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IK BEDWITIIA8ERPEMT. .bas I might have dipt some fdvr orfive boon, tod a dreamlem and satisfying aleep it ww,bbt certain it i£—«ciolirts Bay what thojpjwill} and sceptics throw doobtB by haodfolixm tho assertion of metaphysicians —that, before I- iwoko, in my dreamier elwnbar, Ihada visible preemption of peril, concioosBces of thchovenng presence ofdeatht How to'describcmy feelings I know not but as we. live all read and hoard: tfiat, If tho eyes-of a watcher are steadily fixed on the countenance of a sleepor-for a certain length of time, the slombererwill be dure to start tip, wakened by tho mysterious magnetism of a recondite principle 0fclairv0yancc ~B0 it was that, with shut eves and drowsed up senses, an iriwardability was conferred upon me to detect the living presence of danger, near mc, to see, though sheep-blind, the formless shape of a mysterious horror crouching beside me and as if the peril that was niy night-mate was of a nature to be quickened into fatal activity by any motion on my part, I felt in my very stupor the critical necessity of lyingquito still, so that, when I at'last awoke and felt that, as lay with my face towards the roof, thero was a thick, heavy, cold, creeping thing on my chest, I stirred not, nor uttered a word of panic. ,""j, ,.

Danger and fear may occasionly dull the sonBea and paralyze the faculties, but they more frequently, sharpen both and, ere I could twice wink my eyes, I was broad awake, and awaro that, coiling and coiling itself up in a circle of twists, an enormous serpent was on. my 'breast. When. I tell you that the ?holc of

Cabello! Shading my eyes to exclude the tcrriblo spectacle, I lay almost fainting until Again nil was quiet. Had its fiery glance encountered mine, all would have been over but apparently it was once more asleep, and I heard the Lascar moving about, undoing the fastening of the tent, und striking a light. A thought suddenly struck inc, arid with an impulse I could ascribc to nothing but desparation, though its cfleets were so providential,

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tho pit of my stomache, were covered with the cold, scaly proportions of the reptile, you will own that it must have been one of considfcrablc siac. What my thoughts were, so much made up of abhofcrice, dread and the expectation,^ nay, ^assurance of speedy death that must follow, any movement on my port, I

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never hope to tell,

in language sufficiently distinct and vivid to convoy their fulllforcc. It waa evident that the loathsome .croature had at Iongth settled itself to sleep

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I fcltrthankful

tliat, attracted by iny. breath, it had not approachcd the upper part o£ my throat.— It became quite still, and its ,weight jrpressure, its first clammy dullness, became gradually (so, it seemed to me) of a burning heat—and tho odious indiscribablo odor which oxhaled from its body and prevaded the whole air, so overwhelmed me ,that it was only by a sevcro struggle I preserved myself from shrieking.

As it was cold sweat burst from every pore I could hear the boating of my. heart and PTclt, to my increased dismay, that the palByTf terror had began to agitate my limbs. It will wake, thought I, aud then nil is over! At that juncture somethingsit might have been a wall lizard, or a large beetle—fell from the ceiling upon my left arm,-which lay strctched at my side. The 'snake, uncoiling its head, raised itself with low hiss/and thon'for tho first time I saw it, saw tho hood, tho terrible crest glittering in the moonshine. It was Cobra dc

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in'a loud but sepulchral tone, "Kulassi! Lascar!" "Sahib!" was the instantaneous response, and my heart beat quicker at tho success of my attempt.

I lay still again, for the reptile, evidently roused, made a movement, and its head, as I suppose, fell upon my naked arm. Oh God! the agony of that m&nmit, when suppressed, almost gave way to madness! I debated with myself whether I' should again cndcavcr to attract the attention of the Kulassi or remain perfectly quiet, or whether it would not be better than cither to start up at once and shako the disgusting^burthen from me. But the latter suggestion was at once abandoned, because of the assurance I felt that it would prove fatal impedod by the coils of the creature, weak, .nervous from excitement, I could not cscape its fangs. Again, therefore, I spoke with the hollow but distinct aooants which arise from tho throat when. the spcakor is afraid tb move a muscle.c' "Kulassi, a schiragh!" Lascar, a lanthorn!— "Lathaown, sahib," 1 am bringing it sir. Thoro was then a clanking sound of metal light advancing, flashing across the Toof of tho verandah, and lo! one after another of its terrible coils unwinding, the grizzly monster, glided away from my body and the last sounds which struck my sense of hearing were the "Ya illahi, samp!" Oh God a snake!—of the Lascar for 1-fainted away for tho first timo in my life.—Campbell's Rough ReccoUcctions.

RE-SHINGLING OLD Bool's. A writer in tho National Era rccom mends the following plan for ro-shingling old roofs:

Whenever a roof begins to leak, and you wish to' rc-sliinglo it, do not take off the old shingles—-put the new shingles on the top of the old ones—belt make use of sixpenny nt«la in placo of fourpenny or shingle nails. The advantage of this method will consist of the following.particulars: 1st. You will save the expense of removing tho shingles 2d. The building will not be oxposed to the wet-, in case of rain beforo it is finish-

3d. The roof will be much warmer and tighter.' 4th. Neither snow nor ramcan beat under the butts of the shingles, by heavy

5th. The roof, will last good full onethird longer.

It should be doxic before the old sliingles are too much-decayed. All tho moss (if any) -should bo removed, or swept off with stiff broom, before putting on the neirBhlBglea.

9St"We notice that a Miss Cannon, a great Women'f Bights lecturer upin Michigan married lately. So we sappoee thai Gannon has been spiked.—iVcw? AJBany Ledger.

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From-the Washington-Onion.

THE GREAT MARYLAND BLA.CK CAT CASE. .... ''If you jnOct a black cat, shave blm to the tail."

This tremendous case is. now pending be-, fore a judicial tribunal of the State of, Maryland, and,.presents many remarkable featuxe? of the ingenuity and .speculative, capacity of the defendant in the .case.— For the benefit of the legal profession and gentleman generally who may wish to enter a-new field of speculation, I .will give a short history of the case as I have heard it.

Some few years ago a gentleman of Ma.yland .conceived the.idea that an immense fortune could be.realised by the rearing of black cats for thc sale of their skins. The. principle obstacle to. the plan was the impossibility of keeping the animals together and preventing them from wandering off, as their activity, assisted by the penetrating quality'of their, claw.s, would enable them to defy any inclosure, and at last after much thinking, the idea suggested, itself to his mind that water was the only barrier that cats would not pass. Being in possession Q{ an island that appeared to be just,s^ted for the experiment, he,found all obstacles to the succcss of his plan removed, and set about organizing tho affair.

He employed an agent and put out a circular, in. which he stated that he would give so much .a head for every black cat that could bo got. This advertisement was circulated through all the, counties bordering on the Chespeake Bay, and the negroes got hold of it. In a sho^ttimc, all the black cats through the counties were stolen by the negroes and sold to the agent, who had depots established at different convenient points.: Old ladies .missed th$ir favorite, pats, and mourned, them as dead—but the negroes, incited by the price offered, spared none. In this, way, one hundred and fifty black cats, were, collected, and transported to the island and the agent took up.b.is abode there, like another llobison Grusoo, as superintendent and guardian of the cats. Those animals seemed to cnjoy themselves vastly when first put on the island,! and spent their time in

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playing with cach other, or hunting birds or !ground mice but at last their game failed them, and, having no other supply of food, they bocamo hungry, and desperate, aud roamed about. ,tho:island ..in.large bands, yelling for food. They at last became dangerou.Si and the agent wrote to his employer a statement of. these facts, accompanied by a request to know how he was to feed them. ...J.Io-wrotc,' back to the agent to so a, couple of, negroes tb work to catch and open oysters for the cats, which ordor was carried out.: The cats, having the alternative of oysters or starvations bofore tli cm, very naturally chose the former, but, not being accustomed to such unnatural food, a species of cholera broke out among them aud one-half died.

This calamity, drove tho survivors mad, and'they' oithcr committed,suicide, or in a fit of desperation swam to the main land. At auy rate they disappeared and were never heard of more.

The agent then wrote again to his employer to acquaint him with the result of this new,treatment, which news was accompanied by a modest request for the payment of .hid wages—for this cat experiment occupipd a space of upwards of a year. The latter was so indignant at both the conduct of the agent and the cats that he flatly refused, ami the consequence was a suit brought by the agent to recover his wages. This suit has been defended for some two years, and during its progress I have become acquainted with the facts.

As far as the theory of the speculation went,, it was a,magnificent idea. The skin of a black cat is worth in Boston, fifty cents. The cats, I am told, cost the,agent just that sum. It was supposed that thc3' would iucrease exactly tenfold per annuni. Then say-—first year, number of cats, 150 second year, 1,500 thi^tl year 15.000 from which there could be obtained 5,000 toms for sale, bringing $2,500, aud leaving 10,000 stock cats remaining, which at the above ratio of increase, would give, the fourth year, the enormous sum of 100,000 cats upon the island after which all the surplus, over and above the last number, were to bo caught in box traps, and the skins sold to the Boston furriers. This stock, of .100,000 cats wore to producc .1.000.000, per annum, and the revenue consequently to be derived from the island would be in the neighborhood of $500,000 per annum.

The principal drawback to the enterprise, was tho utter inability of the cats to organize or band together for the purpose of assisting each other, and thus facilitating thpir hunting operations so, after Idcep. reflection upon the subject, it was determined to import a cpuplc of wild cats from South America, whose admixture with hi&.cats would not only add strength to the body and value to the fur, but whoso executive qualities plight be brought to bear in organizing the original settlers into large hunting packs—and thus enable thein to, successfully pursuo the squirrels and ground mice with whioh the island abounded—-and, in fact, to teach theso unfortunate animals, who, torn from the comfortable preside, were, of course, ignorant, of the necessities of savage life, the mysteries of the chase. He readily found a friend'willing to .procure him, the new cats.

I.'in. afraid' this friend regarded the whole matter as a joke, but at any rate he was faithful.to his promise, and as sopn after his arrival in Bio Janeiro as possible, he set some natives hunting, who caught tvyo. youngvtiger cats of extraordinary ferocity, whioh ho placed in a case and' shipped to Bahiipqre. i* vm tsv..:IWhon ho had almpst forgotten the matter jhe jFaa -snrprised by the receipt of a letter apprising him of tho-arrival qf.,these wild beasts, and was requested to f'come forward, pay, oharges and take them away." Ho harried into -town and found these young tigero about tho size of a ,medium Mttor dQg, and a bill of charges of several hundred'per pent morp thai^.he. anticipated He pa^d it and ordered two negroes «A jn A OUt to his country seat, 1 for he, wished: tp exhrbit titenrtbeCore.'he sent them down tp take oommandofthe island eats., -.ii

Oni tho.road out to ihis place the eats lared' and spit at- the negroes -in such a idish manner, that to got rid of.thcm

they turned the cage over oa the bar? side, whereby-one of-the cats was smothered. The survivor, being deprived' of his mate,- became more ferocious-than .ever, and it became a question whether it. would be. safe for the cats oh ,(hd island to turn it loose among them. The owner was very much worried until his negro.»man suggested that they should try the experiment by putting a tame cat into the cage. -The idea waa the very thing. A eat was procured and introduced into the cage. In about two minutes it was torn into shreds and utterly devoured. Of course it-would have been madness to turn, the .beast loose on the island—hso the idea was abandoned and it has beien kept ever since as-a small menagerie attached to the gentleman's house, with the exception of a. periodical visit to the Agricultural Fair in Baltimore^ when it is placed among the poultry and causes the hearts of the chickens to die within them'This is a short history of the black cat scheme and the suit arising from it.- Whether there is legal ability in the State sufficient to settle the latter, is more than I am able to say. I .lav-si t«j|}

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Near midnight, on the evening of the 7th inst., Mrs. Wake, who resides on Grand River, had occasion, in consequence of the sudden illness ot one of her children, and in the absence of her husband to this city, to go to the river bank and call to a son, who lived on the opposite side of the rive?,'1 to come to her assistance. In consequence of the darkness of the night, and cndcav-

A letter to the Detroit Advertiser states that a former student, named George W, Brazec, was anxious to be initiated into one of tho College secret societies, and some of ihc students on Friday evening last played off upon him an initiation into a mock society. Beer and whisky were obtained and partaken of very freely by Brazec, who, before coming to the meeting, had also-been indulging in drinking, lie bccamc .very drunk appliances to sor ber him were tried in vain, and the students supposing he would sleep off the effects, put him to bed, and duriug the night attended upon him. In the morning ho was still drunk, and the student went to their studies, but returning about noon found him dying, and he breathed his last before medical aid could arrive.

The account, as communicated to-the Free Press-, substantially is' th'e same. It says:

Mr. ISrazco has been a student of the University. At the time of his death he was under suspension, on' account of certain irregularities of conduct. During the early part of Friday lie was present at the meeting of one of the College Literary Societies, of which he was a member, and appeared to be in good health. About 11 o'clock the same evening he made his appearance at the room where he died, where were already some eight or ten students prepared "to make a night of it." They had a pail of beer and a bottle of whisky. Mr. Brazec appeared to be somewhat under the influence of liquor when he arrived there. He. drank several times of tho beer, and occasionally of the whiskey, drinking in no greater excess than his companions.,

Tliey Were alL singing arid 'marching around the room, when suddenly Mr. B. exclaimed, "Boys, I'm tight," reeled, and soon after tumbled downl' They laid him on a couch in the corner and took no further notice of him for half an hour.

At the end of that time they tried to arouse 'him, but he appeared to ,bc in a urunken sleep, arid could not easily bo awoke.

They then carried htm down stairs'and bathed his head in cold water, hoping to sober him. Apparently he was somewhat revived, and th'cy carried him back, laid him down, covered him .over with some quilts, and left him to sleep off the effects of the debauch":' ,4

Within, an hour after the others had departed, one of his companions visited him three or four times, bathed his head, and did all lie could' to make him comfortable. The next morning one of the company previous to going to chapel' exercises, (at 9 A. M.) looked in. upon him. He was snoring, and exhibited no appearance other than would be expected in a man laboring undeT the cffects of intoxication.

TOL. 1X, 45:^ "'}. CRAVFORDSYILLE, -MONTGOM^ MAY 29 "1858.

MILLION.—The, St. Joseph

(Mo.) Journal, of the 30th ulfc., gives the following instance of most extraordinary courage and presence of mind in a woman. How few there .are of the gentler sex, or even of the sterner, who, in such a crisis, would have escaped so miraculously!

orinir to make herself heard by her sou, she ,. approachcd too near the bank, and acci-

dcntally stcppcd off, and was precipitated some distance over a steep bank into the rushing watcrs:of the river. While in:this critical and perilous condition, she bc^ thought herself of having heard that there was no danger of being drowned, providing a person would keep the arms uh'dcr water and attempt to swiin. She did so, and by this means gained the opposite side of the river, ''but found the bank so steep and -high thait it was impossible for her to get out on that side. She took courage, and, with great presence of mind, deliberately swam back to the side from which she first started'.1 She landed safely, but was much exhausted, and was found byii neighbor, who happened to: hear her crics, and was thus rescued from what would have been, to almost any other female, a watery graveft

A COLLIiGE I'llEAK. papers wo learn of a

SAD KESUL or By the Detroit tragedy which occurred at the State University of Michigan,.located at Ann Arbor, whiclv has rightly produced great excitement in that village.

Tho next visitor was a young man, one of the youngest of 'tjhc company. He called on' him. about noon.,. He found hini very pale and exbibiiihgfcw signs of ani matron. He MTHS frightened: He hurried

toini imd found two of his companions. told them they had better go down and see Braxee, as hie looked hird. The. three hastened to the ToOm^ They found their companion lifeless.

Corn- is selling at. the warehouses in Terrc Tliiute for twenty-five conts per bushel. ...

FAJCTS. ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION There was neyer abetter illustration of the .truth of the old "adage, that "a lie well atufek to is as good as the truth," than the continual harping of the-Black: Republicans-, and. their: reiteration for. years of: the. falsehood that the. DemocMtiCj party of jthe Union, is opposed to the interests of freedom, and against the multiplication of free States in'the Confederacy. So persistent and vehement have been their charges, although,: history furnishes a full:and complete. reply to them, that JL large portion of our people, without reflection^ and ip ignorance of the truth, Tiave. been led to give them credence: The fact, 'which we are about to state from the recorded*history of the past should be. stereotyped- and everywhere held up-to view, for .they perfectly annihilate the very basis upon which the Black Republican^ party 'is placed. We defy and challenge, contradiction of the following proposition:••••• J• Hv.'.tr ll Every new. free'State tfhich has -boen admit| ecl into the Union, ..from Ohio in! 1802 to Minnesota in 185$.* has been by a Democratic CoiigreJ^ and in all cases, save one, under.a^moeratic Presidcqt. Hero is the. list:, .,

Ohio, in 1802, under President JEFFERSON, with a Democratic Congress Indiana, 1816, under President .MADISON, with a Democratic Congress Illinois, ,1818, under President MONROE, with' a Democratic Congress MAINE, in 1812, with a Democratic Congress Michigan,. 1836, under President JACKSON, with a Democratic Congress Wisconsin, 1846,- under President POLK, with a Democratic Congress Iowa, in 1847, with a Deinooratic Congress California, 1850, under President FILLMORE, (Whig,) with a Democratic {Congress Minnesota, 1858, under President BUCHANAN, with a Democratic Congress.

No free State, or slave State cither, was

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admmistjation op-

posed to the Democracyi Mark that!— JOHN ADAMS.left the Union composd of the same number of States that he: found in it wheni he assumed the duties, of President. So did JOHN Q.. ADAMS^ tlio,. next, President elected, opposed, to the DemocT1 racy. The regime of HARRISON and Ti'LER did not 'add.a State-to the Union, although it.took the initiative, measures, to bring the slave,State of Texas: into, the Union. Thke formal admission was accomplished by President POLK ill 1846. :A Democratic Congress, under the administration of FITJ-MORE, brought California into the Union with hisassent. His signaturc was all the opposition ever, did toward increasing the numberof free States frotu the foundation of the Government.

Before the termination of the Democratic administration of President BUCHANAN two more free(States will doubtless be adr ded to the Union—Oregon and Kansas yet fellow-eitizcns, the party which has brought nine'new free States into the Union is arraigned by a lyiisjf•apd' unscrupulous press as being Southern and proslavcry in its proclivities, and as opposed to the interests of freedom. Was there ever such a monstrsus perversion of history? It is but just to add, that the Democratic party have admitted these nine free States into the Union, not especially' because they were froe, but because it recognizes the right of every State to adopt, without interference from others, such local and domestic institutions as it desires.

Our second proposition is this, that despite the charge which the Black Republicans make, that the Democracy arc in,favor of the extension of slavery into territory now free, the records show that not a mile of free territory was ever acquired by the General Government and converted into slavery. On the contrary,- four-fifths of the immense territory which was acquired by the Louisiana purchase in 1803, which was all sla.vc when we bought it, will be converted into free States under the principle of the Compromise of 1850, adopted by a Democratic Congress. Texas and Florida have been added to the Union, but slavery already existed in them when acquired, so that their acquisition made no difference to tho interests of freedom. Of the territory acquired from Mexico in 1850, it is a moral certainty that it will all be a S a

With this history of the 'couutry before us, is it not astonishing that any person should have, the effrontery to talk about tho

domination

and aggression of the South,

or to charge the Democratic party with Loing opposed to the admission of free States?—Cm. Enquirer.

THE "RETIRED PHYSICIAN* WHOSE SANDS of LIFE II.VVE NEARLY RUN OUT."

The New York Lender contains''a lengthy expose of this individual, from which it appears that his real name is Oliver P. Brown, a Vermont printer. His mixture is composed of liqnoricp, a slippery-elm decoction, and .honey,''costing, bottle included, sixteen cents. He hires an old man named Kuyper to personate Dr. James, the "retired physiciau." He is also in company with a fcllow'callcd Monnctt, in the treatment of private diseases, and, is the publisher of the Magic Monitor, a paper devoted to magic and the advertising of his nostrums. In addjrjion, lie is the proprietor of a medicinc.fOr the cure of solitary vicc, called "the Cardial of_California Laurel," tho superintendent of a clairvoyant under the name of Dr. Tracy Delorme, and as Professor James T. Home, advertises in the cqunt^y papers a rccipc which will teach any body to^nake $1,000 per annum, which he will dis'close on the receipt of $5 —said recipe beip^for the manufacture of artificial honey. He also figures in petticoats, under tiiap«iam(%of Madame Julia Melville, as proprietor of a cosmetic called "The Milk of Roses and extract of. Elder Blossoms." Thfi Mayor, of Jersey City certifies, that there isrno such person in that placc as Dr. H. James, but an old man is employed to personate him. The whole matter is said to be well understood there.,,Brown is said to be .worth from $50,000 to $10Q,000, which he has deared urithin.a few years by baiting tho gudgeons. .,

meeting of .^'colored Americans"

has been held in Kingston, ..Jamaica, to encourage, the cmigration_of free blacks from the United States.

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SPIRITUAL PAINTING.

There are three pictures now in the houseofMr. B.Ncwkirk, of this city portraits, which.we.are told represent .Mrs. Newkirk's motherland two children .all of 'wliom have. been for many years dwellers in' another sphere.1 The production of these pictures has produced a good deal of sensation, and we have been requested to state the facts for the. benefit of the curious:

Mr. Rogers, of Cardington, Ohio, who has been known for some months in spiritual society as the Artist Medium, a tailor by trade, uneducated, and without, any of the accomplishments of an Artist, after urgent, solicitation, visited this city a few weeks since, and stopped at Mr. Newkirk's house. He came on Thursday. On Fri day he felt "influenced"—took a sheet of Postelle painting paper, requested Mr. Ncwkirk, to place his signature ,on the back of it, which was done. In a few minutes tho medium was'entranced, and a portrait was produced upon th'e1 same sheet of pa per. On Saturday he again repaired to his: room, in a similar condition, and in twenty-five minutes, sitting produced another portrait of a young girl. On Monday following, at'the house of Mr. Cathcart, after similar precaution respecting the paper, in twenty-nine minutes the picture of a young lad was brought out all of which arc paintings of more than ordinary merit and one of them an exquisite picture, of rare beauty and excellence. The picture of the lady bears strong resemblance to the family. We rccogriizcd this on first observation. The pictures of the children we know nothing about. Whether they are representative or riot, the parents are pleased with them.

We have but this to say-in the matter: •There is no reasonable doubt but these pictures were produced by a man under influences the laws aud nature of which we are entirely ignorant of—in the incredible short time allotted to each—that they are more than ordinarily good, as portrait paintings, so far as the art is concerned—that they could not have been executed ,by the most experienced artist short of many hours'labor on each.

It is needless for us to add that'it is claimed' by the medium and others that these are, the works of Spirit-artists, operating through the organization of.Mr..Rogers,. who is unconscious of the design, exe-: cutiori, or appearance of the picture while in his 'tranced state. Colored crayons arc used, the colors are blended by the fingers of the medium—no other instruments being employed. We make these statements without eommont, as we do not wish to enter into a discussion of spiritualism in any manner.—Laporte Times.i'i jVitrxii'

THE RIFLEMEN OF THE WEST."!' [From Vol. VII of Benton's Abridgment of the Debates of Congress.]

Mr. Benton stopped a moment to speak of an exploit too little known to historj'. Ho saia that the British and Indians, to the number of 1,600, appeared before St. Loxiis in tho year 1780. General George Rogers Clark was then upon tho American Bottom, with the conquerors of Yincennes aud Ivaskaskia. Tho French of St. Louis sent to invoke his aid. Ho had but 400 men, and might have declined with honor, lie might have said:—Onr numbers are too few, the river is too wide and rapid you arc strangers, and live beyond the confines of my couutry you may be in collusion with tho enemy, to draw me across the Mississippi, and to revenge in Louisiana the defeat of your countrymen in Illinois, But such was not the language of General Clark, nor of the 400 brave men that followed his steps. He or they knew not danger. Knew it not! May their spirits pardon me, said Mr. Benton, for applying to them such a fourth of July expression. They did know danger—were born in its presence, and grew up in its Company—and cach one could say, with C:csar— "Dnnfrcr aivl I nrc brotlifr?,

Twin lions wlielpeJ in on hour, And I the elder and more tcrriblo."' They were the riflemen of the West, and took counsel, not from danger, but from honor and courage. They divided into two bodies and marched to the relief of St. Louis. Two hundred presented themselves opposite the town, and two hundred crossed the river below. At the sight of sucli boldness, the British and Indians, believing them to be tho vanguard of a great army, (suddenly retired, after killing eighty of the inhabitants, and leaving an impression of terror which still marks that year as an epoch of calamity "Vannee du roup." History, continued Mr. B., tells of the passage'of the Rhone and Granicus but here is the passage of a river unknown to history, yet surpassing the exploit of Hannibal and Alexander as much in heroism and magnanimity, as, the Father of Floods surpasses in magnitude the puny streams of Asia Minor.

THE AMEIl! CAN NAVY.

The following table presents the condition of the American Navy: 'f'" 'u'~* VT.FRET.3 -Willi-n AHE SKATVOUTHr, VIZ

Linc-of battle ship--i^ates-. •*,

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Ploops-of-war -1 J'roiieller frigates '5 Paddle- wheel fri tv 7 Dispatcli steiira tenders ..a

Poliooncr— Store-ships

Pen worthy vessels of nil classes* 50 nsenworthy 23 Totiil vessels of all oluascs 7S IK COMMISSION FOR SEA-3EH VICE Til Iri H'TJI MAY, 1S5S:

Steam friirates 1Sniling frigates Sloops-of-war Brigs Dispatchyitcam-tcnders Store-ships

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1 0

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INGS.—Short prayers characterised by sincere reverence,and unaffected humility, and embracing only the manifest essentials of petition. Anything tliat savors of

argument with the Greait "Hearer and'Answerer of prayer"' is obviously improper, if not absolutely sinful.

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wagon-ihasters

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THE RlfJirf& OF' AMERICAN SAILORS —"UP, GUARDS, Art I* AT 'EM!" The rights which belong to U3 as a nation arc not alone to be regarded, but those which pertain to every citizen in his individual capacity, at home and abroad, must be sacredly maintained. So long as he:can •discover evory star in its place upon that ensign, though, he may be without wealth to purchase for himself a place, it will be' his privilege, and must be his acknowledged,right to stand uuabashed even in the presence of princes, with the proud conscious ncss that he is himself one of a nation of sovereigns and that he cannot, in his.legitimate pursuits, wander so far from home that tho agent that he shall leave behind, in the place I now occupy, will not see that no rude hand of power or tyrannical, passion shall be laid upon him with impunity. He must realize that, u/on every sea aiul upon every soil, ichcrc ou/r enterprise may rightfully seek the protection of our flag, American citizenship is an invaluable panoply for the protection of American rights.—Inaugural of President Pierce.

Such was the'bold'and'beautiful language of the late President of the United States, which was greeted by the people with such, a welcome as was-almost without example in the history of the nation.— Sentiments precisely ?imilar have been uttered again and again by those distinguished statesmen, President BUCHANAN and Secretary CASS. Tho American, theory is right our diplomatic rccord is almost without a stain. What wc want next is action —bold, intelligible ACTION! and President BUCIIANAN is the very man to divest all our splendid theories upon the subject of the right of scarch of their metaphysical attributes, and render them consubstantial,. The wise man of old said, "there is a time to all things," and surely it is our time to take the responsibility and wc look in confidence to our venerable President, who marched with a musket on his shoulder, almost half a ccntury ago, to the battles of his country, for a message to JOHN BULL which will smell of powder and flash with steel.

The shortest, most, practical, most American, most Democratic, and, in the end, the most humane and Christian mode of proceeding, is to anchor the Macedonian for a few days in one of the harbors of Cuba, and, at the first convenient opportunity, open an entire gallery of hcayy cannoq upon that pestilent' and meddlesome brood of war vermin known as Baltic gunboats, which England prepared for use against Russia, arid is now employing against the Amcrican.shipping in the Gulf. It is not worth while to talk of "comprowith these fellows they are the jollicst tars of "mcrric England," commanded, in part, by men who learned their lessons under Nelson, and who would only be .amused by propositions to settle.— War is their trade they arc prepared for it, and neither ask nor give quarters. We feel more aud more beligerent as time passes, and arc this morning pcrrectly satisfied that at least half our dispatches to JOHN BULL should be scut by tho powdertrain in other words, they should be shot out of a thirty-two pounder! Our "cousins over tho water" arc gentlemen, and we shall command their profoundest respect and sinccrcst regard by such a coursc as wc propose.

The war-horizon looks rather promising, and it is a question which might hang a jury, whether wc would not be justified in instituting military proceedings against some half a dozen different nations. The list of naval aggravations down in the Gulf is quite imposing. At Tampico the Mexicans, under General GAK/.A,have fired into our vessels, imprisoned our officers, and plundered our cargoes. The Dominican fleet, at the island of Ilayti, have lately fired into an American schooner. Ilis sooty and Imperial Majesty, FAUSTIN 1, has robbed our merchantmen to the extent of hundreds of thousands of dollars in the West India waters. At San Domingo the insolent negro Bar.'/., supported by the French, has subjected our Consul and all resident Americans to the most intolerable insults. Our Consul's wife has been hissed, and followed through the streets, and the American flag has been repeatedly dragged through the streets, and trampled under foot by a negro nub'—Cin innati Enquirer.

From the St. Louis 'lopublican, 10th.

UN'PARAIiLKI.F.IJ KKCO/tl) OF JUVI:MLI- ATllOCn'i liI)EK will OUT. At a late hour on Monday night, subsequent to the writing of the article of yesterday, mentioning the arrest of Henry Gacrtucr, a barber, and one of his employees, on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Hugh Downic, Sunday night of last week, the boy was induced to make a confession, which, for the youthful depravity and cold calculating atrocity it exhibits, has scarcely a parallel in crime. Theodore Debold i3 a lad seventeen years of age, according to his own statement, though his looks would proclaim him much younger. He, with two other boys, named Nicholas Trautwein and Antoine Leitc, aged respectively fifteen and seventeen yours, all of German parentage, were emploj'ed in Henry Gacrtncr's barber.shop, fronting on Broadway, three door3 south of Biddle street. Adjoining the shop is the stove and tin store of Frederick Boltc, which runs back to Fifth street. It will be rccollcctcd that Downey's body was found in that part of the cellar immediately un der the rear entrance to this stove and tin store. From the back of the barber shop a staircase runs up, one story in height, and then down on the other Bide, leading to a narrow alley that opens into Fifth street.

The boy Theodore confesses that on Snnday night, a little before 9 o'clock, Downey went into the barber shop and waa shaved. JIc had visited the shop on two other occasions, and had conversed about mules, horses, &c., so as to give an idea that he was a man of considerable wealth. Upon the evening in question, (to pursue Theodore's statement,) after shaving, he invited Nicholas and Antoine to go out and take a drink when they, camc back, Antoine persuaded liim to be shampooncd, and Downey took a chair for that purpose Antoino thcu( drenched his hair in the fluid used for cleaning the head, and purposely let mm"

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drops fall into his e^res, thereby blinding him effectually while this was going on, Nicholas took a halter which had previously been prepared for the purpose, pot the noose around, the neck of tho victim, and drew it so tight that the very life waa choked out of him in a few seconds. Theodore says he struggled but little, and gave but two short, nervous kicks beforo life waif oxtinct when the ropo was put upon his ncck, Antoine took hold of his hands and kept them tight in his grasp. A boy, named James Comisky, who attends in (hir-W ran's groccry and liquor storo, next door south from'tho shop, about this time, went and looked through .the glass doors, Boeing which, the young murderers shut off- the.t, gas, and waited in darkness until twelve**? o'clock, when they all three dragged him out and pitched him into the cellar, where-., he was found next morning. ,..

Theodore says that tho booty which rewarded them for this horriblo deed was $50 in money, a silver watch with a black 1 silk guard, and a set of gold shirt buttons. He further states that the Thursday night following, Antoino and Nicholas took tho buttons and tho watch and throw thorn into a scwcr. Ho himself carried tho dead man's coat and the fatal ropo to ihc lumbcr yard, where they wcro discovered next day. Downey's hat was put into tho stovo and burned up.

Tho above is about all wo have been able to gather from Thcodoro Dobold's confession concerning one of the most deliberate, outrageous and high-handed murders of which wc have any knowledge— and surely it is enough.

All three of the boys wero up before tho Grand Jury on Monday as witnesses, but of coursc, knowing thoir own guilt, they were not going to reveal anything, and so they were discharged. Subsequently, howover, Lewis Rodcrich, who works a farm 50 miles from this city, on tho Iron Mountain Railroad, testified that ho was in tho barber shop in the neighborhood of nine o'clock, and that Downey was thorc that he (D.) went out with two boys that ono of them spoke to the othor in German, which was translated to him, as meaning it was time to shut up, and that he (witness) then left. This evidenoo gave another complexion to the ease, and it waa deemed expedient to have all throe of tho boys arrested. Ono of them, as we have seen, was'arrested. The others left theshop together at 5 o'olock, saying thoy were going to a place, naming a fictitious one, to leech a sick man, and that is the last that has been seen of them. All Monday night, and all day yesterday the polico wore on the alert. Men wero plaecd on all the railroad trains, at all tho avenues leading out of the city, and at the levee, to watch and sec that they did not esoapc.— It is believed they aro still in town, and if so, their apprehension is only a quostion of time. In town or not, it is probable they will bo caught sooner or later.

This startling narrative bears its own' comment throughout. It is almost incrcdiblc, but there can hardly be a doubt of its truthfulness. Tho youth who relates it could certainly have no motivo to lie and implicate himself in so appaling a inannor.

irVTEUKKSTI VG T» UQUOIl PRIXKERS. Dr. Hiram Cox, of Cincinnati, Chemical Inspector of Ohio, in a rcccnt publication, states that "during two years ho has made two hundred and fortv-ninc inspections of various kinds of liquors, and has found more than nine-tenths of them imitations, and a greater portion of them poisonous concoctions. Of brandy ho has not found more than one gallon of pure in hundred gallons, tho-imitations having been whiskey for a basis, and various poisonous acids for the condimcnts. Of wines not a gallon in a thousand, purporting to be Sherry, Port, or sweet Malaga, is pure but they are made of water, sulphuric acid, alum, Guinea pepper, horseradish, and many of them without a siuglo drop of alcoholic spirit. A Funehal correspondent says that it is not an open question whether any more Madcria wine will be produced. None has been made since 1851, and there arc now only seven or cignt thousand pipes upon the entire island. All rcccnt attempts to manufacture this wino have utterly failed, and pnmpkin-vincs now adorn tho old grape arbors oncc covcred with abundant clusters of rich grapes.— Dr. Cox warrants there arc not ten gallons of pure Port in Cincinnati. He also 4 states that in his inspection of whisky ho found only from 15 to 20 per ccnt. of nlcoholio spirit, when it should have been 45 to 50, and some of it contains sulphuric acid enough in a quart to eat a hole through a man's stomach."

PRACTICAL AMALGAMATION.—A gro man, "black as midnight," by tho name of Andrew Jackson, was recently married in this city by Justice Lord, to a white woman by tho name of Augusta Oscr. Jackson stated that he was thirty years of age, a resident of New York, and a native of Virginia. Mis3 Augusta stated that sho was twenty years of age, also a resident of New York, and a native of Germany.— They came'up from New York in the morning, for the purpose of being married, and went back in the afternoon. We hear that some of the blacks arc very indignant about tho affair, as well as the German?. It is said, in justification, that they had been living together for some time, contrary to law, and finally concluded to "heal the breach" by getting married.— port (Conn.) Advertiser.

SS?"The British loss in storming Lucknow was seventy officers, arid ono thousand one hundred mon killed and wounded that of the Sopoya is computed to have cxccedcd four thousand killed. The Sepoys can more easily lose ton thousand men than the British one thousaud. This war is not yet ended.

£Q?*GOOD MANNERS.—The art.of marking those people easy with whom we c'4live rso. Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasv is the best bred in the company.

CST*A contemporarj* inquires if t!i young ladies of the present day an ijttod for wives. Wc think it a much nnro important question whether th«\v ar»» fiUe for hu»band«