Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1856-05-24
Hihea for Kansas.

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Rifles for Kansas
We published a few days ago an account Of
n religious meeting in New Haven Connects.
en-. in which number OF rifles and bibles were
contributed FOR Kansas, Professor Silliman and
the Rev. f'"nry Ward Beecher being among
the principal Contributors. We have learned
not to be as;oni,hed at the Inconsistencies of alb.
oiition fanatics ANY freak that the Rev. Hen:
4 Iy Ward Beecner might commit, esen to Dress
ing himself il the unlforn Of Major.General,
1 aud conyerIing his church into barracks,
woull no' astanish us. Hence. when he preach
Is up rebellion aad rifles ne part Of the biblc,
sc are not surprised
Nor ote we surprised a the exhibition which
FluleSsoT Suiman nus made OF himsef II is
rue, he belongs 10 an institution which has
grown fat VI Southern patronage, and SO long
as Southern men cOn,inacd TO patronize Yale
College, Slllman WnS Conservative that is, as
the result proved conservative of himself and
( his 'nleresls. Butos soon rs the South began
to withdraw its funds that il might build Up its
own colleges, Silliman began 10 open his eyes
to the horrors of slavery, and was particularly
up!oarou5 upon the subject Of Nebraska. He
is man nl superior scientific a,tainmenls, but
belongs to a class. unfortunately too large in
his section, whose intelIects have received more
culture than their morals as n brief rcminis.
cclIcc o. his past history will illustrate.
| Professor Siman is we'll known 10 many Of
the people of Virginia to their sorrow. He
came to this STATE in 1898, or thereabouts,
having been employed to examine and make d
report upon certain god mines. No man, we
admit, was better qualified for such an invcsi-
CATION Being, no do,.J', well paid for his ser:
vices, he had all the Stimulus neces urv to get
The intellectual muchucry Of cute Yankee
in full motion. He made the most natering
reports Of these gold mines, audsd them to the
seventh heavens, and was thereby the means
of inducing large numbers of oar people to en-
bark their whole fortunes il this domestic Cal.
ilornio. Not - mon that was thus induced BY
Siman to invest his money in the gold mines,
but lost every dollar they had on earth. One
of our citizens was robbed in this way Of lhir.
ty thousand dollars. Hence, Professor Sill.
man IS not likely to be forgotten in Virginia,
or vii! any piece Of roscuitv which he may
commit cause any surprise in this aitude.---
The Kansas rife business may he another
smart speculation on the part Of the Professor.
Certainly, il h. 'ifcs the people of Kansas as
severely as be did those OF Eirginia, they
would better quit the country and give up Kan
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| The Rockingham fVu.} Advertiser states
/ that a respectable farmer, named Samuel
t!enIy, residing IN that county, has totally alb.
stained from food for tiGy.Srven DAYS and he
may yer survive scYeroj days. For some time
he has been in a rather melancholy mood,
and about two months Hno 70 fused 10 7.
S3u.a 'n4' 0n. b. D.. tu. gaea rYV,hjng
except nltet; 1.i srare, TO say be- is still
alive though reduced to a mere si.e.cton.---
Ncijbcr pbra.r.u- ".r Trends can laduce him
to take any aou.4aI I.cnt Etc declares he can
swallow nothing, though he does syery now
and than take q drink o! water. He will,
doubtless, persist in his lelnson gntli he
aIarycs to death.
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