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POLtJME ixvll.
The Sailors's 'Bible.
HT 3188. SAMAII JAND BALE.
•
tug old man paused aw ile, and then
He drew his Pible out,—
"With that he never failed to clear
' lltimh mystery or, doubt,—
'And said to Harry—,"in this book,
r ''Tilt written plain and sure,
pat what W6do,. not what we have,
Will tasks , ua pelt or poor.
• There's not a rich man ever reached • ,
Ifeaven's high andpure abode,
,There's not a rich man entering now, '
,T.he tittiiight isdrtierroir road, • ' ' '
niade, his' wealth
ll A' stiff Sind not et iblid
• r A. Miff 110 others,—.marh you well.
Thera& . •
How rich he grew by what he gave
11 1 9* 91 .1 ) ,*.N.9unde0 *al?'
• , And' ohj how, poor was that rich priest,
• , That LeVitfila•kis pr ides j
'When ikio,lnkri 3 ; co ld sel4sholoat
He. passed the other side I
• Thy gospel isihe rock I build
My'fatth'and hope °pelf i
:I 'read the`geitieloser and o er,
From Mathew to St. John.
I've told you when I lived in sin, '
Aid not known letter
,
But I can read the Bible now--
' An'd few can - read it better.
• 'Twee hard at first—the love of Christ. ,
•
Constrained, mo to proceed ;
Beat over known men vile and poor
, Whe taught`therriselves to read ?
;The painted cards they'll shuffle o'er,
• ~A nd in the dice box look,
• 'Or on a lotte:y ticket pore,
But never take a book.
• I'V'e read my Bible thirty years,'
' • And ever; year I rind-
Its precious truths grow more and more
Instructive to my mind.
'Take all the booke *lse men have made;'
They darken while they read;
• `Butif you learn the 'Bible lore,
You .1411• be wise indeed. ,
And then, when you have learned the right,
But one rule need be given
Do it—and sure as God us good,
You will be sure of heaven."
To Emily'
• Flowers: firow eVerywhere 1 _
r 'Tkere's , not a solitude of mountain rade
How e'er so wild, ,
' But there sense little /lead, '
and'iunshitie fed; ' •
' .flas bloomed and smiled.
• Where fi3otateps never pass
Year arta:liar, their forms appear
•" varied guise ; ' -
Where crop wild: wandering herds,
' And Warble desert birds, .
• 'Heath azure skies. . •••
Even the (*mien shores •
\Of northern'space, 'yield sheltering plane
• Among their. caves, -
I . , Where from some surmynook
33wettly tbey overlook ,
,The icy waves. •
ThriTather sees them all :
Even , those that grow by the, whiten snow
And lonely land : •
. Not one droops down in death,
Not one e'er blosscnneth '
Without Hie hand.
Trust Ellin, my Emily I
Though cloidi o'er's) , life'eshadcwy way,
AiidgathirlhOwditi: ' ' ' ' •
, The sun'shallidiinernice More,'
1' And; theiWild ternpeat'o'er,
Betnild•the flowers. -
'Rave filth lika them;
'The lily cif Mil fields; thit lierfume yields,
''Tbe 'waving grass:
, :Nor fear, • to east,thine eye r•
:,, Wham thedaric, , waters ON;
They all must pass. •
. ,
XPIII9MeAIr, III 4 I F , .
Algir exhibition of war in im•origimjta
liregrosit' %nit' noted `resultwi' Would • bp ti
;startling condemnation,of tho w ole, 'ons
et.' tow se amipeo of suicidal follx and, mad
+' 'mess, -The Birk& Shepherd, in his Lay
"tldertnen, tells the following story quite to
the point
1. - ,Tbehistnrrof pvery • war -is very like,
a scone I oboe sa,w in IsTilhodale, Scotland.
'Two Nils from different'echools met one
's I fine day upon 'the. ice. • t• They . eyed ''''eaoh
• •E'riothercrt while ih eileneopwi tit rather
'•• ;mint klookerrnad with defiance upon 'each
;'• • •
4dWhat arti.You glowrie at; Billy
• that to you, Donald T.
"lloolt what' rveei 'mind,. and =hinder me if
;•••••,ye deur." •-• • ' ' ' •
thisaliettrty blow was the 'returci'i
;Mad' then'bilattiuch a battle. l• It being 1
'Saturday, all the. boys '• ol•-both lychee's
4 •• , were oil the iee,•and'ilie fight instantly. be
' !nrame general. "'At first they' fought at a
"'distance' witk Missile weapons,' such as
*Ones and anoribills but it length coin
• "Anglia band,4lMydoped in it rage, and Ma
lair bloody raps were; liberally, , givert' and
dcreetilvad: ! • • • ' '
'rent up to trrif I could pacifrthem';'
;foe by tl is'. time". a numbir of little giOp
" 'but joininkheiffray; and 'I .was afraid
"t•ihirtititildibei•kilhid. So addressing one ,
' party. I asked : • •
14 What ate yon. fighting 'those boys
Int? •••• What have•they done to you ?"
a"'' '"io ntMtbing , at ay, man; we just want
•' l4 to gin thim d Ode . thrasbio'—that's a'."
1.6 4 1 remonstrance was in vaitit At it
they - went afinshl and after fighting till
•“ 4 they' . .werii • quite''-exhausted, one of the
principal heroes stepped forth between the
inl.nombatants, • hit:wolf covered with blood
.:t and biogloihes all torn to tatters, and ad.
dressed the,cippc!iing party thus
.;
A., t oWeel, ru tell ye, wbut we 'ill do wi'
I: : , lo—Vpe'llskt,ue alone, we'll let you
:Thom was no more of it; the
wsir wise &Lan end, and,the boys scamper.
sway to their play.
•;.=iiv,e,frhat scene was a lesson of wisdom to
',thought at the time, aud,have
A ittegAbought since. that this is the best op
titit "tome of watin were!, that 1 . have over
, and ministers, of mate are
zlxtfultulhasiebot , grown up children, exactly
,yerlikttshe children speak oksvith quly the
troateriaidifferenee, iliac instead of fighting'
isek for ,tbeautolves the ,needless quarrels
they have raised, they sit in safety and
look on.
Joan of , Arc.
Joan was born 1411, the daughter of a
poor peasant.in the ,province of Lorraine.
She was taught to sew and spin, but not
to read and.writo, and to the last of her
career she could not sign he* own immor
tal name. She, was a gentle. beautiful,
bashful child, deeply imbued with religious
feelings. Her. religion was the concrete
Itomish of the ,time, and was, learned at
her mother's, knoo. This religious teach
ing instilled into her soul, became the life
of her whole being., Shelved in an inter
nal world with saints and angels, and
this inward life became dearer and nearer
than her ; outward existence. She was a
poet, as well : as a devotee, and the greatest
that France ever . bad.. She was indiffer
ent to ,the pastime 3 of youth, and spent
much time in ,prayer to St. Catharine and
St. Margaret. „ The disturbed state of her
country kindled her .devotiod into a flame
of self-devoted patriotism. Her internal
world became endowed with external exist
ence, and hen visions pushed themselves
into voioes and .shapes, visible to her en
tranced eyes. The sense saw what the
soul wished.
At thirteen years, walking in her fath
er's garden, alto heard the voice of the
Archangel Michael calling upon her to go
to the succor of the king. Then came
voices naming' er the deliverer of France.
No historian doubts her faith in the reality
of *hat she saw. The most modest and
baabful of women, she resisted long this
inward impulee. The news of the twig° of
Oileans at, last decided her. Then com
menced that course of entreaty with the
gevernor; which at last forced his common
sense to yield 'to the .perstsieney of that
sense which is , not common. She was per
mined to go 'to the dauphin at Chalons. one
hundred and fifty leagites through a noun
try occupied by the enemy. Site detected
the disguised dauphin. told him he was.tho
true ) heir, and assured him heaven had sent
berto see him crowned , in the city of %a
im. After much hesitation her aid. was
, accepted., , Her work now was to, relieve
Orleansand to pee the deuphin crowned in
the-cit y, of. Rheims, then in the hands of
the ;English. Her , inspired earnestness
spread, enthesiasm around., and many be•
lievtd in her powers. She was hailed as a
,
saint. ,She -reformed the army—convert,„
ing tbenoldiers from marauders into cru-1
guiders, and changing the camp into a camp
meeting..
Her name went before her, and fought
,her ,battlret thearptioesf the English.;- It
was a superstitious age, end they said. if
she is of God, it is inipiotts to fight against
her—tf, the devil, how eau we prevail
agaiest Pre' nee backed by Satanic merit ?
.With two huudred men she entered the M.
ty, without opposition front the English.
Great was the joy of the besieged. Reli
gions, ceremonies Were performed, and
thee came the attack. Her military skill
consisted only in resolution and audacity.
She., mounted the walls of the English
forts, and though struck down , ,by,au,ar.
row, she again ascended aed atruck. terror
into thc Eoglish,,plio thought her shied.—
They begun :to, see y Woos, in their turn,
and declared that St. MiChael appeared in
the air.cheering,on ha ,French.„ fkeYell'
,daye t the English,bUrned ; their. forts, raised
the siege and retreated: Two month's eV
ter,,Rheitna opened its gates and the king
Mas cre!'*- teak , wes done 7 —,her
vision accomplished . . She _asked to be
ailowed t 8 her. Anther and:the
,Aare -of her,flocka, ,poiiey, dictated a refu
sal. lin& was still, retained, to (suquin
the catieeAbe had saved.- The. only reward
asked was that her, native silage 1111011
not be taxed, which' it was, not for, three
hundred. n
ea. „
lintshe. longr felt` that she was do.
ing the work of God, and her heart was not
in the work. ..The saint was sinking' into
the.soldier, when she was saved by captiv
ity. : She , was taken prisoner by a Bur
gundian soldier, and sold to the English for
one hundred thonsand . livre.s. joy
knew .no jboutnie.,.. The , hated. "'witch"
was at last in their hands and they pre
,Palltd to glut their vgngeaqco:
with hereby.and sorcery, she fell into the
hands of theological wolves and foxes,
who exerted , all the malice and ingenuity of
their .mean natures to entrap her, without
success. Iler simplicity and truthfulness
winded all their snares. Having persecu
sedler from a heretic.to a Catholic, these
infamous creatures persecuted her from
Catholic to olieretic, that they might con
deuin her at, the stake. She was burned
at the city of,Rouma, on 10th of lylay,
1431. Thus was consumated one of the
darkest crimps ,recorded the•pago of
history, which, asit blazons QD the eye, a
cross tiw interval of four centuries, throws
a lurid Attire
,of infamy on, the,name of
those who perpetrated it. Such beautiful
simplicity, such angellio devotion was ncrt
er ,before, nor, never hereafter will bo
.
-nosed on,carth. , Viotorious over penmen
,tion, peerless among women, the nerve of
•Toan of Arc will perish not'so long as
beaitty, devotion and goodness shall be
cherished among moo. . ,
A's Dim Utsito:—.A. statement, copied
from a German newspaper, says that on,
the 22d of Mareh last, Some well-diggers
in 'Mayne° excavated a part of a printing
press, bearing the letters J. and the
figuree,l44l. The initials are supposed
to be those of Johannes Guttonburg; while
the figures indicate that the press must be
at least 415 years old. What a orowd of
reflections pass through one's mind on
'contemplating the hiitory of that press
.What a contest, between, the , past t and
present 1 When that press was built it
was regarded as an instrument of the devil I
While in our day it is vietved as an agent'
of Providence for the cultivation, civilize
! don, and christianization Of' the 'human
I fatnilyl Could that press, without the aid
of man, speak its own history, what interest
ing- facts it would bo able to- relate of the
progress of, literature, , thelise and fall; of
mations, and other facts in morals and reli
gion, in which mankind generally take an
interest !
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The Wild Man Again.
A correspondent of the Caddo Gazette,
writing under date of the 28th April from
Parellilta,Arkausas, on Upper Red River,
states that the cold during last winter was
the severest within the memory, of man.
The river alas frozen solid, and the
prettenfid an unbreken 'vhcet of
snow. % The, writer relates the following
story'of an atterdrit to capture the:famous
wild man who has teen , eo often , encount
ered on the borderu of Arkaaaa and North•
ern Louisiana :
"In travels I mat a party,from your
country in pursuit of a wild Arian. They
had struok his treil at a Bane-brake bord
ering on'Brant Lake and the Bun:Flower
Prairie. learned &ern one bf the poi
ty that the dogs . ran, him "to' an arm ' of, the
lake,• which was frozen, bat net' sufileient
ly strong enough to bear his 'weight, which
censequently gave 'way. He had, how- ,
ever, crossed, and the dogs were al
fault.
"One of the party, mounted on a fleet 1
horse, Coming up, encouraged the dogs to
pursue,' but found it imposeible,to cross
with his horse, and concluded to follow
the lake round until he could aeeertain the
directirin taken by thie monster of the for
est. On reaching the opposite sitle of the
bend, he was auprised to see something in
the lake like cman breaking the ice with
his arms, and hastened under cover of the
undergrowth to the spot where he expect.
ed to come out. He concealed' himself
near the place, when he had it full vieiv
of him until' he reached the shore,
where
ho came out andahook himself.., Ile rep
resents him as a stout, athletio man, a
bout six feet four inches in .height; com
pletely covered with hair of a brownish
east, about four to six inches long. He
was well-muscled, and ran up the bank
with the fleetness of a deer.
"He save he could have killed him
with hie gun, but the 'object 'of the party
being so take him alive, and 'hearing the
horne of his comrades and the howling of
the doge on the, opposite bank of the lake,
he concluded to ride up and head him,
so as to bring him to bay and then secure
their prize. So Senn, however, as the
wild matt saw the horse and rider, he
rushed frantically toward (hem and in an
instant dragged the hunter to the ground
and tore bier in a dreadful manner,
scratching oultnet of Mr eyes, and.injuring
The other so much that' !tie comrades de
pair of the recovery of,his sight, and bit
mg large,pieces out or hie shoulders' and
'various parte of his body:
"The monster then tore nff the saddle
and bridle from the horse and destroyed
them, and holding the horse by the inane
broke a short piece of sapling, and mount
ed the animal, started at full speed a
cross • the plains in the direction of the.
moufiteine,guiding . the horse with his club.
'file - person left with the wounded' man
informed me that the'party was still in. pur
suit; having been joined by a band of friend.
lYindiens, and,thought that if they "could
Midi place in the mountains not covered
with atiiiWorsi canebrake in the -vicinity to
feedltheie liersee,-"',they might oiertake'
him In: eday,er tw o ? • '
The Fallentirpush.
I went stew ',weeks ago e into d: jail to
see a young man who was once 4 Sabbath
school bschtlar. : , -,'
The keeper took a jarge linnet' or keysi
and-led'us tbrciugir the long and gloomy.
halls, unlocking one .door of a room where,
sat the young man we hdd come to see., The
walla of the room.; were, of. coarse''stone.
the floor of :thick: plank, 'and , before the
windows overct strong iron - bars:
Without, all was beautiful; the .green•
fields,• the sweet flowers, and. the Singing
birds were as. lovely. as ever, :but this
young man could enjoy none of these—no;
never again could he go )out,, for, he _was
condemned to death.- -:Yes,, he had killed
a man, and now he himself must
Think of it ; 'only' twenty' years and
yet a murderer I .
sat down beside.him and, talked with
him. "Oh," sailite, as the tears "roiled
down his cheeks, "rdid not mean toll') it,
but I was drunk; then I got angy, and.
before I knew what I was about I killed
him. Oh, if I had minded my mother i l
never should have come to this—l should
never have been here.".
It would have made your heartache, as
it did mine, to see and talk "with him.—
Once ho was a happy, playful child, like
you, now, he is .a poor, wicked,condemned
young man. lie did not mind his mother,
did, not govern his own temper, ;and as he
,grear older ho went with bad, buys, who
taught him bad _habits ; and : hi became
worse sod !torso, until, as be said, when
drunk, in a moment of passiou, he killed
a man; and now, after a few weeks, he
iist'auffer the dreadful penalty. "As :I
left him, he said, "will :you pray for me ?"
and he added, 4, , 0h,, tell the
,boys every
where to mind their mothers, and keep
away, from bad comkanions.—dimerican
Measenger.
Fruit unto Ititolluess. •
e.Walking in the Country," ellya the
Rev. W. Jay, of Bath, "I went into
barri, where ',found a thrisher at his Work.
I addreesed 'him in the mulls of Solo
mon ,
..3.1y friend, in all labor there is servo
profit."
But what was my surprise when, leaning
on his said with ttineh onergy :
No sir ; ,that is the truth, bit there'•is
ono, exeeption to it. I bad long labored
in the service of sin, but I got no
. profit
by my labor !"
"Al,, then," answered I, tcy6u know
,a,otnewbit of the APostle's meaniug when
be, asked, .What fruit had yO in thoie
things whereof ye are tow asjmined
":Inank"Pod,' he replied, 4 I do; and
I also know that now, being freed' (coin
sin, and haring' becbmo a.servant s ' unto
righteousness, I have my fruit unto boil:
nem and the end life everlaAing."
4,
ANDAII4E-!..
I lllave no. Time to Reid. •
The idea aboukthe Want'of time in the
midst of all hie hilpora to dive into the hid
den recesses; or hilpsophy: and to eF
plore the untrod `t path or . science.—
The great` Fredri with an empire at hie
direction, in j
tilt „. tdat of war, on the eve
of battles Which re to decide the fate
of hiekingdoni,O rul time to rival in '' the.
charm, or pfilibs idly 'and intellectual
plea!iures.' Riga - rte,, with ell Europe at
tile'diepoiaf; ii;ii ° Inge in his' anteoltini
bet; begging,fikit:ii nt,thronee, tvieli'lhout.
andi ofmen' *lig 'destinies were'eutr
pencled by,thp twit thread of mearbi
.trary,Plevittre; hidlime lb 'converse With
hbolia. Cieiiii;',te in he hid curbed the
spirits' of die ill.ii an people;' and Was
thronged' Witliiiiit rir from the remotest
kingdoirfe, 'found` , me for intellectual
conversation. -
eve man' has limo ; if
Le is' 'careful . tOliii Ovilt as well as he
might, he can'tn . 4' ;three.fold'reward-.—.
~t elf make use ii i e hours at their die.
pcsa.l, if they tialikk: 'obiiin a' proper in.
&fence in soefelq They can,
it they
please, hold in ibiitiliends the destinies
of our reptiblic:
Anecdote of-pktr.
A lady once asktlitt9th : 41r. Wesley,
supposing that ybrikilliar that you Were to
die at 12' o'clocle*marrow :tight, how
would you spend thiOntervening time?
''How replied.' "Why,
juat aa I intdrlT4 sktod' it now. I shOulti
preach thitraioitdng4aolloucester, again at
5 tomorrowmornine fterlhat I should
rids to Tewiresbatkiii oh in the
noon, and meet iliersoit tier in the ei;eiit.
ing; should then re" it to 'friend...lll4r
tin's.house; who ea ' to entertain me,
converse and timyalt them is usual. re.
tire to my 'room all to'cicick, commend
myself to my Heavool. 'Father; lie dbwn
to rest;and wake nit i;:ilory. 9 _
‘"BlessedJhat rvant whom his
Lord, when he ednititit; Shall find so 'do-
. .
k
I * GIVE HIM ,ilaiit#l r. ast fall H 09.-
ton, a'rnatt de detecting a lmlawful intimacy
il
between his wife and it eighbor entered a
coMplaint againit7tha 'updit'Which they
were held te bai);ibtkheyieidily found.
The injured ntilibirie . also bound over
as a principal witnesir.,` d beiniunable to
get bail,' was of 4onise,' aced in jail td a
wait the trial. Th e'; ha,' day the case,
came.'up before . Jd . ' • -tbot‘ ; L it, a, a,
found, 'however,' t e haaband could
~
notbe a Witness , against his wife, and AO
the parties were all dismissed. Therein)
ou the injured busband—"mois in' sorrow
than in auger"--addressed the 'Court as
follows :
"Your Honor. is this what they call jus
tice T Here, six months ago, I 'complain
ed against this man for - criminal inter
course With 'my Wife; thereupon I' Was
lockdd up'out oftho tray,indle has' Med'
with her ever since. Now volt sa3 I can't `
testify and the'ros ho case against
Why couldn't You'uill ma ti o 'list fall ! with=,
t trio 'jail 'aft' Winter,' ma.
leaving theportios toef.on , halta year lon
4er; Tlking had ' matter Worse, without'
me lO'froublo ta."l . ), afW each jueuce !'
erent khzdtt,df Mara •
tirithik" Lortr'ffe t leon;
ireee, b e aring dais it to' itteek the bostbitt:
Ltl'flbeta
`dsr s liVitiiehie: 7 oh,gitig to Oen that all
lia'AdOiiira 'it their tiii4l4 . ll4' Obsirved
t dilfi of the'titen'diiontry'rleneeling at thp'
side hie 'gun._ • Syelt " hit unusual atti.'
nde `inatt Englidi sailor , jliceitlii imp.'
prilie And curiosity , 'he - Went i 'and 'atiketl'
the' ITI 'he.titafa afraid. 'Afraid I". '
iliereil . `th i e hOnek ter, with iieoutitena nee
eaprieeive'of titre utmost I
was ohly itittiY!ait than the `enmity's shot
rti4r , be•dietritinted the:Arne' Manner all
tie prize ninneft that is; thegresiteet 'part .
among the Offieoral" •• • '
When' the 'Witte Corporal Carthnesef
was - Biked after the battle of Waterloo, if
hee4s not afraid,' he replied:: l"
'Why.. I was in 'ai,' . .the battles of the Pe.
ninaula And her / ieg it explitined that the
queethin Merely; _related to a fear 'of teeing
the day'', he said? KINa, na, I did na' fear'
that—l woe 'only afraid we shoUld be a'
haled before we had time to Win it.":
•
tinEAT' iMPNOVNEwr IN
'tNo
, .
II
194111103 that new triveriden in
telegraphing has been completed, in New
York, and isle be, iromodiatel3r 'placed up
nn the line between New' York, and' Phil
adelphia. inventor is a Mr. if ughes.
,sind it ..may be Called a Printing Press
and Telegraph Instrument combined, for
it prints all messages in plain Roman ca
pitols, with unerring correctness, and at
an almost incredible rate of speed, aver
aging in the ordinary dispatch of business
from twenty thousand to twenty-five thou
sand letters'per hour."
SlNamAn. -OCCURRENCE.—The Farm
villa (Va.) Journal states that Dr. Owen,
of Prince Geoige county, had his horse
killed under him by lightning. Ho was
about to dismount when the fatal bolt
struck his horse, which falling immediate
ly, sornewhat bruised and injured the Doo
tor. He was only slightly shocked by the
electric fluid.
HOW LONO .18 A. LADY'S FOOT ?—Wo
are curious to know how tunny feet in fe.
pale arithmotio go to make a mile, berauto
WO have never met with a lady's foot yet
whose shoo was not, to gay the very least,
"a mile too big for her."
The flute with which John Bunyan be-
Failed the tediousnesi . of hia mien-0 hours,
Is now iu the 'possession of de. Howells,
tailor, Gainsoorough. appearance
,it
does not look unlike the leg .of utool--
ofwhich. it is said thaeßutiyaii, whilo
in .prison manufactured, .When 'tho
,turnkey, attracted by the,sountfof ,music;
entered his cell to .aspertain; if possible,
the, cause of the haimon,r, the litho was 're- .
placed in the stool. and by this .means
detection was avoided.
Points .or Merit lo a Cow.
•
She's long in'her fade, she's fine in her horn ;
She'll quickly get fat Without oil-cake or corn.
Hurrah 'I hurrah for this beautiful covet
She's clean in her jaws, and full in her chine;
She's heavy !it flank and wide in her loin . ;
Sho's,broad hi' her ribs and long in :her rump.;
Has a straight and flat back, with never a
hump.
Hurrah tot. this beautiful cow !
She's wide in her hips and calm in her oyes,
She's fine In 'her shOulder* anti thin in 'her
'•• thighti. '
' Hurrah I hurialt for tbia beautiful cowl
Slib's light to her neck, and small in her tail;
Site's •wide in her breast, and good at thepail ;
She's fitte in the bone,end sillty,Of skin ;' ,
1 .. 3, he's a graiter's without, and a butcher's, with-
11,tmti . hl but4for this I;eautiful cowl
The fill4vo,Code of Ktinswil.
;. L Louis Re4n ittlean says that Mr.
Oco. W. Drown Editor of the Free-tate
,
or
gaffat Lawrence ,. re
who was recently seized with
out process of any kind. at Kansas City, Mis
souri; and is now in prison if not already put
to death', "has tiolated ffevery ,section of the
Slav* Law‘of Kansai." •apprehend that
an overstatement: but there is no doubt
thitt;iir. Brown Maid& if that law is enfor
ced hini; as Pierce ,' and Douglas,
ghannon and Donaltlimi say iti dell be: We
I have • hitherto gi'ycp most of the provisions 'of
this infernal:enactment; but, pow that Feder--
al cannon ; and bayonets pre, employed, at
. an
expense to the , Treasury -of many. thousands
'of d oilers; per day, in , giving it effect, and many
lives depending on its,Talidity r : we will print
the entire law, diactlY - as it'standit in the MEd- I
id "Laws of the -Territory of '-Kansas," fern-1
ished to Cengreis Orr its requisitiOn Presi.l
Aentliierce, and printed : . as tiExie. ; Doc. 234. 1 1 , 1
is , ' ' ; •
CiTAPTER CLI.-;:—.SLAVES •
An Act to punish ol'outev aga i nst Sla v e Prop
_ .
1. Persons raispl : Insurrection punishable,
`with death:.,,. ,
2. Alder Oietilfilile with i death: '. ' ' '' •
3. What *still:aria felony. '." • , ' '
4. 'Punikliincint for decoying away slaves...:
5. Puitit for assisting /duvets- •-•:- :-, '
6. Willif,oloeinied grand larceny. •,- ,
a. What kePed f . 110 0.9-0. 'p ' • . i' •
8. Punishment foi.concealtrig slave's.
9. PUnishinent for, rescuing craves from 6M-'
10. Penalty on officer iyhei refuses to assist is
capturing slaves..
11. 'Prititing.of incendiary idocameats.
12•V:WhaideatIodiribluti35": - "; 4 .7 - .:74.
13., Who arAtiall Mid as juror s.
, • ,
../le„it enacted by the Cloperlor and 'Legit/aline
,
Assembly ofthe 2byritoey of rantme, al fol.
,' loin :
SECTION 1., That every person,, bond' r free,
who shall be convicted ofacteally raising i re
hellion *or insurrection of slavel,lree ' negtoes
or mulattoes, in this -Territory, 'shall suffer ' 1
death.
, • . See; .2..:Every free. person who slitdl aid or
assist in anyrebellion or insurrection of slaves,
I fCco flumes erre tklattoes e or shall furnish ntins l
or do„auy,evert act in furtheranCe of such' re. ,
hellion or insurrection, shall etiffeedeath:' '
' ' Sti+:B'.'lfirly freeperridn shall, by speaking,
Writing or pfintlig,'advise, persuade or 'induce
fifty slafes to rebel; conspire against or murder
I , any ettizen , of this Territory, or shall bring in-,'
tor print", write, publish or circulate, or caused
to
. 411torought into, printed, written,, published ,
Oroirctll,lited, oreliall knowingly aid or assist
in 04 bringinginto, printing, writing, publish-
Intl or Clibulating, in this Territory, "any book, I
'iiiiilefin
'agazine pamphlet or circular, for the
!pmtrtirH r e'of exciting insurrection, rebellion, re
t-rolt or conspiracy on the part of the slaves;
i free neqoes or mulattoes, against the chinas
for'Phe territory or any Part of them, such per
eon shrill he geilty, of felony and suffer death.
SEC.. '4. Tinny person shall entice, decoy er
'Oriii'y'awriyolit of this Territory any slave br•
longing to another, with' inteat to deprive' the
iowner thereofof the services of such slave, or
with intent to effect or procure • the freedom of
`such. slave, ho ellen be adjudged guilty °reviled
larceny, and, on conviction thereof, shall suffer
death, orbe imprisoned at hard labOr for not
lima than tea gears.
',SEc. 6. If any person'sball aid or assist in
'enticing; deceying or persuading, or carrying
away, or sending out of this Territory any slave
belonging to another, with intent to procure or
effect the freedom of such slave, or with intent
to, deprive ihe owner thereof of the services .of t
such slave, he shall be adjudged guilty of grand
laroeny, and, on conviction thereof, shall suflbr
imprisoned,
, death, or be at hitrd labor for not
'less than ten years. . ' "
Src. 6. If any person shall entice, decoy, or
carry away out of any State and other Territory
of the United States any slave belonging to an
other, with intent to procure or effect the free
dom of such slave, or to deprive the owner of
' such services of such slave, and shall bring
such slave into this Territory, he shall be ad
judged guilty of grand larceny, in the same
manner as if euch slave bad been enticed, de•
coyedorearried away o ut of this 'Territory4and in
math case the larceny may be charged to have
been committed in any county of this Territory
into or through which such slave bad been
brought by such person, and on conviction
thereof, the person offending shall suffer death
or be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than
ten years
Stn. 7. Reny person shall entice, persuade
or induce any slave to escape from the service
of his master or owner it. this Territory, or shall
aid or assist any slave in escaping from the
service of his master or owner, or shall aid, as
sist, harbor or conceal any slave who may have
escaped from the ssrvice of his master or own
er, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and pun
' ished by imprisonment at hard labor for a
term of not less than five years.
SEC. 8. Utley person in this Territory shall
aid or assist, harborer conceal any slave who
I has escaped from the service of his roaster or
owner, in'another State or Territory, such per
eon shall be punished in like manner as Wench
1 slave had escaped from.the service of his mast
er or owner in this Territory. .
Sec. 9. If any person shall resist any, officer
'while attenapting to arrest nay slaVc that. may
have escaiU from the service of hie master
or owner, or shall rescue such slave when in
custody of any officer or other person, or shall
I entice, persuade, aid or assist such slave to ea.
cape from the custody of any °Ulcer or other
Fusee who may have much slave , in custody
whether such slave have escaped front the ser
vice of his master or law - ner , in this Territory,
,or in any other State or Territory; the - person
Iso offending shall be guilty of felons- and pen
' ished by imprisonment at hard labor for O term
of not less than twc years. • •• -
Sec.' 10. Ifany marehal, sberiffor constable
or the depety of any:seek officer, shill, :lir).
required by any perm, refuse to aid or assist
in the arrest and eaptiire °fan) , slave that may
have escaped from the service aids master or
-
owner, whether such slave has escaped from his
master or owner iu this Territori c or any
State or other Territory, such officer shall be
fined in a sum of not less than one hundred
nor more than five , hundred.dollari.' '
Sec. 11. If any person print, write. intro
duce into, publish or circulate, or caused to be
brought, into, printed ) written, published or cir
culated, or shall knowingly aid, or , assist in
bringing into, priating,..publishing or circulat
ing witttin,,,his, Terntory, any, book,', paper,
pamphlet, magaziae;hatidbill or circular, coo
tiining any staymenter; 'arguments, op inions, '
sentiment, doctrine, advice intiendo, calcu
lated. to produce a disorderly, dangerous or re
bellious disaffection among the slaves in this
!Territory, or to induce such slaves to, escapo
1 from the service of their masters, or to resist
their authority, ho shall be guilty of felony,
and be punished by / imprisonment and hard
labor for a term not less than five years.
Scz. 12. If any free person, by speaking or
by writing, assert or miintain that persons have
not the right to hold slaves in this' Territory,
' orishalttntroduce into this Territory, print,
' publish, vi rite, circulate, or cause to be intro
duced into this Territory, written, printed, pub
lished or circulated in this Tetritory, any
book,yeper, magazine, pamphlet, or circular
containing any denial of the right of persons
to hold slaves in this Territory such persons
shall be deemed guilty of felony, and punished
by imprisonment at hard labor for a term of not
loss than two years. ' 4
SEC. 13. No person who is conscientiously op
posed to holding slaveg,or who does not admit
the right to hold slaves in this Territory, shall
sit as a Juror on the trial of any prosecution for
any violation of any sections of this act.
This act to take effect and be in force from
and. after the fifteenth day of September, A.
D. 1855. •
. , .
Reader; study the provisions octhis act,
andremember that Lawrence was burned to
the earth last week; because her citizens
would not surrender their arms to the Ruffians
and swear implicit obedience to this and other
such devilish libels on the name of law.
The Sacking of Lawrence.
SCPTIte jobjellied narative is - taken
fiom the Missouri b e fitoorat. s •rt should be
pre ,
rnitied that at the time•of the •appear
ance of the mob, the city of- Lawrence was
alinost entirely deserted. It was resolved
that the United States authorities' should'
•
not in .any. shape be resisted, no, matter
.how lawless and violent. Tho defenders
left ::the one' by one, well knowing
• e city.. .
that the : presence of a few men would on
ly expose them imeertain desirection, and
that, the attack., on them might make an
:sipottlet for aestroyitig ihe iciwn. The city
ts , lay helpless before the despotic Admin
istra'tion;the mouth-piece of whom had de
clared "We will subdue you," and the
affrighted, helpless, and partially deserted
[ lowa ,fell in the one-sided game:
A- little. before sunrise on 'Wednesday
'morning, May 21, a body of M3ll armed
'with United Stutes muskets and a cannon,
appeared upon the hill about three-fourthe
of a mile South:east from the totvn of Law-
Terme. "Additional forces continued 01
arrive for'eeveral. hours from the direction
of Lecompton, and also from- Franklin.—
Between 8 and 9 o'clock, part of the troops
moved down to the-north, by Gov, Robiu
son's house, to a bill immediately over
looking the totiti. 'About 11 o'clock, l
S.:Deprity•Marshall W: P. Fain (three
weeks from Georgia) with a posse of eight
Men, mile into Latirenee. They were
respectfully received at the Eldridge
House. —The Marshl first summoned
several prnminent citizens to aid his posse,
and then proceeded to arrest Judge Sirdth
and Col. Doi:zler.' on rt charge of high
treason. Judge Smith was amine. in, the
reading room of the hotel, arid when in
formed that the Marshal wished to see him,
he cheerfully went into his Item 'and sub
witted himself to the arrest. • During these
proceedings there was no . litir or excite
meat in the' town, and not more than
twenty or thirty persons were about the
streets. The Marshal monis posse took
dinner at the hotel. after which Col. 'Eld
ridge went - with his had and conveyed
the prisoners and a part of the posse to
the camp.
• The Marshal now dismissed his entire
posse, and Sheriff Jones immediately sum
moned them all. And then osuntneutted
the scenes disgraceful to humanity, de
structive to Kansas, and the end of which.
God only knows.
About 1 o'clock, P. M., Jones rode in 7
to town with a posse of twenty•five 'mount
ed men. armed with Muskets srid bayons
ets. They proceeded to the hotel, and
Jones called for General Pomeroy. 'Ho
came to the door. Jones stated ho had
several limes been resisted in that place—
attempts had been made to assassinate him
and he now declared that he was "deter
mined to execute the law, if he lost his
life. And now," said he "I demand of
you, ae the •most prominent man in the
place, the surrender of all the cannoh and
Sharp's rifles thetsyou have, and it give
you five minutes to decide whether you
will give theta up," taking out his watch
and noting the time.
• Tho General went up to the committee
room aud Sturned in a few minutes and
replied that :the, cannon would be given up ;
but that there were no Sharp's rifles in
the place except such as were private
property, and that those could not be sur
rendered. Jones ieeMed io be of opinion'
that they had rifles which were not prix'
sate property, filid requested him to stack
all they had in the street. and said that
such as could be proved to he' 'private
property would bo returned. By this time
the whole posse, variously estimated at
from 600 to 800 mee, were marching
down the hill and coming into . town `on
the south side:'-
The cannon (four pieeee) were produced'
and carried through the attest. One was
a braes mix pounder; the otliers little pop.
guns, which a roan could comfortably cer
ry on hie shoupers. No rifles were delis.
ered up. 'Jane° now told Cor•Eldridge.
who occupied the hotel and owned tbeinr
niter°, that the hotel toast be "destroledi
that he was acting strictly nailer orders.
The Grand Jury at Lecompton had. decht-
IMEE=7/I=il3.lE
I 7I if
r • ts
TWO DOLLMII'EA, MIX;‘,:,,
INUMBERI3.'
red the hotel and presses ,of Lawrence a
nuisance, and ordered him todestroy them,
He would give Col. Eldridge 'en opportn ,
fifty 'to remove his furniture, and for that
purpose he might have until five o'.
clock. ,
It was the fit. Col. Eldridge replied
that the furniture Could not be . removed:in
less time than half a day, 'arid desired 'a
longer time. • Jones. refuseil. "Then,'
said Eldridge, .'giye me time, to letuoire
my family; that is all•I islle7 , ~A part of
the furniture was' afterward.Yemosted kby
the posse as plunder, but wawa. It watt
burned with the house. By this tither the
"law and order'' mob, was, peering ititn
the streets, and the rellidenta.:theitiwornen
and children, sought shelter in the adjoin ,
ing woods.
The first property. destroYeci ,was the
press of; the Tne . Iwlaus b..fres
which was thrown into am ev
erything.pertaining.ta the offlce,..yrifit,ex.
changes, paper, and a' lirge In t rinilty of
miscellaneous books Were theme - nit:it° the
street, mutilated and destroyed... .The
'of the lone star, ("South Caroling, and
Southern Rights" ),was heisted- first upmt
the house of G. W. Brown,, of The
aid of:Freedorn, and afterward "Giioii the
hotel. Brown's press and sivertllting" in
the office shared the same fate as,thetther,
and a wagon load ,of books andtptipprs
were trampled in thestreets, 0 , 1441 t,
Jones promised in the commenceihe'nt.
that no private property sliould'Aiiitidy.
ed. But houses were broken'lfithr"tind
rifled of whatever suited the Ammar the
mob. Locks, bolts or bars, %veto ne.sequ.
,
rity. , Windows and doors wire,hrolien
open and destroyed; and meatiy . und'uttiu.
ables to a large amount Missing. ' 'lt , Was
currently reported, and uncontradioted,
that '18,000,c1/idly in money, were jest
from ono house.
About 5 o'clock three cannon were ie
ced in the street twelve or fifteetiredil Ust
of the hotel, and some thirty shoti'Wbro'
fired, shattering the walls considerably,.
but proving altogether too slow a matted
of destruction for theie "law and order"
inert. ` 'nay thou eel fire to the huifding
in different places, and put fi o Void keit! of
powder under it. The 'flames and stndke
soon burst out at the windows. andothe
wholobuildin was in a blase.;! Thewalls
treinlited and , fell, and the shoats nod yells
of the niolaProclaitned the triumph of "law
and ortih" in Lawrence. While the ho.
let, was,. burning, the house ,of G. , Ws
reniti wits trice set on fire. The floor
was burned through. The fire was finally
extinguished by come young men of Law
--
roam The mob threatened to shoot them,
but they were not deterred. If hie house
had burned several others must certainly
have been destroyed, and there, would
have been danger of burning nearly half or
the town. Many 'of the mob wore bent
on destroying every house in the place,
and speeches wore made urging the de
struction of the, whole 'town. Atchison,
It is, said, advised moderation. Col. Jack
son, of Georgia, with many minim were
opposed to the burning of the ' hOtel. A.
tender-hearted man from' Missouri who
bud come out to exterminate the
Abolitionists, shed mars at the sight of the'
destruction of property of innocent, unof
fending men, as he ':fund them to be.—
The moh . began to disperse all . hour before
sunsetonad at anadOwn moat of them .hati
left the town. A few, overcome by' ex
citement, or sthpefied by ligoor,ilay insen
sible in the street.: TheY:wirq unharmed
by the people of Lawrence;
In the evening. Gov. Rcarrnadri!s house
was set on fire and burned.to the ground,.
end thus ended for that dayobe•execntion
of the ohm': in Lawrence,:
The • women ..and childrettstf t Lawrence'
slept that night either bencaththelriendly
sheltering trees along the hanks °Nit° Kan
sas, or huddled together in sittallibousies or
eabiue on the out.skirts.hf the :town.':
One muter the posse was killed by the
falling of a brick from the hotel."
The report that a Free• State man was
killed at Lairende, on the 2184 I think a.
mistake. think it • has qeforenee . to a
most cotd.blooded murder, committed by
them on the 19th inat.,,at Bhmteo Bridge,
threo,miles south of Lawrence.' where
roan named John Jones was 'shot; after he
delivered up hie revolver; the Man who
shot him saying as he did IL have I .shot
on o G.---d Abolitionkst„ed Fit
ph oot"attother." Jones was fr9n Illinois.
dicd the next night.
From the Panthers whom bays seen
returning, and from credible Infetrnation,
I am of opinion that there weirethrelf men
from Missouri to one from. the, Territory
engaged iu this invasion.
The Free•Stam men had, made no pre 7
paration for defense, and no resistance w a s
attempted. Men• from all parts' Of the
Territory would have come to assist them,
but they did not desire it.. .130 long as
there was hope in peaceful Measures, they
would resort to no other. I greatly fear
that the time is past, atulthat the Scones
of the 21st will prove to , he the commence-
Meat a a civil war in Kanto..
4.rr krzrr%Ess.
. .
Tur. tear itself often glows like *diamond
on the cheek where the roce and lily
blend. ha moral beautY u perfect
dfiguerTe of Compassion and 'bonevolenee,
15 'still, greater. 'Tr shone 'Ana on the
Savionr's cheek it,,the tomb of,fenotrus, and
when he wept over Jerusalem. It still
shines in his disciples in their mission of
mercy. There are, indeed; team of,:deefit,
like those' fibled of the ereeco: Leg
them pass. None but a fallen segetweold
gather them up. There are 'teitiYe 0 10 '
tude.ofjoy. These spirkle Akre thiviters.
ing dew. • , "
4. wiz!, erlahing to erineielre ,
_le 'big.
ardor in 'one burst of.psiskra; Ole WiSOIS;
4'o, krtgelles legustsi; 1 fitel - Vewatd you
just like the bitiningbulh thiiillintrei•ese;
—l' us ill *fire, but`ifit's etitOOtef r
Bitiver....-A &Mei withetiv . impleet
When noqoalityef the houtilitettipittiest