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" We will ci; to the Pllars of the Temple of our Liberte and if it must fall, we will Peish amidst the Ruins "
W. F. DURISOE, Proprietor. EDGEFIELD, S. C., MARCH 15 1854. -
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The Two Spies.
As EARLY as the year 1890, the block.
house and stockade above the mouth of the
Hocking river was a frontier post for the
hardy pioneers of the north western territory.
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. -