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Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-31

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Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-31

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VIII b2 sold ith o. without lots adjoining on tb'
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GEORGE l.. NICHOLS,
Cor. OF Main and Sceonds.s
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
The Kansas Usurpation.

The Detroit Free Press of the 81 in
stant discusses the present position of al
fairs in Kansas. Territory, ami closes its
article with the following:-
eve see no way of complete cxtrica-
ton from the snarl in Kansas affairs ex
cept entire and total reputation of the
authority of the Legislature. 1t is, be-
yond all cavil, an illegal body. 1t should
never have been recognized. In Its
election the people of the Territory were
overridden, and the law of Congress was
ruthlessly violated. The Democracy OF
the North insist upon the faithful obsery-
ance of the Kansas Nebraska act in the
organization of those Territories. 1t is
not with us a question of slavery. 1t is
!aauestion- of the right ofseyery people te
form and regulate their domestic institu-
tions in their own way, subject only to
the constitution of the United States
And the Kansas Nebraska act must be
faithfully observed. This point We make,
and to it we shall adhere, and the whole
northern democracy willadhere to it; and
the sooner the whole democracy of the
South yield 1.-THE sooner the whole de-
mocracy of the South ignore the usurp-
ing Legislature of Kansas, and repudiate
its acts-the better it will be for Kansas
the better It will be for the South-thc
better it will be for the country. There
is no mistake about this. We have no
objection to Kansas becoming slave
State, if her people desire it, but we do
object to slavery, or abolition of slavery,
being thrust upon them. Under the law
of Congress-under the doctrine of pop
ular sovereignty-they must determine
the question of slavery for themselves. =
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
General Land OHce---Re-survey of the
Base Line in Kansas Territory

Instructions were issued some time
since to examine the base line in Kansas
Territory for sixty miles, in order to test
It's accuracy. On examination the whole
line was found to be SO totally de-
fective that it was deemed indispensable
to resurvey and relocate it, This base
line, upon the accuracy of which all the
other surveys depend, had been complet-
ed distance of one hundred and eight
miles west of the Missouri river 1t was
approved without being tested by the
Surveyor General, upon the oath of the
contractor and his men that it was locat-
ed on the parallel of 40 deg. north lati-
tude; but this approval was not under
stool to cut off or preclude further op-
Grafton. By recent letters it appears that
this base line has been resurveyed. II is
said that the Glands living between the first
correction line and the base line are be-
ing subdivided into townships. The
work is rapidly progressing to an early
complexion Washington Union.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
Color of The ses

The general color of the sea is deep blu-
ish green. which becomes clearer towards
the coasts The color is thought by
some to arise from the same cause as Tia
azure sky. Il is probable that the former
is due TO the rays Of the blue light being
reflected in the greatest quantity from She
particles of tie air. The other colors
exhibited in parts OF the sea depend on
causes which are local and sometimes de-
fective. The Mediterranean, in its upper
part, is said 70 have at times a parple
tint. In the Gulf Of Guinea the sea is
white around the Maldive island IL i
black, and in some places it has been
observed TO be red. These appearances
are probably oecasioned by the vast num-
bers of minute marine insects, by the
nature Of the soil, or by The infusion Of
certain earthly substances in tils water.
The green and yellow shades of the sea
proceed frequently from the existence Of
marine vegetables at or near the surface.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
An Insenious Ba.ricade.

| always lay with plenty of firearms
within reach, and my door barricaded
Risb a heap of tin and kettles, which
waald make a tremendous rattle on any
one attempting to come in. This mode
of bafrica1e | learned from an old friend
IN the bush near the disgius.
] asked him how he dared TO live there,
while such bloody deeds were nightly
doing in such insulated spots. sLook
here, said the stout old gentlemen, and
pulled out two fve-barrelled reyoIyers.
.'But, | said, suppose they caught
you asleeP2 SAY" replied he. laugh
ing. ..catch a weazel asleep. and shave
his eyebrows. ssSee here, - and he piled
a great heap of Tins, kettles and pans up
in the door way. That would make .
most confounded clangor, and if any
one got to stumbling over them. / would
bang at them without stopping TO ask
who they were. ."-Iwo Years IN E.to-
riu.-Bg H-lLliana Rouia.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
The Missouri oatrage.

The y Y. Express which has always
been conservative is now verging on
doughfaceism Itis treading on ground
that viii ere long crumbie beneath its
feet In speaking of the Hartford Con-
yention, aboat TO be holden at Syracuse.
it SAYS:
The pretence for this sectional move
ment IS, that the South broke faith with
us of the NoFlh. in the matter of the
Missouri Compromise. The charge is
not true at the start. A majority of the
Northern Democratic voters inthe House
of Representatives voted for the repeal,
and almosta majority of the Northern
Senator's in the L. S. Senate. The break
ingof faith, then, was not sectional buigen-
eral. Itwas party yote-a party diyis-
ion-and the Democratic Party of the
North had as much to do with it as the
SOUTH
Now the Express may regard this as
sound reasoning and clear argument. but
We cannot think SO. 1t denies that tha
South broke faith with the North in the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and
adduces in proof of this refutatiou that a
majority of Northern Democratic vo-
ters in the House of Representatives yo-
ted for the repeal, and almost majority
of the Northern Senator's in the Senate.'' -
1t is scarcely necessary for the Express To
inform us or its readers, that the South
alone did not occasion the repeal of the
Missouri outrage We knew that
already. We are aware that Northera
demagogues, fed by promises of South
ern men, did unite with. aud assist the
South in breaking down a barrier to the
further spread of an in institution, which
is now a standing reproach upon this pro-
fessedly Christian nation.
But what of this Whom the face
of the plain truth, that those northern
traitors that voted "aye" to the repeal.
voted in direct opposition TO the senti-
ment of the North, and the principles of
their several constituents pko, We ask,
will have the hardihood to deny that it
was southern influence, if not southern
voters, that has produced The lameniabIe
condition in the political atmosphere of
the land The Missouri compromise
repeal was black fraud, committed bv
the South upon the North, and aided by
a few deserterS from northern prinei-
pies. That is Mlraukie Free
american.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
Browbeating Witnesses.

We heartilyendorse the following from
the Newark Advertiser. -
The lawyer who browbeats and badgers
a witness, net To expose falsehood, but TO
pervert the truth, By operating on weak
nerves, the embarrassment incident to
every man upon the stand, perhaps for
the first time, or by questions intended
to perplex the witness, and shake his
honest testimony and thereby impose up
on the jury-wbalever may be has talents,
however high his rank, in Whatever pop
ular request may be his purchasable aid
in procuring fora lie or saud. the sane
ton of a court and jury, or in knowingly
screening scoundrel from punishment,
deserves himself to suffer the penalty,
from which he has saved his guilty eli
ent. and ought TO be thrown over the
bar ofthe temple of justice, which he
thus desecrates, and does SO much to
bring into disrepute among men. The
profession of the Law is held in honor,
for promoting, not preventing the right.
Whenever IT does the former, and as
lang as il does it, bns no longer. should
i be suffered to take part in the ad-
minIStfation of justice.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
A man no Better than a Horse.

The Potosi Republican,, one of the
most liberal democratic papers in the
State on the subject of slavery, anti-Ne-
braska, opposed to the extension of the
peculiar institution and all that, never
theless declares that it 8. looks upon such
acts as those of rescuing fugitive slaves
from the protection of their owners, as
no better than it would be to rescue a
stray horse that citizen of neighbor-
ing State might find in our own
The man who places a human being
upon the same level with horse viii
never domuch 10 preventive extension of
slavery Aadisos Journal.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
Gen. washington's Last Vote.

A correspondent of the Charleston
Courier relates the following interesting
circumstance
81 was present when Gen. Washington
ave his last vote. 1t was in the Spring
Of 1899. in the town of Alexandria He
died the l1th of December following
The Court House of Fairfax County was
then over the Market House and imme
diately fronting Gadsby's tavern. The
entrance into it was by slight flight of
crazy steps OH the outside. The election
was pro, o,sressiny-sever.l thousands OF
persons in the Court House yard and
immediate neighboring streets, and | was
standing on Gadsby's steps when the
Father Of his Country drove up and
Immediately approached the Court House
steps. and when within yard or two OF
them | saw eight or ten good-looklng
men from different directions, certainly
without the least concert, spring stimuli
taneouSly and place themselves in posi-
tions To uphold aud support the steps
shoaid they fall in the jeneral's S ascent OF
them. was Immediately at his back,
and iu that position entered the Court
House with him-followed in his wake
throu III dense crowd to the polls
hoard him vote-returned with him to
the outward crowd-heard him cheered
by more than two thousand persons as
he entered his carriage and saw his de-
parture. There were FIVE or six eandi-
dates on the bench sitting, and as the
General approached them they rose in a
body and bowed smilingly, and the salu-
ton having been returned very grace
fully the General Immediately cast his
eyes towards the registry of the polls,
when Col. Dcneale, l think it was, said ::
well, General, how do you vote ~
The General looked at the candidate aud
said: Gentlemen, vote for measures.
not for men, and turning 20 the recor-
ding table. audibly pronounced his vote,
saw ii entered, made graceful bow,
aud rsfir.ri ''
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
The Grave of Franklin.

Great and widespread as is the fame
of the Printer Philosopher, and proud
as the people of Phiis lelphia are of
their illuStrious townsman. we doubt
much if one in hundred of the present
generation of Philadelphians have ever
seen his tomb Thousands pass daily
within few feet of the spot where his
ashes, and those of his wife repoSe, with
out being conscious of the lact, or. if
aware OF it, unable to obtain glimpse of
the grave. The bones of the lightning
tanner lie within very short distance Of
Arch street, in the northwest corner of
Christ Church graveyard, at Fifth and
Arch streets. Asis generally known, the
spot is marked bya slab ofmarble, which
is almost level with the earth, and which
bears the simple inscription
benjamin and Deborah franklin
If the wall at this point was removed,
and a neat iron railing was erected in It's
stead, every passer-by would be afforded
the qualification of seeing the grave a
qualification now very difficult TO OBJ
tain.
In aPhila lelphia newspaper, published
in December, 1774, we find the follow
ing notice of the death of Mrs. Frank
lin:
On Monday. the 10Th instant, died, al
an advanced age, Mrs. Deborah Franklin
wife of DR.. Benjamin Franklin and OF
the Thursday following her remains were
inferred in the Christ Church Buryins
! Ground.
The announcement of the death and
burial of Mrs. Franklin was simple and
unostentatious as the slab and its pithy
inscription, which marks her final rest
ting place.-PhuadeLphid Bulletin.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
President Shannon

The Kansas correspondent of the St.
Louis Democrat SAYS:
President Shannon has received hint
from this section, that in the opinion OF
honorable members, stumping for Atch-
ison, and howling over the horrorsoffree
society, IS not exactly the mission of a
Christian Professor. He sent word by
an intimate friend to prominent mem-
Der of the House, that if it was conven-
lent TO the Legislature. he would address
them here on Tuesday, August 7th-to-
morrow. The thing was spoken about,
but members concluded that ..it would
not do to invite such ia man in their off
cial capacity" So Shannon has had his
offer coolly refusedl
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
Select Poetry.
Kansas Emigration.

On from the bleak Atlantic coast, where trod the
Pilgrim band,
Led by the Star of Empire forth to greet virgin
land,
There sweeps an earnest host along DER prairie,
hill and vale.
To where the wild beasts midday howl gives
answer to the gale.
They go from palace, cot and town, from coun-
ter, plow and loom,
And fastening onward, swell the cry, behold
there Yet is room;
The pulpit, bar and forum all stand yasafit al
the cry,
While ho! Tor Kansas, rings afar till echo makes
reply.
Right forward, men Of nerve and heart. we
know your mission we'll
Ye go TO break. with sinewy arms, expressions
hateful spell
To bless with manhood's rights and joys, vast
millions yet to be,
And in the place Of cianking chains, peal Free
doms jubilee.
God guard you all: We vanguard men: in battle
for the Right,
And give you in the darkest hour to see the day
stars fight:
Our God-sl5ed for your hours when thot turns
ye;sining back tn homo
Our prayer. heaven bless vou erermore, till your
high work Is done.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
Model LEGISLATION.

We have been entertaining our read
Iers for several weeks plstwith specimens
of model Legislation from the Quasi-Leg
iSlature of Kansas. Here is another
sample, it being a bill recently introduce
ed by Mr., Scott. We trust it has be-
come a law -
SEC. l. That no person shall keep or
teach any school within this Territory for
the instruction of slaves, free negroes or
mulattoes.
SEC. g. No meeting or assembly Of ne
groes or malattoes for any purpose of re-
ilgious worship, or forany otherpurpose,
shall be held or permitted where the ser.
vices are conducted by slaves, free me-
groes or mulattoes, unless sheriff. con-
stable or justice of the peace for the coun-
ty in which such meeting shall be held.
shall be present during the time of such
meeting i'll order to prevent seditious
speeches and disorderly conduct of all
kinds.
SEC. 3. All meetings of slaves, free ne
groes and mulattoes for the purpose men
toned in the two preceding sections shall
be deemed unlawful assemblies, and shall
be suppressed by any sheriff, constable
or other peace officer.
SEC. 4. No free negro or mulatto shall
under any pretext emigra.e to this Terri
tory or State.
SEC. 5. Ii any white person shall yio-
late any of the provisions of this act he
shall, for every such offence. be punished
by fine and imprisonment in the discre-
ton of the Court, If the offender he a
free negro or mulatto he may be punish
ed by like fine and imprisonment or by
stripes not exceeding thirty nine lashes.
This act shall take effect from and af-
ter Its passage.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
BRowNsyILLE. Aue. 9, 1855.

Ny DEAR SIR On my return home
this evening, after an absence of several
weeks, find your letter of the 23th ult.,
rendering to me the appoinmentof Gov
ernor of the Territory of Kansas. This
distinguished mark Of your favor and es-
tcem, and the very aaItering terms in
which it is conveyed TO me, elicit my
grateful Acknowledgements. My private
affairs prevent the acceptance OF the hon.
orable and responsible trust which your
confidence and good opinion would com
init 10 me. With but little taste forpub-
lie life, and with a deep attachment to my
home and my native State, | could not
consent to change my residence-but am
constrained by every cherished consider
alton to remain in community whose
confidence | have enjoyed, aud OF whose
good will / have had the most positive
and repeated testimonials. | shall ever
hold in grateful recollection this evidence
of your appreciation, and the more, BE-
cause il was unsolititcd and unexpected.
Accept assurances of my high regard
and best wishes for the success of your
Administration, aud believe me, truly,
your friend, JOHN l.. DAWSON.
His Excellency. franklin Pierce, Pres
ident of the United States.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
Poetry.
The Fountain in the Dell.
BY MARION HAKLASD.


There is fountain in the dell,
And it singeth cvernorc,
As the laughing waters leap 70 light,
And tihkiing crystals pour.
All day, to catch the suns warm kiss.
The eager wavelets swell,
And wild AMI joyous thing Of life
Is the fountain in the dell.
But wien its god has looked his last,
Aud woods grow chill and dark,
ADd stars upon his CLASSY breast,
Dart but Q tleeting spark
There comes a ceaiseless, wailing sob,
From out tbs heaying well =
Aud song and dance are hustIed till morn,
IL the fountain in the dell.
My heart is like that gladstone fount,
W hen thou, beloved, art nigh;
To meet thy IeIing eye and smile
The biliow riseth high,
The circiing npplcs bound in gIee,
Beneath che genial ray;
And cheefilyl o cheeriiyl
singeth the dasliins spray.
And like it, too, it sadly sinks,
When its day of joy Is DER,
And from its secret depths. Il sigh
Struggles for eyermore.
All through the long. long weary night,
IL MAX eth piaintive moan:
For life and beauty leave the wave,
When thou and hope have gone.
Ri1tHiend, Firgiafa.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
N How beautif,l doe

Lt- How beautiful does the law Of
proportion run through all tie hsndi-
works OF God Those things which are
most useful, we everywhere find most
common. How cheap is steam, that
mighty agency It Is but wafer, the
most plentiful material given 10 man.
Suppose our iron mines were exchanged
for gold mines, and vice verso, could
thousands Of tons of the precious metal
compensate the world for the loss of iron?
What could make good the loss mankind
would suffer, were our immense fields of
coal to be changed into diamonds ? We
can eat bread without but butter without
bread would be very poor diet
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
North naiasouri Railroad.

We understand that tie Directors OF
this Company have purchased three thou
sand tous of railroad iron, to be deliver
ed in October November and December
next. and to be used on the road from st.
Charles to Mexico, in Audrian country.
Trains are passing from tnis city to st,
Charles every day, but the road has not
vet been received from the contractors.
nor will it be until after the meeting OF
the Directors next Monday. The road
viii be opened for business Immediately
hereafter.-a Lolsis Rsp.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
~ AS women are more affected ),

48F rs Women are more anecled bE
the prevalence of immortality than men,
it IS really strange that they do not frown
down those vices of men which are so
frequently fatal 10 their own tranquility.
Many female who would not refuse to
dine with a proiigate. would think her
self fouly insulted, were she invited TO
take tea with a eour,ezan but the only
difference between the two is. one wears
pantaloons, and the other pantalettes-
the moral is the same.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08

e- Science and sound mind are boil,
gifts the former of study, the latter
nature. Study is the elevator of min
and feelings, and the interpreter Of ii
Is lie tongue. 4 small point Of a b:s
ance is tie tongue. aud YET what mi.-.
cIes does ii periofm.-Rogsoy.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08
John L. Dawson's Declination.

We publish below, the letter of Hon.
John L. Dawson to the President of the
United States, declining the appointment
rendered him of Governor of Kansas
Territory. 1t will be seen that the posi-
ton was unsolicited and unexpected by
him
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-08

H Hon. Charles Sumner. left this
morning for Lake Superior. He returns
East thence by ecolIingwood roule.--
Detroit Inquirer, July 31st.
Eastern times., 1855-11-08

than to depend upon The administration of de-
light by professional performances, conducted
by distinct and separate class ofpersons.'
That accomplished and intelligent men and
women (and it appears that there are such
connected with it,) should unite in establish
ing an institution of such demoralizing ten
dency, is no less strange than melancholy
We boast of the civilization-the Christianity
OF the nineteenth century, and yet there has
sprung up, right in our midst, an association
emulating the immortality of the Latter Day
Saints of Utah, or the heathenish oIgies of the
ancient Greeks. Whether this society will
continue its meetings now that the police have
ihterfered, may be matter of some doubt. We
can scarcely believe that such league as is de-
scribed above can long exist and flourish, for
the weight of public scorn and Indignation
will fall with irresistible force upon all those
who may be SO infatuated as TO embrace or
promulgate its demoralizing doctrines. The
marriage tie is too sacred to be tampered with
by visionary reformers. who, SO long as they
simply indulge in utopian dreams, may be
tolerated in the community. But when their
vagaries shock the moral sense of the COM
munity, and strike at the foundation of social
order, it is time they were supprcssed.-Bos-
ton Jonndl
Eastern times., 1855-11-08
Offices of the Atmosphere.

One need not go TO sea to perceive the grand
work which the clouds perform in collecting
moisture from the crystal vaults of the sky in
sprinkling it upon the fields, and making the
hills glad with shower Of rain. Winter and
Summer, 'the clouds drop fatness upon the
EARTH This part of their Office is obvious.
But the sailor at sea observes phenomena, and
witnesses operations in the terrestrial econo-
my, which tell him that in the beautiful and
exquisite adjustment Of the grand machinery
of the atmosphere, the clouds have other i'm
portant offices to perform besides those of
merely dispensing showers or producing the
rains, and of wearing mantles of snow for pro-
lection of our fields in Winter. As important
as are these offices, the philosophical mariner,
as he changes his sky, is reminded that the
clouds have commandments to fulfil, which,
though less obvious, are not therefore less be-
nign in their influences or the less worthy Of