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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-01-10
IN IOWA
Xxx per acre, each .4. ..
ores in 9 tracts, in Hancock CO. prIce 49,

These Iowa lands arc all situated in the ycin-
ity OF the Rock Island, Iowa City, Fort Des-
MONIES and Council Bluff Railroad, the DUBUQUE
and Sioux City Railroad, and the Nl,Grcuor,s
Landing and st. Peters Railroad, are increasing
in value, aud have been selected with great ca re
by experienced surveyors, and are all warranted
To be good dry farming lands. .
IN MICHIGAN.
III At 10 per acre.
100 acres ii rSt rate land, heavy tin,bcred ..u.
acres cleared, with small log house about
miles from the town of Ridgway. n.H#.
IN ILLINOIS r
$50 Town Lots 81 by 80 feet, in the southern
suburbs the CITY of Chicago, on stewart,
duncan and Wentworth avenues price $500
and $500 each, one halr cash and tia hal
ance III II months with interest.
"a acres IN the western suburbs OF the city of
Chicago, price 5 900 per acre, cash
J.. w. TOWER,
Morgant"wn, Mon ongaI!a county, Va.
December 20, 1886. w.. g..
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-01-10
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su TM GDr-MVII : @C.
TRAViNG determined to close up my bu.
El siness at this place, most respectful.
~ request all persons who know themselves
indebted to call promptly and settle their
accounts.
] still have on hand large assortment OF
IRON, HARDWARE and CUTLERY, &c.
which will be sold low for cash
+ IL. OLlPHANT.
Morgantown, Oct 10, 1856
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-01-10

About eighty slaves, who were set
free by tho will Of the late James IT..
Tcrrill of Albcmarle county Va, have
gone to Norfolk to embark for Libo-
ria.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-01-10
DEED:

On Tuesday the 2Sth ult. at Union
town, Pa, Mrs. SARAH BRowNFIELD,
wife of ED. William Brownfcld, aged
about 81 years.
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25
Change of District.

Governor Robinson has made new ap-
portionment and division of the State. In ac-
cordance with the returns of the late CEN
sus. Under this change we find ourselves
in the Fourteenth District, the boundaries
of which are thus defined:
Commencing at the intersection OF the
township line between l 5 and Is, with range
line between 8 and Il; thence westto range
line between and 6; thence south 10 town
ship line between 29 and 2l; thence east to
range line between Is and ID; thence north
to the beginning.
The superintendent to this District is one
Representative and with the 18th District
one Senator. The voting precincts are En-
pcria, G. D. Humphrey IS house and E. God
ards house.
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25
Inmensa Grants Of Land.

The appropriation of land to Arkansas
and Missouri. by the act of Congress OF
1869. to aid in the construction of rail-
road from point on the Mississippi river.
opposite Cairo. via Little Rock to the Tex
as boundary. has been completed at the
General Land Office, and approved by the
Secretary of the Interior. This forms the
connecting link between the Illinois Cen
trsland Texas Pacific railroads. The amount
of laad already apporsioned IN Missouri
and Afkansas is one miliicn one hundred
and twenty-five thousand acres.
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25
Rioting IN New York.

NEW YORK, July is.
Another disgraceful riot occurred this
afternoon in the Seventeenth ward, the mob
consisting of about 800, chiefly composed
of Irish and Germans, who attacked the
metropolitan police with missiles and fire.
arms.
The police were driven back, as also a sqad
sent to their relief Another detachment
OF 100 men was Immediately sent to the
scene of the conflict, and requisitiou was
male for detachment of military.
The riot was premeditated, but was not
TO take place until night, when il was intend
ed to commence the attack on the Seven
teenth ward station house.
July IA.
Rioters have been fighting among them
selves all the afternoon. The fight origina-
ted by attacking strangers who appeared
among them. Several persons were badly
beaten. Ii is supposed they were police
men disguised.
Four or FIVE hundred policemen are on
the ground, and the military are held IN re-
serve at the arsenal. It is said that num-
Der Of the common council, and many ex-
policemen were active azneng the rioters.
July II.
The city was quiet throughout the night.
Nobody was killed Six policemen and
eight prisoners were hurt. Three regi-
ments which we're under arms all night,
were dismissed this morning.
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25
Professor Morse and ..ths Gable, >

The rendezvous for the two telegraph ca
ble-ships is to be at Cork. about the 9th
of July, where the cables viii be joined II
order to talk through The whole line to SEE
If there Is no flaw The cable viii then be
cut. and the ships win proceed to sea- Mr.
Morse has some apprehension that the ships
viii not be ready 70 go to sea by the time
specified, and he says that, if they are moi
ready during the first eight days of An
gust. he viii not consent TO the operation
this year. as he would be afraid of the storms
on Ghe coast in the last week Of August
The ships viii ran out about six miles an
hour. aud each vessel wiz have 800 miles
TO accomplish, which viii require 5 days
for each 70 arrive at Its haven.-.S States.
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25

Elsewhere we print an article from the
Topeka Tribune in regard to the action o
Gov. Walker in attempting to suppress the
squatter's organization at Lawrence, which
shows the sentiment of that portion of Kan
zas to be as of old. The great heart of the
Free State party beats right, notwithstand
ing the doughfaces that have crept into its
folds, and we imagine that those who bat
been deceived by the harmless guise ana
honeyed words of Walker will now see the
cloyen foot If Gov. Walker wishes to ses
the Free State party unit let him strike ;
blow-let him shed blood in the streets o.
Lawrence. If he wishes to see the specta.
Gle of ten thousand freemen bound together
by tie love of liberty as with bands of Steel
who will not lay down their arms until Kan
zas is rid of every one of the foul oppressors
who have been SO long sucking herlife blood,
let him carry out the programme which he
laid down in his proclamation to the citizens
of Lawrence. The shedding of blood at this
time would raise wbirlwind which would
sweep from Kanzas every vestige of the in
famous and imbeeile Territorial government,
and the Federal power which has legalized
it and given it strength to exist. Does the
cause of Freedom require sacrifice of blood
and treasure? IS ready If this question
of the right of the people to govern them
selves has got to be settled by force of arms,
let it not be deferred-let Kanzas be the bat
tle-feld. We viii trust the success of our
cause to the God of battles, without doubt
as to the result
The people Arrays conquer. They al
ways mus conquer. Armies may be de-
feated; kings may be overthrown. and new
dynasties imposed by foreign arms on an
ignorant and slavish race, that care not In
what language the covenant ef their sub
lection runs, nor in whose name the deed
of their barter and sale is made out. But
the people never invade; and. when they rise
against the invader, are never subdued. II
they are driven from the plains. they fly to
the mountains Steep rocks and eserlast-
ing hills are their castles; the tangled, path
less thieket their palisado; and nature God
lis their ally And he never
gave, and never viii give, full and final
triumph oyera yirtuous. gallant people, re-
solved TO be free
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25

Gov. Walker issued his Proclamation to
the citizens of Lawrence on the 18th inst.
It viii be found on our outside On the
18th be made his appearance in Lawrence
at the head of body of troops. He IS still
there, watching the people The strength
of any despotism IS in the system OF espion-
age which it establishes over the people to
prevent them from acting out their own free
thoughts The despOts Of the New World
understand this IS wesl as those of the Old.
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25

Col. C. F. W. Leonhardt, who came
from Lawrence to-day, reports all quiet
Walker is still there with his troops. The
result is still shrouded in doubt Notwith-
standing the calm which reigns, there is an
under-cnrrent of boiling lava which is ready
to burst forth and overwhelm the tyrant-
Gen. Lane made a speech in Lawrence a
few evenings since, in which he uttered the
following sentence: ''if Gov. Walker strikes
a blow, it is not the Free State men he will
have to fight, but the .devils of heH!'' We
know there are hundreds of restless spirits
in Lawrence, who would march with Joy
upon the bayonets and cannon of the Troops
now before that place A spark win ignite
the powder. Who knows how soon it viii
fall?
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25

| Gov. Walker as Einancier Again.
It will doubtless afford Gov Walkers
immediate followers sincere qualification tc
ascertain from good authority that the Gov
! is capital hand to sc raise. the wind, -
equal to any emergency-and that conse-
quently the prospect for supply of cash
and 't occasional drinks is still good. The
Richmond (va.) South (dem.) publishes
the following account of one of Gov.
w alker's financial operations. It viii in
terast our territorial readers, who will nat
urally ask: .thave we swindler among
US 90
..When Robert J. Walker was a senator
from Mississippi, he ascertained that an
old gentleman in Middlesex county in this
State, was disposed to sell large estate in
negroes. Accordingly, in company with a
colleague in the House of Representatives,
Walker made the old gentleman visit, and
after a protracted negotiation succeeded in
purchasing the slaves. And he got them
on good terms, for the old gentleman
devoted democrat-was charmed by the
graceful condescension of the distinguished
senator. The aggregate price of the negroes
was something more than $4,000, for
which Walker gave a note or draft payable
in New Orleans. But the old man would
not sell his slaves except on condition that
they were to be kept together on planta-
ton in the south.
Well, the slaves were taken to New Or
leans, wer, put upon the block and dis
persed to the four winds-the purchaser
realizing a considerable profit by the trans
action TIE note or draft matured, was
presented for payment, was protested, and
fro m that day to the present time, not a
cent has been received either by the old
gentlemen or his heirs, for fifty thousand
idilars' worth of negroes Meanwhile
Walker has lived In afffuence. and is be-
lieyed now to be millionaire. Will some
one of Walkers apologists impeach the cor
reetness of this story Let them try it.
The substantial truth of the statement shall
be verified by testimony which nobody can
question.
But this is not an isolated instance
There were many such in Walkers career,
of which the history may yet be written
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25
National Trial of movers.

The National trial of Mowers came off at
Syracuse, n. Y, on the Izth inst. The
result is thus reported
The trial of Mowers came of at o'clsk
to-day, preceded By speeches and grand
procession at the county fair grounds. Up
wards of twenty machines were entered,
and the display at starring was very fne
All did well. but 1t was soon apparent
that the real contest was between Manny's
with the Woods improvement, and the
KetchRn1
The struggle was close, Hanny,s coming
In slightly ahead The result was hailed
With cheers BY the muililude. in which the
friends of Ketcbum heartily joined The
fact of the rapidity of the work, however.
does not determine the question of superi-
ority. The other test vii be made during
the week. The weather was fine, and the
contestants were in coed spirits.
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25
Electio, Proclamation.
STATE OF KAEzAs, ExEcUTIvEl
OFrrcE. ToPEga july Is. s57. {

OFFICE. TOPEKA, July Is. '57.
In accordance with the provisions of
State laws passed June 18th, 1857, the
qualified voters of Kanzas are called upon
to meet at their several precincts, on the
first Monday in August next. at 8 o'clock
A. ~. and cast their votes for the follow
ing State Officers:
Two Judges Supreme Court.
Secretary of State.
Auditor.
Reporter Supreme Court.
Clerk Supreme Court.
Also for Representative to Congress and
for Members of State Legislature.
The Election Law provides as follows:
81. The qualified voters of the State of
Kanzas, shall meet in their respective pre-
cincts at such place, as shall be prescribed
by the Governor, the first Monday of Aug.
A. d. 1857, at eight O'Clock A. N. of said
day. and proceed to elect three judges of
elections, and two clerks, all of whom shall
be sworn to perform-the duties of their Office
impartially and with fidelity; the oath or
affirmation may be administered by the
Judges to each other, and to the clerks, and
the voters shall then proceed to cast their
ballots for persons to Eli all vacancies which
may exist in the Office of either the Govern
or, Lieut.. Governor, Secretary of State,
Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General,
Judge of the Supreme Court, Clerk of the
Supreme Court, Reporter of the Supreme
Court, State Printer, Representative to Con-
gress, and such a number of members of
the General Assembly as the respective dis
tricts shall be entitled to by the apportion
ment provided fy law.
s g The Judges of election shall pro-
vide suitable ballot boxes wherein to deposit
the ballots cast at said election, and the
Judges shall open the said election at nine
O'Clock A. NJ and shall close tie same at six
clock P. N. of said day.
The returns are to be made to the Gov
ernor at Topeka within ten days after the
election. Where large settlements cannot
be accommodated at any precinct named in
The proclamation, within their election dis
trict, polls may be opened at some conven
lent place and the election conducted as re-
quired by law.
The Judges of Election are requested to
open separate polls at the same time and,
place, and receive votes for or against the
State Constitution, framed atTopeka in '55,
and make returns of the result as above to
the Governor of the State, at Topeka.
Il. S. Given under my hand and seal,
the day and year above written,
at Topeka.
GHA'S ROBINSON,
By his exeelleney the Governor.
P. C. SCHUYLER,
See'y of State.
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25
The Two x-Presidents at Marcy's
Funeral.

The Albany correspondent of the New
York Post says.
The Military companies marched to the
landing to escort to the city ex-Presidents
Van Buren and Pierce, who were announced
to be among the pail bearers. Soon the car
rage arrived containing these gentlemen
Mr. Pierce looking thin, wan. gray haired and
spectral, and sitting with folded arms. bolt
upright, beside his distinguished predeces-
sor, who, though some twenty-five years
older, sat with his green silk umbrella in
his hand, bowing on all sides with grace
and politeness worthy of his old school
training. 1t was indeed pleasing to witness
the almost juvenile fexibilisy. and the ap-
pearance of sound health of body and mind
in man whose life has entered the last
quarter of a century. The captivating
smile and manner which once gave him 50
great an ascendency over his aequaintan-
tances, are as potent as ever, and he pre-
sents as fine specimen OF the well-fasored,
eourtly couatry gentleman as one often sees
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25
The Kaw indians at washington.

A delegation of the Kaw Indians is now
in Washington making known their griey-
ances to the President. A teiegaphic de-
spatch. dated Washington. July IA, has
the following:
The President to-day gave the Kaw del
egation of Indians from Kanzas an audience
in presence of his cabinet They repre-
serted to their great father, as they called
the; President, the manner IN which the
whites commit trespasses on their reserves.
and claim the right TO the lands designated
as the half breed Kaw lands, lying on the
north side of the Kanzas river, opposite,
above and below Lecompton. They are
willing, il necessary to make new treaty.
The President referred their complaints
to the Commissioner of Indian affsirs.,
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25

viii be but slimly represented IN the mass
convention, while Leavenworth, being close
at hand, viii roll In her hundreds if neeessa-
~. The mass convention viii be composed
mainly of Leavenworth men-Parroti men;
and their action wiz control the action OF
the delegate convention, and III. j. Parrot
viii be nominated as candidate for Terri
torial Delegste-an event not much to be de-
sired We viii do Mr. Parrott the justice
70 say that In respect to talentand eloquence
be is exrelled by very few men in Kanzas.
We have said thus much in justice to our
own position. We could do no less We
do not consider ourselves bound in the least
bv the action of the convention which noni-
mated him; and did chance offer to cast
our suffrages for better man, with chance
for his success, We should not hesitate one
moment to do so But under present cir
cumstances we shall support Mr.. Parrott as
the choice between two evils. We know
many good men in this District who viii not
vote for Representative on account of the
nominee. Doubtless there are many such
In Kanzas AT this time it is necessary,
above all things, that the utmost unity and
harmony of action should prevail in the Free
State ranks The Topeka Convention lad
it in its power to hoist a standard around
which all good men could rally This they
failed to do; and in our humble Judgment
that failure has materially weakened the
party.
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25
ar. HasvrY. MarsbalI Of This D;str;e

informs US that OUT of over 100 persons
who signed the Topeka Memorial which he
carried, there we're bat TWO who could not
sign their own names. This fact speaks
well for Kanzas and shows The class OF
persons who are filing up our beautiful prai-
RES
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25

Ex-secressy ". L Marcy died at Balls
ton, Saratoga county. n. T., on Saturday
the 4ih ingt-, IN the 7IsE year of his age.
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25

A letter from Hong Kong states that Lord
Elgin and Baron Gros will have interviews
with Sir John Bowring at Singapore, and
that no important operations would be I'M
dertaken until after the meeting.
The French journals doubt the statement
that England had asked Frauce to send
troops to China.
The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25

The latest news from Europe came by the
Arabia. which brought dates to the 14th
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-07-23
Dated April Sd, 1857
AMENDMENT NO &

Rcsoluod By the General assembly ofhe State OF
Ohio three-fifihs of the members elected TO each
House coHcurring therein, that il be- and hereby
is proposed TO the electors of this State to vote
on the second Tuesday of October nexf, upon
the approval or rejection of the following amend
ment as an additional section to article eleven of
the Constitution. Every county which now is,
or may hereafter be entitled to more than one
Senator, or Representative for the residue Of the
present decennial period, or for all, or any Dor
tion OF any subsequent decennial period shall
be divided into as many Senatorial and Repre-
sentative districts as there may be Senators or
Representatives elective in any year of the pres
ent, or any subsequent decennial period, which
districts shall be of contiguous territory, and
each district shall contain as nearly n ratio for
Senator or Representative rs is attainable. with
out violating the rule herein given as to conti-
guilty OF territory. and without dividing any
township, election precinct, or ward. If any
Representative or Senatorial district, composed
of two or more counties shall by reason of any
excess ofpopulaiiOn over ratio be entitled TO
additional Representatives or Senators for any
portion of the present or any subsequent decen-
NAL period, the district shall be divided into
two districts, for each portion of such decennial
period, which shall be contiguous territory, and
each shall contain rs near ratio as is attaina-
Bile without dividing counties.
If by reason of the annexation of one Senate
rial district to another there shall be any excess
OF population over Senatorial ratio. which
shall be entitled to additional Senatorial repre-
sentailon Tor any portion of any decennial peri
3D. each district as now conitituted, shall elect
one Senator.
Counties shall be divided into districts by the
county commissioners or such other board of
ofhcers elective and resident in the proper coun-
ty as may be provided by law At least four
monts prior to the general election in 1858, the
counties entitled to more than one member of
either house shall be divided into districts for
the residue of the present decennial period, and
at least four months prior to the general cleo
tion In tfe hrst year OF each subsequent decen-
NAL period, the counties entitled to more than
one member for all, or any portion of such de-
cennial period, in either or both houses, shall be
divided into districts for the whole of the de-
cennial period. A description Of the district of
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-07-23

Resolved 6yt the Genera assembly of The State o,
Ohio, three-fifths of the members elected TO each
house concurring therein, That it be and here
by is proposed TO the electors of the State, on
the second Tuesday of October next to approve
or reject the following amendment as substi-
tute for the first and second sections of the thir-
teenth article of the Constitution. Viz: Corpo-
rations of every description shall be created,
and corporate powers granted only by general
laws which shall define the powers, privileges
and immunitics and prescribe the duties and
liabilities of each class or descriptions of corpo-
rations. but the General Assembly may enact
special laws for the relief of corporations in Pc
culiar cases. and may make special provisions in
regard TO corporations in cases wherefrom. their
pecaliar location of interests such special provi-
sions are required, and may from time to time
alter or repeal all such laws, as are authorized
by this section.
n. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate.
Dated April Sd, 1857.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-07-23
AMENDMENT NO. 3,

Rosolucd By hc General assembly Of the State Of
Ohio. three-fifths of the members elected to each
branch, concurring therein, that it be and here
by, is proposed TO the electors of the State, to
vote on the second Tuesday of October next, to
approve or reject the following amendment rs
substitute for the second and third sections of
the twelfth article of the Constitution.
All property, personal and real, shall be sub
iect 10 taxation by uniform rule, at the true
value thereof in money, but such deductions
from credits may be allowed as the General As
sembly may deem expcdient; Provided, that
burying grounds. public school houses; and all
other public property, and all institutions of
purely public charity, and all houses used ex-
elusively for public worship shall be exempt
from taxation; and if the total value of the per-
sonal property of any person shall not exceed
fifty dollars, the same may be exempt from
taxation. All property employed in bank
ing shall always bear burden of taxatiun equal
to THAT imposed on the property of individuals.
n. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
THOMAS II. FORD,
President of the Senate.
Dated April 3d. 1857.
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