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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20
Too Gross 10 be True.

: 1t is reported that the bogus-eiected city
government, which was legalized by an
act of the Territorial Legislature, has
refused to grant certificates of election to
the legally elected members of the city
goyerament, at the late municipal cleo
ton. Such high handed procedure is only
worthy Of John scdlaoan, and viii sink into
nerited political damnation all persons
ceneefned in it, or giving it countenance.
More than one hundred majority, signifled'
through the ballot box, with officers su-
perintending it selected by that board,
that they desired G. ". BABcoeK, ESQ,
and his associates, to administer the affairs
of government in this city for the ensu-
ing wear. No trick, no subterfuge, NO
going behind the returns, and no ordering
of new elections, IN defiance of law, will
change the result. Tie officers elected soin
take tier seats, and will administer the
Offices of the city for. the ensuing year,
in defiance Of The uaurPers. If new cleo
ton is s,ordered the people will disregard
If, for it viii be illegitimate, and the ofl-
GERS will contest in the courts their right
to the franchises bestowed upon them by
the free offering of the people. 1t is not
the province of JAMES BLOOD and his
conferees to decide sEho is eligible to
ONCE, nor who shall be elected to fill them.
True, in inaugurating their bastard gov
ernment, ten months ago. they supposed
they could exercise unlimited power, and
did so, as far as framing government
was concerned, but a change has come
over the country since then. The PEOPLE
now bear sway, rot deDaagogaes. The lat
ter have been weighed in the balance
and found wanting;" they can be dis
pensed with from this time out.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20

0T A large majority of counties which
have given expression on the subject, in
nominating Delegates to the new Consti-
tutional Convention, have expressed them
selves in opposition to the Topeka Consti-
tuition. Some of them have coupled their
objections to that instrument with the
Lecompton swindle A majority of the
Delegates from Douglas county are OPP
posed to it. A few months ago it was
deemed a crime in us to oppose that in
strument. But we sustained it long after
it ceased to have any practical value, and
only abandoned it when we saw the pop
ular current had set against it. We take
no credit for hostility to that Instrument.
The only difference between us and some
of our eotemporaries is, we had discern
ment enough to read the tendency of the
public pulse several months in advance of
them.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20
Late from Washington.

The latest news from Washington ipdi-
Gates possibility that the Lecompton
Swirdie will be defeated, and that a bill,
similar to the one suggested by us two
months ago, authorizing the Territorial
Legislature to pass an enabling act forthc
calling of new Constitutional Conven-
ton, will become law. Since Southern
members are satisfied that the Free State
men have majority in the Legislature
under the Lecompton Constitution, and
that they viii use the power to inaugurate
Immediately government Of the people,
they seem inclined 10 back down from
their former position. We trust wisdom
will yet prevail in the councils of the ma
ton. and that the Leeompton fire-brand
may be extinguished at once. 9a
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20
Mas, Have R;ppies.

We are conscious that q class OF news
papers in Kansas and out of it, viii give
US "fits" because we are of opinion that
the passage Of the Lecompton constitu-
Ision thfoa cobgress viIl not produce
civil lwaf. When their fury is spsas on
Us they wilI annihilate Gen. LAKE.. far he
IS reported ina speech at Elwo0d, recent
Is, olave said
.s7'ss passage sftze LecDmgsOa csssstit,s-
fion. in his opinioit s5otisd not 1ersi cfette a
ripple on the surface Of Kansas efairs.p
Let the Washington Union copy that
remark OF Lanes. 1t should be put in
capitals. so as to attract the attention of
the \. +. THINE. : Greedy Should go half
crazy when sucih'SS.:n 4opinion' IS ad-
rahced by SO distinguished Free State
man, if he can devote half column to
Us for something the Leavenworth Herald
has said. The passage of the Constitution
through Congress, which was TO deluge
Kansas in bleed, @split" the Union, and
break things, according to the pfo-slayery
press, in the Language Of the General, viii
S8T EVEN CREATE RIPPLE or THE SUR
PACE OF Kansas AFFAIRS. WeshaH now
hear that Lane has apostacised ! 'He has
turned traitor to the party! He has gone
over to the enemy. We always knew he
was pfo-slavery man, acting in disguise.
Three goans for Lane, and three times
three for Brown Down with the Herald
Of E-esdo4at Down with everybody who
are opposed to ripples on the surface of
Kansas - f't -s4A
Further on in his speech we observe
Gen. Lane quoted as follows: -
TO the people of Missouri he desired to
say one word. For years they had de-
clared that Jim Lane was an abolitionist
lie denied it. 1t was his desire TO culti-
vate friendly intercourse with them, and
claimed them as his brethren. He was
the Trainer of the Big Springs platform,
in which it was stated that the property
of Nissourians escaping into Kansas could
be pursued by them aud captured. He
would look upon it as high crime for
the renewal of difficulties between the
two parties-that the great questions at
issue were now settled forever.
|. II was now time that unfriendly feel
ing between the two States should cease.
They had common interests at stake and
should let bNgones be bygoaes. Missouri
should take Kansas by the hand and. bid
her God speed the time had passed by
when there should be any difficulty be-
tween them il was to their interest to
have peace. He rendered to Missouri the
olive branch of peace, and thanked her
citizens for their attendance. @
Gen. Lane going to @let bygones be by
gonest.' II proof were wanting that the
General has deserted our cause, it is found
in these terrible words. Well, we are
done for-gone up-hope has died out
all is lost. if We can't have the fun of re-
viving 'bygones," so we can whip the
scamp5 who couldn't whip US two years
ago. On General, General, '.how have
the mighty fallen p And echo says
"How,'' and answer comes back, "LET
BYGoNEs BE BYGoNEs p
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20

H A letter from friend at Blue City
represents the prospects of that place, sit
-uated on Big Blue, as very favorable at
this time. Mr. Condray has erected wa
ter mill on the town site, said to be the
most substantial frame in the Territory.
The gristmill is probably in operation BY
this time. A blacksmith is greatly de-
sired, and it is said there is a go9d open
ing for q store. The point is good one
foF town. and enterprising business men
have charge Of its interests. A friend
has left a few shares vita rs for sale in
this town. foR SO. Each share embraces
Ave lots.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20
pamnas.Y False.

It must be amusement for our cosempo-
rary to falsify our position, and represent
US in favor Of perpetuating the Lecomp-
ton Swiadle. The author Of the two col
amn article We have just read. blowing
as up generally. kz,so lie suas asserting a
danaalze .falsekood iaEen he stated that ,ce
irere IN Jfas'or Of doing anything 10 perpetu-
ate thas goseassssst. We cannot answer
for his calumniss.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20
Iameon.ent to hide my time. until tie pen Of

4. an content to hide ny time. until thepen of
impartial histeFy zbaIl reveal the secret work
ings Of the maehilery by which this grandresnls.
has been aehieved-until the race Of fiction
writers, Irscss zaissieH seezas to be to defssoss
men 5y deao7i=tzg others, shall have given place
to the historian who can discern principles as
well as men, truth as well as fction.-CHdsles
Z Ro5s4soa. Eszo ssslbA e~a
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20

Or Gov. DEvyER has received COM
mission from the President as Governor
sef Kansas. bat he has not qualified under
ii because to do so would render tie OF
fee of Secretary Of the Territory vaeant.
and there IS no provision for filling tha.
but by a new appointment by The Presi-
ident
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20

OF We invite attention to she card of
Messrs. Tibbits & Co.. commission and.
forwarding merchants, Delaware. Kansas,
published in onr advertising columns
The house is responsible. Delaware is
conceded to be the nearest point on the
Missouri riyer to Lawrence, and is the
point Of Decentralization from that river
to the Kansas valley.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20
Some Hanbug abou. sepoy cruelties.

Some Humbug about sepoy Cruelties.
It is a fact being gradually developed
through the Independent English press,
that the eruelties so eopiously charged
upon the Sepoy rebels, have had exist
cncs chiefly in the imagination of The In
dian letter fortterg. Authenticated instan-
ces of the dreadful mutilations, and all
that sort of thing, of which we have heard
so mitch, arc extremely rare. Even Mana
Sahib ttirasl out to have been by no means
so black a devil as he has been painted.
The English are in process of a revolution
of feeling on the matter, and are ashamed
of themselves for becoming SO fef6ciogs
concerning fictitious horrors j. Er--
change.
Letter writers are the curse of the age
Our Kansas difficulties are not the only
ones w!lish have been protracted by these
scourges of the 10th century. Look at
the war being waged upon Utah. Brig
ham Young protests before God that they
are falSifed by letter writers; that gov
eminent, iussead of sending out a commits
sion to learn the facts in regard to that
Territory, has based its information on ly-
ing correspondents and Satanic Journal
lists, whose mission was to get up large
stories so as to make their papers sell at
big prices. We shall not be disappointed
| if impartial history shall show such was
the case. If with twenty presses in Kan
sas, and only few hundred miles from
the business centre, such gross exaggeFa-
tions could be sent over the country in re-
gard to our affairs, what may not be the
case when there are mono but Mormons to
contradict the reports. sent out 20 their
prejudice, and no presses which are will
ING to do them Justice.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20
TIE Minnie BELLE.

We only had room last week to men
ton briefly the arrival at our port of the
Minnie Belle, from Vyandott, loaded
with flower, As this is the first boat
which has ever been specially built for
the Kansas river trade by Kansas men, it
is but proper that she should be noticed
more in detail. The Minnie Belle was
built at Paducah, KY, under the superihg
tendence of Capt. DAVIS, late of the
Packet Altoona, which Piled between Al
ton and st. Louis. Her machinery was
built in st. Louis. The Minnie Belle is
125 feetin length, with "a feet beam, and
draws, when light, nine inches of water,
and carries so tons on 18 inches. She
has small cabin capable of accommodate
ing some fifteen or twenty persons, but
was designed principally for freight. ~
Capt. DAVIS is sanguine of his ability
to navigate the river several months in
the year. He expresses himself happily
disappointed in favor of the prospects
before him. The design is to run her to
st. George when the stage Of the water
viii permit, as the company owning her
are principally interested in that town,
situated eight miles below Manhattan
It will be to the interest of Lawrence, as
in fact all the towns on the river to sus-
tain this enterprise. Capt d. promises to
make an early trip to Teeumseh and
points higher up the river. We wish
him and his little craft abundant success.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20

Here shall the Press fhe Peoples ri xhts maintain
UnawsS BY party, asa HHbrIbed by gain,
Pledged bat 10 Truth. to Liberty and Law,
- Ne Fsrsrssa1s - and no Fes- shsaege. $ q
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20

Whereqs, It's apparent that combipa-
ton has been formed by designing politi-
clans by which an attempt is made and
calculated to deceive tn people by mis-
representation of the acts of the late
Territorial Legislature, and whereas it is
unquestionably the purpose of such par
ties to create a prejudice against said Leg
islature by misrepresentation, with view
to favor movement calculated to force
upon the people false issue-the Topeka
Government, Therefore be it
Resolued, That the citizens of .Potto-
watomie county deprecate any such move
ment, and viii hold up to seorn and pub
lie condemnation any party or set of men
fayoring such design, which, if carried
out, can have no other effect than to con-
tinue the political strife, and thereby pre-
vent an early settlement of those ques-
tiens which have so long distracted our
country and involved its citizens in a
bloody strife. .
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20
Fo;iowattonie County,

At Mass Convention of the Free State
electors Of Pottowatomie county assem-
blcd at Centerville on the 9th of Feb
ruary, Jacob Emmons was chosen chair
man, and A. G. Rowell Secretary. On
motion of DIR. Adams the chairman ap-
pointed a committee on resolutions con-
sisting of DR.. j. D. Adams, Chas. Jen-
kins and f. II. squires, who, after ashort
absence, reported the following resolu-
tions, which were adopted.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
SATURDAY MORNING MARCH %, iabs

rrrus.--.a.oe PER assrH. NJ ADvAscr
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20

the town company was chartered at the
late session of the Legislature; that that
quarter section and the first one east of it
had been selected as town site; that it
would be entered as such at the land Office,
and forbidding all persons to jump it.
As we approached the point of inter-
section of the Lawrence read, which
passed Bloomington and Twin Mound, to
BuFlingame and Emporia, we found evil
.denccs again Of settlement. and houses
began to grow more numerous. Between
the settlements persons were constantly
seen passing over the praiTies, either in
covered wagons, on horseback, or on foot
bearing an axe and carpet sack, evident
" selecting claims. A few miles, per-
haps three or four beyond the Lawrence
road, we passed a good sized oae-and-a-
half story building, and smaller one
near If, which We learned was Richardson.
A half mile further on is I1o, town
laid ont by Mr. MeGee, consisting year
ago of a small hotel and several negro
cabins. TO these have been added dur
ing the last year fine looking store
building, and small ten by twelve cabin,
near tbe bridge, which We supposed was
the toll house, a. there is a bridge across
10 creek at this point. It derives is
name from the creek, which Santa Fe
traders supposed was no miles FROM Fort
ssilsx. an old trading point N Missouri.
Passing the bottoms, perhaps half 3 nile
from the creek we calne to . large two
story building. painted white. and several
smaller buisdings There seems 70 be
Asme indications Of progress and energy
hsss. and the nucleus Of = new ssiIsmsnt.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20

an ltlptecolOA Aco NSiy f5S-Sidlly pre-
vailed that this region was unhealthy,
owing to the sickness experienced here
in the autumn of 1856. a year ago we
stated the cause Of that sickness, and
assured all who settled here how 10 avoid
it, by settling out on the open prairie,
where pure air could be obtained, and not
by erecting dwellings, down in the timber.
and On the bottom lands: where the
earlier pioneers had settled. Our advice
was very generally observed. As a con-
sequence Mr. NEwLIs. aa old settler.
informed Us, that he was acquainted all
through that region, and that but two or
three cases Of ague and fever came 10 his
knowledge in that section last season, the
old settlers having become acclimsted,
and the new ones having avoided the
disease By observing the commonn sense
rule in escaping it.
We nay as we'll mention in this con-
nection, that throughout this entire trip
we observed a favorable change in regard
to the location of prs-emptors. Instead
OF getting down near the timber and
water, they have built on the open prairie.
and good health Is the consequence
Emporia was selected on The elevated
prairie nth ass szprsss piesc to hsalth aud
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Tosro.-Frsom Col Albert Pike, NJ. c. from from
Trustees Sale,

by virtue Of Deed fTrust from Alien s. Halloween and
and duly recorded in the Clerks Ohio county in
Book S shall sell to the highest best bidder
at public aucton front door of the Court House
Ohio county, Monday the 8rd day Of january 1852
me following property, situated In the city OF Wheeling
BSrs .sThGt lot parcel Of was conveyed
to Allen Haloweb by aided from Daniel O. and wife
which is in the CLERKS ONCE efhio county court
IN deed book 80, page 245 being lot number three NO.
In square twenty-five, (22) in the Belle Air addition"
eSond THE eastern part of that lot parcel OF land
which was conyeye to satdA Allen s. HalloRell
from william Shriyer and WIFE, the 18th day Of
march, ls4s and recorded in said ofce deed hook 3D.
page being lot number three said Shrvers addition
and fronting on the south side Of Centre street.-the part
granted being onefonrth part the next
to the eastern boundary thereof extending from
tire streetto the alley at the rear fthe Iot.''
iTHg TERMS OF SALK-CASHs t-g5@-E
Of the whole properly will be delivered on the
The title Is believed to beindsputable but selling AZ fms
shall convey only the title vested pe by said deed
OF trust HENRY P. NORRIS,
uecE-tu
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JOHN BRUCE.
w. ). MARKS

: PRACTICAL WORKMAN AT
Watcher, Clocks, Silver Ware aud IeVeIry
TAHING 6nhand, a1dintend keeping, well selected
III stock of American English, French and Swiss Watch
American, German and Rrenoh Clocks and Silver
Chains Keys, Seals Rings, Breast Pins Ear Rings and
Lockets Silver ThImbles Gold, Silver, Shetland German
Silver spectaclesi Spoons, Forks, Lad es Butterkuye
Frutknives Gold and Silver Pens and Pencils Work Box
es Card Cases. OabaS, Pormonias and Purseswitlr INV
long experience, and being well prepared fine tools
WATCu ENGSE and IathesI fully convinced that viii
able render full satisfaction to the public who NAV IA
with a,cR at the old stand, lSg Main Sign Eagl.
and Watch.i- tlt5 s 80 t w. J. MARKS -
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Fnr Rant

iETHHAT desirable property near Mt. Wood Cemeterv
II known the King property. The dwelling contain,
sufficient for large family The lot
contains two acres, which could be made good msrst
garden Also good orchard &C., and all lately enclosed
with an excellentfence. Por terms applyto
Inh8O-tf AL,
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For Rent

cToRE ROOMS & OFFICES. DWELLINGS,, Frame Brick.
y Rooms in the second and third story good busne .
house and small Ha2o byT5 feet also, Building Lots for
sale or1ease on favorable terms, apply
THos. HoRNBRooK
ONCE, No. 11S8, Main Street, between Monroe an
Union-Up Stairs. ss i.g-lv
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TWO Houses John street, House on Hampton st.
i several Quincy street. and dwelling house and
in Centre Wheeling. of Main ST
and Market Alley Enquire at Jacob Huls, near the cor
nef, OF John and 9Th STREETS,
fuly3pR JOHN BRUOP
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DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNHRsHIP.
HE hitherto existing between :he under
the style OF Howell has this day been dis
solved by mutual consent A. Allen Howell having sold
The business VIM be continued List, Who alone
authorzedt to settle the affairs OF the old firm OF Henry r.
List Co,sas also those Of the late firm of List Howell
- so s+-rraf, HENRY K. LIST,
Nov. 22d, '5S-1m* A. ALLEN HOWELL. q
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WE have interesting news from New Orleans
this morning, brought by the steamer Quaker
City, from. California, via: the Tehauntepec
route, in1s days. See the despatch.
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Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon is preaching again. His
pale and haggard appearance is said 10 indicate
the suffering he has lately experienced from rs
disor1ered kidaeys We
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Robert Nance, an oyerseer at Lexington, No.,
der his charge. few days since.
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New Goods. . = q At.
M ORE Of those handsome REVERHERbE AlNTyLII
II pa WIS. received this morning per Express Also
Ignt olge trerch Merino Swans Down Fine Bird Eve
Tor aPron8 Real Russia Diaper for nUP.
serr purposes, and White Piduet - - = = .
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scanning OF the subject matter. We have par
ticularlySnoted the article entitled "The Roman
his Farm" which has for its text lecture
on Roman husbandry, delivered before the Uni
versity of Oxford by Charles Daubeny, profess
or of Botany. For those of our readers who
have drudged away weary hours over the say
ings and doings of the old Roman patricians
aud who have often pictured to themselves what
manner Of men the old conscript fathers of that
stately era must have been, the following picture
will have apleasing interest:
Let us try, then, if we cannot gather from
this-book of Professor Daubeny some insight
into the habits of the rural Roman Let us
Imagine one of the old squires of that grave
stately people setting out from Rome, with no
small satisfaction, to resume his ordinary pur-
suits at his Vilta--a term which with us has a
purely suburban application, but with him
meant real country house. We would have
him patrician, a member of one of those old
houses whose names had been conspicuous in
the Consular Fast since the expulsion of the
kings, and were associated with the triumphs
of Coriolnnus and Camillus-a Cornelius or a
Valerius or Claudius, and a strong Tory to
boot-wedded to his rural life the more closely
by Discrimination to elbow his way through
the upstart candidates who now sought to push
themselves forward to high place and fortune
through the suffrages of the people He will
not sue TO the arti6cers of the tribes; he will
not go through the imposture of pretending ac-
quaintance with every greasy citizen of whom
his 1,omenclGtor has,w hispered-
HE mutum In Fabla valet: Tile yellna.
He will not squander in electoneering the estate
which enables him to maintain the dignity of
his family; he leaves it to the uoui homincs to
spend their money IN cicero atque tl6iS. in
largesseS to the poorer citizens, by way of pur-
chasing popularity. He himself goes to his pa.
ternsl acres, not without an angry belief that
the great commonwealth is yerging to ruin, in
which belief, perhaps, he is right enough; for it
is the time, let us fancy, when Cicero is a young
man; when the angry strife of factions is tend.
ing towards the civil wars Of Marius aud Sylla;
when the strides of democratic innovation are
rapid and irresistible ); when the time is an.
preaching for people no longer capable Of
governing itself to resign the fasces of authority
to thehands Of an imperial dynasty
Such thoughts, perhaps, present themselves
to the mind ofour Roman as he turns round on
some eminence to take his last look on the
smoke and wealth aud roar of Rome A scorn.
full curse on the Graccht or Clodius however,
proud recollection that, even if the Roman re.
public shall tomorrow sink among the things
that have been, she will leave behind her such a
chronicle as the future world will not easily
mSteh-these things are sufficient TO relieve his
vlTafh and he IS able to feel the full satisfaction
which q Roman would feel ut escaping from the
lars Of the forum to the fields and woods,