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NOTICE TO PRE-EMPIION CLAIMANSS.
Under the act Of Congress approved 81 OF March
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TO certain set lers therein mentioned" the pre.emp-
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alternate odd mum bers d sections within X miles n
ach sid OF the route Of the road where the settle
lent end improvement were mad prior t. the da g
Of ali tr-n if proven up and paid for at the rat-
o two collars ard fifty cents per acre, before the
d4y fixed for tie public sails; and by the act ap
proved 7th March, 1854, entitled San at Tor the
ief of settlers lands reserved for railroad pur.
20 es ,rsons who settled arc improved The abov-
nared ,ections TO the date Of aotadrdso1J will
be enti+h 70 y emptions at the ordinary miuim um
rice If he pubic land, at the tie Of ne doilsr
AID twenty five cents PR acre, If proven up snd
pail for bf re the day fXad for The pub ic sale -
rhsre'oTe every per entitled to the tx of pre-.
mpti n In any Of the slternats odd numbered see.
ou' shove meGt enc wi bin miles OF the routs
of the road, urd the set Of Sd dsr b. 1853, above
refs red TO, on set nts de prior to the 4th OF
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early grave. Let no young man or woman sntsf ~
10 the secret obiiest3cns Of married life vteAoo1
reading the PoCKkT EsCULAPIUs- Lot No 80
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BOND AND FREE.
A REMARKABLE NARRATIVE

A few nights since, there passed through this
city, on the railroad, bound for Canada, fami-
ly of eight fugitive slaves. One of these-the
leading spirit of the whole-was a woman sixty
years of age, a bold, courageous, prompt, and
energetic woman. Two years ago she was
living as a slave in the South. She was the
mother of six children, all of whom she had
seen torn from her arms when old enough to
be useful, and sold away from her. One day
she overheard her master bargaining with a
soul-driver, who desired to purchase, for the far
South, her grandson, a boy of some fifteen
years old. Stung to the quick by this design
OF stripping her Of the last of her kindred, she
instantly resolved on flight.
The same night she started with her boy for
the North. Night after night they travelled by
the North star-the only guide the hapess fu-
gitive knows In making for the land of Free
dom, and one that deceives him not, since it is
fixed in the heavens. After long and painful
wanderings, they arrived in Canada.
Here this heroic woman hired herself at
wages. Two months ago, with purse well filed,
she started back to the residence of her old
master at the South. Here, alone. she con-
cealed herself in woods and thickets, fugitive
from Freedom-cared for, however, by the few
trusty souls to whom she revealed the danger
GUS secret of her presence in the land of bond
So 1AAoSA AOhoiuihS tucTc SOulc TWO Wccho,
she collected seven of her children and grand
children, and started with them for the North.
Long and slow and anxious was their Journey.
The same unerring star shone faithfully from
above upon their midnight pathway. By day
they lay by, concealed among the thickets of
the country, through which they made bee
line for the North. No toll discouraged, no
danger dismayed, this heroic woman. Many
times the party suffered to the verge of starva-
ton. She cheered them onward-she was their
only guide, their counsellor and friend"
Worn down with the hardships of this peril
GUS journey, with garments torn to shreds and
tuttering In the breeze; with shoes worn into
fragments; without hats or bonnets this hero
inc conducted her party to the house of friend.
Word was Immediately passed around among
some OF the good souls who dwell there as the
salt of the earth, that eight fugirives were con-
cealed In garrett, and destitute of the means
OF further progress. The word was followed
by the deed. All necessary means were in
stantly provided for their safe transmission to
the North; and the train which passed through
this city, on the same night, carried the whole
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REV. DIR. BETEUNE "GAGGING ANTI-sLA.
VESY."

This bombastic "Doctor of Divinity re-
Gently announced to the public generally, and
to the synod of the Dutch Reformed Church
particularly, His desire to "gag Anti-Slavery
and Pro-Slavery-to gag them both! |" This
is very foolish expression for any man, at this
late day, to utter, and especially man who
makes so many pretensions as this learned
Dutchman. But with the talents of an an
GEL a man may be fool"
He desires to "gag" ProSlavery and Anti.
Slavery. That is, he is in favor of tramplinp
in the dust the freedom of speech and the free
dom OF the press. He would have the Chris.
tian ~ adulterers and men-stealers, with whom
he so ardently sympathizes, go on in their dam.
nable iniquity, without word of interfe-
renee " or rebuke from any quarter. Such a
man would have desired to " gag" the Saviour
of the World, and all the holy men of old who
Numbered against oppression in all its forms.
Mr.. Bethune may be a minister of the Dutch
Reformed Church, but he is not minister of
Christi for no advocate of gaglaw, no man
who would put out the light of Truth, can be.
What a pity is it, that such a manis, anywhere,
recognised as a Christian! SUCH Christians
make more infdels than were ever manufac-
tured by Voltaire, or Paine, or Bolingbroke.
But this reverend gagger is not likely to have
his desire satiated. Anti-Slavery will not con-
sent to be gagged. No; not even at the bid
ding of man wearing and disgracing the ha-
biliments of the Cross. And this minister of
the Dutch Reformed Church has lived long
enough to be conscious of the fact.
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FREE DEMOCRATIC MEETING AT BLOOMING
TON, INDIANA.

The twelfth quarterly meeting of the Free
Democratic League of Monroe county, Indiana,
was held In the Court House at Bloomington,
Indiana, October 9th, 1855.
The meeting WIS called to order by Mr.. Will
liam Fee, Vice President of the League John
Campbell acted as Secretary. The following
resolutions were read, and, after a full discus
sion, were adopted:
Whereas great crisis is forced upon us by
the shareholders and their minions, and it would
be disastrous to the best interests of humanity
to attempt to evade it; and whereas a great
moral wrong has been perpetrated on the peo-
pie of the North, by the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise; and whereas submission by the
North to the insolent and impudent aggressions
OF the Slavery Propaganda, only emboldens it,;
and whereas set of unprincipled and over
bearing men in Missouri have procured their
election in Kansas by violence, in driving the
bona fde voters from the polls with the bowie
knife and rifle; and whereas the Missouri
Legislature of Kansas has passed several trea-
sonable acts against the people of Kansas and
the people of the United States, in attaching
the penalty of death to several acts, in their
influence on society, that are acts of humanity,
and for the amehoration of the condition of
mankind; therefore,
ReSOlred, That the Free Democratic League
OF Monroe county, Indiana, will oppose, by all
legal means, the admission of any more slave
States into the Union, or the purchase OF con-
quest of any more slave territory.
Reso(red, That we rejoice that the people Of
the North are waking up to their interests. We
expect glorions victory in Ohio, by elevating
one of her best citizens to the Chief Magistracy
OF the State-a man Of tried integrity and sound
principles.
ReSotrea, That our choice for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency, in 1856, is Cassius NJ
Clay, of Kentucky for the former, and David
Wilmct, Of Pennsylvania, for the latter, subject
to the decision of National Convention.
Resotccd, That we will sustain the free peo-
pie OF Kansas in maintaining their rights
against ali invaders. We think it for their
best interests to form Constitution excluding
Slavery, and ask for admission into the Union
this coming session Of Congress.
Resotred, That the abuse Of the ministers of
the Gospel, by The shareholders and their CO.
workers "a the North, is an alarming symptom
of the body polite, and. if not counteracted and
resisted, will bury our civil and religious liber-
ties in one common ruin
Resotced That these resolutions be publish.
ed in the National Era. the Kansas Free State.
and the Bloomington Times.
The principles and Constitution of the League
were then read, and it adjourned until the first
Saturday in January, 1856.
WILLIAM FEE, President.
JOHN CAMPBELL, Secretary.
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Some of his brethren should take him one
side, and, in all kindness, inform him that he
is now too old to sit upon the Ounce STOOL 1t
is quite time that he had put away childish
things. But we would not reflect upon the
good sense of little children. Every child of
seven years old must know that the Anti-Sla-
very sentiment of the country is destined to
sweep down all opposition that it cannot be
suppressed, for God has stamped it with the
seal of Immortality. "Gag" Anti-Slavery, in
deed As well attempt to "gag" the whirl-
wind, as it comes sweeping DER the main. o
no, Mr.. Bethune; you are most egregiously
mistaken. Until you are able to sap the found
alton of the throne of God, you will be unable
to "gag" Anti-Slavery.
Frederick Douglass's Paper.
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moved, and acting as we are acted upon, by
those who assume the dictation of our part in
the Abolition movement. The Convention at
Philadelphia, and all Conventions held by col
ored men, demonstrate the fallacy of this posi-
ton. They prove not only that sce are earnest
ly endeavoring to elevate ourselves, but that
we have the ability despite the untoward cir
cumstances by which we have been and still
are surrounded) to do something toward our
redemption, which will rebound solely to our
credit, as an afflicted people.
We are more than ever convinced of the fact,
that upon our elevation here at the North hangs
in measure the destiny of our brethren at the
South. And, furthermore, that our elevation
is materially dependent upon our energies.
We gladly welcome the cooperation of the no.
BILE band of men and women, who have hither-
to fought our battles, while we have compare
lively held our peace; but we must take high
er and more manly position in the great con-
fict than we have hitherto taken, or, instead of
advancing, we shall surely retrograde.
We must hold our conventions just like other
people, as well as take part in those held by
our ardent advocates. We must assemble to
deliberate upon our condition, and make exper
inents if we do nothing else, having in view its
amelioration. The measures we may devise
may prove abortive. What then? Must we re-
stop "jawing about our rights" and quietly and
meekly submit to the mercess ostracism of the
oppressor? Not at all. Such course would
be pregnant with death; it would lead Us to
the grave. If we fail in one attempt, or in a
dozen attempts, we must TRY AGAIN" The
measures which have been inaugurated at our
various Conventions, for our advancement, have
failed of success, not because of their inherent
weakness, or their impracticability, but because
we have lacked the energy, the will, and the res
olution, to reduce them to practice, and carry
them to q successful contamination. "The
race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the
strong, but unto him that endureth unto the
end"
Finally, let the various measures and sug-
gestions, emanating from the Convention held
in Philadelphia, receive at our hands that i'm
portance which the exigency of our condition
demands let us unitedly seek to carry them
into practice, and then the query will be thor
oughly answered, 4" What has the Convention
done? ?"
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party toward the home of their leader, in Can't
da, where they have by this time undoubtedly
arrived. :
We doubt if similar instance of devotion 10
friends and kindred is on record 1t required
a daring mind to even conceive the idea'of go
ing back to the scene of bondage, and enconn-
tering the hazard of discovery in the lions den.
But nothing short of that heroism which, uh-
der other circumstances, has made men immor-
tai, was needed to put into execution an enter
prise SO fuH of difficulty and danger. Such
spirits, if any, not only deserve to be free, but
are fit to enjoy the largest liberty.
Trenton State Gazette.
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PALMER'S PATENT LEG.

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GoRHAM, OHIO, Oct. 10, 1855.


To the Editor of the National Era:
had thought, previous to the election, which
was yesterday, to renew my subscription, and
let others do as they saw fit 1 had come to
this conclusion by being scolded for the course
you took on Know Nothingism but when
saw your subscribers voting, and had the salts
faction of knowing that not Que of them voted
for Medill, land they we're all Democrats for
merly, with one exception I was encouraged to
make another effort in behalf of the Era and
the cause Of Freedom.
The Era is ant to make voters.
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THE NATIONAL WASHINGTON D. C., NOVEMBER Is 1855

a fund equal to that which may be raised by
the Emigrant Aid Societies of the New Eng
land States. Give Southern emigrants four
millions OF dollars, in addition to the induce
ments to and the bright prospects of slave la
Dor IN Kansas, and ere long she will be seeking
admission into the Union as slave State.
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HARTFORD, VI, Oct. "a, 1855.

To the Editor Of the National Era
If have mind to give fifty dollars to my
son or my neighbor, to bear their expenses to
Kansas, whose business is it, President Pierce
and his Administration, and all their Slavery
Propaganda, to the contrary Notwithstanding I?
Oh, the base trucking of that odious system,
who can fathom the depths of its iniquities
l feel deep interest in the affairs of Kansas !;
have children and grandchildren there; there
my friends and kindred dwell
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