The brethren in Illinois were at the first amazed at what they heard, and did not know what to think or say.

Before they could make up their minds, the following editorial appeared in the _Schuyler County Democrat_, published at Rushville: ELDER PARDEE BUTLER, The gentleman who was placed on a raft in the Missouri River, with a proper uniform for a Northern fanatic, is in Rushville.

We saw handbills posted around town stating that he would hold a meeting in the Christian Church.

We are informed he will deliver a series of lectures, in which, _of course_, he will give vent to his indignation toward the people of Kansas, Judge Douglas and the Administration.

We thought Schuyler county was the last place which a _Northern fanatic_ would visit for sympathy.
We hope that those that go to hear his lectures, which differ with him in their sentiments, will not interrupt him or give him any pretext by which he could denounce our citizens.
To the above notice of myself I made the following reply: [For the Prairie Telegraph.] MESSRS.