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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
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Letter From Big Blue.
MANHATTAN, x. TIL
March %. 1857.

March %. 1857.
FRIEND BRows ALLOW me to say
a few words for the benefit Of incoming
and inexperienced emigrants. Be.
cause yeu find the claims Immediately
around Lawrence and Topeka and
other prominent and favored spots.
generally taken, don't leave the Terri.
tory till you have looked farther.
Kansas is vast country, and should
You dislike one portion. you may b
we'll pleased with another. Take time
and see for yourselves. II you can.
not suit yourselves in the eastern por.
rion, on the Kansas river, or in the
more level portions OF the Territory
south of the river. then come farther
west. Almost the entire country
west cf the Pottawatomie Reserve is
yet to be settled. True. Manhattan
and few other points on the river
are beginning to have considerable
settlements around them, but It'll the
country generally is unclaimed and
unsettled. There is beautiful and
rich belt of country commencing with
the western line OF the Pottswstomie
Reserve on the north side OF the Kan
sas river. This strip extends from
little above the mouth of Red Vefmil-
lion creek to the mouth of Big Blue
and north to the Nebraska line. There
is vast region of country on the head
watrrS uf tled, BLACK, VSFmiIiisn and
Rock C. eeks, as well as on Big Blue.
Major Barre, who surveyed the Man
haitian and Nebraska City road this
fall, says that there are thousands of
excellent claims along this road.
Timber, water. stone and good prairie.
Some colonies might locate on this
road. Much of the Blue river country
remains untalan. whils the country
west of Fort Riley is hardly explored
yet. This post is one OF the best
markets in Kansas. and will finally
secure its supplies from the rich val.
leys which ara found on thA smoky
Hill. Republican. Solomon's Fork.
Saline, aud the hume. Gus creeks which
cut the country in almost every diIec-
tion. Almost this entire country Is
now open for emigration. General
Government has cut road up the
Republican and one up the Smoky
Hill. as ii 10 invite the reluctant emi.
grant to press OH to the west.
Emigrsnts should select high
grounds Tor their houses. Ii lumber
cannot be easily secured. they should
cut aad throw up suon rOsnd leg
houss. chink, daub aud cover it isaEss.
diateky, and then turn their hands to
making a garden. Each smigrant
would do well to select los, szie!loss
spot In or near the timber, Is the
tough prairie will not generally pro.
duce well the first year. Make good
garden, then press your ploughing
Tor corn and other spring crops.
Plant your potatoes early. and in the
soft land in your garden spot the first
year. Get your entire crop in g.
early as possible. April crop. in this
climate, is much surer than one
planted in May. and May crop is
worth generally three times Is much
as the June one. "Sow your field
and then build your house"
Most respectfully yours,
5. d. HOUSTON.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
Letter ffcm a Lady.

A lady. long reader Of the Herald
Of FTssdon. writes rs from New
Hampshire, under date of March eGth.
Is follows:-
81 would give great deaf to know
how Gov. Gsary's resignation Affects
yon. We have learned here. At the
East, to rely in 3 great measure on
your Hsrald Of Fresd0m for correct
news, as We always find you in the
same place. There ars great many
here who regard Geasy's resignation
as great calamity 20 Kansas; but I
do not see it so. Neither do ] regard
the recent decision OF the Supreme
Court calamity TO the country. ALI
these steps are necessary. and they
will ell work together for good II he
final struggle Letween Liberty and
Slavery, which is certain to come
There are thousands who despair, and
ray 10 us, don't go TO Kansas, it viii
esrtuinly be 8 Slave State" siy reply
invariably Is. '.If all men were such
white-isered concerns - you sre. Kan.
sas sgOElg be Slave State; but We are
going there to do what We can to pre-.
vent its becoming such. "But you,II :
b. killed. they urge ..WeiIn ] tsliEl
them. sit WON'T hurt us TO dia any
worse than it will any ons else, and
we'd rather Gis than be slayes!"
tsThers are too many who are vii.
ing to die for Kansas-too many for
ihe Slave Power to handle. Kansas
nall BE Ess! It is decfesd, snd elf
the gnashing Of teeth and tearing of
aair Of the Pierce aud Douelaa demos.
rary cannot alter it.
.'My husband has bsen sick, bat Il
gaining. He has gons out for waik:
hopes to le abls to start the iirst OF
Aag. ] am afraid al the good claims
aear Enporia will be taken up hefers
vs can get there. We want 10 60
hare rely much, a. We love the prin.
:ipiss on which your neE coIony &
ou1ted.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
REss SUGAR.

Can't something be done in the way
of raising sugar in Kansas b;s season?
Prices sre still going Up at last advi-
css from New Orleans. Tbs pro-
slavery party. who formerly opposed
high protective duties, Ike the prac-
tical workings Of ths protective poll.
ey right wsn
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25

Eras great tsds ef anierssl1s .
still directed tc - sssho; : nzsis'
ty of pioneers maks thsirsssy e ths
region of the Cottosvood.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25

1DeIa.ars Gily is several milss
nearer Lawrence thsn any othsr point
on the Missouri river.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25

r. Pnnsisas are sesfes and very
high IN the south pat q sAs Tssri-
ssry.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25

Lawrence, May 10, 1000.
His answer to this was. that he did
recognize the men at Leeompton a
his posse, but that he was not aware
they had committed any of the out
RACES mentioned, and if they had, he
was not responsible. This ends the
Diplomatic correspondence between
the people of Lawrence and the U. s.
Officials.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
THE PLOT THIcEeSs.

On the IIta of May the U. S. Mar
shall issued the Proclamation given
below. Its assertions were based up
On the circumstances connected with
the attempted arrest of Reedsr.
The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1857-01-10

OffiCIAL VOTE OF CALIFoRNIA.-The Sacra-
mentO Union OF the 9Th inst. gives the official
vote of the State cast at the last general cleo
tion-the returns having, as required by law.
b en- opened and canvasScd by the Secretary of
State, and the result officially declared on Sat
urday last In the official statement the vote
of Klamath is not included-the clerk having
failed to forward it TO the Secretary of State
A. matter of satisfaction. says the Uaion we
have supplied it in concise official form. The
total vote of the State is including l25 scatter
ing. ll0.34S. For President. Buchanan's plu-
rality over Fillmore is 1920 and over Ere
mont. 32,672. He lacks of majority 3493-
Buchanan runs ahead of the next highest on
his ticket 1865 : Fillmore 107. and Fremont
runs behind the highest on his ticket. 1.2S2-
Fairfax. the highest Democratic State officer,
has l.1S7 more than Scott. the lowest Whit
man. the highest American. has 1913 more than
Sknker. the lowest Rankin. the highest Re-
publican. .4S5 more than Burlington. the low
est. McKibben runs ahead of his colleague.
Scott. So. Whitman ahead of Dibble esq, and
Rankin ahead of Turner Sll. SCOTS plurality
for Congress is li.755, and McKibben's l5,520
Fairfax's plurality for Clerk of the Supreme
Court is 1855, and Moulder's. for Suporinten-
dent of Public Instruction. 1871. The vote
upon the proposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton stands. exc lusve of Klamath county-Yes.
3l,606: No. 1865. Majority in favor of the
amendment. 80 Gal.
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WEEKLY COLU MBlAN.
A Higher Social Sentiment.

The Pacific, published at San Fran
cisco, in speaking of the state of society
in California, very truthfully says: that
1.-The prevalence of a low moral standard
in community is direct injury to every
honest and virtuous citizen. By as much
as others gain in the concealment of their
deformity, by so much these lose, in the
suspicion which attaches to every char
ucter. There is no impression that the
vicious love better to produce in any
community, than there is no trusting any
virtue is a chimera INDUCED where men
and women are not so we'll known Let
the waters be stirred up and kept muddy.
and the tadpole and the goldfish are
both alike. SO it was here, once, to per-
lection. In the muddy water and among
the bulrushes moved about the virtuous
and the vicious, in almost undistinguish-
able union. The gamblers and the har-
lots had not then hidden away in their
holes and their crevices, but moved in
bold effrontery among the men whose
sympathies were all averse from their
modes of vicious life.
The establishment of correct public
sentiment, after such condition of things,
is of course work of time. Ills resisted
by all whose sympathies are with the low
and vile and it is impeded by all those
who. though virtuous themselves, have
grown careless under the influence of the
sentiment which once prevailed. AS dis
solute tastes commonly form the fashions,
so do they also often form the manners
of community We know that there is
a carelessness and want of delicacv in
the social relations which occasions scam
Dial and brings the breath of suspicion
upon the innocent; as we are informed
that there are prevalent in gay and fash
ionable but respectable circles in this city
modes of costume which would scarcely
he tolerated in an eastern city. We know
that great improvement has been made.
But we know also that higher moral
sentiment. and stricter regard to the
proprieties of life, must obtain. before So
ciety here shall have reached its highest
refinement. We are no advocates of
prudcry. but we trust that all our readers
admire that beauty which lies on the
cheek of purity and that freedom which
comes from guilcess virtue"
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nISSOLUTIO
NONS T ABL Els SAL E.

BY virtue OF an execution, issued out of JUS
tee Stinch6elds Court of No Two Township County
Tuoumne State of California to directed in
R. J. STARBIRD, and against F. F. LETCHER, J. C.
MINTER Fl. n. BROWN and 0. H. ALLEN, have seized
and shall expose for sale at AUCTION at II clock
NJ the 18th day of January A. D. 1857, the prem
the following described property, to wit All the
right title and interest of the said F. F. Letcher c.
Minter H. n Brown and O. H. Allen in the following de-
scrbed property One house and lot situated in the town
of Columbia. County and State aforesaid and near
of SAID town known jackson street. about
Main street Said house lot known
property formerly belonging N Barnard now
occupied by VIM. Cummns
Dated on the 23d day of December A. D. 1856.
2S-3w JOHN A. PALMER, Constable.
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have just received the largest and best assortment of
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of PHILIP SIWATZ
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mons TABLE'S SALE.

BY virtue Of an execution, issued out of Jus
fire StincieIds Court of No Two Township, County of
Tuoluune of California to directed in favor of
" BANARD and against F. F. LETCHER, J. C. MIN
TER and ALL SNYDER have seized and shall expose
sale at PUBLIC AUCTION, at II O'Clock NJ, the 18th
dav of January a. D. 1857 the premises the following
described property, wit All the right title and interest
said F. Letcher c. Mner and Gall Snider in the fol-
lowing described property all that certain house
situated of Columbia County and State
said on the street of said town known Jackson
street about 400 East from Main street Said house.
and lot known the prnpery formerly belonging to
Barnard. and occupied by VIM. Cummins.
Dated on the 23d day of December, A. D. 1856.
2S-3w JOHN A. PALMER, Constable.
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Officers of the Sth Legislature.
SENATE.

President pro tenn, S. H. Dosh, Colu-
81; Secretary, G.. S. Evans, Tuolumne /;
Assistant, j. Ward, Plumas Sergeant
alarms. Alex, Hunter, Ell Dorado En-
rolling Clerk, Geo. Webster, San Joa-
qnin; Door Keeper, J. McGlenchy, Tu-
olumne.
ASSEMBLY.
Speaker, H. O. Beatty, of Calaveras
Chief Clerk, w. Campbell, OF Sierra
Assistant, j. W. Scoby; Sergeant at
Arms, S. Brown; Enrolling Clerk. r
Lambert; Engrossing Clerk, --Har-
ris A; Door Keeper, J. J. Frazier, of Yu
ba.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-28
Patent Medicines.

WE HAVE now on hand large stock OF
w all the most valuable Patent Medicines
of the day, which we can furnish by the doz-
en- at liberel discount from retail prices Our
stock consists in part of the following:
Dr. Jayne's valuable Family Medicines
Ayres' Cherry Pcctoral and Cathartic Pills;
Wistars Balsam of Wild Cherry;
Smiths Tonic Syrup;
Lurton's Chologosue;
Strong's Fever Destroyer;
Mexican Mustang Liniment;
Farrell's Arabian Liniment;
Barrels Indian Eminent;
Balmer's Nerve and Bone Liniment;
Gregory's Instant Cure of Pain;
Railways Ready Relief;
Perry Davis Pain Killer;
Merchants Gargling Oil;
1hompson's Eye Water;
Grafenberg Family Medicines;
Lyons Magnetic Pills for exterminating rats
and mice.
Sloans Ointment and Condition Powders;
Prof Woods Celebrated Hair Restorative;
Barry sTricopherous;
Lyons Kathairon;
Emerson's American Hair Restorative;
Bachelors Liquid Hair Dye;
Balm of 1000 Flowers;
Liquid Opodcldoc:
Trask's Magnetic Ointment:
Dalley's Magical Paid Extractor;
Green Mountain Ointment
Holloways, Lees, Brandreth's. Moffat's,
McLanes, Wrights. Blake's, Jaynes, Ayers,
and other celebrated family pills;
MarshalPs Uterine Catholicon;
Viewers Canker Syrup and Salt Rheum Ce-
rete, sure cure for Salt Rheum, Scrofula sc.
S. P. Townsend's Sarsaparilla;
John Bulls Sarsaparilla:
Rogers Syrup of Lverwort and Tar;
Shalenberger's Fever and Ague Antdote;
and many Others not enumerated
A. T. & b. +. FESSENDEN.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-28
LAND FOR SALE.

COL KUN offers great bargain in so acres
~ of land in Mitchell County, half mile
northeast of Marys Ford, on the Cedar River.
Opposite, new town is springing up, near
where the Cedar Valley Railroad is surveyed
Town property in business location will be
taken in exchange. A clear title will be given
DEscRIPrIoN.-W. ] of N. w. 1 of Section
IA, Township 100, Range Is West.
Apply soon, at the best and cheapest Cloth
ing Store, one door East of the West Union
House.
Also-fve lots in Sioux City, and the sw
of section 36, township 96 north of range 10 !;
and sw / section 35, township SO north Of
range 10, in Cerro Gordo County, four miles
due west of New Rockford, close to timber and
intersected by living stream called Buck
Creek, and limestone on one corner of it. II
is close to the survey Of the McGregor and
Missouri River Railroad, and on the mail route
to Clear Lake City.
Also, the set Of the sw dissection 10. town.
ship 81 north of range II west Also town
OF No. 8 in block 20, in the village of Cler-
mlont, Fayette County, for sale At a bargain.
West Union 1857 S0yl
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-05-28
NOTICE.

WHEREAS default has been made in the
w payment of a sum of money, secured TO
to be paid by mortgage, dated July 10Th 1856
and filed for record in the Recorders Office in
Floyd county, on the Goth day Of July A. ID.
1856, and recorded in Book ''B" of Deeds on
pages 43O and 431, executed by Charles Green
wood and Sarah Greenwood his wife, then O
Chickasaw county, State of Iowa, upon the fol
lowing described premises, to wit the Soutl
| West quarter of Section Twelve in Township
ninety four t94) North, of Range Fifteen rs
West, containing one hundred and sixty acres
Said mortgage was given TO secure the pay
ment of the sum of four hundred ninety eight
dollars and fifty nine cents (49S. so and interest
from and after the sixteenth day of January A.
D. 1927 at the rate of ten per cent. The amount
claimed to be due and unpaid on said mortgage
is the sum of four hundred and ninety EIGHT
dollars and fifty-nine cents with interest from
and after the 10th day of January A. d. 1867
at the rate Of ten per cent per annum. Now
therefore, by virtue of a power of sale contained
in said mortgage, and by virtue of the Code OF
Iowa in such case made and provided, and at
the request of the said MORTGAGE said mort
gagged premises will be sold at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash. at the Magnolia
House, in the village of st. Charles, in Floyd
county, State of Iowa, on the 10th day of June
A. D. 1857 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, or SC
much thereof as will be sufficient to satisfy
said mortgage with interest Us aforesaid, and
the COST of this proceeding.
VIM MONTGOMERY,
Sheriff O: Floyd County, Iowa.
j. A. J. BIRD, Mortgage.
WILTsE & FAIRFIELD, Atty's. 36w2
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IRVING w. CARD,
N D II Il r Y p y b l. ~ ,
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
SILAS CARD & son,
Real Estate Agents,
Mason City,

CrTo Gordo Co........... lona.
InFFER for sale the following Heal Estate
~ at the lowest prices:
100 acres, improved, two and half miles
| from Mason City
so acres choice prairie, overlooking town.
l6O acres. $50 prairie, ~ OF timber, one and
a half miles from town.
20 acres choice timber, two and q half miles
from town.
10 acres heavy saving timber, three miles
from town.
Two choice business lots and building
facing Public Square.
Also building lots in Mason City.
80 acres lying on north bank OF Clear Lake
suitable for residenc.
Lots in village of Clear Lake. Out lots ad
joining village. in size to suit purchasers.
480 acres. improved and we'll watered, ont
mile east of Clear Lake village.
so acres timber, two miles from last men
toned tract
40 acres lying on south bank of Clear Lake
adjoining Clear Lake City, will be sold in lott
to suit purchasers
Also, wild lands in Worth, Hancock, CerrC
Gordo and Franklin counties, comprising tim
Der and water, eiigibly situated, and for salt
low. on easy terms.
Also, 600 acres Of choice land in Cerro Cor
! do county, well watered, for sale on the follow
/ ing terms: One quarter down, balance in l
2, 3 and years, at per cent interest. vii
be sold cheap. 32tf