The Carolina Spartan. (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, August 07, 1856, Image 1
THE CAROLINA SPARTAN.
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BY CAVis & trimmier. Dewrtefo to Southern ftigljts, Politics, Agriculture, ani> Hits eel long. - 82 PEE annum VOL.
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THE MISSING TETTER.
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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 ! ll<?'
some mismanagement at the Layton office, j c,1|
But such negloct is unusual with Mr. 1 '
Marsh." J Pl,!
"Qood a mercy? I hope it has never
been 6tole." * | "a4
"Which morning was H the letter came,
Walter?" cried Mr Grume, appealing to his :
son. "Oh?I remember?the day you and |
the girls were going o?cr, It wan the very ^ r
morning of your wife's ball, Mr. Sterling." , 1
"The morning afore, or the morning at- j ,nc
iorj" asked the bewildered farmer.
-The same morning, the tith of January, I ""3
when Waller and the two girls went over ro'dn
the evening." nt
"Now, whv didn't you tell me it was
come, Mr. Walter?" extiostulaUnf tiro far- '
mer. l,al
1 never thought of it, replied the young 1 Ul"
man. "And il I had thought of it. it would 8?'
only have l>eeii 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 , <p?
Mr. Marsh affirmed, when applied to by the ! ?i" a
farmer. lie reinembored the 6th?why, it j rac
was not a week ago?the day ho told Led- , by
bitter of the accideut to the bay inare. No j aw
soul but himself touched the letters; nobody '
was present that day when he opened the '
bag, aud ho could swear that the Jet- ??>?
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,
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.% ?? 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<l loft a gooilish bit of propelty be-1 pi
hind him, but it turned out that Master T1
^ j Waller there had anticipated his share; and b\
" I jt how he kept his creditors ijuiot till the old | pi
ire went oil was a matter of wonder. lhit ni
^ ' lie lias Kjwnl his wild oats now they say. m
Khn R,i^ he had, I lake it Miss Cleave ! so
would have seen him further at'orc she'd m
*" married him. ?Slic*s well ort". for her fulhei's m
dead also,and there's tificen hundred pounds fo
holnd tolvJ do.tu with her this da).' kl
'lie's a lucky dog.' gr
uces. 'h'a sheer luck with him, lor he waru't ih
rough j.c, f;tuvy, Young Lcdbilter courted j
"Ho jJt,r Kt ouo r,,u0t and she was . liglity fond v?
i pas- , of hin*. lint lie run his head into trouble th
II the j ?robbed the La) ton mail-bag. Of couiso, th
dan) ,]cC0I,t young woman could staud that, 11
Kilch- though he slipped out of a prose tuliou. In
e was Since then lie has been starving about the in
< 1 11 u i! _ . . . ? - .
- couuii v, utntiKtul to any farmer who would 01
en on | ,,jvo iliu, H (lav's work. He's on uiy trrouiius Si
much ?ow; * ' ur
riling "l'lio .stranger gave a low whistle, forget- l<>
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 ih<?ro ain't a mad dog in the parish ns is en
kS 8,1" ' allied at tnoro than he.' lh
I sud- 'J he stranger nuJged the speaker, for tlic pr
bridal party were returning from tho altar, vr
gone, Mr. \\alter Grame and bis bride, no Ion- w<
tin as ger Selina Clecve, walked first, next came ur
your Anno Sterling with her fa titer, and several th
n; bo friends followed. The two young ladies! th
with were dressed alike, in lavender silk?the .
be; be bride wearing orange blossoms in her white le
sere- bonnet; Anno, iilies of the valley. They fo
est ot brushed ibestranger iislhey walked through ra
ill son the porch, so that he ?to use his ow n e\- cli
in ro pression?had a good >taie 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, an<i ingnani i<>o, 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 t<? Hig iu
im, and wilh a wild cry, which startled
o air, and seemed to bo wrung from the
rv depths of his spirit, he leaped the
lo at the tear of the churchyard, and
shed back to his labor in tho fields. *
[to he continukd.]
TERRA DKL FUECl).
An officer iu the United States Navy, in
letter, gives the following description of
at Almost unknown people, the inhabitits
of'l oi ra del Kuego, the island couth
int at tho southern extremity of South
inericu:
Tho Terra del Kucgions, so called from
e country they inhabit, (which iu turn
irived its name from the number of fires
on along the shore by the first navigators,)
ado their appearance while wo weie at
ichor at Borja Buy. Shortly after we had
ached this place a small, singular lookg
canoe was seen lo leave the shore and
ake its way towaids our ship, and in a
w minutes wo wero honored by a visit
>nt 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 <k$>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<s.
io lirst looked at herself, then laughed
id sought behind for the reflection, then
okoil again, and laying it down on the
?ck, endeavored to eei*> 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 <lii
I tho little faith reposed by tbo patient in ; Ki
this mode of practice, altogether without | in;
success. v j mi
* "? 1 Ki
The Elections in Kansas j pr
j Mr. Oliver, in his minority report from 1 **
llie Kansas Investigating Comrnitlee, anp- |
lyzes the election returns which have !>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 vot<v The j
pto slavery ticket had a majority in the V'
district, as tho free State party were not 11
united on their ticket.'1
. 1 CO
In refei cure to this district, tire testimony
of l'arris Kllison, one of the judges of | m
election app >inted 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 tb<t fveneral Whitfield wasj fu
dy elected, by the actual and bona fide
sidentK, a delegate io Congress at the
at election, in November, 1804, but that
e Tree State party was in the minority in
e Territory nt the March election in
155, for member* of the Legislature; and
ntvthe election was not carried either by
rce, violence, or non-residents; bat that A
ajority of the I-egWlntute vrns duly electi,
a* certified to by the Oovernor, and wu
operly constituted as a law-making body;
id, nu a consequonoe, that lhuluw? passed *
' them, us far at they are consixteivt with
e constitution of the United States and
c organic act of the Territory, are valid',
d, as a further consequence, that the whig
delegate, having been duly elected a
legate to Congrcns under a territorial law
us passed, is entitled to a seat on this
or ni"?ueW
16 Origin of the Troubles in Kansas.
The much controverted question as 10
o origin of these troubles is pnt to rest by
o deposition of lion. Daniel Mace, whicn
nppended to Mr, Oliver's minority report
the Kansas election case. It is proved
itinctly by this deposition that the ide$
defeating the true object of lite Kansas
t, which was to enable the hona fide set rs
in the Tcnitory todetertniue lor theraIves,
and perfectly uncontrolled by extra-'
oils influences, the character of their doestic
institution?, otiginated with the Coaess
who had opposod thfi bill, and imnacately
after the bill was passed. The first
snaps Aid Society was formed in Washgtou
City, and embraced most of the
einbers of Congress who had opposed the
fuisas bill, and the avowed object was to
ocme voters to go to Jvans&B who would
all limes oppose the introduction of slare-'
into the Territory. The Massachusetts
id Societies Vera the first fruits of this
mgrcssionnl organization to defeat a law
Congress. To give nioro efficiency to
e Masaa husetU project, a charter of iurporntion
whs obtained, and the prospect
making money was held out as a stimua
to adventurers. In this way fanati>m
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 d<? not remember the total
nount of money raised by means of that
gsnization. M'e had n room ho?e, and
nployed a secretary, and consequently
iu c.?|icuaci iu pay. i uo not know me
nount raieed. 1 think there wtw persons,
ember* of that association, who were uot
embers of either bon?? of Congress.
Pho Aihtny TVers states thai a pistol
is hoult invented in that city which will
o ninety timer* per minute,carrying a ball
rty yard* hither than any pistol now in
>o, 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.