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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-19
Whisky and Newspapers.

A glass of whisky is manufactured
from perhaps dozen grains of mashed
corn, the value of which is too small to
be estimated. A pint of this mixture
sells at retail for one shilling, and IL OF
a good brand, it is considered by its con-
sumers well worth the money 1t is
drank off in minute or two-it fires
the brain, rouses the passions, sharpens
the appetite, deranges and weakens the
physical system: it is gone-and swol-
len eyes, parched lips. and an aching
head are its followers. On the same
sideboard upon which this is served, lies
a newspaper, the white paper of which
cost three fourths of cent--the compo-
sition for the whole edition costing from
ten to fifteen dollars per day. 1t is COW
cred with half q million Of types, It
brings intelligence from the four quarters
of the globe-it has in Its clearly print
ed columns all that is strange or new at
home-is tells you the state of the mar
ket-gises account of the last elopement,
the execution of the last murderer, and
the latest steamboat explosion or rail-
road disaster, and yet for all this. the
newspaper costs less than the glass Of
grog-the juice of q few grains of corn.
Il is no less strange than true. that there
are a large portion of the community
who think the corn Juice cheap and the
newspaper dear, and the printer has hard
work to collect his dimes, when the L.
quor dealers are paid cheerfully. How
Is this? Is the body better paymaster
than the head, and are things of mo,
ment more priced than things Of eterni-
y? Is the transient tickling of the
stomach of more consequence than the
improvement of the soul, and the infor-
nation that is essential to rational be-
ing? II this had its real value, would
not the newspaper be worth many pints
Of whisky ?-Foress Gig.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-19
Stick To Some One Pursuit.

There cannot be greater error than to
be frequently changing ones business
If any man will look around and notice
who have got rich and who have not, out
of those he started in life with, he will
find that the successful have generally
stuck to some one pursuit. Two lawyers,
for instance, begin to practice at the same
time. One devotes his whole mind to his
profession, lays in stock of legal learn
ing, and waits patiently it may be for
years, till he gains an opportunity to
show his superiority. The other, firing
of such slow work, dashes into politics.
Generally, at the end of twenty years,
the latter will not be worth penny
while he former will have handsome
practice, and count his tens of thousands
in bank stock or mortgages.
Two clerks attain majority simulta-
neously. One remains with his former
employers, or at least in the same line oil
trade. At first on small salary, then on
larger, until finally, if he is meritori-
GUS, he is taken into partnership. The
other thinks it beneath him to fill sub.
ordinate position, now that he has be.
come man,-and accordingly starts in
some other business on his own account
or undertakes new firm in the old line
of trade. Where does he end ? Often
in insolvency, rarely in riches. To thi:
every merchant can testify.
A young man is bred a mechanic
He acquires distaste for his trade, how.
ever, thinks it is tedious way to get
bread, and sets out for the West or fol
California. But in most cases, the same
restless, Disconnected, and speculative
spirit which carried him away at first
renders continuous application at ono
place irksome to him and so he goes
wandering about the world, asort of semi.
civilized Arab, really a vagrant in char
acter, and sure to die insolYent. Mean
time his fellow apprentice, who has staid
at home, practicing economy, and work
ing steadily at his trade, has grown COM
Portable in his circumstances, and is even
perhaps citizen of mark.
There are men of ability, in every
walk of life, who are notorious for never
getting along. Usually it is because they
never stick to any one business. just
when they have mastered one pursuit, and
are on the point of making money, they
change it for another, which they do not
understand; and IN little while, what
little they are worth is lost foreyerr.-
Phi. Ledger.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-19
Another Election in Kansa..

We learn, just as we go to press, from
a gentleman living at Leayenworth, that
Reeder refused to give certificates to four
of the Councilmen, and thirteen members
of the House. He has ordered an elect
ion to fill their places on the 22d of May.
He has issued his proclamation to that eff
feet.
This Infamous scoundrel win have to
be hemped yet.-BrHas,eieker, No.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-19
The NOiee Of fhe Press.
Tbe-PsrEv,lis Outrage.


We publish this morning the details of
the infamous event reported By telegraph
few days ago. which took place at Park
vile, Missouri, on the borders of Kansas.
This was the destruction, by mob OF
Missouri shareholders, of the press of the
Luminary, newspaper published at that
place by George s. Park and w. j. Pat
terson. The proceedings are of that bar
barian character which mark the frequent
acts of our slayeholding population. 1t
seems absurd enough that civilized and
Christian communities can be in political
fellowship with such lawless vagabonds
and ruffians as lead material existence
on the remoter borders of Missouri. We
might as well be joined to the people of
the Feejee Islands, or to a tribe of Be-
douin Arabs as to them, for all the pro-
priety there is in the connection. To
think of body of men assembling in
force to stop free discussion, by destroy
ing printing Office, and threatening the
lives of the printers and editors, seems
disgraceful and outrageous enough. But
to contemplate the proceedings of the
same body when they go on to denounce
ministers of the Gospel, and to threaten
them with punishment and death, if they
dare to pursue their vocation, is sufficient
to shock the most apathetic.
We judge that this outrage is prelimi-
nary to others of similar character in
Kansas. The war has begun, and week
pect to see it 60 on. We trust the friends
of freedom will maintain their ground
When it is once decided that they will,
the end of slavery is begun. A conflict
is inevitable between the opposing forces
of slavery and liberty, and, apparently,
Kansas is to be the battle-ground. The
shareholders have begun a career of gross
aggression, and the question is whether
it is to be met BY resistance or by pusil-
luminous submission. The vital question
is, what will the people ofthe free States
do? Are they to prove towards and
poltroons, or will they show the mettle
of freemen +? Ifthey stand their ground
manfully, We have no fears for the ulti-
mate result. If the first spark is struck,
the fire will follow, and liberty will tri-
umph. Great events hang upon the do
ings in Kansas.-1E Y Tribune
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-19
a New Territory.

A letter from New Mexico to the New
Orleans Picayune, states that It is pro-
posed that the Territorial Legislature
shall memorial Congress to erect new
Territory out of the southern portion OF
New Mexico. The writer says -
.sThe name suggested and recommend
ed in the memorial IS Pimeria, which
was originally the name of the region
now proposed to be erected into q new
Territory. The name Is, think, eupho-
NOUS, and would sound well as the name
of Territory or of State.
"The present Territory is about eight
hundred miles long by six hundred and
] fifty broad, with superficial area of $50,
600 square miles, inhabited by about
1OO, 900 people. 1t is settled principally
in Its. central portion from the North to
the South line, and has, besides, large
population in territory acquired from
Mexico, extending from the Rio Grande
to near the California Gulf. Within this
newly acquired Territory there are seve-
raj towns formerly in the Mexican States
of Chihuahua and Sonora. That portion
now proposed to be erected into new
Territorial organization is far removed
from Santa Fe, the seat of government.
The tornado del Muerto intevenes.-
There is much difficulty in extending and
executing the laws over that region of
country on account of its distance from
Santa Fe and the officers. The road is
dangerous and difficult to travel. For
instance, Las Cruces, the county seat of
Don Ana county, is three hundred and
fifty miles from the seat of government,
and over the tornado del Muerto, Dead
Mans Journey. The nearest town in
the new territorial acquisition in New
Mexico, and which would fall in the new
Territory, is about six hundred miles,
and the most remote about eight hundred
miles, and over routes almost completely
rendering all communication with Santa
Fe impracticable from the circumstances.
The Territory proposed is said to possess
vast agricultural and mineral resources
and to be capable of supporting large
population, and is claimed to be the
finest pastoral country in the world. The
climate is mild and salubrious."
The proposed boundaries are then sta
ted, and the letter concludes -
elf Congress should endorse this
measure and create the Territory as pray
ed for, it will contain larger population
at the time of its erection into Territory,
than either Oregon, Washington, Mineso-
ia, Kansas, or Nebraska Territories had
al the time of their creation. Much the
larger portion of the land in .Pimeria' is
public domain
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-19
Dream not, but work,


Dream not, but work! Be bold be brasel
Let not coward spirit crave.
Escape from tasks allotted
Thankful for toll and danger be;
Duty's high call viii make thee fee
The yicious-the besotted.
Think not thy share of strife too great;
Speed to thy post, erect, elate;
Strength from above Is given
To those who combat sin and wrong,
Nor ask how much. nor count how 6Bz
They with the foe have striyen.
Wage ceaseless war 'gainst lawless might:
Speak ont the tTuth-act out the right
Shield the defenceless;
Be irm-be strong-improve the time
Pity the sinner-but for crime,
Crush it-relentless
Strive on, strive on, nor ever deem
Thy work complete. Care not to seem,
But be, Christian true.
Think, speak, and act, 'gainst mean device;
Wrestle with those who sacrifice
The many to the few.
Forget thyself, but bear in mind
The claims OF suffering humankind;
So shall the welcome night,
Unseen, o'ertake thee; and thy soul,
Sinking in slnmber ut the goal,
Wake in eternal light!
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-19
The American flag.
81 .oss.n EoDxAs DzAkE.

When Freedom from her mountain hight
Unfurled her standard IN the air,
She tore the azure robe OF night,
And set the stars Of glory there
she mingled with is gorgeous dyes
TEe milky baldrH Of the skies,
And striped is pure celestial white
With stTeakings of the morning light;
Then from his mansion in the san
She called Der eagle bearer down,
AID gave into his mighty hand
The symbol of her chosen land.
Majestic monarch Of the cloud,
Who reared'st sloft thy regal form,
To hear the tempest tTumpings loud
And see the lightning lanees driven,
When strive the warriors of the storm,
And rolls the thunder-drum Of heaven.
Child Of the sun! to thee It's given
To guard the banner Of the free,
20 hover In the sRlphuT smoke,
To ward away the battle stroke.
And bid its blendings shine afar,
Like rainbow on the cloud of war,
The Harbingers Of victory
Flag Of the brave, thy folds shall fy,
The sign Of hope and triumph high,
When speaks tbs signal trumpet tone,
and the long line comes cleaning on,
Ere yet the life blood, warm and wet,
Has dimmd the glistiniug bayonet,
Each soldier eye shall brightly turn
70 where the sky-born giofies burn,
And Is his springing steps advance,
Catch war and vengeance from the glance;
And where the cannon-mouthings loud,
Neaye in wild wreaths the battle-shroud,
And CORY sabres rise and fall
Like shots OF fame on meningitis pail,
Then shall thy meteor glanees glow,
And covering fees shall sink beneath
Each gallant arm that strikes below
That lovely messenger of death.
Flag Of the scasi on ocean wave
Thy stars shall glitter DER the brave:
When death careering on thegale,
Sweeps darby round the bellied sail,
And frightened waves rush wildly back
Before the broadside's recling rack,
Each dying vanderer of thesea
Shall look at once to heaven and thee,
And smile to see thy splendors fly
In triumph DER his closing eye.
Flag of the free hearts hope and homei
BY sngel hands to yalor given;
Thy stars havelit the welkin dome,
And all thy hues were born in heaven.
Forever float that standard sheet!
Where breathes the foe but falls before u
With Freedoms soil beneath our feet,
And Freedoms banner streaming DER u,
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-19
The Southern Sios.
Rumanism.

The late movement of Atchison and
his Jaeobins in invading with bands of
armed men a neighboring territory, and
fraudulently and violently exercising the
elective franchise to control the institu-
tons with which they had no right to
interfere, meets with the most decided
reprobation of all high-minded men in
every quarter of our country. The sub
sequent attempt of these same ruffians
upon their return to the State which they
have disgraced by their fraudulent con-
duct in Kansas, to silence all censure
upon them by mObbing the Parkville
Lnninsry and threatening the lives of
its conductors. is equally condemned by
the law-abiding citizens of the South and
the North. In fact nobody approves of
the course which it seems Atchison has
been fomenting ever since his return
from Washington. His conduct is espe-
cially disgusting to southern men, be-
cause he and his followers, by arming
themselves and going to neighboring
territory to interfere with its domestic
policy, have set the example and opened
the door to interference from abroad with
the institution and domestic policy of
the slave States, against which all south
ern men have heretofore taken the strong
est stand and have always protested to
believe that this doctrine was the very
ark of their safety. What, therefore,
can they say about the invasion of Kan
sas by the armed men from Missouri
under the lead of Atchison /? Upon
every principle upon which the South
has heretofore stood. this gross outrage
upon the rights of the people of Kansas
must be condemned and we should
not be surprised if the statesmen of the
South, jealous of the rights of the States,
and condemning. above all, every inter-
ference by the people of one State or Ter
ritory with the internal affairs and do
nestle policy of another, should take the
initiative in calling upon the President
to protect the people of Kansas, with the
military force of the country, from the
repetition of the oatrages practieed in the
late elections upon their rights. We
had hoped that when Atchison ceased to
represent the State of Missouri, that he
would cease to disgrace the State; but
it seems that the people of the State are
to be punished for the folly of elevating
this demagogue, even beyond the term
for which he was elected, and after they
had dismissed him in disgust from their
service. AS France suffers from the
stigma of having borne the rule of such
men as Danton, Murat, and Robespierre,
even SO it seems that Missouri must bear
the shame of having elevated one who
combines in his own person as much
Bickedness as all of the French revelu-
tionists, without having as much intel
beet as the least of them.
The violence of the pro-slarery Jaco
bins will recoil upon themselves-never
were men engaged in a worse cause, and
never was bad cause sought to be sus-
tanned by fouler means-and nothing is
more certain than that reaction win
come, and that speedily ; when it does
come, those who have been the most for
ward in this work of mischief, viii be
the FIRST to diselaim it, and TO abandon
the young and thoughtless who have been
mislsd by them.-Aissosri Democrat.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-19
The succez. OF Ape,it,ontsu,.


The success OF the abolitionists, In the
recent election of United States Senators
from the north and northwest, is omin-
Gus. The party which, twenty years
ago, was ridiculed in the north for the
insignifcance Of Its numbers and fanati-
cism, and treated with contempt In the
south, now controls the political destiny
of the States like New York. In the
east, north and west, the reyerberations
of their cannon echo over hill and valley,
the fendish joyof their triumphanthosts.
Their bon6res and rockets luridly glare
upon their cold sky and snow-elad earth,
in commemoration of victory.
Along road, river and lake, upon sea
shore and mountain, from Massachusetts,
to Wisconsin, shout answers shout from
their jubilant followers.
Abolitionism, the offspring of crazy
preachers and foolish women, the bant-
ling of dirtiest demagogues, now takes a
seat in the Senate Chamber, to counsel
in the greatest assembly In the world,
and to advise the President Of a Repub-
lie of States. It has demoralized the
Wing and Democratic parties which
sought its lewd embrace. 1t laughs to
scorn the Know Nothing party, which,
we were told, would Americanize and
convert it from its pestiferous course to
conservatism.
1t SCOTS the word of God, tramples on
the constitution, violates sacred oaths
without reniorse and yet in the north,
the pious north, celebrated for its schools,
for Its churches, for It's Sabbath ordinan-
ces, for Temperance laws, for moral re-
form, it boldly marches forward, con-
quering every party that opposes it
What does this portend? What will be
the end ofthis beginning
The election of the several Abolition
Senator's is not the triumph of men,
Mr.. Stewards and Mr.. Wilson's election
is no exponent of individual success. 1t
is the exponent of great moral power.
1t is a pulsation of the heart of a great
revolution, which has been gathering
strength slowly, but with accelerated
progression, from the day that Arthur
Tappan and Horace Greedy put the ter
rible bail of Abolitionism and Commun-
! ism in motion. Seward and Wilson are
but flies upon the massive wheel of the
car of the Juggernaut which will soon
crush all north and south that come in
its resistless- way. 1t is not Seward or
Wilson that are to be feared. Its ideas
that live-that revolutionize, not men,
Let not the south be limited in her view
and lose sight of great revolution, in
watching the success of men.
Ii, then, the recent elections of Abo-
lition Senator'S are an index of a revolu-
ton in the north, land not of individual
success, and if it be true that revolutions
never 60 backward, what is the south
to do ? She must look to no party nor
man north of Mason & Dixon's line for
safety. She must not expect it in the
constitution. The south must prepare
to rely upon herself, for Abolitionism
viii at no distant day put her out of the
pale of the Union.-NoJle News.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-19

H The Nebraska Legislature. ad-
iourned sine die on the 18th ult- They
enacted general system of laws. chiefly
borrowed from Iowa; provided for an
efficient organization ofeounties /; passed
a good school law, providing free schools
for all; passed . stringent prohibitory
lie nor law chartered three universities,
incorporated medical society; and pro-
yided for taking new census the ensu-
mo fall by the marshal, from which a
new apporticnment of representatives Is
to be made By the GoverHor.-4f Nebraska
Clipper.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-19
The ParkviIIe Mob.

The Missouri Democrat speaks of
the Parkville outrage in the following
bold language
"How long will the law abiding and
order loving people of Missouri allow
themselves to be overawed and dragooned
by ruffians? The PEOPLE of the slave
States are more interested than any other
people in putting down and rebuking
Atehison and his gang, who went over
into Kansas to interfere with the election
of that Territory-because the people of
the slave States have always held to the
doctrine of non-intervention by the peo-
pie of one State with the affairs of an 9TH
er, and have always held this doctrine as
absolutely essential to their own safety;
but Atehison has set the example of inva-
ding neighboring Territory with bands
of armed men to control the elections,
and to settle its institution, and this ex-
ample is pregnant with danger to this
and every other slave State. Its, there
FORE, incumbent upon the people of Mis-
souri, to rebuke Atchison and his gang
for their conduct in setting an example
so dangerous and SO Illegal, but it seems
that mob law is to be invoked to silence
those who would raise their voices against
the infamous conduct of Atchison and
his confederates. The ''largest real es-
tate owner" in Platte county has his
press destroyed, and is ordered to leave
the State-of Missouri by those who went
to Kansas to commit fraud by voting in
the elections, and who have come back
to silence all exposure by violence. Tits
to be hoped that the people of Platte
county will take steps to protect them
selves against these demagogues, and
that they will receive such punishment
as will deter them from any repetition
of such outrages.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-19
Maxims for the HealthY.

Solid ailment, thoroughly n,asticated
is far more saiutary than soups, DC.
Fat meat, butter and oily substances O
every kind, are difficult of digestion, of.
fensiye to the stomach, and tend to de.
range that organ and induce disease.
Coffee and tea debiIitate the stomach
and impair digestion.
Gentle exercise after eating promote:
digestion more than indolent inactivity OF
rest. Violent exercise with q full stona.
ach is injurious.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-19
a Sugar Bush on the Prairies.

Anold pioneer in this town. by the
name Of Samuel Pierce, has growing up
on his farm about annie from our village
maple trees set out by him, that he has
tapped this spring, obtaining sufficient saf
to make quite an amount Of maple sugar
Some of bis maple trees are six inches in
diameter, having been trsnsplanted only
FIVE years Whitewater Gazette.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-19

A chaplin In q State Prison was ask
ed by pious friend how his parishoner.
were IAN under conviction. was the
reply.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-19

H The Territorial Legislature Of
Nebraska has outlawed the business OF
making and selling intoxicating liquors
as beverage.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-19

When an extrayagans friend wishes to
borrow your money. consider which Of
the two you had rather lose.
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