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A. J. CONRAD,
III OIL q W l n U IL q ]

WIN G r u N.
ND ESPECTFuIIY informs the public that
H6, he has replenished his Store with an ex,
celent assortment Of New Goods just received
from phiiadelpaa, which he will sell on terms
AS reasansl,e as any other establishment. His
assortment consists in part of
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES & SATTlNETT,
Winter Wears for men and boys, als'yles and
prices
Ladies Dress Goods.
Consisting of Black Silks, Mernos, Aipscas,
De LANES, Calicoss, Ginghsms, Muslins, Trim
'Ac Also fresh supply of GROCERIES of all
kinds.
HARDWARE and QUEENSWARE,
Cedarware, Brooms. &c. Also large assort
ment of Boots and Shoes. suitable for Men Wo
men and Children. Hats and Caps. SILK Hats
and all goods usually kept in Country store
All the above named stock Of goods VIII b'
sold positively at low prices for cash, or IN OK
change for country produce, at the hishes
market price.
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sUNBUAX, Pa.
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,,smh.rl.ni. Union, Lycomins Monio1t ans
Columbia.
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Ladies Dress Goods,
HARDWARE and aUEENswARE,
PaTExT WHEEL GREASE.

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Freeman's champion., 1857-06-25
Death of Senator Butler.

ANDREW P. BUTLER, United States
Senator from South Carolina, died.
on Monday evening. This event had T,
been for some time expected--his
disease being an incursble dropsy.-
MIR. Butler was appointed TO the SEN
ate in lS47, by Gov. johnson, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death Of
the Hon. George McDufie, and has
remained thercever since--having Mr..
Calhoun for his colleague until 1851.
For several years past Mr.. B. has
been prominent as oneof the extreme
Southern party, and was looked up to
as a model of the boasted Chivalry
of the Palmetto State. During the
last session of Congress, his name
was brought prominently before the
people in the assault upon Senator
Sumner-that assault having been
committed by Preston S. Brooks, a
nephew Of Mr.. Butler, and excused
solely on the ground of the language
used by Mr.. Sumner in reply to a Pro-
Slavery speech made by the South
Carolina Senator. But time has
made impressive changes. Mr.. Sum-
ner, after a protracted confinement at
the very gates Of the grave, is once
more restored to health, while the
rash and impulSive nephew and the
venerable uncle sleep peacefully be-
meath the soil of the State whose
wounded honor demanded such
bloody atonement.
Freeman's champion., 1857-06-25
Aurora, Illinois.

In the May number of the Chicago
Magazine, is short sketch of the his
tory and progress of Aurora, illustra-
ted by nine beautiful engravings,
which are so accurate and life like
that, while looking at them, we al
most imagine we are there. The fol-
lowing extract, from the article we
heartily concur in:
Beautifully situated on both sides
Of the Fox River, in Kane County,
Illinois, where the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy Railroad crosses that
River, forty-three miles by the road,
west of Chicago, stands AURORA, a
city recently incorporated, and con-
tanning about seven thousand inhab-
itants. The ground rises gradually
from the river, on each side, for abouS
eighty rods to an elevation of some
seventy feet from the water, and then
back from the summit of the bluff it
extends some distance in beautiful
and almost level plateau. On that
slope and plateau the city is built.
Justilying the application of its
classic name, it is a brilliant and de-
lightful situatioE-fair as the morn
ing. Having travelled over some
twelve different States of this Union,
including most Of New England, the
writer Of this article can safely, and
conscientiously affirm, that he has
never yet seen city, whose location,
in every respect, pleased him SO well,
or which was more desirable, as re-
CARDS society, and all the elements
and advantages which make society
so pleasant. Does any one, who reads
this notice, desire to enjoy, in quiet
ness, the pleasures and comforts of
elevated social life, we can particu-
larly commend Aurora to his atten-
ton.
During q migratory life of several
years, working in the capacity of a
"jour printer" it has been our for
tune to live in nearly all the princi-
pal cities in the Northwestern States,
and also in many villages; but to no
place in which we have ever lived
not even excepting that Of our ma
tivity--are we more strongly attached
than Aurora. Our stay there was
short, but pleasant. We feel proud
of the Aurora representation in our
beautiful city. They are true type
Of the Aurora people. With such
people to aid us in building up our
city, we shall soon rank among the
first interior cities Of Kanzas.
Freeman's champion., 1857-06-25
What do you think Of this, Ladies

The better sex are scarce commod-
ity in this community! We have a
few as handsomc, intelligent and
highly-acconp young ladies as
any city can boast Of, but declara-
tions of Intentions have been "fled"
on the most of thom, with fair pros
poets Of being "pro.cmpted," and no
hopes Of Jumping" Considering
this state of.tbipgs, the proprictors Of
Prairie City, with the view Of supply
ing the wants Of our young men, offer
as an inducement for young ladies in
the States to emigrate and settle
among us, a city lot to each and every
one. so soon as they consent to be-
como Regulators claim" What
moro inducements can you desire,
ladies h Let us know, and you shall
be satisfied i,ao
Freeman's champion., 1857-06-25
RN- Our Did Aurorn frienl. HrNn:

RT- Ourold Aurora friend, Henry
II. EVANS, is erecting building near
-thepoSt ofiicc, which is designed for
~ eating saloon. He intends to
keep everything in the line of ediblcs,
ice creams, lemonades, DC. HAWK is
used to this kind Of business, and he
undoubtedly will have a tip-top sa-
loon. We bcspeak for him liberal
patronage.
Freeman's champion., 1857-06-25
G.g-T -The prospect for cheap sugar is

AhSR @AS HaN'fNN'N NNN ~ANN"f 'NC w. ."
very unpromiSing. A letter from
Havana to the New York Times, da-
ted April 9th says'
cit is now pretty well acknowl-
edged that the sugar crop in this is
land will be shorter at least by one
fifth than last years. Interested par
ties are doing their best to conceal
the truth, but the time is fast APP
preaching when the official statements
must bo published. A large number
Of estates have already finished grind
ing, particularly in the vicinity Of
Mantanzas. Through the whole is
land the cane has been more or less
injured by the strong winds and ex-
cessive hard rains. In addition to
those calamities, the frosts bit tho
young growth, / have heard also,
that The yield has been quite small,
compared with that Of previous years,
to such an cxtcnt that many Of tho
estates have made at lcast thirty per
cent, less than last year. This has
had the effect Of raising prices to tho
present exhorbitant standard, from.
which they will not abntc.
Freeman's champion., 1857-06-25
Prairie City, Kanzas, June rs, 1867
After such vexations and disap.

.
After such vexations and disap-
pointments as none but Kanzas pub
fishers have ever experienced, the
CHAMPION now appears before the pub
lic---an humble an nunpreten( gsheet.
At the dawning of now + YER, it
is generally the custom for its litor
to define his position and arran. his
programme accordingly. In this
particular we shall deviate from the
usual course. What we intend to do
or will do, we don't know. On one
point only can we speak with o firm
reliance: we shall be uncompro-
missing, unainching, bold and fearless
in aiding to secure the triumph OF
Freedom over tyranny in our Terri
tory, and shall labor assiduousiy for
the Free State party, Towork in the
best manner to promote the interest OF
our sacred cause will be the point the
CHAMPION will aim at. If in our
opinion the admission of hanzas into
the Union as Free State will be the
more speedily attained by co-ope-
rating, with the Democratic party,
then are we with them; if we think
the same in regard to the Republican
party, then are with Mem; or if we
deem it best to stand aloof from all
parties and go it independently on our
our own hook, then we shall pursue
that course. In the strict sense Of
the word the CHAMPION will be iade-
pendent-holding onto one position,
or changing and re-changing il just
so long or so often as it is deemed
cxpedient. For the present we see
tit to be guided by the dictations OF
the Topeka conventions. We con-
slider their position the true one--a
swise and hpdable one. That the
salvation Of our cause depends upon
its friends uniting heart and hand in
carrying out their policy, we firmly
Abelieve. These are our convictions
'Tnow--they have been for the last
three mouths. Until some modaS
opcraadi can be hit upon which will
the more speedily effect the accom-
N plishment Of our purpose, we shall
lNnse our efforts to unite the Free State
people on the Topeka platform.
Justifying our name-FREEMEN's s
CHAMrroN--7we design to be warrior
in vindicatihg the rights OF freemen,
We hope to be always found on the
I side Of freedom and an ardent friend
( OF Ctheoppresscd and the down -trodden
IA relentless foe Of the tyront, the
\ pd,msgogue and the doagktace traitor,
N with these few remarks for our
Al N&eface," we launch our little sheet
out into the world, to meet with the
successes or reverses of fortune.
Freeman's champion., 1857-06-25
Acknowledgment.

y We are under obligations to the
ladies of Prairie City for erecting our
Office building On our return from
the States with the printing materi-
ais, it was found that the building
we had purchased for our office could
not be vacated by its present occu-
pants for several weeks so the ladies,
@er ready to render assistance in a
good cause, assembled together and
constructed for us 4 large and COM
modious tent, which we now occupy,
and which we find to serve every pur-
pose. During the war times, the SER
vices Of the ladies were Invaluable
in running bullets, making cartridges,
nursing the manned and sick, giving
words Of cheer &c; and now that they
arc unable to exhibit the characteris-
tics Of their nature in that line, they
are still disposed to make the rougheI
sex indebted to thcm, by their favor'
and courtesies. Ladies', we thank
YOU.
Freeman's champion., 1857-06-25

over the hills and dales, it forci-
bly, impressed upon its listeners Of
tho happy contrast between the
present time and one year ago.
The I'd Of June will always be OBJ
served as holiday by the citizens Of
Prairie City.
Freeman's champion., 1857-06-25

It and adaqtabilay of the Constitu-
ton, the writer himself comedies
withsits friends.
AAfter renting the Topeka Constitu-
,tion in shreds and demonstrating as
as mud that the majority of
the people ofthe Territory y are oppos-
ed to it, the writer winds up his arti-
Gle by advising the Free State men to
to rally to the polls when tie bogus
Constitution is submitted TO the people,
and then dash its brains out and kick
it into oblivion. Precisely our
views when it can be submitted to the
people - the whole people - of the
Territory. But is not that shallow
hope ? Did not Governor Geary We
to the act of the bogus Legislature au-
thorizing the election for delegates to
frame a State Constitution, because it
contained no clause requiring it to be
submitted to the people, and was not
that bill passed over the Governors
head? Is not nearly every delegate
elected to the Convention, opposed
and pledged to use his influence
against the submission of the Con
stitution to the people? Governor
Walker may promise and bid us hope
of fair things as much as he chooses;
but we believe it 10 be utterly out of
his power, even if he had the dispo-
sition, to effect the submission Of the
bogus Constitution to the people.
In the shallow hope Of being per-
mitted to vote on the bogus Consti-
tuition, had we better put our hands
in our pockets, quietly look on, and
trust to fate ? No, No. Let us
unite heartily, cheerfully, unanimous
ly on the Topeka platform, carry out
its policy, and we are safe. We can
vote on the Topeka Constitution once
more, swell the vote on its rati6ca-
tion to tens Of thousands, and then
if we have the privilege and choose
do so, we can vote on the bogus Con
stitution, kill it, and have the entire
field to ourselves. This hypocritical
croaking about war when people
choose to stand up for their rights
and act like men is notgoingto affect
the views or intentions of the Free
State men. Take any course we
please, be it as honorable as that we
have seen proper to pursue, there will
be no more bloodshed--and these
croakers know it.
If Kanzas is admitted into the
Union as Slave State, it will bC
done through the agency of such mer
as wrote tie articles in the Herald O
Freedom we have been quoting from
There is class of selfish, jealous
men, who, because the honors of lea
dership have not been bestowed upor
them are laboring with all their Nigh
to distract the Free State party, ant
resort to every expedient, no matter
how mendacious and unfair, to sully
the characters of our leaders, for thu
purpose Of accomplishing their OBJ
ject. They evidently desire to buil(
up party of their own, of which
they can be Dictators. Friends o
freedom let us beware Of being
entrapped in a snare by willy demi
gogues. The Free State organization
is the work of yours, and its Leaders
are the unanimous choice of you
will. Beware how you forsake it TO
, the Vaccinations of men who have ne
more at heart the freedom Of Kanza
than the Ruffians Of Missouri. W.
have that confidence in your discrimi
mating sense ofpropricty and unShakei
devotion to liberty, to believe that yol
will do right. Nmao
Acknowledgment.
Freeman's champion., 1857-06-25
Ev- Tho Kansas Leodsr, is tho It'll,

ED- Tho Ransds Leddsy, is tho title
ofsnow published by AUSTIN &
BsARpsLY, hAilinssfrom Centropolis,
1.-THE second number ofwhich is before
,Iis. The Leader is . handsome sheet
ppd edited with considerable abili-
Tho cpeople Of Ccntropolis should
seethat this paperis we'll sustained,
Nor 81 reflects great crcdit upon thoir
skwp, Success And longlise tothc
" ',s Nv "A. N Ia NJ N
Freeman's champion., 1857-06-25

ED- The Missouri River has been
made mail route; and Che United
Slatcs mail 10 now carried in the
steamervu up and down the river.
Freeman's champion., 1857-06-25

Esr kse kIr, WLMARrn's card, in
Anothur coluina lIs has recently TO-.
Freeman's champion., 1857-06-25

NJ PnGNrx, N. Y--Gronon MERRY,
Esq, will plcascac, as agentfor the
CnAuplox Cor this place. Al good
many subscribers might raised in
ph4nix hva little cxcrtion,
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H!igrrllnuruus Rranina.
OUR OLD GRANDMOTHER.

Blessed he the children who have an old.
fashioned grandmother. AS they hope for
length Of days, let them love and honor her.
for we can tell them they will never find an
other.
There is large old kitchen somewhere in
the past, and an old fashioned fire place
therein. with its smooth old jambs of stone
smooth with many knives that had been
>harpened there-smooth with many little
fingers that have clung there. There are
andirons. too--the old andirons, with rings
in the top, wherein many temples of flame
have been hailded, with spires and turrets
Of crimson. Th. re is broad, worn hearth.
by feet that have been torn and bleeding bv
the way, or been made beautiful" and
walked upon floors of tesselated gold
There are tongs in the corner, wherewith we
grasped coal, and blowing for a little
life" lighted our first candle; there is a
shovel. wherewith were drawn forth the
glowing embers IN which we saw our first
fancies and dreamed our first dreams-the
| shovel with which we stirred the sleepy logs
till the sparks rushed up the chimney as If
forge were in blast below, and wished we
had so many lambs, so many marbles or
50 many something's that we coveted and
so it was we wished our first wishes.
There is a chair-a low, rush bottom
CHAIR there is ii;;!e .:hee! in the corner. a
Zig wheel in the garret, loom in the cham.
Der. There are chests full Of linen aud yarn,
and quilts of rare patterns, and samplers in
frames.
And everywhere and always the dear old
wrinkled face Of her whose firm elastic step
mocks the feeble saunter of her children's
chldren-the old fashioned grandmother of
twenty years ago. She the very providence
of the old homestead who loved us all
and said she wished there was more Of us TO
love, and took all the school in the Hollow
for grandchildren beside. A great, expan-
sive heart was hers beneath that wo0len
gown. or that more stately bombazine, or
that sole heir. r.l,om Of sillen texture.
We can see her to day-tho,e mild blue
eyes, with more of beauty in them than
Time could touch, or death do more than
hide-those eyes that held both smiles and
tears within the fain,est call of every one of
sion hut regret. A white tress has escaped
from beneath her snowy cap; she has Just
restored u wandering lamb to its mother
she heightened the le;her Of vine that WAS
>,raying over n window. RI she came in, and
plucked n four-eafeG clover for Ellen. She
sits down by the little wheel-a tress in
running through her fingers from the dis.
lati's dislleveled head, when small voice
cries, "Grandna from the old red cradle,
and Grandma !" Tommy shouts from the
top Of the stairs. Gently she lets 60 the
thread, for her patience is almost as heauti.
ful a. her charity. and she touches that lii.
tie red bark in moment, till the young
voyager is in dream again, and then di.
rects Tommy's nnavailing attempts to har.
ness the cat. The tick Of the clock runs
faint and low, and she opens the mysterious
door, and proceeds to wind it up. We are
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when 1t shall submitted TO them, for their
appreciation or rejection. ,.
have entire confidence in Gov. Walker,
that the troops will not be employed except
70 resist actual aggression, or in the execu
lion OF the laws and this not until the pow.
er OF the civil magistrate shall prove una.
vail'ng. Following the wise example of
MIR. Madison towards the Hartford Conven.
tion. illegal and dangerous. such as that of
the Topeka convention. will rot lie disturb
ed unless they shall attempt 10 perform
some act which will bring them into actual
collision with the constitution and the laws
In that event. they shall be resisted. and pu,
down by the whole power of the govern.
ment. In performing this duty, I shall
nave The appreciation Of my own conscience,
and. as humhly trust, of my God.
thank you for the assurance that YOU will
mot refrain from the PRAYER that Almighty
God will make my administration an exam.
pie OF justice and benefcence" You can
greatly assist Inc in arriving at this blessed
consnmmalion by exerting your influence in
allaying the existing sectional excitement on
The subject of slavery, which has been pro-
ductive "f much evil and no good, and
which. if it could succeed in attaining its
object, would ruin the slave rs well as his
master. This would be work of genuine
philanthropy. Every day of my life | feel
how inadequate I am to perform the duties
of my high station without the continued
support of Divine Providence vet placing
my trust in Him. and in Him alone, | en-.
ter,ain good hope that He will enable me
to do equal justice to all portions Of tn. Un.
ion, and thus render me AN humble ins,ru.
ment in restoring peace and harmony among
the people Of the several States.
Yours, very respectfully, 90
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Rev. Nathaniel Taylor, D. d.. Rev. Theodore
d. Woolsey, ID. d.. L. L. D.. Hon. Henry
Dutton. Rev. David Smith, ID. D., Rev. j.
lIawes, ID. d., and others.
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English Manners

hnd an Englishman 10 he him of nj,
men Who stands firmest in his shoes. They
have, in themselves, what they value in their
horses, mettle and bottom. On the dav of
my arrival at Liverpool, gentleman. in
describing to me the Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, happened to say, Lord Clarendon
has pluck like cock, and will fight till he
dies; and what heard first heard last
anc the one thing the English value Is
pluck. The cabmen have it The merchants
have 1t; the bishops have it; the journals
have il; the Times newspaper, thew say ia
the pluckiest thing in England; and sydney
Smith bad made it proverb. that littje
Lord John RUSSELL the minister. would take
command Of the channel feet to morrow,
II requires, men say, a good cons,it,,;o,,
to travel in Spain. say as much of En-.
land, for other causes, simply on account of
!he v'gor and Drawn of the people. Moth
ing bu: the most serious business could o;va
any one counterweight to these Bare.
sharks. though they we've only 10 order eggs
and muffin for their breakfast The En-.
gilshman speaks with all his body. His
elocution Is stomachic, as the Americans ia
labial. "
The EngllShman is very petulant and nre.
else about his accommodation at inns and
on the roads qubbler about his toast and
his chop, and every species of convenience
and loud and pugnant in his expressions Of
impatience at any neglect. His vivacity be.
trays itself, at all points, in his manners. in
his respiration and the aiticulate noises he
makes IN clearing his throat; all significant
of burly strength.
The v'gor appears in the incuriosity and
stony neglect, each Of the other. Each man
walks, eats, drinks, shaves, dresses, ges,icu-
lates, and in every manner acts and sptfa,s
without reference to the bystanders, in his
own fashion, only careful not interfere with
'them or annoy them; not that he is trained
to neglect the eyes of his neighbors: he il
really occupied with his own affairs and
does not think of them Tn short. every
one OF these islanders is an island himself
SAFE, tranquil, incommuncable. In a com.
pany OF strangers you would think him deaf.
his eyes never wander from his table and
newspaper. lntroductions are sacraments
de "ithholds his name. At the hotel be
Is hardly willing to whisper it to the clerk
at the book office. If he gives YOU his pri.
vate address on card, it is like an avowal
OF friendship; and on bearing on being in.
troduced to you is cold, even though he is
seeking your acquaintance. and is studying
how he shall serve you.
E'nersom'S English Traits.
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Bulhnal.
IFiom the Washington Union.l
Important Correspondence.

TO HIS Exeeiiesiey, James Buchdnan,
President Of the United States ::
The undersigned. citizens of the Untted
- States, and electors of the State Of Connee-
t,eut. respectfully offer TO your Ereeliency
this their memorial:
The Fundamental principle of the Copsti-
tuition of the United States and Of our polit
sieat institutions. il, ihatthe people shall make
- their opn la,os and elect their o,on rulers.
We see, with grief. If not with astonish-
\ ment, that Gov. Walker, Of Kansas. openly
S'repre<ents and proclaitns that the President
.ssof' the United States is employing through
him. an army. one purpose of which il to
force he people Of Kansas to obey laos not
their oWn. nor Of the United States, bnt
flaws which il 10 notorious and established
s.pon evidence, they never made and rulers
they never elected.
We represent, therefore, that by the fore
going yonr Excelency is openly held up and
= proclaimed. 10 the greatest derogation Of ouI
national character, as violating, in its most
essential particular, the solemn oath which
the President has taken to support The Con
astitafion of th;s Union.
We call attention further TO the fact thai
syour Excellency ia, in like manner, held uT
to this nation, TO all mankind, and TO al
Sposserity, in the altitude Of = levying ,ca,
8 against, Ia portion Of The Uaited States
by emplcying arms in Kansas 10 uphold /,
body Of men, and q code Of enactments pur
po,iing 10 be Legislative, but which neye
arN"