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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
Missourians Coming.

We have waited till the last moment
before going to press to gather such in
formation as We could in regard to anoth-
er invasion of the Territory on Monday
next, by armed hordes from Missouri
Our information is based wholly upon
rumor, but our impression is that the
border polls will be the only ones whic b
will be annoyed at this time by imported
voters. Large parties were on their
way from Johnson and Cass counties to
Fort Scott, in the southeastern part OF
the Territory at last adyiees. 1t was
said that barbecue was to be given at
that point, to-day, and that was given as
the reason of SO many moving to that
point.
1t is supposed that Leavenworth, Wy
andot, Atchison and Doniphan, will be
the principal places of voting. We have
the qualification of knowing that meas.
ures will be taken to ascertain the precise
number of Illegal votes which are polled,
and that persons will possess information
which they will be prepared to swear to
before Congressional Committee ap-
pointed to receive such evidence.
The report about a visit to Lawrence
from the minions of the slave-power is
quite unsatisfactory. Some tell US that
an army is on the way here with can
non to demolish the town, others that
there is no demonstration to be made
at this point.
LATER On Saturday night, the 99th
inst, six teams loaded with men from
Missouri, passed up on the California
road to some point west of this. The
opinion is that we shall be visited by an
armed mob on Monday, as on the 3oth
of March.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
The Working of Cows.

Why should not cows work for their
living as well as other females-animal
and human? We were visiting friend
the other day, who owned a small farm
and managed it well and in the course
of our observations he called our atten-
ton to large calf, the largest one we
ever saw at the early age of two days old.
1t was beauty. We wanted to see the
COW that produced such fruit. He show
ed her to US. She was good condition
ed cow, but only of the ordinary size
He then remal ked that the COW belonged
to yoke of cows; which with two other
COWS, had done all his farm work for sey-
eral years past-hauling wood, drawing
stone, plowing greensward, narrowing
the ground, hauling manure, dc. They
worked as kindly and more actively than
oxen, and appeared in as good plight, and
produced as good calves, and gave as
much milk as lazy cows that did not work.
He is quite sure that small farmer who
has no very heavy work to do-such as
logging, &c, had much better keep four
cows, and teach them TO work, than to
keep two cows only and one yoke of OK
en.-Lasalte, III, Journal,
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
COMPROMISES.

Minnesota, says the Albany Journal, it
appears by the last census, has $4,000
inhabitants. She will be ready for ad-
mission, therefore, as soon, if not sooner,
than Kansas. In view, pro-slavery jour
nails propose new compromise. "Give
up Kansas" they say, "and we will let
you have Minnesota. Thus we shall re-
store peace.
Suppose thief who has purloined a
pocket book, is detected in the act. He
turns to the robbed individual and says
''Sir, don't let US go to law about this
Law is dangerous. Let US compromise.
1 will offset your watch, which did moi
take, against the pocket book. which
did. l will keep the one, and you shall
keep the other. Thus we shall be even,
and peace viii be restored %
1t strikes us this would be just about
the same sort of an arrangement.-W Wis.
Dem.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
Prospectus Of tie
KANSAS HERALD OF FREEDoH
APaPEa ron THE aILLI0s.. /.

THE lIERA1.DO OF FREEDOM is an indeFsnd-,
Il ellt weekly newspaper. devoted to Freedom
and the interests ef Kansas Territory. It is pun
lislled at Lawrence, Kansas T., on SATURDAY II
zach week, At 3 per annun, sfsSetly "a edEasct.
The HIEALD contains tflirty-twe columns of
reading matter, Is printed on fine white paper Of
4 Very superior quality, with new Scotch faced
type, and the best of black ink and is q subject
OF co;nmcndation by sll who see il, for its neat
mechanical execution.
Tie Hiram is thoroughly snti-slaveFy. and
VIII labor with energy to accomplish tie chieet
of its establishment which was 20 aid in making
Kansas rec State. To the pioneer. or those
who contemplate locating Ia tlsc Territory. L
vii. be alnloSt Indispensable, US il viii sisotId
with observations the soil. climate. rFotino-
tionS, and natural resources of the Tcrritcry.
he information il viii be able 70 furnish IS 20
the different routes distances, and esst OF travel,
and the various articles which the pioneer should
bring with him t. his new home, viii be ins alu-
able. and richly reTnunerate the subscriber for
his tTliing Investment. ] he eastern politician
or Pililanthropist, Who wishes te keep tais ao-
Nised OF the progress Of the great questions OF
eiyii and religious freedom, viii hail the advent
of the HERALD weekly with much delight. Il is
believed tina. every class of our fellow-eitizcns,
and particularly the informed, VIII be cntertain-
cd and interested by perusai of its columns.
II Is THE ORGAN or IsiK EDITolss fsDEPEsDESr
EIND, but diselaiIns ALL connection With ANr
party. faction. sect, creed, other than as they
meet his appreciation.
The very large circulation which the HKRALD
has already attained, makes it the most valuable
advertising medium IN the Territory, Rnd a.
SUCH we offer the use OF its columns 70 those who
wish 10 give publicity to their business !; claim
ing, however. the right of rea.tig q AZ IigHor aad
patent medicine GfEeygiseasats, as all others of
doubtfulo immoral tendency. TEgns OF Ap-
vERTIsiNG Ten cents line for the first iItscr-
ton, and five cents q line for each subsequent
insertion. No reduction made for long aavcr-
tisc4iIehts. G. w. BROWN * co.
LAwgENeE, Kansas T., July %, 1S55.-tf
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
Comnleta Files

Several friends have desired US to
preserve files Of the HERALD OF FREE
DON for them. To such We would say
We have only about twenty com
plete files remaining. These will be
saved and supplied only to those who
make Immediate application and pay for
acomplete volume at the time of having
their names registered. We can supply
any number of files from january lst to
July lst, but none can be supplied on
the 81 quarter, commencing the lst OF
July and ending with the lst OF October,
save to those who subscribe for year.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
BLESSINGS of Poverty.

Hear what a very distinguished writer
says on the subject:
Poverty is the nurse of manly energy
and Heaven climbing thoughts, attended
by love and faith and hope, around
whose steps the mountain breezes blow,
and from whose countenance all the
virtues gather strength. Look around
you upon the distinguished mea that in
every department of life guide aud con-
troll the times, aud inquire what was their
origin and what was their early fortunes.
Where they, as a general rule, rocked
and handled in the lap of wealth? No,
such men emerge from the homes of
decent competence or struggling pow
erty. Necessity shaFpens their faeul-
ties, and privation land sacrifice brace
their moral nature. They learn the
great ART Of remuneration, aud enjoy the
happiness of having few wants They
know nothing of indifference or safety
There is not an idle fiber in their frames.
They put the vigor of resolute purpose
into every act. The edge oftheir minds
is always kept sharp. In the schools of
life, men like these meet the softly uuE-
tared darings of prosperity As the lion
meets the vessel of porcelain" !"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
con,missiouar of peads.

By reference to our advertising col
umns, il Viii be observed that the editor
of this paper is commissioned by the
Governors of Massachusetts,, Vermont,
New York, Pennsylvania. Ohio, Illinois,
and Iowa, and properly qualified as
Commissioner of Deeds for those States.
with authority to take Acknowledgements
of deeds, mortgages, powers OF attorney,
OF leases of lands, tenements, or any
contracts, assignments, transfers, salts
faction of judgments or mortgages, OF
any other instruments under seal also to
administer oaihs and afirmations, and
take depositions and affidayits to be used
in the Courts of those States. Members
of the legal profession aud others having
business before such an officer, can ap-
ply at the Herald of Freedom Office, and
have their matters attended to correctly
and piomptly.--tf.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
Moral Character.

There is nothing which adds so much
to the beauty and power of a man as a
good character. 1t dignifes him in ev-
cry station, exalts him in every period of
life. Such character is more to be de-
sired than anything else on earth. No
servile tool, no crouching sycophant, no
treacherous honor seeker ever bore such
character; the pure joys of righteous
ness never spring in such a person. If
young men but knew how much good
character would dignity and exalt them,
how glorious it would make their pros
poets even in this life, never should we
find them yielding to the groyeling and
base-born purposes of human nature.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
Cisterns.

l read an article in the Register of the
18th inst, on cisterns, and as water, pure
and uncontaminated, is one of the first
-necessaries in a family, | thought it might
be well to state very simple method, by
which the accumulation of dirt may be
prevented, and that is to have shut-of,
which should always be opened after
rain, and when rain comes, let it remain
open until the water comes from the roof
colorless the first discharge will be found
highly colored, but it will soon become
pure and limpid, and fit for the palate of
the most fast:dious. The dirt that col
lects in cistern is from the Accommodations
on the roof, and in the conductors, de-
posted there by birds, and also by the
wind.
The ordinary way of fixing shut-off,
is to cut an opening in the side of the up
right conductor into which shingle is
placed when it is desired to shut off the
water, but this method is quite uncertain,
as the shingle is very apt to be forced out
by the rain, or blown out by the wind.
An equally simple, and much more eff
fective way, is to have horizontal shoe,
foot or more long, and at the point
where it enters the house, nail a narrow
strip of board, say an inch thick, across
the bottom of the shoe on the inside, then
just back of this point bore a good sized
hole, into which put plug, the water
will then flow ever the strip of board in
to the cistern, take out the plug and all
the water viii be discharged at the auger
hole not one drop can so into the els
tern
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
James Christian.

A TT0RNEY AND COUNSELLOR ATIaw.
- Lawrence, Kansas Territory. viii attend
promptly 10 al business entrusted to MS esre in
the various Courts of the Territory. Having an
experience Of some years as law, eT in the Sosti,
aud West, and buing familiar with the Pre-
empsion laws, he fatters himself that lie can
give entire satisfaction 70 al who nay favor
him with their patronage IN obtaining pTe-enap-
ton to lands, eoilcction of debts and in getting
redress for baeody noses.
Reference may be had to Silas Price s. Co..
Hanliiton Finney, Clerk Of Circui. eourt Hon.
John Cnmnlins. Jadgee Of County Court and R.
/. Y. Peyton. ESD, IIairiscnviile, Mo-; Samuel
Pike and James c. Walker. E>ars. Blcolning-
ton, Illinois: Hon. William Norvcll, joel How
ard. Esq, carlise, KY. William Tesli Esq, aud
John Danver. Esq. Allegheny City. Ia.
Aug. II, 1888.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
civethe Devil his Due.

We have been of the opinion. for a
long time, that Gov Reeder ought to be
removed from the office of Governor of
Kansas for his Anti-Slavery interference
in that Territory, and we would gladly
have hailed hisejection from high pub
lie position which we believed he had
disgraced. But we are ready to admit
and it is due to truth and justice, that
we should do so, that Gov. Reeder has
been wronged by being removed upon
the grounds assumed by President Pierce
and we believe brief history of the
transaction viii bear us out in the posi-
ton we have taken. R.--4ia5anaa iSeRtiaef
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
Men Of Bad charac.er.

Did woman see the responsibility of
the station she holds in soeiety-did she
feel how much she is the arbiiress of a
mans destinies on earth, nay, even be-
yond it. how different would she act.-
Instead of dispensing her smiles equalIy
among all mon, she would show BY l:er
discountenance of vice how hateful it
was to her; no matter how talented a
man was, how graseful Ia his manners,
or pleasing in his person, unless virtue
was the guiding star of his conduct, she
would Danish him from her presence, as
being unworthy of breathing the same
air with her; she should shrink from his
society as she would shun noxious rep
tile.
Is such the case? No! No matter
what mans vices, if he is handsome,
brilliant in conversation, and versed in
the arts of fiattery, all the smiles and at
tentions are layished on him that ought
to be bestowed only on the virtuous !;
while the man who is endowed with
every good quality that can render him
estimable, if wanting in the snowy ac-
quirements of society, is treated with the
utmost indifference. This gives rise to
the too general received opinion, that a
worse man is, the more agreeable he is
TO the women.
Can it then be wondered at, that to
meet her society. win her affections by a
thousand nameless attentions, and slight
them when won, is the pastime of an
hour to those honeyed flatterers, those
destroyers of women's happiness who,
like gilded serpent, captivate but to
annihilate. We're they regarded as the
pests of society instead of being treated
as its ornaments, the race would disap-
pear.-Emerson.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
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Prices Current.
LAnRraoE. september %. ISIS.

LAWRENCE, September 20. 1855,
CoRN-s1 esq bu.; corn meal 81 so y so lbs.
BEASs-$4 90 y bush.
FLoUR-ln sacks, So 90 . hundred; super
fine, So so.
DRIED PEAcHEs-sa so 2 bush.
BUTTER-Fresh 25c.
BEEF-7d9c. q ID.
HAMs-Smoked, 15c.; bacon, 12c.; prime pick
led pork, lie.
LARp-131ze. 3 fb.
TALLow-l2115c. q h.
CHEEsE-15@2oc. y ID.
Eaos-25c. q doz.
SALT-Coarse, 81 so g bush.
SUGAE-New Orleans, 9@1lc.; crushed, 15c.;
white, lie.
MolAssEs-sugar-h house, 75e.; golden syrup,
95c.; common, T0c.
RIcE-1215c. = ID.
CRAcKERs--15c- q ID.
CopFIsu-10c- q b.
COFFEE-l4(9l625c. q ID.
TEA-Black, 7o@soc, 2 b.; green, so@sl 90.
ToBAceo-25Q7oc. z b.
SALERATus-l0@l5c. q b.
BAR SoAr-l0@I2c. q b.
COARSE BooTs-s3@s3 so 9 pair.
BLANKETs-$2@S14.
BUFFALO RoBEs-S3@$s.
CALIcoEs-10lI6c. y yd-
DELANEs-25G45c. y yd.
Coarse, s@12c.i domestic, e@l0c.
bleaehcd, 10@l5c.
LAMr 0n-S1 25 y gail.
BrRSNe eFLUID-$I % q gall.
IRos-Bar, sc.; round and square, 9@10e.;
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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
Lost Baggage.

The Cleveland Herald contains an
advertisement of two hundred trunks,
boxes and packages to be sold by the
Toledo Railroad Company on the 18th
of November next, unless previously
claimed and the charges paid. Not one
article in ten out of the whole contents
has the address of the owner. Hence
the difficulty experienced by the eompa-
ny in giving information of the loss.-
Ii every traveller would take the precau-
ton to have his name and residence dis
tinctly marked upon his trunk, or valise,
or travelling bag, few losses would occur
of the kind.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
Disappointed.

Tie pro-slayery praty expected diff
alty in this place on the occasion OF
zen. WHITFIELD visit, to Lawrence
lhe Squatter Sovereign took express
fcasion to remark that the prospects
Fere full of interest both at Tecumseh
Iad this place they must have been
sreatly diappointed when they learned,
IS they have ere this-that all was quiet
that free State men can listen to vi
in any shape, and will only
resort to violence in self defence.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
Indian Religious Meetings.

The Ottawa Indians have an annual
religious meeting among them, COM
mencing on the first stSabbath in October.
This year it commenced on Friday week.
II usually holds its session about three
days, during which the whole tribes gath
er together and listens to sermons from
their missionaries. The tribe number
about four hundred and fifty members,
and are situated On the Ottawa lands,
some twenty miles south of this point.
They have Baptist church organized,
with about sixty member Rev. JOHN
G. PRATT, under the American Baptist
Mission Union, ministers to them once a
month. We learn that they hold meet
ings on each Sabbath, native assistant
conducting the exercises. We would es-
TEEN it favor if Mr.. PRATT would fur
nish us brief history of this tribe for
publication.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
Chance for Liherality.

We wish some consumptive reader of
the HRALD OF Freedom would insert a
clause in his last will bequeathing five
thousand dollars to this establishment to
further the cause of freedom in Kansas.
Ourbwn purse has "kind'er gin out, -
andwe need some aid from some unlock
ed or source to keep our paper ahoat.
prERY.-Would not such bequest
futher the cause of true christianity as
mich as the bequeathing of similar
AMOUNT to the Bible or American Tract
Seiety?
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
Indiana Democracy.

The following resolution, among 9TH
ers. was adopted at the late Democratic
State Convention in Indiana:
Resolved, That we must, positively
and unequivieally, condemn and oppose
all attempts to control by force or vio-
lence the right of free suffrage of citizens
at the polls, either in States OF in Terri
tories of this Union. The will of the
people properly expressed is the highest
law; butif that expression be stifed or
defeated, there is an end of civil gov
ernment, and failure of the power of
the people to protect themselves. %
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
Hurra for the Vegetables !

TlHE subscriber would inform those of the
i inhabitants of Lawrence and vicinity 10
norant of the fact, that he has actually sue
eeeded in obtaining supply of most kinds of
anti-scorbut:c articles of diet. which he offers
for sale at his NEW PROVISION STORE, No.
10 Massachusetts street. lie is now dcsirous of
proving TO all concerned, that it is far more
healthy to live on Vegetables than on meat-of
course from perfectly disinterested motives. He
has made arrangements for the running of
teams regularly to the Mother country, so that
he hopes to be able TO keep on hand constantly
enough of the articles calculated to regale the ap
petiJcs of the people, to atone for the long alb
scnce from the market of almost every thing but
Missouri pork.
~ For sale as above SuPERPINE FLoUE and
superior SEED WHEAT, ut the lowest market
prices. C. STEARNS. T,
Lawrence, Sept. 8, 1s65.-6m=
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
Bound for Kansas.

The Cleveland Herald of Tuesday
says: A band of fifty hardy young men
were in the city to-day, bound for Fort
Leavenwortl, Kansas From one oftheir
number, Mr. VIM. Phillipson, we learn
that the entire party is from Syracuse,
N. T., and that vicinity, and under the
direction Off. G. Otis, who has the Gov
efnment contract for building dragoon
barracks at Fort Leavenworth. They 90
out there to erect the Government build
ings. Such band of vigorous, intelli-
gent and industrious young men is worth
to that abused Territory more than a gold
mine.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29

PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. Main street, Law
L renee, K. L. June ., '55.--tf.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
Farm Claims for Sale.

I have several very superior FAIsA CLAIMS
1slefs with me for sale. TO which invite the at
tention of those desiring improved lands in
Kansas. Two claims are situated contiguous to
eaeh other, and shoasd be purchased by different
indiyiouais who are connected in business One
Is all timber, the other 81 prairie There Is q
double log house and forty acres under good
fence en- one OF the claims.
Another claim fauT miles from Lawrence, and
sane distan from Lecompfon. House on claim
and aboat Is acres planted.
Also aelsim thfee miles from Lavrenee. nearly
covered With timber suitable for saw ing purPo-
ses- Log cabin ana thirteen acres under good
rail fence On premises
The above, with several other choice claims,
viii be pointed cut 70 those desiring improved
lands in Kansas.
~ Persons having claims 70 sell, - veil -
those desirias 70 bay, should eai1 On ne At The
HksALo % FnzxsoE 0FtlcE-
Zssv1sss ,srt ., sss.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
ssptember-Prepare for Winter.

September---Prepafe for Winter.
The first fah month has come and is
;ust gone. With the exception of two
Of three days at the commencement of
the month, when the thermometer ran up
10 90 and SO deg grees for few hours each
day, without the usual accompaniment
Il gentle breeze, and the last six days,
when the wind has been rather higher
than usual, witha cold dampatmosphere,
we could not desire a more lovely month
than September. In the East we usual
Is expect frosts, heavy rains and all sorts
Of bad weather during this month. but
we have been wholly exempt from these
annoyances here in Kansas. We look
for two months more of the most delight
full weather ere winter is upon US.
1t is probable we shall be visited with
high winds during the month of Noyem-
ber, and possibly during the last of Octo-
Der, but past experience teaches us that
they will not be protracted beyond three
days at a time. In the meantime every
day and hour should be employed in get
Ting ready for winter. No excuse can be
offered forsulfering through another win
ter as we did last in rude constructed cab
ms, ventilated on every side, as was the
case with all last winter. Now is the
time for improvement. and every man
should d his best in getting ready for q
visit from old Boreas.