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Brooking up of X ongtonizm.
Mormons Returning in Dimust—Their
Opinion of Zion.
trion the Piattimosth (Nebruka) Jeacirmisa.
A train, consisting of about one hun
dred persons, with twenty. wagons,
istemed , Through this place on Friday
Inat, - un 'their return from Utah to the
States. They formed part of a compa
ny of ~etio huniiriil persons and forty
teams; but some diALLove hack the re- 1
minder took the road for Leaven
worth. They left. Salt Luke about the;
20th of April, and were cm the road a
little oiertwo months. They bore the
appearatiee of persons wh o . had seen t i
much trouble and privation—being re
deeed in body an , lilejeeteibia-mind. - A
more ratia! le set of persons we never
beheld.' Toes' re join that they had ,
at last meek :41et-lauti wiseru they could
once more lie at ease.
The seeming of their experienee in
Utah wax coaching in the extreme. In
the narrittion of what they endured,
they seemed to approach t the subjet
with reluctance and feelir.gs of horror
invalling to mind their sufferings, hut
in the course of (heir remarks would
invariably become tthintated, and break
actin egressions or indignation at the
cruelty and oppression which they had
endured.. They declared the whole sys
tem to be a grand scheme of robbery
and' sensuality, on the part of those in
authority. It is riht by direct compul
sion, they stated, that the property of
their followers iA taken, lint by means of
i•eligious ehthnsittsm. This is inspired
:iy .the promisj of great spiritual re
wards, and by Setting before them the
example of scripture characters : that
:•`‘ Job received' tin ble IN:WO it 1)(W° all
his foramr possessions, so pilionld they,
by tficii selitstuirilleing, reap an increas
ed relf ard, both of spiritual and tem•
poral-possessions. After all their prop
erty was exhansted, then the - policy of
their rulers would Change, and their
c'Jnduct wnuld be such ns to say " Gct
away_ if
_pn can." If any should
heroine diJ . ksatisfled and desire to leave,
they -were 'publicly denounced, and the
whole church forbidden to 'purchase any
, i•operty they might wi.4h dispose of.
roll] that ii:w they woolif he subjeeted
to The insults of the entire' eommanitv,
if not aleadute dang;er of their lives.
One Person stated that in order to get
/Way he 1120 to sell his farm, clandes
tinely, althat, for sixty thillars. They
reported t .that one man wknt out with
1,4000, and .was returning: in - the t ruin
with histllatu only, and had not enough
to eat. 'Another, who had a farm
worth there seven thousand dollars, sold
it for' thirty:five dollars. A man
Ihe name,. of George Brooks, (if we re
collect right,) who had considerable
grain and goods stores! in his house, on
incurring the ilispleasn re of the elders,
had the sides of his hmisti literally stove
in, andliis property carried off, he only
escaping with his life.
When the train first approached we
int - mired
.whether they were from Cali
fornia or I..;lath. An ohl man, who was
standinginmr be, replied, "We are from
Bea u t ifut
"What is tour opinion of Zion ?" - we
inquired.
His reply, wits : went once in
search of .lion, but will never go again
till I know where it Is to be found. It
is the worstt ion that I ever set my foot
into."
We inquired concerning. the hand
cart traiu,s, itp.d.tlin true reason of em
ploying them. The' said tlok,q, was
the greatest.ernelty that was eretper
petrated 'that it was at times hozrihle
to behold'the•condition of those wtinar-
rived in • that was ; that frequently
their hamicand feet were frozen, and
their limb's — ft-6m the effects of fatigue
and exposure, swollen to more than
twice their natural size; that sometimes
when they were able ncr longer to pull
the carts, the women ainfehildren were
loaded with the baggage, and proceed
ed thus until they' fell down with sheer
exhaustion; and that after arriving in
this condition, they wonld die off like
"rotten sheep," as they expressed it.
They stated that one reason for form
ing 'hand-trains was, that those who
came in tliat, way, - -on becoming dissat
isfied weald.,hane no ready means of re
turning, fril
that those in authority
come tht r jpt trains which pass
through . ivttiiv to tho Pacific, as
they afford means for dissatisfied per
sons to escape.
In speaking with one quite
vourtena4n, he stated that'he had
been there fieorly four 'years, and that
the reason he slid not leave-sooner was
because he hoped it would be getting
better.—lle remarked that if ho should
meet a train going tbrongb, he would
do an that he could- to persuade them
not to go.; hut if they persisted,- he
could only leave them to find out the
reality by sad experience. Th e com
pany report tha\f;ur or five. hundred
in
_evvere going t leave this Spring,
and are probably on the road by this
time.
Another Kansas Prand.—flow many
good old ladleiratime in pantaloons and
HOMO net, have 'eased their troubled
minds by making contribntions to
"clothe the, estitute in Kansas.," and
how chagrined they will he to learn
that theiriAhibor•of lore " has been
thrown away upon euelcsivettlators as
Greeley and - Reeder, who hold stock in
the Kansas Fund—yet such is the fact.
"When thieves fall ont honest men"
may not "coins by their own," but
they can sometimes learn the trnth.—
Thus, there' has been a tight in the
rieki Coniwittee / and a letter dated
Feb. '24.1, from W. F. Amy, general
agent of the Kansas General Distribut
ing Committee, to Edward C. Dellvati,
ut Alhany,.has just come to light, in
which occurs this precious sentence :
"By a resolution of the National
Committee. at their ineetintr in New
York, the clothing of our Committee
are td be valued and sold on time ; the
proeetsis to be appropriated to the re
demption of the Protection Fund
Scrip :"
&sake Story.—A Sacramento (Cal.)
paper says : Dr. Newman, of lted
Bluffs. has a big rattlesnake in a jar,
which he has attempted to starve to
death. Tb#,Aajte lam bad nothing to
eat since Wit August, but now weighs
two ounces more than when put fn.
ter At Philadelphia, on Wednesday
afternoon, Mr. Godard made a balloon
ascension, mounted on a live pony.—
Atter ascending some distance be
clambered into the basket car, leaving
orthe pony dangling below. "There kkva keen 28 exeentiins in
th i avity ofN w Yin* since 1813. Three Damages for a Kise.—Mrs. Helen M.
of trio agailw.-ware women and two i Dodge has comeneed a civil suit against
Were hang for a rooh. a dry goods merchant doin g business on
Broadway, A than v, for kissing her
against her will. The damages are - laid
at *5,00.
a ir Watermelons Are 'selling in Nor- i
folk, Va., At d 5 cents each.
MEIN
Public Meeting „alLtucrence—,—. Deters!
nation Arpreised to Resat Vie U. S.
• n , 00p4.,--motontoth Gof. -4 11'ather,
SIII. Loris, My igentlernan,
who arriyei in this city from Kan
sas, on Friday last, steles that a:pub
be meeting was held at Lawrence, on
Thursday, at vrititatit was duteraihaud
to resist the 1". S. troops, if an atteinpt
is made to collect the taxes.
lie met Walker *trout ten mike
from Lawrence with seen n atenpaniem
of Infantry: .11te Cleversorwaard'As
would arrange Matters peaceably if pos
sible, but ..weuhl use force if,,,ne.uessary-
The Free State men were hurrying to
Lawrence.-
Col. Lane has been sent for.
From Kansirs.—Sr. LOMA, July 2lst.
—Gov. Walker was encamped outside
of Lawrence, with eight corppanics of
dragoons, on the 17th. citizens
had decided not to negotiate Kith him.
He will not resort to the support of the
troops until bred upon, when civil war
will he declared. G-oveWalker has war.
note to arrest the city officers and oth
er citizens of Lawrence.
.Purther front Kan.qa.s
Sr. Louts, July 21.—Kansas adviees
state that a municipal ticket was elected
in Lawrence on the 13th of July, when
Mr. Blood was elected mayor. Marius
J. Barrett had been nominated for Con
gress. The convention which nomina
ted hint was very large, and its pro
ceedin,t,,s were characterized by the ut
most unanimity - and enthusiasm. The
Topeka constitution for State govern
ment WWI unanimously sustained, and
it will be submitted to the people at the
August election. The city government
of Lawrence had not yet passed any
act nor done any business.
Horrible Tragedy at Cneinnati
CiseiN.in, Jul• ?.I.—This morning.,
a German named 'Kohler, strangled his
wife, and proceed.id to the
residence of Mr. Nic bolas T. Horton,
respectable and influential citizen and
w.•nior partner of the firm of 'Messrs.
Horton and Macon, set fire to the
and stabbed Mr. 11ort(m,
him instantly. lie then cut own
throat. .
Kui LT bag been in the employ of
Mr. Unrton, and the supposed reason
for the ac•t, was a min-inland «hreh lie
rt?ceivol from Mr. Horton fur abusing
his Witt'.
At the last arconnts, Kohler vas not
expected to► live. 311.. TThrton leaves a
large circle of relatives, together with
wilt atoll several children.
Horrible Crime—Twenty Children Poi
soned hy l?&ting Lo:enges.
fixri N NATI , July 23.--Soine twenty
elillilren, living in Buckeye street, in
this city. a densely populated German
neighborhood, w e re poisoned last even
ing by eating lozenges, which were
scattered along• the street b► - a man and
two boys who :u•c unknown. Two of
the children arc dead and many others
are not expected to live. The man
offered small packages of lozenges to
persons on the street, hut suspecting
something wrong; they were not taken.
The lozenge!: contained arsenic, Aug•tr
mill flour. The motivitfor perpetrating
sueh a crime is unknown. The persons
!-have not been arrested.
The murderer of Mr. Horton, who
after murdering his wife cut his own
throat, is still living, though there are
1 ". ut feint hopes of his recovery. He as
`signs his reason fl;r the murder to he a
Criminal connection of his wife with
Llorton.
Street Iterounter.—Lonsvnix, July
21.—A street recounter between Mr.
Prentice, of the Journal, and Mr. Dur
rett, of the Courier, took place here to
day, in emsequence of an article reflect
ing on -- `Mr. Prentice. Pistols were
used, and Mr. Prentice was slightly
wounded.
Romance and Crime.—bore and Arsen
ic.—A elute of alleged poisoning of a
young Frenchman by a young English
woman is just now occupying the atten
tion, more or less, of all England. The
trial is now in progress before the High
Court Judiciary of Edinburg. The
case is an extraordinary one; and the
main facts are thus summed up :
Miss Madeline Smith stands eltarged
with "the murder of M. L'Angellier,
whom she had encouraged in a secret
attachment. Herparents occupy a
good position at. Glasgow, and the
young man, who was a clerk with in
sufficient means, would not hare been
accepted by them. Tho girl, however,
met him clandestinely, and correspond
ed with him, and professed her affection
in the most unqualified and extravagant
terms. It now appears that after some
of their latest meetings the young man
was frequently attacked with agonizing
symptoms, which at last resulted in
Meath. Among lkis - effects were found
the letters of Miss Smith, ,one of which
had urged him to a private' meeting a
few hours previous. An examination
of the body developed abundant traces
of arsenic.
MISS Smith is proved to have purchas
ed arsenic, and openly admits the fact,
as she used it for her emr.plexion. -She
bought in cotypany with friends and
unhesitatingl e y:aitixed her name in the
register of the chemists, who were told
by her that it was to poison rats. Af
ter her intimacy and correspondence
with the young Frenchman her family
arranged a match for her with a person
in a much better position. She accept
od this new, offer, but the Frenchman
was of an impulsive and dangerous dis
pos,ition and would be likely to expose
her when the affair became kimwn to
him. This, indeed, lee silt imately threat
ened. Miss Smith vainly implornd him
to return her letters. She thou renew
ed her expressions of affection awl in
vited him to meet bier. The allegation
is that this• was a snare to enable her
to destroy him. She is charged with
administering arsenic in chocolate or
coffee. A multitude of witnesses. med
ical and others. will be called---bo thr
the prosecution alone, of whom only 35
have as vet, been called. :
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IL- J. STATILE, EDTT O II AI PROPSISToit
(iRTTYBB-111t64 PA. -
Monday Kornis', ;WY $B l 7, 1851'.
D4OCILITIC rrITE lottNrrioNL
MR UOYMILNOII,
WILTAAM. F. PACKER, of LApbming
CANAL commtionnyn,
1N13f110131 STRISH,A.ND, of Choker
JUDG or TUX EVIIIIINX,COURT,
WILLIAM STRONG, of nerk4,
JAMES THOMPSON, of 1•Irio.
txr - The municipal* troubles in New
York will probably add $150,000 to the
taxes for this year. Political experi
molts for partisan purposes aro always
costly, but the money cost is nothing
to the loss of reputation from the mis
government of the city between the
rival and contending powers.
Fire at Fayetterille.--:At an early
hour on Wednesday morning' last, the
Dry Goods Store of , Mr. Thaddeus
Boggs, at Fayetteville, in Franklin
county, was diseoveml on fire. A
young man who slept in the room above
the store was awaked by the smoke
which had penetrated into his room,
and finding the building on fire made
his (-seals., and gave the alarm. On the
neighbors repairing to the se?ne of con
flagration they found it necessary, in
order to get at the fire, to force an en
trance through the front door. The
whole interior of the store room was
discovered on fire, but the flames appar
ently smothered by the density of the
smoke. By the judicious efforts of the
pennons first assembled the fire was soon
extinguished, and on tun examination
of the premises being, instituted, the
back door leading into flue store was
tonal ajar. This einumstanee, togeth
er m itlm the Met of some goods being
missing, has created 3 belief that the
store was first robbed and then set on
fire to destroy all traces of robbery.
The contents of the store were damaged
to the amount of fifteen hundred dol
lars. There is an insurance of twenty
two hundred dollars on the entire stock
of goods, in time Franklin county Mutual
Insurance Company.Z~rllcy ,Spirit.
GeiAebnan.—Thisworthy,
energetic and enterprisiag gentleman,
who it so IRVollally known in this coun
ty, but who now resides in Steubenville,
Ohio, has recently had a series of afflic
tions and mi.fortunes which would be
sufficient to break the spirits of an or
dinary man. A short time ago a large
and valuable Flour Mill that he owned
in Steubenville, burned down, by which
he sustained heavy pecuniary loss.
On Saturday last he arrived here
with the remains of his wife, who had
died a day or two before. and which he
had brought on to deposit by the side
of the friends of her earlier days; and
a few hours after his arrival here a dis
patch brofight him the sad intelligence
'of the death of a son. We heartily
sympathize with him in his bereave
ments and misfortunes, and trust that
" He who can temper the winds to tip
shorn lamb," may impart to the wound
ed spirit firmness to hear these insernt
ble dispensations of Providenee.--Fred
crick eitken.
Steam Boiler E.rplosion.—On Wednes
day afternoon last, about 3 o'clock, a
steam boiler, attached to the extensive
Union Foundry of A. SLAGLB 4t, CO., ex
ploded, scattering the boiler house in
fragments over the entire vicinity, and,
strange to relate, not a person save one,
Mr. DANIEL PETICRY, who was passing
at the time, was priistrated by the con
cussion, sustained any injury, whilst a
number narrowly escaped instant death.
The engine had .not . been running dim
ing the early part of the day, and lire
had just bhen made for the purpose of
casting, when the explosion occurred.
Considerable damage was done to the
building.—Hanover Sperfator.
tern' Judge irmot has really chal
lenged Gen. Packer. to canvass the
Suite with him, why not produce the
letter? Why ask the public to rely
upon the Word of the Dark Lantern
presS, wheise'sdriers' are secretly sworn,
ILA well as openly disciplined, to fal
sify the truth for the purpose of de
ception r •
ski—While the Ilhteic Repolilieans in
maiy quarters are trying to Coax the
tbreign voters to support Wilmot, the
Springfield (Ill.) 1:4144.iean, a shrieker
in foil eommatuon, gays "we cannot
drive an ignorant Trishman or Ditteh
man to do what an intelligent Amen
ean knows to be his duty." They have
been attempting to "drive" the Ger
mans and Irish into the snpport of nig
gerism, and failed.
Der The Lancaster ?Imes states that
Mr. James Thackamy-. of that piece,
has raised a gooseberry which measures
four incites in circumference in the
green state.
' 4news-421, Ja r
ed th9rosi
-lentlide retei a dispatch fevm
crnor lesi.sidt, of Kinias, that he had
issued a prilelaniatiaa commarring
peace f • and had sent alarge *liter?
'iorcelea.Liawre Doe to quell d is tu Him:was.
In accordance with the expre ,, s wishes
'of °urn et .W.U.KZA, /I„AELNLY,
and.s.lidnielend forui of the Dragvits
and . l;ight
Fort Leavenworth until after the Oc
,tober elettions. Col. Alanorr H. Ammo
; Dos, of the Second Cayalry, now in
Texas, will be ordered to proceed in i
command of the troops to Utah. The
Waehidgtosooroespindeat of - the New
To& Times sari ..CTovernor Viritatia
is aeterininZto mn3riain`t~o Tavr as ad
Clonstitntfon at all hazards, and the Two
, pie will find that he is the roan the an
emergency. *Cool, calm and determin
ed. he possesses great nerve, and is of
undaunted courage. It is fortunate for
I I
the peace and harmony of the eountsy
that an occasion has occurred to give
Governor WALKIX an opportunity to
manifest his oourage and ability, and to
demonstaate his fixed resolution to car
ry out. his Ifistruetions, and support to
, the letter the provisions of the Nebras
, ka-Kansas bill. His prompt action will
haven great moral effect upon the poo
; ple, and will no doubt be the means of
1 preventing hereafter all acts which
might have a tendency to load to riot
and bloodshed.
Gov. Walker's Proclamation.
Ii The Troubles in Kamsdoc.----Tlio lialti
t more Sun says: Wt have received a
copy of the proclamation issued by
i;overaor Walker to the people of Kan
sas, notifying them that he bud sum
moned to his aid the troops of the
'United States to assist him in enforc
,
mg the laws. The occasion of the
proclamation was the Hawn of the free
State party, in proceeding to establish
a government for the cite of Lawrence,
in direct detinacie of.the territorial guy
; eminent, and denying its existence or
authority. It appears they have grant
' ed to the city government the authori
ty to elect a mayor and board of alder
: men, city assessor, treasurer, justice of
i the peace, city marshal, .te. They
have also grunted to the mayor and al
dermen most exteirive powers, inel ail
i ing the right to levy and collect taxes
uisin real and personal property with
!
!
, in the limits of the city, whether be
: lim ,, ring• to residentm or non-residents,
and all the other powers usually inci
i dent to aci ty goeernincist. Guy. Walk
er, after setting forth all the facts in
the ease, and alluding to the rebellious
spirit thus evinced by the free State
! men, announces his intention to main
! tain and enforce the laws and collect
I the taxes. He further says:
Permit me to call your attention, as
still claiming to be citizens of the UTill
-1 tett States, to the results of your mvo
hrtionary proceeding:4. You are inang
j uniting rebellion and revolution; you
I are disregarding the laws of Congretal
and of the territorial government and
defying their authority ; you are eon
, sniring to overthrow the government
of the United States in this territory.
Your purpose if carried into effect in
' the mode designated by von, by putting
your laws tiosiblv into execution, would
{involve you in the guilt and crime of
treason. Tog stand now, fellow-eiti
sells, upon the brink of an awful preei
pice, and it becomes my duty to warn
you cm you take the fatal leap into the
i gulf below. If your proceedings are
not arrested you will necessarily de
; atm:: the peace ref the territory. and iu
; volvo it in all the horrors of civil - war.
I warn you, then, before it is too late,
j to recede from the perilous position in
which you. now atond. : , :
lle.coitebidea , thus : " It will he my
purpose if yoa, persist to sicire blood
shed as for as practicable, and subject
the leaders and projectors of • this revo
lutionary movement to the punishment
prescribed by the - law. 1 will aceompa
ny• the troops- to liowyenee,- with a
view to prevent, if possible, any con flict,
in the sander° faipe-that the revolution- -
ary morcm►e►it.t6nfdrtifil:fted and nearly
accomplished will, ere it be too late, be
abandoned."
Slander on Judge Thompson.—The
editor of the Clinton Demeocrat repels
the low abuse 'of the Bellefonte Know
Nothing organ, which denounces Judge
Tuomrsoa us a - drunkard, and says bad
it charged the Judge with having been
a murderer it' could not 14%13 been
farther from thetruth. Now hear the
Erie Dispatek, published at Judge
Tuo,Ntesoa's residf nee :
"Judge Thonipson is a Democrat—
we area Republican. In his political
comlnet we have not always appmved
of hia'cOurse, but as a man and a jnrist
ho has ever hail enr admiration and
shall have our 'sopixirt for the office to
which he has been nominated. We
know the man and do not know his op
ponents—hence we are not grappling,
in the dark. Tin , legal ability ofJudgo
Thompson of higli order—socially he
conunands the respect of all, and as a
friend to thy oppressed, he has hosts of
fiiendS w 1 are
. pnlitically opposed to
hint Who will sire' him their support,
localise they know that he. as a Jurist,
will know no party, and that he has no
friends to 'reward or no enemies to pun
ish."
Dial - The slanderous attacks aimed at
G en. PACKER, the I )cinocrat is candidate
for Governor, are equally as baseless as
'the one a-lash the Bellofente Know
Nothit* p4pet 'tfircttA tt,c;ainst Judge
TUOMPI3O-1-: ,Bµt,itiseeins that a Demo
cratic oaylidate, be he ever SO pure and
upright, cannot escape the lies ofan an
scrupulous opposition press. The Pe6-
pie will decide rightly, notwithstanding
—and that's a great' tOm fort.
A Lofty Waterfall.—The waterfalls
which surroend the valley of'Zo .I.lamf to,
in California, aro believed to bo the
loftiest in the world. One of them is
estimated at 2,000 feet high!
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, , timplft,in Mumma. - - t L._ t 44 ,
' This islthe • ht`Rante for the mote-
,goira k .; j el aititTg • ~
eni orthe 4 le i t h Lawrence, t r l . 4.., , i _
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tho i Washington 1 7 71 kis properly uses .
, _: tat . oit i Extraordiraii7xseapo.
It. There can be no, excuse for thltie .: :lv , shot
time ago, as * son of H.
mixt men Thf' `erne r ork Comm g
ercial '
itA . L * DI NO , ?Esq., of this bounty , ' aged
Adrertiser, as.-(did' Line Whig paliw, about 13 ydars, was driving - a - two-horse
sacs : , team at a brisk trot, in order to avoid a
9114,e, people 4.lCe2ite. rotaioNity• to sr thea tapktir approach
them, havo,ctemperttety diet
an.tattrupt to adores the ialat lite 0111F-tinlti • sa&le lion*, on iittfah he was
i i fi n *l)4' utierthisne taltrlbtre . Gwi r ; seated,"bluitireretrand'feirtelUground.
Walker will utterly fad in his duty. if he does ,
is flecessary to , As he fell, the tongue chain parted, and
not employ whatever foreq
put down anch open rebellion. And the met' he Was drawn by the other horse, di
who suppo,e that in refusing such obedience , .
to the laws and in resisting the Government ; rt-ctlY hetween the hind wheels; and ho
in enforcing then:. they will hay, the sympa.. ! must have turned a snmerset, as hht
thy or any considerab le number of their fel- ' head was in a directly opposite direction
na
lo;r-eitiar iitaida, , ol thei territort et Yin-'
ask. ~,,,,i, will li d t i m a th i s
, ereg id us i y to that he bad been going. The calls of
• ~!_„, , , : _ ~_ ... ~ i the youllkAt assistancefirer? fortttnate-
We have another stronger endorse- 1 1 ) - heard at a house near by, where soy
meat front the New Yolk Times, a pa- t end workmen were at dinner, who him
per which supported , Fremont artd rind to the scene of disaster. They
the Black Republican ticket, which i found the horse lying on the legs and
says:
The inhabitants of Lawrence Mare set ep a
Government within a Government. They re- '
fuse to lecognize the Territorial Government;
—and the Topeka Government has not recog
nised them. They accordingly proceed tole-
cognise themselves, and to constituie • tree
city in the heart of the Territory. They take
op what ta an absolutely anomalous ground. I
They go back in the most literal manner to
float principles, and establish in Kansas eu.:h
a condition of society as obtained in Israel
before the days of the Judges. If there were
no shadow of • Government in Kansas—if,
open civil war 'Aged in that Territory, and
the bonds of the Federal Union had been'
loosened—we could ur.derstand the propriety i
of this p• ricerding and see its relations to civil '
order. Bet the most infatuated defender of
the people of Lawrence must surely find it
difficult to dispose fairly of the facts set forth
by Gov. IValker in his Pioclamation, which
we publish to-day. .
It is impossible that any man of common
loyalty and common sense, occupying the po
sition of a Federal officer in Kansas. should
look quietly on upon suck an absolute and
contemptuous disregard of his authority. end
of the very existence of the Government which
he represents. as is manifested by the citizens
of Lawrence in their municipal organization. '
If a peaceful - solution of the Kansas ques
tion is impossibfe, if it is inevitable that civil '
war should again tweak out there, to spread'
thence throughout the Union, let those who
cherish the belief make it plainly known,
that we may underatand what is before us.
Hut let us not hear cries of ..peace" from those
whose conviction is that peace is a chimera,
nor proclAmaiion of regard for law from those
who believe that law in the United States has
become alternately a farce and a tyranny, that
our Government is an irremediable imposture,
and that nothing can secure the quiet °maid
zation of a great. Territory of the U nion. but the
entire withdrawal, from that 'rerritory, of
eveiy pretence and appeanander - of Federal au
thority.
NVe believe that the entire conserva
tive voice of the country will applaud
the l'riwlailiation of Gov. \VALI:vie,
warning the Lavrrenoe rehels i of the con
sequences of their defiance, and declar
ing that the Territorial Laws shall be
executed.—Penwylr,lll n.
loaxxv is about establishing
a daily Demoei•atic paper at, Philadel
phia, to be entitled " the Proms." The
Colonel is a talented and unwavering
Democrat—always true to his party,
in storm as well as sunshine. Be will
get along.
lth-The city authorities of St. Louis,
Cincinnati and Chilicothe, last week
paid a visit to Baltimore. and Washing
ton, by_ invitation—and, of course, a
"good time" was had of it—banquets,
serenades, and all that sort of enter
tainment being all the while "in order."
Louisiana Sugar.—The Franklin (St.
'Mary) Register says the cane looks
splendid everywhere thronghout the
parish, and the West Baton Rouge
Sugar Planter of the 4th gives cheering
accounts of the prospects of the plan
ters in that parish.
Early Southern Fruits.—The people
of New Orleans are treating themselves
to fresh peaches, figs, pears and grapes.
The editor of the Picuyulte returns
thanks for a basket aline peaches, Rirt
lett pears, some deficient* Chasselos
grapes, nit 4 .a quantity of plump white
and purple figs.
Counterfrits.—Ton dollar eonnterfeit
notes on the Northwestern flank of
Virginia, at *heeling, are floating a
bout. Vignetto.a large 10 in the centre
of the note. The counteifeits are good
imitations of the gentdoo notes. The
ruling of the title and "ten dollars" is
heavy.
air The members of tle Democratic
Stet° Committee are requested to meet
at the Merchant's Hotel, in Philadel
phia, on Friday Evening, the 24th inst.,
at 61 o'clock. -
The Franeisean Brother;.—The editor
of the Pittsburg Post on WednesdAy
week attended the annual examin &ion
of-the St. Francis' Academy at Loret
to, in Cambria, four mitts from Cres
son, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, on
admirably conducted institution under
the eburgeof the Franciseen Brothers,
and says "the oratories and other ex
ercises of the students were mostly ori
ginal, and in excellence surpassed the
average of such exhibition& The sa
lutatory was delivered by Sylvester
Congrave, of Pittsburg, and the vale
dictory by P. T. Murphy, of Nebraska.
Several Pittsburgers delivered original
orations, which displayed fine talent as
Well as careful and correct mental train
ing." Thus we see how quietly and
harmlessly these Brothers got on in
their educational work, despite all the
terrible clamor raised against them in
the Legislature a .year or two ago,
when Know .Nothingism discovered , a
gun-powder plot in the application for
an act of incorporation.—Penx.
liiirPeople in the vicinity of Albany,
N. Y., am turning their attention to
raising frogs. The frequenters of a
single restaurant consume two hundred
per week. Those who visit .Albany
say the effect is perceptible in the peo
ple there—they are amphibious and leap
on all fours.
siiir•Tho other day an old lady rushed
into the garden' in search id her daugh
ter, on being told that the young lady
had gone there with *a rake.
aI M k
raft of the body of the youth, and the
wagon resting on the horse, and from
the position in whieh they were placed,
it was evident to those around, that
the slightest effort on the part of the
horse to rise, must result fatally to the
sufferer under him. One of the men
then seized the horse by the head, and
held him ghietly down; whilst the
others removed the wagon from over
the horse. That being accomplished,
they took the youth by the arms, and
when the horse attempted to-got up,
drew him out from under him. Thu
horse was badly hurt, bin strange to
tell, the driver was but slightly {)ruised
--drove the wagon home himself, and
next day was able to attend to hi - s work.
Teller Yet I
Mr. .I:stuartv H. BEITLtilt, of Mona
joy township, on Monday last, brought
to our office a stalk of Oats of cf.° enor
mous length of urea feet eight inehe.s!
This exceeds anything of the kind with
in our recollection. The measure was
correctly taken.
We luwo received from Mr. .1 - 4 N
)!ifrrzLEit, of t'onctwago town , . p,
stalk of Oats measuring si.r feet fier
nrArs in length, and eoutaining tiro
Itundrol and thirty grains!
Mr. Jt s' EICHOLTZ infOrMa nB that
he pulled, the other day, iu a field be
longing to Mr. JOHN BoyEa, in Butler
township, a bunch of Rye numbering
eighty : fire stalks, and containing 2.9:1
grains—the product of a single grain of
seed
Mr. Ilx.Nity Witnrs,tx sends us, from
the farm of Mr. Jon N TURIN E. in Frank
lin township, a stalk of Timothy mous
-
uring jivefert seven
Barn Dastroyad by Lightning.
learn that the Barn of Mr. DAVID
Guist:, in Butler township, was struck
by lightning, on Saturday afternoon
week, and totally destroyed, with all
his hay, a wagon, and farini Tlg imple
ments. Airs. uise succeeded in getting
a horse out of the stuldo whilst the
building was on fire. Nu insurance.—
Loss not stated.
Bitten by a Rattlesnake.
The ChatitlveNburg Transcript states
that on the 15th instant a youngman
by the name of Martin, whilst chopping
wood in the South Mountain, was bitten
in the finger by a large rattlesnake.—
The bite was inflicted whilst the young
man was in the net of stooling down to
pick up his use. The hand swelled
very much in a short time, but by the
prompt use of proper remedies he is
now rapidly meovering from the efitsis
of the bite. The snake was subsequent
ly captured.
liErDuring the storm of thunder and
lightning on Saturday week, a sh9ek of
Wheat ou tho farm of 41r. Jusuru HER
mA N, in Monntpleasant township, was
&track by lig,litning,-and, althongh the
shock was rather green and had receiv
ed fifteen m;nntes' rain, it was almost
entirely consumed. --;
sar We understand that the contra)
for laying, the Rails on the G - '
Railroad has been given to Mi
WELTY, of this place, and Mi
who has for some time been .
the capacity of foreman for Mr. JouN
Sturm. They will commence putting
down the track on Monday next.
sir There will be service at the 31arsh
Creek Church (Presbytorian) on the
first Sdbbath in August, at tho usual hour.
siirwo learn that Opossum •ok
meo to a greater height on Satnrday af
ternoon week, than ever before known.
BeirForadvertisefnents of Real Estate
Sales, see The Compiler. Bare ehaneesi
offered.
sarAnsvrore to bat week's Charad
—l. Hour-glass. 2. Snuff-box.
Answer to Enigma—Eve.
Men Drowned in a Fight—Two men
were drowned in Whitmore lake, 3iich
ion, on the 4th. In company with
their wives and a little girl, they were
Hailing on the lake, when an altercation
ensuing, the men clinched; in the strug
gle they upset the• bout, - and fought in
the water until boti. sank. The wo.
racrt an4l little girl were savad by
clinging to the boat until reso,ned.
IW - A little daughter of Jacob
Barton. of liunsmelstown, noar Harris
burg, Pa., was killed last Sunday,' by
the breaking of a swing rope. Her
father was swinging her at. the time.
Another Victina.—A daughter of Mr.
Henry Kieffer, of York, Pa., aged
Fix years, died on the 14th instant from
disease contracted by eating poisonous
apple-butter, purchased some weeks
ago in market. This is the third death
from the same cause in his famil.y. Mr.
Kieffer, his wife and another child have
been ill, but are recovering.
Ter No Complier.
Come. don't you itii4it np. but let u‘ see,—
Ittlifl it hilt 11. L .--uhat the deuce can itge
- • Ista. stAisas,—Dear Sir:-Yoor Mathe
matical !correspondent, tho Conoirago
Fanner," in your paper of Monday last,
gisteckn• with a "ny.ma-rolr' of suit!'
eatftely foreign to the subject, and en.
treaters - I.cr'ereep out by asking 4 , many
per/tone (which should rend " NAST
Itr.ADERIi ; " but _to save the " Chsiowngo
Farmer" the trouble of saying " person
or persons," I will assume the ideate rat
of Orford Farmer, which is virtually
correct, for I have been dabbling in
many . ciectipertions, just latch as the.
"Conowago Farmer" has been,) to.
solve hisprohtem published in yours or
June 1. This, Mr. Editor, puts me on
' an equal footing with your mathemati
cal correspondent, except that his math
niatieal bump has lead more exertion) iti
that tine than that of your humble cor-.
respondent, the Oxford Farmer ; yet, if
I can find a paper of yours, containing
the question he has reftrence to, I will
try my hand at it, and at the same time
I hope ho will not endeavor to creep
ont in the manner lie proposes-,—bat go
ahead and solve it, (it' he amp and,
will do the same—if 1c0n,,, Please send
me the question, if' yofel-htis, it. I fear
1 have almost forgot how f,ociplier such
" rip once:me' as the "MnoTvago Far
mer' produces.
As to the originality of my question,
I don't have any pretensions to, nor do
I believe that the liColiowago Fernier's"
is entirely, original with hint,' for . in
Parke's Philosophy of Arithmetic, If I
mistake not, is the same question,-only
somewir.t changed by this mathemati
cal Correspondent of yours, ff" I have
been correctly informed, by solute 'atilt)
"many readers," who now take 'leave
arid hide, for they are rusted shut is
inathernaties, as they say. Ono, how
ever, has consented to stick, if lie can
got his ideas ground sharp. As your,
correspondent is desirous of knowing
how many persOns of our calibre it
would take to erect said ladder, alluded
to in our question, by "hand a/oac,P and
without and other "ji.rins," I will
tell him. Just' as many as it Will
require to assist hint in solving our
question, and if there be any difference,
it will be in our favor. That's it. Any
thing more, eh ? Now, neighbor, don't
exercise that, bump of yours too hard,
for I have a gic.ion twice as difficult.,
if you solve this-4and original, tow, if
yon prefer it; bntliraiol over Skis One
first. Very truly yours,
Oxman PAttamt..
July 22, 185 T.
Getting Iligh in a Chwelt2—ThoToronto
Globe states that on the 12th of July,
the anniversary of the hattie of Boyne
Water was celebrated there by a pro
cesiion and a dinner, served up in the
Presb)lerian (7) George street,
the pews having keen taken out and re
arranged to suit the occasion. Tho
table* groaned' under the weight of
good cheer, and the liquors were numer
ous, "ranging from pop and ginger
beer up as high as champagne and real
eogniac." Lovely
_ladies crowded the
galleries, and w4l their smiles and
presence animate‘ the orators, and
cheered them on. Toasts, songs,
were gii , en in abundance, and that roar.,
ing, jovial,- jocund song, 4 , We won't go
hOlllO tilt morning," was received with
tremendous applause. •
Illnveratie Quarreis.r-L-The Pittsburg
Pim', referring to the efforts of the
Black Republican edittml 'to foment rn
quarrel bet wecn Democrats, says :
" 4 The attempt is useless. Individual
Democrats may differ in opinion, and
honestly differ; but as fora DeuMerutiO
quarrel, - such a thing existi only in the
morbid 'visions of Slat* Rapoblioun
editors,"
• SZlriteliublientll. ix dying out even
in bigoted 3Liattieb ‘tts The party
there has disbanded ) iind adopted the
kn4w Nothing stn dates.
seir" Warn the Corn tniitees to be on
their gnard," were the dying words of
the patriot, Thomas Jeffersoa. We•re
peat them to all who are charged with
the duty of. Democratic organization
throughout the State.
Dr. Kane's Werk. 7 -The Philadc
Ledger learns from good authority that
the publishers of Dr. Dane's Arctic Ex
pedition have paid upwards 01'5130,000
to the ostato of tho deceased aindicr,
copyright mdse) for ninc)nontlis' salem
. • a work, and that the continuecido
mand fort k will moon make tltik
snm roach 8160,000. . 13' J ltlia.
is prineely remuneration ; the largest,
probablY, ever paid to any author in so
short a tiro°.
lin Enernaous sow owned by
Mr. George N. Miller, in Mnnhcim town
ship, York county, gave birth to a calf
a ieit days since which Weighed 120
pounds when only 24 hours old. ,:2
nar-(.(Old Grimes is dead." Mr.
Grimes-died recently in Georgia at the
age of one dundred and ten years. lie
was never sick.
A Horse Frigh4exed to Death.---On the
fourth Mr. Conklin lost a valuable horse
in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. While driving
through Mill street a fire cracker explo
ded near the animal, at which he took
fright, and sprang forward and fell
dead.
An date, of George Peaboely.—Fifty.
years ago,'lat the age of 12, be had oe
eak.ion to pass through Concord, N. H.,
on his way to Vermont. He stopped
all night at the old "Stickney Hotel,"
where he paid his lodginglinnd break
fast by sawing wood! Mach was Owl
first beginning ,of George Peabody.
New Business.—Frogs are exported
froze► Albany to the East is large mob- ?-
hers. Oa Saturday last &,00Q Wall lb
warded from that. city by a speosl star
in the article.
The inventor of the patent Joe
tattle burial case was the lre% 1000 0 1 0 7,
ono of them; and now Xr. Bheni-or
Cincinnati, who has just iiiteete(l - 'OlO -`
terra-cotta coffin, has been thefi e leg
be bark(' in the The r
&nee is remarkable. 'l' , •
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