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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
The 5fsFaIo Of FREEDOM.
G. w. BROWN, Editor.
Lawrence, Saturday, Nov. IL. 1856.
Freedom VS. slaverv.

Our friend E. w. Bennett, while on
his way to Kansas City few days ago,
says he met crowds of pioneers from
Illinois, and other Western States,
on their way to the Territory. Covered
teams were metalmost constantly. There
were ten emisrant wagons in one train
well supplied with stock and all the ap-
pliances for building up home in new
country. They appear to be making
their way principally to the Neosho, and
the south part of the Territory.
Mr.. B. further states that four fam
lilies of prO-sIavery persons, formerly
from Kentucky, camped with him one
night on the Wakarusa. They we're on
their way. with their negroes, from the
Territory, and said that where they had
settled, near Bloomington, they were
completely surrounded with Yankees ;
that they did not like such neighborS
for their slave property, and had conclu-
ded to go back where there would not be
SO great risk to run. They were ap-
prehensiye Congress would give the val
idity of law to the Constitution now
framing. then all hope was gone. He
met four families of pro-slavery Virgin
ians, who had left the Neosho with their
slaves, and were going to locate in Platte
county. Mo. Mr.. B. says three families
of Virginians have left the neighborhood
where he resides, and have gone to set
tie in Missouri They claimed that there
was no prospect whatever of making
Kansas slave State.
If these persons desire to keep their
''Dlommas with them," they will settle
elsewhere than in Missouri, or prepare
for another hegira to some other region !;
for tie recent occurrences along the bor-
der has furnished demonstratable proof
that the days of slavery are numbered
In that State, and the future historian
will record the fact that D. r. Atchison
and Bully F. Stringfellow were the prin-
cipal agents in bringing about this re-
suit,
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
SUindIeTS.

The self-elected Executive Commit
tee of Kansas Territory, at Topeka, are
issuing "Kansas Scrip" and pledge
that provision shall be made in the
Constitution they are forming for its re-
demption. This is the last act of idioey
we have seen. Every man who offers
to pass one should be prosecuted, and
he who receives one should be sent to
the Lunatic Asylum, forthwith. Such
a colony of knaves and fools combined
has not been seen in modern times
Ransos City Enterprise.
We confess that we were "fools" to
allow an army ofmercenaries from Mis-
souri, to vote for US in the spring, and
don't wonder at being mistaken for such,
but we have resolved to a man to make
all such persons settlers in earnest in
case they come down upon US in SINH
lar form again,
As to that Executive Committee, Kan
sas Scrip and Constitution the less our
contemporary troubles himself about them
the better sense he will exhibit. He is
a resident of Missouri. and it should be
his province to look after the institutions
of his own State, not after those of ours.
We shall form State Constitution, or
ganize under it, and place ourselves in
a condition for self defense. We trust,
too, that measures will be taken to organ
ize, equip and Discipline an army so that
the ballot boxes can be protected in flu
ture. What has the Enterprise to say
to that proposition.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
False Rumor.

The report that Gov. REEDER was muir
dered in Kansas was telegraphed East,
aud made considerable excitement in the
principal cities. The story was got uF
for the purpose of influencing the election
in the Doniphan District on the 9th Of
October, and was first announced by the
Captain of steamer at Doniphan on the
morning of the election. 1t had its effect
to some extent, by preventing the credu-
lous from attending the polls. The tele-
graphic operator at Weston or st. Joseph
got the neWS, and it was circulated al
over the country. The story was made
out of whole cloth, without the leasl
trifing incident on which to base the
rumor.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
Another Law Office.

We invite the attention of the reader
to the business card of our friend G. p.
LOWRY, Esq, late of Pennsylvania, who
has opened law Office in this city
Mr.. L. comes well recommended, is a
man of talent, and must be thoroughly
posted in his profession to have been adj
mitted to practice in the Courts of Penn
sylvania, which are noted the world over
as being extremity critical in the exami-
nation of their law students. Mr.. L.
came to Kansas as the private secretary
of Gov. REEDER, and discharged his
duties with fidelity to that distinguished
gentleman. In opening an Office for
himself We bespeak for him the favorable
consideration of the public.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17

~The rush of emigration has COM
menced in earnest, our hotels and board
ing houses are crowded with emigrants
for the Territory, and the trade of our
fast growing city has never been so ac-
tive as at present. Every team that can
be procured in the adjacent country is
pressed into service, and the demand is
augmenting. River men tell us. that
one half the emigration that comes up
the Missouri River, disembarks at Kan
sas City. The eheapness of supplies at
this point, and the shortness of the diff
ferent routs to all parts of the Territory,
with our unrivalled prairie roads, rem
ders this city the popular thorough
fare for the great West.-Ransas City
Enterprise.
Pioneers who propose settling on the
north side of Kansas river will do as well,
or better to disembark at Leavenworth
City. There are good accommodations
there for travellers, and what is equally
as pleasant, very large majority of the
population arc Free State men, and in
future will protect emigrants and others
from violence and insult.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
Save Labor.

All subscriptions for the HERALD OF
FREEDOM are discontinued as soon as
the period arrives for which they are
paid for. Our patrons will observe this
fact, and save themselves the labor of
writing US ordering the paper stopped
at the expiration of the year, for their
request will not vary our action in the
premises. Those who want the HERALD
OF FREEDOM continued to them another
year must so write us, and in all cases
inclose the subscription price for six
months or one year.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17

~ 1t is generally supposed that the
Herald, and Free State, published at
Lawrence, will die about the advent OF
the holidays. Shouldn't wonder.-Ran-
Sas City Enterprise.
That such is the wish of the Enter
prise we are well aware, but that such
will be the fate of the Herald is not
true. We have determined on sustain
ing it permanently, and no ordinary
circumstance will crush it out. The
fact that it has been a losing concern
thus far, and that we have been crippled
for means to prosecute the enterprise
does not argue that it will always be so.
The present indications are that the
friends of free Institutions. not only i'll
Kansas but throughout the East, will
come to our support. Already the
prospects are that brighter day is
dawning.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
Chills and Fever.

Considerable chilIs and fever exist in
some parts of the city; but it is moth
ing in comparison to well authenticated
accounts we have received from other
localities. This disease prevails to an
unprecedented extent in many portions
of the country, whole families being
Frustrated with it, some communities
having scarcely enough well persons in
them to take care of the sick. The
cases, however, rarely prove fatal,
yielding readily to proper remedies if
taken in time.-Sprinafetd, H., Jour
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
Palse.

A villainoas letter was forwarded from
Leavenwor;h to the Cleveland Leader
giving an account OF an occurrence in
the former city which never had an ex-
istence, save in the fertile imagination OF
the writer. It must have been written
by pro-slayery man, for we cannot con-
ceive Free State man could write such
an infamous falsehood, and have nothing
to make it from. We hope the eastern
press will correct the statement, as there
are facts enough against the pro-slavery
party, and no necessity OF resorting to
such means to carry an end. 1t is the
stock in trade of our opponents. and we
must be careful not TO use them.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
A New Name.

"BoRDER RUFFIAN," is the name ola
paper about to be published in the four
ishing town of Richfeld, Clay county,
Mo.
A boat is being built to run in the
Missouri river trade next season, to be
called the Border Rufian
This appellation given by the Massa-
chusetts Yankees to Missourians, it
seems, is becoming very popular. We
hear of several distinguished Missouri
ans who intend to name their first boy,
Border Ruffian. The name was first
applied by way of derision. but We
rather ''guess as how its originators are
becoming sick and tired of the term
LeaVeHworth Herald.
Not sick of the term by any means
On the contrary they are applying it to
their nseanest puppies, under the impress
sion that no decent dog should wear
such title.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17

FINE selection Of School and MisceiiAhssa
"A Books are kept for sale at the o:lloe o :; -
Hsy'aN If Freedom, among which are ] he ilsis
ines Of History, Heroines Of the Crusade I o.
Book of Martyrs. Perilous Adventures q lIAI-
elers. Farm and Preside, Cruise in the Asilis
raHean, Hurry Graphs, People Have Ms;, i:zf1
Letters, Fun Jottings, Autographs for FFes! 2
Great Cities Of the World, Frank Freeman : "a
Der Shop, Mirror of the Soul, Antiquiilsz 9
Western New York, Signers Of the DeclaI@a9-'
Army Of the United States, Geographic lii-.-
~ Of New York, Pocket and Guarto Bib.s- a
Also, large supply Of Toy Books for etisiIss,
We have also very superior article Of Ise1
cap and Letter Paper, Pens, Penholder-: B =.
Writing Fluid, adhesive Enyelofes, Fabe:s - ia
els, dc. L. II. Brown d "
LAWRENCE, Feb. 3, 1s55.--tf
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
The Demagogue.

Gov. Shannon is taking life easy here
in Kansas. Snugly enseonced at the
Shawnee Mission we hear nothing from
him save his making trip on the Esd
ult. to Lecompton to attend land sale
on that day. 1t is true when he first
arrived in the Territory he found it con-
venient to take the stump for Gen.
Whitfield, and attended the polls at the
Missouri election, but on the whole his
duties are light and he can afford plenty
Of time to pen four column articles for
publication in the local press, in self
defence, and can even spend time to send
a copy to Ohio for publication without at
all encroaching on his public duties
After the LIST Monday in December
when the Senate convenes-the Govern
or will be at liberty to pursue the even
tenor of his ways, and then he can make
pro-slavery speeches if he chooses, vote
for pro-slavery candidates, or falsify the
position of the public press of Kansas,
but while he is under pay from govern
ment, and dates his correspondence from
the Executive Office of Kansas T., y
he must suspend this employment, Oh
catch occasional fits from our pen and
scissors. While he pursues the legiti
mate duties of his Office we will lenC
him our assistance in sustaining his
administration, but we cannot do 81
while he is playing the demagogue ant
politician, as has been his case since hi
arrival in Kansas.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
HarreB's Fire and Wafer Prssi
COMPOSITION ROOFING.

Office No. II, orer Pot Qfee, 81. Losis, Es
FTNHE undersigned Manufacturers and DsAlHs'
i in WAREES' Fire and " ater Proof CoiHisS. }.
ton Roofing, have been extensively eng-sS- =; :
tie manufacture Of the above Roofs in 81 L. :
about seven .eaTs, during which tine We =: =,
had our Roofs tcsted under every yariely g q;
cumstances, and confidently offer il e IL -. -
Us . mode Of Roofing uhohjecti0Dsble u 80
important particular, while i eoEitine.s =
greater degree than any other Roof ia US ths
liable requisites Of eheapness, Durability si''
curity against IRE and water.
Materials for sale, with directions fSr ~.
c. II. e. III. II. WAkKf'-
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
PLnWSI PL0WSii

HAVING procured the agency Of sAzsos
1 i WALKER & Co.'S celebrated St>el CtiRfS
Prairie and Farming PIozss, maRniaeisre', al
Bellville ILL.,. we are prepared TO Eli al 0riei;
from Kansas Territory and elsewhere
These Flows are manufactured expressly io'
the wants Of the West, and with view - dlf.-
bility, DC. Their merits have been fully tested
and thus We can freely recommend tbem-
Persons ordering can judge Of the SIZE Waflcal
description, DC, from the character Of sol -iis
strength Of team. The Prairie PioWs are iIefa
IA to 70 inches furrow, or larger If ordered M
Corn or Farming Plows vary iii size ifcm c9s
Horse No. 4, to Nos. 5, 81 Large Two A9i's
Roll. All have steel points and mould OoAi'is--
Prairie Plows vary in price from so 70 -
numbers named-Corn do. from s. 81 tcs so p
manufacturers prices.
Send your orders with specifications, and NJ
viii be promptly filed.
T. A. HUNT d Co.
No. Is Leres, 50. Lair, Vs-
zu%sJ II 1873
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
~Delabay's statement that a ma

~ Delahay's statement that man
cast his ballot by proxy, at WHITFIELD
election, is going the rounds of the free
soil and abolition press. Wonder if any
of them will ever see Delahay's retrac-
ton, not only of this but other charges
in reference to Illegal votes, cast at the
same election Herald.
The abolition press" as the Herald
is disposed to call every paper which op-
poses the introduction of slavery into
Kansas, has seen that statement, and
one of them has learned that the state
ment of Mr.. Delahay was strictly truth
full, and we presume it will be backed
up in due time with affidavits from reli-
able men. who saw and know all the
circumstances attending the transaction
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
Railroad Opened.

The Pacific railroad is now complete.
and in running orderfrom st. Louis to
jefferson City, No., a distance of about
one hundred and thirty miles. It was
opened on the first day of November
e IS about $40 miles by land to that
point from this place, and eS5 miles from
Kansas City, No.. via the river.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17

6EThe entire vote for Whitfield on
the lst day of October was 2. 1855. This
includes abouta 600 imported votes from
Missouri, or persons who voted by proxy.
and several times over IN the name Of
their neighbors.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
H We ordered two hundred an,

re- We ordered two hundred and
twenty-five reams of printing paper
of the size and quality of that on
which the Herald of Freedom is now
printed, and received an answer dated
st Buffalo, n. T., OF. the Esd ultimo.,
that part Of it would be forwarded in
ten days from Cleveland. We trust il
win reach us before the river is closed
for the season, otherwise We mast use a
smaller size until navigation opens in
the spring.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
rnnr fr;e,,a Ar NJ + coxu

ggour friend Mr.. NJ. F. CoSwAr,
Esq, has been confined to his room for
several weeks with sickness. induced by
too great exercise on his tour through
the Territory organizing the Free State
party. prior to the recent election. He
was too much indisposed to take his
seat in the Constitutional Convention,
to which he was elected member from
the St. Msry's district. We are glad to
observe that be is recovering. and hope
soon 20 ses him il the streets.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17

2 HThe papers are filed with .ac-
counts of southern emigration to Kansas.
We see none of it here. If the state
ment was reversed, and corrected, it
would read Southern Emigration from
Kansas" The last hope of the slavery
propaganda has expired. and the publi-
cation of articles, headed ''Startling Dis
closures, won't save them.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
w The Abolitionists say, that a

H The Abolitionists say, that all
men living in the Territory of Kansas,
who are from Southern States, are in it
unlawfully, and that, consequently, their
votes are ''illegal" Mems.
The "AboIitionists" have said no such
thing, but they do say that there are but
very few resident pro-slavery men in the
Territory, and that their numbers are
gradually diminishing.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
HThe Law and Order. !

TIC Law and Order" meeting
is to be held in LeayenwoFth on the 1 4th
inst. It is called by persons who are
DESTROYS of enforcing the lass of the
bogus Legislature, and viii be a rich
affair of ITSELF. Some of our citizens
should go over, as we are all claw snd
ORDER men.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
p. A. Hunt & Co.,

General Gnnmissios, Prodsos. and Iore.sfS'5
AerelGats, 30. 10 Leree, 81. L0ssis, No
AT bah orders for any description 81 1is
N. chandise, when accompanied Wiis iei r.
commission for buying any amount osss s,--.
dollars viii be " per cent; under 81! eoii1is !.
Der cent The subscribers will eonfne II u.
Strictly 70 legitimate commission 51'sis
they viii at ali times be prepared 20 maze =
advances on eonsisnDsRis-
RETEKExcEs n KAa sAs:--S- C. fcnefo.' =
DR.. &. Robinson
r. HUNT, Late Of HHbbeu q lsl'''
]. EDWARD HUNT.
s.. Leuis, 1IP7iz IA, 1855
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
Badly Frightened.

Pat. LaugAiiH says he expects to be
assasinated because of his exposure of a
secret society which he alleges to exist
in the Territory. Pat. need have no
fears on that account, for our private
opinion is that if he has been made ac-
quainted with any such organization as
he represents, it was one gotten up for
the express accommodation of such chaps
as him, and designed for exposure. He
was the only person in the Territory fool
and knave enough to make it public.
Poor Pat! He stands before the COM
munity in future as apsUurer, a knqpe
and fool Wonder if he car sleep
easy o. nights after this. How is it,
Pat.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17

@Robt C. Miller. Indian Agent.
has given notice that every white settler
within the limits Of the Shawnee Rsserya-
ton must retire within twenty days else.
they win be expelled BY military force
from the Reservation, agreeably to the
directions Of the President OF the Unit
ed States.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17

HThe St. Joseph's Cycle promised
to publish the ritual of the secret society
which Pal. LaagAlin, the pe1prsr. has
exposed, m its last number, and did NOT
do it. Howis that Mr. Cycles
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
Toneka Brick Yard.

$50. 900 d s.l .ssss & & =, ss ., j
- ~ has. ., great expenss, ccfnple-e
- srrs,,re.oents. and is row prepared 70 =.
e;sh tbs lirst quality OF Brick e iAiI -
N ,J,o YFa;,i would do val 20 call ilisEDenl
s. tber are in good demand, and disaPPsss,r -
the ward rapidly. l. W. noA
zspsEs, &. r.. Asg- Is, 1sss--5
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17

HoyLEn 4 wELLsE IssEessicns ~ -
At tls IlEEaLD o. FkLkecs offIsA
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
BOORsI BOoRsI!

Apra Il. 1855.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-11-17
Gov. Shannon.

We find the following letter from Gov.
Shannon in the Ohio Statesman, followed
by the long letter we published from
him in our last issue:-
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the help Of God we will still continue TO conquer.
Gentlemen, thank you for the kind expression
in the concluding paragraph Of your lc'ter-'Three
cheers for Atchison aud Lansasp have read this
paragraph to sundry Of the border rufians,' and
their eyes sparkle, their arms are ncryed. We
have been acting on the defensive altogether; the
contest with US is Of life and DEATH and II will
be so with you and your institution five fail At
Gibson, Stringiclow, and the border rufiians' Of
Missouri, il column Of each Abolition paper pub
lished in the NoIth abuse most foul and fhlschood
unblushing is poured out upon us, and yet we have
no advocate.in the Southern press; and yet VIC re-
ccive no assistance from the southern States. But
the time will shortly come when that assistance
must and will be rendered; the stake the border
ruhians' are playing for is n mighty one. II Kan
sas is abolitioniHcd, Missouri ceases TO be Slave
State. New Mexico becomes a Free State, Califor-
mia remains Free State; but II we secure Kansas
as a slave state, Missouri Is secure; New Mexico
and Southern California, IL not all Of H. becomes
a Slave State; In word the prosperity or the ruin
Of the whole South depends on the Kansas strug-
gle. Your obedicnt servant,
D. II. ATCHIsON.
Messrs W. b. Wusos, JSo. L. MILLEn, and SAM
UEL W. MEIToS, committee Of invitation"
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LAmPLIGHTER LITERATURE.

The Lamplighter was the precursor of a series
Of novels which have attained great popularity, by
taking their heroes and heroines from humble life
and browning them with grases and virtues that
redeem them from their low estate. Two volumes
of this series which we have lately read deserve
passing notice.
The RAG-PIcKER. New York, Mason Brothers.
This book will help to wider appreciation of tho
truth that there are prouder victories in humble
life, the fruits Of piety and selfdenial, than were
ever won by knghtIy sword or ON the tented field.
The leading character Is one Of the humblest Of
men engaged in the most mental Of employments,
but he commands the respect and admiration Of
the reader by the exhibition Of virtues worthy Of
a king No discriminating person will read the
book without being profted. The publishers have
done their part well, aud have left nothing to be
improved so far as concerns typography and me
chanical execution.
TUE MATcH-GRL. Philadelphia, W. W. Smith,
This novel is creating small sensation, from the
fact that many of its characters are drawn from
real life. Those who recollect the details Of the
Forrest divorce case few years ago, will have no
difficulty in recognising most Of the characters
The tragedian himself his wife, N. p Willis, and
others equally we'll known are among the persona
ges represented. The heroine Of the book is match
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Osmond lihany' Esq oi p"''''"oie' "en'e's' '"e
second lecture Of our Ni''age eourse' On "eune'ay
evening, upon the ''rroeress o' 'ne i"uu''r"''
Arts IN China. Ihesup)ec' choSen' as wen az 'ne
able manner IN which II was 'rea'eu' mane 'ne 'ec-
ture interesting and profitable WIN tne S'ng'e
exception OF JAPAN less Is known OIL Oh'na' us
laws and institutions than Of any o'her nation on
the globe. It's WITHIN inc memory Oh men no'
greatly advanced in years. mat tue n'"e''o eA''u-
sive nation Of the 'Oeesua's mas gwen away 70
the pressure Of modern enterprise ana outer Dar-
barans' been admitted TO reside ana tranlo "i'n'i
its borders. As yet, however but very rev nave
been pernitten to explore 'he hiuden n'ys'e'ss o'