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- 4. :7 Alt 1J gOL. MILLER, EDITOR 1ID PUBLISHER. THE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION. TERMS $2.00 PER AXXCM, IS 1DT1SCE. VOLUME II. NUMBER 2.j WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1858. j WHOLE NUMBER, 54. 0 I - I I I 18 1 1 THE OEPHA5. ,.rk. ,f Uit erit- "" Coarimn- f,TUl.,31. "Warre it w"!" 1 A link fair-batted cniUi, At o n aew-nale C" Kntk-Uhenl "owerelt will. A Its; It ii ttole down nit cheek, AatrenHin-lfne'1 "Aha! I bare nwtner My nam, " ma-at't "J:" "Where ii thy father?" then ! atled; He bowed bit little bead. Awl poietini- 1 r,-c,d """' Fobbed "Father, loo, it dead!" roorerpSaa boy! it there aot ooe T dry thy infant Wat? Had tbon no brother, titter. frienJ! An IkfJ. tea, deeping fcm!" I bad a link titter once, Bit the b-ried, too! Fee where I planted oa ker pat The little rioleta bine." "Where ii thy home?" He npwarj turned Mil chilJi.b face M fair, And pu'if to the ante dome, Said be ' My home ii there!" "Him tan-lit thee that, bit angel boy?" He litped, in accentt low "I hare 1 home beyond the tky My Bother told me to. AnJ tbe ii there, nnd ratlier, too. And little aider, dear; They all bare gone to thai tweet home. And left aw lonely her.!" 'And wnnWtt thoa like to go there, too, Mr fair and -eatle boy?" He tlaned bit liny, dimpled kaadt, And fried, in ehildi.li joy -(Mi, yet! dear ttr, mneh would I like To -o to that gnoj place. When I tlmoU tee papa aptn. And my tweet mamma! face! And my little baby titter, ton. My mother aaid I'd tee; f h! none are left bat etranjrert here. To love and care fotte!" "Sweet lobe!" I cried "them le ache it well, By the entallied art, Tbat whrretoe'rr the treaktire it, Tb. re, too, will be the heart!" "The fatliion of thia world may pate, And all iu joyt decay; lint lbrre a Hope immortal given, That ne'er thall fade any. - And like thit fair and beli1ett childa, That toon of all bereft. There it within the aaddett heart, A ray of gladaett left. Thon;h friendt, like thadowa, fleet away. And fortune '1 farm fly. The gloom they leave bat trima the lamp Tint lijhu nt to the tky! MICHAEL ALLSCOT oil, $ THE SHOT IX TIME. A STOIIY OF MARION'S MEN, r j. w. IMTIft. (covtisceo.) Lovely indeeJ was tbe maiden whose he:t followed the yonng soldier to the camp, ami whose joyful smile welcomed his glad retaining". A dark-haired, black eyed creature, of scarcely the medium height, with a complexion pale, yet won dronsly fair and transparent, and s form of more than ordinary grace, and of ex quisite proportions, she was the very being to bring a host of lovers to her Feet Cordial in her manners, proud, vivacious, and with that dash of coquetry in her nature from which no really beautiful woman is wholly exempt, the sphere in which she moved was a delightful, yet a dangerous centre of attraction. Uer (after dying when she was a mere child, her mother contracted a second matrimonial alliance, which was soon terminated by her death, and at the age of twelve years, Dora was left to the guardianship of a moody and unsocial step-father, with whom she continued to reside np to the date of onr story. In heriting from her father an ample, and vn a splendid fortune, yet without rel atives or friends, in whose sympathy she 5011U confide, the beantiful woman, now n her twentieth year, felt all that utter isolation and loneliness of heart so pain fid to even the manly and self-dependent, but especially so to a warm-hearted and sympathizing woman, whose heart TCarn d fw the friendship and affectionate companionship of her sex. even as the Vln , le m lle enltrj desert, longs ior the bnhblirr,t-onnU;a arjd the eratcful suaae, xbe m0(j9 qA circumstances of nr lib had, however, impressed upon her r-vacier sorqewbat of the noble and generous traits of the) Wninn Nalnrallv of a proud, tbqngb, ge.nUe spirit, her very vnuiis 01 BCClnsinn n. trhirh in anAther tnight have produced painful diffidence "j umidity, had added strength and reliance to ner character. iter sorrows; poor creature, had of ate been greatly multiplied by tbe dis . rations which ensued from the contest with the mother country. Entering with all the ardor of a heroine into the feelings 7 sentiments of the patriotlo and bold defenders of HbeHy, so scon as she eonld comprehend the principles npon whioh "y based their resistance. Ho the mother ""-arnay eneoontored the blttfi Tallin,, f T . TXTt.... ner step-fatrrsr, who, though desirous of v.-. .Qing neutrat ia the cqntest. yet at neart, favored the eause of the royal isU, w ndicnled and denounced what be considered the folly and crime of the whigg in. entering into a contest with the mother country. The undisguised senti ments of his fair steo-danchter. hn openly rejoiced at every discomfiture of me uniun arms, bnt increased his dislike and hatred to the cause of indenendence. On all occasions, even in the presence of uruisn omcere themselves, she fearlessly and warmly espoused the cause of her countrymen, to the great mortification of Isaac W barton; an imperious and over bearing man, who could aot endure such inflexible opposition in a member of his own household. The visits of Michael to his honse had long since been forbidden, and latterly he t 1 . . w, naa met nis oetrotbed only by stealth, sometimes at the house of a friend, and at others in the open greenwood always apprizing her of his presence in the neigh- Doruooa, py some preconcerted signal wnicn sne rcaany recognized, fllany a stolen interview Lad taken clace between them, little suspected by her ongracious step-father, who little dreamed of the artifices to which lovers will resort to elnde the vigilance of those who would sundei them forever. Michael well knew how anxiously Dora longed for his coming, and whatever dangers beset his way, he seldom failed to hasten to her side, when the public service permitted his absence from the camp. Sometimes his signal greeted her cars irom tue torest near her dwelling. when the sun had but a few hours com menced his morning course : and again when it had sunk to rest, and the stars of heaven were shining brightly in the ill i in itable vault, some note uttered from afar, unregarded and nnrecognized, save by herself, would canse her young heart to llnttcr with that strange sensation of de light only felt by those who love passion ately, and only to be experienced by them when after a long absence a husband or a lover returns to repay them for the long vijril ol love The sun was within an hour of his set ting, when the line of hazy vapor which had long Iain motionless on the western horizon, begun to prow dark aud dense as it loomed np fearfully in the distance. and the wind, which had lulled for near an hour, again SDrang np ; but this time from the thunder-clond in the west, in fitful blasts, now surcharged with vapor, and now hot and sulphurous as the reek ing breath of a volcano. The muttered thunder began to groan and growl in the west fearfully and deep, and with its wings wide spread, the cloud rode wildlv down npon the gale, turning day into night as its black shadow rolled over the earth. In an instant all nature was min gled in confusion. The sheeted lightnings glimmered and flashed incessantly; the deep-toned thunder shook the earth with its terrific tongue, and the tall trees of the forest bent, shivered and snapped in the gale the crash of their fall swallow-. ed np and lost in the yet louder thunders of the bellowing storm. As accustomed as Michael had been to scenes of peril and danger, a feeling of superstitious awe came over him, and he felt like a frail and helpless creature of the dust, in the contemplation of so im posing and terrific a scene. The narrow pathway along which he rode, stretched away throngh a denote pine forest, and on every side the tall trees wero broken and scattered around him like stubble before the wind. Michael would fain have tnmed aside to seek a shelter from the storm in some of the scattered habitations that lay by the roadside, for the hurricane was now npon him in all its fury ; bnt his past experience had taught him to act with cautions circumspection in a country where civil war had loosened the bands of soci ety, and set neighbor against neighbor, i!., j . : 1 'r. 1x7.11 in outer uu ex.ieruiuiau.tug nunc itch known through all that portion of country as an active and uncompromising whig, he was equally an object of terror and bitter hatred to all who were enlisted against the independence of their country. Fearing lest m seeking a shelter irom the storm, he might unawares place himself in the power of the torice, in whose hands his fate would soon have been sealed, he hurried by dwelling after dwelling, pre ferring rather to suffer exposure to the elements than to risk falling into the hands of bloody-minded and unscrupu lous men. As the road, however, emerged from the forest into an open clearing of consid r:V.e extenl, u ionncl himself within a few rods of a honse which lay upon his right, too dilapidated in appearance to render it prooaoie id at no migui mere - . . rrryt meet with dangerous adversaries. Ano rain, too, was nerly npon him. jnst as he reached the narrow lane which led down to the building. Hesitating only for a moment, he turned his horse'a head and galloped up to the house, turning his horse into the shelter of an unoccupied stable, the door of which opened into the lane. Entering the gateway, where, half torn from ita hinges, the gate hnng ob structing nis way, with a few hasty strides he monnted the steps of the piazza that, tottered under his tread, and rapped londly at tbe door for admittance. Everything about the place wore a de serted and cheerless aspect The mag nificent ahade trees around, which seemed the ffrowth of centuries, stood nnpruncd, and neglected, with their jagged .boughs descending within a few feet of the ground; tho rank Trass was allowed to cover the entire yard, and grew up eveir-torOkaiJ door-steM. while here and there a ifrac.: torr shutter, too rotten to be retained by its hinges, was kept in its place by a rait or pole, cut from the woods and placed as a prop agaiast it The hand railing around the ptaiza was partially gone, and the pillars which supported the roof were nearly rotted away at the base. Altogeth er the building was as dilapidated and cheerless, as if it had remained untenan ted for a whole generation. " '. His. first summons failing to attract attention, Michael knocked more londly than before, and in a moment after, a Gnu and masculine step was heard advancing mium mo ajiuiiiimiu 1110 tioor was thrown open, and he found himself face to face with a tall, athletic and powerful man 01 about forty years, who invited him to enter. - - The furnitnre of the room into which Michael was ushered, was of the most costly and luxurious description. Indeed, considering the time and condition of the conntry, it might have been esteemed elegant and tasteful. Rich carpets of rtn mnnufactnre yielded to his tread as he passed along, and polished mahogany tables, with skilfully carved arm-chairs of oak, met bis view on every side. A beautiful clock of a most costly style, ticked npon the mantel-board, which was elegantly ornamented with vases of pure alabaster and costly bijouterit of exquisite workmanship. So richly indeed was the apartment fnrni.shed, that Michael could not repress a glance of snrpnso and won der, when he compared the interior of tbe apartment with tbe mean and dilapidated appearance of the building from without. liis expression of wonder and astonish ment did not escape the observation of his host whose smile as he remarked it. might have seemed to arise from gratified vanity, but for the expression of scorn and bitterness-by which it was accouipa nicd. Advancing to a chair pointed ont to him at the farther side of the fire-place, Michae) seated himself, while the individ ual who had admitted him into the house, resumed his place at a table a few feet distant, just in front of the fire-place. and busied himself among a pile of papers which lay before bim, with which he had been occupied before the entrance of our hero. But these two were not the only tenants of the room. Imiiiediately before our hero on the opposite side of the hearth wasa small, wiry, pug-nosed, red-headed, ferretty little individual, who, f;om the first moment of the entrance of Michael had fixed npon him his diminutive gray eyes, with an impudent wondering stare. His pantaloons, that seemed to shrink back instinctively from any kind of inti macy with the coarse and rude brognns that encased his nether extremities, so tightly encompassed his spindle shanks, that his ever having established himself in them could not be accounted for by any process short of liquefaction or hy draulic pressure. For the scantiness of his nether garment, however, ample amends were made by the hnge propor tions of a large blue blanket overcoat, that hung about his body like a ship's sails around the mast in a dead calm. The other individual who sat with sev eral papers scattered before him, which he was arranging, as hehnrriedly glanced at their contents, was evidently a roan who had seen somewhat of the world. Though not an ill-looking man, his phys- logiomy was certainly not an attractive one. His heavy brows, and a certain sinihtrons expression in the glance of his eye, which seemed to shrink beneath the calm, quiet gaze of onr hero, caused him to regard him somewhat unfavorably. His eye fell whenever he casually encoun tered the glance of Michael. Our hero id not fail to remark that he started, and with an exclamation of surprise, glanced hastily and suspiciously towards him, as his comrade left his seat, and hurriedly whispered a few words in his ear. A sense 01 insecurity, ana a pre sentiment of danger began to steal over Michael, for he was greatly apprehensive of having fallen in with unscrupulous tories, who were aware of his part in the1 contest with the mother conntry. Dis sembling his uneasiness, however, he manifested no symptom of distrust or suspicion. v Meantime the storm was raging in all its fury. The old honse rocked and tot tered in the gale as though its decaying timbers were about to yield to the shock j of the tempest and be riven by the storm. As wild as was the contention of the elements, Michael felt that it would have been far more prudent and safe to have encountered the tornado upon the high way, than to have placed himself in a measure, in the power of two reckless men, who might belong to that class of desperadoes, who, under the name of loy alty to a distant monarch, perpetrated the most revolting and heinous crimes. At the time of which we speak, there existed between the whigs and tories, the roost unsparing enmity. Tbe blood of war was shed in peace, with cool and fiend-like atrocity ; and the loyalists, as they termed themselves, asked no other excuse far their deeds of blood than that tbe victims of their sanguinary cruelty adhered to, a political creed different from their own, and were animated by an un slfarabts devotion to their country's inde I .adence. Michael already began to suspect that the two individaals before him belonged to that reeklef of marauding tories that infested t . , aftnntry. and ne'weil knew that if his snrinise proved to be correct his safety would depend upon his concealing-from them, tbe part he bad taken, in the. struggle for independence. Sash, being, his apprehensions, he was determined to take advantage of the first psnso of the storm to withdraw from the shelter of a roof, which offered so preca rions a hospitality, and make his way at once to the end of his journey, where he might rest in safety. " Well, my friend.' began the better- looking of the two Individnals, thrusting his papers into a drawer, and taking his seat in front of the fire-place, I see yon have not escaned without a wet jacket Join me in a social glass, and it will not be the worse for your health. Here, b ta ker, set out onr decanters- and glasses npon the sideboard." Stoker bustled about to perform the bidding of his superior, looking for all the world in his immense bine overcoat like some diminutive dog emerging from under a carpet. - All three were soon standing by the sideboard with their glasses filled. " I give yon a toast," said Michael host, with a meaning and malicious smile, as he raised his glass : " His gracious majesty King George the Third. success to uis banter wherever it is spread." Michael laid down his glass, and calmly regarded his host and his companion. while they tossed off the toast gleefully. " Permit me now to give yon a toast" said he, raising his glass from the board, while his eye flashed with pride ; "George V ashuigton, the Continental Congress, and American Independence ! luat is a toast to which a freeman can drain his cup 1" .Little iill otoker, almost petrified with astonishment at the audacity of onr hero, looked from his companion to Michael, and Irom Juicuacl to his companion, as though looking to see the latter annihilate him for his temerity. That individual, however, so far from fulfilling the antici pations of his subordinate, bit his lip with mortification, and with an irresolute air passed his hand over his beard, yet, at tlie same time easting a side-long glance towards the corner of tho apart' ment beyond Michael, where a conple of rifles were leaning against the wall. J. he watchful eye of our hero at once detected the signihcancy of his glance. But my friend," said bis host, aver ting his eye from his fixed and steady gaze, " do I understand that you are not a friend to King ueorge ? Michael s heart began to beat thick and fast. The name of that misguided king had become odious and hateful to every lover of his country, and our hero, of an impulsive and excited temperament, was not one to dissemble his sentiments, espe cially when such dissimulation involved a recantation of those political principles in the maintenance of which he wonld have suffered martyrdom. Sooner would he have torn bis tongue from his mouth than have given utterance to so degrading and hypocritical an avowal as that of, allegiance and respect for a king against whose power he had sworn to do battle while the breath of Ufa was left him. " A friend to King George ?" he ex claimed with honest indignation. "Nay, God forbid that I should be the tool of so odious and despicable a tyrant Look around yon, and neglected fields, ruined homes, and a vast host of bleeding mar tyrs proclaim his tyranny. No ! I am a foe to him and his government ; and God grant that his contemptible and bloody tools may meet with the fate they so richly merit 1" , ' " My good sir," answered . his host yon suffer yourself to speak too freely. Such language might not prove agreeable. to every company into which chance might throw yon." 44 And what signifies that ?" answered Michael, bluntly ; 44 think yon lam knave or poltroon enough to fall in with the humor of the hour, and measure my lan guage to suit tue ears ot traitors ana cravens. Oa my soul, I shall ever speak as I think, even if I stood before the tyrant George himself." 44 But have you no fear of the failure of yonr rebellion," asked the other red dening with irritation4' no visions of halters in perspective to such of you as tbe sword msy spare ?' - 44 TteWlion, sir 1 do you talk to me of rebellion !" responded Michael, while an angry flush began to burn upon his cheek: " and who are yon who presume to brand onr holy resistance to tyranny with the name of rebellion V The eye of the tory for such he indeed was quailed before the firm and angry glance of Michael, and for a moment he looked around at his companion, hesita ting and doubtful as to tbe. manner in which he shonld reply to the peremptory and menacing language of Michael. "I might well object to the tone and manner in which you demand my name," answered the other, shifting, as if casu ally, his position, so as to place himself between Michael and that corner of the apartment where the ' fire-arms stood, 44 but since yon sppev urgent for a more intimate acquaintance, know that my name is Robert Harrison. Nsy, you need not introduce yourself," he continued, observing our hero to start at the mention of his name, and wishing if possible' to intimidate him by following up one sur mise with another" yon need not intro- duce yoorseli; you are atreaoy wen known to us as Michael All scot the rebel follower of a rebel camp, now by a lucky chance thrown into the hands of those who will deal with yon as a traitor I" Little Bill Stoker was overcome, with jov at the surprise which the tory leader. Harrison, bad preparea lor Jiicnaei, ana seemimr to anticipate that he. wonld fall uppn hii kne tq ple4 far.hia life, in the extremity of bodily terror, he clapped his hands gleefully and shouted aloud with laughter. Michael was indeed, in sailor phrase, taken aback, and astounded at finding himself thus unexpectedly in the power of a merciless and malignant foe, whose savage deeds had made his name a by word of cruelty among both friends and foes ; bnt as swift as lightning, and be fore his intafioa could have beeaauspee- x i r V . 1 1 1 r . uxi, no Beizeu upon a coair wuicn torxo nately stood within his reach, and dealing his lightning-like blows to the right and left, laid the panic-stricken tunes stunned and prostrate at his feet. Then rushing from the house, he. mounted his horse, was firmly seated irv.Ju saddle and far beyond the reach of pursuit before his discom fitted foes had recovered from his stunning blows sufficiently to follow in pursuit " Up, Bill, and to yonr horse!" gasped Harrison, in a voice hoarse with rage, so soon as he had regained his feet. 44 As I live the rebel shall hang for this, though I follow him to the ends of the earth 1" As great as was the rage of the tory leader, and as sharp as was the spnr of anger, it was nevertheless already deep twilight when with bis confederate in guilt he sat ont in pursuit of our hero. He had determined upon collecting to aid him in tho pnrsnit ami capture all of the tory party who were in his immediate neighborhood. 44 By the Gods of Olympus, he shall not escape me," hissed Harrison between his closed teetn, as he mounted bis horse. 44 1 know full well the rebel's haunts, and before midnight he shall be dragged from his bed and swing for this." A deep gash had been inflicted npon the cheek of the tory by the sndden blow of onr hero ; the blood had flowed pro fusely from the wonnd, and the bandages in which bis lace was enveloped were stained with his blood. Impetuous and bitterly vindictive, the angry passions of Harrison raged in his breast like tbe flames of a volcano. He had vowed re venge, and he was not a man to be ap peased until he had compassed it With bis renegade lollower, be pnt loot stirrup, consumed with a thirst for vengeance, and soon the old crazy build ing, the scene of their late discomfiture, was left behind them cheerless and unten anted, v TO BB COST1NUKD. BBITJE OF THE TTJSTE2TCGGEE. BY LIEUT. O. W. PATTEN, l B. A. IlalUck TnetMagge ia najse particnlarlv familiar to ia Kefieaeat I'. ". Infantry. On man thai owe oc casion be eutained ait aotitioa again! ha oppoiinr. aeaV aaaat, aatil tbe retreat of kit fcviliea wat secmnd. TWn, and not till then, tH the tub ef thit redoahubl warrior gin way before law nwraaetag kajraaaeta af aba rafariaud aaUiery. ' A way, away! Tint Awadfal Utmt Thy dreamt aWetaU. laat hat eaaaa: Tbe whit Mi1! araaa awakea thy bower. Bit blood hetadt aeewt the covert, home. Ok! haute, while eat th trail ia free, Kar paaee te friera tky bra re akaaU May He hoMt tbe past he tuadt foe Owe 8wifl-footrd bride! away, away! Away, Sway! The fcoha aborv. Thy Under fraane had better tea the", Thaa tkoa abonU'tt wait, oh! heart af lore. To hide tho etaraa af kaaaaa waath. nark! lit tbe trnaipet af the foe Tone, which iaeite tky bra re la etay He lifta the bare he kaadt the how Swift. foeud bride! away, nwajl Away, away! aor oaaraM The enft adiea tky line wwaU tell; With warde an arret at ay keen awet. Bat talent ataxia their feanrjwreattU. Tny warrior waree thee front hit ei-ht. At wearer riairt A Meeri-heaasda Say; Bt Suae bawd their difwttliaf bite Bat ckoa.' frail fawn, away, away! Away, away! thoa waitVt to new Thy araariar-leea la-aight ia rajai Anotbar ant, and ko abaR he Al aaaaiea M thy tide afara. -Hi 1 eearafa! taaat ia on the air, Fleawe aaenrerinf to the elenew't bane; Bit it rhn bawd and teal W date 8wt ties, bad heart, away, away! Instructions to Governor Dearer DerABTmrT or State WaBHiscrros, Msy 7, 1858. W. Debtee, Governor of th Territory Kantm, Leampion. Sib : I transmit to too a copy of the Act of Congress approved 4th May, 1858, L"for the admission f the Skate of Kansas into the Union. Yonr duties under this Act are of the most delicate and impor tant character; but they are clearly and distinctly defined by the Act itself. Congress were not satwbed. as you wui perceive, with the Ordinance adopted at Lecompton by tho Constitutional Con vention there assembled, in regard to the public lands, deeming the grants to the State of Kansas therein ctmtained, too extensive and beyond former precedents m similar cases, lbey bare tnereiore cro nosed to tbe people of Kansas to as sent to such a change ia the Ordinance as is stated ia the Acs, reducing the quantity of lands granted, so as to conform to the grant in the bDl now before Congress for tbe admission of Minnesota. This ques tion is properly left to Kansas to be de cided at a .popular election. Tbe Act prescribes that "at the said election the voting shall be by ballot ad by endors ing oa his ballot as each voter may please, .Prorrosition Accepted" or "Proposition TWerted." Should a majority of; the rotes cast be .''Proposition Accepted,? iPiscrnimrmiSo the President of the United States, as soon as tbe fact is duly made known to him, shall announce the same by procla mation ; and thereafter, and without any farther proceedings on tbe pert of Con gress, the admission of the State of Kan sas into the Union on a equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever, shall be complete and abso lute," Sec But should a majority of the votes east be for "Proposition Rejected, it shall be deemed and held that the peo ple of Kansas do not desire admission .1 tT f.t ..... into i no union wun saiti vonsiiruuon, under the conditions set forth in the said proposition. They will then remain in a Territorial condition, until "it isascer tained by a census duly and legally ta ken, that tbe population of said Territory eqnals or exceeds the rstio of representa tion required for a member of the Honse of Itepresentatives of the Congress of the United states, upon which ascertain ment the people of the said Territory "are authorized and empowered to form for themselves a Constitution and State Government" in the manner prescribed by-the Act Under the second section of the Act yourself, the District Attorney, the Sec retary of the Territory, tlie President of the Council, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, are constitnted a Board of Commissioners, to conduct this important election. The President hss entire confidence that so far as in yon lies, the election will be fairly and prop erly conducted. Yonr powers and your duties are sufficiently pointed out by the Act snd by your previous instructions. It is grratly to be desired that the five Commissioners should act in Concert in all their proceedings. The President above all things desires, that there shonld be a fair expression of tho popular will on this important question; and that any person who commits or attempts to com mit the frsuds punishable under this Act, may be prosecuted with the utmost rigor of the law. It is to be hoped that the people of Kansas, relieved from all out side influences, rosy be left to decide the question for themselves, whetlicr they will immediately come into tho union under the provisions of the Ast, or will remain in a Territorial condition until their pop ulation is equal to tlie number required for a Representative to Congress. Enclosed herewith yon will receive four of the Act referred to, one of which yon will send to each of tho Commissioners named in the Act in order that they may be properly informed of their designa tions. At the same time, yon will provide for an early meeting of the Commissioners, so that the election required by the Act msy take place without unnecessary de lay, and that all suitable arrangements may be made for this pnrpose. The President earnestly hopes, that these ar rangements will be successful in securing a free and fair election, and that at the present important crisis, the peace of the Territory may not be interrupted. The Act for the Admission of Kansas ought to be extensively circulated among the people, bee arise tho question to be decided by them ia one of vast impor tance, and may involve tlie welfare and prosperity of their fine Territory for a long period of years. For this reason, whilst the Act very properly prescribes that the day of election shall be at as esrly a period after the proclamation, as is con sistent with due notice thereof to the peo ple, the intervening perKM ought to be sufficiently long to enable them thorough ly to understand the question in all its bearings and consequences. 1 shall have ten thousand copies of the Act printed in this city, and forwarded to yon for im mediate circulation. Yon will not probably convene the Board until after rlie appointment of a new 1istrict Attorney tor the .territory. A nomination for this purpose will be sent to tbe Senate 011 M mid ay next Shonld you deem It advisable, you are at liberty to publish the whole or sny part of these instructions. I he I'resident wishes to give every assurance to toe people 01 Kansas, that he desires, above all thing, that there sliaTI be a fair expression of the popular will at the election; and that the result may be to produce peace and har mony among tlremselves, and promote their lasting welfare. I am, Sir, your obedient servant LEWIS CASS. Tut Dirtt Ltttle Pio. The Pass Christian (Miss.) Monitor says : Going np tbe street few days ago. we saw a sight we didn't expect to- see. nor do we expect to see again in a great bile. It was nothing more nor less than a little negro boy, about four years old, stretched out upon the ground beside a poor, mangy looking sow, and sucking away as though it were his mother. Such a scene is not often witnessed in our town, and it rather amnsed us. And what was more, the sow seemed to like the idea of suckling a unman Pig. 1 1 A Sab Esd. The Nebraska corres pondent of the St Louis Democrat, writes that Governor Cuming's illness was pro- traded several montns, ana mat no ai- ease is assigned as tbe eause of his death, I .. . -. . 1 11. r. -a .v 1.. a;a OUl It is an auaejUMeuiaj ia uian kuhu of 'rot gut whiskey and licentiousness. The Si. Louis Leader thru acknowledges the appropriateness of Kansas as a field for Parson Kallocb's labors: "The Parson has chosen well. ' As a divine,- he was an excellent preacher where there is no gos pel; and he is just tha lawyer where there is.no law " Thb EMtaRATTox. The tide of emi gration WestwArd continues to flow ia upon us at about the rate it opened at the' commencement of the season. There is ' no jam bnt a continual movement The ' Leavenworth Journal says : "Yehava.; every reasorfO believe that the mass of ' emigration this year has been much great ' er than that of any previous year. We" do not mean in this connection that class" : of persons who come West for the mere ' -purpose of making investments for spec ulation, but of the actnal bona Jtdt settlers of the country the bone and sinew of ' the land the only class upon which we can in the end rely for permanent pros-. perity or steady and substantial progress.' Dooolas Pbospcct Illinois. The Chicago Democrat says in relation to' Donglaa' re-election to the Senate: The Republicans of the West are de-" termined to have an out snd out Phila-" delphia Platform man to represent them.' If they cannot do this, they want a son are- toed Cincinnati Platform man. They want no man like Judge Douglas, who gets to be great free-soiler on the eve of every Senatorial election; then atones for it by beating Southern men themselves, in devotion to the slave interest Liberty or Death. Bell Brittain writing from Richmond, Ya., says : One r of the mcast interesting spots in Richmond, and windfall intelligent strangers desire -to visit, is the little church in which Pat' rick Henry made bis great speech for 'Liberty or Death," and the ancient grave-yard in which it stands. It is ait-' nated on one of the highest hills of the town ; and commands the view which . gave the city its name so like is it to its 4 namesake in the old country. Tlie State of Illinois ia said in contain the most extensive coal deposits of any country of equal extent on the globe. It ' is more than is contained in alt tnrope. Nearly fifty thousand square miles of sur faco rests upon basins of coal, at depths convenient for profitable mining, and very -often coal is found at the surface, and is obtained by stripping or casting off the layer of soil above. The last wish of Col. Benton Was that ' Congress would make an spropriatioir for the purchase of his works, which her lesired might be distributed among tte't public libraries of the country. His last , paragraph note is one complimenting Henry LI ay, which is appended to the ' deceased's, account of the Compromise straggle of 1850, and to which period the" work is completed. A Washington letter writer rernarkaV that to the inquiries as to the meaning tf the English Kansas bill, and whether it", submits the Constitution to the 'people, x tho answer is like that given by tbe show man, when asked by the little' boys which ' was the lion and which the tiger - Jtasf ' as yon please, little boys; you hav paid your money, and can take your choice.". Forney, in Ms paper, ssys : The msnr who would undertake to prove that Chest' nut Street did not extend from the Dels" ware to the Schuylkill', would be voted h lunatic; and yet such a man wonld hot' be more insane than any other who nn dertook to prove that Lecomptdn was not" the controlling dement' ia onr lata -city election. It is rumored that Mr. Rarer, the Atn- - rican horse tamer, uses a file of Congres sional speeches td subdue the 'rerractdry' animals put under his charge. ,' After"' reading about a frrxarter of an -hour, the" qnadruped gives in, and promises an en tire amendment bf morals and manners it' he will otrly topv Mr. Buchanan and his two commissvoo ners to Utah, Messrs. Powell and Mo- Collongh, are all unmarried men. We are afraid thev will not be able to cope with' Brgham Young. A man with a hundred" wives must certainly be an orermatch'for two old bachelors and a widower. A correspondent of the Charleston Mar-' cory, attending the Southern Commercial Ccnventioa at Montgcmtery, writes: 'T' have not met a single man. except the Vlr, ginians, who approves of the late com promise on Kansas. It 19 deiworrced with , great bitterness. . 8peaking of James B.' Clsy's snpportfntr' Buchsnan. who so shamefully' betrayed ' and slandered his father. Prentice says:" Mr. Clay was theantbor of a-great many glorious things, and of only one that' he had reason to be as fi a mod of -and that one is now in Congress The Washington correspondent of tbr New York Tribune, under data oFMay . 12th, wrote : Gen. Shields hss taken his seat on the Republican side of the Senate;- and voted to-day with the Republicans.- A ReoiMcsr or 8oss. Orson Hrde. the Mormon High Priest, rtys that if the Lord spares mm ana no baa good lock." in ten 'earn he wfll bar sons . enough to make a regfment by thenuelrea. The New York Tribune says that 3Ir. English's land bribe is not so - large m: that which the Devil is reported to have , offered in rain, on a trrmorab re occasion. Hon. James Gnthrie, of Kentuclrt, lata Secretary of the Treasury under President . Pierre, is nsmed as the next Democratic candidate for the Presidency. ' ', Bob O'Blennis and Bob Stewart-are both in tbe city. We do not, tVer either 01 them are' pfj$$r ip tt.