Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1859 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER GAZETTE. RENSSELAER, IND. WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1839.

day last week in Chicago wheat waa selling at eight eenta leas than cornwheat fifty cents, and corn sixty. air we call attention to the advertisement of the New York Times, in another column. It ia one of the leading journals ot New York City. * OirWe were absent from home last Tuesday and Wednesday, which accounts for the camp-meeting notice and one or two others not appearing in the paper last week. OirThe Rev. D. P. Livermore, Univeraalist, of Chicago, 111., will preach at the Court Hotfse'in Rensselaer, August 13, at early candle-light,.and at Borroughn* school house on Sund iy the 14th. A fellow passed through here laat week, going east, with five stolen horses—two mares and three colts—taken from near Kankakee City, 111. The owner was on his track, but nearly a are requested to state that there will be a meeting of the citizens of Newton township, for the purposes of organizing a m’litary company, st Spitler's school-house on Saturday, August 6, at two o’clock P. M. (gy'New flour is now selling at this place at $3.50 per hundred. In Cincinnati it is selling at $4,25 to $4,50 per barrel wholesale. If any, of our subscribers desire to pay in dour, now is the time, while the price is up. will be seen by the foreign news in this paper that the Italian war has come to a sudden and unexpected close. Un the Bth inst. the contending parties agreed to an armistice until the 15th of August, and on the 11th inat. peace was declared. Quick work, that.

ATTENTION, RIFLES?

You are commanded to meet for drill, and other on the Public Square, on Saturday, the 30th day of Anril, at ten o’clock A. M. A full attendence is demanded, as there will be important -business transacted on thie occasion. Bv order of the commandent. P. R. Israel, O. S.

CAMP-MEETING NOTICE.

We expect to Icommence a Camp Meet- j ing, fcr the Morocco Circuit, on F'ridty, the ; 12th of August, at four o’clock P. M. We extend a genera’ invitation to all, except : hucksters, who will not be allowed near the ( ground. The spot selected is about two I [miles south of the little village of Brook We invite especially tent-hold ?rs from ad- ■ joining Circuits. Come, brethren, and let i ns worship God together. The location is | (pleasant, and plenty of good water near , tthe ground. J. C. Mahin. I

HORSE-THIEF SENTENCED.

; Joseph A. Miller, the one-armed man [ who was overhauled in the ‘-Forks” settle, jnent with a stolen I'orae, had his trial last Wednesday in Wirinemac, and was sentenced to three years in the Penitentiary sand to pay a fine of SIOO. The Pulaski 'Democrat ’ “The most important suit pending during the term was the State vs. Josepn A. Miller. The defendant has been living in the county sor some months, a part of which time was in teaching school in Tippecanoe township. We rather think he was engaged in the same vocation for a few weeks in Van Buren township. Miller was formerly ot phio, has but one arm, and don’t appear very sharp. He was arrested in Jasper county on Suspicion of horse-stealing, and brought to this place on Friday last where h" had a preliminary examination before Esq. Kelly, try whom he was com njitted in default of bail, ’t’he prisoner elected to be tried in the Comnpon Pleas Court. The trial ijccupied about Half the day on Wednesday, and the lawyers about half the day on Thursday. The jury in the case alter remaining out .b rut four hours, returned a verdict • 1 “ Guilty," and affixed his term of service in the State’s prisoh at three years, assessed a fin ■ of one hundred dollars, disfranchised him for three ybars, and made him incapable of holding oSke for the same period. 'The horse stolen belonged to Mr. John Sutton of Harrison township, and had been running with some other' horses.” •OOrAt the Fourth of July celebration in Ironton, Missouri, Captain John Hall,one of Marion’s men, was present. He is a native ofi North Carolina, and will be ninety-nine yehrs of age on the 31 st of September next, He supports himself by making brooms and and has never received a pension, thpugh be fought gallantly during the Rev* ’./ar, and distinguished himself at the battle of Guilford Court House, N. C., Mirch 15, 178 J, where he was m“de lieutenant of a company. (ty-Her 1 ert, the California Congressman, member of th ■ Cincinnati Convention, ai)d . murderer or an Irishman, has been warned to (leave th .5 town of Hennaaelly on pain of| death. He is altdg.-d to have'been ccwiwecred with a company ot gamblers and sco-jn-di iils w io had got to be so pest-r’f.Tous * >d evil th.it th* citizen* could not stand it any lodger.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

Declaration of Peace—News Highly Important—~T He Pope Honorary President of Italy. Farther Polmt, July 24. The steamer North Britan, from Liverpool, on the 13th, bound for Quebe6> has oee n intercepted off this point and a '.host important budget of news obtained. The adv : cee by the North Britan are four days later and are of a highly important character, both in R political and financial point of view, " , . The following is a copy of the telegraph dispatch from Napoleon to the Empress, announcing that peace has been concluded. “Vallegio, July 11. “A treaty of peace has been signed between the Emperor of Austria and myself, on the following terms: “The Italian confederacy is te be under the Honorary Presidency of the Pope. “The Emperor of A stria concedes his rights in Lombardy to the Emperor of the French, who transfers them to the King of Sardinia. “The Emperor of Austria preserves Venice, but forms an integral part of the Ital iun Confederacy. Signed, Napoleon.” Th“ dispatch of the Emptror, announcing the conclusion of peace, was bulletined in Paris on the 13th, when French funds immediately arose 2| per cent. The news did not transpire in London till alter the official closing hour of consols, the sales of which were made afterward at 96|. The London Daily News says the just hopes and expectations of Italy are deceived, | and history will call Napoleon to strict ac ; count tor having made war on false pretences and signed a mock and selfish peace tha' leaves Austria impregnably fortified In the heart of Northern Italy, and commits the center of Italy to the patronage of the P -pe. ; The closer we examine this pretended pucl ification the more futile and iniquitous it : appears. The Times says France has spent £SO. 000,000 sterling, and 50,000 men, only to give Milan a Piedmontese instead ot an Austrian-Minister; to establish the pope in a temporal dignity, even beyond his imagination. Is all this real! The Emperor’s game must be a long one. The Paris Moniteur expla ns the circumstances attending the armistice. It says that the great neutral powers exchanged communications with the belli erents, offering tueir mediations, but they were unsuccessful until the French flee* was about to co mence hostilities against Venice, and a conflict before Verona was imminent, when Napoleon, anxio is to prevent further bloodshed, ascertained the disposition of the Em peror of Aus ria, and finding him willing, an armistice was concluded. The two Emperors had sn interview, on the 1 It I ', at Villa Franca. Nanoleon was to leave immediately for Paris, leaving the anny under the command of Marshal Vuillant,. It was reported that Kossuth was to propose n monarcbial gnver'smvnt ior Hungary. Cyrus W. Field is a passenger in the North Britan- He has accomplished the object of his visit. The announcement -iftmo: b..t. < en .... be, ligerent powers .va t read in the House 1 of Lords ar.d th-..- Comm -ns, on the 12th, j and was rece' .—d witu i-iu-i and prolonged i chcc. 3. Prussia.—lt rum -red at Berlin that ; the Emperor oi Russia would soon arrive j there to attend the .amily Con r erence touching the disposal of the crown after the abdication of the King. It is to be decided by t lis conference whether tie crown shall be conferred on the Prince Regent or his son, Prince Frederick William, after the abdication of the King. Naples. —An unsuccessful attempt on the 7,th inst., at a revolt among the soldiers, was met by a discharge of artillery from those who remained faithful. About forty were killed.

Daniel E. Sickles.

The New York Heratd contains a letter from the Hon. Daniel E. Sickles, in which he corrects a statement made in that paper regarding the recent event in his domestic relations. “The reconciliation” he says, was “my own act without consultation with any relative, connection, friend ot adviser whatever. Blame, if any belongs to the step, should fall upon me. lam prepared to defend what 1 have done before the only tribunal I recognize, having the highest claim to jurisdiction ■ ver the subject—ray own conscience and the bar of Heaven. lam not a.vare of any statute or code of morals which makes it infamous to forgive a woman; nor is it usual to make our domestic life a subject of consultation with friends, no matter how near or dear to us; and I cannot allow /•ven, all the world combined, to dictate to me the repudiation ot my wife when I think it right to forgive her and restore her to my confidence and protection. I. lever failed to comprehend the utter desolate position of an offending though penitent woman, the hopeless future with all its dark possibilities of danger to which she is doomed when proscribed as an ou cast, I can now see plainly in the almost universal howl of denunciation with which she is followed to my threshold, the misery and perils from which I have rescued the mother of my child, and, although it is very sad for me to incur the blame of friends and the reproaches of many wise and good people, I shall strive to prove to all who feel any interest in me, that if I am the first man who has ventured to say to the world, an erring wile and mother may be forgiven and redeemed; that in spite ot all the obstacles of my path, and good results of this example shill entitle it to the imitation of the generous and the commendation of the just. There are many who think that an act of duty proceeding solely from affections, which can only be comprehended in the heart of a husband and a father is to be fatal to my professional, political and social standing. Ji this be so, then “so be it. lolitical station, professional success, and social recognition are not the only prizes of ambition, and so long Ido nothing worse than to reunite my family under the roof where they may find shell.-r from persecution, I do not tear the noisy but ff eting voice oi popular clurpor. The multitude accept the first imiire-mori i ... o-.v, mil in the end men think fu; ‘ s, >n > I k»i »w the hum .n hear., (. » < iniak th it i a Cit»'t-1 of ii.r.,; -.i *‘f..-,<ii. <■ and storm I ha'.y e,.a. y r“ deptns.)

I may re-assure those who look with reluctant forebodings upor, tn y future, to be of good cheer, tor I will-not cease to vindicate a just claim Vo the respect of my fellows; while toother, motley groups here and there, who lo<sk upon my misfortunes only as weapon? tor my destruction, to those I say, once tor all, “If a man make good use of his enemies they will be as -serviceable to him as his friends.” In conclusion let me ask only one favor ot those who, from whatever motive, may d’em it necessary or agreeable to eomnrent in public or private upon thia sad history, and that is, to aim all thei* arrows at my breast, and for the sake of my innocent child spare her yet youthful mother, while she seeks in sorrow and contrition the mercy of Him before whom, sooner or later, we must all appear.” The Indianapolis Journal comments as follows upon the above letter: “If there was nothing to it fluence our opinion of the man or his act bu’ this letter, «e should pronounce it manly, ensible, and even noble. We have rar-ly seen any publication of higher tone, or more generous sentiments. Rut unfortunately we are not permitted to judge of Mr. Sickle® by this letter. Ther. is much more that must enter into the judgment, and, notwithstanding his protest against the public meddling with his private relations, there is much that oug tto enter into it. Mr. Sickles’ relations to his wife are, as he says, his own atti*ir. But the murder of Key is th ? affair of the public. The act was justified by the abhorrent conduct of the woimn in whose defense he noiy defies the world What must men think ol a m.in. who justifies misUer b the criminality of his wife, ami takes her back to his arms us soon as he has made his defense good! But a lew weeks have passed since her baseness was his secu ily from death, and he urged it by the best law yers he coutd hire, and the widest publication he could procure. Who can feel now that such pleas w re sincere! I M'-. Sickles had acted from the start in the spirit ot this letter, though he had killed a regiment of iveys. th* public would have tolerated, if not applauded him. If he had shown the same tender consideration for his erring wile that he now* does, and manifested through, ut no other purpose than to avenge his dishon>r, with no desire to deepen her shame, we -liould say as he does,the matter is his. and let .ini alone with it. confession he took so much p-rns to get from his wi e, to get attested as a regular legal do. umeut, and to get before the Court, though he knew from the start that it could not. b.- used in <:v deuce; and aft.ei failing to get it beiote the Cour: took pains to spread it all over the world in the newspaper;, nn d actual ly with his own n?.nd gave it to' Harpers to m«ke a sic simi'.e of tor the IVeeAZy, ml prove that his reconciliation no., is the depth of degradation, or ,iis conduct then was the bight of wanton malice.” [Froiu the New Yo.k Herald July 13.

Progress of the Slave Trade.

.S' xty Cargoes of Lah<'ed Within Ten Years —Twelve Cargoes tn route for the United States. The letter ofa Ne.v York Corr.*? > indent, which we publish . to-day, k-n in connection with the recent S uthern fire-eating »pcechos of Alexander H. Stevens of Ga., and R. Barnwell Rhett, of South Carolina, Clearly establish a state of things in the Southern Democratic camp of the gloomiest possible description, in relation "to the re-union of the Democracy of the Ch tries- ; ton Convention. This he v Southern slave-; ry agiktiun has assumed a shape so formid-i able that the most logical prop iecy now would be the violent dissolution of the Charleston Convention. Wi h regard to the African slave tritn-', when "’v *r- told, even by .1 carc’uf correspondin', that since M -y, 1848, betwe: n six’ami -evetity cargoes of wild Africans ii >ve been introduced into our Southern tales, and that twelve different slave vessels, whose names are kn wn. are expect, d within a few weeks ai«.ng uir Southern seaboard, we may, at first blush, leel somewhat incredulous; but this incredibility will be much diminished when we consider the world-wide notorious fact that the yaclii Wanderer's Cargo of Africans (tour hundred more o’ less.) landed in. Geo gia, were all spirited aw y in the face of the public authorities, at <1 readily distributed in various directions, to different purchasers, from Georgia to Mississippi. In this fact alone the Southern popularity ol this tempting traffic is sufficiently proved for our present purpose, which is to show that between the Northern and the Southern Democracy there is at length a dividing chasm on his question of slavery which, from all the existing signs of the times, will defy all attempts to bring it over to Charleston. Mr- Jefferson Davis contemplates the introduction of a bill in the Senate for the repeal oi the laws of' ( oiigre.-s denouncing and . ffix tig the pains and penalties 01 pir cy upon this African trade. Why this bill for tn • re-openingloi thi perilous tr.ihc to th. fillest extent! 4t i- because Mr. Davis finds it impossible to resist the strong 8 >uthern undertone in its tavor. That preponderating class of Southern voters, the “poor whites,” or non-sluveholuers, have been impressed with the idea that the reviv .1 of this African tr.ide would .-oon make niggers so cheap hat every white nun who can raise a hundred, seventy-tive, or even fi ty dollars, will be übie to own his nigger. The mov< rnent also offers a margin to speculators which is positively irresistible; and as the politician is but a speculator in the sordid instincts o “the people,” who can comprehend that there are really the elements ot vitality atm mischiei in this business. The bill by Mr DavL will at once make a definite issue to Sou Jiern men. N irwoulu Mr. Davis, an active, sarewd and amoitious politician, adopt this initiative if he were not assured that it will be the winning sid< in his section. The bold and inflexible position of Governor Wise, in reter-*nce to Congressional legislation in behalf of slavery in the Territories, confirms this view of me subject. And ms late declaration, through the Riche ond Bnquirer, that unless t.ie Charleston Convention shall affirm his dov f ine as the party platform, “the conservative Democracy, not only of V irgini 1, but of the 8->uth, and oi the whole Uni 1), W ill te Us. to vote ior the nominee oi me t ■ n.entnm simpiy means tiiat i iegm.e o th Co i-i u tioll Is J-'e'lV loreciosed. Tin. b-U'lk.l. fire eatvio, -..-er tea ..ng- uw par'y 10 m nhnk oi d- at uction, were in Jd/O c-.n strained lor their general sutety to lull ba-k

upon Mr. Buchanan. But the loss of Kansas. the late Northern elections, the retirement of Mr. Bi chanan from the Presidential arena, the prevailing signs of aN rthern triumph in 1860, and other causes, have driven our Southern political spoilsmen to the desperate expedient of a Southern sectional party. Hence these new impracticable and impossible southern slavery abstractions; No Southern man can be foo' enough to suppose th .t the Northern majority in Congress can ever be persuaded to unlock the door to the niggers of Africa; but Southern politicians must play their music to suit s he popular ear of their section and thus their negro minstrelsy has at last brought th- in to this demoralizing chorus of "More Africans, more Africans.”

The Battle of Solferino.

“Malakoff,” the Italian correspondent of the New York Times, w-io is at the seat ol war, writes thus about the . attle <>f Solfer“This great battle, which will rende Solferino and the 25th of June memorable in history, lasted from five o’clock in the morning unti 1 nine in the evening— 1 total ot sixteen hours—and it may be that the pursuit is not yet suspended. It was a battle in which French skill in the art of war vnee more proved superior to that of Austria, her ancient enemy, and it would seem that she ought now to be willing to make peace. “We are unable to arrive even at wn approximation of the casualties ol the day. All the offi- ers who might have been able to furnish us correct information continued in the pursuit of th- - enemy, and We were obliged to rel upon what we saw with our own eyes and could ob! .in trom the wounded themselves. From their d ta \ <* eel warranted in saying that the F r>ch must have had 25,000 men. hors de comb d A<• certainly saw ourseiv. s 10,000 .v m:i ed nr 11 1 come frrom the field on c .-.. mun s | and litters. Tne procession .- co" rounded : was continuous during twelve t,ours th it j ,we remained .spectator ot th-- scene, and now, 1 in the morning hour, the stream is pouring i on seeking a resting place in the churches l oi the surround.ng vilhiges and hamlets toi ward Brescia, all of which have been seized by the surgeons for hospital purposes. It is ■ a blessing, indeed, that on such occasions as I this the country should be so well supplied with large and elegant churches, for they form admirable hospitals, and serve as a resting place ior wounded men, who might, oth- . erw ise die on thear carts on the h gir.vav for , . r c* « want, ol slielter. ■ hospital and churches of Castiglione i tlt'e reserved for the wounded officers and tinmen on whom capital operations are to be periormed, especially for the amputated. The medh’.al officers expressed surprise at tie disproportion of men who were brought from the fi-id with wounds of the arms and legs, and in effect we observe ! this sing’ikiri ity among the wounded. Bui then n musi i be recollected Hut ii. is only w-m t.l.s •• circuintere ice tiiat ar - m.f l..<ia!, >'■' ; ■ ■ those in the dies ami i.„ : g ig . .... r in tin in the i; : • . ' m-. 'i. ii irr-:-w muds to 1 ;ok . ci', Were tne lace. Two zi . »ves oi the i <.O i-eg: inent had the wage ui.der jaw carried ;iv- ... . aiid yet th se brave icllows walked by .mu the carlso. t heir comrades more danger aisiy wounded than th . nisi-lv-.-s. ' S .i-.ie li.xi! ■ in. : 1 1 eyes clos d from blows with the butts of the muskets, otjiers had their cheeks or mouths banging in lambeaux from sword cuts, others the cheeks swoolen to enormous dimensions from bails that had pierced their faces tbr uigh and through. ; ‘-T.,c Cent Gardes had established their i ambulance in the house at. which we had pla- ! ced -mr carriage for sale keeping during the b <ttie. Several of these men were wound -d i<*-ar the Emperor, and the surgeon to tu c ru e as-ured me that, the Eu.peror had a i>aU on the ' >p > his shoulder, under the e >..u,ette. S v- ru! ol the < ffi.-ers el His M lesty’s e/ri/ major were also a ound< d, .11 from ail I cun icurn. he casualties among the officers on the French side were numerous. •‘lf anything were wanting to prove that the French were the most admirable soldiers in the word, as well on the field ot battle as when wounded, it was surely manifested on this memorable day. With the exception jof a few m-n who were dying as they were 'jolting along the streets in the carts, am' ' rom whom escape*’ the involuntary gro ! 01 the dying hour, not a word ot Com:i.a:-iH, I was ut'ered; and I saw officers and u--it, ■ ■whom the blood was oozing from gh-s; ly ; wounds, calmly smoking their pipes as they ’ passed along on their way in search rd ->n ambulance and a surgeon. Altogether it wis a fear ui sight, and excited the pity ot (he most hard-hearted. "The women who had remain cl in th* town of Castiglione sh"d tears app.in nl iy at the utter hopelessness of rende ass,si.inei ■- sueb number o> hr;.v- ■ -utfer;ng men. 1 •■■■ • • >. .1,- o ’ra 11 I open, and every* li-.ne w te-u-y >• -mi in I alleviating thin' p. ins r , ■. -t part j they asked but > v > f r, r t;i ' loss of blood creates the- mJ atigues o the day must have In e. •'•'.irtiie length of the battle nd ttie of ground to fight over. Many ol tu ■ iers were naked to the waist, their co;- o.iving been trn to pieces in the itayim and hand to hand fights, and their skirts torn up to staunch their blood. All were covered w ith dust and hud their clothes more or less torn, both officers and men, and presented, even in th s a isence o< blood stained clothes, the m-ist pitiable appearance. But all who were not suffering had stamped upon their countenances that quiet, d -termined look, which soldiers acquire in battle, and which is called in the French army the ‘professional air.’ “The air of resignation, a- d the quiet, respect ul manner of these brave fellows, rendered the scene more torching, more sympathetic. A noisy, bravado air would have seriously detracted from the sympathy and the horror of the scene. But all this, as the wounded men said, was nothing to tne field ot battle, only on the field ol nattle they thought neither ot t'-eir own wounds n.>r o> tne mass of their dead comrades, over whose bodies they were obliged to manti. 1 have he-’rd no estimate ol the nui/;m i ;<i <ie dead •We •,w but 30bU tu> rrian pris ner ordu-ti ill !! tiutiy ■>.-> ■' *'k. n -g . nt- d,.y n J t-c».r ; a' ’ <j. i. aw n. vrowd ■> oUU. ■ u ’m r“> 400. nd m ny smaller squads. Tne Austrian .vouimed were piled into carts sonieiini s indiscrimin-

ately with the French. The largest gang I saw was brought in by the Turcos. They were obliged to stop on acc >unt of the cro w ding at the point where I stood, ami I thus had an occasion to take a good look at them. A considerable proportion of these were Lombards, a fact which a large and s >vage looking Turco of the escor’ evidently did not know, for he explained to us, in ridiculing them, that they fired but once and then laid down their guns. ? Poor fellows! Tnev were n > doubt glad to remain on their own soil, even as prisoners; and one only wonders at the blind eg< tism of the Austrian rulerin placing reliance upon men.who have n*> love tor them, and who are compelled to fight against their brethren and their own firesides. "The Hungarians also were in considerable numbers, and some of these were large and magnificent physical men. But they ; were nor qu < k enough, nor p »wer'ul enough i fqr our Turcos and Z >uaves, who, whilrendering justice to the good-will and obsti nacy with which they fought, merely talked of their inferiority as a matter of course, ami ol their own success as equally a sun- ’ th'ing. The Austrian uni arm, while convenient to the wearer, is most, ungainly and unsoldier- like in app ‘ trance, consisting ol a dust--1 colored co»t, dirty green pintaloons, -.nd . Cio ilmos: invisible rom its size aid color ; The officers we sa w were exceedingly hatidi some, gentlemanly-looking men, and were distinguished more particularly from thmen by a bright, gulden sta- on the front of 'a dark-gfeen ap. The officers walked in i the middle of the gangs of prisoners, and. ( although they remained silent, they did not look dow cast or humiliated. The rn u ich itted with siiJi of as could 1 talk German or Italian. 1 “!n and about Castigli me thern were 20, ■ 000 soldiers in charge ol the enormous tram |o- the army, while in the rear of the town there remained a reserve of 20.000 nu n. t< ■ support the army in case of disas er. Ald to this 10,000 or lu,o‘'o wounded men in Castiglione, and several hundred thotis. nd men scattered over the plain in conflict and <b-ud on the ground, and you have a scene I encompassed in a space of eight miles’ di--1 ameter, such, perhaps, us this land ol great, battle scenes never saw before. From the i high peaked biuff from which we w tehed the list hours 01 the baitl -, all this sci-ik-i could be tak -n in md comprehended at one i glance. It was a great bittie, and stir, ly I ought to decid- , once fi r ill, the vis. sup' riI ority o French over Austrian arms.” The Liverpool Courier of June 19. in speaking of- the great tbumler storm on the afternoon of the day of battle, says: “At four o’clock in the bright summ-ri in >rniiiii o Friday last, nearly 350,0'J0 men -.toon mi God’s green earth to begin the work ; of F >r .seventeen . h >urs the mu.toude s-.vayc to iitii- tro in mortal strifi ; mo-, here, now th re, the surge *>i battle - ui>-<| until' night closed in around the re.l itmgebh. As i; heli itself had broken : : >.-e . the p oils o! tnun ,‘-r from tne ctlou.is .vii .<;h s.-:i ■■! ti.e ~k,- > < ird evening - -nr .ii : > r m ar'i ■ ' . ml the gl.ir i:;g iij" fl .sin I'. in • tnu nv with the fires 01 tin- cum -n i-’ c tire i' you-sel’ The giginm. Au>s on •••n - side, th.- hills •' : Vu?4 on tiie .>.tu -r, t;... r ~-r i'liies,.- running 011 1 o tile gre .t ,> 1.. ill • ■ M o' u n i ndi >t narrow place 3jU.O(JO m n domg death's i business with all the murder u’s mip ments |oi modern warfare. Our boasted < tviliz.ti.m ‘comes to this —rivers dyed with human bh> >d; stacks oi c >rpses piled upon the pl..in; Sh 'ii's of triumph and groans o! despair: men mutilated tor Ike; misery, mourning ami d. no.ation. Verily, the old prophesy comes tru*‘. and the 'birth oi Freedom takes pin t m a bath o, blood.’ ”

Outlaws and Lynch Law in Illinois

T.ie Du Q loin (III.) Journal ol the 1 th inst. gives a circumstanti il accoun* o som rather desperate d -ings at Sparta, in R inti Iph County, on the sth inst. It se. ins 1 that a desperado named Graham, who, with i three or ;Otir associates..had set all law and I gospel at defiance tor a long time, was ordered by a Vigilance Committee ol Sparta, to leave he town within a cert in numtier l of hours, or remain at. his peril. II • sw <re !he Would n >t go, saying he would die first The Committee and citizens finding that i if. ih.iin '• •’ leave at the time appointed, 1., rcb • >• dv. numbering at least one ; buiidrrd s'c: - • us, for the purpose of enforcing tue uec si. n. He remarked wlh n they 1 pproac ed, ‘ there’s a |rr*-tty good crowd o, |y u.” He was then informed o; their b'.isirnes.s, immediately repeated, with t!i,e .■dmti >n >1 tear ul oaths, th ■ same Words b-e I said when first notifi -d to leave, atsd-at th • same time drew a revolver, and fir.-d two shots at those pers ns neares' hita.. fitrt w ;th- : out fleet, I’his w.s the si_a.il lor iiw-eiti- | z<-ns to tire, and in-t snt’y t welve-or fifteen 'guns and pistols were dl-'.'barged ats him il>‘ tell to tnegr.nv.ui. aud tfied upon tit. s-poj. He received uuir w-,u.tuis,. titre-e oi which were oi a iright ul cb.rac-.»if.*-. At he time Graham, wis slmt, one of Lis i associat'-s, named Bwet, I'riuu the neighborhood oi St. M.rys, Mo., was standing near with a hatchet iu his h.inu. When GUaham Heil, however,. Beve-l turned and fled, ami ' several shots wetired »• t him by the excited cit iz.eus, none ol wliic'i too effect. Four or five persons met him, however, and while i one field a revolver to his breast, another Ikmwk 'd biai< dbw ss, ..'nd he was secured. Hutehi:»gs r the man who accompanied Graham and Cheeier, was standing a. siu>rt distaiiMse fro-ut t l>e seen;- w.t slLoutiag, and when tie stvw his lut comrade tall, he tried, to escape, but was overtaken by some of the ettizens. We believe one or two more of the 1 con ederases ut Graham were secured, but diu not learn tin-nr names. Bevel and Hut< flings were then taken tu the room ol the Vigilance Committee, where they were guarded until near twelve o’clock al night, when those wh were watching the prisoners were relieved by a Iresh guard. In a short time alter, Bevel and Hutchings were taken to tne woods a j.iiniug town, where a rope was tustened around the lunner’s neck, and he wa swung tu tne limb 01 a tree until nearly 1 suffocated, when he was lowered, and thinkpi'g ms time on earth was about ended, he 1 mad. -ui fi revelations as m.iuced the ComI mitlee 1 ■ place him ;n tne hands of justice, iiu' -.•h.-.-ih i- 1 vt ,*a ,nig up until me was n arij ■■’ktii.ct, •. a ia a uiuiiK nt alter being , letdown lie commenced cursing those wh had him in charge at a s- un<i rate, and said ! tiiat no n vetaiiuiis cuuid be go. irum him.

He was hauled up by the neck a second tim*’ until black in the face; but with like result. Finding that nothing could be done by swinging him to the tree, it was resolved that he should be severely whipped. He was accordingly bound to a ’fee and whipped unmercifully over the back; but he wile elso proof to this mode of persuasion, all the while cursing his captors in no very becoming manner. Finding that Hutching was a plucky individua 1, the Committee determined to hold him until morning, when one ur two ot the citizens sheuid escort him out of town several miles. This was acco d n g!y done, and the late prisoner made good use of his legs, for he took suoper in Du Quoin the -same evening, (Wednesday,) and walked north on the rail-road track.

Romauce and Reality.

A most cx’raordinarv case is about to occupy the attention of Judge Culver, involving circumstances nearer akin to romance than the naked truth, as developed by the affidavits which, as we are intormed, are nowin progress ot being submitted for legal judication. The following are the principal facts set fourth in the dorttipent alluded to: "About five years ago there came to reside in Brooklyn a lady of rem irkably genteel and prepossessing appearance, who represented herself to be a widow Iron the vicinity of M ibile, Ala., and who evidently had tne.«n» sufficient'y ample to enable her to occupy a respectable social position. She was accompanied by a little boy of seemingly mulatto or negro parentage, then about three years old, which she invariably spoke of as being the only surviving child ol a favorite servant of tier deceased husband. In the course of time she (being yet young and active) was “wooed and w .11” bv a gentleiuan who formerly was engag'd in mercantile pursuits in New York, out ah > (bee tilrng unfortunate in business) is at present in the employ, as a book-keeper, o; an fiii.ii-nt firm across the ri\ -r. T.ie I'ni'ts oi this marriage are two fair-h lired chiidr.-n, and up to within a recent period the parents have lived harmoniously and affectionately togther. "A sad blight has, however, ov-rtak n their dream of happiness! On the in "o ;-,g ol the 14i Ii inst., a man of stalw-ir; orop-.f-tiolis, and somewhat handsome presem.t —- but of marked ebony hue— call, d at tl;.* lem-e o' the party alluded to, acc- mp»nicu by tv.i>. N "A York law ers, and dem;*n.ied tiie rm.session of the apparently neg r ; b-.-y, ,'slh‘ging liimseh to be the father oi the pretended sLve child, and declaring th t it- irmale custodian was its mother, and h s dtvorcrawife. So start ling a disclosure h is. •>.'c..«irse,. created til' utmost consternation ar, ! al rm among the friet ds of those who ;re ti» st. deeply interest d in unraveling th-* truth this "strange eventiul history” —the ladystating in th m >st emphatic te. amer ’li >t tjfic; stat’.'inents 01 her at t user are in lamotis iy false, and originate in a p 1..! to dt slioy m r‘ peace. On th? other I and, the ;*.l!cg--u hi sb.rnd a.id father ot t!ie b,.-y li.ts -worn to tt.e truth ol his averment, and say- ‘u .t -.'. itmbsst's v.ii! be product d from S' !. .u:s. '! . . where he is well known - t r <!<r find property owner, to susfa'ii turn in the proceedings which lie has (only thus tar par ly) iiisiituted. Th ' : rdy is ;>: Gr*. imiti ■ tractio'n, and the tiers >n v. h-> claim t- ■ once been her “liege lord” is eitlu-r ct C ole or aemi-fii' 1 ian breed. !!*• st t - thii'-. the separation betwe-ii them a .;s c.u !by detected infidelity on h. r part. am! tb it until within a .short period past he was led to he-li.-re tiiat she was in Europe. _Vt-u* lor.-. Tribune.

A “Greaser” on Greeley!

A Los Angrh'S correspondent of tin- I’hil-ad.-ip i i Hulletin s»at<-.- that a C-iiji'ornia p.<p- t >r «,< an rd t > rhe effect ’hai llajar. ■ G • V lie ‘J’ i'.une wis on his w• y to i . : tak comm and ot ail ihp vari.-us ragt g and bo! tail fi ; i> t r.-- b. '.>>’■ found th-'re; that Hennings-.-ti j-.i! \\ ukvr would j .in him with ’orces collected at Ihi - A lantii States and that the whole hordej. under the supreme command »>f Greeley , would invade Mexico and usurp the government of t at Republic. A copy otzthis paper fell into the hands ot the commander, aft M .zitlm, an ! be at one" issued a proclamation informing the people that -One H >rac<Gr eley, a must dia.bali.cal, hLuosL-tbirsfy am il urimerei.ol man —-worse than he fuuiioK.si Walker, >r even, the mui'.ous o' M r.im-m—a man wliv>se very simivk dread to lire hearts o; th >u<mds in the United States, so many w-re l;,is cri n.es .and so terrible was. Ins c-itaduct—is. ,t«»w at the ti-ad of the most extensive baud, at fijibu.st.ens. ever collected, a,ud. un h's w.-iy to M x'co!’”’ FTe then ex-h-.rts the luSie-h* to prepare t’U*tia.-ie!»es t,.r ius-ta-jt nett .Ji, and fotielwdes thus: —Tins dangerous in tn (hombre petiyrnse} is m.t ot the coinin > i school ot iihbu-t.-rs; th y wish tor prouder. for bt -.d and murder.-u* deeds. "Just. a. y •>.. .-•>rre i > rdtent, "the mi i list . . i( - the Pii'rome ' ■ *- fiend this brig e ; ,o - '■ Mir. Gt.aeh'j ' D • ver City: “Mining is it pttr-un akin rir n.-.hiiio hunting, and, like them, enri, lies the lew a-t the cost of the many. This region is doubtless pre-ordained to many ch mges ot fortune; to-day, giddy with the intoxication ot success; to-morrow in the valley at humiliation. One day, reports will be matiy i Missouri by a party ot gold-seekers ftjuo' “Rocky Mountain bmubi ; i>g” Ims. exai..><!• d| and everybody is. to, the Rtutisx who, can possib.ly get avyay; the ue\t, wtl|lf iepresent these diggings yedlow with g.dd.;. Neither will be true; yet each in its turn mi/.A have a certain thiu substratum of fact ior i,ts justification. Each season wiflsee its thousands turn away disappainteai, <u ty la give place to othc-r thousands,sanguine and eager as if none li id ever failed. Yet I feel a strong conviction that each succeeding month's researches-wiH enlarge the field of mining operations and diminish the difficulties and impediments which now stretch across the g .Id-seeker’s path, and that,ten years hence, we shall he just beginning fairly to appreciate and enjoy the treasure's now buried in the Rocky Mountains. OrV John Gl ss postmaster ut New Brighton, Pa,, has been arrested or counterfeiting gold coin and bank bills. Thespuri >us stuff was lound in his possession He gave b..i 1 t > appear ut 'he next termol the U. S. Court, at Pittsburgh.