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CRAWFORDSVILLE, INO Saturday, September 15, X860.

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LAKGER THAN ANY PAPER PUBLISHED IN' Crawfsrtbrrille! "Airertivr*. call up and examine our List *.f

DKPARTI'RE OF TBAI!*« ON TUB «LOUISVILLE, SEW ALBANY & CHICAGO R. R. oorisro NOHTH. 'Morninc Tniiu. at *. m. Evening Train, at 1155 :i. m. Freight at 3.-07 p. m.

OOINO SOUTH.

Momin? Train, at 450 a. m. Evening Train, at 9:10 p. m. Freight at 8:10 a. m.

R. E. BRYANT, Agent.

For President,

STEPHEN A, DOUGLAS,

OF ILLINOIS.

For Vice President,

HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON,

OF CEORCIA.

Democratic State Ticket.

Foil CtOVKllNOIt.

THOMAS A. IIENDKICKS, of Shelby. Foil LlKlTTESAST (tOVKKXOH. DAVID TU11PIE, of White.

KIM SKCUUTARY OK STATK.

WILLIAM H. SCHLATER, of Wayne.

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ArniTon OK

STATE

•JOSEPH RIST1NB, of Fountain.

Kon TIIKASUIIKK

OK STATE,

NATII'L F. CUNNINGHAM, of Vigo. FOR ATTOKSKY CEXKIIAI,, OSCAR B. IIOi ]), of Decatur.

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SI'PKHIVTKNMKNT OK I'I HI.IC INSTRICTION.

SAMUEL L. Rt'GG, of Alien. Foit

CI.F.IIK SITHV.MF. COIT.T.

CORNELIUS O'BRIEN, of Dear/torn.

Eon HT:rnKTKit SI TUKMI: COI/TIT.

MICHAEL C. KERR, of Floyd.

I «r ConyrrMM—SlH Ilwirifl,

S.WWIIUj C. lVIAE,SOJ%% Of Monlftomrr).

Kon CntcriT PuomTTon.

WILLIAM T. BRYANT, JK., of Parke.

Democratic County Ticket,

For Stnt»' Senator—M. I). MANSON. For K.-|ins. ntnlivo-ALE\ANI)EI( HARPER. For Tmi-nr.-i—JESSE \V. ClMltEKLANl). For Sln-rill—WILLIAM GOTT. For It ceoril or—AN DREW .1. FIJLLEN. For County OmnniN-iirinor—LEVI CURTIS. For Surveyor—JOHN lit'CK. For Ooroii-r—OEtHUJE R. PORTER. For Township Assessor—SAMUEL EASTLACK.

Particular JYotice.

Mabacribrm mml bmr in mind Ihnt nil mibacriplion* Tor tlif n«-ir rnlnmc mmt IM* |MII1 kchrr thr t)Olh or lliiw nionlli, or Ihry will lie thirfnl ft4J. Three Irrm* will IM ri'liijiniiHlT rafcrcnl without m|irrl lo nxr, wior IH-TMIII,

THE IMNtEM.

Let Co?igrcss intervene to protect Slavery in the Territories.—BRECKINRIDGE. Let Congress intervene to ]revent Slavery in the Territories.—LINCOLN.

Let the People of the. Trroitories determine the question.—DOUGLAS. Wc call attention to the above concentrated essence of thc three platforms before the country. The two sectional ones both urge intervention by Congress, while the true National and Union Faith, with Douglas as exponent, says: Leave the question to the People.

Douglas men! pin this to the Oppositionists of either faction and see them

twist, but they cannot net away. Either .... I good service tor his country, is as bad as the other, because both seek! to rob the people of their right to GOVERN.

KTEOBO EQL'.IMTV DOCTRINE. "All I ask for the Negro, is, that if you do not like him, let him alone. If God gave him but little, that little let him en?joy."—Lincoln.

Let us discard all the quibbling about this man and the other man—this race and *that race and the other racc being inferior, •and therefore they must be placed in an inferior position—discarding our standard that wc have left us. Let us discard all these things and unite as one people throughout this land—until we shall once more stand up declaring that all men are crcated free and equal."—Lincoln.

'Tis thus the Woolly Prophet speaks Advising white men to (five over Their o'er fastidious squemish piques.

And eaoh becoino a Negro lover. Imbued with feeling, oh! so kind, So unpresuming. and so civil. As only to be just inclined

To stand with Negroes on common level. A common levol— equal rights." All! that the doctrine now to follow. So luciousi to the Eastern whites,

Uut ban! for western inon to swallow. 15ut culpn it man. be not 50 nico. "ic?,c °,r c*®"t help but cure you, *Tis Lincoln glroi the (Mod advice

And bewartl(ratfe will Insure you.

td Wanted.

Subscribers wishing to pay their subscription in Wood, will please bring it in immediately.

DICK Bl'AN COJIIIVG.

R. J. Ryan will address the Democracy of Crafordsvillo and vicinity on Tuesday, S«pt. 26th..

DSSMBAT* TIC II.AWT.

We urge upon, tbe Democracy of this county to be vigilant and active. Only twenty-three days intervenes between this and the day of election. Keep up your township meetings and see that ample arrangements are made to bring every voter to the polls. The Black Republicans will leave no stone unturned to carry the county, lience the necessity of every Democrat being on the alert. Wc caution our friends to watch with zealous carc the polls. The importation of voters into Fountain County in 1856, and the stuffing of the ballot box in Morgan County in 1858 by the Republicans, is a sufficient warning for us to use every honorable exertion to prevent any such fraudulent attempts here. In thus cautioning our Democratic friends, wc do not wish to be understood that we believe the great mass of the Republican party of this county, would for a moment sanction, or couutcnanee anything of this kind, but wc do know that ballot stuffing was proposed in 1859, by one of their prominent leaders to defeat Wm. C. Vance. This statement we make upon good Republican authority, and if wc are mistaken the Journal will please correct us. Again we say to the Democracy, be on your guard and keep a skinned-eye, and a triumphant victory awaits you on the second Tuesday in October.

TIIEttNlh AT THE CAPITOI..

The great mass meeting at the Capitol on Friday the 28th, promises to be the. grandest affair that has ever taken place in the West. The Democracy of Louisville have chartered a train to convey three thousand people to Indianapolis. Chicago will also send three thousand to escort the Little Giant home. From all parts of the State wc hear of immense delegations that are going, and think wc may salely estimate the crowd that will be gathered there on that day, at least one hundred thousand. It will be sight that cannot be witnessed but once in a life time, and we urge upon every Democrat in Montgomery county to make arrangements immediately, to witness this magnificent Dcmocratcfete.

DVHG F.AMY.

The sharp yelp of the Irrepressibles that a few weeks ago was wont to echo throughout our town, over the speedy prospect of taking self-government out of the hands of the people and placing it in the hands of a corrupt and venal Congress, has passed invay, and faces as long as a fence rail have taken possession of the yclpers. The presence of sister Filkins on Friday night, 7th inst., revived their spirits somewhat, and their yahoos and whoorays were again heard, accompanied with that lobelia twang so peculiar to Irrepressibles. Carrie was a god-send to them.

IMPORTANT IVOTICE.

TIIK GREAT MASS MEETING AT INDIANAPOLIS.

The several committees appointed in Coal Creek, Wayne and Ripley townships, »rc requested by the Central Committee to report the names of till those going to the Capital on the i28th, as soon as possible. It is earnestly desired that these townships will send at least one hundred wagons, and the committees are urged to move actively in the matter. Two hundred Hangers will start from here, and it is necessary that our brethren in the country should assist in carrying a portion of them. The delegation with their teams from the above townships, will start from Crawfordsville on Thursday morning by at least 7 o'clock, so as to arrive at the great camping ground on Eagle Creek, 4 miles from Indianapolis, the same evening. The committees will sec the necessity of taking immediate steps to secure teams, and it is confidently hoped that the gallant Democracy of these townships will not be backward in this matter.

CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

fifir'llon. John C. Walker addressed a number of the Democracy at McClelland's llall on last Thursday afternoon. The speech was excellent, one of the very best in fact that has yet been delivered here during the campaign. Mr. W. is doing

I®" There was a tremendous rally of the Democracy of Elkhart and adjoining counties at Goshen on the 'JOtli ult. At least 12,000 Democrats were present and great enthusiasm prevailed. In one wagon were fourteen men who had voted for Frecmont in 1856, who will now vote for Douglas. They were all from one township.

tSr We have been looking over some old files of 185G. We find the Republican papers confidently claimed the election of Morton by from 10,000 to 15,000 majority. They arc a little more modest now. They claim for Lane only 5,000 to 7,000 over Hendricks.

IfeirThc Hangers to the number of one hundred and twenty paraded with their torches ou last Thursday night. After marching through the principal streets they repaired to McClclland's Hall, where they were addressed by Hon. John C. Walker. The affair was the finest that has yet taken place in our town, and gave unmistakable evidence of the euthusiasin of the Democracy in this region.

Godey for October.—The Octobcr number of this excellent Magaziuc has been received. It is a splendid number, both in illustrations and choice literature.

Ladies Home Magazine.—This favorite of the ladies has been received for the eoming-iBbnth. It is cs elegant number.

CtsBAtt THE TRACK,

THE DEMOCRACY ARE COMING!!

[iii11 11111130 illlii OF THE

JSl ^'ZEIR/IEtXIFrEID OF

MONTGOMERY COUNTY,

On Monday, October 8th.

6RAND TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION,

AT NIGIIT. IX wntcH

Eight Hundred Rangers

WILL PARTICIPATE!

Roll up, Democrats, and all those in favor of Non-intervention and the policy of every man minding his own business.

Come like the winds conio When forests are rended. C»me like the renvoi come When navies are stranded."

Come with your Big Wagons, Banners, Flags, Drums, Fifes, and all the paraplianalia of enthusiastic and jubilant Democracy.

Bring the lame, the halt, the blind, every one who loves his country and abhors Abolitionism. Bring the

BARE-FOOT DEMOCRACY,"

The men who went through the fiery campaigns in the support of Jackson and Polk, and let us make a demonstration that will make niggerism yelp and howl with despair on the eve of the election. Jiy order of the CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

DKIMDFIII. CASIAMI'V. A daughter of William Gott, Esq., aged twelve years, was almost instantly killed on last Wednesday, by being caught by the shaft of a threshing machine. The agony of the parents is said to have been terrible over the loss of their child.

®a?*Thc State elections in Vermont and Maine have resulted as usual, in favor of the Abolitionists. Nobody expected anything else, and consequently nobody is sur vriscd or excited.

»i:3l»CIIATIt' BUJ.V.

Ex-Governor Dunning, will address the Democracy of Clark, Brown and Scott Townships, at Ladoga, Wednesday, Sept. 26th.

SSfTIie Republicans affect to take great comfort over the election in Maine and Vermont. When they hear from New \ork, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Connecticut, New Jersey, California and Oregon their yelps will be turned into howls of despair. Mark the prediction.

NEW GOODS.—Eltzroth has received his stock of fall and winter goods. It is thc best assorted stock that has yet been opened in thc market. Everybody should call and examine his stock.

OVilTER ACEXCV.

Isaac A.Marks has received the agency of the sale of these delicious bivalves.— lie will commcuce receiving them direct from Baltimore in a few days, and will sell them at prices so low that everybody can afford to purchase.

•6TThe loss of the Lady Elgin, an account of which we publish in another column, will be read with fearful interest. It is one of the most terrible calamities that has ever occurred upon the lakes.

I6y Lectures will bc delivered on Sunday, at the Court House, on thc subject of Spiritualism, by Miss. Pease, trancc medium.

f^Charley Eltzroth will accept our thanks for a bran new Hat. His stock of hats and caps is the best in Crawfordsville.

•&*Detchon & Totten have removed to No. 2, Washington Hall. Their new stock of fall and winter Goods arc arriving dffflv.

TBI BALTTM«BK F1TBIM AT*B MCAL4S.

GOING TO Till-: GREAT JUBILEK. Every Democrat we meet declares his come into the Union, intention of going to Indianapolis on the slavery," as they might determine. 28th. Old men who have not been out of the County for years, say they would not miss the chance to see, and hear the great defender of popular rights, for anything in the world. Young men are enthusiastic over the affair, and thc*bnly question now asked is, Arc you going to Indianapolis?"

ATTENTION ItAXCiEBH. Each and every member of this organization not yet provided with a uniform complete, is most earnestly solicited to make this preparation immediately. Those in want of uniforms can be supplied by calling on James Hanna, under Washington Hall and all others wishing to connect themselves with the club, residing anywhere within the limits of the county, are respectfully requested to send in their names to me at the very earliest possible day, in order that we may have time sufficient to procure uniforms for all, prior to the 28th inst., the day appointed for the reception at Indianapolis of our noble staudard bearer, Stephen A. Douglas.

Let every Democrat, old as well as young, go to work at once, and by a united effort we can send up to the Capital a delegation of good, true Union-loving men, as will strike terror into the hearts of the advocates of this latter-day, false Republicanism. W. II. MORGAN, Capt.

The Baltimore Patriot is one of the most bitter opponents of Mr. Douglas and the Democracy in the South, bat the recent speech at Norfolk commands its approbation. It says: "We thank Judge Douglas from oar very soul for this bold and manly deliverance of the free States, from the bondage of fear to the slave States, upon this question of the dissolution of the Union. He has stripped the the monstrous and fear engendering mask from the face of the Southern politician. He has proved to the whole North, that disunion was and is a painted false face, and told the whole South that he, as a Democratic Senator, and a component part of the Federal Government, will sustain that government in the lawful exercise of its rightful authority to put down rebellion ftud punish treason, come from what quar tcr they may. And he has not only our hearty thanks for this necessary and timelyavowal, but for another act of his, and that is, for his fearless discussion of the Territorial slavery question, and the question of secession on the soil of the slave States. An excited Virginia Breckinridge man has said, that he will not be suffered to continue the discussion of the subject in this style, within that State. Ilis opponents had better not move in that dircciion, if they would not create a complete revolution in his favor in the slave States."

"DOS'T CARE WHETHER (tl/AVKBV IN VOTED UP OR VOTED BOWS."

This expression, used by Judge Douglas, has been torn from its surroundings, and wholly and utterly perverted. The Republican press, with that inborn love of perversion and misrepresentation, which characterizes so many of them, have so emasculated the record as to make this expression indicate that Judge Douglas had no opinion upon the subject of slavery, and was perfectly indifferent as to whether he should vote for slavery or against it.

The men who quote this remark must know that Judge Douglas meant no such thing. The expression occurs in Mr. Douglas's speech on the President's message on the Lecompton bill. As is known, Mr. Douglas has pledged himself in every form to allow the people of Kansas to with or without

It is

known also that a base fraud was perpetrated on the people of Ka :sas, whereby they had been deprived of a fair vote on the Lecompton Constitution. In the speech referred to, Mr. Douglas was attacking that fraud upon the rights of the people, and the infamous evasion of the Kansas and Nebraska bill. He was urged to suspend his action until the vote of the 21st of December was heard from, upon the ground that the slavery clause might be voted down. In reply to this Mr. Douglas showed that his ground of attack was not that slavery would or would not be established, but that the people had a right to a fair vote on that question, and that lie was determined to vindicate that right, whether slavery was voted down or voted up. That the public may judge whether this construction is right or wrong, wc extract from the speech sufficient upon which to form an opinion of Mr. Douglas' true meaning. He says:

But I am bcsccchcd to wait till I hear from the election on the 21st of December. I am told that perhaps that will put it all right, and will solve the whole difficulty.— How can it? Perhaps there may be a large vote. There may be a large vote returned. [Laughter.] But I deny that it is possible to have a fair vote on the Slavery Clause and I say that it is not possible to have any vote on the Constitution. Why wait for the mockery of an election, when, it is provided, unalterably, that the people cannot vote—when the majority are disfranchised?

But I am told on all sides, "Oh, just wait the Pro-Slavery clause will be voted down."- That does not obviate any of my objections it does not diminish any ol them. You have no more right to force a Free-State Constitution on Kansas than

Slave-State Constitution. If Kansas wants I

a Slave-State Constitution she has aright to

she has a right to it. It is none of my business which way the slavery clausc is decided. I carc not whether it is voted down or voted up. Do you suppose, after pledges of my honor, that I would go for that principle, and leave the people to vote as they choose, that I would now degrade myself by voting one way if the slavery clause bc voted down, and another way if it be voted up? I care not how that vote inay stand. I take it for granted that it will be voted out. I think I have seen enough in the last three days to make it certain that it will be returned out, no matter how the vote may 6tand. [Laughter.]

Sir, I am opposed to that concern, because it looks to me like a system of trickcry and jugglery to defeat the fair expression of the will of the people. There is no necessity for crowding this measure, so unfair, so unjust, as it is in all its aspects, upon us.

Can any saiie man fail to perceive the meaning of Judge Douglas in these remarks He says there, what he says now, that Kansas has the right to form her own institutions in her own way and I shall defend her rights, let her form them as she may—whether they please me or not." This is thc meaning, and the whole meaning, of Judge Douglas' remarks, and any attempt to give them a different significance, by garbling thc record, is a mean injustice.

Fresh Baltimore Oysters are re

ceived daily at Hays' Eating Saloon, on Washington street. He serves them up in fine style.

•VDr. Hardman'^ October appointment for Crawfordsville, is Wednesday, October 17th. See card.

MASS CONVENTION!

OP TBI

THE DEMOCRACY OF INDIANA ARE INVITED TO MEET IN

STATE CONVENTION

iisnDiAJsr^LPOLis, On Friday, September 28.

Distingished Orators will be Present!

HON. STEPHENA. DOUGLAS

Has positively promised to meet the Democracy of Indiana on that day!

HON. HEBSCHEL V. JOHNSON, The Democratic candidate for Vice President, has written "if his engagements will permit he will certainly attend the meeting." Senator PUGII and Ex-Gov. TOD, of Ohio Hon. W. A. RICHARDSON, of Illinois Ex-Governor KING and Hon. WILARD HALL, of Missouri Ex-Gov. DIXON, Hon. JOHN C. MASON and Hon. JOHN Y. BROWN of Kentucky, are also expected to be present. Governor WILLARD, Lieut. Governor HAMMOND, Hon. T. A. HENDRICKS, Hon. C. L. DUNHAM, Hon. J. E. MCDONALD, and others of our own State, will also be in attendance.

Arrangements have been made with all the Railroad Companies for

Greally Reduced Fares, Tickets to be good for the day before, the day of, and the day after the Convention.

ELEGANT AMERICAN FLAGS Will be presented one to the county, excepting Marion, which sends the largest

!B+1IPIJYG

inS

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graphical Divisions, trom which Wcorgc L.

Washington warned his countrymen as the

ATTENTION, RANGERS.

which occasion they will bo addressed by

HON. JOHN C. DAVIS.

is requested that every member of thc tors,

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suPPlietl

anJ torcbcs

W. K. SCOTT, O. S.

Til i: CK\Sl .S.

The State Sentinel publishes the returns of thc census for 1860 and 1850, from a little over one-third of thc State, which foot up as follows: In 1860 In 1850 383,962!

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•S^Owing to the dreadful calamity that has befallen the family of Esq. Gott, he will not be able to meet all of his friends at the appointment! advertised for the several candidates.

IS^We call thc attention of our readers to the advertisement of Kelscy & Brother. They have a fine stock of Groceries on hand.

I^Mr. McCormick, the inventor of the celebrated reaper, has sold, this season, foor thousand reapers to the fanners in the neighborhood of Chicago.

THE MIAFLTO LACK MICHIGAN.

Particulars of the Sinking of the Steamer Lady Elgin—Thrilling Accounts of the Calamity—"Brave Captain Jack

Wilton"—Struggles in the Surf— Muscular Christianity"—Statements of Lieut Hartsuff, U. S. N., and Mr. M. E. Smith—-Affecting Incidents, Sf-c. The telegraph has already advised us of the appalling calamity on Lake Michigan, by which nearly three hundred human beings perished beneath its waves, bat the following account, which wc condense from the Chicago Press and Tribune, will be found full of interest. That journal says:

The work of rescue began about five A. M., a little north of Winetka, near the country seat of Mr. Gage, where the earliest intelligence was received by the survivors who came ashore in the steamer's yawl, among whom was the steward, Mr. Rice, to whose appended narrative we refer. This boat was followed by another) the last reaching the shore a little later.— The neighborhood was aroused. Word was sent to the dwellings at the station below, and a party of men were preparing to go up to the vicinity where the boats had landed, when their attention was drawn to their own shore as still more painfully to be the scene of perils and loss of life, and noble daring of the day. The wind not being directly on shore, carried each later arrival a little further south, and now rafts bearing human hoingo

delegation, and one to the county sending save those committed to his charge, and the largest number of wagons.

GROUNDS

Will be provided, convenient to the city, upon the principal roads leading to town, it caoh of which there will be speaking the night previous to the Convention. At night there will be a magnificent

\lso, illuminations and a splendid

play of fireworks. This feature of the

were

seen nearing

Winetka, where the country residence of Ex-Alderman Carter of this city, occupies the high bluff. THRILLING SCENE SINKING OF A RAFT AND

FIFTY PERSONS IN SIGHT OF LAND.

Parties of men were on the alert and ready for the work of rescue. Word was sent to Evanston, and citizens and its entire student community came up in force. Attention was first directed to a large raft coming in steadily but bravely over the waves, upon which were standing a large group of human beings, since known to have been some fifty in number. Around and beyond it on all sides were single survivors and groups of two or three or more, but painful interest centered about the fate of that larger raft.

It ncared the seething line of surf.— With a glance those on shore could see that the company on board seemed to obey the orders of one that ladies and children were there. Hearts on shore forgot to beat for a moment, and then saw the raft break and disappear in the seas. Of the entire number on board only fifteen names appear in our list of saved. Of the lo3t was the brave heart who tried his best to

perished in the attempt—brave Captain Jack Wilson, the commander of the unfortunate steamer.

THE RESCUE AND ITS DIFFICULTIES .MUSCU

LAR CHRISTIANITY.

The work of rescue however did not pause in the agony that wrung the hearts on shore. Men, residents of Winetkaand Evanston, stripped off all superfluous clothing, and with ropes tied about them,

,• 7- held on shore, dashed nobly into the surf,

iia-1aud onlv by such peril wre stcd thc anvcd

demonstration will be the finest ever witnessed in Indianapolis. There will be

10,000 Torchlights in Proci'stion. The hospitality of the Democrats of Indianapolis will be extended to all who may come.

Democrats of Indiana, c?me up in wag-

best Government on earth upton the p/ i/ici-

pies upon which it teas founded to rebuke Abolitionism and Disunionism parties founded upon Sectional Issues and Geo-

TV.

the wreck. Where inanv wrought so

well we can not particularize, but we accord the universal sentiment of the day in the assertion that, thc theological teachings of the Garrett Biblical Institute must include a liberal amount of "Muscular Christianity," for Messrs. Spencer and Coombs, of that institution were foremost among the heroes of the day.

Thenceforward thc scene on thc shore,

ons, on horseback, by railroads, in any way until two P. M.,^ when thc last survivor •., was drawn out of the surf, was one which that you can, with music and decorations-, with torches and banners, in numbers, and with all thc emblems of popular enthusiasm, and demonstrate thereby that you are determined, in the language of tho elop. en ,i line of breakers, several hundred fe qucnt Stephens, of Georgia, to sustain the ,,

thc lookers-on will never forget. Of its nature the best proof is the fact that thc forty or fifty persons saved were less than one third of thc number that came in from the lake to pass thc fearful gauntlet of the ral hundred feet from and althose on shore, wo saw thc majority perish. The rafts would conic into the line of surf, dip to thc force of thc waves and then turn completely over.

mos

within hail

Again and again would rafts, containing

n..

lie

with

bJr

it if she wants a Free-State Constitution, flee. By order of thc Captain:

uniforms

calling at the .taw of-

no'

The only counties which show a decrease

IfiT'The turn-out to the great 3Iass Convention at Indianapolis on thc 28th inst., promises to be the grandest affair that ever

tw0

a I 4 0 1 1 1 1 once, twice, and again, but was washed

from one to live persons, gradually near

the shorc and tll( 11 be lost whcrc a stones

rock upon which the Union would sunder, cast would reach them, yet really as far if they were permitted to triumph. from human help as if in mid-ocean. INCIDENTS AT WIXETKA HEROISM OK CAP-

TAIN WILSON.

There will be a Grand Parade of the The scenes of these fearful hours would Rangers on next Wednesday night,

I fill a volume. 'Iho episode ot the saving

of tlie

of Mil-

.J:im°s ,1-Jj .kvi»on, of Mil-

waukec, with his wite in ins arms, was one

that left few dry eyes among the spccta-11',-:

had" secured himself

company be in attendance. All those wish- precious burden to tiie severed root ol !he *-''10

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pilot house, a stout octagonal, canvass-eov-! ',C11

he held in his arms the jovmg efaij^M lady passenger, cbeeTed his conpan^H^ peril, and his last words as he nearetTO* the fatal line of snrf were of encourage* ment and cheer: Now boys look oat for breakers ahead!" Warning timely but vain. The raft parted and Captain Wilson went down in tno angry waters, his last act bfeing an attempt to save two children. Honor to the memory of tho brave. Hi®, house, in Cold water, Michigan, is desolated and stripped of as brave and true a heart as ever beat in a sailors bosom.

Late in the afternoon a beautifnl female infant, about three months old, washed ashore at Evanston. In a sweet unconsciousness of peril, in an hour when a mother's breast was no shelter, tho fierce wrath of the elements could not drive the smile from the tiny cheeks that in death, hours after, wore the scmblance of a quiet and placid sleep.

A large man was seen for two or three hours standing on a piece of the wreck, and evidently guidin^d^with great coolness towards the shUr*' Reaching the breakers his raft was dashed in pieces, and he struck out for the shore struggling manfully to reach it. He had almost succeeded, and hope among a large crowd of anxious spectators ran high that ho would be saved, when a heavy wave broke over him, and receding, carried him out of sight.

STATEMENT OF LIEUTENANT HARTSUFF, U.

NAVY.

One of thc rescued passengers, Lieutenant Harstuff. U. S. N., makes the following statement:

All around me were numbers of persons floating on picccs of thc wreck, until it became daylight. When it became so light that I could see some distance, I discovered a large mass of the wreck a little distance to tho windward, of which I have just spoken, now began to separate.

I'then left the place I was on, and got on a large piece of the hurricane deck, on which there were four other persons—don't know who they were. On this fragment 1 remained until wc reached within about a quarter of a mile of thc shore, when our raft broke up, and two of thc four on it w:th me, were washed off and drowned. A moment after the remainder of our party were washed off by a heavy sea, and one more of our little party drowned. My remaining companions tried to regain tho raft, and 1 again took lo a life preserver which I found afloat, and on this I floated to thc shore just below thc bluffs.

From thc time I was swept from tho raft until I reached thc shore, I was several ti:::cs buried deep under thc waves. When close into thc shorc, I was thrown from my life-preserver and went to thc bottom, and although the water was not more than three or four feet deep, I was so exhausted as to be uuablc to rise, and crawled for some distance under thc water until I reached dry land.

Early in thc morning 1 discovered a fragment of the wreck, a short d'stanco from me on which was a woman and three men. She was so much exhausted that she seemed unable to keep from'dropping to sleep, although the exertions of three men were continually in use to prevent it. she was finally drowned while

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the wreck

being unable to keep her head from the water. Her body remained on the fragment of the wreck as long as it was iu sight. I saw many pieces of tho wreck, containing from two to four persons, capsized, almost invariably drowning all that were on them. To avoid the capsieing of our frail bark, I inst meted the men with ine so to sit on it as to keep the edges under water. This prevented us capsizing, and at the same time enabled

to float

faster, Ave having in this way passed ninny of the other rafis. I saw one woman alone, floating on a' dining table, and a short time after I discovered her the table capsized, and she disappeared under water for sevcra' seconds, but finally reappeared

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the sur

face clinging to the table, and eventually by great exertions, she regained her seat upon the table. When I last saw her sho was near the shorc, and as 1 heard of a woman being saved shortly after I was taken to a house near by, I presume she must have been the one.

I3y my instructions our party most of the time turned our faces from thc shoro, and thus faced the waves, and in this way were enabled to watch the breakers as they came towards us and be prepared for them. In this way we were several times saved from being washed off, while almost every

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0!,c 11C!ir Uh

,,vrf-'c'k

and

Still they came on, passed the first break-1 floor, and when the collision took place tho ers, and midway thence to the shorc their!

back by thc huge seas It wa8 a crjtica]

in population are Rush and ermillion, moment, he followed a retreating roller, while Fayette and Park are about station- as it passed the two on the frail structure ary. The population of the whole State the man with his burden in his arms leapis estimated at between 1,240,000 and 1,500,000.

ed into the water, and made laboriously toward his rescuer, not a second too soon, an angry roller was at his back if it reached him he was lost the rescuer toiled nobly, they ncared one another, and just as the outstretched hands met, all were lost in a mighty submerging wave—its rcflucncc

yet occurred in the State. Immense del- told with a cheer that rangalongthe shorc egations from Louisville and Chicago will be present. Here in our own county nearly every Democrat talks of going over.— Montgomery should send at least a thousand of her yeomanry.

that they were safe, and thc next instant eager hands were bearing two limp, exhausted burdens, the husband and wife up the steep bluffs.

Thus, amid such scenes of peril and daring, hours passed, the gale still continuing. The saved were taken at once to one or the other of the scattered Winetka homes, and never shone humanity nobler, than that which was ready and instant and incessant with everything that could relieve the sufferers.

All

the

survivors unite in

Captain

v'-SSi:l

raftgrounded from some projection beneath. I"'!c on one side of the cabin. This caused much confusion, and when persons from above commenced passing down life-preservers, and those below coin-

There it hung, beaten and swept by roller after roller, and for minutes making no progress, while the breathless spectators,

l'untlred feet distant, watched and menccd pulling down doors aud other floatwaited tho result. ing material, the anxiety to obtain thcaa ]_ Edward Spejiccr, before named, with a preservers was great indeed. About day10

I rope about his waist, dashed into thc waves light I saw one boat badly stove, bottom

according

Jack Wilson,

the

commander

the ill-fated steamer, praise for bravery and daring, such as so often sheds upon the fame of the brave sailor laurels that time cannot dim. True

his duty and

his manliness, he was. throughout, foremost in confronting danger, cool and collected in its

encounter,

instant and earnest for

the safety of his passengers. For a lona time in that company of fifty on the raft

Under one niece of

w,-1'c

ljaiKS ,m 1

carried from their frail

1"- '•I1L

i-iuiur unt pint. 01

fviir

wir.cn was iii-aru.- were

his dead cattle fastened On thi wero

'1)ice pc..vjns.

ered frame. As this came in, he was up-j l'iIot Jif'»se, immediately after

it holding in one arm a v.uiiitin. Again 11'10 collision there was much confusion and again waves broke over them, and there. Manjrof thc passengers, owing to more than once both were submerged.— 1 ''!C .scarcity of berths, were asleep on tho

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listed so much that all rolled in !k

stove,

up, six or seven men clinging to it.— Whether or not they were saved I can not say.

REDPATII IN A NEW QUARTER. The New Vork Journal of Commerce says: It is rumored that William J. Redp-th. formerly of Kansas, bag recently arrived at Port-au-Prince, and presented to tho Haytian Government a plan for tho overthrow of Slavery in thc United States.—

He is said to have promised to provide 2,000 men, if the Haytian Government would furnish sufficient money to equip them in the field for six months and to have declared that this number would be sufficient with the accessions of which they are sure in their progress through the Southern States, to liberate every slave within tho period mentioned. The Haytian Government concluded it had enough to do to look out for Hayti. and did not care to be swallowed up by Uncle Sam. This statement is said to emanate from Government officials at Hayti. Whether entitled to eredcnce or not we are unable to say.

Two DESERTERS.—Wc understand that two of the foreign Wide-Awakes deserted on Saturday night last. One of them hung his cap on a lamp post and sworo he would wear it no longer, for the reason he had been drunk ever since he had it on.— Thc other threw his cape and cap in the fire and declared for Douglas and Johnsoo.

EvansriJ/e Enquirer