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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-25

the people of the South, treated as such
In the North. and is made a repFeach to
our country By the nations of the Old
World. But there are those who contend
that slavery is not an evil; and some of
them are nep who have gained great no.
toriety along the Missouri frontier for
their zeal in advocating the cause of sla-
very in Kansas and death to negro
thieves.
And in WesEport We have indications
of a war of extirmination against the
North. especially If We shbuld Judge by
the character of the speeches of Col. Sam
Young, Gen. Stringfellow, and the noto-
rious Jas. Shannon. President of the
State University of Missouri, whose zeal
for southern principles is best given in
his own language. Hesays: 1.-The State
of Missouri Is too poor to compensate me
for an opposite course. orto purchase ny
silence on this thrilling topic,' would
say, that the blood of Missouri's sons
ifthey are fool-hardy enough TO be led
by him-may atone for his fatal calum-
ny upon the soil of Kansas.
The three heralds above named have
been haranguing among the peaceable
and msgnanimous- -souled frontier men Of
Missouri, until they have almost gotten
them to believe that they could not live if
it were not for slavery. Ihave used the
words peaceable and magnanimous as
terms applicable to Missourians in do
mestie circles, but not in political life
1t is this latter class, who, By the jnsti-
cation and encouragement of such men
as Shannon, Young. Stringfellow, and
others. have not only driven the emf
grants of the North from the election
polls in Kansas, and some from the State
of Missouri, giving to some coat of tar
and feathers, TO others charges never TO
return, as parting blessing. These
border ruffians, or some OF them, were
addressed on last evening from the door
step at the Harris House, in this place,
by President Shannon. He compliment
ed them upon their success in eleeting
legislature of Missourians for Kansas, and
says. as others have also said, that Kan
sas must be a slave State--if not peacea-
bly,, by force. SPECTATOR.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-25
The Press va Pierce.

We.copy several articles on our fourth
page from the leading papers of thecoan-
try denunciatory of President Pisnre for
his suppleness to the slave power IN re-
moving our worthy chief magistrate, Gov.
4. Ii. REEDER from Office. The press
speaks but one language, and ere its IN
fiuence shall die away it viii be felt at the
White House. The Harrisburg, Pa,
Democratic Union-than which there is
not more reliable Democratic paper in
the Union-discourses as fellows:-
Ga blow which viii recoil with terri
bic effect has been struck by the Nation
al Administration. Whether it was the
impulse of a galvanized imbecility, i'll
Judging counselors, malice or disappoint-
ment, we little care. 4 gross and fla
grant wrong has, however, been perpe-
trated, a wrong which, ere long, will
bring shame and reproaeh upon those
who were i;sinsligators and It's doers.-
The hour has passed when a specious tale
will deceive die people. No pnerile
charge OF land speculations can buffet an
instant against the storm of wrath which
viii beaFoused. A high minded. hon
orable, fearless, and determined man has
been Sanionly aud basely stricken down,
because he asserted and would vindicate
The rights of freemen against horde OF
lawless and Law breaking ruffiaus.''
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-25
Exploration of Kansas.

We mentioned in another place that
Doct. WEBB had set out on general ex-
ploration voyage of Kansas, with the
view of making himself fully acquainted
with its natural history. 1t will be re-
membered that Doct. w. was one of tie
celebrated Mexican Boundry Commits
sion, and his experience then gathered
viii be of infinite service to him on his
present expedition. He was two and a
half years on his survey over the plains,
during which period he never saw hu-
man face, save of those constituting his
party. On. one occasion he was lost from
them, and was ten days on the bounlless
desert without anything to furnish sup
plies, save his own unaided energies. A
cotemporary says. ifopportunity permits,
the Doctor will, ere his return, continue
his observations to the Rocky Mountains,
and have the satisfaction of lying at their
eastern base, as he hasoften done at their
Wesfarn
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-25
Pinancier no. 2.

This steamer. commanded by Capt
MoRErso3, JoHx GEEvB, Clerk, arrived
at our wharf on "Wednesday morning
last, with a large quantity Of freight con-
signed to our merchants and citizens
Among other articles of freight was a
steam saw mill, also several horse rakes
and a moving machine. for the Emigraui
Aid Company, also our steam engine and
boiler for our power press. She left fol
her downward trip in the evening after
her arrival, and purposes returning Inn
mediately with another load Of freight
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-25
For tie Llfrald = FREEDOM
Letter from Fort Riley.
FT. RILEY, August 9th, 1856.

.FT. RILEY, August 9Th, 1856.
Mr.. BRowH-DEAR SIR is sup
posed the cholera has entirely disap-
peared from this place, as there are no
new cases, and the hands are resuming
their work again. It first broke out Oh
the 18th of July, amongst some soldiers
who were preparing to go outon one OF
the western expeditions. They had
leave to go TO the vegetable garden and
get what they wanted. They also went
10 Pawnee and INDUCED too freely in
whiskey. They had been using bad
water for some time-water brought
from the river in the morning and put
III barrels, and standing all day this lot
weather. Several were taken down and
died suddenly. The Doctor pronoun-
ced it genuine Asiatic Cholera. Next
Mai. Ogden died. lie was a good man,
as well as worthy and meritorious Off
cer.. Besides the general effect of the
climate, his arduous duties oserpowered
him. When he was 6rst taken. he re-
marked, | am worn out, Il am now sixty
hours behind time with my sleep"
Next Maj. Woods wife and two chill
dren and servant girl died. He had
been gone about two weeks with a de-
tachment of troops 10 Ft. Laramie,
llearinga beautiful wife and two lovely
children in perfect health, expecting TO
Join them again in the fall
Next Maj. Armstead's wife died
Then the workman commenced dying
TIL up to the third of August. In one
week the deaths numbered, as near as |
can ascertain, fifty many we're frightened
and left, so that not more than one half
the hands are now at work. IT. Riley
appears to be- very healthy place, and
yos may be surprised that 50 many
should so suddenly die of cholera. But
when you consider the men were mostly
new comers-dfinking very bad water,
aud trying TO make it good By mixing i
with very bad whiskey--and eating iood
new to them. not well cooked-and
working through all this hot weather,
you viii see sufficient cause why some
died. and wonder why more did not
/ believe not one was saved by the doc
tors. Yours truly
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-25
A Pua for the Libsrator.

The American Baptist, published al
Utica, New York. gives the Boston
Liberator a puff ouer tie LEFT which We
think well merited. The editor of the
Baptist says:
ssEvery one knows the Liberator's
honesty, its fearless zeal, its persisteney
of purpose, It's viii for ..long pull. It's
viii for ..strong pull, and is wonder
fuI unwiIiiHgness for ..pull altogether
but for bad taste, uniform and always 70
be relied upon, commend US to It's col
umns.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-25
CONFINED

The news is confirmed that Mr.. Daw-
son declines the appointment as Gov
erRor of Kansas, and that WILsoS SHAN
NON. of Ohio. has been appointed in his
place. Il IS understood that Mr. Shan.
non accepts the appointment. lie win
probably arrange it 50 as to keep away
from the Territory until the Donkeys at
the Shawnee Mission shah have gone
back into Missouri.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-25
r. There are now IA cirruIatiou

X IEefe are DOW m elrcuiatl0n bliIs
purporting 10 be on the Delaware City
Bank, established on specie basis In
some obscure place on the bills may be
found IN very obscure letter, the word
"Kan." These bills are dead swindIe,
and are known as kansas Money. -,
The bills at first sight look very fair, and
are well calculated 10 deceive.
We know nothing Of any such swind-
ling concern here in Kansas. The great
est swindIe We are acquainted with is the.
Kansas Nebraska Bat, of whieh we have
seen enough since residing N the Terri
tory.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-25
HA Kansas snhseriher. writinr

H A Kansas subscriber, writing US
from the Northern part of the Territory.
requests US 10 give that mongrel Legisia-
ture-aHark from the tombs." Our
opinion IS that they hear the sound
if not they win if they. attempt
to enforce their infamous enaetments.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-08-25

g The greatest breadth of the Cri-
mea is one hundred and twentY-four
miles the length from east 10 west. one
hundred and seventy The Tartar pop
uiation Of the Grimsa is about sixty-one
thousand.
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EXCUSE FOR MATRIMoHY.

There is, says The Rev. Charles Kingsley
in Blackwood, some excuse to be made for
girls who enter into matrimony purely
from interested motives. Many oftlie poor
things know perfectly well that, unless
they marry and effect settlement for life,
they may be left in utter indulgence; for
papa is terribly extrayegant, drowned in
debt, and unable to ~face his bills at
Christmas. Others are not happy under
the paternal roof, from wbicBshey would
6e glad to escape on almost any condition.
Others are weak in volition, or have been
30 educated in the article Of duty that
they dare not express repugnaee TO any
proposal. which may have foun favor n
the eyes Of their mammas. Yet every
one OF these may have her secret attach
ment. Always in the background there
appears vision Of that slfm aud curly
youth who danced,the polka so delight
fully, ard whose attentions at the picnic
were so gratifying. But then, Clara i
painfully aware that the annual income
ofunhappy Juliou 81 short ofone hundred
pounds, and that be has no prospect OF
making any more. II indeedit were 6ye
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COMMUNICATIONS.
For Me Ledger.
Palestine.

There is land, "tbe garden Of the
world" whose majestic mounts, silvery
streams and verdant plains, have been
made holy by the tread Of the divine;
whose zephyrs once bore the choral hymn,
as its celestial anthoms were waited from
the harps Of angels. There was an Ellen
where now only Hnger the dseams and
fantasies of memory and hope, and by
whose shore softly glijed the stream OF
salvation; this has been emp,icd by the
thirsty draaght Of Satan. The emerald
olive is here not plucked by the dove Of
mankind, to return and give the glad ii.
ding Of a land of hope. There is a land,
where pleasant memories throng, like
Pilgrams round an "atar place" TO offer
devotion. Pure and sublime are the re.
Elections of thy transcendant glory, and
inspiring the recollections Of thy saints
The poets song has eternalized thy fame,
and on unbelievable pages of unf.iling
truth are engraven in characters Of gilt.
terinS gilt, thy beauties, and the deeds OF
thy holy martyrs. Oh, Paradise, the
birth place and first fair heritage of man,
where he walked forth in the energy O,
immortal youth and pristine purity
Now look around and view the scene,
and rejecting, does not the heart throb,
and recoil into dependency, when the
paradise Of the earth, is now the pasture
of the brutei There, where the father O,
our race held sweet converse with the
Invisible and poured forth the eloquen,
streams Of an harmonious and grateful
spirit where the shrine perfumed with in.
cense the ethereal habitalious, and with
the fragance Of a race the cherubim des,
seminated its odoriforous laurels 10 the
feet Of the christian. The tent of the
Arab fluttered in the breeze, and the Mos.
lemi's call TO prayer alone, broke Tho
tranquility Of Palestine. And. Jerusalem
the holy city, where monarchs were
wont TO sway the scepter over powerful
and noble people; how deserted thy ave
nues and streetsi how desolate thy once
gorgeous templesi Here now the worm
Of decay is feeding on thy ruins, and what
now marks the site Of undulating plain
was once the adorned mistress Of the East
AS these scenes have passed away and
those verdant gardens faded. Rome and
Athens, Palmyra and Balbec have also
been leveled, and so we too shall feel the
Almighty fiat which Is fufille,l, the work
of demolition Is increasing. and the dark
ness Of the fathomless pit of partition is
throwing ITS shade admonishingly the ap.
proach Of that great tribunal, before which
you and ono day will be called TO rende,
an account Of our terres, trial probation
Therefore let us so live, and so die, tha,
ito live is Christ to die is gain"
@oh! the outward hath gone, but in glory
and power,
The spirit survivcth the things in an
hour,
Unchanged, undecaying, its PenticOs,
fame,
On the hearts secret altar Is Burning tho
AUGUSTUS.
cnARlrsTos, 8; G.
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When trifes light as air make and
mar our fortune, are they not important
enough to be noticedf
Suppose child were starving in the
streets--what theni Why a penny
void buy him bread enough 10 recruit
his dying energies. Depend upon Il, a
cent properly disposed may, at certain
times, do more good than a million at
others.
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LIMA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER "a, 1856,

hundred pound But the age Of fairies
IS gone; and Julious is man without
expectations, and what is worse, without
an ordinary average of brains. So poor
Clara, with aheavy sigh, takes farewell of
her day-dreams; and in due course oftime
appears, covered with lace, at the hymenia
altar to give her troth to coarse, elderly
savage, with sandy whiskers, who has
cleared an enormous fortune by success
ful speculation in cotton. As for men who
marry solely for money, we cannot find
terms strong enough in which to express
our cottempt. They at all events have
no excuse to protfer for an act of base
hypocriry and degrading selfshness. If
fortune by inheritance has been denied
them, they can exert their brains; ifbrains
are wanting they have hands, and can
earn thear daley bread. The sense of
Independence s,among the first of manly
virtues, and the being who barters it for
gold, is shortly and emphatically a serf.
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PRAYING NO CRIME.-An officer once
complained to Gen. Jackson that some
soldiers were making a great noise in
thei, tent. "What are they doingi" asked
the General. "Tbey are praying now,
but have been singing" was tile reply
"And is that crimei" the General de-
manded. "The articles Of war order pun
ishment for any unusual noise" was the
reply. God forbid that praying should
be an unusual noise in any camp" said
jackson, with much feeling. and ad, ised
the officer to join them.-Er.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Personalities ofLi.era.i.
JERRoLD.

Douglas Je.rold, n well-known contributor
TO Punch, and editor of various publication,
10 remarkably spare and diminutive. His
face Is sharp, angular, and his eye Of grayish
hue. lie is sprobabiy one Of the most eaustic
writer's, under tho impulso Of the moment
articles which his cooler judgement con-
demns Although a believer in hydropathy,
bis habits do net eonfotsh to the internal
application Of Adams ale. His Caudle
Lectures have been read BY every one, To
conversation be Is quick at retort---not always
refined He b ahusbaud and granfa,he.
nAcAULAv.
The Hon. T. b, Masculy is short In stature
round. and with agrowipg tendencyto alder
rnanac disprOpotions. His head has the same
rotundi.y as his body and seems stuck on
Mas firmly as pIn-head. This Is nearly
The sum Of his personal defeets; all else
except The voice, (Which b mononous and
dissgrseable.) is certainly in his favor His
face seems literally iEasinet with expression;
his eye above ali, with deep thought and
meaning. AZ he walks or rather struggles,
aio0g the street, ne seems Ia state Of total
abstfaction, unmindfnl Of MI thatis going on
eFound him, and selely occapied with bis
own miad. You esnaot help thinking that
ths iiteratoFe with him ls not more profess
sion eEpursuis, but that q has almost grown
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THE MARCH BORN.
BY EDWARD z. C. JuDsoY.

Twas born in March, when the winds W ere
high, " -....
And che clouds were black in the ragged
sky; a.. -.
Twas born in March, when the snow fell
fast, .''. .r"
And great trees bent TO tho angry blast;
was born in March, and sprnng into life,
When heaven aud earth were mingled in
strife.
was born in March at the dead of night,
When. tho sky was dark, and tie ground
was white,
And the old nurse said as she held my
fsrm, -.-..
And felt the house shake with the fierce
night storm, -a. ..#
"He Is born in March, pity the child; r..
His iif', like the night, will be strsnge and
wild y .F s.. ... .i.t--.TI .. -.
rraas b aa., Ill. r.. r..,.. ......
Oh. many a March went laundering by,
With It's freely storms and its cloud-swept
Sky, ..|. Ha.., .. ....... .
And my check grew dark, md my form
grew stoat,
And the beard on my face stole softly out,
And / made my home where the bl,ist rush.
cd wild
Ger the head Of tho sca.tosscd, March horn
child.
Onward j pressed throusS the battle oflife,
Ne'er blessed with calm, but ever in
strife; t Hs s,r -ar
Now struggling alone, eneompased By foes,
But equal to all, when thckest my woes;
As bitter my soul as the hour of my birth.
Well fitted, ween, for the winter Of earth.
lie was born in March," The old nurse said,
As she lay at last on her calm dcath.bed;
ale shall die in fight, whore blood runs
fast
And men fall thick rs do reeds in the blast;
He will die in March, as MAN should die,
With IN unclaimed hand and m un. bleached
eye.
vi.
And ] often think of that prophecy,
When my blood is hot, and my foes arc
nigh
And my heart grows proud, and my eye
more bright.
With the thoaght IL I fall, the cause is
right;
And I'll die at last rs Man should die,
Who sails for heaven beyond the sky.
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part of himself, rs thought historical prob
lens, or analytical criticism were a part of
his daily and intellectual food.
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washington Aqueduct.


OrrIor OF WAsnfsoToN AcuKpuCr
Washington, March Z, 1853
UROPOS AIS invited graduation and brick
tnnreis, ef The Washington aqueduei
Proposals The sr May Will be opened at noon Of
that day.
aninatoa and 2ofh day OF April
cniveTts
described the plane and specifications
Portions the be completed under Inc
all unfinished work VIII
appropriations by Congress The en1ne.
be
progress each appropriation and IN
bons sufficiently decide when end
snet works shall be stopped become avsiabie.
Ia soppage particular work for want OF
VIII te paid rs Ia the Judgment o
engineer been properly executed so far as has
gone.
PAYMENTS checks the United siate
diton Of all contracts that the work
men .hai be paid their wages monthly and specie.
An lids should be endorsed Proposals for work
the Washington Aqucduet'' ~, -.
Te United right reject all the bids
ogd they such
maj considered conducive TO the progress oi The
Every accompanied written signed by
one OF person effect that he they under
take a, inc bidder w his their bid be accepted,
enter aso an .aiou days with coed and sufficient
securities completion work nnGorakcn said guarantee
be certificate OF tue United States district
Judge Uned agent officer OF
individual known 10 the Engineer OF
pent thar the are able 10 make good ieir
eno'se - ~ P NJ c. MEiGs
OF Engineers charge.
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II -

Time between Washington and Wheeling but III
houis,
Running betOeen Washington and Cneinna 27 hours
Through Tickets and Baggage Checks be had In
Washington.
THE Ealroad, having greatly improved
os The fullest 10
The Northwest and the Southwest
trains bound West ira alsre always pompy made al The
Washington junction. aey called the Reisy House nine miles
Washington and ,he OHIO rve Baggage checked through 70
Whseg Washington aion and echecked and
through tickets for points beyond The connecting Trains leave
Washington daily al g. a. and AZ M on Sundays al e
Al wheeling a:rect eonaerio . made with
TRAL Oliiu RAILROAD running from Beiaire the Oho
Wheeling through Cambridge, Zanesvi and Newark 10
COLUMBUS Newark with the Newark,
Mansfield and ssndusky railroad for sandusky, Toledo De,o
Al Columbus le O. railroad trains connec fas,
Miami RAILROAD Xenia CINCINNATI, LOUIS
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Haa,e, Lafayette, Chicago, Rock Island, 81 Louis &c
Natchex odeas scwhich also sold Dt Washinson
transferred the Ohio
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FOR CLEVELAND Toledo. Detroit Chi
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Whssns and ey %s Mhere ~
Travellers requested notice that while this the only route
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West The distance from wasnston To Cincinnati
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Fare by through ticket from Washington: To Wheeling 50
Counbr S3 G; Dayton, SIS SO; Cincinnati, S6s Louisville
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Chicago $40 IS and a9 % ST. Louis, Ss 50 and $5 Memphis
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For trains TO and from Baltimore, Annapolis special
FOR further information, through tickets, &C., apply TIL H..
PARSONS agent, at Washington station 800, ,,.x.
May5-df ohio Railroad, Baltimore.
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