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SURVEYING.

TINE subscriber having resumed his form
4 er business of SUI vcying and Convey.
ancing, promises to accommodate all who de.
sire to patronze him. JOHN JANNEY.
Elkton, Md, Apr If
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..TnE BLuEs.r-Away with tho blues :

"THE BLuEs.'-Away with tho blues -
"Know all men by these presents" that we
! hereby declare war against thcm-fercc,
| open, relentless, perpetual war! They have
too long cursed the Earth, too long counted
their victims by thousands. Other diseases
however violent, may he treated with some
faint hope of a final cure, but not so wiM the
blues! They are stubborn things; they fettcr
nature and battle science; they too often tri-
umph over human skill and laugh at worldly
wisdom. They take yon unaware and when
they have once captured the citadel they
reign there like band Of hooking tiends.-
They are no rcspcctors Of persons; high and
low, rich and poor, young and old are all
Liable to their horrid vi STATION. They steal
into the merchants counting room, the me-
channels shop, the scholars study. they even
creep into the pulpit and haunt the man of
God.
They blanch the blushing cheek of beauty,
and dim the light of radiant eyes, and drive
smiles from rosy lips. Thty stfe the joyous
laugh, hush the notes Of song, and transfer m
the kind word, the brilliant repartee into Il
surly growl.
They fastcn their grasp on man and his
proud, strong heart trcmblcs. Darkness set.
ties over his prospects; business wears a
threatening aspect; commercial ruin seems
inevitable. He comes to his home at even
tide, but in vain his wife speaks fond words
Of welcome, in vain his happy children gath
cr about his knee. In fancy he already sees
his family scattered, some in the alnns-houso
some ssbound out" to hard task masters,
and some perhaps in the grave. Friends
drag him into society, but the ballroom ap-
pears to him Xix. a church yard, the enliven-
ing music sounds far more like funeral
hymn, and the gay dancers seem like so many
| ,nnp m, bald iny fyl,
sociates crowd around him with cordial
greetings, but their mcrriment is wasted on
lin. The cloud still hovcrs over his brow,
and he looks as ii lie had not friend in the
world.
o! the blues! The bluss! they poison every
cup of joy, when they gain the asccndcncy;
they bring with them a host of evils; and
what is more. they sometimes lead to insani-
ty and a wretched death. With all these
| terrible facts before us, ought not every one
to join in the cry, "away with the blues
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70 the Independent Voters of the Seterth
Scd. l, 1865.

70 the Independent Voters Of the SewnM
District:
At the solicitation Of many Of my friends
] have consented to run as an independent
candidate at the approaching election for the
office of CONSTABLE Of the Seventh Dis
trct. If the citizens confer their suilragcs
upon me, and am elected, | shall cndcavor
to discharge the duties Of the Office to the
satisfaction of all. S. W. STRICKLAND.
Port Deposit, Sep. %, '55.
To The Independent Toiers of the Fin Elec-
ton District Of Cecil Conafy:
Having been solicited by y number of my
friends offer myself as an Independent can
didatc for the office Of Constable in the l5tl
District Of Cecil county, and if elected |
pledge myself to perform the duties Of the
Office with fidelity and punctualty.
HASSON LYNCH.
Oct. 21--te.
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GarDs.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14

What is to put check to their opera
tions? Not by making this free State,
for that is what they are after themselves,
in order to secure larger liberty to per-
petfate their damning deeds. Make it a
slave State, and yeu will thereby get rid
of them. This is the duty of every op-
ponent of the Abolitionists. 1t is the
duty of every man who wants to live in
peace and quiet with his neighbors.
Kansas lays between and adjoining two
slave States. Make this free State and
it would afford a fine field for the Aboli-
tionists to Operate in. Here is the place
where they would congregate, and the
results no man can now predict. But 1t
behooves all good citizens to take deei-
ded stand against acting in concert with
any such party.
The Abolition party at the North are
at work sending their emissaries among
us. Greely now has proposition to
raise fund for paying the passage of
all pauper emigrants across the ocean,
and coloniziHg them in Kansas. They
are TO work so many years to pay expen-
ses. They thus make slaves of them,
and voters too. This is the kind of pop
ulation that is to food this country, in
order to make it free State. What
would be the effect of it? Disastrous
to laborers and mechanics, for they could
and would work cheaper than our me-
ehanics. This will be the effect of the
Abolition movement in making Kansas
a free State.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14
Free White State Party.

This party contains a most strange
eonglomeration of apparent incongruous
inconsistent materials, that seems to be
held together by a sort of sticking plas-
ter, which implies if not a sameness of
body at least strong similarity of sur
face.
First-Of its component parts, are
the self-styled Free White State men who
claim that slavery is no evil, deny all
sympathy with the negro, and all afilia-
ton with Freesoilers or Abolitionists,
and attempt to gull the honest advocates
of right, by an empty and specious ar
gument to sustain the impossible propo-
sition of removing from the Territory the
entire African race, and prohibiting
henceforth their introduction here
planting themselves upon the comprom-
ise principles contained in the Kansas
Nebraska Bill and claiming that nothing
less than the exclusion of slavery will
ever deYelope the resorces of this coun-
try.
Second.-The Freesoiler asunderstood
in the discussion produced upon what
is known as Wilmot's proviso. and who
are known by their open and -avowed
hostility to the principles of self-govern-
ment contained in the Douglas Kansas
Nebraska Bill, who deny the proposition
that the citizens of territories are capable
of shaping their own institutions and un-
willing to admit that the people of the
far West are some pumpkins.
Thirdly.-The lazy, lousy, worthless
negro stealing members of the Boston
Emigrant Aid Society-the mean, dirty,
contemplate serapings of cutters who
come West as the hired emissaries of
such despicable traitors as Eli Thayer,
Amos Lawrence and others, and the in
teresting Abolitionists worse if possible
from their better means of information
than the hirelings of Thayer d Co., who
have taken up their residence at the de-
1ectable town of Lawrence for the avow
ed purpose of stealing, running off, and
hiding the runaway negroes from Missou-
ri-among whom the wives of Rev. gen.
tlemen (excuse me for the misnomer, )are
tolerated after taking to their own bed
and their own arms, a sinking negro
weRch, only selecting a wench instead of
buck because it was she that first made
application-judging whom, from the
past we may early look for fourishing
crop of young mulattoes as members of
ministerial families.
And these are the sort with whom
Twombly and others are associated in
their race for Legislative honor. These
are the men to give them support in the
coming race. These are the men who
constitutea component part of this great
Free State party. Oh, shades of Hamp-
ton L. Boone, look back to earth with
tears of sorrow upon the fallen state of
your once cherished son-in-law-once
gladly received into the company of the
refined, but now the associate of Fred.
Douglass and his crew. o. Twombly,
Twombly, where is thy shame ?-Leav
enuOrfk Herald.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14

JoHS RAsDolPH.-"Virginia is so i'm
poyerished by the system of slavery, that
the tables viii sooner or later be turned,
and the slaves will advertise for runaway
masters.
Sir, neither envy the head nor the
heart of the man from the North who
rises here to defend slavery upon princi-
ple.-Re6uks Of Edraard Everett in Con-
gress IN 1890.
JOHN WESLEY" That execrable sum
of all villanies commonly called the slave
trade. I read of nothing like it in the
heathen world, whether ancient or mod
ern. 1t infinitely exceeds every instance
of barbarity whatever Christian slaves
suffer in Mohammedan countries. -
ELIAS HICKS. -" We are in an enlight-
ened age, have greatly surpassed in bru-
taiity and injustice the most ignorant and
barbarous ages; and while We are pre-
tending to the finest feelings of human
ity. are exercising unprecedented cruelty.
We have planted slavery in the rank soil
of sordid avaricc, and the product has
been misery In the extreme
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14
The Abolitionists.

Steamers have besn landing at our
wharf the past week, and filling over the
gang-way. Wesee men narmed-not with
axes and pruning hooks, or the instru
ments of husbandry-but each one with
his patent revolving rifle, or double bar
rel shotgun in hand. We ask, what
does all this mean? Where do these
foreign-looking importations come from? 7?
And, above all, do tell us for what is all
this parade of firearms ?
We soon learn that these men come
from the northeast. That their only
earthly object " is to keep the western
and southern pioneer from enjoying his
rights of property in Kansas Territory.
Yes, fellow citizens, these men urged on
by capital in New England, are here to
deprive you of those rights bought by
the blood of your fathers.
The God-fearing and order-loying
southern people have borne much. But
the sons of the West will never see their
birth-right snatched from them by for
eign hands, and thus made the heritage
of hireling paupers and slaves, sent from
every part of the world.
Justice and right will ever have the
God of Heaven with them, and we need
not fear. 1t is true the insidious foe is
at werk-let us not be idle. Evil in the
world, and remedy for the evil, seems
to be law In the economy of both NOR
al and physical nature. That a great
moral leprosy is threatening the body
polite, no one who thinks viii not see.
and acknowledge. The remedy or pro-
curative for this evii-the abolitionizing
of our next door neighbor-is to advance
this emigration from the South and West.
We learn that many of these people en-
igrating to the Territory come from the
home Of him who has disgraced the of
fee of Governor of Kansas Territory,
and gentleman on board of one of the
boats informed us that these emigrants
boasted of their coming out to beat out
the Missourians and that they knew of
the election long before the people in the
Territory; they boasted as having the
Governor as their leader, and all under
stand his designs in delaying the elec-
ton. In this we have a spectacle the
most alarming and disgusting; that of an
officer. occupying high trust, making
his office an instrument to carry out the
most unwothy designs. We have willy
Toe to deal with. Many plausible and
specious arguments they viii use they
are paid to come and talk you out of your
Liberties. They win speak scornfuliy Of
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14
Emigration to Kansas.

The emigration to this promising Ter
ritory seems already to have commenced
for the season. The steamer Tropic left
Pittsburg on Saturday last with about one
hundred and fifty emigrants, destined for
Kansas. They will be taken by the
steamer to Kansas city, where they will
disembark, and proceed to their respee-
tive destinations. A number of families
are among them. A party of two hun
dred and fifty viii embark for Cincinnati
by steamboat, in a few weeks, for the
same destination. They are described
by the Gazette, of that city as all hardy,
industrious farmers and mechanics, some
of them being worth from fifteen to twen-
ty thousand dollars, each. One hundred
and ninety of the party are from Ohio.
and sixty are farmers from Bourbon coun-
ty, Kentucky who are opposed to Slave
ry, and go 70 Kansas in the expectation
that it will become free state. The Ga
zette also speaks ofanother party ofabout
fifty families who contemplate establish
ing. this spring, colony in Kansas or
Texas, on a cooperating basis. 1t is
composed of farmers, millwrights, mil
lers, carpenters, masons, etc., just the
right kind of people to make new
country advance rapidly in civilization
to make the prairie and the wilderness
blossom as the rose.'
0neof the many advantages resulting
from the rapid settlement of Kansas aud
Nebraska viii be the protection that it
win afford to the emigrants to California
and Oregon. But while the settlement of
Kansas is kept more constantly before
the public, in consequence of the strife
between the advocates of Slavery and its
opponents, to make it what the predom
mating party may be, VIC hear less of
Nebraska, which seems to be making
more real progress than its more southern
peighbor. Not only are its settlements
extending In every direction along the
river valleys, but the authorities Of the
Territory have determined to protect the
emigrant trail along the Platte river, by,
statoning several regiments of rangers
In detachments at various points. This
will be a great end gained, both In re-
gard to the overland travel and the con-
neetion between the Mississippi and the
Pacific, and the speedy settlement of that
portion of the Territory lying along the
route. As things now look. it seems
verY likely that the immense gap of de-
sert and wilderness lying between the
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14

the "slave power" They VIII tell the
honest poor man that "he may never
own slave in his life," as if he might
not suppose the same probability about
his owning horse or COW. They are
hired to talk plausibly about freedom,
liberty, and free institutions. As if the
freest, happiest and most glorious instl-
t1tions in the world are not to be found
where lived and died Washington, and
Henry, and Jackson, and Clay.
We heard very old lady, the other
day speaking of the emigration pouring
into the Territory, say: Americans
viii not be run over by these foreigners; -
the sentiment finds an echo responsive
in every honest heart, and though there
are some miserable exceptions deserving
the hem; yet when the Vests thorough
ly awake she will stand In solid column
and can meet the world of fanatics
Kan. City Enterprise.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14

The snow-clad hills of old Vermont
Vow wear gloomy brow
The sons that shone to cheer them once,
Shine far, far distant now.
The wind blows bleak tlTo' darken'd woods,
And low and hoarse it nIoans,
Which sends chill to every heart,
So dirge-hke is it's tone.
A dark, dark shadow, hangs Ger all
This once bright home of ours,
For something like funeral pail
Drapes every passing hour.
Our dearest ones, cur noblest sons,
Now grace foreign cline;
They've left their sires, their wives, their homes
70 slayery's yoke unbind.
We miss them here. each weary hour,
Yet would not call them back
But rather brave each storm and shower
Till we fall in their track.
Then Kansas love thesa generous men!
Who own all men are free,
And love their wives who far from them,
Do love and pray for thee.
Who pray that God may bless the land,
With health and wealth and peace;
That freedom smile on every naa,
And man made not beast.
That iron bands andclankig chains
Poor sldre may never wound
And honest blood, through slayery's veins,
May never curse the ground
IFest Randolph, ", Aprl, 1855.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14

California frontier and the Mississippi viii
be very much decreased by It's occupa-
ton by civilized population. In view
of the prospect of having the four new
regiments of troops authorized by Con-
gress, to subdue the hostile Indians, the
confident push westward of the Nebraska
settlers docs not appear anwarranted or
risky; on the contrary. it appears fuH of
hope and promise. The rapid emigra-
ton west must soon form chain of set
tlement on the emigrant trails between
the Mississippi and the Pacific, which
win be followed by the telegraph, and
other modern improyements.-Laacas-
ter, Pa, Whiy.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14
Select Poetry.
From tEe Boston TSueezsr.
a Song for Kansas.

a Song for Kansas.
Come let rs away from this sterile coast,
Where granite and ice are all We can boast,
Come let us away to fair Kansas.
The CLINE invites us-the country new
The acres are meny-the husbandmen few,
On the rich savannas Of Kansas.
Our own strong right arm can our dwellings raise
Our school houses build and temples Of praise,
In the beautiful wales Of Kansas.
With our noble wives and our children dear,
To counsel, to soothe, 10 comfort and cheer;
o, we viii be happy in Kansas'
And shoulder to shoulder, IN veal and in woe,
To stand by each other as slaveTy's foe,
Shall be our purpose In Kansas.
Let riches abound or poverty press,
A brother in bonds we viii never possess,
and we viii proclaim it in Kansas
Thus let us 90 forth, our trust in the Lord,
Our guide and our guard the light of His word,
Or darkly we journey to Kansas.
And our dear New England's example bright,
Her altars-her laws-her love of the right
All these must 60 with us to Kansas.
Then, when our eountFys banners shall rise,
This star of the West, TO gladden. our eyes, =.
Announcing the new State of Kansas
1t shall twinkle there with as pure ray
As any that glows in that galaxy gay,
And glory be given to Kansas!
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14
Kansas Emigrant, Farewell.

Strong in the love of Freedom,
a brave e-hearted band,
Far from the hearths and altars
Of dear old Yankee land,
Go forth mid prayers and blessings
Mid affections gushing tears,
And Gods right arm defend you,
Ye sturdy Pioneers.
Press on the fowery Kansas
Is chiding your delay,
Her streams shall sing your welcome
As they ripple on their way.
A boundless wealth lies hidden
Within her virgin soil,
To gladden. with its springing
The reaperis manly toll.
Go, plant the tree of Freedom
In the valley of the West,
And bid the poor and needy
Beneath its shadow rest.
Gods blessing on your journey,
On the home where We may dwell,
And on your Great Endcavor!
Brave pilgrims, fare-ye-well!
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14
Abolition Aid Society.

The following is the mode of reeogni-
ton by themembers of this society: They
have piece of leather twelve inches in
length, cut in the shape of horseshoe.
About one-half the piece, including the
middle is one inch in width, the remain
der at each end, cut much smaller, be-
ing small string. The ends of the
strings are tied together This piece of
leather is worn In the left vest pocket
Whenever used, it is taken out by the
right hand, and carelesly strapped over
the left. If this is answered by another
in the same way, though strangers to
each other. they are at once friends
Brunswicker, March 17fh.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14
The sioux Indians.

Acorrespondentoft a the st. Croix Union,
under date of Maine Mills, Minnesota.
18th ult., thus speaks of the Sioux In
dians in that vicinity: "There are ser
eral hundred of these Indians now en-
camped on the south side of Big lake,
three or four miles west of this place.
In enumerating the many depredations
they are committing, ] win mention
they are, in our absence, frightening our
wives and children, plundering our prem
ises, laying vicious hands on everything
their savage eyes crave. and not leaving
unmolested the domestic sanctity of cur
potato holes. And what is worse still,
they are killing al our deer. This last
offense amounts to an unpardonabIecrime.
For all these no one has TO answer but the
Superintendent. The SWedes are the
people who suffer most from their cruel
ties"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14
Breastpins used as S igns.

1t is easily to be understood that an or
nament SO capable of variety in form and
material, would give birth to mania for
forming collections. A fnancier, well
known under the Restoration" enjoyed
the reputation of the greatest amateur in
breastpins of the capital. His charming
wife-who might have been taken for his
daughter-was most attentive in her en-
deavors to satisfy his mania, and not only
on extraordinary occasions, but at all
times, was glad to seize opportunities for
presenting him with new breastpin, ut
terly unlike any he possessed. More, she
carried her attention so far as to insist
upon reserving to herself as her exclu-
siYe privilege, the care of selecting and
placing the pin to be worn every morning.
As the reader may readily understand,
the husband was delighted to be the OBJ
ject of attentions so delicate and constant.
But OH feminine perfdy! Must the mys-
terry be revealed? Each specimen of
this rich collection had private signifi-
cation, understood by Madame and a
young gentleman whom her husband yis-
tied daily. A solitary brilliant. emblem
of the shepherds star, meant, 81 shall be
alone this evening A cameo, with the
head of Medusa carved upon it, meant,
my husband win be at home" A me-
dallion full of hair, meant, 81 have the
headache - There was breastpin for
each theatre, for each walk, for each
friends house at which meeting could
be arranged. All the phases of an In
trigue had their golden representative,
and thus. ornamented with secret hero
glyphics, which he was proud to carry
about with him. the poor. inancier was
the faithful but unconscious messenger
in the treason of which he was the VIC
kiir,, - H;efns.sy M fbe Tro,oy
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14
Emigration to Kansas.

We receive from time to time, letters
which imply an expectation that the
Emigranf Aid Association of northern
Ohio win advance money to help emf
grants towards outfit, orexpense of jour
ney, or settlement. It is important,
therefore, to say distinctly, that this As
sociation have no funds for this purpose,
and never contemplated this IN their plan.
They propose to- aid only by giving
them the best information they can get
about the country, and the best methods
of reaching it, and perhaps by securing
their passage al redueed price. The
latter can be done on the direct Railroad
route via Chicago. if company of fifty
or more go together. There are difficult
ties in the way Of securing so many to
start together. and at present, we are re-
commencing those who are ready, TO GO
by the way of Cincinnati On that route
they may find boats that go directly
through into the territory, thus saving
the evil transhipment, and lessening ex-
pcnse.- O5eTlm Evangelist.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14
Original Poetry.
Far Tie Herald # Freedom.
BIZ MRS. II. P. HARLOW.

Sagcested after TIE departure If tie Eaasos s1ai;-
grants. from Rssf Randolph, Eeza0ns
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-04-25
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF
,sJA PUTNAM COUNTY.

cIacrtr CorRr.-Terms-EiShteenth day oil
April aud September.
JrpaE--fro. W. Summers.
CLERs-il. II. Porbs. =
PRqsEcur1Sa ATTtRSry-J II. Couch.
CooSTY CoUrT.--Terms - Fnp4th Monday
in each month---andQnaTterly Terms in June.
and November. s. r.,
PRksnNo Jusrfcr--A. w. Handley.
cLfRk I'll Il. Forbes. Y
PadsEtuTSa ArroRSEY.-J. II. Couch.
SnEarFF--N q. ,B9wyer.
. ,MGefsTEATEs First District -J. Bewyer,
y. Sufbaugh, K. Symms, and A. W. llansley.
second Distinctly. McCaliSter. X. y. ..
Thompson, W. Ford. aud j. Kennard. ThiFf
Biatr et--w A. Alexandra, J. Foster, A Si3-
rell, and Smith, Fourth Di.trirt-G. p.
brown, VIM. o. Carter, and W. Thomas
fifth District n aShingtln, r /. Harvey,
j. Koutz, ID. J. Marlin and VIM. Atkeson.
|. CousrY iSeRyEYoR.-J. u. Crawford. 49,.
4 oMMfssroSEN OF RavESr..--N. tlandiey.
CoSsrABLga.--First Distriet--J. Nounnan.
Second District-W. Grass. Third District
- Foster. Fourth Di>trict--J. Craig. FIT.
th Distriet-A. Asbury. /
0vERsEt RS OF THG PooR --R. Swindler. c.
Conner, T. L. Erwin, J. Harrison, and }. Wax
ton. ~. ..
GoRoSEn.--A. WOLF
Scmo9L CoaMlssIoNERs.-H. II. Forbs, SUI
psrintebdant; J. Bowyer, A. w. Handlcy, A,
Etlis g. Conner, WA. alexander, J. Craig
Is. Hereford, and J. Vandan. /
C9nMfs.toSERs IN lGMAScERY--H. II. Forbe'
for Circuit Court, Gnt }. W. Eloge for Coant,
Court. H. -