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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-18
Kansas Gold No Humbug.

From every source of reliable infor-
nation, we hear but one story of the new
Ell Dorado on our western frontier. Sew
eral parties have just come in with speci-
mems of as fine gold as any ever found in
California. We have Just seen several
specimens, brought in by teamster from
New Mexico, who dug the same with his
hatchet from the bed of one OF the tribu-
taries of the Arkansas, while by accident
he was detained two days on his home
ward route. In all, he obtained about an
ounce, about half Of which was very fine
scale and grain gold, and the remainder
nugget gold, some of which was adherine
to pieces Of quartz.-Wyandott Ga1ette.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-18
Fort Scott.

The Southern Kansas war was a great
draw back to this beautiful and aourishing
city. A few bad. men were enabled,
through the misrepresentation of hireling
letter writers, 10 do much towards giving
Fort Scott All undesirable reputation both
in the Territory and out of it. Now that
the war has ceased, Fort Scott is again
going ahead. The President of the Fort
Scott town company, GEORGE A. CRAw-
FORD, Esq, is all old Pennsylvania, and a
man of distinguished abilities as finan-
cier and land operator. His liberal plans
for building up the city are, we under
stand, cordially seconded by the company,
and can hardly fail to render Fort Scott
one of the most rapidly improving cities
of the Territory. Coal of the finest
quality is found in the immediate vicinity
of the town, and stone for building pur-
poses is in great abundance.
Besides being the county seat of Bour.
bon county, the United States District
Court for the Third District, and the
U. s. Land Office, are located at Fort
Scott. We have conversed with intelii-
gent persons, who have explored the coun-
try in that vicinity, and they represent
that for beauty and fertility it is unsur.
passed. Wyandott Argus.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-18
Humboldt X. T,

The town of Humboldt is in Allen
county, Kansas Territory, six miles below
Cofachique, and situated upon slope of
ground along the south bank of the Neo-
sho. This is new town, but has grown
rapidly this summer. Over twenty good
and substantial buildings have been erect
ed there. The town is doing quite large
trade with the neighboring Indian tribes,
as also with the settlers on the Neosho
and its tributaries. The citizens are now
engaged in building large male and fe-
male seminary, with the intention Of
making it the first and leading acacemical
institution in Southern Kansas. The
foundation for the building is already
made, and yesterday one of the directors
of the institution was in this city, and
made arrangements with Howland & Co.,
through their agent, Mr.. w. j. Hart, fol
the lumber to build and furnish this SEM
mary.
He left yesterday, taking out the first
load of lumber, and will be in next week
with the necessary teams to take out the
balance, which consists of upwards of {
hundred thousand feet.-Ransas Cit,
Journal.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-18
uh,n "a s,,,, 10, n. MIns,.

To our eastern friends we would say,
if you are in hurry for gold, the sooner
you come the better. Yet we are conf
dent there will be room for all, for years
to come. Gold has been found scattered
over a very large tract Of country on the
eastern slope Of the Rocky Mountains.
The objections to Frazer river. will not
apply to our mines. Our climate is mild
during the entire year, and perhaps can
be more prof,ably worked during the
cold months than at any other season.
Provisions for the outfit can be obtained
here cheaper than further east. You had
better bring, however, plenty OF quick.
silver WuandoH Gdzette.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-18
BY G. W. BROWN & CO.
Letter from z. P. Blair. II

ST. LOUIS, August 31st, 1858.
T5the Elitor of the Missouri Democrat, -
SIR Il send you for publication my
notice of contest with Mr.. Barrett, who
holds the certificate of election as a
representative from this District. Ny
only purpose in making this contest, is to
vindicate the rights of the people of this
county. violated in my person, by the
same corrupt practices which so long pre-
vailed in Kansas, and by which alone the
Democratic or Slavery party maintained
its ascendency in that Territory. When
the frauds so repeatedly committed at Ok
ford, Kickapoo, Shawnee and the Della
ware Crossings, could no longer avail to
maintain their ascendency in Kansas, the
chief actors and perpetrators of those
frauds fell back upon Missouri, and
brought with them the tactics in which
they had become so skillful, to be again
applied where the struggle for free priu-
ciples has been again renewed. Missouri
is now what Kansas has been in the last
FIVE years, the battle ground of free
dom. The Democratic, or Slavery party
throughout the Union, which aefehded
the frauds practiced by the Rese6t> Cal.
houn in Kansas, have been swift to inau-
gurate the same practices in Missouri.
propose to meet them at the threshold
and by exposing them in the eyes of the
whole nation, to make their disgraceful
triumphs the means of a more speedy
and complete overthrow.
have ample evidence to substantiatC
the charges l have perferred in my notice
but as desire to make it as complete al
possible, now make public appeal tc
all honest men of every party, to furnish
me with all the evidence in their posses
sion bearing upon the case, and their aiC
in vindicating their own and the rights o
their fellow-citizens. Respectfully,
FRANK P. BLAIR, Jr.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-18
PrnfM EancH.

When the day begins to go to heav-
en- at night, it does not spread pair Of
wings and fly aloft like bird, but it Just
climbs softly upon ladder. IT tsets its red
sandal on the shrub you have watered
these three days, lest it should perish
with Thirst. then itsteps to the tree We sit
under, and thence to the ridge of the roof
From the ridge to the chimney, from the
chimney to the tall elm, from the elm to
the church-spire, and then to the cloud,
and then to the threshold of heaven; and
thus, from crimson round to crimson
round, you can see it go, as if it walked
upon red roses.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-18
Gold ON chsrrv Rivsr

Reports direct from the miners on Cher
ry River confirm the previous rumors that
large quantities Of ''fne gold' was found
in the bars Of this river, but as no miner
had any quicksilver, they labored under
a great disadvantage. The average, how
ever, was from ten to fourteen dollars per
day. With the aid Of proper ms terials
and instruments. gold would be found
equalling California in its palmiest days.
-WyandoH Gasox1
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-18
siekness Among canls.

We see in numbers Of our exchanges
that there is great fatality prevailing
among horned cattle in different parts Of
the county. We learn, also, that the
Spanish or Texas fever prevails among
cattle in this county, and that large num-
bers have perished in the Western part
Of the county. So far as We have heard,
there has been no successful remedy for
the diseases yet acknowledgement
MESSENGER.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-18
DISTINGUISHED visi,sr.

We were favored yesterday, (Wednss-
day. by visit from Hon. N. ]. Parrott,
of Leavenworth, and Hon. A. J. Mead, OF
Manhattan. 1t was the first visit the
former gentleman had paid this part Of
the Territory. He expressed himself
much pleased with the beauty OF the
country, and the marks of prosperity
everywhere observable. We believe he
has gathered some important items OF in-
formation in regard to Central Kansas thas
will be Of service to him in Washington
next winter.-Junction Sentinel.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-18
A City in the Air-rhs Mirage on the Plains


Travellers across the Plains assert that
they have seen, on the Mobiles Pass
Route, abou: thirty miles this side of the
Humboldt river, the most wonderful phe-
nomenon that they think could ever have
been witnessed in any part of the world.
1t is no less thing than city in the air
complete in every aspect and concomi-
tant. 1t is seen in the early morning, and
stands self poised above the dead level of
a broad and airy plain, which is covered
with light white dust, that rises in small
clouds at the touch of hose hoof, or
ascends in magnificent spiral towers in
the breath of the little whiTlwinds, that
are occasioned by the intense heat The
line of the base of the city forms an an-
gle with the line of the plain. so that the
city seems to lean over towards the earth,
and full view of its streets and buildings
is presented. All the streets seem to tend
to one point, where they concentrate, and
whence, of course, they diverge. The
architectural beauty and splendor of this
City in the Air are of a character une-
qualled by anything on the face of the
earth. The buildings rise, one after an
other, in proud, palatial grandeur, and
their tall towers glitter like molten
silver in the sun. Clean and perfect
was the work of the mysterious architect
who framed those marble looking wonders
of the air. The apparent extent of the
city is about six miles in circumference
and the nearest approximation of the base
to the earth is distance of about so feet
Not having seen this phenomenon, o
course we cannot enter into any minute
description of it; we can only give the
general idea which we have presented
We are assured the illusion is perfect
nothing wanting whatever to fill up the
picture-a magnificent city, silent as tht
bottom of the sea. but glittering in the
full life of the sunshine, and self sustained
in the heavens MarysUille, Cal, En-
press.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-18
Inurnalisis in SIMMER.

A recent French writer remarks that
summer for journalists is ike the desert
of Sahara for travellers. A hot sand under
the feet, burning sky above the head,
sterility all around, and not an oasis
When the paper has gone to press, and
the moment to halt and rest arrives, jour-
nalists and travellers have both the same
thought; it is Of TOMORROW.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-18

er to suppress inquiry into the frauds
charged by me. l allude more particu-
larly to the conduct of two OF your friends
on the bench of the County Court, Judge
Hackney and Lanham, who, constituting
a majority of that tribunal, have used
their position to make an illegal order,
forbiding the Clerk of said Court to fur
nish the very evidence which the law re-
quires to be deposited ip his Office in or
der to expose frauds in election.
FRANK P. BLAIR.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-18

0F The Baltimore Sun, by some queer
method of reasoning, arrives at the con-
cluSion that the power of the Anti-slayery
Cor what it calls Abolition) sentiment is
broken in Ohio, because Mr.. Corwin has
been nominated for Congress, and Mr..
Giddings has not been renominated.-
How so? Mr.. Corwin is professedly an
Anti-slavery man, and Mr.. Hutchins, the
successor of Mr.. Giddings, is considered
one of the most decided Anti-slavery men
in the State-was one of the old Liberty
Guard, active as any of them-and is
actually pledged "to lift higher the stand
ard" of Freedom, borne so long, in many
hard-fought battle, by the noble Joshua.
Some people see what they wish in every
political movement, and so, while one
paper calls Corwin and Hutchins "rabid
wooley heads" another finds them mild
as skinned and pump-fed milk.
One thing may as well be said at once.
If any set of politicians, at the North or
elsewhere, are hoping or seeking to patch
up new party for the race of 1860, which
will either ignore the Republican or Anti
slavery issues, or lower the standard on
the Slavery question, by any sacrifice Of
principles, it may be set down as concluded
that the Democratic candidate-whoevel
he may be-will be elected President ol
the United States. We do not believe,
although such charge is made, that this
folly is contemplated; but if the political
leaders have so little faith and backbone
that new parties, with new names and
new principles, must be set up every foul
years, we may as well let those leader:
suck their thumbs in nice little party by
themselves-let the offices, which alone
they greatly care for, go to grassland
hold honest opponents of slavery exten
sion and perpetuation and other villainy
to the line and plummet of principle anG
honesty. The honest Anti-slavery mel
need not be counted in any bargain o
political thimble-riggers.-Pitts5urgh Dis
T p1trh
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-18
csumon Schools.

Mr.. J. d. Notewre, the efficient and
energetic Superintendent Of Common
Schools, is actively engaged IN organizing
thorough system Of education through
ont the whole Territory. He isnqE have
ing 1000 copies Of the School Lpvs
printed for distribution among teachers,
trustees and othsn ipterested
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-18

.Tbe union Of hearts and the union Of hands,"
IIas been shouted our country around;
gat now the more glorious union Of land
Will extend to the earth's furthest bounds.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-07-24

A BRUTAL OUTRAGE.-A laboling man.
evidently a deck-hand, was put ashore at
the Railroad landing on Sunday last, from the
steamer Lucy Robinson. The mans face SEEM
ed literally mashed, his Jaw bone apparently
broken, and several. of his teeth knocked out.
He wandered down the road In the direction
Of the ferry landing, but becoming exhausted
from loss of blood, fell upon the lexee and re-
manned there some time before any assist
ance was rendered him. Towards dusk, he
crossed the river where he had a better chance
of having his wounds attended to than on
this side. 1t seems to us tlat the officers of
the Lucy Robinson lacked the commonest feel
ings of humanity, in puttingta man ashore
under such circumstances. As the Robinson
passed Baton Rouge before landing on this
side, why did she not stop and put the poor
creature ashore where there was a probability
Of having his wounds attended to? How he
came to be so bruised, We could not learn,
but there was evidently something WRONG
one way or the other, when instead of being
allowed to eoaM quietly ashore, he was
kicked
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-07-24

THAT %sh'pbuildiog is merely i. .r,lIi ! e 1,.
1snkees are determined not to - e'.ale. Tie
ed BY the LeriatAax. W. s,s )" oe .outreaeh.
at New York they are buildin. informed . : that
mendously long that there ~ :, : .aip 2 tse.
ocean sufficiently broad to en,h,I p:n Of TIE
This difficulty is to be obv;,t.9 i u to turn.
having two Wholesome On II. ~ The ship
end, the other on the English I. ' r. American
gers will simply have to vail ,c,a &c pa,'en.
before you have had time to .tr oiT's: Long
wheel to another. you will b. " a. nom ons
nep's end. There will be cah a. your Jour.
rlous points for the convenience ,'f tbs At "a
cannot keep w. with the speed Of t t%'.e who
An omnibus will also start At II. .ne vessel.
ment Of each trip. It gu.ra ras commence.
tae other extremity Of the ves..i n ~ reach
az t1e same time that the vessel t a,,:e |
me desired harbor. For the ug = Ct
OF pedestrians, persons going ffemm %datio
S 70 An.e1'ca are requested to keen on t Hb.e I'm
ha1d side of the vessel, Whit we right
waking from the American cont;ne .aSst :
European are directed to- ~ ~ ~ e the
lhere are to be shops on both sides - IL IT, i.
way. The mere rent of these is ern. - !ae
pay Tor the outlay of the ,build;as e'e 4 %
shlP IS not yet christened, but il !. .yn. e
that out Of compliment to Tho e1peeted
Will De called the Stretcher.-Pxnch" Aee', It
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-07-24

1NFAL1BLE CURE FOR FLUx.-A friend
who has taken this remedy, and given it
TO many others, informs US that he has
never known it to fail in one instance of
effect a speedy cure in cases Of aux, dys-
entery, or cholera morbus.
Take two heaping t%easpoonful Of -four
Of SIippery-E|m, and one teaspoontuI of
Henry's Ca|cined Msgnesia, Tor three
teaspnonsful of common Calcined Mag
nesla,) and mix them in water till they
together assume the consistency OF "clab-
bear" and drink three times a day.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-07-24

~ The circumference Of the globe
is twenty-five thousand and twenty miles.
1t is not so easy to comprehend so stu
pendous a circle as to put down its ex-
tent in figures. 1t becomes more paIpa~
bic, perhaps, by such a comparison as
this A railway train, travelling inces-
sanity night end day, at the rate Of twep-
ty-fve miles an hour, would require six
weeks to 60 round it. The cubica| bulk
Of the earth is two hundred and sixty
thousand millions Of cubic miles. Ac-
cording to DR.: Lardner, if the materials
which form the globe, were built up in
the form Of a column. having a pedestal
of the magnitude of England and Wales,
the height Of the column would be near
ly four and a half millions of miles. A
tunnel through the earth from England
to Zealand would be nearly 5000 miles
|oDg.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-07-24

The feliciana Democrat, of the 18th. in.
forms rs that on the previous Sunday evening
the body Of a young lad, named E. W. Ball, a
student of Centenary College, was discovered
ed IN the woods between Jackson and Temp
sons Creek. An inquest was held by G. w.
CatIett, Esq, the Jury composing which, after
hearing testimony, and making due examina-
lions into the attendant circumstances. gave
It as their opinion, " that the deceased, f. W.
Ball, came to his death by a stroke Of light
ning" He had been bathing with some OF
ms tellow-students in the creek, when a
thunder storm came up. On returning he
separated from his companions, whose first
knowledge ofhis untimely fate was the ne rvs
OF the discovery of his body. The deceased
was a son OF William Ball, druggist, of Shreve-
port.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-07-24

A New PARrY.-Ane new political party
has recently been organized in New York
composed exclusively Of naturaiized Iri>l,
born citizens. 1t is an independent secret
order, with local organization, and a cen.
trail committee for the city at large
They are opposed to the American, Re-
publican, and regular Democratic nomi-
nations, especially the latter, and don't
like the Tammany Hall managers. So
says a New York paper,
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-07-24

Mrs. READS SEMlNARY.-We much regret
being unable to attend the examination this
week, of the pupils Of this well-known and
favorite institution. We can, however, say
with all propriety, that Mrs. READ as a teach
er and conductor, has no superior in the
Southern country, as her welI-known sue
cess in Baton Rouge has amply demonstrated
10 say then that her scholars all acquitted
themselves with great credit, would only be
to repeat an "oft told tale," and should we
again be honored with an invitation to attend
an examination at this institution, we will
endea vor to be prese Mt cou.e qui co,ue!
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-07-24

New ORLEANS, June 25, l8j8.-Dtar Mtr-
c"ry: How truly did the inspired writer say
"the ways OF the transgressor are hard.o-
Those nnprincip|ed men who bore false wit
ness against Miss Caroline Hardy, are by this
time able to appreciate the text to It's fullest
extent. Our merchants and business men
have taken the punishment oil. their crime
into their W hands. and, if | am to judge
the results by what has already been done,
they will be ~outcasts from this community IN
a very short time. and will be forced to travel
far to hide their shame. Simmons and Maui
rcr were clerks at a cotton press up TOWN.
Simmons was to have been given az interest;
but several banks notified the rroprietors Of
the press that if he was in any way ioterts.
ted in ;heir;business they would decline dis
counting any more Of their paper. The com.
mission merchants who had cotton pressed
and stored by the concern also sent them =
notification that they would do no more bust.
ness with them as long as Simmons and
Maurer remained in their employ. Simmons
has been unanimously expelledNtrom bis
Lodge by theaOdd Fellows: and both have
been ignominiouly turned out OF houses
where they formerly visited % favored
guests. Ring is a married man and his wife
is one of the finest ladies Of ur city. Shortly
after the trial he %signi6ed his intention to
her of going to BIadon Springs. She told
him to go, but never come back, as she never
would live with him again. He IS : cotton
weigher and sampler BY profession, but hence
forth will have to follow some other calling,
as all his customers have notified him that
they will not patronize him any more; and
it is also intimated that be will be expelled
from all connection with the Masons. Thus
you see that. although these fellows could
not be reached by the laws: they have oeea
punished as severely as if they had been
Correspondence of the Mobile Mercury.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-07-24
PULL1Na TEETH IN OLD T1aEs.-'l

PULLING TEETH IN OLD TlaEs.--lhe
primitive method Of abstractingg teeth y
Scranton is Thus described by acorresPoo-
dent of the New York ezpsss,:: One
end OF a firm hemp string ~aesfastened
upon the aching member, while the on
er, securely tied around a bullet PurPoss'
Iy notched, WAS put in the barrel q ~
old fl;nl-lock musket loaded win ~
extra charge of powder. When , 81 y.
ready, the desperate operator eao e..
hold Of the gun, and let drive. , Up'
flew tie tooth, and away bounded'u'
musket several feet. This mode Of 81,
tracing teeth became the chosen ~. u.
only mode practiced in this region ~
many years.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-07-24

A MYSTERY CLEARED Up.-The Brandon,
(M'ss.) Republican, having been greatly ex.
e1clsed over the mysterious disappearance OF
a printer named Sidney $. Way, the Vick,.
burg Sun throws light upon the natter
Mr., Way vas at work in the Cation Citi~
zen office on Wednesday last, and it is due to
h'm to state that he was sober. and tusRinp
with all his might at the "Deyil:s Taii.nHe
was in a bad humor and told the editor, in
our presence, that he did not care ad-n
whether he worked the paper right.:or w,oly.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-07-24

CHANCE AN ED1roR.-The Peten,h,,.
1"'e''gencer wants an assistant editor, md
says he must be "a gentleman eon.t,n,t.a
mainly OF wrought iron, having . m.t,ll;.
'k'n' embossed with %ferruginoq. warts, AID :.
seomach adapted to the digestion Of bl,z;n.
lishtwood knots and boiling ~at.,-;nL
a stea" man. sucha gentleman, or any p<,'
son des'rou' of anticipating the pleasure, If
naoes below can find congeni.l employment
as TINS office until frost. Apply imm.d;;.
ately." go ~