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The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-03-08
MRS. WILSON, THE INDIAN
CAPTIVE.

From Mrs. Wilson's narrative. il,
appears she is but = years of age
About a year ago She was married TO
. young farmer i'll Texas. and In APRIL
they Joined party Of fifty TWO eini-
grants, bound for California. They
were attacked hv Indians and the party
was compelled /" return to Texas; but
MIR. aud Mrs. Wilson remained n. El
l'as", where their horses being stolen.
they wcrr. compelled to give up the
plan OF going to California, and set out
on their return to Texas in July. In
August MIR. Wilson and his father fell
into the hands Of Indians and were
murdered. Mrs. w. returned to El
Paso, and again in September started
for Texas, with her three brothers in
law and Il small party. When within
three days journey OF! Phantom Hill,
an American Military post, they were
attacked, by Ca.nanchcs, while some Of
their men were oil'iu pursuit OF some
OF their horses that had been stulcn.-
y Mexican who was with Mrs. Wilson.
was hruially murdered and scapcd
before her eyes, and she and her two
brolhrrs,in law. lads Of some ten or
twelve years, were seized, bound. and
carried oil, with the entire property of
the party.
The Indians, with their captives, pro,
! cccdcd in a northwest direction. each
beng appropriated as the property q.
one or other Of the chiefs. They were
stripped OF nearly all their clothing.
and otherwise bruially treated. Mrs.
Wilson, although expecting soon to
become n m",hcr, was subjected to cv-
cry conceivable cruelty and int!isuity;
beaten and bruised, exposed to tatigucs
Of all kinds; her flesh Iaccrated bv
larIats aud Whips, or hy the loads OF
wood she had to carry on her bare
back; compelled to do the work of
men, or punished for her inability, bv
being stoned, knocked down and tram.
Piled ON; almost entirely deprived of
iood--nnd all th; lasted tor twenty
five days. AT this time she WAS sent
in advance in the morning, as usual,
when She determined to attrinp, an cs.
cape, which she succeeded i'm accom-.
plishng by sccreting herself in some
bushes, ill the Indians passed.
For twelve days She wandered d
through this Indian country, subsist.
ing upon berries, when she fortunately
fell in with some New Mexican traders
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Eycr's NKa.iaci0-Iluciric Rail
way &f ;Rl;.Ys.

leS'erday Il private meeting, over
which the Lord Mayor presided. was
held at the London Tavern, in order
I" hear from !he inventor of these new
railway signals an explanation of them.
MIR. Iycr proposes, by the agency of
ro!tnlc electricity, to accomplish the
following objccis:--l. hat the train
itself, upon entering any station. shall
give notice ITO The station it last left
that the line 80 far is clear. ,. That.
upon quitting station, the train shall
transmit signal to the next station in
advance, directing attention thereto by
sounding bell. 3. The transmission
OF signals from any intermediate point
between stations, SO that an alarm can
be Slvcn, and assistance obtained in
the event Of Il break down, or other
stoppase o: the line. 4. That the en-.
gIncnan may be signailcd from the
station he is approaching at any dis
tance deemed requisite, auxiliary sig
nails and fog detonators being thus rem
dcred unnecessary.
The inventor proposes TO arrest tile
attention Of the driver by causing his
apparatus to sound the steam whistle;
and his plan Of signals includes sell
acting register, kept at each station,
OF the exact signals received. He be.
Ilcvcs that his invention would lie
found valuable not only at stations,
but also at functions, tunnels, level
l
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-03-08

SENSIBLE REMARKs.-A correspond
ent ofthc Deleware County Republican,.
communicated to that paper the follow
ing good and timely advice. Every
word is true to tho letter:
Subscribe FIR apaper.-The present
is favorable period for those who
wish to take q paper, to subscribe for
one The long lights which accompany
the present season give all classes an.
abundance oftime for reading, espcci-
ally those in the country. 1t is to the in
tcrest ofall persons.it It they properly un-
dersiand it, to subscribe for paper Civ
led the general news of,he day, extract
lngfrom other Journals. is great sat-
lsfaotlon to read and ponder over tho
latest intelligence from every quarter
of the globe, upon all subjects of gem,
erhi interest. ,ioubt whether the
subscription per year, when applied in
any other manner, can yield rational
being more satisfaction, or greater
equivalent for his money. Then |,
would say, send on vnur name
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inviting him to visit the family, pro
missing to introduce him to plenty of
young sisters, one Of whom was very
much like herself. Mr.. Mowatt lost
no time i'll accepting the invitation
lie fell in love with Anna ut first sight
From that moment he determined t.
educate her according to his OWE IDEAS,
and us soon as she had attained mar
riagcable age to make her his child
wife.
lie would follow her on her wav to
Madame Chcgary's school, of which
she was 4 pupil, carrying her books
and slate he questioned her about her
studies, directed her reading, kept her
supplied with an endless profusion of
flowers, while she, finding it grand to
have such Il devoted lover: played the
Juvenile tyrancss to her hearts con-
tent. Before she WAS fifteen he made
the offer of his heart aud hand. The
little dumscI was frightened at the
proposal, and in her distress made a
conlidant OF her eldest sister. After
cogucting for some time with her &C.
centric lover, and positively refusing
his addresses, her reluctance was at
length overcome, and she consented to
ciandeStine marriage. This was
celebrated just after she was turned of
fifteen, in the most melodrama,ic style.
Soon after The honeymoon the cnlhusi-
astic couple retired too delightful resi-
dcncc on Long Island, where they pass
cd strange, idyllic lie, which is mi
nu;cly described by her in her auto.
biography recent Y Published
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HOW TO SPELL CAT.

Sometime during the last war with
Great britain, thc--- Regiment of
Infantry was stationed near Boston,
Old Doctor M--(pcace to his
ashes) was surgeon to. the Regiment.
The Doctor was an old gentleman Of
very precise and formal manners, who
stood great deal upon his dignity Of
department, and was in his own esti-
nation, one Of the lterati of the Army.
Nevertheless he WAS fond of a Joke
provided always, it was not perpe.
tratcd at his own expense.
1t is wei known, in the cold school,
that at the commencement of the war.
number OF citizens was appointed
officers i'll the Army who were more
noted for their chivalry than for the
correctness of :. their orthogranhy.-
The Doctor took little paths to 'c5li-,
ceal his contempt for the "ncw sets
ONc day, at mess, after the decan
ter had performed sundry perambula-
tions Of the table. Captain S.. a
brave and accomplished officer, and
great wag, remarked TO the Doctor
who had uccn somewhat severe in his
remarks on the literary deficiencies of
some of the new otficers:-
doctor M-, are you acquaint-
ed with Captain G--?"
Yes | know him well, )" replied
the Doctor, Hes one OF the new set
-DHt wh"t OF h'm''
No'l''hS IN particular, replied Car
tam . ---, u have just received q
'e'Ier rom NM and | will wager you
uozch OF Ola Fort That you cannot
guess III l'vc suesses no" h"spells Cat
Lone SAID the Doctor, it's 4
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How universal is. How few there
ARE ready TO say " ] am content" Go
where you will, among the rich or poor
the man OF competence or the man who
earns his bread by the daily sweat Of
his brow, you hear the sound of mur-
m'ring and the voice of complaint. =
The other day we stood by a cooper,
who was playing q merry tune with
an adzr round cask. "Ah! sighed
hr, "Iliiu is hard lnt-lurcvcr trot.
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From the ST. Louis Republican of JAN %
'E'lIc CvlSeItiCS OF the H,RGTanS

In our paper Of day before ycster-
day, we give the narrative of Mrs.
Wilson, who recently made hcr escape
from the Camanche Indians. Her ac
count OF her suffering and i'll treatment
seems to be almost Incredible. 1t it
difficult to believe t!.at, at this days
and in this enlightened age, there arc
any tribes associated with the whites
who could be guilty of such barbarities.
We learn. however, from Major Stecn,
Of the United States army, who has
been stationed in New Mexico, and has
had much intercourse with these and
other Indians, that the narrative is not
at all likely to be ovcrwrought. lie
has given us Il narrative Of females.
whom he has released from the lndians.
that even exceeds Mrs. Wilson's nc
count of suffering. In one instance, he
released five Mexican girls. The lndi.
ans had attacked Il Mexican ranch. mur.
dcrcd the raramtS and men, and tax en-
away the women and children. The
boys they train TO he more savage and
brutal than themselves; the women and
females they use for all kinds OF drug
gerry amd the most IiccntiuuS purposes.
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TALESr.-I1omor was bcggar ::
flautlus turned a mill Terence was a
slave Bminsdied in Jail Tasso was
often distressedsfor five shillings; Ger.
vante died ofhungcr ;Millon ended h is
life in "bscnrity; Bacon lived a life of
neanness Spencer died of want: Dry
den lived in poverty and died of dis.
lress; O,way died hunger; Lee in
the streets; Goldsmilh's Vicar of
Wakefield was sold for trinc Ia save
him from prison; ielding lies in the
burying ground of an English factory;
Savage died in prison ;Chattcrton dcS-
tr"yed himself; and John Keats died
of "A broken heart.
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Observation-Disclosures
TO CURE Poll Eu1t. IN Hons

To CURE PoLL EvIb IN HoRsEs.-
Mix c"pperas and hogs lard, and sim
mer over tho fro in an iron pot; with
this rub the part affected picn,ifully
two or three times n week, and let the
hot sun drive it in. The application
should be mado'befnrc the disease has
gone too far. Mind to keep rubbing
Till cure is affected; it takes time.
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~ Yankee and an lrishman, riding
together, passed by ssgalIows Pat"
SAID the Yankee, "give that gallows its
due, and where would you be 2" 4
Faith, that's aisiIy known" re-
Piled Fat, I'D be riding to town by
myself all alone sure"
The Yankee was boat this Tina
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Read The RfFpgc

Kead and erere the Sacred page a pnge
hicl, not the whne creation could produce.
"hlch not the conhagration shall destroy,
In Natures ruin not one letter lost Young.
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Let thy child's first lesson bc obedi.
'nce, and the second may bewbat thou
wilt.-FUiLER. o
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R1isCOsstcRat.

=" care for somebody, somebody,
And somuhu,l Y cares for me-"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-04-26
Cultivation of the Pear Tree.


The principle reasons dcdncel bv the or
ehardists for negleciing or rcfu.ins o. plant
as many pear trees as will bear some pnpor-
tion to the number Of his apple. poach and
other trees. are that the first cost Of the pear
tree is generally more than double that Of the
apple il is longer in coming into bearing !;
il is more liable to leaf or sap blight, &c.
These objectians may look formidable, but
they are not'insurmounta5e
Il IS true that the cost at the nursery Of
100 pear trees. is more than that Of 200 apple
trees and this must continue to be 50, for
the expense Of raising pear trees for a suitable
size for market is much the greater but
when planted in the orchard they require ne
more attention than other fruit trees in or
der 10 make them do their best. they require
cultivation and attention far beyond what is
usually extended TO them.
a well cultivated pear tree is as prolific MS
an apple tree Of the same size and the fruit
always sells at more than double the price Of
apples 50 that the culiivator gets full return
for his extra outlay for bis pear tree.
IL may be said that pears will not bear
transportation equally well with appl' but
it will be recollectel that most varieties OF
pears improve By being gathered before they
are quite ripe aud allowed 10 ripen off the
tree; if this course is pursued, the objection
falls
A very popular methol Of cultivating the
pear is by working it upon the Angcrs' ounce
stock by this means the tree is dwarfed and
thrown into bearing at m early age
Some varieties succeed better on the ounce
than on the Tear stock, while others refuse to
grow upon the ounce unless they are double
worked; that is. first work a free growing
variety upon the ounce. then the refractory
one upon the free growing pear.
Many persons appear to mistake the term
Dwarf Pear, thinking small fruit is what
is meant. Ii is not the fruit. but the tree
that is dwarf.
The best stock for dwarfIng the pear is the
Angcrs ounce The apple is made dwarf
by being worked upon the Paradise stock I;
and the cherry upon the Berasus Mahaleb.
For the orchard we prefer to grow the pear
on its own stock, but for gardens and small
enclosures We wonld select the best varieties
that are known to succeed well upon the
ounce, aud grow them as dwarfs
Varieties Of the pear that are late in pro-
ducing fruit when worked on pear stocks,
may be brought into early bearing BY JUDI
cions pruning and pinching.
If the tree is permitted to branch. say three
feet from the ground and pFuned into pa
ramid form. leaving the lower branches the
longest, and cutting back those above, it will
not only bring the tree into hanisome shape,
but the pruning that it gets to keep it in this
shape tends to throw it into bearing. Pinch
ing the ends Of the growing branches the last
Of August or first Of September, so as to stop
the growth aud ripen the wood, will cause the
formation Of fruit buds.-Faymer'S Com
DaliOH
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-04-26
Carlcsities Of american Llterature.

A curious fact will strike every editor as
he looks over his exchanges. An article ap-
pears in some paper, POSSIBLY his own. that
seems to touch the nerves Of the press and
IL travels the rounds Of almost every paner
in the State lie sees it first in the dailics
in bis neighbcrhood. then in those more and
more distant. aud at last in the weeklies, and
for three or four weeks his eye falls upon It
every day il the columns ofsome one or more
Of his long list Of exchanges. Sometimes 1t
i, leader. sometimes a paragraph, some.
times a pun or an anccdote. just now we
have an " Unparalleled Outrage by Boy.
travelling through the press all over the State.
and it will 90 on travelling until IL has visited
every State and county in the Union. The
arrest of Madame Restell for horrible felony,
has been travelling for two or three weeks
and the Disgusting and obscene evidence elic.
ted on her examination before the court has
Just started the rounds.
There IS good as well as evil in this
When II happens that the thing which tins
gets aaoat has a moral, It may do great good
for It is read BY hundreds Of thousands. and
will make Judgment in, aud exert a salutary
influence upon the hearts Of few. at least
Of that vast number. But when. as in the
case Of the testimony against Madame Restell,
t ministers to the corruption Of the human
heart and the vitiaiion Of public taste, it may
be productive Of vast amount Of evil.
The editor who can set the good things
thus ahoat, NAV, in some sense, be regarded
as a public benefactor. He supplies, first,
the hundreds of editors with matter for their
columns. without the necessity Of their puz-
cling their own brains He ministers to the
moral or intellectual culture Of hundreds Of
thousands Of readers, by sowing broadcast
all over the land, a sentiment of morality, a
principle Of philosophy or a fragment, at least,
Of wise system Of policy But he who
starts one Of the "bad things" on its travels
incurs serious responsibility. aud is deserving
of the severest eensure. 1t is difficult u
measure the amount Of evil he may occasion.
or the aggravated harvest Of seeds Of cOrrup-
ton he may scatter.
Another fact cannot fail to strike every in.
telligent editor He writes a good article Of
which he feels proud, one that he thinks will,
and intends shall attract public attention.
He will find one cotempOrary stealing It out.
right and adopting it boldly as his own. An
other will steal half Of it, and mix it up with
some original ideas. marking, possibly with
inverted commas so much as he plumbers
without reference to the authorship. AnOth.
er will transfer it to his columns. unlsaded
perhaps, but without credit. so that be can
adopt it as his own, or as clipping, according
to circumstances. Another, still appropria-
ting the ideas. clothes them to some extent in
different language, and then claiming them
as original, fourishss largely on his exhibition
Of profound reflection and extraordinary
wisdom.
These arc some Of the curiosities Of lit
erature" as exhibited by the newspaper press
Of the day.-ALJaRy Register.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-04-26

LIVE CATTLE WEIGHED By MEASURE
The only instrument necessary is measure,
with feet and inch marks upon it. The girtl
is the circumference Of the animal just be-
hind the shoulder blades. The length is the
distance from the shoulder blade to the reaI
Of the bullock. The superficial feet are OBJ
tanned by multiplying the girth and length
The following table contains the rule to as.
certain the weight Of the animal.
If less than one foot in girth, multiply su.
perfcial feet by eight.
If less than three and more than one, nul.
tiply superficial feet by eleven.
If less than FIVE and more than three, mul.
tiply superficial feet by sixteen.
Ii less than seven aud more than five mul.
tiply superficial feet by twenty-three.
II less than nine and more than seven, mul-
tiply superficial feet by forty-two.
ExAMPLE.-Suppose the girth of bullock
to be six feet three inches; length five feet
six inches; the superficial area will then be
thirtv-four, and in accordance with the pre-
ceding table, the weight will be seven hun
dred and eighty-two pounds.
ExAMPLE.-Suppose a pig to measure IN
girth two feet; and length one foot nine inches
There would then be three and half feet,
which multiplied BY eleven, gives thirty-eight
and half pounds as the weight of the ami
NAL when dressed. t
In this way. the weight Of the four quar-
ters can be substantially ascertained during
life.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-04-26
Setting out Trees.

On the opening of early spring, a largo
proportion Of our readers are particularly IN
terosted 10 my plain. simple directions as to
the best manner of setting ont trees, and os.
pccially 50. where in that way. common and
fatal errors are ca lily avoided. Let us there
fore sUggcst
4. DO not set them too deep This Il the
secret the grand discovery Of the great law Of
vegetation, for which Russell Comslock asked
the small sum Of one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars. viz !:
3 That the seat Of life in a plant is lust
at the point where the earth should cease &,
cover the foot Of the tree. If covered deeper
il strangled the tree at sal seat Of life. or
forced il into sending forth suckers. which
stiiied all healthy progress in the tree"
(, Now the discovery is not a new one. that
trees must not be too deeply planted; certain
" no deeper than they were, when growing
IN the earth previously. Without doubt,
thousands Of dollars worth Of trees are annu.
ally lost to our country by this simple error.
,. Put nothing but pure and finely palver.
ICED earth around the roots. Many persons
are told their land wants manure, ashes, &C..
and not having time to manure and ash their
whole field. they. as a substitute, put these
substances into the hole for the tree. and min
gle it in the earth with which they cover tho
roo's. This is all wrong The esoil may need
manure and ashes. but these should be COM
pletely composed in the soil te!ore alowel
to come in contact with the fibtoas roots Of
the young trees.
3. Mulch the tree well af;er setting out.
Mulching consists Of placing the manure
be it new or old; leaves. tan-bark or Whatever
is used, lossely on the surface Of the ground
for considerable space around the tree. On
no account mix it with the soil in transplant
ing.
4. The first step, and most important, in
preparing for fruit yard is thoroughly to
drain the soil The tree cannot be healthy
aud vigorous without this.
5. Take care Of the tree after setting it out.
Many persons do not bostow as much labor
on a tree which ought in ten years to yield an
income Of ten dollars per annum as they d
on a half dozen hills of potatoes They do
not seem to be aware how great the difference
is between the quantity and quality Of the
fruit on a kindly treated. wel-icd tree, and
that Of one half starved and dwarfed. Let
it be always remembered, that whatever is
worth doing at all, is always worth doing well.
Tile Agricuituyest.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-04-26

IMruDENcE - We have often been sur.
prised at the effrontery of some people who
contrive, By an immense amount OF bragga'
docio, to make up in swagger what they lack
in reality. The world is full Of them. Mod
esty is at discount. On change, in the
streets. behind the counter, at the bar or in
the pulpit. il is all the same--cool. ublushing
impudence wins the day. If you are an au-
thor. and write a book. get your irons all hot
before you strike. Then at the proper mo-
ment. bring out the bantling with rush.
Run to all the leading papers. get the critic
by the buitOn-hole, and assure him Of your
immense importance, and OF the perfect ae-
curacy of your work in every respect. In
form him that YOU are the principle editor OF
the Weekly Flag staff, and thatit has an i'm,
,renss circulation, aud Of course powerful
influences. He win take the hint iustanter.
The next day the notice OF your book WILL
be very complimentary