Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-05-23

alive, defeats candidate; and none are eligible
tent the motto Of the association, which Is Eve
rything for the Cause To the adoption of this
motto we believe the elected have to swear; but
on this point our information Is not certain
These Athletes, therefore, form the moun-
tain or most advanced Jacobin- wing of practical
anti slavery, and to them is committed the un-
questioned government of the league But for
the attainment Of prompt action. a centralized
and concentrated authority Is requisite and there
fore the entire executive power is delegated by
an inner vote to less than half dozen-five, we
this Utmost directory and the belief for which
they are selected runs to the effect that the time
for circumstances is over, and that deeds alone
must manifest their repugnance to the obnoxious
law. Speeches, resolutions and personal liberty
bills they denOunce mere decOys and diplo-
matte blinds; and If there be any truth in the
oahs they have taken, these presiding officers
would shoot down, stab or string up any unfortu-
nate slave hunter who might fall into their hands
with no more ceremony or compunction than
would be used or felt in performing a similar Of
flee for any four-legged bloodhound which should
follow its prey within the charmed bounds of
Massachusetts,
A TALE OF CRIME AND WOE.-For the benefit
of the rising generation around us, we transfer
to the Stars columns the following article from
the PennsylraniaH. In his days of honor and
prosperity we knew the once proud man to
whose operations it refers. lie became intoxi-
Gated with success in life, and wanting a SUBJ
stratum Of integrity of character in his nature,
step by step he proceeded in the path of wrong
doing, until he finds himself where and as he is
and those depending on him for comfort and
support where this article locates them-his
wife, broken-hearted and in a newmade grave,
and his children, old enough to feel her loss and
the disgrace he has brought on them, screaming
for the dead mother and the criminal father
loved, though the author of bitter woes in store
for them, of which they know not yet. Such is
life Oh, what warming.
THE CASE OF JUDGE VoNDERsMIrH-DEArH
OF HIS WIFE.-In connection with the present
condition of Judge Vondersmith, who is in prison
In the debtors apartment Of Moyamensing, we
may state that Mrs Vondersmth died suddenly
orally in delicate health, and recent domestic
troubles, no doubt, FASTENED her death. The
death scene, which occurred under peculiarly
distressing circumstances, rendered still
more painful by the dying wife and mother Civ
ing premature birth to a child few moments
before her dissolution. Her husband and the
father Of her three children, all old enough to
realize their situation, lying in prison in Phila-
delpha, charged with high crime, and the cries
of the children for parents both lost to them pre-
sented scene of sorrow and distress rarely wit
messed by human eye.
The house i'm which the family resided is SUBJ
Ject to lien of $1,000 with three years interest
which the Government holds an indennifca-
ton Of the forfeited bail, and the children are
therefore left not only orphans but homeless
When the information of his wifes death was
communicated to him on Monday, by gentle
man from Lancaster Mr.. r. Schroeder he ap-
peared deeply affected, and shed tears. During
| the whole of the night he constantly walked his
cell, and was frequently heard to moan. The de-
cease of Mrs. Vondersmith appears to have been
a DOWPrful blow
less than fifteen bills of indictment pending
against the Judge for fraud and forgery upon the
victed upon all. his term Of Imprisonment could
be made to reach one hundred and fifty years
The SEAsoS.-Y esterday was our first sum.
mer's day of this season. For some hours, short
ly after noon, the sun poured his rays down
upon us with an intensity of purpose as it were
reminding all that however itful the tempera-
ture may be, We are not to be cheated altoge Their
out of either season of the year The little
taste Of summer we have had within the last
twenty-six hours has evidently sharpened the
Washington pubic's appetite for more, if one
may judge from the increased spirit, animation,
and commendable abandon of carriage so sud
denly and generally manifested among the prom
enaders on Pennsylvania avenue.
Apropos-The New York Ereninp Post,
specializing upon the apparent backwardness
of the season, presents its readers with the fol.
lowing information upon the dates of the OPEN
ing of vegetation fairly to the eyes of all for
many years past, which it will be we'll for the
curious in such matters to preserve:
We find in the Toledo Blade table which is
full of comfort to all such persons and admirably
adapted to restore their confidence in the perpe-
Unity of matters and things in general. 1t shows
the dates at which peach trees were in full bloom
in Ohio-excrpt in cases otherwise stated-durinp
the last thirty five wears IL kept bv F.
Wordsworth, of summit county, i'm that State and
proves that thus far the present season is not so
backward as the last, nor more backward than
many that have preceded it within the period
named:
Peach Peach