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Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-12-11
THE FIRST SACK OF DELHI

In a wretched little tent, which was
pitched near the fortress of Kelat, the
Persian province of Khorassan, poor
woman gave birth to a son who was named
Nadir Kooli, or the slave Of the Almigh-
ty, in the year sixteen hundred and eigh-
ty-eight, The child's father earned his
livelihood by making sheep-skin coats for
the peasants, and Nadi was brought up
as a shepherd until the age of thirteen,
when his father died.
An ass and camel was his only pat
rimony, and he kept his mother by gath
ering sticks in the woods and carrying
them to market.
In seventeen numbered and four, ma
rauding band of Toorkmans carried
himself and his mother away into sla-
very. The latter died but young Ma
dir escaped after four years Of servhude
and having stolen flock Of sheep, fed
/ into the mountains of Khorassan, and
adopted the life of a robber. His repu-
tation for daring and bravery soon spread
abroad over the country. In seventeen
hundred and fourteen, he received th'
command of large force from the gov
ernor of his native province, with whiei
he repulsed an invasion Of the Toork
mans.
AT this time Persia was groaning un
der the yoke Of the eonqueriug AfFghan'
and the rightful Shah was fugitive i
the mountains which border on the south
ern coast Of the Caspian Sea
The intrepid robber-ehief, tbereioF'
offered his services to his uniortunat
: sovereign, and received the command G
bis armies. He now displayed most ez
j traordinary ability, and n two years ha
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-12-11
IRAsBURGH, VERMONT, FRIDAY. DECEMBER IL, 1857.

that could tend to its enjoyment, he pray
ed too for blessing on his coarse fare ;
and l know, too, that after each more
biting proof of scorn from those around
him, he asked, from the same Almighty
source, strength to endure to the end.
A very old man was Jacques Guyot
when bis end came, but he met it with
joy and hope, for he had lived long
enough to finish the self2imposed task.
Stretched upon his wretched pallet, he
smiled and talked of himself "Ah, JAG
ques," said he, " they will never more
call thee accursed. The last stone has
been cast at thy worthless carcass, for
worthless it may well be called, since even
the worms will scarcely be able to ban
quet on the scanty covering of thy old
bones. But, o, what joy to think that
the miser has not lived in vain And
thou too" said he, taking in his hand
Madeline's little pitcher, =" well hast thou
performed thy part. Though but s
thing of clay, the sight of you has remin
ded me each day and hour that, having
given up her to whom thou didst once be
long, no greater sacrifice could be deman
/ ded from me and more than that
ever brought before me the memory o
one pressing want which in the resolu
ton God has in his goodness given mi
strength to fulfill.
l will indulge just one weakness, ant
having taken my last drought from the
no other lip shall touch thee" SO saying
he drank the water it contained, AM
gathering all his remaining strength, h
shivered it to atoms. One hour after
and the miser lay dead. Only lifeles
clay. as senseIess as that shivered by hl
last act, now remained of Jacques Guyo
As soon as he was missed from hi
daily haunts the propriety of examinin
his dwelling suggested itselfto the town
people, for there are many who woul
not touch him while living who woul
gladly have acted as his executors
Fancy, then, the crowd around the doc
the forcible entrance, the curious rar
sacking each room till they at last stoo
beside all that remained of the object {
th,.ir bitter loathing. The authorities
: the town, who led the way, took posses
: ion ofa sealed paper, which Jacques el
he lay down to die, had placed in col
spicuous position. 1t was his will, duI
executed, and contained these words :
Having observed from my youth tn
D the poor of Marseilles are i'll supple
with water, which can be procured f
t them only al great cost, l have chez
}, fully labored all my life to gain them tn
: great blessing, and bequeath all po
:, sess to be spent in building an acquedu
: for their use"
:, Jacques had told the truth. The ours
+ turned into blessings, and his death ma
r city full of self-reproaching mourneI
,f Many a man has won the name of h
ro by one gallant deed but he who ma
e a conquest ofa city by the continued /
% roism of long life methinks deserv
: the name indeed. And thus / have tC
e you to whom the city of Marseille o.
= their acqueduct.
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03
Our Town.

Or anticipations as.tothe. Improvement
OF our town are being realized more rap,
idly than the most saneuine expected.
The stir and hustle in Tie strects-7teams
and vehicles Of every description G9ing to
and lro--silange. faces at every corner
and in every erowd- new buildings spring-
ing up as if by magic--the bright counte-
nancrs and smiling faces Of our merchants,
all petosen the march Of i.np-oyenfat,
and the lueratiFeness Of business. There
is a good time now, and a better coming.
Next Spring the people Of Aiclli7on val
witness the happy effects Of an energy and
enterprise that will be perfectly aftoaiil,-, sii4,,
ing. 49,. - $500
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03
AFTERNOON SESSION.

House met pursuant to adjournment.
The special order Of the day was sus-
pended and the regular business was pro-
ceeded with.
Mr.. Johnson, as chairman of comm ttee
on Judiciary, by suspension of rules, made
the following report:
Mn. SPEAKER
The committee on Judicia-
ry and Criminal Jurisprudence. to whom
was referred House bill No Il, entitled,
an 8 act to declare valid the official cts OF
WIN. 7. Sierrard. and make valid lis APP
pointment to the eflice of Sheriff of Doug
las county, having had the same under
careful consideration beg leave to make
the following report:
= Your committee deem it proper tllat they
should briefly refer TO the reasons which
prompted tue introduction Of the bill or
which we are called upon to report.
Bya certified transcript from the Office
of the clerk of the county Court. which
has been inspected By us. we find that on
the 16tll day of December. 1856, Samuel
j. Jones resigned the Office Of Sheriff of
Douglas county. Karsas Territory. and
that VIM. T. SheIrard was duly appointed
in his place, and it also appears, by
other evidence. that he. some. days there
after, applied to the Governor for his COM
mission and was refused. s
In the deliberate-opinion of your COM
tnittee, j. vas tie duty Of the Governor 10
Eave issued the commission when evidence
of the appointment was pFesentedto him.
and that his refusal so TO do was gross
violation OF law, Aad unwarranied assunlp-
ton of power. ~
Your committee would be slow 10 make
such charge against the Chief Exeeu-
tive officer Of the Territory, were they not
fully satisfied of It's truth, and if the as
sumption of power on his part was not al
war witt, not onlytlie Organic Act and the
laws Of the Territory, hut in fact with the
fundamenla! principles OF our government,
and might prove subsersiye OF the liber-
ties Of the people.
We hold that the duty OF the Governor
was purely ministerial in lis eharauses.
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

The following is statement in the
papars of the exploits ola SPORT 8 man
when GU, gunning in New Hampshire one
day last spring
.He saw flock of pigeons sitting on
a limb fan old pine. 50 he dropped ball
into gun and fired The bali split
the limb. which closed up aud caught the
toes of all the birds in it. He saw that
he had them ALL So he fastened two balls
together and fred cut the lind off which
fell into lhe river he then waded in and
brought il ashore. On reeountiag them
there we're three hundred pigeons. and n
l.is boots were found two barrels of shad'
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

bToRE 1SDIAN ArrRocIrIEs IN FLA
We are panied to learn from our Flori-
da exchagps that the Seminole Indians are
again perpetrating their cruel outrages
upon those who are, or were, settled in
their vicinity They lave recently lnur-
dcred a Mr.. Shi e. his wife and two chill
dren. Mr.. Shivs had moved to the country
to cultivate an orange grove. We think
it is full time that our government had ta-
ken propar steps to remove these trouble-
some out avs from Florida. '514.tA :
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03
Our Pasty-The National Democracy.

Our Patty-The National Democracy.
Ollc6snore time. that great progressive,
has lroagl.t Us the necessity for shedding
our chs Ills; ;sti.lI and emerging into the
great wosII of politics under ne y name
for ,K ansas. but 70 Is endeared BY old as
socisuons once more we can put on nthata1
long worn but SUI eser respectable coat,
democracy. and feel as proud to wear ii
as when donned it to give our first
vote.
Indeed we feel much more pleasure In
dohfHne X again than at lrsl, for tienAt&e
fought against pure and grea: man (Mr.
Clay but now. Tor ihe p@rPose or war-
ring against set of Fanatics ana. Black
Republicans. Then, if we had been de-
feated, still our country was safe in the
hands Of the wings with Mr. Clay at their
head, but now if we meet defeat every
thing is is lost. For with the success OF
the Black Republicans and their principles
dies the last hope of Republican, liberty.
We publish iaanpther place, the names
of, cur Democratic .founty COMMITTEES, .ap-
pointed by the central Commisee. and We
would here urge upon them to call as soon
as possible mass meeting Of all the law
and order party in the county, 10 raliiy the
Convention at Lecom7lon, in which the
Democratic party was organized. s 20
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

LAwsANp yORpER,-The Committee
appointed for ,Atchison county, blythe
National DenocraticParty of Kansas,
haze made a call upon all Law and Order
citizens to assemble at this place on Sat
urday tns l3t1 ias:. Tlis call should
be generally responded to. All persons
who feel an interest in the peace and tran.
guilty of Tie Territory, should meet tleil
friends; on that day and take counsel for
the future. =.
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

Gov. GEAKx-We learn from gen.
tleanan ,owho has just arrived from Le-
compton, that the Council and House had
passed the bill in relerenceto giving discre-
tionary power to the Judges, to grant bail.
The Governor vetoed it on its first passage
but ii is now ailaw in spite of his arbitra-
nv conduct. We receive it from good au-
thori,y that Geary is at as low an ebb with
the present Legislature as Reeder was
with the first. Our early predictions are
being verified s s
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03
e@ We publish to-day the very abb

E@ We publish to-day the very able
speech of MIR. Carr. The occasion we
will explain: On the Cover nor's Message
being read to the House, il was referred
TO the various COMMITTEES, portion to the.
Committee on Federal Relations. The
Chairman OF that Committee made a report
which was general review of the mes
sage. The report not meeting the appro-.
baton of many OF the members was re-
ferred to the whole House in Committee
where the message was discussed very full
". Mr. Cars sPeech is on that portion of
The message which refers 10 the difficulties
which existed prior to and Immediately af-
ter the Governors advent, and will be
found an able defense of the Law and
Order party and a severe rebuke 10 the
Governor and those disposed to gloss over
his n,isfakes.s Read il one and all. and
you will find that in Mr.. Carr. you have
an honest. faithful aad able Represents
tive.
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03
bsg- a California paper says: "Neu

r A California paper says: "New
sources Of wealth are being developed
throughout the State. The farmers about
Sonolna, Sacramento, Marysville, Nara,
Grass Valley, San Jose, and other
places are cultvating the mulberry for
the purpose of. feeding the silkworm,
AMI thus prolu:ing silk. L. Provost, of
San. Jose. has already twenty-six thou
sand mulberry trees. The honey-bee is
likewise being carefully attended 10. and
numerous hives have been collected at San
Jose and other parts OF the country. Till
recently there was no honey-bes in Caliior-
MIA but some hivas were introduced from
the East. land gradually new swarms have
been thrown off.
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CoMmIT-
TEE APpoIN rzb ny THE CENTRAL Con-
MfrT.Ei BSoh ArcaisoS co usrY.-A..t T.
G. Wsstbrook, f. G. Mason, III. NJ.
Biahd,o Thos.9 Pateet,l Matthias Yokum,
Barry Oohoofll, ~ -Giteati,d p. r. King,
E.sC. Ghalis and Felix Brown. 915a
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03
RzesRses Eegisgasaare.

\ kasssGs Legislature
wEDNEsD Az, 5asUAns q, 1885,
The House nset pursuant 10 adjourn
meat.
The reading of the journa:: was dis
pensed with. ss5.s--s ss--
MI Branlly, from Special Committee
on Printing, asked for instructions.
Ar. Anderson mosed that House IN
'stfuef that committee TO discontinue The
printing Of the journal lif pot dene in time
for tiieInlogpspg session, and that il le doisel
correctly. Carried.
Message~fsesnothe~ Council. l.y-r--~'
II j "a am Instructed BY the :CeapeIlto ialerea,
the House that the Council have concurred
IN the House amendment TO Council bilfs,
entitled an act sblishingl the office Of:
Superintendent OF Public Printing and
That they had passed Council biiif amend
ian act entitled anlaet concerning forcible
entries and detainers.
Message from the Gpvernorf by his prir
yate secretary, transmitting reports OF Adj
jutant General, Inspector General, and
Master of Conviicts. .,ss -.
On motion, the communication was
read.
On motion OF Mr. Fox,
The Special Committee on Banks was
increased to five--Messrs. Fox and Ran
dali being added. -
EIr. Waterson gave notice of the intro
daction Of an act TO amend an act entitled
an. act to regulate executions. p
Mr.. Thompson made the following re-
port from conlniilce on engrosscd and en-
rolled Bills: -
They beg leave to report the following
bills as truly engrossyd: ,4..
| A bill TO incorporate the National Hotel
company. -. rs f
Also, .=..;-.azs
| a bill to establish ferry at the mouth
Of Big Sugar geek 6 on. Marie desi Cggnes,
in the Territory of Kansas. . ga ~.
The bill to cstatiish a ferry at mouth of
Big Sugar creek, Oh The Marie des Cygnes
in the TenritQrg, Of Kansas. was taken'up;
Oh motion, read a third time, and passed.
Mr.. Kirk. in pursuance Of notice, intro
dueed a bill TO incorporate tie town compa-
ny Of Eureka. Read first time.
Mr.. Carr, in accordance with previous
notice, introduced SIS
A bill to establish ferry at the town of
Atchison. eM5 l..
Mr.. Fox, according to previous notice,
introduced zel sia Elolff
Bill to establish territorial road from
Lecompton to Barnesviile, in Bourbon
county, Kansas Territory. Read first
tine. ase
Engrosscd bills on their third, re aiding.
A bill TO incorporate the National Hotel
company was read third time, and pass.
ed, ty- a& to
ArEs- Mcssrs. Speaker, Anderson,
ButcEer, Bernard, Brantly, Carr, Dtvis,
Dolman, Fox, Fain, Keykendall, Kirk,
Laws, Mckinney, 0 Driscol, Reese, Ran
dali, Stou', Spralt, Vaughan, Waterson,
and Walser-22. ~
NoEs-EIessrs. johnson, Jenkins, Mar
tin, Simmons and Trbbs-5. e @
ABsENr-Messrs.O o. II. Browne. S. c..
Brown, Garvin, Garrett. Thompson.
Senate bills on the table. s
a bill to incorporate the Leavenworth
City Lyceum, and read FIRST time. az
A bill concerning marriage licenses.
Objections being made to the bill, and
the question being onits rejeetien, o g
TIE House adjourned TO three o'clock,
p. d. lE E Af=z9
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

sG, AZ AS gCincipnlali, on the 2ist uiirpo'
flour was active, and had advanced to S.
GO. Whisky was dull, and declined 4 to to
23e, ,lclosing dqliand nominal, Mess pfrs
actiyeI and advanced; sales 5000 bbIs., at
SlS. Bulk meats moderate aud firm.
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03
Agreed to.

Agreed to.
mir. johnson made. the (e.lowiag reporti
from The Commilteeoa ] udieiarg on "A ci
18th section ofsan act to, punish
offences against slave property:
- Your Committee are Of theSopinipn
thai il was not the intention of the last
Legislature 10 violate any provisions of
the constitution of the United States, nor
tiitiiF 10 deny any cifizen of TIE
Iu.on. just pnd full expression of their
sentinknls oneahstrhcsqieAipbs.I Buttbis
being statute in derogation of human lib
es,y, according to a!i~tiae- sules of law,
slust be construed s3rlcaly eyitb such cons
siruclion, your committee are forced to re-
port the bill back and recommend IT'S T as
sage Z pX ~ TA2TE,1fIs
Message from the Council by Mr..
Hughes, chief clerk, that the Council had
passed the following join,5 resolutions;
Be it resolved by the Council, the House
lconeprring therein, that a joint committee
Of the twos Houses consisting oef5two
FROM the Council and three from the House.
be appointed with instfuetions.oo open and
carry en7 a correspondence with the Legs
atures of Nebraska and Texas. upon the
subject Of the greatc central railroad through
Nebraska, Kansas and Texas &c. Calves
ton bay. IS saals5
Committee Ion Corporations reported
back House Lii No. Al. TO incorporate
the city of Iowa Points. andreeonunend-
ed its passage without amendment. 4
Agreed to. 8s44 ssfe s1aa a. sao
Mr.Kirk from committee on bounds OF
counties and districts. to whom was refer
red House bill, No. 32,'st locate the
county seat Of Johnson county perananent-
ly,'' have had the same under considera-
ton. and beg leaye TO repo1; he saule; bach
TO lhe House and recommend lis rejection.
Agreed .to.iaot bae51d ga ass3 tea ,yift
| Coumiltee, on Corporations. By Gir
Siinmons, is chairman, re ported en- House
bill, No. IS, = TO incorporate lie city Of
Roekpori,'' recommend It's rejection. and
offered a substitute therefor. Agreed tc.
The rules were suspended, on mot:on
and tho substitute read ii. second time by
lis title. f.. lae ess15
Rules were again suspended. and bill
considered as engrossed-read third time
by lis title and passed. s5l5 auoa}
On motion the rules were suspended
and the concurrent resolution Of Council
in regard to central railroad was taken up
and concurred in. aea as .az. 7as
Mr. Carr, chairman of committee on
Educa lion. toswhoin was referred Council
bill, No. II, an act to incorporate the
LnavenwortL Lyeenm, reported same back
to the House as amended by the Council,
and recommended its passage Agreed
10. a.s .7a
The Speaker announced the committee
on part of House supder JOINT resolution for
re-organiz;ng judicial districts. AIessrs.
Thompson, lYaterson. Johnson, Brandy,
and .. II. Brown. .aat
AIR. Brown asked to be excused. and
Mr. Carr was substituted. Dir. Tho:np
son asked to be excused, and Afr. Ander-
son was appointed as chairman.
On correspondence between Nebraslsa
and Texas Legislatures in regard to CEN
tral railroad-Messrs. Jenkins. Anderson
and Spratt.
On motion, the House adjourned to kali
past two, p. NJ.
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

-fRsg-fEhe Kentucky State Council SIS
isfsdssson. at Louisville. Clay presiding
About one hundred and thirty delegates
are prtsepf.tii Comparatively few counties
refses. ntede Reporters IRE refused ad-C
rsas,anrei.sais!igf bag .YIlZsl413g fa9Tgeqi
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

.cEf4.-,Y ~, are under obligaiionfn to II.
j. Ssriekaer for The Minority Report Of the
Cq,pmittee on, Roads and Highwoys. ,eg9I
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

FRIDAY, JANUARY %, 1857. :
The House met pursuant to adjourn
ment. av a# a
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Tie proceedings of yesterday were read
and approved.
Mesrage from the Council, by Mr..
Hughes, the chief clerk, that bills had
been introduced into the Council of the
following titles:
/. An act to incorporate the Powhattan
town company
2. An act concerning Lender and con-
fession.
3. An act to Incorporate. the Buffalo
town association OF Kansas Territory.
d. An act concerning pounds, diatrain-
ing animals.
5. An act TO encourage the navigation
of Kaasas river.
6. An act supplemental to an ACT enti-
lied an act TO incorporate the city of Leav-
enwortF. - 80
:, Al act to organise 1i The county Of
cofey, . ga
0. An act to incorporate the iinhabi-
tan,s Of the town of Donipllan, in Doni-
plan county.
Reports of Standing committees:
The Committee on Corporations made
the following report on House bill . to in-
corporate the Manhattan institute" that
tie following sections bc added before the
commencing section: 91x 2
SEC. 8. Said corporation shall not hold
any real estate, exeep. such as may be me-
eessary for the use of tie Society. and il
may continue 50 long as il faithfully OBJ
serves the objects of its institution, butthe
Legislative Assembly, whenever satisfied
that it has failed 10 accomplish or pursue
lis objects; or has violated any of the pro-
visions Of this act. may alter or repeal the
same.
SEC. q. Nothing herein contained is to
conflict With The provisions Of The laws Of
corporations. as passed BY the las, Legis-
iature Of the Territo.y Of Kansas.
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03
WANTED.

siea~ We are under Obligations to r.
E!sKirk,, for public documents = 9.3 eil
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

A worshy old English farmer. vino most
thoroughly detested taxes and tax-gather-
ers, was once called on by collector a
second time for taxes he once paid, but for
which lie had misiaid the receipt; and as
he ;old the story to his friend, $ Would you
believe it. sir, the fellow began TO abuse
me-"
Well" said the friend, q What did you
DO s' So s
DO! Why demonstrated with him.
ss And to what effect %
g Well, doa't know to what effect, but
tle poker sras beaf.''
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

GOV GEARY's Ess-We invite
the attention of our readers To- The report
of the Committee on Judiciary &c.. and
the sworn statement of VIM. T. sShersard
following the same. from which the spirit
and intentions Of Gov. Geary, may be
seee. A more impudens assumption of
power ne have never witnessed in an ex-
ecn:ise officer of a free people.
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

NorIcE to the Law and Order citizens
of Atchison county.. .
There will be county ratification r,eet-
ing held at this place on Saturday,the 3.b
inst, TO take into consideration The pre-
ceeding Of the late convention at Lecomp-
ton. Let US have full attendance.
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

sS James Harlaa has been re-elcet-
ed Senator for Iowa, by thirty majority
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

fEy On Jan, he 2tjlll,s a private di
patch from New York toihs pplsce Of Lcn-7
isviIie. says that twenty or thirty .Centrsi
illinois BondsAcertlfied check for S. .4O0.
on Judd's Iin<eed and sperm oil iacteIy,
and $500 900, bills receivable belonging
tossthe same company we're 81 stoen " ma
.eily Yesterday. .sszss .<1os - > agssf :
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03
ATcHlsoN, KANSAS rEls.,

G. Mr.. JOHN RANDOLPH, nov travelling
ia tie snntbeni Statess is an ,asthorised agent
for the Squatter Sovereign.
Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

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