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THE LAST VICTIM OF THE GAUNTLET. -An Impereal rescript, bearing the date of the 20th of August, 1854, and the signature of the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, has abolished for evermore within th« realms of the whole Austrian Empire tfcet terrible chastisement—running the gauntlet. Terrible it was, indeed—a cruel and barbarous remnant of those dark and dismal times called middle ages. I witnessed the last execution of this kind, and record it for the benefit of those who still doling with a Htrange fondness even to the worst legacies of by-gone centuries.

On an autumn morning, in the year 1851, the garrison of the fortress of Theresienstadt, on the Eger River, in Bohemia, was formed in a large square of the spacious place before the residence of the commandant. In the middle of this square, drawn Jup in file, stood a company of a rifle battal^ion, to which the delinquent belonged. It

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unarmed, each private (there were »three hundred) being provided with a "switch, and placed at a small distance from "his next man "-At the tenth stroke of the dodjc the drums were beaten, and amidst a ^silence deep and oppressive the prisoner 'was marched into the square.

He was as fine-looking a man as ever I •'have set my eyes upon—tall, powerful and well formed. His handsome features, to iwhich a black mustache gave a bold and martial expression, shone forth in the full Vglow and vigor of manhood, only they were of a deadly paleness.

He was a non-commissioncd officer, and ^during the last campaign in Italy, in 1849, *fho had distinguished himself in such a 'manner that his superior officers had rcctommended him for promotion. Austria is *imoro gcnorouB than Kngland toward those that shed their blood in her service, and ho would havo been made a commissioned ^officer long since—in spite of liis humblo origin and his poverty—if it had not been for a fatal impediment. This impediment was his own passionate temper he was a very choleric man harsh and brutal toward bis inferiors, movose anl stubborn toward his superiors when ever they deemed it necessary to check or rebuke him. He was hated by the men to the utmost.—

There was not a private in the whole battalion that had not vowed him revenge.— iJIc had never made one friend, nor did he bare to havo one. Strict in the performance of his military service—the most minor duties of whbli lie discharged with the ^utmost exactness—he went his own way, -proud, reserved, solitary. Innumerable were the punishments which he had brought upon the men for however slight the of'I" fense might be, he was suio not to paas it over in in silence.

Tlis superior officers respected him for •'his usefulness, his abilitv and his exactitude, but they did not like lnni. Tiie evident lack of humanity iu the man made .him an object of doubt rather than of love.

Moreover, there was a vague rumor about his having once struck at his own officer in Jthe midst of a pell-mell caused by a hand to hand encounter with the enemy. The "report never took a clear shape, the officer 'having been killed in the engagement, anu Hho gossipings of a few wounded soldiers having been much to incoherent and contradictory to lead to a formal investigation *of the matter: besides, he was at the victo--ry of Novarra. He had greatly distinguished himself, and old Field Marshal 'Kadct/.ky had, with his own "hands, affixed ithc golden medal on his breast. The rumor, however, together with tho knowledge of his harsh and violent temper, caused his name to bo erased from the list of •those that were recommended for higher ^promotion.

When this incident was made known to him, he became even more sullen, more rigid, more cruel than ever but always, as it was well understood, for the benefit of the service, the slightest demand of which he performed with the same immutable Btrictucss as he enforced them to be done »by others.

A few weeks previous to the dreadful punishment which he had now to undergo ho was mounting guard in* the outworks with some twenty-five men of his own company. It was a chilly, rainy night and when the sentries were relieved they were glad to stretch themselves—wet as they Merc—upon tho floor near the large stovo in the middle of the guard-room. The floor not being very clean, (floors seldom are in these localities,) and the white uniforms of the men being wet, it was no wonder that the dirt adhered to them with a teuacity that defied all exertions to get it off, when tho wearers were roused by this Serjeant to prepare for standing guard oucc more. The more they tried to rub their cloths olean tho more sturdily he lent a helping hand to their endeavors by any application of the sad equipment of every Austrian non-commissionedofficer, the stick. While ho was fully at work, cutting away at the men with a powerful arm, the door opened, and tho officer on the duty entered tho guard-room. "Attention!" commanded the scrgant nd, saluting his superior, made the usual report that nothing worth remarking had happened. Tho officer, a young ensign, fresh from the military school, and almost a boy, took no notice whatever of this im-

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o^tant news, but asked the scrgant in a and somewhat impetuous manner, "what he was again striking tho men for?

The sergant, already much annoyed at this interference, gave a surly and unwilling answer and, when the young officer rebuked him in a severe and perhaps somewhat haughty manner, the violent and passionate man, losing all self-control, lifted up his hand against his officer.

It was but one fatal moment, quick as lightning. The uplifted hand never deoended it was caught by a dozen powerful arms. He was feiled to the ground and disarmed. Half an hour afterward he found himself in irons in the casemates.

Lifting the arm agains a superior is considered a capital crime. In this case it had "been committed while both parties were on duty, and the Austrian military laws are the very last in the world to be trifled with. The following day he was tried by oourt-martial, and sentenced to be shot When the sentanoe was forward. ^«d to the competent authority for ratification/It happened to be tto superior's anniversary day capital punishment was com

muted the criminal had to run the gauntlet. A cruel act of grace was this commutation! When the first sentence had been read to him, he had remained cold and impassable not a muscle of his proud face stirred. He did not fear death, he had looked it in the face many a time without flinching, and to die in the open air, pierced by a dozen balls—a soldiers' death—what should he care much for that? But when he was informed that he had to run the gauntlet twice through his company, after having been previously degraded, he trembled for the first time in his life. He knew of many a soldier who had run the gauntlet thrice through a whole battalion, and not been the worse of it after all he knew of some that had even married afterward, and brought up families of children he was fully aware that the issue of this terrible torture depended entirely upon the dispositions of the men. Dreadful reflection!— Above all he thought of the shame, the dishonor—and his proud heart was well nigh giving way.

On the evening previous to the punishment, the second rifle battalion of Kherenhuller infantry would have been unfit for service the men were drunk. They had got up a carousal in joy and honor of the coming day. But in the morning they were sober enough. The drums ccascd to beat as soon as the prisoner had arrived in the middle of the square his escort fell back. He stood alone near the right wing of the company. There was a dead silence not a respiration was to be heard from all the thousands gathered tn the spot. The commanding officer read the sentence over to him for the second time. This done, he exhorted the men, according to custom, to dispense with all feelings of compassion, and to do their duty conformably to the law. The Colonel went through Iu3 part of the formality in a quick and hurried manner, as it'he were unwilling to perform it. So he was he knew but too well that, in this instance, there was no need whatever for exhortation. These preliminaries „_ing over, the prisoner was delivered into the hands of the provost.

When the latter tore off from liis uniform the golden lace and galloons—the marks of his military rank-—throwing them, together with the gold medal, at liis feet, the face of the unfortunate man became purple, and his dark eyes flashed fire.— When he was stripped of his coat and shirt, and placed at the entry of the terrible street through which he had to pass, ho became pale again. Two soldiers wont ahead of him they marched backward, with their bayonets presented to his breast, so as to force him to keep measure to a drum which brought up tho rear.^ lue drum was mullled its hlow and uisuial beats sounded like tho music.of....a.fai»or«l procession.

When he received the first stroke his fcauturcs assumed an expression ot pam, and his firm-set lips quivered slightly. This was, however, the only sign of sensation. Crossing his arms over his breast and pressing liis teeth close together, his proud face remained henceforth immovable. His merciless enemies enjoyed but an incomplete triumph alter all they might slash his body in pieccs, but his proud and indomitable spirit they could not break. The blows descended witn a fearful violence upon him After the first dozen blood came but never did he utter one single exclamation of pain never not even with a look—did he implore for mercy. Au expression of scorn and disdain was deeply set on his face,, as pale as death. When he had reached at last the left wing of the company his lacerated back presented a frightful appearance.— Even his most exasperated enemies might well have been satisfied now if it had but been possible, the commanding officer himself would have interceded in his behalf but this was not even to be thought of the law must have its course. They faced him right about- he had to make the same way back again.

There was one formality connccted with this punishment which was a cruel, barbarous and shameful mockery the delinquent, had to thank his executioners for his tortures.

When tbc victim had arrived at the file leader of tho right wing of his company, and the dreadful execution was over at last, he threw one last,. long look, full of contempt, at his tormentors. Then lie was seen staggering like a drunken mau toward the commanding officer. His eyes swollen with blood, beamed with an unnatural brightness, his respiration was short and painful touchinghis head with his righthand in token of the military salute, lie said in a voice that came out of his throat with a rattling sound, but that was nevertheless distinctly audible all over the place "I have to thank your honor for this exquisite punishment," and fell down dead.

WHY HE DID IT.—Tho TlViig relates the following incident as having occurred at the last term of tho Bolivar CountyCourt

A man was couvicted of hog stealing, and sentenced to the Penitentiary. We learn that on being asked what he had to sav why sentence should not be passed upon him, this worthy very coolly told the Court that "he killed the hog in self-de-fence and ate him ont of spite."

JfiyBayard Taylor is animated—too animated for a married man—in describing the beautiful women of Poland. Ho talks

thus: J" "These maids of Warsaw arc not onlyradiant blondes, whose eyes and hair remind you of corn flowers among ripe grain, but also dark-eyed beauties, whose faces of a full southern oval, lips round and delieate as those of an Amorette, and a pure, golden transparency of completion. The connisseur of woman's beauty nn nowhere better compare those two rival styles, nor have so great a difficulty in deciding between them."-

IfifNobody can send a private telegraphic despatch in France. In every office four copies of every message are madQ, three of which are delivered to as many government officers for inspection and record.

THE INDIAN BATTLE IN NEW MEXICO—FIGHT WITH THE NAVAJOE TRIBE INTERESTING PARTICU

LARS. An officer of the army furnished the Santa Fe Gazette of the 11th ult. with the following particulars' of the late battle with a party of Indians, of which we have had already a brief account.

I left Albuquerque on the evening of the 25th, with Captain George McLean of the ilifles, and twelve men of his company. On the 27th we were joined by Captain Bias Lucero and his spy company, composed of fifty Mexicans. We proceeded rapidly on our march until the morning of the 29th, when we reached Bear Spring, about forty miles distant from this post.— On the 28th we had noticed Indians and their trails going east, which, with other information and evidences in possession of Captain McLean, determined him to prepare for for a contest whenever he might meet any considerable number of them.— As we were passing the Spring on the morning of the 29th, we discovered a large body of Indians and ponies, to the left and half a mile distant from us. Captain McLean detailed four of his men, and Captain Lucero twenty of his men, who, with their respective Captains and myself, proceeded to where the Indians were encamped.

As we approached in a rapid gallop, the Indians gave the war-hoop, received us with threatening gestures and a volley of arrows, and then quickly deployed off to the right and left and in front—those to the ight and left remaining concealed behind trees, while those in front, who were much further off, seemed to invite a contest. As

one of the Indians (a chief, I presume,) I hers flic Democrats expect to elect at least was riding- to and fro where his men were,

a distaucc of four hundred yards, with their rifles. This seemed to surprise them and they rapidly fled to the trees, occasionally jumping and runningsouie distance across as if to draw our fires, and also to decoy us into a closer or au ambush fight.

Tho valley which leads to the spring cannot be more than two or three hundred yards wide oil either side, and in front of which rise hills covered with pine timber. Cant. McLean's party operated about the middle of this valley, and we were not move than one hundred and finy yards from either side. As Captain MeL. was aiming a shot at an Indian in front, some three hundred yards distant, an Indian to the left took deliberate aim with a rifle at him. lie fired, brought down the Indian in front, and quickly wheeled to get another canrdige. Just as he turned, the Indian fired, the ball entering the frout of the right breast., and passing around some two and a half inches, came out, leaving a severe and paiufui, but not fatal, wound. Tho shock was stunning, so much so that it was several minutes before he could collect himself sufficiently to mount his horse, and with the assistance of two of his men, ride to the wagon. 'Ihc engagement lasted about fifteen minutes. As well"as I could judge, and I sat on my hores immediately in the luidst of the attacking party watching closely everything that passed, there were about three hundred Indians on the ground, against whom were twenty-six of our men including the twenty spies under Captain Lucero, Ca.pt. McLean and myself. I think there were eight or ten killed, and three or four woundiTd. Pour were taken prisoners, a number of ponies captured, blankets taken and camp destroyed. The attacking party lost nothing but a profuse discharge of blood from Captain McLean's wound.

Thus has opened the campaign against, the Navajoes. Captain McLcan did himself great credit in the mode in •which he made the attack. The sudden, determined and active manner in which lie operated completely duiu-founded the savages, and inspired confidence and couragc with the

mont, for they are invaluable this aon-

tier country. The spies under Captain Lucero behaved finely in the engagement, the Captain even surpassing himself for daring and bravery during the fight. It may not be amiss to mention that Captain Lucero's son, a little fellow twelve years old, was on the ground, and, with pistol in hand, galloped to and fro with his father on the field.

Such arc the main incidents and facts of the battle of "Bear Spring," fought at halfpast nine o'clock Sunday, the iUh of August, 1858, on the side of the Americans there being twenty-six men, including the Indian agent, who, on the occasion, had to be non-combatant, and three hundred on the part of the Indians.

Col. Miles reachcd here yesterday, having marched four hundred miles, with infantry, in sixteen days. He assumes the command of the forces, and is now actively engaged in completing his preparations for an energetic and vigorous campaign. Immediately on his arrival here, Sandoval, the friendly Chief, (who has been here several days,) came to sec him in connection with myself. The Indian intimated that any price .which might be asked would be given to settle the difficulty. Of course such a proposition was not listened to.— Col. Miles told him that'he would be here five days. If the Chiefs wished to come in and have a talk, they could do so with impunity within that time, and depart without molestion. After that time he should go after them.

Active operations will commence on the 8th or 9th. The officers are: Colonel Miles, Commander Lieutenant Walker, Adjutant Dr. McKee, Surgeon Captain Elliott, A Company Mounted Rifles (Lieutenant Lane is with this company Captain Hatch, I Company Mounted Rifles Lieutenant Averelle, Company Mounted Rifles Lieutenant Whipple, Company, Third'Infant-

NEW SERIES-VOL. X, 10. 14. CRAWEORDSVILLE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, INDIANA, OCTOBER 23,'. 1858. WHOLE NUMBER 854.

ry Lieutenant Hilatt, Company, Third Infantray and Captain Lucero and thirty spies and guides. Major Brooks, who has been for some time and is now too unwell for active service, with Company, ThirdInfantry, increased to one hundred and fifty men and twenty Mexican spies and guides, remains at the post. There is also three more companies on

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apparently giving command, Captain Mc- jone hundred and fourteen members in all. Leau fired a pistol shot at him. Ibis seem-1 "Southern Americans" will have six ed to arouse them, and they then mani- (nlcinbcrs. There will be three or four festod with greater earnestness their hos-

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place from Albuquerque. Captain McLean, of I Company, Mounted Ilifles, will not be able to take the field at present, on. 'account of his'wounds. The command will therefore fall upon Captain Hatch, who will not suffer the reputation of the company to be tarnished, or fail in proving his pluck as a soldier and efficiency as an officer.

THE NEXT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. We believe the Democrats have chosen the following members fo the next House of Representatives from the free States: Indiana, 3 Ohio, .. 7 Pennsylvania, 5

Total, ....15 It is safe to estimate that they will have four in Illinois, seven in New York, two in California, one in Michigan, one in Wisconsin, one in Oregon and one in New Jcrsey. The Democratic Northern strength in the next House will be about thirty members. The Southern delegation make ninety members. On any questions involving Black Republican principles there will be one hundred and twenty negatives in the next House, which is a clear majority over all. Of the ninety Southern mem-

This will give the Democrats

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tile feelings and intentions. The Captain iof Pennsylvania Davis, of Indiana, and gave orders for his men to dismount, who, Schwartz, of Pennsylvania, who will vote with himself, did so, and commenced a .sometimes with one party and sometimes desperate execution among the Indians, ut

Independents, like Hickman,

another. The Black Republicans will have about one hundred and thirteen members.

RECAPITULATION'.

Democrats .114 Republicans 118 Southern Americans Independent Democrats 4

Total 237 Which is a full IIou.se, with Minnesota and Oregon in the Union/ Present, appearances indicate that no party will have the control of the next House, unless, indeed, New l"ork does better than we have any reason to anticipate. The Republicans and Soul hern Americans can have the House by a small majority. We hope thoy will not be nine weeks in electing a Speaker, as they were in 1855.—Cincinnati Enquirer.- A

lilMJOIt OF T5I55 BKNCH. It is a pleasant task to turn to the consideration of Sir William Maulo's limner. Some admirable specimens are given in the La,n llevivw. A man being convicted of biganiv, the following conversation, took place

say why judgment should not be pas upon you according to law Prisoner.—"Well, my Lord, my wife took up with a hawker, and run away five years ago, and I've never seen her since, and I married this other woman last winter."

Mr. Justice Maulc.—"I will tell you what you ought to have done aud if you say that you did not know, 1 must tell you tho law conclusively presumes that you did. You ought to have instructed your attorney to bring an action against the hawker for criminal conversation with your wife. That would have cost you about

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spies who were with him. lie is a gallant soldier and elegant gentleman, in both of which characters I have had ample opportunity to observe him, and as brave and true a man as ever smelt gunpowder—insensible to fear. Such men should be fostered and encouraged by the Govern-

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prisoner, that makes no difference. Sitting here as a British Judge, it is my duty to tell you that this is not a coatUr/j in which there is one law for the rich and another for the poor

TIIE MOON'S SURFACE.

Prof. Phillips, of England, in the course of some recent remarks before the British Association. on the Lunar Mountains, re-1 marked that dailv experience showed that I, in ,. hcln will nobodv help r.13' brother the more the telescopic power was mcreas-

ed. the less circular appeared the lunar craters, aud the less smooth the surface of the moon. All was sharp and irritated— a perfect representation of its past history. On the much mooted question as to there being traces of the action of water

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surface of the moon, as now presented to us, the Professor said that at one time he believed that there was no trace of water to be seen, but lie confessed that more re-

in that opinion. Prof. on the continually growing exactness with which the telcscopc was applied to the delineation of lunar scenery, "which, to inferior instruments, appearing smooth and even, revealed itself to more powerful scrutiny as altogether uneven, mostly ragged land, deeply cut by chasms, and soaring into angular pinnacles. The so-called seas, under this scrutiny, appear destitute of water, and their surface, under low angles of incident light, be.comes roughened with little points and minute craters.

93?* There were forty-two different counterfeit bank notes put in circulation during September just closed.T "*:-.

IS~It is a sad fact that of the fifty-sev-en ehildren on board the Austria, not one waa eaved.-^ "*.!

ROMANCE AMONG THE TURKS. THE A correspondent of the Pennsylvaniati, writing from Constantinople, relates the following romantic story )\.

I have just heard, from an authentic private source, of a startling incident, which occurred a few days since in Damascus, and bids fair to rival the most exaggerated romance of Eastern story. One of the fairestof this terrestial paradise has forfeited her position' as'Houri, in the celestial abode of her Turkish Lord, by an indiscreet,passion for a Jew, the dragoman of one of the Consulates of that city. For some time they had been liviug outside of the bonds and bounds of 'Holy Matrimony,' without any suspicion attaching to her fidelity. Her position, as one of tho first ladies of Damascus in beauty aud rank, placed her beyond suspicion, till, by a faux jxis of her paramour, her guilt was discovered. He had visited her in the disguise of female costume for some time, and was only discovered, a few days since, by an indiscretion in his movements. By secrct aid she escaped to the desert, where she eluded the vengcancc of her pursuers but a few hours.

Her body was cut to pieces, and with the curses of the Koran, her mutilated remains were left to bleach, unburicd, in token of her shame. In the mean time the greatest excitement prevailed in the city, which threatened to involve all Christians in an indiscriminate massacre so long as their thirst for blood was unappeased and the dragoman had escaped their hands. He had mysteriously been rescued from prison, and transferred to Beirut. Prom there he will probably make his escape by sea, and save his body from the torch of the Moslem. Mrs. Digby,- alias Lady Ellenborough, who has lived for some time with the Sheik of Palmyra, (for whom she has cherished the most tender regard,) after procuring by her bribes and influence with the enamored Lord of the Desert, the divorce of his Arab wives, and constituting herself his Queen, and surrounding his position with every luxury that, her ample means, could procure for the gratification of his senses, has at last broken faith with the heretic, and loft him to seek a more orthodox connection, while for the time she dissolves this mixed marriage which to so much scandal. iias siven ris

A S,V5 CASK.

A man died at the Michigan Central depot, night before last, under circumstances of a distressing nature. Ilis name was Benjamin Clayton, and he had been, until the day of his dc-afh, a resident, of Tekonshn, near Marshall, in this State. He there lived upon a farm which he had oc copied two or three years. About, three months ago liis wife died after a protracted illness. A short time since his eldest daughter also died, leaving him with four children to care for, poverty-stricken in conscqnenco of the sickness and trouble in his family, and, worse than all. himself sinking with consumption. Having lost his farm through continued misfortunes, he concluded to remove to New York State where he had relatives, and was ill hopes jof gaining the means of subsistence. He accordingly came to the city witii his children by the railroad, paying second-class fare. On arriving at the depot, he stcp-

Clerk of Assizes.—"What have you to ped off the car, at the same time cautionshould not be iiasscd iintrone of th? children to be careful. He

When you sustained substantial

damages against the hawker, you would have instructed your, proctor to sue in the Ecclesiastical Courts for a divorce a mensa at que thorn. That would have cost you .£'•21)0 or i'300 more. Then you would have to appear by counsel before the House of Lords for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii. The bill might have been opposed in all stages in both Houses of Parliament and, altogether, j-ou would have to spend about £1,000 or .L'1.200. You will prob-

then started to go on, but sunk down immediately, and died in five minutes' time. His little ones stood by and witnessed the death of their parent, which left them alone in a strange place, aud without a single friend or acquaintance. Their grief, as they gazed upon the inanimate form of their parent-, was heartrending, and excited the piry of the bystanders for the desolate

orphans. The corpse was taken up and 11 jco one night, while intent!}' watching its carried into the baggage-room, lie had motions from Point Neuf. Will you please but four dollars in money in his possession. I explain the curious phenomenon Some 31 r. Ferguson, depot-master, kindly took charge oV the children, and, after giving them supper, provided them beds in the depot. Yesterday morning, Mr. Willard, Director of the Poor, took charge of them and forwarded them by lake to their friends at the East. The parent was buried deccntly at the expense of the public.—Detroit Free Dress.

A SCENE ON HOAJtl) THE AUSTRIA. A young man who was in the second cabin, and who said he was going to California, where he had a brother, had his sister with him, a girl 10 or 17 years of age. In order to save her from the fire lie fastened a rope around her body, and making one end fast to the deck, let her down the side of the vessel. He then put another

rope around ins own body and let liim.-,eit 'u

down but the rope was not well fastened, aud as he jumped over it slipped from under his arms and caught him around the throat. As ho struck the water the waves dashed him up against the vessel's side, and failing back again lie was quickly choked to death, his sister shrieking, "help!

KEEI1 You it. COIIRACJK 1. i'.—W hen the fierce winds of adversity blow over you, and your life's summer lies buried beneath the frost and snow, do not linger inactive, nnr sink cowardly down by tne way, or

turn aside from your course for momentary

warmth and shelter, but, with a stout heart,

cent observations, particularlv those made with Lord Ross' telescope, shook his belief! bitioiiri, it is not when amoi ion is e.i\, )iu j,j_ also commented

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when you are down die hard, and you won

die at all. That gelatinous man, whose

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musclcs are pulp: that man is a coward,

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DIGNITY OF HUMAN NATURE .. SHOW:? FROM ITS RUINS. .From the eloquence of Homer describing the glory and magnificence of Thebes, the vast circuit of her1 walls, its hundred gates, and the chariots of war pouring out of all, to vanquish and hold in subjection the people of as many nations, yields only a faint, unimpressive conception of the city but to pass through the ruins of Ivarnac and Luxor, a-vast de"soMtion of temples and pillared avenues that dwarf all the present structures of the world, solemn, silent, and hoary, covered with historic sculptures that relate the conquest of kingdoms—a journey to pass through, a maze in which even comprehension is lost—this reveals a fit conception of the grandest city of the world, as no words could describe it. Beheld and judged by the majesty of its ruins, there is a poetry in the stones surpassing all majesty of song. So, when the prophet Jonah, endeavoring, he best can, to raise some adequate opinion of the greatness of Nineveh, declares that it is an exceeding great city, of three days journey and, whcuNahum follows, magnifying its splendor in terms of highest descriptioii that correspond still, so ambiguous and faint is the impression made, that many were doubting whether, after all, "the exceeding great city" was anything more than a vast inclosurc of gardens and pasture grounds for sheep, where a moderate 'population subsisted under the protection of a wall.

No one had any proper conception of the city till just now, wlicn a traveler and antiquary digs into the tomb where it lies, open to view, at points many miles assmider, its temples and palaces, drags out the heavy sculptures, shows the inscriptions, collecls the tokens of art and splendor, and says, "this is Nineveh, the 'exceeding great city," and then, judging af its extent, from tho vast and glorious ruin, we begin to have some fit impression of its magnitude and splendor. Aud so it is with Babylon, Ephusus, Tadmor of the desert, Baalbcc. and the nameless cities aud pyramids of the extinct American race. All great ruins are buta name for greatness in ruins, and we see the magnitude of rhc structure I in that of the ruin made by it in its fall.

So it is with man. Our most veritable though saddest impressions of his greatness as a creature, we shall derive from the magnificent ruin he displays. In that ruin we shall distinguish fallen powers,!

tliab lie as broken pillars ou the ground temples of beauty, whose scarred and shat-j has been heard of in modern times. ItJ tered walls still indicate their ancient, appears that the .Eftihia, left Cr.ndia, bound original glory: summits covered with fro- ifor Alexandria, having ou board a general ken stones, infested by asps, where Ihe cargo and eight persons, including the cap-, 'j palaces of high thought and groat aspira- tain, his soil'and daughter, two sailor-boys tioii stood, and righteous courage went up land three Turks, who were passengers.— to maintain ihc citadel of the mind—all i-Vom the evidence of the hoys, everything! ail ruin now, "archangel ruined.' Dr. went on satisfactorily until thoy were

Bushnvll. about fifteen miles from this place, wheu I the Turks ascertained from the captain Vr''"."11,

What! You are really 110 astronomer do you say and that you arc 1:0 nearer neighbor to tho 5!ilky Way than we are? Then vou can't tell us what the Zodincal. ,. 1 ,, I'll 1 or read ot. Light and ttie Magellanic Clouds are,

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the point in the Hercules that we in this I solar system of ours are approaching, or j' I what are the nrlndue that Lord Itosse's jT resolve in the impacc and the vast regions that lie beyond, the light of whose! suns would not be able to reach us in thousands of years You are not informed upon these matters, then Well, you can at least toil

who .you arc yourself?—.

Where you have been ail this time since vou were here before, it you ever were, here bef'TO. and especially what your ex-1 I trcmely long tail is made of, how long it is, land what use you put it to 011 earth are all dying to know.

That very moment the comet disappeared behind a cloud, and before any aunwer was received it had sunk below the hori-

and firm step, go forward with God help ^*e j-0r!,0t inquire whether the plants to vanquish trouble and to bid defiance to ,vcr( j^abited, if he was acquainted with disaster. If ever there is a time to be am-

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have lost vour babv, 1 hear,"'i intr, experienced a feeling very stra fcntleman to another: painful and alarming from his caput said one "Yes. poor little thinsr! It was only five knee= he suddenly months old. We did all we could for it.— covered o'er with bees They rested on

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FOREIGN.

The Moniteur de VArmes says Our information relative to the expedition to Cochin China has been confirmed by the appointment of Admiral Rigault do Genouilly to the command of the expeditionary troops, military and naval, which are to'be sent there. A small body' of Spanish troops is, in addition, it appears, to be supplied by the Captain General of the Philippines. The various grievances of which the French Government has to complain have been more than once mentioned separately, but have not, we believe, been enumerated together. The empire of Annam comprises three principal divisions—Cochin China, Cambodia and Tonking. The Emperor Gia Long, in 1785, on the demand of France, agreed that tho Christian religion should for the future be freely exercised in his States. His successors have, however, treated that stipulation with great contempt and for. the last thirty years, the Christians in their States have been most cruelly treated.— French aud Spanish priests, in particular, have been odiously persecuted, and in 1857, Mgr. Diaz, a Spanish bishop, was put to death at Tonking, by order of the Emperor Du Toe, now on the throne.— That circumstance it is which has called for the intervention of. Spain, France desiring, as becomes a strong and powerful nation, to attempt conciliation, sent, in 1857, M. de Montigny to Cochin China to propose a treaty of friendship to the Emperor of Annam. The mission of that gentleman completely failed—the Court of Hue, the capital of the empire, having re-' fused to receive him, and even to return any reply to the letters of which he was: the bearer. In presence of these grievances, ami of others of the same kind which aggravate them, France has been obliged to take the decisive part which has been adopted. Wo are assured that tho expedition will disembark in the bay of Touraine, which forms part of the territory ceded to France by the Emperor Gia Long at the end of the last centurv. -CRiMB AMI ITS l'CNlSHMKNT IN* EGYPT.

A letter from Alexandria, of tho 3rd» says: =.\ -J A small (Ircek trading vessel arrived in this port, about a fortnight ago, with two boys on board, who reported that on tho previous day Captain Constandi and Ilia son and daughter were murdered in tho most brutal and cold-Moodcd manner that

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was seen in company with Aroturus. His complexion is now ruddy what has caused the change from what it was many ages ago ''lu when he was pale as Lyra.'' Have you ever seen Sirius He was once as red as Mars

stars have disappeared entirely from the heavens: whither have they gone? Have you had the fortune to meet the lost plciad in your travels or been present when the star was burning up It would be pleasant to learn from 3-011, who must be a great astronomer, all about those curious celestial orbs which revolve about each other, aud seem at immense distances to be engaged in a kind of astronomical dance.

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Ihe JSewaik ^rfratisc/ asks the foi.ow- 2s'o sooner was this information acquired ing quaint, searching and interesting qucs- by them than they murdered the captain tiens of tho brilliant navigator of thelim-jand his sou, violated the daughter, and itless ocean of space 1

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,1 I Iwhich she so lately witnessed her father .Von came hither, we believe, irom the m. ii an he ii lie bovs, who wornnorth can vou tell us what the Aurora ..

J- ci mi eve-witnesses to these erncl deeds, lied Bcrcuhs is made or the other niirht von

doomed to the same fate/

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through lright to hide themselves ^piong the cargo in the hold. The Turks, whoi

far finished their inhuman work,

and not. taking the trouble to search for tho

they say has anything happened in his neighborhood to make bis flashes resemble the bluish-white of lightning? Other stars have changed color. Why The alternate appearance and disappearance of Algol has excited the wonder of astronomers, in particular of the French savan who was arrested and locked up by the Parisian po-

two boys in order that there might be ono left to tell the tale, thought that it would i^iswer their purpose as well to fasten tho! hatches of the hold, and, after gathering all the valuable articles that they could find, set fire to the vessel and put off to tho shore in her boat.

Luckily the fire did not do much injury, and the boys, after an hour's exertion, sueceeded in extricating themselves by a trap door. In all probability the murderers would have made their escape but for tho strict quarantine regulations which are at present in force here and in attempting to land they were taken into custody by some officials who aro stationed up 'ho coast. In the meantime the vessel arrived and thus helped to carry out the ends of justice. The three murderers were quickly brought down here, aud, without much trial or delay, were as quickly condemned '. to die. The scene which followed took place at six o'clock on the morning of the livith of August, and although no ono can I doubt its justness, it must have been as I horrible a spectacle as I have ever heard

The three culprits were led forth at tho amc time to three of the most publio ibices in the town. The first was strung up in the marker, place on a hook at tho butcher's shop the second suffered a aimjilar fate in front of one of the principal mosques: and the third was hung in tho I gate of the custom house, in sight of tho ships in the harbor. After hanging for four hours, with a large placard suspended •from tho neck of each, in Arabic characters, ,«fa*ing the n-«ture of their crime, as !a warning to of,hers to deter them from committii.iL' barbarities, they wcro cut down and buried in the ground allotted jt.i murderer:'. Tims ended the dreadful drama which is the subject of this letter. ifcy'-j'hc Augsburg dazcttc contains a letter from Zura. (fJelmatia,) dated tho !!Jth, in which we read: "The electric telegraph here has been the cause of an affecting disaster. 1'uringa violent storm yesterday two of the telegraph posts wero thrown down, but without breaking tho wire. When the storm was nearly over

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pies, and had it bled, and gave it all kinds ing nostrils, dove deep into his cars lUey of medicines and vet, atar a week's ill-I crawled upon bis trowsers and filled his I S6T The next election-^ nessitdied" I

eyes

ofTiei.'il of the telegraph office and soma artiilerv-:ncr! sot about replacing the posts, Instantly three individuals who touched

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Ymikec! the wire received terriule electric shocks

walkin-j, while to himself a talk-: two were killed 011 the spot, aud the third

received

discovered

his the upper part of bis body."

he was

with tears! Did he yell like a hyena? (Louisiana on the 1st of o\ember, .Now .v he holler like a loon Was he scart York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Illinois

RECEIPTS OF THE INDIANA STATE FAHI. land did lie "cut and run?" or did the crit- jand Michigan on the 2nd Maryland on —The total receipts of the recent State ter swoon? Ne'er a one. lie wasn'tscar't: the 3d isconsin on the 4th aud DebFair at Indianapolis were «12,500, viz: a mite he never swoons or hollers, but ware on the 0th of the^ same mou, h._

First day, $500 second, $500 third, hived 'em in a nail-keg tight, aud sold them 1 These States choose

•300 fourth, $5,500: fifth *3,00. for two dollars! Iof Congress.

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