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We NAV mention two other instances
of barbarlty. almost without parallel.
As the sun was setting, says Kendall
those who were in front were startled by
the report of two guns, following each
other in quick succession. We turned
TO ascertain the cause. and found that n
poor unfortunate man named dolphin, u
merchant who had joined the expedition
with a small amount of goods, had been
shot by the rear-guard, for no other reason
than he was too sick and weak TO keep
up. He had made bargain with one of
The guard to ride his mule for 4 short dis
lance, for which he was TO give him his
only shirt. While in the act Of taking it
off, Saazar ordered soldier to shoot
him. The first bali only wounded the
wrctched man. but the second killed him
instantly, and he fell with his shirt still
about his face.
The next day, Just as morning dawned,
man named Griffith gave out He had
been wounded by the Indians, had ridden
n mule until his faculties were nearly par
alyzed with the cold, when he Jumped of,
and again undertook to walk. Too weak,
however, and too lame to travel he sank
to the ground. A soldier told him to
rise, or he would obey the orders given
by Salazar, TO put all to death who could
not keep up Griffith made one feeble
and Intellectual effort. The attempt was
too much. He cast an imploring look at
the soldier, and while doing so, the brutal
miscreant knocked his brains ont Nth q
muSket! His blanket was then stripped
from him as the reward of his murderer,
his ears were cut off, and he was thrown
by the road, another feast for the buzzards
and prairie wolves
Saazar robbed these poor prisoners,
and nearly starved them TO death, al
though he had cattle wherewilh to feed
them. On arriving at Ell Paso, he was
put under arrest for his cruelty, robbery
and murders, by order of General Elias,
and late account informs us that while
on recent expedition in the Indian coun-
try, stealing horses, he was waylaid, kill
ed and scalped, and his body left TO gorge
The birds and beasts of prey.
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The slave Master Oniwiitcd.

Geek, i, seems, had been sold run
ming as the term is; that is, putchas-
err had given very small part of his orig
inal value, taking The risk of no, catching
him. In Philadelphia coIored man, ma.
med Samuel Johnson, heard gentleman
making inquiries concerning slave call
ed Geek, whom he had bought running
Il know him very WELL said Samuel ;
'os well as do myself, he's good-ior-
nothing chap; and you'll be better with
on, him than with him. DO you think
sov Yes, il you give what YOU say FOX
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From the Philadelphia Enquirer.
The Monster En!axar.
INCIDENTS OF KENDALL's SANTA FE ExPE-
DITIDN

DIrION.
This miscrean,, who has been consign-
ed to an Immortality Of infamy by Mr..
Kendall, in his "Santa Fe Expedition
was the officer in command of the escort
which conducted the Santa Fe prisoners
for some distance on the first part Of their
miserable march TO Mexico. lie was
employed in this service by Armiio, Gov
ernor Of the Northern Province. In
character, he was considered a picaroon
or robber, and the men in his command
were little better than bandiui.
In illustration of the brutality OF Sala-
Ear, we may state tina, man named Ma
caIs,er, native of Tennessee and Of cx-
ceIlent family, was completely exhausted,
and so lame that he could no longer walk
Salazar, after beating the other lame and
sick prisoners, came up to him aud order
ed him to overlake the main body, a
quarter of mile in advance. MacaIisier
declared his inability TO proceed on foot.
Salazar then drew his sword, and ordered
him TO hurry on. Macals,er still declar-
ed he could not. Once the savage poin.
ted to the main body of the prisoners, and
notwithstanding he had plenty Of mules,
ordered the cripple to hurry forward.
lie could not. 'For,cardr said Sala-
Ear. now wrought to pitch Of frenzy
'F6r,card, or piH shoot you on the
spot Then shoot, replied Macalis
ter, throwing Of his blanKe, and exposing
his manly breast, 'and the quicker the
better Saazar took him at his word
and single ball sent as brave a man as
ever trod the earth TO eternity His ears
were then Gu, of, his shirt and pantaloons
stripped from him. and his body thrown
by the way side as food for wolves.
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AMERICA (OF OLD.)
AMERICA AS II Isl

And now behold the same green land of PRIDE
80 late the hold of gloomy superstition,
Upon the full experimental tide
~ FREEDOM, and in glorious condition.
Across the watery desert from aiar,
Sec now the banners of all nations come,
10 it'at beneath the shining beacon star
Where LIBERTY at last has found home.
Now rise the affairs on that rocky coast.
That were forbidden in the oden cline,
And there the stripes and stars securely boast,
The greatest! triumph Of all modern time.
OSE PsoPLE and ONE uE,nr,on shield and swor
Each citizen aKING at his own board
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warriors had falen--,he las, being the
most wary, unliring and blood-thirsty
6race OF The Shawnese tribe. He il was
who, ten years previous, had scalped the
family Of the girl, and been her cap,or.
| I'm the west, dark clouds were now gath
ering, and in ain hour the whole heavens
were shrouded in them this darkness
greatly embarrassed the scouts in their
contemplated night retreat, for they nigh,
readily lose their way. or accidentally fall
on the enemy-,his being highly proba-
BILE if moi inevitable. An hours consul-
taIion decided their plans, and il was
agreed that the girl, from her intimate
knowledge Of the localities, should lead
the advance a few steps. Another adyan.
lage might be gained by this arrangement,
for, in case they should fall in with some
hut-post, the girls knowledge of the In
dian tongue would perhaps enable her to
deceive the sentinel and so the sequel
proved, for scarcely had they descended
one hundred feet, when low "whisl"
from the girl, warned them of present
danger, The scouts sunk silently to the
earth. where. by previous agreement,
they were to remain until another signal
was given them by the girl-whose alb
sencc for more than quarter of an hour
now began to excite the most serious APP
prehensions. At length she again ap-
peared, and told them that she had sue
cecded in removing two sentinels, who
were directly in their route. to point
some hundred feet distant. The descent
was noiseiessly resumed-,he level gain
ed, and the scouts followed their intrepid
pioneer for half mile in the most pro-
found silence, when the barking of
small dog, within a few feet, apprlzed
them of a new danger. The almost sim
ultaneous click of the scouts rifles was
heard by the girl, who rapidly approach
ed them and stated that they were now in
the midst of the Indian wigwams. and
their lives depended on the mos, profound
silence, and implicitly following her foot
steps. A moment afterwards, the girl
was accos'ed by squaw from an open
ing in wigwam. She replied in the In
dian language, and without stopping still
pressed forward. In short time she
stopped and assured the scouts that the
village was cleared, and that they were
now in safety. She knew tina, every pass
leading out of the prairie was safely
guarded by Indians, and at once resolved
to adopt the bold adventure of passing
thro' the very centre of their village as the
least hazardous. The result proved the
correctness of her judgment. They now
Kept course for the Ohio, being guided
by the Hockhocking river-and after
three days march and suffering, the party
arrived at the Block House in safety.
Their escape from the Indians prevented
the contemplated attack; and the rescued
glil proved To be the sister OF the intrepid
Neil Washburn. celebrated in Indian his.
tory as the renowned Scout, to Captain
Kenton's bloody Kentuckians.
The principal facts of this narrative
were given by the brother of M'CIeland,
to a citizen of Lancaster-and the adven-
lures related proved that "lru,h is some,
tunes stranger than fctiOn.'
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"a Babe in the floods. ex-
element was created in Femme, Usage
township, st. Charles county, Missouri,
some weeks since, by the loss of little
girl three years old; the daughter of Mr..
Elijah Bryant. The child wandered off
into the woods on Tuesday evening. 10Th
ult., and was not found until the Friday
following. When found the child was
still alive, though it ate nothing during
the time It was out, and was but thinly
clad a, least one hundred and fifty per-
sons turned out in the search. She was
found by one Of MIR. Bryanls negro men,
and recognized The man as soon as he
came up. She was sitting on the leaycs
and CRYING.
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Gambiing.-A reformed gambler"
so called, namen Green, is occurring in
ST. Louis on the subjec. of gaming. He
has published volume wherein he expo
SEES all the tricks of the ,rade-thc man
ner in which convex cards are made, and
how a certain kind of card called a "re-
Hector is manufactured and managed.
His disclosures are astounding. The
southern gamesters have addressed long
epistle to him. in which they avow their
determination to kill him when good OPP
portunitv offers. TO this he replies in
the papers as becoming a reformer Of
courage and stamina. "Ahti-gaming'
pledges have been gotten up under lts d.
recton, and formidable societies gathered
together.
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From the New Orleans Picayune.
AyIEIyIGA.


IN esteemed literary friend, who loves to explore
the mines of German thought, has handed us a
translation from Charles Beck, poet of that land
which we have here, a, our friends reques,
,smoolhed into English verse. The German poets
lofty (hough romantic) IDEAS OF our land, arc well
deserving of being recorded where American eyes
may read them
AMERICA (OF OLD)
What does my eye behold! The new world! Seel
Where to the skies the eternal forests soar,
And where the savage, roaming DER the lea,
Lives without house or home where monsters roar.
The dreadful war shrek rises in the air.
The cannhal gloats DER his horrid food
Making human skull with cursed care,
Serve for his drinkng-cup and goblet rutr
And there vain superstition darkly reigns.-
And the priest bows before its idol god
Asking for human sacrifice and pains,
And bidding men to fall before his nod
human heart Irom which the warm tide drps,
Is given 20 the gcl to paint his lips.
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From the Cleveland Herald.
INDIAN ADVENTURES IN OzssO.

NARROW ESCAPE OF TWO BOLD SCOUTS.
b The history Of many Of the pioneers Of
The West is replele with bold adventures
and hairbrcadIh escapes. We copy from
the lecture Of Gen. SanI!erson the follow
ing thrilling narrative of visit Of two gal
liant scouts to the spot where the town OF
Lancaster new stands-their successful
fight with the Indians upon Mount Plea
SAINT, then called the Standing Stone-re-
capture of female prlsoner-and their
narrow and perrlous escape from their
wary enemy.
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The fashions, the plans, had almos.
said the rage of the present day, is TO
bring every thing in mechanics, literature,
morals, and religion, down to the test OF
the present effect, and presen, apparent
good. AS if God had nd, wisely ordain-
ed that good shall always flow from the
embracing great principles. We feel that
It is loss OF time TO give or receive,
deep, solid instruction or TO endure the
task of thinking. How difficult to get
men to sit down and read sober, origin
al deep book Our ideas mus, all be
thought out for us, and poured into the
ear just as song would be. In our
preachers we demand men WHO have
popular talen,s-who can elecirify, light
EN- and thunder, sweep like whirlwind,
carrying men into the kingdom by vio-
lencc, and before they know it, and move
them on in the growth Of grace by success
sons of powerful impulses. Our teach
ers must be men of popular address, with
the power Of communicating Knowledge.
winch can be obtained IN the least possible
time. and at once be applied to us.
AS if men, in this agilaed state of The
world, could come up amid the BOOKINGS
and the storms Of the age, without deep
fixed principles for shee-anchor. The
waves of excitement already run high,
and will run still higher and he who
acts as n teacher in the day or Sabbath
school, who does no, Try to lay the found
alton of character on fixed, definite prin-.
ciPles, even the everlasting foundation Of
truth, falls short of this duty. You might
as well neglect 10 place anchors in the
bow of your ship, as you send her from
her moonngs, because she does not nor
mead them, as to neglec. 10 fix deep and
definite principles in the mind Of child,
because he has no immediate use for
them.
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Sign ofa Singer.-'An' Cuff, will ye
be allher tipping us a bit of a sang this
cowld mornin' 2 exclaimed son Of the
Emerald Isle to a brother Of the sabe-race,
co-laborcr in the division and sub-diys-
ion of wood.
'Golly, massa, can't sing
Cant sing. and what is your leg stuck
in the middle Of your fit for, like birds.
if We can't sing"
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rs early as the year 100, the block
g. house and stockade, above the mouth of
= the uockhocking river was frontier post
+ Tor the hardy pioneers Of the North West
ern Territory, now tina! portion Of the
state from the Hockhocking TO the Sciota
lakes. Then nature wore her undlslurb.
ed livery Of dark and thick forests Inter
. spersed with green and howery prairies.
Then the axerOt the wOodman had not
been heard in the wilderness, nor the
plough of the husbandman marreJ the
-. beauties of the green praires. Among
the many rich and luxuriant valleys, that
:, of the Ilockhocking was prt-emmenl for
natures richest gii,s-and the portion Of
!, whereon Lancaster now stands, was
marked as the most luxurlant and piclur-
rsque, and became the seat OF an Indian
village, at a period so early. tllas the
= memory of man runneth not parreli"l
thereto On the green sward of the pra-
RE was held many rude gambol of the
,
blage of the warriors of one Of the most
powerful tribes taking council for war
path upon some weak or dcfenceess
frontier post Upon one of these SUar-
stirring occasions, intelligence reached
the little garrison above the mouth of the
Hockhocking, that the Indians were gath
.ering IN force somewhere up the valley,
for the purpose of striking a terrible and
fatal blow on one of the few and scattered
defences Of the whites. A council was
held by the garrison, and scouts were sen,
up the Woodworking, IN order to ascertain
the strength of the foe. and the probable
point of attack. In the month Of October
and on one Of the balmiest days of our
Indian summer, two men could have been
seen emerging out of the thick plumb and
hazel bushes skir,ing the prairie, and
s,eallhily climbing the eastern decllviy
Of that most remarkable promonlory, now
known as Mount Pleasant, whose west
ern summit gives commanding view to
ihe eye, of what is doing on the prairie.
This eminepce was gained by our two adj
venturers and hardy scouts, and from this
point they carefully observed the move.
ment taking place on the prairie. Every
day brought an accession of warriors to
those already assembled, and every day
the scouts Witnessed from their cyrie, the
horse-racing, leaping, running and throw
ing the deadly tomahawk by the warriors.
!, The sachems looking on with indifference
,G-,he squaws for the mos. part, engaged
in their usual drudgeries. and hayward
joy Of childhood.
The arrival Of party Of new warriors
was hailed by the terrible Dar ,choop,
which, striking the moral face Of Noun,
Pleasant. was driven back into the vari
Gus inden'ations Of the surrounding hills
: producing reyerbera,ion, and cchd on echo
sill i. seemed as if ten thousand iiend.
w'hered in their orgies. Such yell'
~ '"rror into the bosom.
r.
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EIB,VAS LYMAN

vJAVlNG receive a very exen i've assortment Of
II DRY GOODS invies the Ladies and Gentle
men Of Burlington and vicinity 10 call and examine
them. Among which will lie fund Balconies
lawn. satin Striped Muslin, Striped Muslin Giny-
hams, NJ. y. Laines, &c. &c.
Also
A very extensive urtsnent al Black and Hue
Black Alepines Of superior qralhj and finish very
ow. Prints 4; n very treat variety of beautiful fms h,
light grounds, and superior quality, the most elegant
styles in market. These c, DDS were ought in Bos.
ION and are recommended for Durability aud fast ors.
Furniiurc Prints, White Furniture DImiiv, Coun-
erpanrs, 10 II and II qarcr, and Curlain Fringes.
Black and lIrc Black, German, Eng h and Ainei-
can Broad Clo.h..
Saincrs Tweed, Ermnetlc, Cainhlrteen, Doe
Sim, Ca. hnrre, Figured anl Plain Lasting, Valve
line, Mole Skin. aud o:her rich Summer stu.i.
Ladies super Black XII Glove, light Colorel DO.
fer GUNNER White do, Half Long do. Also, SILK,
Lille Thread, Cotton, De.
Gent ,nlen', KID Gloves, Black White and Colored
| Ii,c Thread, Linen AMI Cotton do, White kd and
| Silk 10.
Superior sprafeld IIdkf,., Pengee, Choppas and
! Banda.
Black Italian Ctavats, extra size. Silk Opera Ties
| Fancy and Black satin do. Stocks aud Colar,.
! French Dimuv, tnnll ri' Inserting and Ed9inG
fringe. Gimp, Pr es, Bngs, Hooks and Eye on
! Card, and IN BXe-, jet julun>.
An ex cn,ive a.,ort uen' Of Zephyr Wcr,tels, Pear
Bmtr's, with anl wnhnnt ,hanEs. Fine COMBS
! bltS .lllg DO, Scl.SOfs f'll~. .NcCues, o.
| COttpns.
Stark Mills, Farmers, MilIesex, Merrimac, Dove
anil other Shee'ings. Superior I'M learh'd Family
Shlrng and Drilling. Bearh'd Sheeiing and Shlrt
ing, Ticking, Mexican MXnre>, Fancy Stripe
Chp"l;.. g.. Ilnmll on Sup'i Jes:' Wei Ing
Wadjng, Eating, Knnlug Cotton, Cotton Yarn
Carpet Warp, g. Al old prizes.
lush Llnen, porhle Dama.k, Brow Linen, JACKIE
do, Superior Whe Linen DR. lpk Dch, Ora
Ri-.ia rial err Birds Eye Linen lie CIoh,, Spread
anil Dualie.
Pain NJ y. Lame Fl lkfs. and Shawls. Bonnie
Cap and Neck Rihl Ions. Mnrh halls Linen Threao
d. White superine No from so 10 100 for knttln
Lace, &c.
| TaiIor's Trimmings.
Sill, Twist, Imperial Canvass, Pa hinc, Brow
Linen, ScIe. a, Rrlions, Coat Cord and Brad, Wig
an, de-. de. 1nyior's Spool Thread, LlarHs an
other kinds
Burlington, 90 May, 124i. 81
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TIIE PATENT LACE.
ISvrNTED ny
+. p. BANNING, VI. D.

OF PITTsauRGH, PENNSYLVANIA.
MILL be Kept con. family on hand b. DR.. joins
w w. Emery, Of Essex, he having purchased Of
the original Pacnee the erciusire right 10 make and
rend the same, within and for the Colnttes OF Chit
tenlen. Franz ini Tamoil'e and Grand lie.
The PATENT LACE has now cen before the pub.
lie for nrml er UfmOnihs,- hun lred~ have cen APP
piled in different parts of the country, an with sue
cess never cfurc eqnalled ~ any remedial agent
Numerous well authenticated Certificate, Of its lene-
cai influence m the removal ofd,ea, es Of long stand
ing m ight lie furnished from this nm,dr vicinity
in addition 10 the statement Of eases and certiica'e>
Of cure fiirni' he'd V Dr.. Banning and others But
thI> Is NOT deemed necessary a the pre- en- time re-
ic encc can e given 10 individuals wearing the lace,
in nearly every town in the Couniv.
Phv ician have long fell the necessity of Suppor-
erdrently constructed aud more pcricrtn IT, alap-
ton 10 The human form, than any that had been pre-
,eutel 10 the PM lie. The inve' ton Of Banning,
meet with their general apnro' alton. a. Ill de- ene
e. rcl- We SVup'oius, and remedy C,a-S t physical
mala'i which cannot e reached V medicine alone
The descent urdi>p'acemeni Of he Vi cerra from re-
taxation Of he dbd0mindi muscles, or other cant
endS 10 aicrand derlnge he melton OF every organ
IN The human system and in many ca es, this teVla-
Ii n from The naIura healthy po ion Of part, J. III,
'o'e eau of general deblIrv-in Macs and Female
~ DySpepsid e. ions of the Si0mdch AMI Iirer
PaIphdtior olihe Heor Spinal IRRITATION. HySicria
HVpOcOHdrid. plies. PrO'npSus Uerii. SuppreSSi0i
Of Urine The bronchitis ofP ,llirSpra' er<, an Incl
pient Consumption all ofwh rh wi T. much rrev
81 if no entirely removed, iy the ne of The PI'cn
Lncc, when Their eXs ence ls"au ed ~ phv. lrll lie
rang"meni and a mechanical ii placement Of part.
which can e really a>cerainel " 81. eryinr tl
| form and symptoms - the person ',Hel.
1hi> instrument has cen examined v DIS. MOT
| Roger, Francis an Grt.comb Of New iurl--th
| Faculiv ofPhi.brrah tlar'flrlaul New Haven an
has o tanned heir favora le 'e>'im ny.
Anpli All n. for 'hi Lace may e made 10 the SUI
er, al E.srx, or Hagar e Arthur, b rng'or
Patients n distance will vs,e AZ her rel .nr
| ifFs nv March 81 Isii ART
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HARD WARE.

.,TRONGS d Co. have received AMI Offer 70 pr
chaser, very general ASSORTMENT OF HARD
WARE amongst wli;e may lie found the following
owl:
It's AM S'rews,
\, riolA and American Ta'rhcs,
Che aud Window Blind Hinges,
Wre hec, Sprlng>,
Mor,Ire Be { ranks,
C.rleI Bell Sprngs,
BE Gran :, Hone Bells,
Band, Tower, Flat spring, Spare and Monkey
Tan Bolts,
Trunb aud Chest Handles,
Garden Ralts, FIRE Iron, Bench Vices,
Bras, Bnuun> ON plates, Jarand do.
S'rew p dIle.. Hat and Goa Pms,
Raro IlooN- and II ges,
Sh er Screw. ) ul b, AMI Plates,
Pad Lock, Trunk do, Cupboard do, Till do,
Chef do.
Long ,han,ed and Concave Augers,
Brace, AM Bus, Bevs,
/ rmer CHI el> joiner, Morlice and Socket do
Gpuat h as livl crs, Glmbet>,
Snge aud dom lie Plane Irons,
Compa :. Grating, Hand an Ripping Saws,
Knives AMI F"rn>, Carver, Sieel,, Butcher
K"lye,, Bread and Shoe Knives, Pruning do.
Taper ir-, Mil do. fat Bastard do. half round do.
Horse Ra p, Bra, Bn' sc rlain ring lea bell :,
Tare Measure, laher Cham, Sad Irons, All
Brat, Tia le s, oon,, Tale Hinge,
tulng Nlpper', Bead Anvil, Sash Fasteners
CIR Screw. Hand Vices, Trowes,
steel larl, so q 100 ID .,Grpilrun-, Sauce pans
Euamelh Mas IN Kee. Bellows Pipes,
Bel Keys, Copper Wire, Screw puIIie-, Axle do
"a h Roller, Patel locks, Iron Square, Sub co
Wood Saw, anl Frames,
Power Cock, Bang orer, Butter tryers,
Scalr.,C Ttc.s, Frying pans,
| Rat Trans loX and Ivory L .'r.,
q y t!vc-, iauie>' do. S,.rt hU,tts,
Mahogany KNOBS, Srap Hamne,s Carpet do.
Screw Wrenches, Broad llaIrhels,
| Singing do Brass SklmnIers,
| Saw SeiDs, &c.&c, Alo,
HEAVY HARDWARE.
Anvil, Vice, Cast eel, Plated and Iron Shovel
an Spades, ID ng Fork, Hay do. Gro Bar, Wro'
Nail, Trace CHAINS, Iron Wire, Bras, Kellle-, d.
| May % 1914. 81