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the family of Davis from their home, with
out even means OF temporary support. lie
would pay Crosby fair price for his pro
perty, and forbear prosecuting him, on
condition of his instantly quitting the
country.
Crosby accepted the eolf6r The writings
Were made out on that day, and before
morning he and his family were on their
way to Texas
Why should spin out the narrative?-
Lucy and Charles were married, and tho
a splendid mansion soon rose upon the
flrm of Mr. Davis, both love far better the
little room where she had so anXiously
watched over the sick bed of the houseleSs
stranger. Mr.. Wilson was rich, but never
forgot those who were in want
Cheered by the kind and atieciionate at
tentions OF his children, Simeon Davis al
most seemed TO have renewed his exist
cnce.
He lived many years, and long enough
TO tell the bright-cved son of Charles and
Lucy the story of the forged deed. And
when he told the listening boy how his ia
ther, when poor and triendless, was taken
home and kindly treated, and in turn be
came their bcnciactor, he impressed upon
the mind of his grandchild that even a
cup Of cold water given from q good mo
tive shall not lose its reward
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YorxG gentlemen afflicted with the Pixies
Peak fever. viii be intore>tedin hetollow
lowing statement from a rclisble gentle
man in the new Eldorado, OF the manner
of gathering gold in the dicgincs A man
takes frame work oi heavy t.ms-.r, built
like stone-boat, the bottom OF which IS
compo- cd OF heavy iron rasps. The frame
work i, hoi-ted up 10 the top OF the feak,
and the man gets on and elides down me
side Of the mountain A. he goes swiftly
down the rasrS on the bottom ci the frame
work scrape Oft the gold in immense sha-
yinrs which curl up on to the machine,
and bv the time the man gets 10 the bot
tom. nearly ton Of gold Is following him.
This is the common manner OF .--ther:ng IT,
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Az Ohio politician was Boosting, in a
public speech, that he could bring an ar
gun ent to pint IS quick as any other
ln.-. "You can bring a qua to pnt =
20 deal quicker" replied Kentucky
edition ,ca r
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A COUNTRY editor speaks of recent
storm which "roared so loud that you
couldn't hear a dog bark" We suppose
that the bark of the dogs, like an occa-
sional bark off the coast, was lost in the
.2mtnd
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Az old sailor. ~ the theatre, said that he
supposed that dancing girls wore their
dresses mt half mast as q mark OF respect
70 departed modesty. .-
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GONE OF THEN T..EGs. The Cincinnati
C9n.m,rctoI states that . h::dwiFe nous IN
tha, city recently received the following
emphatic orde- from tins Atato:
S,nyanrcon Co. III. M-rch Is.
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Plumbing, Plumbing,

TIAyISG taken up my residence in Otta wa. am now
1 i prepared TO introduce Hot and Cold Water into
Public or Private buildings. will also 'urnifh and put
mn Water Closets. Bath Tubs, Hot and Cold Shower
E,,ls Marble Slabs ani Wash Basins Lift and Force
Pumps Lead Pipe and Sheet Lead, &c &c. Having
b.e eng ,r.d in the for the last Is in the
City York and Chicago am prepared to put up
Water Works with neatnrSs and despatch.
left with Vim. Reddck, ESQ., Will be punctuaiy
attended to.
Refer To wm Reddick, ESQ. Ottawa, and J mes Bell,
ESQ Chicago JAMES G. KENNEDY,
pln,,,her GI,H XnI,ttMIir E,,ntneHr.
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T,oh.-... 4 Cigar IEa..mf:s. ,"rx
1,TY.WA .ssEsriLs: YARD

r. lie undersigned having purchased The shop and stock
of GeweIl Finley where he intends to carry on the
business a extensive scale He has on hand ami
always Of the best quality Of American. lta
Egyptian Marble for Head Stcnes. Tomb Stones.
Monuments, Nantes. Furniture. &C. As he has some of
hes ia the country. he feels
.urct that he up anything in his line in SUPERB
style together with low prices he feels assured that
he will give au those who favor him with their support
entire satisfaction.
" Orders from distance earnestly solicited. and
" attended JAMES WILLS.
pt..yr Mar lSr6
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&C. CCCsiseEt -. VI. -.
.<n EIHGEDN-

ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN AND SlEItVN.
OTTAWA, Ills.
@p C. vould respecfIlIIy call t;e attention of those
suffering Chronic Diseases, particularly Scio-
fuIa White Swelling. Salt EheGm, EruI0ns "i t'e FACE
and skin ScaId Head Old Sores and all diseases arising
from impurities "f the blood r -,
Also Deforrtcs, Curvatures. and Diseases OF te
snn, DISTORTIONS of the Feet, Contracted Limbs, sun
Joints. &c -..:, -,
Cancer treated upon entirely new principle ana
with a success heretofore aneludlrd aPf
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Sangamcoh Co. IN H

Sras: S,,.G ;l7 one OF taem ID things
,;,.t ,n.!,. such = Iii ci . noise about q
hotel Weye opened . hotel -.ere last
week, and want 70 make as mucL no'so as
ANYBODY Send bill
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Al vr"r. committed 70 her will be attended TO
promptly.
>H. would also 70 the Ladies tha sHe tas Just re-
c.r.I -yn,, ptrY., ( Co Tuclafau, NichigsT, fgll
set Of heir celebrated Embroidery stamps ana T. pre-
pared 70 stamp Embroidery Patterns, eitheT on Cotton
Eiaur.'. o SlIL. in the b"s' manner
Different patterns Ter Skiris Chrmise BanHs cuL''
Collar. Misc. Pants &c &c all % which she viii keep
- - : > ~ cc9
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THE NEW YORK BAKERY!
l.N NfkEGyg a SsNrSs.>

s3!ii1 undersigned would rerifuiy u!orrn the inla
- hItan,s OF Ottawa and vicinity that t!.ry are now
prepared 10 furnish tie choices; variety Of Cr4c,-rs
such - Butter. soda, LUni Boston, Oyster Airru-tia
Water Biscuit- Also. Bread. C,s-. I;rowt. Bread
Pes. &c Nc., in good variety onf-ctio-ry Of the.
choicest stiecii";l. constantly on hand All kinds OF
Fancy and Wedding t,kc made 70 order.
The subscribers having spared pains evperse in
hitting mp wagon FOR the yrl.cGce and 4ccu!mob-
iln "i their customers and the pll!c generally ar now
a'e to furnish anything il their line JHo-, who lie
sire. ihCsr wishing tie New York Wagon dai y
viii please send t.er orders y Y. BAKERY or to
the Pos Ofce.
sg- Eemeulber the place. IN Ii"S~ack'- Block, next
door west OF the Meat Market, Nam Street send N,
your ord r., and iicy will receive prompt attention
j Il. 81 "
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PS.-A ftller mere says they call thani
concs in Terra Haute.
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GEO. W. PATTERSON, ia,
CHNiirL. On. U,lsL tIanf..n R.,nE

CugNISG. April 2}d. l>5,
IFrn JAHRs GRANT aud y. kENI.LL, Esq. D.venp. IT.
Io-a or GILMAN SMITH. Esq Rock Island. III Dear
f., Lds: You may plac. full confidence ia the bearer
Dir. 7. Gregg. a ;.sn an! rs physician We hav.
emp ,ed Him in family. and il le should locate in
your Unity el.,wheIe, our best wishes will attend
lin a family. C. : HUBBARD,
P m VIZ Of the firm oF N-n. b. .Si.rcJ,S IL 10
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NIIIIIN y l. X y.
MISS MINER
Hyv0V-TD inform the ladies o. OTTAWA ana W .iill'F
w rtar Size has now received her stock OF s"t'iNu
MILLINERY GOODS, all of which have betn selected
viii, r-a, care and she viii be happy TO have 'aes can
and exaIune tleui whether they wish to purchase or
- ,-.-.. ,, ,o,.
prices to merit hcr.,, share OF patronage. apii
NEW MEAT ,stssEkET
On t. corner of MFison amt CoiHD1i4s Streets, op-
;,osite the Pet 0tf,e LiocI
+. &. fIGssY
DEGs to announce his old friends that he ha,
4 opened "A new market on the above corner where
he viii b- happy hi- friends in style and at
prices uusuriised in the city With fresh salt and cut
Meats. Of IL descriptions, such as
Beef Steaks, Hams.
Pork Steaks, Corhed Meas,
Mutton Chops. S" Pork
I.oastS q ri kinds, Lard. &c 6c-
Embracing article usually found In No. Meat
Market No effort vii. be spared to make This the best
popular market il the city Can, examine Tor
yoursvIye- and give him a trisl. jan22
.i>tIiNGTON NEAT iRkEf.
La .SIUe ST. fsfO dO0is UM of tie heig-r House.
ES.s n NsaSz.ts
WILL. be pleased their rrnds aud sell them
W everything that he foand i'll well r-gulat ed
Yr.rt Market. at reasonable rates.
Cash paid for PORK and Beef. y ID f'hp,
o., NJ wHALEY.
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ECTI ERv

On N,dison- near COiUDLis Street Otfd,r1 Illinois,
A. DO rusinesSon strictly Cash basis have
ry facility for MrnuactuTiug enabled to sell a lo
any Other House in the West
AL kinds of Fancy and Wedding Cake kept constantly
on hand and made to order. Gd.cl- I " SA\FppJ,
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:s1aa CITY :slarket' SA
E.4t,<S Il Corner Of La SiH~ ana NR
II ~ N;dison xfS p"rfRs ~ TIE -~
.Ss--xS0 Court NouS> Ott,f'ra, N.-ty
JEREMIAH VssOA.
Till aboy. market having beer greatly enlarged
= and thoroughly repaired. il n"w oi'n and ready tor
the accommodation the public No Expense has been
spared in furniture and fixtures to indke II place wor
ty - our City and both pleasant We hope II VIII be
profitable. - visit W. propose keen hand, and 70
serve To onr customers il style of superior all
kinds of meats, such as
B@.r. in steaks, roasts dried corned. &c, Mutton,
ItH Hi'HS. Saunders, Pork, fresh and salt, Yankee
Sausagcs, &c, &c.
Also, all kinds oi game in its season.
Fresh Trout aud " hiie Fsl from the Lakes
In short. everything apprrtaining to we'll regulated
City Market.
At the proper stand will also he kent for the
sale of all kinds fresh vegetables supplied from the
best garden in the vicinity OF the City.
1ss NetG ciu deiireSed ia "pH part Of the Tify.
aI2G JEEEMIAH WOOD.
On and after January lst. 1855, Meat will be sold at
this Establishment exclusively for CASH.
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IdgStcifIn dDd >itfg8pn
Particular attention given to surgery. :,
Once in Gibson * Brothers new block, La St'e
Street one door south Of Hack Coles Furniture store
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SuC 'o'.snor .SOty1pr. ',nS NY-SS. I'J Prairie
RIA Ms .fu'rro7s,. Cgtirdtoys. H,,~e E.,i',s &c
In short. al! kinds OF heavy farmers Tools Their uri-
merry al new, perfect and prop -ii-t by abundant
n-vcrfailiIg power Farm. 20 cali
and examine their work, whether they wish I,-clase
or not. -fN tI~ty rr0yE l. trSrs1pt,H-
Orders from dsteilc- 4tt- nd
pieuents placed ard canal boats cars fr.. 81
tharc-. frb-.-tf T. M
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STONE EA EELS.

EINeA:l VI tn F'O .:lI q ,r.l M,
". (ltAlNEyss 4 Co..
At me rrsjfepr~ IT ". " " hmm. Fast Otfo,ro
Always or sale aiarge .up,'y perpetual Rose. md
other kinds Of Towering house plants wberry To-
mato R.barb Cabbage plants, &C., &C., in their sea.
On, and Vegetables Of sll kinds. juail
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Sash. neur and Riiud Factory.

N.TE take tis method to inform the public that we
W have purchased the Sash, Door and Blind Factory
of a F. CtqUr!iH and are prepared furnish any
tl5Hg ia our line uf business, such Sash. Doors
Binds Frames and Morldngs. Orders promptly filled
short uot'e
Having Il Lumh' r Yard in connection with -cto-
ry- think facilities Tor furnishing building mate
rjas Un-qIall- in this City and invite contract
Ur>, farmers. and all Others who anything
our line call and satisfy yourselves that sell
y"1 COOL article Just WHIST y"u want aud cheap Tor
cash. Tvrr viii be- found humber Oni--. Doors
Eui-. Sash glaze and ungItzed Glass, Oils, Paints
Nails.
Office Main Street. Ottawa. II.
STRAWN / POWELL
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c.rnou Dry10isr and 4 I,pfl@cdTU Rfth 81. Ct'd'c-
,WIoIFSA ALE AND EETAIL-)
Jnro-,.r of Drugs Chemicals, French Ccgniae Bran'
W: g. e. aug2S
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n. IL. BRJSTOI.
ARTHUR LOCKWOOD,

Justice 0f TIE I@Gc~
Nnce east side of Columbus ST. adjoining his resi-
senc-. nearly opposite the Post Ofre-
VIII thank his friends for all business pertaining
his Office and promises TO attend 10 all such vi u
prompTness.
Living adjoining his office he may always be found
. u hand. an
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pan sSd. SAa GGN.

sTtIE undersigned respectfully informs the pub
lie, and farmers in particular. that his Dining Sa
the Post Office Block.) is in nl opcration
wI.re cook and attentive walters he is
prepared meals all hours. Oysters in
.ryl. Fish Fowl ard Care in their seasons and sold
cheap. Farmers, bring your Poultry aud receive
vopr cash lacc 2.,l TliOS. HICKEY.
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EnIInI llAKiSIN.
N. KTEUSSL.

OFFICE in the second story Of Shulers onihihe' near
the Bark nf Ottawa. Residence, East Man s'Ts.' %
NJ Fox River.
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e.. 90. EVf,f-|-.

g.. 90. r-setss-'--
Justice or fie PCFce-ftr''iir", H.
orTrc directly Opposite the NTn~i"n n"us'Snuth
Of Main Street 2d floor VIII attend 70 al business
pertaining TO t,e Office. Conveyaucinc done &c &c
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ISASC w. AYRES

Stone Gutter ami Stone .NrsOn-Otia,r1, III.
All kinds of Stone Cutting and Stone wing the
Celebrated Joliet Stone. done on sh.rt notice.
Yard, the Gas Works. iuI24-tf
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RO;ERr WI. >OS

Il ! J: . q VI . - ~
r,:- Themselves together Tor the prc'i'e
o. their profession. respectfully tender teir -
ts- citizens Of Ottawa and vjCiuity
B-AH persons indebted TO eth"r of ihe hhder-
signed are requested to call Immediately and arrange
one over TIurte-'s Drug Store. Ia s''le St
HARD VI n.
;,-,, r. NJ MCiRTIIU z, NJ D.
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Err. SNs-s. CEE q
Or. J.C. IssTEEEWAs,

German PHuSician-.H .Hdin !Sfre't. o'tTtrn H.
oace-up -tairs, door west Of Bans Q! ot-al
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+. ID. SVyEE rSEK,
Sickle & File Manufacture

N made Ia order USf SIchl.3 cut AMI reJdis.-
ed Orders from Reaper Manufacturers solicited Ms
pledge myself to do work which for quality and price
shall defy competition. tB AL Is WA
RASTEp.
C,Ah paid for old Files. Old Files re-cut and uar.
rdDt<d.
Bells Min. opposite the Ottawa House, Ottawa, La
Sale Co., Illinois. oc3-tf
Randolph County journal., 1859-10-27

centrated thought in their business.
yet it is difficult tor us to see the ne
cessity Of detailing the advantages to
grow out of the exercise of all our pow
ers to promote honorable enterprise.
The bailiffs employed by the Roman
agrlculturists TO oversee the farm and
its cultivation were not altogether
uneducated men. and yet il was a sub
ject frequently discussed by Roman
writers. whether it were not better that
baililf should be illiterste. than that
he should possess the little knowledge
which is "a dangerous thing There
was danger that be might employ his
knowledge TO make false entries in his
books or records. and thus deceive and
defraud his employer. The heart needs
employment. Its modifying influence
is essential. 1t is the balance W heel
of the mind. 1t has too little to DO in
our intercourse with our fellows. We
are the greatest sufferers by it. We
know too little the reward which is
immediate upon It's exercise. Our ma
terisl notions leave out the idea of
high moral obligation. We forget it
is dishonorable to refuse to fulfill
verbal contract as q written one--that
the obligation in the one case is just
as imperative and binding as in the
other. We need to employ the heart.
and the result will be better employ
ment OF both hands and head.
Randolph County journal., 1859-10-27

The Washington correspondent of
Col. Forney's Press, Democratic pa
per, in q letter in the last number of
that paper. says:
have repeatedly called your at
tention to the purpose OF certain of the
leading Southern politicians OH the
subject of reviving the inhuman traffic
in slaves. The ground they now
take is stated in an article copied
into the organ of Jefferson Davis, the
Mississippian, from an Arkansas pa.
per few days ago. 1t is as follows:
Slaves, then, being recognized as
property. and the right to buy and
sell them being Incidental to the right
to own and use them, i. becomes very
questionable. indeed, whether or not
Congress has. in truth. the constitu-
tutional right to prohibit their impor-
tstion at all. At all events, whether
it has discretionary power under the
Constitution to prohibit or not, it
certainly has not the constitutional
right to declare as piracy trade which
for twenty years. was sanctioned and
protected by positive provision Of
the Constitution, and all laws declar-
ing it such should be wiped off the
statute books as unjust to the Trainers
of the Constitution, and highly der6g-
atory to the people of the slaveholding
States.
We shall advocate, then. as a mea-
sure of right and justice to the South,
that all those laws that affix the stigs
ma of piracy upon the traffic in that
kind Of property which constitutes the
great bulk of her personal wealth,
should be repealed. We want to see
the odium and scandal which these un-
Justly discriminating laws reflect up
on the institutions Of the South
removed; we want to see our prop
erty placed upon an equally hon
orable and respectable footing (at least
so far as the action Of Congress is con-
cerned as the property OF the North,
or any other section of the Union.-
We want to see the trade in negroes
regulated like the trade in other species
of northumberland by the sickly SEN
timentsliIies Of pharisaical Abolition
ism, but by wise and prudent consid.
erations of sound policy and expedi-
ency. This is asking no more than a
just and reasonable right. and the
South will never rest contented until
it is granted. We ask nothing but
what is right. and will not submit to
ANYTHING wrong.
Randolph County journal., 1859-10-27
A Scene at the 81. Louis Fair

The St. Louis correspondent of the
Chicago Press furnishes the following:
The most exciting incident of the
Fair was the grand run away. turn
over. and smash-up among the fast
men who were showing off their
horses and sulkies in the ring Thurs
day afternoon. About twenty five
horses and sulkies were flying round
the ring. in the presencs of ten or
twelve thousand persons, when one
driver ran into the gig of another
one. which frightened his horse. The
horse bounded off at full speed. strik-
ing several other horses and sulkies.
and starting them off likewise
Within minute the panic and run
away feeling were communicated to
almost every horse in the ring. Gigs
were smashed to splinters; drivers
were hurled headlong from their seats
to the ground and run over; some Of
them held on to the reins, and were
dragged along; one or two got caught
with their feet in the wheels and were
hurled about in frightful manner.
Some of the horses attempted TO jump
over the railing among the frightened
spectators. Others plunged madly
for the entrance and exit places. and
dashed their vehicles to pieces against
the sides Of the passage way.
just picture to your mind score of
high mettled horses, attached to car
riages. all running promiscuously on
the space of an acre crashing against
each other. olling over and springing
up, plunging, kicking and squealiEg,
around and across the area. in pell-
nell terror and confusion, with por-
tions of broken gigs following their
drivers rolling or dragging in the
dirt among the debris of sulkies and
hoofs of the frightened horses; add to
this the rush of hundred hardy men
into the ring. trying to stop the horses.
many OF whom getting instantly kick
ell down and run over. .ana the shouts of
ten thousand men and the screams of
five thousand women. and you can
form some kind of an idea of how the
scene looked to the spectator. In
five minutes it was all over. and horses
men and gigs had cleared the ring.
Strange to tell. no one was killed.
though several received severe con-
tnsions. and few escaped without
bloody faces or soilcd and torn gar
ments. The whole accident strongly
reminded one of the descriptions given
of the old Roman gladiatorial:: contests
with wild animals, witnessed in the
great Coliseum of Rome. The last
exhibition of horsemanship was not
down in the bills. and the crowd ad-
journed for their homes and stopping
places. after witnessing this ring per-
formancc.
Randolph County journal., 1859-10-27

NJ. Pouchet finds that tine dust
floating in the air contains the detritus
OF the mineral continents Of the
globe. atoms of animals and plants.
and the finest debris OF all the materials
we make use Of. But one item Re
especially points out.viz.: wheat starch
which is invariably found in dust.
whether old or recent. Surprised at
the quantity OF it present among the
erisl corpuscles. NJ. Pouchet investi.
gated the dust of all ages and of every
locality; and everywhere he found this
wheat starch present. Il have found
the starch" be says. "in the mos, in
accessible corners OF old Gothic church
es, mixed with dust blackened by six
or eight centuries of existence; have
found it in the palaces and cans of the
Thebiad. where it may have dated
from the time OF the Pharaohs: / have
found it in the tympAnic cavity of the
ear OF a mumi6ed dog. which l had
found in q subterranean temple Of
Upper Egypt. In all countries. in =
word. where wheat forms the staple
Of food. starch always penesrates into
the dust, and is met with In greater
or less quantities. Medical Times.
Randolph County journal., 1859-10-27
Property Grows Rebeilious and H.
Punished.

One day last week. five pieces of liv-
ing, moving. self-acting merchandise.
owned by some Missouri farmers re-
siding in Missouri. some forty or fifty
miles from Chester, having forgotten
If indeed they had ever learned
the wise and wholesome precepts
taught in the Dred Scott decision.
threw off the yoke OF bondage, and
started freedomw Ward ola Illinois. AL
though closely pursued by a large
band OF human blood-hounds, four OF
them managed to get across the
Mississippi river. in Randolph county
Their pursuers, being mounted, had
managed to get ahead of them. and
intercepted and surrounded them while
crossing the covered Plank Road
Bridge. over Mary river. about five
miles from Chester. IN the midst of a
violent storm, last Sunday evening.
Still laboTing under the hsllucination
that they had rights which white men
were under obligations to respect, the
negroes charged-wi,h their fists, the
only weapons they hsd-upon that
portion of the prusuing army that was
stationed at the east end of the bridge.
and. breaking their way through. ran
for life. liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness, under the mistake of 'all
men" alluded to in the Declaration OF
Independence. The negro drivers fired
a volley at them as they ran: one Of
them fell badly wounded. but the other
three continued their flight and es-
caped.
The wounded chattle was carried
back to Chester. where i, was ascer-
tanned that about tro hundred skos
had entered his body. He fingered
along until Thursday morning when
he died. twas afterwards ascertained
that two Of those who escaped were
severely though not fatally wounded.
Il Alton Courier.