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Slightly but powerfully made, with a hardy wea ther-beaten, Yet handsome face, strong, I indefatigable, and a crack shot, he was admirably adapted for a hunter's life. For many vears he kitew not what it was to have a hone, lint like the beasts he butted-wandered from one part of the country to anotler in pursuit of game. All who knew Tomi were much surprised when he came, with a pretty voting wife, to settle withitn three miles of a planiter's farm. Many pitied the poor young cret ture, who would have to lead sucht a soli. t:trv life; while others said : "If she was fool enough to marry him, it was het own look out." For nearly four months I Tom remained at home, and employed his time in making the old bitt he had I fixed for their residence more coiforta lIle. He cleared, and tilled a smazll spot of *rind around it, and Susan begnit to I ope that for her stke he would settle down quietly as a squatter. But these vi-ions of happiness were soon dispelled, for as soon as this wvork was fintished he re conittenteed his old erratic inode of lire, and was often :absent for weeks togethier, leaving his wifi- alone, yet tnot ttnproteet. ed, for tince his marring3 chl Nero, a favorite hound, was always left at homute as her guardianti. le was a noble dog a cross betweeti the old Scottidh deer. t hound, and would liunt an Indiatn as well as a deer or hear, whicl Tom said, " was a proof ttat the Ingins was a sort o' war mitnt, or w%-hy ; t sliuld the brute beast take to hunt 'em, nat'ral like-him that took no notice o' white men One clear, cold mnoriing, abant two years after their marriage, Susan was nwakened by a loud crash, itimediately succeeded by Nero's deep bavinig. She recollected that she hatd shut hinm in the house as usual the ntight b)efoi-e. Stip posing lie had witided soie solitary wolf or bear prowling a-outnd the hitt, and ef fected his escape, site took little notice of the crcumstance ; but a few tom.tents after camne a slitill wild cryv, whitch imade her blood r-utt cold. To spring fromt her bed, thtrowv on her clothes, and~ r-usht fromt the hut, was the work of a mitnute. Sihe no lor.ger doubted whlat the hound was in pursuit of. Fearful thotughts shtot throught her braitn; site called wildly on Nero, anud to her joy he canto da~shing thtrough the thick undtterwood. As the dog drew neatrer she saw that lie gallop edl, atnd carried int his mouth some h-ug'e dark creatur-e. Hier- brain reelted ; she felit a Coild sickly sludder dart through her limbhs. But Sustan wtas a hutnter's 1 daughter, atnd all her life hatd bieen tc customed to witniess scenes of danger and of horror, and ini this school had learned to subdcue the ntaturald timidity of her character. With a power-ful effort she recovered herself, just as Nero drop. ped at at her feet a little Inidian child, apparently between three atnd four y-ears old. She bettt down over hint, but there I w~as nto sounid or motiotn; she pl.tced her htand on his little ntaked chest; the hear-t within had ceased to beat-lie wtas dead ! Thie deep mat-ks of the dog's fangs were visible ott the nteck, but the body wats I untorn. Old Nero stood with his large bright eyes fixed on the face of his mis tress, fawintg on her, as if he expected to be praised for what lie had done, attd seemedl to wonder why shte looked so ter rified. But Susan spurned him from her ; and the fierce attnimal, wh-Io would bas e p)ulled down an Indiain as he would at deer, crouched humbly at the young wo man's feet. Susan carried the little body getntly ini her arms to the hut, and laid it on her own bed. Her first impulse was to seize a loaded rifle that huntg over the fire-place, and shoot the hound ; and yet she felt she could not do it, for in the lone life she led the faithful antimal seem ed like a dear and valtued frienid, who1 loved and watched over her, as if aw-are of the precious charge itntrusted to him.I She thotughit atlso of wuhat her husband would say, when on his retut-n he should rma hi ol comnpanion dead. Susani had never seen Tom rousted. To her he had ever "shown nothing but kindness; yet she feared as woll as loved him, for there was a fire in those dark eyes which told of deep, wild passions hidden in his breast, and she knew that the lives of a whole tribe of lndians would lie light in the balance against that of his favorite bound. Having securely fastened up Nero. Susan, with a heavy heart, proceeded to examine the ground arouid the hut. In several places she observed the impres sion of a small moccasined foot, but not a child's. The tracks were deeply mark ed, unlike the usual light, elastic tread of an Indian. From this circumstance Su. san easily inferred that the woman had been carrying her child when attacked liv the dog. There wasnothing to show why she had come so near the hut; most probably the hopes of some petty plun. her had been the inducement. Sisan lid not dare to wander far from home, earintg a band of Indians might be in tle neighborhood. She returned sorrow Iuly to the but, and employed hers'lf in locking up the window, or r:.ther the iole where the window lad b e,, for the iowerful hound had in his leap dashed it the entire frame, and shattered it to )ieces. When this was finished, Susan Jug a grave, and in it laid the little Indian Loy. She made it close to .he hut, for she could not bear that woles should :levour those delicate limbs, and she knew that there it would be safe. The next day Tom returned. He had been -ery unsuccessful, and intended setting mt again in a few days in a ditrerent di o~t ysinad~ffe.n rectionl. "Susan," lie said. when lie had heard ier sad story " I wi, you'd ler the child aliere the dog killed him. The squaw's igh sarlain to come back a.seekin' for he bod-y, and 'tis a pity the poor i.i fur should he disapinted. Besides, the In. !inlS will he nigh sartain to put it d >wn o us; whereas if so be as they'd found he body 'lion the spot, may he they'd inderstand as 'twas an accident like, for hey're unkinnmnon cunning warmint, hough they an't got sense like Chris. ians." --Wh1 y tt411k48MW -amie here?" said Susan. I never iew an Indian squaw so near tie but >fore." She fancied a dark shadow flitted iross her mhusband's brow. Ile made 10 replv ;and on her repeating the ques ion, said angrily-how should he know ? Twas as well to ask for a bear's reasons s an Inigin~s. Tom only staid at home long enough 0 mend the broken window, and plant a 1m:l ispot of Indian corn,and then again et out, telling Susan not to expect him iomne in less than a month. " If thati gnuaw cones this way again," lie said, as maybe she will, jist put out any >roken victuals you've a-got for ihi poor rittur; though maybe she won't come, or they Ingins be oikimmon skeary." 41usani wondered at his taking an interest it thi woman, Ud often thought of that lark look she had noticed, and of Tois mwillingness to speak on the subject. he never knew that on his last hunting !Xpedition, when hiding some skins which lie intended to fetch on his return, We had observed an Indian watching him, iud had shot himt with as little mercy as te wvould haive shown a wolf. (On Tom's return to the spot the body w~as gone; mud in the soft damp soil was the mark 'if an Indian squaw's foot, and by its side a little child's. He was sorry then For the dleed lhe had doie ; lie thioughit of lie grief of the poor widow, and how it would be possible for her to live until she -ould reach her tribe, wh'Io were famr, far istant, at the foot of the Rocky Moun. ains ; anid now to feel that through his neans, too, she had lost her child, put honghts into his nmid that had nlev(r lbe o're found ai place there. lHe thought hat one G3od hand formed the Red Man is well as the White-of the souls of the nany Indians hurried into eteriiity lby his mnerring rifle ; and~ they perha:ps were nore fitted for their "happy hiunting ~rounds" thani lhe for the white man's Eeaven. In this state of mind, every word his wife had said to him seemed a reproach, and lie was glad again to be done in the forest with his rifle and his bounids. The afternoon of the third dav after Torn's departure, as Susan wvas sit'ting at work, she heard somethinig scratching and whiining at the door. Nero, who was by her side, evinced no signs of an ger, but ran to the door, showing his white teeth, as was his customi when pleased. Susan unbarred it, when tohier astonishment the two deerhounds her husband had taken with him walked into the hut, looking wveary and soiled. At frst she thought Toni might have killed a deer not far from home, and( had bgthra fresh supyof vension; hut no one was there. She rushed fronm the liut, and sooni, breathless and terri. fed, reached the squatter's cabiin. John Wilton and his three sons were just re turned from the clearings, when Susan ran into their comfortable kitchen ; her long black hair t-eaming on her shoul clers, and her wild aiid bloodshot eyes, ~ave her the appaarance of a maniao. In , lw unconnected words she exnlained to them the cause of her terror, and im plored to set off immediately in search of her husband. It was in vain they told her of the uselessness of going at that time-of the Impossibility of following a trail in the dark. She said she would go herself; she felt sure of finding him and at last they were obliged to use force to prevent her leaving the house. The next morning at daybreak, Wil ton and his two sons were mounted, and ready to set ont, intending to take Nero with thei; but nothing could induce him to leave his mistress p he resisted pas sively for some time, until one of the young men attempted to pass a rope round his neck, to drag him away: then his forbearance vanished ; lie sprung on his tormentor, threw him down, and would have strangled him if Susan had not been present. Finding it impossible to make Nero accompany them, they left % ithout him, but had not proceeded many miles before lie and his mistress were at their side. They begged Susan to return, told her of the hardships she must endure, and of the inconvenience she would be to them. It was of no avail; she had but one answer; " I am a hunter's daughter, and a hunter's wife." She told them that knowing how useful Nero would he to them in their search, she had secretly taken a horse and fol. lowed them. The party rode first to Tom Cooper's but, and there hia"ving dismounted, lead ing their horses through the forest, fol lowed the trail, as only men long accus. tomed to a savage life can do. At night they Jay oni the ground, covered with thick bear.skins ; for Su1sanl only they in-ped up a lied of dried leaves; but she refused to occupy it, rayin" it was her duty to hear the same hardships they did. E -er since their departure ,he had shnwu, no signs f so-rrow. Although slight and d..licately forined, she never api.eared If i ued; her whole soul was absorbed in one longing desire-to find her hus hand's body; for from the first she had' abandoned the hope of ever again seeing" him ini life. 'This desire. supported her through e:ery thing. Early the next morning they .were again on the trail L -Iii~101,*QII~I a iv on, theI5 .1r small brook, the hound suddenly dashed away from them, and was lost inl the thicket. At first they ancied they might Ih ive crossed the track of a deer or wolf; but a long mournful howl soon told the sad truth, for not far from the brook lay the fathful dog on the dead body of his master, which was pierced to the heart by an Indian arrow. The murderer had apparently been i afraid to approach on account of the dogs, for the body was left as- it had fal len-not even the rifle was gone. No sign of Indians could be discovered save oune small footprint, which was instantly pronounced to he that of a squaw. Su. s-n showed no giief at the sight of the bodv she maintained the same forced calbniess, and seemed comforted that it was fonnd. Old Wilton staid with her to remove all that now remained of her darling husband, and his two soils again set out on the trail, which soon led theni into the open prairie, where it was easily traced through the tall thick grass. 'hIey continued riding all that afternoon, and the next miorninig by daybreak were again oni the track, which they followed to the~ banks of a wide but shallow stream. There they saw the remains of a fire. One of the brothers thrust his hand among the ashes, which were still warm. They crossed the river, and in the soft sand on the opposite bank saw agauin the pirinit of small moccasined footsteps. Ihere they wvere at a loss; for the rank prairie grass had been conisum-ui ed by one of those fen~rful fires so comn nmn in the prairie.<, and in its stead grew short sweet herbage, where even an In-. dian's eye could observe no trace. They were oii the point of abandoning the pursuit, when Richard, the younger of the two, called his brother's attention to Nero, who had of his own accord left' his mistress to accompany them, as if he now understood what they were about. The hound wvas trotting to and fro, with his nose to the grounid, as if endeavoring to pick out a cold scent. Edward laugh. ed at his brother, and pointed to the track of a deer that had come to drink at the river. A t last lie agreed to follow Nero, who wvas nowv cantering slowly across the prairie. The pace gradually increased, until, ont a spot where the grass had grown more luxuriantly thani elsewhere, Nero threw up his nose, gave a deep bay, and started off' at so furious a pace, that although wvell mounted, they had great difficulty in keeping up with him, lHe soon brought them to the borders of aniothier forest, where, finding it impossible to take their horses further, they tethered them to a tree, and set off again on foot. They lost sight of the bound, but still from time to time heard his loud baying far away. A t last they fancied it sounded ntearer instead of be. comling less distinct; and of this they wvere soon convinced. They still went on in the direction wthence the sound proceeded, until they sawv Nero sitting with his fore-paws against the trunk of a tree, no longer mnouthing like a w~elI t-rained hound, hut yelling like a f'ury. Thme ouked up in the tron, but ennld see nothing; until at aTstEdward espied a large hollow about-hf way up the trunk. ".I was rightj'y Td ," lie said. "Af ter all, it's noth ln bt a bear; but we may as well sh:oot raThte that has giv. en us so much trodbI*" They set to wrW immediately with their axes to fell tree. It began to totter, when a da' I ject, they could not tell what in. 641 twilight, crawled from its place of co'.eAlnett to the ex tremity of a lirnch ;and from thence sprung into the next ee. Snatching up their rifles, they :1 fired together; when, to their astosent, instead of a bear, a votng Indinu bqzw, with a wild yell, fell to the groun, They ran to the spot where she la, .ionless, and car. ried her to the l er of the wood where they had that ruing dismounted. Richard lifted her --his horse, and springing himseif ine saddle, carried the almost lifeless before him. The poor creature nemer spoke. Several times they stopped,4thinking she was dead: her pulse only 'fold the spirit had not flown from its eavrthly tenement. When they reached -e river which had been erossed by themfbefore, they wash. ed the wounds, and - 4inkled water on her face. This appe*ed. to revive her; and when Richard a lifted her in his arms to place her oi horse, lie fai. eied he heard her Ctter in Iroquois one word-" revend I" It was a strange sight, these ,'o powerful men tending so carefully tibeing they had a few hours before so t to slay, and en deavoring to stanch ~blood that flow ed from wounds whic they had made! Yet so it was. It would have appeared to them a sin to leavthe Indian woman tIo die ; yet they felt iomrinorse at having ,itiflicted the wound, 4. id doubtles would have been better pl d had it been moral; but thiey woult have murdered a wounded eneny, e in Indian war rior, still less a squa The party con tinued their journey u iidnight, when they stopped to rest ' rjaded horses. Having wrapped the aw in their bear skins, they lay dowi t elves with no covering save thecl o he wore. They wvere in no,.want . 91.os, as nOt had taken a good supply of bread and and dried vension, not wishbig to lose any precions time in seeking food while on the trail. The brandy still remaining in their flasks they preserved for the use of their captive. The evening of the following day they reached the trapper's lint, where they were not a little surprise to find Susan. She told them that al though John Wilion had begged her to live with then, she could not bear to leave the spot where every thing reniiiid ed her of one to think of whom was now her only consolation, and that while she had Nero, she feared nothing. They needed not to tell their mournftl tale Susan already understood it but too clearly. She begged them to leave the lidian woman with her. " You have no one," she said, " to tend and watch her as I can do ; besides, it is not right that I rhould lay suich a burden on you." Al. though untwilling to impose on her the paillil task of nursing her husband's murderess, they could not but allow that she was right; and seeing how eariiestlv she deired it, at last consented to leave the Indian woman w~ith her. For many long wveeks Susan nursed her charge as tenderly as if she had been her sister. At first she lay almost mo. tionless, and rarely spoke ; then she grew delirious, and raved wildly. Susan fortunately could not understand what she said, but often turned shudderingly aw~ay when the Indiani woman w~ouldl strive to rise from her bed, and move her arms as if drawving a bow; or yell wildly, aiid cower~ in terror beneath the clothes, reactinig in hierdelirium the fearful scenes through wvhich she had passed. By de grees reason returned ; she gradhually got better, buit seemed restless and unhappy, and could not bear the sight of Nero. T1hie first proof of returning reason she had shown was to slhriekc in terror w~hien he once accidentally followed his mis tress into the room w'here she lay. One morning Susan missed her; shte searched around the hut, but she wvas gone, without having takeni farewell of her kind bene factress. A few years after, Susan Cooper (no longer " pretty Susan," for time and grief had done their work) heard late one night a hurried knock, wvhich wvas re peated several times before shte could uin fasten the dhoer, each time more loudly than before. She called to ask who it wvas at that hour of the night. A few hurried words in lroquois wvero the reply, and Susan congratulated herself on hav ing spoken before unbarring the door. But on listening again, she distinotly heard the same voice say, " Quick !" and recognized it as the Indian w'oman's w"hom she haid nursed. The door wvas instantly opened, w~heni the squaw rushed inito the lbut, seized Susan by the arm, and made signs to her to come aw~ay. She was too much excited to remember then the fewv words of English she had picked up w~hen living wvith the wvomnan. Expressing her meaning by gestures with a clearness peculiar to the hiidians she dragged rather than led Susan from the buL Thyv head just reached thea edea of the forest when the wild yells of the In diar s sounded in their ears. Having gone with Susan a little way into the for. est her guide left her. For nearly four hours she lay there half-dead with cold and terror, not daring to move from her place of concealment. She saw the flames of the dwelling where so many lonely hours had been passed rising above trees, and heard the shrill " whoops" of the retiring Indians. Nero, who was ly ing by her side, suddenly rose and gave a low growl. Silently a. dark figure came gliding among the trees directly to the spot where she lay. She gave her self up for lost; but it was the Indian wom:in who came to her, and dropped at her feet a bag of money, the remains of her late husband's savings. The grate ful creature knew where it was kept ; and while the Indians were busied examining the rifles and other objects more interest ing to them, had carrica it off unobserv ed. Waving her arm around to show that all was now quiet, she pointed in the diriction of Wilton's house, and was again lost among the trees. Day was just breaking when Susan reached the squatter's cabin. Having heard the sad story, Wilton and two of his sons started immediately for the spot. Nothing was to be seen save a heap of ashes. 'lie party had apparently con sisted of only three or four Indians; but a powerful tribe being in the neighbor hood, they saw it would he too hazardous to follow them. From this time Susan lived with the Wiltons. She was a daughter to the old man, and a sister to his sons, who often said: " That as far as they were concerned, the Ind'ans had never done a kindier action than in burn. ing down Susan Cooper's hut." A Voice ol Wairning. The following words of warning are eon tained in a letter from James Wilson, (Mnys the National Intelligeneer,) formerly a mem ber of Congress from New Hampshire, now of California, and may prove a "word in sea son1" to some of the many hundreds who are preparing to embark for California in quest of gold. The letter is dated December 4, 1751, and says: "We have a rich and productive soil, casi. ve o pl ' d cme0 California with anything like reasonable !opes and expectations it they would bring with them habits of industry, economy, per severance; if they would steadily apply themselves to farm labor and be satistied with reasonable returns, in clue season they could not fail of success. But they do not and will not come here with any such views. If they had some little sense when they left home, it is all gone when they get to Califor nia. The glitter of gold bewilders them, and nothing but a desperate adventure for a fortune will satisfy them. Your eastern people have entirely erro neous opinions about California. The coin mon idea is, that if a person ean only get to California lie has nothing to do but to scrape up the gold by the shovelful until lie satis lies all the cravings of avarice. The adven turer for California starts with this opinion, his mind is all absorbed in thoughts abont linei s:aeks, buckskin bags, and close purses to hold his gold ; lie is a ixiously contriving how to pack, keep, and s ufely transport his precious yellow dust. His beanuitiful reverie is never for a moment disturbed by a doubt of his getting it. "It is a great and fital mistake. It is enough of itself to blast the pvospects of nine out of ten of all the people who-coie to Californiia. The stern experience oif the prnetical miner soon expels the error, and the poor deluded sufferer is diseouraged, dis heartened, and mortified; lie losses his ener gy and fortitude; he siekens and dies. " I have seen m:uy such eases; anid I dare not .ndvise any of liy numierous correspon dents to come to Cauliforni.u. Thiose whlo stand well had better stand still" TilE STATUTES AT Lance.-We under stand thiat a mnemiber oif the bar, every wnay qualitied to the task, is now engnged ini the preparation of an Index to the 11Ith volume of the Statutes at Large, embracing the nets of the Legislature from 1839 to 18.19 (inclu sive.) This is a wvork much iieeded b'y the bench, the batr, and the public generally, anid the serious inconveniience resultinig from the wn'nt uf such a book has been much regret ted by all who have oc-casion to examine the laws of our State. From the skill amid int dutstry of the gentleman employed upon it, we feel confident that the book will be as near perfect as possible, amid that this great desideratum will at last be supplied. It. wiill be ready for publication abotut thme first of December next, and wve bespeak for it a fa vorable conbideration by the next Legisla ture-South Carolinian. RA Ts.-[t is stated that rats are killed in New York by a new "exterminator," at the rate of about 10,000 a day. On Saturday morning three wagon-loads of dead rats were seen to leave Centre markets. It is also said that the rats are skinned, and their fur sold to the hatters, by wvhom they are cured, and converted into nuffs and boas, anid, under a foreign nme, sold to Broadway belles at a high price.--N. Y. Pa per. The man wvho is makinig this havoc, a fewv days ago offered to contract with the author ities of New York to clear the whole city of this vermin, lHe ma~de the condition success or no pay, and offered testimonmials from the butchers of onc of the markets that lie was capable of performing his promise.-Caro liniian. A HI-r TO LoAFEis.-Tlhe Albany Dutch man expresses its surprise that young men can consent to loaf about the corners a, they do, when a good dose of arsenic can be pur chased for sixpence. Mr External beauty may captivate, but inta btyivwill secure National Dangers. Washington, in his Farewell Address, im pressively warns his countrymen, against the insidious wiles of foreign infuence,"-the intrigues and under-ground agencies by which the despotic powers of the Old World, will incessantly seek to guide the policy and con trol the destiny of this great Republic. Like all the counsels of that great man, this advice has a permanent and undeciying worth ; and there never was a time when it better de served attention than the present. The des potisms of Europe have an abiding hatred of the United States. The influence of Repub licanism, as it is presented to the world in the Constitution and character of the Amer ican Ution, must always be hostile to the very existence of those GQvernments in which the people have no voice and no rights. There is not one such Government in Europe, which is not growing weaker every year, in consequence of our example. Thousands and hundreds of thousands of their subjects are annually quitting their shores, and becom. ing citizens of this free Republic. Their people are constantly taught by our institu tions and our career, the essential falsehood of the systems of Government, under which they are living; and the real strength of those Governments, the loyalty of their sub. jects, is gradually wasting awav. That this process will be suf'ered to go on without resistance by the dominant despots of Europe, is not to Le supposed. They will do everything in their power to counteract and nullify the natural influence of the Uni ted States upon their people and their policy. They will seek, by all possible means. to en list our national representation abroad upon their side, and where this cannot be done, to deprive it of all Republican activity. They will infuse into the minds of Ameriean agents their own views of order and their own dread of liberal movements. They will seek to instil into them the sane dread of the peo ple,-the same fears of democratic tenden cies,-the same feverish terror at republican aspirations on the part of the plCOie of Europe which they themselves feel or feitn. That these " insidious wiles of foreign in fluence," against whlich Washington so em phitically warned his people, are steadily practised. passing events afford abuntdant proof. They can he traced in the diplomatic correspondeice of our Government, and in the movements (if American agents and offi cers abroad. They can be felt in the adroit maneuvres of foreign agents among us, and in the steady and incessant endeavors to re sist all sympathy with the liberal movements in Europe. What diplomatic agents of this SReublie make themselves .willing tools of foreign cspotism,-when the winms of a French p reft outweigh al the duties of hos pitality,-whcn American officers in naval uniform ,.re afraid to listen to cheers to the Americnn fting front the penple in a foreign port,-and when :n illustrious victim of des potic hatred meets in Americans, sent to re lense him, a jealous jailorship, more in! olerant than that of the Turk, we may well bethink ns of Washington's warningsand beware of the " insidions wiles" against which le ex hiorted us to be on our guard.-New York .Weekly Times. IHoRrIDt.E OccL-mRENcE-Os.t norrTuFtu MLrPFnRED ny ANOTiEaI.-On Wednesdar last, Robert Shiddell, of this city, entered the grocery store of his ibrothier Andrew J. Shiddell, -itiated near the Rilroad depot, and commenced upon him a most furious attack with a heavy hickory stick, swearing that lie would kill him. Andrew immediate- j ly despatched a servant hoy to .Mr. Curd's stable for assistance. Ile so;ught to induce Robert to desist from the attick upon his brother, but Robert swore that if lie. Curd. interfered, lie would kill him too. By this time, Andrew had retrented behind his coni ter and could get no farther. le exelaimed to his brother Robert, " I wish to live with yon its a brother, don't kill me." But the intfuriate~d assailanit was deaf to every appeal anid swore lhe wvould kill him. Andrewv then told himi that lie haid a pistol. but Robert re plied, with an oath that lie was a coward and] dared not use it. At this point, Robert seized his brother b the collar, and pressed him ngninist the wa1ll with one hand, aind with the other lie took out a large kntife. which lie commteneed to opent with his teeth. Atidrew could do no more ; lie had retreated to the wall and could niot get fronm it, for lie wvas retained, in htis cratped position, by the firm grasp' of~ his assailant. Ilauder thIese circumstances he drew his pistol, and placing it close to the head of Robert, fired. The latter fell back,) but the wvound did not pirodueo immediate death. Hie lingered till the itext morning, wvhen lie expired. It appears that Robert had recently, before lie made the attack, swore to take the life of his brother, aiid that Anidrewiv had been ;ipprized of the threat-hence, wec may p:es-iune, the reason of his being airmed with a pistol. The ease wvas examined before Judge Thomas, on yesterday, and the Court. renmarked. aifter hearing the testimony, thatI it would be hard to contceive of au more jus tiliable homicide. Even construing the law with its extremtest rigor agairst the accused, lie must still be held fully instifiable in the course lie haid taken. He did tnot take lifts, until it became absolute necessary for him to do so, in order to preserve his own. The accused wvas conisequently discharged.-Lex intgton (Ky.) Statesmant. FRAUD TN GOLD PIECES.--It Is stated tltat a number of teni and twenty dollar gold peee are in circulation at Pittsbui-g, htavig holes first bored through them, anud then so iicely filled up as to renider detection v'ery diiitt. A stranger, a few days ago, em ployed a mechanic of that city to make a nachine for diillintg gold pieces, ini order to abstract a portion of the metal. The hole was afterwards to be closed with some other inetal. SJscE the liquor law wvas adopted in Maine, oktails have to appear in disguise. lUint1 juleps are bought at the "druggists" uinder the heaid of " vegetable tonics," whlile sherry]1 obblers aure only knownt as "inspired cord- i wainers." The people of Maine mtay not onsume as nuchel "irdentt spirit" as former ly, bitt the wvay they indulge in "medicinte" is a cutioti A Penitenuary.: It is known to our readers that the- Carom linian has frequently urged the polley and expediency of the State establishlugaPeni tentiary, and we are glad to- notice that the Grand Jury of Richland, in its late report, recommended the measure to the Legislature. We cannot understand the hesitation' th ,egi.slature has heretofore manifested on this subject, for we believe the people of the State are decidetlly in favor of the institution, and, if we are iot. mistaken, the judiciary of the State regard the proposition with favor. We will not enter into any argument to prove the influence of this institution o'n-the morals of society Gand in the prevention of crime, lint. we may say that so far as we have noticed in our readings, the system has work. ed well in many States of the Uiion. We have frequently heard It asserted that peni; tentiaries might do for the Northern States but not for the South, but we have before us now an abstract of the -toulsiana Peniten tiary, which clearly proves the contrary. In Louisiana the institution is leased, by which plan, as the report shows, it has not only proved profitable, but the system of government and tha condition of the prison; ers have been much improved. During the past year the number of prisoners- was about 250 on an average: the receipts for the pror ducts of wlco labors amounted to nearly $58,000, the expenditures being something over $45,800. Tie lessees pay the State of Louisiana $4,000 rent, after paving all ex peinses, insurance, commissions, clothing, pro visions, &c., and realize for themselves near ly $9,000 clear profits. The Delta says that the question, what are the expenses . to the State of the penitentiary ? is now never ask ed-the only question is, what are its profits to the State. This is an age of dollars and cents, and it will be well for the tax payers of the State to consider, if, in addition to the wholesomen unishment of crime, nnd the great benefit conferred upon society*by making the vicious work, they win reduce their expenditures some 5,000 or $10,000 per annum, be not worthy otf hlie attention of their representa tives. If they come to that conclusion, let them instruct them to vote for the estarblish nent of a Pciitentiary.-Columbia Soutl Carolinian. National Printing -Officee One of the most interesting topies;beford Congress is a proposition to ctablish ana tional printing office. The bhill-for-thepur pose provides for a'superintenidj fi i printing; term of four v s a-practical printer; appointed by- the, Pesi dent and. Senate, an emvnble~ jy 'the President or joint resolution of both Houses of Congress. It also provides for public book binder; a practical man, salary $1,000 per annitrn, appointed by said superintendent of public printing. It provides for the pur ciase of presses, type and such other print ing material as mny lie necessary for all printing required at the seat of government, by Congress and the various departments. This includes all the mnterials for a public bindery. It provides, furthermore. that the superintendent and binder shall employ their respective subordinates at current or usual prices. All public printing and binding to be done at this government office and none ther; nnd no private work received or exe nrted, on penalty of removal of such buper tendrent. The correspondent of the New York Post says of this proposition: Tisi.' bill is of verl great interest just at he present time, when the wholesale robbery -)f the national trensiry, by the last census ob, is likely to be re)eated on a greatcr eale. Strong handed and open plunder aust be permanently barred from the nation i exchequer. If a government printing of. ice will do this, in the item of public print ng, in heaven's name let us have it at once. if it wvill not, then let us, at once, know vha~t will. c Rivers' contract cettsus, 18-40, cost the people $132,000. 1e cleared 8100.000 ex ectly ! Enough to erect a splendid building nd neatly fitted up. Econonry is the honiest, narnest cry of thre people, and' their servants must attenrd, or thre people will attend to hremi. Tihe lowest bid for tire present census job is 8900.000 ! Thre highest $1,300,000!! o shnmrlessm arnd brten has uinpunished raud becomie !" CAMPInxE AT A DISTAME.--A voung girl bhout sixteenr, iss Mary F. Chroate, of"Carl onrville, Massaehinsetts, wans killed by tire ~xplosion arid ignition of a cnn of enmphrine. 'here wvas a cooking stove in the pantry, burt hec carr stood on tire shelf, several feet dis at, whrere no fire cornld comimunicate with t. It was a gaillon can, covered and the nose stopped tightly, and could nrot have ~ontainred nrore tihan a qnnart of finid, and it vas tilled about a week before,arid had been rsed from constntly since. The bottom as burst out arnd thre harrdle torn off by the aoree of tire explosion. The vile mixture is angerous ordinrarily. When it kills at a listance1 it is fearful inrdeed.-Syracuse Star. RIt'HTGAN AND TIlE IIGHER LAW.-The it'troit Tribune of tire 3d instant contains ire followvinug preamble and resolution, lately rassed by the Board of Regents of the Uuni ~ersity of Michigan: 4a1WhIereas thne Rev. D. D. Whredon has rot only publicly prcached but openrly advo ated the doctrine called the higher law,a octrine not nuthrorized by thre Bible, at war -ithr the principles aird precepts of- Christ, nubversive of civil Government and society, Lnd the legal rights of individuals: Threre ore, " Resolred, That the Rev. D. D. Whedon eC and is hereby rebnoved." CALIFORNIA has already made such pro ress in civilization as to demand a nrew con titution, thre old one hraving been quite. 'orn out in tire usage of thne last two yeams. tis too old, anrd the wants of th'e titate rave outgrown tire time-hronored inrstr-umeist -hiehr is altogether inadequate to its pie emt development. "~A good constitution mow-a-days," sava the Providence .Jounrnal, will last, withr 'fair usage, about as long sea tpair of bouts."