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"BYG. W. BROWN & CO. LAWRENCE, KANSAS, SEPT. 18, 1858. NUMBER 8 VOLUME 4.
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From the X Y. Daily .Vew.
The Atlantic Telegraph.
BY ANNA L. PMLLINO.
'Tas oninn of hearts and the anion of hands,"
been shouted our country aroun'l:
v,,, n" 'be more glorious union of land
H ill extend to the earth's furthest bound.
We're esnqnered the mountain we've con
quered Ike plain.
With our terrible engine of fire;
Jst nuw the unbounded and fathomless main
llm jieldtd to man's wild desire.
The oaks of our forests have sprinkled the sea,
Ar. l our canvas has fanned its broad breast.
Jjj! ci muiuiiion more ewiftl and surely will be
ibri ugb tnecanie wnicti moves when at rest.
Abort it the Storm Kins; mar foam in his wrath.
Ann mo owowj may turrow trie deep,
Tet not disturb the unwavering path
Of the line in its bosom asleep.
JIM ilory to him. who in science is Kino
tvery neart witn tne leehne endorse:
And the whole world at once in the jubilee ring,
Which heralds the triumph of Jlonsa!
The diamonds of India and Ocean's pore gem,
It'illi tlie Thi.tle nl mii,.rr.l. .Loll t;n..
ia4 the Kose and the Laurel (ball mingle with
luem.
As a garland to place on his shrine.
Bin monument long may it be e'erit rise
Hut when such shall be Heaven's decree.
Hay it rest on the earth and embrace the blue
skies.
And shadow the Ocean and Sea.
While on earth and on ocean alike we are free.
And alike the rich product thev yield.
First io telent and commerce Columbia shall be.
As long as sne coasts 01 a f HLD I
For him shall arise the load piren of Fame,
Ami b'tk l'ontinentse-ho the tone;
Ani mother and daughter rejoice io a name
Which unites them onoe more into one.
Then lond on both shores let the trumpet be
neam.
Every where let the brirht beacon shine.
And each heart with a kindred emotion be itir-
rcil,
Ai it welcomes the Telegraph Line.
?iisce..i'w"eot(s.
How to Preserve Women.
i nere is nomin'r in tne worm that we
think so much of as we do of women,
Our mother is a woman wife, sisters and
pretty cousins are women ; and the daugh
ters will be if (Heaven spare them !) they
live long enough. And there is a love of
woman in general which we do not deny.
A fine, magnificent specimen of the sex,
full of life and health, a ripe, red cheek
sod flashing aye, is something that does
one good to look at, as she illuminates
the humdrum sidewalk, and every day
street. A North River steamer, under
full headway, with colors flying, is rather
I pretty sight rather stirring and inspir
ing ; and we pull up our tired nag to see
her pass, and admire the swell she cuts
Comparatively, however, the steamer sinks
into insignificance, or some other very
deep water, by the side of a well kept,
wvil dressed woman. There is no rub-
bur- it out : women are the ornament.
charm, blessing, beauty and bliss of life
(men's lite we mean, of course.) Any
means that can be devised fur preserving
them should be publicly made known.
lliey are different from any other kind of
fruit. Yeu cannot pickle them. You
cannot do them up in sugar and set them
in a ruld room, with a paper soaked in
brindy over their mouths. You cannot
put tliem up in cans, and seal them up
sir tight, without injuring their form and
fbvor. Now, as men are so dependent
upon woman for life's choicest blessings,
s proper mode of preserving them be
comes of great moment, and we are sure
that the public will thank us for an infal
lible receipt.
Have the feet well ventilated, then pay
the next attention to the chest. The
chest is the repository of the vital organs.
There abides the heart and lungs. It is
from the impress. on made upou these or
alis through the skin that the shiver
comes. It is nature's quake the alarm
bell at the onset of danger. A woman
never shivers from the effect of cold upon
her limbs, or hands, or head ; but let the
mid strike through her clothiug on her
coest, and off go her teeth into a chat
ter, and the whole organism is in a com
motion. One sudden and severe impres
s-on of cold upon the chest has slaiu its
trns of thousands. J berefore, while the
feet are well looked after, never forgeshe
cnest, these points attended to, the
Mural connections of the dress will sup
ply the rest, and the woman is read v. for
the air. Now let her visit her neighbors.
go shopping, call upon the poor, and walk
ior the good of it, for the fun of it.
Keep awav from the stove or resister.
Air that is dry or burnt, more or less
chirged with gases evolved by the fuel,
J" poison. Go up stairs and make the
oeds with mittens on. Flv around the
house like mad, and ventilate the rooms.
IWt sit pent up in a single room with
aouble windows. Fruit will net retiin
its full form and flavor in air-tight cans ;
neither will women. They need air.
" the shiver comes oa during these oper-
Miotw, go directly and put on something
""re auout the chest.
Again, do not live in dark rooms. Light
les the carpet, but it don't fade the flower.
o living animal or vegetable can enjoy
itu m darkness. Light is also as nec-
r as air, and a brown tan is far prer
rble even as a matter of beauty, to a
Ickly Paleness nf MiniJmn
Thus much in regard to the physical
w preservation. There are moral
""aw that are important. Every woman
pld married to an excellent man.
rriage, it is true, brings care and wear,
ut it U the ring that is worn that keeps
"Kgat, and the watch that lies still and
-"wound that gets out of order. The
ir? 'TmPath'e evolved in relation to
family the new compensation for all
ui strength, brings about a beau
"u: P'V of the heart and intellect, which.
an fr? re"aclion uPn 'he body, produces
. ,'ui" a noininz lees man preser-
"on. I hen there is a higher moral
Eh. i 411 thl one which we apeak of
tl nonestly. No one is cora-
P eiy armed asainst the encroachinir ills
,.": ho has in the heart no place for
itid'ifc calmness, the patience,
. 11 DQ P9 tnat wo in posses
oi that woman whose heart is right
" highest relation, can never fail to
to- ana heighten every personal
uu cnarm that she possesses.
of j. -. nave the recipe. Some
, is iu sportive form, bnt it is not the
MJWP rmik
NU.U
It hu within it the
fn " aiHeaae the preventive
"v mom i i .
lotin,
hen
ui if; u l no mstflii inntrnr? nut
tA... prescriptions universal! v
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the
Wd, it will be tima to brinir forward
niuuini,r
Letter from F. P. Blair, Jr.
St. Louis, August 31t, 1858.
T'i tlie EUtar of the Missouri Democrat,
Sib : I send you for publication my
uotice of contest with Mr. Barret, who
hold the certi&cate of election as a
representative from this District. Mj
only purpose in making this contest, is to
vindicate the rights of the people of this
county, violated in my person, by the
same corrupt practices which so long pre
vailed in Kansas, and by which alone the
Democratic or Slavery party maintained
its ascendency in that Territory. When
the frauds so repeatedly committed at Ox
ford, Kickapoo, Shawnee and the Dela
ware Crossings, could no longer aail to
maintain tbeir ascendency in Kansas, the
chief actors and perpetrators" of those
frauds fell bank upon Missouri, and
brought with them the tactics in which
they had become so skillful, to be again
applied where the struggle for free prin
ciples has been again renewed. Missouri
is now what Kansas has been in the last
6ve years, the battle ground of free
dom. The Democratic, or Slavery party
throughout the Union, whinh eW fended
tne frauds practiced by tne Keenv u
noun in Kansas, have been swift to inau
gurate the same practices in Missouri. I
propose to meet them at the threshold,
and by exposing them in the eyes of the
whole nation, to make their disgraceful
triumphs the means of a more speedy
and completevoverthrow.
I have ample evidence to substantiate
the charges I have perferred in my notice,
but as I detire to make it as complete as
possible, I now make a public appeal to
all honest men of every party, to furnish
me with all the evidence in their posses
sion bearincruDon the case, and their aid
in vindicating their own and the rights of
their fellow-citizens. Respectfully,
FRANK P. BLAIR, Jr.
NOTTCE OF CONTEST FROM MB. BLAIB TO
MR. BARBET.
ToJ. Richard Barrett '
Sir : You are hereby notified that I
will contest your right to a seat in the
Thirty-Sixth Congress as a Representative
from the first Congressional District of the
State of Missouri, and that I claim to
have been legally elected from said Dis
trict at the election held on- the second
day of August, 1858,
The following are the grounds upon
which I base my contest, to wit :
I I charge that large sums of money
were used by you for the purpose of aid
ing you in your election, by bribery and
corruption. The money so used was con
tributed by Federal ofhwe-holders and
contractors uuder the Federal Govern
ment, and other , persons, and with said
money votes were purchased for you, and
votes otherwise illegal, obtained by you
at said election.
IL I charge that the inmates and pa
tients of the United Sutes Marino Hos
pital at St. Louis, voted for you at said
election ; some of them not being citizens
of the United States ; some not being
citizens of the State cf Missouri, and none
being free and unconstrained, or at liber
ty to vote according to their own will.
That these persons were induced to vote
for you by officers of the Federal Gov
ernment, who controlled the said Hospi
tal and the liberties of said inmates and
patients.
111. I charge that the inmates or the
County Farm or Public Poor-House of
St. Louis county, voted for you ; some
of them not being citizens of the United
States ; some not citizens of Missouri, and
none of them being free, unconstrained, or
at liberty to vote according to their own
will, the said institution being under
the control of the County Court of the
conntv. That said inmates not being le
gal voters, were made to vote for you by
the officers in charge thereof.
IV. I charge that the Governor of the
State of Missouri, just prior to the said
election, issued pardons to sundry persons,
then recently convicted in the Criminal
Courts of violating the laws, to bo deliv
ered to said persons on condition of their
voting for tou at said election, and that
such persons did so vote and did, in con
sideration thereof, receive their pardons.
V . I charge that sundry persons, foreign
born and never naturalized, voted for you
at said election.
VI. I charge that many persons, not en
titled to vote because they were minors,
under twentv-onc vears of age, voted for
vou at said election.
vii. 1 charge that many persons nav-
mg a legal right to vote, voted lor tou at
said election several times
VIII. I charge that many persons who
bad no right to vote at said election, be
ing minors, non-naturalized foreigners,
persons resident out of this Congressional
District, or not having sufficient residence
in this district, voted for you at said elec
tion. XI. I charge that certain persons were
bribed with money and otherwise, to vote
for you, and being so bribed, did vote tor
you at salt: election.
X, I charge that your friends took for
cible possession of several of the polls or
voting precincts, and intimidated and
overawed the Judges and all persons op
posed to your election, driving off many
persons who were entitled to vote, and
who would have voted for me but for
such conduct. This was especially the
case at the western precinct of the ninth
ward in this city, where yonr partisans
had several barrels of liquor secreted iu a
house near the polls, which liquor was
there dealt out in violation of the law and
the Mayor's proclamation. Said liquor
was so dealt out in order to stimulate your
partisans to acts of violence on peaceable
citizens who offered to vote for me, and
by means of which, such acts of violence
were produced, and one of the Judges at
said poll received a blow in the face
from one of your partisans, whilst in the
discharge of his duty as a Judge. Said
liquors were also used by your partisans
to induce persons to vote for you, who
had no legal right to vote, aud to make
others who had already voted for you,
vote again, which purposes were, in fact,
effected thereby, and the Judges of said
precinct were, by the means above men
tioned, compelled to receive such fraudu
lent and illegal vote.
XL I charse that at the polls held at
the Gravois Coal mines, at the house of
Jamea Horton. the election was conduct
ed in cross fraud and corruption towards
me, and partiality towards you, on the
part of the J adzes tnercoi, who, io sua
you, omitted and refused to administer to
persons offering to vote, and not known to
any of tham to be legal voters, any oath,
or make anv examination of such persons
as to their qualification ; and said Judges
also failed and refused to require any
person or persons offering to vote, and not
residing in the township, to take tne legal
oath that such persons had not and would
not vote in any other place. I hat one of
said Judges, in presence of the others,
and without objection by them, in order
to aid you, threatened to commit violence
upon a citizen who challenged the votes
of certain persons who offered to vote at
said polls, none of whom had any right
to vote, but did vote for you. That said
Judges allowed many persons to vote at
said polls without question or oath, whom
they had never seen before, and who did
not reside in the township embracing said
polls, well knowing such votes were ille
gal. Thus, there was polled in said Gra
vois precinct one hundred and eighty five
names as voters, more than one buudred
and twenty of whom voted illegally, be
ing minors, non-residents, non-naturalized
foreigners, persons who had voted else
where, and persons who, if residents, had
no sufficient residence; whereas two years
before, at the general election, the whole
number of votes there, was fifty-eight.
and at the late election, the number of
persons residing in said precinct was less
than at the previous election; and
charge that you were present at the taid
Gravois polls on the day of the electiou,
and were cognizant of the facts stated in
relation to said proceedings, and connived
at the same ; that one of said Judges
could neither write nor read, aod that none
of the Judges of said polls were sworn or
amrmed to discharge their duties ; and
furthermore, that James Horton, one of
the J udges at said polls, was, in February,
1850, convicted of a conspiracy to cheat
and defraud John n. Simpson of bis prop
erty by fal ie pretences; and John II. Da
vis, one ot toe cierxs at said polls, was
particeps criminis with said Horton, and
was convicted by the same jury with said
Uorton, of the same crime.
XII. I charge that one of the Judges of
the eastern precinct of the ninth ward.
conducted the polls held there, with gross
impropriety against me, and partiality for
you, in tailing to administer oaths or put
questions to persons offering to vote ; in
refusing to allow challenges to be made of
votes ouereu ; ana mat toe oiner judges
were constrained to submit to his proceed
ings, by the violence and threats of your
mends wno surrounded the polls, by
means whereof many illegal votes were
given to you in said precinct.
Alii. I charge that the Judges of the
election at the eastern precinct of the
eighth ward, failed and refused to admin
ister oaths and put proper questions to per
sons present offering to vote, and by means
whereof many illegal votes were given to
you in said precinct I hat by these
means, aud by bribery and corruption to
procure votes for yon, and by votes of
minors and non-resideuts, and by non
naturalized foreigners, and by voting re
peatedly under assumed and fictitious
names, anil by votes of persons having
not sumcient residence, more than one
thousand illegal votes were given to you
in the Lighth and .Ninth ards of this
city at said election , the aggregate vote in
said Eighth and Ninth Wards at said
elections, being greater by 1014 votes than
at the municipal election, four months
previous, in April, 1858.
A.1V. 1 charge that votes that were re
ally given for me, were illegally and
fraudulently counted for you in said elec
tion, and that votes were given for me
which were not counted at all.
XV. I charge that iu every precinct in
the city, there were illegal votes given for
you by minors, non-naturalized foreign
ers, non-residents, persons having no suf
ficient residence, aud that there was also
double voting for you, and voting for you
by persons under hctitious names, there
being no such persons iu fact residing in
this Congressional District.
XVL I charge that many persons iu
the employ of the County Court of St.
Louis County, and many others in the em
ploy of the different railroad companies in
which the County of St. Louis is the
owner of stock, were induced to vote for
you, ami against me, by the threats of
Aaron H. Hackney, one of the Judges of
tne bounty court ot at. iouis Uounty, to
the effect that he had control of said rail
roads, as one of the J udges, that he was
already empowered by order of said Court
to vote the stock of the County in a man
ner that gave him control of said roads,
that he should in this way obtain the
management of said roads at the next elec
tion from the directors therein, and then
he would turn out all porsons so employ
ed, who did not vote for you.
A v 11. 1 charge that many persons
who could not read the English language
were induced to vote for you by partisans
of yours, who put into their hands your
ticset, talsely and fraudently represent
ing said ticket to be mine, said persons
wishing to vote for me, and really believe
ing that they were voting for me.
XVIIL I charge that at the general
election for Members of Congress in the
year 1856, the vote stood as follows, to
wit:
Kennett, 5549 ; Remolds, 2181 ; Blair.
6035 ; and that at the last election on the
2d of August, 1853, the vote returned
stood as follows, to wit : Brcckenridgc,
5668 ; Barret, 7057 ; Blair, 6630, show,
ing a natural and reasonable increase for
Mr. BreckeuridgeoverMr. Kennet's vote,
and for me over my former vote, while
the increase for you is within a fraction of
five thousand votes over that of Mr. Rey
nolds the increase alone being many
times larger than any vote ever polled for
your party in this county, and nearly the
entire increase taking place in a few pre
cincts, there being no corresponding in
crease in the other precincts ; and the
precincts in which the increase has taken
place, being precisely the same in which
the improper conduct of the Judges of
elections, and of your partisans, gives
room to suspect the fraudulent practices
which I have charged.
XIX. I charge that at the following
precincts of said election, the Judges and
clerks, or some of them, were not quali
fied to act by taking the oath or affirma
tion required by law ; that is to si.', the
Eutern precinct of the Fifth Ward, the
Eastern precinct of the Sixth Ward, the
Eastern precinct of the Seventh Ward, the
Eastern precinct of the Eighth Ward, the
Gravois Coal Mines, George Sappington's
house, and the "Harlem's House" pre
cinct; that these objections may be re
garded as technical, and they certainly
would have never been resorted to bv me
but that your friends have, up to this
lima employed every means in their pow
er to suppress inquiry into the frauds
charged by mc. I allude more particu
larly to the conduct of two ot your friends
on the bench of the County Court, Judge
Hackney and Lanham, who, constituting
majority of that tribunal, have used
their position to make an illegal order,
forbiding the Clerk of said Court to fur
nish the very evidence which the law re-
2 ui res to be deposited in his office in or
er to expose frauds in election.
1KA.R f. BLA1K.
A Citr in tha Air Th Mirage on lb Plains.
Traveler across the Plains assert that
thev have seen, on the Noble's Pass
Boute, about thirty miles this side of the
Humboldt river, the most wonderful phe
nomenon that they think could ever have
been witnessed in any part of the world.
It is no less a thing than a city in the air
complete m every aspect and concomi
tant. It is seen in the early morning, and
stands self-poised above the dead level of
a broad and airy plain, which is covered
with a light white dust, that rises in small
clouds at the touch of a hole's hoof, or
ascends in magnificent spiral towers iu
the breath of the little whirlwinds, that
are occasioned by the intense heat. The
liue of the base of the city forms an an
gle with the liue of the plain, so that the
city seems to lean over towards the earth,
aud a full viewof its streets and buildings
is presented. All the streets seem to tend
to one point, where they concentrate, and
whence, of course, they diverge. The
architectural beauty and splendor of this
City in the Air are of a character une
qualled by anything on the face of . the
earth. The buildings rise, one after an
other, in proud, palatial grandeur, and
their tall towers glitter like molten
silver in the sun. Clean and perfect
was the work of the mysterious architect
who framed those marble-lookmg wonders
of the air. The apparent extent of the
city is about six miles in circumference,
and the nearest approximation of the base
to the earth is a distance of about 50 feet
Not having seen this phenomenon, of
course we cannot enter into any minute
description of it ; we can only give the
general idea which we have presented.
We are assured the illusion is perfect
nothing wanting whatever to fill up the
picture a magnificent city, silent as the
bottom of the sea, but glittering in the
full life of the sunshine, and self sustained
in the heavens. Marywillc, Cal., Ex
prets. Batter than Gold Diggings.
There is a great excitement spreading
throughout this region on the subject of
the gold diggings on the Platte and some
of its tributaries, in this Territory. Well,
it may be so, that gold has been found
there, and that some lucky persons, say
one of a hundred, by the hardest of toil,
and most severe exposure of health and
life, working the day long with pick, pan
and cradle, far from " wife, children and
friends," destitute of the comforts, nav,
necessaries of life, with a Colt's revolver
for his bedfellow, and a boulder for his
pillow ; bears, buffaloes, catamounts,
wolves, skunks, rattlesnakes, vipers, and
all kinds of creeping things, for his neigh
bors, may have succeeded in digging,
washing and rocking out four or five dol
lars in ono day. What of it ! He'll,
most likely spend it all in extravagance
and riotous living, as fast as he gets it,
and disqualify himself for regular busi
ness and social dutv, for the remainder
of his life.
Now, we will tell you of better dig
gings than the " gold diggings." Our ad
vice, though gratis, is good.
Leave these
gold mines, at once, if you be there, aud
if not there, and wish to get gold by dig
ging, come to Southern Kansas, and take
to yourself one hundred and sixty acres
oi uncie oam s teniie tauu, any wuere
near t ort bcott, erect thereon a comforta-
ble cabin, break up land sufficient to raise
wheat, corn, jiotatoes, Sc., then take your
pick and shovel and go to digging on this
same land, and with one hall the labor of
the gold diggiugs, you can dig out from
fifty to one hundred bushels of (not gold)
the best of coal per day, and fur this you
can get ten cents per bushel, iu gold; thus
you can make from five to ten dollars ev
ery day, without failure ; besides, if you
have a wife and children, you and they
can live together on the land, in this geni
al clime. The pan and the cradle will
not be needed, unless your wife should
permit their use in the house ; you can
dispense with the revolver, as a bedfel
low ; you can go to church on Sunday,
and sit in the same pew with your wife,
if the crinoline expansion be not too great,
and you will loo!, act and feel, all the
time, like a civilized, Christian man.
There now, that's so come along ! It
will pay. Fort Scott Democrat.
Mora sad Flanciing Mews from the Pike's Peak
Gold Mines. i
Mr. Robt. B. Willis, Express messenger
between this city and Topeka, arrived
here yesterday. He reports having met
eight men who went out to Pike's Peak
with the Lawrence party some time in
June last. Tbey were returning on ac
count of their health, most of them being
down with the ague, and for the purpose
of getting tools and provisions.
Their Pilot and one other of the eight
will return this fall, the others will remain
at Lawrence till spring. The party report
that these miners are making from eight
to ten dollars per day, with pans and such
rough washers as they are able to construct
from hollow trees. Ihey also coonrra
our former reports about the agricultural
richness of the country about the bead
waters of the Arkansas and the South
fork of the Platte.
The miners had not, when the party
left, been molested by Indians.
Several of the most prominent business
men of Topeka are making preparations
Ior immediate emigration, among whom
we mention the names of CoL Holliday,
Hngh Moore and Mr. Huntoon.
Mr. Willis, our imformant, is to accom
pany this party from Topeka, and has
informed the express company that he
can make uUy one more trip for them, as
he wish- to make preparations to leave
for the New El Dorado. Kansas Journal,
Srytll
Journalists la Summer.
A recent French writer remarks that
summer for journalists is like tbe desert
of Sahara for travelers. A hot sand under
the feet, a burning sky above the head,
sterility all around, and not an oasis.
When the paper has goue to press, and
the moment to halt and rest arrive, jour
nalists and travelers have both the same
tbooght; it is of To-Moaxo-w.
J Hm from Piks's Faak.
We bad the pleasure, yesterday, of con
versing with E. Y. King, Esq., who ar
rived in our city evening before last; di
rect from Pike's Peak. He brings speci
mens of the gold he dug there, and it has
been pronounced by competent judges as
being worth twenty-one dollars per ounce.
Mr. King is well and favorably known
here by some of oar most influential citi
zens, and bis statements can be implicitly
relied on.
He left the diggins on the 27th of July.
He informs us that the trip can be made
very easily in thirty days from this city,
the best route being from here to Fort lu-
ley, thence up the Smoky Hill Fork, the
field of which is within forty miles of
P,l. P..U u. i. , .it v
ike's Peak the road IS clear Of all Ob-
stacles.
Mr. King, having been absent from his
friends and relatives in the East for some
time, intends returning, with the view of
organizing a company. The arrival of
Mr. King spread like wild-fire over our
city, and already a number of gentlemen
are making active preparations to leave at
the earliest possible moment
Leavenworth presents unusnal facilities
to parties who intend going. Io the first
place, it is the nearest point to start from ;
and, secondly, everything necessary for
the trip ca-j be obtained here at much less
rates than they can be purchased else
where, and shipped here by small com
panies. Horses, mules, cattle, wagons,
provisions, &c, can be had here in abun
dance, at fair prices, and those who con
template visiting the "diggins" should
not allow themselves to be misled by un
scrupulous proprietors of one-horse towns
above or below us. Leavenworth Ledger.
KrThe Baltimore Sun, by some queer
method of reasoning, arrives at the con- example to the voters of the States. Al
clusion that the power of the Anti-slavery though the Kansas people voted again
(or what it calls Abolition') sentiment is
broken in Ohio, because Mr. (Jorwin has
been nominated for Congress, and Mr.
Giddings has not been renominated.
How so? Mr. Corwin is professedly an
A titLal.irAFo mon at.A XT - lt..nk;..a tU..I
successor of Mr. Giddin-s. is considered
t.-a.c . v. j utnu, auu uuh.iiiiib, iuv i
one of the most decided Anti-slavery men
m the State was one of the old Liberty
Guard, active as any of tbem and is
actually pledged "to lift higher the stand-
ard" of Freedom, borne so lonir. in many
a hard-lought battle, by the noble Joshua,
home people see what they wish in every
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naner calls Hurwin and Hntrhina "rahid
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wooley heads," another finds them mild
as skimmed and pump-fed milk.
Une thing may as well be said at once,
If any set of politicians, at the North or
Uwhr r hnnimr , '-.kinc tn r,trh
up a new party for the race of 1800, which
will either ignore the Republican or Anti-
slavery issues, or lower the standard on
principles. "it may be set down as concluded I
that the Democratic candidate whoever
he may be will be elected President of
the United States. We do not believe,
although such a charge is made, that this
folly is contemplated; but if the political
loaders have so little faith and backbone
that new parties, with new names and
new principles, must be set up every four
years, we may as well let those leaders
suck tbeir thumbs in a nice little party by
themselves let the offices, which alone
they greatly care for, go to grass and
bold honest opponents of slavery exten
sion and perpetuation and other villainy,
to the line and plummet of principle and
honesty. The honest Anti-slavery men
need not be counted in any bargain of I
: political thimble-riggers. Pittshurgh Di-
paccn. .
Humboldt, K. T.
i The town of Humboldt is in Allen
county, rvansas lerntorv, six miles oeiow
Cofachique, and situated upon a slope of
j ground along the soutu bank of the Neo-
; sho. This is a new town, but has grown
rapidly this summer. Over twenty eood
j aud substantial buildings have been erect-
ed there. The town is doing quite a large
trade with the neighboring Indian tribes,
as also witn tne settlers on tne .aeosno
and its tributaries. The citizens are now
engaged in building a large male and fe-
h.I. aAmlnAw n. f k inl.nlm. nf
makin? it the first and leadinir academical
institution in Southern Kansas. The
foundation for the building is already Scott. We hive conversed with in tela-I three of which were for tbe English S win
made, and yesterday one of the directors gent persons, who have explored the coun- die It seems that Paola and Osawato
oi me lusiiiiiuuu wss in mis city, ana
maae arrangements witn nowiana a v,o.,
tnrougn tneir agent, air. w.j. nan, ior
tue inmoer to ouuu ana iurnisn tnis sent
1Qary"
no left yesterday, tasing out tne nrst
IabiI sit lilmbav anl wall W& wswrw awub
witn tne necessary teams to use out the
I'SZJZ
vy
la Quod.
The notorious robber, Scroggins, known
for a long time as one of a band of horse
thieves, was brought to Fort Riley on the
morning of the 28th ult., in charge of two
men from Weston, Mo. It is well known
to our readers that this scoundrel was
arrested a short time since in Leaven
worth, from whence, by some manner of
means, he escaped. As we understand it,
he afterwards committed murder, and, by
a man named Miller, of Weston, was
again arrested and transferred to these two
men who brought him to tbe Fort, ex
pecting to receive a reward of $500,00,
which they had heard had been offered
and was to be paid here for his apprehen
sion and delivery, r ind:ng no one wil
ling to take charge of hint or pay the
reward, his custodians returned with him
to Leavenworth. Scroggins is said to be
a fine looking man of more than ordinary
education, and it is also said th'it he is
connected with a band of desperadoes in
this and adjoining connties. Our people
should be on the alert, and our officers
more vigilant. Jails are mncb needed in
this Territorv. Junction Sentinel.
A Pretty Fancy.
When the day begins to go up to heav-
; en night u doeg not gpre,d p, of
wings and fir aloft like a bird, but it just
ciimos soltlynpon a ladder. I t sets its red
sandal on the shrub you have watered
these three days, lest it should perish
wuu iuin, tnen 11 steps to tne tree we sit
Under, and tK n- tn ttiArMiTA rwf tlie rnnf
From the ridge to the chimney, from the
chimney to the tall elm, from the elm
me cnurch-spire, and men to tbe cloud,
im sue suiEsuuiu ui uesrea j sou i asr. n itn tne sua Ol proper materials
thus, from crimson round to crimson Ud inatn.menu.old would he fo,,!
round, you can see it go, as if it walked! equalliuz California in it Dalmieat slays.
nrredios.
Shakes peart oa Fettr and Ay.
All tlie. West's a ehill.
And all tha men and women merely shakers,
Al have tbeir "sick da., a" and their "well dais,
A nd omt ms in his timo is often shaken.
His chills navinc seven aes. At first ho's "bil
lions, Heoliiia and pakins in his spouse, s arms.
And tbnn the whiums; srurkauo, somewhat ail-
With'bue b gilded face, ereepeth like snail.
LnwUllrg wura. Ana men rim Knees acne;
Sighint; like-furoacr, wiiaa w.ifa' (ruanint;.
Us seeks his quiet eotiag.-. Then he toelti
Fall of strangs oat In and aehinc everywhere:
His flesh d rtb erep, each hair becomes quill;
He seeks the bubble nerspira: ion
X torn pocket pistol s mould. Ana idea ne
Hisfair round bslljr, with solid breakfsst lined,
Feels very full as though with ramrod parked,
With leaden eyes and board of bristling look.
sweats;
Fnll nf fine hnnA. and warnina momently.
a enm eomes over mm. inesixiuaaesniii
Into the ehatterimr mazDie with iws all springs.
His talk is alt of cold and "clothes more
elothee."
He shakes himself, his bed. the room, the house;
Moments aeem hours no sleep no rest nu
life;
His manly voice, turning to treble, pipes and
whistles shrill;
And fthak withal in semi-auaver notes.
He's but ehiU'd iron, eold and still. Last scene
of all.
That ends this strange eventful history
Headache succeeds the chills, and fever hot.
Cares naught for Xorth or South or East or
Corpse like he lies;
Wasr
The country's one to him, poor patriot, and his
mind
Resolves the thought that AOCI is its king;
At last he sleeps. Quinine basdone its work.
The spell is broke, lie rises from his bed
A wiser and a weaker man. Ue'tkudackiO!
Iowa. July . 1858. NOR'WESTER.
ft7" As a voting people, the abused
Free State settlers of Kansas set a noble
and again to no other purpose than that
ot testilying against oppression neuner
securing recognition of their rights as a
free people, nor justice nor mercy at the
hands of their maligners and oppressors
mn tgtA i ti (t arrainct. thn trpmpnihiiia rvtilu
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of National Government power. Military
force, aud Border Ruffian fraud and out-
rage still, at every election, in good or
bad weather, in one season or another,
they leave all, to attend to their duties at
the ballot-box, and swell up telling tna-
jonties ior a principle, now nere eise in
tne u nion ao we nno men so nrm, steaa-
f . . AavntaA m.Vinff cnli aanrifino fori
the Cause which the Kansas Voters be-
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neve, as proved by tneir votes, to oe that
of Truth and Right. Surely they are a
noble people, in tnis respect, at least
worthy to be remembered, encouraged,
unheld. with some like deeree of gelf-
sacrifice, devotion, and abandonment of
local or petty private interests, py tnose
who protess to be their ineuds in tneotber
works, and I will shew thee my faith by
1 my works " iu iho words of James
I the Free Stat men of Kansas may ad
dress their brethren elsewhere. We have
quit our farms and our merchandize, our
pleasures and our gains, to travel long,
weary mues, in an seasons, ana in an
weathers, to vote for Freedom. Prove
your faith by like works, or be silent ev
ermore. I'llU'.uryU Dispatch.
Tort Scott.
The Southern Kansas war was a great
draw back to this b jautilul aud nourishing
citv. A few bad, meu were enabled,
through the misrepresentations of hireling
letter-writers, to do much toward giving
Fort Scott an u.. desirable reputation both
in the Territory and out of it. Now that
me war nas ceaseu, r on scou is again
going ahead. 1 he Presideut of the c ort
Scott town company. Gboboe A. Ceaw
I foed. Eso.. is an old Puuusvlvauian. and a
man of distinguished abilities as a tinan
cier and laud operator. Mis liberal plans
for building up the city are, we under-
stand, cordially secouded by the company,
and can hard I v fail to render Fort Scott
one of the most rapidly improving cities
of the Territory. Coal of the finest
quality is found in the immediate vicinity
of the town, and stone tor building pur-
poses is in great abundance.
Besides being the county seat of Bour-
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rv.net fne !h Third nutria .mi th
U. 8. Land Office, are located at Fort
try in in at vicinity, ana tney represent
that for beauty and lertility it is unsur
passed. n yandotl Argus.
1 The Secret of Happiness,
BJ noticed Mid Franklin, "a mechanic,
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among a number of others, at work on a
,." ,i . i;i. fmm m. nffi.
.pp.ared.to.be in a very
merry humor, who had a kind word and
a cheerful smile dancing like a sunbeam I (Dg unacquainted with either of the par
on his cheerful countenance. Meeting . ,ak. n.ni.n n. will
him one morning, I asked him to tell me
the secret of his constant happy flow of
spirits. o secret, doctor,' be replied; '1
have got one of the best of wives, and
when 1 go to work she always nas a kind
word of encouragement for me, and when
I go home she meets me with a smile
and a kiss, and tea is sure to be ready;
and she bas done so many things during
the day to please me that I cannot find it
in my heart to speak unkindly to any
body.' What iutluence, then, hath a
woman over the heart of mac, to soften it,
and make it the fountain of pure emo-
tions: peait gently, tnen, alter tne aay
la vvcr. uuijin vik uuwimi, mhi ku
far towards making a home happy and
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Card.
We see in numbers of our exchanges
that there is a great fatality prevailing
among horned cattle in different parts of
the county. We learn, also, that the
8panish or Texas fever prevails among
" suu'u 1115. - um
of tha conntv. So far as we have heard.
Dfrw n a wa ntinanMi in s.11 n n wmkura itm.ri.
there bas been no successful remedy for
the diseases yet discovered. Independence
Messenger.
Oold ea CbatTr Elver.
Reports direct from tbe miners onCher-
I ry River confLm the previous rumors that
targe quantities oi -nne gold" was lonna
I in tha h-rm aT thia wimr knl ha nin.r
I had any quicksilver, thev labored nnder
to I a great diaad vantage. The average, how
ever, was irom len to fourteen dollars
, WymdoU OatettA. . --.
For Us ITnH Friom.
Detdaga bv tha Wayside.
Me. Editor : A rambler over the
prairies of Kansas, to sea the sights and
bear the sayings of the inhabitants of this
much abased and far famed conntry will.
if permitted, occupy a corner in the col
umns of your excellent paper. A few
days ago the writer, a weary traveler, both
hungry and thirsty, took lodgings at the
Johnson House, in tha city of Lawrence,
and there sought and found refreshment
and repose. Thanks to the gentlemanly
proprietors long may they waive. The
next-ore was to get a hasty view of the
city of Lawrence, as she is. That view
shows Lawrence a city, well located, well
built, but not finished a business hum
through and around the place shows,
at once, that Lawrence is a city out of the
woods. Satisfied with the entertainment
received, and the views taken at this
point, this rambler rambled along over a
beautiful and well cultivated country, and
soon came to a town called Franklin, a
place in this country bearing the cogno
men of a pro-slavery town; it is well
enough located, but too near Lawrence to
become a town of any considerable note.
Five or six miles east of this, at the
junction of the Big Wakarusa with the
Kansas river, is the town of Eudora. The
inhabitants of this town are exclusively
Dutch and Indian, and the town itself ex
hibits a spirit of industry and enterprise
that might be well worthy the imitation
of a mure pretending people. Twelve
miles south of Eudora, at the head of
Bull Creek, on the Big Santa Fe road, is
the village of McCamish. This point,
for several years past, has been known as
a small Indian trading post, but more ra
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cenuy uisimguisnea as me piace wuere
the battle of Bull Creek was fought,
Seven miles still farther south is the
flourishing village of Richland. The
country passed over is principally prairie.
a neb soil, susceptible ol nigh cultivation
an(j u npy settling with an industrious
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Pe0Ple-
t. n- ai i l . -. v . m 1 1
e rom uicmanu, auout eiguv mues sun
farther south, in Lykius county, over
.u ,,,,:,. of cutitrv. wall timbered and
r , 1 i ,. ne p.
well watered, is located the town of Pa-
ola. This is one of the most beautiful
town sites in Jvansas lemtory. Besides,
the yautages of being within less than
a half mile of the geographical center
north and south, and less than a mile and
a half east and west, it is well supplied
with good springs of water, timber, stone
and all necessary building materials con
venient and abundant ; roads concentrate
there from all parts of the county,
About eight miles south-west of Paola,
over a neb and beautilul prairie, is the
town of Osawatomie. This town is locat
ed at the junction of the Pottawattomie
with the Osage. : A traveler approaching
the town on the north and east, is com
pelled to cross the Osage ; and from the
south, the Pottawattomie. During this
last season, travel to and from this point
has been materially obstructed by high
water, inasmuch as these streams have
not been bridged. The eastern part of
the town, to the eye of the traveler, looks
low and unhealthy ; the western portion.
known as Foster's addition, is a high prai
rie, and commands a fine view of the
country. The town of Osawatomie is lo
cated about five and a half miles from the
county line on the west, and about seven
and a half miles from the county line on
the south. At the late election in this
tmg precinct, embracing nearly
two
townships, 229 votes were polled, only
mie are rival towns for the permanent
county seat of Lykins. Paola is the pres
ent county town. While in this neigh
borhood, the writer was amused at a con
versation heard between two Free State
men, the friends of each town, and will
venture to relate it for the benefit of your
numerous subscribers in this county. Be-
ties, i
be called Paola, and the other, Osawato
mie
Osawatomie It is claimed that Paola
is a Free 8tate town ?
Paola It is so claimed by Free State
men.
Osawatomie At the late election held
at that place, fifty-three votes were cast ;
twenty-seven for the Swindle, and only
twenty-six against it, thus affording prool
positive from the record, that Paola is a
piavery town.
Paolo The conclusion drawn from tbe
facts stated, is not cor.-ecx. On account
of high water preventing a full atten
dance at the polls, only fifty-three votes
were polled, showiug one of a majority
for swindle four legal voters, non-resi
dents of the precinct, voted swindle, and
Li- one non.reaident voted against.
- 1 Osawatomie U that so ?
Paola It is ; and if necessary, I
can
I furnish the names of the voters.
Osawatomie But Osawatowie has al
ways been a Free State town, votes large
ly Free State, and ought, for that reason
to be preferred to whwt was once strongly
I pro-slavery, bat more recently Free State
1 b t imall odds.
I
I PskAs Admit yon poll Free Stale and
- 1 nothing besides, does that show you po
Pr I Utically better and more reliable than
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other, who are also Fr Bute, bnt have
I pro-slavery neighbors? . Place yonr argn-
1 meat is id nMefvorebUlighJ,wregais
election precincts. From tne beginning.
he strong-holds of Free State and Pro-
slavery men, were these respective towns.
Osawatomie was a Free State town,
strongly fortified at home, and fostered
and guarded by the political influence ol ,
her friends outside. Paola, in the begin-
ning, was a point occupied and controlled
by the opposite influence, vuu wis
state of affairs, Free State men came by
sections and platoons into the town of
Paola, and by sUady and persevering ef
forts carried and successfully maintained
their point at the polls. It may in truth ;
be said, the preoiiic of Paola is now ft '
Free State town, and made so without re
inforcements from outsiders. Osawato
mie, without any opposition, has a larger
Free State majority, and boasts of her
achievements when she had no opposi
tion, and thereby undertakes to underrate
her less pretending neighbors.
Osawatomie Will vote for Osawatomie
for the county seat ; it is a local and not
a political interest.
Paola That is it; make your argu
ments local aud not political, then we will
fairly understand each other.
The parties then separated, apparently
in friendship. RAMBLER.
Bowing Wheat,
The fismis Newt says : " We have
been making s me inquiry from the farm
ers of this aud Madison counties in regard
to the prnper time for sowing fall wheat
in this climate, i ne testimony oi in
who were the most successful this season
is. that the proper time is about the 15th
of September not later than tha 20th.
Mr. F. Hall, who lives on tne uot
tonwood, raised a fine field of fall wheat
this season, which was not damaged by
the rust or frost, and which he sowed in
the middle of September, lie bad an
other field, which was sowed about ton
days later, which gave a much p-iorer
yield than the first, did not mature so
well, and wa more !nectea ny tne iro
and rust, Mr. Grimsly, living on Allen,
creek, raised about 40 acres of excellent
fall wheat this season, which was sown
about the middle of September. Both
of these gentlemen will sow largely thle
fall, and not later than the niteentn oi
September, From indications, we should
judge that mere would oe a mucn larger
number of acres ol wheat sown mis tail
than last
A Mother's Leva,
In some spring freshet, a river widely
washed its shores, and rent away a bough
whereon a bird had built a cottage for her
summor hopes. Down tne wmie ana
whirling stream drifted the green branch
with its wicker cup of unfledged song,
and fluttering beside it, as it went along,
tbe mother bird. Unheeding the roaring
river, on she kept, her cries of agony and
fear piercing the pauses of the storm.
How like the love of the old fashioned
mother, who followed the child of her
heart all over the world. 8 wept away by
passion that child might be, it mattered
not; bearing away with him the frag
ments cf the roof-tree though he did, yet
the mother was with him, a Ruth through
all life, and a Rachel at his -death. La
martine. Kansas Quid He Hombeg.
From every source of reliable infor
mation, we hear but one story of the new
El Dorado on our western frontier. Sev
eral parties have just come in with speci
mens of a fine gold as any ever found io
California. We have just seen several
specimens, brought in by a teamster front
New Mexico, who dug tbe same with hit
hatchet from the bed of one of tbe tribu
taries of the Arkansas, while by accident
he was detained two days on his home
ward route. In all, he obtained about aa
ounce, about half of which waa very fine
scale and grain gold, and the remainder
nugget gold, some of which was adhering
to pieces of quarts. Wyandott OaxttU.
Whea to 8 tan for the Hlaee.
To our eastern friends we would say,
if yon are in a hurry for gold, the sooner
you come the better. Yet we are confi
dent there will be room for all, for years
to come. Gold bas been found scattered
over a very large tract of conntry on the
eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains.
Tbe objections to F rarer river, will not
! apply to our mines. Our climate is mild
during tne entire year, ana peroaps) can
be more profitably worked during tne
cold months than at any other season.
Provisions for the outfit can be obtained
here cheaper than further east. Yon bad
better bring, however, plenty of quick
silver. Wyandett Gazette.
Climau as a Oold Kagiaaw.
The vallies through which coarse the
streams in which the gold bss been found,
abound with timber, and the climate is
very mild, so that the miner can worn
his claim almost if not the entire winter.
As tbe summit of Fike's and the neigh
boring peaks are approached, tbe air
gives indication of a colder region. Buf
falo, deer, elk, ttocky Mountain sneep,
and various other kinds of game, are very
numerous. CoL Bent, of Bent's Fort, it
now in this vicinity, loading ft train
for the mines. The Colonel is an old
pioneer, and is confl lnt of reaping a nefc
harvest in tbe new "diggins," fr-
andot Gazette.
DUnngaisked Visile. .
Wa ware favored yesterday, (Wednes
day,) by a visit from Hon. Iff. J. Pr"tt
of Leavenworth, and Hon. A. J. Mead, of
Manhattan. It was the nrst run mm
former gentleman had paid thie part of
the Territory. He expressed himself
much pleased with the beauty 01 me
conntry, and the marks of prosperity
everywhere observable. We believe ho
has gathered some important itenna us in
formation in regard to uencrai n-anaaa w
will be of service to him In Washington
next winter. Junction Sentinel. -: -
Ceeaawa Sehaeat.
Mr. 3. H. Noteware, the efficient and
energetio Superintendent ot Common
Schools, is actively engaged In organising
a thorough system of education through
out the whole Territory. t He know hav
ing 2,000 copies of the School Law
printed for distribution among; teacher! '
trustees and Other iuereet4 ' c : ; , ,
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