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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04

0TOur town has been enlivened dur
ing the past fortnight, by the passage
through of numbers of Indians of various
tribes, returning from their annual Buff
falo hunt. They represent the game as
being unusually abundant, and from the
quantities of hides and dried meat with
which their ponies were packed, we take
it that they have had more than ordinary
success in the pursuit. The first large
band that crossed the Smoky Hill fork
at this place, were Of the Sac Nation,
then came Pottawottomies, Kickapoos,
Delawares, &c. Exclaim as you may,
"Lo, the poor Indian" and bathe them
with philanthropic sympathy while at
distance, but come TO closer inspection
and view their happy and contented faces,
free and easy, devil-may-care actions,
and hear their joyous laughter, and the
pale-face, weary and tagged, almost en-
vies them their care-free condition. We
are inclined TO believe the Indian the
happier individual.
"Lo! the poor Indian, who, untutored, feeds
On locusts. beetles, frogs. and centipedes,
His taste keen hunger never taught 10 sigh
For beef, veal, mutton. pork and pumpkin piesl
But thinks, admitted TO that equal feast.
All things are good for man as well rs beasts.
junction Septiasd.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04
Apredioaon ofscienes.

A letter written by Prof. Morse to Hon.
Jno. C. Spencer, dated August 10, 1S43,
while the latter was Secretary of the U.
s. Treasury, and before any telegraph
line was actually at work in this country.
contains the following remarkable pre-
diction
"The practical inference from this law
is, thata telegrsphic communication on
the electro magnetic plan may, with GER
tainty, be established across the Atlantic
ocean {! Startling as it may now seem, ]
am confident the time will come when
this project viii be realized"
Fifteen years to month, realizes this
prediction
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04
Misceilapeops.
A Word or Two Abou, lightning.

n "OIQ VI 4"O AOOut
What is the cause of lightning? Light
ming is the result of electrical discharges
from the clouds.
What is thunder? Thunder is the
noise which succeeds the rush of the
electric fluid through the air.
When does lightning occur? When
clouds charged with the electricities ap-
proach, the forces rush to each other, and
combine in state of equilibrium.
Why does lightning attend this move
ment of the forces of electricity? Be-
cause the atmosphere, being unable to
convey the great changes of electricity as
they rush towards each other. acts as an
insulator, and the lightning is caused by
the violence of the electricity in forcing
its passage. When the conducting power
is equal to the force of the electricity, it
passes invisibly, noiseless and harmlessly,
whenever it finds sufficient source of
conduction.
Why does lightning sometimes appear
forked Because, being resisted in its
progress by the air, the electricity divides
into two or more points, flies from point
to point, and seeks a passage in different
directions.
Does lightning ever pass upwards from
the earth to the clouds? Yes, when the
earth is charged with different electrici-
ty to that which is in the clouds.
Why is it dangerous to stand near tree
during an electric storm? Because the
tree is a better conductor than air, and
electricity would probably strike the tree,
and pass to the person standing near.
Why is it dangerous to sit near fire.
place? Because the chimney being tall
object, and the smoke a good conductor,
would probably attract the electricity and
convey it to the body of person sitting
near the fire.
Why is it dangerous to be near water
during thunder storm? Because its
entire surface is good conductor, and the
vapor arising from it might attract the
electricity.
Are iron houses dangerous! No; they
are safe, because the iron frame, complete
ly surrounding the body, and having a
greater capacity for conduction, would
convey the electricity harmlsssly to the
earth.
Are iron bedsteads dangerous? No;
they are safe, because the iron frame,
completely surrounding the body, and
having a great capacity for conduction,
would keep. electricity away from the
body.
Why is it safe to be in bed during thun-
der storm? Because feathers, hair, wool,
cotton, &c, especially when dry, are good
insulators or non-conductors.
What is the safest situation to be in
during storm? In the center Of room,
isolated as far as possible from surround
ing objects; sitting on chair and avoid
ing handling any of the conducting sub.
stances. The windows and doors should
be closed to prevent drafts Of air.
In the open air, what is the safest sit.
nation? Tokeep aloof, as far as possible
from elevated structures; regard the rair
as protection against the lightning stroke
for wet clothes would supply so good Z
conductor, that large amount Of cleo
tricity would pass over mans body
through wet clothes, and he would b
| quite unconscious Of it.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04
Preeoeious Repubheanism.

"Get out of the way, you young ras-
caln
This address was made by gentleman
with very imperious air, and something
naval officer-like in his costume and
manners, who was seated in handsome
open carriage, with fashionably dressed
lady by his side. The "young rascals"
whom he thus honored with his notice,
were boys 10 or II years old, dealers in
shingle shavings, an article very much
used in this city for kindling coal fires.
The lads were wheeling six or eight
bundles of their commodity in hand
cart, and they happened to meet the
gentleman in his carriage in part of the
street which was obstructed by large
pile of firewood, which made it impos-
sible for the two vehicles to pass each
other, unless one of the drivers had the
compliance to draw back.
"Get out of the way, you young ras-
Gals !" said the gentleman in the car
riage.
The young shingle shaving merchants
looked at the speaker with undisguised
astonishment, and he was obliged to re-
peat the order before they seemed to re-
alize the fact that they were the party
spoken to.
At last one of the young gentlemen
made answer.
"Get out of the way yourself, and be
blamed to you"
1t was now the turn of the gentleman
in the carriagJ to be astonished.
"Do you know who am, you villains?"
"No, we DON'T" answered one of the
boys, "some Englishman l guess. Do
you know who we are 2"
The gentleman was obliged to confess
his ignorance, and he did itin tone Of
surprising contempt.
ave are American citzens," said one
of them with impunity.
as that any reason you should block
up the streets ?'' said the imperious
gentleman very excitedly.
"To be sure it is" replied the juveniles,
"who has better right TO the street ? We
are tho majority-two to one-I guess,
and the majority carries everything in
this country"
The aristocratic gentleman seemed dis
posed to be very violent; but observed
probably, that the bystanders, who were
now very numerous, sympathised with
the Republican party, he swallowed his
wrath and set silent for several minutes
as if rejecting what course he ought tc
pursue in these perplexing circumstan'
ces.
The lady who sat by him, now spoke
for the first time, and in a sweet and gen
tie voice she said to the boys
"Will you not oblige me by letting III
pass?"
"Certainl7, madam" said the sturdy
young Republicans, swell do anything fo
a lady, or for a man who knows how t.
behave himself like gentleman, but al
for giving away to stuck-up rowdy lik'
! him, blamed if 1 wouldn't rather stay
here till the next 4th of july"
They then drew back, and allowed
the carriage to pass without further him
derance.-Pennsylvania.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04
Kansas Valley Bank.

We are pleased to announce to the pub
lie that Mr.. Fairchild, the gentlemanly
Cashier, has secured sthe interests in this
institution, of Messrs. W. B. Waddle and
w. Ii. Russell, of the firm of Majors,
Russell Il Waddle, and also of L. R.
Smoot, of the firm of Smoot, Russell &
Co., of Leavenworth. city; these gentle-
men having become Directors and large
stockholders in the Bank. Their busi-
ness reputation and known wealth is too
thoroughly established in this section of
country to need comment, and with their
names as guarantees, no one can doubt the
stability and permanent usefulness Of the
Kansas Valley Bank.
The Board of Directors now consists Of
the following persons:
Gen. S. G. Pomeroy, President.
G. H. Fairchild, Cashier aud Director.
w. II. Russell.
L. R. Smoot.
w. B. Waddle.
Judge +. G. Adams.
S. Dickson.
w. E. Gaylord.
We have combined in this Board bank
ing talent of the highest order, and men
whose personal reputation is beyond re-
proach; and we do not believe that an
institution of the character can be found,
which is established upon better basis,
or more entitled to the confidence and
favor of the business community.
The people of the Territory now have
Bank of their own, and will not be COM
PEELED to look abroad for circulating
medium, and we trust they will thoroughly
appreciate the advantages of such an in
stitution, and give it their confidence
Freedom's Champion.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04
Sowing Wheat.

We have been making some inquiry
from the farmers of this and Madison
counties, in regard to the proper time for
sowing fall wheat in this climate. The
testimony of those who were the most
successful this season is, that the proper
time is about the fifteenth Of September
not later than the twentieth. Mr. T.
P. Hall, who lives on the Cottonwood,
raised fine field of fine wheat this sea-
son, which was not damaged by the rust
or frost, and which he sowed in middle of
September. He also had another field
which he sowed about ten days later,
which gave a much poorer yield than the
first, did not mature so well, and was
more effected BY the frost and rust. Mr..
Grimsley, living on Allen creek, raised
about forty acres of excellent fall wheat
this season, which was sown the middle
of September. Both these gentlemen
win SOW largely this fall, and not later
than the fifteenth of mex. month. From
indications, We should judge that there
would be much larger number of acIes
Of wheat soWn this fall than last-Kan-
sas Ne,os.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04
From tie " Y Eeeain0 Post, Aug. 6.
The New Railroad In Missouri


The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
Company are now i'll the market asking
proposals for their bonds, and they prom
ise to have the whole length of their line
completed by April of next year. This
road is in the hands of able, far-sighted
and honorable men, and its basis of credit
consists of something over 100000 acres
Of rich farming and mineral land in North
Missouri, lying at various distances
within fifteen miles of the road, conferred
by grant of Congress, as in the we'll known
case of the Illinois Central. 1t would
seem, therefore, to have strong claims
upon the attention of capitalists, and
others interested in Western roads.
This Railroad, however, has points of
interest for Others besides capitalists
When it is completed, it will open for
settlement district of farming and min
eral lands that will compare favorably
with the best of those hitherto accessible
at the West. A gentleman who recently
had occasion to traverse at leisure, in his
own vehicle, the States of Missouri and
Iowa, together with parts OF Wisconsin
and Kansas, AYERS that he found nowhere
such a choice farming country as that of
North Missouri. The surface is rolling
and furnishing good drainage, is well
watered, and as fertile as the best land in
Illinois; the climate is that of southern
Pennsylvania and well adapted to crops
of every variety, including choice fruits,
hemp and tobacco.
1t is no small boon to the hard-laboring
emigrant to open to him region like this,
and the current of emigration, as our
readers are aware, has already begun to
set towards Missouri. The farmers of
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa are NOV
ing down, and such of the old Missouri
planters as love slavery more than money,
are selling out on advantageous terms,
and turning their faces towards Arkansas
and Texas, where the best of land is SELL
ing at four dollars an acre, and slavery
may be kept, for the present. in security.
The effect of the new Railroad upon the
institution of slavery is, therefore, already
beginning to show ITSELF That obsolete
system must inevitably stink away before
the form of civilization that builds and
sustains Railroads. The object of the
Hannibal and St. Joseph Company, we
presume to be that of all other Railroad
companies, viz: to make money-and
they probably intend to invite the whole
world to come and buy their lands. But
the slow-moving, antiquated, wasteful
system of slavery cannot but yield when
it comes into competition with the free
labor of that hardy, long-headed, fore
handed class of small farmers who clns-
ter along the lines of our Western Rail-
roads.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04
No Auportioument

The cry of the Free State party, last
fall, was "The bogus apportionment,"
"The unfair apportionment," The pro-
slavery apportionment." Well, the Free
State men got control of the Legislature,
and what did they do? Did they make
a new and just apportionment Not at
all. The old South American pro-slavery
apportionment was endorsed. Why was
this ? Who can tell ? We believe we
have the key to the mystery. Had there
been a new and fair apportionment, the
Councilmen holding seats would have
been obliged to resign, and take the
chances of a new election. There was
the rub. Minneola promised cash to them.
The Banks and Ferries looked fat to their
eyes, and they could not forego the plum
der of one more session. Hence it was,
that the apportionment was endorsed
Hence it was, that the nineteen disfran-
chised counties were permitted to remain
disfranchised. Plander was at the bottom
of it all. Shall the next house of Rep
resentatives be of the same stripe, or shall
the members be men who will stand by
Gov. Denver, for the rights of the people
and the prosperity of Kansas.-Westan
Argus.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04

nulled it, by denying their availability
for the entire race, yet there remained
still unexplored lower depth in the abyss
of treason to Liberty, to which even the
weight of the Supreme Court could not
sink. To penetrate that deep abyss was
a distinction reserved for a son of the
Church, wearer of sacerdotal robes, a
professed preacher of that Gospel which
would give deliverance to the captives,
and let all the oppressed go free. The
exigencies of Slavery could find or make
such man, and did find or make such a
man, in the person of Frederick A. Ross,
of Alabama. Some notice of his bold
and unscrupulous denial of the "rights of
man. we reserve for future occasion.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04
The Niagara and Agansmnon.-rhsn and Nov.

The London Times, while the Atlantic
telegraph cable was being shipped on
board the Niagara and Agamemnon, ridi-
culed, with some asperity, the shape and
sailing qualities of the Niagara. The
storm they both met at mid-Atlantic,
which the Niagara outrode 80 easily, and
the Agamemnon with so much difficulty
and danger, settled the question Of their
respective merits. In viewing the results
of the recent expedition, the Times makes
the following amende honorable for its un-
Just depreciation OF the Niagara
''0n the whole, we are Of the opinion
that there never will be q fair trial till
it is made with ship carefully adapted
to the purpose as the cable itself. It is
mere child's play to use such ships as the
Agamemnon, and we feel it somewhat de-
rogatory to the national credit that we
should have permitted the Americans,
out of their small navy, TO contribute .
vessel 1000 tons larger than ours, and ev-
identity much better fitted for this great
work."
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04

or The old and erroneous idea that
the whole region Of the Rocky Mountains
north of the 40th parallel, is a sterile
region, presenting an almost unbroken
field, is completely refuted by Governor
Stevens exploration. Ore of the officers
Of his party, Lieutenant Saxton, says in
in his report: " find that my previous
ideas of this Rocky Mountain range are,
SO far as this section is concerned, entirely
erroneous. Instead of vast pile Of rock
and mountains almost impossible, / find
fine country, well watered by streams Of
clear. cold water, and interspersed with
meadows covered with q most luxuriznt
grass,n
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04
Poefty.
For hs Herald of Freedom.
Oh. the Morn for Me.
BY ELIZABETH N. p. DENTON.

~ the Morn for me! when her golden light
On the Eastern sky is cleaning;
Ere the woodland choir
Has attuned the Tyre,
Or the world with life is teeming.
When the stars grow dim and forsake the sky,
And the Queen Of night is sleeping;
When the waking AoW'r,
From its tiny bow'r
Like q timid child is peeping.
When the cloudlets pause. while they blush
reply
To the suns warm, earnest greeting;
And the night winds rude
To the solitude
OF their day homes are retreating.
Though the countless, quiyering beams Of noon
Are forever in commotion;
Though they dance with glee,
On the earth and sea,
And the islands Of the ocean.
When the burning carof tie day-God rests,
While the hidden hosts adore him.
As the royal steed
Had forgot his speed.
And the FURNISHED course before him.
Though the gentle eve may awake the Lutte
Of the poet and the lover;
And the maiden's song,
To the starry throng,
In the azure vault above her;
When they tune their harps to the notes Of
love,
While the sacred VOWS, unspoken,
In their eyes revealed.
BY their lips are sealed
With affections choicest token.
Though the night may boast of the quenchless
fires
That adorn her raven tresses;
When the shades of sleep
On the eyelids creep,
And her hand the bosom presses;
Yet, the Morn for me, as an emblem bright
OF thedawning day before US;
When the wrong shall Gee,
And the right shall bo
Du. the reigning monarch DER US.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04
rhs Four,h . Great Day in cur History -
Hafion-

rhs Four,h . Great Day in cur History -
Haron-
April 4, 16o9-Hudscn discovered the
Bay of New York
July 4, 1776-Declaration Of indie
October 4, 1777-Battle of German
town.
October 4, 1777--Articles of Confed-
Grafton adopted by thirteen of the Colo
nies.
December 4, 17s3-washington re-
signed command Of the American Army
and retired to private life. :,
July 4, 1813-The Algerine Admiral
captured by an American squadron; the
Dey makes advantageous terms Of peace
to America.
March 4Presidential Inauguration.
August 4, Is56-Arrival of the Allan
tic Telegraph feet both upon British and
American shores.-AisscGri Dsmoerot.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04
Hzbiu.

Like fakes Of snow that fall unper-
ceived upon the earth, the seemingly un-
important events of life succeed one an
other. As the snow gathers together, so
are our habits formed !; no single fake
that is added TO the pile produces sensi-
Bile change no single action creates, how
ever it may exhibit, a mans character /;
but as the tempest huris the avalanche
down the mountain, and overwhelms the
inhabitant and his habitation, 50 passion,
acting upon the elements of mischief.
which pernicious habits have brought
together by imperceptible accumulation,
may overthrow the ediics Of truth and
virtue.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04
Pceffy.


From the Atlantic KoStAiy.
lie Marais du cygns-s
A blush rs of roses
Where rose never grew!
Great drops on the bunch-grass,
But not of the dew!
A taint in the sweet air
For wild bees to shun!
A stain that shall never.
Bleach out in the sun!
Back, steed of the prairies.
Sweet song-bird, fiy back
Wheel hither, bald vulture!
Gray wolf, call thy pack
The foul human yultures
Have feasted and fed;
The wolves Of the Border
Have crept from the dead.
From the hearths of their cabins,
The fields of their corn,
Unwarned and unweaponed,
The victims were torn.-
By the whirlwind of murder
Swooped up and swept on
To the low, reedy fen-lands,
The Marsh Of the Swan.
With a vain plea for mercy
No stout knee was crooked;
In the mouths of the rifles
Right manly they looked.
How paled the May sunshine,
Green Marais du Cygne,
When the death-smoke blew over
Thy lonely ravine!
In the homes Of their rearing,
81 hos If,raa
Ye wait the dead only,
Poor children and wives!
Put out the red forge-fire,
The smith shall not come;
Unyoke the brown oxen,
The ploughman lies dumb.
Wind low from the Swans Marsh,
q dreary death-train,
With pressed lips as bloodless
As lips of the slain!
Kiss down the young eyelids.
Smooth down the gray hairs;
Let tears quench the curses
That burn through your prayers.
Strong man of the prairies,
Mourn bitter and wild!
Wall, desolate woman!
Weep, fatherless child!
But the grain of God springs up
From ashes beneath,
And the crown Of His harvest
Is life out of death.
Not in vain on the dial
The shade moves along
To point the great contrasts
OF right and of wrong:
Free homes and free affairs
And fields of ripe food;
The reeds Of the Swans Marsh,
Whose bloom is of blood.
On the lintels of Kansas
That blood shall not dry;
Henceiorth the Bad Angel
Shall harmless go by:
Henceforth to the sunset.
Unchecked on her way,
Shall Liberty follow
The march Of the day.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04
Hotels in Fors Scott.

a. %sSsrs' US Linn and Harris, proprietors of
rs', S " >. eS'ern Hotel, are prepared to give
C.s co,.s 70 tne weary, food to the hungry, and
sa1s at their Inn.
to,.S MS'Lilam T. Campbell, ESQ.,, holds
m;n;. oa a. the City Hotel, in readiness to
h. i'el . 70 the comfort of his guests with
TSted TLSonted promptness and urbanity.
ON .Ls Se hotels are situated, the former
Gd. us south, and the latter on the North
De- ~ our beautiful plaza-Nrt Scott
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-04
nArS;r II Davv beantifnIlv savs.-

OF Sir II. Davy beautifully says:-If
/ am allowed to give metaphorical allu-
sion to the future state of the blessed, I
should imagine it by the orange grove in
that sheltered glen, on which the sun is
beginning 10 shine, and of which the trees
are as the same time loaded with sweet
golden fruit and balmy silver howers.-
Such objects may well portray state in
which hope and fruition becoms one
eternal feeling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-17

INTERESTING ICS.-Among other in.
teresting facts of lie Bow g statistical view of
the United States, We may mention that the
foreign vote of the country is one-twelfth of
the whole that the State of New York has
about one-eighth of the population Of the
Union; that there is one house for every six
persons in the country; that the number of
persons who life east Of the Mississippi is twelve
times greater than those who live west thereof;
the distance between New York and New Or
leans is greater than that between London and
COnstantinople, or Paris and St. Petersburg;
over twO-ffths Of the national territory is
drained by the Mississippi and its tributaries;
of the 1897 political newspapers published in
in the United States in 1850, SJ5 were Whig
and 742 were Democratic. There are four hun
dred thousand Indians in our territory; at the
close of the Revolution, there were but thirty
six thousand in the old thirteen States, accord
ing to an estimate made by'Gen. Knox; direct
and indirect tax paid by every white person in
the country, ~; number of real estate own
ers, 800 900, or one in about 3 - of the free
males over twenty-one years of age; number
of Federal Office holders, exclusive of army
and navy %, 4j6, a nine-fold increase since
1900, the population having increased about
fve-fold; one fourth OF the people reside in viii
lagos, towns and cities; the number of people
to u dwelling in New York city averages more
than l3, in Boston nearly y, in New Orleans
81, in Richmond about D.