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There Nature was in her undisturbed livery of dark and thick forests, interspersed with green and flowering prairies. Then the for. est had not heard the sound of the wood man's axe, nor the plow of the husbandman opened the bosom of the earth. Then those beautiful prairies waved their gs'lden plume to the God of Nature; and among the most luxuriant of these were those that lie along Hockhocking Valley. and especially that portion of it on which the town of Lancas. ter now stands. Here the tribes of the North and West. met to counsel, and from this spot led forth the war path in dillerent directions. Upon one of these occasions, when the war spirtt moved mightily among the sons of Nature, and the tomahawk leaped in its scabhard, .and the spirits of their friends who had died in the field of battle visited the warrior in his night visions and called loudly for revenge, it was ascettained at the garrison above the mouth of tie Hockhoeking river, that the Indians were gatherin g in great number for the purpose of striking a blow on sonie post of the frontiers. To meet this crisis, two of .the most skilled and indefatigalile spies were despatched to watch their movements and report. M'Cleland and White, two spirits that nev. er qiled at danger, and as unconquerable as the Lvbian lion, in the mtotti of October, and on one of the balmy days of Indian sum ner, took leave of their fellows and moved on through the thick plum and hazel bushes with the noiseless tread of panthers, Prned with their unerring and trusty rifles. 'T'hey continued their march, skirting the prairies, till they reachied that most retarkable' protmi nence, now known by the name of Mount Pleasatnt, the western tertmination of wvhich is a perpendienlar ehifT of rocks of somtze hundreds of feet high, and whtose summnit, fronm a western view, towers to the clouds .and overlooks tlte vast plains below. When this point was' gained, our hardy spies had a position from which they could see every movement of the Intdians below itt the v~dlety. Eiery day added a new accession of war rio're to the company. Thbey wvitnessed their exercises of horse racing, ruttning foot races, jumping, throwing thd tomahawk aand dancing; the old sachems looking on with their indliff'erence, the squaws engaged in their gilayfdil gatmbols. The arrival of' a new warrior was greeted with terrible shouts, which, striking the mural face of Mount Pleasant, were driven back in the various :indentations of the surrounding htills, prodn eing reverberations and echoes as if ten thousand frietnds were gathered at a unaiver sal levee. Such yells would have strnck terror to the hearts of those unaccustomed to Indian revelry. To our spies this was but martid music -strains which waked their watchfulntess, .and newly strung thteir veteran courage. From their early yout they had always been .on the frontier, and were well practised in .all the subtletv, eraft atnd cuntning of Indian warfare, as well as thte ferocity and blooc :thirsty nature of these savage wvarriors 'They were, therefore, not likely to be en snared by their cunning, nor, without a des .perate -conflict, to fall victims to their scalp 4ng knives or tomahawks. On several occa -sions, small parties left the prairie and asceni ded the mount from the eastern side. Ot these occasions the spies would hide in tht W ,deep fissures of the rocks on the west, ani. :ngainl leave their hiding places when theii ,uuinvited and unwvelcomze visitors had disap peared. For food, they depended on jerked veni son andh corn bread, with which their knap .sacks were wrell stored. They dare not kin dIe a fire, and thte report of one of thel -rifles would have brought ttpon thetm the en .tire force of the Indians. F"or drink, they de pended on some rain water whtich still stoo< in the hollows of some of the rocks; but, it - a short time this store was exhaustedl, ant M'Clehan4 and White must abandon thei enterprise or find a new supply. Tro accotm plish this most hazardous enterprise, M'Cle land, being'the oldest, resolved to make, th attempt ; and, with his trtisty rifle in his hand and their two canteens strnng across hi shoulders, he deseended by a circuitous rout, to thte p)rairie, skirting the hill on the north and utnder cover of the hazel thickets ha reatched the river, and turning to a bh p)oint of the hill, be found a beautiful sprin; wvithin a few feet of' tbe r'iver', n)ow known b; the name of Cold Snring. Ott the farm of Il Talmadge, Esq. ne filled his canteens, and returned in safety to his watchful companion. It was now determined to have a fresh sup. ply of water every day, and this duty was performed alternately. On one of these occasions after White, had filled his canteens he sat a few moments watching the limpid element as it came gur gling out of the bosom of the earth, when the light sound of foot-steps caught his prac tised ear, and upon turning around he saw two squaws a few feet from him. Upon turning round the foot of the hill, the eldest squaw gave one of those far-reaching whoops peculiar to Indians. White at once compre betided his per ilous situation. If the alarm should reach the camp or town, he and his companion must invitably perish. Self.pre servation compelled him to inflict a noiseless death on the squaws, and in such a manner as, if possible, to leave no trace behind. Ever rapid in thought, and prompt in action, ie sprang upon his victims with the rapidity and power of a lion, and grasping the throat of' each sprang into the river. He thrust the head of the eldest under the water. While making strong efforts to submerge the younger, who, however, powerfully e. sisted him, and during the short struggle with this young athletic woman, to his astonish ment she addressed him in his-own language, though in almost inarticulate sounds. Releasing his hold, she informed him that she had been a prisoner for ten yease, and was taken from below Wheeling, and that her brother and herself were taken prisoners, but he succeeded on the second night in ma king his escape. During this narrative, White had drowned the elder squaw, and had let her float off with the current, where it would probably not be found out soon. He now directed the girl to follow him, and with his usual speed and energy pushed for the mount. They had scarcely gone half way, when they heard the alarm cry some quarter of a mile down the stream. It was supposed some party of Indians, returning from bun ting, struck the river just as the body of the squaw floated past. White and the girl suc .ceeded in reaching the mount, where M'Cle land had been no indifferent spectator to the sudden conmmotionl among the Indians. The prairie parties of warriors were seen immediately to strike off it every direction, :ad White and the girl had scarcely arrived bwfore a party of some twe.-nty warriors had renehed the eastern acelivity of the mount, and were cautiously aed carefully keeping under cover. Soon the spies saw the swar thy toes as they glided frou treo to tree and from rock to rock, till thesir position was surrounded, except on the west perpendicu lar side, and all hope of escape was cut off. In this perilous condition, nothing was left but to sell their lives as dearly as possible, and this they resolved to do, and advised the I"rl to escape to the Indians, ad tell them te had been taken prisoner. She said, " No; death to me, in the presence of my own people, is a thousand times sweeter than captivity and slavery. Furnish me with a gun, and I will show you bow r can fight as well as die. This place I leave not. Here my bones Shull lie, bleaching with vours, and should either of you escape you will carry the tidings of my death to my few relations." Rceonstrances proved fruitless.. The two spies quickly matured their plan of de. fence, and vigorously commenced the attack from the front, where, from the very small back bone of the mount, the savages had to advance in single file, and without any Co. vert. Bevond this neck the warriors avail ed themselves of rocks and trees in advan ing, but in passing frotm one to the other ther must be exposed for a short time, atnd a tnorment's exposure of their swanthy forms was enough for the utnerring rifes of the spies. Th'e indians being entirely ignorant of how many were in amt buscade, were more cautious bow they advanced. After bravely maintaining the fight in front and keepinag the enemy itt cheek, they' discovered a new danger threatening them. TIhae atch foe now made evident preparations to attack them on the flank, which could be more successfully done by reaching an iso lated rock lying in one of the ravines on the southern hill side. This rock once gained by thie Indians, they could bring the spiel 1under point blank shot of the rifle without theo pnss-ibaity of~ escape. Our brave spies saw the utter hopelessness of their situation, which rotbinag could avert but a brave comn. paniron and ant unerring shot. Thnese they bmd riot, lbut the brave ntever despanir. With this impending fate resting upon them, they continued calm anid calculating, and as ut wearied as the strongest desire of life and the resistance of a numuerous foe could pro. duce. Soon M'Cheland saw a tall and swarth3 figure prepairing to spring from a covert sc near to the fatal rock that a bound or twc would reach it, and all hope of life then war gone. Hei felt that all depended on one sin. gle advantageous shot ; although but an mnci or two of the warrior's body was exposed and that at a distance of eIghty or a biundred yards, he resolved to risk 4.ll b e cooly rais ed his rifle to hIs face, and shading the sighi with his hand, drew a bead so Lure that he felt conscious it would do the work. Hi touched the trigger with his finger, the ham. mer came dlowrn, but in place of strikin1 fire, it broke his flint into many pieces; anc although he felt that the Inadian- must reach the rock before he could adjust another flint le proceeded to the task with the utmosl composure. Casting his eye toward the fearful point suddenly lie saw the warrior stretchin1 every muscle for the leap; and with the agili ty of a panther he made the spring, but in stead of recebinng the rock, he gave a yell and his dark body fell and rolled down tha steep iuto .the valley below, He had evi dently received a death-wound from sorm unknown hanrd. A hundred voices re-eahoe< from below the terrible shout. It was evi dent that they had lost a favorite warrior, ai well as being disappointed for a time of the most importantt mov'ement. A very fey rmnites proved thatt the advantage gaineci wo.uld be of short (hurntinn - for alrendy tlu spies say a glimpse of a tall swartly warri cautiously advaincing to the covert so recent, ly occupied by his fello-companinn. Now too, the attack in front was rener<ed with in creased fury, so as to require t:ie incesgani fire of both spies to prevent the indians fronr gaining the eminence, and in a short tim M'Cleland saw a warrior myking prepara tions to leap to the fatal rock. The ka[ was made, and the Indian turned a somerset his corpse rnlied down the hill towards hi: former companion. , Again an nnknowr agent had interposed in tl.eir behalf. Thh second sacrifice cast dismay into the rank! of their assailants, and just as the sun wai disappearing behind.the western hills,- the foe withdrew to a short distance, to - deris< some new mode of attack. This respitt came most seasonably to our spies, who has kept their- ground. and bravely mainitaines the unequal fight from nearly the middle o the day. Now, for the first time, was the girl mis sing, and the spies thought that through ter ror she had escaped to her former captors or that she'had been killed during the tight but they were not long left to conjeeture The girl was seen emergimg from behind t reek, and coming to them with a rifle in hei hand. During the fight she saw a warrini fall, who had advanced some distance before the rest, and while some of them changed their position, she resolved at once, live of die, to posse'ss herself of his gun and ammu nition; and crouching down beneath the un, derbrush, the crawled to the place and sue ceeded in her enterprise. Her' keen and watchful eye had early noticed the fatal rock and hers was the mysterious hand by whiel the two warriors fell, the last being the most intrepid and bloodthirsty of the Shawne< tribe, and the leader of the company wiel6 kilted her mother and her sisters, and tool her and her brother prisoners. Now, in the west, arose dark clouds, whbit soon overspead the whole henvens, and tht elements were rent with the peals of thunder Darkness, deep and gloomy, shrouded thi whole heavens; this darkness greatly em barrassed the spies in their eontempiglate4 night escape, supposing that they migh readily lose their way, and accidentally fat on their enemy ; but a short consultation de cided the plan. It was agreed that the gir should go foremost from her intimate. knowl edge of the localities, and another advant ag might be gained in case the - should fall ii with any of the parties or iutposts. Fri her knowledge of the language, she mighi deceive the sentinels, as the sequel proved for scarcely had they descended a hundre yards, when a low w hist from the girl warn ed them of their danger. The spies sunk silently on the ground where, by previous arrangement, they wer to remain till the signals was given by the girl to move on. Her absence, for the space of a quarter of an hour, began to excite the most serious apprehensions. Again she up peared, and told them she had succeeded ii removing two sentinels to a short distance who were directly on their route. The. des cent was noiselessly resumed, and the spiel followed their intrepid leader for half mile it the most profound silence, when the hbarking of a dog at a short distance apprized then of a new danger. The almost simultaneouf click of the spies' was heard by the girl, wh< stated that they were now in the midst o the indian camp, amnd their lives depended or the most profound silence,. and implicitl. following her footsteps. A moment afterwards the girl was accos ted by a squaw, from an openiiug in her wig wami , she replied in the Indian la.nguage, an< without stopping, still~press'ed forward. In short time she stopped anid assured the spie that the village was cleared, and that they ha< pssed the greatest daniger. She knew, thia every leading pass was guarded safely b; the Indians, aind at once resolved to adoj the bold adventure of passing through th entre of thme village, as the least harzardous aind the sequel proved the correctness of lie judgment. TIhey now steered a course f the Ohio river, and after three days' trave arrived safe at the block-house. Their em cape and adventure preveinted the Indian from making their comtemplated attack, an the rescued girl proved to be the sister the intrepid Cormieal Washiburu, celebrate in the history of liidiain warfare, and as th~ renowned spy of Capt. Kieutoni's blood Kentuckiaiis. AN ELEoAr -Errue-r.-The sea is th largest of the cometecrie.s, and its slumern sleep without a moniumeut. All grave-yard in all other lands, show some symbol of die tinction between the great and the small, th' rich and the poor ; but in tha~t ocean cemnett the king and the clown, the peasant, are a alike undistinguished. Thme same wave rol over all-the same requiem sung by tIa ninstrelsy of the ocean sung their honor Over their remains the same storm beats, ani the same sun shines; andI there, unmnarket the weak and the powhifnl, the plumed an ,nonored, wifl aleep i n, 4ptij awakened I: the ram~e irgnp, whien the sea will give u is dead. I thought of sailing over the slum bering but devote4t Cokliman, who, aft~r brief but brilliant career, perished in ti Presdet-oyer the laughter-hoving Powe who wvent down in the same ill-fated vese we may have passed. In that cometer sleeps the accomplished and pious Fishei but where he and thousands of others of tU noble spirits of thme earth lie, no one but Go knoweth. No marble rises to point out whei their ashes are gathered, or wherud the lovel of the good or wise can go to shed the ter of sym~pnthy, \\ ho cam tell whlere lie tI; tens of thousand of Africa's eons, whQ pe ished in the"a middle passage 1" Yet tI ceietery hiath ornaments of Jehovah. Nes er can I forget spy days and nights, as passed over the noblest of geizeteries withio a single monument, IPouTNnss.-" Politeness," says Prei deit Witherspoon, " is real kindness kind, exprss,"-an admiirable definition, and brief that al1 may easily remember it. Th'l 'is the sumi and substauce of~ true politeune Put it in practice aiid all will be charnai wvih rour jmnners, LOVE TInsb D. I LrOV the old, to lean be.de " The antique, easy chair - And pass my fingers softfio'er A wreath of silvered lair; To press my glowing lips upon The furrowed brow, and gaze Within the sunken eye,' iere dwells The "light of other dab." To fold the pale and feebl'haud That on my youthful heixd, Has lain so tenderly the hile, When- evening prayer fas said, To nestle down c!oseo to ~e heart, And marvel how it held . Such tales of legendary la , The chronicles of Eld. Oh: youth, thou hast so inuh of joy, So much of life and lore, So many hope.9-age bus ut one, The hope of bliss above. Then turn awhile from thise away, To cheer the old, and b 6,m The wasted heart-spring 'tb a stream Of gushing tendernesa. Thou treadest now a path bloom, And thine exulting sour Springs proudly on, aq th4it mooked At time's unfelt oonrol. But they have marched eary way, Upon a thorny road ; - Then soothe the toil-wore pirits ere They pass away to Goud Yes,1ove the aged-bow before The venerable form, So soon to seek beyond th sky A shelter from the sto Ay, love them-let thy si nt heart, With revereuce untold As pilgrims very near to eaven, Sustain and love the ol Goon MAT~uIAL FOR AwYKR.-Littl Eddy, on his way to ltool, frequenti loitered by a small strew .which he wa obliged to pass to witnes' the gambols e his playmates while bathiu.-the water beini of sutliceut depth in some places for the purpose. Feariig some icident might be fall him, his inothor told hib never to ventur near, and in strong termsiot to go into tLm water. One day, howove bointg overconi by temptation and the urent solicitations o hI pys oldur than himself, i'ielded to thei importunities and his ow ~ , and fu an hour entered. into t1ir 4tie sport right heartily. But as ill luck would have while dressing himself, by some mismanage ment he put on his shirt wrong side ou entirely unnoticed by him at the time; ht the quick eye of his mother detected it, an divinad the reason at once. Before retirin she called the little boy to her side to repel his little prayer. While on his knees sit took the opportunity to reprove him for dl obeying her commands: "~Ethnund, how is it that the buttons ar on the inside of your shirt collar 1' " I don't know. Isn't that the wa. mother?" " No, my son. You bse disobeyed m f I am sorry-to see. You have been in swin wing, else how could you have turned yo shirt I" The little boy felt that his mother ha spoken the truth .nd was for a mother silen , owever, a satisltnetfry explanation1 as Ii thought, soon occurred. With a triumpham look and bold voice be replied: "Mother 1--1..-guess [ turned it getti1 over the fence.' How -rO Emsoy A Kzss.-The editor< the Wilmitngton (Del.) Herald, whdo appesi to know all about the matter, thtus discoursm absout kissing: Of courae you must be tallk thanu the lady you intend to kiss. Take hi right hand in yours, and draw hter gently ti wards you. Pass your left arm over hi right shoulder, diagonally down aeross 11i back'under her left arm, and press her I your bosotm. At the same time she wi throw her head hack, and you have nothiin to do but lean a little forward and press yom elips to hers, and the thing is done. Don make anoise over it, as if you were firin percussion caps, or trying the watter-cocl of a steam-~engine, nor pounce down upon elike a hungry hawk upon an innocent dov but gently ifold the damsel in your arm without doranuging the economy of her ti ptor ruffle, aid by a sweet pressure upr her mouth revel in the sweet idissfulness your situation, without smacking your lij on it as you would ov-er a roast duck. SA PisENGERu on beard a Ship bound California, states that they had on board - thin and feeble member of their pos11ppan Iwho had bjeen sea-sicIh all the way optia il line. One day, t.his man went to the doctE (Iand in a sad; supplicating tpns, accostu '" Doctor, can you tell me .wvhat I shall 1 - good for when I get to San Francisco, if - keep on this way? " "' Tell youi To be sur. I. can. You' jus rth e we wazyt tp begin a gra - 4 IF [ were sp ulucky," said an offiec u as tq have a stupid son,' I would certain make hiul a porson." A silergyman, wvho wv *ein the company, calmly replied, " You tkiu ditfrent, sir, from your father." STyEu Boston Post says: "There a thirteen thousand marriageville girls npw he factories of LowehL."-Think of that,; host of poor, miserable, cold, shivering, cot pining, woman forsaking, bachelors, el1 then start for Lowell by th~e #rst tratn-n forgetting to carry with you a certinieate goodl character from. some clergymaun Iyour tneighborhood. /ROAS- beet, serenity of mind, a prel 10 wife, and cold water haths, will make m<~ s5 any mant healthy, weatlthy and wite. *d HE that 'shows passion, tells enemi wheare in hit hin. A INOnLE-1I BARTED vy LI..- n ,ainum. story of female devotedness has just been circulated at Valence. it is stated that a Prussian woman, named Hipson, has been working in male attire, as a navie, on the railways for more than five years. She had an infirm husband and four children; the family were starving ; she disguised herself, worked hard, and had her wages advanced for her assiduity ; with her earnings she sup. ported her pretended" father " and "brothers and sisters," her husband and children. When her secret was discovered, gifts poured in upon her from the neighborhood, and work more suited to her sex had been provided. Wriy no TErEr.TH DRCAY --All the theories that time and again have been advanced'in answer to this inquiry have long since van ished before the trne doctrine of the action o'externl'cirrosiYe agents. The great and .all-powerful. destroyer of the human'teeth is acid, vegetable odr'mineral ; and it matters not whetht-r.that acid is formed in the mouth by-the decomposition of' particles of fond left between and around'the teeth, or wheth or it is applied directly .to the organs them selves, the resultis the .saime, the enamel is dissolved, corroded, and the. tooti destroyed. Much, very much; of the <{beat in teeth may be attrihntetd. o the-.corrosive effects of acetic acid, which is not onjy,, in common use as a condimeof in th' foru of vinegar, but it. is. generated by. the decay .and decomposition. of any and every-variety of-. vegetable- mai-. ter. When we consider 'how very few pqr sons, comparatively,.take- especial. pains: t9' remove every partife . food from between and around their. teeth:1.mnediately after eating, can we wvonpder that "diseased teeth are so common, and'thal their early loss is so frequently deplored:Practical Dentist. Miss WEnSTDR, the young woman who was some time since pardoned out of the Kentucky penitentiary, where she was con. fined on the charge of alducting slaves, has recieved notice from the citizens of Trimble County, Kentucky, that she must leave that State immediately. ''his is in consequeuce of the recent disappearance of a number of slaves and the arrest of the Rev. Norris Day, at Madison, Indiana, on the charge of all ducting slaves. Day, it is alleged, is > part, ner of Miss Webster in the bpsiness, and the two it is s.,id, resided. on a farm which they 9 had purchased in Trimble county. They ' have threatened to tear down her house and forcibly drive her from the State if she does not leave voluntarily. ITIM-xA?1T PrDLER.-Our country friends cannot he to&1 iuz .on their gua;d against a set of itinerant law-breakers, pack-pellers, who are frequently to he found in retired neighborhoods, trading with slaves, and placing in their hands obscene prints, calcu lated to excite and arouse the worst creature passions, and leading to the most revolting crimes. The goods offered by these. illicit traders have too, in some instances, been tfound to be the cast off-and infected furni ture of a hospital, the wearer of which ren ders himself liable to many loathsome dis orders. Such things may he of rare occur rence, but they have happened, and it were well to be cautious. The only and most sure way of suppressing this kind of trade is by handing over every travelling pedler to r the nearest magistrate, who is authorized to commit them on a refusal or inability to show license.-Sumter Banner. T'HiE BL~ooDY .IUDorE.-Dickens giver thne following, in a recent chapter of his child's l listory of Enghanid, as one of the doings of the bloody Jelff eys: "A worthy widow, named Elizabeth Gaunt, was burned alive at Tvl'burn, for having sheltered a wretch who hinself gav-e evidence against her. She set atied the fuel about her with her own bands, rso that the flames should reach her quickly, and nobly said with her last breath she had obeyed tihe sacred command of God, to give refuge to the outcast, and not to betray the wanderer." IREXARKABLE LosuzvxT.-The Mohie Advertiser, of the 2d inst., says :-" Frances, ra free woman of color, died yesterday at the tcity hospital of " debity,"~ having attained the remarkable age of 146 years! We have known of several cases of Creoles itliving to a great age, but do not remomnber an instanoc anywhere or of any color attain aing to such an age as the above, and we -should be inclined to discredit this, hut that ithe fact is oifliilly reported to us from the 'City Hospital, OTTn Wall Street Reporter says that the Emperor Louis Napoleon has lately in vsted between seven and eight millions of afrancs in various public secuirities in New YnoTrk ojty. ________ r u~eu defingj g Court -House as the plaoe where a poqny's worth 'of justice iS p~rcaed with a shilling's worth of law. T. 'iore i-s outl one thing less profitable than suing people, agd that is going their soouri Jusr out of the city of Mecca, where Mahomet was born in the year A. D 571, is pointed4 out the hill where, it is said, Abraham went to offer up Isaac, in the year 1871 B. C. iWisE men mingle mirth wvith their caret as a help either to forget or..overcome them: but to resorAt to intoxication for the cares of reone's mid is to cure mejatncholy by mad in tss. .I Like unto a fruitfiji vine is Mrs. Frazer, of r4Stark county, Ohio. She hats presented ber ot husband with six children within a year, hay of .ing achieved triplets twice. i Ex-PREsDNT CLAx.n a few days ago, drew the last quarter- of his salary, as Presi ty dent of Texas. Long credit. Mit. STunus-Mary, where the devil is my pants? s Mary.-Pants, sir-, I r-eckon missus has 'm, se isn en to the Cornven tion. she has, The Washington Star has the mowing .remarks on the. extraordinary trial of Gar diner: " We apprehend tljat there is no question in the minds of any among us, except imme diate personal friends of the deceased, as to .the justice of the verdict of the jury, who have in this action vindicated the majesty of the law, after a delay of years, though it has been. The present Government of the Uni ted States, in carrying out the determination of ex-President Fillmore, to sift this matter to the bottom, deserve the thanks of all who desire to have our public affairs conducted on the principles of integrity which all con ceive necessary to be preserved in transac tions between man and man. " Public justice require its punishment, and a Washington jury, in the face of the most remarkable efforts on record to screen Its ostensible chief perpetrator, declared him guilty on the testimony adduced. We re peat, there cannot be said to be a difference of opinion in this community as to the fact of his guilt. lie was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment at hard labor, and'died within a few hours after being surrendered into the hands of the United States Marshal's offi cers, under circumstances which, as far as known while we are penning this article, warrant the existing public impression that. le committed suicide to escape the punish. ment-awarded by the court. -The. circumstances attending his. trial prove ni'to have been a man of extraordi nary nerve and sagacity. One who, had be pursned right paths with the boldness, ener gy and shrewdness be evinced in committing the devious fraud, and subsequently in de fending himself against the prosecution on that account, might have been anything in public estimation at which he could reason ably have aimed. His remarkable talents, as developed in the course of the trial, gene. rated for him a sort of public sympathy, which in all civilized countries surrounds men of genius even in the perpetration of crimes. The abiding good sense of the American public, however, will not permit that sentiment to be carried to the extent of forgetting that he has died thus tragically in a cause at which the minds of honest men shoula revolt. We are free to confess, that we hope that all the means to .that end at the command of the Government will now. be directed to the unravelling of the whole history of the Gar diner ,transactions, so far as persons of nominal high standing who were connected with the original obtainment of the money from the Treasury, who have not yet 'been fornaly,proseeted, may have. been directly or even indirectly involved ii the i'air. W1' are not among those who can helieve that lawyers of great experience, and with intel lects admitted (on account of what they had previously achieved in other cases) to be of the very first order, could have managed the Gardiner claim for years-, w ithout, to a great er or less extent, obtaining knowledge of its true character. The ends of public justice require, if there be laws which may author ize such an investigation, that all such per sons implicated in the original case be pros ecuted to the end. Their turn comes next. The mere reclamation of the portion of the fraudulently obtained money, which has been enjoined in the hands of third parties, we apprehend, has not been the main object of the Government's proceedings ; though that follows the verdict rendered yesterday. 'f he main purpose was to make an example of this flagrant transaction. The law's hand has fallen hard, indeed, upon the nominal principal. Those who used him, however, yet go "unwhipt of justice." Shall they es-. cape'much longer!i On the Gardiner award $428,75'0 was fraudulently abstracted from the Treasury ; 238,000 of which has been enjoined--to be probably retnuned into the Treasury. The deceased, Dr. George A. Gardiner, also drew from the Treasury 6153,000 on the claim of Dr. [H. Mears; $83,000 of. which went directly to his own endowment. Mr. dicted, boldly admits that his claim was a shameless frand, and utnblushingly defies thes Government of the United States; there being no extradition convention or treaty between the two governments under which e can be demanded of Mexico for trial un der indictment in this country. Tu* RIGIrT JURY.-A man out West, indited for stealing bacon, went to a law yer aud told him his case. The lawyer, strange to say advised him to settle; liut the man said no-he hatd a right to be tried by a Jury and a lawyer to defend him. Trho trial came on, and the witnmess swore up to the hub no-ainst the man. It was a clear ase to'alf, even to the attorney who had ar gued for the bacon stealpr. The jury Went out aiqd sqon rotgrned withi a vergect of "~ nqt guilty." The man thrust his thlumbs in his vest pocket and went out of the Court Hiouse whistling Tankes Doodle. .Thie next day his lawyer met him and asked him how un der heavea he got that case. " Nowv,Squire," raid the client " i'll tell you how the thing was done, hut ye needn't say - any thing about it. Eleven of that Jury had some of te bacon !" REwVIo.- A raftsmnan, who had drnkh a nletofreely, fell from the raft and was drownig, when his brother plunged into his relief and seized him by the hair; but the current was strong, and the brother's strength being nearly pxhausted, he was about re linquishing his hold, despairing, when the drowning one raised his head above the water and exclaimed-'!Hang on; Sam, hang on-I'll treat, I . sware I will." His words were stimulating, anod ttie brother at legih saved him. The Medical Times'and Gazotte mentions a case in~ which <delirum appeared to have, been induced by forced abstinence .from' tobacco, was relieved by its re-emnployment. Another similar instance was that of a man whose skull bad been trepihined on account of fracture, anid who subsequently became raving, hut, being allowed to smoke, wvas so, r.eliewe uid rnnidly. recovered. The Washington correspondent of .the, Charleston Mercury,. in speaking of the South Carolina delegation, says: Col. Brooks has been quite ill, but I am glad to see him up again. I hear that tfore 'a some talk of opposition, to him in his.. iistrict. The Southern Rights party hers warmly express their hope that it is.not..so.r They say South Carolina is their.ouly shee.A anchor, and that If she gives way the South r s in double danger: and they say from 'i:;I werience at home, that the surest and most atal way of bringing the State from her high . :osition, and making her submit to party and Federal power, is. to change her delegation requently, and ecite her people by personal ssues in Federal election. That is true, and the people of South Carolina will be true to their former principles. If any one desires to change the old conservative policy of the, State, and make her by degrees a corporation ,f the Federal Government, this is. the Ihest, way of doing it. In favor of this - converva. tism are the great names of Calhoun;Lown. :les, Cheves, McDoffie, Barnwell, Hammond, Butler, Evans, &c. Without this conserva :ism, would they have been as great? Mr. Brooks-it is said, will speak on the Nebraska question. His friends are sure-he will make a firm and telling speech. Mr. Keitt has been ill too from pneumonia; but is up again. The weather has been quite. bad, and there has been a great deal of sick. ess. It is said he will also make a speech Dn the Nebraska bill. It was said in debate.. that Mr. Calhoun 'sanctioned tie onstitu ionality of the" Missonri line." He denied t, and said he would, when the Nebraska bill ,ame up, vindicate the course of Mr. Calhoun, nd his connection with the subject. ' IyQUEsT.-A coroner's inquest was held yesterday morning on the body of one ofilie. infortunate inmates of the Lunatic Asylum;. who had committed suicide by. hanging. rhe evidence was tlatshe suspended herself 'rom the grating of the window in her room, lsing her apron for that purpose. A verdict was rendered in accordance with the.facts.. As this is not the first case, we inust express >up regret that the construction of the build. ng is not such that these gratings can be put out of the reach of the unhappy beings within its walls.-Columbia S. Carolinian. APPREIEF.DEP DIFFICULTY WITI PERU. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says that so far from the cor respondence with the Peruvian Government having only continued down. to last Decem ber, as by the documents sent in to-day would appear, it has gqneistoihe - presEnt. t~nq4n LJn re 1i~I~ f ...vi, * . ength apparently reached a'ris . A a et meeting was held upon; the subject thij;. week, the result of which has been the draw ing of a despatch by Mr. Marcy, directing Mr, Clay to inform the Government of Pert; that unless indemnity is given for past out. rages the Pacific Sqnadron will immediately proceed to Peru and enforce satisfaction. ARuEsT.OF KOSSUTI.-A private letter. fro London to the New York 'T'imes state thnt Kossuth delayed his visit to Constantino ple for fear of being arrested by Austria, and adds: '- I am positively informed that the day of his proposed embarkation, and the vessel which was to have taken him, were knovn at enna beforehand. Moreover, explicit nrders were given to Austrian steamers tq.. watch his movements, and, if occasion olfer ed, to make a seizure similar to the attdmpt upon Marlin Koszta. I na also no less posi: tively informed that Korsuth received full. intelligence of this contemplated action. of, the Austrian police. Consequently, it is probable that the Hungarian leader wvill not go to thme East, although the Turkish Govern ment, still deluded, is most friendly towards him untill a general war shall have broken out, 1anmd the actual disposition of Austria have ben thoroughly unmasked." RArs.-We copy from the Tampa (Flori da) Herald the following ingenious. contri vance for driving away rats: "A friend has just informed ums of a plan. he. adoj'a.d to get rid of rats. His premises swarmed with them. He took a small fish hook attached to a fine wire, and suspended on it a piece of cheese, lettingv it hang about a font from the ground. One of the rats leaped at it and was hooked, and set up such a horrible squeal, noise and rattle,. that the rest all forsook him and fled. Not. a rat remained on the premises." BANKx BII.Ls.-The Charleston Courier has been shown a $2 bill on the Bank of the State ot South Carolina, made up frbrin fragments of tivo or th'ee different 'bills. This is a species of fraud rather difficult .to dtect in the hurry of business, but wve men lon. t to put qui readers qni their guard. A WEDDINQ PARTr' IFolso~z..A 'wedding pary took plae at Batavia, N. Y., lately, and tiring the evening all hands were taken, 'sip.cg Subseuently the bridegroom, Mr.~Philpottb. bride and a young man inamed Peard, died.1 Several others are still in a dangerous condition. It is supposed that some liquor they drank con. taned poison.________ SAYANNAH RIVER RAILRoAD.-From a1 gen teman residing near Dorn's gold mine, we learn jhat tile sijriey of this road has .reached thad point. The route was pronounced by the Chief Engipeer, Major Arms, to b~e entirely practicable. The estimate .of the egst ofgrading was very low.-Anderson Gazette. STATUS oN THE CALENPER.-Th~e vary com mon question " where are we 1" thie American Almanac answymrs quite specifically. Fromp its tables wve gather these important facts:---We are in the '78th year of the Independence of the IGnited States, 1,855th year of the Christian era; the 65,7.67thi year of the Juliaa'period;. the p 514th year of the world, Jewish 'r'eko'ning; the 2,06th y-sar since the foundationof Eqme ; and the 2,680th year of the Olymnpaids, or the second year of658th Olympian, beginning in Juiyf 1853; and moreover, we are'in the 1,270th year sine e Hia,. or flight of Mahomet. -