April 9, 1858 (4 pages)

we ee : THE NEVADA JOURN The Nedada Journal. PUBLISHED BY N.P. BROWN & Co. . G. WAITE. N. P. BROWN, OFFICE—No, 46 MAIN STREET. TERMS: Pam Onmiinea 2S ok «26 2 SS}. $7,00 te RE PROOF opine oo conc cccccecacies 4,00 Dis Pieset MANUNS. «5 ncsicks vin ccvcieses abe 2,00 Sawete Coriezs.. Sivceneenacer newness semetosaks 25 G. P. R. James on Crawrorp’s StaTUE oF WasHINGTON.—The Richmond papers are full of reference to the great equestrian statue of Washington, in that tity, which was inaugurated with much ceremony, on Monday, 22d ult. A letter to the editor of the Enquirer, from G. P. R. James, the able writer of the biography of “two horsemen,” thus -speaks of Mr. Crawford’s “ one horseman:” I saw the statue by Crawford twice, and only twice ; and much, both of excellence, and of defect, if there be any, may have been overlooked ; but still, as yu request it, I will present to you fully the general impression produced upon my mind. I will confess, it was that of unmixed admiration. To give it no other credit, I believe no one can doubt, that this is one of the most striking statues in the world. The positions of both horse and man are perfectly natural. The horse full of fire, and of ardor, subdued, but not extinguished by the strong hand upon the snaffle; the man full of . ealm power, as if he felt that he could rule the future destinies of his country with the same vigor that governed the lightning-crested creature beneath him. In the horse there is an effort to obey at once, in full career, the mighty hand that rules him. In the main there is no effort. It is all power. Such, . think. the general expression of the group. The particular expression, or rather the interpretation to be given to it; for statuary isa written language—hieroglyphic, if you please, but still needing an interpreter—has been read wrong, I think, by many persons. I heara it stated by gentlemen around, that the moment chosen for the depiction of Washington was at the battle of Monmouth, or at half a dozen other battles. But it seemed to me that such an idea was all a mistake. It cannot, of course, enter into the mind of the great artist, now, alas! gone, and say what was in his thoughts; I do not believe Crawford intended to represent any particular moment or any particular event in Washington’s life. It was only Washington— Washington embalmed in memories, such as leave behind all sfiees of the Egyptian tomb—the love of his countrymen, the gratitude of ages, the admiration of a world—Washington leading on, not so much to victory and fame, as to duty and liberty. lf we must give a more material view of the conception, it presents the colossal figure of a man of fine and dignified deportment, and of form, powerful, yet graceful, riding a splendid charger; in full action. ‘The man’s left hand is on the snaffle bridle, which he has drawn tight enough to suddenly check the horse’s course, but not to throw him far back upon his haunches. It is a position we have all seen a hundred times in the manege, when a young horse in between the pillars, and the ground is lightly struck with the craoache behind him. The man sits on the beast with majestic ease, and, as if something had suddenly caught his attention in the distance, he is pointing forward, and rather upward with his hand, while his head and face are slightly turned to the left. and might indicate that he was either calling the object that had just struek his own eyes to the notice of his companions, or was giving a command to be executed at the spot to which he points. The figure is erect, the chest thrown forward, the knees pressed to the saddle, the heel nearly beneath the shoulder, and the sole of the foot almost at horizontal. The seat is a military and hot a hunting seat; and the whole impresses the mind with the idea of a perfeet ease, calmness and command. The horse is full of restrained eagerhess. The bronze eye seems to tlash fire, and the nostrils “to snuff the battle from afar.’ The model must have been most carefully selected to afford sucha combination of blood, bone and muscle. To have mounted a man of Washington’s size and weight upon a full blooded Arab would have been to reduce the warrior tothe mere sportsman or horsejockey; and every tyro knows that for service and even for the hunting field, a cross of other blood is absolutely neeessary for the sake of museular power-— probably for the purpose of marking that he was modeling a charger, and not merely a fine blooded horse, Crawford diminished the distance between the root of the ear and the maxillary angle, while he retained most of the other eharacteristics of the Arab, adding, however, great muscular development to give the impression of strength. That muscular development is most apparent in the limbs on which the strain, caused by the sudden check, must be thrown; and probably there is not a finer illustration of equine anatomy in the world than in the near (left) bind leg and croup of the charger. The pasterns and stifle-joints show more of pure Arab; but, if this be a little too much for a charger, something must be allowed for the beau ideal. I do not suppose that Crawford strove to represent the horse that Washington actually rode, but a horse, im blood and spirit, fit for such aman. The ancients delighted in representing action, both in marble and bronze; but most of the finest specimens of equestrian statuary, at the high period of Athenian art, except those from the frieze of the Parthenon, are goue. The famous bronzes, once on the hippodrome at Constantinople, were melted by the Latin invaders of the lower empire, to make into serviceable pennies. We have thus lost the means of comparing Mr. Crawford’s statue with the finest specimens of horse in action, which Greece could imagine or portray ; but I am inclined to believe that the horse under Washington, on the Capitol Square, would not suffer much by the comparison, could it be made. This may provoke a smile in those who think that moderns can, in no degree, rival the ancients, but I would only suggest that, before they smile, they will compare the zharger we speak of with most of those represented on the Elgin Marbles. They will find there, beyond doubi, extraordinary beauties of conception and design ; but they will find also a great number of cobb shaped ewe-necked beasts, very different in every form from what we expect in a fine horse. Since the revival of the arts, till after the commencement of this century, we have had very few equestrian groups, which show the horse really in action. In Venice, Paris, Londun, Berlin, Lisbon, and elsewhere, there are several! fine statues on horseback, by Donatello, Barocchio, Schlute, Jacobi, &e., but in almost all, the horse is, at most, pawing the ground or slowly advancing. There is one fine group with more action, if 1 recollect right, in Paris, and one splendid bronze horse, sculptured, by Baily I think, in London, some 20 or 25 years ago. ‘he animal is full of fire and life; but, unfortunately, he has got George Ill with a long, straight sticking out pig tail, on his back, and there was little to be done with him in the way of beau ideal. he statue of Frederick, in Berlin, and the famous equestrian figure in Lisbon, as well as the fine, but rude and hard figure of Peter the Great, have all, as far as I can recollect—I will not call them defects, but wants—which do not exist in this statue. On the whole, I may sincerely congratulate you on having, in Virginia, not only the finest work of art in the United States, but one as fine as any in the world—one worthy to commemorate a man whose mind was capable of comprehending, that duty is superior to glory, patriotism more great than power. Believe me to be, my dear sir, yours, faithfully, : G. P. R. James. WASHINGTON, Fes. 22.—John Bell, Senator from Tennessee, presented today certain resolutions of the Tennessee legislature, instructing him to resign, because four years ago be voted against the Kansas-Nebraska bill! This modest and opportune expression of the omnipotence and wisdom of the Tennessee democracy was criticized by the gentleman against whom it was directed, until it grew to be foolish and ridiculous, and reflected these same charaéteristics on the illustrious body from which it emanated. Instructions froma legislature are legitimate, when in reference toa pending question in Cotigréss. Who ever heard of ex post facto instructions? Obey or resign used to be the demoeratic rule. How has that rule been observed by the national democrats in the United States Senate who voted for the Kansas-Nebraska bill? Cass, who is a member of this administration, was instructed to vote against the bill, and he resfiouded by voting forit. Jones, from Iowa, who is also one of those who voted for the Kansas-Nebraska bill, read the instructions of the legislature from his State the other day, requiring him to vote against the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton constitution, and he cooly replied that on the contrary he would vote for the admission of Kansas under that constitution. These are but two instances out of many. The right of instruction has been contemptuously and outrageously trampled upon by the national demoervatic leaders ; and when retribution had well nigh overtaken them, the administration received them with open arms. Disobedience of the voice of Michigan proeured Cass the first secretaryship. The same kind of freason procured an asylum for Dodge away in Madrid. It is useless to recount the incidents of a history so recent. The Pierce administration offered a premium for the votes which misrepresented the sentiments of the constituencies; and among the debris of the violated public peace and sectional fraternity, caused by the policy of that administration, the right of instruction was entombed. The national democrats having apostatised from their other principles it was but consistent in them to repudiate this also. Yet with the most dolorous hypocrisy, they deprecated John Bell’s resolution of disregarding “instructions” which refer to an act which passed four years ago. It is evident, that if he deferred to those ex post facto “instruction” he would substantially admit that the senator who obeved the will of his people to-day is justly punishable for his obedience if the opinions of his people or the fortunes of his party should at any future time undergo a change. Another circumstance in his favor is the fact that neither he nor any other whig ever recognized the right of instruction in its absolute democratie sense. He may be blind to the true doctrine, he may bean intidel, but be is not an apostate like the doughface senators from the north, more voice, which can be distinctly heard in the outside halls and staircases, and he finishes it in a kind of whisper which the reporter’s quick ear can hardly apprebend. His usual time for a speech is three hours, during which period he wanders from Dan to Bersheba, and recites his iittle dictionary of politics from Alpha to Omega. In fact I am inclined to think that Senator Johnson is a vulgar demagogue of ordinary mental calibe. Iwas pleased with his opposition to the army bill, but now I am satisfied that it was intended to make home capital, and to thwart those sonthern senators whose appreciation of him is by no means commensurate with his egetism.—Cor. Missouri Democrat. THE Sickness oF Wm. H. Prescorr. —This distinguished historian has lately experienced an attack protably of a paralytic nature, and of such a character that for some hours his life was almost despaired of. By prompt and skillful medical treatment, he has, however, been so far restored, that his physicians look forward to a perfect recovery of his literary powers He, himself, however, it is said, views the matter differently, and regards it as a warning that he is very soon, if not immediately, to have the ink left to dry forever in a pen that has contributed the most lasting benefits to his age and glory to his country. He is one of the few men which the United States has produced who have devoted their lives to literature, not with any view to immediate gain of the supply of daily. necessities, but from a desire to produce works of imperishable merit. When quite a young man, and a graduate with high honors at Cambridge, he devoted himself to illustrating the history of the American continent. Sparks and Bancroft have done the same, and have both published far more. Sparks has collected and preserved voluminous materials and thrown great light upon the revolutionary period of our country, and the biography of the chief of actors in that gigantic struggle. Bancroft has commenced turther back, and with a vigorous pen, anda more glowing and gorgeous style of coloring, painted the early settlement of the infant colonies from which this country was formed. But Mr. Prescott has taken a still wider view of the province of history, and by his “Ferdinand and Isabella,’ his “Conquest of Mexico” and among the very first historical writers, not only of the present age and ot the English tongue, but of all ages, and every Janguage. Possessed of an independent fortune, he has devoted capital, a life and a thousand labors and contrivances to surmount the difficulties of his position and his undertaking. Fora large part of his life he has been almost blind, and every ray of light that entered his room has had to be tempered to the delicacy of an eye-sight which even then did not allow him either to read or write. Yet he has thoroughly ransacked the Spanish literature of three centuries for his materials, procured original documents from European governments and ecclesiastical archives, and reviewed them with such a breadth and compass of mind as makethem unfold more know]edge of the customs of tribes and nations now extinuet than any one of the writers alone was able to gather, through a cotemporary and eye witness. The skill with which he has recons:ructed the social system of the Aztecs and the Peruvians, and the bold and graphic pen with which he has sketched the outline, the origin and the effects of their peculiar institutions, is only exceeded by the skill with whieh he has filled in the details of his narrative. If he has not ordinarily the energy and terséness of Tacitus, it is only because he deliberates to make his narrative more flowing, simple and lueid. His writing is equal tojthat of Hume ina certain purity and elegance combined with dignity, but he has spent hou.s in studying and weighing every authority where Hume would have been too idle to open books in his own library; even to correct the grossest blunders. He is never cumbered with partisan details like Altison, nor does he like Macaulay, allow the vivid sketches of such details to divest him from the flowing, majestic current of history. Where too look for a more perfect specimen of historical writings, we do not know. Certainly not in the English language, and hardly among the ancients.— P/vladeélphia Ledger. Antidote for Poison—A correspondent of the London Literary Gazette, speaking of the number of deaths o¢curring from aeeidental poisoning, says: I venturé to affirm there is searce even a cottage im this country that does not contain an invaluable, certain, immediate remedy for such events—nothing more than a dessert spoonful of mustard mixed with a tumbler of warm water, and drink immediately. It acts as an emetic, and is always ready, and may be used with safety in any case where one is required. By making this simple antidete known, you may be the means of saving many a fellow creature from an untimely end. Nor To BE OuTpone.—An Englishman and a Yankee were recently disputing, when the former sneeringly remarked : “Fortunately the Americans could go no farther than the Pacific shore.” Yankee seratched _ his especially the secretary of state, who is . prolific brain for an instant, ané thus the most unmitigated humbug of the . triuxphantly Anglo Saxon race. Bell's remarks upon the resolutions of instruction brought bis colleague Andrew Johnson to his feet. Johnson is a man of fair sense until he is drawn into the whirlpool of niggerism, when all reason and discretion desert him. His mannerism of delivery, combining the worst vices of the stump-school, is very offensive—or very ridiculous. He comreplied: -Why, good gracious! they’re already leveling the Rocky Mountains, and carting the dirt out West. I hada letter last week from my cousin, who is living 200 miles west of tke Pacific shore—on made land!” The Englishman caved in. Money in the Treasury.—The Board of Examiners reported on Friday last the sum of $357,603 70 in the State mences a sentence with a shrill and loud j Treasury. Pretty well, considerin’, none of you ever met with a more extraordinary adventure than what I have 3urieD ALive.—Perhaps, says he,. an# obscene songs as the cart rattled the character of Washington, over the pavement of the streets. When it halted, I was lifted out, and L he gave a vivid history of the statue, with a tribute to the deceased sculptor, and a glowing now to relate. It happened to myself; . I soon perceived by the closeness of the description of his master-piece before I do not therefore ask or expect you to. air, and the change of temperature, that . them. believe it, nor can the feelings with I was ¢arried into a room, and being In conelusion, he adjured all present to renew their vows of patriotism, which I was affected be imagined with-. ridély stripped of my shroud, was plac. and expressed a hope that when the siaout experiencing the impressions of the same awful circumstances. ed naked on a table I had been for some time ill of alow] who admitted them, I learned that 1 was . waste and desolate and lingering fever. My strength gradually wasted, but the sense of life seemed to become more and more acute as my corporeal powers became weaker 1 could see by the looks of the doctor that that night to be dissected. My eyes were still shut, I saw nothing; but in a short time I heard, by thé bustle in the room, that the students of anatomy were assembling. Some of “Our honored Commonwealth shall still receive The purest worship grateful love can give— Her praise according millions shall proclaim, And earth’s remotest age shall bless Virginia’s name!?? The Oration, by Senator Hunter, which we regret our inabjlity to publish, he despaired of my recovery ; and the} them came round the table, and exam. was one of the most finished productions low whispering of my friends taught me that I had nothing to hope. ined me minutely. They were pleased to find that so good a subject had been ever delivered. There were probably fifteen thousand persons present, and thé One day, towards the evening, the. procured. The demonstrator himself at . appearance of this vast audience was J s PP crisis took place. I was seized with a strange and indescribable quivering—a rushing sound was in my ears—l saw around my couch innumerable strange faces; they were bright and visionary, and without bodies. There was light and solemnity, and I tried to move, but could not. For a short time a terrible confusion overwhelmed me, and when it passed off, all my recollection returned with the most perfect distinctness, but the power of motion had departed. 1 last came in. Previous to beginning the dissection, . being heightened by the flags, banners . he proposed to try on me some galvanic experiment, and apparatus was arranged for that service. ‘The first shock vibrated through all my nerves; they rung and jingled like the strings of a harp. The students expressed their admiration at the conclusive effect. ‘The second shock threw my eyes open, and the first person I saw was the doctor who had attended me. But still I was dead; I imposing and picturesque—the effect and uniforms. : ; James Barron Hope, Esq. then delivered the concluding ode, which was a patriotic and highly-finished composition. At its close, the statue was unveiled, and saluted by the military and the cheers of the assemblage, the artillery pealing forth a national salute. The troops then wheeled into column, and paid a marching salute tothe statué heard the sound of weeping at my pil-. could, however, discover among the stu. of the “first President and the first Lieulow, and the voice of the nurse say “he. dents the faces of many with whom I . tenant General—George Washington.” is dead.” I cannot describe what I felt . was familiar; and when my eyes were. They were afterwards reviewed by at these words. I exerted my utmost opened, I heard my name pronounced . Lieutenant General Scott, attended by powers of volition to stir myself, but I. by several of the students, with an ac-. a brilliant staff. could not move even aneyelid. Aftera short pause, my friend drew near; and sobbing and convulsed with grief, drew his hand over my fuce, and closed my eyes. The world was then darkened, but J could still hear, feel and suffer. When my eyes were closed, 1 heard by my attendants, that my friends had left the room, and I soon after found that the undertakers were preparing to habit me in the garments of the grave. Their thoughtlessness was more awful than the grief of my friends. laughed at one another as they turned me from side to side, and treated what they believed a corpse, with the most appalling ribaldry. When they had laid me out, these wretches retired, and the degrading formality of affected mourning commenced. For three days a number of friends called tosee me I heard them, in low aeeents, speak of what I was, and more than one touched me with his fingers. On the third, some of them talked of the smell of corruption in the room. The coffin was procured—I was lifted and Jaid in—my friend pleced my head on what was deemed its last pillow, and I felt his tears drop on my face. When all who had any peculiar interest in me, had fora short time looked at me in the coftin, I heard them retire ; and the undertaker’s man placed the lid on the coffin, and screwed it down. There were two of them present; one of them had occasion to go away before the task was done. I heard the fellow who was left begin to whistle as he turned the screwnails; but he checked himself, and completed his work in silence. I was then left alone—every one shunned the room. I knew, however, that I was not yet buried; and though darkened and motionless, [ had still hope, but this was not permitted long. The day of interment arrived—I felt the coffin lifted and borne away—I heard and felt it placed in the hearse. There was a crowd of people around ; some of them spoke sorrowfully of me. The hearse began to move—I knew that it carried me tothe grave. It halted and the coffin was taken out—I felt myself carried on the shoulders of men, by the inequality of the motion—a pause ensue i—I heard the cords of the coffin move—I felt it swing as depended by them; it was lowered and rested on the bottom of the grave—the cords were dropped upon the hd—TI heard them fall—dreadfu) was the effort I then made to exert the power of motion, but my whole frame was immoveable. Soon after, a few handfuls of earth weré thrown upon the coffin. Thenthere was another pause, after which the shovel was used, and the sound of the rattling mould, as it covered me, was far more tremendous than thunder. But I could make no effort. The sound gradually became less and less, and by a surging reverberation in the coffin, I knew that the grave was filled up, and the sexton was treading in the earth and slapping the grave with the flat of his spade. ‘This, too, ceased, and all was silent. I had no means of knowing the lapse of time, and the sileuce continued. This is death, thought I, and . am doomed to remain in the earth till the resurrection! Presently the body will fall into corruption, and the epicurean worm, that is only satisfied with the flesh of man, will . come to partake of the banquet that has been prepared for him With so much solicitude and care. Inthe contemplation of this hideous thought, } heard a low }and wndersound in the earth above me, and I faneied that the worms and _reptiles of death were coming—that the mole and the rat of the grave would soon be put upon me. The sound continued to grow lauder and nearer. Can it be possible, I zhought, that my friends suspect they have buried me too soon? The hope was truly like light bursting through the gloom of death. The sound ceased, and presently I felt the hands of some dreadful being working about my throat They dragged me out of the coftin by the head. felt again the living air, but it was piereingly cold, and 1 was carried swiftly away—I thought to judgment, perhaps —perdition ! When borne to some distance, I was then thrown down like a clod—it was not upon the ground. A moment after, I found myself upon a carriage; and by the interchange of two or three brief sentences . discovered that I was in the hands of two of those robbers who live by plundering the grave, and selling the bodies of parents, children and friends. One of the nen sung scraps of bacchanal cent of awe and compassion, and a wish that it had been some other subject. When they had satisfied themselves with the galvanic phenomena, the demonstrator took the knife and pierced me on the bosom with the poiut. 1 felta dreadful cracking, as it were, throughout my whole frame; a convulsive shuddering immediately followed, a shriek of horror arose from all present. The ice of death was broken up—imy trance was ended! The utmost exertions were They . made to restore me, and in the course of . an hour I was in the full possession of all my faculties. s Tue INAUGURATION OF THE WASHINGTON Stratrug at RicuMonp.—The inauguration of the Washington equestrian statue in Richmond, on the 22d of February, was the grandest and most imposing demonstration ever witnessed in the “Old Dominion.”” An immense multitude of strangers, from almost every section of the country, were witnesses of the interesting ceremony. Among the distinguished visitors were Mr. Brown, Postmaster General; Gov. Floyd, the Secretary of War; Lieut. Gen. Scott; Hon. Wm. C. Rives; Hon. Edward Everett ; John A. and L. Washington; Gov. Newell, of New Jersey ; Goy. Holly, of Connecticut ; Gen. Harney, Gen. Persifer F. Smith, and Major Van Vleit, of the army, and hundreds of others. including Mrs. Crawford, the wife of the late sculptor. She and her two daughters are the guests of the State. The weather was by no means favorable, but the streets were thronged at anearly hour. The roar of artillery. the tramp of long lines of military, the waving of banners and flags, and the strains of music from some of the finest bands in the country, added interest and excitement to the anticipated ceremonies of the day. We condense from our exchanges a brief account of the ceremonies: The procession staried punctually, at ten o’clock, in accordance with the programme and arrangements of Maj. Gen. Talliafero, chief marshal, who also commanded the military escoit. The infantry, artillery, and riflemen were divided into two brigades, commanded by Colonels August and Walton. and a squadron of dragoons, commanded by Col. Davis. The brigades were subdivided into battalions, the first one being the Lexington Cadets. The second battalion was composed of the Richmond volunteers and the State Public Guard, Capt. Mimmock. The third was the Washington and Petersburg volunteers, commanded by Major Peter Bacon. Afier the military came the invited guests, in carriages ; the Knights Tem plars of Richmond, Washington and Fredericksburg ; the grand and subordinate lodges of Free Masons; delegations of the officers and soldiers of the war of 1812; the fire department anda variety of other organizations. The procession was an imposing one, and had the sun only gleamed from sabres and bayonets and glistened upon the rich regalia, the effect would have been magnificent. The line of march was from 21st street up Main to 2d, along 2d to Broad; down Broad fo 10th, amd thence to the Capitol Square: On entering the Square, where the monument loomed up in majestic propor. tions, the equestrian statue shrouded from public gaze, the different bodies took their assigned positions. response to trumpet blast, the signal gun announced the commencement of the ceremonies. Governor Wise, on behalf of Virginia, welcomed the invited guests and the vast assemblage congregated to witness the inauguration of the statue of Wash. ington. “That magic name,” said he, “like none under heaven, can draw the . American people in unison together. Before it, feuds and factions stand abashed, civil discord is hushed, and schisms and sections are subdued into silence. It typifies the order, liberty, law, strength and beauty of the national Union; and to-day we gather the na tional affections, and bind them as Aimerican fasees around his statue’’ Mr. Wise ¢losed with a touching compliment to the sculptor, Mr. Crawford. : The Masonic exercises were highly interesting, and im accordance with the rites of that ancient order, M. W. Brother Robert G. Seott delivered an impressive address. ; John R. Thompson, Esq., the gifted editor of the “Southern Literary Messenger,” read the initiatory poem, which is a most able and finished production. After a spirited introduction, reviewing Soon, in. A State banquet was provided at the new custom-house for the Governor, the Legislature, the State guests, and other distinguished individuals. The Knights Templars dined at Corinthian Hall, where the “brethren of the mystic tie” had refreshments provided throughout the day. The military were well cared for, and the citizens exercised a prodigal hospitality. At eight o’clock a grand illumination was generally commenced and kept up until ten, with blazing bonfires at various points. There has been no illumination in Richmond since that in 1830, on the oceasion of the “three days’ revolution.”” Some of the transparencies were admirably executed. The Monument.—Crawford’s monu. meut is considered his master-piece, and . ove of the greatest triumphs of American art. The basement is in the shape of a which will staud a statue of one of those Virginians who so éffectively aided the pater patria by their eloquence, their genius, or theirswords. Patrick Henry, with his arms raised and extended, is enlergetically advocating independence ; while Jefferson, in an attitude of earnest contemplation, holds in one hand a pen, and in the other the Declaration of Independence. When all of these figures ; are finished and in their places, the ef. feet will be very striking. In the centre of this group, and towering above it, is the colossal equestrian the charger, 1s twenty-five feet high. We publish elsewhere in our paper a letter from G. P. R. James, the novelist, to the Richmond Enquirer, giving a graphic description of the statue. Ridgely as follows : the country by the soubriquet of “Emigrant.” He is rathera desperate character. Our readers will remember that, fact that two sporting gentlemen went gunning after each other over at Buckeye. ties. AFFECTING tooked like a grasshopper dying with the hiccups, and I felt like a mud-turtle choked with a codfish balk. ‘Sal,’ says I, in a voice musical asthe notes of a dying swan, ‘will yu have me?’ She turned her blue eyes heavenward, clasped mé by the hand, had an attack of the heaves and blind staggers, and with a sigh that drew her shoe-strings to her palate, said ‘Yes!’ She gave clear out, then, and squatted in my lap —I hugged her till I broke my svspenders.” CoL. Benron In WaAsHINGToN.—A ,correspondent says: Col. Benton ap. pears on the avenue almost every after}noon between four and five o’clock. He sits as erect upon his beautiful jet black horse as he did twenty years ago. His literary labors seem to have invigorated him physically and mentally. He con. tinues to work industriously, as he says, because idleness is so tiresome. What Massachusetts Legislation Costs. —A committee appointed by the Legislature of Massachusetts to report on the . financial condition of the State, give the following statistics : average number of members (House and Senate) 379. Average cost to ea¢h member, $299 14. Average annual cost, ineludiug newspapers, $113,677 82. ‘Total cost for twenty years, $2,271,556 45. JOuN M. Borr’s of [Va.,. book of Sister’s chapel at Rome, will, itis said, soon be published. He is reported to have made a large fortune by bis tony. It is also stated that the emperor of all the Russias held a review of sixty thousand troops for his syeeial honor, gratification ané pleasure. A writer in the Norfolk (Va.) Argus describes the statue of Washington, in Richmond, as having its eyes fixed upon the Honse of Delegates, and its right fore finger pointing to the penitentiary. The Rothschilds.—The whole funded property of the Rothschild family amounts, it 1s said, in round numbers, to about £40,000,000 sterling—$200,000,000. star, with six points, upon each one of statue of Washington, which, ineluding = The Shasta Courier speaks of . Ridgely is known in this portion of some time last winter, we chronicled the . “Emigrant” was one of the par. Average length of sessions 112 days; . Great Pistol Match—Norel Wager.-Mr. J#hn Travis, who_has. éstablishedeoa pistol gallery in this city, has just élosed foe most extraordinary wager Wé hive lever heard of. Trt is ho less thad a het . of one thousand dollars that Hé will hit an orange placéd 6n the head of a bev By the conversa. tue should have moulded into ruin, and) at ten paces ; also shoot one in éaeh tion of the two fellows with the servant . the State. which gave it birth shall be, hand of the boy, The Wager is with S A. S#dam, of Néw York, and the wateb takes place in this city on the 15th of June. The following aré thé térms of the match: Travis bets Sy dam one thousand dollars that he will find a boy who will stand at the distance of tén "paces and place an orange, not to exceed two aud a half jaéhes in diameter, in each hand, and one upon his head, whieh Tra vis will shoot from theft respective lo ealities, no objeét fo intervene between the boy and thé oranges. If Travis fails to find the boy who will stand, 6r fails to hit the oranges in the three shots, or any shot touthes thé boy, he loses the bet. The match to be shot in Louis ville, June 15th, 1858.—Lowisvilfi: Con rier: Another Earthquake in Europe—Ae cording to advices received from towns in the Western part of the Carpathians, several shocks of earthquake were felt on the 15th and 16th of January. fn soine places the gable-ends fell in, and in others the ceilings and floors were much injured. At Sillien, on the river Waag, the lower classes at first thought some evil spirits were playing their tricks, but when informed that the undulating movement was causéd by an earthquake, they rushed out of their heuses, and half-naked as they were, passed the whole night in the ‘streets. At Thurtz St. Martin; which lies in. the midst of the Carpathians, the first tro4* was so very violent that many persons could not refrain from uttering a loud cry. A report, “just likea clap of thunder,” was heard, and then a rattling noise. ‘The houses shook, and the walls. which seemed to heave to and fro, cracked. The Queen a Bad Churchwoman.= The head of the English church does not seem to be a very good chureh woman. The London Times complains, “Her majesty is no safe guide. Her disrégard of Lent is proverbial’ And now she has held “her first royal draw ing-room after her datghtér’s marriage, on the day of the martyrdom of the . blessed King Charles 1.” “Many rejoice however, at her disposition to sweep away this and other memorials of ancient party strife, and ask for an order in council to withdraw the last shadow of a pretext for reading serviées which have been generally discontinued for many years, and which would outrage the feel ings of all partiés in the church and the commonwealth. . . WILLING TO WoUND, YET AFRAID TE Strikv.—The following despatch f¢ the N.Y. Herald. is significant: “The Wabash, Jate flag ship of the home squadron, has been ordered to be put out of commission, and prepared as flag of the Meditérranéan squadron The officers have been detachéd and the crew will be discharged.” This means that Commodore Paulding is to be punished indirectly for his . interference with the fillibusters, the . President being too cowardly to take the responsibility of court martialing him. The Wabash arrived at the Brook{lyn navy yard on Wednesday, having finished a three years’ cruise as flag ship of the home squadron. On Early Rising. —One of our eotemporaries disposes of this virtue as fol’ lows: “We have watched (he says) thosé . fellows who are the early risers, and as . a general thing they are the first chaps who go to the groceriés of a morning. Itis all moonshivé abcut the smartest aad greatest men being the early risers: It might have been so in old times, but . now-a-days when you see a chap moving about very early, you may be cer tain he is after a drink.” Lieut. J. S. Gillis, who was in command of the United States asttonomiéat expedition to Chili; has ¢ommunicated to the secretary of the ravy the chief result of hislabors. He has ascertained the sun’s equatorial horizontal parallax to be 8 sees 4950, or S see. 0762 Less than the value commonly adopted ; and he considers that 8 see 5000 may be as. sumed, whieh wit! correspond to the ditance of the sun from the earth of 94,160,000 statute miles. ‘This is an important fact for astronomers. Army Movements.—Pursuant tothe order of Lient. Gen. Scott, a force of three hundred recruits were sent from Governor’s Island on the 24th ultimo, under charge of Major Electus Baékus, 3d infantry, to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, to fill up deficiencies in the 7th ini fan ry, now stationed in Kansas and Nebraska. ‘his movement forthe strengthening of the 7th infantry is made in ex; pectation that their services will be rettravels, incleding his adventures in the . quited next spring for the campaign in : 5 . Utah. ' Phe Royal Wedding. —The expenses of the royal wedding in England are es: timated at $100,000. John Bull hes set}tledion the young bride a dowry of $2,000,000, with au income of $40,000 per annum. <A pretty good start in the world. An Effort to Sell the Collins Steamters to Russia——Yhe steamship Baltie was brought home by Capt. West, Capt Comstoek haying left England for S¢. Petqrsburg to treat with the Russian Government for the purchase of stéaml ers of the Collins line.

we ee : THE NEVADA JOURN The Nedada Journal. PUBLISHED BY N.P. BROWN & Co. . G. WAITE. N. P. BROWN, OFFICE—No, 46 MAIN STREET. TERMS: Pam Onmiinea 2S ok «26 2 SS}. $7,00 te RE PROOF opine oo conc cccccecacies 4,00 Dis Pieset MANUNS. «5 ncsicks vin ccvcieses abe 2,00 Sawete Coriezs... Sivceneenacer newness semetosaks 25 G. P. R. James on Crawrorp’s StaTUE oF WasHINGTON.—The Richmond papers are full of reference to the great equestrian statue of Washington, in that tity, which was inaugurated with much ceremony, on Monday, 22d ult. A letter to the editor of the Enquirer, from G. P. R. James, the able writer of the biography of “two horsemen,” thus -speaks of Mr. Crawford’s “ one horseman:” I saw the statue by Crawford twice, and only twice ; and much, both of excellence, and of defect, if there be any, may have been overlooked ; but still, as yu request it, I will present to you fully the general impression produced upon my mind. I will confess, it was that of unmixed admiration. To give it no other credit, I believe no one can doubt, that this is one of the most striking statues in the world. The positions of both horse and man are perfectly natural. The horse full of fire, and of ardor, subdued, but not extinguished by the strong hand upon the snaffle; the man full of . ealm power, as if he felt that he could rule the future destinies of his country with the same vigor that governed the lightning-crested creature beneath him. In the horse there is an effort to obey at once, in full career, the mighty hand that rules him. In the main there is no effort. It is all power. Such, . think. the general expression of the group. The particular expression, or rather the interpretation to be given to it; for statuary isa written language—hieroglyphic, if you please, but still needing an interpreter—has been read wrong, I think, by many persons. I heara it stated by gentlemen around, that the moment chosen for the depiction of Washington was at the battle of Monmouth, or at half a dozen other battles. But it seemed to me that such an idea was all a mistake. It cannot, of course, enter into the mind of the great artist, now, alas! gone, and say what was in his thoughts; I do not believe Crawford intended to represent any particular moment or any particular event in Washington’s life. It was only Washington— Washington embalmed in memories, such as leave behind all sfiees of the Egyptian tomb—the love of his countrymen, the gratitude of ages, the admiration of a world—Washington leading on, not so much to victory and fame, as to duty and liberty. lf we must give a more material view of the conception, it presents the colossal figure of a man of fine and dignified deportment, and of form, powerful, yet graceful, riding a splendid charger; in full action. ‘The man’s left hand is on the snaffle bridle, which he has drawn tight enough to suddenly check the horse’s course, but not to throw him far back upon his haunches. It is a position we have all seen a hundred times in the manege, when a young horse in between the pillars, and the ground is lightly struck with the craoache behind him. The man sits on the beast with majestic ease, and, as if something had suddenly caught his attention in the distance, he is pointing forward, and rather upward with his hand, while his head and face are slightly turned to the left. and might indicate that he was either calling the object that had just struek his own eyes to the notice of his companions, or was giving a command to be executed at the spot to which he points. The figure is erect, the chest thrown forward, the knees pressed to the saddle, the heel nearly beneath the shoulder, and the sole of the foot almost at horizontal. The seat is a military and hot a hunting seat; and the whole impresses the mind with the idea of a perfeet ease, calmness and command. The horse is full of restrained eagerhess. The bronze eye seems to tlash fire, and the nostrils “to snuff the battle from afar.’ The model must have been most carefully selected to afford sucha combination of blood, bone and muscle. To have mounted a man of Washington’s size and weight upon a full blooded Arab would have been to reduce the warrior tothe mere sportsman or horsejockey; and every tyro knows that for service and even for the hunting field, a cross of other blood is absolutely neeessary for the sake of museular power-— probably for the purpose of marking that he was modeling a charger, and not merely a fine blooded horse, Crawford diminished the distance between the root of the ear and the maxillary angle, while he retained most of the other eharacteristics of the Arab, adding, however, great muscular development to give the impression of strength. That muscular development is most apparent in the limbs on which the strain, caused by the sudden check, must be thrown; and probably there is not a finer illustration of equine anatomy in the world than in the near (left) bind leg and croup of the charger. The pasterns and stifle-joints show more of pure Arab; but, if this be a little too much for a charger, something must be allowed for the beau ideal. I do not suppose that Crawford strove to represent the horse that Washington actually rode, but a horse, im blood and spirit, fit for such aman. The ancients delighted in representing action, both in marble and bronze; but most of the finest specimens of equestrian statuary, at the high period of Athenian art, except those from the frieze of the Parthenon, are goue. The famous bronzes, once on the hippodrome at Constantinople, were melted by the Latin invaders of the lower empire, to make into serviceable pennies. We have thus lost the means of comparing Mr. Crawford’s statue with the finest specimens of horse in action, which Greece could imagine or portray ; but I am inclined to believe that the horse under Washington, on the Capitol Square, would not suffer much by the comparison, could it be made. This may provoke a smile in those who think that moderns can, in no degree, rival the ancients, but I would only suggest that, before they smile, they will compare the zharger we speak of with most of those represented on the Elgin Marbles. They will find there, beyond doubi, extraordinary beauties of conception and design ; but they will find also a great number of cobb shaped ewe-necked beasts, very different in every form from what we expect in a fine horse. Since the revival of the arts, till after the commencement of this century, we have had very few equestrian groups, which show the horse really in action. In Venice, Paris, Londun, Berlin, Lisbon, and elsewhere, there are several! fine statues on horseback, by Donatello, Barocchio, Schlute, Jacobi, &e., but in almost all, the horse is, at most, pawing the ground or slowly advancing. There is one fine group with more action, if 1 recollect right, in Paris, and one splendid bronze horse, sculptured, by Baily I think, in London, some 20 or 25 years ago. ‘he animal is full of fire and life; but, unfortunately, he has got George Ill with a long, straight sticking out pig tail, on his back, and there was little to be done with him in the way of beau ideal. he statue of Frederick, in Berlin, and the famous equestrian figure in Lisbon, as well as the fine, but rude and hard figure of Peter the Great, have all, as far as I can recollect—I will not call them defects, but wants—which do not exist in this statue. On the whole, I may sincerely congratulate you on having, in Virginia, not only the finest work of art in the United States, but one as fine as any in the world—one worthy to commemorate a man whose mind was capable of comprehending, that duty is superior to glory, patriotism more great than power. Believe me to be, my dear sir, yours, faithfully, : G. P. R. James. WASHINGTON, Fes. 22.—John Bell, Senator from Tennessee, presented today certain resolutions of the Tennessee legislature, instructing him to resign, because four years ago be voted against the Kansas-Nebraska bill! This modest and opportune expression of the omnipotence and wisdom of the Tennessee democracy was criticized by the gentleman against whom it was directed, until it grew to be foolish and ridiculous, and reflected these same charaéteristics on the illustrious body from which it emanated. Instructions froma legislature are legitimate, when in reference toa pending question in Cotigréss. Who ever heard of ex post facto instructions? Obey or resign used to be the demoeratic rule. How has that rule been observed by the national democrats in the United States Senate who voted for the Kansas-Nebraska bill? Cass, who is a member of this administration, was instructed to vote against the bill, and he resfiouded by voting forit. Jones, from Iowa, who is also one of those who voted for the Kansas-Nebraska bill, read the instructions of the legislature from his State the other day, requiring him to vote against the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton constitution, and he cooly replied that on the contrary he would vote for the admission of Kansas under that constitution. These are but two instances out of many. The right of instruction has been contemptuously and outrageously trampled upon by the national demoervatic leaders ; and when retribution had well nigh overtaken them, the administration received them with open arms. Disobedience of the voice of Michigan proeured Cass the first secretaryship. The same kind of freason procured an asylum for Dodge away in Madrid. It is useless to recount the incidents of a history so recent. The Pierce administration offered a premium for the votes which misrepresented the sentiments of the constituencies; and among the debris of the violated public peace and sectional fraternity, caused by the policy of that administration, the right of instruction was entombed. The national democrats having apostatised from their other principles it was but consistent in them to repudiate this also. Yet with the most dolorous hypocrisy, they deprecated John Bell’s resolution of disregarding “instructions” which refer to an act which passed four years ago. It is evident, that if he deferred to those ex post facto “instruction” he would substantially admit that the senator who obeved the will of his people to-day is justly punishable for his obedience if the opinions of his people or the fortunes of his party should at any future time undergo a change. Another circumstance in his favor is the fact that neither he nor any other whig ever recognized the right of instruction in its absolute democratie sense. He may be blind to the true doctrine, he may bean intidel, but be is not an apostate like the doughface senators from the north, more voice, which can be distinctly heard in the outside halls and staircases, and he finishes it in a kind of whisper which the reporter’s quick ear can hardly apprebend. His usual time for a speech is three hours, during which period he wanders from Dan to Bersheba, and recites his iittle dictionary of politics from Alpha to Omega. In fact I am inclined to think that Senator Johnson is a vulgar demagogue of ordinary mental calibe. Iwas pleased with his opposition to the army bill, but now I am satisfied that it was intended to make home capital, and to thwart those sonthern senators whose appreciation of him is by no means commensurate with his egetism.—Cor. Missouri Democrat. THE Sickness oF Wm. H. Prescorr. —This distinguished historian has lately experienced an attack protably of a paralytic nature, and of such a character that for some hours his life was almost despaired of. By prompt and skillful medical treatment, he has, however, been so far restored, that his physicians look forward to a perfect recovery of his literary powers He, himself, however, it is said, views the matter differently, and regards it as a warning that he is very soon, if not immediately, to have the ink left to dry forever in a pen that has contributed the most lasting benefits to his age and glory to his country. He is one of the few men which the United States has produced who have devoted their lives to literature, not with any view to immediate gain of the supply of daily. necessities, but from a desire to produce works of imperishable merit. When quite a young man, and a graduate with high honors at Cambridge, he devoted himself to illustrating the history of the American continent. Sparks and Bancroft have done the same, and have both published far more. Sparks has collected and preserved voluminous materials and thrown great light upon the revolutionary period of our country, and the biography of the chief of actors in that gigantic struggle. Bancroft has commenced turther back, and with a vigorous pen, anda more glowing and gorgeous style of coloring, painted the early settlement of the infant colonies from which this country was formed. But Mr. Prescott has taken a still wider view of the province of history, and by his “Ferdinand and Isabella,’ his “Conquest of Mexico” and among the very first historical writers, not only of the present age and ot the English tongue, but of all ages, and every Janguage. Possessed of an independent fortune, he has devoted capital, a life and a thousand labors and contrivances to surmount the difficulties of his position and his undertaking. Fora large part of his life he has been almost blind, and every ray of light that entered his room has had to be tempered to the delicacy of an eye-sight which even then did not allow him either to read or write. Yet he has thoroughly ransacked the Spanish literature of three centuries for his materials, procured original documents from European governments and ecclesiastical archives, and reviewed them with such a breadth and compass of mind as makethem unfold more know]edge of the customs of tribes and nations now extinuet than any one of the writers alone was able to gather, through a cotemporary and eye witness. The skill with which he has recons:ructed the social system of the Aztecs and the Peruvians, and the bold and graphic pen with which he has sketched the outline, the origin and the effects of their peculiar institutions, is only exceeded by the skill with whieh he has filled in the details of his narrative. If he has not ordinarily the energy and terséness of Tacitus, it is only because he deliberates to make his narrative more flowing, simple and lueid. His writing is equal tojthat of Hume ina certain purity and elegance combined with dignity, but he has spent hou.s in studying and weighing every authority where Hume would have been too idle to open books in his own library; even to correct the grossest blunders. He is never cumbered with partisan details like Altison, nor does he like Macaulay, allow the vivid sketches of such details to divest him from the flowing, majestic current of history. Where too look for a more perfect specimen of historical writings, we do not know. Certainly not in the English language, and hardly among the ancients.— P/vladeélphia Ledger. Antidote for Poison—A correspondent of the London Literary Gazette, speaking of the number of deaths o¢curring from aeeidental poisoning, says: I venturé to affirm there is searce even a cottage im this country that does not contain an invaluable, certain, immediate remedy for such events—nothing more than a dessert spoonful of mustard mixed with a tumbler of warm water, and drink immediately. It acts as an emetic, and is always ready, and may be used with safety in any case where one is required. By making this simple antidete known, you may be the means of saving many a fellow creature from an untimely end. Nor To BE OuTpone.—An Englishman and a Yankee were recently disputing, when the former sneeringly remarked : “Fortunately the Americans could go no farther than the Pacific shore.” Yankee seratched _ his especially the secretary of state, who is . prolific brain for an instant, ané thus the most unmitigated humbug of the . triuxphantly Anglo Saxon race. Bell's remarks upon the resolutions of instruction brought bis colleague Andrew Johnson to his feet. Johnson is a man of fair sense until he is drawn into the whirlpool of niggerism, when all reason and discretion desert him. His mannerism of delivery, combining the worst vices of the stump-school, is very offensive—or very ridiculous. He comreplied: -Why, good gracious! they’re already leveling the Rocky Mountains, and carting the dirt out West. I hada letter last week from my cousin, who is living 200 miles west of tke Pacific shore—on made land!” The Englishman caved in. Money in the Treasury.—The Board of Examiners reported on Friday last the sum of $357,603 70 in the State mences a sentence with a shrill and loud j Treasury. Pretty well, considerin’, none of you ever met with a more extraordinary adventure than what I have 3urieD ALive.—Perhaps, says he,. an# obscene songs as the cart rattled the character of Washington, over the pavement of the streets. When it halted, I was lifted out, and L he gave a vivid history of the statue, with a tribute to the deceased sculptor, and a glowing now to relate. It happened to myself; . I soon perceived by the closeness of the description of his master-piece before I do not therefore ask or expect you to. air, and the change of temperature, that . them. believe it, nor can the feelings with I was ¢arried into a room, and being In conelusion, he adjured all present to renew their vows of patriotism, which I was affected be imagined with-. ridély stripped of my shroud, was plac. and expressed a hope that when the siaout experiencing the impressions of the same awful circumstances. ed naked on a table I had been for some time ill of alow] who admitted them, I learned that 1 was . waste and desolate and lingering fever. My strength gradually wasted, but the sense of life seemed to become more and more acute as my corporeal powers became weaker 1 could see by the looks of the doctor that that night to be dissected. My eyes were still shut, I saw nothing; but in a short time I heard, by thé bustle in the room, that the students of anatomy were assembling. Some of “Our honored Commonwealth shall still receive The purest worship grateful love can give— Her praise according millions shall proclaim, And earth’s remotest age shall bless Virginia’s name!?? The Oration, by Senator Hunter, which we regret our inabjlity to publish, he despaired of my recovery ; and the} them came round the table, and exam. was one of the most finished productions low whispering of my friends taught me that I had nothing to hope. ined me minutely. They were pleased to find that so good a subject had been ever delivered. There were probably fifteen thousand persons present, and thé One day, towards the evening, the. procured. The demonstrator himself at . appearance of this vast audience was J s PP crisis took place. I was seized with a strange and indescribable quivering—a rushing sound was in my ears—l saw around my couch innumerable strange faces; they were bright and visionary, and without bodies. There was light and solemnity, and I tried to move, but could not. For a short time a terrible confusion overwhelmed me, and when it passed off, all my recollection returned with the most perfect distinctness, but the power of motion had departed. 1 last came in. Previous to beginning the dissection, . being heightened by the flags, banners . he proposed to try on me some galvanic experiment, and apparatus was arranged for that service. ‘The first shock vibrated through all my nerves; they rung and jingled like the strings of a harp. The students expressed their admiration at the conclusive effect. ‘The second shock threw my eyes open, and the first person I saw was the doctor who had attended me. But still I was dead; I imposing and picturesque—the effect

and uniforms. : ; James Barron Hope, Esq. then delivered the concluding ode, which was a patriotic and highly-finished composition. At its close, the statue was unveiled, and saluted by the military and the cheers of the assemblage, the artillery pealing forth a national salute. The troops then wheeled into column, and paid a marching salute tothe statué heard the sound of weeping at my pil-. could, however, discover among the stu. of the “first President and the first Lieulow, and the voice of the nurse say “he. dents the faces of many with whom I . tenant General—George Washington.” is dead.” I cannot describe what I felt . was familiar; and when my eyes were. They were afterwards reviewed by at these words. I exerted my utmost opened, I heard my name pronounced . Lieutenant General Scott, attended by powers of volition to stir myself, but I. by several of the students, with an ac-. a brilliant staff. could not move even aneyelid. Aftera short pause, my friend drew near; and sobbing and convulsed with grief, drew his hand over my fuce, and closed my eyes. The world was then darkened, but J could still hear, feel and suffer. When my eyes were closed, 1 heard by my attendants, that my friends had left the room, and I soon after found that the undertakers were preparing to habit me in the garments of the grave. Their thoughtlessness was more awful than the grief of my friends. laughed at one another as they turned me from side to side, and treated what they believed a corpse, with the most appalling ribaldry. When they had laid me out, these wretches retired, and the degrading formality of affected mourning commenced. For three days a number of friends called tosee me I heard them, in low aeeents, speak of what I was, and more than one touched me with his fingers. On the third, some of them talked of the smell of corruption in the room. The coffin was procured—I was lifted and Jaid in—my friend pleced my head on what was deemed its last pillow, and I felt his tears drop on my face. When all who had any peculiar interest in me, had fora short time looked at me in the coftin, I heard them retire ; and the undertaker’s man placed the lid on the coffin, and screwed it down. There were two of them present; one of them had occasion to go away before the task was done. I heard the fellow who was left begin to whistle as he turned the screwnails; but he checked himself, and completed his work in silence. I was then left alone—every one shunned the room. I knew, however, that I was not yet buried; and though darkened and motionless, [ had still hope, but this was not permitted long. The day of interment arrived—I felt the coffin lifted and borne away—I heard and felt it placed in the hearse. There was a crowd of people around ; some of them spoke sorrowfully of me. The hearse began to move—I knew that it carried me tothe grave. It halted and the coffin was taken out—I felt myself carried on the shoulders of men, by the inequality of the motion—a pause ensue i—I heard the cords of the coffin move—I felt it swing as depended by them; it was lowered and rested on the bottom of the grave—the cords were dropped upon the hd—TI heard them fall—dreadfu) was the effort I then made to exert the power of motion, but my whole frame was immoveable. Soon after, a few handfuls of earth weré thrown upon the coffin. Thenthere was another pause, after which the shovel was used, and the sound of the rattling mould, as it covered me, was far more tremendous than thunder. But I could make no effort. The sound gradually became less and less, and by a surging reverberation in the coffin, I knew that the grave was filled up, and the sexton was treading in the earth and slapping the grave with the flat of his spade. ‘This, too, ceased, and all was silent. I had no means of knowing the lapse of time, and the sileuce continued. This is death, thought I, and . am doomed to remain in the earth till the resurrection! Presently the body will fall into corruption, and the epicurean worm, that is only satisfied with the flesh of man, will . come to partake of the banquet that has been prepared for him With so much solicitude and care. Inthe contemplation of this hideous thought, } heard a low }and wndersound in the earth above me, and I faneied that the worms and _reptiles of death were coming—that the mole and the rat of the grave would soon be put upon me. The sound continued to grow lauder and nearer. Can it be possible, I zhought, that my friends suspect they have buried me too soon? The hope was truly like light bursting through the gloom of death. The sound ceased, and presently I felt the hands of some dreadful being working about my throat They dragged me out of the coftin by the head. felt again the living air, but it was piereingly cold, and 1 was carried swiftly away—I thought to judgment, perhaps —perdition ! When borne to some distance, I was then thrown down like a clod—it was not upon the ground. A moment after, I found myself upon a carriage; and by the interchange of two or three brief sentences . discovered that I was in the hands of two of those robbers who live by plundering the grave, and selling the bodies of parents, children and friends. One of the nen sung scraps of bacchanal cent of awe and compassion, and a wish that it had been some other subject. When they had satisfied themselves with the galvanic phenomena, the demonstrator took the knife and pierced me on the bosom with the poiut. 1 felta dreadful cracking, as it were, throughout my whole frame; a convulsive shuddering immediately followed, a shriek of horror arose from all present. The ice of death was broken up—imy trance was ended! The utmost exertions were They . made to restore me, and in the course of . an hour I was in the full possession of all my faculties. s Tue INAUGURATION OF THE WASHINGTON Stratrug at RicuMonp.—The inauguration of the Washington equestrian statue in Richmond, on the 22d of February, was the grandest and most imposing demonstration ever witnessed in the “Old Dominion.”” An immense multitude of strangers, from almost every section of the country, were witnesses of the interesting ceremony. Among the distinguished visitors were Mr. Brown, Postmaster General; Gov. Floyd, the Secretary of War; Lieut. Gen. Scott; Hon. Wm. C. Rives; Hon. Edward Everett ; John A. and L. Washington; Gov. Newell, of New Jersey ; Goy. Holly, of Connecticut ; Gen. Harney, Gen. Persifer F. Smith, and Major Van Vleit, of the army, and hundreds of others. including Mrs. Crawford, the wife of the late sculptor. She and her two daughters are the guests of the State. The weather was by no means favorable, but the streets were thronged at anearly hour. The roar of artillery. the tramp of long lines of military, the waving of banners and flags, and the strains of music from some of the finest bands in the country, added interest and excitement to the anticipated ceremonies of the day. We condense from our exchanges a brief account of the ceremonies: The procession staried punctually, at ten o’clock, in accordance with the programme and arrangements of Maj. Gen. Talliafero, chief marshal, who also commanded the military escoit. The infantry, artillery, and riflemen were divided into two brigades, commanded by Colonels August and Walton. and a squadron of dragoons, commanded by Col. Davis. The brigades were subdivided into battalions, the first one being the Lexington Cadets. The second battalion was composed of the Richmond volunteers and the State Public Guard, Capt. Mimmock. The third was the Washington and Petersburg volunteers, commanded by Major Peter Bacon. Afier the military came the invited guests, in carriages ; the Knights Tem plars of Richmond, Washington and Fredericksburg ; the grand and subordinate lodges of Free Masons; delegations of the officers and soldiers of the war of 1812; the fire department anda variety of other organizations. The procession was an imposing one, and had the sun only gleamed from sabres and bayonets and glistened upon the rich regalia, the effect would have been magnificent. The line of march was from 21st street up Main to 2d, along 2d to Broad; down Broad fo 10th, amd thence to the Capitol Square: On entering the Square, where the monument loomed up in majestic propor. tions, the equestrian statue shrouded from public gaze, the different bodies took their assigned positions. response to trumpet blast, the signal gun announced the commencement of the ceremonies. Governor Wise, on behalf of Virginia, welcomed the invited guests and the vast assemblage congregated to witness the inauguration of the statue of Wash. ington. “That magic name,” said he, “like none under heaven, can draw the . American people in unison together. Before it, feuds and factions stand abashed, civil discord is hushed, and schisms and sections are subdued into silence. It typifies the order, liberty, law, strength and beauty of the national Union; and to-day we gather the na tional affections, and bind them as Aimerican fasees around his statue’’ Mr. Wise ¢losed with a touching compliment to the sculptor, Mr. Crawford. : The Masonic exercises were highly interesting, and im accordance with the rites of that ancient order, M. W. Brother Robert G. Seott delivered an impressive address. ; John R. Thompson, Esq., the gifted editor of the “Southern Literary Messenger,” read the initiatory poem, which is a most able and finished production. After a spirited introduction, reviewing Soon, in. A State banquet was provided at the new custom-house for the Governor, the Legislature, the State guests, and other distinguished individuals. The Knights Templars dined at Corinthian Hall, where the “brethren of the mystic tie” had refreshments provided throughout the day. The military were well cared for, and the citizens exercised a prodigal hospitality. At eight o’clock a grand illumination was generally commenced and kept up until ten, with blazing bonfires at various points. There has been no illumination in Richmond since that in 1830, on the oceasion of the “three days’ revolution.”” Some of the transparencies were admirably executed. The Monument.—Crawford’s monu. meut is considered his master-piece, and . ove of the greatest triumphs of American art. The basement is in the shape of a which will staud a statue of one of those Virginians who so éffectively aided the pater patria by their eloquence, their genius, or theirswords. Patrick Henry, with his arms raised and extended, is enlergetically advocating independence ; while Jefferson, in an attitude of earnest contemplation, holds in one hand a pen, and in the other the Declaration of Independence. When all of these figures ; are finished and in their places, the ef. feet will be very striking. In the centre of this group, and towering above it, is the colossal equestrian the charger, 1s twenty-five feet high. We publish elsewhere in our paper a letter from G. P. R. James, the novelist, to the Richmond Enquirer, giving a graphic description of the statue. Ridgely as follows : the country by the soubriquet of “Emigrant.” He is rathera desperate character. Our readers will remember that, fact that two sporting gentlemen went gunning after each other over at Buckeye. ties. AFFECTING tooked like a grasshopper dying with the hiccups, and I felt like a mud-turtle choked with a codfish balk. ‘Sal,’ says I, in a voice musical asthe notes of a dying swan, ‘will yu have me?’ She turned her blue eyes heavenward, clasped mé by the hand, had an attack of the heaves and blind staggers, and with a sigh that drew her shoe-strings to her palate, said ‘Yes!’ She gave clear out, then, and squatted in my lap —I hugged her till I broke my svspenders.” CoL. Benron In WaAsHINGToN.—A ,correspondent says: Col. Benton ap. pears on the avenue almost every after}noon between four and five o’clock. He sits as erect upon his beautiful jet black horse as he did twenty years ago. His literary labors seem to have invigorated him physically and mentally. He con. tinues to work industriously, as he says, because idleness is so tiresome. What Massachusetts Legislation Costs. —A committee appointed by the Legislature of Massachusetts to report on the . financial condition of the State, give the following statistics : average number of members (House and Senate) 379. Average cost to ea¢h member, $299 14. Average annual cost, ineludiug newspapers, $113,677 82. ‘Total cost for twenty years, $2,271,556 45. JOuN M. Borr’s of [Va.,. book of Sister’s chapel at Rome, will, itis said, soon be published. He is reported to have made a large fortune by bis tony. It is also stated that the emperor of all the Russias held a review of sixty thousand troops for his syeeial honor, gratification ané pleasure. A writer in the Norfolk (Va.) Argus describes the statue of Washington, in Richmond, as having its eyes fixed upon the Honse of Delegates, and its right fore finger pointing to the penitentiary. The Rothschilds.—The whole funded property of the Rothschild family amounts, it 1s said, in round numbers, to about £40,000,000 sterling—$200,000,000. star, with six points, upon each one of statue of Washington, which, ineluding = The Shasta Courier speaks of . Ridgely is known in this portion of some time last winter, we chronicled the . “Emigrant” was one of the par. Average length of sessions 112 days; . Great Pistol Match—Norel Wager.-Mr. J#hn Travis, who_has. éstablishedeoa pistol gallery in this city, has just élosed foe most extraordinary wager Wé hive lever heard of. Trt is ho less thad a het . of one thousand dollars that Hé will hit an orange placéd 6n the head of a bev By the conversa. tue should have moulded into ruin, and) at ten paces ; also shoot one in éaeh tion of the two fellows with the servant . the State. which gave it birth shall be, hand of the boy, The Wager is with S A. S#dam, of Néw York, and the wateb takes place in this city on the 15th of June. The following aré thé térms of the match: Travis bets Sy dam one thousand dollars that he will find a boy who will stand at the distance of tén "paces and place an orange, not to exceed two aud a half jaéhes in diameter, in each hand, and one upon his head, whieh Tra vis will shoot from theft respective lo ealities, no objeét fo intervene between the boy and thé oranges. If Travis fails to find the boy who will stand, 6r fails to hit the oranges in the three shots, or any shot touthes thé boy, he loses the bet. The match to be shot in Louis ville, June 15th, 1858.—Lowisvilfi: Con rier: Another Earthquake in Europe—Ae cording to advices received from towns in the Western part of the Carpathians, several shocks of earthquake were felt on the 15th and 16th of January. fn soine places the gable-ends fell in, and in others the ceilings and floors were much injured. At Sillien, on the river Waag, the lower classes at first thought some evil spirits were playing their tricks, but when informed that the undulating movement was causéd by an earthquake, they rushed out of their heuses, and half-naked as they were, passed the whole night in the ‘streets. At Thurtz St. Martin; which lies in. the midst of the Carpathians, the first tro4* was so very violent that many persons could not refrain from uttering a loud cry. A report, “just likea clap of thunder,” was heard, and then a rattling noise. ‘The houses shook, and the walls. which seemed to heave to and fro, cracked. The Queen a Bad Churchwoman.= The head of the English church does not seem to be a very good chureh woman. The London Times complains, “Her majesty is no safe guide. Her disrégard of Lent is proverbial’ And now she has held “her first royal draw ing-room after her datghtér’s marriage, on the day of the martyrdom of the . blessed King Charles 1.” “Many rejoice however, at her disposition to sweep away this and other memorials of ancient party strife, and ask for an order in council to withdraw the last shadow of a pretext for reading serviées which have been generally discontinued for many years, and which would outrage the feel ings of all partiés in the church and the commonwealth. . . WILLING TO WoUND, YET AFRAID TE Strikv.—The following despatch f¢ the N.Y. Herald. is significant: “The Wabash, Jate flag ship of the home squadron, has been ordered to be put out of commission, and prepared as flag of the Meditérranéan squadron The officers have been detachéd and the crew will be discharged.” This means that Commodore Paulding is to be punished indirectly for his . interference with the fillibusters, the . President being too cowardly to take the responsibility of court martialing him. The Wabash arrived at the Brook{lyn navy yard on Wednesday, having finished a three years’ cruise as flag ship of the home squadron. On Early Rising. —One of our eotemporaries disposes of this virtue as fol’ lows: “We have watched (he says) thosé . fellows who are the early risers, and as . a general thing they are the first chaps who go to the groceriés of a morning. Itis all moonshivé abcut the smartest aad greatest men being the early risers: It might have been so in old times, but . now-a-days when you see a chap moving about very early, you may be cer tain he is after a drink.” Lieut. J. S. Gillis, who was in command of the United States asttonomiéat expedition to Chili; has ¢ommunicated to the secretary of the ravy the chief result of hislabors. He has ascertained the sun’s equatorial horizontal parallax to be 8 sees 4950, or S see. 0762 Less than the value commonly adopted ; and he considers that 8 see 5000 may be as. sumed, whieh wit! correspond to the ditance of the sun from the earth of 94,160,000 statute miles. ‘This is an important fact for astronomers. Army Movements.—Pursuant tothe order of Lient. Gen. Scott, a force of three hundred recruits were sent from Governor’s Island on the 24th ultimo, under charge of Major Electus Baékus, 3d infantry, to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, to fill up deficiencies in the 7th ini fan ry, now stationed in Kansas and Nebraska. ‘his movement forthe strengthening of the 7th infantry is made in ex; pectation that their services will be rettravels, incleding his adventures in the . quited next spring for the campaign in : 5 . Utah. ' Phe Royal Wedding. —The expenses of the royal wedding in England are es: timated at $100,000. John Bull hes set}tledion the young bride a dowry of $2,000,000, with au income of $40,000 per annum. <A pretty good start in the world. An Effort to Sell the Collins Steamters to Russia——Yhe steamship Baltie was brought home by Capt. West, Capt Comstoek haying left England for S¢. Petqrsburg to treat with the Russian Government for the purchase of stéaml ers of the Collins line.