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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-04-12
Both the Ointment and Pills SHOULD b,

BON the OIltnlGnt ana rus SHOutH ne
used IN the follo'cing cases
3unous Burns Chapped Hands
Chilhlans FiStHas GUut
Lumbago Piles MercurialErup-
Rheumatism Salt Rhcum tons
skin Diseases Sore Legs Sore Breasts
Sore Heads Sore Threats SPrans
Sores ofall kinds Scalds SwelIed Glands
Stiff Joints Ulcers VeneTeal Sores
" ouuds of all kinds
IL Sold at the Manufactures Of Professor
Holloway, so Maiden Lane, New York, and
2iI Strand, London. aud by all respectable
Druggists AMI Dealers of Medicines throughout
the United States, and the civilized world, IN
Pots, al % cents, GO ID cents. and 81 each.
There is a considerable saving by taking the
larger sizes.
n. B.-Directions for the guidance Of pa
tier,s IN every disorder are affixed to each Pot,
June 80, 1855. Sly
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-04-12
NOW FOR II !
LOOK OUT FOR THE STONE STORE
CHEAP GOODS ! !
T HE undersigned having just rrturDec from
L the clrIes with a >piencId assortment Ut
Fall and Winter Goods,

inv e the public TO give then
"aIl before purchasing else" here, as they ar,
o e'erm'ned to sci! at such low prices as will as
rontsh he most rncreduIous. Their stock con.
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-04-12
FOR THE LADIES.

French and English Merlnoes, Plain and f.-
Ired Mou,Ires and Cashmcrcc, Plain, PLAID
and Black silks, Black and Fancy Alpaca>,
BomhaZluc, Canton Grape, Grgham-a heaurl-
fuI quality for - = cents. ard " idc EaIcot ;
ior ~ - cents, large assortment OF ShaNl>
Of al prices aud qualities, Ribbons, hmlro'tcr-
les. Hosiery OF every variety, WHITE GOODS
a foil assortment.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-04-12

Gentlemen's and Boys Navy Caps, Enam-
blcd, Boston, Blue and Black, Lafayett and
Boys Cloth and Glazed Caps, from II I-2 cents
to Sl,75.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27
Missouri Senatorship.

The Leavens0orth Journal recon-.
mends the Legislature of Missouri to
elect, as one Of her Senators to Con-
gress, Gen. B. F. Stringfsliow. The
Journal adds, by way of apology for
meddling in the matter, 1.-THE interests
of Kansas and Missouri are identical. I"
1t is evident that Missouri should
be very grateful to her care-takers in
Kansas. For we intend to give our
advice, too, which will be the direct
opposite to that of our neighbours.
There was a certain Stringfellow in
Missouri, last summer, who got up 8
mob against merchant in Weston,
for selling provisions to Free State
settler in Kansas. The consequence
was, the merchants and other substan-
tial men of Weston and vicinity, held
meeting and warned the said String.
fellow to leave the county within 8
few days.
We suppose this is the Gen. String
fellow recommended to Q seat In ths
United States Congress, by the Jour
nal. If the interests of Kansas anG
Missouri are identical, we Recommend
our Hon., Ex-Governor, ANDREW. E
REEDER.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27

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deriving all its powers from the eon.
sent ofthegoverned. Mankind ca, ,.-
er be so safe. SO happy, or SO prosper.
Gus, under any other form of sovs,,
ment as the representative form. vh...
every man, woman and child !.
equally protected and Represented
whether high or low, rich or poor
where respect is paid to humap;,,
rather than to riches. and where n.
human face divine is a certificate a,
safety and . passport to honor and
trust. We have passed through ter.
BILE time here. The oligarchists b.y.
hired the blind masses to overrup n,
and sweep us from the face of the earth
They have not accomplished the;,
purpose, and now viii come the r,ae.
tion, and Republicanism must have Il,
! day.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27
Defending the South.

The New Orleans Bulletin suggests
the following wise method of ode
Tending the South" The Bulletin
says -
1.-THE best way to defend the rights
of the South is to make vigorous
and extended assault upon old fields
and dilapidated fences. The enemy is
sure to enter at every gap, and to lie
concealed in every briar-pstch and
acre of weeds he may discover. To
route him, horse, foot and dragons,
it is necessary to set the plough and
spade going, and then to overwhelm
him with mountains of manure
Nothing like manure for the rights of
the South, and the expulsion of its
enemies. They can't stand it at all.
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolu-
tions are nothing in comparison with
it. They may be attacked in front
and rear, and terribly shattered; but
muck from the swamps and deep
ploughing, with plenty of it, will
prove invulnerable. Cotton bales are
but gossamer in potency, placed be-
side heaps of muck"
We are inclined to think the sys-
tenn of defence sketched in the above,
may be applied with great success to
Kansas.-Bosson Herald.
And it will be practiced, to the full
lest extent, if we are permitted to do
so. We are in hopes that next sea-
son our people will be allowed to cul-
tivate the soil, to plant and reap. and
show what educated free labor can do
on these beautiful and f,rtile prairies.
The "desert" will literally "blossom
as the rose" The widest fancy is not
sufficiently vivid to portray the glori-
Gus destiny awaiting us, if permitted
to pursue our course unmolested by
violence.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27
Stages to Leavenworth.

We invite attention to the adver-
tisement of Mr.. SUTHERLAND, who is
running line of stages, daily, be-
tween this point and Leavenworth
City. He makes the trip between that
city and Lawrence, regularly. The
public can rely upon speedy passage,
at reasonable rates. We commend
this line to the favorable considera,
ton of all travellers between the two
points. In this connection, we would
advise every person coming up the
river in the spring. who designs visit
ing this city, to pass on to Leaven-
worth, and cross to Lawrence from
that point. The cost of passage from
St. Louis is no greater to Leaven.
worth, than it is to Kansas City, while
the distance between here and Leav,
enworth is at least ten miles less. will
! a corresponding reduction in the pries
of stage passage.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27

Two young men, named johnson
and Mosher, arrived in Lawrence, on
Friday evening. the 10Th inst, from
Indianola, Warren county, Iowa
They started from that place about
three weeks since, with three Others
and a team, for Kansas. On their
arrival at Glenwood, about forty miles
from the Nebraska City ferry, the
other three grew discouraged at tie
weather-which was very cold, the
snow being about six inches deep
and determined to proceed no further
till spring. Messrs. Johnson and
Mosher had started for Kansas, and
they were bent upon proceeding. So,
shouldering their rifles, carpet bags,
and an axe, they set out to walk the
remainder of the distance-somewhst
over two hundred miles. This they
accomplished in a little over two
weeks, crossing the Missouri river on
the ice, and then striking across the
prairies, all traces of the road being
obliterated by the snow, which they
found quite deep. in Nebraska and the
Northern part of Kansas. Sometimes,
they found a house in which to stay at
night: at others, they lay in the woods
or ravines.
This is coming to Kansas under
difficulties, and shows Of what quality
our Free State boys are made. These
pioneers report large number of emf
grants weather bound, atdifferent points
along the Iowa route, who will push
on, the first favorable opportunity
Iowa is wide awake in regard to Kan
sas matters, and thousands of settlers
will come to our Territory, when the
spring opens. The whole North is
now aroused, and the prospects Of
peace, that shine SO brightly over us,
will bring large numbers of the ''bons
and sinew" of the country to our fer.
tile prairies. Can any person doubt
the success of freedom here, when meE
can be found to endure what Northern
Immigrants have done the past season?
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27
How to Settle the Question,

If the South will only rouse herself
for one more effort, before another
year shall have closed, Kansas will be
admitted as q slave State into the
Union, and the slavery question set
tied forever. Now is the time for &C.
ton, while the Observation-Disclosures have
been defeated at every point. Beaten
at the ballot box, beaten in the tented
field" driven in disgrace from our
Territory, or else confined in prison,
awaiting their deserts for crimes COM
mitted by them.
Next winter, or By spring, at farth-
est, the vote aOiN be taken for tie election
Of members to convention for forming
State Consultation. We have now
in the Territory between 10000
and 10000 people, and before the
next Congress assemblies, we shall
probably have double that number
.Squoher Sovereign.
We see two obstacles in the way OF
Kansas becoming Stare State. The
first is, the South will not Grouse her
self for one more effort" as she is al
ready disguised with the Border Ruff
fan performances. The second is, o.
the 10000 or 10000 people in the
Territory, $4,000 of them are in favor
of making Kansas free State. If al
the Southern emigrants, who move a
all, were to come into Kansas mex
year, they would be balanced by The
Free State emigrants who would
come-still leaving US the majority o.
40, 600 or $4,000.
If by any trick, Kansas were to bt
admitted as a slave State into thu
Union, the slavery question would
not "be settled forever" There would
be another commotion, such as WI
have just passed through, in compar'
ison with which, this is only droE
in the bucket. There is but one way
gentlemen, of making Kansas a slav'
State, SO as to "settl2 the question
forever" and that is, by fair aud hon
est uoti,sg When you have majorit.
of the actual settlers on yOur side, W
will give up peaceably, and not before
Please bear that in mind!
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27
no More Such.

We are happy to observe that j. L.
CIARDY. Esq, has taken charge of the
local column Of the Lecompton Union,
and promises his readers some rich
things in future. Speaking of the
resignation of Mr.. Jones, sheriff OF
Douglas county" and the appoint
ment of VIM. L. Sherrard In his
place, he closes by saying -
..In noting the resignation OF
Sheriff Jones, we have no eulogy to
pronounce upon his character as an
officer or as man; we can only say
that in our humble estimation, God
makes BAT fsso saeh."
We join with the "local" in that
opinion. and hope God win not make
any more such during the present
generation.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27
Kansas a Large Country.

The land sales are over, at Leaven-
worth, and it is presumed that every
man has invested all the money he had
to spare, in that direction. Free State
men and pro-slavery men mingled Oh
friendly terms, and, so far as we have
information, both sides are satisfied
with their purchases. A very impor-
tant discovery has been made by all,
to wit: that Kansas is great country,
and will take pile of money to buy it
up. And, when the experiment is once
made, it will be found that men can
live together here, on as friendly terms,
as in any other country, although they
may have come from remote localities,
and hold opposite political opinions.
In a few years--one generation, at
most-all local provincialisms will have
been worn oA,and the population mixed
in one homogeneous mass. 1t will
then be hard to believe that men killed
each other, in the first settlement of this
State, because they differed in senti-
ment. If any settler in Kansas feels
particularly aggrieved on account oil
his neighbours belief, let him not kill
him, as remedy, but give him good
reasons to change. If he is partic-
ularly obstinate, and will not change,
then sell out, and move West. Kansas
is a great country. and has plenty o.
room in it for all kinds of men, and al
kinds of belief. 1t is expected tina
people of several different opinions vii
inhabit the country, when it become,
fully populated.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27
Temperance Meeting

On Tuesday evening, the 23d inst,
the school room, in Lawrence, was
densely crowded to hear an address on
the subject of Temperance, from Miss
Sarah Pellet, of California. Miss Pei
let has lately arrived in Kansas. from
Albany, N. Y, being the agent for the
distribution of Edward G. Delayan' s
muni6eent gift Of 81, 900, to relieve the
needy in Kansas. 1t will be remem.
bered that Miss Pellet visited Califor.
MIA, few years since, on a Temper
anee mission and that, mainly, through
her agency great impetus was given
to this reform in the Golden State
She delivered there some three hun.
bred and sixty lectures, in nearly two
hundred different towns.
Her address was very interesting
and her earnest appeal in behalf o
Temperance reform was listened to fol
over an hour with great attention
Miss Pellet was followed by Messrs
Army, DR.. Root, Mallory, Gov. Rob
inson, DR.. Harrington, and G. Brans
comb, who each spoke of the vital i'm
portance of Temperance to the moral
social and political well-being of on
community. -
On motion of Mr.. Mallory, tn
meeting adjourned, to meet at the sam
place on Monday evening next, to con
slider the propriety of organizing reg
lularly. We hope there will be a ful
attendance on that occasion.
/ We understand that Miss Pelle
spoke on Saturday evening last, th
Goth inst, to crowded meeting {
Lecompton, and was well received.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27
Greg shops.

Thanks to the ladies of Lawrence,
who have twice cleared the city of
grog shops. Temperance. more than
anything else, has been q means of our
prosperity. Whoever brings liquor
here to sell. in small or large qusnti-
ties, is looked upon as an enemy to
the city-sn enemy to the public-and
as an enemy to God. No greater
crime can be committed, in our esti-
nation, than to sell whisky to poor,
deluded, or besotted men. A man is
ruined, who is made drunkard. He
is worse than dead. He is dead to
morality and virtue, and to all the
higher elements of his nature.
Drunkenness never stands alone. 1t
is one of a cluster of crimes. 1t is
most generally accompanied by bias
phemy. gambling. licentiousuess, noise,
brutality. and 8 reckless disregard to
the opinions, wishes, and comforts Of
others. 1t is wholly and entirely sell
fish, and dead alike to honor and NOR.
atty. Amy man who aids to make
drunkards, by selling liquor to them
or to sober men, who are going the
same road by drinking drains, should
be looked upon as thief of character
a robber of virtue, and, last of all
q destroyer of life. ALI that is noble
in man, he brushes to dust. All thai
is enterprising in communities, he de
stroys; and communities are called
upon to protect themselves. thei
young men and their fathers, by abat
ing every nuisance of this kind.
We are told that two Srog shops art
just budding into life, in Lawrence
What must we do? Action of som'
kind should be taken on the matter
at once.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27
Land once.

"When will the Land Office be
open for the pre-emption of claims %
is a question anxiously asked by al
most every settler.
Probably about the first of July
next. It is understood now that the
lands included in the KiekaPoo and
Iowa Reserves, viii be sold before
this district is reached. We also hear
it stated that the surveys have not
been received, on account of Insult
cient monuments. The law requires
. monument-either q tree or a post
at the corner of every section OF
which shall be marked the township
and range, and number of each sec
ton. This has been wholly omitted
by the surveyor in this part of The
Territory.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27
wh., ua want In xan.aa.


Our friends in the free States have
nobly responded to the eall for aid.
snd BY the opportune arrival of cloth
ing, provisions, TO-. want, which had
looked in upon many prairie home,
has been driven back. and the winter
viii be passed in comparative comfort.
by those who would otherwise have
suffered. The future. however, has to
be looked TO. as well as the present. and
we propose to suggest few steps. to
our Eastern capitalists, as to what Kan
sas needs, and the way to help hel
citizens to help themselves.
We shall be enabled to get through
the winter, with the present aid; but in
the spring, when the river opens. and
emigration comes pouring in upon as
something must be done towards pro
viding suitable employment for the new
corners, as we'll as for the old settlers
Building material will be in demand
household furniture, and all the varied
articles necessary for the making of I
new home in a new country, will b;
wanted.
At present, We are dependent upol
Missouri. for our supplies of mos
things, necessary for the use and com
fort of our population. Sash, furniture
cabinet work of all kinds, have all TO b
purchased at St. Louis, or the borde
cities, at exorbitsnt rates. Now, wha
we want, is the erection, at Lawrence
and other central points, of large build
Iings, provided with steam power ant
suitable machinery, to be used for man
ufacturing furniture, doors, turning
Iplaning, cabinet work, and all kinds o
mechanical business, in which machin
ery is required.
The investment Of capital in enter
Iprises of this description, and the es
adjustment of factories in the mos
central points in the Territory, will ma
terially aid Kansas, and help her citi
zens. by affording them employment
keeping the money of the Territory cir
culating within its borders, and vii
pay handsomely for the capital in
vested.
All kinds of manufacturing bushes
will be ofgreat advantage to the coun
try, by giving employment to our me
chanics, and developing the resource
of the Territory. If capitalists wish t
aid Kansas, they can do it in no bette
: way, than in carrying out our sugges
ton. We have the stone for buildinI
purposes, the coal for fuel, and iron or
in abundance, so that all we need is tn
skill and capital to turn them to use.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27
wsighed and Found Wanting

Judge Leeompte has been removed
from the post which he has disgraced
for the last two years; and been super
seeded by JAS. o. HARRIsos, of Ken
tucky. This ends our connection
with this modern Jefreys. With
Donaldson, and Clark, and Lscompte
succeeded by decent men, and the
resignation of Jones, with a prospect
that Woodson, and Calhoun, and
Isacks, viii meet the fate of Jehfreys,
we are inspired with new hope fol
the future of Kansas.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27
H Mr.. Edward G. Delavan. of A

H Mr. Edward G. Delavan. of Al
bany NY, who subscribed 81, 600, last
winter, for the relief of Kansas, has
invested the donation in clothing
Miss Pellet, of the same place, goes
out to see to its distribution. The
following are the articles sent off: 164
winter coats. made of doeskin. and
other substantial material; $50 pairs
OF winter pantaloens; SO vests 70,
winter wear; 204 shirts, of various
kinds. Making in all. 600 garments
W 7. Tribune.
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27
Usury.

Since the excitement of the war is
past. our people find it necessary to get
up another, to warm themselves with,
during cold weather. We are now in
the heat of town lot and land specula-
tons. A month ago, we thought it
outrageous that . citizen should be
charged forty per cent. for few hun
dred dollars, TO enable him to complete
a mill which he was building. Since
that time, men have agreed to pay 8
hundred per cent. and in some in
stances more, in order to secure a home,
on the land where they lived. After
being astonished at what other men
would take, we have come to think forty
per cent. not SO bad, after all. The
man who agrees to pay this. however,
will be very likely to lose his farm.
In the midst of all this overseeing,
striving. and grabbing. it is refreshing
to receive generous offer, now and
then-eveE if we never realize it. A
gentleman of influence, in Indiana,
wrote US, a few weeks ago. that he in
tended to spend the winter in that
State, raising money to loan for term
of years, without interest, to those who
had no money with which to enter their
claims. The idea is beautiful; but as
we did not believe. it practicable. to
any beneficial extent, we advised him
to raise funds, to be loaned for five
years. at ten per cent, on mortgage
security on the land which the money
purchases. This will save hundreds,
if not thousands, Of settlers to Kansas,
and make them independent farmers,
who would otherwise be classed among
our lapdless poor, and, possibly, al
some future day, swell the ranks Of
paupers. Capital that is here, has nc
heart, neither have the men who hold
it. But if good men, in the old States
can raise a few thousand dollars, and
loan it to actual settlers, on fair terms
with good security. it will be gloriou:
thing for Kansas. Suitable men can be
sent here with funds of this kind, OIL
they can be found among US, who viii
see that every thing is properly and lie.
gally secured.
VIII our moneyed friends in the
East consider this suggestion, and if il
meets their appreciation, act upon it?
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27
Post one pepartmant.

The following extracts show how
Free State men would be served, should
Kansas becomes a slave State, and
how they are served now, in some
places
An OFFICIAL LETTER.-The follow
ing note was sent by Mississippi
postmaster to a citizen of that State.
Mr.. Andrew Patterson had called for
his paper, the Cincinnati Gazette. and
was refused it, by the deputy Of the
postmaster. Dir. Patterson ventured
to demonstrate, when the postmaster
sent him the note subjoined:-
"YAzoo CRY, Oct. 81, 1856.
ANDREW PATTERsos:-I under
stand you was at the post Office, max
ing fuss about your Cincinnati Abo-
lition Gazette. / have authorized
Mr. Hollingsworth not to deliver the
same, or any other abolition decu-
ment, out of the post Office.
al am responsible, and if you want
fuss, / am the one to make it will"
an. ID. HAysEs, P. NJ"
How the pro-slavery postmasteTs
treat officials. Gov. Geary, in his
report to the President, says:
There is still another subject, to
which it is proper / should call your
attention. The postal arrangements
of the Territory are lamentably inefi-
eient. Complaints on this subject are
loud and universal. and my own expe-
rience has convinced me that these are
not without sufficient cause. Every
package addressed to me through the
mail is broken and inspected before 1t
reaches my hands. Il is entirely un-
safe to send information through the
post Office, and more especially SO TO
use that medium to forward anything
of pecunisry value. Postmaster are
/ either ignorant of their duty and obi
cations, or, being acquainted with
these. act in violation of both. Indeed,
have been credibly informed that IN
some places, persons not connected
with the offices are permitted to enter
and overhaul the mails previous 70
their distribution. This is 9 serious
evil, upon which some prompt action
is needed"
Through Gov. Gcary's instrumen-
tally. the evils complained of by him
in his communication to the Presi'
dent, have been measursbly corrected
The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1856-12-27
Hap Of Kansas.

Our stock of Maps of Kansas is
entirely exhausted. Wehsve a quan-
tity on the way here from Boston, by
express. IF they do not arrive soon.
the fifty names already marked for
copies viii be forwarded to the litho-
grapher, at Boston, and they wiz be
mailed to subscribers from that city.