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shoul tih mamma is suddenly and urgently re-
queeed to fink q story, to take the war out of
me-. She Hatters herself she is applying hor-
ror "a pafhos to most judicious uses, tin sAe
seeshow the boys eyes kindle, and his eager
tacseofka, and he starts up with boys trus
honth Of the sword ARM" Well, you zee, IL
theyfsfe'facs me, you see, / must inst 'tacs
nanwhile Number Two, who, his educst;on
beng limited, has hitherto REGARDED mantel-
pie9 Is physically inaccessible TO smAll-fy,
ratnr than as the sacred refuge from their de-
stredve fingers, is finding It acaleAble BY means
OF echair; and now barely rescued from fery
destruction with one arm, and several exclams-
tor calculated to impress terror and prohibi-
tiorupon tender mind. We al draw Q long
brefh, and Freddie, whose own youthful piety
Is tther of the spasmodic order, land quite
susceptible of ginger-nuts,) but who has sus-
tsiipd aspiration for goodness in his brother
and sister, makes several moral remarks.
Frnk, q little pale, begs his old place in the
moheriy arms which they, too full to yield, too
yeaning to refuse, divide unsasily with the
hs6la little soccupant-0ne hand constantly
waIng off dangerous approaches to her young
tenderness, and every bone aching from weak.
neS and fright.
FREDDIE returns to the charge. swell,
nanna, if was q fountain, would shoot
right up; please tell me e rest /" The round,
bright face on the usurped shoulder grows
thHghtful, and then oblivious, as the story
goss on /; the long lashes droop, and the pic
TUE OF beauty and repose that glorify child'a
sleep WEAKNESS is forgotten, and thought rests
lotingly on its treasures. But dinner n ust be
eaen the intermission would have been better
Appreciated at more boisterous moment.
Afternoon, however, still finding down. stairs
occupation for the owre busy nurse girl, re-
stores me to the boots, the squeals, the disci.
pli,e, the kisses, the stories, and Freddie's
what for 2" piled as endlessy as if he expect.
ed to grow up into "seven men that can rem.
der reason" vivifed by swapping toothache,
and finally lost in q confusion Of "take care OF
the baby's headI kiss mamma" is that
that the foot-of the bottom-of the story VI
"get up, hossy," my child, don't tease your
brothsr, gust look at Frank I" I" oh-h.h dear
my head, come, and let me kiss il, " good
night darlings," mamma, please tell me e
rest"
Kindly thankful that there is an evening to
every day, by help of the same I will yet write
'Tilda's invitation, though with shaky pen.
Drop in any day, dear, you viii find ms al
ways the same; the nursery is established win.
ter'qusrters henceforth, and you know we are
always delighted to treat you as one Of the
family.
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No State has better foundation for liberal
endowment of public schools. There are now
5l9, s39 acres of school lands remaining unsold,
which will, it is estimated, bring $2,ls2,s9
which, with the existing fund of S2,03O,543
will amount to $4,2l3,640.
From this, however, must be taken the sum
Of SAC, 4oa, which will be lost by the defalca
tions of the late Superintendent of Public In
struction, (Democratic,) who applied the funds
intrusted to him to serve his own interests.
The new Constitution provides for the cleo
ton of Board of Education, who will have
control of the School Fund, and will undoubt
edly re-arrangs our whole school system.
The initistory steps towards reform are being
taken BY the Legislature, but the precise nature
Of the changes are as yet uncertain. 1t is Ger
tain, however, that the "Fund will hereafter
be carefully guarded.
1t il gratifying to know that, as yet, but q
small proportion of the expenses of the State il
caused BY the punishment of criminals, the ap
preparations being as follows: Insane Asylum
500, 1893 Deaf and Dumb, 81, 900 institution
for the Blind, $7,222; and Penitentiary
$24,8i7.
II is still uncertain what kind of Bank Law
win pass the Legislature. The Senate has
under consideration bill for State Bank
similar to that of Ohio the principal Office to
be located at Iowa City, with five or six
branches.
The House bill provides for free banking
system, under which any person or association
may establish bank, on depoaiting the required
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household furniture, &C., $4,000; or total of
Sl2O,S34, costing on an average $40 per ton,
being an excess Of $34 per ton, or SiO2,7lO,
over what it would have been by railroad. Not.
withstanding these facts, it is 10 be feared that
it will be some time yet, ere the iron horse will
be seen at the capital.
The Mississippi is open as far up as the head
OF the Upper Rapids, so that navigation is
being resumed. At that point, and above, the
ice-bridge still remains but the thaw Of the
last four days has materially weakened it, and
short continuation of the present " southern
influence will cause its butments and arches
to vanish away. Yours, &C., E.R.
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Germ the rude paintings and the simple altar,
before which pilgrims love to sacrifice. Who
could kneel there without gathering strength
from the sacred associations with Tell and Ar
mold and Winkelried, the bold knight Who 40
bravely gave his life TO open pass for victory.
Enchanting, "protect my wife and children, and
/ will open pass for Freedom, /" he rushed for.
ward, and gathered as many Austrian lances as
be could grasp, and buried them in his bosom
While the Austrians we're extricating them,
the brave Swiss effected the pass, and victory
crowned this heroic sacrifice.
Teller Platte il near the end of the lake,
where we remained for an hour, and returning
encountered q storm that hid Pilatus and the
Rigi, and most effectually dimmed the glories
of Lake Luzern.
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Wednesday, March II, 1853.

Kansas.-The Senate then proceeded to the
consideration of the special order, viz the bill
for the admission of the State of Kansas inte
the Union. 4
Mr.. Crittenden of Kentucky addressed the
Senate. The President Of the United States
in special message of unusual earnestness
had urged upon Congress the duty and expedi
ency of admitting Kansas into the Union under
what is kne sn as the Leeompton Constitution.
The application made in the name of this in.
strument n, turally raised the inquiries Is il
the Constitf ton of the people of Kansas, and
does it emE ldy their will? To both these In
quiries he y IS constrained, as the result of his
candid judgment, to reply in the negative. The
prima Jacis evidence in favor of the instrument
might be f. 3; but behind it there was other
and contras xevidence, to which he could not
close his e.ys. 1t was in evidence, that at
a special els.,ion, more than ten thousand votes
had been alt against this Constitution; and
Federal autb oritss, such as ex Governor Walk
err and ex-SAcretary Stanton, had given assu.
RANGES of sipilar purport, which we're too well
authenticated to be lightly ignored. At the
election had upon the Slavery article, it was
claimed that,but little more than six thousand
votes were cast by the friends of the Constitu.
ton in its present shape and of these, recent
Investigations seemed to show that nearly one.
half were fraudulent and fictitious. The late
Territorial Legislature, moreover, had unan.
imously declared against the pending document.
and asked its rejection by Congress. Who, in
the face of evidence like this, could affirm that
the Lecompton Constitution was the Consti a.
ton of the people of Kansas2 These latter
evidences are equally matters of record with the
Constitution itself, and, being latest in point OF
time, are entitled TO the greatest weight in as
certaining the real Wishes of the Territory.
The President, it is true, urges Congress to
consider as no better than . nullity the election
had upon the Constitution, under authority of
the Territorial Legislature, on the 4th of Janu-
airy last; but the reason assigned for such O
course is most unsatisfactory. Though ex-
pressing regret that the whole Constitution had
not been submitted according to his original
preferences and expectations, he regards the
submission ordained by the Legislature to be
null and void, because, at that stage of events,
the Territory was already too far prepared for
admission into the Union to be affected BY
such a preliminary measure. What was this
state of preparstionf A projected Constitu
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WESTERN CORRESPONDENCE.
LIZ CLAIRE, Iowa, March

LIZ CLAIRE, Iowa, March IL, 1853.
To the Editor Of the National Era:
A few figures may give your readers some
idea of the increasing prosperity of this State.
According to the report of the Auditor of State,
the following is an exhibit of the taxable prop
erty in this State for the past seven years
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The business first in order was the motion to
lay on the table the memorial of the members
and officers of the Territorial Legislature of
Utah.
Mr.. Harris, of Maryland, said he had submit.
ted the motion under the impression that such
paper should be got rid of promptly. but unon
consideration he thought it was important that
it should be made matter of record.
Mr.: Miilson, Of Virginia, hoped the document
would not be referred, because it was insulting,
insolent, aud defiant. ~
The memorial was ordered to be printed and
laid on the table.
The Army BIl.-The bill to raise regiment
of mounted volunteers in Texas and to author.
ize the President to call into the service of the
United States four regiments of volunteers,
came up as unfinished business.
Mr.. Quitman, of Mississippi, said the bill was
unfortunate in being obliged to drag its slow
length along during the morning hour only, aud
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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-29
Selling Out.

Mr.. CoNANT, as will be seen by his ad-
vertisement, desires to close out his large
stock of merchandise, which he has in this
city, with the view of Withdrawing from
business. His stock consists of general
variety of dry goods, groceries, hardware,
cutlery. crockery, boots and shoes, CLOTH
ing, saddles and harnesses, in short,
whatever is usually called for in western
trading establishment. His house is the
oldest establishment in this city, was
opened in the fall of 1854, and has been
very literally patreuized-frst. because
he had the goods; second, he sold them
at fair rates; and, lastly, he has gentle
manly and obliging agents, who have
labored to subserve his interests by being
obliging to their customers. Though We
shall regret the closing up of so good an
establishment as Mr.. CoSANT's, such as it
has been under the supervision of Mr.:
SOLOMON, yet We are disposed to recon-
mend all of our friends to call there and
buy out his stock as soon as possible,
believing it will be an object with the
purchaser, and since the line of policy is
determined upon, viii be no injury to Mr.
CoNANT.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-29
Want Excitement,

We are assured bxreliable Free-State
men of Leavenworth that several Pro-
Slavery men in that vicinity voted for the
Leavenworth Constitution. Their object
was to secure the adoption of that instru-
ment, with the hope that Lane, Conway
& Co., would set their government in
motion, and thus bring about collision
with the federal government. That result
accomplished, the people of the Territory,
to end the controversy, would vote for the
Lecompton Swindle, and thus we would
be admitted into the Union under it.
The EXTREMISTS of both wings of the
two parties in Kansas desire agitation.
The leaders of these respective parties
have no stock in trade save that growing
out of excitement, and, hence, anything
which indicates peaceful adjustment of
our difficulties they turn the cold shoulder
upon.
The people are tired, sick, of this eternal
excitement. They want rest, and will
have it !; and those who are laboring to
prevent it, will do we'll to stand aside ere
the people kick them aside.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-29
Attention,

We invite attention to the advertise
ment of Messrs. CHRISTIAN & LANE, in
another column. We are sorry to see the
General is retiring from politics just
when the country has the greatest need
of his services. tits probably better, how
ever, to take him from his study to the
Presidential chair, than it would be for
him to struggle all the way up to that po-
sition by his own exertions.
We expect that it viii be said, that we
are actuated by selfish motives in nomi-
mating the General for the Presidency.
We cannot deny the soft impeachment
1t is true that we expect position under
his administration as Secretary of State,
or Minister to the Court of st. James.
Either post will satisfy our ambition.
We expect, too, that our services to the
General will be of that valuable character
that any office in his gift, will be at our
command and we expect, in addition,
that we can materially aid our friends in
the same direction. The latter sugges-
ton, please treat as confidential, reader.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-29
Correction.

Itseems we were somewhat in error last
week in our statement relative to the Fe-
male Seminary to be located at Tecumseh.
It is to be called the Tecumseh Female
Seminary not the Galloway Seminary"
IS we stated. Rev. Mr.. GALLOWAY states
that he is not Bishop, neither had he
any intention of naming the institution
after himself. Tecumseh has been liberal
in her donations, but not in the manner
indicated. We were also mistaken in the
amount already pledged to the enterprise.
We have only to add in extenuation, that
our informant was mistaken, and hence
n,isled us.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-29
An Amalgamatiou,

We noticed recently circular issued
by all the opposition members of the
New jersey Legislature, calling for a
united movement in the next canvass in
that State. A similar call has been issued
at Buffalo, signed by the leading men,
formerly Democrats, Republicans, and
Americans, of Western New York. The
Philadelphia Gazette says:
ave perceive that various Southern
Wing and American journals speak in a
favorable tone of the new combination.
On the other hand, the New York Courier
opposes it. The Commercial Advertiser
asks before hand, to know the ultimatum
of the Republican party, and the Albany
Eoening Journal is quite FESTIVE at the
prospect of fusion. In Philadelphia,
everybody is beginning to regard the new
combination as having superseded the
American and Republican organization,
and the case is pretty much the same in
the interior of Pennsylvania. The fac
tionists of New York and New England
may fight it out to suit themselves. In
New jersey, Pennsylvania, the West and
South, the opposition viii no doubt con-
solidate.-EJ.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-29
The Reason.

The Leayenworth Journal suggested
that We should advise passengers up the
Missouri to disembark at Leayenworth
instead of Wyandott. With an anxious
desire to oblige the editors of the Journal,
and our friends in Leavenworth generally,
we may be permitted to state that in most
cases we believe we can save two DAYS
time in making trip to st. Louis from
Lawrence by taking steamer at Wyan-
dott. and disembarking at that point, than
We could by doing so at Leavenworth. 1t
is for this reason We always take passage
at Wyandott, and disembark there, unless
we have business demanding our atten-
ton at Leavenworth. We state these
facts without prejudice against any place
on the river. Delaware is the nearest
point on the Missouri to Lawrence, and it
is to that point large number of our
best merchants ship their goods, and viii
do SO until satisfied that it will be safe to
land them at Wyandott, to come up the
river by water.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-29
Gen Lane. ssdasuss.

We advise the people of Doniphan
eounty-especially the aspirants for Office
Ito compel Gen. Lane to swear to his
residence. he pretended to belong to
Doniphan at the last election. Yet he
has case In Court, in which, in order to
get claim, he pretends to be citizen of
Lawrence.
When we asked him how he harmo-
nized his statements, he candidly told US
the "trick of its 1t was necessary for
him, he said, to defeat Robinson in every
way, because they were rivals for the Sem
atorship, and might finally fight for the
Presidential nomination. For, according
to his theory, Kansas will have merely
to indicate her viii in 1860, and the Re-
publican party will accept its candidate
whoever she selects. Therefore it was
necessary to crush Gov. Robinson in order
to make himself the bright and particular
star of the West
The Constitutional Convention, he
thought, was to be the great climax of our
Free State politics, and therefore it was
necessary that he should be in it and that
Robinson should not. sit will only be a
- short STEP" he said, "from the
Presidency of that Convention to the
Presidency of the United States"
In order to defeat Robinson at Lawrence
$50 he told us, and we found it for won
der to be true,) he went down there and
publicly took ground against the old poll
ticians being candidates for the Constitu-
tional Convention. Robinson was de-
ceived by the trick, and was not candi-
date. Lane openly declared he would
not be a candidate. Yet, as soon as he
saw that his duplicity had succeeded, or,
rather, after he had done everything in
his power to make it succeed, he hurried
up to Doniphan and became candidate.
Some people would call this conduct
smart; but Others, again, think it is con-
temptably mean.-Crgsader Of Freedom.
We contemplated some difficulty at first
in nominating Gen. LANE for the Presi-
dency, in view of the first impression thai
he was not citizen of the United States,
only resident of one of the Territories
but, on reflection, when we called up the
fact that he had managed to have resi-
dence in Douglas and in Doniphan county
at the same time, we saw it would be just
as easy matter for him to hold resi-.
dence in Kansas and in one, or even half.
a-dozen of the States at the same time
The usual ability of our candidate enable;
him to do that which would seem almos
impossible to the great mass of readers.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-29
insignificant Opposition.

Our contemporary says that in conse-
quence Of an Insignificant and contempt
IDLE opposition to the Leayenworth Con-
stitution, the vote on it, on the 18th inst.
was extremely small. The vote will
probably equal nearly 1000. There are,
according to the estimate of the LeaYen-
worth Constitutional Convention, upwards
of 10000 voters in the Territory. If an
insignificant opposition" reduced the vote
to one-ffth of the real voting population
of the Territory, what would thorough
organized, efficient opposition have done
in regard to it /?
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-29
Inhuee.

No election until August. What viii
the people do? And what can the poll
ticians do? Two months of political rest
will be the death of several gentlemen
whose existence for the past year has
upon an election every other
week. We see no occasion for eonyen-
tons or collections of the people for any
purpose for the next two months. unless
in be to organize to put down the land
pirates and horse thieves DOW infesting
the Territory. or to celebrate the SD ami
versary of American independence. Two
months of political quiet is the longest
period which has interviewed since the
settlement of the Territory.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-29

We had purposed writing long article
this week, showing why the Lecompton
Constitution should be rejected; but we
found the arguments so plentiful, such as
would commend themselves to every
mans observation, we concluded to delay
it for the present; with the assurance
however, to our readers, that thus far we
have met with but three persons in the
Territory who have favored the idea OF
accepting the Lecompton Constitution.
and those three were only in favor of it
on the happening of certain contingencies
while we have heard hundreds express
themselves in opposition to it. The only
regret is, that our people cannot have
an earlier opportunity of recording their
vote against it.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-29

committed, let hepeople of all parties
join hands and make a common cause of
it until the injury is redressed. The citi-
zens of other parts Of the Territory, in
stead of buying or concealing property
suspected of being stolen, or giving en-
couragement in any manner to these des-
peradoes, should exert themselves to the
fullest extent to discountenance these
crimes, and labor to bring the offenders to
speedy justice. Unless they do so, sooner
than they are aware oft they will become
involved in the controversy, and the blood
shed and violence of two years ago viii
be again inaugurated on still largerseale.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-29
KANSAS LAND AGENCY.

DASSETT 4 BRACKET, Surveyors and
- General Land Agents. Lawrence. Kansas,
will give prompt attention to the selection and
location Of Public Lands; buying and selling
Real Estate the collection Of dues; payment Of
taxes for non-residents, and all other business
connected with Land Agency. LAND WAR
RANTS furnished at the lowest rates, for cash lor
on time. Particular attention paid to all bust
ness sent By mail. Houses and city lots for sale
and rent.
References HEM, Williams 4 Co.. Bankers,
Fairfield, Iowa; 4. j. Stevenson 4 Co., Bank
ers, Fort Des Moines, Iowa; Col ii. A. Walker,
Register Land Office, Fort Des Moines, Iowa
Coolbaugh& Brooks, Bankers, Burlington, Iowa
Col. G. Bassett, Editor Of the Dial, keWanee, III
Gov. Charles Robinson, Lawrence, Kansas
Adams Swift, Leavenworth, Kansas; Hon.
o. A. BASSETT,
q. C. BRACKET.