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'LIBEETY OR' tffcATH.'
VMlRlE chY, K.T., JuttE 24', 1858.
Leavenworth and Fort Gibson E. .
Gen: Lane Acquitted I
Wo stop the press to announce
thai the examination, of Gen. Lank
jfor the alleged murder of Col. Gaius
Jenkins was terminated 'on Wednes
day, 23d inst., which resulted in the
honorable ACQUITTAL "of
den. Lane. The' deed was clearly
proven to be an act of puro self
defense. More next week.'
The Fourth.
. Though' the good old "Fourth"
i's going to Blight the patriotic and
liborty-loving people of Prairid City
this year, it may not be an unwel
come item of news to thcrri td know
what immediate towns she is to visit.
Lawrence is making, preparations
to give a Temperance Celebration.
Every person connected with any de
scription cf Temperance ordors, and
every friend of Temperance, is invi
ted to' participate' with them on the
occasion. They will undoubtedly
liavoa rousing time. We publish
the particulars more minutely in an
other place.
Min'n'eola promises to do big things
by way of offering sacrifices in com
memoration of the old '76 veterans.
We have no " doubt its citizens will
do matters up' hugely, arid to help
them along we publish their arrange
ments in another column.
Mr. Palmer, north of Hickory
Grove, on the Branson-Lawrence road,
gives a picnic. Whether it is pri
vate, or gratuitous, we have not
learned.
Several ladios and gentlemen of
Prairie City contemplate taking a
iishing excursion te the Osage.
In From the Cottonwood.
Judge Wi'ixktt and Major Alex
ander arrived in town a few days
ago, fresh from Cottonwood Falls.
They are in good health, and speak
most encouragingly of the section of
country thoy now hail from: The
country is rapidly filling' up with a
refinod and industrious class of Hot
Jlers, and crops are very promising.
Thev report tliat plenty of well wa
tered prairio and timber claims aro
vet unoccupied in thoso regions, and
thoy respectfully extend invitations
oil honest:' iridustrious and tempe
rate peoplo, particularly mechanics
and laboring: nlon, to locate in their
new town'. To all such they promiso
to offer the most flattering induco
Wii.liitt has several
ujuvu O .
ilands" at work constructing d dam for
criht and saw mill purposes, and do
to whom he
will jrivo good wages. During the
approaohiug fall, or early next spring,
thev are to have a nowspaper issued
iathoirtown. This shows at once the
good senso, intelligence and wisdom
of its proprietors.
Tiio Judge and Major will remain
n town a few days longer, to whom
Jieople dosiro.ua of obtaining inform
atiou about Cottonwood Falls and vi
cinity, can apply.
Kanzas Weather.
At timos it is hot as love, dewy as
l,iuumi ta&tw as a douirlifice' Domo
Vt'h brain's, cloudy as old Buck
phid will bo when ho learns thd result
of the vote on the English bribe,
windy as a Souihorn Secessionist,
ninestuous as a Kanzas politics
((invention, dry us a Border Ruffian's
stomach and wot as a'slippery dom
agoguo.
1 mrTho editor of tho Luoompten
Democrai (Denver's Jordan-a-asher,)
Uva that " the fool are not all dead
All who are ikwaro of, the ex
of tho servile dottghfaco lick
spiitlo of that sheet, will agree with
him.
trtrWhvare i)oui?!a-DeuoocratiO
blfice'-hbldors like men' crossing sheep
thi'v are lie
pasture i v" .
JuenUy:'Wbyttoldliuckl
' 'Owing to the Mtoim uh tudfty
last, the sale of lot. in M""
Directors.
JULY 10. Don't forget this
pRAiuii City, Kanzas,)
June 23, 1858. J
Pursuant to adjournment, the$oard
of Directors in the Leavenworth and
'Fort Gibson Rail Road Company met
at this place.
Present ,
John Chapman, Pres'i,
H. J. Camniff,
H. GiFFonp, , .,
Charles Iipdon,
WiluamMcLean,
Samuel, f derson,
Wir TTn4lDinTi'is.
The mirrjfi of the previous meet
ing were rcland approved.
On motif & a committee of three,
consisting wj Dr. H. J. Canniff,
Charles Hiopon and II. C. Justice,
was appointed to report a suitable
point for tha location of the office of
the company, ; at the next regular
meeting.: A
On motion, it was
Resolved, That the following grand
divisions of the Leavenworth & Fort
Gibson Rail Road bo fixed and estab
lished ; to wit: Beginning at Leav
enworth City from Leavenworth
City to Lawrence shall constitute tho
first division.
From Lawrence to a point on Sec
tions 5 and 8, Town 15, in Range 20,
two miles nojth of the Third Parallel,
shall constitute the second division.
From said point to the Fourth
Parallel shall constitute the third di
vision. From the Fourth Parallel to the
south line of Town 27, at Osage City,
shall constitute the fourth division.
From Osage City south shall con
stitute the fifth division.
On motion, it was ordered that a
commissioner should bo appointed
for each division, whoso duty it should
be td superintend the prosecution of
a line of survey, on the most practica
ble route ; to open books and solicit
subscriptions of stock, to employ en
gineers, and to procure the necessary
lands for defraying the expenses of
said survey, by subscription of stock,
contribution, or otherwise, and to
procure relinquishments of the right
of way, and to report at the next reg
ular ldodoff of the Board, each com
missioner to operato in the division
;or which ho is appointed.
II. C. Justice was appointed com
missioner for tho first division, Dr.
J. J. Canniff for the socond divis
ion, Wm. Srruaos, Esq., for the third
division, and Wm. McLean for the
fourth division.
dn motion, Dr. Chapman was ap
pointod abdmmittee of ono to draft
and submit a code of By-Laws for the
government and regulation of the di
rectors.
On motion, it was ordored that the
amount of the Treasurer's bond uhould
bo fixed at present at ton thousand
dollars, at the acceptance of tho boc
rotary.
Mr. Gifford tondorod his resigna
tion as director, which was accepted.
On motifi, Dr. Wm. UnAiiAMol
PiOlo Citl, was appointed director,
in place ot llr. uifford, rosigned.
On motion, it was ordored that
hereafter, tlie regular meetings of tho
directors shall bo on tho third Wed
nesday in each oltoinato month, at 2
o'clock, P. M., until otherwise or
dared.
Dr'. Graham appeared, and was
duly sworn into office as director of
of tho Loavcnwortn ana r ori uioson
Ttnil UnnH Cldmnanv.
On motion, it was ordored that tho
noxt mooting of tho Ddard of Direct
ors shall bo held atGarnot, in Ander
son County'.
On motion, a committee consisting
of Messrs. kSrnioos. WEnsTER and
Graham wil appointod, to investigate
and ro port Io the noxt meeting, tho
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amount offwiiry to be established for
tho difloronl officer of the company.
On motion, it was orderod that all
tho stock hooks now in tho hands of
agonts or stock solicitors, shall bo re
turned to the Secretary, who shall
make a full report of thS amount of
stock subscribed, and the condition
of the finances of tho company, to the
next regular moutlng.
On motion, it was ordered that tho
balance of the stock for which Dr,
Oh a I'M an was , authorized to , open
books, not yet taken,1 shall be equally
distributed with the four cotnmUsiou
ers. who are hereby authorized , to
open books for the subscription of
f.lm same. '
(in m'o'tlo'n, the Board adjourrie'd.
Attf sl , II. All, Srcrttarf,
, Aggravating.
The Atchison Freedom's CAam-
pion" of June 12th comes to us in
quiring, " Why don't yon ex ? We
haven't received a copy of your paper
for a month." The fault is "not with
us, friend Martin. Our little CJiam-
pion is mailed to you as regularly as
it is printed. We are happy to ac
knowledge the weekly receipt of your
capital sheet, though it is generally
from two to four weeks behind time.
. We hear frequent and bitter com
plaint from all parts of the Territory
in regard to the non-reception of the
Champion, and it' surely would be a
source of much gratification to us to
learn at whose door the fault lies.
We superintend the mailing and di
recting of the papers ourself in per
son, and we aro exceedingly careful
to 6ee that every subscriber and ev
ery exchange is promptly attended to.
It is a cause of serious aggravation
to us to learn that our papers so often
fail to reach their destination, and we
have about come to the conclusion
that some of Buchanan's servile tools
make way" with thorn. If we are
punched up about this matter much
longer, we will ferret out tho cause,
and if it consists in that which we
expect, then look-out for a muss,"
for we're " spiling" for redress.
Stranger Creek.
What is the retason this creek, and
others on the Lawrence and Leaven
worth road, have nev6r been bridged?
Cannot permission be obtainod in
some manner from the Delaware In
dians to do this ? There are some
seasons in the year when com muni.
cation is completely cut off from Leav.
enworth, owing to these creeks, and
the annoyance and damage occasioned
by it td people having goods conveyed
over that road, has already amounted
to enough to Jbuild a dozen bridges.
Why don't some person Who is di
rectly interested in this road, move
in tho matter ?
Official Aspirants, Take Notice.
Down in Wise County your1 de
sires can be satisfied. Offices ore as
plenty thore as grusshoppers in June,
and but few to fill thom. Less than
one month ago, our ex-partner, Capt.
Willett, vacated his residence in
'rairio City and took up his dbdde
in that county, and hardly ero he
could reach his destination on his
passage through it, the inhabitants
saddled him with tho title of Judge
Prolate Judge! Major Alexan
der has been eloctod County Com
missioner, and our ex-devil of tho
Champion is in a fair way to be sent
to the Legislature. Oh I tho Cot
tonwood!
The Remains of Ethan Allen likely
to do Jbouna.
No little excitomont has been oc
casioned in Vermont at tho failure to
find the remains of Col. Ethan Allen,
which were supposed to have been
stolon by sofale medical or phrenolog
ical vandal. The Legislature of Ver
mont wore about td drect a monumort
to his memory, but in consequent
of that startling development, sus
pended the project. A gentleman
living in Ohio writes to some persons
in Burlington, Vt., that upwards of
fifty yoars ago, a daughter of Col.
Alien, then rosiding in a convent at
Qu ebec, had tho remains of her fath
er romovod from its former rosting
place to Queboc, arid tho writer gives
tile name df a gentleman in Canada
who would likoly bo able to furnish
information as to his present rosting
place.
$3T Mr J. M. WALitaN has retired
from tho, Quindaro Cldndowan. We
retrret this. , Mr. Waldkn is ono of
tho ablest and best writers in Kanzas,
and undor his management the Chin-
dowan has held a prominont and pop'
ular position among tho Ivauzas
Pross, Mr. Waldbm has our boat
wishes for success in whatever buBi-
noss he tnuyongage in.
UrTho ilditolr of the Lo jompton
Democrat says we are an " insane
fool." This may bo all l ight enough,
but it looks too much like "pot
callinff kettle black," andbosidos it is
too bad ' Suppose we idiould' call
him a National Democrat how would
ho like that? . . , , " ' .
JNJT Mr., 13. G. , Suorr is comple
ting his dwelling house in towft. No
one' will grunt at that)
Denver and the Lynn Co. Murders.
There is published at Lecompton
a .paper called tbe Kanzas National
Democrat. Its object is to laud King
Buck's Kanzas Officials, pull wdol
ever the eyes of shaky Free State
men, and attempt to organize the
Democratic party in Kanzas. The
nominal editor of this sheet rejoices
in responding to tbe name of S. W,
Driggs, a Michigan doughface j as
poor, cringing;, servile and despicable
a tool as the North ever produced.
The paper professes to be Free State,
though last fall it supported Ransom
and tho entire Bdrder Ruffian ticket.
It desires to be considered Free State
now becauso policy inclines it that
way, but had it existed two years
aero, or if the svne element that pre
vailed in Kanzas at that time were
dominant now, it would beyond all
doubt eclipse the cyld savory Squatter
Sovereign in its ardent support of the
"peculiar institution."' Ever since
its establishment it has violently
assailed tho character and motives of
the Free State party, thereby hoping
to distract it for the purpose of
extracting therefrom material for a
National Democratic pflrty. It now
supports tho English bribe, and ad
dresses its remarks exclusively to
Free State men
Wo have been constrained to give
this notice of this sheet because it
sometimes chances to stray into the
hands of Free State readers of the
Chami-ion, and, as will be seen by the
following, it cannot be otherwise ex
pectod than that we desire to let them
know what company they are keeping
when communing with such pro
ductions :
"FOOI.S not all dead.
font that edits the Daner
called tho Freemen's Champion, wauts to
know what Uovcrnor uknvkr is uoing wua
regard lo the rcquibitious on the Governor
of Missouri, for the murderers who fled to
Missouri, who shot down the men in Lynn
county. He cannot perceive that a single
move is being made to havo the murderers
uvvontnA
"Ho states that the Governor has gone to
Leavenworth, and a committee of citizens
of Lawrence are waiting to obtain an inter
view all this is publuhed under duto of
June 10th.
"Tho wcok previous to the above dntu,tho
Rovcrend Reitf and the venerable Hargrove
were at Lecompton, and had an interview
with Gov. Denver, and asked if the Gov
ernor would give requisitions on the Gov
ernor of Missouri, to which ho replied tlmt
he would do bo whenever tho proper papers
were laid before him, and on the lOih of this
nmntVi thn finvovniir. with Dr. Charles Hub-
Wriirht. and others, were
on their wuy to tho scene of the 'roubles in
tho counties 01 Lynn anu uouroon, iur iuu
purpose cf ascertaining tho truth in relation
... muttniii it. flint, nnnrtitf. No nlriera have
been presented, as yet, to the Governor of
county. Nothing has been done in tho
premises, thut would enable the Governor
to grant a requisition.
When our article was pcrinod, thir
teen days had elapsed since tk Lynn
county murders, and up to that time,
so far as wo could loam, tho uov.
had not made the effort' to investigate
and ferret out tha murderors, though
he was aware of the occurrence of the
horrible deeds two or threo days after
their perpetration. By an oversight
our aiticlo failed to appear in tho
number for which it was designed
(that of June 8), and on tho same
day of its appearance, twenty uayn
after the murders, Got. Denveu, rip
parently fdr the first time, began to
stir his boots in tho matter, though
at that time wo were not aware that
he had oven up to that pbriod attempt
ed to do anything in the premises.
Before an intorvibw was obtaiiied
with the Governor by the wounded
victims several visits had made to
Locompton for the purposo, but with
out avail, ho on oory occasion being
absent, and, judging from the man
ner and tono usod by his spluttering
littlo orgarl-grindor in his e'ffdrta to
palliate tho Govornors oourse
ono would think designedly so. I
not, why don't his fuddle-fussy cuffoe
say S, and not iesort to twitting
on norsonal facts bv way of a rotor
r '
tion ? , i' ,
Mr Soma of tho friotids of Ml'.
"The Beformer."
Our eld friend, AcacsTbs Harman,
has retired from the Auror'd Beacon,
and is about to commence at Aurora,
in company with Ellen Bbard, the
publication of a monthly journal of
reform, the first number to be issued
July 1st, to be entitled " Tlie Reform'
er" In their prospectus the publish
ers say :
4 The Reformer will bo emnhatic-
V A
ally independent ; will advocate all
measures which we believe to be re
formatoryMoral, Physical, Politic
al or LddcfUibnal. bpuce will also
be allotted for Science and General
Literature. It is the intention of the
publishers to make it a welcome vis
itor to the fireside of the' enlightened
and progressive.
All questions; ot sutUcient impor
tance, may be discussed in our col
umns.
1 Our Journal will contain sixteen
pacres, 7x10 inches, set in fine, clear
type, and printed on good paper. If
bound, it will maice a nanasomo
volume."
If this journal does not meet with
success, and become popular for a
publication of that nature, it will not
be owing to laok of editorial talent,
and good wishes on our part.
Single copies one year (always
in advance) . . ... $1
Five copies one year . . 4
Ten " " .. 7
Twenty" " " . . 10
Specimen copies will be sent by
mail; on receipt of two postage
stamps. Single copies ten cents.
Letters on business, or articles for
insertion, may be sent to A. Harman
fe Cd., Aurora, 111.
The Republican Party a ad lecompton.
It is not to hi denied that the Re
publican party have been, and aro,
the muin body of tho opponents of
i v A 1 f HI 1
tlie Lecompton irauct. iney nave
from the first fought this measure with
a boldness and a persistency which
deserves the thanki of the Country.
They are the only party which takes
ground openly against the extension
of Slavery into tho free Territory.
It is true tnat tney nave permuted
Mr. Douzlas and his friends to lead
off in opposition to the President's
policy, but any one who has watched
the courso of events must havo seen
that the Republican phulunx wore all
tho whilo united to crush tho iniquity.
.in r . n! l J; . ii. .
wueniur. uiuuings moreu in ma
House to reject the Lecompton bill
as it camo from the Sonate, every Re
publican, and three anti-Lecompton
Democrats, votod with him.
One thins is certain; ThoRcpub-
w a
ican party is flirainbtthe cxtchsiou of
slavery into Iree lerritory; It occt-
tnes the position ot Jellerson 'and tlie
men of earlier davs of tho Republic.
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who aimed to make this land the glo-
Ml .1 1 .! Tl
ry tt the cartn, uy establishing f ree
dom on a basis not to be shaken; It
is true their expectations havo not
thus lar bcou lullilled. Uorrupt pol
iticians have been elevated to posi
tions of honor and trust, and thoy
havo used tuo power contorrod upon
them to extend and nornetuale the
curse of bondage ; but the Republican
party has no sympathy with ttiom or
WllU I U1UV1S UUU KUDtbUlS. JLI1U ilU"
publican party will march forward in
the path it has choson, and we doubt
not success will crowu its efforts to
establish freedom and stay the inarch
of despotism. Uao otate, Journal.
A Tree Press'.
English, of Indiana, think that tho
threat of tho Indianapolis Journu
that ho will be " hoisted into obscu
rity," indicates A queer proceeding to
obscurd a man. The Journal rosponds:
. Did von never hear of a tinner bo
.1 no hiL'h that it was out
r,f uUyht ? That will bo Mr. Enclish's
fate, lie will bo hoisted so high that
hs can't 16 told from Taurur. cai, or
one oftht dog Star's "pups." ,
'Jtsr Tho preliminary examination
of Gen. Lanb is'still' in progress in
Lawrence. The evidence for the
proneaution occupied six dHys, Which
terminated on Saturday last. ; '
tT finbsoribe for the Ohaotio.
The libortv of the press, that storm v
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fruarrinteo of modern civilization, has
already been, is, and will continuo to
bo tho roughest trial ot free govern
ments, and consequently of free poo
nlo. who aro irreatlv compromised in
the strucrtrles ot their rulers : lor in
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tho event of a defeat, they have no
alternativo .but anarchy or tyranny.
J! roe nations ana governments nave
but Ono honorablo and offectivo meth
od of dealing with the liberty of tho
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press to auopt it uuniwy, wiwmui
undue complaisance. Let them not
mako it a martyr or an idol, but leave
it in its proper place, without eleva
ting it buvond its natural rank. Tho
liberty of the press i neither a pdwer
. ,i o. . ... . L i.f: t
in tna oiaio. nor win iwuiesuuuuivd ui
ntiblio mind, nor the supreme iiuliro of
UIH C.vOUIlLivo nuiiiiui nco , iu is Dim
ply the right of all citizens to give
their opinions upon publioatlairsana
t.li flfinduct of Government A pow
erful and respectable privilege, but
onn natural! v overboarinff. and which,
to bo made salntuiy, requires that the
constituted auuionuus buvmiu uuvei
hiimiHaia themsolvos "before It, and
that tlior should imposo on it that
serious and constant responsibility
which ought to wigh upon all rights,
to prevent them from becoming at
first seditious, and altorwnrds tyran
nicol. M, QuiiOt.
" JET Mr. E. P. ILtHRis has a claim
for sale, as will be soen by roforiqg
to1 oiir1 'advertising Columns, the nil
rmitlcu ars of Mich Are there givon
Seo what ho has Is siy in the premises.
gnr No late ii'ews ffdrn the Sonth.
Editorial Brevities.
i-THe inability of a wife to
make bread has been declared suffi
cient ground for divdrctt, by Coun
ty Agricultural Society of Iowa. , A
most righteous decision.' '
' - -A book has just been pub-,
lished in New Orleans which contains"
a list of the names of all the rich
marriageable ladies and gentlemen ,
in Louisiana and the adjoining States
with the amount of solid rhino pos
sessed by each I
A man who sold pop corn,'
in the hall of the Chicago Post Office,'
not agreeing with Mr. Buchanan on
the great Natidtial Democratic ques
tions of the day; has received notice
to quit.
There is a monster grape1 vine
at Monteato, California that yielded,'
last summer, 700 bushols of grapes,'
weighing 18,000 pounds.
-Equal purts of pulverlzhtf aam
and salt, sprinkled upon meist! cotton
dnd placed in the hollow of an aching
tooth will stop tho pain at once.
The Memphis (Teriti.) Eagle,
says if it is a sign of Black Republican
ism to support Crittenden's amend
ment, there are terl Black Republi
cans in that Statu to one Lecompton
man.
-Mr: English was very indig
nant at the report that Mr. Broderick
called him a dog. Prentice under
stands that the dogs were still more
so.
A champion of cucumbers
has appeared in Life Illustrated, who
rays that not only are cucumbors'
harmless, but they act beneficially on
the system, and especially invigorate
the mental faculties and clear the brain.
It is said that Queen Victoria'
will soon bo a grandmother. She is
89 years old.
John Patterson, an Albany
journeyman printer, is said to be the
best mathematician in the world.
In round numbers the amount
of copies of speeches distributed by
tho Senators of tho Freo btates was
680,000 ; of the Slave States, 130,
000. Divided according to parties,'
the Lecompton Senators distributed
310,000, and tho auti Leeomp'ton,'
530,000.
Letters received by tho Iowa
Senators and Representatives confirm
the 6tories of cxtensivo gold discov
eries in that State.
Thegrapo crop of Indiana, it
is said, will bo groatly lessoned this
year, in consequence of the ladios
having taken most tf the vines for
hoops.
iThe' gold fever has broken
out in Henry, Co.,' Iowa, some hav
ing boon found near Mount Ploasant,
and also in tho north-westorn corner
of tho county,
Tho N. II. Lczislature have re-
nloctod Hon. John P. Hale.U. S. Seri-
ator.givinghim 18-4 votes against 111
for John S; Wolls, and 7 scattering.
Itisstatod that Gov. Wise,'
of Virginia, is to bo a candidate for
Congess in the Accorruo District,
at the next eloction. Ho opposed the
English Bill as being worso than the
naked Lecompton.
.: The Mr. Ilayno appointod to
fill Senator Evans place from South
Carolina, is a brother of Gen. Hayne,
famous for his encountor with Mr.
Webster on tho nullification question
in 1852.'
Tho voto on the Leavenworth
Constitution, so far as wo have seen
i), W,.rn. in 4.058. of whioh 8,808
are for tho Constitution, and .750
against. Tho entiro rote, probably,
did not exceed 6,000.
J"Th Jefferson City Inquirer,
spoakinir of some of the symptoms"
of the disoaso in that dity known as'
National Domocracy," ssys: .,'
Tho unfortiinalo patient us soon as
tluv word abolitionist is menuonou
in hU hearing, begins td Swear, jump,
kick, hop, skip, war,; charge,, tear,
cavort, snort, rip, "tumble, snoeae,'
cough, spit, whoop, stutter, equca ,
howl, moan, groan, bellow, bewail,
lameul, despond, turn pale, look sav- .
age, froth at tho mourn, rou ujo,
fctump his feet upon the ground, wheor
rOiiitd and round, fall down and get;
lip again, And then docs All that over
again. 0 horrible II j'
jf jrMr, Goudy's stock of goods
did not Arrive last week, as was ex-
peeled,' owing' ,td the high itate W
water in the Stranger and Dragoon
creeks, ' which prevented the, teams'
from crossing. , This hAS cause
much Annoyance td Mr:' Goddy's
customers; s
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