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mag of his discourse kept the drowsy sports
menwakc long after their usual hour. AT
lena they retired, but had scarcely closed
theilTes when they were awakened by the
moslTlible shrieks resoundiug through the
hou Inquiring of the servants, they were
| toldBat these horrible sounds proceeded from
the t8pger's chamber, and on approaching his
room 4eper groans of despair, and shrIIler
shri@af agony, astonished and terrified them
Aftek5ocking at the door, he answered them
as u awaked from sleep, declared he had
heat.ho noise, and in rather angry tones, de-
sredot to be disturbed.
X company accordingly retired, and had
scarsly begun 10 communicate their sentiments
to eal other, when repetition OF the most
horn sounds broke in upon their conversation;
yellsscreams and shriekS, which from the hor-
ror {tbem, seemed tc issue from the throats
Of dalned spirits. They immediately followed
the bands, and traced them TO the strangers
chai5er, the door of which they instantly
bursopen and found him on his knees in bed,
in I'll act OF scourging himself with the most
unrdesting severity, his body streaming with
bloo.
O their seizing his hand TO stop the strokes,
he bgged them, in The most wringing tone Of
voice IS an act Of mercy, that they would re-
tire, ,lssuring them that the Cause OF the dlstur-
bands was over, and that in the morning he
nj the
ribleories they had heard, and the melancholy
siyhtthey had seen. After repetition OF en-
treaties, they retired, and in the morning some
of tlln went to.his chamber, but he was not
there and on examining the bed, they found 1t
to bd one gore of blood. Upon further inquiry
the aroomsman said, as il was light the gentle
man came 10 his stable booted and spurred, de-
siredIhis horse might be saddied, and appeared
to beextremely impatient I'LL il was done, when
lie vaulted into his saddle, and rode out OF tht
yard at full speed. Servants were Immediately
dispatched into every part OF the surrounding
counlEr. but not single trace OF him could b'
founsa, 7as siaaa 6edff dhfa not been seen By any
Lord Lyuleton proceeds 10 state that Inc CIR
cumstances OF this strange story were lmmedl
ately committed 10 writing, and signed by al
who witnessed them, that the future credbilitl
Of any one, who should think proper TO relat
them, might be duly supported. Among thos
who witnessed ii were some Of the first mel
in England.
The charm Of this marvellous narrative, il
which Lord Lyttleton evidently suspected some
thing supernatural, is somewhat disPelled b,
the fact that, about the date OF the narrative, al
American gentleman, by the name OF Hugur
was in England, who was Just such person
as described above, as fine horseman, a maj
of very elegant manners and splendid power
Of con veIsation, but who had the ugly habit o
whipping himself in his sleep, precisely as de
8cr5ed by Lord Lyttleton.
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riQinal lloftrn.
Written for the Bedford Gazette.
NIGHT THOUGHTS.

Wright, so vague, IS passing by,
And night IS glowing into birth
There's light aud glory in the sky,
And love and beauty on the earth
Most glorious - Eternal God
There is thy witness In yon page
Flung to The world, full bright and broad,
The same, unchanged, lor age on age
l. there an eye, that may not trace
The hand Of some Aim Mighty One,
Who there hath writ on boundless space,
In star and moon, aud cloud, and SUI
His might, and majesty, and love
Aud noue-tho' ail-illterate-
Who may not read that book above,
Nor ask wiser TO translate.
And have gazed, as do now
Upon the cloud-less, star-gemmed sky,
and maryelled if, upon thy brow,
ONight has e'er been bent an eye,
That spite Of Natures eIoquence,
Denied Gods Omuipotence
or old, Chaldea's sages read
The language of the stars and drew,
From thence, a science which hath led,
Since then, the weak to deem ii true.
The wise eschew that mystic lore
The old Chaltean's starry dream
And but as worlds, with age all hoar,
They view those orbs that on us beam =
But with the untaught shepherds eye,
l would look on ye, Gems of Night!
And deem that ye were set on high,
The Watchers o'er mans bloom or blight
And deem that ye have power to sway,
or good, or Ill his Is-..-5-
To shed mild, or baleiul ray,
Foreshadowing the years to be!
1t IS the night ;-and some IN sleep,
Seek for oblivion Of their woes;
And they, who toll up Labor steep,
Refreshmeut court in sweet repose
And some are met for revelry,
Where Music's strains, vo!uptous, rise;
And some are mad with drunken slee :
And some in prayer scale the skies
For mercy lor the sins ofTime;
And some are seeking to be wise,
And some are doing deeds OF crime,
But nature, wearei, or by mirth,
Or toll, demands, alike repose;
And sleep and silence fill the earth,
And Iull, awhile, its joys and woes.
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CA celebrated lawyer once concluded an
eloquent harangue to the jury against fhe pfis-
onrr, with He barred his arm to heaven-and
stole the sugar
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Ito prevent your hair from coming out,
never let your wife catch you kissing the SER
want girl.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-09
A Tale Of Suffering,

Mr.. Edward Davis, formerly of Penn
sylvania, has called at our Office and
stated the following strange tale of hard
ship and suffering:
On the 7th inst. he started from
Clark's Creek, about ten miles from here,
making for the crossing of the little Ar
kansas, on the Santa Fs road. The day
was intensely hot, and when within some
thirty miles of his destination he was at
tackled with dizziness in his head, aud
sickness, that induced him to get off his
horse, believing that q little rest would
restore him. He allowed his horse to
roam at large, being easy to catch, and
fell into deep slumber. When he
arose, or how he got separated from his
horse and saddle, he can give no account
He wandered about finding no road; see.
ing no sign of habitation or life for nine
days, existing, during this time, upon the
pulp Of the prairie grass, a few wild
plums, and collecting the dew from the
grass upon his shirt and sucking the juice
to quench his thirst. The fourth day
when he had become so emaciated that
his hands were transparent, he found q
little pool of stagnant water, and while
lying by ii, observed two snakes approach
With the impulse of dying man, driv.
en- to desperation by the gnawing of ar
appetite unappeased for days, he grasped
them, and killing them, buried them in
the ground until they cooled, and eal
them raw, meal that the stomach of sny
man would turn from with adherence
but hunger must be appeased. With such
an experience, sick, famished and weak
he at last found German settlement on
Lyons Creek, where he was received and
Hospitality entertained, and where he re.
mained until restored to sufficient
strength 10 reach the hospital at Fort Ri
ley, where, through the kind attentions o
Dr.. Madison, the Post Physician, he hal
regained his usual health. Mr.. Dayi.
wishes US especially to mention the many
obligations he is under to Mr.. Stats anf
family, of Lyons Greek, who received
and cared for him with much kindness
and consideration.-Junetion Sentinel.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-09
Pixies Peak.

Nvery paper tha. comes to US, even as
far East as Maine, has something to say,
some speculation, surmise or prophecy, in
regard to Pixies Peak, and the mines that
are supposed to be thereabouts. In an
other column we publish letter from an
individual who processes to have seen the
Elephant, and to be thoroughly'conversant
with his physical construction and his
material organism. Our object is to try
and condense all the information that has
reached US, and make it available for those
designing visit there in the Spring. In
this connection we would say, and earn
estly impress upon our readers, the great
risk they run in starting for the promised
Gold Land this fall. Early snow, the
lack of food for grazing, and other causes.
might render such an expedition at this
time not only perilous, but absolutely
fatal. We would, therefore, advise all to
make preparations this winter, and take
an early start in the spring; they will
lose nothing and gain just as much as
though they started this fall.
Now, as to the route, various tables Of
distances have been compiled by our ex-
changes, but we have data from disinter-
ested persons, upon which we can rely,
and which we can safely recommend to
the credence of our readers. From Leav-
enworth City to Fort Riley is about 100
miles, from Riley to Benps Fort is about
400 miles; once at this place and you
may be said to be in the mines. Two or
three days travel North will take you to
Laramie Peak; two days travel West and
South and you will be at Pixies Peak,
Cherry Creek, and the other mines that
lie adjacent; and from California emil
grants of '49 and so, we are assured the
country thereabouts is excellent for other
purposes than those Of mining. These,
as we'll as officers of the army, have in
formed us, that the most speedy and prac-
ticable route is from Fort Riley, across
the Republican-where there is ferry;
thence Westward. along the Valley of the
Smoky Hill Fork. An abundance Of
wood and water is found along the road.
| After leaving the Smoky Hill fork, you
take course West by South, making for
the head waters of the Arkansas. Here
will be met the only real difficulty on the
route. 1t is about 20 miles from one
stream to the other, and only one spring,
that, half way between them. Once upon
the Arkansas and you are in the Gold
Region.
That there is much gold amongst the
hills, and in the banks and beds of the
streams and rivers Of this part Of our
Territory, we have not the least doubt.
On the contrary, the gentleman who is
now at the head of the Missouri party,
Mr.. w. B. Smedley, was long miner in
California, and was convinced, after years
of experience there, that there was gold
in those regions which he had passed on
his passage thither. A year ago he and
ourself discussed the feasibility of q visit
there, with party strong enough to pro-
tect us from the Indians; and his letter,
published few days ago, shows that his
surmises were correct, and that his expec-
tations are being realizsd.-Junction Ses-
| tinel.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-09
BY G. W. BROWN & co.
Poetfy.
o Pledge Me not with Wins.
By JOSIE z. HUNT.

Oh, pledge me not with wine. dear Lowell
shrink from it's rudy glow;
And white and cold deathly fear
Drops into M heart like snow.
Oh, pledge me not with wine, dear love!
Through its mist Of rosy foam
Icount the beats Of a broken heart
Isee q desOlate home.
Oh. pledge me not with wine, dear love!
shiver with icy dread;
Each drop to me is tear Of blood
That sorroWful eyes have shed.
IhAve picture laid away
Under the dust Of years,
Come look on it, and your heart will break,
Like summer cloud in tears.
Night, and storm Of autumn sleet-
4 hearth without fire or light
A MomHn-an angry mana door
That opens into the night
Hot hand that cling TO the crazy latch,
Lips rigid and white with pain
A curse-a hloW-and q wailing babe
Borne out in the wind and rain
A woman dead, with her long. loose hair
Soaking wet in the weeping storm,
And her pallid arms half fallen back
From q baby's Waxen form.
A woman dead in the pitiless rain;
And, sparkling on the sand,
Dear God Ia golden marriage ring,
Dropped loose from her wasted hand.
A white moon striving through broken cloud
A Mortified man at prayer
The crJ Of passionate hearts remorse
And passionate hearts despair.
This is the picture laid away
Under the dust Of years;
For this does tho red wine look to me
The flowing Of bloody tears.
Oh, pledge me not, though the wine is brikh
As the rarest light that lows
Through the sunsets cloudy gates Of Ere
Or the mornings vein Of rose.
PutdoWn thecupl N is brimmed with blood
Crushed, throbbing, from hearts like mine
For hope, for peace, and for LoVe'sdear sake
Oh. pledge me not with Winel
CldrepOfSt, " H.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-09
NUMBER ll.--VOLUME 4.

or principles on any question of public
policy. 1t is evident he is not strict
constructionist, that he is Indifferent to
State rights and individual rights, that he
is not an economist in public affairs, that
he has no talent for retrenchment, no
ability to increase the revenue, and that
he is wanting in administrative capacity.
His Cabinet, like himself, is ultra parti-
san, and extremely deficient in the higher
qualities Of craftsmanship.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-09
Z Gold in n.sr..t.-Mor. p..ee,.r....

VThe existence of gold on the Platte
river has been known for long time, but
it was not, until recently, supposed to ex-
ist in quantities that would pay for dig
ging; and when, few days ago, the fol-
lowing paragraph appeared in the St. Jo-
seph Gazette, we were inclined to regard
the whole thing as hoax:
"RIcH DEPOSITS OF GOLD FOUND NEAR
FORT LARAMIE We learn from s. Ten
nent, Esq, that gold has been found in
large quantities about seventy miles from
Fort Laramie, in the direction Of Laramie
Peak. A young gentleman, VIM. Bry-
ant, formerly of this city, has written Q
letter to his father, living In Kansas. urg-
ing him to leave everything here and 60
to these mines. He writes that he was
shown one lump which weighed four
pounds, and was assured by those who
made the discovery, that these mines are
equal to the richest of California plscers.
If these reports should be confirmed, there
will be no necessity for our adventurous
and speculative citizens going as far as
Frazer river to dig gold. Two or three
weeks travel will take them TO mines
that have not been overrun by over thirty
thousand persons before them"
Having q peculiar aversion for "sells,"
we determined to say nothing about the
matter, unless such evidence was adduced
as should permit no doubt Of the fact
We now have satisfactory evidence that
gold exists in large quantities not only in
the region indicated in the foregoing par
agrapb, but for many miles south, east
and north Of it.
An old mountaineer recently arrived at
Rulo, in the south part of the Territory.
bringing with him sizty thousand dollars
in gold dust, which he had dug and
washed out near Laramie Peak. A friend
of Mr.. J. B. Stutsman, Of Council Bluffs,
Immediately communicated the fact to
him, and Mr.. 8. started at once for Rulo
to ascertain the full particulars. We
learn that he returned last evening, and
that he intends to start for the gold re-
gion in the course of couple Of weeks.
Yesterday, Q man whose name We
have forpotten-arrived in this city from
Oregon Territory. He left Fort Laramie
the goth of August, and says that little
was talked of at the Fort, but the gold
diggings at Laramie Peak"
he saw numerous specimens Of gold
found in that region, some Of which were
valued IS high ~ twenty-five dollars
Several Californians who had stopped .
few days at the Forts, started for the
mines about the time he left
The season is so far advanced that but
few companies will be likely to visit the
mines this fall, but great rush vii be
made in the spring. Ths distance from
this city, by the military road via Fort
Kearney to Fort Laramie, is i've hundred
miles. From thence, in . south-westeriy
direction to the gold region, hfty-nys
miies.-Ou,aha Nebraskian. .-.sa e.3
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-09

Or Joshua R. Giddings is likely to be
the Republican candidate for Governor of
Ohio at the election to be held next year.
Governor Chase viii probably be returned
to the q. s. Senate at the close of his
present term. The Portage Democrat, and
several other Republican journals, avow
their determination to press Mr.. Giddings
as the man Of all others most suitable to
succeed Gov. Chase. ~Hi
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-10-09

M Confession Of . fault makes half
.snnends. y sLss tEess5I eGt g. bEs ,sWoS
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MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.


The special correspondent Of the London Times wri
ting ON board the Agamemnon before the departure of
the Atlantic telegraph feet their final attempt TO sub
merge the cable complains bitterly of injurious
nents spread abroad om the niagara In regard to the
conduct of the Of the Agamemnon during the fear
fu which she encountered He denounces all such
ruors as utterly false and eulogzes the bravery which
was evinccd during tho trying period. In the let
ter the writer pronounccs wire covered cable wholly u
DIT for subm telegraph across the Atlantic, and
suggests that thin copper wire covered with gutta per-
cha and CREASED yarn and weighing only about fourth
of the present cable is the kind Of thing to hope for sue
cess with. M FtNf
grand banque had been given In Galway to the
Lieutenant Ireland In celebration of the establish
ment Of transatlantic line Of from the port OF
Galway.
The Paris correspondent of the London Times says the
statement that the French troops to bc withdrawn
from Rome is positively contradictcd in official quarters
Dispatches from the commanant of the French naval
station off Newfoundland that after several n-
tervews with the Legislative body Of the colony he had
succeeded in establishing the basis of treaty rela-
tive the fisheries and of such nature to give salts
faction to all the interests concerned.
The stngs of the Paris Conferences expected to
close the 18th OF August Another despatch says the
protocols expected to be ready for the signatures OF
the plenipotentiaries on the 9th July
The Spanish Minister Of Foreign Affairs is said to have
had conference with the English ambassador the sub
jecs Of the insults offered to Spain In speech by Lord
Malmesbury.
Dispatches from ST. Peersburgh state that the Gar
Alexander has not only withdrawn the decree prohib
ing Bible societies, but has actually given them sub
scrpton Of 2 900 roubes Another decree permits tho
Polish language to be used In the schools of Lthuania
which had been forbidden by the Emperor Nicholas.
letter received by the Cotton Supply Association of
England, from Mr. r. d. Ross cape Coast Castle which
appears in the London Times, states emphaticay that
cotton which is indigenous to Africa, and grows abund
antly in Ashantee might be obtained equal to that OF
Georgia. both in quantity and quality Mr. Ross thinks
the Africans would readily profit by instruction. and that
Africa would before long compete well with the slave
States of America il capitalists would establish organ
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from Washington for the West, follow
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reaching Cincinnati Mt IL 80, q. next day.
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leaves Washington ncludng Sunday at 80, reaching Gin
cinnat at connecting directly with Express
Train for Louisville Cairo, the Southwest and st. Louis
Time from Washington to Cincinnati only 2s hours and
81. Louis only "A hours-
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and sunday 630 coanecng Washington junction Bal
leaving Baltimore At 10, On Sunday
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For rarkersburg and all Northwestern
take the $50 train For all points the Marietta Railroad take
tla
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Pile that
and advantage that the
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quarters, every other possible facility upon
Way passengers for Ohio Rail
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ast W. J.. SMITH,
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The town Of Framingham Mass, WAS visited with 4
hailsorm recently which, in point Of sevony has not
had ts equal in the experience Of any who witnessed
It, The hail fell in pellets Of them larger than
pigeons egg and of them smaller than boy .
marble. We saw 'congomerate Of haistones brought
by gentleman into the city this morning which weighed
at least couple Of pounds Whole fields of corn and
potatoes arc completely destroyed-the stalks being
beaten into the earth If they had been pounded in
The trees and shrubs completely stripped OF their
leaves, which cover the roxds - Boston Pap~.
The celebrated trotting stallion Flying Tiger died In
Manchester, NJ H., the 3lst utimo. Ho wns nine
vcars old was valued at 81 000 and owned by Mr.
Cyrus Damn. Inflammation Of tho stomach was the
cause of the depth
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BALuxosE, May 8, 1858.
NEW ARRANGEMENT

GREAT SOUTHWESTERN ROUTE ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA
RAILROAD
WASHINGTON CITY Virginia. Tennessee Georgia. Alabama
Mississippi Iouisians Arkansas
Through great Southwestern
0ce Washing
tom board q the steam Ferry Boat George Page at the ONCE OF
the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, ut Alexandria.
To Richmond, Danvile ynehburg, Bristol, Knoxville Dalton,
Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville, nntavlle Grand juno.
ton, Memphis Montgomery, and New Orleans.
BY Direct Route and Continuous Railway Connexions Mdmphs
Ardng Expedition and Comfort and being 200 miles
shorter by any
The ferry the Seventh
a6 O'Clock Alexandria, where the
Richmond Charlottesville Stannton White Sulphur Springs, Wood
stock and at for Richmond al points Southwest
making and close Memphis
and omnibnses the occ avenue
o'clock, m- and !, p. m.
JAMES A. EVANS, Agent,
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