MUM 0P, 42.1 t 1 , 5 P4PER. Tux Commie. Is.pa4listiatt every Monday woraing, by Hairs 3, BralLa, nt sl,lb per annum if paid strictly II ADYLICX—S2,OO per saaum if not paid fa advance. No subscrip tion discontiaest, traleab at the option of the publisher, until all arrearages are paid. ...kursamiatterrs inserted at the eistial rates. Joe Pa=TOW done with neatness and dis patch, and at moderate prices. .. Orrice in South Baltimore street, directly .oppaslte Wampler's Tinning Establishment. one -/".-alinti N ball squares from the Court nutlet-- I• 44•Coatit.aa " on the sign. *As Notice TO TAX-PAYERS.—Notice is hereby sir en that the County Commissioners will make an ABATEMENT of FIVE per cent. upon all State and County Taxes assessed for the year I.S;8 that shall be paid to Collec tors on or before liturviay, the lit day of July next. Collectors will Le required to call on tax p.iyers on or before the above date, and make such abatement to all persons pay ing on or before said day, and pay the same to the County Treasurer, otherwise no abate ment will Le made. By order of the Com missioners. • .1. M. WALTER, May 10 M`( " Clerk. Sheads & Buehler L Have constantly on hand, at their yard 1:" on Washington and Railroad streets, .31 any variety of River and Mountain Il LUMBEIt—W bite Pine, Hemlock, E Poplar, Ash, St.c.—Boards, Plank, It Joist, Scantling and Studding. They are ready to fill all orders, at the short est notice, for any amount, for `Juilning par , poses, at prices which will surprise those who may fat or them with a call. They have also on hand a lot of worked Flooring, Win d K Palings for fencing, Plastering and Shingling Lithe. &e. Gettysburg, May 3, 1S:58. The 500 People WHO bought their Winter Clothing from FRANKLIN B. PICKING, are all com ing back, and bringing with them their friends and acquaintances, to examine his XLNT assortment of Spring and Summer Ci..thing, just opened at his new Clothing establi-litnent in Chambersburg street, op posite thetutheran Church. They will have the cheapest and best assortment of Goods to select from ever brought to Gettysburg.— They will find every style of Summer Coats, Pantaloons, Vests, Raglan Cants of every quality, Frock Coats of Italian Tweed, Cash mere+, Linen, Check; Dock Couto. &c.— Pan LI.. of ',lack and fancy Cassimeres, Tweeds, Jeans, Linen, Puck. Cotton, tko. FRANKLIN B. PICKING. April 2tl, 1838. Ready-made Clothing. GEO. ARNOLD has now on hand the largest stock of Ready-made Clothing in town, comprising every variety and size,all of his own manufacture, which will be warranted well made, having hands constantly employ ed cutting out and making up. If we cannot tit you with a garment ready made, we will sell you the goods, take your measure, end make you up a garment on the shortest no tice. Please call at the Clothing'Emporinm, where you will find Mr. Culp always on hand, bright and accommodating. Our stock i. large, well selected, and will he sold cheap fur Cash. tiettyhburg. March 20, MA. Auctioneering. NIMEW W. FLEMMING, residing in " lireckinridgestreet, near James Pierce's; G e try,h ur g, offers his sortices to the public as a .mite Crier and Auctiomeer. Ilis charges are moderate, and he will on all occasions en deavor to render satisfaction. lie hopes to receive a share of public patronage. Aug. 17, 13i-17. Removal. TIIE subscriber has vemoved his Plough and Machine Shop from the Fu :dry building to Railroad street, opposite Tate's Blacksmith shop, back of the Eagle Hotel, where he is Letter prepared than ever to at tend to eustontsrs. Ploughs always on hand and wade to order at the shortest notice, and Machines, Reapers, &c., repaired. Also he will attend to cleaning and repairing Clocks. May 10. DAVID WARREN. Challi Robes. rp II E third arrival of ltabes by express.— - 1 - The prettiest styles yet offered to the la dies, and front which they cannot fail to please their tastes. Come immediately if you want pretty and cheap goods. The latest styles and patterns of side stripe robes just received at FAH NES rocKs.. Apr G. IKIR. Spring Millinery. XIISS MeCREAItY has just returned from the city, and is now opening a beautiful assortment of Mil/id/cry and Funcy Goods, of the ltue.st st IA I,icli she will sell at the lowest C.l. prices, and which eh/invites the ladies to call and examine. Milliners who wish to buy Goods to sell again, will find it much to their advantage to give her a ctll, as she keeps none but the most fashionable goods. April 19, .13 . 8. 3m Clear the Way OflitFOß THE NEC F11111!—No. 1, 2 and 3 Hiding and Wagon Saddles, Trotting. Buggy and Carriage Har ness, Buggy, Carriage, Mule, Hair, 'ricking and common Collars. Riding and Driving Bridles, 3lartingals, 11.11ters, Horse Glovers and Fly Nets of every deseriptin'n : Whips. just received and for sale astonishingly low•, at 111i.1.N631.1X & CULP'S, sign of the •'BIG BOOT." Chamhersburg street. May 10, 1:455. Clothing. THE bestassortment, and the cheapest, in A- town. Call and see them, at the Clothing Einporium of April 5. 1858 White Goods AND EMBROIDERIES.—J. L. SCHICK would invite the Ladies to examine his large variety of new style Brilliants, Cam bria Jite.onets, Plain Cambrics, Linen, Col lars, Handkerchiefs, &c. A iril 5. To Get TIIE lull 'worth of your money, make your purchases of Ready-made Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Clocks, Violins, and everything else in the rariety line. at SAMSON'S. larch 29, 1858. MILLINERY.—Miss Long.& KA.rx LITTLX, Wijihet to inform the ladies of town and eauntri, that she is now prepared to execute ;!Millinery in all its branches, in West Middle street, it few doors below Mr. George Little's store. Work done cheaper than elsewhere in town.: 'Please call and see. fapr. 21, 'oh. a ROdIRLIKS.-If you want a good assort ment4Groceries, such as Syrups, Mo lasses, flew: and Coffee, you will du well by eismininf the assortment at H. S. & E. H. MINNWEe. !pug attention of the Ladies is directed to 36e targ cord splendid assortment of new and Summer Goods, such as Delaney, Lambs, Neal Ohall,Ginghams, domestic and Bonnets. le., at J. Q. GUINN & BEO'S p ICH EILBROIDMES.—A large and Itifol amiortntent of rich French toms"s work , . and Dsany other new and season ..obdir; Ast received and for sale at low F taoriti.. at IL 8. & L. H. MINNIGILS'. Molasses,.-- 9 ipr,doiCee, 1;11 l klids of ,Uiceit.,and every article in $j rts&9 tboopeiglin s Wisp Mt good at Ihe 14w Do tGlerrooirg &ore of • 4. C. GUINN &1111.0. }LWOW/LS-444ft Sty_lte, at. Masa licCazares. THE COMPILER. gittnortatir, Ntirts and tamibl gauxnaZ. 407 YEAR. The shortest word in the language is the harvest for some persons to use.— Some people are so constituted that it is utterly impossible to pronouec a small but important word of two letters, and this inability has led to their utter ruin. Indeed, most of us have at one time or another been sufferers from a sudden refusal of the lips to form that ugly lit tle word NO. A bright-eyed, vivacious young damsel, waits on you with a sub scription book and pencil ready to enter your name. She is canvassing for a new periodical, a charity, a fair and supper—if don't matter what—and she wants your name and cash. You abominate the periodicals as trash, are convinced that the charity is a humbug, and thoroughly despise the object for which the fair and supper Is got up, but you can't, for the life of you, say No to the appeal of that pleasant voice and those sparkling eyes, and you are done at once out of your cash, and your good temper for the next hour. Jones rushes into your office. He wants your attention for a moment to a trifling matter. Ho has a note that he wishes discounted ; the cashier re quires another name-to it; will be all right, you know; taken up as soon as due ; never bear from it again. You can't say No, and so place your name on the fatal piece of paper. Sixty days are gone, and so is Jones. The paper you do hear from again, bat Jones you don't. Tho word of two letters,- used in the right place, would have saved a good many hard dollars. Every one of our readers can recall times where the use of the little word would have saved mach trouble, morti fication and loss. In view of the gene ral inability to pronounce the word at the right time, would it not be well to establish classes in our Public Schools for the special purchase of practising this expressive monosyllable GEO. ARNOLD Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life ,winds them up onct for all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hand of the An gel of the Resurrection. Tic-tac ticrtac : go the whet's of thought; our will cannot stop them; they cannot stop themselves ; sleep can not stop them; madness only makes them go faster ; death alone can break into the case, and, seizing the ever swinging pendulum, which we call the heart, silence at last the clicking of the terrible escapement we have carried so long beneath our wrinkled foreheads. 1/0- 1 little urchin in the Sabbath School at G , was asked, a few Sundays ago, "What our Savior said when he knew Judas had betrayed him ?" The urchin scratched his head a few moments, and gravely answered, "Eter nal vigilance is the price of liberty !" The teacher smiled. term the paper mill of William Clark & Co., Northampton, a bale of rags was recently opened, which came from the scene of the Crimean war.— Mow oases, sheets, shirts, bandages, surgical 'aprons, remnants and parts of clothing, stained with blood, told of 'Dif fering and sorrow. I A rich man one day asked a man of wtt what -sort of 'a - thing opulence was. . " It is a thing," replied the philoso pher, 84 wIlichvari"give a rascal the ad vantage over an honest man.".. By H. J. STAIILB De i'oec c s eeitpeir. For The Compiler T• Vale—O. her Elnipilay. I= What sbalLl bring thee, beloved one, On the happy return of thy natal day? Fifteen summers are past and gone, Fifteen winters have down away, And left on thy brow no marks of care, Nor traces of trouble or sorrow there. I bring thee a gem from my secret soul, And give it to thee untouched and whole, Not to be gazed on by passers by, But to be reserved for thy loving eye— 'Tie the jewel of Love from a loving friend ; That jewel Is thine 'till lite shall end. May love twice for thee a garland of until, May thy girlhood go pleasantly by, May sorrow seer sadden thy season of youth, May tempests neer trouble thy sky, limy honored old age crown thy fair young brow, May thy days be as happy and pleasant as now. Annie, I bring thee this simple lay, And give It to thee on thy natal day, It comes from the heart, (else it had not come) It comes to thee from a loving one. " Annie, dear Annie, now tell me true, Will you not love me as I love you 7" . Gettysburg, June, 1858. Ter.Morrow. Whete'er the grief that dims the eye, Wlu►te'er the cause of sorrow, We turn ns to the weeping sky, And say, "We'll smile to-morrow." And when from those we love we part, From home we comfort borrow, And whisper to our aching heart, We'll meet again to-morrow. Bet when to-morrow comes, 'tis still An image of to-day, Still tears our heavy eyelids fill, Still mourn we those away. And when that morrow too is past. (A yesterday of sorrow),-- Hope, smiling, cheats us to the last, With visions of to-morrow. seleet igisceil4w% No! The Brain-Clock. GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1858. Rapidity of , Thought in Dreaming. A very remarkable circumstance, and an important point of analogy, is to be found in the extreme rapidity with which the mental operations are per formed, or rather with which the ma terial changes on which the ideas de pend, are excited in hemispherical gan glia. It would appear as if a whole series of acts, that would really occupy a long lapse of time, pass ideally through the mind in one instant. %'/e have in dreams, no true perception of the lapse of time.—A strange property of mind ! for if such be also its property when entered into the eternal disembodied state, time will appear to us eternity.— The relations of space as well as time are also - annihilated, so that almost while an eternity is compressed into a moment, infinite space is traversed more swiftly than by thou ht. There are i t , numerous illustrations f this on record. A gentleman dreamt hat he had enlist ed as a soldier, joined his regiment, de serted, was apprehended, carried back, tried, condemned to be shot, and at last led out for execution. After the usual proparations,-a gun was fired ; he awoke with the report, and found that a noise in the adjoining room, had at the same moment produced the dream and awa kened him. A friend of Dr. Abercrom bie dreamt that he crossed the Atlantic, and spent a fortnight in America. In embarking, on his return, he fell into the sea, and awakening it) the fright found that he had not been in bed ten minutes. A Mixed-up Lawsuit. An exchange paper tells of a "mixed up lawsuit" which came off in Vermont last fall. It seems that Smith shot a rabid dog that was trespassing on his lot, and belonging to one Davidson.— Dog ran into the road and frightened a horse belonging to one Shufelt. Shu felt's horse ran away, upset a wagon, and broke a leg belonging to W. 11. Patterson. The question now is, who shall Patterson sue for damlges--Smith, Shufelt, or Davidson ? As Smith had caused the accident, Shufelt allows that Smith should foot the -bill. Smith's counsel objects to this By saying that Smith was doing a lawful act in a law ful manner, and that, as the horse vas frightened by the dog, the owner of the dog (Davidson) should pay the dama ges. Davidson's lawyer claims, on the contrary, that he is nut holden, because the dog was not mad; and if he were mad, ho would not have frightened the horse had Smith attended to his own business and let the dog alone. How the question will come out will be known in Juno, when the court sits. Miraridous Escape.—At a recent fire in Boston, a woman appeared at one of the third story windows of the burning building, frantic and despairing. Thne upon the persons below called on her to take courage and observe their direc tions, and they would save her. They then as many as - could join, formed a circle, each man extending his arms horizontally, and grasping with his right band the right hand, and with his left the left hand of the man oppo site, their arms crossing. They then told her to kneel upon the window will. and to incline her b&ly in s uch a way as to free her bead film the wall and to fall sideways. All being ready she threw herself front the third story win• dow ! Not* man drew back—nil stood firm, and the poor woman was receiv ed in safety on that platform of human hands and arms—arms nerved by no ble hearts! MirWe have some funny stories about the freshets in the West, but here is one from the Memphis Appeal, which is trifle ahead of any of the others : "The Kate Frisbee on her lest trip hnd among her passengers a gentleman of Bolivar, who was going to see a friend of his fif ty miles up the river. his business was this : Ono day last week he saw It non descript sort of an article floating down the Mississippi near his plantation; it resembled a miniature Noah's ark, with the hull knocked off. Curiosity led him to board it., when he was astonished to find himself in the store of a friend re siding fifty miles up the river. The contents were not greatly injured. He tied the store to the shore, and started off to let his trading friend know where he might find his lost place of business." /®-Man looks upon life just gs ho does upon women—there is no !lying with them, and he can't lire, without them. Ho will run after them, and rath er than be held, will lose his coat-tail anti character—kiss them for love, and kiss them for leading him into trouble. So is life. lie partaio of its pleasures, and then curses it for its pains; gathers boqucts of bliss, and when their blos soms have faded, he finds himself in pos session of a branch of briars, which is all owing to a little incident that occur red in paradise when man was as green as a tobacco worm, and as unsnspicions as a tree toad in a thunder storm.—Ho was told to increase and, multiply ,and so he accordingly increased his cares, and curses, and inultiplied his miseries, and peopled the world with a parcel of candidates for perdition, and I. am one of them. INia-A sturdy-looking man in Cleve land, a short time since, while busily engaged in cowhiding a dandy, who had insulted his daughter, being asked what he was doing, replied : " Cutting a Swell," and continued his amusement without further interruption. 110111-Why can't the captain of a vessel keep a memorandum of the weight of his anchor, instead of weighing it ev ery time he leaves'pOrt ? . sore penny eared is twieo earned "TRUTH IS MIGHTY, AND WILL PREVAIL." A Yankee Outwitted. A Hoosier correspondent of the West ern (Ind.) Herald tells, in the follow ing, a good one, how a Yankee notion pedler. . was taken in by the Spencer villeians, of Spencervile, in that State: Notions drove into town and ebm menced trade,whon a merchant stepped up and selected goods to the amount of one dollar, and carried them into the stow, and retuzning with a coon skin, salon "Sir, here is your pay for the goods." "But hold on," said Notions, "I don't take coon skins for my goods." "Can't help it now," says the Mer chant, "the trade is made, and coon skins is a dollar here—legal tender." "Well," said Notions, "if them are your laws here I guess I can stand it," and at once concocts a piling° get his coon skin into something available.— Getting the coon skin into 113 small a compass as possible, he makes for a soloon, and there ::oncludes to spend a quarter. Holding one hand under his coat, with the other he beckons up three or four suckers, and after drink ing all round, throws down the coon skin and demands sovewy-five cents change. "Yes," says Finance, "that's a good dollar," and handing him alive musk rat skins, snys, "Here, sir, in your change." Notions took the change and started Cool Impudence. Yesterday afternoon a genteel-look ing matt u allied up to the bar at the Woodrifl . House, and called for n whis key toddy.—lie wns served, and after he drank the toddy. lie obtained a cigar, and sat down by the fire and leisurely puffed it away.—lle then called for an other toddy, and having placed it be neath his vest, lie calmly biltoned his coat. pulled on his gloves, Mid turning to the bar keeper, said— "l am ready." " You are are von ?" replied the bar : keeper ; " well, sir, your bill is twenty-five e?nts." " I am aware oft hat fact," repliied the patron, folding his arms and turning his face towart; the door, " and now I am rently." " Reath- for what ?" "To be kicked out. lluin't a darned ; con do without liquor—l.WV!' served like a gent—ain't a.humed of my poverty—take your pay, air—kick me out." The bar-keeper, finding that tins anti was in earnest, oblized him with sever al applications of hoot-toe, lustily ad ministered. Tlio Mier bore it in good part, and after being k 7 eked into the street, turned round, made a polite bow to the bar-keeper, and then, apparently in a merry mood, sauntered down the street. Brute,: Lore Men more than Women. —A writer iu the Atlantic Monthly puts it thus: Kate, the other day, was asserting a wife's right to control her own proper ty, and incidentally advocating the equality of the sexes—a touchy point with her—l put in : " Te:l me then, Kato, why animals form stronger attachments to neon than women. Your dog, your parrot and even your cat, already prefer mo to you. How can you account fur it, un less you allow there is more in us to re spect and love !" " I amount for it," said she, with a most decided nod, "by affinity. There is more affinity between you and the brutes." Er At a neg.ro celebration, lately, an Irishman stood listening to the colored speaker expatiating upon government and freedom, and as the orator came to a "period" from one of the highest, most poetical flights, the Irishman said: "Bedad, he spokes Well for a nagur, don't he now ?" Sothebody said, "he isn't a negro--• he is only a half negro." "Only half a nagur, is it! Well, if half nagur can titlk 4) that style, I'm thinking a whole nagur might buip the prophet Jertnniah I" Bringing an Obstinate Juror to his Sea ses.—The Santa Citia: Sentinel, gives the following account, 'of a method ad opted recently in its town to overcome the objections of an obstinate juror : Persuasion and starvatipn are the ap proved common law methods of pro ducing the above result; but a novel method was lately tried in this town.— By some means, a fellow juror, an ut ter stranger to all his brother jurors, was placed upon the jury, who dissent ed from the verdict agreed to by the other eleven. They came to a joint conclusion without delay, but the stran ger pertinaciously held out against them. After an hour of argument, with no avail, it was at last proposed that the jury should return a verdict of "guilty by eleven jurymen, who believe the other one to be a confederate of the prisoner, and as great a rascal." This ended it ; stranger saw twenty vigilance committees in his mind's eye, and in five minutes the jury unanimously ren dered a verdict of guilty. sorEverybir ly likes polite children; worthy persons win pay attention to such, speak well of their manners, and entertain a high opinion of their pa rents. Children, make a note of this. Yes, and it would bo well if not a few parents would take a note of it likewise. It couldn't do them a bit of harm.= Fireside education is longest remem bered. 'Jeremy Taylor, speaking of mar riage, says " It is not written that in the beginning God created man, not rich sad poor, philosopher and peasant, but male and female created.he them." Spare the Bird& The last Legislature of this State passed an Act of which the following is an abstract : That .from and after the passage of this net, it shall not be lawfu: for any person within this Commonwealth to shoot, kill, or in any way trap or de stroy any bine bird, swallow, martin, or any other insectiverous bird, at any season of the year, under the penalty of two dollars. No purson.shall shoot or destroy any pheasant between the first day of Jan uary and the first day of September, or any woodcock between the first day of January and the fourth -day of July, or any partridge or rabbit, between the first day of iJannary and the first of October, under the penalty of five dol lars for each and every offence. No person shall buy, or mum to be bought, or carry out of this State, for the purpose of supplying any priOnte or publit:houre or market, any pheasant partridge, woodcock or rabbit, unless the Rhine shalt have been shot or taken in the proper season, under a penalty of five dollars for each and every of fence. No person shall al.,any time wilfully destroy the eggs or nests of any birds mentioned in the different sections of this acr, under a penalty of two dollars for each and every offence. The possession of any of the game and birls mentioned, shot or utilei wise destroyed out of season, shall be prima facia evidence to convict. Any person offending against any of the provisions of this aet, and being thereof l convicted by an alderman or justice of tho pence aforesaid, or by the oath or:affirmation of ono or more wit nesses, for every such offence for feit the fino or fines attached to the same, one-half to the use of the county in which the complaint is made, and the other half to the two of the informer; and if the offender shall refuse to pay the saiitforfeiture,he shall be committed to the jail of the proper county for every such offence, fur the space of two days, without bail or mainpraise: Pro. rided, Amnever, that such conviction be made within sixty days after the com mitting of the offence. •- - Advice to Single Men. If pm don't wish to tall in love, keep away from calico. • You can no more play a'ith girls without losing your heart tl►an you can play at roulette without losing your money. As Doody very justly observes, the heartstrings of a woman—like the tendrils of a vine-- aro always reaching, out, for more to cling to. The consequence is that you are tote. like a one legged stove at a street auction. var-Su me people don't know how to a person on the street, and thus orce one to step, first to ono side and then to the other, as if wavering be tween two .magnets. You should, al ways pass to the loft of a man, and in variably give the inside of the side-walk to a lady.—This will in all cases pre vent collision. If you see any dogs on the pavement, the best you can do is to kick them otf—but be somewhat care ful, bet:inns° there are puppies which have only two legs. 'A rather plain spoken clergyman once took for his text, this pushage in the Psalms: "I said iu my baste all . men are liars." Looking up, apparently as if he saw the Ps:!lmist, standing immediately be fore him, he said : "Yoq said,so in yonr haste, did yon, David r, Well, if you bud been here, yo'i might have said it after mature re flection." Tall Afen.—Byrno, a famous Irish gi ant, who died in Lqndon, some years since, measured eight feet two inches. Cornelius Magrath, who died in the year 1700, measured seven feet eight inches. 'Edward Malone,another Irish. man, leas seven feet eight inches, and. was nearly equal in stature and size to Daniel Cardenus, a Swedish giant. Dr. Chezelon, the famous anatomist, speaks of a skeleton discovered in a Roman camp, near St. Alban's, England,which he fudged to be eight feet four inches. Goliah of Gath, according to Bishop Cumbeiland, was eleven feet high, and 3laximillian the Emperor was nine feet high. Philanthropy that Pays Well.—Tho British reap greater advantages from their war *von the slave trade than they are willing to confess. They have, by means of it, almost monopolized the important trade in palm oil and other products of the West Coast of Africa, which'•by the last British return, ex ceeded twelve millions of dollars per year. Size of the 'Vest —lllinois would make forty such States as Rhode Island, and Minnesota sixty. Missouri is more than half al large as Italy, and larger than Denmark, Holland, Belgium and Swit zerland. Missouri and Illinois are larg er thazi England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, liffirAt Lyons they manufacture a species of silk fur ladies dr;oissee so thick and stiff as to obviate the necessity of crinoline. The coat of such a dress is about twelve hundred francs soir,il lady at Mobile, having lost her teeth, found them in the craw of a tar key, after killing eevcn turkeys not guilty, ser-The last excuse for crinoline, Is, that the "weaksr vessels" need 'much hoopink. --------.....-4.------------ oirHe that loses his conscience has n3thing left worth keeping. TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR Kansas Robberies. The depredations committed in Kan sas, by the Jim Lane party, are just now the general topic of comment by men of all parties. Wrong cannot long exist without retribution. Men, honest in their motives and intentions, may be led astray for a period, but will tarn when truth divests them of their blind ness. The purity which appears in the estimation of some to have surrounded the movements of the Lane faction in Kansas, is fast wearing away. • The fol lowing, from • the Now York Times, a Republican organ, meets the question in reference to Montgomery's move ments : We are afraid the Journal will not be ' able fully to relieve that party from all responsibility in the promises. Thi? slon tgomery is an officer of the "regular army" of Kansas, and holds a captain's commission in the Kansas militia, or ganized by act of the Free State Terri torial Legislature, and of which Goner al "Jim Lane" is the commander-in- Chief. When he first began his operh tions it was announced in the Free State papers that he was protectirfr., the Free State men from outrage,—as his proceeding,s grew more gnestionable, it was stated that ho found it necessary to remove from the neighborhood the Pro- Slavery men who had so greatly an noyed the settlers.' At the outset ho was admitted to he acting in the exer. cise of the authority with which ho had been clothed by Lane as his superior officer. Now that he is seen to be plain ly a thief and a robber, the party is of teem interested in repudiating him; but it would act much more to the pur pose if it ,could hang him. It is all very well to protest and disavow his pro ceedkngs, but this is not enough. They must be arrested. General Lane, as the head of the military authority of the territory, ints full power to send a(zainst him a force sufficient to capture him and bring him to a speedy account for his outrages. It' he noes not do it, he must expect to be hold accountable for them. So far, certainly, we have seen no sufficient indications of a deter mination on the part of the Free-State authorities to put a stop to these law less proceedings. On the contrary, there is an evident inclination, if not to justify, at lcust to palliate and excuse them, upon the alleged ground that the Free-State settlers have suffered so much from Border-ruffianism that it is not at all surprisinx they should them selves in turn transgress the law. General Jim Lane. This notorious vagabond and outlaw is the head of the Black Republican party, in Ktinstis, the man who is the tool and agent of the -Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society, and whose tracks have been marked by . blood in all sections of that unhappy Territory.— Scarce an outrage has been committed in Kansas which cannot be traced di rectly to the manceuvres and intrigues of this bad man. The desperado MONT GOMERY, who recently traversed the southern part of Kansas, murdering civil,nnoffending pcople,and robbing the public offices, bears a military commip siva signed by this man LANE as Gen eral of the military forces of Kansas.— But desperate and unprincipled as LANK was known to be, recent facts have come to light which add fresb tints to his diabolical character. In a late num der of the herald of Freedom, a Black Republican journal published in the Territory of Kansas, James REDPATH, the editor of that paper, and from his political position well acquainted with the action of LANE, says : "We are ready to swear in any Court of Justice, or to make solemn affidavit of the fact, that Gen. Lane intimated to us that if Gov. Denver challenged him, be would have him put out of the way by the secret outer known as the Danites." This secret order of Danites, are a band of men organized by the Mormons, bound together by the most horrid and blasphemous oaths, Whose business is, to remove by steel, bullet or poison any person who may become obnoxious to the rulers of that religious community. To this band of organized murderers JIM LANs belongs, and he has used its members to carry out. his schemes of violence' an 4) misrule in all parts of Kansas. It is these men who "shrieked for freedom" in Kansas, and for the support of whom money was raised in many of the chur'6hes in the Eastern and Middle States. What will these pious intermeddlers say to this expose, coming from ono of their own political brethren, who know, LANE intimately Will they still "shriek for freedom," and send on their funds for the support of JIM LANE, the Kansas head of the Mormon order of Da.uttes? We shall sec.—Pennsylvanian. The Weather.—Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, well known poem on the wea ther, scorns to have been written ex pressly fur the present period. Here it is : The weather-cock has rusted fast; The blue sky is forgotten, The earth's a saturated spouge, - And vegetation's rotton. I hate to see the darkest aide ; I hate to tk complaining; But hang me if my temper stands This raining, raining, rainiirg. An Ififidel (..bnverted.—The Fnglish correspondent - of the Zlon's Herald writes : Thomas Cooper, the nqted sceptic, And author of " The Purgatory of Sui cides," has recently becorp a convert to Christianity; and after having spent thirty years of his life in lecturing and writing against the bible, he is now striving to make reparation for the mis chief he must have done, by lecturing n defence or the sacred scriptures. It is very amusing to notice tbo vi olent manner in which this geatiesikn has been assailed by the opponents of Democracy within the past few weeks. Occupying a prominent position in the House of Representatives and recogni zed as the warm personal friend of the President, ho has been made the target for all kinds of envenomed shafts aimed from all quarters and by all sections of the opposition. So general has this as• vault become that he now occupies the enviable position of being "ono of the best abused men in the country." We congratulate Mr. Jones upon this happy result. It is proof conclusive that ho is doing his duty ata Demo crat. It is the strongest evidence otitis incorruptible integrity and political hdn l , esty. Always ready to stand up for the great principles of his party and never found wanting when the good old cause needs defenders, it is no wonder that ho should prove a thorn in the side of those whose efforts are constantly direr). ted to the prostration of the Democrat ic flag. It would be strange, indeed, If: such men should admire him, or event be generous enough to do him juatioe.... But their attempts to drag hint down " will only result in making him stronger than ever in the affections of tl4 De mocracy of his own State and through• out the country, and he need not, there-- fore, have any sleepless nights on, ac count of these indecent assaults upon his good name and character.—York Ga zette. G NO. 38. The New York Tribune is for a gener al make-up of odds and ends, a univeri sal wipe-out of old poiitical grudges, and a perfect fraternisation of all who wish to have a share in the public plun der. Tho editor of that notorious pa per is opposed to having three peaks in that State at the next election-V-o(- fere to advocate there-election of Meshrs.• Baskin and Olarko, recreant Democrats in Congress, without why or wherefore.. Anything to make the next national lions° of Representatives "anti-Bachan an." The editor expects great thingi-- ) to be done in favor of the "no party" party, in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio . and Indiana; but there is a possibility' that ho will be wofully disappointed. He will please let us know by the first mail when his "good time coming" shall have actually arrived—says the' Philadelphia Evening Argus. Tho following, from the Pen . nsylva nian, clearly, though briefly, states.the position of our government and people in regard to the detention and search of American vessels by British cruisers : The country, however, may rely up on the patriotism and wisdom of the President, and the hearty co-operation of Congress, with reference to the ad. , it:name!' t of present difficulties, and the prevention of like offences in tho future. The right of visitation and search hav ing been distinctly repudiated by the Report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, the whole question is now fairly before the Government of Great Britain, and they must choose between deciding it forever, or coming in open and direct conflict with this na tion. They can no longer evade the main issue, the right or search, by a pretended desire-for the suppression of tho slave tradb. The trick is stale, and will no longer deceive oven the most superficial observer. If they wish' to run at on the slavery question, Na poleorilil and his scheme for opening the traffic in slaves in all the Frenth colonies, is something against which tit splinter a lance. As fur this country and people, they are determined that in the future no foreign nation shall suit our nationality or board and seateh our vessels while the rusticatel flag le fly tug over the same. , „ Our National Defences.—The Wash.' ington Union urges the importance of strengthening the national defences.— It is persuaded Clint, while the adminis: tration is deeply sensible of its duty to protect the people from actual aggros, sion, or in the anticipation of danger, there is gross inadequacy in the appro priations for the contingency of a war. Great Chem , . Playing.—M. "Paulsen, the champion cheseplayer, has just completed at Chicago, the feat of play. ing ton simaltaneons games of chose blind-folded. Of those he won seven, and faired - were drawn games. mar The old Spanish quarter dollars are in such bad odor in some parts of the State that they can be bought up at 12 and 13 cents apiece. SEirThe grasshoppers of the beat are said to be on their way to the Mitidis States. We have enough "plagues" here already. —.Sending up your plate twice for soup is considered a breach of etiquette among the codfish aristocrau. Adong sensible men, it is a sign yoa are tmu gry and reilisla.the soup. information-The woman who in quired whether " it is lawral to hang clothes •oc Mason and Dixon's line ?", has been informed that it in just atpro per to do so as it would he to plant . Wails around the North Polo. sir-Never deceive-ono who has be &landed you—never impair coafidenei that ischerished—never, if possiblo,.it: olate an engager/lon t. im." Pooh ! pooh 1" said a wife to' her expiring husband as he strove to utter a few parting words,"don't stop to talk." • . - ear There is a policeman. i t o:.evary man's conscience—oven though yoct may not always find him on tho boat: sir•lf distance lends enohaatakokkici tho view, and the view ri3raoixt turn it, can 'distance obtaiti'lleipd re.? drool*? Hon. J. Glancy Jones. Era of Good Feelings. 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