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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-12-09

A lioss lSSuG,NoS CoNrAsy.--Wc
notice with pleasure tho formation at las, Of
safe and responsible lnsurauce Company
based upon the resources OF Minnesota cap
italis,s. OF well known standing in the com.
muni,y. which besides oiIcring surcr
guarantee Tor the decentralization OF ,roper.
" holders against loss than any Drcign
company can possibly give pvses' the ad-
dlt.nnal 70 ommcndaliou. thai IN proper ion
a. it Is successful it will rclieyc Mlnciota
OF the enormous contributions sha annually
pays to foreign oGias. AMI retain among
ourselves the large amounts which are hcing
constantly exaclei iroan car citizens IA Ia,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-12-09

fc'trsc-, tkD4leigh Bank So'e H'9sr''r.
c5a.Ars ~ =. 60 Ues ccaE'e't,! Eoies,
Hh.,A base osrn pat - cifc si4'.Sa ...-.as the
ul0a.a Il November. Aaoas. are the !o.les.
az
There a-e n.'ahsg OF spW.,ls uo'es O! 10
fsc.f .s. o. tst..g.. Tl'P ,i'ta. % Pee s.srt
.-.sr.f.1. btTa-, It.- fA.. ..s.s.., ..t.lat. p.
81, ia .u. tht Scstcfn country i-ny &c
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-12-09

The state OF the commentators with the IN
terror has not been fav ole to al active trade.
The fee has not been solid enough IN tho
s;resms to admit OF sal, passage for teams.
aud there has conseq aen,ly been some sbste-
men, OF tbs country trade. The local trade
hopcver. has bcea brisk. Our dry goods
dealers have been doing a good business. In
gr ceres nothing is Observable but the dulIaess
Of f0ur.
The Chicago Tn,s OF tho "a, says.
The money market has been more sc.ive 10
day than yesterday, but there rs very Lyle. II
any, change IA rates. sresi many notes ami
draft. ial,ng due 10 day, occaNOaei a more
than usual demand for money. but most Of the
payments cue vii probably be met. The ap
pllcsuoRs for d scouuts Al tho banks we're no.
merou,, bu; the usual discrimination VA,
msde, aai nore bat uaeAesp.lona5ie names
are taken The supply II Wcstcra curfency il
barely sufficient to nee, The wants ui the ta,i-
ne.a coHImuaity. First class paper ia not
o,errd very freely, ana - readily taken al ten
per cent Eastern exchange = afmer 10 day.
All sells at .G.. hpia AHd silver may BE- quoted
al one per geut premium. rhcic d. tar de-
Il, And ttT land SaTrAats at tie folio wing rates.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-12-09
Review OF IN. Markets.
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lUIl5 To ilEl6'G3 S),Gt "a
llKu TO istic 4 ISeto Is
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Per ton. about. $500 %
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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28
For As Herald Of freedom.
One Hundred and Fifiy Lashss.
SHAwEEs, johnson Co., Z. To
August 9th, 1853. (

G. w. Brown, Esq.-DEAR sIR:-On
Wednesday last, a young man by the name
of Foley, living in this county, stole a
horse from one of our citizens, took him
to Westport and had him sold at public
auction for cash, making hasty prepars-
tions for leaving for parts unknown. but as
good luck would have it, q member of our
vigilance committee got on his track and
succeeded in arresting him before he made
his everlasting escape. He was brought
here and tried before J. D. Allen, ESQ.,,
confessed his guilt, and sent on for further
trial. Having no jail in these parts, and
while the officer was making arrangements
TO take him to the Lawrence or Leayen-
worth Jail for safe keeping, the prisoner
made his escape. He was overtaken, how
ever, the same night, on the Kaw river,
rowed across, tied up, and just one hundred
and ffty lashes were well laid on his
bare back, (by whom administered, no
body can tell.) It is said tia. he prom
ised never to steal another horse, and
when last heard Of, he was going on
his winding way" rejoicing that he had
escaped 30 easily. Truly, the way of the
trsnsgrssscr is hard. VERITAS.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28
Not Correct


The Democratic papers in the States
are representing that the people of Kan
sas prefer remaining in Territorial con-
dition to admission into the Union as a
State, principally because they are unable
to incur the expense of a State govern
ment. If the people of Kansas could
take an honorable position in the Union
as a State, under a Constitution of their
own framing, they would be glad to do
so at any time.
The vote on the I'd instant was designed
as rebuke to outside interference in our
governmental affairs. 1t was designed to
reach BEYOND John Calhoun, and his tools
in Kansas, and to teach James Buchanan
and his epdorsers that we are American
citizens, and understand the art of self
government, and are determined to frame
ourown constitutions without any dictation
from federal power In short, the people
Of Kansas wished to let him understand
that they are genuine disciples of the
doctrine of POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY, and
mean it shall be carried out in practice, SC
far as THEY are concerned. The differ
ence between them and Mr.. Buchanan
seems to be: the one is an advocate oi
the principles of popular sovereignty be,
fare an election, provided it will secure
him fat office; the latter are in favor
of it AFTER an election, and all the time
provided it can be carried out in its puri-
ty. Such an exhibition of it, however
as they have experienced during the last
four years, they have no relish for, neither
are they particularly partial to those who
have inaugurated that kind of popular
sovereignty.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28

convey an erroneous impression. Two
regular sessions Of the Legislative Assem-
bly had already been held, and this Act
was intended for the third. The differ
ence which this Act would seem to make
between sessions and Legislative Assem-
blies, is not authorized by the Organic
Act That Act provides that there shall
be but one session of the Legislative As
sembly in each year, except on extraordi-
nary occasions, and it is only in this sense
that these terms are used. But if the
terms used in the Act of 1857, be con-
strued to apply literally to the members
elected in October of that year, then there
would seem to have been no authority for
them to hold the session commencing on
the 4th of January last, for the extra ses-
sion held the month previous was the
first session. of that Legislative Assem-
bly,, and their term of service should have
terminated with that session. This view,
l presume, would be regarded as prepos-
ferrous by every one.
Ny conclusion, therefore, is, that the
election ought to be held under the last
apportionment; and l am assured, by the
Secretary of the Territory, that if so held,
he will issue certificates to the persons
who receive the highest number of votes,
in accordance with the provisions of that
Act think this would be the proper
course to pursue, for several reasons,
1st. The people can thereby themselves
correct the evil complained of, by elect
ing, in the same districts, men who will
more faithfully represent them, than those
elected last year.
I'd. If there should be any necessity for
Congressional Intervention, it can be had
as well after, as before the election.
Sd. 1t will be keeping the powers of
the government within their legitimate
channels.
4th. By it, the Governor will not be
called on to exercise doubtful powers,
which, even if exercised, could only be
partial, as the members of the Council
hold their seats for another year.
In conclusion, it may be proper for me
to remark, that while at Washington,
lately, l presented this subject to the
President and the Attorney General, and
they both agreed in the opinion above
expressed, that the election might be held
under the Act of February 20th, 1857.
Very respectfully, your ob't serv't,
J. W. DENVER, Governor.
To G. W. BRowN, and others.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28
They ara corninn


The effect of the late vote against Le-
compton may be seen in the following ex-
tract which we make from private letter
from an old friend in Conneautville. Pa.
He says, in the course of his letter:
"There are quite number of persons
here who are desirous of going to Kansas
and have determined to do so, since thew
have heard the result of the election on
the I'd inst. We shall be there in time
to attend the land sales in November"
He writes for information in regard to
the country. We have several other let
ters of a like character, all breathing the
same desire to locate in, Kansas, now its
destiny is fully established. In response
TO our friend, we would state that we ex-
peet to be in Conneautville, among our
old friends again, sometime during the
next two weeks. when we shall be happy
to give him such information as it NAV
be in our power to inpart.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28
For tie Herald Of Freedom.
Austin W. Thachsr.

MINNEoLA, Aug. 20, 1858.
Ed. HERALD OF FREEDoM:-I notice in
the Lawrence Republican of August 18th,
a mean, cowardly and slanderous attack
upon myself, to which, through your cour-
tesy, will deign aword in reply. Sc far
as Thacher's epithets are concerned, they
only expose the coarse, vulgar blackguard-
ism of little soul, and do not trouble me
in the least. Nor am I more sensitive to
his attempt to make sport out of natural
misfortune. A man with the least iota OF
humanity in him would turn with utter
adherence from such course, while the
lowest clown in the pit would measure it
By the jeers that it would raise among his
vulgar audience, and gloat over it as a
triumph of his genius. Nor do his char
ges that / am gambler and a drunkard
trouble me more where / am known.
never played game of euchre in which
there was dime at stake; and for the
last fifteen years, or longer, if Thacher
pleases, / have never touched or tasted
either "cheap whisky" rum. gin or
brandy. as beverage. and ! defy the au-
thor of that vile article to prove the con-
trary. A legal redress for the injury done
me in that attack, I am convinced would
be of no effect, as the mortgage under
which the Republican establishment labors,
and the protested notes of its propristors
for the last year, tell me that the heavy
hand of poverty rests down upon the SLAM
derer; therefore, from this time forth, !
am done. in every way, shape and man
ner, with 1haeher. and shall not notice his
attacks in the future, and / hereby notify
the public that have licensed him to
fi5a, slander and traduee me to his hearts
content, and under no circumstances am
to utter word in reply,
wM. AUSTIN.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28
All Sides of the Question.

Judge CONWAY has written a lengthy
letter, addressed to ORvILLE RooT, ESQ.,,
of Brown county, which fills about three
columns of the last Republican, in which
the Judge advocates the immediate organ
ization of the Republican party, shows
the folly of maintaining the Free State
party until we are admitted into the Union
as State in fact, argues that the object
of the organization is already attained,
and urges that it should gradually pass
over into the Republican party. The
Judge then pronounces a eulogy upon
the Free State party, thinks its mis-
sion not fulfilled, and desires it to be main
tanned intact for time. He then somer-
sets backward again, and endorses the
immediate organization of Republican
clubs all over the Territory. The Judge
is good logician, but he should not at
tempt to write only on one subject at a time,
if his mind leads him to occupy SO many
different positions in one newspaper arti-
Gle. He will no doubt illuminate his SUBJ
iect next week with another letter, proba-
bly, to the editors of that paper. While
news is scarce, and copy hard to obtain,
this will be quite relief to our hebdomi-
dal editors.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28
More Folly RepYoved.

It has been proposed by one OF our
Eastern exchanges, that the Leaveworth
Constitution be sent up to Congress, and
that body be invited to admit US as a
State into the Union under that instru-
ment, and this, because Lecompton has
been defeated. The Leayenworth Con-
stitution should never be sent to Congress,
and if sent there, it should be secuted
back to Kansas. When submitted to
vote of the whole people of Kansas, so
indifferent we're they in regard TO it, out
of the Is eco voters in the Territory, only
about 1900 were found to record their
votes for it. 1t lis not an emanation OF the
popular will in Kansas, and it can never
be recognized, under any circumstance,
as the supreme law of the people. Con-
gress cannot clothe it with validity any
more than they could clothe Lecompton
with authority.
Constitutions must emenate from the
popular voice, else they will not be worth
the parchment on which they are en-
rolled.
Our next Constitutional movement in
Kansas. it is hoped, will have the forms
of law in its favor. Then, if sanctioned
by a majority of the whole people, in
stead of standing for months at the dool
of Congress, demanding admission, we
shall be welcomed at once. 1t strikes us
that such a course would be infinitely
better than that other policy which propos-
es to make us the tool and plaything Of
vaulting ambition for the next three
wears
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28

The attention Of our business men y
all parts of the Territory is particular!
invited to the following
Disseminating to advertise Is like taL'
ing down ones sign. Il Is sort OF in-,
nation ofretirsmsnt from business, aa1
the public treat it as such. Or they pg
regard it as evidence Of something p"
ing gone wrong in the business, whiehE
quires privacy for the purpose OF inss'L. !.
CATION. Whatever construction may - :.
put upon it, the result is disastrous. W.. ~
we advise all our readers who may h1,'
fallen into the common error OF the -
son, to come out of their holes ana p
up their signs once more, and to snsa J.
tise as much and in Is many paPen !.
they did In the best Of times. "lns N
business creates advertising, it is equaIi, \,
true that advertising creates business =
creates talk and stir in business cn
cles, and reminds people that they ns,' ,
no right to be leading drones lives, e'G,
though the times Be dull, and even =
the worst Of times, advertising alSI
pays veil, and the more Of it there Is, =. 4.
greater WILDE the business activity, -
more free will be the circulation OF no. !.
ey. and the sooner will We be restored :
q condition of prosperity. ."-Ph'i. 1''
ifse Bgzetig.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28
How oshers Regard !.

Under the caption of ELECTION q,
Election" the Fort Scott Democr., :
views our article on the next Legisl..,,.
and comes to the same conclusion with
conclusion which every lawyer of -
perience, who has examined the suls.,.
has arrived st. After saying that o.
editor had examined the subject caref.r~
he proceeds
The Organic Act provides tha. ,a..
the first election, (that of 1867 the t;,.s
place and manner of holding an 49,
tions by the people. and the ann.
tioning the representation in the ser-
eral counties or districts" shall BE- -.
scribed by law. In pursuance of -.
authority, the FIRST Legislature autbor;-.3
az election for Representatives to Be- b.IS
on the LIST Monday in October, A. D. 1sSs
aand on the 1st Monday in Octobsr :.
every year thereafter They also ma =
vided an spportionment-but it was osI,
for the "next Legislative Assembly ~
The ''next Legislative Assembly. "a bv -
act, approved Feb. 10th, 1857, redistrcs
ed the Territory, and made new sppo,.
tioument for the Inert Legislative AsSsn-
bly"-being the one elected last fall and
in session last winter. Il was the duty ~
the last Legislature to have made sim;l,,
provision for this falls election. Tn,
they failed to do. The last apportion.
ment was limited to the session Of la.
winter. The power of the Governor IA
apportion, seems to have been conSpe5
only to the frss Governor, and was en-.
hausted by Gov. Reeder. Thus it woub
seem that the power to apportion has beer
lost by the negligence of the Legislasur,
which last met.
at is true that the Act of the I'm.
Legislature still authorizes an election on
the first Monday in October. But wh.t
shall constitute the Districts? Since ii.
organization of the Territory, we hsr,
had three sets of Distriets-three appO,.
tionments. By which of the three sb.D
the people be guided in the election .
Which one is more obligatory than the
Others
1.-THE hint of the Herald of Freedom
that Gov. DENVER can call an extra ses.
sion to remedy a blunder of the late Lee.
islature, will hardly be accepted. Its,
fair presumption to suppose that if that
body had desired a Legislature this con.
ing winter, they would have provided for
| it.
ave viii probably be handed over to
Congress next winter for an act providing
for the making of another apportionmsut
We viii get the requisite authority in
time to elect Legislature in October, A.
D. 1859. This viii be equivalent to the
bienid sessions of the States. 1t viii
give us whole year of rest from the
miserable agitations of politics, and the
petty plottings of ambitious dsmagoguss,
We can put in a twelve months hard
work at things more profitable than the
excitements of the canvass and the trick.
stering of Legislative Halls.
"A year of rest from Legislation, besides
being matter of economysto the peopls,
will give US time to learn the laws We
already have, and the want Of Othsn
which wise legislation gives us. We have
a code already sufficiently large and com.
plicated, and it viii do no harm to wait
till time takes the wire-edge off the bitter
prejudice and passion which have ruled
the hour, before We attempt TO mend it
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28
THE RREsrDEsrs REPLY.

WAsHIssTsN CITY, August 10.
10 Her Majesty, FicsoIa, Queen Of GTsa
Britain
The President cordially reciprocatss sh'
congratulation Of Her Majesty the Queen.
on the success of the Great international
Enterprise, accomplished by the scisncs'
skill and joint energy of the two con-
tinents.
It is triumph more glorious, because
more useful, than was ever won BY To
conqueror of the field Of battle.
May the Atlantic Telegraph Gable, VI,
der the blessing of Heaven, be bond o.
perpetual peace and friendship betEss.
the kindred natiens, and an instFunsn'
destined by Divine Providencs to dIiins'
Religion, Civilization, Liberty and Law
throughout the world.
In this view viii not all the nations o
Christendom spontaneously unite 10 ts'
declaration that it shall be forever neuHs!
and that its communications shall be heh
sacred in the places of their destinsflo'
in the midst Of hostiEties.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28
The West.

Caleb Gushing, in his late speech ct
Boston, paid the following eloquent and
striking tribute to the West -
Not by the comparatively small section
of the Union lying between Mason and
Dixon's line and the Gulf of Mexico is
the sceptre of power in this Union to be
held hereafter, but by those vast regions
of the West. State after State, stretch
ing out like star beyond star in the blue
depths of the armament far away to the
shores of the Pacific. What is the power
of the Old Thirteen, North or South,
compared with that of the mighty West?
There is the sea of Empire and there Is
the land of imperial power. Tell me not
of the perils of the slave power and the
encrcschments of the South. Massachu-
sets and South Carolina viii together be
but as clay in the fingers of the potter
when the Great West shall stretch forth
Its arm of power, as ere long it win, to
command ths destiny Of the naticn.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28
American Hotel,

We neglected to call the attention of
the public, in our last issue, to the card of
B. c. BROOKE, the gentlemanly proprietor
of the AnserScan Hotel, at Lecompton.-
This house has just been refitted and re-
furnished throughout, and presents an
inviting appearance to the traveller. We
made call there last week, and can say
from personal observation and experience.
that those who favor the Doctors with a
call, viii receive every attention requisite
for comfort digni6ed and lady-like
hostess to welcome them, attentive and
willing servants. and, in short. all that one
expects at irst class Hotel.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28
LAwRENcN. Aug. 21st. 1873


HIS Ercelsency, J. " De1aver, Governor Of
Kansas 1eTTtf0ry:-
SIR:-It is generally known, we be-
lieve, that the Legislative Assembly, of
last winter, neglected to pass an act for
the reapportionment of the Territory,
for the House of Representative. Upon
this the question has been raised, whether
there can be a legal election held at the
time appointed upon the old apportion-
ment. This question is based upon the
language of the act making such appor-
tionment passed in 1857, which seems to
limit its operation to the next succeeding
session of the Legislative Assembly.
The question is an important one, and
we would submit the same to your Excel
lency, with the request for an early reply
thereupon.
G. W. BROWN,
G. A. REYNOLDS.
II. SHANKLIN,
WESLEY DUNCAN,
HENRY BROWN.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28

THE QUEENS MESSAGE.
VALEETIA BAY, via. TRINITY BAY1
August Is. 1853.

VALEETIA BAY, via. TRINITY BAYI
August Is, 1853. !
To the Hon. President Of the United Satss
Her Majesty desires to congratulate the
President upon the successful completion
of this great international work, in which
the Queen has taken the deepest interest
The Queen is convinced that the PreS-
dent will join her in feryently hoping that
the Electric Cable which now connects
Great Britain with the United States, viii
prove an additional link between the ns-
tions, whose friendship is founded upon
their common interest and reciprOea
esteem.
The Queen has much pleasure in TIM
communicating with the President and
renewing to him her wishes for the pros
perity of the United States.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28
Free s.ass Msssnrs.

MARCUS ]. PARHorr win address th.
people at Minneola, on Saturday, Augus1
%, at o'clock P. II.
As Neosho Falls, on Saturday, Septem-
Der l8. at Q o'clock P. N.
At ottumwa. on the 21st September.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28

Or a Post Office has been established
st Toledo, ten miles west of this place,
on the Cottonwood. The Toledo and
Plymouth Offices are only about two miles
distsn. from each osher.-Ransas Meas.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28

or Business is getting very brisk in
lawrence" As an evidence, we may
state tina. the patronage of some of the
hotels and boarding houses have fallen off
from one-third to one-haff during the last
month.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28
Atlantic Telegraph Completed.

1hs Qusen's Aessage-President Buchaa-
ans Reply, ETC., etc., etc.
NEW York, August l6.
Information has besn received that the
Atlantic Telegraph Cable is all right st
both ends, and that the Queens Message
will be received this evening.
LATER-THE FIRST MESSAGE.
CYRUS STATION, TRINITY BlIl
August l6,. 1858.
10 the Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph
Company:
Europe and America are united by Tel.
egraph. Glory be TO God in the highsst
on earth peace and good will to man.
DIRECTORS At. TEL. CO.
Great British.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28

Or Judge CONWAY declares that if
1haeher does say that the mosquitoes in
Lawrence are of small size, as we sug-
gested last week he would, that he viii
withdraw his patronage from that paper.
" For" says the Judge, they have raised
welts on my arm, as large as my thumb. y
If the Judge should withdraw his patron
age from that establishment, we appre-
hend We should have one paper less in
the Territory in few weeks after that
event.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-28
Attention.

We trust our readers will not fail to
read the advertisement of Messrs. HENS
LEY, RUSSELL & Co., forwarding and COM
mission merchants and dealers in gro
ceries, &C., Leavenworth, Kansas.
By the way, we observe the business
card of this house reads as follows -
" Forwarding aud Commission Merchants,
Wholesale Dealers in Groceries, Wines,
Liquors, Cigars, and Steamboat Agents" !"
Wonder what steamboat agents" are
worth by the dozen, and how they sell at
retail Gentlemen, please send US fen
by express, with your bill, provided they
are good business men, and can get goods
up the Kansas river at the present time.