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VOL. XIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 185 ~=== '
THE CAROLINA SPARTAN.
BY CAVIS & TRIMMLEfi. " *
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CAROLINA SPARTA N. S3
Pnvalvn ??a E<A?ir..t
He who to forgive a brother vvt't
Uurelenting will refuse, con
"Will within his bre ?t to smother I
Fames of nnilice rath?r?liaow; ten
Who his heart in haired sheathing, tinu
Seals his lips to sounds of love; from
Hard uiikindmiM only breathing, tun
Only lives his ire to prove: eur|
lie is dead to nil but folly, A
Yes, thestnr of peace lias fret, thei
Who knows not theles on holy c*c?
To forgive and to forget. and
also
He whose heart ne'er knew the pleasure .is n
Gold or grandeur cannot buy, thai
Yea. not time itself shall measure? oi tl
llis who bids Revenge to die; whi
Though ho drink from jeweled "hslioe, '1
Though Fortune rain her golden shower, nun
If the draught qucneh not his malice, the
Nor her bonuty Anger's power: nesi
II? is dead to all but fully, Ac. For
Often though his knees be bended, J,ra
Though his oft-clasped hands he raise, ratt
From his lips though oft havewended -j
Words that sectned ol prayer slid praise; m;il
Seems his gift upon the altar, p-01
To men a goodly saeritiuc: u||
God JiseUi us the proud defaulter,
God sees not with human eyes'.
He is dead to all but folly. &c. VJ1j,
a coi'p'ikisox. |j,e
The Itr.nexed table shows the results of the Au
gust and September elections of the present year,
compared with the resu'ts in the same Stales at the 1
Presidential election in IS*>2, when pierce, the a
Democratic candidate, wulkcd over the course. ten
Nov., 1852. era
Aug. & Sept., IS.'iG. Pre? Election. it'"
Demo All others. Demo. All u'.Ikt?. I'f"
l?..... Oft AAA 4A ? OT Q Sdl O I l?ui
?u?ra| o,n?:?i o,*-i j
Arkansas, 28,159 15.416 12,173 7,4?4 N?
N. On idina, 56,768 41.175 39,744 39,<>58 ! I"'
Kentucky, 8,000 in. m. 3,262 p'u
Texas, 12,000 iu. 8,507 m. Z"<
Vermont, 20,000 m. m. 17,750
Maine, 25,000 hi. 1,036 m. ''*>1
.l.ii
137,848 144.988 70,131 75.695 ??""
137,818 70,134 ?'
_____ _____ ire.
4'pp. nitj. now. 7,150 Opp. m. *53 5,561 P*"r
nam, I ,5-49. "I"'
The Vote of .Miwiouri hardly admits of being ill- ",a
c<> pnra.ed into the above table, for the irnxm t!iat (' <
\ titer.- Democratic candidates for Govcrien
at the l .-cont election, namely: 1'olk and B.-iitnn, xv-11
the Acgregale of whose vote was 7 1.416 against
4(1,574 tor Kwing, Amerienn. To include tlie vote ,,u'
v)l b th the Democratic candid.?ie? would hardly
be (air lo the Opposition. To include only Polk's !=""
vote, would tint be fair to the Democrats. Benton, 1*?"
the other l)ein??crntie Candidate for Governor, Iihs ,or
publicly devdnred (or Buchanan; ao has his organ,
the St. Louis Democrat; and the Benton Kl.etoral J"1
ticket h.-ut been withdrawn in favor of the I'olk Bh*otoralnek't?both
being for Buchanan. u']
Iu tlie aggregate, tin ae eight State* stand quite nu
as well for the Deinocmts now a* they did at the cu:
last Presidential election. They then gate 33 "lK
Electoral vulea for Pierce nnd 18 lor Scott Should
they vote at the Presidential election next Nuv.-m- del
ber as at the recent elections, they would give Bu I*"
olianan 39 votes and Fremont 17 votes; ili?- I >cin?- "l"
emtio majority being 20 in 1852?now 22. I,ot us vv'
ahowthia in detail.
Id 185. , , In 1852 , l''
Buchanan. Fremont. Pierce. Scott. ,'lt
Iowa, 4 4
Aikunsas, 4 3 1>?'
N. Carolina, 10 11 WtJ
Kentucky, 12 12
i exaa, * 4
Maine, 8 9
Vermont, 5 6
Missouri, 9 7 mi
39 17 38 IS w"!
17 18 gi>
D. m. now, 22 D m. in '25. 28 j.l()
If the Republicans derive any consolation from '
(these results, we h>>pe tlioy will make the moM of j () f
them. Unless they succeed better in the other 23 , a ,
States, it is clear that they are d.slinwl to an i,rnn?nin?ous
defeat; for in 1852 only four States voted ( W (
against I'ieroo, vi? Vermont, Massachusetts, Ken- i t|t
tacky and Tennessee. I .MM
No other elections take place prior to November, i m<
except the following, viz: j CC)
Florida October 6.
Feunsylviinm. Q.toher 14. ,ju
O do October 14. j|(<
Bon til Carolina October 14. hVl
Indiana.... October 14. wa
The State election in California does not take lo
place this year till November 4th. same tliiy with
the Presidential election. (>V)
friwei.". h'i!d< no Stale i lec-tlnn this \ ;r.i; bet , (j|H
elections being biennial.?Journal of Commerce. , .lt,
An Abomtion Mts.tve.?-Some anonymous ,,,j
acribblef directs to us th* subjoined note of tin eats. w.
Really now, what shall we do? where runt in what i W1
poplar hollow hid' ? how make our peace with nbo ! v
jition? how dod^ti tho impending stnrin? ltut hear
the fellow:
Nr.w York. Seat on m-.r.
"Fret and foam on as inouli as you plrw, ttHifv j
the N >rth and praise up your Bully Brooks. But '
know yo, friend, we mrnn not only tnlinve Kansas , |.(|
free and no more slave States. but wo will fflivt > p,'
total abolition of slavery in llie United States. There j l(
will soon be but one or two question*, and those u|_(
'a arc, how mueh (if nnvthmg) you shall be paid for j e
your slaves, and how and when they shall bo einan- flM
oipated We are driven to this by your having in- |K1
isted upon the abrogation of the M'ssoitri Couipro- ||l{
mine. and your imperious nnd haughty bearing to- ;
ward the North. The nltnek on Sunnier lost you
' three Northern States." 1 er,
AN OLD DEMOCRAT. I tilr
Nonsense! What three Stales did it lose us _a,
that we would not have lost nny how? "You menu j j, 8
to do" n great denl. old Democrat! Hot '"know nn(
ye, friend," that madmen and traitors, who talk us i a(,|
yon do, will fin' penitentaries nod halters n plenty 1 mo
I between this nnd tlie iwcumpliikiwnt of the object | j,;n
you propose to yourselves.? Edgefield Adeertieer. i
The reported hostile iitntod* of England towards
Meiico is confirmed. Havana oot respondent-* cor
received at New York, says, that the difficulty
arose from the non payment of chums due bv M**i- ]
eo lo British subjects It is reported, th t if Kirg- stni
( land's demands are not immediately eomplu d with, jun
the ebisf porta of Meiieo are to be blo?keded at thr
onoe. As praviously reported.tbo Bn,;s! V ps'or : mil
has demanded his passports . err
I
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INDIAN MASSACRE.
Pile Council Bluff (Iowa) Buglo linn tlie folk
account of a tragedy in iltc murder and robb
Joi. j?. ?V. Buub.it** iraiti of government po
by the Cheyenne Indiana on the Plains!
Jn Monday night, the iiotli ol August, the !i
it with Alexander Nichols (one ol our eitute
laptuin mid conductor, ntid Mrs. Wilson and
t, irom St. Louis, u \ouug man named Or
rish, tt man irom Pennsylvania, and anotli
nc unknown, accompanying, were encstn|
>n Prairie creek, ten miles cart Irom Wood tit
liter harlul nor drennntig ol danger, when tl
e suddenly attacked by n band of CheyeBti
licit lor some cause had been attack. <1 and dt
by the soldiers at Kearney.) Urreit Pat rtsli o
i|kiI uninjured to the lort, whilst the oil
ng ma received a dangerous wound Iron
let ill the leg.
Ionic days after, n detachment was sent fr
lort, (twenty unlcs,) who found the dead In
klr. N ielmU some twenty yards Irom the wag
> the dead Iwdy of the gentleman Irom Pciuit
ia close by, and the dead body of the child, tv
bun lis dashed out and horribly mutilated. ']
jw win-re the child nnd mother slept washloo
a portion of the lorn wardrobe ol Mrs. Wilt
lite ground, but lit r body was nowhere to
d. The oxen (ten yoke) and all the niu
c gone, uinl the wagons rifled of much of I
tents.
t seems, however, that n hand of Omaha In
i happened near just alter the murder, and
e to slop the pillage and recover the mom y ?
to other valuables stolen, which tv. re hottei
ted over to lit Colonel in command ol 1
l>S.
Ira. Wilson lias doubtless l>< en wounded, r
i carried away captive. The young man w
ipod with n wound is in the hospital at the ft
the wagons, and what property remained, wt
taken to the lort. These uro the |iaiticul.i
itr as we tun gather them. In a few d >yu
II, however, no doubt get a lull detailed nceoi
it: matter Irom the |>cn of Mr. Babbitt him*
eh we will lay before our renders,
'he Cheyeiincs are a warlike and cruel m
nbernig several thousand, who inhabit some
wild and almost impenetrable vail, y-? ill the f;
nes ol the Kockv Mountains, s?i. thwest ft
t Ivtramic, mid seldom come out except to r
uder, or go to war w ith other tr?!?? s. Our ei
lion will never he safe until these merciless
s arc exterminated.
[lie same tribe ??f Indians recently at ticked
I between Oregon, Mo. and port Kearn
this they were pursued by Captain Stewui
ipnny and u deinehment under Lieut. M heat
lllf "3d ult llll'V C.IIIH' II|H>ll t!lt 111 III Clll
iced M|u?n and killed ten of tlit'in on the croui
lured twenty-live lunJ of jkiii'ico, .1 cleat nn
Be*. bliiilJo. and ncarl v everything they had
camp.? Kic/imnnd Pixpatch.
FREEDOM OF SFBECn.
rhoro li;in bcetl quite 11 hul'M ol fitTV illdigtiati
i Burlingnme, ut freedom "f x|h-? eh bell iff b
doM'u by bludgeon*. Mil'I the violence o S"U
men has be< 11 held up at the North as tdiu
and brutal in ilieir attempt to restrain the
k ion ot tree thought in n flee country. The
ing occurrence, which lately took place it
ilhorii hotef, where uuttiy S.mlhel ncix wefci
ed, ih wtilth recording, belli 111 ev dellee oi
L-k of the liold d tenders of Sunnier, et id 01
I us, and the courtesy ot Southern nu t::
V loud talking Massachusetts deelainter, utld
k, iii u crowd, to give vent to a very vehcin
II n int.011 ol the course ot Sou'hirn men in tl
i t? to put down tree ?l??.oOMiiut? and tree rpc
hat every man wtu vtitilled to give tun opini
ly on any question, without Ue.ng attacked w
wina! violence, Are., that lie lor one would e
old the right, lie the cousrquelicv* what ll
v, &c. A quiet Southerner tem nked th t
uglit that there wua a limit to such eiprivw
I tint tlicic were many occasions on whicl
* neither courteoua nor proper to nay what
uglit. The Northern mail was very bv Ihiji r?
I x.iid he claimed the Inrgint I berty lov ev
>, w ho kltould be answered and nut beaten,
jtlierticr then quietly raid to himt "S
k*. sir, I were to nay to you, which I would
Ill* world l<e*o ?1 iK'OV|,a<iiuii lis lo k.iy, \\iu a
, contemptible, arrogant I unlet? what right I
i to come among gentlemen ami utter your ?
n?nta mi any question in the vestibule of a
F You ought to be kicked out, uud 1 am \
loli dispum-d to do it; and it you are not %
itrded in what y<>u sav, >??u will tiud youi
edily roiling in the futtcr. Suppose, sir, I ?
use such freedom of speech, which you si b"
end, and to express such thought* that in
b through toy mind, would you qu etly hubiu
ill language as merely nn ? ?pi * >-!i of opit
itch every man is entitled I- i , w tlmul |
lal llotieef Suppose 1 wei rteou.npply
Bueli language to you siwon . you ar
question with me?"
"Sir," replied Massachusetts " vnc v re so
nth-manly as to apeak to me itiaunt
mid not *tny to listen to you \wd 1 e van
amidst the tuar of tiie wh < Towd.?Su
irolinian.
Political Mob in Indiana.?Two Mls Kit t
\\'c have briefly men ioneil llio lecurn nee c
>b at Hourbou, Marshall eounty, Indiana, on
,'llHOII of a political discus-ioii Utwt-cu du
iart and Mr. Colfax. The Logunporl Jou
'is further particulars:
A wagon containing four men nnd a tiumlx
iies came frotn Kiscui-ko county to ntteud
-liking. In the wagon was borne a banner t
culing a Republican dcvii c. Threats were in
liust the wagon before it rem hed the groi
d duitiig the *|? liking thirty wurktiieti, t
re employed upon the raihoad, prepared lock
dm, and .is he wagon passed a ; y -t tin
s'te <-r,d of the toWII.it Was .0 Mi I iy tl
n, who kins.I>t*d own the horse- 1 i >11111
I an ill I seiunilMte an* ill 11 upon 1 llicwaj
The serennis of the women, as tliey bi. :#d
ir lives, and the sliouls mid murd>-n u- blow
t attacking party Wi re awful, nod ptc-i iti;
II" which drove in terror the 'inili .t.ide, wl
s largely made up of women. Men nidi ivi
save their families, and llieie wv no m>< In
t tin unfortunate wagon load, w ! was s
I|x?wired b\ the infuriated hruti , ul.i forge
criminate between women nud men in their i
nek.
Whilst one of the ni b stood with hiaeluh tie
with both hands, and in the net of trikuig,
sshot, and fell ih-u 1 The persons ill tin- w.i
r? seriously bruised and nijur?d. nnd were i
?'.l Irom death by the allcutioli ol the niob bi
acted in another object.
ill the wagon was tlie wife of a Mr I.^fTi
aen ol K'woiusUo county, who, henrin. tlie <1
of li ? wife, lode back In protect t or. ?* i
melting ilic wagon, I e ami li'u> horse ve .
down, mid, finding llio odd* again*! tin
nig, In* retro.nd lo tin* lioaw of ll r Ilev.
1M, wli<*,- lannly, witli himself, Imd bt*?-n t
w? of the terrible H-cni! ? tbc wagon,
ft" 1 won pursued by th>' mob, who picked up;i
they went, broke in the d"?>r nnd a wind a
it ally murder *d him it the presence of li * inn
* l?ody wiim horribly minified, his Itvt m l '
ng in inly cut lo piecOft.
Mr Collnx had been to >upper a third of ft i
ni the oeviie r.f these trnnsAclions, nnd in a ?l
io after passed itie grocery w here were com
ed the ussndant* of the wagon. They asean
horse With clubs, and nearly knocked it do
1 threatened the life of Mr. C<dfnx lie
e to keep hit horse in motion, nnd escaped. '
b clubbed a man riding n short dint nice lie)
ir, nnd threatened the life of Captain Sterling,
j bent a young man named Samuel Disher. T
It complete |?ossca*iou of the town, while
iple, nnxions for the safety of the women, flc<
ifttaion.
PaRpARiNo run Was.?The Norfolk Ar
lea thai Our. Wise has issued through the .
?nt O- neaeml orders to the ooinmandi
ruighoirt the S at? to thoroughly organ ie
itia, that it may tie qualified "to render off*rice
whtnsTer Virginia may call fci It "
Tin Coolie Trade.?A correspondent of the
>w New York Journal ol Commerce, writing from
ery llavnna under date of Sept. 4, gives the following
up- euJ awbiiut of the prosecution of the coolie trade:
Arrived, August 3Uth, British ship l)uke of
ttle Portland, Seymour master, 140 dnys from Hong
ot) lv>ncr "ltd St. Helena, with 202 Asiatic voluntary
ii - colonists, of wliont 130 arc reported to liave died,
reti drowned themselves, ? oO the voynget Rnd to
icr, prevent the suicides, the boats lind to he lowered
>?'d away several titms a day when the weather |*-r*
er, i mi tied, to pick up thorc who threw themselves
tey overboard, which cm>iinu< d from the ship's leaving
ie*. the China seas until arrival here. It is *up|M?<-d
iv- that the actual Iocs is over 2(K)?not quite eonsistnly
cut with the nnlure of the contract claimed as
licv Iwing made with each individual. Arrived, the
t a 2d of September, the British rh-p John Calvin,
same voyage, 168 days, with 188 same class, and
out reported 110 denthr?understood by the initiated
xly to Ik* over 200?and the anfnc trouble eBperienct*d
on, nftcr lenving China waters, to prevent self-dcstrucyl
lion. The two slops and their risiatio cargo# ate
itli placed iu quarantine lor eight days.
"he a ?? m
Yankee Clerical Party.? A reverend abolition|
ist ill Masstichuwlts dcelnr* h himself for disunion,
'H' and says that "God was only delaying the duy of
judgment till the Union waa dissolved."
",e 11? re is another specimen:
Political Clergyman -The Be v. J. Holmes, a
'I1' political clergyman ol the black-fusion |uirty, nnd
111 one ol 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
'"c widow, leaving his wife nnd two children in destitute
circumstances Tins is the twelfth case of se
in" duetion and ruin of young girls, or running away
ho itli other men's wins, by iIhsc politieal priests
,r,i who signed the protest.--Neic Haren (Conn ) ReglTC
ister.
Tiik Slave Trade.? The New York corelf,
respondent of the N. O. Picayune says:
Advices lately received from Liberia give
ve' us some curious revelations iti regard to
| llie slave trading propensities of some of
the cant philanlhropical nations of Europe.
..b, Ftance, it now seems, wants a few more
wj- black apprentices for her South American
I"* colonies, and has sent an agent, "in behalf
tlie ! of llis Imperial Majesty," to pick them up
cy. i along the coast of Guinea.
rt'? ! The Mrilish Government undertook a
"n- i like emigration movement in 1853, and
1 1'iesident Roberts, of Liberia, protested
my ; against it as being only the slave-trade until
dcr another form. This public announcement
of the difference between England's
practice and England's theoiies caused her
on to desist on that side, an J gave a new itnpet
us to the Coolie slave trade. The l'resith
dent of Liberia now publicly protests against
lt" the trading scheme# of the French philan
J* lluopist#, and wo wait to see the result.
, ? The manner of procuring free labor HpmI
prentices on the Coast of Guinea is thus
thv forth:
"The native laborer# Hro not at liberty,
j according to native usages, to do as they
cut ! please about volunteering for this ernigra
mr lion. M. Chevalier must first obtain leave
' eli iq 'inuke trade' by a present to the 'bead
J man.' Then-the laborers must volunteer
yl.l' or not, as the 'head man' bids them. Arid
lu-y when the volunteer receive# his 'seven
'? French dollars' lie may not keep them fot
;01!' his own use, hut must deliver theui to the
yy 'head man' who 'listt'.bute# ti part among
L.nli the leailing men of the tribe, and keeps the
cry rest himself. The laborer* are afraid that
fh?- j the 'head men' will compel them to voluttu''"
. u-er, and therefore call on the Hbertan
"ft Government for protection; and hence this
u.vc pioelamation."
an These proceeding# of theli litish Govcinment
in 1853, and the French in 1850, are
?'-v not a little curious itt view of the lute anvry
i ?... ... , ... , .
It | Willi 0|?iU!? lias COIIM'lllfU IO
hi- the same measures for introducing 40,000
Idly 1 negro apprentices into Cuba. Spain coulii
1 not ?J?? tins without the consent of her deai
I' ljl i allies Englxnd and France, and England
,M.r | and Fiance cannot bo supposed to deny to
as Sp .in that which one wished to do iif 18511,
8ut* J and the oilier in 1850. On learning that
the deed was foul, those great pliilunthrur
| phis withdrew at once; but Spain must apii..M
pease her own conscience if she does wrong.
uth So probably slie will be allowed to go on
j upon her own responsibility to meet the
,EU 1 contumely of the woild. It is wortliy of
uf a { notice in these humanitarian limes that the
'he I Coolie slave trade in the Pacific, and the
rlial ^hicaii slave trade to Cuba, arc carried on
i upon a scale that laughs to scorn all the
r of j statistics of the old fashioned slave trade
tl>?- that so exercised NV.lbeiforce and his fob
| lowers."
ant1 _ _
unl. I
,4,.. I MI'OHTAN r DlSCOVKUV AT JKKl'SALEM.
?'iy : A letter from Jerusalem of a receul date, in
?1' | the Auyttbur>j Gazelle, says:
"In digging out the foundations of a
house which is building in this city for ihe
f..i- Aiistiian Catholic clergy, the woikiuen dis
? o'l covered, at a distance of about fifteen feet
'' a i from the sui face, sevetal - u bier rati en u rooms,
)( I the walls of which are of hewn stone and
,u?. : the floors of mosaic. The most impo-tant
s.n i part of the discovery is, however, a giotto
't to en! out of the rock, and supported by five
"| columns. There are certain indications
v<t, which lead to the belief that this grotto has
|le served as a church for the early Christians,
C?n although constructed before the advent of
j Christianity. Several capitals of Coriuthi'"K
i an columns and fragments of antique mar,<
nj bles have also been lound. The Aiistiian,
[.hi-i French and PruwiHn Consuls, accompanied
l*j l>y the architect, Endlieber, who is superintending
the building, have vis.ted the*e
^-!' subterranean galleries, and have hail phowit
tographic drawings tnmle. The MussiilMr
man authorities tluow no obstacles in the
>* * way of those archaeological researches."
,'*1 Sinoulab Circumstance.? In the orti
eial returns of the State, Calhoun county
nile stands blank, no returns received. The
ort Iowa Reporter thus accounts for it: "The
citizens of Calhoun county, coming togelhv.,t)
or to vote la-it August for the first time,
**u* were interrupted before they got nt it l?y a
r>'?" drove of elk. after which every man, desertMid
l'10 lK'"*> K,4V* chase, and never came
i?.y i back to exorcise tho elective franchise."
tl.o I [.ft. Louis Jntelligencfr.
1 in 1 -mum
"That man," meaning tho Rev. John
ess Wesley, said a right reverend bishop to
^ | <'Gorge the Third, "should be silenced, your
Majesty." True, my lord, true," rejoined
, v the King, "we'll rarke a bishop of hinj, and
| he'!' nci er prtaeh again."
i THE DECOTAH'S CAPTIVE^
While the Spanish colonists ravaged the
J southern |hm tion of North America in quest
I of gold, and the English planted the germs
1 of self governing on tho eastern coast, the j
French were but the agents of home merchants,
who enjoyed a monopoly of the various
traffics, and were sustained in the enI
joy men t of it by the strong aim of milita
] ry |?ower. To the trading association in
i particular wo owe the discovery of the
j Mississippi, by the sons of one of tho mem
1 bets?tlie intrepid La Salle. In this day,
lead was first discovered within the present
j limits of the State of Iowa, but the noted
' Julien lhilimpiu was tho first who taught
! the Indians to collect the ore, and make
I an ai tide of trade of it. lie was not only
{ a brave but crafty man, and after bis death,
[ the savages, in compliance with his dying
I wish, deposited his remains on the summit
; of a high cliff overlooking the "Father of
Waters," securing the mouth of the mausoleum
with a massive leaden door of a ton
weight. They then burned his dwellings
J and erased every trace of civilized life
: around his settlement, except the orchards
' planted by his own hands. Vandal whites
afterwards cut up the door to sell, but the
name of DuIWiquo will ever be remembered
in Iowa.
Yeais passed away. The white flag of
France no longer waved over the Mississippi
valley, and the bold frontiers-man, advancing
on the foiemost wave of civilization,
crossed tlie liver in quest of lead ore,
game, and fertile soil. One of tlie first settlements
thus established, was formed by a
party from Kentucky, led by the grntwLire
r . i " - 1 1 '
ui mi* younger generation?old Joe LVates,
a noble specimen of a frontiers-man. Seventy
winters had whitened his long lock*,
but lie was still hale and hearty, able to
wield an axe with any of his sons, or to
draw bead on a litle with that fatal accuracy
of aim which had enabled him to render
good service at the battle of New Or
leans. 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 keepi >tr the l)ecot?lis. Then
surrounded a "clearing" with worm fence,
deadened the standing trees bv tile fatal
axe circle, and planted corn. When the
corn was well above ground and freed fioin
weeds, they began to "prospect" for lead
oie.
Thus far they had seen i.o Indian*, and
began to flatter themselves that the "icd
skins" had left the countiy to their peaceful
possession; but the wily savages had
kept a constant watch upon their move
j merits. IVihajts, hail they confined them
I selves to agiicultural labors, the intruders
j might have gone ou unmolested, especially
j as the Dccolnha wished to conciliate the
i United St .tes (.rovi-inuieiil into a profitable
i treaty, but when pick axe? were wielded in
I Search of lead oie, the destruction of the
1 pale-face* was resolved upon in council.
, 1 lie tils', object of savage vengeance vvas
\ (lie oldest son, Frank 1 talcs, who bad built
I him a cabin about five hundred yards from
j "head tjuaiters," despite the warnings of
old Joe. Frank, however, had no fear of
I Indians, and lived with his wife and ha he
' in gicat happiness, u t* 1 one summer's
. night hen he was awakened by the loud
| bat king of hi* dogs. Spr inging from his
bed, bo looked through an opening in
the logs and -aw to hi* horror at least lif
I w
j ty iJeeulah*, in full war costume, evidently
seeking the easiest wav to force an entrance
rnto the cabin. Arousing his wile,
he raised a Cellar trap door, and was ahout
1 to send her down, when the child she had
! left in the lied lagan to c ry.
"1 cannot leave my babe," she said.
"Nay," he exclaimed, "I will take care
c * i i .. ?? - * ? - *
i ??i 111< liny, aim aimo-t torcitig per down
I into the small cellar, lie closed the Unhinged
I door, over which lie drew a large chest.
; Then, seizing his rille and hatchet, he took
, j the infant and ascended to the lolt of the
cabin, pulling the ladder up after him. A
moment more, the door was forced from its
hinges, and the Decotahs entered eager for
* their i ley. Hut Hates did not remain to
watch their movements, for lashing h i * hoy
to hi* shoulders, he cautiously opened a
i shutter in the gable of the loft, and seeing
that no Indians wcie hetiealh, jumped to
i the ground, rille in hand.
Kre he had traversed hislittle garden, the
air rcsoutided with the hlood-chilling tones
of the war-whoop. and :t volley of arrows
rained around the fugitive. Happily only
one struck him, and that in the fleshy pail
of the arm, so that lie kept >11 straining
every netve to reach the stoeKa-'o around
his father's cabin. Hill ero he had gone
many paces a gigantic Indian overtook
him. Turning like a stag at hay, he faced
Ida antagonist, knocked him down with
the butt of ins iijle, and then sped on his
; way. Hut linw, to his horror, he saw a
large body of I'ecotalis around his father's
dwelling as ho approached, tiring over on
to the toofs of the cabins w ith arrows to
which hurtling tow was attached.
11o paired?hut the ciic* of his hoy
aroused him to a sense of his own danger
arid his wife's perilous situation. Direct
ing his steps towards the liver, where he
i found Ids "dugout" safely moored, ho mon
wa? paddling across the river to a settlement
where llieie wore a large number of
* biles.
Day had scarcely dawned on tho sue
I 'Oi \ , r l i # nioi l.llii? I' -A I .OAI.I tr .nn>0
I ' fliv'i II | ??^| I'l'UMC IWOIIIJ inning
i good men and true, were ready lo accoin
|>arty liim across the river. They cared no
more for the 1 >ecolnhs than f.>r prairie (logs.
1 ami acted upon lire spur of lire moment,
regardless of consrnuenrc*. Crossing above
his residence,young Hates led (hem towards
| his clearing, but on arriving there nothing
' remained hut a mouldering pile of ashes.
His beloved wife had evidently peiished in
j tho flames, for among the ashes and char|
red beams in the eellai they found some
| blackened bones. Ju*t then they were
joined by old Joo Hates and two of his
; younger eon* armed to the teeth. They
' were delighted t<> find Fr ink alive, for they
1 had furred that the column of smoke that
! had ariton from his cabin was hi* monument;
but uov 'hey did their lest to cm
dole him in their way. lie said but littli
but secretly vowed to avenge his wife
death, olid We'd uid ue keep iiis word. i
have seen him, no one would have suppose
that the mild looking, slender built Fran
Bates was an incarnate demou in a figii
with the Decotalis; yet within a year a fit
his cabin was burnt, lie had twenty scalfi
hanging around his girdle. "Vengeance
seemed his only thought?his life's desin
For sometime after this outrage, the 1)<
cot aha kept away from iho miners, but ><
last a parly of them came prowling abou
and the miners determined to have a brua
with them. Who w as so com|>cleiii to hen
the party as that sworn enemy of the "ret!
j skins," Frank Batcsf The party engage
two Winnebagoes as guides, and the
struck into the forest following a recen
trail. The third niglu of their journej
the w ary leader insisted on standing as ser
try. and about midnight the crack of hi
' ride awakened every sleeper. Iu an it
' slant every man was an his feet, ride i
hand, ready to repel any lurking foe; bt
a low whisper from Frank announced till
there was no danger. Morning came, an
as the party crowded around the seutini
to learn the cause of the alarm, he inerel
, pointed to what appeared to be a bug
bear; a nearer approach to the object dii
1 covered to their astonishment the grir
I visage of a dead Decotah, onveloj?ed iu th
>kin of a gigantic bruin, who. thus disgun
ed, had attempted to reconnoitre the p<
silion of the frontiers-in en.
Frank now felt assured thai they wei
| near their enemy, and followed their Ira
J iu silence on the alert for their foe. O
' reaching the summit of a knoll, tliey a.v
their village before them?a collection i
I high, conical tents, made of dressed butlah
] skins sewed together and ornamented wit
..?v ,v|^.w?.uuiiiuii? Ol tug UHllit' or III
; chase. On the outskirts were lire squaw
husily engaged in the laborious oceupr
lions which fell to their l<?t. Their infant
tightly bound to straight strips of harl
were lie*! to small bent over birches, whic
gentle *1 a need tbern to sleep, and the boj
1 of the village, with bow and arrow, wot
firing at the representation of a Kan*?
hunter. In the centre of the village, b<
fore the towering lent of tho chief, sat tli
braves, smoking their tomahawk pip?
with stoical gravity.
The white men looked nt the priming <
their ritlea. put their sharp hunting knivi
between their teeth, and with a deafeniu
I yell rushed down through the frightene
squaws, ere the Docotabs could conrpreheti
what caused the alarm. Dashing into ll
startled group of warriors with tierce wit
I whoops, they dealt destruction arouti
them. The chief was the fust slain, bra*
1\ defending himself and encouraging h
waniois, who nobly struggled to avert'
his death, hut all in vain.
I Frank Hates fought like a demon, but;
one lime was nearly a victim to a stalwa
warrior. Hut glancing nt his opponen
Frank recognised in a gay red hnndkerchi
around his head his marriage gift to h
i lost wife. This added new strength to h
. body and increased activity to bis fury,
! fie seized his assailant with his left an
lifted him from the ground, and at ll
sumo time with nervous force thrust h
knife to his heart. This decided the hattl
for the surviving Decotahs, panic struck
ihesudituu attack, rushed to the spot who
their horse* were tethered and escaped in
tin- forest. Upwards of fit ty dead wnrrio
remained on the field, and others grievou
ly wounded, hut not a single white in.
was seriously injured.
The women and thildien lied to tl
woods, and tho whites found an abundati
of plunder, comprising blankets, rich fu
horses, dried meats and tents. Hut Frat
Hates fell sad at heart, for ihu sight of ll
memento of his wife made hint fear s!
, had been tortured before perishing itt l!
flames. Night came on, and feeling po
_ . i ... i. - .-i i - . i
n??- mui iic iuuki 1101 ne voiuniecri
to k < }> watch. It was a bright moon lig
night, and as he was pacing his solita
rouml, planning new sclieincs of vengeum
ho heard a light step approach from t!
thicket.
Frank at first inisi-d his rifle lo sho
down tlio intruder, hut a secret influen
le i him to call out: "Who conies?"
"Aie you a white inunf" was tlie repl
in tones that produced an indescribable i
feet upon the stout hearted pioneer.
Vcs?and you?"
"1 am Frank Hates' wife who was tak<
prisoner over the Mississippi," und as s!
spoke she advanced.
The ritle fell to the ground, and Frnr
*1 1 a* if under the influence of a inajj
spell. His hands were convulsively clinc
id, his hair stood erect on his head a shi
er ran through ins frame auu he lotteri
back several paces. Hut not sothefeina
who had recognised her husband as si
drew near, and now exclaimed as she thic
herself into his arms:
' Frank! my own Frank! I>o you n
know vour wife?"
Yes, it was his long-mourned bride, h
foal it i os stamped with sorrow, but still r
taining her early beauty. Mutual explati
lions followed, and when tho delighted wi
learned the safety of her hoy. all hardshi
vanished. It now appealed that when tl
Indians had entered Hates' house, thi
, saw a keg of whiskey which they drai
freely, and then plundered everything, i
rnoiiiiir the chest in their
two ?>f tlicit) began to quarrel about tl
handkerchief Mutes had seen the day prci
ou?, hikI drawing their scalp knives, o
speedily received n mortal stab, aiul f
directly upon the u?p door, through whii
his blood ran upon tho hidden wife. Sli
believing that it came from her ht)?ban
shrieked aloud, thus betraying her place
concealment. Dragging her forth her ca
tors hound Iter, then riding tho cabin, a
plied tho torch. Tho body of the *la
Docotah was consumed, and over his ban
; Mutes bad mouined as for those ofhiswi
That day the} packed the plunder up<
what horses the Decotah* had left, hi
I started for their homes, which they regai
ed i:t safet*. T e proceeds rf Frank Bati
?, share of the spoils enabled hirn to rebuild
's bis liouUe, but thin time close to that of his
u i father, huu enclosed with a high stockade.
(1 j The Decolahs, however, never returned,
k ! and in course of time were driven to tho
it' far West. Frank Bates is a. member of
>r ! the State Senate, Judge of the County I
>s Court, and Major-Genera! of Militia. Time
*' has dealt leniently with hitn and his wife,!
s. but ueither forgets her captivity. Their |
> son never passes the scene of his father's
it flight on that memorable night without
t, feeling a renewed sense of his filial oblign- '
h ) lions, and ^deeper love for his boyhood's '
d home.
j Singular Suicide ov a Young Man in .
(i Chicago.?A fow days ago, says the Chicago
Tillies of the 2il ult., a young Ger- j
man named Leyndecker committed suicide
| by swallowing an ounce of laudanum, lie
1 was about nineteen or twenty years of age,
_ , and, it is said, received a liberal education
in Germany. He was, however, an infidel,
or "free thinker," believing neither in fu^
turo reward nor punishment, and scarcely in
j . a future state of any kind. lie lived soleI
ly for tho present, and when ho found himself
beset on all sides hy creditors, and had ;
not the means of payment, he considered of I
the shortest way to get rid of thein. One
day iie inquired of a fellow clerk what poison
would quickest kill a man. The cfcrk
answered, "fake an ounce of prusaic acid."
Leyndeckcr immediately took out a memorandum
hook and pencil and wrote it down.
It appears that he afterwards conclu.j
ded to alter the dose. After swallowing
the laudanum, Leyndccker wrote the foli
lowing letter to one of his fellow clerks in
f; the Recorder's office. To be convinced of
Iiii craziness it is onlj necessary lo read |
j iliis most singular production of his brain:
1 Otto Pelt/ek, Ksq. You only, of all
my friends, deserve to iccuive the last greetings
of a dying?of a man who prefer* to
take a dose of laudanum lo be dishonored.
Greet friendly my creditors, and tell theni
that 1 will probably obtain a reserved seat
_ in heaven without tbeir receipt*. 1 die in
_ excellent disposition, regretting that you
aie not present, as you might then receive
lessons. Greet nil tny acquaintance*. Tell
LJill that he, to some extent, i* accomplice
" to my death, because his remark, "Why do
you live, if you have no iuoney?M was striking
and made a deep impression upon inv
heart. Greet him heartily, because be is a
good fellow?an example of u young man
^ ?who is reasonable enough to enjoy life
lj as much as possible. I, too, have tried the
ie fame; but hs it will not do longer, I stop.
r Only one thing embitters my last hour? 1
j that I cannot die as sweetly as Lord Byron.
Permit me lo confess, Otto, that you have
V been the dearest of my acquaintances and
14 so-called friend*. Perhaps this confession
?e of a friend, moving to eternity, will gratify
you. Throw my remains into any pit, but :
,l> with the face upward. Farewell, Otto. 1
'1 Death approaches. 1 feel already Lis ice
llj. cold hand upon my throat, and his damp
V 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
,l"> die is sweet. ConsoUle a* much a* potsi"*
hie the ladies in my house. I die with
u< cle oest consciousness, and in a rose colored
s | humor. My death may form a famous
final chapter to any novel (rornan) of Alex
' ander Dumas. Good l?ye! Two broalhs
re | more, and then my soul rides with six
; horses to the skies. Philip.
is- i Chinese Si'bad Car.?Below we give
in | an extract of a private letter from Capt. 11.
! C. Davis. We hoj?e he will excuse the lib|1C
| erly we have taken, and accept as ourapoloce
' gy tberelor the j>Iea of the public good:
iN 'i "Having read Gov. Hammond** article
,k ; on making syrup from the Sorgho Sucre,
lis or Chinese Sugar Cane. I determined to
|u. expciiiueiit with it myself. Not having a
iie sutlicient quantity of the cane to warrant
sj. my having even a temporary mill made, 1
Lv| expressed the juice, by making a couple of
ill i negroes run a tuiinu piece ol iron over Iho
iv cane (it having been cut into as many
tif | pieces as there were joints) and placed on a
[l0 ; slanting piece of plank. I think 1 got about
! two thiid> or three-fourthsof the juice from
ot ! the cane in this way. The yield being
CL. about two quarts fioiu every twelve canes.
1 I then put one pinch of lime to two quarts
V( of cold juice aud I-oiled it. Two quarts I
!| boiled lor one hour aud a half, arid two
quails for 0110 hour; and got about one seventh
of syrup, such as the samples 1 send
i) you. The process of boiling is quite easy,
lie and I can see no reason why every planter
I may not make his own sugar aud syrup for
ik his negroes.
-ic j Gov. Hammond says that 25,000 canes
|i. may be grown to the acre, and that a mill
v. aud kettle will not cost more than $85.
jJ And from the turn out of juice to the
|t?t cane, and the proportion of syrup to the
lie juice?both by Gov. H'a. experiment and
:W ininc? (taking for giauU-d that 25,000
; canes can bo grown to the acre) an ncro
0t j will make from 75 to 150 gallons.
I scud rou two samples: of one the juice
er was boiled one hour and a half, and of the
other one hour; two quarts at a time, in u
a. one gallon sauce pan, (enameled.)
,fc Dr. , having a go?ni many canes,
I has kindly given them to me, and I will
I * i;.? : : *
I vunkMiuc vA|>?riiuoiit<iig 10 uav. i n<>j>e trotn
pv the quantity of cane hu hw given me thnt I
j. will get some twenty or thirty quart* of the
juice. It'I succeed, again to day, 1 shall
>n jrhtut ten acres of the cane next year."
I [ Winntboro RegiaUr.
We learn frum the New York papers
nt" i that the great demon (ration of the camv
| pH'g? w** to come off at Poughkeepsi on the
1 ' 1st of October. They ptomise that not less
"J' than 100,000 Democrats will l>e present.
' Twelve steamboat* have been charted to go
fiotn the city of New York, and the Hud
son River Railroad will put down its fare
I' to fifty cents.
in ' m m
e? A PiiAcncAL Motto.?We did not cole.
lice until a few days ago the motto of the
>n Morganiown Star. It is wonh copying,
id and is as follows:
n- -The prioo of liberty is eternal vigilance.
ps' The puce of the S*rrr is fifty cenb."
? * vr
Franklin's Sox.?The inauguration of
the Franklin statue, at Boston, has been the
occasion, says the Philadelphia Ledger, for
reviving incidents connected with the life
of the philosopher. His only son, William*
was Governor of New Jersey at the time of
the declaration of independence, and did
what he could to prevent the Legislative
Assembly of Now Jersey from sanctioning
the proceedings of the General Congress of
Philadelphia. These efforts, however, did
but little to stay the tide ot popular sentiment
in favor of resistance to tyranny, and
oson involved him in difficulty, n? was
deposed from office by the Whigs to give
place to William Livingston, and seut a
prisoner to Connecticut, where he remained
about two rears in East Windsor, in the
bouse of Captain Ebenezer Grant, near
where the Theological Seminary now
stands. 1778 he was exchanged, and soon
after went to England. There he spent the
remainder of his life, receiving a pension
from the British Govern men t for the losses
he had sustained by his fidelity. He died
in 1813, at the age of 82. The opposition
of the son to the cause the father espoused,
produced an estrangement between them,
and in Frankliu's will, speaking of his son,
lie says: "The part he acted against me in
the late war, which is of public notoriety*
will account for my leaving him no more
of an estate be endeavored to deprive tne
of."
Ancient Wheat.?Two years ago, a
scientific gentleman, in making archaeological
researches, in some of the ancient tombs
in the South of France, tound imbedded
with some preserved bodies a species of
wheat not now in existence. It was a habit
in the days of the first Gallic Kings to
place in the coffin of embalmed persons a
certain quantity of wheat. Some of this
wheat was sown, and the gentleman was
astonished to see sprout forth from sixteen
to twenty stalks from a grain. As they
grew, the stalks became angular and mucu
stronger and more vigorous than the common
wheat. When the grain formed, it
was found that there were on an average
twenty more grains in a head than in the
ordinary wheat. A considerable quantity
of this ancient Gallic or Roman wheat waa
sown last fall on the Government farm at
Uambouillct, and great reports are arriving
of its productiveness. The ordinary wheat
of France is, 1 suspect, only the degeneralion
of this ancient wheat, diminished in
vigor and productiveness by the centuries
of reproduction through which it had pass*
> ed. This discovery will lake us back
through fourteen centuries for our seed
i wheat, and will put France suddenly in
| possession of one eighth inore agricultural
j wealth than she possessed before the die'
| covety! At least these are the expectations
! t>ui!i upon it, and it is to be hoped that
! they will be realized.
Ixvoxicatiox of the Ear ?During the
| hallucination produced by taking the Indian
hemp, the intensity of the sense of sound
i is most striking. The celebrated Theodora
Gauliier related to Dr. Moreau in poetic
language?which it is hopeless to attempt
to translate, so as to give an idea of the
style of the highly imaginative author?the
sensations produced, lie says that his
seine of hearing was prodigiously develop*
: ed. I actually heard the noise of colorsgreen,
red, biue, yellow sounds reached me
In waves, perfectly distinct; a glass overthrown,
the creaking of a footstool, a word
pronounced low, vibrated and shook me lika
peals <5T thunder; my own voice appeared to
me so loud, that i dare not speak, for fear
of shattering the walls around me, or of
making ine burst like an explosive shell?
more thsn five hundred clocks sang out the
! hour with a harmonious, sllveiy sound; every
sonorous voice sounded like the note of
: a harmonica or the ^Eolian harp; I swam
or flllHlPil ??1 mi r^f /? >') " ??L
... ... ... WVV??M VI ov/uuu. OlIVU IS
. the exaggerated language which ha* been
employed by an individual whose ta>te and
enjoyment of music hare reudered hi* critiei?in
on tliat ait so much sought after.?
Journal of Psychological Medicine.
The Top-Gun Plant.?In the mountains
of Brnr.il there is a hot house plant,
Pilca Callitriclioide*. of tender, brittle and1
juicy ns|>ect, which looks as if it would be
good to eat in a cooling salad, but which'
J is really of so explosive a temperament that
i it might fairly l>e called '.he pistol plant,
j When near flowering, and with its tiny
buds ready to open, if the plant is either
dipped in water, or abundantly watered",
oacli hud will explode successively, keeping
up a mimic Sebastopolilan bombardment,
sending forth n putf of gunpowder smoke
?cr a little cloud of dusty pollen?aa iu
slsmuns suddenly start forth to take their
place and fonu a eross. it is nn amusing
j toy, which produces a plentiful crop- of pop;
guns.?Sat. Gazette.
The notorious Anson Burlingatne, of
Massachusetts, has been making speeches ?i>
j Chicago, in which he has been pouring out
1 upon the South the vial* of his wrath, beI
cau*e he was afraid of Brooks. While he
was in the mid*t of one of his filthy har:
.1 -t. ?- -
incic, ni? crj or ure was raised, ami
by reaion of the hubbub, which waa thereby
created in the crowd, he was com palled
to pau?c. A waggish urchin in the grow
I thoronpon cnllod out, "Go ahead, old (ofi
low. don't bo afraid, Brookt ain't hen."
That boy knew a thing or two.
Compliment to Hon. Howell Co?.-~
VVe learn that at tho close of Hon. Howeft
Cobb's speech at the Democratic meeting in
Frankfoid, pa., on Monday evening, he wae
presented with a magnificent wreath of
flowers by the ladies of the Twonty-lhird
Ward, of whom over 300 were in attendance.
Ool. T. W. Duffield tendered the
compliment to the ex Governor of Georgia,
on Itehalf of the ladies, and the recipient
made a brief reply.-? Carolina Tinut.
Too Bad.?A gentleman having been
asked on his return from a party the other
1 evening whethor he had seen Miss A?, a
| young lady noted for her decolote style of
; dress?replied that he W 4W dtml
cf b*r.