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A liberal Starlostters and CbirtiaalltdiAlaq..., ; ' shall hare prorunt attention- 1 I t,___., - THE - PagtS• , BY 'ALBERT LEICRTOW. / We twine no Victor's wreath to 7 d,,y, • . Wo hail with abon's no new-orowned king; The song of triumph which / we sing, , Inspires a nobler zeal. than they, ‘ I . 1 \ The Press! whos banner wear 7 ‘ o stain „ 4.11 conquest from t . ft field; 1 r' -. 3" - ,:s Peace is blazwatd on its shield. I And in its.emitlicts none are - dean. 4 , 1 , -- - f - ,-- -- f .„, Its power can stamp the Patriot's' worth, Its mandate seal the Coward's doom; 1 Its bolus - divide Oppression't glocim ---- i And shake the proudest throne oneartb. .1 When Jubilee eleepii, s or duty swerves, i ' (Jr traitors.seutheir ying part; ! A-vlee burst fr.n its mighty heart; , And thrills along its iron, nerves. . - I /ill distant Nations pause, to h6r;" .: Fill vale find glen and moundain, itedght I. - Repast di* cry fur Trittlinwl_ltigitt,\_ ' And guilt and wrong ilninli brick ;feral 1 - 7. 1 - -71, 1•1?5..7 - uliosCiantnge ground is- mind; -- \ lan: int , e tt.. ;:e,ptre of control; 1 , - thart.t v‘ iteel,,rre thought,. that roll Au •I Ira; e n tri , :d - of light behind. i I.••c_ may-it -live to Masi ;tile 1t.r1,11, - ,1 prn,tleos heritage to I ntan,- . i .t elettnidon ever in the can, : n, TO; frred /ED ' S loanner wide unfurled. , 'An Ainerrelit Pirate. 1 ~.., . A 11,31,4 ii..,ng eoiree:pondent nf (139 ton- 4 I t T; usesin • uses theifollonlng acount of an ‘ merit:au ,irate: . ' While I stn upon this subject of piracy ' I time incution that an Aup•ricati, named • E., fir , 44 was tried at Ifong Kong - on ; :. , _e.- I tat fJT pirae-v :tail murder. His ] ; , `,ll r . , .l ' ti 'l' - ' LA: . A ". illi !II of - the 31;adi . ,... i..,ii t.'l.k . v. - . b•tt in Wm +nd f,ature lie utis .., ~ern .4 a , cutinienta 1 hovel.'; As he •-• “i / lIJ the - diWk. tir,vely battling for his bfe, it - seemed inipCkdblesthal,that hand.; eowe boy could be thp pirate N l !no%e name hail beet for, three, years connected with 11.. *aoldest and bloodiest act% Ili piracy.— it 1731 :* f',lf C. of fiminind hu.ut ' . Not a 11.11 A a upon the upkior • lip, }ate lustrous I fr ..,:, es, a mouth the simile of which ini,:lit wio a coy maiden, atiluea trllkerk,, holt. not varelcssly parted,- li inAll s) suia.ll and. '.6o ,I. licately white that , they woultil creep a -,,n,mtion in Belgrap.a--such was the 11.1tiz I Rom.. , -.irate , Eli I3oggis. He spike for two - !snots, in his own deferisre.,und he- spoke well— nithout a treprpr, withqut an at peal f.,r mercy, but tr)inirto Prove that his proS-, ri•Utioll was the iekilt :If a - couli;ricy "Alicrinc. ( - 11'nr - -"N.. I.uipl,,it proprietor and ....C- , f:',•ial of the cslinny , both of whom . i'i' ,Lliar:ol as bk.inOin league With all roc iir.,:cs too the d..last) -were tlie chief err--!,!'!tors The defnee was, of ;course, tai‘,... It had been' proved that Ito had ho,rdod a junk and destroyud by. , anttnti, r i z ,1,44 and swooltittp , n men; and_ that ',at ing f,rcs:d all'll a(l' set ay..q . board,lie , i liad ":semi at one of lilt victiirF, who had elutch r 1 a tops...and held On m-tern., No withess l ,ti; ver, could prove that he Wesel a mau ~• float a blow or a slit struck or firett b . c Tio• pirate. The juiy, moved by his yclitfi r and courage, and strain rug -hard tHir_snti, • if irileci a-equitted him of the - !murder, 1i...-4, . - 11:,: v hz1 him guilty of piracy. lie was - sea - - It. 11:ed to be transprteir for life. T .e' Pavement of London.' • . Tha Trcement of London is one of the ;J. .., :a tnarvds of .our time. It 'covers niqr:v ;;Inlti acre , , two-thirds 'altered(' con , . Hit. in pill style, out.l the ether third of bti.,-, AL fa ging. 1 4 mA' a Eerie' ofj work lir trance rids in quantity, as 'it excels -in r, , lawy, t i c Appian was, which wt.:4 but a I•..rr fi,, , , ,ur aa„,contraind witb one of our cutunieu i \.,.itreets. the an'cietit ednsulat Wit' was fiNed t in. titit hiptiia eil all•'fitapes tad suns jpined together, znd planned on- _ Ile cm the inrface—the length of its devi- mil course, from smith to north of I:say, wl. 'leder 300 miles. Tlip paved streets nt London nuniber over 5000. m and exceed: 2140 Whiles 'i n length —Bai l ing _ V eses. r i.,........-_ ) Wh.en They are Prettiest: \ • 1 r . - 1 ,0 f , SVITIg may, interest the ladies, • e : I ' l ''' , ..rti may pass it by. ,r l ., :rl r ic i ‘l . ~,.. pret_t_ ,, ier, if_ 5he,f1,14.1pe'1:1,4,-Th ,.. "SpllNGs . pile of finery which, she ~---;,.., t:.,. :cirri,- title of full dress. - Ikliiny an r ruried fenrale first wins the heart of ; 1: tUture I l usiMnd I:I- FOMP simple unpre- !.1 1' rl ' i tlic' which, f consultedi • about, I i l :,,1 s v. ' ° U (4 n.onnunce too cheap except for '' 11 '" 1 1 1 ) r .y.w . e4F. but which, by irs accidental i ',111:. ii ity te\her figure, face and carriage, :i..../t1 hCr'pfuth Wonderfully_;;lf the I / would study taste in dress - m - ore and ' 2re i css . ,or costli f ~., ..._ i ness, they would have no ; n In reset. ' it • 'lloe q ' ' l . ladies, depend upon it.- It 'is i 1 , tly tritural :'and -plc A -foolish 1 ' 1 ,. i . •pr i r. A i . "V 'nala is not worth marryins anl4 CI. , . , , t. Wan will surely judge you itivan , ''''.% in exact ratio to I the .planeness I _ Toeity of your drew, - . '.4:'"(5.),!1: real blPEtsiti_e , , often appear in us', „..,. 1 ..t 'of pains 1.7, , 5cs and clisapoint- 1 1 ' , ', l I' we I.•aF4 patien - ec ire shalt see • !,1* :1 ir-Ter fizilre. - , ' iI--NO • Q. I THE TEE HANDFULS OF GRAIN. THEE 1 It was one day in the only eprinii-of tb. par that Gerard Starner called his thre , ' , sons, Adolphus, Henry; and the little Bern, , lard, to his side. VIU - his band he held a. I open letter. Thelteare shone in his eye.' .I and bit voice was very - 4d, ae he elites:se. them: I ) . "Via have 3ften heard' me speak, m ikilitirr a dsf su,keitei. Bernard, who le a.distant ceuntry."; • ' AY6 I ," they replied, and they gazed woo deringly at their pakent. .. "Well, my sentiP" hp continued, "you I uncle Bernard,: baiting at last aznaseed• 1 consideiable fortune, had determined tc 4 turu to!kilti native village, and taken 40 abode w i th me; (Or , we are the only I two that remain -of a happy' family of seven 1 brother. and five siiters,'' he added; as be drew his band !testify across his eyes. -• • I i ' "An 4 is uncle coining Aeon ?" inquired CHenry i n an animated tone. - "He should tave teen here by this time, I my son,;' replied hits father, 'but an'all-wise 1, Providence has orderled. it otherwise. ,and ) now,'-headded, 'I f4ar that, you will never lace him, ; for this letter informs me that he 'is lying very ill in a distant city, and he 1 desires me to come to hiriii, that he may see me occe Imre,' and ithat'l may assist him ;in arranging his affairs.' ' 'Andwill you go,lfatherf Said Betn .ard anxi/msly. • , • 'Certainly, my 'chtld. And during my absence cousin Joni) Reinimer and his wife will come and fake care of, the house, for I shall probably not retiaroOntil the fall, as I._sball have to travel; sane distance.;'and in tei-e of your uncles death, there may be a gr eat' dal for Inc to attend to.' I, 1 (The s he Will get well,.and then you ' wiltbrio , him home Wth you.' -, ‘ll,itearEterriard, that that may nol_ 6e, for be writ me word that the doctors say his ease iS\bopeless. Listen now attentive ly' my elildle,n, to wh at i I am gang to ten y fd i ou, r it s a reesiage to eacli;.of ou , from yout'dying.ulicle. lie says - ive a • handful .•u ' train to )each of our thrCe ;children when you leaver ern to_kene to . , me, and .eat them Old ith it what they 1 think beet iruting y • ,absence, and when • you return you ,I Oceicie,who has made' the, hest use of it, and, will reward that one apeording as I shall t'ol you.' - ------ *- -- -4. --.7 , *, , * .• C I 1 ; ' It 11 autumn. Theklittle Bernard stood $ watching at the opt , window, a carriage ' &act, hastily lip to th . door, and the aged Gerard stiiped froze i ,' bolding in his, baud 11 a small tiu,box. .. • 'Oh; :here ii•pppa i there is-papa 1 . 1 be l - Then the three children pulled from , the . recite and threw the r arms around him, . saying, ..• _ -- 1 011 ice " are • F=o " i fla to see you, ,papa, , ~ 1 le you have b,cen so long away.' i , A,.)a I din glad to See you, too, my ebit ilren, and ;all , looking , so well, i epliecrthe . - #•eed man,l•as he bent forward and g gave i Mein each -a kiss. (_'., , )i., Jae'ob Reim pier ael Lis wife now approached to welcorq him, and he inquir 'cd of . each of thAm lip s the children bed be hayed during his absenCe. ' • ; 'Oh, they hare betel very good boys,' he , replied. • • • • ;. They all.lnew entered, the house. 'Gerard ' Steimer then..alaped the'tin box that hi. held in hiS hand open the table, and takint la small keyl, from iiiipecket, openial it, an, ''ilrew from thereat, the llst will and testamen o f his bro_ther BernardAteimer I . _. All Igazjd Fa:lly up - i - A, the ohl man, .a.• with tremblitg ;;and- ho unrolled it, 1111 t I raid, 1 . - 'I had the priA ,lea.ure, tr.). children, 0, clesing my Ihr, ~,r'e eyes tti peace, nuclei laying his ircla tiaS in their last resting • place Ad this trill he bequeaths the whet.. • of kis property to theone that I shall dc ' ..ide • has ina! , le, tile be use oft the handful f.f giain that I gaze itch of You before I i t _left hone. tet me no _hear, my children,' he added, 'wharyoilla •ve idorie with IL' -• . 'l' sail Adeliieus • 'have saved mine. ' I i. 1 • - put it in a srnall-ivooden bok, in a dry Place; , ;ilia it is just as fresh .6 the day you gave it to me. .I ' 'My son,' said his father, in a stern voice, , Vou - 4 - ave laiduy theraiu, amid what bath it profited thee? Not i ling! , So it is with ,wealth. Hoard it, and it yi;ildeth'neithe t I , ' pro fi t _nor etitlfort. And yon, llenry,' Ii : continued, 'what have•you dose with you handful?' : .. 'I ground.it to flour ; papa,' andi_lad , nice swr_aLeake. -Midi- 4f-it,--which I hay, eaten,' ~ .7., ,, ,• • 'Foolish hiay'.' he replied, 'and it tEgione htaving . gived thee but a moment's, cornier or sup • port S o is it' wit money . :I i. ; upon iby pleasnres, they also are.,:tut for meineut.'The aged Gerard note, tunic. ; - 1 tetward his rungest sou, and IraWina. ' o tw '''' d hi ' i tisd l es . . 1 l Bern ard . -- , my ot em ad e the handfal ' ef g reit'', that I gave him?' Ti —child smiled, and clasping ass fath • _ ' er's haet between his own, said, 1 'Come •' h toe,' papa, and I will show you.' , t: , . • They all follo ed the boy as lie led the say to -aid . fiehl \ -obelonged to his i father, : •hut which was Ssitua ted at some dis tance - Worn the house. • • I. 'See, paPa!', exclaim the IN),appy child; 'see what ' has become of my 'handful of grain I' and he pointe in delight.ward ' a corner .of ! the field where grew the 11, . slender corn, Which, la en with its golde. cars, waved 'and rust l edbeneath the.genths ; breezes. . ; ) The aged deoid smiled, and resting his I hand upon Beinarirsheai, paid, 'You have clone well, my son. You sowed the grain in the earth, and it has ; brought thee forth 1 e bountiful harvest; to you must I award my brother's fortune. Use it as wisely as ; 1 yen have the handful of grain: Neither !heard it up nor spend it nerely upon thine YirElioNES * DAM 1 ,§E . P:. F IEMBER. 2 1857. and He shall remota. • reward.- ANNAti.' little Ones of Chris ber it inch a plea . , LATEST .vonit xAN.g4B. , 1 , ------- . We etindense t e following items frain the Kansas Correa cdent of the St. Louis Democrat: QUIPDAItO, fiejat 5, 1857.—Mr. Bayley is not yet.-denali ,He is lying ins very pre cariontrinairdition; On Saturday Mr. Brock .T.-""-Os.._. ' " •,,,... T. Bayley, -returned to ...e.NumpbUll sou Wall arreim.,4- __The prow ganalta 'swore that is should not be Wild, and any man. who. dared to.testify *Lost him should be ahot He was brought be fore a justice of tact peace. .The tocsin was sounded. The fire-eaters assembled,— The free state de i also convened.. ' e 'conservative - ''' lavery N men too—. Shannon,Millie; 7' Moore, anti Stephens &ands 'of Now Iterk..r.sisidetermined to act, with their free state frien They gave notice to thit firs.esters tha if the trial was into inte rfer ed with, the). would r t t aid to put down the ,linsurgents. They all met at the justic'es ogee.' 'A man was bell ed on to testify.' The propagandists drew their revolvers. The other forty followed suit. One of themanded a revolver to the witness; and, thos armed—the pistol cocked—be 'proceeded to give his evidence! Isn't this a great country ? The justice was a man of woalf nerves, and fainted. The trial was postponed tilt Monday. .. I .We have news hercr.--froro Bw/ker di rect.-that he feels himself in AB afellt a danger of as.sassination as (len, Lana him self. It is understoqd that hesires an interview with Lane. Isa e General this morning. 11e• says" ;wo uld have no objection to have a tWiiitti Walker. It Its proable that t et:"d celebrities will meet ;before long. ~.- •I ' I We do .of put too much confidence in the eta :..ent,or Walker'efriends that the alt , pro-elai4y men ore hostile to him. • c know thtl, Mr. Walker will lie when policy require* it, and he• may be desirous , of getting up a feelin• of sympathy in the free state ranks. He can't do it until his j acts prove his sineerit . One tliiog is der- tail'. When et Leco pton he keeps him.' 1 self very ,elose. Ire has his meals in his I private room. Ifs never goes out unattend !ed or after dark.o is in camp near I Lawrence to-day. . ; The free state me in LecomPtos, at .I 1 present, are. Very mu' excited" and exas i perated. Tlii'attempt to kill Bayley, and cill ; a less suceessfill; astern, t at the same time, to kill.r. Winecoop, a conservative pro ; slavery. tp a t „ has mai both classes is a I ..• ,S' ' common' ling of resentment against the ~ _,.1 - _ ..... _ ~ iikir i 4 dangerous plate for ci ti zens . The first attempt on the part of the fire ( eaters to attack a free state Mani will be, [ the _signal for a g e ne aluprising. Law- , ii retire trill not permit LpcomptOcto kill her ' eitizens. The Locompon free state demo ., oats and conservative pto-slavery men, Its ; ; I have already mention6d, are actuated by I i a sintila determinationi Expeet music. ; A lonl journal Fays it hat Rev. ,Mr. Stew- , art, ii'Lr4 ntleman of intOigence and veraei- , ty, wi; has been travelling through the ( 1 1 border - Counties of 3lies' ourl, and just re-' turned from a trip of 'considerable length . , in that direction ; , says that 'he saw and • heard evidences everywhere on his route, 1 conclusite to him, thapreparations w. e. ; again making in Miss° ri to invade ' nsas i •' in October, with the vw of ~ icipatin i , tin our territorial electi ons. f they 'coin ,'; over again, arrangeme is have been math Ito _ accommodate them permanently. • , 1 formidable- tottitaly or er has been organ ,' ized for! that•littrpose. It is'ealled the '; "Kansas ' .volunteers for / the protection of ; the fr hallcit- box." Gen. ILane, of course, is ! the pre.sMing genius. Ilia staff consists of i Meisrs. Whitman, <Phillips, Conway and ,l . ri•eflpath; wha cacti have offices in Law- L i rence, anti are tiaily? engaged with him in perfecting the organizition. , Fifteen or twenty thousand men sill be enrolled be- Ifore the', election. Companies have been , 'organized and arc drilling in every county _in_the territory.. Agrig : the peace, the pa ty prepared for war. Arms and amuni • i tie were quietly intro aced and a tenni ,dal?le army can now equipped - The l i o campaign of lest.. - sumni r taught them the rneeessity of being:prepatcd•in every respect . I—both int respects money, arms, ammuni- I tion'and drill—for a ren ewal of hostilities. I They are 'prepared. - It is to be hoped that the services of the volunteers will never be needed.'lf the nu ll ifiers Will stay at 'home, they wil l not be called out. But if the border banditti oome over again—they will be met by exasperated, well equipped and .'organized; enemies befo . they can accom plish the nefarious objee of their visit: • • . A S a b bath ab SeAOO l -A••==.Y. .Erie Annnlal Conference, .'it Was stated: tb - at there are j 600,000 children in the Methodist Sabba t h Schools. Of tbese twenty-one thonsan are Within the.. bounds of the - Erio Confe nee. Sun day School Adrceate h s a.,,ciretilation of 156,000, 'and it EMI mad a net; gain in circulation:of 90 I i000 in 1 \ ' The' S bath School -v InstitUticin dates i • •- . - years. a,o; it .s now eis timated to. embrace 7,000 000 ofi .children in Christendom': -The number i Sabbath Sebools of all decorninatirns in ;be United States is put down nt 3;0 0,000; less' than half of the children in th Republic actor to the last census. l • • • PRODUCE GAMBLING. I.4 ti_ga Drum mond of the Illinois i . States Court,- has deo ' dod, in a case of'poduee gambling, that th • buyer was entitle? to the dama ges for the failure to fulfil the.contract.-- . The defendant pat a plea 'bat there was no -intent to deliver the .16,000 buttheis of corn' stipulated, brit only to .the difference between ihe:contract and I , arke I:itices of Money, from one party tbs _ other, but de , ision was in favor o the plaintiff ohl '1 • - . j, , .: A..lolGiffPl f 4 iTt - i• 1 • ~..-1„,,,,,,,,, ~,„' • ~ . 1 '1 W 4 question whether lit ~ itlity..'ibiatory of hairbreadth"..4ipis a• ' led ito 4.e follestiiientitt 4244 1 Yri b!hf' 4. - The iiOti is given. Ai related_ in t fliatitil of the hero. • I'' . ' ' '''' fl ' ' • . , ' 1 "It wai_abOut - tha Inas ISS that , net tled in Virgintx,,aear the He of the.;Otin atiha.! The; ovititiTi'vai t]-• • the , tit* ;an .unbroken wilderness; : feL l settleM e nte ' hid beep made then. hi. n whites,` and they were so;' fai l spiwt•u . . l _ r iooe,r, 'Tan all hope of isaistalpton-, tt . . - - of en ittneli trawl -,beatita4/011MIN 4 '-., • whom still infested' the I tieightin: Pod; - ; ' '' '''. ''''',* "I lived here ninon ; ' • 'Ywife for lipw ere' montheirinmelested,'!,r Ihyliint of un- tiringlotweeieranop,.beio.:,then young mid hardy,lbad `Strecceded in making goiter a large dloariogj In the . to 1 Which I.! hid planted 'with nona,'-and 1 T . ., pr omised d Ms abundant yisld. ''. '!! .; ' 1' ! ! "One morning after , putt Prepat ad to ! venture forth. la my regular 'row tinct , ef labor, my attentio st . !artiste.* by ,the tinkling o f A 'eon' • .11 in !Vie! Cern 'Ar4; • V ~,! !: ! ! - 1 ' !.' ! I !I' 1 !! ! `"There, i f saidaty Istif.4"tlinoxiw- ii in the corndeltV e ''‘, • '‘'',! ‘ j !!! ! ' "Bet.. .t 1 ' - .. ~,,. I! ! ;linear of tal ems priderrout be comes by edricittionyrifyt mute; especially as trim: tbe, bet that hit safety I o ft en Idt! penas open Ithe..nieti ,csigiation of that sense. k*as not eiwilyieleiied!, I listen ed—tho sound was!repeatae: liThsi," Said I, in reply to l the reptirie*mY,erife, "was: not the tingle of a bell twin the heck of a, cow. It - is . " ,decoy of ohne! Indian who 1 desires to - distr . me.itito so ambnsb." ;.l . "Believing this tn,lnt i the ' t ease; I 144 down my old itsket .(I.„ letd no' rifle) arid 1..3 Geeing that it was propstly;loided l l , st i ole cautiously around - the field. towards • the point from w h ich the sound seemed 'to pro ceed. As I aq suspected, there in a &its ter of bushes ! netted tin Indian; waiting for rise to app appear in answer to; his. , dooyr hen, that hemight 641 the fatal ballot to my bliart. • I pproached withoht discover- tug Myself to ins, until within 1 1 ,good,shoot, , trig distance, t en I raised my piece and I fired. The bralef ipeJ true to its 'mark, and the'lndien_fell dead.. !, 1 . - . 1 mi "Not knowing but tbit he' ght!be ac -1 companied by others, I return i d ;with; ill epeedcabin, to my and having rutty her- Ideeded the door, I watched . all day kint the port boles,i in anticipation of Milatteek from the companions Of. the !IndiMi I had killed:. To add to the danger, and'seOmint hopelessness of My' !situation, - I had but one charge of _ponder left. ; I . could., !make but one - shot,,arld then t if attacked.byrium. beta I ebould!l4 ! , t,utirefy ••in - th eir Ewer. riiiiiiiidiri iny la - st eEr7dor powder and 1 . ... put into musket fifteen !slogs, and then•wai led fOr.the approach of night, feeling eon.. Identt, of au attack. • ! 1-' • , . 1 ; 'Night came at length. .A beautiful Moonlight niuh l t it was too; and thislfaror- r , ed inc greatly, las I croiild „thereby! be able I to obServe the nioveroentsi)f the'' enemy as they approached my cabin. It, was a som e Lours afternightfall, end as yet. I' ' had 1 neither heard nor reena sign of the Indi-; 'ans, *hen suddenly I was startled by the' 1 baying of my dog at the . etablei 'I know 1 the. Indians were corning. The Stable! W 219- ' a lilit to the wes t of the - 'cabin': ;and he r."- ~ weeo.them was; a patch of elear,'d ' ground. upon Which the light of the full ninon', fell.( unobstructed. !Judging froui the noise at ] the stable that they would advance from' ; that direction, I posted myself "Al the port-,', i hole` on - Chit side .of the, cabin, I, ~ , • '"I hail proviously'plaeed my , w if e upon' the cross polo in the chimney,' so ;that /in!, case our enemi e s [;, effected au entrance !to' ! the cabin she might climb out through the low chimmey and; effect her escape. For i m3 )- self, ;I determined not to be taken' alive ; land resolved to s e ll my life dearlY.! , • ' r "With breat Ll hless anxiety I Watelred at the port , hole.l At length I .r . aw.'thern i emerge from the ' shadow of i the afable and I advance across the 1., vacan t 'ground toward • ~, the cabir. One---tivo- 7 -three---,great .hea ven4six statwart — trAians, armed to/the I, teeth and urged on by the hope of revenge. 'My case was desperate !imiced , Witli quick yet stealthy step in close single file they' approached; and ware' already ;within a few yards of the house; ,Oen ;rt'l slight change in the tovement of the, forward n Indian, changed; the position of the. entire `six; .so that a portion of the left side of each was:uncovered. Theo' . Were all in . a range- 7 one aim'Woultlcavet al. 'Quick as thought 1 aimedland fired.: As the 'smoke cleared awls,* I (could harlly,,eredir what my senses showed me axtlfe'resalt of the shot. The fifteen sings with- !bleb I had loaded, my musket had done Ltbeir work, w ell. Five of the', six Ind,Urns lay 'dead apj, 1 on tho ground and sixth I/disappear ! • .: , 11 ed. - - • !' • !I • 1! 1 ~ ;1 4 "Although no enemr,wai no fr in 'sight,l, I did not venture' fortir Analnorning.—' There lay the ..brAies of ('the &es Indians, undisturbed, together. with the 1•IfItt .if the ! Securing the arcoi.and l amtiannition of the fallen Indians I followed ' i nk the trail of the ( ' missing.one, Until it reached the river beyond which point I could - ilia ( cover ' w3i o ft hb it trace the ;g: unmistakablebri e h h a t m ev a e r r t . e do ' vtitdt From e ciee!t r a ile t il l thao.et ammo hilt way with difeulty, I • 0 4 , 1 ''''; to believe 'that be had been,mortal ly" :undeJ and in order M prevent his body front falling into the hapds ,er his white foe, had groped his way t..) the river and thrown himself into the current which ' bid borne him away. ‘The - Ind i tans hack killed my-,co,w, and that you may. be : I nsured was.lnn Imo, yet in my gratitude . for my eseap3 Item the merciless savagai, I would - have been entirely willing to have unde,rauch greater sacrifices. was well provided (by mestie - of arms and ammunition taken from the dians,) in case of a second attack, brit this fortunately proved to be my last adVenture w-t! , savages. Not one tho hand ' hid esoape4 to tell the tele and biethren to avenge the •eath of rides. exclaimed the old man, While the tears gushed from the! eyes at the memory oflethst event, "that was a gle i toUs, shot -4he best Lever Made." IThe hero of this adventure lived to sik tlia rude wilderneis whateho had' Pitched hisi only cabin,'ltonsformed - .-iuto smiling fields, and that peOpled by hardy and;entcr prismg pale faces, among whom _his last days were passed in "peace laud plenti," undisturbed by the, presence of his olden feeia. • - MEI _it ti, AMWAY"! Wiiirk& Gen Wayne was I a 'great favor ite With all who hid served 4 undor him,, an when it was knowu that he la s to command the expiiition agains t the Indiana , ,of the nalthwatt, hundreds of his of -his revolu tions'', immradesofinaked Ito histitandard and enlisted under his atdera. here are usthose stilt : living *Moogwho emeMr , i ,, Gem Wayne when . he took this p ost. I lle was very partial to, those who eery under biro in the Revolution and they ould al i ' , 1. ways apprniseh hint with morefam iliarity than others could. Among thee old Teta ill a l eotnewhat antiquated die oon,- ex tremely averse to labor. He refu to'do as service in time of Park, ;a n had no eery other ambition in days of qUietnesthan to keep hie horse's feet ready, for t h e fight, and his sword bright' ands„ Muir. The General was subject to attacks ,pfthe gent, , i and at such times was crossjand petulant, and it, then reqUired no slightde gree of courage to approach him. BO th old dra le goon was never daunted by the neral's temper..`. On one occasion when t e Gen eral' wae,partieularly ill-natured f ota a se vere attack; the old dragoon had some •fa vor to ask; approaching his room, ha.peop. ed in'at the door, exclaiming'--Mad An thday." The; General looked upland an grily ordered I him ,to "14 " off sur„. Off went the dragoon., In, a few mittes he returned,. lovk'd into the room a nn, shout ell "Mad it uthony , L say - sic it hi aa hard getting a 'glass' of grog out of you iiii it was to get into Stony Fein: with year This appeal told. ,'Waiter, said the General, "give that—rascal a glass. of bra p l y and send him off." The old dragoon toned off• the bluer, and retired until hel l Ph °tad, again be lei want of a drink of thei Getter-. al's brabdYi t • j The,above,was comtested tq 'ter, by an old resident, and one with scenes; aft Indian and frontier Where:id That Man g 0 .1 - . tlie - 14egraph,,Y there in e employed , a la r tender . who is in the; habit, . of ta • ing ids "tod" pretty freely, but always i ma: es it a Poiiit never t drink in the presene ;of _hie, employer. - : A few days ago, while be . -wash io ilmact, of 'drawing his "VA"; , prpparato:! ry t; taking, : drink, the employr came ii into the bar-room rather unexpeeted y. '1 „I Finding ;himself caught in the ac he set 1 the tumbler and its contents on the counter, , and casting his eyes aimmd with. a look of [ surprise, exclaimed: . i ' ' "Why , ,I ;.J thunder did th, bereiri Jet' diu dered this drink go to ?". Yankee All Over. Bayard Taylor tells a good lator e of a Yankee, who, in walking along Ithe streets of St. Petersburgh one muddy day, Met the Grand Dnke Constantine. The' slewalk was not tide enough for two per i sons o pass and the t ide was very deep with Oith-- wheretipon the American - took a I silver rouble from his pocket: "CroWn or tail ?" "Crown!" guessed the Grand Duke. K;our highness has -won,", the . ' American, !oiling, tke roub l e ad sceppliag into the mud. The next day the Atnerican was invited by the Grand Duke to, takcV din in 1 1 tier. MARRIEDI BY Esrazs.—.A. took place on. the lightning - express train (ix the 3lichigan Central"- Railroad yesterday, betweerr Kalamazoo and GalePborgh.; tr; The "happy couple 31 were r.W. U. Webster, Otsego county, N. Y., and MieEnneline Beach, c l f , duarusy cour.ty, Ohio. ' They ,were martied‘by John Edwards, Es , a 'Justice of Kalamazoo. ' ' .We are informed that the courtship took place_during the ride from Chicago Je that paint. When the people of the opposite sex d 3 their conrting in the short-space of some fert or five hours while' riding at the rate of shout thirty twomiles an hour, marl ry at the,same lightaing speed, we tliinie no one will dispute that this is afast age. The Aiappy pair went 'to Cleveland by, steameb last evening.—Derroir Adam., 474 , se"' I t THE CHOLERA IN'TFIE BRITHHI A, —A. British ,officer, in a letter from. fro habad, gime tertiblo picture of sufferings, of the British troops. T found it quite difficult to get enough .tol and were exposed to every sort of peril.. The writer adds: ' You L i ve n'o idea of the awful wee her and <luta suffiarings from the 'heat; we sit with tretl t cloths over our heads, but iEe deaths from sunstroke continuo large; that dreadful scourge Cholera hat also braked out, and we have lest already seventy fight. lug mn: We buried twenty-three a foW nights sago at one I funeral; and the shrieks of the , dying were something awful; two poor ladies who w e re living , at die hospit al died believe, from fright We have `now about; four. hundred ;wie# outside the fort 'and the I disease isi Certainly the decline. ----- -- .. 7..A.PELIZE WLIEAT CaoP.—li i 'Stated that MT. Islicholas Went raised this seastin, on his farm at "Winchester Bottom,"on the Ohio "river, in Tyler county, . Va., .1,600 btirLLlagood prim* White wheat. A porl tioa of Idle laud oa which the wheat g rew was Mealtured,; :cad the yield averaged a fraction - over forty bushels to tit'o acre. 1 1 , I. . 1 MILROAD PORT/1.7 , '. The.llillsdale . 'Michigan I Standard, lies' the following: A fldead head .on the Cm:lo;3ll36yd sent his expired pass tol Bnperinte'ndeni awn, with the following on its hack: ' 1 Bless my-stars '. 1 -1 • • 1 - No more on the cars . I, As a dead head I'll Odi s kia a rail; 1 . 7 Unless . Mr.- fb tow .; t, ' Should take Mia#rice, ' i :.d send me a pail, by the mail. To wide F h \ lit.. Rion , ha p pily respo nd ed in the followingutnorous strain: i 1 1 ..„ he conduct o r will pasa , , 1 • .1 This bundle Of gas I , , . -• ~ Fruia July till the middle of Lent ' Like any; dead fiiid. ,` .. li . • „Viithaut piyiiigl"si red ? " -• I , Lat him ride.to his hiart'S content. ,-. Ji i I,i xcite hie his tom- At-tke Exohange Hotel, ha Philailelphia an the 31st of J ;Ay, A..D. 1827, ltirs.lPub lie Plunder,- the mother of the DeMocratic party, full of, life and vigor, at an advanced age in the presence of her three loving' sons —thei Canal Commissioners - -and "'a llarge and extensive number of near relatisies and deal*Leeds. Her ill e* ; began i on the birth of her son Henryl3Xelt, nearly 4hrse years ago. Sinus then ahe , haabeen tetter ing to her:Rave in the last staged 4isease ; Which was ret! the heart. The large dose of "the & people,"larinainiatered ili, , the Leg iplature, was likely to, prov& - atal. Her son Henry grew up! all of a suddinHtn be a great big fat boy, rather likely ithau ether wise. t l To him belongs tie, Credit lof a ehang ia• the physician freinthe peopl e to the ci .Supreme Bench. But tifortnia tely the , medicine of the latter only haitened her'i to her grave., Poor. Henry; . after' heinl , i kicked out of the Court, was well nigh-b;1 ing prostrated l .with the same diSease,j bat he survived toi witness his Mother ahe het last tear, and draw her last breath. .11e is a! worthy son of his mother It, is a sin ful, duty, to record the depaTfureof one who] ileaves behind so many, weepin g relatives and friend& • It May be truly 'said of the! ISleceitsed, that , her lostt will be several Lt'elt, i !by many throughout the entire commu n i ty. Her blood runs in the i veins . of at 'Oast fifty thousand personal, besides a largo number i of relatives not blood. Her funeral 1 -was' , h ' onored with the presence of more.blood re -1 1 Wiens \ thau any other . person that 'has , been mourned I. in our communitY. , U I Great Gre \ at,,Grand Patbq was present..—: dae itundrecilUncles, with at, least 'ono thousand other relstives, witnessed the cer emony.: ITheyLeould boaSt of being ,the a. of new-and•of otter-Wise afttl.. A., well , tiuguished eitiiens. \ ' 1 , It may be truly said kir th‘edeceased, that in, the midst of her usefulness` she. wa in • I death. Three' yCara ago she hiqWir or a long life, full of; vigor 'and liealth.ibl , ;to II do anything her l: in o m:ght ,desire. \ -She laced but lay her hands on the heads of th• t bl ind to restore them to sight. . iShe ',need but to declare herwill and Franklin Pierce land James Buchanan phi& be, carried' to i the Presidential honors.' in earlylife,l she I would not let s the right hand know irhat • the left one was doing. The last act of her life exemplifies\ this principle—it vgtaS on the night of the 306. the night' &demi her death in its darknesa and stillness, and when no human eye could see, that she ith her own free will and accord, without_ a ny solieitation volunteered to convey from her Depot irtayspo i rt, to the foundry in the t same place a large lot otnew Bare of i, on. I What a munificent act! There,* ear ly. in Ithe morningrof the 31st, on the scales Were to be seen the fruitL of her noble g'ener4ily. I Although her howls, like . tbose,ef s,l'Hini, were numbered, she was not cu e' to be ' een blazing forth her own, glory. Mineis not the pen to .lo ...the dee° sed full justice. I hope some ons of the ela tiVes will furnish the - ttatisticts iteces ary to arrive at something , like such a yodel . For tha present we will append' the ro gramme of the funeral, obsequies: i 1 It was past one •o'cloolt" before the eat i emoniest e)osed, and soon arter the preen,. sion began to . Move.. We 'eejoyed a fatior able post for the obs ervation, havlng a, fair view of I the procession, and •the impre 4ion was that ;of a solemnity:every way' wor itv ,-, nf the ceieasion. .., • The Hearse , which bore the' Menai 1-.• mains was drawn by two boanidtt bl ek horse's; splendetty capariaarted; 'The co* occupied a ; conspicuous position, and tkis fully expase4 toview: . ' • "4 , 'I. . - PALL BEARERS: ' ' '1 , ,! Wm. F. Packer, 1 Jelin Cresswell, -! Chas. ; It. Buckaletu Geji. Callahan, i 11. D.• Foster, 1 • Hon: A. Wilson A. M. ; White, At. Co. Jonathan D.; Loot Geo. W. Bowman, 1 John V. Forney; Hon. W. Wilkins , Walter Graham- . 1 _ - the wri amiliar iwar. hat or- ti man 1 MY! the ho 7 eat ' CUTER MOURNERS. 1. Hon. Arnold Pluinor, llinry C. M. tt, l 3mas Scott, Canal Commissieners: 2. Henry 3. , 3tae 'Tieasuri 3. Superintend( us, Supervisors, 51,ud 5? 3, , Bosses:'.and Lock keepers toci numerous to mention. . 1 '4.The , procession, extended nearly two miles, it'slowly wound its way over ` he plank road to the office of Mr . Lomfa rt id Altoona, to whoni the r e mains were ' e l .$ livered on behalf of the Nuns; Railroad Oornpany. _ : • AB the tray . along that distance, fro m the starting Point to the place of .iaterm tit were stationed Private carriages, hoidem n.,1 ci groups of citizens, families of cbildren, a tw a mixed collection iof expectant peop e,l wood contractars and others awaiting si coming of the mourners. . , .' . [ 1 ge_Mirth le li e a flub of liglitsti. g, that breaks ihrough a gloom of clouds, Sied glittare for al,moruenr., Cheerfulnes ke4ps 'Up a dayligh in tho iniud, filling its IV / i a N l perpetual and 'steady serenity. la i.' From the Hiltiattyebatv ttegie l ler. DIED. j ESTAtLISITEts 1818. ..utf ;- O • F CAIO ORE, -. F' M Y D:; T - ,& The New Fork Times gtves the'fellow , ' ', . . - • ing synopsis o f, the . !rem Indiareel : ed by the Balt . ut y i , . The Massacre At ea ; wnpo - re, of wbkh some partionla'rs ire reemied is ratably '' r • the 'most treacherous Mid' bloodiest aetseytor recorded in the history of any. cenntrjr--;-. In 'the small fort at alit place, stim-•90 English' trootia With /wer 300 warr en and tt •7 . i , children, had taken range under the -or- • den of Sir.: . Etegh,' Wheeler. ITbn'exten- .•,, aiiio plain without the: fort swarmed with thousands or th e fareciot• =Abloom; un-' der' the-;command 'of bilma Sahib. l• •he , , besieged' , waited end. , ; `-brit '. in vain,,' for relief ; -At last ' -134 oghi. - ma whom '- wld the hepee of all rennet felt mortally wein ded, in one of the';gallant sorties !kat' be had made.against, such fearful edds t land . with starvation staring them in ; tee lane,' the garrison then .sot-rendered en the 'con- - dition-that they might descend the river to ; Allababad. I No seeder; however.-had bey . got into their boatsl'thati Nana Sabib, ,; hot down every man Woman. and ehild Not one escaped. Geneini Itir)loe); IlibSe= linently arrived, at the head of 2,000 Bri. tish treops-;--too late to prevent the- inissa me, •but Dot too late, to Avenge -it. Cairti 7 pore was retaken, and Nene. routed in two engagements,_• At 'latest dateet be Wail en trenched at - Bin:loot, where Gen . Havelock' ' was preparing to; attack him. ; :. Not lesslinf teresting than this are the narratives of the ' . events in ether parts of „India: , There had ; . been " several engageniethe before 'Delhi ; all ' resulting in the repulse of Ail Inutineera. Y The beseiginiferce,"'itutatriring.onit 2;000 ' 1 men, was altogether too small to risk ion.' attack or venture within; a city' _containing 1 a bosiile population ; of about 130.006 souls. 1 They were therefore ci;Mpelled to awaitre- I inforcements. At Agra', the. BritiiihA bad .• 1 been obliged to retire before the mutineers. ' All thot the fonder , could muater i inciu- . Y . ding the garrison Of .;the-,,,1ti0t and civilians, did not ainotint to 'l,ooo' men, while - the I latter were over - 10,000... i etrong.• F caring '7•• the -repitiiien of . the tragedy enacted -- at • ; Cawnp_. - ne, the Bogli'sb, though so greatlly . 1 ieferier in numbers, ; , , litermined to antiei ;pate the assault, ilmtlisallied-forth in a 'body Ito meet the inutineertil• Irofortunatery their -aninauttition failed doting the engagement and in their r&;reat y tbdy- --- .suffered - :heavy_! • loss. Th. ir Aittilabo by row- ac c ount s :, w A si coneetved, a most eritieal one. ;Upon reviewing ,lie whole new; by this arrival, !the tide may be regarded ati'„turned in fa- Ivor of the. British. - lly . the recapture of 1 Cawnpore, Licknow; and the Northwest I are conaidered savetl;lland if the report be true tLat Brigadier general Chamberlain = !nen, the 1341,144 tuat etty may take place earlier than mow poo - ple•-anticipite. 1 ' • • _-_________ ,_______.m , . LYNG IN BED WITy tt , 1,,.4.14an limn. --I is often a queition am on g persons who c ; areunacquainted with the anatomy and phyeiology of man, whether l,yiog with the - head exalted,' or, even the -body, .was the most wholeseMe. Most persons consulting , . their own e'ase'ol3 Itbie piani,:argite in fa vor ofhat, Which the . 'y. prefer. NOw al ; • 'though many tyllight In bolstering np their heads at.nt hit and sleep soundly without _ injury, 'yeti declare* te - he a dangerowt. :habit. - The vessels th - rough „which the blood• Rpasses from ' i the--. lar,t to the bead, are al..' ays lestamed in th 'e eavities when the head is resting iq bed hi er than:the-body; ~. e\ therefore in all diseasea atte, dfd with fever, the head 81to6id be nearly a ' a levet with '. • , II the body ; and the people ought to eons. tout themseltles thus - to sleep to, avoid- dau ger.' ' I . 11 • 1, • i XASSACIM OM TILE Suaiirt Paostix.c-r.—A lector from the Parish Oaquemines, Louiaiana, in .tha N. 0. Picayune, says; tho sugar planter; of that State will save no causej to complain of this present yoars Alm nano , Will mature earlis'F this seasoti,than usual and manufactured the nevi sugar will he anufactureci come into •rmact two' of three-weeks in sd usace of former cas s. L. Duxoti ten ears sloee an old .Dutoiqoao purchased in the tY of Brooklyn a snug little farm for nino tbousind,dollara. a, lot or land specilators called upon, him to buy _ him out., On asking his' price, be _ said- he would take "'sixty= tbousand dullars—nu.-‘, less. • "..' no ‘ t nd r h gale? Imlcill bond and thousand dtillars." • k "And why' nut ;more?' ioterragated elm would be putoliase.rs. 'Because the darnel place is not worth any more.' • t BRITISH ENLISTMENTS IN, PRANCE.- The Br'ilh. Government is offering great inducef ents,to,French half pay end pen sioned; fficera to enlist for the 'W : 'Wien arm. TbePa e to serve not „less than two r :r more than five years, and are to be'lie* nt, out and back at Cr,overnment expense. Mae pay of captains is to be 20,000 francs,a sod • •uf first lieutenants, 15,000 franca, an. of . sub-lieutcoaot 12,000 francs: ' ~ 1 YELLOW FEvEit.—The7 Yellow E:,verlia said to be prevailing very Seriously at rine. S c ow) three bundred:of the officers and mewl battle ship;lsobel, Segund:. Wit nedernatoO to baVefallear government to it:.--, Nevertheless.the S p anish government iv rit this :seaion, stinding out More —soldicts ibere—raa if ta be victims to 'the'pesti leneo----, • Sicriyo. hunters killed fifty fon! rattl,li snakes; on the 23d of Augnet, on %Settle --1 snake Hill, Sullivan county; N. Y. were, .besides, in embryo,' more ihrui °op • thousand, twenty-four *ere taken from oa k ' venerable head of a great,, many broodsi many of the old ones .Were three an four. feet look,. ' ' Ri u - t • actions tor ‘Pe the future a e beitiepologiee forl wrong OW* in too tlbt; the_Vpat,evidance of , regret for them *a ‘.-a-d off ar,` of tilt- world dime. I. • .
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