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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1854-01-24

DARK AND LEAVES.---I wish to purchase with
ID cash large quantity Of Chestnut Oak Bark and Shoe
make Leaves Tanng purposes Apply to J. G. Moore,
corner OF Union and Market streets.
EPEDRTCE ROTH
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1854-01-24

NrOrICE,-lF William MtYNURD, A
native Of BrieSter in the county of Oxford Old Eng
Land and some time sIce residing in Nashville Tennes
see will correspond with his friends in England, he viii
hear of something TO his great advantage. or 10
WILLIAM BURNETT,
dec30-Stv KngSville Canada West
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1854-01-24
Cure of Nervous Diseases.

No language adequate idea of the imaeci
aeand almost miraculous change which it
diseased, debted and shattered nervous system, whether
broken down by excess weak by impaired
the unstrnng and reaxed
-viyfed and built up Tae mental and ply steal SYMPTOMS
disease vanish together influence
is the effect temporary the contrary the rcei is pea
nent for the cordial properties of the medicine
constitution Itself, and its
LII .NA..a.L
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1854-01-24

NVACKEREL--2O BARRELS HACkEREL;
wi 80 half bbls Nackerel; 30 kits dor
Just received and for sale low b.
JOHNSON, HORNE co.
rnroo Br,ahEnY.
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Morse,sInvigorating Elixir.

presented phenomena in the maiera medca hitherto
uuheara OLA stmulant without a reaction.
The herb which main ingredient, has been ad
med by all great medical and pharmaceutical insu-
tons Europe in this respect geners Dr. Morse,
whose undispued authority in sciences, dseOv
production in raba. where hts attention excl
wonderfully invgOratng effects ,duesd upon
In fact The wonderful power OF endurance the
e1hausess yigor exhibited by the Arab CT both in
their grmages attributable the Of this vi
talizing herb.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1854-01-24

7 AND W ARRANTS.-We are buying and paving
| the very highest prices for LAND WARRANTS Per
sons al distance having warrants to sell by sending 10 MS
by mail or Otherwise depend ON getting the highest
rrc, at which thew are selling the Nashville and
the cash RENTED or paid 20 order.
inIvoI DYER PEARL& co.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1854-01-24

CyCALES! SCALES we ARE CON,
= STANTIY supplied with BlundeFs unequailed v 9ssi
and Dormant Scales from to 5eOa lbs, which VIII %
sold exceedingly Low. ot.
We can also supply Railroad Traot and Dseot Scales
JOHNSON HORNE ( CO.
oe broadway.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-03-09

The mild air gives birth to pestilence,
and The whirlwin6, though it uproo!s trees,
destroys the devouring locust. God blesses
in blow, and Furnishes in gift. To his.
ten the ripening Of The 6g, we pierce ii; and
wha, 80 swse, as the W ounded pulp.
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29
.TEly2s6feSE DeSES2l2y.

We live in an age of revolutions, politi-
cal, social and commercial. New and as
tonishing phases in this worlds affairs ev-
cry day turn up. Miracles wilder than the
mythology of the ancients are the sober
occurrences of common life. In the forty
years just elapsed material civilization has
made greater. progress than in the ten CEN
turies preceding. Commerce has sought out
the remotest corners of the earth, and plant
ed, not unmingled with tares to be sure, the
seeds of knowledge, truth and noble civ
ilization. The men of the nineteenth CEN
tury have already done more to improve
the physical condition of the human race
than all the generations that have proceed
ed them. Old prejudices are melting away,
nations separated by seemingly impossible
barriers are united under common gov
eminent, heathenism is breaking its idols
and mankind is fast tending to the fabled
fraternity of the Golden age. The physi-
cal power and intellect of the world have
turned from the work of destruction to
work of regeneration. To build up cities,
to open new avenues of communication to
annihilate time and space, to accomplish in
an hour what has hitherto cost days or years
of toll, and to link together the whole world
In a common bo nd of interest and fraternity
is the task of the men of the nineteenth
century, task well begun and giving
promise of an early completion.
In this gigantic work our own country is
already leading spirit, and her local po-
sition must soon make her the chief agent.
She has extended her civilization with a
rapidity unparalleled in history. Over
more than half the distance from the At
lantic to the Pacific, her hardy sons have
studded her soil with cities and towns and
farms. Her pioneers are Fastening to.
convert the wilds ofKansas and Nebraska,
Utah and Oregon into the fruitful field
California is already a sovereign State, and
within herself an empire of mighty resour-
ces- greater in commerce, In arts and civ
ilation than T Tyre. of old. It is no wild
speculation to suppose that before the close
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29


of the present century the center of busi-
ness and population will cross the Mississ-
ippiAthat the snow capt submits of. the
Rocky Mountains will re-echo the shrill
whistle of the 1ocomotive-that cities and
towns and villages VIII cluster at their
base.
With no necessity for devastating wars,
which destry life, tax industry, and with
draw large bodies of men from useful la
Fbor, with a population well clad, well fed
and free from the diseases incident to the
densely, populated cities of the old world
with no restraint upon early marriages, IN
dustry being guarantee to man and wo-
man of plenty and comfort, and with the
vast body of Immigrants who throng to our
shores from the oppression.and destitution
of Europe shall say what will be our
position among the nations Of the earth fifty.
years hence! Is it unreasonable to. sup
pose that Kansas will then be among the
central States of our confederacy, and in
the great highway of the commerce Of
China and the Indies. The Islands of the
Pacific are already knocking for admission
into the Union. Japan, so long isolated
from all intercourse with the world has open
ed her ports and welcomed us to her shores.
These facts point with unerring certainty
to our commercial supremacy on the Paci-
ic. Our national character and our noble
institutions have there secured us advan-
tages which European powers have for ages
soughtip vain.
What anticipations may we not indulge
for the future Of our beloved country how
manifold the reasons for preserving the in
tegrity of that union upon which this great
and growing nationality is based. How
ready should we be to silence those mad
fanatics and ultra agitators who would give
themselves brief importance at the ex-
pense ofour country's peace and at the haz-
ard of our union!
We have attempted above partial out
line of the most palpable features of our
MANIFEST DESTINY. Who can complete
the sketch?
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29
Recepfsoas ofzAe Goves'ss0s..

We have heard general wish express
ed that the citizens this vicinity should
welcome Governor Reedcr on his arrival
bv some suitable testimonial of our regard
for his eminent personal worth. and the
high station he wilfoccupy amongus. Such
demonstration we know will meet the hearty
commentator of every citizen Of Kansas,
and none that we can give him will
be more than an honest expression of the
respect we already entertain for his char
acter as man.
We would suggest that some early day
be appointed for meeting at this place OF
Fort Leavenworth for the purpose of ma
king arrangements for such occasion.
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29
FsSbEeC Lands S2s the OZCy
States.

1t may be matter of some interest to
our readers to know what disposition has
been made of the public lands in the older
States. In the States east of the Allegha-
nies, as also In Kentucky and perhaps Ten
nessee, it is well known fact that no Gen
eral Government Land Office was ever es-
tablished. Not dollar from the sales of
lands within those States have ever gone
into the Federal Treasury. 1t is a fact
too, that the expenses of most of our wars
have been betrayed from the proceeds of the
sales of Western lands Whenever the
Government has been in want of money it
has been customary to borrow and pledge
the proceeds of Western lands as a securi-
ty. The West has at the same time been
paying its full proportion of the revenue de-
rived from customs and a bonus of from
thirty to one hundred percent on goods man
ufactued In the Eastern States. They
have given to the Eastern cities all the
profits on importations and expectations.
They have furnished greatly more than
their just proportion of men for all the wars
of our country since the West had an exis-
tence.
They are poor folks down East, and have
hard scratching to gain subsistence out of
their sterile soil. We have been feeding
them now for some years out of our abun-
dance, buying their wooden clocks and 9TH
er knick knacks, (for they are famous
whittlers, allowing themall the proceeds
arising from the sales of their own lands
and occasionally making among them
distribution money derived from the
sales of our lands yet if we ask small
pittance of our own OF an appropriation for
our noble rivers and inland seas, they man
ifest all the diekering, swapping, close-fst-
ed propensities the yankee. This re-
mark justly applies to the whole East from
Maine to Georgia, for the cavaliers of Vir-
ginia and South Carolina, are not one whit
behind the wooden clock and nutmeg men
of Connecticut in their niggardly policy to-
wards the West. But let us return to our
subject and state few facts
In 1S20zwhen the State of Maine was
established as State independent of Mas
sachusetts OF which it had up to that time
been part, nine tenths of the territory
within its sjurisdietion was public land. This
was equally divided between the two States,
and has been sold from time to time, for
the benefit of both. They still own a vast
tract of valuable timber lands which will
for generations continue to be source Aofl
revenue. New Hampshire, Vermont oand
Connecticut, have received and are receiv-
ing the proceeds of all the lands belonging
to the crown and the British preprietors at
the date of the Revolution. The immense
school fund of Connecticut was derived from
the sale of. the Western Reserve in Ohio.
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
and Maryland kept all their lands. Virgin
ia and North Carolina kept vastly more1
than they had ever had any civil sjjurisdic-
ton over and sold the same for their own
benefit. Georgia and South Carolina are
in the same category Texas retains more
than all of her own lands and we besides
pay some millions of her debts.
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29
TOaEzes aas Kansas.

In addition to the towns mentioned in our
last we have information IN regard to 9TH
ers Osauka is located at the crossing of
the Grasshopper between Ft. Leavenworth
and Fort Riley, forty miles from the Mo.
River, with good agricultural country in
shall and company of gentlemen of Wes-
ton have located town at the crossing of
the Big Blue on the California route which
has been surveyed and a sale of lots will
probably take place this fall This will be
a place of considerable importance, as it is
located on United States lands that are
not claimed by any Indian tribe. 1t must
be the frontier town IN Kansas for outftting
for California and the plains, it is surround
ed by rich agricultural country with plen-
ty of timber. We also hear of a town be-
ing surveyed at the crossing of the Meme
ha on the California route from Fort Leav-
enworth, all these places must be tributary
to QUIZ city and assist in advancing our pros
perity We also understand the Messrs.
Forlnansare laying out town at the mouth
of Independence creek which they call
Doniphan city.
These are but few Of the enterprises go
ing forward in our young but giant terri.
tory, yet they show the energy and will of
the sons of Kansas, tithe of which is only
needed in connection with her fertile soil
beautiful prairies, and rich minerals to soon
make her one ofthe brightest jewels among
the proud sisterhood of States. D..
10 The officiaryote at the late cleo
ton for Governor Of Noftk Carolina, shows
the majority for.Thos. Bragg, the Demo
Cratic candidate, to be 2,GS5 votes.
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29
.9a.s.iyssg Of Governor ReeGer.

A telegraphic dispatch announces that
the Governor of Kansas left Easton, Pa,
on the 22d inst for this Territefy Uia N.
York. He was accompanied to the depot
by large concourse of his fellow citizens
who expressed their hearty congratulations
in his behalf. His Excellency will proba-
bly, reach here the last of next week.
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29
TIE .getsn5,sists.estsos..

Judging OF the. present by the past, the
Administration has every reason for self
congratulation IN regard to thesllne of poli-H
cy it has pursued. Cayilling. personal a.
buse and reprobation Of the wisest public.
measures are not new features in our Po-s
litical history. Mr.. Jefferson, Mr.. Madi-
son and Gen. Jackson were (if we may be
allowed the expression) the best abused Of
all our Federal Executives, and that too,
for measures the wisdom of which time has
abundantly vindicated. In their days., the.
pulpits of the North were converted into
political hastings, from which rank treason
was promulgated every Sabbath, where the
most unbridled license was given to the
tongue and where the worst passions of
our nature impaired dramatic effect to the
out pouring of the sanctuary. Such is the
history of 1903, 1912, and 1888.
The present Administration in the faith
full discharge of its delicate and arduous
duties has had the misfortune to incur the
wrath of no small portion of the fanatics of
the North and the fre-eating ultras of the
South. 1t is contended, and rightly, that
the Kansas-N ebraska Bill was a fayorite
measure with the Executive, that whatever
odium is chargable upon that bill Justly
attaches to the Administration. q At the
South it is branded by the opposition press as
swindle, reprobated as freesoif measure
from the stump. At the North it is held
up as monster of iniquity and its authors
and promt ers are denied the common
right of free speech. Perhaps no measure
in Federal Legislation since the war bill
Of Madison or the veto of jackson has
gathered into focus so many bad ele-
ments ofopposition as this same wise and
beneficient law. Every faction that has
ty for years, the old Federalists, the advo-
Gates of the tariff of 1912 the waits and
estrays ofdefunct political parties, nullifiers,
Maine Law and Woman's Rights men, and
all the specl1led progeny of fanaticism
have united in one grand rally of opposi-
ton to this law, the administration and the
constitution itself.
Patriotic, union-loving men every where
have reason to rejoice that this controversy,
if it mustcome, has occurred at this iuncture.
The helm of State is in the hands of pi-
lot whom no commotion, however wild, can
appal, whom no danger can terrify, who
knows the chart and has the resolution to
carry the staunch old ship through the right
channel, however beset by the malicious de-
vices of its adversaries The nation is tired |
and sick of this eternal agitation of the
question of slavery-an agitation which
serves no purpose but to engender bad pas
sions, and to galvanize into an odious i'm
1ortance some of the worst men of the age.
1t is garbage upon which demagogues
IF the North and the South have for years
ed and fattened, but we rejoice in the hope
hat it will soon be forever placed beyond
heir reach. With the organization of
Kansas as a State, agitators will find their
occupation gone.'' This event, whatever
nay be the decision in relation to slavery,
will be upon them sooner than they wish
md before they can effect the work of mis-
;hief they have already commenced.
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29
S0ss<ggte1. Meeting.

There was misunderstanding of the
day on which the meeting at this place was
to be held. Quite number were in town
Yesterday in pursuance of the notice in oulr
parcr. Itseemed that the meeting was call
ed for to-day and notice to that effect had
tecn very generally circulated at a distance.
All proceedings were therefore adjourned
and the meeting will be held to-day, a
very large attendance isanticipated.
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29
In the mean time tin the West has beer


In the mean time the West has been,
year after year, ground and pressed, every
dollar her. hardy sons could gather, has.
been sent off to pay the debts of govern
Fment, to dehay the expenses of wars, to
improve harboss and build lighthouses on
the Sea boards Our money has been
taken to pay bonuses on Eastern manufac-
Itures and duties imposed for their benefit
but when we ask for donation of lands for
public works, it is only given when there
lis a moral certainty that the Government
will. make money by granting it.
They have heretofore, in their general
monopoly Of manufacturing for us, had the
exclusive privilege of making our political
platforms. They have taken very good
care SO to shape these as to answer their
own views of expedieney. -
We need in Congress western men
with western hearts, who know and dare
maintain our rights.
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29
ia We have numerous visitors to ou1

ia We have numerous visitors to our
Town who hail from every quarter of the
Union. All express their admiration of the
site of Leavenworth, and their conviction
that it is destined to be the metropolis of
Kansas. Our old office, the Elm tree, has
become one Of the lions Of the place, and
is asked for and visited by strangers as no
small curiosity. Many persons are wait
ing in neighboring towns for the day of
sale, with the intention of buying lots. AT
ter that, many buildings will go up before
the setting in Of winter.
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29

"a Mr.. Manypenny, the head of the
Indian Burean, is on visit TO the tribes on
the Missouri. He spent few days among
the Delawafes and has gone up the river
as far as Council Bluffs We leafH that
he win cross from that place to the Missis-
s;;sszaTls visit the I'M minnesota Abe-
80. "a return te Washington.
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29

RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
The Report Of Railways for 1853 con-
tains some noteworthy facts, illustrative of
national progress. The length of the new
lines of railway sanctioned by the Legisla-
ture during that year was $40 miles: $50
in England, SO III Scotland, and 271 in Ire
land. The length of railways opened up
to the end of 1853 is 1855 miles: 5,S4S
in England, 995 in Scotland, and S45 in
Ireland. Of this number of miles, 6,96a
are of the Irish gauge of 5 IA feet, 626 of
the broad gauge, and 95 ofthe mixed gauge.
The length of single lines of railway is
[ ,70S miles, 1,135 in England, 132 in
Scotland, and AL In Ireland. The length
of railways In course of construction on
June 80, 1853, was 6S2 miles, the men
employed on them 81, 764. The number
of miles open for traffic on that day was
1912, and the number of men employed
0,409. The number Of passengers con-
veyed in 1852 was SO, 9,135, ,729: in 1853,
1G2. .2S6, $50; the receipts from all sources
in the corresponding years were f1,71O-.
554 and Gl $50, $40, the largest proper
tionate increase being In the receipts from
third class passengers. Looking at these
returns from our point of view, this last is
one of the most satisfactory of the facts they
disclose In its consequences upon the,
poorer classes. increased locomotion can
not but be beneficial, and the larger
proportionate financial return from Il
class passengers, the greater their claim
upon railway companies for increased facil-
tiles and accommodations
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29

Ten thousand dollars swas the sum ap-
propnated by the last Congress to complete
the Marine Hospital at St. Louis.
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29

John G. SAKE, in corresponding with his
own paper, noticing thecelebration at Yale,
says :--ssOf the poem before the Phi Beta
Kappa I say nothing, as the author is the
husband of my wife, and is not entitled to
an opinion of his own verses" si15sIs.,-e
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29

EW7 For lack of other amusement, our
citizens have organized debating society
which is held every night on the Levee in
front of the Herald Office. They have no
light On the subject except that of the stars
and the various camp fires. Notwithstand-
ing, lively interest is manifested and
their proceedings are in high degree Or
derlY and respectable.
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29

10 The officiaryote at the late cleo
ton for Governor of North Carolina, shows
the majority forThos. Bragg, the Demo-
cTatic candidate, to be 2,GS5 votes. -
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29
FRID.aY, SEPTEMBER %, 1854.
EHe .LeCee.

Mr.. Cunningham, the Superintendent Of
the Town Company's works, has had large
force for several days past, engaged in gra-
ding down our levee. A portion only will
be prepared for present use, the remainder
10 be improved and the whole McAdamized
during the fall and winter. An outlay Of
two hundred dollars, exclusive of rocl1work,
will prepare landing quarter Of mile
IN extent, equal in convenience to any por-
ton of that of St Louis. The course Of the
River at this point and for several miles
above and below us is due south, without
any perceptible bend. There is sufficient
water at this time for the largest class steam
boat to land at any point in the mile that
our town extends along the river. A good
landing can at small expense be made at
any place within these limits. We have
no hesitation in saying that the same ex-
tent so admirably adapted by nature for
great commerce can no where else be found
Oh the Missouri. The course Of the river for
miles is such as to give us every assurance
of permanency. The great abundance Of
rock will facilitate very much the improve
ment of our landing and the paving and
McAdamising our streets. There is hard
ly any difficult grades TO be made in either.
There are few spots in our limits where
foundations could not at once be laid down,
and In the most broken, only trifling ex-
cavation will be necessary.
E8Mr. KELLER's Hotel is progressing
rapidly, and will be finished and furnished
ready for business by the day of sale 9th
October.) 1t is to be no shanty, but good,
two-story, substantial building, well built
and convenient for his business.
Eg7 For lack of other amusement, our
citizens have organized a debating society
which is held every night on the Levee in
front of the Herald Office. They have no
Kansas weekly herald., 1854-09-29

Correspondence of the Kansas Herald.
fl horseback ransble through the DelaaUase
Country Seenery-Soig Fruits Creeks
IN general, and Stranger CSeeas in partic-
ular-an Indian hotel Timber on, the
Kansas SC.
VALLEY OF THE Kansas RIVER,
4 Septenlber 25th 1854
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-06
THE SOUTHERN NAN.

ALrcrURE BY THE REV ". H. slLBuRN
The above lecture the last of the Mercantile Library Asso
cations eour,e was delivered Friday evening al Hope
Cha e to tcleraby large audience The following sn
outline The dreams and fables Of the South and East are
ae vases Of the most stable forms wherein wo have
,sirined our lives Without the fire from Shnar, where
wad Ssxondom be Ths weather las much to do wt1 our
srporal happiness Dulcnea at easement through wnien
As "sof South gently entering displSees her rngeis
't sic breahes penve song to the music Of her guitar
avery different from Dulcinoa in shower on Broadway
aiding her umbrella in one hand and her dragged skirt IN
soer John Bull goes into ecsacy under the say o.
Ay; he had it at home, be would, doubess, be less
s Brother Jonathan with his long dresry winter to
"sccms. chains the ice and fros. 10 his csr-pus
M al the forces Of his natare to turn his deser into
Eden His active, shrewd character is the result
M climate Shall not the southern cline have
s1sa On the southern mani The airs from the Gull
ksi Of sweetness the soft dreamy sky tina, hangs over
Sas tall gross that waves around his dwelling the lux
u nature with which be is surrounded, have an un