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Kansas.

The u.awrence) Herald Of Freedom Of the
2lst April has reached us. The deslruc-
ton of the press and office Of The PdrkuiRe
Lumindiy forms the subject of the 4" leader"
in The Herald. After relating the facts of
the case, lsays:
We congratulate our friends on this hap.
py termination of their business for the pres
enl in NJ issouri. A wider field, aud one of
greater usefulness, is opened for them by the
hands Of their enemies, and they Will of
course enter into its possession. The name
of Cassius NJ. Clay was comparatively un-
known to fame, until the mobhing OF his
press, while confined to bed of sickness,
and dolirous with burning fever. Since
then he stands out in bold relief, aud will be
remembered with pride by every true Amer
lean, while his enemies are forgotten or COW
cred with disgrace. The murdered Love
joy-who would not rather inherit bis name
than that Of the proudost warrior Of ancient
or modern times Il gathers lusler with
age, and is enrolled with the martyrs Of
Freedom.
"Our friends of The Lumindry, whose
light has been measurably obscured by the
darkness which surrounded them, have sud-
denly emitted an efrulgence which lights up
the Union, and attracts all eyes IN that d.
rection.
Since Parkville has signslzed herself
by participating Ia the destruction Of the
public press, we hope every settler IN Kan
sas Territory will seek another locality to
purchase supplies. Let no person pltronlze
community where the press Is enslaved.-
Franklin absolutely refused TO lodge in a
place over night where the graveyard fence
was neglected or broken down and free
men should refuse, upon the same principle,
TO palronlze those who are unwilling their
aclions should be scanned by the Argus eye
of the press, and 10 prevent which they re-
sort TO It's destruction
We find also in The Herald the article
which The LualiIaary printed, and which so
excited the Indignation OF the Missouri
mob. After giving an account Of the cleo
ton. the editor went on to say:
Ave have occupied conservative and m =
tiora ground, promptly opposing the IA, as
uTcs and men who have brought on this
crisis. VIII the President meet III Surely
he cannot longer follow counsels from a.
mODg Aboluonsts and Nullltiers The
country demands that sound, firm, energetic
men have the direction OF public affairs,
who will Impress and enforce justice and
law. There is virtually no Law IN Kansas,
and no security for life and property, save IN
the sense Of honor and justice cherished by
every true ploner. This may save the coun-
try from blooshed but the government Is
held up TO rldicule and contempt, and It's au-
thoriIy disregaeded Judges OF Elections
have been displaced; and Others appointed
the polls hare, IN some lns'sncss, been
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VOL XIX, NO. 25.....~wHoLE NO. 25a5.

guarded with pistols and bowie-kniycs and
some Of those elected arc going to the Gov
ernor swearing that il he does not give q
certificate Of election Immediately. they will
cut his throat from car to ear = Is the flag
of our country to be no longer a protection
or are individuals. or companies of men, to
declare We WILL! and ii MUST be so. with
out regard to law. Is this what the authors
of the Nebraska>Kansas bill meant by
Squatter Sovereignty z"
For publishing such very per,ncn, sug-
gestions and queries as these, the Office of
The Luminary was destroyed, and its pub
ishers driven out Of the town. Slavery can
not bear discussion.
An appeal to the friends Of freedom con-
tains the following paragraph;
"Tbc friends of Freedom in tho North
have no cause Tor Responding. We ask
them to be true to themselves, and to the
cause. and look out for the next Congress-
In the meantime, those Of US who are on the
ground, and the thousands who are not airaid
Of revolyers and bowie knives, and who des-
pse Judge Lynch, will look after Kansas
and her interests. We wan, no craven spir-
its, nor any who are complaining of Emf
grant Aid Companies because they will not
make them rich without effort We want,
MEN who have brave hearis-who are not
afraid to die in defense OF their rights and
more than that: we want those who are self
reliant, and who depend upon their own
right arms for protection and support.
" To such we say, come on Disregard
the counsels of the faint-hearted who have
fallen out by the way disregard the coun-
sells OF Pro Slavery men who take such a
deep interest IN your welfare disregard
everything but your own convictions Of
night, and come right along but make up
your mind to enlist for the compaign. Six
months men are worthless. II was this kind
of soldiers which came near defeating the
American army IN the days of the Reyoln-
ton. II is this class Of men on whom no
reliance can be placed at any time.
g As sure as the sun continues to rise and
set, SO sure is Kansas for freedom. The
bhghting curse Of Slavery can never be lie
gallzed by legislature elected by the peo-
pie. 1t never can be sustained by mob vio
lence, but every additional outrage will make
MS more determined to resist its encroach-
merits. and more powerful to check its pro-
gress
The amiable S,ringfelow, in his paper
called The Squatter Sovereign suggests that
" The town OF Lawrence should be nd OF
It's pestiierous inhabitants"
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II there is any meaning in politics, il
there are principles at stake in elections, if
there Is any question TO be decided by bal
lots, above the choice of men, then that
meaning, that principle, and that question,
at this time. is Anti-Slavery. Freedom does
not triumph when there is division at the
North, nor when there is a special party or
gained opposed alike to the South and TO
Antl-Slayery men at the North not belong
Ing TO that special party.
Slavery is not passive institution, con-
lining itself TO states where the EVIL was in-
herlted. IL is not content with self-preserv-
alton, and with beng let alone. 1t has it's
root IN intense selhshness, aud its unqu,et
conscience cannot endure neighborhood of
free states whose people believe slavery a
continual wrong.
The vulture, conscience, which is ever
worrying the heart of slavery. thinks to quiet
its unrest by bringing all the states, terrific
rles, aud " all that joins IT," under the same
condemnation.
Hence slavery is always watchful, active,
united, oyerbearing, impudent tyrannical,
and will have nothing second TO ITSELF It's
enmiiy Is towards everything tree. Its ca
pacous NAV can never be satisfied. Ii has
no regard for the wishes and rights Of the
North. IL makes conIpacts only to break
them. II is never wanting in eifrontery and
impudencc. We of the North see it, and
feel II, more aud more each year.
The annexation of Texas, tho war with
Mexico, the passage of the Fugitive Slave
Law, the repeal Of the Missouri Compro-
misc, and the late incursion of a slave-hold-
ing bandu, into kunsas, are the proofs of
the allgrssping disposition Of slavery, and
It's shameless tyranny over the North.
1t was well said by Senator Foot that ''the
strength of Slavery is the troachery Of the
North The dough-.aces, the treaeher-
Gus men from the North, -and the back
homeless ones, are noto in office. Slavery
IS Hoic exercising It's impudeni tyranny over
US. Therefore we say that the meaning of
political action is, II II has any, opposition
to slavery. This lie die main, and BY far the
mos, wcighty question that needs to be de-
c,ded by the North, and that at the ballots
box. -Rutiand Herald
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Liquor Lair in Rutland April 10th. Of
ficer Gibson served a summons on Mrs. Null
larkey to appear before Justice Howe, and
answer TO the charge of illegally selling la,
uor. She was tried a, the office of P. 81.
Sayles, ESQ., found guilty third oaence.l
and sentenced 20 pay a fine of so and costs,
and be imprisoned m the County Jail three
months r. X. Ihnll, ESQ.,, advised an APP
peal 10 the County Court, and she gave
bonds Cor her Appearance at court. Aprii2l.
+. d. Hodges was found guilty Of selling
Strong Beer, on his own confession, and was
fined $40 and cost April 9th, Catherine
Canaan was found guilty of selling liquor
at the house OF the Mularkeys, and find so
and costs. Not having an X or bondsman,
she went inside the meanost Jail in the
world. Do, Thomas Dumphey ct coniux
were found guilty Of selling liquor, and were
also seyerally fined $40 aud costs each.
Love of order and law, runs SO high in
Rutland, that neither the rich brogue,S nor
the plea Of native" will shield the offend-
ers of Herald.
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jNigrGllanr0us.
OLDEN TIMEs.---No. 3.
"sEVENTY YEARS IN THE WIN
OOSKI VALLEY"

i''' nosEf var w.
Mn. EDiroR.-" Fifty years ago" the
hounshing village where YOU reside had no
newspaper, now It has four, and during the
session OF the General Assembly Of Yer
mont, five. including your Daily Journal
The first plpor established IN Montpelier
was BY the Rev. Clark Brown, about the
year l-0i entitled The Vermont Precur-
sor,n which proved TO be the precursor, or
fore runner Of the Vernon; Waterman, es-
tablished IN 1907. by Mr.. Samuel Goss, a
practical printer, now living at a good old
age, IN your midst, and 50 attached to " let.
tiers" that he prints them on mlrb,e, instead
of paper. aud with the chisel IN lieu Of the
press. in $50 the Waterman pissed into
the hands of two apprentices OF NJ. Goss,
then inst ont Of their minority, your father
snd Marx G1ss. deceased In 1916 It be.
came the property o. h. r. Walton, and by
hun ant his sons. IN business connection, un
I'll now. as perceive from is columns, YOU
are 1T. editor and proprietor | have been a
constant and Interested reader of rs columns,
from It's first publication, and can feel with
peculiar force the interrogaiory, Should
auld Acquaintance be forgot p no. never,
80 long as lie and reason last Nav YOU
prove a worthy successor of your predeces
sor IN the editorial chair. sud icsrlessly
MAINTAIN the rirht. oppose who may.
FFihy years ago. there was no house of
public worship in your village-now there
are FIVE: some of them neat and tasteful,
elegant and substantial, filled. on the Sab
bath, hope with deyout and humble wor.
shippers Ffy yelrs ago. there was 10
church ia the place, and bat the semblance
ofthe Sabba,h-now there are four church.
es with as many ministers. Then a man OF
color was arrested. fined for petty larceny,
aud punished at the whipping post ON the
Sabbath--now, 10 such dlsgraceful scene
is witnessed, and the whipping post, with It's
forty siripes save ouen upon the naked back
Of a black man or a white one, Is abolished.
some litlo evidence, at least, OF improve
ment Ia the WinoosH Valley. May the
march OF improvement move on until the
stars and stripes upon our national banner
cease 10 BE- reproached by the stripes OF
slavery 10 any portion Of the Union
Fifty years ago. there was bat one bull
ding below the fails OF the North Branch, on
the Yves, side OF 1t, the old Jail, now stand
ing in rs primitive grandeur--now, nearly or
quite holt Of the population of the village
reside Ia that pan--thcre IS State street with
endless rows of Elm and Naples, shading
the fine dwelling houses from the new aud
beautiful branch bridge to the beautiful bend
IN the Winooski, and within a short distance
Of the extensive and finely planned New
Cemetery, OF city of the future dead. There,
too, Is the granite State House, with It's beau.
tful park IA front, surrounded BY an iron and
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Married under ProteSt.-Miss Lucy Stone,
whose public lectures on womans rights"
and other topics, have drawn some attention
to her, was married on Monday, under pro-
test, To Mr.. Blackwell of West Brookfeld
She protests against the existing laws of
marriage,and, as a wife claims a right to be
completely independent and separate indiv-
ldual, such as she was before marriage
Boston Daily .qdp.
Then Lucy and "a Mr.. BLACKWELL have
by mutual consent formed co partnership.
They can dissolve i, by mutual consent but
then neither could form co partnership with
another, without being subjected to the
penalty of the law. Lucy's protest don't a.
mount to much.
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THE BROTHERS.

In 40, the principal banking institutions
Of the chance kind" in San Francisco. were
tho " Bella Iniapr " Naran.lsln =. Ala. -.
Ofo, i" Nj Dorado" aud PARKER House"
all situated about the Plaza, aud each en-.
ployed a band of music to lessen the tedious
hours of that rainy winter and to drown the
noise Of dingling gold aud silver and the
cursing calculations Of the ganesters. Ma
ny a sad scene has taken place in those sa
looms, that chilled the blood of the behold
ers, ana is remembered with horror | was
once carelessly sauniering through one Of
these places. My attention was attracted
towards a person who had large piles of gold
before him; the starting eyebails, the swol-
len veins upon his forehead, the cold sweat
upon his face and clenched hands, told of
heavy losses mingled EXPLANATIONS of hor-
ror and contempt would escape him, and he
seemed unconscious Of all else going on a.
round him his gaze bent upon the cards as
It his liie's blood was The stake at issue
and in this case bis last dollar was put with
IN me dealers bank, when, with the FRENZY
OF maniac, he drew long dirk-knife and
plunged II up to the hit into his own bod ,
and sank corpse upon the table. A few
rude Jeers followed the act; the body was
removed, and The game went on as though
nothing had hsppened-as though another
victim had not been added to the age Of the
gamblers damning record or another soul
had not gone to its final account
learned this much OF his history: lie
started with a large stock of goods, given
HIM by his father, to sell on commission, and
the fathers fortune depended upon sure
return of the money SO invested; but, as
usual with young men, he INDUCED in the
full liberty Of unbridled license, and while
the ship stopped at one Of the South Ameri-
can ports he engendered the first seeds Of
play" but for while after his arrival the
excitement of trade and the energy neces
safy 10 accomplish successful issue, kept
his mind busy. One day, by appointment,
ne was to meet mercantile friend at this
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-05-18

Carrying Letters By Erpresses.--The
Washington correspondent of the Journal
Of Commerce says:
"The Post Office Department is now max
ing vigorous efforts to prevent the violation
of law and the curtaiment of its revenues,
by the private expresses. The evil can be
remedied by law, only so far as to lessen its
results, which threaten seriously 10 impair
the revenue of the Department But what
is the use Of laws without morals !? The
community choose 10 encourage every at
tempt to evade the laws, and cheat the gov
ernment out Of the postage of three cent.
on their letters. They would pay probably
premium to any private carrier. The ex-
pertinent of cheap postage Is so importan; to
the whole country, that every rght-minded
business man ought TO endeayor to sustain
il, by paying his postage to the government,
instead OF private post, set up in opposi-
ton to that Of the government"
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The BOmJdrdment A camp correspond
ent of the London Times thus briefly but vi.
wildly sketches the scene of a bombardment
at is something awful to stand upon the
hills which overlook the town aud watch the
progress of the nightly bombardnent The
Congreve rockets rush from the French bat
teries with deafeDing roar, leaving light
trail of fire behind. just sufficient to trace
the course of the missile as il darts vaguely
hither aud thither through the air, settling
down at last with a loud crash in the Flag
staff This wild, erratic course occasional
~ lands them outside the Russian lines, and
now and then forces them clear over every
thing into the very centre ofthe town. From
both right and left the mortars are dlscharg-
ed with heavy painful explosion, and with
a flash which, even at a distance, is almost
binding. As the dull boom shakes your We
ry frame, you hear the shell with a kind of
whistling roar mount higher and higher into
the air, till having reached its zenith it de-
scends with redoubled speed into the enc
my's works. The shock with which il strikes
the ground can be distinctly heard even ia
the allied camp, followed ina second after by
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.Ngro SugrGgs.-ln the New York Lee
gislature, on the resolve 10 strike QUE the
restricting word Whife in the constitutional
qualification for votes, the affirmative vote
was I'll wings and 5 democrats ; against IT,
% democrats and wings; and absent, IL
wings and Is democrats. The wings and
Know Nothings united in this case. IN pref
ty nearly solid phalanx.
In 1916. the vote on the clause extending
the franchise to colored citizens was against
II in every county but two, Clinton aud
OsNeuo.
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Ia the case of the United States vs.. Booth,
Of Wisconsin, for a violation of the Fugitive
Slave Law, a writ OF error was obtained, re-
turnable to the Supreme Court of the United
States for the purpose of determining the
question Of the limit of the jurisdiction be-
tween the Courts OF the State and those of
the United States.
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The Chinese Insmrection.-Thc Friend
Of hdiG, British paper published IN the
East lndles, gives some extracts from the
last Manifesto of the Insurgents, which tend
to show that the religious aspect of the
movement is more favorable than former ac-
counts represented
AT one blow, Tao ping wang abolishes
the idolatrous aud other superstitlous rites
observed at births and marriages directs
young people to attend daily services at
Church commands the Sabbath to be kept,
requiring the presence alike of old and
young on that holy day orders an appoint
ed officer to conduct the religious service,
and preach a sermon; and authoatively APP
points, as by imperial command that the
Word of God, the holy books of the Old
and New Testameuts,' THE identical Pro-
testant version of the Bible, commonly
known and styled Guizlail''s version, and to-
wards printing which, in former times, the
British and Foreign Bible Society contribut-
ed pecuniary aid, be made the text book for
insiructing the Chinese youth in the whole
Empire
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ISSUED SIMULTANEOUSLY AT MONTPELIER,

the sharp ringing explosion, in the bright
glare Of which the earth is thrown up like n
cloud. The enemy are replying TO each shot
with many long guns some moriars, but use
no rockets at all and whenever a pause oc-
ours in the cannonade, the sharp, quick rat
Ting Of the musketry makes itself audible
in the advanced trenches, till the recommen-
cling roar of artillery browns all other
sounds
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Education rs. Cnme.-According to DR..
Grlmshaw, of 132 conylcis IN the Auburn
State Prison, 5l7 were never instructed in
any trade or calling whereby to earn sub
sstence. OF $40 males at the Sing Sing
Sing Prison, 4s7 have never been taught a
trade 60 could not read, and li9 could
read but very lndiferenlly. The number of
convict tried in Courts Of Record in New
York state, from 1910 to 1913 inclusive, a.
mounted to 27,9i9 and of this aggregate
26.2l5 had received no education whatso-
ever. OF 20 convic,s in the Ohio Penilen
tiary, nearly all were below mcdlocny, and
scarcely able to transact the ordinary bus-
ness Of life.
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Census Of KGnsas.-Ihs Herald Of Free
dom, Of .ipriI q, contains the complete
census returns of Kansas Territory. The
aggregate population Is stated at e,4ol, OF
whom 5,OS5 are males and 1913 females
The number Of legal voters was 2,o77 the
number Of natives" lof the Unned Sta,es)
7,i6I; of foreigners 4Oo, and of sLAvIs
one hundred and nineiyiIr0.
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The cattle IN the vicinity of Ogdens burg,
\. Y, arc diving of black foot or hoof-ail.-
Many farmers have lost ten, fifteen and TWEEN
~ head.
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Pray. Sir" sad Judge, angrlly, to a
blunt old Quaker, from whom no direct an'
swer could be obtained, " do you know what
we sit here fori Yea, verify, do" said
the Quaker, " three Of you for four dollars
each day, and the fat one in the middle for
four thousand year"
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.imsrican Offers going 10 ne Cninea.-
Major Richard Delaiield, of the United
States Corps of Engineers, Major Mordecai,
of the Ordnance Department, and Captain
Mcclellan, of the'casary, sailed in the Asia
en- route for Sebasiopol. he Journal of
Commerce says, these officers have been or
dercd by the authorities al Washington 10
NAKED tour of observation on the line of
nostiiuies IN the Crimea, and especially to
inspect the siege works where the allies have
now concentrated their forces They are
accompanied by a Paymss,er of the u. s. A.,
and their expenses will be borne from the
National Tresury.
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burlington. The relig ious interest in
the. Congregational Church and Society IN
this place, continues to bring forth good
fruit. The number of recent hopeful con
versions cannot be less than fifty, of which
twenty are of students in the University
Free Pres1.
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Cruelty 10 Saves.-1'he New York Trib-
une has letter from o correspondent in
Bourbon county, Kentucky, detailing a case
of horrid cruelty inflicted upon two female
slaves by a lady of wealth and standing, Of
Paris, in that state. The circumstance Great
ed great excitement in the neighborhood,
and the allegation Is that the court before
which a trial Of the case came was oyeraw-
ed, and that the local press has made no note
of the circumstance. The Kentucky press
must ans wer for itself for its Shortcomings
in such an exciting case but il can hardly
be p ssible that in a civilized country such
barbarisn could be praeticed without the Of
Tenders being brought to justice.