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The Spartan circulates largely over this and ^ adjoining districts, and ofTersnn admirable nwdiuin to our friends to reach customers. t| Job work of all kinds promptly executed. Blanks, Law and Equity, continually on hand n orj>rin:od to order. v CAROLINA SPARTAN! Forgive and Forget. tc He who to forgive a brother ? Unrelenting will refuse, Will within his bre;.st to smother Fames of malice rather ehoosc; It Who his heart in hatred sheathing, ti Seals his lips to sounds of love; ? Hard unkindness only breathing, u Only lives his ire to prove: c< He is dead to all but folly, Yes, the star of peace lias set, tl Who knows not the les-on holy c To forgive and to forget. <" nl lie whose heart ne'er knew the pleasure ai Gold or grandeur cannot buy, s) Yen, not time itself shall measure? ol His who bids Revenge to die; w Though he drink from jeweled "haliee, Though Fortune rain her golden shower, m If the draught quench not his malice, tit Nor her bounty Anger's power: t* lis is dead to all but folly, Arc. p Often tliough his knees be bended, , ' J Though liia oft-clasped hands he raise, nl From his lips though oft have vended Words that seemed ol prayer and praise; m Seems his gift upon the altar, p To men a goodly sacrifice: C). God disclaims the proud defaulter, q GimI sees not with human eyes'. t,| He is dead to all but fully. Arc. 0|| A COMPIRISON. 1?, The annexed tabic shows the results of the Au gust and September elections of the present year, / compared with the results in the same States at the Presidential election ill !8."?2, when Pierce, the a< n?m.<??li.> " Jl-J ' .v.nk v n,iui.UU?u Ul<" I'nurM*. IV Nov., 185*2. or Aug. & Si-pt., 1850. J'rea Election. in Demo All oilier#. Demo. All oilier*, pr Jow.i, 32,920 40,387 8,024 8 221 ' ? Ark.nmaii, 28.159 15,430 12,173 7,404 N N. Carolina, 56,769 44,175 39,744 39.058 if Kentucky, 8,000 m. ni. 3.202 P1 Tex.i?, 12,000 m. S,557 m. g' Vermont, 20,000 m. in. 17,750 Maine, 3a,(l00 m. I,03Bm. - to . ; rte 137,?4? 70,134 73,<5ti3 ^ 137,848 70,131 ? _1_ (ri Opp. maj. now, 7,150 Opp. m. *52 5,501 Pl Opposition gain, 1,589. "I The vote of Missouri hardly admits of being ill* Co p uated into tlie above table, for tbo reason that 1,1 there Were two Democratic candidates- for Governor m at tlte recent election, namely: Polk and Denton, vv the a ggregate ?.f whose vote Was 71,410 against '' 40,571 tor Kwing, American. To include the vote of b lb the Democratic candidates would hardly ol be fair to the Opposition. To include only Polk's ^ rote, would not be fair to the Democrats. Benton, P' the other Democratic candidate for Governor, has publicly declared (or Biiulianuii; so has his organ< the St. I/ouis Democrat; and the Benton Electoral V' ticket lias been withdrawn in favor of the Polk Elec* " toraltick' t?both hcing for Buchanan. In the Aggregate, tluse eight State* stand quite n as Well for the Democrats now as they did at the " last Presidential election. They then gave 3S sl Electoral votes for Pierce and 18 for Scott. Shoal.I they vote at the Presidential election next Novein* ? bor as at the recent eleelions, they would give Bit* P chanan 39 votes and Fremont 17 votes; the Demo- |i| eratic majority hciug20 in 1852?now 22. Let us " show this in detail. , In tS'.f, . In 1852 . " Buchanan. Tri-mont. - -tscon Iowa, 4 4 Arkansas, 4 . 3 ? N. Carolina, 10 11 v Kentucky, 12 Texas, d ( Maip^T*^ 8 9 Vermont, 6 6 s** Missouri, 9 7 ti 39 17 38 is " 17 18 ? B I), m. now. ?2 D. m. in '25. 28 If the Renn diealis derive nnv cnnKn1ni'.^.n " these results, ?o hope they will make the must of J "J them. Unless hey succeed better in the other i " States, it is cleat 'hat they arc destined to an iano- * mintous defeat; lor in 1852 only four State* voted ' against Pierce, v'i, Vermont, Massachusetts, Kentueky and Tennets-e. No otlier election* take place prior to November, [J except the following, v r.: Florida. .. .7. October 6. K, Pennsylvt^i* October 14. ,1 Ohio., .'- ? October 14. .i / South Cue""* October 14. st Indiana...' ' OosJr i l'l. v. The State ekvtton in California does not take (<1 place this ycwlill November 4tli, same dny with Kj the Presided"1' election. , 0, Georgia Ino Suite eleotion this year; oer ^ elections being biennial.?Journal of Commerce. omf As Aboiition Miwiv*.?Some nnonymous ci Mcribbltr dirriA* to us the subjoined note of threats. w Really now what shall we do? where rniiT in what w poplar holh'.J hide! how mskeour peace with nbo- M l.tiont how dodge the impsndinjj stormT But hear m the fellow: rV '.. ?, New York, Sept. 20, 1856. cj, "Fret and foam on much as you please, villify the North and orsise up your Bully Brodks. But . ftnow ye, friend, wo mean not only to have Kansas J,(j free and no ">oro States, but we will effect a total alioMion of slavery in the United States. There j(, will soon.be but one or two questions, and thns? ' ' are, h??dr much (if anything) you shall be paid for i' y?ur sl#res, and how and when they shall beeman- |Jg cipai We are driven to this by your having in- j,ri sist- il (ppon the abrogation of the Missouri Coftipro- ijj tmsc end your imperious and haughty bearing to- i.ward tho North. Tlie attack on Sumner lost you tare ; Northern Stales." * AN OLD DEMOCRAT. f onsonse! What llireu States did it lose us tha we would not Imvn Uiai mm ? - j ""' ""I his to do" a groat deal. <fld Democrat! Hut '"know nD) yr friend,," that madmen and traitors, who talk n? nj,| jroa do, will find penitentarirs nnd halters n plenty mo between this nnd the accomplishment nl the object j,in yoo propose to yourselves.? Edgrjitld Advrtiter. n|,( * * ' fool The reported hostile attitude of England towards p^, Mexico is confirmed. Havana correspondence con eceired nt New York, says, that the difficulty arose from the non payment of claims due by Mexi- I eo to British subjects It is reported, th t if Kng- stat laud's demands are not immediately complied with, jots the ohief ports of Mexico are to b? bloaknded at thrr once. As pi evionaly reported, the British Minister mili has deman led his paisperia * sen *0 J j '? i 7 \ Si V JNUIrtN MASSACRE. The Council Bluff (lowu) Bugle hns the follow* ng account of n tragedy in the murder and robbery >1 Col. B. W. Babbitt's train of government prop* rty, by the Cheyenne lnd .ins on the Plains: On Mnnduy night, the 25th of August, the little rain with Alexander Nichols (one of our citizens) s captain and conductor, and Mrs. Wilson and it.not, from St. Ix>uis, a youug man named Orren 'nrrisb, a tnun trotn Pennsylvania, nnd another, mme unknown, nceompanyitig, were encamped pou Prairie creek, ten miles end from Wood river, leilher fearful nor dreaming of danger, when they rerc suddenly attacked by a band of Cheyennes, which for some cause had been attacked and drlvn by the soldiers at Kearney.) Orren Parrislt only seaped uninjured to the fort, whilst the other oung man received a dangerous wound from a ullet in the leg. Some days after, n detachment was sent from. :ic ion, (twenty mile*,) who round the dead body I Mr. Echols (omu twenty yard* from the wagon, Iso the dead body of the gentleman th'U) Penneylaula close by, and the dead body of?hc child, with s brains dashed out and horribly mutilated. The illow where the child and mother slept was bloody, nd a portion of the torn wardrobe of Mrs. Wilson a the ground, but Iter lardy wns nowhere to be tund. The oxen (ten yoke) and all the mules 'ere gone, and the wagons rifled of much of the intents. It seems, however, that n hand of Omaha liunT8 happened near just after tlio murder, nnd in me to stop the pillage nnd recover the mom y nnd >me other valuables stolen, which were honestly lined over to th<s Colonel in commnnd ol the >rp*. Mrs. Wilson has doubtless been wounded, nnd ten carried away captive. The young man who icaped with a wound is in the l.osoitul m tho f.>ei id the wagons, and what property remained, were so taken to the fort. Three arc the particulate, , tar as wo ran gather them. Ir a few days we tall, however, no doubt pot a full detailed account "the matterIrom the pen of Mr. Babbitt himself, hich we will lay before our readers. The Cheyenne* are a warlike nnd crncl race, umbering several thousand, who inhabit some of it wild and almost impenetrable valleys in the fastroses of the K? cky Mountains, southwest from i ort Laramie, and seldom come out except to rob, under, or go to war with other trilas. Our erniration will never be safe until these merciless piitee arc exterminated. The same tribe of Indians recently attacked the ail between Oregon, Mo, and Fort Kearney, or tbis they were pursued by Captain Stewart's impany nnd a detachment under Lieut. Wheuton. ii the 23d ult they came upon them in camp, inrged upon and killed ten of thein on the ground, ipturcd twenty-five bead of ponies, a great many nces. shields, and nearly everything they had in e camp.? Richmond Dispatch. FREIiDOjTl)F SPEECn. There lias been quite a burst ol fiery indignation, la Ilurlingamc, nt freedom of speech being boon down by bludgeons, and ti e violence ot Soutliu men bus lieun held up at the North as sliockg and brutal in their attempt to resimtn the oxcsmhh of free thought in n free country. The folwing occurrence, which lately took place in a ortliern hotel, where many Southerners were eolrled, is worth recording, both in evidence of the uek of the bold d> fenders of Sumner, if id otnne mis, and the courtesy of Southern men: A loud-talking MussuuIiukcu* deelairner, underi.k. In a crow.l, luoiwi, vont to u very vehement miic-lmlon ol tlie eutirim o' ^"UiK...,. ....... :.. 1 i? v.... -.: r~. "wwu that every mnn was entitled - > eive hi* opinion* L-i'ly on any question, without being attacked with rsonnl violence, &c., that he lor one would ever diold the right, Ito tlio consequences what they | ay, &o. A qniet Southerner i< marked that he j in'ught that there was a limit to sucll expression, I id that there were many occasions on which it as neither courteous nor proper to say what one anight. The Northern man was very belligerent, id said lie claimed the largest liberty for every ic, who should be answered and not beaten. The outhcrner then quietly said to hitn: "Supise, sir, 1 were t<> say to you. which I would not >r tlie w orld be so d scouricoo* as to say,you arc a ov, contemptible, arrogant loafer?what right Imve ou to come among gentlemen and tutor your sen inenls on any question in the vestibule of a lio I? You ought to be kicked out, and I nm very iucIi disposed to do it; and if you are not very unrded in what you sav, you will find yourself [H-edily roiling in the gutter. Suppose,sir, 1 were > use sueli freedom of speech, which you so boldly elcnd, and to express sueli thoughts tluit might ass through my niitid, would you qu'olly submit to ueli language as merely an expression of opinion ihieh every man is entitled to make, without per onal notice! Suppose I were so discourteous as > apply audi language to yourself, would you argue with me!'' "Sir," replied Massachusetts, "if you wore so un;enil<manly as to speak to me in sueli a manner, 1 irould not stay to listen to you." And he vamosd amidst thu roar of tiie wholo crowd.? South Carolinian. ^?n?i Politicai. Mob in Indiana.?Two MknKiixed ? We have brictly men ioncd the occurrence of a lob at Bourbon, Marshall county, Indiana, on the ocas on of a political discussion lietween Judge Ituart ami Mr. Colfax. The 1/ganport Journal ives further particulars: A wagon containing four men and a number of idies came from Kosciusko county to attend the peaking. In the wagon was borne a banner reprscnting a Republican devit e. Threats were made gainst the wagon before it reached the ground, ad during the speaking thirty workmen, who rere 11... .............i Iiil*;, unit its tl??- wagon passed a grocery at thcopotite cud of the town, it wins attacked by these ten, who knocked down the horse* .and coinmcued an indiscriminate assaM > '<'g,,K. The si reams of the woinon, as they bogged for icir lives, ""d sl,outs and murderous blows or ao---a'mU party were awful, and presented n a ne which drove in terror the multitude, whieh as largely made up of women. Men endeavored i save their families, and there was no timo to agist the unfortunate wagon load, which was soon erpowered by the infuriated brutes, who forgot to scriminntc between women and rut a in their mod taok. Whilst one of the mob Mood with his elub elevatI with both hands, nod in the net of striking, he as shot, and fell dead. The persons in the wagon ere seriously bruised nnd injured, and were only ved from death by the attention of the mob being traeled lo another object. In the wagon was the wife of a Mr. LefTel, a iwn ol Kosciusko county, who, hearing the dunr of his wife, rode back to protect her. On up(inching the wagon, he nnd his horse we ? knock down, nnd, Finding the odds against him too ong, lie retreated to the house of the Rev. Mr. rues, whoso family, with himself, had been wituses of the terrible scene nt the wagon. Mr. ffil was pursued by the mob, who picked up axes they went, broke in the door and a window, and iitally murder-(1 him ir. the presence oflne tainily. a body whs horribly mangled, his lego and head ng nearly eut to pieces. Mr. Colfax had been to supper a third of a mile m the scene of these transactions, nnd in a short ic nfter passed the grocery where were eongreed the assailants of the wagon. They assaulted lease with clubs, and nearly knocked it down, I threatened the lifeof Mr. Colfax. He was e to keep his hoise in motion, and escaped. The b clubbed a man riding a short distance behind i, nnd threatened the life of Captain Sterling, and > bent A young man named Samuel Dishcr. They k eomploto possession of tho town, while tho pie, anxious for the safety of the women, fled in fusion. ^bpsrino roa W*i.?Tho Norfolk Argns es that Got. Wise has issued through the Adint Genenernl orders to the commandants xighout the 8:at" to thoroughly organize the tin, that it may bo qualified "to render effective iee wbrnevrr Virginia may call for it." I Tn* Coolib Trad*.?A correspondent of the Now York Journal of Commerce, writing front Havana under dale of Sept. 4, gives the following sad Account of the prosecution of the coolie Under Arrived, August44 British ship Duke of Portlnnd, 8eyinour mflstsr, 540 days from Ifbng Kong and St. Helena, tfillf yJ2 Asiatic voluntary colonists, ol whom 130 are imported to have died, drowned themselves. &c., on the voyage; and to prevent the suicides, the boots had to be lowered away sovernl times n day when the weather permitted, to pick up those who threw themselves ovevboard, which continued from the ship's leaving the China seas until arrival here. Tt U supposed that the actual loss is over 200?J tot quite consistent with the nature of the contract claimed as being mado with each individual. Arrived, the 2d of September, the British ship John Calvin, same voyage, ioa days, with 188 same class, nnd reported 110 deaths?understood by the initiates) to be over 200?and the same trouble experienced after leaving China waters, to prevent self-destruction, The two ships and their Asiatic eavges nrv placed in quarantine for eight days. Yankee Clerical Party.? A reverend abolitionist iu Massachusetts declares himself for disunion, and says that "God was only delaying the day of judgment till the Union was dissolved." Here is another specimen: Political Clergyman -The Rev. J. Holmes, a political clergyman ol tho blaek-fusion party, and one of 3,000 who signed that blasphemous protest to Congress, has recently seduced and absconded with a girl of sixteen, the only daughter of a poor widow, lowing his wife and two children in destitute circumstances. This is the twelfth c.'ise of seduction and ruin of young girls, or running away with other men's wives, by those political priests who signed the protest.?New Haven (Conn.) Register. Thk Si.ave Trade.?The New York correspondent of the N. O. Picayune says: Advices lately received from Liberia give ' us some curious revelations in regard to the slave tiading propensities of some of j the cant pliilantbropical nations of Europe. ' France, it now seems, wants a few more black apprentices for her South American colonies, and has sent an agent, "in behalf) of llis Imperial Majesty," to pick them up ! along the coast of Guinea. The British Government undertook a like emigration movement in 1853, and President Roberts, of Liberia, protested against it as being only tho slave-trade under another form. This-public announcement of the difference between England's practice and England's theories caused her to desist on that side, and gave a new impetus to the Coolio slave trade. The President of Liberia now publicly protests against me trading scnemcs ot llio hrench philan thropists, and we wait to see the result. The manner of procuring free labor apprentices on the Coast of Guinea U tjius set forth: ' The native laborers are not at liberty, according to native usage*, to do ah *Ji?v please about volunteering for this emigra jjon. M. Chevalier must first oblain leave many Then the laborers must "volunteer or not, as the 'head man' bid* them. And when the volunteer receives his 'seven French dollars' he may not keep them for his own use, but must deliver thetn to the 'head man' who distributes a part among the leading men of llio tribe, and keeps the rest himself. The laborers are afraid that tho 'head men' will compel them to volunteer, and therefore call on tho Libenan Government for protection; and hence this proclamation." These proceedings of theB litish Government in 1853, and the French in 1856,are not a little curious in view of the late announcement that Spain has consented to the same measures for introducing 40,000 negro apprentices into Cuba. Spain could not do this without the consent of her dear allies England and Franco, and England and France cannot l>o supposed to deny to Spain that which one wished to do in 1853, and the other in 185G. On learning that the deed was foul, those great philanthropists withdrew at once; but Spain must appease her own conscience if she does wrong. So probably she will be allowed to go on upon her own responsibility to ineet the contumely of the world. It is worthy of notico in these humanitarian times that the Coolie slave trade in the Pacific, and the African slave trade to Cuba, are carried on upon a scale that laughs to 6ccrn all the statistics of the old fashioned slnve trade that so c-xcrcised Wilbciforco and his followers." Important Dikcovkuy at Jerusalem.? A letter from Jerusalem of a lecent date, in the Augsburg Gazette, says: "In digging out the foundations of a nouse wnnm is omitting In itits city for the Austiiati Catholic clergy, the workmen discovered, at a distanco of about fifteen feet from thesurface,several subterranean rooms, the walls of which aro of hewn stone and the floors of mosaic. The most important pnrt of the discovery is, however, a grotto cut out of the rock, and supported by five columns. There are certain indications which lend to the belief that this grotto hns sorved as a church for the early Christians, although constructed before the advent of Christianity. Several capitals of Corinthian columns and fragments of nutique marhies have also been found. The Austrian, French nnd Prussian Consuls, accompanied by the architect, Endliebor, who issunerin lending the building, Iihvo visited these subterranean gallories, and Irnve had photographic drawings made. The MushuIiiihu authorities throw no obstacles in the way of those archaeological researches." 8inoolar Circumstance.?Tn the official returns of the Stale, Calhoun county stands blank, no returns received. The Iowa Repot ter thus accounts for it: "The citizens of Calhoun county, coming together to vote iiiHi August for tho first lime, were interrupted before they got at it by a drove of elk. after which every man, deserting the polls, gave chase, and never cAme back to exercise the eloctive franchise." O'/. Louis Intelligencer. "That man," moaning the Rev. John Wesley, said a right reverend bishop to George the Third, "should he silenced, your Majesty." "True, my lord, true," rejoined tho King, "we'll make a bishop of biro, and he'll never preach again." 1 THE DBCOTAH'S'CAFrrVE. While ibe Spanish, coloi ists ravaged ihe soulhern portion of North in quest of gold, and the Euglish planted the germs of self-governing on the eaatfrn coast, ihe French were hut the agents of liorae merchants, whd enjojod a monopoly of tho various traffics, and were sustained in tlje enJ joyment of it by the strong apn of tnilita! rv nower. To il?? irmlltior j ^ , * * 'jk >^wv inwivru ill particular we owe tlie discovery ck the Mississippi, by tfye sons of otjff df the mem hers?the intrepid La Sxlle. In this day, lead was first discovered within the present limits of the State of Iowa, but the noted Julien DuBuqtie was. tliu first who taught the Indians to collect the ore, and make an ntliclo of Irwdeofit! He. wan y"j-j-,the savages, in compliance Villi his dying wish, deposited his remaps on the summit of a liigh clitf overlookirg^?gfcy,'rtlher of Waters,11 securing the mOfl^^Fthe mausoloum with a massive leaueWRor of a ton weight. They then buraed his dwellings j and erased every trace of civilized life around his settlement, ctcepl the orchards planted by his own hands. Vandal whites afterwards cut up the door to sell, but the name of DuBuque will ever bo remembered in Iowa. Yeats passed away. The white flag of France no longer waved over the Mississippi valley, and the bold frontiers man, advancing on the foremost wave of civilization, crossed the river in quest of lead ore, game, and fertile soil. One of the first settlements thus established, was formed by a party from Kentucky, led by tho grandsire of the younger generation?old Joe Bates, a noble specimen of a frontiers man. Seventy winters bad whitened his long locks, but he was still hale nirff heatty, able to wield an axe with any cf Ms sons, or to I draw bead on a rifle will that fatal accu racy of aim which had enabled him to render good service at the battle of New Orleans. Selecting a good locality on the very shore of the Mississippi, old Joe and his sons built a log cabin, surrounded by a stockade to keep off the Dccotahs. Then surrounded a "clearing" piih worm fence, deadened the standing trees by the fatal axe circle, and planted corn. When the corn was well above ground and freed fiom weeds, they began to "prospect" for load ore. ? Thus far they had seen no Indians, and began to Hatter themselves that the "red skins" had left the country to their peaceful possession; hut the wily savages had kept a constant watch upon their movemeats. Perhaps, had tl e\ confined themselves to agiicultural tabor*, the intruders mi if htJ>?)qfr T' 1''; ;,y United States Governntc-.il into a profitable treaty, but when pick axes were wielded in search of lend ore, the destruction of the j pale-faces was resolved ?.,k>? in council. The first object of sav. jra vengeance was the oldest son, Frank Ih Vts, who bad built him a cabin about five htpdied yards front "bead quarters," despite Hie warnings of old Joe. Frank, howevcl, bad no fear of Indians, and lived with hs wife and babe in great happiness, unti one summer's night i' hen he was nwataied by the loud barking of bis dogs. Changing front his bed, he looked throng'! an opening in the logs, and saw to his lorror at least fifty Decolahs, in full war ftstume, evidently seeking the easiest wajj to force an entrance into the cabin, jtouaing his wife, he raised a cellar trap div, and was about to send her down, when ye child she had left in the bed began to ny. "I cannot leave my bai," she said. "Nay," ho oxclaimed f'l will take care of the boy," and alihostirreing her down into the small cellar, heel led the unhinged door, over which he diei a large chest. Then, seizing his rifle mi Ratchet, he took the infant and ascended o the lott of the cabin, pulling the laddr after him. A moment more, the dootv ns forced from ila hinges, nnd iho Decol^l- entered eager for their ] icy. Hut Bate* l.d not remain to watch their movemenlldor lashing his boy to hia shoulders. he tntionsly opened a 1 shutter in the gable of t o loft, nnd seeing tlint no Indians weie I leath, jumped to 1 the ground, ride in hnot Ere he had ^raverscuM * little garden, the air resounded with the I lod-chilling tones ' of the war-whoop, and volley of arrows* I rained around the fugiti*. Happily only one struck him, and ilia in the tleshy part of the arm, so that liofkept on ntraining 1 every nerve to reach tiff* stockade around ' his father's cabin. 1% ere ho had gone many pacos a giganti Indian overtook ! him. Turning like a si" at bay, be faced < his antagonist, knockef him down with < the butt of Ida rifle, eri' then sped on his < way. Hut now, to hj; horror, he saw a I large body of Decctnhs mund his father's 1 dwelling as he npproacft-r, firing over on < to tho roofs of the cahi, with arrows to ' which burning tow was x'tached. lie paused?hut the cries of his hoy ' aroused him to a sense .fliis own danger and his wife's perilous tUualion. Direct- f ing his ateps towards ll .-/river, where he I found his "dugout" safol moored, ho soon t was paddling across t>?i river to a settle- I ment where thore were a ?rge number of i nllllCB) 1 Day had scarcely dfvned on the sue- ? ceeding morning, Udur* twenty minors, f good men and true, were ready to accoin- r pany him across the river. They cared no t more for the Decotahs than for prairie dogs. I nnd acted upon the spur of Ibo moment, c regardless of consequences. Crossing above s his residence, young Batei Ijd them towards t his clearing, but <m airiving there nothing I remained but a mouldering pile of ashes. I flis beloved wife had evidently perished in s the flames, for among the ashes and char- c red beams in the cellar (hey found aomo t blackened bones. Just *hen they were r joined by old Joo Bates arrd two of his I younger sons armed to die teeth. They 1 were delighted to find Frank alive, for they had feared that the column of smoke that v had arisen from hie cabin monu- ? merit; but now thoy did their best fer con- e dole him in their way?. .Ho said but little, but secretly, 'Vowed to avenge bis wife's dentil, and well did be keep his woro. To : have seen him, no one would have supposed that the mild-looking, slender built Frank hates was an incarnato'demon in a fight withdUb Dccotahs; yet within a year after his cabin Was burnt, he had twenty scalps banging around his girdle. "Vengeance5' seemed his only thought?his life's desire. For sometime after this outrage, the Deootalia kept away from the miners, but at last a ]mrty._pf them cnrao prowling about, and the minerX determined ith them. Who so competent to head tho party as that Worn-enomy oNho "redskins,", F^ank Bates?. The party engaged two Winnebagoee- .as -nurt-tfwn sfflt'rk into tKe fortif Jbllow'ng JTrecent trail. The third night of their journey, the wary leader insisted oft standing as sentry, and about midnight the crack of his rifle awakened every sleeper. In an instant overy man was an bis feet, rifle in hand, ready to repel any lurking foe; but a low whisper from Frank announced that tiiero was no danger. Morning came, and as the party crowded around tho sentinel to learn the cause of the alarm, he merely pointed to what appeared to be a huge hear; a nearer approach to the object discovered to their astonishment the grim visage of a dead Decotah, enveloped in tho skin of a gigantic bruin, who, thus disguised, had attempted to reconnoitre the position of the frontiers men. Frank now felt assured that they wero near their enemy, and followed their trail in silence on tho alert for their foe. On reaching the summit of n knoll, they saw their village before them?a collection of high, conical tents, made of dressed buflalohkins sewed together and ornamented with rude representations of the batlle or tho chase. On tho outskirts were the squaws busily engaged in the laborious occupations which fell to their lot. Their infants, tightly hound to straight strips of hark, were tied to small bent over birches, which gently danced them to sleep, and tho hoys of the village, with bow and arrow, were firing at the representation of n Kansas hunter. In the centro of the village, before the towering tent of the chief, sat the braves, smoking thoir tomahawk pipes with stoical gravity. ^ The white incn looked at the priming of their rifies, put their sharp hunting knives between their teeth, and with a deafening yell rushed down through the frightened squaws, ere the Decotahs could comprehend what caused the alarm. Dashing into the startM g'oup ^^-rnrtrrrrrrfcTr i amr?i whoops, they dealt dcat? welton around thorn. The chief wnvtho first slain, bravotv himself nr-d u'nmmfimt l.j.i.1 warriors, who nobly struggled to avengo his death, but all in vain. Frank llates fought like a demon, but at ono timo was nearly a victim to a stalwart warrior. But glancing at his opponent, Frank recognised in a gay red handkerchief around his head his marriage gift to his lost wife. This added new strength to his body and increased activity to his fury, as he seized his assailant with his left arm, lifted him from the ground, and at the same time with nervous force thrust his knife to his heart. This decided the battle, for the surviving Decotahs, panic struck at the sudden attack, rushed to the spot where their horses were tethered and escaped into the forest. Upwards of fi.'ty dead warriors remained 011 the field, and others grievously wounded, b-,t not a single white man, was seriously injured. The women and children fled to the woods, and tho whites found an abundanco of plunder, comprising blankets, rich furs, horses, dried meats and tents. But Frank Bales felt sad at heart, for the sight of this memento of hia wife made liiin fear she had been tortured before perishing in the flames. Night came on, and feeling posi- 1 live that he could not sleet), he volunteered I to keep watch. It was a bright moon light j night, and as he was pacing his solitary round, planning new schemes of vengeance, he heard a light step approach from the thicket. Frank at first raised his rifie to shoot down the intruder, but a secret influence led him to call out: "Who comes?" "Are you a white man?" was tho reply, in tones that produced an indescribable effect upon the stout-hearted pioneer. "Yes?and yout" "I am Frank Bates' wife who was falcon prisoner Over the Mississippi," and as she spoke she advanced. The rifle fell to the ground, and Frank ttood as if under the influence of a magic ipell. Ilis hands were convulsively clinch3d, his hair stood erect on his head, a altivsr ran through his frame and he tottered l?ack several paces. But not so the female, who had recognised her husband as she Irew near, and now exclaimed as she throw rerself into his arms: Frank! my own Frankl Do you not enow your wifef Yes, it was his long-mourned bride, her entities stamped with sorrow, but still reaming her early beauty. Mutual explana ions roiiowea, and when tliCdelighted wife earned the safety of her boy, all hardships anitlied. It now appeared that when the Indians had ontercd Hale*' house, they aw a keg of whiskey which they drank reely, and then plundered everything, re noving the chest in their researches. Soon wo of them began to quarrel about the landkerehief Hates had seen tho day previ* ?us, and drawing their scalp knives, one peedily received a mortal stab, and fell lireclly upon llie trap door, through which lis blood ran upon the hidden wife. She, lelieving that it came from her husband, < brisked aloud, thus betraying her plnce of , oncealment. Dragging her forth her cap- ( ors hound hor, then rifling the cabin, ap- , died the torch. The body of the slain )ecotab was consumed, and over his bones Jates had mourned at for those of his wile. I That day the) packed the pirmrler upon 1 rhat horses the Decotahs had left, and i tarted for their- borne*. which they regain* d in safety. The prodeodi df Frank Hates' ' H v- . V W>v V share of the spoils enabled him to rebuild bis house, but this timt! close to that of his t father, rtrld enclosed with a high stockade, c The Dccotahs, however, never returned, r and in course of time we^b driven to tbo c far West. Frank Hates, is a member of \ i the State Senate, Judge of tho County t ! Court, and Major-General of Militia. Time \ has dead leniently with him and his wife, i ^iit, neither forgets her capliyity. Their t sotvjiotfer passes tho scene of hi?. father's ] flight on that- memorable night without 1 feeling a. rone wed'sen so of liis filial; obliga- r tions, and a deeper lovo for his boyhood's c home. A Singular Suicidk of a Young Man in j; Chicauo. A few dijjWyrt, -f\v- <1 .n Chi- j. Times of the '/ffrfrU... ayihing Gor- j | man named Leyndecker committed suicido v by swallowing an ounce of laudanum. He g was about nineteen or twenty years of age, and, it is said, received a liberal education ' in Germany. He was, however, an infidel, j. or "froo thinker," believing neither in fu- j, ture reward nor punishment, and scarcely in j a future slate of any kind. He lived solely for the present, and when he found himself beset on all sides by creditors, and had ^ not the means of payment, lie considered of the shortest wav to get rid of them. One t day ho inquired of a fellow clerk what poi- 1 son would quickest kill a man. The clerk Q answered, 4,fako an ounce of prtissic acid." Q Leyndecker immediately took out a memorandum book and pencil and wrote it down. It appears that lie afterwards conclu- s< ded to niter the dose. After swallowing c the laudanum, Leyndecker wrote the fol- ii lowing letter to one of liis fellow clerks in v the Recorder's office. To be convinced of v Ilia r- ro7lnnoo I* - ...? iv is winy necessary to read ii this most singular production of his brain: p Otto Pkltzkr, Esq. You only, of all c my friends, deserve to receive the last greet- v ings of a dying?of a man who prefers to a take a doso of laudanum to be dishonored, ti Greet friendly my creditors, and tell them g that I will probably obtain a reserved seat s in heaven without their receipts. 1 die in n excellent disposition, regretting that you y are not present, as you might then receive t lessons. Greet all my acquaintances. Tell o Bill that he, to some extent, is accomplice o to my death, becauso his remark, "Why do I a you live, if yoit have ntj money?" was stri- I king and made a deep impression upon my o heart. Greet him heartily, because ho is a o good fellow?an example of a young man tl ?who is reasonable enough to enjoy life v as much ns possible. I, too, have tried the o same; but as it will not do longer, I Etop. e Only one thing embitters my last hour? tl Umi I cannot die as ttweolly ?v? liord'Ilyroti. v Permit rrvc to confess, Otto, tbufc you liavo j been the dearest of my "a^uUH'Ulances and \ kt--tu.......-ic. of a friend, moving to eternity, will gratify I you. Throw my remains into any pit, but t with the face upwardi Farewell, Otto. Death approaches, i feel already his ice cold hand upon my throat, and his damp breath Hows over my pale forehead. To " die by laudanum is very sweet. Tell this to all persons who are tired of life, that to J die is sweet. Consolate as much as possi- l! hie the ladies in my house. I die with ll clearest consciousness, and in a rose colored B humor. My death inay form a famous r'' final chapter to any novel (rotnan) of Alex fl under Dumas. Good bye! Two breaths l' more, and then my soul rides with six horses to the skies. Philip, j 'J / Chinese Scoau Cane.?Helow wo give p an extract of a private letter from Capt. II. p C. Davis. We hope lie will excuso the lib- n erly we havo taken, an*l accept as ourapolo- o gy therefor the plea of the public good: n "Having read Gov. Hammond's article n on making syrup from the Sorgho Sucre, h or Chinese Sugar Cane, I determined to e experiment with it mvsolf. Not liaving a a sufficient quantity of the cane to warrant o my having even a temporary mill made, 1 tl expressed the juice, by making a couple of ci negroes roll a round piece of iron over tlio ei cano (it having been cut into as many ci pieces as there tvero joints) anil placed on a .1 slanting piece of plank. 1 think I got about two thirds or three-fourths of the juice from the cane in this way. The yield being ; V about two quarts from every twelve ertnes. ? I then put one pinch of liine to two quarts | jl of cold juice and boiled it. Two quarts 1 ! 8 boiled for one hour and a half, and two j ]s quarts for one hour; and got about one scv- J cnlh of syrup, such r . the samples 1 send ^ you. Tho process of boiling is quite easy, j ^ and I can sco no reason why every planter ; l' may not tnako his own sugar and syrup for ! Ci his negroes. j " Gov. Hammond s..y:. thai 25,000 canes 1 S( may be grown to the act?, and that a mill ? and kettle will not cost more than $85. And from the turn out of juice to tho P' cane, and the proportion of syrup to the lc juice?both by Gov. H's. experiment and 8' mine?(taking for grunted that 25,000 canes can be grown to the acre) an acre will mako from 75 to 150 gallons. ^ I send you two samples: of one the juice was boiled one hour and a half, and of the Cf) other one hour; two quarts at a time, in a w one irallon saiu?? n?n \ Dr. , having a good many canes, has kindly given them to me, and I will i , continue experimenting to day. I liope from l(^ the quantity of cano lie has given me that 1 t|t will get some twenty or thirty quarts of the |Q juice. If I Succeed again to day, I shall plant ten acroi of the cane next year." [ Winnihoro Register. Wo learn from the New York papers C< lhat the great demonstration of the cam- Fi paign was to eorae off at PuDghkeepti on the pr 1st of Octobor. They promisothat not less I rtc than 100,000 Democrats will bo present. \\ Twelve steamboats have been charted to go (]| from the city of New York, and the Hud Co ion River Railroad will put down its fare or Lo fifty cents. m A Practical Motto.?We did not nolice until a few days ago the motto of the as Morgantown Star. It is worth copying, ev tod is as follows: yC "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance. dr The price of the Star is fifty cents." '.Franklin's Son.?The inauguration of he Franklin statue, nt Boston, lias been the iccimion, says the Philadelphia Ledger, for oviving incidents connected with the life ?f the philosopher. His only son, William, vas Governor of New Jcrsdy at the time of be declaration of independence, and did vhat ho could to prevent the Legislative \ssembly of New Jersey from sanctioning he proceedings of the General Congress of 'hiladelphia. These efforts, however, did >ul little to slay the tide of popular sentiPent in favor of resistance to tyranny, and son involved him in difficulty, lie was leposed from office by the Whigs to givo dace to William Livingston, and sent n irisoner to Connecticut, where he remained dnjfit two in East Wl^dsor^m the of O? -? ? - ?- ^"j[ ?.???? ?jvvmvni T.'rRTll^ HtAT^ rhero tbo TfieoIogic.il Seminary now land?. 1778 ho was exchanged, and soon ,fter went to England. There he spent the emainder of his life, receiving a pension rom tho British Government for tho losses e had sustained by his fidelity, lie died n 1813, at the age of 82. Tho opposition f the son to the cause the father espoused, iroduced an estrangement between them, nd in Franklin's will, speaking of his son, e says: "The part he acted against me in ho late war, which is of public notoriety, rill account for my Jeaving him no more f an estate ho endeavored to deprive mo f." Ancient Wheat.?Two years ago, n cienlificgentleman, in makingarchreologial researches, in some of the ancient tombs i tho South of France, lound imbedded ritli 6omo preserved bodies a species of rheat not now in existence. It was a hab L in tho days of the first Gallic Kings to lace in tho coffin of embalmed persons a ertain quantity of wheat. Some of this rheat was sown, nnd tho gentleman was 9tonishod to see sprout forth from six'ocn o twenty stalks from a grain. As they row, the stalks became angular and much tronger and more vigorous than the comion wheat. When the grain formed, it ras found that there were on an average wenty more grains in a head than in the rdinnry wheat. A considerable quantity f I Ilia onninnf ^ 1 . uamv ur lxuuinn wiiem was own last fall on the Government farm at tnmbouillet, nnd great repoits are aniving f its productiveness. The ordinary wheat f France is, I suspect, only the degoncraion of this ancient wheat, diminished in igor nnd productiveness by the centuries f reproduction through which it had passd. This discovery will take us bnck lirough fourteen centuries for our seed vlicM, and will put Franco suddenly in K>?*e?*ton of more agricultural voalth than sho possessed before the dis ruilt upon it, nnd it is to be hoped that hey will bo realizodi Intoxication' of tIie Ear?During tho lallucinntion produced by taking the Indin hemp, the intensity of the sense of sound i most striking. Tho celebrated Theodore Jauliier related to Dr. Moreau in poetic inguage?which it is hopeless to attempt 3 translate, so as to give an idea of the tylo of the highly imaginative author?the ensntions produced. lie says that his erne of hearing was prodigiously dovolopd. I actually heard tho noise of colors? rcen, red, bluo, yellow sounds reached mo 1 waves, perfectly distinct; a glass overtnown, the creaking of a footstool, a word renounced low, vibrated and shook ine like eals of thunder; my own voice appeared to ie so loud, that 1 daro not speak, for fear f shattering the walls around me, or of inking inc burst liko nn explpsivo shell; lore than five hundred clocks sang out the our with a harmonious, eilvciy sound: evry sonorous voico sounded liko the note of harmonica or the jdEolian harp; I swam r floated in an ocean of sound." Such is le exaggerated language which has been mployed by an individual whoso taste and njoynient of music have rendered hi9 critiism on that art so much sought after.? carnal of Psychological Medicine, The Fop-Gcn Plant.?In the mourntins of Brazil there is a hot house plant, 'ilea Cr.llitriehoides, of tender, brittle and ticy aspect, which looks as if it would be ood tc eat in a cooling salad, but which i really of so explosive a temperament that might fairly be called the pistol plant. Vhen m ar flowcri >g, and with its tiny uds roady to open, if the plant is either ipped in water, or abundantly watered, ich bud will explode successively, keeping p a mimic Sebaslopolitan bombardment, snding forth a puff of gunpowder smoko -or a little cloud of dusty pollen?as its aniens suddenly start forth to take their lace and form a cross. It is an amusing >v, which produces a plentiful crop of poplins.? Sat. Gazette. The notorious Anson Bmlingnmc, of nssnchusetts, has been making speeches in liicago, in which he has been pouring out pon the South tho vials of his wrath, boiuso lie was afraid of Brooks. While he as in the midst of one of his filthy barigucs there, the cry of firo was raised, and f reason of tho hubbub, which was there/ created in tho crowd, he was compellod pause. A waggish urchin it* the group, oreupon called out, "Go ahead, old felw, don't be afraid, Brooks ain't heft," That boy knew a thing or two. Compliment to Hon. Howell Cob ? fe learn llint nt iIia u 11 __ ... ...v v.vrv ui A?viN? 4JUWOI i speech at tho Democratic meeting in ankford, Ph., on Monday evening, lie was eionled with a magnificent wreath of >wera by the ladies of the Twenty-third f?rd, of whom over SCO were in alienmco. Col. T. W. Duffield tendered the mpliment to the ex Governor of Georgia, t l?ehalf of the ladies, and the recipient ade a brief reply.? Carolina Timet. Too Bad.?A gentleman having been ked on hit return from a party the other ening whether he had teen MIm A?, a mng lady noted for her decolote style of <j?*?replied that he had seen a jood deal/ her.