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DETECTING A SPY.-A clever device of
Piedrontese Colonel. who was presiding
over Court Martial at Turin, is related:
A man was tried on q charge of being an
Austrian spy, but he vehemently maintain
ed that he was Milanese' trader. He.
however, could not produce any documents
to prove his allegation, and could not salts
factorily explain why he was in Piedmont.
i" Prisoner, said the Colonel, all at once.
come closer to mel do not hear weH.''
The man advanced. Ah," said the Col
onel. " see that you step with the left foot
forward, with your arms close to your sides,
and the little finger on the seam of the trou-
sers- You are soldieh!" The man, great
ly confused, could no longer deny that he
was both soldier and spy.
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DRINTS. Nfs
I 5000 Prs.-unusually handsome styles, en-
tirely new to this trade-ffom the most celebrated
American and English factories, just opened and
Offering low.
July s. 1850 J HENRY, WILLIAMS l. co.
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@ Blondin walked backwards across
the Niagara river, on his own private road,
on the 18th nit. and came hack again trund
ling q wheelbarrow on the same narrow
path. About 1000 people witnessed these
ieats-the first Of which was performed in
fifteen minutes. He sat down and also lay
down several times on the way. When in
the centre of the rope he held ont his hat
until the captain of the steamer Maid ofthe
Mist used it as . rifle target, but whether it
was hit or not, no one knows. The wheel
barrow feat was done in ten minutes. It
seemed from the great caution of the per-
former, that the chances of any passenger
In the wheel-barrow would be ducking and
drowning. The barrow did not weigh
more than twenty pounds.
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Bankrupt Fortunes mended Here
Come to see me-"
CRAWFORD HOUSE.

''EACUSE me if you please for again calling
your attention to the Old Craw ford House, where
You can always find plenty of good cheer and get
Your money back in abundance of good things
:. All sublimary things are subject TO change, yet
Stand, ready and willing to dispense a little sun
shine to gathering crowd an individual visitor.
Connoisseurs of the good in liquids are invited to
an inspection Of my choice stock of
FOREIGN VINES d. LIQUORS,
of the best vintages just received from the cellars
of the best importers in New York and Philade-
phia, and to mNslarge stock of
Domestic Liquors, Woes d. Cordials,
from the best distilleries in the United States all
Of which am anxious to dispose of at living prof
lts, IN any quantities to suit purchasers, either to
comfort the inner man or for medicinal use. am
also in receipt of q fresh stock of
.Spiced, Picked and Fresh Core Clusters,
IN and BIB cans. Picked and Fresh
Clans, IN and 2fb cans. Lob
sters, in l and 2fb cans
.Sardines, Strawberries, Tomatoes. Fresh
Fruits (in glass,) dc. dc.
selected with an eye to the wants of this communi
ty and the trade generally.
MY "BAR'' will be supplied with choice
Liquors aud. .ins, sAle, Porter. and every thing
drinkatle, with competent and attentive walters to
mix any aud all fancy drinks, that may or can be
called for. Come one and aIl-old and young
musty old poets and philosophers--parched and
thirsty members of the bar, church, army and the
great world round about, leave your customs and
your business and occasionally pop in and give us
your hand, with the dimes in the palm, to ...Sake
up" and make thihgs lively, and no matter,
From what point blows the weather -
Well have a jolly time together.
July 13, 1859. BILL POWELL.
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@ How many men are victims of miss
placed confidence.
The Van Buren press., 1859-08-10

CANDY.
~ 200 boxes. consisting of assorted Stick and
Drops, Red and White Rock Candy, assorted Gun
Drops, in store and for sale by
July 6, SO JNO. HENRY, WILLIAMS CO.
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DLACKSMITIf'S TOOLS. -e -
ID q" Peckis Bellows, % to 36 inch.
l5 Armitage, Mouse Hole Anvils. si9t
10 Wrights Mouse Hole Anvils, all sizes.
go Solid Box vices. s4 aa, ek
25 Stock and Dies. 25 Tongs
1000 Sledge and Hand Hammers
in store to which invite the attention of all
Blacksmth's and Farmers.
July 6, SO -JNO. HENRY WILLIAMS d co.
ltAsTINGs.
~ 10000 fb Hollow-ware, consisting of Eng
lsh Pots Camp kettles skillets, ovens, bakers and
wash kettles for sale by
CARPENTER,s TOOLS.
" Match and Sash Planes: assorted,
Tongue and Groove +"
Plane Irons, double and single.
Jack and smoothing planes double and single
g Also Drawing -knifes, hand saws,
Iron, Steel and Box wood squares, Z
Bench Screws,
Mortice, Socket and framers Chisrels,
Augurs, assorted, all sizes,
Lathing and Shingling Hstehets,
Adzes, Broad axes and Hand axes assorted.
TO which we would invite the attention Of all me-
ehanics wanting good tools
CUNDRIEs.
y 50 dozen Hostetter's Bitters 25 dozen Stom-
ach Bitters, so dozen John Bulls Sarsaparilla, IS
dozen McLane's strengthening Cordial, GO dozen
Woodmans extract ginger, dozen Port Wine,
July 6. 59 JNO HENRY, WILLIAMS 4 co.
ID AIsINs.
II 100 packages, in quantities. half and whole
boxes. in store and for sale by
July 6, 50 JN0. HENRY, WILLIAMS 4 co.
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STATEMENT
STATEMENT
OF THE CONDITION OF
The Hartford Fire Insurance Company.
JANUARY l, 185!

JANUARY /, 1859.
CAPITAL.
The amt of Capital Stock is S500,0OO
The amt Of Cap Stk p'd upis 100000
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The TURKs.-Mr. Brooks, of the New
York ELpress. continued his tour from Je-
rusak m to Jaffa; thence to Cairo and from
there 20 Alexandra OF Jaffa, be says:
1T was the port whence Jonah erbark-
ed for Tarshish. when he was thrown over
board and swallowed by whale. Here,
too, Peter, the Apostle, raised Tabitha from
the dead, and tarried, many days in the
house of Simon, the tanner And it was
here that while praying on the house-top,
he saw that strange vision of clean and un-
clean beasts. and creeping things, and heard
the voice saying. rise, Peter, kill and eat.
During the Roman war it was burnt, and
5000 cf its inhabitants killed. Napoleon
entered it with a French army. in 1899, and
carried the city by storm. And here was
the place, if English history be correct,
where Napoleon massacred 1000 Mama
lukes, principally Albanians, who had sur
rendered to Eugene Beauharnais and Gro
sier his aides-de-eanep and here, too, the
place where Napoleon poisoned his plague
stricken invalids to the number of four or
five hundred. The place has history, as
you see, but the quicker you get out of it,
when you are in, the happier you will be. -
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Cas- = MorHEn Fonarr .-l.an . mo.;s

Can A MoTBEE FoRaET ?rCan = moth
iorget Not . morning, noon or night
but she looizs.in into the corner of the kitch-
en- where you read Robinson Crusoe. and
thinks of you We. as > boy. Mothers rarely
hecome conscious that their children outerow
their childhood. They think of them,
advise them, write to them, as if not full
iourteen years of age. They cannot forget
the child. Three times DAY she thinks
who are absent from the table, and hopes
next year, at the farthest, she NAV have
:" just her own family there - and if You
are there. look oui tor the fat limb of q fried
chicken, and that coffee which none but eve
rybodys own mother can make. Did Han
nah forget Samuel? A short sentence full
ef household history, and running over
with genuine mothers love, is tellingly
beautiful Moreover, his mother made him
a little coat, and brought it to him from
year to year. when she came up with her
husband to the yearly sacrifice"
n mother, mourning at the first born's
grave, closing the dying eye of child after
child, displays grief whose very sacred
ness is sublime. But bitterer, heavier than
the death-stroke is the desperation of a son
who rushes over q crushed heart into vices
which he would hide from the abandoned
and vile.
Napoleon once asked lady what France
needed for the education of her youth and
short. profound reply was, =" MOTHERS %
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1000 Sledge and Hand Hammers,
in store to which we invite the attention of al
Blacksmith e and Farmers
July 6, SO JNO. HENRY WILLIAMS d co.
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Z c. SOUTHMAYD,
Agent for Van Bureu and vicinity.
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Leave Shatfanoogas al 2:S0 A. NJ and 2:30 "
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lie n sSee and Georgia Railroad al Chattanooga,
connecting link ia the y,rgnis route, I.ynchbu.g
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Transportation.
TINE FROM NASHVILLE TO LOUIS
VILE SIXTEEN HOURS!

ON ard af'er WEDNESDAY, August the 10th inst,
~ 1889, Trims sill fellows:
l. ave Nashvi le, 4:10 II. and 400 p NJ.
Arrive at Bo ling Green, 80 Z" and 900 a.
Connect bv Mail Coaches with train at Ritter's, Tor
LOUISVILLE.
Leave Ritter's, $50 P. NJ, ami 500 4 N.
Arrive &C Louisville, g.: and 1000 .'
Leave louisville, $50 A. NJ, and 90 p. NJ
Arrive at Ritters, 11:I0 a. and 900
Connect by Mai Coaches with Trains at Bowling
Green for Nashville.
Leave Bowling Green 6:oP- NJ, 500 A. VI.
Arrive At Nashville 1890 4" 1000 90
BY this arranr en,ent a closs connection is ide
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ruutcs-r rtsI
Connect also with mail ches at 6 llIatin for
Hartsviile and Garth Ige
Wearing APPAREL iione constitutes baggage, II which
each person will be allowed eighty pou Ids fre of
charge ibOvet & light, sbiect t. extra ch .rge,
payable tot Con iuctOr All 9TH arIiclss carried
in 8tgg ge Cars Will De chiIg.i xprcss freight
which IN ist oe izas 20 Agent
PasSeng taking in the cars, Eigehelf \, Gal
lat and b 'wius Greel, witho 1t purchasing tickets,
Mil be charged t=n cents extra.
ROBERT Macleod,
Aug .6-BvGC-t superintendent.
New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-22

tieir poesession private heok keF. BY J3hp G. Bres
lin, which elbows for what purposes about 100000 OF
tie people money was used, and the names Of the
parties that used il. II viii prove book Of doom
when opered to the public
-Tke Washington States rays that il has received
au,heutc inforrstion that the Spanish Government
will reli our advances for the p1rcbsss Of Css, with
scorn ard irdieustion. TIE Ministry have declared
a. ipexorsbe resolution - this effect. sn3 they sre
sustained By the unsnio vote OF tue pop lar repre-
sentdtives.
Mr.. wirsns has Introduced into the Ohio Senste e
b repeating the ten per cent lsF, and giving parties
the right to agree upon say rat Of interest they please
the rate where 10 agreement is made to be si1 per
cent
TIE IVdsii-gton Star Of last evening says: We
"htve every reason to 5elieye that the President
to-day sent to the Senate the nins,on OF Judg,
"Ssmu, r. Black formerly Of Pittsburg, Pa, to the
eoveInorship Of Nebraska"
"A gentleman Was referring, in presence Of Thsa.
stevens to the possibility OF Mr. Buchansns turning
against the South for the purpose of retrieving his lost
fortune in Pennsylvania ard asked Mr.. Stevens wna.
be thought would be the result. Mr. Stevens replied
that there woad be 10 trouble abont that the South
could reel. aim him any time under the Fugitive Slave
la~l The inquirer Sc, med perfectly satisfied.
There is, one would think, preconcerted attach
upon the Presidents Message in the French pspers.
Ii does find single defender. The s..eLton paid
to it is unusual, &nd sig gnificant.
We have been requested 10 stste that The Free
m0xs Journal, from which We copied q statement
about the wastefn expenditure. by Secretary Tucker
in Publishing the State Canvass, was lot The Free
mans Journal OF this city, the Roman Catholic organ
-Speskipg OF the Cuba scheme, the correspond
ent Of The hladpsiah0rh american tcuthfnlly ssys
at very well understood political circles ths. this Cuba
question be Issue bep hs De
10 the ming Consssons elections the South They do
expect acquire nsy. Of the ss1s S0u.hern
ard tcipanz corresponding excitement the North,
from propositions they hldt sno.t resdy
a cted that n the Democracy 20 stand alone upon the policy
of this Administration with al the viu waste that
prscced AMI the public debt that has teen
lated Il serious culties ard divisions. This
evident. notwithstanding the whole policy of tboie IN
has been directed the concstOn Of tnst secton Hence
they issue and hence Il IL that Cuba 10 pated
Senate sud in the House by the Democratic leaders and
with fol kuoVedge that hs scheme is wholly
ucsble. That is tie milk the cocosuut and nothing else
When 1t WAS sske3, at the close Of the last
sion if Mr. Douglas should return TO the fold how he
would be received, Mr. TOombs answered, in his dog
matte say that he A" must come IN as a private, and
" take his place 10 the ranks" When it Is remem
bsred that they took off his eps1e.tes, Il tee opening
Of the ,ession by deposipg hm from the chsiImsnhp
of Territories, the decla alton Of the Senator from
Georgia would seem 10 have been spoken by one hav-
ing authority.
New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-22
OLD BROWNS PARALLELS.
Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune.

TRADING Posi-, Kansas, jan, 1859.
Tie editor Of THE n. Y. TRIBUNE will greatly
oblge humble friend By allowing the Of his
columns while briefly state two parallels, in M poor
way.
Not year ago. eleven quiet citizens Of this neigh
borbood, viz: VIM. Cslfsetzer VIM. Robertson,
Amos Hail. Austin Hall, John Campbell, Asa Snyder
ThOmss Stlwell, William Hsirgrove, Asa Hairgrove
Patrick Ross and b. L. Reed, we're gathered up from
their work and their homes by armed force under
one Hamilton, and, without trial opportunity to
speak in their own defense, formed into line,
snd all but one shot-fve killed and FIVE wounded.
One fell unbarmec, pretending to be dead All were
hf for dead The only crime charged against them
was that Of being Ffee-Stste men. Now, inquire,
what action h.s ever, since the occurrence In May
last been taken by either the President Of the United
States, the Governor OF Mssouri, the Governor of
Kansas, aDy of tteir toOs, by any Pro-Slavery
Administration man, TO ferret out and punish the
perpetrators ofthis ciimel
Now f,r the other parallel On Sunday, the 10Th Of
December, negro man nsmed jim, came over 10 the
Osage settlement, from Missouri and stated nat he
together with his wife, two children and other
gro man, were to be sold within day or two, and
begged for help to get away. On Monday, the follow
ing night two email companies made up 10 go to
Missouri, ard forciby lbeIste the five slaves together
1csM oher s0Ues. One OF these companies assumed
10 direct. We proceeded 10 the place, surrounded the
buildings, liberated the slaves ana also took certain
property supposed to belong to the estate. We how
ever learned before Leaving, that portion of the ar
ticles We bad taken belonged to man living on the
plantation tenant, ant who supposed To have
no interest in the estate. We promptly returned 10
him all re lad taken. We then went to another plan
tatiop, where freed five more slaves, took some
property, and two white men. We moved slowy
away into the Territory, for distance, and then
sent the white back telling them to follow us
they chose to do 30. The other company freed
enc female slave, took some property, and, as am
informed, killed one white man the master, who
fought against the liberation.
Now fCr a comparison. Eleven persons are forcibly
restored 10 their natural and iDaliepsbe rghts,
Fith but man killed, and all Hell is stirred from
beneath. II is currently reported that the Governor
of Nj, soun has m,de requisiton upon the Gov
truor Of Kansas for the delivery Of ali such
concerned 10 the astnamed " DIRE sdful outrage" The
Marshal Of Kansas is said to be collecting posse Of
Missouri not Ksnsas men at West Point in Missouri,
little town shout ten niIea distant to enforce the
laus." All Pro Slavery, conservative Free State,
and doue,,'e FACE men, and Aimnist!stion tools,
filed with holy b"fror'
Consider tie ted cases, and the action Of the Ad-
mnistrstion perty.
Respectfully yours, JOHN BROWN
New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-22

cl.r.,v Characters Of the border. " w,s at this
Mace tbatthe .cheme Of the murder va. originated,
and the preparations made for caryiDg il into er-
ecution. jackson took part ID the proceed Dgs Of
this council. though nlat par. 10 not known. After
the massacre, the murdere.r returned to Jsckson's
and partcOk Of a free supper, over which they
boasted Of the hellish deed. Since that, too, many
of those murderers nave made the house and store
of Jackson place OF refuge and frequent resort.
While HsmiltoaS eleven victims were awaiting
fhcr execution il will be remembered that Hamll-
ten with few rSen, attempted to capture black
smith named Snyder, in bis shop, near by, for the
purpose of numbering him slso. Snyder msde
desperate resistance, and although EOunded IN the
fight, succeeded in repulsing the murderers Both on
his own account well as f0r his murdered neigh
bOrs and friends, Snyder hts always harbored
spirit of revenge toward Hamilton and his friends.
1t has long been known here that this spirit must
sometime burst forth.
Ii bas lately been rumored that the notorious
BrOcket and some Others Of HamiltOn's men were
harbOrirg at Jackson's shore, and preparing for
another murderOus RAID into the Territory. Last
Thursday night, Snyder, at the head OF some
twenty or thirty men, made an attempt 10 capture
them. He surrounded the store and summoned
the Inmates To surrender. They were answered
by . volley Of five or six guns from within. Con-
siderable firing on both sides ensued, during
which two Of Snyaers men were wounded,
but neither mOrtalIy, l believe. As c lsst
resort the store was set on fire. The
dwelling -house attached to, or near, the store took
fire, also, and the women were soon compelled to
leave and were allowed TO do so without Interrupt
ton. Soon after this, false alarm was given, and
Snyder called off his men to prepare for an ex-
pected attack ODe Of the hindermOst of the men
saw two men leave the house and escape after the
guard was withdrawn; one of these was supposed
to have been jackson, and the other Brocket. 1t
is probable that three or four others had either
been killed by the firing or were sufiOcated and
afterwsrd burnt to death in the store.
West Point, an old outftting post for the MissOu-
rans, is guarded nightly against the Free State
men. The citizens are in hourly dread of its being
burned. The Free@Gtate men have no intentions of
the kind yet they enjoy the terrors of the MIsso1
rans and will give no guarantees that might lessen
it, so many Of then have suffered. X.
New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-22
PIXIES PEAK NO GREAT THINGS.
Couesponeence OF The N. Y. Tribune.

Couesponeence Of The N. Y. Tribune.
ApRIES, Mich, Jan. Is, 1859.
see the papers teeming with fabulous &C.
counts Of the richness of The South Platte or Pixies
Peak gold mines. Now whe2 say that this is the
greatest humbug of the day, / speak sdVsedly. i
have made two successful trips TO California; fret
crossed the Plains in lSl9, and worked the mines
1early two years and returned 70 my home in
Cleveland Ohio. returned again in 1852, and worked
nearly two years more in the mines. So think sfn
qualified 10 juoge, from thorough prospecting, wha;
man can make per DO; in the mines, Last SeptenN or
in compa'v w,n seven others, started Tor ne gold
mrh' al south Platte. There were aHo two other
California miners--J. d. Sprague and James Fry-in
We prosoe cted the Platte, Cherry Creek, Plumb
Creek and many other small streams. We found Goli;
but the bare color was the fiut of most OF our wash
irp. We have found much as two cents II the pan
Of cirt; but such places were few ard far betwe 70
ard ct DO place could we make dozen pans oi drt
average enc cent per psn i al very fine, CT WASH
gold II is estimated by many that there Will be ~ OVo
EN- grants TO the gold digg nelt Spring. and JUG
irg from what have seen on my Say down sad oa
tho frontiers, think will be large, unless he truth
is fairly stated. The border have a great in-
tersst in pubshog hatteripg accounts
Every one who goes to the diggiugs with the ex-
pectstion Of making money by digging gold is des-
tiued TO great disappointment. There are those on
d borders VITO preparing 10 Il. ont the dlpes
Of their fattsriDg accounts, that will make great
smount Of noIey; and they alone will BE- gresty beue-
fitted by this stuperious hnmbug. write this, hoping
il may save some from the disappointment which they
must ultimately feel if they expect TO find new f.
Dorado at Pixies Peek.
Z C HOPE Of whi.efo.d Ohio.
New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-22
POLITICAL.

The recon msnda,ioL of Gov. Morrill, Of Maine
that the Legislature of that State should meet but
once in two yesrs-sppears to NEE. with favor among
The people.
Judge Mclean of the United States Supreme
Court was s'armingly i'll few weeks since. The
Hon. II. b. Payne, Ex-Governor OF Ohio, hurried to
dire with the President, and pushed for the
Supreme Bench 10 Of vacancy from the death of
the Judge. The Cincinnati Commercial says that the
return of Judge Mclean to Washington snd his occu-
psncy of bis seat greatly grevsd the e1pe ar gentle
mar. Mr.. Payne is proper person out Of which TO
manufacture partisan Jadge Of the Snpreme Court.
The Indians State Senate have voted 10 ,epair to
the Hall Of the House Of Representatives or the 18th
inst. TO receive ard hear petitions from women Of the
State praying for legislation in their behalf.
The OliO State Journol says that the Invest-
estrg Committee on the Treasury defacation have In