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To Subscribers.

We send the first number of volume two
to many of our subscribers whose subscrip-
ton has expired. We do this in order to
notify them that many have failed to pay
us their last years subscription; and fur
ther. that if they desire the paper this year,
they will have to remit us the subscription
price in advance. We are determined to
do Cash Business this year, or none at
all !; and we hope our old subscribers will
not only pay up their last years accounts,
but send us $500 for the squatter Sover-
eign the coming year. We have worked
hard and faithfully for the Pro-Slavery in
terest in Kansas, and it would be base in
gratitude IN the party to allow the publish
er of Pro-Slavery journal to lose money
In the cause,
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

THE DEMOCRATS IN coNeREss.-The
Washington correspondent of the Boston
Post, IN hisletter of Thursday, says Mr..
Humphrey Marshall, l may say. Is em-
p;,aticailythe leader Of the Southern Know
No,hings. and his opinion is entitled to
great weight. lie says ti.at the Democ-
rats of the House have by their. nomination
Of such man as Mr.. Richardson and the
ardent manner in which they have stood
,,p to him made their next President. and
TIM. Ke.sueky viii ro.e for the Democratic
candidate.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

Hon III. MARsuALL.-The distinguish
ed KNOWN Nothing Representative from the
Louisville District, seems to have proper
appreciation of the party that placed him
in office A correspondent of the Louis
vile Democrat says:
learn that Col Marshall remarked or
yesterday that, "lhe National American
organization was gone to the devil that i
could not live under the record of last weeks
proceedings. and In futnse he intended ts
AXE care oil his own interest at home"
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California Matters.

It is estimated that one of the recenl
rains IN one county was worth to the citf.
zens $50, 900 an hour The loses by fire
in that State in 1855 were s., ,062 500.
The total numberof lynch executions dn-
ring the year was forty-eighf, of which
nineteen were for murder, twenty-five theft
one rape, one arson, and two Indians
charged with being spies. There were
nine executions, all for murder. according
to law. There were five hundred and thir-
ty-eight homicides of which one hundred
and thirty-three were Indians. thirty-two
Cinnamon. three Negroes, .eighty-four
Spaniards, and the others all whites.
The anniversary of the Landing of the
Pilgrims was celebrated at San Francisco
by the Sons of New England, at the In
ternational Hotel. About one hundred
and fifty satdown to a sumptuous repast-
Ex-Mayor Webb. formerly of Salem, pre-
sided.
San Francisco was visited by a severe
shock of an earthquake on the 2nd inst,
at about o'clock. which shook most of the
large buildings to their foundations, and
caused serious alarm in several parts of
the city.
The amount Of gold exported from San
Francisco in 1856 was S45. 5.162 ,631. The
exports including quicksilver, excluding
gold, were S4,1s9.611 Among these ex-
ports We're 22.443 500 pounds of -four, s.
271 400 pounds of barley.
The average length of vessels from the
Unite States Atlantic ports was one hum
dred and thirty-six days, and the shortest
passage was one hundred and two days
from New York.
During the year there were two hundred
and sixty-seyen marriages in San Francis
co; seyenty-two applications for divorce,
and forty-one divorces granted.
Walkers agents are busily engaged in
recruiting men for Nicaragua, about one
hundred and twenty leaving by the last
steamer, under command of Col. Aphonse
Sutter.
It is stated that if one of the big trees of
California, which is twice as high as Bun
ker Hill Monument, were cut up for fuel,
it would make at least three thousand cords,
or as much as would be yielded by sixty
acres of good woodland. What tree.
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Fatal AccIDENT.-Af few days since,
as Mr. ]. II. Morse, of East Poultney, VT,
was engaged in efforts to free the water
wheel of melodeon factory, from the ac-
cumulated mass of ice, it suddenly broke
loose, breaking the supports, and at the
same instant precipitating Dir. Morse be-
meath the revolving mass, where he was
instantly crushed to death. He was one
Of the firm of Ross and Morse. manufactu-
rers of melodeons.
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LARGE FAMILY.-A correspondent of
the Vermont Republican, on his way to
Montpelier, found in the cars a family
which attracted much attention. 1t was a
man and his wife, accompanied by fourteen
children of their own, and the eldest but
thirteen years old. Among them were
two sets of twins. The father was forty
and the mother thirty-fiEe years old, and
they had buried one child.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

ES The Cheshier Democratic conven-
ton, which met at Keene, n. H., on Sth
ult, for the nomination of country officers,
passed among other resolutions the follow
ing:
"Resolved, That we reafirm our con-
fidence in democratic principles, as taught
by Thomas Jefferson, carried into practi-
cal operation by our illustrious Jackson
and now practlsed by our distinguished
fellow citizen. Franklin Pierce.
Resolved, That we have full confidence
in the eminent ability and practical integri-
ty of Franklin Pierce, our present chiel
magistrate, and that be is our first choice
as the democratic candidate for the presi.
DENTAL campaign in lS56-subject to the
decision of our national convention.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

GovERxoR OF KAssAs.-The Senate,
on the 18th, confirmed the nomination of
Wilson Shannon, to be Governor of Kan
sas, The telegraph says that the vote
was strictly party one, but this can hardly
be the case, as only twelve are said TO
have voted in the negative. An effort
was made to discuss the question with open
doors, but this was rejected.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

Ia Napoleon has presented to Queen
Victoria, as new years's gift. an album,
containing water-color paintings by the
most eminent artists, each picture repre-
senting some incident of the Queens visi1
TO Paris.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

10 Only one copy of Professor Agas
siz's great work shortly to be published
was Subscribed for in Lowell. the second
city in the State, in population. New Bed
ford, Salem, Worcester and Cambridge,
take about fifty each.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

B The Philadelphia Know Nothing
convention assemblies on the 22d. tits be-
lieved that GEonGE LAW is the choice o.
majority of the delegates for the Presi-
dency. The FILLMoRE men are therefore
anxious the nomination should be postpon.
ed to next summer. and, ii is said, vii
withdraw from the Convention il then
wishes on this point do not prevail.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

HosoR TO JAcKsoN.-A bill has passed
the House, In the Tennessee Legislature,
authorizing the State to purchase 500 acres
of the ground-including the tomb of Jack
son, and the buildings of the Hermitage,
Tor $50, 900.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

EM1GRANr AID BILL.-A bill to aid
destitute emigrants to Kansas has passed
to its second raading in the Alabama Leg
islature. Its provisions are these-that
where company of one hundred emigrants
is formed under leader; AMI that fact is
made known to the Governor. he shall
draw upon the Treasury for an amount not
exceeding s25 for each man to assist in
the emirgration-which amount shall be
returned into the Golfers of the State by a
separate tax to be levied upon the slave
property of the State. Considerable feel
ings seems to exist on the subject in Ala
bama.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

WHAr IT cosrs.-The Boston Post
says the expense of clearing the streets of
that city of the snow that fell in the grea,
storm, will amount to over Sl6, 900. Three
hundred teams, and men TO plow. shovel,
and drive. have been employed by the Su-
perintendent of Streets for weeks, trying
to make the streets passable.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

s@ A bill for the relief of the heirs o
Colonel Davy Crockett, who are said to b
In destitute circumstances, is befores ths
Texas Legislature.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

sWGen. Chambers, a genius of Texas
has peiitioned the Legislature ct that State
to charter company to run certain ma
chimes of his invention, which are capable
of superseding railroads, crossing bays and
even traversing oceans.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

A MkrrER-oF-rAcr youse LADr.-A
certain newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio
having advertised that they would send
copy of their paper gratis Cor one year, to
a person who would send them club oi
ten, received the ten-spo. of clubs from
young lady in the country.
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E The Missouri river is nearly free
from ice al this point. and our Steam Fer
ry Boat is making her regular trips from
the Kansas TO the Missouri shore.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

gJ The ST. Louis Democrat throws
off lis disguise in recent number, and in
reply to query as to whether it will sup
port the State and National nominations
of the Democracy, says that it will render
its support to both, if they should happen
to suit the erratic notions of its conductors;
but that Gen. Pierce, nor any man enter
tanning his views, can Obtain its support
This is definite enough. Gen. Pierce, or
some man entertaining similar views, will
receive the national nomination, so the St.
Louis Democrat may as well be counted
OUT now, as it has been, by the true Dem
ocrats, for some time past. We have an
ticipated nothing else in that quarter than
a return of clique which governs it to
their old position of lS4S-in the ranks of
the sectionalists.
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E@ The average cost Of ali the rail
roads in the United States is not far
from $50 GOO per mile, and IN she SoutheTn
and Western states States. 20. 900. Gan
drews' Report on colonial and lake trade,
page 34I
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

B@ In every nation and in every age,
great talents, thrown fairly into the pond
of public observation. will invariably pro-
duee the same ultimate effect.
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THE "STAR SPANGLED BANNER. y
We have hitherto neglected to notice this
excellent weekly, which is one of our best
exchanges. Neutral in political and re-
ligious matters, it is what it parports to be,
a good literary paper. Send $500 10
Messrs. Noodman & Co., Boston, Mass,
and secure a copy Immediately. Each
subscriber to this paper stands a chance ol
drawing one of the 10000 presents to be
distributed to its patrons. The value oi
the gifts to be drawn is estimated al
So 600.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

DEpurY u. S. Carey B.
Whitehead, of Doniphan county, has been
appointed Deputy q. s. Marshall for all
of the Territory of Kansas, north of the
Kansas river.
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LAWRENCE, Feb. 18th, 1856.


which send two copies of the 'sSquattel
Sovereign" to J. NJ. S. Williams
Boston, Mass, and one to Mercantile Lii
brary, Boston, Mass.
Gen. Williams begs to say that in his
humble opinion, your paper has been ol
great service to the party to which he be-
longs, and therefore he wishes to patronize
it. Please send me receipt by return
mail. Yours. respectfully, ~
c.. ROBINSON,
By NJ. G.. w. DEITZLER.
To DIR. Stringfellow, Atchison.
The above letter we received by the last
mail, and we hereby acknowledge the re-
ceipt of the money for the two copies OF
our paper, ordered.
We are heartily glad that our humble
efforts have beneftted the gentleInan's
ssparty," though we do not know what the
party is to which he belongs. lie may be
a Free-Lover, Woman's Rights man, a
Wakemanite, an Abolitionist, or philos.
opher of Banks school, Can Amalgama-
tionsts as they all flourish about Boston
and "Chas. Robinson" is fit tool to be
the amanuensis ofany Of them. We hope
that We may not be doing the gentleman
injustice, he may possibly be an honsst
man. and Democrat; but from the COM
pany he keeps, we are led to think that
this is not probable. Our efforts have
been to benefit our fellows, however be-
nighted; we have, time and again, warned
them of the result of their treasonable de-
signs, and have told the above mentioned
gentlemen plainly, that if they persisted in
their course. the galows would be their
reward. We have kept them posted as to
the intentions Of the Law and Order par
ty, and also Of the President. 1t may be
that Mr. Williams has thereby escaped the
halter, and to show his gratitude has SUBJ
scribed for the paper. This looks more
like returning sanity than anything we
have seen from that latitude, and we are
pleased to acknowledge that there is some
gratitude in full blooded Boston yankee.
But this Mr.. Deitzier, who is he? some
white slave of his Excelency, Gov. Robin
son, of the State of Kansas, we suppose
We expect to find out more about these dis
tinguished characters should their Legis-
lature dare to assemble, and Mr.. Chas
Robinson dare to assume the functions oI
Governor.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

New suBscRIBERs.-M. B. Collins,
Esq.,. OF Glasgow. has plased cs under
obligations to him for a club OF thirteen
subscribers, accompanied by the CASH. We
are promised more subscribers in that
neiehborhood. by another friend. Send
them along. The better we are paid the
harder we can work for the cause.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

30 We direct attention to the adver-
tise ment of the Lot Sale to come off In
Atchison on the 1st day of May. The lots
comprise some of the most valuable in the
city.
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81 The population Of Georgia, accor-
ding to the census last taken. is s3f.soa-
whites 5I2 ,597-slases 3s9 par.
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~We see it announced that Whittier
has new volume Of poems in the press Of
Messrs. TiclSnor s. Fields It is entitled
-s.The Panorama and ether Poams,' .
among which will be Maud Muller, one Of
the best things Whittier har ever written.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

rs We are daily expecting boats from
St. Louis. The river is IN fine nasigahle
order.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11

E FANNY FERs's next issue ex-
pected TO make more noise in the world
than her last
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10 A young Englishman Is New York
has been arrested for stealing an arln-full
of prayer books from ST. Thomas Church.
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sg The fourth of March has passed,
and according to the dictum Of Robinson,
Lane & Co., we are now citizens of the
State of Kansas.
1t may be so, for many "signs and por.
tents dire" were observed, even at this
distance from Topeka. On the evening
of the third, a large snake was observed
by several of our citizens sporting about
on the snow and ice, as lively as if it were
August; then, too, the Missouri, which
had been buried for months in an icy
tomb, burst its cerements, and rolled on
in muddy rage, as it has not been known
to do for two years. On the morning of
the 4th, the sun on rising veiIed itself be-
hind dark cloud, when soon was obsery-
ed instead of one, four bright suns-one
in the centre. one at right angles On the
right and left, and one at right angle
above. From these suns there went hor-
izontal belt of brilliant white, extending
over quarter of the horizon, and by the
reflection from them three rainbows of re-
lnarkable brilliancy were formed, one in
ner, running through the three outside
suns, one outside of that, perfectly distinct
and brilliant, and third still above, but
inverted, the ends of the bow turning up
wards and the convexity resting upon the
upper central portion of the second bow.
We hardly know how to explain the au-
gury. We suppose the snake was an in
timation that the Devil was at the bottom
of the movement about to take place; the
mock suns or parhellions, that things would
be in such confused state In Kansas, that
iookers-on at distance would not be able
to detect the true from the false, as was
the case with those looking at the suns
and the bows represented the three gov
ernments now fighting in Kansas, the
Territorial, the Federal, and the STATE, the
little fellow on his back, with heels in air,
represented very happily the condition of
the State Government.
We hope some of our friends, who are
better yersed in the Obstruse Sciences,
will enlightened US further on this subject.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11
To oar Readers.

When we made our first Bow Editorial,
TO you one year ago. il was with much diff
fdenee, and n much ..fear and nembling;;''
for, as we told you. one of us-the senior
was alaunching upon an unknown sea-
to him. We have completed the first vol
| ume of the ..Squatter Sovereign a name
almost lost sight of in the more modern
cne of Border Ruffiian- For the sec
ond time we bou to our friends and laugh
at our foes.
To our friends we can say that Kansas
is in a better condition to-day than we
thought possible when we commenced
We then had a Freesoil Governor, whose
power was unlimited, and who shrunk
from nothing. however tyranical or base, to
forward the interests of his party. With
nothing but right on our side. and a united
action on the part of our friends, and a de-
termination not to be swindled by Reeder,
we met the enemy at the polls, and sue
ceeded in triumphantly electing our whole
ticket, and then after battling with his Ex-
cellency for four months, forced him into
SO many absurd positions, that at last he
committed political suicide, only very
short time before his head was taken off
by the President.
Alas Poor Reeder. Not willing to
lie quietly in the grave he had dug for
himself, by his own folly and wickedness,
he must dig it still deeper, by adding trea-
SON to his other follies and crimes. He
hes so deep now. that he never can be po-
liticaliy resurrected. Peace to his ashes.
Our laws are now quietly obeyed in ev.
cry county in the Territory. and we shall
hear nothing more of tsresistance to the
enactments of the Missouri Bogus Legis-
lature;" but everything will be perfectly
quiet, till our next election. when, as is
usual everywhere, few heads will be
cracked.
We hope to be able to devote more time
to matters of general nature for the next
year, now that the Abolitionists are con-
quered. We must return our thanks to
our numerous friends, who have so liberal
ly paid up for the Squatter, and would
gently hint to delinquents that flour is ten
dollars per barrel. We solicit of our old
friends a second edition of that two dollar
bill sent to us, from six months to year
since, and we promise to be as faithful and
jealous in the cause as we have ever been,
and hope to be more efficient.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-03-11
Leavenworth.

We see by the last Herald that the peo-
pie of Leayenworth are getting desperate.
They hold meeting one week and giorify
their paper, the Herald, and the next week
they meet again and resolve that they
(ought to) have great city. At their
city glori6cation they resolve among other
things, s.thai it is of Uital interest to the
citizens of this city and vicinity that the
Kansas river people be invited TO make
this their place of trade
Poor fellows, we feel sorry for you; how
could you expect anything else than to be
starved out in that out of the way place
Having no trade of their own, they must
go down South of the Kansas riser, and
beg the citizens there to trade with them,
that their uery life depends on 1t. There
is more truth than poetry in that. But,
poor fellows, this last hope is to be blasted,
The Kansas river people expect to get
their supplies by Kansas river, and If they
should find after navigation closes there that
wiz nav W 81 ~ Tic A14SSO0Il 1itEI,
there are other points much more accessi-
bic for Lecompton and Tecumseh. Law
renee and Topeka may and should go to
Leavenworth, for they will find sympathy
there, which they will not find at this place,
which is the most acce ssible for Lecompton
and every point west.
We, at Atchison, don't want Abolition
men or nsoney; we don't want to know
them, to hold any intercourse with them,
except such as we may sometime be called
on to have with them in professional way,
when We are made surgeon, or physician,
to the Penitentiary.
We had some hopes of Leavenworth
when she emptied the Register into the
Missouri, but we find she is longing after
the flesh-pots of Egypt
"Ephraim is joined to his idols, let him
alone.'
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FOR THE AMERICAN ORGAN.
Alteration.


Governor Wise seems to have been the first to
notice the ALTERATION in his avorites for President
and Vice President, "the two B's;" Buchanan and
Breckinridge-the Bargainer and the Breakdown
Nextwas remarked the ALTERATION of the two Fs !;
Fillmore the Farmer, who is to "Fill" one Full
measure OF his countrys glory" more" than
enough to be "the First on the File !" and Fremont
the Fighter, sort Of French Fusileer, and the
Funny Fugleman of the Free-soilers. In the can
didates for the Vice Presidency, we have the two
Ds; Donelson, the Devoted to the Hero of New
Orleans; and Dayton the Derogation from Wing
gerry.
Let the Farmers rally around their Fillmore
one whose preservation Of the Union will give pr
ces for their grain, even to fill more Of their barns,
or the Bargainers can try their tricks with Bu-
chanan, so adroit in advancing himself at anothers
cost or the Fighters and Filibusters can look for
employment under Fremont, either at home or
abroad.
Next after F. comes G. There is one poor Gar
ret for the Abolitonists. No one else wants him.
Let the Abolitionsts go TO the Garrett Why should
not the Black Republi. ans 60 to the Garrett too,
and unite with their brother Aboitonists9 Win
not a rose by another name smell as sweet?
q IN THE CORNER.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-07-01
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
TuRsnAY. July l, 1856.

TUESDAY, July j, 1856.
The SPEAKER stated the question to be on the
motion of Mr.. GoopE of Virginia, to lay on the ia
BILE his own motion to reconsider the vote reject
ing the bill for the admission OF the State OF Kan
sas into the Union
Mr. GO0DE withdrew his motion.
Mr. BARCLAY, Of Pennsylvania, then moved
10 reconsider the vote by which the bill was yes
terdsy rejected, and explained his reasons for 30
,Noing. lie considered the action of the House, in
re, scting the bill, as equivalent to an approval of
the absurd indictments which had been found In
Kan as against the Free-State men, and he was
not iIlrg that he should stand committed against
the rio bt of people Of Territory to form State
consttu zion whenever they might see proper to
do 80.
Mr.. HOUSTON, of Alabama, expressed his sur
prise at the course of the gentleman from Penn
sylvania, who, after having deliberately voted
against the bill, after short summer nights re-
aection, had come into the House and expressed
his dsapprofstion of Its rejection, result aided
by the gentlaman's own vote. He would like to
know the Influences which had been brought to
bear upon the gentleman.
Mr.. BARCLAY replied, that he was only acting
in accordance with tile dictates of bis own con-
science.
Mr.. HOUSTON condemned this attempt to re-
open agitation, and moved to lay the motion 10 re-
consider on the table.
Mr. HOW ARD, of Michigan, at this stage Of the
proceedings, rose 10 question of privilege, and
desired to submit report from the select commit
tee appointed to investigate the condition of affairs
in Kansas.
Mr.. HOUSTON contended that the question Of
privilege of the gentleman from Michigan could
not take precedence of the privileged question al
ready before the House.
The SPEAKER decided otherwise
Mr.. ORR, Of South Carolina, appealed from the
decision of the Chair, and the question was being
debated when our report closed.