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THIS FltOS. Of all the funniest things that live, la woodland, marab, or hog. That creep the ground, or fly the air, J The funniest Is the frog! The fiog—the scientlflcest Of Nature's handy-work; The frog that neither walks er run. o , Bat "goes It" with s Jerk. With pants snd coat of bottle-green, ▲ yellow fancy vest, Me p'unges Into mud and m're All in his Sunday's best. When he sits down he's standing up (As Paddy <ninn once paid:) And, for convenience sake, he weave Hi# eyes a:op hit head. Tou #e him sitting on a log, Above the "vasty deep;" Ton feel inclined to say—* Old chap, Just leek before you leap!" Tou raise your ceoe to hit him ex His uglj-!o k ng mug, But ere jou get it half way ep Adowo he joea—"Ker-chug." RHYXI.XO TV MEETING —Old Dr. Strong of Hertford, whose name is still e praise in the churches, had an unfortunate habit of saying amusing things when he meant it not so—at when he was presiding In a meeting of ministers, and wishing to call on one of tbem to come forward and offer prayer, he sale; " Frothsr Col ton, Of 80l on. Will you rtep th's way, And p-ajl" To whfeh Mr. Colton immediately answered, without Intending to perpetrate anything of the same aortr " My dear brother Ftiong, Tou do verv wrong, w To be making a rb) pie, At such a solrmn time." And then Dr. Strong added: 41 I'm very sorry to see Tbat you're just like me." The good men would not, for the world, have made jests on such an occasion; but they could plead the same excuse for their rhymes that the boy did for whistling in scoot 1: "I didn't whistle, sir; it whistled it elf!" 'oVgriculhtral Department. i gricultu-e <• t"-e moit Healthful. th nn Un- tu\ ton N*™. Euploym.Lt of Man.—D'aMing. ** Communication! upun Agricultural tub act. will b. thankfully received. [Frcm tho Cultivator.] HOW TO RAISE: SHEEP PROFITABLY. Wall aa wool is up and a great many inquiries are made as to how to tnako the most wool and mutton, I will say that ray plan would ba to put from three to five good Cotewold bucke with on*- hundred ewes end let them run with the eafes all the time. Let them bare flood blue prase, timo thy, clorcr, or any other kind of press ; let tbim hare plenty of pood water and will sa'ted. In addition I would say, about the last of Vor. or first of Dee., early erery morning I would pire them half an ear corn each, tho cars broke in two and scattered about on tbo grass so that they ai| can get to it, as they-will pick erery grain np ex cept noddy or rainy mornings. I would continue the feeding nntil spring. You will find that it will pay, both in wool and mutton. At tbe be ginning of winter I would hare ehelter of some kind near my house, so that tbe weak lambs coold be cared for. If there ahould bo any weak eves with twin lambs, hare a lot of early rye or wheat and turn them Into it, and gire them corn and abetter aa tbe others hare. The lots should be or blue grass or timothy so that they would ba dry and eomfortablo for them to aleep on during the night cxeept it abould be raining or snowing, then put thesa under ahalta r. During eery cold dry windy weather, gire plenty hay and oats in the atraw. If yon hare no bay, oats, Ac., good wheat straw, or rye, or oat straw will do very well, as they will eat it in cold dry weather, but iu wet rainy weather they will not touch it. De sure that in cUd dry days they bare water erery day. The heep should bo turned out of the lot. they Stay iu of nights, into an arijdoinj blue grass pssture, and brought up erery night. By hav- ! lug a few bells on them they will soon learn to come up themselves to their lots. My plan for shelters would be to have a plank fence or post and rail, on the north side of the lots they stay in of n'ghta. Then I would set up •oinmon rails ten or twelve feet long, one end on the ground and tbe other extending to the lop of tte fence; then take cornstalk fodder, commence at the bottom and go up like the roof of a house ; make it three or four feet thick, and it will keep aa well as shocks in the held, and will do to feed out in rprirg to cattle. I would say thia plan fully carried out, would bring two litters of lambs every year, and would he as good as one litter eath year, and I tbiok you would hare more twin lambs every time and be aa apt to raise them and your sheep better from the care in keeping. Try it. Now for my experience for a few years back. Since I hare been keeping two or three bucks, I fonnd some v.f my ewes bad two litters a year, and th.y Increase more eyary year, and last year the moat of my flock bad tbeir two litter., and they apptar to do aa well and grow as well a> when they had but oue litter a year. If I am oorrect, thia will be a fast way of getting along with sheep. I would say that to commence, I would aa soon bare one half good healthy mnun tain ewes, as I fiod tbey have the eailiest lambs. I think the Cotswold would be more likely to bring this result than any other, a. 1 think tbey are a hardy race of sheep, producing more wool and mutton than any other that I know of, and 1 think more prcliflc. I notico my thrifty ewes very often take the buck from 8 to 10 days after dropping their lambs, and tho lambs are coming At all seasonsof tbe year. KENTUCKY FARMER [Frtm tho Country Grnt'emau ] BEST MODE OF SEEDIRU A\'D WIN. TEEING CAITLE. I here (men much interested lately, in reeding the artielee in your columns on tbe enbject ol wintering and feeding cettie. My own practice differing somewhat from your correspondents, I give it to you for wbat it ia worth, and no more. Your excellent Geneva correspondent, John Johnston, gives a decided preference to yard feeding, with emple shedding, over liable or stall feeding, foi tbe reeson eh i< fly ol economy o labor and this, fortified by bia long experience and suc cess, entitles hia opinion to grant weight. 1 do aot propose to controvert this opinion, but rather to commend hie si item of ample (bedding and warm bedding to ail who aapire to ha good far mere. lly own experience, although not provided with as extensive end comfortable sheds and bedding as Mr. J. recommends, is the reverie of bis. For several years 1 tried to fatten cattle in tbe yard, tbe eattle going under sheds, (considersbly less, however, tban thlrty-eix feet wide,) and roaming tbe yard at pleasure, with free access to water ; but the result was not eatlefeetory. I do not aver that every other prerequisite, such as regu larity in feeding. Moie attention to appetite, and careful watching to prevent tbe stronger and most voracious from driving tbe weaker and more timid from tbeir feed, vai faitj attended to.— Perhaps not ; bat I attributed mjr want ofsaccess to having adopted a which was liable to, and tended to those verj errors and neglects.— Had these cattle been tied up in the stalls in tbe stable, tbeir oonfiaeieent of itself would have im posed watchfulness and attention as a ncceuity upon tbe herdsmsn, whereas their freedom in the yard, with perhaps access to some food, rendered clou and punctual attention less absolutely ne cessary, and habits of irregularity, postponement and neglect are in many instances too spt to be the consequence. This is the theory of my fail art in yard feeding. It may not be, and 1 hope is not tree and applicable to all farmers and feed ers. It oertainly is not to Mr. Johnston. 11 J i' a roan of indastry, system and punctual! y.— These important qualities are unfortuoatily found io but few who aspire to follow him in the iropor tant profession which he so conspicuously elevates by both precept and example. 1 therefore advo cate a system which from its nature renders abso lute and imperative tbe cultivation of habila < f industry and punctuality as tbe price of success, or inhumanity and disgrace as the penalty of be gleet. . For tbe last six years, having previously failed in yard-feeding, i built another stable for my cows, and appropriated my cow stable, under a large . verj-cting b ro, to my feeding bullocks.— My practice is, towards the clote of the grazing season, to leed a lit.le meal oneea day in the H id to tbe fattening oattle. From tbe Ist to tbe 15 h or 20ih Nov., according to the eeuofi, my fat or graced catiie are brought io tbe stable aod titd up in the stall at night, and fed at first soit corn or nubbins and hay, alternated occasionally with fodder. When apples are abundant, 1 prefer to •tart them upon de ured or rotten apples mixed with tbeir chop, con posed of wheat chaff snd meal (corn and cob cruthed.) This opens the bowels, aud puts the cattle iu what the neid>meu o*ll a good suftenir g condition—the skin becomes loose aud gl'tsy, w heu tbe feeder IttU e oouraged aod awund be has gained an important poiut.— A well grazed bullock brought to this condition, may b* fed with pr< lit ; a lean steer cannot iu my judg nent be fattened in winter on grain with out loss. My cattle thus conditioned, are k< pt in a stall constantly,gxcept for an hour or two a ter th ir mid day feed, when they are let out for exercise and water. 1c will thus be IMQ that my eattla gat water but occa a day. Ibis lam aware ia contrary to the generally received opinion- ot the necessity and importance ot fnqumt watering, but au ex perience of six yenrs has convinced me that in winter season, cattle will thrive and fatten with water but once a day, when their feed is all dry* vz: mval, hay and fodder. In this way 1 bare brought cattle that would not sell tor more than thirty live or forty dollars from grass, up to sixty five and seventy dollars by the February mailed. Toe system of stable etding over yaid feeding has this advantage. First it impof ths nc*< miry of attention. Your cattle must be watched— like the Dutch baker, who being asked the secret of his success in baking good bread, laconically replied, ' I watch hiin." Secondly, it conduces to repose and quietude, the very condition ino>t favorable to the secretion of fat. Thirdly, "ach animal can consume without molestation and fear his own lond ; aud fourthly, it gives the bercs man a b tier opportunity to watch the sppe its and condition of each bollock, and thus to in create or diminish bis fod accordingly—or a change of food when necessary. Should you deem the above worthy a place in your valuable weekly, it is at your service. The writing of it serves to direct me from this horrible din of war, raging within sound of my feeding sdfes for the last ten or twelve months. When shall this awful roar of cannon ceaae, and we aga n learn to love and instruct each other in the arts of peace, plenty and prosperity T A MARYLABD FARMER. "THE LIGHT WITHIN." The sun had nearly sunk behind the hills, leav ing the valley in sombre tfaadow, as f to w rn t! e travelle. that night came early tbevedark Decern her days ; but Alice Lee sat weeping beside a stile at the road side, regardless of the gathering gloom, only now and then looking helplessly at a bundle of sticks that lay beside her. How ioDg she in tended to sit there no one knows, but soon a rust ling noise was beaid in the wood she bad ju l pjssed tbrougb, and a girl about ber own age oUmbc-red over the stile with a beavy burden ol slicks on ber buck. "Why, Alice 1" she cried, "how can you sit there in the cold 7 You'll be frozen to death 1" "And who would care V said Alice. "I would," replied her friend, laughingly ; "and you would'nt much like it yourself eituot ; so come, cheer up, and let us sue who will be tint home." But Alice was too sullon to be persuaded, and at last Ellen Wilson went on ber way moru quick ly tban before, to make up lor lost time. Alice sat watcbiug ber retreating figure until a turu in the road bid ber frog) view ; tben slowly raising ber own bundle, sbe began to walk in tbe same direction, but very slo.\ly, and still weeping bit terly. The road atretched along the vallej, and both tbe girls were making towards two cottages wb.oh stood apart Iroin tbe vil.age, and a good way up the bill ; but the difference was great between tbe two children wbo were thus following tbe a*tne path to bomcs tbat seemed o mucti alike, limb were very poor, and neither bad wbat could be called a happy borne ; but tbe one lovvU Oud, and tbe other knew t)iq> not ; or in other words, ibe one was happy, and tbe other was miserable.— Alice had never tell tbe contract between beiacll aud B.len jo strongiy as tuis u<gut, and sQe was inwaidiy wishing t>De kutw wbat Ellen's secret was, when some one, wbo had hceu walking much more rapidly than beiseli, urew near, and ehe wc joined Uy a kind lnuking eldtily geutkuiau. lie atked ber why tbe was crying; and wbtn be tuid biin btcatiie sbe was cuid, and was atraid that ber mother would scold ber wbeu sbe It ached home, be looked very sorry <or bei, but said be did uot tbiuk crying sou la do su) good. "J am atraid, little girl," bo uctued, "thai )uu don't know how to be happy." "1 am not always crying, sir," said Alice. '*l daresay not," be replied, with a kindsuiile ; "but it is one thing to be sometime* merry, and quite another thing to be always happy." "Always happy I"—tbe words sounded very strange to the wearied child. "X woulu like to be always happy, sir," sbe said. "N ne are happy on earth," be answered, "ex cepting those wbo love God, and tbe End Jesus, wbo died to save us. This makes tbcm contented with their lot in tbe world, whatever it may be, because it is God's choice for thein. Do you see those two cottages bigb up on the bill-side?" "Yes air," said Alice ; "we 1 ve iu ooe, and Eileti WiL-on and ber father live in tbe other." "Well," be said, "as X came along the valley this evening your cottages were quite blight iu tbe beams of tbe setting un ; but as it weut down, tbey giew darker and darker, till I could scat ceij bod tbeut out on tbe bill-side. But now, don't you see bow bright one of them is again ? Can i )ou tell me tbe reason of ibis?" | "Tbore is a light within, sir," said ▲lice.— I ''Ellen has got home, and sbe has kinuled tbe | flr. ?" | "Ye.," be uitl, "that ii it; tbere ie a light within 1 And so it le with ourselTe., whether old or young. It is easy to look bright when the sun Is shining outside ; but when dai koesa and trou ble come, then we envy those who have a -igtt within. And mark this, my child, tbe only light lor these dark, sinful bearta ot ouis is tbe love ot Jesus, and the sweet spirit of contentment which this love always brings with it." Here be stopped, lor ha road now lay io ao op posite direction ; but he gave Alice a little hymn book, and told her to keep it iu remembrance of an old friend wbc prayed tbat Uod would bim ell teach her the only way to be happy both here tad hereafter. Alice meat on, pondering over tbe strange words •be bad heaid. rihe paused at the Wilsons' cot tage, and watched her irieud Ellen busily engsgtd iu making ail tidy belore her lather's return.— "On," sue thought, "I am sure that E.len has tbe light that the gentleman spoke of, because she levts God, and that will he why abe is happy, while lam miserable." But she bad no time tor lui ther thought, tor she heard the aagry voice ol her mother screaming, "Come aloug, you idle, little vagabond, or I'll ne it 1 can: make you walk smarter 1" I'oor Alice-hastened on with her burden, but did not escape an angry blow as she eu e.edibc collate. The sticko would not burn, thejr obiy eiliuUldertd among tbe embers, tor they had b.tn gathered hour tne nearest aud dampest corner ol the wood; aud alter a iiesh torrent ot abuse, tLe poor child wai sent supperices to bed. Cine lay abivoiing on her straw ;a.ut, thinking that she could never sleep, and teeliug tbat all was very dark bo b without and withru- But coitdreo do nut otteu lib awake even when cold and hungry ; ao Alice leli asleep, aud she dreamid a dream. 9 Sue tftneitd it was day, and time for her to take Nancy, the cow, to the hill aide ; but when she i eaubed the door, there was scarcely any light coining trow the sun, lor a dark shadow seemed over it, and there was a mysterious chill in the air, just as she remembered feeling when there had been a wotiderl 1 eclipse. "Mother 1 mother 1" she cried, running into the cottage sgaiu, "why te it so dark ?" "DAIk 1" repeated hernotbei, "and the sun shining so bright. You're not awake yet, or you're blind, or idle, and that's more like to be toe way ot it. Get tp your wink, child, or I'll give you a beating that'll make you sdb right." Alice did uot wait a second bidding ; but as she went out again, she met several people, and w tun she spoke *o them ot the dark ue*a, sue saw that lUrj only wondered, and thought that she was bliud ; but t eie Was an unusual stir iu the \V tl sons' cottage,so aha turned in mere. Eilen stood with her Utile buuiietand hood on, and a small bunulo and lantern la her hand. "Ou I Ellen," she said, "where are you going?" Ellen looked as if surprised at the question. "1 canuot stay b*re," she aid ; * this place is too dsik ; iam going to the beautiful country you have heai d about, that needs neither the ssu nor the moon io lighten it." Alice asked, "Are you going alone ?*' "Oa, no I" said Ellen, "that would never do.— I have a Irieud with me, though you canuot aee him ami he has prouiiecd to take tuesaieiy there." Alice a.ked ii it would be a lo.g journey. "1 am uot sute," Elite replied ; "but it is a pleae- SJI load, aud j ou sec what a bi igut light 1 have." &Le held up the lautero, aud Alice read iu gol dju letters ail round it, "lby word is a lamp unto my leet, auu a light unto my path." "Father is going to follow me," continued Elieu, "and you must come too; but I have re lime to wait lor you." do the tiiiniuid her little lamp afresh, and left her home. Alice watched ber as she hasteaeJ oa through a i ugged dtfile auMf>g the bills eouieHints He road iuokvd very i tugh, a<>we;iujeariaoolUer again but she iw that the light, which had burned d.uily among the togs of tbe valley, grew blight er and brighter as Eien ascended tbe hill, till it threw quite a glory over tbe pathway and IOUO-. her little figure ; and Alice could sea that the way was covered with golden inscriptions. Une was, "Her ways are ways of plessauiucss, and all her paths are peace another was, "This ii tne way, Walk ye in it." Baitbe one that pleated A lies best was this, "The path of the just is ao . be fchiuing lig* t that ehirtib more and more unto the peifect day." She gazed and gz*d upon tie glittering words until she lorgot to luck any more at Ellen. At last rbe seemed to bear cou.used noise*, and dreamed somsibing about a thunder st >rm, till awukeno 1 by a vio.ent shaking tiom h?r mother, and a storm of angry, reproach for having slept so long. The poor child rose in a moment, and hastened t) bcr morning work ; but though ber diaatn was gone, its pleasant memory remained. She eager ly tolJ it all to E Its, and said she thought it meant something like the "Pilgrim's Progress," but asked if it would cot mean tbat Ellen was to die soon. Ellen smiled, apd said, "Perhaps it means rliat 1 have begun a pilgrim age to heaveu, l.ke Übridial." .1 * '1 "And vt ho is your triend?" asked Alice. "That must uicao Je us," said Ellen ; "and you know be has promised never to leave any thai come to him." ' Hull can't love Jesus J" exclaimed Alice.— •T can't love him when 1 have not seen hips, auu wnen be makes me so poor aud wretched." "I used to think all that," said Ellen. "Moth er used to tell mo a great deal out of the Bible, bat I did not care lor it till she was dead. Then, one night when my father was drm.k, ho bsat n.e till I ran out of the house cry iLg, and I thought, 'What a miserable, miserable world this is!' Then 1 remembered how Jesus had left bis tbione to come into this very world, aud to suffer and die tor us ; and it seemed such woudeifut love I I aiioot te|l bow irondvr ul it seemed. And mother had bade nie ask God iyr help ; so I acktd htm then, and it makes me sobappy to have learn od to pray Sow, when father beats me, J can bear it better, and sometimes I have such swet thoug-its 1" ''What kind of thongttrf l ' said Alice. "1 think," she said, "that heaven is my re*] house, wlktu JetU., and tbe angels, and my mother are ; aud that this is only a school where G *d is giving me some bara lessons to learn for bis sake." II w Alico wished tbat night tbat sue might dream her beautiful dream again ! But though it would not return at her bidding, it was never forgot en ; for tbe tell as if all ber life till now bad been a dream, and that she had newly aw* keuod to see why she had come into this world aud to bear of the glorious inheritance tbatojigh. jet bs hers. The true ligtt bad shone into her heart, and eveu her mother wondered at the change, which she could not understand. Ellen rej >iced, and noi a few saw that another little pilgrim bad left tbe b oad for the narrow way, apd was seeking a "b.rtter country, that in an heavenly." now MUCH WILL FILL A PlG.— The Ly mi News, Lto be held entiiely rt-soonsible for the following : " A neighbor of ours was trying to convince another neighbor that it WHS better to buy large pigs in the Bioing thnn small ones, as the former wonld eat little more. One of his reasons was the following; Last 8p ing [ bought a little pig from a drover, and ho was good for eating Out wouldn't grow much He got so after a week or two, that he would eat a bucketful at a time, and then, like Oliver Twist, call for more Well one morn ing I carried ont a water bucket full of dough, And after he bad swallowed it all, I picked up the pig and put him in the same backet f bad fed him from, and the little varmint didn't Jtll it hiTf up." Look en This Picture. Let those whose policy it Is to liberate and put arms Into the bands of 3,600 000 negro slaves— those who have pledged the faith of the govern ment that there shall be co restraint put upon them in any effort tbey may make to gain their freedom—let the bloodthirsty abolitionists con jtemplate the picture presented to tbein in the lollowing narrative, and shudder at the horrors tbey propose to re-enact. MASSACRE OF THE WHITES BY THE NE GH>ES Or ST. DOM NUO. "The bloodiest p cture in the Book of Time/' TUC IIASIACKI CoMMShCaO. It was on the morning of the '23 dof August, 179), Just be!ore day, tnat a general alarm apd consternation spread throughout the town ot the Cape. The inhabitants wero called from theii beds by persons who reported that all the n*gro slaves io the several neighboring parishes bad re volted, and wete at tbat mouieui carrying death and desolation over the adjoining laige and beau tiful plain to the noith. Tte Governor aud mo ot the military flic era on duty Sfcatinbled to gether, tut the reports were ao contused and ci n iradictory ss to gain but little credit. Aa day light began to break, the sudden and aucccsswe arrival, with ghastly couotenanois, ot persoLS who bad with dfli.uliy escaped the uiassscie, and fi <wn to the town for protection, Drought at dreauiui cot ii uiauou ot tbu fatal tidings. The rebellion first broke out on a plantation cailed Noe, in the parish of Acul, nine tniles only fnm the city. Twelve or touitetnoi the ring* leaders, about tbe middle of the night, proceeded to the nfljeij or sagfr-honse, and seizad on a uiau, tbe refiuer's apprentice, dragged him to the Irout ot the dwelling house, aud there hewtd him into pieces with their cutlass?*; bis screams* Drought cut tbe overseer, wbojn lUty lnsiauliy shot. Tbe rebels now found their way to the apartment of tbe refiner, and massacred him in bis bed. A young man ly ing sick in his ch HU )er | was >eit appartutly ded of the wounds inflicted ry their cutlasses, lie bad strength enough, ' however, to crawl to tbe next plantation and ro late tbe hoiroia be bad witnessed, lie reported that ail tbe whiles of the estate wh.cb he had let ware murdered, except only the surgeon, whom tbe rebels bad compelled to accompany thsm, on tbe idea that they might stand in need ot his professional ailistance. Aiaimed by this intelligence, the persons to wboin it was commu nicated immediately sought their safety in fl.ght. The revolters (consisting now of all tbe slarej belonging to that plantation) proceeded to tbe house ot Mr. Clement, by whose negroes they "tie immediately joined, and both he and bis re tiner were massacred. The muidercr of Mr. Clement was bis own postillion, (coachman,) a man to whom he had alwa; s shown great kind ness. The othtr white people on this estate con trived to make their escape. At cLis juncture the negroes on the estate of M. Faville, a few miles distant, likewise rose and ojurdHiad fire white person.I*, 1 *, one ot wbini {the attorney lor the estate) had a wile and three daughters. These unfortunate women, while lin ploiiog for mercy of the savegcs on thtir knees, beheld tneir husband and lather uiuidered Oelo.'e their laoes. For themselves, they were devoted to a more horrid fata, and wero carried away captives by the assassins. The approach of daylight served only to dis cover the sights ot horror. It was now apparent that that the negrota of all the cstatte in tie plain acted in concert, and a general massacre of of the whites took place in every quarter. On some few estate#, indeed,- the lives ol the worm n were sparedj but they were reserved only to gratify the rutal appetites of the r lili me, rd it is shocking to relato that many of them ruf fe red violation on the dead bodies of their bus hands and lathert! TUB STAN DAK® CP TUB NCO HOT B—TIB BODY OF A WHITR INFANT. In the town itsolf the genorel bt lief for some time was that the revolt was by no means as ex torsive, but a sudden and partial insurrection only. The largest sugar plantation on the plsins W4 s that of MODS. (ialJifet, situated ~bout eight tn.les fiom tho town, the negroes belonging to wbicb bad always been treated with such kind nes and liberality, and possessed so many advan tages, that it became a proveibisl expression 'itnong the lower white people, in spvskiug of ar y ma-i's good fortune, to say, %l est hturtux an nryre Ut Qalii/et, (be is as hippy as one ol Uallifet's n grots. MOM. Odeluc, the attorney or agent for this plantation, was a meubcr of th General Asieuib y, and being lully per uaded that the ne grots belonging to it wou d it main lirin in their obedience, ueiei mined to repair thither to en courage thsui iu opposing the insurgents, to which end be desired the assistance of a few sol diere from the town guard, which WAS granted nun. lie proceeded accordiugly, but, on ap proaching the estate, to his surprise and grie', he loßud all the negroes in at uia uu the aide of the rebels, and (horrid to.1:111) their atuxoUrd was the body of aw hite infant, w Inch they had re cently impaled on a atske. Alons. OJtluo bad advanced too far to leneat undiscovered, and both be and his Iriend who accompanied him, with most of the soldiers, were kihed without mercy. Two or lime of the patrol escaped by Uight, and conveyed the dread ui tidings to the j inhabitanu ol the t< wn. MAN.-IONI AND CAN ■ FIELD! SET OK VI HE. By this time, all or most ol the white persons hid been tound on several plantations, and bring I massacred or Jorctd to seek their s fety iu flight, the luihins txcuauged the tword f r ibe torch i ibe buildings and cane fields were everywhere | set on fl.e, and the coiflagrationF, which were I visible trom the town in a thousand difi'eient i quarters, tumuled a prorptct jnoie shocking ai.d | reflections mor di msl than lanoy can paint or j the poweis ol man da.cube. Consternation and tenor now took possession of every mind, and the ten BUIS of tbu wiunm aud children ruuumg tioin dour to door Lightened the horrors of the ectne. Ail the citizens look up anns, and the General Assembly Tested the GOT ernor with the cotntuaLd ot (be National Guard, requesting him to give sucn orders as tbe urgen cy of tbe cr.se seemed to demand. Cue 01 tbe ti et measures was to send tbe white women aid Ouil rep ou boaid tbe ships in the bat bwr, rery seri- us appiebeosiuns being entertained Concern mg the domestic negroes wiibiu tbe town; a great proportion ot tbe ailest men among tbeni n ere liktwice sent on shipboard and closely guarded. There still remained in the city a considerate# body of free mulatioea, who had not tnk .n, or a Ituiml aot to take, auv pin tiu ihe dispuus be t.veen their breibieu of o.nor and the white in habitants. Their situation was extremely criti cal, tor tbe lower class .of whites, coutidering the 01 uI at toes as the immediate aut ors ol there bellion, marked them for destruction; and the whole number in tbe town would undoubtedly have been murdered without scruple, had uot the OoTeruor and the Colonial Assembly rigor ously interposed and taken tbein uuder their im mediate protection* Grateful for this interp.isi* tion in their laror, (perhaps not thinking their liret otherwise secure,) all tbe abU meo among them ofl'ored to march immediati ly against t v rebels, and to leara their wi*e and children as hostages for their fidelity. Their offer was ac oepted, and they were enrolled in different com panies 01 the militia. ▲ VAIII ATTEMPT TO fOT DOWJf THE XBQKOXS. The Assemb y continued their delibiratl ns thio ighout tho night, amid tbe glare < f sur rounding conflagrations. The inhabitants beirg strengthened by a number of seamen from the ships, and brought into some degree of order ard military subordination, were nour desiroua that a detachment should be eeut out to attack the strongest body of the revoltera. Ordera were given accordingly, and Mons. de louxard, an (fficer who had distinguished himalf in tLe United States ferric*, took the command of a party of militia and ihetroopaof the lioe. With these be marched te the plaota ion of klona. Li tour, and attacked a body of about four thousand of the rebel negroes. Many were deatioyed, bat to little purpose) for Touxird, hading the num ber of revulters to increase to more than a ceo tuple proportion of their losses, was at length lorced to retreat. The Governor, by tha advice of the Assembly, now dtUTj:aed to act for some time solely on the defensive; and, aa it was eveiy moment to be apprehended ibat the revolters would pour down upon the town, all tha rx<ad* and posses leading into it were for tilled. At the sdinu time au embargo was laid on all the t hipping in the harbor—a measure of indispensable neces sity, calculated as well to o.tain the aiaiutantp of toe seamen a< to secure a retreat lor the in* hatmaLte in the last extremity. To Sat h 01 tLe distant parishes as were open to communication, tilber by land or by tea, no t.ce of tbe revolt had been transmit ed within g few hours after advice of It was received at the Cape, and tbe white inhabitants of many of those pmichea bad therefore found time to establish ceil); a, and form a cbaio of posts, which, tor a short time, set-mid to prevent the reb lliou from spreading beyond the northern province. Two of these camps were, however, attacked by tha negroes—who were here opeply jointd by the mulaltoea—and forced wi f h great slaughter. At Loudon tbe whites maintained the contilt for Seven burs, but were overpowered by the infin ite -tiapariiy of numbers, and compelled to give way, with the loss of upwards of one hundred of their body. Tbe survivors took rtfuge in the Spanish territory. These two districts therefore—the whole of tbe rich and extensive plain of the Capo—together with the contiguous mountains, wore now wholly, abanooned to tbe ravages of the enemy, and the cruel i*s wb ch they on such of the miserable whites as fell into their hands cannot be remembered without horror, nor reported in terms strong enough t # J convey a proper id ja of their atrocity. tub noaaoas meat in—vrntTi mix iawkd ASUK9BU. They aeiz d Mr. Blen, an officer of the policr, and having nailed him alive to one of the gates o his plantation, chopped of! bis limbs, one by one, with an %. A poor man named Roberts, a carpenter by trade, endeavored to conceal himielf from the no tice of tbe rebels, was discovered in Lis biding place. Tbe savages declared that be should die in tbe way of his oecupation. Accordingly the; bound him between two boards, ai/d deliberately sawtd him at under. Monaitur Cardiotau, a planter ol Grand Hi viere, had two natural tons by a black w- man , U bad manumitted them in iular.c.), and bred them up with great tenderness. Tb \ bulb joined in the revolt—and when tbeir father attempted to d.vert them fro® their purpose by soothing language and pecuniary consideration, tbey took bis money at d then stabbed kirn to tbe heart. Ail tbe white, and even the inulatie children whose lathers bad not joined in tbu revolt, wire murdered without exception, friqushtlj before tbe jfS o" clinging U> the befouis of tbeir mo titers. Your.g women ol all ranks were first viu ' latid bo a a hole troop of barbarians, and then generully put to death. S-meof iheui were it - ; deed reserved lor tbe further graiitimtion of the j lust of tbe savog'.s, and oth.r* bad tbeir eye: l •cooped out with a kaife. DAUGHTERS RAVISHED IN TUB fCESFNCK Cf TUtIK FATHras. In the parish of Limbe, at a place called the j Great Ilayine, a venerable planter, the lather of J two beautiful young ladies, was ied down b> savage ringleader of a bard, who ravi. hod his! eldest daughter in bis pm-nce, and deliver*d ; over tbe other to one of hia followers. Tfeir parslons bring eati*6ed, they muideted bulb tbe j lather and the dsoghteis. In tbe h< q Jenttkiruiishts between the foragirg parties sent *ut by tbe uegi oee (w ho a'ter bavin*: ; burmd every' Ling, w* re is scarcity of provision*.) J and the whites, (he rebels seldom stood their ground longt-r than to receive and return or e ringte volley; but they appt arid again the nxt djy, and though tbey were drivun out o: iht.r inertuchmentH with inhi.Lo slaughter, }et then numbeis seemed not to dituinifb. As soon s one body was cut oil* anoth r appeared, and thus tb< y succeeded in harraiMog and dcctro}iQg tbt wbi'es by perpetual fatigue, and reducing the country to a detert. TWO TIIOCfAKP FETS"SS * I'SACaKD. To detail the various coi.fi ctf, fkii tnlshei, tr.as sscit-s and sceoes of situghier which this ex tr tuiuating war pioduced, were t olf?r a disgu*i tng and Jrigbiful picture—a c Diminution of bur r-is, wbereiu we should behold cruelties un-xam pled in the annals of mankind; h--mvn blo< d piured foitb in torrent:; the earth clacks eo with ashes, and the air tainted wi b peitl em- • It was computed that within two montbs alltr the revolt first began, upward of two tbous.uiu white per*on.-, of all couuitious, hid been maasi c et'j ibi.t oue Kut.dred and - igbty sugar plautv ioi a, ur.d about Tiiue hundnd c ff e, cot'on, at d ind go scttlcmints had been desti ny<d— he bu.ld i gs thereon being ennaum d by fbo—and twelve hmdied Christian families Tecuced from opu lence to sucb a state of misery as to. depend aho geib. r lor tbeir clothing and sustenance on pub lic and private "barityl O ibe insurgents it wes ro k>ned that upward ol' ten thousand bad ; cr ibbed by tbe sword or by famine, and some bu • drpds by tbe bapd of the Xvtuttonei! Dka T n OF a Koran frectiLAToß.—Tbe death of John U. Mlenberger, at St. Louie, recalls to mind his former career in tbia part of the country, where he must be remembered a9 one of the bold est operators and most hospitable of mei. A: one time be joined Nicholas Did J a in a cotton • ptouUlitin, in which they cleared $3,000.090, — Alterwsrda be attempted to buy up all tne beet iu tbe country aid monopolize the market, bui was defeated by New Yotk and Pniladrlphi* dealers, and be was ruined. He then went to California, and, after experiencing tbe various fortunes of a large speculator, he be'eame reduo d. and went to St. Louis tt the time Fremont arr.- ved, ben g sini by a party of bant' eontraotora at S2OO per month. In a short tim ihe was abandon ed, and lie died in extreme indigence. At one time he owned a large irts'est in Uiddlu's bank, and could check for SIOO,OOO at a time. Ha was a man of noble character, stately urein, and cie gaat bearing.— Nfo fork Sum. Kuit'.Rs of run f usis.—N <c long siuoe, a dart ford lit urspaper. noticing the do alb of an editor, aa.is ; ''He was a bigh-irt'ncUd gentlemi D," of courts it should bare read high mindtii. Another paper rajs ; "The people ot India live chitfly ~n aster," instead of rise. Shortly after tbe eltctmr, a newspaper of the deieated par y intended to say: "Wa are linked like a band of brothers; but tbe typis ware wrong, and said ''we aia licked*' etc. A Mirsouri paper informs its lead ers that tbe wife crop of Gasconade county was H6.000 gals; but before bachelors could profit by moh a fine opportunity, the mitUke was correo ted by putting trine in place of wift). A correspondent of theßcw York Times, la 4 letter dated, Centre 21, says; No lerson abn bss bad any excellence la Se* e<ssi#, rupposcs for a moment that (be rebels [esq ever be starved out, as tome persons predict while seated about their comforb b'e fir aides in See York; True, the Rebels are oat ©t coffee, tea, salt, sngar and other concomitants which gi t-u mnke a meal of victuals attractiv ; but uf beef, bread, pork, corn, bears and all the sub.tantiali, they have an abundance. in fact tbetrmy of tb# Union b becm protecting this kind cf proper j for the ribtl that Virginia is a barren waste. Asiy fmm the track i f the two armies the crops are as large ai.4 the fame! a as prosperous, to all outward eppesr, ar.ee, as they were before the war. I have ileited during the last two weeks, all of the principal localities in the valleys formed by the Bull Kuo and Blue Ridge mountains—travel ing for the most part with small forces over uu* fn quentcd rontes. To cnc who baa heretofjrp formed an opinion of the condition of affiirs la Virginia, by following the worn-out track of the grades, the change in the appearance of every* tiling forma a rtrnai kable contrast. The valley to which I have referred is one of the richest grating 8 ctions of the 8 ate. The hills are covered with citth', and stack* of bsy ac.d fodder are every whePe conspicuous. Large fl >eka of sheep browse on the side hills, and (he woods and farm yards are tilled with swi. e. Corn, wheat and oats fill the granaries to ofelfl-iviog, and instead of thai 9 btiug any indication cf the people starving, they are, on the contrary, sleek and tat, and talk trea son b ldly. In this one valley alone an immense crop of meat *Ld cereals hce been and w now be ing raised for the rebel army. General Lee, it It weil understood here, hi only holding out at Win chester until he catf send South the immense pro* ducts 01 the valley 01 ibe Shenandoah and its sister valleys, and then he will bave no further use for his pre*ent position. For the last few weeks the rtbel !uppl.) frairS have bean running regularly and full towards Richmond, in teid of Luc's army, as is generally supposed. What "Kir kar' Maa M. — ldauy persons bare since the war Deguu, mads er.quiry aa to tbe ori gin of ibe teiin "liip rapa." tor the ben fltof the uninitiated, we g re tbe following in orroatioc: 1q engineering, a'• lip tap" i* fouda;ion obtained by tbrowic.g btonti together in a Leap withoutor tier, in det p water or on soft bottom. TbefcaHery on tbe channel between Fortress Monroe and S well'* Point is comtruo'ed on sugb artifl.iai fo.iiidat ion, and it thereforesty led tbe"tt'p-rs ps." Tbe fortification was began about twenty year* a o. Loose blocks of granite were piled up to a Leigh t of twenty or thirty feet, and permitted to ra-J ain for year*, for tbe purpose ol settling the foundation. Tbe M eks wcie taken down to the water line a rear rigo, and nothing more bar been done to the fortifications since. Crn. DTx Declieev.— ? he following ia a letter r rom Major General John A D x, declining to be a candidate for Guretnor of New Toik; K< b7hb a Mo* rob, Oct. 22, 1881, ——: My naiuo, 1 see, ia again us*d in con. nection with a political office, without my knowl edge or ccasent. J tball remain at m.v post, do ii g all I <so to sustain tbe government in patting down tbe rebellion, acd at ara>ra-nt, when the t z stet C 3 of the nation I* hanging by a thread, 1 cinpot lea re me doticc here to be drawn into any party strife. Neither will I ever accent to cny ad justment of tbe contest with ibe insurgent Btatts which shall acknovil-dge their ruccctf. Tbe rebellion b-g<n io freed, diahoaor and via. lenov, & mut-tend in tubaiiafion to the constitution and ho law. Tbe stceasina Icgdera bare pat the contest on groundj which would uaake auaceaa oa their part-indelible disgrace to ua. k ?• In any sphere of duty nay inteutioa ia to carry on the war without either violence to tke conati* luti.-n or (o tbe principle* of justice and humanity, and to contend to the last to avert a triumph ort-r all chat is stable la government or bpporsble ia political com pan ions dip. Uy who'e foqrae through life has proved my d.votionto democracy and conservative princl -1 ies. No assurance should be needed th*t -tble aitb is ULch.tnged. liut at a moment like this uultss all pai ties will rally round the government in puts}*# down this rebellion, leaving questions arapng ourei-lves tube settled wbon the national honor is vindicated a'ld oar eg'stepee as a nation st cured, there can be nothiog for us io tbe future but disa*ter and di*g raof. John A. Dix. Tbe L'hias or Pebmtvii.cb.— A Lflf! a? lHe cor respondent of the New York Tribune wiitca as followi; Official returns from all tbe division* engag-d at P it 3 filk- show au aggregate loss of BJO kiihd, 2 555 wounded and neatly 600 mi/sing and prison er*. The entmy captured 11 guns during tbe bat ile. Iha rebels t.bindoned them in a disabled condition apoo their retreat on Thursday mom. injr, excepting two Napoleon guns, in plaoe of which they left two smooth bore 6 pounders. After a csre r ul investigation, 1 bare Icome ai'.-fisd that the rebel lor# do s not exceed two thirds of ours. Between 600 and 700 of their dead were buried by ur, and abjut 1 300 wounded re mained on our bauds. We took no prisoners du ring the battle. f-XPL sinN OF a SDELI.—Two pro, Daniel U'Phtraon mid Adam Wclf, living In th vicinity ot Sow Franklin, Franklin county, I'enn , wire trying >o open a percu.soo ebrll, on Sunday irrck, whin it ixploded, killing M'Fbaraon and w uuditg WolTin the thipb and loft hand. He ia doing wall. M'Phoraon'a Wrt band waa blown off but tha Tatal wnabd wai in the abdomen. Ha lived ab >ut eight hours after the accident. Tne r hell waa brought from tha battle hold ef Antie tam. Tux CoarKoctATE Srniaaa ALABAMA. — It baa generally been understood that the Confederate ateamer Alabama wee the steamer brat known aa the "1139," but it aeema there are now aome doubt* <1 to bar identity aa that reaaul. The New Yoik times saya : Capt. I). K. (afford, late of the bark Klish* Dunbar, |e tirmly of tbe opinion that the Alabama and •'290 " arc not thaxame retail, aa he frupientr ly be rd the crew, of thn Alabama fpaakiog of the "230," and of the Oretor Home of the news papers taken from the K' ni I y Farnham cootainel ao account ef tba M2SO," ruaaingr tbe blockade into Mobile, and on hearing it read tbe .flreif bf the Alabama gave H)r- choera for tbe "J99." A Sets ITI" Sr-XT.—-The Kjcpreoa professes TO hve r lube information, from aemi-olßcigl circle* In Eu- ope, that B g'at d and Fraho • hare deolded upon the leeocnttion or the Houibcrn Confedera cy, if the joint offers ajf an armiatio of bur or tix m ••iftaw, to be proposed to Mr. Scwaid, are not ec epted, lh-r fear a ilsve in-nrreetlow iothi South, ray a the /ir/jrt.i, alter the lal • f January, and it ia to afl' id their own citizens residing tbere ample protect) in under the eyes of their regularly ap pointed eg- nta, that England and Frnnca will claim tue ueciaoity ol reoogntxing tbe new Uonfederecy. Paul Pr</. espying a man who wa digging in a large pit, and being disposed to rally him, a ked him, what he waa digging.—"Abigholo "was the roqly.—"And what are you going to do with such a big hole," caid Paul ..." Going to cut it into emu 1 holes, end retail tbcm to you fellowstoset fence poeta in." Tanty is highly recommended as an antidote to Seas. Give a bid ef U to yonr dog Eren If yoer heart Is In s cause, tt doesn't follow that you ahnuld "put your foot iu