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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09
An Eloquent Appeal.

Delaware, it will be remembered, has
passed quite a stringent prohibitory law.
When the fate of the bill hung in sus-
pense, successful appeal has been made
by an inebriate. Read it, We advocate Of
the largest liberty, and remember:
The most convincing argumenti IN favor
ofprohibition thatwe ever heard, is said to
have been made to member in the State
Senate of Delaware, during the pending
of the prohibitory bill before that body.
A man of notorious Incorporate hab-
its, said to the honorable member-who
it was thought held the life or death Of
the bill at his will-"Suppose, Mr..
a vessel was out in the Bay, in a sinking
condition, with a large number of per-
sons on board, without boats or any 9TH
er means of escape, and you had the only
boat and the only means of escape; with
out your assistance they must perish, and
you could save them without endanser-
ing your own life, would you do it?''
Certainly l would. l should be in
human to do otherwise!"
"Well," said he, Il, and there are
hundreds of others like me that have be-
come such creatures of habit, that we
have not the heart to try and save our
selves-you can by your vote in the Sen
ate help us. Will you do it?"
This appeal was said to be more con-
vincing than dozen lectures would have
been from temperance men; and the hon.
orable gentleman's mind was more firmly
fixed in favor of the bill than it had even
been before.
The gentleman did vote for this bill,
and it became law. In few months
that poor inebriate, with hundreds d
otherss their wives and children, viii
have the shield of law for protection
May God protect the right
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09
Modesty.

Ladies, word in your ear; have you
lovers, and would you possess worthy
husband? Choose him whose delieacy
of department, whose sense of your
worth leads him TO stand aloof, while
others crowd around you. If he bushes,
stanmers, even at your approach, con-
slider them as 50 many signs of his exaH-
ed opinion of your sex. If he is retiring
and modest, let not a thousand fortunes
weigh him down in the balance, for, de-
pend upon it, with him your life viii be
happier with poverty than with many
another surrounded by the splendor Of
palaces.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09
An open Smile.

Senator Dickinson says, that politicians
are just like aligators. They open their
mouth for horse and are perfectly will
ling to take up with fly. There is as
much truth as wit in this remark. Las;
spring our friend Dobson applied for a
Thousand dollar consulship." The con-
sulships were all disposed of. He then
said he would take a clerkship in the
Treasury Office, He was equally an
successful in obtaining this. He kept
trying, and at last made raise. He is
now deputy door-keeper to the Senate
coal cellar.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09
Young Generals.

1t is stated in an English paper that
Alexander the Great died at the early
age of SO. Hannibal gained the battle
of Canine at about the sameage. Scipio
fought at Zama when not much over 80.
Julius Caesar conquered Gaul when he
was poisoned in his 34th year. At the
battle of Plassey, Gives age was moi
so far advanced as that. Napoleon gain
ed his mighty victory at Austerlitz,
when he had scarcely completed his 35th
year; and at the time Wellington finish
ed his campaign in the plains of Water
loo, he was only 46 years old.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09
M. z. CONWAY.

This abolition protege of Governor
Reeder's is sojourning in Baltimore, en-
gagged in scribbling for the free-soil pa.
pers. We have received copy of the
Baltimore Sun, with the compliments o
this puppy, containing a defamatory arti
Gle on the Missourians, which we notice
in another column. We think Conway
is entitled to coat of tar and feathers
and should he again show himself in oul
Territory, we think there may be some
persons charitable enough to give hin
his dues.-Squatter Sovereign.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09
ORIGINAL Poetry
&- TIE Arald q Freedom.
BIZ HE-so.


Iifc's transient gloTies glide away,
And the stern footsteps OF decay
Como stealing on-Ehile down the tide
OF Time our ileeiizg moments gii.le.
Our lives. ike hasting streams, mast Be
Consigned to one engulphing sea-
The sea of death-IBose waves fow on.
Ger king and kingdom, crown and throne.
The damp Of death is sure to blight
The cheeks pure glow of red and white;
Youth smiles, and all Is heavenly fair
Age comes, and lays his finger there
Where then the strength that sparn'd decay
The step elastic, light and gay?
The strength is gone, the steps slow,
And JOY grows veaTine<s and woe
The buoyant springs Of youth are dried,
While, as our bark skins DER the tide
OfIife. our buried hopes are seen,
Beneath the surface clear, serene
And shine, though lost 70 rs and fed,
Like pearls uPon the ocean-bed.
Our birth IS but the starting place,
Life IS the running of race,
And death the sought and silent shore
For all, when life and toll are DER
Letno vain hopes deceive the mind,
No happier may We hope 70 find
Our future than our former days,
= Unless more true 70 VISIONS ways
We better learn our task below,
And better practice what we know:
Say then. how poor and little worth
The giittering gems and toys of earth,
That lure like dreams which death must breal
Alas, before il bids rs wake.
Worth,-mentsl, morals tbs sum
To which eaTth's valid items come;
And gifts ike thine their treasures pour,
Transforming, guiding, like the dawn,
And purely shed their blessings DER
Each mortal path they shine upon.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09
Murder of n1aIoo,m clark.

Will the citizens and friends of NAL
colin Clark remain silent and Indifferent
or viii they arise in their strength and
mete out vengeance to the perpetrator of
this foul deed. You would be justifa-
BILE, if there was a certainty of his meet
ing the fate he so much deserves, in let
ting the law take its course but there
are too many holes forthe guilty tocrawl
through.
He was murdered BY an Abolitionist
of the most rabid stripe, one who has been
paid to reside in the Territory for the ex-
press purpose of negeo-stealing and aid
ing in the abolition of slavery in Nilsson
ri.
Such a man is Nc Crea, and We are on
ly astonished that he has thus long been
suffered to pol!ute the atmosphere Of Kan
sas Territory with his nauseous breath
Hanging would be too good for him, burn
him. They have spilled the first blood,
and if the indignant, excited people should
spill the blood of ten to one, will it not
be the fault of the Abolitionists?
The murder of III. Clark not only de-
priyes very interesting family of their
only parent and support, and Platte Coun-
ty of one Of her most useful citizens; but
it has taken from the pro-slarery ranks
one of their most efficient men. And all
without cause. Is it expected that you
willireniain silent and inactive under the
existing circumstances
We suggest such course as win drive
from our midst all such hired assasins.-
Make an example that win be lasting. one
that viii create the greatest terror; no
|pro-slayery man is safe so long as those
Abolition eut-throats, and midnight as
sasins are permitted to roam over our
fair land-driye the last one back. or
hang him IS high as Haman.-Rieh.fsid
No., Enterprise.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09
Choice Poett.,..
Try Again.

How off has disappointment marred
Some cherished plan Of mine,
And bid winter clouds appear 49,
W here summers sun should shine;
Yet as they darker grew,
I've seen some wondrous pen
Upon the very blacklist write
The sentence, TRY again.
How often, IN the Silly hour
OF night. the heavy sigh
In sympathy has stroye to meet
The ear-drop in my eye:
And then, ike angels whispering
Their messages to men,
I've heard quiet breathing of
The sentence, Try again
How often. as I've walked amidst
LIES very busy tide,
And jostled with its favored ones
On each and every SIDE;
When my misfOrtunes seemed to be
Overwhelming. even then
Has some good spirit brcathed to me
The sentence, Try again.
BY guardian angel it must be,
Or else the weight of care
Had sunk me in the very depths
OF sorrog and despair;
But, oh, my heart much lighter seems,
And hope shines brighter. when
l hear that spirit softly breathe
The sentence, '.Try again"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09

@ 1t is mind that gives beauty to
the rose, and throws sublimity around
the mountain or the comet. Il is mind
that enyelops the cascade with beauty.
and heavens with grandeur. In pro-
portion to the minds breadth and depth,
the store of information it possesses. and
accumulated ideas Of its experience. 50
are the intensity and loftiness Of its en-
joyment.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09
r The Mexican and Indian trade II

town is still brisk and driving. Long
trains are leaving daily for Santa Fe and
the Arkansas country. Representatives
from nearly every border tribe of Indians
are constantly in our streets-tradiDg.
dancing, Dc, DC. This week the emf
grafton to Kansas has also been increas-
ing, and we also noticed among the emf
grants several wagons en- route for Cali
fornia = Westport Neps.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09
and thus avert what might be danger if
- - 18th oo11r1oo 2

and thus avert what Hs1qRt DC Danger II
not met with courage.
MoEEr to build mills and manufacto-
ries and furnish shops and stores till our
grand natural resources can be developed
and the necessities of the emigration sup
piled therefrom. Is there no money in
the North which the holders dare invest
without the sanction of Wali-street?
ORGAslzAT1oE on the part of the pio-
neeFs Of freedom, not against the South,
but in defence and support of their
brethren against the preponderating for
ees of that league which alike defes the
letter and spirit of the Constitution, the
common law, the law of Its own State,
and the law whose magic refrain is
popular sovereignty"
Northern men of courage, of genius,
of capital, will you respond?
A CITIZEN OF KANSAS.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09

g Adrunkard in Ssrasburg, Cana.
da, returning home one night,-stopped,
and took off his coat and vest and hung
them on the fence, then lay down by the
side of the road, and was found in the
morning frozen stiff.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09
Flowers.

Encourage the women and children to
cultivate a few flowers, by preparing a
suitable placeand procuring the seeds and
roots. Depend upon ii. they viii bring
smiles upon your lips and radiate your
own heart before the summer closes.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09

An old widoBer says, when you pop
the question, to lady, do it with kind
Of laugh, as if you were joking. If she
accepts you, very well. if she does not,
you can say you were only in fun.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09

~ A clergyman was censuring q
young lady for tight-lacing- why. =
replied the miss, s.you would not surely
recommend loose habits to your PARISH
ioners." The clergyman smiled.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09
Prices of Slaves in Missouri.

An ordinary negro woman, with a
small child, sold in Bowlingreen, the
other day, for 1,12s. A negro man,
belonging to the estate of G. w. Gordon,
of Boone country, was recently sold at
public sale for 81, Isl cash.
At a sale of slaves, belonging to the
estate of Stephen Scobel deceased, OF
Monroe county, the following prices were
obtained:
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09

~ We often read .shints to young
men-the young men of our time re-
qaire something stronger than hints.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09

The Legislature of Pennsylvania adj
journed sine die this A. NJ The House
passed unanimously resolution, thank
ing Gov. Reeder, of Kansas, for his faith
full adherence to the old landmarks of
republican liberty, and defending the
purity of the ballot box against lawless
mob-bidding him cordial welcome to
his friends and followers.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-09
Pennsylvania Legislature

The following telegrapbic dispatch to
St. Louis on the 9th inst, shows that our
friends of Pennsylvania are right on the
great question of the day.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-27
HENRY WILSON.
TERRIBLE FIRE.
From The Wesfers (M,. J Reporter

From The Westevs (Ma) Rep7yfey.
We have TO record the most melancholy fire that
ever occurred in city II broke out on the nora
ing Of the 9Th inst about O'Clock ia the of tho
ten pin alley back Of the Uoited States Hotel, on
Market st spreading up Msin-st. with destructive
fury and burbipg the two entire blocks, save
Beiobers three buildings Short ani NJ .in.ts., one
of which suffered Considerable damage. Here the
flames were stayed in their destructive progress by
the exertiOns of the ctzore. and the favorable turn
the wind took at this jaoctare Of the GAIA nifty.
w. Murpbys building u.ed as grocery and ten.pin alley
occupied by C Dupn-ioss to Mufphs sOoo Damn s56
Ss 500 sesi sns t ssis roo aois i s"
byidi.s saGoo, occupied T. ROss los. ssOc A De:
Toe. sioio PsTls blacksmith .top. ssjsaias $50, lsse
clothing s,ors Of Goosmth Binsson building Owned BY
fiso, Geo. wurtisJ'; dwelling AID fa,nltare, S'.'
y''y,rS T.. J Soi'ss grocery 0;s~9 S obS:
:tas oeess;ed ana owSed D. G. Fines. bai.ns 5000,
iss Il. wo@s.p .d5is sr. shop bulldog ssoSo
.tsel ESQ., judge bccgra,s ss .ais up stair. o.. $l5
sso budes Owned BY o'ss,n los; $500; sO9s Of Ten
ssSs Building y 1, ssS 4 S sSS'
S9 ~ .S' Office s' S: :.. & $50 s.p.
Mitchell Dry goes los. $40 COO, ouildss owned By c.
taiiains Isl % stoei $1,000, Mites Moore Law ocs no
ssLs le.s $780, Henry Harrison, Ne~YO,s CITY, building
LoSss ,hhd ,sM, total ... s5S' John o1S
sis- once DR. Msn los. socs.cL R.@sse lag 9f,e,
u
sDce Agent 700; Or Erickson. stairs, loss 90; ODD
Ftllowy Hall tbird story. 81 % Harr.oo; Ss'fok.
tuidips loss $500 occupied by Drs. Bower B,nfan loss
siCc; Dr Rsnsone, buildus, ies. 500; Wdner.
sfoe ,bop co. 10 the Of ls buildings Evans Mitch
ELS vrebous. cot $780, Tut Baker, homp 10 said ware
house lo-s sI 600, L. d Bios baildias Ios $50: w.
Murray's butchers shop less Sl0e L. 8rds Law OH %.
M stsis ioss $50; v. wllbit-s dwelling house bald
ina Ices $500, furhi,ure $500 opposite-J keste,,
sun chop Sc $500; A. Boilers blscksm thshop, SaeOl j.
Dies store j. r. Bickmsa Independence, budios
o. 600 stock ooo Beeers euo.hop o's $50 o. psss
livery stable oc upl,d by w A Ne~m-n. building 5000,
stock s5N, spencer Foore shoeshop loss $500 f.
Rally dry goods build IS 600 Oh oei sr sqosss
loon up stair, sloo DR. Dsrneal denti.t,
los ece wsnsiores bailcng cccuPl.d By Voolfolk
Co dry goods ss-buidug 81 00e stost IS 000 Able
stir Office up stairs loss 90; Dr. balfs
e@cs. loss &icci n Bsysey'. bulldog occupied BY VS.
Bress stove store building 50 00 90; IT, dars,n
buiIdins occupied BY Tut Baker groseystore build
Ing ks oce stosk $500 Ransom dry goods los, s6OOO
Hsrrison butog $500; Jobn D-ss Co orsgoois. stock
eSWo. BUILDING lanes MeKoweu' 5000 Metters BALD
g loss 90 coo sicck 81 Ooi Mise aacJ @i
hnsry ss $2c c. Beeeher, loss stock no,
bsidiSk saved large amount Of the shove property fully
nsred Prebby large a0oust not mentioned In the haste
a. exeit
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-27

$1,000 =, N. hss.r,s,. ses.,or f-o- Mississippi (Nr
sss . sn s s.'s ,sssea NAE. IL ssso
s,es oetsin thar cannot. We ssa'd In iar
s,. GO b sss. By spsDsin Few ,9ss o.
a. sdou wr.psp tss measure therefore nyps ~.
.sss ans 81 Of who n on,. VII no eS,''1s Nv,
IA, Il sssde There 10 earthly ehsnce or zoe o 10 -
s.Ssss 's e. ia, ss. h .ad ali
cot sbsolutey pscess ny to esuy on the o''e'h''' ~
ss cos ns 81 the Uai,.d States. Mr. President I'll:
ee.sss rssd II mos. sa,,s n 6h n'oA @ss.
az BE- sbbstb Dorpns u Seoss are o,, 70
sss:ssd !. he as,i,. 30 "a. ssas iss
ssnb irs 70 ,pssse 10 the 'e,vs: h a., fos eissa.
.sss Nth x. 81 s o
DEEP TIE, OH s 10 20. s.ss. d.. ADD s.sp
~, ~, spS they viii bos j.S rs,pou.e 70, 20
sondssns The pubic bu.ioss 20 .s,.s 60
ss.sors. s on re Tor TIE euu.o, y-s
sm hn,,, IN essole the Adnai'tr.t'n to
cary 90 the 6o.elnmsni; su AN DO, wss 70 M ns,e
h. eo.sus mated this session We Owe 70 our Characters
% d. and 70 ies sSsIs . q the =. S.s
The kososbe senator from New York Mr. President avs
Hm,b-h.tI VIII be the r.eord.. and tn, ~ord
Wi snssp.,aw Isno- Sir test lss..,se'y snss., 70,
March, bot think and the uosophisie.ed psops o. the
eo..a vii siss ,h.. s !. s a. 81 n,s spa ~.
bsssr ofhs .esD, ey 30 Tss more i@
psraa psss the appropriation bills than 70 p an Sc az
aosnf stercry shsres Of the Pacific 70 form se
Constitution The honorable sepstor fno~s ths' o' .ne
bskts 10 pas the Civil AID diplomatic ol not
re, reported b. your Conference Comrntee 10 order 70 an
he overnpent 10 carry into elect me
TON New York other seastor be- IN wsIeoms ore
.sn lite this Confederscy Of free Commooweshs ou ,os
koposbe Senator that this bill csnnot become Jaw az
ali son that IL esneot by possibility p.ss the oens,s
sne that be ssinef BY pss.t al this tins VIII Dc
A. hours delay which lite feods gill saio bo'hos !,
thers.oe sppeni honorable Senator from Illinois %
tla Id
by common consent
After closei, Mr. Douglas said thst as there WAS
opposisicn from the extreme North aud from the ex-
IRENE South, be would TO lay the bill u9oa toe
table. 1.-THE yeas aud u.ys had not been called,
think the vote would have been uDauimous for not
single member Of the Senate hoped or expected TO
obtain q vote. But the call for the yeas ADD nsys
made il necessary that gentlemen should so vote
ss lot 10 be nj. uDo ersfood. Although | had sug
gested that the bill should, by common consent, be
laid ssi6 could Lot vote to lay it upon the table
without allowing my TO 20 upon the journal an
explained, and could not vote against laying the
bill aide after advising the Senate TO do it, so did
not vote at all. IL had not spokea the deba,s
Of the North would have been held no TO the people
Of the South Ia the attitude Of forcing vote upon the
bill at IL clock Sunday, wtoout giving their Sen.
sfors time TO examine the measure and then the bill
would have been laid upon the table. We were in a
fsIse position and wished to retrest from without
prejuogipg the measure. am confident did not err
IN my Judgment ,,
Your truly. HENRY WILSON.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-27
THE EMIGRATION TO KANSAS.
From The 81. Losi, Neios, March ~, 1856

From The 81. Lonfs Nens, Mdre4 ~, 1900
At this moment there are perhaps not less than
q 900 or 3, 600 emigraDfs wendiog their way West
WARD toward the he Y Territories. Every at from
the Ohio Nj yer br nPs them to Levoe; evsrY tram
from the Ezet has one, or a company OF thom on
board, while our public hou rs Al daily tnronged ~
them. They come in companies or Individually.
Those fron, the East helped by Aid S,cis.es,
apo CONF in loads together while those from the
Wet or South in real emigtsnt style, drive through
to the promised land, with ORLEANS and wagons, and
generally Ego it alone"
1t may be safely calculated that Is 600 or 90 900
hardy squatters will ind home on tho fresh soil OF
the lev Territories this spring Were it not for the
fact that provisions, eveo of the conmonest aud
cheapest hind are exorbtsntly high, this al nber
won d stand good chance to % increased to t~'ce
lie size But settlers especially those who travel far
to reach thec homes, are not generally persons
of fowiog means, and therefore not able to spend
much for food for their stock aud themselves
The majority Of the emigrauts passing through our
city are defined for KaDaAsthft being Considered
the most available place for setemsnt, on account
Of ts superior lands, and its c,ntlguty to the thicky-
settled Missouri frontier. feT, no Tsver. will 81
TO Nebraska and cluster together on the best bot,o
lands Of the Missouri AMI its tributaries. Ia few
years there will be 100 setlers-copsu and pro
oucers-lving along the frontier Of Missouri aud de-
PENDENT on 81. Louis for a market Tue merchants
END business OF this city should bsar this in mind
The Kansas ana Nebraska trade, which will soon be-
of nature lot to BE- sneered a., lsgltnatey beloags
10 ST Louis and it becomes our traders 70 ncourage
it, Let them assure the settlers that il is to their ad
vantage 10 buy and sell in this market and cultivate
with them feelings of good uoders,an ling.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-27

fHI WHEAT CRor AT THE wrsr We learn from
gentleman who has Travelled pretty extensively
though the States Of the northwest during tbs past
~ weeks. that the prospect OF the wheat crop vas
,tvsr better. 10 Iowa, a large qusutity has been
vp, but great is the emigr siion TO that State aud
rapidly did IL Gil up last seasoo that large portion
y The surp'os will be required for the settler.
aere and 10 Kansas and Nebrssks. Throughout Iui.
.os It 10 represented that the crop never looked bet
~. The high prices Of the last few yexrs, and the
most certainty that there will be but little abatement
ripg the press Mt year have stimulated the farmers
= COW to an extent beyond former precedent. Aud
- came may be said Of Wisconsin. The prospect
mere 10 that the abundant crop Of Last year will be
Incoeeded by ono equally as good this.
We beer good reports, too from Indiana aud Michi-
IN. On tie whole, II no nntowsrd event nterposes
letvesn BOW end harvest, the northwest, which is ia
~ The sranary Of the Union viii turn out surp4s
stoh VII GLADDEN. the hearts Of the bresdlsss In our
setssn citieA
There vm b comparatively few men engaged in the
shuc<ios Of railroads In the West during the pres
seasoA al The great lines being nearly pleted.
WI reduce the consumption Of non proj ucsrs,
eeese large amount Of labor 10 return 70 agrioul
-shu Increasing our supply BY the operation of
vessses. b. ouf eastern dsads may look Tor an