Indiana American, Volume 24, Number 26, Brookville, Franklin County, 13 June 1856 — Page 1
A BWS ANS BUSINESS PAPER-DEVOTED TO FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS, MORALS, TEMPERANCE, EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OP SOCIETY. VOL. XXIV-NO. 26. BBOOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1856. WHOLE NUMBER 1222.
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T B. P4TIB, M. 0,. "HVmt ia S so I OW. ) . at ra.i io. Nnr Mlw8dl8airw.aroosriiio,lao. SIR STLOOBI,'- TTO 1 k Va t"Iav7, MfctiiU, la.l. ürtici, io the 1.1 Count SwtMloga, o Uto Pablto qnra U 13 f. ATTO-OKV COUÜM!,, I I,.. Oifict. So ?. Hattu tog, BrooSrille, InJ. 9143 Ätf jrAH,ATToiiwtvooTT7uEu.oK; A " U. Owes, oar Powor' Stor, Bmm vtlU, I 4 IfOBM J, OLLlT.-ATTuRIMlf AT La W ill Nor... r-natae O r ri o , una .lour "& Um Valley Mohm, Brwk lila, lad. Wtli uiiktaiiMtiiu of na, ukii id eartiff Ooajowtuuua, Aaiu Ar. THOMAS J. WITX, -ROTARY PUBLIC ' ' , I woa-titnaa aad ac- i knart.nMota,and IUm4 Ml f sslly. Notarial bwMaa to-vssJ M, MtMvMcMMto of ie.j.. Morig-agoa. 4c. K Oa 4orivib ofttia Ty nar MOT. pMufY.HftLT:: I HOKUM DBSTIST Ibank'ul im ata via pub Ma -iirllt. a a rsoaooo ine aar mora taa tti wriMwi wß ymwm to ara Iaaarta4, totbatalmxt all n bara SMS an aa fortunate aa to Inoaa to Ir natural tneth i foraUS taxMSaaWaa wHS aa srMSctat tubal) late. rawth aa gold plita will rang frm 3, to VSaee tooto, aoeArdtn W Ua klal of teat h MUtaud UinaaVMtnlar ptate ralfae. OaMtror plate fron $ ,7 io $ t par mats. Oa fall appar aSea4 fait aate of teotS laanA oa lha ti rtioa pnoaiaal a oaail JiSaaStea aiU be mad a. Taalh a fteo froa tlJJ to fi oaoh. Pilllae from AOoteteooa dollar. CIaoite from Mula to oaa dottaa. Balractlr tanty-Sra a-nu, I warrant b7 'rk, aad aaako wo alasaa for aiamlaatiA or ad r too. t tsa so roodf, willing aad watting to tarr a ro. Co .a oa. Offlco au door aorta of Ute oVd Tiat Star. HAK B ISO NDl RECTOR V. FnnrT.-oRALKR n OROCBRABAIAR Profiaiowa. MarSai iroou lUaaiaoa. Ohio. "paooaaodagood at of allarttetaa la mi last of f DKN ITU Wala Sa wlUaaU eaaap for cask ar eoa airy are-! ISA. I laa. wm.li oa tjBOBBl LIMO -DK ILKM'. IN PARCT O a-id Oom,t. Tiief Uooaa, Udlaa Draw Oes Sd oT every sind. 'a7 Rardwar,44aan4war,BiB,Shoaf Cafpwnne, Bo., CoBnaa 3t 4kst 488 W i CT Vraasii. RaaaABov, oauo. OettVel HBA FaUFJ.II OOUVTY DIRECTORY. Ciacarr Cooav aaoau tfea lat Mundayt la Pabraat aad Aafaat' aiai alt thrao waaSa. CwataaM Ptaat:ooarsfu lat Moadajiln Anaart, April, Jolt ad oi-ef Bay II wwsfet. roaaiMto.aa'i Cooav maote Ut Maadayt la Jona, apaNiajr, Ooootobor aad Marth may ill it da; taoa lima. County Ulcers. A. B. MaCloory, Soaalor, Uato aiplrat Oat teal P. B. A. Jaaar. itap " tasS RowA) Milter, ' Jaw M. Joooon, ciath. " I -M PaS lass Oat IBM Aug imst r. Mar,V Ja N. Stets, Aaditor, Rod 0oo, Bawon'ar, Joa H-i Ii, j ,. ., f, W. W. M.bUrH, a, on tass; .rSaaoi l'ninmr- J. -at or. " II. Paarol, Stmsr aiplra Octobor, 10 Jhmetle off ikte 888aiLLa row a, ww. frraa Rilgrtro.CoiamiMtoa pir, Apr is, IKHI BlWaelWare M Apr IS, IA37 J. at. Vteiay ' No S, IRAS Aaaaaa Mawkiaaay Oct 31, IBM raisartata rtraraawi. JoaofiS Walas, Coatailaatoa aipiroa Oet 7, lAS A.C. Millar, Oatf, 111 UaaiMl Uollfday ' AprSd, ISAS aaoowtaaaanr Toarwawta. David Haafhter, Coamiuloa axpira Raa I, I Mil ,B7 John rtewlla, Cowmtaaloa axplraa Raa 1,1 aw. a tfltr. Atbart eraaaaian, " OaoJ, r4iavrata Ttfratmr MT. A.J. Oltdewall. Comal aiplraa PabS. I Ms lm CaaSraa, " Jajta.S loot) mlnB Towsantr. Fraasta Roaebt, Coatstaaiu aipirxi ' 8. IM PraaolaA. Bowara. A Oal It, 1(4 l m aaaaaa lownair. IaaaClamanuCimmi4lon aaplrea Daa tt, M LadwteS Baamtamr ' r' Rov S, IMS KotU.Jtaa M OwtfiS, ISS J oHa Ronlay, Commtaaloa ibtraaJa?7 13 HSa W.J.Coola, V Maj A, r4jlOA IWWB88M RoM. at. Millar, Coaiailaaioa aapiraa B mbt rnwawa ipiraa SarH8. Jul io. v. 137 lAd J aMa rt. Maora, - - . B4T Towaanr. Haaryaolteatar.CoaimlaatoB iptroa May ft T3 llaraard Moorman " - May S, IMu aatTmsiS ToaravnuH Asa Ray. CootailMtoa aspirva Jona a7, 1130 i rttu lIUlpi, Pa K tA7 ararrs wares Towaawr. w.ttevMitetell,CaiBiiMoaplte ap a.nsa Kllpoalot warbr, - S-p IS. iHte Dautel WUaoa May S, IC3M sare vowaams. yob Rlev, Cowiinlaate sipiraa Jan , USS Lowte Whltemaa " April S, IIA itnnOV COTTHTY DIRECTORY. Ctacat-r Cooav maata tba 4th Mondaya In Pbriar aad Auimt-nn alttwo waaka ach tlma. Cowwoa PLvr0oa-r dmiiM Monday In Pabroary. Mar, Aug at, and Roaambar, aveapt whas tbar ar Ära Monday la law praradlag month tbaa lat Monday. Stay all S wokaaeh Ilm. Ca aanaataan Cocbt moot lat Monday la J oaa. Saptamaor, Doaaaibar w4 March may lt aixUayaaaeh tlaia. ( unlf OtArert. Minor Masker, Kiiit, Uaas iptra Ort. IMS. Coo. W. Clara, Rap. Oct. n&4. M.J.witt aaofic, Lowte J. CUM. Clark, w. uewsaa, a satter U.R. Brows. Trassem, W m . s. Ft oa, Coronar, A. M. Bldao, Norraror. M. M. Itu.tad RaeoMar 1 Aag. I-'. Ro. issr Rov. IBM. Aag. lei. " Oct, IM? Oat. IM7. Be. ISS. Wtlaoit, Alas. CowaiaaioaaM la h. aad Imob Snldor, tlmaosBlr Sopa bar, i83-7-a. Jaailee off Ike Pertf. Jsmll. Cosimis1os ssptrss Apr. la. iBA draws w - - m. WL- .X Sap. id, IMSIraataawalf " at. M. ilsworth, i t. Boa', O. W Ha at. 1 J.UlTln, ' J 88 U ,,, H. BMer, M J W. lau, Jaa erowa, H Bafsr, Oao. Wllann J. P.Vamptaioa' Apr. IH, l0 Moa A, IM7. Xo.3,lM7. Oeu n.i-33 Sap. I, tSfAV Doa., Apr. 8, Md. Auf. 8. IMA. Pab. U. 1M. Aug.S3,ISS9 MayS. 187. 01. A. IM. "' Apr. is. 1-333 FAYRTTB C0V7HTY DIRECTORY Cuacorf Coeav moaU d Mosday of Marek sad Saptembwr, may alt two wook. Coaaoa PaaasCooBT iia lib Mondaya m Jsnssry, April, Jaly, an Osiokeri Sold two eoki kutlaaaa raqalro. uaaaaawaiM coe maot ii onumj iu Marel,, Juna.Haptsiabvr aad Uocamkort stay alt a laa Bay Ifnacwaasry. Coos r or Com ituttoa atte wfcaa bulaa repairs In an Judical) of thsaal .narCm gees) Ptaat Coon. County Officers. Minor Maakar, aansior, tiat atplra Oef. IMS Bolaoa Traalar, Rap m isaa A . R. Kj4ii, ( irk, - - Pab MS Wm.MaClwSty, asartf ot. IM John MaClawry, Jailor, jav, Wm.M.bteoa, rroaourai. Sop. MA J Ob Stoat, Auditor, agar t3 JoaopU T. Tate, Haas-- " Aug IS Marry MtwrU, ürvayor. Daa 1M7 Cuaauwi, Atautk I. Bsckst, Joaapk JJl. 4 Was. U. Hau too. r Qff A'ouiotuud vrylargeaserts-eattaft! ajusor ky late plea. )oi reoirod atR. 1 Cootsurulal Bow, and furtala by LlRlKSi PAB0.0HAB. HAM AJf O CAM- . ..n ig Uyte. Jual rocalrad alRo.lCoto morciat How, aadfortal by LINCalat 'AKQUH AR. DßTo. H. MAUTIN, PKT8ICIAR ARD flOROXON, AMDER80NVILLE, SS 7 IB01AÄA. wtaWtf JAJTsR ÖAPB. ' VB kaw Ja ra tat Tad agaosrsl aaaortmaal of rtsaaaad Cape, for Mao, Boy sad Cbildrao, w avrsask. a RTBJaa KIMRLB.
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TALES OF TUE BAR. WUTXK FROM THE LIPS OF A5 COUNSELOR BT W. LIMN TI0BALL. OLD MY FIRST RETAINER. I. The first baineM entrusted to my caie after Admission to the bar, though it promised very little in the begin- - - J .. L. J . ,,,ue lu,ucu "u- u an ituvcoiure oi qo ordinary character. The application was made bj a middle-aged farmer, of plain exterior and unpolished mapoers, which were sufficiently apparent; bat, as I afterward found, of substantial business habit and respee.rble education. "Is jo nemo Clifloid?" he abruptly inquired, placing one foot oo tbt door-sill while the other rema ned on the ground, to be ready, as it seemed, to eotei' or retreat, according to my was not a qnestion that required consideration, but simply an answer; nevertheless I hesitated. There was somethirg in the off hand manner of the man that displeased me, though since then I have been frequently accosted in a similar way, without feeling ay pride in the least offended. The answer I felt inclined to give at the moment, I should not like to repeat here or elsewhere. It occurred to me in time, however, that ho might be in March of legal assistance, and the improper Words at the end of my tn ,..M .., i a. J i a. I-. -j"v " vj i j tuicwu uki in to ay gullet and swallowed. I replied instead, as I shou'd have dor e unhesitatingly, with complaisanee "zee, sirl my name it Clifford Hen.y Clifford. Walk io, air, and take a seat." He p-orotly accepted my invitation, doffed his hat, crossed his legs, and sat completely at bis ease. But bis mode of putung questions was not in the least changed by my civility. "A t you an attorney, authorised to pi, dice in the court.? ' he continued, looking iterd 'astly into my fare. At ihr t time there was in my character a touch of p-eudo pride, or what may be more rpjy trrmed hauteur; and the uncivil answer I bad swallowed a few ceeonds before, learned un I .1 a. i . " . uirougu roy gorge, ana perebed again uPoa lue '? OI m7 w.iue. mat was the trying rcom.nt of my exiait-nc-. It was a sautfule betwem pride and poverty. But it laated only a moment. Wart nave I to do with pride, when I have sot the means to support u? Avaunt. thou monsterl "fc-ir," I .cplied, with truth, "I waa licensed at the last term of the Supreme Court." In the end this proved to be a for tunate answer, though at the time it gave me some uneasiness. Scarcely was it r.tered, when 1 began to fear the co ase q if noes of so unreserved a disclosure. "Then you are not practiced in the manag mrrt of suits?" he inquired, in confirmation of my fears. I wastexud and nngry, and more anirry than vexed, partly at his pointed interr igaio 'es, but chiefly at my owa inuenuotansss. But the emotion waa only momentary. I abhorred duplici'y, and so my frankness waa approved. Of course, the laat question was answered in like manner. "It is scarcely six months," I replied, "since my admission to the bar. and since that time I have had very little business, and ilia- little has been of small moment. Those who wiah to have important matter tried, are cot willing, aa a general thing, to trust their management to a youth with neither beard nor experience.' "There i too much truth in what you say," he replied. " i.. k.iu .n. r
man of a different sorL At the risk of pointed that the child waa not a son, being though i queer, I will declare evil di-poilioti expanded fearfully, my Dreference for young men in near- na l-,e Bage course he had previly ail matters pr rtaining to litigation. 1 oualy pursued, waa the turtle's tender I cannot endure the delays usually at- BeM compared with that which sue-
IJUl 1 Mill tendant UDOn civil suits, and tahich old counselors, secure in the enjoyment of their reputations, do all in heir power to foster, or as little as possible to prevent." Surprised to hear auch language from beneath so rough an exterior, I more closely scanned his countenance, which, though sunburnt and wrinkled. I found to possess unmistakable marks
of intelligence. uro -and, more than, thai bad reared his "There ia a brief space in the pro-. children with the tenderest eare, which fesstonal rare er of every succesdful at- they greatly needed, one being a fratorney," he continued, meanwhile, j gile, puny thing, and the other a erip-
"lying between misdirected enen-y on on the one hand, and established in - dolsnce oo the other, during which he is best qualified to discharge the duties which be owes to society, to his client, and to himself. But beyond that boundary, on either hand, and eapeciaPy in criminal casea. I would gready prefer the activity and viKi!ance of youth Io the tardj profundity of msturer years." When he had gone sat far, I began to suspect the reason assigned for his preference was a mere subtertuge, tbe real object being to avoid a lull-grown s a a .as a a a a tee, which an old lawyer does not fail to exact, but which a young one dare seldom demand. How far I was wrong will shortly appear. "And now, sir,,' be still continued, "before I enter upon the particulars of the case, sdlow me to state one fact, that there may be no misunderstanding. The person in whose behalf I so'icit your professional services, is an old woman, without even the means of subsistence. Are jou willing to accept such a client, and to use the aame industry and energy to procure tbe justice she elaima. as if you were certain of a libend fee when your labor is performed?" I was not prepared to aay yea, for I waa too poor to work for nothing; 1
sä afraid to aay no, lest I might not Ire employed. In this strait I resorted to evasion, which I would have shunned under almost any other circaro'anoes. "What interest have you in the issue?" I inquired. "Enough," be replied, "to neglect my business and lose my Urre for her sake, but not enough to become surety for her lawyer's lee." I took a few moments to consider whether it were better, for the sake of justice and an old woman, to devote my lime and talents to a cause that promued no immediate remuneration; and I fear, had it not been for the hope of incidental advantage, I should have come to a negative conclusion. Tbe reader must not think too severely of me be sause of the motive here oonfessed; and will not, I am sure when informed of ihe circumstances. These incidents transpired nearly sixty years ago, when the north boundary of the city, except the Out Ward, was the Palisades, which tra -ersed tbe island through tbe Park. At ih-t time the wealthy people of Peal street, in which I had tuy office, always rode when they visited their friends in the country, on the hill near the crossing of Worth street and Broadwry. To Bloouingdalc, where the justice resided, was more than five times as far, and, as I would be obliged to travel that distance on foot if I engaged my services, hence the hesitation. II. All the important facta in any way connected with the domestic history of the litigants, as developed on the trial and gleaned from other sources, may be condensed in a few paragraphs. Hannah Hartwell, the complainant, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. She was tbe belle and beauty of the village, without a rival. Among her attractions, which were neither small nor few, was the handsome legacy of a widowed aunt, whose idol and namesake she had been from the day of her birth.
Nothing occurred to interrupt the even tenor of Hannah's life, until she entered upon her twentieth year. That sutrmer, John Steel, a young Englishman, of handsome face and polished manners, unexpectedly appeared in the village, and for a brief space, reigned the undisputed lord of fashion. To fsll (n love with the gay gallant, as he was not unfrequently termed by some of the more thoughtful matrons, wastbeleaat of Hannah's intentions. But Steel waa shrewd and wary, and by no means insensible to her various charms, chief ami ng wh'ch. in his secret estimation, was htr auni's legacy. Imm-dirtely he bsseiged tbe citadel wiioulrd held out biavely against other advances, and being skilled in the arta of love, soon effected a lodgment in her affections. Having wid against the influences of ber best friends, Hannah waa not hard to persuade, after the lapae of the hmeymoon. to dispose of her property, and allow her busband, in whom she had the utmost confidence, to in vet the proceeds in the purchase of real estate, on the ialand of Manhattan. B it 'o her surprise and mortification, she soon discovered, that by the conversion, she had lost all control of her legacy. Concealing her disappointment aa well as she could, she took an affectionate farewell of her friends, and followed her husband to the new home which he had provided. And from that day forth, his words, when spoken to her, were vinegar singled with gall, and sometimes accompanied by blows, which he called chastisement. In the course of time, but not for several years after her marriage, she became a mother. Had this event happened sooner, he might have been a different man. But now, his habits were old and settled. Besides, disap- ! ceeded Poor, innocent, angel woman! what did she not suffer for that unfeelintr tyrantl She bad enriched him with her money, and never complained of his perfidious trickery; had forsaken her early friends and girlish baonta, snd followed him to another colony; had watched over his interests, and 1 strove in every way to cive him pleas pled dwarf. But for all these deeds of 1 kindness, and years of devotion, she had received only neglect, and cruelty, and criminal desertion. About two years previous to the trial, an Englishman, who called himself Pilkay, Teamed certain mi It somewhere north of Harlem river, and soon after took possession. He was a single man of five-and twenty, and his house waa under the direction of a maiden aiater of thirty-two. Quick and communicative, he readily made acquaintances; but not mends. There I .as a a was nothing congenial in hi nature; at least so thought his neighbors, ex cept, perhaps, Steel, who, with all hi faults, and they were many, loved the children of his native isle. In tbe course of time, Steel and Pilkay became friends; and not long afterward, the latter was successively known aa a visitor, a favorite, and suitor. The object of his addresses waa the little deformed Julia, who, in long years of unbroken melancholy, had schooled herself to look upon mat rimony as a great blessing which she might never enjoy. It required not the diviner'a art to discover the real object of this pretended love. Julia's mind, like her body, was weak and distorted, and neither possessed the semblance of an attraction. Bat her fata-
er had wealth, which, at his death, would descend to her, and, here lay the secret. Save this poor crippled being, John Steel had no consanuieous relative on this side of the Atlantic. The great wish of his life had been a son, whe might inherit his wealth and importance. Two daughters had been all his children, and one of these was deud. But there was hope that through the other he might yet be gratified. He did not scruple, therefore, to sacrifice her to the cupidity of bis countryman. After the marriage, under the pretense of witnessing his daughter's happiness, Steel spent much of his lime at ibe mill cottage. The distance from bis farm was only a few miles, and for a while at first be rode over ia the morning and returned in the evening. As the autumn advanced, however, he sometimes remained over night, and sometimes, indeed, for three or four nichts in succession. Meanwhile some ill rumor became current in tbe neighborhood, cone of which, in particular, was very little to the credit of him and the maiden housekeeper. But in defiance of these reports, when the weaiher became wet and blustrous, he accepted the invitation of bis son-in-law, and went to live with him at the cottage. All this while, Mrs. Steel, sinking undr the weight of accumulated afflictions, lived in gloomy loneliness, a prey to fear, abuse and slow starvation. How lamentable the vicissitudes of that unhappy woman! Once a belle, a beauty and an heiress, the sweetest among the singers, and the loveliest among the dancers; then a wife, without a husband's love or a wife's enjoyment; afterward a toother, with nothing but a mother's care and a mother a sorrow: r nd when I was gammoned to her assistance, a feeble old woman, in the winter of her existence, doomed to solitude in a dingy apartment of her own house, and fed by a relentless woman brioed to silence!
Tbe man employed to manage the 1 farm, who with his family occupied the house, had been strictly enjoined to allow her neither meat nor coffee, uor indeed anything save moldy bread and water. 1 hut deprived of everything desirable, she begged for money to carry her to a younger sister, in her native town, that she might there die in pease, and even this was denied. A few days subsequent, having been repeatedly beaten by her husband in the meanwhile, ahe escaped from her confinement, and sought refuge at the bouse of Mr. Digby, the neighbor through whom I was retained. CORCLUSrOR RXXT WRXR.j The Sack of Lawrence Wo had, yesterday, the pleasure of a visit from Mr. W. V. Roberts, Lieutenant Governor of Kansas. He waa at Lawrence wli n U. S. Marshal Oonelson and Sheriff Jones entered the place, and when the latter with his Dosse destroyed the two orintintr oresses and the Free State Hotel. When Sheriff Jones was asked by Oen Pomeroy and Lieut. Gov. Roberts for tbe authority under which he was acting, he replied that he was the Sheriff of Douglas county, and Deputy U. S Marshal, that the printing presses and the hotel had been indicted by the Grand Jury as nuisances, and lhat Judge Leoompton had issued the order for th sV destruction. Four cannon were placed, opposite the hotel, about a hundred feet distant, and the cannonading begun. The first two shots missed the building, a large four story stone building, altogether ! Thirty-four shots were fired in all, but the balls made little impression oo the walls. An attempt was then made to blow it up wiih gunpowder, and two kegs were placed in the cellar, but this also failed. Finally a fire was kinaled inside and the house burned down. Gov. Robinson's bonse was alto burned, although no indictment had been found against it. and Judge Lecompt had issued no order for its destruction. Every bouse in the town but one was plundered 1 Tho citis'ns of Ihe States will re- ! trard this aa a singular mode of exe cuting the writs of the United States, when no obstruction was offered to their service. Lieut. Governor Rob erta himself offered to execute all tbe writs which Marshal Donelson had, if he'would give bim authority to do so. This offer was rejected; evidently for the purpose, as subsequent events show, of enabling him to take his Stng of thieves to Lawrence, where ey might enrish themselves by plundering an oppressed people. Lieut. Governor Roberts prono-w-ces tbe story of the murder of eight pro-slavery men by the Free Slate party, which we publish in another column, a fabrication. All tbe murders, thus far, which have been com mitted in that Territory, have been the work of the pro-slavery men; and the victims have been almost invariably unarmed or disarmed before they were killed. We think tbe Free State men have submitted to too much; they should have defended themselves and roperty 'with more seal and energy. r. Roberts asserts that nearly the whole gang engaged in Backing Lawrence were strangers. Although well acquainted with the people of the Ter ritory, he was not able to recognise more than two or three of tbem. Cin Qauttt. The bachelors of Cleveland are an uigallant aet of fellows. At their annual supper a few nights ago, the following was the seventh regular tjas: Our future Wires Distance lends enchantment to the view." "I'm a giing to draw this beau into a knot," as the lady said when standing at the hy menial altar.
Speech of the Rev Henry Ward Beecher at the Tabernacle. I am not insensible to the sentiments which have been expressed this evening. I did not desire, however, to speak at this meeting not because I could not sympathise with it, for I have sympathised to a decree which I oan truly say I hardly evtr felt before, in every resolution, in its gen
eral drift and in its special language.
M" mdo. But 1 did not wish in any wise to interrupt the course of a meeting inaugurated so wisely, directed so discreetly, designed and calculated to have such weight with all parties, and with all men that org men. throughout the whole country. If there is one thing that we ought to forget, it U that we have ever been divided citisens. If there is one thing that we ought to remember, it is that we are united citisens now great applause I know not, if we had the ordering of all things, that we could have conceived anything more consummately wise, looking to remote and hnal results to arouse the dormant feeling of the North, than these things which have now transpired in the order, as I must think, of a wise and watchful Providence. I think the more readily tht ibe present events have taken place, because I know that sometimes Providence employs infernal instrument to do his will Laughter. Had Senator Sumner been a man of war, or a mau of brawling words had he I wen any other than he was tbe case could not have been so strong. I know not that if we had gone through our whole land, from one end to the o'lier, we could have found a man so fit to be offeied as a sacrifice of libert upon the great altar of his country Great applause. No aspiring politician has he been. A lawyer by profession, a scholar by instincts snd hsbits. a man of refined ideas, of social and esthelic tastes, be was seised by one of those sudden wavoa of popular feeling that flow through the nation and bear away s me man upon their bosom, as one of George Steer's dippers, lhat has been building on the shore, would be lifted by some Spring-tide that has flooded so far in ae to buoy her up and launeh her intojthe sea Applause! Office sought him, and too htm rcluo tantly: for while his election was yet a pending question, I had th pleasure of a oonveration with him, in bis office, as a private gentleman; I, be'ng a clergyman, acted somewhat as confessor on that occarion, aud he lold me the secrets of his heart. And I am sure that, although he had an honorable and manly ambition, tbe office to which he was elected was not sought nor desired by bim. Since ho haa been in Washington, his course has been lhat which became a man, a gentleman, a statesman, a scholar, a Christian Great and eathusifstio applase. J He haa everywhere not mereii.se ti itaa nverv When- not mcr. observed the rules of deeorutn. but with tru "chivalry." with tbe nobleat impulses of a gentleman, he ha maintained himseir void of offense. So that the only complaint lhat I have AAVAaS Is sac s4 arvoirtal flans sa t rvs Unmnop VVS UVWIU -teSZ BV SI 'IVI kJUUIMi i has been, that be hi. shrinking and aensilive nature he was not fit for the . a . w. "rnnuh mH lumhln" nf nulitirsin nnr day Renewed appUuse.l It was be
and in all the speeches that have betrjl"c Pf"' 1U,B "7' Ti
cause he held himself back, aa he did, "" that he was reproached and r proved. Martyrs of 8lTery and Freedom. and in part goaded by the ill judtred ' The most conspicuous name among criticisms of friends, he attempted at tho late m ibbites at Lawrence is that last to spice and re-sp:ce his remarks of Sheriff Jones; the most active, and It waa not tin complaint that tbey had ' ardent, and mischievous. After the been too high, or loo kven, or in one ; United States M irshal had discovered whit too critical or severe. But every ! that none of his intended prisoners had man, in speaking, must follow the ; remained to be caught, and perhaps rule of his own nature. To attempt j lynched, and very surely imprisoned, to speak, as is not in his nature, is a he handed over his brutal posse to mistake for any man. Senator Sum-! Sheriff Jones, as the representative of ner, however, did not commit it; for ' the Territorial authority embodied in when he began to apeak, instead of! the counterfeit Legislature of the listening to the mistaken counsel of Shawnee Mission. It was Jones, achis friends, he took tbe better counsel : cordingly, who directed the sack of of his own judgment and nature, and j the town, Jones who destroyed the
spoke from his conscience and hi heart applause. And it waa undisguisedly for that utterance, that he was prostrated by a felon's blow. Ah, it touches roe! It touches me not as a citixen, but as a man. I could not walk the street and see tbe raegedeat wretch struck by a roan who was his, superior, or in circumstances which gave bim advantage, without feeling roy blood boil Applause 1, who ought to be a man of peace, yet sa , that to defend a weak I would not hesitate a moment to peril life and limb Loud applause j I tell you that you may go through the Five Pointe and rake to the bottom, and you cannot bring up tbe moat degraded wretch or gambler ef that which baa been once a man who, if you should ask him: "Would you strike a man who is down?" and not be indignant at ihe question! Loud applause Yon may go through the t W al a a a Courts where we bare had assembled within the last few months a learned body of pugilists Laughter; you may take the whole of them; begin and call over the names of the firsts, seconds, bottle -holders all the way to the bottom and you cannot find one who win not nave manliness enough left in him to say, "Fair play is a jewel" Great laughter and applause. It may not be known to all of you that Mr. Sumner h ts that which by consent and courtesy, by laws and public sentiment, exhonerates a mac from the performance of military duty; for if a man be near-tighted, it is taken for granted that he cannot fight to advantage. Mr. Sumner is neartighted. Iu the act of writing, be must needs have been bent down, and even when he lifted his eyes, he must have been unable to discover an adversary even at a little distance. That was his condition, when he was attacked by the chivalrous son of CarolinaSouth Carolina! Chivalry? It is just that Chivalry that would be manifested if a blind man were walking with tremulous steps along your aad a man should come steal-
ingout from a corner-crossing, and'
dodging the poliee should strike the blind man down to the earth! It is that kind of chivalry that would creep at night into a woman'a chamber and give her blow with a bludgeon over the huad as she slept on her pillow Applause 1 Attack a man sitting cramped in his chair, at his desk, with no other weapon than a pen I Ah ! we have it; the symbol ot the North ia .1 wi r .1. u.....u :.. tut inuuvvu i ivwu wwum M plause, I know of but two of the club-heroes beside this Brooks, ore in mythical tradition, and one in sacred history. Hercules was a brute In io of the club: but even Hercules, in ihe twilight of mythological civilization, nsed his club only against centaur, hydras, and other enemies of society never against weak and unaimed men. The other hero of the club is sacred; it is Cain. And this Brooks is the hero not only of the ccne but Cain himself Applause. But why do I speak in reference io this act, which is but ore single bomb lhat 1ms burst out under ov ft l? That which happened in Washington is but a faint echo of that which is taking place whero a whole empire is clubbed and a whole Stale knocked down by ihe tact'es. At this hour the Government of the United States stands in precisely the same delation toward Kansas as Brooks sustained to Senator Sum ner Loud applruse. A thunder stroke is now hetrd on our Western plains, of which that was but a faint echo which we heard in Washington! It is storm in Texas; it is storm in Washington; and by and by it will be stormy along tbe whole borison, unless there is a spirit that rises up and says to the madrren, "Thus far have ye ruled and "come, bat no further" I Loud cheers I will not attempt to inspire you with any stronger feeling. You know full well what my thought are. For I think that this is but a pimple, and tbediseass lies down deeper. There are principles that are at war; and we men of deeds are but the instruments which principles are employing, in a co .fl'ot which will be severer, and in its final victory more illustrious than any other which ha been achieved. By the force of Libertyby the force of Civilisation, which comes from tbe bosom of Christianity by the force of Christianity itself, we shall yet, in our lifetime, or in lhat of our children we shall yet ach eve the Victory of Liberty. And when at last this country nh til sit ai the feet of Liberty, as the man in the Scriptures, exercised of the Devil, sat at the feet of Christ when el last this country shall sit at the feet of AIim : hiy God and say "Thou has ordained me for this work," then that time shall come, pr dioted in the Apocslypae, when "Sacan shall be seised and "bound aud oast into a pit for a thousand vears. and behind shall ... . 1 1? TW09' TT'j r roTnly May (tod speed the day Tumultuous applause. I When Mr. Beecher had concluded ihe audience gave him three times three with a will, and then the imi me".e "lage slowly dispersed. and for half an hour afterward UroadWay way. in the vicinity of the Tabernacle, reverberated with their cheers. printing presses, Jones who set fare to the houses of Messrs. Robinson and Brown Brown, Jones and Robinson j is a noted firm Jones, in short, who j demonstrated himself to be precisely the executive officer for such laws as were milled by the Mission House swindlers. Io the people of Lawrence swindlers he was more than a Jones "of the War Otnce." The problem must have occurred to every attentive reader of the story, how was the resurrection of the Sheriff for these highly useful services effected? The latest advices previously received had, on ruffian authority, left him in an exceedingly critical condition, lying at a point very near the point of death, many miles away from the scene of his disaster, surrounded by physicians, and friends tearfully sympathising. He was understood to have fotmally laid down the bravo, and assumed the martyr. Tbe re sponsibility of his approaching fate was heaped heaven-high upon the conscience of the unknown assassin. Enormous bounties were set upon the offender's head. Jones waa already sainted in the calendar of Border devotion; Jonea already figured among the acts and monuments of martyrdom. Suddenly, as if by miraculous touch, or diabolical enchantment, the dying man resumes his health, and youth, and strength; resumes the leadership of the mad legione leagued against tbe free town of Lawrence, and plays out hia ferocious part with very decided evidt ncesof thorough vitality. Herein is a mystery. Was "Sbertfl Jonea," as be is called, ever shot at all? No sonner, we weie told at tbe lime, was the crack of the beatific pistol heard, than bis friends and accomplices hu Idled about the victim, for bade, under pretence of fear for hia safety, the approach of all Free-State men, who might have given a free statement of the truth; they bun ied him a way on a fatiguing journey, which must have proved fatal had the wound been as serious as they testified; and from that moment until his
substantial apparition at the pilage of J Lawrence, no one of assured veraeity i
has attested the fact of any wound whatever. Now it must be owned that Border Ruffianism is not inherently of purity so immaculate lhat vice of milder forms is not sometimes named along with it. With all proper admissions in behalf of undeniable virtues, it is certainly obnoxious to charges of frequent false swearing; of gross brutality, sometimes taking the positive shape of murder, but uniformly violent and inhu nan; of stealing, either in a high-handed way, or meanly and thievishly; of treachery, cowardice, falsehood, imposture. Among this little ganglion of traits there is ground for suspecting the genuineness of their very martyrs. There is an intrinsic probability that any article of that sort they present us is boirus. We believe Jones to be bogus. Notwithstanding a public leolurer last night in this i'ity. undeterred by the fear of arrest under tho Governor's proclamation, claimed the honor of aiming ihe weapon lhat csnonised St. Jones, we have no evidence that the ball ever reached its intended target. We have the best of evidence for believing, that if scathed at all, it was so l-ghtly as to justify no portion of the outcry elicited by the fact, and no portion of the display and circumstance sarrouuding tho eouch of the pretended sufferer. We have yet, in fact, to be satisfied that Slavery has a proto-martyr. In truth, it has been found tl-at there was no ball in the muaket ßred at Jones. Not such are the confessors of Freedom, With them the work of slaugh ter is so thoroughly done, that death is the almost snre result. Against this moss trooping sheriff of the border, this type of Pro-Slavery martyrdom, this living, breathing, raving survivor of an apocryphal auto da ft, set up Senator Sumner, the accom plished scholar, the polished gentle man. the man of peace, aa the type of Freedom's martyr. Klruch down by blows too palpable for oy-standing sympathisers with the deed to omit seeing them all in their continued and repeated ferocity, or to deny them when called to the witneas-stand, litis borne out bleeding and senseless from the scene of his passion, while honorable Senators sneaked out ot aide doors, as the burden approached them, for fearsome expression of commiseration might be elicited al the spectacle of wrong so flagrant and iiametul. Public waa the outrage, for it wa perpetra'ed in the most elevated seat of American legislation, and publicly was the victim carried from the scence to his house, and men are reading painfully the daily bulletin of bis sufferings and danger Tbib ia a different kind of martyrdom from that of Sheriff Jones; as different as the mrn are different; for the country, in its presentemcrgenoy, can better spare a thousand cowardly swaggerers Ik. Jones, and Brooks, and Keitt, and those who applaud their ruffianism, than one eloquent and fearless champion of the right liko Sumner. AVte Yorl- Tiro. The Attack on Mr Sumner. Nothing, for a long time, has oreated so much feeling in this community as tbe attack made by Brooks, a Represenalive of S. Carolina, in the House of Representatives, upon the person of Mr. tiuataaa in the Sonate Chamber. Unas thesubjectof iodignaut comment everywhere, and enlightened hundreds and thousands as to ihe true spirit of the slavery propagandists. The slavery propagandists are made. Everything tbey do weakens them and increases the bonds of union between their opponents. In their madness and folly they alienate and exasperate those who have striven to defend them, hastening on the day when every Free State roan must feel that the slave oligarchy must be crushed or his own freedom mut be given up. The slavery propagandists, in their madness, can do nothing which does rot help to open the eyeifof the people of the North to this inevitable fact, which they will soon be able to see and understand. When that day comes, the days oi ihe slaveoligarchy are numbered, and our government will onoe more become an instrument to "secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. The great danger now is that the people will not have their eyes opened until the dissolution of the Union has become inevitable, and but few more years of outrage and injustice like the past two or three will be sufficient for this. In Kansas, in Washington, everywhere, they exhibit the same insolence, the same intolerance, tbe same hatred of freedom, of courage, snd manhood; everywhere they seek to trample ihe weak und-r foot. They cannot tolerate free speech anywhere, and would stifle it io Washington with ihe bludgeon and the bowie-knife, as they are now trying to stifle it in Kansas by roassacr- rapine and murder. Cincinnati Ooxette. Mao docs many things by cal culation, or with indifference; the tender heart of woman, nothing but love ; in her tears and her smiles, in her sorrows and in her joys, there is always love, and herein lies the magic of her omnipotence; it is like tbe warming rays oi the sun there is a bill of ice winter has heaped it ap. as if it were saying, Sun, I defy thee, upon my icy breast thy power will break, and thy very rays will freeae. What does tbe snn ? It continues to ahine; noiseless it shines on and shines on, and the foe hill melts away by drops. "1 shall soon die, Cuffy 1 raunt soon set out upon a long journey," said a planter to hia old negro. "Berry well," replied Cuff, "I guess maasa hab good goin kate it be all way down hill."
Well Directed Satire. One of the best satires that we have seen upon the late Washington homicide, is from the Providence Journal, which a friend has kindly loaned. The folly of members of Congress carrying deadly weapons without the privilege of using them at pleasure is well taken off. We commend the article to the attention of our readers: We do no' know bow it strikes other people; but it seems to us that the
Union is in danger. If it has come to mis tuat a gentleman cannot snoot a i arttitor in Vii nan twilt-l Uta hm.iL.i! " "-www--- www iivivii a w aa siuiv SÜSS ' the South was aroused to a sense of, its danger and duty. Pistols and towie knives are a southwestern institution, a democratic institution, and by the connilulion all the people are put upon an equality in respect to their domestic institutions, at least in the Territories and in the Dm net of Columbia. Tbe right to bear arms ig, in terms, granted by tbe fundamental law; now, what is the use of bearing arms, unless you can shoot somebody w.th them? To bo carrying around a loaded pistol, concealed in the breast pocket, is, we admit, very chivalrous, but at the same time it is altogether useless. There is noihing practicable about it. It shows, indeed, that the wearer is a gentleman, high-minded, fearless, and, above all, that he belongs to the chivalry; but all this is quite as surely indicted by the free use of whisky and tobacco, and by tbe independent style of his profanity. What would any one say of lhat freedom of the press which was restricted to the permission to erect a printing press, but did not allow the owner to print any thing on it? (Of course this illustration does not apply to those cases where tbe well-being of society has demanded the destruction of a printing office that has been concerned in disseminating doctrines adverse to tbe introduction of slavery into the Territories.) Just as useless is the right to wear arms, unless the right to shoot omebody goes with it. Aad allowing lhat someboü y must bo shot as we think we have satiafactorily shown, what better selection could have been made than an unarmed Irlah waiter? Suppose Mr. Herbert bad shot at a genileman; he might have been ahot in return, or he might have had tbe Cislol wrenched from his hand and een kicked out of the room acoordiag as tbe man whom he assaulted waa more or less ekiealrout. In either case the disadvantage is obvious; while by firing at an Irish waiter, he united safety with chivalry. Independent of these general considerations, on which we are snre Mr. H'-rbert might throw himself before any jury that will be likely to take ognlsancc of the act there was a peculiar provocation in his oase. The waiter was "insolent" to him. The rule of Willard's Hotel, like those of other hotels, prescribe the hour within which breakfast may be served at the public tables, and the servants are not allowed to provide it after the ex piration of the time without an order , from tbe office. Nr. Herbert came in after the hour and ordered breakfast. The servant went for it, but in tl.c ab sence of an order he could not get it. ii. i. . i .,..1 .a ,...i ,,. vr. 44v .ui' um. buu i i pui u iu Mi. i Herbert. And here mark tbe forbearance of the mild and gentlemanly ! member of Congress. Although he had tüken the precaution not to venture into the breakfast room without a loaded pistol, did not resent this "insolence" at once. He merely, in the language of tbe telegraph, "desired ihn waiter to retire." The telegraph hardly does justice to Mr. H. nor does his friend, Mr: Gardiner, who testified that he said, iiyou go away from lu re, or get us some broakfast, or wordi to t.'tat efect " The precise words of Mr. Herbei t, as sworn to by other witnesses, were far more emphatic than these, and could have left no doubt on the mind of the waiter that he waa altogether in earnest. Ho said. "Go to hill, you d d Irish" tfco. the whole of the language is hardly decoI'.ir mi. nnliimni m I Ii t in irli .mi. nently suited to the lips that uttered it. Certainly there could be no exnuaa for anv misunderstanding ofi these words; no Iriihman, however stupid, could pretend that he did not know what the gentleman from California meant; and to render it still more impressive, he added, "go away you d d scoundrel, or I will kill you." It was not till the patience of Mr. Herbert bad been tried by the refusal of atili another waiter to obey his orders, expressed in the same mild, yet emphatic language, that he resorted to force; and even then, he did not, at first, dtaw the loaded pistol which he had bravely concealed upon bis person, but contented himself with striking the offender on the bead and throwing chair at bim. And only when the trailer, with a still greater and acareely conceivable "insolence," pretended to have some of theteelings of com mon humanity, and manifested an unwillingness to be knocked down, even by a Congressman, for obeying the orders of the house, did Mr. Herbert resort to the extreme remedy which bad been with'a his power all the time. Fortunately, only one man, and he not the one who bad refused to get the breakfast, was killed, aad only two others were wounded, and by lucky chanoe, none of the lad'es or gentlemen at tbe table, or people passing through the halls were hit. Had there been, we have no doubt Mr. Herbert would have sincerely regretted it, and would have so expressed himself to the surviving relatives and friends, which would have been a great consolation to them. It has been suggested by some "fanatics" that Mr. ' Herbert should be expelled from the House of Representatives. What an absnrdhyt If Mr. Herbert had fired at tbe Speaker, we will not deny that it would be proper to talk to him on the subject in a friendly way, and, of course, ia auch
manner as not to ujfff III fesJh-uve. If he should shoot one os tiae SMagna, even, it would be well eraga BBwRwite some inquiry into the BaBRaer; bat we expel a man for killing a waiter, wweäd be quite too rediculoos. Mr. HmWtt is a modest man, evidently, -and mkAk decline a public dinner; bed hie WmA after his asqnittal. which It f metisr of course, should not fail In pay bsns ahe) compliment of inviting him.
Arrest of the PrineinnJ fat te Leavatnamrth Tha U -BMaVVV A 00 mndw --T lance. W were favored with aa yesterday af Urn coo with M. J. Par " -S1- of Leavenworth, who came down on tbe F- JC An rfhich left Fort leaven worth on We nesday. Mr. Parrot informs na that a day or two previous to hie ure, about twenty seen United States muskets, mand of Col. Wilkes of Sonih Una, drew ap in front of kkt On going oat to ascertain the) of such a demonstration. Mr. waa summarily an es ted by Ott; Wilkes, who declined io give any e4lv er authority tor the the "orders of his so sir. rarrot waa then marched to a w a rehouse nsed as aa armory, aad li.eie imprisoned for several fcosnt, wheu he was taken out by WUtfaM, under a subpoena to appear before the Corrmittec of Investigation. When his testimony was oodc laded, aome Of his pro-slavery friends hired i took bim to tbe Fori, when barked on the Aabry for 'St. Jr. I arrot in forma us that, at Hve time of his departure, Leavenworth waa surrounded by a picket guard, and no oae allowed to eater or leeee the town. Wilkes had a list of the principal citisens of the town, and was going to arrest them. He already had three persons under arrest, Tim was the state of things at Leavenworth on Mednesday when tbe F. X. Auhry passed down on Wad awed ay. It is staled that the whole Territory k to be placed under military Missallance. At Glasgow, oa the downward paesage of the Aubry, a man named1 Keelan, from Norfolk, Ohio, wee pot ashore at the instance of Col. Bra war. ton, the correspondent of tin New York Herald, for too freely expi-eneiag himself with regard, to the aaaault upon Lawrence. Mr. Parrot, who was oae of the leading lawyers of Kansas, was accompanied from Leavenworth by M. J. Wade, Jr., Esq., of Cincinnati, Onto. St. fsouit Democrat, Jstsw t. frost Um Ksswa MarsJd, tikra. May SB. We have been finished with the following startling news by Mr. Welle, of Westport, who left that place hurt evening. He got tbe first copy of the extra that waa struck off. It may be relied on aa true: VfosaUM Winpirl Bo roar Tits. WisTFOhT May ST. War! War ' U?hirro. Slavery Mt Murdered by ihs AbolUiomuU j ia FrankMn County, X. T.lM Hf the doge of War.' We learn trora a dispatch just re ceived bo Col. A. G. Boone, dated at Paoti, K. T., Mar 26, signed by Gem Hieakell and Barbae, that the reported murder of eight pro-al a very men hi Franklin county, K..T:, is bot too ti-tse. The dispatch says: It is my painful duty to inform you that Allen Wilkinson is no more. At about twelve o'clock, on Saturday night last, s party of some twenty men entered his house, aad ia spite of the e a treaties of his wife, dragged bim out of his bed and brutally murdered bias. Tbey then proceeded to the house of an old man named Doyle, and murdered the old man aud two sons. They then went to a Mr. Sherman's, where they murdered three more men. A man named Whitemaa was also killed. Tbe bodies of the "rdePIMl mn wtW imXaJ .. . The dlS-jatch saya. that the only this reason that could be aeaisned far inhuman butchery waa, that the Abolitionists thai Court being in session were afraid that these men would bo called upon to give evidence against them, aa many of them ware charged with treason. An appeal is made to the South for men and money. Civil war. with ail its horrors, bow rages in Kansas Territory. Where is Gov. Shsnnon? W here are the United States troop? are oft repeated questions. Bern they are to be answered, Jtime alone win show. N e yesterday conversed with Messrs. Jonea aad Fielding, who were driven from Hiekory Poibt day before veaterdsv. and ara now on their war back to Platte county, Missouri; they inform us that on Sunday last a parry of Abolitionists came to them sum ordered them to leave within half aa hour, at the aame time telling Mr. H. Dlones' two negroes that they -the negroes might remain; that Kansas waa a free Territory, aad that if they remained, they would be acut of and educated. Two grown negroes said they wo'sl stay ; a negro girl ten years of Rf would not leave her master and mtatrese. Mr. Jone started, leaving hb negroes, but before he hud gone far hu waa overtaken and hit negroes return. ed to him; the scoundrels, fhiatUft. doubtless, that their lawless acts ware premature. AH the pro-slavery famil at likkory Point have beta driven ot at ihe point of the bayonet havinf usuji saw half hour's notice to hwre ia. fMr horses are pressed Into Abohtku aar viee. and their provisions stolon byr fjfi Abolitionism. stay A man without without trouble.
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