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Squatter sovereign., 1856-02-05

This Legislasursrrecognized By Gov-
ernor Reeder--eiected under his procla-
rnation-no contest for any of the seats as
provided for by the Goyernur's prociama-
tion-tuenty-one members Of the twenty
SIX comprising the Lower House against
whom no complaint was made, and the
same true OF the Couneil-Tet Reeder now
says, after having recognized their election
as valid for more than three noathss that
they were an illegal assentiage. ard slIas
WhitfeIdis is not entitled to his seat Eeea zzse
he was seiecsed withoss orpesisior. Cd 9 day.
and in u,snnex. prescribed BY Leg;sia-
ture called :ogesher by himself. We pre-
sume that The "brosd seal" Of the Gov
efnor viii be taken as prilna facie evil
aence Of Whi,fieid's yigAs Go seat. If
Reeder contests, he must make his own
points. Can he aythat the act providing
for the election of Delegsfe is void, be-
cause of uncons,itutionaiity, or conflict with
the provisions of the Kansas n ebraska
act" ? What kind of society would we
have. If every man was allowed to set ev-
cry law at defiance, because in his opinion
it was unconstitutional, till the courts had
decided 1t: What use would there be for
a judiciary department at alli And, even
fer the sakea of argnsnens. admit it. that
what IS said of the acts OF the Legislature
be ;rpe. still. until repealed, or decided by
the courts to be void. they must be obsyed
But are they trues The only point made
By Reeder. in bis message declaring the
Legislature sitting at Shawnee Manual
Lator School an illegal assemblags. which
had any plauslbiliiy in it. viz: That "the
act creating Shawnee Manual Labor
Schoo! the temporary seat Of government,
was inconsistent with the act which pro-
vides that Fort Lesvenworth shall be the
temporary seat of government" is based
on false premises. TIE Legislature never
created any Temporary seat Of government.
Reeder's whole argument-if argument it
can be caiied-is based upon the title of
tie bill. There ID no portion of the act
which contains any such provision. But if
it did, tie pre,ext is so fimsy. and his duty
so plain, that no sensible man weuld ever
repeat such an argument. We are salts
fed that however prejudiced 1.-The House.
may he, respect for common sense will
force them to, give Whitfield his seat at
osee. and send the stupid traitor, Reeder,
to that retirement from which he will never
emerge. II sa fe.s.s es .{
Squatter sovereign., 1856-02-05
Atohtson = Hea d Quarters sor the Pre-.
Siavery Party and Southora Emigra.
ton TO Kansas Territory

tion 10 Kansas Territory.
While sol1re of our friends at Kansas
City, Mo, and Leavenworth City, K T.,
and rethap, Some other points below us
on the Missouri river, are discussing which
shall have the horror Of entertaining the
gentlemen negro-;hieEes, on their hrst ar
rival in our Territory. to be distributed
Wherever their masters think they are most
needed, we are content to be whet we ey-
er have bten-head-q quarters for the pro-
slavery emigration to the Territory. At
Gibson, from its ntral location, is the point
wLere all our Southern friends should land
and those who wish 10 explore the country
will find it nearer to more of the inter .or
than any other point on the river. Fnr-
tier, Atchison, as yet. has not teen pollu-
ted by atolitionists, and our TDopie are re-
solved it never shall. Negro thieves have
not, nor snnot, settle here. TIE climate
here would tie very unhealthy for many Of
the cattle that have vegetated about Kan
sas and Lcavenwor,h cities the last year
or more. The very name, Atchison, is a
dose of poison TO frcesoiier or abolition-
isl; and now that Atchison is the resi-
dence Of Hon. d. r. Atehison, formerly
OF Missouri-in honor of whom our town
was nalned--we hardly expect another ne
gro thief will ever attempt to pass through
our street, ersn IN disguise. Brown, Of the
Herald of Freedom, even admits that o,r
county (Atchison) is pro-s!avery, q COM
piment he does not deign 20 pay any other
county in the Territory. We don't want
ato!itio,lists here. We scorn 10 trade with
them, or handle their money-we can
make our living out OF honest rnen-onr
merchants want nothing to DO with them
they Eave plenty of homes, men to buy their
goods, ana they well know if The aboli-
tionists were permitted to come among US,
they would steal more than they would
spend in our town, besides the natural cor
rupiion that would originate from the pres
of such carcases in our streets. 8
Gen. A.ehison mas come to live with US
and aid us in making Kansas slave State
and several other gentlemen Of influence
and intelligence, from Missouri and other
slave States, have also very recently come
to our town and vicinity, and made their
homes with us, and we are proud OF such
acquisitions 10 oar forces. Such men will
exert healthy influence over the destin-
les of, this Territory. We invite our South
ern friends TO land at cur town. You viii
receive. at the hands Of our people, cor.
dial and hearty welcome = yourselves
wives. children apd property will be safe
here-more SO in Atchison than any town
in Kansas Terriidryy; yea, even more SC
/ than in many towns in Missouri, not many
miles from here, and we hare no abolition-
lists. not one in our nidsl-if so, they dare
not own it. Wherever aboI,tionis:s are
permitted 10 live. there Southern mems
| families ars liable to Insult and their prop-
cry to he stolen, We place negro-thiey-
ing a1niitlonisss upon the same footing
tys;.i lhur.lerers. highway robbers. house
Falbrea kers. house-turners, &c., none oi
wi--.E. osglt to te rerni:ssd g i've a-sorg
Squatter sovereign., 1856-02-05
Loeation ofFEosts.F

Several Land Floats have been located
in the vicinity of Atchison. By referring
to our advertising column It can be seen on
what sectionsthey are placed Many SET
tiers in this neigkborhood ,vho have been
iaboring under the beliefthatt they had been
robbed Of their claims will find upon exarn-
ination tina, they are more frightened than
hurt. to -
Squatter sovereign., 1856-02-05

ssBut we say to
the President, to Congress and the coun-
try, that civil war is hastening upon us
with railroad speed. The Border Ruff
fans are again arrning themselves, and
are determined on our extinction. We
ask for the in,erpositou of the general gov.
ernment, and that without sn hours de-.
lay.
If Congress is not organized, as n
Pennsyiva nian. we beg the members from
the Keystone State to delay the organiza-
ton of the House not moment longer,
hut quietly retire-Iet MIR. Banks or any
other NAN he elected Speaker, and take
up Kansas matters at once. Let them
give the sanction of lawto our State Con-
stitution, and if they are not disposed to
lend us assistance, we will then protect
ourselves-but any thing short Of this. any
temporary inierposition, any half way work
will not answer The purpose, WILL BE
ENTIRELY FUTILE"
We clip the above from the Herald of
Freedem. Poor fellow. we really pity
him. We have heard that while the sheriff s
posse was in Douglas county near Law
renee, that Brown concealed himself, and
did net make his appearance again till the
last armed man left the, county. In pity
for his fears. and that he may sleep +" o
nights we will inform him tkat If he will
mind his own business and let other reo-
pies alone, ne shall not be hurt-tLe Bor-
der Rafians will not moIest him. We
must say, however. that the above extract
does not =. keep step" with all the gascon-
aiding. and talk Of cowardly ruffians."
and tlleir dread of Sharp's rifles. Better
take our advice. Brown, and procure some
Of the crooked guns that shoot round corr
aer. -
E Une hundred and sixty-four men
were hung in The United States last year.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-02-05
Pre-Emptions In Kansas.

Our article in last weeks issue under
the above caption, created quite sensa-
ton, and we are glad of it. Our articles
on all subjects are designed for the benefit
of our readerr, and, as we said last week.
we now repeat, we are glad to see all who
can, and will avail themselves Of the BEN
efits of the pre-emption law. do so; but we
do not believe that those who will moi COM
ply with the requisitions of the law should
be permitted to deprive others of so doing,
who are willing TO comply with those re-
guisit:ons.- l's
The poorest man in Kansas Territory.
who has industry enough to entitle him to
respect, has abundant means to secure
quarter section of land by pse-emp:ion,
and all those who have. in the language of
the law, in good faith settled upon and ira :
proved claim with the intention of pre-
empt;ng it, need have no fears about any
one attempting to deprive them of their
rights; but those wko have merely marked
or laid pole foundation, or built pig pen.
without roof, two, four, six, or twelve
months since, without doing anything more,
are the ones who had better be alarmed.
Suoh claims should not, nor will not be re-
garded. ~ sH- eis .
Men who wish to locate lands, and are
willing 10 comply with the law, will not
permit those who are either too lazy TO com.
ply therewith, TO speculate on claims to
which they lave no more legal or;equita-
bic right than those who have never seen
them. II men go upon claims, and in
good faith comply with the law, and others
come along and are willing to pay liberal
prices for the labo- expended upon them,
and the good judgment, or good luck. ex-
ercised in locating them. that is all fair
and righ, and tends to settling tie country.
and the encoura ging of industry and en-
terprise; but the idea OF going into the
country, and marking and bra nding all the
good claims, not honestly taken, and sell.
ing item to settlers at high prices as .hey
come into the country, 10 ,so unjust and aS-
surd to think OF. talk about. Since our
last issue, we have heard of some sharp
ones, who have sold as high ss fifteen
claims a; good prices, without ever having
expended enough labor to secure even one
for themselves. We have also heard Of
others whe have at least fifty brothers and
brothers-in-iaw, &c., IN the old countries,
who have squat,ed on one quarter, hardly
doing enough to secure it, but marked and
branded the whole country round about for
the kin WHEN they get here. We hope
they will all be good pro-slasery men,
that would not be so bad-but some Of
them might happen TO be of the wrong
stripe. s.FE
Squatter sovereign., 1856-02-05

Counr HousE.---We are 10 haze a
Court House ia Aschison See the ai-
vertiseme,t Of the c C,mn;ssionsr IN ano,h.
er Column soliciting Proposals. f
Squatter sovereign., 1856-02-05

E> Une hurldsed and sixty.four men
were hung in the United States last year.
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REMARKABLE CASES--CRIMI-
MAILS WHO HAVE RETURNED TO
LIFE AFTER EXECUTION

The following singular circumstance is
recorded 10y DR.. Plot, in this Natural His
tory ot OXiordshire
In tho year 1850, Anne Green. q SER
want of Sir Thomas Reed, was tried for
the murder OF her newborn child, and
found guilty. She was executed in the
courtyard nj Oxford, where she hung
about half an hour. Being cut down
she was put into II coffin, and bronght
away TO house to be dissccted, where,
when they opened the coffin, notwilhsland-
ing the rope remained unloosed and
straight abouH her neck, they perceived
her breast TO rise, whereupon one Mason,
a tailor, intending only an act of charity
set his foot upon her, and. rs some say,
one Drum, soldier; struck her again
with the butt end Of his musket Not.
wi'hstanding all this, when the learned
and eminent Sir William Perry, ancestor
Of the present M>rqui. of Lrndsdowne,
then Anatomy Professor Of the Universi.
ty, DIR. Wallis and DR.. Clerk, then Presi.
dent of the Magdalen College, ana Vice.
Chancellor Of the Univeri,y, came to pre-
pare the body for dissection, they perceiy-
ed some small raltling in hen throat ther
presently used means for her recovery by
opening g "e.:s, laying her 10 :. warm bod q,
and also using divers remedies respecting
her sensclessness, insomuch that within
fourteen hours she began TO speak, and
next day talked and prayed very hearti
Iy. During The time Of this her recover
ing, the officers concerned in her execution
would needs had her away again 10 have
completed il on her; but by the media
ton Of the worthy doctors and some 9th.
er frieads Of the then governor Of the city.
Col. kelsy, there was guard put upon
her from all further disturbance, until they
had sued ou, her pardon from the govern.
ment. Much doubt indeed arose as 10
her actual guilt. Crowds OF people in the
meantime came to see her, and many as
serted that il must be the providence Of
God, who would thus assert her innocence.
After some time, DIR. Petty hearing
she dscoursed with those about ner, and
taal the women might suggest
unto her to relate something OF strange
visions c-d apparitions she had seen dur
ing the time she had seemed To be dead,
(Which they had already begun TO do, tell
ing that she said she had been in fine
green meadow, havings river running
round il, ard all things there glittered like
silver and goId,) he caused all to depart
from the room but the faculty, who were
10 have been at the dissection, and asked
her concerning her sense ADD appreheu.
sions during the tine she was hanged
To which she answered, that she neither
remembered how the letters we're knock
ed Oft; how she wens out Of prison when
she was turned off the ladder; wheihey
soy psalm wa, suug or no. nor was shs
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CURI0SITIEs OF THUNDER
STORMS.

The peculia:ities of that terrible bn,
mysterious agent, lightning are made the
subject OF an interesting paper in recent
numter Of the British Quaierly Review,
from which We condense some ofihe most
prominent statements. Two eloads arc
not necessary for the production OF light
nipg, Which is frequently discharged from
a solitary clump OF vapor when connec
ton can be established with the earth. -
A French Academican named MorcoIIe,
describes a case where mere cloudlet,
about n foot in diameter, killed poor
woman 10y dropping a thunderbolt upon
her head. ! have teen shown by Fara-
day that the electric fluid contained in a
single flash, mighrperhaps be supplied by
the decomposition Of Que grain,oi water
alone, ~. Arago has divided the light.
ming into three sorts. The first includes
those where tic discharge appears like
luminous lines, bent into angles and zig
Gags, anil varying in complexion from
white TO blue, purple or red. This kind
is known rs forked, ligbtuiag, because il
occasionally divides into two branches. -
Carpenters rnlates a. case where 6aslb
severed into three forks. each OF which
struck on points several HUNDRED feet
amaft.0iissElg mora enumerous sfurcaticas
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MSER H. SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1856

which the lightning constructs when il
falls upon slicions spot, bv fusinp the
sand. They may be called casts Of Ihup.
derooits. In some hiliocks of land in
Cumberland, England, these hollow tubes
have been found from one fifth TO two
inches III diameter, taPeriag perhaps &c 4
mere point. The entire extent of tho
tubes may be thirty feet but they usually
separate mo numerous branches and have
the appearance Of the skeleton of an in
verted tree. They are lined with rlass,
AS smooth and perfect as il it had been
made IN glass house.
Lightning will also ve.ifv the s!rftce OF
rocks and fuse metals. In 1887 several
INKS OF the iron cable of an American
packet ship were melted, and ;he glowing
drops falling upon. the deck, sct fire TO
every thing they touchel. 1t would seer.
too, that lightning can Iiqaify metals w,,l.
out harmlng or even singing more fragile
materials connected with them Aris,o.
tie says copper has been melted off a
shield without imjuring the wood. and
hence nilirms that money has been fused
IN a purse without burning the latter II
IS capraciouS meteor and the rranl,s j,
plays are something incxpicable. A man
IN Cornwall was once struck bv bolt
which burned the sleeve Of his Shirt and
also of his "bat 10 cinder, without friZzlinu
or even damaging the outside of the Goa,
n the least. BALLS of electrical matter
capabI" of firing combustible objects have
been seen to issue from the sea, or TO dror
INTO sheets OF water, withou, producing
any Missing sound. or occasioninr any
symptoms of ebullition.
As Illustrative ofthe power Of lightning
To magnciiso metals, it is related bv Ara
2" that the tools ofa shoemaker in Swan
o'a We're thus treated, and he had con
st"nt'y to be freeing his hammer. pinch
ers, and knife from the nails, knee,lIe,
and avis, which were constantly gctrino
c'ught bv them as they lay upon the
hench. Nchr'y two centuries ago n cou |,
OF English ships were smiling from,
London 10 Barbados. One of them
was struck with lightning, and suddenly
the captain of the suffering ship WAS o6
served 10 alter his course and turn hi.
PROV, ms It making for England again.--
lis consor! inquired the reason but EounL
the whole crew were still proceeding ,c
Barhadocs, as they firmly believed. A
careful inspection showed that the pole.
OF the compass had been completely re.
versed hy the lightning.
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THE LOSS OF A WIFE.

No man but one who has been called
on TO mourn the loss Of dear and beloy
ed companion, Gan fully appreciate the
beauty and truthfuness Of the following
article which we copy from 40 exchange:
In comparison with the loss Of a wife
all other bereavments are triflng. The
wife she who fills up so large space in
the domestic heaven she who has busted
herself SO unweariediy for the precious
ones around her; bitter, bitter is the tear
that falls upon her cold clay. You stand
beside her coffin and think ofthe past
1t seems an ambcr.colored pathway,
where The sun shown on beautiful flowers
and tie stars hung glitlering overhead
Fain would the soul linger there--no
thorns are remembered save those your
hands may unwilliDgly have planted.
Her noble heart lies open to you. in
most sight. You think OF her now as all
gentlenes', all beauty, all purity. But she
is dead The dear head that has lain
upon your bosom rests in he still dark.
ness upon pillow Of clay. The hands
that have ministered so untiringly are FOL.
ded, white and cold, beneath the gloomy
portals.
The heart, whose every beat measured
an eternity Of love. lies under your feet
The flowers she bent over in smiles bend
now above her in tears, shaking dew from
their petals, that the verdure around her
may be kept green and beautiful.
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say, boy, whose horse is that yon are
riding 7"
why, its daddy's."
"Who is your daddy?'
Why, don't you know !-he's uncle
Peter Jones'"
80 you're the son Of your uncle
how do you make that o1t, young manl"
"Well, | don. know 'zactIy how It's"
replied the boy, "but you see daddy got
to be widdorer, and married mothers
sister, who is aunt Sally, and so he's my
uncle now"
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LADIES VS. GENTLEMEN.-Three things
that lady cannot do:
l. She cannot pass millinery shop
without stopping.
2. She cannot see a piece OF lace with.
out asking the price.
s. She cannot see baby without kis-
sing it.
A lady Of our acquaintance turns the
tables on Che gentlemen IS follows:
He cannot go through the house and
shut the door after him.
2. He cannot have shir, made to suit
him.
8. Eo can never bs satisfied with The
ladiee' fashions
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A STRAYED W1rE.-A husband thus
announces the departure from his bed
and board of his dearly beloved: "My
wife, Anna Maria, has strayed or been
stolen. Whoever returns her will get his
head broke. As to trusting her, any body
can do as he thinks fit /; for, as never
pay my own debts, it's not likely I'll pay
hers."
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All fur the Eust time he looked like he
mought he made to tite. Sea. ward frown
ed, Ishook his head, winked, and sweat
ed mighty. Fremount did SO too, an all
ut old Fillmore, bu. it warn't no use, count
game he would and Frcmount beat him
one. So that sot ihe gamo-Buck six.
tremouut six, aud Fillmore thrcc--au
Bucks deal, All Frcmounl'a beg or stand.
'Buck licked his thumb AN dct en-
nifty slow and kecrful. looked at FIJI
morcs kerls as hc co. EN- from the deal,
and it like IN kuukcl me down, Thar
was the ace, the king, the queen, the
jack, the ten an the juice ov trumps -
/ Thinks |, o Lprdy an then looked at
! him, ard thar the old feIier sot, his body
ivcrin the cheer all over, and nearly out
tu h,s knees, rs solemn, rs biz, an bout
rs wise rs AN ole Dutch squire tryin ov
Il ease with good proof agin the pcrscm
| tell yc, boys, he looked just like he had
his tust big horn Of whi>key for the mite,
an felt it in his boots. | tho't o Lordv
a.ju.
Buck never turned up his hand, but
aXci Frremount what he meant ia do
lie looked ut MS kerds. sorted EN-, ihcr
looked at en- again. hcr zap AT the lamp
! then at Back. scratched hi, year, Shot uI
his eyes, an very slowly sc!--l beg. By
| the JnmV>In Jehosephat buck run cn
! quick, an ih"t II no harm III take an
"tn.r look ut old f'iI. lie to;ch low
coIIky sort ov grunt, and then he flowed
| Swar, The wind come outen his nose
mouth, eyes and years, an Ike to pui the
lamp ont.
dodge" ana lux peep l"to Ere
mount hahd' ana l now sw"r' That whtr
"A mars sM on blg game, ov seven up
hr'er seed JlSt s'rh Kerd-' lie hiit To
Sr'her i"rer aces hound I" Uc hi!h ie
"'''' "oo" come an ""t a" out i'es'
dent ut that thinks |, . L"r.Iy, Duck
- Lordy,' Fillmore "ad watched to sec
en lhal dfned mnie eaten ffemonnt-
Mhen lhats nara II" ho'"h III hr''' e
n"cE "i"nt luih jack J'St As easy as c
'hafd been h''y TWO "t en- III the deck
ana 'hrn only leaned BACK ana smiled
,'"a I"' " TFeS'ae"f : f"!mcrc r"rco
""cE""'ds o"Lvn his cteer and tumles ~
comfortable on the Ioor Rs an old mad
at qu'lU" when The kissin begins. Ere
mounts eyes turned green-the hor OF
the back ov his he'd r'S up like the teeth
ov Il comb, his muNt.touc'r us turned VI
towards his eye, lie t'aycd like mule
an AT one jump he kiVcrcd old fIIl rs nc
lay, and then set in tn b',in nn chokir
ana msuln ov hlm hke the Devil hoa
Tin bomlny. This sort Of excitement fotcl
tie Old ieI'er tn, and rs soon as he tr.t al
The huriin that was gwlme on nj! oveI
INN, 'nS'd" an out he sot rite IN tn iitin
III IKE an Old hoSs, nnd THAR they he'd IT.
! looked at Duck, lwho stlIl hut the kerd'
IN his hand wiih the jack turned up oil
'he top AS much AS to say, shall ! part
iDCHl Ilt SUOOk NiS ncaJ, Nnu l pll
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~ ,,and sa;I = wo.,o,, .,,,.,,., -.

al stand" said a Western stump orator
ION the broad platform Of the principles
Of '9s, and palsisd be mine arm if de-
sert 'um." "You stand on nothing Of
tho kind" interrupted little shoemaker
IN the crowd 'you stand in my boots
that you never paid me for, and want
the money!"
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"TEETHING' AGAIN.--Therc is an old
slave colored woman, familiarly known as
Aunt Betsy, in this city, who is now one
hundred and one years Of age, and has a
new set Of teeth just beginning to peep
out from her gums. She resides on
Marks ally, which runs from Old street
back TO the South Side Railroad, few
steps above Grace Church.
Petersburg ELprese.
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A Western editor says that child Was
run over by wagon three years old and
cross-eye ed and which never spoke after
wards. lie also gives his readers some
lines which he says were written by q
young man who has long since lain in the
grave for his own amusement
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Petersburg Elprese.

An ANACONDA SLAUGaTEREp.-Tl,e
Royal Gazette, Of Graytown, Demerara,
publishes an account OF the seizure of n
large Camodie,a specie of Boa Constructor.
lie had seized fine sheep, and coilag
around its body, crushed the bones of the
animal and killed it. A laborer, who was
near, ran up to the monster end destroy
cd it with his cutlass. When uncoiled, it
was found to measure q feet in length.