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PEREYSBUEG, O., THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1857.
!N"0. XIII.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS.
MEKTS.
AMENDMENT NO. I.
.
Unsolved by the General Assembly of tho State of
Ohio, Tlireti-ilftlis of tho members elected to ouch
House concurring therein, That it bo ond hereby is
proposed to the electors of this stuto to vote on (he
neconrl Tuesday of October next, upon the approval
or rejection of tho following amendment as n substi
tute for the twenty-tifth section or the second Brlii le
of tho constitution and for the second section of the
amo article, and for the third section of the eleventh
niliulo, vii i all regular sessions of Ihe (ieneral As
sembly shall commence on the first Monday of J .Hill
ary, annually. Senators shall beelected Menially, and
representatives annually, Iry the electors of their re
spective comities or district on tlicscronil Tuesday of
October. Their term nT oliiec shall commence on the
first day of January next after their election, and Hint
of senators shall continue two years, ond that of rep
resentatives one year. The senators elected ill Octo
ber next shall hold their offices for two years, mH (he
representatives elected at the same lime shall hold
their nlliees fur one vcar. Pro V ided, tll.lt seventeen
of tho senators elected on the second Tuesday of Hi
tober. 157. to be ascertained by lot, us the President
of the senate may direct, shall hold their olli -e for only
n.l their successors shall no elerleo on me
VtZXiZ y f ?cXS . .hond eW," h-!
V. . ' ' 'i .... i i.i ii,. ,i,,.r..fi, r lien
arciiiniiiiLi-iiiii, ,., j -
any county shall have u fraction above tile rates (or
representative so largo Unit being niuUlplii d by ten,
the result shall be equal to one or more ratios, addi
tional representatives shall be apportioned lor such
ratios anions the several seHsi.uis id' the iler.tini.il
period 111 the following manico- : inhere be only one
r itlotlien a representative shall be allotted to the tenth
session of the decennial period.
If there are two ratios representatives shall he allot
ted to the ninth and tenth sessions ; If three lo the
clitlitli, ninth and tenth ; it four to the seventh, eighth,
ninth and tenth ; If live to the sixth, seventh, eighth,
ninth and tenth ; if six to the lit th, sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth and tenth i If seven to the fourth, tilth,
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth ; it eight to the
third, fourth, lll'ib, sixth, seventh, eight, ninth and
tenth; if nine to the second, third, fourtii, lii'tli, sKtti,
seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth suasion of the de
cennial period respectively.
l deii.roiiniiiL' the number of senators to which am
senatorial district might be entitled ill anv deeeiini.,1
period, bv reason of anv fraction of a senatorial ratio,
the fraction shall be multiplied by live, and if the result
be equal to one senatorial ratio, an additional
Senator shall be allotted to said district lor Hie iiililli
and tenth sessions. If it be equal to two such ratios
mi additional Senator for tin- seventh, eighth, ninth,
and tenth sessions shall he allotted to such district, li
three then to the iiftli, sixth, seventh, eighth uliitli
and tenth. , , ,
If four, to the thir.l,f.iurth.lifth.sixth,s"YentVi?h'h.
r-'ifnth. and tenth sessi'.ns respectively, If this iitu- nd
t ment be adopted by the electors. tile counties now en
-. titled to more than one member in either or both
l hrsnchesof the Legislature iii the fourth and liftn '-s
ions of the present decennial period as now provi l
. ed. shall have a like number ol' members incach brunch
thoninf-l'or each session of the remainder of the p,-es-
N. H. VAN VORHES.
Speaker the House of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD.
President of the Senate.
Dated April 3d, 1857.
AMENDMENT NO. II.
Resolved bv the Hoiicral Jssemhly of the Stale
lOM... Thr iiflbsof the llleulbers elected to null
House concurring therein, that it bo, and hereby i
, ,.....n...a ,.. ti,.. ..l,.tirs of tins State to vole on tti
second Tuesdav ot ll. tober next, upon the approval
-or rejection of the folio ing amendment, an a ml s
lor the O.'th and sixth sc. lions of the l.,i.uliarlit'ie
of the Constitution, iir. : Sec. :,. Iiisirlc: Court .lia,,
be held in taeli county at least once in ea -h car,
. one ar more District .llldges elected by the electors
.separate districts to be prescribed by law, wl.o shall
hold their. nice r,.r live years : and during tluir con
tinuance in otllcc shall reside ill the district lor vtiu-.i
they are elected. Tho provisions of the fourteenth
section of this article shall uppl) to lliatn -t Judges.
The C.eoeral Assembly may by law a.l'.bon.e ll.c juug--s
of the nistrict Court, and of the coarta oi e .iai....n
pleas, to tlx the times of holding tueir respective
.'courts. I'litil iistriet Judges shall have been elecled
:nd nnsllQcl, district Courts i-li.ill be held by the
Jijdgca of the Supreme ('ourt and of the Curt
'oniinon Pleas, us now authorized. Sec. i:. I he iii-
trtct court shall have soeliiuris nciioiisii in.; r...
Tilled by law, mid the ju lii s tbereol shall have
s-xercisc stieli power and .iurUdiclioti at cl:.i:u:.er-
luay be required to sit as juagesoi mecoui v.,u-
be directed law.
N. H. VAN VORHES.
N. H. VAN VORHES. Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD.
President of the Senate.
Dated April 2d, 1857.
AMENDMENT NO. III.
Resolved by the Oencral Asaciuby of the State
nf Ohio, three fifths of the I nbers elected to each
branch, coiiciirrini? theiein, that it be ai d lieud.y,
the secutui Tuesday of Oi-lober next, to tipprove
nr r..t ti. f.il.wuit niiiciKliueiit as a MiD-tuut
for Ihe second ami third sections
rfioleof the cotiHtiiuLion.
Alt property, personal aud rral,?nall be subject
taxation but a uniform rule, nt me true vaum inert-
f the twulllh
of in motn'y.by such ai'diictions froin cndits mny
he Rlluwml its the Oini rul As-niitlj may d. tin
podiunt; Provided, Hut liuryiii grouiiua, limine
L.l,.,..! k.,w ami nil rublic nmiH'rty. mi'l all
atituliom of purulv pulilic cliurily, and all liuiins
uaed oxclunivMly for oublic w.irnhip, aliall be (
from taxation; and if tin- total value of
iiemonal properly of any poraon shall not exceed
ifty dollnra. tha same may be exempt from tans
lion. All property employed in baiikinir tliall
always bear a burden of luxation equaUo that im-
N. H. VAN VORHES.
the House of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD.
President of the Senate.
Dated April 3, 1857.
AMENDMENT NO. IV.
Resolved by the General Assembly of the Stale
of Ohio, Three-fifths of the members eleeted
each house concurring therein. That, it bo
herebv la nrouosed to ilie electors of the Slate,
the second Tuesday of October next lo approve
reject the following amendment as a aulntitute
for the first and second sections nf the thirteenth
article of the constitution, vis: Corporations
every description s'iail be created, and corporate
powers grained only by gcneial laws which ehi.ll
define the powers, privileges and immunities
prescribe the duties and liabilities ol each class
descriptions of cornorations. but the general
may enact Bpecial laws for the relief
corporations in peculiar cases, and may iniiko
provisions in regard to corporations incases
wherofrora their peculiar location or interests
special provisions are required, and may
time to lime alter or repeal all such laws, as
AMENDMENT NO. IV. N. H. VAN VORHES.
the House of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD.
President of the Senate.
Dated April 3, 1857.
AMENDMENT NO. V.
Resolved by the Oencral Assembly of tho
of Ohiu. Three filths of tho members elected
each house concurring therein, that it be, and
by is proposed lolhe electors of this Stale to
on the second Tuesday of October next, upon
approval or rejection of the following amendment
as au additional section to article eleven of
constitution. Kvery county which now is, or
hereafter be entitled to more than one senator,
representative fur ihe residue of the pre-enl decen
nial period, or for all, or any portion of any
docennial period shall be divided into
' many senatorial and representative districts
there may ba senators or represeulatives elective
m soy one year of the present, or auy subsequent
dw.-inisl period, which districts shall be of
"! ? territory, and each district shall contain
Tarhr,T ratio for senator or representative as
sttaiuablo, withoutviolating Iherule herein
as to soMlgoUy of territory, sad without dividing
thstovnship, elcciioo procinct.or waTd. If
representative er senatorial d i strict, composed of
two or more con lilies shall by r. ason of any excess
of population over a ratio, be entitled to addi. ton
al representatives or senators for any pouion of
the present or any subsequent, decennial period,
tho district shall be divided into two districts, for
each portion of such docenninl period, which
shall be continuous urrit iry, and each shall con
tain as near a ratio as is attainable without divid
ing counties.
If by reason of the annexation of one senatorial
dist let to another, there shall be any excess of
population over a senatorial ratio, which shall be
entitled to additional representation for any por
tion of any decennial period, etch district, as now
constituted, shall elect one senator
Counties shall be divided into districts by the
county commissioners or such other board of olli
cora elective and resident in tho proper county as
may be provided by law. At least four months
prior to the general election in 1858, the counties
entitled to morn than one member of either house
shall bo divided into districts for the residue ol the
present decennial period, and at least four month"
prior to the general election in the first year of
each mihseniienl ilecenoai penou, me counties
houses, fhall be dmded into districts f-ir the
whole of the deceiininal period. A description of
tho district of each county shall ! published n
inay ho directed by tho comity commissioners or
be bv law.
to .nore than on. , member for .11. or any
portion of such decennial period, in either or both
i . ,, , ,. ., .... ...... e
N. H. VAN VORHES.
Speaker the House of Representatives.
THOMAS H. FORD.
President of the Senate.
April 3d, 1857.
Skob'Taky or State's Office )
Columbus, April 4, lt57. $
I hereby certify that tho foreuoinir proposed
constitution amendments are correctly c pied
from the original rolls on file io this otri -e.
JAMES H. BAKER.
Secretary of State.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
i'mtu tf'nilf Ikitcll.
ot
i
tote by
ol
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VOTICE is lifri'i.v irivt n to till i-oiircriu-1 Unit tlie
tnisu-ts nf I.:ikc to viinhiu. Vnnl rnunty, Uliio,
will mt-ft at Utt Hrho"! w liintiLcr thivu. in au
t-.viis1iip, ou Thur Uiv, August i:ith. Is h. fit y o'clu. k
A. M., to ir".- '.l lo vl.'.v nurl a'-t ifM-n tlit? ck-aritijr
unit -ltM-ui uiiifr tiif ' 'i.uiiicl ot 'mm rn - k, to i-om-i:u
tut- iii the towni-lii! I tin-. :it tin. ii'irt-i-'M-t fp: irt-r
hi cli.m :t'i, aii-l toutiii'iu throiii'h tl.-t"-.vti7-iiii to
ilu nor li lint ol tho liortlt-wt'ft n'UTii-r i-t-ciinii 2,
aiul thcr,M"T!iii:i t; it nl '.it ill'. ill tii.tru ) im..h in-
UT.'lli-it ill -tail! Vilt'-T-OIM-ff .iiu-ii JUT-iiIl nf tilt H.Ull''.
to he h tlu-tii ojiL-in if, iithliiiil he l'-'i-iiit .1 vilil. inui
jiist, lu-t'onlin.-r to tlie hi-ii!itc U bv durivvtl tluri l'i .m
aii'i nUo tn n-ttt'-i iiff.iintt thrm nurh i-Oi tii ti of tin ex
fi.-tisi rt nmt iiiiniuKi w ;is, iK-i-onlin- U rihi nw justi.-f,
thiy ouuht to p.iy. The lolloivirm mniU'il I'itj-.-ii rt
fciiiil.;r.uil to It i iifc restart in ojii.-niutf vafr-eo'irs-e,
a'itu oviiri of the li'tuU ih .scriU-cl oj-nohb lilfir
reIi'ft.v.' iii-iie. to iv n
If-Atl' l' N:i1iivi4 1
I.yne Stiirlintf,
Newton V tioideti,
Aim.S.A.ll.St.John,
do
Timothy liaker,
t-.T. Tart AvTff.
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:t e l-i fr w of It est rve
" ,V lit 8 c it- ho
" lot li-). .in in Hepervc
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do " ' ' s pr n e fr
r.li.a' eth linvmond, " v " w . fr w of tt..erv 52'J.i
iav.U l.udd, heirs of," "4 e I sc 1
Nihel.iiah Ailen, " " w 4 e
.la-. I. N'.am.tn, " " t und i a e I
l.'iiller I'. KoUeitf. ' " "
Tho. liidiHit. " " ' i
Jasper l. Collins, ' ""nnu H
S. 1'. Allen, " " " li J s n fl
rluulus Ci.v, ;' ' 4 sn e
iua AiUiii-, " " I' n tt 4l
',H.nu-i W. Warner, ' ' ' e n w
i'luilp l.."p. " " " s w n w
h.iuii 1 V. Warner, " ' ' n w n v
,l. A. M-i.u, " '' " n w u u
". V. '.Vay, " s n e
James MiiiVay, " " 1 e p: n n nw
l.atayette Kifleiiloii, " " " Uini W
r.viij itain igjlcston, " ' f' " :' !1
Jacob l--h, " " " s n w
Amur a ilnrrm, ' " " w p! u n w ft-"
llmatio Miller, " " " ik i l1''"
Jaeoli Kmeh, ' " 1ft h torucr ss e
William Jelfn-y, "
.li'ini W. I'iu'ii., T " nw e l-'J aere i:i.J
Jos: ph ll.trpt l, ' ' ' s t less 10 b e cor.
.l.iiiu-.- Larkiu, " " ' h u lie
.I.thu Mono it al, ' " lH use
Nichul.i t'liidt-r, ' " " mv no -it
'.. li. MiCullork, '? " n w fr
: Uii.hdpli l.u-her. " " h pt w fr
Jaenli Meiihuur, ' ' " n pi s w fr
' Smith A Nprrigtie, " ' n o
Jiiiiii'n Mii.-r.iv,
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July ', 1-57 Sivi ?l l.M-s
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in-
x
empt the
rOTICI-" is liereliy yiviti that n petition will lie pre
1 seliteil to the coiinnUsitillcis of ll'ouil county. Ohio,
lit tlieir Hi xt ri''iilal' leisioii, asking fur t lit- view, sur
vey and e-laliliiliuient of ti county roail, coiiiiii.-iieiuir
ut the nortii west corner of sei tii n iiuuil,vr 1. l'ort:ii:e
towliiiliii. tlleiiee I'ulin-tig smitli one mile to tile south
west corner of said section one. iiinl ile-re to termin
MIC1IALL AMDS, Petitioner.
July TI, lvl 10w4.
Admin itrn tor's Nalr.
John Y;ir, Ailmiiiidiriitor, v. liiuahcth W oh
i t .il.
to
and
Iy virtue of an ordt-r ofKiih to idp dirfi-ti'il, grnnt.Ml
) nml (h-livereil from tho court oi' probato, Wooti
oouiity, Ohio, in the above cndtleil cause, 1 will otVcr
lor sale nt tim door ot the (.tuirt nousf,
On Mmi'lAv, An:;ust KUh, lr-7,
htwrc-n the Imura of in oVh.uk A. M.antl 4 o'clorh
M. ot'rtaiil dtiv, the real cstntt- dfi-nl'tMl us Sulidiviinr
n u tn I kt it, of Hivt-r Tract niinihi-r 7. I'liitd Stiittn
llesi-rvo of 1 mites siiiure, cuiitaiuijiji 1(1 ;t-lno nvrvA
more or Its, in Wood cnunty, Ohio. 'IVrms of sali
One third cash, tho halam-u to to paid iu !( uiuiithi
secured hy uiortifiige on irfinii'.
on
JOHN' YAUKLt, Adiuini.sti tor.
or
G .Sthain, Atty.
July H, !hA7 alw.r$,2.Kl
Nherill1l8"tttli
of
rii.aheth Milli-rvn. Ja. oli Miller.
and
or
BY virtue of a vi-udi lo mo directed from the court
of common picas of Wood eonnty, Ohio, in
ii'tovc cane, I will oner for mile at the door oi the Court
House in lerryshug. on
ferutiirduy, the Kih of Auirut. A. T). 1857.
of
audi
from
be t ween the lumra uf lo o'clm k a. m. and 2 o'clock
M. ol's:iid day, the follow inr real es'nte, to wit:
went-lialf of the no'.itli-ejttl nunrter of section twenty
two; also the wiM-hull'ol'thc si'iith-eiiit ipuirU.r of
thirty, Uih d' town lur north, of ruue cloven
rasit; and contaiuina eighty acres ot'land in each
are
situate in Wooil county, Ohio. C. W. XOU'i'oX,
I'lntK a KKi'K iie-uN, Jttvu. KlierilV.
Jul i. 1:."7 Hw:'.:..!
Sulooi' Hi'ul i:st"iabrtier uf CouTt.
State
to
here,
vole,
the
tho
may
or
sub
sequent as
as
con
tiguo ON the 1ith day of Auiru.M, 1t."7, heiween tlm li.uv
of one and three o'clock l M ., ut the door of
court hoiisi in the town of Perry ahurjf, NVoud county,
Oltio, will he mild to tho highest hidtkr, the fi Mowing
k hI estate, us the jiropertv of Willhim Henry th-cea'd,
to wit : The undivided third part of the e:it Icih'ot'
nortlivest ouai-u rof st'cti in thirtv. towiinhitix. nui-'e
I tin caxt; ulao tho undivided third pait of two acre
laud out ot the south-went corner ot the east hall
kouth-west ipiarter of fmetimial eerii.u niiitti-cn,
the towuliMi nnd raiv'e at'iresani and moit particular
lv houiith-d us follows: l.'i'iinneneiiiir ut the north-west
corner of tlie east half of tha north-west quarter
iteetion thirty, in town six, north of ranjfe ten
thence north to tha middle of tho road leading
Perrrynhur'j to the head of the (t rand Itupid, thence
in nn easterly iltrection a)oi said rojid in tho middle
tiiereof so I'urihut u line drawn at right aniflcs from
......I. i:.,.j ti... ai...n.i..d.irii.u.i t. it' f n ...1.
inurtor of section tliirtv. snd cxieii.linu' to the
rosil ubore innnliontiil. nill contuiu tu o iici l-s of ground.
In he sola suhjpet to tli. aowur ot ins widow.
st $219 60 iiitm-i't to sniil dower. Terms
as
solo cash J. II. HK1IJ, Adluiuiltrator
is
O' Eiitnto of Jumes lleni v, dt;i;eu6ed.
given
July 13, 1SW llniiJiilS
Buy
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:
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A BIOGRAPHY.
BY WI 1,1.1 AM Ef.TF.H.
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Stpamf.h Minkehaha. ?
Missoi'Bt Rivf.r, July 19, 1357. J
Friend Hiooins; As I sin leisurely pasini;
up th Missouri River, I have sbuil'lniic ol
tinri lo wrile. snil will' therefore fulfill a par
tial promise 1 matie you.
Tim rhiff clmracieristic of the steamers on
this rivor are high charges, gond dinners and slow
movement.
I have tpent about a week in Itunsa?. I
laniled at ihe mouth of the Kansas River, went
back about 33 miles into the country, anil re
turneil to the Missouri river at lyavenwurih,
about 40 miles above the mouth of Kansas riv
er. I visited Lawrence, Tticumseh, Topeea, L'
compton, nml many oilier towns of less note.
I was present iluring the sitting of the Free State
Convention at Toii.ica on the. 13 li July. The
convention was lura;.- and embraced the talent
ami s.'iitiinut of Ilu Territory.
I think it would coin pure favorably for talent
and respr. ctaoilily with any political conven
tion I ever saw us.etnbled in Ohio or elsewhere.
I h id a favorable opport mity tj b-'come ac
quainted with many of the meinbsrs, I have
also hicome acquainted with many of the pro-
slavery party, and (mm their own mouths heard
the political grievances of both parties. Nut-
withstanding the political difficulties, Kansas
is bound to be some by and by.
Sijualter Sovereignty here, is Young America
grown into manhood.
Uncle Sam, as a good father should do by his
grown up sons, set off Kansas for his children
lo settle. Ht told thein to take possession of
the country and appropriate to themselves 160
acres of land each and pay him therefor 82'JO
Me told them to inakd their own laws aud gov
em theinsolves in their own way, provide,! Ihe v
should not mike any regulations inconsistent
with the family ruU'.i'ins of th'- old homestead
About three years ago, the sons Loin the N'orih
and Ih.'Smlh started on their expedition lo
take, possession of the country.
The Missouiiiins. b-ii the nearest to the
country, got into possesion nf certain portions
of it firjt, and being desirous to establish there
in a certain institution which was disagreeable
to the sous from tin North, tuM the Northern
men that if thy wauled lo stlle in ihe Ter
ritory iliey must keep mitm nn the slavery qu -s-tion.
The Northern men said they had a common
tight to S"tll in the Territory and that they
meant lo be governed just as Uncle Sam had told
thm. That if it were the wishrs of a majori
ty of settlers that slavery should be instituted,
they would acquiesce; but that at the same
time they l id as good a right lo prevent the in
troduction of slavery, as the Southern men
Missourians had to introduce it, and should
therefore exercise their right to gass on the sub
ject as much as they pleased. Therefore, dis
sensions sprung up between them. Ihe Mis
sourians, in the begining of the controversy be-
ins Ihe most numerous, threatened tha North
ern men that if they did not cease harping
slavery they would drive them out of the Ter
ritory and keep them out. They swore ihey
would be dod darned if the cussed Abolitionists
of Massachusetts or any other abolition state
should settle in Kansas any hoie, unless thev
would agree at the start to say nothing about
slavery and leave that matter to themselves.
The Massachusetts men said they were not
oliiionists ; thai there was no slavery in Kansas
to abolish, but that they were only restriction
ists and wished to prevent slavery from bviu;
established there. Thev said that a leellt of
blood of the settlers at Plymouth Rock and
the sojers of the Revolutionary war was yet 1-ft
in their veins, an I that they would be gtlJarned
if they did not spill it right down here in
pru'nie before they would be deprived of
lib rly of speech or be driven out of Uncle
Sam's Territory. They said that their dads
tol 1 th'tn, when they were boys, that thej
should read the Bible, keep the commandments,
go lo meeting every Sunday, (not fish and hunt
as had boys did,) and above all, maintain
rights achieved by tho Revolutionary war;
they would be gol darned if they didn't. There
upon the Missourians pitched in. Tiiey never
having been brought up lo read the Bible
practice so christian a habit as to go lo church,
had no compunctions about the propriety
their conduct, while the Massachusetts
avoided a fight as much us possible, because
they considered the Missourians and Ihemselvts
all brethern iu Uncle Sun's family, and
they ought to make complaint to him to settle
the mailer for thein.
They saw that Uncle Sam had a large police
force at Fort Leavenworth near by, whose
it was to keep ihe peace and prevent fam
ily quarrels as well as foreign invasions. They
sent an agent to Washington to represent
situation and get the assistance of the Tolicc
force at Leavenworth lo restrain the aggressions
of the Missourians. But before Ihe ogent could
get access to Uncle Sain, tn implore him to
strain their ofl -n ling brethren whom they
nouuc.'d us u it.l. r lt iluins, Iroin persecuting
them the Missourians, through the ussistauoe
his counsellors would give hnn whisk -y
drink with morphine in it. You know
Uncle Sain drinks a great ileal nf whiskey,
keeps an uffieer cjlle 1 a botile holder ut a
salurv whose business it is to hand him
bottle when he wauls to drink.
Uisotiuusellors have gut this bottle holder
the interest of the Missourians, an t as no
ors approach him without his tuking a
with lliem, this bottle holder, every lime
Free Slate agent goes lo Washington, drugs
with Untie S mis whiekeyaud he becomes so
pid that nothing can ba done with him. The
State men whom tha Missouiians cull
lionits, have tried und tried to get their
ances before him so that they can ba protected
but ths old fool it never ui hii light mind
or
business, nnd therefore thev have never been at
tended lo. Tho fieeslulu men have pretty much
given up all hoiieof assistance from Uncle S.nn,
and have c included to rely upon the Bible for
their rule of governm'int ond Sharp's Rifles f r
their protection. They comim-nced ihis practice
about a year ago aud found it worl.ed prrlly
II. Thiy pitched into tlie border niffi ins so
hard that they were compelled to opp"ul to Uncle
Sim for ossistance. They represented to him
lhat the uboliiinnisls were slaughtering them nt
a great rate, and he right off ordered out his
Police force and orres'.ed great numbers of thorn,
lie stationed his forces oil over the Territory,
and muntfesled the greatest anxiety to keep the
pence. His counsellors told Iii in that the aho
liuonisls had caused all ihe trouble and that
they must be put down. The old fool belived
them and don't know nny better to this day.
His counsellor even went so far as to make him
believe he ought to organize a police force
from among ft he Border Kuftians. He did so:
the consequence was, the border rilffiiins went
about to exterminate the ubolitiouists under the
disguise of peace officers. Gov. Geury, after
having ben huinbnggid a long time iu regard to
Ihe merits of the dispute, discovered the trick
ond undertook to stop lIHr career, but they de
nounced him as an abolitionist and were about
to piuh into him accordingly. lie saved his
bacon by beconvng notrAers. In the mean tint
His oDolitloists have bsen rapidly increasing in
numbers while the border ruffians have b
"growing smill by degrees and beautifully Ipss."
They have found much consolation in the Bible
and their Sharp's Rides have enabled them to
enjoy a conquered peace. They have made many
border ruffians acknowledge there is a God
Kansas. If sum of tho border ruffians of Mis
souri, happen to be over on the Kansas side
ihe river, a great deal of amusemiut can be gi
ti,i at ttieir expanse by wiiispeiiug orouiM mat
Line is ufi-T thein. They suddenly appear 0:
harmless as tleers ond almost as fleet, on tool.
Governor Walker has come out here exhibit
ing a great ileal ot swell tuad importance, au
has undertook to estuhlish a greut institution
called National Democracy, as a sort of political
apothecary shop, from whence medicine can
procured, lo cure all the disorders of slate.
prnv d so far to be oniy o political quack,
and is held in that estimation. His fate can
seen in that of his predecessors.
The free state party in Kansas can raise,
on iin -rgency, a inilitaty force of bona Hdc set
tlers from Ion to twenty thnusond stiong, while
Wuluer caunol get five hundred to help him uo
less he calls on Uncle Sun.
It is said of religious persecutions that
blood of the martyrs is tha seed of the church.
It seems us if the same is true in regard to
persecutions. For every free slate mnn
that has bam killed by the pro-slavery party,
hundred lias sprung up out of his blood.
pro-slavery party are finding it out und are
coining discouraged.
What little information I possess of matters
in Kansas, 1 have derived from observation
conversing with the leading men of both con
tending factions.
If I write again, I will speak of the free
the country, its advantages ond disadvantages
a theme much more coiig' iiial lo my feeling!
than to speak of ils political condition.
W.
"Shams."
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siness their
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Epochs in history are named, after they
elapseil, the age ol gold, tile age ot iron, or
silver," from some leal or fancied res'inblunei
of the prominent chtracteristies of the period
with Ihe qualities of Ihe iiHtuI to which it
compared. The Chroniclers of a future uge
perhaps, iu the same spirit, call this th "age
pain," hs in licative of Ihe prevuleut spirit
shamming und deception, which i refer.s outside
display nf cheap and tawdry ornament to
and silb.stdtiriul elegance.
We can look iu no direction without sp -ine:
som ' p-iinti'd deception, pom gilded slium.
D.ssalisfi'd wiih whul it is, the world svins
have clothed itself iu cheap, 11 muting an I
ornaments. D -sire for real un 1 shstau
tial elegance has given place to a psssion
imitating. The young lady is s.'nt to school
acquire a variety of sham oceoniplishm ills,
hi her part in stiam s iciely. Worstupe.'l lash
ion is but tlie sham ot ttste. Business is
ou credit, the sham of capital. Siimn poli
ticians grow hoarse in uttering shams of
Chi'ap imitations of w hat is good
a readv market, while ih'gool itselfis unsought
for. Th"re is prevalanl a m isl paneful disposi
tion uinong the people of this ag" to appear
what they lire not; no one s ams to b- content
to be ral tc.l at his real worth. Tin: diamond
virtue which soma wear up pears uo better
the paste and gilt with which lli.ir ueghbors
are neiliz-meii.
That apriol will ever come when things
shall wear their natural hues ond shapes, wh-'ii
Ihe matrials of every fabric shall b known
their colors, when goodness shall speak in
of candor, when tasio shall resume the tlirou
Fashion has pushed her, when people
shall be content lo be valued ot Iheir worih
is more than doubtful. Humbug will continue
tn act h. r pantoininvs on this great stae
her extensive wardrobe is consumed in the
ing of her theatre.
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of
to
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in
visit
CoMPAltATIVK Sl'KLD OF HoHSES AND Oxr.N
A bet w.is made the other d iv hetwecn
I wo farmers in France, about tho speed of
ses un 1 oxen, with tho same loud, the
distance ; the distance trnvelleil we.g 23
(about twelve miles;) a four
team put lo a w.igon lotiled with annul
0.0U liis. of bv.et root pulp. The horses
them on'y Beveti miuutes, nnd would
Iikvu been beaten lunl lliey not
llii! best in the country. Time, 3!i, G.n
I3n.
the
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Free
aboli
griev
do
In Chicago tha other day, n broker
tho key of Ins safe. The lock, door,
top. and boltou of the 6 .fe defied gunpowder
tuu steel. I lie mears oi meelino; his engage.
menu wero iu-udo the ti,'ht tiling. But
much time was lost in the effort to opeu
that the bioker could not borrow or "
over," in lie lit iia'J Lour, &ui his
was ruined.
From the Amulet.
Iowa Correspondence.
DAVENPORT, IOWA, July 26th, 1855.
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FittFNn J'arhman : In a former letter t
promised to give you the result of lny observu
Hons ia Iowa. Yet, perhaps, it wero better that I
should not fulfill the prom, than impose npon
you my dull letters. I will, howovor, risk one-
more. U Uh tins preface (or excuse) I will begiu
where I left off in lny former leticr. ....
Dubuque U situated on the west bouk of the
Mississippi river, opposite Duuleith, the terminus
of the Chicago nnd Galena, railroad. The city is
chiefly built on a narrow strip of bottom land.per-
hnps SI) rods wide fiom tho river to the bluff,
which hero is roeky and rises neurly perpendicular
about UDO feet. The city is two and half miles long,
neatly built, mostly of brick contains about
20,000 inhabitants, is rapidly improving, and in
my opinion is destined to be the chief city of th
state ; yet the rocky bluffs wjll prove au everlast
ing hindrance to the entire improvement '.of the
city pint. The Dubuque and Pucific railroad is
progressing, nnd cars nre running to Independence,
a distance of some 60 or 70 miles. Leaving Da
buque, I passed through Deleware, Bitchnimn, and
into BlucMwwk County. The land near the river
is of poor quality, nud is what is hero called tim
bered land, but you would cull it ouk openings. .
After leaving tho river and passing four or five
miles of limbered land, I ngain struck tho prairies,
tho broad prairies of Iowa. I had, (and I be
lieve most peoplo of Ohio, who have never been
west have) a very Imperfect idea of the westcni
prairies, especially in relation to their extent. I
ciui give you a very imperfect inscription of them.
In traveling ns I did, with a buggy, you woula
havo n good chance tor observation, uud now let
us take a look, and in order to obtain a fair view
wo will dtivc into the prairie. We pass along;
over ns smooth u road as can be imagined, oyer
rolling ground, passing oejivsioiially a farm house,
and some fields of us thrifty looking wheat, corn
oats ii i l potatoes as you ever saw. .JVo- meet at
f armer iu the road and enquiro of him how fas
we have gene, and he tells us 23 miles. . . Well,: wtti
(in 1 we are on uhout as high a piece of ground s
is to be found. We look around ia every direc
tion, and as Tar as the eye can reach it is one broad,
green pr.iiiie, but we can ma hero and there a few;
trees in clumps, and we know there somo farmer
dwells, and those trees are locust or cotton-wood.
plaute 1 by tlu owner of tho toil uitbcrfoi' fencing;
or shade.
On traveling over theje prairies, although It is
inidsumm'.T and very warm, there is constantly, a!
conibivvze; it is certainly deHighful iu summon,
but O 1 the winter ; deliver mo , from a prairie
winter. . ..,.... , v.i.
The soil is, as a genual thiug, of tint first oeaal-1
ity ; still I have semi some poor prairie. ,o' -H.nol
Blacklmwk County is, 1 think, tho best countyi
of land lhat I have seen in Iowa. Raw pi airier
land can be bought here lor from six to ten dol-i
lursan acre : to break it will requiru three good '
yoke of cattle. I have seen five yoke drawing
one plow, nud I havo also seen breaking done by
one span of horses. Farmers generally fence their
fields, still I have seeu huudrcds of acres of grain
growing on tho open prairie without any fience at
nil. , '
M ist all kinds of fence arc used here. Post and '
rail fence is made of posts and two rails, the bot
tom rail two feet above the ground and tho top
rail low feet higher. B iard fence is made in tha '
same way, two boards six inches wide makes the" '
fence ; then the wire fence is made by stretching
two, und sometimes three wires, the size of a tele-"
graph wire, aud fastening to posts Irom 30 lo 40
feel apart. Turf fence is made hy piling up turf '
and tnaVnig a diieli on the outside of the field. ''
Tiie OifJ orange is being tried but formers say
it will not answer for fence on the prairies.
From Independence, I pins into Linn, Jones.andi
Cedar counties, tn Iowa City, Johnson Co., pussed
through Anauiosae. Miriuu. and Cedar Rapids, aK
thriving towns ; and here let me say, I have seen
but one. finished city since I came west they ara
all growing. luw.t City is a line place bfahout 8000
inhabitant;' nn I i improving. The country iu the
immediate vicinity of the oily is as poor, if not tiro
poorest, I havo seen in Iowa. There is a strip of
o.ik b.ir.'ens Iro u two to throe miles wide oil each .
side of the river, (Iowa.) Rem ire tlie Capita
from Iowa City, and I think it would fall behind
some other towns in the interior. From Iowa City"
I went to Tipton, s eat of justice of Cedar County.
It is a line county ol land, and although, recently '
settled, it contains some) of the bett farms I havo
seen iu the stale. Wild land sells at 6 aud CIO
per ucrw. 1 would not live "l this c jnnty from I ho
tact that mob law reigns supreme, there being 400
men (I should rather siy demons in human form)
banded together for tho ostensible object of ad
iiiiu'stering justice to horse thieves and black legs-
iu g literal, uu '1 some eight or leu men have been i
bung ou su-pieiou of eilker stealing horses them
selves, or harboring horse liiieves. And here, in a
community boastiug of its civilization, a gang of'
worse than murderers, nuufjoring only about four
hundred, uro pei inilled to run riot, carrying rapine
and murder into every p-ivatn dwelling, and q'lict
neiirhb.irhotuK T'.ieeiil iiu!lim'it!es.eiiherthroUL'h
fear or iinb'euility, look quietly on without making
a siug o elf u t In stay these hnrid proceedings, nnd
God only kuo .vs where the tim thing will eud.---
True, Gov. Gi hues has wnilc.i a letter to tha)
S!i 'i ilT of ("iotiiu county directing him to arrest
and brin to josiiee every ttuiti engaged in the mur
der of un ol-l mao by ihe name of Warren, who
was liiine: by the Cedar county mob withic the
limits of Chilton comity. Wus it not that it would
in.i;;o my Idler loa long. 1 would giveyotl the de
taiU of the murder ol Wurrcu as 1 gol it from a
number of his neighbors who wineised the out
rage ti om beginning to end. 1 visited Wurren'a
house, went wiili gojiia neighbors lo the grovo
where he had iii. mock Iriul, saw where the baric
wus stripped lio.n the limb ovor which the ropa
was drawn, when un old man 70 years of age, wa
iii.ird"red hy a gang of lawless demons, and what
is worst of all, these murderers are at large and
will go unw'uipped of Justice.
I see I m ist close without giving my views in re
latioa tj XJavonport and vicinity.
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