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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21
The Lofty and the Lowlx.

The Washington Union INDUCES in
the following sensible remarks - II
Who is he, no matter how exalted his
position, who has no relatives in the hum
blest? The writer himself has seen
members of the immediate families of
two Presidents of this republic toiling
for their support in the severest of en-
ployments: and it is probable no man
has occupied the White House who has
not been aware that many of his kindred,
unless relieved BY himself, were reckon
ed among the poor, if not the honest OF
the land. The only brother of Clay was
a cabinet-maker. Webster, the giant of
Statesmen, and the ornament of his coun-
try. had brother-in- law who never
learned to read until after the complet-
ing the period Of three-score and ten;
and majority of the first statesmen of
the present time are the energetic and
ambitious sons Of s'poor, but honest pa
rents" Everett fwho viii never blush
to hear it was discovered in his young
er pursuit of knowledge under difiul-
ties of poverty-though they presented
TO him but slight impediments on the
road to renown.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21
The LeprosY of the Press.

This paper, on principle. never enga-
ges in personal warfare, on its own behalf
or that of others; nor can it be drawn IN
to any such contests. They never yet
helped on the advance of a single prin-
cip:e, and they never viii; on the contra
ry, they generally retard such progress,
and We suppose will continue to do SO.
as long as praeieed. We regard the
extent to which such personal abuse
is carried by some of our contemporaries
as the leprosy of the press-a stencil in
the nostrils of every reader possessed of
any refinement, Reconsideration, orgood
taste, as well as positive drag upon the
success of the cause in whose advocacy
1t is used snessee Wkiq.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21
The Emigration to Kansas.


At this moment there are perhaps not
less than 1900 or s, 900 emigrants wend-
ing their way westward toward the new
Territories. Every boat from the Ohio
river brings them to our Levee; every
train from the East has one, or a company
of them, on board, while our publie-hous-
es are daily thronged with them. They
come in companies orindividually. Those
from the East are helped on by Aid So
cieties, and come in car loads together,
while those from the West or South, in
real emigrant style, drive through to the
promised land, with ox-teams and wag-
ons, and generally ego ii alone.'
1t may besafely calculated that 5000
or %, 900 hardy squatters will find a home
on the fresh soil of the new Territories
this spring. Were it not for the fact that
provisions, even of the commonest and
cheapest kind, are SO exorbitantly high.
this number would stand a good chance
to be increased to twice is size. But set
tiers, especially those who travel far to
reach their new homes, are not generally
persons of flowing means, and therefore
not able to spend much for food for their
stock and themselves.
The majority of the emigrants passing
through our city are destined for Kansas
that being considered the most avaiIa-
bic place for settlement, on account Of its
superior lands, and lis eontiguity to the
thickiy-settled Missouri frontier A few,
however. viii go to Nebraska, and clus-
ter together on the best bottom lands of
the Missouri, and its tributaries. In few
years there will be 100, 900 settlers-con-
sumers, and produeers-living along the
frontier of Missouri. and dependant on
st. Louis for market. The merchants
and business men of this city should
bear this in mind. The Kansas and Ne
braska trade, which viii soon be of ma
ture not TO be sneered at, legitinlately be-
longs to st. Louis, and it becomes our
traders to encourageit. Let them assure
the settlers that it is to their advantage to
buy and sell in this market, and cultivate
with them feelings of good understand
ing.-lS. Louis 4He~s, March 22.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21
The Westward Drift.

There are indications that the transfer
of population from the old to the new
States, the present season, will far exceed
in point of numbers all former precedents.
The facilities which have been provided
for visiting the West during the last two
years have induced many thousands to
come out and see for themselves the
favored country OF which they have
heard SO long and so much. During the
last year especially, large numbers flock
ed to the West, some to see and Judge for
themselves alone, others as agents for.
many of their neighbors. In every in !,
stance that has come under our personal
observation, as well as those We have
heard of, these explorers have carried
back the most favorable accounts, such
as the facts fully warranted. Hundreds
of thousands of dollars were invested last
year in the States and Territories of the
northwest by parties contemplating re-
-moyal hither. But the sum thus invest
ed, large asst was. is mere "drop in the
bucket" compared with what we have
reason to believe will be laid out in ives
tern lands during the current season.
1t is impossible to estimate the actual
increase OF wealth which the western
States will experience by this means.-
The capital that will be transferred hith-
er will be immense, with such additions
to the productive industry as will give
ample employment to it all. Western
cities-especially our own-will share
largely and directly in this grand move
ment. but they will not monopolize it,
An unusually large proportion of the in
Aux of both population and wealth which
the current year viii witness, will seek
the rural districts and engage in rural
occupations. Nevertheless all prosperous
towns and cities, having a good substra-
tum on which TO predicate future growth
and activity, will receive larger addi-
tons to their population than have been
anticipated.
Our city, in consequence of its cas-
tern and western connections, is the
principal receptacle and distributing
point for all this immigration from the
Eastern States. Here many of them will
stop permanently, and many more viii
make it a point of temporary residence
while looking around for satisfactory To-
cations. To any one who viii station
himself at any ofour railroad depots, the
fact will soon become apparent that the
present seasons immigration, which has
already set in, is to be remarkably diffu-
sive Illinois will secure very large
share oft. Iowa and Wisconsin viii have
all they need. wish, and more than they
expect, while the waves of the move
ment will flow over and beyond them to
Minnesota, to Kansas and Nebraska. I'M
each of the States named as rich lands as
the sun shines upon can yet be had at
government price, while very desirable |
farms, withina short distance of
market. and either upon or close 10 lines |
of railroad, can be had at prices ranging
from ten to fifty dollars peraere.-CAi-a-
90 Democrat
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21
Original Postfy.
Fsr tie Herald If Freedom.
Extract froms Forthcoming Poetic Tale.
By rnE DESERTED.


'sLife is adesert, bleak and lone.n
He mHrmGred. in plaintlve tome
And then he told, with f;altering toBgne,
The strange. sad story, of his wrong:
No words may tell. ne mortal know,
The anguish dire. the wasting woe,
That hour by hour. and day by day,
Upon my Utmost soul doth prey.
O. wildly thTobs my bleeding heart,
Beneath Affections cruel smart
My purest earthly joys are fled,
My brightest hopes lie crushed and dead;
In ruin lies my once loved home-
And lone, and desolate. roam.
". there Is nonght to bind me here -
The world to me is dark and dresr
Qhght; dark wrong hath quenched eachray
And shadows deepen DER my way.
As thus he spoke. mine eye could trace
in every feature of his face,
His speaking eye, his heaying breast,
What his wild words but half expressed.
Silent listened, and his words
Fell strangely on my spirits chords,
Appalled, TO see thus wildly roll
The waves of anguish DER that soul
So strong and high, so pure and true;
So lofty. and so gentle too
: To see that heart, 50 torn and wrUng,
Its chords of hope and joy unstrl,ng;
And yet so bTayely wrestling there,
Strong Christian faith with dark despair.
o. how my spirit yearned for power,
To comfort him in that dark hour
To pour into his iSt'ning ear,
High words of strong and holy cheer;
But trcmbled. lest my words should seem
Like the vain mockcry of q dream:
''Brother. look up. and trust in God
IT'S His hand wieids the chass'ning rod;
And tho dark waves of sorrow roll
Wild and fierce DER thy stricken soul,
And clouds and darkness DER thee lower,
Still trust His goodness and His power,
And strive with purpose strong and true,
Thy allotted work on earth TO dor
And then how ferrently prayed.
That Heaven would grant him Strengthening
aid.
"Father in Heaven" inly cried,
BE Thou his friend. his shield and guide,
He treadeth lone, a weary way
Be Thou his comforter and stay,
Help him to feel Thee ever near,
And with bright thoughts his bosom cheer
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21
ssPoeiflI.e
The waves ha.v. Worn the Solid Rock.

= =
I've sat and seen one bright wave chase
=. Is fellow ON the strand.
Tlssn fall away. nor leave trace
Upon the pTintiess sand;
Though scarce the pebbles felt the shock,
The waves have worn the solid rock.
I've sat and heard the autumn wind
Amid the branches piay.
= So softly mind so bisniiy kind,
IL scarcely stirred the spray:
Yet soon the winters cold came on.
And blooms Of spring when il was gone.
Nv sat and seen the evening sun
= Sink from his golden sky;
Ills long bright race Of glory run,
And close his golden eye:
So s.og he passed scarre changed the light
And yet he left the world in night.
AMI like yen sea Is human life
Events like pillows roll;
Moment on moment, s:iife on strife,
That ehangeus 20 the soul;
And joys. ike autumn leaves. fall fast;
Hops sets, and beings light is past.
I've stood on earti,'s most daring nights,
And secn days orb arise,
In his magnifeence of light,
To triumph through the skies;
And all the darkness Of the world
Far from his shining presence huEfd.
An, too, that fades upon tie earth,
Too weak 70 linger here,
Re-blossoms with second birth
To deck the coming year;
Shall hops. then, mans eternal dover,
BE frazier than falling fowefi
All, no, ike autumn leaves that die,
And bloom again in spring,
Fresh JOYS shall rise from those gone by,
And purer incense bring;
And when. like suns, hope SETS in night,
Shall she not beam from worlds more bright!
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21
Nebraska.

Both branches of the Nebraska Legis-
lalufe have adopted the following resolu-
lions by nearly unanimous vote.
"Res0lved, That we herewith endorse
the principles enunciated in the bill or
ganizing the Territories of Nebraska and
Kansas, thatwe rejoice thatthe geograph-
ical line between the Northern and Sou
thern States have been erased, leaving
the people of every State and Territory
free to control their domestic institutions,
and that we commend the firm and pa
triotic course of the men, without dis
tinction of party, who have aided in
establishing thesound constitutional prin-
ciples of the Compromise of 1859 and
"Resolued, furthermore, That we
pledge ourselves to oppose any unfair
determinations, such as those of the late
Missouri Compromise; but to protect and
defend the rights of the States, and the
union of the States, and to advance and
perpetua.e the doctrine Of popular soyer-
eighty" -
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21
General 1atelkaeaee.
Indian Rumors.

There are many rumors afioat Of COM
ing trouble with the Indians of the North.
We give such as We believe to be found
ed in truth without Eouching for their
authenticity in every particular. The
Yaneten Puncas, and other bands of the
Sioux, are manifesting very unfriendly
spirit to the whites, have visited the fTon-
tier settlements in Iowa, near the Missou-
ri, in large numbers all well armed with
new double barrelled English guns, and
plenty of ammunition, have been extreme
" insoleut to the settlers, and In many
places carried. of their stock, telling
them that they were coming in the
spring to drive them off and claiming
the land as far south as Council Bluffs; a
number of settlers have left their I'M
proyements from fear.
In Nebraska they have killed trader
named Martin. the employee of the Amer
lean fureompany. and carried off his en-
tire stock and money. They have shown
themselves in large numbers short dis
lance above Omaha aud laid claim to the
whole country north of the Platte, and
threaten that no white men shall pass
through their country the ensuing spring
on their way westward. The Legisla-
ture has voted to raise three hundred
mounted rangers to be ready for imme-
diate and active service.
A Colonel has already been appointed
and commissioned by the Governor to
proceed Immediately with raising an army
and equipping this force. These last
statements concerning the acts of the
Legislature and Governor we know are
true, the Indian stories may be exagger-
a.ed but we think that there is no doubt
but that there is an unfriendly feeling
among different bands of the Sioux to
the whites and emboldened by the i'm
punity with which they escaped last sea-
son, when they committed many depre-
dations upon the emigrants over. the
plains, more trouble may be expected
from them the coming season unless a
large and efficient force is at hand to hold
them promptly in check, We are looking
anxiously to Washington to hear what
Congress intends to do for US, and hope
some measure viii be taken before their
adjournment to afford us protection. In
case they do not -emigrants to Nebraska
north of Platte and emigrants over the
plains, by that route had better come
well armed and in large parties for fear
Of trouble.
Eastern papers are requested to notice
the same. Nebraska City 1Neacs.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21
A word 20 Bows.

Boys. did you ever think tiatthisgreat
world, with all its wealth and wee. with
all its mines and mountains, oceans, seas,
and rivers, with all its shipping, its
steamboats,, railroads, and magnetic tele-
graphs; with all its millions of darkly
cropping men, and all the sciences and
progress ofages, viii soon be given over
10 the hands of the boys of the present
age-boys like you, assembled in school
rooms, or playing without them, on both
sides of the Atlantic? Believe it, and
look abroad upon your Inheritance, and
get ready to enter upon its possession
The Kings, Presidents, Governors, States-
men, Philosophers; Ministers, Teachers,
hES. of the future, are all Boys, whose
feet, ike yours, cannot reach the fieor,
when seated upon the benches upon
which they are learning to master the
monosyllables eff their respective Ian
gusgss>-ISe Learned Bgaeksn;ssk.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21

Gg Every steamer we hear from, on
the Missouri river, is laden with the pau
per hirelingsofthe EmigrantAid Society,
on their road to Kansas Territory. Gov
ernor Reedcr, in his proclamation, did
not give them time to get into the terrific
ry to vote at least, owing to the great
difficulty in blowing through the sand
bars on the river, it turned out so. Ii
was no fault of his, however, for of the
many charges, made by Pro-Slavery men
against his excellency, the charge of the
fall in the Missouri viii not be against
him. He would have kept it mp, and
given his Boston allies quick transit il
he could bat Jordan has been a hard
road to travel this Spring-Independsnce.
Ao., Aessenger
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21

sHehas only few faultsf How ma
ny fair young girls are deceived or de-
ceive themselves by this specions reason
ingi He only smokes a little, and chews
a lutte, and drinks little-neyer passes
the bounds of sobriety. He Is rather
fond of amssements. what man of spirit
is nots True, he is seldom at home-but
the idea of 8 man sitting forever by the
chimney corner is ridiculous! He is fond
of dress, but then he is so handsonel
All these little straws that point the
way the windof ruin blows. are regarded
as trivial things-only few faults. AT
ter marriage. when the smoking. chew
ing, and drinking, have become confirm
ed habits, the foolish wife sings sadder
strain. Then her children want for
shoes, but her husband never lacks for
cigars and drink. Her own clothes are
patched and mended; not so the broken
windows and his wretched habits. The
few faults, like grains of mustard seed,
have grown and increased hundred
fold. Due bills cone. in-the rent is
unpaid; friends forsake the drunkard's
family.
Then comes the miserable expedieney
of moving into miserable house. minus
all conveniences. Where the rain pours
into garrets, and the rats tramp, tramp
all night; where the children get cold;
grow sick and die with fever, and the
heart-broken woman sits up till morning
gray, to stitch her ill-paid work, turning
ever and anon, with stiaed sigh, to
gaze through tears upon the stified corpse.
Sometimes she starts. The ftfrl
winds drumming upon the blinds-was
it has step? And soon she is childless,
sick, and dying; and she does breathe
her last, while he who had "only a few
faults" Sings and shouts in drunken
brawls at the pest-tayern or rum-cellar.
This true picture has been thousand
times painted, and its duplicates hang up
in the sad chambers of how many thou
sand hearts? And yet the thoughtless
girl, blinded by passion aud needless Of
consequences reiterates, HE has only a
few faults" and gives herself up to cor
ruption more noisome than the grave.
and to fate, the horrors of which no pen
can portray
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21
1lstfpetibe.
American Eloauence.

One of the most striking defects of
American eloquence is its interminable
length. We are accustomed to estimate
the merits of discourse rather By its
quantity than by its quality; we spin out
and wire-draw our ideas until they are
lost to the mind in mass of high sound
ing verbiage; we pay but little attention
to the principles that impart force and
elegance to diction, and We too frequent
ly employ metaphors as our medium of
expression. The effect of all this is to
weaken the spirit of the discourse, and
to diminish the impression it would 9TH
erwise make on an audience. He who
wishes to procure conviction on the
minds of his hearers, must be careful
how he tires out their patience: he must
not let his vanity predominant over his
subject, or his love of defamation carry
him away. The understandings of an
auditory are quick, and they can easily
distinguish between the merits of terse
and vigorous reasoning and the ornate
bombast ofimperfectly educated rhetori-
clans. However subtles may puzzle or
metaphysical fiourishes dazzle the imagi-
nation, there is a power of analysis in
the human mind which easily enables it
to sift the grain from the chat. He who
seeks, therefore, TO promote truth through
the medium of oratory, must clothe his
arguments in guise BETTING the simple
majesty of his subject. An ornate style,
though it may grace, adds nothing to its
dignity, and it will generally be found
that the severest speakers are those who
have studied the art most closely. Flo
quence has been rightly defined as the
clear and strong development of ratioci-
nation, and this definition is incompati-
BILE with the diffuse and Ill digested style
of most of our popular orators.
When the celebrated Tillotson became
Archbishop of Canterbury. King Viii
liam complained to him one day of the
length of his sermon. "Sire," replied
the Archbishop, could have bestow-
ed more time upon it, it would not have
been SO long" 1t would be we'll if our
public speakers would take the hint. 1t
is from want of common preparation on
their part that so much of the public time
and patience is ordinarily wasted. II
they would endeavor to classify and ar
range their subjects beforehand, they
would find that they could give full eff
feet to their arguments, atan infinitely less
cost of breath and gesticulation. There
is nothing they can possibly have to say,
that may not be said in tenth part of
the time they usually employ. If the
fault were confined to the unpractised or
uneducated, there would be some excuse
for it; but when we see some of our lead
ing speakers indulging their loquacity at
the public expense. we think we have a
right to complain.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21
Hereafter.

As certainly as spring win return after
the lapse of winter, so certainly viii
friends, lovers aud kindred meet again IN
the presence of the ALLOWING father and
first win they form whole with each
other and with everything good, after
which they sought and stroye IN vain II
this pieee-meal world. Aud thus does
the felicity of the poet. even here rest on
the persuasion that all have TO rejoice IN
the care of wise God, whose power ex-
tends unto all, and whose light hghtens
upon all.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21
No Mother.

She has no mother! What volume
of sorrowful truth is comprised in that
single sentence-no mother! We must
go far down the hard, rough paths of
life, and become Injured to care and sor-
row in their sternest forms, before we
can take home to our own experience the
dread reality-no mother-without a
struggle and tear. But when it is said
to a frail young girl just passing from
childhood toward the life of woman, how
sad is the story summed up in that one
short sentence. Who now shall admin
lister the needed counsel-who now shall
check the wayward faneies-who now
shall bear with the errors and failings of
motherless girl?
Deal gently with the child. Let not
the cup of her sorrow be overflled by
the harshness of your bearing, or your
sympathizing GOODNESS. Is she needless
of her doing? Is she forgetful of her
duty? Is she careless in her movements?
Remember, Oh remember, ''she has no
mother p When her young companions
are gay aud joyous, does she sit in sor-
rowing9 Does she pass with down
cast eye and languid step. when you
would fain witness the gushing and over
flowing giadness Of youth ? Glide her
not, for she is motherless : and the great
sorrow comes down upon her soul like IN
Can you gain her confidence,
can you win her love! Come. then, to
the motherless with the boon Of your
tenderest care, and BY The memory of
your own mother, already perhaps pass
ed away-by the fulness of your own
remembered sorrow-by the possibility
that your own child may yet be mother
less-contribute, as far as you may, to
relieve the loss Of that fair frail child,
who is written. motbefiess.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21
Change of Policy.

We see il stated IN some Of our "a :
changes, that the Administration has de
termlned to abandon all attempts to add
70 g, our territory by foreign acquisition
we hope it is so. We have territory
enough, and population enough of bad
character, without introducing Cuba viii,
lis hundreds OF thousand of Spanish
Catholics into this confederacy. Such a
measure would moreover prove fire
brand 70 the Union, which nothing per
haps but blood Observation-Disclosures
era Pos. 49,
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21
eloiicc Poetry.
Be Gentle with thy Wife.

Be eentle-for you little know
How many trials rise;
Although to thee they may be small,
To her, Of giant size
Be gentle. tho perchance that lip
May speak nurmuring tone.
The heart may speak with kindness yet,
And Joy to be thine own.
Be gentle. weary hours of pain
fss woman's lot to bear;
Then yield her what support thou canst,
And all her sorrows share. 3
Be gentle. for the noblest hearts
at times may have some grief,
And even in pettish word
May seek TO find relief.
Be gentle. mono are perfect here
Thou'rt dearer far than life:
Then husband bear. and still forbear-
Be gentle to tliy wife
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-21

interspersed with creeks and rivulets
Astounding with timber. On the south
side of the Kansas the romantic hills of
Glark's creek loom UP dimly in the dis
lance, resembling the appearance of a
Panorama" drawn on large scale by
an accomplished artist. Now turn your
eye westward, and behold the lovely seen
cry of the two rivers, Smoky Hill and
Republican, as they flow onward to min
gle their waters with the Raw. forming a
Junction just above US, and you have a
faint idea of the location of Fort Riley.