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Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

SLAVES FOR Kansas The Highhyer,
in this morning from Louisville, brought
between fifty and sixty slaves, belonging
to families who are on their way from
Kentucky to Kansas The slaves who
came in the Highflyer, consisted of persons
of all ages, sexes, and shades of color,
and were good looking, well dressed.
and apparently well fed party, and came
as cabin passengers.
Since the opening Of the river, full five
hundred slaves hye arrived from the
Ohio river. on their way 10 Kansas. The
J. H. Lucas took up nearly 100; the Star
of the West 100; the Chambers Soto rs,
and almost every boat that has started up
the Missouri river, since the opening Of
the river, has taken up larger or smaller
number. The slaves are in almost every
case, taken in the cabin, while poor white
families. going to the same place, took
passage below on deck.
One gentleman from South Carolina,
who. with his family, went up in the Star
of the West last week. had fifty slaves in
the cabin, and another thirty, and still
another had twenty.-.Ne,Us.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08
Late from tha Plains.

BY an arrival in this place, from Fit.
kearney, we learn from authentic source,
that Gen. Harney has effected treaty of
peace with the Sioux Indians. The mes
senger further states that all other hostile
tribes have signified their willingness to
come 10 terms, and deputations from the
different tribes were now on their way to
Gen. Harney, to conclude treaty. Much
credit is due Gen. Harvey, for the rigo-
rous manner in which he has prosecuted
his war, and the successful manner in
which it has terminated.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

A GOOD REroRr.-We were amused ct a
conversation on the deck Of a steamer on
the Mississippi, not long since, between a
young emigrant from South Carolina, and
a native of Indiana. The party of which
the emigran, was a number, had been
practicing rifle shooting on the way, and
trying to give the green ones of the party
some lessons and advice. The Indianian
stepped up and said II that's the way
you shoot you'll stand no chance in Kan
sas, you'll be shot down in minute The
emigrant replied with all the coolness imagi-
nable; I'VE do not profess to be fighting
crowd but we know nothing about run
ing. IF we did. twice as many would have
returned from Mexico"
From the speedy exit of the native OF
Indiana. we were led to suppose he be-
longed to the regiment from that State.
which distinguished itself in Mexico in
the last respect.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08
Not Abolition Enough.

MiIiard Fillmore Is not sufficient aboli-
ton TO obtain the suppor, of the great mass
OF the Know-N Nothing press and party of
the North, though be advocated the aboii-
ton of the interstate slave trade, the 50 re-
spectful consideration Of abolition petitions.
the abolition of slavery in the District Of
Columbia, and as necessary inference
from his declared opinions, the exclusion
from the Union, any and all new States
that do not ask for admission with State
Constitution forever prohibiting slavery.
That We fairly represent MIR. Fillmore's
position, the following letter furnishes the
full proof. If he would break the national
faith by abolishing slavery in the District
of Columbia, and would forever exclude
Texas from the Union, " so long as slaves
are held therein" he certainly, now the
Missouri Compromise is repealed, would
exclude from admission TO the Union as a
State, Kansas and all other States. if they
should not prohibit slavery.
Letter of .Milard Fillmore to the Erie
.9bolIionisfs.
BUFFALO, October II, 1888.
SIR: Your communication of the 25th
inst, as chairman OF committee appoint
ed by the Anti-Slavery Society OF the
county of Erie," has just come to hand.
You solicit my answer to the following in
terrogatories:
lst. Do you believe that petitions to
Congress on the subject of slavery or the
slave trade, ought to be received, read. and
respectfully considered by the representa-
tives of the people
Cd. Are You opposed to the annexation.
of Texas to this Union. under any circun-
stances, so long as slaves are held therein
Sd. Are you@in favor of Congress exer-
cising all the constitutional power it pos
sesses to abolish the internal slave trade
between the States?
4th. Are you in favor of immediate
Legislation for the abolition of slavery in
the District Of Columbia 2
/ am much engaged, and have no time
to enter into an argument, or to explain at
length my reasons for my opinion. shall,
therefore, content myself for the present,
by answering ALL your interrogatories in
the AFFIRMATIVE, and leave for some fu-
ture occasion, more extended discussion
of the subject.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

FLOAT HER oFF.-A veracious cores
pondent of the Boston Pilot, declares that
the following motion passed the Senate OF
Georgia on the reading of that portion of
the message of the Governor of Ga,
which referred to the anti-slavery resolu.
ton passed in the Vermont Assembly:
ResolUed, That his Excellency Presi-
dent Pierce. be requested to employ a
sufficient number of bodied Irishmen. n.
to proceed to the State of Vermont, and
to dig ditch around the limits of the
same, and to float the thing :" into the
Atlantic.
Pretty good that.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08
seTBut six OF eight years ago Mii,ard

Rs But six OF eight years ago Miiiard
Fillmore, was interrogated in regard to
his views upon the naturalization question,
and fatty refused to say whether he would
favor the repeal of the naturalization laws
or not, but turned his back contemptuously
upon the native Americans who had pre-
sumed to catechise him Now he is the
head of the party which stands upon a
platform, demanding the extension of the
term of naturalization to twenty-one years.
About the same time Andrew jackson
Donaldson, could not find language suffi-
eiently strong to express his delight, at the
immense tide of emigrants landing upon
our shores. He is new upon the ticket
with Mr.. Fillmore advocating the same
doctrines. Such is the infrmity of man.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08
The Abolitionists still at Work!

We see from the New York Times,
that in church North church, in New
Haven, Connecticut, a large meeting was
held, in which preachers were the orators.
AS usual, lies about Kansas and the chival-
nv of the abolitionists, the utility of Sharp's
rifles, &c., formed the staple of the SER
mons delivered by these Ministers of God,
(the devil. we presume.) A large SUBJ
scription was raised to buy rifes-about
one thousand dollars. 1t was stated that
some hundred persons would leave there
for Kansas. all armed with Sharp's rifles.
1t really seems that these misguided yea
lots will strive to bring On civil war, and
defy the power of the Government; if
nothing less will do them but fight, we
have not the least doubt but they can be
" accommodated" and should it come.
woe be to the fanatical fools, their END
viii come very speedily. Our Southern
friends are coming into the Territory in
large numbers-coming quietly, but de-
termined to defend the law and their rights,
if invaded. Let the South be calm, we
have the right ON our side-we have only
to act in the defensive. We can always
outnumber the aboiitionists, and when that
is the case, we surely have nothing to fear,
as one Southerner is equal 20 tUo aboli-
tionists, any day. Come on, then, Southern
friends, be sure to be on hand by the frs.
Of October.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

settle within her precincts. any thing that
its citizens may feel themselves obliged
hereafter to remove from among them as
nuisance. in order that their hen-roosfs,
plantations. and negro quarters may re-
main undisturbed.
am interrogated almost daily. by dough-
faces and fogies, as to whether d. K.
Atchison is really man or the veritable
tiger, as is represented to them by their
brothers in Kansas. say to them that
their brothers IN Kansas, stand In the same
fear of d. r. Atchison, that the midnight
assassin does to the Marshal of your State,
and that their fears originate from simi-
lar cause; / also state TO them that during
my say in Missouri and Kansas, had the
honor of seeing and conversipg with the
General, and also heard from the most re-
liable source, that his considerate DISPOSE
sion, his amiable department and generous
policy has endeared him to the citizens of
Missouri and those of Kansas, who are
disposed to sustain such policies as will
further the advancement and interests of
the Territory. see in him nothing of
the ruthless invader, such as is represented
by your brothers in Kansas, but an intelli-
gent, humane man, largely endowed with
a spirit of forbearance and fraternal re-
gard. Truly yours.
SMOKY HILL.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

EB Mr.. Everett's Address in Richmond,
on the Life and Character of Washington,
commanded the attention of over one
thousand persons on Wednesday night,
and gave great satisfaction. At the close,
Gov. Wise, on behalf of the ladies', ex-
pressed thanks for the rich entertainment
afforded them, and Ex-President Tyler,
being called upon. gave a hearty welcome
10 his respected friend.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

Pc Al the Congressional caucus Of
the Black Republicans, held in Washing
ton on the oath Of March. ult., Mr.. Sew
ard said :. that the great practical question
was to wrest Kansas from the tyrant's
grasp by her admission as State, and
hoped the house would push the bill for
that purpose, to passage. and send it to
the Senate. In the event of its failure in
the latter body. the President might find
difficulty in obtaining money from Con-
gress TO 'crush on. the free settlers Of
Kansas. The issue having been made
here, the people will see to the vindication
OF principles in the election Of President." :"
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

E~ Il gentleman from Buckingham
county informs the Petersburg (Va.) Ex-
press, that he has among his domestic m
imals large rat which was caught some
twelve months ago by cat but instead
of devouring it, the cat nursed and fed ii,
and that they now play and sleep tsgetheE
like cat and kitten. This is something
singular in the general nature of cats.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08
Senator wisson-Exaovernor Reeder.

Senator Wiison-Ex-Gove needer
In the Senate Of the United States
Wilson Of Massachusetts,. makes grea,
many statements about Kansas affairs
upon the report Of various persons =
amongst others, he charges "that the
members elect to the Legislature, imme.
diately after the election, called on Cover.
nor Reeder and demanded their certii.
Gates of election, under a threat iha, il
they were refused, he Breeder, } would be
killed." and that when Reeder made his
decision known TO them, refusing certifi-
Gates to some, " he did so with cooked
pistol in his hand" Under ordinary cir
cumstances, to give this simple denial,
would be sufficient, but when men occupy
ing The highest places in the Government,
day after day, make these outrageous
charges against US, it becomes necessary
to notice them more fully, that the public
may not be deceived. 1t seems strange,
remarkable, that any man IN the Senate
could make such statements, unless there
was some foundation for them-yet such
is the case; We pronounce the charge a
most unmi1igated faisehood, and Senator
Wilson must have known it. We, (the
senior editor, were one Of the members
elect, and was one of committee of three
that waited on the Governor for the pur-
pose Of presenting him protest on the
part of the members, against has right to
decide contested elections. The protest,
which no doubt the Governor yet has.
was short, and drawn up in a respectful
manner, urging "that as he had ordered
the election, prescribed the form of con-
Quoting it, appointed the judges, &c., and
the voting by ballot, that when the returns
were made in accordance with his instruc-
tions, he had no right to go behind them,
but must grant the certificate, and that
the Legislature was the proper tribunal to
decide the contests. if any should arise"
He still claimed the right to decide, but
admitted that the Legislature could go be-
hind his certificate, that being only prima
facie evidence he further granted certifi-
Gates to q majority of each house, and read
a letter add, essed to the .dttorney- General.
(Cushing,) asking ham certain questions
in relation to has po,eer and duty, touching
the tohole question an dispute, (touching
elections, } which he said he intended TO
submit to him, and if he was not sustained,
he would grant certificates to the rest
We don't know whether Mr. Cushing
ever saw this letter or not, (guess not,
however, but we were satisfied, as we
had majority and could do ourselves Jus
fice. During the whole time, there was
not an ill-tempered expression used, or a
weapon of any kind seen or talked of.
Governor Reeder kno,Ds this, and as he
was present when Wilson's speech was
made, must have told him of his error, or
is himself the author OF the Iie. We
dislike to use such expressions as we use
above, but milder terms viii not convey
the truth.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

CONTESTED CLAIM.-As the Land
Office for this Territory will shortly be
opened. it behooycs those who may have
claims in dispute, to secure the services of
efficien. counsel in season. We would
therefore refer such persons to the card of
Bella M. Hughes, Of ST. Joseph. whose ex-
perience of six years as receiver of public
monies at PlattsbsTgh, Mo-, in addition to
his high legal as,ainments and industrious
business habits, makes his services a .rnat-
ter Of the FIRST importance in such cases.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

AMAeAzINE OF DEArH.-The grounds
belonging to the United States Arsenal at
Baton Rouge, La, embrace an area of
twenty-seven miles. In the three maga-
zines there are 10000 pounds of powder
and 5000 round of cartridges for small
arms and cannon. The storehouses con-
tain 35 900 muskets, rifles, carbines and
pistols; 2 500 sabres. l0e cauuon, 600 600
cannon balls shells, 10000 pounds canis-
ter and accoutrements for loo. 600 men,
The total value OF the land and buildings.
with contents, IS over SCI 900. 900.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08
e It seems to be understood al W,sb

EC 1t seems to be understood at Wash
ington that Col. Benton is very ambitious
of achieving the nomination of the Repub-
hcan party for the Presidency, and that
his friends accomplished no little at the
Piusburg Convention, in the matter of
bringing him prominently before the lead.
ers of the party in all the non-slave-hold.
ing States to that end.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

SUFFERING AT sEA.-During the Ion,
passage OF the barque Amelia, which pw
into st. Thomas after being blown of from
the coast, the provisions were exhausted
and the hold being swarming with rats,
the men went to work and caught the ra.s
which, with the ice, kept them from stary.
ing. They were in this condition 70,
twenty-five days.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

B~I It appears by tables in Hunts
Merchants Magazine. that the average
time of the Eastern passages of European
steamers during the past year. has been
Collins line, 10 days 20 hours; Cunard
line, II days OF the Western passages,
the average time has been-Collin's line.
II days % hours 10 minutes; Cunard
line, 13 days, 6 hours The Collins are
the American line of steamers.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

E@" Napoleon Alexis Dobbs, come
up and say your lesson. What makes
the boys grow e.
I" It is the rain, SIR
why do not men grow
:. Because they carry umbrellas, which
keeps off the rain"
.What makes young man and wO-
man fall in loves"
because one of 'em has heart Of
steel, and fother a heart Of flint |; when
they come together, they strike fire, and
that is love-"
That's right, my boy, you can take
your seat"
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08
Pretty good that.

"a A rich old spinster who died a,
Newton, N. H., lately left S3s,419. She
was all her life getting ready to be mar
ried, and had stored up 1s2 sheets, 63
covsrlids, SO blankets, 81 beds,,with I,120
lbs. of feathers, 81 towels, "a table
covers, and 43 handkerchief, while the
whole amount of her wearing apparel, did
not exceed ten dollars In value.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08
s@ Be resolved, saws William PEN

s9 Be resolved, says William Penn,
but not sour grave, bat not formal; bold,
bat not rash humble, but not servile pa.
tient but not insensible constant. but. not
obstinate cheerful, but not light; rather be
sweet-tempered than familiar; familiar,
rather than intimate, and intimate with
very few and upon good grounds.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08
e The celebrated hanking house

Ia The celebrated banking house OF
the Rothschilds loaned during the past
year S515, 900, 900, as folIows:-EDgland,
$50, ,000, 900; Turkey, $4,000, ,00G; SAL
dinia. si0,000,0o0 Austria. S120, 600
600; Russia first loan, $50. GOO 900; ;
Russia, second loar, si00 100000 Eng
and, on exchequer bills, S35 900 900.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08
n% Among the resolves passed by ths

eJ Among the resolves passed by the
Pennsylvania Democratic State Conven-
ton, was the following:
'' Rssolred, That we fully endorse the
administration of President Pierce, as ma
tional. faithful and efficient-fully equal
TO all the important emergencies which the
country has had 10 encounter, and that he
has worthily maintained her interests and
honor at home and abroad"
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

s The principal of an academy, IN
his advertisements, mentioned his fenal.
assistant. and the reputation for teach.
ing which she BEARS" but the printer
careless fellow-leit cut the "wbich," 50
the advertisement went forth, commencing
the lady's reputation for teaching she
bears"
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

B@ The Legislature of Kentucky, has
repealed the law licensing billiard tables
and ten-pin allies, because they tend to
corrupt the morals, and passed bill Per-
mitting college under the direction Of
christian denomination, 10 raise money by
lottery. for its support.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

HARD For HoRsE-FLEsH.-The New
York Spirit of the Times says that no less
than nine hundred horses have been killed
or have died in that city during the late
snow season, over and above any number
that have ever perished in the city before
in the same number of days.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

- Don't trust your letters to self-seal-
ing envelopes, without the use ofa wafer
also. The gum of the self-adhering envel-
opes can easily be opened by dampening,
the contents fingered, replaced and sealed
up again, SO as to defy detection. Put en-
a wafre, or use sealing wax.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

Es@ Leap year, as is weli.known. m
vests the gentle Sex with extraordinary
privileges. We see from late exchange,
that the young ladies, of Aurora, H., have
passed the following resolution -
{" RESOLVED, that if we. the young ladies
of Aurora, don't get married this year,
somebody will. be to blame"
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

A YAsKEE.-He is self-denyins. ,.,t
relying. and into everything pryinc. a.
is lover of piety, propriety, notorie,y ~
the temperance society. He Is a d,.
ging, Dragging. striving. thriving, swan
ping, .jostling. h1ssling, wrestling. musical
quizzicai. astronomical, philosophical, ~
eticai. and colnical sort OF character. wbo..
manifest destiny is to spread civilization !.
the remotest corner of the earth.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

CO The United States Senate has con6rme
Hon Lyman Trumbuil, of Illinois, in his ssad
in that body, for six years from the 9Th OF
March last, by a vote Of 35 ayes to 9 noes.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

- The citizens OF st. Louis are adopting
energetic measures TO secure the establishment
of an overland mail-routs from that city &c
California
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08
/ am, respectfully,
Your most obt serv't,
MILLARD FILLMORE.
V. MILLS. Esq, Chairman.

W. Mills, Esq, Chairman.
Now, while Mr.. Fillmore is not aboli-
ton enough for Know Nothingism, there
is not now, nor ever was, a Democrat in
the whole country, who would not refuse to
support him, if for no other reason, solely
because of the extreme a3olitionism en-
braced and subscribed to in that letter.
Known Nothingsm at the North is nothing
short of Garrisonism, disunionism, Seward
ism, Giddingism, treason.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

Gg Captain Whitley, of the Ordinance De-
parIment, has received orders from the Govern
ment to put the harbor OF New York in state
Of war defence.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

% Cassius NJ. Clay's large property in
Madison county, Kentucky, is to be sold on the
18TH Of the present month. The property con-
ssts of lands, negroes, etc.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

GY The bill to prevent citizens of Virginia
from hiring slaves in the District Of Columbia
has passed both branches OF the Virginia Leg
islature.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

Rw The Central Bank OF Tennessee. at
Nashville, is reported failed. We would advise
our friends not to take any Of the Tennessee
trash.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

e. Walker, the fillibus:er, has laid an at
tachment on the property of the Transit Com
pany, for payment OF claims to the Nicaraguan
Government, to the amount of $4,000.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

c. When our country becomes as densely
populated as Holland. it will contaiR S37. .433, :
0I9 nhabitants-nearly the present number of
the human race.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

CO VIM. L. Brown, soldier of the revolu-
don, died in Greenup county, Kentucky, on the
14th utimo, at the advanced age of one hundred
and ten years.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

GO The Lynchburg (Va.) Republican says
the ote of Virginia will be cast in the Cincin-
natl Convention, either for Buchanan or Hun
ter.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

e gang of some 12o negroes, from one
Of the border counties Of Kentncky, left LoHis-
vile ihs other day for the South. Their own
ers preferred selling them. rather than let the
aeo.itionists ran thea OF.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

nT Anson P. Morrill,, late Governor of
Name, has been unanimously electee pound
keeper in bis native town, Redheld, where his
merits are appreciated.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

~ The AlIge1niene Zeitung OF February
-17iff. states that William Makepeiee Thackery
has realized by his writings and lectures FIVE
hundred thousand dollars.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

G The Western Christian Advocate says,
that the expense to the Government, of the late
fugitive slave case in Cincinnati, was twenty
two thousand four hundred dollars.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

G. It is violation of law to eAclose TO
different addresses two or more letters in one
envelope, though more than one letter may be
sent in one envelope to the same address.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

e The order of UnitedAmericans, in New
Jersey, disapprove Of the nomination of Mr.
Fillmore, and manifest dissatisfaction at the
conduct of the Nnow- Nothings.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

GEF There are sixty German papers pub
lishtd in the United States, OF which thirty-one
advocate Democratic principles, twenty-five are
Black Republicans, and seven neutral
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

re- We notice eur old friend. Sam
Dixon, has returned from St. Louis. He
is opening rich stock Of goods.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

The sAvx.-By the the death of Com
Morris, Com. Shubrick will oficia,e a
the Senior officer in the rxavv.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

TO- By the arrival of the schooner
Page at San Francisco. we have inpa-
tant intelligence from Jap.n. Jeddowas
destroyed by an earthquake on the lin
of November. One hundred thousaBa
houses were destroyed, and thirty thOusand
lives lost.
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08
To TopELrsausNrs.-We send this wee

To pELrsaugNrs.-We send this week,
many bills to our delinquent Subscribers.
We hope they will respond to our call, as
we are pressed for money at this time.
This is the season of the year that the
printers have to lay in their supplies of pa
per and ink, and all know that they are
articles that cannot be purchased without
money. Gentlemen, please fork over"
Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-08

E~ A meeting OF the citizens of Scott coun-
ty, Kentucky, was recently held, at which it
was determined to equip and send to Kansas
fifty pro-slaverY men.