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VOLUME I, i .. ; WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS, THDRSD AY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1857. " jNUMBES.lV
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ttlHM Kill aamf the Soatkora Gslf, a4 r to Laiss of
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Aa4 dmU ! bnrti tkat lora uri pirn bj 4nk Aihatict
b Kt4i is MM east MkM the trapper of the treat,
Wkt asm dUos glass Iheaielm is Erie's ,eUM
Ao4 these M whea Brpteaher hriags lb trssieVs social
With
DmM hrew eawisethed with
Fraa where Cotsabia leaghs to gwot lb aailiag Westers
sreve, '.
T wWi release sight hesioo the patriot hero's grave;
Aad fraa the atreaaiBg evorglalM la Heraa1! lardty flaad
TW flary ef a aatiaat pad tkrilk tWoa a kiaM blaad.
WWranr AraakTi tala ia laid, it ijf tba ckwk with
Aal (lawa witk arid a'tr Baaxac Hill, ar Moahriaa wild,
ar feaw
Ami kmw'a abaa tW frmy tW lUri afaaira (laaa
lipaa tU aWk a aV daat it fn a eaaum attaaa.
It it a noal itftf wa am aaa AiviAm,
Kar taka from rilUfa anhia, aar taa aaa af city arida;
KatlWaaatwaita-aaiiadeaiUfaa,waa Sad a Cmttfal
' kaaw,
Whan aaawlaai kkti am puklinf, and warn laaal rir
an ma!
Cum draw hia award at Eataw, aad Ucadiaf Bootbara
fcat
Tmd aaa aaick aeioai tba Dalawaia, amid tba aaaw aad
- i that;
Aad la! apaa tba paw ban at whtfa tha aatal raoord abiaaa,
Tba bamiag paga af Jnraaaoa Wan Fuaun'l aalawr
-- laa!
.!
CaaM y diiida tbat raeord brifht, and taar tW aaaMa
apaftt
TkU ant waia writtaa WUI than, witk pHgat af Wad
and Want
Caald ja anua a HakcockI aaaat, a'aa with tba aabnt
" adfa.
Or waah aat witk frataraal Uood, a Cuteu'i doabla
aWf '
Baj, aaa tba Saatk aiQ aat Wr Wra ia Bankrri hoary
Wifhtt .
Or aaa tW Wank fiaap Wr Waat af Torktowa'a claaiaf
Caa aa dinda witk aqaal Wad, a Writa of fraaaa,
Or raad hi twaia tW atany tf tbat o'ar Iheai praadiy
wavaaT
Caa pa east lata tar Varaoa oil, ar eWflcraiidtW boa
That Wap to aotaan Mk oboat paareaataaa FatWri
Or aaald pa aaal an aal hii (rara, at fratricidal mm?
Aad waka poar baraiaf aanat a'rr kit para aad aala pa
paMl Ti uu bot! ia tW A0a(Wajaa tWadnaaaid daerai;
Tia aafcoid wkara Narada (aarda tW Uaa aad traaaail
aaa; ' : .
WWra tropia waraa dalihtad ebup aar. lowarjr BoatWn
Aad whara tbiwagh frawaia aanataiaatat- Nabnuka
watararaar!
' STEIIIS'Q "WATEE-KEL0IT8.
A mi In a couutry toarn took" great pleasure
in having a neat garden. He had all kinds of
vegetables and fruits earlier than his neighbors.
Bat thieving boys in the. neighborhood annoyed
him; damaged his tree, trampled down his flow
ers, and hooked his- ehoicUt fruits. He tried
various ways to protect his grands and his watch
dogs wen poisoned; and his set traps caught
nothing bat his best fowls and most favorite cat.
One afternoon however just as night fell, he
overheard a couple af mischievous boys talking
together, when one of them said:
" What do yon say, JoeT Shall we come the
grab game over old Swipes on them melons to
night 1 Old Swipes will be snoring like ten men
before twelve o'clock."
The other objected beeacse there was high
wall to get over. .
. Oh pshaw!" .was the reply; " I know a place
where we can get over just as easy know it
like a book. , Come Joe, let's go it."
The owner of the patch didn't like the idea
of being eavesdropper; but the conversation so
intimately concerned his melons which he had
taken e tnaeh pains to raisa, that he kept still
aad listened to the plans of the young scape
graces ao that he might make it somewhat both
ersome for them, '
Ned proposed to get ever the rill on the north
side of Uttft e by the great pear tree, and cut
right across He the summer house, just nortfi of
which were the melons.
Now hear the owner's story.
Ilnade all needful preparations for the vis-
It; pat in brads pretty thick in the scantling along
the wall where they intended to get over; an
cevered a large water vat that had been filled
for some time from which in dry weather I was
" accustomed to water my garden; dug a trench a
foot deep or so and placed slender boards over
it which were slightly covered with dirt, aad just
beyond them some little cords fastened tightly,
some eight inches from the .ground. I picked
all the melons I eared to pteservr , leaving pump
kins and squashes, about the same sise and shape
of melons, in their places. ' '- -
, The boys were quite right in supposing it
would be dark; but they missed a little in infer
ring that Old Swipes as they call him would be
fin bed." The old man liked a little tan as well
as they did, and when they came near his hiding
place he listened:
, ( - Whist Joe! don't yon hear somethingT"
,1 think that it was very probable they did, for
hardly were the words ottered than there came
forcible tearing of fustian. . .
. ." Get off my coat tail!" whispered Joe.
" There goes one flap, sore as gun! Why get
4otfNed."
And off Ned waayand one leg of his breeches
besides, and then he was ahinng and oh-ing, and
.telling Joe that he believed there were nails in
. ' tits aide of tha wH, for something had scratched
bill tremendously, and ton hia breeches all to
. Joe STkTps Ihiied with him, for lie said half his
coat tail was op there somewhere. : 1 "
.Tbey now started hand in band, for Ned be
lieved " he knew the way." . They had arrived
little beyond the trees, when something went
swash into the water vat '
A sneeze ensues, then the exclamation:
Thunder! that water smells rather old." .
Ned wanted to go. home, bat Joe was too
much excited to listen a moment to soeh a prop.
ositton. ' : - . , -
' Never heard anything about that cistern be
fore; the old fellow mast have fixed it on pur
pose U drown people in. 6urious, though; thai
we'shonld both fall into it"
They poshed on again for the melons. Pres
ently they were eanght by the cords, and head
long they went Into a heap ofbriars and thistles
which had been placed there for their express
accommodation. .
" Snch a getting up stairs," mattered one.
"Nettles and thistles! how they prick," tr
ammed the other.
They now determined to go on more cautious
ly. At length they arrived at the patch.
" How thick they are," exclaimed Joe. Come
here. There's more than a dozen fat ones right
here." - ,
And down they sat right in the midst of them.
and seemed to conclpde that they were amply
rewarded Yor all their mishaps.
"Here Joe," said Ned; " take this melon;
isn't it a rouserT "Wash into it"
. " It's tremendous hard, Ned. ' Ned, it's
squash!"
"No it isn't; it's a new kind. Old Swipes
sent to Rhode Island for the seed last spring."
"Well, all I've got to say, is the old fellow
got sucked in that is just aU."
-".I'm going to gouge into this wa'er-meloa;
hallo! there goes a half dollar; I've broke my
knife. If I didn't know that was a water-melon,
I should say it wss a pumpkin. Fact, I believe
it is a pumpkin.
What the boys " did besides, while the own
er went to the stable and unmuzzled the dogs,
and led them into the garden, he couldn't say;
that they took long steps the onion and flower
bed revealed in the morning. They had paid
pretty severely for the whistle; they had not
tasted a single water-melon, they had got scratch
ed ; had torn their clothes, were as wet as drown
ed rats, and half scared out of their wits at the
ravenous dogs, and the apprehension of being
discovered.
The next night the owner of the melon patch
invited all the boys of the village, including Ned
and Joe, to a feast of melons. The circumstance
changed the dots! opinion of old Swipes and his
melons were n&er disturbed again.
Kansas Humbuggery. "
Many persons east of the Mississippi. have got
a notion that there are no persons in' Kansas,
worthy to be relied upon, none of talent or of
business capacity, but a few of the ultra Free
State leaders; in their estimation Gov. Robin
son, Pomeroy, Eldridge, Lane k Co., represent
the entire people of Kansas. What they do or
say is regarded as law and gospel; they are
deemed such pure and "unspotted patriots, that
their every move ia considered actuated by mo
tive for the Benefit and advancement of the
cause of freedom in the Territory. '
If they start towns and need assistance to
build np a speculation, they go eastward aad
make known how greatly the interests of free
Kansas will be promoted, by the. prosperity and
access of said place. Should their pockets be
so .unfortunate as to collapse, they raise the cry
of famine, and wail out their mournful dirge of
evils untold; the sympathetic bosoms of eastern
accomplices soon swell with unrestrained grief,
and Io! the hewl arises of bleeding Kansas; the
pulpit resounds with wrongs unheard of before.
the papers take up the note, and flaming edito
rials depict in glowing colors, the sorrows of our
would-be-martyrs; and all Tankee-dom resounds
with silvery ring of contribution boxes, and the
friends of freedom are mulcted in thousands of
dollars, all for the benefit ef a few shrewd spec
ulators in Kansas Free State towns. ' '
After grading their streets, building their
levees, constructing many of their houses, and
fiHing their bellies out of the funds gleaned
from eastern verdancy, they find their well-laid
scheme of money making, by means of their
town, about to fan to the .ground, from the supe
rior natural ad ran tig as and greater quiet of
other points, they then conclude to build a rail
road. Having come to this conclusion, their
chief cook, or some of the' head' seignors, is
posted off to raise an excitement and get assis
tance: soon the newspapers teH us of how great
!y a Railroad to Rock Cliff, will tend to settle
the questioa.ss to Whether Kansas win be a free
State or no; its advantages of investment are
painted- ia brightest colors, for the benefit of
capitalists; as an inducement to subscribe to the
stock, mooied men are assured that all free State
men are so bitterly opposed to their opponents,
that they win with delight patronise any read
owned by their own friends of the free States;
the business capacities of the embryo road are
proven, (1) the importance of Rock Cliff, and
its advantage laid down as an axiom, and their
route is shown to be the shortest, thus proving,
what an know, that two aides of any triangle
are less than the third. Elmod Aitertiter.
Dxatw op Hon. H. L. Tea nr. The Nash
vUle Union announces the sodden death, by dis
ease of the heart, of Hon. Hopkins L. Turner.
He had started to walk from his office, in Win
chester, to his residence near the town, and died
before reaching it Mr. Tumey has been a
member of both Houses of the Tennessee Leg
islature, was many years Representative in
Conirreas, and for one term represented the State
ia the United States Senate.
Whattwb Pazannwr ears or Got. Waix
er. The Washington correspondent ef the New
York Trihune, "writing on the 9th, says: "The
President openly expresses disapprobation at
Walker's isothermal speech, but says that he
most be supported. There wOl be some six or
eight anti Walker Senators, bat the President
declares that the people of Kansas shall vote
on the Constitution, whatever may be the consequences.".
Fiaa iW Lawraaea aapaklina.
; t 1 The Progress of Villainy.
We republish the apportionment of Council
man aad Representatives for the aext Territorial
Legislature. . - ' .
This apportionment, as will be seen, is the-
work of William G. Matthias, Speaker of the
last Bogus House of Representatives, and Thom
as Johnson, President of the Bogus Council. .
The excuse 6f. the Governor, as given by his
Lecomptoa orgaarar not making the appropri
ation as directed by law is hia igntmnet of the
" statutes " which be had sworn to support A
pretty excuse, truly, for a Governor, and that
Governor Robert J. Walker, to make! He mar
ches upon the peaceful city of Lawrence with a
regiment of dngoons, because the people of
Lawrence hare done something which, by a
stretch of Gubernatorial imagination, conflicts
with these bogus statutes, and.yst he himself in
a matter most seriously affecting the rights of
every man in Kansas, pleads ignomce of these
same enactments! But to the apportionment
itself. ' .
We thought Stanton's apportionment of mem
bers to the Bogus. Constitutional Convention
about as miserable a piece of business as a Dem
ocratic official ever took in hand, but this appor
tionment easts his completely into the shade.
We will take the Council first And on this
apportionment for the Council observe:
I. That it is so arranged that nxry memier f
Ike Council txctpt em it la be moled fir ta s per
(io f Km$o$ BoaDUiNO om Missoeai! Leav
enworth is a border county, and has three Coun
cil men. Atchison, another border county, forms
the second district, and has one. The third and
fourth districts are combined and have three
Councilmen. This associates Doniphan, bor
der county, -with "Brown, Nemaha, Marshall,
Pottawatomie, Riley, and all that part of the
Territory of Kansas which lies west of Marshall,
Riley and Davis Counties," lying in the interior.
Johnson, a border county, is joined with Doug
las lying directly west of it and forms the sixth
district having three Councilmen. The seventh,
eighth and ninth districts are combined and have
two Councilmen. This joins Bourbon and,Mc
Gec, both border counties, with some tixtern in
terior counties. The tenth and filial district has
one Councilman, and is composed of Lykins and
Linn Counties, both border ctuntiet, associated
with a large extent of interior Territory. The
object of this arrangement ia apparent at a
glance. It is' to give Missouri the best facilities
imaginable for controlling the election. AU that
she has to do is to repeat her game and pour
over invading hordes into Jhe border counties,
and the work is dene. For instance, this county,
Douglas, having a preponderance of Free Stato
men ten to one, is joined to. Johnson County ly
ing on the border. The two counties together,
form a "district; and the district, not the separate
counties, has three Councilmen. Now to carry
this district it is only necessary that Missouri ana
enough should come over into Johnson County
to overbalance the vote cast by Douglas county,
and the work is done.
So take Doniphan, Brown, Nemaha, Marshall,
Pottawatomie, Riley Counties, etc., having to
gether two Councilmen; and, here again, it Is
only necessary that enough invaders cross the
river and vote in Doniphan County to overbal
ance the rest, and thus carry that district And
in a similar manner twelve out of the thirteen
members of the Council, may be carried by the
Missouri ans without invading any but the border
counties. It win be mnch more convenient for
them than it was at the election of March, 1855.
They need not visit the interior at an. It'can
all be done on the border. That such wss the
intention of thoe who made this infamous dis
tricting ia clearly apparent.
II. It should be especially noted that twenty
two counties, or the whole of Kansas lying south
of the Kaw river, excepting only Douglas and
Jackson Counties, hare apportioned to them aa
y three member of the Council! These coun
ties, embrace such overwhelming Free State
strongholds as Topeka, the whole of the Neosho
vaney, Anderson County, etc; indeed the Free
State sentiment as every, one knows, is wetl
nigh unanimous in this whole southern section
of Kansas. Of course, it would not do to give
them any fair representation." Accordingly, they
are disfranchised, er what amounts to the same
thing Some of these counties have over a thou
sand votes; -and, In fact, according to the census
just completed, nearly emt-hHf of all the inhab
itants of Kansas live in this portion which is
summarily cut off with but three members of
the Council. ' .
We venture to say that a similar act of injus
tice and fraud, If practiced in any one of the
States, would cause a revolution within its bor
ders in less than two months. But the people of
Kansas are expected to endure everything with
out a murmur. Tyranny, if only labelled "Dem
ocratic," is to be submitted to without a word.
The rule of a wise monarch would be in finite
ly preferable to this harassing .despotism forced
upon as at the point of the bayonet and exulting
to call itself Democracy!"
. But we torn from the apportionment for the
Council to that for the House of Representatives.
And here, again, the meet astonishing evidences
of fraud meet us.
Of" the thirty-nine members of the House,
twenty-nine are assigned, as in the ease of the
Council, to districts jutting np to the Missouri
border. .
Leavenworth County has 8; Atchison 3; Don-'
iphaa 6; each of these is a border eountyv
Douglas is again joined to- Johnson border
eaaafjr; and the two, forming a single district
have eight members. Some seventeen interior
eowntiwi ax associated with Bourbon and McGee
border cowries and have three members.
Linn, m border -weary, has two; Lykins, mrnUmr
border twenty, has also two. Thus, as we have
before said, twenty-nine out of the thirty-nine
members are apportioned po as to be convenient
ly accessible to fraudulent votes along the Mis
souri border. No man can doubt that sah was
the deliberate intention of those thus districting
the Territory. '. " m ' '
But in the Tenth Representative Dutrrct,
tiisre is stnostshaaefulpt of villain That
district is composed of Douglas and Johnson
Counties; bat fearful, it seems, that the Free
State sentiment of Douglas County, .embracing
Lawrence and other staanch Free State districta,
might prove too aroch for Johnson County, even
though over-run by borderers from Missouri an
unheard-of piece of gerryvandering is resorted
to. and Douglas and Johnson Counties, art- tied.
on to " aU that part of the Territory of Kansas
lying west of the sounties of Wise, Butler and
Hunter" a region of eountrv "where there are
no eeunues, no eoumy omeers, nothing out in
dians aad a few Missouri trading-poit! '
Now, why is it that Douglas and Jehnson
Counties are thus united to s wild buffalo range,
one hundred miles away from them, to form a
single Representative 'district If there are a
few straggling settlers away off there toward the
Rocky Mountains, why not join them to some
of the western counties of Kansas? Why jump
clear across the Territory and stick them on to
a district on the eastern border! Ah, the clo
ven foot of fraud ia here too plainly visible. The
intention is, to bring in just such returns from
this Rocky Mountain region as may be necessa
ry to overcome whatever Free State majority
the rest of the district may cast Thus, if Doug
las and Johnson should give one hundred Free
State majority, a return will be made np at Le-
compton from some imaginary precinct away off
in that term incognitm, just overbalancing the
one hundred Free State majority, and giving the
eight members to the Pro-Slavery faction. '
These districts were framed by the late bogus
Territorial Legislature. Tkt mpportiammnt hit
been mod out on tit latie of tie boyum era rat, so
that, in reality, those fifteen counties where' no
census was taken hare no representation in the
Legislature. TJiey are completely disfranchised-
This accounts for more than twenty counties
having only three members of the Council. The
census was undoubtedly purposely omitted, with
a direct reference to the disfranchising of these
counties, in allowing them no representation in
the Legislature.. . .' : ; .!
The people of Kansas may as well understand
first as last that this infamous usurpation which
has been fastened upon them, has not in the least
degree become modified. Its clutch upon the
people's throats is as fierce to-day as erer-'How
long shall these things be? ...
Kimsas 'Coaacsro.iDcxcT roe Eastem J oca
hals. Journalistic correspondence some years
since, was so thoroughly systematized at Wash
ington, that public men seeking fame found- it
necessary to conciliate these manufacturers of
public opinion, in order, to secure the object of
their ambition. It was not necessary that the
aspirant should have real merit in order to se
cure their endorsement nor were absolute imper
fections necessary to bring the letter writers
down upon him. Corruption and black mail on
deriay the whole structure. Very few men
wrote with a view to the dissemination of truth
Party aggrandizement frequently required mis
representation, and money stimulated 'to the
effort
A similar state of facts exists ia Kansas with
regard to newspaper correspondents. Very few
of the multitude of "our correspondents," now
in Kansas, content themselves, wjth an impar
tial recital of events. The object does not seem
to be to afford accurate information to eastern
readers of the actual state of things; but every
demonstration which takes place, and many im
aginative ones, are heralded as an outrage or
"glorious demonstration" by one set of writers,
and sies awse by another. It is amusing, to a
resident of Kansas, well acquainted with the
Territory and it people; to pick op eastern
journals, and see the difference of statements as
to a single transaction, and the wide departure
of both from' the truth. We have been mock
amused at different versions of an actual oc
currence presented by two prominent New York
journals. One of them contained a letter eulo
gising Gov. Walker, at least one-half of which
was absolute falsehood. The other undertook
to "write him down," and it contained about
the same proportion of fiction. Each contained"
about enough truth to swear by; and both seem
ed to be written to show that an immense
amount ef trouble was about being inaugurated.
Indeed, if implicit reliance were placed upon
the representations of the correspondents in his
behalf, no quiet man woald. have emigrated to
the Territeryjor the past six months.
Now, we are willing, without a. murmur, to
aacord to every one the privilege of writing
whatever may suit his taste, nd having the
same published in any paper to which be maybe
able to find access- But we do protest against
the persistent efforts ef "owd,", and "special
correspondents" to ereatethe impression in the
minds of eastern readers, that we are always on
the eve. of some tremendous outbreak some
hostile demonstration from some source Or
other that the settlers always sleep upon their
harms, and everybody is on tha qui viae for a
rtr sarnt fret enmn quarter ar other. Such is
the burthen of Kansas correspondence, and the
legitimate effect ie to keep away from the Ter
ritory the very best cjass of emigration.
For the past eight months, Kansas has been
as quiet and orderly, as any other Territory in
the Union. No matter what brought about
this state of things, suffice it that it exists. Cer
tainly the best way to preserve it is not to cre
ate in the minds of emigration, the impression
thatit cannot and will not continue so.
Ws have no personal pique to gratify in thus
speaking of correspondents. Tbey have treated
as with uniform kindness, for which we are duly
thankful. But we. do hope they will entirely
lay aside their "tempest-in -a-teapot" proeEvi
ties, and give their eastern readers naked facts,
aad facts alone. If they have friends who are
hungry for fame, they shoald endeavor to secure
the good wishes of sock friends in aonfe othar
manner, than by the sacrifice of the material in
terests ef the Tcrri nrjLtme a worth Ttmet.
The National Intelligencer, la aa article urg
ing the revival of the Whig party says: "No
one sincerely attached to the principles of Clay
and Webstar, caa ceoststently ubacribe to the
princtplss of the Democratic party.
. . I02TQ AGO.
TWworMarill earn (row woarp (aajs wa adrlar af uo
Hoaa Ci ikO af tW dalitiaai mlaan safgostad bp oW
thoafbt of "Lout Afo" Iu lew, sweat toaaa an foaoral
ktWSiMBMaMawakaaodkitWpootaaoi. Itluakooa
tlotfcad ia an atpka, baa tW inaiacalita oapo voll aad
ftnoial drapon- of "la Maaoriaa," to tW iaporiikabM
boojo-apaa of "Amid Laaf Bjaor' ia tW votrot Ufa af
GoW,tWnamfaAorWatdmnk. tW bias aad tea
tkonaf Taa Moore, tW Saikiaf jewctrv of Brraa, rW az
oaieite eaabniderjr af Laasfellow, tW ri.tkee, aad, aaoar
lataf aleak af Foe. aad tWasaay ealawd iaoiy ef a naeae.
aad aaaelaa bonk. We Sad ft witkoat a aaaaa, ia the
Hiewiaf seat babta
VTWa at eve I sh akaje,
. Tklakiaf oatW past aad foaa. t
Wkile tW ttockvwitk aVewsp Sapor, -
Marks kew bap tW aiaatea kiafpr,
Aad aa enWn, diaUp baraiac,
TeD of Lifc to Dost rotaniaf
Tkao ap kaelp ckair aroaad,
Whk a aaiek aad awanfal aeaad,
' WiU s amnl toft sad low, . . - -
Cesao tWGWstsof 1-eej Ago! .
Oae bp eae I eeaat tWa oVr,
Voices tkat are Word aa aoia;
. Toon tbat arriaf tfca ki karao wot;
Words, whose aaeie Hagon yet;
. Ilorr races, pals aad fair;
Bkadooj leeks efwariag hair;
Hsppp siW aad wkiepen dear; -.
. Boots fcrrottoa asaap a pear;
IJpa ef dewy fragruce; ejree
Brighter, braor tbaa tW akioe
. . Odon breathed froa Paradios.
Aad tW poatla isbadows glide,
8onlp aamaring at ap aide.
Till no bag, aafrieadlp dap,
. ; AO fettua, fades awap.
Tbas, wkea I aa all atoae,
Draaaiag o'er ma Past aad Gaaa,
AS aroaad a'. nd aad slew.
Cone the 6hosussUg Ago.
A Wxz Bit op Hi story. At a nigkt session
of the Territorial Legislature. August 30, 1855,
Mr.' Anderson, of the House, offered the follow
ing preamblee and resolution, which pissed their
several readings, under a suspension of the rules,
and was unanimously agreed to. It was also
adopted by the Council, and thus became the
law of the Territory, having passed through all
the legal forms:
" Wbzbeas, The signs of the times indicate
that a measure is now on foot fraught with store
danger to the interest of the pro-slavery party
and to the Union, than any which has been agi
tated, to-wit: The proposition to organise a Ra
tional Democratic party; and
M WataXAS, Some of our friends have been
misled by it; and . '
' " Whkpxas, The result will be io divide pro
slavery Whigs from Democrats, thus weakening
our party one-half; and
" WjfisXAS, We believe that on the success
of our party depends the perpetuity of the Union;
therefore
Be it Reooloed, By the House of Representa
tives, the Council concurring therein, that it is
the duty of the pro-slavery party, Union loving
men of Kansas Territory, to know but one issue,
slavery, and that any party making or attempt
ing to make any other, is aad should be held as
an ally of Abolitionism and Disuniofiism."
It is well toxobserve that the abov preamble
and resolution was not adopted in a euueum of
the members of the Legislature, but was the of-
II rial action of that body, and is found spread
upon the House Records for 1855, page 380.
Hcruld of Freedom.
Asothts LoorHOu roa Mas. Citmnirohaji.
Law is one of the exact sciences, and requires
mathematical certitude in each of the steps of a
proceeding before it imposes a disqualification
o a penalty. Mrs. Cunningham, by the hasty
proceeding of the district attorney, has not only
the advantage which is supposed to arise from
not having fully consummated the crime which
she had intended, but she has also a chance of
escape through another loophole, left open by
the premature proceeding. - It is contended by
the legal profession that Mrs. Cunningham
would not come within the statute against palm
ing off a suppositioea heir to property, unless it
is decided in the Surrogate's Court, that aha at
actually the wife of Dr. Burden. In the words
of the statute H is essential to the crime, that
the child fraudulently produced, should be pro
duced "aa the child of parents, whose child
would be entitled to inherit" If Mrs. Cun
ningham was not married to Dr. Burdcll, the
child produced, supposing it to have been her
own, could not legitimately be' the heir of the
deceased, and therefore the personation does
not faU within the terms of the statute, which
calls for the personation of an infant bora of
parents whose child would be entitled to inher
it Pliladflplif, Ledger.
. Titus Back Agai. The notorious Titus has
again returned to Kansas.. Ha passed through
this place one day. last week. While the ex
press was changing teams, quite a crowd gath
ered round. Among them was a young man.
whom Titus bad as a prisoner during the troubles
last year, and whom be had grosaly abused, ty
ing his hands together' so tightly, that the cord
which bound them sunk into the flesh, and leav
ing him in that condition until bis hands froze.
While Titus was telling bow much ho had done
and suffered ia Nicaragua, the young man step
ped up before him, and looking him in the eye,
said: "Did any body tie yon up,sirj" The ruf
fian quailed and turned away, and soon left
The return of such creatures, bodes ao good to
Kansas. We are informed that Titos boasts
that South Carolina win send Ire hundred men
here to vote this falL They may find Kxnaas a
very unhealthy region for them this faJJ. Lo-ie-rvaet
RtfubTuttm.
St. Josot, Dcwota", a Torsxa Raitv-
aoAB The great eaterprise of running a RaO-
road from St Joseph to Doniphaa and Topeka,
ia movine ahead with an tba speed it possibly
caa. The Hannibal and St Joseph Railroad
Company are interested iu its construction, the
welfare aad prosperity of the erty of Bt josepn,
denend unoa tha completion of this load tha
whole of this county wOl be enhanced in value
whea this road is aaada. 'It win traverse more
of tha Territory, tad be of greater benefit to
the people of leases, than any project now aa
bot ChaatitBTataaSaT.
South-East Kansas. '
In the extreme South-Eastern portion of Kan
sas there is to be found more attractive scenes
than any thafhas yet been described by any trav
eler. A friend who has just returned from a visit
in those parts, says the general characteristic of
the country thereabouts are entirely different
from any other portion of the Territory as far as
explored. The surface and soil as well as the
water courses are similar ia character to those
of the adjacent district in Missouri, and the ex
istence of lead in large quantities will not be
questioned, if but a superficial examination shall
be made. Certainly no region is bettor watered.
Spring river and Shoal creek, would be caned
beautiful by alU'eren though familiar with the
mountain streams ef New York and Pennsylva
nia. The general character of the soil is thin
and gravelly, en the higher ground near the
streams, but further back and along the bottoms
none better for agriculture can be found. The
great highway, known as " the Military road,"
and leading from Forth Leavenworth in Kansas
to Fort Gibson on Grand river ia the Cherokee
nation, crosses Spring river at iu junction with
Shoal creek, and here at the hospitable Rogers'
mansion the traveler win always find a hearty
welcome and most comfortable accommodations
He will hear from Una Rogers the hostess, an
interesting account of events that have trans
pired in and between our own and the Cherokee
nations, in both of whieh she feels much inter
est, by reason of having friends and relations in
both. The part of Kansas, extending fifty miles
north and south by twenty-fire wide, is claimed
by the Cherokees, and has never been settled to
any extent bp white men or Indians. A few of
our own people who hare (either before or since
their removal from the States) inter married
with the Cherokees, have selected the best lo
calities snd lead the easy sort of life incident to
that region, raising cattle, horses and mules; and
are cultivating the soil to a moderate extent If
the traveller will follow the valley of Shoal creek
toward its source, far ss the " Grand Falls " to
Missouri, he will be amply repaid with a view of
scenery beautiful in itself and altogether differ
ent from that to be found in any other part of
Kansas.
To the stock raisers there can be no more de
sirable location than on Spring, Neosho or Ver
digris rivers, near the south boundary line, the
wild rye and other grasses growing along the
bottoms thereof furnishing food for cattle at all
seasons, thus saTmg a vast deal ef labor to the
owner. The only drawback to tho rapid settle'
ment of Eastern Kansas is the Cherokee eUim
which is likely to be adjusted in the course of a
few months. In few instances persons who pro
duce evidences of their good intention have been
permitted to settle on the Cherokee lands in
Kansas which have so long been unproductive of
profit to either nation.
Adjoining the Cherokee land and running west
ward from the Neosho is the country belonging
to the Osage Nation which is also likely to be
brought into market at an early day by common
consent of both nations.
For some years this Southern part of Kansas
wUl be better suited for stock raising than agri
culture, owiag to its remoteness from the Mis
souri river and Pacifie Railroad, but for the pres
ent good investments can be made in the west
ern counties of Missouri where land will be soon
increased ia value, when the S. W. Branch shall
approach that region, and the lead mines become
more fully developed.
Thousands of acres can at any time be had at
prices varying from one to three dollars per acre,
without the annoyance and danger of attending
public sales of Indian reservations, where poli
ticians are so prone to intrude themselves snd
create excitement by their efforts toward their
individual glorification. Kmmue Fret State.
K A3SAS Lost. It seems to be generally con
ceded, says the Camden Journal, that Kansas is,
or will be lost to the South, and that all the sac
rifice of blood and treasure so freely expended,
in the hope of making her rich valleys and plains
tributary to Southern prosperity and equality in
the Union, has proven hopelessly abortive. Why
is this so? N Who is to blame for this sodden and
disastrous turn in the fortunes and affairs of the
SeuthT Nobody of course. Who placed Walk
er at the head of affairs in Kansas, at a timC,
when, above aU others, unwavering fidelity to
the Constitution and the rights of the South re
quired a man who was not only equal to the emer
gency, but who had political honesty, enough to
do what was right regardless of consequences?
The President, James Buchanan, Hq., the nom
inee and successful candidate of the Democratic
party, 's responsible, chiefly, for oil the mischief
which his man Walker has done, or may do, in
The above we elin from the Columbia (&. C.)
Times, and eve it as a specimen of Southern
sentiment upon the affairs of Kansas, as express
ed in a major portion or their press.
Sccxetast Dosiir. The incident to which
the Hon. James C. Dobbin owed bis Cabinet
appointment is thus given in an exchange pa
per:-
" He was in the Baltimore Convention, and
was the instrument of Ga. Pierce's nomination.
On the 18th ballet, Pierce had 55 rotes, the lar
gest number he had received. Tba 49th com
menced, and twelve States voted with but slight
changes from the previous ballot Then, as the
State of North Carolina was called, Mir. Dobbin
arose, snd ia a timely spefth announced that his
delegation east their votes for Franklin Pierce,
which fact at once secured the nomination for
the latter gentleman."
Moss Dead Com to Lrra- Captain Brown,
who according to the Kansas letter writers, last
fan, was bra tally murdered by " border ruffians,"
at Ossawattomie, is out in a letter declaring that
he is alive. He also states that twenty-seven
others murdered at the same time with himself,
are not only alive, but are doing well. FkiUJa.
Argue.
It is said that the Fremont and Dayton flag.
used at Stockbridge, New York, during last
Fail's campaign, has been bang up, this Spring,
ia a corn field, as a " scare-crow P
Freedom Shriekers! The Freedom- of
the Press Denied ! Lne''i Eay-JTuf-fin
Crew ! " The Constitutionalist,
1 its Editor and Workmen to be rank
in the Bottom of HeU ! Printing
Office to be Mobbed !"-."fillainy
Eeigns!
Just after the Consti tutionaliat had been ' cir
culated through town, on last week, two gentle
men (') with others to back them, came to tha
printing office and enquired for'the editor; the
were informed by the journeymen that he was
in town. These two specimens of the BUck Re
publican party, then made known their miaaion,
by declaring that the " Constitutionalist con
tained several damn lies on Jim Lane, and it
had to be stopped." ' They announced that the
were " not alone, but that they had been sent
and were backed in the matter." They came'
as Jim Lane directs, " with war in their hearts,
and arms in their bosoms." They beeama quite
wrathy, and deelared that " if any mora articles
appeared in this paper, that they knew to be
damn lies, they would sink it and aJl connected -
with It into the bottom of hell.
. After talking like they were lords of all- auar
kind, they left the office. Shortly after dark,' a
crowd of these scamps made preparations to pro
ceed to the printing office to throw it into the
river. They were, however, stopped by1 soma of
die sensible and moderate Republicans, who
forewarned them not to attempt the destruction!
of the office. Our readers will remember that
about twelve months since Jim Lane came into
the territory with an army gathered up1 in tha '
northern cities, the very offscourings of those '
cities, composed of loafers and black-legs. As
soon as they reached the territory they commen
ced stealing horses, the destruction of property,
and the lowest deeds of villainy. That this ar
my was filled with thieves and rascals, we can
prove from Black Republican witnesses new liv
ing in Brown County, and numbers of them are
now there, and honest men of the Republican
party are now in fear of losing their property by '
these tilings.
Numbers of these scape-graces have found
their way in and around Doniphan, and they caa
be seen loafing around the streets, but seldom
or never at work,' and if they do not make a
support by the" slight of hand when honest men
are asleep, we are at a loss to account for tho
way they keep alive. Those low-flung scamps
are alwayp on hand to do the dirty work of Jim
Lane, and he has bat to bid and like slaves they
obey the commands of their master. They are)
poor ignorant dupes, dsvotd'uf principle, hanger
en around doggeries, disturbers of the quiet Vl
the community, trifling .vagabonds, coarpiete)
nincompoops and unworthy to associate with gen
tlemsn. These are the men who threaten to
"sink us, our piper and workmen into the bot
torn of hell," if we dare write about their great
mogul. "- We" shall continue to write of Lane
whenever the occasion shall demand it speak
our sentiments without fear or reservation.
Whenever any of these Black Republicans,
black hearted, black negro stealing rascals wish
to throw the Constitutionalist office into therir.
er, they can come on. Tho fools are very much
mistaken if they suppose we are to be intimida
ted from speaking our sntiments, and the press
muzzled by such scamps as they.
Now, some of Lane's friends or servants have) -boasted
that if any more articles appeared ia '
this paper about Jim Lane, tha Cdnstitiitionaliit
office shall be pitched Into the river or be "sua:
into the bottom of hell." We win continue wri-
ting about Lane so long as he contiaues ta amka
inflammatory speeches, and disturbs the peace)
of the country by advocating resistance to tha
laws. Now, the dirty puppies will have to dee .
troy our office or lie. . They can take either a!-,
tematire. " Sink or swim, live Or die, survive
or perish," we win speak our sentiments so long;
as we remain an editor. Doniphan CouttUutian
alitt. , : - .
How thit Shoot Mci in AutAniAs- Mr. A.
M. Wilson, of FayettevUle, Ark., thus describes
ia a letter to the Little Rock Democrat, bow bs
was shot in his sleep: ' '. "
" Two of the ballets entered' my right shoul
der, on my left hand, and strange to say, I was
so sound asleep that I did not hear the report of
the gun or pistol. I had three small sons iay
room; they did not hear the report- I supposed
that in my sleep I had ton my band against tha
bed post I waked up my sons, they lit a can
dle, and I discovered that my right shoulder
was covered with- Mood; opening ry shirt, I
saw the holes of two balls ia my ahouldert. I
did not feel any pain at first, but my shoulder
&U benumbed as if I bad laid on it too long. I
have had two of the suspected party 00010! over
for court Tbey are tha only persons I hare
bad any difficulty with ia tha County. On of
them bad passed counterfeit money, and knew
that I would prosecute him next court it 1 got'
sufficient testimoay of bis guilt They picked
the mortar out from between the logaawl shot
me. I was withla to feet of the gurr or pistol.
Tmsiassa Odd Yxuxm. By the report of
tha Grand Master of Teanesaee, U appears tbat
the Order in that State is ia a very prosperous
conditio a, the number of Lodges amounting to
3,337, and the sum paid oat for the relief af wid
ows, orphans, affScted and destitute brethren
swelled op to the aatount af over half a auUioo.
A Chaajcim Deatxmc Ciacxx. A St Fran
cis correspondent of the Helena (Ark-) Demo
crat esyt that s snake den was discovered, a few
days ago, near" Tajlcr'a creek, in that county.
containing upwards of two hundred and forty
reptiles, thirty of whieh were large raUlesoakef ,
and the balance moccasins snd buck snakes.' .'
The Auburn Advertiser says that a few nights
since, about the hour of 12 o'clock, a beautiful
dove entered through the grated rindv;into
the Hospital of the State Prison, and perched
ea the bed of one of the patients. It has since
remained in the and seems contented and
happy.- ' - --'
LojKcvrrr it Kansas. Cant Ketchum. chief -
of the Dels wars Indians, in Kansas, died a lhc
Nth instr aged one hundred years-