Decatur Eagle, Volume 1, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1857 — Page 2

THE EAGLE. ===== H. E. PHILLIPS, EDITOR. ===== DECATUR. INDIANA. ===== FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1857. ===== NEW GOODS. The Firms of J. D. & J. M. Nuttman and J. & P. Crabs, of the "White” and "Brick” corners; and Simon Friber ger, of the Cheap Store: are in receipt of, and are just opening a new and large assortment, of spring and Summer goods, of the latest style. Persons in want of Dry Goods. will lose nothing by giving those establishments a call, they especially envite [sic] all to come and examine there [sic] stocks. It will do your eyes good to look upon so many fine things and that too free of charge. We would call the attention of our friends to the new Advertisement, of each of the above establishments which are to be found in to-day's issue. ----- The True Pathfinder. The energy of the Anglo Saxon is most remarkably illustrated by the numerous enterprises undertak [sic] for shortening and facilitating the land passes from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The Isthmus of Panama has been crossed by a railroad; that of Tehuantepec by a wagon road to be followed bv the steam trains; but the great National Route across the plains has excited the talent and energy of the bravest and noblest of our young American explorers. The great emigration in 1849 and 1859 was in advance of any preparation by the government and incredible hardships were endured and thousands of lives were lost in encountering the dangers of the overland route. The Washington <Union> of Thursday contains the following tribute of the enterprise of one of the explorers and discoverers of new paths across the wilderness. It says: The best overland route to California which was known when the heaviest emigration occurred was by the way of Salt Lake and Karson’s [sic] Valley. Since then the route has been shortened about two hundred and fifty miles by the explorations made by Mr. Wm. H. Nobles; his principal discovery being that of the Pass —bearing his name—through the Sierra Nevada. Col. Fremont’s party had previously passed over those mountains within from five to fifteen miles of the pass, entirely unconscious, it appears, of its existence. The adventure which resulted in this grand achievement was undertaken by Mr. Nobles in 1850, on his individual responsibility and at his own expense. It was an adventure which, considering, all the circumstances has hardly a parallel in pioneer history, and displayed a perseverance which common disasters could baffle. His discovery was not accidental. On the contrary, he was for eight months in the Sierra Nevada mountians [sic], accompanied only by two men, whom he paid eight dollars per day. Senator Douglas has predicted in a speech at St. Louis, in 1850, that a route would some time be discovered across the Sierra Nevada, near the 41st degree of latitude; and we have been told that prediction stimulated the exertions of Mr. Nobles. It was 1851, that he made this discovery, a knowledge of which was first given to the public through the columns of the San Francisco <Herald>. To overcome the incredulity of California, and satisfy the country that his discovery was not a fiction, he returned from California by the same route. Thus much has individual enterprise acomplished [sic] nuaided [sic] by the patronage of the government or even those ordinary combinations of numbers and wealth without which such ardous [sic] and untired [sic] shems are seldom undertaken. One of the generals of antiquity gained immortal renown by his march across the Alps. He went to plunder peaceful villages and to spread devastation and woe among and [sic] unoffending people. In this age, surely, equal heroism should not pass into oblivion when its object., unlike that of Hanible [sic], is to bring into closer fellowship the people of different States, and thus to promote the interest of humanity and of peace. The necessity of establishing a safe highway across the broad domain which includes the Rocky mountains cannot be denied by any one who appreciates the peculiar relations of the United States to the Indians, or has any sympathy for the overland emigrant. The act of 1856, appropriating $50,000 to build a wagonroad from Fort Ridgley to the South Pass of the Rocky mountains, was but a beginning in this beneficient undertaking. At the last session of Congress an appropriation was made of $0300,000 to build a wagon-road from Fort Kearney, in Nebraska, to Noble's pass. The road will contact above Fort Laramie with the road begun last fall from Fort Ridglev. Its construction is placed by Congress under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. ----- At Utica, an action for seduction has been brought by Mary Abrams against Richard R. Jones. The plaintiff was a young lady of rare personal beauty, but poorentage [sic]. The defendant has wealthy connexions, who opposed the promised marraige [sic]. The jury found a verdict of $1,800 damages for plaintiff.

. — 1 ?„ "* 8 '. ' "*" ! Domestic Tragedy—Murder and Suicide ' Tire fact that Julius Bichet, a citizen of Euliit county, Ky., had killed his daughter, Miss Bettie Buchev, on ThursI dav last, and then put an end to his own lifts, was mentioned briefly by telegraph ion Monday. The following are the par ' ticulars of the tragedy, as set forth in the | | Louisville Courier: A young man named John Roby, a neighbor had been paying ins addresses | to the daughter, who was partial to him, but the mi-.-ich was strenuously opposed bv the fall er of the girl. He had an in timatiun or impression that they were about to elope to get tnai vied, and on the fatal evening the young lady, who was about I 7 years of age,"told her father, who had but the moment before entered ; the room, that she would pay a visit to n neighbor. This excited the suspicion of j lhefather, who remonstrated with her. and refused to let her leave the house. — Ang r y words ensued, and in the of passion he first struck her, and then drew r. revolver and shot her twice .both roots ■ .aktr.C vufecl, ouu u..uugli ire* i.vnil ai.J the other in I.er back. Tire unfortunate girl fell dead r.t Ids feet, in the presence of tire horror-stricken wile and mother. Tire wretched man on the instant o' comuwreing tire deed, ritsecd frc-ni tire ire with the fatal weapon in his han I, pursued bv a son, who bad been hastily attraced to the scene by the report of the pistol, lie Hied to sit ze his father s arm ; to prevent further bloodshed, nnd to wrench the pi toi from him, but he eluded : Lis grasp, and after retreating a lew steps, placed the pistol so his <. wu head and blew his brains out. Mr. Buclrey was a re'.n of .-'me property and was much re■pectcd by Lis n< ghbors, nnd v. .as over fifty years of age. Walker’s Great Eti’tlc—Another Version. The New York Sun has a letter dated Rivas, March 16, signed by Capt. A. 1 (4. Akdersox, giving a different version . of the M ALEER'viclury/frotn that already ■ made public. A tier retiring Walkers attact on the army at St. George rnd the successful manner in which Ire is said to have driven them from that place, he proceeds: •Now came the tug of war. Our little army of not exceed ng three hundred an., fifty men, al! told, were unrounded by the enemy, numbering 2,500 or 3,006. — y.'c- were completely hemmed in, but had ''ained ottr point in drawing them out of the place. All communication witii Rivas was cutoff ard we were without provisions, having taken none with us. thedis- ’ lauce Fiona one placo to tire oilier being i only three miles. The enemy coming to a large ranch ; •hr< w un entrenchments and barricades 'along the road Walker was compelled to ! pass, and v here he could no' bring his artillery to pl y. :.liter tl n, it the head of the infantry battalion made a des peratc charge upon the barricades, tore after immense slaughter, cut his way past them. At least five hundred shots were ; fired at the General, but all to no effect. : He is net to Ire lulled by the bullets of lire enemy. We kept up the fighting for the remainder of the day, and lhen returned to Ravis for something to eat and f:.r r;;;,t, 'which the men greatly needed. We left no less than five hundred of the enemy on the field—killed and woun red. ‘The enemy are still in the ranch, which is oniv about I.OCO yards from us. i We can see them with the naked eye I from our pbizi. They are supposed to: be only some 300 or 400 strong.’ Tl < v writer concludes by expressing the belief l'..a. Wad er would soon dis- ' perse them. The Sun, however, is of different opinion. Il looks upen Walker’s position as vert critical. The Revolution in Connecticut. The returns frcui Connecticut come in ' better and Letter. The Hartiord Sime: Tuesday morning’s issue says: We cannot publish to-day a table of the ppular vote with any degree ot completeness, though we have scattering returns front all parts of the State To right nnd to-morrow we shall recieve nearly all ofour returns. The democrats elect 8 senators; the opposition 12—one in doubt, In liie house, we should judge that the oppodlicn v.•;!» L ive a majority of proba- • bly 3d out of 232 members. On tire popular v< from present indications il.<- Hollv lirktUwid be elected ov about I,Oou majority. T ire Times sums up the result, as far as herd from, as follows: The democrats of Connecticut did a good dav s work on Munday. It was oniv last fall that they were defeated by 10,OOO! Now, they have elected two members of Congress, vix; Samuel Arnold and William D. Bishop. Mr. Arnold is i Seeled in the second district by ?UO majority, and Mr. Bishop in the fourth by over 300. Clark (know nothing) is re-elected in the first by something over 000 aoles.— Last fall w • had over 2,000 against us in this district. Dean (know nothing) is i<-elected in lire third district by a reduced majorii v. J : —-i ■■ ii A jolly old darkey down South bought i himself a new shiny hat nnd when it comtn need raining he put it under his coat. When ask-d why hedid not keep his hat on Ire replied. •De hat’s mirre, bought him wid my own money' head longs to ma-sv let him take esra he own property.*

Affairs in Kansas. Isvery thing conspires to insure the occupation of Kansas by the honest an interI prising farmers of the country. The tide of emigration which now flows so swiftly , 1 ihi ugh ail the thoroughfares ot the country is throwing into Kansas a wealth us people of which any State might beproud. ; J They are welcomed not "by bloody hands, ito hospitable graves” but with hearty I kindness by the settlers, and surveyors .dI ready there, who need their assistance to ■open loads, build sawmills, put in crops, I organize townships, and all the associations of political and social life, and to add to tli'? value of tire unbroken wilderness, i The duties of American citizens are too well snuwn, and privileges too we!! appreciated to allow a neglect of those simple acts which tell so directly upon the institutions of a Stale. Out of Kansas, none but men who regard a civil strife there as necessary to abolition struggle i i hire, wish die people to forego their poi litical rights—to stay away from the polls and allow the laws to be made without an expression ot tire whole public sentiment. 1 Should any Free State party there take 1 advice of Greeley, and tire Blf-i.- Rjjpub- ■ Keans out of Kansas, and refuse to partiic'patein the elections, the consequence will be upon the::' own breads, the neglected right sos Californians who were so absorbed in tire pursuit of money as to allow the vicious and corrupt to obtain the ; ascendency in tire government, alone ~ caused, the terrible state of public crime and the reign of terror which attended ' : the Vigilance Committee. Let tire citizens do their duty as such, stand by the 1 Constitution as it is. and tire laws -i~- made 1 bv the cons” 1 ,it< o ~t ireriues anti the tiety and peace of tire territorial citizens 1 will be ens ired. Col. Bnowx, of Bl.ila- j lelphia. just returned from Leavenworth! gives his impressions of the State and at- ' fairs in Kansas to tire id.tor u. the J ir.r.- , syb’anian. Hi‘. views are worthy ot notice from mechanics and others who are r.b- . going to that country, and the number in this vieintM- from every indie., .s i will he considerao >■ greater than we can well afford to lose. lie says that the country is peaceable and quiet and that the .tmost surprise was man.rested among the substantial rest lents of tire Territory, that they should have been so grossly iiHsiej res nt lin the Eastern press. A number of them was much chagrined at the hasty manner ■wiii ’. governor Geap.y left'hem, attribute to him various reasons lor so doing. The Cui. passed through tire border regions and says that there is not the least obstacle placed in the way of the emigrants. On the contrary, all the new towns, and tlrere are numbers of them, ' welcome them most heartily. There was no border ruffiar.isui, and all the troubles I that had taken place were caused by the mistaken notions of a few Northern and ' ' Souther fanatics, who have now had their day. The attention of tire people gene- ' rally, was turned to agriculture, anti an earnest desire to make the Territory what it should ..ave beer, long since, one of the garder . pots us the country. Nature fa tors ii. project, and it only requires tire i art of man to develope it. Tire people on the borders are kind and hospitable, and jive in the good old style of our fathers of j the Revolution. The country, the Colonel assures us, presents every inducment for the thrifty farmer and mechanic 'o locate. He stopped a few days at Leavenworth City which is about 400 miles above St. Louis, and much pleased to ' see with what a hearty good will the honest pior.eers, from the North and South were leceivl. This city contains about one thousand inhabitants, and is situated on high ground on the banks of the river, while the country around, as far as the . eye can reach, presents the richest ground for agricultural purposes that Can be found : in the Union. Tire Planter’s Hotel, in this city, is a fine brick building, four stories high, and capable of accommodating two hundred persons. The fare (nnd the Colonel is a Judge) is ex--1 cellent, and the transient charges arc two ’ dollars per day. f Tla ire is not a single brick-maker in 1 Leavenworth, and the soil is adapted to 1 the manufacture of the finest pressed • bricks. This offer-. . n opportunity for some of our young, hard-wo; lie - and ; industrious brick-makers. Besides, mechanics of all kinds are wanted. The C‘>l'.nel tpeak-in glowing terms of the new towns that are springing up along the liver, and savs all that is wanted to make it a great country is honest in.hv.o _v, and let the people (->8 they do now) thic|; ’ and act sot themselves. American l.il'e. American lite is but the agony of a ! feve;. Thtn ; ; :_ . fw We pus!: on the frenzied excitement through the crowd, the noise, tire hot glare and : ret of the highways, without turning a moment to refresh ourseb • a in the quiI et and shade of the by-paths of life. We ; have but one object in our rapid journey, i and that is to get the start oi our fellow- ’ travellers. Our political equality, offering to all a chance for the prize we chose , tostiivefor. There is no reason that we know cf w’ y a re] uMrean ■ Id '■ •• ve any other aim in life but to get richer than his neighbor, but .here are thousand good reasons, if we value henhhand happiness, I why we s!re>uld pursue .re .era! o.iier and much higher objects. When the pursuit t of wealth is the greatest purpose of life in t; so rapidly a progressive state of material s communities, it requires exclusive devo- i s tion and the highest strain of faculties to succeed. A fair competence, lrew«>ver, is i easily reached ard if we had learned to f rare for beter things we would not strive for cere

Atrocious Case of Cruelty—A Boston Negro Tortured to Death on boaid a | British Vessel. . In the Western Circuit, (Exeter) Marcb'23, Hugh Orr, a sea captain, was I tried for the murder of Edward Dei oe. A case of such fearful cruelty; and av rocity as was detailed in the opinion of the case, was, perhaps, nevei heard. | The prisoner, a fine looking man, was a c'.plain of a vessel called the IL.nnah Ja;,.., of about 120 tons burden. The deceased was a black man, a native of Bos-1 ton, about 32 years of age, and was engaged as cook in the ship. The crew of 1 th ” ship consisted of the captain, six men and a boy. In February, 1856, the vessel sailed from London to Newcastle for a cargo of coal®, and then proceeded to Senegal, then to Cape verde Islands, to Rio Grande, and then back to England. While they were 'n tire Senegal river the Captain commenced a series of ci uclties Lcati’ gand flogging the cook day by day for four weeks until, becoming weaker and weeker from these cruelties, death, more merciful th-n bis persecutor, reliev ed him from his sufferings on the 3d of July. He was beaten by the Captain and mate with ropes, with broom bundles, nnd with a ‘cat,’ and when his back was sore he was scrubbed with a brush. The poc fellow used to cry for mercy, and called upon tire crew to come and help him, but tiie crew dart’d not interfere. When the vr ■ I reached Rio Grande tire crew informed the Consul theie of the treatment the cook had received, and of Ids death, but he said he could not do anything in the matter. The ship arrived at Pivmoth in December, and an inquiry was instituted, which ended in the Captain being ‘■ent to prison for trial. A seam tn testified: [ saw tire Ca; tain and mate beat the ; cook with tire slave of a cask. 1 saw the captai;. making the cat with part of a broomstick and some cords, and that night I heard tire cook crying out in the c.ibin. I was then (reward. The next night I h .’. 1 ti e cook crying out in the cabin, and I went and looked, and I saw both Captain and mate flogging tire cook, who wa> lashed down to lire I’ n lie of the captain's chest by the thumbs. He was flogged on tire bare back The mate ; flogged him first and the Captain afler- « i Is —II saw this rej 1 every night. . I was at the wheel, and that v.as every] other night. I Lave seen his back covered with sores. The Sunday before he ! died he v.-.is lashed up to tire fore rigging, i his heels highet-r than his head. The, mate beat him with a btoomstick. He’ was lashed bv the neck ar.d legs. I have seen him oiled by the Captain, who orde- ; ed me to scrub him I said I could not do it, as I did not like to, bis back was so sore. Coun, scrubbed his back. He was flogged after that. Two days before his ! death they gave him 300 and some odd ; lashc-s. Another stated: I scrubbed the cook’s back with sea i water and a brush by order of the capt-! ain. Once I saw the captain and the I mate flog him. and 1 counted the. lashes, i I The captain gave him 48 and mate 366 The captain beat him will; the cat and j i the mate with a plaited rope with knots; ,in it. When lie was dead the body was j cut everywhere. The mate saw him lying on the deck tire night before lie died, , Aid kicked iiim on the breast with his heavy sea boots, and he struck him with j a laige heavy block. I heard him moan- j ing alter this, but 1 never heard him speak , after that. The jury returned verdict of guilty of manslaughter, and the prisoner was sentenced to be transported for life. ———<>——— Accident on the M. S. Railroad—Two Lives Lost. A serious and fatal accident happened on the Michigan Southern railroad, night before last; two miles east of Calumet village, Indiana. The Express train, due here between 10 and 11 o’clock, composed of eleven passenger and three baggage cars, was proceeding at the speed of twenty five miles per hour, when suddenly the hinder axel [sic] of the <fourth> passenges [sic] car broke in two, letting the end of the car drop down on the track. The fifth car ran upon the broken track of the fourth, smashing in the hinder end of the car was hurled from the track and dashed ulmost [sic] to pieces among stumps and trees. The sixth car followed, as also the sev-: enih, so that the three cars filled with passengers were piled up in a heap of ruins by the wayside and the fourth was also in ruins though still on the track. As it were a miracle, however, only two persons were killed, and two others seriously hurt. An aged woman and a child about one year old were killed; the woman’s husband was badly bruised on the head, and another man—the father of the deceased child—had one of his legs broken below the knee. The husband and wife (whose names we have not been able to learn) were from the State of New Jersey. Some other persons were more or less bruised, but none of them seriously. fortunately. Dr. C. H. Rawson, of Earlville, La Salle county, was on the train, and administered as well as lay in his power to the wants of the wounded.— We are indebted to him for this account of the accident. The breaking of the axel [sic]was owing, it is thought, to a defect in the road-way. <Chicago Times>. ———<>——— It has often been remarked that children will frequently ask questions which even the wisest are puzzeld to answer. ‘Moihtr exclamed Charley, ‘how bio waa I wireu you wa» • little girl '

Tire Crash to come. The prophets of the press and signs of the times alike indicate an approaching financial crisis. Well, so mote it be.— Commercial revlusions are just as ncees sary occasionally to bring maters of traffic and balances of necount back to first principles, as are storms and tempest to purify the atmosphere and regulate the seasons. It is wisdom in us, however, to be prepare*! for either or both. If men trade, they will sor ietimes over- f trade. If property rises in value, it will, on occasions be found to be increased in price beyond the resources <?f the circulating medium. If in a fast age, with the spirit of go-aheaditiveness young, buoyant adventurous, and enterprising, urged on by a thousand schemes of car:al-, railroads, telegraphs, new States and Tertitories, new cities and villages, and; iashrei up to inordinate competition by 1 conflicting interests and chances lor speculation. our people ever and anon find themselves overwhelmed with indebtedness to each other or to foreign nations, there must needs be a crash. Nor is it anything io be regretted. A crisis should come, mustecme end will come,' and in this crisis is our salvation, just as a fever, though grevious to bear for a time, is the means by which the bodily oroanism recover.’-its normal condition. — We do not therefore regard the expected ordeal or commotion tn properly exchanges and monetary balances as a calamity. Verv little will be destroyed by the operation, although it will result in varying very considerably the available . capital of individuals. Nor can we take sides with those croaking philosophers who can see no immediate good exempt in l.igL prices, and no permanent advantage excepted in h . aided gold. We shall take the matter, not knowing. I '‘Through what strange scenes and changes we j may pass,” as complacent as become a philosopher, j which we profess to be. We shli endev 1 or to keep cool, deal fairly, love mercy, I act honestly, foreclose no mortgages, and 1 procure no snap judgments. And we ad- ; vise our friends, bv which term we mean ' 1 . * all creation, to du likewise. It, tn common with a large portion of our fellowbeing", we are called upon to suffer, we shall, ‘Front teeing svii still cdticinggood,’ rejoice more in the bright prospect beyond ■ than repine at the momentary trouble or ] inconveience. We shall still cling to our | darling theory, that laughing is be tier; ’ than crying, and that wot king and praying will overcome a multitude of difficul.(i s, while dolorous lamentation would only serve to render a single one insurmountable. Meanwhile, let husbands be indostri- | ! ous and sons live within their earnings; let . wives be economical and daughters not ’ extravagant; let familes for a season disi pensc with all gewgaws, and hold fast; to good bread. Let no debts be incur- ! red, io th« end that ‘faith in many’ may ' not become among the things that wei e, ! Especially let creditors be lenient, and reasonable extensions without extrionate usury, while debtors, by their temperate lives and useful avocations, approve! j toemselves wor'l.v of the generous consideration of those who, for the time be- ; ing hold tire reins of power. — Life Ulus- ' trutcJ. ! New Catholic Bishops.—The St. . Louis Leader is informed that tire Archbishop of St. Louis has received from Roam the ‘Apostolic Letters,’ confirming the appointment and authorizing the consecration of the new Bishops of the prov-1 inee of St. Louis. They are the Right Rev Janies Duggan Bishop of Antigone, in partibus and coadjutor of the ArclibisiiopofSt. Louis. Kight Rev. Clement Smyth, Bishop of Athanasia, and co-adjutor oi lire Bishop of Dubuque Right Rev. A. D. Juncker, Bishop of Alton, Illinois. The Rigtit Rev. James DiigganJ is the Pastor of the Church of tire Immaculate Conception in St. Louis, and Vicar-Gen- j ! eraly of the diocese. Dr. Smith is tire! I Superior of the Trappist Monastery of; Mount Me’iieray. near Dubuque, an i the ' 1 Right Rev. A. D. Juncker is Pastor atl Dayton, Ohio. It also learns from the papers thati ! several other new Bishops have been con-1 : firmed by the Pope, anti will be shortly j ’ consecrated, viz: the Right Rev. James: \ Fred. Wood, to be co-adjutor of Philadel-1 !phia:t!re Right Rev. John McCaffrey} (President of Mount St. Mary’s) to be Bishop of Char’ston, S. C.; the Right, Rev Mr. Barry, now Administration, to be Bishop of Savannah, Ga.; an 1 t’ e Right Rev. Mr. McFarland, of Utica, N Y’., lobe Vicar-Apostolic of Florida.— : Bishop Baraga, now Vicar-Apostolic of ; Upper Michig an, is made Bishop of Sauk Ste Marie. III — IX A Gay Lothario. — A good story is told of a fellow ot North t arolina. Having been put in jail for marrying thirteen wives, lie made his escepe, and was seen three or four days afterward by a gentleman, who recognized him. The gentleman, anxious to secure the reward for his apprehension, invited him to his house to dinner, and then slyly slipped I out in pursuit of a coasltib'e; but grea, was his horror on his return to find "that tire culprit had absconded with his own . wilel i The President lias appointed Christopher Carson,‘ u ‘Ku Ca.-.c-’cf F re . i moni’s expedition, Indian Agent for New Mexico.

Struck by Lightning—Wonderful Escape. The house of Mr. HENRY WELLS in the town of Fremont, Lake county, Ill., on th [sic] evening of the 22d instant was struck with lightning. The lightning came into contact with the chimney which it followed into one of the rooms, and, after shattering stoves, ripping up floors and playing around an iron-bound trunk, passed off under the house. A correspondent of the New York <Tribune> says: Eight persons were in the building at the time of the accident—Mr. and Mrs. Wells, four children, Wm. Wells, (Henry’s brother) and a boy fourteen years old—all of whom were more or less injured. All were struck senseless and now have no knowledge of the shock. Henry thinks he discovered the condition of the rest of the inmates of his resdence (though badly burned) immediately proceeded to to [sic] the house of a near neighbor with the sad intelligence [illegible] medical aid was procured forthwith. Henry was burned badly about the face and legs. Mrs. Wells was also burned very severely, about feet and legs and otherwise injured, having been thrown upon a stove. William was marked from the right elbow across the bowels and left leg. His clothing was torn and hia boot shivered, but he was not badly hurt. The boy fourteen years old bore no mark upon his person, but appeared perfectly unconscious of anything for half an hour. A little girl five years old was marked with a blistered streak, commencing on the right side and running across her breast, thence to the bowels on the surface of which it takes a number of circles and then passes down left leg. A boy three years old was scorched, but it is unknown to what extent he is injured. A little girl aged two years, was, to all appearance, dead for about thirty minutes, but recovered. ———<>——— New Postage Treaty.— On the» j of April the new postal treaty williFris I went into effect. By it the postage ( i quarter-ounce letters from anv part of;- ■ United States to any part of France, fixed at 15 cents—pre-payment opii® By tlte same treaty, letters to and fn Belgium, Holl.-.nd, Switzerland, Sard;:! and the Gelman States, except Auml are sent tor 21 cents—tv and from lid mark, Austria, Servia, Roman See Parma, aud Modena, for 27 cents-hf ! sia, Poland, Sicily, Malta, Greece'!, exandria. Jaffa, Beyrout, Tripoli, Sit:; Constantinople, A-c. for 30 cents—Si4 and Norway for 33 cents —pre parisil in each case optional. Letters fromStt Portugal and Gibraltar, are sent w) hobie, postage 2! c< nts —pre-paid, j the lonian I lands to Trieste for 27 * pre paid; and for China and i6e In Indies, to lire end us the English .u India slamship routes, for 30 cents, p ! paid. Extraordinary Journey by a cat Eighteen months ago, J Jenkins 26 P: land street Pillgwenity, while li'ingj Northampton, got a kitten, which Y evidently strayed from a neighboiiogi i-st. It grew to be a remarkable'ws cat, and was firmly attached totlpdmj hold. From Northampton Jenkins® his family removed to Rotherl ithe, 1 don, and afterwards to Swansea. l'| the bustle of removal from 1 end. -1 going on the cat disappeared, ’■ course the family arrived at Sa.iiwl distance of 220 mil-s, and in three j the. cat -appeared at the door of the in Swansea where the family lived Y i trg the marks oflong travel at '. His feet were bared of u'tinl caw® and he appeared as though ha bad i; ly partaken of food for days -iYY Paper. When reminded of theis want us p® ress in agriculture and re tiie Spaniaids relate a legend, that A'Y once upon a time, requested leave V ; visit this world: leave was grant'- ® ian angel commissioned to concluJi'fl I Ou wings of love the patriarch h"' : 'fl |to Lis-native cm th; but so char.; 1 ! I strange al) seemed to him, that lie!':? I home nowhere till be came to Pori 1 - --I |‘Ah, here,’ exclaimed he, ‘set rat ;, i i here; everything here is just as I Y‘l Give me. to-dav, tire sincere Ijcu - ; : perceives Christ in mean AlmigMrg i iotir from all evil, and confesses [ such; and no matter how am, from hcradilarv or o:Ler : have planted in me a germ that p 1 H : fold and take in tny wl.ol nature. 1 j give me a heavenly body, a sou no i and a loving heart; and, sooner or ; g I shall become a welt grown man.—- ■ ■—M . -«C7 J* ♦< ♦ — A Lucky Negro.—A reg>o t>J : ville named Jim Anderson on last found himself tiie owner of’'.’l j drawing half the prize of 839. Southern lottery. His owner, Mr -* R. Green, allowed Jim to select a J'i who fixed a value upon him and In* ly; that being done, Jim paid do*’ | money and obtained tire freedom r''] I self and family at a very reasons-- s | The remaining money hrs been po I*' 1 *' j the Lands of Mr. James Speed as > r ' ? tor Anderson. Once on a time, rich dresses, ; extravagant fashions elegant j and costly buildings were consid l . ful signs of pride. Now, on tl’e co ’j ( | ; all these things are deemed nece"; 1 : corapanttnents of virtue, Locor • rprefabitify