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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13
Richas and Pouertu

That poverty is real evil, it would be
absurd TO deuy and that it is the parent
of many other evils, moral no less than
physical, experience teaeles, and will
forever teach US. Not only thai poverty
that stands between It's victims and the
common comforts, almost necessaries of
life, is thus pregnant with sorrow and
sin, but that, too, which closes the access
to every elegant enjoyment, and binds
down TO petty cares and worldly anxieties
the time. the thought, the whole spirit
But to believe that the reverse ofsaH this
must in itself be happiness is toshaye
little experience indeed of life, with It's
varieties. of pain and disappointment, Of
blighted hopes. of unavailing repentance.
Some, who have eneyer known what il is
to possess riches, believe that the power
of dispensing them must, and does bring
happiness but in vain does ..the wild
ow's heart sing for joy'' if no chord in
the breast of her benefactor echoes 10 the
sound Of her rejoicings, if he feels thai
there are evils much worse than poverty.
Ii personal regrets have closed the heart
to sympathy, he may be beneicent, but
the blessings of beneficence do not return
upon him. M ~
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13
Hard to Please.

Truly it is written, "The eye Is not
satisfied with seeing" Standing once
in the White Mountain Glen with friend
who has passion for the sublime, he
said, "Now what I want to see is the ST.
Lawrence pouring into this glen over the
top of Mount Washington p at Mag
ara Falls he summed up his exelamations
of satisfaction with the wish TO sto ses
the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans pitching
over the rim of the globe into iBfnits
space - Is not that modest desire to
get uttefance out of human frame not
much over FIVE feet tail? SO it is. The
glen isloveIy; Niagara is grand; but We
want the infinite. Human nature pours
grandeur and more lovely casaracts out
of its imagination than rocks and lakes
can furnish. And so, after all, hurFah
for man s
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13
Cooperation of the Wife.

Mona ever prospered in the world
without the cooperation of his wife. II
she unites in mutual endeavors. or re-
wards his labors with an cndearing smile.
with what confidence viii he resort to his
merchandise or his farm. ay over lands,
sail upon seas, meet difficulty and en-
counter danger, if he knows that he is
not spending his strength in vain, but
that his labor win be rewarded By the
sweets Of homel SoEcitude and disap-
pointment enter into the history of every
mans life. and he is but half provided
for his voyage who finds but an associate
for happy hours. while for his months Of
darkness and distress no sympathizing
partner is near.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13
The South of oIdan .Timas.

In Hon. Thomas II. Benton's forth
coming volume of his Thirty Years in
the United States Senate, occurs the fol-
lowing passage, in allusion to the de-
cline of the commerce of the Southern
States =
alt is tradition of the colonies that
the South had been the seat of wealth
and happiness, of power and opulence
that rich population covered the land,
dispensing baronial hospitality. and diff
fusing the felicity which they them
selves enjoyed; that all was life, and Joy,
and affiuence then.
"And this tradition was not without
similitude to the reality, as this writer
can testify; for he was old enough to
have seen latter the Revolution the still
surviving State of southern colonial
manners, when no traveller was allowed
to go to a tavern, and was handed over
from family to family through entire States
when holidays were days of festivity
and expectation, long prepared for, and
celebrated by master and slave with
music and feasting, and great concourse
of friends and relatives; when gold was
kept in desks or chests, (after the down
fall of paper. and weighed in scales,
and lent to neighbors for short terms
without note, interest, witness or secu-
rity-and on bond and land security for
long years and lawful usance /; and when
petty litigation was at 50 low an ebb that
it required fine of forty pounds of To-
bacco to make a man serve as con-
stable"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13
Printers Rollers.

We clipped an article from some paper
in which it was stated that composition
rollers made Of glue and sugar were su-
perior to those made of sugar and mo-
lasses. Handing the article to our fore
man. he forthwith experimental with the
most complete success. He took six
pounds of the best glue, and having melt
ed it in the usual way, put into it four
pounds of the best brown sugar. After
remaining over the fire about forty min
utes, being well stirred during the time.
the roller was cast 1t proved to be a
beautiful one, far surprising ineyery par
ticular, any that has ever been made for
this Office. We recommend this new
mode to printers.-Boonvifts O6s.
Our experience exactly, with similar
result.-ED. III. OF FREEDOM.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13
sscrs. of Good Writing.

We cut from an exchange paper the
following remarks by Goethe. They
contain very important practical sugges-
tons, and ought 10 be read at least once
by every one before he attempts to write
for the benefit or instruction of the pub
lie:
The grand secret of good writing
seems to be in this very simple maxim:
Be sure you have an idea before you at
tempt to express, it. If you clearly
comprehend in your own mind what you
wish to communicate, nature and reason
together with little practice, viii most
certainly teach you to say it in an appro-
pirate manner.
A single idea is fally sufficient for one
mind to manage at one time. And il may
be added that if the idea is of much i'm
portance, it would be the most dignifed
by being honored with private carriage.
Divide and conquer is as valuable
rule in literary as in military tactics
The more extensive the theme which the
writer proposes to himself to discuss, the
less, usually, he has to say upon it.
There is nothing more popular, espe-
cially with young writers, than brillian-
cy Of style. This manner of writing is
certainly excellent in its proper place
but there are many topics which do not
require this quality, and many are much
injured by it. The language Of every
dissertation should be that which is best
calculated to express the thoughts in the
happiest manner.
AS the rays of the sun viii not kindls
a blaze unless brought.io focus. so the
thoughts of the writer viii not set the
hearts of his readers. on fire, unless all
are made to converge to single point.
Some writers seem unable TO express
themselves in a cool, rational manner
on any subject. With them every vir-
tue is god-like, every fault villainy, every
breeze a tempest, every mole-hill
mountain. They appear to think their
manner of writing is sublimity /; but
their judicious readers { if they have any
such call it tragidity and absurdity.
The design of language is 20 give
expression TO thought-that style of
writing, therefore, must necessarily be
the best. which most perfectly conveys
TO the readers mind what the writer in
tended he should understand"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13
Strange Omission.

A Washington correspondent of the
New York Courier says -
The country has fallen into a verv nat
ural mistake in regard to one important
feature of the Nebraska and Kansas act.
1t contains no provision for submitting
the acts of the Territorial Legislature to
the revision of Congress. That has been
the established rule in the organization
of Territories, and this is the first and
only departure from it. In all former
acts establishing Territorial Governments
the reservation in Congress of the power
to supervise and annul the laws of the
Territories considered inconsistent with
the general good, has been explicit and
uniform. This clause is found in the-bill
creating Washington Territory, passed
March Cd, 1853, and in all preceding
ones of the same class. Yet it is omit
ted in this most important of all, framed
only nine or ten months afterwards. The
reason for this deviation from the usual
course is obvious, and it furnishes strong
corroborative proof of the worst charges
brought against the Administration. to
wit, that it was we'll informed of the in
tended outrages of StringGellow and his
gang, aud not only connived at them, but
promised the means fortheir commission,
and deliberately removed all those safe
guards by which such excesses might
have been remedied.
When weread the newspaper accounts
of these Legislative movements, though
they more resemble the orgies of savages
than the deliberations of civilized and
Christian men, we have the consolation
10 reflect that they are without remedy.
We must not only permit these cnormi-
ties to be enacted day after day in the
name of the United States, but we must
pay for them. The whole complicated
scheme of infamy is supported by the
perverted authority of the United States,
and by the gold of the federal treasury
Ii there ever was a case in which the
people aggrieved were called upon to
protect their own rights and to punish
the aggressors, it is that Of the bona tide
settlers in Kansas.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13
Energy.

See how that fellow works. No OBJ
obstacle too great for him to surmount /;
no ocean too wide for him to leap; no
mountain too high for him to scale. He
will make stir in the world and no
mistake. Such are the men who build
our railroads, dig up the mountains in
California and enrich the world. There
is a world of action, and to make money,
gain reputation, exert hapy influence
men must be active, persevering and
energetic They must not quail at
shadows-run from lions, or attempt TO
dodge the lightning. Go forward zeal
ously in whatever you may undertake,
and we win risk you anywhere and
through life. Men who faint and quail,
are a laughing stock of angels, devils.
and true men.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13
Choice Poetry.
From tie Raesaaa Democrat.
The Bloody Chain.
BY G. WELLS.

We see the tyrant's elanking chain
Usurping honest toll.
And leaving slavery's blighting stain
On Kansas virgin soil.
We hear the rafting of the chain,
We hear the tyrant's err,
Bow freemen, pleading is in vain,
80 wear this chain, or diem
These bloody chains were forged for you,
And ali who dare proclaim,
That slavery Is MOI al curse,
A blight on freenom's name.
These chains are strong, We boldly swear,
They'll do the work for rs,
And drive all freemcn to despair,
And bow them to the dust.r
Will freemen suffer low hrigands,
To crush them TO the dust.
And place the shaeklcs on their hands,
And spurn them with disgust!
Will they forget the honored dead.
Who spurned old England's chain,
And nobly fought and freely bled,
Their freedom to maintain
No. freemen never will give up,
Their freedom nobly won.
By those who bled on Bunker's hill,
Or fell at Lexington.
They do not thirst for human blood,
From this they wouid be free;
But still they ask and viii maintain,
Their lives and liberty.
They want no robber fends to rule,
Sustained by high decree, :.
OF him who is the tyrants tool,
To crush the brave and free.
No! Kansas fieemen will maintain,
Their rights on freedoms soil,
And spurn the tyrantis bloody chain,
And live by honest toll.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13
Original Poetry.
For tie Herald Of Freedom.
TO the Freemen of Kansas.
And this is crime.
BT MRS. A. J. MASON.

And this is crime,
use the sacred Heayen-sent gift Of speech:
1--WE the burning thoughts that crowd the
g, brain
E.e ntterance {; to let the magic quill,
.ljcl oft hath shaken thrones and caused base
kings
s ,rrmble which hath reused world and
spoke
ustien into bcing; which, in s'tiInes
81 tried mems souls" recorded, as with fire,
ese potent words. "ALL MEN ARE EQUAL"
5ite tho hearts deep promptings-a Is crime.
4 D feed the poor : 10 shelter the distressed
"a point the way-worn Traveller the road
"a fife and liberty; to tell the slave
be benefits of freedom to inspire
Ethin bis rude, untutored sOuf pure thoughts,
E,h aspirations which bcspeak the nun
hs Is j crime of darkest, fouicst hue.
that man shall surely die p So says the lar
have Freemcn, rouse! and swear before high
heaven
our hearts best blood shall wash this dalnning
stain
spm Kansas annals. Buckle on the sword
md fight, ss they of old, for Liberty
! Death" nor sheath it till humanity
4. satisfied. Wear not the tyrantis chains
Break them /; they are but stubble in the grasp
zf him who strikes for right let the four winds
;ear them to dark oblivion; let earth
sorget she hath been thus insulted.
i firm, brave band take courage, though the
storm
thick with blackness, though the yells of rage
! nd bafaed impotence, from seryie throats,
ut-yie the thunder's roar though hireling
throHgs
r,atIe vengeance; though .fthe powers that
be- array
.TThemselyes in al the traitors pageantry,
.lnl bow lin meek submission, TO the viii
IN slayery's lawlcss herdes yet faint ye not
truth shall prevail. The darkest night pre- .edes
|Ibe glorious dawn. Even now the breaking
light
Is rachel the hearts of many, rousisg t.em
rom their benumbing letbargy; and 10
Ebey stand aghast to see the insolence,
be- folly, nay, the madness of the day.
Ot long they stand !; in freedoms pnaIanx now
hey form, determined to regain the ground
hey stupidity have lost. And they wi7 gain.
r. fearless ones, fight on |. trusting in God.
Ehose throne nor party strife, nor envy's hiss
jan cause to shake ; who, at the proper time,
Bill, 10 the troubled sea of human pride,
ssy Peace be still ~
C,nhesufrilie, Pa.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13
connecting Link.

Boswell aud johnson were convsrsing
upon the subject of planter who 30
fsOgged his slave that he died The
Doctor thundered savageiy. e Wei.
but" said Boswell depreeaiingly. :.
have always held tie man with q black
face to be connecting link between =
man and q brutez Sir, said Dr..
johnson. rolling his huge form from
side to side, sand ] have always hell
the man with black heart to be = con-
Meeting link between brute aud The
devil
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13
SeERule.

The most precious of all possessions
is power over ourselves power 10 with
stand trial, to bear suffering, to front
danger; power over pleasure and pain !;
power to follow our convictions, how
ever resisted By menace and scorn; the
power of calm reliance in scenes Of dark
ness and storm.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13

T While I am ready TO adopt any
well grounded opinion. my inmost soul
reyolts against receiving the Judgment
of Others respecting persons; and when
ever / have done so, I have bitterly re-
pented of it.-lie5uhr.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13

EE Earthly parents often iet their
90 without the rod and then
the Lord takes the children and makes
rods of them for their parents.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13

sr Work IS the order Of tbs dar.
The slow penny is surer than the quick
dollar. The slow trotter will ollt-trsvel
the feet racer. Gcuins darts. Huitess.
and tires but parssyefanae wears af,I
wins. Tie ali-day horse wins tbs
race. The afternsssn man wears elF
the lanrsIs. The lest blew Enishss s.se
azil.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-10-13

EA A Hindoo law says, "strike not
thy wife, even with 8 blossom, though
she be guilty of thousand faults
The Opelousas courier., 1855-03-31
VENTE PAR LE SHERIFF.
ETAT DE IA LOUISIAN

Il TAT DE La LOUlSIA NE.
hirkman, Alternately & Hanna VS.. P. Pandelv
5 Fremont Cour de District ST. Landry
No. $685.
Sewell 1. Taylor, VS.. P. Pandely & S. Fremont
=, Cour de Dlstrlct:-St Landry-No 1884.
Fremont, Guidry & Roy, vs. P Pandely ct S, Ere.
mont Cour de District St Landry No.
1921. -0'
AN vertu de trois writs de plu. f. ia. lancGs dams
- les aftares c-dessus intitulees, par la Cour de
District, dams ct pour la Parosse St. Landry. 4 moi
adresse, Texposerai, en- vente publique, pour du
compliant, devant la porte de la Maiison de Cour,
aux Opelousas, lie samedi 5 Mai proclaim, 1855
commencant II heures du matin ct contipuant
de jour en- jour- sill est necessae, tous les droits
titres, interets ct pretentions de William H. Par.
rott aux prophecies ci-dessous d6crites saises nor
satlsfaire les dts wrts, a savoir:
LIE Quart n. E. de la Section No "a du Township
Sud, Rangee Est, contenant 163 22- 100 acres
Ia moite Sud de la Section 5, du I. 3 Sud, Range
Est, contenant 325 I5-1O0 acres lie Quart sud
Quest de Ia Section du Township 4 Sud de Ia
kangee 5 Est, contenant 1853 Os-10O acres: la moi.
tie Quest du Quart NJ o. de la Section 9 du Town.
ship Sud de la Rangee Est ,contenant so 64-Io0
acres. J. n DAWN ClE;S
Bureau dn Sheriff. st-Landry, 81 Mars, 1855.
The Opelousas courier., 1855-03-31
Pour le Courier des Opelowsas.)
HTSTOIRE VERIDIOUE.

) Un dfput.s sheriff sage e-temme.-Un ev&nement de
plus cnrleux Gu lieu, ces iours derniers, dams Ii
Parosse #**. Depuis treize mos await disparu unt
negresse, que Poffre dune recompense honnste ma
wait pu faire ramener a ses foyers. On ne songeai
dela plus la retrouver, quand e ne sais pas que
hasard ct ques ndices, une personnc interessee
soupconne quon la recelait non loin de chez ellie
Sur ce affidavit.
LIE sherlf de la susdite parolsse lugea propos de
lancer un search-tuarrant, mandat de perquisticn
que dut servir son d@pute jeune homme novice dams
SeS devOlrs nals remp de bon vouloir ct de de-
termination-Bien instrnit de ses pouvoirs. ct de-
sireux de faire valor dams cete importante cir
constance, il part.-Arrive chez lie premier habi-
tant sur eque plane lie soupcon il explique sa mis-
slon ct commence les recherches, nonobstant Pop
position quon veut lui faire nnais ses recherches
n'amenerent rien, ardeur infructueuse doit Sc
| transporter chez lie second habitant
lei va sc passer un drame
| Nouvees recherches plus minutieuses que de-
want. En- vain les cabanes sont misses sens dessus-
dessous en- vain chaque etable, chaque pouaier
ct la cuisine sont TeElues :-rien, absolument rien
Notre depute furete par toute la maison, ar
moires. buffets, tout est touie il ne reste plus
quun cabinet vsiter, dams lequel il va penetrer,
quand s'avaDce Phabitant fnreux, brandissant dams
Pair etonne une trique formidable.
Arrete, dlt-ll, on je te tends la tete la sage femme
seue peut entrer dams cette chambre, ma femme
est en- NAL d'enfant!!
Notre depute, abord attendr!. tire bon augure
de cette soudaine nouvelle face de chooses. II
marche cranement la porte, en- disant au bouant
mari :-Vous pouvez me tuer, mais je ne connais
que mon devor. A mots lie furieux passe de
sa haute ct sublime colere a des larmes d'entant
larmes inuties, qui n'arretent pas lie cours impe-
tueux des devoirs du valeureux depute-sherif.
La porte souvre des plaintes apitoyantes partent
de la bouche dune femme etendue sur son lit de
douleur.
-Retirez-vous, retirez-vous n'approchez pas
o0 est la sage-femme, mon Deu?
Notre depute, presque deconcerte, mas toujours
ferme fonds. droit au lit repondant courtose-
ment Ne faites pas attention, madame, ca ne
sera pas long.-Je suis fache detre obiige den agr
ansi.-CaneZ- vous -.
Et la dame de doubler ses plaintes ct de maudire
Pimpudent officer: ct, celui-ci de fureter sous lie
lit ct dams tous II Sc retirer lorsque sur
git une lumineuse idee: Sc peut-il que ce lit ait
douze mateas? - quill est bonnie :. queIle hau-
teur! II longe ee litpyramida, passe lie bras entre
All mon Dieu, mon Dieu >. mon Dieu Sc
erie la nalheureuse femme.
Patience, s'ecrie lie ioyeux depute. poussant lie |
bras plus avant entire les mateats. Je vas vous
debarasser..
-Allez-vous-en, pour Famour de Dieu!...
La VOLTA madame ..
Aye, aye. e. Dieu! la Vierge!.
All !! madame, du courage, je vais vous deba-
rasser ct dune belle negresse 49,.
Et la negresse roula sur lie plancher! !! !!
A VERUS.
The Opelousas courier., 1855-03-31
TROIS ESCLAVES.

des deux sexes ct dages divers.
Un cheval American, deux chevaux
creoles, une paire de beuf de tire,
deux charrettes a beuf un GALE
che, une meule, trois herses, cinu
charrues ct harnais, une scie de
long, outils aratoires, I'm lot de fer,
un lot de haches, un lot outils de
charpentiers, I'm lot de fourrage,
I'm magasin situe sur lhabitation
sus-mentionnee, un meter, meu.
bles, une marque d marquer, u.s.
tensils de cuisine, &c.
I'ermes ct Conditions .-Toutes sommes
de dix piastres ct au-dessous payables comp
tanti ct toutes sommes au-dessus de dix pias-
tres, payables un ct deux ans de credit, i
partir du jour de la vente les esclaves restant
specialement hypotheques Ia dite success
sion jusqu'au payement final ct efectif du
principal ct des interets qui pourront s'y
accroitre, raison de huit pour cent par an,
du jour de Pecheance jusqu'a parfait paye-
ment. Les acquereurs fournissant bonnes ct
sufisantes securities personnelles a la satisfac.
tion de padministrateur.
A. DEJEAN, Encanteur.
Opelousas, 81 Mars, 1855.
The Opelousas courier., 1855-03-31

Mr.. MARCY EFT Mr.. SoULe.-Une CORES
pondance de Washington au North Amsri.
can, puisee bonne source, depeint ainsi les
virements ct revirements operes par le secre
taire d Etat dams les affaires 'Espagne.
I'M. Soule est charge d'obtenir de PES
pagne un traite de commerce ct certains chan.
gements d'organisation Cuba, pour que l'on
puisse traiter directement dams les cas- d ur.
gence avec lie capitaine- general.
IN. Soule doit demander une indem.
mite ct des excuses inlmediates pour l'affaire
du Black Warrior ct quelques autres.
3.-Mai, 1S54-M Soule doit negocier
pour l'acquisition de Cuba.
4-Juillet, 1854-M. Louie ne doit rsea,
.taire nj pour le Black Warrior nj pour
autre chose.
5-Fin de Pete de 1s54.-M. Soule doit
abandonner toute tentative pour obtenir Gu.
ba, soft par achat, soft autrement.
en-. Soule est informe que. l'on songe 4
une commission qui serait chargee de regle,
tous les differends ayec pEspagne F.; a quoi
NJ Soule repond Baste
7-Septembre, 1854 NJ. Soule recoit
pordre de tenir avec MN. Buchanan ct Mason
pour aviser aux moyens d'annexer immedia.
tement Cuba.
8.-Novembre, 1s54-Le Congress d Os
tende est DISCUS, son journal efface, ses actes
republics, NJ. Soule recoit lordre de ne plus
rien faire, absolument rien.
9.-Conclusion de cette emouvante his.
toire M. Soule, degoute, Sc retire de Ia
scene, mais en- disant tout bas: MARCY, tu
me le paieras."