The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-20
A THRILLING NARRATIVE.

| The story of the horrible treatment inflicted in
Parker county, Texas, by band of savages, on the
person Of the Inflated Mrs. Sherman, has already
been told; but the following narrative of her suf
ierings, from the pen of her sister, Mrs. S. P. Mar
tin, Is narrowing. 1t written to the brother of
both sisters, who resides in Fayetteville, Fayette
county, Texas. The letter is dated Parker county,
! Dec. II, 1860:
ny Dear Brotler-The Indians have again come
down upon us, numbering our dear sister Martha
A. Sherman. Her fate and suffernrs are too hor-
rid to relate-a thought of the affair sinks my soul
into despair, and you that these lines are near
ly obliterated By tears To sicken and die by the
ordinary circumstances of Providence, is but mod
crate sulfering-but to suffer the thousand deaths
OF dying one at the hands of the pitiess savage
mets the heart to contemplate.
The indians went to Mr.. Sherman's house, shook
hands with all, and asked for something to eat. 1t
was dinner time, and they gave the Indians the
table They ate, and then ordered Mr.. 8. to leave
the house. He did so, taking with him his wife
and three little children They had got off some
i've or six hundred yards, when the Indians over
took them; sister was carried back to the house by
them, alone, leaving Mr.. S. and the children The
heartess wretches here began their brutal outrages,
whipping her all the way to the house, over the
face and head, with their whips. After reaching
the house, they took from it every article of value,
even to the bed-clothng; then took poor sister by
the hair OF the head, one of the brutes on either
side of her dragging her along, still beating and
and tortured her in every possible manner; finally
took oil her clothing, continuing to whip her, till,
nature exhausted, she sank under the burden of re-
lentless cruelty They then scalped her, taking of
every strand of her dear hair, leaving the skull
bone bare. And then, to cap the climax, they shot
her through the shoulder, leaving her, as they
Here she was found by her husband. trying to drag
her almost lieless body to a mud-h0e of water
near by. In this manged state she lived four days,
suffering more than language can describe.
nra nt hat ma he
moments. Notwithstanding the severity of her
treatment, she sensible of everything that
passed. Ny dear brother, can you stand this, and
not resent the wrongs perpetrated upon your own
sister? Can you see those three little children,
and not pursue their mothers murderers? ? Can
you see her scalp in the hands of those savage
brutes, and not rescue it, though it cost you your
life? Can you ever sleep while remembering her
cries with uplifted hands, invoking the Father of
mercies to spare her life she was struck down
by the club of the black-hearted wolves No!
never! never
The brother to whom this letter was written, is
now ithe Galveston Ne,rs uuderstands) the
frontier, determined to avenge his unfortunate
sisters wrong and death.
REVENUE AND TAXATION OF ExdLAND.-The whole
net revenue of England for the year ending De-
cember 81, 1850, amounted to f7l967, ,495-about
equal, in round numbers, to S360,000,000. This is
but the net amount The cost of collection, est-
mated at average of S per cent, would make
the gross amount of English taxation e77, 700 O00
or S3SS, 500, ,000 to be paid by population smaller
than our own, and the majority OF them much
poorer. This vast amount is raised thus: Customs,
G23 900 000 excise, ,Sl9 000 stamps f2, $50 000
taxes, G30O0,000; post office, f3,500000; crown
lands, &25OOOO; miscellaneous items, nearly f2 ,00O,
GOO, and property tax nearly e., 600 000.-
Yet, immense as this amount is, it falls short
nearly three millions pounds of meeting the years
expenditure. 1t is estimated that the late
with China will cost England S75,OOO,OOO. In re-
turn for which she gets indemnity to the amount of
$500, ,O00 in instaiments running on for several
years. This is profitable speculation for John
Bull, but the poor taxpayers have to foot the bill.
THE Boy MoRrARA.-The efforts for the release
of the boy Mortara are being prosecuted with vgor.
meeting was held in London lately at the Lord
Mayors house, at which it was resolved that the
Christians and Jews of England, France, Italy and
America, having heard the views entertained by
the Univ ersal Israelite Alliance, concerning new
efforts to be made for the restoration of the child
Edgar Mortara to his parents take this the earliest
opportunity of putting upon record our united con-
yction that the cause is one which, at the right
time, and in the use of the right means, it is our
duty to resume.
A French PoLInCAL CARICATURE.-The Paris
Chdrivorj contains caricature by ''Cham," rep
resenting the year 1861 as a baby in leading
strings. classical-ooking lady, with sword and
buckIer, whose name is France" stoops with be-
ngnant interest to look at the infant, and says to
its nurse 'lSGl begins to speak, but rather indis
tinctIy, think" The nurse replies "Wait a little
he will soon speak more freely" This is the
France since December 2, 1851.
The HONE SQUADRON AT PENsACoLA.-At the
mouth Of Pensacola Harbor, on the 9Th inst, ap-
peared the Macedonian Brooklyn, Sabine, st.
Louis and the Powhatan. The WyandOtte went
up to the city. On the 9th instant the Pioneer
Guards, from Alabama, numbering seventy men,
arrived. 1t is said that five thousand men could
not take Fort Pickens. 1t is supposed that it was
reinforced in the night. Lieutenant Slemmer ad-
naits no strangers now.
CAPT SCHAErFER's CoMMssIoN.-it is said that a
committee, consisting of Messrs. Geo. w. Riggs,
James NJ. Carlisle and Robert Ould, waited the
President Of the United States last Friday evening,
in relation to the return to the War Department of
the commission of Capt. Schaelfer, as Major in the
District of Columbia militia, and that the inter-
view resulted in order from the President for
! another commission to be made out Washington
Star Of last evening.
DEATH OF AN AGED PArRGor.-The venerable Jno.
johnson, of Ohio, whose arrival in this city was
mentioned in December last, we regret to learn,
was found dead in his bed at the Clay House yes
terday morning. He was one of the companions 4
of the immortal Daniel Boone, and when the
mains of that celebrated pioneer few years
ago removed and consigned to final restingplace,
the Legislature of Kentucky sent for Mr.. johnson,
to act as one of the palbearers and follow him to
his last graye.-NotioncI htetige"csr, Feb. 10.
The War Department has just issued an order
! to the Springfield arnory for the manufacture of
! 200 muskets per month, commencing March lst,
! instead of 500 per month, as al present They are
to be of the latest and best pattern of rife muske
| none better in the world. The capacity of the
armory is about 400 or l,500 per month, but
| l,200 will make business brisk and give employ
ment to many additional workmen.
THE MILITARY IN WAsHNGroN.-There are 984
United States troops in Washington city, at this
time, including seven companies of artillery, and
one of sappers and miners. OF the officers in COM
mand only two from theSOuth, and they hail from
Virginia and North Carolina. The Conspiracy"
Committee of the House, in their report Friday,
show that there has not been the slightest real
cause for the alarm about the seizure of Washing
| ton.
| A FEMALE FAGGN-The Cincinnati police have
discovered what may be termed a school for crime.
1t is kept by woman named Mrs. Mclaughlin, in
| Rat Row. This wretcheG woman has been engaged
for years in training boys in stealing. Vagabond
children find cut her abode, go to her, and she of
| fers them food, liquor and lodging, for articles
which they steal More than one school of this
kind may be found in Atlantic cities.
The question of the power of lager beer to intox-
icate came up in Chicago last week. One witness
| testified to having drank about gallon, and
of the opinion that lager Intoxicating, though
| his memory little obliyious on that point
Another witness drank about ten quarts, and could
| not say whether it was intoxicating or not. De-
fendant fined $40 for selling Intoxicating liquors
| without license.
! Mr.. Silver, of Philadelphia, is now in Europe
attempting to introduce his plan of new steamer,
six hundred feet long, seventysix wide, with two
and two screws to work under the centre He pro-
poses, with such a vessel to cross the Atlantic in
| six days. Mr.. Silver is the inventor of the marine
! governor, which works equally well whatever an
gle it lies in.
Mr. Molyneaux, British Consul at Savannah, has
written the particulars of the Savannah troubles
(turring and feathering a British Captain) to the
British Legation, but exempts the authorities from
all responsibility By charging it upon the mob
He states that the Mayor proclaimed a reward for
the offenders, and used his influence to detect the
guilty parties.
Ricciotti Garibaldi, the youngest son of Garibal-
d. who is described about fourteen years of age,
with decided resemblance to his illustrious faith
er, is on a short visit TO Evan Leigh, of Manches-
ter, England. On the 29th utimO he was the re-
cipient of hattering address from the workmen in
the service of Messrg Leigh Son, engineers, of
that place.
The Legislature of New Mexico has passed an
act for the election of delegates to form State
Constitution, which is to be held in Nav next. The
delegates are to meet in June to discharge the du-
ties which will thus be imposed upon them and the
Constitution they form is afterward to be submit
ted to the people, for ratification or rejection, at
general election to be held in September.
The Supreme Court of the United States recent
ly, in a California land case established an impor-
tant principle to that State in effect that where
a claimant has obtained a confirmation of title and