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OLD  SEKIES, vol.   31.
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BONO OF THE FREEDMEN.
Jehovah's rod commands the sea. And He hath triumphed gloriously ; His judgment-tides in justice sweep The horse and rider in the daep. Released and free ! 0, happy thought I Blessed d^y oor sulfering fnthers sought! The years of boiidoge, dark and long. With clouds and storms of heavy wrong. Now flee before Ihc new-born light. And Freedom's rays solute our sight, To Qod be thnnlts ; and thnnks to men ; Now snnilcro'l falls.thc ponileroQj chivin.
Oppression's bau of ogee broke ; rtjever rent thc crushing yoke : Jg^ng, wo sing, Swi>i-t Liberty !
Wi come, we oome, by niillions strong. To joio the right with might and song ; To Freedom linked by holy tie. For Her to live, for Her lo die.
THE MASSACRE
AT LAWRENCE,  KANSAS.
Messrs. Editors:—At tlio request of many of yo«v readers, who wero pre»cnt at the lato meeting of the East IJuUiinore Conference in .^toona, and beard tbe loo- turo delivered there by KfV. Mr. Ilnddock of Lawrence, Kansas, on tbo Qu.iutrell butchery, I hnvc endeavored to famish a copy of tbo same fur publication. It is, however, somewhat imperfect, nnd will, I foar, convoy but a poor idea ofa discourse aa full of cIui]ucDoa and pathos, which muat be heard in order to ba fully nppro- oiatcd. A portion of it is intontionally omitted for wanl of rooiu. I,pt those wbo love elavory belter tb.Tn thoy do their ccun- try, read, ponder, nnd reflotjt. The inci¬ dents hero related will no duubt occupy a prominent place on the bloodiest piipo of oitr oation'a history, whoa the last traitor. haa filled a traitor's grave and gone to a traltor'a rowaru ; wiiuu itiu lasi vt>all.;ti wf thia>belt-born inatitution bas been blotted fr^ par national escutcheon forever, and whan the thousanda of fatherlesa cliildren, mitde such by its iufluenco, shall have learned to eurse its niemory aa tha author of all tbteS* wrongs and sorrows.
¦      Reapectfully yours,
-'' Reportee.
Mr. ^fS jock said he proposed a lecture whioh might be entitled missionary life on tha frontier, with illustrations from his own personal exporioDoa and observation. Some years of his past life bad been spent in the wilds of the West, mainly in the field of Kansas. The history of that peoplo, as hia haaiera were awaro, vHf» a sod one, and bed beati written in the past and ia the present, in tho tears aud blond of a noble, plttrlotic and intelligent people. Ha oould ralate iooidents ooooeotod with thoir sarly hiatory, thrilling nnd barbarous, beyoud, pracedeDt in the history of civillzatioti, previous to the opening of the present War. (fouia thought in 1855 and Q, that the tjtatameoti iu tbe publio print* of crtiellies, barbarities and murders wero axa^tgcraled, that the dark picture was too highly drawn auii too distinctly colored. Hc had to tay to-night, in the preeenoe of Qod, that ac¬ oordiog to his judgtiieot and obncrvatiun, md ezperieooe, that ths balf of tbe sad ftory of their early troubles was never yet told to tho people of this lantl. He ^ould limply ssy that iwsh barbarisi^, intirdci^ and wruDg, oo lungtiaga oould color tuo highly, DO'artist's peooil could paint up lo the sad reality. It was a matter of bisto- rv DOW that our tuorohaots were driven from their stores in tbe tuwu of Lei^Toow9rth aad.nbliged to hide themselves tn the buah- «•, their families wera taltan without an hour's warning, placed on steamerB and Mnveyed to St. Louis. Some tjf our men wife lied to logs and  sent  floatioi; down
arms in their hands controlled tbo eleo- i tions, copying thousands of names from tho City Directory of Cincinnati, whioh ', were recognized aslngnl by tho authorities. I All these thing»«oie truths,solemn truths 1 fur the correctness of which he was pre¬ pared to vouch before tbe audience. It was true that whon our border was under ' the contrnl of these ruffians, ono man went j dashing through the streets of Leaven¬ worth, nnd swearing tbat bo would havo , tbe senlp of n daninod abolitionist before j night. Riding sume distance out of town j ho overtook a gentleman who had been to j the town fo do some shopping, und waa ri- i I ding leisurely  hnnie   in   hia buggy     Hei
40 00 I "'^'' "P ^^'^'"'^ ^"" ""i^ "'"J' *"'">   ""'' "" ' 00 00 I tln^gentleman fell firward in his seat tho j rutnan rode up alongside of him,   grasped [ bis hair, struck ofi'bis sculp and rndu buck | through thc   streets   shaking   the' bloody i scalp nnd swearing thnt   bo   hnd  now tho scalp of a damned nbolitiunist.    Thnt cur¬ ly attempt io fasten slavery .upon  tbo un¬ willing peoplo of Knnan.s, wns tho opening scene in the   tcrriblo   drama of this   civil wur, through which we now   tread in riv¬ ers of bloud, tho dark plotof secession be¬ ing close behind it.    The first step was to seize Kansas and overrun and secure it to s'avery, thua opening the mighty territor¬ ies of tho Northwest to its inuoraing tido, and to day, if tbe  penple  of Kansas bad not been truo to their   purpose, hud they not met and opposed that tide darkly roll¬ ing from bell, we might bo wearing upon our necks the yoke that Southern masters fixed there.
It is known to you that the penplo of Kansas resolved at nn early day tbat tho polluting trend of slavery shuuld never stalk ncro.sB her beantiful prairies, and bor penplo, Inic to the high nnd holy purpn.ae, to tho interost.s of a common humanity, nnd to the tenebinus of thc Hook uf Ood, amid the sinuko of their burning csbiiis nnd the graves of thoir dying henie^, wrought out that blessing dear to Ameri can citizens, un appeal to the Imllot box ; and I confess I am proud somewhat ufthe hislory of my adopted bome nud ptii].'.!- when I contemplate the pnst, nnd remem¬ ber the storrr .'•truBgle through which wc havo gone, and by God's giacu nnd thm' bis I'rijvid'Mico triumphed I will ni)t dwell on tho early history r.f thnt field. It is enough to ssy thnt I spenk whnt 1 know when I sp(>nk theso plaio thiilgs I hnve stood hy Ihe graves nf lluae early martyis nnd prayed witb their broken hearted wives ami orphan ohildren, and know that I speak the trnth.
Uut I tnrn'Jo consider Ibe religious !i|ul mnral devotnpoineut iif that ecuiotry 9 yenra O'.'o thern was nut in all ibat broad field 8lrett;liinii fium the Missisfippi tothe Rooky Mouiilnins. a fingle (Mirisliao or¬ ganization uf any nnme, save hero and there a missionary staliun nmong-t some of tho native trijies, : IJighl years npi the pnnplo of Lnwrertee were tiviiig  in  teiits,
.ith  <>>.|ls n.u.ln ,>r  Uirt frnm   the .n'r.iriA
aod roofed wilh canvuss. In such nJ^i.nt'. Bishop ]i iker, eight years aeo, urL':inized a Methodist Onnferflnee, eiHiipns,;d of 12 Christian men, and enol tliem not to preaeli here and thero, pt^immiii/ .tin.' iiiihridf^ed Ktrenms, finding their way enrosii tlie.se trackless piniriaA guided by diiy by, thu Indiai> trail and by the stars nt night, gn. thering n few together around some camp fire or in some tent or lone cabin und thero breaking to them us beat they oould_ thn bread of eternal lifo, und tonight [ bless God aa I reiiieinher the blessed soones and hnurs of christinn communion and fel- loW.ship and woiship, under these circum- sluncc.s ut that early day, Aud now I look over that soene and: thut^ field und what do I behold ? Thore uro to day thrao Meth¬ odist Annual Conferences, fully recogni¬ zed, wilh 70 ministers and ti.OOO members, 100 Subbath Schools and 4,U0U childreu, iv attendanco. When 1 reiuumher thn past, the perils nnd difiieultiea, and thu faiuiuo three or four years ngo, when one young man—brother Lloyd—and his wife, having' charge of a largo circuit, lived sonie three weeks on uutbing but inferior squashes und some little eara of green corn, such as tbe cattle and horsee would hardly oat, and yet that brother and others held 00 to Iheir posts and strugi>1cd thruugh the darkness, preaching the gospel uf aTu- sus Christ; i oonfoas that my heurt glows with gratitude to Ood, for what he hns done for us and by us, in thht field of ipi4-. sion OD our wild frontiers
I would cull, yaur attention tothe histo¬ ry of tbe churuh at'Lawreoue, which bud its origin in tbut Annual Cunference. Its history hud been'varied. Its growth was not rapid unlil a year past. Di^ring thc last year bcforo the terrible quisaiuiff, a great retretbing had visited tho people.of Lawrence. A hundred preuioua souls were gatbired'i'u Ibe player meetiog tho night before tho massacre, and when T gaVo per¬ mission a goodly nutnber knell dowu at the altar.irf pragieii. i.vball oever' forget thoL preciousnesk of tbtthour, the last of ehris
f think of one now : ayoung lady, aomo : hcsilatcd, but on the pledgo Ibat their 17 years of ngo, who came forward and lives .should bo spared, handed over all knelt down at the altar of prayer. Her I that they possessed. After takiug their father, a gray headed old man, knelt nu I monoy and valuables, they told them they tbo othor sido. Uow tbo good old lunn ' must go ovor to Massachusetts street to plead for tboso mournors; with what sweet give aiiaistaneo in rifling some stores, say words of trust and hope did he direct them iug that they sbould not be harmed. The to the Laml) of God ! The next morning ; young wives plead with these demons for I met this young lady io the street, her ' their husbands, but they repeated their ns- cnuntennncc wrought with agony, her eyes ' surauecs, and these four men passed out filled wilh tears. Oh, brother Haddock, ! ofthe gale, but just a» they stopped out- said she, tbey bave killed father 1 his bo- i side tbey began to shoot them dnwn.   Pr.
tbe river } ;tfa«t thotuands'wf: border ruffi ,,,»iii were thrust across  our border*, took
Meulon of the ballot bote*,  and with   tiao cOmiouriioo'iiDcf fellowship  onjiirtt
dy is being consumed iu that building ; they havu killed brother, and here his bo¬ dy lies ! These rullinns had gone into the house, and touk ont the old man, and weie about to shoot hiio, whon the girl went uilt and plead fur his life, the life uf her father ; she picad his gray hairs, his wrin¬ kled brow, his innocence of olTuuce, until enraged, the ddiuons turned upon her und threatened to shoot her dnwn ; then (|uiok- ly turning back upon thu old mnn, they shot bini down, gathered up the bndy and hauled il intu the building they had fired, when I looked in upon hiiu, with Ihnt no¬ ble girl ; and this, for no ofl'enca what¬ ever, for no crime, save that hc loved his country, and humanity, and his God. That is the spirit of slavery ; developing treason, nnd treason terminntiug in massa¬ cre and butchery.
I said wo parted from that prayer meot¬ ing littlo expecting that we. would bo rous¬ ed, ere the twilight bout next morning, to witness a carnival of dcinons, our proper¬ ty their booty, our persona thoir victims, ¦yet it was so. Just at daylight iu tho morning, 400 nrmed men, leu 'uy Quaulrell, a nativo of Ohio, a Northern man—und by tbe way, is there a moro godloas, hell- deserving cluss of men unhung, Ihun trai¬ tors at the North. Yd such a man, lead¬ ing suoh a baud of men, with hands reek¬ ing with the warm blood of Union people, for the laat three years, ond who, since tbat n'assnere, oaptured ono day wilh hi.i murderers the budy gunrd of Oen. Rlunt, over a hnndred ynung men, the flower of our youth, nnd nftet he had tbem prison- era nnd stripped them of their clothing, watches und money, deliberately ahot down some 90 of them ; such a band of infuri-' ated devils, 400 strong, Ipd by such a uhiiftnin, cnme dnshing wildly throngh our streeta, yelling liko demons, nnd shoot ing down every man whn ehnnced to bo out of his house at thai hinr. Kvery mnn Ihat they oould rouch witb bullets fell, nnd they were nt (men in possession nf Iho place. We conld do nnthing ; ianlafed nnd alnno nswo were, every man tbnt came nut to form a combinatinn wilh bis neiirh- bor, was brought dnwn liy bullets. Oh, ihis will! scene I Thia terrible scene thnt I ennnot describe, thnt nuthing cnn dh- seribe, thnt noipcncil cnn pnint—this wild scene of robbery and moaanei'i! went f-nr fully nnd terribly on I Quickly they ware at the houses tind publio pinces, taking pos-nssion of the principnl slreela; tbe s»n»,a were hrnkeii iinen the nrnnrletnrs were eninpelled tn npnn their own safes, llie baokinir hnuses were brnken open, the oiti«()ns rihbed and rtiiirdored, the Indies' porxnofi vinUlod ii* a manner whieh deeen- ey forbids nin tn nam", the rlntya twisted I'^ihr thoir flngurs niirl tlin ollirtiih({Worn from thoir bodies" Tbe whole of the busi. ncsa part of tho place was burned down, one fourth of tho cntiro town consumed, and there lay 180"of'my brethren, neich- bora nnd follow-eitlzens, oonsumed in their burning buildinga, one fourth of the male population of tho place. No questiona were nsked ; they aeemed In know fil nbout nSi The people were a Ilnion loving peo¬ ple, and nil went down. Mnny mnde tlicir escupe by omceuling themselves in wells, ravines, nnd hushes, nnd a few wbo wore strangers iind travellers stopping al the Rldridea Houso, wero nibbed, but nnt kill¬ ed. Tho citizens wont down in onc indis- criminnto slaughter. T watched that terri¬ ble scene from my own house. I was, with nlhers, aruused from slumber and sprang to my window, remarking to.my wife, tho guerrilluB nro hero and we are powerless. And yet I did not dream of un indisoriiiiinnto niagsaore! I supposed thut they would rob us and burn us out, but beyond this I could not seo, and so tuld my wife thnl I would make the beat terms I cnuld with them if thoy came in, but they did hnt oomo in. Finally a ruf¬ fian wua chasing one of my neighbors past my house, and na I exposed myself at the window, he dropped his revolver, fired on ino, and then contiliftid oo his wny. .After tbis I escaped through the back nonr Into tho garden, and eonecnled myself in somo bushes until the scone was oviir, hnving rooeived repealed signals from mj'i|rife nol to eotne.
I then oaUe oot fr6m my hidtigplace and went throogh the pluoe to mtnlsttir to the suffering. In a house near where I lived wuro foor young men nnd theii* wives, three of Iheni Utely uwrried and boa/'djng there. Tbeso ruftians roJp to thd duor'witb  revolvers prtjsciiled,'ai»^
Crossweil was the first.    Throwing up his arms ho exclaimed,, '"Oh,  for God's sake don't kill luc," and full back into the urms of his invnlid   wife.    Young  Trubk   was fearfully wuunded   in tho neck,   but   still remonstrated   with his murderers.    '-Oh, ' men," said he, '^you pledged us our liven, ' this is barbarous, tbis is   cruel,"   and   as , these words fell  from   his   lips,   a  bullet: pierced his   heart.    Senatpr   Thorpe   fell | with a bullet thruugh his body, and Uaker j with two.    There loy four of our citizens, who had received tho pledge a moment be- [ fore that their lives   should be   spared.— • Such   ure   thc men wilb whom wc hud to , do, nud such is tho  spirit  of  lho.se  who i seek to undorniioc the fuir fabrio   of our government, tho fairest on whicii tbo sun shines—such Ibe spirit of thut institution, dark from thc pit, that hua suught lo crush | and destroy the government of thc United i Stntes.   I went over quickly to thut houso | of mourning nnd stepped into   tho purlor. ', In ono corfier   lay   Senator  Thorpe,   oot j quito   dend,   his young wife bending over , him witb n fan.     As I knelt beside him I ! ivl.i.speu-d,   "my friund, yi(U uiusl luuk lu I •fcsus now es youfonly help aifd Saviour." I shall never forget the words of   thut dy- ' ing mun,   as ho turned his eyes, glassy in death, und whispered batdc,   "yes, I'll try to trust Him," nnd then expired.     Tn the i next room I found thc bodies of thc dead, ! with their   broken-hearted widuws, und I ; knelt down VMth them   and   prayed,   and i referred them for ennwlation and comfort to tho blessed pTumiso of  our Lord Jesus Christ.    Whero else could I   go !    From what   other source oould I bring some lit¬ tle drunght of  comfort   to   thise   broken hearted wives 1      1 shnll never forget tho expression of youog sister Trask.     Turn¬ ing hor oyes   to   mino,   with   some   little ligbt umid her tcurs, sho suid,   "oh,   Mr. \ lluddoek,   I um nn orphan, my father and ; mother are dead.      My husband is butch- ' ered by Irailors here, but ob, I thank yuu that   yuu come to me with those words of eonsolalinn from tbe Pcriptures.    1 thank you fur these words of Jesus "
I spent my time for severnl days vi.srtine these willows nnd fatherless cliildren, nnd trying to comfort tbem with these words of liu'ht and life and hope. FroM thia spot I passed nlnng the strcels ngnin. The next ludy I nut was Mrs. Hell. Sho snid to me "havo ynu seen my hushnnd, Cnpt. Uell? Ohl l know ho is killeil!" » tried to assist her to fitid him, nnd started' nlnnif those desoluto streeta: tho ladies had gone out nnd thrown a blanket or quilt uver the dond bodies to protect them from the heat; I went along lifting a binnket hero and there amongst the tiiiok- ly gtrewn de.id. nndaomo twenty rodsawiiy I fnund tho boily uf Captaiu Bell. Mrs. lioll recognized tho fallen form of her hus¬ band, and fell nn it. [ will not attempt a description of thot scene. We took up tho body and hmnght it back to tho house,' whiuh the rufliniiH hud fired, but whioh bad beun oxliD!.(uishnd through hor efforts, and thero wb Imried him nfter a littlo, in oneedrnar of his yard. [A short sketch of tho life of tha Chrislian und patrint, Cuplaiu Holl, here follows, whioh, for wanl of spaco, we nrecooipolled lo omit.— Reporter.]
On thia fatal Friday morning, a littlo com¬ pany uf recruits, raised io couipliuooo with tho President's call fur voluutcora, oon¬ sisting of twenty-two buys, two of theui under 10 years of age, oao the aou of u widow and two ministers sons, wero en- eainped just in front uf Capl, HoU'a door. Theso ruffians rodo around the camp firing upon thom continually, uiitil eigbtei'o of the twonty-twu lay low in death Capt. Kcll sprang fur his eword, and was hasteo- ing from the house. His wife aaid, "hus¬ band, you must uut go out, they will kill you" Ho auHwered, "wifu, I oanoo^fluy here and see our pcupla aloughtered thus withoul inoking ou effurt to save thom.— Wc must form companies and urganixOi to savo vur pimple," then kneeling dowo— his wifepuinted out to mo the spot whore hc knelt—bo offered up a short but, fer¬ vent pruyar, aod tajting llio hand of his wife, hc said, "wife, adieu ! wo bave^giveo what wo bad for otfr priuuiples of truth aod riglitoousoess, aoj now V>>>"y 'all by the li»nd of these ^riiitnra tod murderers, bul thoso principle),;for nh'yifb. we bave struggled ood bolieved to be< jOod-itivoD and eternal) those principles, wjll jiva." ¦yes, thnnk Gnd, tbey will live,; and I .Ihouglit, Of I koelt by ,lho ,si4a of,,that open ftrave, wilh t)iat))rA)'en-hasrtcd wid
demanded a siihreoder.     These four meo   ow aod thoie six fatherltas ohildreo, that
such principles would livo till the last traitor tn his country wns dead nnd buried in a traitor's grave. Cnplain ISell went out of bis hnose, nnd as hc did so funr horsemen rude un him nnd shot him dend.
Ono other incident. Just in front of my houso, flying fur safety, wns a man wilb bis wife und child. In one hnnd was a little bundle of valuables nnd bearing his child—a sweet littlo girl of aomo fnur or fivo summers—in tho other. Two Itorsoinen rodo dowo upon this littlo par¬ ty, and commnndcd the man to pnt down his child. Tho man throw down his bun¬ dle aod sat-duwn on it, the little child still clinging to its father's neck. With uwful iniprccatious, they commanded a lady near by lo como aod tako away the ohild, but tha littlo onc still rifuciiig ta gu, clung closer to its father's Dock, tjne of those demons then commenced striking him over the bead with hi.s revolver; the little girl all the time pleading for her father's life so sweetly, "oh ! don't kill papa ! dear, good papa '" with a iweotuoss enough to melt a heart of adamant Rut tbat was a traitor's heart—thc spirit of Secession hnd burned out nil thc feeling Ihnt ever wus there. Tho ruflinn still con¬ tinued to bent him with tho revolver till he sank senseless, and tho littlo ono in terror fied from its father's knee, when, at tho aame titne, three bullets pierced his body, nnd the little girl, terror-stricken, camo running buck tober iiiolharexelaim¬ ing, "they havo killcd papa! they havo killcd papa I" That man waa a duss-lcud- cr in the church.
T cannot rclato thc .iccncs through which we pnssed ; the Insl words of tbo fallen ; their bibt look towards their wives and children ; tbese arc enough to givo you a view of tbe apirit and the men with whom we had to denl. Rut you inquire what was the partionlar oauso of their comilip lo Lawrence? Why select that place und smilo it tbus'l' I answer, the people of Lawrence bad been opposed to this aum of ull villaines. Slavery, from thc outset, stnnding constantly truo ond bnttKng for the rigbt, and bave success fully battled to this hour; these border rufliuns, therefore, hated the people of Ijuwreooe; they had been to a man true to their enunlry, nnd given largely to Iho cause, and because their apirit waa liko thc spirit of one nun for the coifctry and Iho uld flng, becnuse of this they uro aelected to meet thi&terriblo sluugbior. And what ! bad I dnuo| as a minister, that my ni)me was written on their roll of death'/ What bail I done'( Ob I the past nicmortes j eome thronging (u my inind 1 reitiembcr when wo—n.y wifo und I—heard the .Macedonian cry, tlio cry for voloiitceis to go ou^.into that perilous field; bow wc i laid the matler befnre God apd sought di- tectinii of heaven; how the answer came, and hnw wo left our comfortable jinrsonago and went out iuto tho fiebltt of Kunsns; bow wo slept many a night by ii Uru uiude fruui the pruiric grufcs, with the Ijro.id 1 beuvens for our covering ; hnw our ' first I shelter was a rude cabin, throngh which I the snows nml the rains eame; und wss I il fur tbis work uf trying tn plant church¬ es and gather souls to Jesus ; wns it fur j this work tbat I must dio ? 'J'hcro were I utbnr reasons. I hnd been, since this re- 1 hellion opened, truo to my country, nnd I given my influenoe without stint tu pre- I serve the integrity and unity of Ihtso ! States; I liad done all thut, and by the I gruco of Uod will eoutiuue lu do so unlil j I slumber in thp silence of the gnivo'. So help mo Oud. And becnusr. of thia, they I marked me nn their dnrk roll of death.— j The 4th uf July last wus a dark day tu ua. We did not get the telegraphic news till I the day hud pnssed. On the morning of ; thnt dny, we giilbered oo tbe buttle field of Juhu Uru<|ru aud of Capt. Bull, aud I tbcic we plead, io thut durk huur, fur our cunntry ; there I gave tbo assurance from j this Word bf Ood, thnt every attribute of j the Almighty muat stond pledged agninat ! thig wiuhed rebolliuD. In that orowd I tbey bad their spies, and marked ua fur I their victims A Indy said tu me, a few j days ago, "you will hardly go back to i Kansas, kpowinc that you ara proscribed and that in'some unguarded monient'tbey I will striko you and yno must fnll?"— , '•Madam," said I, "I havo some brothers , in tho ch6rch, and in tho flesh, that sleep j in martyred 'graves In Kansas, and these I hands hnvo helped to lay thom tenderly and sweetly io their last restlog place.— There lie ono hundred and fifty of ou^ no. I blest citizens, tho uiayor of th)^ oity, aod I one niinitttjr; there they lie, and thoso hands havo helped to lay ihciu swcptly I thote. I liave there preached the funeral i jermoiis of one hundred and aighty of wy I brethren aud eit'ucoSi in tbe proeeoge of I eighty fivo.widows and two hupdred futh- I erioss children, made such by the hands I of theso traitois, luurderepi and Gci>ds, j.and may 1 (loi, ijndcr the old flug that my motlier,taught ii^ t^ love from (ny cradio, i visit these gruyfij,aaaio., . .^n4 'tfijfffi v*, my paople, from  wnom I htta bteo  ho
rudely sundered;  si
of theiii (flu'.Attt butchered. May I not meet them ngaio7 I have n litlle daughter, of some hnppy BummerH, sleopiiig sweetly noar the b"'* of the Rocky Mountniiia, the jiViiMe fltrw- er blooming sweetly above her griiva;,i^ay I uot visit tho spot where lie the asnoa of my child, under tbn prolection of the stars nnd stripca ? God called me there, und He hns nnl snmmoned nie away. By the grace of God I will go bnck nnd suf¬ fer, and, if need be, die. undsl'cp sweetly thero beside these martyred brntliefsiof mine, in thnt anil sacred to liberty, and hallowed by the blnnd shed there for the soke of truth, nnd principle, nnd right; eousness, and God." Yea, I will pn backj and this night, ut 10 minutes beforo 0,.| start on my way for thnt lelH of labor agnin.
And now, I hava been sent niit by mjf, people on this mission. We were building a uhuruh (hern at on expense of some 12 or 15 tbousnnd dollars. The means were at our dispnsnl, bul just nt this momeot thia terrible soene was enacted, and luy penple nre now in the streets desoluto.—- On.r merohant, having 9.')0,000 in rlook, hnd bis house burned, and his fnniily aro left with scarcely enough of clothing tci cover their peraons, and not n cent ip this wido world. Tho rufliuns found brother Wilson in hia storo, and compelled him to open his safo, from which they touk out somo 8!>,000, and then deliberntely shot bim in tho face. Uis hou«c wns burned and fell upon him. Thnt lirm loat not leas than 875,000. I have been sent to laj thi.i matter before the church?" of t.hl« land, nnd nsk for nssistnnco. Will yoB tako us ond plaee us a littlo nn onr feet again? Of the 6000 roeinbort of tb* church iu lyansas, tlier^ is not a mau that ynu Wnuld call a Copperhead. ?Jot one. They are es true ns the needle tothe pole. They havo had tho discipline tp make tbem loyal, if ihey were oot otherwise. I do not itnow that you hnve any Coppei-- heada in the honae, but if ynu have, I would say, trnnsfer Iheni to Kansas; let them have tbe experienco tluit wa havs bad fur thn last twu yeara ; let tbom vitit Ihe scene nf the Quantrell butchery ; let them pick Iho flattened bullets fmm the walla as I hnve done; nnd if there is any pure gold nbnut ihem the eopper will Im gruund off entirely, and the prncioua gold- of palriiilism will gleuia out hrightly !(,. is due to the penple nf Lawrence, tnat we have a ehurch there in whieh to irnlhtir these widnw.s and these fntherlesHchlliJran, and thero tench Ihem In hate sin, and hji(f|, slavery, nnd to love the stars und slripea,' next to the cross of Ihe world'a Kedeemar.
FAKiiio.N'Ani.K Wkiiuimis - Some wjck- cd fellnw has been making a sly dniih htj^ fiabintiahio weddine: '
Knur and-twenty hridPL'roomn nli'ina row; I''our-und twenty duudirs dressed fruiu tap
to tuc ; Four and twenty grimaces, fuur aod-lwell-
ty amiies ;
And   Ihe   osrringea    extending   fonr-lDd-'
twenly uiiles.    ¦ ..; i lU 'io
Fqurand-twcnty  bridesi^ifla, dr^KtA ^W
hoop und feuiber, .       j.
Ilight und furty Nimnhie.s rlnnding all to-.
gether, ;
The bride ringed and jeweled,        ''
The grnotti gloved and glum. And both nf them \ov\c fo|diah,
And both of thnm are iluuib ;   ,     .
A thousand speclalnrn '   "
Tn see tho prelly match j'      "'•''»
A thousand tungnea tn whla^r,; « tol
"He maile quite a duUiti ;''.^c^otol)
Eight and forty iiinniea      .   •,(,;_i rtiiw
.Marching uut .iif cburcb,
, ... Like so mapy auhii"l bnja,|„^,j,„iq
Running from the biroll.,^     •.i,.f.aii
Oh, what a sight to  luuk apiiti al ftver.V
did see. The world mahea « great (Viaf A>r notMnfd ' eeciQi lo me. '"
M^^osh Billiugt'makes lh« fu1ll>Vint|' remarks :
I never k»uld eee enny uae io nakingi wooden goda mail aod feinatl. ¦( i.H
I have often bin tuld that the beat-Wk iz tu tako a "bitll by the horns," but t thitik, in many iostanzcs, I ahud preftr~ the "tail holt.'' !.. .    J
Muaio hnth oharma to aaetlia;a.<atnig«if , Ihia tnay be to. but i wud nither Uy •>i«r ; volver ou hiin foal.
It always (leemed lo me that a left han¬ ded fiddler moat pU the tuno biektrarde.    '
ARTKMua Wahii p.s l!:.*(i.i8T.MeNTa,~ Young men enlist rite off.   Are you ^fratd* it will spile your buty f     Lei' tne t*l|l^lM»"! (bnt the bett and   pratniest girlt   iw ^ia^'. couutry air hereafter goin lu:be k«rt«d l^r „ felluWH 00 crutches,   who hate duqe fireU;,, things io battle, and yoii chirps that ataia at homo in  your country's dkrkett houn,' won't stand oo   mor*  chaftce (ir  piettibg !' ona of'era than Jeff  Davi*  of goioji 'lb'i hcavao ip khalluciu!    Knliat,!—tnim^da Id tbf i>»ni9 of ^aiulet'a da4d^, iiit^^b,,, lilt.