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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. <"
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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
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137,?4? 70,134 73,<5ti3 ^
137,848 70,131 ?
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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
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39 17 38 is "
17 18
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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.
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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
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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
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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.