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. "7 Ac. ' -W"vw " ' " "TO TIIINH OWN 8BLV UK TRUE, JN9 IT MUST FOLLOW, AS TIIK NIGHT TIIB DAY, THOU CAN'ST NOT TJIEN UK FALSE TO ANY MAN." I . r' -Ll^.-rr- - --- -- - - i-J,'. < ' _ , 13Y ROB'T. A. TIIOIWPSON. PICKUNS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST T2, 1857. VOL. IX. NO. 0. Tho Music of the Win'fis. Oh ! fntiny*vriiced in that ginnt lvrc Swept by tho viewless fingers of the Wind; Ainl sounding Nuturo'ii harmonies, comhiuud *? ]u moud of joy, or isudiiess; love, or ire. , t At UjW*K, at eve. anion;* tho summer leaven TJrogentlo wind awakes n melody ? Tlmt liniment to pain and sorrow given, I, Sqothing tho car with lulling ayiujuiony. j* ^^^Vhcn.froni tho inonntnin-cavos, A And fVom'the ocean-wnvol1, t A'storinv choral chnnt i* ntv?>lHiir? ?? ~ ft' JIow grand tlie liiiVmojiiuii tli.it sweep Across the foaming deep, Arid through the swaying woods, . And flying mists and raln-frnught clouds; $ ~VVliiljo loud thunder-tones ure kneeling Around tlio Temple-Spirit's lol'ly dwelling! ^ ; And now the mingled music, deep and shrill, Streams ( 'or tho sloping shoulder of the hill, And, in the vale beyond in silence dies; While, from t|io eloud-barrcd western skies, The setting sun a crimson glow Pours on the Hea-cliffs beet ling brow. A nd skimmers on each curling wave's white crest, And on d'.m' sails of ships far in the louring oust. The Music of the Wjnd is hushed around ; A nd, o'er you valley where it died away, Steal the long uhndows of the fading day. Tlio darkening liill.s repeat no other sound I)ut the wild murmurs of tho flooded river, And occnn's distant boom that con.seth never. ^oommwmoATmmT KOll THE KEOWKK COUIUF.ll. " Vindex" and the Maine Liquor LawMr. Editor : I am nomewhat advanced in yours. but lias never bean mv misfurhiho to 80.c in print, a more unfair and puerile an article on any important subject than that of ' Vindcx" in your issue of July 11th, 1857. It is unfair, bocauae ho 1 as misrepresented my arguments, and denies having charged men with want of common senso. Any ono who takes the trouble to read his piece before the last, will nee that ho cays ho ia certain, that the clause about religious liberty has no reference to the subject, but nevertheless,thoy ur;o it in default of something better, &<J.? "What Is this buncharging them with wunt of Konsc r And in His Innt little?, big article lie goo-i furtlior, an<l Sivy?*, " now Veritas wo asbort in Urn most positive terms, that there arc. , men, who arc. as much superior to you in in* tcllectiml endowments us tin- meridian nun is to the most insignificant glow worm at night, who have, in this liquor question, 1130.I this vorv clauso of the Constitution. What clause? Why that which tho wise " Viudox" Hays he is cortain has no reference to tho subject.?Wh&t an inconsistent contradiction! First, they arc fts inueh wiser than I am a? tho sun is brighter that a glow worm, ami next thoy use this clause, which tho wisest nian in Pickens is certain has n ) rofcroncb to the subje they use it for. Consistent ec.'tainly! It is both unfair and puerile, because iuBlea'l of sticking to his assertions or coming out like u " white head" and acknowledging his error, he denies his own word:'. Any one who will take the trouble to read the llfth clause of his artielo of.the 28th of March last, can see thet ho did positively asaort that 99 in every 1<J<) moderate drinkers jfi? becomo drunkards. Ilis words are these. " And we still further affirm, that it is the manufacture of ardent spirits which promotes, yea causes its use; yes its temperate use, which makes every drun /card in the land 5 that the drunkard's school 13 taught by Veritas, tompcrntc drinkiug; that temporato or more properly moderate drinking is the iirst rudiments of drunkounoss; that at this elementary school ovory 1 ?ii 1 S ft. t 11 -- 1 t ? ? I |iuui , wu^uiiwi iiivuriuio ill lilt} 11111)1 1M UlllgUl the alphabet of drunkonnoss. Ami having onco learned his lettors, he is in possession of tho key which opens wide the door, which leads to destruction ; and in 00 case* in every 100 he enters in, .consequently, we huhlly sueert that so long as there ny&Dioilcrafc drin-. kora thoro will nocossurily he immoderale drlpkern. Now :t is a fact known, that it requires moro genuino moral courage for a ?elf conceded mortal to acknowledge an Qrror, than it daes to face a oannon; and " Vindoj." instead of making any acknowledgements, sneaks out \... S_??n: 1 ?-* ? * - - vj mcijf iiiivuigviit iTiuitT ?y nay/ , Irig that ho meant whou a man bocomes u drunkard, honovor roformod in 9'J cases in a 100. Shabby, ' icfdctily shabby. il)ut what scorns to hurt hiiA worso' lhau anything olso in, that a furmor should know or hayc an opinion of his own. I should not ho surprised Mr. " Viiulox," that although I use nO learned wot?s which 1 havo learned, nor manufacture any of my own like sonle folks, I have studiod- moro of soioncp and the classics than your oraniurn would hold. I jud^a of your attainments by thfrwaj.you spout out what little you think jou know.'? That claosA noxt to tho la.*t in your first nrfl/tlft linu ofil.kh !?? ?.% ? T ? - 1 ~ ...? n>u>.n ha hijf uuuiit miiv?5 i nrfli reiui mk- it. " Who, now weftskjCftii phovr n? #uch u man ? Kcbo tinnwcra U? ooho, no ono, no ftnw; for man's intorcat, and hftppinoss in civil ?ooioty arc ?o concentrated, connected ativi interwoven"?-throe trords of neatly ?ynonyrnouH meaning. I am not much of aorltlo, hut I nhotild not wowdor if our host critic* vero to call thin n6t * only nupurh f>ut oven poor article. Mr. t' Vindox," about that whootirtff match ' pick it up ? But I recollect, you only puppoKcd it. Now in nil rimdor sir, if you havo sot out to make yournelf porfeotly ridiculous, just keep on, you are in the right rotul.? There nre in it few miles of mo 7 or 8 stills running, ami although I have traveled over a large part of tho State, I declare bolctuuly ihat a more honest, industrious neOtdb 1 have not boon acquainted with; and although thorc arc a fow who sometimes drink-to excess,und although a large majority use spirits, there is nut a moro peaceable, sobor,tpiiet neighborhood in the State. Yet you suppose all tho s'illovs "shooting at a dollar and mttliii tides of drunkard# standing within range and reach of their ball^, and ovorv timo one shoots a drunkard falls." Such ridionlously extravagant assertions as this, and so make j'ou ridiculous in the eyes of all rational persons. As my space is limited, I cannot notice all your ignoranco Mr. " Yindex" ; but I will notice sotne of your learned Doctors, in short. And first Dr. Muhsy says alcohol is indiges t\blo. As a suuhuriit farmor I cannot swallow everything, as the ox drinkoth down tho water, os you do because it suits your preconceived notions, but examine for myself. You know what I'rovorbs 14?15 says. " Tho sim plo believeth every word ; but tho prudent man looketh well to his going." Now let us examine this assertion by the same claes of men, some of whom are possibly as wiso as he is. AH Physicians and Anatomists toach that auylh'uig-food or drink to have any effect on the system, when taken into tlie stomach, must first in some measure i,? ,i:..?..?-.i ..i t.-.i i -- ?> - ' < j\, oi^umuu inifljrwn Iiy uiu gJUW18 received by the blood and carried by it to ovory part of tlio body, mul that which is not digested p&Bsc* Oil' having no effect. To a reasoning man this looks plain ; besides we have proof positive, in the case of persons swallow mg pins, buttons, small silver coin, &c. These sooui to have no clfect good or bad. Why? Because they are not digested. Hut Sir, alcohol has an immediate effect on tho whole system, which seems to show that it either needs no digestion or is very easily and spedily digeste 1. " Who shall decide, wlion Doctors disagree ?" The virulent poison of aorponts, &c. is uo objection to this nrgumont, as it does not enter the nthlilfl(*h luit fliA liti-.nil <!! ? tion. % All your other l)rs. say that alcohol is a poison, which I admitted in my last, agrooing that everything wo cat or drink contains poison. But I wouhl guard against fanaticism and absurdity. You and some of thorn arc not satisfied with the truth but must have it a \indent poison. Does tiotoverbbrtdy, except you, know that a virulent poison dostroys tlosii-e.nusos putriliciltion, mortification, <xe. ? What docs your own Dr.Ai.UKN testify? On every organ tb v touch ardent spirits operate as a poison. Au>' you export me becansc 1 am nothing but t. fanner to swallow this. 0 no, Mr. " Yiridcx" don't be so hard on n fellow mortal. God has given mo a mind, and I wish to use it. Would nut you do well to put your reasoning machine into operation sometime* and >iiot depend on Tom, Dick llnrry ami ovory contra.di<;U>rv and obmml bonk ami speech writer who fiaprons to write to ?uit your preconceived opinions. If von doti't you will never arrive at that high degree ofeminonco which you seem to thinlc you have already attained. Now look at tho positive absurdity of their doctrine and praetioc. A vlrulont poison? poisons overy organ it touches. ' And yet tho iiionv uuiji ciiiiuuiu i-uysicinns uu(i unemiBts have nover been able to discover a single article in which to prfcsorve an uncommon inl'npt, fcdl'pOnf, fipMor &i\ but thin virulent poison, wluoh poisons every organ it touches. Have you never seen these things prcsorved for years in alcohol Mr. " Yindex" ? If not you have not traveled far. And how ignorant you must consider our best Physicians, that they can't find anything in 'which to preserve their essences and tinctures but that virulont poison alcohol 1 And thov give these things poiwon oud till to their patients. Wonder it don't poison every organ it touches. lint 1 suppose it is perfectly lOUOCent When given as medicine, but ft virrtlont prison at all other times. Mind your eminent Doctors say " in any quantity, mixIt as you may;" Rev. K. Nott. 1). I), is <?ro:it authority with Vindox" about wino, and nny ouo who will, rea(l what he $ay* wii'l beliove iust an " Viudcx" dojis.abouvtci'mented ana unfcrnientod \vi|io. But sonic how that sunburned, unlearned lhrmor Yontaa, will uso his own mind. Itso happens Mr. "V index" that in our family wo have mado wine; and know For ourselves without nny Nott or " Vindex" that wino before any fomentation takes plueo is neither palatable to any one, nor wholosomo. lieaido*, I road in the liiblo, that no man puttcth new wino into old bottle, which no doubt refors to mixing the doctrines of Ohrist with tiro traditions of tho Jetfs, but also to the practice of pntting wino into bottlo* r.-ade of goatskins by taking thorn off u? nonrly whole As possible^ Why not put ?*?w wine into old Dottles C Because the new wine by foruxonting would break tho old bottles aud both would pariah or bo destroyed. Aud vet you beUovo that tho Jews kept new or uniormentod fino thp yonr round, or nevor put it into b<(ttll;S hut drank it low onlv. beeauHO it suits you so to bolicvo, " Tho nimplo bclievo otory word &c. , v ileCauKo I will uot lay ft#ii\o my reason and boliovb ' tho ipso dixit of ovnty fanatic?becivuso I will not as HomohftVQ done, deny that tho Bible fo ic^ics nil tluttiH necosHary uboiU tcmpcrance and every thing ?lso?bneaupo I wJil not dony that tho Ohurcn of Chrint is mifHuiont for all thingn, nnd go to a man made i?ooioty, and tell them by my actiono, "I know that tjte Church of Cliriflt will <lo pretty well asirfara* It rocs, but your sociotv i? a great and very n?yosnary addition," lam an old fogy. Mbfcn ol?llg6d to von. C'hrlct told hla docipleV to come out from tho world nr.d be popemto, & a. And f conHhlor it positively oupiouM in *ny inoiftbor of Kin Church,-beliovtug an I do that 11U Churoh in auffieiont in all tnattcvrt. I litis v no rcfeteuco to tJiJj ancient order of M.i <.'! <, a I i:< i r henrd thut they Interfered mWWgo?isffajttt<M'ii lU arty way, or coutondcd < * * t> that Church members should be Masons also to mnko them good Christians. Iiut I hftvo known several Churches much disturbed by the agitation of this subject, by some chaps with more zeal than Knowledge, and several of them have never come together nor prospered since. And I have heard of Associations threatening to expel whole Churches because they would not agree to this addition " Vindyx savs that my position is an unenviable one. And what is it? 1 knew and my acquaintances know that I am as teinporj ate a man us he is, or any of his family or I friomls. I am in favor of universal teinper! ance, i. o. Bible temperance. I believe MrtVt I tlio Churolt of Christ is suftioient for nil things in liib, in death and in. eternity. I am opposed to fanaticism and unconstitutional lo<nelational. And if there are persons in South Carolina who thinks loss of me for holding these opinions, 1 should like to see thein. 1 want to look at. them, and make n mental calculation how many thousand such souls as theirs could stand on the point of n cambric needle without being " sohrougod." But "V index" shows a narrowness of mind that I did not expect, in that ho charges me with believing that the Bible contradicts itself ; and that after I had quoted passages wherein wine was recommended, and admitted that it. contained many strong passages against drunkenness. But what is to bo expected from a fanatic ? I might have known better if 1 had recollected the old negro preachers text: " Blessed am dom dat snoots nuf in for dav nint guine to be disnppintcd." I shall troublo tho reader with only two passages out of many that I might quote to prove that the Biblo docs rocommcnd its uso and forbid its abuse. Keel. 9?7. "Go thy way, cat tliy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart, for God now aecepteth thy works." Isaiah 5?11. "IVo unto them that ri*e up early in tho morning, that they may follow Btrong drink ; that continue until night; till wino inflame them." These arc whole versea, quoted without shortening or lengthening, and teach wh?* I before said, the use and not tho abuse of this gift and blessing of God. Uutwhen "Vjndox." j quotes, no tftko.s what suits him and loavop ; out the re.?t. See bin ^notation of Hob. 2?l.r). Tho principal reason tor which the wo is pronounced he leaves out; the very reason for which Noah pronounced a cul'bo oti Canaan. Gen. 21?25. lint "VindcxV position in a very enviable one according to ldn notions?, lie hits truth on his side; and proves it by turning ami twisting the Bible and the Constitution to suit his views. .Si do the fanatics of the North against the institutions of the Smith : and J both ho and they uro willing, if they can't I make them suit for what they want, to throw I the old things away. Ilo nays "why not apI ply tlie 8th Artielo of tho Constitution oV 3. | 0., which would prohibit religious worship j (an unwarrantable assertion) if it 'mdangorj ed tho peace and safety oft Ik Sine. .mil banish alcohol into nonentity. Th>i .oolitionists I might and do Hay the Kamo \bout certain clauses of the Constitution of the U. S. Once admit this latitudinariau construction and we can carrv out anything, and ought not find fault with them for the twine thing. Mr. "V index," had I been guilty of filling up one third of the beyt little paper in the State with such trash, repetition and long quotations as your Inst article, I should be MVaid the readers of it would have used the old udago against me: "Narrow minded people are like narrow necked bottles, the loss they have in til' u, tho more uoiao they make in IpHiinr it r>nt " **"'0 ,v V^M' Gentle reader, please notleq how port tho wise Mr. "Vindex ooinc-s out with his homespun Constitution. "What think you ''Veritas," of that clause of tlic Constitution forbid* ding you to engage in any occupation which will endanger tho welfare of the community or the interests of your follow citizens ?r' And when told it was not there, instead of acknowledging his error, lie head* his article Constitutionality, fee., and says; "Respecting there being *u elauso in tho Constitution of.S. C. which guaranties this traffic"? How superlatively shabby 1 Did I say there was? I only denied thoro was any clause agajrtst it, Ho goes on to say, "wo will lot Chief Justice Tan by answer. Hero, then, wo have it, that if ihc Constitution does notsay so, Chief Justice Tanrv and others concurring, is far superior to that old instrument, and tli'o clumsy framvrs of it. Mr. "V index," if you suppose tlio readers of the Courier will lot you suoak out in that way, you must think they don't know beans, when (he bag ia open. Ilut Chief Justice Tani.v Is a man of groat research and great Wal attainments, and consequently no fanatic. And what, docs ho say? "If any Stato doftms the retail and intfinal traffic in ardent spirits injurious to iti eid/ens andcal: vitiated to produco idleness, vice pr debauchery, I seo nothing in the Constitution of the U. S. to prevent it from regulating the traffic and fVom prohibiting it altogether if it think proper." He doos not say that ho saw any clause forbidding, <fco., but lie saw nothing to prevont rejjulatinK, restraininir and nrohib ifiiig, Ac., Iffy i.e., the State or pftoplo of tho | State thought proper. No Honniblo man will | dony tliat, becuuso ho knows that the novor* Olgn people liavo u right to pa?H any lawn they ploane, not oontrury to ilio Constitution of tho 0. S. But bow? They can call a convention, oanva*8 the Subject and instruct their law makoru to amend the Constitution and pass such laws in accordance with such amendments as' tlToy doom lu ac&sary, and Ohiof Justice Tankv never intended to be understood, that they could do it otlierwiHO. Now don't pretend that you know this, because you novor said ho, but contended that tho Constitution ^ with your addition, Was sufficient oh it stands. 11" Chief Justice Tansy unrl fill fha .Turlmtu liv'iiiff a?* uuw ?*M v """ft V? *v a'V that a law uOtlld bo parsed, and tho Confttitution afterwards til te rod to mit it, 1 would not boliovo it, but I ava ready to bofiove that, tho w>v?r<*if?n people may \?ww any laws thoy pleaao, if they bo Constitutional. Mr. Vludox'* if 1 hud sot mysotf up ftHwiso pnou"h 16 toAoh tho united wisdoiu of the State, what laws they ought to pans, and, had altov/n niynolffjo superlatively ignoring of tho OoiiHtitution ftjid * Constitutional laws, Ireally can't think "whioh I had rather do, or riiK) in aidhlo." i should think a half inch aujfpr hole qijito largo onoujjh for mo to nieak WW. I would Hftok iny hOM fntou nroKh ' heap utul bojnome friend 60 sot?*-no,I\v(m!d'ut I ?% * *" + cither. I would have moral Courage onoupl to acknowledge that 1 was mistaken, that was more ignorant tlmn 1 thought i wan. Au< I would promise if they would he ho kind in to overlook my folly for this time that 1 wouli "quit my behaviour, and learn how to don't.' " Veritas." From the South Carolinian. KansasThe Charleston Mercury publishes tin following letters from 1). 11. Atchison, Est to A. Baker, jr., in which he expresses i hope still for Kansas. This does notnocon with the recently published letter of Dt Btrlngfollow, in which ho said that the prt slavery party had disbanded, nor with th statements we have received from Kansa.^ We agree with Mr. Atchison, that th South has not done her duty?if she had Kansas would have been made a sluvi State?that it would continue so we do 110 believe2?but having made the issue w< ought to have taken it when we could hav< clone it. Mr. Atchison lxua worked nobl; for the South and deserves to have beei sustained: Ci-tnton Co., July 12,1867. Col. A. linker. Deak Sin : A weok or two since 1 re ceivcd a letter from you; also 1 have rea< letters from you to Colonels Buford am Boone. You have nobly discharged th trust. U'f> nilVA rnnnawl ii? \r.?n Y . >? 1>?" ~ ... >7v'?. ' laboriously, eloquently and ener&cticall; done your duty to tho South ; all this yoi have done, and ovcry true and honest South ern man must, sooner or later, acknowledge it i?nd thank you in his heart for it. You niissiou was a difficult one, and you Iihvi been misconstrued by sonic and wantonl; slandered by others. Yet, if it is anv con eolation to you, you must know that in thi you stand not alone. Indeed, every mai who has taken an open and manly part ii uciencc ot Southern rights, has cneounterc< the abuse of the North, and, what i* etil worse, the sneers and detraction of South em men. The ino^t ready weapon whiel eomcs to the hands of a mean man in th South, is, that the end we have in view i not the rights and interests of the slav States, hut our own. They insinuate tha the money raised in the South is not to h expended in Her cause, but to he appropri ated to the use of Atchison, Bufovd, llus sell, lJoone, Strinjrfellow, &o. Now, ever intelligent man wJio usea such weapons, i a nay, and is conscious of being so when li circulates or publishes such a charge; am try him in any emergency, when the Soutl shall stand in need of all her sons, and h will prove hiiusulf a coward or u traitor, o both. I gco that not even thunder ard light ning .will arouse tho South. 1 doub whether an earthquake?a moral and po liticul earthquake, shaking the institutioi of slavery to the earth, and bringing run upon the whole South?would arouse he to actidn. In u word, inv only hows no\ for Kansaa arc in the holder counties o Missouri; and, by-tho-by, any ono of tei oouutics L could mention have cxponde< more money than any one State of the wliol South in this cause. The Executive Com mittcc for Kansas Territory will have meeting on the lHth of thi--? month, for con sultntion, when you whall hear from us. If the South would but half dolior duty Kansas would be a slave State ; and I liojn wo will be able to effect that object, not withstanding the apathy of the slave State and the energy of the free States, and al the open or secret efforts of the ofiicers o the Federal Government. Yours, truly, X). II. Atchison. In a letter to mo of tho 20tli July, (lis heartened by the indifference of the 8outl to their appeals for assistance, and nior deeply wounded by unjust charges again* some of the host a?d tiucatof her friends ii Kansas, who have ruined theinijclvcR in lie service, lie Hays, dr^pond'mgly ; At times I have almost comc to the con elusion to cursc Kansas and quit the caus of tho South. Ii is hard for n loan to d? vote all his time and energies and uiono to a cause, and receive nothing hut nbns and slander in return, from those whoshouh sustain and co-operate with him ; and to b t lin nliiri't ftf ttiunSninn ftvnn (n iwu.il ?<?. - hW.,VA ...V... w wowq than all. Yot, m dofiauco of nl thin, I will not abandon our cause so lonj as there is the shadow of a ohnnco for fine ccjjs, and' this is tho determination of nios of ourfriendsin Kansas and Missouri. On eauso is not a hopeless one. Wo atway have had', up to tho 1st of March last, : majority of friends in Kansas, and 1 boliev wo still havo. 1 will civo you my renson fur still thinking so : l'ho registered vutoi (llllAlint /"? llAtkM A iiiiivuuv iv j?vni vcu tiiiu turn iVH istry was made last winter and ?j?rinp:, ?n< nt leant nine-tenths of these voters nro pro nlnV6rj men, for the A,bohli?.?mn{r> iciuocd oi) o general thing, to register their names and tho reason for their refusal wn?, in m; opinion, that they knew they were in ] small minority. It was not to jiresorv their consistency, for Abolitionist# arc con sistent ii) nothing exo'opt in villainy. Now if our delegates to tho Convention shall vc fer the Constitution to the registered voter for ratification or rejeetion, then wc wil ratify the OonstiUition. If it is to be re. ferred, as Gov. Widker says, to all tho p<m plo who shall bo in tho Territory on fch any or votiug, then vro mtwt fturt will hav a majority At tho poll? on that tlfty. If th South Wimui uut make ono fcpcwty and ani tod effort, nil would bo nntV. flfr Walker' plnn, however, prevail#, it will jjivo ua iu ? finite troublo, but it will also give tbc Abo- | * litionists more. Walker lias done us and our cause more injury than llalo, Chase, or j j any other Abolitionist could have dune; i > yet, L repeat, I do not despair. Ono moro ' effort 1 It is the last Ave can make, and we will succeed. I am happy to find that Walker is fully understood at the South. A great many 2 Southern men have gone to Kansas this , summer, and many more will go from this j i region. We do not irive it uu. 1 reirrct! 1 that L cannot devote my whole time to our ICaQcuK affair* in this nrisiw Now i? tho ?- time for the South to act. Youra, truly, e 1). It. Atcuison. . ? ? " is Fearful Tragedy in Leavenworth City, , Kansas. a The ttilcgraph despatches gave nn ac- ; t count of a tearful tragedy enacted at Lcav- ! D on worth City, Kaunas, on Friday nikht and ! l> Saturday morning last. Andrew Stewart, y Esq., editor of the Stcubenvillo (Ohio) ! i Union, who left Leavenworth on Saturday ! night last, has furnished tho St. Lo\iis ! T\^. A il.. 1' 11 1-1 ? i/i-inuui;il wiui mo luiiowing acinus : On Friday night, the 31st ultimo, a man I named Stephens, living in Kansru City, | J came up to Leavenworth, and, while spree- | 1 iiijx around, went into a drinking -Lop called j e the Ward llo.uso. The bar-keeper, named j e Haines, bccamc very friendly and after get- i y ting Stephens quite drunk proposed a walk i n up the river, and took him to a spring on ! - the bank of tho Missouri river, just above j e the Planter's House, whore they woro met [ r and assaulted by two men who demanded j c their money or their lives. The bar-keeper, y Baines, gave his money up and ran oil".? - When he got to the lower end of town he I s | gave the alarm that a man was being robbed I up the river at the spring. Several parties II of citizens immediately .went up, and aril rived 011 tbo spot just in time to find poor 1 Stephens crawling out of the river, his body - and head beaten and bruited with stones h j and clubs, and his chest and shoulders c i bearing several terrible stabs and cuts. The a ! citizens ran to his assistance, but the un- j ? ! r. ii i. 1:.:_ I U IWI Hlli.UU \ ll lllllj HiUU^Il nil 14) t speak, was too far gone, and presently died e without Being able to utter n single word - about the manner of his death, or the nuincs - of his murderers. y Suspicion at once alighted on the bar.j keeper, Baines, and so outraged were the e people, and so violeut the presumptions of il his guilt, that a posse of the citizens at ouee li arrested and lipid him in close custody.? e The news in the meantime spread like wild r fire all over the city and the excitement grew intense. An immediate trial of i?. .1 I?J i jjiiuiua iR-iii.iiiuni, tiuu iiuuuy n ah t ftgreed that lie should ho hung on the spot, >-' without judge or jury. A rope was proi cured and put around his neck, and already a he was being drawn up to the limb of an r overhanging tree, when lie expressed a wish v to lnako a confession. The crowd yielded f and let liini down to the ground, i Htautmnu Confession.?He said that 1 ho and two 111011,0110 named John Quarles, e from South Carolina, and the other called - Knowlton, had laid the plot by which Ste:i phens was lobbed and murdered, and that 1- the sayie men had murdered another man t> short tinio before, and thrown the body ', into the Missouri river. lie stated also j th:?t. ho ftnd the men Knowlton and Quurles belongod to an organized body of twont.ys live men, who lived and carried 011 the bua1 iness of robbing and murdering in Leavenr il. !i.. il ! 1 ... 1 .. . !i . il . i worm cuy, on me Jtsianu opposite ine cuy, and in the towns of Lawrcncc and Topeka. He then gave the names of as many of the gang as lie could remember to the aui thoritics. ti 1'llk Auuksts.*?As soon as Baines had e finished his revelations, he was commit tod t, to the calaboose, a one-story stone building, ii about sixteen feet square. The crowd wont r off in pursuit of Qnavlofj and Knowlton, and in a short time had them arrested. Among . the revealed conspirators was Win. Woods, : 0 the proprietor of the greater part of Lcav-1 euworth Island, and regarded by bis ae.. (juaintances as an honust man and good. citizen. v A party proccedpd at once to ar| rest him, and, attar making a thorough search of his house, found twenty five. 1iun i drcd dollars of counterfeit money, a lot of | U counterfeiting plate* and other iustrunuwts, j r unci a knife and pistol belonging to the j j. murdered man Stephens. At those eon- j t elusive proof* of the correctness of the con- j r fessions of Baines, tlio people were deeply j s moved, and held counsel together in large and small parties during the whole night. 0 Tub Pkocrkdings on Saturday.? s "Wo hero give tho narrative of Mr. Stewart, s lie says: "I went to the ;nayor'n oflice - on Saturday morning, and found an im1 mouse crowd awaiting the result of tho cxi ninination rtf Woods and Knowlton. latinos , and Qur.rloo wore in the eahiboose. While 1 t, tho oxnminatiou was going on, .fudge Lc- ' y oompte was outride making a Bpocoh and :t expostulating with the angry crowd in fa- ! o vor of law and order. Tho cry of f Hang \ - '001, the d?d murderer#,' arose frequently J , from the mol?, bjjt the milder conn soli j - seemed to be prevailing, when at ouee somo ? ono shouted, ' To the ealabooso ! to tho ll calaboose !' and away a crowd of about fifty !- maddened men rtnrtcrd in that direction.? , i- The'balance' of the people followed after in ; e smaller uartlo*, leaving Judge Lecompte ' o ?hno?t alone, and tho innyor'a office rulicvcd ; e of It* throng of spectators. They had Won i i- gone about fifteen minute*, when I heard s a groat yell. I started af'tur the crowd, ami h followed it to tho bank yf (v crquk, which 1 - 1" divides south and north Leavenworth, whore there wri? a steep bank, and on it? edge ft largo elm tree. 1 reached the Kpot just in time to sec '^uarles suspended from the tree, gasping in the agonies of death at the rope which was around his neck, while several of the inob were swinging on to bin arms and legs, to make ) ' death sure. His body had hardly ce;'s.. i convulsions when the shout was r<iis< <1 Btiincs. The rope was placed around his uock, and he was led to iho edge of the bank, when some one of the citizens appeared by his side, and with r. watch in his hand demanded live luimittu' tinw fov further oonfossions. They granted it j when Baines said, if they would let ]<ini, '><> would .show them another man in town who wjw concerned in the operations of the gang. .He was then taken to the calaboose, but for some reason did not give satisfaction to tho people, and they demanded his body to bo returned to them. .Judge Leeompte again addressed tho people, and with some effect, for they seemed to divide into two parties, the one clamoring for the hanging of tho prisoner, and tho other demanding a trial for him. Marshal Denis of the territory was also present, and though he exerted himself with all his power, lie could not maintain bis position at the dowr of tho calaboose, nor prevail on the crowd to disperse. The wife of Baincs also appeared ; and, inspired by the dangerous situation of her husband, took a hcruio stand oil the cntrauuc, ftid cuduuvurcil by frantic threats and entreaties to stay the wrath of tho populace. But all efforts were unavailing; the pcace party were overpowered. Judge Lecoinpte's voice was drowued by the shrieks of the mob. A large piece of hewn timber, perhaps twenty-live feet long and one foot square, that was lying near, was lifted up by a crowd of men, and plunged with fearful effect against tho calabooso door. The sight of the wife's distress aiul the sound of her screams, mingled with the ragings and shrioks of the infuriated mob, was too much for me, and I turned my back and walked away. 1 heard another blow from the piece of timber, and a tfimul* Kmeoifs* shout from the crowd, which told me that the door had given way, and the prisoner was at the mcrey of the people. I walked hastily arottnd tho square, for with all its terror, there wis a fiimnnntimi in tl>/> sight, and reached the spot just iu time to sco the mob rushing down the htrcet with u'u prisoner lowaru tuo ereeK ana tno elm tree. I pursued, and when 1 readied tho spot the body of Baines was already m the air, and his last dcath'strugglon were shivering along his limbs. The crowd then appeared to he satisfied. Woods and Knotflton meanwhile had been jilaced in an omnibus and hurried oil' (o the fort. Tho nitv continued very much excited up to tho hour I left, but no further violence was anticipated. All worts of Htoriea prevailed, and many of the niytftcrioUH disappearances and robberies Which have occurred in tho Territory arc all being referred to this band of murderer^. ? <??-? Indian llo.sTii.mi:s.^?T1u> prospect c f Indian hostilities in the Northwest arid West in increasing. H elides the war "m New Mexico, wo are threatened with hostilities from the Northern Indians in Mi:if? WUCIL..V1..J ' XT 1 1 luiuui, iw. .1 in: oii'ux irmi.<n:<, ;j,i icilOW Medicine Kiver, together with some other tribes who sympathize with then), hate, it, is said, assumed u hostile attitude, nnd can bring into the War two thousand fighting men. 1< has been represented by officers unil others who have inv.oqtigatod tho causes of the Indian hostilities in which wc have been engaged for pome years past, that in almost every instance the difficulty hap its origin in the maltreatment of the Indians i.? it ,,J iiiu >MIIIV muivin, UI ujr LUC UlllWa States authorities. It is also true that tho encroachment's of tho settlements upon tho Indian hunting giutinds is inevitable, ami it mutt necessarily bo followed by collision. It has boon often advised that tho gov or ninont should take measures to food the Indians instead of fighting theim It would be more economical and more hnmane to provide for their necessities than to extirpate them. Tub surest means of enforcing Stato Rights,is to widen, and deepen,and strenglli on, the chanue'? of popular intelligence, virtue and justice; to (mild up in each man'? heart a strong home-feeling, and to nnrturo in the mind* and hearts of all an innate attachment to private woith and public justice, llo who loves bis Slate because her laws are just, and hei policy wise, will never allow hor lights or bis franchise* to bo sported with, Tuk Love of a vot'so Wmow.?A young and beautiful, but pour widow, was about to marry a rich old widower. Her friends wished to know why tfhe wanted to marry him. She replied, "For pure Jove ; 1 lovo the ground (moaning the farm, probably) on which he walkw, and the very house in which he lire*/' There i? platonie love for you ! There is none of your school girl remit nod 'ri that. A tuUaosAfH.Y family coloquy is thus gi? en; " Charles, love, won'l you tako me to the country this aumnxr 1" M No, my pet, I can't fttFord it?times tiro dull ; but we will have the SuJiu^lkill water out off, and the gnu stopped, and bleep m? in (he Hide fourth story back room ; tliat will b'o a good Imitation of fashionable hotel life iu the couotry."