Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-06-20

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battle the espionage and the prescription to
which otherwise he would be exposed.
LITERARY NOTICES.
LITTLE BLOSSOMS REWARD. A Christmas Book
for Children. By Mrs. Emily Hare. Illustrated.
Boston Phillips, Sampson, 4 Co.
This is very nice book. 1t opens with as
pretty picture Of q family as one need desire
to sea lovely home somewhere on New Eng
lands rock bound coast After this como fairy
stories-ever welcome fairy tales We should
not care to call child ours, who did not love
fairy tales The time to read them comes but
once in the longest life-we pity the dull NOR
tai who has never known that glorious, golden
time1
For sale by Taylor & Maury.
FARMINGDALE. By Caroline Thomas. New York
D. Appleton 4 Co., and 10 Little Britain, London
It was stated by an eminent London book
seller, last summer, that next to Uncle Toms
CABIN the Wide, wide World had had the
largest circulation of any American book pub
lished in England. The best proof Of its popu-
larity is the fact that it was for sale ut almost
every railway station throughout the Kingdom.
We soon learned that it owed its success to the
graphic picture of New England domestic life,
which is it's distinguishing characteristic.
Farmingdale is another book of the same
sort-a simple story, beautifully told. 1t must
be true; for there is not single incident that
is not as "natural rs life; and, although
aAunt Betsey " is very disagraeable old lady,
and comes as near living specimen of "total
depravity y as we should care to see, yet she is
not |" all bad.n When the scarlet fever comes
in the neighborhood, and ono after another Of
the little children are laid 10 the country
church-yard, Aunt Betsey is the faithful, pa
tient nurse and most efficient help in the suffer-
ing and bereaved families. Far down beneath
that load Of sordid worldliness, there is living
fountain Of sweet water-but only one in all
the desert waste We have seldom read book
of the kind with more pleasure
For sale by R. Farnham, Pa. avenue, Wash
ington, d. c.
The Richmond Enquirer notices the failure
of Mr. Baylor to establish and sustain
strong Pro-Slavery paper in Baltimore, and
adds: at is to be regretted that these facts
should exist as to. the city Of Baltimore, and
that this talented editor should be put TO the
necessity Of looking elsewhere for community
Of merchants who are Southern enough and
liberal enough to give him an adequate sup
portn
There is an indication Of Pros Slavery toler-
ance in this proscriptive dash at Baltimore,
which city at the same time possesses none but
Pro-Slavery papers
AN INCIDENT IN THE LAND OF SLAVERY
The Holly Springs (Mis) Times, of the sth
Of June publishes terrible record Of crime
and barbarity. The person Of Mrs. Redding,
respectable young lady Of Marshall county,
Mississippi recently married, was violated by q
slave, who then choked her to death. The
people Of the neighborhood, by means Of dogs
trained to hunt negroes, found the man.
aHc was arrested and, after being removed
short distance from the crowd, the dogs werc
set upon him. They seized him, pulled him
down and lacerated him considerably. The
negro then told the by-standers that If they
would take off the dogs he would tell all about
the matter. This was done, and the result was
a revelation Of the details We have given.
"On the day after the murder, Saturday,
the 4th instant, a general assembly Of the
neighbors, many of whom had congregated at
Mr.. Redding's on Friday, was held. The negro
was again questioned, and reiterated his con-
A st,~u Of txuo lya ooloo al
to decide upon his punishment After deliber-
ating upon the matter, they decided that he
should DO mutiloted and hung, which was &C
cordingly done upon the spot. From the mo-
ment the Negroes guilt was established, Mr..
| Reddings friends had to use their earnest per-
suasion 10 prevent him from summariIy des-
patching the wretch with his own hands. He
yielded, and allowed the course suggested by
| them to be taken but as the negro swung of,
Mr.. r. insisted upon one act Of qualification to
outraged feelings, and sent charge from his
gun into the body Of the culpritD
An account Of this occurrence 10 the Mem
pills TENN Wing, states that they first cut
and manned the negro, then hung him by the
neck until he was nearly dead, then hung him
by the heels until he was quite dead, and that
some ten or twelve Of the neighbors shot him
with their guns and pistols. MI
10 Mr.. VIM. Colliss, Of Philadelphia, lost
his wife, seven children, and upwards Of twenty
thousand dollars, in the steamship City Of Glss-
gov. For time he appeared 70 be threatened
with madness.
70 The Shepherd Of The Vnilsy has very
adroitly, been disowned and discontinued