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Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-01-22
Gov. Shannon. Redpath.

GOV. SuanHOu--j. 4S4 I'd ei.
Thecorrespondent of the Missouri Dem
ocrat (freesoil) is j. Redpath, an English
|abolitionist- reporter for the Demo
crat during the session Of the Legislature
lis very good writer-very much adj
dicted to lying, and for that reason is Sc
lected by the Democrat as its correspond
ent. In late number Of the Democrat,
long letter from him is Published, In
which he tries to make it appear that Gov
Shannon proposed peace, On any terms, to
the abolitionists, and that they never ac-
cepted, but dictated terms, very hslmiliat-
ing to the Governor and the law and order
party.
We know not the terms of the settle
ment, but we do know that the Sheriff,
appointed by the Kansas Legislature, has
arrested a good many-some dozen or
more-of the abolitionists of Lawrence and
vicinity. and they have given bail to APP
pear at court provided for, and at place
selected by the Legislature. to. answer
charges for violating laws enacted by that
Legislature, and that after they had here
tofore sworn they would not obey said
laws but set them al. defiance.
The letter further goes on to state, that
the sheriff's posse was very much afraid Of
the Sharp's rifles. and at the same time
states that the " Missourisns' .-as all pro-
slavery men are called-were very much
enraged because Lawrence was not de-
stroyed. Liars are never consistent. He
says, that Mr.. Warren says. when the
news of the treaty reached the camp of
the border ruffians, DIR. Stringfellow noun
ted the stump, and denounced the Gov
! ernor as having disgraced himself and the
pro-slavery party" This is lie out OF
whole CLOTH" If news had been received
| of a "treaty" being made, such as de-
scribed by Redpath, recognizing the night
of the abolltienists to defy the laws of tie
Territory, or refusing to obey them, there
would have been no necessity for such a
speech. Every man in camp would have
marched to Lawrence, and not have left
one stone upon another. But, when the
aaolitionists had solemnly pledged them
selves to obey the laws, and see them en-
! forced, and when we knew that the sheriff
no longer needed our assistance, our mis-
! sion being ended, we returned home. DR..
! Stringfellow not oniy made no sach speech
as Warren reports, but no speech of any
! kind; and will further say, that if Gov
! Shannon acted, as he believes he did, en-
! dorses his conduct in toto, except in calling
on the President for forces. He thinks
j; the general government has nothing to do
! with our local affairs, and thinks that II
the abolitionists are the stronger party and
can ONT vote us, or whip the pro-slavery
: party, they are entitled to the reins of gov
eminent, and he, for one, will be willing
| to yield them. s.tsi
Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-01-22
SposerSc on PnIarERs-..Iere

SPosGENG on PRIarERs.-ssHerei is a
little article says the Memphis Eagle,
tive think something of framing, to Lang
conspicioasfy over the editors table: Tie
public hive a. funny notion about printers.
They think it costs nothing to puff, adver-
tise, etc, And thus one and another will
sponge an extra paper. puff, or some
benevolent advertisement. They forget
that this business makes them know
They forget that j: is the printers ink TINT
makes nine tentlls of their immense for
iuues. They forget that it takes money tc
pay composiiors. 10 buy ink, type AMI pa
per, aad lastly, they forget to even thank
YOU for working for nothing. by grltnitous.y
putting tlieir business.
Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-01-22

eT Emigrants expecting to winter in
Kansas this season. should supply tLe,n-
selves with plenty of warm clothing. We
notice many of the Southern emigrants
entirely too ,hinly clad for. this climate
Winter clc:hes fer Georgia viii net ansue.
In Kansas.
Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-01-22
Atchison Town Company.

The members of the Atkinson Town
Company are requested TO in,-et al the Of
fee of the President. in the Squauef Sou
ereign Buildings IN AtcbisoD, on the
THIRD MONDAY IN JANUARY.
1856, being the 2lst day Of the month.
Business of importance requires that all
interested shouldLe present in person or
by proxy;
A proposition viii be made TO donate a
nnn.I,er of lots to aid In building the eo,.ii-
house, and for other purposes.
p. T. ABEL. Pres.
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Gen. Atchison in Kansas.

General Atchison, with a company of
two hundred OF his neighbors, have made
their arrangements to remove 10 this Ter
ritory early in the spring. He viii locair
in the. neiglIborlood of A,chison, where
himself and friends will meet with a cor
dial welcome from the squatters in this
section of the Territory. 1t is the inten-
ton of General Atchison to engage in
farming, and for that purpose lie will
bring with him number OF slaves. Many
of his companions, who viii accompany
him, are capitalists and large slave-hold-
ers, and their settlement in this section oil
the Territory is eonsunmation derou,iy
to be wished for.
Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-01-22

Cosonxss.--The House of Representa-
iiscs hns not yet organized. Theirs IS
tss ..issls change IN the voting for Speaker.
Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-01-22

HoRN-The bony part of an osculine
coyax. -
SaiLE-Eleven by the dial, aud thirsty
TwIsr-A mixed drink ten minutes la
Ter.
TAks sonrrHrsc- Twelve by tie
clock.
APrETIzER-A prelude to dinner. s
s=e
DAHS ExrEssEs-Seven,een bottles OF
Catawba.
CocxrAIL-Twelve, msridian, PosT.
Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-01-22

e. There Is a free love- sociriy IN
PIitsl urg. composed of aloui hiiy ii.esii-
eers.
Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-01-22

E9 Among TIE documents found in
Pomeroy's pocket, on the occasion OF his
recent arrest, was the following precious
aorceau. The attention OF one of tie
staff enables us to presenl it 10 our readers.
A CHAPTER ON BROOMS.
Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-01-22

E A machine has teen recently IN
ves,ed fer rigging Lceis.
Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-01-22
BY wuIsx-I
Sweep Clean.

The philosophy Of drinking, made easy.
by gentleman of spirit, VINO has ruined
two entire families. broke a ferninine's
heart, and likes 10 liquor Dick her.
Sensation Fl 81,
A backguard thirst.
Jndc deripG.ur.
Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-01-22

Early rising. including
drink at daylight, 3 sckat wosd STICK"
Go-Dowa-Fifteen minutes later, ..auLat
Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-01-22

GilHh dt odyIight,F frsdt rom Sflca.
Go-powa-Fifteen minutes later, ..,rLat
does Slick" sEa zaT
REPEATER "A time piece = striking
three.
FAn-wEsr-A knowledge Of Longitude.
which enatles a Lawrence l'iioy to know
ii.at ninc, a. NJ. is eiepi,s O'clock 10y Bus
ton time.
Wharf, rot understanding with
sugar in it. ~
LET'S Eleven drinks.
JIcGER-A tin implement used by con-
tractors on canals and railroads
PUacu-An Hibernian invention, COM
bining fats wlthssharps, acids with sweets
and RISES with fails.
CHAMPAIGzE-A weak invention of
the enemy, composed OF goose-berry and
Newark cider, arnh u headdcte.
Bounnos-An extract of corn, .'uhat
nerer saw Old KaintucAy.
RrE-Copper distilled, warranted NOT
to improve by age.
BRASDY-The ieakings of ..the En-
rire State" and entitled to admission in
any Know, Nothing lodge.
CuAos-Seving days in bed viii a head
ache.
RtnrDr-M. D.-,faine law lnedi-
cine with an r.
For David played on harp of thou
sand strings just men with SPIRITS made
| peri.
The manuscript here ended somewhat
abruptly. as il its gifted author had been
suddenly snafcRed of.
Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-01-22

Hostile bony part of an osculine
Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-01-22

REPEATER "A .time-piece = striking
Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-01-22

The manuscript here ended somewhat
abruptly. as if its gifted author had been
suddenly snatched of.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-04-24

Something like PropAecy.-In looking
over some of the earlier debates in Con-
gress" a friend has stumbled upon the fol-
lowing passage, which certainly seems as
if the eloquent speaker had the eye of his
mind fixed upon the embryo city of Salt
Lake, in the Territory of Utah. It occurred
in a speech delivered by Mr.. Harrison GRAY
Otis, in the Senate, in 1920, on the Missouri
bill:
"Mr. Otis said he would suppose another
case, not likely to happen, but yet, as he
trusted. not outrageously improbable There
were, as well known, in many parts of this
country, societies of persons called Shakers,
of good moral characters and exemplary
habits of industry, whose fundamental doc
trines were founded on the duty of .celibacy.
They are also rich people, and in some of
the States experience interruptions in their
endeavors to augment their numbers, ard
inconveniences from laws which press upon
their conscienc's, especially in military con-
Germs. Imagine, sir, (said hey all these sects
combined, and determined 10 make pilgri-
mage and become journers in the new
country of promise. Figure to yourself
four or five adults OF both sexes, with their
children, in separate and dismal professions,
marching beyond the Mississippi until they
should find aspot-suited to their occasions;
then haltng and sending you missionary
with the intelligence of their demand to be
admitted as State. Are you bound to ad-
nit them without stipulation that they
will make no laws prohibiting marriage, at
the moment you know this to be the main
design, of their emigration, and thus secure
to sect of those peculiar and anti-social
tenets monopoly of the entire State, and
power of virtusly excluding from its juris-
diction the great mass of your citizens.
There is no end to the instances which
might be multiplied wherein your interfer-
ence would be indispensable for the protec-
ton of your citizens and the prevention of
contagious customs and institutions adverse
to the policy and nature of your Govern
ment."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-04-24

KESTGcKY HoxoR--The Cincinnati
Gazette Of the Ilth informs US that Mr..
Gaines's agent returned with the Slave
Mother Margaret to Covington more than a
week ago. She was dged in the Coyington
Jail by her master avowedly to await a
requisitiOn. The. .Gd,ei!e adds:
"On Wednesday, Dir. Cox. the proseo u
ting attorney, received the necessary papers
fr, m Gov. Chase, and the mex, day CThu-s.
day3 two of the Shcrif-s deputies went
over to Covington for Margaret, but did not
find her. as she had been taken away from
the Jail the night before. The Jail said he
had given her up en- Wednesday night, to
man who came there with a written order
from her master Gaines, but could not tell
where she had been taken. The officer
came back and made return not found"
Has not the Gov. of Ohio done his whole
duty in the premises! How much further
are We to 60 in vindication OF the claims of
Justice! Not to the extent of sacrificing
self-respect, we trust. Our sovereignty has
been invaded, and now insult is added to in
jury. Let kentucky vind;cate her good
name, if she has any regard for it., without
any farther prompting from US.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-04-24
Home! Sweet Homai

That wide, open, friendly fireplace, with
its lively, cracking mirth, or its sweet twi,-
light enbers, always appears to me the meet
emblem of contentcdsgf heart, answer
ing back to your own Joy, and lighting up
your shadows. And sometimes, surrounded
by strangers, the object of dull remark, or
cold cfieieism,or -igrorsHt condemnation,
how have pictured to myself world of
warmth like unto the great fireplace at home
where every man should be greeted with,
"Welcome! welcome, brothers. and COM
Portable, snug corner Of his own; and where
all answer to each o.her with the sympathy
and cheer Of shining faces over the glowing
hearthA E1ok kindly on the stranger, gentle
friend, thy looks are either SO many sweet,
sunny beams, that betsken the common fel-
lowship of true humanity, or SO many icy
rays that chill him to the heart-thst freeze
little by little .ttte fountains of love-that
fill him with distrust of the world and hatred
of his species. No man knows for how
much of Others wickedness and wretched.
ness he mas be held accountable. A look
Of thine may breed sorrow in thy brother
though a stranger A look of thine from
thy lace to his face, and be reflected, like
ray of the sun, over half the globe.
Live, yc gentle scenes of home! Light
up, ye bright fires of the domestic hearth.
Glow, We pleasant fancies of the wood FIRE:
Smile ever, ye dimsled portraits on the wall
Of childhood. Come in, ye sweei lilac
breezes that rustic through the cozy curtains.
the blossoms of youth and the airy old cob
webs of memory are shimmering in your
light! Places may change, friends come and
%, hearts grow c"ld or wear away beneath
he drops of care till they crumble and moul-
Ter beneath the elod of the valley, bu.
pleasant home, where childhood lived and
Owed, never dies. The memory thereof is u
ortune. an indestruclibls faculty of self
joy.
What is heaven itself but the renewal of
he fresh hearts and delightful pleasures, Of
;hildhood's home! y happy child looks for
ward to happy home above. The hireIing
Initiated but too early in guilt and misery, or
n misery without guilt, he seldom hopes for
better accommodation at the journeys end;
nd the shadow of his childhood descends be-
ore him to the grave. Shoepeck Resollec-
ions.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-04-24

A letter from Kansasssto the New York
Times, states that the widow of Thos. w,
Barber, who was so inhumanly murd, red
near Lawrence last December, continues in
state of mind bordering upon despair
She is seldom induced to t.. ks sny food
whatever. is lonely, unsocial, and walks the
room, mt urning her great loss almost with
out cessation. The widow of Brown, who
was chopped TO Geath at Eas,on the middle
of January, is a rariag maniac, will pro-
badly continue in that deplorable state till
her death. Such are some Of the living evil
dences Of that social and civil injustice they
have suffered, which will forever cry to
heaven for revenge. The brothers Of Barb
er have gone to Kansas to settle. They
will probably be on hand If the Missourians
invade the State agaiR.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-04-24
Col. Fremont's Letterto Gov. Robin
SON

=. The manly and patriotic letter from Colo
mel Fremont to Governor Robinson Of Kan
zas, which we publish elsewhere this morn
ing, cannot fail to receive the attention and
consideration to which it is so well entitled.
If man has good points, says the frank and
chivalrous explorer, then they become sa-
lient, and we know each other suddenly
This is precisely what will be said by all
honest men who read Col. Fremont's letter.
His good points have become salient in it,
and we know him suddenly. The people Of
this country already knew that C,l. Ere
mont was one of the boldest and most in
domtable men who have explored our will
derness. and marked out the path of empire
but only his intimate friends knew how
heartily and thoroughly he sympathized in
every movement towards freedom and the
emancipation of the country from the rule Of
an unscrupulous and oppressive oligarchy.
There is no equivocation or hesitation in Col.
Fremont's declaration of sentiments, as re-
CARDS the Government of Kanzas. lie is
heartily and broadly in favor of the Free
State movement, and enter:ains not doubt
of the final triumph Of the good cause.-N.
Y. Times.
From the Boston Atlas.
The following letter from Col. Fremont
to Gov. Charles Robinson of Kanzas, has
been handed to us by the Governor himself,
with his consent that it should be published:
New YORK, Monday, March l7,lS56,t
No. l76 Second-avenue.
MY DEAR SIR: Your letter Of February
reached me in Washington some time since.
I read it with much satisfaction. 1t was a
great pleasure to find you retained so lively
a recollection of our intercourse in Califor-
MIA. But my own experience is, that per-
manen: and valuable friendships are most
often formed in contests and struggles. Ifa
man has good points, then they become
salient, aud we know each other suddenly.
had both been thinking and speaking of
you latterly. The Banks balloting in the
House, and your movements in kanzas, had
naturally carried my mind back to our one
hundred and forty odd ballots in California,
and your letter came seasonably aud fifty TO
complete the connection. We were defeat
ed then, but that contest was only an incl
dent in great struggle-the victory was de-
ferred, not lost. You have carried to ano-
ther field the same principle, with courage
and ability to maintain, and make you my
sincere congratulations on Y, ur success, in-
complete so far, but destined in the end to
triumph absolutely. had been waiting to
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WHOLE NO. 924

see what shape the Xanzas question would
take in Congress. that might be enabled to
give you some views in relation to the pro-
bable result. Nothing yet has been accom-
plished, but | am satisfied that in The end
Congress will take efficient measures to Law
before the American people the sxact truths
concerning your affairs. Neither you nor I
can have any doubt what verdict the people
Will pronounce upon tzlthlul exposition.
1t is to be scared, rom the proclamation OF
the President, that he intends to recognize
the usurpation in Congress,as the legiti-
mate Government, and that the sedition
law, the ties. oaths, and the means taken to
expel its-people as aliens, will all, directly
or indirectly, be supported by the army Of
he United States. Your position will un-
1al1 1kedly be difficult. but you know | have
great confida6ce in firmness and prudence.
When the critical moment arrives you must
act for yourself. No man can give you
counsel. Atrue man will always find his
best counsel in that inspiration which good
cause never fails to give him at the instant
of trisl. Alhistory teaches US that great
results are ruled by a wise Prividence. and
we are bu. units in the great plan. Your
actions will be determined by events as they
present themselves. and at this distance I
can only say that l sympathize cordially
with you, and that as you stood by me firmly
and generously when we were defeated by
the nulifiers in California, have every dis
position to stand by you in your battle with
them in Kanzas.
You see that what / have been saying is
more reply to the suggestions which your
condition makes to me, that any answer to
your letter-shich more particularly regard
myself. The notices which you had seen of
ke in, connection with the Presidency came
from the partial disposi ion of my friends.
who think. of me more Aatteringly than do of
myself, and do not, therefore, call for any
action from US. Repeating tina. am really
an9 sincerely gratiied in the renewal of our
or rather in the expressions of it,
which I hope will no, hereafter have SO long
ah interval,
am yours, very truly,
=. ]. C. FREMONT.
Gov. CHARLES ROBINSON, Lawrence, Kan
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-04-24
G5e State Of Amsas,
A HISTORY OF HER WRONGS.
Memorial to Congress asking adj
mission as a State.

The following Memorial of the State Leg
islature of Kansas, setting forth the history
and grounds Of the movement which has cal
led thai aLState into existence, was presented
to the House on Monday by the Hon. Daniel
Mace, in connection with the State Consti-
tuition. Both were referred by the House
to the committee On Territories and ordered
to be printed.
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Gboite SflisttlImp.
ssoUTLIvED HER UsEFULNrss. ,,

Reverence for age should be instilled yer,
early into the minds of children; and, like
all other seed sown by mothers hand: il
will take deep root there. Then will the
virtues of the aged shine brightly before the
mind, and their infirmities be looked on with
great leniency and pity. Next to motherless
children, do the "stricken in years" claim clr
sympathy.
1.-The mossy marble rest
70 On the lips which they had pressed
In their bioo M;
And the names they loved to hear
Have been carved for many year
On the tomb.'
Not long since, a good-looking man, in
middle life, came to our door asking for .sthe
minister" When informed that he was out
of town be seemed disappointed and anxious.
On being questioned as to his business, he
replied:
81 have lost my mother, and as this place
used to be her home, and as my father lies
here, we have come to lay her beside him. -
Our heart rose in sympathy, and we said,
"You have met with great loss"
"Well-yes," replied the strong man with
hesitancy, ga mother is great loss in gene
ral-but, our mother had outlived her useful
ness-she was in her second childhood, and
her mind had grown as weak as her body, so
that she was no comfort to herself, and was a
burden to everybody. There were seven of
Us sons and daughters, and as we could not
find anybody who was willing to board her,
we agreed to keep her among us-a year a.
bout. But I've had more than my share oi
her, shewas too feeble to be moved when
my time was out; and that was more than
three months before her death. But then, she
was good mother in her Dig, and toiled very
hard to bring US all up'
Without looking at the face of the heart.
less man we directed him to the house of q
neighboring pastor, and returned to our nur.
sery. We gazed at the merry little faces
there, which smiled or grew sad in imitation
of ours-those little ones to whose ears nc
word in cur language is half so sweet e.
sMother;" and we wondered if the day woult
ever come when they would say of us, "Sh,
has outlived her usefulness-she is no com
fort to herself and a burden to everybody
else!" And We hope that before such day
should dawn, we might be taken 10 our rest
God forbid that we should outlive the love O
our children! Rather let us die while ou,
hearts are a part of their own, that ou
graves may be watered with their tears
and our love linked with their hopes o
heaven.
when the bell tolled for the mothers bu
rial we went up to the sanctuary to pay ou
iast token of respect 10 the aged stranger
for we felt that we could give her memory
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-04-24

New JERsEY.-A Republican State meet
ing was held at Newark on the 9th. The
immediate object was to effect permanent
State organization of the Republican party.
The attendance was large, comprising men
from all parts of the State, and great en-
thusiasm was manifested. An address, and
a series of strong resolutions were adopted.
They declare that the people of New Jersey
will insist upon the admission of Kansas as
Free State, and Free State only, and take
ground earnestly in favor of discarding old
party issues. in order Il al the strength oil
the State may be centered upon the CUES.
ton of the performance of Slavery or the
triumph of Freedom. A State Convention
for the election of Delegates 10 the Pbila-
delphia Convention, is called to meet al
Trenton on the 22d of NAV. An evening
session was held, at which Senator Wade
of Ohio, spoke with great effect for nearly
two hours. The demonstration throughout
was harmonious and significant.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-04-24

INDIAN BREAD (called the St. Charles In
dian Bread, because prepared a, the st.
Charles Hotel, New Orleans) ).-Bea, two
eggs very light. mix them with enc pint Of
sour miik, (or butter with sweet milk will
do0 then add teaspoontul Of soda or salera-
tus, then stir in slowly one pin, of Indian
meal and one tablespoonful Of N elted butter;
beat these well together: bake in a common
cake pan, in quick oven. The bread can
be made very good without eggs.