Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1859 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER GAZETTE. RENSSELAER, IND. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1859.

(ttT*The list news from Europe is unimportant. No battle since our last issue. CO”A young man named. Daniel Dougherty, living with Commissioner S. L. Sparling, was thrown by a colt last Sunday and had his coller bone broken. CO“The Jasper Republican Central Committee met last Thursday, and adjourned to' meet again to-morrow afternoon, at half past five, at the Treasurer’s office. oO“The La f ayette Committee will please accept our thanks for an invitation to attend the Military and Civic Ball at Battle Ground on the night of the 4th; but as we are.to celebrate the day here, we cannot be with them. {s”Wc the other day saw a horse hay rake made by young Jack Warner, that was as well made as any we ever saw, and bet- ’ ter than many that are hawked about the country by peddlers. The rakes can Le seen at the blacksmith shop of his brother, “Capting” Warner. twd-horse team of Mr. William Wyatt, the father of all tho Wyatts, ran off through our streets last Wednesday, scattering things generally. The wagon was strung along by piece-meal, and a stove and bedstead thrown out and broken—the stove into innumerable pieces. Bruce Markle has a young pet crow, which has yet not attained its growth. Last Sunday it ca’ght a swallow alive and carried it to Bruce uninjured. After delivering it up, the crow chirped and cawed most immoderately, as if expressing great glee over its success in “hawking.” I oO“The Masonic celebration last Friday | passed off to the satisfaction of all con-, cerned. The Court House was filled to its ■ utmost capacity, the ladies occupying one- ’ half of it. The address, by Dr. Martin, as i anticipated by all who had previously heard him, was eloquent, learned and interesting, reviewing the history of Masonry from ancient tc modern times. (Cj'We publish, in another column, an interesting letter from Pike’s Peak, purporting to be signed by Horace Greely and others. We do not put full faith in it, ' however, until it is confirmed by the New; York Tribune. According to the letter, Greely took the statements of miners en- , tirely, and did not wash out a pan of dirt himself or witness others do it. He has the ; reputation of personally scrutinizing mat- I tere closer than that.

ATTENTION, RIFLES!

You are commanded to meet next_Friday afternoon, at three o’clock, at Ballard’s spring, for drill’ and parade. All the old members of the Company are invited to participate on the occasion, and also on the Fourth By order of the Commandant.

ALMOST A FATAL AFFRAY.

Two boys, about eighteen or nineteen years old each, named Allred Irwin (grandson of Widow Irwin) and Daniel Duvall, got into a quarrel last Saturday afternoon, when Irwin struck Duvall on the head with ; a loaded hickory cane, knocking him insen- : sible. From what we can learn it occurred i about this way: The two boys were return- ■ ing from across the river, where the Rifle Company had been drilling, and as they came along together, Duvall called Irwin ‘•Jewett,” at which he took much umbrage, it being considered by him a term of reproach. When they'arrived opposite the Gazette office Duyall came up stairs, while the other passed on; but he, so n returned with the cane in his hand, and the quarrel was renewed. (It is proper to remark here that they were nqt connected with this office, and that the editor was not in at the lime.) After some further insulting language had passed between them, Irwin atruck Duvall on the head with the cane, telling him to the floor from an office stool on which he was sitting. Duvall was lead to his home insensible, and he remained insentsible until Monday. Fears were entertained until yesterday that the blow was fatal, but we now understand that he is in a fair way of recovery. Immediately afterward Irwin was informed on before Justice Howe for assault and battery. He confessed, and was fined five dollars. On Sunday he left this place, and hns not since been heard of. All regret this deplorable affair, although it is urged by some that Irwin was insulted and his feelings outraged almost beyond endurance. He has heretofore been looked npo.” ” v ery peaceable boy.

Next Monday is the Fourth of July, the eighty-third Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The fourth day of July, 1776, is the most important, the most glorious day, politically speaking, that the world has ever seen. That day gave birth to a nation before whose power and greatness, the fame and splendor of ancient Greece and Rome, and of modern France and England, haved paled, and are destined to dwindle into insignificance. On the sth of July, 1776 John Adams wrote as follows to his wife: “The 4th of July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history of America. lam apt to believe it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be Lsolemnized with pomp, showes,games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward, forever. You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but 1 am not. lam well aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure, that it will cost to maintain I this delaration, and support and defend these : States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than all the means; and that posterity’ will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not.” A nation whose “manifest destiny,” we believe, is not only to rule the whole continent of America, but the whole world; not like Rome, through the terror of her armies and rivers of blood; not like England,through the power of her fleet and the thunder of her cannon; but by the power and influence of her [glorious institutions—unschackled, enlightened Christianity—free press—free thought —free speech—free schools, and the clear demonstration of the great political problem, that man is capable of self-government. How rapid—how vast—has been the progress of our nation under the benign influ-ence-of the great truths and principle declared and established by the Declaration of Independence—that “men are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these governments are institutefl among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” Eighty-three years ago to-day! What mighty changes have taken place since that little Spartan band stood in Independence Hall! Then the Colonists, numbering some two millions, widely scattered over a large extent of territory, were just entering upon a doubtful conflict with the strongest government in the world—to-day, as the result of that contest, the thirteen original Colonies have increased to thirty-three Stales, the two millions to nearly thirty millions, and our wealth, prosperity and happiness is constantly’ and steadily’ increasing. Then we were known as a nation, struggling for existence within the grasp of the mightiest nation upon earth; and our fathers only succeeded in establishing the independence they had so nobly and fearlessly declared by a long, bloody, seven years’ war. Now we are not only known, but feared and respected in every part of the habitable globe, and able to stand successfully against the united world in arms. Look, top, at the mighty influence which that Declaration has and is exerting upon the world, j The great truths and principles therein set forth, and their proof and establishment by our nation, like a great burning lens, is melting the cold, icy despotism of the Old World. “There is a spirit working in the world, Like to a silent, subterranean fire; Yet ever and anon, some monarch hurl’d Aghast and pale, attests its fearful ire; The dungeon’d nations now once more respire I The keen and stirring airof Liberty.” | And the spirit of American institutions is gradually gaining power and influence in all parts of the world. Reforms and human progress are never backward, always on ward. “For freedom’s battle once begun, Bequeath’d by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won.” How great sh >uld be our gratitude to the j men who, by the Declaration of Independi ence, unshackled human progress! —ar.d how deep should be our veneration for the anniversary of that great event!

P. W. ISRAEL,

Orderly Sergeant.

SABBATH SCHOOL CELEBRATION.

The Committee of Arrangements on the Sabbath School Celebration of the approaching Fourth of July, met, and was called to order by R. H. Milroy, their Chairman. On motion, the following programme of arrangements was adopted: Ist. The children, teachers and others connected with Sabbath schools, will meet at the Presbyterian Church, at eight and a half o’clock A.iM., at the ringing of the Bell. 2d. A procession will be formed under the direction pfl R. H. Milroy, Marshal, and W. W. Wishard, Assistant Marshal, and will march to the Methodist Church. 3d. Vocal music by the Sabbath schools, under the direction of Mr. J. W. Warner. 4th. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Mr. Whallon. sth. Vocal music. 6th. Address by the Rev. Mr. Mock. 7th. Vocal music. Bth. The procession will then be re-formed and join the general procession of the day, on the Public Square, at ten and a half o’clock. 9th. After the general exercises, the Sab--1 bath school procession will bo

INDEPENDENCE DAY.

the gryke, and march to the Court House, where refreshments for those connected with the Sabbath schools will be provided. All persons connected with Sabbath Schools throughout the county, are invited to participate in the above exercises. The Committee on Refreshments are as follows: Mrs. Rhodes, Miss M. Wright, Miss M. Snyder, Miss M. Rowen, Mrs. Whallon, Mrs. Alf. Thompson, Mrs. Cisselb Mrs. Milroy, Miss Bell Peacock, Miss A. Wilson, Mrs. Crane, Miss L. Saylor, Mr. W. H. Rhodes. By order of the Committee,

R. H. MILROY,

L. A. Cole, Secretary pro. tern.

CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH.

The Committee of Arrangements, appointed at the citizens’ meeting, have adopted the following programme for the celebration of the Fourth of July: Grand Marshal, James E. Ballard. Assistant Marshal, Frank. M. Grant. The procession will form on the north side of the Public Square at half past ten o’clock, and march, to the grove north-west of the residence of Ezra Wright, whore a stand will be erected for the occasion, and seats provided for the auditors. The procession will be formed in the following orde”: 1. Military Band. 2. American Flag. 3 Chaplain, Reader and Orator. 4. First Rensselaer Rifle Company. 5. Teachers and Children of the Sabbath Schools. 6. Citizens generally. On arriving at the grove the following will be the exercises of the day: Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Thomas Whallon. Reader of the Declaration oi Independence, Thomas J. Spitler. “Hail Columbia,” by the Military Band. Orator of the Day, William D. Lee. Benediction by the Chaplain. The day will be ushered in by a salute of thirteen gun s at daybreak, by the Artillery Squad under Captain Norman Warner; and the festivities will close in the evening by displays of fireworks. The Committee invite the people of Jasper county, one and all, to join in the celebration of the day.

THE PIKE’S PEAK GOLD HINES.

MR. GREELY'# STATEMENT. In the St. Louis p 'pers of Thursday we find the statement in regard to the value of the Pike’s Peak mines, made by Greely and others which we coppy: “Gregory’s Diggings, near Clear Creek, Rocky Mountains June 9. 1859. “The undersigned, none of them miners, nor directly interested in mining, but now here for, the express purpose of ascertaining and setting fourth the truth with regard to a subject of deep and general interest, as to whichjtne widest diversity of assertion and opinion is known to exis’,unite in the following statement: “We have this day personly visited nearly all the mines or claims already opened in this valley (that of a little stream running into Clear Creek at this point,) have witnessed the operation of digging, transporting and washing the vein-stone, (a partially decomposed, or rotten quartz, running in regular veins from south-west to north-east, between shattered walls of an impure granite,) have seen the gold plainly visible in the rifles of nearly every sluice, and in nearly every pan of the rotten quartz washed in our presence; have seen gold (but rarely) visible to the naked eye, in pieces of the quartz not yet fully decomposed, and have obtained from the few who have already sluices in operation, accounts of their several products as follows: “Zeigler, Spain &. Co., from South Bend, Ind., have run a sluice, with some interruptions, for the last three weeks; they are four in company, one hired man. They have got a little over three thousand penney weights of gold, estimated by them as worth at least §3,000; their first day’s work produced §2l. their highest was §495. “S ipris, Henderson <fc Co., from Farmington, Indiana, have run their sluice six days in all, with four men—one to dig, one to carry, and two to wash; four days last week produced §607; Monday of this week §280; no further reported. They have just put in the second sluice, which only began to run this morning. “Foot & Simmons, from Chicago—one sluice run four days—two former davs produced §40 —two latter promised us, but not received. « Defrees &. Co., from South Bend, Ind., have rur. a small sluice eight days with the following results; first day, §66; second day, §80; third day, §95; fourth day.§3os; [the lour foliowind days were promised us, but, by accident, werejiot received.] Have just sold half their claim (a full claim is 50 ieeL by 100) for §2,500. Shears &. Co.,((rom Ft. Calhoun, Nebraska,) have run one sluice the first (part of a) day; produced §3O; second (first full) day, §343; third (to-day) §510; all taken from within three feet of the surface: vein a foot wide on the surface; widened to eighteen inche at a depth of three feet. Brown &. Co., from De Kalb county, Ind., have been one week on their claim; carrying their dirt half a mile; produced §250; have taken out quartz specimens containing from 50 cents to §l3 each in gold; vein from eight to ten feet wide. Casto, Kendall Co..(from Butler county, j Iowa) reached Denver, March 25th; drove 1 the first wagon to these diggings; have been

here five weeks; worked first on a claim, on which they run a sluice, but one day: produced §225; sold their claim for 2,500; are now working a claim on the Hunter lead; have only sluiced one (this) day; three men employed; produced §BS. Bates &, Co., one sluice, run half a day; produced §135. Colman, King &. Co., one sluice, run half a day; produced §75. f.hortsand Collier bought out claims seven days since, of Casto, Kendall &. Co., for §2,500; §SOO down, and the balance as fast as taken out; have not yet got out suices into operotion. Mr. Dean, from lowa, on the 6th inst., washed from a single pan of dirt taken from the claim §l7 80; have been offered 10,000 for the claim. S. G. Jones &. Co., from Eastern Kansas, have run out sluices two days, with three men; yield §225 per day; think the quartz generally' in this vicinity is gold bearing; have never seen a piece crushed that did not yield gold. A. P. Wright &. Co., From Elkhart coun-< ty, Ind.; sluice but just in operation; have not yet ascertained its products; the claim prospects from 25 cents to §1 25 to the pan. John 11. Gregory,- from Gordon county, Georgia; left h<.:ne last season en rout for Frazer river, was detained by succession of accidents at Ft. Laramie, and w intered there; meanwhile heard of the discovery of gold on the South Platte, and started on’a prospecting tour on the eastern slope of the Rock'- ’ Mountain-, early in J nuary; prospecting in almost every valley from ’Cache la Poudre j creek to Pike’s Peak, tracing many streams to their sources; early in May arrived on Clear Creek, at the toot of the mountains, thirty miles south-east of this p!acs; there fell in with the Defrees & Zigler Indiana Companies, and Wm. Fouts, of Missour ; we all started up Clear Creek, prospecting: arrived in this vicinity May 6; the ice and snow prevented us from prospecting fa • below the surface, but the first pan of surface diit on the original Gregory claim yielded four dol- | lars. Encouraged by this success, we all slaked out claims, found the ‘lead’ consist- : ing of burnt quartz, resembling the Guinia mines, in which I had previously worked. Snow and ice prevented the regular working of the lead till May 16; from then until the 23d, I worked it five days with two hands; result, §972; soon after I sold my two claims for §21,000, the parties buying to pay me jafter deducting their expenses, all they take tr.om the claims to the amount of §SOO per week until the whole is paid. Since that time I have been prospecting for other parties at about §2OO per day. Having struck another lead on the opposite side of the valley, from which I washed §l4 out of a single pan. Some forty or fifty sluices commenced arm, not yet in operation, but the owners inforni ! us that their ‘prospecting’ shows from 10 cents to §5 to the pan. As tht*. ‘leads’ are [ all found on the hills, many of the miners are constructing trenches to carry water to ! them, instead of building their sluices in the | ravines and carrying the dirt thither in wag- i onsor sacks. Many persons who have come here without/provisions or money, are compelled to work as common laborers at from §1 to §3 per day and board, until they can procure means of sustinence for the time necessary to prospecting, building sluices, &.c. (fibers, not finding gold the third day, or disliking the work necessary to obtaining it, leave the mines in disgust, after a very short trial, declaring there is no gold here in paying quantities. It should be remembered that the discoveries made thus far are the result of but five week’s labor. In nearly every instance. the gold is estimated by the miners as worth §2O per ounce, which for gold collected by quicksilver, is certainly a high valuation, tie ugh this is undoubtedly of very great purity. The reader can reduce the estimate if he sees fit. We have no data on which to act in the premises? The wall-rock is generally shat*ered, so that it is, like the vein-stone, probably not more than one-half so decomposed that the gold can be washed from it. The residue of the quartz is shoveled out of the sluices, and reserved to be crushed and washed hereafter. Tne miners estimate this as equally rich with that which has ‘rotted’ so that the gold may be washed from it; hence, that they realize, as yet, but half the gold dug by them. This seems probable, but its truth remains to be tested. We cannot conclude this statement without protesting most earnestly against a renewal of the infatuation which impelled thousands to r:;*h to this region a month or two since, onlj turn back before reaching it, or to hurry away immediately-after, more, hastily than they came. Gold mining is a business which emin ntly requires of its votaries capital, experience, energy, endurance, and in which the highest qualities do not always command success. There may be hundreds of ravines in these mountains as rich in gold as that in which we write, and there are probably many; but, up to this hour, we do not know that anyhave been discovered. There are said to be five thousand people already in this ravine, and hundreds more pouring into it daily. Tens of thousands ii.ore have been passed by us on our rapid journey to this place, or heard of as on their way hither by o her routes. For all these, nearly every pound of provisions and supplies of every kind must be hauled by teams from the Missouri river, s me 700 miles distant, over roads whicli are mere trails crossing countless unbridged watercourses, always steep banked and often mierry, and at times so swollen by rains as to be utterly impassible by wagons. “Part of this distance is a dese t,yielding grass, wood and water at intervals of several miles, and then very scantily. To attempt to cross this desert on foot is madness, suicide, murder. I’o cross it With teams in midsummer, when the water courses are mainly dry and the grass eaten up, is possible only to hose who know just where to look for grass and water, and where water must be carried along to preserve life. A few months hence, probably by the middle of October—this whole Alpine region will be snowed under and frozen up, so as to put a stop to the working of sluices if not to mining altogether. There then, for a period of at least six months, will be neither employment, food, nor shelter within five hundred miles for the thousands pressing hither under the delusion hut gold may be picked up here like pebbles on the sea shore, and that when they arrive here, even without provisions or monev, their fortunes are made. Great disappointment, great suffering are inevitable; few can

Chairman,

escape the latter who arrive at Denver city after September without ample means to support them in a very dear country, at least through a longwinter. We charge those who manage the telegraph not to diffuse a part of our statement, without giving substantially the whole; and we beg the press generally to unite with us in warning the whole people against another rush to these gold mines, as ill advised as that of last spring—a rush sure to be followed like that by a stampede, but one far more destructive of property and life. Respectfully,

HORACE GREELY, A. D. RICHARDSON, HENRY VILLARD.

Death of Dr. Bailey.

Galamiel Bailey, editor of the National I Ere, died on board the vessel in which he set sail for Europe, on the fj,th inst. Mr. , Raymond of the New York Times, who was i a fellow passenger with Dr. Bailey, speaks i of the last hours cf the gentleman as follows: “London, England, June 9. “I gathered from his conversation that he did not consider himself seriously ill, at least that his lungs were not affected, but that a long continued dyspepsia and the nervous excitement which his labors had induced, had combined to bring about the weakness under which he suffered. For the first two or three days he was on deck the greater part of the time. Tie weather was fresh, though not unpleasantly cold. The sea was not rough enough to occasion any considerable discomfort. The motion, however, affected him disagreeably. He had eaten badly, had no appetite, and could relish nothing but a little fruit now and then. His elder son was with him, and attended upon him with all a son’s fond solicitude. Except myself, I do not think he had another acquaintance on board. He was cheerfully social, and talked with interest of everything connected with the public affairs at home and abroad. After Saturday the sea became remarkably smooth, and so continued to the end of the voyage. But it brought him no relief. His strength failing him, with failing appetite, on Saturday staying'too long on deck, lie took cold which kept him to his room next day; otherwise he seemed as well as usual. “Through the day, and on Saturday and Sunday morning, he seemed even better, saying he had slept unusually well, and felt strengthened and refreshed. He took some slight nourishment, and attempted to getup from his berth without assistance. The effort was too much for him, however, and his soq/who left the room at his request, but stood at the doorjsaw him fall as he attempted to stand. He wfent ,in, raised him, and laid him upon the couch. Seeing he was greatly distressed in breathing, he went iminedi- ; ately foi Dr. Smith, the surgeon of the ship. I met him on deck, and hearing of his fat!;- j er’s condition, went at once to his room. I found him wholly unconscious and breathing with difficulty, but perfectly quiet and seem - I ingly asleep. Drs. Beadle and Dubers were [ present, jnd had endeavored to give him stimulant; but he was unable wallow, and it was evident that he was uj ing. He | eontinued in this state for half an hour. His i breathing became slower and slower, until finally it ceased altogether-—and that was all. No' a spasm or a tremor oi any kii.d . betrayed the moment when his spirit de- ' parted. "An infant wearied with play on a sum- ' mer’s eve could not have fallen asleep more gently. His remains were placed in ice and takitn to Havre, from which they will be returned to New York by the Vanderbilt, which leaves on the 18th inst.”

A Case in Point.

It is singular that the doctrines advanced in the letter of Gen. Cass to Mr. Le Clerc should have been practically shown to be an anti-Americ.-.n and unsoi nd one during the Administration of Fillmore, in the very country (France) to which the letter ot Gen. Cass particularly referred. Notwithstanding the professions of the Administration of regard i for adopted citizens, it seems to be wiling now to ignore an important precedent for ■ their protection established during the Ad- ' ministration of the recognized chief of-the ' American party. Tire New York Express says: “Francis Albert, a native of the Department de Var, in the South of France, left there during the drawing of the conscription in 1839, and was actually drawn as a conscript, and was therefore an echape de la conscription. He arrived at New Orleans, made the usual application for citizenship, and was duly naturalized in 1845. He was successful in business in Louisiana, and in July, 1852, after an absence of nearly fourteen years, he returned to visit his family in his native village, and, under the vigilant police in France, he was arrested in twentyfour hours alter his return. He immediately wrote to Mr. Hodge, the nearest American Consul. The latter, that he might the better attend to the case, immediately requested that Mr. Allibert might be brought to Marseilles, which request was promptly acceeded to by the General in-Chief commanding the military division. He was then brought before the Tribunal de Guerre as an Insoumis,and condemned. Mr. Allibert was willing to p iy four thousand francs for a substitute, but Mr. Hodge would not allow him even to m ke the offer, but obtained a rehearing ol his case, appeared in person before the Tribunal de Guerre, and pleaded ’he case, and after two trials and a detention of six months, he was acknowledged an American citizen, and orders came from the Minister of War at Paris, directing his release. Mr. Hodge gave him a passport, which was vised by the police, and with which he remained some weeks with his family, traveled through France, and embarked at Havre on his return to the United States.” The correspondence on file in the Department of State gives the lull details of the case, and Mr. Everett, the Secretary of State under Mr. Fillmore, on the 3d of March, 1853, (the last day he was in office,) wrote a complimentary letter to Mr. Hodge, in which he says: _ “The Department was gratified to learn that M- Allibert whose arrest and imprisonment as an 1 isoumis, although a natualized citizen of the United States, as mentioned in your communications, has been released. This is undoubtedly due to the firm and decided stand maintained throe . the long controversy to your official <pi . .pondence with the authorities on the subject. ‘lt is much to be desired that thi a case

may be considered as a precedent, as you intimate, and that naturalized citizens of the United States may visit France without danger of arrest for military service. In this event, a hurtful source of irritation and unfriendly feeling tyi 11 be avoided.”

The Turcos.

A cor-esnondent of the Constituiionel thus d scribes the above mentioned Turcos on ! their arrival at Novara on the 3d: “By the side of the soldiers of the Imperial Guard is to be seen the Turcos, whose - ferocious aspect almost alarms the Novarese. I They are a race entirely apart— Africans by [ birth, French by adoption; they accept with : the best grace in the world the exigences of discipline. I yesterday visited their encamp ments; there is nothing at the same time more serious and more grotesque than their manners. The Arabians and negroes have their tents, but they sleep outside them, discipline not exacting from th'in any abnegation of the open air. When the hour calls ’ them to dinner, they fell an ox and distribute the meet reeking hot; the Kabyle does not even wait till his rations has been thrown I into the soup pot, but eats it raw—it saves time. Whe)i the enemy is mentioned in their presence, they grin, show their white 1 teeth and flash fire from their eyes. ‘I perceive,’ said I to an officer, ‘j’ou have good ' confidence in thentf’ ‘Yes,’ was his reply, ‘I tear only one thing for them— i. e. cavalry; as for infantry or artillery, they will walk straight to the cannon’s mouth; but a man on horseback scares them out of their senses.’ On their arival at Novara they made a regular onset on tiie barbers’ shop, and the tonsors of Piedmont could not execute their calling half fast enough for them. “An account, written after the battle of Magenta, of these Numidians, who for the first time since the expedition of Hannibal have found themselves on the other side of the Alps, says: “‘lt is declared that the conduct of the Turcos at Magenta was a pendant to the Zouaves’ attack at Mon’ebello and Palestro.* "An eye witness assures me that their attack presented a spectacle at once curious and terrible. They did not run, but some crawled, like the .savages described by Cooper, and seized their enemy ere they had time to stir; others bounded into the plain,uttering yells, and fell upon the astonished Austrians, hitting about on all sides with their bayonets without pity or quarter. A horrible melee was seen. Tne thunder of cannon was overwhelmed by the cries of a wild harmony which was neither the song of victory nor the lament of the wound'd or dying. All that tiie language of Mihomed contains in the way o! curses and imprecations issued from tiieir throats Ly volleys al a time, and one Turco did not hesitate to attack three or four Austrians. To the cries of the officers resounded the trumpet and drum, and every instant c ou s of the enemy were seen despoiling themselves of their gunsand throwing themselves into ditches or ravines to escape pursuit. ‘•VV hen the struggle was over tiie spectacle was hardly Jess strange. The frantic conquerors rolled themselves on the earth, as though seme African music sweeping across the Mediterranean had su denly met their ears, they executed frenzied dances and broke out into bursts of laughter which real.y terrified their companions in arms Some had compelled their prisoners to sit near them, and. like ihe lion which fascinates his prey, they contemplated, with an. eye full of fire, the unhappy defenseless soldiers at their feet. Ail savage as the Turco is, he fights loyally, nobly; seldom does be strike his adversary behind, he flies rather in his lace, at his head; he bounds, be cries, he galls, he confounds his < nemy, but never cowardly attacks him by surprise. He makes a prisoner of his disarmed foe—but never attempts to injure him.”

Douglas Defines.

Washington, June 23. The friends of Judge Douglas here are in possession of the following letter explaining his position on the subject of the Presidency, of whi h they have permitted a copy to be taken for publication: “Washington, June 23. “Dear Sir: I have just received your letter inquiring whether my friends are at liberty to present my name to the Charleston Convention for the Presidential nomination. Before this question can be finally determined, it will be necessary to understand distinctly on what issue :he canvass is to be conducted. If, as I have full faith they will, the Democratic party shall determine in the Presidential election of 1860 to adhere to the principles embodied in the compromise measures of 1850, ratified by the people in the election of 1852, re-affirmed in the Kansas Nebraska act ot 1854, incorporated into the Cincinnati Platform in 1856, as expounded by Mr. Buchanan in his letter accepting the nomination, and approved -by the people in his election—in that event,' my friends will be at liberty to present my name to the Convention, if they see prop r to do so. “If, on the contrary, it shall become the policy of the Democratic party, which I cannot anticipate, to repudiate these, their time honored principles, on which we achieved so m my patriotic triumphs, and in lieu of those the Convention shall interpolate into the creed of the party such new issues as the revival of the African slave trade, or a Congressional slave code for the territories, or I the doctrine of the Constitution of the United [ States, either prohibits or establishes slavery lin the Territories beyond the power of the people legally to control it as other property, it is due to candor to say that in such an event I could not accept the nomination if tendered to me. Trusting that this answerwill be sufficiently explicit, I am, verv respectfully, your friend, S. A. Douglas.”

Iowa Republican Convention.

Burlington, June 24, 1850. At the Republican State Convention, held at Desmoines, on the 22d, the following ticket was nominated: For Governor, S. J. Kikwood; Lieutenant Governor, N. S. Bush; Supreme Bench, L. P. Lowe, L. D. Stakton and Caleb Baldwin. Resolutions were passed condemning the Cass naturalization letter, the slave trade and the Massachusetts, amendment. ft!? - A Hung rian exile at Daventport, lowa, a former officer under Kossuth, has received an official letter from the latter, requesting him to take iminedidate s‘eps toward embarking for Hungary. From the tenor of the letter it would appear that Koaeuth was engaged in raising an army.