Demoine courier., 1855-09-27
3atcs of A0brrtisina.
Patent medicines, per colsmn, yearly 1000
Business and Professional Cards, not maxine
saDeriuation aof AyactpaLaws-John
Lynch, .he terrible judge, was o. snstive

saDeriuafion sof Lyacfpa
Lynch, the terrible judge, was o. snative
Of South Carolins; who emigra.ed to
Kentucky shortly alter. the pioneer, Dan
lei Boone, had established himself there.
'fThe seulerrs on a dark ana bloody ground
as kentucky was sben called, were far
from any seal Of justice ;'lhe nearest
court house being a. a distance OF $50
miles. The appointment OF Lynch. as
a Judge, and the first exercise Of his ju.
risdiclion. took, place in the case OF an
Indian, who stole a horse from Daniel
Boone. The Indian was caught almost
in The act and Boone Immediately iDsti.
iu,ed a court, and twelve jurors, TO try
the offence. John Lynch was elected
chief justice. The Indian vas tried.
convicted and sentenced to receive %.ir-
iy-nin stripes, which we're ior,hwi .h CIV
en-. The authority thu. given 10 Lynch
was retained by him, and trials under
Lynch Law were had, whenever an
outrage was committed. Lynch was a
daring, dissolute fellow, addicted to ev-
fery species Of vice. III has no, been al
legged, however, that his decisions were
partial or unjust lie oulived Boone.
and resided during the latter parto Of his
life, on an island in the Mississippi
The author OF the geography ofihe Mis-
sissippi speaks Of him as one Of those
remarkable menftoG the buccaneers Of
The WesI'hF38E 30 .gas9 gatui9D 10
Steering BY the NoRTH SrAR "A
year or two since, an ebony ~lndlyidual.
ans wering 10 The name Of "Bob" in fact
no one knew whether he had any other
name,) was employ cd by a skipper.psto
assis, him in sailing a small schooner on
The waters of Chesapeake Bay. Bob
diG'n' understand, and could'n, be made
to- learn tbs eomfass. SO the skipper new
er dared to truss hsns 10 munsge the craft.
excep, dusiags assssy Aghtznis when
he could point out . him some heaSlant
to steel FOR. On one accession, however
the captain. who had been up two nights
previous sly, concluded he would trustths
schoonerio Bob and take q lille napon
the deck; so he p~oin'edsou the sNonh
Star to his jet compaaiOn, aud told him
to continue steering for j. until he walked
up. After watching him a shor. time.
and finding that he could keep the ves-
sci headed right. the skipper stretched
himself upon the deck, and was soon a.
sleep. Shortly afterward, a sqall rose
from the North, and blew the craft eone
pls,eIy away frops her course. Alsesait
had cleered away somew what, Bob looked
a.oun ! and found the North Star at his
back. lie sailed along an hour orssO.
doing the bess he could. and cogitaing
over how he should ge, out Of his diff.
GUILTY. But al last he gave il up. and
showing his slumbering mas;erinto wake
fulness with his foot, shouted, aCaR'n!u
Ca7'n! Give me another star 10 steer
by; Use got clean by ,hes eas.-@.
Tornia Pioneer. Il,
Beauties OF Kansas Legislation 81
We take the following from the cor.
rsspoadence of the Missouri Democrat. I
Il may state that, heard two members
of he House confess, after reading the
Missouri Democrats recent article on The
Black Laws of Kansas, that they chad
been . hale too sssslsss mirroring Sthfo'
such an important bill, al one sitting
without referring To- committee. ts.
By a strict construction Of the l2ih
Sec. OF the law referred 10, any person
could be sent to- the penitensiaryl with
hasd labor for two years, for bringing
into Kansas, J efferson's complete works.
Cowper's Task, Macauleys Speeches.
Patrick Henry's wrigh.ings. or the pub.
lishsd opinions Of Washington. Franklin,
the Adamses. John Wesley, Sydney
Smith, Charles Dickens and almost ssesy
modern author Of genius-:oss nearly alb
of these contain expressions OF thought,
which would have Q tendency 10 pro.
mote d.cea,sns among slaves Is publicly
promulgated. dr6e a. ss @ 8