is only temporary, and that the day is not distant when these sectional feelings will be dispelled in the swelling tide of a universal patriotism for our common country-our country, whose liberties were established by the willing sacrifice of the blood and treasure of its people everywhere; whose prosperity is the hope and the prayer of the wise and the good over the whole world; and whose institutions, founded on the principle of the greatest good to all, are such that every citizen, in whatever clime he may wander, has reason to look back with pride to his native land, as he reflects, "that he too is an American."

THE LAKE SUPERIOR COUNTRY.

LAKE SUPERIOR presents an area of 32,000 square miles. Its greatest length is four hundred miles. Its greatest breadth, from Grand Island to Neepigon Bay, is one hundred and sixty miles. The surface of the lake is six hundred feet above the level of the Atlantic Ocean; but its bottom is three hundred feet below; for it has a mean depth of nine hundred feet. The French, who were the first explorers of Lake Superior, fancifully described it as a watery bow, of which the southern shore was the string, and Keweenaw Point the arrow. The lake discharges through the St. Mary's Strait into Lake Huron. The strait is about seventy miles long, but it is divided into two sections by the Falls of St. Mary, fifteen miles below Lake Superior. The lower section is navigable for small steamboats, and vessels drawing six feet of water. This section contains four large islands and several smaller ones; but the principal channel-the westerly one-is nearly a mile in width. The Falls of St. Mary, or more properly rapids, are three-fourths of a mile in length, having a fall in that distance of twenty-one feet and ten inches. The two sections are now united by a steamboat and ship canal.

Following along the indentations of the southern shore, around the westerly extremity of the lake, to Arrow River, opposite to Isle Royale, will give the extreme length of the American coast, which cannot be much less than 1,000 miles; a part of which is in Michigan, part in Wisconsin, and part in Minnesota. Lake Superior is walled in by rocks, which, in some places, are piled in mountain masses upon the very shore. The waves dash against precipices and beetling crags, that threaten the unfortunate mariner, in a storm upon a lee shore, with almost inevitable destruction. There is tolerable anchorage at the head of St. Mary's Strait. Keweenaw Point has two sheltering bays, viz: Copper Harbor and Eagle Harbor. Protection may be found from the surf under the ice of the Apostle Islands, at La Pointe. St. Louis River, at the head of the lake, is a good harbor; but the best harbors are afforded by the indentations of the shores of Isle Royale.

'Owing to the lofty crags which surround Lake Superior, the winds, sweeping over the lake, impinge upon its surface so abruptly as to raise a peculiarly deep and combing sea, which is extremely dangerous to boats and small craft. It is not safe, on this account, to venture far out into the lake in bateaux; and hence voyagers generally hug the shore, in order to be able to take land in case of sudden storms. During the months of June, July and August, the navigation of the lake is ordinarily safe; but after the middle of September, great caution is required in navigating its waters; and boatmen of experience never venture far from land, or attempt long traverses across the bays. The boats are always drawn far up on the land at every camping-place for the night, lest they should be staved to pieces by the surf, which is liable at any moment to rise and beat with great fury upon the beeches."

One of the most curious phenomena of the lake is the sudden and inexplicable heaving and swelling of its waters, when the air is still. Mr. Schoolcraft, who passed over Lake Superior in 1820, thus describes it: "Although it was calm, and had been so all day, save a light breeze for a couple of hours after leaving the Ontonagon, the waters near the shore were in a perfect rage, heaving and lashing upon the rocks in a manner which rendered it difficult to land. At the same time scarce a breath of air was stirring, and the atmosphere was beautifully serene."

Another noticeable feature of Lake Superior is the extraordinary purity and transparency of the water, through which every pebble may be distinctly seen at the depth of twenty-five feet. When out in a canoe upon its surface, the frail vessel does not seem to be afloat upon a watery element, but suspended in mid-air, with etherial depths around and below. Those who have visited Lake George-the world-famous Horicon, whose waters were at one time carried to Rome to fill the papal fonts-and Lake Superior, affirm that the latter far surpasses the former in clearness and transparency. Indeed, they assure us that often, while looking down from the height at which the boat seems suspended, the head will grow dizzy, and a feeling of faintness will be superinduced.

Not less peculiar is the atmosphere around and over the lake, which plays strange and fantastic tricks in the face of high heaven, seeming to possess a life and spirit strictly in unison with the wonderful expanse of waters that lies spread out below. The mirage of Lake Superior fills the spectator with astonishment. For weeks during the summer, the traveler along the shores of this inland sea may be gratified by a view of the most curious phantasmagoriaimages of mountains and islands being vividly represented in all their outlines, with their tufts of evergreen trees, precipices, and rocky pinnacles, all inverted in the air, and hanging high over their terrestrial originals, and then again repeated upright in another picture directly above the inverted one. Rock Harbor, in Isle Royale, is the most noted locality for observing these phantasmagoria. But the mirage is not confined to any particular part of

We talked and became tired, yet nothing was done. Last night all the physicians in town were sent for, and each refused to come. Dr. John P. Wood, who is also Judge of Probate and Committal Justice, could not come, "because he was sick;" yet he was seen that evening, as well as the following morning, doing hard labor. Others had reasons, we know not what. Dr. Brooks was sent for five times; but as he was at a card-table playing poker, he swore he would not leave the game to save every G-d d-d Aboli tionist in the Territory.' Many thanks, however, are due to Mr. Caldwell, a pro-Slavery. man, and marshal of the town of Lecompton, for the kind aid he gave us.

The governor paid us a visit yesterday morning, which is the third since our incarceration. We showed him young Bowles, and told him we feared this was the beginning of an epidemic which would prove fatal to not a few. We showed him our scanty clothing. He said that the grand jury, which was in session all last week, would probably finish its business by night; that all against whom no bills were found would be immediately released; and that although he was going away and should be absent several days, yet he should leave orders that all those retained should be provided with every comfort that could be procured. But the grand jury has not ended its examination, and none can tell when it will. Sickness and death of the most horrid forms are in our midst; the scrapings of the Pandemonium surround us; we can see nothing left us but an appeal to the last tribunal, with God as our judge, and our jury the great American people. We are willing to suffer, if necessary, for the cause of Liberty and of Kansas; but is it necessary? Will you answer to God, and let us hear your decision?"

"NOTE. Of course, every prisoner whose name is here attached is not personally knowing to every individual statement; but every statement here made is known by many of us to be composed of actual facts, all are satisfied of their truth. To the name of each subscriber is attached his former residence:

Illinois.-Thomas Hankins, Dover; Aaron D. Ray, Linden; Thomas Leeson, Rock Island; J. G. Ketcham, Bloomington; G. N. Neff, Bloomington; Absalom V. Vickers, Bath; J. W. Jordan, Ogle County; A. S. Gates, Hamilton; John W. White, Farm Ridge; Thomas J. Aliff, Carlisle; Gilbert Tower, Goodall; Isaac Gray, Chicago; George Smith, Winnebago County; Wm. H. Gill, Elizabeth; Adam Bauer, Schuyler County; William Cline, Peoria; James Conley, Half Day; P. Stevens, Blooming. dale; A. M. Humphrey, Bristol; C. Hay, Oswego; Jesse F. Pyle, Schuyler County.

Ohio.-J. II. Kagi, Bristolville; S. Voglesong, Hanoverton; H. H. Easter, Highland County; Edwin R. Fally, Mount Gilead; Thomas Bowers, Chillicothe; Josiah G. Fuller, Oberlin; J. T. Yunker, Warsaw; Thomas W. Porterfield, an old soldier under Jackson, aged seventy-turo; A. J. Payne, Cleveland; William L.