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Squatter sovereign., 1855-03-27
CONTESTED ELECTIONS.

In case any persons shall desire to con-
test the election In any district of the Ter
ritory, they shall make a written statement
directed to the Governor and setting forth
the particular precinct or district they in
tend to contest, the candidates whose cleo
ton they dispute, and the specific causes Of
complaint In the conduct or return of said
election which complaint shall be signed by
not less than ten qualified voters of the
Territory, and with affidavit of one or more
such voters to the truth of the facts set forth
therein. Such written statements must be
presented TO the Governor at his office on
or before the Fourth day of April A. d.
1856, and If it shall appear that the re-
suit of election In any Council or Repre-
sentative District might be changed by
said contest day will be fixed for hearing
the same.
APP0RTI0NMENT.
The entire number of qualified voters in
the Territory as appears from the census
returns is two thousand nine hundred and
five. The Ratio of Representation In
Council is two hundred and twenty three,
and IN the House of Representatives one
hundred and eleven.
Council Districts.
The First, Fourth, and Seventeenth
Election districts containing Four hundred
and sixty-six voters, shall constitute the First
Council District and shall elect two MEM
bers of Council.
The second election District and so
much of the Thirteenth as is embraced In
the Kansas half-breed lands containing
Two hundred and twelve voters will constI-
tute the second Council District and elect
one member of council And the voters
thus detached from the Thirteenth viii
vote at the place of election fixed for the
Second election District.
| The Third, Seventh, and Eighth Elec-
ton Districts containing one hundred and
ninety three voters win constitute the Third
Council District, and elect one nienlber Of
Council.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-03-27

lite of the Pottawatomie Reservation, and
thence by the Southern and Western line
of said Reservation to the Kansas river and
down the said river to the place Of begin
ninp
Squatter sovereign., 1855-03-27
J. J. CLARK,
STEPHEN WHITE.

PorrAwArroMIE CREEK PRECINCT
Commencing in the Usage river, on the
line of the Peoria and Ottawa Reserves,
thence down said river to point opposite
the termination of the dividing ridge be-
tween Pottawattomie creek and Middle
creek, thence along said dividing ridge
beyond the head waters OF said creeks and
thence by line due south west to the line
of the sixth District, thence by the lines OF
the sixth, seventh and fourth Districts, to
the line of the Peoria and Ottawa Reser-
vations, and down the same TO the place of
beginning.
Election at the house of Henry Sher-
man on Poitawattolnie creek.
.Iudges.-WILLIAM CHESNUT,
ALLEN WILKINSON,
OF. CLEVELAND.
BIc SUGAR CREEK PREcISeT.-Be-
ginning In the Usage river at the Misou-
Squatter sovereign., 1855-03-27
Eleventh District
Twelfth District.

Commencing at the mouth of Soldier
Creek IN the Kansas River, thence up said
Creek to the head of the main branch
thence due north to the military Road from
Ft. Leavenworth to Ft. Kearney, thence
along the middle of said road to the line
of the eleventh District, thence due South
to the head of Vernillion River. down
Vermillion River to the mouth and down
Kansas River to the place of beginning.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-03-27

81 Coursing S a p,easass. a serious
and sometimes dangerous affair.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-03-27

This is evidently a mistake. We
think for the word one, "two," should be
substituted.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-03-27

Brc SueAR CREEK PREcIScT-Be-
ginning In the Usage river at the Misou-
Squatter sovereign., 1855-03-27
Tenth District.

Commencing at the mouth of Vermll-
lion River, thence up the same beyond the
house of Josiah d. Adams, thence due
West to the independence Emigrant Road,
thence up the middle of said road to the
line of the Ninth District, thence by the
| same to the Head Of Wild Cat Greek and
down said Creek to the Kansas River,
thence down said River to the place OF
| H1r e
Squatter sovereign., 1855-03-27

To the qualified voters Of the Territor,
OF Kansas:
Squatter sovereign., 1855-03-27

Commencing on the Smoky Hill Fork
beyond the most westerly settlements;
thence down the same and the Kansas riv-
er. to the mouth of Wild Cat Creek; thence
up said Creek to the head waters thereof;
thence due north to the Independence emf
grant road; thence up said road to the
North line Of the Territory; thence west
along the same beyond the most westerly
settlements, and thence due south to the
Mace of bepinninp
Squatter sovereign., 1855-03-27
"A. D. GIBSON,
S. B. WHITE.
ROBERT WILSON.
Jos. w. RUSSELL.
MARSHAL A. GARRETT
Jos. STEWART.

Rock CREEK PREcIvcr.-Commen-
cling at the upper mouth of Black Jack
creek thence up said creek to the head of
the main branch, thence due north to the
independence Emigrant Road, thence
down said road, and by the continuous
eastwardly and southerly lines Of the Dis
trict. to the place of beginning.
Election at the house of Robt. Wilson
on Rock creek,
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A clergyman in Scotland desired his hear.
ers never to call one another liars, but when
any one said whut was not true, they ought
to whistle.
One Sunday, he preached sermon an the
parable Of the loavcs and fishes, and being at
loss to explain, he said that the foavcs were
AZ largo as the hills Of Scotland. He had
scarcely pronounced the words when he
heard q loud whistle.
"what's that?" said he, "who calls me a
linry" '. .4
ats I, willy Mcdonald, the baker"
"wcl,, Willy, what objections have 70 Ia
what told vcs' =. 'u ."'
"Nonc, rnaster John, only I wanted IA
know what kind Of ovens they used 70 bak.
those ioaves I'M" ''. h''' ''.'
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From the Crimean Correspondent Of tho
London Times.
The Ways Of n Il. M bsheii.


"A column Of white smoke rushing up into
The air expands into eccentric rings-then
follows the heavy, duh report, Ike the beat
oi some giant drum, and then comes tho
shrllI scream of the shell a. it describes its
fatal curve, and dcscends with prodigiouS
velocity, increasing rapidly every instant till
Il eXplodes with the peculiar noise Of -
blast just as il reaches the ground. At
Last 1t ought to do so but to-day watched
the shells one after another, and only two
out oi three burst properly, though tho
range and fight was beautifully accurate.
lhc Russian fuses arc bad, bot their artil!s.
ry men are not to be excolled when their
practice is undisturbcd 1t is interesting
just as the man of pleasure in Lucretius Ii.
kcd to see the sea rage when he was not on
board ship-to look at the shell dropping,
and to see our active little Allies scampcring
away to their cover, and adjusting them.
selves to the closest possible connection with
mother earth till the hurling masses had
gone by them. Any man with moderate
confidence and experience may dcspise round
/ shot at long ranges, ii he only secs the guns
| from which they come discharged. Well,
we won't say despisc exactly, but at oil
| events ''evade" But n shell is diabolcai
invention, which no one can regard as it ap-
! proachcs without certain degree Of msgi.
| wing that triangular piece OF jagged iron
may be whizzing through his internal econo.
my at the shortest possible notice aiterward.
| II it is sent from gun it fizzcs and roars
/ through the air, and sends its fragments be-
/ fore il, the cone Of dispersion, which is tho
| phi, ase used by the learned militant to imply
/ the direction Of the bits Of shell (or its con.
tents, when it is filed with bullets, ctc.l
being III the direction the shell has taken FROM
she gun, and the fragments being propelled
with portion Of the velocity of the shell at
the moment Of explosion. Ii it be dischar.
ged from mortar 1t whistles gently and del.
lcateiy, giving squeak and roar now and
then Us 1t rises to its greatest elevation, and
then rushing downward with shrlcr whis.
tie toward the point aimed al lfitexplodcs
on arriving at that point its fragments are
projected all around radially, and are propel.
led merely by the force ofthc bursting charge.
a man behind bomb, or at the side Of it, in
just as likely to be hit as man before it
when it bursts in that way; whereas the
pieces from q shell from gun in nearly eve.
ry instance fly forward, SO that person be.
hind it, or outside the limits OF the cone Of
dispersion, is safe. Unless the shell or bomb
bursts in front Of a body Of men in tue air. a
very considerable degree Of safety may bv
attained by the men throwing themselves
| fiat on the ground, inasnuch as the piece.
Of shell which bursts on the earth ty up.
ward from the point where they encounter
! the maximum of resistance. Of course. ifa
bomb bursts over man on the ground, or
if she'll explodes in the air in front Of
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rowing money at two per cent month, to

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nrrs or I'm, ci,u hr,1,n .i" 1a""''i nv pa
arr kent nm bv ] n.nrscv asr a,,,s, '". P,,e,a
merchants Ly s,r,a' e S'.."o w., ro'''o
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c,r,t IN H." nonn,rn al ,e u;, W tu.s'a.I .lc
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some ,.ndoncv 10 L',or, ,I. 81; " ~
ro.ch "r ,h"s,, nH w. "spp ~. p,'re Mitn.' 'lc
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:" :" .o""
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J""es s y, a"v p'tSe,,s' ,nonopo!' 10 re-
a.o he.o - ,"e p,'o, 49,. W '"e consumer; Let Us
,'n,v nian, In,"p ,ha, P''"''e'-e"e'p " 'hose VINO
pJ' r'u'.,'' ,",'" r., c W.
..aa',n,s 60, 81 o',h" ,t 'ao.piA'." ,, nave sa''
.I 'rhs na,,an a,o"' 12 me nor.h pa.' ol Ueors'a.
n' ..;n.n DLo. 1a"es says .nnt many people
a.. "'hol' hd t' .oiI' VI any Mea'ls 70 procure
a" ,. & i't".h, ', 'ne'e y "1"e 'o'saie. ~
Sy,nG ny s'oI'no'u-, oushe' eouiu no. oe
"our children will s,,rvn ! ,b.v 49,. .ol,rnr L.
ed go vii nina ;c + M, u.;,t' 49, r,,,. !
have" Horses and ,,nias ara turned an, ;n
IN tho wood n usi, Gov a,,ss nr s,,,u" w. :"
The conscon.nce is ,h, ,h",o vhn hnr.
land can on,v nlaut wh,, ,hnv CON vii, vii ,bs
hna--,l.v ..rnn, ,,in,u w." W." ~.
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The AyTfcu.tuTnl Tnir

We are Indebted to DR.. John A. Kcnn;.
colt, the indefatigablc and devoted Cores.
posdiDg Sseretery, fes,A dip eodtaiuiDg the
tbiiowing Motor, In advance 10 IL publ licaticn
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Crop Prospects,

| We continue to receive accounts of the
! prospects Of the farmer for the season, from
various parts Of the country. From Barry
County, Mich, we hear, through The Pio.
ncer, that wheat never promised laircr than it
does now. 1t is magnificent beyond dc.crip.
tion, covering the ground evenly all over
with a rich proflision of its rank growing
vitality. Grass is also coming Oh nicely
that with the wild feed of the forests, gives
the cattle prolific range for sustenancc.-
Nature at present seems to smile upon the
prospects of the husbandman. In all parts
OF the State of Michigan the prospect seems
about the same.
| From Wisconsin we have most 0atterina
accounts through pspers and letters. But
little winter wheat is killed, and the fields
generally wear a vigorous appearance. In
some counties, it is said that wheat is more
promising than at any previous time since
the country was settled Spring wheat, too,
| is largely sown, and begins TO look green.
A large area Is being sown. The whole
prospect Of Wisconsin farms appears very
good.
! In Indiana, the season, though backward
for grass, has been favorable for spring plow.
ing, and an unusually large number Of acres
will be planted. In Jennings County the
prospect is very fine. In Decatur County,
late rains have given green appearance to
all the fields. On many fields of claycy
land, however, in that section Of the State
the wheat was very badly winter killed. -
/ The prospect Of fruit in the north.eas, sec.
ton of the State is very iiattering. Apples,
| plums, pears and peaches are all in full
bloom. Corn planting is pro ;rcssing rapid.
ly, and to very large extent.
In Ohio particularly near the Ohio river,
the wheat upon the rolling lands is spoken
Of as wearing n very fiourishing appearance.
In Highland County the crop is spoken Of in
ila,ter,nc terms The weather in April was
unusually warm, though rather too for
grass and small grain. Take the State thro'
and accounts concur that the prospects OF
the season arc better than usual The pres.
ent high prices stimulate farmers to plant all
the acres they can. There arc great many
more laborers engaged this season than have
been for many years before in tilling the
soil. More spring wheat than usual will be
sown this year in Ohio, and calculations are
making for monster corn crop The pros
pect OF good crop offruit in Ohio is spoken
OF IN iiattering terms all over the State, so
far AS we can judge, except peaches in tue
north part Of the State, where the buds are
killed, and in some instances the entire tree.
The great selling crop Of Ohio is all kinds Of
cattle. The following is given as the ex.
| ports Of horn cattle from some Of the princi-
J N In 81
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Ladies' D,css Making Rooms !

MSS .. aEEDD
rs now pr,Iuu dto cXt,pHr ~ the hrst manner
i all kiuds oi lad.s' wearing u pnrcl G"nilr.
mems sliris n.ld,, and MI kni- oi pi,.n sewing
done to ord,r. A share OF plbilc pltrunsge s re-
specially solicited.
K oms over l.. /. Gnsgs dru store, norh
of the court house. hpnl 2l-ti
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Chief Engineer GenvSupt I1I cent Il. q

Down ON WALrziSa.--.A Paris letter TO the
N. y. Tribune says that Cardinal de Bonald,
Archbishop Of Lyons, declared ip his paste.
raj letter for lent that the last cholera was
sent merely as apunisliIncnt for the eager.
ness with which tho ladies' Of Paris run nf
ter pleasure-'Joining in certain lascivoius
dnnce called polka, suffering every man bu,
their own husbands b. clasp them in tho
waits, which latter dance may be considered
the lsst sigh n expiring virtue"
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1855, ". B. BRISTOL, 1856.
Forwarding and Commission
un ea.s E.aX q z n .yA Ma no
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.

Cash paid for all kinds of produce at the Cu,h
,nan " are House, Main Canal.
Nav lSti
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TOTHE PUBLIC.

ECO AM HUt.,o Oh ALL KNCF'
~ TT you want 10 save your iilne, money, and
health. ihrn come and huy your
EOO'kS ANE SllOl.S,
A, the sign of the mnmmo,h boot, in ilossack's new
tlock, where y"u " wl aud the beet boots and shoes
IN the ri Ol Ottawa, OF our own manufacture
md also eastern made work oi the vrrv hest kind
So that the -c"nomicnl huysrcannO: help buying.
Please call ana examine Tor yourselves, Our
motto is, small proiis auick sales, nndnocred. e.
IT," .... NJ. IL. PRscoTT N Co.
y. D.-IVo ma lie to orderon the most reason.
nhl. terms in the mos fashionable style, by the
very b. ,workmen. Lcng.xpariencc aud kno~-
edge olthe business, enables the subscribers to
Guido those who know nothing about leather.
Jply ,5-ly M.lI.P H. Co .
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

GUANo FOR CoRN.-One Of our neigh
bors lie. piece of land to be planted upon
shares in corn. He proposed TO the labor
er to try an experimen, with guano upon
one portion of the 6eld-should think a-
bout one-for,h-while The other portion re-
ceived good coating of yard manure. The
field being we'll prepared and marked out
so as to show The place for each hill, about
one tablespoonful of guano was dropped in
each place. 1t was then we'll mixed with
the soil Of the hill with the hoe. A little
fresh dir, was then hauled over The compost
thus made, and the corn dropped and COW
cred. The result was such that the owner
offered to lake the guanoed portion as his
half of be crop. The laborer agreed TO his
proposition, and the owner actually got
more corn from his part than the laborer
did from the whole remaining part OF the
field. This mode of applying guano is
slow, but we think it amply compensates
for the extra labor.
II should always be borne in mind, that
guano in the hill Of the corn must DO well
incorporated with The surrounding earth,
and covered as indicated TO this article.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12
AGRICULTURAL
From the American Farmer.
MILLET AND ITALIAN RYE GRASS.

MILLET AND ITALIAN RYE GRASS.
MILLET.-We have had our feelings so
painfully excited during the preceding
month, by reading accounts Of the death Of
stock by starvation, ,ha. we feel ourselves
called upon to call attention to all who have
no, meadows whereon to grow hay, 10 the
propriely of sowing few acres in The be-
ginning of May with mile. seed. We
know Of no more certain reliance for hay,
and we here speak from experience. Ten
acres Of light, deep, rich mould, if msnured
q. the rate Of 800 lbs, Of Peruvian guano,
per acre, plowed, say eight inches deep,
narrowed until fine .il.h were Obtained
and seeded TO mille,, would produce 80 tons
of good millet hay, which will be we'll 'e-
:ished by horses and stock generally. We
have grown tons and 2S lbs, on acre and
10 perches of good land, we'll manured, and
off of z acres Of inferior land, highly ma
nured, we harvested Is tons OF excellent
hp5.
! There is no member Of the family OF
grasses tbet s.ands drough. and heat as we'll
as miIlel does. Indeed heat seems TO be es-
sentaI to its full development, We know
Of nothing of the vegetable kind grown for
hay, that is more easily cured. The year
we cultivated The acres in mile,, tested
this efecluaIly. After cutting that crop and
letting it lay in the swalhs half a day, we
made i. up into small cocks; on the next
day, rain threatening, we turned the small
COCKS, and increased their size by putting
three or four into one, giving each cock 9
concal form, and making them up nicely
so as 10 Turn rain We had barely time to
complete our cocks before the rain poured
down, and i, continued to rain for seven
successive days. We dreaded the resul. !;
bu. on The eighth day, after The rain had ceas-
ed, on examining our cocks, I" our delight
and surprise, We found the hay no, injured
in the least, bu, on the contrary well cured,
only requiring spreading and drying in the
sun betore removal ,o the barn for being
stored away.
To grow this grass with the prospect Of
,he bes. results, The soil, as we have before
promised, must be light, deep, rich mould,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12
P 0 E II R Y.
SPRING SONG.

By MRS. ELIZA GREATOREX.
From shady nook the soft green leaves
Are peeping at the snow,
And praying it to go;
That in their heart the violet
And primrose sweet may blow.
The balmy breeze is stirring now,
Right early in the morn,
And little birds forlorn,
And pent-up brooks begin to sing,
For, 10! tie Spring is born!
The meadows by the silver stream,
The hawthorn in the glen,
Are laughing out again,
And ragged Robin-run- -the-bush
Is busy with his chain,
CIasping the blushing brlar-rose,
That seeks escape in vain.
Lovingly in the even.tide
Their breath steals out to greet
Yon maid whose eagSr feet
Are dancing down the shadowy lane,
Among the cowslips sweet;
There, meath the young laburnum trees,
Her lover true to meet.
o yellow leaves! that drop so low
To kiss her forehead fair,
And crown her wavy hair;
Though Spring may call yoas forth again,
The lovely maiden there,
Once only on her blushing cheek
That May-day tint shall wear.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

4 How TO APPLY GUANo TO CoRN.-Dr.
Reynolds, in al srIicle on this subject, in
The New England Farmer, ys:-Oae Of
the bes. fields of corn which saw in This
town the past season was raised with GU
ano in the following manner: After the
ground had been properly prepared, fur-
row was made for the row, Of the common
depth. The guano was sprinkled into the
furrow, through lis entire length. 1t was
then covered with the hoe to The depth of
two or three inches anJ the corn dropped
upon this covering, the kernels being pIac-
ed eigh. or ten inches apart. The yield
was estimated, notwithstanding The drought
at a hundred bushels per acre. Where i. is
preferred to plant in hills rather than in
drills, the guano should if used unmixed.
be sprinkled over a square foo. surface at
at the bottom of the furrow. and be covered
with about Two inches olaoil, aud the corn
be dropped upon This.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

The conductor of New York railroad
train recently discovered an Irshman in a
car who said he had no money. The con-
ductor, after lecturing him, ordered him TO
ge. off a, the first stopping place. He did
SO. But he was afterwards found in the
car. "Did not ,elLyou to get off," said
the conductor. "And sure, did so,' an
swefed he. "How is it then you are here
again :" "And sure, did you not cry out,
before starting 'all abroad y" The conduc-
tor mizzled.