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VOLUME X.- NUMBER, 11.
THE POTTER JOURNAL.
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JOHN S. M VNX,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Ooudersport. pa., will attmjtHthe several
Courts in Potter and M'Kean Counties. All
btuincs entrusted in his can: nil! receive
prompt attention. Uflice on Main st., oppo- ,
site the Coa'rt House. lo:l
"K.~\V7"KNOXT~
AI'TdRVEY AT F,A\Y. Coudcrspnrt. Pa., will
regularly attend the Courts tu Potter ar.u 1
the adjoining Counties. 10:1 t
ARTHUR (I OLMSTKD T
A TTGRNEY i COrX&RI.LOR VT LAW, 1
t'ouderajiort. Pa., will aiondto all business
entrusted to his rare, with pruuiplites and
hdelily. Office in Temperance Block, sec
ond floor. Main .St. 10:1
~ISAAC~ BENSON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Couderspurt. Pa., will :
attend tp &JI business entrusted to him. with
c.ire and promptness, Office corner ot West j
and Third 3ts. lu:l
IRP~\VL LLJSTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Wcllsboro', Tioga Co..
!'a , a ill attend the Courts in Potter and
ll'Kcun Counties. 0:13. j
A i'. <NjNK7
ATTOIJ.v E\ At LAW, VV ellsboro'. Tioga Co .i
Pa., will regularly Httcud the Courts o
Patter County. 0:13 1
KNYT BEN TON,
SUSYEYOR AND CONVEYANCER. Ray-1
Moud P. t Allegany Potter Co.. pa.,
*il! attend to nil Ousinees iu his line, with
rare and dispatch. y
W . K. KING,
JSI'KVEYOR, DRAI'TSM AN AND CONVEY- I
ANt Eli, Niitethport, M'Keun Co., !'•., will
atw-nd to business for non-resiUent land
holder*. upon reasonable terms. Relet eli
tes given it required. I*. S.- Maps of any
part ol the County made to order. CelJ
O. T. ELLISON,
j'fIACTICING PHYSICIAN. Cum! -report, Fa., i
re.peeUull y informs the ritizeus ut the vil
lage and vicinity that lie will proiuply re
spond to ail calls for professional services. 1
Ulhcc on Mm a st.. in building formerly oc
cupied by C. . Ellis. Km{. it:22 J
v. s. jojtzs. i rwis mws. a. p. jo\k?. !
J(INKS, MANN A JONES,
pBALF.RS IN DRY CODIES, CROCKERY.!
Hardw arc, Boots a; SituCs, Oii,. eriiu> aud
Provisions, Main si., Co ad,: rs port, Pa.
10:1
I'UIUXS aJtiTM. K. A. JON KE.
SMITH tV JONES,
PKILERS IN DRUOS. MEDICINES, PAINTS,!
tn>. fancy Articles.Stationery. Dry Goods,
Giocerivn. Ac., Maiu st.. Coudersport. Pa.
I o: 1
I> I; OLMSTED,
PEALKR IN DRY GOODS. READY-MADE
• lotiiing. Crockery. Groceries, Ac., Main st., j
Cyudersjiort, lb; I
M w7 MANN,
paAI.EP, IN BOOKS A STATIONERY, MAG
AZINES and Music, N. \A corner of Main
•ml Third aid., Coudersport, Pit. 10:1
E. R HMUUNCTON,
Ei.l KR Coudersport. Pa., having engag-•
f d a wiipluw in Schootnaker A Jackson s
Sture w !l cajry cn the Watch and Jewelry
fniiness there. A line af Jew-;
f ,r J constantly on hand. Wiqtches findi'
Jeweßy carefully repaired, in the best styje.
'JO the shortest notice—all work warranted. *
V:24
HENRY J. OLMSTED,
(St', TfKSoOR TO JAWS VV. SMITH.)
j RALER IN STOVES, TIN A SHEET IRON
ARE, Main st , pearly opposite the Court
you.v-, Coudersport, Pa. Tiu and Sheet
on V\arf made to order, in good style, on !;
►'•on notice. U:l
<'ori>KKSi>uKT HO'L I;I.,
J \ HI.ASSMIUI", Proprietor, Corner of '
'lin tnd Second Streets, Cuudersiiorl. Pot
ter Co., pa. i ;
AUTKGANY TIOUSET
ffAMIhL M MILLS, Proprietor, Coicsburg.
V ) j- a svTll , i.uies north of Cou
cn'i'Ort, cm the Wcllsv.lß Road. s-:44
W' Cl C @
FRLFRTRB
Si TlIE* LETT LIE
j BV SiLEN L.
# Oh the long expected le.tcr,
in the dear familiar hand !
j Twice a thousand tnilf-s it's traversed
O'er the water ud the land
I Bring Hiv rocking-, hair and sciisors,
Watch the babv, close the door 1
i Lel ine have no interruptions.
Till I're read it twice ot iu >tt 1
j
j Now, I warrant me, he wrote it
j j In a business study brown !
J For the "Mrs." looks like ' Messrs."
j And the stamp is upside down !
) Pity he's so care lea—giving
j All his lines an up hill turn ;
) ; Yet I think the sigu'3 a good one ;
j; L-t rue open it and learn,
"Yours "eceived,"—a fair beginning ;
"Health improved ' —good news indeed !
' "Quite roirl'-uicd," —that's but *o—o ;
"Time flies swiftly,"—ah, I heed .'
Fishing, gunning,"—pooh I I warrant
When Ut shoots, a man will tali !
"Cuisine rharmant } " —"pic-nics, ladies," —
Exclamation points and all.
Really, sir, this /ouks like business
In a Somewhat novel li.ie!
In my next, 111 surely tell him
Of that charming trip of mine.
Of the steamer's UJ.rth and music,
Forfeit games, and dancing free,
And die moonlight prom-n.uiing,
Of the "nieirie eompauic!"
Ah ! what is thi- 1 "Wereyou but with rue;"
••Darling children—dolls and <l uui, ;
"Paroqeut with splendid •fathers
Vi hut a Babel wiirm he comes '
"Die St. Mary,—lovrly sunsets
There's a poet lovt in him !
Lonely Sabbatiis ; weary ao.s nee
"Home, sweet bourn," is blnrreu and dim.
"Love' —"farewell ."—would it were double.
Choicest blessings crown tiie man
Who, inspired ol good, inv.nicd
'1 he epistolary plau !
Biess the ship, the car, the mail coach,
Bless the hands, where'er they be,
That have brought this little missive
Twice a thou-a u miles to inc.
i ft rani in iliansas.
Tilt Sacking o! Lawrence ami
oi Usuvv utuiiiic.
Extracts from the boo/: oj I toe tor Gihon,
Gov. Geary's Private ,Secretary.
In the meantime jirejtarations were
i going forward, and vigorously prosecuted
lor the sacking of Lawrence. The pro
slavery people were to "wipe out" this
ill-fated tow u under the authority uf la>v.
They have received the countenance ot
the President —the approbation of tlte
Chief Justice—the favorable presentment
of the Grand Jury—the concurrence ot
tlie Governor—the orders of the- Marshal
—and were prepared to consummate
rhoir purpose with the arms of the gov
ernim lit in the hands of a militia force
gathered from the remotest section yl
the Union.
They concentrated their troops iu large
numbers around the doomed city, stetd
ing, or, as they termed it, "pressing into
the service" ail the horses they could tin*l
belonging to the free-state men, whose l
cattle were also slaughtered, without re
muneration, to feed the Marshal's forces;
and their stoves and dwellings broken
open and robbed —all this under the pre
tence of "law and order," and in the
nauie and under the sanction of the
; government of the United States.
The Marshal's army had a gallant host
of commanders. There was Geu. Ateh-i
ison, with the Missouri I'latte County i
Kitles, and two pieces of artillery; Capt.
I'iuui, with the Kickapoo Hangers;
Gen. String!'. -How, and Col. Abel, his
law-partner, aided by l>r. John U Strintr
fellow and Robert J. Kelly, editor of the
Squatter Sort reijn. with the forces from j
Doniphan, Atchison and Leavenworth ;i
Col. lioone. v.ith sundry aids at the head
of com nauies from Westport, Liberty i
and Independence; Cols. Wilkes aud
Buford. with the Carolinians, Georgiaus
and Mis-issippians: Col. 11. Titus, in
command of the Douglas county militia ;
and many others too numerous too men
tion,
The heart of the Marshal roust have
swelled with triumphant pride, when be
looked upon this jujssc coniitatus, coin-!
prising not less thau eight hundred war
like meu. Gov. Shannon must have re-,
ceived them with that satisfaction which
Governors only can feel w hen about to
accomplish a mighty undertaking, with
the certainty of success. This patriotic
host was about to engage in an enterprise
that was to redound to their everlasting
glory—one of the niost noble actions
that ever called warriors to the field of
battle. But where, all this time, was
.Sheriff Jones, the life and spirit and
power of all this chivalric host ? Why
had lie not made his appearance, to en
courage with his presence, and cheer
with l;is voice and smiles, these patriotic
forces? By some it was supposed that
he was either dead, or dyiug of the
wound in his back. Jones was still be
hind the scene®. The time for his ap
pearance ujsvn the stage had net arrived,
CP I.? tiiv Vrwf.sjiiii of j i*(j iijmoonj.'ti, goD iio of nKvghiti, lliijrjijm** tfiiO Wci>?.
COBBERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 27. 1857.
and he patiently awaited his [.roper cue.
•Soon after sunrise, on the morning of
= the 21st, aa advanced guard of the .Mar
shal's army, consisting of about two hun
dred horsemen,-appeared ou the top of
j Mount Oread, on the outskirts of the
totrn of Lawrence, where their cannon
had been rtationrd late on the preceding
night. The town was quiet, and the
citizens bad resolved so submit without
: resistance to any outrage wheih might be
; perpetrated. About seven o'clock, Dr.
! Robinson's Louse, which stood on the
i side ot the bill, was taken po-session of
and us-d as the headquarter oi the iu
ratlfis. At eight o'clock the main bodv
of the artuy posted themselves on the
j outer edge of the town. Deputy Mav-
Ishal Lain, with ten men, entered Law
rence, and without mob-station served
j the writs in his possession, and arrested
S Judge G. W. Smith and G. W. Deitzler.
i Fein and his companions dined at the
Free-State Hotel, and afterwards return
ed to the army on Mount Oread. The
Marshal then dismissed his monster posse, •
tt lling thvui lie had uo further use lor
them.
It wax nearly three o'clock in theafter
i noon when suddenly another actor ap- !
' pe: red upon the stage. The ''dead"
i and "d\ing"—the immortal Sheriff Jones
—rode rapidly into Lawrence, at the
head of twenty-five mounted men ; ami
AS he pas-ed along the line of the troops,
i he was received with deafening shouts of
j applause. His presence was the signal
, fur action, and a sanction for the outra
; ges that ensued.
Atchison then addressed Lis force?, in
language not sufficiently well selected 1
; for cars polite, and then marched the
•.whole column to within a short di.tanee
:of the hotel, where they halted. Jones
I now informed Uol. Kldridge, the propri
etor, that the hotel mu.-t be destroved;!
j '
: lie was acting under orders ; lie had writs,
; issued by tire First District O.urt of thp
j United States, to destroy the Free .State
; Hotel, and the offices ol' the II:ruld of
Freedom and Free State. The Grand
Jury at Leeotupton had indicted them a> ■
i j nuisances, and the Court had ordered
! them to bo destroyed. He gaie Col. FJ
i drige an hour and a half to remove Lis ;
. family and furniture, after which time ;
the demolition commenced, and was (
prosecuted with an earnestness that
would have done credit to abetter cause.'■
' lu the umaatime, the newspaper offices i
had been assailed, the f.resses broken to i
pieces, and these, with the type and oih- ■
er material thrown into the Kansas river, i
.The following extract from the report of i
these transactions, given in the columns s
of the Leconiptuu I uiou f the most rabid f
pro-slavery [taper in Kansas, the Squat- s
Icr Sovereiyu excepted, iu too significant
not to be read with interest: t
"Whilst the work of destruction was t
going ou at the printing offices, the bom- q.
I bardiuent of the hotel, a strongly con
structed throe story building, commeue-l
ed. Kegs of gunpowder Lad Leen placed
j inside, ami the house tired in numerous
places; and whilst tiie flame- were doing •
their destructive work within, heavy can
non were haltering against the walls i
without; and amid the crackling of the
' .
conflagration, the noise of falling walls
and timbers, and the roar of the artillery
Were mingled the uuwt frantic yells of
nti.-faetioa that constantly burst from
the "law ami order" lovers of Kansas
Territory. .Tones was in extacics, lie
sat upon his horse, contemplating the,
havoc he was making, and rubbing his
1 hands with wild delight, exclaimed : 'This
is the happiest day of my life. I deter
mined to make the fanatics bow before
me in the dust, and kD the .Territorial
laws; and I haie doiio it—by Id —d 1
j have done it 1' "
And then followed scenes of reckless
pillage and wanton destruction in all
parts of that ill-fated town. Stores were .
broken into and plundered of their Con
tents. Bolts and bars were no obstacles
to the entrance of druukeu and infuri
ated men into private dwellings, from
which most of the inhabitants fb*d in
terror. From these everything of value
was stolen, and much that was useless
to the marauders was destroyed.
The closing act of this frightful drama
was the burning of the house of Dr. llob
inson, on the blow of Mount Oread.—
This was set ou tire after the sun had
gouo dv.wn, and the bright light which
its tiameg shed over the country illumi
nated the paths of the retreating army
as they proceeded to their homes, pillag
ing house.*, stealing horses, and violating
the persons of defenceless women. AID
these dreadful deeds were done by hu
man authority. There is yet an account
to render to a Higher Power.
* • * * * *■
This was the state of affairs near Hick-'
cry Point on the morning <f the sth of ;
June. Whitfield was encamped behind'
Palmyra with near three hundred men
The free-state camps mustered, or mus- 1
tering, on that day, were about two hun
dred strong, and two companies were
marching from Topeka with Titty mor**.'
who arrived the day after.
The governor, in view of this condi
tion of things, irwued a pr. qtlamation on
the 4th, "commanding all persons belong
ing to military companies by law to dis
perse, otherwise they would be dispersed
by the I nited States troops." Col. Sum
i ucr, at the hoitd of a largo force of dra
goons, proceeded towards Hickory Point
to enforce the order. lie weut directly
to the camp of Blown, on Ottawa Creek,
who consented to disband, but not until
he was assured by Sumner that Whit
field's army should be dispersed. Pate
and the other prisoners were then set at
liberty, and their horses, arms, and other
proper,? • stored. Captain Pate receiv
ed a severe rebuke for invading the ter
ritory without nuthoriu, and espeoiallv
for being in possession of the United
CStales arms. Co". Sumner ucxt visited
the Camp of Vv hitfield, wlio promised to
return with his men to Missouri, and at
once moved down the Sauta be road, and
encampetl about fiv.' miles bab.w Palmy
ra on the black Jack.
1 Early on the following morning, June
♦3th, this army seperated into two divis
ions, one half of it under General Reid,
with Captain Pate, Bell, Jenigen, and
other prominent leaders, moving towards
Osawattomie, whilst the others, under
Whitfield, started for "Westport. They
had, in their march on the day previous,
taken several prisoners, and before they
divided, held a court among themselves
and tried one of these, a free-state man
named (.'antral, whom they sentenced to
death, carried into a deep ravine near
iby. and shot. His body was subsequent
ly found, with three bullet holes in the
'breast. The executioner iu this case is
said to have been a man named Forman,
Tf Pate's company, belonging to West
[H'Vt, Missouri.
On the 7th. Reid, with one hundred
and seventy men, marched it.to Osuwat
toiuie. and without resistance, euteicJ
each house, robbing it of everything ol
value. There were but few men in the
town, and the women and children were'
treated with the utmost brutality Stores
ami dwellings were alike entered and pil
laged. Trunks, boxen, and de?ks were
broken open, and their eoutents appropri
ated or destroyed. Even rings were
rudely pulled from the ears and fingers
of the women, and some of the apparel
from their persons. The liquor found
was freely diuuk, and served to incite
the plunderers to increased violence iu
the prosecution of their mischievous
work. Having completely stripped the
town, they set fire to several houses, and
then beat a rapid retreat, currying off a
number of horses, and loudly unriug
each other to greater haste, as " the d —d
abolitionests were coining I"
There are hundreds of well authentica
ted accounts of the cruelties practised bv
thi* horde of ruffians, some of them too
shocking and disgusting to relate, or to
be accredited, if told. The trars and
' shrieks of terrified women, folded in
their foul embrace, failed to touch ai
chord of mercy in their brutal hearts,
and the mutilated bodies of murdered men,
hanging upon the tree?, or left to rot up
on the prairies or in the deep ravines, or
furnish food for vultures and wild ;
beasts, told frightful stories of brutal fe- '
rositv from which the wildest savages
C
might have shrunk with horror.
Oa the 21st of Juue, an Indian agent, I
named (lay was travelling in the vieiuin 1
of Westport, and was stopped by a p;utv
of liuford's men, who asked if he Mas in '
favor of making Kaunas a free-state.— '
lie promptly answered in the affirmative,
and was iustantlv shot dead. Such was <
the only crime lor which this soul was •
hurried into the eternal world.
TIIK WAR ON HOOPS AND CRIXO- I
LINK.- —Ever since and crinoline I
have become "institutions" of this eoun- <
try, a merciless war has been waged <
against the ladies on that score. Many <■
persons are constantly harping upon the i
defects and exaggerations of the fashion, *.
and in default of wit of their own, retail s
the chance shafts which some brighterl
intellect has shot forth, or stoop to low s
and vulgar abuse. We think this wrong, i
We hold that ladies have a perfect right i
to manage their own apparel, and for our- i
selves, we want it understood that ire arc*
in favor of hoops :yid crinoline and calico i
generally, and would not reduce the lati- \
tude of the graceful contour a single \
thread, tho' we would venture to hint the t
wish that they would reduce the longi- t
tudc just a little, ever so little, so as not (
to make street sweeps out of their dresses, i
Crinoline, in our humble opinion, is \
one of the most beneficial inventions off
this inventive age*, and hoops '"is" like- a
wise, and we have no doubt the women t
of the present generation have already {
reaped immense advantage from their t
use. It is not now necessary for a ladyjC
to carry tho half of a country dry goods
store on her person iu order to give her t
a respectable rotundity, but she can dis- t
pen*e with ten or a dor-cu of the skirts t
she was wont to wear, bo airy, and feel i
particularly comfortable in hot weather.
We believe if the ladies will stand by the 1
- light eriuoliirc, the generation yet t
i come will bo healthier and stronger, con
- sumption and kindred diseases will b.
- fewer, nature be unrestrained, and lift
will be longer.
-j Our advice theu to the ladies is, Don'
give up your hoops. Never mind what
; acldlc-patod, roosterly polite, self-conceit
ed, popinjay dandies aud utiappreeiativt
. gawks say. Let them rave, and scold
! and blather till they are tired. You
have the right of the matter. There
■ fore, to u-e a common phrase, "spread'
yourselves, as much as vou please, don'i
Concede a solitary inch of pavement room
and make such male bipecb as don't like
hoops, clear the track. "Them's out
sentiments."— l!oflyman's Journal.
I ii I . ... , ,
.dlisrdlany.
Froui the Chicago Journal.
'• T. r. '•
Sometimes the la-ader will notice bring
ing up the rear of an advertisement the
letters "tf. ' l'robably they never puz
zled him much ; he might have regarded
them as a sort of cabalistic literature pe
culiar to the press, and certainly no fit
theme for song or sermon.
However this may be, that pair of let
tors hasa significance beyond the range ol
types, and on into tbc .shadows and out
into the sunshine of that mosaic-work we
call life.
To the uninitiated, it is only " if. ;!"
to the printer's eye. it expands into " tnl
forbid; ' a reminder that the advertise
ment it waits on, i; to be continued from
day to day or from week to week, until
ordered out by him v. ho directed its pub
lication.
The story of how many springs that
have brought the blue bird and violet,
has been told iu that " tf. " wrought
in the green tracery of leaves that rise
and fall ou the Bosom of the air ; paint
ed on clouds at anehor on the summer sea.
carved ou the thresh hold of ewrgoiug
Hoods ; silvered on the moon's medallion;
i graved on the round ruby of the morn
ing pun; in the sera!l of storiu it is
woven; on the breath of song it is broid
ered, and "tf."—" till forbid ' is the sto
ry of the world.
"Tf." is written alike on the drop of
dew —that satellite of the sod—and on
ihe great world that dances in the breath,
and brightens in the smile of God.
"Tf." rounds the summer of human
hopes; it is delicately traced on beauty's
brow ; you will find it in the 'ose's blush
ing bud, yen may sec it in the ever
shining star.
" Tt." is wrought in tlie helms of the
sweeping Tamcrlanes of all time. and
one silver thread of the small-voiced
brook will not be broken without it.
Nature Tuts no stereotypes; all her
advertisements are published with a " tf."
and the types that express her loveliness
are silently "distributed," and the graves
are filled with the eloquence of yester
day.
And even there.enamelled iu the little
billows of turf, that break up earth's
green sward like ;t sea, there is a " tili
forbid," aud so the silent swell of sod
where graves have been, and back to the
air. and up to the cloud, aud away iu
gladness, goes the dust, to be fashioned
into truth and beauty.
" Tf." is woven into the scarlet robe
of Wrong and the purple garb of fewer.
C'ouquest's glowiug wheels are locked
with a " tf.," and the meanest bonds that,
ever bound humanity, bear these letters
stamped on every link.
The young mother bonding with look
of love over the fairest " copy" her eyes
have over seen, forgets that in that little
Iheo, hid in tiie dimple of a cheek or sha
ded by a tress of golden hair, two words
are traded in life's blue autograph, that,
ere long obeyed, may leaves her gazing
up to the full heaveu, that some breath
of summer air has wafted away the
sweetest "copy" iu all the world.
But. the singer of the little song that
goes into ail hands, wherever it is spring,
bears no " tf' upon it pinuns. He knows
it will carol on to other times, and win a
welcome; thct it will sing when he is
dead; that the olive loaf it bears will
never wither; tHat by and by a window
will be opened in heaven, and a hand
will b* put forth; aud singing still, that
tuneful bird will be touched with "the
white radiance" of immortal morning.
And the thinker who en truest his liv
ing thought to time, his thought instinct
with beauty aud eloquent with truth,
feels that no "tf." will prove tlm -end of
all" of his mission; that leaving the red
thresh Hold of his heart, it begins an inde
pendent being, and will stand sublimely
there in the broken coiums of the "proof'
of time.
This is not to die; this is the true
transmigration of the soul; clingiug to
no frail tenure of a" till forbid'" its
types shall never fall to trust, nor a sylla
bic of all its utterance Ho k-rt.
Ther-> is a dignity in pitch work ;to
bridge the narrow neck of grkf, to k^-p
-{ FOLK CENTS.
TERPJS.--$1,25 PER ANNUM.
< repaired the grumbling dome in thehallii
of time.
This has no emblem in the drop of
rain that builds the Bow upon the cloud,
and glitters down the changeful ray that
gilds a stormv world.
This is to pass like some armed war
rior, unchallenged down the ages as they
stand, aud hear his foot unfaltering press
ing the thresh hold of to-morrow. Upon
its gates, "on golden hinges turning," no
"till forbid" was ever traced, and to all
truth and earnest thought bright hands
are beckoning and the liue moves on,
A IJCSSUQ to a Scolding iMothar.
A little girl who had witnessed the per
plexity of her mother on a certain oce*-
iion when her fortitude gave way, under
severe trial, said:
"Mother does God ever fret or scold?"
The query was so abi-upt and startling,
tl arrested the mother's attention almost
with a shock.
"Why, Lizzie, what makes you ask
that question ?"
"Why, God is good—you know you
used to call him the 'Good Man,' tfheii I
was little—and 1 should like to know if
lie ever scolded."
"No. child—no."
"Well 1 am glad he don't, for scolding
always makes me feel so bad, evc-a if it ia
: not me is in fault. I don't thiuk I eould
love God much if he scolded."
The mother felt rebuked before her
simple child. Never had she heard so
forcible a lecture on the evils of scolding.
The words of Lizzi" sank deep iu her heart,
and .-lie turned away from the innocent
face of her little one. Children arc quick
'"b-ervers, and Lizzie, seeing the effect of
her nords hastened to inquire:
"Why do you cry-, mother? Was it
naughty for me to ask so many ques
tions?"
"No. love, it was all right. I was onlf
thinking how bad i had been to aculd a-j
much, when my little girl could hear end
be troubled by it.
"0, no. mamma, you are not bad; you
are a good mamma; only I wish there were
not so many bad things to make you feed
and talk like you did just now. It makes
ine feel away from you so far, like I could
not come near you, a* I can when yon
smile and are kind; aud oh, I sometimes
fear I shall be put off so far I never pan
get back again/'
"On, Lizzie, don't pay that," said tbo
mother, uuabio longer to repress the tears
that had been struggling iu her eyea.—
The child wondered what could so affect
her parent: but instinctively feeling it
was a case requiring sympathy, she reach
ed UP and laid her little arms around her
mother's neck and whispered:
"Mamma, dear, do I make you cry?—
Ho you love me?"
"(>, yev, I love you more than I can tell,"
replied the parent, clasping the child to
her bosom. "And I will try never to
scold again before my little sensitive
girl."
"Oh, I -am so glad. I can get no near
to 50 u when you dou't scold; and do you
know, mother, I want to love you ao
much:
This was an effectual lesson, and the
mother felt the force of that parage of
Scripture. "Out of the mouth* of babes
have 1 ordained strength." She never
scolded again.
A HUSBAND'S LIABILITY FOR ITIA
WIFE'S DEBTS.—A case came before
the District Court in New York, viu Fri
day. where a merchant sued to recover
for silks and other articles of dry goods,
for three dresses, furnished defendant's
wife by plaint iff. during the months of
March and April last, of the value of
It appeared in evidence that dn
ring the months of March and April the
plaintiff sold the articles in question t--<
defendant s wife, and charged thciu to
her. not knowing the defendant. It aleo
appeared in evidence that they were not
necessary for a woman in her and defend
ant's circumstances in life. On this
testimony the defendant's counsel moved
for a non-suit. The Judge granted the
motion, with costs, and Sit) extra costs,
holding that tne husband was not liable,
as the credit was given to his wife. Ex
travagant wives will please take note.
TIIF. REPUBLICAN A CONVERT. —We
fouud to our surprise the following para
graph in an article in yesterday's Repub
lican. headed "Lawless:"
"No matter who does it—respectable
people, or men of doubtful character-^-
whoever engages in violent assaults on
houses, whatever their character or u*ee„
expelling the inmates and destroying the
property therein, is chargeable with wan
ton violation of law and a criminal disre
gard of the interest* of the community."
We can regard this as nothing more
nor less than a well expressed condemnation
of the destruction of the free state hotel
at Lawrence, by Atchiaon and the border
ruffian?, Inst ve.ar. We congratulate the
Republican on R return of reason and
common eeujn tit j columns.—
Democ hi.