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Newspaper Page Text/y ,'1 xJl? I* «**» •tgmmm* " By Joseph: Clisby. MACON, THURSDAY, 3 O’CLOCK, P. M., SEPTEMBER 20, 1860. Yoltjme XXXIY.—No. 49. THIS PCitmmfftlj (L&tcdilg I* published »t the extraordinarily low price of TWO DOLL.MiS per annum— 1 ONE DOLLATi •*« month*. No *u)>M Hrtioa. hmi nr let* than iix months. Pay ment- tuu-i be sade at the tinut -ulwriblng, and tbo • ■II ,l .it t ie (•rpiratlon ortho time sub scribed for, nnleuthe aob crlptlon it renewed by anoth er ns imcnt. ' '• yj.. MU— — Wtanrymrordcr the paper, bo tore to write rery plain ly the name of the tmbteriber, bla post office, county, and State. When you want a papor changed from one poat office to another nuue both poet office*. There are few papers in the world to large or to cheap at the TELEGRAPH. Show It to your Mends and in dace them to subscribe ADVERTISING.—The columns of the TxLtonarn •how the great Importance of the paper as an adrertlt Ing medium In Middle Georgia. The price of Advertise ments Is one dollar per square of an inch in length of column for the first publication, and half that amount fbr all subsequent publications. Yearly contracts made at a reduction from these rates. What would bo tho Effect of Lincoln's Elec tion ? Should Lincoln be elected by the sectional party whose nominee he is, tho government, should it indeed continue to exist, would be ad ministered entirely on sectional principles. He is pledged to do all that he can to bring about “the end of slavery,” because such is the pro claimed policy of his party. He would hare nono but Abolitionists and Black Republicans in office. In tho South ho would not be able to find men to take Federal offices under him, even if lie should be willing to appoint them. Democrats would scorn to accept favors at his hands. The Bell and Ever ett inen, even if they had “an itching palm,” if they retain their ancient pride, would repudiate him and his offices with disdain. He might here and there pick up a straggling Southern Black Republican and make him Marshal or Collector, but he could not keep him in the of fice a week. The indignation of the people, thus outraged, would Do so groat that the trai tor would have to decamp in hot haste and seek a more congenial locality. The Abolitionists, encouraged by their suc cess and aided by Government money, would go regularly, and on a greatly enlarged scale, Into the underground railroad business. Negro stealing would then become a trade. Should Lincoln be disposed to be moderate, he would not be allowed to be so. In the hands of fanatical and unscrupulous party managers— their mere tool, indeed—he would be compelled to carry out the programme of a sectional ad ministration of the Government and an unre lenting tear upon elarery. The South itould hare no President and no lenrjitfrom the Got- tern me nt. The conservative clement of the North would also be without a President and without the benefit of the Government. Lin coln would be the President of the negroes and the Abolitionists, and in all likelihood he would make tho experiment of appointing negroes to office.—The Penney Iranian^* The Zambesi Expedition.—The Leeds (Eng.) Mercury has received the following letter from Dr. Livingstone, which, it will be seen, is con firmatory of tho doctor's previous opinion with rogard to the growth of cotton: Zambesi, 12th March, 1860.—You may pos sibly have heard of what wc have been doing, though from having been occupied very differ ently from what I expected, I have been una bio to write to many of my friends. We have found an opening into the magnificent cotton fields through part of which 1 traveled far to the west, and tho form and fertility of which, if I am rightly informed, have been confirmed by Burton and Speke. This discovery, how ever, has been at the expense of a vexatious delay, the produco of a fraud, to our proceed ing to the Mnkololo country, but it has open ed a field for direct influence on the slave trade in several parts on the cast coast I never an ticipated. There is little doubt but that the introduction of lawful commerce and the gos pel—tho only balm for human woes—to the highland lake region, would speedily effect a diminution of that traffic which now crosses Nyassa. Wc are trying to get freedom of nav igation from the Portuguese, in our discove ries ; this is indispensable for they arc of the lowest and most immoral class generally, and defile everything near them. I hope that our statesmen may see the matter in the same light as we do. A small steamer on the Nyassa would not only afford complete security to set tlers, but effect more without firing a shot than many vessels on the ocean. I am, Ac., David Livingstone. A letter, dated a fortnight later, has been re ceived, announcing the gratifying intelligence that the expedition was at that time “nil wclL” Tire Mackerel Fishery.—Eighteen vessels have arrived from the Bay since our last, bring ing an aggregate of 1,743 barrels, averaging 97 barrels to each vtsssel. Twelve of the Shore fleet have arrived with an aggregate of 1,805 barrels, averaging 108 barrels to each vessel.— Tho returns from the Bay fleet are very slim, tiius far, this season, and we icara from good authority, that there has been 9,000 barrels less landed this season than at this time last year. Many of tho vessels hxve not paid their outfit bills. Lite accounts are a little encouraging, but they have a great work before them, to be accomplished during the next six weeks, in or der to retrieve their poor luck thus far this sea son. The Shore fleet have been a little more fortunate, but even these vessels have not made a very lucrative business. Everything depends upon the success of the Fall fishing, and there may bo a chance yet to make a decent year’s work.—Cape Ann Ad., 14/A. As Imis/iman’s Acqraistance.—A Western physician was riding in an omnibus, when an Irishman stepped in, and recognizing the doc ter, said: “Och, an’ sure, an’ it’s Doctor J , I per- save.” „ That's my name, sir, but I haven't tho pleas ure of knowing you,” responded the polite doctor. “ Indeed 1 but I’m the fellow what made yer last boots, and which your honor forgot to get a resate for payment ov! THE TRUE SON OLD DOMINION. BV WF.Sf.KV REA PSHAW. r»iwty* CS Vdoctor's memory was ; n answer to his defiance, the challenged rciresncd, and Paddy got lus money and gave ° the “resate” when the doctor got to his desti nation. Tho Baltimore Patriot is informed that Mr. Buchannan is thoroughly satisfied as to the is sue of the Presidential election. IIo looks on tho question as settled, beyond the posibility of at traction. It only awaits, he says, the formal decision of tho ballot-box, and that, he thinks, will be in favor of Lincoln. This was tho gen eral sentiment yesterday at Washington among men who do their own thinking and form their conclusions. The light from Maine appeared to have diasipUatcd a good deal of the mist that had been hanging about tho eyes of the small er politicians. Some little distance from the town ofPe- tersburg there resided a man by the name of Samuel Bingham, who was a noble spec imen of the daring, fearless pioneer class of his day. Here, alone in the heart of a sav age, uninviting wilderness, the roof of sam- uel Bingham gave protection to his family, which consisted ofhis wife and two'children, together with his father and mother. One night, some little time after nil had retired, Mrs. Bingham suddenly awoke from slumber, screaming loudly to be saved from the Indians. Her husband, who hnd not yet fallen into a doze, started up, and, knowing that there was no danger, attempted to pac ify her. But it was a longtime before lie was able to convince her that she was the victim of a mere dream. Succeeding, how ever, in his efforts, he quieted her and short ly after she again slept. Not long was it before she a second time started up in terror, as though threatened or actually pursued by the savage foe. A third time was this singular manifestation repeated on the part of Mrs. Bingham, with whom it was perfectly involuntary, and withal strange, for she was of an extremely steady and vigorous mind. Mr. Bingham was not given to supersti- tion, but he did believe, as he often remark, ed afterward, in somo dreams. Three times had his wife been aroused by fearful visions, each on® Dctng tike the otto, , w , f u )i 0 f fearful dangers from In dians. Mrs. Bingham, to use her own words could not again “ close an eye for fright,” but lay trembling liki. an aspen leaf; while her husband, firmly believing that the re peated dreams were a warning not to be dis regarded, got up, struck a light, and pro ceeded to inspect his weapons, intending to go out for the purpose of ascertaining if per chance there might be any Indians lurking in the vicinity. Having dressed himself, replenished his bullet-pouch and powder-horn, and again examined his rifle, he buckled around him his leather bell, and then ascending the lad der that led up to the loft or upper room of the cabin, he endeavored to rouse up a hired man who slept there. This he had partial- ly succeeded in accomplishing, when the sharp crack of a rifle without was instant ly followed by a wild shriek from his wife, who called up to him that she was shot. In a moment it flashed across his mind that he had neglected to extinguish the light below stairs, and the enemy had thus been enabled to take aim upon his victim through one ofthe chinks of the log wall. Inward ly cursing himself for his carelessness, Bingham exclaimed, in loud tones ; “ Up, Ned, up and follow me !’’ and at a single bound he stood at the top ofthe lad der, down which he hurried, leaving the hired man to come after. Upon reaching the room below, his first movement was to pul out the light. He then told his wife to creep under the bed, if possible, which would be the safest place for the time being. He then sought to barricade his little fort by heaping everything that he could lay his hands on against the door, on which the besiegers wero already thunder ing. Again and again he shouted to Ned, the hired man, to come to his assistance ; but the latter, terrified by the fierce yells ofthe savages, without, lay still, quaking with fear. At last, enraged beyond endurance by such pusillanimity, and while the foe had for a moment ceased their efforts, Bingham sprung back to the ladder, exclaiming; “You cussed hound, your heart’s blood shall pay for such cowardice !’’ Ho wasnot, however, permitted to put his threat in execution ; for just as his foot was placed on the second round of tho ladder, a crashing noise told him that the enemy had by a sudden charge forced tho door, and thus gained an entrance to the cabin The safety and protection of his wounded wife and little ones were more to him than the lives of twenty cowards; and relinguish ing his purpose of vengeance, he turned again, as he afterwards expressed it, " ■ die in the middle ofhis foes.” The grayish twilight of appioaching dawn enabled him to see through the shat tered slab door a group of Indians, each of whom seemed for a moment as though fear ful of entering the breach in the face of tho death dealing rifle, that they well knew must be silently and fatally levelled upon the first who should incautiously advance That moment was indeed a fatal one to at least one of their number, for Bingham clapping his piece to his shoulder, fired The leaden messenger, true to its mark brought death to the foremost Indian, who, with a last yell, bounded from the ground, only to fall back a stiffening sorpse. “Comoon, you sneaking, red cut-throats, and I’ll thrash any dozen of you !” yelled Bingham, at ihe top of bis stentorian lungs, as he stood on tho defensive, with his rifle clubbed ; for ho was well aware that the savages would instantly rush on after draw, ing his fire. With a fearful and blood-curdling whoop, Tin- Boston Pott prints the following sonnet because it had been said that Tom Thumb was about to marry a Portland girl: “OTWs Thumb!—The paper* nil declare v r General, are about to wed: A 1*5 *bort) unto your board and bed, Ag*”**"*^ wealthy, mm and fair. uSLUJLmS* a hatband in the land bosa wife -looks down npon him’ mmrday; do no more, besides, they not AEmaa^aytre to reach a lady’* nand ! " 3 X*t, could you Maacato »elm your the In the same manner that the bora sdvlse In ^gatingnaaafe ‘take One of'yonr Kite,’ Tvi"u!dbe. in moth, a Charming thine to fee: And/Mr;..,,,,. tUankrul for ihe .malle-t crumb! the world a pretty thirty 0, mntn /” warriors now bounded into the cabin. Still from such odds the brave pioneer did not shrink an inch ; but as thoughts ofhis Tam- ily again came across iiis mind, a double strength seemed to nerve his arm ; and, springing forward to meet the ndvancin. savages, he whirled his heavy rifle roun his head, and bringing it down with a giant’s strength upon the skull ofthe nearest Indian sent him to his last nccount. Again tho ponderous weapon rose in the air and descended, but this time with less success than before ; for the Indians, defend- themseives with their own pieces, war ded off the terrible blow, which served thus only to shatter the stock ofBingham’sown rifle. Having now ascertained in the gloom the position of their intended victim, tho would bo murderers, bending low, with their pie ces held above them for defense, pressed upon him with their tomahawks and scalp ing knives. And more than one ofthe ter rible weapons reached the apparently devo ted Bingham’s body, while his own blows were nearly all parried and broken. But now, in the hottest of the battle, an ns he felt hatchet and knife whiz close to his limbs in cut and lunge, a train of thoughts flashed like lightning athwart his brain. His foes had not yet succeeded in ounuuuJing mm ; they all knew that lie was striking at them with his broken rifle- barrel, and that all his blows were directed downwards: therefore they were compara tively safe in holding above them theirguus, Under cover of this defense, they were ad vancing upon him, expecting presently to bring him to ground by hewing, stabbing and hacking at his lower limbs. This con clusion was forced upon Bingham; and it had scarcely come to him before he formed his resolution accordingly. Taking a full, quick strike backward, he again whirled aloft the remaining portion of his rifle-barrel, bent slightly forward, and delivered a tremendous longitudinal blow at the arms, instead of the heads of the In dians. The result instantly proved the cor rectness ofhis judgment. With a deaden ed sound, two or three knives and toma hawks, swept before the gun barrel, were hurled out of their owners’ grasps and against the wall ofthe cabin. “Take that, you cussed red fools!” thun- dered Bingham, as, elated at the success of his manocuver, he dealt a cecond similar blow upon his enemies. The latter, taken altogether aback by this bold and skillfully executed device, re treated, while the heroic Bingham instant ly followed up his advantage. Not know, ing where their intended victim would strike next, the savages became irresolute, several of them suddently lowering their protecting rifles. One of these immediately after was ielied oy nuigiiaiirs seugeiut weapon. Tbe Indians now lost all oontroll of them selves, and believing that they were conten ding, not with a human being, but a demon, commenced fighting at random, with tho in tention of making their escape. Blow after blow did the dauntless man shower down upon his dusky foes, till, in the most dire dismay, three, who yet re mained uninjured, bounded for the doorway by which they so shortly before made hos tile entry. As they reached this, the last one fell to rise no more; while, wifh wild yells of terror, the other two scrambled through the opening nnd started away for the forests. Day was now breaking; and by the faint light that was shed around, Bingham des cried, lying upon the floor ofthe cabin, several muskets belonging to his foes. In an instant, and before the two fugitives had gained a safe distance, one of the weapons was raised, cocked, nt Bingham’s shoulder. A single instant he held his breath, the bet ter to steady himself, cast a vengeful glance along the long tube, and pulled. One of the flying savages staggered a moment, and then fell dead; while his companion fled onward terrified beyond measure. Nor did he abate his headlong speed until he reached the camp of his companions, who, upon hearing the tale, leaped to their feet, and wilh one voice announced their determination to return nnd take signal re venge. But with the most fervid eloquence the fu gitive entreated them to relinguish their intentions, and painted to them in fearful colors the certain death that mustmeetthem if they persisted. The cabin which he and his companions had attacked was inhabited, he told them, not by a white man, as they had supposed, but by a fearfnl demon, from whom ho had been the only one of his par ty who had escaped. Their superstition be ing thus appealed to the savages concluded not to return to avenge the death of their comrades; and thus the gallant but wearied Bingham and his family were saved from a second attack, which must have proved fa tal to all of them. Upon finding that lie had really beaten off, or rather, destroyed, the party of savages by whom he had been assailed, the pioneer, utterly exhausted by his tremendous exer tions sunk panting on the bodies of his dead foes. It soon being broad daylight, and the conflict having ceased, his family came from their places of concealment, and Mrs. Bing ham, although severely wounded in the shoulder, immediately proceeded to revive her devoted and gallant husband. This was soon accomplished, and then Bingham proceeded to learn the result ofhis desperate encounter. Four dusky corpses lay weltering on the floor of tho cabin, and two othes were stiff ening without, making six out of seven that the dauntless pioneer had slain single- handed. Bingham long cpntinued to reside in his rough cabin, and was never afterwards troubled by the Indians, who firmly believed him to be neither more nor less than the Evil One himself. From Household Word*. TEGE EEXJjSTT OS THE Verdancy.—Knox went down to the Court House yesterday, to raise some money by mort gaging some property. In response to an in quiryasto whether there was any mortgage on his property, lie said no; but npon refering to the bocks, it was found that a mortgage was enter ed on all his implements. “For do Lord, Misser Brodbeck, I never put em dar.” “ But how comes your name to be signed to the instrument?" • ‘Wall, I duzzent know nuffin about it, only dat I len Misser Call a hundred dollars two years ago, an' he made me sine dat ar paper to skurc what he owed me.” And this was the case. Knox lent a man a hundred dollars, and then executed a mortgage on his own property to secure the debt Good for Knox—he can boast of another color besides black, now, and that is —green.—ConnentiUe Telegraph. The Basis of Representation.—From 184G to 1850, the basis of Congressional representa tion was about 71,000. From 1850 to I860 it has been nearly 93,000. There are 237 Rep resentatives in the present census, the basis will probably be established so this number shall not be incereased. It is estimoted that the entire copulation wiil be 38,000,000. On this pepu- ation, a basis of 137,500 would carry 140 Representatives in the next Congress, and most of the old States would lose some of their mem bers whilst the Western or new States would gain upon their present numbers. Wonderful Escape.—We are reliably inform ed that when the passenger train of the Mont gomery and West Point Railroad, coming west, on Thursday night last, was beiween Franklin and Chchaw, the “cow-catcher” snatched up a man who was lying asleep upon the track, and threw him off, lodging him some six lect above the track upon an embankment, without seri ous personal injury. The man, upon finding himself alive, coolly took a drink from a bottle which he had, and consulted his watch to learn the time of night!—Montgomery Mail. There was ashrewed robber souetvhere. The farm houses were robbed ; ships were robbed ; the tills of the bars at thehvayside inns were robbed ; and the people lad their pockets picked. All this happened in the region ofcountry between Sidney aid Low. stone—not a field of vast extent—ind yet the robbers could nut be found. Officers had searched in every direction, antjseveral suspicious individuals had been apprehen ded ; but the real culprit remained it large. One day the mail was robbed, ani on the next a man had his pocket pickef of five hundred pounds while riding in fie stage coach—for my narrative dates balk to the old coaching days. The money jad been carried in his breast pocket, and he knew that it was stolen from him while hi was en joying a bit of a doze on the road. I bad been confined to my liouso by a severe cold for several days, and was not fit to go out now ; but as this matter was becoming serious, I felt it my duty to be on the move, and accordingly I fortified my throat and breast with Avarm flannel and set forth. I had no settled plan in my mind for I had not yet been upon the road, and was not thoroughly posted up. A ride of five miles brought me to Sidney, *nd thence I meant to take a coachto Lowsftne, where Sam Stickney, one of the shrewdest men lived. Stic.knnv had already been on tho searcli and rw^ecTt x.consult him before making any decided mow, K t , , Sidney at half-past five in the mu..,..4 «»u the coach left at six. Lowstone was sixty miles distant, so I had a good ride before me. During the early partoftheday Irode upon the box with the driver, and from him I gained considerable information touching the various robberies that had been commit ted. He was forced to admit that several people had been robbed in his stage, though he declared that he could’nt see into it, for he had not the most remote ijea even of whom the robber could be. We reached Bonniville at noon, where we stopped to dine, nnd when we left this place I was the only passenger. At the distance of twelve miles, nt a little village called Cawthorne, we stopped to change horses, and here another passenger got up. I had been occupying the forward scat, as that happened to be wider than the others, and gave me a better opportunity for lying down ; and when the new coiner entered he took the back seat. He was a young man, I judged, and not very tall in stature, but so completely was he bundled up in shawls and mufflers that his size of frame was not so easily determined, He was very pale, and coughed badly ; and I at once made up my mind that he was far less fit to travel than I was. After we had got fairly on our way, I remarked to him that I had been suffering from a severe cold, nnd that this was the first lime I had ventured out for quite n num ber of days. He looked at me out of a pair of dark, bright eyes; and when he seemed to have determined what manner of man 1 was, he said : “I have something worse than a cold, sir.” He broke into a fit of coughing which las ted a minute or so, and then added.” It won’t be a great while before I shall take ray last ride.” Again he was seized with a spasm of coughing, and when he had recovered from it, he continued, “The disease is eating me up and shaking ine to pieces at the same time.” He further informed me that he had star ted on n tour for his health, but that he had given it up, and was now on his way home, which place he was anxious to reach as soon os possible. Another paroxysm seized him at this point, and he intimated that he was unable to converse, as the effort brought on his cough. I had noticed this, and had made up my mind to trouble him no more, even before lie had given me the hint. After this he drew his outer shawl more closely about his neck and face, he closed his eyes, and I was not long in following his example. Toward the middle ofthe after noon the coach stopped at a small village, where we changed horses again, and where four passengers got up. This broke up the arrangement of my friend and self for rest, as he had to take one of tho strangers on his scat, while I took another upon mine, the other two oecupyig the middle seat. The new comers soon broached the subject ofthe robberies which bad been committed in that region, and I listened to gain infor mation, if possible ; but they knew no more than .anybody else knew. They had heard all about it and were inflated with wonder. One—an old farmer—askcdmeifl knew anything of the robber. I told him that I knew but little of the affair in any way, hav ing been sick aud unable to be out among the folks. Then he asked my consumtivo friend if he knew anything about it. The latter raised his head from its inclining po sition, and was on the point of answering, when we heard our driver, in quick, tones, ordering some one to get out of the road. 1 instinctively put my head out ofthe window to see what the trouble was, and my eye was quick enough to detect a load of fagots in lime to dodge back and escape them. The road was quite narrow at this point, nnd as the fagots were loaded very widely, it was impossible for the driver to wholily avoid them, and the side of the coach was swept by them quite smartly. I escaped without being touched, but not so my friend. I heard on exclamation—I thought rather a profane one—from his lips, and on look ing towards him I saw that one of tho fagots had struck him over the left eye, making quite a mark upon the pale skin. This in cident turned the conversation from the sub ject of tbe robberies, and it was not again alluded to during the day. We reached Lowstone shortly after dark, and I went nt once to the residence of Mr - btickney, whom I found at home. He had been out nil day and had made all sorts of efforts to obtain some clue to the perpetra tors of the robberies that were being com mitted, hut without effect. He said he could learn nothing on which to hang suspicion. Two shops had been robbed in his town, but lie could get no clue to the perperatore. Wc consulted together, and finally proposed to go in the morning and seo another detective officer named Gamlet, who resided abot twelve miles dis tant in the town of Orton. This met the views of my host, and so we left the matter for the evening. On the following morning wo were up early, and as the conch would take us directly to Gamblit’s house, we chose that mode of con veyance, and repaired at a reasonable hour to the tavern for that purpose. When we reached the inn, we found the old farmer, who had been one of my fellow-passengers on the night before, steping about the door in n state of high excitement. He had been robbed of three hundred pounds, and be was sure it must have been done in the stage, for he had slept with his pocket look under his pillow. He had not thought to look into it when he retired, but he had found it empty that morning when he got up. He said the wallet had been taken from his pocket and put back again—he knew it. As soon as ho saw me he was anxious I should be searched. Of course I allowed the op eration to be performed willingly. After the excitement was allayed, I asked where the pale young man was who came in the coach, and was told by the lanlord that he went away soon after the coach arrived. My first aim was to satisfy myselfthatihe old man had been robbed in the stage coach and of this he succeeded in convincing me. Afierthis my suspicions rested upon the con sumptive man, and I believed, if I could find him, I should find the rogue. So I bade the lanlord to keep a sharp lookout; and al so spoke to the driver who had brought ine from Sidney, and who was nowon the point of returning, requested him, if he saw any thing of the pale man to see that lie was se cured. The suspicious individual had only remained at the inn a few minutes on the in a gig which had come for him but no one could tell what direction he had taken. The coach for Orton soon came to the door, nnd Stickney and myself took our scats inside, the farmer having determined to re main where ho was until he heard some thing about his money. There were two other passengers inside, and two or three outside, but they were strangers to me. We had gone two or three miles, when the driver pulled up before a small farm house, where a woman and a trunk were waiting by tho garden gate. The lady was handed into the coach, and took a seut facing me, and as she turned to give the driver some directions concerning the baggage, she threw her veil over her bonnet. She was pretty—very pretty—with rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes. Her hair hung in glossy brown ringlets over her neck and shoul ders, and was a type of beauty in itself. I looked at the rosy cheeks again and into her dark, lustrous eye.3. My gaze was fixed upon this latter point, when she caught my glance, nnd quickly dropped her veil. At first I felt a little ashamed at having been caught staring at her so boldly ; but as the face was hidden from sight, and I had an opportunity for reflection, it struck me that I had seen those features before. Hero was a study for me, and I was bur ied in it at once. Where had I seen that face ? I whispered to Stickney, and asked him if he had ever seen her before. He said he had not, and joked me for being so curious about a pretty face. We stopped at a place called “ Turner’s Mills,’’ in the edge of Orton, to exchange mails, and here I jumped out to see tho post master, who was an old friend of mine— and as I was returning to the coach the thought struck mo to look at the trunk which had been last put on, and sec if any name was on it. It was marked with the simple initials, “A. M.” So that was all that 1 gained from that source. As I came to the coach door I approached from behind, and as I cast my eyes up I found that the beau ty bad her veil ra sed, and was looking in at tho post-office, as though anxious for the mail to come, that we might be off. The expression of anxiety detracted somewhat from her beauty, and as I looked upon her now, seeing her face in a different light, I was struck wilh a sort of snake-Iike cast which was perceptible in the whole charac ter of her features. I was on the point of withdrawing my gaze, lest she should catch me a second time, when a slight motion of her head rolled her curls over her temple, and I saw a faint line, something like a vein over her left eye. It was a mark, a livid scratch—where something iiad struck her. It might have been the stroke of a whip. But—no ; I quickly glided back be hind tho coach, and there I reflected. Such a mark as that could be made by a fagot ! When I returned to my seat in the coach the fair passenger’s veil was again down. Could it be possible that my suspicions were correct, and that chance had thrown in my way a solution of tho problem which had vexed my deputies so much ? Yes, I was sure of it ; and the more I compared the two faces in my mind, the more I saw re semblance. Either those checks had been painted red to-day or they had been painted white yesterday. The eyes were the same, and that brow, with its tell talc mark, not to bo mistaken. „ Wc soon stopped at the door of the inn at Orton. The driver announced that they seized her by the arm. But it was a her no longer. There was more muscle in that slight body than I had bargained for. How. ever, my man “popped in” the moment he heard the scuffle, and tho beauty was soon secured. The glossy brown tresses fell of! during the scuffle, and some of the paint was removed from the cheeks. As soon ns the prisoner was secured, I had his trunk taken off and brought in, and upon overhauling its contents, we found disguises of all sorts nnd quite a sum of money, besides watches nnd jewelry of much value. I made him assume a proper male attire, and when he stood forth in propria persona, I found that he had not on- ly used red paint for the blushing beauty of to day, but that he had a more cadaver ous coloring matter for the consumptive in dividual of yesterday. As he stood now, he was a little built, intelligent looking youth, of not more than five and twenty ; but with a cold-blooded expression upon his marble face and an evil look in his dark eyes. We carried him back to Lowstone, where wc found the money of the old farmer upon him, besides other money that had been lost by different individuals. At first he told strange stories of himself, but finally, when he knew that the worst must come, ho confessed the whole. He was from Lon don, and had come into the country on pur. pose to rob. He had two confederates with him who helped him from place to place.— One of them had taken him away from the inn the night before, and the other had brought him and set t>>«» t ~*~ "* , mcr’s gate that morning. We made search for these confederates, but they had got wind of their principal’s arrest, and were — .i *»-!*■ fumij r - - However, we had got the chief sinner, and had broken up the game. After he had been found guilty and sentenced, he seemed to enjoy himself hugely in telling how he had deceived the good people of our country. Now he would turn himself again into the old woman who had given the dri ver so much trouble about her bandbox.— Then he would be again the meek-bowed minister, who had distributed tracts to the passengers and picked their pockets while they read. Then he would draw himself up into the little humpbacked old man, who had been lifted into and out of the coach, and robbed his lielpeis while ;hey fixed his crutches for him. It was funny, very, aud perhaps we might never have caught him but for the accident of the fagot. That was not so funny for him ; and I doubt if he found much fun in working at our hard stone, hammering early and late, with an inexorable master over him to spur him up when he flagged. From the Kentucky Yoeman. SPEECH OF Hon. JHO. C. BEE0EIHBIDGE. DELIVERED AT Ashland; my*; September 5< 1060. [revised and CORRECTCD.] exordium. I beg you, my neighbors, friends, and old constituents, to be assured that I feel profound ly grateful for tho cordial welcome you have extended to me. The circumstances under which I appear before you, arc unusual; I do it in obedience to the request of friends whose wishes I have been accustomed to observe, and if it be an uncommon thing for a person in my position to address assemblages of the peo ple, I can only say I hope to discuss the topics which I shall handle to-day, in a manner not al together unworthy the attitude which I occu py I shall certainly indulge in no Iangnage which, in my opinion, will fall below the digni ty of political discussion. The condition of my health makes it impossible to extend my voice over this vast assembly. But I hope it will become stronger as I proceed. I appear before you to-day, for the purpose, first, of repelling certain accusations which have been made against me personally, and in dustriously disseminated over other States; and next to show that the principles upon which I stand, arc the principles of tho Con stitution and the Union; [great applause,] and surely, if at any time a justification could be found by any man for addressing the peo ple in the position I occupy, it will be found in my case. Anonymous writers and wandering orators have chosen to tell the people that I am a disunionists and a traitor to my country, and they declare that the atrocious form in which I have exhibited that treason, makes, by comparison with it, Burr a patriot, and the memory of Arnold respectable. ms candicacy. But, fellow-citizens, before I come to those topics, I desire to make a brief but comprehen sive statement in regard to ray position in con. nection with tho Presidency of the United States. I have been charged with a premature ambition; I have been charged with intriguing for this nomination; I have been charged with leaping before the wishes of the people, and desiring to thrust myself before them for the highest office in their gift. To all this I an swer that it is wholly untrue. I have written to no nobody for their support. I have con versed with nobody soliciting support I have intringued with nobody; I have promised no body. To these statements I challenge contradic tion from any human being [Cheers. A voioc —“That’s so, John C.”J Nay, more, I did ?> a . . • not seek or desire to be placed before the peo- would Stop there fifteen or twenty minutes, ple for m offlce of Pres j dcnt by any Con * en . to exchange horses nnd wait for tho mail, [j on 01 . any p ar t of any Convention. When I and also informed the passengers that they I returned to the State of Kentucky in the spring would find plenty of accommodations in the j of 1859, and was informed that some partial house if they chose to go in. j friends were presenting iny name to the pub- Thelady at first did not get out, but at he in that connection, and certain editors, length she did so and went into the hotel. "' hosc r P««cnce 1 see here, had hoisted my ®j ai 1 1 name for the Presidency, I said to them all: I determined now to find out who she was. ,. Frien(Ls r am not iu a ’ ny sense a candidate I left my deputy attne door ofthe room she f or ^j ie Presidency,” and I desired that my entered, having ordered him to rush in, in nanlc m ; s ht be taken from the head of their case he should hear anything that warrant-1 columns. It was done. A very eminent citi- ed his intrusion. On going into the apart- {zen ofthe Commonwealth of Kentucky was pre- ment I found tho beauty was sitting by a | sented by his friends for this office; I was gra- window, gazing out between the blinds.— tified to sec it, and united cordially in present- She started up as I entered, and let her veil in ° f° r su . ,ira S c of American f J, r ! people. At no time, in or out of the State of . . . . I Kentucky, did I do an act or utter a word “1 thought tins was a private room, sir,” which woul d bring my name in conflict with she said. Her voice trembled and sounded I his, or that of any other eminent American ci- unnatural. “It may be,” I resumed, “but that does not exclude thoso who have business. I came on purpose to see you.” There was a momentary struggle, and then she appeared as calm as could be. “What are you ?’’ she asked. tizen who desired, or whose friends desired for him that position; and if you have taken the trouble to read the proceedings of the Charles ton Convention, you will remember when I re ceived the vote of Arkansas, one of my friends arose and requested that the vote might be withdrawn, declaring that I would not allow the use of my name in competition with that “I am an officer from Bow street,” I re- of the distinguished Ketuckian to whom I plied. “I want to know who you are.” ; hare referred. “Stop—one moment,” she said ; and as _ And when that Convention assembled*! Bal- she spoke she carried her hand beneath ; timore, my feelings and my conduct were still her cloak. It was quickly withdrawn, and u ? ch! ‘ n l P d - After the disruption which took • — - U . 1 , d 1 j „ 1 place there, my name, without any solicitation in it was a pistol, but she had grasped a * n my ^ nn( , a?fti ^ t my cxpr J ssc( , „- is hes, portion of her dress \s ith it, and before she ■ W as presented to the country for the oflice of could clear it Iliad sprung upon her nnd | President by a Convention, and under circum stances which certainly deserved tlicmos: re spectful consideration. No man could be vain enough to anticipate that his name would be placed before the country, but having h lard that such a thing was possible, I constantly said that i utu noc nesirc to oc presented to the American people, but was content and more than content with the honors which have been heaped upon me by my State and coun try,” And I looked forward with plea&uro to the prospect of serving Kentucky in the Sen ate of the United States for the next sixyeart. [Cries of good.] My name, however, was pre- , sented, and I felt that I could not refuse to- ac cept the nomination under the circumstances, without abandoning vital principles and be- traj’ing my friends. [Applause.] THE NOMINATIONS. Ill is said that I was not regularly nominated, and that an eminent citizen of Illinois was regu larly nominated for the presidency. But this is a question which I have not time to discuss to-day, and it has already been thoroughly ex hausted before the people. I refer you to the able letter of your delegates from this Congressional District; I refer you to tho masterly and exhaustive speech recently de livered by my noble friend in whose grounds we are met I can only say that tho Conven tion which assembled at Front Street Theatre, at Baltimore, in my judgment, was devoid not only of the spirit of justice, but even of the forms of regularity. [Cheers.] The gentleman whom it nominated, never received the vote re quired by tho rules of tho Democratic organiza tion. Whole States were excluded and disfran chised in that Convention; not to speak of in dividuals. The most flagrant acts of injustice were perpetrated, for the purpose of forcing upon the Democratic organization a particular individual as the representative of a pernicious doctrine, which I shall be able tq .show is re- fjugtuu** 1 iu ri’AMHi ana tuc Constitution. Owing to the gross outrage of these proceed ings, a decided majority of tho delegates from your own Stato withdrew from tho Convention, declaring that it was not a National Convention of the real Democratic organization. Nearly the entire delegations from fifteen Southern States and the entire delegations from Califor nia and Oregon, and a large and imposing mi norities from other States of the Union, making in whole or in part delegations from almost two- thirds of the States of the Confederacy, denounc ed and separated themselves from that ill-star red body. The result furnishes a striking warn ing that tho arts of political management are not always perfect substitutes for truth andjus- tice. But after all, the great question is, what arc tho principles which ought to commend them selves to the American people, at issue in this canvass. FALSE CHARGES AGAINST UIM REFUTED— IURrEK’s FERRY. But, before I proceed further, I will g*» U p together and answer a number of personal accu sations, some of which had their origin in tho\- State of Kentucky, and others elsewhere, by which, through ine, it is attempted to strike down tho organization with which l am con nected. It begets in me almost a feeling of hu miliation to answer some of them; but as I have imposed upon myself tho task, I will go through them all as briefly as T can. [Cheers. Voice—Go on, John.] I believe it has been published in almost eve ry Southern newspaper of the Opposition party, that I signed a petition for the pardon of John Brown, the Harper’s Ferry murderer and trai tor. This is wholly untrue. So much for that. [Cries of good. ] GENERAL TAYZ.OR. It has been extensively charged and circula ted, that I was in favor of the election of Gen. Taylor to the Presidency, and opposed to the election of Cass and Butler, This, also, is whol ly untrue. [Cheers.] In the year 1847 there was a meeting in the city of Lexington, in which I participated, by which Gen. Taylor was recommended for the Presidency of the United States. A difference of opinion existed at that time as to the politi cal sentiments of that distingushed gentleman. I was assured, in a manner satisfactory to me, that Gen. Taylor’s political opinions coincided in the main with those I held, and I united in the meeting. Soon afterwards I went to Mexi- IVhen I returned, twelve months after wards, in 1848, I found the campaign in full blast, with Taylor the candidate of tho Whigs, and Cass and Butler in nomination by the Na tional Democracy. It is well known to thou sands of those within the sound of my voice, that as soon as I returned home I took the stump in behalf of the Democratic nominees, and sustained them to the best of my ability.— [A voice—“All right.”] It gives mo pleasure to add that I worked all the more zealously because odc of the gentle men for whose success I labored was a Ken tuckian, my old commander and my friend.— [Cheers.] It is said I was not present, and did not vote at the election ir. Lexington 1848. That Ls true. But with the statement there ought to havo gone an explanation well known but which my opponents never published, that is entirely sat isfactory. You well know that at that time, (before "the adoption of the present constitution,) a citizen might vote any where in the State. It so happend that after the labors of the canvass and the courts, I had gone on my annual hunt ing trip to tho mountains. There was with me a party of six or eight gentlemen, all of them belonging to the Whig party; and on the day of election they proposed to me that instead of going, as I intended, to the nearest voting place, some fifteen miles, we should devote the day to the chase. If they had voted, there would have been six or seven votes cast for Taylor, and but one cast for Cass and Butler. (Cheers.) I ac cepted the proposition, and we went hunting [laughter,] and if every man had done as well as myself, we would have carried the State by forty thousand majority. [Applause.] Among those gentlemen, I remember the names of my friends Thomas S. Reed, Nelson Dudley, George P. Jouett, and others—who will doubtless re collect those facts, if anything were necessary beyond my word. [A voico—“none, nothing more needed here.”] EMANCIPATION. Another charge, actively circulated through out the Southern States, asserts that I was an Emancipationist in 1849, or at least voted for an Emancipationist. Gentlemen, in connection with this accusation, I feel it my duty to call your attention to a paper which I received last evening from one ofthe Southern States—called the Tuskcgce (Alabama) Republican, and which contains a letter written by one of our own citi zens, in reference to my public position, and even in regard to my private affairs. It was written by lion. George Robertson, to a Mr. Alexander of Alabama, and is dated August 23d, 1860. I quote so much of it as I desire to comment upon. “J. C. Breckinridge lias not been counted here *a emancipationist, however much he may have beeu suspected by some for sympathy with his uncle, the Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge. He does not keep house, and owns no slaves unless he retains two that came by his wife. I know nothing ofthe investment iu Ohio concerning which you inquire. But we all know here thut lie was committed to squatter 3over eiguty ever since his nomination in ISOti, uutil find ing that Douglas would overwhelm him in the North, ho changed his creed, aud in his Frankfort speech last January, turned Southerner, and advoca- Jed protection by Congressional intervention." ( To hr Con tin’ted.) Z-{?~ The Rock Hill Chronicle learns that a negro man belonging to Jamison White, of that District, hung himself on Sabbath evening last because be was not permitted to pi .'k cotton on that dav. J. A’ -.. ..*\«

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Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869, September 20, 1860, Image 1