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that dream only music-chanted their
wild anthem to the new day /; while the
two duellists, the most deadly ever known
to the South West, stood with cooked
pistols eye to eye, and their fingers fixed
on the hair triggers, prepared and waiting
to slay and be slain.
d" am ready-you give the word, !"
cried Bowie in his clear ringing voice,
and with that inseparable smile of strange
meaning on his lips. ~,
81 am ready. Fire p shouted the
gambler, in tones murderous as death.
The two pistols roared simultaneously.
Bowie did not move, though he had
barely escaped with his life, for the bullet
of his foe had cut away one of the golden
locks of yellow hair. The gambler was
shot through the heart, and dropping on
the brink Of the deck, had almost tum-
bled into the river. He was buried by
the squatters at the next woodward. And
thus persisted justly natural son of the
great pirate Lafitte.
There never was a jury empannelled in
the West who would have brought in
verdict against any man for killing him,
and more especially under the circum-
stances, because public opinion pronoun
ced that " he ought to be killed" Aud
such were the deSperadoes that Bowie
commonly exterminated.
The generous victor Immediately pro-
ceeded to the ladies cabin and restored
the winnings of the gambler to the young
merchant and his beautiful wife, who both
received the boon as gift from heaven,
with as much gratitude and Joy.
If we should write whole volume
concerning the exploits of James Bowie,
his character could not be rendered more
transparent than it is revealed in the fore
going anecdote. He was always the same,
the friend of the feeble. the oppressed,
and the sworn enemy of tyrantS: He was
brave without fear, and generous beyond
precedent, and though he had faults, and
gigantic ones too, he atoned for the errors
Of stormy life by the splendor Of his
magnificent death. His tomb is the Ala
mo. his epitaph the word Texas" and
his fame will fill an humble though safe
niche in the Temple of Freedom through
all time. He can never be forgotten till
the bowels of the earth cease to furnish
metal for the fabrication of those bright
blades of steel which bear his imperisha-
ble name.
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gtIttt Galt.
From NOah's Sunday Times.
JAMES BOWIE,
NAPOLEON OF DUELLISTS

On the evening of the 4th of June,
1885, the steamboat Rob Roy" started
from St. Louis to New Orleans with full
crew of passengers. Immediately after
getting under good headwsy," TO adopt
favOrite backwoods phrase, one person
attracted universal attention by the an
nOying esgerness with which he endeav-
ored to make up party at cards. Indeed,
his oft-repeated and persevering efforts to
that end soon became insulting and unen-
durable, and yet his appearance was such
as to deter the bravest on board from
administering the chastisement which he
SO richly deserved. He was hinge mass
OF mighty bones and muscles. with swar-
thy features, bearing the impress of many
scar, piercing dark eyes, that seemed to
possess the power Of blasting the beholder
cold cleaning eyes, such as haunt the
memory painfully, rank luxuriance of
coal black hair, immense whiskers and
mOuStache.
This savage looking figure was habited
IN the cOotliest clothing, and adorned with
aprOfusiOn of jewelry, while outlines of
several murderOus weapons were plainly
dlstln5uishable beneath his gaudy vest
anil sIperfine coat-nor did h. need those
to renler him an object of terror. A
connOisseur in the science of belligerent
gymnastics would have confidently pro.
nounced him match for any FIVE men on
the deck, without any aid from lead OF
cold steel.
AT length, after many failures, he pre-
vailed on wealthy young merchant oil
M to join him in game of poker
ihey sat down beside small table near
the bar, and we've soon absorbed in that
most perllous of all excitements, of which
the two alluring ingredients are the vani,
" and pride of individual skill, and the
uncertainty of general hazard. At first
'ne STAKES were small, and the run of the
cards seemed wholly in favor of the mer-
cnan'' out presently they bet more freely,
ana gold eagles and hundred dollar notes
were showered down on the board with
RI iuOis auu IIeu Ju0 CuTTenI
OF fortune changed-ebbed away from the
young merchant and flowed to the pro.
leSslonal gambler in a stream like the
oceans tide. As usually happens in such
cases, his want of success only piqued
and maddened the loscn and he sought to
recover himself by such desperate ven.
lures as could not but deepen and confirm
ms ruin. And thus they continued during
''iat long summer night. The intensity
Of their excitement became equivalent to
insanity. Every nerve was strung-eyery
eaergyof the brain was taxed to the Mt.
@ost-their teeth were set hard as those
Oh antagonists in the tug of mortal strife
the sweat rolled from their brows like
great drops of rain. The passenger.
,Orned circle around the players, and
rocked on with that interest which such
extraordinary concentration of intellec,
Sua passion never fails to inspire even In
UoSoms that shudder at lis excess. Tn,
merchant and the gambler attracted al
t .:n' and kept many awake and gazinc
VII morning. Among the latter was onl
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26
" Temples Not Made With Hands

Tis not in temples made with hands,
The great Creator dweIls; ..
But on the mOuHtain' top he stands,
And IN the lowly deIls;
Wherever fsrveHs prayer is heard,
He stands RESIDING every word;
In dell, on m0uataia, every where,
He never fails 10 answer prayer.
Yes-in the poor mans lowly stall,
And In the pfis'Hers cells,
And in the rieh mans IorIly hall,
The great Creator dwells; -- -
Where two or three are Joined In pFaysr,
His audience hall, Hts house is there;
Wherever prays the child Of grace.
Is His peculiar dwsllingPlsce.
Think yOu that temples bulk Of stone,
And blessed BY prisItly hand,
Are more peculiarly His own,
More reverence demandi
Go to thy closet. shut the door,
And all thy mercies ponder O'eF-
Thine all-Perading God is there;
He loves to answer secret prayer.
The temple thy Creator owns,
That temple Is the heart;
No towering pile OF costly stones,
Nor any work Of art.
The eloud-caPped Ipire that paints on high,
May draw the lightning from the sky;
But Ills the humble, modest flower,
Thai drinks in the refreshing shower;
And in return for faVOrs given,
Il breathes its fragrance back to Heaven.
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}WHOLE NUMBER, So.
HstfnI allS Curious.

WHERE MusqcIroEs CoME FRoH.-
These pests Of summer proceed fromahe
GRiRdleules commonly called " wiggle
tail" If bowl of water. is placed in
the summers sun for few days, a num-
Der of " wiggle tails /" win be visible, and
will continue to increase in size till they
reach three sixteenths of an inch in length.
remaining longer at the surface as they
approach maturity, as if seeming to live
on influence derived from the two elements
of air and water finally, they win as
sumo crysalys form, and BY an increased
specific gravity sink to the bottom of the
bowl. A few hours will only elapse when
a short black furze or hair will grow out
on every side of each. till it assumes the
form of minute caterpillar. It's specific
gravity being thus counteracted. it will
readily float to the surface. and be waited
to the side of the bowl by the slightest
breath Of air. In short time fly will
be Matched and escape, leaving its tiny
house upon the surface of the water.
Any one who has had a cistern in the
yard, has doubtless observed the same eff
feet every summer, although he may be
ignorant of the beautiful and simple pro-
cess Of development. If pitcher, or
cistern. or other water containing these
animdleules is placed in a close room over
night, from which all mosquitoes have
been excluded, enough mosquitoes will
breed during the night to give any Satis-
factory amount of trouble. In fact, stan.
ding by a shallow half stagnant pool on
a midsummer's day, the full development
of any number of "wiggle tails " to the
mosquito state can be witnessed, and the
origin of this disturber Of night slumbers
thus fully ascertained.-Seisntife Amer
lean.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

We observe that the Archaeological
Institute celebrated in Rome, on the oath
ult., the two thousand six hundred and
eleventh anniversary of the founding Of
that city. What a wondrous history
Seven hundred and fifty-three years before
the Christian era, were laid by a fierce
and warlike band, headed by Romulus,
the foundations of that city whose name
was destined to be eternal What a
record of blood, of conquest, of civil
war, of eloquence. of heroic virtue. of
Godlike mind, and of everything great
and grand in human history Twenty
six centuries have drifted away. Babylon
has disappeared; Nineveh is in ruins /;
Athens has dwindled to a miserable vii
lage Thebes, with her hundred gates, is
the abode Of the vampire and the owl ;
the magnificent temple Of Jerusalem has
disappeared forever Carthage, that lifted
herself to heaven, and aspired to the en-
pire of the world. long ago faded from
the earth: the Seven-hilled City remains
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Tribune says:
1.-THE articles now being published in
the Union against Judge Douglas. are
written under the special direction of the
President, if not with his own hand.
The same statements and language are
held commonly among the friends of the
Administration, and it is generally re-
cognized that personal war is intended
at every hazard, and the Federal officers
are notified that every refusal to enlist
will be followed by removal. as was
recently done in Chicago"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

The WAsHBURNEs.-The Albany Eve.
journal, in commenting upon the I'M
matched fidelity of the Republican mem
bers of the present Congress. says:
Turn we then to the youthful, but giant
like west, where Michigan, Wisconsin,
Illinois and Iowa Join hand and heart in
the battle for the right. Indiana, though
not all she ought to be, has some gallant
Representatives. 1t would be invidious
to discriminate where all do their whole
duty; where. for example, the three
Washburnes, as vigilsnt and incOrrupti-
BILE as the three captors of Andre, are but
types of that indomitable column that has
stood shoulder to shoulder. encountering,
resisting, beating back and overthrowing
the Buchanan legion in every Lecompton
conflict.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

CURE FOR LocKJGw.-A correspondent
Of the Baltimore Sun says that when any
one runs nail or any sharp iron in any
part Of their frame, take . common smoke
pipe, Gil it with tobacco, light it well.
then take thin cloth or silk handkerchief.
place it over the bowl Of the pipe and
blow the smoke through the stem into
the wound. Two or three pipes full win
be sufficient to set the wound dischsrging.
He has tried it on himself and Eve oth7
srs. and found it 10 give Immediate relief.
II. the wound has been some days stand
ing. it viii open it again, II the tobacco
is good.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

TIRE FIRST DISPATCH AT LAST From
the New York Post we clip the follow
ing
The following dispatches are said tC
have been exchanged to day by the Queer
and President Buchanan, but we do moi
well see how it was possible, as our Hal.
flax correspondent informs us that no de-
spatches can be transmitted for severa
days:
WINDSOR CASTLE, Aug. 6. 1858.
PRESIDENT BUcHANAN-DEAR SIR
AS you will not permit me to "visit u
you, allow me to drop you line.
Faithfully yours.
VICTORIA REGINA"
REPLY OF PRESIDENT BUCHANAN TO THE QUEEN
WASHINGTON, August 6, 1858.
"MY DEAR MADAM:-It is my impress
sion that you have dropped enough Oi
your line already. and that You are run
ming the thing into the ground.
"Yours, faithfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

FIRST DIsPATcH.-The Indianapoli:
Ind. } Sentinel says that the following
is the first dispatch sent over the Trans
Atlantic cable:
Queen Victoria to James Buchanan, Greeting
Dear Sir Il have just presented the
English people with my tenth addition
to the Royal family. go thou and dc
likewise" VICTORIA REGINA.
LONDON. August 9Th. 1858.
After much trouble and expense, We
have procured the Old Sage's reply. Il
is as follows:
Dear Mrs. Queen Yours has beer
received. Follow my example and &c dry
up" Yours, perpendicularly.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

The report of Mr.. Yesdon's extremely
ford speech to Mr.. Everett, at Charles.
ton, s. c.. winds up as follows:
"The voice and the hand o.
personal friendship now greet you, herc
Mr.. Y. and Mr.. E. exchanged the friend
ly grasp. and private hospitality aHec'
tionately folds you to its bosom"
Here, we suppose. though the reporter
doesn't say, Mr.. Y. and Mr.. E. exchang-
ed afectionate folds.-LOu. jour.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26
Mistfua1leons.
THE RISING MOON.

BY REV. W. B. o. PEABODY.
The moon Is Up. bow calm and slow
She wheels aboye,ths hill! -.a-.r- f..
The weary winds forget to blow,
And all the worh lies sill.
The v.y-wesa trsseiisss vita aelisht
Her rising onghiness zee,
Revealing all the paths and plains, p.
AID gliding every tree.
Ii glistens where the hunying stream
Its little ripping hsaves;
II falls upon the forest-shade,
And sparkles on the leaves.
So once in Judah's evening hills,
The heavenly Iustre spread;
The Gospel sounded from the blaze,
And shepherds gazed with dread.
And still that light upon the world
Its guiding splendOr throws,o
Bright in the opening hours Of life,
And brighter at its close.
The waning moon in time shall fail
To walk the midnight skies;
But God hath kindIed this bright light
With FIRE that never dies.
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A young man was lately arrested

A young man was lately arrested in
Pennsylvania, for horse stealing. he
confessed the crime, stating that he knew
of no other way to get rid Of a woman
who was constantly importuniug him to
marry her. May be he hasn't got rid Of
her yet. Perhaps she will steal a mare,
to get sent to the same prison he is in,
and insist on his marrying her there.
But probably the officers of the prison
will in that case assist him in keeping
her in order.-Louisville Journal.
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TRIP LIGHTLY OVER TROUBLE

Trip lightly over trouble,
Trip lightly over wrong;
We only make grief double,
By dwelling on it long.
Why clasp woes hand SO tishily'
Why sigh DER blossoms dead!
Why cling to forms unsightlyl
Why seek not joy instead1
Trip lightly over sorrow;
Though this day may be dark,
The sun may SHINE tomorrow,
And gaily sings the lark;
Fair hope has not departed,
Though roses may have fed.
Then never be dOwn-hearted,
But look for joy instead.
Trip lightly over sadness,
Stand not to rail at DOOM
We've pearls to string of glsdness,
On this side Of the tomb.
Whilst stars are nightly shining,
And Heaven is overhead,
Encourage not repining,
But look for Joy instead.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

The editor of the Washington Union
discusses the important question, whether
the insect tribe Of the politicians can be
demolished. If that poor political mos
quito happens to light upon our big toe.
we may show him that one of the tribe
can be demolished. -Prentiee
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

To DESTROY BUGs.-Mix half pint
of spirits Of turpentine, and half pint
Of the best rectiied spirits of wine in
strong bottle, and add in small pieces
about half an ounce of camphor, which
will dissolve in few minutes. Shake the
mixture well together; and, with sponge
or brush dipped in it, wet well the bed
AMI furniture where the vermin breed
This will infsllibly destroy both them and
their nits, though they swarm. The dust,
however, should be well brushed from the
bedstead and furniture, to prevent from
carelessness, any stain. If that precau-
ton is attended to, there will be no dam
ger of soiling the richest damask. On
On touching a live bug with the tip of q
pin put into the mixture, the insect is
instantly deprived of existence, and should
any bugs happen to appear after using the
mixture, it will only be from not wetting
the linen, &c, of the beds, foldings Of the
curtain nearthe rings or joints, or ho4es
in or about the bed or headboard, in which
places the vermin nestle and breed so
that those parts being well wetted with
more of the mixture, which dries ss fast
as it is used, and pouring it into the joints
and holes, where the sponge and brush
cannot reach, it will never fail to destroy
them. The smell of this mixture, though
powerful, is extremely wholesome and TO
many persons very agreeable. 1t exhaIes,
however, in two or three days. Only one
caution is necessary, but that Is impor-
tsnt. The mixture should be we'll shaken
when used. but never applied BY candle
light, lest the spirits, being attracted by
the fare of the candle. might cause aeon
aagration.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

A drop or two of honey well rubbed
on the hands while wet, after washing
with soap. prevents chapping. and re-
moves the roughness of the skin. 1t il
particularly pleasant for children's hands
and faces in cold weather.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

The Tribune says that Mr.. English''
land bride is not so large as that which
the Devil is reported to have offered in
vain, on a memorable occasion. True,
but it is not offered to beings half so in
corruptible.-Prentice.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

The True Southron publishes letter
from an intimate friend Of the late Gen.
Ouitman, who declares that the National
Hotel disease, which has cost thirty-one
persons their lives. and destroyed the
health of sixty or seventy more, was I'M
doubtedly the cause of his death, and that
the physicians who attended him, percei-
we'd the unmistakesble effects Of arsenic
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26
CBpitt 4oetrg,
SONG.
BY ALICE CAREY.

Low, sweet and low
Sing to the shore, Oh Sea!
And Softly, softly, west-wind' blow
NY lovers love to me;
Blow, and ell my heart with Oh'''
As full as it can be.
Light, low and light,
Let your whisper, ws't-Wind' De-
Ard,sll me whether be sleeps tonight
By the window nesre't me;
"a, ifhe loves me as love him.
I'll, there his bed will be.
Creep, west-wind, creep
Under the sheets, and see
Whether or not his arms in sleep
Are reaching out for me!
For if the love Of nv love is mineI
III, thus his arms viii be.
About his pillow fit,
And see if you viii see
A name in loves red letters writ
On his cheek, then fly to me:
ForI know, If 4 name is written there,
Whose name that name must be!
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

A Lecompton editor says that be ex-
poets nothing from us but Union whines
and sobs that might make brass monkey
laugh. We care very little whether his
brass-monkeyship laughs or cries.-LOu.
.loWTaol. -
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

A Lecompton editor says he would
rather have oranges shot by Capt. Travis
from a post or from a cabbage-head than
his own. Probably the impartial public
would have very little choice in the mat
ter. and see very little difference in the
cases Louisville Journal.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

An editor in Iowa has been fined 5000
for hugging pretty young girl in church.
argus.
Cheap enough We once Rugged a
girl in church, some ten years ago. and
the scrape has cost US = thousand year
ever Chicago american.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

If there shall be any more fights in the
Capitol, the United States viii soon get
to be talked of among civilized nations
as keeping disreputable house, or rather
two disreputable houses.-Prsntiee.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

The editor of the Princeton Statesman
says of Thomas Fl. Benton. "ke opposed
Lecompton-Gnd died." If those words
were inscribed on Col. Benton's tomb
stone, they would probably be a better
epitaph than ever the editor of the States.
man will Deserve Louisville Journal.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26
Thy steps follow with ny bosom bare
The Springfield organ of the Illinois

The Springfield organ Of the Illinois
Buchanan Democracy, raises the name
of Sidney Breese, of Bond. as a candidate
for United States Senator, to succeed
Douglas. Judge Rreese was formerly
Senator from that State, and this an
nouncement indicates that, with the Buc-
hananites, it is war to the death, and they
mean to slaughter Douglas if they can.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

1t seems to be subject of doubt among
the gHida&nes at Washington. whether
Mr.. Buchanan win die or resign. We
think be will do neither-which is deci-
dedlY worse than either Prentice.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26
COMMODORE WHIPPLE,
WHO FIRED THs FIRST GUN OF THE REVOLT

TON UPON THE OCEAN"
In the dark hour which "tried the souls
of men when all seemed lost, and the
very idea of an American triumph against
the power and prestige of Great Britain
was actually ridiculed and secuted over
the whole of Europe - Commodore
Whipple, standing upon the deck Of an
American vessel of war, applied the torch
to that cannon which first announced,
upon the mountain wave" the DEGREES
of the Continental Congress.
Few persons speak of Whipple now ;
long years have passed since he was laid
in the beautiful graveyard at Marietta ;
but there will ever be some to remember
him and the gallant bark which dared, in
the face of the whole British navy, to ride
the highest waves of the Atlantic, with
no other banner at her mast head than
that which had been bsptised in the blood
of Bunker Hill and Lexingten.--Cin,
ENQUIRER.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

To EXTRACT IsK FROM FLocRs.-Scour
the place with sand wet with spirits of
vitriol and water. When the ink is ex-
tracted. wash the floor with strong pearl
ash water. and put the vitriol labelled"
where children cannot have secelS to it.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

The Richmond South, the most raven
Gus and greedy Ofthe 6re-eaters, exclaims.
" what are we coming to % We think
it high time that all the fire-eaters were
asking themselves that prudent question.
I-L0sisvHe Journal.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

The German Turner's Of Cincinnati, it
is stated. formally resolved. at recent
meeting. that they would vote with the
Republicans.
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The Illinois Journal asks If we can
throw any light on kissing" We
don't care to. The thing is inst as wen
IN the dark.-Prenice.
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For half century. II is said. not 8
boat has passed Mt. Vernon. where lies
the iIIustrious dead. without tolling the
bell while passing the sacred shade.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

An English writer says that the Anne
rican ladies of the present day feel or af-
feet spirit of Independence. To which
Prentice says: We certainly have seen,
at fashionable parties. many lady, who.
we thought, might very appropriately re-
cite Smollett's fine lines to Independence: