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. . . life Befd of JVeecoiTj. GEO. W. BBOWlf, Editor. LAWRENCE. KANSAS. 8ATDRDAY MORNING, DEC. 85, 1358. TIRVI.-M.M JEB A9KCM.IH AS-VAJICE fare shall the Preee Mm Peaale. HcMaesaiatale Uaiw'd b7 party, it! eefcrlee ej sale. . rle4a4 hatte Trete. te Uttrtf mm Law, II Favor aware an. ae Far aaall awe. y T Oubecrlbrre. (X) When the terra fur which subscribers re eeivmg their papers by mail or at the Pout-office iseut or Dearly so, we convey the intelligence b a cross at the end of their names, like the on at the eummeneement of this notice. This will rive all a fair opportunity to know whea their time is op. ami serve as an invitation to renew their subscriptions. JU" Extra copies of the Iltrald of FreMnm, put up in wrappers for mailing, if ifeeired, can be had at the Office. Price. Five Cents each. Our Own Matters. Though we have no disposition to ira pom upon our readers the idea that we have specialt correspondents under pay from- the Deraldof Freedom office, to write letters from Washington, the Court of St. James, or from the capital of Japan, yet we expect to publish everything pertain ing to the special interest of Kansas readers from any of those places, in ad vance of any other journal. Indeed we have arrangements by which we shall receive tha news through the winter in aauance oj au otner sources, j. ne idea 01 daily or weekly letter from Washington is like lumbering op the columns of a newspaper with the details of proceedings of legislative bodies a matter of nonsense, because there is no$ one in twenty who will trouble himself with reading them. We have labored to give the pith of the most important news 01 practical utility, from all parts of the country. We live in a utilitarian age, and that which pos sesses value is conned over with interest and the balance is passed . in silence or disgust. " By referring to the columns of our paper it will be seen that we have correspond ents in every part of Kansas, and though their views may not be adopted to-day, yet they are invariably found to be correct . . in . . ... . . wuiunuw, nose in wamoi a laitniui his ,tory of Kansas . events as they are daily transpiring, cannot do better than subscribe at once for the Herald of Freedom, and com- meuce with the New Yeab. det us sug gest, that no man will be cheated out of the money he advances for our paper. The paper is firmly established, and will be published", probably, as long as any other newspaper in Lawrence. Though desir ous of closing our individual connection with the press, that we may engage in less ( exhausting duties, yet we shall not do so without a successor who fully reflects our view on the leading questions 'of the day. Whether the paper pays its Way or not, we .... rr. ; . . i . . . . uoouuitieui means, independent of the receipts of the office, to sustain it for a time, and this shall be employed, if need be, to keep the paper alive. Many have been deterred from subscribing, from the representation that we were going over to the Democracy, or would abandon the enterprise. The first of these every reader knows to be false, as we never have acted with the Democratic party, and never expect to. The paper will not be suspended as long as the people give proof that it is needed to secure the free dom of Kansas. All representations to the contrary are slanders, and designed to injure our circulation and influence. ConserrattTe Saining Strength. - The number of conservative Free State journals in the Territory are multiplying. The Topeka Tribune, from being one of the most crazy fire-eating journals in the Ter ritory, and bent upon nothing only to resist everything practical, has become, in the hands of its new editors, an honest, faithful journal, strongly Free State, and desiring no other party until Kansas is fairly out of the woods. We account for this on the hypothesis that Mr. Cummings, its new proprietor, came to Kansas early in the spring of 1855, was present at the organization of the Free State party, and remembers the pledge then made to maintain our organization until Kansas --as a Free State. The Grasshopper has given place to the Crescent, at Grasshopper Falls, and with its new editor, it is a readable, intelligent and interesting paper. The Grasshopper was disposed to be right, butsomehow the editor's prejudices were in the wrong di rection. . The Palermo Leader is a new paper, but is straight-forward, and dares speak right out In favor of maintaining our "old party organisations. v The Leavenworth Ledger and White Cloud Chief have always been on the right tracks " ., . The only extreme papers now, are the Leavenworth Times, Lawrence Republican, and Emporia News. ' The latter has some what improved , during the last few. months. " Governor Arrived. Got. Mebaby arrived in this city on the evening of the 17th inst, and passed np to Leoompton on the following morning. He finds an immense amount of responsi bility thrown upon him at once. The Legislature will convene at. Leoompton a week from nex't Monday, at which time be will have to submit bis Message. The renewed difficulties in Linn and Bourbon . counties, and the resolution of a large ' number of the people to set the laws at de fiance,, followed with robberies, murders and expulsion of citizens from the' Terri tory, will also demand his active atten tion. Until men can be apprehended for crime, on an indictment found bJPa ; Grand Jury, and can be tried by legal Courts, there is no use of talking about "quiet, or the restoration of peace. We hope our new Governor will be found , adequate to the emergency, and had not our experience taught ns the fallacy of the hope, we would wish the general ' government to sustain him in tha discharge of his duty. Dtfflcnltiee in Linn end Bowrboa Oanaliee, . The news from the Southern part of Kansas is again of the most alarming character. Mr. Mitchell, one of the Representatives fax the Territorial Legis lature from Linn county, was robbed on the highway a" few days ago, by some of the Montgomery band. More .recently, the Sheriff of Linn county, witb a posse of one hundred men, visited the western part of the county with the view of ap prehending Montgomery, but as it was evident an arrest could not be" effected withont a general collision, it was not ac complished. " , A week ago Thursday, a body of men, with Montgomery at their head, made their appearance in Fort Scott about four o'clock in the morning, and succeeded in releasing a man by the name of Rice, who was held by the Sheriff of that county on an indictment preferred against him by a Free State Grand Jury, for mnrder. They fired into the house "of a Mr. Little, tilled bis son, and robbed a store of some $5,000 worth of goods. Trunks were rifled in the hotel, and numerous depredations up on the rights and property of individuals, were committed. We have listened to a recital of those outrages from several different persons, some of whom have sustained Montgom ery until the late outbreak, and all concur in saying that active measures must be employed to restore order, else the whole I i. Ml 1 - , J T C . i T country will become involved. Free State men, in the days of Border Ruffianism, were never subjected to greater indigni ties or violence than have been heaped upon them during the past year by the monomaniacs under the direction of Mont gomery. - They may call themselves Free State men, bat their sympathizers in the East will ultimately learn that they are sustaining a gang of robbers and murder ers led on by a madman. . If the Governor has power to interpose the "military, and stay this violence, it is his duty to do so, and that immediately. No time-serving policy will answer the purpose. Already these violators of the law have been, trifled with too far. In stead of making terms with Montgomery, in June last, Gov. Denver should have arrested him and his desperadoes, and tried them for their crimes. If guilty, they should have been punished, as should have been the leaders of the disturbances on the Pro-slavery side. We hear of the emissaries of Montgom ery all over the Territory. They have stopped men upon the highway, searched and robbed them of valuables ! How many have been assassinated, heaven only knows ! If. another reign of terror is to be inaugurated, we hope the ringleaders in it will be brought to justice. The "Mass Meeting," the proceedings of which we published last week, show the true state of affairs. Moderate men are awed into silence, or forced into sub mission. The action of Montgomery and his band remind us of the clansmen of Scot land, in the early history of that country, who came down from the mountains and levied black-mail upon the inhabitants, and, if resisted, death was the penalty. Indeed, from the description given of Montgomery's movements, we should sup pose he was imitating the action of some of those barbarous leaders, else copying after some of the most successful high waymen and freebooters, whose history is only preserved in romance. "They Have their Reward." We listened on Sabbath last, to a very pleasant discourse, from the above text, by Rev. E. Nute, and on the next morn ing read the following, which we copy I from the Conneautville Courier: I - "Last week we noticed tha demiita nf friend White's bantling, the Erie Daily Bulletin. The Constitution has now given np the ghost, and ceased to be. Both died of the same disease a protracted col lapse ot the editors pocket-book. Peace to thoir memory." Mr. White removed to Conneautville in January or February of 1853, and brought his Banner from Venango county, with him, the ostensible object of which was to run out the Courier because of. its late opposition to Gen. Scott, and its support of Johs P. Hale for the Presidency, in the campaign which had just closed. White was a new hand, at the work, and like boys generally, thought it would pay best to "pitch in" personally, which he did with a vengeance. Politically, he attempted to out-Herod Herod, and in the support of every measure which we advo cated he was more extreme than we were. He became a Know Nothing, and was par ticularly bitter upon all persons who did not sustain the prescriptive views of that secret Order. Afterhisfiret year in Conne autville closed, his paper began to languish; finally he removed to Erie, and merged his Banner into the Constitution. That sheet chimed in with whatever was said against the Herald of Freedom, and finally has ceased to be. Like the Press and Tribune of Chicago, to which wealluded last week, "Verily, they have their reward." Other journalists of like character, take warn ing! Oanteel Ended. We have just heard it stated that our rat coatrnporary has resolved to never mention or allude to the Herald of free dom again, either directly or indirectly. Having learned that there is a difference between "skinning and being skinned," it now seeks to avoid the consequence of its own action) V letting ns alone in future. We thank the editor, and congratulate the public on this determination, JTor a whole year, though weekly made the Sub ject of the most bitter invectives, through whole column articles of that journal, we never mentioned its name, nor alluded to it indirectly! unless to notice some of its most glaring falshoode. Latterly, we were satisfied that this vituperation would be eternal unless ws retorted upon it, which we have done; but instead of deal ing in vituperation, we have made it tha subject of mirth. Since it has withdrawn its fire, we cheerfully close tha controver sy, and nnlesa compelled again to take up the instruments of warfare in our defense, the columns of the Herald of Freedom shall never be defiled, after this week, by mentioning tha name of that infamous J sheet, or its hypocritical editor. - A War cf Wo.ee. ' It has been represented to ns that a triangular warfare, of a very singular na ture, is now going on in Lawrence, and among the newly organized Democracy of Kansas, in regard to the Lawrence Post- office. It is said that there are several persons who want the post of our' present efficient and very gentlemanly postmaster, and each are laboring bar 4 to secure it Whether Dr. Garvin is laboring equally hard to retain it, or whether he wants it, we do not know, but as all the candidates, with the present incumbent, are personal friends, we can only look on and laugh at the product of the Leavenworth Conven tion. ' The three new candidates are said to be James Christian, Esq., Dr. Hvsok, of the firm of Blacklidqe & Huso, of the Johnson House, and Mr. Holbbook. Besides being personal friends of ours, they are each good looking, gentlemanly in their manners and deportment with the public, and either of them would make a good postmaster, as does the present occupant. And as for the claims of those men upon the Democracy for the office,, we believe them nearly equal. We made the acquaintance of Mr. Christian while confined to our bed with inflammatory rheumatism, in the winter of 1854-55. He visited our room, and a long conversation followed, in which he de clared himself a Democrat of the old school, and moderately Pro-slavery in his - . . ... views. We nave known him lu everv phase of our Kansas history, and only as an unyielding Democrat, who has always kept aloof from the Free State party, although numberless inducements have been thrown around him to swerve him from his position. In the summer of 1855 an attempt was made to induce him to enter into the support of the, Topeka movement, then in embryo, but it failed. -fHis observations of the practical workings of freedom and slavery have moderated his views somewhat, and to-day we have no doubt he would vote to make Kansas a Free State, yet he has ever been true to his party, and has held himself aloof from the Free State organization. Well, so far as Mr. C. is concerned, then, his chances would seem pretty good if a change is made in the office. But here is the present occupant, Dr. Garvin. He, too, is an old Democrat, for merly a moderate Pro-slavery man, we believe, and now undoubtedly occupies the same position with Mr. C. on the slavery question. They were formerly both applicants for the office, and their chances seemed nearly equal, but the Doctor came out ahead. Of Dr. Huson's Democracy we know but little, as be is comparatively a recent comer, and was not in the Territory, we believe, during our former troubles. In fact, he is one of those pleasant gentlemen it would be difficult to get into a contro versy with on politics. Kc was in the Leavenworth Convention, and gave un mistakable evidence, we suppose, that he was at home in that organization. Mr. Holbbook has always claimed to be a member of the Democratic party, but like Dr. HM has not been "mixed up" in our Territorial difficulties. For ountelf, we would love to see all those gentlemen succeed, and were toe to select between them, we should feel like tossing the copper, and let chance settle the question. We only mention this to let the public know what is going on in the political world, that they may not be disappointed with the result, whatever it may be. We may state, however, that we are rather suspicious that the President will do as politicians usually have done, and reward the new converts, or the less active of his party. Oyster Saloon. The lovers of oysters will be pleased to learn that Messrs. Blacklidqe & Hnsow, at the Johnson House, have fitted up a room in the basement of their Hotel, with the express intention of supplying fresh oysters, imported directly from Balti more, packed in ice, to their customers. They are in the daily receipt of packages, and are now engaged in furnishing them by the plate or dozen to all who order them. We mentioned, a few weeks ago, the fact of fresh oysters having been in troduced into Lecompton, but we had no idea they could be made profitable, hence we did not look for their introduction into this city in a fresh condition, for a year or two; bnt they are here, notwithstanding the Express is charging twelve dollars a hundred pounds for bringing them from St. Louis; and our people are thronging the J ohnson House to procure them. In com pany with a few friends we called npon the proprietors of this, well-kept house, and tested the article for onrself. We found them all that the most exquisjte lover of bivalves could desire, and such was the commendation of one of our party, who stated that he had been accustomed to going out from New York in sloops and taking them fresh from their beds, and that he could see no difference between them in regard to quality or freshness. Reader, fifty cents will procure a dish which will be remembered with pleasure for many days. Go and try them. OJr It should bo remembered thai the late Democratic Convention, at Leaven worth, was called as a Conservative Con vention, and not as a Democratic Conven tion, hence many conservative men who did nut endorse Democracy, made their appearance there, and afterwards suddenly found themselves converted into Demo crats, if the resolutions of that Convention were to be taken as an expression of the political faith of those in attendance. In view of that fraud practiced npon .those who attended, it is not just to charge all persons who were present, or whose names appeared as officers in the Convention, with being Democrats, as that party is now organised. ' 03" We are pained to learn of the death of Morris Hrnrr, Esq., a former resident of this city, and a Supreme Judge' under the Topeka Constitution. He died at the residence of his father, in Ohio, on the 14th nit. ' The Jndge was universally respected, and was a very worthy gentle- Peace to his memory. . , Odd FeUewa. v White Cloud, Lodge No. 8, L O. O. F, was instituted on the 15th inst, by D. D. Grand Master, Williax A. SaAjrxox. Sol. Miller, Esq., of the .White Cloud Chief, was installed N.G.; Eichaed TJish, V. G.; Mr. Williams," Secretary; and F. E; Armstrong, Treasurer., The prospects of a large and flourishing Lodse at that place, are said to be very good. Some of onr readers, ignorant of the character of such institutions. mv take exceptions to them, but it only those wbo bave not passed into the Inner Tem ple. At the very threshold, the ere at truths which underlie Christianity are in. culcated ; and through every step these doctrines are enforced by 'illustrations; while the broadest religious and political toleration is made a cardinal rrincinle of the Order. Founded upon that eternal principle which, recognizing man as acon-1 strtnent of one universal brotherhood, it teaches him that, as he came from the hands of a' common parent, he is bound to cherish and protect his fellow-man. It seeks to improve and elevate his charac ter; to imbue him with proper concep tions or his capabilities for good ; to en lighten his mind, and to enlarze the sphere of his affections. If such is indeed the principles of Odd Fellowship, who then has aught to say against the institution of Lodges in Kan sas, where there is a greater want of the inculcation of these humanizing and el evating principles than almost anywhere else in this Republic. v To Baildeia. Persons about erecting stone or brick buildings, should take measures to pre vent their being undermined by rats. These pestiferous little animals keep pace with civilization, and wherever commerce is carried on, these rats are found. They dig down by the side of a wall to the foundation, without regard to dis tance, and then construct their burrows under it, Becoming numerous, excava tions are made to such an extent as to weaken, and ultimately destroy the foun dation, and cause the wall to fall. It has been ascertained that the clippings from a tin manufactory, placed nnder the wall before its erection, and allowing the clip pings to project a few inches beyond the wall, will effectually prevent these pests from doing any injury to the structure. They will dig down beside the wall to the tin clippings, but as they cannot pen etrate them, finally give over their labors in disgust. Walls already erected may be protected in like manner, by digging a trench around them, and packing in the tin clippings so closely that they cannot make their way through them, covering them with earth. From the larze num ber of rats in this place, and the result of their destructive labors, it is evident something must be done to check them, else heavy damages will ensue. Let no one suppose we have reference to the species of Rats which set type, for tney were not thought of, until a friend suggested that the above remarks would be conned over fifty times to discover the application. Hew Territory. The adventurers to Pike's Peak gold region have organized, and elected a Mr. Graham, formerly of Kansas City, Mo., a delegate to Congress. They purpose or ganizing a new Territory, embracing a portion of Kansas and Nebraska. We hope the movement will be successful, as we are satisfied it would be for the best interest of Kansas to part with a portion of her western possessions. We would very cheerfully consent to see three hundred and fifty miles cut off in that quarter, and our northern boundary ex tended to the Platte. The people of southern Nebraska are very much in favor of annexation. A good article on that subject will be found elsewhere from one of our Nebraska exchanges. Hot Correct It has been currently reported, and with some was credited, that Dr. Danfobd, one of the representatives to the Territorial Legislature from Linn county, was sym pathizing with Montgomery in his guer rilla warfare npon the citizens of Linn and Bourbon counties. We are happy to observe by a card over Dr. D.'s own signa ture, that such is not the case. He says: "So far from sustaining Montgomery in his course, I have uniformly, in private and public, condemned his policy as beinz unwise, and destructive of the best inter ests of Southern Kansas." The public will be glad to leain of the Doctor's posi tion. Legislative Oaacwa. We observe a call for a caucus of the members of the Territorial Legislature, to be held in this city on Saturday, the 1st day of January next This has become necessary in consequence of doubts having arisen as to the proper place of convening; it being claimed by some that the Organic Act had decided in favor of one place, and the Legislature at its last session, in favor of another. The caucus will be an im portant one, and every member ahould be in attendance. Coat of Pisssge te the East, The charges for passage from St Joseph to Hannibal, by Railroad, are $14,50. This probably includes the cost of stag ing over the sixty mile gap. The charges for passage from here to Leavenworth are $3, and $5 from Leavenworth to St Joseph. . This makes the entire passage from Lawrence, amount to $250 There are some sixteen miles of staging between Hannibal and Qainey, III, costing, proba bly, about $2. FromQuincy, railroads diverge to Chicago and St Louis. 03" W are happy to observe that CL V. Eskbxdoe, Esq., Clerk of the Probate Court of Breckenridga County, has been appointed by Judge Elmore, Clerk of the TJ. S. District Court for that County. . Mr. E. is a young man of decided ability conservative in his political views, and a very excellent gentleman withalL The TJ. 8. District Court for that county was opened at Agnes City last Monday. Kr Our table is greatly crowded with matter, mora than we can passiblf press wtff this number. " ' v . . TbaEldxidga Hoeaa. ' In a brief item last week we noticed tha completion and, opening of the EL- dridgk House, but were not thep prepared to do justice to It in the way of an ex tended notice, which we resolved to give this week. It is erected on the ground occupied by the old Free State Hotel, which was destroyed by a semi-official mob, on tha. 21st of May, 1856. The foundation of the new structure was com menced in 'the fall of that year by the Emigrant Aid Company, and was prose cuted until cold weather set in. At the time work was commenced npon it, me chanics and laborers in the place were idle and no man found employment, as a doubt seemed to hang over onr future of that character which deadened enterprise; but when the Aid Comfavt commenced clear ing away the ruins to begin work again npon their hotel, hope was revived, as this was positive evidence that we were not to be deserted by thai powerful Com- During the winter of 1856-57, Aid Company disposed of their interesfiu the foundation, lots, &&, to Eldridoi Broth ers, and they soon commenced work tpon it, and nearly doubled its size! besidJ de signing everything upon the mostmag nificent scale. Our . people began to look npon it as a failure. The idea that a structure so large, and having in view the most ample finish, should be completed, and all by individual enterprise, appeared incredible, and many were the regrets ex pressed that the matter had passed into private hands ; but the walls continued to go up ; it was covered ; room after room was finished on the first floor, and yet it was thought the project would prove a failure. Money was commandingytve per cent, per month, and any amount could be loaned at that rate, yet the work gradually moved on to completion. Notwithstand ing the awful pressure in the money mar ket, and the bankruptcy of firm after firm, in the East, carrying hundreds down with them, the work on this Hotel has moved on, and now is fully finished and furnished. We passed through the building on Wednesday last, and visited its magnifi cent parlors, reading rooms,' sleeping rooms, bridal chamber, &c, and were agreeably astonished to find everything so perfect in its arrangements, all that any person can desire. In many respects it re sembles the Briggs House in Chicago, and is quite as nice in all its departments as was that House when first constructed. The building is four stories above ground, and has a high basement, which is very valuable for the many purposes to which it is appropriated. The Hotel is one hundred feet front, and a hundred and fifty deep, facing both on Massachu setts and Winthrop streets. The first floor is mostly used for stores, offices, Sea. On the corner is the Saloon of Eldbidoe Brothers. South of this on Massachusetts street, first, is the Jewel ry and Clothing stores of Messrs, Fbazeb and SuTLirr. South of this is the Drug store of Prentiss Sc Gbiswold. Then comes the Boot and Shoe, Hat and Cap store of Mr. Shakklik. On Winthrop street are the United States Express, and Kansas Stage offices, and then we have the Hall of the Mayor and Town Coun cil On the second floor we find the office, a large and capacious department which is connected with .reading rooms, ladies' and gentlemen's parlors, dining room! barber's shop, &c. The dining room is 36 by 72 feet, the ceiling sustained bv supports from above, without a single post to mar its beauty. The 3d and 4th floors are finished very similarly, each having about forty rooms, embracing beautiful parlors, with bed rooms attached. The whole is furnished in the most com plete manner, generally with brussels and velvet tapestry carpets, sofas, marble, mahogany and ingrain furniture. It is impossible to do justice to the House, its furniture, or the taste displayed in decorating it, in a brief newspaper article. Those only who have passed through the first class hotels in the Eastern cities, can form any idea of it, and to attempt it to others would be a work of supererogation. It is an ornament to Lawrence, and would be a credit to even St. Louis or Chicago, and reflects the highest honors npon the firm who have designed the enterprise, and carried it through so successfully in the midst of so many embarrassing circumstances, suffi cient to discourage men of even more than ordinary energy. The cost of the build ing alone was about $60,000, and the fur niture swells it to $76,000. It has ample accommodations for two hundred guests, and we trust the day is not far distant when it will be thronged as its merits deserve. On Thursday last about two hundred of onr citizens took dinner at this house. The fare and surroundings, attendants, Stci, made the guests feel for a time that they had been suddenly transported to Boston, New Tork or Philadelphia, so much did everything resemble the magnificence of those cities. Valley Baa. , We are happy to learn of the prosper ous condition of the Valley Bank at At-" chison. By a statement nnder oath of its officers, we observe that it has about $14, 000 in specie in its vaults f over $3,000 in currency on responsible and specie paying banks, besides a large amount in drafts, making about $17,000 of ready means to meet any emergency.' To this they add about $18,000 of exchange, and over $21,000 due from other banks, all of which is available at any moment To offset against this, they have only about $17,000 of their notes in circulation, and owa depositors only $9,000. With, this statement, wbo can doubt the soundness of the Valley Bank, or hesitate to receive its currency, which is now redeemed in Leavenworth, St Louis and New York. 03" We regret to learn that Jndge Williams, of the 3d Judicial District, is lying quite ill at Fort Scott, He has been unable to attend to official business lor several weeks. , , ., Tha representatives to tha next Terri torial Legislature are of a very different stripe from that body as composed a year ago ; indeed we believe it will embody many of the best men in the Territory. it is noteworthy that of the last House only four members survive politically, to reappear in the new House, and those are Messrs. Mitchell Sc Dasfokd, "of Linn county; Mr. Baebt.oT KileyJ and Mr. LocXHASt, of Johnson. These men are all conservative in their views, Mr. Lockhart having been sustained in John son county by the moderate Free State men, and generally by the Pro-slavery party. Spear, Elliott, Stratum, and all those wild men of the last session, have disappeared, with very many eood men who were held responsible by thef con stituents for .the sins of their colleagues. , The Conncillast year, was denounced very' generally by the fire-eaters, because of their conservatism. Being fewer in number, they felt , a greater individual responsibility, and though in too "many instances prompted to follow the unwise leadings of the House, yet, if left alone, they would have made a very respectable and. creditable legislative bodr. With the experience of a year ago, and having Deen practical observers of the workings of their own enactments, we may expect wise and wholesome legislation on their part at the forthcoming session. We look for the election of W. T. Roberts, Esq., as speaker of the House, Us his age, ex perience, and intimate acquaintance with Parliamentary usage, eminently qualifies him for that position. allroasl CeaveaUea. The Chamber of Commerce of this At-w called a convention of the business men of the Kansas Valley, to meet on Thurs day last, to look after their Railroad in terests in congress. Lldndee Brothers tendered their dining hall for the use of the Convention, during the afternoon. The attendance was large, and the inter. est manifested in Railroad matters in Kansas was made apparent bv the lar?e e r O attendance of representatives from other places, wyandott, Kansas City, and many towns in our immediate vicinity, were represented. W. Y. Roberts. Eso.. i 1 of the former place, made an excellent speech. The meeting appointed the third Wednesday in January as the proper time lor a Mass Railroad Convention of the citizens of Kansas, to be held in this city. We expected to receive an official report of the above Convention, and have, there fore, delayed this notice until our paper is nearly ready for press. Bat Smlmtioa. We are informed that a very large num ber of rats were found in the street the other morning, all attached to each other, forming a lengthy procession with their neads directed towards the Gold Mines The leader bore a little flag on which was inscribed, "For Pike's Peak." It is sun- posed they had been reading our "Rat Juctermtnator" and after doing so, came to the conclusion they would emigrate. For tunately for the inhabitants of that dis tant region, the cold weather of two weeks ago probably chilled them, for they were dead wnen discovered. CottUoa Party. A "Medary Ball" was to, be given at the American House, in Lecompton, last night, Dec. 24th, in honor of our new Governor. The managers will accept our thanks for their very polite invitation to attend the same ; butss we never learned the "poetry of motion," and as our editori al duties are exceedingly pressing at this juncture, we were compelled to deprive ourself of the pleasure which it would have afforded ns to participate in the general good feeling of the occasion. CT" Business has a more lively appear ance in Lawrence than it has had before for many weeks. If the present good weather should last a while longer, Lawrence would be overrun with trade. It is naturally the great centre of business for the Territory, and nothing but the great pressure in monetary matters has checked its progress. With the revival of trade in the Spring, Lawrence will go ahead as in the past OCT We have a complimentary invita tion before us, to be present at a-"Christmas Eve Ball,"' to be given at the Massa- soit House, in Atchison, on Friday even ing of this week. It would give us great pleasure to accept the invitation, would the state- of the roads, and our business matters admit of it We have long desired to pay Atchison a visit, but the time is not yet . , ' Jbr Oe Srsli tflrHtm., Jim Lane. Lawbesce, K. T, Dec 20, '58. Ed. Hebalo or Freedom Dsae Sir About the most desperate came, to manu factnre a little popularity, has been enacted in this city, ever witnessed. 1st Jim Lane gets np a letter inviting himself to deliv er a lecture on the History of Kansas, in Lawrence circnlatea it prinaielj amouz his cronies and commissioned officers in his Kansas militia, personally asking and urging them to sign it : gets about seven ty names, then Jim, for the present, de clines the honor. This, Jim thinks, will prepare public sentiment to listen to speech from him, about the time the Leg- mature meets, ihacher has had a pri vate interview with Jim, and win publish the correspondence about next week. Verily,. Inton, Lane, Thacher St Co.," have hard work to manufacture a little pop. ularity. John Lowry, it is said, has a let ter in circulation, asking him to lecture oa Kansas, and has also promised beforehand. not to accept mt present When the show between the two comes off, we may ex- mct to hear of tha "If artvra mrh. W. ing on yonder hip, side by side (including Jenkins,) bleeding in the cause of free dom in nimii" xonrs, y ubTaLJS. . Lawbexck, Dec 20th, 1858. Ma. Bbowe Dea Sra: Will yon be kind enough to ir sert a notice) in your paper ef the loss of a small brussels ear pet bag, containing valuable papers to me, beside some clothing, lost . toinewhere en the road between Kansas city. and this place. Respectfully, ( T. ft. . J&UtfaUa AO. Itr SUMiraU f Jrsidisa. " t.TherjNtca.tet, v. . ' Emporja, Deo. 13. 1858. The but few weeks have furnished the people of Kansas, with a most signal illus tration of the real motives of their Bolill of leaders. No period of limn Wat ever more propitious In eliciting these impor. tent facts, than the wohted quiet which has'pervaded all classes of bur patriotic citizens since the recent civil and politi cal troubles in which buf, almost entire! existence has been involved. A Like the ocean, after ts waters have been wrought into foam by the tempest ; or the desert, after the dreadful simoom has passed, the people of Kansas enjoy a season of tran quility and silence, undisturbed by the ef forts of factious politicians. The era of toleration, if not of greater friendship, has fairly begun, when men, in all parts of the Union, are to realize the dependent rela tionship which unites all thoir best Inter ests in one, and appreciate tha'tj to strike down bub section of our common country, is but to let loose destruction npon the other. It is hieh time that those politi cal leaders should be deserted, whose only object is personal aggrandizement, even at the saorifics of their country. Let no honest man deceive himself with the idea that the meager attendance upon the Lawrence Convention" was occasioned by the impassability of the roads, or any other local obstruction' of that nature that the country is ripe for the' organisa tion of political parties, or the engrafting Republican or Democratic dogmas npon the Free State party. Let no one be so foolish as to think that the Free State party, in the very midst of its triumphant exaltation, the pride of its friends and the admiration of its enemies, should so soon abdicate her regal palace for a wretched hovel, or yield the "golden lilies" of her distinguished prowess to a few unpopular mercenary and weak minded politicians. Can it be that her forty or fifty thousand fast adherents in this Territory, among whom are many thousand sober, sensible, intelligent and thinking people, can be purchased, without price, to perform the work of their own self-destruction for the sake of a dozen or two political aspirants whose love for their country ceases when the spoils cease to be within their grasp whose ambition prompts them to be first in organizing, in order to maintain their claims te promotion ; but whose brainless fanaticism has become odorous through out the land The people have seen these things, have tried these men, and therefore, when they call nobody answers. They cannot be drawn away from their peaceful avocations into political strife, by the croaking of such characters, because experience teaches them better. But when it is fully ascertained that the Free State party still present an unbroken front that no idle words of plunder can decoy its friends from their vigilance and duty that to declare war against its prin ciples is a work of self-destruction, then, wire-pullers adopt the plan of engrafting their peculiar tenets npon the party and endeavor to put themselves at the head, But when the people regard them with aversion and throw cold water upon their "altar fires," then they discover the im portant fact that the Free State party is dead ; that it could not survive after they left it, hence, they make propositions to "preach the funeral sermon" of that par ty, superciliously and falsely asserting as a pretext, that the "Free State party ef Kansas, as at present constituted, presents no issues or measures of public importance to the people." Such shallow-pated schemes soon meet with the retribution they deserve, and their instigators will find when public opinion sets foot npon their consecrated necks, that "Jordan is a hard road to travel." The fact is, the people are not ready for political parties. Great interests are at stake, which demand the united co-ope ration of all our citizens. Let politics! parties be organized, and we shall find endless difficulty in getting into the Union. Some will contend for an enabling act by Congress, before proceeding to frame a constitution, while others will argue that our Legislature should proceed withont it Some will succeed after much angry debate, in embodying their party dogmas in the new constitution; while oth ers, being offended, will oppose such an instrument at the polls, and by such pro ceedings, either defeat it and cause anoth er to be framed, or let it go before Con gress with an opposition to it, of nearly one-half our citizens. Such a result in this Territory might very much delay the action of Congress, and prevent onr ad mission into the Union. How much bet ter it would be to make the constitution the work of the whole people, endorsed by all, and let Congress see that to defer an admission is suicide to our opponent In regard to "issues and measures of pub lic importance to the people," let the dis organise of both parties remember that onr many wants demand co-operation' to reach the ear of Congress; In this re spect, as we are yet a Territory, it is a matter of the first importance to show a union of purpose. Thongh we may hope sincerely that all difficulties of a local na ture are past, yet," as we do not indepen dently possess the power of protecting onr own interests, the emergency of a single dsy may demand oar united energies. This sentiment already pervades the whole people of . Kansas, and let no party think that it will' gain by organizing first, until Kansas becomes a 8tate. -The party which takes this unwary step, should know that among its adversaries will be found Free State men of little sympathy, who cannot agree wiw it in ue necessity or a politi cal organization.' It will find that iu or ganisation as a political party first, will give the opposing element a chance to crusade nnder the banner of the Free State party, as the least disposed to revo lution and reform, and thus detain many wno would otherwise depart from a poli tical party, holding the same doctrines. We take it for granted that those who nrge the immediate organization of their party, are injudicious . politicians, not knowing whitherward theytwero tending, and that, to nrge it wheat there is no great question, before the country, is an act of smodc .. . . . a. Trom WaaUncioa. Washiotost, D. C Dee. 8L 'sa FarEsn Browx; The railroad i :I . through Missouri . weyfall well attend.? and the railroad interest warmly .JS cated and readily received j the peW. Tee commissioners sppointed in .1.1. wumjr w ana nx a value to th bmdasubWibedi reported v. f. ' In the several counties of Bates, Bonr. and Morgan, and perbaps in Benton, , ' were encouraged to believe that sufficienl would be subscribed to build tht rosi through their limits. , . Letters of introduction and comme. tion were freely given us to their tive members of Congress, and re exertion wu made to aid in the import undertaking. At St Louie we met the Presid.m the Pacific Road' and, after ahowih hita our ihapsi Bur survey, to, snd sUtini to him bur project, he gave it bis hetrtr approval, and permitted us to understand that they would favor ns to the extent of their ability. As we have but just arrived here we can. not tell with what success we shall meet, lot as the several bills asking for railroad lands in Kansas will be all combined in one, v( think it will be granted. , The several reads included, do not it terfereone with another, end beinredtiit. ly necesssry for the good of Kansas, then is, and can be, no rivalry between them ai least i can see no cause for sny, but each will work for all, and all for each. In coming through Cincinnati 1 fell in with a newly Invented boiler for the man ufacture of ayrap from Sorghum, ii some have become somewhat discouraged, owing to tne dimcuity or grinding, vp. orating, clarifying, &c, J take great pless ure in giving them information concern ing this. A single boiler is used, and with it the inventor has evaporated, and without straining it at all, making it u clear as honey, several barrels a day. Tubes and pipes, similar to the boiler of a locomotive, are made to pass through th liquor, so that a great amount of surface of heat is presented, causing it to evtpo rate with astonishing rapidity. The pan costs but a trifle and can U obtained of "Hedges, Free 8c Co.," Cin cinnati, Ohio, as can also the mill for grinding. The whole can be furnished at prices ranging from $50 to $125, accord ing to size. A book containg directions, obtained from practical experience, for the manu facture of the juice, will be sent to ssy one wishing it. c . The whole is made portable, so that it can be moved about instead of hauling the cane to it One in a neighborhood will be quite sufficient, ordinarily. The cane can be kept nntil the winter months, and the liquid requires less boil ing. It does notyield quite as much juice, but as much or mora syrup. ' I hope every man will raise enough next year for his own consumption, if not mors, By using this boiler or evaporator, the filth and sediment is entirely removed, and the acid destroyed or neutralized, snd the taste of the stalk, so common in onr home made syrup, is not perceived. For Progression, ' . JOHN 0. WATTLES. Tor 0 BmlA of SVeeioei, Lawbisce, Dec., 23, '58. Mb. Editor: In reply to the inqnhy of Mr. "Mai-feasance," "by what author ity does the County Clerk charge thirty five cents for every county order that h issues T" I have to aay that I have never charged, er thought of charging, one cent for issuing county orders or warrants. Os the contrary, for the purpose of accommo dation, I have, when requested in time ss to do, drawn orders in sums to suit, sad in almost every instance of a demand against the county, have, for tha suns purpose, drawn off accounts in form, sll without charge. ' ?. ' The law requires all accounts sgsintt the county, to .be receipted by affidavit, where it can be done before any officer authorised to administer an oath. Who applied to, I have attended to this busi ness, making the usual charge. This has , no connection with issuing county orders. CALEB S. PRATT. aUm. Bdward Everett aad te New Tori Ledger. In onr advertising columns will bt found the Prospectus of the New Tork Ledger, which contains all the particulars relative to Mr. Everett's engagement te write for that paper. .The N. Y. TriuM in speaking of this engagement, say: ' The country journals are still engapd in discussing the recent engagement of Mr. Everett to write for tbe New York Ledger, and, very naturally, some take on view and some another, though tbe greet majority incline to the opinion that the arrangement is a good thing for all parties. In this, we dare say, they are right It most indubitably is a good thing for Mr. Everett No other act of bis lit dim been calculated to add so much to his popularity. Widely es he is known, it will make hie name a household word ia many families where it Is hardly known now. , It is oertainly 'a good thing for Mr. Bon ner also In the first place, it will edd largely to his already immese number of readers. But this ie no the only ad vantage, nor the principal one, which he will derive form It It has served to di rect the public mind to a more thorough and full examination of tbe general ehsr acter and contents of his journal; and to . the formation of mors favorable Judg ment thereon, in many quarters, than wsj previously entertained. The result or such an examination has been to chwra, considerably, onr own estimation of the Ledger. We knew that Its propristsf a man of great enterprise and snpenor business talent, deeply skilled in the mas terly act of advertising; but we were ao aware,- nntil onr attention was recently more especially called to the subject, of the labor and care bestowed npon the dif ferent departments of his journal and the vwiafl inuamez wnirn - nu uuu--- writers impart to its columns. Nor were we aware of. what ia much mere impor tant tha nnre moral tone, and scrupulous regard to the nicest sense oi propne, with which' it is conducted. In this re spect especially, it is worthy of conunsn dation. TCa wJiaa A-am .ta MUTM Of Mf. Rnaiuw hithartn Oiai. ha will DOt NSt with tha annesmsnt at Mr. Everett bat that other names, of similar eminence in liter store, will in due time, be added to tbe list of his contributors, v. ' . r-4