davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1856-09-12
Posr OpFlcR DEPARTMENT,

March 3, 1856. I
Mr.. Woods has my authority to put his plan, as
above, in operation but no responsibility is assumed
by the department and all correspondence in regard
to this arrangement must he addressed TO the Pacific
Mail List" New York. That the public may avail
itself Of the advantages Thus offered poSnasters are
requested to give the circular conspicuous place In
JAMES CAMPBELL,
Postmaster General.
, 1856-09-12
british PRRIopIcALs.
"Farmer's Guide"


Great reduction in tIe prize Of Lie latter Pub
icatiOR
T EoNARD SCOTT & co., New York. continue to
IL rc-publish the following British Periodicals, viz;
THE LONDON QUAnrmLY, (cONsRvAryE)c'
THE EDINBURoH REVIEW, (wmo.) % VI.
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW, (PREE cHURcH9
TIE WESTMINSTER REVIEW, (LIBERAI-l ia D
BLAoKwooDs EDNBURGH MAGAZINE, (rOna.1
The great and important Religious. POlIti.
cal, and Miltarynow agtating the nations Of ne nd
World give TO these Publications an interest andyalue
they never before possessed. They occupy middle
ground between the hastily written newseins, crude
specuations and flying rumors Of the newspaper, and
tho uOndrous tone Of the historian written long after
the living interest in the facts he records shall have
passed away. The progress OF the war In the East oc
eupies large space in their pages Every movement
IS closely criticised, whether o. hend or o. ioe and
all shortcomings fearessly pointed out. The letters
from the Crimea and ffow the Baltic In BlackwOods
Magazine from two Of Its most popular contributors,
give n more ntellibibe and reliable account Of the
movements of the great belligeFents than can else
These Periodicals ably represent The three great
political parties Of Great Britair-Whlg. Tory and
Radical but politics form only feature Of their
Character. As Organs Of the most profound writers
on Science, Literature, Morality and Religion they
stand as they ever have stood unrvaed IN the world
Of letters being considered 70 he scholar
and the professional man, while 70 the intelligent
reader Of every class they furnish more correct and
satisfactory record Of the current literature Of She days
throughout the world, than eaAbe possibly op'ainea
nom any other source a'i ea. tlasH
EARLY COPIES sEcURED.
The receipt Of Advance Sheets from the British
publishers gives additional value 10 these reprints,
especially during the present exciting state Of Euro
pean affairs inAsmqeh as they can now be placed IN
the hands of subscSon about as soon as the original
editions. -.iai ~ Ifeii "a .'fHi i
TERMS;
For anv one of the fnnr Reviews, per annnn & Q 90
For sny two II the Four Teyiews' o.........5 90
For any thrpe Of Inc four Reviews do. Il. i. 90
For any four Of the Reviews, dos....s. ......s %
, 1856-09-12

Among which will be found coats, pants, and vests ot
the various and latest styles and qualities; red and
blue flannel overshirts; cotton and flannel drawers.
&c; pocket and neck handkcrchcfs suspendcrS etc.
All requiring anything in this line should give
call before purchasing elsewhere, the undersigned
are confident they suit customers ~ regards pri
ccs, while the goods may offer shall he Of such
quality as will recommend Themselves Upbriicrsrs
invited to call in and become satisfied on this point
Also a choice selection of
, 1856-09-12

BS- Notice the change in the day Of
sale of Quartemaster and Commissary
property, in our advertising columns, under
head of Public Sale"
, 1856-09-12
Post Office Department.

WASHINGTON, d. C., March s, 1856
Newspapers Throughout the United States will rem
der u service, in opinion, to persons having cor
respondents in the Pacific region, by giving conspic
uous place TO the suoined circular in their respec
tive columns.
JOHN D. WELLER,
Senate of the L. s., from California.
J. W. DENVER,
House of Rep. U. g. from California.
p 4 HERBERT
House Of Rep. Of U. $. from California.
JOSEPH LANE,
Del. from Oregon, II. r., U. S.
J. PATTON ANDERSON,
Del. from Washington Territory, II. R., U. s.
, 1856-09-12
Religious Notices.

80 Rev. Father JouN McCAETY, of the Protestant
Episcopal Church may be expected to visit and oii
cate in Olympia, on Sunday, the 2ls nst both in the
morning and evening.
Rev. G. ?. WHITwoErH presbyterian church, will
preach regularly on the second and fourth Sabbath'
Of every month, at IL o'clock, A. NJ, and O'Clock
Pm.
Rev J, F. DEvoRs, (dethodst church, will preach
regularly on the first and third sabbath of every
month, at IL o'clock, \. NJ, and . O'Clock, p. NJ.
, 1856-09-12

Z. O. o. E.
HNHE regular meeting of OLYMPIA LODGE, No. |, Of
i the INDEPENDENT ORDER Of OnD FELLOWS, is held
every Saturday evening" at "a o'clock in the building
formerly occupied by VIM Iiutledge, two doors cast Of
the Washington Hotel.
All members in good standing in the order, are invi
ted tO attend. d. G. BEATTY, SeCy.
Olympia, Oct. 10, 1865.
, 1856-09-12
Notice.


Portland, Oregon Territory.
, 1856-09-12
Dissolution.

OLYMPIA. Aug. sth, 1856.
, 1856-09-12

steilacoom, W. T., July 2s, 1855. lwII
, 1856-09-12

The receipt Of Advance Sheets from the British
publishers gves additional value 10 these reprints,
especially during the present exciting state Of Euro
pean affairs inasmqch as they can now be placed IN
the hands of subscSoe about as soon as the original
editions. l-sffs .efft ,Iil Iials .tlIl VI h.I
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03
Liberal.

The legislature Of Vermont has done honor
even to that noble state by approprating TWEEN
ty thousand dollars from her treasury for the
relief and maintenance of the oppressed and
famishing people Of Kansas. It is primarily an
act of humanity, but of wise policy and fore
cast as well. The settlers Of Kansas are hold
ing and guarding that vast and fruitful territory
not for themselves only or mainly, but for hun
dreds of thousands of free laborers now living
in all the states, Vermont included. The expul-
sion or complete prostraton Of free state mt n,
now in Kansas, closes the embryo state agan t
MI but the slave holders their chattels and their
state prisoners of Kansas should be driven or
starved out, that others could be found to take
their places and brave their perils. The slave
holders have what is facetiously called. "law
and order" on their side; they have the fede-
raj judiciary, executive and bayonets; they have
the incoming administration, its power and pa
tronage; they have every thing but numbers,
possession and right. Let them succeed in dri.
wing out the free state settlers now on the soil,
and their places would never be filled, exceptby
their exterminating adversares. It's the com
mon interest of all the free states, also of the
free laborers of the slave states, that the pre-
sent inhabitants of Kansas should be sustained
and strengthened, and we thank Vermont for so
nobly pioneering the path of duty.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03

Jusr AS GooD.-We would remind those of
our democratic friends who assert that Mr.. Bu-
chanan is just as sure to further the cause Of
freedom as Mr.. Fremont would be; that if he
would, per Sc, his party would not, and Mr.. Bu-
chanan is not the man to break with the, party
that has elected him. We are taught that men
cannot serve 1.-TWO masters" and we know that
the Southern democracy favor Walkers move
merits in Nicaragua, and from this fact alone,
must conclude that the President elect is not OPP
posed toit. Mr.. Walker has by annulliug the
DEGREES of that state prohibiting slavery, per
mitted it, end there is now no obstacle 10 the
spread of the ''institution' over that country
Are they just as good on the slavery question
as the Fremonters
80 44@- E- n ~
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03

What can THE MArrEs BE The Democrat,
ic Jollifcation, that was to be, has again been
postponed under the plea of bad weather.
Can il be thus? or are there dark spots around
their newly risen luminary, and clouds por-
tentous Of evil in their political horizon We
viii not prejudge the motives though we have
not the least doubts Of there being good and
substantial reasons for this and other postpone-
ments of similar character, all oyer the coun.
ny. The skies are not quite bright, we opine
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03

No LACK OF DEsIGNs.-At this season of the
year, the Almanac makers. especially the comic
cues, are getting up all sorts of iaushables, for
their forth coming issues, and, as is not unfre-
quent, they find great help in some of the COM
leo political sheets that making theirappcar-
ance since the election, and hitting off all par.
ties, atfording considerable amusement. One of
the best Things OF this kind isMr. Fillmore, as
an exceedingly tall shanghai, witt, one very
small chicken, labelled Maryland over the sig
nifcsnt word "a hen with one chicken"
We consider this rather unkind, and would
prefer that this old defunct politician, national
conservator and would be President, be allowed
to repose now on the "high shelf" his own
state has been SO good as to lay him, and not
put him in a comic almanac. ss asas
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03
Rptxinw or, Election,

Don't bet on election ever. 1t is wrong. 1t
does no good; proves nothing has nothing
but evil morally and practically i'll its consequen
ces. 1t has been said, and not without some
force, that "I'll bet you fifty dollars" is but a
"foors argument and is seldom advanced, but
when there is want of information or ability
in giving or receiving impressions on disputed
points. If men were strictly honest in their
views, and their motives good towards their fell
low men, they would try to convince their oppo-
nents Of the correctness of their reasonings
without such clinchers as "I'lll bet you.' But
where bets are made for gain, with a prospect
Of winning, and perhapsa certainty unknown 20
their opponent, it then becomes a crime, spe-
cies of robbery, and is lower in the degradation
Of criminal designs, than any other species OIL
ga gamblng, with which it should be classed.
1t is safe to say that this prevalent practice is
more prolific of evil than any other error that
man commits, and leads often to consequences
most to be dreaded ts
Taking this view Of the subject, and we be-
licve tits the correct view, seems rather strange
that it should be INDUCED in to such fearful ex.
| tent. .a4 s.i.t--z
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03

IL u1G Fears the TEmptotlo0s
Since Mr.. Buchanan's election, 1t eeems h
| Is beginning to have 4 proper and realizing
sense Of the responsibility he is about 10 assume
and tie Temptations 70 which he will be subject
ed during the coming four years, At Washington
Knowing, aa he must, that the atmosphere Of
/ the capitol is not always p-omosiye Of piety.
and that the temptations are quite . match for
the moral stamina of feeble man. be. and very
properly, Is really beginning to think seriously
Of the baneful eject these influences may have
on him, s.and how they may effect his pros
pects for future happiness. This is all very
natural, strictly proper and necessary, and in
our sieH, If he is not playing the wag, with
his spiritual adviser, n distinguished clergy
man Of Philadelphia r ~e look npon it as q most
commendable trait in his character, and would
BY no means gainsay it. But we fear ron ketle
ruse is being played off on the pious father.
and that there is some "capitaf needed in some
concern for certain emergency.
However, Mr. Buchanan is said to be very |
man in regard to external evidences |
Of picty; regular attendant at church, pal
tron of religious observances, and a liberal
contributor to the means OF preaching the
gospel, and is also q good citizen at home.-
These are all admirable traits. and with these
if be can resist the tendencies towards an oppo
site course and condition, through his sojourn
IL Washington, We shall be ever ready TO give
him FIJI credit ii, and win set ii down not as
human weaknesses, as these pious fears are too
'pt to be called, but real and genuine marks OF
christian principles. aea
,e desired retirement from the destined cares OF
,ublie life, for preparation for his last ac-
ount," we are disposed to cavil, and dstrust
lis sincerity, however much suck retirement may
e needed for that preparation, or else other
motives than purely dsinterested one, caused
hese sentiments to be published to the world.
If course, this 'pious clergyman" and cor
espondent of that pious sheet, the IN. Y. Oh
arver," did not lie; no, not at all, and perhaps
rs honest all the time, but when matfers OF
. much moment are put forth to the world in
certain way, and at certain time, there is
pom for speculation at least. y
If,he President elect really feels thus, or
is friend wishes the world to believe, and will
ake these pious emotions permanent and the
asis of his life and actions for the next four
ears, the country may truly rejoice that good
an, patriot and sage, is giving directions, :
lder Providence to the affairs of the nation. :"
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03

~ al - ''s,~F ss' is Boston, Nov. 26. ~
Hon. Thos. Fl. Benton delivered his copy-
right address before the Mercantile Library As.
sociation last evening. His subject WAS the
State of the Union, It's condition and ytlanger.n
The lecture occupied two hours in its delivery
during, which many ofihe, audience left the hall.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03

-F+t :. saes}s @Fs eEafi New ork, Nov. 26. f,a
The steamer Ericsson from, Liverpool the 9th
and the propeller Glasgow the same dav, arriv-
ed here this morning. News anticipated by The
Persia. 81 " ~ GesEt2 Es aaESgFpC@ 81 5E7sSg
The steamer Europa sailed at noon to day for
Liverpool with 81 passengers and s5e2,O 900 in
specie. ~ -. -. = -. -. -
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03
Kansas Land salc.

Agentleman who left Kansas on Thursday
last, says that the government sale Of the Della
ware Reservation was progressing quietly; ard
that the squatters, whether Free State or Pro-
Slavery, were generally bidding in their claims
a. the government appraisement; though at the
same time; unoccupied lands, eligbly situated,
were bringing exhorhitant prices About two
thousand strangers were in the Territory, it is
supposed, with at least million and a half Of
gold, much Of it which viii be brought back un-
invested. The settlers have what is well known
in Ilinois-club- iaw-by which impairment bid.
ders are kept quiet until the actual occupants Of
the soil are served with all they want.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03

CoRRECTIoN.-We stated the other day that
Keokuk papers claimed the erection of two
thousand houses the present season. 1t is but
just that we should say that the Gate City, the
leading paper at Keokuk, is not among the
number that have set up this claim. Its editors
have too much good sense to lay it on quite SO
-. L
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03

Ia. WAsIllNGToN, Nov. "a.
Col, Wheeler, U. 8. Minister to Nicaragua has
had several interviews with Secy., of State eI 80
tive to his official cendue, nitlIat couu ry Ca. o
eb Boswell, ,sof Wisconsin, has been ppo,tited by 1
the President Consul at st. Petcrsburg
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03

no city in the west has done more in the
way Of improving her streets, sidewalks and
crossings, for two years past, than Burlington.
xse ,sa,55 Gazette,
''Whars tel me wharf s I,
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03

%" y.'' 81 Albany Nov 2s ~
Mrs. Owen Builder, residing in the souiieru
portion of the city, was murdered un ti,e, Quay
last night. Her body, bearing marks OF sirau.
galation and other violence, was found this
morning. No clue to the inar lerer.iF ssa 81
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03

- ,ssg7ls -sa5 G. sgs New York, Nov. 20. 80,
I The Seventh Annual National Womans Rights
Convention met this morning ut the Tabernacle.
Lucy stcne Blackwell presided Addresses were
made@i y Mrs Blackwell. Mary i. Davis and 9th
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03

New York, Nov. 25. >
/ The steamer Marion has returned after her ,
ten days cruise, having seen no trace Of the lost
steamer Lyonnais or her missing crew aud pas.
(SengerS.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03

ES56@7. 1856-7.
III Z = =
W11TER ARRAN0E1eENT. 3
i oasAs AnEa1uAy
/ r.s. MAIL AND ExkkEze ROUTE. 81
70 ssw Sosx AsD sosros fssA, sxouAArros, sAsarcc.
- ~ fsss BsKfxes ~ ~
4 And IN points In New England, via s
MICHIGAN SOUTHERN IL LAKE
/ SHORE ks H.
IuoArarT 70 fHK TaxyEixx.--4The Michigan Bon harm
ssa Lskr bors Route 10 is only eonneefsg direct.
The dcpots, thus AYoidng eltrsly the asnoysnces
= s!yisg rivers, as via Michigan Ceairai and Great
/ THREE TRAINS par. ss
sanasys sxcepted. carrying the great throsgh EAserp
One handred and .sensy miles saved 10 cs,e,spd.
Ingien over say other routes and .e ,oss ssdrditIous
e Hunsio Niagara Falls, Albany, New YORK and
iAshtntns Express, Chicago at. A. \.
a.s.s 10 olevsland atsr. NJ, Yew YORK and Boston
Sd-Express Mail, ieave Chicago at..........Sr.n.
a,rive IN Cleveland nex rpofnlng a O'Clock Pl,ts.
p.sa 3 noon Piadsipis, Baltimore, New York and
sdNsw York Boston Expressleass Chicago At s45 rn
srsveln Cleveland next day AT ?. Pittsburgh and
Whsci'ng st ~ Il, ps,Isdeipha, Baltimore, etc. E,
trains for DunfIrk and Buffalo, arriving In New Yors
tns next day et noon, and Boston at 4P.a
In ohio aud Pennsyiyania, without any detention
Boz r. n -s' 'S-'s - '.'' =. - anu
Only one train Sunday, leave at s45,.x.
uns n train on Saturday, rssches Cleveland
&c bsggage checked TO Dnnkirk aud Buffalo thence
20 Sew York anil Boston. = - HI Il
only Two changes Of care between Chicsgo and Pt.s
Ihroush Tickets Eoos for Ss5 days and loars allow.
uE fsAsenkera 70 stop over any where the Route
destined for Philadelphia Bai.itpors Wheel.
ns, washington, etc., wis from l2 TO "a hour.
Route. I 80 ~ osi
* rrassengefs arriving In Chicago any Of the roads,
~ nnc attentive check agents THE cars, who will re-
~ svs your checks aud convey your baggage free of
nhIge, TO the Michigan Southern cars.
!CkkTS can be had the General Passenger Office of
nc Mchgan Southern Road, under the fremont House.
ihcago and st the Passenger depot corner of Van Bu
he West. - ~ - |
holding through tickets by this line win be
free Of Charge from the depot OF the Chicago
nd burlington, GaleBa and Chicago Union and Illinois
ehtrai Kailrosds to the Michigan Southern Cars 4
GEO. NJ. GRAY,
=, General Passenger Agent,
uhder fremont House, Chicago, the Passenger
OePot. 95 4F.ts Chicago Nov 10, 1ss6. |
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03


LYNCH LAW IN KANsAs.-The St. Louis Re
publican gives an account of terrible instance
of that 6endish retribution practiced in most
frontier communities upon the perpetrator Of
crime against the peaceable settler. That paper
is informed by gentleman from Southern Kan
sas, that the act was committsd on Pottawatomie
creek, in Kansas Territory. Various robberies
had been committed in that region ! the people
turned out and npprehended two persons, who
were believed to beconcernedin in robbing peace.
able citizen named Briscoe Davis, of all his prop
erty, and the widow Connett of $40 III cash,
horse, and all her property. After due exam,n-
alton, they we're hung with the ropes taken iroli
the necks of the animals stolen by them. One
of the men thus hanged by virtue OF Lynch law,
is supposed to have borne the name OF Partridge
and has been quite .conspicious character in the
Territory. The name OF the other is not known.
These men, it is said, were hanged for ROT berry
and other crimes committed by them, and no.
from any political consideration.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03

,-s,ss = -, . New York, Nov, 90. -
Lieut. John Z. Walker of the navy, committed
snicide by hanging himself yesterday at his lod-
glngs in Chamber st. He was under orders to
join the sloop Of war st. Marys, at Panama, and
would have proceeded to his destination In the
steamer Wabash. His family reside at Erie,
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-03

70 every adm:rer of the great west, who ha
come here 10 make { s,ay, this constant infii,
of immigration from the eastern states Is look
ed upon With interest ana gratifcation. Thougs
il IS s'stillthey come, every one here feels il
his heart 10 say let them come. there IS room
Z enough and ID spare for years hence. The en-.
.terprising young men Of the eass, after gath r
ing up what little Of tie neciftl may be az their
command, come out here to see the west, and
seeing. they are not long ii believing the things
Il that have been told TO themof its beauties and
numerous advantages They seldom fail TO
make to themselves homes and a character that
are as permanent and promising as the dessinies
of the west is 10 become glor,oes, and its ro !
gress onward The middle aged mar, influenced
| by the movement Of what seems to ba half OF
the people around him, imbibes desire to SEE
for himself. He comes with his family, hi
goods and his all, confident in the maxim, that
where there is more to gain than to loose il il
folly to wait. He soon finds q resting place;
perhaps net without great fastidiousness and
discrimination, as men are apt to be so when
there is SO much from which to choose; but he |
finds home for himself and his little ones and |
from that moment he is a man of the west, with |
heart and hand enlisted in swelling the tide OF |
its prosperity. Pc @ q. *ss ts7
fs'- The aged TOO, come. They too seesthe world I
moving onabout them, and with annural desire
ITO See more Of the world, It's yicissitudes Joys
and sorrows, as well as its beauties, come odt
st,o,o xl, enrt
dred and perhaps oftheir sons and daughters,
who have preceded them. They bring with
th sm their money and their characters as goed
c tizens, and are as regulators to society and
pillars to the church. They give character and
permanence to the various Institutions conci-
dent to society, and bless the world in a happy
and quiet old age. sfs
Thus every class of society is. improved by
this increasing accession to our numbers, a. d
we welcome our old friends to the new and
make their homes in the prairie states where
there is land enough and where their enterprise
aud industry are sure to find a reward. It's no
new thing to see strangers among US. Our city
is filled comparatively with strangers, nor do I
they all stop here who have left their eastern !
homes, but our fonrshing state is rapidly fill 1
ing up with an intelligent, hardy and industrious
people. Fourishing towns and villages are .
springing up at every available point. The hur- /
y of businessi is at all these places to be seen
md felt, and every where industry and econo- $
ny are sure to be appreciated and meet with b
'eward. III
For those who, despise labor and whose great
EST ambition sissa display of "fne gold" the |
launts of dissipation and the society OF men OF
esure, we have neither an invitation nor well
'ome. But industry, sobriety and intelligence q
re blessings to whatever place or community r
hey may chance to abide in--all such, come. S