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__ MISCELLANY.
From the Columbian
LIFE ASSURANCE.
BT JOHN lUU.
•Ah! is that you! —how do you fosl!—how'sihe
weathei V
•Ugh ! ugh ! a damp, cold dsy my love—ugh !
•A what! Stopping on her way toward him. with
cutitretched arms, and a look of sorrowful astonishment.
• Well, what's the matter now V
•Oh, Charles!’ laying her little, soft, plump hand
t'poo his arm, with a sweet smile, and shaking her loose
hair and prettily turned head at him to piteously — Oh,
Charlei ! what did you promise me V
•Promise you ! —when 1 —where ?’
• When wc were murried, Charles.’
• Upon my word. I’ve forgotten, what was it 1 ’
.04 e/iark) !’ and her largo, dreaming eye* filled
with tears, and she turned away from the oftered kiss.
•Whal was it Jenny V kicking ofl bi hoots and
(ambling shout for Ins slippers, -wh l was n I promia
•J at the lime of our montage! Really now, what
o is it Jenny !to love, honor and obey !
This was too mu h. -much too much,’ an I the young
wife hid her face in her perfumed handkerchief and
wept aloud.
Whereupon her dutiful and loving husbiad fetched
s long b cnlh, fl logoff hia roat, slipped into a dress
ttg gown, acid went sully up to her and sat down up
. n the sofa, and trie! to pull her into his lap.
Pat she only wept the louder, lurnii g away her eweet
I >s, and o us rig to bo comforted , an I when he would
u ive put his arms aruu’td her waist, or toyed with her
o tie hand, as of yoe, instead of jumping up with a
.*y j l transport, as it duty bound, or dropping a low
r urtesy. oi whisperng thank ye, sit, she only pouted,
end flung a'.vay I’riW hijn and went utfh buried het
aelf in the farthresl couch in the farthest corner of the
room, pulling a shawl over her face and drawing her
ae'f lip and laming her hack to him, as much as to Jay
— .Vjw/vr it. 1 Til see.
Well, thought her husband—lhe e mud I e some
thing lo pay, end I’d give a trifle to know whal. *Jen
i > —Jenny, tie r I’
At this moment Ihe bill rang, and before Jenny
t ,uld tight herself or get ep a decent excuse fit fiush
. . cheeks, red eyes and a rumpled tires*, the door open
• and ill walked very slowly no less a persuiiag • than
i ude Joe, a bachelor uncle, stout and free spoken—
> ately and tee'y upon w hoot all the hoj e of ths fam
ily were fixid,
•Halloo !—holly tuity—wlut's io thowr’rJnowl’
> g out uncle Joe, os he saw the Isdy ol the bouse
lurrying out at one and >o', while he entered at the other.
•Aiu’t ye ashamed o’ yourselves! —here Charles —here
--you great inhb.tr, you ! ll.tv’ut ye been married
> og enough to behave like a man—hev !—tut, tut, lot.
i one here Jenny ! Whal are vuu af aid ol! Oh.
’o. I see crying hev ! V\ ell, well that s some com
i rt. llud enough of hilling and Cooing, hey !
•Take a chair, uncle.’
•Take a chair, uncle,’ io be sure I will, Just thought
i ’ it—pretty time o’ day. What the pligue hiveyou
be u quarreling about!’
•Quarreling, uncle V
• Quarrel ng, yes lobe tnif, quarreling ! pulling hair,
hi avo’ut you b. on married welt on to a twelve moeih,
hey V settling down his huge knotted cane, as if he
m snl to force it through the floor, and pulling out a
Urge gold snuffbox from his broau-liipped waistcoat
p nikel, and scattering the rappee right and left over
l ,e rich carpet, as he continued —,Corns, come, now
none o’ that if you please. Here, you Jenny, stand
up there, ami take your finders out ol your mouth ; and
vou you great booby ! whal are you grinning at!
Look in© in the lace now, both of you—what in Ihe
plague were yon quarreling about!’
No answer.
Uncle Joe fetched a stamp that shook the whole
house.
‘What! shamed to tell, hey ! Pretty fellow for ■
husband, ain’t you !’
Here Charles looked ut Jenny.
•And you, you jade—pretty fellow lor a wife, ain’t
you !’
•That such children should dare to get married !
Upon my lito I wouldn’t trust either of you with a rag
ha by.’
Here both looked at uncle J >©, and after two or three
wry faces, all th ee hurst out a laughing togeiher.
And then the glorious old fellow, who was a bit of
* humorist in his way. and very fend of mischief, giv
ing Jeonv a pinch, and Chrrles a wink, which brought
the color into her cheeks, end made linn look Tee u i
simpleton. Bong hint-elf back into sn old fashioned arm j
chair aid upsetting a fancy table with a lamp or it that
was never lighted, and a quantity of old china, that j
wasuf no earthly use, tell a laughing with all his j
might, and kept on. and on—is if he would never stop,
till the ehair crackid and trembled in every joint, and J
the poor wife looked at her husband n dismay, expect- j
i * every moment lo sec his dear, old. good-for-nothing
vi le Joe pitching head form sat among the glittering
i’ gmenta of her china, or sp.awltng at hia whole length
u, *n the floor.
And then there was a lull, and then another boitier
• iiv outbreak; and then there was a little playful
q r a’.ioning, and then it turned out that the marriage
I’ miae referred toby lha wife was about swearing ;
•ioJ that when the husband came inta the room and
i re asked him about the weather, and be answered a
H le pettishly, perhaps. lht u was a d imp aid dtif/,
s'rs had mi-taken what he had said for something v.-,y
nsughtv —very naughty indeed ; and when she hud re*
in mied him of the prom sc in*de In her liter a 1 ‘y on
her uiarr age day- and not hi fire, in the seison of court
ship, and ane found not only ll at he had forgotten
i ial promts©, but was inclined to je t with it. and turn
t ie whole off with a laugh, no nondetshe had a earl •
ug of the heart, and lost her patience.
This sflnr eetiled, and >n uher long and heirty
1 ugh, annih-r yet, and yet another being over, uncle
J ‘e turned su Idei ly oil bis nephew aid asked him
with the look ..fa thoughtful in >R of business, if he
bad made up his mind tont.uro.
The nephew se. ure I pu/7. l,d f>ra mom ml, and
then answered—no. He Irked lha plan ; but realiy,
uncle Joe must exrtisc ft n.
•But unde Joe will not eiruse yon. Vou have no
tight to run eueli risks. W list is lo become of your
wife and child en—if you should have any; anti bep
| sn to die in a hurry, a* voting men always do !’
Here Jenny caught It i hutbanj’s hand between tier's,
mil aat gaz ug into bis eyes, with a look of unuieiuble
tenderness. ‘Don't unde, don't! I can't bear it!’
stn* whispered.
•Hold your longue child,you’re a gores. Yea don’t
know what you’re talking about. I waul Charles ‘o
invurr bis lif-r—it's all the property ha’a got or is live
ly to ha*e.’
•Life—property—l don't undeiaUnd you, unde J ,e.’
if T dare say not. Allow me to make myself clear,
I'copfe insure their ship*, and liouxra, and piofita ; and
I ava wliat ra more valuable to themselves, to their
latnilies, and lo their cieditois, uninsured—this is their
live*. Life is not only prnpcily, hut always the hept
property a rniti has. Will not a man give ull that he
has for his life.’
•Y>*a, unde; but lo incur© one's life seems to me to
be wicked, untie Joe, our life is in the hands us our
Makar, and it is (or him to insure it.’
•Nonsense, are not onr ships and house* in the hands
of the M tker 1 our ctops ! our heahh I our happiness!
Why not leave him to the whole care us there off our
hand*! Why son 1 why reap! why taka medicine!
why provide for the morrow ! why for our femilira!’
•1 see, uncle, you do not mean lo prevent death, by
Inauiing against if a h,’
•Certainly not, when we insure a ‘hip, we don't say
that she car,nut go to the bottom, we inly say that it
she does we'll pay for her, am) the own r shall not go
to the bottom with tier, a ruitrsd amt and scnurageil man.
Ho with fire, we d.in'l aay ilia', it you insure. Imusea
won’t bum; but ©imply, tlial if they dp burn we will
pay for them, anJ save the owner from ruin. t*o by
insuring Me, we do riot mean tusagr that men shall not
die ; but only that when they do die. thsir limiliea
shall not die w itli them—be scattered lo Hie four w mils
us heaiim—or starve and rot in cellars and workhous
es; tint accomplished women shall not be turned •
drift on the world ; or helpless chtlcren lie smuten a’
once with l>eretiement and poverty.’
•Now, in on* wurd,l tell you to insure. I say it i
your doty.
•But how sta I to piy the premium 1’
•Fudge. You ata young and in (rood health ! Let
me saa—twenty-five last October. For one hundred
dollar# a year, vou ran h# certain nt lexving behind
vou, to your wife and children, Ulmles, tbmk ot that,
p*v ley—to your wife and e'nildten, five thousand dui-
*ars, cash, dr* when you will—to-morrow ii youVtWe :
tad the longer you live, the Itrgor the sum will be, un
less you withdraw the profit*; so that if you live t
the average length of life at your ago, and allow the*e
profit* to accumulate, \ou will leave not five thousand,j
but fifteen thousand or Mxtceu thousanddolloi* to your
family.’
• H uvo ! but how am lto pay the hundred dollar* a
year ?
‘Nothing easifr. Pjv one quarter ca*h, and the
other three quarter* at the end ol lha yvar, giving a
good note on iuteiest.*
• 13ut il I should not be able to pay the note at the
and of the year.’
•Tbeu pay what you ran, the interest if nothing
more, and renew for the balance.*
• AnJ if I die—wh'it bec#n* * f the note ?
•It i* deducted from the turn total due you on the
book*, Miade up of promiuia*, corning* and profit* Pi*
vid-J yearly, and averaging abont ten per ccut a year.
•And if i pay up every >*rr V
‘Tnen you receivo eeriifcuates of ftoc< bearing wit
per cent inierent ; upon winch ceridi ate* the company
bind to you 05 2-3 per cent in ck*h. whenever you
need it, whether to pay your premiums, if a change of
circumstances should occur, to educate your cLtiUicn,
to provide lot your family, or lor youratll.
•I’ll do it, uncle.’
•Don’t, Charles, don’t,* whispered the young wife.
•And why no*, pray ! If Clurles will lake my ad
vice, he would never consult you. W hat dJ women
know ab ut such things?’
•Much, dear uncle, much mor than you old bachd
li ever give them credit for.’
•Hold your tongue Jenny. Boas I bid you. You
must insuM* his I fe, anti then hajoen whal may, the
money wiil b long to you, and toytur children there
there—don’t be making s fool ol yiuraelf. Aou must
be looking for children —it’s your cuty, else wh.it did
you ii;k ry lo* 1 And it* your uuly to provide for
them too.*
•Hut uncls’—thoughtfully—*h w ca* this beloug t
lha wifu and children, it the husband and father is in
• ;cbt V
‘Well done, my girl ! Now I*s some b*>p of you.
You are not the simphton 1 took you lor —not lyv any
means, and therefore I must answer you. Tne law i*
beginning to look upon the wifi* a* a ps'tnci in bus -
ness with her husband. Hite stay* at borne ami lake**
care of the household, the children, the servants, and
nave* all she can, she has her little earnings and
savings, and ihs Ijw allows her to put them by in thi*
way, and in no other, to the amount of three huudrtd
dollars a year.’
•Ah ! I see, but— ’
•Hut whu?*
•Hut a wife may have so much t > gain by the death
of her husband/ —smiling faintly, hut wth tear* in her
beautiful eye* —‘that—p rhaps —in some cases—-she
might not watch over him so faithfully a* she ought—’
•Poh !’
•But— pshaw ! I have waf> and time enough with
rou on this subject; ami I say that you have no more
light lo risk your life a single day without insurance,
rny boy, than you would have to rUk vour liou.-es or
ships, or other property without insurance, if you were
over bead in debt. Good night—Gcd blesi you !
Good bye.’
And the next moment uncle Joe had vanished. For
full half an hour not a loud word was spoken, ’l’lie
y oung wife and husband sat holding each other by the
hands, thinking whal might be hereafter, and breathing
low and trembling with evety change ot color, atul
every change of thought.
*4t last the husband spoke* ‘Well, Jenny/saiJ he,
‘what do your say now ?*
*Ju*t whal 1 said before, Charles, l am not convinc
ed YY e cannot well spare the money now —wc
hardly enough to get along with dn<n:y. A part of
our house, you know, it* unfurnished; and we
to have something put by, door Charles, don’t you
think so?’ and a luge tear fell upon the hand she was
holding to her lip*—and her husband drew her up to
bis heart, and kis?eJ her wi.h more warmth than the
warmth of a bride-groom.
•True, dearest—very true. For whatever happens
we must be prepared and provided.’
•And then too, dear Charles/ continued the wife,
sobbing, what i* the need of any-body insuring with j
your expectation.
•We cannot hope to die together, mv love.’
•No, Charle*—but happen what may, we shall be
provided for, and so—and so,’ faltering, and hiding her
face in her husbanJ’s bosom, and whispering just above
her breath, ‘and so will our dear childien, if il should
please our Heavenly Father to grant u* children.’
! .Perba!—’
I ‘Perhaps, Charles. Your uncle is rich and to is my
! fithei/
•True. Hui both are in business, and business men,
you know, ate always in the ay of terrible vicissi*
1 tudcn.’
i ‘Hut you are young and healthy, and oh! I cannot
but belisve, wiih a long life btloie you.’
•'Pears. Nay, my dear gi I —think no more of this
milter. Let us talk no more of it—be cheerful ami
tinsling, and whether I live er dio ; it shall not be
j my fault if lo the bitterness of death and bereavements
of widowhood there should be added lo the trials ami
tt mptations the sorrow and abasement of poverty.*
•What do you mean, Cbarlo* ?—you'll b r eik mv
heart, if you keep talking to. A plague on this Ilf**
insurance, I say,— 1 shall nevei hear the end of it, lam
sure, now that uncle J -c has taken it up.*
•.Assurance, my love, not iu*urmce.’
i ‘Assurance! Well, it never entered my head before,
that you wanted assurance.*
•Not so had ! Kiss me—and then, if you have no
other engagement, and nothing bettei to do—and will
promise to behave well, you may go to bed with me.’
•Impertinence!’
Five year* of er thi-*. Chailes Hardy went into
busincs* with his flher-in*Lw, and both fttileJ. Uucle
1 Joe married the mistress of a hu.trdin* house, w:th a
Urge family, and died, leaving his whole property to
her; and no! enough to Ins nephew t > pay fr the
china he broke on the evening he Sjent ll e e, Gboring
t get his life insured.
Charles could neither eat nor sleep ; and after a long
patient uncomplaining struggle with the cares and
miseries that betel him—a stiuggle of which his poor
w.fe knew nothing till long .fterwarj*—his constitutors
ga*e way all ut once, ami ha f. II f om hi* chair at the
and sk of a wealthy morel a it, who, knowing hi* woitb,
and deceived by ilia resignation and rheerfulne sos
the poor young fellow, behoved he was prepaiiug him
with ceitainty for a sphere of g cat usefulness—ivhil*
he was dying by inches in hi* very presence.
Tne poor wife met the bearer of her husband at the
Joor, without ae y or a tear. The children gathered
shout him ; but their wading* did not disturb him, and
for many a long and weary dsy there was no I ope
none wbstever; but one evening, late in the summer,
as be lay thore with ti • lighted eyes fixed ujmi* the
open window —-gaping Ur breath, ai.d evidently snug
gling. with some great change at work within him,
| lie turned suddenly towards his wife and knew her,
and pres-e I her hand between both of his, and then—-
wh le her heatt was brimming with terror and joy, fear*
1 mg that evoiy breath would be hia last, and thankful
that reason hd been vouchsafed lo him lo know hi*
and ar children and their mother once mors—-he Jilted
hia thin hand tow .rds die Western sky, and whispered
•Oh ! that we might all go together!’
And there was nothing to be heard in reply, hut th
humble biestlnng* of a broken heat ltd wife, rcpta'ing
the ■nmfl prayer; and the fohhiuji of little chiidieu
waiting to tike leavo of their dying father.
•Il I could only be certain, my dear wife, 1 he added
after a abort pause. *cuuld I only be *atifmj that you
anti the children weie provided for—that you wcie be
yond the reach of want, I sl.onld die happy,’
•Happy !—Oh Charles I’
•A* happy. I mean as yon conld he, after we hud
been separated by death—-at any rule your loss woutd I
not have b en trebled to you aa it must he now—but!
I declare I dont know what I was going to pv—ah, it!
waa Ill's —had I don# mv duty, love, when it was vary I
eay to doit —I shoal! not only die happy now. but as,
I nm a li'ing man, I do bolieve it would have length-!
emd my owa life, restored me to halih)perbftpe. Au!
why do you withdraw your hand? why leave tno at a
moment like iliia !■— Marcifal Heaven what's the mat*
ter wuh hei f Run children, run t*
The poor wife, who had been siting by th# side of
her dying huahand, wiih his head gathered to her bo*. *
om, smoothing hia damp hair, and sobbing over his
ihiri transparent hands, started up and sprang through
the half opened door; and after a few mom to ts they
heard s drawer open and shut violently in lha acn
room, the slurp ruvilmg of papers, hunrcJ footsteps and
errs, and before they knew which way to turn, aba
csmjo bac k trembling auJ wstpu.g to the ’bedside of lbs
sjfljrer, and preuptg her damp bp* to hia foiuhc.id she
whispered to him to be of good cheer, to bo comforted;
and when he started up and garud into her eyes with
speechless terror, she told him that God had heard hi*
prayer, and that hi* little one* and then mother were
ull provided for,
•Provided for? —how ! when ! where ! what has
happened !’ cried ih • husband, trying to lift himself up
and g.mifg at her with u bewildered look, and gasping
lor brea'h ‘Oh, speak ti me! Let rue be sure that
1 h*va unde r *tood you, anJ though 1 am ready and
willing to die, still, ssGodVrnv Judge, I believe it
would bring me back to life again.*
The poor wife answered not u w*rd, hut she felt up
on her knee* wuh a cry of joy and lhankfulnesa, and
her three cliiid ea km It with her, while from her up- ,
lilted hand fluttered a papei which her husband wa*
just able to m ike out the meaning of. It evsis a policy fin
fivo ihousmd dollars, taken out twelve yea s b fore in
th ■ name of the wifi*, *nd wo* now worth, ufiei deduct- j
ing (lie sums lent to her by the office to piy the yearly
premium* with, and keep her sick l.u band alter h *
failure, over eight thousand dollars. These woe the
savings of a thiifty and prudent house-keeper, hi Ihe ;
season of prosperity, when two dollar* a week put aside
for the purpose became the seed of richer harvest
than her huh<md hud hoped for in the days ol com*
meicial change and overthrow. For u while she had
forgotten the policy, believing it could be of no use to
her or to the children till after the death of her hus
h-met; hut when she ands overed that, owing to u bene
ficial provision of the charter which entitled her to
borrow back two third* of the whole amount she had
pa and in, together witli two thirds of all the profits she
was entitled to, she bestirred herself and prevented the
forfeiture, and now, when there was no other hope,
onder heaven, and the partner, of her youth we* dying
of anxiety about hi* wife und In* little ones, lo ! they
were provided for, and the huvhjnd** life saved the
broken hearted healed—and the active man of business
rc.-t jred to uaefulne-e; and all by the forecast of a \ oung
and l.isliionahle, and up to a certain tune, a frivolous
<ind thoughtless woman.
I*. 8. Go thou and do likewise.
“DOMESTICr™
FresideiU's PHessntfc,
To the Senate if the U liled Siolea :
Ii anner tu llie Inqiiry of Ihe Senate, contained
in their resolution ol’ 17th ina!aiit. whether, in my
*• judgment, any circumstances connected with.or grow
ing out of, the foreign relations of this country, require
at this time art increase us our naval or military force ;”
and, if so, •• what those circumstances are,” 1 have to
express the opinion, that u wise precaution demand*
such increase.
In my annual message of ilia 21 of December last,
I recommended to the favorable consideration of Con
gress an increase of our naval fotce, cspe< ally of eur
steam navy, and the raising of sn adcqui'e military
force to guard and protect such of our citiz“n s as might
think proper to emigrate to Oiegnn. Since that peri
od, I have sen no cause to recall or modify these re
commendations. On the contrary, reasons exist w hit h
i in mv judgment, render it prope- not only that they
j should be promptly earned into effect, hut that addi
i ti jo a I provision should be made for the pu'dto defence.
| The consideration of such additional pmsisinn was
i brought before appropriate committees of the two hous
es of Congre-s, in answer to calls made hy them, in
reports prepared, with my ssoet’on, by the Secretary
of War and the Secretary of the Navy on the 29th
of December and the Bth of Jsnnarv las*. ; a mode of
communication with Congress not unjisnal, and, under
existing circumstances, believed to he the most eligible.
Subsequent events hsve confirmed me in the opinion
I that these le. ommrndations were proper as precaution
ary measures.
It was a wive maxim of the Father of his country,
that “to be prepared for war, is one of the most effi
cient means of preserving peace ;’’ ar.d that. •• avoiding
occasions of expense by cul iva'ing peace,” we should
“ remember, also, that timely di-hu'seinents to prepare
for danger frequently prevent mu h greater disburse
ments to repel it.” The genera! obligation topterform
i this duty is greatly strengthened hy facts known to the
I w hole world. A cintioversy respectiong the Oregon
territory now exists between the United States and
lireat Britain; and while, as far as we know, the re
j Utions of the latter with all European notions are of
j the most pacific character, she is making unusual and
extraord n.ry armaments and warlike preparations, na
val and military, both at home and in her North Ame
rican possession*.
It cannot he disguised that, however sincere msy he
the desire of peace, in the event of a rupture, these ar
maments and preparations would he used against our
country. Whatever may have Pecn the original pur
pose of these preparations, the fact is undoubted that
they are now proceeding, in part, t leeet. with a view
to the contingent possibility of a war with ihe United
| States. The general policy of making additional war
like preparations was distinctly announced, in the
speech from tile throne, as late as January last, and
i has since been reiterated hy (he minister* of the crown
in both house* of Parliament. Under this aspect of
i our relations with Ciieat Butain, I rannot doubt the
! propriety of increasing our means of defence, both by
, land and sea. This can give (irent Biita-n no cans©
lof essence, nor increase the danger of a rupture. If,
on the contrary, we should fold our sms in security,
and at last he suddenly involved in ho-tiiilie* for the
maintenance of our just rights, without any adequate
prepar ition, our responsibility to the country would
he of the gravest character. Should collision between
I the two countries he avoided, aa I einrerely trust it
i msy lie, the additional charge upon the treasury, in
1 making the necessary preparations, will not he lost;
! while, in the event of stiell a collision, they would he
| indispeitaahle for the maintenance of our national
i rights and national honor.
I have seen no reason to change or modify (he re
j commendations of mv annual message in regstd to the
I Oregon question. The notice to abrogate the treaty
of the 6th of August. 1827. is authorised by the treaty
itself, and cannot be regarded es a warlike measure;
and I cannot withhold my strong conviction that it
should he promptly given. The other recommenda
tion* are in conformity with the exia'ing treaty, and
would n(Tod to Ametican citizen* in Oregon no more
than the same measure of protection which has long
since bceu extended to British subjects in that terri
tory.
The state of our relations with Mexico is still in an
unsettled condition. Hiore the meeting of Congress
another revolution has ts'.cn place m that rountrv, hy
which the Government has passed into the hands of
new rulers. Thi* event has procrastinated, and may
possibly defeat. Ihe selllament of th • differences be
tween the United Sttates and that country. The min
ister of the United States lo Mexico at the date of last
advices, hail not been received hy the existing aulhorj.
ties. Demonstrations of a char icier hostile to tho U.
Stales continue to be msde in Mexico, which hay ten
lifted it proper, in my judgment. In keep neatly two
thitda of out army on our southwestern frontier. In;
tloing this, many ot the regu'ar military pts'ahavr
been reduced lo a snail force, inadequate lo their de
fence shou'd an emergency arise.
In virw of three “eircumstarrrs.” it is my • judg
merit” that ••tin increase of our nival arid military ‘
force n at th e tin r requited,” to place Ihe country in
s suitable stats of delete e. At the same time, it is
my set led ptrpo.e to pursue such a course us policy
as may be heal ( lighted lo preserve, noth vith Hirst
Btiiatnand Mexico, an honorable pure; which noth
ing Will so eflcctuslly promote as unanimity in our
councils, and a firm maituailjnre ~f „|| „g r j t ,t rights.
... .. James k. folk.
\\ ssbinglon, March 34, 1816,
After the Message had been read, and on motion of
Mr, Allen, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed,
a debit* aro.e, of which wc gtvo the Billowing sketch,
liken from the Union.
Mr. W dialer rose and said; I rise for th* purpose
of submitting an inquiry trlativ* to a mstter referred
tu in the message, and not for Ihe purpose of makittg
any commeniaty or remark whatevr’ on the message
tl*lf W e pen-five, from the message just read, that i
it is the judgment of the President that an increase of!
our means of defence—hath military and naval— has
become necessary hy the cirrumsla. cea of the country |
I he amount or extent us that necessary increase is nut ,
stated tu Ih© rne*ssge, Bui ihe Pieaident say* that
estimate# showing the extent ul the neecssaty increase
in our means of defence, military and nav.l, have been 1
communicated from the appropriate dr partnirnts of
tha Lxecutivn fauvernment to the appropriate conioui
tee* of this anti the other House of Congress fur their ,
advisement end consideration, I will not complain,
•it, at all, us this mod# of communicating to the mem
her* of Congress tho judgment oi the Executive upon
such highly important and vital questions; and I do
not complain of it because, as tho Piesident says, it is
not unusual. Recently it is not unusual; but the
practice is of recent origin, and, in ny judgment, is
not to be encouiaged. I do not know whether the hon
orable members of the Senate who are respectively at
the head of these committees, have communicated these
estimates in any way to the holy to which they be
long ; arid I rise, therefore, for the purpose of inquir
ing of them—beginning with the honorable member
from Missouri, [Mi. Benton] the h**l of the Military
Committee, what that communication to which refer
ence h is been made, is, and whither h* cannot suggest
aornc form of bringing a knowledge of it to tho whole
body of the Senate; le cause it is 6laed in the message |
that these estimates were made by the s inction of the
President himself; and of course it teems to me that
these fs'imates, thus anciiuiK'd, should have been
brought before the Senate.
Mr. ilenton, in reply, said: The proper introduction
to the answer to the honorable senator’s inquiry, ad
dressed to me, will be the statement! in the first in
stance, how is it that the departments, with the sane- !
i lion of the President, have communicated these rsti
! mates to the committees. The reason of that proced- j
ure is. that at the beginning of the session, a resolu- j
j lion of th a body having been adopted directing certain |
• Mnmilteea, and amongst others the Military Commit- ,
tees, to inquire whether any. and if any, what addi
tional defence* and are necessary in the
l present stale of the country. Asa matter of coursb.
the committee sent that inquiry to the proper organ
tin* Secretary id War. He returned an itnswei to that
inquiry, which is in the hands of the committee —ma-
ny paits of it being proper to he made publi . others
n *t. Ii is all in their binds; hut up to this time ‘.he
committee have not decineJ it mce*ary to take any
action upon it.
Mr. r*uriciJ next rose and said: I a:n also railed
upon, and the atutemcrit I have to make is simply this:
In consequence of the of resolutions offered
by l he si-nalor furn Miclouuo, [Mr. Cass] directing
th** Military ami IS aval Commit *es to inquire what !
measures were neces-ary f<r tho defence of the coun- i
try, letteis were wiitten by and r lion of the Committee
on Nav.il Afl’ai s to the i*ecret*ry of the Navy ; and 1
he. in answer to this and other inquiries deemed per- j
tinent to the cse, made a communication, which has
been read to the Senate, and luen published. In con
s •rrnity with his recommendations, which were under
stood at the time to have the sanction of the President
of the United States, the bill wa< reported by thecom
mi t e widen fe now lefre the Senate, providing for
{ the baildmr of ten war steamers.
.Mr, J. M. Cldvton asked whether the Committee on
N ival A flairs had reported nil the infornntion commu
| riicated by the Secretory of the Navy ; or whether any
I othei communications had been made to them by ofli
j ce a of the Navy Department which hud not been laid
j before I lie Sen ate ?
M r. Fairfield—The communication of the Secreta
ry was accompanied by a report made by chiefs of the
i bureau* by the Secretary himself, and wav transmitted
’ u the com nil!re by him, with the understanding that
it was to he returned. It w.ts sent to the committee in
order to aid them in faming the hill, and making the
proper estimate*. It was a Urge, voluminous docu
-1 ment. not sub nit ted to the Senate, became it was un
-1 dcratood that it was to he returned to the Secietary of
i the Navy. It w*s a ro:dingly returned.
Mr. Webster again rose and sa*d, I intend to pur
sue this subject with a single remark only. I desire to
1 put two inquiries lo the honorable gentleman at tlie
head of ibe Naval Committee; fust, whether the
Secretary of the Navy in communicating to him th*se
estimate-, informed the committee that they had re
ceived the saint.on of the President? —and, secondly,
] whether the communication which he says the com
mittee made to the Senate contains the same informa
j lion—to wit: that the naval estimates proceeding from
thedepi tm-nt hat the sanction of the President, and
were made under Ins direction ?
Fairfield, in reply, auid the communication of
the Secretary of the Navy, that it had received the
| sanction of the President, was made to myself—it was
verbal, merely, and not communicated to tho
Senate.
Mr. Webster. I understand the gentleman then to
sav, that the only authority given him for considering
1 the e estimates as made out under the direction and
sanction of the President, was a verbal communication
to that effect to him as Chairman of the Committee on
Naval Affeirs by the Secretary of the Navy ; and ihat
not even that was subinircd by him to the Senate, on
; presenting the bill for the segmentation of the navy,
s ime days since. VVesee, tbm. the posture of tins
affair. I hive only further to say that 1 hope as soon
as it may be convenient to the honoiabie member, who
is Clubman of the Committee on Military Affaire, and
who, I presume, has received information in the same
way, that the estimates from the War Department have
had the sanction, and are made under the direction of
I the President—that he w ill as soon asconv- nit nt—ah
that is in his discretion—comm* dca e to the Seriate
as far as proper, and no farther, what those recom
mendations are. If there be a portion proper to be
kept private, it is quite safe in tlie disciction of that
gentleman and bis as-ociate* in the committee, and
there lam quite content lo leave it. But such portions
of the Preside nt’a recommendation* for the augmenta
tion of the military means of the country as arc fii for
public communication and public discussion lit re, and
public information throughout the country, I should be
very glad that the gentleman, whenevei u suits his
convenience, should communicate la the Senate.
Mr. Benton was understood to say that he b.d re
ceived no veibal communication; but that in great
m itlcie of this kind, he always looked to the heads of
departments as the organs of the President.
Mr. Cass. If 1 understand the message aright, the
President recommends still greater armament* than
were recommended by the Secretary of War. I desire
lo har ihiitp ntionof the mess age read again,
Mr, V\ eb'ter. liesays greater armaments than re
commended in the curly part of the session not great
er than recommended by ibe Secretary of War.
The portion of the message iliuded lo was then, at
the request of Mr. Cass, read.
| Mr. Cass then said : I merely remark that, after using
evety pos-ible effort to carry my resolution* into effect,
1 thought they had gone to sleep the slumber ot the
dead lam heat lily rejoiced that they have been re
suscitated; and certainly I am the mo.e gratified when
Ith.it resuscitation has been <fleeted by an executive
message, and not by Britich cannon.
Mr. J. M. Clayton. If I am at liberty to do §o, I
should like to ask how many ships are recommended
to be built ?
Mr. Faufield. I am not able to answer that quevtion
I paid but little attention to the matter, believing thut
■ the recommendation of thD fcfeciet.ir\ ..f the Navy was
adequate to me exigency. It pa**td out of my mind.
Oil ino ion of Mr. Berrien, me >rnaie then pro
ceeded to tue considaratb'n of executive business ; and
after tome lime an n copied, the door* were re-opmed,
and the Senate edj lurmd.
From the National 1 it'll gencer.
The follow ms communication from a Cordon cor
respondent of the I) iston Atlas, give* a hriel view of
th* dcpnsaing filed produced hi London by the news
of toe i eject * n by our Government of tho lat puipo
tto icier iin- O egon difficulty to arhiliation:
Hall of Uommrrcr, Lomiiox, Monday live. 3 I,
I have purposely put ff writing till the last mo ntnt, 1
in rutr tu make you fully acquainted with the extra
or Ji ii i• y * fleet produced to-day, in city circles, by the
wholly unexpected and highly important intelligence
received in town this rn truing, by the New York liner
Patrick llenry , which vessel aruved at Livcipool
yesterday.
Ai il>e Hull of Uomrnt-iec, and similar lrj tom
tnrrcut room*, l • e mvrehsnts dock frrokrm, and Ilia
eily cdilota ti-aally i*cmblc, thr Amciicau nvvvs was
load with utter Bdonialimcnl, wlnlc (lie silliness of
doth (rented to prevail at fi st, a. if war had acluallv
been declared. Them w u s no loud talking and eon
suit vtion—tf.ere u no private wlu-pering, • is gen
cral!)f the c on the fir.l receipt of news, but every
ono (it l inking otor lire morning papuis in adent
•insMment.
J’lie olTii'ial eurrsaprvnilence In tween Mr. I’ackcn'iam,
Mr, Buchanan, and Mr. M. Lane, nn the Oregon quea
llon, cummunicatinj the (act that the American Gov
eminent rsfuws to arbitrate on that question, haa pro
duced this extraordinary panic to day.
Well iitformril parn a, who have spoken at all on
tills subject, consider that the state of eflVra between
Gre.t II ilsin aft I the United Jst rtr-a hi* never a-suin- j
etl u ttuiliko an inject I t fore Time baa mil yet per- j
milled full ex proas on trl public feel lie on ||na news. ‘
The M ruing Herald Iras, from the first, advocated
pears, and has done much to cilra the public mind, at
different times, when Oregon diflicultie* have aaaumcJ
a threatening aspect; but to-day this journal says:
“ B >• with ieg ret we give publicity to the intelligence
this arrival communicates, inasmuch as it is of a chat
acter which completely reverses our former hop's of a
peaceable settlement o| the Oregon differences. Mr.
President Polk and his advisers have now ru*hcd into
extremes, and appear determined to place the whole
matter in the most offensive position to England. The
President has communicated a special message to Con
gress, in answer to the demand for information as to i
the cm ret* pun deuce and state of the negotiuPons ; and, j
according to this message and iis accompanying de- [
spalchea, the American Government positively refuse*
ti> refer the question lo arbitration, rod declares that
England has no rights whatever in respect to Oregon.
This is the moie determin'd and offensive, ns coming
in the vhape of a reply lo amicable and honorable over
ture* f om our Minister at Washington.*’
The Siarufeid, demi-official government organ, says :
“ The accounts received this morning from the United
Stales have taken all reflecting persons by vurpiise.—
; It is now considered a settled question that the main
! tenance of peaceful relation* between tho two coun
| tries does nut depend upon the s use of justice or the
J wisdom and discretion of the Anuti an Executive,
| and, diet Iful a* the alternative of war is, it will be
j w ih the utmost difficulty that any BiiiiU Ministry
can no v escape f orn it with honor. fcSuch is the uni
versal expression of opinion this morning, under the
idea that every honorable mode of conciliatory com
promise ha* been exhausted. The steady, reflecting
portion of the American merchants resident here, are
not lliosi the lea*t astounded by the intelligence. They
seem now to have no doubt, in consequence of the de
cided* part taken by the Executive, that thu motion
f*r giving notice of the termination of the Oregon oc
cupation l eaty w ill be pasted !y Congress, and, like
ollht persons, they admit (bat the result must be a ces
i nation of al diplomatic relations between the two
I countries. Nous perrons” •
II i-MMimi lit-sp:tsi f.<ril.ci by any remark* of my own.
I his subject Will undoubt-dly be brought before Par
liament tliis evening ; but, as this despatch must go
’ ofl immediately, I cannot hope to receive in tint* nnv
1 sk’ tch of remarks made in < ither House.
The London correspondent of the Courier and En
i quirer say*:
* The a: rival this day f om Ntw York has brought
new* of a character calculated to discourage even those
whose confidence in the continuance of pacific rela
tions b tween England and ihe United hit ties has hi cn
firmest. V itbout entering into details, 1 may safely
a soil that the feeling produced here b. the tu.ercd as
pect of aflaira is one ot universal and unmiuglcd re
j g r *t.”
In speaking of the prospects issue of a
war,the London !Sun say*:
j “I he money market is r* her unsettled by the ho*
tde tone of the American accounts received to-day, as
even commercial interest dot s not seem to keep the
| Executive of the United IStat* within reasonable
j bounds us respects its pr tensions. How much mwe
B other Jonathan would lose by a warihaH we should,
j a few facta will abundantly show. Last 3 ear the ag
tpcgite value of the imports into the United States
Irorn Ureal Britain was $10,000,000, and there vva* a
la ge falling off in the importation of cot on manufac
ture!*, except ralicot*. Now the Yankees tupplv m>
with more products than ever, and manifestly will be
the most severe sufferers by u war.”
The Etirr peun Time* luiiill* upoß the rejection us
arbitration as follows:
“ 1 he turn which this vexed question ha* taken has
exHtid surprise, for it was hoped that the commercial
meastmsof the present Government would have fa
cilitated the settlement of the dispute on term- satis
facto yto both parties. The cotton market advanced
on descriptions an eighth when the belligerent purport
of the advices by the picket transpiied. The pereinp
-1 lory refusal by the American Govcrnno nt to submit tin*
i question to arbitration, on the ground that i: would
. thereby recognise the rights of the British Govern
ment to a portion ul Oregon, regarded as puerile,
not to say insulting. These rights have been lung ac
knowledged bv licaty between the parties, and it 1*
held as being too late m the and. y to erase a bond which
preceding negotiator on both s d* sos the A tlsuiir,
have combined to lespec'.. ‘l‘hi fiends of peace mourn
that the arbitration the ino*t satisfactory niodu of
settlii g amicably a controverted claim—should have
been so unce<iinoniou-ly rejected, and is efilct uj*m
the cotton mj'kct has been, as vvv have slated, to make
! it moie decidedly firm.”
Front the N. Y. Courier A Enquirer.
If your Majesty pl-ase, this is my parlicu.'ur friend.
Monsieur Bones.
The London Morning Chrnni'le publishes a diplo
j document which w ill doubtless be read with delight by
lire friends of the Undid Slates urn! England on bulh
s lies of the Allaniir, ond which will possibly | ut at
rest snv uneasiness that may still linger in our niid.t
as to the ills!urbane ul the amicable relations between
the two count ies touching the Oregon controvert). —
| At any rare, the | reduction of th’a document will arid
materially to the ren >n of the Tyler dynasty, and
prove to all doubtless on that point, that the closing
glories of that iin nor al adtn nsti a’iun were quite eqrul
) to the high promises held out by its early ntanhesla-
Inrns. YVbelh rMr I’oik and bis Cabinet can fairly
come in for any abac in hi> lusn ss, as is
intimated try the London Journal, is mote than we
feel willing ro ray, but as tome of Ilia •• constitutional
advisers” were also members of the privysCoUt il which
[ authorized the blate paper of which eve are about to
speak, perhaps Mr. Pollc is in point of fuel entitled to
a pro rata portion es pra > .
The company of artificial blackamoors whose su
j blime harmonies rrenbile reg .lrd the refined tuslcs if
i oui musical diiletanli at the Museums, at Palmo'a and
at the Un.adway Circus, not long since went to Eng-
I land fur the purpose of introducing the Opera Congo
to the lovers of Ethiopian Melodies in the British Me
tropolis, and ns it would never do for musicians of
their calibre and accompli-hmenis to cross (he water
without a Court stamp, a full Cabinet was called to
grthcr nt the V\ hite ilnuve, then under the au-pices
of •• Ilia Excellency John Tyler, Senior, President of
the L nited Sintr a of North America,” in order to fjr
! ni-h credentials to the •• Minstrels” among the crow ti
ed heads of Europe and particularly among the Mag
nalca of Great Britain. The assembled officials beard
i the bunjo, heard the jingle of iho bones and beard
I • Lucy Long’ and • Old Dan Tucket.’ The perform
ance was • considerably upwards’ of raiisfuLluiy,* and
j • I-. C. Fatio, Captain United Stales Marine,’ (he com
mand- a revenue cutter,) received the royal command
lo furnish the uegro inm-trela with all official certifl
rate. This duly was duly performed, am) there being
a gravity about it which i- perfectly irresistible, per
haps il is our duly In give the gill, oil Caplsm Fslio's
dispatch entire, and hare it is :
WasHixoTon Citt , United Sides Treasury >
Department. Kept. 12. 1 814. 3 |
Ki: It is with lh,- grottiest pleasure I forward to
you the leiler of ihe Hon. Chart, s VVbkliff.-, tf.u Post i
Master General nl the Untied Miates, runtsining like. f
wie the rrrnnimendilion of ihu Hon. George M.
Bibb, Secrelary of the Treasury of lbs Undid Males, I
who. along with the Hon John C. Calhoun, Secretary
jof Stale,and Ihe linn. JY. Mason, Seeieiary of the
Navy, were present al the President's mansion last
evening, and who witnessed jour delightful perform
anee of the negro character,
I am author fed by Ihe Pres dent of the United
St lice to inform you that truth his lady and himself
were highly pleased, slid sulhnrisn you. when you
arrive in England, to mike mention of this fact, if
| you think il will aid yon in forwarding your views na
Ethiopian minsirela. ‘I lia venerable Mra. Madison,
our late lamented President's widow, was likewise
! present, and exp essrjl harsell much amused, JVtmtl
me to hope your contemplated trip le England writ •
prove one of profit as wall as pleasure, and allow mu
in conclusion to wish you health and a speedy attain-
il.cut of your desires.
Very respectfully I remain, [
Your obedient humble servant,
L. C. KATIO,
t-’npuin U. 8. Menne.
To Mr. GRN<m, f.ir the Ethiopians.
If tbcie isany thing richer than this in the history 1
of diplomacy, it ht* noi hem our lot to luck ut it, and 1
the public h>■ only to hi.me ju#* negligence of Con- 1
grcuff in filling to c s'! upon ttie I)ej artrnente duniig *
tti** HtJm lustration of Air. Tyler, foi the production i*f 1
pulilic papers. j fu-ru i probably a great deal more
locked up in ihe verbid* buieaue—especially in !
Jbe one in which Captain Feiio U employed in polish- j
tnsj'tf ibe Ji|>lomacy of tke country. W,
ri.(jore the intimation of the English editor, thit r ?
*ery document will do a great deal toward, neutr.r
mg the pugnacity of Mr. Polk’. Inaugural but
cannot help hoping that it will soothe and lr ’a nQu . 9
the hot spirits of the war dogs, till -th e .. ‘' ,l *
of the United Slats. Marines” can find n me l 0 „ 10
again.
THE HORRIBLE MURDER AT CAYL'G\
Correspondence nf the Albany Argot.
Eluhiiioe, Onondaga U’o., Msrch U
Omcer. have just paired through this vi!las e k
the murderer of Mr. Van Nest’s family. * ’*
The murders were coiiymtl. and, as >uu re r.robabt
aware, night b fore last, about It) o’clock, at Mr V ?
Neat’, houae, four miles south of Auburn. After b**
petrating ibe crime, the murderer took a Itnrse
Mr. Van Neat’s stable and and camped. Just
reaching Auburn, the horse .tumbled and r||, throw
iog him off. He then left the horse and look the E„J
road leading to Skeneutelcs. Reaching the house of
Mr. Burlington, übout two or three miles distant, he
stole a fine gray horse belonging to Mr. B.and put of
in the direction of *Syracu-f.
Before reaching this place, he crosed the turnpike to
the Noith, and went to a small place named Pbcß.iix
near I’hr.-e River Hist, where he offered the horse f [
sale, which created suspicions, and he was stopped,uu
til officers ’Fa)lor, Vonderhydrn, and the mau who
owned the hoise came up. they having directed their
course that way on account of a connexion of the
murderer, named De Pugh, residing there. The mur
deier is n full-blood negro, named William Feu.
ma.v, about -3 years old, small in stature, not mot*
•ban 0 feet 3 or 4 inches iu height, round face aij
good looking, with an eve that i should call mild, rath
er than mr.lumu*, long woolly hair, and compactly
built. Two amateur phrenologists of this place ei*m.
ined his head, and reported his destructiveness, in ote
ca*e 7, in the other 6 ; .Secretivemss largo, Benevo
lence and Veneiati >n vety small.
1 lie fact -j with regard to this bonid affair that Lava
transpired, show that Freeman piocurcd aknileloU
made recently, arcoiding to a model of his own, hiv.
ing three hides so as to cut r very way. On Wednei
da) night at half past Mine of the dock, he went to
Van Nest's house, and desired to he let in, the family
having retired. e:e pt Mr. V. N , and the door fasten
cd. Mr. V. N. held a parley for a few moments with
him, he being unknown to Mr. V. N. but was finally
so fur deceived by him as to unlock the door, whenth*
negjo rushed in and stabbed Mr. V. N to the heart,
and he fell without uttering a groan.
The monster then ran into the bed-room adjoining,
and slabbed Mrs. Van Nest auff chil l fatally, ao that
neither rose from the bid. lie next went into a room
wheie the mother. Mrs. VV*yckoff, wa* lying, and stab,
bed her in the abdomen, cutting a large gash, which l
understand has proved fatal, she hiving tiled last night
or thi* morning. lie then started up stairs, hut met
the hired man, Mr Van Arsdale, who hsd heard the
[conversation below, between the negro and Mr. Van
; N at, and also heard the latter fall, and was coming
! down, when on tho atair-c*e he wa* accosted by tha
1 negro with, “I-* there a man up aiairs 1 ’’ —to which
Mr V A. answered there wa*. The negro then mb.
h and him. and a slight sci fll* took place between them,
when Fieem in was precipitated down stair*, and n
raped. The hired man is still alive, but not expected
| to recover.
The nrgto h • made no formal confession, hut and >*•
i not deny that hr did the (iced. He carries his arm .a
a idiog, on account of a deep gn.-,h in his right hind,
which hr acknowledge-* was nia le hy the knife break
; ing og-iinst the h east-bone of Van Aradde. The
piece of the Ida le about three inces in length, vej
fuiid m the house, and the rest of the dirk outside the
door. Freennt) has served five years’ imprisonment
in the State Prison at Auburn, and was sent there by j
Mr. Van Nest for atraling a horse, as I understand.-,
lie came out last September, hut it doe* not seem to
he known that he Ins made threats against Mr. V
N st. He now says • that he was imprisoned wrong
‘ fully, am] he ought to have pay for hi* time. Then
waa uo red ess, and he Was determined have wo*
geance.*’
‘J'!e funrial of Mr. Van Ne*t*s family tnke* |Uc#
to no>rrtw, arid it will be a sol uin day for CVwgi
countv.
Til* Argus say*:
The teslimuny taken before the Cnronor’* jinr.
which nccupK'f a Urge g;*are in the Auburn paper*.
1 fully implicate* the negro Freeman iu the murder (
! the Van Nest family.
Mr*. Wyckoff the only \\ tim of this demon uitr
derer who was not infantly ki'led, i.s dead.
It apfiears tliai George W. llvait, of Auburn,mad*
a knife a year or *o -iicr. which was ideiit.ficd a* th*
one used hy Freeman in the muidira. It waso'ctin
ed by Freeman last Mondoy of Hyatt,
[ (inriT nxciTKMiKT it Nashville!— MurAr ’
* Li/nch Law by she Citizen t // We are indrb'n) ••
a p:*s .nger on the ►tenn.er Cla ksviUe. which iuhnl
I , from IV ash fill list evening, for the subjoined partico
lara <>F tlie murder of Mr. Robert Porterfield, a clr k in
; j the house of Conner & Cos., of that city, by E. E K.
I Judeori, formerly an officer in the IT. 8. Navy. ati t
j the t in* editor of a scurrilous paper called •* Ned bunt*
lin'a Own,” printed at Smith! md, Kv. but i*ud nl l
. purporting to he published at Na>h'ille, together F;ih
, the popular excitement, &c., which followed:
I | To begin, tve are informed thit Judson hid for f'iri
i time b on circulating a report tliat he had had crorirnl
connection w ith Poiteifi- Id a wife. Portcfn Id, ■ d-rv or
two pTiiouff, in company with a fiend to whom Jnd*
eon had related the leporl, met the latter on Cap’tal
, Hill, r* I charged it upon him, which J. poeitiwlj <!•
f nird. Porteifield, ur.der interne eicitemcnh drew bn
piat >1 to ahoot him. when Judaon pulled open
and told him to fire, siying that, if he di l. h woa'd
•hoot an innocent mm. Upon this PorteifHdV I’ fiih
rr, who ia ope of the firm of Pilcher 6c Porterfield* i*
terser. and. and ( ravented farther and fficulty at that lime.
Thing* remained thus until the afternoon of Satui*
dav, the 14 h inf„ when a rencontre to.*k |lce at
S I lu f Spring*, about a mile fromhe Nn*liidle
Courthouae, between Robert Porterfield *nd Judean, ill
eonaaqutnee of ihe reporta referred to above Partrr*
field, it ia aiid, fi ed a pistol at JinUon f ilhoot *
when the fire aan return'd. Juda<>n'a hall taking rlfrcl
in Porterfield'a head, which proved fatal an hour or k
afterw ord*. Tt.e moment the death of PoMcfio Id
known in Na*hvil|*. the enizena, old and young.arw
ed them*elveM arid turned ont en matt at with the intee*
ti>n of tit yin g the murderer. Th* pidice ot!ic r-,
however, succeeded in arresting him before thep ,, [ 1 ’
lar vensreance was wreaked upon him. •''*! contejrt
him for examination to the rourthone, which “®*
•••on thronged with an infuiidted multitude. 1 11
nudst us the etamination, the brother of the deeearol
j entered the remrt-room ard fired two hall* from • (
I solving pi*o| at Judaon, neither of which struck I
but one if which wound and Air. .l ime* Walker, Sccrf>
ry of an Inaurinre Company there, alightiy in the hwU
the other wounding a Mr. Penticost in the arm
; this instant aery went up font the crowd— 1 ”
Porterfield a chance at him !” The crowd then °P fnf ’
| to ihe right and left, and Porterfield* who w* * rmf
with three revolving pitol*, of five harrela each, *B* J
commenced fi mg at Judv>n, w ho d from t lie*^ i>l *
houc *rul fled tu the City Hotel. Befutr.
he had rruchrd the Hotel, Porterfield had tli*tln ,f 2‘“
ihe contents of hi* three pi*to|*, one bill only
mg afterwa d*, to fiave slightly grazed hi* head.
*on haatemd up to the third toiy, hut gliding h m r
*o hotly pressed, attempted to escape hy sliding “’^ n
ihe poet of ihe balcony, His foot atipprd am ‘
in ihe ground, bieakmg, it is said, one ol hi* leg*- ,l! l
being stuned in the fall. Ho was then con fry fd lP*
Tho nr it day, Hundty, Judaon waa taken by _
; ciii/.tns from tho jail to a place bard by. h ,f p u T'^,
|of inflicting upon him, according to the M I*te if
most approved'* forma of Lynch Law. th snre^j r T
, pviifthment of hanging ! A rope waa p* -l ” ,
neck, he w as placed upon the gallant and ivuii.g ‘
| hut the rope broke and ha fi ll to tha gfromh w, fn . |#
authoriiiea again interfered and conveyed
j .il. We are infoimrd that when he was taken
the gallows, Judaon told the ly nchere to do tb* n ‘
hut that the Lord was on hi* aide I * ,
le|ie%ing that the Lord waa with him. i* t
seem that he *• bore a charmed life,*’ aiiteen u*
two persona having been discharged at him. #n
having once fallen from a three-story balcony, * n ‘
ly escaped the gallows fmm which he wai
en infuriated multitude ! ;j.
W'e hate only to add that, whftbtr Judaon r " f
ty of hi own bruited enormities or not, nothin!
justify the high handed outrage us the
the laws of the O. Tmp t.