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G A correspondent of the st. Louis
Democrat, travelling through Southern
Kansas, thus notices Moneka
ssOn Sugar creek, twenty-five miles
from Fort Scott, has recently come into
existence the new town of aoaeka OF
Morning Star which is located in the
midst of asdeiightful portion of Kansas,
thickly settled by an intelligent and thriy-
ing people. Two saw mills, an excellent
hotel and store ara already in full oper-
alton, and Moaeka has fair prospect oi
becoming the stirring metropolis of a veal
thy region"
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or The number of papers now existing
in Minnesota is tlnirty-three OF these,
fifteen are Republican. eleven Democratic.
and seven neutral or independent Three
are dailisz, published il st. Paul.
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- SEVENTH DIsTRIcT.-1sae Hundred and
Gsn.-From 200 to 800 men from the
State of Missouri came, in wagons or on
horseback, to the election ground at Swift
zers creek, in the second district, and en-
eamped near the polls, on day preceding
the election. They were armed with piS-
tolls and other weapons, and declared their
purpose to vote, in order to secure the
election of pro-slayery members. They
said they were disappointed in not finding
more Yankees there, and that they had
brought more men than were necessary to
counterbalance their vote. A number of
them wore badges of blue ribbon, with a
motto, and the company were under the
direction of leaders. They declared their
| inteution to conduct themselves peace
| fully, unless the residents of the Territory
attempted to stop them from voting. Two
of the judges of election appointed by
Governor Reeder refused to serve. where
/ upon two others were appointed in their
/ stead by the crowd of Missourians who
surrounded the polls. The newly ap-
| pointed judges refused to take the oath
prescribed by Gov. Reeder but made one
/ to suit themselves Andrew johnson re-
quested the voter to swear If he had a
claim in the Territory, and if he had voted
in another district. The judges did not
| take the oath prescribed, but were sworn
to receive all legal votes The Missouri
ans all voted without being sworn; they
supported II. j. Stickler for Council, and
N. W. MeGee for Representative; they
left the evening of election; some ofthem
started on horseback for Lawrence, as
they said they could be there before night,
and all returned the way they came The
census list shows 53 legal voters in the
district. 253 votes were cast; ofthese %
were residents, IL of whom were in the
4 district when the census was taken. Some
of the residents present at the polls did
not vote, declaring it useless. Candidates
declined to run on the Free State ticket,
because they were unwilling to run the
risk of so unequal contest, it being
known that a great many were coming uE
! from Missouri to vote. Nearly all the
settlers were Free State men, and % o.
the % legal votes given were cast for the
only Free State candidate running. No.
billion McGee, who was declared elected
representative, had claim-a saw mil
and house-in the Territory, and ht
was there part of the time. But his lega
residence IS now and was then near West
port, in Missouri, where he owns ant
conducts valuable farm, and where hi
family reside.
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THE FLYING FISH.

Among all the smaller inhabitants of the
sea, the flying fish is one that attracts the
most unqualified attention. To passengers
confined for long time on shipboard, these
little expert creatures skimming over the
surface of the sea are source of infinite a.
musement. They are never known to grow
larger than a herring, and very little is
known of their habits. The enemy Of the
fying fish is the dorado, very slender in form,
thoug gh often six feet long, and by the aid Of
several pairs of fins, is capable Of passing
through the water with immense rapidity; !;
on the other hand, the flying fish is furnish
ed with only two pairs Of fins, one of which
is larger than the body. and act, if necessa-
ry, for its preservation, as a pair Of wings
No one can look at combat between the do
rako and flying fish without interest, The
"sea bird" never leaves the water while it
has safety in swimming, but finally, becom-
ing fatigued, it has recourse to another ex-
pedient for safety, which is, escape by Hight.
The long fins which begin to grow useless in
the water, are now e1erted in different
manner, by which means the timid little
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From the Carolina Times.
R0CK-HI AND EBENEZER
BY QUISLIBET. .

Dear Times Having few leisure mo-
ments, l embrace the opportunity of drop
ping you few lines to let you know some
thing of my whereabouts. am now
ouartered in York District, somewhere,
probably not far from the centre of the Indian
Land. A portion of country fifteen miles
square, lying on both sides of the Catawba
River, in the Districts of York and Lancas-
ter, was ceded to the Catawba Indians by
the State of South Carolina. The Indians
leased out all their lands in small parcels,
from time to time, until they had none
left. The Legislature, in 1888, passed an
act recognizing the residuary right, as vest
ing in the lessees, upon the extinguishment
of the Indian title In 1910 the Indians
by treaty made over to the State all the
rights which they possessed, for valuable
consideration.
The State in order to provide the stipulat-
ed amount, laid special tax upon the land,
giving the lease holders the privilege of talk
ing out grants for the lands coveredby their
respective leases; and finally in 1854 aban-
doned this special tax, for one, more in ac-
cordance with the prevailing system Of taxa
ton, so that the citizens of the Indian land
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'Was dat Ned and Jim?' She said, 1es.'
o I felt so mad to ink da had prayed for
me, and exposed me before all de people,
But I said nothing, b"t went right to bed.
But now mine mind was more troubled den
ever before, for I began to tink how wicked
I was to stint poor Neddy so hard, and try
to hinder him from saving his soul-but I
said nothing; so I tried to 60 to sleep; but
as soon as I shut mine eyes, l could see
Ned going over de hill to go to his meeting,
after he had done his hard stint, so tired and
weary. Den felt worse and worse; and
by and by 1 groaned out and mine wife axt
what's de matter,I said, Il believe l am
dying She said, Shall I callup Ned and
Jim?' I said, yes And Jim came to de
bed and said, % fader, what is de matter?'
I said, Il believe l am dying And he
said, 'Fader shall 1 pray for you?' I said,
'Oyes and Neddy too And glory be to
Got, believe he heard de prayer for dough
I felt mine sins like mountain load to sink
me down to hell, l cried, % Got, have
mercy on me poor sinner and by and by
I feel something run all over me, and split
mine heart all to pieces; and felt so hum
BILE and so loving dat l rejoice and praise
Got, and am resolved to serve Got nit Ned
and Jim and mine wife, and de Metodists.
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For the Yorkville Enquirer.
LINES.

LINES.
How changed, alas that lovely flower,
Which bloomed to enliven and cheer my heart,
Fair feeting comfort Of an hour,
How soon loved one we're called to part
And shall my bleeding heart complain
For her whose ways on earth were love?
Or, vainly, cherished anxious pain
For her who restsin bliss above Z
o!-let me rather meekly pay.
Humble obedience to His will,
And with my inmost spirit say,
"The Lord Most High, is righteous STILL
From adverse blasts and lowering storms,
Her loved and favored soul He bore;
And with yoh bright, angelic forms,
She lives in bliss, for evermore.
Why should vex my heart, or fast?
No more on earth she'll visit me;
My soul will mount to her at last
I'll there in bliss my loved one see.
Prepare me, blessed Lord, to share,
The joys, the bliss thy people prove;
Who round thy glorious throne appear,
And dwell in peace and perfect leTe. ]. T.
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WHERE THEY LEARN IT.--'I don't see
where my children learn such things" is one
of the most common phrases in a mothers
vocabulary. A little incident which We hap
pened to witness, may perhaps help to solve
the enigma. We smiled little at the time,
but we've thought q good deal of it since,
and we trust not without profit.
.sBob," screamed out brighteyed little
girl, somewhat under six years Of age, to q
youugster who was seated on the curbstone,
making basty-pudding out of the mud in
the gutter. "Bob, you good-for-nothing lit
tie scamp, you come right into the house
this minute, or I'll beat you till the skin
comes off," .... g.. .,...........
"Why, Angelina, Angelina, dear, what
do you mean !? Where do you learn such
talking?" exclaimed her mother in a won.
dering tone, as she stood on the steps, cour-
tesying to friend. - , ID
Angelina looked up innocently, and an.
swered: ...... .y.s..-+
"Why, mother, do you see we are playing,
and he is my little boy, and I am scolding
him just as you did me this morning, that
is ALL" 7,-~-A
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"Like q pale, disastrous planet,
Der the nurple tide Of war"
A LADY FREEMASON.

The Hon. Elizabeth St. Leger was the
only female ever Initiated into the ancient
mysteryof freemasonry. How she obtained
this honor We shall lay before our readers.
Lord Doneraile, Miss St. Leger's father, a
very jealous mason, held warrant, and oc-
casionally opened lodge at Doneraile House,
his sons and some intimate friends assisting /;
and it is said that never were the masonic
duties more rigidly performed than by them.
Previous to the initiation of gentleman to
the first steps of masonry, Miss st. Leger,
who was young girl, happened to be in an
apartment adjoining the room generally used
as lodge-roem. This room at the time was
undergoing some alteration; amongst other
things, the wall was considerably reduced in
one part. The young lady having heard the
voices of the freemasons, and prompted by
the curiosity natural to all to see this mystic
ry, so long and so secretly locked up from
public view, had the courage to pick brick
from the wall with her scissors, and witnes-
sed the ceremony throug b the first two steps.
Curiosity satisfied, fear at once took posses.
sion or her mind. There was no mode of
escape except through the very room where
the concluding part of the second step was
still being solemnized, and that being at the
far end, and the room very large one, she
had resolution sufficient to attempt her es-
cape that way; and with light but trembling
steps glided along unobserved, laid her hand
on the handle of the door, and gently open
ing it, before her stood a grim looking tyler,
with drawn sword A shrek that pierced
through the apartment alarmed the members
Of the lodge, who, all rushing to the door,
and finding that Miss St. Leger had been in
the room during the ceremony, in the first
paroxysm of their rage, her death was re-
solved on; but from the moving supplica-
ton of her younger brother, her. life was
saved, on condition of her going through
the whole of the solemn ceremony she had
unlawfully witnessed. This she consented
to, and they conducted the beautiful and ter
rifed young lady through those trials which
are sometimes more than enough for mascu-
line resolution, little thinking they were
taking into the bosom of their craft men,
Der that would afterwards reflect lustre on
the annals of masonry. The lady was cousin
to General Anthony St. Leger, governor Of
St. Lucia, who instituted the interesting race
and the celebrated Doncaster St. Leger
stakes. Whenever benefit was given at the
theatres in Dublic or Cork, for the Masonic
Female Orphan Asylum, she walked at the
head of the freemasons with her apron and
other insignia of freemasonry, and sat in the
front row of the stage-box. The house was
always crowded on those occasions. Her
portrait is in the lod dge-room Of almost every
lodge in Ireland.-English Paper.
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How 1T FEELS TO BE HANGED.-An ac-
quaintanoe of Lord Bacon's, who meant to
hang only partially, lost his footing, audwas
cut down at the last extremity, having near
ly paid for his curiosity with bis life. He
declared that be felt no pain, and isoply
sensation was of fire before his eyes which
changed first to black and then to,sky blue.
These colors are even source of pleasure.
A Captain Montaguac, who was hanged in
France during the religious wars, and rescued
from the gibbet at the intereession Of Wis
count Turenue, complained that, having lost
all pain in an instant, he had been taken
from light of which the charm de6ed des-
cription. Another criminal who escaped BY
the breaking of the cord, said that, after a
second of suffering, fire appeared, across it
the most beautiful avenue Of trees. Henry
w., of France, told his physician to ques-
ton him, and when mention was made of .
pardon, the man answered, coolly. that it was
not worth the asking. The uniformity Of
the descriptions renders it useless to multi
ply instances They 6ll pages in every book
of medical jurisprudence. All agree that
the uneasiness is quite momentary, that q
pleasurable feeling Immediately succeeds,
that colors of various hues start up before
the sight, and that, these having been gased
on for trivial space, the rest is oblivion
The mind, averted from the reality Of the
situation, is engaged in scenes the most re-
mote from that which fills the eye of the
spectator vile rabble, the hideous gal
lows, and the struggling form that swings in
the wind.-London Reviep.
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creature rises from the water, duttes over
the surface Of two or three hundred yards,
and then sinks again into the waves. By
this time, however, the fish has acquired .
fresh power of renewing its efforts in the
water, and to proceed with increased veloci-
ty in swimming; still, however, the dorado
keeps in view, and drives the flying fish into
the air; at length the little autter is seen to
dart to shorter distances, to move with great
er effort, and at last, entirely helpless, drops
down into the very mouth of its untiring
pursuer. But not the dorado alone-all an
imated nature seems combined against these
little fish, which seems to possess double
powers only to subject it to greater dangers,
for though it should succeed in escaping
from its enemies of the deep, yet the tropic
bird and albatross are ever on the wing to
seize it. Thus pursued in both elements, it
sometimes seeks refuge with new enemy,
for it is not unfrequent that whole shoals
jump on board Of the passing ships, when
they become objects of intense curiosity.
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bier will earn as much again money as a
cordwainer who gives way to low spirits and
indigestion. Mean or avaricious men never
whistle. Who ever heard of whistler
among the sharp practitioners ofWall street
The man who attacks whistling, throws a
stone at the head Of hilarity, and would if
he could, rob June of its roses-August of
its meadow-larks. Such o man should be
looked to. Let him be looked to.
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se. Gen. Gadberry has written to the
Unionville Journal, anotherletter, in which
he asserts positively that Col. Woodward
knows nothing about Kansas and its affairs,
He says that he roomed with him, dined
with him, walked with him and talked with
him, during his stay in that Territory, and
having this knowledge, he is not mistaken
in saying that he was never more. than 300
yards into the Territory. Mr.. Gadbery
further says that Col. Woodward is an avow-
ed Kuow.N Nothing, and that this letter to
Mr.. Hill of Georgia, was written to help his
brother Know.Nothings in his canvass as
candidate for the governorshipof Georgia.
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tle-thcre, a line of seven tall ships; and
here, one little, solitary fort-there, British
discipline and here, American enthusiasm
there, brave men fighting for tyrant ;
and here, heroes contending for liberty"
Such was the fight, and the result was
victory the most glorious in the history of
the Revolution. Gathering aremnant of bis
shattered and dismantled ships, Sir Peter
Parker, sullen and crestfallen, retreated from
Charleston, whipped man-whipped byraw
militia, behind rude, hastily built fort Of
palmetto logs; and thus, while the Continen-
tai Congress were at Philadelphia debating
and hesitating about declaration Of inde;,
pendence, on the 2Sth day of June, TITO,
and six days before the declaration of ma
tional independence, South Carolina had al
ready declared her independence and an.
nounced the fact to the world in the diapason
music of her Cerberian thunders.
Such is the history of the palmetto, and
how it became consecrated tree-a proud
historical memory. And when Carolina sent
her regiment to Mexico, she sent them un:
der the palmetto flag, which streaming above
them in the battle, would inspire them with
the memory of 1776, and remind them that
its lustre must not be dimmed by them
When our venerable Governor reviewed US,
and parted with us, he pointed to our flag,
and said: ri now see in the prospective
the palmetto banner floating triumphaptly
over the storm of war; Go, and the God of
battles 60 with you" And it was fulfilled.
At Vera Cruz, Contreras, Churubusco, Che
pultepec and Belen the Palmetto banner did
wave,
"Like pale disastrous planet
Der the purple tide Of war;
And though mighty hosts assailed it, and its
bravest men fell thick under its folds, it was
borne on every field, the oriRamme Of VIC
tory.
have been thus minute, to give the his
tory of the palmetto, and how it came that
the Carolina Regiment was called "the Pal.
metto Regiment" and why this history is
headed "the Palmettoes in Mexico"
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TEXAS FUN.-The Palestine Advocate

TEXAS FUN.-The Palestine Advocate
says that on the 18th inst, about nine miles
northwest of that place, Mr.. Achibald
Briggs killed a Mr.. Brown. The circuna-
stances were about as follows: Brown in.
duced the wife Of Briggs to forsake her
husband and live with him. This arrange
ment was made with the consent Of all con.
cerned, and the parties left. After the ex.
piration of two or three days, Brown visited
Briggs and informed him that "he could
take his wife back, he was tired Of his bar.
gain," or words to that effect. This ap-
pears to have been little too much for the
sensitive nature Of Briggs, and, we,are told,
be seized his shot gun, remarking, "Brown,
you have had your fun, I'll have mine, took
deliberate aim at him and fred, killing him
almost instantly. 81 .: ......