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Precedents for Senator Hamlin.

In regard to tho different capacities in
which Mr.. Hamlin's nomination for Cover
nor places him before the people, the Expos
itor of last week remarks
"But what of all this? What improprie-
ty is there in Il? What precedent is there
against IL? None in this State or elsewhere.
When Senator Wright was nominated by
the democracy, and run for Governor of the
great State of New York, did he resign be-
fore his election to the Office Of Governor?
Certainly not. And yet he stood in the
same threefold capacity before the people,
of which the Argus now speaks-of Sena-
tor, candidate for Governor, and advocate
of his own election. ....
When Senator Spraguc of this State was
nominated for Governor by the Wings, did
he resign? Certainly not. Yet he stood in
that same threefold capacity.
When John Fairfield was nominated for
the Office of Governor by the democrats OF
Maine did he resign his seat in Congress 2
and was it democracy, then for the nominee
to resign his seat? ..
Certainly not. lie not only did not re-
sign his seat in Congress, but he filled the
threefold capacity Of Representative IN Con-
gress, candidate for Governor, and adroeafe
of his own election, until elected.
He not only did this up to his election to
the Office of Governor in September, but in
the Jollouiny December hcappearcd at WASH
ington, holding on still to this Office of Rep
rosentative to Congress, and continued to DO
50 and to servo. and to reoeire pay for ii,
until the 9Th day Of that month, which is
the date of his resignation, and until he had
only time enough to reach Augusta and
meet the Legislature to enter upon the Office
of Governor.
Why then all this mawkish sensibility
about Mr.. Hamlin, oil at once.
1t Is to enable Gov. Wells to appoint some
craven spirit sycophant to the slave power
to gil the vacancy thus sought to be fooled
out of Mr.. Hamlin.
Mr.. Hamlin is in the hands Of the people
who are his friends. They say his rcsigna-
ton is not called for, and is not intended by
the nomination. On the contrary they say,
stand at your post in the Senate. When
that body shall adjourn, then they want
you to take hold with them, in no less earn.
estncss than il not nominated, and uphold
the glorious cause Of freedom
And all this We believe he will do. We
believe 1t, because oil this, and nothing else,
he ought TO do. 1t is duty, not efaminate
sensib,lity that now points out his course of
conduct. Nor is there, We repeat, any thing
of precedent against it, but every thing of
precedent, to sustain and command him in
it, at this crisis. .~.
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II The Newark Daily Advertiser, an
old, consistent and conservative Wing
sheet, endorses Fremont and Dayton, and
says:
"A ticket with Fremont's name at its
head, reinforced by New Jerseys distin-
guishcd son, William l.. Dayton, must pre-
vail over all that can be brought against H..
And what will be opposed to 1t Fillmore? !?
That name will probably bo withdrawn
when that gentleman comes near enough to
survey tho field. Distance has probably
lent enchantment to the view. When he
comes home, his optics, naturally clear,will
be discnthralled.
Can Buchanan, Breckenridge and slav.
cry hope to maiptain successful war
against Fremont and liberty liberty OF
speech and territory? 1t would seem to be
impossible; we are sure It would. be undc-
sirablc for our country's sake and that of
humanity at large. The cause is Fremont
and Dayton against Buchanan and Brcck-
enridge- Fremont, young, full OF youthful
enterprise, generous and daring, of large
natural genius for administration = against
the calculating politician, always hunting
for personal advancement, changing sides to
obtain II "a compound Of the selfish intri.
guer, warm fllibuster and cold patriot,
crystalized into that antiquity known as
James Buchanan of the Cincinnati plat.
form, no longer person any more than is
California negro, but a slave "a plank
This reminds us to say word of the lib,
eral and comprehensive principles enuncia-
ted by the Peoples Convention. They are
worthy of that body, worthy of the endorse
ment of Col. Fremont, because they ar,
worthy of freeman. 4 good man and a
patriot may cspouse them without turning
himself into platform, as Mr.. Buchanan
has done in his extreme fondness for chang
ing. When one reads them he feels u
though q fresh air were blowing upon hi'
check from Constitution Hall - tho spo,
where the dear old constitution was adopted
by our fathers not the miserable counter
feits which have since been made Of 1t H.
South Carolina, Virginia and elsewhcre.-
The Philadelphia articles of belief have tn
smell of former days about them, when
President was respectable and respected
strong argument, not heavy bludgeons, car
ried the day in the Senate Chamber, an'
bullies were kept at home to overlook tho
plantation and whip the negroes"
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Misttllanfons.
The Value Of Silence.

r.. e,,,ow;,. .r.odo,s vas related Inv
mi, wsh.,,r of himself m one of those
,,rsr a;nrs, conversations which Mr.. Web.
-. &c. ,na -, nod. ,, once en,er,a;n-
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If INV rrnc..;oD !, Ro.,on n circumstance
-, .L;,h e,..;.,u ;,,n,..,,,5 ,non INV
,n;Dd tho ,om.,;mss conclusive elooueoce Of
n."SsYN,I - a., A..
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A man :, Nav R.ac,,,h,a insured +, .b;n.
,,.;n. :, -. ,;.. :, ~. ,.h.,s ,h.,. s,r an
-. - -. ,,.u -. -, III. n
-. or onr ;0.,r,ns. o,ro.. =, Ro.,on One
,I,v new. arrived in Routon ,ba, this shin
h,d suddenly taken FIRE, and been burned to
an, xater's ed,.. /, had boeu insured in
,be Massachusetts Ip.unnee Company, Of
which Gsn,r,l Arnold Well, was prosiden,
nd mv~.Ir ,,,o,r.v -
Genenl Well, told mo Of thu misfortune
,ha, had happened to the Company in tn,
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ay- In reference to Pennsylvania, the
Pittsburgh Commercial Journal, which, un-
ill the nomination of Col. Fremont, was IN
advocate of Fillmore, says:
"Thc democrats profess to believe that
they will carry Pennsylvania by large ma
iority without struggle. But they have
never begun campaign with so little show
of enthusiasm from the rank and Gle as
marks tho opening of this, and we have no
lilIiculty in belieysng that they will be beat
en- $4,000 in the state, if the Americans
unite on Fremont. And we have Us little
liliculty in believing that the American
PARTY within month show an unbrokcn
front for Fremont. Scttl, for us within
month tho question Of Vice President, and
Buchanan will ave about rs goot chance
o carry Pennsylvania, US he will have to car
~ Vermont"
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tilious demeanor. He powdered his hair,
wore clean ruiles and well.brushed clothes,
and had a gravity of speech becoming per-
son of respectable position. All this de.
manded civil treatment; and whatever you
might think Of him. YOU would naturally
uss no harsh language toward him. He had
a defect In his left eye, 90 that when he spoke
he turned his rich. and sound eye to tho per-
son he addressed with somewhat oblique
angle of tho head, giving II something such
a turn M n hen who discovers a hawk in the
.;r Goneral Arnold Wells had CORES.
nooa;nu defect in the right eve.
Twas not presen. at the interview, but
have heard II often described by Others who
were General Wells came out from an in
,.r Office on tbe announcement Of Mr..
p,.,L,. .,r;r., and fired him Ito use a
Frcncb expression, with his sound eye
,oot;nv nj him seriously. but calmly. Mr..
Blank looked at General Wells with hi,
sound eve, but not steadily-ather as II he
sought to turn the Generals right flank.
They stood thus, uah their eve, cooked ut
each other, for more than minute before
either spoke; when Mr.. Blank thought best
to take the initiative.
"It isa pleasant day, General Wells,
though rather cold"
at is. as you say, Mr.. Blank, q pleasant,
tho rather cold day" replied the General,
without taking his eye down from its range.
"I should not be surprised, General, !" con-
tinued Mr.. Blank, If we should have fall
of snow soon."
"There might be more surprising circum-
stances, Mr. Blank, than fall of snow in
February"
Mr.. Blank hereupon shifted his foot and
topic. He did not feel at ease, and the less
so from his desperate attempts to conceal his
embarrassment.
"When do you think, General" he in
ouired, after a pause, "that Congress will
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Fact, and Figures for Tax Payers,
Number One.

Extraordinary Enbeszlement Of the Peoples
Money by the Administrations Of Sdmnsl
Wells.
Some weeks since, we alleged that under
the present State Administration, and with
the knowledge and direct order of SAMUEL
WELLS himself, there had been 'bold en-
bexzlcments Of the "People's money" from
the public Treasury. We now proceed to
demonstrate without any circumlocution,
that our allegation was "the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth"
It will be remembered by oil our readers,
that in consequence Of the game OF "hug-
serm.gger" played with the constitutional
amendments last winter, the election of the
land Agent, Attorney General, and Adult
ant General, was postponed, until the first
quarter Of the year was pretty well gone
The idea was not to declare the Constitution
amended until Gov. Wells had "rov-bdrr-
ed'' all the old sheriff, out of their Ofic0
and placed his appointees in the vacancies
thus foreibiy created. A disagreeable but
still unavoidable accompaniment Of this
scheme was the postponement Of the elcc-
tiCn of the three officers above named, who
could not be elected by the Legislature un'
til the amendments to the Constitution were
declared to be adopted. Thus Messrs. EV-
ANS, WALKER, and ATWOOD did not
receive their election until some two months
after they had been nominated in caucus for
their respective Offices. Governor Wells
however determined to reward them for their
patience and forbarlnce in manner that
speaks more loudly for his prsonol liberal
ity than for his official integrity.
Messrs. EVANS, WALKER and At
WOO, were elected to their Offices on the
2Sth Of February.
Mr.. EVANS did not accept and was not
qualified for his post until the 4th Of March,
and up to that date his predecessor, HON.
JOHN S. ABBOTT was Of course paid =
The salary Of the Attorney General is $1,000
per annum-S250 per quarter. Mr. Abb
bott for his t,so months and four days service
received BY warrant drawn by Gov. Wells,
the proper sum Of $lSO.56, leaving duo to
Mr.. Evans for his fractional remainder of
the quarter, (27 days) the sum Of s69.44.
Instead. however, Of confning his pay to
this sum-all that he was legally entitled
to-G0v. WELLS, ut the expiration Of the
q days, dyew a warrant in favor of Mr..
Evans, for s2,O in payment for the fun
quarter, although he had previously, rs
above stated, paid Mr.. Abbott sls0.56 for
services during the same quarter. The
amount therefore, paid out Of the State
Treasury by order Of Samuel Wells for the
salary Of Attorney General for the first quar-
ter Of the year 1856, was s43O.56, instead
Of $3.50 as directed by law. str u
Mr.. WALKER, THE LAND AGENT,
ws similarly overpaid. lie entered upon
his Office on the Goth Of Feb. or lst Of March
-alary same as Attorney Gencnal-s2So
per quarter. His predecessor. Isaac r..
Clark, Esq, for his two months of the quar-
TOR, received warrant from Cor. Wells for
$4,000, leaving Mr.. Walker properly $685.
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asritultural.
Farm Work for July.

Now for the hay harvest. July 10 the all
important month for securing hay and win.
ter grain. The dull days Of July may be
passed in stirring the ground anon: corn,
and the various roots and garden veseta-
bles but all tho fair days must BE- devoted
to the curing Of hay and grain. The i'm
portanee Of the hay harvest is immense.
Farm stock mus. have food through ous
long winters. aud nothing can supply the
want of hay and stover Of this kind. for
nsat stock and for sheep. Horses may live
ON straw and grain, but this is not the food
for cows in milk, or for young and growing
cattle and sheep.
The question ~ 10 the proper time for
cutting the various kinds Of srases, has
b On much discussed within few years
and we are pleased TO see that laterly our
contemporary journals are gradually approx
imating nearer TO each other in regard to
the proper time Of cutting.
Some Of the Albany papers. few yeaf'
ago, wero strong advocates Of the old plan
Oflstting herds gnss stand till the seeds sere
ripe enough to be saved for sowing-but
now quite different course is reccomman-
ded. They now advocate early cutting, and
insist that the hay is much better. They
urge the same course which We havc always
recommended since we commenced the pub,
lie .tion ofa paper.
Clover is the plant which suffers more
from standing lato, than any which, We
make into hay. II is not RANKED BY boan.
lists ~ one Of the srssscs, but no matter i
makes come Of the bsst Of hay when !, is
cut in good season.
Some Of our red c'overs come into full
head By the middle Of June. We call these
tho Western or Southern eloven. Many
farmep prefer thcso to our old Northern
clover. which, on good land, in old timer.
would yield tvo tons per acre.
The red clovers male exeellsot food foI
horscs, and for cattle when they are cut in
due season, and well cured' and farnes~
shoald not be in haste to give them up, aud
introduce the vAiis wsed-the-,siieh gra,,
or the bromus-srass, which We havo OF.
ten sesn reccommended /" for sale"
In regard to modes Of cnring bay from
the various grw~es, our own inclination
still Is that nothing is equal to fair sun.
aad southwest wind, to prepare hay for
the barn, or for tho stack. Miny recon.
mended tho English mode Of throwing the
graz into heaps IS soon as il is wil.ed, anu
and keeping IL there for three or four day-
to heat and "t6 cure"
We have never had any luck in this way
and wc have mover been fortunate enough L.
go any hay that was equal to that whic.
had been sweetened In tho sun. Litter b,
tho cow-rrd, hslped up. win soon hea,
and turn white, losing half its value,-s.
hay in pretty green condition. may los,
half ls value by heating in the heap.
The hay Is decidedly better when thers
havs been few days Of dry weather bsfor.
cutting, because q rich gun gathers on tn
STALKS, which is not found there after a
heavy rain. Still we cannot aatrd to val.
long or dry time, whsn We have hay-ma-
ksn on hand ready to engage in The har-
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Another Kansas Letter.

The following extract Of q letter addressed
by Mr.. Bowker, to gentleman Of this city,
will be read with interest. The letter is
dated Kahsaopolis, June 20, 1856.
In oil the accounts which have seen in
the eastern papers of the outrages here, none
have been exaggerated. In regard to the
new election, the rejection Of the members
then elected, and all subsequent proceedings
of that body Of men, the information which
you have had through the New York Tri-
bune is oil correct. The free State men re-
pudiated these laws, determined to have
nothing to d4With them, or the officers ap-
pointed to carry them into effect. They
carefully avoided all collision with them,
till the attempt was made under the most
aggravatins circumstances to force these
pretended laws upon them. They now treat
them with utter and well-merited contempt.
For this the free State men have been sub
jected to every conceivable Outrage. The
principal roads leading into the territory are
filed with armed highwaymen from Missouri
and other southern states. Teams passing
with goods are stopped, and frequently the
driver is obliged to leave the whole glad, to
escape with his life. Men who happen to
be obnoxious to these despcradoes are hunted
down like deer.
Horses, cattle, and property of every kind
belonging to free State men, is taken where
ever they can find 1t.
Within few weeks the free State men
have been organizing companies for their
own defense, and have made several success
full expeditions against these invaders, but
when this was made known 70 Gov. Shannon
he Immediately sent orders to Col. Sumner
to disperse all bodies of armed men found in
the territory. Col. Sumner went first to the
free State men and requested them to dis
band and go to their homes, and they imme-
diately obeyed. Hc next went to the Border
Rufian camp and made the same request,
but Col. j. w. Whitfield told him to 80 to
hell. Sumner then sent to Fl. Riley for
re-lnforcements, intending to drive him of ;
but before their arrival Whitfield withdrew
into Missouri.
Through all this the free State men have
obeyed implicitly United States authorities,
permitting their towns and printing presses
to be destroyed without resistance. And
now the U. s. troops are gathering at To-
peka to prevent the sitting of the Free State
Legislature, the only legal body ever assem-
bled here to make laws for Kansas.
How ,any man, or party of men at the
North can sustain an administration guilty
of such acts, cannot understand. Certain
il is that no northern man in Kansas, how
ever strong friend of the administration he
might have been when he came here, has
the least sympathy for it now.
l think the facts of the case are not fully
realized by the people of the North. They
are too much disposed to call them newspapr
stories and let them go at that: while to
the people of Kansas they are living realities
felt each day of their lives.
Yours, Respectfully,
VIZ. E. BowKER."
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Robbery Of the Chicago Emigrants.

Rev. L. w. HiSSinson, IN letter 10 the
N. Y. Tribune, gives the following account
of this outrage, taken from the lips Of the
leaders, whom he met after their return |;
Sixty-eight men, two women, and three
chill dren, mostly from Chicago, left this city
in the Star of the West, Capt, Dix, June
10Th. They were peaceful organization,
though, Us usual with pioneers, they carried
their arms. Their chief officers were not
military men, and they went to become ac-
tual settlers. Nothing suspicious occurred
below jefferson City, where Misssurians
began to come on board in small parties,
amounting gradually to some 80. At soy.
eral points men left, with IN appearance Of
concerted action. They reached Lexington
at 10 l-2 o'clock and found crowd on the
wharf, The boat was made fast by the cap
tain, with two hswsers and chain cable,
q thing almost unheard of on the river. and
proving that the captain was, from the be-
gining, in league with the Missourians.-
This everybody whom have seen here nd
mits
A committee of seven or eight came on
hoord and rsopested ,o see the officers of the
.Onn.nv and told them thew must have
,bsir arms There was no pretense used of
the arms having come from a state arsenal
as some accounts saw; It was simply the
law of tbs strongest The Chicago men
appear to me to have behaved well, and to
have unwillingly acquiesced in the decision
of their officers. They debated the matter
an hour, in the midst of occasional yells Of
impatience from the crowd of 3OO-mostly
armed on tho wharf They saw three
pieces of cannon, besides several on a steam.
boat across tho river, which. thew wers told.
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When the grass has been cut it should b
spread out to the sun, instead Of being
thrown into heaps in the fore part of the
day. Let 1t have the sun by al means, till
the afternoon, when !. may be cooked ul
for the night--or in case Of settled weather,
il may lie inxinrow TO be opened on the
morrow. ...s ..r..t-
Clover cannot DO trusted out many days
as the long grasses may, for it is not well
calculated to shed rain. Other kinds Of
hay stand out many days without much in
jury-but clover must have cap on, and
we have no time to put on caps if we had
them and should We put on caps, we
should fear they wovld set 50 close as to
shut in the steam and prevent evaporation,
unless We should adopt the latest fashion
Of the ladies, 20 let oil the steam 20, and lot
the rains come when they will. Such caps
would do no great harm any way.
In the afternoon, put up oil the hay that
is half dry into cocks-it is rather risk to
let il lie in winrow. II will dry much in
the afternoon in heaps, and If rain comes
you feel secure Of saving nine-tenthsin good
condition.
Now If you have not time to put in nice
heaps all the hay that your horserake has
put in winrow, sake forks and thow 1t in
piles, and leave the scatterings till the next
day. This is what we call " looking to the
mainschsnce, and securing the bulk Of the
hay.
Twodaysare usually required to dry Eng
lish hay sufficiently to be packed in the
now. More time will Of course DO needed
in the fore part than in the last Of the month.
We usually strew on to the mows about as
much salt as we think the cattle vii need
through the winter-say half a peck Of salt
TO ton Of hay. But we throw more salt
On some load than on others, as some are
not 30 well dried. We oien save an hour
Or two in drying, by havin: salt ready when
oads Of hay are put into the mows.-Mas-
'achu,ett, Ploughman,
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DorGLAs' KANSAS COMMISSION. Douglas
Kansas bill proposes that the President SHALL
with the consent of the Senate, appoint
Commission offivo persons, majority o
whom shall have eutire control over the
election of delegates in Kansas to form u
State Convention.
1t proposes that, under their direction
and under regulations to be issued by the
Secretary ofMe Interior, oil the citizens o'
Kansas shall record their NAMES on The an
of July, and that, in November, these me"
and no Others shall be alloiotd 10 rofe. Now
Douglas, Toombs & Co. know perfectly well
that more than half the Free State men OF
Kansas have been driren ou by vlolence,and
cannot possibly be there to register their
names. They know that all their LEADER
are in prison or in exile, and that ind'ct.
ments for treason are pending against them.
They know that the territory is full Of Mis-
souri, men, who have taken possession Of 1t,
and will be on hand to record their names.
They know that the whole machinery Of
government in Kansas = legislative, execu-
tive and judicial lis in the hands Of the
pro-slavery men and that they will have
therefore, an overwhelming advantage in
such an election as they propose. And 1t
is this conviction which has led them to
propose it. Nothing but the most ab'olue
certainty that this bill will MD them l.
their grand purpose make Kansas :
Sldre State = would ever have induced III
to bring 1t forward.
We trust the House Of Representa- ive
will arrest q measure 80 fatal to rrcedon
Kansas as this bill will prove to be. If
government Of Kansas Is to be put in C.
mission, let that Cnnmission Be naned IN
biz. To clothe tho Pr~ident with any sac
authority is monstrous departure fro
Republican principles, which nothing b"'
the domincering spirit Of slavery could even
have forced upon the representatives Of ires-
DOM Y. Tms.
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