[rtOM rax zrxiruto pqn.] CHABOB OF TUB BORDBR-RUFFIAN BRIGADE be seen. In about an hour there gathcredin the in Croot of the hotel* some hundred and dfty men. ;-T^ WMaepamtti MwrtiSjdarlntn fctreotofUie tirlnt. Atid aw cwaw b*ttlci>fcnU, • ♦ • OuasD ! nr l in.zroju of Uubom,uadUected —jucoippbw union, pI.WJWW^ om of IhV gtlllnt «fgS» kindred,] . .. ; ■, " ■ 1 “Charge ! M wastno captain’* cry t Ho toeman.*i bayonet nigh, - . . No (tux t$ make replr-^- “Charge I" m the gallapt cry, And into the fitted tdwn , ■ RPde the fight Hundred! - • • • 11/ ■' ■' * ' No cannon to right of them, < ' ’ Np cannon to left of them, No cannon in font of .then)} VdJleyed and'thundered! Stormed at by ibot nn* shell, BChcy rode aad well, by no fear of Death, by no fear of Hell, ' Bode (he fight Hundred! m. Hashed all their mbres bare, Hashed all tbplr guns In air, , The gallant southron’* there Charging like fury, while ■ All the world wondered! Seeing qq battery smoke, Their southern courage woke, Then nqidd was their stroke. And thrwqgh -the tines they broke, And lawtcqc* plunder'd; Then scampered the Romans back, All the fight Hundred' IT No cannon to right of them. No cannon to left of (bent No cannon behind (hem Volley’d and thunder'd? Stormed at by shot nor shell. They that had robbed to well Han their exploits to t«U, Back to their dens ogois Beck to their border-bel! The jrbole black horde of them, AU the fight Hundred I V, Uopor the brmro and bold. Long shall the tale be told Yeet when oar bebee are old. How bravely they plunder'^ awiltna Sfcetcß. JOHN TAYLOR. BY CBABBBS aUMHEBriBLB. I can never forget my first vision of John Taylor. It was in the Court House at Lew. isburg, Conway county, Arkansas, in the summer of-183£. The occasion, itself possessed terrible inter est. A vast concourse of spectators had as sembled to witness the trial of a young and beautiful girl, on on indictment for murder. The judge waited at the moment for the sher iff to bring in the prisoner, and the eyes of the impatient multitude all centred on the Boor; when suddenly a stranger entered, whose appearance invited universal atten tion. Here is his portrait! a figure, (all, lean, sinewy, end strait as an arrow; a face, sal low, bilious, and twitching incessantly with nervous irritability ; a brow, broad, massive, seamed with wrinkles, but not from age— 1 for he was scarcely forty ; eyes, reddish yel low, like the wrathful eagle, as bright and piercing; and finally, a mouth with lips of cast iron, thin, cold, and sneering, the in tense expression of which looked the living embodiment ot an unbreathed curse. He was habited in a suit of new buck skin, orn amented after the fashion of Indian costume, with hues of every color of (he rainbow. Elbowing his way slowly through the crowd, and apparently unconscious (hat he was regarded as a phenomenon needing ex planation, this singular being advanced, and with the haughty air of a king ascending the throne, seated himself within the bar, throng ed as it was with the disciples of Coke/bnd Blackstone, several of whom, it was known, esteemed themselves-to be far superior to those old and famous raasteis. The contrast between the outlandish garb, and disdainful countenance of the stranger, excited, especially, the risibility of the law yers ; and the junior members began a sup pressed titter, which grew louder, and soon swept around the circle. They doubtless supposed the intruder to be some wild hunter of the mountains, who had never before seen the interior p( a hall of justice. Instantly the cause and object of the laughter per ceived it; turned his head gradually so as to give each laughter a look ; his lips curled with a killing smije of infinite scorn ; his yellow eyes shot arrows of lightningj his longue protruding through his teeth literally writhed like a serpent, and ejaculated its asp like poison in a single word: “ Savages !” No pen can describe the defiant force which he threw into that term, no pencil can paint the infernal furor of hre utterance, although 'll hardly exceeded'a whisper. But he ac cented every letter.as if it were a separate emission of fire that scorched his quivering lips; laying horrible emphasis on S, both at the beginning and end of'the word :—“Sav ages'” It was the growl of a red tiger in the hiss of a rattlesnake. The general gaze, however, was diverted by the advent of the fair prisoner, who then came in, surrounded by her guard. The ap parition was enough to drive a saint mad.— For here was a style of beauty to bewilder the lamest imagination and melt the coldest bean, leaving in both imagination and heart a gleaming picture, enameled in fire,' and fixed in a frame of gold from the stars. It was a spell of enchantment to be fell as well as seen. You might feel it in the flushes of her countenance, clear as a supbeom, brill iant as the iris ; in the contour of her fea tures (symmetrical as if cut by the chisel of (he artist; in her hair of rich 1 auburn ring lets flowing without a braid, softer than silk, finer.titan gpssamer; in her eyes, blue as the heaven of a southern summer, large, liquid, beamy ; in h e mol'ons, gleeful, swimming, dike the gentfe wafiures of a bird’s wing In the sonny air; in the figure, slight and ether ial-cr« sylph’s or a seraph’s, and more than ail, in the everlasting smile of the rosy lips, so arched, so serene, splikf-starlight, and yet possessing the power ofmagic or pf mag netism to thrill the beholder's heart.. As the unlbrtut|a(e girl, so tastefully dres sed, so incomparable as to pprsohdl charms, caloa and -smiling, took her place before the bar of her judge, a murmur of admiration arose from the-multitude, which aha prompt interposition ofhthe Courtv.by'B .(Sera order, pf “Silence,", cfculd- scarcely repress from swellingu> a deafening.cheer; r ... - Tbp judge turned to the prisoner, “Emma Minpri the cpUrt hds hfcen' informed cpmwl,. Col. tfotoiih. is sjck,' Wve ‘ydu 'em. ployed any dflterl" - ' ‘ - > jdlte answered in a voice swfedl as the song .f! ' i' > •ißjj ‘A JL^M A r-*if * r i r; .?n - •■ .*.*» ? \ t .J}i i '•il !;;iu '■‘‘.'•'l r’VBV, 'J •* i.v '\ ( •*'lti i>s> /» .;u'.it-v# U'l; T A I^l & too, .fengn- :tht ::'M . ioV aT}) l ;-i irr •J®rf ■' ‘ •*>?Ju if ■ 1 jif*n W"' s r ,! Ir< 1 if-' j! "V :<j >-r| ■// J - ;it 7*l 'ifj.'.. Itl :{\w Ti j.-yyi • i; “• u' ----'i.r.’/'!) v 1!: ~ il * ijjeggggw—y— (, p——■*— v ■COBB, STURROOK'. | .-.-(i o, ’TmI POLISHERS voiriv„ *yxcfaiin^^ of ihe sky 6neHiies have bribed all the ray 6jvn 16 be sick; but God will defend ihe innpoenl!” At this response, so touching in its simple pathos, a portion Of the auditors buzzed ap plause, and ihe rest wepti On the instant, however, Ihe stranger whose appearance had. previously" excited such merriment, starledto his feet, approach ed the prisoner, and whispered' something in her ear. She bounded six inches from the floor, uttered a piercing shriek, and thenf siood trembling as if in the presence ol a ghost from eternity; while the singular being who had caused.her unaccountable emotion, addressed the court in h is'sharp ringing voice, sonorous as the sound of bell-metal— “ May it please your honor, I will assume Ihe task of defending (he lady.” “ What!’’ exclaimed the astonished judge, “ate you a licensed attorney 1” “ The queston is irrelevant and immater ial,” replied the stranger, with a venomous sneer, “os the recent statute entitles any per son to act as council at the request of a parly.” “ But does the prisoner request it?” iq. quired the judge. “ Let her speak for herself,’’ said the stranger. “ I do,” was her answer, as a long drawn sigh escaped, that seemed to rend her very heart strings. The immediately progressed ; and as it had a tinge of romatic mystery, we will epitomise |he substance of the evidence. About tWelve months before, the defend ant had arrived in the village, and opened an establishment of millinery. Residing in a room connected with her shop, and all alone, she prepardS the articles connected with her highly respected and honorable trade, with unwearied labor and consummate taste. Her habits were secluded, modest and retiring; and hence she might have hoped to avoid no toriety, but for the perilous gill of that extra ordinary beauty, which too often, and to the poor and friendless, always proves a curse.' She was soon sought after by all (hose glit tering fire-flies of fashion, the profession of whose life, everywhere, is seduction and ruin. But the beautiful stranger rejected them all, with unutterable scorn and loathing. Among these rejected admirers, was one of a char acter from which the fair milliner had eve rything to fear. Hiram Shore, was at once, opulent, influential and dissipated. He was himself licentious, brave and ferociously re vengeful—the most famous duelist of the south-west. It was generally known that he had made advances to win the faVor of the lovely Emma Miner, and had shared the fate of all others wooers—a'disdainful repulse. At nine o’clock, on Christmas night, 1837, the people of f-ewisburg were startled by a loud scream, as in mortal terror, while, fol lowing that with scarcely an interval, came successive reports of Are arms, one, two, three; with a dozen deafening roars. They flew to the shop of the milliner, whence the sounds proceeded ; pushed back the unfast ened door, and a scene of horror was pre sented. There she stood in the centre of the room, with a revolver in each hand, every barrel discharged, her features pale, her eyes flashed wildly, but lips parted with a fearful smile. And there, at her feet, weltering in his warm blood, his bosom literally riddled with bullets, lay the duelist, Hiram Shore, gasping in the last agony—“ Tell my mother that I am dead and gone to Hell W and in stantly expired. “ In the name of God, who did this 1” ex claimed the appalled spectators. “ I did it,” said the beautiful milliner, “ 1 did it to save jmy honor.” As may be readily imagined, the deed caused an intense sensation. Public opinion, however, was divided.' The poorer classes, crediting the girl’s version of the facts, laud ed her heroism in terms of measureless eu logy. But the friends of the deceased, and of his wealthy family, gave a different and darker coloring to the affair, and denounced the lovely homicide as an atrocious criminal. Unfortunately for her, the judge and sheriff, were devoted comrades of the slain, and dis played their feelings in revolting partiality. The judge committed her without the privil ege of bail, and'the* sheriff chained her in the felon’s dungeon. - Such is a brief abstract of thecircQmslan ces developed in the examination of witness es. The testimony closed and the pleading began. First of all, three advocates spbke in due cession for the prosecution; but neither their names nor their arguments are worth preser ving. Orators of the blood and thunder genus, they about equally partitioned' their bowling eloquence between the prisoner and her leather robed counsel, as if in dotlbt who of the twain was then on ; trial. As for the i stranger, he seemed to pay! not the slightest ; attention to his opponents, but remained mo tionless, with bis forehead bowed on his hands,- like one buried ini deep thought or qlumßer.-jln-'-. < i-;:. .. _i :t ■■ t^ar,,aqi, ; r?nd Jhif .|f>gal '. His furnace;. Kja gyes reppmbleA OvingApaJs; and his voice became ..clangor of a trumpet. , I hay# never, beforp ® r since,, listened to such, m.ur derous denunciations. It was like Jove’s eagle charging a flock of crows, it. was like.Jove. himself hurling red. hot .thunder bolts among the quaking ranks of’ inferior gods 1 And yet jn the highest tempest of his fury he seemed palm.; he employed, no ges •lure save, one—the flash of a long fore fin ger, direct in ihe ey.es of his foes. He pain : ted their venality and unmanly 'meanness, id coalescing for money, to’hunt down, a poor and friendless wppiap, till a shout of sf/fled rage. arose from ihe mufiilude, and even some of the jury cried, “ Shame I” He changed his theme once more. His voice grew mournful as a funeral song, and his eyes filled with tears, as he traced a viv id picture of man’p cruelties and woman’s wrongs, with peculiar illustrations in ’the cpse of his client; till qne-.half of the !audi ence wept like But it was In the peroration that he reached the zenith, at once of terror and sublimity. His features were livid os those of a corpse; his very hair ap peared to stand on end ; his nerves shook os with the palsy; he Ipssed his hands wildly towards heaven, each fjflger stretched apart and quivering like the flame of a candle, as he closed with (he last words of Ihe deceas ed Hiram Shore—“ Tell my mother that 1 am dead and gone to hell ?” His emphasis on the word hell embodied the acme and ideal of all horror; it was a wail of unot lerable despair. No language can depict the 'effect on us who heard it. Men ' groaned ; females screamed, and one poor mother fainted, and was borne away in convul sions. The whole speech occupied but an hour. ’ . The jury 'rendered a verdict of “Not without leaving the box,- and three cheers like successive roars of an earthquake, shook the old court house from the 1 dome to the corner stone, testifying to the joy of the people! After the adjounment, which occurred near sun set, the triumphant advocate arose and gave out an appointment—“ 1 will preach at this house to.night, at 8 o’clock.” He then glided off through the crowd, speaking to no one, though many attempted to draw him into conversation. *?m£L&£ZM. is. ' Kfcep Watcb oatheToague, : <i b' i'. lini. t.nr. : -.<l - J ■ People areoften.subjected to.extreme mor tification by indulging in dispa raging .'remarks of strangers, add'leamingrsubseijuenily (hat the persons thernsclbes,\or somebf tbejr im timatefriends, wars within ' hearing of the remarks. Such uopleahantiodcurrences rare ly have so pleasant a 'termination as the fol lowing singdlar .‘■renoodnter 1 between Dr. Dwighrabd Mr. Debhie; ■ • i As Dri" Dwight Was traveling through New Jersey, he tdhanced tft ! lSfop at a-stage hotel, in one of iho nophlous towns; for the night; At a'late Hour of the same night-ar rived,also, at the inn. Mr, Denote, who had the misJSHuneib reanifrom tWlaudlord that his i»e(ft'Wefe ( tvelj paired With Iddgbrs, except one, by the ceibbraied Dr. Dwight; Show We ip jjis apartment, exclaimed Dehr nie; although Iqtn a stranger to 1 the reve 1 - rend doctor, perhaps I can bargain with him for myjpdgin'gs. ’ The. landlord accordingly waitecj on,,fyfr. Derjtiip to t}te doctor’s room, and therp left,him to introduce himself. The doctor, ti|ihdugh,ip his night-gown, cap and slippers,jtqd just ready to, resign himself to the refreshing arms of Somnus, politely re quested., tjbe strange intruder to be sqated. The.doqior was struck with the literary, phy siognomy of his companion, Unbent his aus tere brow, and commenced a literary conver sation, The . names of Washington, Frank lin, Rittpqhoqse, a host of literary and dis tinguished characters, for some time gave zest aud interest to their, conversation, until Dwight happened to naroe the name of Den nie. ‘ ■ f< '-t- Letter ?^p^.^o^mjrP6ntL BY MSLANIB. • “Dennie, the editor of the Portfolio, (says the doctor in a rhapsody,) is the Addison of the'United Slates—the father of American BellesLettres. But, sir,” continued he, “is it not astonishing that a man of such genius, fancy and feeling, should abandon himself to the inebriating bowl, and to bachanalian rev els J” ■ - “Sir,said Dennie, “you are' mistaken, I have been intimately acquainted with Dennie for several years, and I never knew’dr saw him intoxicated.” “Sir,” says the Doctor, “you err; I have my information from a particular friend; 1 am confident'that I am right, and you are 'wrong.” 1 hqve not .jbeqq, fishing nt. lhp‘ppnd.' i can’t bait thb hook, nbrtake thefish off should I catch onp, as I did once. „ I wajc,h\b‘e chil dren that go fishing there when released from school, for it is just back of inp lipuse. apd in sight from my windows—and wish' them the success their Jpatiehce deserves;'• But a little farther up the stream is qn island, acces sible in low water, which formal a modl de lightful retreat.-> -Thither with book or,pencil I bjlfd"retire, though when there I-seldom cqre.ro read, except from the beautiful book of Nature. A little way from the edge of the island ! have ibund seals loi suit various conveniences. 'On a decaying hemlock log S yellow birch’ is growing, with its gnarled roots stretching .across and around the log to seek ,tfye earth, It was always a query to me why the birch so ofien chose to grow in this ' wayi- I- have thought perhaps'it was only ah expression of individuality—doing something different from other trees. Not wanton oddity, “without sense enough to be commonplace,” but a natural outgrowth ol an inward charaolcr. Qn a low branch of this tree I have a seat when idle and listless. The wind sways the tree slightly", like a gen tly locked cradle, and its soft murmur in the leaves'is soothing as a mother’s lullaby.. I watch the birds from here, and think they have nests hear by, though I have not been able to discover any, but they are so numer ous, and keep such a twittering end scolding when 1 go there, that I abandoned it for a time, for fear of being an intruder. One day 1 had been watching some young robins just out of the nest, which were sitting so quietly around, that 1 was tempted to try to catch one, when an extraordinary outcry among the birds attracted my attention, and looking up, I saw a chicken-hawk just sailing off with a bird In his claws, surrounded by a flock of distressed friends, protesting with all their powers against the summary capture. But it was of no avail; With a little zigzag mo tion when they came 100 near on either side, he sailed steadily off, and was soon out of sight beyond the creek. On looking around I saw that one of my young robins was miss ing, but whether the hawk had taken him or he had retreated for more security, I do not know. Then I fell a musing, and cornpar ingfihe hawk with human hawks who prey thus ruthlessly upon every sacred lie of hu manity. And then involuntarily it reminded iiie rather of the.resislless match of lime, thul silently, steadily progresses, faltering not for cries or (ears. ~ f The noise of the village hardily reaches me here, —now and then a loud rumbling wagon, or the Court house bell ringing for a lawsuit or caucus, the clatter of the mills oq the sharp filing of the saw, now and thpn brpak upon my revery,but so gently tempered by the dis tance, that I weave them into my dream un disturbed. Oh I these delightful, dreamy, June days. The only fault that I can find with them, is in not being more numerous. They are neither too cold nor too hot, too wet or too dry, but just as nearly perfect as I can conceive. To be sure tfie willows are yellow, and the beech leaves spotted by the May snow storm, but I feast my e.jjes on the thorn bush opposite, whose dark green leaves show no marks of the recent cold, and learn 1 that there are spirits that buffeting and op pression cannot subdue. Perhaps I could learn that more tangibly from human history, but I like to learn it here. I have another seat when I want to read or write, from which to leaze my friends with unreadable epistles. Dennie How ingeniously changed (he con versation io the clergy, remarking.that Poo lers Abercrombie and Mason were among our most distinguished divines ; nevertheless, he considered Dr. Dwight, President of Yale College, the most,.learned theologiapT-lhe first logician—and the greatest poet that. America has.evet produced. “But, sir,” con tinued Dennie, “there-are traits iu his char acter undeserving so great and wise a man of the ’most detestable description—fieTs the greatest bigot and dogmatiat op the age!” “Sir,” said the Doctor, “ you are grossly mistaken. I am intimately, acquainted with Dr. Dwight, and know to tha contrary.” “Sir,” says Dennie, “you are mistaken. I have ft from an intimate acquaintance ’of his, Who, I am confideat, would not tell me an untruth.” At 8 o’clock the court bouse was again thronged, and the stranger, according to promise, delivered his sermon. It evinced the same attribute as his previous eloquence of the bar; the same compact logic, the same burning vehemence, and increased 'bitterness of denunciation. Indeed misanthropy re vealed itself as the prominent emotion. The discourse was a tirade against infidels, in which class the preacher seemed to include everybody but himself; it was a.picture of hell, such as Lucifer might have drawn, with a World in flames for his pencil. But one paragraph pointed to heaven, and that only demonstrated the utter impossi bility that any human being should ever gdl there. Swiss Courting. “No more slander,” says the Doctor, “I am Dr. Dwight, of whom you speak !” “And I, loo,” exclaimed Dennie, “am Mr, Dennie, of whom you spoke !” The astonishment of Dr. Dwight may be better conceived than told. Suffice it to say, they mutually shook hands, and were ex tremely happy in each other’s acquaintance. When a girl has arrived at marriageable age, (he young men of the village assemble by consent on a given night at the gallery of the chalet in which the fair ope resides. This creates no surprise in the mind of her parents, who not only wink at the practice, favit are never better pleased than when the charms of their danghters attracts the greatest number of admirers. Their arrival is soon announced by sundry taps at the different windows.— Afler-the family in the house has been arous ed (for the scene usually takes place at mid night, when they have all retired to rest,) the wiudoW of (he room prepared for the oc casion, in which the girl is first alone, is opened. Then a parley commences, of rather a boisterous description ; each man in turn urges his suit with all the eloquence and'art of which he is possessed. The fair one hesi tates, doubte, asks questions, but comes to no decision. She (hen invites the party to par takp of a repast Of cakes and kirsch wasser, which is'prepared for them on the balcony, Indeed this fine entertainment with the strong water of the cherry, forms a prominent fea ture in the proceedings of the night. After hAVtbg regaled themselves for some time, du ring which' and through the window she has made use of all her witchdfy of woman’s hrt, she evinces a' desire to get rid of them, and will sometimes call her parents to accom plish this object. The youths, -however, are not to be put off, for according to the custom bf-the country,-they have-come here for the express purpose or'compolling her on that night, there and then to make up her mind; and iddeclarClhe object of'her choice; " At length after a farther parley, her heart is ioUched. or ai feast sho'pretends it ia by the favored swain. After certain prelimina ries between' (he girl dhd herparenls, her lover is admitted through the''-Window; wberd the affiaface is sighed anrftsealad; but, not: de livered, ib'pfCSCnce of both father and mother. By cbnSentof all parties the ceremony is not to extend bsyfitid acoupld of hours; when after a second jollification'With kirsch -wasser; they, all retire—the happy man to bless his ‘stars; btit the rejected to console themselves with the hope that'Btthe next tournatnenlof love thdf fitay succeed better.’ In -general tlte gifl’S decislbtt is taken In good-part by alt arid is 'regarded as decisive;— Headland'* SMtHrlaHdi •" ■ A Pliahle Preacher. —There was once a. poor pastor who supplied an equally poor congregation up somewhere in the woods, tinder a contract to have so much rye for his year’s preaching, if they saw fit to retain him a year. He was very fearful that he should get the sack prematurely, and did all he knew how to fend off that calamity.— Among other precautions, was that of going round to the leading members of his congre gation, to learn how his preaching suited them. 'When »hfe proper time came, however, .he suddenly sprang to bis-feet; crested the baf; and took his stand almost touching th? jury. He then commenced in a' whisper,, but] it was a whisper so wildy so clear; «p ’.unpttetable strong and distinct,-as to .fill .ibe ’ hall , from floor to 'galleries. At the:onset, bo dealt io i pure logic; separating ,'and combining'the proven facts, till ih&whble mass ofconfused. evidence' looked transparent os a .glob? of glass, through' i whioh .lhe innocencaoChi* client shone,;brilliant as.a sunbeam ; ;and the jurors riodued lo.each olhpr inlhoroughcont iVictiom; 'ihdtUtdllipgwbisper, and cenlration, and the language—simple .agiK child’s bad convinced#!!. ' Hb 'theri'bhangpd'hii poslilre, sp as, to sweep the bar with his glance 1 ; J atid Hj There is poiMPg ««. te^jmi r ‘7t' migbt tie’ worseV./Anpld ph.ilQsqpherjjepoted wJlh,lwo diseases, thanked heaven, when-one attached hint/ihttl 'lid WaeTVee : iiom-the i otHerxi'find that they did not l^ollj• og^:thei^vi*.aa i “Brethren,” said he, anxiously, “just tell me frankly how you like it, let me know what doctrine, and if you don't like it, let me know what doctrine 1 shall preach to please you ; for I must have that rye.” Colonel Fbemont being in New York city, one of the Republican Ward Clubs wait ed on him with an address, thanking him for his exertions to make California a free State, and for his sympathy for the oppressed peo ple of Kansas. In his reply Col. Fremont expressed'a thorough and cordial sympathy with the cause in which Governor Robinson is engaged, as he'foil! a deep interest in see ing the Territory thrown open to free labor. He added that he was happy to see the young men of the country engaged in a cause like that of the Republican party, and that it needs but their energy and enthusiasm to carry it Successfully through. The fallowing curious advertisement ap pears in the New Orleans Picayune, of a late date: “ Wanted, by a person who has a hundred thousand dollars and no heir, to adopt from ■ birth, a child, it must be- of American parents, and from one hour to ten days old; sex immaterial. - Any person having a child they wish to dispose of, can thus secure it a good home and a fortune; or any lady about to become a mother and Willing' to'part with her child, can have a respectable physician to attend her and- no questions asked or anSwered. Applications musk he .made wjihip ten days. Address “-A s ”i,ifirpugl),the post office or the Picayune office.”: A Wonder. —This is an age of wonders; but there are some things that are a great deal more wonderful than others. •' We have found one which causes us to marvel greatly. Perhaps some may ask what it can be? and and 1 1 will tell. Out of some three or four thousand that have passed through dur'hands since the first of March, we have found o'ne that had.the name of the /otoh, State, and months With the date thef.eof, so distinctly stamped on it that every letter vyas lecible. “ Poslqadslers, take notice. —-Life Illustrated, Cdriious Instinct op Plants.— in his treatise on the vine, gives a striking exemplification, of the instinct of plants, ‘ A (tone was placed in the alrong bt|l dry clay , jif a vine hordpr. " The vine sent out a, leading or lap root,.directly ,thrbugh, the clay to the bone. Iq its passage, through the ,o(ay,.lhe iqain root qo; j but reached the,ijone,..it.entirely covered.il, by degrees, with the,, piost. delicate and minute Bberß,‘like lace,.eaqb one sucking a..poreiq ; the, bene. On .this, lucioua morsel o| a;ma/- row bone would the vine continue lofeed.as , long as qutriment remained. BitLitf Brooks Challenged bv a Gen. tl’ekaN of hjs oWn Kidnev.—Copy of a challengeisenl by J. M, Holmes, of the*City of New York, to Preston S. Brooks of Sotftb .Cqrdliha : ~ - , I Preston S, Brooks lo.meeljtrte candy.,spotjbn “3fa;ton and Dixojj's'' lipe, napaed by >yeapons tp be gutla.pec; epa panes—) ,having, the^pfivilege, ln lake h.ipa sitting . wjth his. legs.under-a deakwith his cape hplUa n?ile : frpm higi.,. ~ , it is a singtf lor'fact ihtil iniH'heathehdoni t^ut.few can be found who. speak of .or .use ! wji'iia .there is scarcely tut? ef blasphemer? and swearer? J. W HOIkMES. ri-.-i c- 1 There, fs, no greater instance of a,.weak and pusillanimous temper, than for a man-to pass his wholeHife in opposition itdi his dtvn BBnlimems r and nol’dare to be wliat-ho thinks |ienughlto.be, .ft u,- ■- t The Buttle ol Frauktlu. Correspondence of The K. Y. Tribane. LiWKeNcs, Thursday, June 5,1059., In ray Usi I gaytya. hasty, ,acj#h& pf an, attaftk yppajljjg ipyp of; F'rankUn: but grate po panwHiarSiqnncliihe, outlinewas not J l ;.|wppene<Vi yesterday tnorqiog an «Vbplf' Mptoid|i)t|igbt. , i .l?VAok}ip !l (pur-.apd.a h?lf miles,souths iha-Wakeruaa,, It bfi» on ibpfP.lbSP/PPBfPeoasiptr beep used aa Border,Jftpflp W , antMs.iht* basppf byMod* VVpslpo.rt nr; Independence, Pyril}g;ilw f ,.Vy ; alj:efuse,,w.ar lest jt)acedWif- ipo.inl of fact, PtO;Slavery head,(patters. ~;Al sack pfLaw-< rence it was the seal'of a mischieyiQUS camp, which forqred a- rallying point for those who came : Missouri," tfri3’n( * 'tWaPpoiht tha Lawrence - SuppiieO were intercepted,' and arnris.'prbviaioas'aWd giioda' taken.'' Sinqo the Pro-Slavery pariies begSn to muster during ihO’past Weefcon Wskerusa; : Blill Creek and otlifer points soutb,'Franklin baa again been madea i! military‘station; Sotneof Buford’s men and somd Missourians have been there for hearty a week jn martial array, end were evidently in fall communication with the other parties that were northing into the Territory and forming in if. They had n brass six. pounder and a large quantity of ammunition and camp provisions.-' They bad been taking prisoners, and had a Free-Stale man in their guard-house ’when the attack was made. To altack'this point, take the ammunition and the cannon, make the place a dangerous one foMhose'Whd'had thus taken possession of it, was the policy of the companies of Free-State Rangers' Of course, no one knew anything about the design bht thosefew who contemplated if. The affair' Was badly ' planned, but was nbt without effect. A-company was to come up from the Wakerusa, numbering forty, and fifteen went from Lawrence and the vicinity. The recent battles and skirmishes had pul tha Pro-Slavery men on their guard. Thera were 23 Pro-Slavery men partly Missourians, partly Georgians and Alabamians, in the guard room where they were posted. Sam Salters was with them. Besides these, thero wae a pretty fair sprinkling of Pro-Slavery residents of the town. It was dark‘ as Erebus, and £ little befora three in the morning of the 4th, - when ' the little parly of fifteen defiled fiy the ridge on which the town stands, and entered the street* of Franklin. The other company had got a guide and were to be at the point at the samo hour, but owing to the darkness, had lost the way and werestumblingin the ravines to tha south of town, down to the Wakerusa. Tha first-mentioned little party, as gallant felloes as ever stood before a breach, calmly walked up the street to the spot where they heard the cannon was, for the purpose of taking it and the ammunition without firing, if possible.—- In front o( the guard-house they Were hailed; and the leader of the Frio-State Rangers de manded that ,lhey surrender. "Again l they were hailed—again the demand to surrender was made, when the guard fired on'them. The Rangers poured in a volley—it was re turned. At this stage of the game, something occurred which, with better gunning, might have been serious; that it passed without killing several Free-State men, is almost mi raculous. These were just across the street from the guard-house, and but few shots had been fired, when the six-pound howitzerriha muzzle of which was pointed out of the guards house, was discharged. It was fired rather obliquely, and missed the party, being also a little 100 high. What it was loaded with, Heaven only knows; likely shingle nails, Horse-cHaThs, oFthe’deßris of a hlacksrniiTi shop, for such ari infernal noise has riot been heard since the siege ol Sevastopol, as the missiles went whistling by. This was tha only discharge of the piece, as they dared not come out again to load it. The firing from both sides continued with great rapidity, the bullets whistling about like hail. Tho Pro-Slavery men in tho other houses cotp menced firing on the Free-Stale men, who had assailed or wanted to assail nothing but tha guard-house. The fifteen, finding it pretty hot, lay down flat in the streets, and the fire continued for nearly an hour, they hopipg their friends would come up, when they would make an attack on the guard-hbuse. Guided by the firing, the Wakerusa men found the way toFranklio; but although tho vivid flashes lit up the streets of Franklin, this latter company having had noproper un derstanding or concert of action, as the balls were whistling ill all directions and as they were as likely to be shot by their friends a* their enemies, they scarce knew how to ad vance. One thing, however, they did know —the Buford men had most of their stores in a place near where they capae up. from this they obtained a large quantity of powder, shot and caps, a lot of provisions and a few Sharp’s rifles, and some of the old breech loading alligator guns that had been taken m Franklin previous to the burning of Law rence. A wagon was loaded with these, and as day was approaching and the United State* dragoons might possibly interfere, being with in hearing, this company made off toward the Wakerusa on the road to Palmyra,. The firing in thaslreelsof Fraqkli&ceased. Day was beginning to twinkle in and reveal the shady outline of limber,on the Kaw. Tho Pro-Slavery men did not surrender, bat dared not /elurp the fire,and the,others had ceased* They would have, taken, Ihe brass howitzer with them, but they ha'd nothing to lake it with;; besides,- the dragoons were camped close to the way they ipusl retupn, indJhey wished merely to enter Lawrence as quietlv as they had left it, and had no. desire to lßku the gun there;; .Under these .circumstances they evacuated the place. , ,■ . One Pro-Slavery. man died of his wduntk at Frankhnt> yesterday. Another is badly wounded,,and one. or two others wounded; but not badly. The Free-State prisoner made pis escape from the gUard-house in the morn. ingi;i his clothes cut by the bullets of his friends, i. NotFree-Smie man was even wounded. Which,,from>ihe nature of. the ea. gagemenl, is almost incredible. - - The Pro, Slavery camp op Bull.Crpely is rebel ifn daily.accessions. Whltfieldja said (S KiVe 5 borne qpwith a seventy, frhU! Westport to-dajr, but the’ bofrectness’of (filet doubt. , The Wesipprt jYeinijias' issued ahbtfier' flaming extra,' giving a' .ridiculously inflated acbdiint'of ' the battle of Palmyra, ex operating the numbtr-> of the Free-Uian)
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