The Empire County argus., 1855-06-09
Kansas Election.

been informed by the Missouri press from time to
time previous to the election, it turns out: the
people of that State had been crossing into the ter
rtory for weeks preceding the day set for election
and when the day came, poled their vote, and re-
turned to their homes in Missouri We see by
the Atlantic papers that some of the campaigners
marched in triumphal procession through st Louis
displaying banners inscribed "We have swept ev.
cry thing before u.s." &c. The chvalry held a
meeting at Parkvile, Mo, and resolved that the
Industrial Luminary was a nuisance, and had been
tolerated too long. The paper named had advo-
Gated the right of the settlers in Kansas to settle
their own affairs, and thus incurred the wrath of
the cowardly mob, who ATTACKED the Office threw
the press into the river, and after most shamefuly
abusing them, drove the editors out of the town
They then adopted series of resolutions, from
which we take the following:
Resolued, That we meet here again, on this day
three weeks and if we find G. S. Park or W. J.
Patterson (the editors of the Luminary) in this
town then, or at any subsequent time, will
throw them into the Missouri river, and if they go
to Kansas to reside, we pledge our honor as men to
follow and hang them, wherever we take them.
That at the suggestion of our Parkville friends.
we will attend to some other frcesoilers not far off
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the Northern Methodist church to preach in Platte
county, after this date. under penalty of tar and
feathers for the first ofense, and hemp rope for
the second.
g. That we earnestly call on our sister counties
throughout the State to rise in their might and
clean themselves of freesolsm.
That men, living in this enlightend age, and in
the great, free West land of Sabbaths and school
houses, should so demean themselves is almost in
credible but, it is lamentahly true. Every paper
from the East is teemng with the disgraceful par
ticulars, and expressions of the indignation that
is naturally aroused by such outrageous proceed
ings. A Missouri paper, in laudng the patriotism
and devotion of the crusaders undertakes to blar-
ney Gov Reeder, by praising his frmncss and cool
ness, when his life was threatened by depuaton
of Atchisons clan. in case he refused certificates
of election to the men they had chosen to rule in
Kansas. The Gov. replied -" Gentlemen, two or
three of you may assassinate me, but all Christen
dom not compel me to do tnat which my con-
science tells me is not right" The paper quoted
fegns admiration of the Gov, and styles him true
as steel! Much too true, we opine, to truckle to
any such league of bullies-- else his conduct here
tofore has given false index to the man. We
admire love of home aud the sentiment which
prompts men to defend, with money and their lives.
the institutions of their country or State; we ad
mre too, the man who takes it on himself to guard
his property from the spoiler, and if need be takes
life in SO doing; we have no pity for the misguided
fanatic who loses his life in attempting to rob his
neighbor of his slave but when fanaticism so gets
the mastery Of men as to mpel then to such acts
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in the Kansas election, and with so little provoca-
ton, the actors lose tho respect OF every we'll
thinking man.
THE FIRE AT AUBURN. We copy the follwing
I from the Sacramento Union. The fourishng vii
lage of Auburn is no more. About o'clock, P. Nj.
Monday, fire broke out in China house six or
eight doors below the Church, and in the space of
ten minutes all of the houses in the vicinity of
Copeauds old livery stable were gone. Soon Ste
wins livery stable and the Empire were in flames,
and then all hopes of saving the rest of the town
were abandoned. With astonishing rapdty the
fire swept round from the Empire to Wells, Fargo
& Co.'S Office, to Adams & Co.'S old Office the Ma
tional Hotel, and the Temple. melting like wax
every thing before it. The Bear River Office and
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cry stable. which were several times on fire. by in
credible exertions were saved These are the only
buildings left at one end of the town, and at the
other are the Church and all the houses Above it.
The whole number of houses destroyed is seventy
five. Loss $3.50 900. L. Newman & Co, Hyne-
man Bros, Parkinson & Son, and Geo Willmont
saved most of their goods in freproof cellars. The
! Placer Herald saved nearly every thing, but. the
Placer Press lost nearly ali their type and fixtures.
Mossrs. Wells Fargo g. Co. saved all their valu-
ables in the safe. Rebuilding commenced Tuesday.
INDIAN AFFAIRS. Mr.. John A. Lewis of the Altd,
speaking of Indian affairs, audes to the Tejon res
ervaton follows "'This reservation for which so
much was hoped, is nothing but by-word The
present superintendent may have the best inten-
tons in the world, but he is totally ignorant of the
duties of his office, and too timid to act even in
cases where his duties would be plain to the COM
prehenscn of a child. The appropriations which
the government made for specified purpose are
locked up in San Francisco, saving what are used
for the support and pay of the gang of agents who
cucumber the Reservation. Places are provided for
several members of the family of the Superintend-
ent; but the poor Indian gets nothing-neither
food nor clothing. All who could be driven away
have been; and all that remain are dozen OF
so of superannuated creatures who cling to the