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THE PIONEER,
W. T. OILES, EDITOR. , ,
Thursday, t t : : : t : : : : : : FEB. o.
Stop my Paper. ' '
Vhen'som men call to stop a pa
per, what stress they put . up on the
words, "stop my paper," as if they were
the only supporters.' Not a great while
since we had a very affectionate call of the
kind, and really we got more satisfac
tion out of the fellcw than if he had ta
ken two copies of our paper. What care
we for a mean man's lousy, two dollars a
year. It is very small item, for which
we give value received; and then, why
should we submit to insult for it with
out resentment? This latter thing, we
were never instructed in nor neither do
we wish to be. It is our aim to publish a
good paper, worth the money we get for
itj and therefore, our independence.
But we have an extract here taken from
aa exchange that presents the thing in
exceedingly good style, and wc , will give
it to bur readers, with a hope that if any
one should get a little huffy at us, he will
remember that he's not the only person left,
and that though he should surlv discon
tinue, some good fellow will coaae forward
and take the Pioneer in his place. Read
the following: : '
i Itis astonishing what exalted notions
some" persons have of their own impor
tance. They seem to imagine they are
altogether nececessary to the onward roll
of our little world, and if by any means
they should he shoved out of the way,
the screws would be so loose that the old
machine would no longer hold together;
and of course, if such important person
ages only say to an editor. "Stop my pa
per," the whole establishment must go to
naught instanter. We have often laugh
ed in our sleeve though outwardly we
looked as grave as an owl when one of
those regulators of the world has march
ed into our sanctum and order a discon
tinuance of his paper. And it always
does us good to see how the starch is taken
out of him while the editor replies, "Cer
tainly, sir with the greatest pleasure, just
as soon as the clerk has entered a hundred
or more fiame which have just been sent
in. The mighty man wilts down like the
narative of a whipped spaniel and he
shrinks away, ' muttering to himself,
"Well, I'm afraid that stopping my paper
has not ruined him after all."
ioThese swells who stop their papers on j
account of some miff which has found
its way into their cranium, are sure to
watch the time of the next issue, thinking
that another number will hardly make its
appearance; and they are sure to borrow
their neighbor's copy to see if it does not
contain the editor's farewell address to his
readers. '
We once knew a minister who, in de
scribing a Christian's character, and the
circumspection of his walk said the way
to heaven required as much care as it did
for a cat to walk on a wall covered with
broken bottles. It is something so with
an editor, if he is to please everybody."
Higii Prices. The extremely high
prices now going for everything the farm
er has for sale, certainly must be gratify
ing to them, although it is not so con
venient to the poor, who in time of low
prices had it hard enough. We are in
hopes, too, that the present ' extremely
high prices, with ready cash markets, will
enable some of our very extremely poor
framers (not worth more than 15,000 or
20,000) to subscribe for their county
paper. Nothing tends more to their in
terest and to promote their prosperty than
their county papers generally, yet how
little many of these farmers regard the
welfare and success of their papers.
United States Senator. When our
General Assembly will succeed in electing
a US. Senator, is more than we would
pretend to divine, but hope they may soon
do so, and thereby finish up a work, that
in our opinion1, is- delaying other Legisla
tion, aa well as keeping up an unnecessary
fight and excitement. The Hon. William
Allen will suit us perfectly well. He has
been tried, and found a good Senator.
.juany oi uie cauuiuaits uamtu, we pre
sume, would, make good Senators, but
.none better than Allen. . We have but
fewfavors to expect, and therefore, with- J
6ut fear or favor,.say, personally we could
vote for the gentleman here' named!
Probatb Court. On Monday this
" Court convened, at which time two men
' were tried for assault and battery. The
'court fined them 'each $150, 'and' sen
' tenced them to ten days imprisonment, to
be fed on bread and water. Pretty se-
' x-ora mi Via wlin f ronem-pesc miict. TiHv
the penalty. A prisoner who was in jail
j for riot, escaped from the Sheriff on Sun
day and left the country, or at least keeps
shady. ! It would be a great blessing to
- get rid of many other, persons in the
.' same manner. The escape of that man
will aave the county something and be no
' lots to the community.
Ths Increase. The travel on the
Ohio and Indiana Railroad has increased
within a few weeks beyond all expectation.
Already the road is doing a very good
business, and it is but a snort time since
the passenger cars commenced running.
But why should not this ' road have the
preference, when it connects with the Mad
. River and Ohio and Pennsylvania roads,
carrying passengers through to Cincinnati
several hours in advance of any other
' route?
Weather. On Monday the . weather
was very fine. Tuesday some snow,
yet pleasant. Wednesday very disagree-
Able, with rain, snow, wind, mud and Wa
ter, and hard to beat. The prospects
look fair. for a continuance of the same
aa the skies are dark as pitch.
London is- Ashes. -It is reported that
this dace, the county seat of Madison.
has been nearly destroyed by fire.' Odd
Fellow and Masonic Halls, Telegraph of
fice and contents, all burnt.
Heroine of Teiaa.
We have never seen anything of inert
interest than the following history and
adventures of the women of Texas, taken
from an exchange. None would imagine
that a woman ever possessed so much
courage i energy and firmness as did the
one here described : .
"Avery interesting and romantic inci
dent was related by Rev. Mr. Fontaine, in
one of his recent lectures at the Rich
mond Athenseum. Speaking of the ear
ly history of Texas, he gave an account of
Gen. Long's effort to revolutionise that
country in 1019. Gen. Long served un
der Gen. Jackson in the Seminole Avar,
and at the battle of New Orleans. He
married, when twenty-two years of age,
a celebrated beauty and heiress of Nash
ville, only sixteen years old. When he
formed the design to invade Texas, Mrs.
Long entered fully into his plans, and
placed at his disposal her immense wealth.
With this he armed and equiped 300 men,
entered the country, and was everywhere
successful. .
Near the Gulf coast he formed s fortifi
cation, where ho established his head
quarters. He was elected President of
the Republic a full Cabinet was appoint
ed, and a rctf'i'ar government organized.
At tnat time Iturbide ' was overrunning
Mexico, with tbe design of making him
self supreme ruler of that State. Being
jealous of the success and power of Gen
Long, he proposed to him, through an
agent, that they should unite their forces,
which would enable them to strengthen
and confirm their authority the one oyer
Mexico, and the other over Texas.
Gen. Long unwisely heeded the traitor
ous proposition. Before leaving the fort,
he assigned to his wife seventy-five , men.
with directions to hold the place until his
return, lie soon after, with the remain
der of his small army, reached the head
quarters of Gen. Iturbide, who, as soon as
he got possession of his rival," caused him
to be assassinated. Time passed on
Mrs. long heard nothing of the sad fate of
her husband. 1 he seventy-five men un
der her charge became dissatisfied pro
visions were well nigh exhausted, and
they became clamorous to return to the'
" States." : She told them that General
Long directed her to remain until his re
turn and that she should do so, " dead or
alive."
Every man deserted her to retrace their
steps to their homes, leaving her with an
infant and nurse, a young negro girl of
twelve or fourteen years of age, the sole
occupants of the fortification. She kept
the flag of stars and stripes floating from
the walls, fired the morning and evening
gun and beat the daily reveille. The
Mexicans and Indians thought the place
was still garrisoned, and kept at a respect
ful distance. . Time sped. A year elaps
ed, and still no tidings of her gallant hus
band reached her lonely abode. During
all this space she had subsisted by gather
ing oysters from the beach, and shooting
birds which flew about the fort. In 1821
Gen. Austin invaded Texas, and seeing a
flag floating from a fortification near the
Gulf, supposed the noted Lafitte had es
tablished himself there. He sent in a flag
of truce, and what was his surprise to find
this place, in the midst of inimical Mexi
cans and savage Indians, manned by a sol
itary woman."
Lectures.; On Monday next, Mr. Be
ment will commence a regular course of
lectures on Ancient History.,- He is said
to be the . best lecturer of the age, and
those who have attended his lectures, re
present them as being the most interes
ting and instructive of anything they ever
listened to.
Do not fail to go and hear the lectures,
commencing on Monday and lasting, ten
evenings. Only one dime each evening,
for a family ticket. The lectures will be
delivered in the brick church.
Family tickets can be procured of G.
W. Beery, at one dollar each.
Judge Anderson, as will be seen by
his card in to-day's paper; has rc-tired
from "rural life" and again embarked
in business. Having purchased the "Rob-
bins ; property," opposite the "Pierson
House" he is fitting it up expressly for
Hardware, in all its branches. While his
room is in preparation, his goods will be
opened for sale at Henry Peter's ware
house. Now friends, mark the effect that
liberal advertising will have on a man's
business. : : f ;
Seminar?. The next session, of the
Findlav Male and Female Seminar v will
ti. third Mondav nf Feh. (sn
A , from lfr ' aV PEAR. prinf!;riai
say, "It is important that all who design
attending, be present at the opening of the
session."
. Tuition in high department per quar
ter, ' - "::' " - $4,50
Other branches, 3,50
Gleason's Pictorial. The last num
of this paper is worth half a year's sub
scription. It contains representations of
the interior of the Crystal Palace, which
must be interesting to every one. Send
along your $3, and get the Pictorial for
one year. Address, F. Gleason, corner of
Tremont and Bromfield Sts., Boston.
Journal of Education. -We take
pleasure in recommending this publication
to the public. It is a very neatly printed
Journal, in pamphlet form and only costs
one dollar a year. It is printed at Colum
bus, Ohio. Address Lorin Andrews, Co-J
lumbus,. 0. '
More Drugs and Medicines. By ref
erence to our advertising columns, our
readers will find Messrs. Weisz 6c Crider's
new Drug advertisement in to-day's pa
per. Read the advertisement.
Wheat. Those having wheat to sell,
will find the cash ready for them upon the
the delivery of their wheat at the Indian
Mill. Lumber for sale at the same place,
See Mr. Myer's advertisements. '
Drugs and Medicines. We would
call the attention of our readers to the
new advertisements of Mr. Mercer, Drug
gust, near the Post office. He has been
receiving a fresh supply.
The Maine Law in Boston. The Bos
ton Times states that, on Monday last,
twenty-six complaints were made in .the
Police Court of that City,; for - violation
jof the Maine Law on the Sabbath.
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-.Agriculture Among the Indians.
The Indian tribes are making consider
able progress in the cultivation of their
lands and civilization, as will beseen by
the following particulars from a communi
cation by Capt. Dodge, their agent, to the
Santa Fe Qazelt. He says in relation to
the Navajo tribe:
"They number about eight thousand,
of whom near two thousand are warriors.
They are a good deal inclined to agricul
ture, and this year they raised sixty thou
sand bushels of corn, five hundred bush
els of wheat, five hundred of beans, be
sides a large quantity of punkins, melons,
peaches, wild potatoes, &c. They manu
facture large quantities of blankets, Block
ings etc., all their wearing apparel, and
make their own weapons, such as bows,
arrows, etc. They are air brought up to
work, and men, women and children
are constantly employed. They own 260,
000 sheep, 20,000 horses, and 150 head
of horned cattle. One hundred men in
the tribe own as many as fifteen thousand
horses, and one hundred thousand head of
sheep. Some of the Indians have forty or
fif'T peons to attend their heards. They
treat their women with great respect, and
the modern doctrine of 'woman's rights'
seems to be fully carried out in practice
among the tribe. The women own all the
sheep, and the men dare not sell them
without their permission, nor do they ever
make an important trade without consult
ing their squws. They admit women to
their councils, who participate in their de
liberations, and often control them. Tbey
rarely kill, but consider theft a great vir
tue. They worship women as their Great
Spirit, and believe she starts the sun every
morning in its course. The agency is a
hundred and eighty miles from Santa Fe,
in the heart of the Indian country.
The Gipsies Around.
A gang of those roving, poor, misera
ble creatures, known as Gipsies, and so
puffed in song and varnished up in yaller
kiver romances, have established them
selves near the turnpike, about a mile and
a half below Xenia. The company con
sists of fifteen or twenty, males and females.-
They live in temporary tents, and
are a miserable, filthy looking set. They
are visited by throngs of people out of
curiosity. Our informant observed one
large, singular looking woman among
them, with a dark, swnrthy complexion,
very much resembling an Indian. She
had a child in her lap about four years
old which was smoking a cigar.
Tbey make fortune-telling a profession,
and the subsistence of this company is
mainly drawn from that source. Cinciri'
nati Enq.
A gang of the same kind were in Col
umbiana a short time ago, and beside for
tune-telling, they doubled money for one or
two persons in that section. One man
got a cool thousand doubled, if the papers
there tell aright.
Glad of it. We see by some of our
exchanges, that our young friend, A.
Jackson Morgan, has been elected ' clerk
of the House of Representatives of Min
nesota. Mr. M. is a practiacl printer, pos
sessing energy, talent, and merits the
post. We worked in the same office,
side by side with him for a long time, and
are glad to hear of his progress for it
is coming near home. Who knows but
what our turn will soon come?
The Movements of Russia. The New
Gazette of Prussia cagrms the account of
fresh warlike preparations by the Emper
or of Russia, who, it is stated, will address
a proclamation to the Governments of
Europe. Great numbers of horses are be
ing bought in Westphalia. A private let
ter from St. Petersburg, dated December
20, says: .
"There raigns here at this moment, in
all branches of the public service, a move
ment and activity of which there has been
no example since the preparations . of the
army in 1812. On seeing how the minds
and the efforts of the entire nation are turn
ed toward war, one would say that Russia
thinks herself on the eve of a new invasion.
Each day numerous feltdingues (couriers)
leave for every part of the Empire, to has
ten on the armaments. , Agents are sent
about every where to wake up the fanati
cism and ferosity of the orthodox popula
tion, and to arouse from the very depths
af Asia the hordes of Kirghese, Mongols
and Tartars, and precipitate them on the
Indus, with the hope of the sack and pil
lage of the British Presidencies."
Gotham Morals. There is now a case
in one of the New York Courts of a pecu
liar character. A letter from there gives
it the following features : "
" A- woman of bad repute brings an
action against one of the leading uphol
sterers' of the city, for certain monies al
leged to be due her. '
The upholsterer in question is said to
have furnished the bawd with several
thousand dollars worth of the most cost
ly furniture, wherewith to decorate her
establishment ; he agreeing to take his
pay out of the general profits of income
of the house.
; The. upholsterer and his customer, after
six months time had passed, had a quar
rel however, which resulted in the present
lawsuit.' ; The defendant is a leading man
in town, and has always been accustomed
to take a leading part in missionary and
other moral movements, for the regenera
tion of the heathen."
Floods in the Cumberland and Ten
nessee. The Nashvilld Whig, of Satur
day, says: . ,
. "At this moment (Friday morning) the
waters, already spreading over a consider
able portion ofthe city, above andbelow
the bluff, are rapidly- rising, and well
grounded apprehensions are felt that the
high rise of '47 will be equelled, if not ex
celled." . . .
The Whig says that great suffering ex-
sts among the poorer class in that city, in
consequence of the flood. The city has
appropriated 8500 for their relief.
Great destructien to property had been
sustained along the Cumberland and its
tributaries. , . .
' The Qhsxtaxioogs Advertiser, ofthe 24th,
says the flood in the Tennessee river is with
in six feet of the high rise of 1 847.
Columbus Correspondence to the Pioneer
Columbus, Feb. 4th, 1854.
Friend Giles: Things in this City are
moving along about aa usual. During the
past week we have had two State Conven
tions, one a State Temperance Convention.
The object of which was, to take into con
sideration the propriety of Memorializing
the Legislature, and presenting to them a
prohibitary 2'emperance Bill tor their adop
tion, but I do not think such a Bill can
pass either branch ofthe present legisla
ture. Although the members as a gener
al thing speak in favor of enacting a good,
reliable, wholesome and stringent temper
ance law such one as the people will re
spect and carry out, and it is of but little
use to talk of anything else on thatsubject.
The other Convention was a military
one. The object of which was, as I un
derstood, to procure the enactment of a
law which would encourage the organiza
tion of Indcpcndant military companies, and
recommending a fund to be set apart for
procuring music, &c, and also to exempt
the members of said military companies
from working the Highway. There has
been a good share of business done in the
House of Representatives during the past
week. Mr. Eckley gave notice that he
should present, a Bill to 6ell the national
road to the counties, through which the
road passes.
There appears to be a disposition to dis
pose ofthe Public Works as far as practi
cable. There is a Bill now before the Senate
prohibiting hereafter the circulation of all
foreign Bankbills of a less denomination
than Ten dollars, and I presume it will
pass.
In the House Mr. Tyler presented a Bill
repealing section 310 of the Code; and
hereafter try and permit parties to suits
from Testifying and swearing in their own
case, unless they are called upon by the
opposite party. Voluntary pressing is get
ting to popular among some who litigate;
hence the necessity of repealing said sec
tion of the Code. Mr. O'Neal is about to
present a Bill to prevent stay of execution
on all Judgments rendered for work and
labor which I think will pass. We had
some very good speeches made on Friday
on Mr. Cochran's Erie resolutions.
The Preamble and resolutions' were
voted down as they should have been, al
though the resolution itself contained the
democratic doctrine, but the preamble was
objectionable as it imputed to Pennsyl
vania a want of good faith towards the
citizens of Ohio and the great West gen
erally, and the whole was got up with an
effort to put them through with feelings
of revenge towards Pa., which a ma
jority of the members did not feel dis
posed to tolerate. The resolve part, re
quested our representatives in Congress,
to effect a repeal of the law requiring any
duty whatever on iron. This, most of
the members thought to be a direct stab at
Pa., in consequence of the Erie difficul
ties. I ' think the time of holding court in
your county, is the first Monday in April;
The court is to set in Wood, Seneca and
Hancock, before it sets in your county.
It may not pass in that shape, but I now
think it will: . -
We have not tried to nominate a United
States Senator; since I last wrote you, but
I think both Houses will go into caucas
again before long. Some members talk of
getting up some new man, others object
going out of the r;.ng, but nominate some
of the five candidates, before ballotted
for, to wit: Messrs. Allen, Pugh, Menny
penny, Corwin and Medary, and I will
predict that some one of those men will
receive the nomination, but which one I
dare not say. ' But as soon as the nomi
nation, is made I will write you.
On Thursday the House elected Chas.
D. Taggart, as assistant clerk, and Har
vey Furguson, as assistant Sergeant-at-Aams,
who took the oath of office and en
tered upon their duties. The House now
has four Scrgeant-at-Arms, four Clerks,
and four messenger boys, the former get
four dollars each pr day and the latter one
dollar. '. : ' ' , ." .
The weather here is very pleasant and
some like the spring of the year.
We have almost every thing going on
here to tickle the . fancy of man, to. wit:
Theatres, Lectures of different kinds;
yes, and the "Spiritual Rappings" are
here too, exhibited by Judge Edmonds of
New York, who is a full believer in the
faith that he can and does hold sweet com
munion with Invisible and departed spir
its, and he is now here trying to convince
others of the fact by . lectures and ex
amples. T.
Our Envoy in China.
Marshall, the American Envoy in China
is daily proving his unfitness for the post.
A letter from Hong Kong says :
".Usually American ships command
higher freights to England than English
vessels, and you may well ask why Amer
ican ships cannot get half freight, as com
pared with British ships. The solution is
found in the acts of Col. Marshall, the
American Commissioner, and Mr. Cun
ningham, the Consul, who have acknowl
edged the Tartar Custom House at
Shanghae, which is established in a sam
pan on the river, while the rebels hold the
city. No other nation has acknowledged
the floating Custom House, so that no
flag pays any export duty but the Ameri
can, and that is the reason why some of
your fine clipperships are lying idle, while
many English ship are filling up at high
rates."
"After taking this damaging step for
the Americans, Col. Marshall precipitate
ly left Shanhae, and in fact the Chinese
donations, and is now residing at the Por
tugues town of Macao."
"The Americans here are anxiously
looking for Marshall's successor, an 1 it is
high time he was here."
Indian Cruelties in New Mexico. -The
Indians in New Mexico are becom
ing very troublesome, and are committing
frequent murders and outrages upon the
White settlers in that region. By their
savage barbarities and cruelties they are
hastening their melancholy destiny, and
will probably soon be exterminated. The
last mail from New Mexico brings us a
thrillingly interesting narrative of the suf
ferings of a Mrs. Wilson of Alton, 111.,
who was carried off a captive by the Ca-
manche Indians, and who while she was
among them lor more than a months en
dured cruelties that it makes a man shud
der to think of, and which rival in horror
anything we ever perused. The utmost
indignation exists at Santa Fe, and the
government is loudly called upon to chas
tise the Indians. The Santa Fe Gazette
says : Cin. Enq. .'
The two brothers of Mrs. Wilson are
yet in captivity, and unless soon reclaimed
will imbibe a tase for the life of the In
dian, and be lost forever. There are ma
ny hundreds, and we may venture to say
thousands of captives among the Indians
of New Mexico, principally women and
children : the former are forced to become
slaves ofthe men, and the latter are train
ed for warriors.
When Gov. Merrivvether came out he
was fortunate enough to rescue two Mexi
can girls from the Camanches one six
teen and the other eighteen ' years of age
They had been captured from near Chi
huahua, one three years and the, other
ten months before. They were sent to
the Governor of that State who acknowl
edged the conduct of the Governor of
New Mexico, in very handsome terms
They said there were a large number of
Mexican women in captivity, and they
saw one American women with a small
child ; that an Indian one day, when they
were traveling on horseback, took the child
from the mother, threw it up into the air,
and as it came down, caught it on his
spear, and that others rode up at a full
gallop, took it on their spears, and passed
it around among the party. There will
be many captives among the Indians so
long as they are paid to give them up ; let
blood be the only ransom paid, and there
will soon cease to be captives.
We could relate numerous instances of
almost unheard of barbarity, which the In
dians of the Plains practice upon their
captives ; but the cases we have mention
ed will suffice to call public attention to
these outrages. '
Another Koszta Case.
The Vienna correspondent of the New
York Tribune says that another Koszta
case demanding the interference of our
Government, according to the principles
enunciated in Mr. Marct's letter, has late
ly occurred in Austria. If the facts are
as stated, some Governmental action ought
to be taken in the premises. He says :
"In 1848, Simon Taussig, the person
in question, obtained permission of the au
thorities of Prague to travel one year in
Germany, France and England. While
absent from the Austrian dominions, he
took the occasion to visit the United States,
where he soon after married and settled
as a shoemaker in the State of New Jer
sey. He took the necessary steps to be
come an American citizen, and a full pass
port was given him in the United States,
the present year, for the worthy purpose
of conveying to the United States a poor
widow, 'with several children. On reach
ing Prague his passport was taken from
him by the police authorities, and has
since been withheld on the ground of his
still being an Austian citizen. ' Not onlv
this he is also threatened with severe
punishment for having left his country
without permission;1 He of course, ' at
once laid his case before Mr. Jackson, the
American Minister at Vienna. Taussig
is charged with no political offence, but,
on the other hand, appears to be a simple,
unoffending mechanic, whose crime is so
undefined as to have found its way only
among the vagaries of European despot
ism. Mr. Jackson brought the affair be
fore the Austrian Government, and re
quested that Taussig's passport should be
restored and himself permitted to return
to his suffering family. The ' ground of
humanity was also urged. ' The unsuspi
cious character of the man, the smallness
of the offence committed, the fact that
Taussig is a poor man, that his family is
suffering from his absence, and especially
the praiseworty object of his visit to
Prague, were all presented to their con
sideration. But Austrian diplomacy has
a brain of lead and a heart of stone, and
all considerations of the above character
are with them perfectly lost.
The French Manifesto.
The Emperor, Napoleon, through his
Minister of Foreign Affairs, has issued an
important manifesto upon the Eastern
question, which concludes as follows:
. On our part, Sir, we believe that it has
become indispensible for us to measure
ourselves the extent of the compensation
to which we are entitled by right as the
Powers interested in the existence of Tur
key and the military positions already ta
ken by the Russian army. We must have
a pledge which assures us of the reestab
lishment of peace in the East, on condi
tions which do not change the distribu
tion of the respective forces of the great
States of Europe. . The French and Eng
lish Governments have consequently de
cided that their , fleets should enter the
Black Sea, and combine their movements
in such a manner as to prevent the terri
tory or the Ottoman flag from" being ex
posed to a new attack by the Russian
navy.
jfcgrMrs. A. West has recovered 835
damages of a liquor seller named Henry
Martin under the Indiana Law at
Brookville, for selling her husband liquor
so as to intoxicate him. "
The Great Explosion. .
The accounts of the explosion of a car
tridge factory at Ravenswood, Long Is
land, on Saturday last, make up a chapter
of horrors not excelled, save in extent of
mortality, by the foundering ofthe steam
er San Francisco. It is not vet known
how many persons were killed, but eigh
teen have been accounted for, five of whom
were young women. The New York Sun
says:
The scene at Ravenswood during the
day ofthe occurrence, and yesterday; beg
gars description. Fathers, mothers, broth
ers and sisters, were searching for missino
friends, who were at work in the factory.
The lamentations from survivors who were
most horribly mangled, and relatives of
the missing, were truly heart rending.
The ruins of the building, and lots, fences
and houses for yards around were covered
with fragments, and with flesh and bones
and portions of human bodies.
One almost distracted father, drew from
the ruins the head of a little girl which he
knew to be that of his daughter, from a
ribbon in her hair. The remaining por
tion of her body could not be found. The
rear, end of Mr. Moses' house, which is
between three aud tour hundred feet dis
tant from the scene of ruins, was literally
covered with imprints of bones, pieces -of
flesh, Sic, which were thrown against it
with great force. . -
Yesterday, on visiting the ground, we
found three barrels and four kegs heaped
up with portions of flesh, hands, legs, arms,
feet, fec, not a fragment larger than a
hand or apart of a leg, could be found in
any of them. The barrels, as also the
body of a female, which it was impossible
to identify, were placed in a house near
the ruins. . The kegs, and bodies which
had not been; claimed, were in .the open
air, nearby.
- Three persons only, out of all that were
employed about the building, are known
to have been taken out alive. .
Terrible Cruelties in China.
It is doubtful whether anything in the
annals of cruelty can be found to surpass
the blood-stained atrocities that charac
terize the civil war now raging in China.
Accounts from Amoy are as follows:
The Imperialists have retaken the place,
and have marked their success by slaying
in cold blood nearly 1,000 persons, most
of whom took no part in the late movement,
except on compulsion. The streets and
wharves of Amoy have literally streamed
with human blood, not shed in any war
like operations, but done in savage re
venge, and to blind the authorities' at Pe-
kin as to the bravery of the enactors. Ex
ecutions were of daily occurrence. The
Mandarins, to mark their success, were
reveling in human gore, putting to death
all who fall in their hands indiscriminate
ly. The original mover of the rebellion
had been given up to the Mandarins ; the
unfortunate wretch was executed on the
17th November, together with his son,
both bodies being quartered and their
heads placed on the principal city gates.
The villages around Amoy were made to
contribute to the monster execution.-
Whole villages were threatened with death
unless they gave up all who took part in
or sympathized with the rebels ; and as a
consequence of this brutal demand, the
poor, weak, inoffensive and defenseless
villagers, were surrendered up as victims
to satiate the Mandarins' thirst for blood.
Taxation Its Bnrthens.
Before the meeting of the present Leg
islature, we said that its first duty, as no
doubt its first desire is, to attend to the
question of taxation.. There is no man
so obtuse as not to know that taxation is
becoming too onerous. The people ex
pect of their rulers a mitigation of the evil.
Our subscribers who write to us, but speak
our views. . Let the committees who have
charge of this, make thorough examina
tion searching and anxious into all the
ramifications of expenditure, and fearless
ly lop off where it can be done without
sacrificing substantial interests. The peo
ple will sanction such action. They will
sanction no legislation which has not this
end in view. Ohio Statesmzn. . .
: Did Republican t Government ever be
fore bear such a feature as that every man
vaustpay taxes on all that he owns and on
all that he owes ? Was there ever ranker
injustice inflicted by bungling law-makers
upon a sensible people.- Cin. Enq.
The Pacific Railroad. The bill char
tering the Pacific Railroad is now a law,
having passed the Texas Legislature, and
received the approval of the Governor.
This is a Texas measure, and donates of
the lands in that State, 12,806 acres' to
the mile. The road will be, it is estimat
ed, about 800 miles in extent,' and will
cost at $20,000 to the mile, sixteen mil
lions of dollars. The land donated
amounts to 10,240,000 acres. This, a.t
five dollars per acre, will be $51,200,000,
or thirty-five millions of dollars more than
the cost of the road. Cin. Enq.
Vermont. -The Vermonters are justly
pioud of their State. The Rutland Her
ald breaks out as follows:
''There is but one city in the State, and
not one soldier. We have no theaters not
mobs. We have no police, and not a mur
dtr has been committed in this State with
n the last ten years. We have no mus
eums, opera-houses nor crystal palaces,
but we have homes, genuine homes, that
are the center of the world to its inmates.
What a monstrous time that brisk peo
ple must have of it!
Material Aid for Turket. The N.
Y. Tribune says a vessel cleared from that
port, last week, for Constantinople, hav
irig as part of her cargo nine hundred and
seventy-five barrels of rum . As the Turks
never drink strong liquor, it is be inferred
that the shipment is intended solely for
the volunteers. ' ?- -
SCIUBBLINGS AND GATHERINGS.
Th New Yoe Nebraska Meeting.
We learni fromti" Herald, that the
meeting called in New York to oppose
Mr, Douglass- Nebraska bill, was a com
plete failure. . At no time was there over
eight hundred in attendance.
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On Thursdav. in Louisville
ty lady cowhided a drv exods clerlt
street. He had been taking rather sassy to
ner sisier. x.
That was right; what business has
clerk to be sassy to the girls? -; ...
Missing Vessel. The barque Anlelove.
of Boston, was driven to sea from her
moorings at Bum Cay, in the gale of the
21st November last, since which nothing
has been heard of her. She had on board
6,000 bushels salt, and it is supposed she
foundered, carrying down all the crew. "
Encouragement to Economy and Good
Feeling. Edward Harris, Esq.,' of
Woonsocket, R. I., has offered to' give to
the twenty -five persons employed in his
mills, who, during the1 present year, shall
save and have at inkiest the largest per
cent, of their earnings, a premium of $20
each. ,
Troops for Erie. The United States
Government has at last determined to put
an end to the disgraceful riots at Erie. The
Albany Atlas, of the 28th, states positive
ly that a detachment of troops from Fort
Niagara, and another from Sackett's Har
bor, in New York, have been Ordered to
the seat of war. . ; : , i
Americans in Prison at Havana -The
three American seamen who were incarcer
ated at the Moro, at Havana, are still in
confinement. The American acting consul
visits them frequently; but nothing has yet
been done with regard at them by the Captain-General
or the other authortiies.
They are probably waiting for. the action
of our government. . ' . '','' '
Louis Napoleon for War. The most
extensive preparation for war are being
made in France, both by land and sea.!It
is said the Bank has agreed to lend fifty
millions of francs to the Government. ' At
a recent select ball ' in the Tuilleries, the
Russian Ministers was not invited, al
though all his other fellow-diplomatists
were present. 7
The Mains Legislature. The Su
preme Court of the State, to whom was
submitted the question of difference as' to
the filling of vacancies in the . Senate; be
tween the two branches ofthe Legislature
which has prevented an organization for a
month, has decided the matter in favor of
the. House. We regard it as a ' righteous
decision. '
French Fillibusterism.- The Sidney
Herald, of November 1st, says the French
have seized upon a beautiful island, called
New Caledonia, about nine hundred miles
east of Australia. It was discovered by
Cook in 1774. It is two hundred and ,ix
ty miles long and seventy miles wide. , Its
chief productions are yams and , tanas.-
The natives are mild, and very skillful in
the cultivation of the soil. r ,
Singular! They have had quite; an
item , up at Zanesville, lately. A iiice
little Miss took the cars for Newark, all
alone and paid her fare, the Conductor
playing the amiable in his best manner.
Arrived at the point of destination,' What
was the Conductor's surprise in finding that
he had to conduct two from the cars, when
he had taken fare for but one ! r The little
Miss had become a mother before she
was a wife ! Cin. Enq. u iK
Strange that a Miss should become a
mother before ?, wife ; yet such things will
occur.
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; Heavf Verdict. We learn, from Nejr
Orleans that Mrs. Landreaux has obtain
ed in one of our courts there," a verdict of
$20,000, aginst the New Orleans Railroad
Company. The suit was brought-for
damages sustained in the loos of iher hus
band, who was killed by an accident, on
the road in question. Cin. Enq. ; . 7
Now, what girl wouldn't marry, when
one man cost $20,000?. Isn't this encour
aS"'no bachelors? -lie . must, have
been a duck of a fellow, ', .. . v ,j
Kentucky Life. On Tuesday; ; at
Georgetown, there was a shooting, fight
between Jas. Robinson, Jr. of that jilace
and Mr. , A. D.. Hihes, of Bardstown m
which the latter received "two pistols balls
iu uuuy. xne wounus were severe,
but Haines is. now considered, out of dan
ger. . .. All about the woman l-Ex ,:ii lu
They were soft to shoot about. a woman
when they are so plenty. . ft would be bad
enough to hear of such doings in Califor
nia or Australia, where women are scarce.
The Father of Waters theIissi's-
sippi, having at last been bridgedover,
with a bridge of crystal, , the denizens "of
St. Louis are having a glorious time oh tH.e
ice. Hie railroad comDanies to Alton.
and omnibus company to Belleville, trans
port their passengers over the river .la
sleighs, never compelling ,them to land
once- The St. Louis Democrat says: ,
"The transit from the Missouri to5.the
Illinois shore is now of courseeffected with
perfect security. The crossing :bn foot
commenced on Monday morning last.T!' 'It
was installed by the occurrence of a fatali
ty. A German, urged by a desire to re
turn to his family in Illinois, was therst
to try it. Tbe ice in the middle, was"" still
floating in the large cakes. Hcwasrterv
ed by a reckless courage, and having got
to the verge of the solid ice, began., to stp
from one bloek to the other. A number
of persons watched him from the shore,
marking his progress with painful appre
hensions. At last he made a mis-step.
He lost his foothold, fell, and went under.
Poor fellow, he never rose againl The
current doubtless carried him immediately
under the solid floor of ice. A few.hours
after, the connection was completed be
tween the two shores, and the route made
secure. Numberless parties were7 going
over simply for the pleasure of saying-,: in
aftertimes, they had walked the (.wiit(brs.
Not presuming to doubt or, deprecate the
glory of the defeat, we may regard the
gorge us a decided ad vantage during these
timtsof paralyzed navigation'' s-'-u