Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1858-10-19

              joP- - . r ; "VOL. IV. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, IS5S. NO 49. mkW if - - . ,,.., . ... .... . TtS!!TT!!X9 03" It is a customary thing remarks tbe Ohio State Journal with members of Congress to keep Autograph Books, in which are inserted signatures, accompanied sometimes with an autograph sentence or two,of the Sen" ators or Representatives who may serve du- ring the same time. A friend, who saw, not long since, the Autograph Book of the venerable Representative of the 20th District, was a much pleased with the lines addressed to him by John Quincy Adams, that he obtain- ; ed a copy, which we transfer to our colums: . To Jofcliua It. Cltld.iiRS. Or JEFFERSON, ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO. When first together here we meet, ' - Askance each other we behold ' The bitter mingling with the sweet, The warm attempered by the cold. We socle with searching ken to find A soul congenial with our own; For mind in sympathy with mind ' ' Instinctive dreads to walk alone. . And here, from regions far apart, ,' " ' We came, one purpose to pursue; .'Etch with a warm and honest heart, - Each with a spirit firm and true; Intent with anxious aim to learn, Each other's charactor wo scan; And soon the difference we discern , ' Between the fair and fuitbloss man. ' And lore with scrutinizing eye 0 A kindred soul with mine to soo, '." And longing bosom to descry, -'' I sought, and found at last in thee, Farewell, my friend, and if once more We meet within this hall again, Be ours the blessing to rostoro Our country's and, the rights of men. II. R. U. S., "Washington, June 17, 18H, anniversary of the Battle of Bunker's Hill. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, of Quincy Mass. . Traveling Homeward. Men when traveling homeward, turn their eyes in the direction in which home lies, scanning the way as it lies before them, counting the coming miles and trying to catch a glimpse of the family mansion itself.as it stands on some sunny slope far in the distance. i When they do reach it, they delight no less in looking back upon tne roaa oy wniciitney have reached the dwelling of their fathers, remembering all that bofel thoui, whether of evil or of good, as they passed along. ... So it is with us. Our routo is homeward; and our eyes turn to tho New Jerusalem. It isourjoytothinkof tho eternal day we are there to spend with God and with the Lamb. Ere long we shall be within . its courts, er pacing o'er its streets in holy company. And when standing on its bright walls, wo shall look backward upon the path that brought us to the kingdom, brief as it was, but very wonderful: wo shall recall each struggle, each weary step, each lonely turn, each Valley of liaca, with its wens or poois; we snau reininu ourselves of Jehovah's dealings with us by the way, as he led us sometimes in sorrow, sometimes in joy with sure but mysterious guidance to the ''joyous city;" or we shall tell our story te others, to some angel, perhaps, or some redeemed o e that left the earth in infancy; and knew no such rough passage to the "rest" as that which we have to spcalt of; and pointing to the different windings, ef the ' earthly path, we shall say, "There, and then, and thus I endured that conflict, I got entangled in that snaro, I stumbled and fell, I was overshadowed with darkness, yet out of all the Lord delivered me. What gladness will thoro be in that baclc- - ward look, that recollection of the wanders of mighty grace that make up our short but strange careerl What matter for happy thoughts and marvelous recitals, and endless love and praise, will thus be furnished throughout the everlasting ages! (It is of "ages," or "ages of ages," (Rev. 1. 18,) that God spei ks, when pointing us to eternity; thereby not predicting endlessness of dura- tion, but the succession of cycles, each one of which will be tbe unfolding ol Joum glorious purpose.) Time hurries us alone. The night will soon be done, and the niillcniul morn ho dawn ' jing.. And soon, too, shall that millunial glory pass iff and the unchanging Day which lies bevond it compass us about. It is filter ing to anticipate the approach ol millcnial light: but it is yet more cheering to losk bo -yondevon that; and think of the unchanging Day. It comloi ts us to think of the darkness .of our present night giving way before the Morning Star; but it comlorts us yet mnro to .think of the beauty of that Morning Star bo- lag lost in the irlorv of the Eternal Sun. llev. Uaratius Donor, D.D. Pbrpetdal Motion. A correspondence of '' the London Builder thinks that the following : : instances come as near perpetual motion as any one can desire. ' In the rotunda oftho Woolwich barracks, ! . there is, he says, a clock moved by machinery wnicn Das been going lor mora man unriy .. years. He furtner stales that be knows - gentleman who has had a watch in his pos . session for more than thirty years.hertnetical ly sealed, where there is no moans of winding ; that tells tbe day of tbe wek, the hours, - minutes, seconds, months, and, be boloives. ' years, and how far you walk in the day. It .cost about two thousand dollars, and was made by a French artist in Faris. Finals Manners. Artificiality, internal .or external, in motions or in half-formed man ners. stiffness denoting or covering most free. '! mrntary crumbs of breeding, lame imitations . these make not a person, not a woman, not - even a lady. The best manners are simple, ot attracting notice, nor striking by any ex trcme. . Mich-toned. wcll-brd, elegantly ac complished women are not stylish, have no " itylo at all. "Stylish looking." an appellation ,', ;prolusely applied m this country, would be ' considered the poorest compliment, if not an - offence, in Europe. . ' "V 1 ftr The elorgy seem more disposed to look down than up. They have preached a great ' many sermons upon the telegraphic cable, sunk in the depth of the ocean, but none open the '' gaming comet in tbe sky. . IfrThere is a grocer in town who is sai to be so mean, that ha was seen to catch a fly efftais counter, hold bim by his hind leg,and (i ". look in tbe cracks ef hit feet to sea if be bad ' no been stealing sugar, Gambling on tho Mississippi. From tbe Chicago Journal. We are told that gambling prevails to a fearful extent on board the steamboats that pass up and down the Mississippi River. AH sorts of games are practiced there, and among those who travel are omo of tho most plausible and fluished rogues. A short time since a party of blacklegs induced several returned Californians to venture a few hundred dollars upon the changes of the cards or the dice, and at tho end of the game tho Californians discovered that three counterfeit bills, for $50 each, had been passed oil' upon them. They immediately demanded good money in exchange. This was refused fur a time, as the blacklegs pretended that they had none. They were given to understand that, unless they rectified the fraud immediately, they would be forced to take their chanco for the night at tho very next uninhabited island that the boat should reach. Finding the alternative rather serious, they reluctantly mado the exchange demanded, and endeavored to conciliate the Californians by inviting them to drink. The same knaves a day or two bo-fore contrived to win $1,000 from a very young merchant of Louisiana, who was on bis way Ncrth to buy goods. .Gambling on the Mississippi is a profession which is followed by hundreds, old as well as young. All sorts of combinations are formed .by these gentry. They will come on board a boat from dilferent points, and as apparent si runners, and after getting acquainted with the various parlies, two or three will sit down at the gaming table, with the object o" merely killing timo.- Gradually, however, they will tempt the inexperienced, by drink and excitement, and then proceed to client and plunder them, as cooly as if thoy wero engaged in soir.e creditable employment. On one occasion a noted counterfeiter was discovered to be on a boat, when he was immediately put ashore, and at a point where the prejudice against counterfeiters was so great that they often hung them up without Judge or Jury. Life on the Mississippi is characterized by extraordinary scenes and incidents. It is stated tint on a recent occasion a clergyman was earnestly engaged in preaching to a considerable audience at one end ol a steamer, while in the middle gambling was in busy progress, and at the other end of the saloon were music and dancing. .Vany of tho boats are fitted up in the most magnificent stylo, and amount, in fact, to floating palaces. It often occurs that they are occupied by 1,000 souls and upward. The cost of a cabin passage from New Orleans to St. Louis is about $20. That of a deck passago is, of course, much lower. All tho leading towns and cit ies are stopped at, and thus constant changes tako place in the inmates of the boat. In some cases large profits are realized. Thus a few weeks since, a steamer that sailed from New Orleans to St. Louis had a freight list that amounted to 50,000, in addition to the receipts of the passengor money and the bars. The q antity of wood that is consumed is immense; it rangeB sometimes as high as 200 cords a day. The scenes of "wooding," es pecially at night, are lull or excitement, it sometime happens that nearly every nation on the face of the globe has its representative on board of ono of these steanurs. The travel up and dowa the river amounts to tens of thousands per annum, wHle tho freight that passes inward and outward may be estimated value at millions. A friend Irom whom we gathered these facts informs us that a short time smco be had occasion te travel irom jew Orleans to St. Louis, and a day or two alter he was on board the boat he became acquainted with a modest and unassuming young gcntloinen, whose manners were so mild, and conversation so intellectual, that he supposed ho was a young lawyer, a physician, or perhaps a student of divinity. The next day he discovered that no was one of the most accomplished gamblers of his ago m tho Western eountry. Kansas Gold Mines. The Kansas City Journal of Commerce of Wednesday, tho 29ihult.,says: Mr. John Ilorton arrived in this city yes terday, having left Fort Laramie on tho oil st He brines most important and interes ting news from the gold mines of the Arkan-sas. Pike's Peak and Cherry Creek. All tho Indian traders about the fort, and in the vicinity of Deer Creek, wpro removing their goods to the mines, lie Raw at the Fort a Mr. Jackson, who had several hun dred dollars of the dust. The greatest excite ment existed nt 1'ort Luiiinio. The mines wero poorly provided with bread nils, not having over two months' supplies orvhiinil. They were also entirely destiluto of mining tools. Picks and shovels were orth their wvight in gold in fact, thoy could not lw had at any price. There was not a rocker in the mines, and no sheet iron with which to make riddles. Mr. Benjamin Cleinuioifl m now coming in, and will lio here in eight or ten days, bringing some live hundred dollars ol the gold which he villained in about two Weeks, with- out anv tools. Tlirro are now about zeu men in ine mines, most oi wnoin are eng.igeu in prosaic tinu llhorrv creek and in the vicinity of Med icine Bow. Soven men worked two weeks, nd maile $o00, with nothing but pans. These are, in short, tho particulars lurmshcd us by Mr. Ilorton, win is a man well known to every business man in this city. This certainly tho must gratif ing intelligence that we have published lor several weeus, ana it is more cheering, inasmuch as it comes from a man we all know, and upon whose words we can rely." Gon up under tub Hoop. The West Point (Ga.) Citizen tells the following of a married man at the commencement exorcises of a certain college in Georgia this summer: He started up the stairway at a swift pace, net noticing any further until be came nearly to the top of the s eps.when he says a strange sensation came over him, and suddenly found himself enveloped in darkness, as though tbe lights bad been extinguished. He was astonished and bewildered. But the mystery was soon xplained, and it appeared that a lady, wearing very laree hoops, hai met him at the lop of the stairs, and was jusv in the act of descending, when our Incnd, being a small man, bad, without noticing, actually gona np under the boop. ftT As shewing the forced the flames and beat at the burning of the Crystal Palace,we note tbe remarkable fact that sheets of tin measuring" 14- by 20 inches were wrenched from their fastenings, carried into the air to an immense height, and after twenty-five or thirty minutes' sailing In the air, dropped two or three miles Irom tbe faiace. (ttr Mrs. Edgorly, 107 years old, died at Eaat Corn it b, lie., on Saturday last. Bbe was the oldest person in the 8tat. From tbe Louisville Courier of tbe 21at. Unparalleled Balloon Trip Chil dren in a tree Top. On Saturday last, an njronaut made a short ascension from the town of Centralia, 111., on the line of the Illinois railroad. lie had a successful flight, and the balloon was safely landed on a farm, some fourteen miles from the staging point. While there two little children of the good farmer were placed in the basket of the balloon, at the urgent request of the youngest, a bright little boy only four years old. His sister, a girl of eight summors, also got into the basket with her brother, and all were delighted with the wenderful thing ; but in a twinkling their joy was turned to horror and dismay, as the balloon tore the anchor loose, and once m ra soared aloft, like a huge bird of prey, carrying the two children to the clouds in a few moments. Their parents were in an ecstacy of despair, expecting every moment to see one or both of their little ones fall to the earth and be dashed to pieces. Together with tbe icronaut they followed the course of the balloon, until night closed it from view, but distinctly saw it gradually descend towards the earth. Thoy followed its course to a dense wood, and about daylight Sunday morning, discovered it safely anchor ed in a tree top. The hopes and Tears of the party were alternately excited in regard to tho children, but tho mothor's quick ear detected the voice oftho little girl, and she distinctly beard her singing her little brother t sleep, wholly un conscious of tho peril she was in, or of the risks she had run. Tho tree was hastily climbed, and the boy discovered oslocp, with his head in bis brave sister s lap. bho hint taken off her apron add covered his head, and singing the little song to keep him hushed and quiet, well knowing, in the full confidence of innocont childhood, that her parents would come after her and lake her home. Tho adventure and the escape is certainly tho most remarkable we have ever heard, and can but add that the following should have been the lullaby to her little brothor: Roek-a by baby in tbo tree top; When tbe wind blows tho crniile shall wok; When tho bough breaks the cradlo will full, And down wilt coinc baby, ora'llo ami all. Thorough vi. large Fanning. Mesws. Editors: It appears that Jacob Carroll, of Texas, owns 250,000acres of land, or nearly 400 miles square. On his homo plantation of 8,000 acres, he raises annually about 300 bales of cotton and about 20,000 bushels of corn. On his immense ranges of pasture land he has about 1000 horses and mules. 1000 head of catt'.e, COO hogs and other stock in a somewhat similar proportion. His actual income from the sale of stock is said to amount to from $5,000 to $10,000 and from the sale of cotton from 15,000 to $20,000. To counteract any bad results irom these largo figures acting as fuel to a passion for farming on a large scalo, and adding acre to acre, which is quito too pievalent in this coun try, it might bo well, perhaps, mat you snouic also put upon record on your pages somo items of information lately furnished by tbe California Farmer, in reference to a small larm well tilled, near Sacramento in that State. The substance of tbe information is ttroLrV farm or garden furnished by that paper, is as follows: Mr. A. P. Smith cultivated last year about sixty acres; fifty in orchard, nursory and flower girden, and ten in a vegetable garden. Mr. Smith employs from twenty to for ty men. runs teams to the . mines and to tho city, with vegetables and fruits in their sea son, and sends peacnos to rrancisco, murys-ville, Stockton and Sframento. Tho gross amount of his sales in 1857, exceeded the round sum of $60,000, which is one half more than the largest yearly receipts Irom tbe large 250,000 acre farm of Col. Carroll. The lesson, for inculcating hich those facts are chiefly valuable.'is thu ! pointedly put by the hhrmtr: "This should teach men who are laboring on their thousand or five thousand acres, that it is the 'little fur well tilled.' and not the great Spanish grant that covers all out doors, that makes the money or brings prosperity. If all our large grants were cut up into small farms, our Slate and all others would be better off." By laying the above facts and observations before your readers, you may furnish food for profitable reflection to not a lew. Obsebveb, in Country Gentleman. Staked Plains. Recent accou lis from the rout i to be follow ed by the overland mail to California are not vury uni:uumgNig. i uu j,iujvt;i, ui villaining water on Llano Estacado, by means of Arte' lan wells, lias proved a failure. I ho appro pmtion has imci aol u. nil Upc. 1'ope has abandoned his machinery and re turned to his regular duty in the army. Water was reached, to bo sure, in somo of the borings; but it was of a very bad quality, small in quantity, and would nowhere rise nearer to the surfaro than one hundred and eighty feet. It is not likely that this expert uieut will be renewed and travelers throng! this arid recion, whether by railroad that is to be, if it Is ever built or by mail wagon and the horses to dr.uv the same, must car ry water, or to be content tj travel a bun died miles or wilnout drinking. Missouri 04T We heard a few days ago an eld story toll that was as good as new, and here isiui substance of it It should be dedicatod to de linquent subscribers. We have a good many Iricnds who. we hope will read it with tears in their eyes: A voung man whe ardently desired wealth was visited by bis Santanic majesty, wbo intnnted him ts Dromi.se his soul for eternity if he could be supplied on this earth with all ha could uso.Tho barcain was concludcd-the devil was to supply the money, and was at last to have the soul, unless tbe young man could spend more money than the devil could fur nish. Years passed away, tbe young man married was extravagant in his living, built palaces, speculated wildly, lost and gave away fortunes, and yet bis cotters were always iuu. Ila turtted politician, and bribed bis way to power and fame without redueiig bis pile of gold, lie became a nnouster, ana uueu out ship and armies, bat his banker honored all bis d raits. lie went to SU Paul to live, and paid tbe usual rates of intorest for all the money be could borrow, but though the devil made a wry face when be came to pay tbe bills, ret they were all paid. One expedient after another failed the devil counted the time only two years that most wait for the soul, and nocked the efforts of tbe despairing man. One more trial was resolved upon the man started newspaper. The devil growled at the bills at the end of the first quarter was raving in six months melancholy in nine, and "broke" "dead broke." at the end of a year. So tho newspaper went down, but the eoul Was tared. Extraordinarf Counterfeiting on the Turkish Bank. The Now York Herald gives the following account of the seizure in that city of over $W0,-000 of bogus money, together with the plates Sci., and the arrest of Madame Sevesti, the dislributess of tbe counterfeit bills, at Syria, Turkey. It is one of the most extraordinary counterfeiting operations in tho criminal records. The Herald says: The money is all Turkish bills, and a large amount of it has been successfully passed in Constantinople by a woman, who from all the particulars we have been enablod to learn, was the prime mover in the operation, and the principle or chief of a gang who aided her in the operation. It appears that the woman, whose name is Mrs. Sevesti, a Moldavian, came to this country about a year ago. and put up at the St. Nicholas Hold under the assumed name of Madame Grafiner. It is not known if she was accompanied here by any person, but after a short stay at the above hotel she changed her quarters to a private boarding house in the upper part of the city. Early last spring she called upon Mr. Wm. L. S. Harrison, a printer doing business at 82 Duane street, and desired to know what he would print a certain amount of labels for, and obtain tho plates &c, necessary for the printing. Mr. Harrison informed her of his prico whon she left; but in a few days after she again called, and ordi red four dozen of electrotype plates to be mado, representing a very curious looking label, which appears to have been a copy of a Turkish bill, with various Arabic letters in the center and around the edges. Mr. Harrison thought them to be a label lor some Chinese invention, and did not for one moment hesitate to accept the job. lie accordingly agreed to have the plates manufactured at the earliest moment. An arrangement was then made that Mr. Harrison ahould print 600,000 copies at one dollar a thousand, and that they should be done within a certain given time. Tbe work was accordingly finished and all delivered, with the exception of about ono quarter of the bills, which, together with the plates, wore left in Mr. Harrison's care,, until they should be called for by Mrs. Sevesti. Nothing further was heard of this woman by Mr Harrison until yesterday, when, about two o'clock in the afternoon, he was em prised by the entrance of a body of men who were no loss than Sergent Barney, Acting Seigeant Thos. Sampson, and officers Busteed, Black-well, Hillard, Horrigan, Neals, Fowler, Armstrong and Freeman, of the Mayor's squad, with a warrant to seize all found in tho place. Madame Sevesti, it ippears, as soon as she procured the bills, bad threeUrgo trunks manufactured with fulse bottoms, and in a short time sailed in a steamer for Europe. There she procured a passage in the steamer Agia Sofia, which runs between Liverpool and Constantinople, and landed at Byria. On leaving the steamer she appeared very anxious about her baggago, and requested an Englishman, who was attached to the Uustoin House, hoping that by bis assistance she miznt have the examination got through mora readily and with less rigor. She also expres sod anxiety lct hiT dresses aid othorarticlos f . ' . ' sh.nl d i nifii.,;i. i ;fiw.icroroi the Custom House, Abdallah Millet Bey, as sured her with the greatest courtesy, that nothing should be injured, but that hr trunks must be opened. This was done, and the cry Cist looked at was found to have a false bottom. On this tbe Director bad all Ho rest of tho baggago removed into the inner room, and requested tho lady to follow him there. A further search was then made, and two other trunks weie found to be made In the same manner, and to have carefully packed in them forged notes ol twenty piasters, to the total amount of 1,300,000 piasters, made up in packages of 1000 each. The lady herself was afterwards starcueu, aim mere wore found carefully sewed up in her garments, 20,- 000 piasters more of tho same notes. Tho lady and her baggage were immediately sent off to the Ministry of Police, and on her way thither sho betrayed the utmost alarm and agitation. On being intcirogated by the Minster, she gave her name as S C , that ol ono 01 tne urst lamuies oi tne ,asi. She stated that she was a native of Moldavia, and was a married woman. She was after ward removed to tbe prison lor women, and carefully watched, and on the following day was taken to tne rone ana examineu sy uie . . i : .1 I ii. . Grand Vizior himsoll. It is believed she is only the agent of a band of lorgers wbo have made Syria tneir neauquaners. The fact of her arrest caused a great sen sation for a timo in Syria, and steps were im mediately taken by tbe Minister ol 1'olice and the Ottoman government to ferret out, if possible, whore the bills wero obtained and printed, ineutioman government lmmeui- atelr wrote to the Turkish Minister at Lon ion, staling the arrest of Mrs. Sevesti, with large quantity of "caimes" or paper mon. ev: and mat sne uau, uunng aiuuiuuti urn. ceeding made before the Minister ot Police, stated that she ciused the "caimes" to be printed by the above named printer in this city. The Turkish minister at ijonaon ac- cnrdinz v wrote to tne consul ior ine uuo- man 1'orte in this city, j. iiorsioru auiun Ea.. which letter arrived on Wednesday, by the Arago. giving his suspicion that there was yet a large quantity ol the counteilcit money to be lound on Harrison s premises. the officers, on searching Harrison's place, recovered about $400,000 of the counterfeit money, which they found upon the shelves in tho olllco. All tho plates were recovered, and together with the prisoners, conveyed before the Mayor. Mr. Harrison, when arrested, seemed vory much surprised, especially when informed that he hud beon arrested for counterfeiting. Thore can be no doubt but that Mr. Harrison was entirely ignorant of wrrat-UBe the mate rial was to have been put to, and at stated by him. before the mayor. He supposed them to be labels for some Chinese articles. The other parties arrested were John Sorncy, Iiichard tweed, J. V Ramsey. U. J. Stillwilt, Fred. Stiner, Morris Roach. James Connelly and W. F. Griffith, all printers. Tbe Mayor, after a short conversation with Mr. Smith, decided to hold Mr. Harrison to bail in the sum of $2,000 to answcr,if any ex animation might be required. His clerks were also bold as witnesses. Al Harrison soon cave the required bail.and was discharged. He describes Mrs. Sevesti as a woman ap oarently about lorty years of age and was at all times elegantly attired, and very lady like in bar manners. Mr. Harrison who printed the bills for Mad ame Sevesti, was honorably discharged after he made bis explanation of the facta in the case at the trial. Having no knowledgo of! the Turkish language, be supposed the matter he printed to be merely labels with Chinese characters upon thorn, and to be used in Commerce. Tbe plates and the "eaiinea" were delivered op te the proper authorities. The punishment in the Ottomon Empire for forgery or counterfeiting was instant death somo 15 yoars ago. But it is presumed Mrs. Sevesti will be imprisoned some 15 yoars for the above offence.The money recovered by the Custom house officer nt Syria, was found mostly in fulse trunks and a mattress. The fact of her offering one of the officers a $5 note, created suspicion, and caused tbe discovory of the money, and her arrest. Under the bead of Fine Art Oossip, we find the following paragraph in tho London Atheneum of the 10th of September; 'The most enterprising artists we have heard of are thoso from America, who have squatted somewhere near Turkey, and circulated the notes oftho Constantinople Bank, so well forged, as to do credit to the powers of the felenieus artist." Later from California, Oregon and New Mexico. St. Louis, Oct. 10. The overland 'California mail arrived here at nino o'clock last night. A large number of prominent citizens assembled at the depot of the Pacific railroad on the arrival of the train from Jell'crson City. Mr. Butterfield, the President of tho Overland Mail Company, was greeted with a hearty welcomo from the crowd, and was formally received in a briof and highly complimentary speech by John F. Darby, on behalf of the citizens. Mr. Hutterneld responded in an appropriate manner, returning his warmest thanks fur the unexpected demonstration and cordial approval of his labor by ihe citizens of St. Louis. The mails were then escorted to the post office by a long procession of the people and bands of music. The Alta California, of the 1 tih ult., prepared expressly for the overland mail, furnishes the following items of news: A Telegraph line from l'lacervilto to Salt Lake City had been commenced. Tbe news from Frazer's river was important. The water was still too high fur sue cessful mining purposes. Businessat Victoria Was much depressed, Oregon. Tbo dates from Oiegon are to the 8th ult: A skirmish had taken place between Major Garnelt's con mand and the Indians on the Okauakan river. Lieut. Allen and six of the Indians were killed. A party of minors under the command of Major Robins in was attacked by the Indians on the tVeuauhe river, and one white mun killed. . A rumor had obtained credit at Dalles that Gen. Palmer's party had been massacred by thu Indians near Ukunakan river. . Good diggings had been found on the We- natshe river. The Independent correspondent of the Re publican says that the Santa Fe mail arrived this place on the M inst. Ibo riavaioe Indians still refuse to surrender the murder- of Major Brook's negro. On tho 20th of August, a fight occurred between a small detachment of troops under Cupt. McLean and 2 Indians at Dear springs, in which McLean. wasi-everely wounded and bix or eight Nuvu os killer. Col liOiing's command was expected to ar rive at Fort Union in few days. Uen. barland. Major .Nichols and Cant. Easten had loft for the States. Telegraphic from America. The following humorous hiis aro from the London Punch: Owing to the variation of clocks, and tho smartness ot tho cilizuns of 'he Lnited States, it is now the middle of next week in New York. Tbe banquets i" honor of the laying of tho Atlantic Cable has taken place, nd we are enabled, by submarine telegraph, lurn.sh a list ot some ol tbo toasts and si-n- ment8. "To' the United Slates citizens who planned. made, and laid the Atlantic telegraph, and to the British capitalists who subscrib-id a trills towards it!" ' To tho memory of the Immortal Franklin, as discovered the lightning, and to Cyrus field, as greased it." "Christopher Columbus, whose discovery rendered possible the two gn at facts of the day Shakespeare and the United States." the Immortal Shakespeare, raised in the Old tountry, but appreciated only in the new, and wbo, had he lived in the preseat day, would certainly have been a free and enlight ened American citizen." "Success to the Almighty dollar, and ita kindred rights ot free expectoiation, annexa tion, and whopping your own nigger." Hail to the American huirle! May he poise himself above the broad Atlantic, with wing apiece on Lngland and Columbia, and is beak and tail pointing to Sit tes of the Union yet to be." "Success to tho British Lion, as Ions' as he iscouchant; but, if ever he becomes rampant. may be be scourgod by (ho star spangled bin ner, till he puts his tail between his legs and howls with anguish." Independence Hall. Let Philadelphia guard that Hall as the ap ple of her eye. Lot time respect and violonco spare it. Let svery stone, and every brn-k, and every plank and every bolt, from the Inundation to the pinnacle, be sscrod. Let the rains of heaven fall softly on the rnof, and the winds of winter beat gently at the door. Let it stand to the end of time, second only to Mount vcrnon, as the sanctuary of American patriotism. Let generation on generation of thoso who taste the blessings of that crest Declaration pay their homage at tho shrine. and deem it no irreverence as tbey kneel in gratitude to the Providence which guided and inspired the men, who assembled therein, to call its walls salvation and its gates praise! iDWABD Everett. Thb Abtesias Will at Louisville. The Journal of Saturday says of this hole in the ground, by which one of the arterbs of mother earth se;ma to have been tapped: Wo hear very little of Dunonl'a Artesian well water now, but it is spouting at its usual rate. hen the whole stream of water is turned on the pipe over the fountain, it rises a bight of GO feet from tbe ground. Ut. Kel- logg tnionns us mat there is no decrease in the number of visitors, and since the publication of the analysis a demand has been created for it (rem. abroad. Tbe editor of the Democrat says that if there Is one Northern Democrat, that doesn't go for tho admission of Kansas without re irard lo the amount of her population, he aol aware oi it. en, men u i-vulgar fraction of one we mean little Cox, of tbe Columbus District, Ohio. Ah, yes, . ... .t . , , . i : I . . ' -j .i . .1 I i i . ..I,ir. oi ih. Columbus StotrmvuLotdmlt Journal D5&3' mill (Bn& a. 03" At Limerick, Ireland, a young mm who came of ago two years ago, has been obliged to leave tbe country in consequent of his embarrassments. Ho began with $50-000 in the bank, which he has got rid of, and accumulated debts since to the amount of 400,1X10, (two million dollars) all in two years! 03" The St. Petershurgh journal announces a decisive defeat of Shauivl in Ihe Cau-cassaus. The Russian General attacked Sha ni viand routed him with a los of 370 men killed, capturing I esiiles 81 horses. 4.4 inns kets, 280 swords. 445 pistnls, and 11 tents one of the latter Sliamyl's own. OtT Don Julian J. Alfonso, who died at Havana on the 16th , is said to have left a fortune of $5,(KO.OOO. One hundred and twenty-five private carriages followed his remains to th-ir last resting place; and had he only lift half as much, we supposo tho procession would have been just half as long. 03" There is a lady living in .Blooming Grove, Orange County. New York, by the name of Diana Brooks, who is one hundred and fourteen years old, and yet is intelligent and active, and walks half a mile to church every Sabbath. She was thirty two years old when the Declaration of Independence was made. 03" An old lady down East, having kept a hired man on liver nearly a month, said to him one dav. "Why John I don't think you'iko liver." "Oh ves,' said John, 1 like it veiy well for fifty or sixty moaU. but I don't like it very well R8 a stcadv met! ' The old ladv cooked something else for the next meal. 03" A blacksmith, having lost his wife, complained to a neighbor of bis misfoitune in leims of tho inot bitter disappoint:' ent. "Oh," replied the latter, your case is not so de plorable us to excite grief like this; I will give you my living wile, and a barrel of cider to boot, for your dead one-." 03" At a wedding reei-ntlw which took place at the sltar, when the ofiiciating priest put to the lady the home question: "Wilt thou havo this man to be thy weeMed bus-I and?" she dropped the prettiest courtesy, and with a modesty which lent her Intiuty an additional grace, replied: "11 you please, sir." Following Hmit Exxsiplr. Lawrence, the Douglas candidate lor tho S ato Seimiu in the Vermillion District, and who is a e'er-V in tin by profession, was found drunk in uu alley In Danville, having laid out all night. Uo accused the I epublicans wi u having drugged bis liquors. A lecture on Rome is announced in tbe Kcw York papers by the Rev. Ralph Hut t for the benefit of his (Protestant Episcopal) Cliureli of the Good Shepherd. The leciurer is L"la Montez. WewouM lnoru leadily i-x-ct to hear of Loin as nn inmate of a ilnieivnt institution bearing thu sumo namo in this ciiy. Catluilic Telrgrnph. 03" At a faishoouble chy party, at which low nocked dresses were a prominent feature, Miss B. addressed her country cou.'iu: Cousin Ram., did vou ever ace such a glori ous night before? "Never iuie 1 was tacantd;' said Sum., blushing. 03" A witty lawyer once jocosely asked a boarding house-keeper the o'lou iiij: queslioi : jli. , il a man give you nvo nun- li'eil dollars to keen lor him, ami he dies, what do vou d? Djyou pray lurhim.'" "No, sir," Tcphed . "1 pray for another liki him." Tho Rev. George Whitefleld said of tin neoule of Connecticut: "On Saturday even they look sour and sad, and on the Sabbath appear to have lost their dearest friends, and aro almost speechless, and walk softly." 03" Five hundred bushels of potatoes were sent from Rocky Uill, Conn., to New York, one day last week. The crop is said to have been so plenty in East Hartford as to sell at the low price ol seventeen contx a bushel. 03"We don't know whether Col Fornei picture of the administration is a daguerreo type, ambrotype, an electrotype, or a photograph, but it is certainly a (apiUl likeness. Louisville Journal. 03" A culh'Ctinn f al out eight oiigins'. I -Iters to Dr. Franklin from members ot ln family and friends, will soon los pulilislie.l. Tho tirit letter is dated li 70. and the last 1700, a few months before his death. rt3" Hon. Sharrard Clemens, who fought a duel with Wise, is steadily improving. There is every prospect now of saving Ins leg, but n is more than probable that it will bo short, and slightly dufurmed. 03" The Memphis JSiij.'e says a Mrs. Per-simore of that ciiy was severely scalded b the explosion of a patent teapot. Ladie can't bo too careful wilh our "modern iinprvve-ments."03" A legal viriler.in llavnnna, says them has not been a decision of pecuniary imp' rt-ance, in the Supreme Tribunal of the Mand, within tbo last two years, v. bich has nut been purchased with gold. A Havana correspondent states th l th" Spanish Government is about to lako lb.- pro posed Submarine Telegraph rablo into its nn n hands; giving out the providing and laying ol the cable by contract IW T)cnnrnt Demrwef. the wealthiest died Lilt week. In in niacon. ueorjia, u, rill he lives his two children each the Catholic ChurcW.that eity$-i&3,AV his w aud the 03" The Olympian games, a'ter being discontinued for l.DW) years, ara re-rstaUishen at Athens, in the ancient Staoium, by a queen Regent of Greece. rrV Some idea of the Cost of the U'ah ad dition may be gained fu-ni this t" t: Com al i Wnrt T-rtnii la leti the CuVulry horMS Cost ', siiCollar$abtuUL ' 03- Antonio Le Cbire, a hull IneoJ L.dim, livim at Davenport, is said lo li lb iwl.trt is man in the state of Iowa, inintatoi lowa. uov u one ranks nexi in weaitn n-r- Th Kiiim,i lUiu .e.u m..i he reach- Siuux Cilv. luaa-aud a pail w os abuui ' starting from that pure for Pikvi Teak. - Communication.' For the Itapubliaaa.. From Pennsylvania.. MkapviLLk, Pa., Oct. C, 1838. Mb: Editor:. Dent Sir;- Although I have, been often Solicited. to send you a few items,,, that I might chisce- to gather, while on my pcrcgi inations, yet il seems that I I are been almost always, eitlicr out of time or out of tune, and now as I have been passing through, that portion of theulJ "Keystone Siate" once-familiar to you, and'h ivn a few moments leisure, I know of no other, way than to fulfilV my pnuu:sv ut ' i.o Oo coming to this place-. I pied liu Giigh S .we.i the county goat, of Liwniicv cmimy, and Mercer, the county scat o! Me-icr ronniy. The form risaviU hiye ol about M'v.-n Uumjiind iiiinhilaais, anil issiiutlt d in a bcuutifut valley at the confluence of Sluitiiigo mid Xeshannock creeks. It is a place of considerable wealth, yet the. towu is pcoi ly built up; there are a few fines buildings, bi.t Ihe grenler portios are low, smoky locking frames; two large rolling milU,. with nail I 'ic lories, furnaces, &c, are kept busily employed, working up the iron taken, from the mine in this ticioily.. There U also a vast amount of stone coal lakes from the bilU that surrouad and. overlook the village The Leslie House, the principal hotel in the place, is owned and kept ly Capbiin Leslie himself, who, hy the way, is a tall fine look-ii g man, with a t.t.lle luart. and just the style of Laiid-lurdstliat the traveler loves to meet: social and kind to Lis guests, he makes you feel at home the momout tie meets you. One thing that nttr.icted my notice was caga of beautiful King IHnes, a pair of which,, with the Cipt tin's permission I hope to possess ut no very diMaut day. But I must bid good bye to the Captain, his excellent wife,, and happy home, and. on my way will stop a ui'ii? ent at M.'rcor, which in the way of business is rather dull. The Union School IIouso u the or.ly fir, largo building in the, place. 1 hi town is situ ited on an eminence- descending in !! diroctien around. Mr. Thompson is now finishing a new hotel which will be the place for travelers to stop, while in this town. A. tar viewin ths fl:ii pconery surrounding the town, I bid adieu, anl am o,T again, and after a lor.' an 1 lodi u r'deover hill and vale. I at hist a' live at M::i lv;l'i',:ha county scat of Crawford Co. I. u a town of some six thousand inhabitants and is oi.e of fho prettiest villages iu Wustern Penn-y Ivania. It is situated in a beautiful vnlk-y, and unrounded with hills, which nl th s season of the year l-i.'.k betiililttl indted, iwin ures.4'1 ia their most l-it inl fi.Iiajj''. o'' reJ, yellow, aud L'roen. But I hive not tima nor language to .lescribs thu bcau'lcs ol iIim neat t Tae, 0 its sm rounding icenery; but thoso who would know its lieauiiwa, limit par it a visit, and in so doT.' they will find a pleasaot heme nt thu American Iiou.se with Mr. A. Taylor lor a Land lord, the i.atne of which, :md whom, is a sufficient recommend to those, who h. ve bad iho liatne tl c pii g here Hill I must bid you adieu as our coach it in wnilirg ol. 'he ilcr Yours, ibe ELXXS. G.;v. Bank, ok M.sachusktts, At-taikkiihv a Map Womak Gov. Banks vis-iru'd ilir Northampton (Mass.) Insane Asylum, nn ih" '27 h i4 ApMnher, and while viewing the iniu. ites Mrs riie'ps, the woman who, some years sinee was charged with poisoning Imr husliaml, an l N tcrwirds hecame deranged, mz:m1 ihe G nernor by the arm. and declared thai ' .-h.' would instantly draghiln to execu tion. it was useless to resist she was commissioned lo Imng him and must do it;" and suiting' li e anion to the word, bhe seized him by the collar. u:id probably but for his earnest resistance and the timely aid of Dr. Prince, tho commonwealth would to day have been without her chief executive magistrate AVw 'wk IlcrulJ. Tub Bahoaix Ixsi.stkd os at Tint Socth. Tho following letuaiks of the Richmond Whig show that the English compromise will Iw ii.Mstr I on at the Mouth a circumstance which cf entire will prevent the Ohio Democracy frnm bu-king down from that platform i "We cm, Hut be mistaken in supposing that the Southern rank and file Democracy wilt nrt submit lo be tlefiatidod of the nrJg ailvan-toge which commended the English Conference Bill to 'heir anvptance. They will not uphold un Administration and a party that would thus cozen and degrade them and tbey will tear tho Di'iuooratio organization into. ti nders ratli.'r th in tolerate any suggestion f Oin any quur'er for a repeal of the provision to uhicii we have r.tluded." YncNii Lad's 'a Lvhu'tiox or a Stoisi at Ska. Tho huh went down like a lull ef dull fire in t'a; midst ol smearing clouds, of red curunt jjni. The wind bogsu to whistle worse than .iy of the lowest ordim of society in the fix penny gtllerj of a theatre. Every w ave was suddenly as bij and Itib as 'In Italian Opel a Ilouts Tbo cards of tbt iliip mapped l.!.c lad stayh.es. I'o bttC Genoa velvet tits erai blacker than the fir-maiuent; nn.l nol even the veioes ol the la dies rolling (nr the jtJKr: Jesj, warn board above tbe urclustml ciaihing of the elements.Xot to ."3 Pot Orf. ku athleticsptci-im-n ol a man IVtlu tho Xuiernld Isle, called at ti.j counting house of a riier-sids merchant, ami took oil lii li-l to ruakf his best bow. "The tup of the rooming tj ye, mister," say a Pal; 'I've been told ye're In want ef help." "l'rr but little lit do," replied the gentleman, wilh mercantile, gravity. "Then I'm the boy fir le'a," say a Paddy, i ' Tl Cleveland and Mahoning Car Bbe, at ClewUnd lu.v i a1", ut six feet in towee-q. iei.ee of li-ing on a quicksand founda'iou. Y'hc!ier the quicksand will run out and give no tfinie tioul.le or keep moving on il ejla-(jjtbei a suljrc' ol conjcture. .' T.ir. Sr. Pel e hna wholly left the Sew York department of the 1'iva Point, end lives on the larm. It ia impossible to mt'.e his place gix-d. The IuuilulHn in New York I .iiguisiiw, and some are fearful thai ii 'oiust be wholly oteeed.