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r Weekly I Hi 3 auc a Volume 1. Lexix;tox. Lafayette CorxTY, Missoriu, Wedxesiiay, July 18, 18(H. Xi'mbeii 1 sian. By JUXJAV, ALUS! ah Co. a. nu. m. uu. w. e. m scnovi. L-Onn year, ia adtaaee, MJO; six Months, in aniMr, aruaw. .injrie wiH. fipc uiseriif ions discartfiiunnt at end f lerni BnlrM renewed. SyAJmftmrii Bin will be Inserted ns follows: One rm liacs or less, oar assertion, 91 ; earn at insertion, Inc. Cash required ia ad- $ i-fiaee aderrtisratcnts will be rharced at the M lownur rate: )HriU, three aonf hs, .: Pods-, mi asaatha, l. do., twelve Months, H. Twenarc. three iooth, aT : Uv. do., luaUi. ; 1k. do . twelve month?, SIS- tjuarler cwwm, k Tear, ; Half column, una Tear. lar column, war Tear, !. JT Work ef all hiikor in best sole, oa en tirely new type, at lowest cash ram. Orders w Hened, aad pronpt tv attended t. l-fe atarriaac amices, n charge. Obituary no licestea line, ia length, or amlcr, say srv cnly-llvc wont. naMi-hcd free: over that aee, 1 for rath tea lines. Kelisioas notices, tree. Easiness Cards. DCXTISTRV. ff -EI.T. is soil ia Lesiujrtou. ami ha been lor the last iikhtui iu. ttnee, over l.leblicb's -lore ai.Jj ly . T. T. MAJOR. laCHilllt XCllti-r"t nmE. Main street, two doors KrMKhaS Xf itv Hotel. Il-ii lyl a3T LEXlwro-. Tin tin strwet. two tWtr l ite Hotel. lyl Dut. C. M. STEWART, SC15t;CW 1'ICVnT lSce oeer -anyaaaaaav Hale tirabaas'a Mare, ennesite (L- T the Court House, Uliuba, In. UXTr T V bmt It --lILr ROBERT AllA, lUXKEK. cv LT BAKRIi IK USE, Twain it . Leinirt..l Ma. gyKachanife boawhl awl sob!, no. liiBLUD af. BLCWETT, A.ttoTOy tit Ia-v9 l.BVJSKTO. MtSSOlEf. attV aver a.llan' Mare. a. i. mviii. wm. ciiKisxas. MW1CB . C1IRI9MAX, AttoineM at Linw, laJrwamatg, Miaaanri. wn'ii.L rejcnlarlT attend the Court in .laeksoB, a Lsfavette, J"hnson and 1 1 counties. Mr. irrr w Hi spend a part of his t ime in Lexington, ami when there. Kay be ftrtind at bis old stand. "reTions aoticc will be giTea vt tht lime be ill be ia Leaiagton. . mav.TW Km 3MR5. SrSIX E. If ROE, MIU.ISEK ASP KtS MAKER, Well injctn. H- Bunaet.. Flats, Eeathers. Ylowera, Bibbat. Trimajinic. Jtc. ,Jlr. . con. MantlT on hand. Uritlal and Moornins Bvn- M) made to order ia latest anl best My b-. my i MILLINERY. MRS. S. e7J.ME90, HJP.W, he lalies she has W. I !treet, mgS L ilst, a TT TEPEI-TH LLY aanonnees, to the la-lira JV of Lexington and Tiemity, that : iuat reeeiTrd. at her More, on Laurel and evened on S ITIHHAI . APRIL. ulendid and Fashionable aaauflBMrat of Spring and Strainer Hillinery. ia wbirh be hrritea their attention: ami a rail (ront tbent is sotieifed before pnrehaeinK elwwhere. a I am satiAlied that I ran please them both in PKK E, V" A l.ITT al TASTE XKemwiring of all kinds dne with neatness and dUwaieb. S.K.J.DIKH. V B. Pness M aitg, in all its varied branehes, atlembn to nromutly. 3w 5CW MILLIXEBT STORE. Mrs. M. F. PRICE fTOTX respeeMnllT anaonnee to the Ea dk If dies of EeaiaiclMnr aad Enfayetleeotinly that aha ana jast oneaed an eatsrelj cw in Mock of JT Fashionable Millinery Goods, Dttm TrinWhwihis ar latest Style. tleraioek eonMs in vart of Bonnet'. Hans, law. Flowers. Kibbons mament. Ar. Thankful for batf farors. shesotM-itsasnareoriMible vatronane. r. !. Bonnets am llata btearbrd ami altered to the latest tiihiiina. door east af I be Pab- maylHGia TIRtsEVlA MOTEL. laarel Street. : : Lexington, Ho. H.J. COM K K . lYoprwror. -fTtiKST rms hotel. oaehesran reawlarly V toasl from the nwusr.to connect with all bmla. Aad also, stages kaTe front this ho rl eTery morning. eonneetiB with the Haws railroads Uood. Stable connected with the my iy If. . BILLtRD. -awetrn jh E. Commission M-r- V chant, aad agent for FboirMills . nwnlM-rs K ft7 Soath Main street. St. Loots, Mo. mi Ifi ",in BBI (rNDS MARTT Gr.n A. HAIX A -, Whdesale and Urtail dealm in Wrv honb, tf. Broadway, S. l-ouis. tiunn nam d as efceap as the cheapest. api5 ly "cTw7.ix. saw- - txwrsmM. M.vlAEL, Rt rrXER Jr, CO., CMMISMOX MEKCHASTS, So. 74 lommer rialst.. St- Louis. apJS ly MMDT, MIC HEL Jr, CO., w TIIoLESALE Uealers in Staple and Fancy C4Lio,is. Se T4 Secowd street, corner of olive street, ma le T. Lol l. wm. limrici4, Banker, tfM resumed business at his obi Banking llonse. Jl andsolieilsthepatronageortbe public, f J-t posits reenved; r.s-hange bwugM ami wM. aps iuurt ari.L. i. J. ru.aiu. bt. m. uu( ilLI. foUABD 4b REX1CH. TkASKEKS AM) BKtibEKS. Ivalers in Ex- JJ cbaawe. M4 ami Silver Coin ami i..ld lu-l. I tepneits received. Su. 3 Sorth Third Street, t. Louis, Missouri. a-J Sin rCLL RREWERT. LE ASI PORTLK. JOS. nCIIMITT CO., St. Lore. N. SM in Barrels. Half ami tr. Barrets- and ia Onart aad Pint Bottles bv the tvKPvyr Jlo. 31 Commercial St. . between I best. not amt Piae. where Satooas. steamboats and Faas- llies can always besBtHst. ap-ifr ly . m. witt. . w. signal. , a. m nta WITT. SLOAH A, CO.. nESERAL CMMISM MERCII ASTS, ITEMP M CTT ASD TOBACCO FACTOR. So. Ill Sorth Second St., between 'inest. ami Washington avenwe. - ST. I IS tJlSompt personal attention girea to Forwardr rag booos ami rilling oniers lor all uau or arr- anamlwe. apg ly learv . sia-aiua St. Louis. CHVS. B. SI.AVB.1 a, Sew tn-h-ans. 9T.M.IBD SE.4.RACR, -lMMr5IOS Mf.UCILWTS, Sew Orleans, La CO. RTMABD v CO. a-rOMML-vtHiX MERCTIAS T9. Sn. Ct Bnild- j rars. St. Louis. Mo. Will ai!vame eah ami negotiate paper on shipments to our hou.-e in V orjeans. bis -mm Alem. Mitchell. S. C. Weatworth HTm. Jlomson eschmciC Ruinc mocse or Alex. Mitchell & Co., LEXtSVTOS. MO. fXtHASUE on SEW T"RK. ' PiULAfELP1IIA. ST. I.ol IS aad at bee cities bouvht and sold- Coll--f ho ase and proceeds promptly remitted nt current rate of I'nited'Siattw ami other Stacks bowgM nwd sold on commission, and real estate paper negotiated on fa- k'BMmMUiiarjBondsboajrltt'andsobl. myi ly H- tB. B. B. UUU. ARMSTROTmB v RELLES, A nUlmrrf twiercmw a large slack of (litis and QHcentraret a. 1.1 aftood An ibotrs Mat Ae s. ii Hotelt which will give the Lak;e.t and BEST ASbORTMKST west of Saint' Law. of the patronage so lib wtofiire ami shall riv eraJtT bestowed upon us heswvoiore ami shall g our best attention Hy'tfce waufa and ihtcresti cT s to tht waats and interests or aH onr patrons. In VABJZTTANiy CHXAPMESS W stock will be rheo.n"ed by i ant other boose". then irwasnnn maae itanooieer toe customer to Imv ga"l tf AaTMSTKOSM at sMJ-M a. v. iwnw, mcvlkr , ; DRY 600BS A GROCERIJS, Hats, (caps, foot and Soloes. TmRaJieBr Xresua CafWMrtef9 RatWla imwww,- RnV ami fehFarkt ubsannrhp Cits Munrl. ICES? comilailUi on hand a large ami Slap. Dry tiood. Hosiert. C . to he inTMea Iheattentnm oflbe nnbiir. He 4 n lermlnairio'tbep on bamTa stock which ill i large cheap, or eh iv. tittM; M M Hbleto sell a nay eflRY hoase Ih nV Mr shww goods, and we are sattsnesr we eair ' TowlsiTI s. as rt i anal Tow aoiwsa qwalMT or anh aad arire. We r gmam amt price. aKo keen const STflfv oW bnad a Complete stock of imciii arc ritig at ine versjnei prices laurta)s Mav !('., Vs'A. l ( STOBZWAXX JACUn. mtememorT of Stonewall Jackson has rreeired few trilmleswMiretnnehinirinsimulH-ilvandpatlHts than the fikwina; beautiful porta, published in the New York t itiaen, of which Mr. haries .. Hal pine to the editor. Mr. Halpine himself is a poet f rare taste, was an onlcer in the Tnited States army during the late war, and is well-known to fame as Prirate Miles O'Kiley." The piM-m in iUestion. be sava, is from the pea of a distinguished odicer of the Cnitrd States uaey. Petersburg Express. He sterns all quiet and cold Beneath the soil that gaee him birth; Then break his battle brand in twain, Aad lay it with hna in the earth. Wo more at midnight shall he urge His toilsome march among the pines; 5r hear upou the morning air The war-shout of his charging lines. Cold is the eye whose meteor gleam Elasbrd hope on all nithin its light: And still the voice that trumpet-toned, Kaug through the serried rauks of tight. So more for him shall cannons park. Orients gleam white npon the plain: And w here hiscani-tires gleamed olorr, Crown reapers laugh amid the graiu! So more above his narrow bed Shall sound the tread of marching feet, The rille vollev and the rrs.-h Vf sabres when the foeiueu meet. And though the wind of aiitnmn rave. And winter snow.- fall thick and deep Above his brrat, they cannot move The quiet of his dreauilos sleep. We mav not raie a marble shaft AIove the heart thai now is uut; "w-SlImTa 1iL n,..tl...r t...,.l firgt litrr aacreil tru-st. YotitiBT April o'er hi lowly mouml. Miai. 1 shake th violets Itxmu ht r hair. Ami p:irius jiib, m itn ftfr-m fci, baH hitl the rww-j bluuiu ihire. Ant! rttand about the drniuj; be. With drovsf hum hall rmeanl ro; VThile vol imis all the liveliing tlay hall luurinurvlirgcs soft ami Jow. Am whitr-winffTfl peace, o'er all the land, HrueHlo lihe a lov upu her nel; Whilt- iriii War. with slansrliter rtrgfl, At leAjrth hath 1ail hint ilowu to rrat. Anl where wewoT- our onward way, With tire ami steel thruuch youk r wood, Tike blatrkbinl whiMlr, auJ the iiuaii Intved answer to her timid bnvd. Y-t in dreams his fierce biipa! .Shall the tV.rin they followed far, leait.u in the trthet van A landmark in the clouds of war! And oft when white-haired gTandsirea U-U 4f bloody tr!itjrle a.t ami gone. X lie children at their knee; will hear 11 ow .lack94n led hiscoluiuu on! Military Trials of Civilians. . ISll-XA CASE? ABtiLMESTOF J. S. BLACK. COSCLl'DEO. ' Whatever is not so given is witLhcIJ, and the exercise of it is positively pro hibited. Courts-martial in the army and navy are authorised ; they are le gal institutions; their jurisdiction is limited, and their whole t-ode of pro cedure is rc-'ulatcd bv the acts of Congress, t'pon the civil courts all the jurisdiction they have or can have is bestowed by law, and if one of them goes beyond what is written its action is ultra rires and void. But a military commission is not a court-martial, and it is not a civil court. It is not gov erned by the law which is made for ci ther, and it has no law of its own. Within the last five years we have seen, for the first time, self-constituted tri bunals not only assuming power which the law did not give them, but thrust nig asido the regular courts to which the power was exclusively given. What is the consequence ? This ter rible authority is wholly undefined, and its exercise is without any legal control. Undellegated power is always unlimited. The field that lies outside ot tbe Constitution and laws has no boundary. Thierry, the French histo rian of England, says that when the crown and sceptre were offered to Cromwell, he hesitated for several days and answered, "Do not make me a king : for then my hands will be tied up by the laws which define the duties of that office; but make me protector of the commonwealth and 1 can do what I please ; no statute restraining and limiting the royal prerogative will apply to me." So their commissions have no legal origin ana no legal name by which they are known among the children or men : no law applies to them, and they exercise all power for the paradoxical reason that none be longs to them righttullv. Ask the Attorney General what rules apply to military commissions in the exercise of their assumed author ity over civiliaus. Come, Mr. Attor ney, "gird up thy loins now like amauj I will demand ot thee, and thou shalt declare unto me if thou bast under standing." How is a military com- sion organized ? What bhull be the number and rank of its members ? What offences come within its juris diction ? What is its code of proced ure? How shall witnesses be com pelled to attend it? Is it perjury for a witness to swear falsely i What is the function of the Judge Advocate? Does he tell tbe members how they must find, or docs he only persuade them to convict ? Is be the agent of the government, to command them what evidence they shall admit and what sentence they shall pronounce; or docs he always carry his pojnt, right or wrong, by the mere force of elo quence and ingenuity? What is the nature of their punishmen t ? May they confiscate property and levy fines as well as imprison ana kill ; In addi tion to strangling their victim, may they also deny him the last consola tions of religion, and re 1 use bis lamily the melancholy privilege of giving him a tlecent grave r To none of these questions can the Attorney General make a reply, for there'is no law on the subject. He wilt not attempt to "darken counsel by words without knowledg" and, there fore, like Job, he can only lay his hand upon his mouth and keep silence. The power exercised through those military commissions is not only un regulated by law, but it is incapable of being so regulated. What is it that Vou claim, Mr. Attorney ? I will give you a dennition, me correctness ot wni.rth joe will not attempt to gain say. Ycn' assert the right of the exec utive Government, without the inter vention of the judiciary to capture, imprison, and' kill' any person to whom th" Government or its paid depend ants may choose to impnte an offence. This, in its Very essence, is despotic and lawless. It is1 never claimed or tolerated except by the governments which deny the restraints of all law. It Mas been exercised by the great and small oppressors of mankind ever since the days of Ximrodv It operates in' different wv- the tsvU it thus not always the same; it hides its hid eoits" features under many disguises; it assumes every variety of form J 'It earn change Shanes with Proteus for advantages. Ami set the march' rou MachiaTal to school . ' But in ail natations of otrtward ftp pa)retYce it is still identical in principle-, object and origin, It is always the same)' greSat engine of despotism which Hamilton described it to be. Fnderhe old French monarchy the favorite fashion of if was a Itttre ,r rocht, signed by the- king, and this would consign the party to a lothsome dimgon until he died, VorgottOn by all tLc world. An imperial t;.asc will an swer the same purpose in Russia.. The ' most faithful subject ot that amiable , autocracv may lie down in the evening ) to dream of his future prosperity, and before daybreak he will find himself between two dragoons on his way to the mines of Siberia. In Turkey tbe verbal order of the Sultan or any of bis powerful favorites will cause a man to be tied up in a sack and cast into the Bosphorus. Nero accused Peter and Paul of spreading a "pestilent super stition," which they called the gospel, lie heard their defenee in person, and sent them to the cross. Afterward tried the whole Christian church in one body on a charge of setting tire to the city, and he convicted them, though he knew not only that they were innocent, but that he himself had committed the crime. The judgment was followed by instant execution ; he let loose . the Prtetorian guards upon men, women and children, to drown, butcher and burn them. Herod saw fit, for good political reasons, closely affecting the permanence of his reign in Judea, to punish certain poilli traitors in Heth-K-iicm tv uiim.iiivu. TU1S requirca the death of all tbe children in tbnt city under two years of age. He issu ed his "general order," and his provost marshals carried it out with too much alacrity and zeal that in one day the whole land was filled with mourning and lamentation. Macbeth understood the whole phil osophy of tbe subject. He was an un limited monarch. His power to pun ish for any offence or for no offence at all was as broad as that which the At torney General claims or himself and his brother officers under the United States. But he was more cautious how he used it. He had a dangerous rival, from whom he apprehended the most serious peril to the "life of his govern ment. The necessity to get rid of him was plain enough, but he eouldnot afford to shock the moral sense of the world by pleading political necessity for the murder. He must "Mask the business from the common eye. ' Accordingly he sent for two enter prising gentlemen, whom he took into his service upon liberal pay "made love to their assistance ;" and got them to deal with the accused party. He acted as his own judge advocate. He made a most elegant and stirring speech to persuade his agents that Banquo was their oppressor, and had "held them so under fortune" that he ought to die for that alone. When they agreed that he was their enemy, then said the King So is he mine, and thongh I cori.rs Willi Bti:KF.M-t:iiWfLU, wchiiM from my siht And bill luy will avouch it: yet I mvt not." For certain friend, who are bulb hi aud mine, W hose love I may not drop. ' ' For these, aud "many weighty rea sons" besides, he thought it best to commit the execution of his design to a subordinate agency. The commission thus organized in B anquo's case sat np on him that very night at a convenient place beside the road where it was known he wonld be traveling; and they did precisely what the Attorney General says the military officers may jr. in !.;.- oo.ntry they took and killed him, because their employer at the) head of the Government wanted it done, and paid him for doing it out of the public treasury. But of all the persons that ever wield ed this kind of power, the one who went most directly to the purpose and object of it was Lola Montez. She re duced it to the clementrry principle. In 14', when she was minister and mistress to the King of Bavaria, she dictated all the measures of the gov ernment. The times were troublesome. All overGermany the spirit of rebellion was rising; everywhere tbe people wanted to see a first-class revolution, like that which had just exploded in France. Many persons in Bavaria disliked to be governed so absolutely by a lad3r of the character which Lola Montez lore, and some of them were rash enough to say so. Of course that was treason, and she went about to punish it in the simplest of all possible ways. She bought herself a pack of English bull dogs, trained to tear the flesh, and maiiirle the limbs and lan the lite-blood ; ana with, these dogs at her heels, she marched up ami down the streets of Munich, with a most ma jestic tread, and with a sense of power which any Judge Advocate in Amer ica might envy. When she saw any person whom she chose to denounce for "thwarting the government" or "using disloval language," her oledicut followers needed but a sign to make them spring at the throat of their vic tim. It gives me unspeakable pleas ure to tell you the sequal. The people rose in their strength, smashed down the whole machinery of oppression, and drove out into uttermost shame, king, strumpet, do!, and all. From that time to this neither man, woman, nor beast, has dared to worry or kill the people of Bavaria. All' these are but so many different ways of using the arbitrary power to punish. The variety is merely in the means which a tyranieal government takes to destroy those whom it is bound to protect. Everywhere it is but another construction, on tbe same Crinciple, of that remorseless machine y which despotism wreaks its ven geance on those who offend it. In a civilized country it nearly always, uses the military force, because that is the sharpest and surest, as well as the best looking instrument for such a purpose. But in none of its forms can it lie in troduced into this country ; we have no room for it; the ground here is all preoccupied by legal and free institu tions. Between the officers who have a power like this and the people who are liabld to become its victims, there can be no relation Except that of master and slave.- Thf master" ltffay be' kind and the' servant maybe contended in his bondage; but the man who can take your life, or restrain your liberty, or despoil you of your property at his discretion, cither with his own hands or by means of a hired ovdrseer, owns you and he can force you to serve him. All you are, all you have, including your wives and children, are his prop erty. If nry learned and very good friend; the Attorney (ieneral, has this right of domination ever me, I shonld not be very much frightened, for f should ex pect hint to use if as moderately as any man in all the world ; but I should feel the' necessity of being very discreet. He might change' in a short time. The thirst for blood is am appetite' which grows by what it feeds upotv. We canraTt knovf him by present appear ances, llobespierre resigned a coun try judgeship in early life, because he was too tender-hearted to pronounce sentence of death upon a convicted criminal. Caligula passed for a most amiable young gentleman before he was clothed with the Imperial purple, and for about eight months afterwards. It was Trajan, 1 think, who said that absolute power would convert any man into a wild beast, whatever was the original benevolence of his nature. If you decide that the Attorney General holds in his own bands or shares with others the power of life and death over us all, I mean to be very cautious in my intercourse with him ; and I warn you, tbe judges whom I am now ad dressing, to do likewise. Trust not to the gentleness and kindness which has always marked his behavior heretofore. Keep your distance ; be careful how you approach him ; for you know not at what moment or by what trifle you may rouse the sleeping tiger. Uemem ber the injunction of Scripture. "Go not near to the man who hath power to kill ; and it thou come unto him, see that thou make no fault, lest he take away thy life presently ; for thou goest among snares and walkest upon me battlements of the city." Tk. nglil v" vl.. U . - O . vi i- mcnt to kill and imprison citizens for political offences has not been practi cally claimed in this country, except in cases where the commissioned officers of the army were the instruments used. AVhy should it be confined to them ? Why should not naval officers be per mitted to share in it ? What is the reason that common soldiers and sea man are excluded from all participa tion in the business? Xo law has be-, stowed the right upon army officers more than than upon other persons. 1 If men are to le hung up without that legal trial which the Constitution guar antees to them, why not employ com missions of clergymen, merchants, manufacturers, horse-dealers, butchers or drovers to do it ? It will not be pretended that military men are better qualified to decide questions of fact or law than other classes of people, for it is known on the contrary that they are, as a general rule, least of all fitted to perform the duties that belong to a Judge. The Attorney General thinks that a proceeding which takes away the lives of citizens without a constitutional trial is a most merciful dispensation. His idea of humanity as well as law is embodied in the bureau of militajy jus tice, with all its dark and bloody ma chinery. For that strange opinion he gives this curious reason : That the du ty of the Commander-in-Chief is to kill, and unless he has this bureau and these commissions he must "butcher" indis criminately without mercy or justice. I admit that if the Commander-in-Chief or any other officer of the Government has the power of an Asiatic king, to butcher the people at pleasure, he ought to have somebody to aid him in select ing his victims, as well as to do the rough work of strangling and shooting. But if my learned friend will only con descended to cast an eye npon tbe Con stitution, he will see at once that all the executive and military officers are oonpUuiy voi;ov-ov Ly the provision that the life of a citizen nhall not be taken at all until after legal conviction by a court and jury. You cannot help but see that milita ry commissions if suffered to go on, will be used for most pernicious pur poses. I have criticised none of their past proceedings, nor made any allu sion to their history in the last five years. But what can be the meaning of this effort to maintain them among us? Certainly not to punish actual guilt. All the ends of true justice are attained by the prompt, speedy, im partial trial which the courts are bound to give. Is there any danger that crime will be winked upon by the Judges? I oes anybody pretend that Courts ami juries have the less ability to decide upon facts and law than the men who sit in military tribunals ? The counsel in this cause will not in sult you by even hinting such an opin ion. What righteous or just purpose, then, can they serve ? Xono whatever. But while they are utterly powerless to do even a sliadow of good, they will be omnipotent to trample upon inno cence, to gag the truth, to silence pa triotism, and crush the liberties of the country. They will alwa-s be organ ized to convict, and the conviction will follow the accusation as surely as night follows dav. The Government, of course, will accuse none before such a commission except those whom it predetermines to ruin and destroy. The accuser can choose the judges, and will certainly select those who are known to be the most ignorant, the most un principled, and the most ready to do whatever may please the power which gave them pay, promotion and plunder. The willing witness can be found as easily as the superserviceable judge. The treacherous spy, and the base in former those lothesome wretches who do their lying by the job will stock such a market with abundant pnrjury, for the authorities that employ them, will be bound to protect as well as re ward them. A corrupt and tyrannical government, with such an engine at its command, will shock the world with the enormity of crimes. Plied as it may be by "the arts of a malignant priesthood, and urged on by the mad ness of a raving crowd, it will be worse than the popish plot, or the French rev olution it will l-e a combination of both, with Fonquier Tinville on the bench, and Titus Oates in the witness' box. You can save us from this hor rible fate. You alone can "deliver ns from the body of this death." To that fearful extent is the destiny of this na tion in your hands. Taking St . "Louis as !t96 feet above the level of the sea. we find that Ih-nver. Colorado, Is ". tiolilcn t'itv, Black w'k, Central City ....5.317 feet. 5,s2 (.vf . ::J.OWJ twt. ....J,3W feet. ProF. "What's the first rule?"' Boy "Constitutional amendments." Prof. "What's the next?" Boy "Patriotism. It means keep your feet warm and your head cool." Prof.- "What's the best policy V Bny "Take care of yourself." Prof. -What next?" Boy Take care of Mexico." Prof. "Good boy; take No. 2 at thd head of your class: " A poor emaciated Irishman,- having called a physician'in a' forlorn -hope, tb' latter spreads huge mustard (master and clapped it on the fellow's- breast. Tat, with a tarful eye awd s-jd poonff ancc, looked dowo upon it and stfid, ''tlbtlor, doctor, dear! it strikes inc that it is a deal of mustard for so little mate !" The Great lln-rawr. Iteabh. THE QUAKES AMD HIGHWAYMAN. Toby Simpson, a pattern to Quakers, inhabited a neat little house in London, beautified by tbe presence of his daugh ter Mary. She was scarcely seven teen, a beautiful blonde with blue eyes, and possessing as much wisdom as beauty, was sought after by all tbe young men among her father's acquain tances. Those of the neighborhood tried, in vain, to win a smile. Mary was not a coquette, and so far from turn- j ing to account the effect produced by her charms, she felt so much annoyed I 1 ...... . . ! by it, that sbe could hardly treat with civility her many admirers, one only ex cepted Edward Weresford a young artist who was intimate with the family. A simple occurrence was the cause of this intimacy. Premature death had taken away the wife of the Quaker, still in her youth and beauty, aud be, wishing to perpetuate the memory of one so dear to him, had called a paint er to her death bed. It was there that Edward first met the afflicted daughter there, between the tears of one, and the sacred eniplopment of the other, year passed since that event had only served to strengthen the bond formed under such circumstances, and the young nan had already ventured to declare lis hopes and desires. Toby had no reason for opposing the inclitations tif the young jieople. Without being rich, Kdward earned, by mean j of his brush and pal let te, enough tohonorably maintain a family. llistathci, Mr. V eresford, an old city merchant, had retired with an immense fortune ; t rare example of repeated successes i speculation, so rapid even, that very jew persons have been able to follow their progress. Mr. Weres ford, being of a quick, stern disposition, lived alont in the west end of Ijoii don, without troubling himself aliont his son, aid leaving him to shift for himself. le was one of those oblig ing egotist, who troubled no one iu order not to be themselves troubled one of the most perfectly complaisant, provided nothing is asked of them. Edward, then, bad nothing to hinder his courtship of that fair Quakeress, well knowiag that her father would not oppose the kiarrage. The situation of the lovers was most prosperous, and honest Toby waited for nothing to fix the wedding day, save the back rents due from his farms, intending to set apart that income to defray the expen ses of the or.casion. With this view, he left for his country seat, a few miles from London in order to arrange his affairs. He was absent from home but a single day, and returning at night on horseback, he perceived, a little in ad vance, a horseman who blocked up the road. He stopped for a moment, un certain whether to proceed or tarn back. While in this predicament, the stranger advanced toward him. It was too late to think of escapeing, and putting the best possible face upon the affair, his starte 1 his horse again. As he approached tbe troublesome stran ger, he perceived that he was masked, an unpleasant augury of what was soon contiemed. 'J'hci unknown. rlrewr ria tol, and pointing it to the traveler, de manded his purse. The (Quaker was not a coward, but calm in character, inoffensive in religion, and unable, be ing unarmed, to resist an armed man, with the greatest coolness he drew from his pocket his purse, containing twelve guineas. Ihe highwayman took it, counted out the money, and let the Quaker pass, who, believing him self cleared, quickened his pace to a trot. But the highwayman, seeing how little resistance had feen ottered, and hoping for more boot-, soon re joined honest Toby, and again blocked up the the way, and pointing his pis tol, cried out, "Your watch!" The Quaker, although surprised, did not show it in the least, and cooly tak ing out his watch, and noticing the time, placed the jewel in the hand of the thief, saying : "Now I pray you lot me go home, for my daughter will feel uneasy at my absence." "One moment," replied the masked cavalier, growing more hardened bv his continued docility ; "swear that yon have no other sum. "I never swear," replied the Quaker. "Well affirm, then, that you have about you no more money, and upon the honor of a highwayman, who will not resort to violence towards a man who yields with so much grace, I will no further molest you." Toby reflected a moment, and shook his head. "Whoever thou art," said he, gravely, "you have noticed that I am a Quaker, who would not conceal the truth, although at the risk of my life. In my saddle bags I have the sum of two hundred pounds sterling." "Two hundred pounds sterling!" cried the highwayman, whose eves glistened through his mask. "If you are good, if yon are human," replied the Quaker, you will not take this money ; my daughter is about le ing married, and this sum is necessary for the occasion ; it would he a long time before I could get together a sim ilar sum ; the dear child loves her in tended, and it would bo exceedingly cruel to deny their union. You have a heart, perhaps you have loved ; you would not, cannot, do so wicked an ac tion." "What has your daughter, her lover, or their marriage to do with me ? Few er words and more promptness ; give me the money !" Toby, sighing, raised the 'saddle bags, took out the heavy sack and handed it slcwly t'd'fhe' masked man, then et tempted to gallop off. "Hold on, my Quaker friend," said the other, seising the bridle. ''The moment of your arrival you will de nounce me to the magistrate ; that is usual, and I have nothing to say ; but fmust at least, be beyond pursuit to night.' My mare is feeble enough, and what is more, she is fatigued; your horse on the contrary, appears vigor ous, for the weight of the sack did not incumber him ; dismount, and give me your horse ; you may take min if you wish." It was too'late to think of resisting; stiff althonrn the increasing demands we're of a naturvf to'hdat the bile of the most patient man, good Toby dismount ed, and with resignation accept wl the sohry jade that was left in exchange! nad I knovrn this, he contented him self thinking, I should have ran away when I first met the' rascal, and ceWain ty he would never have overtaken me with this rouxsT. Meanwhile, the masked man, f bank ing bint ironically for his complaisance, burying his rowels, d'sappearcd. Before arriving in London, the plun dered traveler had lime to reflect up on his situation, and upon tbe disap pointment of the poor young folks, who loved each other so much, and whose happiness would be postponed. The sum taken from him was irrevocably lost ; there was neither means to find or recognize the audacious thief ; nev ertheless, as though struck by a sudden idea, he stopped short 'Yes !" cried he, "I may succeed by this means. If this man resides in Lon don perhaps I shall be able to findbim. Heaven has, doubtless, determined that he should le imprudent !" A little consoled bv some hope, Toby went home without appearing the least t troubled, and without speaking of his adventure. He did not go to a magis trate, but embraced his daughter who. doubting nothing, and as usual retired and slept, with pleasant dreams. Next J morning he commenced his researches. I Bringing out the mare from the stable j where she had passed the night, be placed the bridle upon her neck, hop ing that the animal guided by habit, would naturally g to her master's house. 41, ls 1. .w,.L..1r..l 1 u k f . if a free in the streets ot London, and followed i her. But he over-rated her instinct; for a long time she walked about, mak-! ing a thousand turns and curves with- out object or direction; sometimes stop- j ping, then starting iu a contrary diree- ! lion. Toby despaired! The thief,! thought be, never resided in London; j how silly I was not to notify a mag- j istrate before it was too late, in-j stead ot dejK-nding upon this animal to j tui'l the vagalnmd. He was interrupted in his reflections by the children, who had been nearly trod upon by the mare a moment since so ouiet, now she started to run. "Stop her! stop Lc-rl" cried every one. "Let her go!" cried tbe Quaker, "in the name of Heaven, do not stop her!" And following, with anxiety, the course of the animal, be saw her rap idly enter the half-open gateway of a splendid residence at the est J-.nd. "Tis here," thought the Quaker, thankfully raising his eyes to Heaven. Then, in passing l-efore the house, he saw a servant in the yard patting the beast, and conducting her to the stable. He then asked of the first person he met the name of the proprietor of the house. "What! are yoa a stranger in this part of the town that you do not know the residence of the rich merchant, Weresford ?" The Quaker stood petrified. "Weresford, repeated the man, be lieving himself misunderstood ; "you well know tbe man who has made so great a fortune." "Thanks, my frieud, thanks," re plied Toby. He was unable to recover himself. Weresford Edward's father a re spected man ! he my thief! He believed himself the butt of a dream, and wished to return home. Nevertheless, he called to mind several instances of respectable men who bad been connected with bands ofmalefac- source of which was so uncertain, then this mare, which seemed to be going to her master. Toby was determined to solve the mystery. He went boldly into the yard, and demanded speech with the master, who, although it was nearly noon, was still in bod another indication of a night of fatigue. The Quaker insinted upon being introduced immediately, and soon found himself in t eresford s ItHi-chainher. He had just waked, and rubbing ffls eyes, ask ed, a little out of humor : "Who are you, sir, and what do you want ?" The sound of his voice awakened Tolcy's recollection, and completed his conviction. Quietly taking a chair, he posted himself near the bed without re moving his hat. "You remained covered ?" cried the surprised merchant. "I am a Quaker, replied tbe otliT, with much calmness, "and you know that such is our usage," At the first words of the Quaker, Weresford sprang up, and closely ex amined his visitor. Without doubt he recognized him, for he turned pale. "Well," asked he, stammering, "what is, if you please, the the subject which brings you hither?" "I ask pardon for having shown so much haste," replied Toby, "but among friends it is not usual to stand upon ceremony, and 1 am come, without form, to ask for my watch which ycM borrow ed yesterday." "The watch !" "I value it much it was my poor wife's and I cannot do without it. My brother-in-law, the alderman, never would pardon me for letting a jewel which recalls to mind his sister, to pass from my hand a day." The name of the alderman seemed to make some impression on Ylfestford. Without waiting for a reply, Toby con tinued :' "Yon will oblige me bjr returning those twelve g ine as which I lent you at the sains time; nevertheless, if j-on are in want of them, I Consent to kind them to you, on candltitfii you give me a receipt." The coolness of ths Quaker so much disconcerted the' merchant, that he dared not deny the possession" of the stolen articles but not wishing to ac knowledge it, he hesitated to reply, ard' Toby added: "1 have1" told you of th projects marriage of my daughter Mar3. 1 had reserved a suin of two hundred pounds sterling for the bride's portion, but I have met with an accident, last evening; on the London road I was completely robled, so completely, that I arn come to pray you to give yonr'son a marriage portion, which, had it not been for that, 1 should never asked of you." M son !" 4 . "Eh ! yes ; oVm't yu" know that it is him who is in love with Mary, and is to marry hr?" "Edward!" cried th merchant, throwing himself at the' foot of the hd. Edward Wesford," calmly replied the' Quaker, taking a pinch of snuff. "Let ns see ; do something for him. I should dislike to have him know what passed last night, and if you do not furnish the sum I have promised it will be itecessary I should tell hira how I lost it." Weresford ran to a secretary, took out a box with a triple lock, opened it, and placed in the hands of the Qitkr, his watehjliis purse and his sack of money." "(JchkI !" paid the Quaker, on receiv ing them : "I sec I was rii;ht in depend ing uprn you." "I& tliia all vou kh.'" &mid the mei- bant, in a brisk tone. "No, I require sou. etliinir further of vour friendship." Speak!" "You must di-sinherit vonr sou." "How?" ".You must disinherit him; I do tot; wish it said that I have speculated upon ; your fortune." And finishing these Words, the Quaker left the chamber, j No, murmured he, when km, "chil-! dren are not bound by the f'sats of witnesses to the marriage of the Duke their parents. Mary shall marry the j of Cumberland w ith Olive Wiimot, be-h-ou of this mau, but touch bis stolen I ng one of the attesting witnesses to monev, never. " I the marriage of King George, when When in the yard, "Ho my frieud!" ! Prince of Wales, with lluiiiu.h Light cried be to Weresford, who was looking ' foot. out of the window, "order my horse to ; This v.a before any Royal Marriage be brought out." " j Act had been passed, forbidding such. A few moments after, Toby, well ; marriages of member vf tLv I&y'a? mounted, carrying behind bis bag of j family ; so that the subsequent cervuio monev, and provided with bis watch ' "il of marriage bet ween KingGeroge and purse, at a moderate pa-e regained J HL and tbe Princess Charlotte, of bis house. j Me-blenburg,Strc-lita, which took placo "I have just made my maraiage visit i i 170"!, was not a valid marriage iLw to your father," said" he to Edward King having already a living vfife iu whom be found there. -I believe that -Queen Hannah, (formoTy Lightfoot.) we shall be able to siirree." j and having by her four children, who Two hours after, Weresford arrived j died without issuv, or at least Lave Un at Toby's bouse and taking him aside : I descendant living: "Honest Quaker," said he "yoor pro- j Tlx marriage of King Goorira TIL t ceedings has touched me to the bottom ' Mi4 Lightfoot was twice terforiiied of my soul, you might have uishoner- first at the chapel .of Kw Palacai, me, have hihoiiered inv son, ruinei 1 near lioiidon, in A pi-iilliiii ; and again me in his estimation, and have made j him unhappy in refusing him your j daughter; but you Lave ante iikc a! wise men; and a mau of heart. 1 wish ! no longer to blush in your presence. j "Tak these psyiers. roo.i i..! vou i will never see mearaiu Ile then left, and the Quaker opened i bam, and Anne Taylor, to whom f-treJi the papers ; there were checks of large frequent allusion is madj in Horace amounts on the ' hfst houses iu IjoikLmi, i Walpols's earlier letters, as a lady then came a long list of names, and by j holding important secrets of the Court, the side of each name was placed the j Now the title of Mrs.-Adelaide Vic-" amount of larger or smaller sums aud j toria Coburg born Gueiph to tLo a note was prefixed to it, on which the ; thron? of England is derived through Quaker rea l as follows : j her father, the Duke of Kent, from tbo "rnese- ei, names of tboe w-l.o issue of the reputed marriage between have Uen robbed; the figures are tnc 1 " ,, thc VvUu. Ci.-floti; amounts which onifht to l returned. ) ut Mechleiiburg, .Ntie.iiiz. tnai uu Draw the money from mv bankers as i marriage could be valid, bow cver, thoiiL'h for lturrjoses of foreign' f'x-1 tbe rceding facts make clear ; Hau- chan'ire, and then make the restitution ! secretly. All that remains is my le gitimate fortune, aud your daughter may be able some day, to accept of my inheritaiice." The next morning WeresferJ had left London, and all lielieved he had gone to live on his income, in Fiance. Ou thc marriage day of Edward and Mary, the Quaker assembled a large company of joyous" frionds, among whom might be noticed a number of persons, rej icin" themselves w ith the proceeds of t he lniion thieves, who, by the interference of Toby, had been induced to return to tLem their lost property, with interest. A CLAIMANT TO THE CROWN OP From the Sea- York Citizen." From the proceedings i-efore th Lord Chief Baron and Judge Ordinary o England, reported in the IjmJou papers of June 2d, it appears beyond controversy that the present legitimate Queen of England is not Mrs.' Adelaide VSrtnrS folwrrjf, tinrn f'Innlph,' lint Mrs. La'vinia Jauetta Hortot J.yves ; and that the trud Prince of Wales is not the narrow bead?d, ill-tempered and half imliecile" manikin w ho some years ago was placed ou exhibition in this country by the Duke at Newcastle, but one Willaim Henry Uyvts, son of Queen I.avinia aforesaid, whose cause we hereby espouse with all thc zeal and devotion of Lochicl and the chieftains of th' Scotch Highlands to thc right ful succession of the Stewarts as cm bodied in the person of "Pohhic Prince Charlie." Let us briefly opitor.Jize the facts of this astounding revelation r Oh March 4, 177, Henry Fredrick Gueiph, Duke of .Cumberland and brother to George III. was duly aud lawfully married at the house of Lord Archer, in Grosvcnor Square, London, to Miss Olive Wiimot, daughter of the 1 lev. Dr. John Wiimot rmf Princess of Poniatowski, t-ister to the king of Po land, and the lleverciid Doctor's wife. The marriage ceremony was perform ed by the bride's father, Dr. Wiimot, and is attested in numerous certificates by his signature, that of the bride and bridegroom, and also of lnird Brooke and Mr. AddOz, who w?ro present- S witnesses the genuineness of such signatures luying again attested by Wil liam Pitt, subsequently the great Lord Chatham, and Miv DuitiiSiigj who was afterwards created Viscount Ashbur tou. ThTC is a further documentary evi dence in th? hflnd-writing of Kii' George 11 1." attested as genuine by the signatures of Lord Chatham, Mr. Dun ning anil Dr. Wiimot, that Olive Gueiph, sole issue of this marriage, was recog nized as the legitimate Princess of Cumberland by the King who settled a lileral allowance npon her for main tenance, and iosned flrr her benefit a patent of nobility crc3titig "Olive of Cumberland' DucIifss of Lancaster," dated Palace of St. Janios, May 17, 177.'!, and attested y the signatures of lxrds Chatham eiid ATshburtoii aforesaid. THis was upon condition, however, that the secret of Olive Wilmot's mar riage and Olive Gitelph's birth should le preserved ; and that the title; of Ducltess of Lancaster should" bo l-e claimed by the latter until after the King's death this being to save the Duke of Cumberland front prosecution for bigamy on account of his subse quent "marriage, in October, 1771, to the loidy Anne Horton, sister to the notorious Colonel Luttre'Il,' and Irish wit, politician and profligate, who is now chiefly rwinetnltered from denunci ations of his acts and character iu the pages of Juiiitis."" ,. Olive Guelpli,- Princess of Cumber land and Dutchess of Lancaster, being kept in ignorance of her birth under the King's orders, made an ill-assorted marriage, wlien but seventeen years of age, with a Mr. John Thomas de Sier ras who was "a painter of eminence aud mcinbeTof the lioj-al Acadamy in those days ;' and of this marriage came as sole issue Lavinia VJanetta Horton de Scrras who subsequently married An thony Thomas Kyrcs of Maitland Park, near Iondon, of which marriage comes William Henry Byves, her eld est son, true present Prince of Wales, as his mother, lavinia Janetta, is true Queen of England, But some explanation is required of how the title of Adelaide Victoria Co burg liorn Gueiph to the throne of Great Brit ian is proved to Ik-just no ti tle at all, a barsinister ruuniug across the roval qnarterings of her escutcheon from left to right, and here again we obtain soother peep at bigamy u-s oae 'f the pastimes of the royal family of ; England. Kiug' George HI. wbeii Prince of Wale-?, was dufv md lawfully married. ' , . i i -s . a m r j . . ! ikiii win a ci jpin, J'vf: to Hannah LigLtfoot Dr. Wiimot being the confidential clergyman of the palace, who performed the ceremony, and the same Lord Chatliuiu who cer tified as genuine the signatures of the wnen they commenced living openly together iu the palace of the Prince of Wales, at j'eckbam the King signing one c-ertiffcate "Georga P.," and tuu other -George Gueiph," while the at testing witnesses on both occasions arw William Pitt, bubscquoutly I .old Clutt- Begins (born Lightfoot Lein (M true t4ueen r, and an issue ot the pre tended nuptials bet wecu George III. and the injured Priu cess Charlotte Imputative Queen) being merely royal bastards and Hotoing more as little entitled to the English throne as are the swarm of Lords M Ladies Filz Clarence, whT are the natural children of King Wil liam IV., by Mrs. Jordan the actress." "1 do not disguise from myself," taid the Attorney General, "that" this trial is nothing less than a claim to tho throiio ;"and still more pregnant were the words of the Lord tSiief Baron of England, presiding J udge of tho occa sion : "We are bound to take notitw that George IIL was publicly married to Queeu Charlotte, and that they were publicly crowned. If there was a prior' marriage, and the first wife was living" (which she- wasj ''At the time of the second marriage, George"' IV.; may have bad no right to the throne . The courteous Lord Chief Baron was too polite to say that George IV., un der such circumstances, could bave"ba4 no right to the throne," but that bo "may have b.-id none;" nor did be add, that accepting the proof of Hannah Lightfoot 's marriage with GorgttIIL, the Dnk 3 of Kent father of Ade'laid Victoria, was a mere iriqioster, and therefore -unable' to transmit any title to his daughter her present (putative ) Most Sacred Majesty of Great Britian aiid Ireland. All those extraordinary statements and facts are attested, and appear placed Imyond dispute on masses of evidence such as we seldom' find clus tering aiouiid evcnls of such pc.lKal importance, and to keep which secret such enormous interests have lecn for four generations arrayed. In direct proof of their truth, no loss than sev enty original documents have been pro duced by the counsel for Queen I-averrr-ia Janetta and her son Wiilia:& Henry, Prince of Walos. This mrperabundance of testimonv C!5ntairi- "twelve original signatures of George 111. ; twelve of Mr. Ihmning, subsequently Lord Ashburton ; sixteen of William Pitt, the great Ixird Chat ham; thirty-two of the Earl of War wick, Lord Chatham's executor : eigh teen of the Duke of Kent, father to Adelaide Victoria Coburg, born Gueiph; and forty-three signatures of the emi nent and respected Dr. Wiimot tho authenticity of all being capable of ready proof by comparison with their handwriting on file iu the indisputable records of Parliament, the High Court of Chancery, the Probst" Court, tbe British Museum, End other great arch-ir-.s of tLe English kingdom. "To-morrow" is tho day on" which lazy fo!k9 work, and ftiols reforia. "I'm getting fat," as tho loafer bail wht'tt he was stesliiig-'ard. Tho feelings of the lovers at the altar are often altered afterwards. Why cannot two slender iiersons ever tK':ora4' great friends? ilecauso thy will always be slight acq uauta noes. "Wife " said" a hen-pecked husband, "gotolK-d," -si wont." Well then sit up; I will he minded! "I stii going to draw this lieyiii into a knot," as the young lady said v.l.cu standing at the bvmeuial alter. Don't Bclive It. it is said that tbe difference between eating Mrawlierries and kissing a pretty girl is so sniail that it cannot bo appreciated. Mrs. Partington, reading an account of t he death of a venerable lawyer, who was slated to l-e "tho Father; of Ihtt Bar," cxclaimesT: "Poor,- dear man ! ho bad a dreadful noisy set of children." "Paddy," says ayonkcr, wliy don't yon get j our cars cropped they are entirely too long, for a man!" ""And your," replied Pat, ''ought to le length ened they are too short for au asa." There are no people in the world with whom eloquence is so universal as with the Irish. When Leigh Ritchie was traveling i Ireland, he passed a man who was a painful fqiectacle of pallor, squallor, and raggedness. His heart smote him and he turned back. "If you are in want," said Citche, "why don't you lseg?" "Snrcly its begging lam your honor." "You did'nt say a word." "Of course yer honor, but see how tbe skin is spankin' through tbe trous ers, and the bones cryin' out through me skin. Iook at me sunken Cheeks, , and the famine that's a Ktarm igfr u!ic-s icn' it Re--" . am, with a thou&aiii to;