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The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
More Annexation--Shall Kansas be
Abandoned.

There can be little doubt in the minds
of most men but a scheme is already
concoeted, and steps are being already
taken to carry out the design. of seizing
upon another portion of Mexican Terri
tory-the same to be blessed with the
benefits conferred upon the world by the
diffusion of Slavery. spoken of some
years since, by Gen. Cass.
In correspondence from Texas to the
New York Times. we learn that s.rey-
olution'' isalready on the carpet, orsoon to
come on in the Province of Mexico, west
Texas. The rebels are Mexicans. of
course. These bandits win declare
their independence - and then the tribe
of Atchison and Stringfellow, who have
the cause of the progress of Slavery on
their hands, viii send in their hordes of
cut threats and conquer the country for
Slavery See If this Is not the result.
And thus We 60 on. Talk about
stopping agitation" on the slavery ques-
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
Hsdges-The Usage Orange.

We extract the following from the
Progressive Farmer, for the information
of such ofour readers as may feel an in
terest in the subject of live fences:
We all know thatit is a very heavy tax
on the produce ofour farms to keep them
inclosed, yet no one, unless he actually
goes to work and makes true calcula-
ton of the yearly outlay of time and
money, has conception of the large amount
actually expended in the necessary work
of keeping up decent set of fences on
his farm. At a rough guess, l should
suppose atleast ten per cent. of hisannual
income is expended on the item of fences
alone, or, we might say. farm that viii
produce to the value of one thousand dol
lars year, viii cost one hundred dol,
lars to keep up the fences. Now could
the farmers generally see their interest in
the planting of live fences or hedges,
am convinced that our unsightly and
dead fences would soon be removed from
the premises of all progressive farmers,
and their places occupied by permanent
and ornamental living hedges. What
bother it would be to our sportsmen,
or. more properly, loafers, in trespassing
over our fields TO start rabbit, or part
ridge, and find one of these ticklish bar
riers obstructing their further progress!
Wouldn't they stand and hold forth
against modern progressi
In some of the western States, where
thousandsof milesare already growing Of
the Usage orange as hedges, the demand
is far ahead of the supply. There are
regular companies organized and engage
ed IN raising. planting, and trimming, al
SO much per rod. In a circular now be-
fore me, they offer to '.plant, cultivate,
trim and mature complete fence, at from
seEenty-hye cents to one dollar per rod,
one-third to be paid when planted, and
the balance when completed" Hedge.
completely grown at one dollarto one dol
lar and twenty-five cents per rod, to b
paid when thorough fence is matured. y
Truly do these gentlemen say, s'this be
ing the fact. who would not prefer it Z
d dead, dull wooden fence, costing n
more to construct, and lasting but eight
twelve or fifteen years at most, when tn,
same expensive operation must be repeat
ed" Of the Usage orange . living fenc
can be made that viii lastfor generations
with but little attention annually. at on
dollar, or even less per rod.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
Select Poetry.
The world would be the Better for it.
By u. n. cogB.

By II. II. coBB.
: IF men cared less for wealth and fame,
And less for battae-feids and glory;
If writ in human hearts name
Seemed better than in song and story;
II men. instead OF mefcing pride.
Would learn 20 fateit and abiior it,
If more relied
On love TO guide,
The world would be the better for it.
Hmen dealt less in stocks and lands,
And more in bonds and deeds fraternal:
If loves work had more willing hands
To link this verdi 70 the supeTnal;
II men stored up loves OH and wine.
And On brris'd bam'n hearts would pour it
H+youfsn and "mineo
Would once combine,
The world would be tie better for It.
If more would act the play of life,
And fewer spoil it IN rehearsal;
II bigotFy would sheathe its knife
Til good become more universal;
ifcustom, gray with ages grown.
Had fewer blind men to adore it
II talent shone
In truth alone,
The world would be the better for it.
II men were wise in little things
Affecting less in ali their dealings;
II hearts bad fewer rusted strings
To isolate their kindly feelings:
II men, when wrong beat down the right,
Would strike together and restore it,
fright and might
In every fight,
The world would be the better for it.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
rhe zarth .aat we WAX on.

1t may surprise some readers TO learn
that all the earths-elay, flint, chalk,
&c.. are nothing more than the rust of
metals that at one time. during the age
of this world, they were all shining
brilliant metals. Biologists speak of
the earth as being hundreds of thous-
ands of years old. An their philosophy
is based upon mechanical science; the
formation of strata, the upheaving of
mountains, the burying of forests, have
been attributed to some "great conyul-
sion''-that is, to some shaking together
of the earth's crust. Whether this great
age of the world be true or not, it is
very certain that before any of these
events could have taken place, the for
nation of each of the earths must have
been the work of ages otherwise the
metals, of which their base consists,
could not have been so completely rust
ed as to assume an earthly texture. To
understand this, we must leave the me-
chanical, that is. the geological theory,
and enter upon the primary or chemical
theory. 1t cannot be disputed that the
first changes of the earth's surface were
of purely chemical nature. Combina-
tons took place then as now; the metal
lie bases, by mere contact with the at
mosphere or water, passed into oxyds, as
the chemist calls them. or earths, as ex-
pressed in daily conversation. Chemists
thus recognize something like forty diff
ferent kinds of these oxyds or earthly
bodies, some being very scarce, and 9TH
ers as plentiful. By the merest touch
of air. some of the metallic bases o.
these earths instantly pass into the rusty
or earthly state, some. by contact with
water, are so energetic that they burst
into flame
BY this process of reasoning, we come
to the conclusion that the earth is one
mass or globe of mixed metals, of which
the mere crust has become rusted, or Of
earthly form the outer rind, as it were
preventing any rapid combination taking
place with the metallic surface, five OIL
six miles below the face of the dry land
Eruptions from volcanoes are probably
produced by the sea getting down to the
metallic surface, through some fssure il
the earth's crust; decomposition of tn
water then takes place-fre, fame AM
steam causing an eruption 1t would b
an instructive lesson to man to QUAR-
into the earth's crust to the depth of te
or twelve miles.-.Scientitfc american.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
The Use of rhinline.

Calico, when under twenty years OF
age, was standing one day in the metro
Politan church of Pisa. when he obsery-
ed lamp, which was suspended from the
ceiling, and. which had been disturbed
by accident, swinging backwards and
forwards. This was a thing so common,
that thousands no doubt had observed il
before but Calico, struck with the reg
ularity with which It moved backwards
and forwards, reflected on it, and per-
fected the method, now in use, of measur-
ing time by means of the pendulum.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
Poetry EvsrYwhere.

In science, we find the elements of
the most exalted poetry and in the mys-
ferrous workings of the physical forces.
we discover connections with the ilhmit-
able world of thought, in which mighty
minds delight to try their powers-as
strangely complicated, and as marvel
lousy ordered, as in the psychological
phenomena which have. almost exclu-
siively, been the objects of their studies.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23

ton |! So long as these Slave propagan-
dists are at work in their black scheme
of seizing and converting free territory
into slave territory, when the agitation
does cease at the North, then are we all
slaves, indeed. We war not with slavery
in the States. We would only reason
with its defenders t5ere-but when it
essays to spread its black pail of blight
ing desolation over new soil. then we viii
war against it; and nothing under the
light of yon sun shall turn US from re-
sistance to the scheme of perdition to
perpetuate and spread human bondage.
Look at Kansas Her inhabitants
oyerawed, and her elections entirely con-
trolled by an organized mob of these men
who are carrying out the Cass doctrine
of Slavery diffusion" Look at the
manifestoes boldly put forth in that sec
Etion-that every man from the Free
States who does not support the mob
ocrats, shall s'leave the Territory, or be
provided soith a passage to eternity ''
Will northern freemen look tamely on
and see tbeiI neighbors and friends who
have gone to Kansas to find ga new home
in the West" thus, driven from those
homes or murdered in them? Will they
do it? Where is the spirit of Seventy
Six. If earned occupation is the or
der of the day, with the slave propagan
dists are there not ''arms" in the ffee
States which will on to the rescue of tht
lives and property of the northern set
tiers in Kansas Could SO many thou
sands jostle each other to enlist for {
chance to shoot poor devil of Mexi
can who never harmed them or theirs
and serve amid the 'vomits" and north
ers" of that campaign, for the pittanc'
of eight dollars a month and not ont
thousand be found who will settle in thu
fields of Kansas, ready as "minute mem
to defend the rights and liberties of tina
new Territory againstthe outrageous inva
sion of blacklegs and DULLES from tn
South? One thousand men well armed
settledin Kansas, organized in connection
with such as are already there, could de
fend the homes and Liberties of Kansa
against these lawless mobocrats and as
sassins.
Can they not be raised? VIII no
the philanthropists and politicians VIII
have talked SO loud and long about "Free
SOIL" now open their purses and CIV
s.freedom, bullied in Kansas, a httl
s.cider' as well as "talk ?' Let fun
be raised sufficient to send out one thou
sand volunteers for the ''Freenean'
Guard" aud we think we mistake nc
the energy of the sons of the North
when we say the men shall not be want
ing.
Shall the money be raised?-Miehiga
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
Kansas--Gov. Reeder.

Every friend of honest and fair cleo
tons must regret, and deeply so, the con-
duct of those who, at the Kansas elections,
attempted and succeeded in carrying their
point by secret order, frauds and yio-
lence. But no elections carried in that
way can have lasting existence. We
do not care by what party such things
are enacted, they cannot prevent the final
test of public opinion. in coolerand calm
er moments Of reflection.
But on one question there should not
and cannot be two opinions-and that is
against all violence-all attempts to over
awe the voter-all efforts of every kind
to defraud the ballot-box of full, free,
unbiased expression Of public sentiment
Agains. such expression no one has a
right to oppose his action-no one 3
right to complain when the result is pro,
claimed. To this popular expression o.
honest convictions all the people have
their right, and no one power should
attempt to control it. Every other at
tempt is either that of the tyrant on the
one side or the mobile on the other.
In all that has occurred, we see not {
single cause of complaint against Gov
REEDER. He has difficult and delicatI
task to perform in such state of fraut
and excitement. Those who denounced
him are banded together by midnigh
oaths of secresy, and their resolves ar,
made in darkness with closed doors, and
hence the position of the Governor il
doubIy difficult inhis efforts to meet the
contingencies that are continually occur
ring. In all such excitements, although
at first one side alone will be to blame
yet If they continue, both become more
or less subject to charges of disobedience
to law, and in purely legal sense, the
difficulties multiply, and in all trials to
arrive at justice, the truth alone should
be sought for, and the law administered
with single eye to justice-and justice
only.
That Gov. REEDER should be sustained
in the trials and difficulties before him
we think is the duty of every man who
sincerely desires the right to triumph
over wrong-truth over falsehood-ant
fair. free, open voting over fraud, yiolenct
and secret, oath-bound orders. w.
are not authorized to speak for other par.
ties, but we believe outside of the Know
Nothing order, there is uery little differ
ence of oPinion.-Ohio Statesman.
81 never say q Thing except what ]
know 20 be True"
That's right friendl 1t is good prin.
ciple and rule Of life, and one which i
more generally followed among men,
would save many character, vast sums
of money, many libel. and not least
your own reputation and moral charae
ter. Never make an assertion, ever &
harmless, unless you can youch for i.
truth. An untruth never benefits ON
eventually while, in most cases, it prove.
an incurabie injury. both TO oneself and
to the individual at whom it Is aimed
Of ali falsities, none are 50 malicious
wiiful, and detrimental as SANDER. Neye,
say thing unless you know it to be true
and you viii bear no ill-will from others
andalways beatpeace with yourown mind
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23

E Little minds reioioe over The "a
rors Of man Of genius, IS the owl re-
joices at al eclipse.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23

~ Our eyii genius, hke the junior
member of 8 deliberate body always gives
Its views first.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23

Shall the money be raised?-Miehiga'
Erpositor.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-08-17

THEREBY HANGS NO TA1L.-One of
those ingenious and ever watchful gen.
tleman, the astronomers, who may be
termed the police Of the skies. and are
ever on the lookout for Suspicious
characters among the stars, or lumin-
GUS bodies having no visible means of
existence, has written to the Times,
announcing the detection of a new
comet. It il very clear that there is
no escaping the vigilance of the astro-
nomical detective force, and the new
comet that has just been observed
makes his appearance under circum-
stances of more than ordinary interest
for he Is declared to be without tail,
. fact which seems to indicate the
precence of the comet in some meteo-
rolooical disturbance of q very violent
character. As there is agood deal of
difficulty in finding names for all the
new comets that are continually ap-
pearing We beg leave to propose that
The ono which has just come forth
without . tail, should 90 by the title
Of the Comet Spencer.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-08-17
HRAsasQA, ~. -, ~.

1rss s~ rAaaaasl csM.Aaaa.
Let me attempt to whisper psaes b
your purturbed spirit, which ! dsGrs
to do Gin extremes" Of sorrow for hsv.
ing been the innocent cause for ARGUS
ing your expectation Of tho Charge.
ship; let US hope that you will be en-
abled to mitigate the sorrow Of disap-
pointment with the recollection that
something is rotten in the state Of
Denmark" and that probably you may
have sufficient exercise for your skill
in country or excursion-upon the
abundance Of carious fungi existing
within your present reach.
The Rev. Bard appears BY your
mo doubt correct) reporter to have
donkey6ed himself extensively in his
Clinton harangue but stxmped politi.
clans will. when harmed up. ssy some
foolish, funny things rather than put
forth the grain Of their sense upsbus-
ed, "God save tho mark" Of the tinsel
Of their verbosity.
It is plainly observable that you
occasionally put yourself into . snsrl
with Ecclesiastic and that in tho COL
lision there is elected . spark or 70 Of
light; but my dear eccentric, you win
find it an up bill work to rsasos tho
matter with children or men, born in,
and bred to perfect faith in tho dog
mas of the "ancient church" the deni-
al of the right Of private judgment is
particularly one Of the foundation
stones of its power, it is the key stone
and you may not hope to question
with IMMUNITY this right of acting ~ .
grand central. thinking. reasoning,
regulating machine. Certainly you
may suggest the possibility Of i'm
provements in economy Of time. or
regularity of motion; IN improved
Cingalese praying machine or Chinese
joss paper might be crowded into our
faith with quite AZ much show Of
sense as is in the last new dogma Of
the immaculate conception. Ansiews
Plato, amicus Socrates, ed nsag;s,
AMIGA veritas. Jno. GR1oo.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-08-17

o. The anniversary of British
emancipation in the West Indies was
celebrated in Flushing, Long Island,
on Wednesday week, by the abolition.
lists Of New York and vicinity, when
the ceremonies usual to such occa-
sions were gone through with. Also,
"Young Africa" demonstrated at Sta
ten Island on the same day, excluding
from the performances their white
friends, Garrison & Co. A military
company escorted the delegation from
New York, dignifed with all the
pomp and circumstances which the
negro population are SO well able to
assume.
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X. Baxin's Perfinery.

n FRESH supply Of K. Baxin's IN
a rivaled PERYUkERY and FANCY ARTI.
GLE, direct hon Philadslphia, such -:
COLOGNE WATBR; F.s
ExTRACfS 1br HANDKrRCHHIys;
OX.MA1R0W R0MMADB:
PHILOCOAB Do.
IANOY SOAPS; WASH DALlS:
eHAv1N0 DRUDH13; HAIR a..
TOOTH 0r1sAes; Waters Tooth eoap, -.
For sale ct The 4hlrd Street DRUG e10tH.
july2s-y. J. L. WALLET, Druggist
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-08-17

THE undesigced sole agent for Baton
l Rouge and vicinity, win shortly 70.
Give q few samples Of these invaluable
Fruit and Vegetable preservsTs, and BY the
first Of September, viii be prepared 70 sup
ply any quantity. Those wishing them,
will pleas leave their orders at my store,
and when received, they will be forward
ed 10 them; all orders must be accom-
panied With The CASH
D. c. MONTAN,
aug. s. Church street.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-08-17

uOT COFFEE, TEA ana CHOCOLATE.
IL Nh. ALPHONSE ARBOUR, respect
fully informs the world at large, that he
has opened coffee stand-eosneR Of Third
and North Boulevard Streets, opposite the
Market, where hot coffee tee and chocolate
con be bad at al hours. In connsetion
with the same, h . Ssgsr store, whore .
full stock Of the very best Hzvan's nay
always Be found. aug. 17.1m~
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-08-17

ITO THE PINY WooDsuAr

ITO THE PINY WooDsNAN."
Dear Piny:-How comes it. that
you have eulogized in your last paper,
the Know Nothing platformi It seems
from reading you, that you have taken
the X. N. establishment for the Demo.
cratic. Where did you get it! Who
sent it to you, and when? You have
made a mistake, that should be i'm.
mediately corrected, or We loose Liv.
ingston. Correct it Dear Piny, imme-
diately for I make no doubt it 10
a-Whig ticket.
"A DExocRAr."
We find the above in the Baton
Rouge Comamet, and seeing it signed,
A Democrat we had concluded that
it was unworthy Of an answer, from
the mere fact that this Democrat had
to resort to an opposition Journal to
get his article published, when but 4
few steps further on he might have
found one of the best Democratic pa
pers in the State, the atsurdity Of
which is plain to the weakest precep-
ton. But since the article proposes
some questions that come within the
line of our legitimate business, we will
render it passing notice. -" How
comes it you say-we'll tell you how
it comes. We saw that this platform
was calculated to create the impression
that the Democrat party stood opposed
to every measure that was calculated
to promote the prosperity Of the Am
erican people, when in fact, il is de-
voted to nothing but the perpetuation
of our Republic. It was our business
to correct this impression. and We did
so. That's how comes it. The mis-
take you speake Of was never commit.
ed by any one but this Democrat that
writes for a know Nothing paper. We
got the principles out Of our heart and
the words out of our head, and they
were sent to US by the great Father
of America, at the head of whom is
the Creator of the world, and next to
him George Washington. As to the
correction you ask us to make, We will
thankfully receive any correction COM
ing from democratic hands but there
are certain conditions that must be OBJ
served, in order to insure attention 10
these corrections. First you must
give your reasons for them. Second,
you must publish these reasons for
in the Pinywoodsmap, instead Of ad'
dressing US who you are. A. to loos-
ing Livingston, we inquire WHO will
loose Livingston If you mean the
Know Nothing party, we sse Of opln.
ion that party has already lot Living
ston. But the Democrats party 10
growing stronger everydsy.-P;ny
Woodsman.
No further explanation /. aaksd for.
At the time We published The note 10
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auction Sale.

WILL b sold on Saturday next, the
w. 1ssa issea.a q II O'Clock. 4: =, byL:I Z,
1frfea stress, ep0eslte Y. HsuAeb Dry 0eed
6tors-ths following sGAsts, Vi:
TADL1, CHA114 AnMOIRS. lHpo1IAp0 4
BEDDING. Att Il n&9PQtEkS q Of
every dsecYipt1on, IN "a seder.
Belonging 70 TIE estate q the late Lackas Klop-
hr, deceased. Terms ofeals- on Tie SPOT.
sug14s. l. 4 r0WBRo d Auctf.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-08-17

~ See the sale at auction BY
l.. E. PowERs 4 Co., at II o'clock
p. M.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-08-17

BERNARD MARIGNY.--This old
veteran in politics, is doing effective
battle for the American party. in La
fourche making enthusiastic speech
% in the French language, for the
American principles He spoke at
Thibodaux on the 9th inst, to a very
large concourse of citizenA The Min
erva says:
The old war horse of the Democra-
ey, but not of the Antics, the Hon.
Bernard Mariguy, was next introduc.
cd to the meeting, and addressed it
in the French language. Although
Mr.. NJ. is = septuagenarian, and has
been for thirty-fve years, one of the
leading democrats Of Louisiana, we
look upon bis speech as being among
the best and most logical that we
have listend to for some time. The
explanation of the causes which induce
him to espouse the advocacy Of the
American party, and to lend his val
liable aid to promote the success of
it, candidates for State officers, were
irresistible; and no one having the
interest Of his country at heart, in
preference to,the elevation Of political
demagogues to the first and most i'm
portant Offices within the gift Of the
people. could resist his reasonings.-
This venerable gentleman not only
done himself honor, but the party
also.