Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-08-23

AN AWFUL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IdS
spring company of Pixies Peakers left Gray
vile, Illinois, tor the Kansas gold regions
While travelling through the Indian country or
their way out, one of the company, young mar
of desperate character, from the vicinity o.
GRANVILLE, named Haynes, declared bis determi-
nation to shoot the first Indian he met; and un'
happily, during the day they overlook on the
prairie defenceess squaw, when he, in mere
wicked wantonness, leveled his gun and shot hel
dead.
His companions were orror-stricken at the
blood-thirsty deed, but felt that they had nc
power to punish him. The tribe to which the
squaw belonged was not far distant when the
deed was perpetrsted. They discovered her
lifeless body, and saw at once the manner OF her
death. They pursued the party of Illinois
Pixies Peakers, and in few hours overlook
them and demanded to know who had commit
ted the murder.
The company of five or six Peakers found
themselves surrounded by nearly two hundred
enraged Indians, who threatened to immediate
the whole party if they did not point out and
give up the murderer. To save their own lives,
they gave up Haynes to their vengeance. he
was taken by the Indians to distance, while
his companions tarried on their route to see
what would De Ills late.
After while the Indians returned with their
victim literally tagged aliue. They had skinned
him from head to foot. The wretched being
was still alive when brought back to his com
panons, but in torments. He lived III agony
long enough to tell how be had been tortured
but was soon released by death from unspeaka-
BILE sufferings. ft4sss
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT By THE HoUsE.-The
Baltimore Clipper, contemplating the contingent
oy of an election of President by the House of
Representatives, says, there are thirty-three
States, of which seventeen is the smallest num-
Der which is a majority. The successful candi-
date in the House must, therefore, unite in his
support seventeen delegations. Twenty seven
States have already chosen their representatives,
and of these the Democrats have nine only,
while the Opposition count seventeen. Of the
six States in which Congressional elections are
yet to be held, there is no prospect whatever of
the Democratic party's carrying more than four,
which would give them only thirteen out of the
thirty three, and renders the election of Demo
orat impossible. Of the seventeen States claim
ed for the Opposition there are several, which,
under no circumstances can be induced to vote
for straight out Republican candidate. 1t will
thus be seen that in the happening of the con-
tiugency contemplated by Mr.. Wise, there will
either have to be formal coalition between the |
Democrats of the South and the ultra Repubi- !
cans of the North, or q conservative President
will be elected or else there will be no election.
At any rate such q contingency will give to the
country neither Locofoco nor Republican
President, but a conservative, national man or
none at all. This is one of the results of the
glorious efforts Of tho Opposition in the recent
Southern ELECTIONS. Let Maryland do her duty |
next fall and range herself Enthusiastically on the
side of conservatism, which we believe she will
do by the election of q majority of the Opposi-
ton members to Congress, and the country will
be saved from sectional administration at least
in this last emergency.