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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-09-22

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SAFE sasy and sfectSal cure of all disordeTs Of the
evng the obstinate dsrrhoea eholers ne
cry, summer complaints and fux. Call at "us' uss
J. r. MONROE'S Familv 't.r~~o.-..
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The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
The Mission of a Great State.

The New York Times says Missouri
enjoys the distinguished honor of being
the cas- paw of the slave power of the
Union. During the late election in Kan
sas she volunteered to do the dirty work,
which would have nauseated-we had
thought-any one of the confederaey,
though only its thirty first share had been
apportioned. And nobly she did it, too
for all the world as if she rather liked
it and was willing to be again so en-
ployed. She furnished gratuitously, so
far as yet appears, large delegations of
her choicest blackguards, who went up
like a gang of Goths and roared out their
biackguard Missouri opinions as if it
were the popular sentiment of the Terri
tory. The more we learn of this foreign
invasion of the infant Territory the more
outrageous it appears. Invaders former
ly went armed with swesds. When fili-
busters descend upon land to capture
it, they take plenty of muskets. But the
Missouri men went armed with whiskey
bottles. and kindly assured the enemy
that if they would letthem have their
own way they would harm nobody but
themselves. This was considerate, and
deserves the thanks of the sovereign peo-
pie of Kansas, whom they thus wind
round their thumb. Missouri bounding
the whole of her eastern frontier, and es-
cape, except through it, being next 70
impossible, all her kind Offices must be
and her Foote-like promises
of hospitality to Governor Reeder are dn-
plicated in value and significance. But
what return shall Missouri receive for
this voluntary performance of the dirty
work which the slave power commands !?
All that we can think of as likely to be
offered is perpetual remembrance other
Offices, and neighborhood that is foEc-
ed into habits of negro-steaiing as mat
ter of self-defence, and not natural retail
iation.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
why There is no Rain in Peru.

In Peru, South America, rain is moi
known. The coast is within the region
of perpetual south east trade Winds
Though the Peruvian shores are on the
verge of the South Sea boiler, yet it nev-
er rains there The south east trade
winds in the Atlantic ocean first strike
the water on the coast of Africa. Tray.
cling to the northwest they blow OBJ
liquely across the ocean until they reach
the coast of Brazil. By this time they
are heavily laden with vapor, which they
continue to bear along across the conti-
nent depositing it as they go. and supply
ing with it the sources of the Rio de Ia
Plata and the southern tributaries of the
Amazon. Finally they reach the snow
capped Andes. and here is wrung from
them the last particle of moisture
that very low temperature can extract
Reaching the summit Of that range, they
now tumble down as cool and dry as
winds on the Pacific slopes beyond
Meeting with no eyaporating surface, and
with no temperature colder than that to
which they were subjected on the noun
tain tops, they reach the ocean before
they become charged with fresh vapor
and before, therefore, they have any
which the Peruvian climate can extract.
Thus we see how the tops of the Andes
become the reservoir from which are
supplied the rivers of Chill and Peru
Lieut.. Aaaray.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
Meeting ON Kansas Affairs.

A meeting to consider the outrages in
Kansas was held in Rochester, n. Y, on
Thursday evening, at the call of about
5000 citizens. Hon. w. S. Bishop, of the
State Senate, presided Rev. F. Starr,
jr., who was lately driven from Missouri
by the pro-slavery men, addressed the
meeting. He strongly condemned the
conduct of Atchison and Stringfel-
low, and complimented Governor Reed
er, whom he considered Just the man
for his post, only needing proper
support to secure the ends of Justice
Other gentlemen addressed the meeting.
Resolutions were adopted ddencuncing the
conduct of the Missourian army, calling
upon the general government to interfere
to preserve the freedom of voting, and
pledging the assistance of the people Of
Rochester if volunteers are needed to re-
store Republican government there.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
From Kansas.

We had the pleasure of seeing yester-
day Col. John A. Wakefield, of Kansas
Territory. His health has improved with
the excitement of his neighborhood, OF
from other causes AT the election there,
he stood up to the work only as brave
man can do. The Lawrence papers are
warm in his praise, and it is no doubt
web deserved. He says, at least three
fourths of the actual residents of Kansas
are opposed to slavery, and that the pro-
portion is rapidly increasing. He also
says, that the Missouri invasion has rous-
ed up the most bitter feeling imaginable
in opposition, and that If the General
Government takes no steps 10 protect
them In the possession of their rights,
they viii defend themselves unquestion-
ably. Gov. Reeder himself now mani
TESTS the most commendable 6rmness.-
Galena, H.. Gazette.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23

as much power to sustain freedom In that
territory, where it has always reigned.
as the South to invade the territory, and
establish over it the reign of slavery
is absurd. We can lawfully, and We
believe, peaeeably secure freedom there,
| if we will. How shall it be done? Shall
we leave the emigrants that have gone
there to fight the battle alone No, no,
that is not generous or safe. There are
good brave men that have gone to Kan
sas. But we fear the northern emigrants
there, have not all done their duty. In
the last election, there were, according
to the returns in the Herald of Freedom,
but 73S anti-slavery votes for council
lors; about 100 more showed themselves
in balloting for representatives. There
were above 5,480 pro-slayery votes cast.
The legal voters of Kansas were, by a
census made Just before, 2,877. Accord
ing to this, there were actually more
votes east by Missourians than by the
Kansas men themselves Could they
not raise more than between eight and
nine hundred anti-slavery votes, out of
near three thousand? But many were
disguised and discouraged, and did not
vote. Was that just right? Island
by your arms, ye braves Others
were driven away from the polls. Well,
but in more than half the districts, no
protest was offered, or word to show the
illegality of the election, and the govern
or is obliged to give certificates to suf-
ficient number of the pro-slavery candi-
dates to insure pro-slayery Legislature.
This seems to us at this distance, wrong.
We must call to our brethren that have
gone thither, "quit you like men: be
strong !'' And we must send forward,
undismayed at former defeats, emf
grants by hundreds and thousands, men
of strue blue" who will not quail al
southern bluster, but like our fathers in
times that tried mems souls, will put
their trust in God, and stand for their
rights. Next, we must call upon our ma
tional government, with a call that will
be heard, to protect the people of Kan
sas against these outrages, and secure
them the freedom and purity of the elee-
tions. Hasten, we lovers of liberty, to
that Serastopol of slavery, which has
wrongfully been reared on our own
ground, and capture it before it shall be-
come impregnable. Telegraph.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23

and in some eases drive them from the
places they have selected as residences.
They attend, in the same formidable ar
ray, and in bands of hundreds, and even
thousands, the territorial elections, where
they surround the polls, vote themselves
with astonishing impudence. and deter
with force and with arms all voters
except those of their own choosing from
exercising the elective franchise
Aaaericdn Baptist.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
MisceiiapeoQs.
Extraordinary Discoveries in Utah


Last October party of Mormons left
Salt Lake city to explore the southern
sections of Utah Territory, of which
nothing was known, with the hope of
opening trade with the Navajo Indians,
who are in that quarter and possess large
Quantities of goats, sheep and horses, and
are engaged in the manufacture of blank
cts, leather, iron, and gold and silver or
naments. The party returned on the 21st
of December, with news of most astonish-
ing discoveries. Among other wonders
stumbled on, were the ruins of large
city, similar to the far famed Petra, in
the Eastern desert, surprising tin extent.
DR.. Huntington, head of the party, i'm
mediately published an account in the
Deseret News, from which we take the
following particulars:
FIRST DISCOVERY OF RUINs.-On the
north side of the st. Johns river, and
about five hundred miles southeast from
Great Salt Lake city we travelled over a
section of country, mostly among the
mountains, and about forty miles in
length, up and down the river, by twen-
ty-hye miles in width, covered with the
ruins of former towns and villages. The
walls of many buildingsare still standing
entire, some of them three or four stories
high, with the ends of the red cedar joists
yet in the wall, some projecting eight or
ten inches, but worn 10 a point at their
extremities. Every building was forti-
fication built in the strongest manner i'm
aginable, and in style that the present
age knows nothing of; many of them still
plainly show the whole manucr of struc-
ture, and even the marks of the workmen' S
tools. The first ruins We discovered
were three stone buildings crumbled to
mere heaps. One appeared to have been
pottery, for in and around it were loads
of fragments of crockery of fine quality,
ornamented with great variety of pic
lures, painted with the various colors as if
put on but yesterday.
A FORTIFIED CIrY.-From here we
travelled about ten miles with occasional
ruins by the way, and entered a deep
canon with projecting shelves of rock,
and under these shelves were houses or
Notifications. The one we examined
was divided into twenty -four rooms, each
nearly square, and enclosing an area OF
about one hundred and forty -four square
feet. The front of the wall was built up
to the oyerhanging cliff which formed
the roof, and was curved and full of port
holes. The stones were all squared and
faced. and of an equal thickness, and laid
up with joints broken in workmanlike
manner. The only entrance we could
lind was hole about two feet square and
eighteen inches in the ground, which is
the usual size of the doors, both outer
and partition, with the exception of some
subterranean entrances. which were vet
smaller and more difficult to find. Thro'
the perfection of the rocky roof, there
was very little rubbish in the rooms
From the frst room we passed through a
small hole in the right hand corner to
the second, and there through another
hole to the third. and 50 on, from lefi
room to right and from right to left, al
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
rrNomorec c.oucIns;vre evidence con

HNo more conclusive evidence could
be possibly afforded of the unwillingness
of the northern States to deal Justly with
the South, than the fact that the enforce
ment of plain constitutional provision
in favor of the latter. could only be OBJ
tanned by grace, and not as matter Of
simple justiee.--Piasbars Union. ,
The South, allied with Locofocoism,
has been the most despotic political ty-
rant ever known in this country, and the
end of It's reign viii be hailed with joy
from all quarters. The grace accorded
to the South has been fraternal offering;
ali the North has received in return has
been the Jealousy of Cam towards Abel.
Justice now will commence her sway, and
Il will be even-handed.-Phaa. San.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
eAoice Poetry.
From tie B.fal0 E.xeress.
Never.

1t Is time without limit;
'+Tis beginning without end;
IT'S o name we give to something
Which we cannot comprehend;
1t is thought without existence;
'1'is effect without cause;
'Tis comet in ideas,
Not amenable to laws.
'Tis a word which brings ideas,
Like vision out at sea,
Where the sight becomes bewildered
In the great inmensity;
'Tis circle God has draughted,
Whose each point is just the same
In its distance from the center
1t is nothing but name.
It's the opposite of ever;
It's the child of time and space;
This is all we know of f"nerer,m
This is all that we can trace;
We say thatit is nothing
But a simple name, and still,
We know that it has terrors
For the sternest human will.
We cannot tell its meaning,
Nor & Just conception frame,
Yet we've seen the moment, often,
When we shuddered at the name;
And we've heard it spoken, often,
When the spirit sudden sank,
When the present seemed all cIouded,
And the future, all blank.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
BY G.. w. BROWN & co.

through the twenty-four rooms, and ev-
cry wall was supplied with portfolios.
Fifty yards above this was a large
cave with narrow winding entrance,
guarded by high wall near the mouth
of this entrance is an opening in the
rock, leading off into the mountain,
which we did not explore, and after a
little looking and rummaging about, we
found an outlet to the cave. For three
or four miles up this canon, buildings
were everywhere in view, of various
forms and dimensions, and in almost
every stage of decay.
From here to st. Johns river, dis
tance of ten miles, there were scattering
ruins, and from there, twelve miles
northeast, we came to the head of a
canon, whose sides or banks, even to the
very head, were perpendicular and shelv-
ing, and near the banks there was no soil
on the rocks. Right on the brink of this
precipice, and under the shelves of the
rock beneath, were the best building
sites for those who built and dwelt here
ages ago.
ANOTHER STRoNGHoLD.-All around
the head of this canon, and down on
either side, as far as we could see, were
houses of every conceivable form and
size, and in places where the soil was
sufficient, they were overgrown with sage
and cedars, in every respect like that on
the mountains around. In the center of
this canon, and near the head, was a
building sixteen or twenty feet square,
four stories high, and built upon fiat
rock about four feet higher than the level
Of the bed of the canon, and but little
broader than the building; to this we
could not find an entrance, and, unlike
all the rest, it had no portfolios. One
large building, which we entered, stood
on the edge of the precipice, with its
front wall circular and flush with the
bank which formed the back part, max
ing the ground plan of the building like
half moon. There were no windows in
the lower story of any building, and
every entrance was made as difficult and
hidden as possible. The door or hole
into the one last mentioned was guarded
by two or three walls of diferant angles,
thus making crooked, narrow passage
to the door, and every part of this passage
was in full view from the portfolios of
the building, the front wall being full of
them, like pigeon-holes, pointing in every
possible direction they were not more
than two inches in diameter on the out
side, and plastered smooth on the inside
with kind of cement, with which the
stones are laid and the rooms plastered,
so that it is as hard as stone.
The inside arrangement of all the
houses was much alike, all having port
holes in the partition walls, and small
and obscure passage ways from one room
to another, and from one or two houses
into the mountain. Some on the cliffs
above were connected with those below.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
~Tbe affairs of Kansas seam to

~ Inc aIIzlFs OF nzsfibas seeni % Dc
on every lip. and to excite emotions ofin-
=dignation in every heart The question
before the country is whether the people
of Kansas shall make their own laws, ac-
cording to the principles of the organic
act of the Territory, or whether an arm
ed horde of Missouri nullifers shall leg
islate for them. The question must be
decided in one Of two ,ways-either by
peaceful means, or by bioodshed. We
shall see. The crisis must soon come
Meantime all praise Is due to Gov. Reed
er for his irmness. courage, and undaun-
ted patriotism. .Sauk Repids, AiRneso-
IA, FfonGernaaa.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
-A nhrs;o;.n :, ,o,.n ...:

~ A physician in large practice,
was asked, a few days since, ifNew York
was healthy He replied-"UpusuaIly
so; the extravagant price of provisions
has checked the disposition for oser-feed-
ing, from which, ordinarily, we derive
most of our practice p The same may
be said of Lawrence.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
Indian Citizenship and Civilization.

4nolan CluZenSnlp ana CIVILIZATION.
A treaty recently made between the
United States and the remnant of the
Wyandot Indians, is published in the
official organ at Washington. In this
treaty the Wyandottes are deemed and
declared to be citizens of the United
States, to all inteuts and purposes, and
entitled TO all the rights, privileges and
lmmunities of such citizens, subject to
the laws of the United States and Of the
Territory of Kansas, in the same manner
as other citizens of said territory and
the jurisdiction of the United States and
of said territory is to be extended over
the Wyandott country in the same man.
ner as over other parts of said territory.
The treaty was ratified on the first of
March last, but it provides for brief de-
lay in carrying it into effect.
The Wyandot's, like the Cherokees
and Choctaws, are quite advanced in civ
llization, compared with other tribes of
the aborigines-and being admitted to
the privileges of citizenship may be as
simulated in character to the settled pop
ulation of the country, and their decay
perhaps arrested. There is no good rea-
son, at least, why every opportunity
should not be given to them, and to all
other tribes yet remaining, to throw off
the nomadic Indian habits, and settle
down into real Native American citizens.
This is and has been, indeed, the policy
of our government butthe cupidity and
rascality of Indian agents and govern
ment employees, has, in many instances,
defeated these humane intentions, by
depredations upon the money and means
provided for their comfort-by personal
abuse, and by infringements upon their
territorial rights. There is no duty more
incumbent upon us as a people, than to
foster and protect, and do what can be
done towards civilizing the remains of
those great tribes which once occupied
this continent from ocean to ocean, and
which have been in all ages since the dis
covery of the New World, and in every
quarter of it, the unfortunate subjects of
the white mans cupidity and lust for
acquisition. Doubtless, civilization had
its claims upon the vast and thinly popu-
lated territories of this Western World
but the determination of the old races
was not necessary. in order that the con-
tinent might be improved for the benefit
of humanity. There is still space enough
within its broad limits for all of Europe
an blood who now occupy it, OF viii oe-
eupy it for ages to come, as well as for
the natural increase of the aboriginal
tribes, whom Providence intended to be
civilized and not destroyed.-Bangor
Courier.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23
Eg The Ellsworth Herald makes ths

E The Ellsworth Herald makes the
following astute observation :
1t does not seem to US that the do
ings of Senator Atchinson of Missouri,
at least such as are ascribed to him in
reference to the late election in Kansas,
can be deemed respectable"
This reminds US of the remark of Sir
Callahan 0'Brallaghan in the play, who
said he had always been of the opin-
ion, that it does not comport with the
character of q gentleman to behave like
a scoundrel." To which Sir Archy
MacsycopLant replies. {. An excellent re-
mark. and vary noo.-E T. Tribune.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-06-23

g Minds capable of the greatest
things, can enjoy the trivial ; ss the ele-
phants's trunk can knock down hon, or
pick up pin.
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r. Excess Of ceremony shows want
of breeding : that civiHty is best. which
excludes all superauous formality.
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Poetry.
Letter from a Missionary
DoueIss MIssroS, August, 1854.

OF tie KetAn1ist Episcopal Church Seth, ih
Eansas. to q DistiaQaislsed Politician.
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e The hight of virtue is t, serve
mankind.
Polynesian., 1855-10-20
11UERY STARLE

TyHE subscriber would respectfully inform his
Il friends and the public that he still continues
the business at the old stand in Mauna kea ST.
opposite the residence of the late Capt Maughn,
where the best of saddle horses for ladies or gentle
men can be procured
NJ Horses to let by the month, week or day
Thanking the public for the liberal patronage
heretofore bestowed upon this establishment, ana
assuring them that no etertions on his part shall be
spared continuance of their favors is respectfully
9s-f FRANK P. MANINL
Polynesian., 1855-10-20
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
M. EaCkfeId N Cn.

Ez AVE JUST RECEIVED from Boston, per Am
IN ship John Gilpin," the following Goods,
which they offer for sale, viz:
Bales Manchester Denins, do Sheetngs
do blue and bro. Drillings and Cottons,
DO NilfoCd Ticking, cases bleached Jeans
Cases Kip Brogans, Patent Lasting Gaiters
Calf Shoes, Native Women's Shoes,
Cases blue and white Sewing Cotton.
do superior L. B. and Fancy Bosom Shirts.
do Saddles and Brides, complete
Cans Boiled LinSeed Oil and Spts of Turpentine
Tins Black Paint, kegs White Lead, tins Green
Paint, do PrusSian Blue, do Chrome Yellow
Cases Foolscap, Letter and Wrapping Paper,
wiring Ink bales Hops 1854; hf o-ls Dried Apples
Brls Cider Vinegar, cans Cheese, in tins;
Bent's Water and Soda Crackers in tins
Pickles in qt bottles, Mustard in ! 10 bottles,
Black Pepper, do, Saeratus loaf Sugar crushed do.
Hams, Painted Tubs,
Solar aud glass Lamps, solar Shades chiEuneys and.
wicking, Palm Leaf Hats, sailors Tin Pans
Cocoa handle Butcher Knives, rolls of sheet Lead
Ass'd cut Tacks, kegs cut Nails, 4, 6, S, 10, l2d
Cases pateat sclf-heating charcoal Igoas,
Bowls chemical olive and cocoa Soap, &C., &c. Stf