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THE GAZETTE
IS PUBLISHED XVZXT FMDAY AT
at 9 p. M.
FALLS, BLACK UAWK COUMY, IOWA.
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of Type, llordera, Ac., thus enahllnjr us to do every vari
ety of Job Work In a manner unsurpassed in this action
of the State. All work entrusted to our care will be exe
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"VOTABV PI ULK Cedar Falls, Black Uawk
XI County, Iowa. UKAI. KST\TH. INSCR\NCK AM» CIIL
l.KrTinji AUEXCY-. Real Estate Wou.-ht and sold. Taxes
paid for non-resident* in all the Nortiiern Counties of Iowa.
Titles investigated. Collvtioni made and proceeds remit
ted proinptlj^on favorable terms.
MKKI.RKXI'KS.
Hon. Thos. S. Wilson Hon. D. S. Wilson, Dubuque, Towa.
Messrs. Greene, Merntt A Co. Hankers, Celar Rapids,
E. Clark, Em). Pres. Branch State Bank, luwa City.
(3e.«rje Fisher, F,s|. Sei-anton, IVnn.
A. II. Miller, Esq. S|wncer, N. V.
Pr. (H S|ira?ne, Sec'y Ohio Stock Co. Butler Co.
Dr. 3. A. NMiop, Peter Melendy, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
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Thursday and Satur.l iy at 7 A. X.
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taav* twice each weefc*
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AT I. V W, AND SOLICITOR IN
CIKNTEItV, F.illi, Iowa. N.ites and Hills
Collected, and Claim* sucurrd in llUck Ilawk, Bucliaiutn,
Bremer, Duller, Franklin, Crundy and Benton counties.
Office In Overman's new block Main St. 9:tf
UEO.
\fWlBY PUBLIC
and
(iKN'EUAL AGKNT,
j.^1 Cedar Falls, Iowa. Blank Deeds, Bonds, etc., con
stantly on liand. l:tf
l»I. L. TRACY.
/BOUNTY SCHVKYOR of ltlaok Hawk County.
Surveying, l^veliny, or lrafttnp
and at price* suit the times.
Cedar Falls, Iowa.
done «n short notice.
Office in Overman's block,
JOIBY II. iuio v.v.
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I'OWERS & tOLi Wi\,
ATTOHI?YS
A COI NSEM.OIIS,
AND
OKNKKAL COLLECTING AUENTS. office In
Overman's block, Cedar Falls, Iowa. l:tf
J. ». R»»WKR.«, ». j. COLMIAK.
H. fi. MEREDITH,
•HY81CI YN Ac SrR«KO\. Office in Over
man k Co.'s brick block, Cedar Falls, Iowa. l:tf
F. A. BRYAXT, Itt. D.
Jll'U( EO\, Celar Fnlta, Towa.
Office an«i corner of Fifth and Franklin
8t§., a few floors West of American Hotel. !:tf
JOHX KKKK, nr. D.
PHYSICIAN
and 81BGRON, Cedar hlh,
Iowa. 'Office and fcestdence on corner of Fourth and
Clay Streets. a:tf
A. H. HARSH,
DBTTI8T.
ARTIFICIAL TF.F.TH Inserted, from
"lie to an Entire Set, on any principle practised by
the Profession. Office hi Overman's brick block. Cedar
Fall*. Ladies watted upon at their residence if deaired.—
Charges reasonable. l:tf
WILLIAM P. CASK,
BANKKR,
REAL ESTATE INSURANCE AOENT
Cedar Falls, Iowa. Exchange on all |arti of the
United States and Europe, bought and sold. Money loan
ed on real estate and approved paper. Notes collected,
and proceeds remitted to any part of the United States.—
1 Money invested, and Taxes taid for uoa-resldents at the
usual commission.
MrcaMCM.
Broadway Bank,
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York.
Messro. Qoo. p. Biased A Co.. Banker*, Hartford, Conn.
Merchants' Savings, Loan k Trout tin. Bank, Chicago.
Chester Weed, President of the State Bank of Iowa.
Branch Bank of the State of Iowa, at Dubuque. 8-tf
AMERICAN HOTEL..
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^BO. 8RCOBD, Proprietor, Main Street,
Ceilar Falls, Iowa. The above Hotel 1MM lately been
enlarged and newly furnished throughout, ami I am pre
pared to attend to tlie wants of all who ro% favor me
Sirilh a call. I liave in connection with the above House a
'large an-l commodious Stable, with good ostler* in attend
ance. The Office of the Western Stage Company is at
tWs Home. 8ta rc« leave daily for the Enct, Sooth and
'Wert. l:sf
WESTERN HOTEL.
jCI A. TO^fDRO, Proprietor, Main St., Cedar
Falls, Iowa. This House having changed hands,
ami undergone a thorough refitting and remodeling, la
now ready tor the aeeommodation of the public. It Is
situatedJb tlie business part of Cednr Falls. Tlie proprl-
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CEDAR FA
Foot Prints.
BfLBKRT
INDKRWOOS.
i Vfett lonjf sat at the castle doer,
Itockinjr and knitting and thinkinjr of yore
She tlioinrtit. of the time wlien her locks, so
In ringlets of gold on her temples lay
^lid she muttered low of the list'ning air,
As she rocked to and fro iu the old liall chair.
There dwelletli a maiden within these walls—
The heiress, she, of these anoicr.t halls—
|5ut no valorous knight, with title high,
Could woo this maiden with grief or sljfh
for Vipil kept watch at the great hall door,
As she sat in her chair for nfcuths a score.
She suddenly halts the clialr at the door
The dams intently Is viewing the floor
She wipeth her glasses clean and dry,
And scanneth the (loor with an eager eye
She droppetli her knitting ami stoojieth low,
For her eyes arc dim and the sense Is slow.
See here is a print on the oaken floor
It ieadeth away from the great liall door,
A crescent it seemetli—a dotted linte
But how it came here I cannot divine
Weil, come whence It may, for woe or for
weal,
T!* the imprcfii deep of an iron heel !n
The prints ran along by the eastern waH,
And they led the dame through the silent hall:
They led er nway, up tlie oaken stair*
They laughed at her, and they mocked her tlMM}
And the babbling points on the polished Bo#
Incautiously led to a chamber doof.
Dame Vigil was now on discovery heat,
And into the maiden's chanibcr *h" went
She gazed at- the maid, (who was deep In
Then round the room stole a hurried look
A helmet atid plutne ou the table lie
A sword and lanoe meet her questioning eye.
Ah, woe Is me!" cried the dame In affright
Ab, happy am 11" cried the maid iu delight}
Your pardon, keen Vigil six weeks of my
Itas joyously passed as Sir Launcelot's wife
His foot prints are seen In our ancient hall,
His shadow now rests on my chamber
—Jf. 1'. Erening I'oat.
NIGHT IN NEW ORLEANS.
Printers lull may queer, qaaint, quzzical,
ami sometimes, startling stories anil while
they do a givat deal in that way for the mere
fun of the thing, it is not to be supposed that
they are always joking—always jibbing it,
merely for the sake of raising a laugh, or cre
ating wonder. In their numerous Sittings
they mingle with many strange people, si.v
many strange sights, ami often encounter
perils which to many would appear incredi
ble. We will relate a little story which we
heard from the lips of a poor fellow now dead
and gone:
In the year 18—, wo were assisting in the
editorial department of a daily paper which
was published in one of the small cities of
New York. One night—or rather morning,
(for editors, reporters and printers arc com
pelled to keep all sorts of hours,) after the
forms" were locked up, and everything was
ready for a final adjournment to our respect
ive boarding-houses, a proposition was made
to visit a near by restaurant for the double
purpose of having a smoke and refreshing the
inner man w ii.li a little something good and
pleasant to the palate. Accordingly, we re
paired to the eating saloon, and while discus
sing the good things before us, entertaining
each other by relating our adventures by sea
and land.
Did I ever tell you of that adventure I
had in New Orleans said Charley Rodman,
a gay, dashing, good looking, and really gift
ed young man.
"Guess not!" was the general response.
Well, will you hear it now
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Certainly fell from a half dozen lips.
Well, then, I was working on a morning
paper in New Orleans, during the winter of
and I was going from the office to my
boarding-house, about twelve o'clock one
night, 1 was suddenly startled by the abrupt
and unexpected appearance of a female, who
rushed before me and threw herself down iu
my path. I was just in the light of a street
lamp at the time, and, as the woman turned
her facc tip to mine, noticed that she was
both young and beautiful.
Save me, sir save ine!" cried,
clasping my legs frantically.
Save you from what V" I demanded, as I
raised hvr to her feet. "I do not see any
thing."
O, sir! a brutal-looking man was pursu
ing me, threatening my life and honor!" was
the trembling, agitated reply. "My mother
was taken sick", and I was forced to go out
for medicine, and that's the way I came in
tlie streets at so late an hour. It couldn't be
helped, sir though I never was out so late
before without company."
Where do you live*?" I enquired, fairly
fascinated by the girl's beautiful facc and
soft voice.
Not far from here, sir—only around in
the next street," said the girl but I am
so afraid I shall meet that man again. O, sir,
if you will only see me safely home, I shall
be deeply indebted to vou."
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Certainly I will, was the response
but still, there don't appear to be anybody
in pursuit of you now."
At that moment I heard the clatter of feet
down the street, and, turning my face in that
direction, I saw a man approaching the spot
where wc were standing at a rapid run. The
girl looked in the same direction at the time
I did.
There he comes now," she cxclaimed, in
a deep, fearful whisper, at the same time
tightly clutching me by the arm. Suddenly
turning away from me, the girt darted up the
street.
Stop, young lady I cried. I will
protect you—j-ou need not fear I"
That was rather a loud promise, under the
circumstances, but I didn't then stop to con
sider what I said. The girl did not heed me,
but dashed on and involuntarily I followed
in her steps. After running a couple of
blocks she stopped, and looked back at me.
In a few moments I reached her side, and by
that time the man was not far behind me.
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You had better come in the house, sir!"
she said nervously for I am sure that man
is very evil designing, and may do you some
harm."
As she spoke she mounted the steps of
a very ancient-looking dwelling and vio
lently rung the bell. I followed her, not ex
actly from prudential motives, but because I
wanted to see more of her, and because I was
fond of adventure of any kind, Almost in
stantly tlie door was opened, when I follow
ed the young girl inside. An old, hideous
looking negro woman stood in the hall just
beyond the door, holding a lamp in her hand.
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^eonntry stop at this House. i:tf 1 his way, sir! she added, addressing me,
DRAFTS OW HEW YORK
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SALE by B. B. nATCH, Cedar Faiii^ IMM.
8TOUGHTOX,
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in
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Jer Co., Iowa, will practice
Butler and adjoins foim-1
iH.cuiar attention
paid
to Collections,
and
T"XC. pai'i'and^aM oVr busiije«^cn aiulnj a*c.'"ie' 1
Why, what's de matter, Car line de
manded the hag.
Shut the door, quick I've been waylaid
™irdoi,h,°
at the same time opening the parlor door
and pointing into the room.
passed in and at the same time
ICS
took a survey of the apartment. The furni
ture had been good in its day, but was then
much worn and battered.
A few minutes afterwards the satanic
looking negress opened the parlor door, and
poked Iter hideous face into the room.
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Miss Car'line 'quests tlie gentleman to
walk up stairs!" said she.
I began to think the proceedings rather
strange, but still my reckless spirit induced
me to follow the negress. lTp two ili :ht of
stairs ami to tlie door of a back apartment
she led me. She knocked and the door
opened.
Walk, in sar, if you please!" she said
very deferentially.
1 steped into an apartment that had no
windows in it, and was confronted by a huge
burly negro man. At the same moment I
heard the door closed and locked, and for lirst
time beam to think seriously of danger.
"Fork obcr, sar!" exclaimed the negro,
abruptly, and threateningly.
I carried qtwte a valuable watch, and
and had a considerable amount of money
about me, for that night I had been paid off
at the ollice, and a real clever sum was stand
ing to my account. I knew I had
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Ml
wall
warn YOU," said I, my blood boiling
up, "that I shall not paitently submit to
any such outrage."
Don't 'spect you will, sar I" responded
the negro, as he displayed a murderous-look
ing knife
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Would you murder me, you black thief?"
I cried passionately.
'Spect I would," rejoined tho cut-throat,
with a broad grin. 1'se used to that sort
bis'noss, and don't mind it a bit.
1 was now fully alive to the fact that I was
in a very dangerous situation, ami to tell the
real tiuth, I felt dreadful nervous over it.—
hat to do I knew not. Tho girl I had en
countered was probably a quadroon, and cer
tainly a decoy,—and that I had been led to
the house to be plundered and perhaps mur
dered, 1 had every reason to believe.
"Come, sar, fork obcr,au' den jump down
The rascal must have touched a spring
somewhere, for, as ho spoke, a trap-door
flew open in the centre of the floor.
I looked at the trap and then at the negro,
in doubt as to whether I had heard aright.
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If yer jump down, sar, yer'll save me de
trouble of frowin' yer down!" he added
fiendishly.
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Vou bloody rascal!" I cried, madly,44 do
you think I'll deprive myself of life just to
gratifiy you
Vou won't do nuffin, hoy!" cri«d the
negro, springing at me like a wild beast:
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den take dat!"
Tho villain made n slnshin cut at mc, but
with a single bound I sprung clear to the
oth«r side of the trap and oaeaped the dead
ly blow. Uoiling over with diabolical rage,
the accursed cut-throat a^ain sprang at me,
bounding across the pit with the spring of
madness. As his feet touched the edge up
on which I was standing, I involuntarily put
my hands towards him, and shoved him back.
I hardly intended to throw him down the pit,
but down he went, in a moment disappear
ing out of sight.
1 did not stop to learn the villain's fate,
for I judged that I should have more such
work on my hands before I got out of the
house, if indeed I ever succeeded in making
my escape from the den of infamy. Instant
ly after the full of the negro, I ran around
the pit, and sprang towards the door. Just
as 1 reached the door, however, and was
about taking hold of the knob, some one
turned it on the other side. 1 sprang up
against the wall, and in a way tliat would
keep me out of sight of any one that might
enter. The next moment tho door opened
and a head was thrust into the room. With
out waiting to see who it was, and taking it
for granted th^t all in the house were array
ed against me, I doubled my fist, and with
all my strength int-intly dealt a blow at the
head that brought the person at full length
on the floor. The same moment showed me
that it was the negress.
The hag was entirely insensible, and I
foithwith dragged her into the room and shut
the door. At length my attentive ear caught
the sound of light footsteps outside, and a
moment afterward the door was ngain open
ed. 1
his time it was my beautiful deceiver
who appeared. The first thing her eyes
seemed to encounter was the prostrate form
of the negress, and with an exclamation of
astonishment she darted into the room.
Quick as lightning I placed my back
against tlie door. The movement at once
attracted the girl's attention to me.
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Now, my lady I hissed out—for was
immensely excited—14 you and I must have
an understand ng. You led mo into this in
fernal den by your tricks, and you have got
to show me tlie way out of it, or, b}' all my
hopes, yonder black pit shall be your grave.
Anyway, I may lose my life and I am as
desperate as man can be. You see that old
liag cannot help you just now!" I added,
pointing to the still insensible negress
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I
bowed and
I
front door closed and locked.
s e a k o y o e u s
AOKNTS, Butler Center.Itut- '. rp. J?
glr'-
T"e
heard the
"Excuse me for a moment, sir, while
I
irsued the young
and before I had
ncxt
moment, and
remit- time to reply, the door closed, and
alon?- 1
tiou and Agency otBce. ^-ir ing in the room—and sat down. Then I
I
was left
I
walked to a sofa—a light was burn-1
wmm
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aucl
the villain who was here, and would have
taken my life, lies at the bottom of that pit."
The girl looked bewildered and exclaimed:
—441 could not help it, sir. Indeed I am
forced to do so
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That matters not to mc," I added, in
credulously
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this house?"
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can you conduct me out of
Ye«, sir, I can," was the eager reply.
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Will you do so?" I demanded inflexibly.
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will sir," she responded earnestly.
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Then lead on," I added, pointing to the
door.
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But mark you—if I see a sign of
treachery, or noticc the least offer to create
an alarm, I'll tear you limb from limb!"
I was strong, and wild, and meant what I
said, and the girl saw it.
There is no one else in the house, flfer, I
assure you," she responded.
Lead the way," I said, hardly crediting
her words.
Tho girl passed from the room, when I
loeked the door, put the key in my pocket,
and followed close behind her. No lights
were visible anywhere except in the room we
had just left: but, keeping the girl right be
fore me, and within reach of my hands, I
stepped along. In a few moments wc reach
ed the front door. The girl stopped a mo-
nient, and, I judge, got a key from some hi
ding-place. The next instant, however, she
opened tlie door, and I sprang outside, thank
ing God for my preservation.
Without a word, even without a look be
hind me, I started away, hardly conscious of
the direction I pursued. I found my way to
my boarding-house, however, and at the
earliest hour practicable, laid the whole mat
ter before the authorities. Finally, I led a
party of police to the house. Not being able
CEDAR FALLS, IOWA, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, IK GO.
the doors were forced. Everything in the
house remained undisturbed, but not a soul
was to be found high or low. The trap,
however, was soon discovered, and found,
upon examination, that there was a succes
sion of traps which conducted to a deep
mucky pit in the cellar. Tho house evident
ly had been tho liaunt of robbers for a long
time.
At the bottom of the pit wc found tho
mangled and mutilated remains of tho ne
gro, and a heap of tieshless 1 tones. I shud
dered to think what mii-ht have been my
fate, and congratulated myself on my fortu
nate escape. I had evidently been more fa
vored than many others. That is all, gen
tlemen."
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been
drawn
into a den of thieves, but internnlly resolv
ed not to lose my property without "making
an effort to save it, let the consequences be
what they might.
u
Do you mean to rob ine?" I demanded
resolutely.
Spect I do was tlie unmistakable re
ply.
but we neber do anything by
halves. We neber lets any one that conie's
here go away agin—'cause dey might tell
tales."
A very good story, very well told!" said
I, as Rodman concluded.
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And true, gentlemen, whether you be
lieve it or not."
Effect of Popular Sovereignty ai stated by
Mr. Douglas.
[From Mr. Douglas1 Fpeech In the Senate, May
16th 1960.]
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But, we are told that the ncrcssary result
of this doctrine of non-intervention, which
gentlemen, by way of throwing ridicule up
on, call squatter sovereignty, is to deprive the
South of all participation in what they call
the common Territories of the United States.
That was the ground on which the Senator of
Mississippi Mr. Davis] predicated his oppo
sition to tho compromise measures of 18M.
He regarded a refusal to repeal the Mexican
law as cquivalant to the Wilinot proviso a
refusal to recognize by an act of Congress
the right to carry a slave there as equivalent
to the A\ ilmot proviso a refusal to deny to
a Territorial Legislature the right to exclude
slavery as cquivalant to an exclusion. lit'
believed at that time that this doctrine did
amount to a denial of southern rights and
he told the people of Mississippi so but they
doubted it. Now, let us see how far his pre
dictions and suppositions have been verified.
I infer that he told the peoplo so, for as he
makes it a charge in his bill of indictment
against me, that I am hostile to southern
rights, because 1 gave those votes.
Now, what has been the result My views
were incorporated into the compromise meas
ures of 1 Hoi', and his were rejected. 1 fas the
South been excluded from all the territory
acquired from Mexico? What says the bill
from the House of Representatives now on
your table, repealing the slave code in New
Mexico established by the people themselves
It is part of the history n that country that
undt'r this doctrine of non-intervention, this
doctrine that you delight to call squatter BOV
errin'jty, the people of Xac Mexico hate- intro
duced mid protected slavery in the xchole of
that Territory. Lnder this doctrine thtij
hure Mnrertcd a tract of free Urriton/ into
slave territory, more than, five times as large
as the State or -Vew York. Under this doc
trine, shivery has hern extended from the, Jiio
Grands to the 0'a/fof Calif/mia, and from
the line of the Hr/nihlic of Mexico, not only
np to 30 dg. min. hut up to 38 deg.—gic
tng you a degree and half more slave ter
ritory than you ever chimed. In 1848 and
184'J and 1850 you onlv asked to have the
lino 3b deg. 30 min. The Nashville Conven
tion fixed that as its ultimatum. I offered it
in tho Senate in August, 1848, and it was
ad 'plcd here and rejected in the House of
Representatives. You ask only up to 30
deg. 30 miii^, and non-inUrit nt'wn hat, e/iun
you sbivs territory vp to :\&l<g., a degree and
a half more than you asked and yet you say
that this is a sacrifice of southern righti?
These are the fruits of this principle which
the Senator from Mississippi regards as hos
tile to the rights of the South. Where did
you ever get any other fruits that were more
palatable to your taste or more refreshing to
your strength 7!7^ other inch offree ter
ritory has been converted into slave territory
on the American continent, since the Revolu
tion, except in A etc Jfexico and Arizona, un
der the principlmof non-intervention, affirmed
at Charleston. If it be true that this princi
ple of non-intervention has confvired upon
you all that immense territory has protect
ed slavery in that comparatively northern
and cold region where you did not expect it
to go, cannot you trust the same principle
further South when you conic to acquire ad
ditional teirilory from Mexico? If it be
true this principle of non-intervention has
given to slavery all New Mexico, which was
surrounded on nearly every side by free ter
ritory, will not the same principle protect
you in the northern States of Mexico which
they are acquired, since they are now sur
rounded by slave territory are several hun
dred miles further South *have many degrees
of greater heat and have a climate and soil
adapted to Southern products Are you not
satisfied with these practical results Do
you desire to appeal from the people of the
Territories to the Congress of the U. S. to set
tle this question in tho Territories? When
you distrust the peoplo and appeal to Con
gress, with both Houses largely against you
on this question, what sort of protection will
you get Whenever you ask a slave code
from Congress to protect 3rour institutions in
a .territory where the people do not want it,
you will get that sort of protection which the
wolf gives to the Iamb you will get that sort
of a friendly hug that the grizzly bear gives
to the infant. Appealing to an anti-slavery
Congress to pass laws of protection, with the
view of forcing slavery upon an unwilling
and hostile people? Sir, of all tlie mad
schemes that ever could he devised by the
South, or by the enemies of the South, that
which recognizes the right of Congress to
touch the institutions of slavery either in
States or Territories, Ixyond the single case
provided in the Constitution for the rendition
of fugitive slaves is the most fatal."
Mvstebiols Bell Rixoino.—The
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to obtain admittance in the ususl nianncrf same was true of other parties.
Provi­
dence Journal gives an account of a case of
mysterious bellringing in that city. The
ringing commenced on Thursday evening,
and continued at intervals for three hours.
So annoying did the ringing Income, tliat the
wire of one bell was (letatched, and the other
bell was inutiled by being completely envelop
ed in a napkin. Tho phenomenon was wit
nessed by several persons, who thoroughly
examined every part of the bell apparatus,
but could discover no cause which tended to
throw any light upon the occurrence. One
gentleman present took bold of the knob, and
held it firmly
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Vruui the X. Y. Tribune of the 18tli lust.
A GREAT TROT.
TUB mqon or TUB ATCIIKS BKTWKKN PIOBA TBHFJ.B AMD
(ikdUUK M. PATC1IK.N—l'ATCIIK.N TUB WINKHB,
The star of Flora pales beforo tlie rising
sun of tho wonderful stallion, and ho to-day
blazes forth as the winner of the best two
heats at two miles ever trotted in one race,
and his banner of triumph is Wne aloft, and
hers trails beneath the tread of the conqueror.
The day come out thejovlicst of the lovely,
in a cloudless sky, a westerly breeze, and
with a temperature neither too hot nor too
cold. Out of the calendar could not have
come forth a finer day for a great race. Ea
ger expectation stirred every sporting heart,
and every lover of game and speed, and all
the world were early ajog for tho Union
Course. Long ere the hour to -:tart had come,
some 20,0H0 people were covering every stand,
and all the field and course. The betting for
the week previous had been at about 100 to
40 on flora, and on the course continued the
same, thoughjn some rare instance#' as low
as 100 to :ir"Vefo laid. TTiTvnV'e of laS£
week had assured one party and intimidated
the other.
When the horses appeared and stripped,
both showed capital condition. The little
mare never seemed to be better, and yet the
event showed her not quite up to the mark.
As in her last match, her fore feet were bound
up. Her coat was blooming, her legs clean
and fine, her eve bright ami clear, and her
step elastic and spirited. She had a cheerful,
gay look, and seemed to catch deep inspira
tion from the throng who greeted and attend
ed her.
Patchen looked grandly—showing bloom
and spirit, and that he was in condition
drawn to a feather's nicety. One might well
have deemed him worthy to race for a man's
life as a stake.
After their appearance, nearly an hour
elapsed ere the crowds that flocked around
the horses could find entire satisfaction in the
indulgence of their admiration for the noblest
twain of speedy ones ever paraded to view.
But everything must have an end, and at
length both admiration and patience are ex
hausted. Every car waits to hear the w arn
ing bell, and at length that comes, and the
blankets are stripped, and the eager eyes of
the champion catch animation from tho sound
of the stu-ging masses that give way for the
rendezvous at the stand and scoring-ground.
Away the horses start for their preliminary
trots. While all this goes on the multitude
look on and grow eager. And this, too, ends
at last, and it is proclaimed that 1'atchen has
the pole. Away go the horses for the start.
After one attempt they get o!T at the second
very evenly and make a rush for the lead.—
.But P:ttchen, with the inside, can outfoot the
speedy little maro round the turn, and he
draws in front, and lead to the quarter pole
in hand, going easily but with telling stride.
Once in the straight work of the far side, he
quickened pace and strode away gaily, with
the little marc near. Then they went
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the
middle of the stretch, when Mora moved up
ami seemed to strive well for the lead, but
Talnian roused the big one, and he opens out
that long rate that covers the ground like the
wind sweeping the clouds.
Ilis quickened pace tells on the mare, anil
carries her off Iter feet. She once in the air
on the prance, the horse opened out a lead of
three or four lengths, and McMann struggles
hard to bring Flora out of her break and set
tle her back to work and steadiness. Ere
this is done, Talman has brought his horse
up to tho half-mile pole. With a quick eye,
he sees his power over Flora, and takes his
horse in hand and goes steadily but easily
round the turn, leaving to Flora all that she
could wish to do to get up to him at the end
of the turn, and be ready to brush with Patch
en up the straight work to the stand.
As they swept off the turn
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to the stretch,
Patchen had a lead of a length, and this he
held to steadily, and a rattling pace, in which
she could not head him, led them up to the
stand, finishing the first mile in 2 minutes
ami 23 seconds. This mile done, in the sec
ond they rush, and Talman driving his horse
a little wide to carry him easily round the
turn, McMann saw his chance, and pulled his
mare back and shot in on the inwide for a pass
on the shorter turn. But Talman was not to
be caught. I11 the flash of an cvo he drew
his horse back, and Flora was forced to be
taken iu hand and pulled out. Round the
turn he was too much for her, and he came
to tho quarter pole with a lead of a length
and a half.
This point gained, and Flora, rested up from
the quiet way in which she came round the
turn, was ready for a brush, and at once
dashed into a burst of speed that in five and
twenty roils brought her up to Patchen. The
trick was so neatly and quickly done that he
was carried off his legs, and went sky-scrap
ing with the look of a badly-beaten horse, as
the little pet opened off a wide gap of four or
five lengths, and there was but little more
than a half mile to go. What horse could
catch Flora and beat her in half a mile witn
such a load to overcome The break was
bad, and the ground lost looked fatal to .il'
his hopes. The steady Talman, however,
brings him to his work, and his long, iow
rate begins to draw him up to the mare, when,
ill luck away he flies again into the air, and
ofr speeds Flora until she leads at least five
lengths.
AS hen she reached the half-mile pole, Tal
man had once more got Patchen down, and in
his stride, lmt seemingly hopelessly behind,
and with the race gone but Talman seemed
to think otherwise, and when his horse had
cooled down to steadiness, he roused him up
to a settled rattling brush, and the gap began
to close. Ilis pace drew on her so quickly,
that she seemed to come back to him. On,
on he went, no faltering, no dwelling, no
swerving, no breaking, but in all steadiness,
and brimful of game. The turn was made
the mare caught, at the pole, collared—ami
now began the grand struggle for the heat.
The quarter mile is yet to be done, and a
long strife alone is to give tho lead. Both
begin their work as if they knew its import
ance, and the value of the result. Away they
went head and head yard by yard the horse
works up—half the distance covered, and he
has her head and head. And now tho pace
tells
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ho says there was mu force
exerted to move the knob while he held it,
and that he distinctly felt a power attempt
ing to pull it. As .soon as he let go, the bell
would begin to move backward and forward
as though some one pulled, and then sudden
ly let go. He held the knob several times,
and in every instan e with the same result.
At the same time, the bell would ring by a
movement communicated to the wire between
the first and second director. One gentle
man present attempted to seize the wire, and
as soon as lii.s hand approached it the ring
ing would ceaso, and the other bell commence
ringing. Suddenly turning to seize hold of
this, it would utop and the other commence
ringing again. He tried this repeatedly, ami
in every instance the motion would cease in
the one and commence in the other. The
her. She shows distress her ears
go down on hgr poll her tail flirts the horse
is drawing ahead, and the last resort is now
the whip, and forth it comes. A blow is
made by McMann, but the blow found noth
ing in the mare. The call was in vain. It
should have routed her to one of her flights
of speed, but the paco had taken the flight
out of her, and tho blow only threw her oif
her feet. Ho! the race is done, tho mare is
over-matched, tbo horse strides away three
open lengths another blow and the mare
makes a race, lmt the even gallop fs in vain,
and Patdieji's long, steady stride 'whirls him
away home, and ho panses tho Score two
lengths ahead in 4 minutes and 03J seconds,
amid the shouts of the thousands, and tlie
dismay of Flora's friends and backers.
The betting now changed, was 100 to its
on Patchen. 8rrulf%y showed Flora dfetress
ed, but not so Patchen. The race was dvem
ed over, barring an accident, and no
Wtiftg
seemed to enliven the hour, Flora's friends
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looked gloom and dismay. At length the call
is made, and the nags come again for
77K1 ifecond Heat. —The show of the mare
was poor, her eyes looked heated, she was
still all wet, and had not dried off. It was
clear she had been overdone. Shu was not
fully herself, and not fit to go the distance.
It needed no prophet to tell the result, The
race was Patehcn's, and one might name the
odds at all Lombardy street to an orange, for
Patchen came up to the score with his coat
all dry and blooming, with his eye bright and
car playing back and forth, and spirit show
ing in every look and motion.
At the second attempt they got away, and
Patchen at once showed in front, and lead by
a length to tho quarter pole. Here Flora
moved up and lapped in front, and had a look
of drawing out clean but the long stride of
the stallion, into which he had settled, forced
him up, and soon his ground was recovered
and at the middle of the stretch his nose came
out in the lead, and soon he was at the half
mile pole. Around the turn hodcad, gaining
-•t' adily, and when ho had reached the straight
stretch was in front a length and a half.
Steadily both worked up, and, without
change, parsed the judges, finishing the first
mi' in 2:25. Dashing away from the turn,
McMann again attempted to steal a march anil
get on the inside, but in vain. The former
attempt had taught Talman a lesson, and he
shut the mare out, and kept her at bay on his
outer side. The turn was easily done, and lu
came to tho quarter pole with a lead of a
length. Here a show was made by Flora of
brush, but all her game was gone.
Tho (-m.rt once made, and the power to do
the work being gone, she dropped back, and
both went quietly to the half-mile pole, Patch
en in the lead three lengths. This ho carried
round the turn, held it steady up the run
home, and came to the stand an easy winner
by thirty feet in 4 minutes and f)7J seconds.
So ends the second gnat trot U tween these
the noblest Romans of them all. Would that
Flora had shown more game, for then wt
should have seen such time as never in either
heat had been seen before.
It Don't Pay.
WJltt follows is to be read carofi#^,' ^h
sting of the age is in it. Tlie social trotibh
of the time is laid bare, and tho veiled Isis of
our too busy life stands with uncovered face
gazing at us with sad, dreaming,
warnino
eyes, and pointing to a line of shadows mon
fearful than the witches summoned befon
Macbeth, tho terrible ghosts of dyspepsia, di
vorced, loveless homes and suicide. Read it
and say if it does not come home to the busi
ness and bosoms of almost every one of us.
No one cares for advice they imagine dosn't
offer pleasure enough to make tho perform
ance of it pay. 1 his is literally a golden age
Every thing luupf pay. 11 must pay for youth
to show attention to old age. It must paj
for society to be sociable. It must pay for
friends to keep up a show of friendship. It
must 1 lay for enemies to be foes. I scarcely
think our sordid souls wo'ld allow us to lie down
or get up to take time from business to eat,
drink or rest, if we were not figgriH^^nwl
edge it44 would pay." The nmEBMm hun
ger, the refreshment of slecp^ppj^Pfreation
of rest, standing in our mercenary sight, in
the same light as postage stamps—junt as
good as gold.
The old fashioned days, when men went
courting and girls hod beaux who popped tin
question have gone by forever. They would
not pay now-a-days. Young men now pay
young ladies have their admirers
it isn't necessary to do any courting, and then
they get married in a most business-like
manner.^ It is the only way that would pay.
It doesn't pay for husbands to sit down to a
cosy cup of tea with wily, to tell the news, or
kiss the. baby ho can only swallow his food
in the most abstract manner, pass his cup to
his
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lady," without speaking to her or hulk
ing at her frown that tho cross baby isn't
kept out of sight, and grumble because there
may be a chill on his biscuit. The ladv doesn't
feel bad over this—it wouldn't pay for her to
feel bad over it—and she goes out after tea
where she knows there are people who will
notice her neat new dress and pretty lace.—
By and by somebody goes to his bed-room
takes out a little olilong case of rose-wood,
abstracts a pistol, loads, cocks, and fires it
straight into his own heart 1 Ilis44 lady" has
lost him, friends blame him. No use of living
any longer—it actually wouldn't pay.
Why do we blamo women for being frail
and fickle, when the real fault lies with our
selves? \Vo have always a plea for the ab
sence from home—always an excuse for the
late return, the neglected favor, the forgotten
promise. Business, business is our Match
word and constant cry—110 time for wife, or
home or brains. What is divorce but the
ghost of business? It crawls along the de
sorted halls of affection, lays its cold hand on
the heart, fixes its abstracted gaze far away
from home—feels with its slimy fingers for
those tender heartstrings—lays hold of them
—breaks them. Man and wife are put assun
der—business stands between and parts thein
They grieve, they arc angered, they are di
vorced. Women has faults enough Ileaven
knows! my grumbling self acknowledges it
readily still, I would be their defender in
some things. We can work to live, but it is
not necessary that we should Hve to work
Moreover many a pastime eoim s under that
hydra-headed monster yclept business, which
has no right to be there. I have many mar
ried acquaintance**. I often M»e them
lingei
at the office long after business hours, chat
ting with some pleasant drc.pper-in, or whiff
ing away at the silent cigar. The tea-table
is perhaps waiting at home—the wife perhaps
watching at the door. Tho tardy loiterer
comes at last, declaring that he vras unavoid
ably detained by business. If the wife grows
jealous of this bug bear which keeps her hus
band from her all day long, and sends him
home so fatigued he cannot sit up to chat,
what has he to say to her but that mi»n with
a family forced to work and be he lawyer,
doctor, editor, preacher, scavenger, or brick
layer, the cry is forever the same. Some
wives^wcar an apologetic look always on their
faces in the presence of their husbands, as
though they would say:
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am sorry to be
such a burden to you sorry that you arc
so unfortunate as to have a wife and little
ones. I hope you will excuse us, we would
uot be here if we could help it." And no
K:LI%ILPIITTL 1.,.
sho.lreams sometimes of the deep, cold rivers
and say
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die,
44
Killing Bia First Man.
It is
Raid that the following
written by a British seaman in a letter td
his wife. He had been sent on shore with a
boat's crew to silence a fort and take the
guns. Whether written by a seaman or not
—which we seriously doubt—it is terribly
graphic.
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We dispersed,"
I10
the front of his chest, where the wound was.
1 le breathed hard and the blood poured fhrfrt
the wound, and also from his mouth, every
breath lie took. Ilis face was as white as
death, anil his eyes looked so big and bright
as he turned them and stared at me. I shall
never forget it. lie was a fine young fellow.'
not more than five and twenty. I werft
down on my knees beside him, and my breast
as full as though my own heart would burst.
He had a real English face, and did not look
like an enemy. What I felt 1 can never tell
but if my life could have saved his I believe
1 should have given it. 1 laid his head on
my knee, anil he grasped hold of my hani|
and tried to speak, but his voice was gotie.
I could not tell a word ho said, and every
time he tried to speak tho blood poured ont
so, I know it would soon bo over. I am not
ashamed that I was worse than he, for
never shed a tear, and I couldn't help it.—
Ilis eyes were closed when a gun was fired
from the to order aboard, and that arotili
ed him. Ho pointed to tho beach, where UIL16
boat was iust pushing olf with tho gun*
which she had taken, and where our marine
were wailing to man the second boat, ant
then he pointed to the wood whoro the cne
my wis concealed. Poor fellow! he little
thought how I had shot him down. I was
wondering how I could leave him to die, and
110.one near him, when ho had something
like a convulsion for a moment, and then hia
face rolled over, and without a sigh he waa
gone. I trust the Almighty has reccivod hia
soul. I laid his head gently down oh tfld
grass anil left him. It seemed so Strang*
when I looked at him for the last time. I
somehow thought of every thing 1 had heard
about the Turks, and the Russians, and the
rest, of them, but all that seemed so far off
and the dead man so near."—Chicago Jour.
And the disciples of Stephen spake mtq
them saying, that they did not care whether
niggers were voted upside down or downside
up, it made no difference. But they wen
rebellious, and declared that we must get the
nigger out of the fence and protect him in the'
territories where there are no fences hut .we
couldn't do it We referred them to Five
port where Stephen spake of
44
Peace bo still." No doubt wheu the good things [itiwiinrtl him.
her children pityingly, and to whisper mourn
fully, as she bends above them in their cra-
Sunday comes, she forgets to join in that men carried to hi$ fwrfaf and mtuUI
part of the litany which prays for deliverance great lamentation
from sudden death, and she learns to look at
•%r
•a
NO. 15t
patta|j$
say*,
44
at a
few hundred yards distance from tho beaefjl
to keep the coast clear while the boat's creW
made prizes of the guns. The enemy had
advantage of the wood, and also knowing tho
country well, and a troop of them showed IH
advance. We wero ordered to fire. I took
steady aim and fired at my man at about
sixty yards. He fell like a stone. At the
same time a broadside from the went bi
among the trees, and tho enemy disappeared,
wc could scarcely tell how. I felt as thoufcH
I must go up to him and see whether he was
dead or alive. He lay quite still, and I was
mow afraid of him lying so than when he
stood facing mo a few minutes before. It ia
astrange feeling to come over you at once that
you have kHIed a man. He had unbuttoned,
his jacket, and was pressing his hand over
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Kail mauler received more v
a •v* irvui UW OlltRClB UMtll IW UIU. Ailu
from the Suckers than he did. And
doubt the poor woman means it--no doubt hundred and fifty-two and a half bredl
.1 Y.I 1 A
.„ .,.,...
ri
wmi
1
which w rap their waves around aching hearts wailed their empty pockets, and the
n:t5 Stood by and saw him crushed out, and oe*
And *pw, in
brcthfW^&Icno'
—. ... that StdMn
How little you dream, poor darlings, attxe it BvifKjs
what a terrible sorrow life is." behold his tali
The fashionable woman takes a different any more
course. The world know s what that is wrapped
in either ease man is Tilamable as woman.—
rhc Bible.tells us there is a time for aU
thing*--after marriage a man has no right
to forget there is a time for rest, ami to de
vote tTie whole of it to business. IA'I him
count the number of times his heart beat* in
one day, and make up his mind to set aside
a certain measure of its pulsations for home.
and he has
aible conflict" hudbrit
gob, and his voice «tt ne
with the beautiful magti'
ty. Therefore Ttiffjft)
Stephen. There isyeltfl
UH.
There is a phu stiS Ml
shipwrecked efe£en to ctag to.
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1
id
A Short Sermon to Douglas WorahtpeM^
BT WIlAXfi noom.Fi.
[From the I,u Sulle I'reM.l
And devout uien enrried Slijilien
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to him hUrUUMtiI ••Al
great lamentation over lilin.—Acta, vlii. 8, —"-i-
My dear Douglas brethren :—I intend to
talk to you at this time about the folly and
sinfulness of worshiping man. The heatheii
bow down to images of wood and stone, and
some worship unclean beasts, while others
bow in humble adoration even to kiss a great
toe. But we of this generation have Iteefl
guilty of the meanest idolatry of all in wor
shiping a little lump of corrupt flesh andbloodf
called Stephen, now defunct. A few days
ago, when we ladened our vessels with rum
and whisky for our brethren, who were sent as
missionaries to the port of Charleston, ill tfa
foreign land of South Carolina, to preach the
gospel of Drcil Sott and Popular Sovereign
ty, and gave them gold and silver wherewith
to buy their bread and meat, our de|artcd
friend was full of promise, and high uplifted
as the god of Democracy, and all who would
fall down and worship him should have their
reward. But, alas! our brethren have return
ed to us with nothing but his unseemly car
cass.
And devout men curried Stephen to
hit burial, and made great lamentation mc
Am."
Ami it came to pass, when our chief priest*
and elders were gathered together in conven
tion at Charleston, that many of the heathens
of that region would not fall down and wor
ship our golden calf. And we said unto them
that they were wrong that the golden calf
would grant them many indulgences he
would give them Bourbon whisky, apple-jack
and red eye as beverages, and had promised
nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand for
eign missions, post-ofHees and custoi»«hous«u
and to take five hundred old fogies into hS
cabinet. But all this would not avail. Nary
a lowcl of compassion could l»e moved within
them, and therefore our brethren returned
unto us. "And devout men carriedStephm
to his burial, and made great lamentation
over him."
tS~
1
unfriendly
legislation," but they didn't care a red for the'
Police Magistrate of the territories, but would
pasture their niggers there, on Uncle Sam's
farm. They wouldn't let us put a fence of
unfriendly legislation around tnem, and be*
cause we wouldn't give the nis
0
I
niggers pasting
they waxed with wrath, and Stephen gave op
the ghost.
44And
devout men carried Stephen
to his burial, and made great lamentation
otcr him."
In vain our brethren promised to erect s|
false-bottomed platform to delude the
with tricks of legerdemain. But they
not our entreaties. Oh, the
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irrepressible
conflict!" It squeezed our poor little Steph
en so hard, that gout nor influenza necdf
trouble him no more. They cast rocks upon
him. The lions roared at him. The
quivered his tail at him in proud deftuiee^
Old Buck shook his horn at him. The r'
ger shook his wool and laughed at him,
causo the
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id
ujlnddettut
my dest
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