***** From Stray Ltartt. fWe publish the following poem b y request. It wm «tJ{’ tea by »l»d of nxtwn tor the dosing exercise* of the Acao pMU... *»« riMiW ntat fcrWhW-l* iwatflei - IHlWte «lpg of the toMiUDB- The Jtaglo Reejffl! b01d),,. ... • • vrhbtJ^Databnstte*rWt«td*htawibg , Aad ecOres to bo eoatidied. . . wS that daree'fliofierce ltona : «ttid—• -»• petrel of the ee«; v Bat 0. the owl—the country owl I He Is theblM for me! Hie bird *weet (?) Uie ear doefl greets . 1 ~ . oome op{ , 'nhUe ‘teboeS, eager to repeat, The mellow notes prolong; The wild-windi imitative howL * As they swwp'o’er fen and 1«* Oj thb owl, the owl, the country ow V~- He ta the bird for met fSh plhmage btfght like a robe of light 1 ' - Oleatt# in tlta moonlight d!A t / 'While be wildly chants through the weary night • w ihe swaying forest limb? . . Aid-the lonely winds reeponfjreJiQwl Tbrongh the boughs of the forest tree, •To (hb lAy of the owl, the 6WI-*- Ojthsbirdof birds label JWHtA Q. Hoses. ttrmifttjy Sfcetttb A Startling Adventure. In the siimraer of 1815, I was traveling on business in the western part of Tennes see. That portion of the State which lies between the Tennessee ana the Mississippi <ras at that time a’ wild, dreary forest. No roadswiothing . but- horse-paths—-through the woods ; and the only marks to guide the traveler upon his journey were the “blazes” and “batches" upon the trees. 1 was dressed in the backwood fashion, and I road a fiery mustang, with mane and tail as- white as snow, a beautiful arched neck, and and an eye like an eagle. He was a perfect beauty, and fleet as the wind. Across hisbaok 1 had thrown a pair of saddle-bags, comuining on on one side a dozen “pones” of corn bread and a piece of bacon, and to balance them there was a “pile of rooks” in the other end in the shape of two thousand dollars in gold, which I had collected and was transporting them to a bank in Kentucky, to be disposed of for eastern exchange. Two large wooden stirrups hung dangling from my saddle, and the bolsters in front contained two beau ties, in the shape of enormous pistols, Over these, to keep them dry, were the squirrel skin covers. I had been riding for several hours, swim ming the rivers that crossed ray path, snuf fing in the rich perfume of the forest flowers, ■watching the squirrels, playing about in the tree lops, and listening to the music which is sued from the throats of the thousand of birght winged songsters which' the woods abounded. I had not seen a solitary human being since morning, and night was rapidly approaching; indeed, it had already begun to grow dark, and I had made up my mind that 1 would have to “camp out” for the night. . was looking around to select some good place, when 1 was startled by the neighing of a horse ahead o( me, and presently I saw two men approaching me on horseback. They were rough looking fellows, dressed in hunt ing shirts, and with scjuirrel-skin caps on their heads. I did not like their looks, and un seen by them, 1 drew up my pistols, and cock ing them, replaced them in the holsters, and casting my eye forward, I saw one of the men make a motion I did not like. I resolved that if they proved to be what 1 suspected, I would give them a hard fight, and die bravely. “Pshaw 1 what a fool 1 was!” thought I, , as they rode up and bade me good evening. We conversed for a few minutes, when one of them said : My youngster, what have you got in your saddle-bags that rattles sol” “.Nails’’ I- replied. “Nails ?” said he. “Eh, Bill, let’s exam ine tne article and see!” and he caught bold ol my horse by the bit. Quick as lightning I drew my pistols, and pointing a muzzle- to each of their hearts, sate. “Gentlemen mate a motion to draw a weapon, and that motion seals your fate 1” They were completely taken by surprise, and wheeling their horses around, struck off into the forest. After getting a few rods off, one of them raised his fist in a threatening altitude. I drew the trigger of my right hand pistol, and the villian’s arm fell upon the saddle ; and uttering a yellof agony, they darted off into the woods. I reloaded my pistols', struck my spurs into my horse’s sides, and after ten mflesof the fastest riding I ever experienced, I reached a log house, where I put up for the night. Two years after the incident just noted took place, I was traveling down the Mississ ippi on an old fashioned boat, when my atten tion was attracted to an individual on board whom I thought I had met before, but where I could not ieH. I was determined'to fellow him up, and see if I could not call to mind where we had met, and under what circum stances. At last I found an opportunity to get a look at htm. aS he was Seated on an old barrel-head earnestly erigaged in a game of “seven up.” ■! stepped up, and looked over his shoulder, preceded-that two fingers 6f his right hand were missing. The game pro. greased, until, in an exciting moment, he arose, and shaking hi* fiat in the face of his opponent, in answer 'to some remark of the latter concerning the gathe, exclaimed i “I swear you liel” '• I placed my hand on his shbulder and turned him around i “Ah! ah!" exclaimed I, "we’va met be fore. I” , Lifting his maimed, hand, his (ace turned as white as a sheet, and, hoarse wivh passion* ne vociferated ,i*y < :J “Yes, we have met before, in the woods of Tennessee’ and I have sworn that- yon shall I TakethslJ” „ And the wretch attempted to drawapistol 'ram his coat, but the trigger caught in the tagged lining of his pocket—it went;off, and, rolled over into the.imuddy waters iof the corpse I.— JAfe ip the West. A Yankee at the west; advertises that'he. will mend chacki, lecture on phrenology, milk cowg on t he. halves, and gaolamming at low’ tide. During l his leisure he ■will hitve do objections ! UPeditingn, papeV in the bar* g«BV • . i, !■ . .v. t i. & smart, waiting woman, in giving, an ac. wmnt of the twin children mistress, M|d, very innocently;-.jiTJ», dear,, .little things 1 One looks so much like, both, you tel| t’other from which!” \ fp tt OTj/rn . f t ; ii nwol I Jll I l j 1 =- ,u\ .IXV'ti.f >l' '1 V.,.1 ‘ ' '■ ■ ■ 1 ' I *■ ' ' ' - ■ ■'•• ' - - -'■ -‘ ■ - ! ; : r GOBBj STURROCK& CO., VOL, 2.,: Btihlet LOY^oy, Mr. LoVe/ot was a native of Massachu setts,-and in 1827 arrived in St. Louis; where he engaged in teaching. Hb regained ib this employment until 1832, when he visited PribCfeldn' College, N. J., wherC he 'remained until April, of ■ 1833; when he Was licensed to preach the Gospel, from the second Presby tery, of Philadelphia. After preaching for a time in Newport,'R. 1., and m New Ybrk oily,' he received the tjffer of materials to es tablish a religious teWspaper in St. Louis.— The offer waS accepted, and an the 22d of November, 1838, the first number of the St. Look Observer was issued. We have read many of his leading editorials since stopping here, and little or nothing that a reasonable man could oppose, although he was free w speak upon slavery as an evil, and defended the Bible from a vile attack upon it, which represented the book as endorsing the institu tion. Having animadverted rather severely upon a mob which broke into the jail of St. Louis, and took a mulatto, by the name of Mclntosh, who was incarcerated there for murder, and burnt him at a stake, the popu lar will got very much incensed against him ; and finding he could not be protected in his person or property there, and having been in vited to remove to Alton, 111., with his press, he consented, with many misgivings, to do so ; not, however, until violence was commit ted upon his property m St. Louis, by the tearing down of his office. His press and fixtures arrived in Alton on Sabbath morn ing, the 21st of July, 1836. On the follow ing Monday morning, before light, five or six rowdies, finding the press on the levee, broke it in pieces and threw it into the Mis sissippi. On the same day, a public meeting of the citizens was held, and unanimously agreed to make good the loss; On the Bth of September, 1836, he got out the first num ber of lh£ Alton Observer; which was pub lished regularly until the 17th of August, 1837. On the 21st of August, press, type and fixtures were destroyed by a mob ; and though the citizens were looking on, they did not interfere to stop the outrage because the cry of abolitionism had gone out against the editor. An attempt was made on his life, but his coolriess saved him, and he was al lowed to go home to his family. The editor drew up an appeal to his pat rons, and received sufficient aid to procure another press, mostly from the people of Quincy and Alton 111. This arrived on the 21st of September, during the absence of the editor. That night it was rriobhpd and thrown into the river—making the third press thus destroyed for him. Several ineffectual attempts were again made to lake his life, but each lime, by some fortunate interposi tion be was saved. Mr. K immediately ordered another press on his own account. Public feeling was high against the Observer and Mr. Lovejoy. Re solves were passed, and threats were made. After doubt as to the propriety of estab lishing his journal in Alton again, and in a public meeting, after stating his rights, guar anteed to him as a freeman, and showing how he had been “ pursued like a partridge on the mountains,” and feeling be was quite as safe in Alton as elsewhere, closed by saying, “Tjf 7 die, I have determined to make my grave in Alton.” The fourth press arrived on the night of the 6th of November, 1837, and was stored in the large stone warehouse of Messrs, God frey & Gilman. Here it remained until the following night, when a mob “belched forth from the drunkeries and coffee-houses,” who were met by some thirty persons, including Mr. Lovejov, who had collected in the ware house to defend the press. The building was three stories high) with windows only on the enda. An attempt was made by the mob to force themselves into the building, but was repulsed. Attempts were made by the Mayor to reason with them, but all to nu purpose.— They fired Into the windows, and received a shot from within, which killed one man, and wounded several others. Ladders were then brought, and a person ascended to the roof and set the building on fire. The bells were rung and the citizens assembled, who looked on, silent spectators, Lovejoy was,reques ted to go to .the door and quiet .the mob; ps the roof was in flames,.and the danger im minent, He.did so, and received five balls in his breasi from'a villain who was laying in ambush. “ He turned quickly around in to the store, ran hastily, up a flight of stairs, with his arms across his breasi, came ipip the counting-room, and fell, exclaiming, “Ob, Gad, I am shot I I am. shot!’ ami expired in. a few, moments,’ 7 . Following ihjs spdocf currence, the. friends of Mr. Lovejoy, after, two or three; were wounded, concluded to surrender the which was done. After being : broken, jn pieces by the mob, it,.was, thrown into the river. ;i , ■ The storehouse has been torn dowt> within > a .conplejof. weeks, and, the,, base meal, on ly, remained Dnsui;arriyal here, to mark its for;-; mer locetion, ~.W.e,visited the spot, and w,as; pointed out' the vparition,. Mr. L.. occupied: when he was aU»p,. •- . , . The body was removed 4o his residence on the. following morning,, and on.the 9th of- November, 1037, was committed to the.ear.tb, just tbirly.fiye years, to a day, after hi,birth. Sioce : then AltotChas grown front n small, town into a city of twelve thousand iphabh I apt?. The .few, residents who were connepu ed with, the outrage, have mostly,.removed, to, a distance, or, IpSl.Louis;- The principal, purltcipvati ip - occurrence., toere/ronr fdany. of .them hava. ,meTw'(h‘ yioleot Prosperity; ihasamijed -upon. pQne.,.,,.V\|hUBt; censuring the *j ahoiitjonisu” *s rbgy,^called. Mr. L., they were learning inaf “ the way pf the transgressor was hard.” £g*£*22£iS2!£2£sl££^i JA YT'£IK)OIT «■> »t*-l t.j;' h.iM&xr lijrfs u ~j|- f si® i ( j‘ .-nrfM ■ i :"K V «*-■ :h/- ,: j M.. - .ijLimfi-i,:,-® <ujlp > ■, voi-. -JiMiti .... ;-,» : wiU j i j.*. jtjjli ww ~.,is ■’ ;.f I 'up* <**&»•! «•.. •■ . -, '.viett ■, *° X*k-* fiUtijri’f Ju i»4*J 2.U ! !*■? ITOiISBOMtGII.UOGA COUNT!. TfA. Ad i&t&bstliig teaflon lit; Ariierlc4n 'The three sources of national power,-add the niles which goVern’tbeir increase, ard whait fhe censds; was instituted (id ascertain! It' is a little ’singular that in the comprehend sive and compendious volume, issued by the United Stales Government last year, there Id no statement showing the comparativeripid-- ity with which each is advancing; in each of the Several Stales. ■ Frotn the figures therein contained, howi ever, il is not difficult to frame such h State ment. '' We observe a correspondent of the National Intelligencer has undertaken the task. In a long table of figures taken from the census report, he arrives at the following results, which, although they are as precise and certain as any other sum in arithmetic, a large part of the people of the Union stead fastly deny or purposely ignore. A traveller who should set out at the Tex,- ah frontier, or anywhere else on the south western aids of (he national domain, ana jourqey towards the North and East,.would meet on his road the following facts, one af-. ter another, in as regular successions as the steps of a ladder: 1. Farms regularly diminish in size and increase in number as we proceed from South to North and East. 2. The proportion of improved land stead ily increases, and that of unimproved land steadily diminishes irrespective of the densi ty of population, as we proceed from South to North and East. 3. The cash value of farms, both in the aggregate and in the price per acre, regular ly increases as we proceed from South to. North and East. 4. The production of corn and wheat regularly and steadily increases, with an ex ception, ns we proceed from South to North and East. 5. The productive industry of the people, both in the aggregate and as individuals, regularly increases as we proceed from South to North and East. 6. The density of population regularly increases as we proceed from South to North and East. 7. The rate of increase of population regularly increases as we proceed from South to North and East. 8. The number of manufactories regular ly increases as we proceed from South to North and East. 9. The amount of shipping regularly t.r cicaooo aa —piuceeii from Etoulh to North and East. 10. The amount of capital regularly in creases as we proceed from South to North and East, 11. The number of canals and post roads regularly increases as we proceed from South to North and East, 12. The number of telegraphs and tele graph stations regularly increases as we pro ceed South to North ant} East. 13. The number of persons who cannot read and write steadily diminishes, and that of schools and scholars regularly increases, as we proceed from South to North and East. 14. The number of churches, and those who worship therein, steadily increases as we proceed from South to 'North and East. These are the facts shown by the uner ring figures of the census. They do not de pend upon the comparative age, nor upon the fertility of the, ( Slates, for whether we pro ceed from the older to the newer, or from the newer to the older—from the fertile to (her sterile or thaslerile to the fertile, there suit is just the same. This constant- order of succession would seem to indicate some fixed law or constant ly operating cause. But what that law or cause may be the census does nof stale.— Neither does the Intelligencer. 1 ' ' Neither do we. But we think it is Written plainly enough* and that too “in Wack and'white,", all ovdr the face of this broad continent.—-Albany Journal. A Rouge Detector. —lt was lately re markedthat an exceedingly brilliant auditory among which were very-elegantly ladies, aiien(Jed,,at.Berlin, a lecture.on chem istry, delivered by pne pt the, most celebrated chemists of the age. After witnessing a nuotr ber.of Jheaniiful experiments and .hearing of the marvels of science, a youpg kdy, grew fap'guad a Off requested hpr husband to (e«d her from the hall! • “My love,” said the gentleman, ,qn reach ing; vtie .landing place qui»jde ? “wjjje, your cheek', there's ,a laige blue spot upon.ti,.’’ , The lady, much, surprised, turned jq. look nt, her reflect,ion in,,the .niifrored vvindow pf ( a shop they were passing arid was almost, ;petrified to learn tier, cheek had in .cp.nsjequphce of. tjie qhefn ,ica( ‘decomposition occasioned by gajj the. professor, expoi|sepi. S|ia her',,face and. stifled W; vexation in the. thoygty.tnajt she shoujd i||nd ; herself revenged’upon the other ihg, hal(,„ .locality, ,thp. moment., the audience began.to disperse, and;, his .wife. ajmosjt, burst .with, ,laughter ihp. sight of ! ch.eeka','of,’y.e|lqw 4 blpg, bjacjt, yfejet,, and W%h jnovy. ‘ ipad?- thejr .«Jr pearance'm the street. Some of who hadjpanufaetured for thqmselyes.tvqry complexions, rppyt coral jiga.,ptsd ebony ( eye>brq'y«. ‘yerq so transformed that they would nave exqttedthe envy oCfc pea cock. It is-wbiapered that a feature from the pro/bssdr Would produce effeqtainjOthercilfes besides-fieTltnns-!i>T ■> • • - «! * . , r-, i lui.,i.?rv^P?P , ~?tr-~r3ißt.i , r;:'' t- • mat ■ ypur cojl immaginig your self a whale, is one of (ho; first lessons af the codfish aristocracy. r-! nnj. r<j .aft .. *“ * - *‘j|r t - tS'Tv-if rd'*r* ■hzLr i x.s <-.-• •' i, '; %~~ “ THE AGITATION OP THOUGHT. larJMl* ?EpifflUNG ffg ,-, j PUBLISHERS *- PROPRIETORS. • V' ’■ '"’'A' Battle SfceneV 6ft the Tthh, Captain grass, bethdeascune. Iptgdreds qf iacjjes .and gepilemen qf lesser nqteipaid.a jo tha United States Frjgme.Mqrrimap, lyjng about five miles-from Annapolis—. After examining the noble vessel, an exciting.scene occurred; no jess, than a mimic battle, of which the Baltimore Sun gives (be following, graphic description: . .., “The order was given “lo prepare ship for action,” when > a scene of activity was pr& seated truly exciting. Five hundred men rushed- to their-positions and their duties. The feightyvfonr poundsPaixhan guns Were unlashed, the immense one hundred and twenty pounds Paixhan pivot gun was also unlashed and wheeled to its etnbrnzures—the magazine opened its supplies of ammunition —the order was given to “load and fire at will,” and soon the roar of the tremendous armament 6f the Merrimac burst forth with’ an explosion"of -sound Which must have tried the firmest nerves. Broadside after broad side was poured forth with all the impetuosity of an actual engagement. As the thick smoke which enveloped the ship was partially removed by the wind in the pauses of the guns, the order was given to “repel boarders on the starboard quarter.” A hundred men rushed to the mainmast for their boarding pikes and cutlasses, and from thence to the point of imaginary attack. Those with cutlasses ascended the bulwarks and the rigging, and attacked with naked blades thfeir invisible foe, while an array of bristling pikes upon the deck were ready to receive the rash invaders'. The companies of marines fireJ their vollies at command. The orders were several limbs repeated, and the scenes described re-enacted. The view from the bulwarks, where most of the company were stationed was novel and exciting, and no doubt well repaid the visitors for the re verberations which must yet be ringing in their ears. The ladies, many of whom were in qlosq proximity to guns which thundered awfully, and at times shrouded in smoke, be haved heroically, and betrayed no signs of fear.” The Coliseum. —Under all aspects, in the blaze of noon, at sunset by the light of the moon or stars—the Coliseum stands alone and unapproached. It is the monarch of ru- Jos, It is the great tragedy in stone and it SOUetlD •'»L tliv uilutl )•!•« » JraiilA of jEschylus or Shakespeare. It is a collos sal type of those struggles'of humanity against an irresistable destiny in which the tragic poet finds the elements of his art. The Calamities which crushed the house of Atreus are symbolized in its broken arches and shau lered walls. Built 6f indestructible materials, and seemingly for eternity—*of a size, mate rial and form to defy the "strong hours” which conquer all, it has bowed its head to their touch and'passed'into the inevitable cy cle of deday! "And this, too. shall pass away”—which the Eastern monarch engra ved upon his signet ring, is carved'upon these Cyclopean blocks. The stones of the Coli seum were once water; and they are now turning into dust. Such is ever the circle of nature. The solid is changing into the fluid, and the fluid into the solid and that which is unseen is alone indestructible. He does not see the Coliseum who carries away trom it no other impressions than those of form, size and hoe. It speaks an intelligible language to the wiser mind. It rebukes the peevish and consoles the patient. It teaches us that there are misfortunes which are clothed With dignity, and sorrows that are crowned with grandeur. As the same blue smiles upon the ruin which, smiled upon (he pepfent structure so that the same beneficial Providence bends over our shattered hopes and our answered Prayers.— Hillard's six ihdnths in Italy. ■ A Bath in the Dead Sea.— •>! proposed a bath for the sake of experiment,'but- Fran cis endeavored to diskfiade us.' -He had tried it, and nothing could be more disagree able; W'Hsftfed gelling rtfever, : aTid besides, there'word four hours'Of darigerotW-.-travril beforh os. But by fhii irtri'g'we'wefe half un'dVeiiSe’d,'^nd : ' shhh'' 'Wifi ; B' : fl6iting in the cteaf,' blttimfn'oud”’ Waves.' 1 ’The b'dach was fine gravel, and shelved 'gradudlly'dowri. I kept., my turban on-my head, and was cate ful to avoid touching the water with my face.’ The sea was warm, and gracefully soothing to the skin.■••"lt was impossible: lo sink, and even while swimming, thd bndy rose haM oul of the water. ■'•l' thought’ it possible-to'dive for a short distance,’but pre for that-some ond else Should try .1 he experiment. With a" log of wobd (hr ft pillow* one hiight ! sleep aS-orfa patent WialiraSs. Thc fflstfe'of fhe water is salt hVid "pun'ifo'nt.'fthd stingdfhri longue like saltpetre. We were obliged to dress fn afl hasten wfibout eveniwiping offitha detestable l liqoidf yet 1-experienced verydhde’of lhfat dia'domfoh' Which Tii«iat '4H(i/eldf»-"hav» :re. bttiised, iheiM' ; wab' «'«lIgh( smarting-sdnsitJ s tio#J’'ahd rhybody-fblf clamririy' arid gluti nous, bill the bftth'WttS'ftithß'r'refrSahibg ‘thSn : <ahetWlsd‘>-^fl'd{/ttr8 lJ ■ : Po®atoeS in- IbElani».— Extensive prep orations-are going forward, iti the marlboro-; prorindeB'of'''lrel£rtrdv for thu cultivalldni of! potatoes the- 1 ehboing' seiraoDi and'ln 1865 ntorly‘li®o(>iooo ! (icreB i 4rrfro' : bfdoted;‘ «{TOI».-' W. Wasy, superior to.anyibefiMO.retaeff.sinMiihe year of-fttnim;-<Ths quanlity now itr theahhnda; of. ftffWeW; b UI« of ! yebrdal' this j&‘!ej»Jpl lent. 3nf V'i )Tf.V/ -= *" £ . "* .flotlroiu «># ?*)&* *4-- ** s<** : tlO? THE OUTRAGE ON HR. BDHWBR. i r:RruU-;i:r,a. —::-r.Ur v ''i-i. TEE; CEfTAiBf QLOBrrr.rfqt nnr.r v :fijgipS r rang ivif'rks. ~ Wo-areexceedinly. eorry'that Mr. Brooks dirtied his by laying- it athwart ihe shoulders of 'the blackguat'di Sumnef. We regret that he did so, dot because Sumner got a lick amiss, hot- because ho - was - nor jtislly entitled 16 'all ’he 'got- and more beside,’ but because the neialy scamp and his, co-scdmps wilt.make capital for their foul-cause out of the affair. • They will raise a howl which will public'earaboufthe violhlionof the privileges or debate, Southern, bullyisln, &c. Master Horace Greelyin particular will jump out of his boots and breeches, have about fdiir thousand Ills, and thus put up the price of asaloelida and- burpt feathers thrpughout the country, disagreeing with The Rich nwnd Whig as to the effect of Sumner’s thrashing,' We entirely concur with it, that if thrashing is the only remedy by which the foul conduct of the Abolitionists can be con trolled, >hat it wjli be very well to give Sew ard a double dose at least every other day until it operates freely on his political bowels. It is true that the cunning rascal is a little too smart to violate (he decorum of debate, but his adroit demagoguism and damnable doc trines are,-infinitely, more dangerous to the country than the coarse blackguardism of Ihe perjured wretch, Sumner, who will, to his dying day, remember that his Brooks is not the “ running brooks” that one Shakespeare found “ bpoks” in. A Vibcinian View op the Assault on Suhneb—Justification op Ebooks. —The telegraph has recently announced no'informa lion, more grateful to our feelings than the classical caning which this outrageous Abo litionist received on Thursday at the hands of the chivalrous Brooks of South Carolina. It is enough for gentlemen to bear to be.com pelted to associate with such a character as Sumner, and to be board with the stupid and arrogant dogmas with which his harangues invariably abound ; but when, in gross vio lation of senatorial courtesy, and iu defiance of public opinion, the unscrupulous Abolition ist undertakes to heap upon the head of a venerable Senator a vulgar tirade of abuse and cqlumny, no punishment is adequate to a proper restraint of his insolence, but a delib erate, cool, dignified and classical' caning.— The only regret we have is that the chastise ment was not postponed until Sumner had left the Senate. The Senale-Chamber would thus have been prevented from being the scene of such anexhibition, and the cowardly Ab olitionist would have been favored with an opportunity—of which (here can be no doubt he would hftve availed himself—to make bis escape. hath her Victohißs.no less than Was.' —Mr, Charles Sumner, Senator from Massachusetts, whose reputation as scholar rests chiefly upon a on the foregoing text, seems bent upon illustrating bis theory in.jh.is own person. He concludes a two days’ discharge of scholarly platitudes and pedaptic dullness) by venting a filthy stream of billingsgate on heads hoary with age; answers insult from men who would af ford him persona) satisfaction with vulgar ep ithet; and when caned for cowardly vituper ation, fails to the floor an inanimate lump of incarnate cowardice and most glorious ex emplar of the man of peace. A Good' Deed. —As will be seen by tele graph, Mr. Brooks of South Carolind, after the adjournment of the Senate on yesterday, administered to Senator Sumner, the notori ous and foul-mouthed Abolitionist from Mass achusetts, an elegatU and-effectual cftiritlg.— We are 1 rejoiefed at this. The only regret we feel -is that Mr. -Brooks did not employ a horsewhip or a cowhide upon his slanderous back, instead of a cane. We trust the ball mfty be kept in motion. SbWard and others should catch it nest. Power of 'the Moon at Night.—Mr Crane,dn his V Letters from the Blast,” has observed : •■. I “The effect of the moonlight on the, eyes in' this country, (Egypt,) is r singularly inju- natives tell you, as I a'ftefwards fguiid they did in" Arabia, to’ alwaya'-'iibvei' ygur eyes when you sleepin the open air.— It> rather, strange iltaV the passage In the Psalms—“ The ,siin shall riot'smite tfiee by day, ngr. the, moon by nigh]”—should-riot have been.thus illustrate,, ps ifie allusion seems,direct,.,, The teally strikes apd affects the sight, whemjou sleep exposed to it inucb more than the sup ; a fact of which I hada very unpleasant proof at. night* and took care to. guard .against afietwurds, In deed, the sightof.a person wboshould sleep with his face exposed nt night, .would soon be impaired or utterly destroyedvV -. t i - • Awagteading.the recent accounts.ofpea serperns,said < ttey :,remi nded ; .h im. of acpp tsit>of.:arShtp who stoutly asserted that a mer mard-came on'board hisVestil ona Suqday fnoroibgpahd. politelyaskeduhim to remove the anchor which had bedn'dropped! against hiroabin door; and thereby preventing -hid .wifo dßd-child'from going to bhorthj ~ Among the .odd iteipa given.in the-iannua| report of the American Tract: Society, there isonetb the effeCt that -durjag thO.'pasti year that inSlitutiun aeceivednotleas.lhan 8843 lin broken and counterfeit bifl*,’.lhroughthe. oonfribntiow bh*i ■ 1 t ■ T 1 w ’ : • !«j 'li« i ■■«»> i. • I,'j, ' ■ 'A'Galiforniaijitry jnls suicida. ohSe lately fptfftththefilTiwiiW'Vferdfet ««i ih-i * ’'‘W'e‘ilfttjdjry, flhdih'at 'lhe'de&a'seil ; wa9 a f0’61.” : ' ' ■ .K.-Wopi;rhol?etat»btiTgTa. Int^Jigencer. From the Sooth-Side Democrat, May 21. From The Richmond Examiner. •From The Richmond Whig. THE 'WAR IN KANSAS. TBIUfJPHOFTHEMRKffRUfFIANS V>Tyl- r r'.V.- I >•■■■<. • ! LAWRENCE INRInNS. V' 4 *.*> t- a Poelcript of a letter daled at Prepare foran awfulahock.i.Hrddaateady helm, or the old shipwjll be wreckeAAimed men,are rushing iptoi the Territory-. The destruction of Lawrenceis meditated. . Civil war is just upon us. , Couriers, just from Lawrence,,say (they have from ( l,000 to 1,. SQQ man, while theynumberfromSOO tol,- OOQaroundthe place, but increasing fast*. It ja-lhpught tbe ,des)ruction of the Committee and evidence is onecauseof.the outbreak, or at the bottom. We pray the Almighty God to ayerl . these dreadful, evils. The secret border, league are a>-the head of this affair. It is expected to result in disunion. The ul tras on both sides are dangerousmeo. Strike boldly for tire Union of this great country, and may God blese you. i It is said the ladies of Lawrence are ant ing. The Plafte City cannon and many men have gone over; none have yet gone over from Parkville. lt is not advised by. the masses; most good citizens are against dt. . Brown of the Herald ■ of Freedom, has been arrested at Kansas City; be feels hihr self, in imminent peril. All of yesterday the Committee was in se cret session, no doubt examining (he murder oases. 1 have questioned some of the wit nesses privately and have no doubt but the murder of Brown will prove to be one of tho blackest atrocities on the records of crime. 1 have been (old that Brown, when he saw that.they meant to attack him, offered to fight any one, or any two of these villains, but un armed as he was, they beset him. After cut ting him with hatchets and knives till he fell down dying, he was kicked on (he floor. He told them to let him alone, he was dying, but (hey still kicked and stamped on him, and one atrocious scoundrel is said to. have stooped over the dying man and spat tobacco juice in bis eyes. Such a monster you would think would be shunned by all honorable minds, but 1 have been told this man has receieed marks of confidence and high trust from tha Governor. To the Auociated Prut. St. Louis, Saturday, May 34,1856. A dispatch from Boonvile to the RepublU can says. Lawrence was destroyed on Wed desday. The hotel and printing-office in Kan* sas City were also demolished, but few livet were lost. Particulars are expected by steam er to-night. The correspondent of the Democrat at Leavenworth writes: Since Messrs Robin son, Reeder, Lane and other leaders are ab sent, the Committee of Public Safely at Law rence have determined to offer no resistance to the United States Marshal entering the City. Immediate measures were taken to hide all the arms and amunition in the town as soon as this determination was made known and crowds of people commenced leaving. It is said the Free-State men are gathering at Topeka, and will attack the invaders if they dare to execute their threats on Law rence. Settlers at Van Bonsa, recently from New Haven, will send one hundred men to aid them, and Manhattan about the same number. . , . EEFOET OP A GEHTLEJtAN FROM LaWBEKCE. We have conversed wiih Mr. Charles H. Branscombe, who left Lawrence on the morn ling of the l6ih inst., on a mission to the president at Washington, to implore him to interfere and save the people of Lawrence from butchery and their properly from total destruction by the infuriated Border-Ruffian mob—a mission on whose success the melan choly intelligence which we have received by telegraph and publish in another column, affords a conclusive commentary. Mr. Branseombe 'sees no reason to hope that the news of the destruction of Lawrence is not correct. Indeed, he says that no one not an eye witness to the facts can well con ceive the constant and varied outrages towhich the Free-Stale men of Kansas have for some time past been subjected. Thus, for instance, on the 16th inst,, a party of eleven Free State settlers were quietly at work, withdut arms,in a field at Benicia, some fOSV miles from 1 Lawrence, when they were suddenly surrounded by twenty-five Missourians, armed to the teeth, who took them prisoners, with out any warrant or other authority. The Missourians carried them into n neighboring cabin, and with many baths, ordered them to leave theTerritoryon p'ainof death. “G—d d—n you, if you are ever caught here Sgain you shall be strung- up I Go to Nebraska, d—n you I You have no right in Kansas !’? Such was the language of these ruffihlas, Who Concluded by saying (hat they wore coming to Lawrence in 4 few days to wipe out the d—d abolition city, and to kill or, drive, off every one of the inhabitants. After Ibis ad monition, (hey released all of their prisoners but one, a Mr. Sbimmons, formerly-from Worcester Go;, Mass.) who had answered them with some spirit, and whom they car ried awhy with them-for further discipline, ■ AriOlhteV faotrOpOrted hy'Mr. Bratisconjbo aflfbrds arilllustration of the spirit of tte : wbr men of the Free-Stale seltleri. Previbusito thus arresting-tiie itfenin the fields partof the'Same gang liafd' visited the chbin of Mr. Shimmons lor the purpose of stealing hie re'- velvet' and.ShirpeV rifle. Hi? wife/was alone, and refused to give them np. - 'She leveled the revolver aT the leader, but just as dhe' : was‘abotit tb' pul! 'the tiigger o’ne of the ruffiaris seized'hOrdrrh froth befiln'd and |ook IHo frorh they left Ker #iiH' : (he 'safdtjjbrutaf'menaces as ward addifeSsfedF lb the ben itrlHe field. has bedtiprapiiced without re» strait, o'ppp ;j the, .Free State people, Cows and, 'have continually beep i klifjpd. apg carped ofr td.the be.rpf, , fiahs . Oh?, n >« n was forced iipKenTfdnj.bim apd ljt|led .pqfygg j'Jjtlpse instances arogtyijn tmiopd WFBjr! pr? b the worsi tbat bight be .repotted, os have’read durtecent Kansas leUorsm yfsfl aware.' ’ 1
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