J
4 tiiicx ni
BY S. B. ROW.
THE SONG Ofc THE SUMMER WIKD.
I come from the Southern shores of balm,
Front the gpico-fields far away ;
I come with the breath of orangc-blo?soms,
And the light of the snmnier day;
I kias the cheek of the fevered child,
And play with hersunny hair,
I soothe the woes of the sorrowing ones.
And release their hearts of care.
I bear aloft, to the white, white clouds,
The wandering school boy's kite.
And he gazes up till his eye3 grow dim,
With a lok of fond delight;
While o'er the brow of the laughing one,
I toss the auburn curl,
&y the throng, in the lingering eve,
Iy pathless way I whirl.
I open the cups of the dainty flowers,
Uy wild wood, field and dell.
Ani I rock the fairies fast asleep
Who hide in the lily's bell.
The tall grass nods as" I wander by,
And the brook up-murinurs with gleo.
And joy and gladness spring up in my path,
Wherever my pathway be.
Oh. what could the warrior's banner bo,
Were it not fur my gentle power
Aye, dark would be the patriot's hopes,
And darker Liberty's hour;
Uut the starry flag of Freedom's land
Floats gayly along the way,
And the free man shonts with joyous pride,
As he views my foree by day.
I come with the voice of Hope and Truth
I come with the good God's love.
And I bring earth's weary ones a taote
Of the joys of that band above :
"I whisper to thtin of that inner light
The love that never dies"
How the soldierof Ihe cross may rest
On the fields of Paradi.su.
THE CRIMINAL WITNESS.
a lattek's stout.
Tn the snrinz of V13, I was called to Jack
son to attend courthaving been engaged to
defend a youngfliaj accused of robbing the
mail. I bad a long conference with my client,
and he acknowledgedto me that on the night
when the mail was rolled, lie had been with a
party of dissipated ciipanions over to Top
ham, and that on retiring they met the mail
carrier on horseback, joining from Jackson.
Some of his companion were very drunk, and
in robbing the mail, but at he tried to dis
suade ins companions, fiat they would not
listen to hitri. One of tfcm slipped up behind
the carrier and knock bim from the horse.
Then they bound and bmdfoldcd bim, and hav
ing tied him to a treehey took the mail bag.
and made off to a eij
Ihey overhauled it, nding some five hundred
dollars in money iy various letters. lie went
with them but in no way did he have any hand
in the crime. T)ose who did it fled, and as
the carrier had recognized him in the rarty,
be had been arrested. The mail bag bad been
fount!, as well as the letters. These letters
from which money bad been fatten, were kept,
by order of the officers, aod duplicates sent to
the various persons to tfhoui they were direct
ed. These letters nad been given to mc for
examination, aud I had returned them to the
prosecuting' attorney.
I got through with my private preliminaries
about noon, and as the case would not come
up before the next day, I went into the court
to sec what was going on. The first case that
came up was one or theft, and the prisoner
was a young girl, not mere than seventeen
years or age, Elizabeth Mad worth. was
very pretty, and bore that mild, innocent look
which we seldom find in a culprit. She was
pale and frightened, and the moment my eyes
rested upon her, I pitied her. She had been
weeping profusely, for her bosom was wet, but
as she found so many eyes upon her, she be
came too much frightened to weep more.
The complaint against her set forth that sh
bad stolen one hundred dollars from Mrs.Nasc-
by ; and as the case went on, I found that Mrs
Naseby was her mistress, a wealthy widow,
living in town. The poor girl declared her in
nocence in the most wild terms, and called on
od to witness that she would rather die than
steal. But circumstances were hard against
her. A hundred dollars in bank notes had
been stolen from her mistress's room, and she
was the only one who had access there.
At this juncture, while the mistress was up
on the witness-stand, a young man came and
caught me by the arm. lie was a fine-looking
fellow, and big tears stood in his eyes.
"They tell me you are a good lawyer?" he
whispered.
"I am a lawyer," I answered.
"Then 0!-save hcrl You can eertainly
lo it, for she is innocent."
"Is she yonr sister?"
The youth hesitated and colored. "No,
sir," he said. "But-but-" nere ,10 hesi.
tated again.
"lias she no counsel ?" I asked.
"None that's good for anythingnobody
that'll do anything for her. O, save her, and
I'll pay you all I've got. I can't pay you
mucn, out I can raise something."
I reflected for a moment. I cast my eyes
towards the prisoner, and she was at that mo
ment looking at me. She canght my eye, and
the humble, prayerful entreaty I read in those
large, tearful orbs, resolved me in a moment.
In my soul, I knew the girl was innocent; or
at least J. firmly believed so and perhaps I
coul help her. I arose and wei.t to the girl,
au asked her if she wished me to defend her.
She said yes. Then I informed the court that
I was ready to enter into the case, and was ad
mitted at once. The' loud murmur ol satisiac- i
lion which ran through the room, quickly told
me where the sympathies of the people were.
I asked for a moment's cessation, that I might
speak to my client. I went and sat down by
her side, and asked her to state to mc candid
ly the whole case. She told mc she had lived
w'ith Mrs. Naseby nearly two years, and that
she never had any trouble before. About two
weeks ago, she said her mistress lost $100.
"She missed it from the drawer," the girl
said, "and she asked me about it but I knew
nothing of it. The next thing I knew, Nancy
Luther told Mrs. Naseby that she saw me take
the money from the drawer that she watched
me through the key -hole. They then went to
my trunk, and found twenty-five dollars of the
missing money there. But, O, sir, I never
took it somebody else put the money there!"
I then asked her if she suspected any one.
"I don't know," she said, "who could have
done it but Nancy. She has never liked me,
because she thought I was treated better than
she was. She is the cook."
She pointed Nancy Luther out to mc. She
was a stout, bold-faced girl, about two-and-twenty,
with a low forehead, small grey eyes,
a pug nose and thick lips. I caught her glance
at once as it rested upon the fair young priso
ner, and the moment I detcted the look of ha
tred which I read there, I was convinced that
she was the rogue.
"Oh, sir, can yon help me ?" my client ask
ed me in a fearful whisper.
"Nancy Luther did you say thai girl's name
was." "les sir." "is mere any oiner gin
of that name about here?" "No, sir." "Then
rest easy. I'll try hard to save you."
I left the court room, and went to the pros
editing attorney, and asked him for the letters
I had b.anded to him the ones that had been
stolen from the mail bag. lie gave them to
me, and having selected one, I returned the
rest, and told him I would see that he had the
one I kept before night. I then returned to
the court room and the case went on. Mrs.
ThXirPtrwyMl Jicr testimony. She said she
dosed by rcIIinghowSS'ie'Vurffgf
uve aoiiars in the prisoner's trunk. She cOCii. ',
swear it was the identical money she had lost
being two tens and one five dollar bill. "Mrs
.Naseby," said I, "when you first missed your
money, nad you any reason to beliave that the
prisoner had taken it ?" "No sir," she an
swered. "Had you ever before detected her
in dishonesty?" "No, sir." "Should you
have thought of searching her trunk had not
ancy Luther advised you and informed you?'
"No, sir."
Mrs. Naseby then left the stand, and Nancy
Luther took her place. She came up with a
bold look, and upon me she cast a defiant
glance, as much as to say, "trap me if you
can!" She gave her evidence as follows
sue said, that on the night when the money
was stolen,she saw the prisoner going up stairs,
and from the manner in which she went np,
she suspected that all was not right. So she
followed her up. Elizabeth went into Mrs
Naseby 's room and shut the door after her.
stooped dowu and looked through the key hole,
and saw her at her mistress's drawer. I saw
her take out the money and put it into her
pocket. Then she stooped down to pick up
tne lamp, and as I saw that she was coming
out, I hurried away. Then she toid how she
had informed her mistress of this, and propos
ed to search the girl's trunk.
I called Mrs. Naseby back to the stand
"You say that no one, save yourself and the
prisoner, had access to your room," I said.
"Now could Nancy Luther have entered that
room if she wished ?" "Certainly, sir, I meant
no one else had any right there."
I saw that Mrs. N., though naturally a hard
woman, was somewhat moved by poor Eliza
beth's misery. "Could your cook have known
by any means in your knowledge, where your
money was?" "Yes, sir ; for she has often
came np to my room when I was there, and I
have given her money with which to buy pro
visions of market men, w ho happened to come
along with their wagons." One more question :
"Have you known of the prisoner's bavin
had any money since this was stolen ?" "No,
sir."
I now called Nancy Luther back, and she be
gan to tremble a little, though her look was as
bold and defiant as ever. "Miss Luther, I said,
"why did you not inform your mistress at once
of what you had seen, without waiting for her
to ask you about the lost money ?" "Because
I could not make up my mind at once to ex
pose the poor girl," she answered promptly.
"You say you looked through the key-hole
and saw her take the money ?" "Yes, sir."
"Where did she put the lamp while she did
so ?" "On the bureau." "In your testimo
ny! you said she stooped down when she pick
ed it up. "What did you mean by that ?"
Tie girl hesitated, and finally said she didn't
mean anything only that she picked up tho
lamp. .
"Very well," said I. "How long have you
been with Mis. Naseby ?" "Not quite a year,
sir
"How much does she pay you a week V
a uonar ana three-quarters." "Have you
taken up any of your pay since you have been
there ?" "Ycs, sir." "How much ?" "I
don't know, sir." . "Why doa't you know ?"
rr 4 J - 11 ... .
CLEARFIELD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1856.
"How should I ? I've taken it at mnerenc
times, just as I wanted it, and have kept no
account." "Now, if yon had any wish to
harm the prisoner, couldn't you have raised
twenty-five dollars to put in her trunk T" "No,
sir," she replied, with virtuous indignation."
"Then you have not laid up any money since
you have been there 7" '.'No, sir only what
Mrs. Naseby may owe me." Then you didn t
have twenty-five dollars when you came there?"
"No. sir ; and what's more, the money found j
in the girl's trunk was the money that Mrs.
Naseby lost. You might have known that, if
you only remember what you hear."
This was said very sarcastically, and intend
ed as a crusher upon the idea that she could
have put the money into the prisoner's trunk.
However, I was not overcome entirely. "Will
you tell me if you belong to this State'" I ask
ed next, "I do, sir." "In what tow n ?"
She hesitated, and for a moment her bold
look forsook her. But she finally answered, "I
belong to Somcrs, Montgomery county."
I next turned to Mrs. Naseby : "Do you ev
er take a receipt from your girls w hen you pay
them ?" I asked. "'Always," she answered.
"Could you send and get one of them for
me ? "She told the truth, sir, about my
statements," Mrs. Naseby said. "Oh, I don't
doubt it," I replied, but occular proof is the
proof for tho court room. So if you can, I
wish you would procure me the receipts."
She said she would willingly go, if tho court
said so. The court did say so, and she wcut.
Her dwelling was not far ofT, and she soon re
turned, and handed me four receipts which I
took and examined. They were all signed in
a strange, slraggling hand by the witness.
"Now, Nancy Luther," said I, turning to
the witness, and speaking in a quick, startling
tone, at the same time looking her sternly in
the eye, "please tell the court, and thejnry,
and tell mc, too, where you got the seventy-five
dollars you sent to your sister in Somers ?"
Tho witness started, as though a volcano had
burst at her feet. She turned pale as death,
and every limb shook violently. I waited un
til the people could see the emotion, and then
7 ' cptuttd the question.
I never sent any !" she faintly gasped
"Mav it l.loaftA vni-r l,fmnr o.t U
May
i ,, . "'' 6-Ui.-.vu vi
' J , x sa.u, as soon as i had looked the
..n,o5 ut ol countenance, "i came here to
, ,
7 "au un arrestee tor Help-
mg to rob tho mail, and in the course of my
F.v..u..Ud.y examinations, i nau access to the
letters which had been torn open and rifled of
money. When I entered upon the case, and
heard the name of this witness pronounced, I
went out and got this letter which I now hold.
tor j. remembered to have seen one bearing the
signature of Nancy Luther. The letter was
taken out of the mail bag, and contained sev-
,-mj uw: ira,aHu oyiooKing at the post
n 1 1 j I- f: , - ,i,n ,i i . . . . I
mark, you will observe it was mailed on the
very next day after the money was taken from
Mrs. Naseby 's drawer.
I will read it to you
if you please.
The court nodded assent, and. I read the fol
lowing, which was without date, save that
made by the post master's stamp on the out
side. I cive it here verbatim
Sister Dorcas : I send vou bopr
aoiiars, winch I want yu to kepe it for mo til I
cum hum. I cant kejo it here coz hue afraid
it will get stole, dont spoke wun wurd tn a
livin sole bout this coz I dont want nohnrfi tn
know I have eot ennv monev. vn wnnt -ni
j . ... ur nuo jiccr, oniy tiiat glide for
nohin snipe of a lizmadwurth is beer yit
T . - .- I
out i nope to git rid of her now. yu kno I
roto you bout her. giv my luv to all enauircn
irienas. this is from vour sister till leth I
A!fcv Luther.
on . 3 our aonor, i saiu, as I handed him
toe letter, ana aiso tne receipts, "you will sec
that the letter is directed to Dorcas Luther,
I..,. . . . - I
oomers, .uontgomery county. And you will
uu,u woserve mat ouo liana wrote that letter
-1 1 .1 . . .. . I
-uu a.gucu muse receipts, ii is plain, how the
J : i .i . .,,.. .1
i.a.a were uisposea Ol. seventy-
ic. iii ium letter ana sent away lor sale-
Keeping, winie the remaining twenty-five were
pucea m the prisoner's trunk for the purpose
... I
Bering tue reat criminal, ui the tone of
the other parts of tho letter, I leave you to
juuge. Ana now, gentlemen or the jury, I
1Ca u) m your nauas, oniy i tuank Uod
aua i khow you win, also, that an innocent
person has been thus strangely saved from ruin
anldlSSraCe" .'
1UC u "as Sven to tne jury immediately
"uu"u,s luc,r "-animation i ie letter biographer like Thomas Jefferson, to embel
They had heard from the witness's own mouth, lish the pages of history with his eloquence.
w.a ,uu no money 01 ner own, ana with-
out leaving their scats, they returned a ver-
uici oi "oi; txuiity i"
The youth who had first asked me to defend
the prisoner, caught me by the hand, but he j
could not speak plainly. He sirnnlv lank ml I
at me through his tears for the moment, and
then rushed to the fair prisoner, ne seemed
to forget where he was, for he flung his arms
around her, and she laid her head upon his bo-
som and wept aloud.
I will not attempt to describe the scene that
followed ; but if Nancy Luther had not been
arrested for the theft, she would have been o-
bliged to seek the protection of the officers;
for the excited people would have surely maim-
ed her, if they had done no more. Next
morning, 1 received a note, handsomely writ-
ten, in which I was told that the withiu was
but a slight token of gratitude duo me for my
efforts in behalf of a poor, defenceless, but
much loved maiden. It was signed "Several
Citizens," and contained one hundred dollars.
Shortly afterwards, the youth came to pay all
tho money he could raise. I simply showed
the note I had received, and asked him to keep
his bard earnings for bis wife, when begot
one. He owned he had intended to make
Lizzy Madworth his wife very soon.
Next day I succeeded in clearing my other
client from conviction of robbing the mail ;
and made considerable of a handle of the let
ter which had saved an innocent girl on the
day before, in my appeal to the jury ; and if I
made them feel that the finger ot Omnipotence
was in the work, it was because I sincerely be
lieved the young man was innocent, of all
crime ; and I am sure they thought so too.
THE LAST RED MAN
IS JUNIATA VALLEY.
"The most prominent friendly Indian that
ever resided in the valley, however, was Cap
tain Logan. This of course was not his prop
er name, but a title bestowed upon him by the
settlers. He is represented as having been a
noble and honorable Indian, warm in his at
tachment to a friend, but, like all Indians, re
vengeful in his character. A kindness and ah
insult alike remained indelibly stamped upon
tho book and page of his memory ; and to
make a suitable return for the former ho would
have laid down his life shed the last drop of
his heart's blood, ne was a man of medium
height and heavy frame : notwithstanding
which he was fleet of foot and ever on the
move.
"He came to the Valley before Chillaway
did, and settled with his family in the little
valley cast of Martin Bell's Furnace, which is
still known as Logan's Valley. lie had pre
vrously resided on the Susquehana, where he
was the captain of a brave band of warriors
but unfortunately, in some engagement with
another tribe, he had an eye destroyed by an
arrow from the enemy. This was considered
a mark of disrrrace, and he was deposed, and
it was owing to that cause that he abandoned
nnH InnV nn his residot"" -
la l-'V '"V I m - - .
- - w . ""-"" i
pasa me ucauuiui spring near the mouth of
the Bald Eagle now in the heart of Tyrone
Uitv. The favorablo locaf inn fr l.h i,nn;n
v "-' "UlllllltL
ana nshing, as well aa the charming scenery,
facinatcd Logan ; and he built himself a wig-
warn, immediately above the spring, to which
he removed his family
ily.
"Here he lived during the Revolutionary
war, not altogether inactive, for his sympa
thies were on the side of liberty.
'-During that time he formed a strong at
tachment to Captain Ricketts, of Warrior's
Mark, and they became fast friends. It was
to Ricketts that Cantaln Lon-an h.i,i
the plot of tories under John Weston, and
Edward Bell'gave it as his firm conviction that
Logan was among the Indiana who shot down
Weston and his men on their arrival at Kittan
ing.
"Although Logan had learned to read from
the Morovian missionaries when quite a lad
he knew very little of the formula of land
purchases; so be failed to make a regular
purchase of the spot upon which his cabin
stood, the consequence of which was thataf-
tcr tne war some envious white man bought
the land, and warned th frirndlv k.iv.ica nfT
Logan was too proud and haughty to contest
L,
- - J o- -
" .w. a me .u
truderJ 80 ne Ieft, and located at Cbinckalaca
moose, whem i"M.nrfioii nw stanza r v.
West Branch of the Susquehanna.
"Cautain Losan enntinn. visiting thn l
O
ley, and especially when any of his friends
among the pioneers died. On such occasions
he ccnerallv discarded hia 1 and hlnn
w o
feathers, and anneared in a nlain snit. of riti
' -
sens' clothes
"But at length Loiran ronir mnr. TIia
Great Spirit ' called him to a happier hunting
eround ; and all that is mortal of him unless
his remains have been ruthlessly torn from
the bosom of mother earth lies beneath the
od. near tho mouth of ChinckalacamoosA
creek.
u is to be regretted that more of his his-
tory has not been preserved, for, according to
all accounts of bim, he possessed many noble
traits 01 character. Unlike Logan, the Mingo
chief, Capt. Logan, the Cayuga chief had no
Well may we say. The evil that men do lives
after them, while the good Is oft interred with
their tones.
A Torcmxo Dittt in Prose. When Seth
pot home from m.irkrrf.lintr. !. smio-M h! S.
rah Ann, and found that she, the heartless one,
had found another man. And then' most aw.
ful tight he got, and so ho went away, and
bound himself to go out and cut live cak in
Florida. He pined upon tho live oak lands ;
he murmured in tho glades; his axe grew
heavy in his hands, all in the wild wood shades,
Mosquitos bit him everywhere, no comfort did
he get; ah! how terribly he'd swear, whenever
he'd get bit. At last despairing of relief, and
wishing himself dead, ho went into the woods
apiece, and chopped off his own bead. Thus
died poor Scth. So salth Bullfroir."
Tub Prince of Wales Socsdly Turashed.
The Birmingham, England, Journal prints
the following account of a flogging the 1 nnce
of Wales received from a poor boy :
During Her Majesty's residence, some years
ago, at Osborne, in the Isle of W ight, uer
children were accustomed to ramble along tho
sea shore. Now, it so happened on one occa
sion that the young Prince of Wales met o boy
who had been gathering sea shells. The boy
had got a basket full. The young Prince,
presuming upon his high position, thought
himself privileged to do what he pleasea wun
mpunity- So without any notice nc npset
the basket and shells. The poor lad was very
indignant, and observed : "You do that again,
and I'Jl lick you." rut the shells into the
basket," said the Frincc, "and see it I don't."
The shells were gathered up and . put into the
basket. "Now" said the lad, "touch 'cm
again, old fellow, if you dare, whereupon tho
Prince again pitched over the shells. Ami
the lad "pitched into him," and gave Inm
such a licking as few Princes ever had. xlis
lip was cut open, his nose knocked consider
ably out of its perpendicular, and his eyes of
a color which might have well become tne
champion of a prizo ring. His disfigured
face could not long be concealed from his roy
al mother. She inquired the cause of his dis
figurement. The Prince was silent but at last
confessed the truth. The poor boy was order
ed before the 'Juccn. He was asked to tell
his story. He did so in a very straightfor
ward manner. At its conclusion, turning io
her child, the Queen said : "You have been
rightly served, sir. Had you not been pun
ished sufficiently already, I should have pun
ished you severely. When you commit a
like oOcncc, I trust you will always receive a
similar punishment." Turning to the poor
boy, she commanded his parents to her presenc
the following moruing. They came ; and the
result of the interview was that her Majesty
told them she had made arrangements for ed
ucating and providing for their son, and she
hoped he would make good use of the advan
tages which should be placed within his reach.
correspondent of one of the St. Louis
papers, in recounting a wolf hunt in which
himself and a number of his friends participa
ted, relates the singular discovery of the skel
eton of a young woman hid in the cavitv of a
tree, in which, at some period, she evidently
had taken refuge and perished. The wolf, a
large black one, was forced by his pursuers to
take refuge in the hollow of a cotton-wood
tree, which after many futile attempts to drive
him out, they concluded to fell by cutting a
narrow gash around it. "At length," says the
writer, "the tree came down a little sooner
than we expected. Frank Mahan had the axe
lifted for another stroke ; as it went over with
a crash, tho wolf, with bristled back, glaring
eyes and glittering teclh, leaped at his throat
with terrible ferocity. The descending axe
met it half way, cleaving its skull, and laying
it dead at his feet. Wo had no time to ex
press our wonder and congratulations at his
narrow and singular escape, before our atten
tion was called to that which filled us with a
mazement, if not dread. It was a human skel
eton, of medium size, and of a female, hidden
in the cavity of a tree. If s posture was erect,
and the bones were held together by a kind of
clear integument, that seemed to cover, like a
transparent skin, the entire frame. Tlie jar of
the tree severed several of the joints, and we
drew them all out and placed them again in
form. The proportions were perfect and the
limbs straight, indicating a contour, when in
flesh, of perfect symmetry. Who could it have
been that thus perished years ago in this wild
forest 1 and how came her death in this strange
place? were queries that were immediately
suggested. Could it have been some maiden
who, like the brido in the 'Mistletoe Bough,'
had concealed herself from her lover in tho
heart of this old tree, and becomo fastened
there and died ?"
Tall Chimnet The tallest chimney in the
world has been built in Glasgow, Scotland its
height being 460 feet, and its circular diame
ter at the base 50 feet. It is of the form of a
cone, and contracts to six feet diameter at the
top. Three millions of brick, and thirty tons
of iron bands, were used in its construction.
It was built by the Messrs. Tenant, to carry oS
the deleterious gases arising from their retorts
in the manufacture of chemicals.
In a chancery suit, one of the counsel de
scribing the boundaries of his client's land,
said, in showing the pjan of it, "wo lie on this
side, my lord." The opposite counsel then
said, "and we lie on that side." The chan
cellor, with a good-hnmored grin, observed,
If you lie on both sides, whom will ye have
me believe V ' '
A young fellow 'eating some Cheshire cheeso
full of skippers, at a tavern, ono night, ex
claimed : "Now I have dono as much as
Sampson, for I have siain my thousands and
tens of thousands."
"Yes," retorted .another, "and with the
same weapon, the jaw bone of an ass." .
An Indiana paper, announcing the death of
a gentleman out west, says, that "the deceased
though a bank director, it is generally believ
ed, died a christian, and universally respected.
VOL. 2. NO. 43.
KASAS AFFAIRS.
An exciting extra ot the Wcstport AVer,
headed "War! War!" reached Leavenworth
city on the 2Sth ult., and threw the pio-slavcry
men there into the groatcst excitement. They
held a private meeting and appointed a Com
mittee of Vigilance to attack Leavenworth,
and let no Free-State men pass, and deter
mined to make lawless afresls of obnoxious
parties. A company of men, armed with mus
kets and bayonets, (United Slates arms,) have
been parading all the afternoon, making ar
rests. They took prisoner a clerk of the Com
mittee of Congress, named Conway, and two
witnesses that had been subpoenaed, Messrs.
Parrott and Miles Moore. Warren Wilkes, of
South Carolina, headed the party. A. Moore,
one of the murderers of Brown, helped to
make the arrests. Messrs. Parrott and Mooro
were arrested wbilo conversing with Mr. Sher
man. Mr. Sherman asked if it was by legi
process they had taken one of the clerks of
the commission. Mr. Wilkes said it was not
that he had no legal authority, but that ho
would arrest the men down on his list. Many
others have been taken. The town is excited,
and the Commission fear they must leave. A
larming extras arc sent out from Wcstport to
the border towns. A fight is expected near
Pottawotamie. The last difficulty arose at
Tottawotaniie Creek. Some Tro-Slavery men
tried to drive a Free-State man from bis
claim, but he refusing to go, they took him
and were about to hang him, when his neigh
bors camo to the rcsenc and shot some of tho
pro-Slavery party.
A letter to the St. Louis Democrat, datotl
Topeka 25th. says: The United States District
j Court was adjourned to the second Monday in
September. Judge Lccompton refused to ad
mit Messrs. Robinson, Smith, Deitzlcr, Brown
and Jenkins to bail, and . they will be hcVl
prisoners by the Marshal.
Gen. Pomeroy, who it was feared would bo
hung, made his escape and has gone to Wash
ington. He is i delegate to the Republican
Convention, which is.to meet at Philadelphia.
It is estimated that the loss sustained by tho
citizens of Lawrence by the recent attack.
y " Jrod Umiartd jl"",re-
JCavcn worth was surrounded by picket
guards and no one suffered to enter or leave
the town. Col. Wilkes had a list of the prin
cipal citizens whom ho intended to arrest.
He had already made three arrests. It was
stated that the whole Territory would bo
placed under military surveillance.
An extra of the Kansas Herald, of the 28th
ult., confirms a telegraphic report that eight
pro-slavery men had been murdered on Potta
wotamie creek, by a party of Free-State nicrr.
All the pro-slavery families at Hickory Toint,
it is also stated, were driven off at the point of
the bayonet by the Free-State men.
The War Its Cost. Since the commence
ment of the Eastern war, England lias lost
19,581 gallant men by death in action, wounds
and disease ; and 2,873 have beca besides dis
charged from the service on account of tho
two latter causes. England has sealed her dec
laration of unflinching devotion to tho cause
of national independence by the sacrifice of
22,437 gallant soldiers. Of these, 1093 fell
bravely iu action ; about 1G21 sunk under their
wounds ; 4279 died of cholera, and 11,451 of
other diseases. The losses of the French, so
far as they have been ascertained, amount to
C0,000. Count OrloO lias admitted in Paris
that tho Russian loss has not been less than
500,000. The loss by the Sardinians has not
been, and the loss sustained by the Turks nev
er will be ascertained.
The Citv of Lawrence, Mas:., founded by
Samuel Lawrence, has the largest and most
comprehensive mill in the world. The floor
surface of the Pacific Mill covers sixteen acres
the largest mill in England covers cloven
and a half acres. There arc now in operation
40,000 cotton spindles and 10,000" worsted
spindle?, and these are to be increased to 80,
000 and 20,000 respectively. There are 1,200
looms in operation, to be increased to 2,400.
These with 2,000 persons, produce 300,000
pieces of cloth ier annum, ono half delaines.
The weekly consumption of cotton is 20,000
lbs., or 1,500,000 lbs. per annnm, and 500,000
lbs. of wool. Once a month 2,000 persons as
semble at the cashier's office, where ho pays
out $50,000 to them for wages.
"You may talk to me," said an old soaker,
"about your export and your import you may
speechify ontil your hair gits as gray as a dus
ty snow bank, of report and support you may
shout ontil . the soles f your boots and the
souls of your body are pegged out, concern
ing the Turkish Porte and seaport ; but give
me genew inc old port, doublo X brand ; them's
the sort for me." ;
To Kill Verim. It is said on the authori
ty of the celebrated French chemist, Rapsail,
that a solution of aloes, ono quarter of an
ounce of the guro to two pints of water, will
destroy vermin on animals or trees. Where
the hair or wool is long, the animals are to be
moistened with it bv meaus of a brush.
Shithkrs says he always travels with a "sul
key," that is, he always goes with his wife,
who contrives to be obstinate and out of hu
mor from the time they leave home till they
get where they are going to. The only time
she ever smiled, he says, was when ho broke
his ankle. . .