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...... - - - - .v . - . v - f ; rT - .jb,,,. mill II I W Ill III MM 1 1 II''ITt' Xxi--T DoJlor per mnattm-, xdrancr. flubJ of teniDT " "Clubs of treaty, $30, '.. A- f 1 1 rv -" i", . i 1 -r fTQf 21 Tlat-.f-AJTeTtisin -- Papers, Co1p& n,tSr&nze;-frcr, enaLlinf fr proprietor ttrprint Cliff I'Liks'CAtis. CrtyiriqArx LBtJSipCKC nsioa, Tctm, and -nil otocr-kindsf a First insertion, per line, ten eenta;,eaa ub.i2' J .-nt.ftirkKi5Teftt. tree 2oHar'a line, per - f ; I country- Plarfteioit?f'aI4rtrBt:ntin ,nnnm. Qneonrth eoloron , three months $; jiitloiyeVfia9 Ofnlfwlxiinn l iree norths, U; pimoa -iiJT A 3 tfi talent" ana kre i gri" advertisements must be accompanied y hecah, to in rare insertion. - . ( - . j i j . . I iutra w CUrrs lor (,TS promptly ii-Xzt. -ef-l' rv"A. I vtoi'ijiL'.VytW V.wM " ti:,.'iV"J " - ... attended to rhen accompanied with Cash. "Ex- Vol. 2ISro. . ii ik i a iv a ill .xj 1-4 l - i w.tj -. : . . .iA ttat-wva yu r: . aiwuiucao, r- ' ' : Dealer tn "" '. HARDWARE, SOVJES, GftsUtieS.PifiTisiois- cfc4 etc., COMMERCIAL ' Sf.r EMPOHI A. ;KA53 AS. ' Attaraey and Counsellor at Law, - Cotiorrxool raux, iaase w., w ILL attend to all buneB-i entrusted to ni iioa Butler and Hunter conatie. . care in v,ne,juuw, w..-0 .-- - J.STOTLER, TOCPliY PUBLIC. AT THE "NEWS" 'OFFICE, LEWIS W. KUHN, Register of Deeds, ANP .OTAItY,, PUBLIC, r ."; ELltEXDAtO, KADISOT COCirTT, KAXSAS. ' i : jaalS-tf tr,i.kH THOSA. RUSSELL,. ; Attorney. at law and. Uotary, Public,' Office on Ivee.:TrAyS AS CITY, StO.' XT CIlectioiiV'proVnptiy JnaJe.'' n83-ly it t' ny a t 'L a ysr;9 beUl rsrrr. agent. Dealer ia Land Warrants, Town Lots and iV.r. Shares,: Claims, fcc, AVESICTS, BtECEiXRIDGE COtTVTT, ' ,L Pre-emption business promptly attended to Money invested and debts eolleeted Lecnl instro-menU- carefnlly dravjf' up" and recorded Claims filed on and Dtjclaratory Statement promptly for warded, etc., et. r - -w ' -. ST Mr4tB. ia also . President of -the Amencus Towa Company. : . : deell-tf v .: t, : H; S. SLEEPER, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, County Surveyor of 3Iadisoa County,. .- FLORENCE! KANSAS i ? VT People of the Cottonwood 'please leave or dew at the Office of L. D. Bailey, Emporia. ' n73 - G. M. WALZEE, . . C Civil '. Engineer and Surveyor, County Surveyor of Breckinridge County, EMPORIA. KANSAS. Is prepojed witb. superior, instmrnents to do plane surveying. levelinc and d- afunj on short otice , Bridge kPlans and Bills made to order. - v. , y -J M. KANKIN f Attorney at law '&' General land Agent. EMrjRlA,;AXSAS. -,r Will practice in the several courts of record in this and the ajoinins counties. AU business en trusted to his careVwiU receive prompt attfnti?n.; October 9-tf t ti ' t i I X - - - yr n . P. B. PLUMB, Land and Collection Agent, EMPORIA, KANZAS. Will iaveLmouy for. non-residents, mat. -ol-Ifctionepay 4ftxe, etcP v- x " " ' junc5 UlizZ BAILEY.Z. .coxS Attorney and Counsellor at Law, . - 1 EMPORIA, KANZAS. ; . WILL give prompt and faithful attention fo any Dusinesj of a legal nature that may be intrusted tb bis care" in any court of the Territory. rrOffice, at the Store of A. G. Procr, 153 Commereiiir Street-O ? -T f i'j CaTLJ U fX Feb.6rt&5S.i-'- " Counsellor, at Law, ) v m -rr -: LAWRENCE KANZAS.5 -LOWMAN & nEYIfOLDS,; Land and' Collection Agents, sprl7-ly c ' LAWRENCE, 'KANZAS; .'MF. CONWAY, Attorney at Iiaw, LAWRENCE,- y.tilh 5 KAATAS. "T71LL devote himself exclusively, to his pro- ' fession; and attend- to' any. business vhich naybe entrusted to bim .with -fidelity and des rtch. Particular attention given to cases of dis pntd pre-emption titles before the Land Office. Office in Collamore Buildings- Massachusetts t ' Jan. 2 tf ALBERT GRIFFIN, Attorney at" Law-and -Land Agent, MAXHATTAX, KANZAS. rnnant attention given to all business in the Sarjas Valley, west of the Pottowottomie Reserve, atrusted to his care. ' augI4-tf T XX . O . S E nir;t :o ; ; ,;:-f 'i ;-- ; piLjc c'siocuji, ; Physician and Surgeon, UV please rall at his revldencs . half a mile W-h-eastorEmporiS. - BG-tf BLOCKS HI THING. COX Jt BAKEIti ' ' HAVING ectablished themselrcs! in the above business at Emporia, would announce to the reLthft.anxroujidAng'couatry-Almtr-they arc y prepared to da all "manner of wcrls ia tbeit They flatter erience at the ticn to ill vtiit n i.np OiT ith thr Trtt- ?x? viii k !itu tn trire tie tiniest mtn. '.Pricea reasonabteJ i -J i. J.1. roria, August 1. 1F39. tf ; : . 0 : j j Soiin'ialtLrig and Re: Joseph rickabaugh, hkrinc c ,t ,E0, Shop in Emporia, . opposite t B!acksmith shop, is prepared. t",0 fork in hi, line of business, it to do all x, wim ni, use oi ousmes. in a satis- ;'J anner4 :Vagoas, rlows, liarrows, Cul Ox Totes, etc., made to order. I63-Iy . . j . i . ;'. TJMBKRiAND SAWING. The American' Steam Saw Mill, 1 ' I 0CATEI1 Oil ill A uinlk r-f tl,M. .A N fveraad about one milo west of tlU iJunc 'of the Neosho and Cottonwoo.! Rirees. MaJi. Iav,at7r5 sajTerritoryr-A-Thrgs supply T -iways-on nana, ana will oe SOU; tow g-?! other jnill io the country r.-V. &TlBg & e mill and all other machinery n wV. I do not hesitate in calling it one of tiie ail,s ia the: Territory. Am ready at all ..jj to 'ccomraodata all who may patronise me. vjr ana aispaicn. - ;, - - ' il. 31.; BAKEit. r , : .rrbprietor . IIORNSSTS k TICK.' oi ntnness, inthe 1rattninnor. - "nsolvcs that with their-tcmerp a .-.-' PROCEEDINGS Osawatbmiel , Convention: : -OsAWATOMiE,'May'I8,-ll A. M. A;RepabIicafl Convention far the' Te'rrj tory of Kansas haviDg asseabled, according to' previous. call. T. DwigHtThatcber cal led it to order, and nominated Heary JFox, of. Shawnee County, as temporary - chair man. 'Carried.'''-' ?-"':- j ' '. ''a'" .On 'mdtion'of A. DanfordL.T.! D.'.Tbacner was .chosen' Secretary pro, item-,:. : .. ' " 'On r. moiion of Erastus: Iletb, ,, tbe ,chair appointed'tbefloilowinij Committee on- Ore-, dentials: E. '. Heaih',;A.";Danford, P. Shep berd, J. L."- McDowell, ; J, , Martin, xxti SpTigg3and 'A." f. -5bannon. , Adjourned tiif2p:iu J:v,::::;;ji! ,;'........; r' 2; P. 'M.ComrpVtee on';.Credepiial.3 re ported tbai tbey pfesente'jd.ibg names o.tbe, ollowin'as delegates, ; and reojmmen'ieu that tbe delegation ixpjn each. county i be al lowed t& cast the vote' allolted, ,.U it b the Bpportionmentpflbei.jcj).jrii, tbe - Conven tion. r . ,-rr i-. p ft ! Doniphan1 Co.AIarxelre. 'D. W. Wilder, J. B: Wheeler; N.' Price. E.Flem. Brown. Nemaha L Polawatomie andJachr ton Counties. Abraham Ray, W. E. Bow ser - ' ; J. .. ; ; :: . ' 'Madison, .Butler and JIunier'L. . D, Bailey. ' J ; ' ';, ; 'Linn H. Jones, Mark Eobsrtson, Al-Danford; J. W. Babb. . . ' .' . . . . a ' Douglas' C76. Edwin Stokes, John Wil der,5 John Roc; P. H.' Townsend, T. D. ThacberV Joseph1 Gist, Geo. Cutter,' C. H. B ran scomb," E." Heath, Levi Woodard. .... Wyandot Co. Wm. McKay; . Joseph Speck, James McG,cew, WY.t Roberts, A. j Johnson Co Amos'lFuller, O. B. Gard ner, Dr,J. H. Firfebaugb.3 r4?' ;Vl ' ' ! LyJcins Co. 'A. J. ' Shannon, Wm. J. McKown, H. H. Williams, E. Downing. ' Shawnee Co.-PslvlI , ShepherdJf HeHry For, John Ritchie,-1 J.'L.- Cummings, . C. Z.n Holliday, Dr. Fletcher. , RUey Co. W. H. Smylbe, F. JN.JJlake, rArapahoe ' Co. Wm. A. Phillips. . Leavenworth Co. M." J.' Parrott, Thos. Ewinr A. C; WilderJ.V.'McCahon. Mr. Foster. H. ''J. -Adnms J. LlV McDowell. Wm. TholenMr. Brtin&tld. II. P(. John son. M. W. Delahay; ; J.' P.' ;Hatierscheidt : Atchison Col- 9. C. Pomeroy.'John Mar tin R. McBr'atney' Mi, R. Rsnion, Robert Grahnnt; J.:J." In galls. 1 . ' :: ' ,1 i Anderson Co. 11. GlTpatfickV. D. W. Houston, GebTKih. " , ., . ? Franklin Co:-?. PEldf,' Wl , W H. Lawrence.. ' ' '' " " j i5urio;Co:--J. 3. Btirriett, ' T. R. Rob erts EvK.- Jewell ' r i - : .' i BrecTcenridge Co. J. M: Rankin. ' ' Coffey Co. 0. E. Learnard Silas Fearl. On motion, the roll was called, and dele ??ates resuonded. :; 'I '" Mr. McKay moved to amend the report of the Committee on' Uredenlials by giving to Wvandot County six' delegates, instead of two.- ' :''' : ' ; ' , Mr. Johnson moved to amend,, by giving also' to Leavenwortb: sixteen delegaves,' in stead of twelve! ' . 't .V On motion, both-moiion and amendment were indefinitely postponed..' ' ., Mr. Phillips moved that the report of tbe committee be adopted." . Mr. McKay moved to amend the motion, by giving to Wyandot1 County 'four dele rates, instead of two. :. ' ', r Dr. Gilpatrick moved to" amend so as to ive iinuciwii vjuiuy ix ue legnieis. aosi. Mr. McKay's : amendment 'lost. Original motion adopted. ! "5 ' ' . ' ' M r Bransccmb moved the ' appointment of a committee of thirteen on. parmaneni' or ganizations Clmir'appoint?d Messrs. Bran : scomb, Fearl; Lawrence,' Fletcher . Delahay, McKay, Larzelere-.Ray;- Burnett,1 Pomeroy, Gilpatrick, Gardner and Shannon.'-' Mr. Johnson moved to appoint a commit tee of one from each Council Districtto make a new appointment for this Conven tion. , Mr. Shannon , moved "to amend by ma king theappointmont for future conventions. Motion and amendment indefinitely post poned. 'V . ' Adjourned to 7 P. M, 7. P. M. Committee on permanent or ganization reported as follows: For Presi dent, O. E. Learnard, of Coffey County. Vice Presidents, A;. Danfoid, of Lykins Co.; N. Price, of Doniphan Co.; S. C. Ppmerov, of Atcbinson Co.; Thos. Ewing, Jr., of Leavenworth Co.; Joseph Speck, of Wyandot Co.; L..' Heath, of Dougla3 Co.; H." Fox. of Shawnee Co.; D. W. Houston, of Anderson Co.; E. G. Jewell, of Bour bon Co. Secretaries7I).'W." Wilder, T. D. Tfcacber.'J L. Cummins; and J. AMar tin.'M v; . ' ; ': .V vReport wa? adopted. ' : .' " " T i Chair appointed Messrs. Pomeroy and Heath to conduct the President to the chair. The President, on taking the chair, made a brief and appropriate speeck. '". ' j ,0n motion, voted a committee of thirteen ba raised; tne frpm:each. Council District, as a Committee, on rPlalarro; and iiiaC flie. various : delegates 'name ' their ' "conxmittee; and itf ease "of a taeaTi'ty'lhe Chai appoint: On motion, one delegate was added to' the delegation of each ofrthe counties, Wyandot and Johnson'.' Moved -that a' Central -Committee of five be appointed.' Laidon the table till, morning.- After' a short recess, the delegate .reported the following Com mittee on Piatformr ' lsti District a? 'LarzleTe; ' 2nd,' Jc6. Martin; Sfd. Thos.i Ewing' jr.; 4th, Ja's'.1 McCahon; 6tb, Wm.'H. Smvthe; 7th.! J: LI Cumroings; fith. T. D. Thacher; 9th; Di W. Houston; 10th; W. Y. Roberts; -1 Ith A. J. Shannon; 12ih, T. JJU Roberts; i3ih, Silas Fearl. The 5ih district being unrep resented. Chair appointed Mr. Vivaldi, of Jliley county. v On moiion, Wm. A Phil- tip was added to.thei'corqnuttee. : ;0n mo t on, voted that, each delegation! be allowed to cast the full vnto of its cooniv. '- V SECOND DAY. ,i' Convention met, pursuant to adjournment. Yete of este'rday tbat the Central rTerritOt Hal Committee 'Consist of five- persons, was reconsidered, and the. number increased to fifteen. ' On ttoti'oo' of Mr. Larzelere," the Central . Commitlee . was '-.instructed to ap-r point an Executive Committee. ' Mr.' G1I7 patrick moved that the committee be in structed to apportion tl.e- delt-gates for the next convention .'on the' basis of the entire vote 'td' be'' given for delegates'to the Wvan-r dot Cdnstitirtional Convention.' Mr. Lar- zelere. moved, -as Vn amendment, that tbe Republican vote at that", election be the ba-. sis.' .The .motion arid' amendment were theri i;tid ion the table to listen to the'report of the Committee oh Platform,, presented by Mr.,"Ewinfft and which was as lyllows: , - ' 0 - ; ;'. - ' ' . . FLAT ORJI. . , ... . .,. : . Whereas, Since the orcranization-of the Ttriitry of. Kansas, Uie .Democratic Party lias been iu control of.; the r Legislative laud Executive Departments of the Government rr-and.. , ..-;i I, .- rht-v.f. . OC 7 ' I ! Wieeeas, lti fcss used . . those powers which aho,uM . b,ive been exerted to- foster find gu tain,, only to oppress Kur. people; vi olated every principle it claimed to advocate; protected aud-supported invasions by for eign mobs, wbicn.jburned our towns, plun dered our bouses, ; wasted our sustenance, destroyed... our , presses .and murdered our people;. evinced a tplaj disregard of popu lar rights and a . seUled deierminauon to force the institution of . negro slavery upon us; attempted, to .put j ia - execution . Isws which, for --injustice,;, cruelty.; and ifraud, have scarcely4 bf en paralleled in t history of the most, barbarou-. ages; ; supported that creature of infamous , usurpation Mhe Lecompton CcnstituLion; by. Federal bayo nets in Kansas arid byjoffiejal patronage and Executive corruptiou,at th 'laiinalC;ipi tal; .Jnade an, invidious.' and disgraceful dis tinction, between Free and Sljve Constitu tions.by. offering U3 a bribe to enter the Un ion under the .former witliout a Representa tive population, and refusing us admission under the latter until - we had a - population of 93,009; 'appointed corrupt and obnoxious judicial ahd . executive officers over us. whose partisan sympathies and partial decisions have prevented the administration of jus tice; and . by a lon' train of .abuses, and usurpations proved itself the ; bitter foe of the people of Kansas and tho enemy of pop ular rights everywhere ana t ... ,, Whereas, The" Republican paily has. on all Qccaiiyp 'evinced a devotion to;pQpular rights ud an'attachmen't.jto the beaLimer esta xt the '. nation, that deserve' our appro val; and. has by its adherence to the princi ples of the Fathers of the Re volution, and iis'enrnesC sappoit of the cause of Freedom in Kansas, won our approbation and graii-1 tud;. and M " ,' - .", . .. ; : Whereas, We believe'the time", has come for the people of Kansas 'to take a position and affiliate with a paijly National in it3 or ganization and objects, . , , . , , . 1 : it."Re solved, That we the people of Kan sas in a delegate convention assembled, do proceed to'' organize.' the Republican , Party and declare our principles ai followaj .' 2J.- Resolved, That we affir.n that the on ly true, basis, of Free G -ivernmeii.ts anc of popular rights for all couutries a:i.l times, 13; to be. found 4 in" ! the' great ' Relf-eviJent truths enunciated by Thomas Jefferson and the Fathers of the Republic in f the Declara tion or. independence. y . , , 3d. Bcsolvcd, That while' wc declare our submission to the' Constitution and laws of the United States, ' arid disclaim all con;ro! oyer slavery in the States in whicli it exists, wo hold that the Constitution does' not car ry slavery into the Territories, but that it is the creature of special enactment and has existence ' o'nly where supported by it, and we reprobate and condemn. the perversion of the power of the Supreme Com t of the Uni ted States to sectional demands and party purposes.' : ' ' . - ' . . . -4th. Resolved, That with the founders of the Republic,' we' believe 'that . 'governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, and- that it is'proper'that the people of an organized Territory should be permitted to' select' their 'own officers and enact their own laws, free from Congress ional or Executive control. 5th.' Resolved,' Thai Freedom is national and Slavery sectional, and that we" are inflex-; ibly opposed to the extenlion of Slavery Lo soil now free.1 6th. Resolved, That we condemn the Ad ministration for its feebleness and impoien cy in the enforcement of 'tl.e law prehibit: ingthe importation f African tlaves into the United States and demand such" further legislation by Congress as will for-ve'r sup press the inhuman 'traffic.'- ' 1 ; , ( 7lb. Resolved, That the Wyandott CoWii tulional Convention be' rVtuested to incor porate in the Bill' or Rights' of the Cinsii tution, a provision that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude" snail 'tver exist in Kansas except inpunisli-ment of crime. 8ih. Retoivid. That the passage of a'liHc ral Homestead Bill, giving one hundred and sixty aijres of land to every citizen who will people "of - the' nation ; and that we 'regard the defeat of Mr. Grow's Bill in the Senate by the' Democratic party a a ! direct blow at the laboring classes 'of the country ain'd as unworthy of the liberality of a, great Gov-" ernment. : 0 " " ''. "5 "'' "-' . 1 dih.-J2esolved,lThnt the- President' in or dering the public- lands' in this and flother Territories to be Bold -dnring a season'' of universal depression,' thus" impoverishing thousands of our fellow r5itizens,,"bfisi)eeu ruiltv of an" act of injustice without parallel en 'the history of a free goverjimentand that theTRepubl ioans ; for t bei r ge n e rbu s,; picugb unsuccessxui enort to secure the postpone ment of the &a!e$, fdeserfe"the thanks of the people of- Kansas alnd the' West.' ; n ' " , r IHtK .12aeJntt- Thar na: ' nrntect R'rttiflrt any action whieh' Would' pit the' adopted cuizeu-.anart greater -poiuicai aisaouiues than those ' imposed iby 'the-"baCuralizatToiT laws of tbe United States. eeiue upon, nna improve-, would De a measure just in principle,' sound' in policy and productive of the greatest 'irood to the - West.t. tbe tCenrmerce hose ; lakesl and rives rs-T-iu spite oUtlke.; irelect if Dem cratic Adpinistrauons 'and.Congresscs. has grown to be, ' three -fold greater than the whole foreign 1 1 Com nj4ri.e of th Country, will . hold; bnceforih," the - power 'of ihe Government; andl should unite in 'inaugui rating a nalioai policy, which will open. and ,mPr9,v,2 the rivers and harbors of JQ Country, and highways over the interior of the continent for the great arid " growing commerce tof 1 he Plains, and that "a Riif road to the Pacific bv the most rpni-ral nnd practicable route,' js insperatively demanded hy the interests of t the whole ' country .ad the Federal ' 'Government ought' to, render immediate arid efficient aid in its ccristriic tion -r -' !.. ,H.!ii j -.: h.U ': ir. ii .7Uponjthe.. presentation. of: the repSrt ) long, and full discussion . ensued, participa ted in by Messrs. 'Phillips, tliacher, AV. Yf: rwooeris, uranscomq, w.cuanop, Johnson, Ritchie, Parrott; Ewing-,- Price,"; McKay'and Shannon Uoon the : conclusion, of which. the pbt form was adopted, without a dissen ting voice. 'the'' result, being "reeted with iKa ;Aniu T;,i;oi !vrv -2.1 .' t ''j v'entibn.- a . ' T '" 'i ri 1 ' - On moiion of Col. Delahay, ; nine cheers in motion of Col. Ielahay, ; nine cheers e giyen upon the successful and harmo is organization of the Republican- party were nious in Kansas solved that -the Central Committee be in- 4lrnnlP.rl In m.il-p th . untwirliAnrrrtini Tir th n(rt Dlprati flonfpiiiii.n .on' I Ki hoc la f tiie aggregate vole tor celcgaies tp; the . W y andot Convention, . and Jf circumstances should render it necessary that a, .conven tion be called previous ' to that : vote', then the basis to be three delegates to each mem ber of the next House of i Renresentntirea of the Territorial .Legislature. . j.. i - Tiie various delegations . then , reported the following persons as the Central Repub lican Committee: District. - P; O: Address J : 1. A. Larzelere, Palermo, Daniphan ' Co. , 2. S..C, Pomerpyr Atchison, Atchisin Co. 3. A. C. Wilder, Leaven worth t JLeav.. Co, ; 4. Wrjav Tholen, '" '; . , ; 5.' Geo." GrahnmAlbany Nemaha Co. G. S. D. Houston, 'Manhattan; ; Riley Co'. .. 7. Jwhn. Ritchie. ..Topekai Shawnee Co.' . fj. James Blood, vJjawrenc?, ' Douglas Co. 9- W." H.: Lawrence, Piaii ie City Doug. Co. 10. ' B. GreyV .Wyandoi,' Wyandot Co. 11 . H. H: Williams Osawatomie.' Lykin3 Co: 12. ;J. C2 Burnett. Maplefon' Bourbon Co. ,13., Joh-n:;Cbess,,Leroy, Coffey Co.- . J4. Wm. Philips, Lawranqe, Dougla Co. 'j j Mining District, "A. D. Rifcnardson. . S.'Cr-Pcfmerot was appointed as. chair man 'of the -Central ' Committee. ' : ' ' v 1 On- mniirtn.' lli ilunL-u rf th C.nvrtlnn were returued to the President, and Secre taries for. the performance pf their duties, arid tci'the citizens 'of Psawatomie for their hospitality Vixtprided t.V the members.' On motion.- the' Rnublican : of 'the " rnriniis couBlies were' earnestly requested to take lmmediato, measures, torj tJ;e thorough com Dletion of. their local ori-anizilious.-" On motion,' the Republican" pnpprsof the T-?r- ruofywere ri-qufsu-a to puolish the pro-cpdinff9-tf this Convention. ' On motion. adjourned sine die. u !. r r ; l t 1. ,: O. E.LEARNARD. President. i u. w. wilder, T. D. Thacher, J. L. CUMMI.G5, J. A. Martik, Secretaries. MEETING OF THE CENTRAL . COliaiTTEE. ; The Republican Central Committee of Kansas Territory' mot immediately after the Convention.' A. C. Wilder was ' chosen Secrftarv of the Commiitee. The follow ing Executive Committee was-chosen: . -S. C. Pomeroy, President; A.. C." Wilder, Secretary; James Blood, John Ritchie, Wm. Tholen. ' A meetincr of the Central Committee was then called to meet at Lawrence, at the El- liidge House,; 21st ; of June rexl. It is earnestly hoped that each member .will be present. , Spurgeon and tho Yankee. A gentleman who ha3 recently returned from En inland, 1 relates an anecdote of Mr. Spurgeon that is to good to be lost. The neat preacher hai for ;his theme one day the powerof individual, personal effort, and to illustrate it ho tol i a story of a Yan kee, " as Mr. Spurgeon called him, Wiio boasted that he could wt.ip the entire' Eng lish narion himself. "And how could you do it." wiid a bystander, ."Why," said the Yankee. "I would lake one Englishman at .1 time. I w.iull wiiip (.irruanJ then I would take another, and so I would go along lul 1 ha I whipped the whole nation,"- At. the close of the sermon, Mr. Spurgeon, the re lator of the anecdote an d several friends. retired U t! e vestry. Sn. there came in a tail, lein l .ng faced solemn' looking .man. who hailed from the Siate, of MaiDe. , He" presented to Mr. Spurgeon a letter of intro duction, and was welcomed by .the preacher. Soon Mr. Spurgeon addressed the new-comer by laying "Well, my .American friend, how did you like iny illustration of indiviil ual power, drawn from your countrymen ?" "O," said'the member from the'Pine Tree State,' 1i,I'wk3 quite well pleased .with' it,d-. cause it'' was sojtrue',". and . thiswas said, with tbe utmost solemityotone.and gravity-of manner. . . "So true, 6o true," said Mr. S.7. what do you mean . sir? ' "I knew of Yankee .that did, iha'i once? ' was thet reply." ! "And wha was his name 5"3Mr, Spurgein aske Jio 'which' the' .Yankee an swered. Thejnae,'siras George Wash ington, perhaps you have heard of him" Mr. Spurgeon was' dumb' .Tor a", moment. Ile-Hhen joined ir. the hearty laugh. and al lowed that tbe "Yankee" was (o much for him. 1 ' We once hea arniMs hoff 'the orsel lTip'thalteyhoveris ead. band give im soma ay band boats. rd -! an'.Erigfrshman'giVeM fnTfrtw". "Krtr-rr take "the Filnny Pern's Jaea ci; apashful liaa. n ' Why do'- pcop1a1'decrv V "masculin e ?fv I jdoi'tzkndw'; ""HmcSediately1 rove the wh blushes.7I am su'rs tbatbe is tinhack iieyedrfdiat fa has not a eel of meanioglssi cut a?i i dried compliments t?a baador.ev. ery boriricl he meet; that l.e has. pot. learn ed to'sniff'at the Bible," or the Sabbath , or prate transcendentally 'about- aSriities.t'or "Uy other Corruption. under'jt new fangeled same. I know that his love will be-worth a pure woman's haying; jlLat.be .wiiLiiotbe ashamed of liking home; 'or 'his' iaby,ot lauzhed ouf'of "staving iii it'iri nrefe'renCe to nrel any other. ptoe."I know that -Vhen he stops at rhotel, hi, firt bbsincss'r wilf not be to hoi i ..conference, with , the cool;- to u ll him tow ho.lilfts an .ornelUe made., -1 know that irttiis conversation' he' will hot pride himself upon the small 'fopperies "of ulkisin : the; way; -of ."pronunciation 'arid ncwlv:cjued woi d3, io show bow well he a "posted,. in dictionary. raatters. I.knpw that he will not be closeted two-thirds ,oT ins ume wicn nis tawor; ,or thum it uae to be continually quoting som'deadiand gone bookjoiU' to-s6faeTesurreedonit3)f scarce autlors.-j Lkrww hwill,no;t sit ib grim SLarehed and t-ijuefqueness in a car, when a woman old enough to be. his mother, is Standing4 wearily" in'frbrit "of liim"; swaying to and tro; with the ! moiion tif the vehicle. n;Shoi tl I know that he is :not a petrifac lion tluit there's humannature in him, and plenty, of It;' that he , not like an animal under Jan txfiausted receiver, having form Qnly -ifi "whom 'there is ho' spring nor elasticity-nor breath of life.- ; ' ' " M n'" ; i'' A fo?l, hey? .ISo. sir not. necessarily a foil either. The Jowl is ba who, not yet at itfe s meridian,, has exhausted, it and him self; who thinks everv man ' "creen" who has not taken hi3 diploma in' wickedness. For whom existence is a3 weary as a thrice tolj tale; . Wjio . has. crowded fourrscore years into. went', or less; and has nothing hi ft i Tor it but to sneer at the healthy, sim pe;pnre.' fresh joys winch' may never come ntaiii to his vitiated palate.' ::-: '" ! . Pionoci Enterpriso .in Kansas. : The rapidity with which our western wilds are developed and madeto. teem with the evidences 9(;au, .agricultural and com mercial enterprise, has n aa enigma, even to many of-our own peopl, as w?Il as to those of other nations lessacqtiainted with the character' of - America. The p'oneer spirit, sweeping with an avalanche tide over tlio rugged - features - of nature,' thftdel . the wildest plains .into blossoming' fields' with' wonderful oelerity.i .j -n't', vi -.' j A beautiful exhibiiioniof go-a-head a-tive spirit is. manifest i in the 'case of . the adjacent-Territory. ".Any ona-who was a newspaper reader two, or three years., ago, ajd.ever since, is. cpnyer&an witJiwihe erup: tiOns by jwbtchthe progress. .oL-Kansas; was checked, and apparently deemed to languish fotever. .Such persons who have not enjoy r ed occular evidence, of tho (act, could hard ly: convinced . that, the .same plains,, then notable, as a battle ground, are bow the abode of: men. 'quietly and peaceably., tilling the soil; and already sending' forth a surplus of the results of their. Labors to. supply a de-j mand for products in other portions of the world f But it is' even so! "The' uncon sci'.ui ; citizen in other 'States5 remote from this, is daily deriving sustenance from, the proqucis of Kansas sjil, althotigh..in. bis memojy are fctill fresh, the exciting incidents a:id unsettled condition of that people' by whose same hands hi. wants ; are now sup plied. ..Thousands of bushels of corn have been shipped fromKa:isa3 and found a mar-r ktt in various poitiqnsof the country. . The attention "of her people has been turned to the lucrative" vocations of life; the most fer ula lands on' the i continent are daily yielding their products lo th culture of the farmer; cities and town3 are springing (Up in every direction, ,and happiness and prosperity is the remuneration of every emigrant who finis a homi within' her borders. v-These facts present a gratifying picture 'of civili- zitiou wiiose eviaences aoound -in a most pleasing attitude wherever the eye is direct ed over the plains of Kansas. Kansas City Metropolitan. l ' . w .The history of Juarez, the constitutional president of Mexico is briefly sketched as follows: ; li r "He was born 54 years ago, in a moun tainous district of southern Mexico, and is by blood a pure Indian. His father raised a few sheep and cittle, and gained a scanty fcubsistence by the sale of their skins.- At 12 yeias of age the ycung Juarez ran off to attenl a fair, and being afraid or ashamed to return, he hired himself to a mule dri ver, from whose service he passed into the -rviceofa wealthy Spaniardr-who, pleas ed at his intelligence, , caused Lim: to be tauglit to rad ana write, ouii -retaining tne favor of his employer,' he was, sent to tho college of Oaxaca; and having chosen the profession of the law, whieh the revo lutijn bad opened, to men of hiataste.-'be rose rapidly' to the bead, of his' profession. and,- with the .triumph of Alvarez,, was. made chief justice," -from 'which post.he passed t& that of the presidency." li .j : . ;"" . ; - To Keep PorAtqsaj fbox , SpaouTUia.: To keep potatoes iauadedor the-use of the tbie, tfrom . fproutin, ., from SprinuAtil new potatoes .grow, lake .boiling crater, pour into a tub, turn in as manypotaloes as the waier wm coier pour uu vc waier, nanuie ihe potatoes tare fujly,': lay i rig Tip in a dry place on board only! one ibyerv deep, nd seejf you do no.haye good -potatoe the year. round, without hardrstrings rand. tery ends' causetT by; growTngl' - T A Tjliee-ofScer.lseerna' a nigger whom be knew, exclaimed, jAh.i3ambo, you ar an,benest, .faithful fellow, . I'll give you a drink? ' "With all'my heart,, ear, said 'pam&o, "with all dis chletjenjv. oorae riggers are Paugpty.a, p.roul.wiiu.:wj.j Stop i'di'sk )ltjiis'09fPjl,: WToms''l unW'a rliceEoiaTmoit ifot ehery way as good as a' nigger 'specially when a nigger a ttirsty. -c Exp enk c Tf he' Wfiitt ITouso?1 TLe WaJfeHTresspomlent of the New York 7ViiunayJ Muck kas djeaid- of tiieljrge-eensea connected: w Mf fhe Yh ne blouse an 4 the cost of keeping'sp'tlTe " d'intfy qf.the-PresU dent's p5sit:on. "There rerwasa greater mistake. Mr: BucRanan mast, save a, leasfj 8 lS.btJO a'year frm bis"! salary as will be reaaUy seenlby a comparison i with bis 'mora rte'nt pTedecssor?t most jo- whom r tired with verycpmfojjtaie jrjro vision , MrTyr ler is believed 'to haveVafried away jB30,QpCX of 840,000.' Mr." Polk look; home a much, larger sum,' Mr -Finrrfore who served something over two years and a half, wATf quite up iflthR maik afMrXyler; and Mr. Pierce, h"jcd morfr bpspiyibry and gen erously than, either of those. ' named; saved about 63D,000."AlfT these Presidents Jn-, cut'red'some expenses fi;om' whlc'r Mr."IJuc- li.qianis 'entirely'" exempt. 1 Tho " 'T White -Iluuse is now heatod and tigbted entirely atl the public charge.- ; , A: large kitchen garden) is cultivated,, which . furnishes all the '".eg-a etable's requiredand' morc.' A fine green housebas been added, which is found both useful and ora.mTiTnlrasTtrefor5 the in auguration of Mr.' lJiicbarian, the private secretarv of the President" was made a sal- faried ofSce, with S250O per annumiiandAl Clerkship attached to it. Ice steward, rWaa was previously paid out of the. Preiidentaz private purse, was also salaried at "QlSOO'a, year, and messengers tvere "added to fedcoa tiie outlay for servants. -The 'only.seTidQtf- cost now incurred is for the official -dinner J during the, sessions of Oongress, aud it i., well known, thatMr. 'Baclianaij, ha3,beenri pfiident beyond all example in itiH respect. His ordinary household consists of tbreeOr four persons and Ihe Serranu, and there ara I fifty, gentlemen in the s city... who? maintain ,i more style and spend, more f money .without., any appearance of extravagance. Mr Buq" hanan ha? always" been' a caiefut manager'3 and now finds plenty of" time t6 lexamine'' his market book, amid alltibe pressing da--mands forcflSce. , It is not, surprising,' in thii view, that he should be' willing' to Cry .second term."'' M c? 'r5"i'-i14 j Smith fO'BRtEN' Opisios.i- William Smith O'Brien, the Irish patriot, arrived M'&i Detroit 6nTbursday, and in the eveningi his countrymen insisted Upon giving him.a " f welcome. " In his 'speech on the occasion3"' he : referred tb his I extensive tou'ri in this S country, and . said j - vsia ;.-- ri Us 1 !"He found, thai jail, -the hard wqrlt wavj done by the Trjsh; and.in the Saulb, where he thought he' shoulJ fincf bdt'few'or his" countrymen as lborers,wbere"the;cKmate' was so warm there was a' great manyj" but' it gave him pain to; find ..that - all ?over,.lbJ country he found .mapy-of, , the IrUb-aWhOjj earned from "one aollar ' and a half to two dollars tier dav.'whb' frtant It all for wfiiskVr pjd intimatedhat' such of them would e aeiizr.ou. in weir, naxtve iana,... earning" .-: shilling per day, and where lie whisky -?ya4 a Ji'L . vV'l. ao dt GenasB. Gardenhirej in acomraunK cation to the St: Joseph Gkzctfa pro-'slav- . ry journal; contradicts5 ils; statement-thkfei fj'JBlack Republicanism" ' was - .crashed out st at, th recent municipaV election, in Jefferson Ciiy's Gen; Garden hire further adds:. ' Republican sentTrnents are rapidly taking' possession of the public mind, and far soon'-''; er than your partisan associ.uions will allow- I you to admit, will control the pojioVof the: btate; and whsn;lhey shall, 'its destiny will(-. vxcitft the laudable enthusiasm of every n- good man " in it, because 1 rainisteriri to a ju3t pride, and increasing beyond all'pres eot conception, the -multiplied -blesstoga oi;,r.j ATATAtisr.fA. Western paper publish es the folio wing:" I knew an old man who believed that "what 'was to be would i be. He lived in a region infested by vefy sar.' age Indians. He always, took his gun with .:. i him, but this time found thai: .some of.hia f1. family had taken it out. "As he ? would pot , . go without it, hia friends tantalized him by ' saying there was no danger -of the Indiansjl5- that he would not die till his time came any -J how.,.."Yes,,V says, the old fellowi Vbut ;i; suppose I was to meet an.. Indian and. hUt;je2r time was come, it wouldn't do not 'toT3avV', my gun. - v , r ' ! ;t: A Mother's Prater.-An exchange" saye: The boy that feels that his name is'. mentioned in a good : mother' prayer i , w comparatively safe from vice, , and ihe ruin . r to which it leads. The' sweetest thought ' that N: P. Willis ever penned, grew oat 'of T reverence to his pioos mother's prsyers'for-1-"c him.- Tossed: by the waves, ;inra; vessel Izz which was bearing him bmewar,-h. wrote;, t . f'Sleep safe, cM: wave-worn mariaer."'i'r-.d r-erj Jf or fear to' night, nor Btorm nor sea t ." ' A " Tbearof Ilcaven Oenjslow toherr 1 '- Hecomea to hor who sails with nr55 ,3." ,rr.fi : Slavery in Cuba exists, in a miti form- The Slave can" bur tlmlelf; a mittarated- or ah "undivided portion" of himself,-'whenever he demands it, making-a tender cfh-mon-a 1st eyl I, If -he-acquires a, t fractional iudepen- dencet he becomes entitled to f a proportion-, , "ate share of his time and earnings. . IfKis . master maltreats" bim,! he" is allowea'a cer- RCv tain number of days-iuch-ycarto find a new purchaser. ' He can have- his ohildre'ri kgallydeclared free by paying iwenty-fiv it dollars, in court, at the birth of each.9: iN-sv groes in Cuba have rights which white men; are-.oounu 10 reepe.ci. -' irty : years" ago; ( 1 821$ )'w New-England had S9 members in the Hbtisoof Rppeseht- tives,r.and ih$- KorthwesUrar iSiafes 18.-H-f jt Now the "New England States send saand he.t North western,59.NI? H?J?P then aent 6, and. now has only 3 members; . whileTllmoi3 then'sending only r;;now nas p members.' The census of 1U60 wilT rMteV5 the dieDariivdar fireater tbaa ifcnoni'us.xiA Tb? census .tab? tafcen -nexi pax; wtU.thoy'-Jisl me population oi iuu -i n;itu wlakb w -over 30,000,000. l" t :" i : r.- t;1 ii-: ; ". ' mi