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( From the Wetler Texan.
IT WITH THE INDIANA
Cqpt. Hhaw's Pursuit of und Fight vilh the
Indiant—Sine Indiant Killed—Capture of
a dumber of Morses, Mules, Bridle*, Sad•
dlit, Blanket i and other eouippaye.
We Icran from Lieut. K. Burknon, who paa-
fed through this city fin Monday last, with don*
pirtelies for His Exudlomy Governor Well, that
on tin 17(h instant, Cant" Shaw, of the Texas
Itaugcr, having learned that a largo party of
Indiana (a hvndred or more,) hud jmssed down
<m th« Mcxicun side if the llio Grande and
eroasal over into Texan, at Belleville, whore
thejf had divided into small parlies, started out
on * scout from Camp Dee, uifteen wiles above
Laredo. Threo milea from csmp he struck an
Indian trail, which ho followed the Hau Kwjue,
ono of tho tributaries of the Neuers, a distunee
cf seventy odd wiles, where he came suddeuly
upon nu Indian camp, eurly in tho morning.—
Tnc Indians wore oaken by snrpriacbutinstant-
ly prepare* for battle ank challenged tho Cap-
tain to come on. lie immediately ordered a
charge, in which nine In&iins were killed on
the ground and several wounded, who escaped.
There wero nineteen of tho enemy and thirty-
four of Capt. Shaw's command. Soon after the
attack a heavy storm came on which the Cap-
tain any* prevented him from capturing the
whole band. As it was he only killed the
iiuraber above given, wounding several who es-
caped, captured twenty horses, three mules,
and a lot of saddles, bridles, lareits, blankets,
bows and arrows. Among the spoils was found
acmie Mexican papers that had been taken from
a Mexican, tho Indians had killed between I>a-
visa's Ranch and Belleville.
Among tho Indians killed, was tho young
Comancho who was taken prisoner by a party
of Oapt. Ford's company some two years tign,(
And wco was turned over to Gen. Brooke, and
by him released. Ho wafrecognized by those
present who had belonged to Ford's command,
not only by his jwrsonal appeorancc, but by the
scars of toe wounds they had dressed, lie
qeggtd for quarter, but no quarter was shown
him.
Previous to Capt. Sbuw's scout, the Indians
had been engaged fsr several days horse-rrcing,
on tbs opposite side of the Kio Graudc, a few
mile* from the camp.
The Caption says the Indians cannot live in
the same neighborhood that he does. One or
the other input leave and lie prefers it should
be the Indians, unless they ore the best fight
cm.
' <lwfE
HtlLL ANOTHER FIGHT.
Iiievt Frott* ■ Purtuit of the India*—Ilia
charge upon their Camp—Capture of Nine-
teen lfotses^ ami all their e> mp cqnippagc
arm*, or} amtnft, etc. etc.
A gentlcmav % tho name of Smith who had
beeu to Fort Swell with a load of watermel-
ons, waa attacked on his return by a party of
Indians near the Presidio crossing, 011 tho Fun
Antonio road. Kovorul shots were fired through
his wagon bod. He returned to tho Fort. On
rcceptof this information, Lieut. Frost of the
Rifles, was despatch.-.1 from Fort Gwell in pur-
suit, on tit* 1 Oth, with ono sergeant, two corpo
rals, and seventeen privates- On repairing to
tho point indicated, he soon found the enemy's
trial, wliT£hlic foollowed until the 18th. Ow-
ing to several,heavy fain of ruin, iu many pla-
ces the trial was entirely obliterated, und could
only bo found by taking u. wide circuit, and
getting beyond whero tho storm had been, which
rendered the pursuit slow and wsnrisome. Af-
ter a march, of about fifteen miles on the morn-
ing nf tho 18th, tho trail began to freshen, when
the Lieut, ordered his men to re-cap their pie-
ces. Whilo they wore doing so, the guide, who
was in advance, discovered the Indians incuinp,
who at tho samo time, seeing him, stampeded
their horses and fled thomsalvec iu ever}' direc-
tion. Seeing thin movement, Lieut. Frost or-
dered a charge, and dashed into the enemy's
camp. Four Indians being mounted, they were
pursued. When tho Lieutenant und his guide
were about two hundjed yards in advance of the
men, the Inddians suddenly wheeled upon their
pursuers. His arms hauing been rendered use-
less by tho caps getting wet in riding through
tho thickets which surrounded the enemy's
cuuvp, he attempted to ride down ono of the
Indians, when his horse gave him a severe fall
Regaining his feet, ho discharged one barrel of
his revolver into an Iudian's back, and at the
same time received a wound on the check, be-
low the right eye. His troops comiug up he
ordered pursuit, which was kept up for eight
hours, but tho thickols wore so dense that the
Indians escaped. Tho Lieutenant is of opinion
that if the men had boon armed with revolvers,
ho could havo reported some tho Indiana killed.
Tho rifle being an unwieidy weapon iu a charge,
moro particularly in a thicket, they were una-
ble to uso them them to «cy advantage. The
Departmentf in its wisdom uu refused to issue
revolvers to the rifles.
The Indian! were evidently taken by stir,
as they left their horse-meat cooking,the knives
with which they wero eating, their blankets,
saddle vbridl«s, tobacco, pipes, paiuts, bows,
vuivcrs and shields, their brass armlcte, their
•chief s cockade, together with a large number of
articles of Mexican apparel, etc. It is suppo-
itc'd that the Indians fiad about forty animals,
nineteen of which were captured, and the re-
mainder, except tho four -iddeu off by the In-
dians, fell iu with a herd of mustang*, during
pursuit, and could not bo caught. We
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B®~ The Editor of thin paper will endeavor to
bo at tho several Courts of tho District, nt this
Term, and hopes to receive payment of the little
sums duo from Subscribers: also to increase lurgo
ly tlio circulation of the paper. (
ti9uWe havo just received a Correspondence
from tho Kditorof this paper, in which ho states
that tho Standard issued on the 5th Inst., got to
MeKinney on tho 15th,having been detained some
whore,an unusual length of time. lie states that com
plaint came to him from Uonham.that all the Stan-
dards of the 2nd did not get there,but on tho 14th,
threo of them, loose in tho bag, passed thero on
their way bach; having been through Bonhum, to
Sherman,Alton,and Dallas. This is an oversight,
for which the P. M. tit Bonhum is responsible.—
Ho says that the 1*. M.at McKhiucy tells him that
he hud to send back ull the mail for Sherman,last
week, which had been improperly sunt there.
If tho packages to Sherman wero improperly
sent, the mistako cirtainly is not in us; for we feel
confident that they wore well enveloped, in three
or four dlffcrant packages, and plainly directed to
Shcrinun Grayson County, Texas. TOM.
#rfir Lot ovcry good Democrat remember that
tho Ides of November aro approaching rapidly—
now is the time to bo up und doing for Pierce and
King. .Every vote cast for them is so much gained
for Southern principles; Southern rights and the
Union.
The Union! untouched, and hallowed, as when
first recorded as such, by our venerated sires of the
revolution, muy it long remuiii!
Pierce's grand sire battled at Bunker-Hill, can
we believe his offspring less of a patriot? No, no,
he has served his country in tho Council and in
the field. In her Legislative halls he lifted up his
voice for the constitution his grand sire fought for;
and hu has spilt his blood for her honour on the
plains of Mexico.
Let us then boldly do battlo for the Northern
man with Southern principles, for him who has re
pcatcdly avowed his horror of abolition Free-soil-
ism and kindred errors—who has even declared
his dead body should bo trampled on ere they
should triumph.
To tho Scott Whigs wn would say, come aud
joiu tho noble ranks, with Jeuifer, and Gentry,and
Lyons, and a host of others who cannot sustain the
Soward candidate with a puro conscience. As south
eriiers, as Texlans wo would arouse you tothedan
gor of strengthening those wretchod deoicvors.
Vote nil of jouboth Whig und IVmui i.it for the
man who sustains tin constitution. E.
SUNDAY AMUSEMENTS
The Pari* correspondent of the Journal of
Commerce gives the annexed account of the
mode of spending Sunday in the French capi-
tal:
"Yesterday—the Sabbath—at two o clock,
when ! happened to be on the Boulevards, all
the bourgeois, male and female, were hastening
to the Races in the Champs de Murs, the last of
the season for this capital. Seldom has any fes-
tival or sport of the Kind attracted a Inrgcrcon-
fluence of s|icctatorM of all classes. Moro _ than
two hundred equipages of the richest description
were counted within the cords. The chief in-
turest was created by the great national stakes
of fourteen thousand francs for horses and mares
of four years and upwards. There were eight
entries for this prize, and the horses were all
run. The style in which Messina, a filly, won
both heats was exciting slid beautiful. The
whole force of the Jockey Club was present.—
Detachments of lancers passing frequently over
the area, with their flags and dazzling uniforms,
rendered the spcctaclo-the more brilliant and
picturesque. Lord and Lady Normanby.alwav*
the most observed wherever they appear, of the
diplomatic corps, were missed yesterday. It
seems that some strictures of the London press,
about the profanation of the Sabbath, had a lit-
tle effect. These, hcwcAcr, would scarcely have
prevailed if President Louis Napoleon could have
been present. Tho President was busy in com-
plejdu^lio arrangements for a new Cabinet. A
ministerial crisis of a fortnight had proved too
severe a trial for the patience of the Parisians.-
[t was time to patch up something—parliamenta-
ry, semi-parliamentary, or extra-parliamentary
—tho threo ministerial varieties of the day.
Tiik Truxton MunDF.lt.—We published an
account last week of the murder of a Mrs. Kin-
noy and her daughter by a Mr. O'Douoghue, at
Truxton, N. Y. We have some additional par-
ticulars. The murderer is represented as a man
of very violent temper and cruel disposition—so
much so that his family had everything to fear
from his brutality, and his children wore induced
to practice continued talsehood and deception in
order to escape his wrath. His son, a lad, was
present at the murder, and testified to the cir-
cumstances before the Coroner's inquest. It ap-
pears that, members of the family had placed let-
ters near O'Donoghue's house threatening to
burn it. The object was to frighten him into
better behavior towards those about him: and
the deceptions practised through fear, appear to
have been the cause of the awful tragedy. The
sou of the homicide states that his sisters told
their father a younger sister had been carried off
by a man who came to the house. Tho girl had
in fact gone to a neighbor's, but tho children
wero afrain to «yn it. The father went out to
search for the child, and was thus engaged,with
his gun, which he had just.loaded, in,his hand,
when ho met Sirs. Kinney and her child.
Wo have never heard anything so!revolting
as the murder of the girl. She was but 12 years
old, pretty looking, and unusually amiable and
affectionate in her disposition. During the stab-
bing, she entrcatinent O'Douoghue not to do it,
and after leaving her for dead, and conversing
with McKnight—a sufficient time having elaps-
ed for his auger1 to subside—the fiend noticed by
her groaning that she was not dead, and wont
back and inilictcd two wounds in tho abdomen
with tho bayonet. The girl expired Sunday e-
vening, having survived nearly a week after re-
ceiving the injuries.
It may bo well to state that O'Donoliuo is not
a dissipated man, and is liberally educated.
Neio York Paper.
A Daring Runaway.—A few weeks since,
Mr. Core, a planter of Fayette county, waa in
one of his fields, aome distance from hia resi-
dence, when he perceived approaching him from
the woods, a stout able-bodied negro man. Mr.
C. waited his approach, thinking he belonged to
one of bis neignbors, and had been scut
it upi
r. C<
wine errand. He came boldly up to Mr
and accosted thus:
"Your name is Mr. Core: I am a runaway
and have long wished to have a conversation with
you. I do not fear being apprehended—I am
well armed—( exhibiting to Mr. C. a splendid
braco of pistols and a bowic knife)—but I lmve
long wanted to sec you. In tho first place, 1
want to pay you, as your negroes have been fee-
ding me for several mouths, and I have a plon-
" money—(pulling out of his pockctt,"as he
>, a large roll of bank noter)—and I assure
I never murdered any man to get it. I
got it by robbing houses in Memphis"—naming
many houses here and exhibiting to Mr. Core a
largo bunch of false keys.)
the
learn that one of the horses recovered
to Capt. Wallace. The guide was of
belongs
opinion
Tiik T)kad Ska and tiik Sai.t Lake.—Mr.
Robert J. Graves, M. I). has communicated, to
the Kdinburg Philosophical Journal a very in-
teresting article on tho causes why tho waters
of tho Dead Sea arc destitute of fish aud other
marine animals. The Dead Sea contains no liv-
ing thing within its fatal boundaries; yet this
salt sea, so famous in history, is supplied with
water from fresh-water rivers which abound in
fish and vegetables. Tho surface of the Dead
Sea is 1,800 feet below the level of the Medi-
terranean, is 1,000 feet deep, 60 miles long and
9 broad. It receives all the waters of the Sea
of Galileo. A correct chart of the old lake was
never given to the world until the expedition
under Lieutenant Lynch surveyed it. Tho full
credit of this important fact is given to our coun-
try by Mr. Graves. It had been stated by Mr.
Robinson aud Mr. Warburtnn that tho shores of
the Dead Sea were uouvolcanic, but the expedi-
tion brought home specimens of lavauud scoria,
thus refuting former accounts.
There is another sea in the world just like tho
Dead Sea of Sodom: this is the Great Salt Lake
of the Mormon country, discovered and explored
by Lieutenant Fremont. This lake contains
no living thing within its bosom, and it also re-
ceives the fresh waters of Lake Utah.
The waters of tho Dead Sea of Jourdan con-
tain twenty-four per cent, of saline matter, con-
sisting of chlorides of potassium, sodium, calci-
um, magnesium, iron, mangaueso, with brodidc
of magnesium. This salino impregnation ac-
counts for the absence of all vegetable and ani-
mal life.
Salt Lake
C , doubting the propriety of attempting
to arrest him,as he was alone,coucluded lie would
question him about two runaways who had been
gone some time, and asked tho negro if ho knew
them, and when ho had seen them. The negro
promptly replied that ho did know them, and
volunteered to assist Mr. C. in arresting tlieui
and told him if lie would meet him alone'at the
same place tho next day, ho would carry him
where he could arrest both the negroes, as they
had been very troublesome to him, and he wan-
ted to get riu of them.
Mr. C. promised to meet him at the place and
time appointed, but instead of going alone, he
took with him his overseer and another young
man, and secreted them, armed with doublc-bar-
relled guus, in tho vicinity of the place of nice,
ting. At the appointed time, the runaway made
his appearance, but instead of finding Mr. C. a-
lonc, found tho two gentlemen with their guns
levelled upon him. lie at onco surrendered,
aud gave up his weapons, begging them not to
tie him, as he wanted to be taken, and was tired
of staying out, having been in tho woods near
five years; that he belonged to a gentleman in
Alabama; and that he would still go with them
and show them the two negroes, as he had prom-
ised. Thoy concluded to trust him, and all four
proceeded in company to an old, deserted cabin,
hard by. Upon approachiug the cabin, our he-
ro informed his captors that the two negroes
were in it—that there was but ono door and no
window—that if they would suffer him to ap-
proach the cabin first, as soon as he entered the
door they might close up, and thus captnre them
with his assistance. They agreed to this plan,
and ho proceeded cautiously towards the cabin,
and as he entered the door, beckoned to them to
rush up. They did so, but lo and behold! they
perceived a back window, through which their
prisoner had jumped, and mouuting the over-
seer's horse, mado good his escapc.
Memphis Eagle and Enquirer.
American Achievement in Science.—
Bliss and Crcighton, the celebrated chronome-
ter makers, 42 Fulton street, Now York, for
some reason or other, wero unrepresented at the
World's Fair. And yet, on the return of the
Grinnell vessels from tho Arctic Search, tho fol-
lowing facts came out, and they deserve to be
written in letters of gold on every record of the
present age, as probably the most striking and
brilliant achievement yet performed by the sci-
ence or the art of this continent. The following
certificate proves the superior performance of a
chronometer of llliss and Creighton's manufac-
ture, placed on board the vessel Advance or Res-
cue, at their own risk and expense, during the
Grinnell expedition, Lieut. Commanding, E. J.
Dc Aavcn, to the Polar Regions, in search of
Sir John Franklin aud his companions.
The English chronometers used in this voy-
age wore selected from a largo number of instru-
ments previously well tested in the National Ob-
servatory at Washington. Upon the return of
the expedition, their performance was reported
through tho agent in tho city as something "re-
markable" and as "doing great credit to their
makers," but by reference to tho official report,
it is proved that the error of the best English
chronometer was five times as great as that of
Bliss and Crcighton, No. 817. This instrument
was subjected to the severest tests to which it
is possible to subject instruments of such deli-
cate construction; yet so exquisitely was it pro-
vided with adjustments and compensations for
the very great extremes of temperature to which
it was subjected, that, after having suffered all
sorts of exposure to which such instruments arc
liable ina Polarwiuter, it returned with a change
in its daily rato, during a year and a half (17
months,) of ONLY THE EIOIITKN-TIIOUSANDTH
PART OF ONE SECOND IN TIME!
Herald of the Union.
PIERCE AND SCOTT—A CONTRAST.
As showing the very opposite grounds which"
Gen. Picrce and Gen. Scott occupy: upon tho
POWER OF THE PUBLIC PRESS.
The Southern Proas haa an article upon this
subject, an extract from wbioh we annex, and
which oontains aome undeniable truths. The
statement however in regard to the neglect ol
journalists in England la not altogether oorrect
One of the London Times has been lately olec-
te 1 to Parliament and several other editors in
Englaud and Scotland havo boon chosen to the
same body. It is undoubtedly true, however,
as a general thing, that editors not only work
for tho benefit of others, but rccaive no^ thanks
for their pains. We do not agreo with the
Press in thinking that flection to office is any
elevation to materialists,but wo do agree with it
in believing that their labors are but little ap-
preciajed by those for whom they toil. In fact,
no class of men see more of tho dark side of
human nature. They havo many opportuni-
ties of serving others, not onl^' in public, but
in private life, yet, it is rare indeed that the
slightest gratitude is ever evinced.
[Rich. Republican.
Tho Press says:
"In all m odern governments the pen and the
press have been the motive powers, but those
who wielded them worked not for their own el-
evation, but that of others. Who mado tho
French revolution? Tho ready writers, Cam-
illk Df.smoui.IN8, and his compoors; and as
Vircineaud aptly said, revolutions, like Saturn
devour their own children first—their severed
heads grinned ghastly from tho bloody basket
of the guillotine. In tho later movements in
France, where tho same power swayed, what
place has been assigned to Guizot, Theirs, and
tho others whoso journalism was their stepping
stone?
They h avo been elbowed out of tho way by
practical politicians, advocates, and generals red
from the "razzias" in Africa and tho East.—
Take England; The Times—The Thunderer
sways tho poliby of that and other countries;
but the brains only, not the hands, uro percep-
tible. Its writers arc shadowy as Junius.—
Neither place nor power regard their labors.—
The Printing House Square is at once their
place, and the tomb of their reputations.
Come nearer homo. Who doubts that sever-
al succcossive Presidents have been the "crea-
tion and choice" of the able editors' of the
country. Arc they not tho acknowledged.War-
wicks who can make or unmake rulers—and
yet who ever yet mentioned the name of the a-
blest editor in the country in connection with
that seat? No!—Gurth, around whoso neck was
the ring with tha inscription of his vassalage,
was not expected to bo a more alavishly content-
ed serf, tliau the able editors of this day by
politicians who use and abuse them, and the
public that is often but too eager to imitate their
bad example.
These desultory remarks are spinning out too
much, though the tithe has not been said of
which the themo is susceptible. But enough
has been hinted to give warning to all aspiring
young gentlemen who uro cursad with a fatal
factlity of composition and a love of honorable
notoriety, that the fable of the diabolic charac-
ter of the invention of printing may not. be
deemed entire devoid of truth, and that, (he
devil sets few sharper steel traps for such, than
the press.
Til Iowa there arc five hundred and eighty-
one public schools, taught by about tho same
number of teachers, of whom nearly half are fe.
males. In each township of the State ono square
mile of land has been set apart to remain forev-
er devoted to tho support of public schools,
The number of acres thus reserved in tho whole
State, is about ono million, which with other
lands devoted to the same purpose, aro now
worth two aud a half millions of dollars, increa-
sing in value at the rate of at least ten per cent
every year.
A Wn.i.iNO Prisoner.—The N. Y. Daily
Time, referring to the Sing Sing State Prison,
HYDKOruoBIA—A curiout offer.—The paris-
iana an in auite a panic because the numerous
casea of hydrophobia the present season. The
following curious offer appears in the papers:
"A Professor Jacquehart, in a looter to the
Dobe*, declares his conviotion that hydropho-
bia ia nothing but "a nervous affection, caused
ouTy by fright and instinct of imitation." H0
rejects tho aupposition that inadnoas is commu-
nicated by a bite; and avers that all attacks
of rage may be calmcd by a vigorous exertion
of the will, and that thoy are communicated in
the same way as cpilcptic fits arc known to be
communicated from ono person to another. To
slavery question, wo placo in parallel columns,
ly
Hicknksk in tiib Country.—We regret to
state that through the country generally there is
a great deal of sickness, principally fever, atten-
ded though, as yet, with little or no fatality.—
The. extraordinary drought during the early part
of the summer, following the overflows of the
spring together with the partial abrwuco of our
sea breeze aud, in their stead, the prevalence of
liud winds have, doubtless, been the causes of
tho unusual amount oi' sickness in ilie country,
,i , • ,, .i . , -i und we think we may class this anions our o\-
il" : nniwalH h«d ben freshly canght, tmordiunry mm.' There have been^ut three
and were stoleu by the Indians from a mustang hUcj, wiih!n the la
PIERCE
The waters '.I' the great American | Tn the Housu of Rep-
are nearly of the same composition, rcscntativcs, 15th Jutl-
and present similar phenomena to those of the j uary, 18>%,Gcn. Pierce
Sea of Sodom. in making a speech,
planted himself upon,
their opinions solemnly recorded:
SCOTT.
In 1843, General
Scott thus wrote to Dr.
last fifteen years.
pen
Ou examination of tbu Indians' camp, the
mail from Corpus Christi io Laredo was found,
which lod to tho reference that they had killed
and roll bed tin; rider.
Aftor resting upon the grouud for twruty-four
hours and thoroughly searching the country in
every direction without being able to discover a
trail, and his men being out of ration-, and
himself badly injured, the Lieutenant returned
to Fort "well.
In his report Lieut. Frost, highly commends
the non-commiofficcr?* au\l men for their
patience in pursuit and znal in hunting tho ln-
,Mr-.a y«n i« also highly recommended
fur his skill in trailing the Indians aud his fear-
lessness in the hour of danger.
. frw more such receptions us the above will
induce the Indians to make another treaty.—
We do hope that that the head of the War De-
parliucut will see the necessity, not only of
placing officers and men upon our frontier, but
of properly arming and equipping thou. The
The Mktripm.it.in Hoti l—This huge cs-
j tablishuieut, after au expenditure of 8950,001)
and three years of coujtani labor, is ou the point
of completion, and is announced to be npenedou
the 1st of September. It is, with scarcely au
exception, the most gorgeously furnished hotel
Of its sir.e in existence. Magnificent mirrors,
costly upholstcrv aud cabinet, ware, choice mar-
bles aud rich velvet carpctings, retain its apart-
ments luxuriously to a degree not easily descri-
bed. The building, which has a frontage on
Broadway and Prince St. for Mil foot,.? nearly
one-tenth of a mile, is live stone? iu height,anil
is beautifully decorated througlv.,tit with rich
fresco painting, of evu-y sha<i« f.f color aud va
j icty of style. Nearly otic hundred parlors,w ith
both room* and chambers attached, are richly
"We have however, oomo to the conclusion,
as regards the fisheries of Nova Scotia, that the
precautious taken by tho Provincial Legislature
appear adequate, (alluding to the law before rc-
forcd to;) and that such being practically acqui-
esced in by the American, uo further measures
are required."
Now, this is significant enough. The home
Ooveriuncut refutes to endorse tho inorbitar.t
demand,1; of the Colonies, even fortified as they
arc by high legal opinions, and puts the whole
case upon the qucsti' n of tho practical acquies-
etnee of the Americans. Now, no opt! will con-
tend that at any fht.c—thcu, or before, or «moo
lid our Government or citircna nrs '.noaliu
the following noble and
thorough-going resolu-
tions, whicn were unan-
imously adopted by a
public meeting of hi.?
owu county:
"Resolved, That the
relation of master and
| slave is a matter cxelu-
j sivcly within the r*;,„«
j 1st ion of U* states' in
'wlo'^j it, exists, and
i that aily interference
by the exhibiting of oth
Atkinson of Virginia:
"1 have from the first
been of the opinion that
('ongrcss was bound by
the Constitution to re-
ceive, to refer and to re-
port upon petitions re-
lating todomatic slave
>-y"
overlaid *vith vclv.it carpeting of the most cost-
ly und, and overhung with drapery of a design
and shade comvp mdmg with the fresco pain-
ting of the walls, whii:h is in no two apartments
the nani". Besides theso, there are about ^00
the neccwmrj- monitions to en*tic them to carry
that expermeo ami bruv. ry into i JTett. Before
another year We hopo to sec „uch
wv
i Lie
tion. Tho second assurance Is found in tlioad-
uiissuju of ijord Aberdeen lo Mr. Avcrett that
the ljny of 1'undy would not bo shut tc us; and
inftre distinctly in the despatch of I.oid Stan-
ley to the Governor of JNowi Scotia Ilcro it
is;
To Sir William Caleb rook,
Downino Street, March SO, 1845.
Sttt: 1 havo the honor to acquaint your inl'or-j
ination and guidance, that her Majesty's Gov-|
eminent have had under their consideration the
claim of the citizens of the United States to ti
iu the Bay ol Fuudy—a claim which has hit h
erto boon resisted, ou the ground that thut bay
is included w i'hin the British possessions.
11EINO Afi.UNST
Till'. I.KTTEH A.VJ> SPIRIT OK THE SACIUSD C'OM-
j PACT WHIOII tllNOS US TOfiETHER.
j "llesolvod, Thai those who promote inflam-
matory discussions, and arc guiltv of dissemina-
ting, among the slaves of tho South, publica-
tions the tendency of which is to o cite snrvile
insurrection, re regarded byusas persons promp-
tod by the most reckless wickedness, or bv an
l insane fanaticism fully ns mischievous in -tscon-
scqucnoes."
j Here it will bo seen that Picrce was tor put -
ting down all agitation, and dou tmcing "flm/l Atwood for
'interference" with the subject—while General
Scott is of the opinion that "Congress is bound
by tho Constitution" to agitate the subject, by
relates the following strange incident, which oe
curred at the prison not long since. "Late in
the evening, the Warden wasaransed by some
body knocking at his door. Inquiring who was
there, he was astonished to hear in reply, "It's
me—Schermerhon. One of tho convicts had
been overlooked, and the prison had been lock-
ed up with him on the outside, Tho poor fel-
low had been twenty-two years in the prison,
aad did'nt know where to go, and so he knocked
nntil he awoke tho Warden and obtained admis-
sions to his old quarters."
Fatal and Melancholy Accident.—Miss
Johnson, who for some time past has been a
teacher in the public schools of the Fourth Dis-
trict of this ctty, went, with a younger sister a
short time since to spend a few weeks with sonv>
friends at, Madisonville. On Friday last tho sis-
ters,wero bathing in Tchifenctce river, and be-
younger one was aware of it, slio got
beyisidJier depth. As soon as she knew that
her h'f&wrfS in peril, she called to her sistor to
save hfer life. Prompted by the genous smpnlso
of a ridtilo naturo which at such a moment is
wholly regardless of self, tho elder Miss Jolin-
. r till both were borne into
in .- -tii to rise in life lio more!—
!• i1 • young, nnd are said to
./ o. ' ;ful. The bodies, which
d, .v i!' 'ic brought to thi«s city for
son pursui
the depths.
The sisters
have been *
were rccov.
interment,
shed over
many virlc
rove tho justice of these views ho offers to al-
low himself to be bitten bvdogs recognised by
phisiciaus as mad; on condition that a fund bo
raised to pay tho actual expenses and the possi
ble consequences of it fatal termination. To
this M. (jlroftjoau, a gentleman known for the
interest he takes in discovering a remedy, he-
replied that an individual who shall be anony-
mous has placed bira in ossessiou of the nes-
cessary means, and he now awaits the conven-
ience of M. Jaquemprt to commence the grand
experiment.
Immense Bridge.—The Wyoming county
[N. Y.] Mirror gives the following description
of an enormous bridge bulling over the Genes-
see, at Portage Falls, for tho New York and
Auffulo Railroad: "This immense structure is
nearly completed. Those who havo not seen it
should go now, as it is worthy fifty miles trav-
el to see them raisins it. will be, if not the
wonder of the world, the wonder of the thou-
sands who will visit it annuall.C. We are not
aware that there is another bridge in the world
as liigh and long as this, and are confiidcnt that
there is not, of similar structure. It is 285
feet from the river to the track, and 2u0 to the
top of the railing; and the length is 1000 feet.
Tho Suspension Bridge at Niagara Falls is 280
feet high, and 795 long—so that Niagara is
beat in that respect. And yet, though the
work is reared to such an astonishing height,
it litis the nppearance of perfect safety. We
are tole that, by calculation, they know that it
would bear twenty times the weight of any
train that could not put upon it. We think wo
should not fear in the least to ride over it tho
first time. We understand it is in contempla-
tion to pass over it the first time with four of
the havy engines, followed by u train of cars.
If -ho, and tho people have notice of the time,
there will be thousands there to sec it."
Wonderful Leap.—From the St. Gather-
ines Constitutional, of the Pd inst., we copy the
following extraordinary account of a leap from
the Suspeusiou Bridge into the Niagara river:—
"Oil Sunday last,, at 4 P. M., we witnessed a
man, namoc J. David Constantino, leap from off
the Queenston Suspension Bridge into tho Nia-
gara river, a height of seventy-four feet. Con-
stantino had advertised his intention of taking
the fearful leap, but it was onlp looked upon as
a hoax—subsequently only three or four hun-
dred persons were present. At the hour nam-
ed, he was observed coming oil the bridge, at-
tired in a white dress, with only one attendant.
When in tlio centre of tho bridge, he called
for a boat, which was at once pulled to tho
place, ho directed; he then got outside the
bridge and stood on ono of the joists, and,^s a
voice called 'Jump!' with a heroic spring, he
was in the air. Hardly had he fallen twenty
foot ere a gust of wind caught him, and whirl-
ed liiui as if ho were turnsng a suniuic.tsault—
losing all control of himself, and falling in a
doubled-up position. This was a moment of
anxiety; ho could not light on his feet; and from
every lip might be heard tho oxclnmationl
'He's a dead man!" At length he reached the
water, and truly 'great was the fall thereof,
the noise as ho struck might have been hear;
for a mile; and he sank—sank as it were to rise
uo more; but a few seconds brought him to
the surface agein. and with a strong arm he
struck out to swim, amid the chccrs of tho by-
standers. Ho made for the boat, aud with a
desperate effort seized tho gunwale, and was ta-
ken in, and safely ianded on the other shore.—
He walked for some time, and then came across
the bridge to Qucenston. Hero we had an op-
portunity of examining his back; he seemed to
be much hurt the skin having been taken off in
two or three places; ho said ho felt sore from the
fall, but was satisged he would be all right again
in a couple of days; AVc learn this morning,
that it is tho dootor's opinion -OtmSTariImo
Will not recover from the injuries received in
his fall."
An Ancient Elm.—There is an elm tree in
the town of Sheffield, Massachusetts, which is
Haio to be tho finest in New England. Its cir-
cuinfercncc two feet above the grouud, is nearly
thirty feet. The smallest diameter of tho tree
is between six und seven feet. The limbs reaeh
nearly to tho ground, and cavor a epaco consid-
erably moro than a hundred feet in diameter.—
A railng reeently been placed around.the trc«.
and the inhalitar.ts of Sheffield, mindful of the
beauties of (lie elm, held a nioiii'r.g f)tj ]2th
instant, under its spreadi-,7 orauehest, at which
speeches werciaade, and a plentiful eolktlon
cnllatnm provided.
. nvin , a scalding tear
o by • iosc wlio in lito,
t '":m iu a b
f/v
their
•«-n regard.
True. Delta.
c The ohm
tilth are < 1
sound on t!
Granite S"'i'
Now Ham;
knows best
of Gen. Pi
he is held • (•
South, as b
Thu Gra.
says:
"On tho
—The whig press of the
hat Gen. Pierdo is vin-
quostion Hear what the
, published at Lebanon,
•s on the subject. Who
this way that the defeat
templated—in tho North
pro-slavery man—in the
ic institutions of the South.
Whig of July 18th 1852,
B ii Ii a m,
FEMALE ACADEMY.
FJHST Session of the Bonhara Female
1 A.\i>df'uiy,commenced on tlio l.'tth Inst., undttf
the superintendence of Miss Fkanccs C. OkoOks;
Students wishing to outer, will bo ch'ir-
gcd from the tiuio of entry, only for the remaiurtc?
of the Session; no deduction boiug made for sub-
sequent absence, oxcept in eases of protracted ill-
ness.
Tho course of instruction will bo Elementary;
and Scientific; embracing also tho French nnd Lat-
in Languages, Drawing aud Paintiug, and "Wak-
work, iu Flowers, Fruit <£c.
Terms na Slsxion or five Mo.vrus,
For Orthography, Heading, Writing and defini-
tion; English grammcr and Llciucnts of Arithme-
occuptes w<
career has 1
vout hatred
free territoi
tions of tiii
ground with
South. H
soil ',ver tai
ted in his i
Ilnle for vn
with the wl
for 'free pp
hibition in I
lestion, as it i,-i called, he
ground. His whole public
loteriiod by the most, do-
m h heresies as free men,'
n 'free speech' on tlio queS-
••t'-r he 1ms oceupicd the same
radical ultrnists nf the
• y for slave soil over frcc-
• lestiouwas signally cxhihi-l
e attempt to behead Jar k
st the admission of Texas
for slavery; and his hatred j
id nn equally
tic,
The above in
rnnhy, with the
tal and Morn I
SI.0,00
or
the Bay of Fundy has
provided with ro.*o-wood furniture, aud various
(ay ol
couveniofteo. All the principal rconln nrc j Grout Britain an a bay
the direction of our" ^ ri,k brocMcll°' «« '"'
as will building will aeeowraodntc from 600 to 700
n" '. U,T * 1,luth ' I guc-ts. Mirrors, both mantel and pir r glasse.
lucre Rppaare to bo # purUculsr sim
Vfiord ui! that protection w
is the duty of the Goveriaaeii
.mii\
_ or at Icost this Depart incut,; uud tin p:nll,
arc spared to render it unpopular, k- crumpine
its energies and so n tiieting it n< to render it
•Imostjiuopcrativr- Wo hope that "there * a
better day coming," c\cu if have to
little longer.
jtpito ut the| largest arc I'I bv SJ IVrt, nn
ex-
The
d nrc wider than
fintii ^l\000.
,ui\ previously itnp ii ted, < hie of these is plngod [ 'hem. it has accordingly been announced to
in the "brraal iiarlnr,' which ia the most gorge- the Vuitcd States Government that American
ously furnished in tho buildiua. The b,xUtwd
alone cost Sl.UlHJ; and tho bed spread, which is
of canary-colored satin, cm broiderod with needle-
Her Majesty's Government feel satisfied that IrJ'0t'iviu8> referring aud reporting upon auti-
~ - * * been rightly claimed , ""7*° ^h hesitate,
. within the treaty of 18155;!T 1', tbc#? "i118 Winst
but they eouceive that the relaxtation of the ex- $, r,nu pr,uc'p'°> "ho should give her con-
erciie of that right will be attended with luut'u- nco a' NUPP"rt
al advantage to both countries--tu the United I ,,
States, aa conferring a mctorial benefit thc! Government m about to try tic expori.
Hdiinr; trade, and to Gre at Britain nnd the Uni- m(!Dt "laminating lighthouses with gm. The
ted States conjointly and equally, by the remo-l!"xP°ljn,ont '* to ,,f «nc,J Stafe,, Island
vul of a fertile source oi disagreement between' eontraot has beoummif with Mr.
'Grant by the Department for that purpose, tho
lust Congress having appropriat e . .;VOOO for
work, cost <J!500. Tho drapery in
with its suite of rooms, §2,500.
furniture
jMds parlor,
, , 1r*c cabinet
furniture js covered with gold and orange broc-
? « *n decorating the parlor* and dinlnu
i i '-rn*10,000 to$li>,000 have beenexoen.
citizens would heneofonrard bo allowed to fish
in any part of^he Bay of Fundy, provided they
not approach, icxecpt in eases specified in the
treaty of 1818,within three miles of the entrunc
>f any hay
llrnnswick
the experiment*. A new nuth
has biH-n invented by Mi G..
were put in order o.i Monday P
itY, Pat-i and Smith, of I chum ;
or the co;
. c'jtta or
STANLEY.
AuaW Lsts arc forbidden to it ..eh
/ - i it •. a • • •
t't-Tpsin f 'j;<pri-"oiiT>ient
or meet
lighting
the works
'•-"jors !Ikn-|
are the1
, , „ , - iJoverniiuint1
t.i rej"Tt the success of the experiment * Mr
Grant hss ru'ire fuith in themi-ei-wi CThis*ork
and believes thai better light . an b* had than
finer. . 4..d . ; , •
*cicutiiic committee selected by tie
Itbe cost
t<r>t one ball
MIME JLoRMV'iKLO—A Mkhigau pamr n
SMakiag oT u fanner 5u that State aay that 011l
of his cuunatcl lots ii a cornfield
ned.—A
mum )iuwiaawp
mmmkxwatm
n-mmt
'•
mr
i conuotition with Arithmetic.' tlcog-
c use of thn Maps—Natural,' Mon-
. , hilosophy,Chemistry,Botany,Rhot-
one, physiology, History (ancient and modern)
Mytle,logy, Astronomy, Moments of Mineralogy,
hlotncDts oi Algebra and Geometry—ami Cumpo-
blt^n' , " • 816.00
lho French nnd Latin Langnage« iu addition to
tlio above, or eenerately, - - $20,00
bessous in Drawing and Painting and" Wnx-
. . * • • • • Sio.oo"
the tuition fees will be due at tho end of each
live months session.
i mplintic ex-1 T1!y o^upiod as an Academy, which is
ifnl overthrow of nnrson 1 "'T U" V'ui) ^d situated iu a ples-
01 P1 w " I ant grovo, In a retired part of the Town of Bon-
hnint will be put iu goo,I repair,with a view to tho
• omfoi t and con^euienee of the inmate's. *
There isu well of excellent water cn the r.rcmi-
OJS. 1
Board can be procured in respectable facilliea
in town, on reasonable Terms.
„ , „ , asnagKCBs.
-dajor Robert Wcathcrred, D ingerfl«ld; Mrs.
g an expression nt opm
e. urutian and just char
features of (he. fugitive
•ues and under all clrcunt-
'iis beeu Southern—cxcln-
dly so in all his views of
ouching the interests of
iod ttnfavoi•
uetcr of so
slate law.
stances, in f
sivcly nnd c
actions on qi
slnvorv."
r.\KB m Hat —Wliilo Miss Ludltun
danacuse nt th- t!i- eland theatre, was deli,
ing .iu audio, . ' her fanfastini gyrations a
few nights si . c. spectator, iu the height of
e Iwaver at her tcet' The
lid retired amid thundcr-
'ho generous donor cover,
' • \ ithout u hat.
his joy, cast
dancer p'icke 1
ing applause •
«f witii glor
I'r. March
dissipati oi it,
sugar not bt <
thoy arc lom •
sec hargtng
observes, are
Here's a hint
• xr College, Daingorflcldj
McKoiuie, principal Of the young men's J.juh
S-.'hool, near Clarksvillct lion. \V. S. Ttxld Jn.frs-
viHo; l>r. Janics McKee, Bonham: Samuel Mc-
Kee, Hnmn County; Rev, Wm. A. PrOvine Fatt-
.11.1 County; Ur, A. K Kll.-tt,C lurknxllio. '
fluiihiun Texas October 14tli, 1852. *
hut the best antidote for
« Men resort to gin and
■y arc depraved,hut f-..."
of every dozen men
ir porter houses, ten
a "female •omforter.'
Iwelling ou.
f Vb'tnv T*vfbmw
(No. 51-tf)
DtX'TUR-J. B. GARDNER, having focM«l ^
tho fowuuf Paris; rogpo.;tfully ' nder« his
! profossloual services to the eiti«ons of lAnutr Conn
. hopes by bis. d.tigenoc in the application
yjnii of h's art to secure a lilioiul patronage.
he! Tboso who confiide in his earn in the hour of
•—| nfflletiion may be shure of his devoted services
i a id also that the treatment tbc>- will tee-Jv-
I he pnml v Botani c). Sp> 1
PnrN f^'ti>') t' ! '.11-, Tr jk.v
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