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THE HUNTER'S WIFE.
Tox Coornu was a fine specimen of
the North American trapper. 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."