat