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The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-10-09
INDIAN MASSACRE.

The Council Bluff Iowa) Bugle has the follow
ing account OF tragedy in the murder and robbery
oi Col. B w. Babbitt's train Of government prop.
erty, by the Cheyenne Indians on the Plairs
On Monday night, the 25,h OF August, the little
train with Alexander Nichols (one OF our ci,izens)
as captain and conductor, and Mrs Wilson and n !.
tant, from ST. Louis, young man, named Orren
Parrish, man from Pennsylvania, and another
name unknown, accompanying, were cncamped
upon Prairie creek, ten miles enst from Wood river
neither fearful nor dreaming Of danger, when they
were suddenly attacked by band Of Cheyennes
(Which for some cause had been attacked and driv-
ell by the soldiers at Kearney.) Orren Parrish only
escaped uninjured to the fort, whilst the other
young man received dangerous wound from n
bullet in the leg.
Some days after, detachment was sent from
the tort, ltwenty mes,) who found the dead body
Of MIR. Nichols some twenty yards from the wagon,
also the dead body OF the gentleman from Pennsyl-
viiia close by aud the dead body ofShc child with
its brains dashed out and horribly mu,lated The
pillow where the child and mother slept was bloody
and portion OF the iorn wardrobe of Mrs Wilson
on the ground, but her body was nowhere to he
found. The oxen Qen yoke) and all the mules
were gone, and the wagons rihed Of much Of the
contents.
1t seems, however, that q hand of Omaha hun
tiers happened near just after the murder, and i'm
time to stop the pllagc and recover the money and
some other valuables stolen, which were honestly
'u''Su o'Si w tuS sSolOuci III command OF .nc
corps.
Mrs. Wilson has doubtless been wounded, and
then carried away captive. The young man who
escaped with wound is i'm the hospital at the fort;
and the wagons, and what property remained, were
also taken TO the fort. These arc the particulars
as Tar as we can gather them. Ir few days we
shall, however, no doubt get full detailed account
of the matter from the pen Of Mr.. Babbtt himself
which we will lay before our readers.
The Cheyenncs warke and cruel race
numbering several thousand, who inhabit some OF
the wild and almost impenetrabr valleys in the fast;
nesses Of the Rocky Mountains, southwest from
Fort Laramie and seldom come out excep, to rob,
plunder, or 90 10 war with other trib,s. Our emil
grafton will never be safe until these merciess pi
rates arc exerminatcd.
The same tribe OF Indians recently attacked the
mail between Oregon, Mo and Fort Kearney.
For this they were pursued by Captain Stewards
company and detachment under Lieut., Wheaton.
On the 23d ut they came upon them in camp,
charged upon and killed ten Of them on the ground,
captured twenty-five head of ponies, great many
lances. shields. and nearly everything they had in
the camp.-Richmond Dispatch.
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sPARTANBURG $. Co THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1856.

TINS CooLIs TRADg.A correspondent Of the
New York journal Of Commerce, writing from
Havana under date Of Sept. 4, gives the following
SAD account OF the Prosecution Of the coolie fse,
Arrived, August e3utb, British ship Duke Of
Portland, Seymour niosier, TAG days from Hong
Kong and St Helene, With 2o2 Asiatic voluntary
colonis,s Of whom l30 are reported to have died,
drowned themselves, &c, on the voyage; and to
prevent the suicides, the boats had to be lowered
away several times day when the weather per.
mitted, TO pick up those who threw themselves
overheard, which continued from the ships leaving
the China seas until arrival here. It Ia supposed
that the actual loss is over 200-Iot quite consist.
ent with the nature OF the contract claimed MS
being mnde with each individual Arrived, the
I'd of September, the British ship John Calvin,
same voyage, I6S days, with lSS same class. and
reported no denths-understood by the initinted
to be over 200-and the same trouble experienced
aiter leaving China waters, to prevent selfdes,ruc-
lion, Tie two slips and diheir Asiaile easgos arc
placed in quarantine for eight days.
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The FoP.GUN PLANT.-In the noun
talns OF Brazil there is hot house plant.
PLEA Callitrchoides. of tender, brittle and
juicy aspect, which looks as if it would be
good tc eat in cooling salad, but which
is really OF SO explosive temperament that
It might fairly be called .he pistol plant.
When near Towering, and with its ,iny
buds ready TO open, il the plant is either
dipped in water, or abundantly watered.
each bud will explode successivey, keeping
up mimic Sebastopoitan bombardment.
sending forth, puff of gunpowder smoke
---or little cloud OF dusty pollen--as its
siamens suddenly start forth to take their
place and form cross. 1t is an amusing
toy, which produces plentiful crop ofpop.
guns Sat Gazette.
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lNToxICATIoN OF THE EAR.-Durino tho
hailucination produced by taking the fndi.
an hemp, the intensity of the sense of sound
is most striking. The celebrated Theodore
Gaultier related to DR.. Moreau in poetic
language (Which it is hopeless to attempt
to translate. so as to give an idea of the
style of the highly imaginative author-tbc
sensations produced. He says that hi.
sense Of hearing was prodigiousy develop.
cd actually heard the noise Of colors-
green, red. blue, yellow sounds reached me
in waves, perfectly distinct; glass over
thrown, the creaking Of a footstooI, a word
pronounced low, vibrated and shook me like
peaIs OF thunder; my own voice appeared 10
me so loud, that dare not speak, for fear
of shat'ering the walls around me, or of
making me burst like an explosive shell:
more than five hundred clocks sang out the
hour with harmonious, silvely sound: ey.
cry sonorous voice sounded like the note Of
harmonca or the Rolian harp; swan
or iloated in an ocean Of sound" Such is
the exaggerated language which has been
employed by IN individual whose taste and
enjoyment of music have rendered his crit.
clsm on that art so much sought after.
Journal of Psychological Medicine,
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~ III hCRl.-l WO years ago, q
scientific gentleman, in making archmologi
cal researches, in some of the ancient tombs
in the South Of France, found imbedded
with some preserved bodies species of
wheat not nov, in existence. II was lab
1t IN the days Of the first Gallo Kinps to
place in the coffin of embalmed persons n
certain quantity of wheat Some of this
wheat was sown, and the gentleman was
astonIshed to see sprout forth from six.een
TO twenty stalks from grain. AS thew
grew, the stalks became angular and much
stronger and more vigorous than the com.
mon wheat. When the grain formed, it
was found that there were on an average
twenty more grains in a head than in the
ordinary wheat. A considerable quantity
OF this ancient Gallic or Roman wheat was
sown last fall on the Government farm as
Rambouillet, and great reports are arriving
OF Its productiveness. The ordinary wheat
OF France is, l suspect, only the degenera.
tion OF this ancient wheat, diminished in
vlgor and productiveness by the centuries
OF reproduction through which il had pass.
ed. This discovery will take us back
through fourteen centuries for our seed
iwneHi, aud will put France suddenly in
posssssion OF onsSc'gh,h more agricultural
wealth. than she possessed before the dis.
-.
built upon il, and it is to be hoped that
they will be realizod,
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The SLAVE .TRADE,-The New York cor

isfer. 49,
The SLAVE TRADE.--The New York cor.
respondent of the N. o. Picdyune says:
Adyices lately received from Liberia give
us some curious revelations in regard to
the slave trading propensities of some of
the cant plilantbropical nations Of Europe.
France, il now seems, wants few more
black apprentices for her South American
colonies, and has sent an agent, .'in behalf
of His Imperial Majesty" to pick them up
along the coast of Guinea.
The British Government undertook
like emigration movement in 1853, and
President Roberts, Of Liberia, protested
against it as being only :he slave trade un-
der another form. This. public announce.
ment Of the difference between England's
practice and England's theories caused her
to desist on that side, and gave new i'm.
petus to the Cooie slave trade. The Presi.
den: of Liberia now publicly protests against
the trading schemes Of tho French piilan
thropists, and we wait 10 see the result. m
The manner of procuring free labor sap.
-preptices on the Coast Of Guinea. is thus
set forth: ~ p
"lhc native laborers are not at liberty,
according 10 native usages, 10 do -ss ,hey.
please about volunteering for this emigra
ton: M: Cleyalier must first obtain leave.
man. Then the laborers must volunteer
or not, rs the head man bids them. And
when tie volunteer receives his seven
French dollars he may not keep them for
his own use, but must deliver them to the
head man who distributes part among
the leading men Of the tribe, aud keeps the
rest himself The laborers are afraid that
the head men will compel them to voun-
teer, and therefore call on the Liberlan
Government for protection; and hence this
proclamation"
These proceedings Of theB ritsh Govern
mcnt in 1853, and the French in 1856, are
not a little curious in view Of the late an
nouncement that Spain has consented to
the same measures for introducing 10000
negro apprentices into Cuba. Spain could
not do this without the consent of her dear
allies England and France, and England
and France cannot be supposed to deny to
Spain that which one wished to do in 1853,
and the other in 1856. On learning that
The deed was foul, these great philanthro.
| pists withdrew at once; but Spain must ap.
pease her own conscience il she does wrong.
So probably she will be allowed to 60 on
upon her own responsibility to meet the
contumely of the world. 1t is worthy of
notice in these humanitarian times that the
Coolie slave trade in the Pacific, and the
| African slave trade to Cuba, are carried on
upon scale that laughs 10 scorn all the
statistics Of the old fashioned slave trade
that so exercised Wlbelforce and his fol.
| lowers"
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A COMPARISON.

The annexed table shows the results Of the Au
gust and September elections of the present year.
compared with the results in the same States nj the
Presidential election in 1852, when Pierce, the
Democratic candidate, walked over the course.
Nov. 1852.
Aug. g. Sept, 1856. Pres Election.
Demo. An others. Demo. An others
Iowa, 1890 40,3S7 1924 SsaI
Arkansas, 2S,l59 1886 1918 74n4
N. Carolina, 56,169 44,I75 39,744 39,O5S
Kentucky, S,O00m. m. 3,282
Texas, l2OOOm. S537m
Vermont, 10000 M m. 1850
Maine, 2J, 600 m. ,O36 m.
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built upon it, and it is to be hoped that
they will be realized
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-02-29
TIE Misund Outstanding with the u s..

4
The construction of the Bulwer Clayton treaty
is matter which, we believe, may be easily aud
satisfactorily arranged by arbitration. inasmuch
it is one which is peculiarly adapted to such
n mode of settlement; but the question Of En-
listment is one which, unless concessions
be made on both sides, may be easily worked
up into a preade OF hostlitics The Americans
are sensitive and speculative people. win"
would rush into "A war with the same zcst and
carclcssness as they would into lottery, and
the English are race who would sooner sacri
fee their lives and fortunes than their national
honor. If. therefore. war be seriously canvassed
by either country. it may very soon become inev
liable. aud it is against such issue that
would most earnestly protest.
If il can be proved that Mr.. Champion has
done wrong, and, as British Minister, has a
hused the trust he ought to have respected let
him he recalled; but, ifhe has not done so--if he
has really not violated any municipal or other
nws of the United States--let not the people of
America be led into a war with country which
is their most natural ally, and their greatest and
noble,t rival in Commercial advancement, by
the petty disputes ofexisting Governments, which
may have been fomented for mere political pur-
poses. and kept open to secure certain udvanta
ges to political parlsans.
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CrRIoSIrIEs CT THE CENSUS. Among other
interesting facts of DeBow's statistical view of
the United States, the Boston transcript men
tions that the non slavcholding have third grea-
ter population than the sIavehulding States that
the foreign vote Of the country is one.twelnb of
the whole that about third Of the white popula-
tion of the slave States are saveowners; that the
State of y. Y. has about hth of the popula-
ton OF the Union; that there is one house to cv-
cry six persons in the country; that the Roman
Catholics have but one eleventh as many church
es as the Methodists; that the number of persons
East of the Mississippi is twelve times greater
than those who live West thereof; the distance
between New York and New Orleans is more
than that between London and Constantinople.
Paris and St. Petersburg; over two fif,hs of
the national territory is drained by the Missis
sippi and its tributaries; of the 1897 political
newspapers published in the United States in
I650,s55 were Wing and 742 were Democratic ;
there are 400.000 Indians in territory; at the
close Of the Revolution there were but 20, 600 in
old thirteen States, according TO the estimate OF
Gen. Knox; direct and indirect tux paid by each
white person in the country, $4,24; number oil
real estate owners, 100000. or one in about
3l9 of the free males over tmenfy-one years o.
age; number of federal Office holders (exclusiv,
of army and navyl 35.456, nine-fold increas
since l8OO--the population havi ing increased a
side in villages towns and cities; the number o
people to dwelling in New York city aversg
more than ID, in Boston nearly g. in New Or
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HOUSE OF DELEGATES.


Bills from the Senate were appropriately re-
ferrcd.
Mr. Elyson presented the petition of james
b Winston and w. +. Dabney praying for com
pensaton for horse killed whilst employed in
the CONVEYANCE of the remoins of w. IL. Hard
ing Esq late a member OF this House. To his iate
residence for interment
BILLS PASSED
Senate Bill to incorporate the Danville Mining
and Manufacturing company
Senate Bill to amend the charter OF the Alex
andria and Harper's Ferry Rail Road Company.
Senate Bill entitled ian act to give greater
uniformity to the charters of the Great Bridge
Lumber and Canal Company granted by North
Carolina ard Virginia.
SENATE BILLS REJECTED.
Directing the payment of a SUN due to the Sa-
lem and Peppers Ferry turnpike company.
The bill was advocated 10y Messrs Ronald,
Floyd and Pendleton OF Giles. Rejected for the
want of constitutional vote Ayes 90. noes 43.
RELIEF OF +. MORE.
The Bill for the relief of l.. Moore. Sheriff of
Wetzell, was on motion of Mir. West taken up
and reconsidered.
Mr.. West stated that he had but this little bill
before the House; he had been uniformity court
and liberal in his course; he was in daily ex
pectation of being called away by the illness of
his family and he would leave the House perhaps
forever; he therefore appealed TO the lherality of
his fellow members, and especially of his friend
the chairman Of the Finance committee (Nlr.
Garnet whom he loved because he had 'pret-
" white head like the children at home. to pass
this bill. The bill was passed ayes %, noes "a
On motion Of Col. Kemper the Militia bill was
made the order of the day for IL O'Clock to NOR
The bill providing additional protection of the
slave property of the citizens of this Common
wealth was taken up. The I'LL provides that no
vessel owned or commanded by person not
citizen of Virginia, shall be permitted to leave
any port of Virginia, until after inspection pro-
vidad for in .he bi-rhis bill does not apply to
vessels belonging to the L. s. Navy. 1t further
provides for the appointment Of patrols, and the
imposition of tax on slaves to raise fund for
the ra capture Of fugitive slaves.
Mr. Mallory moved to amend the bill so as to
make the fee for inspection of steam packets reg
ularly trading between Va, ports and those be-
yond the Capes of Virginia, five dollars instead
of t he ten dollars imposed on other vessels.
Mr.. Powell moved to stike out the whole sec
flon inlimating his purpose To offer u substitute
proposing that the inspector shall be paid ont of
The Treasury, the amendment was lost. The bill
was supported Ivy MeSsrs Claiborne, Croker.
lloge and others and ordered 10 be engrossed.
The Bill was under consideration, when the
hour for recess arrived.
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ANnIuEk WAR III. ASH.

The Times. Feb. g. in leading article re-
views the course taken by the English Cabinet
on the one hand and the Government of Washing
ton on the other in reference to the existing do
hcalties and after rcmarking that even the hu-
mihty we have shown must have its limits, CON
cludes rs follows: awe are as DESTROYS of peace
"a Nh. Golden can be, but know that when
a nation becomes too proud to listen to reason the
only appeal i to arms =,
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Congress, it IL expected. will do something this
session towards the adoption Of a uniform sys-
tenn of weights and measures, similar to that
which forms the basis of our coinage. Other
countries IRE moving in the same direction, and
it is quite probable that, in few years, oil the
commercial and civilized countries will have a
dopted similar system, which would greatly IA
cihtate the operations of trade and commerce.
A gentleman in New York Mr. FELTON,, we see
has started the subject at this time by lecture
upon 1t, in which he proposed TO supeioede all
the present tables of weights and measures by
graduated series. in which eaeh denomination
shall be exactly ten times greater than It's next
inferior For instance, in the scale of weights
he would have ten scruples one drachm. ten
drachms one ounce, ten ounces one pound, ten
pounds one stone ten stones one owt., ten ewtr.
one ton. Apply to such tables the decimal cur
rency Us to prices. and the parts OF pound
would exactly correspond with the parts of dol
lar. An article at one dollar per pound would
be one dime per ounce. one cent per drachm, and
one mill per scrupe. The same principle ap
plies to all the departments of weights and meas
ures. Mr. f. contends thatthe introduction of
this system would greatly simplify commercial
of all kinds. and do AWAY with most
If the difficulties which besct the study Of num-
lers.
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The Masonic GRIP.-A the recent festival
of the Provincial Grand Lodge, AT Glasgow. Sir
Archibald Allison the historian mentioned that
during the assault on the Rcdan. n small n,rt,,
Of soldiers led mp 10 one Of the gun, placed in n
recess were received by body Of Russian and
the English officer was about Ia be havoneted
when CHANGING to catch the hand of the Russian
officer he had presence of mind enough Ia Give
him masonic grip. The Russian ina moedu,
struck up the bnyonet OF his soldier led his nov.
iy found brother to the rear and treated him with
all the kindness Of masonl
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Bainum S Bankruptcy.

The great Barnum has collapsed. The Napo.
leon of llumbug has reached his Waterloo. Ic.
rome, the founder of clock company, i the
Wellington or Blleher, who has smashed the
columns of this soldier of fortune. The pa,tcu-
lars of the mournful catastrophe we lave al
ready given our readers and they have perhaps
scarcely yet recovered from their surprise 1t
seems rs impossible to believe that Barnum has
lost his luck AS that Jupiter has disappeared from
the sky, or Victoria become prisoner t. the
Cossacks. Nevertheless, he has gone 10 the
place from whence he came; his towering
fortune toppled over; Iranistan. his palace,
has passed away like other Eastern pala
ces described in Arabian Nights, a,d he has M
friend left but Tom Thumb, out of who's bitterness
Barnnm will grow big. and who is said TO be still
disposed, like a generous little mouse, to help the
lion out of the snare into WEIGH he has fallen
There seems something Of poetic justice in
the manner in which PhineaS has come to his ii
nanciul end. He persisted by the hands OF n
! cnuntryman and clock maker The fame of
| \ nnkee clock makers - commensurate with the
Union. But the clock maker who DONE" Bar
mum will occupy niche in history high above
oil the most renowned even of clock peddlers -
Above common trades in clocks he will tower Xix g
! Napole IN among soldiers, ar the Kentucky giant
among mortals. He will be known by future ages
a the clock maker who stopped the clock OF
Barnum, and prevented it from ever ticking again.
We think We understand the character of Barnum
wheu we express the opinion that the loss
of his immense fortune will ntct no such wound
on his feelings as the fact that he has been out.
witcd and surpassed in humhug by another mem.
Der of the human family, aud that individual a
citizen Of Connecticut.
In that State. Bamum lms pitherto endowed
the reputation ofbeng the sharpe t, 'cutes,;' and
snartest' critter. nj trade or II bargain eve,
known on the face of the esr,h Aud now TO have
his bed of laurels pulled from under him on the
very theatre where they hava been won. i the
unkindest cut of all How he would feel snch
blow we can understand by reading his au.
photography in which the only feeling be show.
is that of modification when he i over renclcd
and liberalization whom he over reached others -
Richmond Dispatch.
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European Advices


The Atlantic and Asa have bots arrived al
| New York the latter bringing adviees from Law
ornool IN the OH inst. Neither has any tidings
! IT, p;e. !, rocard IN which thu anxiety il
" '"' -, -
now intense WE oo''''' ''' NV ''''''
| ligence.
| LIVERPOOL. Feb 9Th.
| The nows of real interest. by this arrival is
tina, Britain is in state Of excitement on the sub
iect of war with the United States. 1t was again
reported on Liverpool Change that Mr.. Buchan-
an Ind demanded his assports, and his absence
from Lady Palmerston's soires was attributed to
the personal misunderstanding between Lord
Clarendon aud himself, TO which reference has
been previously made.) We have no particulars
of the reported misunderstanding. as the English
papers maintain complete silence on the subject
Clarendon il however, reported to have spoken
in "A most imperious manner to Mr.. H.. which Mr..
buchanan promptly checked by closing the inter
view. II is stated that the Derby party intend to
bring forward n motion in Parliament on the sub
ject of the omission OF all alnsion to America in
the Queens speech. il Is also stated that Eng
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to short Notice, variety Plain
Ornamental BOOK and JOB PRINTING mt greatly reduced
prices our facilities for doing tine work being daily
creased by the receipt of the latest STYLES Types BORDERS
Cuts best Founlries North and we would
respectfully inform friends and the public generally
they can have their orders for printing filled STYLE
and t low prices charged any other establishment
south of baltimore.
jobs printed in clor in the finest style the art and
varrnntcdto give satistat tnn.
CARDS. CARDS - CARDSlil Printed n very swift
\ oc
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leans %. in Richmond about D. IN 30 counties
the females greatly predominant, in l55 the slave
and in the foreign born.