THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. t . ._ _ - L - -. .. ^ .. - f- ^ ^ BY CAVis & trimmier. Dewrtefo to Southern ftigljts, Politics, Agriculture, ani> Hits eel long. - 82 PEE annum VOL. XIII, SPARTANBURG, S. C.f THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1856. ' . . J*" * ? ? ? * ' v??vrjUAiiA orAAl ANi QQ[ BY 0AVI8 TRIMMIER. Jo ? . ho T. 0. P. VBBKOH, Associate Editor. tw Price Two Dollars per aunurn ill a J ranee, or $2.50 at the ond of the year. If not paid until ac< after the year expires $3.00. tot Payment will be considered in advance if made etv within three months.^ nis No subscription taken Tor loss than six months. . Money may be remitted through postmasters at , our risk. ~R .. ... ltu Advertisements inserted at the usual rates, nod it 1 contracts made on reasonable terms. The SfASTAN circulates largely over this and . adjoining districts, ahd offers an admirable medium to our friends to reach customers. 1114 Job work of all kinds promptly executed. act Blanks, Law and K'juity, continually on hand tlx or printed to order. ljJ( THE MISSING TETTER. ni ' - .. A few days nftor this, Higham great marfcet was held, the first in the new yenr. ?f Amongst other farmers who attended it was Mr. Sterling. About threo o'clock in Pal the afternoon, when his business was over, -*c he went into the post-office. Mr. Grame *5" and his son were both there, the latter sit- "e itimr Hiiivn ofi.l .uo/Imx. T. l)i>! 0 ?w.. u ...... .viwiuij n . XI r"( wat not a busy hour. VH' "Good-day, Mr. Granic," said the farmer. ^'Good day, Master Walter. I have come ? about that letter. I do think it must l?o 'ns lost. It neror was so late before, that I re- ,uc collect." "What letlor?" inquired Mr. Grnrao. i rc^ "Why, that letter?with my fifty pound 1 in it. I don't expect any other. You are I 'i sure you have not overlooked ill" i j? "The letter! It went to Layton days 1 ^y ago!" responded Mr. Grniue. "Have you . '''* not received it?" arr Farmer Sterling's eyes opened wide with ! iU" perplexity, nud his mouth also. "Went to I COA Layton days ago!" he uttered at length. ( ^e< "Where is ic then?" .? "If you have not had it, theio must be ! lleeii to suppose you had receiv- )" ed il. Yon ought to huve had il that af- ,lfl ternooii. Had you happened to mention . it, I could have told yoti it was come." "Now look at that!" groaned (lie farmer. "What with the kick up that night, the J*8 smoking, and the eating and drinking, I'm j * blest if I didn't ca??l ca?? to the winds, and ; J'8' the letter never came into my head sit all. , Are you quite sure, Mr. Giame, that it was | the very letter?" * j "I ain sure it was a letter addressed to I you, and that il came from London. 1 mnae llie remark lo Walter lliat your Set- , ci ler was couie at last. I have not lite blight- 1>0! est doubt it was the letter." I ^ "And you sent it to Lay ton!" 1,1 "Of course I did." ( vv "But Anne called in at the post office j ' yesterday, and old Marsh assured Iter there \ of warn't nothin o* the sort arrived for me." ! on "I put it iuto the Layton hag myself, i'os and secured it myself, as I always do," re- ' turned Mr. Grume, "und the bag was never ( Bu out of my liauds until 1 delivered it to John ; lirt Ledbittor. My son was preseut and saw tie me put it iu. risJ "I did," said Waller. When my father ; exclaimed your letter was come .at last, Mr. utl Sterling, 1 looked over his shoulder at the j uin address, and I saw him drop it into the bag. They must have overlooked it at the wil Layton office. am "Old Marsh is such a careful body," debated the farmer. to "lie is," assented Mr. Gramc. "I dou't sat suppose he ever overlooked a letter in his 1 life. Still such a thiug might occur. Go to the office as soon as you return, Mr. sn< Sterling, and tell him from mo that the let- fro tor wont on to Layton." wii "It's a iollv vexatious thine* tn hnvn nil w:i ? *" "" | this bother. If tliat 50/. note's gone, il's tot my loss. SeKna'a father never wanted to , 'Ni eerui 'era through the post-office, but i told ! L'h iiiin I'd run the risk." Aud perhaps hero lay tho secrot of Far- ! An ^ mer Sterling's anxiety about the safe arrival an these lettors?because ho kn w that the ? ere /noney's being forwarded in this way was I v in defiance of the opinion of everybody. ' coi The letter never reached Lay ton?so old , ? tor for Farmer Sterliug was not in it. Mr. ' Marsh's word was a guarantee in itself. He wo had held the situation two score years, and was perfectly trust-worthy. mil So the cuspiciou foil upon John Lelbit- ??, tor. Indeed, it may no bo too much to the say that the guilt was traced home to him.! ' The postmasters of Ilighnm and Lay ion roa were known, tried public servants, above > all suspicion. The one had put the letter wh in, and secured tho bag; the other, when dro he opened the bag, found the letter gone; see and no one could or did have access to the wh hag between those times but John Ledbitter.: opt > He w^s dismissed from his situation as dri ! V ?r, but, strange to say, ho was uot brought ace I to trial. Farmer Sterling declined to ' prosecute?be warn't a going iuto a court y o' Justice after keeping out of 'em all bis you ?, uoi no?ana no instructions wero roved on the subject from government; but I bit Ledbi tier's guilt was as surely brought i me to him as it could have been by elve jurymen. Of courso he protested i t innocence?what man, under a similar rasalion, does not!?but his crime was < > palpable. Neither the letter not its closure could bo traced. Mr. Cleeve furlied the particulars of the lost note, and was stopped at London ai}d country l uks. Handbills describing it wero also 1 ug up in the different public-houses; but was not presented for payment, aud was 1 rer board of. "Saucy Sir must have eat jp with his hay," quoth the joking far- | ;rs of Lnyton, one to another; but if they i :idoc!ally met tho gentleman-driver?as 1 >y were wont to style John Ledbitter? I jy regarded him with an aspect very dif- I ent" fiom a joking one. IV John Ledbitter never entered Mr. St6r- 1 g's house but once after the committal ' tho crime, nod that was to rosign Solina seve?to release hei from the tacit en- ' gement that existed between them. >wever, ho found there was little necessi- i for his doing it Selina released herself, i arrived at lire Hill Home for this pur- 1 se at an inopportuno moment, for his ri- ' ?as ho certainly aspired to be?was ire before hrm. ? It was Sunday, and wlren tho farmer and | family got home from church in the i airing, they found Walter Oramo there. 0 had ridden over from llighnm. lie I eived an invitation to remain and par* i :e of their roast grtskin and apple-pie. ' ; meat fed at Fanner Sterling's was not 1 he despised; neither was apple-pie made 1 Anne. After dinner, tho farmer took pipo, his wife lav back in her cushioned ( n chair on the op|H?sito side of-the lire, 1 ?i.;u a...? .i - ? .% ?? iniu initio JIIC^IUCU U?Cr illU WIIIU ? vslip and port, a bottle of the latter 'anted in compliment to their guest? | watched Selina Cicero. The con versa- ? 11 turuod upon John Led bitter and the < no. j J T do not sco how ho could have accom- ! ' died it," exclaimed Mrs. Sterling, "uri> ho stopped the mail cart and undid the < I in the road." 1 Well, what was there to prevent him < ng so!" ro.xpor.iled (ho fat nier. Hut such a deliberate theft," repeated > s Sterling. ?l can understand?at least, i hink 1 can?being overtaken by a mo- I nt of temptation; but a man who could p his horse in a public road, unlock the i t, and untie the bag for the purpose <>f 1 | bing it, must be one who would stand < no crime of n similar nature." Why, that's just what I told hitn." cried ' i farmer, "when he come to ine at llig- I . in, a wanting to excuse himself, and j ( ike believe he was innocent. 'What's ; no with tlie letter and money,' I said, 'if! u have not got it?" And that shut up ! mouth; f.?r ail he couid bring out was, i it lie wished he knew what had gone , ;It it," All,' broke in Walter (iraute, 'Ledbillet lit down amazingly with some folks but rented the rascal in him. And liiglinm rer noticed, till now, the singulaiit) of having taken to driving a mail carl.' The farmer took his pipe I'rom his lips, i how, Master Walter?' JL>id any one l?efore ever hear of a genman?a? Ledbilter may be termed?a. ! uing a inonial ollicc, only suited to a ! it-boy, under the plea of keeping himself til idleness? Trash! It is the opinion 1 ilighaui that the robbery uni planned ' en lie took the place.' What, to crib that same identical letter ( mine:' gaxjied the farmer, laying his pi[\e his knee, while a start!od look of dismay ie to Anne Sterling's face. 'Not yours in particular, Mr. Sterling. ; t probably yours happened to bo the [ >t letter that presented itself to my gen ( niati, as beiring an enclosure worth the ; It.* 'The villain!?the double faced rascal!' j erod the fanner. 'That's putting the itler?and him too?in a new light!' j At that moment Molly entered the room [ 111 some silver spoons, large and small, 1 shut the dour h,.1iinil 'It'# him,' bho abruptly said, coining up j tbo table, with a faco of terror, 'lie | ?"8 ho wants to seo Mi?s Selina.1 'Who?'demanded everybody, in a breath. 'That dreadful Ledbitlcr. Ho come a inking in at the kitchen door?uot the ' lit way, or you'd n seen him from this 1 ndcr, but right across the folJ-vnrd. I ! s took all#of a heap, and nxed if ne'd walk J 0 the parlor, for 1 whs hfumed on him. ? 0,' says he, 'I'll not go in. Is Miss ! jevo there!'' 'Yes, she is,' I said, and missis, and Miss ine, and Master, and Mr. Waller Grnine, ' d Joan's close at hand, a skimming lite ! am.' For i thought he should know as varu't alone in tho place, if ho should ho no to tako anything. '.Molly,' said ho ( ite humbly, 'go in and ask Miss Cleove he will step out and speak a word with ' 1.' So 1 grabbed up the spoons, which, 1 ill-luck, was a lying on tho table, and ' ay 1 come.' Miss Cleevo rose from hor chair. 'Selina!' said Mrs. Sterling, in a reprov ; tone. Aunt,' was her rejoinder, 4I have also a ( rd to say to him.' liut, my dear! Well, well, just for a . ' uute, if you must. Hut remember, Seli-; we cannot again admit Mr. Lodbittor to ! 1 house.' ! I'd as lievo admit tho public hangman,' 1 ,rcd out tho farmer. ' Scarcely had Selina Cleevo left the room, 1 en Walter Grame darted after her. lie 1 w her, with the hand of authority, it ' nted. into the bust narlor. the door of 1 ich, adjacent to their aitting-room,stood 1 in. < Miss Cleeve!?Selioa!?you will uover 1 r>rcl an interview 10 this man!' | Vea.'aijo aaawcruJ. 'For the last lirue.' ] Good Heavens, what infatuation! T>on't' t i believe in his guilt?' I i 'It is impossible to disbelieve it murmured, looking wretchedly ill, an 10 wretchoJIy cross. 413ut upon tho we were, a lost iuterview, a iinai u standing* is necessary.' 'What terms}' he savagely uttered cannot be that you wero engaged to 'Not engaged, but ' 'ilut what? Trust me as a friend,S< 'Had it not been for this?had Led remained where ho ought?wo should been.' 'I am yrieved to hear it. It is a escape for you.' 'Oh, and it is this which makes lr gry,' she bitterly exclaimod. 'Why d monopolize my society, soek to nink like him, wheu he knew himself to base, bad man?I, w ho might have c from all the world! Let me go, Mr. ti I shall bo inoro myself when this is 'You can have nothing to say to now, but what may bo said throt third party,' he persisted, still holdinj 'Suffer mo to sec him for you.' 'Nonsense,' she peevishly answered, cannot say what I have to say.' She broke frofu him, and walked a haRty step along tho passage. 11 not dare to follow her, but to judge t looks he would have liked it, and to boxed her ears as well. Tho two scr were whispering in tho kitchen, but S could see no signs of Mr. Ledbitter. pointed with her linger towards the d< tho best kitchen, and Solina went in. IStauding in the middle of the cold, fortlcss room, his eyes fixed on the enti as if waiting for her, was John I.odl She walked up, and confronted hiin DUt speaking, Lor action and counlei expressing both anger and scoin. *1 see,' began Mr. Ledbitter, as ho sd at her, 'I need not have coinc High a in to do my eirand this afteri 11 has been done for inc.' 1 feel it cold in this room,' said S 'lancing round, and striving, pretty :essfuliy, to hido the agitation sho i felt under a show of indifference. '1 ;oo?l as to tell me your buaiueis, tl nay return to the tire.' '.My business was partly to seo hov Accusation had affected you towards I see it too plainly now. Had it jlhorwise J Ie stopped, cither from emotion, oi i "loss how to express himself. Hu stood as still as a post, and she did no liim mi. 'Then 1 hate only to say fnrew'el resumed, 'and to thntik you for the liappy houts we have spent togelln ante to say something eUo; but no u 1 see now it would be u>elev-.' 'And I bog,' she said, rai-illg hcrsi that you will forget those hours you of, and which 1 shall never reflect oi with a sense of degradation. I blu blush,' she veliementlv repeated, 'to that the world may point to me. as 1 through the streets, and say, 'There die who was engaged to tho felon, Ledbittcil' I pray that I may neve your face again.' 'You never shuil?by my seeking. > I over hold converse with you again linglv, it will be under different au>] lie .joined the rooui, stalked tin the kitcuen, and across the fold yard the side lane, his In east heaving will donate anger, for she had aroused a lion within him. Molly ami the maid pressed their noses against the im window, ami stared after him till h beyond view, us they might have stare some extraoidiuai v foreign animal be exhibition there, and with .piiic as curiosity; whilst Solma Cleeve, rep softer emotions, which seemed inclii; make themselves felt within Iter, sir. shake John Ledhilter out of her lhoi and to say to herself, as she returned i sitting iooin. that she had shaken hit >f theiu forever. V. Tho years passed on, nearly two, an postmaster at liigham was stricken lIlllfWA I f U -lienutA .? II.? - :>ne, lasting i ver several mouths, d which time he was confined to his hoi Is is son managed the business. Oue just before his death, Walter wji ling in the roonij when the old mac Jenly addressed him. ' Walter,' he said, 'I shall soon be *n.l after that they will make you pes :cr. He steady, punctual, diligent in laily business, as I trust I have bee lust and merciful in vour dealings four fellow-men, as 1 have striven to 1 more urgent than 1 have ever boon in ug your Maker, for there the Very b js fall short. You have been a dutifi lo ine, a good son, and I prav that, urn, your children, in your old age, !>o such to you.' Mr. Walter fidgeted uneasily ii dinir. "There is one only thing in business crs which causes me regret for the resumed Mr. (>ramo?"that the parti. So inected with John Ledbittei's theft s ocvor have come to light. It is a weig my conscience, having suffered hiin t mine a post for which his position tu niiu. If lie sought it with the ink loing wrong, iny having refused hii situation would have removed the tc lion from his way." "You need not worry yourself over \ crotchet ns tl *?t, father," respoiulo< younger man. "A fellow bent upon( w Ledbit'er must have been, if he do< find opportunity in one way, wi.l seel another. If there's anything to bo i led in the matter it u the not having br liirn to punishment: he ought to have made stand his trial, and despatched < ihe country. The tiling would have Jono with then, and have gone out of minds." "lie has had his punishment/' r< Mr. (trainc. "Abandoned by bia rein corned by bis friends,shunned by all men, and driven to get his living ir she fields, as a day laborer! Many a mnu would I lir id al- have sunk under It." lb terms "1 cannot think why the fool stops in ' ve nder- Highamshire. If bo would be off to a dis- sli tnnt part, whether county or kingdom, ru . 'It where his crime was unknown, he might him?' get up in tbo world again." j "No harsh names, Walter," interrupted dina.' I the father. "John Ledbitter did uot offend ' hitter against yon. Leave hiui to the stings of his a I have own conscience." j th Mr. Walter (Iramo muttered something j tn lucky which did not reach tlio sick-bed and quit- . uc ted the room. It was irktorao to him to ' A to an- remain in it long, lie was nbscut about ! lid ho an hour, and during this peiiod Mr. Cirniuo th 0 me dropped asleep and dreamt a vivid dream 1 dc be a ?so vivid, that, in tbo first moments of se boson waking op, he could not he persuaded but m mine; it was reality. The coloiing his thoughts ar ovor.' had taken was no doubt imparted by tbo | re 1 him, previous co vernation. lie dreamt that in igli a John Ledbitter was innocent; he did not m j her. see or understand how, but in his sleep lie fo felt the most solemn conviction that the ( fr< 'You ! fact was so. i on Walter, Walter!' ho gasped forth, after in with his confused relation of it, 'wlien his inuo- in o did ccneo is brought to light, do you try aud Tl >y his ! inako it up to him. I would, it 1 were di have alive.' j an vanis | n nm tus inuoecnco?what do you ih Selina I moan, sir! You must bo asleep stiIt. A 111 Molly 1 dream is but a dieain.' I Jc ,>or of 'Well?if it comes to light, if it shall be or proved that he is an injured man, do you . nr com- endeavor to compensate him for the itijus- v.n ranee, tice that has been heaped on bis head. It fo bitter, is a charge I have y>m.' t th with- 'The old man is wandering,' whispered to nance Mr. "Walter to thet nurse, who was then ' tli 1 present; and it was through her that this look- ; dream of the postmaster's got talked of in dc from lligham, though not for long afterwards. Ik noon. 'L< t me give you your composing draught, in ' sir.' ; in eliua, iu sue- VI bj really ; A goodly company weie wending their d< te so ' way to I.avton church, for the fairest flower | lit Hit 1 ! in Lay ton pi.in-h was that day to be taken , w] out of it. A stranger, who happened to dc v tliia j be passing through Lnyton, stepped into w] i me. | the clmrcli with the crowd. ea been j 'She is a handsome bride,' lie observed th ; to a farmer, who stood in the porch, look- bl r from ing in. It was Farmer Mount. bo it she j 'Ay, she be that. Somo of our younkers of t help ; have been mad after her this three or four so | year, but Master (irame have walked ofl . l?o I ' he W|th her at last, lie ain't bad-looking nei- ; cli inanv iher, for a man.' m ;r "j ' 'Kxtrcinely handsome, I think. Who is ; kt tatter, | 'lc- ^ 'Tito postmaster of lligham, a., his father ti? , . ^ 1 ffu-i afore him. 1 he old man died a year pi k ,lS4>? nn led to ting he was in tlie porch of a church. ! ? it d? jve to not hazaulous to employ a thief, oven as an hi igliU, outdoor laborer?' in to the . 'Well, yon sec, the Ledbitters was so m ill out much respected in the county, he and all, cc till this came to light, so that folks can't I in help feeling for him, for the sake o' the i family. There jiever was a breath know n et id the agaiti him afore, and nothing has come out j gi with i again him since?a likelier, steadier fellow is wr!n3 than l.e was, I'd never wish to set eyes on. si; uring jJlw |j|oss yPi jlc have got his tread- ?u 1, and ,njjj t,pon hi in f if any one ever had, for a even- 1 ihtaie at them. <"r may "She's a regular beauty,' ho remarked to er Farmer Hlcunt; 'but for my choice give me 111 II his the one that follows her, tho bridesmaid, gt The first has got a temper of her ow n. 01 1 th 1 mat- never read an eye yet; the last has goodness th past," written oti her face.' Farmer Blount grunt- w culars (vl f,?fl an inaudible reply. None were as houhl mote aware of Anne Sterling's goodness to ;ht on 1)1 in lie: he had proposed toher in se.'iet the th 0 as 1 night of the ball, three years before, and p< >tilted Hi? bad refused him. fo n* Bat another person was also looking on n ' the bridal party?n man in a smock frock 11 rnpta- ?looking through a gap in tho hedge, "l ' fiom an obscure corner of the churchyard. c" such It was John Ledbilter. Oh, what a posi1 the lion was this uufoitunato man's! Guilt niine, does, indeed, bring its own punishment? 01 xa. nn! ? it f ? * ? im an i ..avion, ano, had repeat- HV cilia ed, will) reference to him, hundreds of times. 10 egret- Hut,led down by liis own class iu lite, con- m ought deinned to labor for common sustenance been with the hands who tilled tho ground -for li out of jn any responsible situation, in an office, or T been where money wou.J have passed through to mon s Jjjj bunds, none would trust him?there he c< stood, a roaiked man, watching hor, whom ai spl'ied j he had once so passionately loved, led forth, ni itiona,, the bride of another. A bitter cm oe iom> w good in bis heart on that hour when he had first rc i the ascended the mail-cart to drive it tnt two of the Indians, with their numoris wives, children and dogs. Upon cotng on board the vessel they proved the ost inveterate beggars 1 ever met with, lere was nothing they mw for which they d not ask; they begged for themselves, id. if unsuccessful in their application, for eir wives and children. Their usual deand is for tobacco and biscuit, and, iu cnsavoring to purchase some of their wcap is as curios'ties wp found that tho former ticlo was the nuost prized; and next in ilue wcro the bright buttons from our unirms, (and probably they congiatulnted eruseivesoti unuiiig people simple enough give nway such splendid ornament*,) and en biscuit, old clothes and empty bottler. The Indians are bv fur the most degra d and niisorable of all the aboriginal inibitants of South America. They are low stature and of u copper color, their clothg. consisting of a seal bin, worn with the lir outwards and tied arout d their jx:r- in r means of sinews, is of the eery scantiest lacriplion; their food is revolting. They re chiefly upon muscles and limpets, and, lieuerer tliey can procure tiicm, eagerly ivour seals, 6ca otter, porp ises and bale's flesh, preparing none by tire, but ting as they cut it fiom the prey. In oir voracity they bear a greater resem ar.ee to some wild animals than to human tings. Their arms seem to consist solely bows and arrows and spears, pointed melimes with glass and sometimes with me: of these they willingly dispose in exmngo for their favorite weed. The most itieeablc things about tlie-in are riieir bas ls and their canoes, both of which raani>t some labor and ingenuity in construein. The former arc formed of bark or atled giass; the latter .*yo of bark, and it together without a particle of metal, to sides ami bottoms are sewed together means of sinews; small bars of wood nre aced atbwart-ship* to preserve the shape, id the seams are caulked with some guiuy preparation. They are small and light, as to*be easily paddled about by two worn. Hut their skill in making the canoes ay be compared to the instinct of animals, r it is not improved by experience. We ?o\v from Drake that thi*. their most injurious wnik. lias remained the same for e last two hundred and fifty years. The faces of the men generally seem id of any intellectual expression, and, as ev belong to the 'nil uJmirari' school, ey expressed astonishment at nothing, he woiuen arc belter looking, and did not sitate to exhibit their smpri?e or amuse ent. 1 shall never forgot the w- nder of le of them at first seeing a looking gla tlie image. The ?ii of both sexes is wotn long, and is ?I ost as coarse as the mane of a horse; the en have 110 beards. Captain Cook has nnparod their language to the sound ade by a man 1 tearing his throat; but, ys Mr. ] >arwin, "certainly no European ;er cleared his throat w ith so many hoarse, itlural, and clicking sounds." One word made to assume a great many different unifications; the same one, for instance, caning the Deity, llio siin, a ship, a child, dog, and an amulet, or charm, generally ?nsi>ling of a bit of gla-s suspended from c neck. Notwithstanding this singular lucitv of sounds in their language, they tv readily catch " the pronunciation of oids, and repeat with po'ect correctness ly sentence 11 tcred in their heating, alongh they cannot attacli any meaning to e words. < M" their domestic arrangements wo could arn but very little, l'revfously we had und along the shores their wigwams, or titer harbors, consisting of broken brauics of trees >tuck in the ground and covet! with leaves and grass. In these miable huts, around a small firo built in the iddle, they sleep, coiled upon the wet round, likc.nnimal*. Al! their property cy seem to carry about with them in eir canoes. Every man has at least two i*os, s,?tne of tliein more; probably each many as ho requires to take care of him, > paddle Ins canoe and collect his food for < whole labor devolves njiun the female rrtion of the community. We were inrmed that these savages are never canniits unless dliven to it bv hb->lnte starva011, and then they vnfy eat their old tro i/?. l.jion haiing l>eon asked on uue ocision why they did u?>t kill and eat their >gs, of which animals they liavo great ambers, iti preference to their own people, >o of them is said to have given the anvor that dogs wore useful in Catching ot??, hut that old women were good for >tliing. < >ur visitors remained with us for a long ine, begging for everything they saw. ho sailors cruivjed around them, and gave them, with Jack's usual liberality, tobac > and old clothes. Of the former they ? extravagantly fond. Indeed, in their lxiety to make the most of the fragrant uid, they do not emit the smoke at all, Gaining it in their mouths, and endeavorig to swallow the whole, so as to appa 1 rontly to reduce themselves to the very di verge of t>u(Vocation. When presented with re the clothes neither meu nor women hesitat- fir od long to divosl themselves entirely of | th their alieady scanty covering to Assume the . th diess given tlieru. They were elated with j If any Requisition of the kind, and no dandy, th j however faultlessly arrayed, ever seemed ' foi more perfectly satisfied with his appearance ' in ' than did these women when dressed up in ; en i cast off flannel coats and trousers. -Tho ; pr I next day they would reappear in their seal nn skins, and their new habiliments vanished by ' wo never knew whither. , ill Among our servants were several rmilat- i th to boys, who eeemed lo attract more of the , an ! attention of the Terra del KuegXns tlmo I tit anything el-e. Apparently they cotild not J de understand why their hair should curl so : th tighly, while their own was long and j flu ; straight. They laughed her.itily at the first i | of our boys whom tboy saw, and Tom 1 laughed us well at them, probably think- i ing, although he did not express st, "rir? j th bini >fui riru le diti'urOne of our men, j tls ' w ho was unable to walk on account of' i? ' having cut his foot, next attracted tho at- in tent ion of one of the visitors, who signified dii his ability to cure him, am! by signs asked of for a pipe and tobacco. When furnished ac with these he commenced smoking, at the tie nine time uttering low grunts; theu lean- sal ing over tho foot, he blew a little smoke tie upon it and suddenly raising his hands he mi blew a largo cloud upwards. This was tg gr pealed several limes, but owing, perhaps, to cen C< so bitterly assailed as fraudulent. The ; ?f tables exhibiting this result aio compiled Ircm the lacts gathered by the majority, 0^ i and therefore cannot be disputed. The |u< free Slate ticket, in all the electron districts, ci.only received 800 votes, while the census an J shows there were 2,005 leof.il voters in la i- 1 r? i Kansas. _ ' T1 Mr. Oliver then takes np the districts i |ta separately. In the first; it is in proof (be- as fore the Committee, be it remembered) that 1 for the 200 free State men there were 300 J ; or 400 pro slavery voters. No intimidation . p was used, and nil voted who wished. On M the 5th of March, 1855, to which the above facts refer, one witness says, "iu tho after- { noou sonic one hundred men, who had jcome iu with Dr. Charles Kobinson from I ni the East, marched over to the polls and ' C< voted the free Stnle ticket. They were ; tal said to have come into the Territory that ! ^ , ? : for very day. ea Mr. Oliver comments on this! j "Frotn the testimony, it is dilficull for ! be tire undersigned to see bow the majority of a the committee could oorue to the conclusion | to to which they arrived, that even in the an Lawrence district there was a majority of, it, the' legal voters for the free Slate ticket/1 1 I "In the second district (says Mr. Oliver:) ft" "Tiro testimony is conflicting and contra- | j Jiclory*, but the weight of the ovidonco, in 1 | the opinion of the undersigned, r-hows Ural -' there were many settlers came into this 1 district after the census was taken, and be- , j fore the March election. On the morning i 11 i of election the free State judges took arms j Pc L with them into thejuugea' room. Tire free ,ls . State men, under the lead of Judge Wake- , ?,r ii 11 . i - ' iickj, i< k possession <>I Wm |MllS aHd re-1 ! quired all the pro-slavery men Io be sworn without discrimination; nnd did not swear S ,K any free State men. 'I'ite pro slavety ro>d- I dents objected to t!ii>, and declared that [ *a. In.:1i parties ought t.> Ik: swum alike. After ' " s line time the fre* State judges resigned,' and other judges were selected by the crowd. No intimidation was used to pro- ; W' j vent the free State men fiotn voting, but ft , all were n.>ked to coma up atrd votinted by < i jv. (feeder himself, wi is adduced, who* concludes a long denoti i r m . ' tri Uon as follows: "In my ncig'nl rln>?kl 1 was wall no- cj, quniuted with the settle's there, anJ at the ; time of the eleetion and before the residents i .{, were almost all pro shiven . From what I ,j, Kiliv* iuVSOif, .unl liitj I in'. >i iiiaiiOU rvCci'til ' ^ from the census taker and others, 1 am Mil- ro istied that tho pio-slavoiv party had u de Vl, cided niajoiity in the second district." m All the allegations about the unfair in- P< teifeionce of SherilF Jones in this distriel "r ? T V are disproved by Mr. Kilison and other w it- ( , ' noises. In the ltd and 4 th districts tho pro slavery party were in the nii.j >rity. The Ik 5ih was free S.ale. The 0th and 7th were ^ pio-slnvery. As to thu Sth no'testimony 8l< , w as taken. The 9th pro slavery. The 10th shows a fair election, and the rejection of ?r alleged illegal votes on both sides would i ot I not have change*! the result. No evidence cc was adduced to impeach the returns iu the 'K at llth and 12th district*. In lite 13th, 14tb, m 15th, 16 th, lTih ?nnd 18th districts all was 0i quiet and orderly, aud the pro-slMery par ty largely iu majority in all of them. Mr. Oliver concludes: ; ' fir "Upon an examination of the testimony , fo taken before tlie committee, what the un-1 m I dcrstgned hat affirmed in relation to these p\ several districts will be found to be sustain' pj cd by tho proof. And from all the te.wi mony collected, w hen compared aud weigh-, { cd properly, the undersigned fools confident! ai that it will appear to every unprejudiced b 1 mind, not only tbm and nvarirA ?nf?r?ni - ??u: - 1UH/ I'rtl VUtyf?UIJ*^ d gave tlic impulse to the seciionei affilion which is now convulsing the confoaeey from its ceutre to it? circumference. ie movement, which it ii now found bad i origin in Wm! ington, provoked similar socialious on the borders of Kansas, and ter wards in Ktu^as iUolf. There is now > difficulty in fixing the true responsibilifor ail the outrages which have been irpetralcd in Kansas. 'Die deposition of r. Mace is as follows: Dauiel Mice called and iworo. To Mr. Oliver: I in mediately after the passage of the uuaas-Nebraska act, I, together with' a imber of others, who were members of ingress and Senators, believing that the tidency of that act would be to make utisas a slave Stale, in order to prevent it, rmed an association here in Washington, lied, if I recollect aright, '"The Kansas id Society." I do not remember all who came members of that society; hut quite number of member* who were oDixwed slavery in Kansas, of the lower House, 1 also of the Senate, became members of and sitbscribed various sums of money, think 1 subscribed either $<50 or $100; I a not now prepared to say which. Wc issued a circular to the poople of the untry, of tire Northern Slates paiticular, in which wc set forth what we believed sre the dangers of making Kansas a slavo ate, and urged that steps be taken to inice jiersous from the North, who were op>scd to slavery, to go there and prevent i introduction, if possible Wo sent a eat many circulars to various parts of o United States with that object, and alcoiumunicalioMa of various kinds. I do l remember what they wore. The object is to have persons induced to go to Kan- \ r who would make that their home, and j ho would, at all elections, vote against e institution of slavery. I think Mr. tloodrielr. of Massachusetts, is the president of the society. 1 am not rtain about the vice presidents; probably r. Fell ton, of New Yoik, and myself, were JO presidents. The names of the presiiuI and vice presidents were attached to tr circulars which we sent throughout the untry. My recollection i?. that generally those ctubcrs of the House and Senate who oio opposed to tho Kansas-Nebraska net came members of this society, and conbutod to it. The leading piim.?ry object of the *s.v>atiou was to prevent the inlr*?duotiou of ivery into Kansas, as 1 stated during the i?rl -ession of Congress, in answer to a ifsticft propounded to me by yourself, I iievo. VVo beiiuved that, onleaa vigo' us sle|?s of that kind were taken, Kansas rrtild In-oome a slave State. I do not re ember the caption of the subscription pnr. 1 think no other object was mentioned specified, encept the prevention of slavein Kansas. 1 think that was thd atde ject of the movement. 1 do not recollect whether Mr. Speaker ink* whh a member of that society or noL r, Hood rich kept the l?oolca. My inipres>n is that a majority of thoso w ho voted rainst tho bill were members of that ormization. I do, Atid that it is also much lighter and in try respect superior to Colt1* celebrated stol*. * * *r It seems that the municipal arrangement* ound the notth pole are ?wry Mriot. I>r. lane sa/* ho was kept from g>ing >rfhcr by the north pM ice.