Plymouth Banner, Volume 3, Number 25, Plymouth, Marshall County, 24 August 1854 — Page 1
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;. squaws in a lew led oi mm. upon enAs early as the yt.ar 17i)i) i!, bine'.. -! ! le'"K H j"1 of bill, the ebb st ade house'aud etockade above the mouth j Pqw gaJ "c of those far reaching of the Ho. king river, was a frontier post "hoops peculiar to the Iiid'lHilS. f'u'r the lurJv pionrers of the Sotih-wrs- White at once comproliended his fearter.i Territory. Then mature was in her , f,J' situation. If the alarm shouhl reach undisturbed livery .fdark and thick j tamp or town, he und hiscompau-
forests iutersuersed with 2reen au l llowiii prairws Trin the forest had not heard the Found uf the woodman's axe, nor the plow of the liusb tudin ui opened to the bosom of the earth. Tin n those beautiful prairies waved their golden bloom to the QjA of nature, and among the mst Luuridiit of tiKse were liinse w!iich lav uloii the lluekin Vall y. and -speiaUy J
that portion of it on which the. town of!,,er wat"f. While ui ikin slion ell'orts
Ltuea-ter now stand?. This place for its beauty, its liihuiss .f soil, and picturesi; ue tcen-ry whs selected a location I r an Indian village. This afforded a suitable place for gambol of the Indian sportsman, as well as a central spot for consecra lin r ttie I ii 1 1 c il w-triiors. Here the trilies of the North and West met to counsel, and from this spot led fjrtli the war path in different direc tions. Upon one of the?e occasions, when the war spirit moved mightily amonr ths ins of Nature, end the tomahawk leap e l in its scabbard, and tlie spirits of their friends, w ho had died in the field f battle visited the warrior in his uih. vision, and cailad loudly for revenge, it wa-s Hi'ertained at the garrison above t!i-. mouth of the Hocking river that thr I u li nis were alherin in great numbers for the purpose of striking a blow on some post of the frontier. To meet this crisis t'-u of the skilled and indefatigable spie were despatched to watch their nun riu-ut.4 and make a report. M Cleland and White, two spirits thtt nevrr quailed at thner. and as unconquerable as the Lybian Lion, in the month of October, nnJ on one of the balmy days of Indian summer, took leave of th-ir fellows and moved on through e the thick plum and hazel bushes villi the noiseless tread of panthers, armed wiih their unerring rifles. They continu fed their march skirting the prairies, till they hJ reached that most remarkable prominence, now known by the mme of Mount Pleasant, the western termination of w hich is a perpendicular cliff of rocks of some hundreds of feet hih. and whose summit, from a western view, lowers to the clou Is and overloads the vast plains below. When this noint was pained. o our hardy spies held a position from which they could see every movement of the Indians below in the valley. Every day added a new accession of vvaniora to the company. They witnessed their -exercises of horse racing, ruui.iug foot-races, jumping, throwing the tomahaw k and dancing, the old sachems looking on with their Indian indifference, the squaws engaged in their usual drudgery, an 1 children engiged in their playful gambol. The arrival of new warriors was greeted with terrible shouts, which striking tha mural face of Mount Tleasant. were driven back in the warriors' indentations of the surroundiug hills, producing reverberations an J echoes as if ten thou sand fiends were gathered together at an universal levte. Such yells would have Struck terror to the hearts of those unaccustomed to the mode of Indian revclTo our spie? this was most martial music strains which waked their watchfalneca, and newly struug their veteran eourajre. From their early youth they had always been on the frontier, and were well practiced in all tha subtilty, draft and cunning of Indian warfare, as well as tha ferocity and blood thir&tr nature of these savage warriors. They were, therefore, not likely to be eusnared by their cunning, nor without a desperate conflict, to fall victims to their scalping inivei or tomahawks. On several occasions, small parties left the prairU and ascended the mount from the eastern side. On these occasions the spies would hide in the deep fissures of the rock on the west, and again leave their hiding places when
tlu-ii u ii'u: v iifil ami unwelcome vmtors wi.u'.J uke thtir tU parturc. t'ur food Ihey ilepemled on jerkevl v-n-i on ami corn brt-Hl, with which thrir ' kiidpsdcki were well stored. They Ure ) not kindle a lire, and the report of nie I of their rifles would have brought upon lliem the entire force of the Indians.
W..r .Inr.L thnv il p nc in!til t a, m p rain water vxh'n h stood in the hollows of j t!ie ruck; but in u !lort time this More was exhausted ana M'Cleland und White must abandon thrir eulerpri.se or find a new supply, , To atcompli?h this most h iz udons 'enterprise, M'Cleland beiu the oldest solved to make the attempt: and with his trusty rille in his hand, and their tw o canteens strung a ross tlie i r shoulders, he descended by a circuitous route to the i ra;rie: skirliin t'.ie hill on the I)OIlhf hlnl Ullller cover of tip: hiztlbruäh, , , , . , he reached tht river and tit'inn- to a !old point or the hill he found a beautiful sprin; within a few lect ol the T.vt r. known bv the name of Cold fiver, now known by the i s ; on the farm t,f jj. ' o llv ,il'eJ hl -'-. falmadiie K-sci. and fctp. nil i n Fafetv to his watcliful companion. It va3 now Jtteruih'i'd to have a fresh tupply of water every day, U'is wü ferfor med hit rnalt-ly. On one of thesr occasions, after Wliite hail filled his canteen?:, he sat a few nio inetils wutthiiii; the limpid clement as it i came of the r ü 1 1 out of the bosom ear th, when trie luiit j-ouml . is' j of footsteps caught his practiced ear, i and upon turning round he taw two ! r r . r 1 IT. . . must inevitably perisn. . pre S'-rvation compelled him to inllict a noiseless death on the squaws, and in slit h u manner as, if possible to leave no race behind. J.ver rapid l.l thought amI prompt in action, he sprang upon his victims with the rapidity and power of a lion, nd raspiuj; the throat of euch, spinn; into the river. lie tili it s I the head of the ebbst tinto submerge the younger, who however powerfully res:ted him. an I during the sdiort struggle with this young athletic. to his astonishment she addressed him in his own I lauua!: lliouiiti in almost . inarticulate Founds Releasing his hold, she informed Mm that she had been u prisoiit-r for tenye;irs and was taken Irom below Wherliu" and that the Indians hail killed all the familv and that her brother and herself were taken prisoner; but that he succeeded .1 I on inu t-ecciui nigni in inai.ing ins escape, j During this narrative White had diowued the elder squaw, and had let her final on with the current, where it would not probably he found out soon. lie now directed the girl to follow him, and with his usual speed pushed for the mouth. They hail scarcely gone half wav when they heard th alarm crv some quarter of a utile, down stream. It was thought that some party of Indians, returning from hunting, had struck the river just as the body of the quaw floate d past. While und he girl sun veiled in reuching the mouth, where M'Cleland had been no indifferent spectator to the sudden coiuinotio'i among the Indians. The prairie parly of warriors were secii immediately to strike off in eery direction, and White and the girl had scarcely arrived, before a party of some twenty warriors, had reached the "astern activity to the mouth and were, cautiously and carefully keeping under cover. Soon the spies saw their swarthy foes as they glided from tree to tree and from rock lo rock till their position was sur rounded, except on the western perpendicular side, and all hopes of cscapo was cut off. In this perilous condition nothing remained but to sell their lives ns dearly as possible and this they resolved to do. and advised the girl to escape to the Indians and tell them she had been taken prisoner. She tatd: 'No death to me. in the presence of my countrymen is sweeter than captivity ami slavery. Furnish me with a gun. and I will show you that I can fight as well as die. This place I leave not. Here my bones shall lie bleaching with yo;irs, and should iihrr of you escape, will carry ihe tidings of my death lo my few relations. 1'emonstrtnce proved fruitless. The two spies quickly matured iheir plans of defence, and vigorously commenced the attack from the fiont. where from the very small backbone of the mount, the savages had tc advance in a single fite, and without any cover. Beyond this neck the warriors availed themselves of the rocks anil trees in advancing, but in passing from one to the other, they must he exposed for n hurt time, and a moment's exposure of their swarthy forms was enough for the unerring rifles of the f pies. The Indians being entirely ignorant of how many were in ambuscade were more cautious how they advanced. After bravely maintaining the fight in front, and keeping the enemy in check, they discovered new danger threatning them. The arch foe now made evident preparations to attack them on the flank, which could be most successfully done by reaching an isolated rock Iving in one of the ravines of the hill, one oi tne rauncs on the southern side
The rock once gained by ihe Indians tliey coukl Iirinj; the Fpirs umlf r point bliitik eliut of tlie rille witiiout the russi-I
bility of wcaiie. Our brave spis saw the utter hopelessness of their situation. ; which nothing could avert but brave j companions. These th v ha. 1 not, but ! I tlie brave never despair. With litis i:n - lie II d i 1 1 ' f J le r03!!H2 upon them. they :
continued calm and calculating and asjldoody Kentuckiaus
unwearied as the strongest of life and the resi stance of a numerous foe could produce. Soon M'Cleland taw a tall mil swarthy figure preparing to spring from n covert so near ihe fatal rock that a bound or two would reach it. and all hope of life was goiie. He felt thai all depended on one tingle advantageous shot, and although bui an inch or two of the warri ors body was exposal, and that at the! distance of eighty or a hundred yards, he resolved to risk all, coolly raised the iille to his face and shading ihe sight with his hands, he drew a bead so sure ihit he felt conscious that it would do the deed. He touched the trigger, the hammer came dow n but in place of striking fire, il broke into many pieces, and although he felt sure that the Ionian must reach the rock before he could adjust uuolher iliat, hz proceeded v lh- task wiih the utmost composure. Casting his eye towards the fearful point, suddenly he saw the warrior stretching every muscle for the leap, and with the egiiity of a panther, ho made the spring, but instead of reaching the rock, he gave a yell an.i his dark body fell and rolled down the steep into the Valley below. He had evidently received a death tvouud from some unknown hau1'. A hundred voices re-echoed from below. It was evident that they had lost a favorite warrior, as well as being disappointed for a time, of the most important movementA very few minutes proved that the advantage gained would be uf bort duration, for already the spies saw a tall swarthy warrior cautiously advancing to the covert so recently occupied by his fellow- companion. Again an unknown ugont had interposed in their behalf. This second Sacrifice cast dismay into the ranks of their assailants, Mid just as the sun was disappearing behind the western hills, the foe drew to a short distance, to devise some new mode of attack. This revise came mot seasonably to our spies, who had kept their ground ami bravely mania ined the unequal fight from nearly the middle of ihe day. Now for the first time was the giil missing and the spies thought that thro terror she escaped to her former emptors, or that she had been killed during tlie fifit; but they were not long left to conjecture. The girl was seen emerging from behind a rock and coming to them with a riile. in her baud. During the fight she saw a warrior fall who had advanced some distance before the rest, and while some of them chang ed their position, she resolved at once, live or die to possess herself of his riflle and amuniliou, and crouching down beneath the underbrush, she crawled to the place and succeeded in the enterprise. Her keen and watchful eye had early noticed the fatal rock, and hero was the mi.sterious hand by which the two warriors fell, the last the most intrepid und blow! thirdly of the Shawree tribe, and leader of the company which killed her mother and sisters and took her brother prisoner. Now, in tlie west, nrose dark clouds! which soon overspread the whole hev ens, and the elements ere rent with peals of thunder. Daikrtss. deep nnd gloomy, shrouded th- wr j heavens, this .larkness greally em'.. t raised me spies in their contemplated night escape, sup posing they might redily lose their way and accidentally fall on their enemy; a short consultation decided the plan; it was agreed that the girl was to go foremost, from her intimate knowledge of the localities, and another might be gained in case they should fall in with any of their outposts From her knowledge of the language; she might deceive the sentinels, as the sequal proved, for scarcely had they descended a hundred yards, when a low whistle from the girl warned them of their dangei. The spies sank silently on the ground where by previous (arrangement, they were to remain until the signal was given by the girl to move on. Her absence for the. spate of ä quarter of an hour, begin to excite the most serious apprehensions. Again she appeared; anl told them s!ie had succ. eiled in removing two sentinels to a short distance, who were directly on their route. The descent was noiselessly resumed, and the spies followed their iutreped leader for half a mile in silence when the barking of a dog at a short distance upprised them of a new danger. The almost simultaneous click of the spies rille wns heard by the girl, who stated that they were now in the midst of the Indian cair. ps. and their lives depended on the profound silence, and implicitly following her footsteps. A mo merit afterward, the girl was accosted by a squaw from an opening in her wigwam she replied in the Indian language, and without stopping passed on. In a short time hhe stopped and assured the spies that the Tiltiage was cleared And that thej had passed the greater danger. She knew that every leading pass was guarded safely by the Indians, and at once resolved to adopt the bold adventure of passing through the centre of the villiage as tlffe least hizardous, and the sequel proved tne correctness of her judgement.
, They now steered a course for t!i (Jlia river, uiul after ihree days trl arnvt-J at the blot k h'usj. Thci,- eöCJjto mi l i. .1111 r
ailventure prevented me in .uns iron: making their contemplated attack, and the rescued girl proved to be the sister of the intrepid C 1. Was'.iburti, celebrd-1 ted in the history of Indian warfare, as j tue renowneJ spy ül Uipl. fwtitoii s From Hi ' Wüshiu-.nn Union. Tlis L'i!r.ism:t of Spahl. The Spanish insurrection has ceased to be a p. ere military revolt ugi'mst a Piinisin, um. 'Uu.Sr,5,,ua, mi. me proportions ol a popular revolution.Although it does not distinctly app-ar j which of the contending parties are m is- j tersof the situation, yet to those w ho are. at all familiar with the politics uf J . . i ... i i i . .. : . i. . f spam HIS Clear inatarauicai reoigam i-, lion of ihe üoverninent is inevitable. ; Ulie iaci isianos um LuusjuLuuuaii in . . . . i I... i'ui.uiiI- th il "ii-t i vi Ti ri l tu i r t i . i mi. in. t in. ! i, .in, j I as tfii programme t leaner lias uoen t enlarged by propositions of popular enfranchisement, the power of the revolution has ad auced, und its triumph secured. OTJonnell, a modcrudo, who look the initiate, failed because the poo tile were everywhere indifferent to a mercenary struggle between him I i Sarlorius, rival aspirants kr the power and natruiiare of the Government. No piiuciple was at Slake. The only alternate presented was. whether an existing Government, with full packets, should be exchanged for one with empty purs-s. 1 The ntxt scene in the drama showed the strength of the popular cuse in the reluctant defence paid by ihe military leaiters, U'Douueil and Concha, to the df mauds of Dulce and Messina, ihe. popular leaders. Sj soon as the cry went forth, under the sanction of this combination, that the freedom of th; press must be sustained, that thj constitution of lb37 must be re-established, and a representative assembly elected, ihe insurgents' troops were everywhere j ined by the people. Madrid itself accepted ihe revolution; the Queen-Mother, with the ministers, were fugitives, and the Quceu herself a prisoner in the palace. The. appearance of lispartero upon ihe stage indicates the distrust of the liberals towards U I'outiell, ami tluir determination to confide the Government, whatever shape it may take, to the Tuosl liberal vf tliA present generation of Spani!i Staleauien an honest man and a true patriot. His proclamation pledges him to stau I by the liberties of the people, and is filent us to the (Itteeu. This leads us lo call attention lo the fact that, while the Queen has been denounced for grave misconduct as a sovereign and a woman, the leaders of the movement have been silent us to her fate, aiid the people of Madrid have respected her person. This policy results from the diUiuulty of determining upon the future Spain is without money and without credit. L'rnice is ready, at a moment's notice, to march an army across her frontiers ihe instant a republic is cstab lished or an Orleans dynasty proclaimed; England, who placed Isabella on tin? throne against ihe legitimist pretensions of Don Carlos, would not sutler his son Monteinoliu to ascend the throne, ami thereby contribute to the preponderance of absolutism, in the European system. In this dilemma, the Spanish people have no allies. Destitute ot resources. torn and distracted by contending factions, on the brink of one of those disastrous civil wars which, from their fre quency and folly, seem to.be tlie chronic alilictioiis of her system, where in Spain j t i00fc for a 80lution 0f the problem of her pn sent bit initio nl Only in a frank ailli vianbj restoration of her friendly relation icith the United Stale. Let her at once come to an adjournment of those embarrassing questions forced upon this country by the miserable Govern
nt which she has just exterminated- j "i0 S!''J! king, who was crcrtiuvernmeut made ignominious for a , f C.athagena and Marquis de la ff.;,i.iu,r.. ...i,,. n... eura for sei vices which rather eutillc-e
ment a G degree of faithlessness to her own peo ple scarcely more unjustifiable than its outrageous, disregard of the rights of our citizens. The United States hare, pro found interest in the independence of Spain and in her freedom from Jorcign dictation on the part of E n gland und i'rancc. Every American would discover in the regeneration of her people, in the development of her internal resources; in the establishment of u free Government based upon the national will, motives for a cordial and intimate alliance with u Government that should be established with these objects and upon these principles. I. Kacinu fkom Funf.kals. On Saturdav afternoon the residents on Second street, below Master, witnessed the novel sight of a race between a number of chaises containing mourners who were returning from a luueral of tome beloved one. The three carriages were drawn at a frightful speed, occupying the whole of the street, au I raised a dust that astonished the oldest inhabitants of that section of our city. We ore informed that this is becoming a very common occurrence. Some of ihe undertakers having only one hearse and a limited number of carriages, and having two or ifiree funerals toatteud to during the aflemooil; do up the melancholy ceremony in double quick time, and race their carriages back in order to accommodate the next customer. A short time ago a charitable and wealthy old gentleman of the Northern Liberties dying, his last request was that no carriages should be employed to convey his fiieinls to his funeral, expressing a fear that the drivers, in returning; might bieak the necks of some of the mourners. t-Philadelphia Venn.
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iMr.-th.-iti n who dies n-t livn more from tho i):-c:iTijo in milu this cilv, met some nonhorn frioads with j: southern principle-,' tho other evoninr, inn I extendcl to ihcm the h-ipi;ilitin.s of' tho Crescent City," viäito.l vi mmy of crir princtdy s il ro ii rtnJ I irb!o llnils,' un'jJbiri sptr'iiiil c Mijointioii tliyy j urneyeJ, that w hen ha left tlnrn .it their Intel at tho mi iuihf hour, l.o felt, decidedly loll, th '.t h-o iri i ,n brick in h's int.' Now he h 1 w i:"r, nn amiable, acc rrnjlhci anj bcafitliul ia ty, whu loves Iiini; th tt , hid too ficupieiit visits to tho places - i vhero l!)iJSQ bnL;;s ntc obtained. Afu.r xfivillg friends, Mr. Q(1 a injlI,(Mll tlT,k jll3 b0riri,,s uuA rivilJ;; a;nptX; a cyn(Se on t;c p r j if-i j rxl ml Clnt;r!M tl iiU..el mcct a!cre ,ur iio.np. ;1 j K0 jf linw , nrrivoJ there, mr! .. t j , , , , f , , : (; i , s wn,.ln,. t.iy s;,,;llir V ..... - . . ........ j ( j-(r . . i 1 1 n . Sli. iihvnvs d-ic. Sho smiieJ j when h'j conic m. ri-. 1 I i I iliai also bho nlwavs i - . 'How nrc you, dear Ksho said; 'you staid so l.Nto that I feared you hrd been taken rick. j 'llio aiu'i tick, wifo !-biit (jin"t you l!i think I m I ui u I'luo tight! A very littlo, jn.-lrip;. that is nnhiu- s i,i,nv frionl wilt mi do: ar: out ijyou, tii U you must join thorn in a social ! glass otr.;e in a while'.' 'Wife, yo'i'ioloo go.ltli-thc t-lrul!i i I'm c-Iruuk!' Oh. r.i, ii.Jctvj my dc.'ir, I'm sore that i even r.nothei1 glas wouldn't hurt vou. - iw suppose you take r Ias ol Sootch ale vi'Ji me, just ns a inght cap, oenr. 'Yon are to kind my d-dcar, by hull. 1 i I a fl It Uil'itf i in u liiiii.A . V- T.,',. - .M.T..ff,r- , t- , Y I IT - J II I : I . 1 I I. . i. l.kl'l 1 lil.li.rA . l a 'uns!' -4 'h oil taua a g.u-5 oi :i:o at any ra'.o U can't hurt you, de ir; I waul on j before 1 rotire.' I lio l.ioy nasiem l to o-iou a untie, and as she p'aco l two tumblers before her on ihe sideboard, slio put into ono a p nvorfui emetic. Filling tho glass wifii ihe foam-! intr, alo, s'ia h anJo I ono to her hash in I. Suspicion came clouiily upon his mind. She never boforo had h-en so kind when ho was drunk. looked at ihe p,hiis raisr-d to hi lips then hcsitatoJ. 'Doar, w-o'u't you tasto initio, to make it sweet swoelor! C ;rl linly. hvn,' rplinl tlie lady, taking a m luthfu!, whi.-h s!ie was careful n t lo a wallow. Suspicion vanishei aal s did tho r.le. emetic and all, d wu th throat of tho isficd hush in i. After spit; frig out tho taste the lady iinisod tmr gla-i bj; I in no hurry to retire. She fixed a f.iot tub of water bcfre. an easy chair, as ifshe intended to bathe her beautiful liitlo feet therein. The husband beg in to feel and he wanted to retire. Wait only a few rnomeuts, dear,' said his loving spousp, 'I want to real iho nows in this afternoon's Djlta. I found it in your pocket.' A fow minutes more claj 83.1, and then and then oh yo and Dui'o iho lako, what a time! Th" husband was placed in the easy chair. He began to tinJorstand why tho tub was there; ho soon learnod what riled him. Suffice it to say, that when ho aros from thai chair, the brick had left his hat. It hasn't been there since Ho says he'll never drin't another j iUp; he can't bear S.M:ch n!e, but hi? is death on lemonade. lio..Lvcs his wifo holier tit 'i ii ever. R -adcr this is a truthful etorv. Profit by its moral. A'. (J. Delta, A Xubk'iuid Heroic Day. t most touching imtanco of heroism, and one of the most atrocious nets of cruelty, the truth of which is vouched for by tho most respectable authority, occurred during the Columbian strtigs'o for indoncndenco. The Spanish general, Murillo, iho most blood -thirsty and treacherous him to tho distinction of butcher or hangman, while seated in his lent one day during tho campaign of C.arr.acas, saw a boy beforo him drowned in tears. Tho chief demanded ol him for what purpose he was theo. The child repliol that ho had como to he;; tho life of h's father, then a prisoner in Murillo's camp. What can you do to save your father? asked tho gouorul. '1 can do but little but what I can shall bo done .' Murillo seized iho littlo fellow's ear nnd said, 'Would you sudor your ear tobe cut otT lo procura vour father libertyr I certainly would," was th-' undaun0 ted reply. A soldier w.n accordingly called and ordci ed lo cut off the ear with a singlo stroke of tho knife. The boy wept, but did'ut resist, whiln tho barbarous order was executed. Would you loe your other ear rather than fail in your purpose?' was tho next question. I have suffered much, but for my falber 1 can suffer still,' was tho heroic rop'y. Tho otbor oar was taken oflT piecomenl wiihoul Unletting on the m of iho nublo boy. Ani now go!' exclaimed Murillo, untouched by his sublime courage, 'tho father of such a son niut die'. In the prchtu.co of his ngoni.od and vain ly suffering son iho patriot father was then executed. Never did n life-picture exhibit such truthful lights and shades in national characlor, such deep and lroacboiou3 villuiuy such lofty, enthusiastic heroism.
Life oil Iiis liolJ IVist of Afriru. Z AWFUL I'lCIUUK. The- Rev. M. lJeecham, a tiieu)'is )r of ihe 'London Wrsleyiiji Mission,' recently returned f.om a visit to Africa, uu.l in the course of a sketch of the moral and social codiiion of the negroes inhabiting ihe üold Cousi and iis vicinity, he furnishes a truly awful pictute. Thus: "Scarcely bus cu.u of their barbarous and bloody customs been abattJom-.t, Irom the earliest period of which anything is known of them. They stiil pave ihcir cuurt yards, palaces, und even the streets uud market ''places of their villager or towns, with the skulls of those butchered in wars, at feasts, fu'ierals, or us sicrifieea to 'Rossum.' Still their wives und slaves are buried alive with the deceased husband or mister. When Adahnnzen died, two hundred
and eigh.lv of his wive3 were butchered before the arrival of his successor, whirh ! Pt a stop to it only to increase th flow I "1.1 . . t I : 1 . I l t . Ul tne nuinutr oi ueatns in ...... . fi-i ..... "i-'tt ways. ine reinaiuiug livuig wives buried ulive! amidst dancing, sing- j lllo-ad bewailing, the noise of home, ! arums, muskets, yt .Is, groans, un'l !
schreechings; the women, mirdiing by!wlKlc-u u few ru-n ü
headless trunks, bedaubed thems Jves ! with earth iai.1 blood. Th;ir victims 1 were marched alonj witli lurge kni vc s l'-sed through their cheeks. The ex-1 ccutioners struggle fur the bloody cfTirwhite the victims look cn ami endure with apathy. Thev were too f uniiiur with the horid saciifice lo thow terro.-, or to hnugiue that ell was not as it shod' be. 1 hi ir hauJs were first chopped c"?. und their heads sawed off, lo prolong the amusemeut. Even some w!io ascisled lo i i. ,ii i ia ii r i im it'll ra .hit i i n . - i ... ,stl - l I. 11 1 aAabiisuiu it.ii. uan.'vu iiuiict IU !if 111 ...IJ fix ?f. .v.ar Si T Pnli.mn!,. VI UI. I V J UUU K M L11U J l J k m V A C II 1 I. I i . i: 1 i I 111 -- - - .' : the scene. Lpou the. death tf a king's ; j brother, four thousaii I victims were thus j . sacrificed. These cvremo:it,: are often . :r -pealeJ, and hundreds slaughtered Lt j every rc nersai. u pon taa ueaiu ol a ' king ol a id a:iter, a general nni?aae j lanes place, in which tnsre can no computation cf the victims. At tneir 'lam Cvustoms,' .Mr. lijw .itch witnessed specific' t-s of t!ic rn -sl .appaliiüg km l. hxcry caboccsr. or nob:e. bacrihoed a slave as he entered r.t iho gate 11 G.'ii. S and skulls :oi ine i tho oruatiicnta ' ot inoir provession j. iiunjrcJs wwo slain, nnd tht Mrc uning and steaming blood of the victims was minglo I in a va.l oras3 pan, with various veeiables and amiiiat nntter, iren as wen as putrP, to compose a powerful Fetiche. At thess! customs tho soma scones of Biaolitr i!id butchery occur. Th2 king's rxecuti-.m.'.-rs travMi-.-o tha city, killing nil ih;y i.net. I'ho next day desolation Toigtn over tlie land. The king, during tha bliojy saturnalia, Kok.J on eagerly, and danced in his chair with delight! 'The King of'Dakome paves the approaches lo his residence, and t-ruaments the battlements of his jra'late, with the skulls of his victim; and the great Feti clnTree.at Uadagry- has its w'id spread limbs laden with humiu carcasses and limbs. There the want of diistity L no disgrace, and tlie ptiests are employed as' pimps. 'Murder, adtiltry, and l it every, 1 . ' . , " says lajsifiau, 'are here iu suis. 3 i;uinst Abalitionhun. The fusion movement does not meet with universal favor from cen the Whig papers. The following extract from the Logttn County (Ohio) Gazette, a Whig paper that says "it never misrj? p-esented the Whigs of Logan aiid does not now misrepresent them," presents a few point? worthy the considers t ion of every national man, ht he Whig or Democrat. Having opposed the repeal of ihe Missouri compromise, the sentiments of t he Gazelle ure entitled to greater weight than they otherwise would be: PA r. res. It may be said that ihn present organisation is designed lo be permanent.For what? Long before there is any possibility of effecting a t hange in the Senate (if such a ( hange is ever possible, which we don't believe) the character of this territory will be irrevocably fixed. The emigration to the Territories will be freemen from the free States; and slavery will no more be tolerated there than in Ohio or Michigan. Nebraska and A'a;is9 icill be free Slat?; God and man alike decree it. For what, then, is this organizilion to bu permanent? For the furtherance of Abolitionism? Voir reneicol assaults on the Constitution and lavs'! For systematic warfare on the South! If so, and its leaders calculate upon the cooperation of Clay and Webster Whigs, they hare counted without their host." Sail Accident. Wo nro informod that a littlo boy, living on Market sireet, at the east end of tho city was accidentally shot by his sister, on Friilay evening. Some young man living at tho house of tho boy's father, had a pistol in his room, and tho sister, a young woman, happening to seo it, look it and playfully snapped il at her littlo brothc, who wa9 standing in the room, a fo.v feet from her. It went olf, and tho ball entered his mouUi, ranging upward toward tho ear, breaking tho jaw and dreadfully mangling the head. Vory Utile hope is entertained of tho child's recovery. This adds another to tho long list of casualities resulting from the careless handling of firo-arins. It really seems m if, in this regard, experinnco went for nothing, mid tho dread of danger from a reckless use of such weapons had disappeared with tho last accident. State Journal. Sonuy do you know your letters?" Yes. sir. two of 'em." "Possible, what arc they ?" "Let'er go, and l-jt'er rip!"
Pjr Fraget for SliTcry id i-iü;.".:. A Kansr.s corresponds!. t of l!u Vv orcfjtcr (Moss.) Spy wr'wcz fts lo!io;vj rboul tho prospect ol slavery ia ir; This territory is now r-.; -u fir Lir.'zri:.' . oxeepl a small tract vi U:ü Iliistw -i Wr, . nu J tho military tUilon?, nrij r!ie cf.c zie Hocking in imn all p.irts t.;.a Ur.t'.rd Suites, On? year iVtn t!:!S :;n.e v;i!;,r:Lr -My soo Kur-s-i; knock ir.j :.!'!. 3 J-cr t-f tt;.Union for iii.tiiilüti u-i u ':"tc. tUw. js t. .: opinion of tliOS'i pcrsor.s ;:c v. ho t:c ''.tt inlorniej upoa t!;o su';ect. You perhaps have seen r.p ..'.? of r:::'. ings, in mir v.cstTn püpJVi-, lions designed to iminvu i'c nc.-'l. ;::c:.. niiJ to keep thorn from scttlii-Ji i:) l;t.- t-.p-ritory; but if j'-j liavf , yoi'. ; tj me, they rro .11 i,x ciTecU L-,r.:' rlui cal niountebuihs havdvrluc:: cut ihc; reports and resolutions in their I; !-r.:.rr, v
rsad them to their !rrtrv:3. to f.. -3 wir. nf nr.n n, ,nffl n1 ih. ,m --;-.( Wlig VI IliVl.) IHi vwiii ... - -- the papers, if indeed, i.io ui.ij not gut up in the editc?'.; o:7ite. is. as an old citizen of Mro-rt l..atl. I ;;rt ,:.:! n:oro than orio-hälf ri wih hiavery out o:' '.used to its in trefoil ,-,n n; a-v.n3t i.-v of iVeoturn from tlnax.;i.. ::.w hero tinker such cii- : .;...'..c1 'jos.t w hat thy rvro &nv, viz: or.sj rcso'uti v c j M. 1, ' ?. II itLSOA:). V- ; that r;ulo iiijrci, itq. i.i i . i . . ,t,-..., ,!:ut,ir t t l' : .. t' ! 'n.;. t j s:3u,tluu l0 th., c.ur.. , j, i tl.i ilav. What the v.r.i.-ua: Lrc , v!l-'j. i.jj,",., c, -::c t):,r n jt avi.j, tot . li'ltc'Uriill5t".itiüt it WIS - . . censv.;?--I a. . . v a v . . ' v-i.it u; ui'j ru .'u tot- t'U.i.a.i; i Vi tau J1' ra)jitS wl hu t j- i;(,rc .v, to:.r :- u!atioa betwee-t the two com; .uic v. 1:1 Lq amicahlv üiss..v-d in a thort t:..-. t:10 Midbio x corr:'' .i " either ieii a.. t;l5 unjon fas --utrr of hliTe intc ,.-,.,.. rVr. l.,-.'.'. ; -' i variance with law, that it r.'o.ihl h I t UllUiU ! iC3 0 ti t it beiors a ) vh nein! I rK, raised cur vokc ,,s".r."t urc of co:i)!i.lalio:t v!icu it proposed, t.3 rsv? m v.o h ;hs J l.viiananolis road could i biiitr rain arrthing r.ti:1 x , v. YxtJ Us il.-mo:;;t.Clv i nave na.i not ung in xolli !,t! -inv;s. tedtic.d rin;:. hSt or jli.uncial credit. tU tiiat wa canrr.'t worit? lion of r.'.tr (jiigiuai orgi.s" Iy l:U.I 'S Ll ti da'i seen fiat an election o! . Peru and Indiarnpli c:: held cn li e 12th of Sep?, 4 . ': u .it is VJ .er l; r x t Stockholder!; should be fri t. ti.il time to take such a?tia a t ::.ir iui-:-est3 would seem to detn :; i. ir-t4 Sentlnd. The La Porte Uulon (j')cnl the -Vc igan City Trarscript, in spea!;irg cr tL jjiominrttion of M. II. Weir rv., for a 1 ti . I 1 1 1 a t Ji ffir r-. r.--; ii 1 Ti r- A I f ' t- i.'" . , , , ,,, .i . that he 'it K.e hundrcd.! ' iiw t..;.- , ,,, , , , ,. r, , ,.. sands1.!', of "old line Dex-ocrat-; : ; ur.able to stand upon the 4th of M: form, ccc, dec. This hue and cry about o'.J line IVrnocrats leaviag the party, is nil a fut;:e gentlemen. Put your finger on the drsertera, and for every one such v.o i!i point to two whig that ;-cf"SC':.io ".'.: en the Abolition Plr.tfcrtr. cf li.c U;h of July. Whistle" g" nil ein" a "to hc-4i up your courarc tour cause is a ;tperate ona and r.ccis .4 C 6 oiac V..' feather. Revolutions, whilst disorganised, J make a show and a great r.ois.': an incongruous ins when no principle or principle will d:, may bs Isrro and 5;o'.strous; but compel them to declare a position upon which to stand principles upon which to act, and the whois falls to pieces of its own heteroUKca.; inertia. Wre hear in every quarter cf our Congressional district, of uumbeiieis wj;igs that have positively refused an alliance vlh the Amalgamate UiJii its fcc'.ljuul platform. Tiua. Sad Afri&nt. A painful accident ccrursd in th 3 vicinity id this phico on Monday morning last, w hich resulted in tho death of ona i f our citizens. Messrs'. Jus. Cosgrovo arid Wm. P. Sees were going to uiieof the Railroad shanties a couple ofj miles eaaiot this place; when about half a r.iilo from town thu horse which they wnro driving became frightened ut soma object cn th -. road-side, and ihe bridle bit breaking, ho started off at full speed. Ho run several hundred yards, and in making n short tuitt threw botli gent'omen out of tho wagjoa wiih great force. Mr. Cosgrov wes much injured, haying his collar bone broken, and his head and breast severoly bruised. Mr. Sees, fortunately, was but shghty injured. Mr. Cogrove lingered, r.rp.irently in great pain, until W tdnrjd.av otternoon when ho expired, i.id. Hera! An affrtlioüah; S:n. The following letter is a perfect model in its way. V certainly hope it- i. an unique, specimen: "Dear brother 1'vj got one of the handsomest farm i.i t 1 State, und have it nearly paid for. Ct . are good, and prices never weic better We have had a glorious rvival f i gion in our church and both our chi: . (the Lord be praised) nie converted father got to lc. rather an iucuvibcrxi.u audluit ucck I took him. to tc fo.-r i.v:vc. Your EiTcctiouate broth::.
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