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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.-"-"" . ; 'rtV.M ??? -- ? VOLUME 9 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUG. 9, 1848. NUMBER ? n?era n ! imi unci mi ?! ?i n agbt?b hi I - i I ? I t u ?3b? ?? ???-w????ri? ?? ?? u, r -* / 1 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING BYTHOMAS W. PEGU ISs. TERMS. Throo Dollars perannum in advance, Three Dollars and Fifty Cents within six months, or Four Dollars at the cx piration of the year. Advertisements inserted at 75 cents per square, (fourteen ineshr less.) for the first and half that sum for each subsequent insertion. The numlier of insertions to be noted on all advertisements, or they will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and cliarged accordingly. One Dollar per square for a single insertion. 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This led them to look for other fl worts of tl^e same sort, and they have found a number of sinks in the earth which they bave traced a long distance. By digging into those sinks, they find them to have been * made by the hand ?f man. It appears that the ancient miners worked on a different li principle from what they do at the present } time. The greatest depth yet found in ti es ? v boles is thirty feet?after getting down to a n certain depth, they drifted along the vein, II . making an open cut. c -"These cuts have been nearly filled to a I c level by the accumulation of s til, and wc i p find-trees of the largest growth standing in ! i) this gutter; and also find that trees of a very t> large growth have grown up and died, and V <lccayed many years since; in the saute place p there are now standing trees of over three v. bunded years'growth. Last week i hey dug p clown into a new place, and about twelve '! feet below lite surface found a mass of cop- ? per that will weigh from eight to ten tons, v This mass was buried in ashes, and it ap- a pears that they could not handle it. and had h no means of cutting it; and prohahlv built c fire to melt or sepcrate the rock form if. tl which might be done by heating and then s dadiing on cold water. This piece of cop- tl per is as pure and clean as a new cent; the p upper surface has been pounded clear and i smooth, p It appears that ibis mass of copper was n taken from the bottom of a shaft, at the depth p of about thirty Teet. In sinking this shaft } from where the mass now lies, they follow- r ed the course ofthe vein, which pitches considerably. This enabled them to raise it as ? tar as the hole catnc tip with a slant. At ( the bottom of the shaft they found skids of \ black oak, from eight to iwcvle inches in a diameler-these sticks were charred through * as if burnt; they found large wooden wedges f in the same situation. In this shaft they a found a miner's gad and a narrow chissel * made of copper. 1 do not know whether j r these copper tools are tempered or not, but t their make displays good woikmanship. < They have taken out more than a ton of < cobblestone, which have been used as mallets, t These stones were nearly round, with a score < cut around the centre* and look as if this J score was cut for the purpose ot putting a t ' * ' 1 '? - Tl?n wt.'nc ronnn ior a udimic, * ^...rr. Indians all say i hat this work was never done < by Indians. This discovery will lead to a I new method of finding veins in this country I and may be of great benefit to some. I < suppose they will keep finding new wonders ! for some time yet, as it is but a short time i since they first found the old; mine. There < i? copper here in abundance, and I think , I people will begin to dig in a few vears.? I Mr. Knapp has found considerable silver < during the past winter. B. ji .1 - ?i Periodic al Rise and Fall of Lake Su- j ! pbrior.?The gradual rise and fall < f the ' level of the water in the great lake through ! a series of years, has long been noticed, its cause is doubtless dtie to a greater quantity I of rain and snow or of a lower mean of temperature and diminished evapora'ion du-! ring the period of rise, and the reverse during the period of fall of I83D, the waters were higher than they had been before for ?l least two centuries. This is demonstrated by the large tracts of land that were inundated, which are covered with forest i t trees, many of them the growth of ages.? ' ff hese trees were destroyed by this overflow pround Lake Erie and Huron, and of the J St. Mary's river, between Point Detour and the Sault St. Marie. We have no accounts of Lake Superior ' at that time, and I have seen no similar j tracts of destroyed timber on the shores of j * * ' -?I- i .4rt/| ol/\nrr r?a / \cI Iliai lane, aiuioujro ? n??c << niw,^ ... of the shore. These are fans however, Jliat indicate a marked variation within a ; few years. In 1845 a rock in the middle of the entrance ofEaglc Harbor showed itself only in the trough of the waves: and the narnw irjlet between the west end of Porters Island and the main land at Copper'IIarbnr, was of such depth that loaded Mackinaw boat3 could enter Copper Harbor without touchdie rocks. In the summt r of 1840 the rock at the mouth o! Eaale Harbor was a foot and a half above water; boats could pot get into Copper Harbor through the m-1 let above mentioned, ami skiffs and canocs | rarely attempted to enter through that pas sage. In June, 1847, the rock above men tioned was still more out of water, and the western inlet to Copper Harbor could j be crossed, by stepping on the projecting pointsol'the reef without welting the feet; and during some depressionsof the water by barometric waves, it was laid almost dry. From the 18th ofjuie to the. 6th of September the general level of the water opposite the government house, with their points projecing at different heights above the water, were daily observed (except from the 3d to the 8th of August,) when the water was calm, and a steady progressive rise noticed by means of them, the lowest being first cov- | ered and others in succession. It has been observed on this lake, that the j water is lowest in spring and highest in au- j Imtin This is rradilv ^villained bv the fact I that in winter most of the ordinary supplies of the water from the drainage of the surrounding country, arc cut off* by being converted into ice and snow, while evaporation from the surface of the lake by the dry northern winds continues to carry away a very sensible quantity of water. During the spring and early part of the summer the snow and ice melt, and the accumulated stores of winter flow into the lake in greater i quantity than to compensate for the evapo- i ration and drainage at the outlet. The < summer of 1846 was remarkably dry and I warm; that of 1847 more than usually cold < and wet. A sniail canal was cut some years I jince, from the head of jhe rapids at the Sault t ?t. Marie, to supply the government saw < mil. in ?845 a little water entered this ( anal, perhaps eight inches to twelve inches a depth. In 181G and J847 the water did I iot or linarilv come within a foot or more i >f the level of its bottom. 1 Sill Mian's Journal. > t From the Oregon Spectator. I LN INCIDENT AT WALLA WALLA. I Fort Wallawalla was one among the car- ?i est posts established west of the Rocky i iountaius by the Northwest company, and > riih the same Union of the two Com pa- I ics it o? course passed into the control of j ' le Hudson's Bay Company. With the t hange of circumstances incident to the more r xleusjve occupation ol the country, its im- L i? :j??ui., ,!,..,;.*.ol,o,l A x u'miitri; uus ciiiMticiawit vjumhii.-HV,.. it, JcKinley Esq. the agent of the 11. B. Comany in this city, was in charge of Fori h Vallawalla for several years, and it is our ; ,( resent purpose to speak of an exciting oc- ; ' urfenced that look place there d ring I he I crio i of his administration of its affairs, e 'he Indians around this post, AVzpcrc.es, tl >kiu*es, (our own orthograuhy) ami Walla- e wallas, were of a hrave and warlike charctcr; this latter feature has hern considera- r !y softened, however l?y their contact with v ivilization. Siiil they are distinguished for v lieir courage, and the two former trihes for P >me trails nohlcr than this. 3/r. Panbrun, 11 to predecessor of Mr. McKinlev, had ex- ^ eri.euced some harsh treatment I nun i tui j li nrl.ans, having on one occasioti ncen overowed and bound by them, in an endeavor 'I oblige him to give a higher price for the i el tries, in which however they failed; as ! ^ Jr. Paml run's metal proved decidedly supe- r inr to his physicial strength. 11 It was in the summer of 1843, wc believe n hat a young chief, the son of Se'pent Jaune ^ Yellow Snake) the principal chief of the ; r rYallawallas, one day entered the fort and ; I ipj>roprlated to himself some article of little ; aluc?a piece of wood if we mistake not,; * torn a lot of which, lying therein, the Indi- c ins had been in the habit of taking pieces t vhenevcr they choose, for the purpose of ' naking whip handles. This practice had : )?*en positively forbidden, as the wood was 1 f a particular kind, and of service to the ' :ompany. It was in an expostulation with ' In? young chief that voung Mr. T , a | f ! t ;lcrk in lite company's employ, received a 1 signal affront, which occasioned a rcncoun- ! I er and the chastisement of the Indian. I 1 At this time there were perhaps half a 1 Jozcn whites at the fort; and although the ' tniildmgs were enclosed hy "stockades," vet 1 here was no incansofcffectually securing lite ' entrances; the stockading was of recent construction, and the gates had not been made, nor were they until a year after. Consequently it was, comparatively speaking a defenceless position. Thus it was when, on the next day, the Indians, some of each tribe, \ came into the establishment to revenge themselves in the death of Mr. T . Talking could achieve nothing, every consistent means was resorted to in vain to ap pease llio turbulent multitude. The men belonging to the fort were at work in the field, even could their presence have effected any good in the issue. The Indians were j brandishing their weapons, and sceined to he fully aware, of their superiority, and disposed to exercise it in a summary mann r. Already had Mr. McKiuhy suffered indignities, and young T was defending himself as well as he was able with his back against the wall, when by one of these brilliant and lucky thoughts generally occasioned bv great emergencies, the whole appearance of things were changed, and the object of the savages defeated. It was at this juncture that Mr. McKinley suddenly parted from the crowd that surrounded him, in the adjoining room, the store room seized upon a steel and Hint, and reluming instantly placed the keg in the centre of the room, and knocked in its h?ad?it was all the work of a moment. There lie stood over the keg of powder, with flint and a steel in cither hand;' * i i-: I awl a dense mass w inmans arouuu nun. "Now," said lie, "kill hiin if you will,' pointing to Mr. T , "but that moment, I kill you all. Two of us cmd din when, there are so rnanv braves to die with us.' The proposed slaughter was on too extensive a scale for the Indians; a panic seized iheinjlhey turned into dismay and rushed precipitately from the house. Thus, by presence of mind and cool determination was the effusion of blood prevented, and the authority, of Mr. McKinley, as chief of the post, ere.itly augmented, It is needless to state that differences were soon adjusted, to tlio j satisfaction of all concerned. Tiie Oregon Massacre.?The Mis- < sionary Herald for July contains a particu- < lar account of the late horrible massacre of t missionaries and others in Oregon, a brief < summary of which we published some time since. The following d-tails are enmmuni- I cated by Rev. Mr. Spalding, one of the sur- < viving Missionaries of the American Board in that Territory. We extract a few addi- ( tional items of interest: I The massacre took place Nov. 28. Mr. ' Smith and family were at the saw mill. 20 8 miles distant; Mr. Young, his wife and thr e r sons. Next day Mr. Young come down to 8 the station for provision's and was killed. v The others were sent for nine days after the 1 horrible deed, and their lives were presorv- > ed that they might take charge of the flour 1 mill. But the women and children, to the 11 ntin.her of forty-eight, (including the oldest c daughter of Mr. Spalding, who was at the l' stafinn at the time,) were made slaves by (: the murderers, and treated in the most cru- ^ el and brutal manner. * k Eight days after the first massacre. Messrs. ^ Sails and Bulee. young men who weie sick P wore dragged from their beds, butchered P and cut to pieces in the most horrible man- ,s ncr, in the presence of the women and chil- " rlrcn. and their dead bodies lay near the door s' for 48 hours in mud and blood; and the cap- 81 lives, and among them was the si.itar of Bulee, were compelled to puss over them fur heir wood and water. No one was allow. 'Ii ;d to wash and bury them (ill two Nez Per:es arrived. tl, Dr. Whitman had just returned fron N wrying an Indian child, and was engaged a n reading. Ari Indian, to divert his alien- l,l ion. was in the act of soliciting mrd cmr, 1,1 vhile another came behind him, and with a w omahawk struck him on the ba< k of his >< lead. A second blow on the top of the head ^ aid him lifeless on the floor. Then Tilaulc- c lit, a principal chief, who had received tin- s' lumbered favors from the Doctor, and who vas ab<iut 'o be rccc vcd into the church, ai ell upon the d< arl body and mangled it ln?r- r| i!?Iv. cutting the face and head, taking out P: lie heart. <kc., and scattering them in the 01 nud. Other bodies weretreated in the same ; w irutal manner; and the little captive girls I c vere compelled to pass over them frequent- s'! y to torinent them. Tlmv lay forty eiglit M mors (from Monday till Wednesday) seat* 1,1 cred about the premises. None were al?wed to gather them up and burv them. ^ 2vcn the distracted widows wore not allow- tl' d to go out and soothe the last*moments of lieir dying husbands, sonic of whom lingerd long in the agonies of death. ,n Mr?. Whitman fled up stairs, where she as eceived a wound in the breast, through the dr window. Mr. Rodgurs joined her; bin ihev vere persuaded to come down, the Indians romising not to kill tlicm. They were imlediately taken to the door and shot. Mrs. w Vlutmaii died immediately. Mr D ?s "Yfr/''Wlufuian was born in Rusbville, in lie State of New York, Sept. 4, 1802. 11 I was at the Utilla, twenty miles west of Vailatpu, at the time of the massacre; and emaincd there, visiting the sick and prearling to the Indians, till Wednesday morning t which time I left for the residence of Dr. iVIiitman. When I was with about throe nilesofthc station, I met a Roman Catholic d( iciest, his interpreter, and a Kavusc. p< After some conversation, the Indian to vheeled about, and, with great speed pro- et :ccded towards the house of Dr. Whitman, ,vhen the priest informed me of what had aken place. He informed me that lie bad la irrivcd there the night before, that be bad in bat morning baptised the children of the ir nurdercrs. after which he had asisted two \\ Yimidlv /ndians in burviiiff the slain. lie si said that ton men and Mrs. Whitman hail o >een killed: that a Fronccmtm, in the cm- rr alov of the Doctor had boon spared, as also ti ihc women and children; that no Frenchman U ?r Hudson Bay Company's man'would be harmed, but <?nly Americans. This he received from the chief Having requested F him to lake charge of my pack-horse, I to k tl some provisions which ho prepared for the d night and gave myself into the hands of God g and turned mv horse to the plains. a - * - 1 In the meantime me innian nan returned < toward Dr. Whitman's to reload his pistol, p and wait for mo to come a Ions. lie had q started with the intension of killing me; but i slopping to smoke, he had arcidently dischar- r getJ his pistol in lighting his pipe.P and had <1 neglected to reload. Alter waiting awhile, s he wheeled again ?n It s track and followed I thepriest; who had providentially made great I speed, and had gone some ten miles belbrc I the Indian overtook him. Not fi iding rnc f there, nor learning from the interpr ter what c direction I had taken, he returned again to ( the point of meeting and took my track; but i darkness soon coming oi:, he was stopped < for the night. s Suffice it to say, the Lord delivered me < from mv pursuer. I travelled at night, and i lay concealed in the day lime. The second i night my horse left me. I had now ninety i miles to walk without food; I must leave < every thing. even my ooois, as iney wen; i too small. Bill, praise be to the name of i God! the fourth night I reached home, with i great suffering. i LABOR. Nothing grcal can he accomplished in this 1 life, w'thout this anxiotn being constantly borne in mind arid acted out practically, viz: that "lab'tr is the spring of success."? It is indeed thought bv many, a sderogatorv. degrading; that to strip no one's self of his coal, and to roll up the shirt sleeves, is altogether inconsistent with the character and appearance of a gentleman, par excellence;? that may do for serfs and vagabonds. A litile honest dirt, too, is looked I upon as razing a man quite to the level of the beasts of the field. Mistaken mortals! Never was there a more bald and egregious fallacy than this same notion. What a disgrace to plough, to sow, to gather in the harvest? a disgrace to fell the lofty tree, to put into shape to sholtcr us from the rigor >f llie elements, or to transport our merclia Jise over the waters??a disgrace to kn ind weave, and spin the garments whi :ovcrand protect our bodies!?a disgrace mead bread and cook the food necesssa or bodily sustenance! We can't, for the li )1 us, see through this philosophy. The only true imen in any age and in ar dime, are those whose minds and who: )odiesare employed in labor either mental < Manual. This is a truth which should be nioi ind more and indelibly impressed upon tl ninds of youth. The idea that it isashan ind a disgrace to work, or even to be set. vith an implement of labor in the ' ands isor hat is altogethe r loo prevalent amongst tl o ng. Teach ihern, if you teach them an htnir fliot I?'" vthim'ui ictuui, III I?; 111 ii niifi liiim lit;y can never attain to eminence. No or v* r became wise or good who neglecte Ins great requisite. So, too, no man wr vor ignorant or wicked who labored faitl ally to acquire knowledge, and applied tli nowlcdgc thus gained to proper purpose leilher can an idle man, who squanders in rovidenlly life's golden moments, lie a hnj v man. The real happ'ncssof a man's hi ; measured by its usefulness. Show us a lie mart who is truly happy, and we wi low you a thrifty tree without roots. Tlier i e no such things in the moral or the nm trial universe. We need not hardly add. that labor i ih pathway to worldly honor and opulence Tnere is no royal mad to learning " sail ,e astute pedagogue to his imperial pupil o, there is but one mad for all, and that i toilsome one. The lull of science is beau ful t? Itchold, but its ascent requires si ucli exerfen. that b t few do more thai aik around us base, an I gaze, and vauih .*aru to tread its Parnassian heights.? health. loo is the result of industry. 1 mes most surely by this process. Ifi metimes falls, unexpected, unstrUen for to the lap, it more often takes itself wing id flics awav. If wc do not use the nrou . . t r menus in acquire it, if we sit down des iringly. if we fold our hands ami en\vra[ ir spirits in indolence and despair, if w< ait for luck or chance to favour us, indo :n Ciit nl' any exertion on our part, w< mil be sure to reap the fruits of our folly ear what Solomon says o| the indoleu an: "How lonji will thou sleep, 0 slug irdf Wlicn wilt thou arise out of thy sleep et a little sleep, a little s'uuibcr, a little fol ng oi l lie hands to sleep." But mark flu quel: "So shall thy poverty r.ome as out at travelleth,and thy want as an armei anl" This is a true picture, and is suiter well to our day as that on which it wa: awn. Let us all labor "while'lis ca I led lo-rlnv r the night cometh when no mail ran work. rVhatsocver thy hand findeth to do, dot iih thy might; for there is no work, not :vce, nor knowledge nor wisdom,. in tlu ulj too, and how pertinent, are the lines o e poet, in m his famous "i'isahn of Life.' "Lei us, then, bo up and doing, Willi a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing. Learu to i.abok and o wait." Olive Branch. Dead Letters.?Not less than 1 800.00( ;ad letters were received at the genera >st office during the year 1817. The con nts of 2.782 of the most valuable exceed 1 SSi0,0U0. Powerful Magnet ?A lecturer was Hi ting upon the powers of tlx; magnet, defy ig any tiling surpassing its powers,I when lan mounted the stand ami told him tha oinan was the magnet of magnets, foi lid.he, if the loadstone could attract a piec f iron a foot or two, there was a young wr tan who. when he was a young man, use ?attract him thirteen miles every tiunda > have a chut with her\ Important Investigation Dbati 'rom Chloroform.?An arrest was inad tree w-teks ago in the city of London of enlist named Rohinsnn. for the killing of cntleman named Waller S. Badger, by a pplication of Chloroform lor the purpose xtracting a tooth without pain. It wt iroved that the deceased had expired in tlirc jitarlers of a minute after the application i lie vapor?indeed while the dentist was oi at pied at a sideboard, preparing hiin nn n< litional dose. A'l soils ?>f means were ri ortoil to, to restore the unfortunate ma >ut without avail. On opening the chest tl ungs were found to be pus lid upward by It ivcr. which was very largo from the disea id condition, and it was that upward crov ling process, caused by the excitement of tl Jhloroform, whijh had stifled the action he lungs and heart,and caused the pcrsor h ath. Such was the testimony of the pli acinus. The cornier and jury complete exonerated Mr. Robinson from blame ai -cturned a verdict That thojdcccased (lit inder t lie influence of chloroform, acting ? i diseased heart and enlarged liver." Tl ;ase has nevertheless occasioned great c ritement. and the verdict of the jury is n received with satisfaction. It certainly do not meet with our approval, or indeed wi any sentiment from us short of absolute cn rfeinnation. VVe do not hold the conduct Mr. Robinson to have been crimnal, but t coroner had no need to discharge him w such a flourish, when it was in evidence tl' while the man was dying under the effects the dose he had already taken, the dent was actually engaged in preparing to gi him one of a still greater power, i no rt has convinced us of one thing, of whirl should have convinced the coroner; and wlurh he should have declared h s opinion thai a law should he passed at once, maki a criminal for ndentist or any other per* t? administer to a |>erson chloroform or a lelhean vapor, without the the order of a r ular phvsician There have been already I many deaths from such unauthorised ap cat'ons of chloroform. and unless some r he established, we shall have a repetition similar murders cvety day. n- TO MY SLEEPING WIFE. Hf, TIku art on my bosom sleeping, eh Gentle, trusting wife of mine? to And mine eyes are fondly keeping ry Love's unwavering watch o'er thine! j:c Hushed shall be my very broth, While thy dear heart slumbereth! iy Slccpcnt thou, as slept in E'len, ?e Slept in beauty, holy Evo,? r>r Ero her soul with grief was laden, re Eire hor bosom could deceive. ie Wife! may thou thus ever be? firlof ,.w*A ?..;u ....a.<1... IC 6""" -"-'I""" ?'fl Clasped upon thy gentle bosom, ie Now thy white hands sweetly rest, te Even as leaves around I he blossom IV Ol'a slumbering rose arc prcat; r, Blo-som ?>f my life thou art? IC Thine, dear lose, a jose-bud heart. *' Round thy neck my orrn ia wreathing? 18 Softly to thy lips I bow? I* And the perfume of thy breathing '6 Plays upon my bendirg brow. S. Gontlo wife! that perfume stole 1- From the sweetness of thy soul! ?. ... e A CHRISTIAN'S LIFE, n He envied not the pomp and power, || Of king's in their triumphant hour, c. The deeds that wi? a lofty nume, The songi that give to bards their fame. IIo sighM not for the gold that shines 8 In Cuniea's brook", in Orphir's mines: S, He stood not at the fesiivnls :| Of nobles in their gorgeous halls. '* He wolk'd on earth as wood streams p-.sr 8 Unseen bcnoaih the frcshen'd grass: His were pure thoughts tin>: humble faith, * A blameless life, mid tranquil death. " He kept, in days of strife and wrath, )' The Christian's stra glit and narrow path; But worp thou not: wo must not weep ' When ?h?y who rest in Jesua sleep. t From the Olive Branch. s AN" INCIUKNT OF BUI2NA \ISTA. BY J. II R BIXSO.X. The first grey of evening was Jailing like a ) hoTi cunain upon t! e earth, and lay like a thin , mist on (he tops of the mountain* of Bueua * Vi <ta. flinging it* dreamy influence far down the ^ valley that Wretched along at their precipitous base. An I now the moon looked out upon the scene and her first silver beam'' kissed the Arne' rieaii flag which floated proitdlv over the. a gallant army?glanced down on nodding plumes, ^ and bristling steel, or lingered on the mow tents which doited the valley. " It was the 22d of February, and the fiirccsnf General Taylor lav resting upon their arms. I awaiting the events of the morrow At a sboit 1 a distance front the quarters of the General, a ^ young officer, wrapped in r military cloak, was leaning thoughtfully against a field piece of ^ large calibre. ? In person he was commanding and dignified. I ITnnn his brow, which was utiRovpied. there was f a cast of nobleness which coii'd^iot pa?s mino j tired. His gaze was fixed sadly upon the moon. *lt'l<lwuir rVmPus. " 1 * ' "I shall not gaze up on it again, sighen the young tnan?mv heart tells me that this i* my last night on earth. No more for me will yon gentle orb traverse the skies, or shed hpr mild light?no more shall her silvery hpams kiss my fevered brow. Well! I feel hut little regret? the wot III to me has been a meddley of all that j is irksome and undesirable. It has brought I me much pnin, and hut little pleasure?many hours of suffering, few of enjoyment. Still there are ties which cannot he severed wilhouta strng gle?bonds which attach me so strongly to the earth, that I would even endure its ills to preserve them unbroken. But even these must he sunderpd sooner or later, and I resign myself to " my fate." a ,n' -1'1' ! ? ~ - l.oea uitorrimtor] hi* lltP * 1 np SOIII|l>qi|l?t-| v?u-? linir ....J,.. .. - J '' approach of a person, who, by the familiar r, manner in which he addressed him, appeared as c an old acquaintance. i- "Lieut. C. , you aro thoughtful and moorl dy, to-night." y "I am Colonel, but I shall think less, to-morrow night," There was something in the tone of the Lieutenant, so sad. and vet so calm, that for a moment the Col. was silent. a "Come, comn my friend, cheer up, do not sufa fer yourself to brood over imaginary evils," said the Col. gaily. "Colonel," said the Lieiilennnt calm'y. "we meet the foe to-morrow at fearful ndd?. There ls will be hard fighting, and many of our brave li:. fellows will fall. I shall be with them." 11 "Do you fear the conflict that the morrow will bring?" replied the Col. somewhat coldly. For a moment there was a red spot on the cheek of the Lieutenant, and his eye. flashed it, fire?then he was c ilin and collected as borore. ie Me turned to his friend and said, in a firm lU/vimli do rl IC .......y,,. s- "I shall inert the events of the morrow like v- a brave man ami a soldier." K? ''Forgive my hastiness ? I do not doubt yon ()f (tod know.*, but I do not believe in presenting mont?." v. "I never have until to night?but I hear a jv voice which you cannot hear, and jt whispers tc ino the close of life?of a violent death, and >(| 'bt grave's sleep. Hut think not that nty hearl shrinks, or that 1 fear the sanguine scenes of to morrow. My bosom is ready for the shock ,c and my hand shall wield this bit of steel witli x" no faltering zrnl, or diminished strenghth." " 'Tis nothing but a fit of the blurs my deal es fellow?you will smile at your presentiment! til to-morrow. You must take light suppers in fu ill* ttirs, and you will escape this incubus." ??f "There will he an 'incubus upon me to he morrow ere this hour, from which there will Ik it It no awakening. Should you survive. Col., saj ml ,0 my General that I died like a soldier and i of mnn. Look for tn? where the fight has ben iSl the hot'est?where spears have waved?aword Vt, rltishpd, and Heath has been most busy. Yoi ...:u n mtiiiutiiro beneath HIV vest. Und* IM? " ;j it. and when an opportunity offers, return it t mv wife?tell her that I wore it to the la<>t,an that the last pulses of life's memory, were hers.' "If vonr presentiments should prove true, l?g will religiously observe your req iest?; but ? r)n* p*ak my sentiments, I have but little faith i iny ihem. A good night's rest will most effectual) disoel them."' i'?" The Col. and Lieut. Col. parted?the on pit* to dream o"' future renown, the oilier to thin ille with softened, saddened heart, of a wile aji of babes, and nwait with manliness his !a t sot rsc?his last battle. Who knows what though agitated the bosom of that young soldier?that bosom which ere that hour on tjiei morrow, would be trodden under the hoof of tb'e panting war horse. Perhaps at periods, during that lapse of time, a gleam of the heart's sunshine ?hope burst in upon bim, and dreams of futur# glory, and glorious fame wreath, which per. chance might encircle his fair, broad brow* cheered him for the moment. , Rut such thonght passed quickly away, and th rdarkness rushed in. Nerred up by a high impulse, and a strong sense of duty, tbf young soldier shrank not from that which he felt was before hirn. It waging destiny? who can war with eestiny? Who can roll backet ho mandates of fate?wh combat with the fiat of the Omni, potent? who meet the cold surges of death's sea unxhaken? What human heart hatb not quiTj ered at the premonitions of an n*?rrtifin?? Pro. vidence? * ' ? ' The memorable morning of the It was ushered in by the booming of cannon and the notes of battle. Marfy flags were unfurled, and waved proudly In the breeze; many ga'lnnt heart* beat' quicker: mnny a prancing war horse snuffed the air, and champed hi* hit impatiently for the deadly melee; many gay i/lume* nodded over the undaunted brows; many eye* flashed with the fiercer fire of conflict; many swords leapt simultaneously iron) their -heaths, and gleamed In ihe beams of the neff risen nun. Ta>lor. the man of iron nerves, looked calm'y, proudly upon the scene, and hi* steady hand guided I he >torm of war. Then came wnal no pen tnay describe. no mird conceive, jto ey? look upon without emotion?-the terrible roar id artillery, the rattle of small arm*, the clash of swords?the charge, blood ,the death shout?1 groans and death. Many human lieiugs fell, and many snul$ went up to God from that b|oody ground. May many years pass, before *i)rh a scene shall be enacted again. Man met his fellow man. to tear away at his heart, and roll togeiher in the death itruggle beneath the iron hoofs of :re* morsely chargers. Bravely the American hearts did their devoir upon that dreadful day?a day of misery and courage?and long will it be ere the laurels won there, shall fade from the brow ofydd ' Roc on and Rkady," but at the details of that period my heart sickens. . ( n The storm of death passed over, the,smoke <>f battlp was borne from the we'll coutp*te4|qeId ?the bird of prpy came to gorgp itself upo|) human fle-h.and God looked down ihjnty iipdtt 1 r i _* in- iiKiiiniiiii pieiure. 1 hp body of Lieut. Col. was jJiiind where the fight h?rl bpen thickest, mutilated with nuinberlps* bayonet thrusts; hut th" rigid fingers >till ?rras|n??| the sword he had so gallaiijljf wielded. Many tears were sh^d ov??r hi* man* gled corpse; hut a grpy headed and honored sire and a young wife wept more than they nil. The former would barter his proud name to random his gallant I my from the grave. Ala?l it may not he; like the lessdi?tinguit>hrd dead, he must ''bide his time" the resurrec."ri,-,,, ,te troublous dream. THE DANGER AT OUR DOORS. We have chronicled the Free Soil moremerits hitherto in many Northern States, and rxpatintpd upon their number, and the feeling which they indicated among our Northern brethren; but we regret to record to-day a movement. which shows how fast the danger is striding towards our very hearth stones. The Battimore papers give an account of a Free Soil meeting held in that city, which passed the following among other Resolutions: Resolved, That we cordially approve of the Convention nfthe friends of Free Soil, which ha* been called to meet at Buffalo on the 9th lay ol Augti>t next,?recognizing, aa wedo therein, good faith of purpose as to the vested rights of existing States, while it proclaims an unyielding hostility to the further extension. of the evils of the institution for whose protection within the State, those vested rights weraNcured. Resolved, That we deem it expedient to tend eight Delegates to said Convention in the Persons of gentlemen, who will faithfully represent our wishes therein, and tha* this meeting proceed to select them forthwith, and that have power to fiil vacancies and appoint substitutes. Resolved, That we recommend to the friends of this movement in other sections of this State, and in other Soul hern Slates, to appoint Delegates to the Buffalo Convention; but,if meetings cannot be got up in time, then to attend-#* individuals. Resolved. That, while we hesitate to trammel nnr Delegates with anything like "instruc lions,having confidence in their integrity as i representatives of our wishes, we deem it properfor their general guidance, as well as aclearer i apprehension on the part of the community-, to declare the following to fie the principles which i it would he our pleasure to see carried out in the results" of the Convention. 1. No interference by Congress with stare1 ry within the existing States of the ConfederaI cy. 2. No slarery to be permitted in any Terrl' torv now fr??e. or that mar hcreafier be annex fd to the Union by the National Government. 3. No slave Territories to be organized. Resolved, That we are op|>osed to the pror posed ' Compromise," believing that, wbilp oi poning the door lor the introduction ol alairery . into territories now free, it would alto open the door to litigation and strife among the future . inhabitants thereof, to the ruin of their peace ? and prosperity. Should anything but a law of ^ positive prohibition be passed, we should (eel it t to be our doty to labor for its repeal. ! The meeting is represented as having been 1w?ik bin tlio tiiimlmrc unr) irhAfAC* h rw/'ctfui/to, imuii mi hiv uuiiimv.. w.im i tor oftho?o composing it, and appointed eight citizens of Baltimore to mi in the Buffalo Convention. Is not this a warning not tobodiireI garded by any sane man in the .South? Doea it " not show how deep routed and powerful is the I sentiment invoked to cru*h us, when even in o a slave Stato such demonstration* are openly n made? We solemnly call the attention of our y people to the rapid and dangerous spread orthis new issue, far more impoitanl now thin any )>6e ibre the American people, and wbieh the recent k rejection of the proposed compromise render? d still more ominion* a id threatening. We canI not "fiddle while Rome is burning." ts Columbia Tc&qrafk.