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the rangon and am? mm%9% "d the town generally
Map W '?v 30.?Plundering parti?? of Buford* men
aa*4 other reman* spnnd o\?r the Tetritorv and at?
tempt to drive the Free-State men from their home*,
wk* bow take up arnio in self-dt fense.
May Fight at 0*awnlUiuic. in which threw
fW-Sta?? men and five niffinn* are killed.
M*$ 28.?One Major Wulher, " ot South Carolina."
at the head of a part) of Buford s men, am*t- five of
aW pnneipal nun of leavenworth, and ordera them t?.
leave the city. An attempt i* also made to kill the
ejorre?pontlent of Thi Tribi >r. w ho eooopea w 'h oW
fkuky.
May 31.?A puldie meeting held at Leavenworth
peases viol< iit r. solutions against the Flee fltaf* men.
and appoint* a Committee of Suf.t), composed chiefly
. of Federal ami bogus official*.
JWL?Battle of l'almua, or Black Jack. I he
Free-State men a**?uiblc in arm-, attack a twuly ofplun?
derers atj'aliiiyru, tiff.. u in.h - from Law rem .. take
thirty-ou<v prWWOMfl and tuuvu a large quantity Of
plunder.
June 3.?Battle of Franklin. The Frcc-Stato men
attack another party of pluudcrcr* km mmm from
Lawrence, kill one, wound two. and recover a large
ejuaiitit* of plunder.
Jmm h The R.\. Mr. Me tiee, ? floataxora clergy?
man, is ordered to have Leavenworth b;. the Vi?i
knce Committee, appeal* to (Ad. Sunnei Mad ia i?ro
tected.
June ?'..?Whitfi.M, the late bogat Delegate, who
had advanced into the Tetritafy ut the head of ? body
?f Missouri ruffian*. i* driven back by Col. Stunner
?ad the dragoons, who hud previously released tbe
prison r* lahca by the Fret -State area,
Juw 7.?OsawaMuini. -ink. d, with greet Btiwith J
\>y a IYo-Slavery party.
Jaayf Ml Tit larger anted panic* in the Terri
tory dispersed by Stunner, but numerous outi n _'<* i on
tint.e to be perjiettated by small band* of umrande)*.
Jvtif 20.?A company of seventy emigrant* from
Chicago, on their way up the Missouri Kivtw 00 tit
Btnrof the Went, nr. robbed of their arms at Losing
ton. Mo., and on arriving nt WeotOB they are robbe
?fall tbeii property b) ? mob,.headed by Atehiao
and B. F. Stringfellow. and BN sent down the riv.
again.
June 21.?Mr. (lay, ai Indian Airent. the only Free
State Federal officeholder in the Territory, brutally
murdered b) Border Ruffian*.
JunrW?A part\ of Massachusetts emigrants, und-r
Dr. Cutter, on board the Sultan, robbed Deal L> ling
ton, and sent back.
June ML?A party of Illinois enrigranta on the
Arabia robbed and teal back. The Row. Mr. Strewn,
their leader, escape*, andappln * in vain to Governor
ShaDnoB, Col. Sumner, and Chief Justice Locompte
Jbr any a' sistance toward the recovery of his proper! ?.
July 4.?Fi< . -state Legislature meets at Topeka;
la forcibly dispersed by Siiinfer.
July .?The Misfouri River and the passage
through the State of Mi-souri interdict, d to
Free-State nnmi^r/ints. The banks of the riv-r
guarded by armed mobs. All tteameri stopped,
end all individual* suspected to be from the North
have their trunks broken open, and if found
to be from the North, they are robbed and
tamed back. Iu ceetoequence <>f these interrup?
tion*, tbe intercepted Immigrants take the route by
Iowa and Nebraska, now ju*t attempted to be
?pened.
Colonel Samaorj who bad not given uti*?actioti t..
the Ruffians, is sup. rsed? d, and Oeaeral Smith of
.Louisiana is appointed iu bis place.
August 5.?At be request of the inhabitants of Ose*
wattamie, a body of nun from Lawreooe march
against a post of QeOtgia marauders established in
that ueighborb.Mid. Tin- Invaders fly and the post is
tbwtroyed.
Murder of Mr. Hoytbya party of Bufflaas, under
Col. Trendwell, at Fort Sand.it., on Washington
tfjretk, twelve Bailee from Lawrence,
August 11.?Tbe aptnaiag of the new rout.- through
aVebruska completed. A party arrives ut Topeka. (The
whole of this body of emigrant* about whom, during
thtir paar.age through Iowa, the most absurd stori. s
Were laid) in which they Were described at Line's
turmy, consisting of 324 men, tiO worn, u and children.
Three paiti. * w. r?- l.-rt i? bind to form n* ninny towns
on the rond, and only about hall the whole number
nAched Top? ka. The Only reason for oaJUng th.-tu
Lau? 's atmy waa that Lane waa with then*.]
Asnrml 12. aWond bottle of Franklin. The po?
of Btareadem oatahlishod then taken. A cannon, the
?amo witfi which Lawrence hud been haltend, aud
large quantities of arms and many stolen horses, re?
covered. Frec-Stat?- m?n had ou?' killed and six
wounded. Four Ruffians wounded. The Ruffian*
at Washington Creek abandon their fort and fly.
Augutt 14.?Titus s house (this Titus is an old Cul.au
flllibu-t. i. who has resumed his trade in Kansas), Bear
Lecoiiipton, battered and taken, with tw.-nty-one
prisoner*, including Titus, who was wounded. Ruffian
lone, two kille?! and three wounded. Free-State loss,
lour wounded, one mortally.
Augutt lfi.?Stnngf. How and Atc.hison i**u?- a oireu
tar dated at Westport, Mo., in which th. y ttote that
Lane bad entered Kan*as with an army, that L<
?empton had been taken, the dragoons whipped,
and the treason prisoners liberated, and rallying the
Bonier Ruffian* to the rem ue.
Aufruft 17.?Shannon orders Baaigltioh, commander
af the Dregwns at LoaoanntoB, to anwah to L.'iw
laaaa. (ioaaaad tho nriooanna, and tire upm the Free
fWete men if they refuse to give thein up. S. dgwick
tVclities tbe i*iitcrpri*c a* nof feasible.
AufTvut 17.?Treaty of Lawrence. laapOBtiot. t?f
hostilities agreed to. Shannon gives up the canuou
formerly stolen trum Lawrence, and receives tbe
prisoners in return.
On the same day, Bear Leavenworth, Mr. Hops is
" hrntally murdered and s.'alped: a teamster approach?
ing Leavenworth is al-o mtirdcud and BMlped?
wotb by Bordof Ruffians; the former oaabetotM
against a pa r >>f boot*. Tbe lssit* w.-re given to tbe
mnrderer, and he was sent off dow n the river. A Gcr
?nan who expressed his horror at this murder was shot
stead in the street, and otta r^ rnaajfi ttt g ^imlla^? opin
ton* were obliged to flea.
August 1?.?RiehtkTdoon, bogat Csottanander of the
begas Kansas Militia, ?m bis own MaQiorlty call* out
the militia, under pmtOttM that the Territory was in
mjtV d by the Fret State an a.
Aufust BO.?A Ron!. r-Refflaa army, coDeotedandet
AtcLis?.ii and StringfeOow't pwrbimotiiwi, begins to
aesembleat Wcstport, in MhwonrL
A young Free 8tat< lady at Blooaaingtoa, se ven
aailes from Lawr?ni?, aoined and \i..lated by four
atasked Ruffiau*. one of whom the had lately charged
with being a ^.y. Her lite despaired of.
Auguit 21.?WoeaLon, acting Qovtunot since Bhan*
Mim removal, calls out all the militia of the Territory.
Augutt 23,? \ part] of Qeotgiana plunder au.l
break up the Quxker Mission on the road from Wes?.
port to Lawrence, najrl In al the people w kh shoaling
twbanty.
Augu$t A?Tho Ror.hr Ruthans twhWted at West
pert,under At. UoOB's n.le, adva. to Santa Fe. near
th? borderof th,- Territory, bnl m Missouri They
?umber 4'J) m? a,
Jugutt?\?The Bord. r-Rufliato at Santa Fo, in
tveaaedto 1,1jO nun, rui.k ai d itln, ntganJlii tlidlll
oelve? Bate two roghaamta, and ehoooe Atehisoo Com*
munder-in-Cbief. They uike the n im. of The Army
?r?f Law and Order in Kansas Territory."
The aa me day Woodeetx, at L. ootnptoa, i~-u. s a
proclanualiiin d?-?da ing the T? riitory in a ttaJh of open
msxirrecli?ui and r? 1?. 11 ion.
Augutt 2t">.?AU hitnin s ami) man boafot Osawatta
?... and encauips at C?dai Creek.
A body of Fr? e-Stat? BkBO, pnuc.].all) from 0*aw*t
ianue, attack n j>ost and put to flight a body of
lfiaaonri plundmers, and, following them up, they r> -
awver the next ?iay a large drove of stolen cattle.
Augvil ^.?Lmory, principal aiad-contractor of the
Territory, at the head of a party of Border - Ruffi<mi of
Leaveaworta, capteree a party with *>- wag??" ap
proschirg Leavenworth from I,awrence. Of thii party
wrf Mrs. Hop?, widow of the murdered man. the
BtT. Mr. Nute of Lawrence, and several "th. -re.
The wm* day a ft ndieh outrag* Ii committ. A on a
rrrt fflatt l?d> at Kloouungton. ?? v. n m l- fr..tn
Uwreae*. She wM e. faed und h? r person ridataaj
by f. ur marked niffi-u ?. who leave bcr o< anr dead
than alive.
ta/ri/rf #.-Onc of the prisoner*, who attempted to
eecntr. ie shot h "'?> " "f L?'?iven worth l.y EtOO
rv'e order, Mra. Hope aad oae or two other* an aj.
lowed t" depart on a ?(??nni'T. hut Mr. Nute bjmI ot!.. r*
are dttaitied: their fatr HI yet unknown.
AtobJm ? army, having atMaaTaped the night hi fan
at Hull Creek. semis off" hy night n detBfhlUiOl uu
der Keid. with a pi*C* of artillery, to attack 0 M
tamie.
Avcntt Fight early in th" DoTiiiag with the
j?,,|l. of Oaawattamie. The Borderatafflani bad
(he wound, d. Hy th> help of th< ir artillery they put
the Free-State in.ii to flight, and killed Be rat al '
the exact number not known. They took m vcn ptiaXaV
er?, of whom two were ?bot the next day. The town
v*?? pint.der. d nnd then burnt.
The bum day they attacked plundered aad band
the house of aa Ottawa layfien t?*etn?het'pei, half
a ay from (taawattamie to Lawreaee,
The same day Atchison i*?u< a n new i iieaJaf
Mating his force at 1,000 men, and oalling earnestly
for "iCO more.
The eene day two companies of dragoons appear
nt Lawn nee ii- nn eaoorl to a Marvha! from Leootap*
ton, with a wr.t of haben* for two prisoner* whom the
Fie. -State men had taken up as spies. They ha I
already beea dianilased, aad the Marshal nnd hit poaaa
depart?the Marahal aBcered at and the dragooai
cheered.
August M.?The Ruftinns npp. nr at Prairie City,
?till nearer Lawn in .. bat at. frightened away by the
alratagt at of a woman.
On hearing this new?, Lane ?unrein - from Lawp nee
with n strong force, to attack Atchisoa.
Woadaoa'i militia eaaploy this and th<- following
day in burning the bouse* of Free-State m^n near L
eomptoo,
A delegation of the Kaunas National Committee wait
?poa the P n - i 1 c n t. to ash bit interference to protect
the Free-state mea of Kansas. In this interview the
President laid the whole blame of all that had hap*
peaed oo tbe Free-State men, and declared eraphati
caDy that there would b. r<. change in his policy.
August 3L?On tbe appearance of Lane, Atchiaoa
n fin s, and is followed till he retreats into MiaaTWirl,
ii In a Lane return* t<> Lawn nee.
Septtmltt I.?Atchisoa resigns, and R.M is eboaea
Conunander-in-Cl lef. The Ruffians have . igbt pieces
of eanaotl and plenty of horses, but are greatly in
wnnt of effich nt infantry.
The same day a large body of Border Ruffians h j
pear, mostly a pari Of the militia called out by Wood
sen, or, according to other accounts, from the
town of Westoo, Mo., entered Leaven worth, and or?
dered all the men tit for serv ice to Join them, aad
mulch to the seat of war. Thoao who refused were
driven out of the (own. A fight ensird, i'i ?hieb foatf
men were lulled, Mr. Win. Phillips und hia brother
bt it g two of the tiumbi r. Several lions, s Were hu.nt.
und ah. ut fifty of the inhabitants wele driven away,
tii irg shipped OK the Polar Mill and ElUIDa, which
reached St. L<>uis ..n the 3d oi 4th.
General Siniih remains quietly in the f->iT. an I dot s
nothing to prevent these outragi
?->?>-?
ARRIVAL OF (!<i\. GEARY-?DEPLOHABLE
CONDITION OF LEAVENWOBTH.
From Tkt tt. l.anit Otmuri.it. gej I It
Mr. Rial Iii-h, a native of Pontiac, Michigan,
reached our city yesterday afternoon by Jofforaon City
and the Pacific Kailioad, having left the city of
Lcnvcnworth on Tacadif Bveoing, the tub. From nun
we have gained the follow ing important information
respecting tbe condition of things m Kansas. On tho
same evening of bis departure fron Leaveaworth, the
peopia of that i ity wi re in a state of great consterna?
tion at reports that were th ing about that Laaecon?
templated nu ntttu k upon tin- i ity that Dicht. A lot of
Government wagons bad been placed oo tbe oat*
skiits, as to quite eachrric the city, and iu boom plataa
where the spaces between the wagons were rather
wide, rough uoard feocea bad been pal Bp. The Mayor
of tbe city hud sent word up to the Jolt, and dt m indod
Bssiatance farm tha troops. As Mr. Irish was leaving,
lie learn, il tli?> lour oaaBSMsalaa of aha areeps li'i.l been
detailed under the Ofden of Genend Pcrsii'er P. Smith,
and wi re matching down to pan] the towa ander guard J
an.i keep ofl' the expected oucmics. 'J Ins alarm nod
great precaution waa aotaewlial amusing to Mr. Irish,
as he had learned on the same day fr..in a gi nil.man
dir.ct from Lawrence, that Laae had not naovad, nor
did he iataad to move from his position.
Mr. Itifh etat. - that a few days 1" fore hi- depeitare,
Gen. Rii hardson. commantlcr of the northern division
of the Kansas militia, l ad been captured by a squad of
Lam s troops. The peittcaJera of the c tptare be had
not beard, Rich uthon was conveyed to Lawrono.
and .It h\ en d over to (i. n. Liuic, who at onco restored
his aims, and calling on a small guard, escorted him
?ttteide of the town mid dismissed him vidi much COUT
tt sy. and many twareaaiaaa of regret at his misfortune.
Mr. Irish learned that (.en. Richardsoii was so pleaeed
w ith the >ji nerosity of h.s aapaors, that be baa declaa d
his intention to wage no more war again-! them.
The roiniition of Leavenwortb City is truly deplore,
ble. On Monday night last. Mr. Irish states, he was
arousisl from bis bed nt the I.eavouworth botet, by
cries at*th* citizens that the MimHWri mob were plun?
dering several of th* grocery atore* of the place, aad
that they must be drivi n ofl'. The citizens gathered in
large numbers, but were afraid la interfere, and tho
gangof aaaraadas* under Capt, Milk*woreprrtnittod
to tinish their robbe ries. This Captain Miller is I no?
torious gambler and scoundrel, and has Bade* hia com?
mand a small gang of Miss.uirians and others, who go
aliont pflaaTvaW iini plundering indis. riniinat< lv. The
people detest him so heartily that many have expn-?? I
the r desire that he, w lib his gang, and Captain BfOWl
with hia guerrilas. ahoald be placed fogothor in the
wood* und be perajitted to tight it oaf together. In
illustration of the feelings of the inhabitants
toward Captain Miller and his inarnudors, Mr.
Irish tolata* that on Monday cveiling, ns be was
passing along tha street, jus: after the lii>l reaoTtl
badreacbedineplace that Lane was eontemptatiag
an attack, he wns-- addressed by a Itniv from one
of the houses, who asked him w hat'truth there was in
the rumors, aud what Lane would probably do should
tbe towa bo taken. He replied, that he thought L'tno
Was Dot ?iwing. but that if lie did come ha would do
nothing more than drive ool the disorderly lfiaaouriana.
To this she replied with gf**l emphasis and feajiag,
" If that f mU M fflil do, I hope to Liod he wilt com -,
and thai omcUi I"
The 1 It-reliant Mho arc ander arms nn exec* lin^ly
sitk of the country , and are det< ruilued to leave They
say that the* must have moi t y to get a?r.y oith, an I
will have it'll dan have to -teal it.
Al.ln.-i.il and Poiiiphaii bad become disgusted tied
n t.,;,i.id to Mhnouri. The Pro-Slavery lone* under
Gee. Re.d were w ry small.
Got. Qeary rem bed Lean uwwth City on Ivotday
aveniag. t^uite a numb t of the citizens and nu n un
dar aiaai aara on th< banks, ready to receive some
two or three companies of Mtaaonriaai which were
expected. When they learned tbatGor. Qeary was
on board tl.cv caBed ahn out. He appeared ou the
MBWdawdaawda tbeta oaa?joeh of ahaaf Ian nn.iT.
ungth, saying, BBaOUg oth. r things, with qualffication
attaebed, that ho ?..t>id enforce nil the TetTitorial laws
(hoi ??in eoMtiii UomoJ, The Governor tlie.i pro*
eeeded np the river aad landed at the fort, where be
hml ImWefdiatl con-.illation eitfa toil. Stull Ii. He
stated h.s aatnauiosi to prwuaad to Laarreaoe baa feu
days, witboataaj mort troopB than would auffioe fbi ?
bodj ku" .1.
Iu eddition lo the i,1h.\ ,. we aoay the fca?oailsJ, from
Thi IJaasiiBg An. . ot vceterduy:
"Kenti ix P\Kii.'iuAi<s.--SIr. W. S. Honnold.
gaa) 1.1 the im n who bad il.atg. of th* Santa F. .Mi -
Kinney'i train, eaptarar] by tha Free-State men,
calUil on ai ibis.inlag stnl i. lated the parttealan of
that occuin-nce. and other i m i.:? m K ui?.i-. Tho
train was captured on thi 1st, by a paity ..l im n tnider
Capt. Cattrr?nol Browa, i.s irr.u... atatt L If
col aisled ot three mules, thn. horn,-., and sivty-ix
bead of cattle. The baggage of the taaaMtenjwa*
maitbtrt nod their arms and amintiintwm taken ti..in
th?m. W hile iu charge ofthobT ctp oi- Ui. y w. re Brotl
tuati rL no cruelty or audignity, other than On aaareh
iog ot the r ravpol tachi I ? ? offered lhaca, Oa bo
big rekaaad tbey wore tp**** one o: tha wagons a.ni
six oxen, to eo'iivoBJ tin uiMUes "o Mis-<uiri ?i?h.
Wortl ?ss wi,t also to ihe ow ners ?! t; e ti.nn. that
?I. \ . i.uld have their prots rt> by 0O*Bll t I ta It, aud
tbat it should be pics*. i ved for them. 1 < ? t.a.t..
Rent's and Campla-ll r. which it was I r.?i Waaad Is
eaptnre.1 also, weie allowed to pass B*ta*Adoatad by Hi.
Yankeie, who gave as their nasou lor cuptm i. g M .
Kianey'a tram, that McKinney was an iottni Pro
rdaeeiy man, engaged with the Pro-Slavery army.
"The 'Yaakree' told the captives that ib-> had
und?- - arms, 1,800 men, 900 at F^wrenor, 500 between
Lawrear?* and Leavenworth, and 400 between Law?
rence and th, Pro-hlavery camp at BuU Creek.
These for. ?? are all under regular military d'n ipline,
no man being allowed to leave the army of hi* own a ?
cord, aa it the case wi?h the IVo-Klevery army. Taey
told them alee ihat tmyhad no idea of attacking
ihe Miaaouri tovns. They teamed to be accurately
posted in rtcard to the position, aims, and movements
of the Pro-Slavery fores, as all they told the teainaters
was found by the lett- r to be correct on their arrival at
the Fro-Slavery .amp.
" When our informant l< ft tie Ball <'re? k camp, on
the 4th, the gmater part of the Missoinati* wer. lea v.
ing, tiK>, and uot moie then 'si men w.-re ??ft. The do
'?rrmuation. howe ver, waa expressed to return on the
nth, and attack Lawrence."
Klfr?c' ? r ? Uttei lets*
LcarajrwoBra CrrT, Sept.-'?, 1854.
A dispatch from Atchi-on s cotnmnnd State? that h"
ha- fallen back with his Lace i|,Jt?ll to WeatpOft, to
re<niore c, prcparotorv to attacking Lawrence.
Armed men troin all ouartei* are crowding into thi*
plaie. TTni git ?trat ainltntinl prevails, and aothiag
W talk.d of but war. Baabe? h entir-ly *u-|s tided.
Nearly all the iramea aad i hUdtaa have beea retnori d,
YeHerday preparations for the .lef-tisv of the town
were complete*! Con r< d eagoasare stretched around
the town m the manner of a <-oral, which, without ar?
tillery . it would be no easy job to break throii.'ti. I DO
Kdt.'as n Uitta DM I en parade, and . hose Mr. Urindlo
Major, Every man of the plaee hat boon eompeUed
to shoulder aims or leave. Some of the merchants
have boxed up tLefar gouda and seal Ibem off. There
is not a sing!, t rc? -State man left .n the town.
BATTLE OF OSAWATTAMIE.
From tht efreaatf Put, Srp: li.
Tbc following ia a letter addressed by on of the
rearaVntt of Otawattaniio, h Kanons, amw the tacking
.t that place, to bit Catboi and m..tl..r iu this dry.
We retain tbe name ..i the w | it>r a-< he is WOD koerWB
t.. many hen . and his signature will give authentic.ty
and credit to his narrative:
"OfewamaTR, Sept 8, H'*'.
?Drtit Panurrt: Our mail has beeafaltetXxeptad by
ibe Missooriaas for more than Ihrao woofco. an that n
1 ai fun iatnooaible t?. und out any letters wharef. r.
Only one- in tint time have WO received any miil.
which waa on Ibe evening ot Friday last. At the
t me time tbe carrier brought tho news that a largi
? 0... 1,500. had goae from Mkttnnri toward Law
lOtiee, and that two or three coinpaiiie- were still up m
ti.-1" r.ier. intending, as he sappooed, m attach ne,
Nt vt morning, before hr. aktust. a messctiger r.xh- into
own stating 01.i our Bam hod boon kitted by the
i.ts. Our little force, not eve. , ding forty, was inv
mddiati Iv rallied. The cnainaain horn Lawrence u bo
I te bei n with us. ami the i'otnwatnmic men and ton
0t OH on n had rom home, having bee n on evfra duty,
and no immedia to dajjgar trat apptnhondod after Ihe
party on Middle Creek bad been rooted.
"Tne enemy kam i in one of l.atti.- withJa tight of
the tow n, snd as tin y tppranchod we took our poutiou
II the bmh thirtfng theOeage Creek, with a small
ford in par rear, ami tbe ooewpmd portion of tbe town
partly in front ?>t' aa. As th.- eneony advanced Ihey
made a qaarter turn and caaae upon tbe road, their
right w lag . tti ndmg to the town,
" We binned iatel} oonnm not d tiring apoa them, and
at the second volley thev broke, I111L ?<s.n r.tlli.sl. aud
dismounting, returned to the combat. Presently a
cannon shot w as beard, and at the next moment the
grape came rattling throogh Ihe bnsb.
"In the mean ttmo, a dotachmont wnt seat to tarn
our right flank?then came another shoi i"i.tln ir
cannon, ami another, and another, witbont effect,
'Iben they began to charge BpOBOS, and when they
pushed us tot. close, OH1 BM >i r. tin d to the ford in our
rt nr. In the mean tune the Banking party had rcacho 1
n point quite near the ford, and pOUTI d a continual lire
iij ov it. Thn e ot toeing tbi -. plungi d ? 11 below and
twam over, they firing at us Ihe wind.- time. I thonJd
judge six or saghl bullets stunk th. water near my
m ad, I hraugbrac %.1 providence of Oed I eteapi a
unscathed, but bad to Id my rinV link, other* of oar
patty retreated oV wn Ihe 1 i n ??. and ti rooted the lower
edgt "f th.- tow a.
A* tast as we erooocd, we secreted ounolvea in the
bn-li. thinking they would pursue u- and tOOUTthe
woods. Mori of us laj bid all day. Tbe enemy, aa
?oon as they had plaadered and burned our town.
in. lading both Stores, all tho moil that hud arrived
ihe night before (three baga IUI), went by the way
tl ej eaate, h aving us in u most dopJotwde situa?
tion. Mnnv have lost e tort thing they bad e vc.pt.
ing the clothes tin s were. Wo are also w ithout pro
visions and know not how to get any. As yet we
get no news from Lawn n.-e. iYovid.-iitiully .air
hall (Fremont Hall), escaped their destructive b?nde,
and my little all wa* saved, Our loss is five
wounded and two or three inis.-iii<r. \\'.- fem they
have been killed in the water ami -unk. One BUM
wa* foead to-daj shot in that way. They also took
one man and 11 ho) prisoners, 1 In ? 1 r loot hi Bttillltti ll
by some ut eighty ?by Btoot ae about twenty.
" 1 h. y stat. .1 their a bole namber t<> b. MM, and SEM
were count, d on tin ir return, I am mtiaffod Ihey lost
more m. u than we. Kaputt* BSI eurr. nt that tiny arc
iotl i.d.ng to ouBBO upon us again to-nnarow, What i'
im in* 1 ciiniiott.il. Wo me in 00 eon.lili.ui to o p. I
any eoiunderaOte force. *
"I bad prepared a letter tbe da>) beSotw the battle,
I nndgi\eii it to a man to taki 11 Laarimma, but I,.- was
I killed bv the enemy*! -eouts. and I siiimm.sc tiiov lm.e
the letter.
'?This I expect to aoad by a family who leave i"
mo.-row with an Indian. <?.l-byt. Hoacaforth i
belong to the Kiineas armv. Your aifoctioaatc -on
jiakiou DAjUUC?
" 1\ S.?I rcceis.-d a letter from sist.-r by our la-'
mail, and found the fragments of another in the mad,
after the battle, with the ttgiiataiea of father ami
mother, and some ot sister s handwriting. It. ]). 1
THE EXODUS FROM LEAVEMWOKTH.
To IBs BsMsr ? / Fa* /t, 1 rrtkaa?
Sim l?r. s. Nottoa, oae of those drhreafraaa Leav
eawettb by Ihe Mieaoarl rwahnna, oa the 10th of An*
gust, ami wh.se stat. Hunt appears hs your paper of j
the lltb inst., was bom and brought tip iu Vefnon,
Om ida County. N. Y. lie was a practicing pbysiciau
and draggi?i in W. -ton. Mo., for fill 1 .11 rears, but re?
moved to Leavenworth in April ISM, where ho hat
ever since aj si.i. .1. I have knownbha fjoat boyhood,
and know him to be a ( hristian gentleman, whaoo I
ever) ?01 I is truth. A more kind-hearted and inoffen?
sive man doea not live. Hi* friends in Venn have,
at gn at risk to bimse-ll. ban Bpptiaedol the danger of
his position, and w ill rejoice to hear that he ha- eacapi d
with his lamily, without loss of lit.?even with the loss
of his entire property, the result of twenty years' hard
labor. Thole are so mam among us who stifle their
natural indignation at th?*-e outrages, bv doubting
their truth, that I wish to t.-stii) to I)r. Norton's entire
reliability. A m it large OOtetoof hi- ti u nd- in On. ida
Countv will rait tln ir belief in his wrongs m \t MostOOt
ber. 1 ti II yon thai the hearts of m, u ris. up bj mu?
tiny against such and worse outrages.
And 1 ask all who rJafn to be MM, bow in the
name of (Jed nnd humanity they can uphold by
thought, by word, or by vorn, tttoh nnermons wntaags
our lilx-rtic*. Of what consequence arc men
or parties to them, comparr-d with their duties to
th< ir country, iu thia, ita time of extreme panel We
of tbi* day, who are by s?> short a time remove! from
that rfotioOS struggle of our lathers for Freedom?that
r i., ihm w I DM hfe-b.ood is now dre'icbing the -oil of
Kaoaai?rrwHol have lost ti,,. inspiration which urg0<l
them to the conflict. And our conflict Beed not be
with am, (a t with the poaaeral yet poworlhl ballot.
N<. hon.s! ran can doubt ?.r Murk bis datyhjXo?
11 naher, A. P. Cam.
.'/ 1/i*Ltr.' Km \ >>? <|.t t% ins,
Till. 8TOBY OF FMEMOXT8 CATHOLi
(ism.
Inn: 1 t-lrrtu};'? Commiri-i.it .Utfrliur.
MB. B. F. cook s STATEMENT.
\\have reeeivod the following aotafrom Mr. lt. F.
Cbah in i. ti 11 ticC|to the affidavit.promise.! by him.
lti i km?n irnjtcr, lopi 15,
1 . ? ? 1 ? m ti ' *aV*rts*N
Ol st*: I have made the affidavit iu support of my
11. nt reitatredbj my ana aanas at banaii but, a*
will be sen trom the card metaaad, I retrain lrotn its
paMieattoa, or In further notice of the matter, from
regard to art brnfotem relation-, after a friendly com
\. raathm w!ih my pattnatn
Tin affidavit I l. ave in your possession.
Youn rmpettfill?, H f, ((XJK
A CaRO.
We. . - Bartmni of Mr. 1?. f. c,m>k. w 11 ajh beat
tesiimont that Mr. H. t. Cook ha- rnado tho aakUvit
reforred to, and to bis bavfatg r. tra.a 1 Brem pahl th
it in compliance with our widie*.
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? ? fun .-\ 1 in reek a atetrat, N... is B.. k., M ?(
>.*v le t. *p?. 14. 1^
the 'ti iw
\ hion l oi i.s?, fi 1 ?T**^TTirT 1 Mansfay h?m
I... 1n>..?Pane Baal Stakes. IMMi Mile hut*, best
:i in i, in kai bi s-.
i? Mi i? r, h > B" wn Dick.. i , ,
II U .?erlitt. . a Korket-.j , 1
t. McI?afhlaa, fcai b*aj ..... : j ,
Titnr: PlfSt H*al BefSatl Best lkir.llUit
.Uw?rfrr Mlir.Ml ?: ft , 1
Half Mil*. I u l-at 1,0
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EUROPE.
ARRIVAL Or THE ATl.AMif,
Tli*"- ?traun r Atlantic arrived her* at 2 OCloch ye*,
tmlay aft.rais.n. The MM iki brmg* ha? been
in.tu npotOd by the previous amviil of the Arabia.
Tin- following tetter* from <ur oorri-iK-.iiii.ntn, and
extract* from the Europeuu journals, will, howrver,
be found interesting:
AFFAIRS IN FRANCE.
Fr' B. " <pr, i?: ( rrr?pon?ii:.f.
P\ris, Sept. 1, 1688.
The first annivemry ot Madame Emile de Gi
rardins death waa ob-.-rv.-.l the other dar by a
ccmraemorafive service in one of the chttrches,
which brought around it all the literary and social
celebrities of Paris. According to all accounts, the
t< nib has seldom opened to receive a person who
united in herself to many shining mental nod moral
endowments. A little volume has just been pub.
lishid, embracing the various flogt* which her
death called forth from aU th.-distingtii-hcd literary
men and critics of the capital; and) ou cannot help
feeling that a more than ordinary sincerity of ad.
miration sanctifies thetu all. But I like beat MM
familiar gossip of George Sand's about ber. receutly
published in the Prent. She is contributing lo that
paper a series of articles under the title of Round
the Tuhle (purporting to be the conversation of a
iHllJ family gathered m the neu.ng around the
table, about books, about art. about creed*, and <n
forth i. in which all her old witchery of stylo reap
IK-ars adorned 0 ith ? tender and even religious grace,
"rom one of the?e I translate the mSnwiagpu*
sages:
"Tl < y asked of mc, as having known Madame do
Girnrd ii In her latter years, what I thought of her
ions beSefsl The only that I ever talked with
hi r nj. n the eiibieot, I replied, was about live weeks
1 ore her death. I Iih I aevei seen her so beautiful
ami so life-like. How little iliil I fore ace that I theo
embraced bar Car tha Last dmel she iiieii erect n?it
Meie, lull oi courage, and in all the radiance of bar
physical and moral beauty. It seemed to me In this
b s> inti rvicw. that this beauty of bei*. b..th of MOi
and body, bad neres beta seile (entry oe (cheated: the
n asoii, |m ihaps, U li? that it had never la-fore Iseen so
i on pit to. Bj a strange effect of the illness which In?
teriorly.consumed her, her figure, her face and her
hniid? bad lost all trace of the ravages of time she
w as slender and pale, it is true, but BBC shosrod no iiga
nt years. It was not the rnssalofiashmosul youth
that had come back to her, it was the hnnsnareut
whiteness and the clear nun glance of immortality.
It was the timst snd most Impreaslrc remcmbianee
-I., could bequeath f.. the soul of bar friends. On
u.:ghf almost fancy 'hat .-he felt this In rself, and strove
to put heart and mind in unison with tha' id.al f..r
in v. r before in my hearing bad she soared to such i k -
rated bights, doing it, moreover, ipontaaeously, and
w ith thai frank simplicity which otn n formed in her a
powerful contrast with ber ardent and charming exuber?
ance of wit. 'I do not beliero,' she said to me,
? in any mystery ot miracle got nporexniah ed by nun.
.)// i- mystery, and nil is miracle, in rest ten /art of
/,;. and of demtk. TaU -turning is of small a. count:
it i- our* no host] um?.nt obedient to tbe thought. I find
n.y .;: nappy with God.' And sbc added?' what will
remind yon of the distiiu tion I just now dn a between
laitL as an exi r< ie.<- of the intellect, and trust us a sen.
fiment of the heart or et notional nature?' If I have
not faith, I ha\ e it" eqnivnfc nt, trust.1 Von hare read
nil th< se tributes to her literary genhut; dodo of as
here will dream of disputing them; so I will confine
leys. If to that side Of hi r toil which was least \ unbli
to the world, but which anbnppy circumstances, per*
leual to my-i If. led me to appreciate. I si ha do to ber
ardent sensibility, and that tenderness of heart aduVh
I , r life in the world hid behind a \ i il of discretion and
i In i rfhln is. It has been truly said of her, that she
had the gift and the charm ofalnayan "reining ivousau.
Put she was D or* than woman; sbe to also mother in
heart and instincts, even while she had been herself
deprived Ot the Jojl and pains of maternity. She
knew and felt ttam In Other*, Her beauti?
ful and holy tears rlowcd in torrents over
our owe great was. she whs there snotniahni, con
-??ling, partaking the ih -[ air of others, ftsling it. seek?
ing it, w ishing to bear her share uf it, lot ing what we
had loved, and show ing, w ithoui ever thinkingof doing
.... what a mother she bl*self would have tuen. It
wa* i o* Iben a pom laacj on her part, or a mere lit
etarj revel,thatadorabla drama of hem, 'Joy f'ro
n Fear,' She dtew Ihis idea front bar own proper
bosom; the bod the right to mohenmothsg ?psnh,
aad that in tact wa- tin apogee of her inspiration. It
was? lick nah subj.ci forbar. a ehlldleas w.iiuau, and
bad ? he ircuti d it unly from the Inteflect, every motlu r
a oald have said to her, as Tall said toGeasler 'AM!
teri led thiliremP Bat as it waa.ber
loach was so prof..und and true that sh,. made all the
n ? n weep eves to sobbing, aad, graalot victory Mil
i n . in h a siibiect, di-s,,|\, d all the women in ttnrs.
Abvady, in * Lady Tnrtv?,' she had painted tho
mother happily and truly. And w ith this typo she had
evoked aa exuaoidiaary talent in another woman ?.f
heart and n.eiit- Madame Allan, ou artist of ravishing
spirit and giBi.-, who, with bar and by her, mounted to
tin region of the puseioiiatc drama. Alas I the same
di -tiny, the same d sense carried off, six months apart
these two woman, so remarhabla for htiilligomsi ami
eaaraeler*?the one dtstjagnkthed by genius, the other
by talent, but both alike by the hive of th,. beautiful
and the tine. At the commencement of mv acquaint?
ance with Madame shocaused me a slight (>erturba
tkta*, snd I express, d the feeling to Miulaiue Allan,
who sympathized v. ith it, and said, ' I, like you, feared
' that -he had too much wit. but I have *iiU ? found out
'ti ii she is 'juitc eejpally endowed with in art.* I
roneatcd this, *uh*ei|ui-at!y. to Mndaino (iiranlin.
There! lb* e.xeluirred. 1 that is the most agreeable
' eulogy tbat could possibly made of ma.'"
Mlldhll o Giriirdill's Conjugal life Was Very happy.
Eugene de Merieourt, is his biography of bcrhus
Jiand, \\ In.in certainly he does not love, describes
hilll, nevertheless, as posse-ring the dewiteil affec?
tion of his wife, "a woman, moreover, who must
hi.ve a clear discernment of manly worth." He
says: "Maihiine G. takes her husband for an
apostle, and believes in him as one believes in Deity.
In the worst days of 1848 she said to Gen. Lnuris
ti ii and -ever.ilothers who were making an evening
visit: ' Kv en thing goes from bud to worse; Fnmee
MM rushing to destruction: none but he aloft
thrre can save n..' All reverently bowed their
heads in acquiescence, lUnpoaing that she spoke of
Providence. lint she spoke of her husband, whoa*
study happened to be din elly overhead."
The French papers, in conceding the ability ol Mr.
Ifarey's reply to Mr. flirttyo, do not inphnl hi
OOnelnnona. The Prtsse has given a series of criti
ci-iiis upon it. designed to prove that his reasoning
on the subject of privateers, though plausibly put.
Is everywnj fsflaoionstnd behind Ihetfotwhfltnt the
the Sinuc time if allows that his propoaol to place
private aiopeitl beyajrai the risks of war on ses a
on laud, does honor to the country, and must be
sustained until it becomes definitely recognized in
the international code, [ntbfl mean time, the critic
(who is an able one) thinks that if the United
States persist in taking their view of"privateers, the
parties to the Treaty of Puril wiDoofe/hUTe k0
aiiiend their declaration in SO br as to make pri
rateering piracy, when Bnqnasrionnbrj it will be
ahnndoned by the l'nit?il States. .Sued ? step ou
the part oftM BlfOMU powers would, he odmits,
I e one ol the highest gravity, but he thinks it is
their unquestionable right to do m in MMOTt of B.
I vtiiatiitiirv erd: and as for the LTnitasI State*,
"thev may either modify fh'"r lllMMlOOUStito
" tioll, if thev plea-e, or they may resolve to re
"nuiin at peace with their neighbors.' Cool r.iik
for the dog day*, hm't it' But the ciMe smm
I aspired bj a aeniniuedtagaat for wnr, and evideatly
looks forwanl with hope to its BMMy total abo?
lition.
The Ifistihjte made its MMul distribution of
prizes the other day. snd Mr. Villemain. the Per?
petual Secretary, w.'s v. ry happy, a- MMl,^a his
cbarticterization of th*J various cmdidates. D:e
I'nittrs tiinN fault with him because he was alike
BfBOiOM in his IM OmtllM. whether they fed noon
( thi e. or Protestant, or Rationalist; but thin is
a matter of course. The highest prize, which wa*
an endow meut of M. de Moiifyon. and amounts. I
believe, to ubeul had been for the last litte i -
years annually given to ?M late Mr. Thierry, and
rendered I.is .-tillering lib- oue nfoMi tnd independ?
ence. The new rani norm ful pandMttB is Henry
Martin, who bail vvrit'i'ti j history ofhTanee, which
is still met tnplefe, but which ia ?igintlized by greet
merit", bstreu u? sonne i.ntthiiwo. It is for the
nio?t part very MtsjaaM very truthful, very juat
toward men and thing*; it is written from a liberal
point of view. Mr. Martin l-eing neither Churchman
uar Royalist, but of philosophical and revolutionary
sympathies; sod, ou (to wbole, is lb* bt?t
bittory of Franc*? yet undertaken. But Mr. Mar?
tin i* ii Druid! Do you know wbat a Druid mean*'
You will imttinctively think of Norma, no doubt,
and similar recondite sources of infortiution; but
hia wdl only be to darken counsel by word* with?
out knowledge- Norma belongs to the Druids of
the oldfl time, the veritable iam*ttnrB| and the
qu?-*tiou now is of the moderu Druids w hoCaaVI
tell an oak from a maple, and h*>k upon the in ?!<?
tee, probably. a? ? sjieeie* of corn. Well, then,
modern I)r*iidi"in is I name of reaction against the
Catholic Church: not by an\ means of skepta-.il,
but of religious reaction. The Druid is a religious
man, who, with a \itid conviction of the national
genius ot Trance as hading to the organization of
a perfect liberty and equality among it* people, Btea
this genius habitually betrajedand thwarted by Mai
Church, and hence reacts against the Church even
to the extent of finding the national genius en..
I kindled at some antecedent altar. Druidisin was
the antecedent religion to Catholic Christianity in
France. Since, therefore the national gouius, which
is so eminently fraternal and religious a? to have
demanded originally the authentication <?f some
cultttt, is disowiud b> all the spirit and
tendencies of Catholicism, we are driwn to find
its beginnings in I>ruidisin: and a* true l'reuch
ii en. therefore. devoted abo\e all things to tho
clory of Fram e, we henceforth call ourselves Dru?
ids, and no longer Catholics. It is very funnv.
but it is all strictly true. Mr. Michelct is a Druid
of the first water; Mr. Henry Martinis a Druid;
Jean Kevnaud I have understood is a Druid, but I
am mit sure. At all e\enfH very mauy marked
people, men of a thoroughly religious make, are
driven to this method of combating the tyranny of
their Mother Church: but what between Mother
Church on the one hand and the skeptics ou the
other, their position is oftentimes BOt a little ludi?
crous. This indorsement of Henry Martin by the
Institute wounds the Church. Mr. Villeinain took
care while eulogizing the history to denounce the
??thorn Druidical dreams as unworthy of him,
since Druidism did not give birth to ' the idea of
France,'' nor generate any of the heroic trait* of
history. But stiil the Churrh is wounded even,
and the I'nicers of yesterday complain* bitterly.
II.J.
THE QBEAT lNVKMioy.
TRK VIANI t'ACTl K? t?K MAI.LI'.AHI.E IKON A*D
ITIU W1THOI I IT EL.
>><?? The H'o/rerhimr'a (BSSaMa
Mr. Beast BBtl'l discovery of a method of inaki"
malleable iron and " snttVetai I without subjecting pig
in ii to the proeOSs of refining and middling, by which
a large laving in Mel and lalwr ami machinery will be
cftcted, Contimit s to excite great attention" in this
ra prhborhood. In our last publication we gave Mr.
Ilissenier s account of his invention, as detailed at the
im eting of the |!i iti-h AsOOCtBibnl h i Advancing Art
and Science at Cheltenham: and in our present paper
we furnish a farther account of an orrainasaa
tal trial which took place in London on Friday last.
The operation we* wnneseed bj a aumeroaa enmpaay
of gentlemeneonneoted with the iron trade, no.! pro?
Di aeed successful. Two conditions however were
wanting to that thorough fulfillment of thepMttidses
wl ich Mr. BesanSer's invention holds out, which axay
-< i into n quire some explanation and this explanation
it is bow oar parposo to asTbrd. The oitanffauail, tor
several good reasons, took piece In boadon; but
neither In London nor its neighborhood aic blast
fainaeei or iron mills and forges to be found,
lie operation, consequently, was carried into of*
fect upon pig iron melted iu a cupola instead
of (mewed urea flowing from a blast furnace i
but this in no particular favored the cxpori
mcnt. for the hulk from w hicfa the ooateota of Mr. Bee
srmer's cylinder were taken being less than that of
" a charge" in a biast-nmace, the heat, in all proba?
bility, was I?.". and the metal, consequently, not so
well prepared for that admixture of Btmnepherio air
by wfiicn its high state of IneaBdesoenoo is acquired.
The second condition attaching to the experiment that
could not be fulfilled was the conversion of the con?
tents of the cylinder Into bar iron. No attempt to do
tin- could be made in consequence of none of the
BMchinery tor the purpose having been erected in ooo
BccMon with eatobhVnnwtrts flir melting iron in th?
metropolig or its neighborhood; but the not that nml
leablc iron, fibrous iron, has ban made by Mr. Besen*
?tor's process, is. we understand, placed beyond doubt
b\ the exhibition of bar* ihat are the result of the
process. Thus Ilia ptoteas wrnild scan atawphMo, and
the evidence of its completion bet?re our eyes. Still
the discover) i? so simple, y<-t so great and unex?
pected, and'the results so extensive und important,
that some nni"iint ol doubt as to bn immediato perfec?
tion may be excusably entertained. There is not. so
Ihr is wann BiMletstnnd, any ebenhjal difficulty
whatever in the way "f the invention. On the con?
trary, through it- ehenrJcal act ion?that i?, by the
Infusion of 11 mprested stnsospberir air Into the muss of
ii clttd iron in InecyHndar it works out the chemical
ubengo effected by , ueaBhte*, and at Ihn same Horn sup
plii - that mechanical motion in the iu"<r which the
i addier wi.h bis long Iron bar can only with great
labor effect. The liquid hron, owing to the int. u-o
heat gained, literally boils, bubbles, and the scum is
? a-t off; taken from the cylinder in tbisstate.it is
"M tii sfcel: allowed tO reiiiuiu a little longer, it be?
dim s, a? thickened liquids after the tTBpotatiilli of
poi tii ns of their aqtn out contents' often do, of a pasty
and stringy character?of that consistence that gives
the fiber to the iron. I low this ia effected kt not |uite
ciear. We know the modus operandi, but the onuso of
the change is beyond our view. In the case of Mr.
Beset mer's iron, it seems to be effected by bxtonee heat;
In the prraent practice the beat is less, and the expo?
sure to the influence ?.f atmospheric air, ?kodUotf OT
( bange?! by its progress through the puddling tin inico,
would appear to be greater; Ibr the sarthre of iron
presented to atmospheric iaffneaee In Mr. Bsasiiaii i't
cylinder eaanot bo iron- than the *upcrticic? of its i ir
cninferenee. Hence, in Um two operations thsrebi an
important difh Tcncc. W hethcr that difference cud- in I
precisely the same n mit, *?> far a* obtaining Btalleabie
iron is concerned, is a circum?taue< which only prat ttoe
? an rabttantiate,
Mr. Hcssemer, in the present position of hie din ov
? r), and the compan lively imperfect Mate in which it
baa keeasubmitted to ika palate, must expect to en?
counter many doubts?donbtt that only its general
adoption can mtve. As may ba guessed from our pre?
ceding n marks, totne of these have already anptnircd,
sad have received a most satisfactory and eomdUftive
BCtwer. Another of these doubts is the character of
the pig iron which has ban the nbjoot nf Ontario isat.
A w riter w ho adopts the signature ol " lrouinn-t. i 1
w.sh.s "to know what Iba quality of pigwaa that
" boaoad kt hat enperimeots; whethei it wwnb] air.
" hot air, mine, cinder, mail) of these mixed, at a
km w ledge of this i- BOOBOaBTy to render the coi.
live loss by puddling and " boiling" accurately known
? and. of course, to some extent, the value of the iu
reation. We aavi oanmhsas, from good annorkg,
beard Of Shropshire pig iron of such excellent qaaury
that, upon being healed in a blacksmith s brge and
hammered, it was, a ithout puddling or any o?ti r pro
Ci >s. Fonvetted Into excellent malleable iron.
We BBBnot here enter into any destription of the
qi alities that cot.-t tute goisl iron, further than to atato
that its ductility and capability of extension, ^ither by
elongation or In breadth, or by booh, with it- anti
Inminnting nature, ure the i-onstittient nierits of bigh
dast iron. It is, of course, too imsou to ask that Mr.
Brtecmet should present us with specimen- of iron
of the high quality we have indicated. All that the
turns ot his invention allow us to require is that malle
a'de inn produced from pig-iron, without puddling,
should hi shown, Ami that m, bsdeed, a high require*
n.<rt. (?ne i f the principal, and most expensive, und
n < -t laborious processes in iron-making a dl I? super*
teded. Tbit - gaxBcd. if .Mr. Bamamar*! awonuoa
thoald produce only s low eins- of Hbron iron, iin
nn tementswonkl natnraBy follow; aad the east oi iron
ni-iiig reduced, to wonderful adaptabiBtytotbe require
m< i It and tl led inioot' itianof life wonid bo render?
ed n ore and nmrr evidnt, It hunian mgi nuitv, ever
progn ssing, del i-? d.
It I a- not ban cm par] <?-,?, u (be raaoV ?? ?i ! per*
rt-ire, to dwell npon tin uion annedlale andpecnai*
sty n mlts of Mr, temcr'i rents We wish to
indicate its bcartogs, not gterelj ?.it, regard to its
h i al or national, but its metal r<-u!t. We take it for
paated that the coat of the orudactloa of iron will be
aw.'., n.1.; .; ?,. ? l.i d and tin ? ??!.-1 .p.etit appliance
of it to many purposes yet BupoTCOived take place.
1. 11 ? a greait i d< BUBd, a gn ater manufai fure. and
arraterestnioyntent. No awful ;n\ention has ever
diminish'd employttM at, A change ol the mo<|e,.' an
pJ* \ n i Lt ha.- be* u8n I Mar bfl ti.o inon- readily
that i l unge has 1st ? it seeeptcd the greater has !?een
the wi II doing af the ii.dividunl* com rvtv d. In the
premiit ? use, ??? bard and so lite-destroying is tba pud
uer's labor that wa babeve there does net eajataay
STrioDsobjcctioa to its rohnqnishaten! on rhepartof
fen many eon,, rin d. I,<s?s of human life they wiaety
Ikinh?and their own Ihres are the lives coucniied?
weold Lc exhau-ted.
Exj BrimtUtt to test the invention w ill, wt bear, tooaj
take plate. Rw?l bo advfaabte that they abnnld lieas
n, nu n us and as much divrissificd as circumstances
will permit, ihc invention is so important that no
ti i eeivable t, rt i u^hi to be omitted, for bv its capa?
bility of standing Unt teats its value mu<t Is- a-, er*
um ?d. Th. MB lasts, -o far as W on [adge, are likely
to I e ngoroea, yet fair, and, we may add. conducted
JIBntli wish to find them succer-slul. Die theoryof
the inventit n, so far at we can ascertain, is believed to
beperftct, in its p?-ictjce, beyond the eiperiinental
rang* of Mr. Bessemer tome dimoultica
hottbev are not *>n^r?. to be In*urmo^!>
while the toting tpirit U awakened, thiwS%
? ann<?t slumber, thcj mnsf work tojr?h^i*?i>
licvc we ?an any that experiment* or-on a Jr? N
latent to show whether tho invention> i( (mT^f***.
or of nniv.rval applicability, wlH sopp h7LT?*k
In a few week* we shall, upon *a> ground h?*^
apeak of one of the greatiwt invention* of thtiaJS
tfii* we might *ay ii|*m the suppoaitiou thai it ail*
no further than it* "scmi-*f>k f ' proe.??. Pr,r,i!*N
we do not quit it hen-, for ? p have r-,ith w7l!S
that th. contemplated experiment will v*rifrtivl*k'
merit* of the inventor. JUe*^
We have yet ? word to *ay. It ? (rlaz ?Jml,
lion of the invention ha* not he. n r<xrtyri*
BaOJaaaetfoa hy the working rlassea iu thi* Jt.%
liood.
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From TA* fJwim aV>*B**la*i Be?ww
When it waa announced, at the late nvrtra-w
ltntisb Aenociation, that a pap. r would ba|2/*
new method of converting cast info malajekta*'
without the Baa of fuel, tho intelligence wlT?M
by many with a audio of incrcdulitv, and nnt"*
?? prat tical men" went 0? the mminiifl of j^..1
rarpOOtbnf to be entert lined by the vision-JIT??*
ol aome ingenious hut idle cr?auatest, ThAr
tions were utterly falsified, (tavictiea waa&
trpoa mind* from which no ready assent aaaU
been hoped; a irreat invention wa* hieMl?
tcntatiourlv propounded; and man who weeta*^
foi an exhibition of temerity, if not of i,,n. J^T^**11*
to exprcea their com arrence in the grnccfBi^J**
ar!miration paid by Mr. Nasmrth to one of aWlW
eat discoveries of the are. Kv'err one felt after^La
ing Mr. neaar mer * paper, that, 'if any re'liane* ?Z
be placed upon the tact* atated to the Ame*-iM,m\
new era wa* at hand in all th.we numeron* and 1 nn?
tant bran< he* of manuta,'taring laenafcry whh h /s?H?\
the working of wrought iron and "ct. Vr?Vmt firtw
reference to the paper ??mmunM'atHtottre As-Msian?
we will now deacrine what we have aeen at Mr haaa
Bier'* pr. mii.?1? at Baxter FTihw l?'*\ in;? otirreivjajll
nay whether we have ov errtotcd tho inip?irtance r/ aj
subject.
It is necessary to promise that corriTion east aa
contain* somewhere abaal 4 it per revt. of <*n*w
aa well aa a variable quantity of ailicum artdatw
earthy bases, phosphorus ami sulphur. Tlie objea*
every proceaa for making mallealile iron i* theaapta,
tion "and removal of these foreign substance*
la^st malleable iron contain* about j per real ?
carbon; but the process of extraction is difficultaj
expensive. The fusibility of iron depend* u|i?a
quantity of carbon present; and no commercially
ablo niethod has ti.l now been discovered by v^n
iron, after partirgwith a very large p-ojx.rtii? a*|
carbon, can be brought to remain in a state ran
m arly approaching fusion than that of a pas'van*
SteelM prodarod trots iron from which the cnrb-mial
other impurities have Inen extracti-d, by a tedionijaj
costly proceaa, the object of which is the reetoratwa|
a portion of the earboa which piwvioas pmcc**!* baa
nmovid. Meal contains, a'cording to the pun***
for which it is wanted, front rather more thnninr
( i nt. to rather less than '?! pet . . nt. of carbon, MtlV
able iron? or iron comparatively free trom carbon-*
usually produced, iu this country, in tho follorriaj
manner:
The ni.lt. d iron, m extract. ?! fr-Mii the oro inat
smelting or blunt furnace, bt run out into hnrsaBa
fi .-t in length, t. ebne-ally termed pi/ft. Three pip.
when cold, are removed from the sand-mold* m,
which they were run. andtraneferr.il to a second far
nnce. called tbe " fining furnace," where they UWSM
n (faced to a state of fusion i Bad finally, the moss tXm
prodnoed la placed hi a thtra fhtwaea, where it uiidrr
goi-s the pipeass of puddling. ?tmitting nil mattenal
detail, the eeaeaHel part of 'hi* operatasa is the redar
tion of tbe boa to a pasty mas-, which i? sdnoiml
ioll< d nb.nt by the workman until a large ball or
' bliKim." of inin. weighing irom M to 7(1 pontnl?, it
eonglometateil at the emt of the r>?l w ith which at
works, and hi lodged IB ho in a tit sta's? for the flail
process. It is tbeti w ithdraw n from the riro, and taker
to a "tilting hammer" and a pair of ?quoer.en, a
to a Navmyth'a steam forge, where it is *ubj?<lal
to a very heavy pressure, and a quantity t
melted slag and refuse, mixed with the Dadohi
iron, sqneesed ont. For the pmpoae of our prsawt
comparison wo Deed follow the nr.vpeea no nitfaer
Other methods of producing malleable iron dfrretfr
from the ore are in BOB ha various part* of the t'oatr
n? nt; but tbej arc extremely expensive, n-otiire a rick
.a,, an.) a very paw taei, are oal> applicants epos i
raiall scale, and sacrifice a very large pcnvntiige?is
?etna cases from 40 to St Ikt cent?of the metal.
tit all our more important mechanical operatiouj,
pet haps puddling is the most impel foot and utistifmV
lory. It la very expensive, both from tbo quauuiytf
fuel consumed (which is about ii|ual to the weight Of
metal treat, di and the sow ie nature of the labor n
quired. During the recent hot weather it was. foaal
e.. essoiv t.. stop m arly alt Me* Statrot'lahirw po?l.llii(
lunini es? two men having fallen dead at their wort
Tbe result is Iba production of an iron so far front b. iu]
? bemtcnlly pare that it is aatonishiag how much *?
havefbeen shhi t<? sdhel with so bap stint n material
1'iom the ssHaeaae daasaad for iron wwkh has pn>
vailed for sonic i ears past, and the rtimulos that na
thus been givaw to the production of iiu'rosse<l</*4?
t>>>/. the qtcMm has very seriously dctcrioratod. TW
difnenlty enpenomwd by the Oovasaiaoni dariar tar
ln.-t war in pna-uriiur iron of u '(Utility auitoiilo far Bw
pnrpoaes oi snhw is too well known to needmor.'
tlitiii a passing reference.
Mr. Msseaner'i aiusihasnN have lieen aondactel
upon the pig-iron. II. propose* that, for the piirooe
ot msnufaeture, the smelted iron, as it loaves the slat
furnace, ?hall be run immediately into tho convertaf
vc*?el presently to be described; but, for tho ptirpaa
ofixperimen .it ban Uen more eouveiiieiil to sal
down pig-iron, us the metal is much sooner reduced*
a state of fusion. The surtecisvai, therefore, takes 0
the process at the point at which the uu>tai is oriUnahh
iilaesd in the (Iniiig fntTiai".'. It must las rcmenihcral
howevi r, that one important) nil answered hy hi* in va>
tion is to do nwavwifb the consumption of fuel rcpuird
for this interm. dlsle HOOOSS. Tlie ??.wrting *.?-.-!
where the change of the ineltinl metal from orihusiy
? ?st iron to malleable iron or aleel ia to take plaer,
consists, exti ruallv, of a cylinder of iron, surrouudei
Dew the bottom, by a hollow ring?an anuulrir ptw,
in fni t? of the same mew, communicating with nV
small "tuyer. " pipes, placed at equal distancterouol
the cylinder. I he*.- j ipea are Carrie I tkroof?
Ihn enter nnd inner structure of tho ve**e , and csdl
of tb< m ent. ra ineahamber within, m ar tha jfiiMUsa
of the sine with tbe leor, by aa ajH-rtttre aboajthre*
eighth* of an inch in diameter, plot, eted by adsatiU
of the best hre-ebvy. 'the external cylinder is lioa
w ith a thi. k lining oi lin -bi i. k, ami the interiioi strsc
lure consist- of two 11,ambers, or stori?.^ . ommfenlaw
Ing hy n small cyWodrieal opening la tlieeenhnfl Tat
lower chamber, Hta which the melted iron is iattO
dneed, isa simple cylinder?I ho upper chamber hssi
He r inversely arched, so that any laataad metal furc?ri
up through the iqn ring from the lower chamber ma*
ti'. kle back Bgaia, and ttie ami L* in tho shape of *
enpote or dotuo. fwa apBitaiaa, a few bsckea aasa*ak
placed op) ..--> ?'o ?>?), otlrer, betw.vu the floor and
tt.i ton <>t this amber, eonsm?niooto with tho n*t. is.?i
air. av poweiful bla*t, worked by a sniall ana?a, exo
he k t into th. bolfou ring which gird* tbo onasf aybs*
ih r, and tl i of eonmo, Oatori the lowr-r chamls'f
Ihroagh tin tayen piaosb A hob-at the liottoui of the
chssnbar.acoaiedin Iba '.-.ou munner. tuniisaes the
n sans of lapping t\tn \ tsasel und running off thepnslacc
info the molds pn par. d for it.
When . very thing ?< ii-ndy for the operation* IS
COmOBaaOO, the blast Is si t onto How iutoihc convert?
ing vaONr tbe milting fun.me ia Iffpynrl and the
ii. Mod Iron, of Ihe usual dnap orantint, ptiiimahnrlf
down tbt channel into the lower chamber of the coo
verting vess,.| thiangh an opertaM Bshnsl is thai
closed up inn! luted. 1 tie pressure of Uiu blast |
about il oi |d potrndato theanoooa inch?atrong i?i.? ft
too nt tin nil towpletety through the s..,? r.o
I ? i.t mi n of : m 'i iron, sad o . trough tin. apertsan
t ? ar the top of the vi <s< I. As the ai tion i* e.,iitiuuai
mrerj pastam oftbe ssatssd m -t.-d ;? brougnt m tsn
sto opntnei with o at mam of air To use tanloagoM
ot (ht'mutry, an < nr rgetic combination taacs piece l*
twien the oxygen of the air pumpoil in auo theaw
I on mixed w ith:he iron. In popular language, lire.in
stead of being supplied externally round and about flfc
i, assofirou, is kindled sial suelam.sl tlirou^hout eeOT
paitietc of the nqnid metal. A le nt is thus, e-cnenttai
Vdstly greater than that which can bo supplied by taaj
r Atemal eombuatioa. What is tilting place in iuOicsns
bj t e tonguta of flnme which iu two or thn??aaasn*
begin to shoot forth trom Uie apertures in the vase*
end ?hieb gradually increase in body ami in inteaetf
until ih. whole masa is in a state of agitates?,alsa?
like boiling Watet?the difVmicc ii ing, however, m*
the agitation ia caused by tbe ? xl.s uai force of tists?
blown rapidlv aud eontiaWonaly Uiroorh the ^ffj
iion. not liv the I ell I Billion of the subauuie?- itself s*>.
an expansille vapor, as in the case of (jeliuiue
mum, Honoioi.thisatatemay vety tairly be s*"y
? ihe boil." and it is indi. iuvd by the Uiwirggj
tl rough the flper'nr."., of large <ittantutes of
?I; .;?the refiiM. which is eijtuew-il out "t ll >? r^T^
!dv< in uuiici the action ol bnaseaae prassen. aatonw*
is 11 ra driven off -iuiply by the at two of tbsblSl^^
c;,i.se, being rnnoh bgntei "than the iron, ii n* .k..
m that
(Op, like until Open the surface if water, uos
the ii i tid is in a state of perfect "ni'",-1[\J?4Bf,
?nppoM-d that at this period a very "*{*jrtfi
change I? gins to take place, and that that PjVj
the .arloii which is iu a s'.at. , not of u,*'J***,a<
mixture, but of cJwmicni rxmtbmatlon ?JJ ? bsat,
> i i w LUSnpoTtod, by the agviM-y of th.'hieieasiag .
t,. pa : fonm Ihe metal, and yi. hi Mssaf noaamf*
saaarhMf sflinily of th i oxygen. Tins " hoi' ? ^
placo from fifteen to twenty or tytivXy-w*^^J.
after the touimem. mentfof the process, and***"