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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
I.anda Near Lawranca.

A correspondent inquiries whether
there are any public lands still un-
claimed within the limits of Douglas
county, and what the price of land is
near Lawrence.
There are large quantities of land
still unclaimed, from ten to twenty
miles south and southwest of this
city. Douglas county is bogus ar
and our people don't rec
ognize it, and rarely ever speak of it
Lands near Lawrence are held very
high. Claims of 160 acres can still
be boughtwithin two or three mileI
of here for from $500 to 81, 600.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
fremont House.

!, We invite attention to the busi.ess
card of the FREMONT HOUSE at Chica--
go. This House is centrally situated,
and has very enviable reputation as
a first class hotel. Our Kansas friends
in passing through Chicago usually
make this house their headquarters
This fact should induce all Kansas
bound persons to call there, as BY so
doing they may be able to obtain much
valuable information. direct from the
Territory.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
Large Circulation.

We are now printing between five
and six thousand papers weekly, a
circulation undoubtedly much greater
than any other paper west of st. Louis.
Our list is still increasing at an un-
paralleled rate, and will equal 5000
by the first Of April. Our hsnd-press
is running day and night through
nearly the entire week, to meet the i'm
mense demand for paper. We are
compelled to refuse the sale of single
copies. and only furnish them to sub
scribers. Persons desiring single
number, to obtain it are now COM
PEELED to subscribe for six months,
and frequently do this to insure a
copy.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
Prisoners Escaped.

On Friday, the 10th inst.. two of the
prisoners escaped from Lecompton.
One of them, William Partridge, OF
Pottawotomie, and a member of
Capt. John Browns company, was
sentenced to ten years imprisonment
with hard labor. by Judge Cato
The other was Gushing, of Tecumseh..
sentenced to the same period. for kill
ing Mr.. Norton, in a drunken scuf-
fe. They were chained together and
brought away with them the chain and
lock, with which they were thus
secured.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
The New City.

We invite attention to the adver-
tlsement of Simpson & M'Cauley,who
are about opening warehouse in
Quindaro.
We are glad to learn that the moral
and educational wants of the town
have not been neglected. The propri-
etors have appropriated eight thousand
dollars for an academy, and ten thou
sand dollars, has already been raised
for building Z house of worship.
Persons intending to emigrate to
Kansas the ensuing spring win be
pleased to know. that large hotel is
in process of construction at Quin-
daro. Mr. Henderson, of this city,
has the contract, and has given bonds
to complete the building in Ave weeks
from this time.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
Choic g of the Two.

We learn that the Governor has is
sued a proclamation ordering an elec-
ton on Monday the 26th inst, in this
Council District, to fill the vacancy in
the Territorial Legislature, made such
by the resignation of E. Chapman.
AS will be seen by his card. JAMES
CHRISTIAN, Esq, is candidate for the
office. Mr.. G. has been resident of
our city for the last two years. All
men concede that he is honest and
capable" F" Though we have no desire
to be represented in that body, be-
cause it owes its existence to fraud
and violence, yet if it is true, as repre-
sented, that professed Free State men
aspire to a seat in that body, and that
they ask the sufrages of Free State
voters to place them there, then we
feel we should love to see them de-
feated by the election of Mr.. Chris
tian. Mr.. G. is honestly pro-slavery,
and yet he has always opposed the in
reference of non-residents in our Ter
ritorial affairs, and viii labor to get
those laws which are SO obfoxioas y
every person in the Territory repealed.
No Free Stats man has any business
representing this district in the bogus
Legislature. SO long as every men,be1
is required before he takes his seat to
swear to support the fugitive slave
law. We would have less confidence
In Free State man who would take
that oath than We would In an honest
out -and-out pro-slavery man. If it il
necessary to defeat the aspirations 0
lsuch person, if we can be allowed tt
vote without swearing to support tht
fugitive slave law We shall vote 70
IMr. Christian, as we believe viii b
the case with every other citizen o
Lawrence.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24

Eg The editor of the Enterprise
is still disposed to contradict our as
sertion in regard to the distance be-
tween this place and Kansas City
our first statement is sustained by
facts; and our second, that the people
of Kansas Territory are determined to
do their business at some other place
than Kansas City. is also frase. oEthe
bad conduct of some of the residents Of
Kansas City. we. shall say nothing
now. While the people there tolerate
a highwayman in their midst without
prosecution, they must expect to sniiel
| at the hands of honest msn.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
Too MuchGratuitous Labor.

We cannot find leisure from our
duties as editor, to attend to the thou
sand and one duties we are called up
on to perform, If persons desire Us
to write them long letters, let them in
close one dollar bill or five. and
then we can employ some person to
write for us: but as we have before
intimated we are dons labering for
glory. For the future our business
must pay, or We shall quietly with
draw to a claim in some sequestered
place, when our present contract with
subscribers expire.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
Job Work.

We are now prepared to; do every
species of job work, in the best style
of the art, on very short notice. We
have an extra press, especially for job
work, with very good supply of job.
bing letter. In addition to this we
have secured the services of good
Job printer until the opening Of spring
In the meantime we are prepared to
execute circulars, cards, handbills,
pamphlets-in short everything done
in our line, to the entire satisfaction
of parties ordering work. We shall
receive, with the opening of naviga-
ton, q heavy addition to our office,
embrscing a power jobbing press, and
every variety of iobbins letter. VIZ
are also considering the proprlety Of
/ adding an Adsms' power press, ex
pressly for book work, and attaching
a book -bindery to the establishment
1t is our determination to have th'
most perfect printing Office in Law
renee there is west of St. Louis, AM
we will do so if ne can build mp
business to sustain it.
Those wanting work, OF any de
|. seription. in any partsof the Territory
/ are requested to forward it at ones
and the job shall bsspesdify executed
Remember. however. that our tern
are cash, and unless it is persons "
a | are personally acquainted with. y
Lshsll expect the money in advance.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24

Eg In our list of acknowledg-
ments for Jan. Sd, package of ten
subscribers from Pittsfeld, Illinois,
was Inadvertently entered as ga club,
when it should have been entered as
regular subscribers, paying two dollars
each. Errors will occur in the best
regulated offices. The great wonder
is that more mistakes have not oc-
Cured than there has, in view of the
continued press upon our time, and
the excessive night labor required of
clerks, assistants, DC, about the
Office. Proper acknowledgements will
be made in our next issue.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
For the HeraId Of Freedom
Religious Organization.


The time is fast aproximating when
the North West and Kansas too, will
be filled up with dense population.
The tide of emigration has already
assumed an astonishing. magnitude,
and among the teeming thousands;
there will be persons of various faiths,
creeds, and denomination al peculiari-
ties. These too will settle promiseu-
ously over the entire extent of the
Territory. 0bseryatieny Eas shown
US that such results viii prove disss-
trous to the grand plan of organizing
Churches, only as providentially q
sufficient number of one faith may he
thrown together.
To obviate this difficulty and TO aid
ministers, and the sc weak societies In
the West. and North West-for this
objsct and for the benefit of the thou
sands, who will soon be seeking
homes in the Great West, we have
opened an Agency. directing each and
every emigrant to a localit; of their
own faith. and peculiar views. We
then hope to open correspondence
with each minister of every denomin-
alton, in each county of Illinois, Wis
consin, Iowa, Minnesota and Kansas.
First, give the denomination to
which you belong.
Second, the number of church mem.
bers in your field of labor.
| Thirdly, how many of those mem
bers reside in your immediate neigh
] borhood.
Fourth, give the quality of land
price and chance to get farms. witt
full description, DC.
Fifth, are there any local disease o
milch-sickness known among you
Sixth, give US your precinct. coun
5 sEty and State, with Post Office, dc.
We hope these inquiries viii be an
swered promptly. as we place eac
: notice in large book, for the referenc
: Of all persons who intend to emigrat
West, who viii give rs a descriI
q ton and price of property they Wis
ito buy, and when instructed ne WI
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
Crowded.

We have an interesting letter from
LEcoMpros, which we hoped to have
room for, but our columns are crowd
ed to overHowing at present. We
have laid everything over which would
not "spoil - by being deferred till
next week. Correspondents must hold
up for while, and give US an oppor-
tunity to have our say, for we have
much to write, which has been kept
back to make room for others.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
Returned Home.


| Mrs. BRowS arrived at home from
her eastern tour on Monday evening
last, coming by stage through Mis-
souri,. She reports everything as quiet
ION the route, and heard everybody
speak eff our difficulties in the Terri
tory as at an end. There are dema-
gogues still, who will try and stir mp
strife, but they win be unsuccessful
in their efforts.
Mrs. B. left here on the 31st of Oc-
tober last to procure a stock of print
ing paper fer the winter. We had
ordered paper from St: Louis, and re-
ceived a letter from Mr.. Slater, whom
we had employed to do business for
US in that city, that there was none OF
our size in market. To attempt to do
business at that late season through
the mails, was to run the risk of beng
without stock for the winter. We
could not be spared from our post.
The only way seemed to be for Mrs.
B. to set out on our work. She left
the next morning and was successful
/ in her mission. The paper arrived In
due time, and is tho stock we have
been using for the last six weeks.
Finding subscriptions pouring in upon
us SO rapidly after the issue of oul
first number, we Immediately sent
forward for another bill of near 5000
The usual delays attended it, eonse
, quently it is frozen up somewhere il
the Missouri river, as would have
5 been the case with the other but fol
the fact Of Mrs. BIS attending to i
4 in person.
e Mrs. B. visited Michigan and North
e ern Illinois, and procured near tw'
S hundred subscribers to the Herald Q
$ Freedom. While stopping with
k relative at Rockford she received
S letter from us ordering another bill c
n paper, with request that she woul
IS make sure of its arrival in Kansas
s The paper was purchased in Chicago
d and shipped through by express sh
J. following in the rear. At st. Loui
Il she had the pleasure of seeing it ser
Q forward to Leavenworth. costing th
st same for freight from that city whic
IS it originally cost in Chicago. Throug
W her exertions the paper was receive
D. in November last, and through h
st exertions we are saved from the n
in cessity of suspension until the ope
N ing of the river in the spring.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
Paper Mills.

Who will start a Paper Mill in Law
renee the ensuing season? There is
net pound of paper manufactured
west of the Mississippi. The conse--
qucnce is, hundreds of tons ofrags go
to waste, and the numberless papers in
Missouri and Kansas have to pay, at
certain seasons of the year, the most
enormous prices for paper. Our stock.
from this on through the winter, will
cost us near thirty cents a pound.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
Rioh,

A gentleman on the Wakarusa
wrote to the Commissioner of the
Land Office, at Washington, inquiring
whether settlers on unsurveyed lands
would not be allowed their claims as
they stepped them off" disregarding
the subdivisions as made by the sur
veyors. The following was the
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
Franklin Anniversary Festival.

The crowded state of our columns,
compel us to lay aside the report of
the proceedings of the Festival held
in the Herald Of Freedom building, on
the 18th inst, the one hundred and
fifty-6rst anniversary of Franklin's
Birthday. In consequence of the in
clement weather, a large number were
prevented from attending. The even
ing passed off pleasantly. An excel
lent supper was provided and the
toasts and speeches were of brilliant
character. 1.-THE feast of reason and
the flow of soul" continued, till the
"hying hours " warned the party they
were encroaching on the Sabbath
when on motion, the thanks of thost
present were returned to G. w Brown
ESQ.,, for the kind entertainment h,
had provided them, and then adjourn
ed to meet in Lawrence, on the return
Of the Anniversary of franklin
Birthday.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
~ We would suggest the propri

ES we would suggest the proprI-
ETY. Of holding convention of Free
State settlers, the last of March or
first of April, to consider the state of
matters in Kansas and advise together
for future action. New circumstances
surrounding US demand new counsels
to prepare to meet them. Experience
has demonstrated that unity of action
is demanded to ensure success.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24

proceed to make the purchase. Let
every minister in all the Wesa and
North West, think himself q regularly
appointed Agent, and writs to as
without delay.
We propose to remain in Illinois.
until March 30th. Wisconsin, till
April s0th. lows till May Goth.
Minnesots, till August 18th. A fur
ther programmes viii then be given.
Address, JEhU JoaEsoS, Elida,
Winnebago Co., Illinois.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
Territorial Legislature.

Territorial Legislature.
The business transacted by the Leg
islature at Lecompton, during the past
week has not been of much impor-
tauce. In the House of Representa-
tiyes. the time was consumed prinei-
pslly in attending the Pro-Slavery
Convention, the hall in which it met,
being the one occupied by the Represen-
tatiyes. There are two reputed Free
State men in the House; enc from Cot
nwood, and the other from the neigh
borhood of Ft Riley. They refused
to sit as delegates to the Convention,
though taking the oath the bogus stat
utes lays down for the Legislators. A
bill was introduced, providing for al
tering the limits of the present judicial
Districts, bringing Douglas County
within the I'd District, and removing
Shawnee County to another District,
to be formed for Judge Cunningham.
The object of this bill is to bring
Douglas County within Cato's juris-
diction, as they are not at all certain
that the new Judge will not do justice
to all. 1t is quite desirous to keep the
power of annoying the Free State men
| in the hands oftheir own tools. The
bill passed the first reading and was
Ilaid on the table till the Judiciary
Committee was appointed. This and
THE appointment of Standing Commit,
tees was the only important business
transacted.
/ In the Council, among others the
following important bills were brought
in, read second time, and referred to
the various Standing COMMITTEES. By
Dir. Reece, bill allowing Judges dis
cretionary power, to admit to bail IN
all cases. A bill for the speedy taking
of the census, by Mr. Forman. An act
to prevent illegal banking, by Gen
Eastin. Resolution by Mr. Donald
, That the Judiciary Committee be In
structed to report bill, providing thai
. all persons about to marry shall pro
cure a license from the Clerks of th'
J.. County Court. A bill to amend al
e act to recover debts by attachment
. The President of the Council present
n ed the account of George Malone, TO
, hauling arms from Kansas city to LIE
4 compton. These arms were for distrl
button among the Kansas--Missour
Militia, and We're used for the purpos
of subduing the Free State men.
10 is worthy of note thatin both Houses
y all the important committees wei
filled by the most ultra members
each branch.
" In our last Issue, in reporting tt
- discussion upon the admittance Off
porters to the Council, we were ina(
, vertently led into an error. Gel
}. Richardson, in the discussion reierre
- to, did not charge the correspondent
the New York Tribune in direct term
:. with fabricatingreports of outrages, 81
= insinuated indirectly that such was Il
fact. He has since, finding that D
20 Philips was about to defend hffnst
:: through the Lecompton Union, Sc
an apology to that gentlemen, statll
. that he was probably mistaken, al
- thus retracting his insinuation. v
~ take pleasure in correcting this err
- as some might have supposed that the
may have been truth in the charge,
Mr. Phillips is known as a reliat
: writer and one who is desirous of
porting only the facts.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
Ths wav it's Done.

We are informed by friend, that
while sitting in the pro-slsvsry con-
vention last week, he overheard Mar
shall Donaldson telling some promi-
nent men, that he had writs against
them, and they could come down to
the Court in the morning if they
ehoosed.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
Pacific Railroad.

The railroad from St Louis to JEFF
ferson City is now in most excellent
condition, the cars making the distance
between the two points in about eight
hours. Mrs. BRowN, who has just
passed over the road, speaks very com
plimentary of the gentlemaniy officers
and particularly of the supcrintend
ent at St Louis. and the conductor OF
the route.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24

H Several persons are putting up
large quantities of ice for the ensuing
season. Unpleasant as the cold wsa-
ther is, it seems to be desirous to pre-
serve some of its fruits until the
coming summer.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24

H Will CHARLES BARNES, Esq.,.
of Manhattan, oblige Us by acting as
our agent in that iocality-Feceiving,
receipting and forwarding subsorip-
tions?
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24

~A gentleman and his wife want
a room and board in this city for the
winter, to commence the 18th of Feb
uary.. Who can accommodate them.
Address this Office.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
e a Biz. WINSTON, of Virgin

H A Dir. Winston, of Virginia,
supercedss Clark, as agent for the
Pottawatomies. II is hoped he viii
be wise enough to attend to the du-
ties ofhis appointment, instead of i'm
itating the example of his predecessor
in committing acts of violence on
peaceful and unoaending individuals.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24

r. The contemplated difficulties
in regard to the site of Leayenworth
have been settled. and lots are TO be
sold to the Claimants at the appraised
value,
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
The Kansas City Enterprise

~ The Kansas City Enterprise
has an advertisement of WALKER &
CHlcK, offering for. sale large guam
tity of articles in store to pay charges
for freight, among which we recognize
the names of several of our. citizens.
The notice can be seen at this Office.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24

E The lands of Douglas county.
nor no others in the Territory, aye yet
open for purchasers, but are open to-
pre-emptors.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
E The National Kansas Commit

w The National Kansas Commit
tee held meeting at the Astor
House, New York, On the 22d inst,
for the purpose of making full report
Of their proceedings since their organ
ization.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24

The Citizens Ball at Lecomp-
ton, on Thursday evening the 10th
inst, was we'll attended and passed
OF pleasantly.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24
GENERAL LAND OFFIcE,)
Washington, Nov. /, '55.

DEAR SIR:-If the settler is allowed
to take his claim as he steps it out.
arho in Gods name is to take the odd
acrest JOHN WILSON.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-01-24

R Hon. JAnzs HAaLks, of the
United States Senate, will accept our
thanks for Congressional documents.