SEPARATION!
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We parted In thence, we parted at night,
On the banka of that IcUeljr rirer;
■When the aarth wtththe wtataf mow"* white
We parted Ibr »yo, rmurrol
The nfehMrtnd aang, and tha atari ahore
Bit Ibnr abort jtaia he/Wa
Bnlltre we epokt cnrUrt Ihrewell
Onr «*• (remembered well)
n m 233 the dark To-Morrow.
q,VW that echoed that row ot mine
IreooM at that lonely river:
And (that aye, the beanttfol iplrlt’a thrine,
shrouded Its fin forever.
Andrew on the midnight iky I look,
And my heart growl fall to weeping!
Each lUr to me 111 Waled book,
flftma qqws of my loved ones keeping.
TVe parted In silence, wb parted In tears,
Oy the banks of that lonely river;
Bnt the mystic spell of onr two short year*
'Wm rest on my spirit forever.
«nfmst(nfl Warrantor.
The New Outrage on the Rev. Pardee
Sutler Described by Himself
Lawrence, Wednesday, May 7,1856.
One year ago I came to Kansas and brought
a claim on Sugar Creek, Atchison County.
On the 16thof August the Border Ruffians
of (he town of Atchison sent me down the
Missouri River on a raft.
We parted under a mutual pledge—l, that
if my life was spared, 1 would come back to
Atchison; and they, that if I did come back,
thev- would hang me.
Faithful to my promise, in November last
1 returned lo Kansas with my family ; visited
Atchison in open day, announced myself on
hand, and returned without molestation.
Kansas being yet sparely stilled, and hav
ing few meeting houses, n was determined
that Mrs. Butler should live on our claims
with her brother’s wife, while I should re
turn to Illinois and resume my labors as a
preacher. I ha*e been for a number of years
in the employ of churches in (he counties of
Brown and Adams, Illinois, a majority of
whose members were, 1 suppose, born and
raised in Kentucky.
April 30th I returned to Kansas and cros
sed the Missouri at Aichison. I spoke to no
one in town, save with two merchants of the
place, with whom 1 had business transactions
since my first arrival in the Territory. Hav
ing remained only a few minutes, I went to
my buggv to resume my journey, when 1
was assaulted by Robert S. Kelly, junior ed
itor 1 of The Squatter Sovereign, and others,
was dragged into a grocery, and there sur
rounded by a company of South Carolinians,
who are reported to have been sent out by a
Southern Emigration-Aid Society.
in this last mob, I noticed only two were
citizens’ of Atchison or engaged in the for-
mer moo.
It is reported that these emigrants from the
Palmetto State seek out a claim and make
lor themselves a home; neither do they en
ter into any legitimate business. They very
expressively describe themselves as having
“ c ante out to see Kansas through.”
They yelled—“ Kill him ■” “ Kill him !”
“ Hang the d—d Abolitionis -
One of their number bustled up to me and
demande-'—
“ Have you a revolve- ”
t replied—"N-
He handed me a pistol saying—“ There,
lake that, and stand off ten steps and G—d
o—n you, i will blow you through in an
instatr ”
1 replied—“l have no use for your
weaoor ’
I afterward heard them congratulating
themselves in reference to this—that they
had been honorable with me. The fellow
was furious ; but his companions dissuaded
him from shooting me, saying they were
coins to hang mt
If I can picture lo mvself the look of a
Cuban bloodhound, just ready with open
taws to seize a panting slave in a Florida
swamp, then I imagine we have a correct
daguerreotype of the expression worn by
these emigrant representatives of the manly
sentiment, high-toned courage and magnani
mous feelings of the South Carolina chivalry
when first they scented—in their own tmag
i nation—the blood of a live “Abolitionist.”
“ Hang him 1 ” they yelled ; “ hang him !
hang the d—d Abolitionist ”’
They pinioned my arms behind me, ob
tained a rope, but were interrupted by the
entrance of a stranger—a gentleman from
Missouri, since ascertained to be General
Tu., a lawyer, of Buchanan County. He
saic.
"My friends, hear me. lam an old man,
and n is right you should hear me. I was
born in Virginia, and have lived many years
in Missouri. lam a slaveholder, and desire
Kansas lo be made a Slave State —if n can
be done by honorable means. But you will
destroy the cause you are seeking to build
up. You have taken this man, who was
peaceably passing through your streets and
atong the highway, doing no person any
narra. We profess to be law and order men,
and should be the last to commit violence.—
If this man has violated the law, let him be
punished according to law ; bnt for the sake
o; Missouri—for the sake of Kansas —for
the sake of the Pro-Slavery cause, do not
act in this war ”
They dragged me into another grocery
and appointed a moderator. Kelly told his
story.
1 rose to toy feet, and calmly, and in res
peclfui language, began to (eil mine. I was
repeatedly jerked to my seat, end so rounh
ly handled that 1 was compelled to desist. •
My friend from Missouri again earnestly
besought them to set me at liberty. J
Kelly turned short on him and said,*" Do
you belong to Kansas *”
He replied: “No ; but I expect to live
here in Aichison next Fall; and ia.tbis mat
ter the interests of Missouri atnd Kansas are
identical."
Mr. Lamb, a lawyer in Atchison, and. Mr.
Dickson, a merchant of the same place, both
Pro-Slavery men, also'united with Gen. Tut
m pleading that I might be set at liberty. -
While these gentlemen were (bus speak
,o gt I heard pay- beepers mutter—“ D—n
you, if you don’t bush up, we’ll tar and feath
er you.”
When Kelly saw how matters, stood, he
«me forward “ and said—“ He did not lake
ru r 1 j hint hanged, only tarred and
leathered- Yet in the other grocery they
had said to the mob that “ they should do
as they pleasedH e dared not tabu the
responsibility of taking my life; but when
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these unfortunate men, whose onq-idea-lsm
on the subject of Slavery and Southern
Rights has become insanity—whpn these ir
responsible South Carolinians, sent out to be
bull dogs and blood hounds for Aichison and
Stringfellow—when they could be used as
tools to take my life, he was ready to do it.
Our gunpowder Moderator cut the discus
sion short by saying, “ It is moved that But
ler be tarred and feathered, and receive thir
ty-nine lashes.
A majority said “ Aye,” though a num
ber of voices said “ No.” The Moderator
said, “ The affirmative has it.”
I began to speculate how that sort of thing
would work as far north as the latitude of
Kansas. There was a good deal of whis
pering about the house. I saw dark, omi
nous and threatening looks in the crowd.
The Moderator again came forward, and,
in an altered voice, said :
“ It is moved that the last part of the sen
tence be rescinded
It was rescinded.
It was given into the hands of my South
Carolina overseers to be tarred and feathered.
They muttered and growled at this issue of
“the matter, “Bey ," said (here; “if
“ we had known it would have come out in
“ i his way, we would have let
“ shoot Butler at the first. He would have
“ done it quicker than a flash.”’
One little sharp-visaged, dark-featured,
black-eyed South Carolinian, as smart as a
cricket, who seemed to he the leader of the
gang, was particularly displeased. “ D—n
“ you,” said he, “ if I came all the way
11 from South Carolina and spent so much
“ money to do things up in such milk-and
water style as this.”
They stripped me naked to the waist, cov
ered my body with tar, and then, for the
want of feathers, applied .cotton wool.—
Having appointed a Committee of three to
certainly hang me the next time 1 should
come to Atchison, they tossed my clothes
into my buggy, put me therein, accompanied
me to the suburbs of the town, and sent ms
naked out upon the prairie.
1 adjusted my attire about me as best I
could, and hastened to rejoin my wife and
two little ones on the banks of the Stranger
Creek. It was rather a sorrowful meeting
after so long a parting. Still, we were very
ihankful that, under the blessing of a good
Providence, it bad fared no worse with us all.'
The first mob that sent me down the Mis
souri River on a raft—always excepting
Robert S. Kelly—were courteous gentleman
compared with (his last one. When I was
towed out into the middle of the stream I do
not remember to have heard a word spoken
by the men on the shore. This last mob,
when they left me on the border of the town,
shrieked and yelled like a pack of
Zealand cannibals. The first mob did not
attempt to abridge my rigljt of speech. In
reply lo nlljhe hard and biller things they
said against patiently heard me to
the end. But who have come to
introduce into order of things
that now exists in South Carolina, savagely
gagged me into silence by rapping my face,
choakibg me, pulling my beard, jerking me
violently to my seat, and exclaimed, “D—n
you, hold your tongue !” All this was done
while my arms were pinioned behind me!
Many will ask now, as they have asked
already, what is the true and proper cause
of all these troubles which I have had in
Atchison. I have told the world already,
and I can only repeat my own words. 1
have said : “ The very head and front of
my offending hath this extent, no more.” I
had spoken among my neighbors favorable
for making Kansas a Free State, and said in
the office of the Squatter Sovereign, I am a
Free-Soiler, and intend to vole for Kansas to
be a Free State. Ft is true that Kelly, by an
after-thought, has added two new counts to
his bill of indictment against me. The first
is that I aveni to the town of Atchison last
August, talking Abolitionism. 1 have not
(be honor of being an Abolitionist, And,
second, that I spoke, somehow or other, im
properly in the presence of slaves. All this
is not only utterly false, but the charges are
ex-post facts; for not a word was said of
this the day they put me on the raft.
The New-Yobk Tribune publishes me
as a Methodist preacher that was pul on a
raft for preaching Abolitionism, 1 am a
member of the denomination known as Dis
ciples (Campbellites), and have never alluded
to the subject of Slavery in my preaching.-
I published a narrative of the whole affair jn
The Missouri Democrat, hot one word of
which has ever been denied, lo the best of
my knowledge, except this: I said I had
heard that Kelly was born in Massachusetts,
He says he was not born there; that he was
born in Vitginia* Robert S. Kelly, junior
editor of The Squatter Sovereign, and
Government Printer, shall be born just
where he pleases.
Still, it.wilt be regarded as mysterious and
incredible that a man should receive such
treatment for uttering words as I report my
self to have uttered. The matter is clear
enough when the facts are understood that 1
will explain.
Prior to August 16,1855, there was, prop
erly speaking, no Free-State party organized
in Atchison County perhaps not the Whole
Territory of Kansas. Free voters did not
know their own strength,, and all were dis
posed to be prudent—some were timid.—
Here in Atchison County we were determin
ed that if the Border Ruffians were resolved
to drive matters to a blooody issue, the res
ponsibility of doing so should rest wholly
with themselves. There are many Free-
SoiWs in this County; brave men, who have
no scruples to hinder them from arming
themselves and preparing to repel force by
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force. The Border Ruffians sought,.by a
system of terrorism, so to intimidate Free
Soilera as to prevent them from organizing a
Free. State Party, or even discussing,
ject of Slavery and Freedom in Kanspa,—
They carried (his to such an extent of out*
rageous .violence that it came to be currently
reported that it was as much as, a man’s life
was worth in the town of Atchison to. say:
“ I am a Free Soiler.”
We deprecated violence and wished a
peaceful discussion of the subject. It was
therefore most filling that a man whose pro
fession Ibrbade him to go armed should put
to the test of actual experiment whether an
American citizen of blameless life could be
permitted to enjoy (he right of free speech
the privilege of expressing views favorable to
making Kansas a Free'State—such views
being uttered without anything of angry,
abusive or insulting language. It was for
this purpose the above words were spoken,
and which has been the cause of all my troub.
les in Atchison.
If the Border Ruffians had permitted me
to depart in peace they would have been
without the shadow of an excuse to jnitjgate
its atrocity. But, whatever might have been
the result, I had counted the cost and was
prepared to abide.the issue.
If there is any class of men that staid be.
hind the curtains and pull the wires, we
would respectfully represent to them that it
will do no good to urge these understrappers
on to these deeds of- violence and ruffianism.
We are not'of a class of men to utter child
ish complaints at any wrongs that we may
suffer, but toe know our rigktt and we intend
to hate them.
In conclusion we would suggest to South
Carolina that she had better send for her em
igrants home again. They will do her cause
more harm lhan’good. However this way
of doing work may do among the field hands
of a rice plantation, it won't do here at nil.
We, in Kansas, are not made of metal to be
worked in such a lire; Respectfully,
Few persons in this country have any just
or definite idea of the immense wealth and
resources of Russia. Even the extent and
value of her fisheries are not properly esti
mated. It is staled that 500,000 individuals
are employed about them, in the Lower
Wolga and Northern Captain. The sea
coast fisheries in the Black Sea, sea of Azof,
the Baltic and White Sea are great and pro
ductive. All her noble rivers everywhere
abound with ftsh, owing to the nnn« ,|, ““'
fasts in the Greek Church, the consumption
of fish, in Russia, is very great.
There are in the Russian Empire 542,177,-
248 acres of land in forests. These are of
immense value, and as communications ore
opened up throughout the country, they will
become still more valuable. .There has been
immense wastage in limes past, but of. Iqte
years the government has appointed special
officers to look after them, to preserve them
from unnecssary destruction. Russia is
one of the best wooded countries in the
world. The quantity of timber yearly con
sumed must be immense, when we recollect
that nearly all the houses throughout the
Russian Empire are built of wood.
The number of horses in Russia exceeds
by 7,000,000 ihe total number in France,
Austria, Prussia, the United Stales, and the
United Kingdom together; about 14,000,000.
The value of the whole must be very great.
Saddle horses sell from 300 to 1500 silver
rubles each ; and with the exception of the
numbers that roam the Eastern provinces,
say 4,000,000—a peculiar and hardy and
valuable breed—the Russian horses are of
an excellent quality. Their cavalry horses
are equal to the English, and superior to any
other in Europs. The'number in Russia
present to bur view a force equal to 129,000,.
000 effective men. Taking them ai half the
average value (£32,105) of horses in the
United Kingdom, of £16,6s each, the total
value will be $364,750,000.
The total number of cattle in the Russian
Empire exceeds by nearly 6,000,000 the to
tal number in France, Austria and Prussia
(24.823,384,) and their value is also very
great. At half the average value of those
in Ihe United. Kingdom, the amount a; £7
each will be £217,000 ,000.
' Minerals of the niost valuable and useful
kinds abound in Russia. Salt is found in
various ' places; but there is a district of
country oil her Southern' frontier, extending
nearly in a like parallel with the northern
coast of Ihe sea of Aral and 'the Caspian,
and to the north of the line mentioned, be
tween both 1 , where Salt is ■ found of the finest
quality in such abundance that it is sufficient
to supply the whole'world Tor millions of
years! Immense'beds of sulphur h a vela re
ly been discovered about Saccamara, on the
banks of the Wolga; and vast gold fields,
richer than those in California and Austra
lia, have lately been discovered around (he
sources of the Lena. Silver is most abun
dant at Nartshiosk, on the Chinese bounda
ry. There is good'reason to believe‘that
all Siberia abounds with Ihe precious Pet
als. Very large fields of gold have been
found in various parts of Russia, especially
in the iron districts, To the, westward of
the Ural Mountains and the Don, in the gov
ernment of Ekalerinosly, a vast field of, the
very finest of anthracite coal has been found,
and is hpw working to a great extent.—
The gold produced in the tlral Mountains
was, in 1851, £3,600,000, Sometimes,b is
much more and nearly double. Beside gold
and eflyer, Russia has a Vtist,'exlent Of iron
jnribes, yielding that metal of the very finest
quality." There are also large mines of pla
liua, copper, lead and zinc.
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M . misery likes Company.
after the cfdse of kho Mexi
can war, one of the disbanded volunteer's,
who Was in.possession of morewii than cash,
made) bis appearance in, one of ,the largest
hotels in Cincinnati,with,a,stomach as empty
as his-purse, and displaying a Mexican shil
ling to the landlord, inquired if that kind of
coin was current here.-
“Oh, yes,” replied he: “you can have
whatever the house affords for that money :
it passes current here 1” ,
The 1 fortunate soldier finding, himself in
such Compliant quarters, called about him
most lustily, and the most sumptuous dinner
the house could afibrd, washed down by sun- 1
dry bottles of the most expensive! wines, was
dispatched without ceremony. '' On going
away, he lendered' al the' bar the identical
shilling which the landlord had inadvertently
led him to expect was to perform such won
ders. The stare, the shrug and the exclama
tion elicited from “mine host" by such a ted
der may be more easily conceived than ex
pressed, An explanation very mdch to the
dissatisfaction of the landlord took place, who
quickly found not only that nothing-more was
likely to be got, but also the laugh would be
iretneijdous lietivy against him. This' pan
of the profits he had a very Christian wish tb
divide with his neighbor. Taking, therefore,
his guest.ro the street door of his .'-hotel, he
requested him to look over, the way.
, “Do you see,” said he, “that Urge hotel
opposite? Thai fellow, the .landlord of it, is
my sworn rival, and nothing can keep this
story from his ears, in which case 1 shall
never hear the last of it. Now, my good
fellow, you are not only welcome to your en
terfdioment but’ I will instantly give you a
dollar into the bargain if you will promise,
on the word of a soldier, to attempt the very
same trick with him to morrow that succeeded
so well with me to day.”
Our veteran took the money and accepted
the conditions; but having buttoned up the
dollar very securely in his pocket, he took
leave of the landlord with the following speech
and a bow that did no discredit to the gallan
try of a soldier:
“Sir, I deem myself in honor bound to use
my utmost endeavors to put your wishes into
execution; I shall certainly do all I can, but
I must candidly inform you that 1 fear 1 shall
not succeed, since 1 played the very same
trick with that gentleman yesterday, and it
is to his particular advice alone that you are
indebted for the honor of my company to
day."
jPamiiyn&overnSßnt
It is not to watch children with a suspicious
eye; to frown at (heir merry outbursts of in
nocent hilarity; to suppress (heir joyous
laughter, and to mould them into melancholy
little models of octogenarian gravity.
And when they have been in fault it is not
to punish them simply on account of the per
sonal injury you may have chanced to suffer
in consequence of their fault; while disobe
dience unattended by inconvenience to your
self, passes without rebuke.
Nor is it to overwhelm the little culprit
with a flood of angry words; to stun him
with a deafening noise ; to call him by hard
names which do not express his misdeeds;
to load him with epithets, which would be ex
travagant if applied to a fault 1 of ten-fold
enormity; or to declare with passionate ve
hemence that he is the worst child in the vil
lage, and destined to the gallows.
But it is to watch anxiously for the first
risings of sin, and to repress them; to coun
teract the earliest workings of selfishness;
to suppress the first begining of rebellion
against rightful authority , r to teach an impli
cit and unquestioning and cheerful obedience
to the will of the parent, as' the best prepa
raiion for a future allegiance to the require
ments of the civil 1 magistrate, and to the laws
of the great Ruler and Father in Heaven.
It is to punish the fault because it is a fault .;
because it is sinful and contrary to the borfi
mandsof God; without reference to whether
it may not have been productive of imme
diate injury to the parent or to others.
It is to reprove with calmness and compo
sure, and not with any irritation, in a,few
Words, filly chosen, ami nut. with a lorreit of
abuse; to punish.as often as you lhreiten,
and threaten only-when.'you both intend lind
can remember <6 perform; to say ,wba( you
mean, »nd infallibly do as you say- i
It is'to govern ybur'family as in the sight
of Hint who gave you your authority who
wilt reward your strict fidelity with.such
blessings as he bestowed on Abraham, or pun
ish your criminal neglect with'Such burses as
he visited on Eli.—Religious Herald.
‘ Quarrelling I^Jsiohbohs.—'The physi
cal appearance of a' man sometimes changed
the current of events. A case in point Oc
curred recently. The children of two neigh
boring families had theif’quarrels and fights,
and torn, garments. Thp, father of one fam
ily believing Ills .children to have been sad
ly maltreated, and being a very passionate
man, concluded (half the surest way to settle
the differences between their households per
manently, would be .to chastise the bead of
the other, family, although as yet, he had
never seen. him. - He. thereupon procured a
raw-hide, and abruptly entering his -neigh-
tenementiinquired in a threatening tone
for the man Of the house.
“lam here, 1 sit*” said a personage of up
wards of two-hondred .and-twenty pounds,
as he approached 10 learn the business of his
neighbor. - - s- ..,:■■■■
' ‘“Did I understand you to say lhat you are
■the gentleman of the house. .
’ ' “ Yes, sir.”
“Well, I—l just dropped in, sir, to see if
this was your raw-bido.”
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Mm;Editor n Bemganaiiveofthe ‘‘Key
stone Stale," ever have I beeft delighted td
see her take a ! forward step itl Civilization.
One from the. very constitution of his na
ture, must have Patriotic,emotions in propor
tion to the advancement'or development of
his State or nation and } tice joersa. Hand
in-hand,.witK the progress of state', go those
two fathered institutions, which ha‘‘e ever
blessed humanity from the days of creation,
as hiswiry so amply attests; : . ;; ; ■ ‘ !
The iqne, with “King Oppression” as its
leader, has swayed, the destinies.’oh nations,
and heaped up their ruins to the admiration
of bli the'world:' “ The" ether, I neeSThardly
add, under the Supervision and immediate
care fif Bacchus, has visited all nations—
made its debut and indelibly left its impress.
These wo class among the auxiliaries essen
tial to solve the mystery of mao’s existence,
and the attainment of the end of his being.
In 1855, we did greatly lament to hear that
the kind, good Bacchus, who bad swayed his
burnishing scepter over the Keystone Stale
with such complacent care and mildness, from
lime immemorial, had been dethroned ■; and
that so much of his kingdom was probably
lost for ever to bis influence.
- All rational intelligence, of course, must
have said, (hat that was a retrograde move
ment, taking a backward step toward the
dark ages and barbarism itself! Moat obvi
ously so; for its purpose was to eradicate
drunkenesa and all its consequences—to
make the drunken sober—the infirm well—
the mad and deranged sane—to clothe the
naked and (eed the hungry—to lessen mis
ery and degradation, yea ! to raise men from
the brute, to bis spiritual sphere of action!
All of this was most bitterly oposed to that
substratum upon which rests all law, human
& divine; which declares that “Summum
honum ett supreme lex.”
But upon the other hand Bacchus has been
upon the alert. Most untiring has been his
zeal—furious the contest, till at last, the glo
rious victory has been achieved, and he has
resumed his throne—given his edict that his
“most dutifijl subjects” shall return to their
former laudable vocation —that quietude and
harmony— “peace and good will to men”
are to be 1 the supreme potentate of the land !!
Doubtless he is now marching at the head of
his army—all inspired with divine fury—
armed with thyrsi, clashing cymbals, and
other musical instruments, uttering the wild
est cries over his lately achieved domain,
yes, such is but a faint shade of the existing
affairs in Pennsylvania.
What is to be done ? In the language of a
Henry, do you propose to lie supinely on your
backs (ill the enemy shall have bound you
hand and fool ?” May wo (rust there is yet
moral conciousness in the heart of Pensylva
hia of the wrong that is crushing out her rights.
The ray of hope has not entirely abandoned
her. Her soul must still throb, sending the
burning pulsations through her veins for the
right! She, a supplient extends her hands
soliciting assistance. Shall she not have iL?
Shall the future historian record the blacken
ing stigma upon her history’s pages, that she
died a moral death to the goad of rum in
tighten hundred anh fifty six ? The colo
nists were routed at Lexington. But Truth
and (he Right were on their side, and it was
but to rally them to renewed energies toretrive
the wrongs of their infant naton. Let the
question be again pul to the citizens of Penn
sylvania. Shall Temperance and Truth
meet the opposing elements and assert their
claims, or shall rum be the God of the state,
and madness, pauperism, crime, degredalion.
misery and blood abound therein! Let (he
wisdom and discretion of the people decide.
Alfred Seminary. H. O. Johns.''
A Stobv Finished,—Some years ago, a
Cincinnati paper received and printed the first
chapter of what promised to be a thrilliiig
romance, with the expectation of being pro
vided with' the concluding portions as might
be needed. The chapter was very ingenious
ly written and concluded, leaving the princi
pal character suspended by 'the pantaloons
from the limb of a tree over a perpendicular
precipice. It attracted the attention of the
press,'lnquiries wore frequently. made con
cerning the continuation of the story, and the
Tate ofjhe hero. Day after day, the victim
ized publishers looked for the regaining chap
ters, but in vain ; they never came to hand.
Finding that ibey had been “sold,” and wish
ing tp put a stop to ; the jokes their eolempo
raries were cracking at their expense, they
briefly concluded thus:
Chapter 11.— Conclusion.
After banging lo (he treacherous tree four
weeks, his pantaloons gave way, and Charles
Melville rolled headlong over the yawning
precipice. He Tel I a distance of five miles,'
and came down with the small of bis back
across a. stake, which so jarred him that he
.was compelled to travel in l!iaty for his health,
where he is at present residing,. Ha is en
gaged in the butchering business, and is the
father of a large family of children.
“Cali, youii Next Witness.”—Yester
day, in the Court-House, while the third
speech in an important case was .being, made
,by- a. learned barrister, the Judge fell asleep.
The barrister proceeded, lor some , lime, but
at length sal dqwn, remarking “the court’s
asleep.” Lawyer, officers and spectators sat
, in profound silence for some time, seeing the
court, in reppse. At length a lawyer, bolder
thin the rest, .ventured, to shake the court,
when rubbing his eyes, his honor cried out,
"Call your next witness;” But having been
thoroughly awakened by the laugh that fol
lowed,-be corrected this by saying, ‘'Proceed
with your argument.”— Gin. Gazette,
From The St. LouU Democrat, May is.
Arrest «l Governor Robinson.
We an inferviaw yesterday,Jat Bam'
urn’s, Rdhifleon,
wife bf emit of (hie EVoei State
Party of Kansas, and learned from her that
on.’the: lOihr. idst., on,.(KtardtbeBteamor Star
of.lhe West.at Loiington.berhuaband waa
arrested by a mob - under the; leadership of
Gea; Shields of, that place." Robinsonat :bo
time was in hia stateroom asleep. The pa rty
itrsearch went thither andicaUed-bin out:—.
He demanded of themthe caose-of -his:ar.
rest, when they charged that he wasa fugi
tire from justice, andstated that they should
detain him-Ontil they could hear from Gov.
ernor Shannon in relation to- the case. To
denying that he was
a-fugitive, andstaiing that he was On Ijis way
East dn personal business.- His plea, how.
e»br,'was not credited, and he was taken to
the house of Gen; Sawyer, wherehe is now
a prisoner under guard. His wife accompa
nied him, but afterward left for St. Louis.—•
Governor Robinson was told that if he did
not submit to the capture force would boused..
He, therefore, permitted himself to be taken
without resistance. Mrs. Robinson states
(hat no processor any description was served
against her husband, and that be left Law
rence with the knowledge of hundreds of
people. She says the mob was boisterous
but made no hostile demonstrations. She
presumes her- husband will be liberated in a
day or two.
;T 1 IT
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MBS. BOBIKSOn’S OWH STATEMENT.
Since the above was in type, we have re
ceived froni Mr's. Robinson’s pen, the follow,
ing statement of facts relative to the proceed •
ings on board of the Star of the West, which
will be found highly interesting ;
, St. Louis, Thursday, May 13,1850.
As Gov. Robinson and myself were pas
sing down the Missouri River on our way to
St. Louis and further East, upon affairs of
business, we were taken, off boat at Lex
ington, .at the instigation. of lawless men,
they pretending that Gov.R. was fleeing from
an indictment. He assured the gentlemen,
some eight or ten in number, who gathered
about our state-room door, opening upon the
guard, that such was not the case, that he
had heard of no indictment, that his where
abouts, whether in Lawrence or elsewhere,
was at all times known, that if the Marshal
had desired to serve such a process upon him
he catjld have easily done so and he should
have suffered no resistance. He told them
also that he would never think to escape from
an indictment for any political offense, and
had he been doing so, of all places he would
have avoided the Missouri River and Lexing
lon. Upon the statement of a gentleman
that the delay in consenting to leave the boat,
as the crowd had found the bar and were
drinking freely, only added to Gov. R.’s dan
ger of personal violence, he said, Let ma
“ see the crowd, and 1 can .shortly convince
“ them that I am not running from an arrest;
“ then I can continue on my journey." To
which the reply was given to the effect that
he would be in immediate danger of mob vio
lence. It was also insisted upon as a means
of safety that we pass out on the guard ia
leaving the boat, while the exasperated peo
ple, a “ cabin full” of them, should be una
ware of our departure. A carriage was in
readiness to lake us to the town. We were
quartered ia the house of a Mr. Sawyer, who
kindly offered his home as a place of safely,
the night-guard about the house alone re
minding us of the fact that Governor R. was
a prisoner. I omitted to mention in its prop
er place that the gentlemen upon first com
ing to the state-room said they had been talk
ing to the crowd for fifteen qninutes, trying
to persuade them to leave the boat, but that
none would be satisfied Unless he temained
in Lexington until they could learn whether
an indictment was out against him, while
others cried, “ Drag him out.” To Gov. R.’g
suggestion that if he was running away from
an arrest, he could see no grounds for anoth
er State to interfere, one of the gentlemen
replied, “ He did not wish to get into an ar
gument, &c. Gov. R. is retained a prisoner,
while I am allowed to pass on.
I make this statement that the true stele
of the case may be known.
Independence.—We like independence;
like to hear a man express his honest convic
tions on any and every subject on which he
may have occasion to speak. A man who is
a mere echo of some leading politician—
some distinguished divine or some shrewd
financier; whose religious sentiments are the
sentiments of his church—his political views
a fac simile of his party organ—who listens
with open mouth and glaring eyes' to those
whops accident has elevated, pecuniarily a
little above himself, not daring to utter an
opinion which does not fully coincide with that
coming from such a source; may hod appro
priate spheres in this world; but the moral
and intellectual condition of the community
will not be greatly improved by any thing ho
dared to do or say.
A. Fatal. Duel. The Baltimore Sun
states on Saturday last a.duel was fought 6u
on the line of North and South Carolina,be
tween Dr. VVilkips and Mr. Planner, a com
mission merchant, both of Wilmington, N-
C. Oh the first fire the .ball of the latter cut
off a part of the Doctor’s ear; the second
fire put his ball through the Doctor’s hat?
Nothing daunted the latter coolly remarked
that his hat was a new one, and desired that
it should not, be aimed at.' The seconds hero
interposed, and used tjielr best endeavotp to
reconcile the difficulty, but wither! success.
The combatants then resumed, when' the til
fated Doctor was killed ,at the first fire. The
quarrel originated on political grounds.
Giants in their Slumber. —The Bur
lington (Iowa) Slate Gazette says (hh\ while
some workmen were .engaged in, excavatin''
for the collar of, Gov. ; Q r imefl’ new building*
on. the- corner of Main nod , Valley .street#,
they, pame,upop.an arched, vault, acme leu
feel square, «(hiph, pa; being, opened,,,was
found to .contain, eighjl human, skeletons pf
gigantic proportions. The walls of the vault
were about, eighteen, inches thick,,well,laid
up with cement or indeslruotilbla mortar.—
The vault is about six feet deep frOiti'the
hose to the arch. The skeletons afein a
good atoto of presOrValiOnfand wo’ venture
to say tre lhh largest human remains 7 evtV
fouud, baing a little over eight teet long.
Saka T. D. Robinson,