New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-29

conducted case NJ Lynch law i0st QUE b pOke
report" I.is the abecdote Of Jared Ingarsol
the elder, Stamp Master for Connecticut under the
Crown in I16j. who for three hours or more held a
barley Cd horseback with a mob, which insisted on
biz rsiguing lis commission.
"A,tpptS wi en- the hours were exhausted and there
were synp.oms Of iupa'leLce. he ssksi whs, vas 70
tappeh if ne did reign and the tod HIM his fac
He uiph, sutss what that might be- il the general:
but lot hkirg cry particular aspect of t. he con.
oJuded II better TO do whs' be told 70 do He
wrote ard sgred resignation OF mis- commission az
Stamp Master. He pulled off hs ma, add hnrrabed
three times for Liberty and Property, oter they hal
d,pr,red him Of toth aud then, knowing TIA. he va,
bound 10 Hartford, Trey marched with him to the out
sde Ct the hall OF the Legislature and efi hIm there
al hbtity 10 70 in or 10 10 home a. he might think
bes'.
The horse Oh which Mr.. IDgersoll was mounted
on that OCCASION was gray one, fact which gave
occasion for bon mot, which has never, believe.
been IL PRINT before; but have il from good au.
tbority, aid it ia characteristic of the man. On
bis return home, friend rallied him on his sub
mission, and said:
Jared, how did you feel when you were riding
through that mObi"
Feel :" he rejOioed; "wby felt Ike Death on
the Pale Horse, with all he'll followiDg!'
Of the younger Jared Ingersoll, the author re-
marks: 81 am not aware that he held or sought
"a position in any popular or representative body
"whstever." Here the fact is overlooked that
MIR. IDgersOl was for short time Gin l7sO-sDa
member Of the Congress of the Confederation. He
was also member Of the Convention which formed
the Constitution Of the United States
The extracts which have given above will con-
vey TO your readers but faint idea of charming
book, dOubly interesting as being the work of an
octogeDaIlan. The force and precision Of thought
and language, the graceful and sometimes playful
style, the high tone Of honor, aud the perfect
truthfulness, which characterize it are only what
-. IL H., + Al
employing the leisure earned by well spent LIFE
be has learned to do what Madame de Stael pro-
nouDced 30 dificult-to grow old gracefully.
These historical "reminiscences recall the fact
that volume of the Memoirs Of the Historical
Society of Pennsylvania is in press, and will be
published in few weeks. 1t will contain two pa
pers one Of local and the other of general interest
The first is entitled 1.-THE Record of Upland"
being the proceedings of the Court which sat at
the arrival of William Penn, and under the de aot0
prOpretaryshp Of the Duke of York. Its edited
by that indefatigable local antiquarian and worthy
man. Edward Armstrong, esq. The other paper
will be "DenDys Military Journal" which COM
mences before the siege Of Yorktown, and is con-
tnued until after the conclusion Of the st. CIairs
and Harmar's Expeditions against the Indians
The editor is DR.. VIM. III. Denny of Pittsburgh, Q
worthy descendant of an illustriOus race. The
NOluUt VIII Uhht dDOut 0UU pp., CVO anu IL Will
be followed by others in due time, the Society's
Publication Fund having now reached the respect
able sum of $4,000. The annual dinner, by the
way, of the Historical Society, to commemorate the
landing Of William Penn, will take place this year
at Bethlehem, on Tuesday, Nov. g.
Of more general interest to the public, however,
is book which will be published by j. B. Lip
pincOt d Co., about Christmas, entitled 90 FOOTBALLS
'On the Boundary of Another World, by Robert
60 hal ry ohar nff nd
american Minister to Naples" 1t treats on what
is usually called the Supernatural, and BY Mrs.
Grove the Night Side of Nature-in plain terms,
of ghosts visions, dOppelgdngerS warnings, rap
pings, presentiments, second sight, hOuse-hsunt-
iDgs, &C.. the narratives which make up the
greater part of the book not differing in kind from
those collected in other works, but having the
merit of freshness and resting on more than usu-
ally reliable evidence. They are chiefly the per-
sonal collections of the author during his residence
in Italy, France, and England. Mr.. Owens posi-
ton as American Minister, and his familiarity
with the Continental languages, gave him acc SIS to
sources of information possessed by few; and his
testimony to the spread Of belief in intercourse
with the unseen world among Royal noble,
and respectable circles in Europe is sufh-
GENTLY startling. The witnesses whom he
produces and who generally speak OF their own
knowledge are such we'll known and respectable
persons as the MarcbiODess of Chasteler the Baron
de GuldeI stubbe Mrs. S. C. Hall, DR.. Ashburner
William Hewitt, the wife of Senator Linn, chap
lain to the British Legation, the wife of captain
in the British army, &c. The testimony is sifted
with the skill of lawyer, and whether convincing
or not, the result is series of remarkable and To-
teIestinp narratives. The author is well booked
ND in the literature of the subject both English
and Continental; and although he leans to the
opinion that real communications have been re-
ceived from departed spirits, yet his work is dis
passionate and philosophical treatment of the theme