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"Perfectly well. I had it last night from one of tlio Jxwt-fjfiicAi clorks, wlio whs bet- li ting at uiy bank, and for whom I changed li "May I froin which one f " a '*0, from Carleton. Hw is !i reliable fvl* 1 ,>r~ low. Ilave you any doubts about thy bill'" r -"No, if you aro sure you had it of Carle- 6 ton." c '^ - f-" ")j(OU could awenr to it as the identical r bank-noto ? " Captaiu Wilkins glanced at r tbo paper again. s j 4'llVtlie identical rag," said lie ; I can tako my oaili of it." n This star'.liug revelation gave a different phase to the business. The tinker of dis- i covery seemed to point directly at the *enior clerk. Asiain tbc Agent, on leaving s Wilkins, recalled Carleton's every look and word, in tbc conversation bo bad with him j that morning. Lie could uot recall the s faintest indication of guilt. And bo could 4 L -1 - - t uoi oui nope mai uio young man was as j innocent as he appeared ; anil that circumstances would prove him so. However, | there was no way left hut to follow the thread of evidence ho had so far succcess- < fully traced. t lie strolled towards the post-office, and < found Howard there alone. "Where i'b vour brother rlerk !" lie asked, f "He we: t to dinner about five imuules t ago?rather earlier than mual." 1 'Very well ; perhaps you can do my f business for me. I mailed a letter here this < morning, which I would like to recover 1 from the mails, if it lias not already gone , out." A description of the letter was giv- < en. All this was done to prevent Howard , from Kuppecting the Agent's real business f with Carlcton. The letter had gone, as the j inquirer well knew, and he K*ft the office. | But now his nn?:u was nuiekened. II*- < knew not wliat might be the result of his | interview with Cadeton. It was a signifi- , cant fact that he had gone to dinner at an earlier hour than usual. If guilty, what more natural than that ho should take that opportunity of destroying any evidence of liis guilt to be fourrd among his papers at hruii'! The Agent had alrendy learned where Caileton lived, and he hastened at onro to bis hou?o. The young man's mother received him in a truly lady-like and hospitable manner. "He just came in," said she graciously. "Sit down, I will have him called. Ho re marked that he had some trifling affair to Attend to before dinner, and immediately wont to Iris cliambcr. You may speak to bim, Sarali." "I have only a word to Ray to him," replied tlio visitor. ''Perhaps it will be as tveil for mo to go to his room, instead of calling him down." "A* you please. My daughter will ehow '"Sarnii, a" beautiful and stately girl of eighteen, conducted the caller to her bro? . ,? ' i . ir. dour. . paleness overspread his featureh on recognizing the Agent, but without losing his selfpossession, ho invited him to enter the ' * chamber. "I have strar.go feelings on seeing you!" lie observed in a very natural tone of voice, y'vv - "What you said to me alxtut Howard, has troubled me moro than I would have thought, it possible. Take a seat. Do you smoke J " ^ "Not before dinner," replied tlw Agent. made ?i rapid observation of llio chamber, as he eat down. "You are very comfortahly situated hero." "I have nothing to complain of. We - live rather bumbly, hut we are not arobi- i ttOHH." i Carleton then spoke of his mother and < .. sister, iu a manner which touched bis visi- ] tor deeply. Could it be possible, thought } tho latter, that he was destined to destroy t the peace of the happy family? He nhrank with indescribable repugnance from the per- j formance of his duty ; but it inexorably - urged Irini to finish what he had begun, aud c . r- be produced the fatal bank note. I "Not to detain you," 6aid he, "I have some question in my mind witli regard to a f bill I took this forenoon. I bave been re- < ferred to you as the person who passed it. ? Will you ?eo if you rerognizc it!" t AgAtn the swift pallor swept over Carleton's face; but this time it was more mark- t ed th?n before, and his fincrers trembled - he examined the bill. r "Certainly," fluid be, *1 recognize it. It's t a note I changed with Captain Wilkins j laHt night." t "It also happen*," observed the Agent, r "to be a, note which, arrording to an ac<-u- 1 wo description I hare of it, wm recently !o?t in. the Southern mail#. This isas painful to nje, Mr. Cnrleton, nn it it unexpected; & .and I hone you Will be ahle satisfactorily to n Account for the manner in which you ob- * - tailed thi* money." g 0X i? mill more painful to me than it can v '"ifcho to you," replied Carleton ; "and heaven v I heartily wish I conld not tell how " ^ ^ bill camlB into my powession. I re- w t v^Wmbered vf^ after you left me this morning; (iiild I had A Drrinnlimpnl tl?o? t'lfH" ?.-,J V? VM l/IV numu H ^jcojt^out of it. I *m afraid, i>,n Carle ton wg* afttrc*o.w h?#it?tion?4,I ?m afraid si your suspicions of Howard will JMW? too I ytQ tbat Howard is 1 ^v. VDfiiv aboat it. - freplied that lie eoUld do no butter y me, and added hu thought Howard would iko to change it for inc. 'How so I' said I.' u'You remombor," said he, 'that llow-! rd bought a house lot of uio, some lime ago.' lie last payment come dun veKterdav. lie ueroed reluctant to part with this bill, and aid if I would wait, he would give me s'peie for it in a day or two.' Something, nore was said about Howard's good luck in ' miking payments for the liouso lot, bo >romptly, and ho we parted." ' Where will I find this Mr. Fellows! " j isked the Agent. "I saw ?.iin ten minutes ago enter a store u the villa'rc." ''You sire puru lie will corroborate your j itatement ? " "There's 110 doubt of it. lie's a plain irautical man, who tolls a straight-forward itory." j Come, then," said the Aent, "wc will go ' Hid find him." Carleton readily assented, and tbo two eft the chamber. "I've a little businesa to transact before linner, mother," paid the young man, a? bey passed out. "If I am not back in a quarter of nn hour, do not wait for me." nut lilt In (lithi-ulty was experienced in inding Mr. Fellows. Ho wa*? such .1 per-: ion as Cnrleiun had described ; but ho urned out to be very deaf, and the Agent j lecmed it expedient to retire with him and ^arlcton to some secure place, where their oud talking would not be overheard. The jlerk proposed that they should make use jfthe private room of the post office. The! Agent readily agreed to this, for he was! somewhat anxioiib to make sure Of Howard;! ?nd he no.v resolved that the latter should I'ts piv^uiiL ;u mo linurviuw. i m* piau \v;is also proposed by Carleton, and when tliey Iih?! arrived nt the post office, tho senior clerk informed tin? junior. in a low and serious tone, thai his presence was requested in the private apartment. "Hut who will attend in the office 1" asked Howard. ' I'll sp :ak to one of the clerks in the store; they .accommodate us very often in tliis way," Carleton added, addressing the Agent. "It's only round the corner." Tho thought Mru<'k tho Agent that it would he *afe enough to accompany Carletoil. But to do so, it would he necessary to leave Howard, who, if guilty, might by this time have suspected the danger at hand. Beside*, it neenicd not ;it all nrobuhli* lli.it Carleton could have any motive for atlempting to eseapo. Ilis position in society, his family circumstances, his frank and manly demeanor?everything tended to disarm suspicion. F?trlhcimore, nothing could bemore satisfactory than the story he had related of tlio manner in which he obtained the fatal bill. Ho was accordingly suffered to leavH tlio office. As there were persons passing in and out, the Agent did not consider it proper to broach tire important subnot reappear. "I thought he said he had only to go around the corner." said the Agent. "It is probable," Howard replied, "that the boys have gone to dinner. In that ca*e, if your businow is important, he Im possibly gone to call the post master himself." A quarter of an hour pftftftcd. Carleton ha-1 had time to walk to Mr. B.'* liottso atnl u..? ~.:it >: i ? uuiik, uui bum iic tiki no' makc jus appcaraneo. The Agent grew uneasy. II(i waited five minutes longer, then resolved upon a derisive step. "Mr. Fellows," ho cried in the denf gentleman's car, "did you ever sec that bill before ?" Fortunately, Mr. Fellows1 sight was good, though his hearing was bad. lie examined the paper without spectacles, md decided at one* that he then and there uiw it for the first time. "Did yon not buy a horse from Carl?ton yesterday ?" Xfr ?T U-.. j ...... .... vtivi.v , x imvc IHIKCU )f Kcllinp his mother a p<?ny, but I never MNitrht anything of him." The truth flashed upon the AgentV unlerstanding. For hit credit let it he declared, Carleton had played hi* game with i consummate art that would have deceiv:d "the very elect." No time wh* 1?*t in obtaining trarea of he young man's flight. The Agent judgd rightly, from hi? character, that he would tot attempt to leave town. I!e anticipated . Vi i._i_ * > uxiio jjiri.tiitiiiny ihie jot me unnappy routb. 8ome inward prompting seemed o direct him to so apothecary's shop not nany doors distant, and on inquiry ho earned that Carlcton had jimt been there. "Which way did ho go 1 " "In fact, I am not certain he lias gone," aid the druggist. "He purchased some riedicine, remarking thnt he wixhed to mte out some directions for its use, and teppt'd into the back room. I have been ! t. ?J ? - civ i>u^', iiiu ne may nave passed-out rithout my seeing him." The Agent sprang forward. The door ras locked upon the inside. , "What medicine did yon tell him t " . *ked the Agent. , "Oh 1 you needn't be alarmed, he has todied medicine, and know* bow to ose hew things." iatt_ !?-?- ? 4 - ' - tic Known now to dm tnem too well! , "his door must be forced. Hi* lrfe depend* pon it?if U isnotBlR^|7 too lute! " Too Intel indeedJ^W**l [On broking into tKflt^oora, Cnrleton wua ( nind lylfltftipon the floor, with ,?o empty ( lal be*idew?n, and an unfinished letter to is siaterOn the table, ^ in utnt tetuir he confewed hi* I nought his ?fsler not only to I lortAi Jiffl'M-tion hab?d br??qght upon jjier, \ but ?Uo to ?*ai?? nod ?on- ; ile their mai her. The youpg WiniitWt 1 her lute happy days but a few month*. Ami though tliu sister was afterwards happily liiarnoJ, it is said that, from the date of her brother'* disgraceful end, a continual cloud of melancholy r.-sicd upon her mind during the remainder of her life. She ha* gincv paesed into that land where kindred souls are destined to meet again ; and tlu-se allu- ! Hons to her sad family history will give her | no pain. Tlu? fip/'wl rif P?ii !uf/?ii'o Innui. A'/vm A ! is soon told ; and tin* levson is one that every youth, who confident himself see.urc from temptation, should heed and carefully! remember. The devil never boldly enters ! the eiladel of rectitude, at the outset. lie first walks around, and passes hy; theo holds n parley, and "makes the worse appear the better reason and ends by gain- j itig permission to walk in just once prom- j ising thenceforth to ceasc his solicitations,! and keep aloof. But once admitted, ho Ijdbs artfully to work to destroy all our defences, and before we are aware of it, ho is a t , C . I .1 piTniiineiu occupant 01 me canue. Such wan undoubtedly Carletnn's experience. lie was not a hardened sinner, lie wax truly a man of generous and noble imEulses. But little transgressions of the stern uv of conscience had in his boyhood weakened his moral force, and prepared him for more serious offences. Then, in an unguarded hour, ho formed an attachment for a lancinating, but gay and heartless woman, under whose influences his soul fell from the truth and purity of manhood. It was her hand which indirectly administered the deadly drug that destroyed his life. To meet her necessities for dress ami dissipations, he resorted to the faro hank. Although fortunate at first, he afterwards lost extensively, and became pecuniarily enibar-1 rassed. ilc borrowed money, which ho was unable to return. Only oik* courc swirii'tl open to him, to snvo his honor in the public, eye. At first, he purloined cautiously and abstemiously from the mails, Imping, no doubt, that success at. the faro bank would swell those unlawful crains. and cancel the necessity for further depredation*. But let us not pursue the sad topic. The end we 1iave seen, and we will hasten to tusn the last leaf of this melancholy chapter. The Foreign News. There is little that is salient in the news by the Persia. It is said on all side* that the Peace Conference is going on favorably ; but as no one is able to give even a specious hint of what it has done or is doing, the assurance is of no value. In the mean time Franco and England aro increasing their armaments and sending them forward to favorable points for commencing the third jiiio umy i>inv:iuu It" IIUJUoiice tlx? negotiation*, or it may In? from a distrust of their results,?perhaps a mixture of both. Tho English newspapers express the most perfect nasuranre of n?'ace. But then* is a uwpa^ruHutwrM tterrrndy mg'iVgy ^ results. What is to become of Turk?-y if sho is left to her own resources ? The Western nations arc beginning to understand what tho wise Nicholas meant when he said that "Turkey is a Kick man." - France is in possession of Constantinople, and will not he at liberty to leave it till there is assurance that the sick man is able to take chiirgo of his own atfuira. The British r> - | vrovcnimem, ns consulting physician, has d'luau^vO oofcst ssion of certain points in the Empire, l?y way ?>f flaking sure that the mediciui'H administered during tile N't t^o y.-ars shall be secure of tlicir efforts, nnd that French practice shall not get all the crcdit of the cure. The readers of Gil | Bias may count the probabilities of a professional collision. The truth is, that Empire whieh tho Allicfi have saved, in only safebo long AKthev keep their shoulders under it* wall*. Tljey have utxi'ii away tue small remains of nAive adhesion there wan in it, and if they "stand from under," it crashes down from its own weakness. We believe that ihe statesmen of Europe perfectly well undeistand this,and that they do not acknowledge it simply hecause the acknowledgment would throw ridicule on the pretexts of the present war. The Ottoman Empire can only bo preserved by force* from without - and r*m\ ? , IVMI it, who shall guard the props I The Allies are not agreed on this point, and Russia has an interest in this question that she is not to relinquish without a good reason. Charleston Mercury. Terridlk Accident.?The Gallatin (Mii?.) Argus of the 29th ultimo gives the following account of a terrible accident: 'The most horrible occurrence that we have heard of for a long time occurred eight miles from this place, on the Ja<-k*on road, at the store of Mr. Allmnn, this morning. Allman was smoking in the store-room, and. being called to breakfast, started out, and it is supposed passed over a keg of powder, dropping fire into it. The house was lev* ftlpfl t/t lha mnnn/t l?n ?' ? ?I?!? l -* g.v?.iu ?jr tug CA|>limiUII IIIHI ennued, and was soon wrapped in flames. Some perrons near by ran to tbe apot, and succeeded in getting Mrs. Allman from the ruins, badly but not dangerously burnt and bruited. No property was saved and a gentleman just from the spot telli( us that ' tbe skull and the ribs of th? unfortunate Allman were all that remained visible of liim among the smoking ruins." Gov. Wise ??/? Pahtibs.?Gori Wise iKif .1 i ' .mmmu mo iiirw jl WIIICU Will enttr iiilo the nest Presidential race: "In the nvrf^prewdential canvass there will be new iwueft presented by three part it*; lite white man's party?the Deiiwtnratie; i [be blpdt ronnV party?(he Black Kepuhlit*!*; the mnlnlto party-?tlw errma of . Northern iwd Southern Know Nothing*?fie tU-kot of Mt-ssrf, Fillmore and Donnel- : THE INDEPENDENT PRESS IS rUULISIlED EVKRt SATURDAY MoHMSO. til C. C. PUOKETT, ) M. PUOKETT, [Editors. ev fmlii'idn ib, likr nation*, fail in nothing ich ich ihey bohlh/ aftrmjtf, when, suitainol by virtumi* HU imrp?x'\ >imlJ-:terniiwd resolution.?11 knkv < 'lay. " w| " Willing to praixe, yet not afraid to blame." ^ Terms?One Dollar a Year, in Advance. cii ABBEVILLE C. H. \?y FRIDAY, * MARCH, 28, 1850. of 1 n i . . li;i A Number Ono Negro for Salo. K A oirt!., fifteen years of age, well grown, wi perfectly sound and healthy, and an excellent hoe-hand, (never 1ms been used to so plow,) is offered for sale. Apply to Mr. F. M P. Robeiubon, Auctioneer. vii . * St Religious Noticcs. pf The Rev. Mr. Cohen, a converted Jew re and a nu'inlwr of the CliHrlrston Presbytery, will preach in tlu* Presbyterian church, sp in this village, on next Sal>I>ath. j) Rev. J as. M. Chii.es will preach the m funeral sermon of Mrs. Elizabeth M<Cord. sti at Heuloh church, on Sabbath next, 30th tli instant. The friends and acquaintances of nc the deceased are invited to attend. sli The Presbytery of South Carolina will ro hold its next regular meeting at Willington '< church, in Abbeville District, commencing Si on Friday before the fourth Saturday in **' April next. hi We are again in receipt of public docu- gi merits from Senator Butlek and lions. Onu riid Bkooks. From Col. Can we have the correspondence between the United States and British Governments in relation to the Central American and Enlistment ^ otii'Qtinnc or/? .1 * -j < "v ?? ?.- vi-wvvmn? IMiifUU \v to receive. ^ ^ \v The Wasliinnrjon correspondent of the ' Charleston News says tin* Ohio delegation to the Cincinnati Convention have resolved T tlint the vote of the Slate shall be cast as ' two-thinls of their nuinlnrs determine. C Tvvo-thin's, it is Paid, arc in favor of MV. 'I Douglass, which will sccure him Ohio,not N a small vote to begin on. '? ? m (I William M. Goodlf.t, of Greenville ? district, a member of the Palmetto Regiment. ? who was in actual service in nearly all the d battles upon Pcott'b lino of operations, died a in that district recently. ?? ? i< ? ? ^ . - ? ?tuiiumg- trr* g Rod River, hurst her boiler, and war do* s stroyed by fii-p, on Tuesday, 18th instant, jy A number of persons are missing, and sov- jy eral injured. ^ * ' *" x J he Irish News is the title of a weekly ^ newspaper, the first number of whieh will . sppoar on Saturday, the 12th of April, uii- q der the editorshipof Thomas Mkagiikr, at g New York. The Irish News is "tifflira- ^ ted to llie service of tlie Irish people at home ^ aind ahio.'"'." ^ It appears from the annual mes^ag* of Bkioiiam Young, that the revenue of Utah . Territory for the past year amounted to $17.348, being an increase of $10,052 over the previous year. Tbe public indebtedness is only $12,177. A l>ettcr educational system is !* recommended hy the Governor. The forti- !" fixations of the Territory are advancing towards completion, iu manufactures inereasing, and property rapidly rising in value. We would direct particular attention to the new and flourishing advertisements en which appear this week. They give encour- ^'1 aging evidence of life and activity in the *KJ various branches of business, and an earn- 101 est of still greater life and activity to romeWe liHve not the space to note each s?-parntely, but hope the reader will not fail to do so carefully. We are thankful, und will so say, for the patronage thus bestowed up- '*** L. I - - on our numme enterprise, and hope every "8 increase of profit thus secured to u* may be ?" followed by a tenfold increase to every one of tbose who thus aid the public, tbe'ni- ?'u selves, and us. un -m i m tio Savannah Valley Railroad. - ; ' th< A imi'Tn frnm Pj?I ? ,l:- -* vwi. vai)nuunt VII I'll la Ul subject, appoan ou the preceding page, to lib which we would direct attention. JLt waft fro taken from the True Carolinian, and designed for our last week's tone, but was un- n ( avoidably deferred. pa Since the writing of that letter, at. an ad- inj jnurned taeeting of tlie citizens of Augusta. on! a majority of the comroittee previously np- ',H pointed ivpcrttvd in favor of the City Conn- Hn< u) Mibmnnbiiig Ave hnndred tli<rit?aiid to the capital Vtock of the eompnny, on eeN * tain' condition*, one :of which U that one ' million ?hrtli be ftttbfwribeil outride of Au* jrtiMa. ;A miuority of tlwi commit U-erte*. ported $dver?ely to any Sufeenptibn. It ^ wa* rttioliritf'to"fc?nr<?tli*? nkiWi _ ^ ^ ^ I^ OougroMi Tiie Kansjis contested election lias l?een o subjeet-mntter of debate in the House ur eiuco its organization. Thu Commit* a oh elections made a report asking for ithority to semi fur petvona and papers. Iiieli Was strenuously opposed. A substite, authorizing the appointment of a spell investigating committee of three to go K:tn?as and look into the case was finaladopted, and Sherman, of Ohio, Olivek, Missouri, aild lloWAIin. of Mii-liinr:in * " ? o""' ive been appointed. Their return from ansas with their report will be looked to th much interest. The Senate has also been engaged for me time in talking over this Kansas affair, r. Douglass recently read a report proding for the admission of Kansas as a ate whenever she shall have the requisite ipulation. It is said to be a most masterly view of the question. An interesting and rather exciting debate rung up, a few days since, between Mr. ot'fll akm lltwl li?? xf- ^ WW ^ W..VVJ ? ?'! liin 1,v"t ^11* I HUM'LL. The hitter is of the deep Freesoil ripe, and claims to represent more truly :?? Mr. Douolakh tlie sentiment of Illi)is. Douglass proposed to hi in that they ould both resign now, and submit their -election to the next Legislature, and thus >termine who is the representative of their ate. Hut Trumbull had not quite faith lough in his own position to accept the inter. We notice little else of interest in Con ressional proceedings. [roc THE INDerCNUCNT fllESS.] Kansas Meeting. At a meeting of tho two Committees, liic.li were appointed last Sale-day, held at le Court House the 22d of the month, it as determined that all suitable person? ho should enrol their names as emigrant; ) Kansas, will be ar<vptcd, and shall revive an outfit of two hundred dollars; that 'hursday, the 10th day of April, bo thi me of tlusif departure from AbbevilU iotirt. Utilise ; and that those who aceepl >c outfit, will lw required to remain in [ nsas until a Constitution shall lie adoptee V the people of the Territory in due forn f law. It was further resolved, that t jeetin# be called on next Sale-day, at th< !ourt House, ami that the meeting bo ad ressed by Hon. A. Bl*kt, Col. Maksiiali nri u?-n. Mc-Gowan. The Committee are happy to announce itticir fellow-citizen*. that eleven true and allant men?I>r. J. M. I'KLOT, J. 11. Uon or, (>. W. Connoii, E. A. Hodges, P I. Connor, W. A. Graydon, J. T. Mr'kill, William Appleton, William M<-. riLL, Alexander McNeill, nnd Andrew T. Darricott?have enrolled their name.1' > vuii^rniii.H, nnu uini nanctsome contritions of money have been made. Tli* ommittce are encouraged by tlieir present icrt-sa to linpe that twenty-five or thirty I'.'D will be enrolled, and ample funds to quip them obtained, by the day appointed >r their departure. The emigrants to Kansas will go out an mere colony, without miliiary organizat?n or equipment. They will carry only ic implements that are useful in the private id peaceful pursuits of life. It is not ex;cted that they will be called on to engage any military expedition or enterprise, but it become necessary to defend the Constition of the Country, or tho cause of the >uth, by the might that is in a freeman's m, they will be expected, every man of em, 10 oo tneir duly. Those who have rolled their name*, nro young men of gh respectability, some of them of educA n?h!1 of them fit associates and coinpanis for our most worthy citizen*. The Roil of Kansas in of teeming fertility the climate one of the finest on oarth.j iB n tempting enterprise to those who seek j tune?-itiA a glorious field for those who 'k fame. The cause appeals to the eour ? . hiki enterprise?to the pride ami patrism of Southern men?to ibe sympathies' all good men. The destiny of Kansas is ) destiny of the whole Sooth. Her triiph will be our triumph?her hutnilian will.be our humiliation. Her cause ia j cause of the Constitution, of the Union, tbe public peace, and of constitutional prty. Bravo men and true men will rush m every county and villaj^Ftn the South ine rescue 01. R.ansa*. Khali South Cnrnn, shall Abbeville be a laggard in such ontest 1 Then, let tbo meeting next le-day bo one of thoao immense sjatherp* of the people?one of there noble dem* miration# of patriotic enlhusiw-m which I'M giveiyo AoSoville so much chtraoter, j fttjiHpcirate much renow n. ARMSTEAlh BURT, ChairmanJoint Committee. : The Anderson Gazelle of V9th fast ?es that the Merchant Mills of Mr F. B. irmoj>; ?<?re burned <U?wn- on the night the 14tlu The fire,' which it W puspecH'd n lk? imrlr on ? - '*-L' v ... I [From the Lexington Kxpress, March 9.] i Arms for Kansas Arrested. ? The good steamer Arabia arrived at our \ wharf about sunrise this morning. Imme* 1 diatety on binding, n committee was des- ] patched uptown to inform our citizens that \ a person from Massachusetts was on board, having in his possession one hundred Siiarp'a rifles and two cannon, destined for service 1 to Kansas, and sent forisnrd l?y the Mnssa- i chusetts Aid Society. This information j brought together many of our most re*pea- v table and unliable citizens, when a confer- ] ence was had by them with Mr. "Start,** ivitli n vifW fif itiillti'lnrr tiim #. !._ 1 --- ? ?> - " *? I "dangerous" weapons with our citizens for ' safe keeping. Tliis lie absented to, and delivered the "goods" up, subject to the requi-' sition of Governor Shannon, or his successor in office. The proceedings were orderly, and although the determination to arrest , the arms was decided, no one talked of vi- ! olencc. ' 1 The arms were boxed up m*J marked 1 "Carpenters* Tools." The discovery thai ( they were on board was mndc at or below i Glasgow, from a letter, of which the follow- i ing is a copy, dropped by Mr. S. in the cabin, and picked up by a boy and handed to Capt. Shaw, by whom it was read aloud in the social hall. The passengers and officers \ were highly incensed at the disclosures, but \ :_i :*_ .rr -i ?i I hi? iimii^iiilj- ?ns ouereu io me miserable \ disorganizes The letter is as follows : { Missouri River, above St, Louis, Friday Morning, March 7, 1856. Weather exceedingly cold and disagreea1)10, hut fair on the steamboat Arabia, making about four miles an hour against tho stream?writing in the cabin?about seventy passengers, some of them "border ruffians." My party consists of four, including self. The devils do not suspect they arc "entertaining angels unaware," and talk ami swear freely against the Emigrant Aid Socicety. . Mv goods are so disguised that they will not be likely to excite any suspicion. I shall probably land at Kansas city or at Leavenworth city, near the Fort, to morrow night, and then be wilhin thirty miles i of Lawrence. I am perfectly well and con, fideiil, with plenty of money in mv pocket/I 1. 1 .V: C _ " Tr n.1 vihii t iciim aiiyiiuiijj irom ivansas. i lio Mississippi above the Missouri is still closed wiili smooth, solid ice, and it is n very fa* ' vorablu eircumstanrc that the Missouri ha* . suddenly and unaccountably opened, an the. ^ river is in excellent, order, and although wo-V^ are on the first boat up, others are on the-^^.^ 1 way behind us, and Kansas is in direct com- ' ' mnnication, by water, will) the free States,. , t while the weathet* is loo cold for the border i devils to leave homo on a marauding expe. dition. I say again, tlie sudden breakingup of the Missouri river is exceedingly favorable to the free Stale muse. I suppose the free State Legislature assembled at Topeka this week, Tuesday, but what they did > wo may not know until Monday. It is. I rather probable that they adjourned until summer, but they may have continued iu session, and determined to "fight it ont^ faith," and perhaps that will bo the best in - the end. It is somewhat probable that I . may go hark to St. Louis soon, for another l,??j 1 iwnii va ^inais? I will write Hgain as ?x?n at I bare infor1 mation to communicate, and get where I ran trust the Dog Postmaster. Yours af? feetionatelv, Start. The "carpcntcra* tool*" are now wifely stored in this city. Great credit justly at-tachcs to Capt. Sliaw and lii? under officers for the just and manly coarse pursued by them in this affair. Three cheers were giT-" eo the boat as she pushed off. Tue Sejiinoles.?The Florida -.News * gives the following information regardingthe government of the Seminole Indians:.Like that of most of the Indian tribe*,, the government of the Seininoles is a limited , monarchy, being invested in a principalChief, or King, who is controlled by a council of the Chiefs and 'principal men of thanation. The nominal ruler now is Hu-la-toMiko, or th? Blue King, familiary known : as Billy Bowlegs, but his authority is very much restricted, the actunl head of the na~ ** tion being Arpuika, or Sam 'JoDMr whor though 103 years old, and blind, still exercises a mighty voicpjn the Council, and one. fliot 1. 1 ? "nja, ia iuf?naoiy opposed to Bowlegs. Billy, it is said, is now, and Lasbeen for a long time past, in favor of emigration. but Sain Jones is determined' to. die in Florida, and vows eternal hostility < lo tlio whites; and it it- supposed, ttpo&A . authority, that the late attack upon theUnited States troops Was atbis instigation. * . v A Solotiok or Tns CcpvQpttTiOfvrr-^ Col. Baylor, in a recent leU^^^helwfc^ Orleans Delta, makca thp ^llosing tug-' gust ion: I uWhy not make a Cub*f^'Bj the eoastituiion of an atnple-ahip atnabiorer Flor- - ^ i<)a, we will be .'forming ^jjnfc&'fcfffhwar for all nations betwe^'iho Oate^-Meiiioo- '' - % And the Atlantic; .and tliii ticiTO^tluL''tlIvcific and the ffiv would bo ? liigltwsy rdsort&l to l>y th? commerce of the wor|rftr-5SSjfmffl3?a?% :' jurisdiction of ihsy?it*d therefore, of expending time maiA ^iZxZ : *<?