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The following sketch is from a work
just published, from the pen of John Il.
Irving, Jr. of Philadelphia, under the title
Of Iudian Sketches They were written
N the summer Of 1888, when their author
accompanied the United States Commiss-
.ioper, Mr. Ellsworth, tu rasidencs af the
iadSans oa and near the Platte river, the
fierce tribes Of the Pawnees and the Otoes
TIE lOTAN AND HIS BROTHER
OR INDIAN RETENGE.
Il was some years before the Iota had
reached the rank Of a chief, that he was
despoiled Of his nose in the following
manner
Several Otos Indians, by dint Of pay
ing fifty times their value, had become
possessed Of a number ofkegs Of whlskey.
As this was rather rarity, council was
called and a general carousal of the male
portion Of the village resolved upon. The
females were excluded: +: itbeing deemed
necessary that they should remain sober,
to exercise conjugal care over their hus-
bands, when so inebriated as to be unable
to take care ofthemselves In the mean
time person was appointed as guard,
whose business il was to keep watch over
the liquor, and drive off all in,erlopers,
who might be inclined to test its quality,
before the time appointed. After three
long, and to them lingering days, the time
came round and at the appointed hour
not soul was behind hand.
The signal was given and the revel
commenced-as the liquor began to work
upon the passions Of the jewellers, they
grew furious. They howled, yelled, and
for. The femaleS fled from the building,
All weapons had been removed before
hsnd for they knew their own ungovern-
able nature; when under the influence
Of liquor, and therefore, had taken pre-
cautions, TO prevent the occurrence of
mischief.
But when the whiskey commenced lie
work, the savage was changed to a de-
mon, and the lodge resounded with their
screams and bowling there was hell
within its bosom.
The giant warrior fixed his grips upon
ths trembling frame Of the aged brother 4
friends fought with bitter fury, & the weak
and decrepit were trampled under foot.
1t was in this stage Of the riot, that the
Iotan and his brother had furious scuE-
As. They grappled and rolled upon the
ground. In the frenzy Of sthfs and in
ioxication, his brother bit of the end of his
nose, and instantly extricating himself
rushed out Of the lodge.
The Iotanan wes perfectly sobered
he paused for moment, looking intently
IN the fire, without uttering a word, then
drawing his blanket over his head, walk
ed out Of the building and hid himself in
bis own lodge.
On the following morning he sought his
brother and told him that he had dsfgur-
Cd him for life ITO night" said he, al
70 to my lodge and sleep i'll can forgive
You when the sun rises, you are safe if
no. you de-" He kept his word he
slept upon his purpose but sleep brought
10 mercy. lie sent word to his brother
nat he had resolved upon his death, that
mere was no further hope for him at the
same time he besought him 10 make no
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SHocKING MURDER-Wc LEARN from a
correspondent that a shocking murder was COM
mted wmhin a few miles OF chapel Hill, week
before ihe last. man by the name Of Alslo-
Durham, went 10 the house Of bis cousin, Lind,
sey Durham, and inding no one but his wife
who MAS satirY cariug) took up pup. aud
@its ~ysh snrs btos, rnAyied wirA the bricn,
killed. her on the spot. lie thsn ems out in tho
field, where the husband was al work, and in.
sisted that he should go to the house. On hs.
arrival, he found the. Iiele.s body of his wife.
lying on the floor with he cards in her hands. -
He turned 10 his cousin and reml rk cd ,-"Oh |!
Alsion, this is your work ~ ho Immediately
replied, "f you say SO. will put yoo in the
same fix. )" and sung the aclion to the word
he commenc an attack OH the husband, who
saved himself by fight Tie aurdsrer was ar
rested, and s nov IN jail. II appears that he
courtsd his victim some two or thu % years sinc ce
but she rejected his address and from that time
ho has been subject to Hts Of in,ani,y. He
had told the hu.banc, that as she would rot
have him, she should never be a source of COM
fort 10 any one else.
Bntn lamilles are highly respectable, and the
occurrence has created great excitement in the
ncighborhood =. Roleish Register,
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REPENTANCE. The late Rev. Mr. G.,
happening one day to 60 into the church.
yard while the beadle was employed neck.
deep in a grave, throwing by the mould
and bones to make way for another per-
son, thus accosted him-'Well Saunders,
that's work you're employed IN we'll cal
culated to make an old man, like you,
thoughtful. / wonder you dinna repent o.
your evil ways The old worthy, resting
himself on tho head Of his spade aud taxi
ing pinch Of snuff, replied, i thought sir,
ye kent that there was no repentance 10
he grave
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Bishop Hopkins, Of Vermont, Of the Episcopa
Church, II isstated in the Gambler Observer, ha,
come out in quite denunciation Of the temperance
reform, and has written a book Oh the Primitive
Church, to put down Temperance Societies. The
Bishop must fancy hinlsslfa marvellous wise man,
to be so much wiser than all his brethren. II
must be "ego ct rex" with him, in his own esti
nation, or he would not venture on the awful re-
sponsibiity Of opposing the temperance reform. at
this time Of day. The pure air Of Vermont is the
last atmosphere in which it would be supposed
that ambition or intsmpsrance could be sngeudei-
I'd. Boston Advocate.
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NORTH CAROLINA ELKcrIoN--Gcn. Mica
jah Il. Hawkins is reelected to Congress from
the sixth district. by about 1000 msjorty. lie is
a Van Buren, man, and his election was expected
as his opponent did not start in the course until u
few days before the election.
la Tarborro' District, PErIeREw, a White
man, is undoubtedly elected over Dr.-Hall, Van
Buren, man. The Raleigh Standard, Van Bu-
ren paper, gives statement in all the counties hni
T'yrrsll, which leaves Dr. Hall 65 majoti,y and
then adds-Tyrell (Mr. Peugrsw's residence) ],
yet to be heard from, which will give him = ina
joriiy Of four or five hundred-and elected him Of
course by about 400 votes.
Of this election another paper remarks-Mr.
Pettisrow. the Wing candidate, is elected 10 the
district now represented by DIR. Hall, tho admin
istration candidate from North Carolina. The im-
porlance Of The election is, that it just turns the
majority Of that state from Mr.. Van Buren, to that
Of judge Wh,e.--a pretty serious change, should
the election Of President 80 to the House.
(Prov. Journsl.
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| resistance, but to meet his fate as war
rior should.
His brother received the message and
fled from the village. An Indian is un-
firing in the pursuit of revenge, anc
though years may elapse, yet he will OBJ
tain it in the end. From that time il
became the fixed purpose Of Iotan to slay
his brother, his assiduity never slept; he
haunted him for months. He followed
his track from one thickit to another he
traced him through the friendly villages,
but without success for although he was
untiring, his brother was watchfuI, and
kept out Of his way. The old warrior
changed his plan Of action. lie laid in
wait for him in the forest, crouching like
q tiger, in the paths which he thought he
might frequent in hunting, bu, he was
for long time unsuccesslul.--At length
one day, while seated on dead tree, he
heard the crakling noise of twig, break
ing beneath cautious footstep. lie in
stantly crouehed behind the log and watch
so the opposite thicket. Presently an In
dian immerged from it, and gazed eau
tiously around. The Iotan recognized
his brother instantly. His csre-worn face
and emaciated form evinced the anxiety
and privations that he had suffer-
ed. But this was nothing TO the lotan
as yet his revenge was unsated, and the
miserable appearance OF his brother
touched no chord Of his heart. He wait
ed until he was within few Zee, of him
then sprang from his lurking, place and
met him face to faae. His brotherwas un-
armed, but met his fiery look with calm
ness and without tlinching,
'Ha ha brother,' criei the Iotan,
cooking his rife, Il have followed you
long in vain ROW have you-you must
die
The other made no reply but throw
ing off his blanket, stepped before him,
and presented his breast.-The Io.an rails
ed his rifle and shot him thro' the heart.
His revenge was gratifed but from
that hour change came over him. He
became gloomy and morose Stunned the
society OF his fellow men, and roaned
the woods, where he was pearly driven
to suicide by the workings Of his feelings,
and the phantasies Of his brain. II was
not until many ysars had elapsed, that he
trecovered from me dssp anguish caused
by this unnatural nc. OF vengeance.
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TnE CLERGY OF ICELAND. The an
mails Of ecclesiastical history afford no
thing to equal the poverty Of the Iceland
clergy. Mr. Barrow, in his recent tour,
informs us that "the clergy almost uni-
versally submit to every species of drudg-
cry, from necessity their incomes are
too small to allow them to hire and feed
laborers and nothing is more common
than to find the parish priest IN coarse
woolen jacket and trowsers, in skin boots,
digging peat, moving grass, and assist
ing 10 all the operations Of hay making
They are all blacksmiths, also from ne
cessity, and the shoers Of horses OH the
island. The feet Of an Iceland horse
would be cut to pieces over the sharp
rock and lava, if not we'll shod. The
great resort Of the peasantry is the church
and should any Of the numerous horses
have lost q shoe, or be likely to do SO, the
priest puts on his apron, lights his little
charcoal fire in his smithy, Zone OF which
~ always attached to every parsonage)
and sets the animal ON his legs again !;
and here again he has laborious task
10 perform, in procuring his charcoal
Whatever the distance may DO to the
nearest thicket or dwarf blrch, he must
go hither to burn the wood, and bring it
home, when charred, across the horses
back" The number Of the Iceland cler-
gy amounts to upwards of three hundred,
whose average income does not exceed
FIVE pounds year English paper.
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| MORE HoRRoRs. A letter from Vicks-
burgh describes the following scene,
which is only picture Of the whole south
ern country will probably be in month
or six weeks "a MIR Sharkey, cousin
Of the Chief Justice Of our state, and
highly respectable, incurred the displea-
sure Of Madison county, because. as a
magistrate, he had caused the discharge
OF some suspected men, in the CUSTODY of
guard from Madison. The next night.
the same guard, being rejnfarc ced, came
down to take Sharkoy. He prepared
himself for them, and fought so well az to
Kill the leader, wound another, and kill
and wound two horses Of the assailing par
ty. lie escaped that night, and next
norning gave himself up to party of his
friends, who carried him TO Clinton I
was in the room where he fought from,
and the easement Of the window, the bed
clothes, the pillow, chairs, and wall Of
the room, were literally riddled. A
charge vi buck shot rent the pillow upon
which the head Of the child was placed.
HIS wife, before the attack commenced.
ran INTO another room, leaving her child
asleep in the arms of her husband. He
fought like hero, until he discharged all
his weapons, and had his righ. hand cut
OFT by shot He would fire, and then
throw clothes, and pillows over his babe.
When the assaiIants retreated, he then
fled himself. The Madison folks now
swear they will have him and the people
OF llinds are resolved to defend him
Should an attack be made, civil war
must ensue. When 1 left Hinds, the
citizens were arming and rallying in his
defence. II is no longer the negroes,
but white man against white man. The
NiIsslssppians are. .lrulnning their own
state by their own high handed and
violent measures, they are giving magni-
tude and terror to the contemplated insur-
rection, which il Otherwise never could
have gained."
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A MAMMOTH CUCUMBER. A gentle.
man IN this town has got two or three
vines, now bearing cucumbers, one o
which is four feet eleven inches in length
and six inches in circumferences, quite
young and green, and growing at the
rate Of two inches per day. There are
several others upon the vine, some ol
which are now nearly two feet in length.
How delicate must be the appearance OF
dish OF pickles of this magnitude, placed
upon dinner table
Taunton Gazette.
A rope walk is now in progress of erection
at tho Charlestown Nlvy Yard, sufficient
in size and power to furnish all the cord
age for the u. s. Navy. II 10 Rre-proof,
the walls being built Of granite, and tho
roof covering with slate instead Of boards.
EyeLIsH LANGUAGE. Our language
is spoken by upwards Of 10000, 900 of
people, who occupy I,226,093 square
miles Of territory. What market for
books and newspapers in the English Ian
guage |!
Another plot which was to have bcen
pu. in operation in Claiborne, was dis
covered by the representations Of mu-
Ialio at Port Gibson-and arrests had
laken place.
The u. s. Branch Bank in New York
has received orders not 10 enlarge its dis
rors'' chher.
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EGYPT.

The Plague in Egypt.-At Alex
andria the plague continues to make
terrible ravages. That maladay was
going on frighIfully in Egypt, paralyz-
ing even the plans Of Mahommed Ali,
who may consider himself peculiarly
fortunate that he has so few troops in
that country, since the scourge was fall.
ing heavily upon all parts Of Egypt,
setting every precautiou at defiance.
At Foua, a town Of 25,o 900 or $4,000
inhabitants, $4,000 had already been
attacked, and of these 500 escaped.
Population was previously at very
low ebb. What it will be hereafter I
fortunately 10 two months the summer
heats OF that latitude will have attained
the intensity necessary for the destruc-
ton of contagion, and after that moth.
ing more is to be feared from it until
winter again. By an expression which
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Besr.--Good beer, is said cad
made by adhering to the following
cipe: Put two quarts of molasses in|
key with ten gallons Of cool waite
Boil TWO ounces of alspice, two ou|
OF ginger, svo ounces of hops, and|
pint Of lndian or corn meal in tw|
three quarts Of water about an houI
Strain il into the keg while hot /; |
one pint OF yeast /; shake it well
Their ; stop the keg nearly air
and let it stand lwenty-four I'D
when it will be fit for use. This vi
expense of making this quantity
not exceed three shillings.
Charlsstown Free Pre-.
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USEFUL.

Cheap Painh-Oae pound of |
Stacked Lime, / 10. Spanish Whit
l gallon sweet Milk, l gallon Fiaxsl
OIL, l table spoon full of Salt ;-p|
on the lime sufficient water TO slack
and while the lime is stacking, p|
in the oil SO as to cook it thin, add
whiting aud salt, then pour on the q
and stir it we'll.
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MtstelIame0ug.
HENRY CLAY.

Anecdote.-On certain highway,
the establishment of which The great
Orator of the west had a prominent
instrumensalily in effecting, there is a
very neat monument, embellished with
sundry devices, and surmounted by a
colossal figure ofthe Goddess of Liber.
ty. On one side there is an inscrip.
ton to this effect: that the monument
was reared, by Moses and Lydia Shep-
herd, to commemorate the prosperity
Of the country, and particularly as a
testimony of gratitude for the inval-
liable public services of Henry Clay.
This seems to be sufficiently explicit.
Who would imagine that the intention
of the tasteful memeuto could be mis-
understood7 Yet, within a mile OF the
spot, we received from one OF Mr.. SIS
neighbors, the following splendid state.
ment: "Shepherd has mornament.
ga what" "a mornament." "And
what kind of thing is mornawent ?"
ooh it's built out'n stone and's got on
the top, the likeness of a young lady
that died once" "Ah indeedl And
who was the young lady7" "Why,
her name was Blain. She was des.
perate industrious in her life time, and
SO they've put her up there with a
scrubbin' brush in her hand, and her
night cap hanging on the end of it
meanin' tina, she was in the habit Of
goin' hard to work, scrubbin' or some.
thin else as soon as she got up of a
mornin." A fine girl truly" said
we, "apd who had the monument built
for herr" sob! Clay and some more
Of e'm-they got the money cut OF the
United States Bank to build it, with,
and then they give it to Shepherd, and
that's what made him a Cayman.-
All their faeries are made by Clay and
the rest Of the nobility but | don't care
nothin' about 'em. | wouldn't give
this road, that old Hickory had made
for US, for all the mornaments."
And thus, thought we, is the child
Of genius misinterpreted, and the labor
of his hands derided! Thus does the
public benelactor fail 10 receive the
credit due to him, and the very stone
which was intended to celebrate bis
patriotic deeds, is made to bear false
witness against him Popular preju.
dice and popular ignorance How
grotesque are the Transformations which
we sometimes effect !-Ye make a la.
dicrous being of the Goddess of Liber-
ty: and as TO her devotees, we imagine
them TO be monsters of per6dy. The
most devout worshippers a. her shrine
are, in your view the personification
Of venality and corruption; and her
temple is regarded as nothing more
than the habitation of money changes.
Charlesto,gn Free Press.
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INK.--The bark of the chestnut Isl
10 contain twice as much tan as tn 7
the oak, and gives with sulphate of i
beautiful black ink. The color V
this tan produces is less liable to Oh
by the sun and rain, than that pro-,
by sumac.
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Of her when you know that I no longer
exist ; for the grief which this separations
causes TO me SO bitter, SO penetratingt
and absorbs in such manner the fac
ulties ofmy soul, that ! want strengths
to resist it. Very soon shall ] cease
to live (; may my death satiate the inhu
mainly of our cruel prosecutors GOD
bless you Farewell /! Farewell Fare
well!"
Four days afterwards, that unhappy
and tender wife died in horrible con-
vuIsions and her death set the gentle~
man at liberty, whose despair has not
yet been Gained.
At the corner of Beecher at. and
Broadway, New York, there is build |
ing, the upper part of which is used as
an Episcopal CHuRcH. and the lower as
TAVERN. The following sEU D. ESPRIT
appeared lately written on the door of
the latter.
There's spirit above.
And spirit below;
A spirit ofjoy,
And spirit of wo--
The spirit ABOVE
Is spirit DIVINE,
And the spirit BELOW
Is the spirit of WINE.
g.
Acknowledging one Of tha
frontier wars in Pennsylvania, ii was
found necessary to send cut a company
ofrangers or spies. After they had
arrived at one of their points Of destin-
alton, it was thought advisable to send
out one of the officers Of the compan
with a command Of five men, to re.
connoitre the movements Of the enemy
A Dutchman constituted one Of the par
ty, and on the evening Of the second
day, they came upon the Indian camp
covered with bark, and discovered
fresh signs of the enemy. A council
was Immediately held, upon which
was determined to secrete themselve
upon the top Of the camp, and avail
the arrival of the Indians. After th
night fall had set 10, several of thes
sons Of the forest entered the camp
Invested themselves oflheir Implement
of war, and commenced preparin
something to satisfy the calls of hungel
Our Dutchman had an itching to kno,
what was going on below. He accor
dinghy raised himself on his hands an
feet, and thus drew himself forward
defiance Of all the forbiding gestures
his comrades, until he reached q poir
so far on the projecting tree, that
tilted with, and precipitated him hea
foremost upon the foe. When he di3
covered that he was falling, he erie
out, 'Here leone, by CotP Wher
upon the affrighled savages fed, an
left the camp an easy conquest to b
comrades.
Opulence. rich man one d,
asked a wit what kind ola thing op
lence was, sit is thing, (repiied b
philosopher,) which can give rasd
the advantage over an honest man."
A NEW WAY TO GET OIL.-What'st
matter?" asked stranger of crowd, I'll
had surrounded black fellow, for d
purpose of carrying him on board d
whaling ship. "Matter matter enougI
exclaimed the delinquent. pressing
poor negro to get OIL"
AS it sometimes rains when the
shines, so there may be joy in sair
heart when there are tears in his ev
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NJ The Fredericksburg Herald
starr that the cost of the Rail Road
from Richmond to Fredericksburg,
(including all the fixtures and moving
power,) will not exceed the sum Of
$65o, 600 -about $l6o. 900 less than
the first estimate. The road, it is be-
lieved, will be completed in eighteen
months from the present time.
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THE UNHAPPY SEPARATION.

In this capital, (Rome,) we have
just now witnessed an event, which
has drawn tears from every body here.
1t is five years since young gentle
man of the family of Amedai, married
an amiable and virtuous young woman
he loved, but whose birth was not e..
quail to his. AT the end Of one year,
they had a daughter as the fruit OF
their love; but this tender union was
in short time cruelty disturbed by the
parents and relations ofthe gentleman,
who exclaimed against his marriage as
clandesiine, and obtained against the
unhappy young man an order OF the
Pope, by virtue of which they tore
him from the arms Of bis spouse, and
conducted him, a prisoner, TO the cas-
tie Of ST. Angelo. A process was i'm.
mediate!y instituted for annulIing the
marriage. The gentleman tried ev-
cry means possible TO prove that his
marriage was valid, and to have i, rat.
fled; bis wife went also, with her
daughter in her arms, and threw her.
self at the feet of her judges; but in
vain. A sentence was at last pro-
nounced, annuliag the marriage, obi.
glng the mother, that inconsolable wife,
to write 10 her husband, with her own
hand, the fatal news of their eternal
separation. Oppressed with The most
cruel despair, she thus wrote to him
81 fnd myself under the cruel necessi-
~ OF renoancing those sweet and sa.
cred bands, which till now have held
oar hearts firmly united; but resign
myself with less repugnance, from the
consideration that il will be the means
DISCRIMINATING that long and severe cap
slylty, which you have suffered for my
sake. Live free, dear husband, (this,
alas is the last time tina, my lips will
pronounce so sweet name, y Oh live
take comfort and if it be possible, live
happy, far from me. Since you love
the mother, remember the daughter
which she has given you, and take care
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As sometimes rains when the i
shines, so there may be joy in a said
heart when there are tears in his cyl
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fell from the mouth of Mahommed Ali,
during one of the paroxysms Of his Sc
rious and painful malady, which is CO.
rious, as showing the designs which he
still nodrishes on Turkey, he exciaim-
ed 81 am convinced that nothing will
cure me but the air of Cons.antinople."
Letter.
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A NEW WAY TO GET OIL.-What's
matter?" asked stranger of crowd, t
had surrounded black fellow, for
purpose of carrying him on board I
whaling ship. "Matter! matter enoug
exclaimed the delinquent. "Pressini
poor negro to get OIL"