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The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08
A Rare Genius.


Francisco is in the +" Cheap John " line
He is man Of middle age, and son oi
Erin at that, hut it wouid certainly make
a nah VINO was under sentence of death
laugh, were he to listen tc him for shor,
time, when exertihg himself to effect sales
in a hard crowd, With but little cash in it
On Wednesday evening he vas using
ali his rhetoric to sell a magnificent heavy
gold watch and chain, and whether It was
owing to lack Of cash in the crowd, CT
that they distrusted the genrineness oil the
article offered, We cannot say, hut ore
thing was certain, he could get ne higher
bid than $50, FOR watch and chain thai
was at least worth three times the amount.
However, ne kept up the excitement, and
az far as we San remember the 1olicwino
inducements were held OFT to the crowd by
Iim. (Holding the watcL IL his baud
'Eere tits; gentlamel, az elegant, double
barreled, suction pipe, safety valve, double
duplex complex, and very perpiexing
chrorometer balance, patent lever, Eng,
lish made watch, full iewei!ed and a ex-
ira pair; besides, not to mention the little
cnes that's ia It, as well as thcm's thai
are net. Fifty-nire dollars. do 1 hear
sixty Here Il IS, gentlemen, The wa:cn
that Christopher Columbus discovered the
broadsiGe cf America 5y-tilat Sir Walter
Raleigh didn't find the Fl Dorado by
that Louis ;he 18th ate his last male OF
fried frogs by-and It's the very one, far
as ! know, that Donepartc went &c Mos
COW with, and ken back II double quick
,i"le BY. This IS the watch thai regulates
the saysons, tells tie sun whin to shir Q
and whin to let 1t alone It tells the mooa
when 70 &c to BED, knocks tie stars into
cooked rats ard sinds lie milky way
way across % Contra Costa, to NAL e new
cheese tor :ae farmers: :" (then looking
at MS auditory he went on) "and row rs
it's not Likely to sc away in ary of your
rockets, L want II 10 sind viz away with
fa.ys il. YOU ears-:or rpo. my sou: if /
had such poor crowds . de;, with lcne.
I'd lave to go the poor-house meaelf soon,
io- yiz are the poorest d;vils l ever net
with" One of the party commenced cx-
amining towing piece that stood in a
corner, but the ductioneer observing him,
exclaimed, don't handle that; it might
stick to yer fingers and 90 of-one vent
off the otncr night without a report, and
it didn't report itself back yet-so clear
out wild yourselves, and keep out of the
way Of the butchers, as they may take
you for calves, and not find out their mis-
take until they find yiz would make divil-
ish tough vale. Clear out, l want to put
out my lights, for can't make enough to
pay for gas out of viz, much less enough
to pay the landlord. Clear out tell viz
again, yer grinnin' at me wont pay for
me supper, or put the wind back in me
body that Pm throwing away on yez, and
fax I'll want it all some day, so l will.
Oh, yez would make elegant savings
banks, so yez would, for if a dollar ever
went near yez ye'd hould it It'll death,
and starve ycrselves, rather than spend
it." The crowd dispersed, and he closed
his door for the night
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08
Parody on Hohenlilden.

In seasons when our funds are lew,
Subscribers are provokilg slow.
And new supplies keep up the flow
OF dimes, departing rapidly,
Bat We shall see a sadeer sight,
Wher duns pour in from, rorn tiI night,
Co!nmending every sixpence bright
70 be forket over speedily.
Our DoEd. ald cue bills arc ar-cyed-
Eech seal and signatures displayed
The holders vow they must be paid
With threats CT ''Law and Chaccery."
Then 10 despair we're airlos: driven
There's precious little rse in livin',
When our last copper's rudelv aivc1.
From tands that acid It lovingly.
Eut larger yet these dles shall g:nN.
When interests added Oil below,
length 'aing our chir 4 fooi or &C,
Thile gazing ct tham 50 hopsiessly
'I'is so, that scarce have sc bag4a
fc plead fol- title upon ifa,
Before there comes anoiEer cue,
Demanding pay fornciously.
The prospect da-kens. On, ye bro7
Wro vo;.lt our very BE- cen save
Waive, Patrons all your Dfe,exts yai:e.
And ply the frinter cheerfClly.
Oh! it wcuid yield US Pleasant sveo.,
: few deiinquents nov 10 meet,
ASKING oil us ciear .eceIp.
'Noe papers taken reg'lfr:y.
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08
p <-ae-Sszaz

E;1g~ Ex-Gov. pinney, recently returned
from Liberia, reports the condition Of tho
African Republic as very prosperous. Il iol-
lows onr example aud gees for annexation.--
With the consent Of the British government; il
is about 10 annex Sierra Leone It is also
about to send company TO tic interior to
form a sediment in the valley of the Niger
1t IS said the interior is more healthy and held
oy more intelligent people than Tie parts now
settled
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08

nea- The journal of Commerce gave ex-
tracts from the letter Of a southern man agans.
the annexation Of Cuba, on the g:ouud that it
would Increase southern weakness rather than
strength. The abolition of slavery in Cuba
h. thinks would be beneficial to American
planters, since it would ruin that island as it
has Hayti and Jamaica, and transfer her pro
dlctions to Louisona, Florida anl Texas.
where coAe and sugar can BE- grown rs well a'
In Cuba.
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08

1t is stated that Matt Ward, who mur-
dered Butler, in Kentucky, is the great
hon Of the New Orleans streets. He
sports fine span of bay horses, beauti-
fully comparisoned, and carriage bril-
liant with splender, and upon the box sit
two colored gentleman, with blue suits,
white gloves, black Lats, green band
around, and small feather upon the upper
cdge.
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08

neA-In Michigan, there is very great com
plant of scarcity and high prices. In Iona
county. in the centre Of the State. The
Ga@ettr says:
g The Oldest inbabitant in this place fails to
remember when there was such IA scarcity OF
provisions as there is at the present time
Potatoes iu this village are out ofthc question
they may be in the country, but the farmers
do not bring them TO market. Thee IRE no
beans, eggs, onions. lard, and bn, very small
supply Of butter and meat i'll the market
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08

Ea~ The Washington correspondent oe the
ST. Loais PepublicaI says the Hon. Stephen
&. Douglas lately left that city fer his home
in Illinois in fac health enc spirits. Aitho'
TIE Little Giant IS nrcomprcmisihgly opposed
tc The Know Nothings: ne thinks they hare
the next Presidential election in heir keeping
aad that they viii bestow ituron Sam Houston
OF Texas
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08

4 letter from an American at Canton
says the civil war in China, is conducted
IN the most barbarous and horrible manner
No prisoners are kept, but they are all
executed immediately after battle and
IN a most inhunan manner, after first be-
in. stripped naked
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08

''Nind, John, If you go out in tie yard ,
you will wish you bad staJ ed in the house" "
'sWe'l, if stay in the house, I VII
wish l was out il the yard; so where's tho
difference. dad;n
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08

Ra- John M Bolts in c letter tc his
political friends after raining each person
or The American ticket. anG saying that
he shall vote .or them, adds, i snail ,nus
vote fol riore democrats in ore day than
: ever die before IN I'll my life together.
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08

. 1t looks rather funny to witness the
Goldfish OF Young America sneering at
honest labor, when it is considered that
their principal claim to respect is the fact
that they are descendants of respectable
mechanics.
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08

BIDyELL BRIDGE.--The contract for the
erection OF the wire suspension bridge across
Feather River, at Bidwell, has been taken by
Messrs. jones & Murray, old Feather River
contractors, for the sum of S26,500. The
bridge is to be completed by the lst Of De
cember. Bate Record
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08

EARLY HARvEsT.-The farmers along
the Costumes river contemplate cutting
their barley the present week. Wheat
will be ready for the sickle during the
course of the ensuing week, and by the
10Th prox. harvesting grain in this section
of the State will have fully commenced -
Union.
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08

Many = iool has passed fer a clever
man, because he has known how to hold
liz tongue; and many 2 cleier man has
passed for = fool because ne has not
known how to make use OF it
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08

f9~ The Scient6c Ame1 icaa cautions
is readers against the use ofpairtel pals,
and says the OXIDE o. lead, with which
pals are painted, is dangerous poison,
and has oeel- known to be productive Of
evil II many cases
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08

Bss~ Mr.. Dove has recovered verdict of
Sl0,o0o N Washington, D. O., against man
who circulated report, at the municipal cleo
ton he was tainted with African blood
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08

@In Kansas, it costs man only $50
to have city named after him towns
and villages in proportion
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08

U An exchange paper says that the
last thing man does is repent. Not 50
The last thing done is to pay the printer
The Nevada journal., 1855-06-08
Caution.

Glass Valley orARrz MISING CoMf.Nv-Carr1o.:
\1 All pet sons cautioned moi tn ,h Min
or any 0i the mining cairls of the aforesaid ccpany,
from w e Croset J. L Crosei. T. Scott or Jno Cook
Jr, or their agents or any holding under them as
have an undivided ffth ine.est therein and he
aforesaid cannot give clear title 80 pm 'e''
New York, April 20. 1875 l-lm i'A''
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20

not g jumped Claims" bar attempted to
jump, . whole city, already known to the
world. long after It was occupied as such.
conclude to pocket their wrath. secure
their lots. and acknowledge themselves
bored, admitting thai even lawyers may
be mistaken. i - II sasa 81
Mr.. Eliior, this is no fancy picture. as
numbers. L Ibelieve, viii eventually admit
to their sorrow. Ar. Siearns has been
bought of. Mr. Wade has no prior claim
to that of the Association Messrs. Chap
man, Lykins. Baldwin, and Hopper have
not the shadow Of claim 10 more than
the lots they live upon, as long before
this land had been selected and laid out
as city /; and the whole plat, large, as it
is. will be occupied for "trade, and not
agriculture which settles this whole
matter. As TO how we shall ge. title
as a city, it is not my purpose now TO in.
quire: Isuppose at least We can buy it
Yet, Mr. Editor, with all these views, L
would do almost anything for peace. L
would meet these adverse claimants upon
common ground, and. if possible har-
monte, and be as one common brother
hood. If they are reasonable. and we
are willing to sacrifice little, all can be
amicably arranged. Yours. for peace,
trsafs W d, REASON.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
mag. are REGARDED as the .nsss sacred OF

may. are ne sanded as the must sacrd oi
all his possessions. a ,s!5sia.ss
When a stranger visits Us With the de.
Sire of obtaining information concerning
eur location aud prospects, We ask no
such foolish questions / beg eyerybody's
pardon as, 5: Are syou from Maine J OF
are you from Georgia go Are you
from the North ? or are rou from the
South ?'' We seek TO know but single
fact: Is he an -4naerican citizen II
so, he is our b:e.her, and the hand oi
welcome is most cordially extended to
him. We ignore any geographical sur
Isey which may have been made in this
broad land of ours that is capable of sep
arating the heart of one from the heart OF
another; and it matters not whether the
man from the south of Mason and Dixon's
line, or the man from the north of Mason
and Dixon's line, or he who may be
astride that line, shall come to our door
and knock, unto the one itshall be opened
with the same alaerily as to the other
In proof of this. L might mention that
our settlement is composed of persons
representing almost as many different
States as there are States comprised with
In cur Union The North and the South,
the East and the West, will here each
find its representative. Nay. had bet
ter say, tha. here neither North nor
South, nor East nor West, will find its
representative but. on the contrary,
here they viii each find American citi-
zens, laboring for their own and the pub
lie veal. aud living in peace and hai-
mony with each other and with theil
neighbors. ma ~
What the future of our place will be
remains for time to develop But it may
not be amiss TO say that it possesses, in
an eminent degree, the two great els-
ments requisite for the safe and speedy
growth of anew city. First, natural ad-
vantages second. men of the proper
standard and energy to develop those
advantages. The first is always constant
and reliable-:he second more variable.
But if energy, enterprise, and talent shall
increase correspondingly with the in-
crease of our population. then do / pre-
dict for the city. of Topeka a bright and
glorious destiny. Yours, very truly, s.,
%. ~
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
On the way to Kansas.

On monday morning we lad call
from Rev. j. l.. Stewart, local preacher
from New Hampshire, who is on his way
to Kansas. Brother Stewart is one of a
company of about 100, who arc going
to form new colony on the Big Blue
river. From the personet of this COM
pany, We should judge they were Of the
right sort. Most of them are hardy, IN
telligent, scientific farmers, and many OF
them men of capital. worth from $780,
600 to 800, 900 each They win call
around them all the appliances of ayri-
culture and all the comforts, and even re-
finements, of life As an instance, We
were informed that one OF the members
of this company had already ma ie ar
rangemen:s for the intro luetion into his
new home of ten different kin1s Of i'm
ported sheep, and was going to enter
largely into wool raising a complete
saw-mill for the use of this company has
already been dispatched. and will be
erected as soon as proper location IS
secured.
Brother Stewart SAYS that, so far as he
can learn, the eastern emigration has
har lily commenced. Hesass the opening
| of next spring viii witness thousands OF
settlers on the move to the new Territory,
and they will nearly all BE- of the right
stamp-men Of morals. men of means.
men of intelligence. Westward no is
| the ery.-.S. Louis Christina idro-ote.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
Travelling in Missouri.
HANNIBAL, No, Dec. 60, 1856.

A4ASNiD<AAsJ AsAN.t kOA. ~, AOOt. b
FRIEND BRewS For the benefit and
convenience of.our friends, and the pub
lie generally who may travel this way,
| wish to say that | took the mail coach
at Liberty. Clay county, for this place,
and paid Bis fare. with the promise to
be landed in Hannibal Oh Sunday even
ing, 18th inst; but, on Saturday evening,
had progressed no further than Glasgow.
distant one hundred miles from Hanni-
bal. After the non -fultillment of various
promises of the agents of Messrs. Moore
d. kimble, formerly Frink d. Co., took
Messrs Caldwell d Fishers mail line for
Hannibal, who fulfilled to the letter their
engagements with their passengers. The
Traveller passes through delightful coun-
try, but will be frequently ANNOYED by
the liquor-selling at the stations by the
way, and the drinking propensities of the
drivers, until he reaches Glasgow. TIC
the credit of Messrs Caldwell & Fisher
whose line would recommend our friends
otake, they employ no drinking drivers
and stop at no liquor-selling stations, and
will land their passengers in due time a
the Monroe House, where mine host, Mr.
William Shoo.e, will spare no pains t.
make the Traveller feel at home. Hi
table is well furnished, beds good, ant
charges reasonable; besides which, h,
renders every possible assistance to tn
stranger to forward him on his way
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
Heavy winds.

The only objection we have found to
tbs climate Of Kansas, thus far. is the
heavy winds, which usually blow from
one to three DAYS at time over the prai-
ries, making it rather disagreeable TO be
exposed out Of doors. We think the
wind and storms are not more violent
than in Western Pennsylvania and East
ern Ohio but it occurs oftener, and is
longer protracted. Fortunately we have
been relieved from the flying snow. sleet.
and rain of that climate. Had we the
comfortable houses and barns of that
section, we think We should not expert
ence as much Inconvenience from the
winds here as is experienced there.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
ganan 5mas fans
-, s.llII.Il.F 80

LII. S.9ftE14flE ssl5NE1
porary chairman, who was fally mp 20
his own standard of a. ;lieoaaf spaksr,
and entirely put to blash lie saw-laill by
his successive bursts of blood and thun-
der eloquence. After him came Justice
of the peace, who had been singled out
BY previous speakers, and who naled q
score of lies, or less. to the counter. I
= The last speaker I viii saention is one
who, thus far, has made politics his trade,
and is said to be pledged TO a particular
friend, come what nav, to labor for his
election to the highest Office in the Ter
ritory, f,rosidsd that friend will return
the compliment. He. too, processes anti
slavery, but is apparently willing to co.
habit with pro;slavery. provided he can
attain Me sso5ise' by so doing. Fearing
his character for anti-slavery might suffer
in. such company, and wishing to give
the impression to the world that true blue
Freesoil men were down OIL the Emigrant
Aid Company and its agents, he intro
duced some resolutions-one to bolster
up his friend. the President, who stood
in great need of some support-one to
defend him against an alleged weak
attack, which il seems came near annihi-
latiug the good old man. and some 9TH
ers. This gentleman hassinee announced
tia. he will stump the Territory-for
setaf does not appear; but it is presumed
for that " highest Office II he isnot a
"right smart" man he Is mistaken and
no doubt heis qualified to fill any Office
he can get into. $50
Such, in brief, was the g indignation"
meeting, which passed off without any
serious earthquakes, and the sun rose the
next dayas unconcerned as ever. In my
next 1 viii write something else. Very
respectfully, yours, 12..saa Y. .s
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
Indignation Meeting

We had purposed giving lengthy
notice of the stormy proceedings at the
Great Territorial Indignation Meet
ing" which was held in this place on
the 18th inst; but having delayed with
the intention of giving a notice of the
meeting of the citizens of Lawrence on
the 16-h inst. in the same connection,
we find, when too late to remedy it, that
our columns are so much crowded with
communications, DC. that we cannot
make any remarks of our own, and con-
sequently refer to the letter of our good
natured friend "X." published inanother
column. We may be allowed to say
that from actual count, there was at no
time to exceed two hundred and twenty
five persons present that two-thirds, if
not three-fourths of that number were
persons who opposed the entire proceed
ings. Notwithstanding every artifce was
resorted to, to get the squatters from
distant localities to attend the meeting,
and then, by falsehoo1 and a direct ap-
peal to arouse the passions and excite
them against the Emigrant Aid Com
pany, and the Lawrence Association.
The resolutions were passed by a
.few persons, in the general tumult occa-
stoned BY pushing a person with vio-
lence from the stand, who hal been call
ed there by the masses, to reply to some
of the gross charges brought against the
above mentioned parties. Not one teuth
of the persons present were aware thatthe
question was put on the final passage oi
the resolutions had they been aeqaaint-
ed with the fact, they would have been
voted down two to one.
A resolution was adopted inviting the
Press of Lawrence to publish their pro.
ceedings; the Secretary and proper Off
GERS having neglected to furnish US the
Official documents. hence, to comply with
their request we feel compelled to give
them the foregoing notice.
We never saw demagogueism more
rampant. or show itself in bolder relief
than on the occasion alluded to. Each
speaker seemed to be exerting his bes1
Energies towards convincing his col
leagues, "the free and Independent sove-
reign squatters, ;" that he was their spe-
eial friend, and would resort to any ex.
treme to advance their interests. -
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
shaving the Beard.

as@AobA&4S sS$S e~S-N@>-f
The following article will give laid
and cemfort" to the large number soi
persons In our city who have dispensed
with the razor. We hope the time is
near at hand when it win cease to be
used in disfguring the likeness formed
after the imagelof God:
DR.. Z. Sanborn, of Andoyer, Mass,
writes to the Boston Medical and Surp;;-
cal Journal quite an Interesting letter In
favor of wearing the beard. He takes
the ground that the custom of shaving
the beard among nations of men is al,
ways attended or followed by marked
deterioration in the physical organization,
not only of the existing race of people,
but of the race to come, and quotes ex-
amples from history to support his con.
clusions. He says that the aboriginal
inhabitants of our soil and climate were
once brave, powerful, and numerous; but
they waged war against nature by up
roofing the beard from their faces, and
consequently grew more and more effem-
mate with every generation, until they
became an easy prey to their enemies,
and are themselves uprooted from the
face of the earth. He cites the Chinese,
TOO, as a people, who have been shorn of
their locks and their strength together,
till as nation they have only mere
nominal existence; and he says of the
Abrahamic race, whose creed it is to pre-
serve unmarried the corner of their
beards," that we never saw a case of
pauperism, premature physical debility,
or premature disease among them. He
says: ir
1.-The habit of shaving is not of 'ori-
gin diyine,' as thousands seem to think,
but quite the reverse. The ancient pat
riarchs, the holy prophets, Christ and his
disciples. and the earlier and probably
purer Christians, deemed it violation
of the laws of nature. Alexander en-
forced it upon his army that they might
thereby gain a bloodier conquest. The
nobility of Spain adopted il through
courtesy to their beardless prince. the
mass were of course subject TO the hu-
initiating process, but expressed their
repugnance to the outrage in the we'll
known proyerb-'Since We have lost our
boards, we have lost our souls'-that is,
ourselves, our identity. We are rather
soulless slaves, than the men our Maker
made and designed US to be-"
DR.. Sanborn concludes with calling
upon every free-born son of America t.
shake off all conventionalities which op
press humanity, and especially such a
insidiously tend to yitiate and depres
the true manliness of man and he i'm
plores all mothers, sisters, and wives t
second these efforts, and exercise thei
good taste in creating and sustainin!
such purely American habits and fash
ions as will to the end of time rende
them and their descendants more excel
lent in ali the relations of life. g